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Most people have heard of tree-sitting—a tactic environmentalists use to prevent old-growth trees from being cut down and whole forests decimated. In its heyday, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, members of groups like Earth First! climbed 100-foot-tall Redwoods and stayed there to save them. Beginning in 1997, one woman in Humboldt, California, named her tree Luna and stayed in it for two years, until enough money could be raised to prevent it from being axed. In 1998, in a Northern California old-growth forest, another treesitter named David Gypsy Chain was "accidentally" killed when loggers felled a tree that came crashing into the protester. He died instantly of massive head trauma.
This style of protest was also hugely successful—that is, until a series of arrests in 2005 against radical environmentalists who were labeled "terrorists." It scared the shit out of the environmental-activist community, and folks started drifting away.
Now, there's a vibrant national protest movement reviving those "direct action" tactics of civil disobedience again, and adding a new political savvy to the mix. They, too, have been incredibly effective. In Oregon, in the summer of 2011, one blockade took 50 cops, a backhoe, and a 125-foot-crane to remove treesitters. A few days later, activists locked themselves together in an Oregon Department of Forestry office. The group responsible, the Cascadia Forest Defenders, say they won't stop until the Elliott State Forest is protected from clearcutting.
As a result—surprise, surprise—politicians are trying to create new laws that make tree-sits and other direct-action techniques illegal. The bills even single out the Elliott State Forest campaign by name and allow corporations to sue protesters for costing them money.
On April 29, two bills passed the Oregon House that would hit tree sitters and non-violent protesters with felonies and mandatory minimum sentences.
"There's been a 30-year reign of terror by these people having no respect for the rights of others," says Rep. Wayne Krieger, a Republican. Krieger says "environmental terrorists" have been "chaining themselves to trees, locking themselves to equipment, and laying down in the road."
Krieger, a tree farmer and former member of the Oregon Board of Forestry, has introduced HB 2595. It would create a new crime of "interference with state forestland management." The first offense, a felony, carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 13 months; another offense kicks that up to a $25,000 fine and five years in prison. That's five years for non-violent civil disobedience.
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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — California water and wildlife officials on Tuesday seized upon the deaths of a rare fish in the water pumps that carry water to California's cities and farms to renew calls for replacing the current pumping system with $14 billion twin tunnels.
The deaths of too many of the protected delta smelt in recent months have led to a series of pumping restrictions in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, officials said. The pumps ferry water to 25 million people and 3 million acres of farmland.
The number of smelt killed this year is nearing an annual limit set on the number of smelt that can be killed under the Endangered Species Act. Already, the pumps have killed 232 smelt and the rules allow only 305 smelt to be killed at the pumps over the entire water year.
As a result of the restrictions triggered by the smelt deaths, 700,000 acre feet of water were not delivered to water users. That has not led to any current water shortages, but less water will be available for storage and may impact some farmers and other water users this coming summer, officials said.
Those restrictions could be averted if the new tunnels are built, they said. Gov. Jerry Brown supports the project.
Those twin tunnels would take water in the north of the delta, thus averting the smelt's travel toward the deadly pumps in the south. The twin tunnel project would also come with state-of-the-art fish screens and additional fish habitat, which officials said would help the fish thrive.
It would take 10 years to build the twin tunnels. In the meantime, the fish kill may result in additional restrictions this year, officials said.
The increased fish kill this year may have resulted from early December storms that flushed muddy water down the Sacramento River. That flush, which occurs every few years, triggered the migration of smelt, which got pulled south and into the killing pumps.
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Inventors and Creators: Jim Henson is a 48-page biography written for children. The book contains 19 color and 2 black-and-white photographs. Although the book does contain well-researched facts, it also contains some errors.
- The book perpetuates the myth that "Muppet" is a combination of marionettes and puppets.
- The book erroneously states that Rowlf the Dog was one of the original characters on Sesame Street.
- The book repeatedly refers to the Henson Company as "Jim Henson Productions," although, by the year the book was published, the name had long since changed to The Jim Henson Company.
- The book states that after Jim Henson's death in 1990, Frank Oz refused to continue playing Bert, and that the Ernie and Bert puppets remained unused in a drawer (presumably at least until the time of the book's publication in 2002). In reality, Frank Oz continued to play Bert, and Steve Whitmire took over as Ernie in 1993.
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Bots are complicated. They're made to process repetitive actions autonomously and can be fairly easy to build, but they aren't always working on the side of good. Here's what you need to know.
Each year, EContent magazine compiles a list of the 100 companies that matter most in the digital content industry.
Voting is now closed. We'll announce the results of the first-ever EContent 100 list chosen by the people!
Jessica Dye
Oct 02, 2007
Think globally, act locally. While this slogan might remind you to separate your bottles from your cans, it's also been the philosophy of most companies when it comes to managing content—and that's a problem. While international marketplaces and opportunities open up to smaller and mid-sized companies every day, most of those companies are still trying to fit traditionally managed content into global work flows. Companies are only as good as the content they deliver, so it pays to go past thinking globally and start structuring content that can play as well in Pakistan and Paris as it does in Peoria.
Ironically, as the world shrinks around us, the importance of individual people in the content management flow only gets bigger. Global content management is about far more than getting the digital package to its destination on time. It's about imparting them with the same quality that their native-language, native-format parent documents have.
According to language technology company Trados Inc., multinational businesses are now bringing in between 40% and 60% of their revenue from international markets. But those companies can spend up to twice as much globalizing the content as they did creating it in the first place. That's why it makes sense to keep global management and conversion in mind from the very beginning of the content cycle. Otherwise, your content's value might wind up lost in translation.
Language BarriersThe biggest problem in global content management is also the oldest—translating it into different languages. The temptation to use a free online translation might be great in this age of instant Google gratification, but those literal word-for-word renderings don't even pass muster for a high school homework assignment, let alone a high-stakes business transaction. While some language translation tools have reduced the turnaround time by incorporating intelligent automation technology, most still rely on a human translator based in the country the content is being translated for use in. This low-tech technique is an invaluable part of the process, according to Lionbridge, the makers of the language translation tool Freeway.
"All of our [translation] work is being done in-country," says Lionbridge's CMO Kevin Bolen. "You need somebody who's close to the culture, because what you really want is an adaptation." Freeway is one of several web-based GMS applications that plug into existing CMS outfits, specializing in language translation. "Our customers want to worry about the business of localization, not the nuts and bolts," says Bolen. As content enters into the existing CMS workflow, users can choose to route it through Freeway. They flag one of 10 languages they'd like to translate it into and indicate the turnaround time required.
Freeway employs translation memory technology, an integral part of most language translation tools. While "VoIP" might not show up in a standard German-to-English dictionary, if the term has been translated for a company once, the system will recognize that term and replace it with the company-approved translation automatically. Another automated time-saver is single-sourcing, which takes blocks of common copy (like instructions for how to replace a battery) and saves the translation for use everywhere that copy turns up—on the company website or the employee handbook, for instance. Trados estimates that companies can save themselves up to 75% on translation expenses by employing a translation memory application before sending it out.
Bolen estimates that, while Freeway's language translations can take up to a few weeks (for a whole website) at the outset, the turnaround time for daily or weekly updates can be pared down to between 24 and 48 hours. The key, he says, is tools like translation memory, which reduce the amount of primary translating the per-word freelancers have to sift through.
Because business-ready translations of documents or websites can be a big investment, companies find themselves picking and choosing which languages best represent their clients' needs. Bolen says that while the top Freeway languages are Portuguese, Korean, French, German, and Spanish (especially for American Spanish-speakers), a few clients keep versions of websites in up to 110 different languages. "Mobile companies, in particular, have a very broad language base," with up to 80 different active versions of manuals, phone settings, and product sites, according to Bolen. Getting a one-size translation doesn't fit all, though. That's why localizing content on the other end of a global chain means getting culturally specific beyond mere language requirements.
For instance, according to Bolen, writing the Japanese equivalent of an English word takes up to 30% less space on a website. The German equivalent takes up to 30% more. And Chinese is one of several languages that is read from right to left, instead of up to date. All of these factors have to be taken into account not just during translation, but during website design or document layout—for instance, companies with embedded button graphics could find themselves with the German word for "click here" spilling over either side of the artwork.
Localized translators also provide a valuable cultural interpretation. The Well Project, a global nonprofit HIV-information resource with active websites in 36 different countries, uses Freeway interpreters to help them design a content strategy appropriate for different regions. "For instance," explains Project co-founder Richard Averett, "there are culturally specific articles, like discussions of how someone handles disclosure of their status, where there's no point in translating it into French or Vietnamese. But if it's about the life cycle of the virus, that's relevant the world over." The key to making the information on his site as useful to readers as possible, Averett says, was to make it something they could fully understand—language, cultural translations, and even reducing medical jargon for accessibility.
With Freeway, Averett hopes that his streamlined nonprofit staff would only need to add one cultural touchstone per country to create the kind of web resource it wants. "We have the capacity to host and manage a Well Project in Vietnam, Uganda, or anywhere in the world where people want it, if they'll provide us with a translation and the content that we can't write," he says. "We could open up our systems to allow content to be streaming in as many languages as we have people to write it. From a cost perspective, the incremental price is very small to give these countries a new resource."


