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We recently had the opportunity to put a few questions to the CGI series' director
Hi Dave, and thanks for taking the time to answer our questions. Firstly, how much creative freedom do you have to craft the stories you want to tell and to introduce new characters? Does George Lucas have much input, or are you left to your own devices so long as it doesn't conflict with established continuity?
George is very involved in the stories, and he has a great deal of input when it comes to characters. The Star Wars universe is his, ultimately, and we are following his lead. The great thing about working on a Star Wars TV series is that we have more time to focus on side characters—characters that may have only had a few seconds of screen time during the live-action films. But then again, we have so many stories we want to tell, and only 22 episodes per season. We bank ideas—and characters—for future seasons, but we keep coming up with more as we go. There's definitely no shortage of material, and we work very closely with George to make sure it fits into his canon.
Speaking of George Lucas, is there any chance that he will appear in an episode of the show (perhaps a cameo from Baron Papanoida)?
Always in motion is the future, but right now we have other stories to tell.
Season two features a new bounty hunter called Cad Bane, who's already given the Jedi plenty of trouble. Can you tell us a little bit about the character's origins and his design (is the hat a happy coincidence)?
Ha! Yeah, the hat's just a coincidence; he's not based on me. Actually, he is based on Lee Van Cleef's character from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. George likes incorporating genre influences, and westerns have always played a very influential role in the Star Wars universe. As far as bounty hunters go, Boba Fett has always seemed kind of like man with no name to me, so it makes sense to have the other side of the coin.
Will we see more bounty hunters in upcoming episodes (perhaps Durge, or a young Boba Fett)? Will any other familiar faces make an appearance this season (or even beyond)?
As I said before, always in motion is the future. I will say, though, that bounty hunters have always played a major role in the Star Wars Saga.
The introduction of Ahsoka as Anakin's Padawan allows for an interesting master-apprentice dynamic similar to that of Obi-Wan and Anakin in Attack of the Clones. Ahsoka is absent from Revenge of the Sith, but does this mean that Anakin will have to deal with the loss of his student during the course of the show, or do you have other plans for the character?
I definitely have plans for Ahsoka, but we are focused on telling stories in the here and now. And from a production standpoint, the show just keeps getting better and better, allowing us to tell different kinds of stories. That evolution affects the kinds of stories we're telling now, which certainly affects the kinds of stories we'll tell in the future. So, yes, I do have clear ideas for Ahsoka's future, but those ideas are also evolving with the series itself.
On a similar note, how difficult is it to craft suspenseful episodes given that we all know the character's ultimate fates from the film series? Is the movie continuity restrictive, or are you unencumbered by such things due to the events of the series occurring between films?
There are plenty of surprises. We've only seen a very specific perspective on the galactic civil war. But, for example, we all assumed that Anakin never had a padawan of his own, but that was before we were introduced to Ahsoka Tano.
Is it difficult to create a series that appeals to younger audiences without alienating Star Wars' core fan base? How have you found fan reaction to the series as a whole?
We are just focused on telling great stories. And we've got George guiding us, making sure that we are on the right path, telling stories appropriate for Star Wars.
Looking back over the entire run of the show thus far, do you have a favourite episode? Similarly, is there any one character that you are particularly fond of?
I do have a favourite episode, but it's one that hasn't been seen yet, so I can't say any more!
Finally, can we look forward to any hidden features on the forthcoming boxed sets? Perhaps a '1138' style Easter egg?
My crew is made up of Star Wars fans, and there are lots of references to the original films and to Lucasfilm history. You'll have to see how many you can catch.
Many thanks for taking the time to answer our questions Dave, and we wish you the best of luck with the show and for the future.
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Saturday 3 p.m. league games are something of a rarity these days for Chelsea, with the London club's fixtures regularly amended to accommodate live TV schedules. The Blues' season opener against Burnley had been moved to Monday evening, leaving match-going supporters having to take a day off work and facing a long trek home in the small hours of the morning.
A 3-1 victory made the journey worth it, and the discontent from the inconvenient timing was offset today by the warm autumnal sunshine that bathed West London and a return, for one weekend at least, to a traditional kickoff time.
The buzz inside Stamford Bridge was palpable with expectant Blues supporters hoping their side would continue where they left off at Turf Moor, and visiting Leicester City fans optimistic about the Foxes' chances of causing an upset.
"Nigel's the Special One," they chanted in deference to manager Nigel Pearson. As the first-half progressed, home crowd nerves began to jangle as memories of last season's frustrations at Chelsea's shortcomings against the Premier League's supposed lesser teams were rekindled by stubborn, tough-tackling opponents.
A 0-0 score line at the break suggested that Jose Mourinho might have words at halftime. One would expect he did, and the Blues were an altogether different proposition in the second period, eventually easing to a 2-0 win courtesy of goals from Diego Costa and Eden Hazard.
On Monday night, Burnley supporters' chants of "Ginger Mourinho" in praise of Clarets manager Sean Dyche had been silenced. Today, "Nigel's the Special One" was not reprised after Costa's opening goal.
There is only one Mourinho, and prematch talk had concerned itself with the real Special One's man management. There was his decision to make Thibaut Courtois his first choice keeper, and then he opted to keep 15.8 million pound left-back Filipe Luis on the bench.
Today, Courtois looked unbeatable. Any thoughts that he be spectator against Leicester were soon banished, as he was regularly called into action to deal with opportunities created by Jeff Schlupp, Riyad Mahrez and David Nugent. Commanding his area on set pieces and corners, Courtois caught the ball cleanly and displayed pace and coordination when clearing his lines.
In the second half, with the score still level, Mahrez caught Chelsea's defence on the break and played Nugent through in space. With only Courtois to beat, had he scored, the Foxes striker could have changed the course of the game, but the Blues' keeper pulled off an outstanding save. Clean sheets were a feature of Mourinho's previous title-winning teams at the Bridge, and in Courtois, he has a man between the posts who will make a major contribution in shutting out the opposition.
Part of that equation is the Blues' back line. Based on today's evidence, Cesar Azpilicueta, Gary Cahill, John Terry and Branislav Ivanovic will be keeping Luis waiting a while longer for his full debut.
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Costa and Hazard may have found the net today, but it was Ivanovic who put in a man-of-the-match display. The Serbian improved on his excellent performance against Burnley, which yielded a goal and an assist. Ivanovic is quite simply a beast of a player. Solid in defence, swashbuckling in attack -- he looks as though he could play in any position for Chelsea and, if called upon, that would no doubt include keeping goal.
