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|Colonial Williamsburg: Colonial Life History for Kids
|Importance of Black History in the Early American Colonies
|The African American in Colonial Times
|The Amistad Slave Rebellion
|Video: Africans in America: America's Journey through Slavery
|Video: Slavery at Monticello
|Introduction to Colonial African American Life
|Rise of Slave Trade: Black History in Colonial America
|History of Colonial Clothing
|Pilgrim Clothing
|Colonial Clothing Interactive Learning Activity
|Introduction to 18th century clothing
|Pilgrim Clothing
|Women's Colonial Clothing
|Men's Colonial Clothing
Colonial Currency: Examples of currency; Colonies/ States are listed in alphabetical order
Video: Colonial and Continental Currency: The complete story, important facts and information
Wikipedia: Early American Currency: History and Images
|History of the Colonial Economy
|Colonial Economy During the 17th Century
|The 13 Colonies: Developing Economy and Overseas Trade
|History of Colonial Money
|History of Colonial Education
|Education in the 13 American Colonies
|Pages from an 1805 New England Primer
|Wikipedia: Schooling, Education, and Literacy in the Colonies
|Schooling, Education, and Literacy in Colonial America
|Education in the Colonies
|History of the Colonial Family
|Colonial Family Life
|The Colonial Family
|Family Life
|History of Colonial Farming
|Farming in the 13 American Colonies
|History of Colonial Foods
|Food in the 13 American Colonies
|Selected Recipes from Colonial Williamsburg
|Foods and Recipes of Early American Settlers
|Food of the Early Colonists
|History of Colonial Gardening
|Colonial Gardening
|History of Colonial Government
|Wikipedia: Colonial Government
|Colonial Government
|Emergence of Colonial Government
|History of Crime and Punishment in Colonial America
|Crime and Punishment in the Plymouth Colonies
|Colonial Crimes and Punishment
|Slide Show Crime and Punishment in Colonial America
|Colonial Manners (Written as they were)
|George Washington's Rules of Civility
|History of Colonial Medicine
|Colonial Doctor
|Wikipedia: Colonial Diseases and Colonial Doctors
|Colonial Medicine
|History of Colonial Music
|Listen to Music of Early America
|History of Colonial Newspapers
|Early American Newspapers
|America's First Newspaper
|History of Colonial Parks
|Parks in the 13 American Colonies
|History of Colonial Religion
|Religion in Colonial America
|History of Colonial Soap Making
|Colonial Soap Making. Its History and Techniques
|History of Colonial Tools
|Colonial Tools
|History of Daily Life in Colonial America
|Daily Life in the Colonies
|A Colonial Family and Community
|PBS: Daily Life in the Colonies
|History of Fire Fighting in Colonial Times
|History of Holiday Customs
|Colonial Christmas Customs
|History of Schooling and Education in Colonial America
|Pages from an 1805 New England Primer
|Education in the 13 American Colonies
|Wikipedia: Education in the Thirteen Colonies
|Education in the Colonies
|History of Traveling, Mail and Newspapers in Colonial America
|Travel, Mail, and Newspapers in Colonial America
|Other Colonial Pages
|The Jamestown Colony
|The Plymouth Colony
|The Lost Colony of Roanoke
|The New England Colonies
|The Middle Colonies
|The Southern Colonies
Colonial Charters, Grants, and Related Documents: From Yale Law School - A list of documents and their texts for every colony in early America - dates supplied as well
|Maps of Early America
|Maps of Early Colonial America
Colonial Williamsburg Slide Shows: The history of the early colonists and colonies presented in various slide shows with pictures and facts
Comparison of Colonial Life to Today's Life: Information about the Plymouth Plantation; The Pilgrims; Education; Vocabulary Words For Colonial America
Have Fun with History: Colonial America: American colonial life existed just shy of 180 years before the United States of America emerged as a nation independent of British rule. These formative years are reflected with free streaming videos from Have Fun with History. Topic included: Colonial Williamsburg: Travelogue
PBS Colonial Life Media Gallery: EXCELLENT! Video and audio clips present the participants as they assess 1628 from a contemporary perspective. Large-sized photos and captions demonstrate both the beauty and the drudgery of life on the Colony. And a map, hand drawn by one of the colonists, portrays the Colony through the eyes of those who lived there.
PBS Interactive History: Colonial Life: EXCELLENT interactive activities which allow you to explore the Colonial Era
PBS Interactive History: Meet the Colonists: Click on the pictures to learn more about individual colonists and their lives
Sonofthesouth.net: Colonization of the Americas: EXTENSIVE historical background about the settlers who came to America and their early settlements complete with photographs and images. Included are links to complete explanations about important people, documents, and events
Sonofthesouth.net: Life in the American Colonies: EXTENSIVE historical background about what life was like in the early colonies complete with photographs and images. Included are links to complete explanations about important people, documents, and events.
Sonofthesouth.net: Old Colonial Days and Ways: EXTENSIVE historical background about the early colonists complete with photographs and images. Included are links to complete explanations about important people, documents, and events.
Timeline of Historical Events of the Original Colonies to 1700
*The Colonial Period in America took place between the early 1500s and late 1700s.
*The colonists established 13 colonies. These colonies are presently known as: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia
*Many settlers came to America establish colonies where they had religious freedom.
*When the colonists arrived in America, life was very difficult. They had to clear the land using hand tools, build their own houses, produce all of their own food, and make their own clothing.
*Family life was extremely important. Everything revolved around the family and family members.
*Farming was extremely important in the colonial times. Colonial families had to farm for survival, and every family member had chores to help with the farming.
*Squanto, a Native American, taught many of the colonists how to plant crops and how to hunt for wild animals.
*Many of the colonists who arrived were unprepared for the harsh conditions they were to face, and many died from health problems.
*Tools used the colonists, whether the tools were for the home or for farming, had to be made by hand.
*Of course electricity did not exist for the early colonists. They used candles for light and had to make their own candles.
*Not only did the colonists have to make their own candles, but they also had to make their own soaps which was a very long and difficult process.
*The role of women in early America was not easy. It was the women who took care of all the family needs. She prepared meals, made clothing, canned foods, and raised the children.
*Manners were very important during the colonial era. Colonial children were taught manners from a very early age.