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What is the fewest number of pitches possible in an official baseball game?He wasn't sure of the exact phrasing of the question, but we agreed on the fewest pitches for one pitcher in a complete game.
I quickly said "zero" (a forfeit is called before the first pitch is thrown). However, he said it wasn't a trick question -- and, in fact, he hadn't been able to get an answer from any of the fans he knows.
My guess before he left was "12" -- rained-out game goes the absolute minimum and the pitcher who goes only four innings throws one pitch per batter. But as he was leaving, he asked if a batter could make an out without a pitch being thrown. (I think he can, but can't remember how.)
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These pumpkin pie crepes were a huge hit with my friends – perhaps because they were so excited to get something other than cupcakes out of my kitchen. Interestingly, there was a gender divide in how people wanted the pumpkin pie crepes prepared. The ladies wanted hot crepes with hot pumpkin pie filling while the gentlemen wanted hot crepes and cold pumpkin pie filling. Then, there was my husband who is tired of pumpkin pie filling and simply wanted the hot crepes with Nutella (I can't blame him).
The Pumpkin Pie Crepe Inspiration
When I posted about my pumpkin pie frosting, Cathy left the following comment:
I happened to have a lot of pumpkin pie frosting left over and, little did Cathy know, I was already planning to write about crepes (they come into play in my ghost cupcakes – coming soon). I'm not sure that I would have thought to put the crepe and pumpkin pie together if it weren't for Cathy, so I owe her a HUGE thanks!
Getting Over My Fear of Crepes
As a kid, crepes were always my dad's thing – Mom made the pancakes, but Dad made the crepes. I treated them as finger food and always ate them in the same order – first a plain one, then a cinnamon sugar one, then a banana one (I was a strange child).
In Jr. High, I had to make a dish for my French class and decided to make Dad's crepes. It was a complete failure. They wouldn't flip, and I remember having lots of messy (but tasty) little crepe bits everywhere. I decided to leave the crepe making to Dad.
Finally, in my 30's, I decided to give crepe making another try. I called my dad to get his recipe. Since he has been making crepes for so long, his instructions contained no measurements (he just throws in ingredients until things look right). Hmm… no wonder my Jr. High experiment failed. A few months back, Jonathan and I went to a Serbian festival where they were making crepes (they call them Palacinke) and handing out recipe cards. I decided to use the Serbian recipe.
Much to my surprise, I found that crepe making is actually much easier than pancake making. Because crepes are so thin, they cook super fast and you spend less time standing by the stove and more time eating. But, Dad, just because I now know how to make crepes, don't think you are off the crepe-making- hook. Yours will still always be the best!
How to Make Crepes
Pumpkin Pie Crepes
- 5 large eggs
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 C flour
- 1 1/2 C milk I typically use 2%, but whatever you have on hand will work
- 1 C water I've used extra milk instead of the water and it just makes them a bit richer
- Several tablespoons of butter the Serbian recipe calls for lard, but I stuck with butter for the skillet
- In a large mixing bowl, mix all ingredients except butter until there are no lumps.
- Heat a skillet on medium (the size of your skillet will be the size of your crepe, so just decide how big you want them).
- When the skillet is warm, melt enough butter in it to coat the skillet.
- Pour a ladle full of batter onto the buttered skillet and swirl the pan to spread the batter evenly over the entire skillet.
- Cook untouched until bubbles form in the crepe (about 1 minute).
- Flip the crepe and cook for another minute.
- Turn out onto a plate.
- Repeat steps 3-7 until all of your batter is used. To speed things up, you can work two skillets at once. It's not as hard as it sounds.


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Prenatal diagnosis is not permitted when undertaken with the intention of aborting an unborn child with a serious defect.
No matter what the defect. No matter how unable the parents are to deal with an infant born to suffer and then die. No matter how much futile suffering is in store for the infant.
Those evil bastards.
52. Catholic health institutions may not promote or condone contraceptive practices but should provide, for married couples and the medical staff who counsel them, instruction both about the Church's teaching on responsible parenthood and in methods of natural family planning.
53. Direct sterilization of either men or women, whether permanent or temporary, is not permitted in a Catholic health care institution. Procedures that induce sterility are permitted when their direct effect is the cure or alleviation of a present and serious pathology and a simpler treatment is not available.
Then get out of the field.
I'll skip the rest for now, because it's separate from the "when in doubt, refuse the woman treatment" issue.
This situation is an absolute nightmare. Because of the free exercise clause of the Constitution, the US government is very leery of messing with churches, even with churches that are simultaneously running a huge chunk of the health care sector and refusing to provide certain kinds of care on dogmatic authoritarian reactionary religious grounds that should have no place in a health care system. That means that the US government allows churches to run health care systems but refuses (or at least neglects) to monitor them properly.
Catholic bishops are in charge of a big fraction of the US health care system.
That needs to change.


