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Polk State won its home opener tonight, beating Eastern Florida State College 6-2.
Eastern Florida got on the board first, scoring a run in the third inning on a leadoff triple and a two-out single.
The Eagles answered with a run in the bottom of the inning.
Drew Howard led off, hitting the first pitch for a single to center field and moving to second base on a Nico Limoncelli single. Tor Sehnert walked to load the bases, and Brady Gulakoswki plated the tying run with a sacrifice fly.
In the bottom of the fourth, Danny Berg hit a leadoff single and scored on a triple by Nick Wells, giving the Eagles a 2-1 advantage.
Polk State added four more runs in the home half of the seventh inning.
After Trent Sinkfield reached first on an error, Danny Berg and James Boldin hit back-to-back singles to load the bases.
Wells followed with a single to left, scoring Sinkfield and Berg. When Sam Korushak walked on four pitches, Boldin scored. Sehnert then hit an RBI single, putting the Eagles up 6-1.
Eastern Florida scored a run on a wild pitch in the top of the eighth.
Starting pitcher Alex Goff (1-0) earned the win. In four innings he allowed one run on six hits, walking none and striking out five.
Bryce Hill, Timothy Watkins, and Billy McKay worked in relief.
"It absolutely feels good to win the home opener and start the season 2-0," said Head Coach Al Corbeil.
"We played a really good game today, which is a little surprising for this early in the year.
"I'm really pleased with how Alex Goff threw the ball. He made 61 pitches in four innings and was really effective.
"We had one inning where we struggled a little bit on the mound, but our guys were in it today and we strung together a lot of quality at bats. We also made some great defensive plays. I like the way the guys showed up and competed today."
The Eagles collected 12 hits and six walks.
Wells had three RBI and scored a run.
Berg went three-for-five and scored a pair of runs.
Limoncelli singled twice, walked twice, drove in a run, and stole a base.
Sinkfield also singled twice and scored once.
The Eagles (2-0) return to action Tuesday against Warner University JV at 5 p.m. at Bing Tyus Yard in Winter Haven.


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I'd never buy something, even if it's a great brand, that is a competitor to something I already own; that's insane.Tags: Brand, Great, Insane
In a recession, you must be able to call into question everything you've done before.Tags: Able, Done, Question
There's a strength to being able to look at products through a customer's eyes, but it is also dangerous.Tags: Able, Eyes, Strength
You don't buy luxury to enter a community, but to set yourself apart from others.Tags: Community, Others, Yourself
I closely follow everything about user interface or human-computer interface: technology that makes computers closer to the way the human being actually functions.Tags: Computers, Human, Technology
Linguistics is a good way of defining the culture of a brand. The vocabulary used by sports and lifestyle brands - running, fitness, training, motorsports - is all about functionality, whereas the vocabulary of the luxury business - handbags, ready-to-wear - is all about the product.Tags: Business, Fitness, Good
Sustainable development is a fundamental break that's going to reshuffle the entire deck. There are companies today that are going to dominate in the future simply because they understand that.Tags: Future, Today, Understand
The first PC that I actually bought myself was a Toshiba Papman in 1985. This model was one of the very first laptops; I remember that it was a revolution at the time!Tags: Remember, Revolution, Time

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Jam-packed queen of gardening shows
It's no secret that I love Harrogate's Spring and Autumn Flower Shows, having been a visitor for many a year.
What better way to be greeted on National Wear a Flower Day than by a lovely gent at the entrance with a Gerbera?
The people, the plants, the food, the vast shopping opportunities and bargains – even if you pay full price tickets at the gate, you're likely to save more than you spend – for example, I bought a large golden variegated Yucca from Stonecrop Nurseries for £9.
Without a doubt, this was the busiest show I've ever been to – whether it was because some children are still on Easter holidays, or it was first-day madness, who knows, but it was uncomfortably full in places. Even before noon the van we'd chosen to have a snack with had run out of baguettes – and it specialised in them!
It's the first year I've struggled to find anywhere to sit down – there didn't appear to be less seating just more people. We abandoned the usual plan of food in The Yorkshire Pantry, as it was heaving, for a snack outside.
The Plant Pavilion, Gardening Hall, and outdoor plant stands were as informative and inspiring as ever. Massive congratulations must go to County Durham's Harperley Hall Farm Nurseries for winning Premier Gold with an outstanding display of alpines and rare perennials, including their trademark Meconopsis (Himalayan Blue poppy) and exclusive Primula vialii Alison Holland.
The spring show is always strong on summer bulbs and herbaceous perennials and I was delighted to see several types of Echiums blooming on a few stands (I nearly succumbed to E. webbii at £16.50) for the first time.
Hort Couture success
This year's theme is Hort Couture, with a strong fashion theme weaved throughout the show. A particular highlight is New Zealand artist and costumier Jenny Gillies' floral dresses, each based on a real flower, taking up to three months to make and containing up to 70m of fabric!
Usually not one of my favourite areas is the floral pavilion, but this spring it sizzled, with flowers from the students' displays full of va va bloom, spilling out of car bonnets!
National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies (NAFAS) based their displays around designers – the North East's being Vivienne Westwood, which I loved, although it only was awarded bronze (unfairly in my opinion). Three Counties & South Wales deservedly won gold with a themed Versace display.
Making the most of Harrogate
- Get there early – gates open at 9.30am – to beat the crowds.
- Eat as soon as you can – or leave it until late.
- Make good use of the plant creches so you don't exhaust yourself. Some stalls will also keep plants back for you and give you a hand to one of the gates.
- If you arrive late, the parking is quite a walk from the main gate.
- If you're not using a car, make use of the shuttle bus from Harrogate Bus Station.
- Take plenty of breaks!
Show gardens
I always enjoy Harrogate's show gardens as they're totally different from their RHS Chelsea namesakes – much more approachable, smaller and easily translatable to an ordinary garden.
There was a vintage crop this year – my only gripe being that the judges seem to be lacking a category for most effort and hard work put into a garden, meaning that some of the charity gardens didn't get the best marks.
