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CPM, Ireland's leading field sales company, takes a look at the Irish retail news for this week. Every Wednesday we share the recent announcements. This is a one-stop shop for all your Irish retail news. If you would like to receive our monthly newsletter which will include all Retail articles for the previous month, including "Retail at a Glance" subscribe today.
Insight of the Week: Getting the Shopping Savers Spending
With the all-important Christmas shopping season for retailers about to kick off, some 33% of main shoppers (those people who do the bulk of the grocery shopping in their household) in the Republic of Ireland are 'Strategic Savers', according to latest data from Kantar Media's TGI study.
Over 50% of Irish people eating specialised diets
According to new data from Nielsen, over half of Irish consumers now avoid certain ingredients in what they eat and drink due to dietary or health and wellness concerns. One in four households also suffers from food allergies or intolerances.
Retail sector of the Irish economy performing strongly
A research report focussing on trends in the retail sector of the Irish economy and property market has been released by Commercial property specialists, CBRE today. The report notes that although the pace of retail sales growth has eased somewhat on a monthly basis, the volume...
Irish Black Friday draws midnight shoppers as revenues triple
New research carried out by Littlewoods Ireland has found that five times more Irish consumers shop online at midnight or just after on Black Friday than any other day of the year. The study finds that Black Friday revenues grew by 218% over a two-year period with 2016 expected to be...
Why Black Friday is no longer just one day
Black Friday is a discount sales phenomenon that arrived in the UK and Ireland with something of a bang last year, and is due to fall again this year on November 25. It's a big tradition in the US, where shoppers flock to the stores the day after Thanksgiving to snap up all kinds of goods in...
Black Friday deals: More offers become available
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are major shopping dates on our calendar and, as the time nears, more retailers are revealing what's on offer. Black Friday hits this day week (25 November), with Cyber Monday three days later, making for a serious online shopping weekend.
Black Friday 'poses a significant challenge for Irish retailers'
Irish shoppers are expected to spend €100m this week on Black Friday bargains. However, Retail Excellence Ireland has warned that the pre-Christmas day of sales which has made its way across the Atlantic is putting presser on small retailers who cannot absorb the cost of major reductions...
Black Friday: Your guide to the best bargains - and top tips to stay safe online
The temperatures have plunged, the city lights have been turned on, and people are just about able to mention the C-word - the time for Christmas shopping is definitely upon us. And while the Black Friday phenomenon is still a relatively new one for retailers here, the discount sales are...
Conor Pope's Black Friday advice: pricey items offer best bargains
Black Friday did not exist in Ireland less than five years ago but it has now been embraced with so much gusto by so many shoppers and retailers that over €100m is set to be spent before the end of next weekend by shoppers with a keen eye for a bargain.
The 21 BEST Black Friday deals in Ireland
One of the best things we've ever been given from America has to be Black Friday. The biggest sales day of the year hits Ireland on November 25th – and we're counting down the days. No doubt there will be mania on the streets as shoppers run from store to store for the best deals.
Christmas tills set to feel pinch of Brexit
The impact of Brexit could make for a gloomy Christmas for retailers after latest indications of a slowdown in the sector ahead of the festive period. Retail Ireland, the Ibec group that represents the retail sector, said its Retail Monitor for the third quarter of this year showed a fall in...
Brexit casts shadow over Irish consumers in run-up to Christmas
Employers' group Ibec has expressed concern at the softening of consumer demand and retail sales in the run-up to Christmas, which it blames on Brexit and the associated weakness in sterling.
One in four plan to cross border to shop this Christmas
One-in-four adults from the Republic are set to cross the border to shop in the build-up to Christmas. That's according to a survey by iReach for media agency MediaCom, which will come as a worry to local businesses.
One in five to visit NI for Christmas groceries
One in five (20%) Irish adults plan to make a trip to Northern Ireland to do some grocery shopping in the run up to Christmas this year. Recent research on behalf of Retail Intelligence by Empathy Research, amongst a nationally representative sample of 1,000 adults aged 18+, sought...
Love Irish food and SFA foresee Brexit effect on Christmas business
Love Irish Food and the Small Firms Association (SFA) have called on consumers to consider the food and drinks they buy this Christmas, warning that Brexit could pose a serious threat to indigenous Irish food businesses that provide employment and support local economies.
Weakest growth in Irish consumer spending in 17 months
The latest Irish Consumer Spending Index (CSI) released by Visa today shows that the annual rate of expansion slowed to the weakest in almost a year-and-a-half. Expenditure across all payment types (cash, cheques and electronic payments) rose +4.3% year-on-year, down from +5.0%...
Dunnes Stores overtakes SuperValu to become Ireland's largest grocery retailer
Dunnes Stores has overtaken SuperValu to become Ireland's largest grocery retailer with a market share of 22.6%. The figures from Kantar Worldpanel Ireland show the retailer increased its market share to 22.6% during the past 12 weeks to clinch the top spot, up from 22% this time last year.
Dunnes Stores gains biggest share of grocery market
A 'shop and save' promotion has helped Dunnes Stones to capture the biggest share of the spoils in the supermarket wars, even as the grocery cake got bigger for all players with consumers spending more at the tills, according to the latest expenditure snapshot ahead of the key Christmas splurge.
Discount store dealz celebrates five years in Ireland after opening its second Irish store in the Laois Shopping Centre in 2011
Discount retailer Dealz marked five years of trading in Ireland and Portlaoise last week also celebrating its partnership with the Make-A-Wish charity. Since opening in September 2011 Dealz will have successfully launched 56 stores nationwide in Ireland including Portlaoise, creating...
Irish retail giant with a million customers a day cashes in on staying 'local like you'
With annual retail sales in excess of €1.4bn, 1,030 stores trading under the Spar, EUROSPAR, Londis, Mace and XL brands, the retail, wholesale and food-service company BWG Group has cornered around 11pc of the Irish grocery market and approximately 40pc of the convenience retail sector in Ireland.
Applegreen wins European Star of 2016 Award
Applegreen has won the prestigious 'Star of 2016' Award at the European Small and Mid-Cap Awards, which took place recently in Brussels. The petrol forecourt retailer was shortlisted by an independent jury and was up against Northern Ireland-based Kainos Group plc and Spain's...
3,908 meals donated to local Longford charities
Local charities and community groups across county Longford have received almost 4,000 meals through Aldi's partnership with FoodCloud. The groups that have benefited from Aldi's surplus food donations include St Martha's Hostel based in Longford town, the Bridgeway Family Resource...
Aldi continues investment in Cork and announces more jobs
Aldi has further increased its presence in Co. Cork with the opening of its latest store in Skibbereen. A total of 20 new jobs have been created at the new store. The new Skibbereen store is Aldi's 21st store in Cork. This brings the total number of Aldi stores in Ireland to 127.
Ad of the Week: Lidl Ireland 'Homecoming' – Chemistry
Lidl Ireland has launched its 2016 Christmas campaign with 'Homecoming', a heart-warming TVC that reminds us that it's the people, not the presents, that are most important at Christmas. With the line 'Share more special moments this Christmas'.
Tesco: 'Don't hike prices'
Britain's biggest retailer Tesco has warned its multinational suppliers against pushing up prices after a drop in the pound so they can maintain their reported profits. In his first public comments since last month's 'Marmitegate' row in the UK between Unilever and Tesco over who should...
Golden Discs signs a major deal with Tesco Ireland
Irish retailer Golden Discs has announced a new partnership with Tesco - it will bring home entertainment to eighty of its stores around the country. It will supply movies, music, Playstation & Xbox games to the supermarket chain.
Lidl Longford Christmas Trolley Dash
Lidl Ireland is offering customers in Longford a chance to win their entire Christmas shopping with Lidl's Christmas Trolley Dash. Winners will be challenged 'Supermarket Sweep' style to dash around their local Lidl store and grab as much of their Christmas shopping as possible in just 2...
Argos Black Friday mega sale kicks off with huge savings to be made
Argos' Black Friday sale bonanza is set to kick off tomorrow and run for 13 days. The retailer has promised a host of special deals from Friday November 18 through to Cyber Monday November 28. Irish shoppers can make savings on anything from toys to gadgets to televisions and...
Smyths Black Friday sale has kicked off with 50% off selected toys
Stop everything! Smyths Toys has slashed prices ahead of next week's big Black Friday sale. The retail giant has launched a mega sale bonanza ahead of November 25 - the official Black Friday date.
Tiger to open second store
Flying Tiger Copenhagen, a recent rebrand of Tiger, has announced the opening of its newest store at the end of November at the Galway Shopping Centre, creating ten new jobs. From the end of November, shoppers at Galway Shopping Centre will get to enjoy Flying Tiger's own brand...
Abercrombie & Fitch shares slide as sales miss estimates
Teen apparel retailer Abercrombie & Fitch posted a bigger-than-expected drop in quarterly sales as fewer customers visited its namesake stores. Shares of the company, whose brands include Hollister and Abercrombie kids, fell 13.17 per cent to $14.70 in premarket trading on Friday.
Boss, Hilfiger and Calvin Klein see sales increase in Ireland
Three of the world's best-known clothing brands, Hugo Boss, Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein last year posted increased sales in Ireland, but their profits performance is mixed. Hugo Boss last year opened up its first shop on Dublin's Grafton Street and pre-tax profits fell 38% to €357,849...
Belfast a step closer to securing first John Lewis store
Attempts to secure the first John Lewis store in Northern Ireland were given a major boost on Friday by a High Court order on a new planning blueprint for greater Belfast. A clause restricting future expansion of the Sprucefield shopping centre in Co Down to bulky goods only is to...


