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Topic: ctrl-^ not working in visual studio 2010 (Win7 64-bit)
I recently downloaded ViEmu and am currently loving it, however one nagging problem I have is that ctrl-6/ctrl-^ doesn't seem to switch to the previous buffer (and :e # doesn't appear to work either so I can't just remap to that). This is with Visual Studio Professional 2010 on Win7 64-bit.
I've gone to the Tools|Options|Environment|Keyboard and tried removing the default VS mappings for ctrl-6, I've reset the ViEmu key bindings, I've restarted Visual Studio, all to no avail.
Is there something else I need to do in order to get this working?
Edit: Also, here is the info from Help->About
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Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional - ENU Service Pack 1 (KB983509) KB983509
This service pack is for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional - ENU.
If you later install a more recent service pack, this service pack will be uninstalled automatically.
For more information, visit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/983509.
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Package for managing Visual Studio color schemes
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ViEmu: Vi/vim emulation for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. (c) 2005-2010 Symnum Systems S.L.U. Please visit http://www.viemu.com for details.
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LETTER- Salzman wrong on driving, Obama
Randy Salzman's "Obama's Botch: He just asked us to drive more"[May 14 essay] is filled with his own botch of anti-automobile rhetoric and transportation prejudices.
More global warming because of more driving? In 2007, United Nation's scientist John R. Christy calculated that a worldwide, automobile mileage standard of 43 mpg would reduce projected warming by only 0.05 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100.
Global warming? Since the 1998 El Niño temperature peak, global temperatures have not risen. All four major global temperature monitoring agencies document a six-year continuing cooling trend, in spite of increasing carbon dioxide emissions.
Last major undeveloped oil fields? The Brazilian Tupi offshore oil field, the largest oil find in twenty years, in being developed with Chinese financing. United States offshore oil fields await development. Peak oil has been a scare story for decades.
Mr. Salzman begrudges the "ease and convenience" of air-conditioned transportation to school. Will parents have school children walk or bike, Spartan-like, on country roads in sweltering heat, rain, or snow storms?
Enamored by government-subsidized, mass transit systems in Europe and Asia, Mr. Salzman laments their lack here. He disregards obvious discrepancies in population densities, country sizes, and travel distances which allow those systems to function overseas, but not equally well here. Car drivers determine the value of individual flexibility and convenience. Most of Europe also has an extensive, superhighway network.
His reference to Atlanta echoes the Outside the Beltway, May 19, 2008 post "Mass Transit: Why Can't Atlanta be More Like Berlin?" by James Joyner. The article gives the reasons why Atlanta can't.
Mr. Salzman is aggrieved about living in a democratic society where "U.S. politicians... depend upon... self-involved voting drivers." His universal solution for "our national problems" is to make energy more expensive and reduce our freedom of choice. What a strange ideology to find a home here in Thomas Jefferson's back yard.
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Enter Ross Morgan, a handsome landscaper who just happens to have an empty barn and fenced pasture which is perfect for an old horse to live out his days as the pet of three wounded kids. Ross develops a soft spot for eldest child Braden...and he just might have one for Braden's mother. But what he doesn't have is time for distractions; he's got a landscaping business to run and nursery plants to tend.
But there's just one problem. Sierra's terrified of horses and thanks to her past, wary of attractive men. Yet seeing the way her angry son idolizes Ross and adores that old horse forces Sierra to confront her fears. Will she remain distrustful and self-reliant, or will she seek help from God and those who love her?
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Single mom of three, Sierra Montgomery is desperate to find a new job to keep from having to move back home and be smothered to death by her mother's good intentions and overbearing love. So when Sierra inherits Chance, a quirky old gelding she doesn't have a clue what to do with, she thinks her best bet may be to sell the horse to cover another month's rent-a decision that devastates her children.
Enter Ross Morgan, a handsome landscaper who just happens to have an empty barn and fenced pasture, perfect for an old horse to live out his days as the pet of three wounded kids. Ross develops a soft spot for eldest child Braden and he just might have one for Braden's mother. But what he doesn't have is time for distractions-he's got a landscaping business to run and nursery plants to tend.
But Sierra has a secret. She's terrified of horses andthanks to her pastwary of attractive men. Yet seeing the way her angry son idolizes Ross and adores that old horse forces Sierra to confront her fears. Will she remain distrustful and self-reliant, or will she seek help from God and those who love her?
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How did you come up with the characters in your book?
They came to me. When I saw Sierra, I knew she was a mom who deeply loved her kids and wanted the best for them. Elise was so fun to write with her over-the-top ways. When she drove up to Sierras and pushed her ooga horn, I knew I was going to love her. And Sid is such a dear and reminds me so much of my father-in-law, Art. And Ross, how could you not love him?
Do you have a horse?
No, but I love horses and desperately wanted one as a child. I did end up with a little Shetland pony named Sundance that I would gallop through the mint fields around our house. I spent countless hours sprawled across him backwards reading books. One time hed apparently had enough of the dead weight on his back and he lay down. It was a shocking end to my reading time.
What do you do when youre not writing?
I love spending time with my family. We go camping as many weekends as we can in the summer. I also love to run. My husband recently got into running and we were asked to be on a team that participates in a race from Mt. Hood to the coast of Oregon. It generally takes about twenty-two hours, so our idea of fun may be a little warped.
What would you suggest to someone who wants to become an author?
Start attending writers conferences. And if the cost is an issue, order tapes or CDs of the various workshops. Also join a critique group and really listen to the feedback. When I get input from my critiquing partners, I make a point to set aside any defensiveness and adopt a thicker skin. Its not fun to find out that every word you write isnt brilliant, but if you take the comments constructively youll become a stronger writer.
How do you find time to write? Any tips for someone who is working full time?
Set a word count goal. I try to write 1,000 words a day, five days a week. If finding the extra time is difficult, start with 300 words a day. At that pace, youd complete a full length novel (80,000 words) in one year. But the most important factor in writing is to turn the editor in your head off. Writers block comes from trying to create and edit at the same time. Dont wait for the perfect idea to come floating along. Start writing now. Write anything. You want to create the habit so the ideas will come. The fear of failure keeps us from giving feet to our dreamstrue failure comes from not trying at all.
Did the theme of forgiveness / unforgiveness that Sierra deals with come from your own life?
In a way it did, though I didnt consciously implement it into the novel. Like most of us living in this fallen world, there were a couple significant events in my life that I had difficulty forgiving. I finally realized that if I waited until I felt like forgiving, it would never happen. And I desperately needed to forgive. The bitterness was choking the life out of me. So with Gods help and through His grace I made the choice to forgive and forgive and forgive. I wish I could say that there was instant peace and joy. Though I think that can happen for people when they forgive, Id lived in unforgiveness for so long that I had to continually make a choice to forgive until the freedom came. And when that freedom came, it was a wow moment for me!
In the story, Sierra has three young kids, you have four children. How successful are you at trusting God with their lives?
Its been an ongoing process for me. Maybe because Im a writer and have such a vivid imagination, I can always come up with the most gut-wrenching conclusions to the most innocuous circumstances involving my kids. That makes it hard to let go and trust. But how much control do we actually have over everyday life? I had to learn that before we can trust God with ourselves or our children, we have to truly know Him. Its only in knowing God and His character that trust can develop. And when we truly know the God of the universe, we can trust him with everything.
Ross worked hard in his landscaping business in an attempt to prove his value. Do you struggle with that?