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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
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Monday, April 16, 2012
Playroom Revovation
To all you Moms out there, have you ever felt like toys are taking over your den? Or your house? Or your entire life? Chances are I'm not alone in feeling like if I step on one more Hot Wheels metal car, one more wooden Thomas train or one more of the Little People that I might just have to get my feet amputated. The toys are taking over our lives (I mostly blame my husband) and it is time to move the vast majority of them out of my den. Thankfully, we have two bedrooms on the top floor of our house that we never use. One will continue to be the guest bedroom because it is nice and roomy and the second bedroom is going to be transformed into a child's toy land. Unfortunately I didn't really realize what I was getting myself into when I dove in head first. Here is a picture of the room before I started. It has an ugly floor, blah white walls, ugly baby blue exposed beams, dingy white ceilings covered in glow in the dark stars/planets/moons and the best most hideous part is this secret door (which just leads to a balcony storage space).How could I not be excited about getting rid of these hippy flowers?? The nice qualities of the room are that the ceilings are 13 feet in some places and it has a fantastic balcony. On the balcony you can even see the Rhein River if you stand on your tippy toes.Really the room is great because I can redo everything with fresh paint and then pick out sun bathing furniture for my balcony. Evans can play and I can sit in the sun (which comes out every few weeks)! Richard has even suggested a mini fridge for up there so we can enjoy adult beverages on the balcony in the summers but I might have to pull the plug on that idea. Don't worry, we have already discussed the necessity of a latch/lock put on the top of the door so that no child could ever open the door or window even though I can hardly get the door open myself.
So I know that this might come as a shock to some of you after Evan's giraffe theme birthday party but that is sort of what I am going for in this playroom. I mean, if you perfect something, you should continue to use it, right? :) It has been slow going to say the least. The walls in this room are so grooved that the only way to paint is to use a brush. That's right, a BRUSH. As in, I must do all of it with my one right hand and elbow grease. One day I painted for two hours straight and you could hardly tell. And not only the walls have to be painted but the exposed beams, the ceiling AND the window casings.You can see in this picture that I have half of the beam that splits the room in half, halfway finished. These beams take roughly three coats to make them look decent. I have a sneaking suspicion that I might never be finished. I am almost done with the walls (they are yellow) but I have managed to run out of paint RIGHT before finishing. Back to the german hardware store tomorrow for more yellow paint and to pick out a ceiling paint. I've informed Deaner that he will be painting this weekend on the spots that I cannot reach myself. This is like pulling teeth and he needs plenty of forewarning. I have picked out new bookcases, a new rug and several giraffe accents including a big wall decal. I can't wait to post more pictures as I go. Now, if I could only figure out what I am going to do with the three rather large pieces of furniture that need a new home. Hmmmmm. Stay tuned......tomorrow I will tell y'all about our first day of the new school.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Happy (late) Easter 2012
I've had so much else to blog about lately that I am just now catching up to Easter. Considering that it was only four days ago, I think that I am doing okay. If anyone can remember last year and our Easter celebration I was pumped to have bought Evans the best Easter basket ever. I was thrilled to get to use it again this year. In fact, if I put as much thought and effort into other things in my life as much as I did picking out Easter basket goodies there is no telling how great it would be! This year Evans got a basket that held a Mr. Potato Head (bunny version), The Runaway Bunny and I Am A Bunny board books (I should mention that he seems to really dislike the Runaway Bunny book as he pushes it away and cries when I try and read it to him), bunny ears, an Easter plate and sippy cup, bunny and lamb rubber ducks for the tub and PLENTY of easter eggs filled with matchbox cars. I also bought that Hot Wheels car organizer/holder but I'd be lying if I said that was solely for Evans. I am sick to death of stepping on little metal cars when walking around my house. In keeping with his attitude from last year, Evans really could not have cared less about his basket! After all that work!He did humored me when encouraged to at least look at his basket.But it was clear that he would have rather been anywhere than on our blanket. Deaner and I had to take turns chasing him so he didn't end up in the Rhein.We were grateful for nice weather since the forecast called for rain and happy we could spend Evans' second easter down by the river again. A lot of changed since this time last year. Especially our child!Last Easter Evans has just (barely) learned to sit up on his own (remember, he was a bit slow!).This year we had to keep him from trying to take a swim. The past year has certainly been a challenge but I know that Deaner and I are both grateful for having such a happy and healthy baby (yes, I still call him a baby because he IS one).Maybe next year we will have better luck with the bunny ears!
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Monday, April 9, 2012
Busy In Brussels
When I tell you that this trip to Brussels was all over the place, behavior wise, I'm not exaggerating. Evans was pretty snarky, goofy and just plain hilarious at times. He acted like a grumpy old man, a gooney lunatic and like he was born for the life of leisure traveling around Europe. As always, we would take a walk to visit the Mannekin Pis every afternoon when Deaner was finished working. It gave us time to catch up on the day and decide which cafe to sit down in for a pre-dinner drink (are you seeing a pattern here?). Of course there was always the ever important question of where to eat dinner that night. Evans didn't exactly love these leisurely strolls down to visit our little peeing statue. It was almost like he knew which part of the evening was coming up next and he was ready to get on with it. I'm not sure how I have been to Brussels so many times over the past three years and that this was the first trip I've had a Belgian waffle. Thankfully Evans didn't wait as long in life to indulge in such wonderfulness. After our strolls in the afternoon Mama and DaDa got to enjoy a delicious adult treat.Don't judge. It really was a 3 for 2 happy hour special. Evans on the other hand was happy as a clam with his Belgian waffles. Which I might add are probably the messiest treat on earth.All while being the most enjoyable.It is fair to say that by the time dinner rolled around I didn't expect Evans to eat much of anything. Especially anything that was good for him. The name of the game was keep Evans happy, quiet and looking this cute.Even if it meant letting him eat fruit snacks, cheese-its party mix, a chocolate cookie and pepperoni......as his supper....Even if it means eating cheetos while the oreo residue is still stuck in his teeth.....And even if it means letting him sit in his high chair at the dinner table......Like this. Thought I was joking about my efforts to keep him quiet? Whatever. It. Takes.
So after being delightful dinner company, it was time for some nekkid radio flyer riding in our apartment. Remember how I said I had a story about those accommodations? Well our "apartment", while being very nice and very big, was also basically just a big room.I believe in this picture you can see how Evans' pack 'n play was actually set up in the bathroom.The one and only bathroom this time. This did prove to be a bigger problem than before but luckily we had a first floor apartment and there was a bathroom in the lobby for us to use after Evans went to sleep. Ridiculous I know, but worth it. After more nekkid activities, such as playing the guitarthere was a little more radio flying (incognito) before passing out in his private suite.That included our only "facilities". I guess life could be worse. Our second night in Brussels we ate in an area that had quite a few street performing musicians that came along. I try not to make it a habit of tipping these people because honestly that could add another ten euro to your dinner bill. Unfortunately when Evans hears them coming he cannot contain his excitement.Then the dancing begins.Before I know it, the accordion players are flocking to our table, each wanting a tip for making our child so giddy.Thankfully letting him play with his truck and our lettuce garnishes (plus the binky) took his attention off of all his admirers.The same truck played in the bathtub that night and I definitely found lettuce floating in the tub along with a few fruit snacks. By our third night there we had everything down to a science.Not to say that we weren't happy to head home on Friday. I'm actually surprised that the trip went as smoothly as it did. I wouldn't hesitate to bring Evans along on another business trip sometime but I'm hoping we will be home for awhile. Anyways, we are off to an orientation at Evans' new "school". I am sure it won't be half as great as his old one but I'm hoping he enjoys it. Happy Wednesday!
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As I mentioned in yesterday's post, we have found it necessary to have suites now when we travel. This is not always an easy thing to achieve but we do the best we can and as long as there is somewhere we can set up E's pack 'n play that has a closing door, we are okay with it. When Deaner suggested we spend a couple nights in Garmisch I was happy to oblige and he booked us a "junior" suite for the weekend. Neither of us thought twice about this until we were on the way there and I noticed that there was a very distinct "junior" included on our itinerary. Lo and behold, we arrived to a very large hotel room with a sitting area but no separate bedroom. I started to panic a little bit because it is nerve wracking sharing a room with the two men in my life, together. One is a very young light sleeper and one is a very noisy, tv watching night owl. It's not a good combo. After a few minutes of discussing our game plan I happened to notice another door tucked away that I hadn't noticed before. I was thrilled to find another half bath! Don't even get me started on the ridiculous set up of this "suite", which claimed it could sleep 6 adults, but I have never been so happy to see an extra toilet in my life! It was quickly turned into Chez Evans and the little prince had his own private quarters! It was quiet, dark and I even had a toilet to sit on while reading night time books! To say that Evans loved it would be an understatement. He didn't even want to get out of his crib when he woke up from naps and in the mornings.He was so into his private room that he would come and get us and point to his crib when he was ready for bed. I can promise y'all, that does not happen here!
Unfortunately the Zugspitz was cloudy the day we were planning on heading to the top. Instead we went up the Garmisch Classic for lunch. Evans had other plans. Plans that did not include sitting peacefully with us in a restaurant and enjoying himself.In fact, his plans didn't involve sitting at all. Deaner and I for the very first time had to take turns eating lunch. Since Evans wasn't happy unless he was dangling over the edge of the mountains, one of us had to be with him at all times.Lunch was not quite as much fun alone as it may sound! We didn't spend nearly as much time up at the top as we would have liked but we did try and get one family picture taken (by Deaner). The old hold the camera out trick is a bit easier with only two people! Especially when the third party is struggling and fighting you.Though he still had a little time to be sweet to his Mama....It was clear he would have rather been hanging out at the hotel, getting ready to go to the swimming pool and hiding in his favorite hide-y hole.We had a great time in the mountains and Evans had a great time in the hotel. He is a well kept man after all. I'm sure we will go back before too long. We headed home on Monday afternoon to throw some laundry in the never-ending German washer/dryer, repacked our bags and headed out on Tuesday morning for Brussels. I was relaxed and happy because I knew we had an apartment in Brussels and that having a separate room for Evans wasn't an issue. Do things ever happen the way they are supposed to? Tomorrow I'll give y'all the low down on our Belgian accommodations.
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It's In There Too! (The Contextual Menu, That Is!)
In Monday's post, I explained how everything you need to fill in a blank search entry field is clearly listed and readily available in the Search menu. I encouraged you to explore the options in that menu by borrowing the tag-line from an old spaghetti sauce commercial: "It's in There!"
In upcoming posts, we'll stir the sauce and take a closer look at some of the items that are "in there." But before we do, I want to point out that these options are also available in the contextual menu that appears whenever you right-click in the search entry field. (Mac users can also Control-click to bring up the contextual menu.)
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Hey Guys,
I'm looking for a Self study guide for network+ exam. I'm looking to write the 2009 edition. I have failed the 2005 edition by a bit so I have to write it again (work demanding this) so I might as well do the 2009 edition.
For the 2005 one I had the sybex study guide http://www.sybex.com/WileyCDA/SybexT...782144063.html and the McGraw self study guide http://www.mhprofessional.com/produc...sbn=0071501738
The one from Mc-Graw was good for a self study and one from sybex had alot of information missing.
Could anyone point me to a decent SELF study book for n+ 2009 version?
The Mc-Graw has a fourth edition but it seems to be for 2005 still.
Thanks in advance.


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Day 1- Begin your day with a ride on the Virginia Creeper Trail, a 34 mile hiking, biking and horseback riding trail. The fall season brings perfect temperatures and unbelievable scenery with an abundance of autumn color. Rent a bike or bring your own, take a shuttle to the top of Whitetop Mountain and coast 17 miles through the Jefferson National Forest. Between Abingdon and Damascus, a short distance off the trail in Alvarado you will find the Abingdon Vineyard & Winery, Washington County's first Virginia Farm Winery. Nestled in the trees along the South Holston River, tastings, tours, gifts and wine sales are available for your pleasure. Continuing on the trail toward Abingdon, enjoy the scenic beauty of our agriculture heritage. Arriving at the trail head in Abingdon, stay at one of our numerous lodging choices, have dinner at one of our many outstanding restaurants and visit Barter Theatre, live theatre at its best.
Day 2- Stroll the charming brick sidewalks of Historic Abingdon; enjoy the vibrant foliage while taking a self-guided walking tour. Explore the various shops and boutiques along Main Street and find unique and delightful gifts, Virginia wines, tea parlors, and galleries and studios that showcase local artists. Stop by the Arts Depot and watch as local artisans demonstrate their talents. See exhibits at William King Museum and tour Fields Penn 1860 House Museum.
Day 3- Enjoy the rural countryside by traveling State Highway 75 toward South Holston Lake. US 58 toward Damascus, to observe the natural beauty, from the peaks of Mt. Rogers and Whitetop – the two highest mountains in Virginia- to streams, rivers and wooded areas. From Abingdon, Whites Mill Road will take you to a 1790 grist mill that is on the Virginia Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. You can take a look around the mill and visit the mercantile to purchase local arts and crafts and grab a snack that will take you back in time.
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Free market is the problem
I'm writing to respond to Jeff Taylor's free market parable "Katrina's lesson: If you don't own it, let it go" in the December 1 issue.
His general premise is that property is better protected by a private owner than a public agency, and this is often true. But, to be perfectly frank, Taylor is uninformed when he condemns the city of New Orleans for allegedly "letting" its municipal and city busses "go to waste" in Katrina.
Thousands of private cars and trucks and boats were also left to "go to waste" in the same manner all over New Orleans, including many new and used cars on dealers' lots.
Why? Because most people who could followed the mayor's mandatory evacuation order on August 28, if they hadn't already left the city. The fact that the evacuation order was given on a Sunday was both a good and bad thing: good that there was less regular business traffic to contend with along the evacuation routes, but bad that some needed public employees who normally work on a Monday-Friday schedule, such as the school bus drivers, were already scattered.
It's an apparently trivial detail, but an evacuation ordered on a regular school day, when the busses were manned, would probably have been much more effective for the city's poor and disabled. Another detail of some importance for any evacuation is the fact that the storm hit at the end of the month, when many people in poor neighborhoods had virtually run out of money until their next paycheck– where can you go without money?
Yes, this was all evidence of terrible planning, but the working of market forces won't solve these problems. I'd urge Taylor to understand what actually happened in New Orleans before patronizing those who now look for effective government action on several fronts as part of the long-term solution.
Under the best circumstances, next steps in New Orleans will be very difficult, and the situation has been made more so by free market ideologues like Taylor who have been undermining government for the past 25 years.


