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The Neo-Renaissance building was designed by Paul Wallot and was completed in 1894. It was the home of the Reichstag ("Imperial Diet") from 1894 to 1933, during the periods of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the Weimar Republic (1918–331919–33). A fire at the Reichstag on February 27, 1933, one month after Adolf Hitler assumed the chancellorship, triggered events that led to Hitler's assumption of dictatorial powers in Germany. The disused building sustained additional damage from Allied bombing during World War II, and neglect in postwar years led to further deterioration. By the 1970s it had undergone partial restoration and became a museum of German history. More extensive restoration and renovation took place, under the direction of British architect Sir Norman Foster, after the reunification of West and East Germany in 1990. The building's huge glass dome, once its most recognizable feature, was rebuilt. An interior ramp spirals to the top of the dome, affording excellent views of the surrounding city. After the restoration was completed, the Reichstag became one of Berlin's most prominent tourist attractions, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.
The building became the focus of the art world in June 1995 when it was wrapped in more than one million square feet (more than 90,000 square meters) of silver fabric by the environmental sculptors Christo and Jeanne-Claude. More than five million people viewed the installation, which was regarded as one of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's most ambitious projects.
On October 4, 1990, the Bundestag of the newly reunified German state had met for the first time in the Reichstag and the following year voted to transfer the seat of government from Bonn to Berlin, with the Reichstag becoming the Bundestag's permanent home. Though the use of the Reichstag was met with some criticism, the Bundestag opened its inaugural session there on September 7, 1999.
In the 21st century the Reichstag became a symbol of Germany's commitment to renewable energy. The Reichstag's iconic dome was designed to bathe the Bundestag chamber in natural light, and a massive solar array on its roof further increased the building's energy independence. Biofuel generators provided for a significant amount of the Reichstag's power needs, and in 2008 the Bundestag approved a plan to power the building with 100 percent renewable resources.


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The 2011 Tesla Roadster 2.5 received an updated grille that resembles the design of the
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Originally, the shares were expected to sell for $14-$16 a piece, but ended up selling for $17. In addition, there was an increase in the number of shares sold. Tesla planned to release 11.1 million shares, but released 13.3 million shares instead, and at a higher cost, which makes this a triumphant success for the auto company. Though, only 17 percent of shares have been sold to the public.
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Hinduism's Present
It is easy to insist that the India of the past was sublime while the India of today is anything but that. But they are mistaken who think that ancient Hinduism is the only part of Indian life worth study. India's present, too, has much to contribute to the world at large. Her soul's light, paying no heed to outer recognition, is playing an important role in awakening the heart of the world, and it is ultimately destined to inspire humanity with the message of truth, forgiveness and universal kindness.
Hinduism is a dynamic aspiration, divinely surcharged. In the course of its eternal journey, self-giving has been its very breath of life.
Hinduism is complex but it has always kept and forever will keep a distinct note: the note of spirituality. A true Hindu will keep his ideals burning, no matter how shattering the ephemeral changes are, no matter how powerful the destructive forces. Dr. Radhakrishnan, the philosopher-king, throws abundant light on the subject:
"When an old binding culture is being broken, when ethical standards are dissolving, when we are being aroused out of apathy or awakened out of unconsciousness, when there is in the air general ferment, inward stirring, cultural crisis, then a high tide of spiritual agitation sweeps over peoples and we sense in the horizon something novel, something unprecedented, the beginning of a spiritual renaissance."
The present-day world is consciously longing for unity. Hinduism teaches that India's unity is her oneness of spiritual vision, her integral fulfilment. Humanity is becoming convinced of the truth that the material, intellectual and spiritual lives can indeed run abreast to achieve the final victory of God here on earth.
By: Sri Chinmoy
From: Yoga and the Spiritual Life
Web Source: Sri Chinmoy Library


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Hey dude, another Hossa for you to look at:
The second patch is nice, might be an affordable pickup! And check out the Gabby pickup I posted in the Show and Tell, the nicest I've seen from the new Cup so far!
Its So Expensive In Point Loma Bro.. Ocean Side Is A Litle Better Price Wise But, To Military For Me.. I Used To Play Tournament Paintball On The Base All The Time..
Thanks Bud for a great transaction!!!
Wishing I was back in San Diego again, however my wife and I plan on moving back there (around Point Loma or Ocean Beach) in about 10 years.
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Location: Subtropical Horticulture ResearchTitle: Transcriptome characterization for genome annotation and functional genomics in Theobroma cacao Author
|Mockaitis, Keithanne
|Gilbert, Don
|May, Greg
|Podicheti, Ram
|Smith, Zachary
|Ford, James
|Royaert, Stefan
|Marelli, Jean
|Cahoon, Edgar
|Kuhn, David
|Schnell Ii, Raymond
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Submitted to: Annual International Plant & Animal Genome Conference
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/16/2011
Publication Date: 1/16/2011
Citation: Mockaitis, K., Gilbert, D., May, G., Podicheti, R., Smith, Z.M., Ford, J.B., Royaert, S.E., Marelli, J.P., Cahoon, E.B., Kuhn, D.N., Schnell II, R.J., Motamayor, J.C. 2011. Transcriptome characterization for genome annotation and functional genomics in Theobroma cacao. Annual International Plant & Animal Genome Conference. 2011. Interpretive Summary:
Technical Abstract: Evidence from leaf transcriptome sequencing using two technology platforms, in combination with protein homology and trained ab initio predictions, previously enabled us to build 35,000 gene models in T. cacao (www.cacaogenomedb.org). Here we review the contribution of each data type to cacao gene annotation. Since the genome is the first of the Malvaceae to be sequenced, the notable fraction of cacao gene models built from experimental evidence alone provides a first look into functional novelty in this family. Transcriptome sequencing since our September 15, 2010 genome release has provided evidence for additional gene models. Original floral and bean collections have contributed substantially to gene discovery, and we present an overview of specific cacao transcriptomes sequenced and characterized to date. Recent experiments involving extensive additional sequencing include surveys of transcript accumulation in pistils during fertilization, and in beans during early development.