"We were robbed," said one of the lads from Horticap that I was chatting to. Their Magic Roundabout may have got a bronze but it was the garden with the most people looking at it so well done, job done and who cares what judges think!
Here are my favourites:
Professional Gardens
The Wonders of the Brain – Yorkshire Brain Research Centre. Planting designed to reflect the brain's functions.
Colour Your Garden – gold medal-winning exhibit by Ripon-based online plant nursery, run by Alistair and Charlotte Baldwin, www.colouryourgarden.co.uk.
There's Water Under The Bridge – HMP Kirklevington Grange. Creating the concept of reform through a garden, with benches, metalwork, backboard painting and art by the men themselves – the Artyculturals – and their mentors.
Community Spirit Gardens
If You Go Down To the Woods – Henshaws Arts and Crafts Centre. All that's best in community gardening, full of sensitive planting and hand-made crafts.
A Little Bit of Magic – Horticap Ltd. Inspired by the Magic Roundabout after last year's successful Wallace and Gromit garden.


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I love soup. I love tacos. This is the dinner I make when I don't feel like making dinner. It's both cheaper and faster to make than takeout (if you have the ingredients on hand).
If you want to skip my witty commentary and pictures here's the recipe: Taco Soup
Taco soup is as simple as the name implies. It's simple to make, hearty, and flavorful. If you can dodge a ball open cans you can make this soup. If you skip the tortilla chips, the soup is low in sodium and semi-healthy… but be real, tortilla chips are delicious, don't skip those. It's cheap to make, and you can get it together in less than 40 minutes.
So let's get started, grab your favorite pot and heat that sucker up.
Brown the ground beef…
Chop up one onion (I swear this is the hardest part of the whole recipe)…
Drain the ground beef in the strainer…
Pop open the cans of stuff and add to the strainer…
Meanwhile back at the pot, which I forgot to tell you to keep on medium heat, add the onions and spices…
Then add all the juice (this recipe is the only reason I think V8 is still in business. That and bloody marys). Also, it's super hard to take pictures and pour a large bottle of juice. #blogproblems.
The taco seasoning is usually adequate to flavor the soup, so if you have kiddos or people who like a more mild taste it's not necessary to add more flavor. But me, I like all the flavors, so I add a good amount of garlic, hot sauce, pepper, and sugar. Fun fact: if you accidentally add too much heat, sugar will counterbalance the spiciness.
Additionally, if you are eyeballing how much pepper to add, I usually like to cover the surface area of the soup with pepper. It generally is a good way to add enough to flavor the soup. The thing you want to be most careful with is salt. It's hard/impossible to unsalt food. Also, if you add cheese or chips later on down the line, those also add salt to the overall flavor, so keep that in mind too. I usually wait to salt my stews and soups until the last step, after the flavor has had a chance to simmer and develop.
A side bar about measuring spoons and cups. I have no less than three sets of measuring cups and measuring spoons. It really expedites cooking, because I don't have to stop to wash off the teaspoon three times. Additionally, I keep all my measuring things in the same place and clumped together for easy access. You'd be surprised how much easier it is to cook when you've got your tools organized and easily accessible.
Anyway, back to the soup… Cover the soup and simmer for 30 minutes over medium low heat. Since we didn't fully cook the onions or the garlic, it gives a chance for those ingredients to cook down and flavor the broth. Mmmm… look at that meaty goodness…
Now this soup is pretty delicious on its own, but since this is 'mercia, I can't leave well enough alone. I need chips and cheese to make it a real meal.
That's it! It's a great, easy meal to make. The ingredients, especially if you buy generic, are affordable. At five generous servings with tax that's around $3.40 a serving. Not bad!
64 oz. vegetable juice: $3.49
15 oz. can of corn, low sodium: .69
15 oz. can of black beans, low sodium: .79
15 oz. can of diced tomatoes, low sodium: .80
1 packet of taco seasoning, low sodium: .89
1 large onion: .99
1 lb. ground beef, 80% lean: $5.88
1 bag tortilla chips: $2.49
Grand total: $16.02
At five generous servings with tax and pantry items, that's around $3.40 a serving. Not bad!
Anyway, this is one of my favorite recipes and I hope you can add it to your lineup. Whether you're an old hand at cooking or you're just starting to learn (reasons why you should cook, and how you can get started), this recipe is great to have in your repertoire.
Happy eating!


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Today is, in most countries across the world, Mothers' Day. People are celebrating their mothers left, right, center, front, back, up and down. I celebrate Sarah (that's her beautiful name) everyday; I've never had to wait for a day that some stranger from thousands of miles away (and thousands of years ago) randomly chose, before I can tell this woman how much I love her. Here's why.
How Mum and Dad met is an interesting but not relevant story (not today). The same goes for the perfect love they shared for the first fourteen years of my life. Today's story is about the Sarah that sprung up after Daddy was murdered in 2007. I was fourteen, the second of Dad's six children and the eldest of Mum's five. That ship wrecked really hard. We had seen it coming, but somehow were just never prepared enough.
The aftermath has been a long nostalgic decade of love and war, joy and pain, victories and definite defeats. Mom was still, in the seeming opinion of many, a very young woman that should have no trouble getting married again. Her own opinion and plans begged to disagree. She didn't know how, but we would be alright without a new father. So she prepared herself, and us, for battle. She told us everyday that life was about to get hard. Nobody knew how hard.
The first war was Mum's refusal to get remarried in my father's family. You know how this whole wife-inheritance story goes. That birthed the theory that she was responsible for my father's death in an effort to "take his property". Overnight, Mum became a "murderer, witch and thief" all in one character (some Wonder Woman, eh?) with the most incriminating "evidence" coming from the stepson she had so lovingly raised as her own for years (with Dad's disapproval), obviously fueled and proudly sponsored by Dad's family. The wars got physical. Knives and tongues were sharpened. Pangas and spells were cast. A snake or two visited us in the house out of nowhere at random hours of the night. Bad manners, right?
