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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Puffin Books, 1998 - Juvenile Fiction - 155 pages
The gates of Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory are opening at last--and only five children will be allowed inside for the adventure of a lifetime!
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Continuing my Banned Book Week tradition of reading something from the list of challenged or banned books. Due to my obsession with reading comic books when I was a child (18,000 by the time I was 18 ... Read full review
There are five children in this book:
AUGUSTUS GLOOP A greedy boy
A girl who is spoiled by her parents
A girl who chews gum all day long
A boy who does nothing but watch television
The hero
1 - Here Comes Charlie
These two very old people are the father and mother of Mr Bucket. Their names are
Grandpa Joe and Grandma Josephine.
And these two very old people are the father and mother of Mrs Bucket. Their names are
Grandpa George and Grandma Georgina.
This is Mr Bucket. This is Mrs Bucket.
Mr and Mrs Bucket have a small boy whose name is Charlie.
This is Charlie.
How d'you do? And how d'you do? And how d'you do again? He is pleased to meet you.
The whole of this family — the six grown-ups (count them) and little Charlie Bucket — live
together in a small wooden house on the edge of a great town.
The house wasn't nearly large enough for so many people, and life was extremely
uncomfortable for them all. There were only two rooms in the place altogether, and there was only
one bed. The bed was given to the four old grandparents because they were so old and tired. They
were so tired, they never got out of it.
Grandpa Joe and Grandma Josephine on this side, Grandpa George and Grandma Georgina
on this side.
Mr and Mrs Bucket and little Charlie Bucket slept in the other room, upon mattresses on the
In the summertime, this wasn't too bad, but in the winter, freezing cold draughts blew
across the floor all night long, and it was awful.
There wasn't any question of them being able to buy a better house — or even one more
bed to sleep in. They were far too poor for that.
Mr Bucket was the only person in the family with a job. He worked in a toothpaste factory,
where he sat all day long at a bench and screwed the little caps on to the tops of the tubes of
toothpaste after the tubes had been filled. But a toothpaste cap-screwer is never paid very much
money, and poor Mr Bucket, however hard he worked, and however fast he screwed on the caps,
was never able to make enough to buy one half of the things that so large a family needed. There
wasn't even enough money to buy proper food for them all. The only meals they could afford
were bread and margarine for breakfast, boiled potatoes and cabbage for lunch, and cabbage soup
for supper. Sundays were a bit better. They all looked forward to Sundays because then, although
they had exactly the same, everyone was allowed a second helping.
The Buckets, of course, didn't starve, but every one of them — the two old grandfathers, the two
old grandmothers, Charlie's father, Charlie's mother, and especially little Charlie himself — went
about from morning till night with a horrible empty feeling in their tummies.
Charlie felt it worst of all. And although his father and mother often went without their
own share of lunch or supper so that they could give it to him, it still wasn't nearly enough for a
growing boy. He desperately wanted something more filling and satisfying than cabbage and
cabbage soup. The one thing he longed for more than anything else was . . . CHOCOLATE.
Walking to school in the mornings, Charlie could see great slabs of chocolate piled up high
in the shop windows, and he would stop and stare and press his nose against the glass, his mouth
watering like mad. Many times a day, he would see other children taking bars of creamy chocolate
out of their pockets and munching them greedily, and that, of course, was pure torture.
Only once a year, on his birthday, did Charlie Bucket ever get to taste a bit of chocolate. The
whole family saved up their money for that special occasion, and when the great day arrived,
Charlie was always presented with one small chocolate bar to eat all by himself. And each time he
received it, on those marvellous birthday mornings, he would place it carefully in a small wooden
box that he owned, and
Here Comes Charlie
Mr Willy Wonkas Factory
Mr Wonka and the Indian Prince
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It's a neat-looking concept Corbin Dunn came up with, as far as cycling death-traps go. But in this economy, it's also practical for couples who'd rather not splurge on extravagances like a second wheel. UPDATED: Now with instructions and video!
For coolness factor, I'd put this tandem unicycle somewhere between Bi-Cycle tandem bike and the Face-to-Face, while for pure crazy it's just shy of the Uno bike in single-wheel formation. Unfortunately, Corbin forgot to save his "great post about the construction details," so you're on your own for now building a tandem unicycle for you and your sweetheart. I'm pretty sure that step one was "lose all rational sense of physical limitations," so feel free to get a head start on that until the full instruction list is up.
UPDATE: Full instructions, if you've got sufficient wild abandon, can be found here. [Corbin's Treehouse via LikeCool via OhGizmo!]

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May 27, 2010
We should all congratulate the SEC on its recently released report, "Preliminary Findings Regarding the Market Events of May 6, 2010." The report is detailed, honest and frank. Most impressive, the report is quite clear about what is known and what is as yet unknown, and this in the face of enormous pressure to reach a conclusion. I can't think of another example of a federal agency moving so quickly to provide so much data and analysis about such a complex event. And after preparing the report, the agency ate its own cooking on transparency and immediately posted the report front and center on its web site, come what may.
The Shadow Liquidity System
The day after the flash crash, Paul Kedrosky coined the term "shadow liquidity system." It was the shadow liquidity system I attempted to describe in my April 16 comment on the "Concept Release on Equity Market Structure." While not definite, it's becoming clear the shadow liquidity system failed on May 6, and in the wake of its failure we suffered a $1 trillion loss in seven minutes.
I used to think it was ungraceful to quote yourself, but after reading Professor James Angel's latest comment on the Concept Release it seems quite sophisticated, even at length, so I'll do it too. In my April 16, 2010 comment on the Concept Release (http://www.sec.gov/comments/s7-02-10/s70210-107.htm) I described how market centers in the last 10 years had engineered "the replacement of formal and regulated intermediaries with informal and unregulated intermediaries" creating a "HFT-dominated market structure and business model that functionally replaced that of the 20th century exchanges." I noted that "A HFT market making firm does not need to register as a market maker on any exchange" and that "market centers pay these firms for supplying liquidity and the liquidity they supply becomes part of the market center business models." Even registered market makers "have little or none of the regulatory oversight" they used to have, and "do not have any meaningful restriction on moving the market, they have no meaningful capital adequacy standards, no obligation to yield to customer orders, no meaningful obligation to maintain competitive quotes, no dealer position monitoring, nothing." In consequence, "The result is that firms are free to trade as aggressively or passively as they like or to disappear from the market altogether." But "They still get valuable privileges if they register as market makers, and they promise in return to merely post any quote, and a penny bid can count as a valid quote." Finally, I wrote that when markets face liquidity demands their behavior can "increase spreads and price volatility and savage investor confidence" and "the public pays the price of the volatility they create," but I didn't predict a massive failure such as that we suffered on May 6, when scores of stocks and ETFs traded at those penny bids.
One of the few who warned of a catastrophe, Professor Angel predicted a massive failure when he cautioned about a "big glitch" and suggested several causes for the glitch - "a runaway algo," "'fat fingers,'" "machine meltdowns" - and warned "billions of dollars of damages could occur." There could have been glitches that exacerbated selling on May 6, but May 6 wasn't just a bug, it was a feature. It was a feature of the shadow liquidity system, of "highly distributed, fully automated and nominally disintermediated marketplaces," as I wrote on April 16. After the flash crash, The Wall Street Journal quoted Dave Cummings, founder of the BATS exchange and of the HFT firm Tradebot, as saying Tradebot withdrew all of its liquidity from the markets on May 6 because "That's what we do for safety." On its web site, Tradebot writes "In the past 10 years, their regulated intermediaries role has largely been replaced by sophisticated high-speed computer models...Each trading day, our algorithms analyze the market data and send millions of limit orders into the market. These limit orders often tighten the bid/ask spread paid by long-term investors." So what happens if, as Cummings said to the Journal, "the market's weird"? They run for the hills. The Journal wrote, "Tradebot's system is designed to stop trading when the market becomes too volatile." We could shout j'accuse but we already have a full confession.
Reviewing the comment letters on the Concept Release, the conventional wisdom before May 6 was, as Professor Angel wrote on April 30 (and apart from his call for circuit breakers), "High frequency technology has not led to high frequency volatility," and near universal praise for the "current high quality of the equity market," as he also wrote. Calls for reform of the most fundamental functions of our equity markets - price and liquidity formation - were few and far between. The conventional wisdom taking shape now is a renewed look at those fundamental functions, and at how regulated liquidity providers have been replaced by literally or essentially unregulated ones over the last 10 years.
The conventional wisdom is also beginning to entertain some curiosities. It is strange to hear that "reform" should include a ban on stop loss orders, as if the United States equity markets are at risk because Mrs. Betty Johanssen of Red Lake, Minnesota posted a 300 share stop loss order in 3M, or that our equity markets are at risk because of a 200 share market order in Procter and Gamble. If this is where we end up, we will have failed. It will be an admission that since we won't or can't reform the shadow liquidity system, the only idea we have left is to ban even retail-sized unpriced liquidity demands.
Circuit Breakers
The conventional window now also includes single stock circuit breakers. As I commented earlier (sophisticated), single stock circuit breakers may be useful in the same sense in which air bags are useful to Toyotas, but they don't cure sudden acceleration problems. The car still surges and crashes, but with air bags we can hope the occupants are a little more protected when it does. There is urgency to do something because political and economic exigencies demand action circuit breakers are something we can do quickly as we continue to try to understand what happened on May 6. While it increasingly seems clear May 6 was transitory volatility related to or caused by severe market structure defects, we're not sure, but we can deploy the air bag if it happens again.
Several foreign markets have single stock circuit breakers, including (as Professor Angel points out) Germany, and, well, Borat's Kazakhstan, which makes it seem silly to some that we don't. Germany and Kazakhstan also have affirmative obligations for liquidity providers (they also have market orders).
Circuit breakers will be gamed, though, and the implementation deadline for our circuit breakers doesn't allow much time for defensive action, such as surveillance, around their deployment. How will our shadow liquidity system respond to circuit breakers? We don't know. The shadow liquidity system doesn't like uncertainty and doesn't like holding positions, even for five minutes, so one possible outcome may be that many of these participants will struggle mightily to go flat as a stock approaches its circuit breaker, increasing volatility before the air bag goes off, increasing volatility simply because the air bag will go off this is the so-called gravitational or magnet effect of circuit breakers, and suggests that more stocks will move 10% after circuit breakers are implemented than before. Stocks might well accelerate into circuit breakers, in other words. And just as it will be interesting to see how the shadow liquidity system behaves in front of circuit breaker thresholds, it will be interesting to see how it behaves after a circuit breaker expires. That is, how will the shadow liquidity system game opening auctions, and how will it participate when trading resumes? No one knows, though there is evidence from an October, 1997 market break that, other than regulated liquidity providers, liquidity dries up after a circuit breaker. Admittedly, that was a long time ago, and the 1997 circuit breaker was market wide, not single stock.
We should worry about deploying single stock circuit breakers before first ensuring we have meaningfully regulated liquidity providers, a risky but perhaps unavoidable experiment. I hope the SEC can release a preliminary study a few months into the experiment, evaluating price velocities going into circuit breakers and liquidity formation during and immediately after them, and comparing this data against data for stocks moving close to and more than 10% before circuit breakers were implemented. Even better would be for the SEC to open a new page on its web site called "Data" and post data for everyone to review.
(Also posted as a comment on the Joint CFTC-SEC Advisory Committee on Emerging Regulatory Issues.)