*After a colony was settled, fathers worked outside the home in various colonial trades. There were over 18 major trade professions in colonial America. The children were often taught that trade so that when they were older they could help with the family trade or even take it over.
*The phrase "keep me posted" comes from the colonial period. Before the newspaper was developed, news was written on a paper, and posted in town on a wooden post for the colonists to read.
*The "town crier" was another way that the colonists kept up on the news. He would travel from town to town ringing a bell to get everyone's attention, and speak the news.
*African American slavery played a big part in the history of the early colonies. Slavery began in 1619 in Virginia. Large numbers of Africans were brought to North American against their will. Over 200,000 slaves lived in the colonies by the year 1750, and faced depressing challenges.
American History Calendar: A calendar site showing American history in a unique way: through a user-friendly web calendar. Birthdays of important people in American history and important events in American history can be viewed; interactive - browse through it and display details on a specific person or event. A printer friendly version of the calendar is also available.
Smithsonian National Museum of American History Search Engine: Discover history through objects, photographs, interactive timelines: Complete archived collections - excellent!
The History Channel: Each month the History Channel takes new explorations into the past and puts them on display for you, utilizing state-of-the-art interactive technology; listen to speeches drawn from the most famous broadcasts and recordings of the Twentieth Century. The History Channel Time Machine brings you to a different speech every day; trivia quiz; fact of the day; games.
U.S. History Images: What better way to learn about and appreciate the history of the United States than through viewing the illustrations of artists from the last century and a half! The images are all in the public domain and are free for anyone to use in any way after viewing the Terms of Use. This website is a work in progress and new images are always being added. Present topics for images include: Life in the Colonies, Colonial Patriots, Native Americans, Native American Culture, The Age of Exploration, and Explorers
Archiving Early America: A wealth of resources about 18th Century America, original newspapers, maps, writings, biographies
History of the United States Historical Documents
History Place: American Revolution, Civil War, featured articles, history of the U.S.A.
Liberty Online: Historical People and their words, historical documents, historical geography, battle maps, links to other map sites
American Memory Learning Page of the Library of Congress: Historical collections of photographs, documents, motion pictures, and sound recordings about American culture and history - SEARCHABLE by keyword
Biographies of Famous People Both Past and Present: - SEARCHABLE by keyword
The Biographic Dictionary: Covers more than 33,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day- SEARCHABLE by keyword
Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Encyclopedia Smithsonian features answers to frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources from A to Z
Information Please: On-Line Dictionary; Encyclopedia; Almanac, and MORE
Who2: Find famous people biographies fast! This site also lists links to more information about each person. - SEARCHABLE by keyword
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I'm remembering…..and I'm sure you are as well.
A worthy website to visit regarding that terrible day is The September 11th Digital Archive.
I recall 9/11/2001 vividly, I was watching television, and saw it live as it happened! I called my wife to the TV, she thought it was a movie; we both suddenly realized that it was real!...In utter dismay and shock it was confirmed by national telecasters.

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C'mere for a second. I don't want to say anything in front of... you know... the other guy. He's a nice guy, and an okay player, mostly. He knows the rules pretty well, he can make characters, he tries to get into the game, I think... I guess... maybe. But I've been thinking... there's something about the way he plays, the way he talks about the game... I think I know what's wrong.
Do you remember when you first started playing RPGs, and reading sci-fi or fantasy, watching awesome movies and shows, reading comic books, or even writing, or drawing, your own stuff? Making up your own awful, or awesome games? Did you read adventure gamebooks? Lone Wolf, Zork, Endless Quest, D&D, Sagard, Wizards and Warriors, Fighting Fantasy, Choose Your Own Adventure?
Do you remember imagining being someone else, somewhere else, doing something else? Seeing scenes in your mind's eye, either in a fully immersive, sit-back-and-close-your-eyes exercise, or just while you were staring off into space, while not doing homework, while someone was droning on?
When was the last time you truly used, focused on, for any significant length of time, your imagination; your active, conscious, willful, artistic creativity, to get back in touch with that ability to appreciate the wonder that you yourself can create and bring forth, all from within yourself? Were you ever able to do that? Did you ever do that? Can you still do it? Do you do it when you game, as player or GM? Will you do it?
I was talking with a friend of mine the other day, we'll call him Ted. His 15 year old stepson, eh, name him Brent, has played games with us enough to understand the basics of a few systems, how gaming works, including GMing, and even ran a few sessions of Warhammer FRP 2nd Edition adventures from some of the more famous campaigns, and I thought, did pretty good - he's a little rough around the edges in places, as player and GM, but for 15, he's got a good grasp and has the dedication to sit down and work on NPCs and go over the adventures he's going to run, when he wants to, to prepare.
So Brent is starting to GM for his group of friends, about 3-5 kids around his age, give or take a couple of years. He essentially observed that he felt one of the main problems with his group was that, besides them not being previously acquainted with RPGs, besides online (MMORPGs/WoW etc) or console games (that's all for another post), he felt they just really didn't seem to have the ability to imagine.
Granted, that's just Brent's opinion, and potentially carries some bias and he's not exactly a trained psychologist, but from the standpoint of his experience with gaming, I think he might have enough authority in this particular subject to be able to at least "diagnose" that much of an issue, if it's as obvious as he thinks it is. His friends do not fit the "gamer mold" as most of the rest of us (Brent, me, my friend Ted, my cousins, the group to which I and my friend belonged) - voracious readers, interests in psychology, philosophy, trivia, history, arts, various sci-fi/fantasy, various analytical pursuits or aspects of the games themselves (his is the in-game hierarchy, intrigue, etc., mine's mechanics). Brent's friends aren't really readers except for one who's also a Star Wars fanatic, one's a sports nut, etc. In a way it's neat to see out-of-the-ordinary "types" (for us anyway) interested in gaming, but in another, it's a real head-scratcher as to how to deal with them or explain things.
Brent's statement about the lack of imagination made me think about when he started gaming, and when my own cousins started, and when I started, and I think his observation is probably not just valid but significant. When I was in 7th grade, our science teacher did a guided imagery exercise where we closed our eyes and imagined what it was like to be an animal as a rainstorm came up - we had to run (or fly) for shelter - the smell of the rain, the cooling breeze coming in, the sound of the drops and wind, the other animals also scampering for cover, the intensifying breeze, flashes of lightning, booming thunder, all that. This was at least 20 minutes, maybe longer. I just thought this was one of the most awesome things I had ever experienced in school, as I was already playing RPGs at this time and realized at that time most of the other kids probably didn't do anything that would lead them into anything that would ever give them the cause to do anything even remotely similar to that, and likely they never would again.
