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What's The Catch? (2000-09-26)
So you're firing away and the next thing you know, you're firing blanks but the slide on your beloved gas blowback is not catching itself in the open position? On closer inspection, you see that the notch cut into the slide to hold it back when the magazine is empty - is pretty worn down and now looks more like a dimple than a notch! Have no fear since the fix is quite easy. All you need is a small file and some patience to recondition that notch.
First, before you do anything, make sure that the slide is indeed not catching because of a worn out slide catch notch. Look closely for signs of wear and dents in the notch. Level the gun and see if the notch is in vertical alignment - in plain English, make sure there still is a notch there! If you find that the notch is worn, then slowly use your file to recondition the notch; file away slowly at the worn out parts to redefine the notch again. You should be careful not to over-do this since filing too much away can leave you with a notch that is set too far rearward in the slide. The undesirable result is when the slide catches in the open position, visually it (the slide) will not be that far back.
Be sure to choose a file that is relatively fine and sharp edged so that you can really work it into the notch to create a sharp angle. If you file is too large or doesn't have a sharp edge to allow you to work the notch, then you might get worse off than before you started! So choose your file wisely and work slowly. Once you get the notch back in shape, reassemble your gun and you're back in business!
Alternative Solution Submitted by KevlarMan
Hey guys, KevlarMan here... just read the September bite the bullet about the worn slide catch problems; I have another solution that may be of some help too! Apparently, TM's M9 seems to have more trouble in this area than other GBBs.
Eventually, heavy firing will wear the slide catch down, however, repeated filing away of the catch will eventually render it useless (as you've stated), as there will be insufficient material to engage the slide lock lever. My solution was to put a very small dab of two-part epoxy in the catch groove. Use a toothpick to shape the epoxy so that it is perpendicular to the top of the slide, and you should be all set!
The high tensile strength of the epoxy gives the slide lock something stronger to grab onto, and lockup is a sure thing every time! Just make
sure to use an epoxy that's safe on plastics, and use only a very small dab!
Thanks KevlarMan for sharing this trick!

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- A say in one's or other's life?
- Dad deserves a say about his life, even if he's wrong
- Elder neighbor in crisis?
- Prisons Not Geared to the Needs of the Elderly, Study Finds
- How to fall-proof your body and your home
- nesting in place
- Think ahead to stay safe at home
- Growing Older – Liz Taylor (major series under old title)
Liz Taylor began her career as a federal consumer-fraud investigator and was appointed by Elizabeth Dole in 1976 to direct a nationwide investigation of the nursing-home industry. She's worked in the aging field ever since.
In the 1980s, Liz became one of the first geriatric care managers in the Pacific Northwest, working with thousands of families and older adults to find high-quality services. In 2000, she founded Aging Deliberately, a business that teaches people how to prepare for their aging so they'll have more control over what happens to them. In 2005, she served as a delegate to the White House Conference on Aging. She's won the American Geriatrics Society's 2007 Aging Awareness Media Award and the Washington Association of Homes and Services for the Aging's Excellence in Media Award. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/growingolder/
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The influenza vaccine can help protect your child against influenza (the flu). Influenza is a very common infection that causes fever, chills, headache, fatigue, muscle aches, runny nose, sneezing, and coughing. It is caused by a virus, spreads through coughing and sneezing, and usually strikes during the winter months. Influenza can cause serious complications such as pneumonia and difficulty breathing. Healthy children aged 6 to 23 months and children with chronic medical conditions have a higher risk of complications.
There are different types, or strains, of flu virus, and they are constantly changing. For this reason, a new flu shot is made every year to protect against the strains that are most likely to cause the flu during the upcoming flu season. This is why it's important to get a flu shot every year. Because the flu shot takes about 2 weeks to provide its full protection, it's best to get the flu shot as early as possible, as soon as it becomes available (usually around October or November).
Canadian immunization guidelines recommend the flu shot for healthy children aged 6 to 23 months, children with chronic medical conditions (such as asthma, diabetes, cancer, or kidney disease), and people who will be in close contact with these children (such as parents or daycare workers). These people are at a higher risk of complications. Healthy children of any age are also encouraged to get the flu shot even if they are not considered high risk.
To learn more, see the immunization schedule for your province or territory, or talk to your child's health care professional to find out when your child should receive their doses.
The influenza vaccine is not intended to be used for treatment of active infection, and it does not protect against strains of influenza virus that are not included in the vaccine. As with other vaccines, this vaccine may not protect 100% of people, and it may cause side effects.


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Brazil Travel Information
The Basics
Brazil spans four time zones: Rio and Sao Paulo: GMT -2 (GMT -3 April to October); Brasilia and Belm: GMT -3 (GMT -2 October to March); GMT -4 in the West.
Brazil has a variety of electrical voltages, sometimes within the same city. The better hotels offer 220 volts, 60Hz. If not, transformers are available in electrical stores. Two-pin plugs with a grounding pin are standard.
The spoken language in Brazil is Portuguese, however Spanish and English are also used in the cities.
Travel Health
Hepatitis A and B vaccinations are recommended for all travellers. Mosquito-borne diseases like dengue fever and malaria are prevalent in Brazil, so insect repellent and protective clothing is essential. Malaria exists below 2,953 feet (900m) in most rural areas, and outbreaks of dengue fever occur frequently.
Visitors travelling from infected areas outside the country require a yellow fever certificate, and vaccination is recommended for those travelling to rural areas, as outbreaks have occurred in recent years. Tap water is heavily treated resulting in a strong chemical taste; however bottled water is freely available for drinking purposes. Typhoid vaccinations are recommended if travellers intend to spend a lot of time outside of major cities. Milk in rural areas is not pasteurised. Hospitals in the major cities are fairly good, but most doctors will want cash payment, even for travellers with insurance.
Nearly all hotels add a service charge to the bill, usually 10 percent. Most restaurants also add 10 percent or more to the total of the bill, but must make it clear that they have done so; waiters appreciate another five percent if their service has been good. Otherwise, a 10 to 15 percent tip is customary. Brazilians don't normally tip taxi drivers, except if they handle bags, although they may round up the total. Hotel staff expect small tips and most other service personnel, including barbers, shoe shiners, and petrol station attendants, are usually rewarded with a 10 to 15 percent tip. Parking attendants earn no wages and expect a tip of around two real.
Safety Information
Brazil is politically stable and seldom a target for terrorist activities. In metropolitan areas, however, crime is a fact of life. Rio in particular is regarded as one of the most crime-ridden cities in the world and, although violent crime is generally limited to the slum areas, foreigners are advised to take precautions. Visitors should not attempt to visit slum areas (favelas) even on a guided tour. Violent crime is on the increase due to the establishment of drug and criminal gangs around Rio and Sao Paulo.
Muggings, often involving firearms, are frequent and visitors should dress down, conceal cameras, and avoid wearing jewellery and expensive watches. If threatened, hand over your valuables without resistance. Bank and credit card fraud is common, including card cloning from ATMs. Keep sight of your card at all times and do not use an ATM if you notice anything suspicious. Valuables should be deposited in hotel safes. Leave your passport and other valuables in a safe place but carry a copy and another form of photo ID, if you have one, with you at all times. Thefts are common on public beaches and visitors should avoid taking valuables to the beach. The threat of personal attack is lower outside the main urban centres, but incidents do occur, and women should be aware that sexual assaults have been reported in coastal holiday destinations. Beware of unofficial taxis and those with blacked-out windows and be particularly careful on public transport in Rio, Recife, and Salvador.
Local Customs
Brazil is a diverse cultural and ethnic melting pot, but most social customs will be familiar to visitors. As a result of three centuries of colonization by the Portuguese, the Brazilian culture is actually recognisably European in many ways. Physical appearance is considered important by most Brazilians and care is taken to dress well, although not generally formally.
Business practices vary quite substantially from city to city in Brazil: very formal in Sao Paulo, but more relaxed in Rio de Janeiro and other centres. Multi-national companies have similar business etiquette to those in Europe or the US, while local businesses require a few more considerations, particularly preferring face-to-face meetings over phone calls or written communication. Brazilians place a very high value on personal relationships within business environments and will generally only conduct business through personal connections or with those whom they have already established a personal relationship. Nepotism is considered not only acceptable but actually desirable, because it is seen as ensuring trust and good relationships in business.
All meetings are preceded by handshakes and small talk, and visitors should avoid the temptation to rush things; even after the meeting is over, it is considered rude to rush off. Entertaining is common, either at a restaurant or someone's home, again with the emphasis on building personal relationships. Punctuality is flexible, except when meeting at a restaurant, when tardiness is considered impolite, and a small gift or flowers for the hostess is common when invited to a home. Business suits are expected, especially for first meetings. Portuguese is the dominant language, and although English is widely spoken in business, an interpreter might be required. Business cards, as well as written documents, should be printed in both English and Portuguese. Business hours are 8.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday.
The international access code for Brazil is +55. Hotels, cafes and restaurants offering free wifi are widely available in tourist centred areas. As international roaming costs can be high, purchasing a local prepaid SIM card can be a cheaper option.
Duty Free
Travellers to Brazil can enter the country with 400 cigarettes or 25 cigars; 24 units of alcoholic beverages, with a maximum of 12 units per type of beverage; and goods to the value of US$500, without incurring customs duty. Restricted items include fresh produce, meat and dairy products. Strict regulations apply to temporary import or export of firearms, antiquities, tropical plants, medication and business equipment.
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Follow along live tonight as we report from the basketball game between Methacton and Perkiomen Valley tonight at Spring-Ford High School. The tipoff is at 7 p.m.
The Warriors are looking to remain atop the PAC-10. The Vikings are back in the game after a four-year absence.
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You can also follow along on Twitter @PottsmercSports
And be sure to pick up a copy of Wednesday's Mercury for full coverage of the game.


