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Hey Guys,
Im reading a lot on the forum and I made today a account, we have to tackle this bullshit issues...
If im correctly on the mainboard av boards, there is a encrypted nand, encrypted flash, encrypted micom, then there is a eeprom.
the eeprom contains panel information and settings.
the nand and flash contains the file system linux partions, who are encrypted or readable?
in windows we have like commands chkdsk to repair corruption
After multiple reboots , like corrupted eeprom or failed flash, then the partions become corrupted, and the checksum in boot fails,
Like logo appears, and bam reboot.
How can we enforce that chkdsk for a linux partion, can we connect with uart and initiate these commands? ,
I know we can replace the nand or flash from donor boards, but will this work is other chips not keyed?
and as last resort can we use this? to can use the tvs again?
V56 Universal LCD TV Controller Driver Board PC/VGA/HDMI/USB Interface , its like a univeral av board that replace the mainboard.
it works for 10-42 inch boards, will this work?
I hope the uart ideas work, I read a lot on forums and see that normal flashing can cause this shit.. , so samsung is really bad in this, its not acceptable I think, is there not a diag secret mode that can alter the linux partiions or flash, or can somebody explain how we can do it with soldering wires to the flash chip and initizate it, I could make a electronic all in one solution for it and can sell it for a cheap price, its not a big deal, I would too know this
Help me out guys, then we help each other together we can do this!!
repair method for failed flash or corrupt, and a last resort
Ideas and dreaming will go this forum
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Under Saskatchewan Occupational Health and Safety legislation 'supervisor' means a person who is authorized by an employer to oversee or direct the work of the employer's worker. The Supervision & Safety Workshop introduces supervisors to their legal responsibilities for occupational health and safety at the workplace. By the end of this one day course, supervisors will know:
- How to locate relevant information in Saskatchewan Occupational Health and Safety legislation to address occupational health and safety (OHS) issues in their workplace
- The duties and roles of everyone within the OHS Workplace Responsibility System
- Their duties and required competencies under Saskatchewan Occupational Health and Safety legislation
- The role of the supervisor within workplace OHS management systems
- Specific duties of a supervisor within workplace OHS management systems such as:
- Hazard identification, risk assessment and hazard control
- Workplace inspections
- Incident Investigations
- Refusals to work
- Worker training and orientation
There is no pre-requisite for attending this course.
A critical component of this course derives from attendance and active participation in class. Attendees and employers must commit to full attendance, as missing class time due to late arrivals or absences during the session may result in an attendee being asked to withdraw and re-register in a future session.
* NOTE: Lunch is not provided.
** The WCB collects your email in order to confirm your training registration and provide updates on this event.

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The first legal action has been taken against the city of Bell since the L.A. Times reported in July that officials there are among the highest paid municipal employees in the nation. Located in suburban Los Angeles, the city of about 38,000 took the national spotlight when it was revealed that the city manager was being paid an annual salary of $787,637, the police chief took home $457,000 and the assistant city manager brought in $376,000.
The Times also reported that the largely poor, immigrant population was being exploited with astronomical vehicle impound charges.
California Attorney General Jerry Brown on Tuesday filed a civil lawsuit against eight former and current Bell city officials, calling for the recovery of unwarranted salaries amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars, and calling for the reduction of pension benefits for the officials.
"What is clear is that the City Council and city administrator and other officials abused their public trust," said Brown in a statement. "They engaged in a collaboration that [amounted] to a civil conspiracy to defraud the public."
While Brown pushes a civil suit, the Los Angeles County district attorney is focusing on a criminal case and federal prosecutors are investigating whether the city violated the civil rights of its predominantly Hispanic population through selective enforcement of traffic laws and code violations.
Even before the investigations and legal procedures are complete, analysts are examining possible lessons from what happened in Bell.
"Note the problem of having large, non-citizen populations," says Claremont McKenna College political scientist Jack Pitney. "In the short run, politicians actually benefit from [such situations], since smaller electorates make it easier and cheaper to hold on to power." He says that because immigrant populations are very busy working, they often don't pay attention to City Hall, which means they can be easily exploited.
"As local newspapers close their doors or cut back their staffs, these scandals will happen more often," Mr. Pitney says.
Bell serves as the prime example to date of the kind of public discontent that is fueling the "tea party" movement and, if watched carefully, could provide productive answers for their issues, observers say.
"People look at this and figure, 'if these guys in this itty bitty town are doing this, then what are much smarter guys doing in much bigger places?' " says Frank Gilliam, dean of the UCLA School of Public Affairs.
For weeks local TV has showcased angry meetings of citizens yelling at Bell city officials, demanding to know more about their salaries and how the people had been betrayed. One positive outcome, say analysts, has been new state legislation to make it easier for residents to learn the salaries of public officials.
In addition to boosting awareness of government overreach, the Bell scandal may have provided election fodder for Brown, who is in a dead heat in the race for governor with weeks to go.
"What Jerry Brown is doing in Bell is standard operating procedure for him," says Robert Stern, president of the Center for Governmental Studies. He's using the scandal "to promote himself but also to solve an important governmental problem."
Mr. Stern says Brown's "Political Reform Act of 1974" was passed by 70 percent of California voters during the Watergate scandal "and he used it to become governor in 1974."
One irony, says Stern, is that Brown's campaign ads talk about returning control to local governments, "yet as Attorney General, he is suing local governments for being out of control."
Pitney says the lawsuit will help Brown keep public attention on the one key advantage he has over opponent Meg Whitman: he has a real job and she doesn't.
"Jerry Brown is doing what office-holders usually do: leverage their official duties for maximum media attention," says Pitney. "It won't make much difference in November, but at least it diverts attention from his awkward comment about President Clinton."
University of Southern California political scientist Sherry Jeffe agrees that the Bell scandal has been important to the California gubernatorial race.
"As a candidate by night, Jerry Brown, the attorney general by day, has really picked up this issue and run with it. He is getting publicity for free that Meg Whitman could not buy." Whitman has outspent Brown by a large margin – contributing some $119 million of her own money to her campaign.


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Salt & Pepper is the new breakfast and lunch spot at 268 Lincoln St., Worcester, in space formerly occupied by a local landmark: Riley's Restaurant.
The place is owned and operated by Katerina Kakouros and her husband, George Christophilopoulos, and Marina Kakouros (Katerina's sister) and her husband, Othon Zacharias.
The owners have spruced up the space with a fresh coat of paint, new seating etc., doing all the work themselves. They spent a month on renovations and opened the restaurant about three months ago.
Katerina and Marina Kakouros and a brother were born in Worcester, but have lived most of their lives in Greece.
The women, their spouses and children came to Worcester about a year ago. The family has relatives in the city, according to Marina Kakouros, who said her parents remain in Greece. Othon Zacharias was in the restaurant business for 20 years in Greece. His specialty: "authentic Italian cuisine."
The Lincoln Street location is perfect for a small neighborhood business, said Marina Kakouros. "We all work in the restaurant, and we know we can succeed here," she said.
All the food served at Salt & Pepper is made from scratch, according to Kakouros. Daily specials are posted on a blackboard, and in March the owners plan to introduce one or two Greek dishes on the menu. "It won't be every day, just here and there," said Kakouros about the specialties.
Salt & Pepper is open from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Saturday; 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sundays. Seating: 50. Telephone: (508) 755-1113.
There is off-street parking and in the public parking lot next to North End Market, across the street from Salt & Pepper.
The breakfast menu offers something for everyone's taste. The portion sizes are what I consider "normal," and the presentation and quality are very good. The home fries seasoned with rosemary and thyme are not greasy, as is sometimes the norm in diners and breakfast spots.
Personally, I don't go for home fries drenched with grease and floating on my plate.
I won't list the entire breakfast menu, but I will tell you that French toast at Salt & Pepper is made using a recipe similar to the Greek tsoureki, a sweet yeast bread considered a staple during Greek Easter.
The lunch menu includes daily specials and soups, salads, sandwiches, wraps, burgers, baguettes, quesadillas, super clubs and sides. There is a kids' menu.
Fish and chips, $8.95, served with homemade coleslaw and tartar sauce and french fries is available Wednesdays and Fridays. You also can opt for a fish sandwich, $7.95.
Salt & Pepper definitely is a new place to check out.
It's free pancakes at IHOP restaurants nationwide on March 4, which just happens to be National Pancake Day.
Here's the deal: IHOP will offer each guest a free short stack of its buttermilk pancakes from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. at participating IHOP restaurants. Note: There is a limit of one free short stack per guest.
In return, guests are encouraged to make a voluntary contribution to Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. IHOP would like to raise $3 million this year, with a goal to bring the total amount of funds raised to nearly $16 million for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and other local charities.
Visit www.ihoppancakeday.com to find a local IHOP, or to donate online.
National Pancake Day Fun Facts: IHOP served 4.5 million free pancakes on National Pancake Day 2013, and pancake lovers donated $3 million to children's charities.
Since the inception of National Pancake Day in 2006, IHOP has raised nearly $13 million and given away more than 22 million pancakes to support charities in communities where it operates.