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Kelly Clarkson is now Mrs. Kelly Clarkson.
Wait - I don't think that's right.
Well, anyway, Clarkson married talent manager Brandon Blackstock in a small ceremony in Tennessee over the weekend, according to E! News. The Grammy-winning singer and 'American Idol' winner broke the news via Twitter on Monday, writing, 'I'm officially Mrs. Blackstock. We got married yesterday at Blackberry Farms in TN, the most beautiful place ever!'
Well … some of us are just going to have to take her word on that one.
The website reported that only a small group of friends and family attended, including Blackstock's two kids from his first marriage.
The bride reportedly previously revealed her dress was by Temperley London. Which may or may not mean something to someone.
Clarkson told E! News earlier this month she planned a much bigger wedding, but ultimately decided she and her betrothed wanted to do something smaller once she took a break from her tour.


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Summary:Written for both individuals and organizations, this post provides high-level guidance for rookies who are just getting started with social media, as well as those who are looking to add more structure, focus and discipline to existing initiatives. Maximizing social media engagement requires setting goals, assessing the operating environment, conducting a communications audit, developing a plan of action, acquiring knowledge and skills, incremental implementation, and managing time and information.
I am constantly reminded that in spite of all the media hype, the vast majority of professionals are still social media rookies. Many people are still grappling with basic questions like:
Others have implemented specific initiatives, but their approaches have been tactical rather than strategic and have produced mixed results. Both individuals and organizations have encountered challenges in terms of efficiency and effectiveness and have struggled to manage the necessary time commitments. Organizations face additional challenges because their fragmented, siloed efforts often result in stakeholder confusion and frustration, as well as frequent cannibalization of their own digital properties. In other words, they have a mess on their hands!
As much as people would love to find a silver bullet or killer app that will solve their social media challenges, one doesn't exist. There is no "one best way" or simple formula for effective social media engagement. Like many other worthwhile activities, it comes down to dedication and hard work. But there is a set of best practices emerging, many of which reflect the same fundamental principles of success in other endeavors.
Here are my top seven "working smart" principles, which are applicable to both individuals and organizations. I also suggest taking a look at The SAPLING Approach to Leveraging Social Media, which offers a complementary set of recommendations.
It's such a basic consideration, but it is all too-often overlooked. Given how time challenged we all are, knowing what you want to accomplish is paramount to determining how you should focus your time and attention. All forms of media – including social media – are means to an end rather than ends in and of themselves. Before you can determine whether investing in social media is worthwhile, you must know why you might make that investment in the first place.
Remember to unpack your goals. It's not enough to make no-duh statements like "I want to get a (new, better) job" or "We want more clients" or "We want to increase revenue." For the goals to be effective, they have to be SMART – specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound. Before you do anything else, either create some goals or revisit the ones you have to ensure they offer the kind of behavioral guidance you need.
Finally, in identifying your goals, remember that "less is more." Your goals should serve as a beacon, a guiding light. More than three will probably confuse you. Having one that trumps all others will help you manage conflicting priorities and make tough decisions.
Although social media platforms and tools are available to anyone who wants to use them, their value varies widely depending on a number of factors. Make the time to understand the digital landscape in which you're operating, by researching the answers to questions like:
Too often, social media is an answer in search of a question. Rushing into engagement, impulsively jumping on the bandwagon, or being a fad follower usually results in failure – or at least disappointment and frustration. Your efforts are wasted if they don't enable you to pursue your goals and/or don't make sense given your operating environment.
Keep the following in mind when determining whether social media makes high-level sense:
Once you've determined social media's high-level value, you will want to do a more granular evaluation focused on specific platforms and tools. This assessment should also include a critical assessment of traditional media and current practices. Given limited resources, you may find that you should replace traditional approaches (e.g., snail mail, trade shows) with digital ones because they are more economical, effective – or both. At a minimum, you will want to integrate traditional and new approaches so you don't unnecessarily duplicate efforts across multiple channels.
If you've already dabbled with social media but have your doubts about the effectiveness of your efforts, it might be worthwhile to conduct a communications and engagement audit. Though you can do this yourself, it's probably better to hire an outsider who has digital expertise and can offer an objective and independent perspective. Regardless of who conducts the audit, it must be framed in terms of your goals and operating environment, and must make sense for your individual or organizational brand. In addition to critiquing current practices, the audit results should include a specific roadmap of possibilities and targeted efforts.
In addition to conducting an audit, organizations should also solicit input from their key stakeholders, both formally and informally, to ensure they understand the preferences, habits, and digital savvy of the people with whom they want to engage. Too many organizations have learned the hard way the risks of making decisions in a vacuum.
When it comes to social media, most people "don't know what they don't know." At the same time, many social media rookies are more digitally engaged than they think they are. I am reminded of both of these truths whenever I administer the Social Media Quotient (SMQ) Quiz during presentations and workshops.
Every rookie can benefit from educating themselves about social media and/or undertaking training that is appropriate for their role/position. Although many early adopters and social media devotees will advocate "learning by doing," that approach is neither as efficient nor effective as being guided by someone who's already climbed the necessary learning curves. It's also fraught with unnecessary risks. Even if you already have well-developed knowledge or skills, you must remain committed to continuous learning to keep up with the constantly-changing digital landscape.
As with other aspects of your social media engagement, your efforts here should be guided by your goals and operating characteristics, as well as the plan of action you've devised. You need to learn smart in order to work smart.
It's incredibly easy to become overwhelmed by all the things you should be doing, and failures often result when people try to pursue a variety of initiatives simultaneously. An effective roadmap will lay out specific steps within specific windows (e.g., 1, 3, 6, 9 & 12 months), based on your defined priorities. If you stay focused and disciplined, you can transform your digital engagement from anemic to robust in a year or less.
In addition to implementing a plan of action, organizations should also address related issues like:
Discipline and focus are also critical to successful engagement. Don't underestimate the ongoing time commitment you have to make to social media, and be sure that you are able to stay consistently engaged over the long term before you begin a specific initiative. Also remember that quality is much more important than quantity. Don't feel pressured to engage constantly, and make sure your engagement is viewed as valuable signal rather than noise.
Specific considerations include:
I would love to hear the rules other people recommend and/or follow to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of social media engagement. And as always, I welcome questions and comments.
Learn more at the Denovati SMART Blog.
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Thanks again, Dr. Hunt. This is REALLY valuable. I will review in depth...


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What we got as Warriors Orochi 2 in the US is Warriors Orochi: Second Coming Of The Demon King in Japan.
For those interested http://www.siliconera.com/2011/11/04/warriors-orochi-now-with-androids-and-ryu-hayabusa/
I do have to say im excited for this. Its confirmed for 360 and PS3 in Japan so it looks incredibly likely this will see a NA release. I would bet in February. I really hope so too, i just hope more than just Achilles will be out from Troy Musou.