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Rum-laced fruitcake and boozy bonbons can be sold in Louisiana, but wine ice cream will need action by legislators before it can hit grocers' freezers.
State Alcohol and Tobacco Control Commissioner Troy Hebert said Thursday that he consulted legal experts after Mercer's Dairy, of New York, sought permission to sell cherry merlot, peach white zinfandel, red raspberry chardonnay and other alcohol-laced ice cream flavors in Louisiana.
Hebert's request resulted in a flurry of legal research on where wine ice cream falls under state law.
An Attorney General's Office opinion lists the possibilities: Is it an alcoholic beverage, a beverage of low alcoholic content or an adulterated food?
The verdict is that wine ice cream is an adulterated food like boozy bonbons or fruitcake, but without an exception built into state law so it can be sold in Louisiana.
"The answer is it looks like if they want to sell it here, the Legislature's going to have to weigh it and pass a law," Hebert said.
Dalton Givens, chief operating officer for Mercer's, said he was surprised that a state known for letting the good times roll would prohibit his product.
He said the ice cream can be bought in Texas and, soon, in Mississippi.
"What better place than someplace like New Orleans, the Big Easy, for this type of product?" Givens said.
The reasons for why the ice cream cannot be sold in Louisiana are contained in a five-page opinion that the state Attorney General's Office released Thursday. The office first concluded that the ice cream is not an alcoholic beverage since it contains less than 6 percent alcohol.
Caldwell's office then looked at the language on beverages of low alcoholic content and determined the ice cream — with an alcohol content of up to 5 percent — seemed to fit there.
However, state law goes on to say that the definition does not apply to flavoring, extracts, syrup or food products.
The exclusions led the office to a section on adulterated foods, which are prohibited in Louisiana. Exceptions have been built in by legislators for confectioneries containing alcohol but not for ice cream.
"We note that wine ice cream is relatively new to the market, and some states such as New York have amended their laws to deal with this unique product. If Mercer's Wine Ice Cream or similar products are to be sold in the State of Louisiana it will have to be addressed by the legislature," Assistant Attorney General Emily Andrews wrote.
Givens said Mercer's put the ice cream on the market in 2008 and found it can be more readily sold in Asia, the Caribbean and Europe than in the United States because of prohibitions like the one in Louisiana.
He said he cannot sell the ice cream in his native South Carolina.
Givens said the product is premium ice cream with a low alcohol content.
"If you ate maybe a quart of wine ice cream, it would be like half a glass of regular wine," he said.
Hebert said legislators can address the issue if they want to buy wine ice cream in Louisiana.
"It's an interesting twist," he said.
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It is Sunday afternoon. I'm back at my wireless aerie here at Bob and Susana's Cabure Cafe. The soft clouds are floating about, obscuring the treetops and reducing the view of the ocean today, but the sun is on the other side of the clouds and so it is warm and bright. Monteverde's mists change the scene as constantly as our lives do – we go from great moments of clarity to dark clouds on our horizons to foggy obscurity and back to sun-sparkling visual bounty. Life constantly sends us down different paths and the peek around the next corner is sometimes taken with great anticipation, other times with great trepidation.
Wolf and I made a presentation yesterday to a group of visiting administrators from protected areas throughout the world from Conservation International. Representatives of Ghana, Guyana, Brazil and Figi along with a dozen other countries were there. We didn't have more than a little time as their program was already very full, but it was nice to talk about the book and Wolf's contribution to conservation to a group of people who participate in this work in protected areas every day. I never write down anything when I talk in front of groups and then often wish I had remembered to say such and such. However, I forgive myself and carry on. With each presentation, I'm sure I'll get better, but it is also a matter of gearing what we say to our audience, adapting to English or Spanish, and the amount of time we have. It was an honor to have the time that we did to speak with these people – we left before we had a chance to sell books and our friend Mercedes was going to take care of that in the coffee break. Hope we sold some as just to know that Walking with Wolf would maybe end up in southeast Asia, Africa or South America soon is very exciting.
One place the book is going is to the Ukraine. This is very poignant for me, as my father's parents were both from the Ukraine, having arrived as teenagers on the Canadian prairies in the early 1900s. My last name, Chornook, is the result of a Canadian customs agent's choice of spelling – my grandfather was the only one of his family who was given this spelling from his original name Cherniuk. A woman here in Monteverde, Betsy, bought a book to send to her son who is a peace corp worker stationed in the Ukraine. So it was exciting to sign the book with the hopes that her son may run into one of my Cherniuk relatives while sitting with a traiga of vodka in a cafe.
The Quaker meeting this morning was, as always, silent – up until the last ten minutes or so. The first person to stand and speak was local biologist Mills Tandy who stood and thanked Wolf and I for writing the book and speaking so honestly about the community and recording this important history. He said, "I've waited with great anticipation for this book since I heard about it and have to say that it has far exceeded my expectations." Well, his words brought tears to my eyes and they stayed there for the remainder of the meeting.
When it got to what is called after-thoughts, that is the moment after we have broken the silence and greeted each other but a chance is given for further thoughts to be expressed, Wolf's wife Lucky stood up and, fighting her tears, talked about how people come and go in this community but so often come back and are always welcomed – and that is what makes it the dynamic place it is. Her son Antonio, wife Adair and their children Skye and Sam are headed back to Connecticut after one full year here. They left in a taxi for the airport right after meeting. Well this comment by Lucky started an outpouring of similar messages by a number of people both retiterating her thoughts or expressing something similar. Katy Van Dusen spoke about Ann Kreigel, a woman who lived here back in the 70s and then died suddenly and prematurely in the early 90s after being bitten by a squirrel. She had had a profound effect on Katy's life and on many other programs and events in the community and was a great example of someone who came and left their valuable contribution here. Her sudden and early death was a reminder about the importance of expressing your love for those you care about each day. Katy also spoke through tears. It was hard to break up the meeting today – people seemed to want to stay and share their appreciation for this community and this meeting that gives us all a chance to be reflective, communal, spiritual and social all at once.
It is also Father's Day and that of course makes me think of my father, Andy Chornook, who I write about briefly in Walking with Wolf, who died of cancer very quickly after diagnosis in 1996, twelve years ago. How the time has gone by. And thinking about that makes me think of the people I now know who are struggling with this nasty disease: my friend Lori Yates' mother in Hamilton, who has just started chemo for lung cancer; Monteverde's friend, Andy Sninsky, who is in Austria being treated for what is maybe bone cancer, maybe leukemia, maybe something else – Andy and his wife Inge have run the Good Times quarterly magazine that highlights Costa Rican and Nicaraguan tourism destinations for several years and have done a number of pieces of early publicity for our book. Wolf and I, as the rest of the community, have them in our hearts. And a female Andy, Andy Walker, who has lived for a few years with her talented family here in Monteverde and just left a day or two ago for further treatments in Texas on a difficult melanoma. Our thoughts follow her as well.
These tales of cancer diagnosis, treatments, survival and sadness go on relentlessly. As a survivor myself, I both identify with the fear and the difficulty, but also send messages of encouragement and strength. None of it is easy and I'm forever greatful to have lived to tell my own story as well as Wolf's. For the most part I look down the trail with excitement and courage, but I know all too well just how scary that unknown bend in the trail can be.


