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Biopesticides are en vogue in the world of agtech. Ever since Bayer acquired Agraquest for nearly half a billion dollars in 2012, start-ups have been raising significant money and jockeying for position as attractive partners and/or acquisition targets. The biopesticide market is still small – in the single-digit billions of dollars worldwide (see the Lux Research webinar "Planting Seeds for Future Success") – but these products continue to take market share from the conventional pesticide market, which is worth more than $50 billion worldwide. While smaller companies like Marrone Bio Innovations and Stockton Agrimor have made headlines by developing promising biologicals, it's really the world's leading agrichemical companies that dominate the patent landscape for biopesticides (see figure below). Of the top 10 patent assignes in the biopesticide space, only five major companies and two smaller companies (Marrone and Qingdao Haolite) are represented. Notably absent from this group is Syngenta, a major player in the conventional agrichemical space.
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How to Build a Successful Precision Ag Platform
The integration of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) with agricultural machinery catalyzed the digitization of farms in the early 2000s, enabling farmers to visualize yield variation within their fields. Since then, the definition of digital ag has evolved to include features beyond just basic yield mapping, such as variable rate prescriptions, irrigation guidance, seed variety benchmarks, and pest outbreak alerts. Decision support features abound, but the present state of the industry is fragmented. Most developers are start-ups who provide one aspect of decision support, and their solutions work in silos alienated from the rest of farm operations. Continue reading
The BioAg Alliance Reveals First Product; How They Plan to Sell Is More Interesting Than the Product Itself
What They Said
Just last month, in December 2016, the BioAg Alliance announced it had co-developed its first product, a corn inoculant seed treatment, branded Acceleron B-300 SAT. Monsanto and Novozymes have not disclosed many details about the inoculant, other than that it contains a fungal species isolated from soil, and field trials of the inoculant in corn has demonstrated an average yield increase of 4 bu/ac in the U.S. Monsanto will apply the product to all of its 2017 corn hybrids, including its DEKALB and Channel brands. Monsanto will pre-coat seed before shipping it to retailers and farmers, calling the treatment the first "upstream" corn inoculant ever developed. Monsanto already provides downstream seed treatments through its Seed Applied Solutions division. Farmers can choose to coat corn, soy, and cotton seed with insecticide, fungicide, and nematicide (see figure).
Battle of Titans: Monsanto and BASF Poised to Lock Horns Over Syngenta
Syngenta was the subject of breathless press coverage once again this week, with headlines about Monsanto's takeover intentions capturing a significant portion of the coverage, and BASF's newly revealed activities taking a close second. For those clients who are unaware of the ongoing posturing in the space, here's a quick recap:
Monsanto has previously made multiple offers, over multiple years, to purchase Syngenta. These offers have carried varying valuations for Syngenta, with the most recent and seemingly serious proposal valuing Syngenta at $45 billion. Syngenta CEO Michael Mack has spoken up, calling the offers to date an undervaluation of the company, and that the anti-trust implications would be significant; additionally, Syngenta has posted promising growth figures recently, making it a poor time to consider offers. Meanwhile, Monsanto executives have been working in the background, claiming to have verbal support from various Syngenta shareholders. Very recently, BASF announced its intentions to block Monsanto's efforts, stating that they had raised bridge funding for a potential takeover. Rather than take an active role, however, BASF intends to remain reactive and claims it will only advance its efforts in the event that Monsanto brings a formal proposal forward.
In light of these battling titans, Lux asks the question: What would the impact(s) on the agribusiness industry be if either titan is successful?
If Monsanto is successful in convincing Syngenta to accept its overtures, it will retain Syngenta's chemicals businesses and divest the company's seed businesses. Monsanto believes this will assuage concerns of anti-trust regulators, though it's possible Monsanto will have to divest essentially all of its seed businesses and become a pure agrichemicals company to truly satisfy those demands. BASF will number among the would-be buyers for a portion of the seeds side. Based on comments in the press, Monsanto is likely to treat the transaction as a means to access Syngenta's existing facilities and customer base, rather than its R&D pipeline. Current Syngenta R&D efforts may be shuttered in favor of ongoing Monsanto efforts.
Monsanto is likely to move its headquarters to Basel where Syngenta is already headquartered, thereby taking advantage of the more attractive corporate tax situation in Switzerland compared to the U.S., saving billions of dollars that it may well use to sweeten the deal for current Syngenta shareholders. Current dealers of Syngenta seeds and chemicals will lose out, likely to be forced to shift to Monsanto-branded products. Growers currently using Syngenta seeds may switch to other agrichemical providers rather than purchasing Monsanto products, a potential boon for the eventual purchaser of Syngenta's current seeds business. Monsanto's precision agriculture offerings will likely become more accessible to European growers (and will be marketed to them more aggressively), leading to an increased cost of production and increased yield for corn, soy, and wheat in Europe. Within five to eight years, European row crop farm incomes will be much more volatile. There will be little noticeable change for U.S. growers beyond the disappearance of the Syngenta brand from available options, and potential marketing pressure to switch to Monsanto-branded products.
BASF has said it will only make a formal offer as a defensive move in the event Monsanto follows through with a formal offer of its own. If BASF succeeds, it will be because it brought a more attractive offer to the table than Monsanto could. Anti-trust concerns would dominate the initial joining between these two as well, likely prompting sell-offs. As BASF has been much less vocal in the press about its intentions, it is harder to predict its strategy. Lux would expect BASF to focus on chemistry over seeds as well, perhaps making Syngenta's seed business available for purchase. The potential tax implications are not so impressive in this case, and it is unlikely BASF would move its headquarters. The combined company would likely move quickly to dominate the European market, potentially at the expense of market share in the U.S. That could end up being a boon for Monsanto, which would likely intensify its focus on gaining U.S. market share. The long-term result of a BASF success would likely be increased regionality among the major agribusinesses.
In any event, if either attempt is successful, the result will be a even smaller group of leading companies in an already well-consolidated industry. Rather than the "Big Six" of agriculture to date, the new group will be the "Huge One and Big Four" going forward. A smaller number of major players can often stifle innovation in an industry, as it means fewer potential partners and licensees for startups trying to innovate. Either overtaking company should double down on open innovation to ensure that the long-term impacts of its actions don't include a drought of novel ideas for agriculture.
Dow AgroSciences and Valent BioSciences Each up the Ante on Biological Crop Protection, but Whose Bet Will Pay Off More Quickly?
In separate press releases, both Dow AgroSciences and Valent BioSciences made announcements demonstrating new commitments to biological crop protection. Dow AgroSciences announced a partnership with Radiant Genomics, a metagenomics company. Sumitomo Chemical's subsidiary Valent BioSciences announced a partnership with Evolva, a company with expertise in developing engineered yeast strains. Both collaborations will aim to develop and discover novel biological actives for crop protection, with Dow AgroSciences focusing on discovery and scale production of natural products and Valent BioSciences working on scale production of actives using engineered yeast. These partnerships are reminiscent of the December 2013 announcement by Monsanto and Novozymes (client registration required) of the BioAg Alliance, also targeting biological crop protection products.