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New GOP site aims to mobilize small businesses against rulemaking
House Small Business Committee Republicans today will launch a new effort aimed at getting small business owners more involved in the federal rulemaking process.
"Small Biz Reg Watch" is designed as an early alert system for regulations that would affect small companies, using emails and social media to call attention to five to 10 rules in the regulatory pipeline. The program will direct participants to a committee website that will allow companies to send official comments to the rulemaking agency.
Chairman Sam Graves (R-Mo.) said in a statement the effort is designed to aid those small businesses that don't have the time and resources it takes to monitor and engage in the federal rulemaking process.
"Most small businesses don't have lawyers or lobbyists who focus on regulatory compliance, like larger corporations may have," Graves said. "Because small businesses bear a regulatory cost that is much higher than the cost of compliance for large businesses, our Committee wants to help small companies make their voice heard as federal regulations are being considered."
Graves noted that while not all regulations are bad, "many can be unnecessarily burdensome and it is important that small companies express their concerns before a rule is finalized."
The effort will likely be viewed skeptically by Democrats and groups that have long accused Republicans of putting roadblocks in front of rules that would protect public health and safety and the environment.
Of the six rules that will be highlighted by "Small Biz Reg Watch" today, two are being developed by U.S. EPA, including an effort to expand rules on lead paint and a review of standards for concentrated animal feeding operations. Also in focus is an effort by the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to change regulations for analyzing critical habitat designations under the Endangered Species Act.
The new program comes just days after independent watchdog groups sought to shine a spotlight on concerns they have with the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy.
The left-leaning Center for Progressive Reform and the Center for Effective Government (formerly known as OMB Watch) released separate reports this week accusing the executive branch office of making regulation blocking its de facto top priority. Both groups are calling for increased congressional oversight of the office (Greenwire, Jan. 29).
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|Bassike dress (similar here, here and here) | Tony Bianco boots (old) | Alexander Wang 'Diego' Bucket bag | Le Specs 'Runaways' sunglasses
My, what a week! A huge thank you is in order for the lovely Cat of knight cat for featuring my
little blog, and an equally large welcome is in order for my newest followers. So glad those of
you who spotted the post liked what you saw enough to stick around for more. Now, to todays outfit
- this Bassike dress is my new favourite thing. It has been around for a while and has always sat
just outside my price range, but by some miracle I spotted it last weekend on its lonesome partially
hidden on an overloaded sales rack. For less than half price. Yes, there was lunging involved.
Admittedly it is a size too big, but as you all know I have no problem with slight boxiness when
it comes to dresses, plus the well-defined shoulder pads make up for any general looseness anyway.
I would wear a car seat cover if it had shoulder pads: I love their simultaneously futuristic and
retro feel. Bassike has so many amazing pieces up on its e-boutique at the moment, I recommend
you all take a peek here. Also, is anyone else gearing up for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in
Sydney in a weeks time? I'll be there and would love to meet some of you, so let me know if you
will be around.
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
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Just stumbled up on your blog and I have to say it is amazing, your style is the best and you are such an inspiration!ReplyDelete
i really like your sunglasses! they have the perfect frame. & I'm also digging the shoulders on your dress. xReplyDelete
pfft going to go crawl in to my hole now lady, you look amazeeness!!ReplyDelete
Whatevs, lunging and over 50% off?
sounds like my kind of shopping miss!
loves it!
my butt wishes it were gearing up for fashion week. Next time you just come to Melbs and I'm stalking your savvy self! xxx
That dress is just perfect.ReplyDelete
amazing dress, love how you've styled it! xReplyDelete
ah what a lucky bargain! love this look xReplyDelete
LOVE this look! :)ReplyDelete
Take care,Daniella xox
Great outfit!ReplyDelete
Oooh amazing dress! Stripey things make me happy. You look amazing, love how you've styled it!ReplyDelete
Fabulous dress! It's a classic I'm thinking you 'll love for a long time...ReplyDelete
x Catherine @ The Spring
Love this! So fresh yet simple and effortless. I find some Bassike a bit too 'organic' for me, but the quality of the fabric, the shoulders and the dropped hem make this super chicReplyDelete
The dress really is perfect, I'm such a fan of stripes.ReplyDelete
Days ago I found your blog and inmediately fell in love with your style and became in one of my favorites bloggers! :)ReplyDelete
have a nice weekend!
great look! i love your hair! :)ReplyDelete
love this outfit and love your hairReplyDelete
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You're right.. these sunnies look lovely on you, I may have to investigate a pair for myself!ReplyDelete
xx Shardette
very into this striped dress!!!ReplyDelete
Aw we really love that dress und your whole style. It's stunning!ReplyDelete
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This is adorable!ReplyDelete
I found your blog through a post you made on IFB and I'm really glad I did! I'm now following you & looking forward to new posts :)
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Cool look! I love your blog!ReplyDelete
i see this dress in the pink/red on sale every time i step into david jones. i'm shocked each time that it's still there. if only it was this one, or red was my colour! haha. you're wang is seriously the perfect accessory to every outfit. x.ReplyDelete
ps. it looks like it fits you perfectly. the shoulders are my favourite part and just the whole feel of it.ReplyDelete
Hi! I love those Tony Bianco boots. Any suggestions on where to find some that are similar?ReplyDelete
@claire c. Senso has some very similar ankle boots in their online store right now. The low cut and gently pointed toes are very similar to my old TBs I feel - http://www.senso.com.au/category/BootsReplyDelete
My daughter and I ordered a dress from Doll House which was to be custom made. I placed the order on a Monday and was surprised to get a phone call the following Monday to say the dress had arrived it only took eight 8 days. I took the dress home and when I put the dress on my daughter, I realized that had just altered the dress (in store) and found pins still in the side seams. I was so disgusted with their lie when confronted they would not talk to me or acknowledge what they had done. To all you mum's out there DON'T BUY FROM DOLL HOUSE.ReplyDelete
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The history of ALNO is as unique as our kitchens.
The company was founded in 1927 in the workshop of carpenter Albert Nothdurft. Over the next 30 years, the company grew consistently and eventually moved to Pfullendorf, where it is still based today. In 1958 ALNO Möbelwerke GmbH + Co KG was officially founded. In the following decades the company achieved international recognition for its kitchens. In 1995 ALNO became a public limited company and one of Europe's market leaders. Over 750 employees based at Pfullendorf craft exquisitely designed ALNO kitchens of the highest quality. Across Europe and the world, these kitchens are central to family living.


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I went across a problme when trying to install the driver and sofware for an ALFA Long Range wireless USB adapter AWUS036H. This adapter uses a Realtek RTL driver.
I could not install it correctly on a Win7 64 bits machine unless I'd first completely uninstall ZASS (unloading and preventing it to load at start-up did not work). Once ZASS was uninstalled, the Realtek RTL driver and the accompanying program installed correctly and worked, and I could reinstall ZASS.
So, it seems that even if ZASS is not loaded and working, it still prevents intalling some drivers.
Is this a common problem (do we see it with other drivers) or is it specific to the Realtek driver ?


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Pioneer DVR-320 and DVR-520H Video Recorders
Unlike almost everything else, the price of new home-entertainment gear moves only one way - down. While $99 DVD recorders bulk-stacked at the Quik-Mart are still a few years away, DVD recorders have already come down to match what a high-end VCR used to cost. Witness Pioneer's new DVR-320 and DVR-520H, with list prices of just $399 and $599, respectively. These slim, largely identical components record on write-once DVD-R and erasable DVD-RW discs.
Why the $200 difference? The DVR-520H has an extraordinarily quiet 80-gigabyte (GB) hard-disk drive so you can record TV programs either to that or DVD. You can also dub from the hard drive to DVD, meaning you could accumulate a week's worth of, say, All My Children, edit out the commercials, and then burn the whole sobbin' match to a DVD at high speed.
Four recording modes for both DVD and hard-drive dubbing - Fine, SP, LP, and EP - offer different tradeoffs between recording time and picture quality. On the hard drive, you can record up to 17 hours in Fine mode or up to 102 hours in EP mode. On DVD, you get from 1 to 6 hours. Both machines also provide a manual recording mode that lets you fine-tune the recording-time/picture-quality tradeoff in 32 individual levels, with EP equivalent to level 1 and Fine to level 32. PDF: Playback Compatibility Table
The 520H has a Disc Backup mode in which it copies a DVD bit for bit at high speed so you can save your edited home movies to the hard drive and make as many perfect copies as you like. Of course, as with any consumer DVD recorder, you can't dub copy-protected discs, which in cludes almost all commercial DVD movies.
Aside from their record buttons and front-panel A/V inputs concealed behind drop-down doors - including FireWire (i.Link) ports for dubbing to or from a DV camcorder or computer - the Pioneer recorders look like standard DVD players. Both rear panels (only the 520H is shown on page 48) look like most mid-level DVD players, but they have antenna/cable inputs for their built-in standard-definition TV tuners, two more A/V inputs for recording from external sources (like a satellite tuner), and dual A/V outputs so you can make a loop-through connection with a cable box or VCR.