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A CHAMPION GIVES YOU A LESSON WITH THE LARIAT (Jun, 1942)
How to Handle a Rope
By TOM ROAN
THE use of rope as a catcher goes back to the days when primitive man spread vine loops and crude grass ropes to snare animals for his food. But it took the American cowboy to become an artist with a rope. In long days in the saddle, drifting lazily with a trail herd, or hours alone during the night herding, the rope became his plaything. The comparatively simple routine of roping a horse, calf, or steer was not enough. He worked out new tricks. Step by step he progressed, until today the American cowboy is the wizard of the lariat.
To bring the fundamentals of roping to our readers we found a champion in D. H. Frank Biron, now operating the Cowtown Guest Ranch near Ramsey, N. J. Biron is an all-around "cow hand"—bronco buster, trick rider, wild-steer bulldogger. As a trick-rider and trick-roper champion he has his picture in the cowboy halls of fame from coast to coast.
Frank Biron has as many ropes as a Texas wildcat has fleas, but let us take you up the gentle stages by beginning with 25 feet of cotton rope known as spot cord No. 12 (3/8 inch) that can be purchased through any western supply store for from 7-1/2 to 12 cents a foot.
Trim the end of the rope with a sharp knife so that it will fit snugly and smoothly when the bend is made. Double the trimmed end back to make an oval about 2-1/2 inches long, inside measurement. A heavy waxed harness thread is then drawn through and wrapped tightly to make the trimmed end of the rope firm and strong. Light copper or rustproof wire may be added to make the rope slightly heavier. In finishing the non-da, as this loop is called, a second wrapping must be made around the tip to give it balance and retain the oval shape. This is important, for balance as well as to keep the honda from "choking" the rope afterwards to be threaded through it.
When your rope is ready, make a noose as shown on page 85. The spoke—the length of the rope that passes through the honda to the hand—is the part you hold when you cast your loop, and must be one third of the loop you intend to cast. Note carefully the finger position. The loop is held by the first and second fingers while the thumb and. two remaining fingers remain on the spoke.
As the loop widens in spinning, the spoke slips gradually, taking up the free rope. As there is no swivel on this lariat, the rope must turn in the hand, and when the end of the free rope is reached it must not be held tightly in the hand, or it will start to wabble, curl, and kink. To help yourself along, wrap the end of the rope with smooth wire or waxed string to form a ball so that it will turn easily in your hand when all the rope but the spoke is out in the spinning loop.
Patience is required now. Make a ring-like movement of the rope as if trying to spread it on the ground in front of you. Don't jerk it. Don't fling it. Too much speed is the fault of every beginner. You may not make it the first time. The rope will probably come flapping back against your legs. Making certain all the kinks are out of the rope, start with the thought that you are about to swing the loop around a low tub in front of you. As you swing, you let go the loop. The right hand, still holding the spoke, of course, follows the loop around and around. Don't try to keep it circling as wide as the loop. You will find after a few attempts that it is a rotary motion of the wrist that keeps the rope going. Once the loop is established and in a spin, gradually increase the speed of the right hand to widen it. Because it is more natural for the right hand to swing counterclockwise, many people find it easier to start their first loops in that direction. Start the way you find your hand most supple.
Your next step is to get your loop large enough to step into it. Watch your spoke. See that the loop is spinning evenly. As the spoke comes to you, give your hand a slightly harder twirl. As the spoke passes your feet, step into the loop with the right hand going up above your head to keep up the rotating movement of the wrist.
When you have gone this far you are on your way. Some of the fear of the loop is gone. You are not afraid it is going haywire each time you swing a loop in front of you.
You are at a point now where you can begin to overcome the twisting of the rope and the kinks that come with it. Learn to play small loops back and forth in front of you. Say, for instance, a swing of the small loop to the left to where it goes up and almost stops. As it comes back reverse the spin. This takes away the twist and starts it in the other direction.
Once you have caught and mastered one of those tricks others come to you. You are now working in sequence, and you are on your way to the spectacular stunts shown on these pages.
As you advance, so must your rope. Maguey ropes made from the maguey plant in old Mexico are used for fancy horse roping, in contests where experts "call their shots" —meaning the foot they intend to catch. Small loops are used to catch the front feet, a hind foot, or the stirrup of the rider; large loops are employed to catch all four feet. Horses to be roped in such contests are always managed by good riders who know how to pull up to keep them from being burned by the rope.
But you'd better enjoy this kind of roping from the sidelines until you have mastered the rope-spinning tricks.


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Each week a nutritionist from the University of Maryland Medical Center provides a guest post to The Baltimore Sun's health blog Picture of Health (baltimoresun.com/pictureofhealth), which is reprinted here. This week, Amanda Tauber weighs in on type 2 diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes is a growing concern. According to the National Institutes of Health, approximately 23.6 million Americans have the disease. However, only 17.9 million Americans have been diagnosed with it at this point. That leaves almost 6 million Americans walking around unaware.
Certain ethnic groups are more commonly affected, including African-Americans, Hispanics, Alaskan natives, American Indians and Pacific Islanders.
What is type 2 diabetes?
Type 2 diabetes results from the body's inability to break down the food we eat into a usable form of energy known as glucose. Glucose is the main form of energy for the body. Under normal circumstances, insulin helps glucose enter liver, fat and muscle cells, where it is stored for later use or used for energy. When someone has diabetes, the body is either not making enough insulin, or the muscle, liver and fat cells aren't able to use insulin as efficiently as they used to do. As a result, glucose levels in the blood become high.
If left unchecked or untreated, other health problems can follow. Type 2 diabetes is the leading cause of amputations, kidney disease and blindness in the United States. Having Type 2 diabetes is also linked to heart disease.
How does diet affect one's risk for developing diabetes?
Over time, eating foods high in fat and sugar, along with inactivity, can lead to weight gain. Being overweight or obese is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Choose My Plate, the USDA's nutrition guidelines, provides excellent tools to assist people in making food choices for a healthful lifestyle. Some of the key concepts of MyPlate are to avoid oversize portions, to make half of your plate fruits and vegetables, to eat more whole grains, and to drink fat-free or 1-percent-fat dairy products. In addition, it's important to try to cut back on food high in solid fats, added sugars and salt.
Does exercise or lack of exercise affect a person's risk for developing diabetes?
Lack of exercise, leading to weight gain, can increase your risk of developing type 2 diabetes. In addition to helping to prevent weight gain, exercise also helps your body use insulin more effectively. Aim for 30 minutes of brisk activity a day. You can break up the activity into 10-minute intervals. One example is taking a brisk 10-minute walk to and from the parking lot, walking the dog for 10 minutes and then taking a 10-minute walk at lunchtime. Choose activities that are part of your daily routine.
Bottom line: There are lifestyle changes you can make to prevent type 2 diabetes: Follow a healthful diet to maintain or lose weight if needed, and fit 30 minutes of exercise into your daily routine.
Learn more about type 2 diabetes at nih.gov or mayoclinic.com.


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Much of her food box has already been consumed by the family except for the seasonings which have been added to my pantry. I have taken note of her insistence that only Lion's brand Curry and Thyme are used in her Nigerian home dishes and "NO other brand would do." I have added her homemade spice blends for peppersoup and a blend of ginger, garlic, peanuts and chili pepper spices to be enjoyed in future dishes.
Chicken Stew is a traditional Nigerian meal that is simmered in a tomato based sauce blended with hot chili peppers and onions. This dish is a wonderful soul satisfying meal served over white rice and served with Dodo (fried plaintains). Our family enjoyed this meal for dinner and again the following day for lunch.
Thank you Ozoz!
1-2 cups of chicken stock made with Maggi cubes (add as necessary to create a thick smooth sauce)
Note: Ozoz has been adding dry roasted crushed cumin seeds for additional flavor.
2. Blend in a processor half the onions, scotch bonnet chilis and chopped tomatoes
4. Add chicken pieces and brown.
5. Add the tomato puree, and the processed tomatoes, onions and peppers. Add chicken stock. Stir until well blended. Cook until sauce is reduced.
6. Simmer about 30-35 minutes.
Serve over hot rice.


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I am playing a PBEM (2 player version) as Austrian side, ROP Gold v. 1.11 - the latest version on Steam.
In early July 1757, a huge Russian army enters in the Polish region of Wierzbolow. However the region is labeled locked and impassible, so the Russians cannot do anything further. This is just after the "Shall Danzig Remain Neutral?" choice event has fired and the other Russian forces appear as well to lay siege to Memel. I looked in the forums, and apparently there was much back and forth about this bug. Apparently the events files for 1757 are the issue.
Was it ever fixed?
I have a hard time believing the August 20, 2016, Steam version has a old unfixed game killer like this. Do the units or region unlock later? Am I missing something?


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On last night's Millionaire Matchmaker, Patti decided to set up her friend Judith Regan, taking a particular interest in the moistness level of the media bigwig's vagina, referring to the desired effect—several times—as "juicy goosey." Apparently, mission accomplished.
For all of Patti's concern about Judith being vaginally arid, her date took her to the Museum of Sex, where Judith seemed more than comfortable handling vibrators, joking about penises and sex dolls, and even strapping herself into some kind of bondage contraption.
Weirder than Patti's obsession with comparing Judith's crotch to a wet fowl was the fact that Judith said that her dream man is Bruce Vilanch, who is openly gay ("it's dicks not chicks"). However, Patti still brought him in for a consultation.


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The criminal justice and law enforcement program is for students planning to concentrate in the law enforcement area of the criminal justice system. In this program, students will prepare for administrative and law enforcement management positions with municipal, county, state and federal agencies. The training offered through this program meets the requirements of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission.
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Hi All.
I'm trying to create a counter that will survive the program being closed and reopened.
I need to start with a txt file that has one line in it with 2000 as the text
On running the program, i need this to be overwritten with 1999.
Running again will overwrite with 1998, etc etc.
Any tips on how i could do this?