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New Preacher Comic Cover Reveals a Dark Power Emerging
The artist who brought us the Better Call Saul and Into the Badlands digital comics, as well as his own books High Moon and Only Living Boy, is bringing his vision to Preacher. Steve Ellis exposes the dark power hanging over the heads of Jesse, Cassidy and Tulip. You're going to want to keep an eye on that one.
Click here to see the full-size image, as well as other covers by such artists as Preacher co-creator Steve Dillon, Preacher cover artist Glenn Fabry, Madman's Mike Allred, Batman's Dustin Nguyen, New York Time's best seller David Mack and Squirrel Girl's Erica Henderson. Plus: If you sign up for the Preacher Insiders Club, you'll be among the first fans to see future comic covers all season long.
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Date: 02/06/2003 06:09:06 pm PST
I purchased the 118mm F8.3 version of the Galileo reflector from HSN. It came on a swivel style mount with two counterweights and slow motion controls. The mount, while inadequate for regular use with this optical tube, works perfectly for my portable 4.5" richfield reflector. The mount does have a lot of plastic but the plastic is the good quality kind that absorbs bumps as opposed to cracking. I'm not going to discuss the eyepiece accessories too much as they were all of low quality and needed replacing with the exception of the 25mm plossl. The optical tube seems to have been well thought out: All the metal parts are made of aluminum which equalizes with outdoor temperatures very quickly; the primary mirror cell allows for breathing; the focal plane of the scope allows for prime focus photography at least on land objects without the need to increase focal plane with a barlow; the eyepiece swivel which holds three eyepieces really works o.k.; And last but not least the optical quality is surprisingly good. I've seen 2 examples of these scopes and one was good(meaning cassini visible regularly on Saturn) and the second was very good(red spot on Jupiter easy, c-ring of Saturn easily visible with 3 moons). However, there were two modification to these two scopes. The four vane spider which is a part of the tube-end ring was filed down to a single stalk secondary holder. The inside of the tube was felt lined with 7 sheets of ($0.50 each) felt paper from Walmart. So keeping in mind these things I would have to rate this scope below Orion's slightly more expensive 130mm F8 reflector which offers better value due to higher quality accessories and a diffraction limited 3-vane spider. Saying this, my galileo optical tube is a keeper...but that may just be the luck of the draw.
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This is a quick, kids friendly fried rice and a perfect lunch box item.
rice - 1 cup
veggies - cabbage, carrot, beans - 1cups
onion -1
garlic - 3 pods
spring onion green few
cashews - 10
pepper - 2 tsp
- Cook rice separately. You can use basmathi rice which has a nice flavour. Since I ran out of it, I used the ordinary raw rice.
- In a pan, add a little ghee and roast the cashews and set aside.
- Add a tbsp of butter, now saute the garlic and onion well.
- Now add all the vegetables and stir fry it.
- Add pepper powder and salt.
- When it cools down, add the cooked rice and mix it well.
- Sprinkle with spring onions and garnish it with cashews.
- Kids like this when served with ketchup. Simple raitha would be perfect too!
I send this picture to Magnificent click contest hosted by Gayathri of justurs blog.


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Air Duct Cleaning in Richmond
Why have your ducts cleaned?
According to the national Air Duct Cleaners Association (NADCA), the average six-room house collects 40 pounds of dirt, dust and allergens in its air ducts each year. That's a big problem, considering that 40,000 dust mites can thrive in only one
ounce of dust. Those little dust bunnies contain a host of unhealthy bacteria, fungi and mold. The EPA estimates indoor air can be two to five times more polluted than outdoor air. Even worse, the contaminated air circulates throughout your house every time the heating or cooling system kicks on.
Here are some common signs that you need your ducts cleaned:
- Dirty supply and return vent covers.
- Dark filtration lines on the walls, ceiling or carpet that surround the vents.
- Excessive dust in the home.
- Variance in temperature or air flow throughout the house.
- An increase in the energy needed to operate the HVAC system at desired settings. This may indicate that dirt and debris are blocking coils and/or ductwork, restricting flow and spiking utility bills.
- New furnace or ductwork.
- A recent remodel/construction project.
- Water damage or flooding that occurred in the duct work, which could cause sediment build-up in the system.
Why call AdvantaClean for cleaning of air ducts?
AdvantaClean is the premier provider of duct cleaning. We are proud to be NADCA certified. Our trained and professional technicians perform thorough cleaning of air ducts, eliminating contaminants in your ductwork and indoor air, like dust, and bacteria. Duct cleaning also helps prevent excessive home dust and allergies from dust by removing those irritants from the walls of your ductwork.


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Seek His Face
Tax included.
We live in a time where we need to walk in the presence of God in everything we do. Prayer and faith is they key to seeking His Face. Hear as Ps Margaret Court shares from her new series Seek His Face and learn how to walk in God's will here on earth.
This is a 3 part series by Ps Margaret Court. Purchase the 3 CD SET or 3 part digital download.
Recorded live at Victory Life Centre, Perth Western Australia


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3-Axis Flight Motion Simulator AC3350-140
This model is a high dynamic, precision test instrument. The system is designed to simulate both highly accurate position and very precise dynamic motion.
- Precise absolute positioning, high rate accuracy with no drift, excellent rate stability in all axes
- Closed frames on inner and middle gimbal offering higher torsion stiffness
- Significantly higher torque on all axes resulting in high dynamics
- Host computer interface through IEEE-488, Ethernet, or real-time; graphical user interface (GUI) for system customization and command, ACUTROL®3000e motion controller


