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flopez2011 wrote:Dear Tom, when I run the SWARCH.rpf all is ok, but when I run with my own data I can not get values for p's...What can be wrong?...Regards
TomDoan wrote:flopez2011 wrote:Dear Tom, when I run the SWARCH.rpf all is ok, but when I run with my own data I can not get values for p's...What can be wrong?...Regards
As mentioned above, it estimates the probabilities in logistic index form. To transform those to probabilities add
disp %mslogisticp(theta)
TomDoan wrote:You would have to post your program and data.
OPEN DATA "C:\Users\Usuario\Documents\WinRATS Standard 8.1\TLCAN.xls"
* Convert to percent daily returns
set x = 100.0*log(MEX/MEX{1})
compute q=2
* HV will be the relative variances in the states. This will be
* normalized to a relative variance of 1 in the first state, so it's
* dimensioned N-1.
dec vect hv(nstates-1)
* This will be the vector of ARCH parameters
dec vect a(q)
* We have three parts of the parameter set: the mean equation parameters
* (here, just an intercept), the ARCH model parameters, and the Markov
* switching parameters, for which we'll use the logistic indexes.
nonlin(parmset=meanparms) mu
nonlin(parmset=archparms) a0 a hv
nonlin(parmset=msparms) theta
* uu and u are used for the series of squared residuals and the series of
* residuals needed to compute the ARCH variances.
clear uu u
* ARCHStateF returns a vector of likelihoods for the various states at
* time given residual e. The likelihoods differ in the states based upon
* the values of hv, where the intercept in the ARCH equation is scaled
* up by hv. Again, the elements of hv are offset by 1 since they're
* normalized with the first state at 1.
function ARCHStateF time e
type vector ARCHStateF
type real e
type integer time
local integer i j
local real vi
dim ARCHStateF(nstates)
do i=1,nstates
compute vi=a0*%if(i>1,hv(i-1),1)
do j=1,q
compute vi=vi+a(j)*uu(time-j)
end do i
compute ARCHStateF(i)=%if(vi>0,%density(e/sqrt(vi))/sqrt(vi),0.0)
end do i
* As is typically the case with Markov switching models, there is no
* global identification of the states. By defining a fairly wide spread
* for hv, we'll hope that we'll stay in the zone of the likelihood where
* state 1 is low variance, state 2 is medium and state 3 is high.
compute hv=||10,100||
* These are our guess values for the P matrix. We have to invert that to
* get the guess values for the logistic indexes.
compute p=||.8,.2,.05|.2,.6,.4||
compute theta=%msplogistic(p)
stats x
compute mu=%mean,a0=%variance,a=%const(0.05)
set uu = %variance
* We need to keep series of the residual (u) and squared residual (uu).
* Because the mean function is the same across states, we can just
* compute the residual and send it to ARCHStateF, which computes the
* likelihoods for the different ARCH variances.
* Because we need 2 lags of uu, the estimation starts at 3.
frml logl = u(t)=(x-mu),uu(t)=u(t)^2,$
* The 1-->3 probability is effectively zero, which causes problems with
* the estimation. This pegs the theta(1,3) element to prevent that.
nonlin(parmset=pegs) theta(1,3)=-50.00
method=bhhh,iters=400,pmethod=simplex,piters=5) logl 3 *
@MSSmoothed %regstart() %regend() psmooth
set p1 = psmooth(t)(1)
set p2 = psmooth(t)(2)
set p3 = psmooth(t)(3)
disp %mslogisticp(theta)
header="Smoothed Probabilities of Variance States",$
key=none,klabels=||"Low Variance","Medium Variance","High Variance"||) 3
# p1 400 500
# p2 400 500
# p3 400 500
# x 400 500
zy761 wrote:Dear Tom:
I'm now running the SWARCH(3,2) model and I have two questions:
1. I get the trasition probability matrix using disp %mslogisticp(theta). It is a 2*3 matrix. But what does each element in the matrix mean? I thought it should be a 3*3 matrix.
zy761 wrote: 2. Can RATS run a bivariate SWARCH model?
TomDoan wrote:zy761 wrote:Dear Tom:
I'm now running the SWARCH(3,2) model and I have two questions:
1. I get the trasition probability matrix using disp %mslogisticp(theta). It is a 2*3 matrix. But what does each element in the matrix mean? I thought it should be a 3*3 matrix.
The bottom rows just make the columns add up to 1. P(i,j) is the probability of moving from j to i.
TomDoan wrote:zy761 wrote: 2. Can RATS run a bivariate SWARCH model?
Do you have a reference? There's no particular reason it couldn't, but there is no obvious generalization from univariate to bivariate.
TomDoan wrote:The bottom rows just make the columns add up to 1. P(i,j) is the probability of moving from j to i.
zy761 wrote:But what the about the probability of moving from i to i, say, the persistence of state i?
flopez2011 wrote:After reading the Edwards&Susmel paper I think very desirable to get a routine to estimate bivariate swarch(K,q) models, but not assuming a constant correlation matrix but time variyng so as empirical evidence suggests
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Release notes - version 6.xx
Version 6.7 – May 24th, 2012
This version adds improved support for WPF. You can now merge dependencies containing WPF and, in some cases, the WPF code will be obfuscated where it would not have been obfuscated in previous versions.
SmartAssembly 6.7 also contains the following bug-fixes:
- Attributes on events were discarded after merging (SA-1450)
- Delegate types were not pruned (SA-1262)
- The ExcludePublicMembers option for Name Mangling did not work with merged assemblies (SA-1389)
- Stack trace decoding could fail with similarly-named types (SA-1458)
Note: If you previously used ExcludePublicMembers attribute, it has been replaced by the new KeepPublicMembersAccessible attribute. For more information, see Excluding public members from name mangling.