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The Importance of Brand in an Era of Digital Darwinism
Excerpts of an unpublished appendix for The End of Business as Usual… by Brian Solis
Markets, consumer behavior and how businesses connect with customers are all directly impacted by technology.
The increasingly important role of technology, combined with global economic unrest, means a company's brand is more important today than it has ever been. Consumers, in search of certainty, rely heavily on a brand's symbolism and significance
Digital Darwinism is the evolution of consumer behavior when society and technology evolve faster than some companies' ability to adapt.
Babson College cited a rather humbling statistic; "Over 40% of the companies that were at the top of the Fortune 500 in 2000 were no longer there in 2010."
24/7 Wall St. published its annual list of "Ten Brands That Will Disappear in 2012." The publication predicts the demise of some of the world's most recognizable brands, including Sony Pictures, American Apparel and Nokia.
"For me, marketing is about values. This is a very noisy world and we're not going to get a chance to get people to remember much about us. So, we have to be very clear what we want them to know about us." (Steve Jobs)
The company then looked inward in an attempt to answer the questions: Who is Apple; What does it stand for and where does the brand fit in the world.
"What we're about isn't making boxes for people to get their jobs done," said Jobs during the company meeting," Apple's core value is that we believe people with passion can change the world…for the better. Those people, crazy enough to think that they can change the world are the ones that actually do.…Here's to the crazy ones."
McDonald's is adapting to a new era, creating an experience marked by muted colors, wooden tables and faux leather chairs. And, that's just the beginning. McDonald's is pouring $1 billion into redesigning the consumer experience.
Everything begins with embracing a culture of innovation and adaptation — a culture that recognizes the impact of disruptive technology and how consumer preference and affinity is evolving.
If a organizations cannot recognize opportunities to further compete for attention and relevance, it cannot, by default, create meaningful connections, a desirable brand or drive shareable experiences. The brand, as a result, will lost preference in the face of consumer choice, which may one day lead to its succumbing to digital Darwinism.


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Affair Heart and Arrow Tail Hoop Earrings
Yellow gold diamond Heart and Arrow tail hoop earrings (0.65 tcw)
The defining interpretation of gold and diamonds, in classically chic Phillips House style for everyday.
This item is part of Phillips House's campaign providing direct funding to support the work of World Food Program USA (WFP USA) in its goal of solving global hunger. 30% of the proceeds from the sale of this item will go towards funding the WFP School Meals Program. This purchase will provide 3,834 school meals to children in need.


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Southampton is a city and major port situated on the south coast of England. It is the closest city to the New Forest, situated approximately halfway between Portsmouth and Bournemouth. The city of Southampton is a modern and bustling place to visit, filled with huge shopping malls, modern buildings and an interesting past.
Southampton's busiest tourist attractions include the Civic Centre - home to the Guildhall, library and many significant events throughout the year; Ocean Village - a trendy marina development full of waterfront attractions, restaurants, bars, cinemas and shops; Southampton Common - an enormous area of green in the very heart of the city, with plenty for all the family such as the Hawthorns Urban Wildlife; and the Rose Bowl - a prominent local sporting venue.
Port Location – Southampton port is located approximately 12km's from the city of Southampton.


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I saw an update on a story that originally aired in March. The original story was about a woman who was bathing her 16 month old son and stepped out of the batroom to check on another child who was not feeling well. She got "distracted" and decided to clean the other child's room and fold laundry, when she returned to the bathroom awhile later her son was face down in the water. She attempted CPR, and paramedics could not revive the child. At the hospital initially he was pronounced DOA, but the doctors got a heartbeat and put him on a ventilator. They suggested an experimental treatment called therapeutic hypothermia. The child fully recovered, exceeding the expectations of the medical personnel. The new story is about the boy learning to swim. Instead of this story being a lesson on not leaving your child unattended in the tub, they completely made it about blessings and God's love and miracles. Ugh, what a contrived story and I just love it how they reair it in December so everyone can go around praising God's Christmas miracles. I want to thank the doctors for their amazing efforts in saving this child's life and I recommend that people here on the Nexus make comments on the Today Show, they need to hear it.
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Ah, but you forget about the argument that I hear all the time. When a child dies, god just 'wanted them home'. (Banging head against wall)
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Those who know me well, know that I am something of a geek. I spend significant parts of my day reading, testing and reviewing information on everything from markets to baseball. I have also been known to sit down and read academic research on anomalies in the stock market that might help me make money for myself, clients and readers. One of my areas of interest has been insider buying as an indicator or catalyst in deep value situations. I have done a lot of work this year on top executive buying with positive results. In a recent discussion with some friends, I was reminded of the concept of cluster buying.
Cluster buying is the term used when several different company insiders buy stock within a very short period of time. The earliest study on this was done by two of the legends of our business and academic research. Victor Niederhoffer and Jim Lorie (if you are not familiar with these gentleman, break out your search engine and get busy reading) did a study back in 1968 titled "Predictive and Statistical Properties of Insider Trading" and found that stocks with three or more insider buys in a short period of time outperformed the overall stock market by a wide margin. Further research by Jeffrey Jaffe of Wharton, Nejat Seyhun of the University of Michigan and others has confirmed the effectiveness of insider cluster buying.
I find that this list confirms my current view of the world. Real estate is probably the single cheapest asset on the planet right now and insiders seem to feel the same way. Inland real estate owns shopping centers in the Midwest and has seen strong buying by officers and directors in the past month. Seven different insiders, including the CEO and CFO, have made open market purchases of the stock in the past month. Their centers are usually anchored by national retail chains such as drug stores and supermarkets. The company has been aggressively renewing leases in the past year and their strong presence in their key markets of Minnesota and Illinois allow them to do so at attractive rates. Management has also been working to restructure and reduce the cost of debt used to finance their properties. At the current quote, the real estate investment trust (REIT) yields an attractive 7.2%.
Mortgage REITs have much maligned in the financial press of late for what appear to be good reasons. The continual buying of mortgage backed securities by the Fed is pressuring spreads for these REITs and forcing many to lower dividends. Refinancing is also a risk as older high yield bonds are paid off and the proceeds have to be reinvested at lower yields. In spite of this insiders in the sector seem quite bullish over the past few months.
Armour Residential (ARR) is at the higher end of the risk and leverage spectrum with a debt to equity ratio of more than 8. Because of the high leverage the current yield on shares of the REIT is an eye popping 15.410%. In the past month, five insiders, including the CEO and COO, have bought the stocks. Hatteras Financial, which yields "only" 12% after the recent dividend cut, has seen three insiders step and buy shares in the open market. The insider buying in this sector flies in the face of many Wall Street downgrades and negative press attention, so it bears watching for contrarian opportunities.
The logical step from real estate is to those who finance all the properties. It is no secret that I love the prospects for bank stocks for the next several years and it appears insiders at many of these institutions agree with me. Many of the banks are too small to mention here, but a few are larger community banks that are worth considering. I have mentioned MidSouth Bank (MSL) in the past and the stock is still a buy. The Louisiana based bank has 40 branches in itshome state as well as neighboring Texas. Right now, the shares trade at about 90% of book value and insiders like the price. Three different insiders, including the company's vice chairman, have purchased shares in the open market in the past month. Chemical Financial (CHFC) of Michigan has seen four insiders buying the shares right around book value in the past four weeks.
Many academics and investment practitioners have followed the ground breaking work of Lorie and Niederhoffer and it still works today. Cluster buying can help us identify undervalued stocks with the potential for outsized gains. Sometimes, rather than reinvent the wheel, it is good to stand on the shoulders of the giants who came before us.


