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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Wordless Wednesday: Where in the World is Lois Warren Judson? Part 2
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I love this photo. The dress is simply beautiful, but it looks like spring/summer, so I wonder why the leather gloves. Thanks for bringing a smile to my face.ReplyDelete
Gad Zooks, I might be driven to drink! Blogger has not taken care of my issues yet, so I dinna see your picture of Lois. I really like the pictures from your family albums!!!!!ReplyDelete
So I am trying to run down the common denominators of my problem(s). How did you upload the picture? Thru Picasa? Or browse thru your computer? Or some new thing that I dinna even know about? Thanks for any help you can give me.
Joan, I am so sorry you can't see the photos :(ReplyDelete
I used Blogger in Draft to create the post and then scheduled it to post on this date automatically. Blogger stores the photo on Picasa. After reading about Picasa it appears that all of our Blogger photos are stored in Picasa even if we use the default post editor.
Is my blog the only blog you are having trouble viewing?
Are those gloves that she is wearing or are the sleeves simply darker than the dress? Lovely photo!ReplyDelete
Looking at this photo, then going back to the first photo... because of the tile on the floor, maybe it's a conservatory, or a grotto. It definitely looks like a touristy kind of place. Curious about your photo, I started to look at google images for arches and conservatories and grottos. It could take a LOT of time trying to find some the location by that method. I hope someone happens along to your blog who knows the place. Were there any travel journals? In the other photos you have, are there any places that even slightly resemble this location? Or is she wearing the same clothing in any of the other photos? It's a beautiful photo. I love her clothes and hair.ReplyDelete
AAHHH! YES!!! There were TRAVEL BOOKS! I completely forgot about those! I think there are two or three little red guide books that I have that belonged to her. HA! I am so glad you mentioned that. I just figured the photos were Mexico, but they could be from Europe! Oooooo, I'll let you know what I find! :)ReplyDelete

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(Updates with details of the administration's decision.)
Ah, election-year politics, where the issues matter far less than the theater. Enter the Keystone XL pipeline a conduit from Canada's oil sands straight into an American political minefield. The Obama administration officially rejected the application for the pipeline, which would have brought crude oil from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries. Apparently, it will cling to its earlier assertion that the route needs further study after concerns about it crossing environmentally sensitive areas of Nebraska.
Republicans wasted no time in attacking the president for "destroying tens of thousands of American jobs and sell[ing] our energy security to the Chinese," as a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner put it.
(I've pretty much stopped trying to put a number on the jobs, because the rhetoric is all over the map. The State Department estimates 7,000 jobs would be created. People on both sides of the argue vehemently insist the number of jobs is anywhere from zero to as much as 120,000, and the answer is that all of these are just guesses, so take your pick.)
The administration had hoped to postpone a decision on the pipeline until after the election, but Republicans forced the issue by putting a deadline in a year-end bill to extend payroll tax cuts. The move forced Obama to choose between environmentalists, who oppose the line, and unions, several of which have supported the project because it would create jobs.
However, even in making its decision, the administration left the door open for the project to go forward. It said it would consider an application by TransCanada, the company behind the project, that uses a different route and that would address environmental concerns. TransCanada has already said it's working with the U.S. State Department on a new route.
Time works against the Keystone project. Other pipeline companies already are working to address a bottleneck of crude at the pipeline hub in Cushing, Okla., but over the long-term, our politicians continue to play political games without regard to America's energy future. If we had an energy strategy, we wouldn't be having debates like this one. It would be clear how projects like Keystone are necessary for the long-term energy stability of the country. Neither party, however, has shown a willingness to address the larger issues behind the pipeline project.


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The highest tandem skydive in the southern hemisphere is now available at Franz Josef.
Skydive Franz offers jumps from 18,000 feet, ensuring an unequalled free fall of more than 75 seconds in one of the most scenic parts of New Zealand.
This jump height is more than 1000 feet higher than any other tandem skydive in New Zealand and nearly 6000 feet above New Zealand's highest mountain Mount Cook (3754 metres or 12,316 ft), right next to the Skydive Franz dropzone.
"It's a unique place to jump, with the highest mountains, glaciers, ocean and rivers below and now the highest altitude," says Skydive Franz co-owner and tandem instructor Leigh Ainsworth.
"It gives clients a huge sense of achievement to do the highest jump in New Zealand and it also gives more time to look around, take in the view and relax during the experience. When there is a longer freefall the photographers also have more time to get optimum footage of the skydive."
The dropzone is only five minutes from the check-in office in Franz Josef village and clients are provided with all the gear needed and a short training session. Those on the higher altitude jumps are provided with oxygen above 12,000ft during the 20-minute ascent in a Pilatus Porter aircraft. This Swiss-made turbine aircraft is one of the ultimate skydiving planes used at top dropzones around the world, including Skydive Everest.
It's not only clients who are excited about the high-altitude adrenaline activity. The spin-off benefits for other Franz Josef businesses have already become apparent as customers have specifically come to the coast to do the highest skydive. They're also prepared to stay several days in the region to get the best weather for their jump.
"We recently had a couple who waited five days to do their skydive, and we've had other clients leave and come back to Franz when the weather has cleared up again," says James Meldrum, Skydive Franz director and pilot. "It's great to have a direct impact on increasing guest night numbers in the region."
Leigh Ainsworth is one of only four women tandem instructors in New Zealand.
"Sometimes there's cultural reasons for a client to request a female instructor; most Muslim women, for example. will only jump with another woman," says Leigh. "And sometimes women only feel comfortable jumping with another woman strapped to their back."
On a clean, clear day it is possible to see over the Main Divide from west coast to east coast, hundreds of glaciers, the Tasman Sea and ever-changing braided rivers flowing between them. The higher you go, the more you see. Prices: 12,000 feet (45-plus seconds freefall), $299; 15,000 feet (60-plus seconds freefall, oxygen supplied), $399; 18,000 feet (75-plus seconds freefall, oxygen supplied), $549.
Instructor cam: $165, offering close-up shots of participant's expressions; a DVD and an email link to website video.
