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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Two Weeks of Crazy
I have greatly enjoyed my resto druid in Cataclysm. She has her strengths and weaknesses, as I have found, and they've led me to feeling rather happy with her as she provides a challenge for me. The weaknesses, of course, provide some entertaining lessons of their own.
CC, lol.
Healers have very low if any +hit. Avoid promising any CC to the party if you value your health bar. If you absolutely MUST use CC (because of running with a group of, oh, 3 warriors and a deathknight) then get your hots rolling on the tank before attempting to root/hibernate/cyclone/whatever! Or the tank will keel over dead because you were too busy running around screaming with your CC target chomping on your tail.
So, avoid being assigned CC as a healer. Of course, you can still use CC if you have the mana and time to spare... I find a quick cyclone can tie up a wildly swinging melee mob and give the tank's health bar a breather while DPS focus-fire down another mob.
Ultimately, though, my most-used CC has been Nature's Grasp. I have it bound to a mouse button in a lovely little barkskin+grasp macro that pops me 3 chances to root an offending melee mob that is trying to nom my furry hide. Yes, tanks should be rescueing their healer, or even a friendly helpful DPS with their own CC, but sometimes they're busy or distracted or dead or have things on cooldown because you know what? Heroics are hard. Or, sometimes, they're just blind idiots. Regardless, it's a CC I've found I want very quick access to.
AoE Healing?
...is no longer our forte. Wild Growth has a monstrous cooldown, and Tranquility's is even longer. Swiftmend has a cooldown for its use and subsequent green puddle of aoe healing, but the puddle itself is insufficient for healing more than a sliver of health at current gear levels.
...and ToL
Treeform has become my "OMG RAID HEALS NAO" cooldown as I then spread lifebloom across the raid like a rampant infestation of kudzu. If I need to pop treeform to begin rolling lifebloom on two tanks, I try to time it to coincide with an early point of a boss fight where I can make use of that extra lifebloom love I can share with the raid. Like with the Ascendant Council when Fluvi-whasisface starts novaing and for some reason beyond my comprehension we don't interrupt it immediately. I should probably go look up why we don't immediately interrupt the first cast, but I've been busy so I'll just type out here a note to myself to go look at it later. ;)
I do enjoy that we can roll lifebloom on multiple targets after ToL ends, by refreshing one or another with HT/Nourish. What I do not like is when my nourish cast, in an attempt to refresh it on said tank, is interrupted or fails due to the tank running out of range, or due to some giant monster leaping through the air and landing on my head, only to send me flying across the room as though I were a gnome to be punted. I think that this particular circumstance is a racial punishment brought down by the evil gnome overlords in vengeance against tauren kind.
Mana mana. Doo doo, de doo doo. Yes, mana is an issue, and as Scythe so adequately described it to me, healer mana has become the raid's built-in enrage timer. If the tank pulls while I'm drinking back at the last trash pack, I usually let them die. If I go completely OOM, I have been known to run around bandaging players.
If anyone is taking unnecessary damage, I think it's okay to let them die or yell at them to pop cooldowns, healthstones, potions, bandages, etc. Or to, I dunno, GET OUT OF THE FIRE. Or maybe move when a debuff says you should move or you'll die horribly: is red light, green light really that difficult of a game?? Or when there's a flayer sitting there clawing wildly at the air and people think he's gonna give them a nice facial rather than attempt to julienne their bodies into dinner. Even tanks can move out of that, you know.
Pug Tank Egos.
....ugh. Okay, here's the scenario: guild group of DPS + healer, all with Bane of the Fallen King titles, gets a pug tank. My guildies know to CC when given a mark or directions, but this particular tank seems to think he can take everything. Mind, we're all in varying levels of blues as is the tank, and this is Heroic Grim Batol with massive packs of easily CCable targets, and have the CC available to use. So he runs in, nearly dies on the first few pulls, bitches about "Don't be Bad" when he looses aggro on things because he's got terrible threat (ahem, when healer gets aggro on things), and I sit down to drink after a pull. I say, "mana." He crosses the bridge and pulls one of the hardest roaming trash packs in the first hallway while I'm drinking down the hall at half mana.
You can imagine where this leads. I scurry across with my half mana and quickly try to save him with my limited healing cooldowns and getting hots rolling on him, while he's not using a single one of his tank cooldowns, and then, predictably, he dies from massive amounts of raw damage. He sighs and the group wipes and we start running back, DPSers beginning to suggest maybe we should CC something? His response: "Heal more. Stop being bad."
Me: "O_o ...you're joking, right?"
Him: "Not really."
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. I growl, literally, and initiate a vote-kick on the tank.
Unfortunately, the vote-kick tool may have somehow bugged, as it didn't give my fellow guidlies a chance to vote before it "failed" and went away. We're all in vent together at the time, and I simply said, "I am not putting up with this tank," and I left the party. I suggested they leave, too. We could find another tank. In fact, one of our guild tanks offered then to fill in for us.
Meanwhile, back in the party (I am hearing this over vent), the dpsers told the tank he shouldn't be pissing off his healers. His response, as I hear, was that "You guys can leave too, I don't care. I'm not the one with the 40-minute queue." Obviously, he missed the fact that they were queuing WITH the healer, who had a maybe 3-minute queue. Oblivious ego tank is oblivious. The DPS then vote-kick the offending tank from the party; this time it is able to actually be voted upon, and the tank is swiftly removed from the instance with a massive, ethereal boot.
Initiate re-invite of the seething Kaelynn and a helpful guild tank, we warp back into the instance, and clear the entire place without any problems. Of course, we all blacklisted the first tank to our ignore lists.
Who would've thought I had an inner paladin? RIGHTEOUS FURY!
Holidays with a Puppy
Travel/guests explosion. This was the first long-distance overnight trip with River, who at almost 6 months old, is a 60-lb puppy who can't sit still for long in the car. She tried sleeping in my lap during a 3-hour drive and that didn't work; she had to settle for just resting her head in my lap while I sang along to Glee soundtracks.
Both sides of my family have dogs of their own: dogs that don't quite know how to wrestle and play with other dogs. These dogs are people-only dogs that tolerate the presence of other canines as long as they leave each other alone.
River is not like that.
River is a puppy who thinks that every dog she meets will want to play with her, unless they're just old and grumpy. Ironically, the one dog we found she got along best with is a tiny little dachsund/chihuahua mix who is 14 years old and nearly blind: she just growled at our massive puppy and River backed off.
The others, sadly, mistook River's attempts at play as attacks. The youngest had been attacked by another dog before, so she freaked out every time River made a play-lunge at her, though to her credit she did TRY to play with River. She even play-bowed and brought toys over to my puppy. It was torture to River that every time she tried to play back, the other dog would then freak and snarl and turn it into a real fight. The other dogs just had no interest in playing chase or tug-of-war or wrestling, and would straight-out snarl and try to fight, misinterpreting River's overtures of play.
It was a learning experience for me, and for River. All of the dogs River has met prior to the family's are dogs that know how to play with other dogs. They wrestle and bite at each other in play, and chase and tumble and run into each other. Whether bigger than her or tiny, none have ever gotten hurt. It is play. But some dogs just haven't been socialized to be able to play with other dogs. I am glad I have been able to socialize River with other dogs, that she knows how to play with them: but I am going to have to teach her that not all dogs are willing to play with her.
Aside, she did get photos with Santa.
Shortly after the whole hectic holiday travel (in driving snow and ice, no less) I had to take River to get fixed. This means: cone of shame.