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Thoughts on the music of Rang De BasantiA Sikh devotional hymn, a fast paced Punjabi number, a rap/pop "college" song, a very slow romantic duet, an Arabic style song, a contemplative melody , a recited version of "Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna", a surprising mother-son duet and a rock-and-roll-ish carol to end - there is no shortage of variety in Rang De Basanti. Whatever credit accrues must go to the story/screenplay writer to provide a music director with such a range of situations, for it is that department (assuming no marketing interference) that holds the key to what a music director can make music for.
Now to the actual songs:
Ek OMkaar
From the minimal research I did, I found this hymn is known as the Sikh "muul mantra" and begins the Guru Granth Sahib [link]. Harshdeep Kaur sings this in a very crystal clear production. So now ARR has an album with a Sikh devotional presence, after Hindu, Islamic and Christian before. Interesting.
Ra.Ng De Basa.nti
Punjabi number? Don't be afraid of listening to it - there is a complete
absence of exhausted clichés like soNi kuDiyaa.N and gali
de muNDe et al. This marks one in the merits column of the
lyricist (Prasoon
Joshi : Interview
on the album) who provides a bhangra touch without sacrificing freshness.
Sample this:
"Dhiimi aa.Nch pe tu/Zaraa ishq chaDhaa/thoDi jharne laa/thoDi nadii milaa"
Quite minty to me.
Daler Mehndi and Chitra in the same song - I would never have bet on that combination being credited together. This is a rocking good song, though I'm not very sure about its shelf life yet. However, the minor electronic touches here and there, the delightful contrast between the male and female voices and the lyrics (Joshi points out "The song describes the method to prepare basanti ka rang") make this the song the album will lead into the marketplaces with. More lyrics appreciation: I learnt words like "dhau.Nkanaa".
Supposed to be a rebellious college number, the kind we've heard in Kadhal Desam. The yells of "Lose Control" and "I'm a Rebel" were unappealing to me (too old? nope, generally sceptical of these specious sentiments :-) ). Still, just a couple of notable crumbs and slight irritation at the singers (Naresh Iyer, Aslam) saying "tiita" instead of "thiita" (Greek "theta" if you're wondering). Let's skip along. I have a feeling this would probably work better in a film situation than as a standalone song.
PaaThashaalaa - Be A Rebel
While we are at it, let's get the second version of this song out of the way. Blaaze back rapping (usually causing a little trepidation to me) - but must say, interesting mix of lyrics. "Zi.ndaabaad/zi.ndaa-good"? Still figuring out if I like that. More electronic jhingbang with a recurrent beep and a sort of chorus scat. Again, not my line of affections.
Tuu Bin Bataaye
This is the kind of Rahman song that needs several warnings of "this will probably grow on you, so give it time". Very, very, very slow tempo and quite spare in orchestration. I have heard it several times now and must confess that I find it a little conventional in its progress, with the bell chimes and the sax - the standard signs of a romantic duet. Naresh Iyer (of whom we hear a lot in the ARR scene these days after he got "spotted" in the Super Singer of course) sings another leisurely duet with Madhushree (Ah Aah being the earlier one). They do sing well and there's a lot of scope for them to exhibit. On the whole, worth a few listens actually - I realise I have a slightly poor threshold of acceptance for our slower-tempo traffic.
Experimentation time - in many ARR albums, you'd find one song that sounds quite weird and has these esoteric arrangements. This song is the representative here. Composed in the Arabic style (or what is commonly felt to be the Arabic style at any rate), for me it was torn between the strangeness of the singing (the music director taking on the burden with Aslam, and Nacim providing the Arabic chants) with the vibrating pronouncements of the words and the compelling rhythms (credit: Hossam Ramzy). If you can get both past and used to the singing (I don't know how successful it is, but it is attention-grabbing to say the least), then you'll probably want to listen to this again. I found that hearing it under the influence of the headphones helped and the "hone hone de nashaa/khone khone ko hai kyaa" bit helped matters. Atleast we have a version in a Hindi film that has not been ripped off from some CD. According to the Joshi interview, they've used an instrument called the chenda which is an integral part of kathakali performances - you do notice a good percussion during the second part of the song, but I wouldn't have known it was this.
Khuun Chalaa
Listen to this one with your headphones and turn the volume up, for the song is so mellow that I didn't catch a lot at the first batch of hearings. Mohit Chauhan (more famous for being the lead singer of the band "Silk Route") is a fitting choice for this quietly intense song mixed with sonorous violins and piano which could have fitted into one of our better subcontinental rock albums. It's a pity this is a small song, for we could have done with more of the anthemic lyrics. According to me, it's a pity they chose to follow this up with the rap "PaaThashaalaa" on the CD quite upsetting the mood set up by this song.
Lukkaa Chuppii
Lata M, A R Rahman and lyrics starting with "Lukka chuppii" - frankly I was dreading this song :-) and expecting it to turn out to be some soppy sentimental song with less than perfect singing. And then came the guitars.
There is some cool strumming on acoustic guitars to begin with and a melody, followed by the seniormost Mangeshkar (singing for Waheeda Rehman, I read) singing some very pleasant lyrics without any trace of incongruousness. Guitars continue as Rahman joins in (with highly Tamil accented Hindi! - I guess that despite knowing his pronounciation is not really there, he pencils himself in for these songs because he thinks only he can communicate the feeling behind it).
Then come the tabalaas in the a.ntaraas and even better, soon to be followed by a very well-utilised harmonium interspersed with bits of the trademark flute. The real surprise arrives towards the end featuring an extensive alaap flourish by both singers. One will be compelled to overlook the less than perfect pronounciation and Lata's sibilant singing for the overall emotional content produced by putting all these elements together.
Now, according to the interview I cited earlier, this song is set at the funeral of a son with the mother reminiscing. In that light, the lyrics (another thumbs up for you Mr. Joshi) with the kite metaphors do acquire further depth and it's quite commendable the powers that be chose to take this approach for such a situation.
This is a recital by Aamir Khan, very much in the mould of Iruvar's "Unnodu naan iru.ndha ovvur.u maNi thuLiyum", of verses in the sentiment of Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna. Obviously for one of those "inspirational" and "rebellious" situations.
Wow! I love this song. More guitar strumming, this time chased around by cooing backing vocals. Naresh Iyer and A.R.Rahman croon this one to the accompaniment of what could easily be your college band. This 60s kind of rock and roll song could easily be performed by a four person band and that is hopefully the kind of frothy and upbeat mood they wanted to evoke. Nice lyrics once again which gel wonderfully into the song structure (assuming Rahman composed it first). Good support from the yodellers in the background.
In summary, Rang De Basanti gives A.R.Rahman the chance to get out of the ponderous "period" film scene and return to contemporary tunes. The variety means that one would probably like atleast one or two of the songs, but could also mean less acceptance of a majority of them. However, like always, when I get a proper ARR album, there are several points of interest to go and read up and follow to. Personally, the biggest positive was to hear so many newer voices rather than the usual syndicates, for only with newer combinations will the Hindi film music scene go ahead.


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While the fiscal deal makes permanent the Bush-era tax cuts, thus averting the biggest tax increases that would have gone into effect in 2013, it didn't extend the second biggest one. Congress quietly let the temporary Social Security payroll tax cut expire. That means that the 2-percentage-point cut in the payroll tax that wage earners have enjoyed over the past two years ratchets back to its normal 6.2 percent level. That represents an extra $115 billion of revenue a year for the federal government, according to the Tax Policy Center, or about 22 percent of the total tax rise had all the "fiscal cliff" tax provisions taken effect.
The increase in the payroll tax would raise the tax bill for the lowest 20 percent of income earners by 1.1 percentage points, 1.3 percentage points for middle 20 percent, and 0.8 percent for the top 20 percent (who earn more from capital returns than from wages), the Tax Policy Center estimates. The impact on the average taxpayer: an extra $740 a year.


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Medea was first performed in 431 BC. Its companion pieces have been lost, but we know that this set of plays won third prize at the Dionysia, adding another disappointment to Euripides' career. Although we know nothing of the other pieces, the character of Medea undoubtedly made the Athenian audience uncomfortable; for audiences past and present, the play is something of a shocker, nihilistic and disturbing. Of the eighty-eight or so plays Euripides wrote, only nineteen (or possibly eighteen, as the authorship of Rhesus is in doubt) survive. Medea is one of the earliest surviving plays of Euripides, though it was written well into his career. It is also one of the most popular.
The specific circumstances surrounding the origin of Greek drama were a puzzle even in the fourth century BC. Greek drama seems to have its roots in religious celebrations that incorporated song and dance. By the sixth century BC, Athenians had transformed a rural celebration of Dionysus into an urban festival with dancing choruses that competed for prizes. An anonymous poet came up with the idea of having the chorus interact with a masked actor. Later, Aeschylus transformed the art by using two masked actors, each playing different parts throughout the piece, making possible staged drama as we know it. With two actors and a chorus, complex plots and conflicts could be staged as never before, and the poets who competed in the festival were no longer writing elaborate hymns, but true plays. The playwrights were more than just writers. They also composed the music, choreographed the dances, and directed the actors. Athens was the only Greek city-state where this art form evolved; the comedies, tragedies, and dramas handed down to us from the period, although labeled generically as "Greek," are in fact all Athenian works.
After the defeat of the Persians in a decisive campaign (480-479 BC), Athens emerged as the superpower of the independent Greek city-states, and during this time, the drama festival, or the Dionysia, became a spectacular event. The Dionysia lasted four to five days, and the city took the celebrations seriously. Prisoners were released on bail and most public business was suspended. Roughly ten thousand free male citizens, along with their slaves and dependents, watched plays in an enormous outdoor theater that could seat seventeen thousand spectators. On each of three days, the Athenians were treated to three tragedies and a satyr play (a light comedy on a mythic theme) written by one of three pre-selected tragedians, as well as one comedy by a comedic playwright. The trilogies did not have to be an extended drama dealing with the same story, although often they were. At the end of the festival, the tragedians were awarded first, second, and third prize by the judges of Dionysis.
For modern readers, the Chorus may be the most alien element of the play. Greek drama was not meant to be what we would consider "naturalistic." It was a highly stylized art form: actors wore masks, and the performances incorporated song and dance. The Chorus delivers much of the exposition and expounds poetically on themes, but it is still meant to represent a group of characters. In the case of Medea, the Chorus is constituted by the women of Corinth. The relationship between the Chorus and Medea is one of the most interesting Chorus-protagonist relationships in all of Greek drama. The women are alternately horrified and enthralled by Medea: there is no question that she goes too far and commits the most horrible act possible for a mother, and for that, she earns the Chorus' pity and condemnation. And yet, they do nothing to interfere. The women live vicariously through Medea. In taking her revenge, she avenges the crimes committed against all of womankind. Powerful and fearless, Medea refuses to be wronged by men, and the Chorus cannot help but admire her.
Medea is part of the gallery of Euripides' "bad women." Euripides was often attacked for portraying what Aristotle called "unscrupulously clever" women as his main characters; he depicts his tragic heroines with far less apology than his contemporaries. We are not, as in Aeschylus' Oresteia, allowed to comfort ourselves with the restoration of male-dominated order. In Medea that order is exposed as hypocritical and spineless, and in the character of Medea, we see who a woman whose suffering, instead of ennobling her, has made her monstrous.
Consistent with the norms of Greek drama, Medea is not divided into acts or discrete scenes. However, time passes in non-naturalistic fashion: at certain points, it is clear that a considerable amount of time has passed in the world of the play even though only a few seconds have passed for the audience. In general, as noted by Aristotle, most Greek tragedies have action confined to a twenty-four hour period.