I flashed forward back to Brent's statement about his friends and I realized that it's quite possible that his friends, now that they had matured into self-awareness and long out of the influence of the toddler "imagination" stage, had no real practice in engaging their imagination, as they had no cause to do so. They didn't read, only one drew or wrote; they most all played video games, but everything is already rendered very concretely for you. The only thing I could call to mind that might fire their imaginations was music so I hope they at least have that.
But again, I thought back and realized at the time of the animal visualization, even though I played RPGs and I did some peripheral visualization and wrote my own stuff and drew, I really didn't do all that much true imagining either. Everything was always fuzzy and vague, and still is. I think that's why that exercise was so awesome to me, because it was a true novelty even for me, because I was able to appreciate how it could fully be applied and its use in something, rather than just "This is cool but what good does it do?" like the other kids probably thought.
When I gamed, GM or player, it was always a mesh of mental calculations of game mechanics, narration and vague mental image of the current action - I never fully clarified in my mind the full scene, it was always just a snapshot or a video clip of what was going on, like <* SCENE: Pit Fighter throws Dwarf Trollslayer through window into goblin crossbowman *>. Sometime it would just be a hazy face or general outline, especially if I didn't get a good idea of an NPC or creature from a description - it's more used as a placeholder in my head, than for imagination purposes, just to categorize things for how and when I deal with them.
And I wondered about that. The whole point of games is having fun and I realize it comes down to what your definition of fun is, and not only that, I think it depends on WHICH definition of "fun" you're going to choose each time you sit down to play. Some days you're in a "standard gaming fun" mood, character sheet, dice, pencil and whatever else, and there's nothing wrong with that at all.
But there is the more primitive but no less valid definition of "fun" - it isn't about leveling up, hording coins, sucking up XP, buying new implements of destruction, slaying monsters, figuring out stats, or how many inches a feat lets you jump or how much damage you can do - not really; gaming, like any entertainment, are about escapism, and they're about losing yourself, letting the books and numbers and dice and everything fall away, enjoying sharing the same make-believe world for a few hours with other people and everyone getting along and loving the whole experience of being able to be somebody totally different.
So, when you make that warrior or knight character, maybe you see him on a horse, okay... but... can you see YOU on the horse? Have you ever tried it? Is there a difference in first and second or third person point-of-view imagination scenes? How much does it change our emotional investment? Our enjoyment? Our appreciation? Can you imagine looking down from the view of the lush expanse of deep green meadow and the far distant lavender mountain range and dark silhouetted tower, and grabbing the saddle horn in your gloved hand, feeling and hearing the soft leather creak slightly as your grip tightens, while the bit and bridle jingle musically, and your whole body is jarred rhythmically as the eager horse trots forward in surprise, anticipating your tugging on the reins? Can you see your own royal blue velour tabard cascading from your body?
I think Brent's friends, and probably a LOT of people, maybe a LOT of experienced gamers, may need a primer for just imagination - not a "game", not an adventure or a scenario, but just like a 10 minute "walk-through" if you will, of just guided imagery, read by the GM, nothing but one long "read-aloud" box, directing them, similar to the animal in the rainstorm exercise. No dice, no stats, no character sheets - just "sit back, close your eyes, relax and imagine".


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Daniel Lowenstein was the first American law professor to specialize in Election Law and established a leading reputation in that field. He authored the first twentieth century textbook in the field— Election Law: Cases and Materials (Carolina Academic Press, 1995), now in its fifth edition. As co-editor with Professor Rick Hasen he inaugurated the Election Law Journal, the leading journal in the field. On January 29, 2010, leading scholars in Election Law put on a festschrift celebrating Lowenstein's work in the field.
On July 1, 2009, Lowenstein became Director of the new UCLA Center for the Liberal Arts and Free Institutions (CLAFI), intended to facilitate and promote study of the great works and achievements of western civilization. He continues to teach in the School of Law, where his most typical subjects have included Election Law, Statutory Interpretation & Legislative Process, American Political Theory, and Law & Literature.
Lowenstein worked as a staff attorney at California Rural Legal Assistance for two and one-half years. While working for California's Secretary of State, Edmund G. Brown Jr. starting in 1971, he specialized in Election Law and was the main drafter of the Political Reform Act, an initiative statute that California voters approved in 1974, thereby creating a new Fair Political Practices Commission. Governor Brown appointed Lowenstein as first chairman of the Commission in 1975. Lowenstein has served on the national governing board of Common Cause and has been a board member and a vice president of Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights. He has also served as chairman of the Board of Directors of the award-winning theatre troupe Interact and regularly brings the company to the School of Law to perform plays with legal themes, such as Sophocles' Antigone, Ibsen's An Enemy of the People, and Wouk's The Caine Mutiny Court Martial.
Professor Lowenstein's published research runs the gamut of Election Law subjects, including campaign finance, redistricting, voting rights, political parties, and initiatives. He has also published some literary criticism on works such as The Merchant of Venice and Bleak House.
To obtain news and information about CLAFI or about the Interact play readings at the School of Law, please write to Lowenstein at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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On Friday, NFL.com said Chip Kelly to the Browns was in the works, and that the two sides were just hammering out the details. Browns fans were happy. The brief Pat Shurmur era wasn't the tonic they had hoped for, and Chip Kelly is one of the biggest names on the coaching market. Unfortunately, big names attract other suitors, and sometimes, those other suitors have a better (or at least longer) sales pitch than the Browns. Enter the Eagles. The Cleveland Plain-Dealer reports:
The Browns hoped to make Kelly their head coach during a dinner meeting last night, but the Philadelphia Eagles played keep away instead.
By 11 p.m. eastern, Kelly was still meeting with the Eagles, who were trying to sign him to a long-term deal, a league source told the Plain Dealer.
Finally, at about 12:18 a.m., the Eagles emerged from their session with Kelly — after a nine-hour session, according to Adam Caplan of Sirus XM radio. They failed to strike a deal, but Mike Garafolo of USA Today was told it wasn't the end of communication between the Eagles and Kelly.
