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Boomers: Talking 'Bout My Generation
It's often said they refused to grow up. Now they've decided they won't fade away
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Happy holidays and best wishes for a bright new year for you and your families. On behalf of our staff and the rest of the gang here on E Street, I come bearing gifts: no fruitcakes or cheese logs — just a jam-packed issue marking a milestone we'd love to celebrate with you. In the coming year, the last members of the boomer generation will turn 50, a pivotal passage for the 76 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964.
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I guess I should just kick myself for whining about not having anything particularly blog-worthy…
This week has been absolutely drama-filled! I actually want to go and hide under my bed until it all passes right now. Between realising on Tuesday that pretty much everyone around me is unhappy. It upsets me to see people I care about hurting and I ended up feeling very useless and helpless at my being unable to change anything for them.
I'm also house-sitting at the moment which has been completely and utterly drama-filled as one of the dogs developed a nasty stomach-bug a few hours before I got there. So besides figuring out where the cleaning supplies were within 1.2 minutes of getting there, I've had an unhappy dog at the vet (who is the best boss ever and I'm so glad I could take her there) and a stressed-out owner who needs details on her condition 24/7, another dog who is missing his friend and owner and a mysterious and large hole in the duvet that totally wasn't there yesterday.
I generally avoid house-sitting as I stress out about looking after other people's stuff, but this ne has been remarkably relaxed, possibly because of everything going wrong so at least I'm not worrying about what might go wrong, and instead I get to deal with it.
It's also a friend's birthday today and she lost a family member this morning so I'm worried about her as well.
As I said drama-drama-drama! I may have to go and hide until it all goes away!
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I'm kind of annoyed with this at the moment… it's become the 'what I did on my weekend' rant rather than anything vaguely interesting as I'm too busy being busy to actually do much that's interesting.
So what can I say?
People have been disappointing me a lot lately, from people who hurt my friends (or don't make them happy but are OK with not-unhappy) to people who were friends who have to one-up me all the time.
The first story isn't mine to tell, other than that I hope it all resolves soon in one way or another, and if my kneecap-removal skills are required I'm more than happy to use that crazy-frog-blaring-plastic-axe from chinatown. Seriously, pass the cactus.
The second story is hard to explain. I guess sometimes when people wake up and realise that life isn't really what they'd planned they attack anyone around them. I've been saddened to find one of my good friends is so angry right now that she has turned very hostile. I am trying to rescue the friendship based on many years of good memories but I'm getting very tired of letting things slide. Maybe it's better to cut ties and remember her as who she was? Or is it better to hold on and work at a friendship that meant so much to me and risk destroying the memories completely?
We went to Chinatown today to get Leia a tiara except that the tiara place closed earlier than we had expected. Either way we got a mildly ill-making lunch at Good Luck Fast Food (they serve vegetable and chemical egg soup), stocked up the party-drawer in the lab and got big buckets of slime for myself and Luke. There was also the awkward axe incident…
I'm house-sitting for a friend from today so lets hope I don't break anything, have any major issues or get attacked by the giant dogs (my mother's particular worry)…
Have a great week and I'll try and find something interesting to say tomorrow!
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Yesterday I got a surprising package from Mbak Yana. It's handmade bags. 2 tote bags for my girls, Najla and Zea, and 1 batik handbag for me. They are very pretty. Never thought that Mbak Yana is truly amazing in sewing. She said she's only a beginner. But after checking her works, I guess I don't believe it. Her works are very good . I envy her. Really hope that I could be as good as her. Gosh.. I need to rearrange my schedule and take the sewing class very soon. Anyway, thanks a lot and congrats for your great works, mbak^^
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- YNa March 11, 2011 at 5:36 PM
ahh mba riana, jadi maluw.. masih terus belajar kok :). kembali kasih yaa..
ayok kita menjahit bersama :D
- riana March 14, 2011 at 7:25 AM
Ahhh..memang dirimu berbakat mbak, jahitanmu rapiiiii...*irisetengahmati* hehe...jgn lupa segera email aku, nggak enak nih masih punya hutang...:)


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Looking like a Lawyer, Part 2c: Men's Accessories.
This is the fourth installment in a series on cultivating a lawyerly image. The first discussed sartorial fundamentals for female lawyers; the second considered men's suits; and the third examined men's shirts. Today, we review how to choose appropriate accessories to complete your professional ensemble.
Your suit's on the hanger, your shirt's freshly pressed, and you're just about ready to head out the door, right?
You're not completely dressed until you've completed the ensemble. You'll need at least a tie, and maybe a tie clip to go with it. Depending on your shirt cuffs, you may need cufflinks. While you're at it, that breast pocket is looking pretty empty — maybe consider a pocket square.
Bottom line, there are some additional items to consider when getting yourself together in the morning. Let's run through some basics to pull together your look: ties, cufflinks, and pocket squares.
More than anything else, an awful tie can ruin an otherwise professional outfit. You'll find countless ties in the typical men's store, and most of them are atrocious. Here are some quick tips on picking out a serviceable, versatile tie.
There are three acceptable materials for ties: 1) silk; 2) linen; and 3) wool. You'll note that polyester is not in this list, because polyester ties are abominations.
Silk ties are generally the most formal and should make up the majority of your tie collection. You can find them in a wide variety of textures — whether satin, knit, grenadine, or shauntung — and in any color of the rainbow. Silk's a resilient fabric that tends not to wrinkle. Good silk ties last a long time; I have some in my closet that date from the 60s and look brand new.
Linen's a less formal option to silk, generally more appropriate for warmer weather, or when you want to add a little bit of texture to your outfit.
Wool ties are arguably informal, but can also be a great addition to a cool-weather ensemble. Their textured appearance pairs well with a flannel suit. If you're feeling experimental, try a knit wool tie, or a donegal tweed.
Your tie's width should be relatively proportional to the width of your lapels. If you have a slim-lappelled suit, wear a slimmer tie. If your lapels are a more traditional width, stick with ties 3.5"-4" across the widest part of the blade.
If you wear a slim tie with a traditional width lapelled jacket (or vice versa), you will look silly.
Just like shirts, there are more tie colors than in a box of crayons. My advice? Keep it sedate.
While that black tie with neon stripes your girlfriend got you might be ok for a nightclub, it's probably not the best option for a professional office.
Think simple: navy, burgundy, green, yellow, and combinations of these colors. Sure, you can have a "power-tie" or two, just be judicious.
You'll see a lot of ugly tie patterns out there. Modern designers often sell over-complicated new designs in an attempt to look "hip" and "modern." Really, they just look ugly, and will be dated in a year.
If you're building a wardrobe to last, you want to keep it traditional — solids, regimental stripes, pindots, and checks. I'd even begrudge you a critter tie. But that cartoon character novelty tie? Burn it. There's no excuse.
