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I have been turkey hunting since I was 13. And before that, I went with my dad when I was as young as 6. We'd wake up at 4 a.m., ride out to the edge of a field way out of town, and then we'd march across an open field and slip into the tree line. There we'd sit for what seemed like days waiting, calling, watching. Sometimes it would rain. A couple of times it snowed. But we'd sit there and wait.
I loved it. But in a lot of ways, I hated it.
I love it because I loved hunting. The planning and preparation was always fun. And the art of luring in a big gobbler is a major challenge. When you first start calling, they can be anywhere–just a faint squawk in the distance. But slowly they get closer and closer. And to see one strutting just a few yards in front of you is a sight to behold.
But I hate turkeys.
I don't like to eat them. I don' like to clean them. I don't like the way they look. I don't enjoy the sounds they make.
A male turkey is like that cocky jerk you went to high school with. Always making a fuss. Always strutting around and trying to make you look stupid in front of the girls. On a side note, if you can't think of that guy from your high school, you were him.
The turkey just isn't much to look at. Even in flight they look like they just don't belong on this planet. With all the red bumps and flaps of skin hanging off their beaks. And what other bird that you know of has an eight inch tuft of hair growing out of the middle of their chest? And can you believe that Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be the symbol of America over the bald eagle? Are you kidding me?
I still turkey hunt. I get up early. I sit in the rain and call. I set out decoys. I even keep a shell in the shotgun. But I haven't shouldered a rifle on a turkey in 10 or 15 years. I see how close I can get one called in. Then when I'm tired of looking at them, I get up and walk back to the truck.
I stick with ham at Thanksgiving (or a steak if I'm selecting the menu). I opt for roast beef at the sub sandwich shop.
I just don't like turkeys. But hunting them sure beats sitting in the house all day.

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Whether it's the holiday season or some other time of year, pine products can be used for a variety of things. If you have a pine tree, here is how to make the most of it.
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Using Pine Needles
1Use the pine needles from a pine tree to make tea. Pine needle tea has up to five times more vitamin C than a lemon by weight. This tea has a unique minty, sweet taste to it. It is made simply by adding some pine needles to hot water. Do not consume it if you are pregnant or breast feeding.
2When you are sweeping up pine needles, use the pine needles for gardening. They can be used as a pest controller or as fertilizers.
3Use pine needles as sachet-fresheners. They are great to use as an air freshener inside a simple sachet. Or, they can be used simply as a decoration or even added to potpourri.Advertisement
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Using Pine Cones
1Learn how to make scented pine cones. These cones make a great room-freshener or decoration for your house or Christmas tree. The fragrance can be varied according to the amount and type of aroma you use.
2Learn how to make neon pine cone card holders. These pine cone holders add a decorative touch to any table setting. By adding a neon dash onto a pine cone, it'll be one craft everyone wants to know how to make.
3Use pine cones for the birds. Turn the pine cones into peanut butter pine cones. They are really easy to make. See how many birds you can attract! They can be hung anywhere except inside your home (as, clearly, the birds aren't inside).
4If you want to keep your pine cones long lasting why not preserve them? It'll make them looking fresh for a very long time so get creative!
5Make a pine cone centerpiece. Although old-fashioned, this decoration will bring love and joy for your traditional holiday fun.
6Instead of using just the pine tree for a Christmas tree, why not add in a twist and make the tree out of cones? It is much more compact and great to put on a table when serving your Christmas dinner.
7For a great Christmas tree, there's nothing like making pine cone ornaments. They are wonderful.
8If you really have no idea what to use pine cones for, why not just let them serve as simple decorations? They are great to paint!Advertisement
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1Find the seeds from the pine tree in the cone. These seeds are also referred to 'nuts'. They can be easily roasted and are a delicious treat which are rich in monounsaturated fat. Since they are high in natural oils, they can be used for pesto sauces or by roasting. They vary in sizes and shape and may needed to be shelled.
2Make pignoli cookies. This cookie is a staple cookie in Italy; it tastes sensational. Just by adding some pine nuts, eggs, sugar and almond paste, this recipe is a good way to use pine nuts.
3Make a delicious pine nut sundae. The texture is creamy and tasty.
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- You can also eat the cambium (inner bark) from white pine trees. It's sweet and springy.
- Only purchase fresh pine nuts; they tend to go rancid quickly. Keep unused pine nuts stored in the freezer for longer freshness.
- The more young the pine cones the much sweeter.
- Pine needles can prevent growth of many plants. Don't sprinkle them on any area of the garden where you want plants or trees to grow.Thanks!
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Source: Sam Wildow | Daily Call
COVINGTON — When Superintendent Gene Gooding took the stage during the dedication ceremony for Covington schools' new K-8 building, many thanks were issued to Covington Mayor Ed McCord, Village Administrator Mike Busse, the Covington Police Department, the Covington Board of Education, Forsythe, former board member Brad Hall, Miller, Larson, the levy committee, and the community.
"We are going to run this building as efficiently as we can to live up your vision," Gooding said.
Sam Wildow | Daily Call Covington schools Superintendent Gene Gooding (far right) speaks at the podium during the dedication ceremony for the district's new K-8 school building on Sunday.


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Monday, October 27, 2014
Monday Motivation: My Day at the Simply Stylist Conference and Tips for a Successful Blogging Career
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What a fantastic opportunity. I'm sure you learned so much and had the chance to meet so many fabulous people! (:ReplyDeleteReplies
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Do insects have blood?
Insects do have blood, but it is very different from human blood. Insect's blood, referred to as hemolymph, contains various nutrients and hormones. Unlike human blood, it is not red in color; it is clear. Sometimes, though, insect blood does appear to have a yellow or green color to it – this comes from the pigment of the plants that the insect has eaten.
Our blood is red because it has hemoglobin, which is used to carry oxygen to where it is needed in the body. Insects do not have any red blood cells or hemoglobin. They breathe through their skin and get oxygen from a complex system of air tubes that connect to the outside air through their spiracles. So instead of carrying oxygen, their blood carries nutrients from one part of the body to another.
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Yes, they sure can! Have you ever seen a swarm of ants around a piece of food? How did they know it was there? How did the ant who found it tell all its friends?
The most important communication insects have is with members of the same species. With their members, they use different signals to give warnings about danger and to tell about food sources. They also use signals to ward off predators or attract prey. These signal communications are based on the insects' senses of touch, smell, sound, and sight.
Is bee honey kosher?
Strange as it may seem, bee honey is a kosher food. We say it may seem "strange," because the general rule is that "what comes out of an unclean (tamei) thing is unclean." In other words, according to halachah, if an animal is not kosher, then anything it produces is not kosher either. For this reason, milk from a horse or a camel is not kosher, because the horse and camel are non-kosher animals. Now, the bee is a non-kosher insect, yet its honey is kosher! How can that be?
The reason is due to the fact that a bee does not really produce honey from its body. It merely collects the nectar from blossoms and stores it in the honeycomb. The Creator has given the honeybee two stomachs. One is its "personal stomach," where it digests its own food. The other is really just a sac for honey. It is a "honey stomach" where the bee collects the nectar it sips from the blossoms, in order to carry it off to the hive, where it will regurgitate ("throw up") the nectar. Eventually it will deposit the nectar into the honeycomb, and that's where the substance turns into real honey. This is why bee honey is kosher.
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Dear Professor, What is the fastest flying insect?
The dragonfly is arguably the fastest flying insect in the world. Some say that the male horsefly is faster, but either way, the dragonfly is quite the speed demon, as well as a very skillful flier.


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This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at email@example.com.
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This dissertation examines Japanese preschool teachers' cultural practices and beliefs about the pedagogy of social-emotional development. The study is an interview-based, ethnographic study, which is based on the video-cued mutivocal ethnographic method. This study focuses on the emic terms that Japanese preschool teachers use to explain their practices, such as amae (dependency), omoiyari (empathy), sabishii (loneliness), mimamoru (watching and waiting) and garari (peripheral participation). My analysis suggests that sabishii, amae, and omoiyari form a triad of emotional exchange that has a particular cultural patterning and salience in Japan and in the Japanese approach to the socialization of emotions in early …
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The Toronto Star has published what is purported to be an actual robo-call recorded by a Guelph, Ontario resident. The message left on Guelph resident Dave Hudson's voicemail on Election Day 2011. He was so alarmed, in fact, that he saved the message. the Star's article is here.
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Example of robo-call in Guelph, Ontario
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- Murray the HunFebruary 28, 2012 at 6:03 PM
In the article, one of the alarmed voters lied to campaign callers saying that he was a Conservative supporter. Yet he received a misleading robocall. Does that not sound as though the robocall may have been from a supporter of either the Libs or the Dippers?ReplyDelete
- Dave B.February 28, 2012 at 6:14 PM
Call a by-election in Guelph immediately. This seems to be what the Libs. want. Let's give it to them.ReplyDelete
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Online Collection System needs to be urgently up-graded
ECI Organizers have expressed an urgent need to make a more user-friendly design choice for the official Online Collection System (OCS) which the EU Commission is obliged to provide to ECI organizers. In our view some simple modifications to the OCS could make quite a change to ECI working in practice.
For more than six weeks now the first ECI, the right2water ECI, has been collecting online signatures (statements of support). And just this week the ECI Fraternité 2020 has started to collect online as well, both of them using the software provided by the European Commission. But does the offered online signature collection system really work efficiently? Beyond the widely expressed specific technical criticism of the Commission's online collection software (expressed by ECI organizers, see here, here and here, as well as by IT experts) there is another decisive dimension that could be easily changed by the Commission. This refers to the question as to how far the website design for signing provided by the Commission is sufficient from a normal citizen's and user's point of view.
We suggest that you make an experiment yourself and compare the website designs for signing online provided by the Commission and the website for signing an Avaaz petition.
From a normal user's point of view it is not intuitively and quickly clear where and even whether at all one can sign on the ECI website provided by the Commission. Due to the unclear design a potential ECI supporter has to invest more time than necessary just in order to study the further procedure. (In fact, one has to click another button, the country button, at the very bottom and only then is it possible to type in one's personal data). In addition, the formulation "Support the proposed ECI" leads to confusion, it should be: "Support the ECI for X". In other words, the cumbersome design means that far too many supporters will give up and thus be lost on the website provided by the Commission.
Another important necessity is to make the ECI website for online signing as attractive and interactive as possible (such as Avaaz provides). For that we need an indicator showing how many citizens have already signed. And it is especially necessary to add a little interface / tick box, as a non-mandatory field, saying: "If you would like to be informed about the further progress of this initiative, enter your email address." The last point is especially important for efficient campaigning, to stay in touch with one's supporters and build up a European network.
Such a non-mandatory tick box does NOT contravene Art. 12.3 of the general ECI regulation, (i.e. personal data of supporters may only be used to indicate support and shall be completely destroyed afterwards). The ECI Campaign coordinator, Carsten Berg, has expressed these points in a personal meeting with the responsible person at the EU Commission (Mr. Deasy – director of DG Digit) and his colleagues from the EC general secretariat. Unfortunately, the answer so far by DG Digit has been that ECI organizers can change this if they use their OWN software. This is hardly possible, however, given the huge challenges connected to creating one's own software which would be very expensive and time consuming. Moreover there is little readiness in Member States' administrations to certify a software that has been self-produced by ECI organizers (i.e. not provided by the EC) even though the implementing regulation explicitly provides for this option. For the time being the Initiative for the ECI, The ECI Campaign, suggests that we should concentrate on the EC's obligation to provide a well functioning ECI online software and improve it in an open work and progress approach, exchanging ideas and comments with those who make use of the instrument. If this however doesn't work civil society organizations need to set up a self-produced online infrastructure for the initiatives of European citizens. Something we recently have discussed at the ECI workshop in Helsinki, which we have co-organized with our Finish friends from Open Ministry; first proposals from Xavier Dutoit see here.


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Calycanthus Brumae
Here is a calibrated balance between the subtle scent of the "paper flowers" and the woody notes of sacred incenses and rare roots. It's not only for men. Mystic and silent like dusk on the lake: from its grey reflection in the water it takes also its silver association.
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A foretaste of Heaven: Lake Maggiore…the Garden of Europe's majestic villas and fairytale atmosphere.
A landscape celebrated by poets and writers, where VIPS and royal families spend their holidays. A sparkling sliver of Italy that contains all the merits and attractions that make our "Bel Paese" unique.
Dazzling light, artistic masterpieces, and unforgettable sceneries highlight a relaxed lifestyle of long vacations in shadowy gardens and languid afternoons between scented breezes. It is no wonder Italian lakes are experiencing a season of growing success.
Here you can experience a quieter and refined Dolce Vita because beauty is everywhere.
In the vivid colours of the thousands of flowers blossoming, in the reflections of the sky along the water, in a late afternoon vision of birds at flight.
In the most iconic corner of the Borromeo Gulf lies Stresa, an elegant and famous vacation resort, facing the eternal splendour of the Borromeo Islands.
Stresa is a place were history, art, fascination and exclusivity meet, have always crossed paths. In the gardens of Isola Bella, between green sceneries, old statues and colorful peacocks, Italy casts its eternal spell as the most popular show in the world: the marriage between genius and beauty, between passion and skill.
Acqua di Stresa takes inspiration from this place were perfection seems possible and beauty the only aim. Our scents are a floral ode to this corner of paradise, where flowers blossom all year round and time seems to slow down.
Acqua di Stresa was born out of its creators'strong desire to share the scents and the emotion of the garden of their beloved "buen retiro", the "Castello di Ripa", a two hundred year old castle by the lake, facing the Borromeo Islands.
Acqua di Stresa doesn't speak only of the spirit of its creators: it speaks of the place where it was born, of its "genius loci". And promotes the excellence of its unique botanical world. Acqua di Stresa is a love declaration: a hymn to a beloved place and a collection of scents whose aim is Beauty and Harmony.
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In the years since, I've bulked up on both wine and wedding knowledge, and I've seen the question of what to serve for the toast cause more than one bridal panic attack. The good news? It can actually be one of the easiest, most cost-effective decisions you make. Here are five mantras to help stay relaxed in the process.
No One Needs to Remember the Wine
I realize that's a bold thing to say to an audience of wine lovers, but unless you're a wine connoisseur marrying a wine connoisseur celebrated by your connoisseur friends and family, your "special bottle" will be misunderstood by half the guests. Do you want to watch a case you've cellared--or purchased at massive expense--be distributed to Aunt Edna, who prefers hers with Sprite? No. The bubbles you're breaking out won't be the center of attention here; if you're doing it right, they'll be lost in the noise of all the happiness (and cake) radiating off of those getting hitched.
That said, while you don't need the sparkling wine to be memorably good, you also want to avoid memorably bad. It may seem intimidating, but this is one of the wine world's easiest targets to hit.
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No One Needs Champagne
Now, I love Champagne, but we're talking about a specific situation here where money counts and breathtaking quality does not. We want delicious and delicate, cake-worthy and crowd-pleasing, and for that we can look outside of France. Consider Cava (Spain), Prosecco (Italy), or shut down the search and just order cases from Gruet, in New Mexico. Their phenomenal flagship Brut goes for around $15 a magnum, and will please everyone from Aunt Edna to your cousin the wine snob.
For those working with a caterer, check during the introductory process whether they'll source the things you want, or if they charge corkage (and whether it's exorbitant) if you opt to select and purchase your sparkling wine on your own.
No One Needs More Than A Little
If you're on the tightest possible budget, don't just hit the bottom shelf at the grocery store because it's the only way you'll get 100 people sauced on sparkling wine. Pick the lovelier bottles for a few dollars more, and serve people less of it. You only need one glass served at the moment of the toast for maximum celebratory impact; it doesn't need to flow like you're in a Jay-Z video. Though, if you're looking for bottles solely to shake and spray, go ahead and get back to the bottom shelf at the store. That stuff will do.
No One Needs to Tell You What to Do
The worst part of wedding planning is being told what's proper, what's required, what your parents did, what your parents would never do, what may offend two- thirds of your guests and what's expected by the rest. There's an undeniable romance and tradition to toasting a newly married couple with a Champagne flute, but you're in charge and if standard sparkling wine's not your bag, your wedding won't be worse for it. If you'd like something a little sweeter, look into Moscato d'Asti; if you want something wild, taste your way through inky, sparkling Shiraz. It's as good a way as any to wish someone well.
Five Sparklers to Try
And what is the most relaxing part of planning the booze for your wedding?
Research. Here are five affordable (and widely available) sparklers to try in your quest for the right bottle.
Gruet Brut NV
Jaume Serra Cristalino Brut Cava
Zardetto Brut Prosecco
Mionetto Prosecco Brut Treviso DOC
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Hunter Valley Gardens
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We've enjoyed various botanic gardens during our travels, but it was a gimmick that brought us to the spectacular 25-acre planned garden in the wine-region of the Hunter Valley. Hunter Valley Gardens is attracting families this January with a combination of a late Christmas-light displays and animatronic creepy-crawlies.
Most of the attractions we visit are the result of a family consensus. When we noticed the sign on the highway promoting Mega Bugs, we stopped to look it up online and talk about whether we thought a visit to Hunter Valley Gardens was something we wanted to do. Two of the girls really wanted to see the exhibit and two didn't particularly care, so we headed west from Newcastle to check it out.
For a passive attraction, the entry price for our family felt quite steep. We paid $100 to gain day-entry to the gardens. I understand that the gardens must have been costly to establish and maintain, but at a price like this, I won't recommend it heartily.
At the end of several hours of wandering through the gardens, we agreed that we enjoyed ourselves. The "bugs" themselves were a disappointment but at night-time the Christmas lights would probably be amazing. As a detour and a day-outing, we enjoyed ourselves, but now that we've been here and done that, we're unlikely to return.


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The immune system is made up of many different kinds of cells that protect the body from germs, viruses and other invaders. These cells need to co-exist in a certain balance for good health to be maintained. Many factors, including diet and excess body fat, can tip this balance, creating immune cells that can attack our bodies, rather than act protectively.
It has been known for some time that excess body fat, particularly abdominal fat, triggers the production of 'pro-inflammatory' immune cells, which circulate in the blood and can damage our bodies. In addition, other inflammatory immune cells, known as macrophages, are also activated within fat tissue.
The recent study looked at obese people with Type 2 diabetes or prediabetes who were limited to a diet of between 1000 and 1600 calories a day for 24 weeks. Gastric banding was performed at 12 weeks to help restrict food intake further. The study determined the effects of weight loss on immune cells
Undertaken by Dr Alex Viardot and Associate Professor Katherine Samaras from Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research, the results showed an 80% reduction of pro-inflammatory T-helper cells, as well as reduced activation of other circulating immune cells (T cells, monocytes and neutrophils) and decreased activation of macrophages in fat. They are published in the prestigious Journal of Clinical Endocrinology Metabolism, now online.
"Excess weight disorders now affect 50% of adult Australians, with obesity being the major cause of Type 2 diabetes and some cancers," said Associate Professor Samaras.
"The situation has reached crisis point, and people must be made aware that excess fat will affect their immune systems and therefore their survival."
"We have found that a modest weight loss of about 6 kg is enough to bring the pro- inflammatory nature of circulating immune cells back to that found in lean people."
"These inflammatory cells are involved in promoting coronary artery disease and other illnesses associated with obesity."
"This is the first time it has been shown that modest weight reduction reverses some of the very adverse inflammatory changes we see in obese people with diabetes."
"We also showed that the activation status of immune cells found in fat predicted how much weight people would lose following a calorie restricted diet and bariatric surgery. Those with more activated immune cells lost less weight."
"It's the first time this has been described and is important because it helps us understand why some people lose weight more easily than others, and that inflammation is involved in regulating the response to bariatric surgery."
The Garvan study reinforces a message we hear regularly – to optimise your health, keep your weight and waist in the healthy range.
The Garvan Institute of Medical Research was founded in 1963. Initially a research department of St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, it is now one of Australia's largest medical research institutions with nearly 500 scientists, students and support staff. Garvan's main research programs are: Cancer, Diabetes & Obesity, Immunology and Inflammation and Neuroscience. Garvan's mission is to make significant contributions to medical science that will change the directions of science and medicine and have major impacts on human health. The outcome of Garvan's discoveries is the development of better methods of diagnosis, treatment, and ultimately, prevention of disease.
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This summer I had the opportunity to travel with my nineteen year old son Stefan to Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was on his way to register for his second year at ORU (Oral Roberts University). A good friend of Stefan's backed down at the last-minute due to his work schedule, so I offered to go on my first college road trip with my son. This created hours and hours of sharing conversation about life, God, and even Barack Obama running for President.
I was grateful for the opportunity because spending time with your young adult children is so important to their future and decision making! Learn to listen carefully and you will pick up their views and concepts…then with God's Spirit you will be able to guide and share the wisdom that you have learned through your own life experiences. You can be honest about your victories as well as mistakes.
Our children are our greatest treasures in life…treat them with respect and they will share their lives with you…and you will be a partner to that "still small voice"!
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Every once and a while on this green journey of ours, I reach a new level of crunchiness I never thought possible. This is one of those times, friends.
I've heard and read about all the nasties in deodorant for quite some time now. And over the years, though I've been more than a little concerned by it, never really wanted to go there. Surely holding on to one little thing like deodorant wouldn't be sooo bad… Plus, I live in Florida. It's hot here, don't ya know? It may surprise some, but coconut oil doesn't naturally stay solid here between April and October. And with coconut oil being the main ingredient in most recipes…Liquid deodorant??? No thank you!
But as has been the case with most things, the more I learned, the more bothered I became. And when my husband actually voiced concerns about all the toxic junk we slather on each day, I knew I could remain in denial no longer. It was time. I was going there.
I won't regale you with all of the horrible and convincing reasons to go homemade with deodorant. Many a fine blogger has already done that. But I will share with you the recipe that works for me. Because, you see, I was still bound and determined not to use liquid deodorant.
Enter, beeswax.
When I found this recipe for homemade deodorant, I knew this was the one to try. I made a few adaptations, and I'm pleased to report that it works just as well as it's commercial counterparts. I used it during some pretty labor intensive gardening, definitely worked up a sweat. But I was still smellin' pretty good at the end of the day. I would say just as good, if not better then when using my store bought deodorant. Now, that's impressive, if you ask me.
1 oz bar of beeswax
1/3 cup Coconut Oil
2 Tb Baking Soda
4 Tb Arrowroot Powder
5 drops Melaleuca essential oil
10 drops Essential oil (I like Wild Orange and Bergamot- I'm going to try Sandalwood for a more masculine version for my husband)
1 empty deodorant stick (I cleaned out an empty one I just finished up – if you'd like to use something new, you could get some like these)
(Use more or less to your liking.)
(note: don't use a whisk here, use a wooden spoon. A whisk makes the mix too bubbly, and its hard to clean after…trust me on this.)
Now, wasn't that easy? Oh, and it smells amazing! I feel silly for not trying this sooner. But, I'm a total diy deodorant convert now. Let the crunchiness continue!
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I've been sick in bed all day, in a cloud of ibuprofen. So it is time for a totally frivolous post.
What can you do if you only finish half an airplane bag?
Wear it as a bustier! It's even got fitted darts at the top… Perfect for the modestly-endowed woman! Actually, the pattern means you end up with two bustiers, so that is an added bonus if you want to find a friend.
Although, to tell the truth, all of us at the recent Patchwork in the Peaks actually ended up making bags instead, as Ms M's pretty photo shows:
Great reviews of our mountain weekend ten days agao are appearing here and there around Blogland. Our bags instructor and bear-maker extraordinaire Ms K has posts here, here and here. Ms L has an insider view too here, with more lovely photos of most beautiful bag. Who knows, maybe Ms F will post something on her gorgeous blog here in the coming days; or the organiser Ms E here, once she feels on top of the world again after caring for us all so well?
Now to bed, to get better again.
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I saw the news this morning and it looked just like something from my hometown – an evil looking sky with a swirling tornado in it, bearing down on the countryside. Smashed sheds, upside-down farm equipment, twisted trees and electrical poles lying horizontally on the ground. It looked like springtime in Missouri.
It turns out that on Sunday afternoon, twisters ripped through Ibaraki Prefecture and Tochigi Prefecture. One hit the town of Tsukuba where a friend of mine used to live. One 14-year-old was killed and about 40 people were injured, with lots of houses destroyed and other damage. Continue reading


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HMS TORBAY, the 'Trafalgar' Class submarine seen yesterday, was back upfirth today and is seen here as she prepared to head into the Gareloch and up to HM Naval Base Clyde at Faslane. This particular submarine has very recently completed a year-long refit at Faslane, which cost an estimated £8 million. As well as being upgraded to carry the latest version of Tomahawk cruise missile, TORBAY is the first member of the 'Silent Service' to do away with paper charts, as new Warship Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (WECDIS) have been installed. In the backgound, one of the Royal Navy's 'Vanguard' Class Trident missile submarines can be seen heading out to sea. Her considerably greater size is amply demonstrated - she is 150 metres long with a displacement of 15,900 tonnes . TORBAY is 85m, with a displacement of 5,200 tonnes.
Monday, 14 April 2008
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Labels: Naval Ship
5 comments:
- Dougster said...
What a great shot John!
- 15 April 2008 at 19:51
- Digiscoper62 said...
|Excellent, I wonder if thats here we spotted passing Ailsa Craig :-
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- Digiscoper62 said...
Sorry the link was too long :-
- 16 April 2008 at 11:58
- Zak said...
Great catch!!
- 16 April 2008 at 15:06
- John said...
A cracker !!
- 17 April 2008 at 18:02
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Money matters: Discuss cloud economics on Twitter Sept. 25
CIOs know that money matters in their cloud implementation efforts. Join SearchCIO Sept. 25 to discuss cloud economics and the best places to invest.
When times are tough, CIOs must watch every dollar -- and that's why many have zeroed in on cloud computing for the purported cost savings on infrastructure. But money matters around cloud aren't as simple as they're sometimes portrayed. Are you confident in your understanding of cloud economics?
Join SearchCIO for this month's tweet jam to discuss which areas of cloud computing demand your top-dollar investment, and which areas might be best left to more traditional infrastructure arrangements. The Twitter event will take place Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 3 p.m. EDT and will feature a series of questions exploring cloud economics, principles, costs and benefits.
SearchCIO's editors, writers and contributors will be on deck -- engaging from their personal Twitter accounts -- joined by experienced cloud comput-er Ravi Ravishanker, CIO of Wellesley College and Associate Dean of WellesleyX. In his time at Wellesley, Ravishanker has moved the college to Google Apps for Education, transitioned to Drupal's open source content management system, and helped develop and implement a cloud strategy whereby most of Wellesley's core processes are hosted in the cloud. TechTarget Assistant Site Editor Emily McLaughlin will lead the event from the SearchCIO Twitter handle, @searchCIO.
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In 'Head of a Man 1' and 'Head of Man 2′ Andrew Curtis paints the background space of Nigel Henderson's 'Head of a Man' (1956) in thinned household enamel over large-format monochrome photographs of a colonialist's exotic winter garden, built in Eltham in the 1880s. Funded by self-made millionaire 'Colonel' John Thomas, the winter garden was made to bring 'taste' to the masses of south London, from which a post-war suburb grew. These works are the exact dimensions of Henderson's original collage on board and the photographs were taken by Joolz Ingram following Andrew Curtis's instructions.
Two works from Curtis's latest series 'Universal Reproductions' are unique screen prints on plasterboard, using appropriated archive images from the plaster cast collection at the Crystal Palace in Sydenham. The casts depicted were made using a reproductive sculptural process with the purpose of providing greater access to great works to improve public taste in art and design. Curtis's use of plasterboard as substrate for his printed reproductions of these images, a readily available DIY material, questions the authenticity of this prescribed experience and its accretion in the gardens and public spaces that we inhabit.
These images extend Curtis's work on the faux-exotic presence in suburbia and anachronistic signs of cultural appropriation for which he has become known: monkey-puzzle trees (Chilean Pine), Torbay palms and the façade of worldly culture they present.
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Flickr user Margnac has posted an amazing collection of photos from the Olivetti typewriter factory during the late 60's and early 70's. As I do not read French, I am not sure of the history of the photos but the pictures themselves reveal a fascinating place.
When will manufacturers learn that these overly complicated
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Flickr set from Olivetti Factory (via thingsmagazine.net)
Olivetti Poster from 1959
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BATH, N.Y. - A New York man who recently won three marathons in three states in eight days says his winnings will go toward paying his infant son's medical bills for a developmental congenital disorder.
The Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester reports that 29-year-old Bryan Morseman of Bath in Steuben County started his streak March 14 when he won the Montgomery Marathon in Alabama. The next morning, he ran in the Tobacco Road Marathon in Cary, North Carolina, because it was on the way home and won that race.
A week later, he took first place in the Yeungling Shamrock Marathon in Virginia Beach.
The three victories brought him $5,750 in winnings, all of which he'll put toward 9-month-old Leeim's treatments for spina bifida. He and his wife also have 2-year-old son.
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"See This Amputee's Amazing Halloween Costume as Lumiere From 'Beauty and the Beast'" originally appeared on ABC News and was reprinted with permission.
One amputee took a page out of a fairytale this Halloween.
Josh Sundquist, who had his left leg amputated after being diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer at the age of 9, is dressing up as Lumière from "Beauty and the Beast."
A photo of the Santa Monica, California, man as the animated candlestick is now going viral online. In an Instagram caption, Sundquist wrote, "Want to see my #HalloweenCostume? Be my guest."
Sundquist, 32, told ABC News he's been brainstorming his Halloween costume for about three months. He keeps a running list of ideas on his phone.
The motivational speaker gets help from his assistant, Lisa McLaughlin, to create his costumes each year, which have gone viral before.
"They're pretty time-consuming," he said. "But Lisa basically builds them from scratch. She's incredibly good at crafting."
McLaughlin spent weeks creating Lumière.
According to Sundquist, McLaughlin purchased a metallic gold morph suit. Next, the base was made out of papier-mâché and covered with gold fabric. The candle holder was made out of decorative tubes — or poster board glued into a cylinder — topped with clay to create the illusion of dripping wax.
"On my face is a silicon nose that I bought on Amazon and clown makeup," Sundquist added.
Previously, Sundquist has dressed up as the Gingerbread Man, an IHOP sign and even a pink flamingo.
"The flamingo — that was really crazy," Sundquist recalled. "Probably no matter how many costumes I make there's never going to be one that's quite as uncanny looking as this one."


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Bittersweet and blue sky ballads
Jamie Bendell
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Singer-songwriter Jamie Bendell's latest EP Blue Sky Days throws fans a bit of a curve ball. Ditching the upbeat acoustic pop of previous releases, Bendell plumbs more solemn subjects and broadens her musical repertoire to include Americana and folk music. The title track wrestles gamely with questions about finding your place in the world while holding onto hope of blue sky days with almost religious reverence, and "Late Night" has her lamenting, "I'm drinking too much/Or I'm not drinking enough." The country-esque "Hope" and toe-tapping, mid-tempo "Only Way They'll Listen" venture back into Bendell's wheelhouse with strong, slightly quirky melodies and rhythms, and "Not Too Young" balances both the serious and the light with an upbeat pop rock sound. Bendell has matured significantly since her last release and Blue Sky Days is fine proof.
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Butch Vig has been associated with a number of alternative bands over the years, having produced Nirvana's legendary Nevermind and the Smashing Pumpkins' Gish, in addition to spending time as part of Garbage. His latest band is a complete one-eighty from all of that. Emperors of Wyoming is an alt-country band whose debut is filled with Americana sounds, Spaghetti Western tinges, and even some Tom Petty-ish pop rock, and while the results aren't always good, it gets points for trying. "The Bittersweet Sound of Goodbye" is a nice start as it employs a mid-tempo pop rock rhythm while lead singer Phil Davis waxes philosophical about the temporary nature of this life. "Never Got Over You" is another decent number that transcends the mopey vibe that songs of this ilk commonly have, and there's a nice guitar solo near the end to liven things up. Lead singer Phil Davis' vocals, sadly, are not very dynamic, but they get the job done.
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Signed and Sealed in Blood/Born & Bred Records
As one of the tracks on their latest album states, Boston's favorite Celtic punk rock sons The Dropkick Murphys are back and they're looking for trouble. Signed and Sealed in Blood is loaded with the kind of energy, passion and raucous chants that have been somewhat muted on the past couple of releases. As the lads revel in the things they value most—friendship, loyalty and living life to the fullest—you can't help but get caught up in the excitement, especially on rollicking rock numbers like "The Battle Rages On." The gang's punk rock verve and swagger are on full display in "Out on the Town," the ballad "Rose Tattoo" explodes into an epic party song halfway through, and if you can keep up with the blistering pace of "Burn" you're likely to exhaust yourself. When the band slows it down a little on its unusual take on the Christmas season, "The Season's Upon Us," you can't help but laugh and cringe all at once, however Blood stands out as the band's strongest release in a long while.


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Galactic, Cake, Taj Mahal Trio and more are scheduled to play Mount Tam Jam: A Benefit For The Mountain beginning at noon on June 22. The event will be held at the 4000-seat Mountain Theater in Mount Tamalpais State Park.
The Tamalpais Conservation Club has spearheaded the effort to raise funds to help maintain the 85-year-old park. The hope is to contribute to increasing ranger services, emergency response time and resources, and to the restoration of bridges and trails within the park.
Perhaps encouraged by the much larger Outside Lands festival in Golden Gate Park, there is an eye toward making Mount Tam Jam a yearly benefit. Patrons are asked to tread lightly while enjoying the natural surroundings and to leave no trace in the theater or elsewhere.
General admission tickets for the seven-hour concert are $50 ($25 for children under 12).


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At least eight villagers in Cameroon's far north region were killed and nine injured in a raid on Thursday by Boko Haram insurgents.
Cameroonian authorities said that the raid was quelled by a gun battle between militants and security forces where members of both groups died.
Speaking on the development, Babila Akaou, Prefect for the Mayo-Sava district where the incident occurred, said that "aside the death of the villagers, we do not have details of the death toll from the gun battle which killed security forces and militants.''
Boko Haram wants to create a caliphate and impose a strict version of Islamic law in adjacent northeastern Nigeria and has carried out cross-border raids in neighbouring countries.
The insurgents had used Cameroon's north to stockpile supplies and recruits until a government crackdown last year, but the militants have responded this year by ramping up attacks in the area.
Cameroon is part of an 8,700-strong regional force led by Nigeria that is fighting the militants.
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Black eyed pea vegetable soup is low in fat and chuck full of vitamins. This is an easy recipe to make requiring only a smidgen of your time. The benefit of the food is that it is 100% made from healthy ingredients that will further your fitness goals. Ensuring that you eat healthy in addition to working out is more than half the battle.
According to a recent study printed in the British Medical Journal of 65,000 participants that a 7-10 servings of vegetables a day can reduce your risk of stroke by 25%, heart disease by 31%, and risk of death by 42% (1). This recipe can easily clear 7 servings without feeling over full. A serving is ¾ cups while a bowl could be as much as 2.5 cups of soup.
Soups such as these come with additional benefits such as 150 calories a bowl with .1g of fat making it extremely beneficial overall. Most of us have busy lives but soups help cut down on preparation. Most soups are generally easy to make and once you have the majority of base ingredients it becomes cost effective. Cost and health should be two major concerns on your food budget.
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JVC Everio GZHD3 3CCD 60GB Hard Disk Drive Hd Camcorder with 10 x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom Item Reviews and Key Specs
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I have the same problem. My users are using Cognos and SAS. SAS is in = a pilot project and apparently, it can do the pass through you are = describing. Cognos logs user access to a file. Cognos provides a schema = you can build and load the log files to it for better management. Its = kind of clunky and doesn't give you row level auditing. Is the App = something built in house or a COTS product?
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How do we capture the user logging into the Presentation layer and pass = that original user id through the Application layer to the database = layer and be able to capture that original user id in the audit logs. = The Application layer always connects to the database as the SAME user = NOT as the original user. We need to know what code goes in what tier. I have read and searched but cannot find a doc on how to do this. With = all the multi-tier architectures out there I was hoping to find a ton of = information on this subject.
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AT&T loves their double-speak and "we know what's best for everyone" attitude. Whenever they get the chance, they trot out that same old tired argument about how they must have control over network traffic in order to "manage" it.
We all know who they are "managing" it for, and we all know that "management" will not have benefits for the end-user in any way that counts. What AT&T wants to do, just like other big providers, is sign contracts for traffic shaping that will benefit their bottom line. The end user, people like me who are using high-speed home broadband, will not gain anything from these agreements but limited access to an Internet right now that is unlimited. Who needs net neutrality? The end users do, and I hope we can continue the fight to get it.
Here in Missouri, Dave Nichols, the president of Missouri AT&T misses few opportunities to push his "vision" of a world without a net neutrality regulation in place, using the same old arguments that all of us can see through. He recently trotted his arguments through the newsroom of our local newspaper. It is the same stuff we hear all over the country, and we don't believe it any better just because he's a local guy.
This isn't about how much money AT&T (or other providers) have spent on infrastructure or backbone (another argument AT&T likes to make). This is strictly about how much AT&T can pad their own bottom line. Agreements these huge providers make with large companies providing content is nothing more than censorship, in my opinion, and will lead to limited Internet access for many people. You'll be able to hit the big sites easily, but anyone who can't afford to pay AT&T and other big providers for the "privilege" of having their content available will be left out in the cold.
Unless net neutrality can become a reality, the AT&T's of the world will have us by the ears and we will not be able to do anything about it.


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Project Overview
Principal Investigators
Perkins IV required states to assess secondary and postsecondary learner outcomes on a set of core indicators, building upon and strengthening accountability and reporting requirements in prior Perkins legislation. Data are reported to Congress to help gauge the return on federal investment in CTE, hold states and local providers accountable for meeting federally negotiated levels of performance, and identify areas where program improvement efforts are warranted. Policymakers have had difficulty assessing CTE benefits using state-reported data, however. Although the 2006 Perkins Act mandated the creation of statewide accountability systems, states continue to use different approaches to define key terminology, identify CTE participant and concentrator populations, construct measures, and collect accountability data.
This study explored the feasibility of creating a common data dictionary, built around CTE data that already reside within state Perkins postsecondary information systems, in order to promote efforts to improve the consistency and quality of federal Perkins data.
The premise of the project was to examine what states have in their current Perkins data systems and build common variables from there. By identifying common data definitions and establishing an associated dictionary, this project creates an opportune moment to revisit the goals of IPEDS and Perkins accountability and align the two systems more closely. The common data dictionary developed through this study will enable states to crosswalk data contained within their postsecondary longitudinal information systems into a standard Perkins data framework.


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To the website for the freelance writer and editor Peter Ray Allison.
Peter specialises in technology, science, films, books, television, parenting, gaming and alternative-culture.
Peter's clients include the BBC, The Guardian, The Independent, Computer Weekly, Prima Baby & Pregnancy, Alphr, UCAS, Games™, Bluffer's and Kotaku UK.
He is also an editor for Geek Pride, where he reviews the latest offerings in science-fiction and fantasy.
Peter's most recent short story is the science-fiction espionage-thriller Fox Hunt, and was published in Tales of the Fox and Fae. His previous short-story, the comic-fantasy The Sound of Latex, was published in Tales of the Nun and Dragon.
One of the best things in my job is meeting lots of nice people at comic cons and Peter Ray Allison has to be one of the nicest.
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Author of "The Casebook of Sam Spallucci" and "All Things Dark and Dangerous"
I found that Pete was consistently reliable, delivering his blogs daily without letting me down, a true team player.
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As one of his interview subjects, I found him well-informed and insightful in his questioning, and the finished piece was a first-rate piece of journalism.
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By Rebecca McMaster, Project Coordinator, Otago Museum.
At the Otago Museum sustainability lives and breathes under a different name: Responsible Operations. We embraced this term in an all staff strategic planning session several years ago and it is now synonymous with all things sustainable. We chose to look at sustainability holistically, not just in terms of environmental impacts. We felt it was important to consider the whole picture of environmental, economic and social impacts we are faced with as a successful Museum within our community.
Although operating responsibly became one of our strategic objectives in 2010, we still very much consider ourselves at the beginning of our sustainability journey. Our progress has been slow but steady, focusing on three main areas initially; 1) staff awareness, 2) baseline analysis, and 3) identifying and acting on small to medium scale initiatives with positive outcomes.
Firstly, to create staff awareness in the area of sustainability:
- we hold annual brainstorms where individuals and teams can identify areas for improvement within any part of the Museum's operations. The ideas generated in these sessions are investigated, actioned, and tracked through to completion
- at a recent strategic planning workshop we collectively identified a 'Guiding Principle' for each of us to work towards every day, in all that we do. This has created a great sense of buy-in and pride amongst staff, knowing how high we've set the bar for ourselves: "We choose to lead by example with a consistent focus on the social, environmental and economic impacts of our actions, in order to be responsible proactive contributors in our local and wider communities."
- we also have coveted 'Switch Off' and 'Responsible Operations Champion' trophies awarded at our monthly all staff meetings. Staff are recognised for saving energy by switching lights and appliances off when they're not needed, and for identifying smart, responsible ideas or demonstrating what it means to be a Responsible Operator.
Secondly, we recently identified six areas of the most impact within our operations: emissions; health, safety and wellness for our people and collection; waste; usage of consumables; societal and ethical; supply of goods and services. We've started monitoring these areas in order to form a baseline analysis that we can use to further plan our Responsible Operations journey.
Thirdly, some of the small to medium initiatives we've put in place are:
- we've changed our office paper stock to a Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) approved product
- we review and monitor energy usage, while still maintaining strict environmental conditions for our object storage and display
- in a recent office refurbishment, we removed individual desk bins and have created one central rubbish and recycling area, encouraging staff to consider their resources and waste more carefully
- we've changed our fixing system for temporary exhibition walls to ensure we can reuse MDF sheets repeatedly
- we've always had a focus on buying local goods and services wherever we can to support the local community, so we continue to actively promote this
- we've changed our paper-based payslips to a secure electronic format
- we've installed automatic hand driers in our high-use bathrooms – halving our paper towel consumption.
While we've been working on these and many other initiatives we're proud to have been awarded Qualmark Enviro Gold for the last two years. We've also been involved in a sustainable business programme with the Otago Polytechnic, actively talking to local sustainability champions to capitalise on what other organisations are doing. We have also been meeting with energy engineers and waste management teams to improve our Responsible Operations performance.
Recently I attended a very worthwhile, three day, intensive sustainability management course while on extended leave in Washington, D.C. The course covered everything from the beginnings of the sustainability movement right through to global measuring and reporting tools. One of the topics covered in the course was the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). The GRI provides a reporting framework for the economic, social and environmental facets of sustainability on a global stage. On returning home to Otago and sharing this information with both the Responsible Operations Team and the Museum Management Team, we've decided to submit our first GRI report as soon as we can compile all the data and information required. It is a very thorough and data rich process that will allow us to:
- structure our data monitoring and reporting
- form some of the core components of our new corporate sustainability report which will outline our social and environmental outcomes and progress
- benchmark ourselves against other comparable organisations across the globe
- reveal our baseline data to plan, measure and improve upon in the years ahead.
It is both an exciting and slightly daunting process that we are genuinely looking forward to undertaking.
Right now our main focus is updating our Responsible Operations Strategy. We're actively stepping up our commitments and putting in place a thorough system for identifying, assessing, prioritising, implementing, monitoring and reporting on all of our initiatives. We're putting these steps in place so as each opportunity presents itself we have a standard process and criteria to judge and implement each worthy initiative. Having a standardised process in place means we don't have to rethink the process each time, so we can spend our time and energy on implementing some great initiatives. We hope it will be a sustainable strategy in more ways than one.


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We understand that the economy has not treated many of us well, but things are in an upward trend.
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The book Silent Spring by Rachel Carson is a very informative book, as well as a plea for help for our evanescing environment. In her book, Carson writes about all of the harmful effects of various deadly insecticides on our environment, as well as us. She explains the different uses of insecticides and what harmful effects they have on us and on plants and animals. Her book is very convincing.
While reading her book, one wonders how people can be so ignorant of the environment. I, myself, was amazed at the ignorance of the government in using these insecticides, even though they knew, to some extent, the effects that they would have on people and animals surrounding the area to be sprayed. As I was reading about the spraying for the Japanese beetle in Detroit, I wondered why the government brushed off the deadly side effects of dusting with aldrin.
This one particular incident, where birds and cats and dogs were harmed, imprinted itself into my memory. This part of the book is what made me think about what we do to ourselves as well as our surroundings in an attempt to make them insect-free.
I think that people can definitely learn from Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. Even though it is a very dry book, there is an engraved message included in the text that warns us not to bite off more than we can chew, so to speak. If we keep destroying our environment with these harmful chemicals, there is no telling where we will be. Our roadsides will be bare and we will all be sick with leukemia or some other cancer. The worst part of this is that we are, sometimes knowingly, endangering ourselves.
I am very thankful that Carson wrote this book that exposed us...


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Background Information: The fund was set up following the transfer of several dormant charity funds which had been left to Lancaster City Council in bequests and endowments but over the years had fallen dormant. The fund will also distribute additional grants from Lancaster City Council, on an ad hoc basis.
Who can apply: Voluntary or community groups with a constitution or set of rules in the group's name.
What is the focus of the fund: The fund has three main priorities:
How much is available: Grants of up to £500
Which areas are covered: Lancaster, Morecambe, Heysham and Carnforth and surrounding areas
Any special criteria: Priority will be given to those groups working in disadvantaged areas of the community and to smaller grassroots groups with low income levels.
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Finally Done with MMOs
You know it has taken a lot but I think the MMO world might have finally drive me away. A number of factors lead to this decision but the straw that broke the camels back was the ESO announcement. I will cover all of my reasons here so you can understand.
RPG is Dead: The original MMOs where MMORPGs, games with a heavy tilt toward role play. The idea was to create a persistent world that you and your friends could have RP adventures in and have others from around the world join you. However over the years the MMO community has done all but openly attack RP gamers. The genre has gone so far as to have the name changed with the removal of RPG. Further games now are seldom written with good RP elements built in them with game mechanics or even story lines.
F2P Failure: The original concept of F2P was brilliant, it allowed the gamer to see the game and invest the amount of money he wanted based on how deep he wanted the game to go. The promise of F2P was amazing, the reality a nightmare. F2P has become the shop of meaningless stuff with mounts and outfits that break the immersion of the game just to have something else to sell. As if that was not bad enough it quickly moved to the realm of P2W with players able to buy their way through the games, not actually needing to play anymore. The end result is little meaningful content and the gamers instead fed a constant diet of tripe to keep cash flowing for essentially nothing.
PvP for Griefers: To this day EVE Online holds a special place for me, I truly think it is a great game except the game is broken for all but serious PvP and Griefers. So called safe zones have no real safety as any poor new pilot that wants to strive out on his own can be targeted the minute he leaves a so called NPC corp. The war dec system is designed to promote the griefer play style and if you say this publicly you are ridiculed as a weak play. PVP and it's entire concept is really cool and something awesome when done right. However few games do it right, instead rewarding players for smashing new players before they have a chance to know they have entered a PVP zone. Friendly, gentle introductions of PVP are deemed useless but only by the serious long term players.
Early Access is Paid Beta: Back in the day it was considered an honor to be granted access to the beta of a new MMO. You played hard and worked to help find bugs. Today the way to get into a beta is to pony up money and never do anything useful for the game development. The devs know this so they launch a beta and ask for money to join, oh and BTW the servers will not be reset. In essence the game has launched in a broken state and we are given the honor of paying to play crap. If this was the exception then it would not be so bad and we could target companies that performed this practice to shut them down. Sadly it is the norm with ALL MMO devs performing this dispicable practice, and while we all scream about how crappy this is, most still pony up the money to play. Are the game devs bad for doing this or are we STUPID for ever thinking the next time will be different?
Dev Bait and Switch: Two games for me come to mind, the first is MWO. When this game went into beta all of us die hard MW fans leaped in. The devs told us how they wanted to be loyal to MW and that we, the diehards where their people. Then the game goes into "open beta" and suddenly the dev efforts where all about the little cash story items instead of the cool game elements we where promised. When finally pressed one of the devs let the cat out of the bag, the game was not being developed for the MW diehard but for a wider audience. They lied to us to get our money to develop their game for other people.
We see this same behavior today with Zenimax and ESO. They made clear from day one that they would NOT go to anything but the standard subscription model for ESO. They where not making a game for everyone and the subscription model would ensure that true ES fans would be the gamers in game and their target. It was pointed out that console games would likely not pay a subscription fee and we where told they did not care, subscription was the model, end of discuss.
Taking into context the timing of the recent announcement it is fairly clear that ESO was planned from the start to go to the B2P model. Not just the evidence but friends within the company have told me this. The entire subscription model was a way for the company to keep cash flow while they finished the console versions. Now that those versions are about to release they can shift to the B2P model so the PC gamers are not mad at the console gamers not having to pay subscriptions. We where drawn in by a promised, paid our money and once they had what they need they changed the rules, bait and switch.
If these practices where done by one or two companies then I would not condemn the industry. However when EVERY company in this industry has been guilty of it we need to serious look at this type of game. How can we, as passionate gamers, stand by and allow the destruction of what was a great genre of gaming and not do something? What can we do? Stop giving these con men money. Stop playing the crap they put out. Stop buying into early access and beta programs. Make them keep their promise when they develop a game and shut them down because no one will play when we are shown that they lied.
With solid solo and co-op games like Divinity and Inquisition, new titles coming up like Witcher 3, our fantasy gaming itch can be scratched without paying out $100 a year to play a single game. Maybe if we switch to these games the MMO developer community will actually take notice that we are fed up and done with business as usual. Maybe they will try to do something unique like produce the game they promise.
Until the MMO community makes a stand we will get nothing but crap and the worst part is that is what we deserve.


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Like most other years, the first day of the offseason is always a day with many firings. Today was no exception.
Spagnuolo Out Of St. Louis
After a more-than disappointing season, the Rams fired their GM Billy Devaney and HC Steve Spagnuolo. After nearly making the playoffs in 2010, the Rams had their hopes set to make it to the dance. But injuries halted those hopes and have slid the Rams way down in the Power Rankings. The Rams need to revamp their team—both players, coaches, and front office—to move on and develop QB Sam Bradford.
Morris Gets The Pink Slip
The Buccaneers were down against Atlanta 42-0 at halftime yesterday. That defines quitting. The Bucs let their coach and fans down. HC Raheem Morris was fired today, and the Buccaneers have a lot of glaring holes. CB Ronde Barber is aging by the minute and Aqib Talib is having his issues off the field. They could use some quality support on defense, and they are in a solid spot in the draft (5th Pick Overall).
Both Polians Out In Indy
While HC Jim Caldwell is still with the Colts, but GM Chris Polian and Vice Chairman Bill Polian were fired today. There are three titanic questions that remain in Indianapolis: Will the Colts get rid of Caldwell, will they keep Peyton Manning, and will Andrew Luck and Manning coexist? If I were in position to take action on these questions, I would fire Caldwell, keep Peyton Manning and let him groom Luck into the next big thing.