Question is, will the Browns be able to prevent that follow-up session with the Eagles from happening?
The Browns — represented by owner Jimmy Haslam and CEO Joe Banner — are determined not to let their Duck fly away this time.
Kelly, 49, met with the Bills late Friday night and then began over lunch with the Eagles on Saturday.
But the lunch stretched into the dinner hour, and the Browns were forced to wait and wonder. They had their lawyers on hand, ready to sign Kelly to a multi-year deal to become their 14th full-time head coach.
So, on the day the Browns brought their lawyers to Arizona to sign Chip Kelly—around dinner time, ideally—he met with the Eagles brass from 3 p.m. to just after midnight. Kelly could be merely driving up his bargaining power with the Browns by eating a few meals on the Eagles' dime. If they really did get boxed out, though, Cleveland at least has a few situation-appropriate accessories in storage.
Cleveland Browns, Eagles Still Vying For Chip Kelly; Syracuse's Doug Marrone Hired By Bills, Reports Say [Plain-Dealer]
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt shared photos and a few details from their August 23 nuptials in the new issues of People and Hello magazine.
Brangelina took the world by surprise Friday with the revelation that they had wed the prior weekend in France. Along with releasing pictures from their special day, the couple said it was important to them "that the day was relaxed and full of laughter."
"It was such a special day to share with our children and a very happy time for our family," the couple added.
The couple's six children, Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Knox and Vivienne, played such an important role in the wedding that Jolie's custom-made Versace gown featured several of their drawings in its backside.
"Luigi [Massi] is like family to me and I couldn't imagine anyone else making this dress," said the 39-year-old actress of the master tailor at Atelier Versace. "He knows and cares for the children and it was great fun putting it together."
Pitt on the other hand wore a suit from his own closet to the event and complemented the outfit with a borrowed bow tie belonging to one of his sons as his forgot to bring his. Maddox, Pax, Shiloh and Knox wore black suits for the ceremony, Vivienne wore a white dress she already owned and Zahara wore a new dress designed by family friend Adama Kebe.
Both People and Hello magazine will feature special reports on the pair's wedding in their upcoming issues.


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Galactic Civilizations III
While it's true that Galactic Civilizations III wasn't the best in the series right off the bat, a number of subsequent updates and improvements have since transformed the third installment into a very solid 4x turn-based strategy game.
Age of Wonders III
The long-running series came back into the spotlight back in 2014 with a third installment after more than a decade of absence. Despite the long hiatus, Age of Wonders III is a great sequel to the original two games, and a must-play for veterans of the series and newcomers to the genre alike.
Blood Bowl 2
While it may have its flaws, Blood Bowl 2 is a game with a passionate following that is certainly a change of pace of many of the historical themed turn-based games on the list if you're looking for something different.
They say that imitation is the highest form of flattery, and that is definitely true in the case of Xenonauts. The game is considered by many to be the best re-imagining of the original XCOM and manages to give even the highly praised XCOM: Enemy Unknown a run for its money. Despite the similarities between the two franchises, however, Xenonauts is fully able to stand on its own as a very good and extremely challenging turn-based strategy game.
Frozen Synapse
Frozen Synapse is another unique change of pace turn-based strategy game that allows players to carefully plan all of their moves at once, and then see how everything plays out versus the opponents over a striking blue "frozen" backdrop. It features a distinct cyberpunk storyline which again, is different than most of the historical games you'll find on this list.


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Affect a player's performance? Now, I am not referring to the reading of the riot act to a recalcitrant but talented player (an asif being torn another one by a person like imran would be the exemplar), but am referring to the affect of the role of captaincy on the captain's own performance/form.
Some players arguably thrive on the 'added(?)' responsibility of captaincy (Lara, Smith, Imran while others seem to baulk at the onerous honour, and let it affect their form (Tendulkar). (Of course, the affect of coincidences and the timing aspect of things - players often becoming captains when past their peak etc. should not be ruled out....)
Personally, I don't think that captaincy and suchlike completely intangible attributes should be taken into account while considering the worth of a cricketer. What do u think?


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A modest layer of mulch year round keeps soil cooler in summer and warmer in winter. Weed beds before applying. Mulched soils warm up slower in spring and cool down slower in fall than unmulched soils.
• Mulch vegetable or flower gardens after soil warms up in the spring. Cool, wet soils slow seed germination and increase decay of seeds and seedlings. Acceptable mulch is cool or warm, never hot, to the touch. Mulch should never smell like vinegar, alcohol or ammonia.
• Winter mulching reduces repeated freezing and thawing, which cause bulbs or shallow-rooted plants to heave out of the ground. After the ground freezes, but before coldest temperatures, apply a loose mulch cover, (such as straw, hay, pine boughs) to insulate plants. By then, rodents looking for warmth should have found other nesting places.
How Much
• More is not better; never apply deeper than 4 inches. Only roses and marginally hardy plants need extra consideration. Good snowcover provides perfect insulation and keeps soil temperature and moisture at adequate levels. Bitter cold with no snowcover offers the biggest threat to plants. Supplement mulch as needed, and remove any protective applications that exceed 4 inches in spring.
• Purchase mulch bagged or bulk. Bulk is cheaper in large volumes. Bagged mulch, usually in 3-cubic-foot bags, is easier to handle.
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• Covering crowns of evergreen plants, shasta daisies, ground covers, sedums, lupines, peonies or iris may bury, not protect, them.
• Piling mulch against tree trunks invites chewing insects, rodents and fungi.
Inorganic mulches don't enrich soil, but are sometimes inexpensive, recycled or aesthetically appropriate:
• Newspaper—Use black ink only (color dyes may be harmful to soil). Anchor three to four sheets with grass clippings or rocks to prevent them from blowing away.
• Landscape fabrics ("geotextiles" water-permeable weed barriers of tightly woven, spun-bound or meshed polypropylene polymers)—These easily degrade when exposed to ultraviolet light. They often are used under a more decorative product such as shredded bark. Some, however, are coated with carbon black and can be used alone.
• Shredded recycled rubber tires—Available in several colors and are used in parks, schools, highways and industrial sites.