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CC's decline in velocity no big surprise or worry
Veteran Yankees southpaw one of many aces to see drop in mph on radar guns
CLEVELAND -- CC Sabathia's average fastball velocity was 89.9 mph in his first start of the season and 90.9 in his second.
Seven years ago, these are numbers that would have made the big man sweat.
"I probably would have been going crazy, losing sleep," Sabathia said. "Now, as long as I'm getting guys out, I don't care."
Sabathia had a rough outing on Opening Day against the Red Sox, but he was dazzling in Detroit on Sunday, despite the lack of zip on his primary pitch. He held the vaunted Tigers lineup scoreless on four hits with three walks and four strikeouts over seven innings.
So when Sabathia makes his next start Friday night against the Orioles, there won't be all that much angst in the Yankees' inner circle over the radar gun readings.
"I'm fine," said Sabathia, who averaged 94.1 mph with his fastball as recently as 2009, and 92.4 last season. "My arm feels fine, I'm healthy. If there was a problem, I'd be worried about it, but there's nothing I can do. I'm 32 years old, going on 33, and this is my 13th year, so my velocity is going to drop at some point."
It's too early to read too much into the readings, but Sabathia is unwittingly part of a greater trend in the game right now: Stars lacking their usual stuff.
No, Roy Halladay is not the only one. Consider this data from Brooks Baseball's PitchFX readings:
• Jered Weaver, before breaking his non-throwing elbow in Texas on Sunday, was averaging just 86.1 mph after an 88.8 average in 2012.
• Felix Hernandez entered Thursday's start against the Rangers having averaged 91.4 mph on his fastball after a 93.1 average in 2012.
• Justin Verlander enters Saturday's start in Oakland with a 93.6 mph average after routinely touching 95.1 in 2012.
Velocity loss can come naturally, or it can be a sign of an injury. It can crop up early in the year and dissipate quickly, or it can be a red flag, a warning of more troublesome developments ahead.
That's why teams take a big, hard gulp before signing the longest of long-term extensions with even the most accomplished of aces (and Sabathia, Verlander and Hernandez have the three largest contracts ever bestowed upon pitchers). The arm, after all, can only handle so much abuse.
The difficulty, though, is knowing when to pay attention to the radar and knowing what to make of it.
Context matters, of course. Sabathia, we must remember, is coming off an elbow procedure that impacted his offseason conditioning, while Verlander, we must consider, is known to build up his velocity as both the season and his starts progress.
The more troubling cases might belong to Hernandez, whose velocity has declined in four of the past five seasons, according to FanGraphs data, and Weaver, whose homer rate has risen drastically in his past 17 starts as his velocity has dropped.
Great pitchers rely on more than just their fastball speed to succeed, so it's important to remember that velocity readings have different meaning to different guys. But the ease of availability of the numbers on sites like FanGraphs or in MLB.com's Gameday application -- to say nothing of the in-park readings flashed on the JumboTrons -- certainly puts more focus on the subject and, sometimes, invites more overreaction.
"Even your grandmother in Australia knows your velocity now," Yankees pitching coach Larry Rothschild said. "I don't know if it's because there's more analysis now and there's more information, or if there's something else going on causing guys to lose velocity more often. I don't know the answer to that. But we've had it in certain cases and tried to figure it out."
The Yanks don't feel they have much to figure out with Sabathia. Rothschild entered the season anticipating a dip from 2012, when Sabathia's fastball hit as high as 94.5 mph. Sure enough, CC topped out at 91.7 in this year's opener.
"He's a guy that thrives on work," Rothschild said. "He worked in Spring Training, but we had colder weather down there and he's a hot-weather guy. I can give you a variety of reasons. He's better when he gets to that 115-pitch threshold. In the time he's been here, that's where he's been.
"Now, look, is there a decrease over the years? Yeah, sure. But I'm not sure it's going to be as monumental as it is now, because I think his arm is working pretty well. It's just a matter of getting out there enough and having the reps. I think this year was different for him coming off the surgery, and he missed a couple days of throwing before we got to Spring Training because of a snowstorm. Just little things like that can impact you."
Sabathia admits he'll catch himself peeking at the gun readings in-game from time to time, but he's learned, over the years, to let opposing hitters' swings tell him the real story of his stuff on a particular day.
In the middle of the 2005 season -- his fifth in the bigs -- Sabathia made fundamental changes both to his pitch selection (relying on his breaking pitches more frequently early in counts) and to his temperament (learning to keep his emotions in check). He's been about as dominant as anybody in the game ever since, but that dominance has led to a staggering amount of use. Sabathia has pitched in the postseason each year since 2007, logging 1,512 1/3 innings since Opening Day of that year.
Certainly, then, it stands to reason that Sabathia's velocity will drop. But the rate of decline he and some other aces are experiencing in these early days of 2013 is eye-catching, even if it's too soon to render any of them all that illustrative.
In each of these cases, the radar will be worth keeping an eye on -- and that's not difficult to do.
"There are radar guns in every park, even some Spring Training parks now," Sabathia said. "It's the state of the game we live in. You get caught up in how hard guys throw. It's just natural."
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When the topic of marriage comes up in a relationship your first thought might be 'when is he going to propose' and then, 'how is he going to do it'? We recently came across the $10,010 Pizza Hut proposal (more about that below) and it got us thinking about what other really bad ideas are out there. For your cringe-worthy reading enjoyment, here's our list of the top 5 worst wedding proposals.
1. Courtroom Marriage Proposal
In January of this year, Nicole Osbourne stood in front Judge Stephen J. Dougherty facing a felony assault charge. Ironically, this same judge was also presiding over another matter, a domestic violence case with her boyfriend Theodore Murphy. It was at this time that Murphy decided to interrupt the arraignment and pop the question. The judge amended the court-issued order of protection directing Osbourne to have no direct or third-party contact with Murphy so that Osbourne could tearfully say 'yes'. You can read the full story about this very unromantic proposal here.
2. On the Ellen Show
Proposing on TV might seem like a good idea until it doesn't go as planned. There's speculation that this was a hoax but it looks pretty real to us. Click here to watch what happened.
3. On Twitter
This had happened several times since but Stephanie Sullivan is the first woman to accept a Twitter marriage proposal. Her boyfriend, Greg Rewis, proposed to Sullivan via Twitter shortly before midnight March 2, 2008.
"@stefsull – ok. for the rest of the twitter-universe (and this is a first, folks) – WILL YOU MARRY ME?"
Sullivan's reply: "@garazi – OMG – Ummmmm… I guess in front of the whole twitter-verse I'll say — I'd be happy to spend the rest of my geek life with you." In a techie way, it is very sweet.
4. At The Mall
The only thing you should be doing at the mall food court is quickly eating your Sbarro's pizza so you can get back to shopping. It's certainly not a place to propose to your girlfriend. Watch this terrible idea play out here.
5. By Pizza Delivery
Speaking of pizza, this is probably the worst proposal idea we came across. Pizza Hut ran a promotion last month for ten "pizza-loving lovers" to win the chance to spend $10,010, on their $10 Dinner Box Proposal Package. The proposal package included, one ruby engagement ring, limo service, flowers, fireworks show, photographer, videographer and a $10 dinner box (one medium one-topping rectangular pan pizza, five breadsticks with marinara sauce and 10 cinnamon sticks with a sweet icing cup). I don't know what's sadder, that fact that one of the biggest moments of your life is coming from Pizza Hut or that the dinner box pizza only includes one topping. You'd think they could have least thrown in a veggie or meat lovers option.