We fled the house we owned in Jinja and fully settled in Mbarara, my second home and birthplace. Luckily, Mom was given her Survivor's Benefit by NSSF Uganda. Being the entrepreneur that already owned a moderate retail business and a bar, I thought she'd invest the Benefit to make quick money. Nope; she built houses! Mum bought land and started building studio apartments. Barely five months after she'd started building, the landlord of our home kicked us out!
The rooms at the site were very far from complete (I'm talking about no doors, windows, ceiling or floor). They weren't plastered, and cat-sized rats had built their own homes there! Using iron sheets, we made makeshift doors and windows and packed our stuff in two rooms. We set up camp in three other rooms, and moved in with our rat friends.
Mom completed the other rooms we (and our stuff) hadn't occupied, and put them up for rent. The rent that came in fed us, clothed us, transported us to church and school, bought medicine and basically kept us alive. It wasn't enough to complete the rooms we were occupying. So our tenants lived the Bourgeoisie life, while we lived miserably for the next 8 years. You'll notice the same pattern among today's richest people. They produce luxuries for us to buy, but they live modestly.
Mom gave her life to Jesus Christ, and this was the greatest gift she ever gave to us. She was very beautiful. She could have left us alone any day of her life. Men- rich men- hit on her daily, in our presence! I'll never understand what strength she had to choose the life we lived. Mothers opt out. But she got married to Jesus, and that was just it.
Mom cried in her room every night. She cried when she prayed to God. She cried when she didn't. Mom cried more than she breathed. She was the mother of five children that had never even dreamed of this life as possible, rejected by her husband's family (a majority of whom he and she had catered for, paid for their education) for being a murderer and scoffed at by her own for choosing religion over logic. She had a son that was experiencing all this at the age of four!
While all this killed me, I didn't lose faith in her. I played my role in our little beautiful mess and she was with me all the way. Brick by brick, we pooled resources, pushed prayers and somehow stayed in school. How we pulled that off for all those years is a miracle. Heck, our mere existence today is a miracle! Her cured Blood Pressure? Miracle. But perhaps the most miraculous part is how we somehow always looked forward to another day. Another dream. A chance to be happy again. We shared stories of the good old days and dreams of the good ones to come. We still laughed. We loved. We lived.
Eleven years later, life is changing. Mom is the mother of two working-class children, with a third degree knocking. We're support our siblings in ways we can. Sarah is a legend. She is a goddess. She's writing a more detailed account of her life, but consider this as the foreword- you're welcome.
Mom, thank you for choosing God. Thank you for choosing us over them. Thank you for fighting for us, instead of against them. You lost that fight, but you won this war. You gave us a now-beautiful home. You kept us alive. You kept us happy. You taught us God, and you taught us love. You taught us forgiveness. You've taught me life lessons even you yourself don't know. I'm proud of you. I love you with all that I am and I know that we'll get you back for all the sacrifices you made. You're my hero. Happy Mother's Day.


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Needs clean-up and new info revealed in Fading Echoes incorporated in. Perhaps list Visitors on the page as well since it is now of more significance? Probably add history sections like on StarClan's page, again, since it is growing more significantinsaneular Talk 02:26, March 24, 2010 (UTC)
- The Forgotten Warrior section needs expanding.
It seems like I read somewhere that Brokenstar walks the Place of No Stars also, am I wrong? Also, if he wasn't listed as walking the PoNS, couldn't we go ahead and put him in? Do you think StarClan would allow him in after all he has done?
Eulalia459678(Salamandastron) 03:32, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
- We deal in facts, not guesses on the Mainspace, remember. We haven't seen him in the afterlife, so we can't officially verify him as being anywhere specific. Pretty much unless we've seen them in the afterlife we really probobly shouldn't be listing them as specifically a part of either group. Kitsufox Fox's Den 04:32, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
- Although I agree that we shouldn't put guesses in the mainspace, I'm almost positive I read about Brokentail being in the PoNS in a book. Someone ought to check Sunset and The Sight so we can be sure. Sorry I can't but I only own the first 4 books of the Original Series. Hobbes15(Tiger Headquarters) 07:09, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
- I only own a First Look Copy of the Sight. and I don't acctually own any of the New Prophecy (Book are expensive when you're also paying bills around a house. You would not believe how much electricity costs nowadays. But I don't remember him being seen in PoNS, but I read so many books on the whole that if it was mentioned in passing I may have just forgotten it (It's been awhile since I've read the New Prophecy. And considering I didn't really enjoy the second half of that series much at all...) We can just hold off, verify the information, and then add it in. Kitsufox Fox's Den 14:19, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
I'm almost positive that he is, but I'm not going to be able to look until next Thursday at the latest. Eulalia459678(Salamandastron) 15:16, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
- I only own a First Look Copy of the Sight. and I don't acctually own any of the New Prophecy (Book are expensive when you're also paying bills around a house. You would not believe how much electricity costs nowadays. But I don't remember him being seen in PoNS, but I read so many books on the whole that if it was mentioned in passing I may have just forgotten it (It's been awhile since I've read the New Prophecy. And considering I didn't really enjoy the second half of that series much at all...) We can just hold off, verify the information, and then add it in. Kitsufox Fox's Den 14:19, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
- Although I agree that we shouldn't put guesses in the mainspace, I'm almost positive I read about Brokentail being in the PoNS in a book. Someone ought to check Sunset and The Sight so we can be sure. Sorry I can't but I only own the first 4 books of the Original Series. Hobbes15(Tiger Headquarters) 07:09, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
- Strike that, look at this quote I found:
"...Once he halted, eyes staring, jaws open to taste the air. 'I can scent Brokenstar!' he exclaimed. 'Is he here too? Brokenstar, where are you?..."
That comes from the prologue of the Paperback 2007 edition of the Harper Trophy Sunset. Found using the Amazon.com search inside feature. Eulalia459678(Salamandastron) 15:28, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
- Strike that, look at this quote I found:
In one of the prologues in the New Prophecy books Darkstripe says he can scent Brokentail/Brokenstar. I would say he really is in the dark forest/place of no stars.