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The end of the last month Spring Source released Spring ROO in alpha stage. My friend, Dr. Stefan Schmidt, who in fact used to teach me J2EE technology at UTS when I was a UTS student, has been working for Spring Source and is now involved in ROO development. Although ROO sounds really like Australian, it signifies Real Object-Oriented (ROO). After the release of the alpha version, Dr. Schmidt posted an introductory tutorial of ROO on his blog. He explained well so I could easily try this new mind-blowing technology. :)
Let's start a journey!
- Check your maven and JVM versions.
$ mvn --version Maven version: 2.0.9 Java version: 1.6.0_13 OS name: "linux" version: "2.6.28-11-generic" arch: "amd64" Family: "unix"
I'm using Ubuntu Linux 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope desktop edition 64bit and installed Sun JDK & Maven2 from its repository.
- Extract
spring-roo-1.0.0.A2.zipfile to
- Add the environment variable
ROO_HOMEwith the path of Roo home in the
- Add
PATHin the
export ROO_HOME=/opt/lib/spring/roo-1.0.0.A2 PATH=${PATH}:$ROO_HOME/bin export PATH
For Eclipse,
sts-roo-integration-1.0.0.A2.zipfile to the
eclipse/dropinsfolder to use Spring ROO integration. This copying to the dropins directory only works for Eclipse Ganymede.
- Install ROO packages in the maven repository.
mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=org.springframework.roo \ -DartifactId=roo-annotations -Dversion=1.0.0.A2 -Dpackaging=jar \ -Dfile=$ROO_HOME/dist/roo-annotations-1.0.0.A2.jar
- Result
$ mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=org.springframework.roo \ -DartifactId=roo-annotations -Dversion=1.0.0.A2 -Dpackaging=jar \ -Dfile=$ROO_HOME/dist/roo-annotations-1.0.0.A2.jar [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'install'. [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building Maven Default Project [INFO] task-segment: [install:install-file] (aggregator-style) [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] [install:install-file] [INFO] Installing /opt/lib/spring/roo-1.0.0.A2/dist/roo-annotations-1.0.0.A2.jar to /home/blade2/.m2/repository/org/springframework/roo/roo-annotations/1.0.0.A2/roo-annotations-1.0.0.A2.jar [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 2 seconds [INFO] Finished at: Tue May 05 22:09:23 EST 2009 [INFO] Final Memory: 7M/165M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now starts ROO console!
$ mkdir roo_test $ cd roo_test/ $ roo.sh
ROO Console
- Create a project directory for a ROO project.
roo> script vote.roo
(... wait until ROO console does it's job...)
roo> exit
Instead of following the script that Dr. Schmidt provided, I just used
vote.roo which can be found in the
samples directory. Well no special reasons, it just looks simpler. That's it. 🙂 If you are seeking more interesting one, you'd better try the one on the blog of Dr. Schmidt and then try your own one. ^O^
- In order to import the ROO project, just created, to Eclipse (STS), run maven2's eclipse plug-in.
$ mvn eclipse:eclipse [INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'eclipse'.
[INFO] Building vote
[INFO] task-segment: [eclipse:eclipse]
[INFO] Preparing eclipse:eclipse
... lots of dependencies including spring framework 3.0.0.M2 ...
[INFO] Total time: 7 minutes 26 seconds
[INFO] Finished at: Tue May 05 22:32:18 EST 2009
[INFO] Final Memory: 31M/353M
Well, although it says
Sources for some artifacts are not available.
Javadoc for some artifacts is not available.
it is not that important unless I really want to see the missing source code and Javadoc of the artifacts listed with the message.
If you want to get it, add
-DdownloadSources=true -DdownloadJavadocs=true options and run maven again.
$ mvn eclipse:eclipse -DdownloadSources=true -DdownloadJavadocs=true
I'm not sure if the source is available though. The source code is not available at the moment though. I was wrong. The source code is available. Check this out. http://forum.springsource.org/showthread.php?t=71985
- Now run Eclipse. Since ROO is a part of Spring Framework, I'm using SpringSource Tool Suite (STS) for this practice.
SpringSource Tool Suite
Well, before I go further, here are what I am using.
SpringSource Tool Suite (STS) 2.0.0
- Apart from all the Spring related plug-ins that STS comes with, it also comes with several good plug-ins such as AspectJ Development Tools (AJDT), PMD for Eclipse (Java source code analyser) and EclEmma (Code Coverage Tool) which are what I usually install when I use pure Eclipse JEE.
Eclipse Plug-ins
- Subclipse
- Maven Integration for Eclipse (M2Eclipse)
- Aptana
- JDepend (Java source code analyser)
- Copy Fully Qualified Class Name Plugin
- Resource Bundle Editor
- and of course Spring ROO Integration for Eclipse (I heard a new STS will include it).
However, what are really required for this ROO practice are Eclipse JEE, Spring IDE, AJDT, M2Eclipse and Spring ROO Integration. Or you can simply use STS and install M2Eclipse and Spring ROO Integration. If you use Eclipse JEE Ganymede and install Spring IDE, it will automatically install AJDT as a dependency of Spring IDE since Ganymede has a smart software & add-ons update manager. 🙂
(Good News: A free version of STS is released. Check this out SpringSource Tool Suite now free).
Import ROO project
Expand the
General entry -> Select
Existing Projects into Workspace -> Click the
Next button.
Browse the roo project directory created by roo. In my case it's
roo_test -> Click the
Finish button. (NOTE: Because I created the roo project directory inside the workspace of Eclipse (STS), I don't need to check
Copy projects into workspace option.)
If Eclipse asks to turn on weaving service function of AJDT, Click the
Yes button.
Restart Eclipse.
Eclipse is restarted and there are errors in the project as the require dependencies are not in the project directory.
So now, let M2Eclipse resolves this dependency problem. That's why I'm using this plug-in. I want to focus on real problems in software development rather than focusing on providing dependency libraries for development.
Right click on the project -> Select the
Maven option on the menu -> Select the
Enable Dependency Management. Wait until it does its job.
As shown here, Maven resolved it so all the required dependencies are there.