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The agent of Antonio Cassano is refusing to criticise Italy boss Cesare Prandelli for taking his client off in last night's penalty win over England.
The Milan forward was replaced by Bologna attacking midfielder Alessandro Diamanti, the man who struck home the decisive penalty.
"Cassano didn't take a penalty? He's taken a hundred," Beppe Bozzo told Sky Sport Italia. "We can only thank Prandelli for waiting for him [after injury] and that gave Cassano an incredible charge."
Cassano's place at Euro 2012 was placed into doubt late last year after he underwent minor heart surgery. He only returned to competitive action in April.
Meanwhile, Bozzo dismissed the possibility that Cassano could one day end up at former club Sampdoria again.
"I don't think there are any problems with Milan," added the representative. "I don't think he'll ever return to Samp.
"I really do not believe that there are the conditions in place for a move back to Sampdoria."
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I'm Not From London presents…
Open Mic Showcase at The Angel Microbrewery
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— Thursday 1st February —
This is a monthly event for I'm Not From London, our
aim being to give acts a more practical way to introduce themselves to us and vice versa, it's a lot of fun too in the historical hub of music and good times that is The Angel Microbrewery!
Poets, comedians, rappers, performers, magicians, singer/song writers who are looking for a platform to play at gigs and more around the city please come down and speak to our stage manager Stacey McMullen at 7.30-8.00 if you would like to book a slot, alternatively ,pop along and see if there are any spaces. All are welcome!
It's a great way for beginners to test out their material and provide a platfom by which to learn their craft.
ALL ACTS WELCOME (As long as you're good)
Comedians, poets, rappers, performers, singers welcome!
So practice your set and bring your strings!!
Open mic times are from 8.00 -10.00
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The areas mapped above represent favorite viewing, observation, and discovery spots where your chances of encountering varied species will increase. The following list was compiled by the Park Naturalist for the Ohio State Parks 2009-2014 cultural resource survey.
Flowering Plant Inventory
Native and non-native species found at Malabar Farm State Park
Arum family
Jack-in-the-pulpit (arisaema triphyllum) native
Skunk Cabbage (symplocarpus foetidus) native
Barberry family
Blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) native
Mayapple or Mandrake (podophyllum peltatum) native
Bedstraw family
Bedstraw (galium)
Birthwort family
Wild ginger (asarum canadense) native
Buttercup family
Rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) native
Wood anemone (anemone quinquefolia) native
Swamp Buttercup (ranunculus septentrionalis) native
Kidney-Leaf Buttercup (ranunculus abortivus) native
Sharp-lobed hepatica (hepatica acutiloba) native
Round-lobed hepatica (hepatica americana) native
Marsh Marigold or Cow Slip (caltha palustris) native
Black Cohosh or Bugbane (cimicifuga racemosa) native
Cattail family
Common cattail (typha latifolia) native
Daisy or composite family
Coltsfoot (tussilango faram) non-native
Golden ragwort (senecio aureus) native
Plantin-leaved pussytoes (antennaria plantaginifolia) native
Forget-me-not family
Virginia bluebells or virginia cowslip (mertensia virginica)
Geranium family
Wild geranium (geranium maculatum) native
Ginseng family
Dwarf ginseng (panax trifolium) native
Iris family
Yellow flag (iris pseudacorus) non-native
Poppy family (bleeding heart belongs to this family.)
Dutchman's Breeches (dicentra cucullaria) native
Squirrel corn (dicentra canadensis} native
Bloodroot (sanguinaria canadensis) native
Purslane family
Spring beauty (claytoniavirginica) native
Lily family
Bellwort (uvularia p^rj^ma) native
Trillium, large white, or wake robin (trillium grandiflorum) native
State wild flower of ohio drooping trillum (trillium flexipes) native
Trout lily or dogtooth violet (erythronium americanum) native
Wild leek or ramp (allium tricoccum) native
Yellow mandarin (disporum lanuginosum) native
Solomon's seal (polygonatum biflorum) native
Plume (smiladna rancemosa) native
Mint family
Henbit or purple dead-nettle (lamium amplexicaule) non-native
Mustard family
Spring cress or bitter cress (cardamine bulbosa) native
Purple cress (cardamine) native
Cutleaf toothwort (dentaria laciniata) native
Toothwort or two leaf toothwort (dentaria diphylla) native
Garlic mustard (alliaria offidnalis) non-native
Winter cress (barbarea vulgaris) non-native
Parsley family
Harbinger-of-spring (erigenia bulbosa) native
Phlox family
Wild blue phlox or wild sweet william (phlox divaricata) native
Pink family
Common chickweed (stellaria media) non-native
Mouse-ear Chickweed (cerastium vulgatum) non-native
Rose family
Common cinquefoil (potentilla simplex) native
Indian strawberry (duchesnea indict) non-native
Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora) non-native
Saxifrage family
Miterwort or bishop's cap (mitella diphylla) native
Snapdragon family
Corn speedwell (veronica arvensis) non-native
Field speedwell (veronica agrestis) non-native
Violet family
Downy yellow violet (viola pubescens) native
Common blue violet (viola sororia) native
Striped White Violet (viola striata) native
Long-spurred violet (viola rostrata) native
Willow family
Pussy willow (salix discolor)
Tree Inventory
Trees found throughout Malabar's woodland.
Ash, green – fraxinus pennsylvanica var. Subintegerrima
Ash, pumpkin – fraxinus tomentosa
Buckthorn, european alder – rhamnus frangula
Caltapa – caltapa speciosa
Cottonwood – populus deltoides
Dogwood, alternate-leaved – cornus alterifolia
Dogwood, gray – cornus racemosa
Elm, slippery or red– ulmus rubra
Hickory, shagbark – carya ovata
Maple, ash-leaved (box-elder) – acer negundo
Maple, norway – acer platanoides
Maple, silver – acer saccharinum
Maple, sugar – acer rubrum
Oak, pin – quercus palustris
Oak, swamp-white – quercus bicolor
Red-cedar, eastern – juniperus virginiana
Sumac, staghorn – rhus typhina
Sweetgum – liquidamber styraciflua
Sycamore – plantanus occidentalis
Willow, black – salix nigra
Bird Inventory
A listing of observed birds at and around the Mohican Region.
Permanent resident birds:
Canada goose
Great blue heron
Ring-necked pheasant
Sharp-shinned hawk
Cooper's hawk
Red-tailed hawk
Bald eagle
American kestrel
Great-horned owl
Eastern screech owl
Mourning dove
American robin
Downy woodpecker
Hairy woodpecker
Horned lark
American crow
Blue jay
Tufted titmouse
White-breasted nuthatch
Carolina wren
Brown-headed cowbird
European starling
Northern cardinal
House finch american
Goldfinch song sparrow
House sparrow
Summer resident birds:
Pied-billed grebe
brown thrasher
great-crested flycatcher
gray catbird
eastern kingbird
Trumpeter swan
Wood thrush
eastern phoebe
cedar waxwing
eastern wood pewee
Wood duck
red-eyed vireo
willow flycatcher
Hooded merganser
warbling vireo
purple martin
Common tern
american redstart
cliff swallow
Forester's tern
yellow warbler
barn swallow
Great egret
common yellowthroat
tree swallow
Black-crowned night heron
bank swallow
Green heron
common grackle
rough-winged swallow
eastern meadowlark
chimney swift
American woodcock
orchard oriole
black-capped chickadee
Turkey vulture
baltimore oriole
house wren
Yellow-billed cuckoo
indigo bunting
Ruby-throated hummingbird
chipping sparrow
Belted kingfisher
field sparrow
Common flicker
swamp sparrow
Red-winged blackbird
savannah sparrow
Extirpated species:
bobwhite quail
barn owl
western meadowlark
Winter residents:
northern harrier
rough-legged hawk
Short-eared owl
long-eared owl
slate-colored junco
Snow bunting
american tree sparrow
Common loon
american pipit
Red-breasted nuthatch
snow goose
brown creeper
Black duck
Common pintail
blue-gray gnatcatcher
american widgeon
Eastern bluebird
gray-cheeked thrush
Northern shoveler
hermit thrush
blue-winged teal
Swainson's thrush
green-winged teal
Canvasback philadelphia
Yellow-throated vireo
ring-necked duck
white-eyed vireo
Lesser scaup
solitary vireo
greater scaup
Northern parula warbler
common goldeneye
prothonotary warbler
black-throated green warbler
ruddy duck
Black and white warbler
common merganser
blackpoll warbler
Red-breasted merganser
black-throated blue warbler
bonaparte's gull
Magnolia warbler
american coot
myrtle warbler
Caspian tern
canada warbler
sandhill crane
Cape may warbler
black-bellied plover
chestnut-sided warbler
Lesser golden plover
bay-breasted warbler
ruddy turnstone
Blackburnian warbler
semipalmated plover
palm warbler
Short-billed dowitcher
long-billed dowitcher
tennessee warbler
Solitary sandpiper
wilson's warbler
lesser and greater yellowlegs
Nashville warbler
buff-breasted sandpiper
mourning warbler
Northern waterthrush
spotted sandpiper
rusty blackbird
Least sandpiper
scarlet tanager
semipalmated sandpiper
Rose-breasted grosbeak
baird's sandpiper
eastern towhee
White-rumped sandpiper
white-throated sparrow
western sandpiper
White-crowned sparrow
broad-winged hawk
fox sparrow
Red-shouldered hawk
lincoln's sparrow
Least flycatcher
saw-whet owl
yellow-bellied flycatcher
Red-bellied woodpecker
yellow-bellied sapsucker
Reptile Inventory
Reptiles found throughout the region.
Common snapping turtle chelydra serpentina
Blanding's turtle (rare) emydoidea blandingii
Midland painted turtle chrysemys picta marginata
Red-eared slider trachemys scripta elegans
Northern water snake nerodia sipedon
Queen snake (rare) regina septemvittata
Kirtland's snake (rare) clonophis kirtlandii
Eastern garter snake thamnophis sirtalis
Butler's garter snake thamnophis butleri
Northern brown snake storeria dekayi
Eastern fox snake elaphe gloydi
Mammal Inventory
An abundance of mammal species can be found at Malabar Farm.
Chipmunk tamias striatus
norway rat rattus norvegicus
house mouse mus musculus
white-footed mouse peromyscus leucopus
deer mouse peromyscus maniculatus
southern bog lemming synaptomys cooperi
meadow vole microtus pennsylvanicus
shorttail shrew blarina brevicauda
eastern mole scalopus aquaticus
little brown bat myotis lucifugus
big brown bat eptesicus fuscus
Fish Inventory
Discover a variety of fish species in Switzer's Run and the many farm ponds.
Largemouth bass micropterus salmoides
smallmouth bass micropterus dolomieui
black crappie pomoxis nigromaculatus
Yellow perch perca flavescens
Channel catfish ictalurus punctatus
emerald shine nortropis atherinoides
Freshwater drum aplodinotus grunniens
Common carp cyprinus carpio
white bass morone chrysops
White crappie pomoxis annularis
Common white sucker catostomus commersoni
Sunfish (bluegill) lepomis spp.
Rock bass ambloplites rupestris