Dow AgroSciences has demonstrated past success with its spinosad-based insecticide product lines like Entrust and Conserve. Spinosad is a natural product insecticide, isolated from a naturally occurring bacterial strain called Saccharopolyspora spinosa. The company has demonstrable expertise in scaling up production once a valuable biological active ingredient is identified – which is what makes the partnership with Radiant Genomics (client registration required) highly valuable. Radiant has expertise in identifying such promising candidates, using metagenomics to identify the genes required to synthesize candidate compounds. This partnership will bring together discovery and scalability, and should yield rapid progress.
Valent BioSciences has also demonstrated success with scale production of biological actives for crop protection. The company owns the largest purpose-built biorational facility in the world, which it just opened in mid-2014. To date, its catalog of agricultural products has been focused on microbials and plant growth regulators, rather than insecticides or fungicides. While Evolva has demonstrated expertise in producing specialty chemicals like resveratrol and vanillin, it is a new entrant to the agriculture industry. Evolva will need to successfully navigate a steep learning curve to apply its expertise to this new sector. While the two companies will work together on manufacturing, Valent BioSciences will likely use parent Sumitomo Chemical Company's global distribution network to aid in commercialization.
While both partnerships have promise, Dow AgroSciences' work with Radiant Genomics is definitely poised for quicker success as it brings together teams with existing expertise in this industry. Valent BioSciences and Evolva also appear positioned to work well together, but will need to navigate the transition of Evolva's expertise from food and fragrance ingredients to crop protection ingredients. Regardless of speed, both bets are likely to pay off in new biological crop protection products. For others considering getting into the space, these announcements make clear that the time is now to find a partner and enter the fray. Clients should look to emulate these representative partnerships – earnestly identify your own expertise, and then look for a partner that fills your gaps and/or extends your reach for the best, most rapid success.
The Innovation Gene-ie is Out of the Bottle; Let's Wish for Better Genetic Tools and Rules
Biological and genetic technologies like DNA sequencing and synthesis are advancing rapidly, outpacing even Moore's Law of semiconductor performance (as Rob Carlson has pointed out). Genetic technologies are now at a point where long-standing assumptions about a wide range of legal, ethical, and societal issues are being debated or even overturned:
- Ownership of genetic intellectual property versus fair use of genetic knowledge. Gene patents have been allowed for decades. But after a protracted legal battle between diagnostics company Myriad and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) over testing for the breast-cancer related BRCA gene, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that companies cannot claim ownership of naturally-occurring genes (client registration required). Industry organizations like BIO said the decision could reduce patent protections for biotech crops by making plant genes fair game for competitors to companies like Monsanto, Syngenta, and Dow Agrosciences. Just recently, university researchers launched the Open Source Seed Initiative, partially in reaction to seed IP-holders' aggressive business practices (client registration required). However, are even free genes truly free? Social progressives also argue that genes can be "owned" by individuals or groups (see Henrietta Lacks, Cartagena Protocol). The iGEM Open Parts Registry strives to make its components (modular DNA sequences) freely available to all, but real and imagined patent thickets discourage almost anyone but amateurs from utilizing them. Despite needed changes to IP law, the mere possibility of David-versus-Goliath litigation is keeping genetic knowledge from being fully used (see the report "BioPunks and BioPatents: The Open-source Battle Comes to Synbio IP" — client registration required).
- Collective (bioethics) versus individual (grass-roots funding) rights. Several U.S. states voted on mandatory labeling of GMO foods as a consumer protection, but sloppy science and sloppier lawmaking led to their defeat (client registration required) at the ballot box – and a victory for ag biotech. At the same time, civil society advocates ETC Group tried to stop the Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign of Glowing Plant, a house plant genetically modified with a bioluminescent non-toxic protein.[1] ETC did convince crowd-funding site Kickstarter (client registration required) to prohibit future campaigns for genetic technologies, but – possibly eyeing GlowingPlant's massively successful $484,000 campaign – Kickstarter competitor Indiegogo rolled out the welcome mat (ironically, ETC's "kickstopper" campaign there raised just 10% of its goal). In both cases, popular sentiment sustained pro-genetic technology, even though the developers ranged in scale from global giant to garage startup – the latter putting ETC in the odd position of being the bully. Even if you wanted to stop it, could you? As startups and garage biotech groups like DIYBio and BioCurious disseminate access, know-how, and funding, they are sharing data electronically on how to make their own glowing pets and plants and snacks, circumventing antiquated restrictions and IP schemes.
- Patient rights versus personal privacy. Just how easy is genetics getting? The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Maryland v. King that police don't need a warrant to take genetic samples, which are now "as simple and normal as taking a photograph." However, genetic data that's easy enough for police to handle is apparently too dangerous for citizens: last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prohibited personal genomics startup 23andMe from marketing its $99 DNA analysis kit directly to consumers. The accuracy of the kit's results is not in question (the test runs on a gold-standard chip from Illumina), but rather the right to communicate potentially disease-related results (such as BRCA) to the consumer. That's silly because such information is already freely and widely available on the Web, and futile since the cost of even more comprehensive tests is making both tests and data highly accessible: 23andme's supplier Illumina just "broke the $1,000 genome barrier," and ICL spinout QuantumDX (client registration required) will soon launch a hand-held DNA analyzer and sequencer that "will enable any layperson to run DNA analysis" in less than 15 minutes, for under $20. While the company's Indiegogo campaign failed, other successful ones like Scanadu's indicate that crowdfunding could even become a key part of FDA device approval strategies (client registration required).
Is it time for a Genetic Frontier Foundation?
To someone from the information technology (IT) world, these and other genetic technology (GT) issues will sound very familiar: open source, patent trolls, privacy, security, innovation – and the list goes on. The similarity is not coincidental: electronic and genetic data have both transitioned from a past when they were closely tied to a physical substrate, to a future where they are simply data – easily copied, changed, simulated, and transmitted. In IT, the non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has played an indispensable role in representing citizens, entrepreneurs, and other smaller and newer players – but larger ones, as well, e.g. on Net Neutrality – in both updating and preserving technology-associated rights from regulatory overreach and unfair, uncompetitive practices.
The EFF addresses issues ranging across ownership of intellectual property, free speech and information transparency, ethics, and innovation – witness IP (Open Source, Fair Use, patent trolls) access (Rebroadcasting, Digital Rights Management, Broadcast Flag), privacy (Do Not Track, NSA spying), and many other topics. As such, the EFF offers a model for how the users and developers of genetic technologies might collaborate to address the issues they jointly face. Its website says:
When our freedoms in the networked world come under attack, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is the first line of defense… New ideas challenge the status quo. That's why people who make cool tools get so much heat from the old guard – and their lawyers.
