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Well as you might have guessed from my title, things are already going bad for me. One of my many followers pointed out that I can't simply put the seed in the water any ol' way and expect it to grow. This person was also kind enough to send me a link of where to go to find out how to do it correctly. As I was reading the instructions on Howcast.com, I began to realize this was a failed experiment to begin with. Now I know I said when I started this that I wasn't going to look up any information about it, and that was part of the fun. But I can honestly say that in this case it royally screwed it up from the beginning, and here's why.
First of all, there is indeed a "right side up" for these seeds. Now not being a botanist, or having any real interest in plants at all other than to eat some from time to time, I had no idea this was the case. I was under the impression that you just stick the seed in water with some toothpicks and you're good to go! That was, of course, the wrong assumption. But wait, it gets worse!
So not only did I have a 50% chance of the seeds being upside down, but apparently because they're tropical plants they need to be in warmth day and night, you can't even put them in cold water. Now anyone who knows the weather in Northern Nevada knows it can get pretty warm during the day, but even in the summer the temperatures can drop down to the 40's at night. And since 3 of my 4 seeds were outside, that's already a guaranteed 75% failure rate. Even the seed in the makeshift greenhouse wouldn't be able to stay warm enough all night.
One last thing I read on that website killed the little bit of hope that was still in me. It says that if the water turns cloudy or murky the seed is bad and to replace it immediately. Well the one seed that might have made it, the one sitting in my window sill, had rather cloudy water just a couple of days after I set it up. I didn't think it was anything more than a little dust and maybe some debris that wasn't washed off the seed when it was prepared. As it actually turns out, it was because the seed was no good and needed to be replaced.
And if all of that wasn't enough, it turns out that they aren't supposed to be in direct sunlight either. Basically they need to be kept in a closet or store room where it is mostly dark and relatively warm. Unfortunately no such place exists in my house.
Now you might say that I can just start over with some more avocado seeds and put them all in my closet with a small space heater set to just keep it warm enough and go from there. But that ruins the whole point of the experiment! It has to be under such specific conditions, there is no room to try one way or the other. A friend of mine has told me to keep going and see if I can save them, so I will do what I can, but I make no promises.
I will continue to post until there is nothing worth posting. And hopefully by then I will have thought of something else to post about. But don't let that stop you from making any suggestions! I'm sure most of you are more creative than I am anyway, so let those creative juices flow and let me know what you want to see. You also probably noticed there are no pictures this time, so instead, a picture of my two favorite boys, Scott (left) and Logan (right).
P.S. During one of our last windstorms (we get a lot of those in this area) one of the cans was blown away and, along with the seed, seems to have disappeared. I have no idea where it went, and I'm not so dedicated that I'm going to form a search party to go look for it.
P.P.S. I'd like to give a shout out to my newest followers JC JC and Krystal, thanks for the adds. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you. And of course comments are also appreciated! I know I don't always get back right away, but these next few weeks I'm working full time and I'm not really used to that. Thanks again everyone!


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This is about life in my gardens. One is an acre on a hillside in Laguna Beach, California and the other is an acre in San Juan Capistrano, California.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Up With The Birds
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- PJ | Home and Garden Decor said...
What a nice shot of this Goldfinch! I love them but unfortunately we do only have them around for a short time when they migrate through our area.
Same as you I could sit for hours out on my patio watching the birds in my garden. This year several of new bird species showed up that I had never seen in my garden or in our neighborhood before.
There is for example the Cat Bird, a bird that drives our dog nuts. The bird makes noises like a cat. LOL
Also this year I have Red Robins visiting my garden for the first time on a daily basis and before long the lovely Hummers will come through again on their way to Mexico. There is never one minute that would be boring sitting out on my patio.
Best Wishes and Happy Gardening
- July 7, 2011 at 10:02 AM
- Masha said...
It is a beautiful bird! Thank you for posting this lovely picture.
- July 7, 2011 at 11:11 AM
- FlowerLady said...
That is a sweet little bird. Bird watching is so enjoyable, they are such happy and free creatures.
- July 7, 2011 at 12:01 PM
- Landbohaven said...
Smuk fugl.
Vi har mange fugle i haven. Jeg fodrer hele året rundt. Det er en fornøjelse at fuglene ved foderbrættet.
- July 8, 2011 at 7:09 AM
- Curbstone Valley Farm said...
Gorgeous bird! Not a finch, the beak is the wrong shape, and coloration is too rich a yellow. My money is on an oriole, and from the photograph I'd guess a Hooded Oriole. See here: http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/565/_/Hooded_Oriole.aspx
Lovely find!
- July 8, 2011 at 8:20 AM
- Curbstone Valley Farm said...
Hmmm...it broke the link. Add a .aspx to the link above, sorry about that.
- July 8, 2011 at 8:21 AM
as usual - such an inviting garden! looks like a baby oriole to me. put out some grape jelly and you will have more of them. you were really lucky to get such a great photo - they can be quite skittish.
- July 9, 2011 at 7:38 AM

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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Foreigners returned to Canadian securities in January, buying a net C$5.73 billion ($4.48 billion) worth after selling a net C$13.54 billion in December, Statistics Canada reported on Monday.
Non-resident investors bought a record amount of provincial bonds, C$9.17 billion, exceeding a record set last May, and bought a relatively small C$436 million in federal government bonds.
Canadian investors sold a record C$10.78 billion in foreign securities after buying C$13.89 billion the month before, the highest monthly investment since December 2000. The January 2015 divestment included a record sale of C$10.19 billion in foreign equities.
"Canada's international transactions in securities reflected relatively volatile investment patterns in recent months, with investors facing changes in oil and stock prices as well as a lower currency exchange rate," Statistics Canada said.
$1=$1.28 Canadian)
Reporting by Randall Palmer; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe


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Our dishwasher broke last night. I engaged into some laborious hand washing. Prad suggested I fill in the sink with soapy water to save on hot water. The problem is this is not what I am used to. Years ago, back in France at my parents' house, when we did not have a dishwasher, I remember that doing the dishes was one of my favorite activities. I so much enjoyed the pleasure of hot water running on my hands, and all the splashing. Plus, being a germs freak, I believe there is nothing like running hot water to clean the dishes well. Guess what won? Not my green conscience.
« Toxic
Hot Water Galore
July 1, 2007 by lamarguerite
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on July 8, 2007 at 11:30 pm | Reid
You would think I should no better. Some days I do. I find it is easier to do the convieniant thing and usually it is environmentally unfriendly. If I got anything out of the Live Earth concert yesterday is that there is still so much I can do. If the Bravo TV hosts can be more Green I can, since I have spent many years promoting Green when it did not matter, I notice that I have gotten lasier as I had children and have gotten older, and by the way, I like doing hot dishes better than the washing dishes with a dish washer. Good Post.


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Uh Oh…..
Uh oh….
Now I've got two of them…
Today, we took lil Angel shopping so she could get her own scrapbooking stuff (she spent her own money even). She picked her own paper and stickers and stuff… Then, She came in with Stormii and they sat down together and created a couple of pages. lil Angel was so excited! She had complete creative control (she got Stormii to help her with some cutting and stuff)…
Somebody help me… Now I'm gonna have to support two scrapbooking addictions….
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My daughter is a scrapper too. She started probably about the same age as your daughter, and now she's up to her second album. And she's really advanced as far as her layouts, etc. She's 13 now and she does it all on her own, with no help from me. I think it's a great hobby.
Here via michele
Comment by margalit | February 11, 2006 |
Uh oh, that could get VERY pricey!
Michele sent me! Love the new look. 🙂
Comment by Indigo | February 11, 2006 |
LOL! i have yet to discover the joys of scrapbooking… but i have to buy a great printer first. my blogging and SIMming is all my hubby could handle!;)
Comment by -xtessa- | February 11, 2006 |
wow! she did a very good job!
Comment by jayne d'Arcy | February 12, 2006 |
She's adorable. Looks like you've got your hands full Guppy. 🙂 I think your little one can scrapbook better than half of the scrapbooking population.
Comment by Lauren | February 12, 2006 |
Hey, it won't be long until she's got a blog, too…
Comment by otilius | February 12, 2006 |
I think its great!
Comment by Ivy | February 12, 2006 |
how wonderful! I need to teach my kids how to scrap book, because clearly I'm not making any progress…
Comment by Lisa | February 12, 2006 |
Here from Michele's Today! I don't really understand the whole "scrapbooking" thing, but it is so cool that you are so supportive of them in their hobbies! If it makes you feel any better, I have no doubt it's a much cheaper hobby that my own (candle and soap making) that MY husband provides for lol
Comment by Stephanie Davies | February 12, 2006 |
She looks so proud of her work and rightfully so !
Get out the cheque book Dad
Totally off topic but the lie reveal is up :)and you have linkage 🙂
Comment by WendyWings | February 12, 2006 |
It's better than shoes!!!
Now you need to make her a desk!!
Lucky daddy you are!!
Comment by Jetting Through Life | February 12, 2006 |
The apple clearly fell very close to the tree. Bills notwithstanding, you have every reason to be proud.
Comment by Carmi | February 12, 2006 |
What a fantatic photo of pride! Young creative expression is always a joy to see. Good luck financing it. 😉
Here from Michele's.
Comment by Sandy | February 12, 2006 |
I'm a scrapper, and I can't WAIT to scrap with my daughters! I love, love LOVE the desk you did for your wife. Can I rent you to build me one?? Here via Michele today!
Comment by scrappintwinmom | February 12, 2006 |
What a great hobby for her and looks like she's pretty good, too!
Comment by PM | February 12, 2006 |