The Woodstock Inn & Resort in Woodstock, Vt., offers Spring Sugar Season Packages, beginning March 9.
For more information, visit http://www.woodstockinn.com/specials-packages, or call (888) 481-8802.
Guests will be able to learn about maple syrup production at nearby Sugarbush Farm, which provides sugarhouse tours, a nature trail to see the sugar maple trees and sampling of four grades of 100 percent pure Vermont maple syrup.
Maple Madness weekend takes place March 22-23. Woodstock will celebrate all things maple with a maple celebration at Suicide Six ski resort, a maple-themed scavenger hunt and a "muddy maple" bike ride.
The menu at The Red Rooster, the resort's award-winning fine dining restaurant, and Richardson's Tavern, which boasts a cozy old-word atmosphere, will feature a maple syrup themed menu with items that include maple BBQ pulled pork, maple braised beef short ribs and a "plentiful pour" of maple syrup on pancakes, waffles and ice cream.
For beer lovers: Atlas Distributing Inc. in Auburn recently announced the official draft beer release for D.G. Yuengling and Sons.
The brewing company, established in 1829, has headquarters in Pottsville, Pa.
The distributor's message: "Atlas, Yuengling and our customers are pleased to bring America's oldest brewery with their 186 years of brewing excellence to the great folks of Worcester, Middlesex and Norfolk counties."
Bars, taverns and restaurants in Central Massachusetts have received their first orders of Yuengling Lager, Light Lager and Black & Tan, according to a spokesman for Atlas.
FYI: Julio's Liquors in Westboro in its recent newsletter announced it would have Yuengling in the store beginning March 3.
A wine dinner, Wines of Gerard Bertrand "European Winery of the Year," will be held at 6 p.m. March 13 at Jopa's Webster House Restaurant, 1 Webster St., Worcester.
Cost: $70 per person, inclusive. Call (508) 757-7208 to reserve.
Entrees include tuna steak, chicken provencal and filet mignon au poivre.
Castle Hill Inn in Newport, R.I., will celebrate Rhode Island's Portuguese heritage with its first "NewPortugual" Wine & Food Week, March 7-14.
Castle Hill Inn will kick off the event with a four-course dinner at 6:30 p.m. March 7.
The inn's executive chef Karsten Hartt and chef George Mendes of Aldea, a Michelin-starred restaurant in New York City, will create the menu. Bartholomew Broadbent of Broadbent Selections will pair wines with courses.
Castle Hill Inn will offer the exclusive pairing menu to guests for the entire week, along with a travel package for those looking to dine and stay at the historic Relais & Chateaux property.
For more information about the kickoff dinner and the "Dining and Stay Experience," visit www.castlehillinn.com.
If you have a tidbit for the column, call (508) 868-5282. Send email to email@example.com.


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Automotive Archaeology
This month's find came from a HOT ROD reader who emailed us to say he had a unique '70 Dodge Charger that was probably worth a look. His grandmother bought it new in 1970. She went to the local Dodge dealer to look at a Monaco, but saw this Charger, fell in love with it, and bought it on the spot. Unfortunately, she didn't enjoy the Charger very long, as she passed away in 1973. The car was then handed down through the family, eventually ending up in the possession of our reader. He had plans for a 440 swap (it was a 318 car), but hasn't completed it yet.
I met up with the owner and we drove out to his home. Around the back of his barn he had a lean-to setup for tractor storage, and in front was the Charger. It is a unique color combination, K5 Dark Burnt Orange with a burnt orange interior and a bench seat. The guy also had a '70s Dodge short van that he had customized when new and then driven around the country a few times.
There are still many more cool cars out there to find!


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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Sit. Stand. Stay Home.
It has taken a couple weeks for the hazy green and gold glow to wear off, and while 99.65% of our experiences were positive, I began to have an uneasy feeling that all was not right during the 2011 Merry Ranters' Lambeau Adventure. I couldn't put my finger on it. It was like an itch that I couldn't scratch with an extra large BBQ tongs, a hunger that I could not satiate with a thousand bratwurst, a hangover that I could not weaken with a bucket of Bloody Mary's.
However, it all came back to me when I visited a local Packer bar to watch the Bears game. I ambled in, most likely smelling strongly of the previous night's libations. The hostess smiled and said, "Have a seat anywhere."
Have a seat....Sit....SIT DOWN!
I immediately started to sweat and shake with rage. The reason? Robert and I had an unfortunate experience at the Packers/Saints game, one that has occurred in prior years, but one that I had apparently repressed until this past Sunday. By some stroke of luck, Robert's aunt has amazing season tickets, and we are fortunate enough to be able to use them for one game a year. The issue we are faced with though is we have a large number of people behind us, namely everyone, and among these Packer fans are some very vocal curmudgeons. These individuals have taken it upon themselves to be Lambeau Field's volunteer ushers. Any time Robert and I would stand up, we would immediately be pelted with, "Sit down!" and "Down in front!" exclamations. At first, my tailgating courage allowed me to ignore these people and remain standing, but slowly, I realized that it would be best to just acquiesce as they would never stop and may turn to throwing things at us...us fellow Packer fans. Several times I turned around to see who these jackwagons were, but they remained hidden and blended in with the sea of cheeseheads and jerseys, not courageous enough to make their location known.
By halftime, I had sufficiently been beaten down, and only stood when all others around had taken their feet. Well, tonight I've gotten my courage back, as well as my rage, and I have something to say to these people who feel the need to impart their self-created Lambeau-cheering protocols upon other Packer fans:
That's right. You've been spoiled by your season tickets. You no longer get excited by attending a Packers game like others do. You feel that because you go to every game, you can tell others how to cheer for their team. You know what? You can't, and I won't let you anymore. I like to cheer standing up, and that's my Saint Vince-given right. You prefer to sit on your fat, spoiled ass and watch like you are on your couch. Well, I say stay in your living room and tell your family and friends how to watch the game, not people you don't know who are enjoying themselves. You can watch your HD TV, drink your own beer, and eat your own food with no one standing in front of you for the entire 3 hours.
In the end, you'll be happier, and I sure as hell will be happier. You know why? Because I appreciate being at the game more than you do, and if I want to stand, I should damn well be able to do so without having a so-called Packer fan telling me to sit down. Certainly not one who yells "Sit down!" and then hides in the crowd.
Okay, I have to calm down now, it's bedtime, but in parting I have this message for you: Man the @$#% up...and stand the @$#% up while you're at it. The game is better from up here.
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- PackersThadSeptember 29, 2011 at 7:24 AM
AGREED IN FULL, SIR!! I wanted to stand the entire game! It was my first time there and I was SO EXCITED that I kept jumping up! Lucky for me, the couple behind me were understanding and realized that I was "not from around these parts", so they did not have an issue with all of my standing and cheering! But if you're going to be at a football game, you need to stand up and cheer!! THIS ISN'T GOLF, FOLKS!ReplyDelete
How could you not stand at Lambeau? Makes zero sense.ReplyDelete
You paid for the ticket, the same as everyone else did. That means you have a right to (within reason) do what you want with your seat. Want to stand, like 99.99999% of the fans at Lambeau do to cheer on the Packers? Do it. Want to sit? Do it.
It's your choice.
No kidding. And it's not like this was a late-season, meaningless game. This was the NFL opener hosted by the defending Super Bowl Champs. GIVE ME A BREAK, people! We were not standing the ENTIRE time either. It was during important plays - 3rd down conversions, big stops, etc. This has got me really fired up again! Lol.ReplyDelete
The rage burns deep with you, Greenfield.ReplyDelete
Glad I could fan the flames.
- Buck SavageSeptember 29, 2011 at 1:01 PM
I haven't sat to watch a football game at home in six years. Sitting during a GB game at my house will get a football tossed in your lap while a crazed relative yells,"FUMBLE-ROOSKI!!" and dives on you punching at said football.ReplyDelete
Sitting can be dangerous.
YES!! Well said!!ReplyDelete
My "best" experience was during a game at SD ten or so years back. The people behind me complained that my cheesehead was "blocking their view" when I was sitting down, which was bull. They called the usher over and she threatened to kick me out w/o even hearing my side. So I took the cheesehead off and proceeded to standup, turnaround, and scream directly at the guys behind me "YEEEEEEEAH GO PACKERS!!!" after every good GB play, which was ALOT of times! Those losers never came back to their seats after halftime!!
- jendrazOctober 7, 2011 at 3:34 PM
I as well, attended this game and had a similar experience, but not necessarily with the people in the stands but with the crowd in the tailgate lot and Adam Levine.ReplyDelete
I was shocked to discover that people actually came to Lambeau Field, not to watch football, but to attend a 'free' concert. Because of this concert, our tailgate area was significantly smaller, filled with more people and more booze and brats were stolen at a faster rate. We were not allowed to continue on and play our Packer loving music, in fact; the rent-a-cops actually came over and shut it off for us, after many complaints from the surrounding Adam Levine lovers. It was such a let down on this opening day that we could not carry with such classics as, "Where the hell is Neenah, Cheese-head baby, and Da Bears Still Suck."