• Stone, pebbles, gravel and crushed brick—These are fire and deer resistant and add color and texture.
Organic mulches must be sufficiently decomposed or they can damage plants. When material is fresh, microorganisms that decompose organic material utilize a lot of nitrogen. Later in the decomposition process, the organisms release nitrogen. This principle applies to many organic mulches, including manure, leaves and sawdust. For loose mulches, such as straw, leaves and evergreen boughs, this is not a concern. Stir mulch periodically to break up unsightly but harmless mold that can form on top, more likely occurring if mulch is too deep.
• Manures, compost and peat moss—Though all are good for soil enrichment, they can mat, shed water, block air flow to soil and encourage weeds. Weed seeds from animal feed in manures are sometimes introduced. A 3- to 4-inch layer of mushroom compost suppresses weeds, encourages worms, provides nitrogen and improves soil texture.
• Composted municipal sludge—Now available as a mulch (some trade names include EarthlifeTM, ComtilTM and TechnaGroTM). In the future we'll see more composts containing municipal garbage, paper pulp, yard wastes and other by-products.
• Hulls, cobs, shells, cottonseed, peanut or rice hulls, crushed corn cobs, spent hops, licorice root, tobacco stems—These are usually inexpensive but usually only available locally. Cocoa hulls (which are toxic to pets), buckwheat hulls and licorice root make excellent mulch, but are sometimes hard to find and expensive.
• Sphagnum peat moss—This contains long fibers which resist decomposition and is usually quite acidic.
• Pine needles and shredded cones—These make excellent mulch for evergreens and plants that thrive in acidic soils such as rhododendrons and blueberries.
• Straw and hay—These are good winter protection for perennials, strawberries and small plants. If left as permanent, additional nitrogen (1 lb. nitrogen per 1,000 square feet) is suggested, since they decompose readily. Weed seeds can be introduced.
• Lawn clippings—Do not use clippings from lawns treated with herbicides. Layers thicker than 2 to 3 inches tend to compact and rot. Spread immediately to avoid rotting. Add additional layers as clippings decompose. These work wonderfully in the vegetable garden.
• Leaves—Studies suggest that freshly chopped leaves may inhibit the growth of certain crops, so it may be advisable to compost the leaves over winter before spreading 3 to 4 inches deep (slightly more if using dry leaves).
• Shredded, chipped or chunked bark—This is the most popular landscape mulch due to its appearance, serviceability and cost. Shredded hardwood and cypress bark, chipped and chunked pine, fir and eucalyptus bark are decorative and ultimately improve soil condition. Smaller chips are easier to spread, but larger chips last longer. Eventually, shredded hardwood raises soil pH, particularly injurious to acid-loving plants.
• Wood chips, shavings, sawdust or waste wood—These are more wood than bark, decomposing rapidly, and they need supplementing with fertilizer at the rate of 1 lb. nitrogen per 1,000 square feet.
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As I mentioned in my last post, I had a meeting with my partner, Jessica, for Raks Makam. This comes on the tail end of me performing a fully fleshed out version of Kor Arab (otherwise known as Kor Ərəbin Mahnısı). I had performed an excerpt of this within the context of a longer collage piece with one of my other dance/music duets, Secondhand, but had only worked out a version for solo cello and voice for Friday's Terrabeat Cultural Showcase.
I've done a number of tunes from Central Asia with il Troubadore and Ahel El Nagam, but in those cases the tunes were either as an extension of Middle Eastern tunes for bellydancers, or Persian Pop (e.g. Googoosh). Since Raks Makam is a project that focuses specifically on music and dance from Central Asia and the Silk Road, the material will be focusing more specifically on traditional and art music from those regions.
Kor Arab fits in very nicely for a number of reasons. First, it is a song written by Fikret Amirov, an Azerbaijani composer who was trained in the Soviet tradition as well as in the indigenous tradition of Mugham. Second, the tune is, for all intents and purposes, a Mugham song. The most recent recording of it (and the first I had the chance to hear several years ago) was by Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Project. It was sung by Alim Qasimov who is a master within the Mugham tradition in Azerbaijan. The liner notes for the CD, "Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon," says:
For the Silk Road Ensemble musicians, hearing the ethereal voice of Azerbaijani mugham singer Alim Qasimov put their years of conservatory training into serious question. As they delved into the mugham, they each wondered, "If this is how music should be played what have I been doing all these years?"
Really, that's a question I ask of myself when I hear music from anywhere!
The obvious difficulty with working up solo versions of this music is distilling the music into two voices (voice/melody or voice/drum) rather than having at least three (voice/melody/drum). One of the reasons for meeting with Jessica was to talk about our options.


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posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 12:21 pm
Hi Dr. Muthen and Muthen,
In an earlier posts:
USER: "Is it correct that it is not possible to use the pattern statement for defining data missing by design when using categorical variables in an EFA or CFA? If so, is there a way to get around this other than treating the variables as interval variables?
You had stated: "I am assuming that you must have tried this and gotten an error message to that effect. This seems possible given that missing was originally developed for continuous outcomes. You can get around this by doing your analysis in two steps. In the first step, do not treat the variables as categorical. Use the PATTERN option and do a TYPE = MISSING BASIC; in conjunction with the SAVEDATA command. In the second step, analyze the saved data while declaring the outcomes as categorical."
By the SAVEDATA command, did you mean to use:
FILE IS newdata.dat;
I have used that and followed your second step where i no longer use the pattern variable (originally used in the first step to get the new data). And I am not getting some Model Fit Statistics (i.e., RMSEA, CFI, etc.), but i do get everything else including AIC, BIC, and parameter estimates.
Do they just not print? Do you know if i can get them?
Julio Cesar
posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 1:02 pm
Sorry, I should have been a bit more clear as to what I am trying to accomplish.
I am running a CFA with 80 dichotomous variables with missing data by design. Meaning that the first 20 variables are shared by the whole sample, the following 20 are given to just one group, the next 20 are given to the second group, and the last 20 are given to the third group. Each group has a total of 40 items, with 20 shared.
I am running a one factor CFA with FIML (ML) estimation. I am unable to get Model Fit indices for the model and thus do not know if my categorical data are fitting the model or not.