Its difficult not to get caught up in that. Our world is performance driven. How often do we praise others without attributing value to something theyve done? Even with our children, we praise how well they unload the dishwasher or draw a picture or mind us. Its difficult to find the words to value people for who they are, apart from anything they do. For most of my life, performance colored my relationship with God. I could not wrap my mind around the concept that He loved me despite less than perfect behaviors. Recently I glimpsed His grace from a new angle. Sin does create anger, but Gods anger was satisfied at the cross. So rather than His anger at our sinfulness, we have His pleasure in us. That has done wonders with my ability to be myself with Him, to honestly let His light shine on all parts of methe good and the unsightly. When you bring your faults to God and discover He isnt angry, you can fully experience His compassion and love.
While this story focuses on the unfortunate reality of divorce in a Christian home, many aspects of Leave It to Chance seemed somewhat unrealistic. The dialogue, especially between Sierra and her best friend Elise, seems a little forced and unnatural. Also, I thought the children were a little too cliche: the angry older son, the emotional and vulnerable younger daughter, and the silent middle child. Granted, this is not to say that children would not respond in these ways, but they are portrayed as two-dimensional characters who rarely deviate from their allotted traits.
However, this might be a good book for someone who is interested in a story about a young mothers struggle to rear three children on her own. The biblical message is also very strong and offers an obvious application of handing over our pain to God. -- Heather Schultz, www.ChristianBookPreviews.com
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GENEVA – Though teams typically rely on the experience and talent of their seniors, sometimes the younger guys can come up with the same type of important contributions.
A group of underclassmen figured big in the Geneva baseball team's 12-2, five-inning rout of Glenbard West in Friday's IHSA Class 4A Geneva Regional semifinal. The win sets up a battle between two rivals for the regional title this morning, as the Vikings will host St. Charles East.
On Friday, it was an all-around effort from Geneva, with the batters scoring a dozen times on 13 hits, and a pair of pitchers – senior Jordan Touro and junior Max Novak – holding the visitors to just two runs and stranding 10 base runners.
The offensive onslaught kicked off with a huge second inning, when Geneva scored six runs against Glenbard West junior Grant Greeno. Sophomore catcher Nate Montgomery led off the inning with a solo home run to left-center field that accounted for the game's first run. Four batters later, freshman shortstop Nick Derr drove in a run with a single up the middle, and the next hitter, freshman left fielder Jack Wassel, scored two with a triple to right field.
The Vikings added two runs on junior third baseman Ben Chally's double and to take a 6-0 lead after two innings.
"Nick Derr's been with us all year, and then Jack's only been with us for the last couple weeks. I think they've both done a real nice job," Geneva coach Matt Hahn said. "They've both handled themselves. They don't act like freshmen. They don't carry themselves like freshmen. Nick's been doing it all year, and Jack's been a nice addition, a nice infusion if you want to call it that."
Touro wasn't at his sharpest, putting a bunch of runners on base, but Glenbard West scored twice in the third inning, where the first four batters reached. Touro made a habit of working his way out of jams with clutch pitching or defensive help. He struck out seven to earn the win, his fifth of the season.
"Just stay focused, trust in my defense, trust in the pitches I was throwing," Touro said on how he was able to escape his various jams. "I wasn't throwing all strikes, but I was just trying to get whatever I could get out of there and get outs. I was trying to get outs in any situation I could."
The Vikings scored once in both the third and fourth innings before another big inning – a four-run fifth – proved enough to end things early. Chally and senior center fielder Bobby Hess picked up RBI singles in the inning, and the game-ending 12th run scored on a dropped third strike.
Chally led the way with three RBIs, with Derr, Wassel and Montgomery all driving in a pair. Montgomery had a team-high three hits, while Hess scored three times.
The Vikings' 20th win of the year puts them in the regional championship game on their home field. Come 10 a.m. today, they'll be up against the conference-rival Saints, and Hahn already knows what to expect.
"It's one of those things that's kind of grown since we've joined the conference," Hahn said of the rivalry. "We know we're going to get good baseball [today]. We know that we're going to get a quality pitcher, quality opponent, and we know that we're going to have to play well to win."


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Thank you for taking the time to read this,
Okay i can get IP addresses and find open ports. How do i get on those ports and what can i do.
OK, when you are on the port you can telnet to it, when you telnet to a port you usually get a header message 'httpD v220.127.116.11' When you connect to a port depending on what you want to do you type in commands, im not being specific here because im not surer if this is gonna be used in illegal purposes, if you need more help, send me a PM
Originally posted here by bearbizket
Thank you for taking the time to read this,
Okay i can get IP addresses and find open ports. How do i get on those ports and what can i do.
It all depends on what services are running on that port, for example, a port 110 normally runs a Pop3 program which with password and username allows you to view mail.
However i strongly advise you to make sure you have the permission of whoever runs the computer first (its only polite)!
There\'s no sense in being Pessimistic...it would never work anyway.
A "little" list of ports and what they are used for....
TCP 19 Character Generator
TCP 20 File Transfer [Default Data]
TCP 21 File Transfer [Control]
TCP 22 SSH Remote Login Protocol
TCP 23 Telnet
TCP 24 any private mail system
TCP 25 Simple Mail Transfer
TCP 80 World Wide Web HTTP
TCP 81 HOSTS2 Name Server
TCP 82 XFER Utility
TCP 83 MIT ML Device
TCP 84 Common Trace Facility
TCP 135 DCE endpoint resolution
TCP 136 PROFILE Naming System
TCP 137 NETBIOS Name Service
TCP 138 NETBIOS Datagram Service
TCP 139 NETBIOS Session Service
TCP 441 decvms-sysmgt
TCP 443 HTTP protocol over TLS/SSL
TCP 444 Simple Network Paging Protocol
TCP 445 Microsoft-DS
TCP 1025 network blackjack
TCP 1214 KAZAA (Morpheus)
TCP 1243 SubSeven (Windows Trojan)
TCP 1245 Subseven backdoor remote access tool
These are some that are open that you probably see!!
kurupt007 you rule thanks
Here is a complete list of standard and non-standard ports. It lists comon ran services(daemons) and the ports generally asociated to them.....
Hope this helps.
The COOKIE TUX lives!!!!
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No one hears your screams.
Just adding upon to Kurupt007's post,
Here is a COMPLETE list of all ports and their id's and or names.
This covers from 1 to 65535.
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Question? Ports are auto-strapped to programs that may or may not be on the computer?
Do I have to have that program to access that port? For example port 23 is telnet, But it's not open. Can telnet to port 22? And what commands are use in telneting?
I have another small promlem.
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Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman, in the wake of the arrest of Times Square bomber and naturalized U.S. citizen Faisal Shahzad, is preparing legislation to strip citizenship rights of Americans suspected of joining terrorist groups. The proposed bill spurred a diverse set of reactions from pundits:
- Conservative Fox News pundit Glenn Beck backs the decision to Mirandize Shahzad. "He is a citizen of the United States, so I say we uphold the laws and the Constitution on citizens," Beck said on "Fox and Friends." "If you are a citizen, you obey the law and follow the Constitution. [Shahzad] has all the rights under the Constitution. We don't shred the Constitution when it is popular. We do the right thing."
- The Wall Street Journal editorial board questions the decision to ferry Shahzad through the regular justice system. "One regrettable part of this investigation so far is Shahzad's arraignment in a Manhattan court room yesterday on terrorism charges," they write. "This means he has been allowed to lawyer-up and told of his right to remain silent, rather than being subjected to more thorough interrogation as an enemy combatant."
