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I have come to a point where I have been experimenting with Japanese and Japanese-inspired dishes for long enough to become quite philosophical about my mistakes and become more and more confident to try new things. My biggest successes have been since I started frequenting Just Bento and Just Hungry (I'm not just ass-kissing, it's true!) but I started when I was about 18 and I guess over the years I've learned quite a bit. Looking back at those days, I remember making sushi with overly gloopy, sticky rice, and struggling with tamagoyaki, but I also have disasters even now. The successes make up for those disasters and luckily I have a few of those, too!
I was wondering, what are forumers greatest sucesses with Japanese cookery? Those dishes which make you really proud, and make you think you've really come a long way? On the flip side, what comedy disasters have you learned from over your time cooking?
Mine? Disasters - Gloopy, doughy tempura (my first Japanese teacher told me she did the same, years ago), a few weeks back. Also, MASSIVE fat udon which looked like tagliatelle…which was only yesterday blushes Sucesses - Today's udon, which were with renkon and fresh asparagus - delish. Also, my last tempura experience, when I felt I'd finally nailled it. I must admit, I added some sparkling water, which is a little trick that is probably not totally okay…but it really worked!
So, I'd love to hear about everyone else's successes and disasters along their Japanese cuisine journeys!
Oh wow, let's see --
- I struggled a lot to make tamagoyaki and always burned it at first
- Making gluey and goopy rice because I didn't wash it first !!!! At first I thought that was normal but now I am quite picky about the quality of my rice...
- Accidentally making teriyaki sauce with rice vinegar instead of mirin ;-; (luckily I realised before eating it though...)
- Either making nikujaga incredibly soupy or into a paste like curry... I have greatly improved though!
- Frequently burning karaage or other fried things --;;
- Using very lean meat to make hanbagu so it ended up being nearly flavorless ):
As for my successes:
- making homemade dashi and miso soup
- making good gyuudon
- finally making good dishes of everything listed above :P
Tamagoyaki... my first one had about double the water because I was running from the computer where the recipe was to the kitchen and well, numbers are important it seems. Now they're failing because of the size of my eggs I think. Much tastier though than my first one which was goo.
Success would have to be miso chicken. The Boy loves this so much, he'd eat it everyday if I could be bothered making it.
There are at least two distinct phases in the evolution of my Japanese cooking skills. During those first, pre-internet, days I was very happy to be complacent about the food and took advice from recipes and cooks who were (I can see with hindsight) just as unfamiliar with the cuisine as I was. This led to strange fusion concoctions, like udon or soba in soup stocks flavoured with excessive amounts of lime juice or sickly sweet teriyaki sauce stir fries.
And then I went to Japan, met my partner, started sharing meals with him, this forced me to take a closer look at what I'd picked up. Best thing was that it urged me out of my complacency and I started to look at Japanese food as 'real food' not some exotic playground to fart around in. And the dishes I make now are far more delicious as a result.
The worst disasters I've had were with okonomiyaki; a succession of tasteless cakes of vulcanised rubber batter entombing the unfortunate sliced remains of innocent fish and vegetables. Even I don't know why I persevered so much with this. On the upshot, it's now one of my biggest successes. Not only have I converted my non-okonomiyaki loving husband with Maki's recipe, I even like what I make more than the examples I've eaten in Osaka.
Udon is another success, my own aren't as good as what I've tried in Takamatsu but we do prefer them to those served even in decent Tokyo restaurants.
I still have an awful lot to learn but I'm really happy with my progress now.
Epic Failure: Overcooked the life out of oyakodon - rubbery eggs, soggy onions, tough chicken...
Glorious success: I hosted a tonkatsu party last winter and cooked tonkatsu for over 30 people. Nothing burned, nothing soft and oily, just beautiful golden deliciousness...
Tamagoyaki was always a difficulty for me. xD I tended to end up with it getting browned, which was irritating. That or the egg not quite cooking properly and leaking out when I tried to pick up a rolled section to add the next layer.
Rice also gave me a lot of difficulty -- I'm still getting accustomed to my new cooker. I normally making too much, and it would always be mushy. But last night, I finally cracked the secret to making enough rice for 1 person AND getting it to cook properly! :D (1/2 cup rice to 1/2 cup water, as it turns out). Tasted great. The grains were distinct but stuck together exactly as they should. :D I'm so happy <3!