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Posts tagged 'MIP'
Taking MIPs to the next level
Since: betterFORM 5.0rc1 – buildNumber:11612
Model Item Properties (MIPs) are one of the central features of XForms. In short they allow to add constraints to XML nodes. The available MIPs are:
- readonly – boolean XPath expression
- required – boolean XPath expression
- calculate – XPath expression
- relevant – boolean XPath expression
- constraint – boolean XPath expression
- type – XML Schema simple datatype or extension thereof
However with XForms 1.1 each of these MIPs were allowed to be attached to a node only once. If a bind element happened to attach one MIP to same node a second time the processor would throw a XFormsBindingException.
This was rather limiting expecially with respect to the 'constraint' MIP as in practice it often happens that you'd like to test for more than one condition. Of course you can combine conditions with a simple 'and' like so:
<xf:bind nodeset="a" constraint=". > 5 and . < 10" />
But this leads to long and hard to read expressions. Wouldn't it be much nicer to be able to write:
<xf:bind nodeset="a" constraint=". > 5" /> <xf:bind nodeset="a" constraint=". < 10" />
MIPs in XForms 2.0…
This is exactly what is addressed in the upcoming XForms 2.0. It now allows that one and the same MIP is attached to the same node several time and defines some combination rules. This table was taken from the current XForms 2.0 Draft.
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'all' means that all conditions are chained with a boolean 'and' so all conditions must become true for the constraint validation to become true. 'one' on the other hand combines the statement with boolean 'or'.
…and beyond
The combination rules for 'constraint', 'relevant', 'required' and 'readonly' are now implemented in betterFORM. But we went some steps further and also picked up some of the ideas from a post published under the name 'MIP Names, Type, Etc.' on the W3C XForms group wiki.
Besides using the syntax shown above you are now able to write the following statements:
<xf:bind ref="a"> <bf:constraint value=". > 5"/> <bf:constraint value=". < 10" /> </xf:bind>
The custom element 'constraint' in the betterFORM namespace is an alternative notation that allows some interesting options beyond making the markup even more readable. See this:
<xf:bind ref="a"> <bf:constraint value=". > 5"> <xf:alert>The value must be bigger than 5</xf:alert> </bf:constraint> <bf:constraint value=". < 10" > <xf:alert>The value must be smaller than 10</xf:alert> </bf:constraint> </xf:bind>
Here we find our good old friend the 'alert' element which XForms authors know as one of the child elements of XForms controls to signal an error. The alerts are now attached to a single constraint MIP and allow to tell the user exactly which of multiple constraints has failed in a given situation.
But there's even more. In some situations even a single condition might be complicated and therefore hard to read. This is especially true when it's crammed into an attribute. Now you can also write:
<xf:bind ref="a"> <bf:constraint> <bf:value> my really long and complicated possibly multiline XPath </bf:value> <xf:alert>The value must be bigger than 5</xf:alert> </bf:constraint> </xf:bind>
Besides for constraint also
<bf:relevant/> <bf:required/> <bf:readonly/>
are supported and useable in the same way.
Of course the new custom syntax fully harmonizes with the standard syntax so the following will be perfectly valid:
<xf:bind ref="a"> <bf:constraint value=". > 5"> <xf:alert>The value must be bigger than 5</xf:alert> </bf:constraint> </xf:bind> ... <xf:bind nodeset="a" constraint=". < 10"/>
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Great, now we have the ability to signal to the user what exactly went wrong, combine several occurrences of a MIP and we can trigger each UI control bound to that node. But what if we do not want that? It might be even confusing if alert messages pop up in the UI at several places.
So we need a mechanism to selectively and explicitly say that we want an error to be displayed for a given control. We currently solved this like so:
<xf:input ref="a"> <xf:label>a text</xf:label> <xf:alert srcBind="aBind"/> </xf:input>
'srcBind' is an idref and points to an existing bind with id='aBind'. This is taken as the root element for all alerts that might be displayed (if their respective constraint fails) or not displayed (if their respective constraint passes). The xf:alert in the UI becomes a container for all messages whose constraint fails and are displayed as a stack.
We hope these extensions are useful and welcome your feedback.


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This really has nothing to do with anything (and I will get to today's recipe in a few minutes...), except that it seems to be all anyone talks about lately... I'm starting to think I must be one of the last people on earth who has no idea what Angry Birds is all about. Can anyone explain to me the appeal of playing a game where you launch birds at pigs? Not having grown up playing many video games, I guess I have little patience for the whole business to begin with, since I've seen how gaming sucks people in, never to be heard from for weeks, until they emerge from their homes, bleary-eyed, unshowered, wondering what the rest of the planet has been up to while they've been glued to their computers and Xboxes.
We've moved on with our lives, people.
I'm also one of the few people who has yet to own an iPhone (not that I don't want one, I DO, I'm just trying to factor in the cost to my budget of upgrading from my old Nokia flip phone which does little more than make calls and send texts). The only video/computer game I remember playing as a kid was Lemmings, which we had loaded onto our very primitive computer at the time. Maybe I liked it because it used some math and critical thinking skills, and math was actually one of my favorite subjects through high school.
Yeah, I was kind of a dork. And I was in choir and band, too, which actually wasn't considered geeky at my school since it was such a small school, and it was pretty much the only elective activity there was to participate in. Plus, I played drums, which I thought made me super cool at the time. But really it didn't. I don't think I escaped from that awkward phase of life until my early twenties.
Anyway, as dumb as I think the game sounds - about as ridiculous as Farmville - I kind of wish I'd thought of it. There's so much money-making potential out there for software and computer geeks - I'm sure their high school friends aren't making fun of them now! :)
Lately I've shared lots of sweet treats with you all, since I love to bake for the holidays, but I've got to have my fruit and veggies, too. Also, I try to balance out my posts on baking and sweet things with savory dishes as well so that I don't send you all into sugar overload!
Since I'm getting to the gym so infrequently lately, I bought a couple of exercise DVDs to work out to - and although they are still in their plastic, I have very good intentions of using them very soon! My body will thank me. We made this salad last week for a light dinner, and even though it's just a salad, it has so many delicious and filling elements that it was completely satisfying as a meal.
The avocado, blue cheese and egg give it the protein needed to fill you up - the addition of some grilled chicken would make it even better. And the fresh pears and blueberries are a refreshing and light touch. We never buy salad dressing since it's so easy and quick to mix something up, or to just drizzle a little oil and vinegar over the vegetables. Blue cheese can be pretty strong, and sometimes takes over a dish, but we found a really nice, slightly mild Gorgonzola at our grocery store that didn't overpower the other ingredients. And if blue cheese isn't your thing, then just use whatever you like.
I'm curious... when you have a healthy dinner, does it make you feel justified in following it up with something sweet and bad for you, or does it make you more determined to resist dessert?
Pear, Avocado and Blue Cheese Salad
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- 2 cups mixed salad greens
- 1 medium ripe pear, or two small pears, cored and sliced
- 2 ounces blue or Gorgonzola cheese
- 1/2 cup fresh blueberries
- 1 ripe avocado, peeled, cored and sliced
- 2 eggs, poached or soft-boiled
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- salt and pepper
- pinch of paprika
Arrange the salad greens on two plates and top with the pears, cheese, blueberries, avocado and eggs. Drizzle with the olive oil and white wine vinegar, and season with salt and pepper. Add a sprinkling of paprika.
Yields 2 servings.


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In Snow Leopard and prior, when clsoing a window with unsaved changes, the system would suggest to either save, cancel or discard the changes from keyboard shortcuts. You could:
- save return
- cancel ⌘+.
- discard the changes ⌘+D.
The Lion save dialog that gets summoned instead of the "Would you like to save?" dialog works differently:
⌘+. and return still work1, but ⌘+D has no effect.
Is there a new keyboard shortcut to discard?
1. I'm not in front of my Mac right now; IIRC they work, but maybe I'm wrong.


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RIM Takes a Bath on NewBay Sale (Updated)
Research In Motion has finally found a buyer for NewBay, the provider of white-label cloud-based content services it acquired last October for a price somewhere around $100 million.
Synchronoss Technologies has agreed to buy the company from RIM, though at a price significantly lower than the struggling handset maker paid for it: $55.5 million. The transaction includes all NewBay assets and intellectual property with the exception of $3 million in cash, which RIM will retain.
That's quite a discount, with RIM eating roughly half of the cost of the original acquisition. It's a bittersweet transaction for the company, which was at last able to sell off an asset it had been looking to unload, just at a lousy price.