I guess I didn't realize people came to Lambeau Field on opening day to watch skinny Adam Levine in his tight jeans to perform a few one hit wonders. To all the people that came for the show, Go home and watch 'The Voice' and save yourself a few hundred bucks.


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The genetic engineering (GE) free movement in Germany and all farmers, producers and consumers who don't want GE on the fields and in the food have a big reason to celebrate!. The Federal Constitutional Court in Germany reaffirmed that the existing German GE law that handles the marketing and cultivation of GMOs in Germany is in line with their constitution. The Court also acknowledged the unknown long-term risks of GMOs.
In more detail, during 2005, one of Germanys 16 federal states - Saxony Anhalt - supported by a lawyer of Monsanto (Freshfield &Co) - challenged the German GE-law. The epicenter of complaint was the liability rules and the public register which is a tool to inform the public where GE crops are grown. They claimed that these provisions of the law prevent farmers who want to cultivate GE crops to do so and that it is incompatible with the constitution. It may sound unbelievable but the former government of the state of Saxony-Anhalt took the side of the GE industry.
After 5 years, the top court's decision comes to give a big blow to the GE industry intensions to abolish democratic provisions. The court confirmed that long-term risks of GMO are unknown because of the current scientific state of art. Therefore the government has a special obligation of executive care. Furthermore the government cannot handle this subject with a simple cost-benefit analysis. It is the government's responsibility to take care of the conservation of nature for future generations. In its decision the court several times pointed out that genetic engineering take a hand in the structures of life and the outcome/the aftermath could be irreversible. Hence there has to be a high level of precaution concerning the cultivation and the marketing of GMO products. (Read more in German)
One of the issues of the complaint was the fact that Germany has a public cultivation register where all farmers have to declare the locations of their GE fields and all data related to their cultivations. The court acknowledged that this register is very important for a democratic, pluralistic society. The register is a tool to inform the society and contribute in the process of forming public opinions. Another issue was the strict liability rules – and the court approved them completely. For instance, GE-farmers have to pay if GE-pollen contaminates neighbor fields. The court has also identified that GMO has especially drawbacks for the GE-free agriculture.
We know that GE organisms (plants, animals, micro-organisms) are living organisms that can multiply and cross-breed and pose a threat of irreversible damage to biodiversity and ecosystems; furthermore their effects on human and animal health are unknown. Therefore, there is an urgent need to adopt the precautionary principle and stop this high risk experiment.
This decision of the German court should be taken very seriously from all the governments in Europe as well the European Commission that aims to authorise more GE crops in Europe without addressing the risks and the liability issue. The future of agriculture is about ecological farming aligned with nature and should not include GE crops.
Stephanie Töwe-Rimkeit, is a sustainable agriculture campaigner for Greenpeace Germany.
Photo: Activists plant GE-free potatoes in Germany. © Bente Stachowske / Greenpeace
Regarding GE food, check out my new fictional novel "Sex, Lies, and Soybeans," at www.sexliesandsoybeans.com. It's a sexy techno-rom...
Regarding GE food, check out my new fictional novel "Sex, Lies, and Soybeans," at www.sexliesandsoybeans.com. It's a sexy techno-romp with timely messages about the dangers of GE foods, the abuses of big business, and the limitations of government control. When the government and big business say that "nothing bad will happen," I look for a place to hide! GE grains and legumes, then Jurassic Salmon ... what's next? ... Rick Goeld
29 November, 2010 at 18:49
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I know that GMO can be bad in the long terms but if we haden´t used it on foods we wouldn´t have been abel to support the earth popu...
I know that GMO can be bad in the long terms but if we haden´t used it on foods we wouldn´t have been abel to support the earth population att it's current stage // don't you think if they take it away it will be damaging to the population food supply? I'm just asking. :)
30 November, 2010 at 10:09
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dear sebtogreen,
I am afraid that genetically engineered crops (GE) are not feeding the world right now or they will in the future. That'...
dear sebtogreen,
I am afraid that genetically engineered crops (GE) are not feeding the world right now or they will in the future. That's a myth that has been used by the biotech industry to promote their patented products. Hungry people need access to food or to the means to produce their food. As a matter of fact, according to United Nations (http://tinyurl.com/2u6k5g4), at the moment, we have 1 billion hungry in this world and GE crops have not helped to feed them. GE crops were not designed to increase yields and there are many incidents that have failed on the ground. Check the Counting the Cost report (http://tinyurl.com/3542bn4). Actually, GE crops are a destruction from the real solutions of ecological farming that we as society need to invest right now. Especially in the face of climate crisis and food crisis. Here you can find more info about the facts behind the myth of GE crops feeding the world http://tinyurl.com/377zfbm
1 December, 2010 at 18:04
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The bt injected into the DNA of plants and the Glyphosate resistance also acquired into the DNA of
plants do more harm than help. First off Mo...
The bt injected into the DNA of plants and the Glyphosate resistance also acquired into the DNA of
plants do more harm than help. First off Monsanto Corp. has never made anything good in its entire history.
(Theres a big tip off right there) Second its completely obvious the multinational, multibillioinaire,
corporation is buying everyone off. One month Forbes retracts Monsanto, next month Monsanto is back in full graces.
Same thing happened on Wikipedia. I smell a big fat rat.
On to the proof, because I know all of you will be clamoring whether I really know anything about GE stuff
or if Im just following the bandwagon. (actually I get more people on the bandwagon with truth)
Bt levels have skyrocketed in the soil. Hence creating/created pest resistant to one of the safest
natural pesticides known to man. Therefore Biotech giant Monsanto just took what was everyones property
and is ruining it for all worldwide. (what greed). However Bt was never in the DNA of anything in the first place,
it was contained in the soil, putting it into the DNA has caused the increase of BT in the soil and no one knows
what the consequence will be. Now lets talk about Glyphospate. The plants designed to withstand
glyphospate (roundup ready) are also causing resistant species. One of these species is a soil pathogen
that already caused major crop damage and millions of dollars worth of losses. Now this pathogen is becoming
resistant to all RRplants. Fusarium. Fusarium is the cause of sudden soybean death, not too mention many other
diseases. So Monsanto has taken a problem, tried to make it better, but made it worse. It should also be know
that Monsanto corp. Is pushing for GE crops worldwide. Sometimes in the guise of aide for developing countries,
sometimes not. Monsanto has forced their products into India,Iraq, Afghanistan,Africa and other countries.
Its the number one priority to push and promote GE crops More productive crops are only part of the solution
to the world's food crisis.
There are many reasons for the current and projected food crisis. Among the most important are lack of income
to buy food, lack of infrastructure like roads to get products to market, trade policies that disadvantage farmers
in the developing world, lack of inputs such as fertilizer, lack of information, and low-yield farming practices.
More productive crops will do little to alleviate hunger if deficiencies in those areas are not addressed as well.
Where more productive crops are needed, there is little reason to believe that genetic engineering will be
better than other technologies -- in particular, sophisticated traditional breeding -- at producing higher yielding crops.
Many technologies can increase the yields of crops. These include traditional breeding, production of hybrids
, so-called marker-assisted breeding (a sophisticated way of enhancing traditional breeding by knowing which
plant cultivars carry which trait), and tissue culture methods for propagating virus-free root stocks.
All of these could help improve the productivity of crops in the developing world, but currently only limited
resources are available for applying them there.
So far, there no reason to believe that genetic engineering would be markedly better than these more traditional
technologies in improving crops. Early "gene dreams" were of nitrogen-fixing crops, higher intrinsic yield,
and drought tolerance. But so far none of these seems realistic because most involve complex multigene traits.
For the most part, genetically engineered crops are limited to one or two gene transfers and have relative few
applications of use to hungry people. Those that are of use, such as insect resistance and virus tolerance,
do not increase intrinsic yield and vary in effectiveness. In addition, they appear to be short lived due to the
almost certain evolution of resistant pests and pathogens.
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Any victory against Monsanto is a victory for the health of humans and the world. Monsanto's goal is to control the food production of the entire plan...
Any victory against Monsanto is a victory for the health of humans and the world. Monsanto's goal is to control the food production of the entire planet and they must be stopped!
btw. Stephanie- could be that we're related. Their aren't many Rimkeit's out there...
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the squeaky wheel gets the grease...
i.e., those who b*tch the most get their point made, because people don't want to deal with their complaint...
the squeaky wheel gets the grease...
i.e., those who b*tch the most get their point made, because people don't want to deal with their complaints anymore.
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Talking Toilets. Why It Matters to Humanity, and to Business (REPORT)
(HN, 11/19/11) - In 2001, the World Toilet Organization (WTO) declared November 19, World Toilet Day (WTD). Today it is celebrated in over 19 countries with over 51 events being hosted by various water and sanitation advocates.
This sometimes embarrassing to talk about subject is actually no laughing matter, and in the struggle to discuss it, you will find declarations of "Ode to the Commode", "Let's Talk Sh*t", "Let's Have a Sanitation Celebration" and "An Ode to a Revolutionary Device" as common references.