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the 4th of july is one of my favorite holidays of the year. i love seeing people's national spirit and i especially love the fireworks! this year's 4th of july was extra special for me because i got to spend it on catalina island with anthony's family :)
we (me, melissa, joel, and charlie) went to catalina to watch anthony perform with the USC marching band, but it ended up being an even bigger adventure than just supporting him.
the morning started bright and early. i woke up at 5:30am to get ready and be at anthony's mom's house by 7am. we departed for newport beach, where we took the catalina flyer to get to the island. the boat ride was super relaxing. charlie and i both slept the whole way there! luckily we woke up just in time to see the boat nearing the island, which was a beautiful sight.
once there, we dropped off our bags at the hotel and grabbed a decent lunch at el galleon. the food was decent, but the music was ear piercing. there was a man singing with his mic volume turned up wayy too loudly! annoying at the time, but something funny to laugh about now :)
after lunch, we sat down outside to watch the annual catalina 4th of july parade, which the trojan marching band was performing in (for the 20th year in a row). luckily, we were able to snag great seats... we were able to see anthony perfectly!
not so fortunately, we all ended up with pretty bad sunburns from the sun beating down on our backs for so long. but it was still totally worth it to see antppny!
after the parade, we watched anthony perform with the band yet again at wrigley plaza. it was another great performance by the trojan marching band!
finally, we got a few hours of down time. anthony got to hang out with us (me, melissa, joel, and charlie), so we spent a while enjoying the summer sun, relaxing on the sand down by the water. we also got some yummy ice cream to cool us off from the heat :)
when it came time for anthony to go get ready to perform again, joel, melissa, charlie, and i went back to the hotel to get ready for the night. we killed some time before dinner back down at el galleon, where we listened to some good country karaoke! my country lovin' dad would have appreciated it very much.
we then went to the casino, a very beautiful, old building, to have the 4th of july barbecue dinner. the casino was absolutely gorgeous and i would love to go back to catalina sometime just to tour it. the dinner took place in the ballroom of the casino, a large room with a stage up front. for dinner, we had scrumptious barbecued chicken and ribs, with great baked beans, corn, biscuits, and salad.
(the little building in the picture is the casino)
although the food was great, the performance by the USC marching band was even better! they performed up on the stage in the front of the ballroom. of course, melissa and i made sure we had prime seats to see anthony :) the music was great and a lady even donated $1000 to charity to conduct the band! it just goes to show how wonderful the trojan marching band is.
after dinner, anthony was able to join us to watch the fireworks from the balcony of the casino, the best firework viewing location on the entire island! we watched them from directly across the pier, where they were launched. it was a beautiful show and i'm glad i got to watch it with my antp.
after the firework show ended, we went back to wrigley plaza, where the trojan drumline was having a drum circle. charlie and i even participated, taking turns playing various percussion instruments. it was tons of fun!
anthony and i finished the night with some of the best pizza i've ever had, from antonio's pizzeria. i went to bed with a nice, full stomach, exhausted from the day's events, but excited for the next day's events.
the next day was great. we (me, melissa, joel, and charlie) had a yummy breakfast, followed by an amazing ride on a semi-submarine! it was a great idea, suggested by charlie. we got to see beautiful fish and clear blue waters. i also developed a newly found love for kelp. it looks so gross when it washes up to shore, but seeing it from the submarine made me feel like a mermaid living in an underwater world. it was so beautiful and enchanting!
the super cool part about the semi-submarine ride was that we got to "turbo blast" food from the submarine out into the water, which made the fish swim right up to our window. it was so cool!
after the ride, i stopped by the boating docks to say goodbye to anthony (his boat was leaving four hours earlier than ours). joel, melissa, charlie, and i then rented a golf cart for an hour and toured the island's scenic route as we drove around. it was great fun!
we had a yummy lunch at a mexican restaurant, mi casita. charlie and joel then swam in the water for a bit, while melissa and i got a place in line for the boat ride home. the boat ride home was less relaxing than the ride there, but it was still a pleasant end to a great trip!
i'm so glad that i got to spend more quality time with anthony's family and, of course, antp himself :)