SmartAssembly 6.7 is a recommended update for all users of SmartAssembly 6.6.
Version 6.6 – January 12th, 2012
This version adds a new form of obfuscation, called Method Parent Obfuscation (SmartAssembly 6.6 Professional and Developer only).
Method Parent Obfuscation moves methods in your code by changing the class they are in, making it harder to understand how methods and classes relate to each other. Please note that Method Parent Obfuscation may not work with all types of assemblies, so if you have trouble processing an assembly with Method Parent Obfuscation enabled, you should try again without Method Parent Obfuscation.
We have added a new Control Flow Obfuscation mode called 'Unverifiable'. This offers enhanced control flow obfuscation for desktop applications that will have full trust.
SmartAssembly 6.6 also contains numerous bug-fixes, including:
- High memory usage caused OutOfMemory Exceptions with large assemblies (SA-1276)
- When pruning was enabled, MethodImpls of overridden pruned methods were not pruned (SA-846)
- With all SmartAssembly features disabled, custom attributes were not included after processing (SA-1291)
- SmartAssembly crashed when an invalid exclusion was specified (SA-1236)
SmartAssembly 6.6 supports Silverlight 5.
SmartAssembly 6.6 is a recommended update for all users of SmartAssembly 6.5.
Please note: In SmartAssembly 6.6.0, using Method Parent Obfuscation may make stack traces provided by Automated Error Reporting incorrect. This bug should be fixed in the next release but, in the meantime, if you are affected, see SmartAssembly stack trace is invalid when Method Parent Obfuscation is enabled.
SmartAssembly 6.6.1 (February 1st, 2012) fixes the following bugs:
- enabling Method Parent Obfuscation could cause the error reporting stack trace to have the wrong type names
- SmartAssembly crashed with a serializable type in a Silverlight assembly
- attributes were pruned, even when the DoNotPruneType attribute is present
- SmartAssembly worked incorrectly when a referenced assembly was signed with a full public key, rather than the token
In addition, Feature usage reporting will now report Amazon EC2 and Windows Azure in the Platform data.
SmartAssembly 6.6.2 (February 17th, 2012) fixes the following bugs:
- Custom error reporting and custom feature usage reporting dialogs based on the samples in the SDK failed to work when directly referenced.
- Parameters on obfuscated methods were not obfuscated.
- With advanced obfuscation enabled, an assembly with a class implementing two different implementations of the same generic interface would crash.
SmartAssembly 6.6.3 (March 6th, 2012) fixes the following bugs:
- Improved memory usage when building very large assemblies with error reporting
- Improved memory usage when building very large assemblies with PDB files
- An issue in the automatic Check for Updates client
SmartAssembly 6.6.4 (April 12th, 2012) fixes the following bugs:
- In previous versions of SmartAssembly, you could leave dependencies unmerged, which needed to be merged.
For more information, see The assembly is being merged, but the dependent assembly isn't - FlagsAttribute was pruned
- Syncfusion assemblies could not be merged
- Assemblies where <Module> is not empty could not be merged
- Microsoft.Ink could not be merged
- OutOfMemory exceptions with 64bit-only assemblies
We have also improved support for Windows Phone 7.1 and Windows Phone 7.5, SQL CLR assemblies and assemblies using PostSharp.
Version 6.5 – November 10th, 2011
This version contains a substantially rewritten engine, which will be faster for some users (and with little speed change for most users).
For more information about the rearchitecture, see The SmartAssembly Rearchitecture, a blog post by one of the developers.
Other changes are:
- Tested with Windows Phone 7.1 RTM
- Tested with Silverlight 5 RC
- New 'Improve performance' option when using Automated Error Reporting
- Improved command line options
- Logging to help diagnose errors (see Log file for SmartAssembly)
- Map files are no longer deleted automatically if the assembly was not marked as released
- Fixed a bug where some code was not pruned when it could be.
If you are an existing SmartAssembly user, you may need to add new exclusions to your code if the new, more aggressive, pruning causes problems. - Fixed a bug where some F# public interfaces were not name obfuscated when they could be.
If you are an existing SmartAssembly user, and you write F# code, you may need to add new exclusions to public interfaces if the new name obfuscation causes problems. - Minor bug fixes
- Requires .NET 3.5 to run
- No longer supports main assemblies targeting .NET 1.1 (but dependencies can target .NET 1.x)
We have also removed the 'Add incorrect metadata' option because it no longer offers a reasonable amount of protection.
SmartAssembly 6.5 is a recommended update for all users of SmartAssembly 6.1 and 6.2, except for customers using SmartAssembly with .NET 1.1 main assemblies.
SmartAssembly 6.5.1 (November 15th, 2011) resolves an issue with licensing in SmartAssembly 6.5.0.
SmartAssembly 6.5.2 (November 30th, 2011) resolves a small number of bugs in SmartAssembly 6.5.0 and 6.5.1, which affected a few users. The main bugs relate to problems using generic type arguments and an InvalidCastException when using long ldarga, starg or ldloca arguments.
Version 6.2 – August 25th, 2011
This version adds a set of sample error reports for new users of SmartAssembly. The sample reports are shown when you click View error reports. Please note that existing users do not receive the sample error reports.
There are also a small number of minor bug fixes related to WPF support, the References Dynamic Proxy and handling timezones in feature usage reports.
