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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?
Anyway, that's where my book stands now. I'll be sure and let you know when I sign with a publisher in the next couple months or so.
My daughter brought home a list of common and not so common fears the other day that I'd like to share with you.
First off - I'm not making fun of anyone who actually has one of more of these fears. Everyone's afraid of something. These are just more uncommon than most and I find some of the names humorous. (Yes, it's sad that I have to preface my post with this disclaimer, but I just know someone's going to comment that I'm a horrible, cruel person for making fun of those who are afraid of air or something.)
Ephebiphobia - fear of teenagers
I think I might have a touch of this.
Geniophobia - fear of chins
Avoid Jay Leno if you suffer from this affliction.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - fear of long words
Anyone else see the irony in this? How do you think patients feel every time they see their diagnosis?
Mycophobia - fear of mushrooms
After seeing the Dirty Jobs episode where they showed how mushrooms are grown in poop, I may just develop this fear.
Optophobia - fear of opening one's eyes
Must make driving pretty difficult.
Pantophobia - fear of everything
Man, that would sure stink.
Pentheraphobia - fear of mother-in-law
No comment.
Phobophobia - fear of phobias
Guess the profession of psychologist is out for these folks.
Scolionophobia - fear of school
I think a lot of kids have this one.
Technophobia - fear of technology
Oh yeah - this one fits me too. In fact, I kinda fear people who don't fear technology too.
Telephonophobia - fear of telephones
I only have this fear when my bills are overdue
Tocophobia - fear of pregnancy or childbirth
I have definitely developed this one!
Zemmiphobia - fear of the great mole rat
Seriously? There are enough people with this fear that they had to give it a name?
Xanthophobia - fear of the color yellow
What do these people do when they pee?
I think I've come up with some more. These should definitely be added to the list of phobias.
Styrophobia - the fear of styrofoam
Uncomfyshoephobia - fear of pointy-toed shoes
Flushophobia - the fear that one of the kids has just flushed a toy down the toilet
Scalophobia - fear of looking at your bathroom scale while standing on it
Pajamaphobia - the fear that someone will see you dropping your kids off at school in your pajamas
So, what's your biggest fear?
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98 comments:
ROFL they are hilarious! Mine would be bigasscockroachophobia ha ha ha!
- November 6, 2007 at 8:57 PM
- Angela Rae said...
LOVE the pajamaphobia!!! I HAVE THAT!!! Not only when I take the kids to school, but also some days, when I walk out to the mailbox and when I haven't had the time to shower and dress properly.... ie. unmatching top and bottoms and those unflattering (whisper "clogs")... rubber shoes... that I DREAD having to go to the store, in fear that I'll run into someone... should add a "Badhairunkemptdressedphobia"!
Love your stuff! Congratulations on getting the agent/manager and continued blessings as you shop for the best book deal!
Angela Barribeau
aka Mx Mommy & Angela Rae
- November 6, 2007 at 9:11 PM
- Donna said...
How about homealoneaphobia - the fear of what will happen to your home if/when you leave you kids home alone
- November 6, 2007 at 9:11 PM
- My Semblance of Sanity said...
You asked for it...
CUDophobia...fear of those who chew like a cow
SCUMophobia...fear that the tupperware in the back of the fridge that has become a science project will attack when the door is opened
POOPFINGERophobia...fear that my octopus 2-year old will ACTUALLY get his hands in his poop during a diaper change
Should I stop? I could go on...and on...and on...
- November 6, 2007 at 9:12 PM
- Lucille said...
Hi Dawn! Wow no posts yet - could I be #1?
First let me say thanks for sharing all the details of the book deal. I had NO IDEA it took that long to publish a book - that seems crazy! I mean didn't that OJ book If I did it get done super fast? I hope that your agent finds a great deal for you and you can nest away some $$$ for the kids, some trips and whatever else you've been dreaming of. You deserve it!
AND WOW you are writing a second book - you GO GO GO girl! I feel like a huge slacker when I read all that you do in one day! It sure gives me something to shoot for!
Next - those phobias - wow. I had to re-read the post b/c I thought it was a joke. Seriously my fear is something happening to my daughter as in someone taking her or hurting her.
OK onto a more positve ending. I can't leave it like that! Thanks for letting us all feel like we are a tiny part of your wonderful journey. If you ever get time to just read blogs - yeah, right - check mine out! I'd love to hear what YOU think since you are the master!
- November 6, 2007 at 9:13 PM
lol!!! I have to say mine would probably be the last one,....pajamaphobia!!!!! great work!! keep these blogs coming!!! they bring a smile to my face every day!!!!
- November 6, 2007 at 9:16 PM
- suburbancorrespondent said...
Ephebiphobia - fear of teenagers? But that's not irrational at all....and I've got it bad. Shouldn't kids start college younger? You know, just to get a jump on things?
- November 6, 2007 at 9:19 PM
- Lisa said...
quiescentaphobia- fear of what's happening when my kids are quiet!!
This fear is becoming worse with each child of mine that is passing through the three year old stage!!
- November 6, 2007 at 9:20 PM
- All moments remembered said...
I must confess I am a germ freak!!
I avoid touching things other touch with bare skin. I hate the grocery carts sooooo much. ICK! I am bette then I use to be though.
I look forward to your book. I guess it will be a good one for the holiday wish list next year. :)
Stay healthy,
- November 6, 2007 at 9:21 PM
- Erin said...
SOOO Funny! I am sitting here cracking up! You sound like Lucy on that Charlie Brown Christmas special where you starts naming off fears. I think I have studentaphobia...fear that one of my 2nd grade students may spot me when I am shopping and looking grungy. LOL! :)
- November 6, 2007 at 9:42 PM
- Heidi said...
That was HILARIOUS! Thank you so much, I really needed that laugh. :)
I'm afraid of water. (Acquired after almost drowning multiple times).
- November 6, 2007 at 9:53 PM
- Matchbox Mom said...
Ever since we had the rat in the toilet, i've had
I'll never get over it...
Great list!
- November 6, 2007 at 10:26 PM
i am 37 and starting to develop a double chin.
i frighten myself.
very clever phrases. very funny!
- November 6, 2007 at 10:34 PM
- Karen said...
My daughter brought home that list as well. We giggled like idiots over it. (My husband and I, you know-the mature ones.) The fear of long words one really cracked us up.
- November 6, 2007 at 10:39 PM
- VanDerHoekArt said...
Mine is balloonpopingphobia - I hate it when a balloon pops unexpectedly right behind my head.
Funny thing is my mom has this same phobia!
- November 6, 2007 at 10:47 PM
- Dawn said...
To the person who just left me a comment with some questions - I tried to post your comment. It says I posted it, but it doesn't seem to be showing up. Anyway, I wanted to answer your questions. I'm not sure what an RSS thing is. If it's a way to subscribe to my blog, I have a link on the right column that says Blogarithm.com. You can sign up to be notified of updates there. If that's not what you're talking about, I'm sorry. I'm very much technologically inept.
As far as my archives, I still have them on my blog. It just doesn't say "archives" anymore. It says "Old Stuff and it's on the right side under the ads. Just click on a month to read older stuff.
- November 6, 2007 at 11:02 PM
- The Daileys said...
Very funny! I love the fear of long words... you would think they could have come up with a shorter word for it???? Maybe that was to keep patients out of their own files? Idunno.
I used to fear spiders and needles, but after 2 hard pregnancies where they gave me all kinds of shots every week and then having to be "Mommy the Spider Hunter" for my wimpy kids... I'm overcoming them. Pretty soon I will be fearless thanks to my kids.
- November 6, 2007 at 11:05 PM
- roseys madhouse said...
I would have to say that my phobia would be Tocophobia - fear of pregnancy or childbirth. After six I think I would go mad lol.
I also had no idea that books took that long to get onto the shelves I suppose after all the proof reads and other stuff involved though. I cant wait till its out I will have to order online as I daresay it will take longer to get here in Australia.
- November 6, 2007 at 11:15 PM
- Dorothy said...
I'm scared to death of bee's and if I'm anywhere and there is one bee it will find me..go figure...
I couldn't pronounce half of those words, who in the heck spelled them?
Dorothy from grammology
remember to call your grandma
- November 6, 2007 at 11:23 PM
- Elizabeth said...
That is so great. It is hard to believe some people are afraid of some of these things!
- November 6, 2007 at 11:30 PM
- Becky said...
Loved your additions to that list, Dawn...lol! Funny stuff!
- November 6, 2007 at 11:36 PM
- ACB said...
Ok I do have to make one snarky little comment about the fear of yellow....cough...ahem...If we were drinking enough fluids (which I don't either), our pee would not be yellow (which most people's is) - instead our pee should be clear (only seen that after a heavy night at the bar), therefore we should all drink more fluids (of your own choosing) LOL My PSA for the day.
Other than heights, spiders, and the dark...I am terribly grossed out by the whites of my toenails. Yes, just mine. Not so much a "fear", just a personal habit I suppose. They really just bother me and I have a tendency to purposefully cut them back into the quick and/or ingrown area. Long toenails of "The Lost Boys" preportions on other people also totally skeeve me out.
Wow, I think I've rocketed to "#1 Weirdo Post" of the day! LOL
- November 7, 2007 at 12:03 AM
My most recent...
The fear you encounter when you realize you're 4 weeks away from your due date & remember WHERE babies come out of.
- November 7, 2007 at 12:35 AM
- Lorna said...
I have a friend who is afraid of the colour yellow.. It has to be a specific yellow.. "Rain coat yellow" to be specific. My first car was this colour, he refused to go near it and none of us (including him!) worked out why until years later.
As far as pee'ing goes.. I imagine he just closed his eyes. Which would certainly explain the state of the bathroom. (Of course, it was also 3 bachelors sharing a house, which explained MANY messes..)
- November 7, 2007 at 1:25 AM
- nutralady2001 said...
Yes the RSS is like subscribing to a news service you need to download a programme for it (mine has a Japanese sounding name and is free like everything I download.) Then whatever you subscribe to goes into that programme and you open it to find the updates. I have a couple of newspapers but I forget to go in all the time
No I didn't understand that either lol Subscribing to your blog is easier ( didn't even see that ) I come here first thing every morning anyway and have a good laugh with my first /second/third coffee
And I'm sure I speak for the majority of us who read ....WE TOTALLY GET WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM. You shouldn't have to apologize in advance for stuff you say although I must admit I did say in one comment I was joking and not serious..........*sigh* .some people have too much time on their hands and have never read Erna Bombeck, it's their loss :)
- November 7, 2007 at 1:55 AM
- nutralady2001 said...