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Tuesday, November 15, 2005
So here's the situation. I've been working at my current job for about 2 months now. I work 2 nights driving to Cedar City, 1 night driving to Dixie Downs, and 2 nights managing the dock. The full time dock manager has decided to quit, so I ask my boss for the job because I don't want to drive anymore. There is no good reason to not give me the job, but of course he won't give it to me because he "needs" me where I am right now. Bullshit, he won't give it to me because it's harder to find drivers than dock managers. I deserve that job, I work my ass off for him 5 days a week. I put up with all varieties of bullshit from the people I work with. Unfortunately my company doesn't care about their employees, in fact they treat their employees like shit. The only thing that matters to them is the newspaper, the sad part is they do about the worst job of putting out a newspaper that I have ever seen. So to sum up everything I just said into a few words. My boss is an Asshole.
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Wednesday, August 06, 2008
One of the joys and perks of living in Los Angeles is the magical legendary and historic Hollywood Bowl. Even if you can't afford to attend the LA Philharmonic concerts, you can still enjoy their musicianship before the show. Rehearsals are not open to just a secret society; the public is welcome and I took advantage of this free look at the professionals at work and play. The run-through starts at about 9:30 am; get there early and you'll be able to snag one of the boxes in the shade. Otherwise, don't forget to bring a hat, an umbrella or sunscreen. Bring your binoculars but not your cameras. No photography or recording is allowed.
Driving up to the entrance of the bowl, you were already clued into the fun that would await inside. The marquee set the tone as it played up the cheekiness of the star by describing him as "Eric Idle --Baritone-ish".
The people who gave us Spamalot are also part of the brain trust behind Not The Messiah (He's a Naughty Boy) at the Bowl on August 2nd and 3rd. It's an oratorio with conductor John Du Prez at the helm along with Eric Idle as his comrade in merrymaking and naughtiness. The LA Philharmonic, Pacific Chorale, LA Scots Pipe Band and 4 fantastic vocal soloists were all outstanding. The oratorio is based on the Monty Python movie Life of Brian.
There was plenty of irreverent humor (much of it pointed at the current administration) that also gently teased the tenets of religion. I can't say first hand that I know how the movie was received back in 1979 when it was released, since I did not see the movie at the time. I admit sheepishly that I wasn't hip to the genius of Eric Idle and his fellow Pythoners. All I can say is that Not The Messiah is hilarious and not offensive or controversial to me. Perhaps its a sign of the times or else the medium and the music soften the blow of the barbs. Oh and speaking of sheep...a trio of singing, sheep puppets made a fleecy appearance.
Who would think to write an oratorio with bagpipes, sombreros, bleating sheep, plus a new hybrid musical instrument made by fusing a leaf blower and an organ, and a sing-along of Always Look On the Bright Side of Life??? ... it's not a surprise. Just leave it to an Idle mind.
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We've been back from vacation for three weeks now. Kind of hard to believe it's already been that long! There's always that time of catching up but then things settle down again. A few big things have been happening around here though.
The biggest is that James will soon be starting a new job! Though we're grateful for the four and one half years he's been employed at Meijer, we've been longing to see him back in full-time ministry. Starting September 6th, he'll be a full time chaplain with a healthcare/hospice company called Amedisys. He'll continue to do his part-time chaplaincy work for Marketplace Ministries as well. We're very excited about this change and look forward the transition.
Secondly, my brother moved in with us. After a great deal of various hardships, he needed help getting back on his feet. He moved in with us just two weeks ago. By God's grace, he's already accepted a part-time job and is looking for that to turn full-time, or to add an additional part-time job. It's been great to have him with us as we've never been able to spend a good deal of time together. When I left town for college, he was just in middle school. Since we've been adults, our lives have taken us very different paths and we didn't see each other much. So it's been some much needed time together. The kids are having a blast getting to know "Uncle Jimmy" better.
After labor day, I'll begin homeschooling Hannah more officially. We did a few random things here and there last year but we'll get back into our actual curriculum and scheduled fun and learning. Benjamin will be able to learn as we go with things like colors and a few letters. Sophia is getting big very fast! She just turned six months old. She's kind of sitting now (with support) and turned into a little roller! She's very vocal and has begun the drool fest. She's been pretty irritable these last few days so I'm wondering if she's beginning the joys of teething.
I've been super busy with a fall kick-off for my hair bow business. I unveiled a new product every day for one week and then held a giveaway. That kept me pretty busy both in creating and staying active on my Facebook page.
So it's been a fun type of busy around here. I don't mind that at all!
Until next time...
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Out and About
Bill Fatchen,
BILL Fatchen, of Angle Vale,
celebrated his 85th birthday
recently. His brothers, Fred,
Ern and Ray, came down from
Manoora to wish him the best.
They saluted him with some awful
cheek. One said he was a tough
old rag. Another said he was
going mouldy, and another said
he reckoned he had white ants
in the top storey. Bill took the
language well, and after examining his presents, which consisted of useful articles and cash, he
hurled back some cheek by saying,
"Well, I don't mind if you give
me another birthday next week."
Many reminiscences cropped up.
Grandfather Fatchen
was noted for his strength. He once
made a wager with a man for £1 that
he would carry a 200 lb. bag of
flour around a field measuring
one mile. He did so easily,
and, before removing the bag from his
back, he challenged the man for
another £1. but the man shook his
head horizontally. Fred said
Bill looked so fit that he would be
afraid to make a similar wager
with him.
Bill was saying he drove a team of harrows at 11 years of age. and suffered with the leg ache at night. Fred said it must have been a streak of laziness, because he has
known Bill during his age between 70 and 80 years to walk six times that distance after hares, and not once complain.
A happy day was spent, and his
brothers decided to forgive him for his cheek to them with the bright thought of his kind attention to their late dear mother with his frequent visits home to see her.
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Original Link: http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100124/OPINION02/1240315
Last week's landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission reverses a long-standing trend toward more-representative elections in the United States.
Across the centuries, America's politics have become more open to participation by non-property-holding males, people of color, and women. The challenge for modern times was the disproportionate influence of money on elections. How is one-person, one-vote democracy made real? How does the vote of the American earning $50,000 a year count as much as that of an executive or banker who takes home a compensation package in the millions?
The answer was limits on campaign contributions from companies, banks, unions, and other powerful entities. These laws came about after the Watergate scandal and included collaborative efforts such as the one led by the Senate's most liberal Democratic member, Russ Feingold, and the conservative Republican presidential nominee of 2008, John McCain.
The Supreme Court's stunning 5-4 decision threw out this bipartisan bid to level the election playing field. It said that companies, unions, banks, and investment houses can put as much money into candidates' political campaigns as they like - all ostensibly in the name of free speech.
The absurdity of this philosophy and the five justices' bias toward those with access to big money are there for all to see. The court wants us to believe that, in giving money to a candidate, a schoolteacher can have as much influence in terms of free speech on the outcome of an election as Goldman Sachs or the United Steelworkers.
Supreme Court decisions are not supposed to be partisan, but it is no coincidence that all five justices in the majority were named by Republican presidents. Republicans do far better than Democrats in collecting contributions from the corporate and financial worlds, while the Democrats are better at raking it in from unions, whose pockets are not as deep as GOP benefactors'.
So where are average Americans left in voting for candidates without succumbing to the undue influence of big campaign donors? The first line of defense is partly up to the media. It becomes much more important than ever for the press to dig out assiduously and make public where candidates get their money.
Second, if a person is a member or shareholder of an organization that is making big campaign contributions, it is vital to know to whom, how much, and why.
Third, it becomes more necessary to look with great skepticism on the claims that candidates make in the media and in commercials, mailings, or phone messages in response to big-donor money.
The most terrifying aspect of this decision is the increased power it gives lobbyists over candidates. Their new ability to say, if you don't vote our way we will bury you with contributions to the opposition, could extinguish the notion of government for the people and give rise to government for those who prey on the people.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Democracy for sale
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gloves without a pattern. (Really, knowing me, that should be about everyone reading this.) I've actually knit gloves without a pattern before. I believe that was done back in college before I ever started this blog, and clearly made during a period where I wasn't thinking of Rav. I haven't added it yet, but I have the special thread that I can embroider on so Mom can use her smartphone without taking her gloves off.
For all the progress I've made, I don't really have much to say. The worst that's happened is I've either forgotten to bring a side cable in one when I should have or I miss-crossed a cable. (I'm really tired today.) Not really worrying about those. (Please note the tired.) Most of that not caring is that my mom's not going to care. She may notice, but she likely will love them all the same. Add to that, unless she shows them off to another knitter, no one's likely to notice the mistakes anyhow. Well, when I told my crocheter friend about them and showed her where one such mistake was, she was able to find it, but that doesn't count. (Really, how many lay people have the attention to those details as we do?) So, I'm not worried about it
And, I guess I'm a dirty, rotten liar again. (I seem to be a dirty, rotten liar a lot.) Having made the first glove for this hat and glove set, I want some for me. That's going on my list. Yarn enough to make a hat and glove set for me.
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Here's the deal, it's the 2010 free agency, and as much as I'd love to add LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, and/or Chris Bosh to the roster, frankly Spurs don't really have much in terms of cap room available. I understand that there are more roster needs, but these are some names that I'm willing to spend a good chunk of the MLE on. Generally speaking, I think we need bigs to play next to Timmy, so these 10 are those bigs I think we can make a run at in the FA.
1.) Brendan Haywood
Haywood is a starting caliber center, an above average defender, with a decent back-to-the-basket game. He's a legit 7-footer who can fit well next to Duncan. He probably doesn't have a great mid-range game to compliment Timmy's post game, but then, he's probably a step up from Nazr Mohammed. Seriously. I like Haywood here, but he could be pricey.
2.) Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Besides his age, Big Z is actually a fairly ideal player to play next to Timmy. He's a decent mid-range catch-and-shoot face up shooter, for a big man, he's also a decent defender. He's obviously not the most ideal candidate, and we know that he couldn't hack it as LeBron's second string. However, he fits precisely the mold that the Spurs are looking for.
3.) Udonis Haslem
Kelly Dwyer from Yahoo's Ball Don't Lie blog calls Udonis Haslem one of the better defenders out there. He's not a shot blocker, but he's a top notch rebounder and he and has a solid, legitimate offensive game. For the pessimist, he's kind of an Antonio McDyess upgrade, but I trust Dwyer, and if he says that Haslem has got one of the stellar defensive games in the league, for a big man, then I'm sold.
4.) Channing Frye
A 6-11 Matt Bonner, who plays defense. Frye torched the Spurs in the playoffs and did a decent job against Timmy on defense. Another one of those players I'm not sure if we'd be able to get for the MLE, but someone I'm willing to take a swing at.
5.) Jermaine O'Neal
O'Neal is old, he's got no knees, but he's a decent center and defender. If he's healthy. Pretty big "if" but it's a risk I'm kind of willing to take.
6.) Brad Miller
American, druggy version of Big Z, minus the defense.
7.) Darko Milicic
Darko has to be among the most maligned big men in the league. He's definitely up there next to the likes of Kwame Brown and Eddy Curry. He at least tries on defense, while he had his shot at Minnesota, and he didn't seem like much, I still think he has a decent chance to be something, not a second overall pick, but something, under the influence and leadership of Timmy.
8.) Johan Petro
Petro showed some promise this past season with the Nuggets when Kenyon Martin got injured. He's shown he's a solid defender and decent rebounder. Not a bad take, could do worse, I might not spend the entire MLE on him, but he's worth looking at.
9.) Shelden Williams
A body that can produce relatively well, he had a couple of good games with Boston when he got playing time through Kevin Garnett's injuries.
10.) Chris Hunter
Another one of those Warriors D-League projects. You have to take his production with a grain of salt as it was on the Warriors, but hey, I like his game.


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|Sandra Bullock & Melissa McCarthy in 'The Heat'
Her other project which comes out this year is Gravity. This is directed by Alfonso Cuaron, the first film he has directed since the acclaimed Children of Men in 2006. Gravity is going to utilize IMAX and 3D to its advantage, considering it takes place almost entirely in outer space, it actually makes sense rather than just being a cash grab. Cuaron is taking his time to make sure it all looks right, so i'll just assume the finished product will be breathtaking considering the imagery he added to both Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban and Children of Men. Bullock is joined by George Clooney as astronauts who must find a way home after the space station is damaged. Rumor is Clooney's role is much smaller, so we'll see how this works out.
She also just won the first ever "Favorite Humanitarian" award at the People's Choice Awards. Great start to what should be another solid year by one of America's favorite actresses.


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Today in pre-school the children got to be Busy Bee's Scientists and get involved with their very own skittles experiment. The children and staff discussed what colour the skittles were and what they think would happen if they put warm water onto the skittles. The result was their very own Rainbow which the children ( and staff) were amazed at. The children are going to be getting involved in more science experiments so look out for more related newstories.
Haven't been to see us before? Come and see our lovely nursery, meet our friendly team and most importantly see the children happily engaged with Nursery life.