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Original Trinity Hymnal, #494
Jesus, Master, whose I am,
Purchased thine alone to be
By thy blood, O spotless Lamb,
Shed so willingly for me,
Let my heart be all thine own,
Let me live to thee alone.
Jesus, Master, I am thine:
Keep me faithful, keep me near;
Let thy presence in me shine
All my homeward way to cheer.
Jesus, at thy feet I fall,
O be thou my all in all.
Jesus, Master, whom I serve,
Though so feebly and so ill,
Strengthen hand and heart and nerve
All thy bidding to fulfil.
Open thou mine eyes to see
All the work thou hast for me.
Lord, thou needest not, I know,
Service such as I can bring;
Yet I long to prove and show
Full allegiance to my King.
Thou an honor art to me:
Let me be a praise to thee.
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Dear Em.
I have again been transfered to a base hospital making the forth now since Aug 2. Expecting all the time that I would be well enough to go back to the company for duty I havent sent for my mail to be forwarded, and if I had I believe it would be following me all over France for I havent been in one place long enough to have had any mail answered.
Will say that Im an awful long way from the front now, the first time that Ive been out of sound of the big guns since Feb. 1. The climate is great here not having seen as much as a cloud in the sky since my arrival. My stumack is O.K. all but at times when it bothers me a little. Im improving all the time. Ive got back the most of my strength (which was never much you know) and some of my weight (which is another thing I can't boast much of). All the boys in the ward call me slim so you see Im just about normal.
There is a fellow here that lives in Hayes Square, and we sure have had some real chats since making ourselves known to each other. He was drafted and only landed in France some time in May. He is in the artillery and took part in our recent drive on the Marne. He has the same trouble as my selve although he is in worse shape. He is the first chap Ive met from Charlestown since leaving for the front away back in Feb.
Im sending all my letters to 297 until I get a letter giving the new address, trusting that they reach you all right. Gee I would like to hear from you, but I had to go and get sick and now Ive got to put up with the result.
With best wishes to all I am
S.E. Avery, Hdq Co. 103rd Inf. Am. Ex. Forces
© Copyright 2009 by Richard Landers, All Rights Reserved. No reproduction without permission.


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The fourth volume of the awesome Image anthology series Popgun is being released February 24, and Jim Hanley's Universe in New York City will be hosting some of the creators for an EXCLUSIVE signing!
Joining editor Adam P. Knave are creators Nick Tapalansky, Frank Stockton, Jeff Powell, Alex Eckman-Lawn, Jason Ibarra, Vito Delsante, and Joe Flood!
All this goes down Wednesday, February 24 at our Manhattan location from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, exclusively at Jim Hanley's Universe, Where Fans and Creators Meet!
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Many Mainers would never consider trekking into some of the most remote parts of the state and camping out during the winter.
For others, doing just that is part of a winter tradition shared with friends and family members.
And for them, and important date is approaching, according tot he Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (boy, did I like it better before the mega-merger of those three departments, when I could get away with just saying "Department of Conservation.")
On Dec. 8, registration for campgrounds in the Allagash Wilderness Waterway will open. Interested campers should arrive at Chamberlain Bridge ranger station before 8 a.m. to make sure they get a site, the DACF advises.
In all, 48 campsites at Chamberlain Bridge and Kellogg Brook will be allotted on a first-come, first-served basis until those campgrounds are full, according to a DACF press release. State officials say the campgrounds may be filled by noon on Dec. 8.
So, why do folks flock to Chamberlain Bridge to secure a coveted campsite? The answer is simple: They love to ice fish.
"These unique winter campsites offer extraordinary access to some great winter ice fishing," AWW superintendent Matthew LaRoche said in a press release. "We have visitors who return year after year to enjoy the beauty, camaraderie and winter sport that this part of Maine offers."
According to the release, campsites can be rented for $50 per month (plus a 7 percent meal and lodging tax). Eight sites are reserved in the parking lot at Chamberlain Bridge for "transient use." The cost of those sites: $4 per person per night for Maine residents, $8 for nonresidents. Water access sites on the lakes are available for use in the winter as well, with the same fee structure.
At the Chamberlain Bridge and Kellogg Brook campgrounds, the AWW will provide public drinking water and vault toilets, and will plow the parking lot. Those wishing to use the campgrounds to access other waters are in luck: A groomed snowmobile trail is marked from the parking lot at the south end of Chamberlain Lake to Round Pond and Telos Lake, according to the press release.
If you need more information, contact the Allagash Wilderness Waterway staff at 695-3721, extension 4, or call 941-4014.


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Continental Tour Ride (650b)
Continental's Tour Ride reliably rolls over most surfaces, making it a real all-rounder. The smooth center tread offers effortless riding on smooth surfaces, and the larger side knobs let you handle loose dirt and gravel, too. Plus, there's a protective sub-tread that prevents punctures and a tough tread compound to keep you going for miles and miles, too.


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Whaler Morgan set for relaunch on July 21
One of the most important ships in the history of America's maritime heritage returns to the sea on Sunday, July 21, following a mammoth restoration project costing about $7 million and lasting nearly five years.
Mystic Seaport's Charles W. Morgan -- soon to be the oldest merchant ship afloat -- will be relaunched during 2 p.m. ceremonies, which are open to the public with Seaport admission.
Seaport spokesman Dan McFadden said a "ceremonial breaking of a bottle over the Morgan's bow and lowering of the vessel into the Mystic River will highlight the day's celebration."
Ric Burns, the award-winning documentary filmmaker, will deliver the keynote address. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is expected to attend.
McFadden said that having a shipyard at the museum is "critical to enabling us to tackle such a complicated and expensive project both practically and financially."
All work was done in its Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard.
More InformationMystic Seaport, 75 Greenmanville Avenue, Mystic section of Stonington, Exit 90 off Interstate 95. Daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free parking in two lots across the street, east of the museum. $24; $22 senior citizens; $15 for children 6-17. www.mysticseaport.org; 1-888-973-2767.
The nonprofit Seaport, a museum and 19-acre re-created 19th-century New England seafaring village (with authentic buildings), has been committed to the restoration for two reasons: its importance to the history of both America and the museum.
"It is hard to overstate the importance of the Morgan to America's maritime heritage. She is a National Historic Landmark and the oldest American commercial ship afloat. Simply put, she is the last of her kind and we need to preserve that connection to our past," McFadden said.
"The Morgan is part of the identity of Mystic Seaport. She is the most significant vessel in our collection and the museum literally grew up around her. It is important for us as an institution to keep her around for future generations to be able to join the 20 million visitors who have walked her decks."
The last wooden whaling ship in the world, the 113-foot vessel was built and launched in New Bedford, Mass., in 1841 and sailed throughout the world on 37 voyages that spanned 80 years. The ship came to Mystic in 1941, about a dozen years after the Seaport museum was founded.
"Although the Morgan has been maintained constantly and portions of her restored since her arrival in 1941, the section of her hull below the waterline had never been addressed in a comprehensive matter," McFadden said.
"The length of this project was due to the need to haul her out, document her condition and restore key structural and surface components -- many of which date to her original construction," McFadden added.
"It was a very complicated and detailed project that required time to do right. After nearly five years, we are very excited to see the ship afloat again."
McFadden said the project, which began in November 2008, has focused primarily on restoring from the waterline down to the keel and structural work in the bow and stern.
Once launched, the remaining work will be completed on rigging, internal carpentry and reinstalling much of the ship's equipment.
The ship's 38th voyage is being planned to begin in May 2014. During the six-week voyage, the Morgan will visit several historic ports, including those in Newport, R.I., and Boston. Also scheduled is a visit to the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary near the mouth of Massachusetts Bay, where the Morgan will participate in the centennial celebration of the Cape Cod Canal.
"The voyage will be a commemoration of the role of the sea in the history of America and an appreciation of our changing relationship with the natural world," McFadden said.
McFadden said the Seaport is "still actively raising money. ... The entire project is $10.5 million, which includes the restoration of the ship, the costs of the 2014 voyage, programming and education initiatives around the voyage, and a new whaling exhibit at the museum.
"Financial support has come from private donors (large and small), foundation grants and some public grants (the National Endowment for the Humanities and $500,000 from the state of Connecticut in 2012 are notable). No gift is too generous and no gift is too small."
Mystic Seaport President Steve White said the Morgan "is an exceptional and truly unique artifact of our shared maritime heritage. She is the ... sole survivor of a fleet of American ships that once numbered more than 2,700. The Morgan is quite simply an American icon and a living portal into an important chapter of American history."
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Mystic Seaport, 75 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic section of Stonington. Daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $24, $22 seniors $15 ages 6-17. 1-888-973-2767, www.mysticseaport.org .