Thanks in advance for any recommendations.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 1:23 pm
When means, variances, and covariances are not sufficient statistics for model estimation, chi-square and related fit statistics are not available. With categorical and maximum likelihood, this is the case.
Please limit your future posts to one window.
Julio Cesar
posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 3:27 pm
Thank you for your response Dr. Muthen. I have followed additional posts (yours) that have provided with the needed information:
RMSEA = sqrt((chi/(n*df)) - (1/n))
CFI = 1 - ((max(chit-dft,0))/(max(chit-dft,chib-dfb,0)))
TLI = (chib - (chit * (dfb/dft)))/(chib-dfb)
GFI = 1-(chit/chib)
(t = tested model; b = base model).
I have moved on to do a CFA group comparison (male/female) of the above mentioned data (missing by design with categorical observed data) by looking at four diff types of invariance tests: 1) Configural Invariance; 2)Weak Invariance; 3) Strong Invariance; and 4) Strict Invariance.
As an example, I have tried using the ML estimator (since i want to use the FIML estimator bec of the missing by design data) by using:
DATA: FILE IS data.dat;
NAMES ARE y1-y6 g;
USEVARIABLES y1-y6 g;
GROUPING IS g (1=male 2=female);
MODEL: f1 BY y1 y2 y3;
MODEL female:
f1 BY y2 y3;
But I get an error message that reads that group comparisons can not be done with the ALGORITHM=INTEGRATION. I tried changing it to ALGORITHM=EM, but without success. Do you have any suggestions as to how I ought to proceed?
Linda K. Muthen
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Thanks everyone I am very happy with the tree and I have been able to set it up in record time this year.
I am sorry about taking so long to post updates. I am slower than Florida posting election results.... ok maybe not that slow I am such an idiot, after thinking that I was finished with the tree I found another bin of ornaments in the basement that I missed bringing upstairs and to top it off I left out a bunch of ornamotors.... oh well...
With that being said the tree is almost done and there are lots of pics coming. I was out this evening shopping. More ornaments, an interesting LED light conbination of colours for the purple tree ( which I will talk about more on Sunday, and 2 new christmas trees and matching wreath for the front porch.
I'm looking forward to seeing all your pics. What colors will you be doing the 2 new trees in?
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Wah! Market wants bond blankyMay 30, 2012: 3:54 PM ET
Investors have had enough of this whole Europe mess.
They continue to dump stocks -- the S&P 500 (SPX) is now down 7.5% since hitting a 52-week high in April . They are getting rid of oil, gold and other risky commodities. They are unloading stocks and bonds tied to troubled European nations like Spain and Italy. (If you are looking for a bad omen, the Spanish 10-year yield was near a demonic 6.66% Wednesday.) And investors are rushing into the supposed safety of the best of the developed world's debt.
The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note hit a record low of 1.615% Wednesday afternoon. 10-year rates for German, Swiss, British and Japanese debt have also tumbled. The yield on the German 10-year bund fell to 1.276% Wednesday -- also a new all-time low.
In case you flunked Fixed Income 101, it is time for the requisite reminder that bond yields fall when prices are rising. So investors are clearly making a mad dash to the few places of the world left that they view as safe and secure. Call this developed world debt the market's blanky, if you will.
But how much lower can bond yields, particularly in the U.S. and Germany, go? The 10-years of Japan and Switzerland ... which unsurprisingly also have two of the world's strongest currencies in the yen and franc ... are both below 1%. Can rates really get that low in a little country that Mitt Romney's tech team likes to call Amercia? (Does that rhyme with panacea or inertia?)
Brian Battle, director of trading at Performance Capital Trust Partners in Chicago, said that the 10-year Treasury could probably get to 1.5% pretty quickly if there is more bad news about Europe. All the market would need to justify an even bigger rush into Treasuries is a "screaming headline" he said.
But Battle does not think that the 10-year will fall much lower than that.
"It's possible that the U.S. 10-year gets to 1% but it's not probable. Things would have to get significantly worse to knock yields down that much further. There would probably be a resolution in Europe before then," he said. Battle added that it's important to remember that investors aren't buying bonds (and bunds) because they like the economic prospects of the U.S. and Germany.
"People are buying Treasuries because they are denominated in dollars. It's not that people are craving a 1.65% yield for the next 10-years," he said. "It's a similar story in Germany. You may not be fleeing currency risk because Germany is part of the euro, but investors are more comfortable seeking a haven in German assets."
Related: Spanish banking woes threaten Europe
David Joy, chief market strategist with Ameriprise Financial in Minneapolis, agreed. He said that this safe haven buying environment could go on "indefinitely." Yields in the U.S. and Germany could continue to decline, he argues, until there is real conviction that the problems in southern Europe are truly fixed. That's not likely to happen anytime soon.
In fact, Joy thinks that the worries about Europe are creating more fears of a global slowdown and deflation as opposed to inflation. Here's your requisite dose of Fixed Income 102. Bond yields are often extremely low in times of deflation. Look at Japan since, oh, about the past fifteen years for an example.
"There is a growing sense that the market is more worried about deflation than inflation. So even at record lows, high quality sovereign bonds are the only real place to be in that environment," Joy said. "There is this fear factor. The default position is to just step aside."
Joy is right about that. CNNMoney's Fear & Greed Index has been firmly entrenched in "extreme fear" mode for the past few weeks.
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Still, what happens if investors suddenly decide that the U.S. and Germany aren't as safe? Would a plunge off the fiscal cliff in the U.S. later this year send bond yields higher? Or what about a Greek exit from the eurozone leading to true contagion in Europe that creates massive losses at big U.S. and German banks? Wouldn't that push rates higher for bonds and bunds?>
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Investors can't ignore other foreign governments either. China and Japan continue to be big holders of U.S. Treasury debt. Until that changes, don't expect yields to move significantly higher.
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A Greene County man has died of injuries sustained in an early morning motorcycle wreck on route 250. According to a press release, 27-year-old Corey Guthrie was traveling west when he struck a guardrail near the Locust Avenue access ramp just before 1am. Police are asking anyone with information about the accident to call Officer Gardner at 434-970-3280, or Crime Stoppers at 434-977-4000.
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I understand where you guys are coming from but no matter what the circumstances are we still lost a great guy and no one on here seems to really care about those that are grieving. Instead you would rather make a mockery of it. Please dont say anything that may be disrespectful.