Do genetic technologies need a similar body? Many GT organizations and laws do exist to address these and similar issues – like Genetic Alliance in personal genetic privacy, BioBricks Foundation in open-source gene IP, BioFAB in bioethics, and BIO in regulatory matters. Sometimes these groups are on the same side, but they can also be unaware of each other or even in opposition (when their economic interests diverge). And they are frankly not as aggressive or effective as the EFF has been. The legal, economic, and ethical aspects of genetic technology are deeply interwoven, and they share many of the same stakeholders, which is why it makes sense now to consider them together. Moreover, these issues are just beginning in genetic tech (whereas the EFF has stayed pretty busy with new IT issues throughout the nearly 25 years since its founding).
Just as the EFF was founded to reinforce or reform law, regulation, and policy around digital technologies, we now need a "Genetic Frontier Foundation" to ensure the same beneficial co-evolution of genetic technologies and the rules that govern their use in treating disease, increasing food supply – and yes, glowing house plants. Despite today's outmoded regulatory, IP, and ethical environments, genetic technologies – and the number of people who know how to use or make them – have grown so far and so fast, it's nearly magical. They will only accelerate, not slow or retreat back into the bottle. With coordinated advocacy, developers and users will continue to reap the benefits we all wish for.
[1] The same protein is used to make GloFish pets, which are approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (which has jurisdiction over biotech animals), and found to be safe by the United States Department of Agriculture and United States Fish and Wildlife Service. They are banned in only one state, California. Notably, FDA considers GFP to be an "animal drug," and GFP is in the middle of a notoriously complex patent pool (started by GE Healthcare), opening up further legal and regulatory questions around its ownership and use.
The BioAg Alliance: What This Week's Monsanto/Novozymes Announcement Means For the Ag Sector
Last week, Monsanto and Novozymes announced the formation of a new research and development (R&D) cooperation, aimed at rapid discovery and commercialization of biological products for agriculture. Named the BioAg Alliance, this cooperative effort is designed to draw on the strengths of each company to shorten discovery timelines and, theoretically, decrease the cost of development for new biological products. This announcement seems a logical next step following comments by Monsanto's Dave Russell at the World Agri-Tech Investment Summit earlier this year, where he highlighted biologicals as the "missing piece" in Monsanto's goal of offering fully integrated crop care solutions. Under the terms of this agreement, Monsanto will pay Novozymes a lump sum of $300 million. The two companies will then share R&D costs, with each company responsible for the research steps with which they are familiar. For example, Novozymes will be responsible for fermentation, process optimization, and production, while Monsanto will handle field trials, registration-related activities, and product commercialization. While this agreement will not be in full force until clearing U.S. antitrust regulators, no impediment is anticipated at the regulatory level.
This BioAg Alliance will focus on developing new agricultural biological products. "Agricultural biologicals" is an umbrella term describing various biological, bio-sourced, and bio-derived products that can enhance crop cultivation. Relevant product categories include biopesticides (client registration required), microbial and fungal extracts, whole microbes, beneficial insects, plant extracts, and various fermentation products. These products can impart a wide range of traits and protections to crop plants, including insect resistance, disease resistance (client registration required), yield increase, enhanced yield stability, and heightened abiotic stress resistance. Specifically, Novozymes reports that this alliance will focus on "biocontrol, biofertility, and bioyield enhancers."
Biologicals are a fast-growing sector. Monsanto estimates the area to be worth $2.3 billion dollars annually, and cites rapid recent growth as evidence of biological products' growing importance for agriculture. Earlier this year we reported on a collection of high-profile acquisitions of biological product producers by major agribusinesses, totaling $2.5 billion (client registration required). Monsanto is not the only major agribusiness company seeking to capitalize on the growing biological market, but this is definitely a new approach compared to the M&A style of other efforts in this sector.
The Crop Protection Association estimates that bringing a new molecule to market costs $250 million and can take upwards of 9 years. Whether through outright acquisitions or via alliances like the BioAg Alliance, it is imperative that agribusinesses work to bring those costs down. This alliance has promise to chip away at those costs. Others on both sides of the field expertise-wise – agribusinesses and biological developers alike – should consider coming together in a similar manner to avoid losing out on a piece of this rapidly-growing, multi-billion dollar pie.
Trimble Triples Down on Precision Ag
What They Said
Trimble, a location-based services company with its own precision agriculture offering dubbed "Connected Farm," recently announced multiple acquisitions of companies in the space. The company announced that it acquired the assets of two sister companies, RainWave and Hydro-Engineering Solutions, focused on rainfall and watershed monitoring services respectively. In a separate release on the same day, Trimble also announced it had entered into an agreement to acquire IQ
Irrigation, a New Zealand-based GPS-enabled precision irrigation firm. Joe Denniston, Trimble's VP of Agriculture, said, "With the solution, farmers can more efficiently utilize water by delivering the right amount of water to where it's needed. By also staying apprised of other critical information via the Connected Farm dashboard – such as rainfall data and weather forecasts – farmers can make more informed irrigation decisions for their operations."
What We Think
Through these acquisitions and its continued development of the Connected Farm platform, Trimble is making inroads toward establishing itself as a key precision irrigation player in an extremely crowded space. Many companies with offerings in precision agriculture, like John Deere, J. R. Simplot, and Monsanto, have significant market share in the space, but increasing competition and increased farmer adoption are set to grow the precision agriculture market substantially in developed and developing countries, making space for new players to successfully enter the fray. Companies not already focused on possible opportunities in precision agriculture should pay close attention to this and other similar acquisitions in the space. Those companies with any existing precision agriculture capabilities should take notice and look for partnership and acquisition opportunities including advanced irrigation, weather forecasting, input control, and crop monitoring technologies.
The boom in bio-based materials and chemicals is really a boom in synthetic biology
Venture capitalists (VCs) invested $3.1 billion in bio-based chemicals and materials developers since 2004. As many of those start-ups reach megaton scales and launch IPOs, Lux Research analysts sought to find which technologies venture investors favored. This week's graphic comes from their just published report (client registration required), in which analysts tracked 177 venture transactions involving 79 companies operating in five technology categories – biocomposites, bioprocessing, thermochemical processes, crop modification, and algae. In short, they found:
Bioprocessing developers brewed up $1.89 billion in 96 deals. Bioprocessing developers – especially synthetic biology companies – landed more than half the total venture capital invested since 2004. Encompassing technologies like fermentation, phage display, natural breeding and synthetic biology, all bioprocessing platforms employ some sort of organism as a "factory" for creating products as diverse as sweeteners and catalyst supports. Intrinsically flexible, these platforms enable the likes of Amyris, Codexis, LS9, and Solazyme to produce multiple products from multiple feedstocks, thus ensuring a relatively low-cost route to high-value compounds and providing a hedge against feedstock and product price volatility.