Founded by Jack Sim, who created both the WTO and WTD to raise global awareness of the struggle 2.6 billion people on the planet face every day having no access to proper, clean sanitation – WTD is now in its 11th year of celebration.
The organizations signature campaign – the "Big Squat" – is the premier global event bringing awareness to this often unmentionable issue.
Indeed, clean sanitation is a luxury in many parts of the world. Having one in your own home even, is a rarity. With nearly 40 percent of the globe not having adequate or "any" toilet facilities, the human need we all have to excrete often leads to open defecation which can pollute ground water, contaminate agriculture, and spread diseases such as cholera, typhoid and hepatitis A.
When people defecate in the open, flies feed on the excrement and can carry small amounts away on their bodies and feet; then when they touch food, the germs are passed on, which may later be eaten by another person and the cycle becomes a global problem.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) almost 1.8 million children every year, approximately 5000 every day, die as a result of diseases caused by unclean water and poor sanitation. Africa's situation is the most concerning globally where more than 60% of the continents billion people do not have access to a toilet; and in 2007, Afghanistan was ranked as the worst place in the world by the "State of the World's Toilets" report—92% of the country's 26.6 million people lack proper toilet facilities.
Not only does poor sanitation result in health problems and death, it has economic implications for a country.
"Improved sanitation increases primary school enrollment, reduces illnesses so children miss fewer school days, increases productivity among adults, provides safety to women, and reduces the pollution of water resources. The costs of environmental and health degradation due to inadequate water and sanitation services have been estimated at more than 1 percent of GDP in Colombia, 0.6 percent in Tunisia, and 1.4 percent in Bangladesh," says the World Bank.
Not to mention, not having clean sanitation places so many people globally in a humiliating and inhumane situation.
So what is being done around the world to make this situation better? Plenty. And organizations such as
WaterAid.org, UNICEF, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation now see access to clean toilets as a right, and an urgent need which is one of the most important components of sustainable development the world can undertake.
HUMNEWS interviewed philanthropist and supporter of World Toilet Day, John Kluge Jr, to find out more:
Q: John, people find the idea of `Talking Toilets' difficult. Why does it matter?
A lot of jokes come about when you talk about toilets. It is a very difficult subject. And, I don't think we've created the language to talk about it without perhaps there being an 'ick factor. But in fact when you talk about toilets the issue amounts to almost 1/3 of the people on the planet today not having access to sanitation services, something many in the world now take for granted. And, even beyond that is the issue of clean drinking water and most of the cause of dirty water is a lack of sanitation. It's a clear cycle.
Q. The issue is certainly a humanitarian one, but in terms of finding reasons to support investment in making clean sanitation a right, globally, why should people care?
The opportunity is enormous. The returns of investment for every $1 dollar spent on building new sanitation facilities and toilets is between $7 and $8 dollars. If we did provide every person and every community in the world that now needs toilets, in purely financial terms that is a $650 billion dollar return on investment. But of course, on a humanitarian level the impact is even greater because supporting clean sanitation will save lives, improve education, and create great health on the planet. For instance, 1 out of every 3 girls drops out of school now because they don't have clean toilets as they are maturing at puberty. And by putting a latrine in children's schools you can eliminate 97 percent of disease. This is both a financial opportunity for the public and private community to support and take advantage of - and a human opportunity.
Q. Are the needs in cities the same as say in rural areas?
Most sanitation efforts have centered on the urban poor where a greater population of need exists. And not only is there a difference between rural and city sanitation, but there is also a difference between community sanitation and personal sanitation. In many places in the world, communities or villages don't even have one toilet, let alone one in a house, hut or tent.
Q: Who is working on this issue around the world and what needs to be done?
The bulk of the work has been done by both ngos and governments. This is not sustainable because it is generally a one-off micro approach to let's say one village, or one neighborhood. I believe we need to come up with models that work on a macro level and address the problem entrepreneurially and with innovation. And, we need as many people as possible to join us in this effort.
In terms of the actual kind or type of toilet needed - there is no one stop solution. The Gates Foundation made a donation over the summer of $42 million to support toilet advancement which they call one of the single biggest innovations in world development. We can put different latrines in urban or rural communities. Public facilities in urban communities for example work well, but different needs exist in rural settings. But done poorly or haphazardly without taking into consideration specifics of use, they don't work well.
Q. What are you doing yourself John to help with this effort?
My company Eirene is dedicated to creating a more peaceful and prosperous world for everyone, and we do that by only supporting issues which can impact a billion people or more. Issues such as Aging, Education and Sanitation are among our top concerns. To address sanitation, we've created a `super toilet fund' which will build the supply chain, providing a million toilets over the next ten years, directly impacting the health and well-being of 100-150 million people. That's a fraction of a billion, yes. But when you realize that you can then create business opportunities and jobs around waste collection that can be converted into fertilizer, for example, you start to see ideas that can inspire others to find solutions too. And the environmental impact we can have by actually regulating the waste supply chain is enormous.
Q. Where in the world are you starting?
Over the next decade, we're working to implement our programs in Mozambique where we're starting, and go on to Madagascar, Zambia, Bangladesh and beyond. In Mozambique for instance only 26% of people have access to good sanitation. But we know we can't do this alone and that we need partners. I recently had a conversation with President Clinton about the need to create sustainable supply chains for sanitation and with Patricia Arquette's organization `Give Love' operating on sanitation in Haiti. Ideo.com is one of our collaborators. It will truly take a village and the possibilities are endless for waste use - micronutrients, farming…we have a lot to do!
Q. Why devote your life to helping others John? What can people learn from your own experience?
I worked in foreign policy for several years. It was fulfilling but I saw the real on the ground changes that my entrepreneurial friends were making was more impactful – and I wanted to be just as helpful and, have as much fun as them. Doing good doesn't have to be all a downer, you can have fun and make a difference too. We've started working on a game for good for instance. This is something I'm devoting my life to now, looking down the road 30-40 years to see these issues through. Big impact is not made in quick fixes; we have to invest long term in the future.
Q. Thanks so much for joining us John. How will you be spending World Toilet Day today?
I'll be helping to spread the word about this critical situation by working to find solutions, and you can find me on Twitter at @klugesan. Join me!
--- John Kluge Jr. is a philanthropist and humanitarian who co-founded Eirene as a high-impact global support and investment firm devoted to solving long term critical world issues affecting more than a billion people.


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Time Management for Busy Families
By Vicki Bentley
More Time Management Articles & Resources
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Organization & Encouragement
Meal Planning
Time management is not about finding the ultimate planning notebook or a calendar with stickers or adopting yet another list of to-do's to get you caught up. Time management is about identifying what is important to you and then ordering your days to reflect those priorities in such a way that you can accomplish what God has for you for today.
There are lots of great resources to help you develop routines and systems that will work for your individual needs; a partial list follows. I surely don't need to re-invent the wheel; even if I did, it would be my wheel, not yours. And time management is something you have to tailor to your own unique personality and family, not fit into my cookie-cutter calendar (although that certainly won't stop me from giving you samples throughout the site).
Our goal is to give you some practical ideas for starters and to give you encouragement that you can do this!
Margin is the distance between where you are and your personal limit (emotional, physical, financial, time, etc.). This will be different for everyone (for more on this topic, read Margin by Richard Swenson). Just as everyone has a different threshold for pain, we all have a different threshold for margin (or lack thereof!). But we all need some measure of it—and usually a lot more than we have! I once saw a t-shirt that said, "If you aren't living on the edge, you're taking up too much space." Boy, does that say a lot about where some of us are! Some keys to margin are:
(We can take our cue from the children of Israel, for whom the day began in the evening with rest, family time, and meditation/worship.)
Organization is all about stuff and time. We will cover "stuff" in another article, but for now, just visualize a cluttered closet or a cluttered drawer (some of us may not have to "imagine" too hard!). That's the equivalent of a cluttered schedule.
Let's look at some practical ways to unclutter the schedule:
Develop a daily schedule or routine. Even if you don't always stick to it, at least have a plan! Children feel more secure with a routine.
Set goals. "If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time." What do you want to accomplish this year? Don't get so caught up in doing school that you neglect to teach your children.
Prioritize. Which items on a to-do list would be most helpful in getting you to those measurable goals you set?
Spend some time planning and organizing. "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail." There are many how-to-organize books and websites available; find what makes sense to you, but do something. You could use a notebook planner, a CD planner, a calendar, a PDA, index cards, or whatever works for you.
What have you tried, or considered? What has worked and what has not? Why?
Use a to-do list. I was forever jotting notes on yellow stickies, on napkins, on corners of envelopes, and other never-to-be-found-again paper items, "just till I get home and put it somewhere for real." To help me keep from losing all those little scraps of paper, I bought a little four-by-seven-inch-ish black binder at Wal-Mart and divided the loose-leaf paper into the following sections (from the 70-Day Challenge):
Know when you work best. I know that I do my best writing after most people are in bed, so I don't plan my productive days to include heavy writing times in the morning. Because I am not a morning person, I also know that I must prepare for the morning in the evening before, while I am functioning most clearly—I will lay out clothing, have library books or co-op materials in one place, all ready to go out the door, with a list of any last-minute items that need to be added (well, on an ideal day!).