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Till Sun and Moon Cease to Exist
She smiles like she's fueled by sunbeams,
Like every hope of happiness
Came into fruition.
I beam at her approvingly,
My memories like curly cues
Hanging off her shoulders,
Circling her face.
She embodies bright colors as she struts,
Orange laced confidence in every step
as she takes charge with a wave of her hands,
And I still argue against the pigmentation of Crimson.
I shake my head at the possibilities
Hanging on weighted sandcastle clouds,
But they seem not to drown me just yet
And she shakes her head at me,
Like she expected nothing different.
She dances like she's fueled by moonshine,
Not the kind that ferments,
The kind no one else can grasp but her,
Kicking her heals up like a pedigree mare.
I sing off cord but still can't help
The rolling of my tongue over memory tainted lyrics,
The variety that stick to the insides of your vertebra.
She grins and bundles our friendship in a look,
A few words expressed in gushing amounts,
Like profanity out of a McCarthy mouth,
Too sweet and silly to take anything but pleasure away from.
I watch her with another I hold dear,
Jealousy and fear so far from my emotion shackled consciousness,
And I beam like I am the moon that shines
Upon the glowing party that lays before me,
Oh how I am pleased!
She loves like she is fueled by the embers
That sizzle still in the rain that's ended our conversations,
Warm and consistently fighting anything
That could possibly put it out.
I love her like maybe we were twins separated at birth,
How could I be lucky enough to I find her again,
A lap fallen into so fatefully?
She smiles like she's fueled by sunbeams,
Like every hope of happiness
Came into fruition
And ended in us being together till sun and moon cease to exist.
Oh my goooooooodness. This is
Oh my goooooooodness. This is so, so SO sweet! I got to your note at the end and my whole face wrinkled up because I was like: "AWWWWWWW!!!" And on top of that (and I SWEAR I am not just saying this because of the subject matter which...by the way...soooo nice...) this is INCREDIBLY GOOD. Like, oh-my-gosh-that-was-a-brilliant-line good. I was thinking that as I read through it the first time. Your word choice is on point here! It's seriously exceptional!
And I might frame this and put it on my wall! ;) Because it's so sweet, and how did I come to deserve a friend like you?!? Ohhh, and the first and last stanzas are my absolute favorite...but then there are so many others that are just brilliant and have so much ingenuity!
"My memories like curly cues
Hanging off her shoulders,
Circling her face."
"That sizzle still in the rain that's ended our conversations,"
"Like profanity out of a McCarthy mouth," <--- FAVE.
Um, and this whole stanza. Simile is so unexpected but it fits so well!
"She dances like she's fueled by moonshine,
Not the kind that ferments,
The kind no one else can grasp but her,
Kicking her heals up like a pedigree mare."
Basically I love this whole thing. Basically it's going on my wall. Basically I love you! <3 Basically this might have to be our collab piece if you don't care and you'll find an answering one in your inbox! (because I can't post it yet...lol...)
I am so relieved to know you
I am so relieved to know you like this so much!!!! *sigh and wipes sweat from brow*!!! Yay, success!!!!
Please, please, please write a collaboration, I would love that! And don't feel like it has to be about me, it would be awesome for you to continue the story of describing yourself... Almost like your explaining your view of your happiness! Haha!!!
Awww, your comment is so lovely!!!! Thank you so much! Love ya Roomie!!!!
"Here's looking at you, Kid"
Write On!
Ode to myself: You, simply
Ode to myself:
You, simply you
Are amazing
At eating
Ice cream
and watching
and trying to
come up with quips
and only being
one-eighth of a time
but despite
all of this
Harry Styles
would love you.
That is beautiful!!! The most
That is beautiful!!! The most masterful work you've made, especially the end!
"Here's looking at you, Kid"
Write On!
Are you two roommates?? I met
Are you two roommates?? I met one of my best friends through apricotpie (two airplane visits to meet her!)...
This was sooo wonderful and filled me with such feelings of love and warmth. What a beautiful ode to a gorgeous friendship. It made me want to take snippets out of it and send it to friends!! <3 I especially loved the "lap" line.
I hope Kass doesn't mind me
I hope Kass doesn't mind me answering...lol...she can add to it of course! haha! But we're going to be roommates--hopefully--by some crazy wonderful twist of fate (never planned to go to the college we ended up at, much less the same one). We actually met prior to AP, at least for me, in-person. Kass gave me the link for the site, and the rest is history! So without her I never would have discovered this, which feels strange on so many levels!
That's wonderful about your friend! So many connections have been made through this site; it's incredible! I'm so happy to be a part of it!
Sarah Bethany- yay, oh my
Sarah Bethany- yay, oh my goodness that's a fabulous compliment, you wanting to send snippets to friends! I love it! Thank you and you a very welcome to btw.
Yes, what Homey said! Haha, we've been friends for 6 years now and I could not ask for a better roommate and just partner in crime for life, haha! <3 it's crazy to think how long we've both been writing for AP and how so many others have been here longer.... I forget, haven't been here longer than us Sarah Bethany?
"Here's looking at you, Kid"
Write On!
I have a few years on you
I have a few years on you guys but not by much, I don't think! I joined in 2002. Wait, did I just say 2002...that was fourteen years ago. Holy toledo.
And what a beautiful story about you guys!! <3 It makes the college experience SoOo much better when you have an amazing roomie.
Wow!!!!! 14 years?!!!!
Sarah Bethany- Wow!!!!! 14 years?!!!! That's fabulous!!! :) awwww, how sweet! And yes, I feel so grateful to be doing this together, homey and me! *sigh* crazy how time flies!
"Here's looking at you, Kid"
Write On!


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Q Anon Update – Spread the Message Far and Wide
Q Anon Update – Spy Games
Divine healing and medicine as seen through the eyes of a paramedic
"For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom; and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit: to another faith, in the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, in the one Spirit; and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits: to another divers kinds of tongues; and to another the interpretation of tongues: but all these worketh the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each one severally even as he will."I knew for a fact that she would be leaving with at least some relief, so I needed to discern what the Lord's strategy was going to be this time. I understood that He wanted me to share a word with her as well, and it wasn't going to take just 5 minutes either. Admittedly, I've had some trouble in this department lately…At times, I end up talking to an attentive patient for well over an hour, about the incredible things that most people just skim over in the Bible. This backs me up with patient care and note-taking like you can't imagine. While writing this, I've just realized that Praying Medic most likely had a time limit with his patients, since they were usually being transported in the back of an ambulance. I need to remember this in the future.
1 Corinthians 12:8-12
"For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down,"After three, tearful long hours of going nowhere, within 5 minutes of standing in the mobile court of accusations, I was finally able to move her into the position I needed to adjust her spine on both sides. Within 15 minutes of her court case, Hallelujah! the patient's pain was about a 1-2 out of 10! The air definitely felt lighter, which prompted smiles to form on all of our faces. It was as if the weight of the heavy fog lifted and the big, beautiful sun finally burst through to bless us. Then I heard in the spirit, "Ding, dong, the witch is dead." I thought, how funny. The Holy Spirit can definitely be funny. Ultimately, I won't lie, this was a very draining and exhaustive learning experience, but in hindsight was all well worth it. Praise Jesus, it worked!
Revelation 12:10
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
1 John 1:9
"Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon."In the spirit, this was a fierce battle riddled with an outcome of uncertainty, and not knowing exactly what I was dealing with was intimidating. Although it ended on a positive note, I still couldn't get over the feeling that there was still something dark that needed to be dealt with. The entire experience weighed heavily on my heart for several days afterward. This caused me to wonder what God was preparing me for. After seeking His direction further, He told me that this was all part of my training, and urged me to seek further guidance from those experienced with defeating this type of enemy.
Isaiah 55:7
"For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness."Then the Lord showed me something that made me laugh. He took me back to the point when the sister was causing a scene. He showed me, in the spirit, two angels lifting her up by the underarms, and jerking her up out of her seat, then promptly walking her right out the front door. I'm not sure what occurred outside after that, but seeing that Spirit-led intervention sure was funny!
Psalm 24:10
"He will give His angels charge concerning you, To guard you in all your ways. They will bear you up in their hands, That you do not strike your foot against a stone."(Authors Note: I want to mention that I haven't always known I could see or hear in the spirit. It wasn't until I learned how to recognize this gift that I realized what I was seeing or hearing at times was actually happening in the spirit. My senses were definitely heightened after I started seeking a closer relationship with Jesus, followed by reading, Seeing In The Spirit Made Simple, by Praying Medic, as well as participating in the Engaging God Program taught by Mike Parsons, and Spirit Academy courses taught by Reeni Mederos. I've also come to believe that God has given this ability to everyone. We all have the ability to hear God. We just need to learn how to recognize and cultivate this gift, and it all starts by asking God to remove the painful emotions attached to our soul. These painful emotions are what blocks our spirit from seeing and hearing Him.)
Psalm 91:11
"I ask God to sheild my patient and her sister with His protective covering and with the knowledge of their authority through Christ Jesus. I ask that He release His blessings and fill them with His Light and Glory." ~Stephanie EasleyRelated:
— Praying Medic (@prayingmedic) April 20, 2017