SmartAssembly 6.2 is not supplied via the Check for Updates mechanism to customers who already have SmartAssembly 6.1. There is no need to upgrade SmartAssembly 6.1 to this version.
Version 6.1 – May 10th, 2011
This minor version release includes a small number of bug fixes:
- If your assembly has a file alignment other than 512 bytes, SmartAssembly will now use the same file alignment when it builds your application.
- If a custom feature usage reporting template is selected, but the template does not exist, the build will now fail.
- If a custom feature usage reporting template using .NET 4 is selected, but the application is compiled with .NET 2, the build will now fail.
- Fixed the SerializationException encountered when using error reporting with code that uses remoting.
- Fixed 'Interface not found' errors when using tamper protection on assemblies which have an interface. (Interfaces no longer have tamper protection applied.)
SmartAssembly version 6.1 also removes the redundant SSL web service connection option in the web service settings.
Please note that this is only a change in the user interface, not a change in the available features. Since SmartAssembly version 5.0, all connections with the default web service have been over HTTP (though the error reports themselves are encrypted).
To use HTTPS for error and feature usage reports, you must use a custom web service.
SmartAssembly 6.1 is a recommended update for all users of SmartAssembly 6.0.
Version 6.0 – February 23, 2011
SmartAssembly protects your application by providing several forms of obfuscation and improves it by adding error reporting and feature usage reporting capabilities.New features in this version
- Feature usage reporting
Helps to prioritize future development work by providing statistical information about how often each feature in your application is used. - Jump to source code from error report
Helps to streamline bug-fixing by opening Visual Studio at the line which threw the exception. - Error reporting in Windows Phone 7
- Improved control flow obfuscation
- Tamper protection for strong name signing (SmartAssembly 6.0 Professional and Developer editions only)
- Support for Xbox XNA version 4
- Bug fixes
Supported OS versions
You must run one of the following operating systems to run SmartAssembly 6.0:
- Windows XP
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Vista
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows 7
Both 32 and 64-bit operating systems are supported.
System requirements
- 512MB RAM (minimum)
- 10 MB free hard disk space
- The .NET 2.0 runtime must be installed in order for SmartAssembly to run.
- Jump to source code from error report requires Visual Studio 2005, 2008 or 2010.
Supported applications
SmartAssembly can be used on applications based on any of the following managed-code technologies:
- .NET Compact Framework 2, 3.5
- Silverlight 2, 3, 4
- Windows Phone 7
- XNA (Windows Phone 7 XNA, Xbox XNA, PC applications)
The application can be of any type, including Command Line, WinForms, WPF, ASP.NET or a Windows Service.
The application you build with SmartAssembly uses the same version of the .NET Framework as the original assembly.
SmartAssembly works on managed code only. If your application uses a mixture of managed and unmanaged code, the unmanaged code must not be in the main assembly. Any dependencies containing unmanaged code must be excluded in the SmartAssembly project.
Supported build systems
SmartAssembly can be used with MSBuild and TFS.
Supported SQL Server versions
To use a SQL database, you must use one of the following versions of SQL Server:
- SQL Server 2005
- SQL Server 2008
- SQL Server 2008 R2
Known limitations
- Some features protect your assembly from further modification. You cannot use these features if you need to modify your assembly after building it with SmartAssembly.
- Some features are not available when SmartAssembly processes applications based on certain technologies. This is due to fundamental limitations in those technologies. In the table below, features that can be used are shown with a .
- Strong name signing, Merging dependencies, Pruning, Obfuscation, Basic strings encoding, and Adding an incorrect metadata stream work with all technologies.
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Silverlight |
Windows Phone 7 |
Windows Phone 7 XNA |
Xbox XNA |
XNA (PC applications) |
Tamper protection |
Automated error |
Feature usage |
Embedding |
Control flow |
References dynamic |
Resources compression |
Strings encoding with |
Strings encoding with |
Prevent ILDasm |
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For those, like me initially, who are not clued up at all on this project, let me provide a brief summary. The London Climate Forum is an entirely student-led and organised conference based within Imperial College, and is the biggest in London, and quite possibly the country in terms of size, attendance and speakers welcomed to the stage. It runs over just two days, Saturday and Sunday, but offers up some serious clout with it's multiple leading thinkers in the worlds of sustainability, business, policy and academia, all of whom grasp the opportunity to reach out to the new generation of green 'ecowarriors' in an attempt to inspire the next big thing(s).
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I wanted to, as succinctly as I feel possible doing, summarise some of the major talking points and stances which the stage was party to over the weekend just past, just to scratch the surface of some of the subjects covered. And trust me, there were many, so bare with me!
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Brook Andrew January 2013
We cast off 2013 with MCA ARTBAR curated by Brook Andrew.
Guests were socially challenged and experienced an evening of activity that was available only to select members of Brook's new world order.
With priority zones, restricted access, performances by Constantina Bush, George Tillianakis and Liam Benson, plus pole dancing magic by Matthew Shields; no class or group remained untouched. Guests Immersed themselves in Brook's projections and iconic views of Sydney Harbour while DJs Leo Tanoi and Perfect Snatch took hold of the Sculpture Terrace.
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Images: Catherine McElhone
Jon Campbell November 2012
The last MCA ARTBAR of the year was aptly titled 'Shit Yeah — Jon Campbell rocks the MCA'. Melbourne based Campbell used satire, a wry Australian vernacular and plain old rock'n'roll to serenade Sydneysiders into summer.
Featuring sounds on the terrace by DJ duo 'Dads with Earrings', acoustic performances, lectures by the artist and friends, gallery tours with a twist and an elevator performance by Peter Oxley of 80's pop-rock sensation 'The Sunnyboys' we surely ended the year with a bang.