I'm still experimenting a lot, but I already remember some resounding... disasters:
- Tempura, and deep-fried stuff in general. I've just given up on deep-fried stuff : even if I like a good vegetable tempura or katsudon, I've just accepted the fact that I'm no good at cooking them...
- Kabu no yuzu fûmi, or vinagered cooked turnips... turns out one cannot substitute european turnips for japanese turnips in some recipes !
Thanks for putting this on the front page, Maki! I am enjoying hearing about everyone's experiences.
I'm still struggling!!!
Sucesses would be sushi, onigiri........... ermmmm!
Failures - loads! Tamagoyaki, I can't get these at all. Just can't do it, end of. Miso chicken - I will have another go at this but my first and only attempt was really super salty. Don't know what happened as I followed the recipe.
Want to try miso soup now as I adore the ready made blue dragon brand sachets. Kinda scared to though!!
Failures are many!
I do not pretend to cook authentic Japanese food. I take ideas and convert them to my lifestyle. Which leads to interesting results.
Making sushi with brown rice has proven to be complicated. First time, great! Second time a cake of gooey mushy rice (and I had made a lot too!). I never figured out what I did wrong. Now it's still hit and miss. And I have a electronic cooker too!
Same thing with Oyakis. First time, they were delicious, the second time they were NASTY, dry and just wrong. The other 3-4 times I made them they were Delicious though!
I tried to make Tamagoyaki once, lets just say that I will have to work on it and let it go at that. I'm just a beginner wannabe. But I'm having fun!
I'd say my best success was a daikon-miso soup I did. Delicious!! My sushi rolls are pretty nifty too half the time, the other half well, they are edible, just not pretty.
I'll get this figured out!
I can never wrap my maki tight enough. Drives me nuts.
I tried to make sweet kanpyo to put inside my maki, and the kanpyo just dissolved in the broth. I still don't know what happened.
I have had a couple of failures when it came to making onigiri, but other than that I have not had too many failures. Only little ones that years of experience cooking can hide ;)
But overall I would say that my cooking of Japanese foods has greatly improved, and like working with any other spices and flavors it just takes some practice to fine tune them to your preference. I would also say that I am far more particular about my foods than I used to be, properly made, quality food (like rice and pasta) really does make a difference to me.
I'm definitely improving, but some dishes just don't turn out very Japanese. I make a tasty dish I like to call nikujaga: my DH calls it Laura-jaga (he likes it too.) When I first started making oyakodon I always overcooked the eggs. When we moved to a new apartment that has a gas stove rather than electric, I discovered I do have the ability to make great oyakodon since I can adjust the heat quickly.
When I first started to bento, I've never tried Japanese food in my life. Houston's more of a chinese, viatnamese and korean cuisine. So my recipes came online through bento websited and stuff. I first noticed many recipes used normal ingridients that my kitchen was stocked with. But then I came upon a website that told about REAL JAPANESE ingridients. (Justbento.com)
My first success would be tonkatsu. It came out perfectly the first time, tasted good and I was pleased. And everytime I make it, perfect! Panko rocks!!
The one where I kept having to tweek was teriyaki sauce. It makes a giant difference when sake is added. At normal grocery stores, in the imported section, they'd have mirin but no sake. I went to an asian grocery store and there it was. I looked one for cooking only and found one. I used it to make teriyaki, used the default recipe, and it came out DELISH!!
Rice is still my disaster. Could be I'm not a fan of rice. But you can't eat teriyaki and other stuff without rice. I dread making it stovetop, and I bought the cooker and still can't figure it out. However, I saw the 1/2 cup rice, 1/2 water method which I haven't tried. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
My latest success has been making my own chuuka manju/nikuman/bao/whatever you call them! I've loved those since I tried them in San Francisco's Chinatown years ago, and even though it's a time consuming recipe, the result is definitely worth it.
Like everyone else, my first attempt at a tamagoyaki was an epic fail! I think I've got it down now, and I bought a nicer pan with better heat distribution to make it easier. I also failed at making brown rice...I followed my rice cooker instructions, but somehow the water bubbled over and turned my counter into a starchy, watery mess! After that, I've been sticking to my faithful white Japanese rice, hahaha.
I have the same problem cooking brown rice using rice cooker w/ basic "cook/keep warm" functions. My friend told me to use boiling water in lieu of tap water in the rice cooker, you can try this, but I find that the only method that alleviates this gooey mess is to just cook a smaller portion.