Just like many things in life, you often get what you pay for. Yes, you can pick up that bargain basement tie in the local clearance bin, but understand that it won't last.
As I see it, you're better off having 5 great ties than 10 awful ties. You don't have to buy them all at once, but as your older ties begin to reach the end of their useful lives, level up.
A well-constructed tie, made of quality silk and interlining, will cost you upwards of $50.00. If you clicked on the links above, you'll see that $80-$150 for hand-sewn ties made by haberdashers here in the States is pretty common. But you don't have to break the bank right now to get serviceable ties. Wait until you get than first multi-million dollar case.
For now, if $50+ is too rich for your blood (it certainly is for mine), I've found that TieBar's offerings are a great deal for the price. While they're not high-end, as workhorse ties they beat almost any other tie you'd find in a department store. Brooks Brothers' ties are also excellent, especially when you can find them on sale. And don't forget that the Pennsylvania Bar association has an affiliate program with Brooks that give you 15% off most purchases.
Finally, you'd be surprised at the excellent ties you can find in thrift stores — they often look brand new, and cost a fraction of the original price. I have several vintage ties that I picked up for pennies on the dollar.
Bowties — Proceed with Caution.
I'm a fan of bow-ties, but the choice to wear one is your call — while they're a traditional menswear item, especially among the professions, understand you're venturing into the sartorial fringes if you decide to wear a bow tie. But if you can deal with occasional heckling (and your colleagues will heckle you), go for it.
Apply the same principles to bow tie selection that you would to a long tie. And if you're going to venture into bow tie territory, make sure you learn how to tie one (hint: it's the same knot as your shoe laces). Pre-tied bow-ties are an embarrassment and will make you look like Pee-Wee Herman.
Co-ordinating with a suit and shirt.
It you have a classic suit and shirt wardrobe, coordinating a tie should be a relatively straightforward exercise. You can't really go wrong so long as you remember these three rules:
- Two Solids, One Pattern is a good rule of thumb. If you're wearing a solid suit and a solid shirt, wear a patterned tie. If you're wearing a glen plaid suit, it might be best to wear a solid shirt and tie. If your shirt's striped, you may wish to wear a solid suit and solid tie.
- Complement Colors. You don't necessarily want to be wearing all one color. Find an overcheck in your suit or shirt and complement that with a colored tie to accent.
- Don't Overdo It. Let one item be the attention grabber. If you're wearing a brightly patterned shirt, keep the suit and tie sedate. If it's a seersucker sort of day, you might want to tone down your shirt and tie. And if you're intent on wearing a pink cashmere tie, keep your shirt and suit boring.
Finally, that dark-shirt/light-tie combo that you see a lot of in mafia movies, awards shoes, and high school prom
pictures? Stop doing that. It looks stupid.
Storing Ties.
There are three main methods: hanging, rolling, or laying flat. You'll find many tie hangers in stores and on the internet. Hanging ties, however, has the tendency to stretch them out and warp the fabric, which is why I prefer to roll them. If you have the closet or wardrobe space, you can pick up some clothing boxes for cheap from Ikea. Or, if you have an unlimited budget, build a custom closet with drawers to display your whole collection.
Tie Clips.
Tie clips are one of the few pieces of jewelry acceptable in menswear. I personally prefer a simple metal clip without any fancy adornments or engravings.
Tie Pins.
Just don't. Tie pins ruin ties by poking holes through the blades. If you go to the lengths of buying and maintaining nice ties, why ruin them with a pin?
As I discussed in last post, I generally prefer button-cuff for their no-hassle, no-nonsense simplicity. But even I have a few french-cuff shirts, and they're not going to fasten without some help. In fact, I'm wearing one right now while I type this.
If you have any french-cuff shirts, you will need a way to fasten them. And to fasten them, you will need cufflinks.
Cufflinks range from understated functional cuff-fastener to ostentatious "look at me" young lawyer cries for attention. Here are some options to consider when building your collection.
Silk Knots.
I love silk knots. They're cheap, you can get them in any color, and they're classically understated. Initially, they're a bit difficult to use, but once you're used to threading them through the button-holes, you'll revel in their simplicity.
Toggle-Back Links.
I'd bet that most reading this who have cufflinks use toggle-back links — you flip a little doohickey, push the link through, then turn the doohickey perpendicular to your wrist. Simple.
This is the most common link style out there today. And as I am sure you know, you can get all sorts of different shapes and colors of links. Go buck wild.
I prefer to keep my links a plain metal color, or have a simple stone (like smoky quartz). By keeping the colors simple though, I indulged myself with some novelty shapes: ranging from fish, to 1911s, to turtles, to the scales of justice.
Double-sided Links.
Double-sided links are the pinnacle of elegance. Two studs, connected by a chain, double-sided links are by far the best links you can find. While they're also the most expensive, generally speaking, you can find some magnificent handmade links at Kent Wang, a haberdasher based in Texas. You'd not go wrong wearing any of the links he offers.
Pocket Squares.
One final thing to consider is whether you should wear a pocket square. Quality squares are generally made of silk, linen, or cotton. Poor squares are made of polyester. Don't waste your money.
In many men's stores, you'll see matching tie and square sets — ignore them. The purpose of a square is not to match your tie, but to add some additional flair to your outfit.
Squares come in innumerable colors and designs, but if you're just starting with the idea of wearing one, start with a crisp white linen in a TV fold (think Don Draper). Once you're comfortable with that, you can begin to expand into different fabrics and colors. Silk is generally best for a puff-fold, while linen and cotton are better for TV folds.
The goal of a colored pocket square is to complement or accent your ensemble, not overpower it. Apply the same color-complementing principals to your selection of pocket squares that you would to your ties.
Finally, Don't Overdo It.
Remember that first impressions are formed in an instant, and many form their first impressions of you based on your appearance. If you're considering trying any other more ecentric accessories (collar pins, pinky rings, unconventional facial hair or hair styles), consider the consequences for your client. It might not make a difference at all if you're in the trenches at the CJC (heck, it might even benefit you); but if you're meeting with an institutional corporate client, it might not be the right day to go Andre 3000 on them.
That's the quick run down on men's accessories. For more on the subject, I highly recommend you check out Put This On by Jesse Thorn (of NPR's Bullseye f.k.a The Sound of Young America). It's a comprehensive blog and web series that discusses the finer aspects of men's professional dress.
Next post, we'll talk about why your shoes are the most important item in your wardrobe, and why it might be time for you to upgrade.
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Former Red Sox Manager Terry Francona Takes Blame for Team's Late Season Collapse
Former Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona spoke with Boston sports radio station WEEI on Wednesday, his first public comments since he parted ways with the team last week.
Francona, who guided the Red Sox to World Series victories in 2004 and 2007, said that after the team's historic late-season skid he chose to leave.