Having had a header acrobatically saved by Leicester keeper Kasper Schmeichel, a subsequent rampaging run down the right flank saw Ivanovic decide to let Costa try his luck, feeding a neat pass to the 32 million pound striker who swept the ball home. One-nil to the Blues. Nerves settled.
After a frisky first half, the Foxes' defence started to tire. Mourinho sent on Ramires for Andre Schurrle and Willian for Oscar -- fresh, talented legs to create more problems. With heads turned by Chelsea's pacey substitutes constantly running at goal, a neglected Hazard was allowed too much freedom of movement on the left flank. Waltzing across the penalty area, with all the time in the world, the Blues' current player of the year drilled a low shot past Schmeichel. Two-nil Chelsea. Game over.
Having opened the 2014-15 campaign with back-to-back wins against newly promoted sides, the Blues will face a sterner examination of their title credentials at Goodison Park next Saturday when they face an Everton side that inflicted a first defeat on a returning Mourinho last season. This time around, the Special One has Costa to count on.
Chances may be few and far between, but the Spain international has already proven he can find the net and, as Leicester found today, that could be the telling difference. Failing that, there's always Ivanovic. It's early days yet, but Mourinho's Chelsea are going to take some stopping this season.
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Probably the first time this issue really came to the public's attention was after the release of Windows 95 and the rise of the Web. Famously, Netscape looked poised to make Microsoft irrelevant and make the browser the "new desktop." Microsoft used its control of the OS and its tremendous sway over computer makers to foist its browser on the general public, and changed the course of computing history. If it hadn't gotten in legal trouble, Microsoft might have had de-facto control of the internet by now.
Apple has certainly raised the ire of the geek elite by using its control over the iOS ecosystem to channel users to its own App and Music stores, becoming an immensely rich and powerful intermediary in the process. There's a lot of hand-wringing going on right now as both Apple and Microsoft seem to have similar designs on the PC space.
Of course Apple is also the hero of another story. The main reason why mobile computing was hobbled for years after we had sufficiently advanced technology to make it possible was because of the stranglehold the carriers held over the OSes on their phones. Loaded with crapware and channeling all customization and commerce through their pathetic portals essentially guaranteed there would be no advancement or innovation. It was only Apple's leverage in granting the iPhone to only one carrier that broke the barrier and started to give mobile users control over what their phones can do. The Android ecosystem still suffers, though, as the carriers customize, generally to ill result, their pre-installed OS, and often restrict upgrading or reinstalling Android.
It would be relatively trivial, technologically, for Microsoft or Apple or Google to silently demand a cut of some or all commerce transacted on their platform, as Linux Mint did. Even if it were easily circumvented by those in the know, such a move would be likely to reap huge rewards. Maybe by this point it would be impossible to achieve without serious legal repercussions and of course heaps of bad PR, but it's interesting to think that it could have happened. Maybe the main reason that it didn't was because the internet took both Microsoft and Apple by surprise, and by the time they got on the train, it was too late.
In fact, the internet took everyone by surprise, and it really only exists as a marvelous accident of history. If our political and business leaders had been able to truly imagine its impact, it surely would have been strangled in the crib by attempts to control and monetize it. It's no accident that the chaotic, free version of the internet came to the fore, because all of its non-free, controlled predecessors were indeed killed by the control,short-sightedness, and greed of those that held a little leverage over them. Only a free network that "interprets censorship as damage and routes around it," will continue to grow and thrive.
So for that reason, I think that Linux Mint ought to be chastised, not because this particular example is a big deal, but because an OS vendor interfering between the sites or apps that I'm using and the larger network, whether it's spying on my usage a la CarrierIQ or skimming a piece of ecommerce transactions, ought to be condemned strongly, lest a larger, greedier, and more powerful entity gets the bright idea.


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BERKELEY — Berkeley's school district will hire consultants to re-examine safety procedures and gunman-on-campus scenarios at all 20 schools following the Dec. 14 massacre of 20 first-graders and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., officials said Wednesday.
"What happened in Newtown has scared every parent in the country," said Susan Craig, director of student services for the 9,000-student district. "How do you prevent an active shooter from getting on campus? And if that happens, is there some strategy to prevent death and serious injury?"
Craig said the district will hire consultants and work with the police and fire departments much the same way it did at Berkeley High School in June 2011, when a series of seven incidents in which students were discovered with guns there prompted quick corrective action. The audits of each school — from preschools to the adult school — will combine what to do when a violent person comes to a school and new fire and earthquake plans, which the schools already have, she said.
In the past three weeks, schools in the district have already reviewed with their students existing safety procedures when a gunman comes on campus, said district spokesman Mark Coplan.
At Berkeley High, following the gun incidents there in 2011, the district increased security by reducing the number of entrances to the school, hired more security staff, trained more security officers and increased to five days a week the time that a Berkeley police officer is on campus.
All those actions were in the right direction, but now the bar has been raised, Craig said.
"If you look what happened in Newtown, with a locked door and a camera and you had to buzz someone in, and that still didn't prevent the disaster, that is weighing heavily on everyone's minds," Craig said. "Some practices are controversial. Taking down an active shooter, is that something that is recommended, and would we consider it?"
Craig rejected the National Rifle Association's suggestion to put armed guards in all schools. But she noted Berkeley High's school police officer is armed.
"But to train volunteers who will carry guns to supervise campuses, I'm not in favor of that," Craig said.
Following the horror in Connecticut, principals at Berkeley schools got lots of calls and emails asking them how their children could be protected.
"The concerns were all legitimate," Craig said.
Tracy Hollander, education chair of the Berkeley Parent Teacher Association Council, who has a son in a Berkeley middle school, said she is happy the district is being proactive.
"I'd like to think that students in middle schools and high schools are aware what to do in a situation and that teachers at elementary schools know what to do," Hollander said. "My concern would be that what we undertake is practical to us and our setting."
Craig said the district is especially interested in looking at what it can do to narrow entrances and exits at two elementary schools: Craigmont and Thousand Oaks.
"Some entrances and exits we can't lock," Craig said. "If there is a recommendation that certain access points need to be closed, it's important they meet fire codes."
Craig said the safety audit at Berkeley High School cost about $5,000.
"But this is not going to be cheap when you're talking about a comprehensive review of 11 elementary schools, three middle schools, two high school campuses, three preschools and an adult school," she said.