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With the death of Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" earlier this week, Sony is wasting no time lining up their rebirth Spidey project.
According to Deadline Hollywood, the studio already has a short list of possible directors. The names being volleyed around include Wes Anderson (The Fantastic Mr. Spiderman dons an orange cape and affected hipster nonchalance toward crime), James Cameron (Spiderman turns blue and terminates the Titanic), David Fincher (Spiderman puts the heads of evil doers in a box and gifts them to Brad Pitt), and Marc Webb.
"Who?" you may ask.
U.S. & World
Webb may not be a household name yet, but he will be. He made his feature film directorial debut with one of our favorite movies of 2009, "(500) Days of Summer" (speaking of, does anyone else think Joseph Gordon-Levitt would've been an amazing new Spidey if he were just a little closer to his "Third Rock From the Sun" years?).
While Webb doesn't have the backlog of material some of the other directors in contention have to prove his mettle, he has vision, panache, style and a great sense of visual storytelling. We'd love to see him grab the baton and run with it.


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"Santa Clause, the Easter Bunny–I've been jerkin' your chain since you were born!" Sophia Petrillo
Generally speaking, the truth is better than a lie. Lies complicate things, they ruin trust, and they hurt people. Start with the truth, and you won't have to worry.
Generally speaking.
We watched the movie "Liar, Liar" the other day, and my son commented, "What would it be like to never be able to lie?" I just shrugged, but I know what went through my mind.
It would be very hard to parent, for one thing.
Before anyone says something stupid about how you should always tell the truth, stop. Did you tell your kids to believe in Santa Clause? How about the Easter Bunny or the Tooth Fairy? Well, you say, those are just harmless lies. Fine. But on that same note, there are some truths that do not necessarily need to be shared with children.
My son is a very intelligent child with his feet solidly based in reality. However, he's very naive about certain things. I know I can't protect him from ever finding out about the big mean world, but why shove him into it face first? When he asks questions about something he hears or sees, sometimes I feel like the truth is necessary, and sometimes I smoothly skate by the issue with a few well-chosen words. My husband remarked once, "Should it worry me how quickly you can come up with that stuff?" What can I say? Sometimes my over-active imagination comes in handy.
Now that he's getting older, I have to be careful. I want to maintain trust, and still protect him. It's a fine line to walk. There are some questions he hasn't asked, and that's ok for now. We have a pretty open relationship, and I think sometimes he knows maybe I'm not giving him the whole story.
A good word that comes to mind is "discretion." Contrary to what some people think of me, I do not speak everything that pops into my brain. And a good thing, that, believe me. Sometimes I hear people say things about how they are telling someone something because "it's for their own good," or they are "trying to do the right thing." But I wonder…..
The right thing for who, exactly? I know this is the cliché version of "it's okay to lie," but really, what do you say when someone asks you how they look? Or if you like their new hair cut? Or their shoes? The truth is, it doesn't matter if you like any of those things, as long as they are happy with them, but it will still hurt if you say "Oh God, I think I'm going to be sick!" So you don't.
My son is no different. He recently picked out a pair of shoes that I don't particularly care for, and he loves them. So you know what? I love them, too. I wish he would get his hair cut, but I don't say so. There are lots of things about my own past that are true, but he really doesn't need to know about them, does he?
His life is pretty uncomplicated right now. He has a fairly black and white view of things, and there's nothing wrong with that. He's only eleven. I figure life will give him plenty of reality before it's all said and done. My job is to keep him as safe and happy as possible, because I'm his mother.
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|Unit History Project
6th Independent Battery
Mustered in: June 15, 1861, as Company K of the 9th militia, later 83rd regiment
of infantry. Company K served with its regiment until August 25, 1861, when
detached. Designated 6th battery: December 7, 1861.
This battery was recruited at Rahway, N. J., and organized in New York City as the Artillery Company, K, of the 9th Militia, later 83d Infantry. It was mustered in the service of the United States June 15, 1861, to serve three years, and left the State, under Capt. Thomas B. Bunting, the next day. It served with its regiment until August 25, 1861, when it was detached, and December 7, 1861, it was designated by the State the 6th Battery. At the expiration of its service, the men entitled thereto were discharged and the battery continued in the service. July 21, 1864, it was increased by the transfer to it of the enlisted men of the 10th Battery. It served at and near Washington, D. C, from June, 1861; in Stone's Division, Army of the Potomac, from July, 1861; in Banks' Division, from October, 1861; in Hooker's Division, from November 23, 1861; in the 2d Division, 3d Corps, Army of the Potamac, from March, 1862; in the Artillery Reserve, 3d Corps, Army of the Potomac, from June, 1862; in the Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, from December 2, 1862; in the 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, with 2d Cavalry Division, Army of Potomac, from March, 1863; in the Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, from December, 1863; in the 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army of the Potomac, with the 2d Cavalry Division, from March, 1864; in the defenses of Washington, D. C., 22d Corps, from June 6, 1864; in the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry, Army of the Potomac, Middle Military Department, from September, 1864; with the Army of the Shenandoah from October, 1864; and in the 22d Corps, from April, 1865. Commanded by Capt. Moses P. Clark, it was mustered out and honorably discharged July 8, 1865, at Hart's island, New York harbor, having during its service lost by death, killed in action, 6 enlisted men; of wounds received in action, 2 enlisted men; of disease and other causes, 9 enlisted men; total, 17.
Battles and Casualties Table from Phisterer
Further Reading
Bilby, Joseph G. New Jersey Goes to War: Biographies of 150 New Jerseyans Caught Up in the Struggle of the Civil War, Including Soldiers, Civilians, Men, Women, Heroes, Scoundrels, and a Heroic Horse. Wood-Ridge, NJ: New Jersey Civil War Heritage Association, 2010.
Perkins, George, and Richard N. Griffin. Three Years a Soldier: The Diary and Newspaper Correspondence of Private George Perkins, Sixth New York Independent Battery, 1861-1864. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2006.
Back to Civil War Artillery Units
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August 7, 2008: Corpulent Britisher/Kansas/SingFest - Episode 43
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The show opens with a lengthy piece done by yours truly. It features a corpulent Britisher whom I haven't really given a name yet. He seems to be kind of an English Kolonel Karl.
Anyway ... no offense is meant to anyone struggling with weight issues. I think this character just represents decadence in all forms. He is an outlet for our basest instincts of gluttony and self-satisfaction ... hopefully revealing all the loneliness and insecurity beneath the surface.
This characters voice is achieved by recording my voice at slow speed and then recording it again in fast forward mode. Complicated, yet simple in a stupid analog way. I hope you like him.
|Mysteries and Mayhem
|I like prog and Kansas was one of my fave bands back in the 70s in high school. THey kind of jumped the shark after "Leftoverture", but those early LPs were great. Big fan of Walsh and Livgren. I've been in a rediscovering Kansas phase for the last few weeks. I'll get over it.
|I had an entire show slated for this "all singing" approach but I've never aired it, perhaps mercifully. This short excerpt did mangae to sneak out for this show. It is an improv done in my living room when no one was around and is basically stream of consciousness fluff. Weird how psychology creeps in in such circumstances.
|The Wall (Excerpt)
|I almost played it in its 9+ minute glory. Perhaps I should have. Maybe one day I will.
Wow ... I wish all playlists were so easy to do. I hope you enjoyed this show. I got quite a bit of positive response so far. Sometimes I wonder why I do all the interview-based shows when it's these "silly" ones that seem to get more reaction from listeners. This whole summer has been a strange broadcast experience for me. I'm SOOOOOO far behind on playlists. I feel bad about that. Life is moving too fast it seems. Anyway .... I hope you keep listening and, do let me know if you're out there. It makes a difference. Write me ...
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Thanks again for being out there and for checking in. It means a lot. I hope you have a great week and until next time my friend ... always remember!
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MySQL implements an useful function – REPLACE INTO – that developers should use to avoid coding logic already implemented at the DB level.
That function works exactly as an INSERT (same syntax), but it also performs a DELETE on the existing record when a duplicate-key occurs (same PRIMARY KEY or UNIQUE KEY on another column) in the same one atomic operation.
Note: UNIQUE KEYS allows multiple NULL values. In that case there is no key violation and no replacement.
Note: DELETE operations are counted in the number of affected rows.
Note: the DELETE triggers the innoDb "ON DELETE" .
Example: simple table with settings (containing pairs key->value)
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `settings` ( `key` varchar(50) NOT NULL, `value` varchar(255) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`key`) )
If we want to update a setting or create it when not existing, only one query is needed:
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Thursday, January 03, 2013
One Word 2013: NOW
"In a minute, buddy..."
"Can we do that later?"
I've noticed as of late that for whatever reason, I like to delay things. Put them off. To be fair, I've probably done this for a lot longer than I'm aware of. It's only been recently that I've become acutely aware of the frequency with which it happens.
Comparatively simple things like going to the dentist, getting a babysitter for a few hours so Ashley so we can go eat dinner together, or asking Kai to wait for me to play with him while I fold laundry often get put to the side because they're something that butts into what I'm doing at the time. Or they seem like a bit of a hassle. Or they're something that can clearly be taken care of later. They're easy to delay.
I am an advocate of taking "me time" every so often, but putting things off until tomorrow or later on a regular basis can easily translate to putting them off...period.
That's why for what has become obvious to me, my word/motto/theme for this year?
That phone call (not text, mind you) to that friend I've been meaning to make?
That book proposal that's been sitting dormant for so long?
That wellness visit to the doctor that needs to happen?
That whole needing to pray thing?
That kid who's going to be too old to want to play with me far sooner than I want him to be?
I need to start engaging with these things. Now.
Please note that this is a word of action for me, and not what I would ask of God. I'm the one who needs to be stirred out of some kind of stupor. I can (and have) prayed for something to happen "Now, please," yet somehow He knows the perfect time. And more often than not, it tends to be in a completely different time zone of my life than what I would like.
...which is something I need to be okay with. He's asking me to do something now, not vice-versa.
And there is a world of difference between rushing in where angels fear to tread and simply doing something. Wisdom and discernment need to rule in taking care of something care of now. For example, I can choose to not spend time getting dinner easy one night so that Kai and I can have more time together. If that means Ashley and I have to order pizza, so be it. Playing with him now and cooking chicken later doesn't necessarily mean that a Butterfly Effect of chaos will enter our lives.
Now I'm going to go get some coffee and then play Candy Land with my kid.
What is your One Word for this new year? Check out this link for what others have chosen.
5 comments:
- Matt @ The Church of No People said...
Love it! How much "now" do we waste by waiting for later?
My word is "create." You and I are part of a very exclusive club, Sonny. There's like six of us guys on the list. :)
- Sonny Lemmons said...
One word, one Y chromosome. We're cool like that. :)
And I like how yours is somewhat fitting to you and your gonna-be-awesome book that will be rocking the publishing world soon.
- Katie Axelson said...
Great resolution! Now, when are you coming to visit me? ;)
- Tammy Perlmutter said...
Good one, Sonny. I am so guilty of this too. I get in my zone and don't want to be pulled out for any reason. I also have a hard time being present in the moment, so "now" is an odd concept to me.
- Renee Johnson Fisher said...
NOW is one of my all time favorite words. Love it!
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Let's imagine a cylindrical capacitor that has radii a and b as in the figure below. I am going to show that half the stored electric potential energy lies within a cylinder whose radius is .
In this figure the dotted line is the imagined Gaussian surface with length and radius , such that . I need to create a Gaussian surface so that I can apply Gauss' Laws. On the surface of the Gaussian surface the charge density is where is the Electric Field at points on the Gaussian Surface. Now if I take the formula for the electric field at any point due to an infinite line of charge with uniform linear charge density , namely the formula , and plug it into the equation for the charge density on the Gaussian surface, I obtain , where . Now I will leave that formula for a moment to develop a volume integral that will sweep out the energy between the cylinders.
I will begin by stating that the charge density per unit volume is . This implies that we must think of as a function of the volume which implies that . This volume integral will give us the energy in the gaussian cylinder. Now I must find a substitution for the volume because the radius will change as I sweep out energy. This will be the volume of a cylinder which is . But, I need this in differential notation because of the changing radius, which gives me . This substitution is important because now the variable of integration and its respective differential are apart of the same volume integral that I will be using. This will become obvious after the next step. Now, I take the energy density formula and the differential volume formula and plug them into the volume integral that I set up to obtain . After reducing this integral and factoring out the constants, I obtain . After applying the fundamental theorem of Calculus, I obtain the formula . This is not the total energy for the cylindrical capacitor and is only the energy within the radius of the Gaussian surface. The total energy for the cylinder is the same as this integral, except the limits of integration are different. This integral for the total energy is given by , which gives me . What I now have to show is that half of the total stored electrical potential energy exists within a Gaussian radius that is exactly half of the actual radius of the cylinder. This implies that . This now implies that I need to divide the formula for the total stored electrical potential energy into the formula for the stored electric potential energy within the Gaussian radius. This will look like . If I solve for R, I obtain the final solution which is . The proof is complete and now no further steps are necessary.