- Ta-Nehisi Coates of the Atlantic argues that emotions are clouding the picture. "We're now at the point where people are saying U.S. citizens shouldn't be read their Miranda rights. It just feels like a cry for vengeance," he writes. "I get the sense that very few of these people have ever been on the other side of law enforcement. It's like they think the cops arrest you, and then promptly whisk you away to a country club, where you are served coq au vin, pecan pie and coffee. It's silly."
- Steve Benen of the left-leaning Washington Monthly ponders the mechanics of the law. "I'm at a loss as to understand how this could possibly work. If an American citizen is accused of terrorist associations, he/she would lose citizenship status before a conviction? In Lieberman's vision, the defendant is punished and then gets due process?" he writes. "What if authorities make a mistake and accuse someone who's innocent? Would officials eventually give citizenship back with an 'Oops, Our Bad' card? Senator, Yale Law School called. It wants your diploma back."


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Sacramento's "Teacher Of The Year" received a pink slip this week due to budget cuts in the district, according to KXTV.
California's "last in, first out" policy cost Teacher Of The Year Michelle Apperson her job.
Apperson, who had spent nine years at Sutterville Elementary School, was one of 400 teachers laid off this week. Apperson's newly earned title of "Teacher Of The Year" couldn't shield her from the layoffs because of the district's seniority firing policy.
Firing the Teacher Of The Year seems like the prime example of why many are against California's "last in, first out" layoff policy.


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Red Land, Black Land (Hardcover)
Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
William Morrow, 9780061252747, 432pp.
Publication Date: March 18, 2008
A fascinating, erudite, and witty glimpse of the human side of ancient Egypt—this acclaimed classic work is now revised and updated for a new generation
Displaying the unparalleled descriptive power, unerring eye for fascinating detail, keen insight, and trenchant wit that have made the novels she writes (as Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels) perennial New York Times bestsellers, internationally renowned Egyptologist Barbara Mertz brings a long-buried civilization to vivid life. In Red Land, Black Land, she transports us back thousands of years and immerses us in the sights, aromas, and sounds of day-to-day living in the legendary desert realm that was ancient Egypt.
Who were these people whose civilization has inspired myriad films, books, artwork, myths, and dreams, and who built astonishing monuments that still stagger the imagination five thousand years later? What did average Egyptians eat, drink, wear, gossip about, and aspire to? What were their amusements, their beliefs, their attitudes concerning religion, childrearing, nudity, premarital sex? Mertz ushers us into their homes, workplaces, temples, and palaces to give us an intimate view of the everyday worlds of the royal and commoner alike. We observe priests and painters, scribes and pyramid builders, slaves, housewives, and queens—and receive fascinating tips on how to perform tasks essential to ancient Egyptian living, from mummification to making papyrus.
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Barbara Mertz is a New York Times bestselling author who writes the popular Amelia Peabody mystery series under the pen name Elizabeth Peters and romantic suspense novels as Barbara Michaels. She was born and brought up in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's famed Oriental Institute. Named Grand Master at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986 and Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America at the Edgar Awards in 1998, she lives in a historic farmhouse in western Maryland.


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What: The Boulder Ballet and Boulder Philharmonic present their annual collaboration of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker"
When: 6 p.m. Friday; 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Nov. 25
Where: Macky Auditorium, University of Colorado campus
Tickets: $15-$82
Info: 303-449-1343 (ext. 2) or bouldernutcracker.org
Etc.: For information about donating to the recovery of dancer Amy Hollinger, contact the Boulder Ballet at 303-443-0028
It opens the holiday music season every year. It is comforting in its familiarity. And it is as constant as anything in this city.
But perhaps Boulder has begun to take its "Nutcracker" for granted. Perhaps it is easy to forget just how unique and special it is.
This is the 30th anniversary of the Boulder Ballet, and for most of the company's existence, it has annually collaborated with the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra on Tchaikovsky's beloved score.
"It's been going every year since 1989," co-artistic director Peter Davison said. "For a lot of those years, we would also come together on another big classical ballet in the springtime."
Expense and economic hardship caused the unfortunate demise of the spring productions, but the "Nutcracker" has always gone on, Davison said.
And the Boulder production (along with its repetition in Longmont a week later) really is unique in many ways.
It is the only area staging of the ballet to use a full symphony orchestra. It is traditional, but not slavishly so, and always strikes a satisfying balance. And it includes almost all of Tchaikovsky's music, much of which is often cut.
Davison and his wife, Ana Claire, who have been co-directors of the Boulder Ballet since 2004, are both theatrically oriented, he said, and they choreograph different parts of the show.
"We naturally look at what we can do to make it more interesting," he said. "For example, the character of Drosselmeyer doesn't do much in traditional productions. We've given him a lot to do, and the audience -- including its youngest members -- just loves it."
Davison, as usual, will play the role himself and include the now-familiar tricks, such as a unicycle act.
"A lot of people will come to see our production because they have been dragged to it, and then they will leave with a fresh take on this most familiar of ballet scores -- because it has different things."
Richard Oldberg, former principal horn player with the Phil, has conducted the "Nutcracker" all but one year since 1998. So he has an intimate knowledge of the score.
"I always conduct it from memory, without a score in front of me," Oldberg said. "That way, I can always watch the dancers and correctly cue the orchestra."
"I love doing it every year," he said. "Some conductors consider it a chore, but I've never felt that way."
He believes that familiarity can breed these attitudes, but he prefers to consider it a tremendous privilege to conduct such a great piece of music so frequently. "We always sell out a huge hall four times on Thanksgiving weekend," Oldberg said. "That is an incredible thing."
Both Oldberg and Davison agree that having a large orchestra makes a difference, and that is where the Boulder production is truly exceptional.
"Other groups use a smaller ensemble, and it sounds like it," Oldberg said. "Only when you have the full contingent does the music sound as everyone knows it should."
At one point in Act I, Tchaikovsky calls for a small chorus of children's voices. When these voices are used, the effect is magical. It is possible to perform without them, but that spot simply falls flat if they are not there. The inclusion of the voices in the Boulder production has not always been consistent. The Boulder Chorale, however, has removed that variable by establishing a children's ensemble and committing to participating in the "Nutcracker."
The Boulder production also includes almost all of Tchaikovsky's score, which, for a classical ballet, really is quite short. This season, one number that had been cut in the past, the culminating "coda" from the grand Pas de deux for the two lead dancers, has been restored.
Davison said that Matthew Helms and Melissa Heslep, who dance the roles of the Nutcracker Prince and Clara, have great tricks that demanded the restoration of the piece.
Oldberg said there is some rearrangement in Act II and that some of this -- and some of Davison's interpolations -- are for the sake of allowing dancers to change costumes.
The "Nutcracker" is also the biggest opportunity for the students in the ballet company's school. Davison said all the roles are auditioned.
"We go pretty young with some of the mice and sugarplums," he said, "usually as young as 8, but while we are student-oriented, we want everybody to dance at a professional level."
On a sad note, Davison said, the audience should be aware that dancer Amy Hollinger, who was to have doubled for Heslep in the role of the older Clara, was badly injured after being struck by a vehicle on Oct. 20 and remains in critical condition. A benefit for Amy was held in Boulder on Nov. 11, and another will follow in Westminster on Jan. 19.


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Cannondale staffers made a bet with Slovakian superstar Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) just prior to the final stage of this year's Tour of California: win a fifth stage (he had already won four) and he'd get a specially painted bike for the Tour de France.