The school board will be briefed on the plan Wednesday night, and Craig will come back to the board Jan. 23 with detailed plans of what the audit will include and what it will cost, she said.
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The Sony Xperia Z is a pretty large device, but it is by no means a phablet. It has the industry standard screen size, which is currently 5 inches. But with the phablet craze taking over every company, it was only a matter of time before every single one started making some sort of massive device. Samsung is already established in this sector with their Galaxy Note and Galaxy Mega. HTC has their rumored T6 on the way. LG has the Optimus G Pro. And now Sony has the Xperia Z Ultra.
This device (codenamed Togari) was rumored to have a 6.4-inch display, and according to these newly leaked screenshots, that is very much true. The screenshots are of Quick System Info PRO showing, you guessed it, system info. The resolution is stated to be 1080 x 1824, with an estimated screen size of 6.21 inches. Factoring in on-screen keys, that's 1080 x 1920 and 6.4 inches, as previously rumored.
It also mentions an MSM8974, better known as the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800. It's a beast of a processor that benches incredibly well. There's also Android 4.2.2, and in a few of the screenshots, you can see a small tab in the corner that looks awfully similar to Samsung's multi-window tab. Other specs include 2GB of RAM and 16GB of memory.
This giant device may be announced soon, but knowing Sony, it won't come to the US in a timely fashion. It took Sony months to bring the Xperia Z to the US, so we won't hold our breath for the Z Ultra. However, Europe is getting some nice devices from the company. Sony has been doing pretty well in recent times, and we're excited to get our hands on this massive device. What do you think of it? Would you carry a 6.4-inch device in your pocket?


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This puzzle mallet is seemingly made by magic.
by Roy Underhill
pages 44-49
From the April 2012 Issue, #196
It can't come apart, but, problem is, it can't go together!
Legend has it that Abraham Lincoln invented this mysterious mallet. The trouble with ordinary mallets, in his time as now, was that they kept "flying off the handle." President Lincoln, having the same problem with his fractious Congress, created this presentation mallet with a head that could never come loose. The handle joins to the head with a central tenon and two shallow dovetails passing up the sides. The taper of the dovetails makes it clear that they can't be retracted. Obviously then, they must have been sprung in from the sides – yet a quick look at their ends shows them dovetailed against that possibility as well! Not only can the head never come off – far worse, it can never go on! So proud of it was Lincoln, that he mentioned it in his second inaugural address, uttering his famous phrase: "With mallets towards none."
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Microsoft has enlisted the reality-television series "Pawn Stars" in its ongoing campaign to bash rival Google.
An online video ad released Tuesday mimics the plot set up of "Pawn Stars," which features people toting precious or odd objects for appraisal at a Las Vegas pawn shop. In Microsoft's fictional telling, a woman is trying to trade in a Chromebook, a no-frills laptop powered by Google software.
"The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste, they have absolutely no taste."
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Albina Sakhnyuk looked at a small map of Ukraine.
"I can't imagine this without the east," said Sakhnyuk, indicating the outline of the country with its current borders. "I used to see only this territory, which I love."
Sakhnyuk, 17, is a Ukrainian exchange student at Adrian High School. She has been living with Jeff and Elizabeth Rising of Adrian since the end of August.
Sakhnyuk has watched from afar as Ukrainians protested the scrapping of a promised economic agreement with the European Union and the signing of a one with Russia, leading eventually to the ouster of former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych and installation of a new government.
That was followed by the Russian military occupation of Crimea, where now a referendum is scheduled for March 16 to decide if Crimea will secede from Ukraine and join the Russian Federation, a move the new Ukrainian government calls illegal.
Since childhood she has always been afraid of war, Sakhnyuk said.
"I don't know how to describe my feelings," Sakhnyuk said. "Because it's my motherland and I couldn't imagine that it could happen with my country."
Sakhnyuk is particularly upset at the killing of more than 100 protesters shortly before Yanukovych was driven from office.
"I can't even imagine how much pain our ex-authority brings for families of the killed people because they were someone's parents, children, brothers, sisters," Sakhnyuk said. "I think, yes, Ukraine will remember those people forever because they were fighting for our future, for the future of our country."
The killed protesters have become known as "Heaven's Hundred," she said.
"I hope it will be over very soon because Ukrainians are very, very brave people and they are going to do everything for freedom," Sakhnyuk said. "They proved it. They are going to die for freedom."
Sakhnyuk comes from Zhovti Vody, a town of about 50,000 people in the center of the country. Her parents, with whom she talks almost every day by Skype, tell her that many Ukrainian men have joined the military, the economy is bad and prices are rising.
Her father regularly attends meetings led by city officials to find out what is going on, Sakhnyuk said. Her town has a memorial for the "Heaven's Hundred."
Many kinds of people, including Russians, Romanians, Georgians and Khazars, live in her town and all get along, she said.
Sakhnyuk described herself as shocked about the proposed vote to decide if Crimea will stay with Ukraine or join the Russian Federation.
"I'm in shock because I know that my family has friends in Crimea, and they say that native Crimeans, they don't want to be in the Russian Federation," she said.
Her family, like many others from Ukraine, Russia and other countries, vacations in Crimea, Sakhnyuk said.
"My family and me, we always go there, and Russians go there, we don't fight ..." she said.
People think of Ukraine as pro-Ukrainian in the west, pro-Russian in the east and neutral in the middle, but that is not true, Sakhnyuk said.
"Now we have meetings where people with posters they say that east and west are together," she said.
Ukraine needs to have good relations with Russia and with Europe, Sakhnyuk said.
The people who favor stronger ties with the west hope for a higher level economy, trade relations and educational relations, she said.
She is pretty sure Ukraine will not be separated, Sakhnyuk said.
"The main thing is to be human ... and to hear your heart," she said about dealing with the situation.
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i like this articlehttp://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/CollegeAndFamily/SavingForCollege/IsYourDegreeWorth1million.aspx
a lawyer can be a CEO, Vice President etc. an MBA can't be a lawyer...unless he goes to law school...make sense?
Quotea lawyer can be a CEO, Vice President etc. an MBA can't be a lawyer...unless he goes to law school...make sense?Well, if you become an important ($$$) enough CEO, you get to write checks to the GOP and you can write your own laws. Is that the same as being a lawyer?