Francona was adamant that he didn't want to point fingers for his departure, although he did acknowledge that the team opted not to pick up his 2012 option.
He was also open when it came to discussing the team's 7-20 finish that resulted in the Red Sox missing the playoffs after being nine games up in the wild card standings in the beginning of September:
It was my responsibility to not let what happened happen. So regardless of how ownership feels or regardless of how [general manager] Theo (Epstein) feels or how the fans feel, I had a responsibility to get something done and it didn't get done."
As for Francona's future, he said that, "If I go on to manage again somewhere else I probably do need to make some changes." After all, there's an open position with the White Sox.
Or maybe Francona is better suited for a transition to the booth. He will be a part of the FOX team for Games 1 and 2 of the ALCS this weekend.


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Rarely does a hot rodder get a second chance at owning the same car twice. Even more rare is when the opportunity presents itself to get back two of your previous Camaros. We don't know the exact odds of that happening, but we're guessing it's probably somewhere be between zero and none. Just don't tell that to Randy Johnson, owner of D&Z Customs in Kewaskum, Wisconsin. The freakishly lucky g-Machine muscle car builder got not one, but two Camaros back in his life—cars he may have missed, but never thought he'd ever own again.
It started in 2001 when constant engine issues prompted Randy to sell his '70 RS. "I had owned the second-gen since 1996. It was a big-block car and no matter what engine combination I went with, I ended up rebuilding it every fall," Randy tells. "At one point I even had a ProCharger on it, but it still blew up!"
Frustrated, Randy chalked it up as time to move on and he listed the car in a few local auto sales papers. The only response came from a guy who was hoping to trade Randy a low-mileage Hugger Orange '99 Camaro SS for his problematic classic. "He brought the car over on a flat bed hauler," Randy remembers. "And from looking at only the exterior when he pulled in, it appeared to be as clean as he had described—maybe even a little better. And with only 11k on the odometer, it was in pretty much brand-new condition." Before Randy knew it, the '70 Camaro that Car Craft magazine had once dubbed Orange Peeler, would leave on the very same hauler on which the '99 had arrived. "As I watched my '70 go off in the distance, it suddenly hit me that I had just made a huge mistake. But it was too late. The deal was done."
To relieve his momentary sickness, he fired up the '99 and took it for a rather spirited drive on some backcountry roads near his home. "'Wow!' I thought to myself," perked Randy. "This car is a blast. I was clutch-dumping at nearly every stop sign leaving posi marks from First and Second, and even chirping the tires into Third."
With Randy enjoying the power, torque, and reliability of the LS1, it gave him the idea to put that sort of engine dependability and horsepower in an old Camaro.
He attempted to track down his old '70 in hopes of buying it back to carry out his first LS conversion. But with no luck on that front he instead performed the LS install on a rolling '67 he came across. The build also consisted of upgraded suspension components to accompany the modern drivetrain. Unfortunately, that meant selling off the '99 in order to fund the first-gen upgrades. With the '67 a hit, he ended up converting a few other classics to LS power for interested buyers. Those projects got the wheels rolling on D&Z Customs, Randy's performance shop dedicated to muscle car, g-Machine and Pro Touring builds. Still missing the '70 and making long strides with his LS conversions, he knew that '70 would be the perfect canvas for LS power. Out of the blue, a friend informed Randy his orange '70 was up for grabs on eBay. Randy called the seller, struck a deal, and headed out to Iowa with a borrowed trailer to haul the car home.
"Amazingly, I got the car back with only 1,600 more miles on it than when I had sold it in 2001," recalled Randy. "With the car finally back in my hands, the first thing I did was convert it to LS power. The guys at Car Craft got wind of the Camaro's return and modern drivetrain conversion then promptly renamed the car Re-peeled."
Fast forward 10 years and the current owner of the Hugger Orange '99 asked Randy if he knew anyone who'd be interested in buying the fourth-gen. At this point Randy's having a good old time ripping up every road course and autocross with his orange '70, but puts the word out about the '99 being up for sale. Months go by and the Orange SS gets no love. With more time going by, the owner becomes increasingly motivated to move the '99, but it's still not in Randy's price range. A few more months pass and the owner calls Randy to accept his lower-than-desired offer, but only if he picks it up that evening and brings cash. "I was amazed as to how little the owner drove the car over a 10-year period," Randy said. "I sold it with 13,000 miles on it and bought it back with only 18,000 on the odometer."
For the most part, the '99 is decked out in stock trim. The LS1 has yet to be tampered with and retains its original 346ci and 320hp status. It's plenty of beans for some fun, and little threat to the SLP 10-bolt rearend and 3.42 posi. A Hurst shifter option manages the Tremec T56 six-speed trans.
Being at the g-Machine and Pro Touring forefront, Randy knew the fourth-gen could stand for a little improvement in the handling department, so in went 1-inch lowering springs front and rear, as well as a Hotchkis strut bar. Along with better handling, the spring upgrade offers a more attractive stance to accompany the Weld Racing RT-S S71 wheels (18x9 front, 18x10.5 rear) on all four corners. Nitto NT05 rubber keeps the fourth-gen planted in the corners (275/35-18 front, 295/35-18 rear).
Subtle interior nuances include custom SS embroidered headrests and the custom white overlay gauges and orange SS on the tach.
With the exterior retaining the mostly stock motif, the GM Hugger Orange finish is accented with 30th Anniversary SS emblems in exchange for the standard SS badges to add another subtle diversion, and to keep the purists on their toes.
Every fourth-gen Camaro enthusiasts recognizes the SS as pretty much the top dog in terms of performance and appeal, and the SLP hood, grille, and wing are iconic staples for the late-90's and early-'00 models.
"With my two kids soon approaching driving age, my plan is to use this car to get them acquainted with autocrossing," said Randy. "If they like it, then we'll have fun family outings at some SCCA Autocross events."
Randy goes on, "I was lucky enough when I got my second-gen back, so when the '99 found its way home, that was pretty damn cool. I tell ya, it's a crazy Camaro world we live in!"
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I decided to finally finish Dragon Age: Origins and I'll be using that as my filler game until Skyrim comes out. Oddly enough, I completed Dragon Age 2 but not the first one. Of course, the second one was far shorter and didn't really have as much content as the original one.
I took a look a Oblivion, but I have completed that and wasn't all that keen on playing through it again. I was already done with Sanctum which was much like Plants vs. Zombies in that it isn't a game you play at length over a long period of time – it's more like Minesweeper or Solitaire.
I was flipping through Steam pages looking at games but nothing stood out. I almost picked up Dead Island but I can't really get into zombie killing games. I feel guilty for the senseless violence they focus on all too much and it bores me in a very short time. Generally the zombies are not all that challenging or different in much other than looks. Yeah, I get that there are quests and missions and it's sort of like Borderlands. I just don't like the content of it. You could have quests and missions just like Borderlands but have the content be Hello Kitty stuff and it wouldn't do anything for me either.