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Chris Lipe's first foray into competitive Scrabble wasn't exactly what you'd call a success.
Chris Lipe's first foray into competitive Scrabble wasn't exactly what you'd call a success.
"I showed up, and I did awful," said the 30-year-old Rome resident about that day at the Mohawk Valley Scrabble Club.
That was six years ago. Now, Lipe is unquestionably one of the best in the nation.
Earlier this month, Lipe participated in the World Scrabble Championship Qualifier in Akron, Ohio.
There, he placed second, securing one of three remaining places on the National Scrabble Team. (Prior to the tournament, 12 of the 15 spots were filled solely based upon the players' national ratings.)
As a member of the team, Lipe will participate in the World Scrabble Championships in Warsaw, Poland, in October.
Recently, Lipe sat in a booth in the Denny's on South James St. in Rome – where he practices each week with a local club.
And as he thoughtfully discussed his participation in tournament Scrabble, he folded his long limbs into impossible shapes.
It was easy to imagine what he'd look like behind a rack filled with Scrabble tiles, intensely planning his next move.
"I'm really stereotypical for a kind of person who gets involved in tournament Scrabble," he said.
Lipe is a computer programmer and Scrabble is popular among his peers and mathematicians, he said.
But his first degree was in music (he plays the saxophone) and a good number of musicians play the game as well, he said.
Lipe said Scrabble appeals to him because of the game's puzzling element.
"It's about putting the right words in the right places," he said.
Sounds deceptively simple, right?
Fortunately, "like any kind of puzzle, there's tricks to solving them," he said.
For example, tournament Scrabble players study word lists: two-letter words, words containing high-point tiles (J, Q, X, Z), words ending in Y, etc.
As Lipe described Scrabble strategy, he set up a custom-built wooden Scrabble board on the table. He drew his finger across the empty board as if envisioning tiles and explained simple techniques for greatly increasing scores.
Lipe said it is difficult to describe his overall strategy, as so much depends upon the factors from each game – the tiles drawn, the available areas on the game board, what words are played by the opponent.
But, he said, he considers a number of factors before playing a word – the primary concern being the number of points a move will score.
He also considers what tiles he'd like to keep, what tiles he'd like to play and what areas on the board he'd like to open up. But, he said, all things being equal, he will make a longer play and see what new tiles he'll pull from the bag.
Lipe said he still remembers attending his first tournament in New Hartford. He performed poorly, but already had decided to participate in a tournament in Saratoga Springs the next month.
He recalled another early tournament where he studied his word lists during the downtime.
Lipe was self-deprecatingly funny – "You know, I'm not stupid," he said – as he talked about those early days, and turned serious when he talked about the long hours of study that contributed to his success.
But, he said, he had "a certain level of strategic ability and being able to see patterns unfold."
Across the board
It was Lipe's hard work and determination that helped him succeed at Scrabble despite his rocky start.
And it was those qualities that led Jeremy Cahnmann, a 36-year-old player from Chicago and one of Lipe's opponents, to call him "one of my favorite people to play against."
Lipe and Cahnmann began playing seriously at about the same time and rose through the ranks together.
During this time, Lipe and Cahnmann were topping the list of the top 10 ratings-gainers – meaning they were two of the players advancing the quickest.
"Chris said, 'I'm better than this. I'm smarter than this,'" Cahnmann said. And then, Cahnmann said, Lipe set out to prove it.
And in the two years after he started playing tournament Scrabble, Lipe rose from having one of the lowest possible rankings to being ranked "expert."
Now, Cahnmann said, "he's probably one of the 20 to 50 best players in America at any given time."
While Cahnmann won't be going to the National Scrabble Championships or the World Scrabble Championships – he described himself as semi-retired – he'll be following Lipe online at both.
Cahnmann said while Lipe's rating proves his ability – he's currently rated at 1859, a level Cahnmann described as "rare air" – his attitude makes him a fun competitor.
Whether he wins or loses, Cahnmann said, Lipe is the player who you want to have lunch with or hang out with after the tournament.
'Really excited'
For the Akron tournament in July, 14 participants played in 20 games over three days using the Harper-Collins dictionary, the official guide for international play.
"It has all of the words in our dictionary (The Official Scrabble Players' Dictionary), plus about 25 percent more," Lipe said.
The additional words come from English-speaking nations outside the United States. Examples might include South African slang or a bird native to New Zealand.
So to prepare for the qualifier, Lipe focused his energy on studying lists from the so-called Collins dictionary, "especially learning the short words because those are the most useful."
The field included a former national champion and many former members of the national team.
Lipe lost his first two matches of the tournament and "threw a mini tantrum," throwing his scorecard in the trash. But he was able to rebound and finish the first day with 2 wins and 2 losses.
The next day, things turned around – a combination of better play and better tiles, he said.
Lipe finished the second day with 10 wins and 2 losses. Fourth place – and the threat of not attending the international championships – was three games behind him.
At this point, Lipe said, "I'm joking around, like, 'Why does the tournament have to be so long."
And while he had shaky moments on the final day – even losing his first two matches – he eventually found solid ground.
With two games to go, both Lipe and participant Mark Kenas clinched their spots on the National Team, and their tickets to Poland.
"At this point, I'm just really excited," Lipe said. "I'm thrilled to have qualified."
He said he's sure he'll be nervous once he sits down to play – there are some great players coming from around the world – but "once I start playing and it's the same game that I'm used to, I'll be fine," he said.


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(coKane Verse)
ok now i like rockin polo
choclate b***h rolo
n****s screamin yolo
b*****s sayin hello
n****s blow that la la, carmello
for all you rap fellows
im on the top you bellow
got more guns than halo
spanish b***h j lo
a hundred of my dogs, curella
gettin to the bread nutella
gettin to the money
when ever
where ever
how ever
it always comes back like a teather
murder em all
huge or small
when im wantin some head yo b***h i will call
im the s**t you a stall
i like that girl body
add another O thats boody
steven speilberg crib, we gone make a movie
staring a couple bad groupies
they my b***h snoopie
hahaha yea
im the best verbatium
cause i make magic on the mic
n****s call me channing tatum
(Junior Reign Verse)
they say hold up
as my bemer drove up
these hoes tryin to eat me like my meat be
fruit roll up
but i think i told ya
i dont knock these hoes up
all about my paper you can go and get your ???? up
now she ?????
cause she wanted that body to body
but nobody aint wanted the molly
now she jumpin all on to the trolly
aint that sad man
she was gone off that patrone
aint you mad man?
got her cussin on the phone
i am the throne
leave me alone
tryin to turn all of my records to chrome
oops i mean platnium
haters i have em
when they alone i come through and attack em
no they dont want it
swear that im on it
and the beast the creature of the mome
now what im on
i am not clear
but my name as long as you here
ill be here
pull up a chair
junior reign is all in your ear
rapper the year
man i swear
i am the rear
end your career
till i die its middle finger to a beer
my body will be gone but my music will never disepear


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This January, on his Extreme Presentation Method blog, Professor Andrew V. Abela discussed the difference between TWO presentation idioms. One he calls a ballroom style presentation, and the other a conference room style presentation.
He said that a ballroom style presentation is used when the objective is to inform, impress, or entertain the audience. The information flow is primarily one way (from presenter to audience). The audience is typically in a dark hotel ballroom. More generally the audience size could range from a few dozen people to several thousand. PowerPoint slides typically are the medium used.
In contrast, a conference room style presentation is used when the objective is to engage and persuade your audience to change their behavior. The information flow is a two-way interchange between presenter and audience. The audience is typically in a well-lit, small conference room. The audience size could range from 2 to 25 people. Written handouts typically are the medium used.
Two years ago he described this distinction in a magazine article on how to Achieve Impact Through Persuasive Presentation Design. He shows a nice table comparing the two idioms.
In September he detailed both idioms in a 17-page Change This manifesto entitled Presenting to Small Audiences(switch off the projector).
On November 5, in his Slides that Stick blog, Jan Schultink instead described THREE distinct presentation scenarios (and desired levels of detail): the Keynote (large), the Pitch (medium) and the Meeting (small). (Jan showed a matrix which also distinguished three styles for where the media are used without the presence of a presenter).
An article by Cliff Suttle on how to Size Up Your Audience appeared in the December 2007 issue of Toastmaster magazine. Mr. Suttle distinguished FOUR different delivery styles for different audience sizes:
Talking to 10 people or fewer is a conversation.
Getting up in front of 20 people is a speech.
If there are 40 people in the audience, it's a performance.
100 people or more is a show.
Are there TWO, or THREE, or FOUR different styles? I suspect there actually are many MORE. Most of us do not frequently encounter a large range of venues with vastly different audience sizes.
For audience sizes ranging from one to about a million, the following table shows we might distinguish a spectrum with twenty distinctly different optimum styles (as described by a series of powers of two). The first column shows the exponent, E, the second the resulting audience size, and the third a typical presentation venue.
E, audience size, and a typical venue
0 - 1
1 - 2
2 - 4
3 - 8 = a conversation in part of a room
4 - 16
5 - 32 = a school classroom
6 - 64
7 - 128 = a university lecture hall
8 - 256
9 – 512 = an auditorium, or theater
10 - 1,024
11 - 2,048 = an opera house
12 - 4,096
13 - 8,192
14 - 16,384
15 - 32,768 = a basketball arena
16 - 65,536
17 - 131,072 = a football stadium
18 - 262,144 = the Indianapolis 500, or a NASCAR race
19 - 524,288
20 - 1,048,576
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Your presentation style should match both your intent and the size of your audience
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December 22, 2012
Pot, Kettle, Black.
Lindsey Lohan refuses to kiss actor Charlie Sheen because she doesn't know where he's been. I'm willing to bet she's been in all the same places, and then some...
(Emphasis mine):
The troubled 26-year-old actress wasnt on board when she was expected to kiss the Anger Management star during their scenes together in the upcoming Scary Movie 5, according to TMZ.com.
Lohan reportedly refused to lay her lips on 47-year-old Sheen because she was concerned about the actors wild partying past.
Slightly OT but from the same article, is there some sort of bizarro-world, alternate universe in which multi-millionaires need help paying a $233k tax bill?
Never mind, I stand corrected... Who would have thought Lohan is cheaper than a $20 whore?


