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Accenture believes these challenges can be addressed if companies take the time to develop an enterprise-wide Analytics strategy and underpin it with an operating model designed to harness the power of Analytics.
Accenture recently completed global research to understand how CPG companies are structuring analytics-driven organizations and "infusing" analytics into their decision-making processes.
We surveyed 90 CPG executives with responsibility for or oversight of analytics in organizations with revenues of more than $2 billion. The survey addressed the following topics:
Analytics challenges and priorities
Organizing and governing Analytics capabilities
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To achieve the desired business outcomes, an analytics operating model must meet three core requirements:
These business objectives are shared by most CPG companies, as well as organizations in other sectors, and can guide creation of an analytics operating model. While there is no single "right" operating model that works for every company, there are common foundational components that include:
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...the walk from the subway to home brings sheer joy. each. and. every. time.
these are the days i remind myself to breathe deeply. to slow down. to look for the fireflies and to enjoy the small things--the new shoes and freshly painted toes. the ability to pull out on a pen and paper anywhere--on the subway, in the middle of a concert.
these are the days that bright lips and fresh bangs and an air conditioner (that i managed to install all by myself) make all the difference. a full night's sleep, a clean room. these are the things...
28 comments:
- stefanie hurtado said...
you look gorgeous, meg! and so very happy.
- Thursday, June 28, 2012
- wildchild said...
i love this. i'm glad you're so happy :) you just look so much happier.
- Thursday, June 28, 2012
- meg fee said...
thanks ladies--i can't think of a better compliment than someone saying i look happy!! xo.
- Thursday, June 28, 2012
- Treasure Tromp said...
beautiful photographs. I'd like to bring those flowers home for my kitchen :)
- Thursday, June 28, 2012
- Maria said...
You look so beautiful and these pictures look amazing as well. Loving the bangs on you!
- Thursday, June 28, 2012
- Alexa said...
these are the days indeed :)
- Thursday, June 28, 2012
- Devin said...
Gosh those shoes are CUTE... and your lipstick is so fun and bright! Just lovely photos :)
- Thursday, June 28, 2012
- k8te said...
you look gorgeous! love the lip color and glasses!
- Thursday, June 28, 2012
- Jacob Phelps said...
you look great and i love that you respect all of the little things in life.
- Friday, June 29, 2012
- jill said...
Glad everything is working out so well!!
- Friday, June 29, 2012
- kristin said...
Lovely bangs and lipstick on a lovely girl. So glad you're enjoying Brooklyn. We love its slower pace and (mostly) quiet charm.
- Friday, June 29, 2012
- jimmylou said...
Beautiful pictures! love your glasses too :)
- Friday, June 29, 2012
- Toni Lehman said...
You look radiantly happy!
- Friday, June 29, 2012
- Jay said...
sweet meg, it looks like brooklyn is agreeing with you! the other day i stood out on my terasse while it was raining, with my eyes closed and just trying to pick out the different sounds of the rain. it was wonderful, and i even remembered to breathe :)
- Friday, June 29, 2012
- M. Eileen said...
beauty! cornflowers are my favorite.
- Friday, June 29, 2012
- Xteena said...
sooo ... where'd you get those SHOES? my good friend lived in brooklyn for a short while and i loved going to visit her. manhattan has its charms, but brooklyn is better for living.
- Friday, June 29, 2012
you are rockin that lip stick.
wonderful writings!
(love someone who appreciates the small things too...)
- Friday, June 29, 2012
- Sophie said...
You are incredibly beautiful, you know that right? I love your photography.Congrats on 200 followers too!
- Friday, June 29, 2012
- Lottie said...
i love your lipstick!
and it sounds like brooklyn really suits you which is great!
- Friday, June 29, 2012
- Allie said...
I feel like we are living parallel lives from one side of this country to the other.
- Friday, June 29, 2012
- meg fee said...
the shoes are from none other than ASOS!
- Friday, June 29, 2012
i'm so glad to read writing from a happy person! but can you explain, to someone who doesn't know NYC, exactly what it was about your old neighbourhood that you disliked? you mentioned in fragments (unless i just read in fragments) that you didn't like getting home from the subway, or late at night... but I'm curious to know more. xoxo
- Friday, June 29, 2012
i love those glasses!
- Friday, June 29, 2012
- emily said...
- Friday, June 29, 2012
- La Dolce Vita said...
I found your blog today via a fellow blogger and read some of your new as well as old posts ! I felt very inspired ! The way you write about your life is so relate able and real and emotional.
keep it up !
- Saturday, June 30, 2012
Meg, I love your writing. You look beautiful and it's coming from the inside - that is wonderful. So happy for you:)
- Saturday, June 30, 2012
- Mackenzie said...
this filled my heart with so much happy. thank you so much for having this space to share with others, it always brightens my day and enlightens me each time.
- Saturday, June 30, 2012
you are so very beautiful.
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These are my general categories. Of course, others may disagree. The firms might be ranked lower or higher than the others, depending on how much you would like the money.1) Biglaw, USCOA judge, or extremely rare federal government position (Solicitor General, etc. mostly only to 2L or 3L).2) Midlaw, USDC judge, state supreme court judge, other federal government position (US attorney, other DOJ, non-DOJ).3) Small firm that pays, state appellate court judge, rare state government position (AG office, Governor's offfice, etc.), orother US judges (magistrate, bankruptcy, tax, immigration, federal claims - however, some of these will be in the higher category if you plan on specializing in that area of law)
hey, i'm trying to decide between offers to intern for a USDC judge in california and a state supreme court judge in a small new england state. i prefer coming back to california after graduation. all in all, do the potential networking connections and so forth *really* matter when weighing these options? i don't mind staying in new england for the summer.


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The Greek and Roman Churches have long disputed about the beard. While the Romanists have at different times practised shaving, the Greeks, on the contrary, have strenuously defended the cause of long beards. Leo III. (795 AD) was the first shaved Pope. Pope Gregory IV., after the lapse of only 30 years, fulminated a Bull against bearded priests. In the 12th century the prescription of the beard was extended to the laity. Pope Honorius III. to disguise his disfigured lip, allowed his beard to grow. Henry I. of England was so much moved by a sermon directed against his beard that he resigned it to the barber. Frederick Barbarossa is said to have been equally tractable. [Tom Robinson, M.D., "Beards," "St. James's Magazine," 1881]Pubic hair sense is from 1600s (but neþir berd "pubic hair" is from late 14c.); in the 1811 "Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," the phrase beard-splitter is defined as, "A man much given to wenching" (compare beaver in the slang genital sense).
It is usual, in beating the time of a piece of music, to mark or signalize the commencement of every measure by a downward movement or beat of the hand, or of any other article that may be used for the purpose .... ["Godfrey Weber's General Music Teacher," 1842]
Earlier in music it meant a sort of grace note:
BEAT, in music, a transient grace note, struck immediately before the note it is intended to ornament. The beat always lies half a note beneath its principal, and should be heard so closely upon it, that they may almost seem to be struck together. ["The British Encyclopedia," London, 1809]
The social phenomenon of Beatlemania, which finds expression in handbags, balloons and other articles bearing the likeness of the loved ones, or in the hysterical screaming of young girls whenever the Beatle Quartet performs in public. ["London Times," Dec. 27, 1963]
The origins of the word beat are obscure, but the meaning is only too clear to most Americans. More than the feeling of weariness, it implies the feeling of having been used, of being raw. It involves a sort of nakedness of the mind. ["New York Times Magazine," Oct. 2, 1952]
"Beat" is old carny slang. According to Beat Movement legend (and it is a movement with a deep inventory of legend), Ginsberg and Kerouac picked it up from a character named Herbert Huncke, a gay street hustler and drug addict from Chicago who began hanging around Times Square in 1939 (and who introduced William Burroughs to heroin, an important cultural moment). The term has nothing to do with music; it names the condition of being beaten down, poor, exhausted, at the bottom of the world. [Louis Menand, "New Yorker," Oct. 1, 2007]
[I]t takes the one hundred men in ten million who understand beauty, which isn't imitation or an improvement on the beautiful as already understood by the common herd, twenty or thirty years to convince the twenty thousand next most sensitive souls after their own that this new beauty is truly beautiful. [Stendhal, "Life of Henry Brulard"]Replaced Old English wlite. Concrete meaning "a beautiful woman" is first recorded late 14c. Beauty sleep "sleep before midnight" is attested by 1850. Beauty spot is from 1650s. Beauty parlor is from 1894.
The sudden death of a young woman a little over a week ago in a down-town "beauty parlor" has served to direct public attention to those institutions and their methods. In this case, it seems, the operator painted on or injected into the patron's facial blemish a 4-per-cent cocaine solution and then applied an electrode, the sponge of which was saturated with carbolized water. ["The Western Druggist," October 1894]Beauté du diable (literally "devil's beauty") is used as a French phrase in English from 1825.


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Recording Industry Lobbyists Says Politicians Worried About User Rights Are 'Disgusting'?
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It doesn't sound like he's going to get it. Charlie Angus is defending himself ably:
I was elected to participate in discussions about public policy. I have never heard of a lobbyist group demand an apology for speaking out about a totally botched piece of legislation like Bill C-61. If they spent less time running e-mail attacks and more time speaking with the various players they might realize that the NDP position has been balanced and consistent from the beginning.
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West Redding merchants concerned about crossing project
REDDING -- Dottie DeLuca said she is pleased that state officials said they plan to install gates at the Long Ridge Road railroad crossing where two people died last year.
But she and other West Redding business owners also remember what happened the last time a road construction project was in the area.
For 16 months while the state Department of Transportation rebuilt the bridge carrying Simpaug Turnpike over the Metro-North tracks a few miles to the south, DeLuca said, customers avoided the plaza near the West Redding train station where her antiques shop is located.
"There was a big effect on our business," agreed Abe Ali, owner of the New Station House Restaurant.
On Thursday, Commissioner James Redeker announced the state will expedite the installation of protective gates at the crossing. The decision was spurred by the fatal Dec. 30 accident that took the lives of two young Danbury residents and seriously injured two others.
Ali and DeLuca, who owns Fleur De Lis in the West Redding Shopping Center, said the crossing is dangerous and a safety upgrade is long overdue.
The crossing is protected only by flashing lights, although engineers must sound the train's horn as they approach. The new gates would keep vehicles and pedestrians from crossing the tracks when a train is coming.
"If the sun is glaring, people can't see the lights are flashing. If the radio is on -- even a little bit -- they may not hear the train," Ali said.
"We see stuff all the time," said DeLuca, who cringed when a large truck crossed the tracks without stopping the day after the fatal December crash. "It's a treacherous intersection even without the tracks."
Although the gate installation is scheduled to be completed by April 30, business owners have deeper concerns about what will happen in 2014, when the state begins a far more complicated project.
Next year, the state is scheduled to realign the tricky, Y-shaped intersection where Simpaug Turnpike and Side Cut Road converge with Long Ridge Road, just east of the tracks.
The protective gates will then be moved to the new crossing spot a short distance away, Redeker said.
"This is pretty much a shortcut between Redding, Bethel and Danbury, and people aren't going to want to come here," DeLuca said.
In addition to the antiques store and Ali's restaurant, more than a half-dozen other businesses -- as well as a post office and a church -- are clustered around the crossing.
"When they were working on the bridge, the town put up signs that said, `West Redding Business District,' but then, they had to take them down because they were `non-essential directional signs' and they violated zoning," DeLuca said.
DeLuca has started writing to town officials and attending meetings in an attempt to get the regulations changed, so the signs can be erected when the construction is in progress.
"It's just another hurdle," she said.
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Five of those faculty members were recently named recipients of the 2013 Benedictine University Faculty Awards. These awards recognize significant achievements in the areas of teaching, research and service which serve as models for all faculty members.
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Jack Thornburg, Ph.D., associate professor of Anthropology from Naperville, received the Faculty Award for Teaching.
Thornburg has been facilitating short-term study abroad trips at Benedictine University since 2002. He has taken students to Costa Rica, Mexico, Cuba and elsewhere. His preparation for these trips is unequalled, focusing on the relationships of the native people with their environment, local versus global economies, governments, ethics and social justice.
"Students always speak highly of their experiences in Dr. Thornburg's short-term student abroad courses," said Jonathan Lewis, Ph.D., professor of Psychology and Sociology. "Some students are unaccustomed to the level of preparation he requires of them, but those who rise to the occasion invariably see him as one of the best faculty at Benedictine."
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Wong is a prolific author and feverish researcher with more than two dozen books to his credit. His current research focuses on teaching excellence in higher education and forms the basis for his latest book, "An Instructor Primer for Adjunct and New Faculty: Foundations for Career Success," which will be published in the fall by Rowan & Littlefield Education.
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Wilson Chen, Ph.D., an associate professor of Language and Literature from Forest Park, and Martin Tracey, Ph.D., a professor of Philosophy from Chicago, shared the award for University Service. The two have co-chaired the University's Task Force on General Education since 2009,
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Bolshoi Director Fights to Save Eyesight
The director of Bolshoi Ballet was released from the hospital Monday to head to Germany for further treatment to save his vision after an acid attack last month he believes was the result of behind-the-scenes intrigue at the famed theater. WSJ's Lukas Alpert has details on The News Hub. Photo: AFP/Getty Images
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I love public transit. I feel a sense of community on bus rides, even as I am squashed into a seat next to a woman using a garbage bag as luggage. I feel a sense of purpose on trains as they speed through the countryside (or, more likely in my travels, through industrial towns in Connecticut). I even look forward to my commute on the subway. There are, of course, frustrations—endless delays, traffic jams, track work—that sometimes make me wish I had a more efficient method of travel. Enter the zip line.
On days when I am pressed into a subway car, uncomfortably close to a strange, sweaty suit jacket or an ill-conceived tattoo, I close my eyes and imagine an improved New York, rigged with a giant zip line system—cables and pulleys and harnesses that could carry me from block to block, offering gorgeous views of the skyline and direct, open-air travel with ultimate efficiency and the elegance of Spider-Man.
I realize this is not normal—mostly because my friends tell me so. Buy a car, they say. Instead, I planned a trip to New Hampshire. This offered both relief from the city and a chance to fulfill my dream. Sort of.
My boyfriend and I signed up for a zip line canopy tour in the White Mountains, which means we signed up to slide along a series of cables linked to platforms built high in the trees; to walk across wobbly rope bridges and, on occasion, swing out from these trees and rappel to the ground.
Upon arrival we readily slapped on helmets and slid awkwardly into our harnesses. Still, it was not until I climbed into the van that would carry us up to the mountaintop that I realized that this experience had the potential to be more terrifying than enjoyable.
We were accompanied by guides, of course, who conducted dozens of safety checks. But in the end, this did not erase the fact that I would eventually jump out of a tree and careen across an 830-foot-long cable 165 feet off the ground. There was a gradual build up to that part of the course, the longest in a series of nine lines, and I found myself surprised at how quickly we reached such heights. Still, as I stood at the edge, I was again surprised. It wasn't the height that overwhelmed me, but rather a feeling I had just before stepping from the platform: the realization that I would be uniquely alone as I hung on and crossed from one side to the other.
As I cut my way through the sky, I took that time to look around me, rather than toward the platform ahead, to take in the green hills, the horses grazing in a field, the low, grey clouds building in the distance. And I felt both removed from it and a part of it all. It was a moment of reflection I don't always take time for in my everyday life, not to mention my spiritual life.
It is all too easy for me to go through the day without taking that wider perspective, to view the world as something I'm fighting against rather than rooting for. It is easy to hold on to fears that keep me from letting God lead me to where I'm meant to be. Feeling alone can feed these fears, but taking time for deliberate solitude, even for a moment in mid-air, can help to quell them.
As I returned to city life once more, I realized that what I long for on the most hectic of days is not necessarily a way to move above the hustle and bustle, but to move through it without losing my sense of peace. I try to see that the seeming chaos, the crowds, the noise are all just as much a part of the creation I felt so in touch with while sailing between trees. There is value in rising above this fray, but there is also value in entering back into it, in embracing the community of busy streets and rumbling trains and long delays, in moving forward with purpose, in taking small steps and trusting that I will be cared for even while stepping off what looks, to me, like an edge.
In his book FIGHTING FOR LIFE: CONTEST, SEXUALITY, AND CONSCIOUSNESS (Cornell University Press, 1981), the published version of his 1979 Messenger Lectures at Cornell University, the American Jesuit cultural historian Walter J. Ong (1912-2003) of St. Louis University discusses the sense of being up against something, which he styles as adverativeness.
The spirit of adversativeness has a long history in Western culture. Ong himself has traced the highlights of this history of adversativeness in his history of dialectic (also known as logic) and rhetoric in his book RAMUS, METHOD, AND THE DECAY OF DIALOGUE: FROM THE ART OF DISCOURSE TO THE ART OF REASON (Harvard University Press, 1958) and elsewhere.


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Recently, I have been fascinated reading about significant amounts of New York state monies being designated to assist South Valley Stream for repairs to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy and for infrastructure construction in preparation for future such storms. I am fascinated because nowhere do I see references to Gibson, the most southern part of Valley Stream.
Perhaps this omission of Gibson results from the general knowledge and awareness that Gibson has no history of flooding and has, for the most part, gone unscathed by such events within memory and beyond. Of course, that begs the question why Senator Schumer, Mayor Fare and the trustees of the village accepted the newly proposed FEMA flood maps for implementation without seeking out and requiring independent scientific verification. Perhaps the senator, the mayor and trustees have some sixth sense that enables them to see high-risk flood areas in places where there is no history of flooding.
In any case, they determined that flood-zone maps leaving almost 900 homeowners in Valley Stream in the high-risk flood zone should be accepted and implemented. I would assume that they believe the maps to be accurate. It would certainly be strange and questionable if they voted to accept maps that they believed to be inaccurate. However, with that vote of acceptance, they now have an obligation to do what town and other officials are doing for residents of the unincorporated part of Valley Stream. They should be using their offices to seek all possible aid and assistance from the state and federal government for infrastructure improvements to protect the approximately 900 homes that they believe are high risk and therefore potentially in harm's way.
If they did not believe those homes and the families were faced with high risk, one would have expected them not to vote for the approval and implementation of the new flood-zone maps. It is now time for Senator Schumer and elected officials of the village to either protect the affected citizens by securing infrastructure improvements and perhaps even flood insurance subsidies, or to arrange for the removal of the flood zone residents in Valley Stream from the designation.
I own a home and live in the high-risk flood zone located in Gibson. I expect my elected officials to secure monies from the state and federal government for aid such as that being planned for Mill Brook and North Woodmere. I am anxiously awaiting an announcement from the mayor that he is not going to stop working until Gibson has the improvements we need to cope with the high-risk designation that he and all of the trustees voted to support.
Residents who are registered voters should monitor this situation closely. You should only vote for incumbents who produce concrete assistance for residents of the high risk flood zone.
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2) Rebuilding "Little Baja's" parking and ramps immediately after the levee work is completed. This is not a sure thing.
3) Maintaining pedestrian/bike access on the top of the closed Levee road (crown road). Currently they are planning on putting two large automatic gates with lights on each end of the closed levee road. There was no mention of pedestrian access only security fencing.
There are lots of other concerns that you might have regarding the fencing, barb wire, parking, visuals, fishing, swimming and what the area might look like in the future for kiting and windsurfing. Take a moment and read the Initial Study or not - but send your comments to the DWR Project Manager,
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Diuron 4L applied before emergence of crop and weeds is an effective procedure because susceptible weeds are controlled in an early, vulnerable seedling stage before they compete with the crop. With favorable moisture conditions, Diuron 4L continues to control weeds for some time as the crop becomes better able to compete.
Should weed seedlings begin to break through the preemergence treatment in significant numbers, secondary weed control procedures should be implemented; these include cultivation and postemergence herbicide application.
Diuron 4L may also be used to control emerged weeds. Results vary with rate applied and environmental conditions. Best results are obtained on succulent weeds growing under conditions of high humidity and temperature of 70°F or higher. Addition of a surfactant to the spray (where recommended) increases contact effects of Diuron 4L.
Diuron 4L may be used as a directed postemergence application. Contact of crop foliage and/or fruit with spray or mist must be avoided on the following crops: artichoke, corn (field), cotton, sorghum (grain), sugarcane, and established plantings of apples, bananas, plantains, blueberries, caneberries, gooseberries, citrus, grapes, macadamia nuts, olives, papayas, peaches, pears, pecans, walnuts, and certain tree plantings as injury may occur.
Under specified conditions (see RECOMMENDED USES), Diuron 4L without surfactant may be applied over the top of alfalfa (established, dormant, or semi dormant), asparagus (established), birdsfoot trefoil (established, dormant), grass seed crops (established), oats, red clover (established, dormant), sugarcane, wheat, and pineapple.
Weed species vary in susceptibility to Diuron 4L and they may be more difficult to control when under stress.
Combinations of Diuron 4L with other herbicides (as registered) increase the number of weed species controlled.
Consult labels of the companion product for this and other information. Observe all precautions and limitations on labeling of all products used in mixtures.
Since the effect of Diuron 4L varies with soils, uniformity of application, and environmental conditions, it is suggested that growers limit their first use to small areas.
IMPORTANT: Injury to or loss of desirable trees or other plants may result from failure to observe the following:
Do not apply (except as recommended for crop use), drain, or flush equipment on or near desirable trees or other plants, or on areas where their roots may extend, or in locations where the chemical may be washed or moved into contact with their roots. Do not use on home plantings of trees, shrubs, or herbaceous plants or lawns, walks, driveways, tennis courts, or similar areas. Prevent drift of spray to desirable plants. Do not contaminate any body of water. Do not mix/load or use near wells including abandoned wells, drainage wells, and sink holes.
Avoid storage of pesticides near well sites. Keep from contact with fertilizers, insecticides, fungicides, and seeds.
Calibrate sprayers only with clean water, away from well sites.
Thoroughly clean all traces of Diuron 4L from application equipment immediately after use. Flush tank, pumps, hoses, and boom with several changes of water after removing nozzle tips and screens (clean parts separately).
AERIAL APPLICATION: For alfalfa, asparagus, barley (winter), cotton (preplant or preemergence only), grass seed crops, pineapple, sugarcane, and wheat (winter), application may be made by aircraft in a minimum of 3 gallons of water per acre. Avoid overlapping of spray swath and avoid application under conditions where excessive drift may occur. Where land is bedded, make application parallel to rows.
GROUND APPLICATION: Use a boom power sprayer properly calibrated to a constant speed and rate of delivery. Openings in screens should be 50 mesh or larger. Continuous agitation in the spray tank is required to keep the material in suspension.
Agitate by mechanical or hydraulic means. If by-pass or return line is used, it should terminate at bottom of tank.
Avoid overlapping and shut off spray booms while starting, turning, slowing, or stopping or injury to crop may result.
PREEMERGENCE: For preemergence application, use sufficient spray volume and pressure to uniformly distribute the spray solution over treated soil. Preemergence weed control will be reduced on high organic matter soils such as peat or muck.
POSTEMERGENCE: For postemergence application, use sufficient spray volume and pressure for thorough coverage of weed foliage. For selective applications and applications near sensitive crops, use low spray pressure to keep spray drift to a minimum. Diuron 4L at recommended rates controls seedling annual weeds such as annual morningglory, barnyardgrass (watergrass), crabgrass, crowfoot, goosegrass, pigweed, and purslane. Addition of a surfactant to the spray (where recommended) increases contact effects of Diuron 4L.
Best results are obtained on succulent weeds growing under conditions of high humidity and temperatures over 70°F or higher.
SPRAY PREPARATION: Mix proper amount of Diuron 4L into necessary volume of water. Where use of surfactant is recommended, dilute with ten parts of water and add as last ingredient to nearly full spray tank.
REPLANTING: Unless otherwise directed, do not replant treated areas to any crop within 2 years after last application as injury to subsequent crops may result.
RATES: All rates of Diuron 4L are expressed as broadcast rates. Where band applications are specified, use proportionately less. For example, use 1/3 of the broadcast rate when treating a 14-inch band where row spacing is 42 inches. Where a range of dosages is given, use the lower rate on coarse-textured soils low in clay or organic matter and the higher rate on the fine-textured soils high in clay or organic matter. For postemergence application, use the lower rate on smaller weeds and the higher rate on the larger weeds.
SOIL LIMITATIONS: Crop injury may result from failure to observe the following: Unless otherwise directed, do not use on sand, loamy sand, gravelly soils, or exposed subsoils; nor on pecans where organic matter is less than 0.5%; nor on alfalfa, apples, artichokes, barley (winter), citrus, cotton, grapes, oats, olives, papayas, peaches, pears, sorghum, sugarcane, walnuts, and winter wheat where organic matter is less than 1%; nor on blueberries, birdsfoot trefoil, caneberries, gooseberries, macadamia nuts, and peppermint where organic matter is less than 2%.
FIELD CROPS (see SOIL LIMITATIONS): A good seedbed must be prepared before premergence use of Diuron 4L as crop injury may result if application is made to ground which is cloddy or compacted resulting in improperly planted seed. Plant seed to depth specified. Unless otherwise directed, the surface of the soil should not be cultivated or disturbed after application of Diuron 4L and before emergence of the crop as weed control may be reduced and crop injury may result. However, if moisture is insufficient to activate the herbicide, a shallow cultivation (rotary hoe preferred) should be made after emergence of crops while weeds are small enough to be controlled by mechanical means.
FRUIT AND NUT CROPS: (see SOIL LIMITATIONS) Unless otherwise directed, make a single application per year as a directed spray, avoiding contact of foliage and fruit with spray or drift. Do not graze livestock in treated orchards or groves.
Refer in the label regarding tank mix information.
PERENNIAL RYEGRASS, TALL FESCUE, KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS, AND FINE FESCUE (Grown for Seed)
For control of certain broadleaf weeds and annual grasses apply this product only to well-established vigorous stands of grasses as directed below. Use sufficient water (a minimum of 25 gallons per acre) for thorough coverage of weed foliage. For best results, make application at the onset of fall rains and before weeds become established (typically October 1 through November 15). Weeds beyond the 2- to 4-leaf stage will usually not be controlled. Use higher rates within the range listed when treating larger weeds and heavier weed infestation.
Weed control may be reduced where straw or ash residues have accumulated on the soil surface. Lack of moisture to activate the herbicide may reduce weed control. Tank mixtures or sequential treatments with other herbicides may reduce crop tolerance and increase risk of crop injury. When using Diuron 4L in a tank mix or in a sequential treatment with other herbicides, do not use the maximum rates listed below unless compatibility and the potential for phytotoxicity have been evaluated. Crop tolerance may be reduced and the likelihood of crop injury may increase when crop is under stress caused by weather, diseases, and insects.
Perennial Ryegrass (Established)(Oregon Only): Apply 0.8 to 1.6 quarts per acre per season (October 1 through mid-January) to control seedling grasses and broadleaf weeds such as annual bluegrass and others named on the label.


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Christmas Eve Service All are welcome to attend Christmas Eve services at Dublin Mills Community Church Monday, December 24, at 7 p.m. Featured will be a children's program, choir specials, congregational singing and a candlelight serivce. The church is located at 2700 Dublin Mills Road, Hustontown. Please call 814-685-3910 for more information.
Christmas Play Laurel Ridge Christian Church will present the play "The Lights of Christmas" by Karin Asbrand on December 14 and 15 at 7 p.m. each evening. All are welcome to attend.
Christmas Eve Service Warfordsburg Presbyterian Christmas Eve service will begin at 6:30 p.m., with a Bethlehem walk from the local post office to the live nativity scene at the church if weather permits. The community is welcomed to join in the journey. Transportation will be provided from the church to the post office starting at 6 p.m. Following the walk, the worship service will focus on "Lessons in Carols" with drama and candlelight at 7 p.m.
Musical A musical, "Angels We Have Heard," will be peerformed by the children of Warfordsburg Presbyterian Church December 16, at 7 p.m. The community is invited to join this celebration in the Faith Center and the reception that will follow.
Musical Drama Southern Huntingdon Community Choir in cooperation with the Trolley Car Community Theatre Company presents "Come See The Lamb," a musical drama for Christmas Saturday, December 15, and Sunday, December 16, at 7 p.m., each evening at the Orbisonia United Methodist Church, Cromwell Street, Orbisonia. Seating is limited to 200 people each night
Christmas Musical Southern Huntingdon Community Choir, in cooperation with the Trolley Car Community Theatre Co., presents "Come See The Lamb," Saturday, December 15, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, December 16, at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., at Orbisonia United Methodist Church, Cromwell Street, Orbisonia. Seating is limited to 200 people each night; so make plans to come early, sit back and prepare for worship and to be blessed.
Re-Creation At Cito The musical group Re-Creation will be at Cito United Methodist Church Saturday, December 15, at 7 p.m., presenting "Christmas Gold" – all the seasonal favorites. Re-Creation, known as America's ambassadors to hospitalized veterans, will also present "Gospel Gold" on Sunday, December 16, at 9:30 a.m. The church is located at 3746 Cito Road, McConnellsburg.
Pioneer Club Pioneer Club at Rockhill Mennonite Church will begin for grades kindergarten thru eighth grade. Classes will be held December 19, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. More information may be obtained by calling Kimberly at 485-9074.
Teen Night Teen will be held Friday, December 28, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., in the community room of McConnellsburg library. ring Christmas cookies to share. All teens welcome.
Shooting Match Hustontown Area Volunteer Fire Co. will sponsor a shooting match Saturday, December 15, at 1 p.m. Shells will be furnished and prizes awarded.
Open Stage An open stage will be held Saturday, December 22, at 6 p.m., sponsored by Hustontown Fire Co. Kitchen opens at 5 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
Parents And Family Members Of Addicts Support group to help family members of addicts cope and deal with the one they love who is struggling with addiction. Free. Refreshments provided. Meets every Monday at 6 p.m. at 292 Buchanan Trail. Call Susanne at 717-414-9695 for more information.
Nutrition Class Fulton County nutrition awareness classes are held at Warfordsburg Senior Center on the third Monday of every month. When the third Monday is a holiday, it is held the fourth Monday from 10 a.m. to noon. To register or sign up for lunch, call 717-294-6020.
McConnellsburg AA Meetings The McConnellsburg Chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous will meet on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. every week at the Alumni Building Basement, McConnellsburg.
Free Blood Pressure Screenings Free blood pressure screenings will be given at the following locations: Mc- Connellsburg Senior Center the first Thursday of every month from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Hann's Apartments the second Monday of every month from 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; Warfordsburg Senior Center the third Wednesday of every month from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; and Hustontown Senior Center the third Thursday of every month from 11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Yoga Classes Reaching Wellness yoga classes will be held for all ages every Wednesday, 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., at Community State Bank. Call for cost and to register at 717-485- 4492.
Community Wellness/Silver Sneakers/Prime Community Wellness/Silver Sneakers/Prime will be held Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Wednesday and Friday, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at Fulton County Medical Center cardiopulmonary rehab gym. The cost is based on insurance. Call Kim or Patti at 717-485- 6149 to see if insurance provider is accepted. Community Wellness is $40/month/person or $70/month/couple.
Blood Drive The Red Cross will be at Faith Center in Warfordsburg to receive blood donations on December 20, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Give the gift of life for Christmas.
Zumba Classes Zumba classes will be offered at Mc- Connellsburg Firehall Wednesday evenings at 7:15 p.m. More information may be obtained by contacting Sarah at 814-259- 3667.
Zumba Fitness Reaching Wellness Zumba fitness class will be held for all ages every Friday at 6 p.m., at McConnellsburg Alumni & Friends building. More information may be obtained by calling 717-253-7599 or at email@example.com.
Addicts Helping Addicts Addicts Helping Addicts meets every Wednesday at 6 p.m. This is a peer-led support group for addicts struggling with drug addiction and needing help in their recovery. Admission is free. Refreshments provided. Held at 292 Buchanan Trail. Call Susanne at 717-414-9695 for more information.
Free Meal A free meal will be served the second Tuesday of each month at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 220 North Third Street. Please join in for good fellowship.
Attention Teens Need a graduation project or community service hours? McConnellsburg library is looking for a motivated, organized teen to run the teen art contest. See Jamie Brambley at the library.
Christmas Tree Sale Mercersburg Boy Scout Troop 143 will be selling Christmas trees at Bob Hoffman Chevrolet lot the month of December. Monday thru Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday noon thru 8 p.m. All proceeds go for troop events.
Bingo Shade Gap Fire Co. will hold bingo at the Shade Gap Ladies Auxiliary building every Thursday. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and games start at 6:30 p.m.
McCbg. Bingo McConnellsburg Fire Co. will hold bingo every Monday and Friday of each week. Bingo starts at 7 p.m. and doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Sportsmen's Meeting Fulton County Sportsmen's League will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the stone house at the trout nursery December 21. Officers and board members for 2013 will be nominated and elected.


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The role of satellites in monitoring sun activity- and the impacts of that activity on Earth's weather- is examined in this short video. SciJinks is a joint NASA/NOAA educational website targeting middle school-aged children and their educators. It... (View More) explores weather and Earth science through articles, videos, images, and games. (View Less)
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A new Apple TV with model number A1469 just made an appearance in an FCC filing. The only noticeable difference that can be confirmed is the size which looks to be about 5mm smaller than the current generation Apple TV. This could be the Apple TV 3,2 that appeared in the most recent update to the Apple TV.
The FCC filing doesn't show much else other than the fact that the Wi-Fi standards are the same as the current generation Apple TV. Many were speculating that the Apple TV 3,2 could simply be an international model but if the dimensions are indeed different, that may not be the case. FCC filings usually are pretty accurate when it comes to device dimensions and we aren't sure why Apple wouldn't use the same casing to just add support internationally.
Any guesses on what Apple TV 3,2 could be or whether it's different from the A1469 model in the FCC filing?
Source: Engadget


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Kim Cattrall knows the importance of a satisfying love life – she blames bad sex for the breakdown of two of her marriages.
The "Sex and the City" star has wed three times – she was married to Larry Davis for two years in the late 1970s, to Andre J. Lyson from 1982 to 1989, and a six-year union with Mark Levinson ended in 2004.
And she is adamant she knows why her relationships with Davis and Lyson failed – she was not compatible with them in bed.
Cattrall tells Britain's The Sun, "I would constantly make excuses for bad sexual experiences. Poor sex was a factor in the first two of three marriages breaking up.
"It is one thing to have patience and build up a good sexual relationship, through love. But, with some men – I would say, in my experience, the majority of men – it is just never going to happen. I wish I had not made an orgasm my only goal. It is all about all-round sexual fulfillment."
Cattrall has also realized where she went wrong when choosing a man – because good-looking hunks are not always the best lovers.
She adds, "I wish I had realized that good looks mean nothing when it comes to sex. Everyone expects great-looking guys and women to be having great sex. That's not true.
"I always had a sexy image, on camera, but I was not having a fabulous sex life. You cannot be intimate with an image. I remember going to bed with a real good-looking ladies' man, in the hope that he would teach me what I had been missing. He didn't."


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London: The Sunderland defender sees something of his legendary countryman in the Mexican striker, complimenting his quick thinking and movement off the ball.
Sunderland centre-back Carlos Cuellar has compared Manchester United forward Chicharito to former Real Madrid legend Raul, citing his prolific strike record this season at crucial junctures.
The former Chivas striker is averaging a goal every 85 minutes in the Premier League this season, a mark superior to such luminaries as team-mate Robin van Persie (a goal every 119 minutes), Swansea City`s Michu (every 120 minutes), and Newcastle United`s Demba Ba (every 143 minutes).
"He`s smart, moves very well in the area," the former Rangers and Aston Villa man told El Pais. "In this sense he is like Raul. He gets all rebounds and known to be in the right place."
Cuellar did not get to see Chicharito`s exploits first-hand, as the Mexican forward was an unused substitute in United`s 3-1 victory over Sunderland on Dec 15.
Chicharito has managed 10 goals in 20 appearances across all competitions, though, including the game-winner in United`s riveting 4-3, come-from-behind victory over Newcastle on Boxing Day.
"He is the main protaganist in United`s comebacks," Cuellar said. "Fans admire him a lot. Ferguson has said more than once that it hurts/pains him to not start him more often."


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In its early years of production, the Buick LeSabre was best known for its numerous option packages. Beginning in 1951, this car was made in coupe, sedan, station wagon, and convertible styles. In its early incarnations, it was popular with everyone from families to seniors.
The history behind the Buick Motor Company is long and diverse. Like so many of the other famous car manufacturers, the Buick company came into being in the early 1900s. In May 1913, the founding paperwork was filed by David Buick, a Scottish immigrant who had been living in the U.S. since the age of two. Buick's background was in plumbing, but the gasoline engine sparked an interest he could not ignore. He surrounded himself with some of the most advanced inventors and engineers of the age and founded the Buick Motor Company.
Despite the tremendous amount of talent backing the new company, it struggled. By the fall of 1913, Buick decided to sell the company to a group of wagon makers who were in business about 60 miles north of Detroit. The new owners decided to build a new plant in Flint, Michigan and moved David Buick and his team north. To this day, Buick still runs operations from Flint, as well as other locations.
The original Buick name and logo are still used on Buick's current cars.
Over the years, Buick modified the line to offer just the sedan model of LeSabre. The move ensured that it reached an often-ignored group of car consumers, senior citizens. The Buick LeSabre is known for providing a smooth ride with plenty of space and comfortable seating that seniors find appealing. The suspension systems ensure passengers don't feel the various bumps and ruts on roads and highways. The car also offers a huge trunk that can easily accommodate luggage and special mobility devices.
That isn't to say that everything is ideal about the LeSabre. Many feel that its interior is outdated in appearance. The interior features a lot of faux-wood finish and inferior-quality plastic.
The Buick LeSabre has been out of production since 2005. The last LeSabre was equipped with a 3800 series II V-6. This particular motor provides 230 lb-ft of torque and a not-so-impressive 205 horsepower. It should also be mentioned that Buick did all it could to help make the LeSabre as fuel efficient as possible, especially for a car classed as a sedan. Even with all the power under the hood, the LeSabre gets 20/29 mpg city/highway.
There are plenty of other features available for the driver and passengers to enjoy including heated seats, a state-of-the-art sound system with six well-placed speakers, and automatic, dual-zone climate control. The cabin has been designed to offer as much comfort as possible on the road.
In the past, the Buick LeSabre was regarded for durability, reliability, and high quality -- traits that are sure to appeal to certain generations or drivers with families. The space offered in both the cabin and the trunk of the LeSabre is a tremendous benefit. Of important note, some test drivers have cited a sluggish response from the LeSabre when the car is fully loaded with additional passengers and cargo.
2005 Buick Lesabre
Midsize, Sedan
The 2005 Buick Lasabre is a full-size sedan with some serious benefits.
2004 Buick Lesabre
2003 Buick Lesabre
The 2003 Buick LeSabre comes in the wake of Buick's 100-year celebration.
2002 Buick Lesabre
The 2002 Buick LeSabre is a full-size sedan that is available in two trim levels, the Custom and the Limited.
2001 Buick Lesabre
The 2001 Buick LeSabre is a large front-drive, sedan with a reputation of appealing more to people over the age of 60.
2000 Buick Lesabre
The 2000 Buick LeSabre is a full-size car manufactured by General Motors' Buick division.
1999 Buick Lesabre
The Buick LeSabre has been a top-selling full-sized for the majority of the 1990s, and the 1999 model does not deviate from the tried-and-true LeSabre template.
1998 Buick Lesabre
The 1998 Buick LeSabre has long been one of the best-selling full-size cars in America, and anyone can see why.
1997 Buick Lesabre
The 1997 Buick LeSabre classifies as a full-size car with a good sales record.
1996 Buick Lesabre
A four-door, five-passenger, front-drive sedan with traditional styling cues, the 1996 Buick LeSabre offers better performance this year.
1995 Buick Lesabre
The 1995 Buick LeSabre is a high-selling full-size vehicle, which isn't going to surprise anyone who's familiar with the model.


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Welcome to my blog and the place where I will post my photos and musings from my life as an ultrarunner. My nickname "Shining" was given to me by a group of very special students after I finished my first 100-miler, the Massanutten Mountain Trails 100. They were the inspiration that enabled me to finish this awesome race, and I try to live each day with a "shining" attitude!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
The Best of Ultrarunning for my 100 miler peeps
Bill Potts, my training buddy here in town, signed up. It will be his first 100. He will suffer.
I signed up too. Full moon and the Chimney Hollow Trail...perfect!
To others who are running Gstone, Umstead or Barkley (both this weekend), MMT or any other 100 miler this year, check out Bill Gentry's blog for some perfect ultrarunning quotes and inspiration. Gentry should know...he is old school ultrarunning.
Have an awesome race at Umstead, buddy!
6 comments:
- running etc said...
Thanks for the good wishes, Soph! BTW, it's only Wednesday and I'm already packed! Can you BELIEVE it?!
MAN am i gettin' fired up! :)
- April 1, 2009 at 9:52 PM
- wvapoker said...
I am glad to see the BP is attempting his 1st 100M in October instead of July. Bill's body rebels in the heat. ;)
- April 2, 2009 at 11:08 AM
- Rick Gray said...
Sophie, I pushed the button yesterday for Grindstone also. Potts will certainly liven things up a bit. Rick
- April 2, 2009 at 11:19 AM
- Griffin said...
Looks like all the usuals are starting to sign up for GS. Should be another great 100. Now the hard part starts..... Training!!!!
- April 3, 2009 at 10:45 AM
- Griffin said...
I saw some unoffical results for Umstead and it looks like Gentry finished in 20 hours and change!!!
- April 7, 2009 at 9:56 AM
- Run Home Pam said...
Hi Sophie. I see there are four women now signed up for Grindstone. There go my podium chances! Hee hee.
- April 11, 2009 at 5:07 PM


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Digits Review: Top 3 Android Game Apps
U.S. smartphone users spend nearly an hour playing games on their devices each day. The WSJ's Adam Najberg reveals his three favorite games to while away the time on an Android device.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... tax spend around an hour and day on their mobile devices playing the game ... it can be hard to pick which one to finance ... the law Street Journal's Adam non firms didn't just back from brain stem that all his top three picks Fran for a ... my editor asked me to compile a top lists of him torrid gains to the bottom on ... about a hundred Android games well that that list ... on top the list ... is the great brain Express ... what is is four games designed to test your memory impulses to see how happy or sad or is really really fun and addictive what I really like about this game is on the back of a bunch of guys in white suits somewhere in England ... are compiling all the data tell you something in the neuro imaging lap ... just under that in my estimation is real football thirteen from game on ... I put a lot of soccer games console said no my phone's ... I would've thought that it like that the Figgins of fast but actually the graphics and gameplay ability in real football ... will new way ... the only drawback to this game it doesn't have to realize this is ... that if it does ... today ... I wonder if any of you out there remember the Atari twenty six wounded in combat ... became what the console and bought it ... I played a game called Takehiro my Android phone ... it was fabulous essentially euro tank grenades fighting has other things have to negotiate your way around the screen ... to those tanks before they kill you ... the game gets for aggressively harder ... and that's where I found one limitation ... essentially I still like the control scheme ... just in the heat of battle you have to stick her fingers on the screen and sometimes you end up covering your tank you just


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Laptops are often referred to as notebooks, but HP's Spectre Folio is perhaps the first laptop that could pass for one in the most classic sense of the word.
Wrapped in genuine leather with aluminum touches and delicate stitching, the latest convertible PC from HP is designed to turn heads. When it folds, the leather edge has been shaped to mimic the spine of book, making it the perfect to device to write your novel on in a library while smoking a cigar -- or you could just impress your colleagues at a business meeting.
The Folio has three modes: laptop, media mode and tablet mode. It moves smoothly between the three thanks to a series of hidden magnets and hinges.
Laptop mode allows you to take full advantage of the keyboard. It also exposes the speakers, which have been engineered in collaboration with high-end audio brand Bang & Olufsen. Swing the screen forward and it's in media mode, with the keyboard hidden, but the trackpad still on display. It then folds down into a tablet, which doesn't sit quite flush with a flat surface, but instead remains on a slight angle.
The focus is firmly on the design of the laptop, but don't think that means it's all style and no substance. Inside is HP's smallest-ever motherboard, capitalizing on Intel's eighth-gen core i5 and core i7 processors. This is complemented by up to 16 GB of memory and up to 2 TB of SSD storage. Inside is a battery that promises to keep the Folio alive for up to 18 hours allowing you to move between modes, tasks and locations easily throughout the course of the day.
Connectivity is a key element of the Folio, with support for gigabit-class LTE and dual-eSIM. There's an optional nano SIM slot under the display and an optional embedded digital eSIM to easily and quickly connect to cell networks.
Choice Black Best Jdy Best Choice Blouse The Folio also comes with HP's stylus, the Tilt Pen, which attaches to the device with an optional leather loop. With the stylus you can mark up the Folio's 13-inch display to your heart's content.
There are various versions of the Folio, which will be available at different times, so pay attention carefully to release dates to make sure you get the variation that's right for you. Firstly, it will come in two colours: a brown cognac, and a burgundy bordeaux, with the latter of the two coming later this year. A 4K version will also be available in December 2018.
Key specs
- 8th Generation Intel Core i7-8500Y or Core i5-8200Y
- Intel UHD Graphics 615 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD
- 13.3-inch diagonal FHD (1,920x1,080) display, with 4K version coming later this year
- Front-facing camera above display
- Three USB-C ports, headphone jack


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From the Ashes of The Great Convergence
A LOT has happened since my last post, so lets summarize… Almost two years ago The Second Great Expeditionary Force of Shrike's Perch dissappeared into the Balefire Gate at the center of the world in the Plane of Fire in order to seek power from the Dragon King of Destruction – Dokkaeon.
Before their Journey into the Realm of Flames, the Team recovered Hector from Deep Cover and Captured a potent Biological Weapon of Mass destruction from a deep-cover research alliance between The Absolutes and The House Kanceru of House Devourer. The Weapon, and the Prisoners (A Beholder, Three Absolute Heros, and a pair of Ice Troll Half-Dragons) were left in the Care of Mani Vortex at the Temple of Fire.
Upon the Plain of Fire, they were greeted by the Zeleous Magmin, fellow Servants of the Fire Dragon King. Two of their Acolytes pledged to follow Feuer on his pilgramage ot meet their master. At the Shore of the Fire Lake they met the Mega Magama Dragon known as Tritoch the Renewer. Megadragons are to their lesser kin what Giant-Kind is to Man and Alfar; immense beings of terrible power and legend. Tritoch flew them into Low Orbit and created a floating island of volcanic rock from his Breath as a place for Sonya and Feuer to address The Fire Dragon King; before retreating to a safe distance with the rest of the Expedition… They watched in awe as the entire Cosmos rearranged itself into the semblance of a Great Draconic Being whose body spanned billions of lightyears, and upon whose form trillions of stars shown as individual scales! Despite their awe at his eternal magesty, the Priest and the Sorceress did their ancestors proud: Securing the Fire Lord's blessing and his guidance to The Balefire Gate. Three Sky Guardians were summoned from General Zaxxon by Crucius of the Shrike's Guard to take them on the 5000 mile journey to the gate, and protect them from the dangers of the Negative Energy Plane.
On their journey they became aware of the true scope of the Dragon Kings as being the Souls of entire Universes made up of their defining element! At the Balefire Gate they faced one of the most harrowing and dangerous battles of their carreers – The Guardian Nightshades… A pair of Collossal Nightwaves Summoned their Nightwing Brethern to battle, as the Eight Nightwalkers of the gate brought forth an army of Greater Shadows that quite nearly slew the Expedition outright… A desparate assault from Author and Rune, followed by a lucky resonance caused by Interference with the Nightwalkers' Magickal defenses transformed Sonya's powerful "Olethro's Dragon Slayer" into a 240' killzone of reality-rending Balefire that evened the odds! Crucius allowed himself to be swallowed by one of the Nightwaves, and destroyed it from within even as it's deadly gullet quickly began to delete him from the face of reality. Feuer, Zel, and The Warlord fought a deadly battle within the belly of their ailing Sky Guardian and fended off the remains of the Shadow Army. Though it cost them two of their three powerful Sky Guardians, they were able to overcome a force known to have ended the temporal existance of entire solar systems!!! Rubicaon blessed them with gifts of Balefire and Powerful Infusions to Author's Lance and Crucius' Armor before allowing the Expedition to make it's way to Dokkaeon.
Only the guiding light of Rubicaeon was able to bring the Expedition safely to their fateful meeting with The Dragon of Destruction. One tiny step off the path would have meant an agonizing eternity trapped between time and oblivion. At a mystic Le Grange Point high above the dark violet crystal world of pure entropy below, Sonya came to meet her destiny. The sky was full of dark voids and maelstroms filled with shearing crystaline teeth the size of whole galaxies; and in place of stars a Trillion upon Trillion draconian eyes opened in the Void. The eyes themselves being torn to flaming jelly by the swirling maws of the Dragon Kings Eternal Hunger. There she swore herself to his service, and He in retrun granted unto her a symbol of his Power in the form of a Talisman; and a infintesmilly tiny fraction of his power in the form of a Sphere of Annihilation… The Sphere, which can only be moved by the power of Will, had enough strength to destroy not just the Expedition's enemies, but the entire world upon which they lived…
The Expedition returned to the Void to find that almost Two Years had passed since the beginning of their journey. The War against the Absolutes was Going Well, but the time of Sonya's alliance with Seafang and Aeron was nearing a close.
War Report: The Coalition have driven the Absolutes from the bottom of Lake Swan and into their Lakebottom Bunker City – Cyclopea. Coalition forces have already begun to raze the upper levels of the City, but their leaders fear that a confrontation with The Absolute Council is immenent. Many powerful leaders among the Coalition now prowl the Front Line, ready to meet Eddore and his Council head on. mong them number: Princess of Darkmoon and High Priestess of The Fire Dragon King Mani Vortex as leader of Darkmoon's armies; The Rage Prophet of Tier'Ted; General Zaxxon of Port; Nymar Bladesinger of Shrikes Perch who has acted as commander of the Shrike Guard in Crucius' Absence; Sarin Half-Dragon of Frostwyrm; The High Priestess of Orb; Alloysius Sorjourn and Doomsight from Mootfort; and Berzerker Bill of Shrike's Perch handling Tech Support. The Battle has even been joined by The Avatar of The Devourer himself, who many feel is the Coalitions' only chance againt Eddore… Shrike's Perch ahs been destroyed by The ROOT as they finally succeeded in creating a stable EMP field over all of the surface of Mount Norad. Fortunately the majority of the population of Shrike's Perch was relocated to Dragoon City surrounding Mootfort.
The Succession Games: The playing field has significantly narrowed since the Expedition Left. Prince Nemoid the half-Absolute Sorcerer from House Kanceru fell to Prince Aeron the Enforcer's Knife. Prince Ikasu Ando The Inquisitor General was defeated on the high Seas, and his Elemental Power Node Taken by Prince Seafang's Pirates. Prince Onsdag Baron, the Seer on Obsidian Skies was torn apart by his own Flame-Spawned Umbral dragons when Princess Mani Vortex High Priestess of The Fire Dragon King (and Scion of House Arache) ordered them to rip him to shreds… Prince Setanus of House Zurai was slain in an "honorable duel" by Princess Sonya Vortex of Shrike's Perch, and his body and soul crafted into her new War banner by The Warlord. Executioner Geneneral Prince Oriter of House Malveaux, and High Priest of The Dark Pantheon and Prince Lampre Mateur of House Matuer have been revealed as contenders; and former allies of house Baron's late Seer.
Marvel Role Playing Basic Game: There has been some discussion about switching over to the System from margaret Weis Productions in order to streamline high-level game play. I am all for this as the system appears to be solid. We will likely use Dennis's renditions of your characters as a basis for the Epic Level Characters. In order to assist in my ability to understand and run in this new system I would like to get together with some of you and run the introductory adventure from the game manual in an open style where you also get to see the nuts and bolts of what is going on. To this end I want you all thinking of a fun character from the Marvel (or even DC, I am not proprietary) universe for play. Thoughts? Talk to me on the Discussion Page.
General Info for the Curious:
Statement of Intent
30 Questions
Town of Shrike's Perch
Strategic Interfaces
Discussion Page
And a bit of history from regarding our fair party: The Second Great Expeditionary Team Ballad


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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:31 pm
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the poor understanding and use of statistical risk is apparent here. While it is possible to die laying in bed or walking the dog it is extremely unlikely. It is also true that you are more likely on Maui to die of lightning than a shark encounter. HOWEVER; when someone is bit by a shark at a beach or even when one or more are sighted they close the beach! They don't say go ahead and swim as you are more likely to die from a lightning strike... Medical drugs and devices are researched long and hard before being released but drugs have still sometimes turned out to be unsafe when in widespread use. If kites were drugs they would be taken off the market and the lawyers would sue. These are relative risks and kiting is clearly relatively more risky than many other behaviours, I suspect when one applies for life insurance they will soon be asking if you kite along with skydiving etc.
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:19 pm
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Yes, kiting is dangerous (and windsurfing to a lesser degree).
But here are some statictics (from Rick Iossi) to put it in perspective:
Motor Vehicle 15 per 100,000
Kitesurfing 6 to 12 per 100,000
SCUBA diving 5 per 100,000
Pedestrian 2 per 100,000
ACTIVITY Falalities/l00,000 (1993)
Driving a car 28
15-25 year-old male driving 50
Motorcycle rider 80
Motorcycle in Arkansas 250
All terrain vehicle 36
Airshow 500
Home-built aircraft 300
General aviation 145
Ballooning 67
Sailplane soaring 45
Skidiving 25
Hang gliding 22
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:12 am
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Jay Runge died one year ago: in June, 2006. It is a fitting time to say what a fine person he was. I am certain that all of those who knew him will never forget him. Many of us cared for him deeply and whether his death could be termed kiteboarding-related, or not, doesn't matter at all compared to the fact that he is no longer with us.
For the record, the closest we ever got to knowing what really happened to Jay are the following accounts of that day:
RE: Red Geo Metro filled with Winsurf gear
According to Sally, someone told him that he should go to the end of the pier and see if he could jump off to save his kite, but I do not know who that was, whether he went, nor whether he was seen after that. We are trying to reach him by email or phone now. I am beginning to get worried because for one it is rare that we dont see Jay almost every day and for two he isnt the type to leave his car around. If anyone has information about Jay please post it. Thanks. Jack
And the following message was posted by Bric a few days later. We have no idea exactly how Jay died. But clearly, if the injury or hypothermia involved the kite or involved retrieving the kite, then it was unfortunately certainly a kiteboarding-related death as much as the out-of-control-kite death on land near Santa Cruz last week was a kiteboarding-related death.
"On Thursday June 1st, Jay and Jack mentioned that a kite was ditched
in the bay. I saw it and decided to go try to salvage it before it
hit the bridge. By the time I got to the kite, a body was with it.
The owner had jumped off the pier to salvage his kite. I tried
bodydragging him back to shore, but the bridge was getting too close,
so I had to leave him. I ended up bodydragging back to the bay and
went under the san mateo bridge, and then bodydragged back to shore
once on the other side. Jay and Jack drove to the bridge and
monitored the situation. Someone called the fire dept and the guy
with the kite was ultimately rescued.
That was Thursday, the following Sunday June 4th, I saw a red kite go
down pretty far out. I kept an eye on him expecting he'd get the kite
relaunched. The next time I looked over, the kite was a runaway. I
picked up the guy, who turned out to be Jay. I bodydragged him back
to shore and we landed at the windsurfing launch area. The last time
I saw his kite it was heading towards the middle span of the bridge.
After I safely dropped him off I went back out but didn't see his kite
near the previous trajectory. I figured it had gone underneath the
bridge and was on it's way to dumbarton and the east bay.
Jay mentioned trying to go after his kite, maybe using his windsurfer.
Thinking back, after bodydragging with Jay, my riding sucked
afterwards. I thought I was just tired from my hours of riding. Now
I wonder if it was early signs of hypothermia. Jay had been in the
water for a good 20 min before I picked him up. And we were in the
water for a good 20 min during our bodydrag. If his kite was where
the guy's kite was on Thursday, he would have had at least a 1 hour
swim back to shore. I fear that hypothermia got the best of him.
Does anybody know if he was wearing his helmet or life jacket?
I am very sorry that we lost Jay.
I believe the whole reason Jay is not here is he was trying to save
his kite.
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:49 pm
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at crissy i've noticed the majority of the people being rescued by the coast guard and other boats are kiters.
looks like a fun sport until there's a problem.
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:33 pm
Post subject: comparison to car fatality statistics
"...But here are some statictics (from Rick Iossi) to put it in perspective:
Motor Vehicle 15 per 100,000
Kitesurfing 6 to 12 per 100,000..."
That comparison is a little misleading, since it's 15/100,000 in a lifetime of car trips. The comparison should be per passenger mile, or per trip, or normalized for time spent in the activity.
I believe the most dangerous activity is still flying your own homebuilt aircraft at an airshow.
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:27 pm
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the motor vehicle fatality rate is 15 per 100,000 PER YEAR. or about 42,000 per year for about 3 million population. IT is the leading cause of death for teens in the usa, I think about it every time my son goes out the door. we loose about 60 to 80 people per year in Reno's washoe county, nevada. Our overall traffic death rate is closer to 20 per 100,000 per year. BUT; if you don't drink and drive you cut the rate in half, roughly.
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:15 pm
Post subject: Re: Windsurfing/Kite Fatality Database for SF Bay
alextarg wrote:
I looked in my SFBA archives and found the following SF Bay Area windsurfing/Kite fatalities (If you can add to this database please post):
18/June 2007/Abraham, Derek/Santa Cruz/Kite
53/June 2006/Runge, Jay/3rd Ave/Kite
??/Sept 2003/Graham, Tyrone/3rd Ave/Windsurf
35/May 1996/Woodhall, Barnes/Oyster Point/Windsurf
Considering how few regulars of there are out on the bay, and that there are far more serious injuries than deaths, this is a sobering list. I remember them when I put on my PFD before each launch.
No one knows for sure what happened to Jay from what I understand unless a coroner's report was made public, but if I were to guess, I would say that he died of non-kitesurfing injuries. Eirther fatal head injury or drowning after a serious injury. The speculation is that he jumped off the fishing pier at low tide to retrieve his kite which had wrapped around the pier and hit something. Not sure if you could really consider that "kitesurfing" related, since it could have been a windsurfer which got lost but so be it. It's certainly true that kiting was the proximate cause of his death since but for losing his kite and trying to retrieve it, he wouldn't have died, whatever specifically happened in that instance.
As for other fatalities, there is Gordon French the windsurfer who died on the coast about 5 year ago from a congenital heart condition. Theres the guy who broke his neck at low tide at Third on a nuclear day in the mid-nineties and was found in Palo Alto a couple days later (Howie somebody?). There's also the other windsurfer that died in the channel at Third (?) in the early 90's, I believe, of a heart attack. Others probably know more detail than me on these like Ken Poulton.
Not to say that kitesurfing is not dangerous, just have not been a lot of local fatalities. Local permanent injuries (woman at Alameda - permanent brain injury, Tran - life-threatening injuries), are indicative of this imho. Out-of-state fatalities and serious injuries seem much more common, maybe that they are underreported locally or that local sailors have a better skill set.
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:36 pm
Post subject: comparing statistics
andydavis is correct, unless you normalize it to a per ride, trip, mile, time, jump, etc, it doesn't work well to assign risk or compare it to other activities. Yes, 'ride' and 'trip' are vague, but they are better than nothing.
Obviously, a person who travels 500 miles a week in their vehicle is at greater risk to become one of the 15 fatalities per 100,000 (people) every year vs. the person who travels 10 miles a week in their vehicle. Same goes for all the other activities.
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:50 pm
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where on earth do you find 100,000 riders.
But you can find 6 deaths...
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 1:17 pm
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Regardless of the way Ray tragically died in a kite-related accident, it amazes me that the sport and its praticitioners does not seem to pay much notice or puts immediate actions into place that prevent accidents, such as the latest one in Santa Cruz, in the direct future.
Kite deaths are not new and the kite industry should address them very seriously ASAP. Too bad that a sport somehow needs death to weed out the unaware and unserious. I thought civilization had gone beyond survival of the fittest... Because it may be an extrem sport is never reason enough to not address deadly accidents.
If practitioners of this sport do not learn from the deaths of there fellow kiters, addapt their equipment and behaviour, the suffering and lose of innocent kiters and (wind)surfers through irresponsible behaviour and faulty equipment will continu.
These issues are of a very low "aloha-content", while our sport(s) are all about aloha. I hope the aloha spirit prevails on the water and on the beach.
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Skype, Founders Charged With Racketeering
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For some background on this, it helps to go back a few years. In early 2002, there were two major file sharing tools that had taken the crown away from the shut down Napster: Kazaa and Morpheus. However, both used the same basic technology, called FastTrack, and files on one system were found on the other. The team behind Kazaa had created FastTrack as well, but just before the recording industry lawsuits started piling up, Zennstrom and his team sold the basic technology, creating quite the mess -- where no one quite knew who owned what or who owned what. This "mess" is part of what Streamcast is focusing on, saying that it was all an elaborate shell game, used for fraud. Just as all of this was happening, the folks who owned FastTrack suddenly shut Morpheus users out of their system -- which seemed quite odd. After all, the whole pitch of the "decentralized, peer-to-peer" file sharing system was that it couldn't be shut down once launched. Streamcast, the company behind Morpheus, lashed out at the folks behind Kazaa, accusing them of setting up an "attack script" that basically updated their client to make it unusable on the FastTrack network. Kazaa responded by saying that Morpheus hadn't paid its bills -- but the new lawsuit says that it was all a plan to steal away Streamcast's users to the shell corporation set up to run Kazaa. The battle between the two organizations has continued over the years, and in early 2004, Streamcast accused Kazaa of really being a centralized, not decentralized system -- which (if true) would punch a huge hole in Kazaa's defense in various lawsuits that they had no say in what people did with their software.
Anyway, it appears that none of these past tactics did much damage, so now Streamcast is trying once again, but this time focusing on Zennstrom, Friis and Skype/eBay. Why? Well, there are a few billion reasons why, and they have some dead American Presidents on them. Specifically, they claim that as part of the shell game, the actual FastTrack P2P software remained in Zennstrom's control, and he used it as the core piece of Skype's P2P engine. Streamcast claims that, given their original deal, it should own that technology, as Zennstrom had no right to sell it to a third party without first giving Streamcast a shot to buy it. It seems hard to believe that this lawsuit will actually get very far, but it will be quite a distraction. It's certainly yet another reason (if there weren't enough already) to question why eBay spent so much on Skype.


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UC is known for being an international institution with global collaborations and influence.
GlobeMed, a student group overseen by Jason Blackard, PhD, associate professor in the division of digestive diseases, combines undergraduate education from the main campus with the medical campus mission to help underserved populations specifically by touching the lives of people living in rural communities on the Thai-Myanmar border.
In this Q&A, Julia Tasset, a third-year undergraduate student who, along with Stephanie Lux, a junior in the UC College of Nursing's Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program, started GlobeMed, talks about the purpose and impact of the group.
What is your background?
"I am studying biology and Spanish with the intention to earn a Masters of Public Health degree and attend medical school after graduation. (Stephanie and I) were both drawn to health care by its tremendous ability to improve a person's quality of life. As we say in GlobeMed, we believe health is a human right and a matter of social justice.�
What is GlobeMed, and how did it begin? In what kinds of activities have or will you participate as part of the GlobeMed group?
"GlobeMed is a national network of college campuses paired one-to-one with grassroots health care organizations around the world. GlobeMed's mission is to �strengthen the movement for global health equity by empowering students and communities to work together to improve the health of people living in poverty around the world.� There are currently 50 chapters, of which University of Cincinnati is one. We are partnered with Social Action for Women, or SAW, a community based organization in Mae Sot, Thailand. They provide health care and other support services to Myanmar migrant workers who are living in Western Thailand.
"On campus, we have an executive board made up of 12 members and staff, with 35 members, made up of undergraduate students. Our mission has three parts: to support SAW through fundraising campaigns, to raise awareness of global health issues in our campus community and to complete GROW (GrassRoots Onsite Work) Internships every year to Mae Sot in order to foster understanding between our groups and evaluate the efficacy of our partnership.
"We have held several on- and off-campus fundraising events in the past two years�we were founded in the 2011 school year�like letter writing campaigns and even a date auction. To date, our chapter has raised close to $20,000 to support our health education project with SAW. Additionally, we have recognized World AIDS Day and World Day of Social Justice by initiating various activities on campus. This December, six of our chapter members completed a three week long internship in Mae Sot with SAW. Our trip was generously supported though a collaboration with the University Honors Program and UC International. Four more chapter members will complete our second internship this coming May.
"Our first GROW internship just ended in January and went very well. The next group of four students is scheduled to depart for Mae Sot immediately after spring semester. The goal of the trips is to train the next group of leaders in the needs of migrant workers and to design the next school year's health project.
"We're also looking forward to celebrating World Day of Social Justice, being held Feb. 20, 2013, on campus in coordination with the other chapters around the country. Additionally, every spring the GlobeMed National Office holds the annual Global Health Summit in Evanston, Ill. We will send undergraduate members of our group to this meeting of global health students and experts from across the world.�
How specifically are you influencing health care in these other parts of the world?
"The health care project we designed with SAW is called the Community Health Outreach Program, or CHOP. Every year, the co-presidents work with our project coordinator from SAW to design a project that is feasible for us to fund and pertinent to the needs of the population with which SAW works. CHOP Phase I, currently being implemented, gathers 30 to 40 Myanmar migrants from 10 rural target communities and brings them to a health care workshop, led by SAW's staff physician, Dr. Htin Zaw. During this day-long lesson, the migrants are taught about reproductive health, communicable disease and occupational safety. They are also given an opportunity to ask questions about health concerns they see as pressing in their communities. Ten workshops will be held, with metrics such as names, ages, genders of participants, topics addressed, questions asked and number of birth control products distributed being recorded in order to monitor and evaluate the project. CHOP Phase II will eventually begin, building on the initial workshops by identifying two Peer Educators (PEs) from each community that display particular interest and ability to understand and communicate about health topics. CHOP II will train these PEs in common health issues and enable them to conduct monthly workshops in their own communities. SAW will then follow up with the PEs to monitor the content and efficacy of these ongoing trainings.�
What is your overall thought about being involved with GlobeMed?
"There is no doubt in my mind that leading GlobeMed has been the single most influential experience of my undergraduate experience.�
GlobeMed at UC is a registered undergraduate student organization with the Student Activities Board. The group is open to all university members who have a desire to learn about global health and contribute to their efforts. For more information or to contact Tasset or another member of the group, email firstname.lastname@example.com. See their 2011-2012 annual report.