The answer depends on whether you actually prefer the law. If you go to law school, do it because you love the law, not because you want to get rich. If you're coming out of college, and your primary goal is to get rich, go to work at an investment bank, brokerage house, real-estate development firm, or computer-technology company and learn how that businesses works. While you're there, think about starting your own business or going to business school. Having been out of law school for a few years, I can't help but smile when I see so many people obsessed with the law-school admissions process. Unfortunately, the primary impetus for this competition appears to be money. The ironic truth, however, is that even the people who go to the most prestigious schools and work for the most prestigious firms very rarely get rich, and the few who do get rich will nevertheless wind up making salaries that are dwarfed by those of successful businessmen. Look at Forbes's list of the 400 richest Americans. How many practicing lawyers made the list? One. How many people from the finance, real estate, and computer-technology fields made the list? Hundreds. Generally, law-school applicants fall into one of two categories: (1) those who have a genuine passion for the law; and (2) middle- and upper-middle-class kids who mistakenly think that practicing law is a good way to become rich. Of course, those who actually are rich know better. Indeed, very few children of the super rich go to law school, and even fewer go with the intention of practicing law. Why? Because they have no illusions regarding money.


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I've done that Nikhil, although NOT in a different location, I'll try it...
BUT I've found lots of faults in Magpie, probably not in the program itself but maybe in my files.
Have a look at these pictures...
I've done that Nikhil, although NOT in a different location, I'll try it...
BUT I've found lots of faults in Magpie, probably not in the program itself but maybe in my files.
Have a look at these pictures...
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Why would it do all of that?
OK so I've re-installed in a new location, but now when I start Magpie and click on "Open", it comes with an error box saying "File not Found"
did you change the location of magpie?
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It's in C:/ProgramFiles/EmpireInteractive/ICC2001
Where should I put it?
i think you should download the correct databases. i saw it in the icc editing thread, not sure which page. something like that happened to me and i downloaded those databases and used them.Originally Posted by DJellett
hope this helps
where you installed the game for the 2nd time I thought you said you put it in a new locationOriginally Posted by DJellett
Right, simple solution. No reinstalls necessary.
Download these two files:
Then proceed from the decryption stage onwards.
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Shall I delete the old dataT and dataP files Neil?
What do you think? You've totally screwed up the old ones...
Come on, Dylan, initiative...
Sorry, oh great ginger one.
Are these ICC2002 databases, and will they work with ICC2001 Ashes Edition?
Nup. It still says "File not Found" in Magpie.
try doing what I said
OK here is the scenario...
When I open ICC, and set the ICC location, then I click "Open"
An error box pops up which says "File not Found"
See attched pictures for sequence of events.
Can anyone explain or help?
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No, Nikhil, there's no point creating the same problem again somewhere else.
It's a database compatibility issue. Have you decrypted the databases?
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A year ago, voters in a single Orange County legislative district faced a choice between more than just two candidates.
The ballots car�ried the names of James Petro and Matt Turn�bull, but every�one watching knew that this was a referendum on the county executive.
Petro, appointed to his post to support County Executive Ed Diana, was embarrassed at the polls, and ever since then, county legislators have been at odds over the two main is�sues that drove up turnout – the future of the Valley View nurs�ing home and the Government Center.
This year, there is another single legislative race on the ballot, pitting yet another per�son who opposes the county executive's plans against one appointed to support Diana.
Roseanne Sullivan, the Demo�crat seeking to fill the final year of a four-year term representing much of the towns of Wallkill and Crawford, is clear on the big issues. She wants to keep the nursing home in county hands, not sell it, and wants to repair and renovate the Government Center, not tear it down and replace it.
As a profile of the race said, it is harder to pin down the posi�tions of R.J. Smith. He says he is looking for ways to find a com�promise that legislators can live with so the county can move on.
He was on the committee gathering information on Valley View, a committee that came up with a final report leading to the conclusion that the county should get rid of the current management and pursue more ways to collect uncollected revenue. Smith has said he has issues with some of the report, which concluded that the county could keep Valley View for sev�eral million dollars less than the county executive has estimated.
Although he voted with other legislators to create the com�mittees which had subpoena power, he was one of the 10 Republicans who voted in a bloc against going to court to compel appearances by Diana and his department heads, all of whom refused to testify under oath. He also voted against a Democratic proposal to fund Valley View for an interim period.
He said he could support a scaled-back version of the Diana plan to replace the Government Center but also can see the ad�vantage of renovating buildings, depending on the outcome of a study about the costs of repair�ing the roof and other parts.
Diana now says he can sell the home with 11 votes, not 14 – and win or lose in November, Smith would still be on the board to vote on any proposals until his appointed term expires at the end of the year.
Once again, people outside the district will be watching on election night to see how this referendum goes.
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With allergy season in full swing in our neck of the woods all we can think of are ways to find relief. Waking up sneezing and coughing with swollen eyes are not our idea of fun and we are thinking it's probably time to upgrade the filter in our bedroom. With our apartment set up the way it is, it's important to have a filter that will not only work well, but will also look great.
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- PlusMinusZero Air Cleaner by Naoto Fukasawa has a slim elegant shape that we love. This quiet and unobtrusive air cleaner is made of ABS plastic casing with perforated steel grille, and is available in black, white or grey. $393
- LightAir IonFlow 50 is silent, creates no ozone and requires weekly cleaning, as it collects dust and particulate matter that quickly. While these don't seem to clean the air quite as thoroughly as the fan driven HEPA models, they DO work, require no filter purchases and tests show that the LightAir "effectively eliminates practically all airborne particles (size 0.3-1.0 μm) in only 5 hours." $350-450
- Henry Air Purifier by Swizz Style is a slim, unobtrusive and modern air purifier that can serve as a decoration piece while delivering six-stage purification in almost complete silence, and ozone-free. Measuring over 50" in height, Henry is available in black or white metallic colors and offers 6 stages of air purification. $290
- Conway Daan Air Purifiers mimics a floor lamp design (yes, it lights up), making this air purifier very decor friendly. They're rated to filter indoor air at up to a 161 sq. ft. radius, making this a small room solution, but one with lots of flexibility. These purifiers are not yet in production.