Thermochemical technologies raked in $577.0 million in 31 deals. Thermochemical processing encompasses technologies like gasification (Enerkem), catalysis (Avantium, Inventure), and acid hydrolysis (HCL Cleantech, BlueFire) that sometimes convert biomass to an intermediate like sugars or syngas, and sometimes go all the way to an end product. (e.g. Virent's paraxylene is used in Pepsi's famed 100% bio-based PET bottle
Crop modification companies harvested $371.7 million in 28 deals. IPOs are less common fates for crop modification companies which, as you may have guessed, modify crops to be more amenable and economical for use in bio-based materials and chemicals. Instead, companies in this category, like Athenix and FuturaGene, usually end up being acquired by the likes of Syngenta, Monsanto, DowAgro, or Bayer CropScience.
Algae developers saw $190.5 million in 13 deals. Notably, that figure only encompasses start-ups developing algae strains, cultivation systems, and processing equipment for creating industrial chemicals. Representative developers include Bio Architecture Lab, a macroalgae developer, and Israel's Rosetta Green, which had raised $1.5 million in venture funds, but more recently brought in almost $6 million in an IPO on the Tel Aviv TASE. Excluded from this category are companies primarily developing fuels (which we cover in our Alternative Fuels Intelligence service), and companies like Solazyme and Green Pacific Biologicals that use algae for fermentation (and, thus, are categorized in bioprocessing, above).
Biocomposites developers brought in $108.9 million in a mere nine transactions. This category includes bioplastic blends, some starch plastics, and bio-based foams, from the likes of Cereplast, EcoSynthetix, Ecovative Design, and Entropy Resins. Because of the relatively simple nature of these technologies, VCs often don't see them as investment opportunities – forcing companies like SoyWorks and Biop Biopolymer to find other sources of funding.
Source: Lux Research report "Seeding Investment in the Next Crop of Bio-Based Materials and Chemicals."


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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 116397
3c59x driver: network doesn't work on Dell Latiitude CPx laptop
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:37 EST
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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; fr-FR; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113
Description of problem:
I can't get the network to work on my Dell Latitude CPx laptop.
Some information on this machine. It's a Dell Latitude CPx, model PPX:
# lspci -v
0000:06:00.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3CCFE575CT Cyclone
CardBus (rev 10)
Subsystem: 3Com Corporation FE575C-3Com 10/100 LAN CardBus-Fast Ethernet
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
I/O ports at 4800 [size=268M]
Memory at 11000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
Memory at 11000080 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
Expansion ROM at 00020000 [disabled]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Usually the card just doesn't work:
# mii-tool -v
No MII transceiver present!.
Once in a while I boot the laptop and the card does work:
# mii-tool -v
eth0: autonegotiation failed, link ok
product info: TDK 78Q2120 rev 11
basic mode: autonegotiation enabled
basic status: autonegotiation complete, link ok
capabilities: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
advertising: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
# mii-tool -F 10baseT-HD
# mii-tool -v
eth0: 10 Mbit, half duplex, link ok
product info: TDK 78Q2120 rev 11
basic mode: 10 Mbit, half duplex
basic status: link ok
capabilities: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
advertising: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
Note that autonegotiation is disabled on our network (don't ask me
why). This is why I have to force a 10baseT-HD connection. But anyway,
in this case the network card does work.
Please tell me if you need additional information such as boot messages.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
How reproducible:
Mmmh... Actually this could be a duplicate of bug 102685.
Disabling kudzu at startup makes the card work better as suggested: at
least mii-tools doesn't report "No MII transceiver present!.".
However many packets are still dropped:
# ping 172.16.4.36
PING 172.16.4.36 (172.16.4.36) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 172.16.4.23 icmp_seq=0 Destination Host Unreachable
64 bytes from 172.16.4.36: icmp_seq=54 ttl=255 time=9245 ms
ping: sendmsg: No buffer space available
--- 172.16.4.36 ping statistics ---
100 packets transmitted, 66 received, +12 errors, 34% packet loos,
time 142982ms rtt [...]
# ping 172.16.4.36
PING 172.16.4.36 (172.16.4.36) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 172.16.4.23 icmp_seq=0 Destination Host Unreachable
--- 172.16.4.36 ping statistics ---
25 packets transmitted, 0 received, +21 errors, 100% packet loos, time
23989ms rtt, pipe 5
Created attachment 97877 [details]
please try the latest kernel, there have been a *lot* of network
driver fixes in the last few days
I've installed kernel-2.6.3-1.97 and it fixes both problems:
* the interface is not messed up when running kudzu
* no more packet loss
I have upgraded to kernel-2.6.3-1.106 and kernel-2.6.3-1.118 and now I
experience network problems again.
Is it OK to reopen this bug report? Do you need additional information?
This time the device isn't even visible to the system:
# lspci | fgrep 3Com
# kudzu --probe | fgrep 3Com
Of course mii-tool reports no device:
# mii-tool -v
no MII interfaces found
Module 3c59x is not loaded:
# lsmod
Module Size Used by
ext3 115240 2
jbd 72472 1 ext3
I have reinstalled Fedora Core Test 2 from scratch and directly
updated to kernel-2.6.3-1.164.
Now the network runs just fine.
Either this was a problem with kernel-2.6.3-1.106 and
kernel-2.6.3-1.118, or the successive updates had messed up the system.
I noticed some errors in the post-install scripts or translated
descriptions of some packages, which may account for the problem...
I'm terribly sorry to have opened and closed this issue so many times,
but the problem appears to be transient, so the network sometimes
works and usually doesn't.
So I still have problems, both with kernel 2.6.3-1.146 and 2.6.3-1.153.
At least the newtork card seems to be detected correctly:
# lspci | fgrep 3Com
0000:06:00.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3CCFE575CT Cyclone
CardBus (rev 10)
# mii-tool
eth0: 10 Mbit, half duplex, link ok
The network configuration looks OK to me:
# ifconfig eth0
eth0 Lien encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:03:A8:6C:AD
inet adr:172.16.4.23 BCast:172.16.7.255 Masque:255.255.252.0
adr inet6: fe80::201:3ff:fea8:6cad/64 Scope:Lien
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:653 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:1040 frame:0
TX packets:142 errors:7 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:2
collisions:11 lg file transmission:1000
RX bytes:56271 (54.9 Kb) TX bytes:11243 (10.9 Kb)
Interruption:11 Adresse de base:0x4800
but there are lots of packets dropped (when pinging a machine on the
same network) between 100% (most often) and 0% (sometimes).