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It's 3am and I'm at work tomorrow. Caesar has just thrown up on the carpet. I know why he's thrown up. It's because yesterday, when I was at work, he broke down a door and ate a lot of sweets. Sweets that I know he shouldn't have eaten. He's been wearing a smile on his face ever since. I know when the corners of his mouth turn up into a smile-like shape he is feeling sick and I've been waiting for this moment since 10pm. Waiting to fall into a deep sleep. I can't.
Caesar shouldn't even be upstairs. When I first got him, those were the rules; no coming upstairs, no going on the furniture and certainly no sleeping in the bed. Those things changed when I realised the battle I had with Caesar. People say 'pick your battles' and I totally agree. It seemed important to Caesar to be close to us. He wasn't content with sitting at our feet, he wanted to be sitting on our laps or cuddled under our arms. At first, we would sit on the floor to give him this closeness and he was content with that. But more for our own sake than his, it eventually became easier to allow him to come up on the sofa for a cuddle. He began coming to bed when we realised how difficult he found sleeping alone. He would cry and whine in the night and, although we thought he would grow out of it, it actually got worse as he got to know us more. So here we are at 3am, Caesar and I, upstairs, in the bedroom and he's just, politely (I suppose), jumped off the bed and puked on the carpet.
From not coming upstairs to not coming in bed to sleeping by my side every night....feelings change...
It's not nice throwing up at 3am. I, as you probably will too, know this. So I can't feel cross with Caesar. I'd like to say he has learnt his lesson, but know that his innate behaviour forces him to go looking for food. He will eat foods that are poisonous to him and, what's more, if there's no one about, he will carry on eating them until they have gone. Just read 'Saving Caesar: What about GDV?' to find out what happened the last time Caesar got hold of unlimited amounts of food.
So am I angry with Caesar? No. I'm angry with myself. Clearly I'm not clever enough to outsmart him. Immediately I'm thinking of a plan B.... Although this time it's more like a plan Z. I've run out of letters now. But I will keep trying. This relationship is about compromise. If I don't do my job properly, he lets me know by eating the contents of my kitchen and then throwing up. Harmony is only achieved when I put in enough stops and he stops himself enough; I have no doubt that Caesar could break a door down if he needed to.
Caesar looking like butter wouldn't melt in his mouth...
So last week the balance of our lives was upset when Damien was suddenly called away to France. And all hell broke loose in our house. I was trying to make things easy for Damien by acting as if everything was fine. But, the longer he was gone, the less alright everything began to get. Every day, my sister, who was staying with me, would return to the house at lunch time not knowing what she would find. By the end of the first day, the baby gate which was supposed to prevent Caesar from coming downstairs had been broken off the wall. And, on the third day she returned to find that the gate holding Caesar back from the dining room had been pulled over and the dining room door was ajar.
What's this???
Summary of the damage:
1 x Christmas present eaten (box of chocolates wrapped for a friend) - I found the wrappers in the garden a couple of days later...
1 x Christmas ornament broken (by trampling???)
1 x coolbox (belonging to said friend), opened and chewed around the rim
1 x coat pocket missing - chewed from the inside...
1 x poo in the corner (!!!) - embarrassingly didn't find this until days later!!
1 x rucsac missing handles and inner pockets
1 x upturned mug (thankfully not broken but nice sachet of hot drink MIA...)
1 x box upturned with contents all over the floor
Various papers of unknown origin chewed up and spat out...
Had I realised that he had eaten a whole box of chocolates including the wrappers at the time, I would have rushed him to the vet. However, as it happened, I didn't realise that there was anything edible in the dining room until much after the incident when wrappers started appearing in piles in the garden...By which time, of course, they'd already been through his system! That taught me to check next time. Though, I must admit, I was a little glad that I'd missed that little bit of drama!
It's a little bit of a sore subject how many of the items got into the dining room though, that being said, I was fairly convinced that Caesar wouldn't be getting into there in a hurry with a large cage barring entry and a high door handle. However, Caesar proves time and time again that Caesar does as Caesar pleases. And, though these items had been months in the dining room, it seems that something as simple as Damien leaving for the week can cause a major change in Caesar's behaviour.
So; compromise, sacrifice and forgiveness.
Compromise; maybe you can come to bed if you find it so difficult to be alone.
Sacrifice: I'll give up a nights sleep to be by your side when you're sick.
Forgiveness: I'll forgive you for throwing up on my carpet and eating my sweets if you can forgive me for leaving them where you could get to them.


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Here in the Mid-Atlantic area when you've got those late summer blues and the magic of the holidays is still a long way off, the Maryland & Virginia Renaissance Faires are something to get excited about. Now I've never been to either one but I'm contemplating the possibility of going this year. I guess my reluctance to attend in the past has been that I've lived in Europe and I've seen beautiful castles. So why go to a fair that celebrates the Renaissance? I think this is the year to go and get some inspiration. Maybe eat a turkey leg and watch some Jousting? To celebrate the Renaissance Spirit I've designed my Dragon Collection. I'm a romantic at heart and tales of dragons and castles have always intrigued and excited me.
My friend Nikki, @ www.bastilleblue.etsy.com or www.bastillebleu.artfire.com created the lampwork beads for this collection! I know I'm buying quality when I buy from her Etsy or Artfire Shop!
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Palestinians teachers are back in the classroom after being on strike due to their profound sense of loyalty to their students. They had a tiny victory, if one wants to see the glass half full.
Teachers will receive a 5% increase in salary in early 2017, with an additional 5% in early 2018. Until then, they teach and wait and organize.
5% could mean a lot of money to some whose salary is already high, but to the average Palestinian teacher, 5% means roughly 90 shekels or $23 USD. It's not significant though every shekel counts.
Teachers had the support of their president who said they should receive a better salary, however, they also had to submit and return to the classroom due to fears of retaliation in an already oppressed system.
As of now, teachers are working in solidarity together to create a new union and change the laws of union elections.
One teacher from Hebron says, "Until then, we will be helpless and we will always feel misjudged." A feeling teachers around the world echo today.


text: The Village of Pinecrest south of Miami, FL has free CHAdeMO charging in two locations and recently added HPWC's also, which are 240V/80A. Today I went to one of the two locations for a charge only to find the CHAdeMO occupied by another Tesla so I hooked up to the HPWC and went to work on emails sitting in my car. 15 minutes or so after beginning my charge a lady tapped on my window. I expected a wannabe and prepared my speil. She only wanted to tell me she had finished charging so i could move to the Fast Charger. As I think about that I thought this quite funny in a nice way. here we are a couple of hours away from the nearest Superchargers so we treasure the working CHAdeMO. The oddest thing about that these days we simply assume anybody with a Tesla in our area has a CHAdeMO adapter and is adept at using that odd technology.


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Getting in shape Week 1! -
Starting off-
I intend to build on this routine, but I'm taking baby steps on working myself up.
So, I want to focus mainly on my butt for the upcoming summer, so I've been doing a squat routine when I wake up and this is what I started with-
- 15 Ski Squats
- 5 second break
- 1 minute squat hold
- 5 Second break
- 15 Sumo Squats
I then take about a 1 minute break and repeat until I've done the routine 3 times.
Next week I'll be bumping it up to 20 squats!
I also wanted to practice my sit ups and planks so I started off with 30 sit ups and a 30 second long plank, and each day I'll try to beat that! Hopefully this will work on my core a bit at the same time!
After this week I have noticed a little difference as my shorts that were once too tight now fit better than before ! Hopefully they will fit nicely soon!