Relax your standards a tad, if necessary. While we all seek excellence in all things, sometimes our perfectionist tendencies can cause us to put off accomplishing anything if we can't do it all perfectly. Let's re-evaluate "perfection" in our homes. We have a saying, "If you don't have time to do it right, you sure don't have time to do it over," but it is balanced with, "Our house is clean enough to be healthy and messy enough to be happy." When the refrigerator repairman spends the day in your kitchen, you may need to be content that the children played Monopoly (math skills!) and Set (logic) and performed a puppet show (language arts and drama). Or maybe they spent the day cleaning up their rooms—organization and classification are language arts and science skills, after all!
Don't procrastinate. Tackle the biggest challenges while you are fresh and motivated, breaking them up into small, manageable tasks. Get them over with and feel good about your accomplishment!
Just say No. We all go through seasons of life. Maybe this is not the season for you to coordinate that particular activity or teach that class or fill that volunteer slot. Or maybe there are some items in your schedule that you can delegate.
Expect the unexpected. This is when margin is critical! (If the unexpected is lasting longer than, well, expected—read "Finding Normal Again: When Life Broadsides Your Homeschool.")


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A lawmaker has launched legislative hearings to probe the OxyContin and heroin �epidemic� in Massachusetts and consider ways to battle the toll that drug abuse is taking on Bay State residents.
�We need to set up a real treatment plan so the addicts who are out there know they can get help,� state Sen. Steven A. Tolman, D-Boston, said. �They don�t want to live like this. Right now, they feel they have no avenue, they have no path to recovery.�
At the Statehouse Friday, Tolman chaired the first in a series of public hearings in the state on the problem of OxyContin and heroin addiction.
The 13-member Massachusetts OxyContin and Heroin Commission, created in the 2007-08 legislative session, will look at what steps can be taken to help addicts and their families, among other issues. The commission will release a final report in the fall.
�These addicts go to detox and then go out and start up again,� Tolman said. �We need to help them get better.�
Tolman said there will be a series of public hearings throughout the state to find out from parents, treatment specialists and law enforcement what is working and what is not. He said the commission will also look at what suggestions those in the public may have to deal with the problem.
�Massachusetts is in the midst of an epidemic,� Tolman said.
The hearings come after The Enterprise published two award-winning series, Wasted Youth, and Deadly Surge, on the toll that OxyContin and heroin addiction are taking on young adults in southeastern Massachusetts.
Tolman said more people in the state have died of opiate-related overdoses between 2002 and 2007 than in Afghanistan and Iraq.


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This unique scarf was lovingly assembled by Syrian refugees. 100% of all profits from this scarf are invested back into programs for refugees and other disadvantaged people.
In a large Middle Eastern refugee camp, women are offered purposeful work, healthy community, and income to sustain their families. Twice a week, a group of Syrian refugee women gather to chat, asking questions about homes and families, before settling into their work: embellishing delicate scarves with brightly colored beads. The women, widowed or otherwise vulnerable, have built a community together, where they receive support and stability as well as income. Refugees struggle to buy food, clothing, and supplies for their children. The women depend heavily on this income to provide for their families.


text: Talking to a fellow commercial beek today and he asked if I was having any problems with my hives. He stated that he was having a higher then usual die out of hives from being queenless. The problem seems to be that if the queen dies, instead of building queen cells for new queens the bees are just dying off and not building queen cells. We are wondering if there is some genetic strain that has gotten into the bees that prevents this, maybe some anti-swarming genetic that someone was playing around with. Anyone else experiencing this? The majority of the queens are Kona but it could be anything. Also to note, there is not any unusual AFB or EFB going on and the hives that are not losing queens are exceptionally strong this year....never an easy answer.


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Len Kamerman necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 73 diseños de 23 diseñadores freelance.
Hero Technical Solutions Inc. is launching a new web site for our ACT! database hosting business. This site will be dedicated to providing information to potential ACT! hosting clients as well as giving access to a library of training videos.
The target audience will be small business owners and sales managers, typically having a business with 3 - 15 people. They look to us to host the database from which they run their calendars, keep in touch with customers and prospects, and ultimately close deals.
We're looking for a logo that will sit at the top of http://www.contactsforweb.com
It's a site that will provide a web-based contact management system to users as well as provide a synchronization service for database users who have ACT! installed on their computer. Basically, that means it's for businesses that don't want to dedicate a server to ACT! - we host their master database and they synchronize their computers with the host.
It should read ContactsForWeb.com, but please feel free to play around with spacing between the words, capitalization, and whether or not to include the .com
Since we're hosting ACT! databases, you might have the ACT part of ContactsForWeb.com in caps (ie ContACTsForWeb or contACTsforweb.com) or may choose not too - it might just look silly. Also, the .com is optional - whatever you think looks the best, I'm quite open to creative designs.
The colors should look good with the existing style on the Joomla based site but doesn't necessarily need to include the same colors as it will likely be used elsewhere and the style may still change.
Designs that are reversible (or provided in light and dark formats) to use on a white or dark background are a bonus.
Please be ready to provide your work in a resizable vector-based Photoshop file as well as a ready-to-go .JPG file (dimensions to be specified to artist during winner selection)
Post questions and I'll reply as soon as I can! Thanks, I look forward to seeing what you come up with!
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Blended Nation: A Portrait of Mixed-Race America
Feb 10, 2010
- Photo Essay: Mike Tauber's 2009 book, Blended Nation: Portraits and Interviews of Mixed-Race America, features photographs of individuals alongside intimate interviews about their thoughts on what it means to be multiracial.
Eighteen Days in Tehran
Feb 05, 2010
- Abdi Sami shares his visual diary from an 18-day journey taken in Iran in late October 2009.
Seed Savers Exchange
Dec 29, 2009
- Seed Savers is the largest non-governmental seed bank in the U.S., housing a collection of 25,000 heirloom seeds for future generations.
350.org Weekend of Action: Global Mobilization on Climate Change
Dec 14, 2009
- Climate activists came together December 11-13 to hold candlelight vigils and rallies to show solidarity with the nations who suffer the earliest and most severe impacts of climate change.
350 Day of Action
Dec 11, 2009
- 350 might be the most important number in the world—which is why people around the world are finding powerful ways to make that number known.
Spontaneous Smiley Project
Dec 11, 2009
- Ruth Kaiser, founder of the Spontaneous Smiley Project, sees smiles in everyday life. Here, she shares a few of her favorite spontaneous photographs.
Cool Globes in Copenhagen
Dec 09, 2009
- "Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet" is a public art exhibit featuring over 25 large globes, each with a different message about climate change.
N30 Global Day of Action on Climate Crisis
Dec 07, 2009
- On November 30, the 10th anniversary of the 1999 World Trade Organization protests in Seattle, activists call for urgent action on the global climate crisis.
Climate Direct Action Camp
Nov 16, 2009
- In June 2008, activists gathered in Montana for the Climate Ground Zero Citizens Direct Action Training Camp, where they learned skills including the history and practice of nonviolent direct action, campaign strategy, and community organizing.
Costa Rica
Nov 11, 2009
- Susan Hardman photographs Costa Rica, which topped the 2009 Happy Planet Index. The Index takes into consideration factors such as a country's ecological footprint and life expectancies.
Bamboo Bikes
Oct 06, 2009
- The Bamboo Bike Studio in Brooklyn, New York, teaches students to build their own bamboo bicycles in one weekend. Workshop proceeds help finance bamboo bike factories in Ghana, Kenya, and Ecuador.
Let's Think Peace
Sep 21, 2009
- Huong, an artist, peace activist, and former refugee who fled her native Vietnam in 1975, has painted her visions of war and peace for more than three decades.
New Crop of Farmers
Feb 13, 2009
- Today's young farmers are protecting the land and seeds, reclaiming farming traditions, and sharing abundance with family and community. Meet some of these young farmers in our photo essay.
Week of Nonviolence in Iraq :: Photo Essay
Dec 02, 2008
- Photos and stories from Iraq's third annual Week of Nonviolence, organized by La'Onf. More than 100 citizen groups in all 18 Iraqi provinces participated in the event.
Bhutan :: Land of the Thunder Dragon :: Photo Essay
by JenFu ChengNov 07, 2008
- "I do believe that I have left a part of my heart in this mountain land. And, in return, the people of Bhutan continue to lift my soul each day." says photographer JenFu Cheng about his journey to Bhutan, the Land of the Thunder Dragon.