Jon exhibited at MCA in 2009 and returned in 2012 to Sydney specifically forARTBAR, to which we said 'Shit Yeah'.
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Nell October 2012
Artist Nell took us to grave new heights with October's MCA ARTBAR which coincided with Halloween, loosely themed 'Dead or Alive'.
In domestic inspired boudoirs, private view areas, lectures on Nose to Tail consumption, plenty of live music from White Knuckle Fever and some of The Mumps and a dance lesson on the sculpture terrace by Swingin' Kitten, Nell wove a cobweb of influences from fashion to free-association, intimacy to impermanence, ethics to excitement and karma to craziness into her uniquely chilling and spine tingling effigy to life 'n' death. T-Shirts made with label 'Romance Was Born' were worn by our very own Visitor Services Officers and sold through the MCA Store.
Richards Larter's racy work played in a sealed off room, Kylie Kwong introduced and later wrapped a pig in a dissection lecture Q & A and the MCA was filled with ghosts, Dracula, a giant fly and party monsters. Even a meat raffle – but not as you know it.
Images: Catherine McElhone
Daniel Boyd September 2012
September was dubbed the Up in Smoke Tour by artist Daniel Boyd.
Daniel took us on a musical and informative journey into a modern-day interpretation of the enlightenment era, with DJs Captain Franco and Elston and, later in the evening, The Canyons playing a retrospective sound odyssey that excited all.
With video works by Daniel projected across the sculpture terrace surfaces, a room of Daniels re-imagining of film Les statues meurent aussi a discussion titled 'When I die bury me inside the Gucci store, I don't want to end up in a Museum' with the artist and Djon Mundine, Matt Poll and John von Sturmer, performance in the gallery by Tony Albert working with collection artist Vernon Ah Kee to transform his portraits, decommissioned skull boxes from the Natural History Museum London, Tracey Moffatt's Other immersing guests in the seminar room and DJ set by friends of the artist Canyons.
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Shaun Gladwell August 2012
From Sydney to London, and back for a short time only, guests joined Shaun Gladwell in his digital and retrospective performance landscapes on August 31 2012.
Gladwell took charge of the wheel and delivered a special high octane edition ARTBAR, making unique changes to the MCA Collection galleries.
Lectures in 'How to Drop Freud into a Conversation at an Opening', finger boarding workshops, interceptors from cult film Mad Max, an appearance from recently departed rapper MCA, guards patrolling crowds and gallery work, bikes in the gallery spaces, DJ sets by Slow Blow and live music from Toy Death, the night was well and truly stimulating.
Taking over the entire wing the event included the opportunity to view the new selection of works in Volume One: MCA Collection on Level 2.
Images: Catherine McElhone
Jess Olivieri July 2012
Nodding cheekily to the 18th Biennale of Sydney: all our relations, Jess Olivieri invited guests to join her and her artistic 'relatives' on Friday 27 July 2012.
Showcasing new work by Wrong Solo and featuring a karaoke massage there was plenty of touching family moments to share throughout the night.
Sarah Rodigari appeared through her totemic representative goat, David Capra delighted in a white 'onesie'-inspired outfit and kicked off the night with an oversized hello, accompanied by the sounds of the Aurora Australia Choir singing Hello to arriving patrons.
Guests brought clothes that required a mend, as Jess' Mum stepped into Lee Mingwei's shoes for the night. She bonded through the act of mending and conversation.
The event took over the entire wing and included the opportunity to view the Biennale spaces on Levels 1 and 3.
Images: David Cheng
Eddie Sharp June 2012
Guests were invited to step into Eddie Sharp's ARTBAR (and mind) on Friday 29 June.
They discovered the inspirations of Eddie and his collaborators as they combined talents and turned the MCA into their own lurid video candy land.
David Harris AKA DJ Toecutter came all the way from Pony Land to manipulate sound into something close to dance music (which even had our director Liz Ann dancing) and, there were projections exploring vomit in cinema, John Kilduff's multi-tasking master class streamed live from Los Angeles from his treadmill, pinball pianolas, blue screen lounges VJ'd by Tully Arnot and DJ sets by artist Dara Gill. Lectures included Simon Hunt's Doppelganger − 'Being Pauline Hanson' about his rise to fame as Pauline Pantsdown and 60's 3D cinema, with Eddie himself lecturing on the history of 3D.
Plus, guests had the opportunity to be among the first to enjoy the 18th Biennale of Sydney on Levels 1 and 3 just days after it opened at the MCA.
Images: Catherine McElhone
Justene Williams May 2012
Taking over the last Friday of each month, we prepared to offer a new gallery experience and inspire Sydney as the MCA ARTBAR − curated by artists was born.
Drawing inspiration from Volume One: MCA Collection, the first ARTBAR kicked off on 25 May 2012 with Sydney-based photographer and video artist Justene Williams, whose Crutch Dance (2011) television installation was on display in the MCA's Level 1 South Gallery.
The ARTBAR launch was also held on the same day as Vivid Sydney's opening night, so guests were among the first to experience this novel gathering and get the best view of Vivid's light installations.
ARTBAR launched by taking the gallery experience and flipping it on its head through art, music, design and performance. Guests were invited to drink, dare, discover and be driven wild with artistic excitement. Each event was revealed as a unique and vastly different experience from the last and ARTBAR's tagline was born − It's art but not as you know it.
With an awesome line up of DJ's − Charlie Chux (Abercrombie) Perfect Snatch (Gay Bash, Shameless) Touch Sensitive (Van She) Tyson Koh (Loose Joints FBI & Clambake) – no one left heavy hearted.