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text: Quotes ARTISTS Toggle Dropdown Al Steele (Wyatt Erap Records) Andrea Anderson (Angry Young & Poor, (Punk Music &... Artur Ribeiro, cdgo.com - Portugal Bret D. Daugherty (13th floor music) Bryan Burkert (The Sound Garden) Chrys Hansen - (Modern Music) Derek Frye (Cat's Music) Dilyn Radakovitz (Dimple Records) Joe Nardone, Jr. (Gallery of Sound) Jon Lambert (Princeton Record Exchange) Jonas Chiba Luke J Johnson - Rockaway Records Australia Michael and Denise Roumbanis (dig! music in Ukiah) Michael Ross, Founder and President (Delicious Vinyl) Mike Dreese (Newbury Comics) Mike Manly (Hot Dog Music - Sacramento) Rand Foster - Fingerprints Terry Currier - Music Millennium TOM KOHN - BOP SHOP RECORDS – ROCHESTER, NEW YORK Zak Frankel, Zia Records "I started working in a record store just in 1972 and my life changed. I also discovered we had the ability to change our customers lives each time they came in the door. Music is the ultimate enhancer to people's lives. Turning some one on to something they had not ever heard before that hits a nerve, can make someone's day and leave a permanent impression. It's important for music fans to support their local record stores regularly, not only to help record stores stay heathy, but for their own well being. RSD is great day to come out and celebrate what record stores have been to our lives....to celebrate vinyl, the single greatest invention ever. - Terry Currier - Music Millennium As a kid growing up, my life was a combination of parental pestering and bus & train trips to get to the cool record stores; Rod's Records, Rasputin, Streetlight, and a many others, in which my young DNA was formed. To now get to work in a record store, and play a role in someone else shaping their musical DNA, is a dream come true. - Rand Foster - Fingerprints People think just because i own a record store, i only buy from myself. nah, nah, nah...i love going down to louisville, up to indianapolis or terre haute...or wherever i may be...just to find an independent record store. no one ever wants to go with me, though, because i have to look at everything. what's the point in going to a lame, corporate, big-box store? everything's the same in every store. every independent record store is different. i love 'em all! much love and respect to ALL independent record stores everywhere! - Bret D. Daugherty (13th floor music) "Indy record stores are where you go when you first realize there's a whole new world of music for you to explore" - Chrys Hansen - (Modern Music) "The independent record stores are what keeps much of the music-consumer relationships real and unharmed by major labels and large media corporations. The bond of the music and fans is more intimate when you hear it at a record shop or discover it by word of mouth rather than just hearing a catchy track on the radio or seeing a music video on the top 10 countdown. Indie record stores allow the people to choose their music and not be force-fed music by the corporate side of the industry." - Derek Frye (Cat's Music) "Independent record stores represent the heart, soul and foundation of the recorded music world." - Joe Nardone, Jr. (Gallery of Sound) After 28 years as proprietor of an independent record store and weathering all the industry changes, it's a real breath of fresh air to have a holiday just for us! On this day, I celebrate my own history with records - collecting since 1969, working in a record store at 16, working for Rounder Records and MXR Innovations throughout the 1970s, helping to build our city's first independent record store, and finally opening my own store, BOP SHOP RECORDS in 1983. I firmly believe the future of the music industry lies in the hands of the independents. We push the envelope by taking chances on and promoting lesser known artists, and are passionate in our support and beliefs. The independent record store is a place where folks can gather and connect around a common interest, and in that respect, bears little difference from the quintessential social networking sites - the old book and record stores of the 50s and 60s. - TOM KOHN - BOP SHOP RECORDS – ROCHESTER, NEW YORK I cut my music-retail teeth managing a couple of mall chain record stores in the early eighties. Keeping abreast of the top pop charts for a couple of years, I thought I knew most of what there was to know about music. Then I got a job in a large independent record store and was absolutely blown away. The staggering scope of genres, musicians and titles that flew (and continue to fly) through our place humbled, excited and overwhelmed me. 20 odd, and I do mean odd, years later, not a day goes by when I don't see something I have never seen before. I love working with the dedicated and knowledgeable staff, the incredible customers with their passions and loyalties, and the never-ending adventure of discovery. The climate is exhilarating….long may we (all) rock! - Jon Lambert (Princeton Record Exchange) "SUPPORT YOUR INDEPENDENTS OR SHOP AT THE SERVO ITS YOUR CHOICE" - Luke J Johnson - Rockaway Records Australia "The independent record stores in America represent what I value most - undiluted, uncensored, unfettered support for artistic expression" - Mike Dreese (Newbury Comics) "Indy record stores spell FREEDOM to discover all kinds of music and entertainment to expand your life and live it!" - Dilyn Radakovitz (Dimple Records) "It's always about the TRUTH. Indie stores stock what matters. What matters to our communities. What moves our staffs. It's never just been retail--it's a culture. Through 33s, 45s, 78s, LPs, boot-legs, CDs, DVD's, eight track, underground mixes and cassette tapes there remains one constant: Indie Record Stores. Imagine a world without em--just Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Apple--sucks don't it." - Bryan Burkert (The Sound Garden) "As an employee of an indie record store/independent musician i honestly wouldn't be doing what i'm doing today if it wasnt for places like these. you dont get the same vibe when you walk into an indie shop as you do when you walk into best buy or whatever. on a weekly basis i am exposed to new music that i would have never known existed if i was shopping at a chain store. you cant replace the value of the experience you get going into these places. its really a shame to see the younger generation of kids not utilizing places like these. instead they would rather just download the hottest new track from a band they only listen to because myspace told them to. dont let independent record stores die! otherwise i will be out of a job!!" - Jonas Chiba "Living in a world where FYE Wal-mart or Best Buy are your music outlets suck I still do this everyday because "MUSIC MATTERS" and when all those corprate ships sink and bands are looking for customers we will still be your outlet and source for the music that matters." - Al Steele (Wyatt Erap Records) I just opened my store a couple weeks ago because I believe indie record stores are important - now more than ever. Music is personal to people and (given the option) most people prefer to buy it from a store that has a personality. Indie record stores care about the music and people are learning to appreciate that again. Buying music at the same place you get your dog food is a totally empty experience. Indie record stores fill you up. - Mike Manly (Hot Dog Music - Sacramento) Our community record stores are where we share our passion for music with others! We are important to all kinds of music lovers who need information, want advice and hope to be turned on to some new tunes. And indie stores are magnets. . . places to hear live music, where musicians meet other musicians, where friendships are made . . . where people find common ground. . . hell where the "young ones" pick up their first copy of Led Zeppelin II !! Our local record stores are still the best places to be turned on to new sounds or to rediscover music that has influenced our lives. . . there's just NO substitute for the vibe!! We must ROCK ON! - Michael and Denise Roumbanis (dig! music in Ukiah) "An independent record store is a place of worship, a place of knowledge, a starting point for new discoveries without playlists imposition. To buy a record in an independent store, advised by someone who really knows about music, it's not the same as buying a cd by impulse and then dropping it somewhere and forgetting about it. " - Artur Ribeiro, cdgo.com - Portugal "When we started Delicious Vinyl, getting our records in record stores validated our existence. If we saw our 12" in the racks at Rock & Soul in New York City that for us was the ultimate! When I saw Tone-Loc's 12" Wild Thing well-stocked at Tower Records on Sunset Blvd., that was a surreal and gratifying moment. Even though that was another era, there's still something about the role of the record store in the process of discovery of music that can never be replicated. There's so much you can discover on-line, but you've got to get out from behind the computer and get into a record stores." - Michael Ross, Founder and President (Delicious Vinyl) Record Store Day is a day to show all fans of music that true interest and artistry can co-exist with retail and still have a personal touch. - Zak Frankel, Zia Records "Indy music is in our blood....we love checking out the shops where ever we go. We started in high school shopping in a local favorite shop here in Lancaster, and then traveling to Philly, DC, and NYC and decided to open up own own place after college. The flyers, poster art, local scenes, and the feeling you get from an indy store can never be found at a mall or superstore. We've been open for 12 years and can't believe how lucky we are to still be doing what we love!" - Andrea Anderson (Angry Young & Poor, (Punk Music & Clothing))


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Get out of town! AAA expects uptick in holiday travel
A strong case of cabin fever and a little more money to spend should inspire a greater number of Americans to hit the road this Memorial Day weekend. (May 16) AP
This Memorial Day will see the second highest number of travelers on the roads and in the skies since 2000 and the highest since the recession, auto club AAA said today.
The long, unusually rough winter that just ended, coupled with a slow but steady economic recovery and gas prices about the same as last year, will contribute to a 1.5% increase over last year in Memorial Day travel, said Marshall Doney, AAA's chief operating officer.
AAA expects 36.1 million people to travel at least 50 miles from home from May 22 through May 26, up from 35.5 million last year.