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Thursday, October 9, 2008
Oh, Baby!
First, my sister April shared this idea with me for an idea for a baby shower. As your guests walk in, have a pretty basket of newborn diapers waiting on a table with a bunch of Sharpie markers and an empty basket for the completed diapers. Then have each guest write a short message on a diaper to either the new baby or the new mother. Can you imagine the uplift of seeing a sweet note from a loved one in the middle of the night when you're changing a diaper...for the third time??
And this last idea is perfect for a new mother who isn't getting a formal baby shower but who could use a little baby love. One of my friends in our ward here did this for another lady in our ward who was having her first baby, but was so busy that a formal shower was difficult. She emailed out this note and organized the "drops" with reminder emails. It went off without a hitch and was cute to boot!
Any fun ideas you'd like to share??
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- Who needs sleep? said...
No ideas, but I love that idea to write a note on the diaper. How fun would that be to find when changing a little one!
- October 9, 2008 at 12:34 PM
- Jeni said...
That is the sweetest idea to write like that on the diaper! And of course I like the card...what pretty paper.
- October 9, 2008 at 2:08 PM
- Jenni said...
I love the invitation you made; it turned out really cute! I also love the idea to write a little message on the diapers! Who wouldn't love that? :)
I hope you have a wonderful day! :)
- October 9, 2008 at 3:47 PM
- Kristi said...
Cute invites!!
Yesterday was so fun!! Did you get any licorice yet?
- October 9, 2008 at 4:39 PM
- Eloise said...
Such a cute idea! I seem to be sadly past the age of having friends with little babies, but hopefully I'll get to use your diaper message idea some day.
- October 9, 2008 at 9:12 PM
- condiefamily said...
THANK YOU! Great ideas that I will implement immediately. We are hosting a diaper/wipes shower next Tuesday- the sharpie messages are a perfect activity for the event and the secret agent idea rocks! Thank you for sharing!
- October 10, 2008 at 7:20 AM
- condiefamily said...
Hey- love the invites too! Thank you for sharing your vast talents with us. You are truly fabulous...
- October 10, 2008 at 7:21 AM
- Bonnie B. said...
Love the diaper/wipes idea!
- October 10, 2008 at 12:28 PM
- Cammy Aller said...
Amber I love the cute baby ideas! To bad Im not having anymore! I hope to use them on my sisters though. I wanted to know how you got the "I believe" for our church on your blog?
- October 10, 2008 at 1:06 PM
- Marisa said...
One of my sister's friends just had baby #2, another girl and her friends out in NC gave her a "sprinkle." Just a small group of friends who "sprinkled" her with a few new items and essentials.
The invite are WAY cute!!
- October 10, 2008 at 8:18 PM
- Our Complete Family said...
What a sweet little idea! Just fun and sweet and loving! And your card...adorable hun! Happy weekend!!! Les
- October 10, 2008 at 8:19 PM
- Our Complete Family said...
P.S. Something is awaiting you over on my blog post from today chica!!! xo, Les
- October 10, 2008 at 8:59 PM
- Sonja said...
Oh! That writing-on-the-diaper idea is pure genius. Man! Almost makes me wish I was having another baby. Almost. BUT I will absolutely be using the idea for some friends.
And the gift-drop idea is brilliant. Very handy, I'm sure for lots of moms.
Thanks so much for sharing all your great ideas!
- October 11, 2008 at 11:35 AM
- Heather D. White said...
I love love love getting new ideas for showers and the idea of leaving love notes on the diapers is SO FUN! I love that! How are you doing? You are such a cutie and I seriously wish you lived closer. Any plans to come to Utah over any of the upcoming holidays? Would love to get together over dinner sometime!! LMK!
- October 13, 2008 at 4:06 AM
- Montay said...
so cute
- October 13, 2008 at 1:44 PM
- Leenz said...
Those invites are so cute! Thanks for all your hard work. Can't you squeeze yourself in one and come on out?
- October 14, 2008 at 6:08 PM


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This has nothing to do with atheism, but I have become fond and familiar with the community here and I would like your collective opinion on a sensitive matter with which I am faced. I know a little girl at a chinese restaurant I frequent; she is the owners' daughter and she eats with me when I come in. Recently she mentioned that one of her parent's employees creeps her out, so I asked her why. She said "he tickles me," which immediately sent up red flags to me. I asked her if she had told…Continue
Posted on January 5, 2012 at 2:36pm 30 Comments 0 Likes
Let me first say that until this year, I fully beleived that 9/11 was the work of al-Qaeda and Bin Laden...because I had never bothered to look at any of the conspiracy theories. This year, I finally got curious as to why people were still going on about the attacks being a government job, so I spent a few days looking up videos and reviews. Quite a few of them were sketchy and I was able to dismiss the claims because I could conceive of alternative possibilities to many of the allegations.…Continue
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 7:44am 28 Comments 0 Likes
I had such high hopes for this man when I voted for him. I was so tired of seeing white men in office, even being white myself, that I wanted him to show people that they needn't conform to societal stereotypes. But he was a Trojan horse, and has now done more harm to this country than anyone President before him. I can no longer call him my president, as he has sold me into bondage. He has transformed the home of the free into a military dictatorship. It is now perfectly legal for him to…Continue
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 5:30pm 25 Comments 0 Likes
I began this exchange in the midst of another thread, but as it was developing into its own discourse, I decided it should be moved to its own thread. If you'd like to see the comments that lead up to this reply by my friend Glen Rosenberg, they are here.
"John, you just want an argument. OKAY
Your hard core [moral relativism]…Continue
John, what are your up to? Which strange new ideas are you hooked on?
What about the chinese restaraunt and the issue of the little girl?
I'm just looking for those first few members to jump start some ideas on how the site is built and run. A group has been started, please feel to join up and start spilling your thoughts.
No matter your philosophical bent, ideas of strict determinism, it is only human to be peeved with the Z's of the world.
John –
Aha there is already such a group here in Nexus… looking forward to some interesting discussion - come and join me…
Have a look on my page for the group if you can't find it through a search. I'm the 7th member and they could do with some extra discussions in there – they've only got 2 going. You and me babe… let's do it! : )
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Adobe Supports OpenStand
The following post originally appeared in the Adobe Standards blog.
On March 9th, at the Open Future reception at SXSW, Adobe announced support for the OpenStand initiative. Our rationale for this was simple – OpenStand is good for the Web, good for users, and good for Adobe. It increases innovation, openness, and allows greater participation in evolving the Internet.
The Internet is built on standards. These standards come from all sorts of organizations – some formal and supported by governments, some less formal and created by industry associations, and some driven by users who believe in collective action. OpenStand takes a simple position on these organizations – if the organization is open, transparent, balanced, has due process in creation, and has broad consensus – then the organization and its specifications are legitimate.
The approach advocated by OpenStand seems to be intuitively obvious; good technical standards which are accepted and implemented by the industry should be judged not on their origin, but rather on their utility to the industry. A poor standard with a "proper background and backing" is still a poor standard.
The Internet is ubiquitous – from mobile phones to tablets to desktops – all form factors, all types of information, design, and literally "everything". It is a golden age for creative display and use of information – all driven by innovation, which then is "standardized" so users can access it and interoperate with complementary services.
Adobe has contributed significantly and will continue to contribute to efforts to document and test these innovative activities in conjunction with W3C with the Web Platform Docs (WPD) project and Test the Web Forward. We have also supported the HTML5 editor as this standard moves to completion and we are also active in WebKit specs, as well as in formal metadata standards. All of these venues are important – and all build the ability of the market to innovate, grow, and change. And that's what OpenStand is all about, which is why Adobe has chosen to support it.
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ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – An assistant chief with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office was arrested early Saturday morning for suspicion of driving under the influence in St. Johns County after he rear-ended a tractor-trailer that was slowing for a red light, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Troopers charged Assistant Chief Larry Jones with driving under the influence and driving under the influence with property damage. He was also issued a citation for careless driving.
Troopers said Jones was was exiting Interstate 95 to State Road 206 around 12:48 a.m. when he struck the rear of the big rig. The responding officer wrote in the accident report that Jones "showed signs of impairment... his eyes were bloodshot, watery and he had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emitting from his breath."
The trooper who conducted a field sobriety test noted that Jones did not touch heel-to-toe and took an incorrect number of steps when walking a line, and used his arms to balance, swayed and put his foot down several times while attempting to stand on one foot.
An FHP spokesman said Jones identified himself as an off-duty JSO officer at the time of the arrest. After his arrest, he refused consent for a breath test.
He was booked into the St. Johns County jail with a $500 bond. He was no longer in their system Saturday morning, which would suggest he bonded out of jail.
According to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office's website, Jones is the commander of Zone 5, a district which includes parts of Northwest and West Jacksonville.
Jones has been with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office since 1991, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Saturday afternoon, JSO spokeswoman Lauri-Ellen Smith released this statement:
"We have been made aware of the DUI arrest of Assistant Chief Larry Jones, in another jurisdiction, early this morning. Sheriff Rutherford has initiated an Internal Affairs investigation. The matter will be dealt with appropriately."


