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>Suppose a foliar nematode-resistant hosta is found? Would the
>scientists in the list please tell us what the next step would be?
I haven't seen any foliar nematodes on hostas in my garden or any
other garden in the Pacific Northwest. Don't know if we are just
lucky, or if foliar nematodes are not a problem out here.
"Research into foliar nematodes" could mean just about anything.
Also, $25,000 doesn't buy much research these days. That amount of
money could be used efficiently or it could be easily wasted. It
seems to me that a detailed report on the proposed research should be
seriously analyzed by people who are knowledgeable about research to
see if the hosta society is making best use of the money rather then
just give it to Ohio State Univ and tell them to do what ever they
want to.
It seems to me the hosta society will get more efficent use of the
money to do studies to first find out how to control foliar nematodes
before doing any research to find resitance. In any plant breeding
program where it is desirable to overcome a disease problem the first
goal is to locate resistance to the particular problem, in this case
foliar nemeatodes. The next step is to incorporate this resistance
into new plants so that the new cultivars that are released are
resistent. To do this with foliar nemetodes would require that
crosses be made and that future generations would have to be infected
with nematodes to isolate the resistent plants. This isn't likely to
be done by amature hybridizers working in their backyards. Also,
gardeners aren't going to discard all existing hostas, so the problem
will continue to exist. As to looking for resistent hostas, all you
have to do is find growers in areas where there is problems with
foliar nematodes and make a list of all the infected and non-infected
plants in each garden and see if there are any cultivars that
consistently show up in the non-infected list. Not perfect, but gives
you are starting point.
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Rather than scanning /dev/disk/by-path directly, check the udev database for the PATH_ID or ID_PATH or whatever it's called that gives us the devlink name that would appear in /dev/disk/by-path. Sometimes the links in /dev/disk/by-path do not appear because you have them already in /dev/disk/by-id (or not, who knows?). At any rate, stop checking the /dev/disk/by-path directory manually and just ask udev. Related: rhbz#560702 --- storage/devices.py | 24 ++++++------------------ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/storage/devices.py b/storage/devices.py index 399802b..5761d05 100644 --- a/storage/devices.py +++ b/storage/devices.py @@ -147,28 +147,16 @@ def devicePathToName(devicePath): def deviceNameToDiskByPath(deviceName=None): - bypath = '/dev/disk/by-path' - if not deviceName: return "" + else: + deviceName = os.path.basename(deviceName)
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The works of mercy have been at the heart of Catholic Charities' outreach in western Oregon, as the agency tends to the acute needs of people who are poor and also advocates for social justice.
To fulfill its mission even more effectively, however, the nonprofit for the past several years has given clients practical skills to grow their financial literacy, their savings accounts and, ultimately, their dreams for the future.
"We need to be in solidarity with them, to stand with them, no matter what their status, because they are all sons and daughters of a merciful and loving God," said Portland Archbishop Alexander Sample.
Oregon's Catholic pastors are about to be reminded that Archbishop Alexander Sample issued a strong statement Nov. 23 in opposition to capital punishment.
Oregonians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, a group seeking to overturn Oregon's law allowing executions, will send the reminder in hope that the message will get out to more of the state's 431,000 Catholics.
The cobblestone streets of Rome are rough on bicycles. That includes two-wheelers ridden by Catholic seminarians at the Pontifical North American College.
One outdoorsy priest-in-training from the Archdiocese of Portland decided his 250 peers in the Eternal City needed an expert when it comes to bike fixes. Peter Julia, a former bicycle mechanic, proposed that the school open an on-campus repair shop. A student committee consented and put Julia in charge.
Portland Police Chief Mike Marshman has made an effort to reach out to the city's Latinos as pressure intensifies on immigrants.
Shortly after the election of President Donald Trump, who promised tough policy on immigration, Marshman sent out a letter to Latino leaders.
"We remain committed to helping keep you safe," the police chief wrote. "With the election over and the fear of changes that are to come, we, the Portland Police Bureau, recognize that these feelings are real and uncertainty is spreading among members of the community."
The new director of Hispanic ministry for the Archdiocese of Portland sees himself not only as serving Latino Catholics, but as energizing them to evangelize western Oregon.
Deacon Félix García, who has served at Shepherd of the Valley Parish in Central Point for nine years, says Hispanics are well suited to bring the Gospel to all kinds of cultures.
NEWBERG — Aboard a U.S. Navy ship during World War II, Claude Arrington received a regular ration of cigarettes. But the slim sailor didn't smoke. Instead, he sold the packs, sending the profit to his wife, Yvette.
"We bought furniture for our first house with that," Yvette says, smiling at her sweetheart more than seven decades later.
A common faith, thinking as a team, being flexible and arguing candidly but respectfully are among the keys for this pair, named Oregon's longest married couple after a search by Worldwide Marriage Encounter.
A Portland community service group has been invited to attend a Vatican conference on grassroots movements, a pet project of Pope Francis.
Proud Ground has established a land trust and a funding pool so low-income families can purchase homes, even in Portland's roaring housing market. Two representatives from the organization will attend the World Meeting of Popular Movements Feb. 16-19 in Modesto, California.
A Southeast Portland house that served as a Catholic hospice is now a place for another kind of transition. The home of the late Bob and Evelyn Dieringer of Holy Family Parish will shelter a community of women seeking to make a move from life on the streets.