Well, Sagan delivered on his end of the bargain (and then went onto win the first stage of the Tour de France), and so did Cannondale, with a custom SuperSix EVO Hi-Mod.
Sagan's 'Terminator' nickname has morphed into 'Tourminator' for July and Artech Design near Bologna, Italy went all-out on the theme, painting a menacing visage from the famous film on the head tube and covering the frame with a bold black, metallic silver and neon green livery. The team proudly put it out on its own before the start of Stage 2 and in no time at all there was a sizeable crowd.
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It's not just the paint that makes Sagan's bike special, though. Cannondale provides him with a custom geometry (shared with teammate Daniele Bennati, thankfully) that pairs a long 58cm top tube with the rear end of a 54cm frame. The build kit is fairly standard, though, comprising a nearly complete SRAM Red group (omissions include a previous-generation Red front derailleur and Cannondale's own Hollowgram Si SL crankset), Mavic Cosmic Carbone Ultimate wheels, Speedplay Zero Nanogram pedals, a fi'zi:k Aliante saddle, FSA cockpit components, and Gore Ride-On Professional System derailleur cables and housing.
We weren't able to obtain an actual weight but considering the Liquigas-Cannondale team has previously had to fit a custom hollow steel bottom bracket spindle to meet the minimum UCI guidelines, 6.8kg (14.99lb) is a reasonably safe assumption.
The Tourminator's machine
Complete bike specifications
- Frame: Cannondale SuperSix EVO Hi-Mod, custom 58x54cm geometry
- Fork: Cannondale SuperSix EVO Speed Save
- Headset: Cannondale SuperSix EVO SL, 1 1/8-to-1 1/4" tapered
- Stem: FSA SL-K, 120mm x -6°
- Handlebars: FSA Energy Traditional
- Tape/grips: fi'zi:k bar:tape
- Front brake: SRAM Red 2012 w/ carbon-specific pads, grey compound
- Rear brake: SRAM Red 2012 w/ carbon-specific pads, grey compound
- Brake levers: SRAM Red 2012 DoubleTap w/ custom hoods
- Front derailleur: SRAM Red w/ steel cage
- Rear derailleur: SRAM Red 2012
- Shift levers: SRAM Red 2012 DoubleTap w/ custom hoods
- Cassette: SRAM XG-1090
- Chain: SRAM PC-1091
- Crankset: Cannondale Hollowgram Si SL, 53/39T
- Bottom bracket: Cannondale BB30
- Pedals: Speedplay Zero Nanogram
- Wheelset: Mavic Cosmic Carbone Ultimate
- Front tire: Mavic Yksion Grip Link tubular
- Rear tire: Mavic Yksion Grip Link tubular
- Saddle: fi'zi:k Aliante Carbon
- Seat post: FSA K-Force SB25
- Bottle cages: Elite Pase Custom Carbon (2)
- Computer: SRM PowerControl 7
- Other accessories: Gore Ride-On Professional System derailleur cables and housing, SRAM Red 2012 Chain Spotter
Critical measurements
- Rider's height: 1.84m (6' 0")
- Rider's weight: 73kg (161lb)
- Saddle height, from BB (c-t): 770mm
- Saddle setback: 77mm
- Seat tube length, c-t: 560mm
- Seat tube length, c-c: 520mm
- Tip of saddle nose to C of bars (next to stem): 616mm
- Saddle-to-bar drop (vertical): 125mm
- Head tube length: 145mm
- Top tube length: 580mm
- Total bicycle weight: 6.8kg (14.99lb) (estimated)


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Lex Gillette wins third consecutive silver medal
LONDON – American Lex Gillette jumped his way to a London 2012 Paralympic Games silver medal in the men's long jump (F11) at Olympic Stadium on Tuesday. This is Gillette's third Paralympic silver medal in the event, which he has also competed in at the Athens and Beijing Paralympic Games.
Gillette started the competition strong, with a jump of 6.16 meters. "The first jump I just wanted to go out there and get a mark so I could make it to the finals," he said. "The last five I was able to loosen up and really try to get out there and jump really far."
The silver medal jump for Gillette was his fifth attempt, when he jumped 6.34m to move ahead of Duan Li from China. Ruslan Katyshev of Ukraine recorded a jump of 6.46m in his first attempt to win gold.
Though Tuesday's jump not his personal best (which at 6.73m is also the world record for the F11 classification), Gillette is proud of what he accomplished.
"Coming into the Games, I had a couple obstacles to overcome, so to be able to come out here and perform the way I did, I don't have any regrets about my performance at all," he said. "I went out there and did my best and luckily I came away with a silver medal."
Next up for Gillette is the 4x100m relay (F11/13), with round 1 set to be contested Wednesday morning. He will also compete in the triple jump (F11), as well as the 100m (T11) later in the Games.
The silver medal won today is a great way for Gillette to rebound in these Games after failing to qualify for the final of the 100m (T11).
"It definitely opens up things for me just to be able to get this one out of the way," he said. "Hopefully that will set us up to be loose and have a little bit of fun tomorrow."
The chance to represent Team USA in his third Paralympic Games means the world, who said it's an amazing feeling. "Every time I put the USA on my chest, it's time for business. I go out there and make it happen."
Also representing the U.S. in field event finals Tuesday were Tanner Gers, who was 11th in the long jump (F11), Dennis Ogbe, who finished 12th in the shot put (F57/58), and Scot Severn, who took eighth in the javelin (F52/53).
On the track, Tatyana McFadden recorded the fastest qualifying time in the first round of the women's 800m (T54), finishing in 1.47.66. McFadden won gold Monday night in the 400m (T54) and will compete in the 800m (T54) finals on Wednesday.
The U.S. will participate in four event finals in Olympic Stadium Tuesday evening – the men's 1500m (T20 and T46), men's 200m (T34) and men's discus throw (F40).


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Adobe released yesterday a new software that allows you to convert your .fla in HTML5 containers, will SVG and all kind of interaction. It's called Wallaby. It would make things much easier for Flash infographics to work on iPads and iPhones, work better with SEO, be lighter...
But all of that will be true if Wallaby would actually work. At the moment, it doesn't.
I've talked with some other colleagues and they tell the same story.
I tried yesterday with ten different kinds of Flash graphics. Ten failures. None of them really work: sometimes it got stuck in the preload, sometimes buttons don't work, sometimes yu just have a movie with the frames rather than a graphic...
OK, it's a prerelease version. It will improve. I hope so. Everything would be easier although the first versions will spit lots of rubbish-code.
Anyway, I keep learning HTML and CSS. Just in case. :)


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Q is seeking asylum on the Enterprise after he has been thrown out of the Continuum and stripped of his powers.
Summary Edit
The USS Enterprise-D is called to Bre'el IV to help them with their moon that is falling out of orbit and threatening the planet. As they are trying to find a way to get the moon back into its orbit, Q suddenly tumbles from mid-air onto the deck of the bridge.
Act One EditPicard and the crew are convinced that Q is responsible for what is happening to the Bre'el. However, Q insists that he had nothing to do with it and that he has been stripped of his powers and was given the choice to be turned into anything he so desired, as long as it was mortal. He chose to be Human and was sent to the Enterprise because out of all the beings in the universe he considers "Jean-Luc" the closest thing to a friend he has. When a desperate Q practically begs to know what he can do to convince the crew that he is mortal and has lost his powers, Worf succinctly suggests that he dies.