- Yeah, I found the exact quote, using the Amazon.com search feature. Eulalia459678(Salamandastron) 01:28, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Is ashfur in the place of no stars?I mean he tried killing squirrelflight and her kits. -Whitewingrox
and don't forget he plotted to kill Firestar.Thornclaw talk! 23:04, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
We'll have to see in Sunset. Warrior♥ 19:26, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
There's nothing about where Ashfur is now in Sunset... --Snowflurry 18:40, 17 June 2009 (UTC) Snowflurry
brokenstar is in it read the prolouge of sunsetButthead4 20:33, April 27, 2011 (UTC) butthead4
What's so bad about the Dark Forest?
Why do cats not want to go there? Is there something unpleasant about it? Sure, you don't see many other cats, but not everyone is social. So is the only thing going against it that it's not StarClan? Or is there some specific reason cats don't want to end up there?
I think it's the isolation, and the fact that there's nothing to do. No hunts, no sleep, no thirst, etc. Tigerstar and Hawkfrost seem to enjoy it there, though. --Fidelis359 03:51, September 6, 2009 (UTC)
They may like it, but I bet they both would much rather be alive to take power themselves. I don't think Tigerstar really likes it though. In the prologue of Sunset, it said that he longed to hunt, and feel his claws in flesh. *Shudders*--SnowfallLet it snow, let it snow! 21:05, December 13, 2009 (UTC)
Erin Hunter revealed that Mudclaw went to StarClan because he did everything right and the warrior code says the deputy always becomes leader. --Stonestar 12:48, 24 August 2009 (UTC)Stonestar
It seems more likely he would be in the dark forest because in starlight he went against tallstars will and triend to cease power over onestar with hawkfrost. Witch concludes willing to kill to become leader like tigerstar
It was already confirmed in a Wands and Worlds Chat that Scourge doesn't walk the Dark Forest, as he had no concept of an afterlife. http://wandsandworlds.com/community/node/882 That being said, it's likely that Bone does not walk it either.
Does anyone think its possible that Ashfur walks the Dark Forest? I really don't know, because he was mainly nice, but went totally insane and horrible in the end. --♥Shinestar♥ 22:09, November 29, 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, but the same thing happened to Tigerstar and Hawkfrost. And Hollyleaf, IF she's dead or not. I, just knowing the Hunters, think they will bring back Hollyleaf, 'cause they acted really weird on answering about Hollyleaf's alive/dead thing. If she was dead, they would have told us. Ya know? --RoseyHappy Leaf-bare!
I think he should get the same punishment. -sarahlion On the seventh chat with Erin Hunter, she said that Ashfur's residence will be known soon.
Ashfur is now confirmed to reside in StarClan after his death, so no, he is not in the Dark Forest. ♥Phoenixfeather:The flowers are blooming...♥ 23:04, April 21, 2011 (UTC)
Ashfur is in starclan, in the forgotten warrior Jayfeather see ashfur in starclan A
Ashfur isnt evil, he just loved.
Should we put Thistleclaw down as a possible resident? He was totally power and battle crazy. It says he died in a pool of blood. I think we should put him down as a possible resident. --♥Shinestar♥ 21:07, December 13, 2009 (UTC)
I heard from someone that Erin Hunter confirmed that he went to StarClan. I didn't see the chat or whatever myself, but it makes sense. He was violent, but never actually did anything evil, except his almost letting Tiny/Scourge killed, which was indirectly his fault. Maybe StarClan forgave him since Bluestar stopped it. Insaneular | raluenasnI 00:54, December 14, 2009 (UTC)
I heard he went to StarClan first, but when Bluestar joined StarClan, she chased him into the Dark Forest. That's just what I heard.
Thistleclaw is in the dark forest. It was revealed in one omen the stars book. I think it was said by Ivypool that he was tigerstars mentor who motivated him to his dark path Ivypool6969 (talk) 05:43, January 12, 2013 (UTC) .Ivypool6969
Hey people, I think we should probably cite the known residents. That should be fairly easy since there aren't that many--SnowfallLet it snow, let it snow! 00:50, December 28, 2009 (UTC)
Alright, I've cited Tiger, Dark, and Broken--SnowfallLet it snow, let it snow! 00:58, December 28, 2009 (UTC)
Should we add an appearances of the Dark Forest, the StarClan page does so should I add that? Go ShadowClan! 00:44, January 27, 2010 (UTC)Dappleclaw
For the possible residents (and I might be wrong) aren't there going to be a lot of arguements? Like, some people might veiw Hollyleaf as a good cat who was under trauma, and some might say she was completly mad and killed someone. I don't really know, but I think that too many users might use that area to post their own opinions.--Artimas HunterWelcome to Bramblepath's Den 22:35, February 7, 2010 (UTC)
Artimas, you have no idea how many times I've had to roll back this page for that reason. But, that's the nature of the beast- since they're "possible" residents, we put down all cats that are possibly there- if there's any (significant) chance at all. We could debate for ages as to whether Ashfur, Hollyleaf, etc. are there or not- but if there's a chance, we need to leave them. (Sorry if this sounds directed at you, it's not- just at the people who change the possible residents without thinking.) insanTASTE THE RAINBOWeular 22:38, February 7, 2010 (UTC)
True enough. Should we put down cats who have visited the Dark Forest? We could make another category for cats like Lionblaze, Tigerheart, and Brambleclaw.--Artimas HunterWelcome to Bramblepath's Den 17:05, February 10, 2010 (UTC)
If I recall, there is already a category for visitors to the Dark Forest, and they're kind of listed in the description, so it doesn't seem necessary to have a list for them like the possible members section, but... insanTASTE THE RAINBOWeular 17:07, February 10, 2010 (UTC)
It is also suggested that Hollyleaf will return in Omen of the Stars as a long-awaited female villian.