There was a poetic Sydney bridge, free hot shaves for all, a view of the Vivid light show which Justene worked on with will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas for Vivid AND karaoke with consequences which streamed surreptitiously upstairs to screens on the dance floor.
It was an epic launch to the series and MCA and Audi began the journey with a sold out event and new and returning visitors of the MCA.
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26 Days of Planting: Y is for Youngberry
23 comments:
- Judith said...
Mmmm, youngberries. One of my favourite pies is youngberry and with pink sugar sprinkled on top. Good luck, hope you gets lots of fruit.
- January 31, 2011 at 9:37 PM
- Enchanted Moments said...
Canes are the thin 'caney' things that you grow berries on...like a bit of a trellis to let them grow on...I use 'cane' stakes sometimes...that is going to be a beautiful looking climber Ali, even if it dosnt fruit...!!!
- January 31, 2011 at 9:41 PM
- Ali said...
Judith I hope I get even one! Suzanne, are the canes part of the plant? The tag said something about cutting the old ones off and leaving on the new ones as that's where the next year's fruit will grow. I should really have the tag here beside me, but I left it on the plant and am chicken to go out there at night!
- January 31, 2011 at 9:44 PM
- vrtlarica ana said...
I had to google "youngberry" as I have never seen this plant before. Good luck with growing some youngberry fruit!
- January 31, 2011 at 9:48 PM
- Kat said...
I was going to ramble about what I thought pruning the canes meant but didn't want to take responsibility for killing your plant! I hope it grows well, mmm summer berries.
- January 31, 2011 at 11:31 PM
- Carolyn ♥ said...
Sounds like you have a great experiment going on... the leaves are lovely.
- February 1, 2011 at 1:13 AM
- Mark Willis said...
Ali; I wish I were a Horticultural Marketing Manager. I'd change the name of all my plants just to please you!
"Yes, madam, you're lucky, I do still have one of the Xylophagus "Yankee Zebra" left in stock. And its SUCH a good specimen too" - February 1, 2011 at 4:27 AM
Canes are the "stems" of this type of plant (the rubus family). The plant in the photograph only has one cane. In the coming season, if all goes well, you'll get berries on the cane you have now, and new canes will emerge from the ground. At the end of the season, you simply remove the cane that had the fruit, by pruning it back to the ground.
- February 1, 2011 at 4:54 AM
- Amy said...
You never know...it might be your favorite plant one day. I like your blog! This is my first visit.
- February 1, 2011 at 5:48 AM
- Missy said...
I had to google it too. I thought it might be related to the weatherman from channel 9, but no - it's related to the raspberry instead.
- February 1, 2011 at 6:07 AM
- duchess_declutter said...
Looks great - it won't take long to get established. Just keep an eye on it in case it loves our Qld weather too much!
Re - bananas..... I should have left a comment on your blog but I left it on mine lol. The general signs are scratches on the bananas from the bats. This shows that have been checking them out. You usually hear them around at night too - particually if there aren't many bananas trees in your suburb. Also in my opinion anyway - the plant usually has a bit of a 'lean to' from the heavy weight of the banana bunch. Hope this helps - cheers Wendy - February 1, 2011 at 8:58 AM
- Daffodil said...
Hi Ali, gorgeous garden! Loving your blog, as well. You shouldn´t have too many problems getting the youngberry established....rather, keeping it under control!
- February 1, 2011 at 10:29 AM
- Ali said...
Thanks Daffodil, I'd love for the youngberry to go wild! Although right now just one or two berries would keep me happy :)
Wendy my bananas have had scratches from the bats from when they were teeny tiny, the bats were after the nectar from the flowers. No bites into the bananas so far though.
Missy is that who he is?! His name kept coming up when I was googling... I wonder how he'd go in the garden.
Hi Amy, thank you for your lovely comments and thanks for joining Mud Pie :)
Anonymous - which one is the one cane? The main branch??
Mark, you are a simply fabulous gardener and blogger, and now you are revealing yourself to be quite witty as well. That lovely wife of yours is one lucky lady.
Kat please ramble, I've really got no idea and it wasn't an expensive plant... if I got upset at everything that I kill here I'd be ready to jump off my roof.
Carolyn it is pretty, I hope the fruit is nice too!
And Vrtlarica ana, I had to google it too... never heard of it before let along tasted one... I hope they're good! - February 1, 2011 at 2:46 PM
- Kat said...
Ooh then I agree with anon. Yes the main branch, new ones will grow up from the rootstock, as the plant matures I guess they increase in number. I've never grown berries but they always seemed so cool cos you get to ruthlessly hack away at them when it's pruning time. /ramble.
- February 1, 2011 at 4:38 PM
- Gary said...
Hi Ali,
I must admit to never having heard of a youngberry. Whatever they are, yours looks very healthy indeed and I am looking forward to seeing how it goes. Take care. - February 1, 2011 at 5:41 PM
- Ali said...
So Kat you are saying that new canes will come from the ground and after the part we can see now has finished fruiting (ha!) I cut that off?
I can't wait to hack ruthlessly... that and chop down a banana tree, I am really looking forward to that.
Gary, I hadn't either and am also looking forward to seeing what happens. - February 1, 2011 at 6:28 PM
- HAZEL said...
Aren't all berries, 'young' berries before they are old berries?
- February 2, 2011 at 12:05 AM
- Ali said...
Hazel... that's a terrible pun!
- February 2, 2011 at 6:31 AM
- Kat said...