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Cissy Houston's tribute to her late daughter was the emotional highlight of Sunday's BET Awards, a show that was defined by extended bleeps and the vulgarities that censors failed to catch onstage throughout the night.
Whitney Houston's mother gave a rousing performance of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" that left the crowd in tears, including Beyonce and Melanie Fiona.
Mariah Carey opened the tribute with memories of her friend. She was followed by a moving number by Monica. Brandy, heavily influenced by Houston, sang two of the late singer's hits. Chaka Khan blazed the stage with "I'm Every Woman," which Houston remade. Gary Houston, Whitney's brother, also performed.
But the nearly four-hour BET Awards was more like the Bleep Awards, as entire segments of performances from Nicki Minaj to Rick Ross were muted out due to foul language.
It started during the opening number by Kanye West's G.O.O.D. music group, which included Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz. There were long moments of censored silence when the rappers performed "Mercy," though not all the offending words were bleeped out. Moments later, Samuel L. Jackson, the show's host, was joined by Spike Lee as they did a comedic version of Jay-Z and West's hit song "... In Paris," to laughs.
"Two distinguished Morehouse men," Lee joked after the performance, referencing the alma mater of the two.
The censor police also worked overtime when Rick Ross performed with his Maybach Music Group and during Minaj's performance and acceptance speech for best female hip-hop artist. Minaj's win was her third consecutive time taking the prize.
"I really, really appreciate BET for keeping this category alive, and I appreciate all the female rappers doing their thing, past, present and future," she said, before uttering an obscenity.
Gospel star Yolanda Adams, who also performed, gently took some of her peers to task as she won best gospel artist, urging them to act mature and use their fame wisely.
"We need all of y'all," she said. "I'm saying the world needs everyone in this room. Please make sure that you use your gift responsibly, 'cause we're watching. Our babies are watching, and they want to be like us."
West, who was up for seven awards, was the top nominee. Beyonce was the second most nominated act with six. She won video director of the year (along with Alan Ferguson) and best female R&B artist and thanked the genre and her female influences.
"I fell in love with music by listening to R&B. It's the core of who I am," she said, giving special thanks to Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige and "Whitney Houston, my angel."
When she lost video of the year to Jay-Z and West, she playfully hit her husband and laughed. The joking continued: Moments later, as West was giving his acceptance speech, Jay-Z interrupted him and said: "Excuse me Kanye, I'm gonna let you continue, but ...," and the audience erupted with laughter, recalling West's infamous interruption of Taylor Swift's MTV Video Music Awards speech a few years back.
Chris Brown was also a double winner. Kevin Hart — who hosted the awards last year — also won for best actor, Big Sean was named best new artist and Wale and Miguel's smooth hit "Lotus Flower Bomb" won best collaboration.
The tone of the night fluctuated frequently, as the show shifted from hotly anticipated performances to solemn moments to irreverence. Usher performed his groove "Climax," and Nicki Minaj sported a blonde wig with pink tips as she performed the songs "Champion" and "Beez In the Trap," which featured 2 Chainz.
The night also featured some tributes to deceased greats: Chante Moore performed a medley of Donna Summer's hits and Valerie Simpson sang a song in honor of her husband and writing partner Nick Ashford. Don Cornelius, Dick Clark and Hal Jackson were remembered. Even West offered tributes: after his performance, he name-dropped Rodney King and Whitney Houston in a verse that got cheers from the crowd, including his girlfriend, Kim Kardashian.
The tone of night fluctuated frequently, as the show shifted from hotly anticipated performances to solemn moments to irreverence. Usher performed his groove "Climax," and Nicki Minaj sported a blonde wig with pink tips as she performed the songs "Champion" and "Beez In the Trap," which featured 2 Chainz.
Presenters included Taraji P. Henson, Kerry Washington and Jamie Foxx, who wore a T-shirt that had a picture of Trayvon Martin, the Florida teen killed by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman.
Frankie Beverly featuring Maze were honored with the lifetime achievement award, and they were serenaded with performances by Tyrese, Faith Evans and Joe.
D'Angelo also performed, his first televised performance in years as he attempts a comeback.
Brown also performed in his first televised appearance since the New York City nightclub brawl between his entourage and Drake's. Brown, his girlfriend, his bodyguard and NBA star Tony Parker were among those injured in the June 14 encounter, where bottles were thrown.
Drake, however, didn't show, despite being nominated.


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The Central Connecticut softball team (16-9, 6-0 NEC) will host the Sacred Heart Pioneers (16-11, 2-2 NEC) this Saturday in a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. at the CCSU Softball Field. The Blue Devils will follow the NEC match-up with another on Sunday against the Saint Francis University Red Flash (15-12, 0-0 NEC), also at home.
Fans can follow the action live for all four games via LIVE STATS.
The Blue Devils are riding an eight-game winning streak that includes six consecutive NEC victories. Last week, the Blue Devils swept the Bryant Bulldogs to keep the undefeated conference streak alive.
Central is 8-10 against Sacred Heart since 2004. Last season, the Blue Devils topped the Pioneers in both contests, 2-0 and 10-1, at Sacred Heart.
CCSU swept the Red Flash last season as well, 6-2 and 7-5, in Loretto, PA. The Blue Devils are 5-1 over Saint Francis U since 2010.
Central pitcher Laura Messina has already broken the CCSU career shutout record this season and looks to break the CCSU career strikeout record this weekend. The sophomore currently ranks second with 303 career strikeouts and is just 11 away from breaking the record.
Messina currently ranks 17th in the nation in shutouts and 48th in earned run average. Joining her in the national rankings is classmate Kat Malcolm who is currently 40th in runs per game. Freshman Eileen Purcell, junior Tessa Brown and senior Kelsey Barlow are ranked 87th, 134th and 138th, respectively, as the "toughest to strike out."


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I do not remember reading anything by this author, Archer Mayor, and I�m pretty sure I would remember him if I had. He has some twenty two novels credited to him listed in the front of this novel but none of them struck a bell.
Paradise City, by Archer Mayor,Minotaur Books,306pp,$24.99
I do not remember reading anything by this author, Archer Mayor, and I�m pretty sure I would remember him if I had. He has some twenty two novels credited to him listed in the front of this novel but none of them struck a bell.
In this reviewer�s viewpoint one would think that an author would sharpen his craft with that many books. This is not to say this was a bad book or a book without any depth at all, it has plenty of surface gloss but somehow, and I am not sure just how, there is a rather interesting story being told here but pretty much devoid of any real suspense.
It starts out with a good example of what I like to refer to as �the hook.� Three jewel thieves are trying to break into a house by suspending one of their members armed with a glass cutter by a strong rope over a glass roof. The idea is to cut a large circle of glass, this by the thief suspended from the rope. Then that thief will be inside the house, he can unlock the front door and his two fellow thieves can get in the house and virtually clean out anything of value, with the emphasis on jewelry.
It is jewelry they are seeking as they seem to have a means of changing the settings so the stones can be readily marketed and no one will recognize them as famous, or at least well known, pieces of priceless jewelry.
From here on the emphasis is on the woman who has come up with the idea, the jeweler she convinces her system of altering precious jewelry will work and the forced labor she gathers to do the actual work.
I will say this, the author, Archer Mayor, whose day job is a police investigator, does a good job with the police procedural part of the novel. However a little more suspense could have made this good book even better.
Now for the big surprise. I do not have a second book to write about this morning as I am only part way through the current nonfiction book and it will take a full column to do it justice. The title is �The Never Ending War.� It is one mans battle with post-traumatic stress disorder by LM Clark.
One of the reasons I find this book more than interesting, including some rather good writing, is that the crux of the biographical story takes place in Vietnam near Da Nang. While the subject of this nonfiction book was in Vietnam serving in the U.S. Marines, I was there as a civilian photographer, working on a film for my employer, Grumman Aerospace Corporation. While all the Marines were fully armed, I was protected by a little yellow card that stated I was a noncombatant. Luckily for me I did not have to test how well the card would defend me if I needed it.
Every where my camera crew and I went we were pretty well surrounded by those heavily armed Marines, which was comforting to say the least. Be that as it may, I would have gladly swapped my light meter for an even more comforting pistol.
Ken Gruebel lives in New Bern.


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Travelling indeed is packed with charm of self-discovery and once-in-a-lifetime opportunities.
The world is a bizarre place when it comes to humans. Cultures around the world are diverse and have things typical to their origins.
Traveling the entire world is a dream for many of us. What stops us from doing so is the scarcity of money
Three Swiss designers agreed upon 40 icons that would be known anywhere, thanks to the Internet, and that could be placed on a T-shirt and worn while traveling, to show to the "natives" what was needed.
Say, perhaps, you have a few weeks of accumulated vacation time from work coming up in the near future. Now would be the perfect opportunity to take that trip you've always dreamed of.
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As the school year is about to begin the shopping list usually begins with school supplies and the backpack to fit it all in. Don't fool yourself, the backpack is one of the first things people notice on a student so you want to be stylish, stand out from the crowd and at the same time you don't want one that will fall apart or be uncomfortable. BARE Backpacks solved that problem with their very cool and stylish line of backpacks that will leave your friends asking "where did you get that?"
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ERB trustee doesn't believe group will get its money back
ERB settles overpayments with 2 members
A trustee for the state's Educational Retirement Board said he believes there is no way possible the ERB is going to get back all of the $1.7 million it overpaid to some of its members.
ERB Trustee Bradley Day is as subtle as a hammer on the subject.
"As time goes by the chances of recovering that money back gets smaller and smaller, and we're crossing the two year mark," Day said. "I don't think we're going to get it back."
Target 7 blew the lid off this costly error back in 2010. Since then, the ERB has decided to sue some of the retirees who unwittingly received these funds, including stroke victim Belva Campbell.
"If they want to put me on the street, that's their prerogative. They will lose money by doing so," Campbell told Target 7 in August.
Target 7 recently learned two of the three largest overpayments have been settled. In those two cases combined, the ERB lost out on more than $150,000. To date, the agency and its public employee members are still out about $600,000.
Day thinks much of that is a loss and remains shocked at the agency's response over the whole thing.
"If it was up to me, what do you think I would do?" he asks rhetorically. "I would fire somebody because that is totally unacceptable."
The reason for the two settlements was that the members had used some of the money in a way that made it impossible to recover. There are also members with payment plans to pay back the money.
The ERB general counsel said they'd rather have payment plans than not recover anything at all. Target 7 has learned some of those payment plans could last up to six years, but most are about three.