Whoever said that, please sign with the signature button! And where does it say Hollyleaf will return as a female villain? Plus, this is not a forum. Take that somewhere else, please.Phoenixfeather13--Burning Bright, Even in Snow 16:03, December 23, 2010 (UTC)
Thistleclaw is in StarClan.
Why on earth is Thistleclaw down as a verified resident of the Dark Forest? It was confirmed somewhere that he was in StarClan with his mate Snowfur. Okay, he was evil, but he never actually killed anyone. ClarrissaMy Talk Page 15:07, February 14, 2010 (UTC)
- Find a reference, Clarrissa. ✐SaNdY 15:07, February 14, 2010 (UTC)
- I heard that he was in StarClan, but when Bluestar joined StarClan, she chased him into the Dark Forest.
- He trained in The Dark Forset. And the "Bluestar chased Thisleclaw" was a joke. Dancing Hearts110 (talk) 23:26, September 24, 2016 (UTC)
Okay, an unregistered contributor seems convinced that Jaggedtooth is a suspected Place of No Stars resident. Is this true, or not? Should I keep undoing the edit or not? 0_0
Shistar Mai Talk Page 01:46, March 3, 2010 (UTC). I think Jaggedtooth should be listed as a resident because he has not appeared since the first series (HE IS DEAD) and he was very evil, so I think he should be listed as a resident. Does anyone else agree?
Jaggedtooth is not dead. After the battle between the four clans (ThunderClan, WindClan, RiverClan, and ShadowClan) and BloodClan, the four forest Clans won. They drove out BloodClan, and Jaggedtooth is part of BloodClan. So Jaggedtooth ran off back to the Twolegplace with the rest of BloodClan.
Yes, Jaggedtooth is evil, but he isn`t dead.
Agreed, and can I just remind people to sign with the signature button? I'm Still Phoenixfeather13! 11:57, January 14, 2011 (UTC)
It reveals that she is a member, so I think she should be put on this list. Vicky said that she was a very evil cat and that she did bad things, but I would like to know a little more about her.
She appears in the Dark Forest in Night Whispers.
It was also revealed by Erin Hunter that she will appear in the fourth volume of the Super Edition series, Crookedstar's Promise. And she will appear in that book alive. So in that book, we can find out why she is in the Place of No Stars. --Tigerclaw8 Tuesday, August 03, 2010 9:55 P.M.
Thistleclaw revealed in PONS.
It has been revealed that Thistleclaw resides in the Dark Forest. This was said by Vicky on her Facebook page back in May. If you want the snippet: "Warriors WishERS want to know one thing- what did Thistleclaw ever do to deserve being banished [to the PONS]?" "Thistleclaw had VERY dark ambitions . . . but you're right, he [did] something dreadful to deserve banishment to the DF. Unless Bluestar drove him out when she got to StarClan!" --Vicky
Sorry about my newbie set-up of this tidbit. --Ambersky 02:28, June 25, 2010 (UTC)
He will also appear in the Place of No Stars in Night Whispers. --Tigerclaw8 Tuesday, August 3, 2010 9:37 P.M.
Hawkheart & Unnamed Brown Tom
In the list of the Place of No Stars, there is also a cat that is now, known as the Unnamed Brown Tom. It is suspected that the Unnamed Brown Tom in the Place of No Stars is suspected to be Hawkheart. Why? REASON #1: Hawkheart is a brown tom REASON #2: Hawkheart is evil. He broke the 14th warrior code: No honourable warriors kill other cats to win a battle. He broke it, by murdering Bluestar's mother, Moonflower. Even after the day he killed her, he never regret it. Instead, at the one Gathering, he taunted Bluestar. (Bluepaw then) --Tigerclaw8
He later died sometime in Bluestar's Prophecy. --Tigerclaw8 Tuesday, August 3, 2010 9:48 P.M.
He may have broken the warrior code by killing Moonflower, but he was provoked. --Gοlδεnρεlτ FRΣΣ YΩUR HΣAT 01:58, August 4, 2010 (UTC)
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She tried to destroy their medicine supply. If that's not provoking him, I don't know what is. --Gοlδεnρεlτ FRΣΣ YΩUR HΣAT 02:22, August 4, 2010 (UTC)
Still, there's the warrior code to think about. Honorable cats do not need to kill, or have we all forgotten that? I'm Still Phoenixfeather13! 12:00, January 14, 2011 (UTC)
if the brown tom your talking about is the one who fought Jayfeather and Poppyfrost with Brezzepelt then he was confirmed to be Brokenstar
I don't think Hawkheart should have killed Moonflower, but still, he did have a point. StarClan must have forgiven him, if he doesn't have a confirmed residence in the Place of No Stars. Violetwing 23:17, February 1, 2012 (UTC)
Residents (in my opinion)
OK, these are the residents in Place of No Stars:
And probably the Unnamed Brown Tom. (I skipped Clawface) --Tigerclaw8 Tuesday, August 03, 2010 10:06 P.M.
I don`t think we should put Clawface in the list of the Dark Forest because nothing reveals or proven that Clawface is in the Dark Forest. Even Erin Hunter didn`t say anything about Clawface in the Place of No Stars. Only the list says Clawface on it, thats all.....