Contrary to most dogs, however, River seems oblivious to the cone of shame. Like, completely oblivious, to the point that she's nearly taken peoples' faces off while romping past them. It is merely a diversion that makes loud noises when she catches it on walls, doors, cabinet handles, corners, bowls, toys, sticks, bushes, the floor, the crate, people, etc. Something that makes chewing on her bone more of an interesting challenge. Something that, in itself, is a challenge to chew on. And, occasionally, an annoyance that she can't lick at her healing stitches.
Yes, I will get pictures up. I promise.
Now, the healing wound also requires that we try to keep her calm and docile, and not go up and down stairs, and be restrained by a leash while doing her business to keep her from tearing around the yard. Leash-walking a half-grown malamute who's been cooped up in "recovery" is an feat in itself, nevermind when it's done on a steep slope covered in snow and ice. It also doesn't prevent her from going absolutely bonkers when she's back inside, much to the amusement of the three guests we had over New Year's weekend (hi, Jae and Lundrac!)
New Years'
Lego Harry Potter, Rock Band, geeky movies like Dorkness Rising and Avatar, karate training (perks to having a 3rd degree blackbelt visit for a few days), and a giggly Kae after the others found she didn't mind the taste of rum + coke, provided it was properly diluted (I usually despise the taste of alcohol). All while wrangling a boisterous puppy with a massive cone around her collar who wasn't technically allowed to run and jump and romp and zip circles around the TV room, but did anyway.
I am still recovering from the past few weeks. I would like a day to just hibernate. But, alas, the "work" monster returned so I'll have to wait until Friday for that :)
5 comments:
- Jasyla said...
Welcome back Kae.
I can't get over how cute that puppy is.
- January 5, 2011 at 8:38 AM
- Rebecca said...
Cool beans, sounds like you had an a'ok holiday time :)
I'm with Jasyla here. I was originally going "grrr, that tank sounds like a right nitwibbler." But that was overtaken a tad by "AWWWWWW poor River with the other dogs! But she's so cute and looks so happy to see Santa!"
- January 5, 2011 at 9:15 AM
I remember the tank wrath of Kae.
I think that tank might have holes in his forehead.... for reals...
Then again, I don't think i used much CC either when i came in for that run.
But you didn't scream at me! :D
- January 5, 2011 at 9:38 AM
- Theladas said...
CC, cooldowns, having stronger gear - whatever it takes to get the job done, we do. Those fail-tanks who think they are DPS but immune to dying just make me sad.
But yay for more Kae blogggggigiging! It has been sorely missed - raiding without River pictures just didn't feel right. But once we had 'em, Ascendent Council bit it with ease!
- January 5, 2011 at 10:08 PM
Another person who can't stand the taste of alcohol! I am always the designated driver because I can't stand the stuff. During a family reunion several years ago one of Drau's uncles played bartender and made tons of different drinks every night for almost a week in an attempt to find something I would drink. He had no luck.
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"Today, we enjoy an 98,7 percent equipment performance rating."
Chuck Ratliff, Facilities Director, RTI Biologics
Since the installation of the state-of-the-art SKF machine health reporting program, RTI Biologics no longer has to deal with urgent equipment crises. Now, the facilities team can fix things before they break.
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The challengeThe facility relied on reactive maintenance and a basic preventive maintenance program. When a machine went down, technicians were called in at any hour of the day or night for emergency repairs. The team reacted with urgency, but the process required that they keep an extensive inventory of spare parts ready to remedy breakdown problems. When a breakdown occurred, the entire core support system had to be shut down, preventing tissue implants from getting to the patients who needed them, until the faulty equipment could be fixed. The system achieved an 80 percent performance rating. The facilities team worked to seek out a more effective maintenance procedure that would improve the reliability of facility equipment.
The solution
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The SKF machine health reporting program uses a recording system based on vibration data. RTI supplements the program with ultrasound and infrared analysis. All of the support machinery at RTI Biologics now undergoes a monthly reporting process. Data are collected and sent to Simmons electronically, and he reviews them for any signs of dysfunction in the equipment. He is able to assess potential problems long before they become emergencies, and his report helps RTI identify and repair issues before they reach the breakdown point.
The previous system relied on quarterly reporting, which created a challenge in anticipating problems through data analysis. "When you're asking someone to predict failure three months in advance, you're asking a lot of him," says Randy Cannon. "It was hit or miss."
Customer value
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This question and it's answers may contain spoilers for the Harry Potter series of books
If you were rolling a character based on Lord Voldemort (either as a player character or an NPC) for a DnD game, how would you go about doing it?
What class(es) would you give the character, and why? Would you make the character a Lich, or use some other game mechanic for the effect of his Horcruxes? Would the character have to be Epic Level?
(while I personally would like to hear 3.5 pitches, I'd love to also hear 4th edition pitches; they probably just won't be accepted but please share nonetheless!)


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Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour du travail de Liège (Belgium) lodged on 24 June 2019 — Ville de Verviers v J
(Case C-483/19)
Language of the case: French
Referring court
Cour du travail de Liège
Parties to the main proceedings
Appellant: Ville de Verviers
Respondent: J
Questions referred
Does the fact that the social partners, by means of Opinion of No 1342 … of the Conseil national de travail, decided to make use of the option to exclude from the scope of the Framework Agreement in question, referred to in clause 2(2)(a) and (b) thereof, absolve the Belgian legislature from taking, with regard to employment contracts which have been concluded within the framework of a specific public or publicly-supported training, integration and vocational retraining programme, specific, objective and concrete measures to ensure that the Framework Agreement's objectives are guaranteed to workers engaged in subsidised employment?
If the answer to the first question is in the negative, that is to say the Belgian State is not relieved of its obligations under Council Directive 1999/70/EC 1 of 28 June on fixed-term work, does clause 5(1)(a) of the Framework Agreement preclude a provision of national law which, like Article 10 of the Law of 3 July 1978 on employment contracts, authorises having recourse to successive fixed-term employment contracts in breach of the strict conditions relating to maximum duration and renewal laid down by Article 10a of that law, provided that the public employer establishes 'legitimate reasons' not otherwise specified in that law which justify the use of unlimited successive fixed-term employment contracts?
Again, if the answer to the first question is in the negative, does clause 5(1)(a) of the Framework Agreement impose the obligation, on the national court hearing a case between a public employer and a worker employed under successive fixed-term employment contracts concluded within the framework of various training, integration and retraining programmes, to examine the appropriateness of concluding successive fixed-term employment contracts in the light of the 'objective reasons' set out in the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union?
In such a case, can the 'legitimate reasons' put forward by the public employer be considered to be 'objective reasons' justifying the use of successive fixed-term employment contracts in breach of the conditions laid down by Article 10a, cited above, in order, on the one hand, to prevent and tackle abuse arising from the use of successive fixed-term employment contracts where the needs covered by those contracts are not of a temporary nature but are rather fixed and permanent needs in terms of social cohesion within an insecure population and, on the other, to take account of the specific objectives of those vocational reinsertion contracts concluded within the framework of that social employment policy established by the Belgian State and the Walloon Region and which is heavily dependent on public subsidies?


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Artwork description:
This Miniature still life painting was done in oil on heavy paper. There is a legend that Rembrandt painted it on some of his painting. This mill is in Amsterdam on Amstel. So most of the tourists visit this place every day.
Miniature wood easel is included.
The painting is varnished and mounted in a light cream color carton with the strong grey carton back. A twisted rope is at the top of it. So the painting can hang at the wall or stand on the easel. Also you can add some frame to it later on if you want to do that.