After homeless Portlanders froze in severe weather, attention has turned to better mental health care with housing. The new Martha and Mary Home is on top of that mission.
Health provider Kaiser Permanente has awarded Catholic Charities of Oregon almost $323,000 over three-and-a -half years to pay mental health workers to lead a program for homeless veterans. The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust also awarded Catholic Charities a grant for $259,000, spanning three years.
The grants will support housing and health care for people with severe mental illness and substance use disorders.
Part of a series on race in Catholic schools, this piece is the second of two focused on African-Americans
The night the Michael Brown verdict was issued, Jesuit High School Principal Paul Hogan received an email from a distraught African-American student. "My classmates and I are quite upset, but a lot of our white friends don't understand," Hogan recalled the young woman writing.
A grand jury had decided not to indict Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson for the death of 18-year-old Brown. Wilson, who is white, shot and killed the unarmed black teen in a 2014 incident that — together with subsequent high-profile police shootings — stoked heated discussions about race and policing in America.
Father Raúl Marquez had never seen anything like it. Eight men walked to the front door of St. Peter Church in Southeast Portland Jan. 29 and began bellowing during the Spanish Mass. Dressed like hunters, they accused worshipers of not being true Christians, questioned the sexual morals of the women and harangued the congregation for being made up of immigrants.
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Marylhurst University is hosting a series of talks on issues relating to social justice beginning Feb. 23 with "Mind the Gaps: How Gender Shapes Our Lives," led by Jade Aguilar, assistant professor of sociology and women's and gender studies at Willamette University. All talks will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Old Library in the BP John Administration Building.
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A Portland anti-human-trafficking activist is in Mexico City where he has been invited to work with a Mexican organization that assists women in prostitution. The organization has asked Brian Willis of St. Mary Cathedral to assess the unmet needs of prostituted women who are mothers.
Catholic Charities of Oregon and several refugee support and advocacy organizations serving the state issued a statement Jan. 25 in anticipation of President Donald Trump's executive orders on refugee resettlement.
"Oregon has a long history of welcoming refugee families dating as far back as 1948, when Congress passed the Displaced Persons Act," read the statement from Catholic Charities, Lutheran Community Services Northwest, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, and Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization.
Health provider Kaiser Permanente has awarded Catholic Charities of Oregon almost $323,000 over three-and-a-half years to pay mental health workers to lead a program for homeless veterans. The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust also awarded Catholic Charities a grant for $259,000, spanning three years.
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"For the benefit of shipyard employees and others who must work on Sundays, the following special list of early Sunday morning Masses is being printed."
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MOUNT ANGEL — Bert Bernards, 94, doesn't know much about iPads. But the former member of St. Paul Parish in St. Paul does like to eat.
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MOUNT ANGEL — The Father Bernard Youth Center here has received a $5,000 grant from Wilbur-Ellis, a local agriculture supply wholesaler. Don Robison, executive director of the Catholic retreat center, says the money will go toward maintenance, repairs and upgrading outdoor spaces.
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In 1931, 5-year-old Robert Hughley stayed with friends while his mother joined a mournful caravan. A half dozen automobiles clanked 500 miles from Birmingham, Alabama, to central Louisiana to bury Robert's uncle — at least the detached head. The uncle had been lynched and the body never found.
Hughley, a member of St. Andrew Parish in Portland who turns 91 in February, did not hear the gruesome details until he was in his 50s with a wife and six children. Even then, he'd had to badger his mother to explain why everyone spoke of the funeral in whispers.
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It's also a life, as his biographer Barbara Underwood Scharff says, that is punctuated by "major movements of the Holy Spirit."
BEAVERTON — Father Michael Gaitley, bestselling author, comes to St. Cecilia Parish to lead a Feb. 10-12 retreat called Mercy and Mary.
The weekend begins Friday and includes five presentations by Father Gaitley, part of the Marian Missionaries of Divine Mercy, an outreach of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception, Gaitley's Stockbridge, Massachusetts-based religious order
Despite the freezing temperatures and snow-packed Portland roads, hundreds of locals turned up at the Oregon Convention Center Jan. 15 to mark the anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision.
People from around the state gathered to hear leaders of Oregon's pro-life movement speak about their hopes for a reversal of the 1973 decision that legalized abortion.
An agency that has worked to prevent isolation among residents of Portland's Old Town has hit its silver anniversary.
The Maybelle Center for Community — once known as the Macdonald Center — was established by Holy Cross Father Richard Berg. In the late 1980s, Father Berg was assigned as pastor of the Catholic parish in Old Town, home to a large part of Portland's homeless population. Father Berg, a trained psychologist, told staff and parishioners that loneliness and isolation intensify the problems of homelessness and that community might be the way out.
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St. Andrew Parish will present its Dr. King Celebration Mass 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, at Saint Andrew Church, 806 NE Alberta St. Portland.
In his will, a Portland businessman has left $1 million for Blanchet House of Hospitality, the largest gift from an individual in the helping organization's 64-year history.
Bob Franz, graduate of Columbia Prep and the University of Notre Dame, died at age 92 in August. He is remembered as an astute business owner, a philanthropist and a loyal friend.
President Ronald Reagan phoned early Aug. 8, 1986. Diarmuid O'Scannlain, an esteemed Portland attorney, was just emerging from the shower. He hustled down to take the call in nothing but a towel.