Yes and yes. But I think you have to be nicer to them and not prune too heavily for the first few years of their life as well.
I shall now take out liability insurance in case the poor plant carks it and you come after me with a pruning saw! - February 3, 2011 at 1:22 PM
- Gooseberry Jam said...
Wow, exciting time...I do hope they grow for you, I can remember how excited I was when I grew and ate my very first raspberry!!! Can't wait to see it fruiting! :)
- February 3, 2011 at 10:03 PM
- ReapWhatYouGrow said...
Ooh I love your photos. That close up is ace.
- February 6, 2011 at 11:19 PM
Hi just reading your post on youngberry I have just been out in the garden ripping one back in to shape. I live in a temperate climate and the youngberry is only 2 y/o it fruits profusly and takes a lot to keep the plant from taking over the garden. i recon you will get your youngberry pie this summer after all
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Author: Mihaela Jurković and Rigel Di Scala Format: Paperback, 300 pp Publisher/Date: Packt Publishing / April 2011 ISBN-10: 1849512663 ISBN-13: 978-1-84951-266-4 Website: http://www.packtpub.com Description: Inkscape 0.48 Illustrator's Cookbook provides you with the latest recipes to quickly create scalable vector graphics. Recipes in this book teach you about some of the most useful time-saving features in Inkscape accompanied by a list of keyboard shortcuts that you can easily memorize. In addition to covering use of Inkscape tools and their advanced features, examples from the recipes uncover solutions to common graphics problems. |
Inkscape 0.48 Essentials for Web Designers
Author: Bethany Hiitola Format: Paperback, 316pp Publisher/Date: Packt Publishing / November 2010 ISBN-10: 1-84-951268-X ISBN-13: 978-1-84951-268-8 Website: http://www.packtpub.com Description: Learn to build your first website design using Inkscape. Create web page and desktop wallpapers with repeating pattern backgrounds and swirling designs. Incorporate icons and interactive maps on your website. Style and graphically manipulate text — from simple headings to shadowing, following paths, reflections, 3D effects, and more. Enhance your web pages using flowcharts, diagrams, and site maps and learn how to export them. Spruce it all up using animations. |
A Guide To Inkscape
Author: Tavmjong Bah Format: Paperback, 480pp Publisher/Date: SourceForge Community Press / November 2009 ISBN-10: 0-13-705173-5 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-705173-1 Website: http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/ Description: Inkscape: Guide to a Vector Drawing Program, Third Edition, is the guide to the Inkscape program, with coverage of versions 0.46 and 0.47. This authoritative introduction and reference features hundreds of useful illustrations. With Inkscape, you can produce a wide variety of art, from photorealistic drawings to organizational charts. |
The Book of Inkscape
Author: Dmitry Kirsanov Format: Paperback, 476pp Publisher/Date: No Starch Press/September 2009 ISBN-10: 1-59327-181-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-181-7 Website: http://nostarch.com Description: In The Book of Inkscape, core Inkscape developer Dmitry Kirsanov shares his design experience and knowledge of Inkscape's inner workings as he walks you through the basics of using the program: drawing, working with objects, transformations and styling, adding text and shapes, and more. Kirsanov couples his detailed explanations with step-by-step tutorials that show you how to create business cards, animations, and technical and artistic drawings. |
Inkscape. Professionelle Vektorgrafiken gestalten
Author: Uwe Schöler Format: Paperback, 240pp Publisher/Date: Addison-Wesley / February 2010 ISBN-13: 978-3-8273-2911-0 Website: http://www.addison-wesley.de Description: The book is written with beginners and advanced users in mind and covers features of Inkscape 0.47. A CD attached to the book also contains several video tutorials specifically created for the book and sample files for the workshops in the book.. |
Inkscape efficace : Réussir ses dessins vectoriels
Author: Cédric Gémy Format: Paperback, 280pp Publisher/Date: Eyerolles / February 2009 ISBN-10: 2-21-212425-2 ISBN-13: 978-2-2121-2425-5 Website: http://www.eyrolles.com Description: It is Cédric's second book after the commercially successful "GIMP Efficace". The book is quite good for beginners, because first 120 pages describe basic tools, color and transformations. The other part of the book is aimed rather at professional users and thoroughly describes how to be more efficient with Inkscape, how to do print jobs and how to do web oriented SVG even if coding is needed. When possible, Cédric tried to give advice to Adobe Illustrator users. |
Inkscape : Apprenez, pratiquez, créez.
Author: Elisa de Castro Guerra Format: Paperback, 256pp Publisher/Date: Pearson France / October 2008 ISBN-10: 2-74-402276-4 ISBN-13: 978-2-7440-2276-0 Website: http://www.pearson.fr Description: This book contains comprehensive explanations how to use Inkscape, while numerous examples and exercises will give you all the keys to master Inkscape, even if you're beginner. In this new edition, you'll also discover what's new in version 0.46, most stable version (introduction of 3D Box tool, additional handling of proprietary file formats, improved export to bitmaps or PDF, etc..), and the upcoming new features from 0.47. |


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"Pisa Range"
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© Susan Harrison-Tustain
The first light fall of Autumn snow dusts the peaks of the Pisa mountain range. Snow clouds begin to envelope the pinnacles bringing with it, the excitement of the change of season. We call this place "Central" (Central Otago, New Zealand) - austere, raw, beautiful, haunting, vast skies above rugged ranges. Captivating, compelling and beckoning.