Painting singed on the back of paper and also on the back of the mat.
It comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
4 miniature paintings can be send for one price.
Shipping cost includes a T&T number.
Shipping without T&T is also possible. It cost EUR 8 Worldwide but in this case unfortunately I can not take any responsibility for the delivery. If you want that shipping would be cheaper then notify me please before payment and I will change the shipping type of the listing for you.
All duty fees or addition taxes are the responsibility of the buyer. You can research the duty and tax the artworks will be liable for on .
Please understand colors may vary slightly between the actual painting and the image on your screen due to my digital camera's results and your monitor.
Let me know if you have any questions! I will be happy to answer.
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#dutch windmill #tulip fields #dutch landscape #small decorative picture #zaanse schans #wild mill #landscape #gift #gift idea #miniature #gift art #bright #small oil paintings #miniature painting #decorative wall art
Rembrandt's Wind mill (4) in Amsterdam. Holland. Landscape Miniature. Easel is included. Gift painting. Ready to hang. (2016)
Oil painting by Vita Schagen
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- Oil painting on Paper
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- Size: 5.28 x 5.28 x 0.08 in (unframed) / 3.15 x 3.15 in (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
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- Style: Impressionistic
- Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky
This artwork is sold by Vita Schagen from Netherlands


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During a New Mexico vacation and a Mojave Road crossing it became clear our budget trailer needed some upgrades and it needed them badly. After all, who wants egg shells in their scrambled eggs, or even scrambled eggs for that matter? The trailer needed shocks and more height, as the curved design of the original pickups rear bumper dug up the trail, causing way more dust than necessary, and it actually scooped up water and forced it up in a 4-foot-wide geyser to drown the tailgate and soak anything stored in the trailer near the tailgate. More stability on the trails and a higher bumper height would take care of both problems.
Authors note: While reading this article, please remember that all these suspension modifications are available for S10 pickupsand their GMC Sonoma brethrenwith the same part numbers. The same modifications can also be applied to Jeeps, other compact pickup brands and full-size trucks by using different part numbers. All the components are available at Summit Racing.
The first thing I addressed was the height. By adding 10-inch shackles with holes drilled at 6 inches and 8 inchesI used the 6-inch holesthe trailer was lifted 4 inches (using the 8-inch holes would result in a 6-inch lift but could prove to be unstable due to the length of the shackles). This was by far the easiest modification. I just made up four matching pieces of steel, drilled the proper sized holes in the ends of the shackles, welded in a strengthening piece of square tubing and bolted them to the frame and leaf springs. We simply supported the rear bumper with jackstands while we changed out the shackles.
Next, the Monroe Max air shocks. This is another easy mod that just requires removing the old shocks mounting nuts and bolts and bolting the new shocks into placeeasy peasy. However, we had to route the shocks air lines to the Schrader valves, which we located in the rear bumper. Since the trailer could be carrying the weight of a rooftop tent on high-speed highway runs and rough sometimes off-camber trails (not to mention quite a lot of weight in camping gear and supplies inside the trailer/cap combination), I wanted separate air lines for the air shocks.
The usual installation uses one Schrader valve with a Y in the air lines to supply both shocks. This allows air transfer between the two shocks, which means the low-side shock could lose air to the high-side shock. This doesnt usually matter on the pavement because the trailer doesnt stay low on one side but will swing back and forth quickly according to road conditions.
On the trail, however, the trailer could encounter an off-camber trail and be in that position for several minutes while the trail is negotiated, which could result in some tense moments, and even a tip over. Separate lines keep the air in the respective shocks, which means a much more stable trailer off the road.
In order to add a battery, camping lights, and backup lights to the trailer, we needed new and additional cabling. Eventually, I may even be forced to the go to the larger RV-style seven-prong electrical connector; however, for now Im sticking with the current six-prong connector shown in the photos.
A little background may be educational right now. The common flat four-prong connector is the basic trailer plug. It allows for a ground, taillights, a right-turn signal, and a left-turn signal. The turn signals also provide the brake lights. Upgrade to a six-prong and you can add electric brake lines and a charging line for an onboard battery. If the trailer has no electric brakes, the backup lights or third brake light can be activated. A seven-prong can add another electrical option.
My wife and I had been using an inflatable mattress in the trailer with very uncomfortable results. The fender wells pushed the mattress inward from both sides and it almost like sleeping on a hammock. Next, we bought two thin mattresses from a thrift store that began life in pull-out sofa-beds. These were also pushed up by the fender wells so we took them to a boat upholsterer, who cut them into the roughly hour-glass shape you can see in the photos and made a zip-up mattress cover that keeps them together. We now have room and a super-comfortable mattress for those quick, last-minute overnight camping trips.
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May 2018 – August 2019
MARK THE DATE for our regular monthly gathering:
Our second Mullum Community Garden "Gathering" is set for Saturday 26th
May 2018.
Starting at 10am we will all share in a simple gardening task and a few
laughs – last month we made a straw bale garden – this month we will
plant a mix of flower and vegie seedlings in our raised garden beds.
Then at 11, Kaye Groves will share her experience with a short workshop
on the "Magic of Biodynamic Fertilisers".
We can eat a delicious light lunch together and get to know our fellow
members, allotment holders and volunteers.
Everyone is welcome – bring your friends and family. We are open to all
ages and abilities.
For details contact Sasha on 0422 641 474
Join fellow gardening lovers on Saturday June 30th at the beautiful Mullumbimby Community Garden to garden together, learn about Worm farms with Mello Edwards and share a meal together.
Members are free and visitors by donation – $10/$5 full/concession. (you can join as a member on the day.)
Gardening together from 10am followed by Mellow's demonstration from 11 and lunch at 12pm.
Come and keep warm in July and help us try and make the
BIGGEST HOT COMPOST HEAP IN THE WORLD with local horticulturist Diane Hart. Get all of her HOT TIPS on how to make it – what to put in and what to leave out and how to turn waste into wonder.
We need as many people as we can get to bring their GREEN WASTE and help turn lovely loads of RUBBISH into BLACK GOLD. The soil is already saying THANK YOU.
EVERY SINGLE DAY tons of valuable organic material are thrown away by households and food outlets in Byron Shire – which then goes to the tip. So let's start collecting it and HOT COMPOST it into something useful.
WE NEED YOU TO BRING lots of bags, boxes and bins full of:
Horse manure, stable and chook pen sweepings.
Lawn clippings ( not sprayed)
Dried grass
Food scraps (no more than 3 days old please and no meat, fish or dairy)
Coffee grounds (café's are happy for you to collect if you take them a bucket – Australians throw away 3,000 tons each year!)
Juicing pulp from café's (same, take them a bucket and collect)
Comfrey and lemon grass prunings
Hair from hairdressers (clean waste please)
It's time for Mullum Community Garden's end of the month "Gathering"
– Come and meet with your fellow gardeners.
This month we will be learning about enhancing soil fertility with Kaye, our Biodynamics expert and then we will share in a delicious light meal from the garden.
All Welcome. Members and kids are free, visitors are asked for $10/$5 concession to help cover costs. (Of course they are welcome to join as a member on the day!!)
Hope your can make it.
We all know that the kitchen is the heart of the home.
The Harvest Community Kitchen can be the heart of the Mullum Community Garden too.
.We need to upgrade our kitchen facilities at the garden, and our recent survey and feasability study have identified community support to expand the cooking activities at the garden. We could do:
- "plot to plate" cooking classes,
- preserving workshops,
- hospitality training,
- expand our lunch program,
- Friday night dinners with a multi cultural focus,
- fundraising activities including a catering service,
and how about having coffee at the garden while your kids play in the Children's Garden?