I even briefly considered checking out Age of Conan which I didn't really like much beyond level 20 and not much really before then either. The idea was neat, but meh.
So after all that reflection, I decided on DA:O with the excessive gore turned down (at least turned off the persistent blood). I went with a Dalish Elf Rogue (female) because I didn't play a rouge before and thought it might be different. My previous characters that I played through about 50-60% of the game were Warrior types; one was sword and board while the other was dual wielding and failing horribly because of the heavy armor (he was always out of energy after using one or two of the abilities).
After playing it for a bit yesterday, I'm not sure I shouldn't just play a Mage type… That's the same sort of trap I fell into last time, I kept restarting and trying different characters and back stories. Ah well, I'll knuckle down and see if I can't get it done by November 11th.


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The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Caraga partnered...
August 14, 2018, The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has awarded the Caraga State University this year's BSP prestigious award as Outstanding Regional Partner for Knowledge Resource Network. The awarding ceremony was held at the Mallberry Suites Business Hotel in Cagayan de Oro City.
The event which is now on its 15th year is held annually as BSP's way of expressing gratitude and recognition to stakeholders who have continuously supported the BSP's statistical undertakings, information needs, and advocacy programs as well as to the effective delivery of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) functions.
The 15th Awards Ceremony also coincides with the BSP's 25th Anniversary with the theme "Reinforcing Partnerships, Defying New Challenges. Caraga State University President, Dr. Anthony M. Penaso received the award with conviviality.


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James Holmes Smiled and Smirked at Menacing Self-Portraits in Court, Victims Say
Photos showed James Holmes posing with black contact lenses and guns.
CENTENNIAL, Colo., Jan. 9, 2013 -- After two days of apparent indifference, accused Aurora shooter James Holmes smiled and smirked at disturbing self-portraits and images of weapons shown in court today, according to the families of victims who watched him.
"When he sees himself, he gets very excited and his eyes crinkle," Caren Teves said outside of the courthouse, after the hearing. "Your eyes are the window to the soul and you could see that he was very delighted in seeing himself in that manner."
Teves' son Alex Teves, 24, died in the shooting.
Prosecutors showed photos that Holmes took of himself hours before he allegedly carried out a massacre at a Colorado movie theater. He took a series of menacing self-portraits with his dyed orange hair curling out of from under a black skull cap and his eyes covered with black contacts. In some of the photos, guns were visible.
Those haunting photographs, found on his iPhone, were shown in court today on the last day of a preliminary testimony that will lead to a decision on whether the case will go to trial. The hearing concluded without Holmes' defense calling any witnesses.
The judge's decision on whether the case will proceed to trial is expected on Friday.
Holmes, 25, is accused of opening fire on a crowded movie theater in Aurora, Colo., on July 20, 2012, killing 12 people and wounding dozens others during a showing of "Dark Knight Rises."
The court room's set-up kept members of the media from being able to see Holmes' face as the photos were displayed, but victims and their families could watch him.
Teves said that Holmes was "absolutely smirking" when images of his weapons and the iPhone photos he took of himself were shown in court.
"I watched him intently," Caren Teves' husband Tom Teves said. "I watched him smile every time a weapon was discussed, every time they talked about his apartment and how he had it set up (with booby traps), and he could have gave a darn about the people, to be quite frank. But he's not crazy one bit. He's very, very cold. He's very, very calculated."
Holmes' has exhibited bizarre behavior after the shooting and while in custody. His defense team has said that he is mentally ill, but have not said if he will plead insanity.
"He has a brain set that no one here can understand and we want to call him crazy because we want to make that feel better in our society, but we have to accept the fact that there are evil people in our society that enjoy killing any type of living thing," a frustrated Tom Teves said. "That doesn't make them crazy. And don't pretend he's crazy. He's not crazy."
The photos presented in court showed Holmes mugging for his iPhone camera just hours before the shooting.
Click here for full coverage of the Aurora movie theater shooting.
Half-a-dozen photos showed Holmes with his clownish red-orange hair and black contact lenses giving the photos a particularly disturbing edge.
In one particularly odd image, he was making a scowling face with his tongue out. He was whistling in another photo. Holmes is smiling in his black contacts and flaming hair in yet another with the muzzle of one of his Glock pistols in the forefront.
Yet another photo showed him dressed in black tactical gear, posing with an AR-15 rifle.
James Holmes Had a "Depravity of Human Heart," Prosecutor Said
Other photos seized from the iPhone show pictures that a detective testified were taken of the interior of the Aurora movie theater in the days leading up to the attack, on June 29, July 5 and July 11.
Before the prosecution called for the photos, public defender Tammy Brady objected. Prosecutor Karen Pearson said that the photos showed deliberation and extreme indifference. Judge William Sylvester overruled the objection and the photos were released.
In Pearson's closing statement, she said there is an abundance of direct evidence that Holmes "wanted to kill call of them. He knew what he was doing."
She said that Holmes had a "depravity of human heart" and that he "went into the theater without knowing or caring who they are." The prosecutor said he "picked the perfect venue for the perfect crime."
Pearson said prosecutors made a decision not to include all of the people who were in theaters eight and nine that night. If they had, they could have had 1,500 counts against Holmes. Instead, they included anyone who had physical injuries, including those with gunshot wounds and those who were hurt running out of the theater. There are 166 counts in all.
The judge has taken the case under advisement and there will be a status hearing or arraignment on Friday when the judge will decide whether the case will proceed to a full trial. Holmes' attorneys have not yet said whether they plan on using a insanity defense, in which case Holmes could possibly be deemed unfit to stand trial. Another possibility is that the hearing could set the stage for a plea deal.
This week's testimony has included emotional testimony from first responders, details about Holmes' elaborately booby trapped apartment, a rundown of his arsenal of legally purchased weapons and descriptions of his bizarre behavior following the shooting.


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Loads events or results of a previously completed search job. The artifacts to load are identified either by the search job id or a scheduled search name and the time range of the current search. If a savedsearch name is provided and multiple artifacts are found within that range the latest artifacts are loaded.
A search head cluster can run the
loadjob command only on scheduled saved searches. A search head cluster runs searches on results or artifacts that the search head cluster replicates. You cannot run the
loadjob command on ad hoc or real-time searches. For more information on artifact replication, see "Search head clustering architecture" in the Distributed Search manual.
| loadjob (<sid> | <savedsearch>) [<result-event>] [<delegate>] [<artifact_offset>] [<ignore_running>]
Required arguments
- sid
- Syntax: <string>
- Description: The search ID of the job whose artifacts need to be loaded, for example:
- savedsearch
- Syntax: savedsearch="<user-string>:<app-string>:<search-name-string>"
- Description: The unique identifier of a saved search whose artifacts need to be loaded. A saved search is uniquely identified by the triplet {user, app, savedsearch name}, for example:
savedsearch="admin:search:my Saved Search"There is no method to specify a wildcard or match-all behavior. All portions of the triplet must be provided.