Ouch! My current kernel is 2.6.3-2.1.253, not 2.6.3-1.153. Sorry.
I've upgraded to FC2 test2 and the network has been running for days.
DNS lookups, updates, and large file transfers work just fine.
I guess something used to go wrong with FC2 test1 updates, or
something like that. Case closed.


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This post was originally published on CredoCovenant on July 12, 2012, and it is being reposted to replace the Senior Thesis page as we are now officially a 'plurality of bloggers' site.
This series breaks up my senior thesis Pragmatic Churches and Pastoral Ministry Students into smaller, easy-to-read articles.
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This year, the DRex team decided to ring in the New Year at one of downtown's most prominent venues, The Fairmont Royal York. Title 'Majestic New Years Eve', this was the very first New Year's Eve party to be held in the Royal York's Concert Hall and Canadian Ballroom. Tons of fun and laughs aplenty.
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I haven't posted here in nearly two years, and a lot has happened in that time. One very significant thing that happened was that I changed my phone number, which ended up locking me out of my WordPress account (damned 2FA!) until today.
I graduated from Penn in December 2014 with a degree in physics and a degree in philosophy, then headed to San Francisco to begin my career. I was pretty burnt out after six years of school, and really wanted to figure all this computer science stuff out, so I decided to give it a try. I worked at a couple small startups and then landed at Uber, where I now work as a Site Reliability Engineer.
The jump from physics to tech wasn't all that crazy, and it's a leap I'm very glad I made (I'll write about it sometime soon). I still spend all my free time studying math, physics, and philosophy, and I'm still very much a fledgling physicist. I've added studying computer science to the list, and have worked hard the last few years to learn computer science at the same pace I learned physics, and have been relatively successful.
I had to find my passion in computer science and software engineering. In physics, my heart belongs to particle physics. In CS, I've fallen in love with distributed systems, which is why I love working at Uber: I get to play with crazy distributed systems at crazy scale every single day.
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"August the Eighth". Now in Ukraine?2012-03-13 14:45
Ukraine has not removed Russian film "August the Eighth" from distribution in the cinemas of the country. Currently, the State Agency for Movies of Ukraine (Goskino) is considering the application on demonstration of this film in the country.
As reported by the Kavkaz-Uzel.ru, Ukraine has not removed Russian film "August the Eighth" from distribution in the cinemas of the country. Currently, the State Agency for Movies of Ukraine is considering the application on demonstration of this film in the country.
Ten days term of the application has not yet expired, thus the distribution licence has not been granted yet.
Goskino consider hype, raised by a number of media and surrounding the film, just a promotional step, the edition reported.
"Actually, we consider this as a successful promotional step on the part of distributors to ensure increased popularity of the film in cinema theaters", the first deputy chairman of Ukrainian Goskino Sergey Semkin said.
Semkin did not exclude that the Goskino may take another 25 days for additional consideration of the application in the event of a discrepancy with respect to the index of this film - that is the age qualification.
At the same time, Ukrainian historian Vladimir Vyatrovich believes that the film "August the Eighth" is political propaganda. According to him, the proof of this is the fact that the film was shot for the public money of Russia, the IA Liga reported.
"We should not forget that this film was shot for the public money, so it is designed to play a certain role. This is political propaganda, which is a continuation of the informational war that is now being waged against Georgia, and somehow extrapolated in Ukraine", the historian said.
Yesterday, a number of media reported the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine banned the distribution of the film "August the Eighth", having canceled the distribution licence. As reported by the IA Donbass, this decision was taken after the appeal of the nationalist NGO "Freedom" and the Georgian diaspora. Representatives of the "Freedom" argue that this film stirs up ethnic hatred. "The purpose of the film, which is already banned in Moldova and Azerbaijan, is the manipulation of mass consciousness in order to whitewash Russian imperialism in general and the invasion of Georgia and occupation of its territory in particular", an activist of the "Freedom" Andrew Mohnik said.
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I pray against the work of Satan everyday Ilse, because I have had the S. Cult bothering me for over 20 years. I never heard of any of the things you are saying about Halloween, except for the parties, but I believe that like those ugly pictures of girls on photobucket with bloody mouths, that is what it likely means to some people. All the blood cries out to God from where ever it be shed and God will reward murders their OWN ways, eventually. Till then all you can do is witness to the cries from the blood. No one I know worships the devil or Satan and actually my friends have always provided safe, quality fun for people of all ages during the Halloween season, and I met some of the best people I ever knew helping out with it too. I know for a fact that not all people use Halloween to worship Satan. But maybe all of our holidays have something wrong with them, Halloween to dress up to go get candy, Christmas to get dressed up to go get presents, Easter to get dressed up to go hunt for eggs and get more candy! There are a lot of people that are disgusted with the paganism embedded into the traditions of all our man made holidays. I don't worship any kind of holiday, I think they are rather amusing at this point in my life actually. But who knows, maybe psychologically they are useful??? Maybe some people would be better off in their year after if they took a day to dress up and play a role, a princess, a fairy godmother, an angel,… I see a lot of those, seems like espeicially this year (kids get to hit up businesses before Halloween, so I already got to see a bunch). I heard Halloween was supposedly about November 1st being 'All Saints Day', that the goblins came out to try to scare the saints the night before. But I would like to read some more history of the Halloween,.. last year I read a lot of articles about the history of Christmas in December and I was just shocked. I'm writing a song about it. How did you know about the Satan worship on Halloween??? Did you read about it somewhere? I'd like to read more about it too. It might help me with my blog about the S. Cult. If you can site any specific article to me about this Ilse, let me know….
October 28, 2007 at 09:55
Hi Ilse, its so interesting to read, It's so hard to imagine that some Satan worshippers would go into something like this. Its hard to believe that people would worship Satan. But I hope people read this, they will learn a few things. Iknow here its just for the kids and candy and yes too much celebration. Anyway, it's really cold here this morning, I got up in the dark, it makes it ever colder it seems, I hope you have a great day today my friend. Luvya, Venus
October 29, 2007 at 12:03
Wow! Be sure to stay away from those Satanists! Much love from Alabama. Mitch
October 30, 2007 at 05:35
Good evening,
It would be nice if the United States did not make such a big ordeal out of Halloween.
It amazes me how naive so many are of this time of year.
The children love the treats and there is nothing wrong with that.
But they should also know the origins and there meanings.
Have a splendid week, Greg
October 30, 2007 at 22:02
I found your name on the home page of my blog and just wanted to say "hi" to you. I live in Texas in the USA and,from reading your blog,I see that you are a Christian. That is wonderful. I have been a Christian since I was a teenager and life has been quite an experience for me. There is a key formula for all humans,if they will only apply it to their lives, that will give them peace,comfort,joy, and the assurance of being in Heaven when their life on Earth ends. That formula is "3:16". This is in reference to the three verses in the Holy Bible: John 3:16,17&18.For those who wondered why Jesus Christ allowed himself to be tortured and executed on a cross over 2,000 years ago, those three verses makes the answer crystal clear. I usually work on Halloween night so I ignore what goes on on that day. That day is for Satan-not for me.I liked the story about the donkey. It gives hope and determination to anyone who has gone through a lot of rough times in their life. I think we all know someone who could benefit from reading that story.You can visit my blog anytime and leave comments. And my blogs are easy to read and may even bring a smile to your face. To improve your outlook, keep looking up (to God). (((((((((((((( Doug ))))))))))))))
November 1, 2007 at 06:13
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November 1, 2007 at 19:24
Hello girl thank you for your passage, I am a gardener and I ecris poemes this space is on the theme of flowers but if you like the poesie I would give you my other blogs, I kiss(embrace) you
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If you're using eBird Mobile on Android and aren't staying logged in, you're in the right place! This can happen when you have your app saved on external memory (e.g., a microSD card) instead of the native phone memory. If you make sure that the save location for the app is on the native phone memory, you'll be all set.


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"Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow." That is the motto of the procrastinator. We all procrastinate to one degree or another. It becomes a major problem in your work life when important tasks or responsibilities are left undone or are completed in a slipshod manner because inadequate time was left to complete the task properly. Procrastination lowers anxiety in the short run due to the relief we feel from task avoidance. But it greatly increases our stress in the long run as tasks pile up or time runs short.
The main and most direct cause for procrastination is low frustration tolerance (Ellis & Knaus, 1977). You need to accept the fact that to receive future rewards, you often need to undertake present discomfort. Low frustration tolerance is based on the irrational notion that present pain or discomfort is "too hard to bear." This belief that you cannot stand present pain for future gain invites and practically commands you to continue your delay tactics. This can be a very debilitating cycle.


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Soil in Landscaping
After increasing your soil's organic matter to increase water retention, mulching and using drip irrigation drastically reduces water use. But we can go a few steps further to reduce water loss. These "extra" measures make a huge difference in arid climates.
Australian permaculture guru, Geoff Lawton has a few good suggestions in his video, Permaculture Soils.
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"Sustainability: to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
World Commission on Environment and Development (1989)
A couple months ago I agreed to do a tweetup on #gardenchat. I had first wanted to do something on natural pest and disease control since most of Canada has banned pesticides for home use. But Brenda Haas, moderator of #gardenchat, felt it already been covered. I put my thinking cap on and came up with "Sustainable Garden Design."
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Grading … it's one of my pet peeves. Landscapers/developers should know better, but they don't always get grading right. Or they forget to check for it, or it was done (sort of) but with time, erosion and settling, the grading changed.
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In the ensuing decade, Venod Sharma, father of the accused and a high profile congress leader, paid millions of rupees to silence witnesses. It was not until the Tehelka Magazine did a sting investigation and Star News aired the footage that justice was finally served. "No One Killed Jessica" faithfully follows the case to emerge a winner.
Almost everyone knows the story. Yet, the film makes some interesting departures to keep the momentum going. A Barkha Dutt type character has been introduced in Rani Mukerji though the former did not have much to do with the case or its reinstatement. However, Rani lacks the intensity to pull off such a strong role and the strain shows.
On the other hand, Vidya Balan soars with the unglamorous, distraught and hunchbacked portrayal of Jessica's sister. Director Raj Kumar Gupta makes direct comment on the society we live in, its voyeuristic tendencies and the judiciary's disregard for justice. Everyone knows the extent of corruption and rot in the system as symptomised by the acquittal of Manu Sharma, but the question as always is who would bell the cat if the police and judiciary do not. In this case Tehelka, who did the sting investigation and Star News (and not NDTV that walks away with the praises in the film) that aired the footages did manage to right a wrong. But the question is not just of Jessica Lall, but the thousands like her whose cases have not had the light of justice shine upon them.
The Jessica Lall murder thus became an emblem of the rot in the democracy, police and judiciary. The truth is, the culprits were not just Manu Sharma, his friends and his family, but Shayan Munshi who redacted his statements leading to Manu's acquittal and Bina Ramani, both of whom continue to have successful careers, one as an actor-model and the latter as a heedless socialite. The culprit is all of us who stay silent to the injustice all around us. The injustice done in Jessica's case has been corrected, but the question remains of the millions of other cases of injustice in the country. Gupta's film on a true incident bodes well for Bollywood, which is normally not too keen on reality, and the concept of justice itself. Yet, the question is not who killed Jessica Lall, but as the gross miscarriage of injustice in Kashmir, central and northeast India and the thousands of pending cases in the country show — it is: who killed justice in India?


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This is my great, great aunt Benedetta. She was brave, clever, and driven to move things forward. She was also an Italian model who had 'married well,' enchanting my bohemian great, great uncle, Ricard Canals.
While her husband painted in the Gothic Quarter and at philosophised over drinks at Els Quatre Gats, my aunt's sense of urgency drove her to start our family's tailoring business.
In turn-of-the century Barcelona, it was not fashionable for a woman to work for a living. Even worse, the business was a success.
But then a war hit. And then another. And suddenly, it wasn't uncommon to name drop Benedetta as our relative.
Most remember Benedetta by her portrait painted by Ricard's best friend, Pablo Picasso. But my great, great aunt left another legacy. She taught the younger members of our family about design, craftsmanship and attention to detail.
Fast forward a few generations. Her passions are in my genes: a love for innovative design, quality work and the extra touches that set Barcelona Collective apart.
I'm very proud of the artisans that build our beautiful shoes by hand. I hope you'll also enjoy discovering how amazing our handcrafted footwear feels. Tell me about it, I want to hear your story too.


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CINCINNATI – The Latest on shootings in rural southern Ohio (all times local):
11:55 a.m.
Authorities say there are multiple crime scenes along the same road in rural Ohio where fatalities from a shooting have been reported.
Bureau of Criminal Investigation spokeswoman Jill Del Greco confirmed Friday morning that the shootings had happened in more than one location in Pike County. The attorney general's office requested state help at 8:20 a.m.
So far, there is no official confirmation on how many fatalities there are and on whether a suspect or suspects were in custody.
Pike County is in a predominantly rural Appalachian Mountain region some 80 miles east of Cincinnati.
11:25 a.m.
Authorities say there have been shootings involving multiple fatalities in rural Ohio.
The attorney general's office says a dozen Bureau of Criminal Investigation agents have been called to Pike County. Spokesman Dan Tierney says the Pike County sheriff's office requested state help at 8:20 a.m. Friday.
Tierney had no information on whether a suspect was in custody. He also had no confirmation on the number of fatalities.
Multiple news outlets are reporting there is more than one crime scene. TV reports from the scene say a staging area has been set up with ambulances and fire personnel.
Pike County is in a predominantly rural Appalachian Mountain region some 80 miles east of Cincinnati.
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Former football offensive tackle Matt Willig will play one of the Inhumans in the season 3 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Executive producer Jeff Bell reveals that Matt Willig has signed on to play Inhuman Lash, who is described as a 'monstrous human whose loyalties remain ambiguous.' Bell tells TVLine that Lash "has a fairly strong opinion about what should happen to Inhumans," who viewers will be seeing "popping up all over the world."
Teasing the character a bit more, Bell adds: "What's nice about him is he's a wild card. You don't know why he is doing this – Does he have an agenda? Is he on somebody's side? So we'll be teasing that out over some episodes."
Matt Willig is expected to be given a makeover to fit the monstrous look. Glenn Hetrick ("The Hunger Games"), who we worked with last year on Raina, will reportedly take over the makeover for Lash.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. returns Tuesday, September 29 at 9 P.M. on ABC.
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IPO Market to Flow Again After a Drought
Investors this week will be greeted with something from the distant past.
It is called an IPO market. Remember?
After a drought of more than a month in the introduction of new stock issues in the U.S., this week will feature 2001's first initial public offerings. No IPO has come to market since consulting company Resources Connection Inc. came...


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The Changelog: v0.11 -- First Standalone Release
When I announced that I would start working on Zed as my day job I committed to one "feature" immediately: a standalone version -- a version you can use without having Chrome installed. Well, barely 2 weeks later, here it is! There may still be bugs here and there, but there's an auto-update feature, so hopefully we can quickly resolve bugs without too much work with re-downloading for you.
Bonus feature: Are you a Vim fan? Zed now has vim keybindings (see changelog below).
First, a little update with the funding situation. The good news is that we broke the $100/week barrier on Gittip. That's fantastic, but not nearly enough to make this project sustainable (we need roughly 10x that). So if you're a happy Zed user, consider supporting the project financially.
Let me get right to the download links. If you're using the Chrome version (as now more than 15k people are!), you should be getting 0.11 within a few hours. If you want to try out the standalone version, here are the download links. Note: these may still be propagating through our CDN -- thanks MaxCDN! If the links don't work for you yet, try again in a few hours!
- Mac version of Zed standalone 0.11
- Windows version of Zed standalone 0.11
- Linux 64-bit version of Zed standalone 0.11
- Linux 32-bit version of Zed standalone 0.11
Here's the changelog for 0.11.0:
- Standalone:
- First release of Zed standalone! I'm sure there will still be bugs, please report them on github when you find them.
- Open individual files or directories from the command line by calling "zed [dir]" or "zed [file]". On Mac, please install the CLI tools via the
Tools:Install Mac CLIor the native Tools menu in the Mac app to use this.
- Multiple keybindings support. That's right, we now have Vim and Emacs keybindings. Use the
Configuration:Preferences:KeyBinding:*commands to switch between them. (by nightwing)
- New commands:
File:Copy(by iElectric)
- Language modes:
- Python now has CTags indexing (by gholstla)
- Ability to switch off certain CSSLint options (by conradz)
- Bugs fixed:
- Fixed a bug where when the project history is empty, no new projects are added.
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text: I've been looking into buying a flash cart recently, but I'm having a hard time deciding which. Slot 1 devices look very promising for DS games, but unfortunately they don't play GBA games. So, I was looking into buying a PassMe device and using a slot 2 device for both, but considering most slot 1 devices have that built-in, why not get one of each? So, I figured, why not ask some people who would know? I'm looking for a combination of a slot 1 and slot 2 devices with the following features: - plays DS games - plays GBA games - plays homebrew (I've read older homebrew doesn't work through slot 1) - has DS-GBA connectivity (more in a bit) - preferrably doesn't stick out (it can, but I'd rather not have a huge crazy thing hanging off the back) - can take large media or has large built-in storage For DS-GBA compatibility, I mean in that they read the GAME, as I've heard reading saves from slot 2 devices doesn't work. I've already played my fill of Diamond/Pearl and Mystery Dungeon anyway, but I don't know what other games use this feature. If there are others, though, I'll probably just hack the savegame or try action replay codes. I'm not interested in music or pictures or video, so I don't care whether or not they have them. Price doesn't matter, so long as they're quality devices that will last to play games past, present, and future. If they use media cards, I'll probably buy the largest ones available, but I'm never far enough away from my computer to need my entire collection on-hand. Lastly, I have a DS fat, firmware v1. I don't know if it matters, but oh well.


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A judge yesterday ordered The Source magazine to shell out $8 million in damages to a former editor wrongly fired after filing a discrimination complaint.
"That's a huge verdict on the facts of this case . . . a very generous verdict," said Manhattan federal Judge Jed Rakoff.
Despite the huge award, the glass was only half-full for Kimberly Osorio, whose lawyers had unsuccessfully argued that the verdict called for a $15.5 million payout.
After a weeklong trial, the jury found that the hip-hop magazine and two former co-owners, Raymond "Benzino" Scott and David Mays, had wrongly fired the former editor-in-chief in retaliation for her complaints – and settled on a total of $4 million damages.
Osorio, 32, is also entitled to back pay, future-income losses, legal fees and an additional $3.5 million for defamation from Scott, who claimed in an interview that she was sleeping with industry power brokers.
Osorio's lawyers argued the magazine, Scott and Mays should pay $4 million each.


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I admit it. I am a fan of Tila Tiquila. Please no judging.
While you'd assume I wouldn't like the show for a number of reasons:
1) I actually get quite annoyed with people who go on reality television and honestly believe they can find love, especially MTV
2) my personal views on "bisexuality"
3)because people on these shows usually annoy the hell out of me
4) Because, we have 3 seasons of Flavor or Love, multiple the bachelor and bachelorette's, and "SPLITSVILLE" (http://www.realitywanted.com/call/2216-splitsville-casting-divorcing-couples-for-new-game-show) and a second season of Tila Tiquila, YET people think that gay marriage would ruin the sanctity of marriage.
Regardless,I have succombed and now look forward to my Tila Tuesday's with my fellow conference staff members.
I admit I'm a late bloomer. I didn't watch the first season, due to my being out of the country, but I've managed to faithfully follow this season.
These next few episodes promise to be intense, with Tila visiting the final 4 contestants; Jay,Bo,Kristy and Brittany, families. It's getting down to the wire and I thought I'd offer my input on who Tila should pick.
For starters, I was greatly disappointed in Tila when she kicked off Lisa in last week's episode for being real and actually honest. Tila got a bit upset when Lisa told her she wasn't in love with her yet, because it was hard to fall in love with someone who was also dating 10 other people at the same time. *WHAT* someone real and Tila gave her the boot. In my opinion, this was a big mistake. I had picked Lisa as the only one stable and ready for a real relationship. With that said here is my analysis of the remaining contenders for Tila's heart.