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LAKELAND | Central Florida authorities are reporting a rare death from a spider bite.
Polk County Medical Examiner Stephen Nelson tells The Ledger (http://bit.ly/Mxsi1K ) that Ronald Reese of Lakeland died Feb. 16 from complications of a spider bite.
Nelson said the bite became infected and developed into an abscess on the back of Reese's neck, which pressed on his spinal cord.
Reese's father says the 62-year-old had been bitten in August by a brown recluse spider. H.K. William Reese says required lengthy hospital stays and numerous procedures for six months after the bite.
"He was working in an old house tearing out the existing walls and ceilings and replacing them. Brown recluse spiders like to live in those old houses," he said.
Nelson said Reese was never tested to determine what type of spider bit him, but medical records show there were definite complications from a spider bite wound on his neck.
Few statistics on deaths attributed to spider bites are available. According to the American Association of Poison Control Centers, only two people died from spider bites between 2001 and 2005. Both were believed to be caused by brown recluse spiders.
The brown recluse spider, which is not native to Florida, is one of just a handful of spiders that are dangerous to humans, though all spiders carry venom as a way to kill and digest their prey, said Polk State College biology professor Logan Randolph.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a bite from a brown recluse spider starts with two small puncture wounds and develops into a blister. The venom can also cause a severe lesion by destroying skin tissue, which requires medical attention.
However, the bites typically aren't lethal, Randolph said.
"In most spider bites, complications arise mostly if there's some secondary factor. If the person has a specific allergic reaction, if their health was compromised in some other manner, or if the bite causes an open wound with a secondary infection," Randolph said.
Spiders typically avoid humans, he said.
"Most spiders aren't going to attack you," Randolph said. "It's when you trap them, or you're moving something out of a cabinet and your hand brushes them - it's typically a defense. They react rather than attack."
Information from: The Ledger (Lakeland, Fla.), http://www.theledger.com
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The Right Stuff
I used to change the oil in my own car. I also did some of the "light maintenance" stuff like changing spark plugs, oil filters, air filters, etc. It saved some money but it was always a hassle and usually ended up with some skinned knuckles and a frayed temper. Mainly because I never had quite the right tools!
Nowadays, with the right tools, landscape contractors and grounds care professionals can expand their business volume by offering extra services to both residential and commercial customers. Special implements and attachments are available to get landscape and lawn care projects done more efficiently. The benefits include saving you time and a more professional-looking result for quality-conscious customers.
Manufacturers are answering the demand for specialized equipment with upgraded and refined designs of walk-behind implements, as well as attachments that expand the capabilities of existing equipment, generally riding mowers and lawn tractors. Owning all the tools is not the only option, either. For specialized projects, rental equipment can be a feasible alternative.
No more off-seasons
"With all the available attachments, a lawn care operator can maintain customers' yards and landscapes virtually year-round," says Ruthanne Stucky, marketing director for the Grasshopper Company. "The professional contractor can dethatch and aerate customer lawns in the spring, cut turf and collect clippings all summer, pick up leaves and debris in the fall, aerate again, then clear snow from walks and drives in the winter — all with one power unit and the versatile attachments available. Plus, the contractor can shape beds for plant materials and apply liquid fertilizer or controls with [a] sprayer attachment."
Stucky says one of the main advantages for contractors is the convenience of transporting the needed implements along with the front-mount mower, all in one trailer, to job locations. "It's easy to switch from mowing to another task right at the job site with [an] attachment system. It saves the contractor having to go back to the shop for single-use equipment, or needing extra trailer space to haul it around in the first place."
Walker Manufacturing, also a maker of front-mount mowers, offers a number of attachments and accessories for its zero-turn mowers. "The professional lawn care person can add things like a dethatcher, boom sprayer or coulter-blade edger by mounting it right on the mower deck or tractor," says Bob Walker, president of the company. "By removing the deck, the operator can slide on [an] aerator, a chipper-shredder or a … snow thrower. All of these units use the same basic mounting geometry …
"The other option is adding a power lift hitch in place of the mower deck so that the owner can attach a rotary broom, dozer blade, loose material loader bucket, debris blower or a … two-stage snow thrower," says Walker. He adds that attachments aren't just for new mowers. So if you're interested in outfitting your 10-year-old mower with an aerator, for example, all you have to do is hook it up.
In demand
Stucky says the demand for specialized implements is a growing aspect of the commercial landscape maintenance business. "We estimate about 20 percent of Grasshopper customers purchase at least one extra attachment, besides the mower deck and vacuum collector, when they buy a mower. Clippings collection and snow removal are the most popular implements, but aeration attachments are increasingly popular."
Walker says approximately one-third of Walker mower buyers buy at least one extra attachment. "Grass handling and snow equipment are the mainstays, but special attachments like bed shapers, aerators and chipper-shredders are becoming more popular. The availability of special attachments is an important selling proposition, even if the buyer doesn't buy an attachment right away."
Jim Svendsen, a sales representative for Lincoln Turf & Tractor, a John Deere power equipment dealer in Lincoln, Neb., says that close to 50 percent of his commercial buyers add at least one attachment when they buy a mower. "They often add a pull-type aerator or broadcast spreader, besides a bagger or snow-thrower," he says. "If their unit has a 3-point hitch and a rear PTO, they might add a tiller or plow."
Bob Kautzman turned three of his older riding mowers into dedicated fertilizer and sprayer units, and focuses on applying herbicides and fertilizer for many of his residential customers. Kautzman owns Lawnco, Inc., in Brooklyn Heights, Ohio, a Cleveland suburb. He started Lawnco in 1971 and does mowing and turf maintenance for nearly 1,000 residential customers, plus 60 or so commercial customers.
"We run five … riding mowers all week," he says, "but lawn mowing is so competitive, so we have expanded our business by focusing on fertilizing and weed control for many residential customers. We replaced the mower decks on three of our older [mowers] with sprayer/fertilizer attachments, and that's all those machines do."
For more information on mower attachments, see "Making the Most of Your Mower" on page 18.
Dedicated equipment
In addition to adding attachments to make your mower more versatile, there are obviously times when it pays to have a piece of equipment that is dedicated to doing one job. If you have many clients, you may need to be mowing on one property while doing a design/build job on another. In the fall, you may need to be using mowers for debris collection on one site while aerating lawns for your residential customers. So while adding mower attachments to increase versatility is especially efficient during seasons when you wouldn't otherwise be mowing, sometimes you need to have all the mowers in your fleet dedicated to doing just that — mowing — while part of your crew is working on jobs that don't involve mowing. Also, if you find yourself leaving, for example, your loader bucket attachment on your mower all season to do design/build jobs, it's time to look into purchasing a machine dedicated to doing just that.
A good way to help decide if you need to purchase dedicated equipment is to try renting it first. Not only will it indicate the cost-effectiveness, it's a good way to try out different makes of equipment to decide the brand and model you would like to purchase.
How to make rental equipment pay
Renting special equipment can be a smart way to get more jobs done, but you need to approach it smartly, just like you would if you were buying equipment. "Remember, your rental costs are only part of your expense," says Bob Brophy, product manager for Turfco Direct. "Besides the per-day or per-hour rental rate, you have the cost of transportation to get the equipment, and the time (yours or your employee's) to go pick it up."
For example, say you're going to rent an aerator for the day at a rate of $75 for the whole day. You send your truck or pickup and trailer to load up the aerator — an hour there and another hour to take it back. That's two hours at $25 per hour. Then, your time or your employee's to go there and back is worth at least another $12 per hour, so that's another $24. So, your "real" cost for the aerator for the day is closer to $150. You need to figure that into your cost of doing business and your pricing formulas.
Brophy offers these tips for smart power equipment rental:
If you're adding a new service to your landscape maintenance business, such as aeration, consider renting your equipment for the first season. Try different brands of machine to see what works best for your employees and your business. Build up your customer base before you put out the money for brand new equipment.
Before you need to rent equipment, visit several rental stores in the area. Get acquainted with the managers. Find out whether they have the equipment you need, and how good a job they do keeping it in top condition. Find out if they have "contractor rates" for power equipment.
Establish a relationship ahead of time with the rental outlets that have the equipment and the service you need. That includes setting up some type of credit agreement, so that you or your employee doesn't have to show up with cash or a credit card to pick up equipment.
It's a good idea to set up a working relationship with more than one rental outlet, so you've got a "backup" if the first one doesn't have the equipment on hand or it's dead-lined for service.
Schedule your work to make best use of rental equipment. Line up a day's worth of aerating jobs, for example, then reserve the aerator(s) for that day at the rental outlet.
"Renting equipment can be an efficient way to build your business and add to it, especially when you're starting out," Brophy says. "Even many of the bigger landscape companies use rental equipment as a 'fill-in' for seasonal job needs or specific projects. The key is to make the rental machines profitable for you."
Be versatile
Whether you decide to purchase or rent a piece of equipment, or simply add attachments to make the equipment you already own more versatile, the most important thing to remember is weighing your decision against the services you are willing or able to offer your clients. Having a full fleet of nice equipment will get you nowhere if you don't really need it or if it's more cost-effective to rent it when you need it.
Gary Burchfield is a freelance writer who resides in Lincoln, Neb.
Renting Helps Determine If and What You Should Buy
Jason Holy is a full-time civil engineer and works for a major land development company. In his spare time, Holy runs Jason's Landscaping in Downers Grove, Ill. Although he mowed lawns as a youngster, he decided landscape design and construction was more to his liking and would lend itself to an "after-hours" business.
Holy started Jason's Landscaping seven years ago, renting equipment as needed for jobs. As the business has grown, he's opted to purchase equipment that his three-man crew uses on a regular basis.
For example, he rented sod cutters for the first few years. Now, however, he owns his own sod cutter. "Rental rates kept going up until we were paying $100 a day for a sod cutter," Holy says. "That, plus the cost to pick it up and take it back; and if our job ran overtime, it might cost another day's rental."
Last season, he bought a Turfco KisCutter sod cutter, after inspecting one at a Chicago trade show. "… It's easy for two guys to load and transport to the job site. And, because most of our work is evenings and weekends, time is of the essence. As much as we use a sod cutter now, it's turned out to be more efficient than renting."
Jason's Landscaping has acquired other items of equipment, as the company's projects have grown in size. "We're still pretty much installing plant beds and putting in patios, pavers and retaining walls, but our jobs keep getting bigger." Last year, Holy bought a New Holland skid steer loader, and the company owns a dump trailer and a 20-hp tractor with front-end loader.
"We still do rent equipment when we need to, such as hydraulic tillers for working up plant beds, etc.," Holy says. "It's handy to have rental equipment available when you do need it."
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In this week's comics, Grant Morrison puts him imprimatur on The Avengers, but not the ones you expect. On a similar albeit unrelated note, Brian Michael Bendis is also writing Marvel's Avengers (above), wherein Storm joins the team. Let's see what else is on the shelves Wednesday.
First Issues
First off, Boom is republishing Grant Morrison's 1990s take on John Steed and Emma Peel in the reprinted miniseries Steed and Mrs. Peel. I've never read this before, but I can imagine it's early Morrison doing his highfalutin weirdness thing with 1960s espionage. Could be worth a peek.
There's also the debut of Kirby: Genesis - Dragonsbane, a Norse superhero who's part of Dynamite's Kirbyverse. Dynamite is also releasing a new Tarzan series, Lord of the Jungle, and IDW kicks off a new Danger Girl series, Revolver. Finally, Marvel's releasing a new Spartan-friendly Halo comic, Fall Of Reach: Invasion.
Grab Bag
This week you can anticipate new issues of Scott Snyder's Batman, Brian Azzarello's Wonder Woman (preview here), Fables, Memorial (preview here), Daredevil (which we've really been enjoying), Invincible Iron Man, Uncanny X-Force, and Uncanny X-Men.
Graphic Novels
You can pick up the final volume of Gail Simon's Secret Six (The Darkest House), the first volume of J. Michael Straczynski's old-school superhero series The Twelve, a bookshelf collection of vintage New Defenders stories, and the second omnibus of Chris Claremont and Jim Lee's Uncanny X-Men run. And as usual, here's the list of everything being released to comic stores tomorrow, and you can find your nearest comic retailer here. Happy reading, gang!