- Alen Paralda HEPA Air Purifier offers top of the line filtration of airborne particles such as allergens, bacteria and viruses. It's equipped with an ozone safe ionizer, long lasting UV light and a true HEPA filter capable of removing 99.42% of dust, dust mites, pet dander, mold spores and pollen in rooms up to 400 ft². $500
- Clatronic LR 3193 offers 4-stage filtration and effectively removes dust, odors and allergy causing particles. $68
- Rabbit Air BioGS is designed to remove a wide variety of allergens and contaminants from the air, including dust, pollens, dander, odors, and chemical vapors, apparently more efficiently than traditional HEPA purifiers. The Rabbit Air covers up to 600 square feet, and should run silently at low speed, a nice feature if you, like us, plan to run it in your bedroom. $330
- Viktor Air Purifier uses an HPP Filter System with patent application pending. This purifier has five settings for quiet to full blast air flow, with an night mode for night operation and even a fragrance dispenser if you so choose to re-pollute your air with scent. $150
- Electrolux Oxygen Ultra has a three-stage filtration system which include a sensor that automatically detects odors. It will also neutralize viruses, bacteria, chemical vapors, and unwanted gases. $270
- Sharp KC-C150U using its patented Plasmacluster technology can trap dust, pollen, mold spores and pet dander, decrease odors, and freshen and humidify the air. This air purifier has a triple filtration system that includes a permanent washable pre-filter that traps dust and other large airborne particles, a washable active carbon filter that absorbs common household odors, and a True HEPA filter with antimicrobial coating that traps 99.97 percent of particles as small as 0.3 microns that pass through the filter, including pollen, smoke, dust, dust mites, dander and mold spores. $500
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After a miracle at Etihad, two goals in stoppage time, gave City its first title since 1968, the team today celebrated with a parade. The trophy was carried through the streets of Manchester on an open-top bus, attended by delirious fans and at least one jubilant forward who does not forgive or forget.
In 2009, Carlos Tevez became the first player to make an intra-Manchester transfer in a decade. Neither has spent much time addressing the other, but we can presume the relationship was frosty: Sir Alex Ferguson pointedly referred to City's "desperation" when Tevez rejoined the club in March. That was probably just more mind games, and Fergie was magnanimous in defeat yesterday.
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It might not feel like fall in Northeast Florida yet, but the fall arts season is in full swing. This is one busy weekend for visual arts, with several major openings.
New York painter Leslie Wayne's exhibit of abstract art created by building layers of oil paint into 3-D compositions opens J. Johnson Gallery's season. You have never seen paintings like these. The paint is sculpted, scraped, cut and combined to create works evocative of geological and oceanographic forms.
Reception 6-8 p.m. Sept. 20, exhibit continues through Nov. 1
J. Johnson Gallery, 177 Fourth Ave. N., Jacksonville Beach
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The Museum of Contemporary Arts Jacksonville mounts the first retrospective exhibit to encompass the entire span of Michael Goldberg's career. Goldberg was an abstract expressionist who discussed art and studied with Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline. Goldberg died in 2008, but his wife, the artist Lynn Umlauf, will attend the opening.
Reception 6 p.m. Sept. 20 for patrons, 7-9 p.m. for members, exhibit Sept. 21-Jan. 5, 2014
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366-6911, mocajacksonville.org
The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens celebrates the opening of the J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver Community Sculpture Garden & Plaza with its inaugural exhibit. Permanent sculptures in the new space include William Zorach's bronze "Spirit of the Dance." The completion of the Olmsted Garden restoration is celebrated with live music, art-making activities and demonstrations.
Sculpture Garden Ponce de León Society opening and donor recognition 6-8 p.m. Sept. 20
Sculpture Garden community opening 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 21
The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, 829 Riverside Ave., Riverside
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Jacksonville University graduates Kirin Hale and Helen Cowart focus attention on glass artists with this juried exhibit that includes "any art created with high temperatures including glass, clay, metal, soldering, welding and other art formed from fire." Finalists were chosen by Brian Frus, assistant professor of glass at Jacksonville University.
Opening reception 6-10 p.m. Sept. 21, exhibit continues through Sept. 29
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Sophomore • 2010
Earned unanimous All-Ivy League first-team accolade … Finished the season with a team-high 42 RBI and led the league with 13 home runs … Set new school records for chances (420), putouts (402) and most times hit by pitch (13) in a season and tied school record for most doubles in a season with 14 … Went 1 for 3 with a double against Central Florida March 5 … Went 2 for 3 with a run scored and an RBI in a 4-0 win over Boston College March 7 … Collected a double, run scored, stolen base and an RBI in 2-1 win over Northern Illinois March 12 … Belted a home run against Quinnipiac March 27 … Was 1 for 4 with a double and three RBI against Fairfield March 28 … Launched a pair of home runs and collected four RBI in a win over Cornell Apr. 3 … Collected five hits in eight at-bats against Holy Cross Apr. 6, driving in a pair of runs in the doubleheader … Connected on a home run in game one against Penn Apr. 10 … Went 2 for 3 with a home run and three RBI in game one of doubleheader against local foe Boston College Apr. 15 and again against Brown Apr. 19 … Hit a pair of home runs and drove in three runs Apr. 20 against Rhode Island … Knocked a solo home run to start the Yale series Apr. 24 … Bashed a three-run home run and scored a pair of runs in game one against Dartmouth May 1 … Collected two hits in each of the final three games against the Big Green, picking up three RBI in game two May 1, and two RBI in game two May 2 … Ended the regular season on a 10-game hitting streak … Tied the score at 2-2 with a solo home run in deciding game three of Ivy League Championship series against Cornell.
Freshman • 2009
Appeared in all 44 games with 37 starts at first base … Compiled a .304 batting average with a .529 slugging percentage … Tied for first on the team with four home runs and 11 doubles … Tied for second on the team in RBI with 23 …Named to the Highlander Classic All-Tournament Team after recording five hits and four RBI on 11 hits … Hit a homerun in 8-1 win over Bryant March 26 … Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll April 7 after going 2 for 3 with two homeruns, four RBI and two runs scored in 5-2 win over Princeton April 5 … Went 1 for 3 with a double in second game of doubleheader against Dartmouth April 26.
Before Harvard
Team captain ... Played first and third base ... Second-team All-Marin County Athletic League freshman year and first-team all-league last three years ... Rookie of the Year freshman season and team MVP sophomore year ... San Francisco Chronicle second-team All-Metro sophomore and junior seasons ... Led team to three straight conference crowns, including an undefeated record senior year ... Won North Coast Section Division III Redwood Empire championship senior season ... Three-year post player on the basketball team ... Lifetime California Scholarship Federation member ... Four-time member of Redwood Honor Society ... North Coast Section and CIF Scholar Athlete ... AP Scholar ... Marin County Architecture Competition honorable mention in 2007 ... Coached 2004 Special Olympics volleyball team ... Marin Girls Softball Clinic volunteer 2004-07.