Me again :D
"Styrophobia - the fear of styrofoam "
A pet hate of mine is drinking coffee out of styrofoam cups.......yeerrkkkk!!!!!! Have to go to a meeting next week where there'll be styrofoam cups . How do I know? I'm helping to organize it . Thanks for reminding me to sneak a proper coffee mug into my lunch bag ;)
- November 7, 2007 at 5:33 AM
OMG You have me cracking up over here...I love your descriptions of the phobias...and especially your own discovered phobias.....You are so sarcastically funny...I can't stand it!
- November 7, 2007 at 5:33 AM
- Pattie said...
Hey how about one for becoming pregant again which is me up we are having another one shock and more shocked is all i can say..
- November 7, 2007 at 6:50 AM
aibohphobia: fear of palindromes
- November 7, 2007 at 7:07 AM
- Valarie said...
Haha!! How about...
commentaryclaustrophobia- the fear of what comment might come out of your child's mouth while you are trapped in a small, crowded elevator
unpunctualophobia- the fear of never being anywhere on time for the rest of your life
sockmonsterophobia- the fear that there really IS a monster that eats up all your socks.....what the heck else could be happening to them??
- November 7, 2007 at 7:35 AM
Dawn, FYI, there are no months listed under Old Stuff. I even "refreshed" the page to see if that would bring it up.
- November 7, 2007 at 7:38 AM
I've been reading your blog since the Ebay thing. You crack me up - and I can relate to much of what you say, even thoug I only have two kids. I work full time, but I still have to do all of the mommy/wife things - my problem is I need to cram it between 5:30 and 11:00, and of course all day and night on the weekends. It can be exhausting.
Anyway - I have a really weird fear that I thought I would share. It became a topic of much mockery at work recently when we had a Halloween party (read: we bring in lots of food and chow down all day.) I am afraid of wooden spoons. I can hardly look at them. I actually have a physical reaction to them - I start to get all sweaty and the glands in my mouth work overtime, kind of like I just ate something really sour. No, I was never beaten with a wooden spoon as a child. My parents were teachers and I grew up in the 70s - they were all "peace and love." Never laid a hand on me - much less with a wooden spoon. I don't know what it stems from, but when I saw my coworker come out of the kitchen with a wooden spoon in her treat I stopped talking mid-sentence and stared at her. My other coworker who know about my fear cracked up, and then had to tell everyone. It was pretty funny. She had to put the spoon away and I was OK. I can't touch those things, much less use one to cook with, or God forbid, take a "taste of sauce" or whatnot off of it. I can't even stand TV shows or movies where someone is cooking a nice dinner for someone else (usually with romantic intentions) and says, "Here - taste this" and holds the offending wooden spoon out, with thier other hand gingerly cups the bottom of the spoon to prevent dripping. It makes my skin crawl. Anyway, do you have a name for my phobia? I'd like to be able to tell people what the name if my ailment it.
- November 7, 2007 at 7:43 AM
These remind me of Sniglets from Not Necessarily the News! Oh man, did I just let everyone know how old I am? eek.
- November 7, 2007 at 7:47 AM
- MamaDuck said...
Thanks for the fun post. I felt like I was reading a script from Lucy on Peanuts where she tries to find out what is wrong with Charlie Brown in her little homemade booth! That will be a nickel please! :)
I guess my silly fun answer would be snakes. They freak me out. Honestly though, most of my real fears are just the things that I know will probably happen in the future. I have to just keep telling myself that God gives you grace for today, let tomorrow worry about itself, right? I guess that would be worry--sometimes it is hard to tell the difference!
Have a great day!
- November 7, 2007 at 7:48 AM
Very funny...love your blog. My biggest fear is "Turningintomymotherphobia" followed closely by "Hubbyturningintohisdaddyphobia"--he's already starting to slurp his coffee and grunt when he gets out of a chair. Maybe I should combine the two into "Oldphogiephobia"!
- November 7, 2007 at 7:58 AM
- Joy said...
In my house, "flushophobia", is the fear of actually flushing the toilet. It is perhaps fed by "loudflushophobia" which is a fear of a really loud toilet flush. My 5-year-old son actually puts his hands over his ears while I flush the toilet for him in public restrooms!
- November 7, 2007 at 8:06 AM
- Dr. Bob said...
Clowns -- Coulrophobia
Balloons -- Globophobia
Need I say more?
- November 7, 2007 at 8:11 AM
- MissHum22 said...
What is it called when you to to the Planetarium & you're afraid to get spontaneously sucked up into the dome? Or on a crystal blue cloudless day (yes it has to be crystal blue & cloudless) you're afraid you'll suddenly get sucked up into the sky?
Yeah I have that one.... sometimes.
And barf. The only barf I can handle is the barf that comes out of my kids. Otherwise, I get all sweaty & panicky when people puke around me. So much so, that I haven't barfed since I was 13 years old.
- November 7, 2007 at 8:13 AM
- JenniferJoan said...
greyhairtanminivansagginguterophobia = fear of motherhood : )
- November 7, 2007 at 8:14 AM
- Nicole P. said...
Honestly my 2 biggest fears are snakes and airplanes. I do not know what their phobia names would be though.
I cannot even look at a snake, crawling across the road while I am driving in my car, completely safe from that snake. My stomach gets queasy and somehow I feel the need to raise my feet from the floor of the car. I have no idea what that is all about.
And airplanes....jeez, I have tried to conquer that fear, by actually getting on one. But I cried and hyperventilated the whole time, just picture the plane falling from the sky in a big fireball.
- November 7, 2007 at 8:15 AM
- Liz said...
I think my biggest fear is "silenceophobia," the fear of what's REALLY going on when you finally realize that the noise of mischeif happening has ceased to exist...cuz we ALL know the kids didn't just nod off to sleep! :o)
BTW...great Band-Aid from your last blog! I've been known to sport Buzz Lightyear bandages from time to time. Ah, the joys of boys! LOL
Have a great one Dawn...thanks for the smiles!
- November 7, 2007 at 8:25 AM
- Rebecca said...
LOL those are too funny, esp your commentary. My biggest fear is spiders. They creep me out. I know that I'm bigger and they are more afraid of me than I am of them & it's totally irrational but I flip every time I see one, esp the bigger ones. Blech.
- November 7, 2007 at 8:29 AM
- JenniferL. said...
I teach high school math and I made up one (although I am sure I am not the first or only person to say this).
Fractophobia -- Fear of Fractions. 95% of all high school students have this.
- November 7, 2007 at 8:32 AM
- Shelley said...
Ephebiphobia - fear of teenagers
I definitely have that one. Not good when one and almost two of them live in your house. I'm more afraid of their friends than I am of them, but yeah, teenagers.
Lackocashaphobia...fear of not having enough money to get through the month.
- November 7, 2007 at 8:38 AM
- Lissete said...
I definitely have Pajamaphobia. You would think that after I got into an accident after dropping the kids off, that I would GET DRESSED BEFORE LEAVNG THE HOUSE! I also have the MIL one but it's not quite a fear! ;)
- November 7, 2007 at 8:40 AM
When I started reading your list of phunny phobias, I had this sudden flash of your cartoon-self (from your blog header charactature) sitting behind Lucy VanPelt's "Psychiatrist" booth in all the Charlie Brown cartoons.
Remember when she used to try and diagnose Charlie Brown's fears? That's the picture that's stuck in my head. Thanks for the giggles!!
- November 7, 2007 at 8:44 AM
- Michelle said...
Pentheraphobia - fear of mother-in-law
No comment.
I have this!!!
- November 7, 2007 at 8:50 AM
- Andrea said...
I am so affraid of the dark!! I am no help to my kids when they jump into bed with me and say I'm scared!! I agree and say ME TOO!!
- November 7, 2007 at 9:17 AM
- SWife said...
I got a few:
I have a sevenpmpmphobia aka as nightlymarathonphobia - the fear that once you come home, you will have to complete the following tasks: cook dinner, feed the kids, bathe them, put pj's on two squirming toddlers, and nurse a toddler with full set of teeth to sleep - all in one hour. I have to overcome this one every worknight. Sigh...
pursophobia - fear that kids somehow got to my purse (while I was running the nightly marathon)and mixed its contents with their toys and/or flushed them down the toilet.
permanentlymessyhousephobia - fear that the house will never be neat. I think my husband got that one.
notsleepingyetphobia - fear that kids will never fall asleep.
- November 7, 2007 at 9:25 AM
- Tiffiny said...
Great news on your book. I'm very excited for you and your family.
- November 7, 2007 at 9:43 AM
Doghairophobia: The fear that a guest will find a dog hair in their food. Or would that be HairFindingGuestophobia?!
- November 7, 2007 at 10:52 AM
You mean see which publisher offers you the most money, don't you? just note that the actual ADVANCE is a portion of the money they expect the book to make, and however not infinate, some publishers might offer a higher advance than others, but you might think about and look for other things in a publisher, too.
Here's hoping you get published!!!
- November 7, 2007 at 11:22 AM
- justmylife said...
I love this!! I had to laugh at a lot of the phobias, I didn't think enough people could be afraid of that stuff that they would actually name them!!! Gotta love people with too much time on their hands to come up with the names and who comes up with these names anyway?
- November 7, 2007 at 11:41 AM
My worst fear is windows. It's not a paralyzing fear or anything... not like I can't be AROUND windows at all. They just freak me out, especially the more open they are. (I guess my bigger fear is someone looking in the windows or me being able to look out) Drives my husband crazy because I have to have the blinds closed and a heavy curtain over ALL the windows or I get freaked out. My sister's place makes me crazy because she has this ENORMOUS window in her living room with NOTHING covering it. Totally creeps me out.
- November 7, 2007 at 11:44 AM
LOL! Love the phobias! I definitely suffer from scalophobia. *shivers* A touch of the ephibiphobia, too, but that only goes for the hoodlums in the grocery store parking lot in the middle of the night.
Thanks for the laugh today and best of luck with your book! It does take a long, long time to publish a book! I have a self-published book of tatting patterns and my husband wrote a book on how to buy a car. My husband decided after a while to just put the whole thing online instead of going the publishing route. If you're interested, it's at www.becauseyouwantit.com.
Please edit out this "plug" if it's not appropriate.
- November 7, 2007 at 11:51 AM
- Colleen said...
I fear cotton. Cotton balls, q-tips, anything cotton like. I can't stand to have a wet towel or wet clothing touch me or my fingernails. Certain kinds of fabrics that others find really soft I find really revolting. I have to deal with it though. Else my laundry would never get done and I'd freeze before I drip dried.