More than 8 in 10 will go by automobile.
Of those traveling for Memorial Day, 31.8 million will go by automobile, a 1.2%increase over last year; 2.6 million will fly, a 2.4% hike, and 1.7 million will go by train, bus or ship, a 6.5% increase, according to AAA.
"While the start of summer brings thoughts of sandy beaches, warmer temperatures and tropical destinations, it is in fact the freezing cold winter that blanketed much of the country earlier this year that has generated hot demand for summer travel," Doney said at a news conference at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.
More than a million weather-related flight cancellations this winter, and average daily temperatures for the nation that were often well below normal, left many craving some fun in the sun, Doney said. "The (travel) forecast reflects that many people are sick of hibernating indoors and ready to enjoy some summer fun."
They are really, really ready to enjoy it, says the congestion mitigation firm INRIX, which is predicting a 25% increase nationally in holiday traffic congestion over a year ago.
"There's a lot of pent-up demand," said Jim Bak, a spokesman for the Kirkland, Wash.-based company. "With the severe weather we had in the winter into the spring, people are ready to get out of the house. This is the first holiday which they've had to sort of get out of the house and get out of town."
INRIX measures traffic delay, not people's intentions about traveling. It also does not look at how far from home people are traveling. "Given we already have increasing traffic congestion due to an improving economy, just a small increase in holiday travelers hitting the roads, in combination with increasing freight traffic, people picking up their kids from school and folks heading home from work" all contribute to the 25% increase in delay, Bak said.
For those hoping to avoid wasting any of their precious holiday time sitting in traffic, Bak says the best time to hit the road is either Thursday; before 1 p.m., Friday, ideally between 10-11 a.m., or delay heading out until after 7 p.m.
Best Western hotels, which has 2,200 hotels across North America and which sees 90% of its customers arrive by automobile, is seeing a 7% increase over last year in summer bookings at its U.S. hotels, spokesman Owen Clark said.
The cruise industry is faring particularly well, Doney said. AAA travel agents report an increase of nearly 20% in cruise passengers for the Memorial Day holiday. "Following a year of highly publicized operational challenges for the industry, Americans seem to be taking full advantage of the plethora of discounts and special offerings from cruise lines."
The good news for those driving this holiday: The price of gas -- $3.65 a gallon this year compared with $3.63 last year – is expected to continue to fall through the holiday, AAA says.


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01:28Veterinary Medicine & Animal Care in Argentina
A volunteer, Laura from Holland, talks about her experience at the Veterinary Medicine & Animal Care placement in Argentina and shares her reasons for participating in this project.
01:16Human Rights in Argentina
A volunteer talks about her experience at the Human Rights project in Argentina and gives insight into her daily tasks.
00:47Care in Argentina
Volunteer, Catherine from the USA, talks about her volunteer experience at the Care project and meeting other volunteers.
A volunteer from the US, Alexander, speaks about working with children in Argentina and a typical day at the Care placement.
03:04Argentina Country Director
The Country Director of Projects Abroad in Argentina, Guillermo Cogorno, talks about Argentina and the many projects in his country.
A Teaching volunteer from Ireland talks about her time in Argentina and recommends learning some Spanish before arriving.
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A volunteer on the Argentina Community Farming project talks about her work, including weeding, planting, harvesting crops and playing with the kids.
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Belgian volunteer, Tine, talks about her role on our Equine Therapy project in Argentina.
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A 2-Week Special volunteer describes her experience in Cordoba. She speaks about what she enjoyed on her placement and meeting local people.
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The lion was actually real lol.
From day one I guessed Melina or Melissa (not sure of her name) because she acted like she was acting as her reactions looked staged. Also she has been staying under the radar though on the first episode they showed her a lot. I am pretty certain she is the mole.
I think we have series similar to The Mole! Interestingly enough, it's airing on ABC, the same channel that aired The Mole. It's basically the same as The Mole, but way creepier. The premise (copied from Wikipedia):The series will follow 13 investigators living in a mansion, Rue Manor, where one of the investigators is the "killer". A "murder" will take place around which the players will base their investigation using CSI technology and establishing pacts among one another. At the end of each episode, each player, in a private video confession, will explain how the murder took place. During dinner, each investigator will receive an envelope. Those who deduced most accurately receive a card saying "Spared", while those doing the worst receive a card saying "Scared" and will be up for elimination. During the night, the "killer" will "murder" one of the "Scared" players, eliminating them from the game, and setting up the "murder" for the next episode. In the finale, the investigator to correctly solve the identity of the "killer" wins $250,000.
Show contentI don't think that the disappearance of Melina means she was the one killed. It may just be to confuse us and yes, we still don't know who was the one killed between Lindsey & Melina.
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The Indianapolis Colts are now looking north of the border in their never-ending quest for running backs.
The AFC South champions will work out Saskatchewan Roughriders tailback Kory Sheets next week, Arash Madani of Sportsnet.ca reported.
In his second CFL season, Sheets rushed for 1,598 yards on 287 carries while taking home Grey Cup MVP honors with 197 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the championship game.
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Undrafted out of Purdue in 2009, Sheets spent time with the San Francisco 49ers and Miami Dolphins before tearing his Achilles tendon in 2010. Although Sheets has just one NFL carry for five yards, his blazing speed made him an object of fascination with beat writers over two years on and off the Dolphins roster.As a CFL free agent, Sheets is not eligible to hit the open market until Feb. 15.
It's no surprise that the Colts are the first team to kick the tires on Sheets. General manager Ryan Grigson has shown a willingness to look under every nook and cranny for NFL-caliber talent.
His first move in Indianapolis was luring leading tackler Jerrell Freeman away from the Roughriders to start at inside linebacker. More recently, he took a flier on Kenyan rugby star Daniel Adongo, who had never played a down of football in his life.
If Grigson signs Sheets for the 2014 season, the 28-year-old likely will vie for a role returning kicks and functioning as a change-of-pace back on offense.
The latest "Around The League Podcast" recapped all the Week 14 games.


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Lydia M. Olson Library
The award-winning Lydia Olson Library is located on the second and third floors of the Edgar Harden Learning Resources Center. It contains thousands of books, journals and magazines, national and international newspapers in print and online, access to numerous proprietary databases, U.S. and Michigan government publications, maps, a pre-K to 12 teacher resource room and multi-media materials. The library catalog and hundreds of specialty journals can be searched online.
Library staff are available to assist with reference and research questions and to locate materials within the library and online. Reference librarians will also answer questions via instant messaging, e-mail or phone.
Study carrels, tables and relaxing seating areas are placed around the library. A number of small classrooms and conference rooms are also housed here.
Services include public computers, photocopy machines, audio-visual and multimedia equipment, microfische readers and printers, and machinery for laminating and creating transparencies.
The LRC is connected to the Seaborg Complex by an underground tunnel.
Edgar L. Harden was NMU's president from 1956-1967.
Find this building on the campus map.


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Nutrition information is rounded in accordance with U.S. FDA regulatory requirements. Caffeine values are approximate and are based on limited analytical data using standard brewing methods. Caffeine values can vary greatly based on the variety of the coffee and brewing equipment used.
We cannot guarantee that any unpackaged products served in our stores are allergen-free because we use shared equipment to store, prepare, and serve them. Customers with allergies can find ingredient information for products on the labels of our packaged products or online at Starbucks.com/menu.