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The artists are busy getting ready for MTV's Video Music Awards tonight at the Staples Center. AMP/Los Angeles is there and ran into Gotye, Ne-Yo, Kraeyshawn, Kat DeLuna and host Kevin Hart backstage. Here's what went down.
Ne-Yo arrived backstage at the VMAs with his signature head-wear. Not only can you pick up one of his stylish hats at Saks Fifth Avenue, but you can also expect a new album, R.E.D. (Realizing Every Dream) dropping this fall. It was set for a September release, but Ne-Yo wanted to make sure everything was "right."
"My last album — for me personally — I feel like I let some people down with my last album," he said. "It was not as good as it should have been. It didn't do as well as it should have done. The stories, the whole thing didn't come together the way it was supposed to. So this album is not necessarily the re-up, but it's me getting back to what it is that I do — focusing on the music completely and solely."
"Let Me Love You" is Ne-Yo's latest single and while he mentioned he's not likely to co-write with many artists he made an exception on this song.
"For this particular record I got the opportunity to work with Sia," the Grammy Award winning R&B singer-songwriter added. "We finally got the opportunity to work together and 'Let Me Love You' was the result."
Look for Ne-Yo's new album R.E.D. this November.
The "Gucci Gucci" queen Kraeyshawn also joined AMP backstage. After plotting how to crash one of the biggest nights in music, learning that her favorite cities to visit (after touring the world) are San Francisco, London and Santa Cruz, we wanted to know what we could expect from her debut album.
"Expect everything, ya know. I think every song is so different from each other," she said. "I wanted every song to represent a genre of music. I think I did that pretty well cause it's very eclectic. You got punk inspired tracks, R&B inspired tracks, club house tracks, [and] pop tracks. We got 'Gucci Gucci' everybody loves that song!"
Kreayshawn's debut album Somethin' Bout Kreay is out September 18.
Pop singer Kat DeLuna, graced AMP Radio backstage too. She wants to make the world dance and her new single "Wanna See U Dance" off her forthcoming sophomore album is available now.
And it wouldn't be a MTV Award show if Jersey Shore wasn't represented. Vinnie stopped by to talk about the last season of the show.
"Every season that we shoot, we don't know when it's gonna end or not. We shoot every one like it's our last," he said. "The first one was the last one, the second one was the last one up until the sixth one seriously. We always said this is gonna be the last one … whatever, but at the end we kind of got a real feel for it and it was sad because, just to think that we might not be at the VMAs in a couple of years."
Vinnie also shared his worries about the show being over.
"It scares me. How can I let this go? But that's why I'm gonna stay motivated," he said. "I have a really creative imagination that people never get to see. That's why I'm better when it comes to scripted things and these other MTV shows that they put me on."
The beginning of the end for Jersey Shore starts October 4 on MTV.
Backstage was also this year's VMA host, actor and stand-up comedian Kevin Hart.
"This is a huge opportunity for me," Hart said. "This is a chance for me to make a statement. I'm not going to try to be safe or politically correct … I'm not going to do what they want me to do. I'm going to be myself. It's the VMAs! Something is going to happen."
So does Hart have any surprises up his sleeve for artists who have approached him asking not to call him or her out on something?
"Even if I do say anything, it's all in a playful way," he said. "People should laugh at themselves."
Finally, Video of the Year nominee Gotye stopped by to chat. If he wins, who will he thank?
"I would probably just have to dedicate it to Natasha Pincus who was the director and producer of the film clip," he said. "The concept was all hers and the film clip has been such a huge factor in the song being shared so widely."
Filmed in two days, Gotye said "Somebody That I Used To Know" was a long painting process.
"It was two days in total, but the second day was 26 hours straight of standing around being painted," he said.
The 2012 MTV Video Music Awards airs live on Thursday, Sept. 6 at 8 p.m. ET.
-Casey McCabe, AMP/Los Angeles
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How to Identify your Own Decorating Style
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Many people struggle with finding their own sense of style within their homes. Whether you've just moved into your first house, apartment or you're trying to make your current space more of a reflection of you than what it seems to be at the moment, you feel as though your home is lacking that personal touch. Read on to see just how easy it is to identify your own decorating style and how to incorporate it into your space.
1. Walk around your home
As you walk through your own home, take a careful look at everything you have. Make note of what it is that you love and what you might want to get rid of or replace. What stands out and catches your attention? Look closely at your walls. What do they tell you? Are they too plain? Are they painted a color you adore? Perhaps they aren't and you would you like to paint them. Next look closely at your photographs and pieces of art.
Again take notice of which ones stand out the most? Are there pieces that are not particularly to your liking, that you would rather part with? What do you think your home says about you now? Does it fully represent who and what you are? Have you carefully collected and placed items together over the years or are have you simply been trying to fill empty space? Which items have significant meaning? It may feel a little empty, but the best place to start to create your own decorating style is to remove all that you don't love and those items that really have no significant importance or meaning to you. (This being said, you may not remove something that belongs to a spouse or significant other… as much as you may want to!)
2. Go through all your things
Spend a weekend morning or afternoon and go through your collections. Carefully sift through all photographs, memorabilia, tokens and souvenirs. Set aside those which have strong sentimental value – the items that tug at the heartstrings. You will use some of these items in your home decor, and some of these items will inspire your decor. Take note of the colors and textures. Are there shells that have been collected? Perhaps postcards or stamps? Shells can be gathered and placed in a glass bowl should be displayed somewhere for you to enjoy – perhaps on a coffee table on by your fireplace.
Stamps and postcards can be curated to create a large and lovely framed montage. Is your grandmother's Hermes scarf sitting in your dark dresser drawer? Consider framing it and hanging it in your bedroom, bathroom or living room. Old family photographs can be framed and hung together to create a small gallery.
3. Incorporate your travels or adventures
Whether home or abroad, which places have meant the most to you? Which did you find most special? Where would you move to, if you had the choice? Which of these places inspires you? Does your heart belong to the beach or the mountains? Do you long to return to Florence, Provence, or Barcelona? Are you passionate about any of these places? Were you inspired by the art of Florence, the aromas and colors of Provence or the architecture of Barcelona? Think about the colors and textures and styles… They say a lot about your personality and should translate easily into your decor.
4. What are your interests and hobbies?
Are you an avid sportsman? Are you a photographer, voracious reader? Do you love to garden? Are you passionate about horses? An office decorated with vintage sports memorabilia or your first wooden tennis racquet, perhaps your own medals and trophies will add immediate sense of style to your space. Or perhaps turn a large and empty wall into a gallery as you display your favorite photographs you've taken over the years, or your favorite paintings… If you're an avid reader you should display all the books you've collected and read over the years.
5. Imagine your dream home and all that it would be…
Don't worry about cost at the moment. Think about what your dream home would have. Would you love a wide open modern kitchen? Do you like modern architecture or is your style more traditional? Think about all the details from the windows to the mouldings to the floors – and then imagine the colors you would choose. Would you be bold and bright or calmer and more subdued? Most likely you can't build or move… Perhaps you can remodel, perhaps not. Regardless, there are ways to incorporate the things you love about your imaginary dream home into your own home. There are ways to create the illusions of larger rooms, taller ceilings. There are ways to make a kitchen feel more modern. There are things you can do to create a home that feels classic and traditional, and there are ways to incorporate color and style into your existing home, with your existing furnishings.
6. Peruse and rip out the pages of your favorite shelter magazines.
Keep all these photos together someplace, whether in a notebook or on a pinboard. You'll notice a common thread or two. You'll notice architectural styles and furniture styles. You'll notice similar patterns and colors. You'll find yourself gravitating towards certain styles, perhaps traditional, perhaps bohemian, perhaps a blend of the two.
7. It's OK not to have 1 set style, but to have several!
Because it is natural for us to have many interests it's natural for us to gravitate toward several styles. You may have acquired or inherited some classical pieces of furniture but you do not feel defined by them. Your tastes, like your interests, may be more eclectic. And it's not only acceptable to embrace these different tastes and styles, but it is encouraged!
8. What is it that you are most passionate about?
As you try to determine what exactly your own personal style is, look to the obvious. Look to those things that inspire you. Look to those things that make you smile and the things that you are most passionate about. In your own home, look around and take note of the items that bring you a sense of calm, of the things that make your home truly feel like home.
9. Look at your friend's homes
What is it about your friends homes that you like. They say that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. You need not copy everything they've done, but you can draw inspiration from what you see. Do you love the chocolate colored walls accented by the white furniture? Perhaps your love love of the ocean draws your attention to one friend's nautical theme. You might not have thought to paint your kitchen that blood orange color, but you notice how it brings and energy and warmth to the space. This doesn't mean you ought to go out and replicate these looks, but do take note of what you find particularly pleasing and see how you can take someone else's ideas and influences and make them your own.
10. Look at your wardrobe!
How is it that you dress? Are you daring with your dress or are you more conservative? Do you prefer bold pattern and colors or do you prefer to stick to neutrals? What does your wardrobe say about you? Does it fit your personality? Are you outgoing, fun and brazen… the life of the party? Or are you quiet, subdued and introspective? You should dress your home much like you dress yourself. If you're not comfortable wearing bright reds, purples, greens, then most likely these are not colors you'd choose to paint your walls. by that same token, why would you have an all beige interiors if your wardrobe is always full of color? If your style is elegant, classic even whimsical, your home should reflect this. Your wardrobe can say a lot about you and your personal style.