Photo Essays
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Who we are:
Although many of us started playing together on COD4. We officially formed as a clan on Call of duty: Black ops 1. We were a loose knit clan and our original name was [YUM] Y u mad?. It consisted of some of our original leadership members we still have today like FrankieAmigo, THE RED, and me U Camp I Knife. We all loosely played Modern Warfare 3 together but we decided to form an official elite clan in Call of duty: Black ops2. At the time [YUM] was taken so we formed Make ya try hard or [MYTH]. We had some issues with the clan leader not interested anymore and we had no way to transfer leadership so the 95% of the clan that was serious left and formed what we are today [HIDE] Hold it down EZ. The name was simple to come up with our main strategy on any map was to gain map control by controlling the spawns or holding it down (it's funny when we were losing or in a tough match you would always hear us reminding everyone to "HOLD IT DOWN" and we would almost always pull out the W. For instance on plaza we would hold down the dubstep club with only 3 entrances and 6 people we could easily use callouts and there were many times where we would win TDM matches 75-3 etc. On hijacked we could hold down our spawn by controlling the hut, catwalk, middle, and underground and have two floating slayers. We would make players with much better gunskill rage quit because with trophies and flak jacket they couldn't penetrate our defenses. On objective gamemodes we excelled as well using communication and callouts and having each specific member use specific equipment to gain map control and secure objectives. We are looking to expand on these strategies and have you help us dominate the battlefield on clan wars on Call of duty: Ghosts.
The Requirements:
1. 1.4 KDR. (Some say KD isn't everything and that's true in objective modes but not tdm. It also shows you are disciplined and have enough gun skill to where even in a challenging match the team isn't carrying you. Yes we all go negative sometimes but it is the exception and not the rule.)
2. A mic.
3. Willingness to participate in clan wars.
4. Accept invites and play with your clan. ( IF you wanted to play solo all the time why are you wanting to join a clan?)
5. Willing to communicate when playing with the team and participating in team strategy.
6. More of a rule but don't play against the clan in pub matches. (If we recruit you that means you are good and no need to cause us a loss in matches carrying a good enemy team.
1. Post your gamertag and KD in this post & MSG U Camp I Knife & cinnabarhurdle8 on XBOX LIVE and tell them you are interested in joining.
2. Fill out an application on our website at holditdownez.enjin.com recruitment tab
P.S. Use the clan tab to your advantage. You will start getting invites from our clan members. When we are looking for a 6 man we go through and invite anyone online in our clan using the clan tab in the friends panel . We expect you to respond to these when you can and actually play with your clan! From the main menu in ghosts press Y button and then scroll over to the clan and start sending invites!
Join us today!
Got you thugmagnificent go to barracks in game and check clan invites
Still recruiting
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SunN.Y., Duprie Protégé Emerges
Jermaine Dupri, President of the Virgin Urban Division, believes "SunN.Y. is one of the reasons that Virgin will win and be taken seriously as a rap label."Â Why does Dupri feel so confident about 23-year-old artist? Perhaps it is because SunN.Y. provides the beacon of light to a genre that was becoming very gloomy and dark, with no real purpose besides creating lyrics for profit.
SunN.Y. is one of the last rappers who is a rapper because that's all he knows. As commercial Hip Hop has clogged the pipes of real artistic story telling, consumers were growing more and more disenchanted. It is no wonder that SunN.Y is regarded as a breath of fresh air. SunN.Y. has the lyrical skills to paint vivid pictures as if you are reading his own personal diary.
There are no gimmicks, there are no campaigns, there is SunN.Y sharing his "truth.� And wasn't that Hip Hop in the first place? Dougie Fresh, Eric B. & Rakim, Kurtis Blow, Whodini, Run D.M.C., Grand Master Flash, and Slick Rick—SunN.Y. has all of these elements but provides his own modern touch, swift punch lines that knocks contenders out in any lyrical battle. With Dupri's direction it is no wonder that SunN.Y. is one of the most anticipated New York rappers to come out in a long time. He won BET 106 & Park Free Style competition seven times in a row.
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When upgrading Ubuntu 13.04 to Ubuntu 13.10 (64 bit), the upgrade tool insisted on removing Skype.
I'm now trying to get Skype reinstalled. When trying from the software center (as suggested by Why doesn't Skype start?), I get a dependency problem:
This error could be caused by required additional software packages which are missing or not installable. Furthermore there could be a conflict between software packages which are not allowed to be installed at the same time.
So let's try apt-get as usual:
janr@guzumi:~$ sudo apt-get install skype
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
skype : Depends: ia32-libs (>= 20080808) but it is not installable
Depends: lib32asound2 (> 1.0.22) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
It seems ia32-libs was removed from Ubuntu. Installing with "apt-get install skype:i386" works, but then I get a segmentation fault when starting Skype. As my system is 64 bit, I removed skype:i386 again.
janr@guzumi:~$ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package ia32-libs is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
lib32z1 lib32asound2 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0
E: Package 'ia32-libs' has no installation candidate
I found another page (http://www.webupd8.org/2013/10/get-sound-working-in-skype-with-ubuntu.html) saying I should really try to use Skype from the Ubuntu version, as it has a fix for the sound library which is not present in the version offered by Skype itself. So I refrain for now from trying that.


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Friday, 18 November 2011
Weekend Rewind - June 2011 Edition
A big welcome to all the new Rewinders including Clarabel from Elbows or Needles. We are a community folk here at the Rewind. This means commenting, sharing posts you love via Facebook and Twitter, and following people who you particularly bond with.
To play along, you need to become friends with me (if we aren't already acquainted) and link up a relevant post. It is that easy! No wonder we call it the 'World's easiest linky'.
This week is the June edition, so you should try to link up a ripper post from June for some new comment love (if you haven't been blogging that long, or had a particularly crappy month, just pick something of your choice).
I will get us started with my mummy blogger hat on... Life calendar (Note to self: You might want to start that in January 2012)
And now it is over to you...
PS: My Linkytools is out of action! We can do this old-school until I can set up the links when My Linky opens his doors. Add you links as a comment on this post, and please, try to comment at least on the person whose link appears before you. Thanks all.
PPS: You might notice I have a 'Vote for Me' badge in the top right corner. Somebody nominated me as a hopeful for the Circle of Moms Top 25 Aussie Mummy Blogs. You can vote for me by clicking through the link. Apparently once a day between now and December 8. No pressure :-)
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- Life In A Pink Fibro said...
Oh dear. This won't be easy. I'll be first. http://lifeinapinkfibro.blogspot.com/2010/06/once-upon-time-i-loved-living-small.html
- 18 November 2011 at 22:07
- Giving Back Girl said...
Here goes! http://givingbackgirl.blogspot.com/2011/06/dear-16-year-old-me.html
- 18 November 2011 at 22:36
- Dorothy Krajewski said...
One of my favourite posts http://www.singularinsanity.com/2011/06/confessions-of-karaoke-virgin.html
- 18 November 2011 at 22:49
- Miss Mandy said...
Old school is fine by me.
- 18 November 2011 at 23:09
- Mum on the Run said...
Boo to broken linkys!!
Great to see you are back online though.
- 18 November 2011 at 23:18
- Marcy said...
I asked people to write a caption for a funny photo when an attempt to make vegan savory ice cream sandwiches went awry.
Any new caption ideas out there?
- 18 November 2011 at 23:33
- tinsenpup said...
This is still my most popular post for all the wrong reasons...
- 19 November 2011 at 00:03
- Kirsty@MyHomeTruths said...
Here's my June post for the rewind - http://myhometruths.com/2011/06/mummy-meltdown/
- 19 November 2011 at 00:16
- Halina said...
Hurray! June this year was probably one of my favorite months! I did a painting course in June, and this is one of my paintings.
- 19 November 2011 at 01:01
- joeh said...
"Why did you do that?"
The Cranky Old Man
- 19 November 2011 at 02:14
- Alison said...
One of my favourite days.
- 19 November 2011 at 06:02
- Penny said...
Old school is my middle name!
Bloggers: The Pen Pals of the iWorld.
- 19 November 2011 at 07:32
Hi first timer joining in today, have put my first post from July...hope thats OK
- 19 November 2011 at 08:13
- Diminishing Lucy said...
June. Off for a look now.
I feel behind.
Well done on the aware thingo - off to vote for you now! xx
- 19 November 2011 at 16:10


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What Do Fish and Vegetables Have In Common? Would You Believe Beer?
Hamm's Beer was brewed from "the land of sky blue waters." And that started more than 100 years ago.
Now, the land is the site of organic vegetables and urban farm raised fish.
The old Hamm's Brewery in St. Paul, Minnesota was transformed into the new Urban Organics aquaponics farm in October of 2013. The 6-story building now is used to raise tilapia fish and fresh green produce.
According to The Pioneer Press, aquaponics is a method of raising fish and vegetables symbiotically. The nutrient-rich waste water from the fish tanks is used to grow the vegetables hydroponically --"planting" them in water instead of dirt -- and the vegetables purify the water, which is recycled into the fish tanks.


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I should preface this review by saying I have been following TNA since the weekly pay per view days in 2003. Time commitments lead me to pass the regular review torch on to Chris Sokol, and as of late I haven�t caught a lot of TNA. Judging by TNA�s latest pay per view offering Destination X, I haven�t missed much.
Destination X was not a bad pay per view. But it wasn�t particularly good or memorable despite a strong start. Pay per views are supposed to be something special. TNA has an incredibly loaded roster of talent who could do so much more if given the chance. TNA cannot compete with WWE at sports entertainment, and need to provide an exciting alternative. Six-man tag matches should be saved for Impact and not headline pay per views. Your champions should be defending their belts on the event people are paying money to see. Show-long angles should be saved for Impact and let the pay per views focus on wrestling. While my friends and I had a good time wasting a few hours watching this show, that is not the praise you want for a pay per view. Anyone who plunked down their money to see this show did not get their monies worth.