In case you didn't notice, there's a citation for it. --Gοlδεnρεlτ FRΣΣ YΩUR HΣAT 02:20, August 4, 2010 (UTC)
Where's the citation for it? --Tigerclaw8 Thursday, August 5th, 2010 6:30 PM
There's a link right by his name. --Gοlδεnρεlτ FRΣΣ YΩUR HΣAT 01:51, August 8, 2010 (UTC)
@Goloenpelt FREE YOUR HEAT Which link? --Tigerclaw8 Friday, August 13, 2010 9:47 PM
(Sighs wearily) Secrets of the Clan revealed Clawface went to the Dark Forest, possibly because he both killed Spottedleaf and followed Brokenstar into exile. I'm Still Phoenixfeather13! 12:02, January 14, 2011 (UTC)
Evil cats with their residence unknown (up to Fading Echoes)
Clawface (probably)
Scourge: Didn't end up in Starclan or the Place of No Stars because he didn't belive in Starclan
Bone: Same as Scourge
Hawkheart: problably did because he was so darn evil
Shartooth: Do snakes go to Starclan... No! Do badgers go to Starclan... No! So unless I hear of Starclan cats going missing it's a I don't think so
Ashfur:He probably went to Starclan
Hawkheart did kill Bluestar's mother, Moonflower, but if you read "Yellowfang's Secret", he's actually a really nice cat. Dancing Hearts110 (talk) 23:38, September 24, 2016 (UTC)
Hawkheart revealed in the Dark Forest
On the 7th chat with Erin Hunter, she confirmed that Hawkheart is in the Place of No Stars. It is unknown which book Hawkheart will appear in the Place of No Stars. --Tigerclaw8 Thursday, August 26, 2010 6:45 PM
It is also unknown how does Hawkheart die, although it is known that Hawkheart died sometime in "Bluestar's Prophecy".
Shoudn't there be a Night Whispers section? .Skystar. 23:29, March 13, 2011 (UTC)
Shouldn't Antpelt now be listed as a resident of the Dark forest? he died and went there. .Skystar. 00:20, April 6, 2011 (UTC)
Okay so why does it say Snowtuft was in ShadowClan, was that confirmed?-Redfern123
Reveled in Fading Echoes, as of the Source. Splook sweet creature 16:31, June 20, 2011 (UTC)
I checked the page from the citation, and there was no mentioned of him being from ShadowClan. --Gοldenpelt 22:55, June 29, 2011 (UTC)
Can I delete the part where it says hell because younger kids are on this website and that to parents of younger kids think it's a bad word, and kids are curious, and littler kids might not know what hell is and might ask it.☾Mossnose☽Peeta's #1 Fangirl 22:28, June 29, 2011 (UTC)
It's not like it's being used as a curse word. :/ I see no reason for it to be removed. --Gοldenpelt 22:50, June 29, 2011 (UTC)
Besides, only people ages 13 and up are allowed on this website, so that seems like a mature enough age group to handle one word. ☀SquirrelFlame29☀ Defying the Darkness 02:19, July 23, 2011 (UTC)
I agree with Squirrel. It's a biblical place. There should be no reason that someone can't handle it. —Jayce ( ) 02:25, July 23, 2011 (UTC)
- Actually, anyone can view pages and the wiki itself should be kept to a "G" Rating (the forum, which requires membership, is 13+ and can be considered to have a PG rating). Hell is, however, suitable to the "G" rating (even in expletive use form). According to the MPAA "Some snippets of language [in a G rated film] may go beyond polite conversation". It's not our job to protect children from language. That's the parent's duty. Given the context of the word, and the fact that there' is no other suitable word to refer to it, it would be absolutely acceptable to use. Kitsufox Den/CoSC 02:40, July 23, 2011 (UTC)
Isn't Flametail a Dark Forest resident? Echoblaze♥ 06:02, July 6, 2011 (UTC)
No, he's a StarClan resident. It said he wandered into the Dark Forest on accident.Template:Lightningstorm311/Sig 15:17, July 8, 2011 (UTC)
Shouldn't Mapleshade be listed as a ThunderClan resident?100 ways to die no. 9: Being ugly 15:15, July 8, 2011 (UTC)
True. I added it in. ☀SquirrelFlame29☀ Defying the Darkness 02:23, July 23, 2011 (UTC)
Crookedstar's Promise
Shouldn't there be a Crookedstar's Promise section? HollyleafOfThunderclan 16:00, July 30, 2011 (UTC)
Crookedstar's Promise
Shouldn't there be a Crookedstar's Promise section? HollyleafOfThunderclan 16:00, July 30, 2011 (UTC)
I really don't get why Rainflower should be in StarClan after neglecting her son for getting hurt. I mean, it was mean, wasn't it? She did not even come to give Crookedjaw a life.
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I was thinking earlier, and we really need to put a list of the cats who were trained in the PONS. I think it would be perfect to put it just below the list of residents. This would include Ivypool, Thistleclaw, Crookedstar....
I think that this is really nessecary. Agree? I could start on it if we like the idea. Chickadee1999 03:17, March 2, 2012 (UTC)
Crookedstar should be in the list. I added it, but Breezewhisker took it away.Amberflower (talk) 18:32, January 27, 2013 (UTC)Amberflower of WindClan
- Because Crookedstar did not train in the Dark Forest as Breezewhisker said in her edit summary. Also, you should add a cite so that you can prove your addition. Atelda insert vague subtext here 18:34, January 27, 2013 (UTC)
SkyClan and Tribe
Can someone add that SkyClan has it's own seperate Dark Forest and that the Tribe has its own version of it? I have the refference for that here: http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2941788419618&id=1108427493¬if_t=like#!/permalink.php?story_fbid=10150679013407454&id=29566467453¬if_t=feed_comment
She said that she "suspects it". It could be placed in a trivia section on the page, but cannot be taken as a fact unless she says it with confidence. Iveh Yo! 16:41, July 6, 2012 (UTC)
Trainees of the DF
Should we cite known trainees?Gummybearkiller (talk) 04:49, January 5, 2013 (UTC)
Character Arts
There should be a different template than Rogue for Dark Forest cats. And so I drew in a face and I laughed XD (talk) 22:10, June 14, 2013 (UTC)
Ages in the Dark forest
Is there an age limit for what Cats can be spent to the Dark forest? I mean obviously Kits wouldn't be spent there but what about apprentices? If an apprentice does something horrible enough crime what would happen to them; Reborn for a 2nd chance or to the Dark forest? - Mellowix (talk) 11:06, August 2, 2016 (UTC) Mellowix
- No one knows. I doubt we'll have something like that in the series, so it's left up to whatever the fans want, I suspect. That doesn't mean we can add whatever we want to the wiki, it means for when you write your fanfiction or roleplays, then you can use whatever you please, as there's no canon information on it. —Jayce ( 11:08, 8/02/2016 )
- I wasn't suggesting we should add it to the wiki, I was only asking a question. - Mellowix (talk) 11:12, August 2, 2016 (UTC)
More Dark Forest Cats.