Just discovered your blog. It's lovely!
My most memorable failure in Japanese cooking was when I tried to make nikujaga for a class project. My friends/victims had to wait 2+ hours for it to be done, and I didn't have any kobudashi, so the meal was super bland. In addition, it sort of fell apart (I learned a new word out of it from a friend: 煮崩れ :P Also, apparently, a person who can make nikujaga well will be a good wife; my future husband is doomed) Just kinda sad all-around.
I just joined the site, and would like to share my diasters and successes!
Making miso according to the directions on the pouch! ( A nice big, steamy bowl of liquid salt!! Yum!)
Making rice in a thin, old pot. (I was surprised to discover that "use hydrolic jackhammer to remove stuck-on rice from bottom of pan." was not a standard part of the rice-making proceedure.)
Realizing that onigari need not be pressed so firmly into shape that one develops carpal tunnal syndrome from shaping them.
Using less miso when I make soup! (You would think this would be obvious, but it took me several tries to figure this one out!)
Buying a decent rice cooker! Now I have lovely rice every time! And I bought a nice thick pot to make smaller quantities on the stovetop. I am saving a fortune on jackhammer rentals!
Using a meatballer to help me shape onigari. I make smaller sized ones, press gently, and have thrown away my arm splint.
I hope everyone enjoys this site as much as I do!
My first try out of Japanese dish was sushi. I made it with a friend, and turned out pretty strange in comparison to usual sushi.
Tasted not bad though (well... we make it... so it wasn't so bad >.< ) The second time did not turned up to be what I wanted it to be, but I think I am getting better at it (duuuh...)
My first success was tamagoyaki. My sister loved this and has been wanting me to make her one. I got it right on my second try (thanx to Maki's website)
Second success was onigiri, I think, another thanx to Maki's method. But now I am using the thing to instantly shape the onigiri. Less disaster for me and I can come up with different cute shapes...
Today I am going to try the omuraishu... crossing my finger for good luck (^^)
Disasters: Well not a complete disaster, but not great. I've tried making sushi at home and like conanchibi's experience, it was strange. Not inedible,it was OK, but not great.
Since then I've gotten much better at making rice, and more familiar with Japanese cooking in general, so I may try again. But it's a lot of work, and with a good sushi place so close by, it may not really be worth the effort.
First time I made miso soup. Yuck! I put weird things in it and used chicken stock. This was before I discovered Just Hungry and Just Bento. I think the only thing miso about it was the miso!
Tried to make udon, same thing, weird stuff in it. Plus cooked it too long and the noodles were mush!
First success: Onigiri. Yummy!
Next was real miso soup. I've gotten really good at making dashi. and have miso for breakfast fairly often.
Then kareh raisu, or curry rice. Twice I've made it now, first time was pretty good, I tried to make it from scratch. Second time I caved and used a box of S&B Golden Curry roux. I hate to say it, but I think I liked the boxed roux curry better. Oh well.
Next Hayashi raisu, very yummy! Then Nikujaga, if you can't tell I love braised meat dishes in general. lol.
Now that it's getting warmer, I'd like to try some Cold Soba noodles. Hubby may like it as he already likes pasta salad, so cold noodles themselves doesn't faze him. My favorite Japanese restaurant has these on the menu right now, so I think I'll try theirs first to get an idea of the flavor. Then try it at home. Wish me good luck!
Well let me see.
I keep trying to acquire a taste for nato. But nato is nasty in/on/above/bellow anything I put it on and I can't put my finger on why I don't like it since I'm ok with stuff like stinky tofu.
And yama imo is not like any other yam. It has the magical property of turning whatever stew you mix it with into the consistency of snot.
So multiple disasters cooking with these two ingredients.
As a lazy-bum/student, I do most of my japanese cooking using instant ingredients such as curry, soba and sauces.
So I'm still as disastrous when it comes to making real foods from scratch. The only dishes I could manage well are tamagoyaki, onigiri, and kinpira. I still cannot make a proper sushi and tonkatsu although I have made them many times..
My sushis are either too skinny or too chubby, and I often have excess nori wrapping. I think I need to put more rice and filling to make them come together. I often make them with friends and we are only able to put 3 ingredients at max per roll.