@ STC - Road Captain : agreed, it is a very private decision, but thanks for sharing it, to your members for signing up as donors, and to Corey's family too. He will live on as having saved at least one other life, I hope they take some comfort from that.
I recall back in the eighties there was an accident on Rt. 20 South involving a high speed slide of a pickup late at night. the pickup had bald tires (with State Rejection sticker on the windshield). Anyway the truck with 5 young people in the cab and 2 in the bed went off the road late at night and broadsided a tree, disintegrating in the process. Of the occupants 5 were killed outright and 2 lived, one with minor injuries and one crippled for life. The truck broke into several pieces; the engine sheered away from the transmission and went hundreds of feet down the road. Many people said the speed limit on 20 should lowered, but of course the driver of the truck was going really really fast and way over the existing speed limit. So I wrote a letter to the DP pointing out that a lowered speed limit wouldn't have helped in this case and I subsequently got numerous abusive phone calls from friends and relatives of the deceased, all excoriating me for "speaking ill of the dead". I guess it's part of our culture to expect people to tread lightly when someone dies by his own hand and being flamed by Mr. Guthrie's friends is part of the landscape in these cases.
I really do feel sympathy for Mr. Guthrie. It's just so easy to get killed on the roads while riding a motorcycle, but it is reality that young men are insouciant about risk and often pay the supreme price. All of you friends and associates of Mr. Guthrie would do well to consider this reality in a forthright and sober fashion so that maybe you can take guidance from his misfortune and maybe avoid similar fates for yourselves. I have ridden motorcycles for longer than any of you have been of this earth and I have memories of friends who died 30-40 years back and I have memories of foolish moves I pulled where I was lucky enough to be spared and live to ride another day. I wasn't an eyewitness to the accident, but the divot in the guardrail suggests nobody was just puttin' along at the local speed limit of 35 (or maybe it's 45 on that stretch). So maybe I "know" what happened despite not being there.
Gasbag - before you make ignorant comments about the club and it's members maybe you should do your research. There were no witnesses or atleast none that have come forward to say what really happened with Corey so regardless of what reports come back, no one can say with certainty what happened that night and what "caused" the accident. As to the 1st death in the club there were several witnesses at the scene of that accident that can attest to the fact that Aaron was neither speeding nor riding recklessesly. He hit a bad patch of road and lost control, I would hardly call that "hot dogging" it. If you're going to make nasty comments you should atleast do your research first.
Regardless of the circumstances behind Corey's accident he was still a loved friend, brother, son, etc. Mocking the dead is ridiculous and you should keep those nasty comments to yourself. Leave his family and friends to mourn in peace. They have enough to deal with, with their loss without having to deal with people like you making nasty comments about things you know nothing about.
As someone who is both on a transplant list and has good friends who ride some pretty serious-looking machines, permit me to suggest that anyone with a motorcycle license consider checking the "donor" box. I have heard every "joke" there is in the admittedly dark humor of the transplant community. It doesn't mean that anyone wants anything bad to happen to you or that you shouldn't be riding in the first place. It does mean that you acknowledge a passion for an inherently high-risk activity, and that you and your family understand the gravity and altruism of such a gift. 'Nuff said.
Durtburglar: Neither I or anyone else are coming to these comments looking for consolation. I understand that people come here to speculate, but there is a difference between speculating and slandering. We have tried hard to make a good reputation for our club and because we have had two unfortunate accidents in a short period of time, individuals start to stereotype our club. All I ask is that the negative, derogatory, and slandering stop.
As for the Organ Donor issue: not that it is anyone's business, but Corey was an organ donor as am I and a majority if not all of the club.
Mmmm, 1:00 AM. certain things don't mix too well and this fellow belonged to a club into hot-dogging on bikes.
Definitions: Moped= "likker-sickle", crotch rocket="donor-sickle".
Too bad, but risky behavior isn't called risky for nothing.
Yeah,sad, but lights went out quick for him. I feel for his parents who now have the task, always dreaded by parents, of having to bury their child.
Feel very badly for this family. Wish that motorcyclists were required to be organ donors..... such a risky passion.
I notice from the 2 "STC" postings that Corey Guthrie had friends.... Well that's nice that he had friends who now miss him. One of the STCs suggested another poster was off base because Mr. Guthrie had been to Iraq and worked at NGIC to defend "your freedoms" and was enough of a hero so that insinuations of blame were uncalled for. Well, that's nice too. But I noticed in the original article that Mr. Guthrie was the second club member to die this summer in a motorcycle crash and this does suggest the inference made by Angel Eyes that "hot dogging' might be a factor....
Maybe the Hook will print any follow-up information once the incident report is released which should include that all-important toxicology report which often clarifies these types of things....
Not sure why they should be required to be organ donors..it is a choice. Should truck drivers be required to drink diet drinks since they don't get much exercise?
Truth is some people don't respect the power of these machines. I have one of these and I don't hot dog, etc. because I know flesh and bone is no match for steel and asphalt. I saw the guard rail he hit and no way was he going anywhere near the speed limit to cause it to bend that much. I hope this serves as wake up call for numerous others in the area that think these bikes are toys.
Back when I used to ride I knew a woman who was an E.R. doctor. She told me that they refer to motorcycles as donorcycles. Too many roadside memorials in this town. Ever notice?
It breaks my heart that people are saying negative things about Corey. He was one of the sweetest most caring people I ever knew. He meant the world to me. Before people go and right terrible things they should think about when people who care for someone might read it.
Given the location and the time of this tragic accident, I wonder if someone came flying down that ramp from Locust and cut off the motorcycle, forcing Guthrie to swerve into the rail. That's almost a blind entrance. To enter the Bypass safely from that ramp, which has a Yield sign, not a Stop sign, a driver needs to look almost directly backward to see oncoming vehicles, which requires almost a full stop if you're going to do it right. At night, an entering driver might not have looked, might have been drunk, might have relied on the side-view mirror, and might have misjudged the oncoming headlamp and thought the cycle was in the left lane when it was in the right lane. But all this is pure speculation.
Angel Eyes: I'd like to know how you have come to the conclusion that our club is into "hot-dogging on bikes". Our club has and always will promote safe and smart riding. Corey started a local forum for motorcyclist, worked with WWC on their bike night, and formed our club all in order to promote awareness for motorcycles. Don't let this unfortunate accident take away from who Corey was and what he stood for in the motorcycle community!