Counselor Troi confirms that she can sense emotions from Q which reveal that he is terrified. Data scans Q with a tricorder and tells the captain he is reading Human life signs from him. While not believing Q entirely, Picard has Worf throw him into the brig for safekeeping. Moments later, broadband emissions illuminate the Enterprise until they shrink down to sneak into the brig, where Q has fallen asleep.
Act Two Edit
Picard is suspicious of Q's motives and keeps asking him to stop torturing these people and get their moon back. Q insists that he has nothing to do with it. Q complains about how ordinary it is to be Human. For instance, not realizing what "sleep" is, he describes it as suddenly feeling weak and being no longer able to stand. Q finally convinces Picard that he can help return the moon to its natural orbit with his immense knowledge of spatial phenomena from all over the universe. Picard, still deep in doubt that Q is Human, releases him from the brig and assigns Data to keep him out of trouble.
In engineering, Q is not very helpful, as he complains mainly about his limited abilities as a Human and makes suggestions that no one on the Enterprise with their current level of scientific knowledge can follow. Still thinking as a Q, he suggests to Geordi La Forge that he merely change the gravitational constant of the universe, thereby altering the mass of the moon. That suggestion is quickly dismissed as impossible; however, La Forge realizes that they could wrap a low-level warp field around the moon, thus reducing its gravitational constant, making it lighter so they can push it. Q is glad he could help and then suddenly starts complaining about back pain. Dr. Crusher is called to engineering and it seems that Q has back spasms. When Dr. Crusher heals him, he complains of a noisy stomach that, as Dr. Crusher tells him, is probably a sign that he is hungry.
Data takes Q to Ten Forward to get something to eat. Q asks Data what he eats and since Data doesn't "eat" in the traditional sense, he suggests something chocolate to Q, as it is Deanna Troi's favorite food when she's in a bad mood. Q orders ten chocolate sundaes; Data notes that's likely excessive, but Q says he has never consumed food before, so he reasons he must be hungry enough to eat it all. Guinan enters, which gives Q a sense of uneasiness as this is not a moment he was looking forward to. Data explains Q's transformation to Guinan and tells her the crew is not entirely convinced Q is truly Human. Guinan then calmly stabs his hand with a fork to test if he's really mortal. Q reacts in excruciating pain.
The encounter with Guinan understandably causes Q to lose his appetite, so he is unable to enjoy his huge chocolate treat. He warns them of Guinan being a dangerous creature. Guinan snaps back that Q is a pitiful excuse for a Human and the only way he will survive would be by the charity of others. While Q sulks miserably in Ten Forward, the Calamarain, a species Q tormented in the past, tries to kill him to return the favor. The crew is able to repel them and Q screams for help, while Guinan looks down on him and says, "How the mighty have fallen."
Act Three Edit
While elaborating about the Calamarain, Q is forced to admit that for all his protestations of friendship, his real reason for being on the Enterprise is protection. He insists that he did not do the Calamarian any injustice, that they are intelligent beings, even if flighty. Riker accuses him of having tortured the Calamarain and hence they are after him. Riker supposes that since Q has made many enemies over his lifetime as an omnipotent being, the Enterprise would spend all its time fighting off the enemies of Q, which is not the job that Riker or Picard signed up for.
Nonetheless, his knowledge is still useful in the task of moving the moon. When Q gets to engineering, he thinks that because he has knowledge of how to move the moon, he is in charge. Obviously this is not the case and when La Forge tells him what to do, Q tells La Forge that he will not take orders because he has never taken orders. Data tells him that it would be his wisest course of action to listen to La Forge, as he is in charge. During their attempt to surround the moon in a warp field, the Calamarain attack again, nearly killing Q. Data intervenes at great peril to himself and though he saves Q from being pulled through the hull, he himself is nearly electrocuted.
Act Four Edit
In sickbay, Dr. Crusher works on fixing Data noting that if he'd been Human he'd be dead. The crew then reprimand Q, who is still concerned only for himself for not even caring that Data saved his life and kick him out of sickbay. Later, Picard and La Forge discuss the situation with the moon... La Forge confirms that their recent attempt has bought them another orbit, and can try again when the moon reaches its perigee. Riker, though, realizes that they have the same dilemma of protecting Q or helping the people on Bre'el IV. At this point, La Forge is ready to throw Q to the proverbial wolf. Q talks to Picard, who is drinking a cup of tea in his ready room, and admits that he cannot understand why Data would risk sacrificing himself. Going over the incident in his mind, Q is forced to admit that if the positions had been reversed and he had to endanger himself to save Data, he wouldn't have and that makes him feel deep shame. Picard gives Q short shrift, reminding him that all he ever did was bring misery and torment to the crew and he still isn't convinced Q isn't just playing some grand joke. Q insists that the joke is on him, and comes to the conclusion that being Human has made him a miserable coward.
After, Q goes back to sickbay to check on Data. Doctor Crusher is still repairing him and Data is unable to speak. Q tells Data that for all as much as he covets Humanity, he's missing nothing... but regardless, Data makes a better Human than he does. Q figures the ship and planet will never be safe as long as he is on board the Enterprise, so he takes the Type 7 shuttlecraft Sakharov and leaves the ship to distract the Calamarain.
The Enterprise see Q is being chased again by the Calamarain but (against their better instincts), try to save him. However all attempts of trying to beam him back on board, extending the shields to the shuttlecraft, and putting a tractor beam on it fail (Picard claims that their actions have more to do with saving the shuttle than Q). The Calamarain seem to be catching up to Q in his shuttlecraft.
Act Five Edit
All attempts to rescue Q fail as Q2, who had Q stripped of his powers and was watching him to see how he reacted, disables the Enterprise's tractor beam, transporters, shields, etc. He pops in to see Q and says that his display of selflessness has convinced him to give Q's powers back so long as he behaves himself. Q2 says he cannot go back to the Q Continuum and tell the others that Q was selfless right before he died because it would take too much effort and a very long time. So he gives Q his powers back; Q is about to seek revenge on the Calamarain, but Q2 pops in again with a warning, so Q puts the Calamarain back, blowing them away like a candle.
With no sign of the Calamarain, or the shuttle, the Enterprise crew assumes they are dead, and Picard suggests that they had seen the last of Q. Q, however, appears on the bridge as a horn-player with a mariachi band, making cigars appear in Picard's and Riker's mouths, and materializing around Riker a pair of scantily-clad women to celebrate. After Riker denounces Q's materializing the scantily-clad females, Q tells him he wasn't "so stolid" before he grew his beard. Q then transfers them to Worf instead. Q protest that he "feels like celebrating", while Picard retorts "I don't!", and Q does away with both the scantily-clad females and the mariachi band, leaving only Q, wearing a uniform identical to Picard's (complete with captain's pips), which elicits a disgusted look from Picard.
Q declares that, as a Human, he was "ill-equipped to thank you; but, as myself, you have my everlasting gratitude." Then, just prior to his departure, Q leaves Data a little "going-away present" – not using his powers to make him Human, as Data suspects, but allowing him to experience laughter for a few surreal moments. A grateful message comes in from Bre'el IV, thanking a stunned Picard for saving them. Picard has Worf and Data confirm that the errant moon has been returned to its correct orbit – and, the captain, knowing it was not the Enterprise who accomplished this, says there may be a residue of Humanity left in Q. A visage of Q appears in the smoke rising from a lit cigar that had materialized in Picard's hand – and tells Picard not to bet on it.
Log entriesEdit
Memorable quotes Edit
"...Red alert!"