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Guide to being the best you can be Cata Raids and Dungeons.
This is just going to be a simple guide with all the techniques that you can use to make yourself the best you can possibly be.
First, don't be afraid to ask questions. If you don't know the fight or you want clarifications on certain mechanics ask. Most groups are going to be okay with explaining the fight as it will go a long way towards preventing a wipe. In the same respect if somebody else asks a question, don't get frustrated. You were clueless just like that them at one point and it only takes a couple minutes to explain a fight.
Second, know everything you can about your class. Knowing everything about your class is very important. It will help from knowing how to reforge your gear for best performance to knowing how to do everything that can help your raid/party.
Thirdly, a possibly more important than number two, know as much as possible as every other class that's not your own. You are likely going to know a lot about your class simply due to the amount of time that you had been playing it. Knowing other classes gives you better understandings of the limitations as well as the benefits of these classes. For example, who here (who is not a shaman) knew hex has a 45 second CD. This is why you can not expect a shaman to "re-hex" a mob if the CC is broken. A greater knowledge would allow players to also know that a glyph of hex can remove the CD on Hex to 30 seconds.
Fourth, know what I like to call the 3 basic rules of not sucking. These rules work for most encounters and these are the exact rules I use when going against a boss for the first time until I can learn actual mechanics.
Rule 1) Don't stand in things that look painful. E.G. Fire, Spikes, etc.
Rule 2) Kill the adds, this works for most fights save for a few (Heroic Beauty comes to mind), But in general adds are bad and deserve a gruesome death.
Rule 3) REACT! If there's a spell that's the boss is casting, interrupt it. If there's a pulse AoE that the boss is casting run away. If theres something on the ground get out of it. If the healer is OOM help with healing/ pop CD's. If the tank dies switch stances/form / pop CDs.
Now these rules don't always work, e.g. sometimes the fire is good (Go get your haste buff) sometimes the adds can't die or the boss enrages etc.
Lastly, a possibly the most important of all, relax! It's just a game, theres no need to freak out because your virtual avatar died and had to spend 10 of his virtual gold. It really isn't as important as some people may think. We all play this game to have fun, well I don't know about you but I don't have a fun if I'm getting myself frustrated. Just remember to relax and have fun! It will make the experience much more enjoyable not mention it will help you play better.
Enjoy and have fun!


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- This page is about the Solanum muricatum described by William Aiton. S. furcatum was also called thus by Bertero based on Dunal.
- "Pepino" redirects here; similar plants are also known by that name (see text). For the municipality in Toledo, see Pepino, Spain.
Solanum muricatum is a species of evergreen shrub native to South America and grown for its sweet edible fruit.
It is known as pepino dulce ("sweet pepino" in English, in order to differentiate it from cucumber which is also called "pepino" in Spanish) or simply pepino; the latter is also used for similar species such as "S. mucronatum" (which actually seems to belong in the related genus Lycianthes). The pepino dulce fruit resembles a melon (Cucumis melo) in color, and its flavor recalls a succulent mixture of honeydew and cucumber, and thus it is also sometimes called pepino melon or melon pear, but pepinos are only very distantly related to melons and pears. Another common name, "tree melon", is more often used for the Papaya (Carica papaya) though the pepino dulce plant generally does not look much like a tree. The present species is, however, a close relative of other nightshades cultivated for their fruit, including the tomato (S. lycopersicum) and the eggplant (S. melongena), which its own fruit closely resembles.
The fruit is common in markets in Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Chile, but less often overseas because it is quite sensitive to handling and does not travel well. Attempts to produce commercial cultivars and to export the fruit have been made in New Zealand, Turkey, Mauritius and Chile.
Distribution and habitat
The pepino dulce is presumed to be native to the temperate Andean regions of Colombia, Peru and Chile, though it is not known in the wild and the details of its domestication are unknown. The pepino is a domesticated native of the Andes.
Pepinos are not often found archaeologically as they are soft and pulpy and not easy to preserve, while their tough seeds are small and easily lost among debris. But they were already described by early Spanish chroniclers as being cultivated on the coast; the Moche Valley in Peru was particularly famous for them. They were a popular decorative motif in Moche art.
In the United States the fruit is known to have been grown in San Diego before 1889 and in Santa Barbara by 1897. More commercially viable cultivars were introduced from New Zealand and elsewhere towards the end of the 20th century, leading to its introduction into up-scale markets in Japan, Europe and North America.
The pepino dulce is relatively hardy. In its native range it grows at altitudes ranging from close to sea level up to 3,000 m (10,000 ft.). However, it performs best in a warm, relatively frost-free climate. The plant can survive a low temperature of -2.5°C (27 to 28°F) if the freeze is not prolonged, though it may drop many of its leaves. The species is a perennial, but its sensitivity to chilling, pests, and diseases force the growers to replant the crop every year. The crop also adapts well to greenhouse cultivation, training the plants up to 2 m tall, and obtaining yields that are 2-3 times larger than those obtained outdoors.
They are propagated by cuttings since they are established easily without rooting hormones. It is grown in a manner similar to its relatives such as the tomato, though it grows naturally upright by habit and can thus be cultivated as a free-standing bush, though it is sometimes pruned on trellises. Additionally, supports are sometimes used to keep the weight of the fruit from pulling the plant down. It has a fast growth rate and bears fruit within 4 to 6 months after planting. It is a perennial, but is usually cultivated as an annual. Seedlings are intolerant of weeds, but it can later easily compete with low growing weeds. Like their relatives tomatoes, eggplants, tomatillos and tamarillos, pepinos are extremely attractive to beetles, aphids, white flies and spider mites. Pepinos are tolerant of most soil types, but require constant moisture for good fruit production. Established bushes show some tolerance to drought stress, but this typically affects yield. The plants are parthenocarpic, meaning it needs no pollination to set fruit, though pollination will encourage fruiting.
The plant is grown primarily in Chile, New Zealand and Western Australia. In Chile, more than 400 hectares are planted in the Longotoma Valley with an increasing proportion of the harvest being exported. Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador also grow the plant, but on a more local scale. Outside of the Andean region, it been grown in various countries of Central America, Morocco, Spain, Israel, and the highlands of Kenya. In the United States several hundred hectares of the fruit are grown on a small scale in Hawaii and California. More commercially viable cultivars have been introduced from New Zealand and elsewhere in more recent times. As a result, the fruit has been introduced into up-scale markets in Japan, Europe and North America and it is slowly becoming less obscure outside of South America. Delicate and mild-flavored, pepinos are often eaten as a fresh snack fruit, though they combine very well with a number of other fruits as well.
The study of the molecular variation of this pepino is of interest for several reasons. Although the seeds of pepino plants are fertile and produce vigorous offspring, this crop is primarily propagated by cuttings (Heiser, 1964; Anderson, 1979; Morley-Bunker, 1983), and as a consequence, its genetic structure could be different from that of seed-propagated crops.
Flower and flower buds
A ripe pepino dulce, showing the characteristic purple striping
Distal (left) and proximal ends
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S. muricatum is known by some now-invalid synonyms. Most of these names have only been applied to this characteristic plant, but one is quite ambiguous:
- Solanum guatemalense Hort.
- Solanum hebephorum Dunal
- Solanum longifolium Sessé & Moc. (non Dunal: preoccupied)
- The S. longifolium of Dunal refers to S. subinerme, while S. longifolium of Pavón Jiménez based on Dunal in de Candolle is S. ensifolium.
- Solanum melaniferum Moric. ex Dunal
- Solanum pedunculatum Roem. & Schult.
- Solanum saccianum Naudin (non Carrière & André: preoccupied)
- Solanum saccianum Carrière & André
- Solanum scabrum Lam. (non Mill.: preoccupied)
- The S. scabrum of Kunth and of Zuccagni are actually S. aethiopicum. The one described by Vahl is S. volubile as described by Swartz. And the S. scabrum of Ruiz & Pavón Jiménez is actually S. saponaceum of Dunal.
- Solanum variegatum Ruiz & Pav.
- Solanum wallisii Carrière
In addition, several presumed varieties and forms of pepino dulce were described, but these are mainly individual or agricultural variants not considered taxonomically distinct today:
- Solanum muricatum var. dissectum Dunal
- Not to be confused with S. dissectum as described by Symon.
- Solanum muricatum f. glaberrimum Correll
- Not to be confused with S. glaberrimum as described by C.V. Morton.
- Solanum muricatum var. papillosistylum Bitter
- Solanum muricatum var. parvifolium Kunth
- Not to be confused with S. parvifolium as described by Robert Brown
- Solanum muricatum var. popayanum Bitter
- Solanum muricatum var. praecedens Bitter
- Solanum muricatum var. protogenum Bitter
- Solanum muricatum var. teleutogenum Bitter
- Berrin, Katherine & Larco Museum (1997): The Spirit of Ancient Peru: Treasures from the Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera. New York: Thames and Hudson.
- Blanca, José M.; Prohens, Jaime; Anderson, Gregory J.; Zuriaga, Elena; Cañizares, Joaquín & Nuez, Fernando (2007): AFLP and DNA sequence variation in an Andean domesticate, pepino (Solanum muricatum, Solanaceae): implications for evolution and domestication. Am. J. Bot. 94(7): 1219-1229.
- California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc. (CRFG) (1996): . Version of 1996. Retrieved 2008-SEP-27.
- Hermann, Michael (1988): Beiträge zur Ökologie der Frucht- und Ertragsbildung von Solanum muricatum Ait.
- Popenoe, Hugh (ed.) (1989): Lost Crops of the Incas: Little-known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation. National Academy Press. ISBN 0-309-04264-X
- Solanaceae Source [2008]: . Retrieved 2008-SEP-27.