For tonkatsu, the taste was already there but not the texture.. I probably need a good deep fryer for them. However, at the luxury of common cheap-skate student, I'd like to stick with shallow pans and oven (T_T)
My okonomiyaki (I've made them 2-3x so far since 2008) seem to have too much vegetables that the batter could barely hold. I should remember to use packaged coleslaw mix instead of chopping my own cabbages and carrots next time.
As a lazy-bum/student, I do most of my japanese cooking using instant ingredients such as curry, soba and sauces.
So I'm still as disastrous when it comes to making real foods from scratch. The only dishes I could manage well are tamagoyaki, onigiri, and kinpira. I still cannot make a proper sushi and tonkatsu although I have made them many times..
My sushis are either too skinny or too chubby, and I often have excess nori wrapping. I think I need to put more rice and filling to make them come together. I often make them with friends and we are only able to put 3 ingredients at max per roll.
For tonkatsu, the taste was already there but not the texture.. I probably need a good deep fryer for them. However, at the luxury of common cheap-skate student, I'd like to stick with shallow pans and oven (T_T)
My okonomiyaki (I've made them 2-3x so far since 2008 based on a very easy recipe I found on the net) seem to have too much vegetables that the batter could barely hold. I should remember to use packaged coleslaw mix instead of chopping my own cabbages and carrots next time.
I had an issue with gluey rice because I was treating it like basmati rice, but now I can make it right most of the time. I also didn't cook some yakitori through once, so now I do it in the oven instead of on the gas.
- japanese rice. this is how i came across just hungry.
- cold soba noodles (which my husband doesn't like but I adore)
- japanese curry (made it today for the first time and came out DELICIOUS)
- all kind of chicken recipes...
and lots of other things. I find myself wondering how my life would have been without Maki. Really! ;)
aww i can't sleep >_<
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3.Extra Large, easy-to-read LCD display with White or white back-light. (LCD size: 63*82mm)
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6.90 Memories for one user,60/60 memories for two users
7.Date and Time Stamp.
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9.Automatic switch-off function to save power
10.Approval: ISO:13485: 2003,CE0413, FDA510K, RoHS, EMC,LVD
11.Power Supply :Batteries (2pcs AA*1.5V)
12.Change Battery Indicator to replace Battery.
13.Warning of Operating Errors.
14.Two user type or Single user type for choice.
15.Average Reading of latest THREE measurement result.
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Large LCD display
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Static Pressure:±3mmHg Pulse:±5%
Single type 90 memories
Power supply
4pcs AA*1.5V
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Storage condition
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1 year
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So the twenty-first of December 2012 passed by as innocuously as any other twenty-first of December in recent history. The world didn't end, there were no solar flares, Planet X didn't collide with the Earth, nor did its geomagnetic fields reverse, and the alien colonisation predicted by Chris Carter and the creative team behind The X-Files failed to occur. Which isn't surprising, considering all were complete fiction. The only difference being the latter was the linchpin of one of the most successful science fiction series of all the time, the rest ramblings of self-publicising, attention-seeking fantasists/people with the IQ of an orange – delete as appropriate.
So all the nonsense peddled and perpetuated over the last year by new age mystics, cult leaders, UFO hunters and The Discovery Channel turned out to be just that; nonsense. The vast majority of it stemming from a (deliberate) misinterpretation of an ancient Mayan cyclical calendar. There is much confusion as to exactly what significance the thirteenth b'ak'kun or 188.8.131.52.0. (21/12/12 on our Gregorian calendar) held for the ancient Mayans, but it's a fitting title for This Town Needs Guns' new record, as it's a confusing album. From the bizarre song titles ('+3 Awesomeness Repels Water'), cryptic lyrics "Red wine and tan lines/Colour our differences/You feel less satisfied/The more you acquire" and increasingly intricate guitar lines, it's a detached and often impenetrable listen.
The effects and distortion present on their self-titled 2008 EP had been all but abandoned by the time they released their first full length Animals the same year, but the loss of their second guitarist in 2011 has streamlined their sound. That's not to be confused with simplified, though. The restless, syncopated drumming is still present and Tim Collis' twinkling, tangled guitar leads remain the focal point. But unlike, say, Foals who effectively translate their math-ier tendencies into lurching, stop-start dynamism, This Town Needs Guns let said tendencies drift aimlessly - complexity for complexity's sake. Songs tend to slide by in showers of spiralling, complicated riffs and glitchy drumming, often lacking punch and life.