- - Picard, when Q appears on the Enterprise bridge nude
"... in all the universe, you're the closest thing I have to a friend, Jean-Luc."
- - Q, followed by "the look" from Picard
"Human or not, I want no part of you!"
- - Picard, to Q
"Return that moon to its orbit!"
"I have no powers! Q, the ordinary!"
"Q, the liar! Q, the misanthrope!"
"Q, the miserable! Q, the desperate! What must I do to convince you people?"
"Oh, very clever, Worf. Eat any good books lately?"
- - Picard, Q and Worf
"How the mighty have fallen."
- - Q crying helplessly on the floor in Ten Forward while Guinan looks on
"As I learn more and more what it is to be Human, I am more and more convinced that I would never make a good one. I don't have what it takes... without my powers I'm frightened of everything. I'm a coward... and I'm miserable. And I can't go on this way."
- - Q, talking to Picard in his ready room
"Sacrificing yourself for these Humans? Do I detect a little selfless act?"
"You flatter me. I was only trying to put a quick end to a miserable existence."
- - Q2 and Q
"I've been keeping track of you."
"I always felt you were in my corner."
"Actually, I was the one who got you kicked out. You know, you're incorrigible, Q. A lost cause. I can't go to a single solar system without having to apologize for you, and I'm tired of it!"
- - Q2 and Q
(to the Calamarain in the palm of his hand) "If you think I tormented you in the past, my little friends, wait until you see what I do with you now."
"I was just seeing if you were...still watching." (gently blows the Calamarain away)
- - Q and Q2
"I'm immortal again! Omnipotent again!"
- - Q and Riker, after Q appears on the bridge and blares a trumpet with a mariachi band
"Perhaps there is a... residue of Humanity in Q after all."
"Don't bet on it, Picard."
- - Jean-Luc Picard and Q, who mischievously causes a lit cigar to materialize in Picard's hand
Background information Edit
Production history Edit
- Preliminary draft script: 8 November 1989
- Final draft script: 14 November 1989 [1]
- Score recorded, at 20th Century Fox Scoring Stage: 19 January 1990 (The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 14, p. 8)
- Premiere airdate: 5 February 1990
- First UK airdate: 15 January 1992
Story and production Edit
- Michael Piller recalled, "Our first take on it was that Q lost his powers, came on board and we developed a whole story about how we were about to come into a war with the Klingons. It turns out that Q didn't really lose his powers after all, he was just playing with us and pulling our strings just so that he could make himself a hero, become an officer and prove his value. It wasn't a bad story, but ultimately we sat down with Gene and Rick, and Gene said, 'If you're going to do a story – Godlike and brought to Earth – then do it. Do a story about what it's like to lose everything that you are and having to discover your own humanity.' He kind of threw cold water on us and suggested we do it straight forward and that's what we did. We made it a comedy, we made it fun, but I think it has some extraordinary things to say about humanity." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages)
- Melinda Snodgrass remarked, "I always think of Q as Loki. He's chaos. Maury Hurley always thought Q was here to teach us a lesson, to guide and instruct us. I can understand that to some extent, but I really see him as a mischief maker. He really just wants to foul Picard's head." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages)
- John de Lancie considered the bridge scenes of this episode among his hardest to film. His simulated trumpet playing took several takes, and with no way found to fake the scene in which he appears suspended in the nude, he had to do it au naturel. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion)
- The Mariachi band was playing the folk-song "La Paloma". The English version is called "No More", and was made popular by Elvis Presley in the movie Blue Hawaii (1961).
Continuity Edit
- This episode marks the first appearance by another member of the Q Continuum (Q2) besides "our" Q. Other members of the Continuum would later appear in "True Q" and various episodes of Star Trek: Voyager.
- Q's willingness to sacrifice himself to prevent the Enterprise from suffering the consequences of his behavior is later mirrored by his son in "Q2". However, the Continuum is less sympathetic that time, and forces Q to maintain eternal oversight over Junior.
- A brief reaction shot of Troi in the observation lounge when Q is informing the crew about the Calamarain is taken from TNG: "Evolution", twelve episodes prior.
Props and costumes Edit
- A Bre'el IV scientist costume was auctioned off in the It's A Wrap! sale and auction. The tag mistakenly states that it was for use of portraying a "Calamarain Scientist". This is an error as the Calamarains were shown as non-corporeal.
- Among the costumes and props from this episode which were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay, was Sandra Wild's costume which was re-used in further Trek episodes such as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's "Sanctuary" as the dress Haneek found more than ugly. [2]
- This is the first episode in which Q appears, albeit briefly, in the updated style of uniform introduced in "Evolution".
Music Edit
- Composer Dennis McCarthy talks about his work for "Deja Q" in the article "Dennis McCarthy – Music for the Stars" in The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 14, pp. 7-9. The spotting session was held shortly before New Year's Day 1990 and had like almost always no visual and sound effects in it. The recording session was held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, 19 January 1990 at the 20th Century Fox Scoring Stage, where The Next Generation was recorded since Paramount Pictures closed down their own stage during the second season. The orchestra for "Deja Q" required 12 violins, four cellos, four bass, one flute, one oboe, one B-Flat clarinet, three horns, two trombones, three trumpets, two pianos, one guitar and one percussion. Armin Steiner mixed together all of the instruments onto a single stereo recording at a master control board. For this episode he had a total of 17 music cues, which add up to about 18 minutes and the orchestra finished at 5:00 p.m. McCarthy then had the task to rerecord the trumpet play of actor John de Lancie and fill it into the piece "La Paloma" which was played by the El Mariachi band directly during the filming of the scene.
Awards Edit
- This episode was nominated for Emmy Awards for Outstanding Editing for a Series – Single Camera Production (Robert Lederman) and for Outstanding Achievement in Special Visual Effects.
Reception Edit
- A mission report for this episode by John Sayers was published in The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 12, pp. 62-65.
- In comparison to the rest of the third season, this episode received an unusually high Nielsen rating, the only other installment, apart from "Yesterday's Enterprise", to score more than 12.0. (The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise, p. 87)
- This episode is the source of the most common variant of the popular Picard facepalm meme. [3]
Video and DVD releases Edit
- Original UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 31, 6 December 1991
- As part of the UK VHS collection Star Trek: The Next Generation - Q Continuum: 5 December 1994
- As part of the US VHS collection Star Trek: The Next Generation - Q Continuum: 8 September 1998
- UK re-release (three-episode tapes, Paramount Home Entertainment): Volume 3.5, 3 July 2000
- As part of the TNG Season 3 DVD collection
- As part of the Star Trek: Fan Collective - Q collection
- As part of the TNG Season 3 Blu-ray collection.