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she does funny things with her eyes..
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This girl is so gorgeous! It's really sad she had to do something like this. Would've been a pretty good model/actress.
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The cum shots are weird.
fuller 30min video at slutload under: "new ecretary cllie in my home"
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Dum dum da dum. After eight long years, Dr. "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) are finally making things official: They're getting married! In the October 21 episode, the characters are taking the long-awaited walk down the aisle.
And it got us thinking: What other TV couples — or should-be couples — should tie the knot next? Here, our 3 candidates:
Jess & Nick on New Girl. From the beginning we knew these two were destined to be together. It was easy to see that Schmidt and Winston's relationships with Jess (Zooey Deschanel) could never hold a candle to her awkward, bumbling, brother-and-sister-turned-something-more vibe with Nick (Jake Johnson). True, they only just started dating and the "I love you's" are a way's away, but we can't help but think about what that wedding would be like. Jamie Lee Curtis + Rob Reiner + an original Zoory Deschanel wedding tune — where do we RSVP?
Tony & Ziva on NCIS. In the eight years that the two characters built their onscreen chemistry, nothing romantic ever came to be — and we're not sure that kiss on the tarmac before Ziva's (Cote de Pablo) exit actually counted — so Tony (Michael Weatherly), may we suggest settling down already and following the girl you're mean to be with? Please?
Robin & Barney on How I Met Your Mother. Yes, this final season is all about getting to know the titular mother, but it's also about seeing if one of our other favorite HIMYM couples will actually make it down the aisle. (In the season premiere, Robin (Cobie Smulders) and Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) thought they might be related, but that theory was quickly and thankfully squashed.) We've still got almost a full season ahead, but we're thinking this wedding would legen…wait for it…dary.
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Quick note: Complications resulting from increased university work, my job and sickness have combined to prevent me from doing any articles recently. The good news is I should have that stuff figured out, so expect some larger team articles soon.
Brett Lebda came into Toronto with a lot of praise from current Leafs VP of Hockey Operations Dave Poulin. The praise came from a familiar place; Poulin was the head coach for the University of Notre Dame for 10 years, where he initially scouted and recruited Lebda for their program. Lebda later chose Detroit as his destination for pro hockey, staying in their system for seven years, of which five were spent with the Red Wings themselves. He lived under the shadow and tutelage of great defensemen such as Nicklas Lidstrom, Mathieu Schneider and Chris Chelios.
Having built his career in Detroit while winning a Stanley Cup in the process, Lebda seemed poised for a larger role on a developing team. I was not so convinced when he signed, stating on MLHS that Lebda "is a bottom pairing defenseman and should be expected of nothing moreâ€. This by itself would not be a bad signing, but Lebda carries with him a two year contract worth $2.9 million. For that kind of money, more should be expected. With that said, let's take a look at what some advanced metrics can tell us about Lebda's effectiveness thus far for the Maple Leafs. We'll begin by looking at his even strength statistics before moving on to special teams. All stats used in this article were obtained from BehindtheNet.ca.
Defense is a crucial component to forward success. Defensemen need to transition the puck from their own end into their opponents' end quickly and efficiently. This crucial cog in the offensive machine is relayed to us through CORSI numbers, which tracks shots directed at the opponents' goal (be they shots, missed shots or blocked shots) minus those directed at the player's own goal while they're on the ice. From this, a number is given to determine CORSI ranking. Lebda's ranking while on the ice is 2.53, good for fifth of the eight defensemen that have played 10 or more games. Those below him are Komisarek, Schenn and Aulie. Komisarek is obviously not playing as well as he could, while Schenn and Aulie are still young players learning the ways of the NHL one step at a time. At 28 years of age, Lebda should have been a steadying presence for the transition game, but he's been nothing of the sort.
More telling for Lebda's CORSI is the team's CORSI ranking when Lebda's on the bench, which is 5.26. This is by far the highest on the team, meaning that the Maple Leafs direct many more shots toward the opponents' goal when Lebda is off ice. One stat that anyone could understand is perhaps the most sobering part to Lebda's even strength offensive output: the team's shooting percentage when Lebda is on the ice. At even strength, the Leafs have a shooting percentage of 0.00% when Lebda is on the ice. Not a single goal has been scored 5-on-5 while Lebda is playing. The second lowest is Keith Aulie at 3.85% and the highest is Francois Beauchemin at 7.93%. This is absolutely dreadful for a player that has already played 17 games this season.
Now we can take a look at some defensive statistics. We've established that 0 goals have been scored at even strength with Lebda on the ice, but 12 goals have been scored against the Maple Leafs when he's on the ice. This brings him to a +/- of -3.38 for every 60 minutes of ice time he receives. This is obviously reflected in his -13 rating through only 17 games. This puts him at dead last for defensemen on the Maple Leafs, and tied for 254th in the NHL. Of note here is that the player he's tied with (Ian White) and the four players below him (Henrik Tallinder, Sergei Gonchar, James Wisniewski and Andy Greene) have all played at least 11 games more than Lebda has. The second lowest +/- on the team is Francois Beauchemin at -7, a full six points ahead of Lebda.
So how about the save percentage of Giguere and Gustavsson while Lebda is on the ice at even strength? It comes down to a measly .888%. This is again the lowest on the team among defensemen that have played at least ten games. Beauchemin is second lowest at .890% and Tomas Kaberle is highest at .934%. This indicates that Lebda is giving opponents better position to shoot from. Better positions lead to a higher chance of a goal, so a defenseman that lets his opponent get to these areas frequently will cause a dip in a goaltender's stats. Finally, Lebda draws 0.6 penalties for every 60 minutes of ice time while taking 0.8 himself in that span. That ranks him as second highest on the defense core in drawn penalties, but unfortunately also second in taken penalties, negating that positive effect.
Our final even strength analysis is in zone starts. These stats measure where a player starts a shift (offensive, neutral, defensive) and where they end it. This is quantified in OZONE%, or the percentage of shifts started in the offensive zone, and Fin OZONE%, or the percentage of shifts ended in the offensive zone. Unsurprisingly, Brett Lebda's OZONE% is the highest on the team at a gargantuan 60.2%. Tomas Kaberle, the most productive offensive player on the Maple Leafs' back end, is second at 57.6%. This indicates that Ron Wilson is sheltering Lebda due to his prior defensive errors. Lebda's shifts finish in the offensive zone only 48.8% of the time, a dramatic shift of -11.4%. This is again the highest disparity on the team, with the best being Carl Gunnarsson at +5.9%.
The powerplay is where Lebda earned his single point thus far this season, a secondary assist on a Grabovski goal. The team shooting percentage when Lebda is on for the powerplay is a miniscule 5.00%, with only Schenn's 4.17% being lower. Save percentage is again where Lebda is lowest, running at a .750% rate on the powerplay. The second lowest is Schenn at .833%. Of course the OZONE% is quite high for all players on the back end, but Lebda finishes his powerplay shifts in the offensive zone only 60.0% of the time, with Phaneuf being the lone player lower at 56.5%. All of this despite getting an average of 1:38 in ice time on the powerplay per game, serving on the second unit. As for shorthanded stats, Lebda averages only 0:15 of shorthand ice time per game, so looking at those stats is an act of futility.
It's fairly simple: nearing the midpoint of the 2010-11 season, Lebda has been a disaster. He's already being frequently scratched despite just receiving a very lucrative contract from the Maple Leafs. He never played this poorly in Detroit. Was he being pulled up by the great players surrounding him, or is there a better player in there somewhere? For our sakes, I hope it's the latter. Otherwise, it could be a very long 2 years when Lebda is on the ice.


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Nothing a little dirt can't fix
Seriously, hope he's OK to go again this year, would be a shame for both him and the team to have to sit out the postseason after challenging for the Cy Young all season long.
Does the team have any of Rijo's snake oil sitting around on a shelf somewhere? (which in hindsight, anyone wonder if Rijo's snake oil was perhaps the prior formulation of Bond's "the cream and the clear"?)


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I have an Asus p8z77 V pro (i5 3570 - OS7 64) and wish to know what is the best RAM to choose. need 16GB.
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According to Yahoo Sports the Rockets are looking to deal Yao - http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slu...orockets122710
There is a possibility that he will never play again, but there is a chance he could make another recovery.
If that Raptors could get him - what would you give up?
According to the Trade Machine we could do Peja for Yao straight up... but the Rockets are likely looking for some talent back. So could be give them DD in a seperate trade?


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The son of Herman and Helen Bowden Hurtt, he was born April 4, 1943, in Russellville. He graduated from Arkansas Tech University with his bachelor's degree in accounting. Bill was an agent and manager with the Internal Revenue Service. He married Donna Ross on Aug. 18, 1967, in Russellville. He enjoyed fishing.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Left to cherish his memory is his loving wife, Donna Hurtt of Russellville; two daughters, Rebecca Schlottach and husband, Edwin, of Lakewood, Colo., and Stephanie Hasegawa and husband, Charles, of Mesa, Ariz.; and grandchildren, Justin Schlottach, Jordan Capra, Nicole Schlottach, Tyler Schlottach, all of Lakewood, Ashton Hasegawa and Ainsley Hasegawa, both of Mesa.
A memorial service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, at Humphrey Chapel. Father Chuma and Reverend Steve Mosley will officiate.
Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Humphrey Funeral Service.
There will be a Rosary conducted at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013, at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. John's Catholic School.
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I really needed to organize my fabric and my sewing room. I've been reading this thread and have been inspired by your hard work. I wish I took before and after pictures - there is a 'during' picture! I got two Closet Maid closet organizers and assembled them. Instead of putting my fabric on boards, I cut a piece of cardboard to fold my fabric around and then removed it before placing on the shelf. I put the fabric in the organizer by color, holiday, fleece and flannel. I had to keep my Thimbleberries together, too. I did have shoebox size plastic containers with buttons, ric-rack, and other craft supplies that took up too much important fabric space that I hid away. And then there are the medium size containers of scraps! Oh my!! Scraps just keep multiplying! BUT, it all looks good, and I shouldn't have to buy any fabric in a L O N G time. (Yeah, right!)
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Sue Aliabadi learned cooking by observation, trial and error. When she and her husband were living in pre-revolution Iran, he was a banker and a picky eater. He hired a cook to prepare meals after the couple wed, but Sue was not happy with that arrangement and determined to do it herself. She quickly learned and took over.
"Mom always had a talent," Amir said. "She picks up techniques very quickly."
Amir graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in genetics, but was drawn to the world of business. After he completed a master's degree in business administration, his ambition was to work for a high-tech startup. Those plans evaporated with the crash of 2000.
"I quickly rethought what I wanted to do. Food seemed a natural. We borrowed from family and started our own business," he said.
Now with five busy locations, Cocola closes only on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.
Longtime Stanford Shopping Center devotees might remember Alice Medrich's Cocolat. She introduced America to chocolate truffles from her original Berkeley shop in the early 1970s. By the '80s, Cocolat was a Bay Area chain including a store at Stanford Shopping Center. Medrich sold Cocolat in 1990 and her successors soon failed the business. Cocola is not related.
The space was cramped for the Oakville Grocery operation but is near-cavernous for a sandwich and pastry shop. French-inspired tile-topped iron tables are scattered throughout with additional tables on the food-court piazza for al fresco repasting. Indoors, one corner is cozily set with leather sofa and chairs meant to inspire long philosophical coffee shop discussions — or for taking advantage of the free Wi-Fi connection.
There are a half-dozen soups du jour offered in daily rotation. The tomato tarragon ($5.90) was a large bowl with generous chunks of tomato, minced celery, onion, carrots et al. Flavors were right and the tarragon judiciously imbued. It was plenty for lunch and came with slices of house-made baguette. I wish they had offered a smaller bowl of soup coupled with a small salad or half a sandwich. Portions were too large to order a regular size of each.
The tuna nicoise sandwich ($8.90) was brimming with alabaster-white albacore tuna, capers and mixed greens all dressed with a lemony vinaigrette. The toasted baguette was soft and crunchy. A flavorful celery root salad accompanied.
The roast turkey sandwich ($8.90) featured fresh-baked tender turkey breast, cranberry sauce and slices of French brie. The brie and cranberry were surprisingly compatible and livened the crusty baguette. A carrot salad supplemented the plate.
Chicken breast salad ($9.90) was piled with tender, room-temperature but still juicy chicken, atop a medley of baby greens, carrots, cabbage, croutons and a tomato salsa. It was dressed with a tangy lemon vinaigrette. Large tasty salad, reasonable price.
Adjacent to the ordering counter are glass display cabinets that show off a multitude of tempting French breakfast and dessert pastries. I felt like the kid in the candy store but with a vastly more sophisticated assortment to agonize over.
The individual apple tart ($3.90) had a sweet soft crust, not gooey soft, but easy to cut and eat. Bite-sized slices of golden delicious apples sat atop a delectable vanilla pastry cream. Sweet but not cloying, it made a satisfying ending.
The chocolate brioche ($2.80) was flaky and studded with rich chocolate bits. It was probably intended as a breakfast pastry but was just as good with lunch. The mini hazelnut cake ($3.10) had layers of chocolate sponge cake, coffee and hazelnut mousses.
Besides offering individual servings, Cocola has whole cakes and tarts in sizes that can accommodate everything from small family gatherings to large events. Beverages include richly brewed coffee specialties, Italian sodas, beer and wine.
Cocola is a welcome addition to the food court area of Stanford Shopping Center. The soups, salads and sandwiches are high-quality and the pastries are worth seeking out.
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JACKSON — The state Health Department this week inspected Mississippi's only abortion clinic to see if it's complying with a 2012 state law that eventually could put it out of business.
Findings aren't being made public yet, but the clinic remains open.
Health Department spokeswoman Liz Sharlot says it's standard procedure for findings to be given first to any facility the department inspects, whether it's a clinic, hospital, restaurant or day care center.
Clinic owner Diane Derzis says Jackson Women's Health Organization missed a Jan. 11 deadline to comply with a law requiring every person doing abortion there to be an OB-GYN with hospital admitting privileges.
If the clinic is found out of compliance, it can ask the Health Department for an administrative hearing, which could be scheduled within a few weeks.


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Since updating to ZoneAlarm Pro (6.5.722.000) I've been unable to connect/FTP using Dreamweaver MX as my FTP client.I'm not sure if the problem would have occurred when I updated to the previous version (6.5.714.000) because I didn't do any FTPs during that period. But I knowI hadno problems FTPing with Dreamweaver MX when I was using ZoneAlarm Pro version 6.1.744.001For info. the current ZoneAlarm Pro default "Program Control | Programs" settings are:Smart Defense: Auto
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The ring came like an unexpected, but not unwelcome, visitor from the past.
It came out of the blue, preceded by a recent phone call from Fordyce, Ark. Hearing that city's name, and the familiar accent, momentarily shook up Mary Cardin. The town of 4,200 about an hour south of Little Rock is the boyhood home of her late husband.
Mary was maid of honor when she met Christopher Cardin at a wedding in her hometown of Mifflinburg, Pa., in April 1977. Chris had spent time in the Air Force, including a stint at K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base near Marquette, Mich. He had moved to Pennsylvania to work for a friend he'd met in the service.
Chris was part Cherokee, and Mary fell for the dark and handsome man.
"We started dating soon after that, and that was it," she says in her Durango home decorated with C.L. Cardin's Southwest-themed paintings. A few feet away on an easel is his last work, a middle-aged Native American holding a peace pipe, which she dubbed "Peace, My Final Gift."
In 1978, they moved to Atlanta, where they got married in 1979 and spent the next 27 years.
When his painting career reached a lull, or when he was not inspired, Chris was also an accomplished craftsman of furniture and cabinets. "He could do anything with his hands," Mary says.
For fun, they rode his custom-built Harley-Davidson around. At some point in their relationship, Mary remembers Chris telling her about a lost high school ring.
In 2004, for their 25th wedding anniversary, they traveled through the Southwest. Mary enjoyed many places, but was enamored with Durango.
They split in 2007. Chris' depression, and his periodic trysts, finally pushed Mary to ask for a separation.
Chris moved West to Taos, N.M., in May of that year. Two months later, Mary settled in Durango.
Mary thought Chris was doing well in Taos. He'd found a gallery to display his work, and was still creating paintings of Native Americans and horses. She says she talked to him by phone in late August, and he seemed happy with his progress. But maybe he wasn't.
"Just like every other artist, he didn't think it was very good," Mary says. "They are just so self-critical."
Two days after Labor Day, a New Mexico state patrolman called her: Chris was missing, and his truck was found parked on the east side of the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge about 10 miles from Taos.
There are several suicides each year at the bridge. Some groups have lobbied for installing nets underneath the bridge to prevent such acts, but so far, nothing has been done. Many believe netting would spoil aesthetics of the tourist-drawing bridge.
The New Mexico State Patrol did a search, but with no evidence other than the truck, took the case no further.
Mary decided she needed to know. She traveled to Taos and arranged through a couple of friends Chris had met to hire a rafting company to take her through the popular stretch of river. About 1½ miles south of the bridge, the raft guide spotted a body in rapids, caught among rocks. Mary identified the body as Chris. The body was secured, and authorities recovered it the next day.
That was nearly six years ago. Mary worked through the pain by writing and self-publishing a book, Peace, My Final Gift. The book's title comes from the painting, which she retrieved from a Taos gallery. Originally, she named it "Circle of Life," but ultimately found a different meaning in it.
"It's more he wants us to be at peace with his decision and with our lives and with who we are," she says.
In late spring 1973, Dianne DeMoss' husband, Elmer, and brother went fishing at a lake near Marquette, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Writes Dianne in an email, "When they put the boat in the water my husband saw something shining brightly at the water's edge."
It was a high school ring, owned by someone with the initials CLC, Class of 1971. Dianne tried to find the owner, but the Internet age hadn't yet arrived, and she couldn't figure out where Fordyce was. She put it away and didn't think of it for 40 years. This spring, a granddaughter found it when they were searching through her possessions.
"The Internet made it much easier to find the high school," writes DeMoss, who now lives in Kentucky.
She contacted Fordyce High School, which, using the initials engraved on the ring, traced it to Christopher L. Cardin.
On April 23, Fordyce High attendance office worker Dena Trammell made a call to Southwest Colorado.
Later that day, Mary Cardin retrieved the phone message. "Please give me a call," the voice from Fordyce High said. Mary knew Chris was from there.
"I waited a couple hours before I called her because I was kind of shaken up inside," Mary says. Trammell told her about the ring, and asked if she'd like to get in touch with DeMoss.
DeMoss, Mary says, was almost as excited as she was at the thought of being able to return the ring.
Mary Cardin is not certain what she'll do with this memento of her late husband's life. But what she most wants is to keep his memory alive.
"It's too sacred right now to do anything with," says Mary, who, two years ago, started Shining Star Caregivers to tend to senior residents in their homes. Chris called her his shining star.
"I don't know if it's coming from Chris or how the universe works. ... There might be some higher purpose for this. To make people more aware of his art or something.
"I would like that, because I never did want his art to die with him. I think he was too good."
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"This absorbing, illuminating book gives us an intimate view of a sympathetic and perceptive woman, the striving writer she married, the glittering and wounding Paris circle they were part of.... McLain reinvents the story of Hadley and Ernest's romance with the lucid grace of a practiced poet."Seattle Times
"The Paris Wife creates the kind of out-of-body reading experience that dedicated book lovers yearn for, nearly as good as reading Hemingway for the first timeand it doesn't get much better than that."Minneapolis Star Tribune
"History is sadly neglectful of the supporting players in the lives of great artists. Fortunately, fiction provides ample opportunity to bring these often fascinating personalities out into the limelight.... Paula McLain brings Hadley Richardson Hemingway out from the formidable shadow cast by her famous husband. Though doomed, the Hemingway marriage had its giddy high points, including a whirlwind courtship and a few fast and furious years of the expatriate lifestyle in 1920s Paris. Hadley and Ernest traveled in heady company during this gin-soaked and jazz-infused time, and readers are treated to intimate glimpses of many of the literary giants of the era ... but the real star of the story is Hadley, as this time around, Ernest is firmly relegated to the background as he almost never was during their years together. Though eventually a woman scorned, Hadley is able to acknowledge without rancor or bitterness that 'Hem had helped me to see what I really was and what I could do.' Much more than a woman-behind-the-man homage, this beautifully crafted tale is an unsentimental tribute to a woman who acted with grace and strength as her marriage crumbled."Booklist


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One look at Ron Roland's art and it becomes obvious that he likes trees and color – perfectly shaped trees and beautiful, rich color. Roland has been named the featured artist for the fall edition of Richardson's Cottonwood Art Festival, to be held Oct. 5-6, 2013, in Richardson's Cottonwood Park. A park full of trees is an apt setting to display his work.
"I was tickled – totally shocked when I found out. I have really good customers at Cottonwood," Roland says. "I can't wait. I have a whole bunch of new stuff, a new body of work. I'm calling it Flower Series – it's a blending of the old with the new. Serri Ayers runs a really good show, and I have several good friends who show there too."
The Florida artist describes his work as contemporary landscapes in acrylic impasto style on birch panels, noting that he has a "love affair with color and movement…I want my paintings to evoke participation. I want the viewer to be plunged into the scene by the simple act of viewing."
"I paint larger-than-life treescapes using a bold palette with high contrast. My style uses an altered form of impasto painting. That is, I use a brush – and not a palette knife – to build up the paint to create texture."
His goal is "to show our sometimes conflicted and ambivalent love affair with nature. The trees are unnatural, topiary like, but they tower over the little houses in gigantic scale to show their perseverance."
The "old" Roland referred to is his tree series. "The tree landscape series was started shortly after our Hurricane Ivan experience in 2004 in Pensacola. We were without power for about three weeks. My wife, Suzanne, is also an artist who has shown at Cottonwood. I would sit outside my studio, listening to the chainsaws and worrying about my own trees. I decided to do an Ode to Trees, using this idea I had for impasto. Trees overpower you in a storm, downing power lines and causing other damage, but a lot still stand tall."
"The treescapes have taken on a life and world of their own. I began adding the little red-roofed houses after a road trip through the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah Valley in 2006. They completed the scope I was hoping to show with my manicured giant trees. The trees are both majestic and dreamlike…and at the same time out of human control."
Roland started out at LSU as a civil engineering major for his father, but "my love for art won out," he explains. "Growing up in New Orleans, where my father was a construction worker, his main experience with artists were the people doing caricatures on the street or painting on walls. He was worried about me making a living."
He trained at New Orleans' McCrady School of Art in the late 1960s. His early art career included designing rock concert posters for The Warehouse and layouts for the Sears catalog. He and several colleagues started Prime Graphics, which eventually became Sunshine Graphics. He ran the business for 15 years and collected numerous graphic design awards, and also served as Director of the New Orleans Graphic Design Association. His work can be seen at shows throughout the Southeast and beyond. For more information on Ron Roland, visit www.ronrolandart.com.
About Richardson's Cottonwood Art Festival
Richardson's bi-annual Cottonwood Art Festival, now in its 44th year, is a juried show. Jurors have selected more than 240 of the nation's top visual artists from 1,400 submissions to exhibit their museum-quality work at the festival. The artists compete in 14 categories: 2D Mixed Media, 3D Mixed Media, Ceramics, Digital, Drawings/Pastels, Fiber, Glass, Jewelry, Leather, Metalwork, Painting, Photography, Sculpture and Wood.
The festival is Saturday, Oct. 5, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 6, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cottonwood Park is located at 1321 W. Belt Line Rd., one block east of Coit Road in Richardson, TX. Parking and admission are free. The artists' works are available for purchase; as are food and beverages.
Children have their own escape – to ArtStop, Cottonwood's hands-on, interactive children's area offering arts, crafts and activities for children of all ages. Although admission to the festival is free, some ArtStop activities require a small fee. This year's newest activity is Park Art – kids will repurpose slices of fallen tree limbs from the park, painting them to use as drink coasters.
Cottonwood is more than just the art. The festival also features top local bands performing the best in rock, country, jazz, blues, swing and folk, including headliner Prophets and Outlaws on Saturday evening. Check out the courtyard, sit in the shade by the lake, relax and enjoy the music. Food and spirits are also available in the courtyard.
Whether shopping for art, listening to music, enjoying the outdoors, or making art of your own – Cottonwood has something for everyone. For more information, go to www.CottonwoodArtFestival.com or visit on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/CottonwoodArtFestival or Twitter www.twitter.com/CAFRichardson.
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Using the Japanese practice of Nemawashi to "go around the roots" of your enterprise
You must prepare for your Social Business Software (SBS) rollout with people at many levels of the org chart, whether you're creating an employee community, a branded online community, or one that interacts primarily on mainstream social Web platforms. Jennifer Bouani, Director of Interactive Communications and intranet manager at Manheim, did just that, using an approach similar to the Japanese practice of Nemawashi.
Nemawashi (根回し) in Japanese means an informal process of quietly laying the foundation for some proposed change or project, by talking to the people concerned, gathering support and feedback, and so forth. It is considered an important element in any major change, before any formal steps are taken, and successful nemawashi enables changes to be carried out with the consent of all sides.
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But, to do this, you have to be connected well enough to get your SBS message delivered to the people concerned. (The irony of this doesn't escape me.)
Here are questions that Jennifer likely answered when creating her Nemawashi-inspired communication plan.
Who do I need to convince? Why?
Example: The Director of Product Management, because her team needs to answer questions posted in the community by Sales and Service employees, prospects and customers. If they don't answer them in a timely manner, we won't meet one of our SBS objectives. And she must support – even reward – their efforts to do so.
What will SBS do for them or their team? What business processes or problems could it replace, reduce, improve, or newly enable?
Example: Product engineers and marketing managers can replace the many repeated questions they get via one-off emails, instant messages, and phone calls by spending that time instead answering the question once in the appropriate community. This will propagate their knowledge to more people with less effort. It will free up more time to deliver on the product management team's overall business objectives.
How do I get my message to them in a way that they'll actually listen?
Example: Our executive IT sponsor will ask the VP of Product Management for 15 minutes of their next weekly department call. He will briefly explain our overall SBS objectives, then I will describe why it's important for the PM team to participate, what benefit they'll get out of it, and what we need from the managers in order for this to work. I'll share our rollout timeline for their group, and where they can get more information.
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Louie Season Finale is Surprisingly Sweet
Last night was the season finale of Louie, one of summer TV's unexpected gems. The show came to a close as Louis faced his greatest alienation yet and realized where he truly belongs.
Throughout the first season, Louis has been in some awkward situations - a gig in the South that turned bizarre, a date at a diner that nearly resulted in physical violence, etc. But, things were never more awkward for him than in last night's finale, when he went with two young, hip comics to a loud club in an attempt to get laid. As usual, things go pretty poorly for Louis, but things were a little different this time.
In previous episodes and moments like this during the first season, a disastrous real-life experience would cut to Louis on stage, talking tangentially about what had occurred or re-contextualizing that moment into comedy. This time, the two fused directly into each other and the connection between the real-life elements of the show and the stand up comedy bits was made overtly clear.
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Then, to show us that he wasn't joking, Louis ends the show eating breakfast with his daughters at dawn. It's a surprisingly sweet ending to a show that often traded in harsh truths and certain vulgaries of language and thought.
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Here's hoping this isn't the last we see of Louie.


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Summaries of EU Legislation
Summaries of EU legislation: direct access to the main summaries page.
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Protection of the environment through criminal law
The proposal would require Member States to ensure the proper application of Community law on protection of the environment by providing for criminal penalties for serious environmental offences.
Proposal of 13 March 2001 for a European Parliament and Council Directive on the protection of the environment through criminal law.
The Council and the Commission have both recognised the need to establish Community rules to combat environmental crime.
The aim of this Commission proposal is to lay down minimum rules on penalties for environmental offences in accordance with Article 175 of the Treaty establishing the European Community.
Member States will have to ensure that any act committed intentionally or out of serious negligence which breaches the Community rules protecting the environment is treated as a criminal offence. An exhaustive list of the relevant Community legislation is attached to the proposal and includes provisions on the following:
- the unauthorised discharge of hydrocarbons, waste oils or sewage sludge into water and the emission of a certain quantity of dangerous substances into the air, soil or water;
- the treatment, transport, storage and elimination of hazardous waste;
- the discharge of waste on or into land or into water, including the improper operation of a landfill site;
- the possession and taking of, or trading in protected wild fauna and flora species;
- the deterioration of a protected habitat;
- trade in ozone-depleting substances.
Criminal penalties must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. They will be applied to persons convicted of breaching Community law as well as persons involved in such offences or inciting others to commit them. Serious cases may be punishable by imprisonment.
Member States will be required to make provision for a range of penalties applicable to natural and legal persons, including fines, disqualification from public benefits or aid, temporary or permanent disqualification from exercising business activities or winding up orders.
Every three years, Member States will submit a report on implementation of the Directive to the Commission. The Commission will then send a report to the Council and the European Parliament.
On 11 February 2000 Denmark presented an initiative for the establishment of cooperation between the police and the courts to fight environmental crime. This became Decision 2003/80/JHA, which was annulled by the Court of Justice of the European Communities on 13 September 2005 (see below, Related acts).
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Discussion in 'Fan Art' started by XFozzboute, May 22, 2011.
So that block on top is now 1 deck high?
By the time I'm done it might not even be that high.
You got any bottom views of this thing yet? So far everything has been topside.
No. Haven't even touched the main part of the ship. Just getting the warp engines worked out and I'll figure out where to go from there.
So she is about the size of an escort (Defiant, etc.) or surveyor (Oberth, etc.), and is meant to act as a transport or surveyor?
That sounds about right to me. I was thinking it might take on the same role as the Oberth had.
Being blown up by the bad guy/anomaly of the week?
Not necessarily. At least not by bad guys. I think by now, Starfleet would have learned to make their science vessels more capable of standing up to punishment from belligerent vessels, telling by how many phasers the Nova has, which is also a surveyor (and so technically one of the replacements of the Oberth class), unless the Nova is just a variant of the surveyor type (ie.: a new type of surveyor meant to go on missions closer to hostile space; the standard surveyors stay away from dangerous territories). If all else fails, this ship is smaller, probably more agile, and most likely capable of warp velocities above warp 9.0.
Anomalies on the other hand will always be dangerous. You can try to increase the power of your shields, you can have ablative armor, you can have deployed armor, you can try to make in-depth scans half a light-year away before heading close to one. But anomalies will continue to be difficult to predict, and will occasionally prove to be deathtraps, no matter how advanced, sturdy, tough, or durable your ship is.
If in doubt, you can always send in a probe (unless that cursed interference trashes that plan).
I was thinking I really need to finish up one of my ships. And I thought about my Damar class ship. All it really needed was more textures. So I've started on them. I did the front of the hull and most of one side. I'll finish modelling the Keldon attachment later. So I'll just focus on this for a few days.
Not a fan of Cardassian ships, but I do admire the skill in the modelling.
Thanks. I like the Galor and DS9 and that's about it.
The top of the ship is done and I'm really happy with it.
I finished one side and the back of the hull. All I have left now is the other side the bottom and the back fins.
I like that a lot!
I love the design of that Cardy ship, my only nitpick would be the glowing blue deflector/phaser emitter? Seems to go against the Galor which had the flat orange glow.
Apart from that, I'm digging it.
I only chose the blue as a contrast to the hull color. So until I finish the ship that part won't be finalized.
I see no problem with the blue spiral disruptor emitter/deflector, since the Galor I believe had a blue one initially. Assuming that the Damar was commissioned around the same time as the initial Galor run, I see it possible that perhaps later runs got yellow ones, while initial runs were later refit to carry a more advanced emitter, assuming that yellow emitters=more advanced.
The Damar was commissioned after the Dominion war. Useing I would guess what ever resorses the could find or scavange.
Well i'll be damned. So it did have a blue one. My bad.
Great Design named after a somewhat (he killed Dukats daughter ) great Cardassian ( tried to free Cardassia from Dominion tyranny)
Just about done. I finished the fins on the back of the ship. Now all I have to do is the bottom of the ship and then some orthos.
Textures are finally done. I may tweek a few things later on but for now she is done.
Added the Bajoran ship to show some scale.
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3/16: 4-15 on FGs, 9 points, 2 TOs
3/17: 5-15 on FGs, 11 points, 2 TOs
Very winnable games, huh?
3/16: 4-15 on FGs, 9 points, 2 TOs
3/17: 5-15 on FGs, 11 points, 2 TOs
Very winnable games, huh?
I'm sure Granger is kicking himself right now. Did you see how he walked out from the game? Just turned around and left to the locker room like we just pissed in his wheaties.
Guess he forgot this is a league full of grown men.
Hey Danny, how does that foot taste?
I mean I don't mind players saying stuff like that if they have Charlotte & New Orleans coming up. But anyone with a brain can see how much talent the Knicks have. Their record is very deceiving. Extremely foolish comment by Granger and the Knicks made him eat his words.
It's not that they lost...but man, he played like crap too.
Apparently wasn't a tweet. About the 40 second mark of this post-game interview:
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At the end of the game when `Melo bought the ball down the court to just let the game end Granger was in front of `Melo. Was `Melo giving him some chat? I couldn`t tell but it looked like he was. Maybe he was saying "Winnable games huh?
Then Granger turned round and walked off. Priceless.
For once in a long time I can say Melo took Grainger out of his game by playing great defense. I was really proud the way all the guys played in these 3 games. GO KNICKS


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Yesterday came another of the tiresome 'all doctors should blog using their own names, not anonymously' blog posts, with the predictable reasons cited: nobody will take the anonymous blogger seriously, and because I'm a doctor and I said so. Never underestimate the Physicians' belief that what they believe is correct, even (especially) if it's out of their sphere of training.
If you're a doc in private practice, trying to build a practice and make a name, use your name, and have fun. If you have a burning desire to change the world, and feel that you have deep points to make the need to be taken seriously, use you name. Embrace being googleable!
However if you're a hospital-based doc, or you're blogging to entertain yourself, you mom and 9 people with nothing to do, there's no real reason to use your true identity, and several not to. Your hospital, contracting company or hospital might not like the idea you're blogging, even if you never say anything bad about your colleagues or the joint.
I tell everyone who asks how to start blogging to start anonymously, as a) you're going to be new to it and might type out something you'll want to disown, and anonymity can help you avoid repercussions of the permanently-cached world, and most find they have 6 posts burning in their brain, get those done, get bored and quit. A pseudonymous blog is really easy to quit. (Allegedly, I have yet to try myself).
I fit paragraph 3 here, by the way, and have no pretensions to change how the world works, and absolutely never want anyone who reads this blog to think it's medical advice (hint, it's not). Also, you have to take my word for it I'm a doc, and it's not all that important to me anyone think I am a doc when reading my posts. Am I a doc? Yes. Do I care to drop the pseudonym to prove it? No, why would I?
And the sadly obligatory: if you're blogging pseudonymously to say bad words about your boss, denigrate your patients (beyond pointing out the usual irritations), because your mom didn't love you and you need therapy, or you just love to type f-bombs, reconsider. There's no such thing in the long run as anonymity on the internet, and you'll be found out if there's enough motivation.
So, there are many ways to be a doc, and many ways to blog. It's not a one size fits all world. Just do it the way you want.


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Masdar: Abu Dhabi's carbon-neutral city
The oil-rich United Arab Emirates is the last place you would expect to learn lessons on low-carbon living, but the emerging eco-city of Masdar could teach the world.
At first glance, the parched landscape of Abu Dhabi looks like the craziest place to build any city, let alone a sustainable one.
The inhospitable terrain suggests that the only way to survive here is with the maximum of technological support, a bit like living on the moon.
The genius of Masdar - if it works - will be combining 21st Century engineering with traditional desert architecture to deliver zero-carbon comfort. And it is being built now.
Masdar will be home to about 50,000 people, at least 1,000 businesses and a university.
It is being designed by British architects Foster and Partners, but it is the ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who is paying for it. And it will cost between £10bn ($15bn) and £20bn ($30bn).
Renewable energy
The architects are turning the desert's greatest threat - the sun - into their greatest asset.
They have built the biggest solar farm in the Middle East to power the city and to offset the inevitable burning of diesel and baking of cement in construction.
They are also experimenting. One project involves a circular field of mirrors on the ground, all reflecting towards a tower in the middle.
That, in turn, bounces the light down in a concentrated beam about a metre (3ft) wide to produce heat and drive generators.
But I was told firmly not to wander over and feel the warmth, as it could fry me in seconds.
The international team of engineers have real pride in their work.
Article continues: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8586046.stm


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Intel called a news conference on Thursday in San Francisco, aimed at appealing to a young audience with generation Y blogger and author Lauren Berger.
It was all part of a big wind up for Erik Reid, who took the stage to promote Intel's latest chip, Clover Trail—and all the ways in which enterprise users could benefit from using the ultrabook, convertible devices that are built with the Clover Trail chip, running Windows 8.
Then, one by one, seven different manufacturers took the stage, new convertible devices in hand. Dell showcased its 'rugged' tablet, with a removable battery…
Dell while most other manufacturers brought out standard rechargeable devices. Reid says Intel's chip is designed to prolong battery life.
Many of these devices were unveiled either at Computex in Taiwan or at IFA in Germany. But manufacturers were here to throw their support to Intel at what some analysts say, is a critical time.


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Bruce Addison is in his 14th year as head coach of the Plymouth State softball program in 2017. The Panthers have been solid contenders in New England and the Little East Conference under Addison, earning three ECAC post-season berths from 2008-12 during some of the most successful seasons in school history.
The Panthers finished 22-13 overall in 2014 under Addison and captured a share of the LEC regular season championship with an 11-3 mark. Addison also led the team to a 25-17 mark in 2013, matching the second-most wins in a season in school history.
Addison was named LEC Co-Coach of the Year in 2012 after leading the Panthers, picked sixth in the preseason poll, into a tie for fourth, its highest place since 2003. PSU won 16 of its last 24 games for finish at the .500 mark at 21-21.
Coach Addison captured his 100th career win at Plymouth State in 2009, and his 200th career victory in 2015. He led the team to records of 25-15 in '08 and 24-18 in '09, the second and third-most wins in a season in the program's history. Addison heads into the 2017 season with a 228-251 career record.
Addison came to Plymouth State in 2004 after serving six years as head coach at Bow High School (N.H.). He led Bow to a 77-37 record in six seasons, qualifying for the NHIAA playoffs all six years. He was also an assistant varsity coach for one season each at Merrimack Valley High School in Penacook, N.H., and Hopkinton (N.H.) High School.
Addison has coached a variety of Amateur Softball Association (ASA) squads, including the New Hampshire Comets 16U, 12U and 14U Junior Olympic Teams. He has worked several softball coaching clinics, and was also an accomplished men's major modified softball player, earning All-America honors from 1994-96.


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Today, ZA AV alerted me that Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.blk found in ImgBurn.exe.
Do I need to delete ImgBurn, or can I still restore it and use it?
Are any images I've burned in the past few days at risk?
I need to learn a bit about this, so I thank you for your help.
Operating System:Windows XP Pro
Software Version:7.0
Product Name:ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite


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A crossword puzzle for my family in memory of my Grandpa Bob Beeson who we are spending our first Christmas without and in honour of my Grandma Cloe Beeson who loved Crossword Puzzles. I'm grateful for my family.
Use the "Printable HTML" button to get a clean page,
in either HTML or PDF,
that you can use your browser's print button to print.
This page won't have buttons or ads, just your puzzle.
The PDF format allows the web site to know how large a
printer page is, and the fonts are scaled to fill the page.
The PDF takes awhile to generate. Don't panic!


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I am building a new system for a friend at work. She wants something simple and cheap just to use for business and general web browsing. The computer she has now is very old, either a P3 or an early P4, so anything would be an improvement.
So I was thinking of going with an AMD processor. But since I have always used Intel I don't know much about AMD and would like to get some other opinions. Here is what I have selected.
Processor : AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ Brisbane 2.1GHz
Motherboard : MSI K9VGM-V AM2 VIA K8M890 Micro ATX
Memory : Kingston 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
HDD : Western Digital Caviar SE WD400JD 40GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150
The one thing I am not sure about is the memory. I always have a hard time with that, making sure the voltage is compatable with the mobo.


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YU-NO - The Girl that Chants Love at the Edge of the World
Only compatible with the Windows version, also known as "Elf Classics" / エルフ大人の缶詰 / elf 大人の缶詰 release.
- 1 Releases
- 2 Summary
- 3 Updates
- 4 Progress
- 5 Error Reports
- 6 Staff
- 7 Scripts
- 8 Tools
- 9 Images
- 10 Misc
- Translation patch installer
- (Optional) Voice patch's voice files (647 MB), extract them into your Classics\YUNO folder. (Torrent: 1.)
- (Optional) PC-98 FM music pack (1.2 GB), extract them into your Classics\YUNO folder (you may want to make backups). Thanks to Kaminari from Tokugawa Corp. (originating thread).
- (Optional) Tablet fix patch Source/instructions: ([1]).
Please do not redistribute/mirror these files without permission.
Use AI5ENG_VOICE.exe to play with voices.
The translation patch automatically works and plays the voice files if they are properly inserted into the YUNO game folder. If you desire to play unvoiced, then move the voice files out or simply don't download them.
If you installed the prologue patch previously on Windows Vista/7, there is a possiblility that the wrong font may be used for the full patch due to the game reading the already existing prologue patch's .ini file from the Virtual Store rather than the full patch's .ini in the game folder. In the case the game font does not match the font in this screenshot, then try navigating to C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Classics\YUNO and deleting AI5ENG.INI there.
You will need to be in Japanese locale to run the game correctly.
The installer may need to be run as administrator depending on where the game was installed and which OS you are on - particularly in the case of the default install location into Program Files on Windows Vista or Windows 7 due to UAC. If this is the case, selecting "Start Menu Shortcuts" will create the shortcuts for the admin, which is probably not what you want. Instead, just run the installer a second time as standard user and select only "Start Menu Shortcuts" - this will put them in the right place.
Finally, if you notice any errors (whether they be typographic, grammatical, or technical), we'd greatly appreciate it if you would report on our error reports page.
- An installer only for the users speaking Japanese and wanting to play the game untranslated but with voicepatch. Contains untranslated Japanese script/data files with voice commands in it, along with the required exes. Naturally you will also need the voice files above. Most of the additions detailed below are also included in this. Use AI5WIN_VOICE.exe to play. (Warning: not tested much.)
- 44 kHz jp exe for Japanese-speaking users who want to use the 44kHz music patch above. To use with the voice patch, continue launching the game with AI5WIN_VOICE.EXE after replacing the original AI5WIN.EXE with this one.
Other notes
- We advise saving often during the last chapter of the game, as there is a part where the player can't save for about 20-30 minutes.
- The main menu gets buggy when deleting or copying game slots (only graphically, it's still functional).
- Moving the FLAG__ files while the game is running may cause bugs and/or corrupt saves.
- The Japanese voicepatch doesn't interfere with the English patch at all.
What this TL patch offers
Voices from the Sega Saturn release
Pretty much almost all the voices are present now in the translation patch. Those familiar with oldschool Adventure Eroges would know that the voices mainly play when advancing the story, and in fewer cases when trying other commands, while most of the joke or look commands tends to be unvoiced in all the releases. This is also the case here. In order to have most lines voiced we leaned toward following the saturn lines in cases where there was a discrepancy, but there are a few lines not being voiced due to them not being present in the Saturn release, or when the line refers on something the Saturn didn't have.
Few additional lines, and/or entire scenes from the Sega Saturn release
The major additions are scenes which replaced the PC98/Win eroscenes to a conversation instead, don't worry though, the eroscenes are also present in their normal form.
Fixed the protagonist's name as Takuya
While the PC98 and the Windows release normally have nameable protagonist, the Saturn release -due to the added voice acting- does not, and consequently due to our voicepatch, and also due to the wordwrapping issues a nameable protagonist would cause, this translation patch ommits the name selection screen and goes with the default "Takuya" name.
Some CGs from the Sega Saturn release
As mentioned previously, we didn't find the normal sized Sega Saturn CGs passable when edited into the Windows release, but we managed to bring over and implement several of the larger, "full screen" sized ones, mainly into the Saturn Exclusive scenes, and some during normal scenes in the last chapter.
Sound effects from the Sega Saturn release
Although we didn't change every one of the old sound effects, there were about 50 Saturn exclusive sound effects which weren't present in the PC98/Windows, and there is a few of them which definitely improved some scenes as those lacked sound effects of any kind in the PC98/Win. Additionally the Saturn ones sound more refined in general compared to the old sound effects.
Extra side scenario implemented into the main game
Some time later after the PC98 version's release an additional Special Floppy disc edition was released which included among other omake stuff a side scenario which plays during the last chapter. In the Windows release this Special Disc feature normally is only accessible after clearing the entire game, but just like how this is found in the Saturn release, and using it as a guide, we integrated this side story into the main game directly.
"Decensored" erotic CGs from the PC98 versions
The erotic CGs of the Windows release were slightly altered obscuring the nether regions of several of the ones where the crotch area is visible with a white "reflector light" (see NSFW example), but we decided to incorporate the original PC98 CGs instead of those, as the PC98 ones lacked this censorship.
Deasterisking some of the lines changed in the Windows release
Related to above were another sort of censorship where a select few words were replaced with asterisks. For those lines we decided not to keep the asterisked words censored, and translated them effectively like how they were present in the PC98 release.
Other minor cosmetic changes in the game exe
Removed the CD check; fixed a bug present with the Japanese exe crashing while changing wallpapers; changed that upon exiting YU-NO, the Classics.exe wouldn't start running automatically.
Takuya Arima is a young student whose father, a historian who has conducted various researches, disappeared recently. During a summer vacation Takuya receives a peculiar package from his missing father, along with a letter containing information about the existence of various parallel worlds. At first Takuya doesn't take it seriously, but soon he realizes that he possesses a device that allows him to travel to alternate dimensions. Is his father alive, after all? If so, where is he?
6 /12/2011 Our friend, Audi of Hardcoregaming101, who's a very good personal friend of the late Umemoto, YU-NO's composer, has written a stellar, really detailed article he dedicated to Umemoto himself.
We originally intended this article to be a sneak peek before we released the patch, but due to the sheer amount of care and love he poured into the article, he finished it some time after we were nearing release-ready state. Thus after discussing with him we decided to release the patch first instead. If you are interested in the game whether to play it, or played and liked it then please go and read his article. You can find it here. --Izmosmolnar 08:43, 6 December 2011 (CST)
6/10/2011 A pack to replace the 22k mono music tracks of the Windows Elf Classics version of YU-NO with lossless 44k stereo recordings of the original PC-98 FM tracks was created and graciously provided for download by Kaminari of the Tokugawa Corp. Japanese retro computing forums. You can get it here (the files have been split so either use something like JDownloader to download them or HJSplit to merge after download). Replace the included AI5ENG.EXE and MUSIC.ARC with the ones in your game directory (don't forget to make backups). Note that you can still play it voiced by running AI5ENG_VOICE.EXE. --Phar 16:45, 6 October 2011 (CDT)
1/10/2011 A translation of the full version of Prof. Imagawa's paper on parallel worlds, which you come across in your desk early on in the game, is now available for your perusal (Online PDF). It's taken from the guidebook, where it was originally published. It explains how the YU-NO world works, but in a very (very) fundamental way, so it's pretty much safe to read from a spoiler point of view. Happy "reading". --Phar 10:07, 1 October 2011 (CDT)
29/9/2011 The full translation patch along with the voicepatch is released as of today. Allow me to seize this opportunity to express my deepest thanks toward all the staff I had the pleasure to work with, especially those who've put an amazing amount of work and time into this release, and also everyone who helped us along the way. I'm really overjoyed and proud we all managed to create this patch. Thank you, and I really hope everyone who'll use this translation will enjoy the game as much as we did! --Izmosmolnar 17:47, 28 September 2011 (CDT)
Error Reports
- YU-NO: Error report page
- Translation: Phar
- Translation Check: Phar
- Editing: Spin
- Image editing: EchoMateria
- Hacking: Kingshriek
- Proofreading / QC: Izmosmolnar, KViN, Tsumori, Balcerzak
- Ex- or currently MIA members: Danshyu, Sterling01, Neko, AllanGordon,
Additionally, special thanks to the other contributors: LoSs, Moogy, Fungi, Ixrec (thanks for the voicepatch feedback), P (thanks for the help in hacking the voicepatch).
To assure consistency please keep in mind the Translation/Editing Guidelines and various Names, Locations, Items when editing a script.
Don't translate any of the speaker tags (inside the 【】 brackets), these will be globally substituted later during the rebuilding process.
|= Translated
|= Translation checked
|= Edited
|Bold + Italics
|= QCed and ready to go
Primary tools
- Yuno_mestools.zip (v2.0) - script file dumping/rebuilding tools (Python 3.x) (previous versions)
- Yuno_arctools.zip (v0.5) - archive file unpacking/repacking tools (Python 3.x) (previous versions)
- Yuno_gp8tools.zip (v0.6) - GP8/BMP image conversion tools (Python 3.x) (previous versions)
- Yuno_pull.zip (v1.0) - TLWiki progress/script puller (Python 3.x) (previous versions)
Secondary tools
- Yuno_cpinsert.zip - Copypasta inserter (Python 3.x) - requires cplines.txt
- Yuno_mstfind.zip - .MST searching tool (Python 3.x) - works with voices.txt, cplines.txt
- Yuno_mesdecompile.zip - script decompiler (Python 3.x), not used in current toolchain, just for reference
- AI5ENG_v7_debug.zip Debug game exe for the translation patch, it constantly shows which scriptfile the player is at. It's recommended for people intending to report a large number of errors.
- Yuno_cplines.zip (cplines.txt) - listing of copypasta between script files
- Yuno_voice_mapping.zip (voices.txt) - mapping between Saturn ver. voices and .MST text dump pages (finished, minus a few potential errors here and there)
- Script commands - so I don't forget them (very incomplete)
- YU-NO_images
- Puzzle solutions image
- Yuno_HCG_uncensored.zip - Uncensored versions (from PC-98 ver.) of HCGs that were censored in the Windows release (in .GP8 format)
- Translated paper from the guidebook:
- Imagawa, Y: An Inquiry into the Fundamental Composition of the Universe (zip) (PDF) (ad-infested mirror)
- Wikipedia article:
- Japanese Wikipedia (Caution: major spoilers)
- Databases:
- Seiyuu/Voice Actor List:
- Walkthroughs:
- Game is available from:
- See this guide how to buy from Japan exclusive sites.)
- Other relevant links:
- PC98/Windows Opening movie
- YU-NO official website (via Webarchive)
- Elf Official Site
Please note that most of the screenshots still used the old font display method, which currently aren't in use anymore.
Please be advised some of them might contain spoilers.
|Ixrec's review
|"Many awesome games give you a sense of epic scale, making you feel like you actually did just save an entire planet from catastrophes millenia in the making. On the other hand, YU-NO will make you feel the size and scope of each and every extant universe from the beginning of time to unforseeable futures. Each and every branch really did feel like a real alternate retelling of a real event, and not just a different set of tricks the author came up with to make everyone show up in time for the finale. On top of that, the actual subplots in each route are awesome all on their own (contrast with E17), partly since the metaplot justifies copious foreshadowing, twists and character development."
|TakaJun's review
|"Even though this is an old game, it's still a masterpiece. It's hard to recommend to people since it's so old, but I would still recommend people to play this game if they do not mind old games and are even slightly interested."
|Short review by an Anonymous
|"Honestly before playing this I thought it was only overrated, no way an eroge that is so fucking old (made in 96) could be that awesome.
I was wrong, it's really that great, no eroge I played before come even close to the level of epic story (in the real sense of the word) that this game offers. It's a really ambitious story with a huge scope.
Anyways it's awesome, people who are proficient in Japanese and who didn't play it yet because it's old or some other reasons should try it asap."
|RPGFan review by WooJin Lee
|"As a whole, I feel this game to be THE best Graphical Adventure game ever, which from me (I play tons of these games) is a huge compliment. In fact, I feel saddened by the fact that the scenario designer that made this (I forget the name) isn't working on enough games!"
|Review by Mista Lijing on GameFAQs
|"The final segment of the game is just mind-blowing - I cannot think of a more rewarding ending to a more demanding game. "
|Short review by JMason on GameFAQs
|"Wow what can I say, this game just blew me away. A real class act. "


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Some lime trees are much better performers in gardens than others. Choosing the best lime tree to grow depends upon your usage, location, climate and growing conditions.
Lime trees are frost sensitive, small and leafy, and grow to 10 feet (3 meters) with smallish, generally round yellow to green fruit at maturity. Limes have the highest requirement of all citrus varieties for heat. Tropical and subtropical areas suit them best.
'Tahitian' or 'Persian' lime tree (Citrus aurantifolia)
This variety is the best lime for a cool climate. It has very few thorns and produces very juicy fruit all year round. The plants grow to around 10×10 feet (3x3m) tall, and they do well in the garden or in pots.
'West Indian' or 'Mexican' or 'Key' lime tree (Citrus aurantifolia)
This tree is has sharp thorns and grows to 6-13 feet (3-4m) high. It prefers tropical to semi-tropical climates and is frost sensitive. It should not be planted where frosts of 28F (-2C) are experienced.
'Kaffir' or 'Makrut' lime tree (Citrus hystrix)
This lime is a variety grown mainly for its aromatic leaves rather than the fruit.They prefer tropical conditions but can be grown in cold climates if protected from cool winds and given plenty of sunshine.
For more information on these lime tree varieties refer to our Lime Tree Varieties Blog.
Best Varieties for Your Location
The Tahitian or Persian lime is the most cold tolerant of the limes and in Australia, is commonly grown as far south as Melbourne and can even be grown in Hobart in southern Tasmania, in warm sheltered locations. Kaffir lime trees prefer tropical clicates but can be grown as far south as Melbourne if protected from cool winds and fully sunlit throughout the day.
United States
Tahiti Persian lime and Key (West Indian or Mexican) limes are popular in Florida and make a satisfactory acid fruit for the home since fruit can be picked any time of the year. The Key lime is cold-sensitive and is susceptible to Scab, Anthracnose and Aphids.
Southern California
The Bearss Lime (Tahitian-type Lime) is a seedless fruit, much larger and milder flavor than the Mexican lime. It is considered the most suitable to grow in Southern California. The Key lime (West Indian or Mexican lime is very frost sensitive and is only suited to more tropical areas that do not receive any frost (coastal areas). Thornless Mexican Lime is also available and is equally frost sensitive. Limequats (lime X kumquat hybrid) have a lime-like flavor that can substitute for a lime. This tree is more frost tolerant and can be planted in areas that receive an occasional frost.
Lime trees growing outside the Lower Rio Grande Valley are at a distinct disadvantage with regard to climate, i.e., winter almost always will be accompanied by one or more freezes. Lime trees are subtropical to tropical in nature; thus, they may suffer severe damage or even death because of freezing temperatures. Lime varieties grown in Texas include the Tahiti and Mexican (West Indian or Key lime) but both have poor cold-hardiness in Texas. A better choice may be the Limequat which has good cold-hardiness.
You will find full details about varieties of lime trees and other citrus trees and great advice and photos on recognising and correcting nutrient deficiencies, pest and diseases and problems in Grow Citrus: The Insiders Secrets to Growing Great Citrus