The oil painting technique I used for this painting began with an underglaze of a grey/purple. Once dry, I then used the block-in oil painting method of creating the basic 'local' color of each area. I used these colors as the basic mix to establish the different areas in the painting: variations of greys with tints of purple for the clouds, dark grey/greens for the foreground, pale purple/greys for the light areas of the mountains and of course blue for the sky - all helped me establish the basic painting layers. I left my underpainting to show through in some areas - especially in the mid toned mountain peaks.
The next step is to observe the changing colors within each section, mix those colors and apply the detail - keeping it true to nature. Each area has a myriad of hues that describe this light snow fall, the forms - with sharp as well as rolling edges and shapes. There are many painting lessons within each of these subjects. Too many to write here of course. For those of you who are artists and would love to learn how to paint skies, clouds, mountains, falling snow - I hope to release an oil painting DVD in 2012 that will cover all these things and so much more.
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Will Thomas scores 2,000th point in Morrisville-Eaton boys basketball loss to Waterville
MORRISVILLE >> Morrisville-Eaton's Will Thomas has made a lot of baskets during his time on the boys basketball team.
He added another big one to the lengthy list in with 5:01 to play in the second quarter of M-E's 66-52 loss to Waterville Saturday, scoring his 2,000th career point on a 3-pointer. Thomas is the eighth Section III boys basketball player to reach the mark.
"It took a lot of hours and sweat working by myself with nobody else," said Thomas of reaching the milestone. "But without the love and support of my parents, my family, my coach, my teammates, people in the community who have showered me with support I wouldn't be close."
Thomas, as has become habit for him during his career, scored early and often but his 29 points weren't enough as Waterville's defense held M-E (7-2, 10-5) scoreless for the first five minutes of the third quarter to pull away for the victory.
The hosts got off to a great start in the first quarter. A pair of Thomas 3-pointers helped put M-E up 17-8 and left the senior three points shy of the milestone. While the gym buzzed with anticipation of the mark, Waterville mounted a comeback. Baskets by Jonathan Piersma bookended a 12-0 run that spanned the first and second quarters and put the visitors up 20-17. Waterville (9-0, 14-1) extended the lead to 25-19 before Thomas rallied the hosts.
The senior's 2,000th point cut M-E's deficit to 25-22. Coach Tom Cooney called timeout and Thomas' teammates mobbed him at midcourt while the crowd stood and applauded. Cooney provided Thomas with the ball and the senior hugged his grandparents at midcourt before play resumed. Thomas hit the next basket - another 3-pointer - to knot the game and Matt Roher's free throw moments later gave M-E the lead.
The short-lived lead was the last for the hosts. Piersma scored back-to-back baskets, including an acrobatic finger roll, to put Waterville back on top. The visitors stretched the lead to six before Roher made a difficult fade-away jump shot, giving M-E momentum going into halftime.
Waterville quickly took it back in the third quarter. Piersma and Greg Elliot led an 11-0 run and suddenly the visitors had a 42-28 lead. Thomas tried to rally the hosts by making several shots inside, but Piersma answered every one and Waterville took a 51-35 lead into the fourth quarter and didn't look back from there. Piersma finished with 26 to lead the visitors in the victory.
"We got off to a bad start (in the third quarter)," said Cooney. "We had a couple of decent shots but nothing fell for us and we had to hurry after that."
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"Oh my goodness, it's such a tribute not only for him, but for a great commnity," said Cooney. "(Thomas is) so humble, you never hear him say a word about himself in praise."
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Morrisville Eaton (7-2, 10-5): Matt Roher 15, Will Thomas 29, Dakota Miller 6, Alec Diable 2.
Waterville: Jonathan Piersma 26, Jacob Knutti 4, Anthony Rice 2, Luke Barnes 6, Zachary Sawyer 10, Jacob Murray 9, Gregory Elliott 9.
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Monday, July 2, 2012
Happy Independence Week! :)
Do you have any special plans for the Fourth of July?
This holiday makes me think about the high price of freedom. To me, it is a gift. What do you think?
Wishing you and your family a safe and happy week.
See you Thursday,
P.S. Congratulations to Carol Alexander! She's the winner of Jeanette Levellie's book, Two Scoops of Grace with Chuckles on Top.
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22 comments:
- Jessica Nelson said...
Yes, it's a gift!! Happy independence week! :)
- Monday, July 02, 2012
- Talli Roland said...
Have a great one! It's not really celebrated in England (wonder why, haha!). Hope you enjoy it on your side of the ocean!
- Monday, July 02, 2012
- welcome to my world of poetry said...
I hope all you over the other side of the pond a Great Independance Day.
Here in the UK it is my eldest grandchild's 14th birthday I won;t be seeing him but will be thinking of him.
Yvonne. - Monday, July 02, 2012
- Cheryl Klarich said...
Just hanging out with family and friends--looking forward to it.
Fireworks were cancelled due to drought. We need rain in the Midwest!!!
Please continue to pray for the people in Colorado who are experiencing the wild fires.
Bless you and Happy Independence Day!!! - Monday, July 02, 2012
- Rachna Chhabria said...
Happy Independence day, Karen.
- Monday, July 02, 2012
- Sally said...
My independence story: I do the weekly bulletin for our church and spelled "Independance Day" on the front (with an 'a' instead of an 'e') :/ The proofing team missed it and only one person made mention of it, out of 500 printed. It does not change the sentiment. Happy Independence day to you, Karen.
- Monday, July 02, 2012
- Karen Lange said...
I thought everyone might agree. :)
Have a good one!
Hmm, can't imagine why either! :) Hope you enjoy your week!
Hope you have a lovely week. Happy Birthday to your grandson!
Having family over for a brunch here. We had heavy rain last night, so I think fireworks here may be a go. Yes, praying for those affected by fires and storms.