Links and references Edit
Starring Edit
Also starring Edit
- LeVar Burton as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
- Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Worf
- Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher
- Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi
- Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data
Guest star Edit
- John de Lancie as Q
And special guest star Edit
Co-stars Edit
Uncredited co-stars Edit
- Rachen Assapiomonwait as Nelson
- Majel Barrett as USS Enterprise-D computer voice
- Corbin Bernsen as Q2
- Michael Braveheart as Martinez
- Carrie Crain as Ten Forward waitress
- Robert Daniels as operations officer
- Benny Gong as Bre'el IV technician
- Eben Ham as operations division officer
- Mel Ladia as Bre'el IV technician
- Mark Lentry as science division officer
- Debbie Marsh as civilian
- Tim McCormack as Bennett
- James McElroy as civilian
- Michael Moorehead as civilian
- Keith Rayve as command division ensign
- Guy Vardaman as Darien Wallace
- Sandra Wild as Q's fantasy woman #1
- Unknown performers as
- Civilian
- Command division officer
- Bre'el IV technician
- Female engineer
- Female operations division officer
- Female operations division officer
- Female science division officer
- Female science division officer
- Female science division officer
- Hoy
- Q's fantasy woman #2
- Science division officer
- Security officer
- Ten Forward waiter
- Three Mariachi band members
- Transporter officer (voice)
Stunt doubles Edit
- Michael J. Sarna as stunt double for John de Lancie
- Unknown stunt performer as stunt double for Brent Spiner
Stand-ins Edit
- James G. Becker – stand-in for Jonathan Frakes
- Jeffrey Deacon – stand-in for Patrick Stewart
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The colors of spring...
Happy Friday, and join Katerina at roses and stuff for more Blooming Fridays from all over the world.
What a lovely garden.....
Have a nice wekend.
Exceptional photos. Beautiful spring colours. That looks a bit like one of our cats ....isn't he handsome!ReplyDelete
Love all the irises & roses in your garden!ReplyDelete
Your Amsonia is so large!! I planted two Baptistas last year, hoping they grow to be as lovely as yours.
The Irises are gorgeous.
Very pretty - warms my heart for here it has finally decided to snow!ReplyDelete
It seems that your garden is made of mother Earth! Beautiful pictures, lovely colours!ReplyDelete
Beautiful blooms as always. I would just love to meander around your place taking it all in, but this is the next best thing, sitting right here enjoying through your blog.
Have a great weekend ~ FlowerLady
Beautiful photos of all those lovely irises.
Fantasic colours.
Have a great weekend
I always love looking at the pictures of your gardens. You have so many wonderful plants blooming at every season of the garden. The irises are so pretty. It well not be long now until they are blooming again and I can hardly wait to see how many of mine will bloom this spring.ReplyDelete
Lovley irises and a´very nice garden you show us. Have a´nice evening and enjoy your life. / PiaReplyDelete
Every picture is beautiful. The cat is looking good, too.ReplyDelete
Sigh! I longingly look upon these lovely, lush images Sweetbay. Wonderful colors and textures. Gorgeous!ReplyDelete
All the whites in the garden look bright and cheery. I too have a orange cat in the garden. It's nice to have her follow me around and veg while I'm working in the beds. Now if only she'd stop trying to turn sections of it into her litter box, the pill.ReplyDelete
Oh yes on the handsome orange cat! I'd love to reach out and pet him. Such a great addition to your beautiful garden!ReplyDelete
Wonderful spring flowers to look forward to! And your kitty looks like he thinks he owns the place (Does he? ) I always sigh a bit over your lush gardens. You have combined the swaths of color with the expertise of an artist, though I think gardening as an art is surely more challenging than painting on a canvas!ReplyDelete
I don't know why, but this is the second time your comments to me have ended up in the spam box, no reason I can see either. Is blogger doing this to your comments at other blogs? Hey stay away from Pine Knot, we got more than 7 hellebores, a Daphne, a edgeworthia and 2 hardy spring cyclamens knocked off 2 bills there. If you want to go there you need to call first of go during their festival, next Friday and Saturday are it for this year..
Sweetbay, I love your irises. They look so regal, and so does your great orange cat. We have a tabby, and she is now older and frightened of outside. Poor dear. It was nice to see your breath of spring. It's nearly here.~~DeeReplyDelete
Spring is tip toeing in here. I have a few crocus in bloom and clematis buds are swelling. Are you sure that's your beautiful garden? I think it's the cat's garden and he just shares it with you. :o)ReplyDelete
One more thing - you'll love bronze fennel. It attracts anise swallowtail caterpillars as well as lots of other beneficial insects. It's a keeper. It grow it every year.ReplyDelete
Your garden is beautiful. I could sit for hours there and read a book. And the orange kitty looks like one happy camper:)ReplyDelete
Beautiful. Spring is in the air now.ReplyDelete
Lovely pictures and the cat just knows it is the star of the show!ReplyDelete
Just lovely. I looked closely to see what was blooming with your irises - my irises bloom very early, and all alone. :( I need to remedy that. Thanks for some ideas!ReplyDelete
I like your suggestion for simple garden improvement; the inclusion of an orange cat. Of course things are bound to be more beautiful when there is such a handsome creature to oversee all the work. The shot of the white and purple iris made me stop in my tracks. Stunning!ReplyDelete
: ) Your cat is certainly embellishing your garden!
Your Irises are such majestic, beautiful flowers and you've captured them perfectly!


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Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei said today that "Israel is number one threat to Middle East" with its nuclear arms, the official IRNA news agency reported. At a joint press conference with Iran's Atomic Energy Organization chief Ali Akbar Salehi in Tehran, ElBaradei brought Israel under spotlight and said that the Tel Aviv regime has refused to allow inspections into its nuclear installations for 30years, the report said."Israel is the number one threat to the Middle East given the nuclear arms it possesses," ElBaradei was quoted as saying.
Israel is widely assumed to have nuclear capabilities, although it refuses to confirm or deny the allegation.
"This (possession of nuclear arms) was the cause for some proper measures to gain access to its (Israel's) power plants … and the U.S. president has done some positive measures for the inspections to happen," said ElBaradei.
ElBaradei arrived in Iran Saturday for talks with Iranian officials over Tehran's nuclear program.
Leaders of the United States, France and Britain have condemned Iran's alleged deception to the international community involving covert activities in its new underground nuclear site.
Last month, Iran confirmed that it is building a new nuclear fuel enrichment plant near its northwestern city of Qom. In reaction, the IAEA asked Tehran to provide detailed information and access to the new nuclear facility as soon as possible.
Today, ElBaradei said the UN nuclear watchdog would inspect Iran's new uranium plant near Qom on Oct. 25.
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There are few images that create a more indelible impression of American frontier life and community spirit than that of a barn raising. The barn was often the first structure on the land, as it held both hay and housed livestock , which would be the family's livelihood. In those times, it took a community to build a barn. They had to bring down the trees themselves, and rough cut the lumber. It would take many skills to build – someone to make the nails, carpenters, loggers ... all set to the task of bringing up the barn.
I knew about a "barn raising", because I had read about them. These were the sort of things that happened on the edge of civilization, in remote frontier towns. Until we built a barn of our own and experienced the kindness of neighbors firsthand, I would have thought the notion of a barn raising to be a quaint relic of the past.
As our first foray into land ownership, we had chosen Perry County, in southern Indiana.
We had been looking at acreage for quite sometime, but had been dissatisfied with our searches locally. In truth, we didn't even have a fully-formed notion of what we wanted out of our ideal property, only that we wanted to live out in the country and away from the hurried urgency of city life. Eventually, we settled on a piece of land 3 hours away from where we currently lived.
Perry County boasted 60,000 acres of the Hoosier National Forest and touched the Ohio River at it's border. Traveling along the Ohio River Scenic Byway, you would catch commanding views - rolling hills stretching out in either direction.
The property was perched atop what was colloquially known as "Etienne Hill", named after the family that owned much of the surrounding land. A mile down the hill, the Ohio River bent south and then west again, while tugboats chugged along the muddy waters.
Together with another couple (close friends of ours), we had purchased 80 acres which adjoined the national forest at the back.