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The History of Current online Web Games
Early online gaming
Dialup bulletin board systems (BBS) were popular in the 1980s, and many were used for online game playing. The earliest BBS, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, had a simply text-based interface menu, but later systems made use of terminal-control codes (the so-called ANSI art, which included the use of IBM-PC-specific characters not actually part of an ANSI standard) to get a pseudo-graphical interface. RIP was one such quasi-graphical ansi code. WildCat BBS from Mustang Inc also had a slick graphical interface for their BBS software. Some BBS offered access to various games which were playable through such an interface, ranging from text adventures to gambling games like blackjack (several played for "points", some offered real money). On multiuser BBSs, such as MEGACOMM the fore-runner of PBMCube.com, more than one person could be online at a time. These multiuser BBS sometimes allowed the users to interact with one another through chat or online messages; some such games of the fantasy role-playing variety were known as IF (Interactive Fiction) and "multi-user dungeons" or MUDs. The most popular was Legends of the Red Dragon (L.O.T.R.D) and Adventurer of Renown Deeds (ARRA); one may still experience this popular online text game at PBMCube.com's Legend of the Green Dragon (lotgd). These games eventually evolved into what are known today as Massive Multi-user Online Role-Playing Games or MMORPG for short.
Growth of online games
Commercial online services also arose during this time, most starting with a crude plain-text interface similar to that of BBSs; however, these commercial vendors operated on large mainframe computers permitting larger numbers of users to be online at once. By the end of this decade, commercial online services moved to fully-graphical environments using software specific to each personal computer operating system — remember this is all before Java, and shockwave plugins were introduced. In fact, no one had even heard of a browser! Popular text-based services included CompuServe, The Source, Geocitites and GEnie, while platform- specific graphical services included Quantum Link for the Commodore 64, AppleLink for the Apple II and Macintosh, and PC Link for IBM PC operating systems, all of which were run by the company which eventually became known today as America Online. AOL chief competior in those days was Prodigy. Interactive games were a feature of these services, though until 1987 they used text-based displays, not graphics.
Rapid Changes in Technology
Times and technology changed; the World Wide Web (WWW) was introduced in 1994; Pentium chips were now in PCs; Netscape launched a silly little program called a "browser" in the same year with Microsoft introducing Internet Explorer a year later. Microsoft also made a bold move to include Internet protocol (IP & TCP/IP) in their revolutionary Windows '95. The age of online web-based games was fast approaching.
The Birth of Current Online Games
Back in January 1993, Charlie Jackson, Jonathan Gay, and Michelle Welsh started a small software company called FutureWave Software and created their first product, SmartSketch. A drawing application, SmartSketch was designed to make creating computer graphics as simple as drawing on paper. Although SmartSketch was an innovative drawing application, it didn't gain enough of a foothold in its market. As the Internet began to thrive due to the launch of the WWW, FutureWave began to realize the potential for a vector-based web animation tool that might easily challenge Macromedia's often slow-to-download Shockwave technology. In 1995, FutureWave modified SmartSketch by adding frame-by-frame animation features and re-released it as FutureSplash Animator on Macintosh and PC. By that time, the company had added a second programmer Robert Tatsumi, an artist Adam Grofcsik, and a PR specialist Ralph Mittman. The product was offered to Adobe and used by Microsoft in its early (MSN) work with the Internet. In December 1996, Macromedia acquired the vector-based animation software and later released it as Flash 1.0. Flash rapidly became the most popular method for adding animiation and interactivity to web pages. Both Flash and Shockwave added improvements to allow developers make better games. Shockwave later added a 3D environment which is the best application for online 3D game development. Flash, much later, added advanced scripting and speed to its compiled files. Acording to some experts in the gaming industry, we are now in the 7th generation of video gaming. For further reference see this article.


