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24 February 2008
Benny Maupin for Mercury from 1978.
Bennie Maupin : soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone,bass clarinet, flute, Eu synthesizer computone synthesizer winddriver,bass marimba, glockenspel
Bobby Lyle : acoustic piano, electric piano, clavinet
Harvey Mason : drums
Michael Sembello : acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Abraham Laboriel : bass
Mingo Lewis : congas, miscellaneous percussion
Onaje Allen Gumbs : electric piano (on 5,6)
Beverly Bellows : harp (on 2)
Patrick Gleeson : synthesizer programming
Derrick Youman : vocal colors (on 4)
Produced by Pat Gleeson
All selections written by Bennie Maupin, except
Track 5 written by Onaje Allen gumbs
Arranged by Bennie Maupin, except track 5 by Onaje Allen Gumbs
Tracks 3,4,6 co-arranged by Onaje Allen Gumbs
Recorded at Conway Records, Inc., Los Angeles
Mixed at Different Fur, San Francisco
Recording Engineer : Steve Montoani / Additional Engineering : Seth Dworken
Mastered at Kendun Recorders, Burbank / Mastering Engineer : Johnny Golden
Phonogram/Mercury A&R : Gerry Hoff
Front Cover Collage : Betye Saar / Design : Desmond Strobel
Photographer : Jonathan Exley
Here's a pretty accurate write up from yofriend who reviewed this at rateyourmusic:
Moonscapes was released a year after his first Mercury album, and it would remain the last album Bennie Maupin was to release for that label, the last album at all as a leader, really. This time, he recorded a more formalized Jazz fusion album. Rock isn't part of the formula, but Funk isn't, either, in spite of the occasional funky bass lines here and there. With the song Just Give It Some Time, Maupin made a concession to the contemporary crossover audience. As for the rest, the listener will find a collection of ambitious electric Jazz music. Even though it was not quite as consistent as the last record, Moonscapes was still way above the bulk of releases of so-called Jazz albums in 1978. His very individualized style on the soprano and tenor saxes, bass clarinet and flute may be admired throughout the album. And there are a few standout tracks: Anua; A Promise Kept and Farewell To Rahsaan.
Ripped @320 from the original vinyl-no reissues.
20 comments:
- nospam said...
Kudos to your very eclectic music-taste and to the service that you're doing here. I found a wealth of nice music that I haven't been exposed before.
I'm a huge Cti-fan and I see that you have two gems (Tamba 4:"Samba Slim" and Fuse one: "Silk") that are still missing in my collection. May I kindly ask for a reupload? I'd try to return the favor if there's anything else that you're searching for. I'm sure that there's something that you'd like.
my email: keinspamhier [at] gmail.com
- 24 February 2008 at 15:52:00 GMT
- alex said...
hi bacoso,
many thanks for sharing this blinder of an album!
still sounds mint after all these years!
- 24 February 2008 at 16:45:00 GMT
- Rock Savage said...
Fantastic Site, I have added a link to your Music Blog on mine. I just wanted to say I am about to post Bobby Hutcherson Procession. I don't think it's out there but if you want to feature it on your site you are more than welcome. My Blog directions
Rock Savage
- 24 February 2008 at 18:21:00 GMT
- bacoso said...
rock savage-procession is a compilation of hutcherson material the lps of which i have posted already in their original vinyl formats.Thanks for the offer none the less and i'll stick a link to you at orgy.
- 24 February 2008 at 18:39:00 GMT
- Γιάννης Λειβαδάς said...
Great blog on jazz.Very fine presentation. See the www.yannislivadas.blogspot.com
Yannis Livadas Athens/Greece
- 24 February 2008 at 19:49:00 GMT
- ish said...
Wow. I didn't know this album. Thanks!
- 24 February 2008 at 21:32:00 GMT
- boost said...
Thank you so much !
more mwandishi-headhunters stuff on my blog:
- 25 February 2008 at 10:56:00 GMT
- Roy said...
Just a small correction. Maupin released an excellent album last year titled 'Penumbra' on the Cryptgramophone label.
- 25 February 2008 at 12:07:00 GMT
- Jackie Treehorn (thetwoteam.wordpress.com) said...
Hi Bacoso,
we just started our own blog and currently are celebrating 5 years of boozin' and funkin' by re-releasing our mixes! Since we are big fans of the things you are doing at your site, we would like you to visit us at http://thetwoteam.wordpress.com. We added you to our blogroll, if you want us to remove it, just drop me a line.
Chris aka Jackie Treehorn
- 25 February 2008 at 12:57:00 GMT
- anoneponymous said...
Basoso, thank you so much for this post. Maupin has such a great bass clarinet sound and unique sensibility, and so many of his recordings seem to be out of print. (Though ECM recently reissued "The Jewel in the Lotus.")
I was going to recommend Penumbra, but somebody beat me to that. Check Maupin's artist page at http://www.cryptogramophone.com/.
- 25 February 2008 at 16:43:00 GMT
- matt said...
Thanks so much for this one. His albums are masterful and while I was very happy to see ECM release "The Jewel in the Lotus", I really, really wiah Mercury would do the same with the two albums he released for them.
- 25 February 2008 at 20:20:00 GMT
- dka said...
Seeing your post for this made me dig out my vinyl copy of this one. It's been some years since I've heard it. It's a bit more Headhunters than his previous LP Slow Traffic. The track Sansho Shima was also on Hancocks Secrets LP. But it's still great with production by Pat Gleeson. Have you heard the new cd by Gleeson called Jazz Criminal which also features Maupin?
- 25 February 2008 at 21:32:00 GMT
- somogyvari said...
Looking good...
- 26 February 2008 at 07:41:00 GMT
- steve.d said...
i have always admired the unique talent of bennie maupin,no matter what setting from avant garde to fusion his playing holds you like a vicegrip 'sly' or probes your mind 'lotus'ever challenging and instantly recognisable,a master reedsman,thank you for this post.
- 26 February 2008 at 18:56:00 GMT
- Doctor Okeh said...
Hats Off...fa sho, I have never seen this anywhere , cannot wait to give it a spin ,,, many thx !!!!
- 4 March 2008 at 18:55:00 GMT
- silkfarm said...
Sounds great...thank you very much.
- 9 March 2008 at 17:47:00 GMT
- Ryan said...
- 13 March 2008 at 02:05:00 GMT
- db said...
great music!
check out Calisoulbrother Records for rare soul, jazz, brazil, latin & funk records!
- 23 March 2008 at 09:47:00 GMT
- Gerald said...
Wow! I arrived too late and now it's gone. Any chance of getting this one reposted? That would be much appreciated! Great blog!
- 30 December 2010 at 18:43:00 GMT
- Simon666 said...
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Here's how he came to that conclusion: As little as three months ago, analysts thought Apple could earn $13 a share in 2010. If price equals earnings times multiple — (P = E x M) — then that means AAPL traded at about 20 times a share, though its expected long-term growth rate was only 16%. (Remember, Cramer considers a stock expensive if it trades for more than one times its growth rate.) But now in anticipation of the iPhone 4's release, Deutsche Bank has upped that forecast to $18 a share for this year, which puts the multiple at 15. Plus, it turns out Apple is now growing at a 19% clip.
"So instead of an accidentally expensive stock," Cramer said, "you've got an accidentally cheap one."
How did all this happen? Mainly because analysts continue to underestimate the demand for Apple's products. Piper Jaffrey thought Apple would sell only 900,000 iPads by the end of June, while SC Bernstein predicted 2 million by the end of September. Well, guess what? The number was actually 3 million in the first 80 days. That's how you get an accidentally expensive stock. Analysts misjudge Apple's potential, giving the company less than worthy earnings estimates, and that makes AAPL seem pricier than it is.