The possibilities are amazing.
If you are interested in supporting this project or learning more please come along to the meeting on
Saturday 25th August at 2pm (after the Gathering").
Imagine eating clean food with friends grown by a supportive community. The Mullumbimby Community Gardens is 3 ha of award winning gardens, as voted by ABC Australia in 2014, 6 years after its creation. Gardening together to grow spray free food and preparing it for the local community to eat. Local grown food that has low food miles reducing the environmental impact of production. Wholesome spray free food… for community meals provided by the Mullumbimby Community Gardens Harvest Kitchen
What We Need
The current camp kitchen was only meant to be temporary. It was mainly built as a shelter for the earth oven created eight years ago. A building was built and approved by council as a community Harvest Kitchen. A water tank has been installed and the grey water system has just been finished. What we need are the funds to finish these projects—
- Plaster for the ceiling
- Sealing the floor.
- Doors and windows to be acquired and fitted.
- A solar system to be installed
- Sinks need to be plumbed
- Stainless steel benches with wheels to be built
- And shade sails for people to sit under to shelter from the blazing summer sun
A Beltane ritual to celebrate the life-force, passion and the weaving of community.
Beltane is halfway between the Spring Equinox & Summer Solstice, a time of warmth, growth, fertility and the eroticism of life.
This ritual is fully participatory, held in the Reclaiming style. All welcome. Kid-friendly.
Please bring with you:
– A piece of natural, native fibre to contribute towards a community weaving (ie lomandra, palm leaf, etc)
– Gold coin donation (for the Community Gardens)
– Drums or other instruments
– Water, hat, chair – as needed
– Food to share for after the ritual, plus cup/plate etc, as needed.
You are invited to wear bright, colourful clothing, to celebrate the season.
This is an all-weather event.
We plan to start at 4pm, please arrive slightly earlier.
Meet at the bamboo structure – to the right, after entering the Community Gardens.


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November 26, 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
West Town Bikes
1147 N Campbell
1147 N Campbell
Alex Wilson
Work on your bike in a relaxed friendly environment. This workshop is "Do It Yourself" so it's good to be familiar with the work you plan to do. An instructor is available to give direction as needed. Other participants share tips and tricks for bike repair as well. You must be in before 9pm to work on your bike, no new projects in the last hour.
Suggested donation for this workshop is $10 per hour. If you are unable to donate the suggested amount arrangements can be made with the instructor. No one will be refused for their ability to pay.
Bring your bike in, put it in the stand, roll up your sleeves and tinker for awhile! Your bike will roll out feeling better than when it came in.


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India Inc. Braces for Slowest Growth in Three Years
By Raghavendra Upadhyaya
This earnings season, analysts expect India's largest companies to declare their slowest revenue growth in more than three years.
Information-technology major Infosys Ltd. will kick off the season on Friday by sharing its results for the October to December 2012 period.
Analysts expect Infosys and several other companies in the benchmark Sensex to show weak revenue growth, owing to India's economic slowdown, amid high interest rates and inflation.
Deutsche Bank expects the 30 companies that make up the Sensex to reveal an average revenue growth of 9.4% from the same period a year earlier. This would be the lowest revenue growth in more than three years, the brokerage said in a recent research note.
Deutsche expects that the average profit of Sensex companies for the three months through December would be 2.4% higher than the profits in the last quarter of 2011.
For the 50 companies in the National Stock Exchange's Nifty Index, revenues on average are likely to grow by 8.6% in the October-December period from a year earlier, according to Mumbai brokerage firm Prabhudas Lilladher Pvt.
This would be the worst quarterly growth since the three months through September 2010, when the revenues of Nifty companies fell by 9% on average. Prabhudas analysts expect Nifty firms to report an increase in net profit of 8.9% on average in the latest quarter.
Results from Infosys on Friday will set the stage for what to expect in the software industry, which has been hit hard lately. Revenue growth for these companies has slowed due to an economic slowdown in the U.S. and Europe, major markets for India's IT and outsourcing sector.
Infosys, in mid-2012, cut its revenue growth forecast for the year ending March 31, 2013 by nearly half, to just 5%. Now, analysts expect even lower growth BNP Paribas expects Infosys revenue, as measured in U.S. dollars, to grow by just 3.6% for the financial year through March.
The oil and gas sector doesn't seem much better off, owing to lower consumer demand.
Revenues for oil major Oil & Natural Gasare expected to rise by just 4%, according to Mumbai broker Motilal Oswal Reliance Industries's revenues could grow by 10% for the three months through December, the brokerage added.
Stocks analysts will be keenly watching for results from Indian banks, because they make up a quarter of the Sensex, and also because they are a key indicator of the health of the economy.
Analysts broadly expect large non-government banks to show strong revenue growth, whereas some government-owned banks will likely report lower growth due to bad loans on their books.
Motilal Oswal expects HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank to report an increase in profits of 30% and 23%, respectively. However, it expects State Bank of India's net profit to rise by just 7% for the December quarter, over the same period in 2011.
Companies which rely on consumer demand, such as consumer goods and automobiles, were relatively buoyant last year. Consumer goods-giant Hindustan Unileverld show an increase in domestic revenues of 17% for last quarter, according to Deutsche Bank analysts.
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Work out like the queen of pop with this routine from her hip global gym chain, Hard Candy Fitness.
About This Workout
You've got what it takes to look hot — and you're sitting on it. For a taste of Hard Candy Fitness, Madonna's hip global gym chain, we scored you the sexy, sculpting chair routine that the diva does herself. "I'm always finding new moves to give Madonna the lean, toned feminine silhouette she loves," says former pro dancer Nicole Winhoffer, who trains the iconic singer. "This workout is a result of techniques that Madonna and I have created together; using a chair elevates the firming intensity in a fresh way." Here Winhoffer gives you a peek at the just-released Jaw Breaker Chair: Dripping Wet fitness DVD, which features the same killer shapers for your abs, butt and legs from Hard Candy's Jaw Breaker class that Madonna swears by. Work them in this month for a body you'll L-O-V-E.
Swivel Hips
Targets butt, hips, quads
- Stand in front of chair seat with feet slightly wider than shoulder width, just 1 inch from chair legs; hinge forward from hips and grip edges of seat with both hands.
- Holding onto the chair, turn lower body to the right and lower into a lunge, right knee aligned over right ankle, as you pulse left knee toward floor 4 times; upper body should face forward as much as possible.
- Rise up, keeping hands on seat, and turn to left. Lower into a lunge and pulse right knee toward the floor 4 times to complete 1 rep. Do 8 reps.
- Next, pulse down twice with each leg and repeat 8 times to each side.
- Finally, pulse down once with each leg and repeat 8 times to each side.
Lunge Back With Side Kick
Targets butt, legs
- Stand with both feet on center of chair seat and bend over, gripping chair back with both hands.
- Maintaining grip throughout, lower left foot to floor, keeping right knee bent, foot on seat.
- Bring left foot up onto seat again, shift weight to left and extend right leg straight out to side, level with hip, toes pointing forward. Bring right foot back to seat and repeat.
- Do 32 reps; switch legs (step down with right foot and extend left leg out to side) and repeat.
Knee Plank
Targets arms, abs, obliques, butt
- Kneel on all fours on floor, facing away from chair seat.
- Extend right leg back and place toes on chair seat so leg is straight. MAKE IT EASIER: Remain on all fours.
- Rotate left leg in from the hip so lower leg is angled out 45 degrees.