Should we add the fact that Marshcloud, Brightflower, Stumpytail, Lilywhisker, Tangleburr, Blizzardwing, and Deerfoot are in The Dark Forest (Revealed on Su Sussan's Facebook)? Dancing Hearts110 (talk) 23:32, September 24, 2016 (UTC)
- It wasn't Su's facebook, it was Vicky's page. Su and Vicky did work together on it though. It should be added, yes, but I haven't had the time to update the list. —Jayce ( 23:33, 9/24/2016 )
Can someone fix "Known Residents: Shadowclan" area?
The area listing Shadowclan cats that are known Dark forest Residents is quite messy looking and doesn't much up with the rest of the list. I know I may be being a little OCD about this but it doesn't look very good. May someone please fix it? Mellowix (talk) 17:27, October 10, 2016 (UTC)
Dark forest causing cats to go insane.
I know for now this may be assuming but doesn't the Dark forest slowly makes its residents insane. I mean I can think of few examles of dark forest cats (Mainly Thistleclaw) , being reasonably sane when they were alive but get really extreme views and become pefectly fine with killing cats on a dayily basis.
All I am saying is, if anyone is able to think of example of this and have a scource to back it up, than we should add this to the page. As if this turns out to be true, it would be an important bit of information. Mellowix (talk) 18:54, November 22, 2016 (UTC)
There is no source backing this up and this seems like a pure fan theory. We're never going to find a source for this, and asking us to get one won't make us find one. "Going insane" is subjective anyways, and I would say it's kind of offensive to people who are mentally ill. —Jayce ( 18:59, 11/22/2016 )
Fine, I'll admit I was a bit insensitive. However you're taking what I was saying a little out of context. Remember, I'm refering to fiction cats. They're not human, they're wild animals. So I don't think they should be compared to real life people with mental illnesses. I myself suffer from mild Anxiety and regular panic attacks. Afterall in Clan security its comsidered a fairly normal to be a murderer. What we would consider a mental illness, could be seen as pefectly normal in the Clan life.
Finally, you have to think about the situation that the charaters are in, when they are sent to the Dark forest. Having mental illness or not before hand, human or not, it doesn't really matter. The kind extreme of isolate in a dark and musty unchanging environment, would send any living creature over edge. Mellowix (talk) 22:33, November 22, 2016 (UTC)
It doesn't matter. There is no proof whatsoever. There's nothing in canon ecen supporting that anyways. —Jayce ( 22:47, 11/22/2016 )
Residents Affiliation At Time Of Death
Shouldn't charatcers such as Darkstripe or Mapleshade be listed as rogues in the known residents part of the page because when they died they were rogues? ErmineGlow (talk) 20:08, December 28, 2016 (UTC)
Su's Dark Forest cats
So when was it decided that Su's suggested Dark Forest cats weren't suddenly canon? When it was stated by Vicky that Su's suggestions were just her own personal headcanons, we decided to get rid of all names and apprentices and missing family links. However but Su's Dark Forest cat were left untouched, along with other minor things like Heathertail was Onestar's kit and Stormfur's new mentor was Shadepelt. So why the sudden change now? Mellowix (talk) 06:44, October 2, 2017 (UTC)
Check PC discussions. —JayI hope they remember you....ϟ 06:49, 10/02/2017


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You can use RescueTime in finding your work-life balance, eliminating distractions, and finding out what your most productive hours are.
3. Take a Stay-Cation
Another vital way to get your work-life balance in order is to make use of all of your vacation days. A large number of US workers lose essential time with their family or with themselves. That is because they don't take all of their vacation days. And in worst cases, they don't have any vacation days at all. If you feel uncomfortable about using all your holiday in one long vacation, schedule the occasional day off here and there to enjoy "stay-cations". Breaking it up like this will give you the mental health days you need while ensuring you don't come back to an overwhelming mountain of work.
4. Train Your People
Many of us grew up hearing, "If you want to get something done right, you have to do it yourself." Unfortunately, this gets ingrained to the point where we feel we can't delegate any tasks lest they end up back in our laps in worse shape than before. If you have employees you manage or freelancers you outsource to, take the time to train them well. Make sure they know exactly how to do things. Of course, this will take time upfront. But once they understand your requirements, you'll be able to hand off more work and give yourself some slack.
You may also watch these TED talks on work-life balance for more insights.


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Best Practice Guidelines for Spectrum Auctions
This Guideline explains the relative merits of auctions compared with other approaches to competing for spectrum licenses. It is intended to help governments and financing organizations assess whether an auction is the right tool, what key auction design features to include, and how the prospects for success might be enhanced. While auctions can increase economic efficiency, success in meeting sector development objectives depends also on the business and regulatory environment in each case. Results, in developed as well as developing countries, have been mixed, including some resounding failures that have delayed service development for years and compromised government credibility. There is an extensive literature on this subject drawing on the experience in developed countries, especially the US and Europe, and more recently also on some developing countries (e.g., India, Nigeria). Equally important, competition in terms of network rollout, retail price, or other measures that maximize service development rather than fiscal gain, is an alternative used regularly by some developing countries (e.g., Chile). Contests among firms in terms of their overall capability to deliver services are common among several high-income countries (e.g., Finland). Hybrid forms of competition are used in some other countries (e.g., France). The experience of a selection of number of countries is discussed and distilled.
The first issue is when to use auctions, rather than other ways of assigning licences such as competitive reviews, first-come, first-served basis or even other methods.
In short, the first criterio of choice is likely to be whether the frequencies are in excess demand: will there be more firms wanting licences than are available? This clearly depends upon the regulator's overall policy in issuing licences as frequencies can often be substituted for one another. The key point is that if supply exceeds demand, then a low cost assignment procedure such as first come first served can get the spectrum into use quickly. If the licences subsequently increase in value, then a parallel system of secondary trading will enable them to be rechannelled into their most efficient hands and (if flexibility of use is allowed) more efficient uses.