The loss of vocalist Stuart Smith further hinders 184.108.40.206.0.. His transatlantic yelp helped add distinction to previous efforts, sounding more akin to post-hardcore hero Anthony Green than any of his British indie contemporaries with their over accentuated 'keep-it-real' local accents. New singer Henry Tremain performs competently throughout, but ultimately just sounds a lot like that guy from Two Door Cinema Club. 184.108.40.206.0. is frustrating. Its fervent technicality can leave it feeling soulless, lacking grit, bite or real emotion. It can become stifling and songs tend to blur together.
But there are moments of beauty too; the short instrumental 'In The Branches Of The Yggdrasil' is a welcome moment of (relative) simplicity and '2 Birds, 1 Stone And An Empty Stomach' is the album's lovely, lilting mid-point. Opener 'Cat Fantastic' is deceptively catchy, revealing its hook after repeat listens and 'Left Aligned' effectively juxtaposes rippling guitar wizardry with sparser, ambient sections. This Town Needs Guns have the potential to be refreshing, interesting and pretty. And considering just how homogeneous the mainstream media portrayal of 'indie rock' is - if you're not a reformed Nineties Britpop giant, channelling Bob Dylan or The Clash or don't have Gallagher as a second name you're unlikely to grace the cover of NME any time soon - then much credit is due for at least attempting the road less travelled, even if the musical terrain here can feel flat.
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A historic San Antonio brewer's cottage is transformed into a hip new BBQ joint.
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Randy Reyes, new Artistic Director at Mu Performing Arts, facilitates a public forum on the ongoing (decades-long!) controversy regarding Asian-American stereotypes in the musical "Miss Saigon," which opens at the Ordway in October. At Theater Mu, he will direct "Kung-Fu Zombies Vs. Cannibals" featuring Laotian women protagonists, written by Saymoukday Duangphouxay Vongsay.
Current visual art shows: "If We Could" at TuckUnder Projects and "Remnants and Curiosities of the Natural World" and the new Instinct Gallery
Jeremy Cohen, Producing Artistic Director of The Playwrights' Center. The art of playwriting will be a focus of this year's Ivey Awards
Natalie Morrow, Founder of the Twin Cities Black Film Festival, and a discussion of the exhibit, "Threads of Connection," by artist Deidre Scherer, who uses thread on fabric to detail end-of-life journeys, at United Theological Seminary
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One of the jewels of the American West, Havasu Creek is named for the people who have lived along it for at least the last eight hunded years. The Havasupai (the-people-of-the-blue-green-waters) have had a long struggle to hold onto their traditional lands in the face of westward expansion. Havasu Creek starts out above the canyon wall as a small trickle of snow run-off and rain water. This water meanders on the plains above the canyon for about 50 miles (80 km) until it enters Cataract (Havasu) Canyon. It then reaches Havasu Springs, where an underground river feeds the creek. This spring can be accessed by heading upstream when the creek is first encountered. The water stays at about 70 °F (21 °C) all year around. The creek is well-known for its blue-green color and distinctive travertine formations. This is due to large amounts of calcium carbonate (lime) in the water that formed the limestone that lines the creek and reflects its color so strongly. This also gives the creek an interesting feature as it is ever changing. This occurs because any items that fall into the stream mineralize very quickly, causing new formations and changing the flow of the water. This causes the creek to never look the same from one year to another. The breach of The Redlands dam by a flood on August 18th, 2008 completely destroyed Navajo Falls, one of three iconic waterfalls along Havasu Creek, and caused the evacuation of the village of Supai, capital of the Havasupai Reservation. Havasu Creek ultimately flows into the Colorado River at this point where its travertine water disappears into the confluence above Havasu Rapid (Class 2-4), with a 3ft drop.
Grand Canyon GigaView is a new school virtual tour of the Grand Canyon created with a collection of GigaPan images taken on a private rafting trip in April 2010 and geolocated in Google Earth, Bing Maps, and 360Cities. Explore the journey http://grandcanyongigaview.tumblr.com/


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Here is a listing of upcoming events at area churches.
Disciple classes, 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Etowah United Methodist Church, 110 Brickyard Road, Etowah. Info: 890-3367.
Christ-centered writers group, 10 a.m.-noon Wednesdays through Oct. 30 at Trinity of Fairview Baptist Church, 646 Concord Road, Fletcher. Class designed to help individuals navigate through writing about stories that give glory to God. Free. Info: 778-4002.
Concise study of death and dying, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church, 312 Fifth Ave. W., Hendersonville. Reservations required. Free. Info: 693-3493.
Divorce Care class, 5-7 p.m. Sunday evenings at Mud Creek Baptist Church, 403 Rutledge Drive. For those dealing with separation and divorce. $10 registration fee. Info: 692-1262, Ext.135.
Grief Share class, 5-7 p.m. Sunday evenings at Mud Creek Baptist Church, 403 Rutledge Drive. For those walking through the valley of grief and loss. Info: 692-1262, Ext.135.
Women of Carolina women's conference, 6-9 p.m. Friday and 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sept. 28 at Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute, 1455 Gilliam Road, Hendersonville. Speaker: Kimberly Sowell. Tickets: $30. Info: 693-4274.
Open Arms Pregnancy Center of Hendersonville annual fundraiser gala, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Leila Patterson Center, 111 Howard Gap Road, Fletcher. Speaker: Pam Tebow, mother of Tim Tebow. Register by Tuesday. Info: 515-1112.
Trinity preschool yard sale benefit, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Sept. 28 at Trinity Baptist Church, 900 Blythe St., Hendersonville. From 8 a.m.-1 p.m. items are half price.
Asheville Playback Theatre: Launching the 18th season and House of Faith Tour, 7 p.m. Sept. 28 at Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 500 Montreat Road, Black Mountain. $10 adults; $5 youth. Info: 273-0995.
MCC-Sacred Journey's annual Sunday in the park worship service and picnic, 10 a.m. Sept. 29 at Harmon Field in Tryon. Info: www.mccsacredjourney.org; 693-9110.
Justice Family 40th annual singing, 7 p.m. today Fellowship Baptist Church, 2231 Howard Gap Road, Hendersonville. Special guests: Archie Watkins and The Smoky Mountain Reunion. Love offering taken. Info: 828-685-3730; 828-696-5150.
Fairhaven Quartet concert, 6 p.m. Sept. 29 at Refuge Baptist Church, junction of Dana, Ridge, Upward and Oleta roads in Dana. Love offering will be taken. Info: 685-8544.
Gospel Jam, 7-9 p.m. the first Saturday of the month at First Baptist Church of East Flat Rock, 227 Spartanburg Highway, Hendersonville. Free. Info: 243-8100.
Study and retreats
The Sovereignty of God: women's Bible study of I Samuel, 10 a.m. Tuesdays at Mount Pisgah Lutheran Church, 2606 Chimney Rock Road, Hendersonville. Info: 692-7027.
Gideon: Your Weakness-God's Strength Bible study, 9-11:30 a.m. Tuesdays through Oct. 22 at First Baptist Church, Hendersonville. $12. Study will encourage you to recognize your weakness and unlock the full experience of His strength in your life. Info: 693-0885.
Lord, Change My Attitude Bible study, 9-11:30 a.m. Tuesdays through Nov. 19 at First Baptist Church, Hendersonville. $15. In this study, James shows how attitudes can affect whether someone stays in the wilderness with negative attitudes or enjoys blessings. Info: 693-0885.
Gideon: Your Weakness-God's Strength Bible study, 6-8:15 p.m. Wednesdays through Oct. 9 at First Baptist Church, Hendersonville. $12. Study will encourage you to recognize your weakness and unlock the full experience of His strength in your life. Led by Vanessa Fleming. Info: 693-0885.
Lies Women Believe and The Truth that Sets Them Free Bible study, 6-8:15 p.m. Wednesdays through Nov. 6 at First Baptist Church, Hendersonville. $12. Nancy Leigh DeMoss exposes deceptions — about sin, priorities, relationships, emotions and more. Info: 693-0885.
Living Beyond Yourself: Exploring the Fruit of the Spirit Bible study, 6-8:15 p.m. Wednesdays through Nov. 6 at First Baptist Church, Hendersonville. $16. A study of the fruit of the spirit as presented in the book of Galatians. Info: 693-0885.
Morning Bible study, 10 a.m. Tuesdays at Fletcher First Baptist Church, 5 Cane Creek Road. Info: 687-1031.
Men's Majestic Humanity of Jesus Bible study of Mt. Pisgah Lutheran Church, 8 a.m. Thursday, breakfast at Denny's with Bible study. For directions and info: 692-7027.