Half of the land was arable, while the back was forested and converged into a gully. Walking a few hundred feet off the property line and into the national forest, there was a small waterfall which trickled over a sheer rock face, and a creek which wound its way deeper into the woods.
Excited with the prospect of land ownership, we had taken the weekend to drive down to survey the land a bit more and make our barn-building plans. I love imagining and dreaming best of all, so this was probably my favorite part of the whole process.
So, on a Saturday morning, my wife Leah and I piled into a truck with our friends Tim and Nicol, and made the drive from Cincinnati, Ohio to Magnet, Indiana. After 3 hours of being crammed together in the truck, we pulled off the scenic byway and on to the gravel road which fronted the property. We stopped, and let the truck idle.
In the past, a local farmer (Freddie) had maintained the front 10 acres, alternating between corn and soybeans. Now, the acreage had gone fallow and was overgrown. Normally, we would drive through the field and park at the first fence line.
However, the past several days had dumped rain across Perry County, making the land a soggy mess. Undeterred, we revved the engine of our little 2 wheel drive company truck, and plowed into the field. We weren't halfway through before we got stuck.
The wheels just spun, but couldn't find any purchase. Tim shifted into reverse. The wheels spun more. Each attempt to free our truck from the mud just sunk the tires deeper.
I recalled that there was a pile of chopped logs near the back of the property (where the tilled acreage met the woods), and suggested getting some to provide some leverage and traction. Iclimbed out of the truck, into the mud, and trudged off toward the log pile.
While I was on my little sojourn to the back of the property, Tim doggedly persisted to spin the tires in an attempt to get out. Forward and reverse. Back and forth. Back and forth. Forward and reverse. Back and forth. Until, with enough friction (despite the water and mud) the weeds erupted in flames.
With brush fire leaping out from under the truck, everyone quickly scrambled out.
They stared at the fire with incredulity. It had been wet enough to get the truck inextricably stuck, but the weeds had caught fire nonetheless. They stood in the muck and mire, watching more weeds erupt in flames.
"You should move the truck", Leah suggested (briefly forgetting what had gotten us into the mess in the first place).
Tim gave her a withering look.
Leah nodded. "Oh...right."
Terrified at the prospect of having to explain to his boss why the company vehicle had blown up, Tim leapt into action. He dove toward the fire, wildly flinging his arms at the flames, in an attempt to put the fire out with his arm hairs and damper the fire with sheer determination. Nicol and Leah stood, watching as Tim beat himself against the fire.
It didn't take long to realize that Tim's efforts were insufficient. Out of corner of her eye, Nic saw the tell-tale signs of a vehicle. Over the tops of the brush and weeds, a dust cloud was slowly making its way down the gravel road. Nicol sprinted (as well as you could sprint in mud and weeds) toward the road.
Leah remained near Tim and the truck with a full gas tank sitting on top of flames. That was when Leah had an epiphany. She plunged her hands into the muddy ground and yelled at Tim, "Mud! Mud!" Expecting another helpful "you should move the truck" comment, Tim didn't pause from beating the flames with his arms ... and then her suggestion sunk it. They both dug down and started flinging clops of mud at the flames.
Nic was already out of earshot of the "plop plop plop" sound of hurling mud-balls. Having reached sight of the gravel road and the car meandering by, Nic made a last mad dash. In her rush to flag down the passing car, she had forgotten about the ditch. Nicol stumbled forward, lost her footing, and nosedived into the road. She landed in a puff of gravel dust. At the site of a girl flying out of the brush and belly-flopping into road, the car did, indeed, stop.
As Nicol stood up, fine chunks of gravel fell off her, while other bits clung tenaciously, still pressed into her flesh. In a tone born of panic, she frantically told them about the brush fire. Calls were made, and within minutes, locals had converged on the scene, to help the city kids and watch the now smoldering remnants of a brush fire.
By this time, whistling blithely, I had returned to the scene with the blocks of wood (it takes awhile to walk to the back of the property). I was pleased to see that others had stopped to help us get our truck out of the mud. The slight smell of smoke and singed arm hair still hung in the air. Happily ignorant of what had transpired (and oblivious enough to not notice the scorched and blackened earth spreading out from under the truck), I dropped the logs and joined in on the conversation.
It was a strange (if slightly embarrassing) way to meet our neighbors, but it couldn't have been more opportune. It was our first introduction to the Etienne family, with whom we became fast friends. They weren't just neighbors. These were people who would work nearly as much as we did, building the barn. These were people that would take 5 young kids (strangers, at the time) into their house, and let them spend the nights in their basement every weekend over the course of the summer.
And it would prove to be a very long summer.This is part 1 of a series of barn raising blogs, based on his experience of building a barn in southern Indiana in the summer of 2004. Dan credits the Indiana barn raising as the point that the idea of self-reliance germinated in his mind.
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By David Singleton
Until four years ago, the Bhutanese-Nepali population in Lackawanna County consisted of a handful of families.
That's when Catholic Social Services of the Diocese of Scranton began resettling Bhutanese refugees from camps in Nepal under a contract with the U.S. State Department. As the agency brought refugees to the county, others who initially went elsewhere came as well.
Suddenly, what had been a blip in demographic terms became a thriving community of more 900 individuals, and Nepali is now the second most prevalent non-English language spoken - after Spanish - among people served by Catholic Social Services, said Monsignor Joseph P. Kelly, executive director.
It highlights one of the challenges his agency and others will face as the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama's sweeping health care overhaul, moves toward implementation:
How do you explain a complicated health care reform law that befuddles most English-speaking Americans to non-English speakers who can benefit from it?
"It will be a challenge. It will be a challenge all the way around," said Gloria Blandina, director of the Care and Concern Free Clinic in Pittston.
Although language and cultural barriers to the implementation of health care reform are expected to be most acute in states with large and diverse immigrant populations, Northeastern Pennsylvania will not be immune.
The U.S. Census Bureau estimates about 1.1 million people, or 9.5 percent of the state population, that had a first language other than English. Nationwide, the number was 55 million.
Nurse practitioner Andrea Mantione, director of the Edward R. Leahy Jr. Center Clinic for the Uninsured at the University of Scranton, said the majority of the clinic's non-English-speaking clients speak one of a handful of other languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Gujarati, Hindi, Russian, Polish or Nepali.
She does not think language will necessarily present a barrier to understanding the new health care law.
"We are blessed at the university to have second-language students, and we have core teams of students and community volunteers who help us with that," she said.
At the Care and Concern clinic in Pittston, Spanish is the most frequent non-English language spoken, and the facility has Spanish translators whom it can call on a moment's notice when needed, Blandina said.
Other languages are more challenging, she said.
"Recently we have gotten people of Iranian descent," she said. "That's a problem because we don't have translators. With someone like that, it takes a lot longer for the doctors to figure out what is wrong and treat them."
Like Mantione, Monsignor Kelly believes the language difficulties can be overcome, provided agencies like Catholic Social Services can be comfortable that the information they are providing to people is accurate.
"We have the ability with the language," Monsignor Kelly said. "The thing we don't have is a clear understanding of what people are eligible for and what they are not eligible for. That is the struggle."
Catholic Social Services has reached out to federal officials for information it can provide to non-English-speaking clients in their native languages, he said.
"We have gotten some documentation back in Spanish," he said. "We have not gotten anything in any other language."
Mantione said most of the individuals who seek care at the Leahy Clinic are well-informed, whether they speak English or another language. If they receive information about how to access care appropriately, they are able to do that, she said.
"Just because you don't speak English doesn't necessarily mean you don't understand the system," she said.