Where scarcity if foreseeable, the main choice is likely to be between a comparative competitive review and an auction. The pros and cons of comparative competitive review and auction are as follows:
I - Comparative Competitive Review
- Allows a variety of bad dimensions to be taken into account (via a properly designed scoring system);
- May be quick to implement (depending on complexity of bidding and evaluation processes).
- Subject to subjective (and possibly corrupt) influences;
- Excessive profits (if any) accrue to successful applicant, not to the government.
II - Auctions
- Transparency, with properly designed auction process;
- Revenues accrue to government;
- Terms (relating e.g., to service area covered by licence), can be stipulated in contract for which competitors bid;
- Subsidiary objectives can thus be pursued.
- Successful candidate may overbid (the so-called 'winner's curse) and be over-extended;
- Successful candidate may cut costs and degrade quality to recover high bid;
- Running the auction may be expensive and time-consuming;
- Parties may collude in bidding.
These considerations must be weighted in any particular case. To be sure, the trend is strongly in favour of auctions, and the remainder of this Practice Note reviews alternative auction procedures, again listing the pros and cons of each.
The criteria for choosing an auction format are like to include:
- its ability to deliver the licences to those best able to use them;
- its ability to raise revenue for the government;
- simplicity and cost (relative to expected revenue).
Generally, methods which give participants more information about others' valuations produce better-grounded bids and steer licences to those best able to use them. But they also tend to be more costly as they often involve multiple rounds.
III - Auction Format
Three auction formats are now described:
1. First-price sealed bid auction. This is an auction where the highest bidder (or bidders, if there are multiple identical licences) wins and pays amounts determined by the winning bid.
- Simple;
- Completes quickly.
- Bidders may tend to shave bids to avoid over-bidding (the winner's curse); in an uncertain environment could lead to much reduced bids;
- Bidders winning near identical objects may pay widely different amounts which could result in political difficulties.
2. Second-price sealed bid auction. Here the highest bidders in a group pay an amount determined by the next highest bid made after theirs. This may seem like a give-away, compared with 1) above, but bidders are prepared to go higher under this format.
- Encourages bidders to reveal true valuations, as the winners pay the 'marginal loser's' valuation;
- Completes relatively quickly.
- Where the difference between the lowest successful and highest unsuccessful values is large, the winners may pay low amounts.
3. Simultaneous Ascending Multiple Round (SAMR) auction for either identical or heterogeneous licences. Here bidders submit bids round by round, successively bidding up prices until a round is reached in which no further bid is received. The auctioneer usually stipulates a minimum bid increment (typically 5%) and requires that bidders participate actively. This is intended to prevent the 'snake in the grass' strategy, where a bidder may misrepresent its preferences in early bids by understating its demand. Bidder identities can be kept confidential during the auction, to help eliminate collusion and signaling (this was a feature of the 3G auction in Hong Kong, China in 2001).
- Generates efficiency;
- All licences sold in one auction;
- Different prices paid will reflect differences in values between licences under in auction.
- May be time consuming (the UK 3G auction lasted two months);
- Implementation may be demanding;
- Bidders may seek to collude by submitting bids which act as signals (this occurred in German 3G auction).
IV - Critical Success Factors in Auction Design
There are two sets of critical success factors to be considered in successful auction design. One set of factors is economic the other set is more technology related.
Economic Critical Success Factors
- Discouraging Collusion where bidders implicitly through signals or through explicit agreement fail to bid up prices. This can occur in several types including multi-unit ascending and uniform price sealed bid auctions.
- Encouraging Entrants to participate encourages better prices and better efficiency in the conduct of the auction. Ascending auctions can prevent bids from occurring where potential bidders anticipate an eventual winner. Weak bidders can be excluded and strong bidders essentially joined in bidding.
- Deterring Predatory Behavior can result in weak bidders being excluded and strong bidders essentially joined in bidding. Aggressive bidding behavior can be communicated in advance, essentially disrupting the bid process in advance.
For a further discussion issues by Paul Klemperer see the Related References below.
Technical Critical Success Factors
Online capability is being used to conduct spectrum auctions. The following critical success factors for automated auction web sites have been identified.
- Site Design, Content and Support - must be clear, comfortable and easy to use, with good use of colour, typography and white space. An appropriate organization of auction listings and information, 4.2 Consumer Education. Online learning centre: n online learning centre provides knowledge to consumers about online auctions. It is important to have online support and education.
- Security - an effective encryption mechanism must be adopted by an online auction web site for exchanging information, such as login information, between the auction sites and users, in order to prevent security problems.
- User Services and Support - Interactive customer services and support: feedback systems, email communications and toll free support calls are basic and critical interactive customer services.
A number of ways of assigning licences are available to regulators. Where there is excess demand for licences, the main contenders are beauty contests and auctions, with preferences generally shifting towards auctions. This leaves open the choice of auction format, which can be either a sealed bid or open outcry process, with competitors topping one another's bids. The choice should depend on particular circumstances, but a wealth of experience is now available to help regulators choose.
Paul Klemperer, Auctions, theory and practice Parts III and IV, at: www.paulklemperer.org.
Paul Klemperer, What really matters in Auction Design, at: www.paulklemperer.org.
Framework for Spectrum Auctions in Canada, Industry Canada, 2001, at: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/insmt-gst.nsf/en/sf01626e.html
Sinha Sidarth, Spectrum Auctions in India, Indian Institute of Management, February 2001, at: www.iimahd.ernet.in/download.php?downloadid=150
Jain R. S., Spectrum Auctions in India: Lessons from Experience, Telecommunications Policy (issue 25), 2005, at: http://rru.worldbank.org/Documents/PapersLinks/spectrum_auctions_india.pdf
Handbook of Telecommunications Economics, Martin Cave, Sumit Majumdar, and Ingo Vogelsang, eds.,Amsterdam: Elsevier Science B.V., Chapter 14, 605-639, 2002


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