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Stockbridge Edinburgh shared Scottish SPCA's status update.
Can any owners walking their dogs near Inverleith pond in Edinburgh please ensure their dogs are under strict control. There has been a drainage issue which has meant swans normally on the water are now standing in mud. Unfortunately, two swans have already been attacked by dogs, with their injuries currently being assessed. Thank you


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|Sunrise from the Summit of Mt. Temple. Started at midnight under a full moon. On the summit around 5am
|Vern on Temple's Crux
|Vern sending a summit shot to his daughter
|Pierre conked out on the summit
|La Luna llena
|Cory and Pierre in seemingly ackward bivy positions
|Shadow of Mt. Temple
|Cory downclimbing the crux
|Parker Ridge
|Mt. Athabasca
|Note the little bus....
|Columbia icefield
|Western Anemone
|Skyline trail in Jasper. 44km in 11 hours
|The ornery griz that came at us....
|Jasper tram
|Mt. Robson
|Hanging out for the meteor shower!
|Cavell pond
|Angel glacier on Mt. Edith Cavell
|Pot of hot tea for cyclists to enjoy. Always wanted to do this; pass cyclists in the vehicle....drive a few km down the road.....and set up the stove!
|Bow glacier; source of the Bow river
|Running along Bow lake
|Baby Bow river
|Another griz that came to close. Had the bear spray and air horn ready.
|Bighorn sheep at Logan pass....looking for some breakfast in my van
|Garden wall trail....starts at Logan's pass
|Going to the Sun Road as it approaches Logan's pass
|Mt. Reynolds from Logan's pass.....took 3.5 hours to top
|Mt. Clements....3 hours from Logan pass
|Shadow of Mt. Reynolds as we climb up it.
|John and Martha....a couple of yankee flatlanders doing very well in near vertical terrain!
|Dragon's Tail....took 1:20 from the pass below. The route follows a goat trail 3/4 of the way up of the LHS to the first couloir and then up to the summit ridge.
|Goat trail on Clements
|Grandma Lori pilfering Carla's chinese food
|Camping out at grandma Lori's
|Bookworms waiting for their meal at a Nepalese joint.
|Ramon going for it at Kalamalka lake
|Tough summer this was.........
|Ellison lake provincaial park near Vernon
|Carla making sparks....but with a campfire ban.....no fire
|Overlooking the Okanagan lake
|Their own wee island....with ferry service by Ramon


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Pic#29-With help from my grand V, I am included on a Beatles cover, see gold lame' girl,
Tokyo cherry blossoms and Eiffel Tower.
This is it. My 64th birthday. Singing along with the Beatles to When I'm Sixty Four is something I planned on since I was sixteen. So, check!


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By Josh ZelmanCNN Headline News
(CNN) -- Eager to play a new video game but not looking forward to dropping $40 for the pleasure of doing so? Then take a different route and play for free. If you know where to look, there's plenty of fun to be had for all you freeloaders.
Sam Kennedy, editor in chief of 1up.com, says one place gamers can sign up and play right away is at pogo.com. The games here come courtesy of the Electronic Arts franchise and include everything from sports to pinball. Kennedy says it's a "good place to play lots of mini-games."
Another site Kennedy says gamers should check out for free online gaming is at games.yahoo.com. The games are similar in theme to those at pogo.com (baseball, dominoes and blackjack), and the site provides an online chat feature for those who like to express themselves while hanging out in an online arcade.
Another Web site is Trygames.com. Once again, it's Kennedy's suggestion. Here, gamers can test various titles before paying cash to make them part of their online collection. Kennedy says some games could last an hour or so. And even if the game's not great, the price might be right. Games are on the block for less than $10 a pop.
Finally, for those who have an itch to live the life of a soldier, log on to americasarmy.com and download the good stuff. Developed by the U.S. Army, the game is so strong that people would pay full price to play it if it weren't free, Kennedy says.


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The Case for Mode 4 Transmitters…
This will be an interesting post. It could also be called ""How Most of the Planet Got It Wrong"!
Ok, let's cut to the chase and soon you will understand what this means… 🙂
The great majority of RC pilots use transmitters set up in Mode 2. This post will set out reasons why that is a bad idea, and makes the case for using Mode 4. Most of the rest of the world uses Mode 1, which, while better than Mode 2, is still inferior to Mode 4 for most people.
So, what are these "Modes"? Transmitter Modes define what movements of the two control sticks control which of the main four control channels. The usual response I get when this subject comes up is "What on earth is Mode 4?". I point out that almost everyone who has flown a three channel plane has flown Mode 4 – rudder and elevator on the right stick and throttle on the left. Yet when they get a four channel plane they do a very curious thing – they move the rudder to the left stick and put ailerons on the right stick, which is Mode 2. Why not just add ailerons to the left stick? If this was the only consideration the subject would be simply a matter of preference, with the choice of where to put rudder and ailerons being somewhat arbitrary. However, it goes much deeper than that. Let's move on…
First, to be really clear, let's define the four modes. In all cases left-right motion of the sticks controls aileron and rudder, and forward-backward motion of the sticks controls elevator and throttle. That leaves four possibilities, for the four Modes.
Mode 1
Mode 2
Mode 3
Mode 4
The difference between Mode 2 and Mode 4 is that the horizontal controls, aileron and rudder, are swapped.
The difference between Mode 2 and Mode 1 is that the vertical controls, elevator and throttle, are swapped.
The difference between Mode 1 and Mode 4 is that the entire sticks are swapped.
To understand why the choice of Mode is important, we have to look at what combinations of controls are used in flying RC. I believe the most demanding form of RC piloting is aerobatics, as practiced in pattern flying (like F3A) and in 3D. These tasks require coordinated, simultaneous use of all four controls. Certain combinations of controls are much more common than others, and it is the ease with which these combinations can be learned and executed that form the main argument in favor of Mode 4.
The fact that there are so many highly proficient 3D fliers using Mode 2 is a testament to the human brain's ability to learn complex actions and to the perseverance of those individuals. The reason they use Mode 2 is because that's how they were taught. This post is really aimed at someone starting to learn to fly, or who is moving from three to four channels. For someone already proficient in flying Mode 2, changing to Mode 4 would be very difficult, as would be any change of Modes. I started learning 3D flying to see if i could learn new tricks. The answer is "yes", but it takes longer, and anything that could help the process was highly welcomed. Mode 4 was one of those things. The post concentrates on fixed-wing aircraft. We'll leave helicopters aside for now, but i will come back to them later.
Continuous Rolls
The first maneuvers I attempted that got me thinking about this topic were the coordinated continuous roll, the rolling circle, and the rolling loop. For these the plane should fly horizontally, in a level circle, or in a loop, while continuously rolling about its longitudinal axis. All attempts I made to do these maneuvers in Mode 2 ended in disaster. Let's look at why it is hard to learn. In Mode 2 a continuous roll, to the right for example, requires the following actions:
1. Move and hold the left thumb at the required throttle setting
2. Move and hold right thumb to the right (aileron – this sets the roll rate)
3. Move left thumb to the left (Left rudder)
4. Release left thumb and push right thumb
5. Release right thumb and move left thumb to the right
6. Release left thumb and pull right thumb
7. Release right thumb and move left thumb to the left
8. Repeat steps 4 through 7 to continue rolling.
The main thing that is difficult is the out-of-phase motions of the two sticks. There is a toy that has been available in the US for many years called EtchASketch. It draws lines controlled by two knobs, one of which moves the pen left-right, and the other moves it up-down. The motions of the elevator and rudder stick in a Mode 2 roll are exactly like the motions of the EtchASketch knobs for drawing a circle – something that can be done, but is widely acknowledged to be hard to learn. Another difficulty is keeping and controlling the aileron deflection to achieve a constant roll rate while working the elevator up and down, and maintaining the throttle while working the rudder back and forth. I found my plane would either stop rolling or that I had reduced the throttle, while concentrating on rubbing my tummy and patting my head, to which it has been compared.
Now let's look at a Mode 4 continuous roll:
1. Move and hold the left thumb at the required throttle setting
2. Move and hold left thumb to the right (aileron – this sets the roll rate)
You can now forget about the left stick, except for minor adjustments to the roll rate if needed
3. Move right thumb to the left (left rudder)
4. Rotate the right thumb in a circle around the center – push, right, pull, left, … repeatedly.
To compare with EtchASketch again – this is like drawing a circle with a pencil – much, much easier. Moreover, since the left stick, throttle and aileron, hardly moves at all, it is much easier to maintain constant throttle and aileron, or to make minor adjustments to these controls if needed. Of course, in both Mode 2 and Mode 4 you have to coordinate the rate of movement of the sticks with the rotation of the plane. The difference between a straight roll, a rolling circle, and a rolling loop is largely in leading or lagging the plane's roll with the stick motions. This is quite enough to think about without having to worry about getting the phase between rudder and elevator correct.
In Mode 4 that part is automatic.
For a right roll, the right thumb rotates to the right, or clockwise. For a left roll it rotates left, or counter-clockwise. Very natural.
Vertical Hover
This maneuver is controlled mainly by the rudder and elevator, to maintain the plane pointing vertically upwards. This tends to require small, rapid movements of the rudder and elevator, like balancing a stick on your finger. The throttle is adjusted to maintain altitude, and the ailerons are used to either counteract a torque roll, or to force a roll. These tend to be slow adjustments. As with the continuous roll, having a rapidly changing control on the same stick as a slowly changing control tends to make it difficult to maintain the slow control.
Again, hovering in Mode 2 can, obviously, be learned, but there is nothing very natural about it.
Consider what it takes in Mode 4. There are two main orientations – hovering "canopy-in", where you are looking at the top of the plane, and hovering "wheels-in", where you are looking at the underside of the plane.
Canopy-in: Consider the right stick to be the vertical fuselage of the plane. Now you can move the stick in the direction you want the plane to tilt, for example:
To make the plane to tilt away from you, push the stick away from you.
To make the plane to tilt to the right, push the stick to the right.
If the plane drifts away and to the left, pull the stick towards you and to the right to counteract it.
And so on. Very natural. This is sometimes called "flying the nose" because the plane reacts as if your thumb was on its nose.
Canopy out: Consider that the right control stick is attached to the tail of the plane, and that you are balancing the plane on the top of the stick. Now move the control stick just as if the plane really was balancing on its tail, for example:
If the plane falls away from you, push the stick away to re-balance the plane.
If the plane falls to the right, push the stick to the right to re-balance the plane.
And so on. Again , very natural. Most people can balance a stick on their finger, so they should find Mode 4 wheels-in hovering very easy. This is sometimes called "flying the tail" because the plane reacts as if your thumb was supporting it on its tail.
Inverted Flight
In inverted flight the actions of the throttle and ailerons remain the same as for normal flight, but the rudder and elevator controls are reversed. In Mode 2, each stick has one control reversed and one normal. In Mode 4 the left stick remains normal, and both controls on the right stick are reversed. For me this is easier to remember, rather than trying to remember which of the two controls on each stick is reversed and which stays the same, as you have to for Mode 2. In a way similar to hovering, you fly the nose of the plane when it is approaching you, and fly the tail when it is going away, and the main controls for doing this are both on the right stick, in Mode 4.
Benefits of Mode 2
Some people say that Mode 2 is better because the right stick acts like the joystick in a full-sized aircraft. While this is true, I believe it is irrelevant. Friends of mine who fly both RC Mode 2 and full-sized planes tell me that the experiences are quite different. Maybe if RC pilots used foot pedals and separate throttle levers, and had seats that always oriented them in line with the aircraft, there might be a case. But most of us don't fly full-sized aircraft anyway.
Another argument in favor of Mode 2, in most places in the world, is that you can fly other people's planes and they can fly yours. Again, this is true, and is a valid argument. However, if more transmitter manufacturers would provide the facility for switching Modes, as some already do, this would be a non issue. For me this is actually a benefit. I hate flying other people's planes ever since I smacked a friend's plane into the trunk of a tree, pretty much wrecking it, the plane, not the tree.
So now I have an excuse not to fly other peoples' planes. But if I want someone else to fly my plane, I just switch my transmitter to Mode 2 and hand it to them.
What about three channel throttle, elevator and aileron planes? Here I don't think there is much to choose between Mode 2 and Mode 4. Now the ailerons play a more active role and it could be argued that they would do better on the dominant hand, Mode 2 for righties. At the same time some pylon racing people have told me they have the aileron on the left stick (Mode 4) to maintain a good separation between the bank and yank phases of a pylon turn.
It has been said that focusing on rolls, hovering and inverted flight is biased, and surely there are other maneuvers for which Mode 2 is better than Mode 4. I am yet to find them.
Perhaps the biggest case for Mode 2 is that it is what most people have learned from other misguided souls, and changing to any other convention would be very difficult to do.
What about Mode 1?
The difference between Mode 1 and Mode 4 is that the entire sticks are swapped. Because of this, Mode 1 enjoys all of the benefits of Mode 4, except one. The rapidly-changing controls for rolling or hovering are the elevator and rudder, so they should be assigned to the dominant hand.
Most people are right-handed, so Mode 4 is better for them. Left-handed people would do better with Mode 1.
What about Mode 3?
I can find no redeeming properties for Mode 3.
Using Mode 4 facilitates a range of 3D maneuvers. If you are familiar with Mode 2 you should probably stay with it. But if you have only flown two or three channel planes with rudder and elevator on the right stick, you might give some consideration to staying with Mode 4 and putting the aileron on the left, rather than following the herd.