- Lift hips slightly and extend left leg diagonally back, foot flexed. Lower left knee to floor and repeat.
- Do 32 reps; switch legs and repeat.
Toes Down, Heel Up
Targets butt, outer thighs, inner thighs
- Kneel on all fours on floor, perpendicular to chair, and rest right foot on seat so leg is straight and toes point forward.
- Lift leg slightly and rotate leg forward from hip, so toes turn down; tap them on seat.
- Lift leg and rotate it back so toes turn up; tap heel on seat to complete 1 rep. Do 32 reps. (Make sure you're rotating your leg from your hip socket, not from the knee down.)
- Switch legs and repeat.
Side Sit-Up
Targets abs, obliques
- Lie on your left side on chair seat so left hip bone is in the middle of seat (put a towel on seat if this is uncomfortable).
- Extend legs out straight, right ankle crossed over left, and place left hand on chair seat and right hand on chair back for balance.
- Use obliques to draw knees toward chest. Straighten legs and reach down, tapping floor with left hand.
- Do 24 reps; switch legs and repeat.
Twist Dip
Targets abs, obliques
- Stand with feet together 1 to 2 feet in front of chair seat, hinge forward from hips and grab sides of seat with hands so your body forms an L shape.
- Keeping abs tight and inner thighs squeezed together, twist hips to the right as you lower left hip toward right-hand front corner of chair seat. Return to start.
- Do 24 reps; switch sides and repeat.
Half Pike With Tap
Targets abs, obliques
- Lie faceup in front of chair seat with knees bent and feet on either side of chair legs; extend arms on floor behind head.
- Roll up to a sitting position, clasping or stacking hands, and turn upper body to right as you lift right leg; bring left elbow toward right knee. Return to start and repeat.
- Do 24 reps; switch legs and repeat.
Single-Leg Bridge Up
Targets butt, legs
- Lie faceup in front of chair with right knee bent 90 degrees, heel resting on seat.
- Cross left ankle over right thigh, near the knee. Extend arms behind you on floor.
- Press arms into floor as you lift hips until your body is straight from shoulder to knee.
- Lower hips to within 1 inch of floor and repeat. Do 24 reps; switch legs and repeat.


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Already an award-winning writer, ZZ Packer now shares with us her debut, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere. Her impressive range and talent are abundantly evident: Packer dazzles with her command of language, surprising and delighting us with unexpected turns and indelible images, as she takes us into the lives of characters on the periphery, unsure of where they belong. We meet a Brownie troop of black girls who are confronted with a troop of white girls; a young man who goes with his father to the Million Man March and must decides where his allegiance lies; an international group of drifters in Japan, who are starving, unable to find work; a girl in a Baltimore ghetto who has dreams of the larger world she has seen only on the screens in the television store nearby, where the Lithuanian shopkeeper holds out hope for attaining his own American Dream.
With penetrating insight that belies her youth—she was only nineteen years old when Seventeen magazine printed her first published story—ZZ Packer helps us see the world with a clearer vision. Drinking Coffee Elsewhere is a striking performance—fresh, versatile, and captivating. It introduces us to an arresting and unforgettable new voice.
"A captivating eye for detail...a bold and often thrilling usage of language and style."San Francisco Chronicle
"This is the old-time religion of storytelling, although Packer's prose supplies plenty of the edge and energy we expect from contemporary fiction."The New York Times Book Review
"A true cause for celebration for those of us who feel that fiction exists to crack the world open and again and inspire us with new love for it. Funny, fierce, verbally energetic, deeply compassionateZZ Packer is a wonderful new writer, who somehow manages to indict the species and forgive it all at once."George Saunders, author of CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
"Acerbic, satirical, hilarious, nuanced, as fiercely unsentimental and deliciously subtle as Jane Austen."O, The Oprah Magazine
"ZZ Packer writes a short story with more complexity and kindness than most people can muster in their creaking 500-page novels. It is the kind of brilliance for narrative that should make her peers envious and her readers very, very grateful."Zadie Smith
"Packer casts an eye both humorous and merciless upon her characters, putting them, in the tradition of Flannery O'Connor, to tests of faith, family, friendship, love, and self that can approach almost Biblical dimensions."Elle


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Who does what
Graduate Studies is here to help you to complete your graduate-level certificate or diploma, master's degree or doctorate. We work with people in just about every office on campus to help you to be a success. Our biggest partners are the people in your home academic unit and the Graduate Admissions and Records Office.
- Office of the
Dean of Graduate Studies
- Graduate Admissions
and Records Office
- Faculties, departments
and programs
Message from the Dean
Welcome to the Faculty of Graduate Studies at the University of Victoria!
As graduate students, you are at the core of our academic mission in teaching, learning, and research. Our graduate students come from across Canada and throughout the world and you bring demonstrated achievement, creativity and potential to contribute to the advancement of your chosen field. All of this makes for a truly dynamic and engaging atmosphere in which to study, create, perform, discover, teach, communicate, design and innovate!
Everyone in the Faculty of Graduate Studies is committed to helping you to make the most of your graduate education. There are more than 100 Graduate Advisors and Graduate Secretaries distributed among the various areas of study and research who are ready to help and guide you.
Here, on our FGS website (http://www.uvic.ca/graduatestudies/) you will find important information on what we can do to help you, our policies, and just about anything else you will need to know as a graduate student at UVic.
I am dedicated to ensuring your success. Simply stated, we measure the success of our programs by the success of our graduates. If you have any questions, comments, issues or concerns, you are most welcome to drop in to our FGS offices on the second floor of the University Centre, or contact me via the email address below.
The Dean's office can help to make your experience in your graduate program both rewarding and memorable. I personally look forward to meeting as many of you as possible and I wish you all the best in achieving your academic goals!
David Capson, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Dean of Graduate Studies
The Graduate Admissions and Records office (GARO) is an arm of the Office of the Registrar at UVic.
They take care of all of your routine paperwork from your first application right through to your graduation. If you need special consideration, they will send your request to the Faculty of Graduate Studies to see if we can make an exception for you.
You will spend most of your time in your home academic units. Your own supervisor, your graduate adviser (who looks after the graduate programs in your academic unit) and the graduate secretary in your unit's office are the people who will do the most to support you and keep you on track. They will make sure that you learn what you came to UVic to learn and that you know what you need to do to get your paperwork done right.
Your home unit will decide when your courses are scheduled, if you get a scholarship or research work, if you get to work as a teaching assistant, what space and equipment is available to you, and most of the other details of your everyday life as a graduate student.
Always go to them first with your questions. They know you and your program best!


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kafi brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 63 Designs von 28 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
I need simple logo for domain and its subdomain (porada.sk and drak.porada.sk). This is for 2 year webpage using only my simple logo sofar.
See description for details.
Current logos can be find here:
porada.sk: http://www.porada.sk/images/porada_…porada.gif
spolu vieme viac
Desired Color Scheme:
light blue, dark blue and for
Desired Style:
soft, readable, neat, no havy design
Accepted File Formats:
psd and probably some vector graphic (if for printing purp. necessary)
Logo will be used for two level domain. porada.sk and drak.porada.sk
Current logos can be find here:
porada.sk: http://www.porada.sk/images/porada_…porada.gif
This logo will be used for webpage - advice exchange forum. People contribute advices and solutions.
Meaning of the site name (http://www.porada.sk) is something like "company board meeting", "meeting", "councel board".
It referr to event where staff meet to exchange news, propose new goals, suggest solutions etc.