Calvary Kids Club, 3-4:30 p.m. the first and third Sunday at Calvary Episcopal Church, 2840 Hendersonville Road, Fletcher. Info: 684-6266.
Celebrate Recovery group, 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays at Mud Creek Baptist Church, 403 Rutledge Drive. For those in addiction recovery. Info: 692-1262, Ext.135.
Extended Family, 6 p.m. the third Mondays at Blue Ridge Prison and Jail ministries house, 410 E. First Ave. For families facing the trauma of incarcerated family members. Info: 696-0607.
Freedom That Lasts, 7 p.m. Friday night and 10 a.m. Sunday at Progress Baptist Church, 1935 N. Rugby Road. For those who are hurting or have fallen. Info: 419-0722; 545-9177.
Good News @ 6, 6 p.m. the fourth Sunday of each month at Calvary Episcopal Church, 2840 Hendersonville Road, Fletcher. Welcoming all ages to a different service of worship. Info: 684-6266.
Grief Share grief recovery group, 2-3:30 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday through Aug. 27 at Hendersonville First United Methodist Church, at Sixth Avenue and Church Street. Info: 693-3410; 693-1550; 693-4275.
Intercessory Time of Prayer, 5:15 p.m. the second Tuesday and 12:15 p.m. the fourth Tuesday at Grace Lutheran Church, 1245 6th Ave. W., Hendersonville. Info: 693-4890.
Taize worship service, 5 p.m. the second Sunday of each month in the Brunson Memorial Chapel at First United Methodist Church of Hendersonville, 240 Sixth Ave. W. Info: 693-4275.
Taize worship, 6 p.m. the second Sunday of each month at Calvary Episcopal Church, 2840 Hendersonville Road, Fletcher. A quiet and reflective worship. Info: 684-6266.
MemoryCaregivers Network meeting for caregivers (Fletcher Group), 1-3 p.m. the first Tuesday at Fletcher Seventh Day Adventist Church, 1141 Howard Gap Road, Fletcher. Info: 645-9189 or 230-4143.
Free children's ministry, 1-5 p.m. the first and third Thursdays of each month at Cummings Memorial United Methodist Church, Banner Farm Road, Horseshoe. Free children's clothes for up to 6 years old, along with diapers, supplies and equipment at the BEAR closet. Info: 891-9413 or 891-1557.
My Sister's Closet is open 9 a.m.-noon Mondays at First Methodist Church, 204 6th Ave. W. Clothing of different styles for work. Info: 693-4275.
Bread ministry — free bread from 3-4 p.m. Mondays at Balfour United Methodist Church, Highway 25 North, across from Hunter Chevrolet. Info: 692-5501.
Ministry for Separated and Divorced Catholics support group, 5-6:30 p.m. every Sunday at Immaculate Conception Church, at 7th Avenue and Church Street, in Meeting Room 1, lower level of the church. Info: 329-4026 or 702-1249.
Please email copy for the Crossroads page to firstname.lastname@example.com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Monday, the week before the event. If you don't have access to email, please mail typed copy to Crossroads, Times-News, P.O. Box 490, Hendersonville, NC 28793 or fax to 692-2319. Emailed submissions are given priority. Include contact name and number and a church or event information number for publication. Call 694-7874 for more information.


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The recent USEF Pony Final Championships included a few Arabian-breds in several divisions. The ponies competing must qualify by winning a Champion or Reserve at an AA rated show or a Champion at an A rated show each year.
In Pony Jumpers, the purebred PARTLY CLOUDY, above, (registered as DL LIGHTNING JIM), ridden by 13 year old Mary Lauren Shelton of Texas finished in 12th individually in very stiff competition amongst 40 of the country's best ponies. The top five competitors were in a 5-way tie before the last round. PARTLY CLOUDY won the Silver medal in Pony Jumpers at the 2007 Pony Finals.
Competing in Individual Jumpers but finishing out of the Top 12, were the Half-Arabians ROSEBELLE (registered as RAVENWOODS ROSEBELLE), RICOCHET RABBIT, above left, (registered as TOM EL BEAU JUELS) and ERIN MEADOWS SILK STOCKINGS, above right, (registered as SILK N FIRE TS).
