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A is for Apple. I'm beginning to think fruit trees should be at the core of any garden or estate; a perfect fusion of the useful and aesthetically pleasing, as well as promoting local distinctiveness and biodiversity. Rationally or emotionally it's very hard to argue against planting fruit trees; the only difficult thing is to prioritise the grower's requirements, and now is a good time to start thinking about them ahead of the planting season in autumn.
The golden rule is to grow the fruit you want to eat. There are many fruit trees with interesting back stories but they need to be useful too. I have just planted two of the legendary Guillevic Normandy cider apple trees, for example, which as a cider maker tick both boxes for me. What are you going to use the fruit for? If you intend to make jams and flans this will not only influence what to buy but also the volume of fruit that's required. Apples need particular planning in this regard; an orchard-sized apple tree produces 1,000lb – that's a lot of apple juice to process. For domestic use make sure you choose varieties that ripen at different times to avoid a glut. Try to find fruit to taste or follow advice; for apples in the UK visit the national fruit tree collection at Brogdale in Kent, where there are apples to taste and blossom to view. Their experts can also help you identify any existing trees you might have, and advise on orchard design (their next course is on June 9).
There are other reasons to grow fruit trees. The Victorians grew apples such as the James Grieve as much for their blossom as their fruit, for example. This works the other way around too; I don't much like the habit of Victoria Plum trees – too stiff and upright – which means however much I might love the plums I won't grow the tree. Their attractive blossom and different habits mean it's generally easy to combine fruit trees into an existing garden design in a more relaxed way than growing them on commercial grids. Traditional fruit trees with less local edibles work well too, or they can be used as the canopy layer for a forest garden. At Mark Diacono's Otter Farm in Devon, for example, quinces and plums rub shoulders with Szechuan peppers and pecans.
In our household there are other things to think about – I like early flowering trees such as almonds for my bees. Fruit trees produce masses of pollen and nectar for hungry honeybees, bumblebees and solitary bees, and a well-chosen mix of "top fruit" and soft fruit can provide huge amounts of forage for them from February to May.
Orchards are great for wildlife generally, which is why traditional orchards are one of the UK's priority habitats. A 1988 survey published in the New York Food and Life Sciences bulletin found 191 species of plant-eating insects in organic mid-Atlantic zone apple orchards in the US. Further up the food chain, bats and birds love orchards, especially insectivorous and cavity nesting species. Different types of fruit tree decay at different rates but they all have limited lives, which means a rich habitat for all sorts of interesting and endangered flora and fauna. Pears decay relatively slowly, then apples, and fastest of all are Prunus (cherry, plum, etc).
The traditional orchard floor is rich in fungi rather than wildflowers, as its soil tends to be too rich for a diverse sward to develop, but it too is a valuable resource for wildlife. Autumn windfalls are a boon for late butterflies and birds, as well as small mammals such as hedgehogs. We are currently working on a planting plan at our new house that involves a complicated understory, including nut bushes and soft fruit, which will be brilliant for biodiversity. Many smaller orchards used to work this way. The gardener's happy – it looks lovely and is easy to maintain – and the cook's happy with the myriad culinary opportunities it presents.
The next consideration is local conditions. Apples are possibly the least fussy of fruit trees; they are grown in every state in the US. They will do well further north than many others as they flower relatively late and their blossom is consequently less susceptible to frost, and some varieties will even grow in Mediterranean conditions. We are surrounded by cider orchards as we have heavy soil and wet weather. Perry pears do well hereabouts too. Plums, on the other hand, prefer lighter soils, but work well in exposed sites or around the edge of a mixed orchard, where they will protect other trees. By way of contrast, eating pears need sun and shelter.
Have a look around to see what's growing close to you, and find out if there are any trees that have either originated from the area or were widely grown. It's a great way of celebrating local distinctiveness as well; plant Sierra Beauties in California and Baldwins in New York.
People tend to worry unnecessarily about pollinating partners for fruit trees. Apples are easy; there'll generally be another apple or crab apple in flower within a quarter of a mile to act as a pollinator. Most plums and gages are self-fertile. There are some fruit trees, like pears, which are self-sterile, so they will need at least one other tree in the vicinity. Consult a pollination list or a specialist nursery, but to my mind the most important thing you can do to encourage pollination is to encourage pollinating insects. You can build your own solitary bee box or buy a posh one; they really work, and more bees means more fruit.
Once you have decided on the style and content of your orchard area, for which it is best to ask for professional advice if it's large, it is time to start with practical work. Mark the planned sites for your trees with canes. By grafting a "scion" on to rootstocks of different vigour you can have trees of the same variety but of very different sizes when mature. Traditional orchard apple trees, grown on super strong M25 rootstock, were typically planted up to 10 metres apart, whereas larger Perry pears on Pyrus communis rootstock need even more space as they can grow to the size of ash trees. Obviously, you'll get less fruit from trees on less vigorous rootstocks, which might also need staking, but they can be a lot more convenient.
After you've finished tweaking the planting design, either spray off or mulch 1 metre diameter circles around the canes ready for the trees. Pre-order them in spring or summer for autumn delivery; many heritage varieties are only grown in tiny numbers.
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Buying trees
Unfortunately, unlike the popular image of Johnny Appleseed, it's not possible to grow fruit trees from seed – the resulting plants and fruit will be nothing like their parent. You should buy "bare root" trees, which will be delivered when they're dormant and give you a healthy and quick-growing tree. A one-year-old "maiden" grafted on to a vigorous rootstock will grow into a tree that is more than four metres tall.
It's tempting to buy as big a tree as you can find; if it doesn't go into shock you'll get fruit more quickly and it will initially look more impressive. On balance, though, have patience; not simply because of the yawning cost differential but because of how well and how quickly a younger tree will develop. It won't need a stake to support it or a big hole for it to grow in, and it has a much higher chunk of its root system intact. There's a good reason it's difficult to find many mature fruit trees for sale; they cost a fortune and fall over.
Try to source your trees online from a specialist nursery; not only will you find more interesting varieties, but the information the nurseries can provide and the quality of the product will more than compensate for any extra cost.

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Graduate students at Rochester Institute of Technology are known on campus for their research and innovation on topics spanning disciplines from math and science to engineering to the liberal arts. On July 23, a new group of graduate students were honored for excellence at RIT's 5th annual Graduate Student Research and Creativity Symposium.
Taking top honors—and a $500 cash prize—in the oral presentation category was Steven Barber, a graduate student in RIT's Golisano Institute for Sustainability from Honeoye Falls, N.Y., who presented "Enabling Students to Advance Sustainability by Developing Corporate Sustainability Plans and Metrics."
The runner-up in the oral presentation category—and winner of $250—was Zack Fitzsimmons, a graduate student from the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., who presented "Control in the Presence of Manipulators: Cooperative and Competitive Cases."
The winner of the poster presentation session was Pedro Cruz Diloné, a graduate student in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, whose poster, "Initiatives to improve sanitation in the developing world: Identifying the factors preventing adoption of sanitation and their relevance to the redesign of a simple pit latrine," helped him win a $500 prize.
The runner-up in the poster category was Michael Langenbacher, a graduate student in RIT's College of Liberal Arts originally from Ithaca, N.Y., who presented, "Repeat Victimization in Rochester, N.Y," and was awarded $250.
The final award of the symposium was given to the winner of the art exhibit, a first-time feature of the event. Aya Oki, a Master of Fine Arts graduate student in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences from Kitakatsuragigun, Japan, earned $500 for the glass creation, Plump Cheeks.
To see a video about the Graduate Student Research and Creativity Symposium, go to RIT's University News YouTube channel. For more information about graduate studies at RIT, go to gradstudies.rit.edu.


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I am running around in circles trying to find out the answer to this question, hoping you can help In an older version of BSD i had the following line in my packet filter nat on $ext_if from X.X.X.X to any -> $ext_if Where would I have to change this if I want this to work with OpenBSD 5.1 Please help Cheers |
Mentioning which version of OpenBSD would be most helpful as pf(4) has radically changed through the past several years.
Initially it was 4.5 and been upgraded to 5.1
You have gone through all of the intermediate versions? Upgrading from 4.5 to 4.6, followed by 4.6 to 4.7, ..., all the way up to 5.0 to 5.1?
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looks like i have got the nat rules right now but it still wont let me ping the internet
sorry, i might not have been clear the last version of bsd i used was 4.5 I am installing 5.1 for a customer of mine and have found the pf rules to be different i am confident that the rules are correct, however now i just need to get it to connect to the internet whenever i ping the internet, it comes up with no route to host |
ok, i found out what my problem was.
now something is happening that i am sure its real simple to fix in the ppp.linkup file i have the line ! etc/ppp/addroute.sh apparently i have to put something before this because something about batch files cant run like that under bsd. what would i have to type in i thought it might of been /bin/sh but i was wrong about that |
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Parthiv Patel, the Indian wicket-keeper batsman was born on March 9, 1985. He burst on to the scene as an untested 17-year-old in 2002 during the tour of England and made his Test debut at Nottingham. He impressed everyone early on, but as the years progressed, his wicketkeeping was very inconsistent. By October 2004, he had played 19 Tests and a few One-Day Internationals and was dropped thereafter. He did make a comeback for the tour to Pakistan in 2006 but did not play any game. In 2008, he played a Test match on the tour to Sri Lanka. Then he had to wait until 2010 to get a game as India were rotating their players ahead of the 2011 World Cup.
In 2011, Parthiv did get a good run in the side, especially after he impressed while opening the batting. However, his form fell away and he hasn't made a comeback since the tour to Australia in early 2012.


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On TV: Prophets Of Doom
Last month, a show aired on the History Channel called Prophets of Doom. From the History Channel website:
Today's world has troubles unique to its time in history, from the global financial crisis to technological meltdowns to full scale, computerized global war.
Observing the convergence of such events, contemporary prophets have begun to emerge from obscurity to suggest that these conditions might be signs of the demise of the modern world. These men are historians as well, using all manner of information and patterns from the past to provide context for where we are going. Their predictions interpret the current state of affairs in our world as evidence that the America we know may come to an end. The men proposing these ideas are not crackpots living on the streets of New York; they are intelligent, learned men who come armed with the evidence to back up their claims.
In the 94 minute show, investigative journalist Michael Ruppert, economist Dr. Nathan Hagens, author John Cronin, investigative journalist/author James Howard Kuntsler, computer scientist Dr. Hugo De Garis, and executive editor Robert Gleason came together to discuss some of the greatest threats to the future of the United States, including economic collapse, water shortages/contamination, peak oil, species dominance by self-aware robots, and nuclear terrorism. The following are some of the points argued during the program:
Michael Ruppert
• Unsustainable population growth coincided with the discovery of oil
• Despite finite resources, the U.S. population continues to increase
• The population will crash with the arrival of peak oil
Dr. Nathan Hagens
• The United States is insolvent and its debts will come home to roost
• The global economy is one giant Ponzi scheme and can no longer continue to grow
• The economy will crash as natural resources run out and alternatives fail to come online in time
• Americans suffer from cognitive dissonance, "when our brains don't want to acknowledge the gravity or seriousness of a situation"
• The greatest threat to the United States today is the coming financial reckoning
John Cronin
• The United States is a "water economy"
• The quantity and quality of fresh water is in danger here and around the globe
• Waste dumped by sewage treatment plants into bodies of water not only contaminate drinking water with bacteria and viruses but also with exotic chemicals that the plants weren't designed to remove, like pharmaceuticals
• Technology is needed to measure what's in our water at any moment
• A shortage of fresh water is the most pressing threat to the United States
James Howard Kuntsler
• Peak oil has arrived
• America will experience a devastating energy crisis in the 21st century
• A 2005 energy study, known as the Hirsch Report, concluded that the United States is facing an imminent energy crunch, and was subsequently buried
• Major complex systems essential to daily life will unravel in such a scenario
Dr. Hugo De Garis
• Develops artificial intelligence- a "professional brain builder"
• His field predicts robots, which could soon be widely-available to consumers, will develop self-awareness by the 2040s
• When this happens, robots will achieve "the singularity," where they can begin to think and act separate from human control
• However, this could lead to species dominance, where the robots might see humans as nothing more than pests- and seek to exterminate them
Robert Gleason
• Nuclear terrorism directed against the United States is a credible threat
• Terrorists might unleash an "American Hiroshima," where nuclear devices are detonated in several U.S. cities to incapacitate the nation
After each "prophet" made their points, they discussed which threats to the United States seemed to be most pressing. Cronin, De Garis, and Gleason decided that water shortages/contamination was the greatest danger. Hagens chose a financial reckoning day. Ruppert also indicated an economic collapse- due to resource shortages. Kunstler argued that the major threats couldn't be ranked as they comprised "several competing fiascos." The narrator announced that the group had highlighted a debt-based society and water issues as the biggest problems America faces down the road.
While noting that America is not psychologically-prepared for the problems it faces, each "prophet" went on to offer their prescriptions for dealing with the threats. A common theme was the focus on re-localization. They also realized that time would be a precious commodity. While no one claimed the end of the world was at hand, they did recognize that we had reached the end of a particular phase in American history. Americans, they decided, would have to become more self-sufficient in order to successfully weather the challenges ahead.
Interesting show, smart bunch of guys- highly-recommended. Don't worry if you don't have the History Channel, as the entire program has been uploaded on YouTube here.
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I'm trying to run a very simple (my first) Android app in an emulator I've set up, but my app doesn't display within the emulator. I'm expecting to see (code below) a TextView with some Text assigned to it.
All I see is a black "honeycomb" background in the emulator (which looks like a "DOS box" or Command prompt) with the time (5 hours in the future), date, and "Charging (50%)"
I'm using an AVD set up to use a version 3.2 emulator. I've got that (Andorid 3.2 SDK) and Java 7 installed.
Here is what is contained in my Eclipse tabs:
[2011-07-29 02:16:39 - YeauxDudimus] ------------------------------
[2011-07-29 02:16:39 - YeauxDudimus] Android Launch!
[2011-07-29 02:16:39 - YeauxDudimus] adb is running normally.
[2011-07-29 02:16:39 - YeauxDudimus] Performing com.bomb.YeauxDudimusActivity activity launch
Error Log:
While loading class "com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.ToolsLocator", thread "Thread[Worker-2,5,main]" timed out waiting (5016ms) for thread "Thread
Java Code:package com.bomb; import android.app.Activity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.widget.TextView; public class YeauxDudimusActivity extends Activity { /** Called when the activity is first created. */ @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); TextView tv = new TextView(this); tv.setText("Yeaux, Dudimus"); setContentView(tv); setContentView(R.layout.main); } }
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Did you unlock the screen of the virtual device?
You will also want to change your code. Right now you're setting the ContentView to tv, and then you're telling the activity to display the (presumable empty) main.xml instead. You should probably acquaint yourself with Android's XML-based UIs too, because in my experience trying to set up the UI in code doesn't get your very far in Android.
I would use something like this:
Java Code:public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.mytextview); tv.setText("Yeaux, Dudimus"); }
Java Code:<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"> <TextView android:id="@+id/mytextview" android:text="" android:textColor="#000000" /> </LinearLayout>
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Northern League
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Northern League may refer to:
- Northern League (baseball, 1902–71), the name of the five 'northern' baseball leagues
- Northern League (baseball, 1993–2010), an independent baseball league in the United States
- Northern Association, a minor baseball league founded in 1910
- Northern Premier Cricket League, a cricket league in England
- Northern Football League, also known as Ebac Northern League, an association football league in North East England
- Northern Football League (Scotland) A now defunct Scottish football competition, in existence between 1891 and 1920
- Northern League (New Zealand), an association football league covering the northern part of the North Island, New Zealand
- Northern Premier League, also known as EvoStik League and previously UniBond League, an association football league covering the whole of the north of England
Ice hockey
- Northern League (ice hockey, 1966–1982), existed in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United Kingdom
- Northern League (ice hockey, 2005–), a current minor ice hockey league in the United Kingdom
Motorcycle speedway
- Northern League (speedway), one of two British speedway leagues between 1929 and 1931
Other meanings[edit]
- Lega Nord, an Italian political party
- Northern League (United Kingdom), a eugenics group active in the United Kingdom in the mid-20th century
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Call for Program and Preconference proposals for 2013 Annual Conference, Chicago IL, and Midwinter Institute proposals for 2013 Midwinter Meeting, Seattle, WA
The form to submit program, preconference and institute proposals for 2013 is now available!
Please access the program planning page, where you'll find the proposal form link and more information about programming:http://www.ala.org/rusa/programplanning
Here's a direct link to the online proposal form:
There is one form for all types of offerings (preconferences, programs, institutes). All proposals must be submitted via the online form.
To preview the form and prepare for your submission, you can download this PDF of the online form.
There are a few important documents you should review prior to making your submission, including some notes on changes to the available time blocks at conference, and the skeleton schedule. Those documents are available as attachments to this division post in ALA Connect.
DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS: May 1, 2012
Questions? Contact Susan Hornung, RUSA executive director, at email@example.com.


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I don't think you are crazy at all, Woodley should be made an example of. I also think you have to cut ties with JH also watching these playoffs remind me of just how slow our Lb's are with Woodley, JH and Foote we have to have the all time slowest in the league over the last 10 years.
OK, I think I just threw up in my mouth a little. Burress is probably the 5th best WR on this team behind Wallace, Brown, Sanders and Cotchery. Even if he happened to be on par or a little better then one of them he is still not starting NFL caliber at this point.
I really don't think we want to REPLACE Wallace ... I think we need to draft someone better than WALLACE and look at other holes to fill
Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go...
Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go...
Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go...!!!
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HP ships 'super 3G' laptop in UK
Tie-in with Vodafone
Vodafone has added HP's Compaq nc6400 notebook to the list of laptops it offers with integrated HSDPA - 3G Broadband, as Vodafone calls it. HP's machine joins portable PCs from Acer, Dell and Lenovo.
The laptop ships with a Vodafone 3G SIM card in the box and the carrier's Connection Manager utility pre-installed. Buyers will need to sign up for one of Vodafone's data-centric airtime packages costing £25, £45 and £95 a month respectively. The cheapest bundles 250MB of data transfer each month, with the rest costing £1 a meg. The other two are 'unlimited' in the UK - ie. subject to the usual 1GB-a-month 'don't take the mickey' policy.
At this stage it's unclear whether the HP machines are untethered and can be used with any carrier's HSDPA network, as is the case with Dell's 3G notebooks.
The list of nc6400 models, on the other hand, is as along as your arm, with prices ranging from £949 to £1,550. Versions are available with a range of Core Duo and Core 2 Duo processors, hard drive capacities, memory configurations, optical drive set-ups - too many, in fact, to list here, so pop over to the HP website if you want to see them all. ®
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We adopted three goats almost 2 weeks ago. Two have warmed up to us fine and follow us where we want them to go. The third named Annie is very skittish and bullied by the other two. In todays snow they made her stand outside and would not let her in the shed. She won't let us near her and it's impossible to work with her. She is just so wild and once we do catch her to worm her or whatever she is just so freaked out. How do we get through to her. She is so wild that treats just don't even seem to get to her. She just doesn't seem to want no part of us at all. How can we get her to come around. She got loose today when we were taking them from one pasture to another and it was SOOO hard to catch her. A feed bucket didn't even work! Marie
I'd put her in a small pen by herself and visit her for ten minutes or so several times a day. Start with just sitting with her quietly. Gradually add movement, small and non threatening. One person should do this, not different people each time. One person should be responsible for feeding her and sitting with her while she eats.
I'd put her in a small pen with another goat who willl be dominant and who is also very tame. The new one will imitate the behavior of the other one after awhile-at least, that has worked for us. I'd make sure to bring treats to both of them and let her learn through the other one that you are ok. Good luck. We had one crazy goat that was a Nubian. My daughter would get the blue heeler in the pen to run the goat and as she ran by, my daughter would grab her leg or ear. When she milked her, the goat stood perfectly still. Although that goat is still nervous if any of her routines are interrupted, she is one of our best milkers today. Harplade
You do it until she sees you are her friend, not the enemy. It won't hurt her to be in a small pen, and it's the only way you can keep her where you can handle her freely. I'd spend even more time than Rose said, if you can. Spend as much time in there with heras you possibly can, and handle her, handle her, handle her. Pet her, brush her, scritch her behind the ears, and disperse treats liberally. That's bits of cookie or graham crackers, handfuls of alfalfa pellets, etc. Talk to her, sing to her, get her used to the sound of your voice. The key is to desensitize her to you, and to teach her that you are safe, and a source of goodies. You can't do this if every time she's caught it's because you need to worm her, vaccinate, or trim her hooves. She has to associate you with good things. It takes time, but it can be done. Some goats will always be a little skittish and shy, but if she can get to the point where she'll come for treats, that's great, and it's likely that she will eventually be a total PET! Is this one of the LaManchas? They have fantastic temperaments (as a breed), and I bet she'll tame quickly if you can spend the time and effort on her. Good luck, and let us know how it goes.
I think some goats, especially does, are just extremely shy. I have an FF doe a year old in Feb who I still have to catch to lead her to the stanchion for grain. She loves her grain but wigs out if I touch her or move quickly. I've been "slowly" chasing her around the pen and barn for two weeks now, and today was the first day she let me grab her collar without a long, LOOONG episode of sweet talk and following. I couldn't get her to eat grain out of my hand, and I've had her for a year (dam raised). Her dam is also very shy, and took a long time to gentle and even longer to milk without a rodeo. I think temperament is very inherited. If she's LaMancha, you should have no real problem taming her eventually, just take your time with her and the advice above really does work, I had to do many of those things myself.
Yes, she is Lamancha. Gosh, I really hope its possible. She is just so beautiful and bullied by the other two. I just want to hug her and thats the last thing she'd ever want at this point. I will try the pen thing tomorrow. I will let you know how it goes. THanks! Now I know there's hope. Marie
catch her on a day you have the time and tie her up with a short lead. approach her scratch her good, whether she likes it or not, (and get all those spots that are hard for them to get, armipits, withers, neck). walk away 10 feet or so, then approach her again and do the same, do not hesitate when she thrashes, or trys to get away, continue approaching calmly but not to slowly, in a matter of fact kind of way. keep doing this as many times as you can stand. try to keep the same pattern, go the same distance away, scratch for the same amount etc. every time. what you are doing is conditioning her to your approach and touch. doing it the same way every time helps them get relaxed because they quickly learn exactly what is going to happen every time you approach, it is one comforting thing in what they think is an uncomfortable situation. you should be working in a sort of rythm, walk up, scratch , walk a way, turn around, walk up , scratch , walk away. when you are not working with her she should be in an area small enough that she cannot get away when you approach her, every time she gets away even for a few steps you will have to appraoch her 5 times without her getting away to recondition her. set her up for a pleasent encounter, not a panic and running encounter, it is very frightening for a prey animal to be chased.
I think this is another argument for bottle raising babies. Of all the goats that I have ("down" to twenty), you can sure tell the "bottle babies" from the ones left on their mamas. I know there's probably going to be lots of posting from people stating otherwise, but it's been my experience that the "bottle babies" make the best, friendliest adults. If you do leave the babies on their moms, then at least be sure you handle those babies daily and often. "Bottle babies" are like dogs. They will follow you anywhere! (This probably doesn't help you with your immediate problem but a little information for the future.....) Janis
Leave her! No really it works. All you do is get her trim her hoofs and worm. It will take a few weeks my WILD doe warmed up to me after 1 1/2 months. Just go in give all your love and food to the others and she will get the idea you need to come. To get food. It worked for me and this doe no-one could tame is the sweetest thing ever! LOVE DOES ALOT!
Yes I love bottle babies much better they don't get bad things there mothers do. Act like a good respectable goat and will do jumps and stuff you want them to be! Plus they are so friendly and when they are 200+ pound bucks they won't kill you! But the one thing I hate and they can get very bad and you get mad at them when you have to do some thing and they won't leave you alone! :flame:
i had my skittish saanen for a year before she finnally calmed down, now after she kidded and i stayed with her by her side the whole time, she trusts me and is one of my favorites. dont give up, just keep being gental, and sometimes force her to let you touch her so she gets used to it.provided shes just skittish and not actually mean.
I had a skittish bottle-raised Kinder doe -- she would come to me, and let me handle her but was spooky around other people. When she kidded last year, I left her kids on her because her teats were small and my hands were hurting a lot. I did handle the babies regularly, but because they inherited their mother's skittishness, they never did become tame. I butchered the (wethered) buck kid when he was three or four months old; the doe kid kidded herself about five weeks ago. Because I took her twins away at birth and milked her right away when the hormones were telling her to accept a baby, she accepted me as if I were one of her babies, and now comes to me to be petted, will take food out of my hand, and so on. She's always been steady on the milking stand. She's still skittish-natured, but has become much easier to handle. However, I will never leave another kid from that line to be raised by the dam! Kathleen
Just wanted to update you. It is now day three of Annie in the pen. I go sit with her and brought a pack of vanilla wafers with me. I sit on the ground about 4 feet away from her. She is up against the pen and just quakes with fright. It is just so sad. I called the lady that we adopted her from and she said she broke her leg once when she was little and she also was an only child and was born when there were no other little kids to play with so maybe that is why she is so antisocial.
Sometimes goats come from a large herd where they all run, almost to the point of being ferral goats. We goat one crazy black goat. She is a black alpine/boer cross with 2 front white socks. She has these wild horns. She was sooo wild when we got her. Now, she isn't fond of us catching her but she comes up to the fence and I actually got to pet her yesterday. She puts her feet up on the fence and comes to see me. The main thing is that you are around a lot. The more you are around, the more familiar they become to you. How tame do you want her? If you want a pet, you are going to have to do the pen thing. That is how people tame goats to take into the show ring. Good luck to you!!
This is going to sound very cruel - so please don't shout at me. I have to add that I have never had to resort to this with an animal myself but I do know someone that did it with a pony. Keep her in her small pen. Take away her food and water. Go in regularly - lots - as much as you can - and every time you go in take a bucket of water and some food with you. Don't try and approach her, just put the food and water down and sit beside it. If she doesn't come to you, pick it up and leave with it. Then try again a bit later. She won't starve herself to death. Eventually it will dawn on her that she has to come close to you to get her food/water. Just a thought hoggie


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The two Asian actors who have a Hollywood presence are on the Forty Women That Women Find Beautiful line-up of NYMag.com
The men don't get it. But there are some women who women find absolutely beautiful. And envy is replaced by awe in this case. Asian beauties Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Freida Pinto are among 40 such global lady achievers who are admired by the female of the species.
Aishwarya is ranked no.21 and Freida stands at 26 in this list created by NYMag. Ash was described in the poll results as: 'She may be the "world's most beautiful woman," but what we really love is that she never feels fragile onscreen.' And Freida as: 'If we looked like that, we'd be smiling all the time, too.' Like, wow.
Another Indian who finds a place in there is Jhumpa Lahiri (no.30), the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies and The Namesake (made in to a film by Mira Nair). Ranked just before British singer Adele (no.31), Jhumpa is described as 'A woman this talented and gorgeous will sometimes inspire hate. But this woman is so talented that you can't work up a good jealousy grudge.'
The rest are biggies like actor-director Sofia Coppola, designer Stella McCartney (no.5), Hollywood sweetheart Meryl Streep (no.12), actor Elizabeth Montgomery (no.14), model Iman (no.15), actors Liv Tyler (no.17), Katharine Hepburn (no.18), Cate Blanchett (no.20), Mia Farrow (no.23), Diane Keaton (no.36), and Michelle Yeoh (no.39), among others. Interestingly, the last one on the list is US First Lady Michelle Obama.
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It took about two seconds of touring the Fraser River Lodge for this adorable duo to know that it was THE place to say "I do"… and about five seconds of perusing their beautiful wedding gallery for me to whole-heartedly agree. Because when it comes to tying the knot amongst jaw-droppingly gorgeous mountains and stunning scenery, this locale is seriously mesmerizing. Add in some pretty purple hues and an entire day of personality-filled details captured by Kristy Klaassen and it's enough to make you dizzy from the pretty (seriously). Click here for more.
From the Bride… The Fraser River Lodge was the first and only venue that Jordan and I looked at. When we stepped out onto the wraparound verandah we were in awe of the natural beauty in front of us, and we knew that it was going to be the place where we said our vows. Wendy, the Lodge's Event Coordinator, was unbelievably organized and so helpful! We wanted our wedding day to be natural, comfortable and inviting for our guests. Despite only meeting a few times in the year leading up to the wedding, Wendy understood our vision perfectly and was there on the day to make sure that it was exactly what we had hoped for.
We wanted as much of our wedding as possible to be handcrafted and meaningful. Over the year we were engaged, I slowly worked to bring life to all of the projects that I had created in my mind. Jordan patiently helped me with a lot of the projects, as did many generous friends and family members. Seeing all of the finished decorations in place at our venue was almost as exciting as the day itself!
We loved that our family was incorporated into many of the details. To collect cards, we used a tiny dresser that my great-grandfather had made for my grandma when she was a little girl. Lace from my mom's wedding dress was used to tie my bouquet. As a surprise, I had collected wedding photos of our parents and grandparents (who are all examples of what a lasting marriage should be!) and created a photo collage for our reception.
One of our favorite parts of the day was our first look session at the fire hall where Jordan is a firefighter. Many of our married friends had told us to savor every private moment we could find, as the day would pass before we knew it…and they were right! At the end of the day, I was so happy that we had planned to have that short time before the drive to the Lodge. We wanted the moment we first saw each other to be our own (and our photographer's, although she did a good job of hiding!). It really made for some great memories, and some wonderfully unique photos.
Looking back on our wedding day, we wouldn't have changed a thing. I know that many brides have their weddings planned from the moment they read their first fairytale, but I am proud that our wedding was truly a combination of details which Jordan and I had both envisioned. The time we spent making decisions and handpicking our vendors was well worth it. Some were close family friends, some were referred to us, and some were the serendipitous result of late-night internet searching (including our fabulous photographer, Kristy Klaassen!), but each and every one of our vendors put so much love and thought into their part of our wedding. We felt so incredibly lucky to have such an amazing and talented group of people helping us put together our perfect day.
Even though the day is over, we're so happy to have so many wonderful memories from our wedding day – those will truly last a whole lifetime!
Photographer: Kristy Klaassen | Floral Design: Sandra Taylor of Westgate Flower Garden | Wedding Dress: Justin Alexander | Men's Attire: Black & Lee | Ceremony Music: Dunstan Morey | Wedding Venue: Fraser River Lodge | Bridesmaids' Dresses: David's Bridal | Bride's Clutch: Angee W | Bride's Rings: Vera Wang | Cake and Cupcakes: Tracycakes


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Is the #file a reference to my data file? No, not directly. Instead, the idea presented was to capture the whole file in @file: In your case, it would be <INFILE> instead of <DATA>. (<DATA> is a special file handle, starting after the special tag __DATA__ in the script, but otherwise pretty much a normal-behaving file handle.) The $# in front of an array identifier means "the last index of" that array. Perhaps better is to keep the last three lines in a fifo: Don't forget warnings and strict. -QM
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Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
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Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa | |
Location | Disney Springs Resort Area |
Resort type | Disney Vacation Club Resort |
Opened | May 17, 2004 |
Theme | 1880s Victorian, upstate New York lakeside retreat |
Areas | The Springs, The Carousel, The Paddock, Congress Park, The Grandstand |
Rooms | 1,320 |
Suites | Grand Villa, Treehouse Villa |
Green lodge | yes |
Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa is a Disney Vacation Club resort at the Walt Disney World Resort. The resort is the seventh Disney Vacation Club resort and is situated on the former site of the Disney Institute.[1] It first opened May 17, 2004 and was built in three phases. It is now the largest Disney Vacation Club resort. The resort was inspired by the city of Saratoga Springs, New York.
The 65-acre (26 ha) resort was designed by Graham Gund Architects of Cambridge, Massachusetts. There are a total of 18 Villa Buildings providing 828 Vacation Home Units (1,260 guest rooms), plus an additional 60 Treehouse Villas.
- Phase 1: 4 Villa Buildings in one section called Congress Park opened with 184 Vacation Home units (280 guest rooms) on May 17, 2004.
- Phase 2: 8 Villa Buildings in two sections called The Springs and The Paddock started opening in Spring 2005 eventually adding 368 Vacation Home Units (560 guest rooms).
- Phase 3: 6 Villa Buildings in two sections called The Carousel and The Grandstand completed the (then) final phase of this large resort in Summer 2007, adding 276 Vacation Home Units (420 guest rooms).
- Phase 4: Treehouse Villas built in natural forest glens with 60 three-bedroom homes opened on June 1, 2009. These stand-alone structures—elevated 10 feet off the ground on pedestals and beams—are nestled unobtrusively into natural glens alongside the Sassagoula River.[2]
Available rooms range from single room studios to three bedroom extended family suites on two floors (Grand Villas). Like other Disney Vacation Club resorts, the studios offer kitchenettes, bathrooms, one queen bed, and one sleeper sofa. While the resort has one of the lowest costs for villas on property, the Springs area is now premier status, resulting in increased prices due to the popularity. The popularity of this area is a result of the location, being one of the closest areas to the main lobby including two restaurants, the Artist's Palette and The Turb Club Bar and Grill, and the main pool, High Rock Spring pool.
In October 2007, the resort received designation in the Florida Green Lodging Program.[3]
Reservations may be made directly through Disney like a normal hotel, and Disney Vacation Club members may book reservations using their vacation club points. Intermediary agencies allow non Disney Vacation Club members to book reservations using Disney Vacation Club Points.
The Turf Club Bar and Grill offers a full service restaurant and lounge area. The lounge area is known as the "The Turf Club Lounge" which offers a full-size pool table and full service bar. The Turf Club restaurant only serves dinner.
The Artist's Palette is a market-style counter service eatery that offers both hot and cold meals and food grocery items including a bakery and wine selection. The restaurant is themed after an artist's studio. The Artist's Palette also offers a gift shop adjacent to the eatery with Disney merchandise, resort merchandise, sundries, and other convenience items for guests.
On The Rocks pool bar is the main poolside bar located at the High Rock Spring Pool. The bar offers alcoholic drinks and beverages, soft drinks, light snacks, and a refillable mug station.
The Paddock Grill is a poolside bar at The Paddock Pool. In addition to offering drinks it also has a lengthy counter service food menu. It is open all day, including having many breakfast options.
The Backstretch Pool Bar is a poolside bar at The Grandstand pool. In addition to drinks, this poolside bar offers some light meals and snacks.
Spa and recreation[edit]
The Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa offers recreational activities. Recreational activities includes the main pool, three additional pools, a spa and fitness center, bike and surrey rentals, an arcade, a "Community Hall" (arts, crafts, and entertainment center), and the Lake Buena Vista Golf Club.
Senses - A Disney Spa offers professional spa treatments and packages. The center features relaxing mineral pools and private treatment rooms for spa guests.
Lake Buena Vista Golf Course is a golf course. The golf club entrance is located on the lower level of the Carriage House lobby building and is only accessible behind the Carriage House lobby building below the Turf Club Bar & Grill. The course has been a host to PGA and LPGA events.[citation needed]
High Rock Spring Pool is the original feature pool of the resort located outside the main/clubhouse building. It is designed as a natural spring with rocks, geysers, trees, and other themed touches. It features a zero-depth entry into the pool, a waterslide that starts at the top of the spring with turns and drops into the pool below, two hot tubs outside the pool, a pop jets area for young children (with Donald Duck in a spring), and an adult bar called "On The Rocks Pool Bar" with pool chairs.
The Paddock Pool is a second feature pool. Added in 2011, it was built due to the increased guest capacity of the Saratoga Springs Resort. Following the addition of this pool, guests who are located in the back of this large themed resort no longer must travel to the original feature pool all the way in front of resort to enjoy a feature pool. This second feature pool is the same size of the original feature pool and is themed to Paddock Village and the Springs area with a zero-depth entry into the pool, a waterslide that starts in a water tower-type structure and goes into the pool, two hot tubs, a restroom/changing room facility, and a quick service restaurant serving American, healthy, children's and Italian foods in a building themed to a Paddock building similar to the main lobby area. This building also includes a fountain drink station which accommodates to guests who purchase the souvenir mugs that get free refills. A seating area for a quick service restaurant, a pool bar adjacent to the restaurant, pool chairs and play area for young children with a spring creek theme are included. The children's play area includes smaller waterslides and a splash bucket that drops every few minutes.
Additional pools are also located in The Grandstand, Congress Park, and at the Treehouse Villas. These 'quiet' pools also include whirlpools, and many include children's play areas.
Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa is served by Disney Transport bus and watercraft transportation. For bus service, there are five bus stops located throughout the resort. The bus stops are The Springs (Guest Villa 3101 - 4436 & The Carriage House), Congress Park (Guest Villas 1101 - 2836), The Paddock (Guest Villas 4501 - 6836), The Carousel (Guest Villas 7101 - 7836), and The Grandstand (Guest Villas 8101 - 9836). Buses at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa have direct routes to all theme parks and water parks. As of August 29th, an internal bus route serving all stations will be available. Watercraft service is available to Disney Springs, with connecting service to Disney's Old Key West Resort and Disney's Port Orleans Resort at Disney Springs. Bus transportation to Disney Springs only goes to the Congress Park bus stop as of November 2016 due to access via watercraft and walking. In addition to the water taxi and bus service, there is a walkway that connects the resort to Disney Springs. Transportation to a Walt Disney World Resort Golf Course is also available by taxi, which will be arranged by the Bell Services Desk, located at the Carriage House. Upon return to Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, the Pro Shop at the golf course will arrange a return taxi. This service is free of charge.
There is an easement for monorail expansion, but there are currently no plans for such an expansion.
As of January of 2017, the springs area rooms are now premiere status, resulting in higher costs per night. The popularity of this area has increased in recent years due to the proximity to the main area including Artists pallet, high springs pool, and the dining restaurant.
Disney Vacation Club Preview Center[edit]
The Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa contains the Disney Vacation Club Preview Center, the official open house and sales center for the Disney Vacation Club. The center includes a preview lobby and several full-scale model villas of the latest Disney Vacation Club resorts.
External links[edit]
- Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa Official site
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During my day job, I write software that makes ultrasonic scans of aircraft parts. (If you are an part aircraft manufacturer, buy our kit!). These scans are essentially large 8 bit bitmaps, with some job specific extra information. In order to quickly tell these files apart, I wanted an InfoTip shell extension that could either display description text stored in these files, or a preview image (also stored in the files).
Writing the text popup was trivial. But search as I might, I didn't find any graphical equivalent. So I got my hands dirty and wrote it!
Once I'd done that, I thought this might be quite and handy utility for image files too. Theoretically, you could adapt this to play the first 5s of a music file for mp3s etc. That is an exercise for the reader...
I tried for ages to hook into the info tip creation cycle, seeing if I could integrate myself a little earlier. Eventually I gave up. At two am, I woke up with a dead simple idea. Return a blank tooltip, and use than moment to generate my own tooltipesque picture window. After having proved my idea, I went back to bed. Most of my best work is done when I'm asleep. At least, that's what I tell my colleagues when the wake me up at my desk!
The shell extension itself was premade by a shell extension wizard. (See bibliography). I only really had to change the GetInfoTip function.
HRESULT CImage_Tip::GetInfoTip ( DWORD dwFlags, LPWSTR* ppwszTip ) { static std::wstring m_FileNameLast; // We're going to create our own tooltipesque window, // but with a the CPreviewBitmap in it... // wchar_t buf [512]; // wcscpy (buf, L"CImage_Tip::GetInfoTip (). m_Filename = '"); // wcscat (buf, m_FileName.c_str ()); // wcscat (buf, L"' m_FileNameLast = '"); // wcscat (buf, m_FileNameLast.c_str ()); // wcscat (buf, L"'\n"); // OutputDebugStringW (buf); // Return a blank tooltip. IMalloc *pMalloc; if ( FAILED( SHGetMalloc ( &pMalloc ))) return E_FAIL; *ppwszTip = (LPWSTR) pMalloc->Alloc ( (1) * sizeof(wchar_t) ); if ( NULL == *ppwszTip ) { pMalloc->Release(); return E_OUTOFMEMORY; } (*ppwszTip) [0] = 0; pMalloc->Release(); // Make sure we haven't recently shown this item, // otherwise Explorer will keep on trying... if (m_FileName.compare (m_FileNameLast)) CGraphicTip::ShowTip (m_FileName); // This is all that's needed here! m_FileNameLast.erase (); m_FileNameLast.append (m_FileName); return S_OK; }
I had to make sure that explorer wasn't making repeat requests for the same tip, otherwise the screen ended up getting very busy. Once that was in place, I simply created a new CGraphicTip object, which made its own window, message loop, and tidying up bit.
This is pretty much a mini app in its own right. Created with a filename as a parameter, it loads the image using IPicture, and creates a window scaled down to a maximum of 200 x 200, and shows it a little way from the cursor.
The object contains its own message loop, and window procedure. I used classic Win32, as MFC seemed like major overkill, and I've yet to play with WTL. Using Win32 windowing code felt like a bit of a nostalgia trip. Beside, all MFC / WTL would do is the same job, but more hidden.
Please forgive the lack of comments, but there are only a few routines, and I try to use very obvious function / variable names...
class CGraphicTip { public: static BOOL ShowTip (std::wstring FileName); protected: CGraphicTip (); ~CGraphicTip (); static DWORD WINAPI TipThread ( LPVOID lpParameter ); static LRESULT CALLBACK TipProc ( HWND hwnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam ); static SIZE GetCorrectedOutputSize (const SIZE szIn, const SIZE sizeBounding); LRESULT OnPaint (); HANDLE m_hThreadHandle; DWORD m_dwThreadID; std::wstring m_FileName; IPicture *m_Picture; SIZE m_szHiMetric; HWND m_hWnd; };
If you haven't compiled it yourself, you'll need to put the dll in an obvious location, fire up a command prompt, go to the dll's directory, and type:
regsvr32 ImageTip.dll"
regsvr32 /u ImageTip.dll"
The following codeproject articles made my life veeeeery easy:
Context Menu Shell Extension AppWizard by Maxime Labelle.
which seemed heavily based on...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part III by Michael Dunn. I cannot recommend his shell extension series highly enough.
Uploaded to Code Project. The software is perfect already. Honest. Would these eyes lie?
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A Mysterious New Disease is Killing Dogs Nationwide:
Keep your Dog Safe We love our canine companions and we want to keep them safe. That's why the recent outbreak of a currently unidentified virus is a scary prospect. Last Friday, (September 13th, 2013), the disease claimed yet another victim- a bulldog in Chicago. Canine circovirus is the suspected guilty party in the death of several dogs across multiple states, including Illinois and Ohio. Circovirus in dogs can result in bloody diarrhea, dropping body temperature, foamy vomit and chills. Though these symptoms have been reported in victims of the new epidemic, the culprit has yet to be confirmed as the circovirus by veterinarians. Ohio Agricultural Department Investigates A statement released by the Ohio Agriculture Department states that the department is diligently working to identify the disease. It also urges veterinarians to contact the department if they begin treating a dog with symptoms in line with other cases so that they might test for canine circovirus. They also urge veterinarians to spread information to prevent the spread of the disease, which you can find in the final section of this article. Though the Department has confirmed that one stool sample from a dog that suffered from the disease has revealed a definite presence of circovirus, though they are not prepared to announce that it is the cause of the disease in all reported incidents. If the virus turns out to be circovirus, it would indicate that the virus has developed from the more common porcine circovirus in pigs. The state has reported eight cases of the disease that it is currently investigating, four of which have resulted in fatalities in dogs. A majority of the dogs who suffered from the disease were three to four years old. Circovirus is known to cause vasculitis and hemorrhaging in dogs, making it extremely dangerous with a high fatality rate. Possible Causes of the Outbreak There are several theories floating around about how the new disease might have developed. If it turns out that it is not canine circovirus, a dubious but possible prospect, it might be a mutagen of the more common canine parvovirus. Circovirus and Parvovirus have very similar symptoms, so it's possible that the viruses are closely related. Though it's likely that scientists are working to develop a vaccine for the virus, this might cause further complications for dog owners. Some speculate that the disease might have developed from the use of pig cells in dog vaccines, as is becoming common practice. Some believe that canine parvovirus actually developed from use of cat kidney cells in distemper vaccines. This isn't a bad theory, seeing as it is known that parvo is classified as a mutation of feline panleukopenia virus (FPV). Three years ago Rotarix, a vaccine for rotavirus in children, was recalled after it was discovered to contain circovirus in 2010. This contamination was discovered by an independent research company, not the manufacturers or FDA, so it's important to be careful when considering what vaccinations to give to your pet. Protecting Your Pet To protect your dog from the disease, consult with your veterinarian if your dog begins to act strangely and be vigilant to make sure you catch it early. For the time being, you might want to avoid unnecessary vaccines. It's also important to ensure that your dog has a healthy diet to protect her immune system. Be aware that this disease can progress quickly and that cases of similar incidents have been reported as far as Texas. We hope these tips will help you keep your dog healthy and safe this Fall. |


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That's another set I have yet to see. Don't think my WM got the Droids in, as well as the exclusives....hoping I didn't miss out on them this morning. :concern:
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That's another set I have yet to see. Don't think my WM got the Droids in, as well as the exclusives....hoping I didn't miss out on them this morning. :concern:
TRU had a bogo50%off sale this week, so I caved and bought the Naboo Royal Guard as well as a second Battle Droid (it was the BD or Quinlan Vos, and I just don't need another Vos figure in my collection; oh, they also had Daulty Dofine but no thanks, I don't care how good the figure is, Neimoidian figures are dead to me). The NRG isn't as bad as I thought, the rainbow is still lame AND there's more on the back of the helmet, but the helmet's sculpt looks good, the figure's head under the helmet isn't as blandly generic as helmet-on photos made it seem, the leathery tunic looks good and has a nice paint wash, the sculpt overall is good. The holster doesn't seem to be canon, and doesn't fit the blaster that well, but it's not unwelcome anyway. I like that the neck is short, a lot of figures like this have longer necks both for the ball-jointed head and the helmet's chinstrap, but it's not needed here and the figure looks better for it. The figure's one drawback IMO is that he can't hold his weapon with both hands in front of him the way the original could, it's their signature pose.
I haven't taken the second battle droid out of the package, the paint has a little more silver than the first one I got, but the head and backpack remain unweathered. My first BD is still standing on the stand without wilting, it's been 2 months.
Well, today the Battle Droid is leaning back about 10 degrees, and his right leg has wilted a very small amount. However, I think I might have bumped it earlier today or yesterday which knocked it back that 10 degrees, which in turn would have caused wilting since that leg was the only one pegged into the stand. I've pegged both feet into the stand, it's VERY wide which I'm worried will bend both ankles sideways, I will haunch it forward to see if it'll straighten the right leg though.
Will this 'Pegwarmer Menace' wave ever go away?
TRU is doing bogo50% for all Star Wars, and TVC is already 50% off, so I bought 3 more Battle Droids, another Maul, and finally got Darth Sidious (plus some Clone Wars figures).
Sidious is not as bad as I expected him to be. The figure's headsculpt is a tad off from his left side, another victim of Hasbro asymmetry, and also the eyes are "meaner", the lower face narrower, and the hairline too high, so it's got a little Tarkin to the look. The deco is too thick at the eyebrows and not enough gray at the temples, the eyes are too beady. The head essentially doesn't matter though beyond the chin and nose as the rest is well-hidden by the cowl which works fantastically, provided you take the effort to lift the figure's face up higher into it - it's packaged so you can see the whole face, but in practice you can get it so it covers everything above the nose and it looks much keener that way. The cowl integrates the robe clasp though making it a tiny bit too high, but that's a forgivable sin.
The new torso is a bit stubby, it works with the arms and legs but doesn't remind me of Ian McDiarmid's broader and taller build in the movie, yet this is largely hidden under the robes so it doesn't matter in practice. The limbs are recycled but well-sculpted to have decent style and articulation. The hands are new, they're very aged which isn't accurate and they're in odd poses that at first seem too extreme but actually work with holding the lightsaber in the right and 2-finger posing with the left, but more importantly they're designed to interlock for the "hands together" pose that the character is seen most often using in TPM. The cloth robes do make standing upright a little more challenging as they can push the figure ever so slightly, so a stand is recommended, but they're not longer than the feet unlike the recent Imperial Guard figure so a no-stand pose is possible.
The robes are not as unwieldy as they first seemed, although the sleeves don't cooperate well either. They're a nice black cloth, much better than previous attempts: no extreme pattern this time, just using the very fine natural pattern of the cloth, and they're lightweight without looking polyester or shiny or problematic. The sleeves are massive, as they were in the film, and they've been sewn in a few spots to keep them slightly reined in. Although difficult, it is possible to get the figure into having the sleeves together in front of him, and once that's done it's a pretty good imitation of the character in the film - futzing the shoulders and the openings of the sleeves is the real challenge, but makes it all worthwhile.
The figure comes with his saber lit, and his unlit saber hilt that plugs into his belt, both work fine and are well-painted (although the unlit saber is disturbing as its belt plug end is flesh-colored since they used that plastic instead of the clear). The figure doesn't seem quite right wielding a saber merely due to the character's machinations behavior of the film (and the fact that he can't see much with his cloak over his eyes) but if you have fantasies of TPM-era Sidious kicking butt, this figure is as good as it'll get.


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By The Associated Press
SOUTHAVEN – The DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven will become the Landers Center on Jan. 1.
The DeSoto County Convention and Visitors Bureau and Memphis-based Landers Auto Group agreed to a 10-year, $1 million deal that would rename the center.
Charles Tackett, chairman of the CVB board, says Landers will pay $100,000 for the first five years to secure naming rights. Payment in the sixth year escalates to $115,000 and each succeeding year an additional $1,000 is added.
The $40 million Civic Center opened in 2000, largely as a venue for local high schools to hold graduation ceremonies. It also is home to the Mississippi RiverKings, members of the Southern Professional Hockey League.
The adjoining DeSoto Civic Center Theatre, home of DeSoto Family Theatre, will now become the Landers Center Theatre.


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From: Eric M. Ludlam <eric@si...> - 2002-11-15 21:20:26
Hi David, Good find. I like your idea of comments on demand. I wonder if there is a way for code to look like this: (semantic-enable-comments (lex code here)) where `semantic-enable-comments' changes the lexer to be a permutation of the existing lexer, where the analyzer `semantic-lex-ignore-comments' is changed to `semantic-lex-comments'. Of course, for the situation in `semantic-find-doc-snarf-comment', we could probably just replace use of the full lexer with a mini comment-only lexer common between languages. That may be more useful and simpler.. Eric >>> "David PONCE" <David.Ponce@...> seems to think that: >Hello Eric, > >While working on some new Java sources, I discovered that the JDEE >javadoc checker no more work with the new Semantic 2.0. > >After more investigation I found that the problem is in the code of >the function `semantic-find-doc-snarf-comment' which no more work with >the new `semantic-lex' API :-( > >In fact `semantic-find-doc-snarf-comment' implementation is based on >the previous behavior of `semantic-flex' that returned comment tokens >when `semantic-ignore-comments' was set to nil. > >Unfortunately `semantic-ignore-comments' is no more used in new >`semantic-lex' lexers. Either they handle comments and use the >`semantic-lex-comments' analyzer, or they ignore comments and use the >`semantic-lex-ignore-comments' analyzer. As most of lexers for >programming language simply always ignore comments, >`semantic-find-doc-snarf-comment' will never return any comment token! > >A simple workaround would be to make >`semantic-find-doc-snarf-comment' explicitly calls `semantic-flex'. > >Another solution would be to provide the following comment analyzer: > >(defmacro semantic-lex-comments-on-demand-code () > "Generate code to detect and create a comment token on demand. >Reuse body code from `semantic-lex-ignore-comments' and > `semantic-lex-comments'." > `(if semantic-ignore-comments > ,@ (cdr semantic-lex-ignore-comments) > ,@ (cdr semantic-lex-comments))) > >(define-lex-regex-analyzer semantic-lex-comments-on-demand > "Detect and create a comment token on demand. >That is ignore comments unless `semantic-ignore-comments' is non-nil." > semantic-lex-comment-regex > (semantic-lex-comments-on-demand-code)) > >And encourage to use it as the default comment analyzer? > >I successfully tested it in wisent-java lexers :-) > >Any thoughts? > >David > >P.S.: I saw the nice shots of your catapult and your pumpkin throwing >competition. Very impressive machines and work! > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This sf.net email is sponsored by: To learn the basics of securing >your web site with SSL, click here to get a FREE TRIAL of a Thawte >Server Certificate: http://www.gothawte.com/rd524.html >_______________________________________________ >Cedet-devel mailing list >Cedet-devel@... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cedet-devel > -- Eric Ludlam: zappo@..., eric@... Home: http://www.ludlam.net Siege: http://www.siege-engine.com Emacs: http://cedet.sourceforge.net GNU: http://www.gnu.org |


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Beating Comcast's Sandvine On Linux With Iptables 361
HiroDeckard writes "Multiple sites reported a while ago that Comcast was using Sandvine to do TCP packet resets to throttle BitTorrent connections of their users. This practice may be a thing of the past as it's been found a simple rule in the Linux firewall, iptables, can simply just block their reset packets, returning your BitTorrent back to normal speeds and allowing you to once again connect to all your seeds and peer. If blocking the TCP packet resets becomes a common practice, on and off of Linux, it'll be interesting to see the next move in the cat-and-mouse game between customers and service providers, and who controls that bandwidth."


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The Neighborhood
"Morning Bill"
"Morning Larry"
"Hey Dan, where's Larry?"
"Not here. Looks like he cleared out."
"Wow. I never expected Larry to go. I tell you though I don't mind too much. He never was much of a conversationalists. 'So Larry how are you?' 'Fine.' So Larry hows Sue?' 'Fine.' 'So Larry how do you feel about a plague of locus?' 'Fine.' I mean the guy was a post."
"Still though doesn't seem odd to you that he would just up and leave?"
"I don't know Dan. He seemed pretty odd to me."
"But to just leave in the middle of the night?"
"You might be right. I mean I would be a little surprised if he did anything at all, much less something so spontaneous like that."
"I agree."
"Either way, you must admit, this place isn't near as crowed."
"I know that's one of the things that worries me. I mean Larry is one of nine of our neighbors that have just up and left in the last few months. Doesn't that seem odd? Most of them left with little or no warning. Bill that's nine neighbors in less than a month."
"Dan, I hope your not counting Harrison!"
"I know you two got on each others nerve, but yes Bill, I'm counting him. I mean I wasn't sorry to see him leave, but still it was still pretty strange."
"Maybe it's been this recent weather."
"Yeah, I guess it has been a bit erratic."
"Think about it Dan, those heavy fogging mists at mid-morning that seemed to stick with you all day. And I don't know if it is just me but it has seemed much windier lately."
"I does feel more brisk."
"Additionally there are some days it feels like the sun never comes out at all or that it disappears halfway through the day."
"I suppose your right."
"Dan, you don't seem convinced."
"Well I agree with you Bill, all those things are weird. I mean I don't remember having weather like this since I was a kid, but I wonder if maybe there's something else."
"Like what?"
"Well like uh, something else."
"Like what?"
"You know, some other...explanation."
"No Dan I don't have a clue! What in the world are you talking about? Do you want to play charades or something? 'two syllables...uh...sounds like nose grease.' Will you please just tell me!"
"I'm talking about the sweep Bill."
"Nevermind. Forget I asked."
"What if it's real?"
"Dan please! I hope your not getting drawn into all the stories Tall Tale Ted has been peddling! The sweep is a rumor. A fairy tale. A hoax. Plus it's really stupid!"
"I don't know Bill it just all fits. All these neighbors gone missing and this place getting less and less crowded. I heard tell in that this isn't just something we're experiencing, I mean nearby districts are all reporting a certain thinning out."
"Okay fine, things are changing. Neighbors are moving. I can admit that Dan, but the sweep. I mean you have to admit the stories are pretty ludicrous. I mean come on, do you really believe it? A gigantic black object shaped like a fence sweeping through town early in the morning and grabbing up folks up and sweeping them away. It sounds pretty wild to--"
"---AH!! Bill!! Do you see what I see! "
"I see it Dan! It's the sweep! Hold on!"
"Yes dear, what is it?"
"Another dozen hairs just came out with my comb! I think my bald spot is getting worse."
"I'm sorry dear. I know how that upsets you. Just wear your hat today.
"I can't find it. I'm going to use your hairspray."
"That's fine dear. You know I love you regardless how much hair you have."
"[sigh] I know. I just wish I could slow it down. I mean there are a lot in the comb today. "
"I'm sorry. Just wash then down the drain and try to stop worrying about it."
"Bye little guys. I'll miss you."
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I must be the slowest person in the world! It took me a minute, actually thought you were doing two stories and thought the second one was pretty lame.
I am a bigger geek than you are.... - 10:04 AM
- kludge said...
And I was worried people wouldn't be surprised by the ending! - 10:12 AM
- J Crew said...
Nice ending
- kludge said...
Thank you J Crew
- Karen said...
Feeling a bit insecure about your semi-permanent northern residents????
- kludge said...
It's such a fickle community... - 4:29 PM
- Tom said...
I did'nt get it at first, probably because I never saw my hair coming out on my comb. I woke up one day in my forties and all my hair on top was all gone!!!
- jenylu said...
Don't worry about the missing talkative hairs, I'm sure a comb-over would be very dashing on you. :)
- SJ said...
This made me laugh - - - and I liked the ending - didn't have a clue (guess I am slow)
- Boston Love said...
I go this right away! I'm proud of myself. It makes up for not being able to see those magic pictures that everyone else seems to see right away. :(
- kludge said...
That's the best way, no slow agony...
...like just jumping in the freezing pool from the deep end. - 2:08 PM
- kludge said...
I luckily have a few year to wait. I'm expecting something miraculous by then...
...like chia head. - 2:10 PM
- kludge said...
I'm glad. I means I didn't give too much away... - 2:11 PM
- kludge said...
Boston Love-
Well done! I figured you'd get it, as an avid short story reader. You begin to expect strange endings...
...Sorry about the Magic Eyes...at least you weren't the only one. - 2:14 PM


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Attacks in Iraq kill at least 42
BAGHDAD -- A wave of apparently coordinated bombings hit bakeries and public markets in Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 42 people and wounding dozens, many of them as they rushed to shop during a break in heavy rainstorms, according to police, residents and medical officials.
The attacks, most of them car bombings, targeted Shiites and Sunnis, reflecting the protracted sectarian violence that has spiked since the U.S. withdrawal in 2011 and raising concerns that Iraq is facing levels of strife not seen for years.
Augmenting the sense of lawlessness, gunmen killed Col. Sruit Hama, the head of security for President Jalal Talabani, in the northern Kurdish city of Sulaimaniya late Tuesday, officials said.
11 soldiers killed in Sinai
CAIRO -- At least 11 Egyptian soldiers were killed and 37 wounded in the restive Sinai on Wednesday when an attacker detonated a car bomb as a bus filled with troops passed by.
It was the deadliest attack against security forces since August and a sign that efforts to contain al-Qaida-linked insurgents in the region have failed. Egypt's strongman, Defense Minister Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, vowed to avenge the deaths as the caskets of the slain soldiers arrived at the Almaza military base in Cairo.
Syrian chemical weapons
WASHINGTON -- Unable to find a country willing to dispose of Syria's chemical weapons, the United States is considering plans to place the chemical components of the weapons on a barge where they would be dissolved or incinerated, according to senior U.S. officials.
The two systems under review are intended to destroy the precursor materials that are designed to be combined to form chemical munitions. Syria's smaller arsenal of operational chemical weapons would be destroyed separately, officials said.
Officials from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, which is operating in Syria to locate and identify the weapons, would monitor the destruction, which would be carried out following safety standards set by legislation in the United States and the European Union, according to officials familiar with the proposal. Officials did not say whether any chemical residue would be dumped in the ocean. The system could be operational in 75 days.
Japan's 2012 vote upheld
TOKYO -- In a widely watched ruling, Japan's Supreme Court on Wednesday called last year's parliamentary elections out of compliance with the Constitution because of inequalities in the size of voting districts, but it stopped short of declaring the results invalid.
The court, the nation's highest, was ruling on 16 separate lawsuits that had been filed by lawyers in courts around Japan seeking to nullify results in December's lower house elections, which returned to power the Liberal Democratic Party of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Also in the world ...
A Thai court ruled Wednesday that a major initiative by the ruling party to provide for the direct election of Thailand's Senate was an attempt to "overthrow" the country's democratic system, increasing pressure on a government already made fragile by weeks of anti-government protests. ... Gary Locke, the first Chinese-American ambassador to China, said Wednesday he will leave his post early next year to rejoin his wife and three children in Seattle. Mr. Locke is a former Commerce secretary and governor of Washington.
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