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Hi Jerry,
Where is the specification for pool finishes to be smooth so as not to cause injury located. The building code doesn't seem to address it but also references ANSI and NPSI docs.
Also any idea when this specification was enacted? I looked at a pool yesterday (1970) where the finish looked like a sprayed on rough orange peel. Couldn't imagine that feeling good on the feet and must be a nightmare to keep clean.


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Syracuse wins date with Huskies
The air didn't stand a chance.
McNamara drew back his arm and punched a 74-73 victory for the Orange in the first round of this annual firewalk. But know this, McNamara will have a much harder time knocking out Connecticut.
After two regular-season blowouts by the Huskies, No. 1 seed UConn (27-2) and No. 9 seed Syracuse (20-11) will renew their rivalry today in the Big East tournament quarterfinals at Madison Square Garden. Tip-off is set for noon on ESPN.
And yet, if McNamara doesn't make a crazy 3-pointer with five-tenths of a second left against No. 8 seed Cincinnati, this matchup never happens.
But somehow, UConn assistant George Blaney figured, it would. Blaney, the man responsible for scouting opponents, could see that much from the stands.
"If this isn't the NCAA s before the NCAAs, I've never seen it," Blaney said Wednesday, only half-kidding. "Syracuse is good enough to beat anyone in this tournament. They have size and obviously a kid who's been a great player for a long time for them.
"They can shoot the ball deep. With them, I really think any time their bigs play well, they're very, very good. I think they ran better tonight than they have in quite a while."
For just the second time this season - Kent State on Dec. 30 was the other - Syracuse finished with five players in double figures, paced by McNamara's 17 points and nine assists.
But with limited success against UConn this season - Syracuse lost two games by a combined 31 points - it's hard to imagine the Orange can solve the Huskies, especially in March.
"Connecticut is a great team. I've said it from the beginning of the year," said Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim , whose team is 5-9 in its last 14 games. "There's no way to hide it. We were not in either game when we played them. We just have to get ready and be ready to play."
The Huskies, meanwhile, took full advantage of their first-round bye.
UConn practiced for about 90 minutes Wednesday morning at the
Although Blaney downplayed the merit of an extra day's rest, he also knows the Huskies have never defeated Syracuse three times in one year. After sweeping the Orange during the regular season last year, UConn lost to Syracuse, 67-63, in the 2005 Big East Tournament semifinals.
"I've been saying about Syracuse all year that I think they're really, really good," Blaney said. "They could catch fire at any time. To me, it was always a matter of one of their bigs playing well and that would allow the guards to play well."
The way UConn coach Jim Calhoun figures it, the past means nothing today, especially with Syracuse chasing a bid to the NCAA Tournament.
"It's a clean slate. Everybody starts new," Calhoun said. "It's good preparation knowing that when the horn goes off, if you don't have more points and if you're not on the left side (of the score), you're going home."
UConn guard Rashad Anderson agreed.
"You treat every game the same, no matter if you're playing the best team in the Big East or the worst team," he said. "It's just a matter of how we come out ready to play."
It the Huskies play Syracuse like they did during the regular season, it could be a moot point today in New York.


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Potatoes ---- 2 or 3 (boild, peeled and mashed)
Onion ---- 1 medium finely chopped
Green chilies ---- 2 finely chopped
Ginger and garlic ---- 1/2 tea sp finely chopped (you can use paste also)
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves --- 1 tab sp choped
Oil ---- 1 tab sp
Red chilli powder --- 1/2 tea sp
Lemon juice --- 2 tab sp
Mustard seeds --- 1/2 tea sp
cumin seeds --- 1 tea sp
turmeric powder --- 1/2 tea sp
1. Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds and let them popup then add cumin seeds and fry them till red color and then add chopped onion and green chilies and fry till onion become soft.
2. Now add ginger garlic chopped and fry for a sec. then add turmeric powder,mashed potatoes,redchili powder,chopped coriander leaves,stir for 2 min then add lemon juice and salt to taste mix well and remove from heat.
3. let it cool, then make small balls out of this curry and keep a side.
Mar 18, 2009
Potatoes ---- 2 or 3 (boild, peeled and mashed)
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Labels: Andhra Cuisine, starters and snacks
16 comments:
- EC said...
Love these ..especially with buns like vada pav
- March 18, 2009 at 1:13 PM
- Priya Suresh said...
Prefect snacks for a winter r a cloudy day..my all time fav...Rekha thats a lovely presentation...very creative veg flowers:)
- March 18, 2009 at 1:39 PM
- Anonymous said...
yummmmy........snacks.my daughter loves this. thank u padma reminding me. decoration is too good.
- March 18, 2009 at 3:44 PM
- Purva Desai said...
they look soft and fluffy.....
- March 18, 2009 at 5:17 PM
- Pooja said...
looks yummy rekha...Meeru food decoration course chesara?..Love your presentation..
- March 18, 2009 at 7:26 PM
- Anonymous said...
Rekha,this was my fav snack as a kid..I used to have 5 -6 at a stretch...thanks for posting
- March 18, 2009 at 7:31 PM
- Nandinis food said...
Yum snack! perfect for rainy day (It is cloudy here)Your presentation with carrot,cucumber flowers sooo ... attractive!
- March 18, 2009 at 7:33 PM
- Cham said...
Like the veggie carving around ur bonda :)
- March 18, 2009 at 10:04 PM
- Poornima Nair said...
Wonderful snack...looks delicious. Great presentation.
- March 18, 2009 at 11:15 PM
- Aparna Balasubramanian said...
Aloo and in a deep fried avatar, that's the best. Now if only it was considered healthy too......... :)
- March 18, 2009 at 11:29 PM
- Manju said...
the other day when i made bread pakoda..it was either that or aloo bonda..and finally the pakoda won!1 this is there in my queue! perfect for this weather!
- March 18, 2009 at 11:43 PM
- Mrs.Kannan said...
I lloooveee aloo bonda...Yours looks yumm...Espeically the presentation..nice recipe.
- March 19, 2009 at 12:54 AM
- Varsha Vipins said...
My fav snack..It tastes so awesome no..But am scared of aloo's,lest i becum something like an aloo..so i juts reduce the intake..:p..but this is seriously tempting me ma..
n u are an artist..first those tomato flowers , n now carrot flowers..wow..:)
- March 19, 2009 at 5:16 AM
- Anonymous said...
Perfect for the cold wintry days along with a cup of warm tea as a snack. I do add baking powder though.
- March 19, 2009 at 9:09 AM
- Andhra Flavors said...
presentation chaala bavundi.
rekha vilaite oka sari online loki randi.
- March 19, 2009 at 9:49 AM
- Unknown said...
Your presentation has outsmarted the aloo bonda!
Love aloo bonda anytime any day..Its a wonderful winter snack :)
- March 19, 2009 at 12:44 PM


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If you love food and you're looking for a family-friendly event near Phoenix, save the date for the Scottsdale Culinary Festival. This 40th anniversary weekend will be taking place on April 14th and 15th next year, giving you have ample time to coordinate with your loved ones.
Because the city of Scottsdale hosts a range of culinary events throughout the year, you can stay up-to-date on upcoming ones to try new foods and have a great time with your family. The Scottsdale Culinary Festival is a great place to embrace your inner foodie and experience the city's culinary scene, so mark your calendar today to witness this event.
The Scottsdale Culinary Festival
The Scottsdale Culinary Festival is a one-of-a-kind occasion that takes place during the spring in Scottsdale. Even though it's known for its world-class food and drink, it also offers attractions for residents of all ages. You're encouraged to munch on the most delectable dishes in the southwest while enjoying live music and more. Because the Scottsdale Culinary Festival commissions talent from the food and music industries, you'll be taking in quality entertainment while tasting treats from the area's leading chefs and personalities.
What to Expect at The Scottsdale Culinary Festival
Alongside amazing eats from the finest chefs and restaurants in the area, the Scottsdale Culinary Festival provides a range of activities throughout its six-day run. You can join in on a series of gourmet dinners for a fine dining experience, or you can get up close and personal with the chefs at picnics, where they do their demonstrations of their work. Given that you can also attend various cocktail parties, you'll have plenty of options when finding the best ways for you and your family to enjoy this exciting week in the heart of Scottsdale.
The Scottsdale League for the Arts
The Scottsdale Culinary Festival is the largest fundraiser for the Scottsdale League for the Arts, an organization that supports the city's local art programs. While the volunteers for this non-profit program work at different fundraising and special events throughout the year, this 6-day festival is their biggest and most important event of the new year. This organization brings awareness to and raises funds for artists, art programs and arts education in the city, so, in addition to trying new foods, you'll be contributing to Scottsdale's art scene. If you're planning to get involved in the community, whether you're new to the area or you've lived here for a while, attending the festival lets you lend a hand.
For those who are already planning to go to the Scottsdale Culinary Festival next year, stay tuned to learn more details about the entertainment, chefs and personalities. You'll be surprised by the food and drink at the event in 2018, and you can start educating yourself about the Scottsdale League for the Arts and more leading up to springtime.
If you're interested in stopping by this exciting annual event, keep checking the website for details about the locations, times and more. I would be happy to answer any questions you may have about things to see and do in Scottsdale, so please don't hesitate to contact me today.