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At least one of the new biopics about Steve Jobs will debut in January and star Ashton Kutcher as Apple's visionary, according to reports.
On Jan. 27, "jOBS" will be screened at the Sundance Film Festival. It seems as if festival organizers think it's a big deal because the film is closing the festival. According to Sundance:
The true story of one of the greatest entrepreneurs in American history, jOBS chronicles the defining 30 years of Steve Jobs' life. jOBS is a candid, inspiring and personal portrait of the one who saw things differently. Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Gad, Lukas Haas, J.K. Simmons, Matthew Modine.
That means the film will cover Jobs' early life, the creation of Apple and his years at NeXt and Pixar. However, the film isn't based on the Jobs-sanctioned biography by Walter Isaacson, that movie is still being written by Aaron Sorkin of "The Social Network" fame.


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Spending two to four times the cost of an iPod on the ear phones it drives will seem kind of strange—at least until you stick 'em in your ears. Then you'll hear why professional musicians from the Dixie Chicks and Joss Stone to Metallica and Mötley Crüe go to the California-based Ultimate Ears to squeeze the best audio possible from the ear pods they wear during live performances.
The company brings an extraordinary level of craftsmanship and audio expertise to the task of making custom-fitted earbuds for a demanding clientele; and fit is a major factor in the Ultimate Ears appeal. Each set is constructed based on a silicone mold of your ear canal, created by an audiologist or hearing aid center. The fitting process is odd but not unpleasant, as goop (the technical term is viscous silicone, but goop is close enough) is pressed into your ear, allowed to dry for a few minutes, and gently popped out. The benefits of custom fitting are two: comfort and noise reduction. You're free from the irritation and frequent adjustments common with over-the-counter earbuds, and you'll never have to worry about your buds falling out, whether you're exercising furiously or just falling asleep on the train. Furthermore, because the fitted buds seal your ear canals, outside noise is effectively blocked out. Yes, you can enjoy a similar effect with noise-canceling headphones, but any decent noise-canceling system is bulky and inconvenient to carry, whereas the Ultimate Ears tuck away in a pocket-sized pouch.
The fitted earbud houses two separate drivers, one each for high and low frequencies. Together they provide remarkable clarity in vocal tracks and a profound bass response that is strong but still musically precise. I've been perfectly happy with the least expensive custom-fitted Ultimate Ears model, the UE-5c ($550)—it delivers beautiful sound quality for a wide range of musical genres and offers the same sound-blocking performance as higher-priced alternatives. If you have golden ears or just feel the need to own the ultimate Ultimates, additional versions with higher audio specs are available at prices up to $900. No matter which model you prefer, you get to choose from a wide range of colors and enjoy the sanitary satisfaction of knowing your Q-tip-phobic kids can't borrow your buds.
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The big news in the central banking world is the Bank of England announcement that current Bank of Canada chief Mark Carney would take over in the spring.
This is considered a great pick, as Mark Carney is incredibly well respected, and has successfully guided Canada through a challenging period without a big banking bust.
So what does this mean for currency markets?
SocGen's Sebastien Galy sent out a one-liner explaining the impact on currencies:
It had to happen eventually. Not good for CAD, given now a loss of credibility, but that is temporary. One may take it as a reason to buy GBP, with someone who understands markets and financial stability.
Here's a chart of the British Pound vs. The Canadian Dollar. Note the insta-surge right when the announcement was made at 3:30 PM U.K. time.


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And with good reason. Sure, this Atlas moth (Attacus atlas) may be looming in the foreground of the photograph, but at close to a foot across, its wingspan is bigger than Attenborough's entire face no matter where it's positioned. That's pretty impressive for an organism with an adult lifespan of less than two weeks (A. atlas spends the majority of its life — about eight weeks out of ten — in larval and pupal stages).
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Adobe Flash Builder 4 beta includes a new feature called the Network Monitor, which you can use to debug network traffic between a Flex application and an application server at runtime. Read David Gassner's article and try out this new feature by using Adobe ColdFusion and a set of sample Flex applications. Meanwhile, follow Sujit Reddy G and learn how to build a Flex application that connects to a BlazeDS Remoting destination using Flash Builder 4 beta.
Just released, Adobe LiveCycle Data Services ES2 (version 3) simplifies the development of web applications using Flash and Java. Download a trial version of the software and read Anil Channappa's article to get an overview of the new capabilities in the release.
If you are finding yourself with some developer holiday downtime during the next few weeks, get inspired by some of the amazing Flash websites picked by veteran website reviewer Rob Ford as the best Flash experiences in 2009—and then cast your vote for the best site of the year. In the meantime, Rodney Smith continues his series on using ActionScript 3 to bring 3D motion to your Flash projects. This time, it's how to pan, zoom, and move objects within a 3D space.
Also, improve your understanding of search engine optimization by watching SEO gurus Jay Middleton and Damien Bianchi discuss best practices for optimizing SWF-based content for search engines.