I know its a corny fear, trust me, my family constantly makes fun of me for it, but its a true fear. There is just no technical name for it yet.
Thanks for posting on the fears, I love hearing about others wacky phobias. Oh, and I can't WAIT until your book comes out! Then when I can find it at half price books. I <3 half price books.
- November 7, 2007 at 11:59 AM
- HeyItsBeej said...
"Zemmiphobia - fear of the great mole rat"
So, would Nudiezemmiphobia be fear of the naked mole rat?
- November 7, 2007 at 12:24 PM
- Louise said...
Just reading the list and the comments and I think my phobia would be: Schpellaphobia.... fear of having to spell those words.
Louise from Alberta, Canada
- November 7, 2007 at 12:27 PM
- Louise said...
I get your updates on Google Reader... most of my blog reading is done there. I think you need a Gmail account though but I am not sure.
Louise from Alberta, Canada
- November 7, 2007 at 12:29 PM
- mkbkelly said...
I seriously doubt there are names for my 2 silliest phobias:
Fear of Escalators......my family makes fun of how I get on and off and of how I just stand there stiff the whole trip up (or down). It stems back to a childhood injury where I actually sat down and got my youknowwhat pinched....and another time as a child when I pushed a red button to see what would happen......and it stopped and the security guard yelled at me. So, with that said, I fear escalators.
The second one is my fear of Pillsbury Pop N Fresh Dough...you know how you have to push a spoon on the seam......I HATE IT! I get all prepared, I hold it as far from my body as I possibly can, I hold my breath and turn my face away........and I still jump in fear when the can pops open.
So there! Someone can come up with names for my fears and if you know of any support groups in PA, please let me know!
- November 7, 2007 at 12:33 PM
- Mary said...
I suffer from:
Explodophobia - the fear of the exploding dirty diaper, even worse in public!
FreakyTeenFriendsophobia - the fear that my teenagers have friends who are freaks - some of them just make me shudder!
On a serious note... I really do have an irrational fear of needles and it's called needlephobia. Weird, I sew a lot. But this is why I've never had an epidural. I wasn't trying to be tough, I'm a total wuss.
- November 7, 2007 at 12:37 PM
- Sunny said...
six-o'clockaphobia: The fear of the time of day when kids are restless and cranky and I can't wait for my husband to come home so I can feed them and rush them into bed.
- November 7, 2007 at 1:18 PM
I have a fear of bats! Speaking in front of large groups of people and riding on roller coasters , although Ive tried to face the last one and did ride almost all of the rollercoasters at Disneyland. All except the Matterhorn one.
- November 7, 2007 at 1:30 PM
How about Handsorfeethangingovertheedgeofthebedophobia? Okay, I know I've been a grown-up for many years, but hey, do we really know what's hiding under the bed?
Love your blog, Dawn! This is my first comment. I've been lurking around for quite a while, but I couldn't let this one go by without adding my own goofy fear.
- November 7, 2007 at 1:33 PM
i'm afraid of heights, i get really dizzy and it feels like everything around me is spinning. i feel like i can breath and i hyperventilate. imagine how i felt when we took a trip to the grand canyon and hoover dam. i was 20 feet away from the edge and was freaking out. i also have a fear of train tracks. when i'm in the car i'm fine but if i'm walking or riding a bike or anything i freak out. i start to feel like my legs are stuck and wont move, i get dizzy and things start spinning around, and everything just goes silent. i cant hear any noise. these are probably my 2 greatest fears. yes i'm afraid of any kind of bugs. even ants. i start to feel like i have them all over me and freak out. sometimes we get them on the kitchen counter and i cant even go in that room, let alone eat in my house, but its not quite as bad as the other two. i'm a nutcase. you can admit it. lol.
- November 7, 2007 at 1:51 PM
My friend told me about your blog. I love it. I never miss a day. I have a weird fear. I'm afraid of other peoples closets, basements and garages. This all started when I was a child and I went into my Granparents bedroom, closed the door. Hanging on the inside was a black wool coat. I thought it was a dead body. Ever since, I've had this fear. Pretty sad, since I'm old enough to over come it. I can't.
- November 7, 2007 at 1:55 PM
- Steph said...
Mine is 'Emetophobia' Fear of vomit. Enough said :)
- November 7, 2007 at 2:00 PM
- Kit said...
LOL! I fear having a balloon pop right in my face when I am blowing it up. I hate blowing up balloons because of this. (Oddly enough, once they're away from me the popping doesn't bother me at all).
Love these from a previous comment:
"commentaryclaustrophobia- the fear of what comment might come out of your child's mouth while you are trapped in a small, crowded elevator
unpunctualophobia- the fear of never being anywhere on time for the rest of your life"
- me too!
And I have to agree with the one about the pressurized cardboard cans (like for Pillsbury rolls).
I guess I'm just generally popophobic. :)
- November 7, 2007 at 2:01 PM
- Mich said...
Those are some unusual fears! Wow, I guess anythign can be a phobia.
I can't stand spiders, but I think that's a common one.
- November 7, 2007 at 2:03 PM
- Emily said...
You know, it said 16 comments when I opened it, but I think by now there's way more than 16 comments on here.
Anyway, I also (as someone else mentioned above) have vomitophobia - a fear of vomit; mine or anyone else's. If anyone does it near me, I get goosebumps and start sweating, along with feeling the intense need to gag/vomit myself. However, I hate vomiting with such a passion that I have managed to avoid doing so for at least the last, oh, 7 years or so. *shudders even thinking about vomit*
- November 7, 2007 at 2:12 PM
I forgot to tell you I ordered the ScreamFree Parent and I am almost done with it. It has been great. Thanks for the help.
- November 7, 2007 at 2:25 PM
- Nicki said...
This was a fun post--thanks!
- November 7, 2007 at 2:47 PM
Great post Dawn. And Congratulations on your book.
- November 7, 2007 at 3:24 PM
- Boy Mom said...
I've just started blogging and was introduced to your sight by the famous E bay Pokemon sale. I am the mom of seven boys. 3yrs.-16 yrs. so, your writing is a much needed break in my testosterone laden days. I think my biggest fear is: Itsfridayandsomeonesgotto cleantheican'taimwithagameboyinone
handwhilebeingshotatwithanairsoftgun bathroomaphobia.
- November 7, 2007 at 6:25 PM
Actually, I think the "flushophobia" is more appropriate for the kiddos who are terrified of the "self-flushing" toilets in public restrooms. One of my kids being in that minority. [sigh]
- November 7, 2007 at 7:23 PM
- Patty said...
Those are great Dawn! I especially like the fear of teenagers one. I wonder if I could claim that as a reason for not working at a school this year? Probably not since I have one at my house, huh? Shucks. And the book thing, I guess that explains why I have to wait so long for the next Plum book to come out. Darn it. Can not wait to hear more about your book, and to see it in print!
- November 7, 2007 at 7:31 PM
- Paul said...
Maybe the answer to Xanthophobic peeers (can you have a word with 3 Es like that?) is Optophobia?
And the extra Hippopoto-monstro bit on the fear of long words was a nice touch!
Found you via a link from a friend's blog - keep up the good work.
- November 7, 2007 at 7:34 PM
I've been a "lurker" for a while now but had to post tonight :) Love the blog and think I have "styrophobia". People can't understand it but I HAVE to cover my ears and look away whenever someone opens a package with styrofoam in it. I won't touch it and the sound of it rubbing together gives me the chills - even just thinking about it now!
- November 7, 2007 at 8:01 PM
Ligyrophobia- the fear of sudden loud noises. Most commonly, balloons. Yep, I said it... I'm terrified of balloons.
::hangs head in shame::
- November 7, 2007 at 8:38 PM
- Ginger said...
I have dirtyunderwearophobia. I can't stand touching underwear (or socks) in my laundry and grab them with two fingertips by the very edge of the waistband to toss them in the washer and sterilize my hands with soap and boiling water (okay, just really hot) afterwards.
- November 7, 2007 at 8:39 PM
- Levi's Mama said...
Spray nozzles. If I walk in a room and there is a spray bottle with the nozzle pointed my way, I have to go move it.
I do not like going down the cleaning supply aisle the grocery for this very reason.
- November 7, 2007 at 8:40 PM
I have read your blog for a while and like so many, I enjoy your writing and get a great laugh. My husband often gives me funny looks when I am reading your blog and laughing out loud.
My fear would be equinophobia. I am terrified of horses. I get all stiff when I am around them and then start thinking about how animals can smell fear and then I get scared that the horse will start freaking out because I am freaking out. And to make it worse, my husband grew up on a cattle ranch. Is there a fear of trying to impress your ranch-owning in-laws while petting a horse?
- November 7, 2007 at 8:48 PM
Whatsonthefloorbehindthetoiletophobia -for those of us who have boys that don't aim.
Sippycupunderthecouchforaweekophobia- fear of curdled milk.
Screenfreezingduringstressophobia -Fear of your computer freezing when you have a project that needs to be finished 10 minutes ago. This is usually combined with Printerrunningoutofinkophobia.
Callingmybluffophobia- Fear of your children finding out that you won't really pull the car over and make them walk.
Thewholestorejustsawmeinmyunderwearophobia- Fear of your toddler opening the fitting room door while you are trying on clothes. (This actually happened to me)
- November 7, 2007 at 9:08 PM
Found this and thought you would enjoy it:
Sung to the tune of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Means that my verbosity might cause you melancholia
I'll attempt to keep to brevity that might console ya
(Speak an affirmative, if you say aye
speak an affirmative, if you say aye)
My tendency to vacillate when I was but a lad
Made my patriarch pontificate that I was bad
His punitative measures were so physically cruel
For my vocabulary had rebelled against his rule
Made my father metamorphose into a great ogre
He paddled on my derriere from May until October
(Lost effervescency, made rather shy
lost effervescency, made rather shy)
I flew from Great Britannia and I found Tajikistan
To cogitate and contemplate; accumulate a tan
The peoples there indigenous would listen to me talk
They'd stay there temporarily then have to take a walk
I diagnosed afflictions from New Zealand to Mongolia
You say "Salutations" and they just don't want to know ya
(Never belligerent, that I deny
never belligerent, that I deny)
So if a feline quadruped has grappled on your tongue
Be not apprehensive when you hear a word so long
Greet with jubilation every lengthy word you hear
For quantitatively rich words are nothing you should fear
Even when intoxicated makes one rather sober
Why trust the diminutive when it's so mediocre?
- Daddy Mike
- November 7, 2007 at 9:57 PM
- Rhianna said...
Emetophobia the fear of vomit. Its real and I just found out that there are alot of people who are. Myself being one of them.
- November 7, 2007 at 10:25 PM
How about,
Idontwanttoknowwhosatherebeforemeaphobia - The fear of warm toilet seats.
- November 7, 2007 at 10:36 PM
- Brenda said...
How about Lackofblogaphobia. A day with no blogs to read. Ewww. Gives me shivers!
- November 7, 2007 at 10:38 PM
- Kelly said...
I have Alektophobia. It's the fear of Chickens.
- November 7, 2007 at 10:40 PM
- Brooke said...
Mine would have to be:
So totally gross....I usually try to ignore it until it can get up and walk away by itself....just kidding...no really...I am....
- November 7, 2007 at 11:01 PM
- TiffanyAga said...
Just have to say that I've stumbled on your site a few times and have added it as a favorite….I love your writing and its nice to see other moms feel the way I do about my son. Take care and happy blogging!!
- November 7, 2007 at 11:09 PM
I don't think there is a name for my fear. I think I am all alone on this one. I have a fear of kites. I'm ok to look at them in a store. I can put them together. But once I get outside with them, all I want to do is puke. I can't even stand watching somebody fly a kite. It's a dirty shame. Three of my children have BEAUTIFUL kites. Too bad Dad is always working and doesn't have time for that sort of thing.
I also can't hold/can't watch my kids hold helium balloons outside without panicking. I tie a slip knot on the end, put it on a wrist and then still clutch the string for dear life.
I think I need therapy.
- November 8, 2007 at 7:24 AM
- DomesticGDS said...
I would like to add a part two to "flushaphobia", and that would be the fear a child has after making an appropriate deposit into the potty of flushing it away. My son seems to have this as he will not flush if he goes in there alone. Lucky for me, the toilet he uses most is near the front door, so I can check it before company comes over.
As for "yellow", you can make it "green" if you take diurex, those water pills. I had a skinny dress to wear for a holiday party and took some of them (the pills are blue) and then a few hours later, tried to set a good potty example for my little guy. LMBO, I stood, he looked, gasped and said, "Mommy! You peet wike a wepwetahn!" Which took me a second to realize was "leprecon". I spent almost more time trying to figure out where he learned that word than I did sorting out how yellow + blue = green.
And before you feel bad about writting a disclaimer, feel good that you thought enough to actually WRITE said disclaimer. There are some of us that wouldn't have thought that far ahead. : D
- November 8, 2007 at 1:22 PM
I work at a church. And I have a nasty potty mouth. It's a bad combination. One of these days I'm going to say something like, "Oh goddamn this fucking bulletin!" right in front of one of the little old ladies or the minister (who'd probably laugh and tease me for days)
- November 8, 2007 at 8:56 PM
- Katie said...
Here is my phobias....
have you ever watched an animated movie and on the bonus features screen there is some words saying Technical goofs or Mad mishapes?
have you ever pressed the enter button on your remote control over those words?
if you have, you've seen Grotesque animated clips of greatly warped charactors of the movie,
I cannot stand watching these kinds of things at all!!!
I mean, the producer thought that would be funny!? sheesh
- November 9, 2007 at 11:05 AM
- Becky said...
hey! long time no comment sorry bout that! short on time!
anyways i have a few fears don't know the long word that says what they are but in simple terms here they are"
flying. i have never ever ever been on a plane and i don't intend to either. i would have to be dead in order to fly. no wait. even then I would still wake up screaming if I was dead and on a plane!
heights. yea this one plays into the plane thing. I panic when I am off the ground even in elevators and crossing bridges. I can't stand to it. I have never been on a ride that takes me up in the air.
these 2 are my biggest fears!
- November 9, 2007 at 8:55 PM
- James said...
Im a 22 yo male single no kids but absolutly love your blog. I love to laugh and your blog never fails to make me laugh. I too have some silly, and some not so silly fears. I am afraid of silence, this is accompanied by silence in the dark. If there are noises, specifically music, I can sit in pitch darkness all night long. I'm afraid of deep water. Afraid of dying. Afraid of spiders. Afraid of groups of people that i dont know, specifically peers. Im afraid of changes too. I like everything to stay the same. I'm sure there are other fears i have too, but those are the big ones.
- November 10, 2007 at 2:32 AM
What a funny entry! I don't usually have the time to read the tons of comments, but this was too good to pass up. Many comments were hilarious, but many thanks to Daddy Mike for the song about Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. I have never heard of that word before. Who knew there was a song about it? Thanks for all the laughs!
- November 10, 2007 at 6:24 PM
- Colleen said...
Zemmiphobia - fear of the great mole rat
Seriously? There are enough people with this fear that they had to give it a name?
have you ever seen "The Princess Bride" with its ROUSes (Rodents of Unusual Size)? I'd swear that one ROUS that attacks Wesley is a great mole rat! :)
- December 19, 2007 at 3:31 PM


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GenLink for ARM9
- 1 GenLink on the LS-GL (manual install)
- 1.1 Preliminary
- 1.2 Installation, while still in EM boot
- 1.2.1 Mounting needed partitions
- 1.2.2 Optional quick backup of old system on the same partition
- 1.2.3 Downloading the latest rootfs image
- 1.2.4 Unpacking the rootfs image
- 1.2.5 Important: Adjusting the network setup before rebooting
- 1.2.6 Important: Configuring the initrd to boot the HDD
- 1.2.7 Important: Adjusting /mnt/sda2/etc/fstab according to your partition scheme
- 1.2.8 Important: If you're installing on a Linkstation Mini - micro_evtd & microapl do not work
- 1.2.9 Reboot
- 1.3 First boot of the new Genlink rootfs - password "lspro"
- 1.3.1 Symlinking /mnt/xtra if not created as separate partition
- 1.3.2 Initializing Portage
- 1.3.3 Finishing basic system (stage3) installation
- 1.3.4 Setting up layman, the portage overlay manager
- 1.3.5 Before emerging further pacakges, a note about configuration files
- 1.3.6 Emerging further useful binary packages
- 1.3.7 Start & configure automatic start for cron and logger
- 1.4 Final words
GenLink on the LS-GL (manual install)
At the moment, to get Gentoo running on the Linkstation Pro your only choice is manually unpack the latest Genlink_arm9 rootfs image to your /dev/sda2. The rootfs image consists of a typical Gentoo stage3, with very few modifications, and pre-configured to give you the possibility to emerge several binary packages, without having to compile them yourself.
Don't be scared off by the rather long instructions, actually they were even longer in their first version :-). Please make sure to read them through and understand them before starting to install Gentoo!
Get needed packages
Download all the packages needed in the further process, because in EM mode you have no way to get them easily.
Boot into EM mode
There are two ways to boot into EM-mode:
- The complex one uses several reboots according to EM-mode
- The simple one needs the ACP Commander. It allows to switch to EM mode via:
java -jar acp_commander.jar -t <linkstation-ip> -emmode
and opens an telnet server via:
java -jar acp_commander.jar -t <linkstation-ip> -o
Install Modified Initrd/Kernel
To boot another firmware you need an modified Initrd. One initrd that will work is lb_worm's 'Modified Initrd'. Alternatively, you may install the Genlink tarball, which you only have to unpack over /dev/sda1 in order to have a custom initrd, a modified stock kernel with NFS and usb-printer support pre-configured to boot an alternative distribution. Note: Unpacking the Genlink tarball will overwrite your existing initrd.buffalo (initrd) and uImage.buffalo (kernel) files. It is highly recommended that you save backups of the stock initrd and kernel in case the modified initrd or GenLink kernel fail to boot.
Of course, if your box was already setup to boot an alternative firmware, you won't need to replace the stock kernel and initrd. This is most likely the case if the contents of your /dev/sda1 looks similar to:
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Feb 21 07:29 . drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Feb 27 01:17 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 722 Feb 20 22:29 boot_options -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 20 15:36 hddrootmode -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4563579 Dec 27 23:29 initrd.buffalo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 84 Dec 15 23:27 linkstation_release drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Jan 21 10:19 lost+found -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29 Feb 21 07:29 rootfs_ok -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1942020 Dec 5 23:26 uImage.buffalo
The contents of the file boot_options:
## Correct MAC address setMAC -s 00:16:01:A4:E0:2A ## WOL port options in standby. Remove if WOL not required. WOL=7 ## Set to YES if not a stock box, comment out if stock box OTHER_DISTRIBUTION=YES ## Define root path, comment out if stock box ROOTPATH=/boot ## Advanced use only, specify system area format SYSTEM_FORMAT="mkfs.xfs -d agcount=4 -l size=32m" ## Default is 509MB, set to size required and following update the disk ## will be re-sized. WARNING: Is destructive. SDA2=909MB ## Set menu timeout (secs), default is 4. Disable, set to 0 or OFF. For ## EM mode set to EM MENU_TIMEOUT=0 ## Set to YES to delete hdd image following update or NO to leave it REMOVE_HDDROOTFS=YES ## Reset watchdog & fan as micocontroller does not do this after reboot micro_evtd -q -s 013501,013300
The bold and italic lines should be exactly as shown in order to boot an alternative firmware (distribution). The file rootfs_ok should also contain a fresh date, but you needn't worry about the contents of rootfs_ok right now. We'll come back to it later in these instructions, right before booting into the newly installed system.
Important Note For LS-CL Installs:
If you're installing GenLink to a LS-CL (the black LinkStation EZ), the kernel supplied in the Genlink tarball above will not boot. If you use the kernel in this GenLink tarball, the LS-CL will spin down the hard drive, the amber light will come on and stay on, and you will not be able to access the LinkStation. EM Mode isn't even accessible in this state, and you will have to remove the hard drive in order to replace the kernel with one that works. Using the stock kernel that came with the LS-CL, with the initrd.buffalo from the Genlink tarball, however will boot just fine.
Re-partitioning (if you haven't previously)
While booted into EM-mode, if your /dev/sda2 partition wasn't already enlarged to at least 3-4GB, please do it now (check the respective wiki article about custom partitions on the LS-Pro if necessary, and format it to ext3 (or xfs, jfs if you know there are no more issues on arm9 with these filesystems)
Optional partitions (if not created previously)
While you're at resizing the big data partition anyway, create another logical partition behind it, of approx. 3-4GB for gentoo portage (if you won't, you still can make a symlink /mnt/xtra to point to some directory on the big partition. If you added that xtra partition, you might also want to add one for mounting later in /home to use it also for your workstations in the LAN if you make your LSpro a server. Format these partitions as ext3, too.
Installation, while still in EM boot
Actuially, this is where you can directly start in case you already did the previous steps some other time.
Mounting needed partitions
Mount the needed partitions (create mount points yourself, as necessary):
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /boot mount -t xfs /dev/sda2 /mnt/sda2
Optional quick backup of old system on the same partition
If your system partition mounted under /mnt/sda2 still contains an old system at this point (simply because you didn't have to resize it just now, since you already did it in the past, or this is a re-installation, if you want to keep that old system at least until the new one boots, you can quickly backup that system to a 00_backup directory on the same partition:
mkdir -p /mnt/sda2/00_backup mv -r /mnt/sda2/* /mnt/sda2/00_backup
Ignore the error message about 00_backup, it's normal. Now your /mnt/sda2 should contain that backup directory, at most, your system partition is now ready for installation.
Downloading the latest rootfs image
If your initrd can't resolve names, put the download address in your /etc/hosts, it's only in RAM anyway. If you don't, your wget will be in trouble with the path on the virtual http server on Linkstationwiki:
echo '22.214.171.124 nas-central.org' >> /etc/hosts
Just paste the link from the internet browser from your desktop:
cd /mnt/sda2 wget http://buffalo.nas-central.org/download/LSPro_ARM9/Distributions/Genlink/Rootfs/GenLink-stage3.1_arm9-1.1_rc3-20080923.tar.bz2
Note: You could also have downloaded the rootfs image to your data partition, maybe before booting into EM-mode or if you had the HDD mounted in your desktop, and now before unpacking you should then have made a symlink to the actual archive, on /mnt/sda2 to unpack it to the right place.
Unpacking the rootfs image
Make sure you execute the following command while your current directory is cd /mnt/sda2, regardless if the rootfs archive is a real file or a symlink pointing to another partition:
tar xvjpf ./GenLink-stage3.1_arm9-1.1_rc3-20080923.tar.bz2
Important: Adjusting the network setup before rebooting
If you can't use DHCP, or want to adjust the fallback IP in case DHCP does not work, edit network configuration in /mnt/sda2/etc/conf.d/net (in EM mode, your only choice is vi), either leave the DHCP configuration active, as it is, and only edit the fallbacks, or comment the DHCP section and uncomment the static configuration and edit it according to your LAN. The DNS entry at the end of the file is common for both scenarios, it will automatically overwrite /etc/resolv.conf, please adjust that, too.
If you want to change the hostname from the default GenLSPro, edit /mnt/sda2/etc/conf.d/hostname.
Important: Configuring the initrd to boot the HDD
Depending on the initrd used, you may have to adjust/touch the respective tracer files on your /dev/sda1 partition:
touch /boot/hddrootmode date > /boot/rootfs_ok
Important: Adjusting /mnt/sda2/etc/fstab according to your partition scheme
Regardless if you created the optional partition(s) above, edit /mnt/sda2/etc/fstab and uncomment/adapt the respective line(s) to mount /mnt/xtra, but most important adapt the filesystem types to those you've chosen for your partitions.
Important: If you're installing on a Linkstation Mini - micro_evtd & microapl do not work
At least for now, you can disable the micro_evtd service and any other call to microapl, as these are not needed on the Linkstation Mini to keep it alive. They are useless on LS Mini. Therefore, remove the micro_evtd service from the boot runlevel:
rm /mnt/sda2/etc/runlevels/boot/micro_evtd
and also comment the line in /mnt/sda2/etc/conf.d/local where microapl is called:
sed -i "s#/usr/sbin/microapl#\#/usr/sbin/microapl#" etc/conf.d/local
At this point, you may also edit the keymap in /mnt/sda2/etc/conf.d/keymaps if you want to use non-US when Gentoo boots.
Time to flush all buffers and reboot!!
sync reboot
First boot of the new Genlink rootfs - password "lspro"
While rebooting, after some while the power-LED will stop blinking and stay solid green, the boot process will last a bit longer for the first time, because SSHD will create new RSA keys, and finally you'll hear the I'm here sound signalizing that you're ready to ssh to your box. If you succeed to get a login prompt, log in as root with the password lspro, then you should see this:
Symlinking /mnt/xtra if not created as separate partition
If you did not create /mnt/xtra while editing /etc/fstab before first booting the new Genlink, then just make a symlink /mnt/xtra point to some directory on your big partition;
Initializing Portage
If this is your first Genlink installation on this Linkstation, or you didn't keep the optional gentoo partition from a previous Genlink installation, you have to initialize portage by running
otherwise just go on to the next step. If you had to start the script, you can take a 20 minutes brake now, after that you may continue with the next step. If you see some errors/warnings like these when the script says Populating portage for the first time..., just ignore them, they're normal given the fact that there is no portage tree yet:
!!! Unable to parse profile: '/etc/make.profile' !!! ParseError: Parent '/usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/arm/2008.0/server' not found: '/mnt/xtra/gentoo/portage_overlays/layman/orion5x/profiles/orion5x/parent' WARNING: repository at /mnt/xtra/gentoo/portage is missing a repo_name entry
Finishing basic system (stage3) installation
Emerge the basic system just from already built packages hosted at linkstationwiki by issuing the emerge commands with --getbinpkgonly and --usepkgonly (PLEASE see emerge --help and note that the --getbinpkg[only] switches will download binary packages to /var/tmp/binpkgs/All and the --usebinpkg[only] will do the actual binary installation from there, so if you do this later you might skip downloading if you have the binaries). If you don't use those switches, portage will start to compile packages from the sources it will download (which is most likely what you want if you want even newer packages than those pre-compiled binaries). For now it's more efficient to use the already compiled packages which didn't fit on the initial rootfs image. If you add the --pretend switch, portage will just show you what packages it would emerge (with respect to required dependencies).
emerge @system --getbinpkgonly --usepkgonly --update --pretend --verbose
If you omit --pretend --verbose, emerging all those packages will really start.
emerge @system --getbinpkgonly --usepkgonly --update
This will take some time at first run (maybe 5 to 10 minutes), as a cache is calculated for the binary packages repository. Note: @system is not a package itself, but rather defines a whole set of the basic packages required to boot and run a linux system. Another example is @world, which will contain almost all packages you installed, it's useful when you generally update packages later.
Now that timezone-data has been installed (as part of the emerge --update @system you just completed), you can replace the file /etc/localtime with a symlink according to your timezone. Mine looks like this:
/etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin
Of course, you can also do this later, after you have MC for example, if you're more comfortable, or alternatively, like this (using your own timezone info):
echo "Europe/Berlin" > timezone emerge --config timezone-data
Setting up layman, the portage overlay manager
In order to get the buffalo-patched linux headers and other packages which had to be adjusted for usage and compilation on the Linkstation Pro from our SF.net overlay later, we want to get the overlay manager layman:
emerge --getbinpkgonly --usepkgonly layman --pretend --verbose emerge --getbinpkgonly --usepkgonly layman
After emerging Layman you will get a notification that a config file in etc needs updating. Run etc-update and discard the updated config file, to keep the original as the original file has been edited for the linkstation overlay already. More on this...
After binary emerging layman, you can check what remote overlays (alternative portage repositories) are currently known to layman:
layman -L
You can also verify if our SF.net overlay is already configured (should be):
layman -l
should see something like
* orion5x [Subversion] (source: http://linkstationwiki.svn...)
which you also should have seen on top of the output of layman -L. You can also try to sync the orion5x overlay to the latest version, by issuing
layman -S
which would sync all overlays configured locally (at this time, we only have one, if there where more, you can specify which one to sync with lowercase -s, please check layman --help.
Before emerging further pacakges, a note about configuration files
You'll be emerging (installing) packages now, please remember as a rule of thumb, that portage will inform you sometimes after emerging about configuration files in /etc that need updating, and that you should run etc-update to update them. Running this script is convenient, and also recommended, as sometimes configuration files really need to be upgraded to newer versions (some packages might even work badly or not at all if you won't update the configuration files). etc-update will notice if a configuration file has too complex changes compared to the previous version and can't just be overwritten, and will prompt you to decide what to do about those files. Therefore, it is good practice to:
- try to postpone customizations to configuration files or scripts you intend to do yourself, after upgrading them;
- in case of being prompted with files you know they have been customized (for those you know they where left as they originally came and you are sure you never customized them, just overwrite them), cancel etc-update, go and edit the new replacement files (they start with ._cfg0000_...) to manually migrate your old settings in the new files, run etc-update again and now you can safely overwrite them all.
These being said, please also consider as customized, the following files, take care when updating them, either keep their old versions (only recommended between minor updates), or manually migrate their settings, paying very special attention to the indicated lines, they have to remain like this:
- /etc/layman/layman.cfg:
storage : file://%(storage)s/overlay_orion5x.xml ... overlays : http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/overlays/layman-global.txt file://%(storage)s/overlay_orion5x.xml
- /etc/conf.d/local:
There we have some very important calls to prevent the failed hddmode-boots counter in the /boot partition reach 3 and have the LSpro boot into EM mode, and also deleting the udev rule file which might at some point rename the eth0 network interface to eth1 and leave the box unreachable in the LAN...
local_start() { # This is a good place to load any misc programs # on startup (use &>/dev/null to hide output) # want some kernel debugging over serial console (BREAK)? echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq echo 9 > /proc/sys/kernel/printk # signalize we're up & running /usr/sbin/microapl -a bz_imhere 120 am4 d4 f4 am4 d4 f4 dm4 dm4 f4 a4 am4 &>/dev/null # Update the filesystem okay flag and delete boot mode trace files # on /boot to prevent the boot failure counter reach 3 when we # in fact booted Gentoo ok date > /boot/rootfs_ok rm -f /boot/rootfs_booting rm -f /boot/initrdmode rm -f /boot/boot.log touch /boot/hddrootmode # avoid udev renaming 'eth0' bug by deleting this file: rm -f /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules # We should always return 0 return 0 } local_stop() { # This is a good place to unload any misc. # programs you started above. # avoid udev renaming 'eth0' bug by deleting this file: rm -f /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules # We should always return 0 return 0 }
Therefore, just delete the new proposed ._cfg0000_local file to keep ours. Of course, you can comment out other things like the I'm here melody...
Emerging further useful binary packages
Continue emerging further packages now. Since I want to use postfix as my SMTP agent later, I'd emerge postfix now, otherwise simple smtp would be pulled and compiled due to dependencies of other packages. Well, it's up to you if you emerge postfix now or skip to MC:
emerge --getbinpkgonly --usepkgonly postfix --pretend --verbose emerge --getbinpkgonly --usepkgonly postfix
Midnight Commander and all its dependencies (including really large packages, like samba, cups, ghostscript, php5, apache), plus lots of other useful programs (more to follow) are just waiting at linkstationwiki to be binary emerged:
emerge --getbinpkgonly --usepkgonly \ mc pkgconfig nfs-utils ntp cvs proftpd webmin dos2unix unix2dos screen \ ufed vixie-cron metalog jfsutils gentoolkit genlop phpldapadmin \ --pretend --verbose
They're many, huh? Now get them:
emerge --getbinpkgonly --usepkgonly \ mc pkgconfig nfs-utils ntp cvs proftpd webmin dos2unix unix2dos screen \ ufed vixie-cron metalog jfsutils gentoolkit genlop phpldapadmin \
And there are still other binary packages, like
ddclient hplip sqlite (3) mt-daapd mldonkey squirrelmail amule (daemon & webui only) sys-apps/ksysguard (not kde-base/ksysguard, see KDE ksysguardd daemon only on the Linkstation)
and the list may continue, please check the contents of the remote binpkg directory (BINHOST, in terms of Using PORTAGE BINHOST)
Start & configure automatic start for cron and logger
As on any GNU/Linux, service scripts are in /etc/init.d and you can look what's already there, the Gentoo runlevels you should be interested in are /etc/runlevels/boot and /etc/runlevels/default. Add the cron and logger services to the default runlevel:
rc-update add vixie-cron default rc-update add metalog default
Start them in this uptime, too (cron will also pull the logger):
/etc/init.d/vixie-cron start
Final words
- Please test how packages actually run and report problems.
- If you want to share your emerged packages because you consider them useful and compilation took a long time (you can always check with genlop -t package-name) , and feel you might want to change USE flags, try to get away with changing them only in /etc/portage/package.use for that specific package and contact someone with developer access to upload the binpkg to the repository.
- Add services, emerge normally (with compiling) new packages, play with other things, read some Gentoo docs if you're new to Gentoo and have fun with it!
--Zoolook & various contributors (check history); September 23rd, 2008 (EST)--

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Andover Central finds out where they land in 4A. Andover lands in a tough district. Augusta better gas up the bus for some long road trips.
Following are the district football assignments for the 2014 and 2015 football seasons.
For additional information concerning scheduling, brackets, district chairpersons, etc., see pages 12-13, sections 2.A thru 2.F of the 2013 KSHSAA Football Manual. Each district is to select a district chairperson and that person's name should be forwarded to the KSHSAA as soon as the district chairperson has been selected.
Andover, the area's only 5A team drew a tough district assignment with Emporia, Wichita Heights and Kapaun Mount Carmel.
Andover Central starts its 4A run next year in a district with El Dorado, Topeka-Hayden, and Circle.
Augusta has the worst travel schedule with a district that includes Coffeyville-Field Kindley, Independence, and Winfield.
Rose Hill goes south with Mulvane and Wellington but then way out west with Ulysses.
Douglass and Bluestem are paired up in a district with private schools Collegiate and Independent from Wichita.
Class 6A
District 1 – Kansas City-JC Harmon, Kansas City-Wyandotte, Shawnee Mission-East, Shawnee Mission-North
District 2 – Overland Park-Blue Valley North, Shawnee Mission-Northwest, Shawnee Mission-South, Shawnee Mission-West
District 3 – Gardner-Edgerton, Olathe-South, Overland Park-BlueValley, Overland Park-Blue Valley Northwest
District 4 – Lawrence, Olathe-East, Olathe-North, Olathe-Northwest
District 5 – Lawrence-Free State, Manhattan, Topeka, Topeka-Washburn Rural
District 6 – Junction City/Junction City-St. Xavier, Wichita-East, Wichita-North, Wichita-Southeast
District 7 – Derby, Haysville-Campus, Wichita-South, Wichita-West
District 8 – Dodge City, Garden City, Hutchinson, Wichita-Northwest
Class 5A
District 1 – Kansas City-FL Schlagle, Kansas City-Washington, Lansing, Leavenworth
District 2 – Tecumseh-Shawnee Heights, Topeka-Highland Park, Topeka-Seaman, Topeka-West
District 3 – Bonner Springs, Kansas City-Turner, Lenexa-St. James Academy, Shawnee-Mill Valley
District 4 – Overland Park-Blue Valley Southwest, Overland Park-Blue Valley West, Overland Park-St. Thomas Aquinas, Pittsburg
District 5 – Andover, Emporia, Wichita-Heights, Wichita-Kapaun Mount Carmel
District 6 – Great Bend, Newton, Salina-Central, Salina-South
District 7 – Maize, Maize-South, Valley Center, Wichita-Bishop Carroll
District 8 – Arkansas City, Goddard, Goddard-Eisenhower, Liberal
Class 4A – Division I
District 1 – Atchison, Basehor-Linwood, Kansas City-Piper, Tonganoxie
District 2 – Kansas City-Sumner Academy, Louisburg, Shawnee Mission-Bishop Miege, Spring Hill
District 3 – Baldwin, Eudora, DeSoto, Ottawa
District 4 – Altamont-Labette County, Chanute, Fort Scott, Paola
District 5 – Augusta, Coffeyville-Field Kindley, Independence, Winfield
District 6 – Andover-Central, El Dorado, Topeka-Hayden, Towanda-Circle
District 7 – Mulvane, Rose Hill, Wellington, Ulysses
District 8 – Abilene, Buhler, Hays, McPherson
Class 4A – Division II
District 1 – Holton, Hoyt-Royal Valley, Meriden-Jefferson West, Perry-Lecompton
District 2 – Kansas City-Bishop Ward, LaCygne-Prairie View, Osawatomie, Santa Fe Trail
District 3 – Burlington, Garnett-Anderson County, Girard, Iola
District 4 – Baxter Springs, Columbus, Frontenac, Parsons
District 5 – Andale, Clearwater, Haven, Wichita-Trinity Academy
District 6 – Chapman, Lindsborg-Smoky Valley, Nickerson, Wamego
District 7 – Clay Center Community, Colby, Concordia, Goodland
District 8 – Holcomb, Hugoton, Larned/Rozel-Pawnee Heights, Pratt
Class 3A
District 1 – Hiawatha, Horton, Sabetha, Wathena-Riverside
District 2 – Centralia/Wetmore, Seneca-Nemaha Central, St. George-Rock Creek, St. Marys
District 3 – Atchison-Maur Hill Mount Academy, Easton-Pleasant Ridge, Effingham-Atchison Co. Comm., McLouth
District 4 – Osage City, Oskaloosa, Rossville, Silver Lake
District 5 – Mound City-Jayhawk Linn, Pomona-West Franklin, Richmond-Central Heights, Wellsville
District 6 – Arma-Northeast, Erie, Humboldt, Pittsburg-St. Mary's Colgan
District 7 – Caney Valley, Eureka, Fredonia, Neodesha
District 8 – Cherryvale, Cherokee-Southeast, Galena, Riverton
District 9 – Anthony/Harper-Chaparral, Belle Plaine, Cheney, Conway Springs
District 10 – Douglass, Leon-Bluestem, Wichita-Collegiate, Wichita-The Independent School
District 11 – Garden Plain, Halstead, Hutchinson-Trinity Catholic, Kingman
District 12 – Council Grove, Gypsum-SE of Saline, Hesston, Hillsboro
District 13 – Marysville, Minneapolis, Riley County, Washington County
District 14 – Beloit, Hays-TMP-Marian, Norton Community, Russell
District 15 – Ellsworth, Hoisington, Lyons, Sterling
District 16 – Cimarron, Kismet-Southwestern Heights, Lakin, Scott Community
Class 2-1A
District 1 – Highland-Doniphan West, Leavenworth-Immaculata, Shawnee-Maranatha Academy, Troy,
Winchester-Jefferson County North
District 2 – Blue Rapids-Valley Heights, Holton-Jackson Heights, Onaga, Valley Falls, Wabaunsee
District 3 – Allen-Northern Heights, Cottonwood Falls-Chase County, Eskridge-Mission Valley, Herington, Marion
District 4 – Lyndon, Olpe, Oswego, Whitewater-Remington, Yates Center
District 5 – Inman, Medicine Lodge, Moundridge, Salina-Sacred Heart, Sedgwick
District 6 – Belleville-Republic County, Bennington, Brookville-Ell Saline, Phillipsburg, Smith Center
District 7 – Ellis, La Crosse, Leoti-Wichita Co., Oakley, Plainville
District 8 – Elkhart, Johnson-Stanton Co., Meade, Sublette, Syracuse
Class 8-Man – Division I
District 1 – Melvern-Marais des Cygnes Vly, Moran-Marmaton Vly, Pleasanton, St. Paul, Uniontown, Waverly
District 2 – Burden-Central, Cedar Vale/Dexter, Howard-West Elk, Oxford, Sedan, Udall
District 3 – Burlingame, Lebo, Madison/Hamilton, Peabody-Burns, Rosalia-Flint Hills, Rural Vista (White City/Hope)
District 4 – Clyde-Clifton Clyde, Downs-Lakeside, Hanover, Lincoln, Mankato-Rock Hills, Osborne, Wakefield
District 5 – Canton-Galva, Claflin-Central Plains, Ellinwood, Goessel, Little River, Solomon
District 6 – Coldwater-South Central, Greensburg-Kiowa County, Kinsley, Macksville, Pratt-Skyline, St. John-Hudson
District 7 – Dighton/Healy, Jetmore-Hodgeman County, Montezuma-South Gray, Ness City, Spearville, Wakeeney-Trego Comm.
District 8 – Atwood-Rawlins Co., Hill City, Logan/Palco, Oberlin-Decatur Comm., Quinter, St. Francis, Stockton
Class 8 Man – Division II
District 1 – Axtell, Frankfort, Linn, Randolph-Blue Valley, Scandia-Pike Valley, Southern Cloud- Glasco/Miltonvale
District 2 – Burrton, Chase, Lost Springs-Centre, Sylvan Unified, Tescott, Wilson
District 3 – Buffalo-Altoona-Midway, Chetopa, Colony-Crest, Hartford, LeRoy-Southern Coffey Co., Longton-Elk Valley
District 4 – Attica/Argonia, Caldwell, Kiowa-South Barber, Norwich, Pretty Prairie, South Haven
District 5 – Ashland, Bucklin, Cunningham, Langdon-Fairfield, Minneola, Stafford
District 6 – Fowler, Deerfield, Ingalls, Moscow, Rolla, Satanta
District 7 – Almena-Northern Valley, Beloit-St. Johns/Tipton Catholic, Kensington-Thunder Ridge, Natoma, Otis-Bison, Victoria
District 8 – Bird City-Cheylin, Grainfield-Wheatland/Grinnell, Hoxie, Rexford-Golden Plains, Sharon Springs-Wallace Co., Tribune-Greeley Co., Winona-Triplains/Brewster


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I didn't mean to sound like a big downer last night. Things are actually pretty good around here. I'm just having a hard time taking care of stuff and working/writing. It's difficult, but not impossible by any means. I'm thankful that I have writing as a source of income even if it means staying up until 3:00 to get any writing done.
I'm not big on chore charts. I've tried them a few times in the past and it just seemed like more of a job for me to make out the charts and check them, than it was worth. As long as I remember to ask the kids to help instead of just expecting them to know what I want, everything gets done without too much complaining. The kids don't complain much either. ;) Actually, after dinner, I was sitting at the table working on my taxes when I noticed Clay picking up the family room. He was straightening the backpacks and picking up pillows. He put DVDs on the shelf and put toys away in his room. He picked up stray pieces of garbage and threw them away. He did this all by himself! He did this without me asking! After falling off my chair in utter disbelief, I
I love the idea of freezing meals though. Duh, why didn't I think of that? I've been telling friends that I'm sick of throwing out food and I need to learn to change my cooking habits. Joe used to eat so much and used to eat leftovers and I don't have that anymore. The kids and I aren't too fond of leftovers, so after dinner, I put whatever food is left in the fridge where it sits for a week and then I throw it out. It's our tradition. From now on, I'll freeze the leftovers immediately and pull them back out in a month and tell the kids, "Huh? Nooo, these aren't leftovers. No, I um, I just made this. Tonight. Just now. Oh, I um, already washed the pots and pans. Just sit down and eat!"
Anyway, I actually have a strange peace about everything. I don't know how to explain it. I just believe that everything will work out in the end. Things may not work out how I envision them, but still, they'll work out. We're hoping to stay in our house, but may end up having to move. I hope that doesn't happen, but if it does, it'll be fine. Something will open up and we'll have a place to live. I have no idea where, but I just believe that something will work out for us. Joe will come around or he won't. I have no control over that. All I'm going to do is make sure my kids know that they are loved unconditionally by me and by God. God is holding us in His palm and He loves us. He'll take care of us and all we have to do is trust and believe in Him.
I was talking to my friends Sue and Dawn the other day. Dawn's husband died very suddenly and unexpectedly leaving her a single mother to five children. Sue's husband has been out of work for a year now. Both friends and I commented that we don't know how people with no faith get by in tough situations like these. How do they hold onto hope? How do they feel joy despite the hardships? How do they feel a sense of calm; a sense of peace; a sense that everything will work out and God will provide even if they can't see the light at the end of the tunnel? I have no idea. I totally believe it's God (with the help of prayer) that has placed this sense of peace in my heart. It's by the grace of God that I go on every day with a smile on my face (well, most of the time anyway), and try to enjoy the day and the gifts and blessings that I have. It's all good. :)
Oh and I don't plan on leaving the blog. Just wanted you guys to know what was going on so you're not surprised if I skip a day or two here and there. You can't get rid of me that easily!


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Piano Lessons Near Me Glassboro NJ 8028
Learning how to play the piano is one of those things that we require help with for certain, and our primary thought might possibly be to find a local piano teacher. Doing this is a superb idea however it also gives us problems we hadn't considered. For example, if perhaps we are located in a country area away from a city then it could possibly be very difficult to come across precisely the kind of teaching required. The piano coach could quite possibly be very good, however does he or she specialize in the style of tunes that you are curious about, that is actually the main question.
Piano Lessons Near Me Glassboro NJ 8028
You can't shrug off the question of expense and professional teachers are quite expensive, up to fifty bucks per hour in some areas, which actually is a great deal of money in anyone's language. The most respected online packages include a vast databaseof lessons in their software, often divided up into the musical types of classical, jazz, boogie and pop. For younger people wanting to get familiar with the most recent hits, this is surely perfect. Quite often, local piano instructors are more senior school professors delivering private lessons to make ends meet and don't really know the newesttunes in the slightest, unless of course you really are incredibly blessed.
Another concern is time and convenience. If perhaps you have a job then in that case you have to try to find a slot that matches both of you and also include the commute time into the formula (not to mention the cost of travelling!) It's easy to understand that engaging a local piano tutor is not everything that it's cracked up to be, unless of course you are a budding Mozart or girl or boy prodigy, in this instance you would positively require professional individual coaching. For everyone else, who want to learn the piano songs wetreasure relatively rapidly, so we can have some fun, online courses can certainly fit the bill.
How to Determine the Value of a Used Piano
Piano Lessons Near Me Glassboro NJ 8028. The purpose of this article is to comment on and clarify the information in Piano Buyer on determining the value of a used piano. (The Piano Buyer article has since been revised to include these comments.)
Fair Market Value
Fair market value is the price at which an item would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither of whom is compelled to buy or sell, and each of whom has reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts.
Appraisers of used pianos and other consumer goods typically use three different methods to determine fair market value: comparable sales, depreciation, and idealized value minus the cost of restoration.
Comparable Sales
The comparable sales method compares the piano being appraised with recent actual selling prices of other pianos of like brand, model, age, condition, and location. Generally speaking, this is the most accurate method of determining value when one has access to a body of information on recent sale prices of comparable items. The problem here is that, with few exceptions, it's rare to find several recently sold pianos that are perfect matches for all these criteria. There is no central repository for sales information on used pianos, and each appraiser or technician, over a lifetime, sees pianos that are so diverse and scattered as to these criteria that they are likely to be of only limited value as appraisal guides. (Exceptions might be technicians or dealers who specialize in used Yamaha, Kawai, or Steinway pianos, brands that have attained near-commodity status in the piano business.)
Piano Buyer includes a chart, "Prices of Used Pianos," which was compiled after querying a number of piano technicians about their memories of comparable sales of pianos of various ages, sizes, and conditions. This chart is most useful for determining the approximate value of many brands of older piano for which it would otherwise be difficult to find enough comparable sales to determine a value. Understandably, however, the price ranges shown in the chart are quite broad.
The depreciation method of determining fair market value is based on the fact that many types of consumer goods lose value over time at a more or less predictable rate. A depreciation schedule, such as the one in Piano Buyer, shows how much a used piano is worth as a percentage of the actual selling price of a new piano of comparable quality. The problem here is that so many older brands are now made by companies different from the original, in different factories and parts of the world, and to different standards, that it can be difficult or impossible to determine what constitutes a "comparable" new piano. Thus, this method of figuring value is best used for pianos of relatively recent make when the model is still in production, or for older pianos whose makers have remained under relatively constant ownership, location, and standards, and for which, therefore, a comparable model can reasonably be determined. Note that depreciation is from the current price of the model, not the original price, because the current price takes into account inflation and, if applicable, changes in the value of foreign currencies.
Piano Lessons Near Me Glassboro NJ 8028
Idealized Value Minus the Cost of Restoration
This is the difference between the cost of a rebuilt piano and the cost to restore the unrebuilt one to like-new condition. For example, if a piano, rebuilt, would be worth $50,000, and it would cost $30,000 to restore the unrebuilt one to like-new condition, then according to this method the unrebuilt piano would be worth $20,000. This method can be used when a piano needs extensive, quantifiable repair work. It's not appropriate to use this method for an instrument that is relatively new or in good condition
Several other types of valuation are sometimes called for:
Replacement value is what it would cost to replace the used piano with a brand-new one. This value is often sought when someone has purchased an insurance policy with a rider that guarantees replacement of a lost or damaged piano with a new one instead of paying the fair market value of the used one. The problem here, again, is what brand and model of new piano to consider "comparable" if the original brand and model are no longer being made, or are not being made to the same standards. Here it may be helpful to consult the rating chart in the Piano Buyer article "The New-Piano Market Today." Choose a brand whose relationship to today's piano market is similar to that the original brand bore to the piano market of its day. Whatever brand and model you choose, depending on how high a replacement value you seek, you can use either the manufacturer's suggested retail price (highest), the approximate street price (lowest), or something in between. These prices, or information on how to estimate them, can be found in each issue of Piano Buyer.
Trade-in value is what a commercial seller would pay for the used piano, usually in trade (or partial trade) for a new one. This is discounted from the fair market value, typically by at least 20 to 30 percent, to allow the commercial seller to make a profit when reselling the instrument. (In practice, the commercial seller will often pay the fair market value for the used piano, but to compensate, will increase the price of the new piano to the consumer.)
Salvage value is what a dealer, technician, or rebuilder would pay for a piano that is essentially unplayable or unserviceable and in need of restoration. It can be determined using the idealized-value-minus-cost-of-restoration method, but discounted, like trade-in value, to allow the commercial seller to make a profit.
Article Source: http://www.pianobuyer.com/articles/value.html
Duplex Scaling
What is duplex scaling? Does it make much difference, and is it more difficult or time consuming to tune? And what are tone collectors? Do they make much difference?
Duplex scaling, built into some grand pianos, can be found on that portion of the string in the treble section between the back bridge pin and the hitch pin which is normally the non-speaking part of the string and dampened with a strip of cloth. Where there is duplex scaling this section is deliberately left open to resonate in sympathy with the speaking part of the string and add brightness to the upper partials. When designed properly the duplex scaling should be tuned to a fixed interval of the speaking length of the string such as a fifth, twelfth, octave or double octave. Most pianos with this feature have a factory set tuned length; some are tuneable but are rarely tuned as regularly as conventional tuning. The overall effect of a piano with resonating lengths of string producing dissonant overtones can be described either as powerful or having a tinny, cymbal-like ringing sound; larger pianos certainly benefit more from the positive qualities of duplex scaling than small 'baby' grands. Inevitably, the top treble section will also have a ringing section of the string between the top bridge or agraffe and the wrest pin (tuning pin). Where the piano is used in a domestic setting, this section is often damped by the tuner to achieve a clearer, less ringing sound in the treble. Pianos with duplex scaling tend to require more skill to achieve a firm tuning and therefore might take a little longer to tune.
Closely related to duplex scaling is aliquot scaling found on some Blüthner grands which consists of an extra set of strings positioned above the treble strings. These are not struck by the hammers but resonate sympathetically, being tuned in unison or to the octave above, the struck strings beneath. The effect is far more subtle than duplex scaling, some would say it has no effect at all, but is easily tuned accurately by the extra wrest pin provided.
Tone collectors are steel bolts which connect the iron frame to the back bracings of the piano. They are not fitted to all pianos and it doesn't mean your piano is inferior for not having them! By directly connecting the frame to the external construction of the piano, designers are creating a rigid acoustical framework which reflects energy that might have otherwise been lost to the casework, back onto the soundboard where it produces a fuller, richer sound with more sustain. Most pianos produced today will have tone collectors and contribute to the overall sound quality and it would be difficult to isolate one factor in the construction of a piano to assess its effectiveness. There are many pianos which do not have tone collectors but still manage to achieve a full, rich sound with lots of sustain. Although they can be a sign of design and build quality, if you are stuck for choice between a new piano with tone collectors and one without, go for the one which has the sound quality you like.
Article Source: http://www.cambridgepianotuner.co.uk/newsite/duplex-scaling/
Piano Lessons Near Me Glassboro NJ 8028
Also learning HOWTO enjoy the piano a pet and there is more than one method to skin! The standard technique of audio principle works for a few and not for others. Do not forget that some of the very best pianists and composers couldn't read music in any way – like Paul McCartney, for instance. The top piano lessons include all methods to ensure that students advance to enjoying the music-they love quickly and cheerfully.


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This week sees the release of version 2.10 of the Scala programming language. Key new elements and improvements in this iteration include a mature programming model for async as well as reduction of boilerplate work through macros and dynamic types.
Scala finds itself at the intersection of "once-again-trendy" functional programming and proven object-oriented programming. It is also part of the increasingly popular movement to languages other than Java on the JVM.
Its developers now "anticipate and expect" Scala to make some serious inroads into the enterprise space as well as give Groovy/Grails a run for their money.
This release tackles "developer challenges" ranging from the syntactic nicety of String Interpolation, to expressing massive asynchronous computations in sequential code style.
The Play Framework harnesses Scala 2.10's new asynchronous programming model to compose services. The development team reports that library developers are using Scala 2.10's experimental Macros and Reflection features to further reduce complexity in applications. Even String Interpolation is now extensible by library developers in Scala 2.10.
According to the Scala program team, "Often times a developer needs to compose strings of text by substituting values for place holders. Scala 2.10 adds a new String Interpolation library that works with the power of compile-time type checking in Scala."
The Scala team at EPFL and the Akka team collaborated on a new API, which standardizes the API for asynchronous programming using the Future and Promise paradigms. With input from many developers building massively asynchronous systems, the result is said to be a very convenient API for expressing powerful asynchronous computations.
According to Adriaan Moors (Scala tech lead at Typesafe), "Developers who are building complex integration apps with Play and Akka are raving about the new Scala 2.10 Future API because it allows them to fire off hundreds of HTTP calls, then compose the results and render a web page. Composing numerous asynchronous calls in Scala 2.10 using a for-comprehension provides a concise programming model that feels natural but also manages resources efficiently and deals with errors gracefully."


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A reader requested I do a look using the "Princess Caraboo" eyeshadow from my lime crime post a few days ago, so here was a look I did this morning. Oddly enough it looks like a green look I did a few posts ago but used totally different products for this look, goes to show that there are so many dupes out there!
The BF was sweet enough to get me some pepper spray for protection, LOL and it's PINK! I didn't even know they came in colors! Years ago I had one, but it was all black...so I GUESS he's in some ways like Edward, always trying to protect me, PUHAHAHA!
What I used:
- MAC Prep + Prime Base Primer
- MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer in NC35
- Purely Cosmetics Mineral Foundation in "Olive Beige"
- Flirt! Cosmetics Bronzer in "Golden Minx" for contouring
- MAC Blush in "Nuance"
- Smashbox Photo Finish Lid Primer (on right eye)
- UDPP on left eye (for a comparison)
- MAC e/s in "Sour Lemon" and "Eye Popping" on the inner corners
- MAC e/s in "Bio Green" (PRO) on the middle of the lid
- Lime Crime e/s in "Princess Caraboo" on the outer-V and contour
- NYX "Black" on lower part of the outer-V
- MAC e/s in "Shroom" with a touch of "Goldmine" as highlight on brow bone
- MAC Fluidline in "Blacktrack"
- L'Oreal XXL mascara in "Blackest Black"
- UD Eyeliner in "Zero" on waterline
- MAC Cremesheen in "Creme d' Nude"
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Thursday, May 7, 2009
FOTD: Green look using "Princess Caraboo"
A reader requested I do a look using the "Princess Caraboo" eyeshadow from my lime crime post a few days ago, so here was a look I did this morning. Oddly enough it looks like a green look I did a few posts ago but used totally different products for this look, goes to show that there are so many dupes out there!
39 comments
- _mari_ said...
I like that necklace... what I can see of it. Your eye color really pops.
- May 8, 2009 at 12:54 AM
- *KiM* said...
I love how bright the colors are :)
- May 8, 2009 at 12:56 AM
- e.motion in motion said...
Veeery pretty (: I love green looks; but I hardly do them lol.
- May 8, 2009 at 12:57 AM
- Melissa said...
pepper spray! Where can you get that kind of stuff? Green! So pretty...I really want that pro color!
- May 8, 2009 at 1:24 AM
- sanniet said...
pretty!!! I love how your eyeshadows are always so vibrant looking! I don't know how you do it!
- May 8, 2009 at 1:30 AM
- Askmewhats said...
lol on the pink pepperspray! I didn't know they have it in colors! I've only had black from before :)
You look gorgeous nessa! You really can carry out bright colored looks like that :)
- May 8, 2009 at 1:36 AM
- xxcherokee25xx said...
Plz let me know where I can find those vivid MAC colors sour apple and bio green
- May 8, 2009 at 2:00 AM
- Beauty is Androgynous said...
aw how sweet haha
my mom's ex boyfriend stupid ass guy bought us both black peper sprays.
i dont need it! I AM a weapon! lol.
I should have used it on him.
eeehehehe =]
(they're no longer together thank GOD!)
I love green looks but I feel weird when I do them on myself.
- May 8, 2009 at 2:09 AM
- DarlingV said...
BEAUTIFUL! I love this look!
- May 8, 2009 at 2:11 AM
- Tamara said...
Cute! I've used the princess caraboo too in my first eye post xD It was fun!
I really love the yellow o.O it's gorgeous...!
What is that pepper spray? o.O *goes to google*
- May 8, 2009 at 2:20 AM
- ANGE said...
i wish i could get some pepper spray! it's illegal in my country! lol
- May 8, 2009 at 2:49 AM
- rayqueenbee said...
Pretty colors...very nice!
- May 8, 2009 at 3:13 AM
- FuN and MakeUp said...
love how the colors r soo vibrant.. my makeup hardly ever comes out like that.. u gotta teach me!!
- May 8, 2009 at 3:24 AM
- FuN and MakeUp said...
love how the colors r soo vibrant.. my makeup hardly ever comes out like that.. u gotta teach me!!
- May 8, 2009 at 3:50 AM
- mosha said...
i never liked green eye makeup but this looks so nice <3
- May 8, 2009 at 7:04 AM
- FabDiva20 said...
Pretty Nessa! Also the pepper spray is an good idea to have! I myself should get one!
- May 8, 2009 at 7:14 AM
- LOVEpink said...
heh aww u have your own Edward!! haha so sweet!! fabbbb look girl!! xoxo
- May 8, 2009 at 8:05 AM
- XINAR0X said...
Gorgeous! I LOVE IT!
- May 8, 2009 at 8:37 AM
- Janelle said...
Pretty greens!
- May 8, 2009 at 9:10 AM
- ruby14 said...
the pink pepper spray my bf did the same too since i walk by myself at times at work when its late its kinda funny how its pink lol
- May 8, 2009 at 11:50 AM
- Roxy said...
i want a pink pepper spray! lol love the fotd =]
- May 8, 2009 at 12:53 PM
- Faith-Ann said...
Aww...very sweet of the boyfriend getting you a PINK can! I have a yellow one =P
Twilight Alert:
- As much as love EDWARD I REALLY love Jacob (book versions). =P Have you finished all four books?
- May 8, 2009 at 1:45 PM
- JENSMAKEUPBAG said...
hey i have that pepper spray! its so cute huh? love the colors you used. so vibrant!
- May 8, 2009 at 2:11 PM
- mzkrystall said...
wow i love it. i love the colors you used! pretty!!
- May 8, 2009 at 2:25 PM
- Mo said...
(: very pretty make up.
your pictures always come out so nice, what kind of camera do you use??
- May 8, 2009 at 9:55 PM
- Jennnyy. said...
ohhh that is really pretty :) the colors are so vibrant !
- May 8, 2009 at 11:34 PM
- Anonymous said...
one main reason why i look at Tina Marie and your FOTDs and Tutorials is because of the incredible blending skill! gorgeous!!!
- May 9, 2009 at 1:04 AM
- ♥Leigh♥ said...
Edward?cullen?BWahahaha..Ü u must like him a lot,huh?!Ü heyyyy,,omg!! that lime green is so pretty! oh my..i have never seen anything this great.your blending is awesome!!!!! I hope you can still do some tutorials despite your busy sked!! U should def. become a makeup artist!!!
- May 9, 2009 at 3:35 AM
- Anonymous said...
This is beautiful! I love the colors you used, so vibrant!
- May 9, 2009 at 4:40 AM
- PinkChopstick said...
- May 9, 2009 at 9:47 AM
- Anonymous said...
oh, gosh i have that pepper spray too! except mine was 10.99 :(
- May 9, 2009 at 2:30 PM
- Emilita said...
Where can I get that awesome pepper spray??
- May 10, 2009 at 10:42 AM
- Lucía said...
It´s lovely!!!! :h:
- May 10, 2009 at 12:17 PM
- Syn@3sTh3sI@ said...
ur blending skill is amazing... and ur bf is so sweet... hahaha... i like green but having problem with mixing green with different colors other than yellow and gold...
- May 10, 2009 at 11:17 PM
- Anonymous said...
very pretty and girl, you crack me up with the edward references because i totally get it! ha ha ha!
- May 11, 2009 at 2:54 PM
- Miss Yaya said...
i love the lip color in this one and the black with the green looks unexpected but great :)
- May 12, 2009 at 10:48 AM
- Anonymous said...
the lips look good girl!
- May 13, 2009 at 10:13 AM
- makeupper said...
This looks gorgeous on you!
- May 13, 2009 at 1:35 PM
- Dana Yartin said...
Your eyes really pop with that colours up and look gorgeous!
- May 19, 2009 at 3:31 AM


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