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I had ordered a brother xl3750 from qvc. It was shipped on the 12 th and i haven't received yet. I called ups and qvc and no one had any idea where the. Machine was. I have a jelly roll class tomorrow and although i could have used one of the shops machine, i wanted to use my own.
On the way home from work my husband stopped and bought me a brother SQ 9050!!! After reading up on it online it seems to be a better machine than the one i ordered!!
It has auto thread which i'm having some problems getting it threaded but i'm sure i'll get it figured out. Thankfully it came with a dvd so that really helps.
Does anyone else have this machine? How do you like it? Also what "letter" is the 1/4" foot? I'm sure it's in the manual but right now my eyes are crossed from reading and trying to get the machine threaded.
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The Full Blown Marketing Agency will be your highest cost solution. Agencies typically have extended teams which also specialize in branding, marketing, and other advertising disciplines. We have seen issues with Agencies mostly being there is a revolving door of employees, and some of the employees are great Marketers, but they don't "get WordPress Web Design". If they do not have technical folks in-house – that is a warning sign to look for another Agency.
The Offshore Agency can be in any of these categories. In our experience, the calls we receive from previous companies who have used off-shore are concerned about quality issues. An understanding of culture is also a challenge for off-shore companies. If they have not lived in your Geography and cannot identify with your needs, they are likely to make mistakes in their overall design and delivery of a web project. Lastly, BE VERY CAREFUL of offshoring with any company who blindly emails you. This has been a major issue for clients in the past. Run.
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I looking for a simple Wordpress e-commerce plugin which will just associate a downloadable product to a post (here a custom post type) and handle the payment with Paypal and the download page.
There are a lot of different plugin but they always provide a complex catalog, create a lot of useless page and don't provide a simple way to add in my post a simple "buy now" button which go directly to payment.
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OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) - An Ottumwa man has broken the state record for the size of a redear sunfish he recently caught.
The state Department of Natural Resources says Jeff Kokemiller caught the fish Sept. 27 while in a kayak in his farm pond in Wapello County.
DNR verified that Kokemiller's fish weighed 2.04 pounds and was a little over 13 inches long. It smashes the previous record of 1 pound, 1 ounce and 11 inches long.
Kokemiller caught the fish with a worm and hook. He plans to have it mounted.


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Conquering your fear of heights in Rotorua
These Rotorua experiences will let you take flight and conquer your fear of heights.
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Velocity Valley is Rotorua's home of heights. The park gives three amazing opportunities to take to the sky. The Freefall Xtreme is New Zealand's only wind tunnel where you can experience the thrill of freefalling and channel your inner superhero as you try to twist, spin and tumble two metres into the air. The Swoop is a gigantic super swing that raises you and to two friends 40m up in to the air. While you should enjoy the magnificent view, don't get too comfortable as once you get to the top you will be dropped back down to earth at speeds up to 130kmph (80mph). Saving the best for last, Velocity Valley also gives you the chance to take the leap of faith with Rotorua Bungy, either as solo or with a friend as a side-by-side tandem.
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Arch compared to other distributions
ro: Arch în comparație cu alte distribuții zh-CN:Arch Compared to Other Distributions Template:Article summary start Template:Article summary text Template:Article summary heading Template:Article summary wiki Template:Article summary wiki Template:Article summary heading Template:Article summary link Template:Article summary end This page attempts to draw a comparison between Arch Linux and other popular GNU/Linux distributions and UNIX-like operating systems. The summaries that follow are brief descriptions that may help a person decide if Arch Linux will suit their needs. Although reviews and descriptions can be useful, first-hand experience is invariably the best way to compare distributions.
Source-based distributions are highly portable, giving the advantage of controlling and compiling the entire OS and applications for a particular machine architecture and usage scheme, with the disadvantage of the time-consuming nature of source compilation. The Arch base and all packages are compiled for i686 and x86-64 architectures, offering a potential performance boost over i386/i486/i586 binary distributions, with the added advantage of expedient installation.
Gentoo Linux
Both Arch Linux and Gentoo Linux are rolling release systems, making packages available to the distribution a short time after they are released upstream. The Gentoo packages and base system are built directly from source code according to user-specified 'USE flags'. Arch provides a ports-like system for building packages from source, though the Arch base system is designed to be installed as pre-built i686/x86_64 binary. This generally makes Arch quicker to build and update, and allows Gentoo to be more systemically customizable. Arch supports i686 and x86_64 while Gentoo officially supports x86, PPC, SPARC, Alpha, AMD64, ARM, MIPS, HP/PA, S/390, sh, and Itanium architectures. Because both the Gentoo and Arch installations only include a base system, both are considered to be highly customizable. Gentoo users will generally feel quite comfortable with most aspects of Arch.
Sorcerer/Lunar-Linux/Source Mage
Sorcerer/Lunar-Linux/Source Mage (SLS) are all source-based distributions originally related to one another. SLS distributions use a rather simple set of script files to create package descriptions, and use a global configuration file to configure the compilation process, much like the Arch Build System. The SLS tools do full dependency checking, including handling optional features, package tracking, removal and upgrading. There are no binary packages for any of the SLS family, although they all provide the ability to roll back to earlier installed packages easily.
The installation process involves configuring a simple base system from the shell and ncurses menus, then optionally recompiling the base system afterward. Like Arch, there is no default WM/DE/DM, and Xorg is not included in the base installation. Several X server alternatives are available (X.Org 6.8 or 7, XFree86).
SLS has a very complicated history. Perhaps the best write-up about it can be found at the SourceMage wiki.
The minimalist distributions are quite comparable to Arch, sharing several similarities. All are considered 'simple' from a technical standpoint.
LFS, (or Linux From Scratch) exists simply as documentation. The book instructs the user on obtaining the source code for a minimal base package set for a functional GNU/Linux system, and how to manually compile, patch and configure it from scratch. LFS is as minimal as it gets, and offers an excellent and educational process of building and customizing a base system. Arch provides these very same packages, plus a BSD-style init, a few extra tools and the powerful pacman package manager as its base system, already compiled for i686/x86-64. LFS provides no online repositories; sources are manually obtained, compiled and installed with
make. (Several manual methods of package management exist, and are mentioned in LFS Hints). Along with the minimal Arch base system, the Arch community and developers provide and maintain many thousands of binary packages installable via pacman as well as PKGBUILD build scripts for use with the Arch Build System. Arch also includes the makepkg tool for expediently building or customizing
.pkg.tar.xz packages, readily installable by pacman. Judd Vinet built Arch from scratch, and then wrote pacman in C. Historically, Arch was sometimes humorously described simply as "Linux, with a nice package manager."
Before creating Arch, Judd Vinet admired and used CRUX; a minimalist distribution created by Per Lidén. Originally inspired by ideas in common with CRUX and BSD, Arch was built from scratch, and pacman was then coded in C. Arch and CRUX share some guiding principles: for instance, both are architecture-optimized, minimalist and K.I.S.S.-oriented. Both ship with ports-like systems, use *BSD-style init systems and, like *BSD, both provide a minimal base environment to build upon. Arch features pacman, which handles binary system package management and works seamlessly with the Arch Build System. CRUX uses a community contributed system called prt-get, which, in combination with its own ports system, handles dependency resolution, but builds all packages from source (though the CRUX base installation is binary). Arch officially supports x86-64 and i686 only, whereas CRUX officially offers i686, as well as community-developed x86-64, PPC and 64-bit PPC.
Arch uses a rolling-release system and features a large array of binary package repositories as well as the Arch User Repository. CRUX provides a more slimmed-down officially supported ports system in addition to a comparatively modest community repository.
- Slackware and Arch are quite similar in that both are simple distributions focused on elegance and minimalism.
- Slackware is famous for its lack of branding and completely vanilla packages, from the kernel up. Arch typically applies patching only to avoid severe breakage or to ensure packages will compile cleanly.
- Slackware uses BSD-style init scripts, while Arch is moving to a systemd based system - although the older method is still supported.
- Arch supplies a package management system in pacman which, unlike Slackware's standard tools, offers automatic dependency resolution and allows for more automated system upgrades. Slackware users typically prefer their method of manual dependency resolution, citing the level of system control it grants them, as well as Slackware's excellent supply of pre-installed libraries and dependencies.
- Arch is a rolling-release system. Slackware is seen as more conservative in its release cycle, preferring proven stable packages. Arch is more 'bleeding-edge' in this respect.
- Arch Linux provides many thousands of binary packages within its official repositories whereas Slackware official repositories are more modest.
- Arch offers the Arch Build System, an actual ports-like system and also the AUR, a very large collection of PKGBUILDs contributed by users. Slackware offers a similar, though slimmer system at slackbuilds.org which is a semi-official repository of Slackbuilds, which are analogous to Arch PKGBUILDs. Slackware users will generally be quite comfortable with most aspects of Arch.
These distributions offer a broad range of advantages and strengths, and can be made to serve most operating system uses.
Debian GNU/Linux
- Debian is a much larger project and community and features stable, testing, and unstable branches, offering over 20,000 binary packages. The available number of Arch binary packages is more modest. However, when including the AUR, the quantities are very comparable.
- Debian has a more vehement stance on free software. Arch is more lenient, and therefore inclusive, concerning 'non-free' packages as defined by GNU.
- Debian's design approach focuses more on stability and stringent testing. Arch is focused more on the philosophy of simplicity, minimalism, and offering bleeding edge software. Arch packages are more current than Debian Stable and Testing, being more comparable to the Debian Unstable branch.
- Both Debian and Arch offer well-regarded package management systems.
- Arch is a rolling release, whereas Debian Stable is released with "frozen" packages.
- Debian is available for many architectures, including alpha, arm, hppa, i386, x86_64, ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, and sparc, whereas Arch is officially i686 and x86_64, with community ports for arm (for Raspberry Pi for example) only.
- Arch provides more expedient support for building custom, installable packages from outside sources, with a ports-like package build system. Debian does not offer a ports system, relying instead on its huge binary repositories.
- The Arch installation system only offers a minimal base, transparently exposed during system configuration, whereas Debian's methods offer a more automatically configured approach as well as several alternative methods of installation.
- Debian utilizes the SysVinit, whereas Arch uses a simpler *BSD-style init.
- Arch keeps patching to a minimum, thus avoiding problems that upstream are unable to review, whereas Debian patches its packages more liberally.
- Fedora is community developed, yet corporately backed by Red Hat; it is often presented as a bleeding edge testbed release system; Fedora packages and projects migrate to RHEL and some eventually become adopted by other distributions. Arch too is generally considered bleeding edge, although it is a rolling-release and does not serve as a testing branch for another distribution.
- Fedora packages are RPM format, using the YUM package manager, and official graphical package tools are also available. Arch uses pacman to manage tar.xz packages and does not officially support a graphical frontend.
- Fedora refuses to include MP3 media support and other non-free software in official repositories due to its dedication to free software, though third-party repositories are available for such packages. Arch is more lenient in its disposition toward MP3 and non-free software, leaving the discernment to the user.
- Fedora offers many installation options including a graphical installer as well as a minimal option. Fedora "spins" also provide alternative assortments of desktop environments to choose from, each with a modest assortment of default packages. Arch, on the other hand, only provides a few scripts meant to ease the process of a minimal base system install.
- Fedora has a scheduled release cycle, but officially supports discrete version upgrades with the PreUpgrade tool. Arch is a rolling-release system.
- The Arch Way focuses on simplicity, lightweight elegance and empowering the user, whereas Fedora Core Values focus on free software, community development and bleeding edge systemic innovation.
- Arch features a ports system, whereas Fedora does not.
- Both Arch and Fedora are targeted at experienced users and developers. Both strongly encourage their users to contribute to project development.
- Fedora has earned much community recognition for integration of SELinux, GCJ compiled packages (to remove the need for Sun's JRE), and prolific upstream contribution; Red Hat and thus, Fedora developers by extension, contribute the highest percentage of Linux kernel code as compared to any other project.
- Arch Linux provides what is widely regarded as the most thorough and comprehensive distribution wiki. The Fedora wiki is used in the original sense of the word "wiki", or a way to exchange information between developers, testers and users rapidly. It is not meant to be an end-user knowledge base like Arch's. Fedora's wiki resembles an issue tracker or a corporate wiki.
- Arch is command-line oriented.
- Frugalware has adopted Arch's pacman as its package manager, but uses bzipped tarballs. In contrast, Arch uses xz compressed (lzma) tarballs, for the purpose of expedience of installation.
- Frugalware does not support the JFS filesystem by default.
- Both Arch and Frugalware are promoted as i686 optimized.
- Arch can be installed as a minimal environment first and later expanded with pacman according to the user's choices and needs. Frugalware is installed from a DVD, with default software choices and desktop environment chosen for the user already.
- Frugalware has a scheduled release cycle. Again, Arch is more focused on simplicity, minimalism, code-correctness and bleeding edge packages within a rolling-release model.
Sometimes called "newbie distros", the beginner-friendly distributions share a lot of similarities, though Arch is quite different from them. Arch may be a better choice if you want to learn about GNU/Linux by building up from a very minimal base, as an installation of Arch installs very few packages in comparison. Specific differences between distributions are described below.
- Ubuntu is an immensely popular Debian-based distribution commercially sponsored by Canonical Ltd., while Arch is an independently developed system built from scratch.
- Both projects have very different goals and are targeted at a different user base. Arch is designed for users who desire a do-it-yourself approach, whereas Ubuntu provides an autoconfigured system which is meant to be more user-friendly. Arch is presented as a much more minimalist design from the base installation onward, relying heavily on the user to customize it to their own specific needs. In general, developers and tinkerers will probably like Arch better than Ubuntu, though many Arch users have started on Ubuntu and eventually migrated to Arch.
- Current Ubuntu development and promotion seem to be heavily embracing the touch screen device market, whereas Arch development is more generally focused on a user-centric model which empowers its community to create customized solutions to be developed collaboratively.
- Ubuntu moves between discrete releases every 6 months, whereas Arch is a rolling-release system with a new snapshot issued every month.
- Arch offers a ports-like package build system, while Ubuntu does not.
- The two communities differ in some ways as well. The Arch community is much smaller and is strongly encouraged to contribute to the distribution. In contrast, the Ubuntu community is relatively large and can therefore tolerate a much larger percentage of users who do not actively contribute to development, packaging, or repository maintenance.
Mandriva Linux (formerly Mandrake Linux) was created in 1998 with the goal of making GNU/Linux easy to use for everyone. It is RPM-based and uses the urpmi package manager. Again, Arch takes a simpler approach, being text-based and relying on more manual configuration and is aimed at intermediate to advanced users.
openSUSE is centered around the RPM package format and its well-regarded YaST2 GUI-driven configuration tool, which is a one-stop shop for most users' system configuration needs, including package management. Arch does not offer such a facility as it goes against The Arch Way. openSUSE, therefore, is widely regarded as more appropriate for less-experienced users, or those who want a more GUI-driven environment, auto-configuration and expected functionality out of the box.
- PCLinuxOS is a popular Mandriva-based distribution providing a complete DE, designed for user-friendliness and is described as "simple", though its definition of simple is quite different than the Arch definition. Arch is designed as a simple base system to be customized from the ground up and is aimed more toward advanced users.
- PCLOS uses the apt package manager as a wrapper for RPM packages. Arch uses its own independently-developed pacman package manager with
- PCLOS is very GUI-driven, provides GUI hardware configuration tools and the Synaptic package management front-end, and claims to have little or no reliance on the shell. Arch is command-line oriented and designed for more simple approaches to system configuration, management and maintenance.
- PCLOS recommends 256 MB RAM as part of its minimum system requirements. Being more lightweight, Arch can run on systems with much less system memory, requiring only 64 MB of RAM for a base i686 install, and will run flawlessly on more modern systems.
The *BSDs
*BSDs share a common origin and descend directly from the work done at UC Berkeley to produce a freely redistributable, free of cost,
UNIX system. They are not GNU/Linux distributions, but rather,
UNIX-like operating systems. Therefore, although Arch and the *BSDs share the concept of a tightly-integrated base and ports system, along with a similar init framework, they are absolutely not related from a code standpoint, except for perhaps
vi, as Arch's
vi is the original BSD
vi (most *BSDs do not use the original BSD
vi anymore). *BSDs were derived from the original AT&T
UNIX code and have a true
UNIX heritage. To learn more about the *BSD variants, visit the vendor's site.
- Both Arch and FreeBSD offer software which can be obtained using binaries or compiled using 'ports' systems.
- Both share a very similar init system.
- Like other *BSDs, the FreeBSD base is developed fundamentally as a system designed as a whole, with each application 'ported' over to FreeBSD and made sure to work in the process. In contrast, GNU/Linux distributions such as Arch exist as amalgams combined from many separate sources.
- Both Arch and FreeBSD use
/etc/rc.confas a configuration file.
- The FreeBSD license is generally more protective of the coder, in contrast to the GPL, which favors protection of the code itself. Arch is released under the GPL.
- In FreeBSD, like Arch, decisions are delegated to you, the power user. This may be the most interesting comparison to Arch since it goes head-to-head in package modernity and has a somewhat sizable, smart, active, no-nonsense community.
- Both systems share many similarities and FreeBSD users will generally feel quite comfortable with most aspects of Arch.
- NetBSD is a free, secure, and highly portable
UNIX-like open-source operating system available for over 50 platforms, from 64-bit Opteron machines and desktop systems to hand-held and embedded devices. Its clean design and advanced features make it excellent in both production and research environments, and it is user-supported with complete source. Many applications are easily available through pkgsrc, the NetBSD Packages Collection.
- Arch may not operate on the vast number of devices NetBSD operates on, but for an i686 system it may offer more applications.
- NetBSD's pkgsrc provides a source based method of installation similar to Arch's ABS; however binary packages are also available using pkg_tools.
- Arch does share similarities with NetBSD; both use
/etc/rc.confas a configuration file, both require manual configuration, they are minimalist and lightweight, both offer ports systems as well as binaries and both have active, no-nonsense developers and communities. Arch also borrows from *BSD init system concepts.
The OpenBSD project produces a free, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based
UNIX-like operating system.
- OpenBSD focuses on portability, standardization, code correctness, proactive security, and integrated cryptography. In contrast, Arch focuses more on simplicity, elegance, minimalism and bleeding edge software. OpenBSD is self-described as "perhaps the #1 security OS".
- Both Arch and OpenBSD offer a small, elegant, base install.
- Both offer a ports and packaging system to allow for easy installation and management of programs which are not part of the base operating system.
- In contrast to a GNU/Linux system like Arch, but in common with most other BSD-based operating systems, the OpenBSD kernel and userland programs, such as the shell and common tools (like
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As my guild has just mostly dropped Tempest Keep from our roster to focus on Mount Hyjal, and is looking at dropping SSC too, to focus on Back Temple, so I think now might be the perfect time to have a quick look at the differences between the two sets of instances.
When we zoned into BT, the first thing I realised was that I didn't know how the trash worked. I'd gotten so used to marking up and pulling the SSC and TK trash, that I forgot that you actually need to know that sort of thing. So I quickly pulled up the WoWWiki article. Immediately I noticed a distinct lack of strategy for each pull. That really bothered me, so I quickly starting reading the list of each trash mob's abilities and devising a bit of a pull strategy "on the fly". Turned out not to really need it. The trash in BT is very very forgiving and very very easy. Even the infamous double Coilskar General pack in front of Naj'entus was easily one-shotted. We took down Naj'entus after a couple of goes…it was a very interesting fight, the spine mechanic is very well done.
The trash to Supremus was even easier. None of the mobs hit particularly hard, there was an AOE pack where I took literally zero damage, the mobs were hitting for less than my block value. Considering that my spell damage trash set only has 295 block value, thats not inconsiderable.
Supremus gave us a lot more trouble. We had big issues with people dying to volcanoes. Not entirely sure if it was a fault of them or a fault of our strategy, we'll have to work on that.
After all was said and done, I had a great time in BT. The trash in Black Temple is the way trash should be. It takes up the time so you're not just hopping from boss to boss, but its not a boss in and of itself. A couple of times doing Supremus trash, we accidentally pulled two packs. Now, we were completely unfamiliar with the trash, yet we effortlessly picked it up and tanked it. I love my raid group and I think we're awesome but we're not THAT good. If we pulled two packs at once in SSC or TK we'd wipe instantly. Its too unforgiving. All of the mobs have some annoying ability that can only be dealt with one at a time. Ask any SSC or TK raider and they'll tell you that they absolutely detest the trash in there, especially SSC. Lurker's trash? Not difficult at all, but there's six platforms of exactly the same trash over and over again. Leotheras? Annoying trash, awkward room terrain, and close proximity to a boss does not make for funtimes. Void Reaver's trash? Gigantic exploding robots of pain.
Basically, Black Temple does everything right. The trash is fairly simple, very forgiving of lapses in attention, which is good, because expecting people to pay solid attention not only for all boss fights but for trash as well is not really possible. Black Temple trash is challenging enough that you can't slack off, but forgiving and easy enough that a lapse in attention for a few seconds isn't going to wipe you.
We'll be back in there tomorrow until Supremus and Shade of Akama die.


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CBS says the big reveal is coming for "How I Met Your Mother."
The network said Wednesday the sitcom will air its ninth and final season next fall.
And CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler promised that TV's "most mysterious mother" will be unveiled as the show wraps up.
That would be the mystery woman with whom Ted, played by Josh Radnor, ultimately has a family.
The sitcom's cast also includes Neil Patrick Harris, Cobie Smulders, Jason Segel and Alyson Hannigan.
20th Century Fox Television says all the actors will return for the 2013-14 season.


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- meat grinder
- sausage stuffer
- hog casings
- bowls
- 5 pounds meat (we used a mix of skinless chicken thighs and pork loin - I would recommend leaving skins on)
- 1 pound fat (we used about 1/4 pound of lard - we had extremely lean sausages)
- 1/4 cup whiskey
- 3/4 cup chicken broth
- 2 tsp. salt
- sauteed onions
- seasonings (we used fresh thyme)
When I showed up, I found Julia meticulously washing out the hog casings. She opened one end of the intestine, filling it up with a good amount of water
until it looked like the start of a balloon animal.
She then drew one hand down the intestine, pushing the water through, while looping the cleaned gut with the other hand.
As the water passed through, Julia would pick out the microscopic pieces of grit.
Once the casings were clean, we focused on the meat. The semi-frozen cuts were a breeze to chop into one inch chunks, which were then mixed with the lard and thyme.
The broth and whiskey were combined
Ute cranked, while Julia fed the meat into the machine.
Then they traded places so that Ute could get her hands into the frigid, squishy mess.
Once the grinding was finished, the mixture went into the freezer to cool down before stuffing.
In the meantime, Julia cut me and Ute's hair. Did I mention that she is also our hairdresser? Freshly shorn, we moved on to setting up for the stuffing bit. This 6 inch plastic tube went inside the stuffing machine.
One end of the hog casing was put onto the plastic tube
and then the entire casing was eased onto the plastic shaft.
(Breath deeply, it gets worse.) Stuffing was placed into the stuffer and after all the air was expelled through the casing
helping it to form a nice even tube.
The strands were hung up to settle and have the air pin pricked out of them.
I skipped this step, which didn't seem to adversely affect my half of the booty in the slightest. The sausages were most definitely tasty and the husband liked the fact that they were lean. I think on my next go around, I will make two batches, one lean and one with loads of fat. I can already feel my arteries bulging.
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NEW DELHI (REUTERS) - Sri Lanka accused the United Nations' human rights chief on Thursday of"personal bias" over an investigation into allegations of war crimes committed during the country's 26-year civil war.
In an interview with the Thomson Reuters Foundation published on Monday, Ms Navi Pillay said that even though Colombo had refused to cooperate, the investigation could still go ahead as there was a wealth of information outside the country.
Sri Lanka said Ms Pillay, a South African of Tamil descent, had shown a "lack of objectivity".
"The High Commissioner, who is scheduled to leave office at the end of this month, making public pronouncements to the media on an investigation which has commenced only recently is a clear indication of personal bias," said a foreign ministry statement.
"It is evidence of an attempt to influence the investigation process and make it follow a preconceived trajectory."
The ministry questioned the credibility of sources, adding that Ms Pillay had previously sought "to endorse exaggerated claims of former UN sources of spurious credentials by including such uncorroborated statistics in UN documentation."
Ms Pillay's spokeswoman, Ravina Shamdasani, declined to comment, other than saying that she "hoped that the government of Sri Lanka will review its decision not to engage with the investigation."
Sri Lankan government forces have been accused of widespread human rights violations in the final stages of the war which ended in May 2009.
The United Nations estimated in a 2011 report that about 40,000 Tamil civilians were killed in the final weeks of the war, mostly by the army. Sri Lanka has rejected the allegation, and said it was conducting its own investigation.
But in March, the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) voted to investigate the deaths of some 100,000 people, saying President Mahinda Rajapaksa had failed to do so properly.
Sri Lanka said it would not cooperate or grant visas to UN investigators, who began their work on July 1.
The 12-member team is based in Geneva but will travel to other countries when necessary. They will collect information and seek to verify allegations of atrocities. The findings will be presented to the UNHRC in March.
The foreign ministry rejected Ms Pillay's comparison of Sri Lanka to Syria and North Korea, where UN investigators also do not have access.
It is not the first time the United Nations has faced criticism from the Sri Lankan government.
Ms Pillay's predecessor, Louise Arbour, was criticised for raising concern over human rights during the war, and former UN humanitarian affairs head John Holmes was called a "terrorist" for saying Sri Lanka had one of the worst records for aid worker safety.


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Dennis Miller and the Conservatives of Comedy
Blog ››› ››› BRIAN FREDERICK
The subject of the first two segments on The O'Reilly Factor tonight was the back-and-forth between Jon Stewart and Bernie Goldberg (and Bill O'Reilly). (For those who missed last night's Daily Show, Stewart absolutely eviscerated Goldberg and Fox News.)
During both segments, O'Reilly repeatedly complained that conservative comics don't have their own shows.
In fact, O'Reilly's own query on the matter illustrated exactly why conservative comedy isn't funny:
I also said there are no conservative comics who have their own television program. Now, I don't want to be racist, but is there a blacklist?
Wow. Unfunny and borderline offensive. Sounds pretty much like conservative comedy.
As it turns out, there must not be any funny conservative comics.
Take Dennis Miller, who happened to be making his umpteenth appearance on The Factor to make some unfunny and borderline offensive jokes of his own. Miller cracked that Obama would "rather be at home figuring out how to tax this volcano." Zing!
As for Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Miller said that advocates for repealing it will never see eye-to-eye with the military brass, because "the only time they wanna see a guy dressed up in a uniform is when they're going to see the Village People." (A joke so lame and predictable even O'Reilly replied, "I knew the Village People were going to come up." When O'Reilly calls you predictable...)
Miller also threw in a childish shot at Speaker Nancy Pelosi, something he does virtually every time he's on. (An even unfunnier Don Rickles?)
Oh, and Miller suggested that they rename the Pew Poll the "Aromatic Poll or get Airwick to sponsor it." Hey-O!
Dennis Miller is clearly the foremost "conservative comic." And he appears on Fox News regularly.
So why doesn't Fox News offer him a show?
It's not as though Fox News hasn't ventured into comedy before (Glenn Beck aside). Remember The Half Hour News Hour? Yeah, me neither. But according to TVNewser, the news satire show ran for 15 episodes in 2007.
The Half Hour News Hour had conservative star power. Rush Limbaugh made appearances, including as the President with Ann Coulter as his Vice President.
The show even had ratings. It won its Sunday night time slot practically every week.
So why was it cancelled?
Perhaps it wasn't funny. Based on these clips, it clearly wasn't.
Fox News VP Bill Shine said it "performed admirably in the ratings" but "we are considering ways to retool the show for future scheduling needs."
You can draw your own conclusion, but if O'Reilly really wants to know why are there are no conservative comics with their own shows, he should ask his employers.
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- Fox News Channel
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- Bill O'Reilly, Dennis Miller
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this post is going to be massive.. i'm trying to summarise all the expiriences of ten days in israel, i hope you take some time to read or just look at the pictures!
starting at 6am in the morning at munich airport i already had trouble. my lovely holga nearly didn't make it through the security check, but fortunately, two checks for explosives and 45min later, i could take her with me onto the plane. the trip was organised by 5th semester interior design students, so we visited a lots of museums and architects, it was rather a trip to earn knowlede, than to relax, but i really enjoyed it!
starting at 6am in the morning at munich airport i already had trouble. my lovely holga nearly didn't make it through the security check, but fortunately, two checks for explosives and 45min later, i could take her with me onto the plane. the trip was organised by 5th semester interior design students, so we visited a lots of museums and architects, it was rather a trip to earn knowlede, than to relax, but i really enjoyed it!
some hours late we finally arrived at tel aviv airport where our bus was already waiting to take us to the hostel. the same day we went to TEL AVIV PORT to meet it's designers MK ARCHITECTS and to have a very delicious dinner.
next day we started early after a typical israeli breakfast at our hostel, featuring pita, hummus, shakshuka, spicy salads and sauces - a bit heavy for the european stomach, yet very delicious - walking through the city to the CONCERT HALL SQUARE (right) to meet it's designer DANI KARAVAN there.
after that we went to the TEL AVIV MUSEUM OF ART, a really spectacular building, even more from the inside, and had a guided tour about israeli art there.
after lunch we went to the BAUHAUS CENTER to first get a small lecture from MICHA GROSS about the bauhaus-style in jerusalem - it's basically european architects that imported the style of the german bauhaus school in the 1940s, after they escaped the hitler regime, to tel aviv and designed the WHITE CITY there, the 'old city' of tel aviv, wich is nearly completely bulit in that style - and then we went on a small tour throught the white city to take a look at some of the buildings. (3rd picture)in the evening we went to the beach to watch the sunset and have a picnic - well originally we wanted to o swimming but it was soo cold and windy so we didn't..
next dlaay we went to JAFFA PORT and after that to a small gallery showing photographs of abandoned cinemas in israel. we went through JAFFA FLEA MARKET - wich you have to visit, it's soo great! sadly we didn't have time to go look around all the beautiful stands and shops.. - to have lunch at HUMUS ABU HASSAN - wich is the best humus in tel aviv, and it really is! later we went on to the PERES PEACE HOUSE, simply because of it's special architecture
the DESIGN MUSEUM HOLON was the next point on our scedule, first of all again because of it's architecture, but it happened that they showed a really beautiful exhibition about bathing suits and fashion designed by LEA GOTTLIEB, it was called 'lady of the dasies'.
in the evening we went to a the MAYUMANA THEATER watching the show 'MOMENTUM', wich i really enjoyed! before heading home we went to a really cool bar called 'CONTAINER' at jaffa port and enjoyed the live band there.next day we first visited TALENTS DESIGN GALLERY, wich showed some really cool furniture and home accesoires made by israeli designers, then we went on to the NACHALAT BINYAMIN ART MARKET and the CARMEL MARKET, where you can buy cheap clothes and accessoires and delicious food, vegetables and fruit. we went on to HIRIYA, a gigantic mountain built up from trash, that's now transformed into a beautiful parkon top of it, where we had a great view over the city, it was kinda crazy to see how much trash a city like tel aviv produces in just half a day..we went back to tel aviv and visited AN+ ARCHITECTS and their beautiful studio in a courtyard where the first and oldest elevator of tel aviv was built. when we went back to the hostel we came around the market again and this is what it looked afterwards.. felt like being back at the trash mountain again! (before-after)
next day we left tel aviv and went to cesarea, a ruin city, after that to haifa, where we had a beautiful view over the coast, then the next stop was akko, where we had lunch and visited an old underground city of the crusaders, after that we stopped once more in nazareth, where we had a small tour around the city and finally in the evening we arrived in jerusalem, where we would stay for the rest of our trip.
next day we went to the ISRAEL MUSEUM, a huge museum containing art, archaeology, the SHRINE OF THE BOOK (above) with ancient thora rolls, sculptures in the garden (second), and lots of other stuff, really interesting though! after that we went to YAD VASHEM, a museum and memorial for the holocaust victims, and in the evening we made a small tour around the old city. it was the evening before memorial day, so at around 8pm there was a siren and everybody stood still for a moment for all the fallen soldiers. back in the hostel we made a huge buffet for our whole group, in the end we bought so much stuff that we even could eat the next day again!
the next day we first went to the GARDEN TOMB, where some people belive jesus was buried, then we had a huge guided tour around the OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM, we visited the market and all the important sights..
first we went up on a roof of the house of some jewish family and it was soo awesome, they had the highest rooftop of the whole city i think and we had such a great view! after that we visited the DOME OF THE ROCK, the WAILING WALL and the CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE, just all the important stuff you should see as a jerusalem tourist. then we went down to the old cisterns of the city, it was a fun tour undergroud, you could even do a 45min walk through the water, but sadly we had no time again.. in the evening we joined the INDEPENDENCE DAY party, again the evening before the actual bank holiday, it was crazy! all day the streets were emty and silent but then suddenly it was full of people, everyone was partying, there was a concerts and people had just fun, celebrating the independence of their country.
next day we went to a barbecue, also a traditional thing to do on independence day, we ate so much good food and talked to different people there, it was really fun. afterwards we went to see DAVID GUGGENHEIM, an israeli architect in his studio.the next day we started our workshop with the BEZALEL UNIVERSITY architecture students. we had the task to chose one of three courtyards we visited and design something to make them better, or better used. that's what we did the whole day, until we were finished.next day we went to the university itself and got to listen to some presentations of the students, then we presented our stuff and talked a little bit to the students, then we went to the studio of ADMA ARCHITECTS, who accompanied us already for some days. finally the last day, for me the highlight of the whole trip, we stood up at 3am to go to massada, an old fort on top of a mountain in the desert, climbing up in the dark and then watching th sunrise above the dead sea and the desert, it was really beautiful and worth the exhausting walk upwards. after that, at 9am in the morning we went to the dead sea, and all i can say is AWESOME! going there had been a dream of me since i heard of it in elementary school or something and finally i really had been there! it's so much fun, really, you have to go there at least once in your life! floating in the water, not sinking without having to do anything about it is so cool. we went then back and took a last round around the market to buy some souvenirs and finally at 1am in the morning we left to the airport, there it took about 3h to go through the security checks, they're kinda strict in israel and finally i arrived back home in munich, very tired after more than 24h awake but very happy about our wonderful trip. what's upcoming? i really have a lot of stuff for you soon, a travel haul, analogue photos as soon as they're developed, the secret project i've been working on so hard for the last 6 weeks and maybe some changes on the blog design! stay tuned!


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Dracaena reflexa 21"
General Instructions
The Reflexa is a fantastic medium to high light interior plant. This plant has many interesting forms and holds up well in most interior environments. The Reflexa is a heavy plant and therefor difficult to lift to test its watering needs. Use a soil probe for the most accurate assessment. Over-watering should be avoided, but so should under-watering since older leaves will turn yellow and fall off of the plant if it receives too little water. Once older leaves are gone they will not grow in this area again without trimming. Reflexas will also have leaves that turn yellow and fall when they are acclimating to a new lower light environment. This will almost assuredly happen when the plant transitions from nursery to interior. Don't confuse this with leaf drop due to water stress or root damage may be the result. Use a probe and monitor closely for 1 month while the plant settles to its new environment.
The Reflexa can be trimmed to maintain its shape, or to create a new shape. After trimming increase the light that the plant receives to maximize the number of new stems that are created. Fertilizer will help at this time also. Don't move the plant from inside to full sun or it will burn.
Insects and Mites
Mealybugs are a problem with the Reflexa. If mealybugs are likely to be a problem in the plants environment, drenching with a systemic insecticide on a preventative basis will keep the plants free of the insect. Mealybugs will be in the growing tips around the newest leaves. Black mildew and white insects will give them away. Reflexas sometimes grow masses of roots in the canopy of the plant. These areas also harbor mealybugs and should be removed if you are treating the plants for this problem.
Other plant pest are not a major problem for the Reflexa.
Iron is a recommended addition to a good fertilizer program to keep the Reflexa looking its best. Use small doses once or twice per year along with a complete fertilizer program. Iron can be applied in the form of a powder, as a top dress, or in liquid form along with irrigation water. If your Reflexa is actively growing and on the new foliage you can see the dark vascular system of the plant through the leaf, the plant is deficient in iron. Make sure there is a balanced fertilizer program being supplied to the plant and add additional iron the the program.