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The new Bay Colony Shakespeare Company aims to make theater accessible to all.
Ross MacDonald, associate artistic director at the new Bay Colony Shakespeare Company, said that if you've been watching "Game of Thrones" this summer, you have to catch the Scottish version – "Macbeth" – at the Spire Center for Performing Arts in Plymouth this week.
If you like "Seinfeld," go see the company's production of "Much Ado About Nothing."
"House of Cards" fan? See "Hamlet."
MacDonald, who is also an actor, will star as Macbeth. He grew up in England, where he fell in love with Shakespeare's works as a teenager – but he identifies strongly as Welsh and Scottish, not English.
He said he's especially inspired by the role of Scotland in "Macbeth" and will bring that aspect out in the performance.
"The one thing I wanted to do was not ignore Scottish elements of the play. I wanted to appeal to the history of Scotland. ... The Scots stop at nothing."
MacDonald said people in the South Shore often think of going to Cape Cod for summer theater and Boston for winter theater.
"One of the things we want to do is make people in the South Shore realize that this is their theater company," he said.
"We don't put up barricades. We don't want to shy away from being bold. We don't want to seem clever for the sake of being clever. It's so intimate. We want to make sure we use the same methods employed in the London Globe. In London, they're really sharing a trip with the audience. You're going on a journey."
The cast includes recent graduates from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Emerson College.
MacDonald said that if a family can't afford the ticket prices, alternative payments can be arranged with the company.
"We don't want to say no to anyone. We want to make sure they realize this company is accessible to all," he said.
The nonprofit company is funded by box office receipts and donations from friends and family and is building an education program to teach theater, including a program already launched at Brighton High School.
MacDonald said he'd love to replicate the theater program in Quincy or anywhere on the South Shore and hopes to start a program for veterans as well. He joined the British Army in his early 30s before moving to the U.S. His wife teaches English in Boston.
The Bay Colony Shakespeare Company will travel to the New York Fringe Festival in August to perform "Burbage."
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the introduction of growth monitoring program in pre schools
Without doubt the best modern and up-to-date text on the topic, wirtten by one of the world leading experts in the field. Should be on the desk of any practitioner or researcher involved in the field of Machine Condition Monitoring Simon Braun, Israel Institute of Technology Explaining complex ideas in an easy to understand way, Vibration-based Condition Monitoring provides a comprehensive survey of the application of vibration analysis to the condition monitoring of machines. Reflecting the natural progression of these systems by presenting the fundamental material and then moving onto detection, diagnosis and prognosis, Randall presents classic and state-of-the-art research results that cover vibration signals from rotating and reciprocating machines; basic signal processing techniques; fault detection; diagnostic techniques, and prognostics. Developed out of notes for a course in machine condition monitoring given by Robert Bond Randall over ten years at the University of New South Wales, Vibration-based Condition Monitoring: Industrial, Aerospace and Automotive Applications is essential reading for graduate and postgraduate students/ researchers in machine condition monitoring and diagnostics as well as condition monitoring practitioners and machine manufacturers who want to include a machine monitoring service with their product. Includes a number of exercises for each chapter, many based on Matlab, to illustrate basic points as well as to facilitate the use of the book as a textbook for courses in the topic. Accompanied by a website www.wiley.com/go/randall housing exercises along with data sets and implementation code in Matlab for some of the methods as well as other pedagogical aids. Authored by an internationally recognised authority in the area of condition monitoring.


text: They say People over 35 should be dead.Here's why ...........According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 40's,50's, 60's, or even maybe the early 70's probably shouldn't have survived.Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint.We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets, ... and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets.(Not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking.)As children, we would ride in cars with no seatbelts or air bags.Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.Horrors!We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing.We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this.We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes.After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the street lights came on.No one was able to reach us all day.NO CELL PHONES!!!!!Unthinkable!We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal cell phones, personal computers, or Internet chat rooms.We had friends!We went outside and found them.We played dodge ball, and sometimes, the ball would really hurt.We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.They were accidents.No one was to blame but us.Remember accidents?We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to get over it.We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms, and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever.We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or rang the bell or just walked in and talked to them.Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment.Some students weren't as smart as others, so they failed a grade and were held back to repeat the same grade.Horrors!Tests were not adjusted for any reason.Our actions were our own.Consequences were expected.The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of.They actually sided with the law.Imagine that!This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever.The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.And you're one of them!Congratulations!


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What I want to do with this thread is offer to draw you (the forum goers) an avatar, completely free. Yes, FREE. Comes with color, background (or transparent if you want to use it anywhere without fear of color constraint,) shading, highlights, a texture overlay, -anything-.
Simply make a post here describing the character to the best of your abilities. Things like hair color, facial features, skin tone, eye color, so on and so forth would be helpful. Hell, if you can even find a picture or a screen shot of this character (ANY character, this is -not- limited to your WoW characters) I'd be full of glee and happiness and rainbows and you'll be more likely to be pleased with your result.
I will most likely do the lines in Photoshop (unless you want the pencil ones. :l) See my other thread for some up-to-date images on examples of my artwork if you'd like / aren't familiar with it yet. The other thread contains many examples of my Photoshop lines, whereas my current signature of Raptor with the fedora on her hand is the only recent raw pencil drawing I have that is colored. As soon as I have an example avatar available I will switch my avatar to it for all to see.
Remember, this is absolutely FREE, HOWEVER, I may change my mind in the future should this be popular. (Read: WHEN I GET MY PAYPAL ACCOUNT WORKING.) In the meantime, REAP THE BENEFITS[/b].
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I finally got to work on them and it's way more work than I anticipated on. First they sat in the garage like this:
Then they looked like this with primer on:
And this:
I have now put the first coat of paint on and sanded them again, hopefully for the last time. Here is a sample of what is to come:
Mind you, the above still only has primer on it. I can't wait until they're finished.
Here's a side by side of the progress:
I was going to paint them black until I saw this inspirational pic:
As soon as I saw this pic, I new I was going white with orange fabric. I found my fabric on line at Spoonflower.
Here's a close up of the fabric:
Hopefully I'm finished first week of September once the kids go back to school!


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In an Internet of Things world, everything and everbody is connected - from consumers in sensor-rich environments to enterprises harnessing new technologies like robotics and machine learning.
But without analytics, the Internet of Things would be like trying to hear a single voice in a crowd of millions.
IOT relies on analytics 'on the edge' and in the cloud to fulfill the tremendous promise of our increasingly connected world.
Unlocking Insights from the Internet of Things
Data and ubiquitous analytics are at the heart of Living Services and the Intelligent Enterprise.
As the pace of edge computing adoption accelerates, it enables deliberate, highly computational dependent business functions to be performed on the device, ultimately leading to more autonomous, responsive behaviour. It's all about enabling machines play an active part in the world around us.
Mark Curtis, Fjord's Chief Client Officer, describes the evolution of Living Services, the impact they will have on our lives and the technology underpinning their rise.
Intelligent Enterprise
Designed with intelligent instrumentation, connected operations and autonomous systems.
Say hello to a future ready and insight-powered enterprise that can intuitively sense the needs of its business, customers and employees and respond quickly and seamlessly by relying on smart technologies and industry specific analytics to evolve core business processes.
Living Services
Digitized living environments designed to anticipate and respond to your needs.
Imagine a living environment that learns about individual needs, intents, preferences, and changes in real time. It's all done with sensor-rich objects, everyday service interaction, and Artificial intelligence transforming the way we live through engaging experiences and services, dynamically responding to user needs and context in real-time.
Hear Senthil Ramani discuss how the Internet of Things Center of Excellence in Singapore educates natural resources companies in new technology.
Accenture's IoT center hosts workshops to demonstrate advanced technologies that help drive revolutionary changes across the natural resources industries. Innovations such as aerial monitoring and advanced analytics have the potential to give businesses a competitive advantage.
Getting there involves establishing a data supply chain to properly and quickly mobilize data for consumption, developing a robust analytical platform that brings together the capabilities around sensor-driven computing, industrial analytics and intelligent machine applications, and pursuing rule-based automation based on IOT data, machine learning, and cognitive computing.
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Living Services: The next wave in the digitization of everything
A new report explains how the digitization of everything and liquid consumer expectations are creating the next wave of digital transformation.
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Retailers are experimenting with the Internet of Things (IoT) to offer new services, reshape the customer experience and enter new markets.
Connected commerce: Accenture is helping companies in an IoT world
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How to ensure Industrial IOT delivers on its promises
Rolling out a transformative new technology is not the same as deriving maximum economic benefit. Capitalizing on the IIoT begins at the policy level.
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The trailer for "The Tillman Story," the documentary about how the U.S military handled the death of Corporal Pat Tillman, the NFL star who walked away from millions to fight for his country, is here and if it doesn't make you a little bit angry, you're not paying attention.
Regardless of your politics or ideology or feelings about the Bush Administration and the Iraq War, it's well nigh impossible not to be outraged by the way the Defense Department lied about Tillman's death and then compounded their original sin by later trying to exploit his legend for recruitment purposes.
The film, which The Playlist calls "a thriller disguised as a documentary," was directed by Amir Bar-Lev ("My Kid Could Paint That") and written by Mark Monroe (the Oscar-winning doc "The Cove"). It hits theaters Aug. 20.