The show, from long time WCW stronghold The Scope in Norfolk, Virginia, was headlined by a six-man tag match featuring the Angle Alliance of Kurt Angle, AJ Styles and Tomko against Samoa Joe, Christian Cage and Kevin Nash. Throughout the entire show vignettes ran where Angle disputed the decision in the steel cage match on Thursday�s impact, saying that the replay showed his feet touch first (it did). All of this was over who would have a 3-on-2 advantage for the first five minutes -- totally meaningless. It also appeared the show ran long, as soon as Kurt Angle hit the ring, everyone in the match started hitting finishing sequences, leading to Joe trapping Tomko in the choke and making him tap out.
Prior to the main event TNA held its second Elevation X match, a scaffold match on an X. Last year at the same pay per view Rhino and AJ Styles faced off in the match, which should have taught TNA to never, ever subject us to one again. The match is both highly dangerous and incredibly boring. This go round featured Rhino and James Storm. After brawling in the ring, Rhino chased Jackie Moore up the scaffold. Storm followed Rhino up, at which point they sat down and punched each other. Storm tried to hide on scaffolding, but Rhino found him and tore the platform off. He kicked Storm until he fell off through a table.
Earlier in the night, Rhino had a pretaped promo on the X, speaking directly and intensely into the camera. As the promo, PRETAPED, faded away, the audience clearly heard Rhino say "How was that." TNA has been around six years; there is absolutely zero excuse for glitches like this to happen, especially on a segment that was pretaped!
Destination X would have been a decent edition of Impact. It had some good wrestling, but was not worth paying for. Granted, a lot of WWE pay per views aren�t worth paying for either, but WWE has a much larger fanbase who will continue to order shows. TNA does not have that, and if they want to get some of those people to spend their money with them, they need to make some major changes.
The next TNA pay per view is Lockdown on April 13th.
TNA Destination X 2008 results
Match 1: LAX vs. The Rock and Rave Infection vs. The Motor City Machineguns.
A fast-paced, great opener and one of the highlights of the show. The Motor City Machineguns and LAX are two of the best teams in the business, and while many probably would have rather just seen those two teams against each other, Jimmy Rave and Lance Hoyt held their own. Homicide took out Hoyt, Sabin and Shelley with a tope con hilo, allowing Hernandez to hit Rave with the border toss to score the pin, and the #1 contenders status.
Winners: LAX
Rating: 8/10
They showed Survivor castaways Johnny Fairplay and Joel at ringside. Jeremy Borash in back spoke to Jim Cornette regarding the controversy from Impact's six sides of steel match between Christian Cage and Kurt Angle. They pushed a fan poll as to whether or not the decision should be overturned.
Match 2: X-Division Championship -- �The Black Machismo� Jay Lethal (Champion) vs. �The Maple Leaf Muscle� Petey Williams (Challenger)
Winner: ... and still X-division champion ... Jay Lethal.
Rating: 7/10
Backstage interviewer Crystal, who makes me long for Goldilocks, spoke to Joe, Nash and Cage.
Match 3: Kaz & Eric Young vs. Black Reign and Rellik.
Eric Young is hysterical, falling down in terror from his own pyro. The storyline leading to and included in this match was that Young was afraid of monsters, and Kaz was trying to convince him that Rellik and Reign are just wrestlers playing monsters. After taking a beating, Kaz made the tag to Young, who stopped short at seeing the monsters and then ran from the ring. Where he should have been counted out. But as I was reminded all night, I shouldn�t try to use logic in TNA. After a few minutes, music hit and SUPER ERIC, complete with cape and mask, hit the ring, taking it to the evildoers and scoring with a Death Valley Driver with both Reign and Rellik on his shoulders. On just about anyone else, the gimmick would be terrible, but Young can make it work. Match was nothing special.
Winners: Kaz and Super Eric Young
Rating: 4/10
Backstage, Jim Cornette was again harassed by Team Angle. Fed up, Cornette left the room only to run into Team 3D and Johnny Devine. Brother Ray told Cornette that with the decisions he had been making, he should be the one who is drug tested. Cornette replied that if he had a drug that would make them all disappear he would take it. Why go there?
Match 4: TNA Knockout Championship -- Awesome Kong (Champion) vs. Gail Kim (Challenger) vs. ODB (Challenger)
I give TNA a ton of credit for doing this division right, making it something special and really blowing away the WWE Divas. Now if only they could do that with the X and Tag Divisions and the rest of the roster. ODB was sporting a Sanjaya Mohawk. ODB and Kim teamed up to take out Kong, and then went at each other. Kong destroyed Kim with a splash off the ropes, but ODB broke it up. Kong retaliated with the implant buster and tried to splash ODB, who moved, but was tripped by Kong�s adviser Raiessa Saied which distracted her long enough for Kong to hit a powerbomb for the win.
Winner: ... and still Knockout champion ... Awesome Kong
Rating: 8/10
In the ring, Cornette announced that Angle�s feet had touched the floor first, but he was not going to set precedence for video replay, and asked the fans their opinion -- and the decision remained the same. He also advised Team 3D that if they made it under 275 pounds for weigh in, they would not have to weigh in again, but if they failed they would be terminated. There was then a video package with pizza.
Match 5: Fish Market Street Fight -- Sharkboy and Curry Man vs. Team 3D
Team 3D both made weight and tried to celebrate with food but were attacked. Some will love this match, some will hate it, I found it an okay way to waste 15 minutes. I did cringe at the large fish being slammed into the wrestlers, as that has to hurt. In a moment of pure stupidity, Curry Man put a ding-dong on a fishing line and dangled it over the top rope, and Brother Ray attacked it and got hooked. Sigh. Devine wrapped Sharkboy in a net, giving him crabs. There has to be a joke in there somewhere. Curry Man took a backdrop into a fish cart filled with ice and fish, which did not look comfortable. Brother Ray threw fish into the audience and at the broadcast booth. Devine tried to throw powder at Curry Man, who ducked and blinded Ray. Devine went through a table at ringside, Curry Man reversed a whip on D-von, and lifted him so a blinded Ray could accidentally 3D his own partner, allowing curried shark to take the win. As 3D left the ring, Ray got into a shoving match with Survivor Joel at ringside.
Winners: Shark Boy and Curry Man
Rating: 4/10
Match 6: Stand By Your Man Strap Match: Booker T vs. Robert Roode
Roode was seconded by Payton Banks, and Booker by Traci Brooks. The winner's girl got to lash the loser's girl ten times. I hate strap matches in general, so this did nothing for me. Banks had handcuffs, which Tracy took and tried to toss to Booker, but Roode intercepted and hit Booker with them for the win. Things did get better after the match, as Brooks made a fantastic sympathetic babyface in being lashed, and Roode as a character is a great heel. Then Sharmell hit the ring and whipped everyone from Banks to ring announcer Dave Penzer to Jim Cornette. Why, if Sharmell was in the building, was SHE not standing by her husband??? Oh, right, logic.
Winner: Robert Roode
Rating: 3/10
Match 7: Elevation X Match -- Rhino vs. James Storm
Winner: Rhino
Rating: 0/10
Match 8: Christian Cage, Samoa Joe & Kevin Nash vs. TNA Champion Kurt Angle and TNA Tag Team Champions AJ Styles & Tomko
Winners: Christian Cage, Samoa Joe & Kevin Nash
Rating: 5/10
Overall event rating 6/10
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Man to front court over Sadadeen stabbing
Alice Springs police say a 40-year-old man is due to face court today over a stabbing incident on Saturday night.
Detective Senior Sergeant Peter Malley says a 47-year-old man was stabbed 13 times in the chest, back and neck with a kitchen knife at a residence in Sadadeen.
He says it was a vicious assault that required surgery for life threatening injuries.
"They were both in the unit together and they know each other quite well and would you believe it was because of a cigarette," he said.
"He's still in hospital. He had surgery yesterday. He's still in a critical but stable condition, thankfully, at this stage."
The 40-year-old man has been charged with intending to cause serious harm.
Topics: courts-and-trials, crime, alice-springs-0870
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Sutcliffe receives Buck O'Neil Legacy Award
KANSAS CITY -- Rick Sutcliffe pitched in the Majors for 18 years, and he won some prestigious awards.
He was the 1979 National League Rookie of the Year, an award first won by and now named for Jackie Robinson. He won the 1984 NL Cy Young Award. He won the 1987 Roberto Clemente Award. But as Sutcliffe pointed out, he didn't know Robinson or Young or Clemente.
KANSAS CITY -- Rick Sutcliffe pitched in the Majors for 18 years, and he won some prestigious awards.
He was the 1979 National League Rookie of the Year, an award first won by and now named for Jackie Robinson. He won the 1984 NL Cy Young Award. He won the 1987 Roberto Clemente Award. But as Sutcliffe pointed out, he didn't know Robinson or Young or Clemente.