TAGLINE for porada.sk is "spolu vieme viac" wich means "together we know more"
The main object in the logo should be "porada.sk" and other graphics part should subtile if any ( I like sedo.com logo for instance)
I like easy, soft and very readable logos .-)
Logo MUST be readably from distance clearly. No sofisticated graphics...
The color is set - light blue (for "porada") and dark blue for ("sk"), but you are free to bring new ideas.
Logo is prefered as it is in lower case but feel free to bring new ideas.
Then I need to attach another subdomain drak.porada.sk that is used separately and use also separate design style with main GREEN color. (see webpage).
drak part can differ also in font if it is convenient.
drak is acronym of words which are also tagline to drak.porada.sk
DRAK= "databáza rieenà aktualÃt a komentárov" which means "database of solutions, news and comments".
"Drak" also means dragon and I will later ask for dragon illustration that I plan to use all over site (you don't need to draw it now or later).
I like your jobs here on this site, so all submission are very appreciated :-)
Finden Sie heraus, wie ein Designwettbewerb funktioniert, oder lernen Sie mehr über unsere Logo-Design-Angebote.


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Morality is a human construct, by and for humans. If not, we'd have to get it from a natural source . . . or a supernatural one. I'm an atheist, so a supernatural source isn't a serious alternative to me. That leaves one alternative: Nature. But I can't detect the slightest whiff of morality in nature. Mother nature is red in tooth and claw. She is indifferent to violence,…Continue
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I hope to persuade hard (absolute) determinists that their position is based on a false dichotomy. Determinism does not preclude free will. It's not either/or: there are other possibilities. I am presenting, here, one of those other possibilities. It's a model based on reciprocal causality. It doesn't claim to have proof: we know too little about the brain to prove how any…Continue
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The Philippine Atheists and Agnostics Society(PATAS) and the International Humanist and Ethical Youth Organization (IHEYO) invite you to join a three-day conference on Humanism scheduled on June 21-23, 2013 in Cebu City, Philippines. The conference will tackle human rights issues affecting our society today and humanist approaches to alleviate appalling…Continue
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Name something that gets passed around
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My brother sent this to me. I had never seen it before even though it's been circulating for some time. I thought that I'd post it here in case you've never seen it either.
The Mayonnaise Jar and 2 Cups of Coffee
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee.
A professor stood before his…Continue
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I just stumbled upon a year-old YouTube video named, "Sam Harris gets destroyed by Dr. William Lane Craig". It's the 2-hour University of Notre Dame debate held on April 7, 2011, between Harris and Craig. It was titled: "The God Debate II: Is Good from God?" The video can be found at the bottom of this page.
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The following maps were originally published by the London Times Faith Central blog. It's an interesting contrast between religion and science.
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I've had a few emails, recently, from people in Saudi Arabia who seem genuinely puzzled about why I criticize their country. A country,…Continue
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The naturalist understanding of morality asserts that we have evolved empathy as an impetus to cooperation. Combined with personal experience, empathy leads most of us to a "Golden Rule" sense of morality. From experience, I know what hurts me: with empathy, I know the same things likely hurt you too. Experience and empathy is all we need to decide most moral matters. "Do unto…Continue
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This heart is on fire
Dungeon Hearts is a match-3 game, yet that observation didn't solidify until I sat down to write this review. From music to mechanics, Dungeon Hearts is so ingrained in traditional Japanese role-playing games (think Final Fantasy IV) that it's easy to look past its more conventional trappings, especially since it does such a clever job of dressing them up.
Much like Square's own Theatrhythm, Dungeon Hearts looks like an RPG but walks like something else. Instead of a rhythm game, a puzzler. But the greatest difference between these two titles is how developer Cube Roots' genre worship goes beyond surface level, resulting in something special and very addictive.
Dungeon Hearts (PC [reviewed], iPad)
Developer: Cube Root
Publisher: Devolver Digital
Released: March 28, 2013
Rig: Intel i5-2500k @3.30 GHz, 8GB of RAM, GeForce GTX 580 GPU
Like the most basic of Final Fantasy entries, Dungeon Hearts puts the player in control of four: A warrior, a white mage, a dark mage, and an archer. Each character has hit points, mana, and levels up, acquiring up to three spells that fall in line with their class. Instead of repeatedly clicking "Fight" in a semi-zombified state, the player must frantically drag icons across the screen in a mad dash to deal damage before damage is received. After a couple matches, the puzzle elements become a natural extension of the menu navigation you find in Final Fantasy encounters.
Instead of taking turns, Dungeon Hearts battles play in real time and occasionally "Oh God, stop going so fast!"-time. Once a difficulty is selected, a new, randomly generated game is set before the player. It's not exactly a roguelike, but having a different assortment of the 47 enemies each time keeps the game fresh after repeat plays. There are no towns or field map; it's war all the time in Dungeon Hearts. Even leveling your characters is a battle of sorts, as the player must quickly match three items as potential experience points literally fly away -- if you mess up on these sections, you'll find yourself on a downward slope of misery as the difficulty goes sky high.
Once engaged with an enemy, shapes of different sizes and four different colors (correlating with your heroes) slide from the right side of the screen (the enemy) to the left (you're party) in one of the four rows your heroes occupy -- and, yes, they did screw up! If harmful icons manage to arrive at your party's side, damage/ailments will be done. To prevent that, the player must match three icons of the same color, combining the icons into a diamond "Striker" that will clear out all harmful elements in a row. Higher level play revolves around combining Strikers and positioning them in clever ways for maximum damage (essential later on).
All the complications of a role-playing game are in Dungeon Hearts: stat buffs, ailments, combos, etc. This makes for one hell of a daunting first attempt, as the game backs up its info dumptruck and buries the player under ten tons of info sludge. Be brave because most of the different icons don't really matter and everything will fit naturally as you play the game. As long as you are quickly matching icons, positioning multiples of Strikers for increased damage, and destroying the enemy's harmful icons, everything will make sense in time.
With each game of Dungeon Hearts (which can last up to an hour, if you beat it), I found my comprehension, speed, and overall skill increasing in a way that you don't often get in an RPG. Once I reached this state, I could then analyze the RPG elements like managing party health and timing spells. Spells vary from summoning a shield to firing poision arrows. No crazy summons, but the spells do function in a way that brings to mind Final Fantasy VII's limit breaks. Each spell is its own fun little distraction that tests your accuracy, speed, and timing in different ways.
What didn't expand my enjoyment over time is the mouse controls that did more damage to my wrist than puberty. That I still had fun and worked through the discomfort, says a lot about how fun this game is and how much more fun it may be on iPad (though I've heard rumblings that the build isn't solid). As of the time of this review post, the achievements and leaderboards don't work on PC. Though it's far from a polished experience -- one game broke as I almost beat the final boss, a mighty feat -- and its controls are far from ideal (maybe a controller or keyboard controls would be better), I still recommend it on PC if you don't have an iPad.
Once a game of Dungeon Hearts is won, new soundtracks unlock (five total). This would a stick instead of a carrot if it weren't for how great of a musical score it is. Along with the graphics, the music is a clever homage to the days of SquareSoft but manages to have an identity of its own. I can extend that statement to the entire game. Dungeon Hearts takes the Final Fantasy worship that has inspired many a RPG Maker indie and does something far more inspired and enjoyable with it. On a positive note, Cube Roots has been very active on listening to feedback on social networks and even provided a noteworthy update four days after release.
Whether you are a fan of fast-paced, challenging puzzle games or an old-school RPG fan, Dungeon Hearts' charm will rub off on you. And if you are a fan of both of those things, you won't even mind its shortcomings, in time.
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Dungeon Hearts reviewed by Allistair Pinsof
Solid and definitely has an audience. There could be some hard-to-ignore faults, but the experience is fun.
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The security detail will be set up at Secaucus Junction Station, the start of NJ Transit's 6.8-mile Meadowlands line to the stadium in East Rutherford.
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Pundit Rush Limbaugh, who has a home on Florida's Palm Beach, suggested that the explosion could have resulted from Earth Day eco-sabotage by one of the rig workers. Limbaugh also said a cleanup was unnecessary.
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"I'm just crackers about cheese!"
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Friends, I beg your forgiveness.
It was Mr Micheal Palin, not Graham Chapman.
Apologies to all.
I consider myself reprimanded.
Ah, yes, the wonderful Wallace. He and his favourite fromage – Wensleydale – (a village in North Yorkshire, England, for the uninitiated) was preceded by the inimitable John Cleese and Graham Chapman in the Python Sketch, the Cheese shop.
The fermented curd never did taste so beguiling as when accompanied by the 'right' cheese. But then, it is all a matter of taste.
I do enjoy a really good, very cold, Sauternes with the salty sheeps cheese, Roquefort, while a sturdy Stilton needs the power of a good vintage port.
AS I am 8 hours ahead, and my weekend has already begun, I have indulged with a little runny Brie and some blue veined Dolcelatte. Yes, here I had the very good company of a 1999 Geyserville.
Bliss in a bottle.
Enjoy YOUR weekend!
Well, if you will continue with the British theme (started yesterday by the mention of Autumn and the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness), what better than to launch this with Wallace & Gromit and their favourite cheese, Wensleydale? This of course, was preceded by the Monty Pyton team and the Cheese shop sketch which begins….
Monty Python's Flying Circus – "Cheese Shop"
[ from Monty Python's Flying Circus, third season, first shown 30.11.1972 ]
The Players:
John Cleese – Mousebender;
Michael Palin – Wensleydale;
The Scene: An Edwardian-style shop which carries the signs:
'Ye Olde Cheese Emporium'; 'Henry Wensleydale, Purveyor of Fine Cheese to the Gentry and the Poverty Stricken Too'; 'Licensed for Public Dancing'; Two men dressed as city gents are Greek dancing in the corner to the music of a bouzouki.
Mousebender enters.
It goes without saying that there is no fermented curd in that emporium ………
I am also reminded that tthe Governance of France was described as impossible by one of their leaders because " How can you expect to run a country where there are over 500 cheeses?"


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KERMIT, W.Va. (AP) — Health officials have temporarily shut down a southern West Virginia pizza restaurant after a district manager was caught on surveillance video urinating into a sink.
Local media reported that the Mingo County health department ordered the Pizza Hut in Kermit, about 85 miles southwest of Charleston, to shut down.
Pizza Hut Corp. released a statement saying it was "embarrassed" by the manager's actions. The company says it has "zero tolerance" for violations of its operating standards. The employee was fired. His name was not released.
Pizza Hut says the incident occurred after business hours.
County health official Brett Vance says the restaurant is closed until it is thoroughly cleaned and there are reassurances of safeguards in place.


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PHOENIX -- Arizona Cardinals linebacker Daryl Washington was arrested Friday for allegedly assaulting his ex-girlfriend, who authorities said is the mother of his baby daughter.
Maricopa County prosecutors said Washington's bond was set at $4,200 following his initial court appearance after he was booked into jail on suspicion of two counts of aggravated assault.
A probable cause statement released by Phoenix police said Washington's ex-girlfriend claimed he grabbed her by the throat and shoved her to the ground following an argument at her apartment Wednesday.
The woman told police that Washington also pushed her with two hands, causing her to fall and break her right collarbone, according to court documents.
Police later interviewed the woman and their report noted her clavicle injury along with "road-rash type of scrapes, bruising and cuts to her right arm, right hip and right leg."
A call to Washington's Dallas-based agent, Jordan Woy, wasn't immediately returned Friday afternoon.
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Washington led the Cardinals with 134 tackles -- 108 of them solo -- and nine sacks last season and signed a six-year contract extension in September.
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The last few days have been a series of things that had to be done yesterday and lots of go-go-going. I have several projects that all seem to be converging and convening all on the same day --- reading that must be done, food that must be prepared, writing that must be done, an already burgeoning summer calendar that makes me want to stick my head in the sand, and gee…..my family might want a clean towel before the end of the week as well.
All of my teacher friends are all counting down to the last day of school just as urgently as their students. They all can tick off on their fingers an ever growing list of things that must be done before the final hooray closes out the year. Grades, awards, getting that new contract signed, next year's grade and room assignment, report card comments, end of the year party preparation, packing if moving to a new room or school, turning in purchase order for next years supplies, meeting new team members if new teachers have been hired, field day preparations, brainstorming new and innovative methods to contain a group of kids a few days longer even through young bodies are are ready to burst at their summer seams, cleaning out files, taking down bulletin boards…..oh my gosh….the list is endless….an ever growing sinkhole of gotta do, gotta do, gotta do.
So forgive me as I resort to a method of posting that is an easy way out for any teacher of history when the entries on the to do list become a bit overwhelming……let's focus on what happened on this day……..May 15th……in history. I'm sure you will find yourself saying as you read the list, "Oh, I didn't know that….Oh, I forgot about that…..Huh?" Leave me a comment letting me know which item spurred you to do a quick Google gaggle to find out more.
Here are 13 events that occurred throughout history on May 15th.
1. In 1602, Cape Cod was discovered by Bartholomew Gosnold.
2. In 1862, the Department of Agriculture was created
3. In 1911, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, ruling it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
4. In 1916, U.S. Marines landed in Santo Domingo to quell civil disorder.
5. In 1918, regular airmail service between New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC, began under the direction of the Post Office Department, which later became the U.S. Postal Service.
6. In 1940, nylon stockings went on sale for the first time in the U.S.
7. In 1957, Britain dropped its first hydrogen bomb on Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean.
8. In 1964, the Smothers Brothers, Dick and Tom, gave their first concert in Carnegie Hall in New York City.
9. In 1970, U.S. President Nixon appointed America's first two female generals.
10. In 1972, Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, MD while campaigning for the U.S. presidency. Wallace was paralyzed by the shot.
11. In 1975, the merchant ship U.S. Mayaguez was recaptured from Cambodia's Khmer Rouge.
12. In 2003, Texas Democrats boarded two buses and returned home after a self-imposed four-day exile in Oklahoma that temporarily succeeded in killing a redistricting plan they opposed.
13. In 2006, the Pentagon disclosed the names of everyone detained at the Guantanamo Bay prison since it opened four years earlier.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
An Easy Out...But an Interesting 13 Nonetheless
Posted by EHT at Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Labels: history, Thursday Thirteen, Trivia
6 comments:
- Meju said...
I enjoyed your list, I admit I did not know any of the facts you had listed. Perhaps I will come back soon and read more trivia!
- Forgetfulone said...
Great TT! I enjoyed it. Have a happy TT!
- Nancy Lindquist-Liedel said...
I knew there was something I hated about today. Nylons. Curse the eveil man who invented the sausage casings of doom!!!!!
May 15 is also National Chocolate Chip Day.
Hurray for nylons stockings! Loved your list..
- Denise Patrick said...
I love lists like this because I always learn something new - like the tidbit about nylon stockings!
Thanks and happy TT!