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Do you know Alexander Girard? He was a midcentury designer, specializing in color and textiles. I'm crazy about the Nativity set at that link. And while most people have heard of Herman Miller, Girard was the designer that sizzled up their furniture line with his palettes. He said this, which made me fall in love a little: "People got fainting fits if they saw bright, pure color."
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So this little book is a huge celebration of his style, color, and desire to make you faint and fall in it.
How about Charley Harper? He took a vibrant love of color from the natural world, and distilled that into his pictures. I adore that on first glance, whimsy and delight dances around, but a longer gaze reveals storytelling ingenuity. He said, "When I look at a wildlife or nature subject, I don't see feathers, fur, scapulars, or tail coverts—none of that. I see exciting shapes, color combinations, patterns, textures, fascinating behavior, and endless possibilities for making interesting pictures."
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Earlier today, an angry Cairo mob stormed the U.S. embassy, ripped down the American flag, and flew in its place a black al Qaeda banner. The mob is reportedly angered about a documentary film that supposedly offends Muslim religious sensibilities with critiques of the Prophet Muhammad.
While CNN and Fox News have both mentioned the developing story, MSNBC has not as of the time of this publication, a review of our DVR systems shows.
U.S. embassy officials have reported issue a condemnation, not of the mob which stormed the embassy, but of filmmakers who dare to criticize Islam. From CNN.com:
U.S. embassy officials issued a warning to Americans in Egypt, telling them to avoid the demonstrations which "may gather in front of the U.S. Embassy, or Egyptian government buildings such as the People's Assembly and Ministry of Interior."
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The U.S. Embassy said that it "condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims -- as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions."
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First published by Bloomsbury in 2010 (this edition by Bloomsbury in 2011)
Description (from Goodreads)
The sister is a knife-thrower in a magician's stage act, the brother an undertaker's assistant. Neither orphan knows of the other's existence. Until, that is, three terrible aunts descend on the girl's house and imprison her guardian, the Great Cardamom. His dying act is to pass the girl a note with clues to the secret he carries to his grave.
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That there is the most awful book description I have ever seen! I am pretty sure that is not what is on the back cover of the book, but I can't find the book right now, so I'll just have to keep this one for now. Anyways, other than that fact, this one was a book that try as I might, I just couldn't get myself to enjoy.
((I found another description (from the author's website this time). I think it's better than that one above.))
A wonderfully exciting, dark, and gruesomely gothic middle-grade chiller, set in Victorian London. Perfect and pacy entertainment for both girls and boys of 8+.
For orphan Josie, life is good with Cardamom, the great magician who took her in as a baby and with whom she now performs her astounding knife-throwing act. But then three mysterious 'aunts' turn up - taking over the house and transforming into vicious, giant crows, in thrall to evil Lord Corvis. With his dying breath, Cardamon tells Josie to 'seek the Amarant - and Mortlock'. So begins a terrifying quest for Josie and her newly discovered twin, Alfie, the undertaker's mute, who soon realize that the legendary Amarant is a plant with power over life and death, which Cardamon, Corvis and Mortlock first discovered many years ago in Abyssinia.
Only the final destruction of the plant can quench Corvis's growing powers and evil plans. Braving a circus of the living dead, and a terrifying encounter with the Amarant in a graveyard, Josie and Alfie will need all their courage and skills to save themselves and the world.
I'm not sure what it was about it that I just didn't like. The storyline itself was not bad. It was based on a rather interesting idea; it was the delivery that I found to be rather lacking.
The story focuses on two long lost siblings; they grew up separately, one - Josie - as an assistant to a magician and the other - Alfie - as an assistant to an undertaker. But circumstances lead to them being reunited, when three terrible aunts arrive at Josie's home and threaten her and her guardian, Cardamom. In the space of days, Cardamom is dead (yes, guess who did it!) and leaves Josie with barely just enough information to figure out where she came from. Joining forces with Alfie, the two children go through some pretty tough situations before finally figuring out the mystery.
So, as you can see, there is much to go with and it does have the potential to make a pretty good and fast paced story. But for me, it turned out to be a little disappointing. There were quite a few pretty gory scenes of birds devouring various things and of weird transformations, which would be pretty scary for the intended audience, but other than that, the story felt a bit flat. It didn't feel as if the two children were very anxious and scared, and as a result, it didn't make me feel scared.
But then again, I do concede that I read this from a different perspective that if I had been a younger reader. I think I will have felt much different after having read it if I were younger. So, if you do like the sound of it, then don't let my review put you off it. Each to their own!
Rating: 3/10
To find out information about Jon Mayhew and his book, you can check out his website HERE.
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This is the fourteenth installment of my Mission Mondays series, exploring all 21 Spanish Missions along the California coast. You can read more about this series, and see a sketch map of all the missions, at this post.
I had some technical difficulties with the site this week, so Mission Monday couldn't happen on Monday—but everything's back up and running now, and anyway, isn't better when Monday turns out to be Friday anyway? So let's get back to it!
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (Carmel Mission for short) is the exact opposite of its nearest neighbor, La Soledad. It's in the center of town, rather than way out in the country. The structure is mostly original, instead of a rebuilt replica. The complex is ornate and unusual, in contrast to the simple, almost stereotypical style of La Soledad. And while La Soledad is nearly forgotten all the way out there in the valley, Carmel is bustling with tourists and well-to-do townsfolk—there's no danger of this beloved mission falling into disrepair.
In fact, the buildings are in fine fettle. This is one of the missions I've visited before, and when I was here two years ago, the façade was covered in scaffolding and tarps. So while the weather was brighter that first day, I'm glad I got to see it again without any distracting construction equipment around.
Carmel Mission has an interesting history, and a special place among its 20 siblings. It was the favorite of Blessed Junípero Serra, the priest who founded the first nine of the Alta California missions. He made Carmel the headquarters and seat of power of the entire chain, and directed operations for all the missions from this site until his death in 1784 (he's even buried beneath the chapel floor). And in recent years Carmel has been made a basilica, giving it special status (and therefore protection) among the Catholic Church's properties.
Like most of the missions, Carmel has seen many modifications over the years, and spent time in serious disrepair—but great pains have been taken to restore it to its original glory. As a result, it's considered the most architecturally authentic of the missions. Later additions like steep rooflines and Victorian details have been removed, so what you see now is as close to the original as possible.
I love how Carmel perfectly marries different architectural styles into one lovely whole. There are the more "traditional" mission elements like tile rooftops and adobe colonnades—
—and then there's the stone cathedral, with the more unusual Moorish influence (like that of Mission San Gabriel) of its ovoid dome and that spectacular star window.
But what I love best is the interior. The ceiling of the nave is arched, but not in the way a Gothic (pointed arch) or Romanesque (semicircular arch) nave would be. The shape here is a specific type called a catenary—the precise curve formed by a chain held with both ends up and its length hanging between them. Catenary arches aren't found as commonly as other types (though since they perfectly balance the opposing forces of tension and compression, maybe they should be), but if you've ever seen the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, you've seen a catenary before.
(If you haven't guessed, I'm a sucker for simple, mathematical perfection found in very old and unlikely places.)
The rest of the interior is a rabbit warren of brightly painted side chapels, living quarters and historical dioramas (warning: if dolls creep you out, you might want to skip this bit).
And when you wander back outside, you can breathe in the sea air and the fragrance of citrus and bougainvillea.


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What is Worlds?
"Welcome to Pokémons official live-stream channel for the 2013 Pokémon World Championships. Hundreds of players will be competing in Vancouver, Canada, until new World Champions are crowned in our three age divisions for the Pokémon Trading Card Game and video game!"
This year's Pokemon World Championships are being held in Vancouver, Canada, and are scheduled to take place between August 9-11. Which is happening right now.