The 40th president, in his amiable way, informed O'Scannlain that he was the nominee for an open seat on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — just a level below the U.S. Supreme Court.
Anthony Nguyen, an eighth-grader at St. Therese School in Northeast Portland, is the kind of student who stands up to a bully and scoots over to make room for the new kid at the lunch table. He's devoted to his Catholic faith and believes faith means action.
So, when Nguyen learned that a program dubbed the "After School Satan Club" was coming to a nearby public school, he came up with a plan: a Change.org petition against it.
It was Christmas Eve morning, and down a corridor of Oregon Health & Science University Hospital in Portland, past the nurses' station and amid the drip of morphine and green glow of medical monitoring equipment, a small choir sang of Christ's birth.
The music was a gift to two patients — one wrapped in a bathrobe and the other propped up in bed — yet all present felt the magnitude of a gift given two days before.
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Already Channel 5 and Mentorn are understood to be looking for advertiser money to boost the budget on the Sunday afternoon entertainment programme Exclusive! Things to Come itself ran on Channel 4 as a 15-part TV series in January this year. Most of the satellite channels are carrying at least one programme made with money directly from an advertiser.
"I think that, if not an explosion, we are going to see more and more of this sort of thing as broadcasters struggle with falling budgets and increased air time and advertisers find their audience fragmenting on digital television," says Tess Alps, executive chair of Drum PHD, the media-buying agency that put together the Things to Come deal and worked with Channel 4 and Waterstone's on 1997's Books of the Century programme.
It's not surprising. Given that ITV2, the much-trumpeted digital sister channel to ITV, will launch with a programme budget of pounds 42m - less than half of Channel 5's annual programme spend - you can see the broadcasters' need for programming money. So why should the advertisers comply?
For a couple of reasons. Advertisers love sneaking in through the back door so that you don't instantly file their communication in the mental wastepaper basket, as you do with direct mail.
The sneakiest way is through advertiser-supplied programming, where the advertiser makes a show. Such programming is old news in the United States. After all, soap operas were called soap operas because they were made by soap companies in the 1920s. Soap companies are still the biggest investors. The rights to ITV's Wheel of Fortune are owned by Unilever, while Channel 4's Northern Exposure is made by Procter and Gamble.
So concerned are some powerful advertisers by the declining programme budgets of cash-strapped broadcasters, that they also see this kind of programming as a safeguard against declining standards, believe it or not.
In 1994, P&G's chairman and chief executive, Edwin Artz - the nearest thing to a god in advertising - said that the only way forward for TV advertisers was to increase their involvement in programming, ironically to ensure its high quality. P&G promptly signed a $150m deal with Paramount Studios for programme development.
In the UK in 1995, the Daily Express helped fund ITV's Saturday evening game show, Raise the Roof, and Pepsi Cola coughed up for Channel 4's late- night Friday youth show, Passengers.
In both cases, the funding advertiser then did a separate deal with the broadcaster to sponsor the programme. Now, however, things are more out in the open. Channel 5's Pepsi Chart Show is paid for by Pepsi and made by the production company Broadcast Innovations. Robert Dodds, Broadcast Innovations' managing director, is the man behind that show as well as Pepsi's first foray with Passengers. In one sense, that is. In another, he's jointly behind it with Malcolm Gerrie, famed as the producer of The Tube and The White Room. "
In 1996, we sat down with Pepsi and persuaded them to work on building the Pepsi Chart into a property that could be used throughout its communications, whether as corporate entertainment, on bottle or in-store promotions, a straightforward TV sponsorship or any other possible option," he says. "We're now two-thirds of the way there. It only really works in an international capacity because Pepsi pays pounds 40,000 per week for the programme. In return, it owns the world-wide rights to the show and licenses Channel 5 to use it in the UK. Without the international dimension, it would be a very expensive deal."
This sort of programming is fraught with problems, as readers who recollect Heineken's Hotel Babylon will know. A Heineken brand manager issued a memo asking for the audience to contain more white faces, creating red faces at the beer company and the producers, Planet 24, alike. Dodds says the industry has been on a learning-curve and reckons that he can avoid such embarrassments in the future.
"There's going to be a lot of people putting out cookery shows on the Carlton Cookery Network in the next few years who are going to be wasting their money," he argues. "These deals have to work for the broadcaster, the advertiser and the audience, or we're all wasting our time.
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My name is Kelly Schomburg, I'm the girl with the red hair in these pictures. I was protesting at the Occupy Wall Street march yesterday when I and several other women were sprayed with mace and subsequently arrested. Many have already seen the video, which has been spreading like wildfire over twitter, Facebook, tumblr, and other video feeds, along with hundreds of other photos and videos. This is my recount of what happened.
I started off the march at noon with all the others, and we marched from Liberty Plaza all the way to Union Square. We were blocked off by policemen at times, but the majority of us sought to avoid any conflict and keep moving. We took up the sidewalks and the streets. We chanted. We were heard.
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Thanks for posting this. I'll be reposting it myself to ensure that Kelly Schomberg's story is heard.
If the G20 summit in Toronto is any indication, this story will be added to a list of stories and nothing will come of it. It's disgusting.
I'm kind of…heartened? I mean, it's terrible what happened, but someone is feeling threatened by these protests. Yay? Or maybe that's a bad thing…maybe they're just stamping out the little fires before they get too hot.
Bless your heart. Plead not guilty.
The United States of America.