As for Corey's wreck, we don't have all the answers and probably never will as to what happened that night. But let's not jump to conclusions or make accusations that can't be confirmed. Remember that we all have lost a friend, brother, & son in this tragedy.
To add to STC Road Captain, I'm the treasure of this club, I'm 39 and have been riding for 14 years. I joined this club because we don't stunt, we don't race on the road, only on the track, we've taken the safety classes, we've taken advanced track classes, most of us are college educated and some hold security clearances and many of us have families. We are about riding, riding right,not showing off, anyone can do 100 down 64, but ride by the law. You judge Corey, but did you know he was a decorated Iraq Army vet? did you know he worked at NGIC working to protect your freedoms, did you know he just volunteered to go to Afghanastan to support the operations there as a civilian? No, didn't think so. He was our Club President and friend. Did you know he had been working night shifts for the past several weeks and just went back to day time, that day infact. Most likely he feel asleep while heading home, but we'll never know. But before you lable him, take the time to learn about him and respect him and our club before you judge us and him.
Seems like a lot of damage to that guardrail for a motorcycle doing 35 MPH.
be realistic, you're setting up a straw man argument/false dilemma. Of course we shouldn't require truck drivers to drink diet drinks on account of their lack of activity--but that's not the point.
Look's point is reasonable. There is a high mortality rate among motorcyclists and motorcyclists tend to be younger on average than car drivers. Young people's organs can greatly benefit people who need organ transplants. Now, people shouldn't be required to donate their organs if they can't do it ethically or spiritually. But, it would be nice to have the default choice be that you are an organ donor and that you must actively opt-out of that default choice.
If I'm looking for consolation, not sure I'd expect to find it in the comments section here. Folks come here to speculate. If that's gonna bother you, then you probably ought not read these posts.
Sorry about your friend.
Well it is still sad, it is still a loss for some people on this earth. I hope he didn't suffer.
Tragic for the family. I can only imagine how they feel, as they probably worried about this happening from the moment he got the bike.


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Hi there! As promised in our last blog post, the Mobile Team has a holiday present for you. Close your eyes and...open! It's a new version of our mobile skin! Now go ahead and act surprised like the blog title didn't give it away.
Our mobile skin was long overdue for an update, and this version lays the foundation for more improvements in the future. It's optimized for both iPhone and Android (which covers 95% of our users), and we think you'll like the changes we've made.
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The Southern Cross Station in Melbourne
The architecturally intriguing Southern Cross station in Melbourne, Australia
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The Fire Juggler. Taken at the Great Moscow Circus in Sydney, Australia
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We just returned from a family trip to Disneyland and it reminded me of a special cake I made for my nephew's 4th birthday. My nephew, Cavan, had finally gotten to the age where he was able to tell me what he wanted for his birthday cake, and it was a Mickey Mouse rocket cake. Of course I had heard of Mickey Mouse, but never a Mickey Mouse rocket ship, so I had to do some investigating to see what it was all about.
Luckily I did my research, because the Mickey Mouse Rocket has a very specific look with bright colored horizontal stripes wrapping around the rocket. I decided to make the rocket out of cake and set it on top of a cake planet. I used my upper and lowercase tappit sets to make the letters for this cake. The tappit sets are handy because they allow you to add a quick professional looking letters to your cake in a hurry! I generally use gum paste to make the letters, but if I am in a hurry and only have fondant I will just roll out my fondant and let it set out a few minutes before cutting the letters. This allows the fondant to firm up a bit so that the letters are more stable and easier to cut and handle.
I got the idea for the texture of this planet from the Debbie Brown book, Cartoon Cakes. I love all of Debbie Brown's books and this one is fun just to look at even if you aren't interested in cake decorating. It is a whole book of wonderful cakes featuring Warner Brothers cartoon characters. The cakes are expertly designed and decorated by Debbie Brown and they are truly unbelievable. There is a really cute Marvin the Martian cake, and that is where I got this planet idea.
The Mickey figure is made of gum paste. When making a small figure like this, I have to use gum paste because fondant is just too soft and I can't get the small details. At the same time that I was making this cake, I was looking for a present for my nephew and I came across the perfect a toy called Fisher-Price Disney's Mickey Mouse Space Rocket. It was Mickey Mouse with the very rocket ship that I was making in cake! With the cake and the rocket toy I was hoping to be number one Auntie!
It's always a lot of fun to make cakes for children because they have such fun and over the top reactions! This ended up being a great 4th birthday cake that Cavan loved. I was happy to be able to make Cavan's birthday extra special, and I am so lucky to have such a wonderful little nephew!


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The title may be slightly vague... however, this is the basis of what I want to do: I have people in a database ranked on a statistic, for example, 'Kills'. I want to order the kills by highest to lowest, which I can already do, but this is where I run into an issue.
I would like to then have said query find a specific bit of data, a row with a specific 'Name' as defined in the query, then get 5 rows that would be above it, and 5 rows that would be below it. It would also be helpful if it does this in a timely fashion. If you need more detail, just ask!
For anyone wondering what research I've done, I've found queries that will do this, however those queries use full table scans, which would not be optimal in this case as there is 123k+ rows of data. Also, this is in mysql.
My current query that does a full table scan and doesn't work extremely well, nor effeciently, in general:
SELECT allusers.rank, allusers.Name, allusers.Kills
SELECT AgStats.Name,
@t:=IF(score<=>@s,@t,@r) AS rank,
@s:=AgStats.Kills AS Kills,
FROM AgStats, (SELECT @r:=0, @s:=NULL, @t:=NULL) init
ORDER BY AgStats.Kills DESC
) allusers, (
SELECT COUNT(*) AS rank
FROM AgStats
WHERE Kills > (SELECT Kills FROM AgStats WHERE Name = 'VoidWhisperer')
) user
WHERE ABS(allusers.rank-user.rank) <= 5
ORDER BY allusers.rank
To give an example of what I'm trying to do: You have 10 rows of data, with the row kills on the end. I want to select a specific row out of those 10 based on name, then get a number of rows above it, in this case, 5 rows above/below, done via the query?


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