The Top Cut and the Finals will all be streamed live from Pokemon's official Twitch.TV account, so we can all follow along the action and see everything as it takes place!
Streaming will take place between:
August 10, 2013
- 5:00 PM 7:30 PM PT: Video Game Top Cut
- 7:30 PM 12:00 AM PT: Trading Card Game Top Cut
August 11, 2013
- 9:00 AM 12:00 PM PT: Video Game Finals
- 12:30 PM 5:00 PM PT: Trading Card Game Finals
With all that said, let's talk about the actual tournament guys! There are a bunch of pictures on the official site, and there's a lot of news coming through by the hour. What are your thoughts?
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Hey guys! Hope you all had a good week last week. Some fun things are coming up here in the next week – I will have a post up tomorrow with the details! We have been spending a lot of time indoors – it is just too hot. Things are supposed to cool down some this week. The kids go back to school in one month. I need to start gathering supplies, having them try their clothes on, etc. Fun times!
This week's menu:
Sunday – Leftovers – I had a gluten-free convenience meal that I am reviewing several of – watch for the review, it was good!
Monday -Fajitas/tacos, refried beans & salad
Tuesday – BBQ chicken breast, volcano rice, green beans & salad
Wednesday- Burgers (veggie burgers), cheesy chili potatoes, zucchini & salad
Thursday-Roasted veggie (chicken) stir fry using a teriyaki sauce over rice, broccoli & salad
Friday – Pizza bagels (Udi's – my fav) and salad
Saturday-leftovers or out
Baked Goods
Blueberry scones
Week in review:
Debole's recalls gluten-free pasta
Raisin Rack is carrying Rudi's gluten-free bread
Great Harvest Bread in Columbus/Upper Arlington is carrying gluten-free bread
Take advantage of P.F. Chang's free lettuce wraps for another 6 days!
I reviewed Lotus Foods exotic rice
I made caprese turkey burgers
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Seeing as though this game is a heavy co-op game I reckon one of these threads is in order !!
If you're gonna get the game and am intending on playing co-op then post your PSN ID here .
Seeing as though I am a trophy whore () I have to add that if you're keen on wanting to get the co-op trophies then please mention that with your ID so the trophy hunters can single you out .
The co-op trophies:
- People Person
Play with 10 different co-op partners for at least 15 minutes each.
- Going steady
Complete 25 quests while playing with at least one co-op partner.
- Together in the light
Complete 5 quests in a single co-op game with the same partners.
- Originality
Play in a co-op team of 4 different playable characters.
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Written by guest contributor Jeffrey Yuen. This post initially appeared in URBAN Magazine's Spring 2012 issue. Many of the alternative housing options noted below – limited equity cooperatives, mutual housing, land trusts – exist in New York City. The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board.
The discourse around the housing crisis has seriously missed the point. It has been five years since the onset of the financial meltdown and the housing sector is still in tatters. Since 2007, banks have foreclosed on over eight million homes with another 11 million households currently underwater and at serious risk of default. Meanwhile, housing affordability is worsening due to declining wages. According to the Joint Center for Housing Studies, 50 percent of renters and 37 percent of homeowners are now cost burdened (paying over 30 percent of income on housing.) Despite this grim reality, the focus has been on the misplaced notion of a housing "recovery" and a speedy return to a "healthy" housing market. But what does a "healthy" housing market look like?
A good description can be gleaned from President Obama when he announced the Home Affordable Mortgage Modification Program in 2009. "It will prevent the worst consequences of this crisis from wreaking even greater havoc on the economy. And by bringing down the foreclosure rate, it will help to shore up housing prices for everyone."
Thus a "healthy" housing market is one where prices go up, and in essence, housing recovery = expensive homes. This myth must be dispelled if we are to address the roots of the housing problem.
There's a general consensus that excessive greed led to the housing crisis. The Right blames greedy homeowners who took out mortgages they couldn't afford, either to flip, or to refinance for easy cash. The Left blames the greedy financial industry whose predatory practices pushed exotic and unnecessary loan products onto unwitting families. Curiously missing from the discourse is a deeper critique of the roots of this pervasive "greed" incentive. Residing at its core is a housing system that treats the home primarily as a vehicle for private profiteering, and only secondarily as accommodative shelter.
Let us be clear: The housing crisis is not about declining home prices, but the fundamental and ongoing failure of the housing system to provide adequate shelter for all. This is the root of the subprime crisis, the foreclosure crisis, and the housing affordability crisis.
Rather than address the underlying issue through systematic reform, current policies are designed as a crutch to artificially prop up home values. This simply is not sustainable. The following are three tenets that support this misplaced faith in a "healthy" housing market.
- There is a pervasive, culturally-ingrained ideology of homeownership as an embodiment of the American Dream. But homeownership has many dimensions and the primary benefits – security, autonomy, and legacy – can be separated from speculative profiteering. The idea that "housing is always a good investment" has clearly been proven wrong, especially for lower income households. Further, a fundamental contradiction arises when the profitability for one homeowner comes at the direct expense of affordability for the next. Part of the problem stems from our bifurcated system of homeownership and rentals that has few options in-between. This is not a competitive scenario. Many alternative forms of tenure exist that can augment the range of choices in our housing system.
- Housing is the primary wealth accumulator for many families, especially for moderate income and elderly households, but that wealth stems from two distinct sources. First, mortgage payments are in effect a forced savings account. A homeowner "deposits" equity into a mortgage that can be accessed later (as with seniors who sell a home for retirement.) This is an ineffective savings system, as the first five years of the mortgage – about the average duration that Americans stay in a mortgage – is mostly payments towards servicing interest with almost no equity being accrued. Savings accounts can be managed in many other ways that are more liquid and don't require excessive mortgage interest servicing rates. Second, profits also stem from land speculation, which are essentially private appropriations of socially-created wealth. Land speculation also tends to fluctuate wildly, just look at Las Vegas where the Case-Schiller home price index has dropped 60% from peak. Policymakers are rightfully concerned about families with equity lost in their homes, but it isn't logical to simply re-inflate housing prices. There are alternative schemes that can transition distressed homeowners into decommodified housing, but we cannot discuss them until we relinquish the "recovery" myth.
- Housing is widely seen as a driver for the national economy by boosting consumer spending and "creating" jobs. In effect, the housing sector is a perpetual stimulus package – with ample government subsidy – that systematically overinvests in speculative housing with very real opportunity costs to the rest of the economy. For example, highly regressive tax expenditures for homeowners accounted for $185 billion in 2010 alone.
At its core, our belief in a "healthy" housing market is tautological; we need housing to be profitable in order to extract profits from housing. But what if our assumptions are misplaced? What if we could limit the speculative component of homeownership, and instead focus on security, autonomy, passing property to heirs, and building limited equity? What if we could move beyond superficial stopgap measures and address the roots of the crisis? Our insistence on dogmatic ideology has led to ineffective policies that tinker at the edges of a flawed system.
If we are serious about a truly healthy housing sector, one that serves the needs of all Americans, it must be decommodified in a way that prioritizes accommodation over accumulation. There are many alternatives – community land trusts, mutual housing associations, limited equity coops – that can preserve the best aspects of homeownership while removing the notion of unlimited profiteering. But the public discourse cannot debate the relative merits of these alternative strategies until we relinquish the myth of the housing "recovery" and focus on the roots of the crisis.


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A blank slate sounds good to some homeowners, but not to one Chicago couple who longed for a bit of authenticity. After all, a turn-of-the-century rowhouse in Old Town should retain some of its charm.
The house had been "updated and streamlined to a fault in the 1980s," explains Kathryn Quinn, the architect hired by the couple to restore some of its period richness and appeal. Nothing done at that time was in keeping with the style of the house, which was a transitional blend of late Victorian and early craftsman influences.


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Once there was a hungry lizard.