Optional arguments
- result-event
- Syntax: events=<bool>
- Description:
events=trueloads events, while
events=falseloads results.
- Defaults: false
- delegate
- Syntax: job_delegate=<string>
- Description: When specifying a savedsearch, this option selects jobs that were started by the given user. Scheduled jobs will be run by the delegate "scheduler". Dashboard-embedded searches will be run in accordance with the savedsearch's dispatchAs parameter (typically the owner of the search).
- Defaults: scheduler
- artifact_offset
- Syntax: artifact_offset=<int>
- Description: Selects a search artifact other than the most recent matching one. For example, if
artifact_offset=1, the second most recent artifact will be used. If
artifact_offset=2, the third most recent artifact will be used. If
artifact_offset=0, selects the most recent. A value that selects past all available artifacts will result in an error.
- Default: 0
- ignore_running
- Syntax: ignore_running=<bool>
- Description: Skip over artifacts whose search is still running.
- Default: true
loadjob command is an event-generating command. See Command types.
Generating commands use a leading pipe character and should be the first command in a search.
loadjob command can be used for a variety of purposes, but one of the most useful is to run a fairly expensive search that calculates statistics. You can use
loadjob searches to display those statistics for further aggregation, categorization, field selection and other manipulations for charting and display.
After a search job has completed and the results are cached, you can use this command to access or load the results.
Example 1: Loads the results of the latest scheduled execution of savedsearch MySavedSearch in the 'search' application owned by admin
| loadjob savedsearch="admin:search:MySavedSearch"
Example 2: Loads the events that were generated by the search job with id=1233886270.2
| loadjob 1233886270.2 events=true
See also
This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk Cloud™: 7.0.11, 7.0.13, 7.1.3, 7.1.6, 7.2.4, 7.2.6, 7.2.7, 7.2.8, 7.2.9, 7.2.10, 8.0.2001, 8.0.2003, 8.0.2004, 8.0.2006


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Mr Akihiko Nakamura General Manager, R&D Strategy Dept. OPTEX Co., Ltd.
OPTEX Co., Ltd. (OPTEX) sensing technology is world-class, and its business has grown around sensing equipment in the fields of automatic doors, security and measurement, among others. It boasts around 60 percent of the automatic door sensor market in Japan. It was the first, in 1980, to develop a far-infrared sensor for automatic doors, and its business has evolved against a background of creative technological capability. Unusually, OPTEX actively pursued overseas expansion right from the start. Currently about 66 percent (fiscal 2014 results) of total sales come from its overseas business.
By utilising the Fujitsu Cloud Service IoT Platform, OPTEX is building on the Internet of Sensing Solution (IoS) concept to develop its business utilizing sensor data via the internet. The aim is to establish a highly sustainable business model from which to expand its business.
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, gaseous chemical element; symbol N; at. no. 7; interval in which at. wt. ranges 14.00643–14.00728; m.p. −209.86°C;; b.p. −195.8°C;; density 1.25 grams per liter at STP; valence principally −3, +3, or +5.
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Weekend Herb Blogging #39 Recap
Holiday Weekend in the U.S.
This weekend, Weekend Herb Blogging is back home in Salt Lake City, after traveling clear to France and back. Be sure to read to the end of this post to see who's hosting next week. Now, let's go see what herb bloggers have been writing about.
Kronshagen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Ulrike, from the great blog Kuchenlatein is busy with lots of blogging events this week. However, she still takes time to show us the three kinds of lovely poppies growing in her garden, and shares a recipe for Poppy Seed Cake with Orange Syrup.
Astoria, New York, U.S.A.
Melbourne, Australia
Cook (almost) Anything At Least Once is the blog of Haalo, who has decided to use thyme to make something that takes time this week. Be sure you take enough time to click the link and see the beautiful Slow Roasted Baby Roma Tomatoes with Thyme and Garlic, or you'll be missing a treat.
Weimar, Germany
You can find a great explanation of how to make risotto if you visit the blog of Meeta from What's For Lunch Honey, as well as a good discussion of types of rice. Meeta prefers using arborio rice to make her dish of Risotto ai Funghi e Prezzemolo, which I think translates to something like Risotto with Wild Mushrooms. (Italian speakers correct me if I'm wrong, please!)
Dusseldorf, Germany
I think this is a first, with two German entries in a row, and it shows that more European bloggers are discovering WHB. You can tell that Vaishali from Happy Burp has a good sense of humor, not only from her blog title, but also from the whimsical photo she has of herself, but she's obviously serious about food. Her entry this week features the Oxheart tomato, probably an heirloom variety in Mozarella Salad with Oxheart Tomato and Basil.
Florida, U.S.A.
From Ginger and Mango, LG had a great time this week with a post that she called Guess the Herb? There were lots of people who recognized this medicinal herb which has all these names in various places: Coleus Amboinicus, Panikoorkka, Karpoora valli, Bilwa Pathrey, Aparna, Cuban Oregano, Spanish Thyme, and Broad Leaf Thyme. By the way, all you gardening cooks out there, don't forget about LG's Green Blog Project.
Davis, California, U.S.A.
Home from vacation, Sher from What Did You Eat has to cope with a broken air-conditioner and a few extra pounds picked up when she was traveling. Both of those are great reasons to try her Golden Gazpacho with Lemongrass, which I've already saved to my brand new del.icio.us cookbook.
Sometimes ingredients staring you in the face can become the inspiration for something great. That's what happened to Anna from Morsels and Musings when she turned plain mandarin oranges into Honey-Vodka Poached Mandarins seasoned with ginger.
Welcome back to WHB to great cook Rokh from Tham Jiak, who prepared a lovely version of Pad Thai with brown rice vermicelli to share with us. To add herby goodness, she uses chinese parsley, also called coriander leaf, cilantro, or dhania, depending on where you live.
Longview, Washington, U.S.A.
A new herb blogger this week is Chrispy from Experimentation of Taste, who has discovered a vegetable in her CSA box that she can call Chinese Chard, Pak Choi, or Bok Choy. Take your choice on the name, but Chrispy uses a very interesting and non traditional way to prepare it in her Pak Choi Gratin, which sounds delicious.
Trinidad, California, U.S.A.
A meal that would be so perfect for my South Beach Diet eating habits is up next, from the kitchen of Christine Cooks. Although she has fresh herbs in her garden, Christine used a spice mix with dried herbs to make Spicy Peanut Encrusted Catfish, and judging from the comments, no one minds the dried herbs one bit!
Toronto, Canada
At Once Upon a Feast, Ruth has really been trying to focus on healthy eating these days, and her Strawberries and Yoghurt with Mint sound like a healthy and delicious choice for summer. (By the way, congratulations to Ruth and her husband who have lost 16/20 pounds on the South Beach Diet. If you're another South Beach fan, check out the yummy stuff Ruth's been cooking.)
New Jersey, U.S.A.
Never one to shirk from a challenge, Gattina, from the blog of the same name, tries her hand this week at making home grown bean sprouts. Her sprouts look quite lovely, and then they look even better when she shows how she cooks them in a stir-fry with seafood.
Southern California, U.S.A.
It was partly serendipity which led the plant-saavy aunt of Surfindaave of the Serendipitious Chef to discover Stepables, a new kind of ground cover which is meant to be walked on. Because of his long-term relationship with thyme, Daave is coveting the thyme variety of Stepables, but he must pass them along to his sister who is re-designing her garden walkway. (Dave, we have these in Utah and I've been seriously coveting them for a few years now myself.)
New Jersey, U.S.A.
There are lots of changes, a great new blog design, and very good news going on in the life of Cate from Sweetnicks, it's a wonder she even can concentrate to do any cooking at all! After you read all her exciting news, be sure to check out the recipe for Spicy Asian Lettuce Wraps, with lots of yummy cilantro, which sounds like a recipe I'll also be trying soon.
Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy
Another culinary masterpiece and another recipe for me to add to my "must cook" list from the kitchen of Ilva of Lucullian Delights. Since it's swelteringly hot in Italy, Ilva doesn't feel much like cooking, but her Insalata di Riso con Tonno, Erbe, Pinoli e Olive or Salad with Rice, Fresh Herbs, Tuna, Pine Nuts, and Olives sounds fantastic.
Melbourne, Australia
The Beach, California, U.S.A.
Another great cook brave enough to admit to using dried herbs (which is 100% acceptable in case anyone is wondering!). Gabriella from My Life as a Reluctant Housewife made her own dried herb mix, and then used it in this recipe for Sauteed Cod with Dried Herb Mix for Fish, which looks yummy.
Nantes, France
Our fabulous guest host last week, Virginie from Absolutely Green, is back this week with a warm weather treat that sounds wonderful. Rose and Cherry Ice Cream has black cherries, soy yogurt, rosewater, and cashews, and if she had some Virginie would love to add a few rose petals next time. (Click on the English translation if your French is not as good as Virginie's English!)
New York City, New York, U.S.A.
The Chocolate Lady from In Mol Araan shares a recipe with us that is the perfect thing to eat in the summer, and she says it may be the first thing she ever cooked, or didn't cook in this case. Cucumber salad with Dill has only cucumbers, cider vinegar, salt, onion, dill, and a tiny bit of sugar but from the description of how this is made, I can tell it will taste wonderful.
Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.A.
It has not been a great week in the garden of Genie, The Inadvertent Gardener. Unknowingly she planted her garden under some black walnut trees which dripped toxic yuck on the plants. A few plants died, and Genie and Steve spent a lot of time transplanting the others. We're hoping for the best, so keep your fingers crossed for them. Even in the midst of a garden emergency, you've got to eat, so Genie prepared Herbaceous Baked fish with rosemary, basil and parsley. This sounded delicious and easy enough that Genie will be making it again.
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.
My own herb of choice this week is Italian parsley, also called flat-leaf parsley, which looks quite a bit like cilantro but tastes like a slightly spicier version of curly parsley. I used my parsley and lots of fresh mint in my recipe for Middle Eastern Tomato Salad, one of my absolute favorite things to eat in the summer with grilled meats or just as a light lunch.
Now, next weekend I'll be in San Francisco having lots of fun with my gorgeous friends Mary and Jacque, but don't worry, I'm leaving WHB in great hands. Next weekend's host will be the talented Gabriella from My Life as a Reluctant Housewife, and even if she has to post while juggling those adorable twin boys, she'll manage to get it posted by Monday. So by midafternoon next Sunday send her your link (MSGABRIELLATRUE AT aol.com) and be sure to include a link to My Life as a Reluctant Housewife with the words Weekend Herb Blogging somewhere in the post.


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I'd like to debunk a couple of myths circulating out there in Mommyland. Myth Number One: if you raise kids on so-called grown-up foods, they won't complain. They'll always eat what you put in front of them. They'll dig in with gusto.
Myth Number Two: If you let kids cook with you, if they're involved in making what they're going to be served, they will eat it gladly.
Yeah, right, I huff, I, the mother of Quinn, who has perfected the sport of pushing plates of unwanted dinners across the table. She's working on besting her own record, the speed with which her plate reaches the other end of the table and goes crashing to the floor, untouched food and all. There we have it: in-my-face evidence that the myths are just that.
Take any given night, and you'll find me bemused, at best, trying to shake it off, to refuse to be offended by my five-year-old. The other day, in fact, she was five-for-five, five nights in a row of absolutely refusing to try even a bite of the dinner I'd made for her, dinners that she contributed to making.
I believe she may have grasped her fork at one point, but I'm fairly positive its willing prongs never came within stabbing proximity of any of the dishes presented this past week, including soba noodles with carrots, chicken with couscous and corn, and tonight's offering of lentils with more carrots, mint and goat cheese. Not exactly chicken nuggets posing suspiciously as T-Rexes, but then my kid's never so much as gazed upon such an undesirable feat of processed protein (do they even make those anymore?).
It's not that she's been starving herself. If bread is part of the meal, she will reach hungrily for a portion. And she did in fact eat a slice of ham off her panino from two nights ago, a panino she insisted on making herself and to her exacting specifications, which meant dismissing its turn in the panini press. Which rendered it more plain ham and cheese on a par-baked roll. But perhaps she meant the bread and the cheddar to act as aromatics, imparting a few moist crumbs and a bit of salty agey-ness to the ham slice in the few moments the three were joined together before she whisked the floppy piece of meat from its nesting place. What remained was a cold, dry and rejected sandwich alone on her plastic flower-shaped plate.
At any rate, I'm contemplating tonight's pasta plan, and wondering why I, of all parents, have a picky eater. They say that if you give children so-called grown-up food from the get-go, that will set their palates accordingly. I've duly followed that doctrine. I don't dumb down food for my kids. So if Quinn's been eating this way her whole life, what is behind this sudden rash of dinnertime revolts?
I suppose it's typical of motherhood that my efforts to ply my children with flavor and variety would fall flat in certain stages. Maybe it's a call to humility, a reproof from the Spirits of the United Motherhood. Because last month I cast a mental rolling of the eyes in the direction of a certain mom at gymnastics when I overheard her give dinner instructions to her husband regarding their toddler- and preschool-aged girls. "I don't know what they want yet. I might call you to put something in the oven," she said. As it was nearing 6 p.m. and her two had just exhausted themselves with an hour of somersaults and trampoline jumping, her "something in the oven" could only mean something frozen and shrink wrapped.
And I almost felt my eyebrows visibly arch in disapproval when a couple of weeks later another fellow gymnastics mom told her husband that "we have snacks, didja get my message? We're not gonna have a full-fledged dinner but you have plenty of fro-yo and whatever else if ya feel like it." I had planned ahead and had all the trappings of a full-fledged dinner waiting to be pieced together when we got home from gymnastics and yes, I felt smug about it.
So while I suppose Quinn is just acting her age in exerting picky-ness at her pleasure, her decidedly non-diplomatic way of pushing plates across the table has brought me back to earth a little – to an earth populated by busy kids driving their moms to look for easy meal solutions. To an earth where little ones handily refuse to eat a food for reasons that seem completely random, despite our best efforts to school their delicate taste buds from infancy.
But I'm not caving. Weary gymnastics moms and their frozen stashes, Quinn and her untouched fork and flying plates be darned. Around here, there's no such thing as "kid food."


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September 2007
Coordinating implementation: Using a school choice office
In districts where a number of school choice options are available to parents, coordinating implementation of these options may be wise—and in some cases, imperative. To this end, many districts have created a school choice office where responsibilities for administering choice programs are consolidated, including those for public school choice under No Child Left Behind. This strategy may improve implementation by, among other things, avoiding duplication of effort, providing information to parents about options that is comprehensive in scope and consistent across programs, and coordinating transportation.
Making it work
If a district opts to administer public school choice through a school choice office, it should consider whether to include responsibilities for implementing SES in this office also. If a district determines that such an arrangement is not preferable, it should be sure to facilitate coordination between the school choice office and the office that administers SES so that the information to parents regarding all their options under No Child Left Behind is consistent.
For information about coordinating parent outreach on public school choice with that of other choice options, see "Leveraging other school choice options" on p. 19.


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Between the date of her death — January 22nd, 1901 — and her extravagant funeral a fortnight later, millions mourned as the body of Queen Victoria lay in state on the Isle of Wight. At some point during this lengthy period, disgusted at what he saw as an excessively long, out-of-touch "spectacle," the great George Bernard Shaw wrote the following fantastic letter to the editor of the Morning Leader newspaper and made his feelings known.
Unfortunately, said editor, Ernest Parke, refused to print it.
(Source: Bernard Shaw Collected Letters 1898-1910; Image: George Bernard Shaw, via.)
I am loth to interrupt the rapture of mourning in which the nation is now enjoying its favorite festival—a funeral. But in a country like ours a total suspension of common sense and sincere human feeling for a whole fortnight is an impossibility. There are certain points in connection with the obsequies of Queen Victoria which call for vigorous remonstrance.
Why, may I ask, should the procedure in the case of a deceased sovereign be that which has long been condemned and discarded by all intelligent and educated persons as insanity and superstitious? To delay a burial for a fortnight, to hermetically seal up the remains in a leaden coffin (and those who are behind the scenes at our cemeteries know well what will happen to that leaden coffin), is to exhibit a spectacle, not of reverent mourning, but of intolerable ignorance perpetuated by court tradition long after it has been swept away in more enlightened quarters. The remains of the Queen should have been either cremated or buried at once in a perishable coffin in a very shallow grave. The example set by such a course would have been socially invaluable. The example set by the present procedure is socially deplorable.
If at such a moment the royal family, instead of making each other Field Marshals, and emphasizing every foolish unreality and insincerity that makes court life contemptible, were to seize the opportunity to bring its customs into some sort of decent harmony with modern civilization, they would make loyalty much easier for twentieth century Englishmen.
Yours truly,
G. Bernard Shaw


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1. White Sox trade Brandon McCarthy to the Texas Rangers for John Danks and Nick Masset
Dec. 23, 2006; +13.9 WAR
McCarthy's fleeting discipline already had disappointed the White Sox, but to have turned him into Danks (15.6 WAR and rising). Masset and McCarthy is a wash, so in essence Danks's 41 wins, four seasons, and sub-4.00 ERA arrived in Chicago for free.
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I worked on this card over the past week. This card is really a work of heart. I don't know how many times I sketched out this little sczene. I really wanted the seaweed behind Tilda and I could not find the stamp. Finally I decided to "doodle" it in.. but honestly I am just not a Chris Dark. OMG.. I wished I could just simply draw myself the little things in. Check out her "simple doodeling" right here. I just drool over her work!
Finally, I found that silly seaweed stamp in a box and I started all over again. I must say I am really happy with this card. Usually when my cards are made, I put them into a save drawer and keep them there but this one is on display in my living room where I can see it all the time dam I guess its because I know how long this card took me to make. Asking hubby about his opinion.. the largest reaction I could get out of him was "nice"! awwwh!!!.. I guess there will be no dinner tonight for him hahahahah
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Japan has six native species of palm tree. Four of these are endemic to Japan. There are a further three species, which have been cultivated in Japan for centuries. These are:
Rhapis excelsa (Thunb.) Henry, J. Arnold Arbor. 11: 153 (1930).
Rhapis humilis Blume, Rumphia 2: 54 (1839).
Trachycarpus fortunei var. wagnerianus Becc., Webbia 5: 70 (1921).
Two native species are found only in the Japanese Ogasawara-shoto or Bonin Islands (typical oceanic islands, located 1,000 km south of Tokyo, Japan). These are:
Clinostigma savoryanum (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) H.E.Moore & Fosberg, Gentes Herb. 8: 465 (1956). Endemic.
Livistona boninensis (Becc.) Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 11: 222 (1935). Endemic.
The remaining four native species are the subject of this article, and these species are found in the Ryukyu archipelago of Japan or Nansei-shoto. These are:
Arenga ryukyuensis A.J.Hend., Taiwania 51: 298 (2006). Endemic.
Livistona chinensis var. subglobosa (Hassk.) Becc., Webbia 5: 16 (1920).
Nypa fruticans Wurmb, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 1: 349 (1779).
Satakentia liukiuensis (Hatus.) H.E.Moore, Principes 13: 5 (1969). Endemic.
The Ryukyu Islands (Figure 1) are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch south-west from Kyushu to Taiwan: the ÅŒsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima (Miyako and Yaeyama) islands, with Yonaguni the southernmost. The largest of the islands is Okinawa. These islands have a subtropical climate with mild winters and hot summers.
Arenga ryukyuensis
This palm is very similar to Arenga engleri from Taiwan, but differs in the pinnae being strongly ribbed adaxially, and the stems are only to about 2 m tall, whereas, Arenga engleri stems grow to over 4 m. tall. Arenga ryukyuensis seeds are also very globose, short and fat, whereas, Arenga engleri seeds are more elongate, also generally larger. Arenga engleri in Taiwan occurs at 200 – 1050 m. elevation, whereas, Arenga ryukyuensis is a lowland species, and occurs from sea-level up to about 300 m. Indeed, the more common localities to see A. ryukyuensis is on the coral limestone coastal rocks, often in the spray zone.
A. ryukyuensis is usually seen growning together with Cycas revoluta, which is also very common, and can also be seen throughout the Ryukyu Islands growing on coastal rocks and cliffs.
Both the cycads and the palms are more frequent at lower levels, becoming more scarce at elevation, nevertheless, both are found at the highest elevations in Okinawa.
Another difference between Arenga ryukyuensis and Arenga engleri is the infructescence. A. ryukyuensis fruits are somewhat exposed and visible from above, growing out of the top of the plant. Whereas, A. engleri fruits are often hidden in amongst the leaves, and almost never visible from above. Fruit of A. engleri ripens from green, through an orange/yellow to dark purplish red. A. ryukyuensis ripens from green through yellow to orange then dark red.
Taiwan is a new island that started being pushed up from the sea-bed around 6.5 Ma, by the north eastward movement of the Philippine plate crashing into the Chinese continental margin at 8 cm. per. year. This would have crashed through the Ryukyu archipelago / Luzon volcanic arc, pushing any pre-existing islands into the new Taiwan landmass. It is therefore logical to assume that Arenga existed first in the Ryukyu, which are very much older islands, and was then taken to Taiwan to evolve into Arenga engleri. It is not possible that there has been a land-bridge between Taiwan and the Ryukyu since that time.
Livistona chinensis var. subglobosa
I have written before about this species, so will not spend too much time discussing it here. Only to say that Livistona chinensis does not exist in its truly wild state anymore anywhere within the Ryukyu or Taiwan. In Japan, so-called virgin L. chinensis forest is now found only on the islets of Aoshima and Tsukishima in the Miyazaki prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. The islet of the gods on Aoshima is the extreme northern limit of the species, and this is also officially recognised as the largest single population of the species in Japan consisting of 4000 individuals. But as I have published before, this is not acurate, the largest virgin population of Livistona chinensis var. subglobosa is to be found on a tiny island called Uotsurijima (Japanese) or Diaoyudao (Chinese). This is the largest island of the Senkaku Islands (钓鱼岛及其附属岛屿) or what we know as the Pinnacle Islands. Uotsurijima or Diaoyudao Island located at 25°44'39"N 123°28'26"E has an area of 4.3 square kilometres (1.7 sq mi) and a highest elevation of 383 metres (1,260 ft). L. chinensis is the dominant tree species on this island and I estimate this population to be over 100,000 individuals.
It is more often than not that the Japanese Livistona trunks are seen to be leaning, bent, twisted, and show irregular growth patterns. I've questioned this in Japan, and was told that the Ryukyu islands experience many typhoons, which bend the trees over. But, coastal Taiwan experiences the same typhoons, and the Taiwan trees tend to have much straighter, upright trunks. Another, difference is that many of the Ryukyu trees produce much more globose, almost round, seeds than do the Taiwan trees. The Taiwan Livistona produce more globose seeds than do the Chinese trees.
Nypa fruticans
Nypa fruticans exists in Japan in one single, very isolated, and inaccessible population at Funaura on the island of Iriomote Jima.
This population of about 28 or more clumps are located a long way up a tidal tributary stream in a large mangrove swamp that surrounds a stunningly beautiful tidal estuary on the north of the island.
I must say that these Nypa palms are not good examples. Much better examples are to be seen, in much more accessible locations elsewhere in South-east Asia. The Japanese Nypa are located deep in an important mangrove, declared as a natural monument in 1959, well off the beaten track. This mangrove is an important habitat for wildlife, and is best left to the wildlife that inhabit it.
The population is the world's northernmost natural occurrence, and it has been rapidly reduced in size. Its genetic diversity examined by the Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA(RAPD) method showed that all 28 individuals examined were genetically identical and had no diversity. They are thus considered clones derived from a single individual by vegetative propagation. Because flowers fail to set fertile seeds, the species is likely to be self-incompatible. The population at Funaura is at an extinction crisis.
Satakentia liukiuensis
Satakentia contains only one species, which is endemic to Japan in the far south of the Ryukyu Islands in the islands of Ishigaki Jima and Iriomote Jima. This genus was named by Harold Moore for Toshihiko Satake, who had noticed it was something special. There is now a museum built to honour Toshihiko Satake within the main population of the palms on Ishigaki Jima.
Trunks can be very tall, brownish/grey, and solitary, topped with a prominent, brown or reddish green crownshaft, which is very distinguishable. With large green pinnate leaves, 3 m. long.
The inflorescences are also distictive, which are branched to two orders, and are borne below the crownshaft.
Satakentia liukiuensis is in decline in its natural environment with no known cause, and it was once much more widespread throughout the two islands than it is today. However, plants are being raised in cultivation and are widely planted as a street tree in cities further north, notably Naha on Okinawa.
Satakentia is grouped in the subtribe Carpoxylinae, which comprises three genus – Carpoxylon, Satakentia, and Neoveitchia. Carpoxylon and Neoveitchia come from Vanuatu and Fiji, it is not clear how the natural distribution could extend to the Japanese Ryukyu for Satakentia.
There are two main wild populations, the main population on Ishigaki Jima, and a much smaller population on Iriomote Jima with a few individual trees scattered across Iriomote. The Iriomote trees are inaccessible, as they grow in a cemetery, or the isolated trees are remote in the hills.
More info:
Satakentia liukiuensis trebrown.com
Nypa fruticans trebrown.com
Arenga ryukyuensis trebrown.com
Livistona chinensis var. subglobosa trebrown.com


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Officials looking into allegations involving Lolo Jones
Olympic hurdler turned bobsledder Lolo Jones has had her share of attention in her new sport. Now U.S. bobsled officials are looking into whether she was in a bar fight Friday night in Lake Placid.
USA Bobsled & Skeleton is looking into the allegations and speaking to the athletes and witnesses that were at the bar Friday night, said USBSF spokesperson Amanda Bird.
"We are treating this like we have with any other situation by investigating to see if there is a code of conduct violation," Bird wrote in an email.
No charges were filed with police.
Amy Van Dyken, the former Olympic champion swimmer turned Fox Sports Tonight radio host, first told the story on her Monday show. Van Dyken said she had heard Jones knocked out the stepdaughter of Tony Carlino, who has been called the "Bobfather," given his career as an athlete, coach, administrator and now manager of the Olympic Sports Complex in Lake Placid.
An email to Carlino and Jones' agent was not returned Tuesday.