Great country, ain't it? I can just feel that freedom and liberty coursing through my veins right now.
I hope everyone there gets the best ACLU lawyers and sues the f***ing hell out of those ratb******s !!!!!!!
Don't break the law and you won't get maced. The whole idea of mace is to do you no phycial harm but encourage you to cease your illegal activity.
If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.
Wall Street with the help of republicans (and some democrats) have sucked this country dry with their shameless greed. After being bailed out by taxpayers they pay themselves lavish salaries and obscene bonuses and then complain bitterly if asked to contribute to the country.


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Goddamn, awesome! A woman who dresses up in the spirit of such ecchi fare is OK by me! Annnnnd totally brings on an epic stroke session too.
You are amazing at this. Sexy and creative, best combination in a person ever.
Great! Now I want to see someone successfully do a Queen's Blade Echidna cosplay.
really well made, and hot pose... wow these characters with half breast uncovered, they take a great heart to be chosen ^^
Damn! Where is the 'Tex Avery Wolf'' gif when you need it?!
The kingdom of Amara will never steer you wrong.
Mmmh Nana... du bist die absolut sexiest Menace Queen! Wow!
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this is too sexy
Nice breast
Yes I like!
you have really nice skin and you're just beautiful all around..
Man,...I hope the wind blows around her. Hot Man..!!
awesome job
This is really... really beautiful
gorgeous one
Don't know a damn thing about this cosplay but this has piqued my interest, nevertheless.
I really don't think anyone can match that beauty!!!!
oh my gosh , beautiful !!!!!!!!!!!
"My impure eyes should not witness this!" Gawd what a bunch of pussies..
You're not smiling.
I wish this would stop popping up. I'm trying not to look at stuff like this. Please, is there a chance you could put this in mature content?
I'm sick of people imposing their opinions that it's okay to be naked on people by making them see things that they don't find appropriate.
Keep your beliefs that it's acceptable to be naked to yourself and use a filter. Deviantart will only be a happy community when we learn to respect each other.
then maybe you should in turn stop imposing your opinion on those that don't mind. This girl is not naked, she's wearing more then most people wear on the beach. And it's also because of people like you that DevArt can't be a happy community, because apparently you lack the respect you seem to be so extremely fond of.
The problem with that, is while I am not *forcing* anyone NOT to look at pictures like this, people who find this image disturbing ARE being forced to see it since it's featured. Understand?
oh I perfectly understand what your problem is, I just think you're not going about it the right way.
For example: it is NOT okay to insult someone. If you can't be mature about this matter, then keep your mouth shut.
You're so big on respect? How about being respectful towards this cosplayer?
If you find it 'disturbing' that she shows her body off in the feature tag: message her. in private.
just saying that if you want to get something done, you might want to approach someone with more respect.
People are far more willing to listen to you if you stay polite, because right now, you're just making this a much bigger problem than it is.
I see what you're saying, but I didn't insult her personally.
Yes, I did say that I found her picture disturbing, which is perfectly fine. After all, these are called "comments," not "compliments."
Excuse me for saying so, but isn't telling someone to "shut their mouth" a disrespectful insult that could cause people not to listen to you?
Actually, I would see "eww" and "I feel like throwing up" as an insulting comments.
And yes, it is, but it's not as much an insult as the things you say towards/about this girl.
And yes, it is, but it's not as much an insult as the things you say towards/about this girl.
I'll leave it at this. I've got better things to do with my time.
If you saw an overly gory picture or something you thought was offensive and gross, what's wrong with saying you feel like you're going to throw up? How come just because this is a naked person instead, I can't be grossed out? I didn't say SHE was gross, just the fact she's dressed like that.
Some of these comments are laughably like the towns people from the story The Emperor's New Clothes.
Ikr? Not the first thing I wanted to see in the morning.
Yeah, I kind of feel like throwing up. It's really selfish when people feature this stuff. I think these people want us to get some point about how they're "daring" or something. Whatever the point is, I don't get it, all I know is that I'm disturbed.
Please don't make people have to see this on the home of DeviantArt... It's a little self centered.
It should be mature content.
I don't think I WANT to be mature enough to have to see this tbh
OMG! She is Beautiful :3
I wish pictures like this wouldn't get featured. I don't want to see things like this when I log in...


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Awesome, I'm really looking forward to this Warhammer title, end of 2015 release. Lets try to keep the hype down this time..... WAAAGH!!!
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Hi! This is your official PenguinMagic reviewer, B_Magic.2 of 4 magicians found this helpful.
Daryl's Ambitious Card DVD is a must have for all card workers! ADD TO CART NOW! Finish this review after.
I learned Daryl's Ambitious Card from his book, Ambitious Card Omnibus, many many years ago, and it continues to be a staple in my magic performances to this day. The effect is classic, killer, and amazing. This video is exactly like the book, with the benefit of being able to see and enjoy the trick and its many fantastic qualities for yourself.
There are many phases you can put into an ambitious card routine, and you are going to learn a lot here. I give it 4 stars because I'm always a little wary about videos. When I learn this from the book, I was able to easily put my own patter and style into it, because honestly I had no other choice. With video, it's harder because of the temptation to mirror exactly what you see (because Daryl does it so good). You have to actually work hard NOT to do exactly the same performance as Daryl with this.
It's a great video and should be purchased. If you are reading this review then you should ADD TO CART right now. You'll love it.
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Unfortunately the dvd was damaged; I sent the photos to "support" with attention Gayle. It sure looks good.
I'll probably order another and try again down the track
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I have received this a couple of days ago and I would have written a review a couple of days ago but I haven't stopped watching this! This dvd is amazing, Daryl is a amazing teacher. I have watched this like 50 times already and not only does it get better every time but I also learn something new every time. Ok there is your review and if you need me you know where to find me, watching this dvd. Peace
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Daryl's Ambitious Card DVD taught me more about the routine then I've been able to gather over the past year through other DVDs, websites, and YouTube. To be honest, some of the moves could have a bit more explanation, but he gives you more than enough moves to put together a variety of routines. They range from simple to difficult, so there's material for all skill levels. If you've been working on your Ambitious Card routine (or would like to develop one), leverage this DVD.
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This is absolutely the best path to take if you want to learn the Ambitious Card Routine. Daryl first performs his Ambitious Card Routine, and then he teaches it to you move by move!! I really got a lot out of the additional techniques section of the DVD. If you already went through Daryl's Encyclopedia of Card Sleights you will know some of the moves. However a lot of it was brand new to me. I particularly liked the Knockout Control. Great Buy!!!
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I have never been much into card magic.. however with the huge variety of card tricks and effects I have started to include them little by little. I had gotten several card tricks and all of them mentioned "you can use this along with your ambitious card work" well.. being a professional amateur magician I figured it would be useful to learn this ambitious card they were talking about not knowing what the ambitious card was I did my search here on Penguin, I am glad that my search on Penguin pulled this one up. For me being a professional amateur this was perfect !! I love the teaching that Daryl offers even showing the how too on the ending of the routine. I have started to use this with my other routines and am now starting get a flow through from one routine to the next and am starting to become a fan of card magic.
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I gave it a 4 stars because \i have been doing ambitious card routines for many years now and just want to learn amything I could have missed. this dvd is very good for a medioker learner. and the wrap- around deck trick takes a lot of preparation.
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This is the ultimate resource for the Ambitious card routine. Not only does daryl present a full routine to you, but more importantly he gives you the tools and techniques to create your own or adjust a routine you may perform. Daryl is a master of his craft.
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Daryl's ambitious card routine is one of the best out there. There is so much stuff packed into this DVD it's crazy. Daryl goes into pretty good detail when explaining the trick and after you watch it you'll come away with a pretty good routine. Get it for the tied up deck. The cards are tied, you put the card in the middle and it still gets to the top. A great find.
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this not only had daryl's award winning acr, but it has millions of different moves. if your thinking of making your own acr, buy this dvd. he also has an idea of the best ambitious card climax in the world, i think. the only downside, is that its extremely tiring to make that gimmick.
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"See the face of Christ. Be the face of Christ." Powerful images and personal stories from our mission team's visit to Chimbote, Peru in July 2014. Mission maternity hospital, clinic, pharmacy, orphanage, and home visits in barrios outside of Chimbote. Video played at the 49th Annual Peru Mission Dinner on Oct. 16.
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More than 40 years ago, the Diocese of Pittsburgh began to build a bridge of love and hope between the people of Pittsburgh and the needy in Chimbote, Peru.
Bishop John Wright, Bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh at that time, was the first architect of this bridge, and commissioned Father James Shanahan to be the first bridge builder in Peru, as the first Pittsburgh diocesan priest to serve there in the St. James Society.
Father Shanahan and other priests who followed soon after him - Father Jules Roos, Father Gerald Lutz, Father John Price - were the founders, the pioneers who laid the foundations for the bridge in Peru.
A few years later they would be joined by the Sisters of Mercy and still later by the Vincentian Sisters of Charity. Soon after Bishop Wright sent the first Pittsburgh missionaries to Peru, he invited laymen James Ferry and Frank Schneider to collaborate with him in building the bridge on the Pittsburgh end by initiating the Peru Mission Dinner, originally called the Chimbote Founders Day Dinner.
Joined by Andy Goyette and other founders in Pittsburgh, they worked with their counterparts serving as missionaries in Peru to complete the bridge. Over the years the bridge has been widened and strengthened as many have crossed it.
The Social Works Center in Chimbote, Peru, epitomizes the importance of that bridge spanning two continents. The original Social Works Center opened as an outpatient clinic and home for the elderly. In 1966, Monsignor Jules Roos decided to address the poverty in Chimbote by opening a maternity hospital where mothers could give birth in clean and comfortable surroundings. The alternative was for women to continue to deliver their babies in very unhealthy conditions at home.
Monsignor Roos sought the assistance of the Dominican Sisters from Grand Rapids, Michigan, who served as nurse midwives at the Maternity Hospital. The first facility was very humble and primitive by today's standards, but it flourished and grew into the bustling Maternidad de Maria hospital in Chimbote, well-known throughout Peru.
Today the maternity hospital is a 26- bed facility which delivers over 300 babies each month. Mothers are taught the importance of good hygiene and pre-natal care and return with their babies after delivery to learn healthcare techniques that will give their babies a better chance to survive in a harsh environment of poverty and suffering.
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Chevy has sold 14 million Impala sedans since it debuted as Chevrolet's top-end sedan back in 1958. The model has struggled to maintain its popularity in recent years, but is poised for a comeback. The 2014 redesign has been lauded by critics and consumer agencies alike. Consumers Reports flipped the 2014 Impala from the bottom of their large sedan ratings to the No. 1 spot.
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The Passat has gone through seven generations -- and 15.5 million cars sold -- since its debut in 1973. The Passat is a solid family car, one that offers a touch of luxury for a pretty decent price. That's what's kept it selling so well over the past few years, when the sedan market became intensely competitive.
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It's the car that needs no introduction, but we'll give it one anyway. The first affordable, mass produced car for the average American was built in 1908 in Detroit by Henry Ford. While the Ford Model T hasn't been in production in 86 years, it has still managed to hold on to the title of eighth best selling car of all time.
It took 20 years for the Model T to sell more cars than most brands sell over decades. In that time Ford produced a staggering 16.5 million Ts.
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Following closely on the heels of its big brother the Honda Civic, the Accord entered the scene in 1976. Honda has sold 17.5 million Accords since then.
It was the first car the Japanese manufacturer produced in America and has been one of the best selling cars in the U.S. since 1989. The Accord gets props for being a safe and reliable family car.
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Fuel Economy: 28 mpg city, 36 mpg highway
Before the launch of the Civic in 1972, Honda was thinking of pulling out of car manufacturing altogether. The Civic was their first big hit on the auto market and kept Honda in the business of making cars. Good thing they kept selling cars, or else they would have missed out on 18.5 million Civics sold.
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5. Ford EscortThe Escort was introduced to America in 1981, but had been a strong seller in Europe since 1968. Ford sold 18 million Escorts worldwide. There isn't a current car in production with the Escort nameplate, though there is a concept for a new Escort to be sold in China next year.
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Sometimes the Golf, sometimes the Rabbit, whatever it's name, it's the best selling model for Volkswagen. It came on the scene in 1974 and since then the boxy hatchback has sold over 27.5 million cars. The Golf was sold as the Rabbit until 2006, when Volkswagen brought back the Golf in 2010. The current generation features several trim levels, including a diesel option.
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The first Toyota Corolla rolled off of the assembly line and into our hearts in 1966. By 1974 it was the best-selling car in the world. Toyota recently announced the 40th million Corolla was sold, though they fly out of dealerships so quickly Toyota isn't sure who has it or at what location number 40 million was sold. All told, the car maker expects to sell over 300,000 models of the revamped 11th-generation Corolla this year.


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The BUTLER project currently active in the Seventh Framework programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities contributing to the creation of the European research area and to innovation (2007-2013) requires the participation of a new partner to carry out certain tasks within the project. Please note that the Seventh Framework programme offers part-funding not full-funding of research activities.
We have a vacancy in our consortium for a partner established in an EU Member State or FP7 Associated State, and having comprehensive expertise in the integration of Internet of Things technologies and conduct of end user trials.
The tasks involve the participation to the set up of a cross domain (horizontal) field trial based on the prototype of the BUTLER platform. The new partner will have to:
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Project acronym: BUTLER
Project grant agreement number: 287901
Project full name: uBiquitous, secUre inTernet-of-things with Location and contExt-awaRenes
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Expected duration of participation in project: June 2013 to September 2014
Total EC funding for new partners: is up to 120 000 €
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Language in which proposal should be submitted: English
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|Darlington School
|1014 Cave Spring Rd SW
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|34°13′34″N 85°10′59″W / 34.226°N 85.183°WCoordinates: 34°13′34″N 85°10′59″W / 34.226°N 85.183°W
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Wisdom More Than Knowledge, Service Beyond Self,Honor Above Everything.
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Darlington School is an American private, coeducational, college-preparatory day and boarding school in Rome, Georgia. The school serves students from pre-kindergarten to grade 12, divided into a lower, middle and upper school. The student body represents 38 countries. The Head of School is Brent Bell, the Upper School Director is Matthew Peer, and the Lower School Director is Hope Jones.[4][5]
Founded in 1905 by local residents John Paul and Alice (Allgood) Cooper, Darlington School was named by former students in honor of a local teacher. Joseph James Darlington taught at the local J. M. Proctor School for Boys in Rome. The school originally used Thornwood House and its associated property. In 1920 the school moved to the current location of Desoto Park and has expanded around this 500 acre area.
Darlington School uses an English public school-style house system in the upper school. Each house is led by a Head of House faculty member and a resident and day student prefect. Boys' houses include Summerbell (freshman), Moser, and Neville. Girls' houses include Cooper (freshman), Regester, and Thornwood.
The school participates in Greater Opportunities for Access to Learning (GOAL), a Georgia program which offers a state income tax credit to donors of scholarships to private schools.[6]
Notable alumni[edit]
- Elson Floyd - 10th president of Washington State University[7]
- Adam Marcus - mathematician[8]
- Will Muschamp - head football coach at the University of South Carolina
- Cy Twombly - artist[9]
- Ernest Vandiver - former governor of Georgia[10]
- ^ "Institution Summary". AdvancED. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ "Member Directory". MSA-CESS. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ "SAIS Member Directory". Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ About Darlington School
- ^ "darlingtonschool.org".
- ^ Bell, Daniel (October 27, 2009). "GOAL to aid private schools, donors: Saturday is the deadline for a tax break to benefit schools and their contributors.". Rome News-Tribune. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
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- ^ "Avant-garde American artist Cy Twombly, 83, dies in Rome".
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Linwood, Pa. – Polyurethane foam supplier Foamex International said second-quarter sales were 22% below last year's second quarter, but a one-time gain boosted net income above year-ago levels.
"As a result of our cost reduction efforts, we began to see positive bottom-line results at the end of the second quarter," said Jack Johnson, president and CEO. "We remain confident in our ability to manage the business through these challenging times."
Sales for the quarter ended June 29 were $240.7 million, compared with $308.5 million in the same quarter last year.
Net income was $9.7 million, or 18 cents per fully diluted share. In last year's second quarter, the figures were $7.1 million, or 30 cents per fully diluted share.
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Shares of Vipshop (NYSE:VIPS) had a strong rally over the past two weeks, providing an excellent opportunity to cash out or sell short ahead of looming uncertainty over its business momentum. The current share price level is mainly supported by the company's bright future prospects projected by analysts. The management team is under enormous pressure to deliver strong growth and has made a huge investment in advertisements recently. Despite the large amount of spending on advertising, Vipshop hasn't been able to sustain strong growth momentum in website traffic in 2014 so far. The recent announcement of an acquisition is unlikely to significantly alter the fate of the company.
Vipshop was trading above $120 on Feb. 14, 2014 -- a more than 170x rolling P/E multiple. It is unclear how long this high valuation can be sustained given past situations with other Chinese-listed players, such as Mecox Lane (NASDAQ:MCOX) and Dangdang (NYSE:DANG). As of now, Mecox Lane has lost 95% since its historic high, whereas Dangdang, a closer comparable, has lost 70% since its historic high. The websites and business models of both companies stayed more or less the same over the years. One might wonder how the market got these two companies wrong in the past.
One of the reasons behind such "misvaluation" is that sell-side analysts are shaping people's expectations over-optimistically. Most sell-side analysts covering Asian Internet stocks aren't specialized enough to fully understand every businesses, and often just build their financial models based on management projections fed by the company. Many analysts are also "herding" their earnings forecasts and share price recommendations with the big brokers, who also happen to be underwriters for these covered companies. It is well-documented that these underwriter analysts have an incentive to boost their share prices. In addition, shorting such potentially "high-growth" Internet stocks is risky and costly, preventing share prices to fully reflect negative views. That's why we may observe some "bubbles" in some of these stocks.
In China's Internet space there are a few long-term winners, but most will gradually decline and vanish over time due to strong network effects in the industry. These long-term winners are the dominant players with a large, sticky user base. Clearly, Vipshop does not belong to this group. I had a business visit to Beijing in late December 2013 and talked to a couple of folks in the tech space. Almost everyone thinks that Vipshop was overvalued at the price of $80 at that time (I referenced a $4-$5 billion market capitalization during the conversation). We also talked about some other companies such as Qihoo (NYSE:QIHU) and YY (NASDAQ:YY), and people had quite divergent views on these two players.
Currently, the share price of Vipshop is trading at five times compared to one year ago, supported by better-than-expected management execution. For the past two weeks, the stock price has risen ~20% despite initial weakness in the overall market.
Source: Seeking Alpha.
The generally optimistic sell-side analysts are putting a median target price of $102 on Vipshop (according to Thomson One consensus as of Feb. 14, 2014). There is a limited upside to the share price as even the most optimistic analyst is only giving a target price of $134. Downside risks are considerably larger as the lowest target price of generally optimistic sell-side analysts is $73 currently. Even more amusing is that the long-term growth rate used by analysts to arrive at the target price is 55%, as shown by Thomson One. This is a ridiculous assumption as no companies in the world will ever achieve a long-term growth rate of 55%. The recent rally is likely the last push by long speculators before they cash out, as Vipshop is currently facing more uncertainty with its growth momentum.
Source: Thomson One as of Feb. 14, 2014.
Recent Traffic Signal on Losing Momentum Despite Huge Advertising Efforts
On Dec. 23, 2013, several media reports in China reported a strategic agreement between Vipshop, with LeTV on naming rights and advertisements with the popular TV show "I Am A Singer" (season 2) in China. From my understanding, this has not been mentioned on the IR website of Vipshop yet. According to the Chinese news article, it seems that Vipshop is spending around $50 million RMB for advertising on this TV show. How material is this figure? This is roughly the operating income of Vipshop in Q3 2013 (according to Google Finance) and twice the operating income of Vipshop in Q2 2013 (according to figure in Google Finance). In other words, this is a highly significant expenditure with regard to the profitability of Vipshop.
I have to admit that I am a huge fan of "I Am A Singer," especially season one. For those who don't know much about this show, it is basically like an "American Idol" show, featuring famous professional singers from the Greater China region as participants. While people are not as crazy about season two as season one, it is still a wildly popular show among the Chinese. The advantage of such a move is potentially to help increase the brand awareness of Vipshop among a wider TV audience nationwide (although the agreement seems to be mostly regarding online broadcasting). The only question is how effective and efficient this $50 million RMB advertising expenditure is. When I watched the shows online, I was not able to sense much in the way of synergy/relatedness between the show and the business of Vipshop. However, it is not easy to judge the effectiveness of this huge advertisement campaign without much hard data to support it.
Then I turned to Alexa for some hard data to understand more about the situation. To my huge surprise, the chart shows that Vipshop.com has been suffering from an enormous decline in traffic since late December. You can see the sharp decline from the graph below, and the trend is extremely alarming to investors.
Source: Alexa as of Feb. 14, 2014.
While the gap is puzzling, that doesn't seem to be true. After further probing, it seems that Vipshop has changed its domain name registration from Vipshop.com to Vip.com. When a user enters the old domain, it is automatically directed to the new domain since late December 2013. So it makes more sense to examine Vip.com after this domain name change. However, even combining the two charts, it seems that Vipshop has not made much improvement after the advertisement campaign. Its site visit rank once peaked in the middle of 2013 (even being among the top 1,000 global sites in traffic), but lost its growth momentum and even slightly decreased in recent periods. Even with the advertisement campaign on the popular TV show, which started broadcasting on Jan. 3, 2014, Vipshop hasn't been able to revert this slowing momentum in the first 45 days of 2014 (as shown on Alexa).
Source: Alexa as of Feb. 14, 2014.
A current website rank of 141 in China should be the right number to use for Vipshop as it uses the past one-month statistics to calculate (which is past the date of domain name change). To give you a sense of concurrent ranks by other website, Dangdang ranks 168 with only 1/7 of Vipshop's market capitalization whereas Amazon.cn ranks 40. Among other recently listed companies, 58.com (NYSE:WUBA) ranks 91.
To make sure that Alexa is not capturing a systematic decline in site visits within China or among e-commerce sites China in the concurrent period. Here is the chart for TMall.com, the leading website in Chinese e-commerce, showing a strong growth momentum from late 2013. This pattern is up to your interpretations as to what has happened.
Source: Alexa as of Feb. 14, 2014.
While Vipshop may want to turn itself into a platform player, website statistics show that Vipshop still has a long way to go. The $50 million RMB advertisement has not helped. On the other hand, the Alexa charts above show that Vipshop may have already ended its rapid growth phase in the middle of 2013, as evidenced by the leveling or even slightly declining visiting trend relative to other website. In a likely scenario, Vipshop is reaching into a "mature" phase in a firm's life cycle starting in 2014. Its growth rate will likely gradually converge to the industry growth rate of e-commerce in China (which is not bad in the coming few years).
Thoughts on Recent Acquisition of Lefeng
Vipshop announced an acquisition agreement regarding the purchase of a 75% stake in Lefeng.com on Feb. 14, 2014. The "good" news is that the price paid is not exorbitantly high, unlike many other Internet deals.
I think that Vipshop has been lucky for the last two years because there has been an excess inventory problem in the Chinese apparel industry. As the apparel industry slowly recovers and the de-stocking process is done, Vipshop may face problems securing stable supplies of discounted goods to implement its growth initiatives in the future. I see the deal as a reactive play by the management to secure merchandising sources ahead of future difficulties in sourcing items for flash sales. Nevertheless, the announcement furthers my conviction that Vipshop may lose its bargaining power over its margins as the excess inventory issues are relieved in the Chinese apparel industry in the coming few years.
Regarding the deal itself, it may be regarded as both a horizontal and a backward vertical acquisition. Just like Vipshop, Lefeng also operates an online sales platform. The deal also involves some supply agreements from the parent holding company of Lefeng. However, the quality of the goods from the parent company of Lefeng.com is still a big question mark. It is a proprietary brand from China with mediocre brand awareness and reputation. The items involved in the supply agreements are also in a highly competitive and fragmented market in China.
Unfortunately, the acquisition announcement lacks sufficient details to assess the profitability of the target and the accretive/dilutive impact of the transaction on Vipshop. Given that managers usually have an incentive to release good news, I would assume that Lefeng may be still in the money-losing mode, potentially putting a drag on Vipshop's near-term financial performance.
At such a high valuation level, the future growth potential of Vipshop has been more or less priced in, leaving investors with few upside risks. On the other hand, any mistakes in execution may cause the share price to plummet, exposing investors to enormous downside risks. The recent slowing traffic trend (despite huge advertising expenditure) provides an alarming signal that its explosive growth era is probably over by now.
While I would still expect the company to report decent Q4 2013 results and great FY 2013 results, I am not that optimistic about its 2014 performance as well as future business prospects. I am sure the smart investor community will figure this out soon. Analysts and institutional investors will slowly adjust their growth expectations for Vipshop over time.
I believe that, at a share price ranging between $115-$120 currently, it is a good time for long investors to cash out and perhaps for "risk-loving" short-sellers to profit from the subsequent revisions in growth expectations.
Disclosure: I am short VIPS. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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An Extremely Difficult Decision
So, I'm trying to still sell Chava, but instead of buying a new
horse or two with some of the money she brings, my husband
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Nobody can fault you for putting your baby's needs first. I think you've made a very grown up decision, good for you! http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...bsUpSmiley.gif
it is a good decision. hard one but a good one... i wish i lived nearby, i could use a good large pony.....
is she under classifieds to?
I guess you have to do whatever you feel is best but good luck with the decision making
Awww Brit im soo sorry that it has come down to this but I think that you are a very good person and you are thinking of your baby and I think it the right choice! :) Goodluck with whatever happens
That is a good decision, even though it may not seem like it. It's best for you, the baby and Chava. After I had my baby I hardly rode my horses at all. Good for you, you are gonna be a great mom!
Thanks, I feel in my heart it's the right thing to do and I haven't
rode in so long as it is, I feel as if Chava is getting neglected
and I really need the money she will bring.
Good luck with the sell. The web is full of online horse sale pages where you can post adds for free. If you do some searching, you will find lots.
Good luck :)
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