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1) Open a new email
2) Select from a list of three email addresses for the To: line
3) Insert a subject which changes with the name of the job
4) Take a number provided and multiply it by .20, then add the result to the original number and insert both figures into the email body -- something like:
The estimated folios for this job are {folios}. Please ensure you don't type more than {folios X .20 + folios} folios without first letting me know.
5) Leave the email open for further editing.
From looking around here and in Poco's scripts I've come up with the barebones of the code I think is needed, but I'm stuck on how to use variables and get this working.
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CreateMessage %m
InputBox $userdata1 "Choose recipient...%var%" "email addy1|email addy2|email addy3"[/i] (Addys scrubbed for posting here)
[i]InputBox $userdata2 "Subject (type over):" "CASE NAME"
InputBox $userdata3 "Enter estimated folios (type over):" 50
AppendBody $msg $userdata3
Set $userdata3 #a
Set #b .20
Multiply #a #b
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With great fanfare, the airport opened its much-heralded Green Build to "oohs" and "ahs"— on time and under budget. It's been the talk of the town since, as passengers experience the variety of modern conveniences, integrated artwork, and local, national and international food and retail offerings.
But at the Airport Authority, our work to keep the ball of progress rolling never ends. As we celebrate the new, questions arise about what we'll do with the old. Never fear: airport planners are on the beat!
While it has served the traveling public well, Terminal 1 was built in the 1960s. The time has come to envision replacing this aging infrastructure with something better-suited to serve 21st-century air passengers.
The acquisition of the former Teledyne-Ryan property within the airport footprint gives us some land to pursue our commitments to diversifying non-airline revenue and creating new options to meet passenger needs.
This exciting realm of possibilities is part of the Airport Development Plan, or ADP. You'll be hearing a lot about it in the coming years, just as you've grown familiar with the Authority's other planning efforts, like The Green Build and North Side Development.
The ADP represents a unique opportunity in the life of the airport to influence its future direction. Therefore, we are encouraging the public and all our stakeholders to be involved in the ADP process. To keep abreast of this effort, check out some frequently asked questions about the project and some general information about it here: www.sanplan.com.
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USS Constitution
USS Constitution, one of the original six ships of the fledgling United States Navy and the only surviving one, is a three-masted sail frigate of 44 guns opened to the public at the former Boston Navy Yard in Massachusetts. Constitution bears the distinction of having the most ship-to-ship victories of any ship in the Navy; one of which earned for her the name "Old Ironsides" after sailors observed cannonshot bouncing off her hull.
Constitution, one of six frigates authorized by act of Congress, approved March 27, 1794, was designed by Joshua Humphreys and built at Hartt's Shipyard, Boston, Massachusetts, under the supervision of George Claghorn with Captain Samuel Nicholson as inspector. She was launched on October 21, 1797 and christened by Captain James Sever. Into the trim frigate's construction went timbers from states ranging from Maine to Georgia (her principle frames were made from Georgia live oak, a very dense, durable and resilient wood), while the copper sheeting and bolts on her hull was supplied by Paul Revere. A ship of beauty, power, and speed thus was fashioned as a national expression of growing naval interest, and a symbol auguring the dedication, courage, and achievement of American fighting men and ships.
First years
Constitution put to sea on July 23, 1798, commanded by Captain Samuel Nicholson, the first of many illustrious commanding officers. Following patrols along the eastern seaboard she became flagship on the Santo Domingo station, making several captures during the Quasi-War with France, including the 24-gun Niger, the Spencer, and the letter-of-marque Sandwich. At war's end, Constitution returned to the Charleston Navy Yard where she was placed in ordinary.
In 1803 amid growing demand for tribute and increasing seizures by the Barbary pirates, Constitution was recommissioned under Captain Edward Preble and sailed as flagship of the Mediterranean Squadron on August 14. Preble took command of the squadron and vigorously brought the war to Tripoli, executing well-laid plans with brilliant success. On Constitution's decks tactics for destroying the captured frigate, Philadelphia, were laid as well as those for blockading and assaulting the fortifications of Tripoli. The small United States fleet on August 3–7, 1804 bombarded the enemy's ships and shore batteries with telling results.
Commodore Samuel Barron and later Captain John Rodgers were next to command the squadron and Constitution, continuing to blockade and take prizes. Naval action thus generated a favorable climate for the negotiation of peace terms with Algiers, ending for a time our tribute payments. After the Tunisians agreed to similar terms in August, Constitution spent 2 years patrolling in maintenance of the peace. She sailed for home under Captain Hugh Campbell and arrived Boston in November 1807. Placed out of commission, the frigate was repaired in the succeeding 2 years.
War of 1812
In August 1809 she was recommissioned and became flagship of the North Atlantic Squadron, and in 1810 Isaac Hull was appointed her captain. The following year she carried U.S. Minister, Joel Barlow, to France and returned to Washington in March 1812 for overhaul. War with Britain impended and Constitution was readied for action. On June 20, 1812 the declaration of war was read to her assembled crew and on July 12 she took the sea rejoin the squadron of Commodore John Rodgers.
The great escape
While approaching her destination during the afternoon of 17 July, she encountered a large group of unknown warships that was eventually determined to be British. This squadron, under the command of Captain Philip Vere Broke, included the small ship of the line Africa and the frigates Shannon (Broke's flagship), Belvidera, Guerriere and Aeolus, clearly a force much superior to Constitution.
Through the night of 17–18 July, the British and American ships maneuvered for advantage in the continuing light breeze. At about 5:30 in the morning the wind failed completely. Constitution put out her boats, which towed her ahead of the enemy while four long 24-pounder guns were shifted to allow fire directly astern. The British also had their boats in the water, concentrating most of them to try and pull Shannon within gunfire range. At the suggestion of Lieutenant Charles Morris, Captain Hull had anchors dropped ahead for kedging, allowing the power of her capstan to pull her more rapidly.
All through the 18th and well into the following day, this effort of towing and kedging continued, with occasional use of sails when a small wind blew up. Though shots were exchanged the range was always too great to allow hitting, and Constitution slowly moved away from her pursuers. By late afternoon on the 19th the nearest British ship, Belvidera, was some four miles astern. A few hours later, as a rain squall approached, Hull promptly got up his sails and greatly increased his lead. The chase continued through that night in slight and shifting winds, with Constitution's crew keeping their sails wet to enhance their effectiveness, and by daylight the enemy was so far astern that they soon gave up the pursuit. Realizing that the presence of the strong British squadron would keep him out of New York, Hull sailed instead for Boston, where he arrived on 26 July to begin preparations for another cruise.
HMS Guerriere
Departing Boston on August 2 she sailed to the coast of Nova Scotia, where she captured and destroyed two British trading ships. Cruising off the Gulf of St. Lawrence on 19 August, she caught sight of Guerriere, one of the ships which nearly captured her several weeks before. Guerriere opened the action, pouring out shot which fell harmlessly into the sea or glanced ineffectively from the hull of Constitution; one of the cheering crew was heard to exclaim "Huzzah! Her sides are made of iron!" As the ships drew aside each other, Hull gave the command to fire and successive broadsides razed Guerriere's mizzen mast, damaging her foremast, and cut away most of her rigging. Guerriere's bowsprit fouled the lee rigging of Constitution, and both sides attempted to board, but the heavy seas prevented it. As the ships separated Guerriere fired point blank into the cabin of Constitution and set it on fire, but the flames were quickly extinguished. Guerriere's foremast and mainmast went by the board and she was left a helpless hulk.
The flag of Guerriere was struck in surrender and when the Americans boarded her they found her in such a crippled condition that they had to transfer the prisoners and burn her. Rather than accept his sword, Hull asked Captain James Dacres to call in a friendly bet they had made some years before when both ships lay in at Madiera, and Dacres gave him his hat. It was a dramatic victory for America and for Constitution. In this battle of only half an hour the United States "rose to the rank of a first-class power"; the country was fired with fresh confidence and courage, and Constitution gained her sobriquet "Old Ironsides".
HMS Java
Constitution, now under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, stood out from Boston on October 26. On December 29, 1812 she added to her conquest the British 38-gun frigate, Java, whom she engaged off the coast of Brazil. Despite loss of her wheel early in the fighting, Constitution fought well. Her superior gunnery shattered the enemy's rigging, eventually dismasting Java, and mortally wounding her captain. Java was so badly damaged that she, too, had to be burned. The seemingly invincible "Old Ironsides" returned to Boston late in February for refitting and her wounded commander was relieved by Captain Charles Stewart.
Constitution departed on December 31 for a cruise in the Windward Islands. On February 15 she seized and destroyed the schooner, Pictou, and 9 days later chased the schooner, Pique, who escaped. She also captured three small merchantmen on this cruise, characteristically successful despite a close pursuit by two British frigates along the coast of Massachusetts. Constitution moored safely at Boston only to be bottled up for nearly 9 months by the vigorous British blockade.
HMS Cyane and HMS Levant
Near the end of 1814, the British Admiralty, stunned by the losses of several British frigates to more powerful American ships in single action battles (in addition to the losses of Guerriere and Jave, Macedonian was lost to USS United States, and the sloops Wasp and Hornet took British prizes off England), ordered their ships not to engage with the Americans unless they had a two-to-one advantage.
In December 1814 Constitution braved the forces of the enemy, and headed southeast. She seized the merchant brig Lord Nelson and later captured Susannah with a rich cargo on February 16, 1815. Four days later she gave close chase to the frigate Cyane and the sloop Levant bound for the West Indies. Constitution opened the action firing broadsides; as the contestants drew apart she maneuvered adroitly between the two, fighting each separately and avoiding raking by either. In less than an hour Cyane struck her colors and soon thereafter Levant surrendered. Sailing in company with her prizes, Constitution encountered a British squadron which gave chase but was able to retake only Levant. En route to New York, she received confirmation of the ratification of peace terms and on May 15 arrived, confident in her success as protector of freedom of the seas.
After the war
Ordered to Boston, she was placed in ordinary for 6 years, undergoing extensive repair. In May 1821 she returned to commission, serving as flagship of the Mediterranean Squadron, under Commodore Jacob Jones, and guarding United States shipping until 1823. A second cruise on that station lasted from 1823 through July 1828, with a succession of commanding officers including Captains Thomas Macdonough and Daniel Patterson.
A survey in 1830 disclosed Constitution to be unseaworthy. Congress, considering the projected cost of repairs, relegated her for sale or scrapping. Public sentiment, engendered partly by the dramatization of her history in Oliver Wendell Holmes' memorable poem, elicited instead an appropriation of money for reconstruction which was begun in 1833 at Boston, where once again she was captained by the redoubtable Isaac Hull.
Later years
Returned to commissioned status in 1835, she served well in the ensuing 20 years in a variety of missions. In March 1835 she sailed to France where she embarked the U.S. Minister to France, Edward Livingston, for return to the States. In August she entered upon a 3-year tour as flagship of Commodore Jesse Elliott in the Mediterranean protecting trade and maintaining good relations. She served as flagship for the South Pacific Squadron from 1839 to 1841; and for the home station from November 1842 to February 1843. In March 1844 she began a memorable 30-month circumnavigation of the globe while under the command of Captain John Percival.
The fall of 1848 brought a resumption of duty as flagship of the Mediterranean Squadron, Commodore W. C. Bolton. Decommissioned briefly in 1851 she sailed under Captain John Rudd in 1852 to patrol the west coast of Africa in quest of slavers until June 1855.
Five years of decommissioned status followed. In August 1860 she was assigned to train midshipmen at Annapolis, and during Civil War at Newport, R.I. Among her commanding officers in this period are listed Lieutenant Commanders David D. Porter, and George Dewey.
In 1871 Constitution underwent rebuilding at Philadelphia; she was commissioned again in July 1877 to transport goods to the Paris Exposition.
Once more she returned to duty as a training ship, cruising from the West Indies to Nova Scotia with her youthful crews. In January 1882 she was placed out of commission and in 1884 was towed to Portsmouth, New Hampshire to become a receiving ship. Celebration of her centennial year brought her to Boston in 1897 where she was retained in decommissioned status.
A public grateful for her protective services once again rescued her from imminent destruction in 1905 and she was thereafter partially restored for use as a national museum. Twenty years later, complete renovation was initiated with the financial support of numerous patriotic organizations and school children.
On 1 December 1917, Constitution was renamed Old Constitution to permit her original name to be assigned to a projected battle cruiser. Given first to CC-1 (renamed Lexington), then to CC-5 (originally named Ranger), the name Constitution was restored to "Old Ironsides" on July 24, 1925, after the battle cruiser program had been canceled under the Washington Naval Treaty. Constitution (CC-5) was some 13.4 percent complete at the time of her cancellation.
On July 1, 1931, amid a 21-gun salute, Constitution was recommissioned. The following day she sailed on a triumphant tour of 90 United States ports along the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts, where thousands of Americans saw at first hand one of history's greatest fighting ships. On May 7, 1934 she returned to Boston Harbor, the site of her building. Classified IX-21 on January 8, 1941, Constitution remains in commission today, the oldest ship on the Navy List, proud and worthy representative of the Navy's great days of fighting sail, and symbol of the courage and patriotic service of generations of Americans at sea where much of the Nation's destiny will always lie.
Old Ironsides, by Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Ay, tear her tattered ensign down!
- Long has it waved on high,
- And many an eye has danced to see
- That banner in the sky;
- Beneath it rung the battle shout,
- And burst the cannon's roar;--
- The meteor of the ocean air
- Shall sweep the clouds no more!
- Her deck, once red with heroes' blood,
- Where knelt the vanquished foe,
- When winds were hurrying o'er the flood
- And waves were white below,
- No more shall feel the victor's tread,
- Or know the conquered knee;--
- The harpies of the shore shall pluck
- The eagle of the sea!
- Oh, better that her shattered hulk
- Should sink beneath the wave;
- Her thunders shook the mighty deep,
- And there should be her grave;
- Nail to the mast her holy flag,
- Set every threadbare sail,
- And give her to the God of storms,--
- The lightning of the gale!
- USS Constitution official website
- Poetry Archive on "Old Ironsides"
- USS Constitution Museum
- Battle records posted by U.S. Naval Historical Center
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I'd just like to throw out there the premise that the smell of fresh poop masked unsuccessfully by Lysol is far more offending to the senses than straight up poop.
Am I wrong in my thinking here?
Like if you just laid down a monster turd why not own up to it rather than try to mask it with that god awful Poop/Lysol smell mix? It's offending to the person walking in after you and it's offending to the masterpiece you left behind in the can.
Has this ever happened to you? You're waiting to relieve yourself and the bathroom is occupied. So you sit there patiently waiting and then the perpetrator walks out of the bathroom. You walk in an immediately get smacked in the face with a waft of nasty poop/lysol aroma so pungent you feel like Mr T just gave you a Dirty Sanchez.
You drop to the ground commando style and try to work your way out of the bathroom on your elbows like a GI ducking for cover on Omaha Beach, trying to duck below the cloud of agent orange-like nastiness left behind only to discover it's inescapable. You're surrounded by it like the boy in the bubble and now you've only got two choices- soil yourself or stand up and inhale in all that poop/lysol aroma. It's just burning out your nostrils and leaving you dry heaving your way out of the bathroom, light headed and ready to pass out.
I'd like to propose to parents across the US- please teach your children the proper way to take a dump-
Finish your bidness, wipe til you don't see any brown on the TP and then wipe a couple more times to make sure, wash your hands with soap and water, grab a handful of paper towels to dry them off and use the same paper towels to open the door so your hands don't touch the bacteria laden bathroom door handles, stick out your chest and just flat out own that poop.
Pass on the Lysol. It's just flat out more natural. Haven't you ever read that book as a child- Everybody Poops? Poop- Natural. Lysol/Poop- Not Natural.
Anyway, vote in the poll-