But Sutcliffe did know Buck O'Neil, for whom the Legacy Award he received on Wednesday night is named. Sutcliffe, now an ESPN analyst, and Bob Page, CEO of the University of Kansas Hospital, were honored for their support of O'Neil's pet project, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City.
"This one separates itself from anything that's ever happened to me before in baseball, and I mean it. It's not just words," Sutcliffe said.
"I knew Buck O'Neil, I knew him well. We were playing golf one time and he said that I was like a son to him. I don't know that I've ever received a nicer compliment. I had breakfast with him, I had dinner with him, I traveled with him, I spoke many times with him. We did so many things together, and that's the separation on this one. Every time I think of him, it just guides me toward trying to be a better person."
The awards were made on the occasion of O'Neil's 102nd birthday anniversary. He passed away in 2006 after devoting himself to a life in baseball and many years to the museum.
Before the ceremony, Sutcliffe noted that he's coming up on his 19th season as a broadcast analyst, meaning he's been doing that longer than he pitched in the Majors -- 18 years for the Dodgers, Indians, Cubs, Orioles and Cardinals.
Naturally, he has some analytical thoughts on why the Royals emerged as a Wild Card contender this year. No surprise, it has to do with pitching.
"I think they finally realized the value of an ace and what an ace can do for a club," Sutcliffe said, citing the addition of James Shields.
"When you've got a horse, when you've got that guy you can count on for eight innings no matter what, that's valuable, and he proved it. He can go out there and give up four in the first and he's still around through seven or eight. And they haven't had that guy since, well, I go back to [Bret] Saberhagen."
With no ace like Shields before the trade that sent outfielder Wil Myers to the Rays, Sutcliffe saw Royals manager Ned Yost burning up his bullpen game after game.
"It was unfair. But the night before Shields pitches, [Yost] could unload that bullpen," Sutcliffe continued. "He can bring in [Tim Collins], he can bring in [Aaron Crow], he bring in [Luke Hochevar] -- he can unload it. And what happens after Shields pitches? All those boys have had two days off and they're ready to go again.
"So that horse -- whether he wins or not -- helps you win three out of five times. And, of course, Shields pitching Opening Day is going to go up against everybody else's ace. You're going to line him up against [Max Scherzer], everybody else's big boys. What does that do? It gives [Jeremy Guthrie] and all the other guys a chance to face the guys that they can succeed with. So, you can see Wil Myers winning the Rookie of the Year -- that's great -- but now Kansas City has a template on what it takes to win."
Sutcliffe lives in the Kansas City area and follows the team closely but not as a broadcaster.
"In 18 years with ESPN, I've never done a Royals game," he said. "I live six minutes from The K and I've never once had the chance."
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The Lipscomb Lady Bisons had their most depth of the young season with the return of several players, but there wasn't safety in numbers.
On a sun-splashed afternoon at the Lipscomb Soccer Complex the Lady Bisons lost 3-1 to Tennessee-Chattanooga (UTC).
The Lady Bisons out-shot UTC 21-19. But UTC held a 9-5 advantage in shots on goal.
Senior goalkeeper Katie Shelton, making her first appearance of the season, turned back six UTC shot attempts.
UTC took an early lead with a goal by Marlee Jenkins at 5:19. That was the only goal scored in the first half.
In the second half UTC extended its lead to 3-0 on goals by Morgan Shelton at 60:34 and D.K. Henry at 82:26.
The Lady Bisons lone goal of the game was scored by junior midfielder Brandi Besheres.
Allie Preston was in goal for UTC. She made four saves.
Sophomore forward Halie Proffitt made seven shot attempts, a single game season high for the Lady Bisons. She also had a team-high two shots on goal.
The Lady Bisons are 0-4 for the season. Chattanooga is 2-2-1.


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Three homers back Fister as Tigers sweep Braves
DETROIT -- The weather was miserable Sunday night, like somebody threw a mister over Comerica Park. The crowd didn't seem to care. The Tigers clearly didn't. When they're playing like this against a good team, not even April showers can drown their power.
With seven quality innings from Doug Fister, three-run home runs from Austin Jackson and Miguel Cabrera and an Omar Infante solo shot fueling an 8-3 win, the Tigers completed the weekend dismantling of a Braves team that came to town with the best record in the Majors.View Full Game Coverage
DETROIT -- The weather was miserable Sunday night, like somebody threw a mister over Comerica Park. The crowd didn't seem to care. The Tigers clearly didn't. When they're playing like this against a good team, not even April showers can drown their power.
With seven quality innings from Doug Fister, three-run home runs from Austin Jackson and Miguel Cabrera and an Omar Infante solo shot fueling an 8-3 win, the Tigers completed the weekend dismantling of a Braves team that came to town with the best record in the Majors.View Full Game Coverage
In the process, Detroit seemingly provided a reminder why this is still one of the most dangerous teams in the big leagues, despite the .500 record they carried into the series.
"We're here to win games," said Cabrera, whose line drive into the right-field seats on a 3-0 pitch seemingly encapsulated the series. "We're not here to sweep people. That's nice if we can three games, but we're here to play hard every day, make something happen. We need to keep balanced, play consistent."
They won't play consistently like this. It helps when they play like it against this caliber of team.
They outscored Atlanta by a 25-7 margin over the three-game sweep, their first in Interleague Play since winning six in a row against the Pirates and Nationals in 2010. Those sweeps used to be a summer ritual for the Tigers, who seemingly owned the Senior Circuit from 2006-09 before finding tougher opposition from the NL the last few years.
They don't get much tougher these days than the Braves, who saw their offense that still leads the big leagues in home runs all but shut down in Motown as they wrapped up an 10-game road trip. Justin Upton's solo homer off Joaquin Benoit in the eighth inning Saturday marked the only time Atlanta hitters sent one out.
"That's an awfully powerful team," manager Jim Leyland said. "We knew coming in that they let it fly. They're really aggressive. It's the most aggressive team I've seen. And sometimes that bites you, but for the most part, they're going to score runs because they're going to hit two- and three-run homers."
They barely found the outfield against Anibal Sanchez in the series opener, and they hit into nine ground-ball outs Saturday afternoon against Rick Porcello. On Sunday night, they took as many Fister hit-by-pitches as they took extra-base hits, two apiece.
In place of homers came strikeouts, 39 of them over 27 innings. Eight came from Fister, who fanned five of Atlanta's first seven hitters as they chased curveballs off the plate.
He followed the blueprint that Sanchez and Porcello did before him, keeping the ball down in the strike zone early, working ahead in the count and then expanding the strike zone to exploit the other category Atlanta's hitters lead, strikeouts.
"They've got a great lineup of very aggressive hitters, and I think they use that to their advantage," Fister (4-0) said. "That's something, watching Ricky yesterday, he threw well. It's one of those things I can pick up something from him, and that's one of the things that I did, being able to expand the strike zone. Anibal did that very well the other day.
"They made some adjustments on me, so it's a constant cat-and-mouse game, but luckily we made the right adjustments to them."
All this came without a start from Justin Verlander or Max Scherzer. The Tigers hadn't swept a series without a start from one of them since 2009, the year before they traded for Scherzer.
What the Braves wanted to do with Tigers pitching, Detroit's lineup did to Atlanta's stingy starters. Just as Detroit pummeled previously stingy Paul Maholm for eight runs over 3 2/3 innings, they put up more runs on Mike Minor than he had given up in his four previous starts this season combined.
The Tigers outhomered Atlanta by a 6-1 margin. Half of them came against Minor, who hadn't suffered a multihomer game since last June 24. Detroit's game plan was the same as it was against Maholm, making them elevate pitches.
It was a point Cabrera said they made in the hitters' meeting going into the series.
"I think Prince [Fielder] brought up a good point when we had a meeting, like what's the plan with this guy," Cabrera said. "Everybody agreed we have to get this guy up, try to get deep in the count and try to make them make a mistake. If they make a mistake, we have a good chance to hit it."
Jackson got one and hit it about as far as he hit a ball in his career, a no-doubt drive to left-center field for a three-run homer in the third inning to open the scoring.
Chris Johnson's RBI double and an Evan Gattis RBI single fueled the fourth-inning rally that tied the game and gave Minor a fresh start before he paid for a leadoff double to Cabrera in the sixth. Within two pitches, the Tigers had him home with a Fielder groundout to the right side and a Victor Martinez sacrifice fly to center field.
Minor (3-2) entered the night with five runs allowed over his first four starts. Omar Infante's second homer of the series began a two-out insurance rally in the seventh before Cabrera's third home run of the season capped it, leaving Minor with six runs on six hits over 6 2/3 innings.
Cabrera's line drive into the right-field seats came on a get-me-over 3-0 pitch from Cory Gearrin. It's the type of aggressiveness Leyland has tried to encourage Cabrera to show on 3-0 counts over the last few years by giving him a green light to swing.
His only other home run on a 3-0 pitch came off Minnesota's Anthony Swarzak in 2009.
"He didn't try to do too much with that pitch," Leyland said. "He hit it the other way, and not many guys can do what he did with that pitch."
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason.