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A huge surge of interest following Leinster and Munster's Heineken Cup quarter-final wins in particular led to a wave of ticket sales and the 'Sold Out' signs being put on stand-by at the Millennium Stadium more than six weeks ahead of European club rugby's grand finale.
The semi-finals will see French champions Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque meet the 1998 champions Bath Rugby in San Sebastian on Saturday, 22 April, and Leinster and Munster clash in an 'All Irish' special at Lansdowne Road, Dublin the following day. Both of these games are heading for sell-outs - 31,700 in San Sebastian and 47,800 in Dublin - and the likelihood is that the 15,000 earmarked for each finalist will be snapped up very quickly.
"The interest since the quarter-finals has been phenomenal, with more than 11,000 tickets being sold on the Sunday of the quarter-final weekend with the confirmation of the semi-finalists," said ERC Chief Executive Derek McGrath.
"Almost all of the tickets available for public sale have now gone and we are all looking forward to what promises to be a fantastic festival of European rugby both in the days building up to the final and the day itself. We are working hard with our final partners in Cardiff to ensure that the thousands of fans who travel to the Welsh capital will enjoy a memorable Heineken Cup final weekend, on and off the field.
"We had capacity crowds at all the quarter-final matches last weekend with a total of 150,000 going through the turnstiles in Dublin, Leicester, Toulouse and San Sebastian."
It will be the fourth Heineken Cup final to be staged in Cardiff, the 74,600 who packed the Millennium Stadium in 2002 for the Leicester Tigers v Munster final a tournament record.
"We are delighted to be hosting the Heineken Cup final for a fourth time in Cardiff and the news the game is set to be a 'sell out' will mean we will have exceeded 600,000 rugby fans at the Millennium Stadium this season," said Millennium Stadium chief executive Paul Sergeant.
"It promises to be another spectacular sporting occasion for the stadium, Cardiff and Wales and we are looking forward to receiving at least one team from across the Irish Sea and either a French or English side."
*Corporate Hospitality Sales are being handled by the Millennium Stadium (0044 29 2082 2410 / 2015 / 2409 / 2413).
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Pioneer Square-Skid Road District
Pioneer Square
Location | Seattle, Washington |
Built | 1853 |
Architect | Multiple; Elmer H. Fisher (original) Multiple (increase) Multiple (2nd increase) |
Architectural style | Late Victorian, Romanesque (original) Italianate, Other, Romanesque (increase) Chicago, Other (2nd increase) |
NRHP Reference # | 70000086[1] (original) 78000341 (increase 1) 88000739 (increase 2) |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 22, 1970 |
Boundary increases | July 7, 1978 June 16, 1988 |
Pioneer Square is a neighborhood in the southwest corner of Downtown Seattle, Washington, USA. It was once the heart of the city: Seattle's founders settled there in 1852, following a brief six-month settlement at Alki Point on the far side of Elliott Bay. The early structures in the neighborhood were mostly wooden, and nearly all burned in the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. By the end of 1890, dozens of brick and stone buildings had been erected in their stead; to this day, the architectural character of the neighborhood derives from these late 19th century buildings, mostly examples of Richardsonian Romanesque.[2][3]
The neighborhood takes its name from a small triangular plaza near the corner of First Avenue and Yesler Way, originally known as Pioneer Place.[4] The Pioneer Square-Skid Road Historic District, a historic district including that plaza and several surrounding blocks, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Like virtually all Seattle neighborhoods, the Pioneer Square neighborhood lacks definitive borders. It is bounded roughly by Alaskan Way S. on the west, beyond which are the docks of Elliott Bay; by S. King Street on the south, beyond which is SoDo; by 5th Avenue S. on the east, beyond which is the International District; and it extends between one and two blocks north of Yesler Way, beyond which is the rest of Downtown. Because Yesler Way marks the boundary between two different plats, the street grid north of Yesler does not line up with the neighborhood's other streets (nor with the compass), so the northern "border" of the district zigzags along numerous streets.
In some places, the Pioneer Square-Skid Road Historic District extends beyond these borders. It includes Union Station east of 4th Avenue S., and several city blocks south of S. King Street.[5]
The settlement's importance was guaranteed in 1852, when Henry Yesler chose the site for his lumber mill, which was located on Elliott Bay at the foot of what is now Yesler Way, right on the border between the land claimed (and soon thereafter platted) by David Swinson "Doc" Maynard (to the south) and that platted by Arthur Denny and Carson Boren.
Much of the neighborhood is on landfill: in pioneer times, the area roughly between First and Second Avenue, bounded on the south by Jackson Street, and extending north almost to Yesler Way (about two-and-a-half city blocks) was a low-lying offshore island. The mainland shore roughly followed what is now Yesler Way to about Fourth Avenue, then ran southeast, at an angle of about 45 degrees to the current shoreline. Slightly inland were steep bluffs, which were largely smoothed away by regrading in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Yesler Way, originally Mill Street, is the main east-west street through the Pioneer Square neighborhood. Immediately south of the square itself, it was the dividing line between Maynard's original claim (to the south) and Boren's (to the north). It became "the Deadline", the northern border of the "restricted district," originally Maynardtown, later "Down in the Sawdust", "South of the Slot", "Below the Line", the Lava Beds,[citation needed] the Tenderloin,[6] White Chapel, or "Wappyville"[6] (after Charles Wappenstein, a particularly corrupt police chief[7]), where low entertainment and vice were long tolerated. One of the earliest names, and one that stuck well into second half of the 20th century, was "Skid Row".[8][9]
Henry Broderick, approaching his 80th birthday in 1959, wrote of the neighborhood south of Yesler, "[P]erhaps never in all history, certainly not in America, has there ever existed such a massive collection of the demimonde grouped in a restricted area."[9] There were "parlor houses" with marquees, celebrity madames—among them Lou Graham, Lila Young, and Raw McRoberts—and piano "professors". Scrupulous in their dealings, the parlor houses were completely tolerated by the city at the time, but there were also the far more controversial "crib houses" such as the Midway, the Paris and Dreamland near the corner of Sixth Avenue South and King Street. Each had a hundred or more cubicles—"cribs"—and they were not known for any particular honesty in their dealings. The city health department conducted inspections and attempted to keep venereal disease under control, but the state of medicine at the time was not such as to give them any great chance of success.[10] Besides the brothels there were "an ungodly mixture of dives, dumps ... pawnshops, hash houses, dope parlors and ... the et cetera that kept the police guessing." Box houses prospered, part theater, part bar, part brothel, as did all sorts of gambling. Police only dared enter the neighborhood in teams. Perhaps the only safe haven in the neighborhood was the saloon "Our House", which rented out safe deposit boxes.[11]
In 1870, Father Francis Xavier Prefontaine founded Seattle's first Catholic Church, the Church of Our Lady of Good Help in the heart of this district, at Third Avenue South and Washington Street. Two decades later, Lou Graham opened the city's most famous parlor house diagonally across the street. Father Prefontaine is commemorated by a street in the neighborhood, Prefontaine Place.[12][13]
By the end of 1889, Seattle had become the largest city in Washington with 40,000 residents. That same year, the Great Seattle Fire resulted in the complete destruction of Pioneer Square. Fortunately for the neighborhood the economy was strong at the time, so Pioneer Square was quickly rebuilt. Many of the new buildings show the influence of the Romanesque Revival architectural mode, although influence of earlier Victorian modes is also widespread. Because of drainage problems new development was built at a higher level literally burying the remains of old Pioneer Square. Anticipating the planned regrade, many buildings were built with two entrances, one at the old, low level, and another higher up. Visitors can take the Seattle Underground Tour to see what remains of the old storefronts.
Just before the fire, cable car service was instituted from Pioneer Square along Yesler Way to Lake Washington and the Leschi neighborhood.
During the Klondike Gold Rush in 1897 and 1898, Seattle was a center for travel to Alaska. Thousands of so-called "stampeders" passed through Seattle making the city's merchants prosperous. A year later, in 1899, a group of businessmen stole a Tlingit totem pole and placed it in Pioneer Place Park. When an arsonist destroyed the pole in 1938, the city sent the pieces back to the Tlingit tribe who carved a new one and gave it to Seattle (after finally getting paid for the one that was originally stolen). In addition to the totem pole, a wrought-iron Victorian pergola and a bust of Chief Seattle were added to the park in 1909.
The year 1914 saw the completion of the Smith Tower, which at the time was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River. However, by that time, the heart of Downtown Seattle had moved north. The building of Second Avenue Extension in 1928-29[14] reconfigured the eastern portion of the neighborhood, by extending a piece of the north-of-Yesler street grid south past Yesler and "slicing into buildings in its path".[14] The cable car line serving the area was shut down on August 10, 1940.
In the 1960s, Pioneer Square became a target of urban renewal. One proposal was to replace the buildings with parking garages to serve Downtown Seattle. In 1962, the historic Seattle Hotel was replaced with one such parking garage, commonly referred to as the "Sinking Ship" garage because of its appearance when viewed from 1st and Yesler; it stands to this day. Another proposal was to build a ring road which would have required destroying many of Pioneer Square's buildings. Many buildings were saved by the "benign neglect" of landowner Sam Israel.[15] Although he rarely sold any of his buildings, he sold the Union Trust Building to architect Ralph Anderson, whose rehabilitation of that building set the pattern for the neighborhood's rehabilitation.[16] In 1970, preservationists such as Bill Speidel, Victor Steinbrueck, and others succeeded in listing the neighborhood as historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Later that year, Pioneer Square became a city preservation district.
Streetcar service returned to Pioneer Square on May 29, 1982, with the opening of the Waterfront Streetcar. The streetcar discontinued service on November 19, 2005 since its carbarn was razed to make room for the Olympic Sculpture Park.
Today, Pioneer Square is home to art galleries, internet companies, cafés, sports bars, nightclubs, bookstores, and a unit of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, the other unit of which is located in Skagway, Alaska. It is often described as the center of Seattle's nightlife.
In early 2001, Pioneer Square suffered three crises. First, on January 15, an eighteen-wheeler semi-truck crashed into the pergola, shattering it into thousands of pieces; it has since been restored. Next, on February 27, violence erupted in the neighborhood's Fat Tuesday festivities during which a young man, Kris Kime, was fatally beaten. Finally, the next day (February 28), a major earthquake damaged some of the buildings. Had most of them not undergone seismic retrofitting, the damage would likely have been much worse.
Each spring since 1989, on the weekend nearest June 6, the city has celebrated the Pioneer Square Fire Festival with a parade and display of antique and modern fire apparatus, demonstrations of fire fighter skills, food and craft booths, and a party. On June 6, 1998, the anniversary of the 1889 fire, fell on a Saturday. This year the Festival took on additional meaning when the Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial was dedicated. Thanks to the work of Battalion Chief Wes Goss and his Memorial Committee the bronze sculpture was now in place. On a granite block is inscribed the name of each Seattle fire fighter who died in the line of duty.[17]
The Chin Gee Hee - Kon Yick Building, one of the last remnants of the historic Chinese presence in the neighborhood
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Seattle/Pioneer Square-International District. |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington. |

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And the winner is …
By Adam Roberts | June 18, 2008
Categories: Book News
Yellow Blue Tibia. My best cover art yet, I think. I just love the overall design (the way it not only reproduces hammers-and-sickles, but mimics the curve of the sickle, the blockiness of the hammer) and I especially dig the little line of descending flying saucers. Hurrah!
7 Responses to "And the winner is …"
Alex Says:
June 24th, 2008 at 6:59 amIs it really fair to show us the cover when we can't open it up and look at the pages?
I'd really like to see if the title sounding like "I love you" in Russian has that much importance in the story itself.
I'm sure it will be another masterpiece!
Adam Roberts Says:
June 25th, 2008 at 5:37 pmAlex, you're too kind.
The title has a degree of importance, yes.
Jess Says:
July 4th, 2008 at 2:08 pmOh, wow, I love it.
Adam Roberts Says:
July 4th, 2008 at 10:10 pm'Wow' is le mot juste, I'd say. (To slip for a moment, there, into Canadian...)
Joey Says:
July 6th, 2008 at 5:27 pmJeez I know you're not supposed to judge a book by its cover but come on that is one excellent cover. I'm sure the book will be wonderful as well.
Janne Says:
July 7th, 2008 at 8:57 pmI knew it! Aliens are upon us! Crikey.
Adam Roberts Says:
August 28th, 2008 at 12:56 pmJoey: thanks.
Janne: Aha, you're not wrong.
I should perhaps say that people whose names don't begin with a J are welcome to comment here too.


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Tomlin: Steelers built a good foundation for 2016
January 21, 2016 12:00 AMIt could have been a fun weekend in New England for the Steelers. Had they finished the job in Denver, they would be playing in the AFC championship game Sunday afternoon against the Patriots at Gillette Stadium, where a weekend storm could bring more than a foot of snow. Instead, the Patriots will travel to face the Broncos in Denver, where the forecast is sunny and pleasant.
Meanwhile, the forecast for Pittsburgh remains the same: cloudy with a chance of regret.
Coach Mike Tomlin put a bow on the 2015 season at his season-ending news conference Wednesday, three days after the Steelers fell, 23-16, in an AFC divisional-round game. He is optimistic about the future, but he echoed the sentiments that many of his players have expressed in recent days. In short, the Steelers had a championship-caliber football team and let an opportunity pass through their fingers.
"I'm disappointed, and that's just an honest answer," Tomlin said. "I think we all are. We appreciate the support that we get from others, the acknowledgment of the fight and all of that. But we go into the journey with that understanding — that it's going to be difficult, that's it's going to be a fight, that a fight is going to be required.
"We appreciate the support, but, at the same time, we set out to be world champions. That was our goal. We meant it. It's not us this year, so there's disappointment associated with that."
All the top players are under contract for 2016. Six starters are free agents, but the Steelers have salary-cap room to sign the ones they want back. None are expected to command a high price on the free-agent market.
"We will prioritize those guys and work to do a great job of communicating with those guys and let that business run its course," Tomlin said.
Four of those six starters are defenders, including three members of the defensive backfield. Starting cornerbacks William Gay and Antwon Blake and starting strong safety Will Allen are no longer under contract.
Gay is likely the highest priority among the impending free agents because he has been the team's top cornerback the past two seasons. But other than the possible overhaul of a pass defense that ranked 30th in yards allowed, Tomlin has young players in his front seven that he can build around.
"I thought we were continually a group on the rise," Tomlin said of his defense. "That's what you hope for. I expect those guys to play great defense. They've got talent. We're going to work to put them in position to be successful. Not successful enough to reach our hopes and dreams, obviously, in '15. But we laid a good foundation hopefully as we move forward and start this process and know that we're better because of the collective experiences that we shared in '15."
The defense made big strides in some important areas this season. It improved from 18th to 11th in points allowed, giving up on average three points fewer in 2015 than 2014. It also saw big spikes in sacks and turnovers. It was third in the NFL with 48 sacks and tied for third in turnovers with 30.
Couple that with an offense that ranked third in total yards (395) and passing yards (288) and fourth in points (26.4 points per game), and there are plenty of reasons to be high on the Steelers next season.
But Tomlin knows those numbers will not mean a thing when the team reports to Latrobe for training camp six months from now. The 2016 Steelers will create their own identity and their own story, one they hope will have a much better ending.
"Our experiences in '15 are just that, our experiences in '15," Tomlin said. "I'm not seeking comfort, in terms of what happened to us this year, relative to next year. We got to lay a good foundation to chase our hopes and dreams for '16, and I don't go in it with any preconceived notions, based on what transpired with us this year."
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Re: Sturm-Liouville (eigenvalue/eigenfunction) problems
Alan, Here's a link to a notebook containing some sample material on Fourier series and Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue problems from my book A Mathematica Companion for Differential Equations: http://tinyurl.com/e8cmp It contains a number of good examples beyond the usual boring ones with constant coefficients. I hope it's useful. -- Selwyn Hollis On Jun 20, 2006, at 2:14 AM, Alan wrote: > Anyone know some available Mathematica sources > for these problems on a finite interval? > > Thanks! > alan > >


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Sony A7R Review
The Sony A7R is the most revolutionary camera of 2013, bringing 35mm full-frame, interchangeable lens shooting to the masses both in terms of cost and size. Importantly the A7R is also well-built, a pleasure to use and delivers outstanding image quality. As with any camera, it does have a few flaws, most notably the slightly sluggish auto-focusing, poor battery life and in-camera charging, the rather loud shutter release and the limited number of FE lenses on launch, but all in all the Sony A7R is a superbly realised, genuinely game-changing camera.
The 36 megapixel sensor provides excellent results from ISO 50-3200, with only the faster settings of 6400 and 12800 suffering from a little too much noise and smearing of fine detail, with ISO 25600 not too bad either. The A7R's sensor and the fast Carl Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 lens that we tested it with feel perfectly balanced together, hitting the sweet spot between portability and image quality, and it's hard to resist the lure of shooting wide-open at f/1.8 in combination with such a big sensor. One slight caveat is that the CZ 55mm lens isn't stabilised, which led to quite a few missed shots in low-light due to camera-shake - not necessarily a criticism of the A7R, as there are stabilised lenses available, but definitely something to bear in mind as the 36 megapixel sensor is very unforgiving of poor technique.
One of the main difference between the A7R and the cheaper A7 is the removal of the low-pass filter in the A7R. Although we haven't had chance to test them side by side yet, this should result in making the latter's photos subtly sharper and more detailed than the 24 megapixel A7's, and unless you shoot a lot of subjects with very fine details like fabrics or man-made patterns, you'll be hard-pushed to spot any moire or colour aliasing (we couldn't find any in our sample shots). Even if you do, there are certain techniques that you can employ both during shooting and in post-production, so if out and out resolution is a key requirement then we'd recommend opting for the A7R.
In terms of operational speed and all-round performance, the A7R delivers on most counts. Shutter lag is only notable by its apparent absence, and image processing times are thankfully non-intrusive, even for the massive Raw files that the A7R produces. This camera really does deliver DSLR-like performance and image quality in a pocketable format, music to the ears of most enthusiasts, with the exception of the auto-focusing speed, which lags behind the very best contrast-based and DSLR phase-detection systems. It's certainly not bad enough to prevent us from recommending the A7R, but it does limit the camera's versatility somewhat, rewarding a more considered approach.
In terms of value-for-money, the Sony A7R is roughly comparable to the cheaper full-frame DSLR models from Canon (the 6D) and Nikon (the D610), while being quite a lot more expensive than top-of-the range compact system cameras like the Olympus OM-D E-M1 and the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3. You really need to decide if the combination of such a large sensor and such a small body make sense for you - if it does, then there's simply nothing else quite like the Sony A7R (except the Sony A7, of course, which we'll be reviewing very soon).
Sony have seemingly been on a mission in the last few years to really change photography, first with the innovative NEX series, then the full-frame RX1/R compacts, and now the A7R and A7 full-frame mirrorless cameras (not to mention the RX100 premium compact and the recent RX10 super-zoom). The Sony A7R is the most radical of them all, the best realised, and fully deserving of our coveted Essential! award.
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Design | 5 |
Features | 4.5 |
Ease-of-use | 4.5 |
Image quality | 5 |
Value for money | 5 |
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I'm going to go ahead and assume that the Sea Tac in Lasse Lindh's You Wake Up at Sea Tac is the Seattle-Tacoma Airport. I do have some clues that lead me to this. The album's cover has a caricature of a gent standing solemnly with a large jetliner in the background. There's lots of plane-y imagery within, too: boy sleeping on uncomfortable airport benches; boy looking beleaguered, with airborne aircraft in background. To confirm my hunch, I did a quick search on Google: yep, nearly everything related to the phrase "Sea Tac" had something to do with the Seattle-Tacoma area, and "SeaTac" is a bona fide nickname for that travel stop.
I'm convinced there's meaning in this, even if it's simply a coincidence. To go back to those drawings, they depict a boy in an uncomfortable situation, out of sync with where he is, waiting for either a departure or an arrival. Swedish Lindh, a pop star in his native land making his English debut with Sea Tac, is also on a journey: to a different market, through a different language and a different musical style (his past forays were teenybopper pop). What's more, that boy who appears in the album insert is simply a cartoon of a self—a one-dimensional figure to whom we're introduced without context, who we can't quite identify. Is this boy Lasse? And if it is, does he want us to know anything about him?
Seemingly, on an album as confessional as Sea Tac sets out to be, the answer is yes. His songs are piled with stories of bleeding hearts and crushed egos and his singing, with undeniable likeness to Elliot Smith, sounds as if it takes all he's got to muster the pint-sized punch of his shuddering, scratchy tenor. Lasse Lindh wants us to know he's hurting, and he wants us to empathize with the pain. It's not surprising, then, that the singer's strongest suit is his ability to be nakedly feeble—to key up a vulnerability that pales his already somber demeanor. Take "C'mon Through" as emblematic of this quintessential weakness. "What is the body if not a place where you store all anger and happiness and pain," he sings—and that's one of the sunnier lines. Slow-strung and despondent, the piano builds the foundation of most of the number, strengthened by bass guitar, bass drum and cymbal.
There are brighter spots, though: a number of songs are clever etudes with an easy-going and boppy energy. Musically, "The Stuff" is a fervent dedication to the power of powerpop, and "The Heart is Old" is possibly the best and most put-together song on the album: a fantabulous low-riding gem of laid-back guitar lines and effortless harmonies. "Best Laid Plans", though hardly happy-go-lucky, has a slightly funky beat that makes it seem more up tempo, and "Walk With Me", a song about loyalty and ultimatums, has a definitively solemn groove.
But, like the insert, Sea Tac is ultimately self-effacing. Lindh's barely-there vocals sound as if he's forcing himself to sing, or trying hard not to disturb his neighbors. Lyrically, the songs are small and the words are smaller, making the ideas that they attempt to convey sound at best juvenile and at worst, lame. The album is thus like a diary where all the juicy bits have been edited out.
Despite the opinion of many of the genre's detractors, not just anyone can write an album of believable, emotional pop. It takes not only a certain sincerity, but also self-reliance that can openly embrace the chaos of one's experience and jettison it, full force, into the world. It's a difficult territory to travel, one that banks on proximity rather than distance. Perhaps on his next outing, Lasse Lindh will wake up a little closer to home.
Tibet House's 30th Anniversary Benefit Concert Celebrated Philip Glass' 80th
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"Philip Glass, the artistic director of the Tibet House benefits, celebrated his 80th birthday at this year's annual benefit with performances from Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Brittany Howard, Sufjan Stevens and more.
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I've bought top-branded 'mtb' kit, and much cheaper non-specific stuff, and there's very little difference in quality, if any at all, with most of it. I appreciate some things are made by smaller companies, and are always going to cost a bit more than stuff that's made in huge volume in huge factories staffed by people on very low wages, but there is still a lot of stuff that is simply over-priced.
For balance, for example; I've bought Hope hubs, which cost a good bit more than other equivalents, and been glad of the investment in quality. So, as you say, 'choice'...
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so much ive got in the last few months have been great. highlights tho gotta be wingnut hyper 3 and shimano winter boots for my riding comfort.
bike wise im loving the five spot the talas forks seem to be working out great too and the dt ex1750 wheelset with rws levers i got to upgrade the wheels really stiffened (is that really a word) up the front end too
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Stan's Olympic Rims run without tubes. I wish I'd tried tubeless before.
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midge bars,they look fun but are very very comfortable,they amaze me every time i ride them,fantastic on single track
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Hope Tech X2 brakes
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Gore Cosmo Windstopper jacket
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Garmin Edge 705 and yet to try ATC5K camera. Of course my ever so trusty mount Saracen Zen2
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Ibis Mojo - it's...it's just....there are NO words to describe how good it is.
XTR Crankset (This has got to get the award for most improved since its last incarnation. The rings seem to last forever)
Gore Fusion trousers - They're frickin amazing. There's nothing to them, how on earth do they keep me warm, not sweaty and looking good?....the mind boggles.
Dirtworker - No more muddy bikes in the house.
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I have XTR cranks and really can't say they're noticeably better than the latest XTs. It's a purchase I wouldn't make again.
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GF - I don't have the latest XTs, was just comparing M960 - M970.
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My Joystick Maxx.
And the Aldi padded short liners, now I can finally wear my Endura baggies in comfort.
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Galvin Green Goretex Jacket
Aldi Flapjacks
Aldi Winter Gloves
Asda MTB Tyres
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My 2 Alfine setups - boomin marvellous.
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Specialized Radiant gloves. I used to really suffer with cold hands in winter and I've never found a warm glove that isn't the size and weight of a boxing glove - until now.
Endura eVent jacket, a truly waterproof waterproof that didn't break the bank, fits well, looks good and has all the features I want with none of the pointless fripperies.Posted 8 years ago # -
it would have to be my wellgo pedals i dont think the pins have worn down at all in 2 years!!!! and i ride to school everyday and mountainbike most weekends.
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Raceface Dh 3/4 shorts. Bombproof, comfy, not too hot, not too cold.
Thor gloves.
Maxxis tyres
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RRP p1ssflap neoprene mudguard thing - one of the best things i've ever bought for my bike. Obviously it can be done ghetto style with inner tube and zipties, but that doesn't involve spending any money and where's the fun in that?
Honourable mention to my Dialled Alpine, as it's a proper ace little bike.
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2nd hand pikes and slx 20mm hub. Cheap way to transform a bike!
Also oro k24's are top.
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Gore Phantom Jacket - just superb!
Hope Stainless BB - ridden it to hell and back and still okayPosted 8 years ago # -
Defeet Woolie Bolie socks - still comfy when wet.
Waterproof trousers from Millets - avoids puddle water enemas.
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- miseenjeuDecember 25, 2010 at 8:13 AM
Cute idea! I wonder what Cal Clutterbuck had to say about being described as a spoiled kid, and what a teammate would have said Jose needs for Christmas.
ReplyDelete Haha! I wondered that as well. I had a feeling that Clutterbuck must have been within earshot of José when he was talking, because he kept looking over somewhere and smiling. So I wonder if he was over there, and he said that to joke with him. I think they were all put on the spot and weren't too sure what to say. But I enjoyed it nonetheless! ;o)


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Hi all
I just Downloaded Rim's Gameplay SDK that lets us create games for all 4 platforms ,
I got the code to comple on windows , and for android.
but for the QNX ..
I cannot seem to even import the project properly ( I am new to eclipse )
in the documentation it says
File > Import > Import Existing Projects
but ofc in the IDE it pops up a "Import as" panel with various optio ... one of the options is "Existing Code as blackberry Tablet OS C or C++ make file project "
that seems the closest thing .. so I selected that...
the next step was
Import all the gameplay projects by selecting the repository project folder.
there I am lost .... cause
for windoes there was a .sln file
for android there was an android sub folder,
for nothing for this ?
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how i would go about importing the project ?
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This Rockets team, it just sneaks up on you. It's loaded with second- and third-tier players, most of whom would be backups (albeit rotation players) on good teams. They struggle with interior defense and have an unproven coach who was once a hated rival. They lost their entire starting backcourt, arguably their two best players, for over a month. And yet, here we are, ten games from the end of the season and the pro basketball team that plays in the Toyota Center is a near lock for the playoffs.
After beating Portland Wednesday night, they completed a four-game road sweep that included wins over Chicago and the Lakers. Before they left, I was listening to local sports talk and the consensus was they needed to win two games on the swing, but even three was probably wishful thinking.
Surprise, surprise.
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At the moment, they sit in the sixth spot and would face the Lakers were they to start the playoffs tomorrow. They don't and could go anywhere from probably the fourth spot, though unlikely, to out of the playoffs. Given that an opener against the Thunder or Spurs would be a tough matchup, the team needs to keep on winning.
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The Art and Science of Communication: Tools for Effective Communication in the WorkplaceISBN: 978-0-470-24759-4
224 pages
May 2008
Table of Contents
The Communication Staircase.
In the Beginning Is Your Word . . . .
Jill's Professional Destiny?
Chapter 1 Step One: Intrapersonal Communication.
Self-Sabotage or Self-Fulfillment?
Discipline of the Mind.
Dive into Your Life!
Where Did That Thought Come From?
Creating Our Self-Image at Work.
Growing Up "Different".
Writing a New Script.
Taking Ownership.
Jill's Day.
Waking Up to YOUR Day!
Conquering the First Step.
First Things First!
Chapter 2 Step Two: Nonverbal Communication.
The Functions of Nonverbal Communication.
Your Professional Appearance.
Your Professional Voice.
Actions Do Speak Louder Than Words!
It's about Time!
Keep Your Distance!
Sometimes When We Touch.
Do You Smell Something?
Chapter 3 Step Three: Interpersonal Communication.
Five Keys to Positive, Healthy Work Relationships.
Interpersonal Conflict.
Supportive versus Defensive Communication.
Chapter 4 Step Four: Small-Group/Organizational Communication.
To Group or Not to Group . . . That Is the Question.
Jill's Day.
I versus We: The Cultural Paradox.
Co-Opetition Model of Advancement.
Making Room for the Group Reality.
Leadership Communication.
Constructive Conflict.
The Communication Climate.
Small-Group Membership and Facilitation.
Chapter 5 Step Five: Public Communication.
The Common Denominator.
Moving beyond the Fear!
Communication Apprehension.
Confidence and Composure.
Your Language.
Don't Make Excuses.
Your Public Presentational Style.
You and Your Audience.
The Art of Impromptu/Conversational Speaking.
Chapter 6 Step Six: Mass Communication.
Influencing the Masses.
Persuasion Is about Perspective.
Are You a Walking Billboard?
Persuasion and the World of Work.
Jill's Day.
Using Persuasion as a Tool of Influence.
As Simple as One, Two, Three.
Persuasive Messages and You.
Chapter 7 Step Seven: Intercultural Communication.
We CAN All Get Along!
What Makes Us Unique.
We Are ALL Prejudiced!
Understanding Perception.
Culture and Values That Impact the Workplace.
Nonverbal Communication Is Culturally Bound.
Global Community.
Diversity and the Workplace.
The "Other" in the Workplace.
Jill's Day.
Inclusion in the Workplace.
Becoming a Cross-Cultural Bridge through Cultural Competency.
Epilogue: New Beginnings.
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UNdoubtedly, one of the monumental uncompleted projects that the Lagos State Governor-elect, Akinwunmi Ambode, will be inheriting from his predecessor, Governor Babatunde Fashola, from May 29, 2015, is the multi billion Naira Lekki-Epe International Airport, located in the Lekki Free Trade Zone, LFTZ of the state. The proposed international airport being implemented under the Public Private Partnership, PPP, is currently wobbling and facing serious financial challenge as a result of unwillingness on the part of investors.
Recently, some property owners in Eluju Town and its environs LFTZ, Ibeju Lekki Local Government Area of the state, had protested against what they called illegal acquisition of their land by Lagos government without any form of compensation. However, in swift reaction, the state government, through the Surveyor General, Joseph Olorunjuwon Agbenla, said they were being sponsored by people, he described unscrupulous individuals.
Agbenla, said that the allegation was incorrect, deceptive and capable of disrupting developmental plan in the state. He explained that contrary to the allegation, the state government had only commenced excision exercise in some villages whereby some acquired lands were being returned to 98 villages to enable them participate in developmental process.
According to him, the expectation of the government from the excision exercise was to provide opportunity for the villages to key into the economic development process going on in the axis such as the LFTZ, the proposed International Airport, Dangote refinery project among others.
With 64 companies that have already indicated interest to invest at least $25 billion (about N3.750 trillion) in LFTZ, Agbenla, urged residents to disregard the allegation but support the government in its activities, stressing that the essence of giving back the land is to fast track development at the grassroots. Some of the companies that have shown interest are; MasterCard, Guinness and a host of other companies. The reverse is the case with the proposed international airport in the area.
Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Mrs. Sola Oworu, disclosed the current challenge facing the realization of the airport while briefing newsmen on the activities of her ministry. Oworu explained that further work has been suspended on the construction of the airport as the former investor which earlier indicated interest later withdrawn from pursuing the project over certain reasons.
Though, she was not specific on lack of funds for the withdrawal but said one of the reasons given by the investors was the 2015 general elections outcome, which they feared could endanger the investment by incoming administration. "The state government is currently shopping for new investors. Efforts are being made to conclude discussion with prospective investors. As soon as all documents are ready we will recommence construction work at the site." Oworu stated.
Owuru however, assured that the incoming administration in the state would continue with the project, saying investors' investments are guaranteed, as "a ready market is provided for their products with the state's estimated over 20 million residents." She also reiterated that the project is a reality as it had so far attracted key players particularly in the oil and gas sector with a greater prospect of attracting more investors as its development progresses, especially with the provision of standby 12 megawatts of electricity supply.
Oworu, recalled when the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Senator Jubril Martins-Kuye, carried out an on-the-spot assessment of the LFTZ, saying with the right environment, which had been created for the LFTZ, would be consolidated, so as to open doors of better economic opportunities and ensure, technology transfer and capacity building. Project: The state government had earlier, appointed one of the new generation banks, as the sole financial advisor on the proposed Lekki-Epe International Airport project.
The airport is to be developed on a modular basis at an estimated project cost of N71.64 billion in its first phase and is expected to commence operations with a conservative capacity of two million passengers per annum, reaching five million passengers by 2015. It is a scalable airport that is been designed to cater for the Airbus A380, making it a Code F compliant airport as well as boost economic activities around LFTZ.
Located about 10km from Lekki Free Trade Zone, LFTZ, the proposed airport was also designed to drive urban development and tourism in the Lekki-Epe axis of Lagos state and by extension check rural-urban drift.
As part of commitment to make the LFTZ a fully functional investment haven, Oworu, said the state government has also completed the master plan on the 3500 hectares of land earmarked for the project adding that preliminary work on the project had since commenced with the clearing of 4.5 km of the access road and 9km of perimeter road.
Financial partner: The Chief Executive Officer, CEO, (namewithheld) of one of the new generation banks a partner on the Airport project reinforced the bank's long standing partnership with the state government in the area of infrastructure develop-ment. According to the CEO, "We are indeed proud to partner with the Lagos State Government on the Lekki-Epe International Airport project. Our involvement is yet another testament to our commitment to infrastructure development in Lagos State, which is founded on our deep belief in Nigeria and our confidence in its massive developmental potential."
Earlier EOI on project: Companies had earlier submitted Expression of Interest (EOI) in August 2011, bidding for the project under a PPP arrangement. Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ), 33 Nigerian and international firms had indicated interest to participate in the ambitious project. The RFPQ provides the bidding companies with guidelines for the submission of a Statement of Qualification (SOQ) which highlights their technical, operational and financial capability to design, finance, build and operate the Lekki-Epe International Airport, before its transfer to Lagos State Government at the expiration of the concession period.
NAHCO Aviance, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, Arab Contractors Nigeria Limited and Cappa 'Alberto Plc, were among the 20 Nigerian companies that had been provided with the RFPQ. Companies that bided then, included; 13 international firms, Munich Airport Germany, Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co Limited (Korea), Canadian Commercial Corporation, Orascom Construction Industries, among others, for the development of the first phase of airport project.
Lekki master plan: The Lekki Peninsular which is regarded as the fastest real estate market in the whole of Africa, in the next five years will be transformed by projects currently being executed for the area, under the Lekki Master Plan being led by state government. Lekki International Airport ,Lekki Free Trade Zone ,Lekki light Rail Network , Lekki Water Transport System, vast road network including the rebuilding of the Lekki-Epe Express Way, landscaping and landscape irrigation, water supply and fire fighting water, storm water collection disposal, wastewater collection, solid waste management, power supply, telecommunications network and security are some of the projects on the desk.


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Started a few short months ago by minimalist design duo Mike Giles (of Furni) and his lovely lady Judy Lawrence, Miju's first collection, "The wind beneath," consists of feather-shaped laser-cut and -etched jewelry. Each pendant...
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The town of Woodstock en fete is a wonderful sight. Outside the Feathers Hotel, a magnificent 1920s Bentley is parked in all its glory. Beside it, Jo from Hendrick's Gin (one of the festival sponsors), a retro vision in a brown 1940s two-piece suit, horn-rimmed specs and seamed stockings, holds a tray of "Wordsmith" cocktails in floral teacups. Outside St Mary Magdalene Church, a tactlessly placed sign offers the passing faithful a choice of hot waxes ("Hollywood or Brazillian [sic]") at a nearby spa. Strollers from London and Oxford circumambulate the little town, bewildered by the proliferation of interiors shops, French linen and "real wood" and pause by Harriet's Cake Shop to admire Tony Carter's teapot designs.
Woodstock couldn't be more English if it tried. And 100 metres down the main road, you turn left and the sweep of Blenheim Palace and its gorgeous grounds vie for the title of the most beautiful sight in England. Both played host to the fourth Independent Woodstock Literary Festival last week, five days of talks, discussions, slideshows, dinners, drinks and enlightenment. No wonder people come in their masses – but the audiences have become international. Richard Dawkins's event was full of Americans and Canadians; Sir Mark Tully's was crammed with fans from the Indian subcontinent. From the Oxfordshire Museum to the Palace's Marlborough Room, they arrived to listen and marvel.
Mary Soames, only surviving child of Winston Churchill, told Philip Ziegler what it was like to meet Stalin: "He was much smaller than I expected. He wore the most beautiful uniform in cream sage. And he had very twinkly eyes." From David Crystal, the bearded patriarch of popular linguistics, we heard that, in the days of the King James Bible, the greengrocer's apostrophe ("Three apple's a pound") was both accepted and wildly popular: you could find words such as "hour's" and "their's" in its pages.
In the festival's only sports event, the former Arsenal defender Martin Keown, pressed by i's Brian Viner for information about Arsene Wenger, revealed that the great manager mothers his players – they must eat slowly so as not to waste energy, drink yoghurt to line their stomachs and take a jumper everywhere for fear of catching cold. Dawkins told a consternated audience that, if they wished to look through a family album that took them back to their first ancestor, they'd have to place a photo of their father on a table, then one of their grandfather on top, then their great-great-grandfather, and so on for another 185 million photos, a pile of pictures 228,000 metres high – and the final picture would be of a fish.
Anthea Bell, the veteran translator who has rendered into English the works of both W G Sebald and Asterix the Gaul, revealed that she needed therapy to conquer her chronic phobia about moths and butterflies; and that her father was the first-ever compiler of crosswords for The Times. At the back of the audience for her event in Woodstock's Methodist church sat her brother Martin, the veteran war correspondent and white-suited MP, who later, over an event-lunch at La Galeria introduced by Dame Ann Leslie, shyly revealed his secret identity as a maker of light verse.
A longer-lasting presence in the Commons was Alistair Darling. As his interviewer, i's Simon Kelner, pointed out, he's one of only three cabinet ministers who survived all 13 years of New Labour. At Blenheim Palace, he was a notably calm presence after the turbulence of the last few years – tanned, good-humoured, self-deprecating – and he recalled the horrors of 2008 as if he still couldn't quite believe them. Like the moment when, at a meeting of EU finance ministers in dismal Luxembourg, he learned that the RBS share price had collapsed. "Deep down you never believe a big bank will go bust," he said. "I'd opened my first bank account with RBS in Edinburgh, 40 years earlier. Now there was this voice on the phone saying, 'We're going to run out of cash in two hours'." Darling and Kelner ran through a dozen subjects – the IMF, the Dome, the Vickers report, the fury of Gordon Brown, the vacillation of Mervyn King – all of which Darling handled with the imperturbability of the Downton butler. "You waste your life," he said, "if you spend it being consumed by bitterness." He hopes Ed Miliband gets to No 10 but has no plans to accept a future Cabinet post. "I'm glad," he said, "not to have to go on Radio 4's Today any more. It's marvellous to have a whole weekend in which the only person who rings you is your daughter, asking for more money," he said. "As opposed to Sir Fred Goodwin," said Kelner, smartly.
Hugo Vickers enthralled his audience in the sunlit Orangery at Blenheim Palace with a gossip-filled tour d'horizon of the life of Wallis Simpson, currently the subject of two films, two TV series and a new play. Vickers was at pains to defend the American divorcée who is widely believed by the British to have stolen their king in 1936 – she never wanted to be queen, he said, but enjoyed the luxuries that went with being a king's girlfriend. But the core of his talk was on Wallis's treatment by her witchy lawyer Maitre Suzanne Blum. Blum, according to Vickers, systematically sold off her furniture and belongings, kept her a prisoner, denied her visitors or sedated her when rival lawyers came a-calling. Enlisted by Madonna as special adviser on W.E., her film of the abdication, Vickers read the screenplay. "Did you find anything to object to?" asked Madonna. "Yes I think I did," said Vickers. "You must tell me about them," said Madonna. "And you won't mind if I pay no attention."
Thankfully, Vickers didn't leave out the smut. It was popularly believed, he explained, that, when young, the Duchess had learnt intimate tricks involving the vaginal muscles from a Singapore brothel: "Young girls were taught to pick up penny pieces by this technique," he said, "But only Wallis could pick up a Sovereign."
The final event featured a man who's a hero to many sports fans and political idealists. In an unprecedented convergence of author and questioner, Imran Khan was interviewed by his own former wife Jemima, campaigner, national dreamboat and now i contributing editor. They made a remarkable couple – she teasing, flirtatious and meek, he abrupt, noisy and thunderous as he denounced the corruption endemic in modern Pakistani politics, the Mafia, the fraudulent votes, the folly of America's interventions. When she asked about Sharia law, he rhapsodised about its golden age, 30 years after the death of Mohammed. "Is it true," asked Jemima sharply, "you told a newspaper that honeymoons are overrated?" "I never said that," said Imran, "I said they're like music parties, which I think overrated." "That clears it all up perfectly then," hissed his ex-wife.
And then we sorrowfully drifted away from the Palace – all the noisy convivium of book-lovers and the authors who are the reason for the late-summer treat that is the Independent Woodstock Literary Festival. It's unrepeatable – until next year, of course.
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Jonquilla Narcissus, Apodanthus Daffodil 'Quail'
Family: | Amaryllidaceae (am-uh-ril-id-AY-see-ee) (Info) |
Genus: | Narcissus (nar-SIS-us) (Info) |
Cultivar: | Quail |
Hybridized | by Mitsch |
Registered or introduced: | 1974 |
Division 7 - Jonquilla
12-18 in. (30-45 cm)
6-9 in. (15-22 cm)
Bloom Time:
Mid Spring
USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 �C (-30 �F)
USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 �C (-25 �F)
USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 �C (-20 �F)
USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 �C (-15 �F)
USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 �C (-10 �F)
USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 �C (-5 �F)
USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 �C (0 �F)
USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 �C (5 �F)
USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 �C (10 �F)
USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 �C (15 �F)
USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 �C (20 �F)
USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 �C (25 �F)
Sun Exposure:
Full Sun
Sun to Partial Shade
Parts of plant are poisonous if ingested
Handling plant may cause skin irritation or allergic reaction
Bloom Color:
Bright Yellow
Other details:
Soil pH requirements:
6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic)
6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)
Patent Information:
Propagation Methods:
By dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs (including offsets)
Seed Collecting:
N/A: plant does not set seed, flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed
Foliage Color:
Bloom Characteristics:
Flowers are fragrant
Water Requirements:
Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater
Where to Grow:
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Huntsville, Alabama
Phoenix, Arizona
Garberville, California
Olathe, Kansas
Hebron, Kentucky
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Saint Louis, Missouri
Sparks, Nevada
Morehead City, North Carolina
Portland, Oregon
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Payson, Utah
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Positive | On May 17, 2011, idanou from Provincetown, MA (Zone 7a) wrote: I can't believe no one has said anything about this wonderful jonquil. I can't give it enough praise. Grows to 20-22" for me. Blooms profusely (and I do mean profusely) in multiples of 2-4. Lasts and incredibly long time- about 25-26 days of bloom for me (late April to mid-late May). AND it holds terrificly well for a daff as a cut flower. Add to that the wonderfully sweet scent, and you have a sure winner. Must have. Very highly recommended. |


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« February 5, 2012 - February 11, 2012 | Main | February 19, 2012 - February 25, 2012 »
per schedule and with the right stores... (via the NY Times Magazine)
(thanks for the tip George)
Amazing - attaching anti-birth control to the highway bill
They really seem to disrespect women as well as financial sanity .. birth control is very cost effective.
Taken by the European Space Agency's Envisat on February 13 - most of the North and Central parts of Italy are snow covered in this tough European Winter.
I'm not a coffee drinker, but latte art is impressive (via Imprint)
By John Malcovitch on his French property. Really neat!
They are shown in a book for daydreaming - Treehouses by Paula Henderson
rays of hope
Fashion Week is currently running in New York as designers attempt to predict what women will be wearing next Fall and Winter. But in the late 1800s a piece predicting trends for the next century was published -
ah the 50s ...
(a tip of the hat to fashionistra friend Jheri)
A New York Times op-ed by mathematician John Allen Paulos
Which oil should you use - which are the least dangerous...
A nice explanation of a baseline shift of natural variability


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Forsythia brusts into bloom as warmer weather arrives. It looks as if spring has come to my back yard.
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Warren ~Mangione~ gave props (19 Mar 2011):
Great back yard. Love Forsythia in Spring! Super shot!
Susan Littlefield gave props (19 Mar 2011):
Could you please come and plant a sign in MY backyard? Still have 2 feet of snow, and no sign of spring. Maybe tomorrow!! What a gorgeous sight this is, Fred!!
Regenia Brabham gave props (19 Mar 2011):
Finally!!!! You have a beautiful back yard!
Also by Fred Moskey


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Auraicept na n-Éces
Auraicept na n-Éces ([arakʲept na neːgʲes], "the scholars' [éices] primer [airaiccecht]") is claimed as a 7th-century work of Irish grammarians, written by a scholar named Longarad. The core of the text could indeed date to the mid-7th century, but much material will have been added over the five centuries preceding the text as recorded in the earliest surviving copy (12th century).
If indeed dating to the 7th century, the text is the first instance of a defence of vernaculars, defending the spoken Irish language over Latin, predating Dante's De vulgari eloquentia by 600 years and Chernorizets Hrabar's O pismeneh by 200 years.
- TCD H 2.18. (Book of Leinster), ca. 1160
- TCD H 2.16. (YBL), 14th century
- RIA 23 P 12 (Book of Ballymote), foll. 169r–180r, ca. 1390
- BM E.g. 88, 1564[clarification needed]
The Auraicept consists of four books,
- I: The Book of Fenius Farsaidh
- II: The Book of Amergin
- III: The Book of Fercheirtne Filidh
- IV: The Book of Cennfaeladh
The author argues from a comparison of Gaelic grammar with the materials used in the constructions of the Tower of Babel:
- Others affirm that in the tower there were only nine materials and that these were clay and water, wool and blood, wood and lime, pitch, linen, and bitumen [...] These represent noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, participle, conjunction, preposition, interjection
(note the discrepancy of nine materials vs. eight parts of speech). As pointed out by Eco (1993), Gaelic was thus argued to be the only instance of a language that overcame the confusion of tongues, being the first language that was created after the fall of the tower by the seventy-two wise men of the school of Fenius, choosing all that was best in each language to implement in Irish. Calder notes (p. xxxii) that the poetic list of the "72 races" was taken from a poem by Luccreth moccu Chiara.
The Auraicept is one of the three main sources of the manuscript tradition about Ogham, the others being In Lebor Ogaim and De dúilib feda na forfed. A copy of In Lebor Ogaim immediately precedes the Auraincept in the Book of Ballymote, but instead of the Bríatharogam Con Culainn given in other copies, there follows a variety of other "secret" modes of ogham. The Younger Futhark are also included, as ogam lochlannach "ogham of the Norsemen".
Similar to the argument of the precedence of the Gaelic language, the Auraicept claims that Fenius Farsaidh discovered four alphabets, the Hebrew, Greek and Latin ones, and finally the ogham, and that the ogham is the most perfected because it was discovered last. The text is the origin of the tradition that the ogham letters were named after trees, but it gives as an alternative possibility that the letters are named for the 25 members of Fenius' school.
In the translation of Calder (1917),
- This is their number: five Oghmic groups, i.e., five men for each group, and one up to five for each of them, that their signs may be distinguished. These are their signs: right of stem, left of stem, athwart of stem, through stem, about stem. Thus is a tree climbed, to wit, treading on the root of the tree first with thy right hand first and thy left hand after. Then with the stem, and against it and through it and about it. (Lines 947-951)
In the translation of McManus:
- This is their number: there are five groups of ogham and each group has five letters and each of them has from one to five scores and their orientations distinguish them. Their orientations are: right of the stemline, left of the stemline, across the stemline, through the stemline, around the stemline. Ogham is climbed as a tree is climbed..."
- James Acken, Structure and Interpretation in the Auraicept na nÉces. Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller e.K., 2008. ISBN 978-3-639-02030-4
- George Calder, Auraicept na n-éces, The Scholars Primer, being the texts of the ogham tract from the Book of Ballymote and the Yellow Book of Lecan, and the text of the Trefhocul from the Book of Leinster, ..., John Grant, Edinburgh 1917 (1995 repr.)
- Anders Ahlqvist, The Early Irish Linguist (Auraicept na nÉces), Helsinki 1982
- R. Thurneysen, "Auraicept na n-éces", in: ZCP 17, 1928, pp. 277–303.
- Erich Poppe, "Die mittelalterliche irische Abhandlung Auraicept na nÉces und ihr geistesgeschichtlicher Standort", in: Theorie und Rekonstruktion, edd. von Klaus D. Dutz & Hans-J. Niederehe. Münster: Nodus, 1996, 55-74.
- Erich Poppe, "Natural and Artificial Gender in Auraicept na nÉces", in: SH 29, 1995–97, 195-203.
- Erich Poppe, "Latinate Terminology in Auraicept na nÉces", in: History of Linguistics 1996. Vol. 1: Traditions in Linguistics Worldwide. Eds. David Cram, Andrew Linn, Elke Nowak. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins. 1999, 191-201.
- Erich Poppe, "The Latin Quotations in Auraicept na nÉces: Microtexts and their Transmission", in: Ireland and Europe in the Early Middle Ages. Texts and Transmission, edd. Próinséas Ní Chatháin & Michael Richter. Dublin: Four Courts. 2002, 296-312.
- Umberto Eco, The search for the perfect language (1993, book translated in English 1995).
- — Serendipities : Language and Lunacy (1998).
- Damian McManus, A Guide to Ogam, An Sagart, 1997
- Calder, George, Edinburgh, John Grant (1917), reprint Four Courts Press (1995), ISBN 1-85182-181-3 [1]


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By: Maize_in_Spartyland
Now just 14 days from the beginning of college football, its time to unveil the 2012 ACC-Coastal Division projections! On Saturday, September 1 four of the six Coastal Division teams are in action. The North Carolina Tar Heels kick of their season hosting the FCS Elon Phoenix at 12:30 PM EST on ESPN3. The Virginia Cavaliers will begin Mike London's third season has head coach, hosting his alma mater, the FCS Richmond Spiders at 3:00 PM EST on ESPN3. A battle of former Big East rivals is on center stage at 3:30 PM EST, on ABC/ESPN2, as the University of Miami Hurricanes meet the Boston College Eagles in Chestnut Hill. In the night game, the Duke Blue Devils host the Florida International Golden Panthers at 7:00 PM EST on ESPN3.
On Labor Day, ACC Coastal favorites Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Virginia Tech Hokies meet in primetime, at 8:00 PM EST, on ESPN.
Projected |
Team |
Overall |
Conference |
1t |
North Carolina* |
(10-2) |
(6-2) |
1t |
Virginia Tech |
(10-2) |
(6-2) |
3t |
Georgia Tech |
(8-4) |
(5-3) |
3t |
Miami (FL) |
(6-6) |
(5-3) |
5 |
Virginia |
(6-6) |
(3-5) |
6 |
Duke |
(4-8) |
(1-7) |
Meet the favorites . . .
(1) Virginia Tech Hokies
Note that North Carolina is not listed because they are ineligible for the postseason this year. When Butch Davis was fired shortly before the season began last year, the Tar Heels were in disarray. That allowed the Hokies to find their usual spot on the top of the Coastal Division. But losses to the offense, specifically RB David Wilson (Carolina Panthers) and WR Danny Coale (New York Giants), leave the Hokies needing some help. The road schedule is deadly, with games against North Carolina, Clemson, and Miami (FL). They also have Georgia Tech and Florida State at home.
(2) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Suffice it to say, week one will likely decide who represents the Coastal Division in the ACC Championship. The quarterback situation, and the Ramblin' Wreck traveling to Blacksburg, is why I think the Yellow Jackets will lose out to the Hokies. Like Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech has a brutal ACC road schedule, traveling to Virginia Tech, Clemson, and North Carolina. The Jackets are capable of winning the division, but they need to better develop the pass game.
(3) Miami (FL) Hurricanes
Al Golden's second season in Coral Gables begins. The Hurricanes face a tough non-conference schedule, with games against Kansas State (at Manhattan, KS), Notre Dame (at Chicago, IL), and South Florida (at Coral Gables, FL). The winnable ACC games are on the road, (Boston College, Virginia, and Duke) and the tough ones are at home (North Carolina State, North Carolina, Florida State, and Virginia Tech). Could the Hurricanes be winless at home in conference play?
What are your thoughts on the ACC-Coastal Division projections? Tweet to us @BVTSB.


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The Arbuckle-Simpson Maximum Annual Yield (MAY) hearing was held on May 15, 2012. The proposed order, prepared by the hearing examiner and issued October 3, 2013, was approved by the OWRB at its October 23, 2013, meeting. Associated documents and information are available below.
Board Order Determining the Maximum Annual Yield for the Arbuckle-Simpson Groundwater Basin (approved Oct. 23, 2013)
Hearing Examiner's Post-Hearing Order on Notice & Scheduling
Order on Evidentiary Matters Following Remand (issued Oct. 3, 2013)
Order on Remand (issued July 8, 2013)
Proposed Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Board Order Determining the Maximum Annual Yield for the Arbuckle-Simpson Groundwater Basin (issued Dec. 27, 2012)
Notice of Prehearing Conference & Hearing (issued March 26, 2012)
Formal Party Lists (Updated May 18, 2012):
Documents Presented at Prehearing Conference (Collectively from CPASA, City of Ada, Estate of Ida Sutton Williams, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation)
Documents submitted by other parties at Prehearing Conference
Documents Received After the Pre-Hearing Conference
OWRB Exhibits for Maximum Annual Yield Prehearing Conference & Hearing
Exhibits, Documents, and Comments Received at the Hearing Held May 15-16, 2012
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Dan's Birthday Plan
36 comments:
This is terrific, Stacy - a very creative idea and well done! Thank you for joining in the fun even with everything else you have going on this week!
ReplyDeleteWhat a funny story, Stacy...and oh, so true! Our younger son's birthday is December 17...and we worked really hard to make sure that his B-day party was not connected to Christmas and that he had separate presents for each occasion and didn't suffer getting LESS...but I can't say that relatives followed that route...he received many combination Birthday/Christmas presents over the years from them. :(
I love your story...glad that grandma was sensitive to his unhappiness and she encourage mom and dad to recognize the problem.It never occurred to me that split birthday gifts could be the biggest problem with having a birthday close to Christmas! I love how you played with this idea in the story. Very fun!
ReplyDeleteReally great story! My son's birthday is December 13th...I didn't mean to do it to him :-)
ReplyDeleteLove this! You have such a gift for storytelling, Stacy. I know I'm repeating myself, but it's true.
I have a kiddo with a birthday three days before Christmas. Though I don't divide his gifts. Seriously, I don't :-)I love that this is based on true events - it was really cute! My kids have summer birthdays so they get a nice break between celebrations!
ReplyDeleteHi Stacy:
For just popping that off the top of your head, I tip my hat to you.
My daughter's birthday is on the 17th of December and I made a point of always celebrating her special day, and with two shoes, LOL.
Thanks for commenting on my poem, much appreciated.I can't wait to find out what will come after he discovers the jelly!
I wish my drafts came out this well Stacy!
Hope Mr. Worley has a better birthday this year!Stacy,
I just passed along the Kreativ Blogger Award to you. Do what you wish with it, or do nothing at all :-) I just like your blog a lot.


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Also, I found the memory pack feature to be useless for someone on my then-teenage budget. In order to really use it, you had to have two of 'em; but they ran ~$50 or more per pack! Of course, memory grows on trees these days, so it's not as much of an issue.
At that time i was told that the keyboard was far better than the DX-7
that was dominating the market at that time, but at this time i cant agree with
I think i know most of the options that the keyboard can provide, but
there is on thing that i cant figure out;
I bought some recording-cassets that was supposed (i red it in the manual)
to store several data about the keyboards settings and songs i had programmed in
the sequencer. In that way i could just put in the casset and all the
data i had stored about the keyboard, was inserted into the keyboard.
These cassetes costed me alot too (now, i think they are very cheap).
The only thing is that i can only store 1 setting on on casset. And that is very
unfortunately when i though i could store many of my recordings on them. Other things about the keyboard.
I think the build-in-sounds (bases and alien etc) are not that good as
described in theese pages.
When using the keyboard-speaker it really is a dull sound. (to rash/hard if
u know what i mean). When using a stereo to boost the sound it is better but
yet not as good as expected. Now I'm using the keyboard only by midi-interface on my computer with a Roland-
RAP-10 card. Theese sounds are much more realistic.
The good thing about the keyboard is that it works perfectly with midi
(GM that is).
I use the program Cakewalk pro 2.0 to create my music.
The thing i havent got to function yet is to use the keyboards-sounds in my
midi-composions, allthough its not a big deal for me because I like the
sounds from the sound-card fare more. Hopefully someday I will buy myself some external devices to increase the
productivity and recording-ability.
And on day i wanna make myself a homepage where all u midi-freaks out there
can go and listen to my music.
At this time Im not motivated, nor have the skills to make it.
But try out in the future. This is my first time searching for info about DSR200 on the internet.
I didnt think there was a marked for that "old" keyboard anymore, but Im glad
there are sombody out there like myself.
Good luck to u all! Terje


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Donaji & the Magical Poncho
This is the story of a fearless girl and her encounter with the wicked cold wind god
4.29 / 5.00 4,580 ViewsThis is a short battle I decided to animate, going off the idea of blood being used as a weapon. I decided to finish it up because it was just sitting in my flash folder, untouched. Well anyway, enjoy the fight!
:by the way, a user that goes by 'anapple' from 'runekeep forums' or something similar, linked to this animation trying to pass it off as his own. He's a simple thief, but at least he got me more views hehe.
Another great stick killing spree! Fast-paced animation, fluid blood splatter and characters that literally tear each others limbs off and continue fighting. Spectacularly brutal. Keep it going!
Was the guys spear made out of snot? becuase i didnt see him get stabed so that wasnt bile 0_0 ..... 5/10 to short seen your other anamations a lot better than this one
it was goo of some kind. snot, bile....it doesnt matter. the bottom line is that it was goo xD
and this animation is 3 years old, of course my newer ones are better.
Stomach acid
that guys lance seemed like it was made of stomach acid since he was pierced through the stomach with the blood sword
that was what I was originally thinking, having it be stomach bile. sorta gross but hey....it works lol.
Very Nice.
Blood being made into weapons....That's brilliant man. What was that guys spear made out of though?
not too sure about that one myself lol


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Whoops! As New York Times columnist Paul Krugman pointed out Friday, presidential nominees Barack Obama and John McCain both have articles in the latest edition of Contingencies magazine about how they would reform America's health care industry. In light of certain recent events in the banking world, McCain may want to reconsider his position.
Paul Krugman's "The Conscience of a Liberal" blog in The New York Times:
Here's what McCain has to say about the wonders of market-based health reform:
Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition, as we have done over the last decade in banking, would provide more choices of innovative products less burdened by the worst excesses of state-based regulation.


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Friday, October 29, 2010
5 Comments:
Ron Kaye is on his game today!
http://ronkayela.com/2010/10/naked-city-another-dwp-scandal.html -
Thanks Higby, for reminding us what we are going to throw out of office like garbage on November 2. Right now the polls are being manipulated to try to give the depressed dems something that will motivate them to believe again that the Audacious One is actually a success and has lived up to the "hope and change" crap that has seen the US plunge deeper into recession on his watch.
The CBS poll showing South LA voters feelings is perhaps the most telling. They're not buying Obama no more, and if they're not buying it, neither is anyone else.
The dems can try to look brave in the face of the impending disastrous election results for a few more days, but on November 3, it will be a whole new game. Boxer's going to become a lobbyist and Pelosi's going to be flying Jet Blue in future. Doesn't the thought of that give you a tingly feeling up your leg? -
mulholland terrace said:
Mocking a woman doing her job for asking to be called by her job title. Not a winning strategy in politics or in life.
All I gotta say is you don't see Christine O'Donnell threatening Gawker with a lawsuit. She responded by refuting the story, not crying like a baby and calling out her lawyers.
funny is funny
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1.5 Pound Ground Turkey
1/8 C bread crumbs
1 egg white beaten
1/8 C diced onion (or dehydrated)
1 tsp minced garlic
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 C fresh parsley (or dehydrated)
Combine all ingredients and form into 4 patties. Grill till burgers are between 165-180 degrees. While grilling sprinkle patties liberally with worchestire sauce on each side and sprinkle with a little season salt. You can also put a little oil in a skillet and heat. Serve with the same condiments that you would for a hamburger; bun, cheese, mayo, mustard, bbq sauce, lettuce, tomato and onion.
I learned the coolest trick tonight about how to form perfect hamburger/turkey burgers using a lid. I used a large peanut butter lid.