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The White House and the U.S. Small Business Administration announced today the launch of the Young Entrepreneur Series (YES), which will connect young and aspiring entrepreneurs with SBA officials, local business advisors and resources to help them start or grow their own small business.
"For our economy to thrive in the 21st century, we must set about creating the next generation of entrepreneurs," said SBA Deputy Administrator Marie Johns. "Young Americans need to know that starting a business is a viable alternative to going to work for somebody else. There is a clear and urgent need to create more jobs for young Americans, and encouraging business ownership is an important way to meet that goal."
SBA will hold five YES forums that will reach a broad audience, including young veterans, urban and rural entrepreneurs, and others.
Dates and locations include:
- November 7, San Diego, Calif., Veteran Young Entrepreneurs
- November 9, Ames, Iowa, Rural Young Entrepreneurs
- November 17, Charlotte, N.C., Young Entrepreneurs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions
- November 29, Tahlequah, Okla., Native American Young Entrepreneurs
- December 1, Milwaukee, Wis., Apprenticeship to Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship among young people remains below average and young entrepreneurs face unique challenges. With youth unemployment twice the national average in many communities, particularly communities of color and veterans, the Obama administration recognizes a need to promote and better support the efforts of young people to create jobs for themselves and others.
Many SBA programs, such as microloans, business counseling and training, are useful to young entrepreneurs. The YES forums are part of a larger effort to reach out to young people and let them know the federal government has tools to help them start, grow and succeed as small business owners.
The forums will be livestreamed at www.sba.gov/youngentrepreneurs. Participants can also follow along on Twitter using the hashtag #SBAyes. For more information or to watch the forums live, visit www.sba.gov/youngentrepreneurs.


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The Fuller Area Rug by Linie Design in Light Grey Colors, is a handmade, Loom-knotted, made of Viscose and Wool with a soft texture, and a shiny finish. This rug is available in 3 sizes and in 2 different colors. This is an indoor use only rug that does require our Prima Luxus rug pad for solid surfaces, item sold separately. Product care includes vacuuming and using mild soap with a damp towel, or, as with most Viscose rugs, steam cleaning at the dry cleaners.
Linie Design is a Danish design company founded in 1980. We are the biggest developer and wholesaler of handmade rugs in Northern Europe. All rugs are designed by acknowledged Scandinavian designers and handmade by Indian master artisans.
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Is it normal, that the rug produces fluff?
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