He dreamed only of fresh, succulent cherries.
Before he could get his reptilian hands on the ripe fruit it was snatched by a beautiful yet selfish swan.
After wailing and losing a tail in grief the lizard began to plot his revenge.
Payback you fowl creature!


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By John Goodspeed
For the Express-News
With the first day of 2012 dawning Sunday, it's time to make New Year's resolutions.
For outdoors types, there can be plenty of pledges to do things better, from weeding out fishing poles, reels and lures that are rarely used to donating camo and camping gear to the Salvation Army.
Not to mention cleaning those firearms that usually get put away dirty — or keeping the spouse happy by finally organizing closets and the garage.
But for four prominent San Antonio outdoors people — and one from Austin — New Year's resolutions are more altruistic. They want to help others by sharing their love of the outdoors, especially with children who are, after all, our future stewards of natural resources.
Liz Hewitt
President of the Coastal Conservation Association San Antonio Chapter, executive board member of CCA Texas and CCA national board member
These are a few of the things on my 2012 New Year's resolutions list: Learning to fly fish, getting my dad out in the boat more often and getting more people involved in volunteering for the CCA/TPWD projects along the coast as well as recruiting new members for our CCA San Antonio Chapter.
But on the top of my list is taking my three nieces (Miriam, Emma and Claire) fishing in Port O'Connor more often. I also would like to visit Sea Center Texas in Lake Jackson and the CCA/CPL Marine Development Center in Flour Bluff with them in the upcoming year.
I would encourage us all to take a kid or three fishing in 2012.
Tom Hewitt
Board member of Operation Orphans and Texas Youth Hunting Program hunt master
My New Year's resolution is to spend quality time with kids in the outdoors. That doesn't sound like your typical New Year's resolution. They are usually about losing weight, exercising more or eating better.
Basically, New Year's resolutions are about improving ourselves. Why not look at it as a way to change someone else's life? Or a whole bunch of people — and not just anybody, but kids.
Spending time with kids in the outdoors is a great way to help them do better in school and stay away from drugs. If you don't have a clue on where to start, try Operation Orphans or Texas Youth Hunting Program. Whether it's with my grandchildren or someone else's children, my New Year's resolution is to teach kids about their outdoor heritage.
Carter Smith
Executive director of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
To borrow a phrase from Harvard University biologist E.O. Wilson, "It's the little guys who rule the world," or in this application, "will rule the world." And, when it comes to the "little guys" and the future of our lands, waters, fish, wildlife and parks, I am talking about the kids, of course — our kids.
After a recent Texas Youth Hunting Program outing at our family ranch, I was re-inspired to invest more personal time introducing young people to the proud and cherished outdoor traditions we sportsmen enjoy. So my 2012 resolution reflects that inspiration:
Each month, take a kid, or better yet, a group of kids into the outdoors for a hunting, fishing, birding, camping, kayaking or hiking excursion. I'm not sure who will get more out of it — me or the kids — but I can't wait to find out.
Alan Warren
Host of "Alan Warren Outdoors Radio Show" on WOAI-AM 1200 4-6 a.m. Saturdays and "Alan Warren Outdoors TV" on The Pursuit Channel
2012 will be a turning point for yours truly in terms of my promotion of the National Partnership for Outdoor Education and the need for outdoor-ed classes for kids. Rather than simply talking about the need for outdoor-ed classes, we'll be ramping up efforts to solicit financial support needed to get outdoor-ed classes started in our schools.
I'll work harder to spread the word and request donations for this worthy non-profit and to gain the corporate support needed to get progress started with outdoor-ed classes in the San Antonio area.
And to that end, I plan to recognize and acknowledge more individuals and organizations via my radio and TV programs that are actively involved in getting kids outdoors and introduced to nature.
Peggy York
National Rifle Association certified instructor and supporter of NRA women's programs and Colorado Outdoor Adventure Guide certified hunting guide
This year I plan to take up archery! I love to shoot and teach others the fundamentals of safe shooting.
The past several years of being on staff with the NRA Women's Wilderness Escape at the Whittington Center near Raton, N.M., I have been privileged to be among the best instructors in their field.
Along with most of the other instructors that are certified to teach multiple disciplines, my "traveling buddy" is on the archery team. These trips have given us time to talk and share our respective skills, but most of all, to discuss why we love what we do. One can never know everything, but we can strive to continue to learn.
I don't know if I will ever be skilled enough to hunt with a bow, but I do know I will learn it well enough to hit my target!
John Goodspeed is a freelance outdoors writer and photographer. Email email@example.com.


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It would be nice to be able to disable modal forms for mobile devices, as these do not necessarily play well together (depending on implementation).
You also mentioned this in comment #1 to #1859770: dev patch for alternate modal sizes - mobile landscape, text field size, size settings issues
Patch with a suggestion on how to approach this on it's way. :)
Comment #3frjo CreditAttribution: frjo commented
Thank you hoesi!
Will test this as soon as I have time. I think I can use the same solution in the Colorbox module as well. Modals and lightboxes really doesn't work well on mobile devices so it would be nice to have this feature.
Comment #5thsutton CreditAttribution: thsutton commented
Seems to function correctly for me. I suppose this is either going to have an impact on caching (or work incorrectly when cached)?
Comment #6SocialNicheGuru CreditAttribution: SocialNicheGuru commented
if you set the screen size to scale and choose a value, the modal does fit within the mobile device screen.
Comment #8newtoid CreditAttribution: newtoid commented
Patch works great, just what I needed, thank you :-)
Comment #9DruppelCode CreditAttribution: DruppelCode commented
Thank you Hoessie for the patch, this was really an hair-pulling bug.
I eventually managed to get this working. Just have to style this for mobile devices!
Comment #10danithaca CreditAttribution: danithaca commented
The patch above works on the server end. Another easy fix is to use client side code: remove ".ctools-use-modal" CSS class. Then "nojs" in URL will not get replaced by "ajax", thus not triggering modal ajax call. Example pseudo code:
// in your module's js file:
// test if the browser is on mobile. if so, execute the following code:
$('.ctools-use-modal').each(function() {


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Siren Nation's mission is to inspire and empower women of all ages to create their own art and to highlight the many achievements of women in the arts.


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First of all, I want to thank Blake and the rest of the Raptors Republic crew for bringing me in from the blogsphere hinterland and into the bosom of the TrueHoop Network. I look forward to sucking on the teat of…okay, enough with that analogy.
For those who don't know me, I started the blog, The Picket Fence, back in 2009, where I infrequently wrote about the Raptors and the NBA in general.
I started playing and following the game back in the mid-80's, but instead of jumping on the Celtics' or Lakers' bandwagons (which was the norm at the time), I looked to nearby (at the time- I moved to Vancouver after university) Detroit to hitch my wagon to. My fandom culminated in them winning back-to-back titles in 1990 and 1991. The very next year, I watched in person (well, I watched Game 5 in person) as the Blue Jays won their first of back-to-back World Series titles (and then a year later, moved to Vancouver in the wake of their FIRST Stanley Cup riots, but that's beside the point).
So unlike many long-suffering Leafs fans (I never, ever followed hockey), I never had a cynical outlook when it came to professional sports teams. To me, the ultimate, and achievable, goal of any professional sports franchise should be to compete for, if not win, a Championship.
Which brings us to the subject of my first column for Raptors Republic. (Note: For readers of my own blog, this article will be recycling material from some past posts, but it's necessary for part two.)
In PHDSteve's podcast from last week, he talked about two possible futures for the Raptors. He said the Raptors could either blow up the team, firing the GM, coach and trading all the players, or grow internally and moving ahead with the pieces you have. He felt the best course of action was to continue along the path they're on and develop the talent they have.