Uncle, Steve, played basketball at Syracuse.


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When you issue a SQL statement, the database attempts to lock the resources needed to successfully execute the statement. If the requested data is currently held by statements of other uncommitted transactions, however, and remains locked for a long time, a timeout occurs.
Consider the following scenarios involving data access failure:
A DML statement that requires locks on a remote database can be blocked if another transaction own locks on the requested data. If these locks continue to block the requesting SQL statement, then the following sequence of events occurs:
A timeout occurs.
The database rolls back the statement.
The database returns this error message to the user:
ORA-02049: time-out: distributed transaction waiting for lock
Because the transaction did not modify data, no actions are necessary as a result of the timeout. Applications should proceed as if a deadlock has been encountered. The user who executed the statement can try to reexecute the statement later. If the lock persists, then the user should contact an administrator to report the problem.
A query or DML statement that requires locks on a local database can be blocked indefinitely due to the locked resources of an in-doubt distributed transaction. In this case, the database issues the following error message:
ORA-01591: lock held by in-doubt distributed transaction identifier
In this case, the database rolls back the SQL statement immediately. The user who executed the statement can try to reexecute the statement later. If the lock persists, the user should contact an administrator to report the problem, including the ID of the in-doubt distributed transaction.
The chances of these situations occurring are rare considering the low probability of failures during the critical portions of the two-phase commit. Even if such a failure occurs, and assuming quick recovery from a network or system failure, problems are automatically resolved without manual intervention. Thus, problems usually resolve before they can be detected by users or database administrators.


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And impossibly EASY.
In fact that is the name of the recipe: Impossibly Easy Coconut Pie. Which I got here.
Thank you Betty!
This mixes up in about 4 minutes and bakes up perfectly in a glass pie dish. You can just serve warm slices from that.
However, I made it a day ahead and let it cool completely and was able to flip it out and onto a nice plate/platter for presentation, garnish and refrigerate until serving time. If you make ahead and platter it like I did, I would bring it out of the fridge about 20-30 mins before serving so it will be cool but not cold. Cover with plastic wrap while hanging in the fridge so it stays moist.
Although delicious plain, just as is, I added extra shredded coconut on top for garnish and heated some frozen mixed berries with a little honey to serve warm on top. But this would also be very delicious with chocolate sauce. Or maybe pineapple sauce. The combinations are endless.
Just try it. You will love this EASY dessert!
(Betty – you can feel free to contact me via email to "thank me" for endorsing your recipe/product! 😉 )


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|2010-01-12, 20:45
|Link #401
Honestly, when I saw it, there was really only one thing I got from:
LENS FLARE. Plus I like how Kyou and Tomoyo randomly show up to meet them later, even though there is no suggestion whatsoever that they are friends. And Ryou doesn't exist. I understand she's not that important and nobody really cared about the poor girl in the anime, but still!
|2010-01-13, 03:57
|Link #402
Join Date: Dec 2003
Age: 36
|2010-01-13, 15:47
|Link #403
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
I had seen movie moments ago and somehow it was lacking
Basicly it was a short re-tail of 2 seasons with slight modifications.
Ryou being completly ignored was sad, Kotomi also by some reason happened to be conductor 0_o
Was nice to see Sunohara/Tomoyo/Tomoya communicate with each other though... but somehow movie was lacking for me.
|2010-01-15, 04:24
|Link #404
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: NSW, Australia
Age: 24
It was in Malaysia...
So I got English, Chinese and Malay subs for it. ^^
|2010-01-15, 08:55
|Link #405
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Malaysia is known to be the bootleg capital when it comes to DVDs. The sticker of Malaysian Classification Board on the DVD cases is also fake while the DVD itself and contents (english subtitles in particular) are very dodgy. Many bootleggers use the stickers to claim it's authentic but in reality it isn't since they get the stickers from some dodgy source and just slap it on the DVD cases, it's happened with hundreds of animes and I'm sure movies from the west and such too.
There's a link a below on a guide to spot bootleg DVDs since your previous post described how messed up your "boxed" version of the Clannad series and movies were (which I assume you didn't want to get - you're not a supporter of bootleggers are you?)
How to spot bootleg anime DVDs
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|2010-01-15, 22:28
|Link #406
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: NSW, Australia
Age: 24
|2010-01-16, 00:52
|Link #407
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Pretty sad you had to use a item description on an online shop to refute that as to one that's actually on the DVD, besides there isn't even any subs on the DVD :P, anyway my point is if you're gonna buy anime DVDs at least buy it from official companies or licensors than from dodgy asian bootlegs. Fair enough if it's your first time as you may be unaware but try to actually support the people who make and produce the anime than support bootleggers who just steal from them and make their own profits.
|2010-11-15, 17:26
|Link #408
Playful Explorer
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Fair Oaks, California
Age: 29
Clannad the Movie will be English Dubbed!
Source: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...nad-anime-film
(I will not watch S1 Dub & S2 Dub until Movie Dub is out)
|2010-12-08, 14:28
|Link #409
Join Date: Apr 2010
That David Mataranga guy or whatever his name is needs to do a better job this time around, or hire someone else. He was a bad voice actor from the beginning of the series right up to the end. And Greg Ayares as Sunohora....ugh.
Clannad was just not meant to be dubbed. Or if it was...not by these guys.
|2010-12-10, 13:42
|Link #411
Alto x Ranka :)
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: New York City
No offense to the american VA but Mai Nakahara is just better in so many ways. I was also impressed by Mai's improvement after voicing Nagisa in the the movie. In the movie, Nagisa's voice felt as bland as her character but Nagisa from the TV series had a subtle growth in not just her character, but her voice as well.
|2010-12-10, 23:13
|Link #412
Join Date: Apr 2010
Nagisa's character in the movie wasn't bland at all. She made a profound impact on everyone she met and basically carried the entire movie. Her drive and determination were both infectious and adorable, which compelled everyone around her to help her achieve her goals, and compelled me to keep watching (lol).
I'd watch the movie again just as a reminder of how awesome she is. A series rewatch would be a lot harder for me to stomach.
|2010-12-12, 20:48
|Link #413
Alto x Ranka :)
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: New York City
Character-wise, the movie had it's own differences but Mai Nakahara didn't help any with her sub-par acting (in which I believe she improved on quite a bit in the TV series.) I can agree with Nagisa (I.e. - TV Series) being bland up to the end of the first season but the second season had such amazing subtle development. It might not have been substantial but it was certainly an impressive growth in character.
Aside from just the characters though, there were plenty of other areas where I felt the TV series did a much better job. Music and music placement is one that comes to mind right away and the comedy as well. Even so I have to admit the movie did do it's best with pacing.
|2010-12-15, 00:49
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Join Date: Apr 2010
|2010-12-15, 17:20
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~Official Slacker~
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Xanadu
Age: 24
I believe the only time Nagisa was not around in AS was about 1-2 episodes... Even after episode 16, she was mentioned from time to time to tell fans to remember Nagisa forever more. But Ushio is taking her place for the parts.
|2010-12-17, 12:32
|Link #417
Dango Daikaizoku
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Southern California
His acceptance of Ushio was also his acceptance of everything he had gained during his time with Nagisa and his acceptance of his loss. He accepted Ushio and reconciled with his father both to avoid making the same mistakes his father made but also to allow Nagisa's legacy to live on. At the end of episode 18 we see Tomoya and Ushio facing Nagisa with Tomoya's voice over saying "Nagisa I found it. I finally found it. Something only I can protect. The precious thing only I can protect. It was right here." We see here that Tomoya's actions were influenced very much by Nagisa. It's his way of saying "I wasn't able to protect you, but I will continue to protect Ushio because that's what you would have wanted." Then in episode 22 Tomoya is rewarded for having the strength to accept his loss and not regretting meeting Nagisa on the hill by having her restored to him by Ushio through the light orbs.
My point is that, despite not being alive at the time, Nagisa was as important a character as Tomoya or Ushio or anyone else during those episodes of After Story.
|2010-12-18, 10:22
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Join Date: Apr 2010
True, Nagisa did have a profound impact on the series metaphysically, but the fact that they happened in the manifestation of Ushio and basically every situation surrounding her puts Ushio in the driving seat of the emotion for the second half of the series. I felt when Ushio cried and when she died. Nothing Nagisa did in the first half had a profound impact on me. I wasn't very happy when she died, though, I'll admit.
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G6971, Reviewed December 2008
Grafting is the act of joining two plants together. The upper part of the graft (the scion) becomes the top of the plant, the lower portion (the understock) becomes the root system or part of the trunk. Although grafting usually refers to joining only two plants, it may be a combination of several. A third plant added between two others becomes the trunk or a portion of it. This is called an interstem. Multiple grafts may produce an apple tree with several varieties or a rose-of-Sharon shrub with several different colors of flowers.
Some cultivars (varieties) of plants do not come true from seeds. Others are difficult or impossible to reproduce from cuttings or other propagation techniques. Grafting (topworking) is a way to change a large tree from an old to a new variety. It is also a method of using a root system better adapted to soil or climate than that produced naturally by an ungrafted plant. By using special understocks or interstems, grafting is a way to produce dwarf plants.
Not all plants can be grafted. Generally, only plants closely related botanically form a good graft union. Grafting is not a means of developing new varieties. The stock and scion must be compatible. Incompatible grafts may not form a union, or the union may be weak. A poor union results in plants that either grow poorly, break off or eventually die.
The compatibility of plants has been determined through many years of trial. There is no other way to determine whether or not two plants will produce a good graft union. This publication will help you make a decision about the possibility.
Most varieties of a particular fruit or flowering species are interchangeable and can be grafted. Because of differences in vigor, some are better able to support others as understocks. For example, although a union is possible, sour cherry is not a good understock for sweet cherry. Sweet cherry is more commonly grafted onto Mazzard (Prunus avium) or Mahaleb (P. mahaleb) seedlings.
Plants of the same botanical genus and species can usually be grafted even though they are a different variety. Plants with the same genus but of a different species often can be grafted. But the result may be weak or short-lived, or they may not unite at all.
Plants of different genera are less successfully grafted, although there are some cases where this is possible. For example, quince, genus Cydonia, may be used as a dwarfing rootstock for pear, genus Pyrus.
Plants of different families cannot be grafted successfully. Although it has been reported that relatively short-lived grafts of herbaceous plants of different families have been made, there is no successful practice for commercial or home grafting of woody plants of different families.
It is sometimes believed that two plants can be made into a genetically different plant by the process of grafting. However, there is no basis for this idea. Although there are cases where a different type of shoot develops from the graft union, this is the result of a chimera, a type of mutation. This is not a true intermingling of the genetic structure of two different plants as occurs in seed-produced hybrids.
Most grafting is done in late winter or early spring before new growth begins. The best time is after the chance of severe cold has passed but well before hot weather arrives. Scion wood may be collected during the winter. Store it in a cold, moist place at temperatures close to 34 degrees Fahrenheit. At home, a few scions could be stored in a plastic bag in the refrigerator with moist paper towels, or they could be dipped in paraffin so they retain moisture.
Grafting techniques can be divided into two basic types, which are largely determined by the size of the understock. In some cases, a graft may be made to join a scion and understock of nearly equal size. The other type attaches a small scion to a much larger understock. In this case, several scions may be attached to the understock as in cleft or bark grafting.
Figure 1
Whip graft
A. Cuts for the whip graft must be smooth and straight.
B. Cut again to form the tongue.
C. Push stock and scion tightly together.
D. Wrap graft to keep cuts tight and to prevent drying.
E. Whip and tongue graft with scion attached to root system.
Whip graft, bench graft
The whip graft (Figure 1) is fairly easy and heals rapidly. It works best when the stock and scion are of similar diameter, preferably between 1/4 and 1/2 inch.
The stock can be either a plant growing in the field or a dormant bareroot plant as in a bench grafting. The stock should be smooth and straight-grained. Do not graft near a point where side twigs or branches have developed.
The scion should be 1-year-old wood, preferably the same size as the stock. If the stock is larger than the scion, contact can be made on only one side. The scion should never be larger than the stock.
Figure 2
Cleft graft
A. Cut stock smoothly. Trim any rough edges with a knife.
B. Split stock, and open with a grafting tool.
C. Make a long, smooth cut to prepare scion.
D. Cut again to make a pie-shaped wedge.
E. Promptly insert scion into stock after cutting.
F. Cambium layers must match closely.
G. A very slight slant can ensure cambial contact.
H. After insertion, wax thoroughly to prevent drying.
I. After the first year, shorten one scion to allow the other to develop.
The cleft graft
The cleft graft (Figure 2) is most commonly used to topwork a tree; that is, to change from one variety to another. It can be used on either young or mature trees. Young trees may be cleft grafted on the trunk, while older trees are grafted on branches not more than 2-1/2 inches in diameter. Branches fully exposed to sunlight and in the main stream of sap flow are more successful than those in shaded or inactive areas. Grafts on upright branches grow better than those on horizontal branches.
Figure 3
Bark graft
A. Stock may be prepared with a single cut, left, or a double cut.
B. Cut scion to form a shoulder.
C. For single cut, left, insert scion under bark, making a tight fit. For double cut, use small nails to secure scions.
Bark graft (veneer graft)
Bark grafting (Figure 3) is relatively easy and requires no special tools. It is similar to cleft grafting and may be performed on branches ranging from 1 inch to several inches in diameter.
Figure 4
Side graft
A. Cut scion to form a short, smooth edge.
B. Make a slanting cut into the stock.
C. Insert scion so that cuts on thicker side match the cambium of the stock.
D. Cut off the top of the stock only after growth begins.
Side graft, stub graft
The side graft is relatively simple and is suitable for plants that are too large for a whip graft but not large enough for cleft or bark grafts (Figure 4). The plant or branch that will serve as the stock should be between 1 and 2 inches in diameter. The material for the scion should be about 1/4 inch in diameter.
Scion wood should always be dormant. Scion wood should be made from previous season's growth and have a diameter of 1/4 to 3/8 inch. Store the scion in moist sphagnum moss, sand or a plastic bag in a cool place. It must be kept moist and cool until used. After the cuts are made, scions must be inserted immediately, or cuts should be kept moist until used.
Scion wood should be made of twig sections with two to three buds each. Discard the tip of scion wood and recut the base before grafting.
The best time for grafting is in the spring just as growth starts. When necessary, grafting can start several weeks before growth is expected and can continue a few weeks after growth has started, if you have dormant scion wood in storage and if weather is not exceptionally warm.
Other suggestions
The stock and scion must have cambial contact for union and growth to take place. All cut surfaces must be covered and kept covered with grafting wax until complete healing has occurred. In a few techniques, alternate methods for maintaining moisture in the union are used. But if you are grafting only a few plants, you will find waxing the graft most satisfactory.
After the graft has taken and growth has started, cut off any side shoots or competing twigs that would shade or compete with the development of the new graft.
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The banana graft can be used for slightly older plants where stock and scion are about the same size. The stock is peeled as shown and the wood is cut.
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Here the wood has been removed from the stock and is ready to receive the scion, which is being prepared.
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Apple plants joined by whip-and-tongue grafting.
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After the stock and scion are fitted together, they are wrapped to keep the union tight and moist. After healing through the winter, they will be ready for the field by spring.
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For a cleft graft, where the stub is split, two scions are normally used.
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This scion of pecan being prepared for bark grafting will be fit on a section of the 1-1/2-inch pecan seedling rootstock that has been cleared of bark.
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After completing the grafting process, promptly cover the union to keep the graft cool and moist.
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A complete set of Progress Toward Ranks beads for a boy who has completed both Wolf and Bear ranks.
The Progress Toward Ranks emblem if for Wolf and Bear Cub Scouts. While working toward the Wolf or Bear rank badge, Cubs receive one bead for every three achievements completed: Yellow beads for Wolf, Red beads for Bear.
The emblem is worn suspended from the right pocket flap button.


text: This is a small world music tune (23 seconds) called Bolivian Vibe. It's a happy, atmospheric tune played in a original Bolivian/North Argentinian style. The tempo is 90BPM in the key of A minor. Instruments I've used for this tune: charango, a big drum, accordion, nylon string guitar and bass guitar. It's perfect as sound logo, commercials or small items.


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Mushkin Callisto Deluxe 60GB Review
The Callisto series of solid state drives (SSDs) from Mushkin were released just four months ago and showed that the use of the Sandforce 1200 series controller offered performance superior to that of the INDILINX and Jmicron controlled drives that were the mainstay in the market at that time. The one downside to that original Sandforce controller-equipped drive was that it was equipped with a firmware that capped 4K random write performance to 10,000 IOPs. Even so, it delivered great performance that outpaced the results delivered by other drives with competing SSD processors, including the INDILINX-equipped Mushkin Io. Fast forward that same four months and Mushkin has updated the firmware on this new "Deluxe" version of its Callisto series drives so you get the Sandforce controller's uncapped 4K random write performance of up to 50,000 IOPs.
Other than the uncapped firmware, the Mushkin Callisto Deluxe has the same feature set, with read speeds of up to 285 MB/s and write speeds of up to 275 MB/s, the Sandforce SF1200 consumer grade controller, TRIM support, 34nm MLC Flash memory, 2,000,000 hours MTBF, and a three year warranty. The Callisto Deluxe comes in the same capacities as the original - 60GB (our test drive), 120GB, and 240GB. The pricing for this drive comes in at a meager (for SSDs) $144 for the 60 GB version I am testing. Performance-wise, I look for this drive to show the same characteristics as its predecessor, the Callisto.
Closer Look:
Let's start out looking at the packaging of the Callisto Deluxe. The front panel shows the product name with a small crescent to the left of the name. This moon shape makes reference to the third largest moon of Jupiter, Callisto, with the product description underneath. The upper left has the Mushkin Enhanced logo, while the bottom right contains a tag with the product number and SKU. The rear panel has a short sales pitch on the merits of the Mushkin Callisto series of solid state drives that includes speed and silence along with TRIM support. The bottom left has a link to the Mushkin website and a notation about the drive being assembled in the United States.
Once you remove the outer packaging sleeve, you have what looks like a book inside. By flipping this open to the first "page" of dense foam, you have the included 2.5 to 3.5 inch drive bay adapter for mounting the Callisto inside your chassis. Under this is the drive and yet further down into the layers of foam are the screws for mounting the drive.
With everything pulled out, you have the drive mounting screws and the 2.5 inch to 3.5 inch adapter - this being something more manufacturers are including with its 2.5 inch drives. It just makes installing them an easy task, rather than trying to find an adapter or cobbling something up. It is simple and sleek to match the Callisto drive.
The first look shows that you have a 2.5 inch form factor drive with an added adapter. But it's not what goes on outside the drive that makes a difference in performance, but what's inside - a Sandforce-equipped drive with an "Enhanced" firmware for increased performance. Let's see if it delivers.