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I'm not a fan of chick flicks. Never was. I caught this chick flick however called LIttleBlackBook. The only thing I remember was Holly Hunter saying "Omission is Betrayal". How very true. How many times have u stumbled upon a secret perhaps your boyfren/girlfren has been withholding from you- only to have him/her say that they didn't think it was necessary to let you know? Or have you had the occassion when your bf/gf went out his/her ex-es only to find out 1 week after? Yar, the truth doesn't hurt if you dont know about it, but if you do find out, well, it hurts alright. If there's nothing to hide, then why hide it?.....unless you have another agenda behind it. Or perhaps some people feel 'some things are best left unsaid? Oh well, what's your take on this?
3 mysterious ducks - carved in Ipoh, polished elsewhere and now back in 'Truly Asia' with our own propaganda on how the world should work.
Thursday, September 07, 2006
2 comments:
- Gallivanter said...
Well, as a couple, no secrets should be kept from each other. Having said that, telling your partner every thought in your head, every feeling in your body or every detail of your past can only lead to anarchy in your relationship. You don't need to be your other half's personal police officer. :-)
i believe everyone should have secrets...being an open book leaves you vulnerable because certain info can be used against you.
But once a cheater always a cheater
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SOURCE: A review of Writing and Being, in Women's Review of Books, Vol. 13, No. 4, June, 1996, p. 8.
In the following review, Milton comments on the themes of Writing and Being.
Nadine Gordimer is a writer whose moral vision predicates her literary one. The same could be said, to some degree, about any writer one would willingly read. But I see Gordimer's perspective on good and evil as being quite different from that of many, or even most, of the thinking writers of our day: Gabriel Garcia Marquéz, say, or Günther Grass or Doris Lessing, who are so burdened by the madness of contemporary society that they often need to break out of the confines of realism to give sufficient voice to their sense of absurdity.
By contrast, there is something almost old-fashioned about Nadine Gordimer: not only because she stays within the limits of exactness and reason...
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I get a daily email from MyRecipes.com with a featured recipe of the day. Sometimes they look great and then find their way into my Recipes folder in Outlook, other times they meet the sad fate of the Deleted Items folder. When this one showed up one morning I had a sudden flashback because I had made these years and years ago. In fact, when I first made this may have been one of the first times I'd ever used prosciutto. I don't remember when it was exactly, but it was two houses ago, so it was some time between February 2003 and September 2005. It was a Cooking Light recipe, and how I forgot about it, I'm not sure. It's really yummy and really easy, which, as you know, is a combination I love!!
Prosciutto and Gruyere Strombolis
1 (11-ounce) can refrigerated French bread dough
2 ounces thinly sliced prosciutto
1 cup trimmed arugula
1/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded Gruyère cheese
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
Preheat oven to 425°.
Unroll dough onto a baking sheet; pat into a 14 x 11-inch rectangle. Cut dough into quarters to form 4 (7 x 5 1/2-inch) rectangles. Top each rectangle with 1/2 ounce prosciutto, 1/4 cup arugula, 2 tablespoons cheese, and 1 tablespoon parsley. Beginning at short side of each rectangle, roll up the dough, jelly-roll fashion; pinch seam to seal (do not seal ends of rolls). Arrange rolls 4 inches apart on baking sheet. Bake at 425° for 10 minutes or until rolls are lightly browned. Serve warm.
CALORIES 275 (28% from fat); FAT 8.5g (sat 4.4g,mono 2.1g,poly 0.5g); IRON 2.3mg; CHOLESTEROL 24mg; CALCIUM 158mg; CARBOHYDRATE 34.4g; SODIUM 754mg; PROTEIN 14g; FIBER 1.5g
So according to the website, this was published in Cooking Light's August 2004 issue. One of the reasons I slated this dinner (whenever it was we had it weeks ago) was because I had arugula in the fridge, but by the time I made them the arugula had seen better days. I skipped that part of it and just had prosciutto and gruyere inside them. This was a huge hit with everyone. The boy was strangely excited for this dinner when I told him what we were having. Now that I've remembered this recipe it's something we'll have again for sure. Yum!
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I normally end up making hair bows for my niece for her birthdays, but I've been wanting to make a Black Apple doll for some time. I wanted to make Repunzel, but wasn't sure how to make long hair hang down in the back. After asking around, a friend suggested a wig, and I kind of like how it turned out.
Now she can be long haired Repunzel, or Repunzel with a hair cut.
And why not make a market skirt (minus the pockets) for the birthday girl to match her doll?
I've also been wanting to make a machine embroidered shirt using this technique.
It turned out to be harder than I expected. Even with the stabilizer, the fabric shifted on me a lot.
This was a little easier. I sewed diamond shaped t-shirt material onto the shirt and stitched stripes on top to make an argyle pattern.
It's hard to come up with ideas for handmade boy gifts...I can't imagine that clothes are really that exciting of a present.
I'd love suggestions for next years gift for a 9 year old boy.


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Houston Wire & Cable acquires Vertex
Houston Wire & Cable Company has purchased Vertex Corporate Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries from DXP Enterprises.
Vertex is a master distributor of industrial fasteners with sales and distribution centers throughout the United States. Specializing in corrosion resistant and specialty alloy inch and metric threaded fasteners, rivets, and hose clamps, Vertex products are used in a broad array of end markets including industrial supply, water and waste water, general manufacturing, power generation, marine, and oil and gas.
Under the terms of the agreement, the purchase price for the acquisition of the company is $32.3 million, subject to an adjustment based on the net working capital of the acquired company on the closing date.
"Vertex has a well established reputation as a leading master distributor of industrial fasteners with high quality products, outstanding customer service, and superior operational excellence. This acquisition leverages HWCC's core strength in master distribution and its national distribution platform into new product categories and represents a great example of how its model can be used to further penetrate industrial end markets," said James Pokluda III, president and CEO of HWCC.
David Little, chairman and chief executive officer, stated, "This transaction presents a win-win outcome for each party. DXP is strengthening its balance sheet for growth and positioning DXP to focus on its core products and offerings. HWC is acquiring a strong complementary business that will benefit from their keen understanding of Vertex's business model and should help position them for growth."
"The decision to sell our master distributor of fasteners was contemplated some time ago after a comprehensive strategic review of our business model and operations. We reached this agreement with HWC after a thorough sale process. This sale is part of our continuing commitment to provide greater financial flexibility and predictability, all aimed at creating greater long-term value for all of DXP's stakeholders," added Kent Yee, senior vice president of corporate development.


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Through the 64 narrative poems in this collection, Jessie Carty illustrates one woman's coming of age in the face of neglect and unmet social expectations. However, these are not poems of woe. Instead, Carty flings open closet doors and jumps in, describing the dark recesses with an innocent acceptance of what is rather than what should be. Though told from an adult perspective, the childhood described is never overpowered by it—because:
poetry is
of sex, or love, or God or
toast—bread turned chore
Carty's poetry is also poetry of place, but not in a travelogue or naturalist sense. It is the poetry of someone infused by place, the "I am" of place. A place where water and woods are more constant than parents and houses. Yet even that trust could be considered misplaced when:
The curves of the river crack
under our Wonder Woman boots.
We throw rocks at the opaque ice
as we march across the Yeopim River.
The births of babies and love. The deaths of elders and illusions. The reconstruction of homes and lives. An unflinching honesty folds them all into "boxes in boxes like Russian dolls," waiting for us to lift the lids.
You may read a sample at Google Books.
When Jessie Carty isn't writing, reading, or organizing something, you'll find her engaged with electronics—to find new ways of folding science and technology into her poetry.
Jessie Carty's poems and non-fiction have appeared in publications such as The Main Street Rag, Iodine Poetry Journal and The Northville Review. Her first chapbook At the A & P Meridiem was released by Pudding House Publications in 2009. Jessie has been a finalist in several poetry and chapbook contests. Her work has also been twice nominated for the Best of the Net Award. She most notably placed third in the St. Louis Poetry Center's 2008 contest, resulting in her poem "Sex Education" being published in MARGIE. Her first full length collection Paper House will be released by Folded Word in March 2010. Jessie works as a freelance editor, writer, and writing coach/teacher with courses such as Networking FTW and Is it Over? Finding Poetic Closure. She is also the editor of Shape of a Box, YouTube's first literary magazine. Jessie received her MFA from Queens University of Charlotte. She is a member of AWP, Charlotte Writer's Club, NCWN, NC Poetry Society and will serve on the new board for the Poetry Council of NC.
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Male and female Iranian student fencers have displayed extraordinary skills and composure during the 2016 Thailand Open Fencing Championships, and clinched a dozen medals to emerge as the champions of the international sporting event.
On Tuesday, the epee team of the Islamic Azad University, comprising Ali Yaghoubian, Hossein Ja'fari and Mohammad Ali Kayhani, prevailed a team of representatives from the host nation and stood on the top podium at Fashion Island Shopping Mall in Khan Na Yao district of the Thai capital Bangkok.
The epee is the modern derivative of the dueling sword used in fencing. As a thrusting weapon, the epee is similar to a foil, but has a stiffer blade, which is triangular in cross-section with a V-shaped groove called a fuller, has a larger bell guard and is heavier.
There are no rules regarding priority and right of way in the epee competitions, and the entire body is a valid target area.
The Iranian men's sabre team, which had Mojtaba Abedini, Ali Pakdaman and Farzad Baher in its line-up, raced past Thailand in the last encounter to receive the gold medal.
Additionally, Motahhareh Mohseni, Sarvenaz Mortazavi and Negin Kafi took part in women's foil team event, and earned a silver medal.
The 2016 Thailand Open Fencing Championships started in Bangkok on September 16 and finished on September 20.
The five-day-long tournament brought together dozens of male and female fencers from Belgium, Britain, France, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Italy, Russia, South Korea and the United States.
Fencers from the Islamic Azad University represented Iran in the event.


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Lately I have been so puzzled by the whole "school lunch" thing. Why wouldn't a school want to feed kids healthy fresh food? I have assumed it was about the almighty dollar, but the info I learned from the Slow Cook blog made me mad as hell. Yes, you heard it right.
This blog explains the 10%-15% (or even 50%!) rebates that food service providers receive from the big food companies because they buy food in huge quantities. The companies that run food services in many public schools are then supposed to pass those rebates right onto the schools. So school "Learn A Lot" hires "Serve a Lot" to run their food service. Because "Serve a Lot" is serving hundreds of students in each of hundreds of schools, they receive these rebates, making food service cheap. Schools are always needing to save money, right? So this looks like a winner of a program to them. (And for the record, I'm totally in favor of schools having more money to put toward learning.)
There are some problems, however. One problem is that the food service companies don't return the rebates to the schools in a timely manner. The bigger problem is that the whole unsavory business is shrouded in secrecy, probably because the companies realize that we would be mad as hell if we knew. The bigger problem leads to an even bigger one: We are not talking about produce companies selling lettuce here. We are talking about Apple Jax and fatty muffins.
If this weren't bad enough, the really insidious nastiness is this: Big food companies have spent millions of dollars and years of research learning what makes food irresistible. Rest assured, these companies are not accidentally providing tantalizing foods to school kids. They are very certainly doing it on purpose. If they can hook 'em when they're young, they'll have customers for life.
It reminds me of when the tobacco companies provided cigarettes free to soldiers stationed abroad in World War II. The government distributed them, for heaven's sake. And those soldiers came home hooked.
I know someone will accuse me of being overly dramatic. But is it really that different? Cigarettes kill, there is no doubt. And guess what? Obesity does too. The diseases that are expected to cost our country enormous amounts of money in the next few years are greatly impacted or exacerbated by obesity. Yep, it's sickening.
Until we as citizens -- whether or not we have kids eating school lunch -- start to wake ourselves up and decide to put a stop to this craziness, things are going to get worse. I predict they are going to get a lot worse.


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Andy Feng of Yahoo presented his work on Apache Storm. This picture shows the 3 types of Hadoop 2 processing scenarios:
- Hadoop batch processing (MapReduce or the newer Tez providing DAG based processing)
- Spark iterative processing (for machine learning where the algorithms crunch on the same data repeated to minimize some objective function. Spark supports the Directed Acyclic Graph processing model. With the capabilities of Spark, it has drawn increasing interests.
- Storm stream processing for real time data
This platform presents an "operating system"-like set of functions to manage cluster of compute and storage:
- HDFS to manage storage
- YARN to manage compute resources
- MapReduce/Tez/Storm and Spark to schedule and run tasks
All open source and changing quickly.


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Judging by the coins, there are a lot of wishes in this fountain.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
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4 comments:
- Mister Earl said...
On top of the fountain almost looks like a stately lady, a queen perhaps, maybe the Queen of Hearts. The beams of light looked to me like water at first. Where is this?
- September 25, 2010 at 5:49 AM
- Steve Scauzillo said...
Love fountains..where is this one?
- September 25, 2010 at 10:10 AM
- Jean Spitzer said...
I'm loving the iphone shots. This is beautiful.
- September 25, 2010 at 4:54 PM
- Laurie said...
Thanks, you guys!
This fountain is right outside Starbucks -- the Starbucks of a few posts ago -- on Fair Oaks. Little Bit loves to throw pennies in it. I love the way it looks in the late afternoon. It's such an odd choice for that strip mall, but I adore it.
- September 25, 2010 at 11:22 PM
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