I wonder what talent he's actually looking at, because I don't see it. Or perhaps his goal for the team is different from mine.
Believe me, I understand the desire not to go through any more losing. In their 17 years, the Raptors have only had 4 winning seasons. Four. Raptor fans have not had a lot to cheer for, over the years. But that doesn't mean you settle for mediocrity. And that's exactly what you'll get if the Raptors stay the course.
Speaking of mediocrity…
Bryan Colangelo, in his 7 years on the job, has given the team 6 losing seasons, just 2 playoff appearances, none of which resulted in the team getting past the first round. He lost the only All Star the team had, gambled for 7 years and lost by stubbornly hitching the team to Andrea Bargnani, and now has a borderline playoff team with a ceiling of a 2nd round team (best case scenario) that's close to the luxury tax. Plus, he's given out some of the worst contracts in the league, proving time and time again to be a poor judge of talent.
I find it mind boggling that ANYONE would consider picking up his option, let alone extending his contract. If he was any other GM, for any other NBA team, he would have been fired two or three years ago. There is simply no good excuse to keep Colangelo on.
On his podcast on Tuesday, PHDSteve expanded on why the Raptors need to stay the course, talking about the need for consistency, but I'm not sure I see the point when your general manager has proven over the course of his tenure that he's simply not a very good one.
Coincidentally, I happened to be rereading Bill Simmons' famous Atrocious GM Conference he wrote back in 2006. I've lifted a few selected passages from the article, and I want you to see if you can see how they relate to Colangelo.
"It's always better to make good picks in the draft — this way, your fans can become attached to them, then you can trade them for inferior guys with bad contracts. Plus, it throws the media off your scent a little bit. I would much rather draft a decent guy, then trade him down the road, or overpay him with a crazy contract that makes no sense or kills my cap space. If you're openly tanking draft picks, it's too obvious."
"You gave Allan Houston $100 million when he couldn't have gotten more than $71 million anywhere else. You gave Charlie Ward $28 million. You traded Marcus Camby and a lottery pick that could have been Amare Stoudamire for Antonio McDyess and his bum knee. By the time you got canned, they were a lottery team."
"To me, that's the beauty of what Isiah has been able to pull off. Casual hoops fans can look at the Knicks' roster and say, "Wow, we have Marbury, Eddy Curry and Jalen Rose?!" Diehard fans can look at the roster and say, "This is just crazy enough that it might work," or "Maybe we can package some of these guys for a superstar." So there's a little bit of hope there, even if it's misguided, ridiculous and inane."
Change a few names here and there and they could be talking about Colangelo. Probably NOT a good sign.
Obviously, Colangelo is ultimately responsible for the entire team, including the coaching staff. And the current version of the team is not a compelling argument for Colangelo to keep his job.
Last season, Dwane Casey helped a team with little talent overachieve but has struggled to help a more talented team take the next step. It's not that Casey is a bad coach, it's just he's not a particularly good head coach. And like all coaches, he has his strengths and his weaknesses. He's a good motivator, and good defensive coach, but he's not good at rotations, offense or, apparently, developing young players.
More troubling, however, are the mixed signals he sends to players (and fans). He claims he holds players accountable and players have to earn their playing time, but that was obviously not the case with Bargnani. And Ed Davis only played when there were no other options available despite playing hard and well at the beginning of the season. And then when Bargnani came back from injury, he was again inserted into the starting lineup without deserving it. Whether this was a directive from Colangelo is beside the point. It's ultimately the coaches responsibility who plays and who doesn't.
And Jonas Valanciunas' absence during the fourth quarters of games even when he plays well would make more sense if the team didn't consistently play poorly at the end of games. His insistence on playing small ball at that time too often leaves the team vulnerable on the inside and on the boards, and far too dependant on outside shooting, which they are not very good at. Not only is Casey's insistence on sitting Valanciunas late in games hurting Valanciunas' development (he has to learn to play then by actually playing), it has hurt the team.
I have no problem with being selective with minutes for young players and making them earn playing time, but when he's played well against an opponent all game long, I'm not sure of the logic of sitting him when you need him most, and when he'll learn the most.
Casey is obviously not the coach most Raptor fans hoped he'd be after last season. The best organizations stick with their coaches and create a system that inhabits the entire organization. But first you need the right coach. And however much I appreciate the good things Casey does, he's not it.
Of course, without the right talent, even the best coach isn't going to succeed. And while the Raptors certainly have some talent, it's rather flawed talent.
Now, honestly, I was going to go into some detail about each player, talking about their strengths and weaknesses, but then I watched the game against Miami and realized it was a microcosm of what is what is wrong with this team.
First Rudy Gay.
Through the first three quarters, we saw exactly why Colangelo has been enamoured of Gay and why the Raptors are so desperately trying to sell him as an elite player. He scored inside and out, rebounded the ball in traffic and made one absolutely spectacular pass to (I think) Terrence Ross on the fast break. He shot 11-16 from the field and was a big reason why the Raptors had tied it up at 77.
Then the other Rudy Gay took over.
In the fourth quarter, he went 0-4 , without one shot attempt closer than 14 feet. At least in the Charlotte game he went inside more in the fourth quarter, but still shot 1-5. For a guy that is billed as a closer for the Raptors, he's actually a poor shooter in clutch situations. It's great that he has hit some big last second shots, but if he shoots poorly until then, it doesn't actually help the team win.
And while he actually shot fairly decent (for him) from behind the three point line in the games against Miami and Charlotte, he continues to launch 3 pointers at a high rate (3.3 per game, 4.1 since the trade) while shooting 28.6% for the season, well below the league average. That's simply not good judgement.
In a lot of ways, he reminds me of a post-injury Vince Carter (Raptors version) where he falls in love with his jumpshot, coasts way too much and doesn't seem to want to use the physical and basketball skills he's blessed with. Do we really want to go through THAT again?
Like with Andrea Bargnani, Colangelo is enamoured with what Gay CAN do, rather than what he ACTUALLY does do on a consistent basis. Gay is a very good player, but if he's your best player, or even your second best player, your team is going to be mediocre, at best. And unfortunately with him making more than $37 million over the next two seasons, Gay will remain the team's "best" player for the near future because his contract (as well as those of DeRozan, Bargnani and Fields) will limit what the Raptors can do to upgrade the roster.
DeMar DeRozan is the team's second leading scorer, and, like Gay, he's inefficient offensively, takes WAY too many long twos and has major problems on the defensive end. While I like DeRozan's work ethic, a lot of his statistical improvement is simply due to more minutes than actually doing things at a more efficient rate. For example, his 4.1 rebounds a game mark a career high, but his rebounding percentage of 6.5%, a much better indication of rebounding, is actually slightly below his career average of 6.6%.
And while he's gotten to the line more as the season has gone on, his field goal percentage has actually declined every single month and he is shooting just 40% for March. In other words, despite what everyone seems to be saying, DeRozan has NOT played better since the Rudy Gay trade. He's gotten to the line more, but his scoring is about the same and his field goal percentage has gone down.
Any team dependant on Gay and DeRozan as their leading scorers are simply not going to be efficient enough or score consistently enough to be anything more than a mediocre team.
Kyle Lowry hasn't exactly been the player Raptor fans had hoped for, either. Like Gay, he's inconsistent and gambles too much on defense, and while he's a willing passer, he simply doesn't have the same ability to deliver the right pass at the right time that Jose Calderon did. And, again, the game against Miami was the perfect example of Lowry's flaws.
He's be the perfect example of the difference between an instinctual point guard and a reactive point guard. An instinctual point guard makes those around him better and understands where and when to move the ball without even thinking about it. Watch Lowry over the course of a game and you'll see how guys have to reach for his passes, rather than have them delivered where they can shoot it in motion. The offense will grind to a halt far too often with him on the floor, and he doesn't always see the open man.