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The landmark jury trial between Apple and Samsung might be over, but patent litigation between the two companies is still going strong. According to filings with the U.S. Federal Court in San Jose, California, Samsung has indicated that it is likely to sue Apple over the iPhone 5 once it has further time to inspect the device.
If the South Korean handset maker feels that the iPhone 5 violates its patents, Samsung will add the latest Apple smartphone to its list of infringing devices in a patent infringement complaint it originally filed in February.
Apple has already submitted a counterclaim in this trial several months ago, accusing Samsung of violating eight patents of its own. Apple too added Samsung's latest Galaxy S III smartphone to its own list of infringing devices when the handset was released, so this move only seems fair game.
The interesting fact in this case is that a hearing isn't expected to take place until 2014, when the Galaxy S III and iPhone 5 are likely to have long been succeeded by newer, more powerful smartphones. We'll let you know about any further developments in this case as it progresses.


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This installment of my "Retro T.O." column for The Grid was originally published on July 17, 2012.
Last week, Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday mused that the city's core "is not the ideal place" to raise a family. His sentiments about children playing in traffic on busy arteries aren't anything that hasn't been heard before, however wrong they are: families who have chosen to live deep downtown have long heard arguments about the suitability of such an environment for their children, especially from committed suburbanites like Holyday.
During a meeting of the Washington, D.C.–based Urban Land Institute (ULI) in Toronto in May 1985, planners, developers, and investment advisors reviewed the city's plans to redevelop the railway lands north of the Gardiner Expressway. They concluded that the city's vision of having families eventually living there ran counter to the ways in which downtowns ought to be saved. Sounding not unlike Holyday, ULI president Claude Ballard said that children should be raised outside the core, in neighbourhoods where they could walk to school or rescue balls that rolled out into the street with minimal fear of being run over. Downtown living of the future, the argument went, was for empty-nesters who required less space once their offspring left home. In a rebuttal printed in the Globe and Mail, Toronto-based planner Ken Greenberg rejected Ballard's vision, noting that "it is Toronto's unwillingness in the past to follow conventional North American wisdom" on issues like encouraging families to live downtown that "goes a long way toward explaining why we have the much admired vitality, safety, and cleanliness on our streets." Greenberg was likely referring to recently developed neighbourhoods like St. Lawrence, where mixed incomes and a large number of co-ops let its residents foster a community where children could enjoy a less homogenous upbringing than their parents had.
Eighteen years later, the Star profiled several families who had moved into condos and lofts in the core. Parents interviewed in the May 2003 article praised, as one parent put it, the "complete and full spectrum of life in the city" that their kids enjoyed steps away from home. Shorter commutes to downtown jobs provided more time for families to spend together during the work week. All enjoyed the ability to walk everywhere, which was a big draw for former Brampton resident Lisa Voutt. Despite friends and relatives in the burbs thinking she was "kind of nuts" for moving her family into a loft near St. Lawrence Market, Voutt enjoyed being freed from a car-centric lifestyle and noted the confidence with which her preteen daughters got themselves around the core by foot or TTC, and the large number of nearby activities they participated in.
Also interviewed for the article was Adam Vaughan, who had recently moved with his daughter into a condo not far from his job at the time as a CityTV reporter. "I wanted a place that was close to the culture of the city, the galleries, the music, and close to the politics of the city," he told the Star. "All the things that were important to me. I wanted my daughter to understand how her father related to the city and have her relate to the city." After he was elected to city council three years later, Vaughan advocated a 10 per cent requirement for three-bedroom units in developments to aid families experiencing problems with finding enough space to live in. Developers shot back that they had trouble competing with suburban projects on price, which meant the larger units were often among the last to sell.
Doug Holyday's long-held views on where families should live, and his belief in the supremacy of market forces on determining housing stock, shouldn't make his most recent comments a surprise. As an Etobicoke alderman in the mid-1980s, he opposed that city's proposals to limit the number of apartment buildings that were designated for adult occupancy only. In a period where vacancy rates were low, families looking for apartments in Etobicoke—especially those with lower incomes—sometimes settled for sub-par dwellings as one landlord after another rejected their applications. Holyday blamed provincial rent controls, and housing activists who he felt exaggerated the problems that tenants faced.
His views didn't win the day, as the provincial government banned adult-only apartment buildings (apart from seniors' complexes and structures with four units or less) in December 1986. Holyday's hate-on for rent controls didn't fade—when Toronto city council voted in April 1999 to establish a task force to make the restoration of controls scrapped by Premier Mike Harris's government an issue during the next provincial election, Holyday was the lone councillor to oppose the motion.
Additional material from the March 5, 1985, May 6, 1985, and May 14, 1985 editions of the Globe and Mail, and the May 11, 2003 and June 26, 2008 editions of the Toronto Star.
Editorial comment: It's easy to notice my contempt towards Doug Holyday in this piece. His political persona represented much of what I hate in a certain strain of suburban conservative politicians, especially in the knows-the-cost-of-everything-and-the-value-of-nothing department. His son Stephen carries on his proud tradition of Etobicoke troglodytism (that should be a word) as a current Toronto city councillor.
Toronto Star, February 21, 1985.


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London Heiress kidnapped by the Marquess of Ashlund, read the headlines. Yet no one tried to save her.
Phoebe Wallington was seven years old when a mass assassination attempt rocked Regency England. Her father was the only accused traitor to elude capture. Now as a grown woman and a British spy, she is no closer to learning what really happened that day.
Phoebe's quest for the truth takes a sudden turn when she's kidnapped by a suspected traitor. But Kiernan MacGregor, the Marquess of Ashlund, may not live long enough to stand trial. Someone wants him dead. And Phoebe stands in the killer's way.


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Ukraine postpones delivery of Taurus-II launch vehicle's first stage to U.S.
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Ukraine`s state owned company " Yuzhmash" based in eastern city Dnipropetrovsk postponed the delivery of the basic part of the Taurus-II launch vehicle`s first stage to a U.S. company, the Ukranian company said in a statement on Tuesday, according to Xinhua.
"For some technical reasons, the delivery date has been put off to September-October," the statement said.
The delivery was reportedly scheduled for August.
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- Kids welcome
- Setting : Calm, Country setting
- River at 0.3mi.
- Horse riding
- Exposure : South-west
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Advert details 12586
This cottage will seduce you with its spacious and bright rooms on floor in pine and walls, its living room with wooden beams and fireplace with a pellet stove wood. 1 bedroom on the ground floor is suitable for motor disability (paralyzed France approved) with bathroom.
Assets House
Interior Charming Main Farm House with View: country side, farmland, prairie
Exterior Gîte - Self Catering in Setting: calm, country setting
Rates Calendar Availability Gîte - Self Catering in Brasparts
Seasons & Availability Charming Main Farm House in Brasparts
Rates Charming Main Farm House in Brasparts
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Leisure, Surroundings, Location Charming Converted property 12586
Green and wooded quiet environment in a hamlet of 2 other gites. Hiking with donkeys and equestrian centre at Brasparts. Many discoveries nearby. 200 m from a departure from community hiking trail (community of communes of the Yeun Elez), 10 minutes from the start of the hiking trails (pedestrian, equestrian and mountain biking) of the Monts d ' Arrée in Brasparts, 15mn from the churchyard of Pleyben and animal park (local domestic breeds) of Menez meur at Hanvec, 25 minutes from the forest of Huelgoat (notable for its granitic rocks and its legends) and Nantes-Brest canal , 45 minutes from Océanopolis Brest (Park of the oceans with 3 pavilions: Polar (penguins and otters), temperate and tropical) and the Crozon peninsula. Do not miss the international maritime Festival in Brest (45 mn from the Gîte) large gathering of old rigs which takes place every 4 years.
SurroundingsCountryside - Finistère
Location AccessHouse Brasparts
4 km from the village of Brasparts and Loperec. Independent access and private parking.