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Anyways. During the conversation, this arose:
- The reason why there are historical romances is that significant many people like historical novels AND romances. Therefore there is a sufficient market to be worth tapping.
- There may be some people who like historical books and not romances, and vice versa; but, since there are enough people who like both, it doesn't mater that some are put off because they don't like romance, or historical.
- Also, history can be rather romantic. When it's not being gruesome, as my historical fiction is.
A book needs to fit somewhere. It needs, I'm terribly sorry to say, a pigeon-hole. I don't like that fact any more than you do, but it is the case for 99% of books. And the other 1% have their very own pigeon-hole of unpigeon-holedness..
2. Assuming that you have found a few books that do cross the same genres, at least make your book fit that mini-genre. Think closely of the readers of those books and how you can tap into what they like. And mention it in your pitch.


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It's not for everyone, but if you're a true bass junkie, then there's simply no substitute for the bone-rattling, gut-wrenching sensation of a big beefy woofer. But when NVX designs an SPL monster, we do more than just slap on a big magnet and a "10,000 watt MAX" sticker – we engineer a true competition grade subwoofer that will both satisfy and withstand the abuse of the most demanding Bass Heads. The VC series woofers are the embodiment of countless hours of research, development and product testing
Pressed Paper Cone with Fiber Glass Weave Perhaps the biggest challenge of engineering a high-excursion subwoofer is maintaining a high standard of sound quality and accuracy even at peak volumes. The VC series utilize an extremely rigid and lightweight woven fiber reinforced paper cone – this high-strength, lightweight material gives the motor structure significantly more control over its movement to achieve optimal linearity.
Heavy Duty Die Cast Aluminum Basket While it's hardly the most complicated part of a subwoofer, the basket is no less important. The die-cast aluminum basket offers several distinct advantages over the cheaper stamped alternatives. The 3-dimensional cast gives the basket incredible strength, yet is surprisingly light due to the aluminum construction. Since aluminum is a non-ferrous metal, the basket will not interfere with the magnetic energy of the voice coil and motor structure. Plus, the cast basket gives the VC subwoofers a sleek look when inverted!
Custom High Roll Foam Surround with Nylon Stitching When we tested the first versions of the VC woofers, we discovered that the materials used in most commercial surrounds just could not handle the excursion of the cone, and would rip and tear at peak playback. So, while our competitors might have just made a less powerful sub, we went back to the lab and developed a custom high-roll foam surround that can keep up. In short, the new surround worked spectacularly, giving our sub impressive linearity and even MORE output than before. We attached the surround with high-strength adhesive and nylon stitching – you might not survive World War 3, but your VC subwoofer sure will!
127 oz. Triple stacked High Energy Magnet Structure You know the old saying – it takes power to make power. To give our subwoofer a beastly amount of output, we designed a high-energy triple stacked ferrite magnet structure. This 127 oz. magnet is powerful enough to drive the motor at competition levels while maintaining strict control.
2.5" High Temperature Aluminum Voice Coil Last but most certainly not least, the VC subwoofers utilize large 2.5" aluminum voice coil. This coil, in conjunction with the triple-stacked magnet, is the secret to the massive power handling capability of these woofers. The coil utilizes high-temperature aluminum for effective heat dissipation, allowing you to play the woofer louder without distortion.
CEA-2031 Compliant: All CEA-2031 compliant loudspeakers adopt the same testing and measurement methods so comparing them side by side is easy. Loudspeakers include car speakers and subwoofers. The Consumer Electronics Association created new testing and measurement methods for mobile loudspeaker systems that define test procedures for rating the performance and physical size of speakers. This is important because you can now compare different speakers on the same playing field. Any manufacturers who adopt the CEA-2031 logo product mark can be compared evenly to other speaker manufacturers with the same mark.
When CEA-2031 marked speakers are compared in conjunction with CEA-2006 marked amplifiers, you can select speakers that match up appropriately with a particular amplifiers power handling capabilities. Manufacturers who test their loudspeakers to CEA standards are required to report primary power output in watts, the cut-out diameter and mounting depth as well as the speaker's impedance. Also, the maximum RMS power output is listed in watts and total harmonic distortion (THD) along with the speaker's signal-to-noise ratio is listed. CEA-2031 standardization changes the way equipment performance information is relayed to consumers for easier comparisons of loudspeakers.
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This thing sounds awesome. I only have 1 on a RF Prime 500x1; in a custom made console style downfire box around .86 cu ft. This thing is a little beast! It hits a lot harder than I thought it would.


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ON SITE: House of Kings
More than one million tourists visit Westminster Abbey, in the heart of London, every year. As Great Britain's "Coronation Church" for the past 900 years, Westminster Abbey frequently hosts church leaders and statesmen from around the world.
Special events at Westminster Abbey in the past few months included the service marking the 50
The Abbey's religious and historical significance, along with its location in London's Parliament Square, draws visitors from abroad, while daily worship services and a number of special events throughout the year bring London and United Kingdom visitors. All of these activities keep the staff and caretakers of Westminster Abbey at a high level of activity year-round.
Although it is an Anglican church, part of the Church of England, the Abbey receives no funds from the state or from the Church of England. Funds to operate and maintain the Abbey complex, which includes St. Margaret's Church, several gardens and more than 7 acres of lawn area, come in part from donations and bequests. By and large, however, annual operating income comes from the entry fees of the one million paying visitors. In fact, tourism accounts for about 80 percent of the Abbey's income.
With London's usually moderate climate and a busy year-round schedule of tourist visits and special events, maintaining Westminster Abbey grounds and lawn areas is an on-going project.
The Abbey's College Garden has been cultivated for more than 900 years; old stone walls on two sides of the garden date to the 14
The garden also provided much of the Abbey's food. Apple, pear and plum trees were planted and grape vines were cultivated. Some of the grassy areas were actually harvested for hay.
The grass areas aren't used for hay production now, but they get even heavier use. In addition to the regular high-volume of foot traffic, lawn areas are also used for outdoor events and fund-raising activities.
Maintaining the lawns and garden areas that are now open to the public is the responsibility of two full-time gardeners and one part-time assistant. Decorative garden areas, such as the Knot Garden, require detailed maintenance and extra time. This means lawn care chores have to be handled as efficiently as possible to get everything done and keep the lawns presentable.
Efficiency was a key factor when Westminster Abbey purchased its mower some 10 years ago. Cormac Connolly has been part of the Abbey grounds care staff for nine years, and is the primary mower operator. He says it is important that the mower was maneuverable and compact, so that it would take him less time and save on trimming.
"The … collection system is a great time-saver as well, especially for picking up leaves each fall," says Cormac.
Westminster Abbey grounds have many large trees, including a number of plane trees (Platanus × hispanica). Five of the trees were first planted in 1850. "Plane trees were planted in great numbers 100 to 150 years ago because of their resistance to pollution," Cormac says.
The trees have extremely large, numerous leaves, which are dropped throughout the fall, primarily from September through December. "Due to the size and quantity of the leaves, leaving them on the turf would be disastrous." Cormac adds that one of the mower's main functions is sucking up those leaves so they can get them off the turf in a timely manner.
Abbey lawn areas are primarily perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne). Crews aerate turf only in high-compaction areas, usually in the fall. Typical fertilization includes a spring and fall feeding with standard fertilizer mixes. Gardeners water turf as needed during summer months. No herbicides or pesticides are applied.
"With the limited time our gardeners have to maintain the grounds, our turf program is fairly basic," says Cormac. He adds that the mower gives them the added efficiency and time-savings they need to keep the lawn neat and presentable.
He says the mower is pretty easy to maintain, too. "The engine is very accessible, which also saves time meeting regular maintenance needs."
Gary Burchfield is a freelance writer who resides in Lincoln, Neb.
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