And the thing that makes Lowry such a fan favourite, the way he plays with a chip on his shoulder, can also be one of his biggest weaknesses. Like Gay, he takes a lot of bad shots early in the shot clock, especially in crunch time.
With the Raptors current roster, you've got the top 2 scorers (three, including Bargnani) as very inefficient, the top two ball handlers as bad decision makers, and your three perimeter defenders as inconsistent, at best.
The team is not without it's bright spots, thankfully.
Amir Johnson has probably been the team's MVP over the course of the season, has averaged a double-double as a starter, is in the top ten in the league in field goal percentage, has become a viable, although moderate, scoring threat and has, for the most part, kept his fouls in check. Best of all, he's equally as good coming off the bench or starting. Basically, he's every coaches dream. You can plug him into any team, he'll do whatever is asked and will play hard no matter what his role. I thought it ridiculous, a while back, when people were talking about possibly amnestying Amir, and I'm thankful those times are gone.
In Jonas Valanciunas, the Raptors have found a two-way center who has a chance to be an All Star down the road. He's an incredibly hard worker, has a good feel both offensively and defensively, and should develop into a better player than any of the current Raptors.
I really don't think he's got the talent to be a franchise center, but I do think he's the most important Raptor on the roster. In a league devoid of legit two-way centers, Valanciunas holds the key to the future success of the team. But he's surrounded by players that don't compliment him. And Colangelo is overpaying his players so much, just to build a .500 team that by the time the Raptors will need to give Valanciunas a new contract, they won't be able to afford him.
Next year, the Raptors are on pace to have the 6th highest payroll in the league, and the year after that the 5th highest, and that doesn't include whatever they offer Kyle Lowry. Colangelo's pay structure isn't sustainable and if he continues to run the team, it will kill any flexibility the team will need to be anything more than a borderline playoff team.
Speaking of which, this notion that being a .500 team, which the Raptors have been since trading for Rudy Gay, as being such a good thing is a complete fail to me.
The first problem with that argument is that from the time Bargnani was injured (on December 10th) to the time Rudy Gay was traded for (January 31st), the Raptors went 12-12. And since then, the team has gone 10-12. I'm not suggesting the team is not better with Gay, because they are, but the improvement is fairly marginal. Again, this is not a good sign if you're arguing he's an elite player.
Secondly, the goal of this team should be more than simply being .500 and making the playoffs. That would be fine if there was an indication that there was plenty of room for growth beyond that, but with this team there's not. At this point, the team's best case scenario looks more like the Joe Johnson-led Hawks teams that couldn't get past the second round, than anything else. And I'd say even that's a reach, because at least Johnson was a perennial All Star.
As I said at the beginning, the goal of any team should be to, at least, contend for a Championship, and this team is not built for that. You need an elite player for that, at the very least, and the Raptors simply don't have one. And you can't even say they have several All Stars, because that's not even true. If Valanciunas becomes a perennial All Star, and Gay becomes an All Star (in the weak East), then what you've got is a 45-50 win team that will compete but won't be in anyone's conversation for contenders. And, again, this is a best case scenario. And far too many of Colangelo's decisions have been based on best case scenario, rather than the likely scenario (see Bargnani, Andrea).
More likely, the team will flatline at 45 wins, spend way too much money on mediocre players, and have to start cutting costs, which means losing talent. This is the likely road the team will take if they stay the course. And I'm not fine with that.
Next up, what the Raptors SHOULD do…
– Related to my article, I'm really getting sick of Leo Rautins talking up how great being a .500 team in the East is because it means the possibility of being a middle seed in the playoffs. Great, the East is so bad that even a mediocre team will make the playoffs. And that's supposed to be a good thing.
– Why is it that Charlotte was able to acquire their backup point guard (Jannero Pargo) with just a 10-day contract, whereas Bryan Colangelo had to use a 2nd round pick to get the Raptors one?
– Depending on how long Kobe is out, this might actually help the Lakers because Nash will actually have something to do other than stand around at the three point line and passing to Kobe whenever he's open. Yes, the Lakers have miraculously gotten back into the top 8 in the West, but their offense looks AWFUL. Asking Steve Nash to play off the ball and defer to Kobe EVERY TIME is like casting Philip Seymour Hoffman as the Oakland A's coach in Moneyball and then giving him absolutely nothing to do. It's a waste.
On a side note, I did love Moneyball, but please give Hoffman more to do than to look vexed.
– Three years ago, Washington decided to give the 23 year old Andray Blatche a 5 year, $35 million extension based mostly on potential, and Blatche rewarded them by showing up out of shape and playing horribly when he wasn't suspended for being out of shape. Eventually they decided to amnesty him, which allowed him to pick where he wanted to play without worrying about money. Then he goes out and says this:
"If I get a lot (in my next contract), yeah, it's going to take pressure off the Wizards, but that's why I'm not going to do that."
Bitter much?
– Did you hear about Indiana Pacer, George Hill going off over most of their home crowd cheering for the Lakers in the recent tilt against them? George Hill is an Indianapolis native who played three season in San Antonio, where I'm guessing fans never cheer for anyone EXCEPT the Spurs.
As a resident of Vancouver, for more than a decade and a half, I find it a little sickening that Indianapolis has the second best team in the East, one of the best young players in the league, and they're near the bottom of the league in attendance. And apparently those that attend don't always cheer for the hometown team.
I'd say George Hill has a legitimate gripe.
And if Pacers fans don't want their team, Vancouver will take it.


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The first Jewish speaker at the annual commencement exercises for the only Catholic women's college in Manhattan told the graduates today that it was their duty to continue the ecumenical advances made between Christians and Jews in the past decade.
The appearance of Dr. Joseph L. Lichten, intercultural affairs director of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, at the exercises at Marymount Manhattan College was one of a series of events marking expanded Christian-Jewish cooperation.
Iona College, a Catholic institution in New Rochelle, N.Y., announced appointment of the first two Jewish members of its board of lay trustees. They are Nathan Kalikow, a construction executive, and Leon Weiss, an accountant.
Rabbi Theodore Levy of the Temple Society of Concord in Syracuse, N.Y., was named resident lecturer at LeMoyne College. The Very Rev. William L. Reilly, a Jesuit priest who is president of the Catholic college, made the announcement while preaching at the Temple in the first appearance by a priest at a synagogue in Syracuse. Tracey Ferguson, Temple president, is a member of the board of trustees of LeMoyne College. Another Temple leader, Jerome M. Wilson, was named recently to the college board.
A course on rabbinic Judaism and the Talmud will be given for the first time next year at John Carroll University, a Jesuit institution in Cleveland. Rabbi Earl A. Jordan, associate rabbi at Fairmount Temple, will join the university's theology faculty to give the course. The Jewish Chatauqua Society is sponsoring the course.


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Ragnaroc, a yearly event in the Pacific Northwest, recreates the battles of the twilight of the gods. The fighting conventions are slightly different from those in the SCA. To learn more about the Empire of Medieval Pursuits, visit http://www.empiremp.com/
To view the video of Ragnaroc, click on "original article" below.


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I've been using Boost for a couple of months now and everything is working as it should (to the best of my knowledge). Lately, however, I am unable to access Boost Settings page.
Whenever I tried to open the settings page I get the error message:
Fatal error: Out of memory (allocated 99614720) (tried to allocate 96 bytes) in /home/mysite/public_html/sites/all/modules/boost/boost.admin.inc on line 1210
I've been using 128M of memory and tried increasing that to 256M, but the problem didn't go away.
Comment #1Methos76 CreditAttribution: Methos76 commented
sorry for bringing this up, but I have the same problem.
I looked at the code in the boost.admin.inc and it seems to me that boost is trying to geht the count of all files in the cache folder. Having a (very) big page, this seems to be a problem, so the memory runs off.
At the moment i even don't understand why boost is dooing that. If boost wnats to know how many files are cached and how many are expired, it could look into the database to get this information.
I think I will comment this area out and look what happens to get the settingspage online again..
(Update Inserted)
Ok now i Know for what boost is counting the files ..
last Point of the page is Clear Boost's Database & File Cache.
And on the button the count of the files is part of the output ...
but is it really needed?
(update ends)
TO reproduce this problem you need a page without clearing expired on cron ( and not cleaning anyway at all ) some day you seem to run into this problem.
Comment #2Philip_Clarke CreditAttribution: Philip_Clarke commented
I believe these are two differing issues. The original post appears to be an out of memory error due to a loop caused in the domain wildcard system but the line listed is in the form submission and may not be boost, it might be domain access.
Whereas this post doesn't make a lot of sense regarding file size as at no point are the cached files brought into memory, they are counted and a variable is incremented but it appears unlikely that the size of a file is the issue, what did you disable to get the page working again ? In the page counting function there is also a timer to break the loop if it becomes excessive.
Was your error at line 1210 too ?
Comment #3bgm CreditAttribution: bgm commented
|» 6.x-1.20
The list of files is to count CSS/JS files that could be cached in "cache/perm/".
I also think that the boost_count_all_files() checks all the "cache/" directory, which means it will count for all the sites listed in the same code base (multi-site).
The file count is kind of useful, but I'd be in favor of removing that one. Hesitating whether to do this in a 6.x-2.x branch (where regressions may happen).
Also agree with Philip_Clarke's comment that the two posts may not refer to the same thing.
@ qwert123: can you edit boost.admin.inc, find "function boost_count_all_files($path, &$timer = NULL, $first = TRUE) {" and add:
function boost_count_all_files($path, &$timer = NULL, $first = TRUE) {
return 0; // <- add this
Comment #4Methos76 CreditAttribution: Methos76 commented
Whereas this post doesn't make a lot of sense regarding file size as at no point are the cached files brought into memory,
I do not find any sentence in my post, that could let someone assume i would think, the cached files would be brought into memory .. sorry, but where did you take that from?
In the page counting function there is also a timer to break the loop if it becomes excessive
That doesn't help if memory consumption is too big ..
what did you disable to get the page working again?
I did what bgm did in post #3. I made boost not count the files.
And yes the error was also in lin 1210, and I do not use domain access in this project.
So i still think boost seems to cause this error under some circumstances.
Comment #5Philip_Clarke CreditAttribution: Philip_Clarke commented
Having a (very) big page, this seems to be a problem, so the memory runs off.
this sentence refers to a big page. Which version of php and are there are symlinks in the file systems ? because i can look at it again and try and find why the loop becomes infinite. Is your boost cache in the normal place (under cache/normal/domain.name/) and how is PHP being run ? as a process of fast-cgi (I'm thinking on the fly here by it PHP lost it's reference point to the directory, it might just decide to count outside of the filesystem, I've seem a watch_dog error tat highlights that somewhere).
Comment #6Methos76 CreditAttribution: Methos76 commented
The php Version is 5.3.2
php is run as apache-module
there are indeed symlinks in the filesystem ( in the directory drupal is installed in )
Cache is placed in normal place
hope that helps to find out why the loop does consume so much memory and is not terminating as expected.
Comment #6.0Methos76 CreditAttribution: Methos76 commented


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Is it really November 7th? Almost two weeks since I posted last? How did that happen? Well, I know what happened…life.
And honestly, even though I have little posts running through my head all the time, none of them seem complete enough for an actual post. And this month, I have a feeling, will continue to be a busy busy one. And then there was one time on Twitter when I oversaw someone mentioning that she didn't like to post until she had time to bloghop (and others agreed). Pshhht. Sadly that would mean I would never post these days. Wahhhhhhh (please don't comment on this in the comments, I already know the answer).
So, winners for Maman's Homesick Pie giveaway!
Terri B. who said that one of her fondest memories was coming home from church on Sundays to a house smelling of pot roast and potatoes. "That smell always said "home" to me."
Laura who remembered when she and her mom and sisters would make monkey bread together on Saturday mornings: "My siblings and I were responsible for rolling the dough into balls and covering them in cinnamon and sugar, while my mom would make the 'goop' (butter, sugar, vanilla) on the stove. I hope to do the same with my kids!"
Care who "was just having a conversation about how some meals from my childhood just can't be created because the time and place is gone. I still crave my mom's sloppy-joes and they weren't fancy but I can't get it right."
Hope you all enjoy the book!!
And then…we took little Chickpea Banana to have her six month portraits. We did get two decent shots, but some of the outtakes. Let's just say that she was NOT having it. No matter how many funny faces and voices and songs I tried. Not even daddy could get a smile! Maybe at 9 months…
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Stretching for five miles along Route 924 with nearly 60 industries and more than 10,000 employees, Humboldt is the largest industrial park in Greater Hazleton.
The 3,000-acre Humboldt Industrial Park is located just off Exit 143 of Interstate 81 along State Route 924.
There are ideal sites for all types of businesses - manufacturing, warehouse/distribution, retail/commercial and even corporate and back offices.
The advantages to locating in Humboldt Industrial Park aren't limited to the great location, in-place infrastructure and available workforce. Some sites in the park are designated Keystone Opportunity Zones (KOZ) which allows qualified companies to enjoy forgiveness from most state and local taxes through 2019.
This original, well-established section of the park is nearly full, but some vacancies still exist. Current tenants include Amazon.com, The Hershey Company, Aryzta, Graham Packaging, Nature's Bounty Co., Tech Packaging and American Eagle Outfitters, the largest facility in Humboldt Industrial Park.
Humboldt West
This section opened in the late 1990s and is also nearly full. Various large manufacturing and distribution centers are here including Brake Parts Inc., Cargill Meat Solutions, FedEx Supply Chain, Michaels and First Quality Nonwovens.
Humboldt North
Humboldt North is the home of companies such as Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate, AutoZone, E.S. Kluft & Co., Gonnella Frozen Products and U.S. Cold Storage. Various sites are still available with all infrastructure to the curb.
Humboldt East
Like the other development phases of Humboldt, this section has all infrastructure and utilities in place. One industrial site remains available in this section of Humboldt – while another site adjacent to Humboldt Station that is zoned commercial is also available. Tootsie Roll Industries, as part of Humboldt East and Residence Inn by Marriott, Sonic Drive In and Burger King fast food restaurants, and Turkey Hill gas/convenience store, which are part of Humboldt Station, are also located in this section of Humboldt.
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This new phase of Humboldt has been tentatively subdivided to accommodate larger manufacturing and distribution projects. The first entrance to Humboldt Northwest at Scotch Pine Drive and is a 91 acre site ideal for larger manufacturing or distribution projects. The remaining sites are being planned for future development. Humboldt Northwest is approved as a Keystone Opportunity Zone, eliminating most state and local taxes through Dec. 31, 2019.


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10 years
Week 41: Babies 'R Not Us
After waiting in our basement for two weeks, my parents leave tomorrow. They will miss the delivery, assuming it ever happens. This bums me out, and I know they're frustrated that their whole visit was for naught, though they're far too diplomatic to say so. It was never clear to me what exactly their role would be during the delivery, though my wife continues to maintain—even after spending 11 days with them—that she wanted them in the room when she delivered. I just don't see it…
10 years
Week 41: Plan 20 From Outer Space
Still nothing. Now we're just pissed.
My parents leave in two days.
In our Bradley class, which seems like a distant memory now, Denyse encouraged us to write up a "birth plan." I didn't get the concept at the time, figuring the plan was: Give birth; go home. How could we possibly develop a plan for the most complex, unpredictable moment of our lives, when the experts should be calling the shots? It seemed ridiculous…
10 years
Week 40: The Lion Does Not Sleep Tonight
Just got off the phone with Sarah. Very excited. Still no baby, but here's a transcript of the call—which I pray no one overheard:
Me: Hello?
Sarah: You sitting down?
Me: Yeah. What's up?
Sarah: I passed my mucus plug.
Me: (excited) Really? Your mucus plug? What did it feel like?
Sarah: I didn't notice. I went to sit on the pot, and…
10 years
Week 40: Cervix Industry
My parents have been living in the basement for a week now, and Sarah's womb has been painfully quiet the whole time. Every time I go downstairs, Tom and Lois are sitting on the couch, eating peanuts and watching Law & Order. And every time Sarah goes down there, they jump up with excited anticipation, and when they realize she has come to simply put in a load of laundry, they sigh. Audibly. They don't mean any harm—they just want to meet the baby, too—but their presence seems to have spooked Sarah's cervix. The pressure is overwhelming. "I feel like every day I don't produce a child, I'm letting everyone down," Sarah said…
10 years
Week 39: Department of No Labor
Every time my phone rings at work, I think, Here we go. I look at the calendar: This is the day. I look at my clothes: This is what I'm going to be wearing in all the pictures. Usually, it's someone calling to ask my least favorite question: "Has the baby come yet?"
No, it hasn't. Thanks for reminding me.
It's easy to forget that Sarah's due date was an estimate—not an appointment. In most cases, post-term pregnancies aren't really "late"; they stem from miscalculations of the time of conception…
10 years
Week 39: St. Annoyance
Here's what it's like sharing a bed with 39-weeks pregnant woman. Or, at least, with mine.
Early this morning, I was sleeping peacefully when I felt a tugging on my shirt. I rolled over and Sarah was staring at me, wide awake.
"What's up?" I asked. "Is it time?"
"No. I'm miserable."
"What's the matter?"…
"I've got a fucking human being in my stomach, that's what's the matter." …
10 years
Week 38: Cry Wolf, Cry Uncle
Sarah was breathing strangely in bed the other morning, and I asked what was up. "I think I'm having this baby," she said. My heart stopped. It's go time. And I'm ready.
For the next hour we tried to figure out whether or not she was in labor. After consulting multiple books, and timing what we imagined were contractions, we'd reached our conclusion: She had gas…
10 years
Week 38: Drop and Give Me Twenty … Wipes
I spent all day Saturday painting furniture for the baby room, which I figured would buy me a free pass to watch the AFC championship on Sunday. It was shaping up to be a great game: The Steelers had won 15 in a row, and the Patriots hadn't lost a playoff game in years. An hour before game time, I asked Sarah who she thought would win. She looked around the basement at little piles of unfinished projects here and there, and answered: "Me."
I spent the day building a crib and assembling a day bed…
10 years
Week 37: Bare-Assed and Pregnant
I've spent much of my life avoiding women who appear to be pregnant, because they scared the hell out of me. What if I said the wrong thing? I had nothing to offer them, conversation-wise, beyond "So, what's it like being pregnant?" Now everything is different. Today at the gym I asked the pregnant woman on the cross-trainer next to mine how she gets her recommended daily calcium intake.
Watched Sarah's belly vibrate today. It looked like when you throw a stone into a still pond, and the splash ripples out to the edges…
10 years
Week 37: Ten True Things I Wouldn't Have Believed a Year Ago
1. By the last trimester, a pregnant woman's breasts may leak a few drops of colostrum (practice milk). It's thick and yellow and has the consistency of wood glue.
2. Sometimes a drop or two of blood leaks out. Blood.
3. During pregnancy, the average woman's uterus expands up to five hundred times its normal size…
10 years
Week 36: Puerto Rico, You Lovely Island…
Our condo in Fajardo, a town on the country's breathtaking northeastern coast, was lovely. We had a panoramic view of the ocean and palm trees—and our airy apartment had everything we needed. When the toilet became a little volatile one afternoon, Isaac decided to buy a plunger, and when he came home, he realized we already had one. Two plungers: now that's the lap of luxury.
I was left alone to babysit Lillian one day. We had masses of toys at our disposal, but for two hours, she was interested mainly in three things: a book called Huggy Buggy, a tin that once held a deck of Seinfeld playing cards, and my facial hair, all of which she endlessly studied and put in her mouth…
10 years
Week 36: Flight or Fight?
Several airlines refuse to allow a woman on board if she is more than 36 weeks pregnant. What do they do, measure the fetus at the gate? I assume this policy exists because airlines fear for the safety of a lavatory delivery at 20,000 feet. Nope. It stems from the high cost of diverting a plane for an emergency landing. Ah, the friendly skies of United. We got in just under the wire on our flight to San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was Sarah's family vacation, and my traveling companions were an older man, a pregnant woman, a 9-month old baby, and a mother and father obsessed with the 9-month-old baby. The most reliable member of the crew was the baby…
10 years
Week 35: Guilt, Misogyny, and Vaginas
Why the hate? That's what I want to know. Misogyny is alive and well and living in male-oriented books about pregnancy. Take a look at these excerpts:
•"There are many reasons to resent your wife when she's pregnant."
•"[Y]our wife should be treated like any other savage creature ready to attack."
•"Instead of acting like a temptress, she'll act more like a toddler. Once you start thinking of your wife as a baby, not a broad, you'll notice other similarities as well."
•"[T]hink of pregnancy as a nine-month stint at a prisoner-of-war camp . . ."
•"Sure, living with a pregnant woman can't kill you, but it sure can take the fun out of living."
Boy. No wonder so many men bail out just after they've pulled out…
10 years
Week 35: The Love Bloat
I just read a new study that claims the average pregnancy is not 40 weeks, but rather 41 1/2. Great. I feel like we just got another couple of years tacked on to our life sentence.
Regardless, a healthy woman should gain between 25 and 35 pounds over the course of a pregnancy. A few years back, I saw a woman—let's call her Sharon—gain roughly 70 pounds. She didn't look like Sharon; she looked like a person who had eaten Sharon. With a side of fries. She was predictably miserable. Her wedding ring went in a drawer for nine months because her finger was too bloated to accommodate it. I recall the moment she realized she could no longer cross her legs. "Well, shit," she said, trying to locate her feet for a few seconds. Then she went back to looking miserable…
10 years
Week 34: Prenatal Porn
We've begun watching horribly graphic childbirth videos in our Bradley class. Yes, I understand their purpose: no one is trying to candy-coat this whole delivery thing, nor should they. Labor is obviously painful and wet and loud and bloody, and if we aren't ready for that we're doing ourselves—and our baby—a major disservice. But it's still gross.
There was the video in which the husband crumpled to the floor like an empty tent when the doctor presented the massive needle for his wife's epidural.
There was the water birth in some kind of icky prenatal jacuzzi that eventually had nine or so different kinds of fluid floating in it, none of which you'd want to see in your kitchen sink…


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Donald E. Merryman
Donald E. Merryman – Age 88, of Canton, passed away Saturday May 8, 2010 in Mercy Medical Center following his declining health. He was born May 5, 1922 in Cadiz, Ohio to the late Teddy and Sara (Haverfield) Merryman and was a 1940 graduate of Cadiz High School. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his wife, Lucille Merryman in 1994; one granddaughter, Tammy Stark in 1975. Funeral services will be Wednesday May 12, 2010 at 11 a.m. in the Kreighbaum-Sanders Funeral Home on S. Cleveland Ave. with Rev. Linda Kay Hall officiating. Interment will be in Forest Hill Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday May 11, 2010 from 6-8 p.m. and one hour before services on Wednesday (10-11 a.m.). A full obituary will appear in the next edition of the Harrison News-Herald.