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A plantar wart is a growth of skin on the bottom of the foot caused by a virus. The most common areas of growth are in pressure places, such as the heels or balls of the feet. The virus is not highly infectious, but you can pick it up in warm moist areas where you walk barefoot, such as showers, locker rooms, or public swimming areas. If you already have a wart, you can also spread the virus on your own feet. Warts will often go away on their own. However, some warts can spread easily or may be in a very tender spot. Salicylic acid, duct tape, and freezing the warts are common and sometimes effective remedies. People with warts that are painful enough to interfere with everyday function or that are spreading rapidly may need more intensive treatment from their doctor. The process may involve surgical excision or another procedure that can leave damage and require a longer healing process.
Researchers from China examined the benefit of applying an infrared heating device to the warts. The study, published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, showed promising results in decreasing pain and eliminating the wart.
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The randomized trial involved 60 patients with plantar warts. The patients were all scheduled for 5 days of 30 minutes of heat treatment (hyperthermia). The participants were randomly assigned to the actual heating device that produced heat in the area or to a sham treatment that produced a red dot on the area but no heat. After 3 months, patients reported:
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- 1 relapse in the sham treatment group
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If you have a plantar wart, it will most likely go away on its own. If the wart is spreading into a large area, if it interferes with activities like walking, or if it is not responding to home treatments, consult your doctor. From there, you and your doctor may discuss options that best suit your lifestyle. Some treatments require frequent applications, where others may be quicker but require longer recovery as the wounds heals. Perhaps local hyperthermia treatment will become more available if further research supports the findings of this study.
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Perfectionism is usually a glorified time sink, not a virtue. Nobody is without fail. The greatest genius who ever lives will begin her rise somewhere in the realm of "sub-par-at-everything." Even at her peak, the world's best genius will probably specialize to the point where she does only one or a few things spectacularly. Like the rest of us, she'll be bad at doing all the things outside her expertise.
It is normal and acceptable to fail a lot. Especially at games. We play to learn, we play for fun, and a few lucky people play for their living. But unless you're a professional gamer, playing to be the best can defeat the purpose of playing at all. When winning is all-important, the game itself loses value.
Failure puts gaming – like other important areas of life – into perspective. It reminds us that injured pride isn't so bad. That, whether against ourselves or others, competition isn't all that's good. All the sore losers and completist gamers out there could benefit from being reminded more often that we are better defined by what we persist at than what we succeed at.
Getting good at being bad at something is an asset in many areas of failure: Work, sport, romance, etc. Messing-up is the best opportunity we have to learn how to respond appropriately to failure. And as parents, we can't model good responses to bad outcomes if we never let our kids see us fail.
The same is true of problem solving. If at first we don't win a game, we can try again, but play it differently. Losing often and well frees us to think creatively. To attempt things we might otherwise shy away from. Just like in science, where failure indicates where more experimentation is needed. Researchers pursue failure. They seek flaws and weaknesses in their own ideas and they put the screws to them until their theories crack. Finding a theory that won't break is GAME OVER for scientists.
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The New Zealand dollar held above 82 US cents and may gain as the nation's relatively attractive yields draw demand for the currency.
The kiwi dollar traded at 82.23 US cents from 82.21 cents in New York on Friday. The trade-weighted index was at 73.38 from 73.39.
The local currency rose to the highest in more than three weeks last week after Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler quashed talk of an interest rate cut and said he wouldn't contemplate intervening in currency markets. New Zealand 10-year bonds are yielding about 3.52 percent while comparable 10-year Treasury bonds yield 1.75 percent, a spread of 177 basis points. The official cash rate was kept at 2.5 percent last week, versus a Federal Reserve target near zero.
"All up, rising NZ-US yield differentials, coupled with the recent brightening in the global backdrop, reinforces our view the NZD/USD is still a buy-on-dips currency," said Mike Jones, currency strategist at Bank of New Zealand.
With little local data until the ANZ Commodity Price Index on Friday, the kiwi will likely take its lead from offshore this week, he said.
Corporate earnings out of the US will be closely watched as a proxy for growth in the world's biggest economy, after a raft of disappointing results.
The kiwi traded at 79.22 Australian cents from 79.31 cents and fell to 63.45 euro cents from 63.55 cents. It traded at 65.45 yen from 64.46 yen and was recently at 51 British pence from 51.08 pence.
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NEW YORK >> Make that back-to-back blowouts, and at least one Knick swears he saw it coming.
"Yeah, I knew it was going to eventually happen. I'm glad that it did," point guard Raymond Felton said. "It was a good night to happen in Brooklyn, then we came back tonight and showed it wasn't a fluke. That's what a lot of people were trying to say. We came out tonight to really prove that."
They sure did, once again looking more like a juggernaut than a joke.
Carmelo Anthony had 20 points and 11 rebounds, and New York snapped a seven-game home losing streak by beating the Orlando Magic 121-83 on Friday night for its first victory at Madison Square Garden since October.
"We got tired of losing. Whether we figured everything out in two games, that's yet to come, but we'll take these two wins," Anthony said.
Andrea Bargnani and J.R. Smith each added 17 points for the Knicks, who followed their 113-83 rout of Brooklyn on Thursday with an even more powerful performance, giving them consecutive victories for the first time this season after a nine-game losing streak.
"At some point it was going to get unleashed," Felton said. "Brooklyn was just the team that got the first wrath of it, so everybody else is going to have to feel it later on, too."
The Knicks hadn't won at home since beating Milwaukee in their season opener on Oct. 30. The seven-game skid had matched the longest in franchise history, set during the 2007-08 season.
They ended it emphatically, just missing the biggest victory in the NBA this season, the Clippers' 39-point rout of Chicago on Nov. 24, according to STATS.
"I think the results of their game in Brooklyn carried over to this game," Orlando coach Jacque Vaughn said. "They shot the ball extremely well like they did in Brooklyn, so there you have an NBA game for you."
The Knicks made a season-best 17 3-pointers — a night after hitting 16 — and turned it into another easy night for Anthony, who took only 10 shots one night after attempting only 12.
"I wanted to try to do something a little different to see if it worked," he said. "Me scoring 30 wasn't working."
New York moved ahead of the Nets and out of last place. Despite their struggles, the Knicks (5-13) are only 21/2 games behind first-place Boston in the pathetic Atlantic Division, and can move even closer when they host the Celtics on Sunday afternoon.
Arron Afflalo scored 20 points for the Magic, who dropped their fourth straight. Victor Oladipo added 17 points and nine rebounds.
Amare Stoudemire sat out for the Knicks, still not ready to play on back-to-back nights after offseason knee surgery. No matter, as Metta World Peace picked up the extra minutes and scored 12 points. Tim Hardaway Jr. finished with 15 and Felton had 14.
The Knicks broke it open by outscoring the Magic 30-15 in the third quarter to open a 20-point lead. The highlight came on a ferocious drive and dunk by Iman Shumpert.
Orlando fell to 1-8 on the road, running out to a quick start but then getting run over from there.
The Magic hit six of their first seven shots, including all three 3-pointers, to storm to a 15-5 lead. The Knicks started 2 for 12 but eventually got going and trailed just 31-28 after one.
The Knicks answered with five 3-pointers in the first 4 minutes of the second quarter, going ahead 43-35, and took a 59-54 advantage into halftime.
"They put us in tough situations," Orlando guard Jameer Nelson said. "We just have to recognize situations and get better at them so it (doesn't) happen again."
Nelson was back for Orlando after missing three straight games with a sprained left foot, but leading rebounder Nik Vucevic missed his second in a row with a sprained left ankle.
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