Thank you! Have a good week!
Ooops! Oh well, we've all had things like that happen. Like you said, it doesn't change anything. :)
Blessings all,
Karen - Monday, July 02, 2012
- Susan said...
Hello Karen....I hope you have a wonderful holiday, too.
Here, there will a parade, barbecue at a niece's house to celebrate my sister's birthday (yes, she was a firecracker baby!), and then, possibly to Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, for a concert with James Taylor. We'll see. Take care. Susan - Monday, July 02, 2012
- Joylene Nowell Butler said...
Here in Canada, it's the Canada Day long weekend. And it is pouring down like you wouldn't believe. Generally, the family comes out, we eat, fish, boat, eat, watch movies, eat some more. I did bake, but mostly we're just eating. Too wet to do anything outside. Honestly, this has been the wettest summer I ever remember. I can't even see across the lake. Did I mention it's 80+ degrees in New Brunswick?
Happy 4th, Karen. Yes, hip, hip, hooray to freedom. - Monday, July 02, 2012
- Kenda Turner said...
Happy 4th to you and your family, Karen :-) For us--hubby, daughter, son-in-law and two little ones in strollers--we're entering a "Firecracker" 5K run/race in Ft. Thomas KY. Sorta (by a couple hundred miles I guess) in your neighborhood! As for the high price of freedom, I'm reading Ann Rinaldi's "The Secret of Sarah Revere," a fictionalized version of one of Paul Revere's daughters. Gives a pretty good picture of the sacrifice of the time, and a timely read this week...
- Monday, July 02, 2012
- Karen Lange said...
Thank you! Sounds like you will have a great day. Hope the weather holds out for you. :)
Happy Canada Day weekend to you! :) Sorry your weekend was soggy. Hope you still enjoyed time with family. I guess that is a warm one for you, wow!
Thank you! Sounds like you will have a busy day! Enjoy your day. I'll have to check that book out. Sounds like a winner!
Karen - Monday, July 02, 2012
- Diane Estrella said...
A BBQ on Wednesday and then I am a presenter at the local Christian Writer's Conference here. Aaack! Crazy!!! :O)
- Monday, July 02, 2012
- Kathryn Neff Perry said...
I love 4th of July too! This year we will be "celebrating" by delivering Meals on Wheels (our normal Wednesday) and then later probably cooking out and having friends over to watch the fireworks from our back yard.
Great post! - Tuesday, July 03, 2012
- Amish Stories said...
I think ill be pretty much relaxing around my home and hopefully catch a few patriotic shows on TV, but I will try and go outside for some fresh hot air. Happy July 4 to everyone and I hope its a very safe one at that. Richard
- Tuesday, July 03, 2012
- Angela Ackerman said...
Have a wonderful 4th, Karen! I hope you get a nice BBQ or picnic in, have great weather and enjoy the day. :)
Angela - Tuesday, July 03, 2012
- Karen Lange said...
I think you will do a great job! What are you speaking about? Cheering you on! :)
Hope you have a great day. Enjoy the fireworks! :)
Yes, fresh hot air - lol. It's about the same story here. Oh well, fall will be here before we know it. Have a great week!
Thanks a bunch! Hope you have a good week in Canada! :)
Karen - Tuesday, July 03, 2012
- Rhonda Schrock said...
Because of the drought, the county commissioners ruled, and it was going to be a "boomless" Kaboom. So we're changing our annual hoo-ha here to later on when the men can set off boomers again. They decided they couldn't go boomless, so move it we shall.
Happy Fourth! - Tuesday, July 03, 2012
- lbdiamond said...
Happy Fourth!
- Wednesday, July 04, 2012
- Susan J. Reinhardt said...
Congrats to Carol! You'll love Jen's book.
Happy 4th, Karen! No special plans, but it's nice having a day off in the middle of the week. - Wednesday, July 04, 2012
- mare ball said...
It's definitely a gift...and the price is high. I pray we never forget that. Hope your day was wonderful. :-)
- Wednesday, July 04, 2012
- Karen Lange said...
They were talking about that here too, but then we had a good rain Sunday night, so the local "hoo-ha" went off without a hitch. :) Hope you get to do it soon!
Happy 4th to you too! :)
A day off is nice, isn't it? Thanks a bunch!
That price is high, you're right. I am grateful for the sacrifices others have made.
Blessings all,
Karen - Thursday, July 05, 2012
- quietspirit said...
Congratulations to Carol, you will read Jen's book over and over and then go back to it again.
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2 "Can a man be of benefit to God? 2 Can even a wise man benefit him?
3 What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous? 3 What would he gain if your ways were blameless?
4 "Is it for your piety that he rebukes you 4 and brings charges against you?
5 Is not your wickedness great? 5 Are not your sins endless?
6 You demanded security from your brothers for no reason; 6 you stripped men of their clothing, leaving them naked.
7 You gave no water to the weary 7 and you withheld food from the hungry,
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12 "Is not God in the heights of heaven? 12 And see how lofty are the highest stars!
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18 Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things, 18 so I stand aloof from the counsel of the wicked.
19 "The righteous see their ruin and rejoice; 19 the innocent mock them, saying,
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22 Accept instruction from his mouth 22 and lay up his words in your heart.
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26 Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty 26 and will lift up your face to God.
27 You will pray to him, and he will hear you, 27 and you will fulfill your vows.
28 What you decide on will be done, 28 and light will shine on your ways.
29 When men are brought low and you say, 'Lift them up!' 29 then he will save the downcast.
30 He will deliver even one who is not innocent, 30 who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."


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