Bo-To put it simly, Bo is way too good for Ms. Tiquila. I would venture to guess that Tila is more of a bottom shelf Tiquila and I see Bo with a nice top shelf, like Petron. A nice classy lady, with goals and ambition. I see him having cute little kids and a white picket fence. A scene I don't picture Tila desiring.
Jay-Jay's a tool!!! He's annoyed me since day 1 and I don't give a shit that he's from Jersey. I can see these two working out, just because they're both perfect MTV material.
Kristy-Kristy is a question mark in my book. I have a feeling she'll make it to the final 2 if not win, just because we haven't seen much of her all season. She seems pretty chill though. She's definitally attractive and doesn't seem like she's a big DQ or anything.
Brittany-Brittany has been my solid lesbian favorite all season. She's got that hot-semi-alternative type thing going on and I love her personality. However, I don't see her ready for a real relationship. I think her feelings are probably legit. But can see them fading in a few months and moving on.
So, at this point and minute if I had to pick someone, I would go with Jay. Even though I don't like him, I see a possibility of him and Tila working. Bo is too good, Brittany is too fun and young. and I can see Kirsty being with a guy (if you take a look at her bio on MTV.com, she is actually a bi-sexual).
However, last time I checked I am not one to speak on sucessful relationships, so we could really probably take my opinions with a grain of salt.
I guess we'll just have to see.
Until next time.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
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WorldSkills Set-up has begun
October 04, 2017 at 8:42 AM
As sponsor of Skill13 Autobody Repair, Car-O-Liner has sent 24 alignment bench systems plus welding equipment to Abu Dhabi.
A lot of hard work lies ahead for our team from Car-O-Liner in Sweden and UAE as they set up the 24 autobody repair booths at WorldSkills 2017.
Leading the project is Bengt-Olof Olofsson, Engineer from Sweden and Adib Ketuly, Managing Director Car-O-Liner Middle East and Africa.
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Sooo I happen to have Kansas City (so in love), Blue and White (Go Royals!), and my bedroom (revamp) all on my mind. Pinterest told me this image (above) has been super popular this month, a room by Marshall Watson that appeared in an issue of Kansas City Spaces. I clearly scanned it (poorly) and posted it in this kind of hilarious post about twin beds that I must've written when I was in the throws of sleep deprivation after my first baby was born. How soon we forget.
Of course, I tried to find a better image and failed, but I did find a pretty St. Louis Missouri home on Marshall Watson's web site, which first appeared on the cover of September 2012 issue of Traditional Home.
From his web site:
And from Traditional Home:
It's funny how the colors look different in the magazine images. I'm in love with the pool house and it's interiors in the last 3 images. Is it weird to say it looks like it smells good? It would be a great place to have a party. I'm also very envious of the original black and white marble floors in the entry!
Love a good little trip down the rabbit hole of the Internets.
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SEC Picks: Against the spread, week seven
It is time, once again, to announce the Week 7 winners across the board in the SEC. Of course, some have suggested that these picks have been so unimpressive lately that I might quit. My response to that: Who do you think I am, Steve Spurrier?
The picks:
Mississippi State -13.5 vs Louisiana Tech
In 2014, many people briefly thought Mississippi State was the No. 1 team in America. This makes more sense when you remember that many people in 2014 also briefly thought Matthew McConaughey was a good actor. The hype in Starkville, Miss. has died down considerably since last season, but the Bulldogs from Mississippi State are still good enough to win and cover against the other Bulldogs from Louisiana Tech.
Memphis +10.5 vs Ole Miss
Memphis coach Justin Fuente is a hot name on the job market. Rumors are swirling that South Carolina is ready to make him a big offer. How lucrative would it be? Some have said Fuente's compensation might almost equal what Laremy Tunsil got.
Alabama -4.5 at Texas A&M
Texas A&M is famous for its 12th Man. With the way Alabama is playing at the moment, the Aggies could probably use a 13th man too. It won't be as bad as last year's blowout, but Alabama will win and cover and Texas A&M will be undefeated no more.
Vanderbilt +2.5 at South Carolina
Steve Spurrier's recent South Carolina teams have been a little like Bruce Willis' Die Hard movies. They have gotten progressively worse, but no one seems to mind because the star is so entertaining. For the Gamecocks, that star is now gone. And while South Carolina probably has a bright future without Spurrier, Saturday won't be much fun.
LSU – 7.5 vs Florida
Beating LSU in Death Valley at night? It would be easier to win one of those giant checks from FanDuel. Florida's task is made even tougher now with the suspension of quarterback Will Grier, who apparently is better at reading defenses than he is at reading pill bottles.
Missouri +16 at UGA
There are a few things that can be counted on in October: MLB playoffs will start, autumn leaves will fall, and UGA will turn out to be a little less impressive than the experts thought. This year has been no different. UGA probably will win on Saturday, but covering the spread seems unlikely.


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These dedicated students both worked hard and played hard, as they completed four days of intensive study over the Easter period in order to prepare for 11 Plus Grammar School Entrance Exams.
If you are interested in attending any of our 11 Plus Tuition courses, please just contact us to learn more.
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Both Andrew and Ben bring up some good points.... It would appear to me that "this hardware company" stands to benefit much more than the group will be benefiting from using their hardware. Perhaps they would also be willing to pay the group a monthly fee to run this advertisement so that we could seriously look at incorporation, etc... I don't think there is any shortage of hardware among the group. What we really need is some cash. Either way, "don't look a gift CPU in the cache"
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A moving novel about a Holocaust survivor's unconventional journey back to a new normal in 1940s Savannah, Georgia.
In late summer 1947, 31-year-old Yitzhak Goldah, a camp survivor, arrives in Savannah to live with his only remaining relatives. They are Abe and Pearl Jesler, older, childless, and an integral part of the thriving Jewish community that has been in Georgia since the founding of the colony. There Yitzhak discovers a fractured world where Reform and Conservative Jews live separate lives - distinctions, to him, that are meaningless given what he has been through. He further complicates things when, much to the Jeslers' dismay, he falls in love with Eva, a young widow within the Reform community. When a woman from Yitzhak's past suddenly appears - one who is even more shattered than he is - Yitzhak must choose between a dark and tortured familiarity and the promise of a bright new life.
Set amid the backdrop of America's postwar South, Among the Living grapples with questions of identity and belonging and steps beyond the Jewish experience as it situates Yitzhak's story during the last gasp of the Jim Crow era. Yitzhak begins to find echoes of his own experience in the lives of the black family who work for the Jeslers - an affinity he does not share with the Jeslers themselves. This realization both surprises and convinces Yitzhak that his choices are not as clear-cut as he might have thought.
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