ROSEBELLE, above, and 14 year old rider Amelia Drumm of Washington, helped the Zone 8 Jumper Team earn the Gold Medal with a no-fault scores after two difficult rounds each. The jump courses are set to 3'6" for these classes.
In the Farewell Jumper class, RICOCHET RABBIT placed 2nd and ERIN MEADOWS SILK STOCKINGS placed 11th.
In Large Pony Hunter, a Welsh/Arabian cross RIKKI TIKKI TAVI, above left, finished 30th out of 133 entries, while the purebred BEDAZZLED, above right, (registered as SAHLITAIRE DANCER) further down in the final rankings.
In the Medium Pony Hunters, a Welsh/Arabian cross SILLY PUTTY, above left, and Connemara/Arabian/Welsh pony WELLENS GOLD COIN, above right, (whose dam is a Welsh/Arabian by purebred AM LORD ELOPE). Both ponies finished in the middle third of the rankings. GOLD COIN's dam has produced several top show ponies, as has AM LORD ELOPE.
The American Hunter Pony Classic Sale, held in conjunction with Pony Finals, featured an Arabian-bred pony in the top 5 sellers of the sale. HILLCREST'S BLUE HALO, photo left, , sired by HILLCREST'S BLUE SMOKE, a registered Half-Arabian out of LADS AMELIA (Alada Baskin), brought $42,500. There was a green Half Arabian by TF COUNT BISBEE, sire of many nationally ranked ponies and another out of an Arabian mare KHLIO BASKULE.
HILLCREST'S BLUE SMOKE, pictured below, (aka True Blue) was purchased at the 2004 Pony Classic auction for $23,500 and is also registered Half-Welsh. He was Reserve Champion in the Medium Green Hunters in 2006 Pony Finals and 3rd Overall Green Hunter Pony in 2007.


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First, Karra W. of Medina, Ohio took home a brand new Mercury Mariner, courtesy of our partners, the Pittsburgh Lincoln Mercury Dealers' Association. Karra's ticket was pulled from more than 60,000 raffle tickets entered in the drawing. All proceeds benefitted local children's hospitals as part of our Caring for Kids campaign.
Second, throughout the month of November, we held our "Steelers Make Me Smile" Sweepstakes contest in our Pittsburgh-area stores. 42 winners received prizes ranging from Eat'n Park gift cards to autographed Steelers jerseys. But one lucky winner took home the grand prize: a Steelers VIP experience, complete with tickets to the 12/28 Steelers vs. Browns game, sideline passes, and more. Our big winner was Lynda C. of Butler, PA, who said, "We had an awesome time. What a way to experience my first Steelers game!"


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The Market is where players can purchase seeds, decorations, buildings, and other items to use in the game.
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|Land Expansions
The Specials tab contains everything new about FarmVille, including the latest events or items released. The Seeds tab contains all Seeds for planting. The Trees tab contains all Trees to put inside the orchard. The Animals tab contains all the Animals which are available. The Buildings tab lists all the Buildings, with use or without. The Decorations tab contains items used to decorate your farm. The Farm Aides tab has the Vehicles, Consumables and Farm Landscapes. The Clothes tab has all available clothing for farmers. Lastly, Land Expansions tab contains the available farm expansions available for that farm.
Everything in the Market can be purchased for Farm Coins or FarmVille Cash. When you buy an item or plant a seed, you will gain XP. Farmers also have the option to "Preview" an item before they buy it. They can do so by clicking the Preview button. One may also choose to send a gift from the Market to his or her Neighbor by clicking the Send button. A player must be level 10 or above to do so.


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Aaron Hernandez's probable cause hearing delayed
Aaron Hernandez charged with murder
Aaron Hernandez's probable cause hearing delayed
Aaron Hernandez charged with murder
ATTLEBORO, Mass. —
Prosecutors have asked for more time to present evidence to a grand jury in the case against former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez.
Hernandez is in court for what was supposed to be a probable cause hearing, but prosecutors say they are still presenting evidence and the grand jury is still considering it.
Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to murder in the death of Odin Lloyd, a 27-year-old Boston semi-professional football player whose body was found June 17 in an industrial park near Hernandez's home. He had been shot five times.
Hernandez attorney James Sultan objected to the delay, saying his client has already been jailed for four weeks.
The judge rescheduled the probable cause hearing for Aug. 22.


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NWSB Writer Bryant Knox details players the Portland Trail Blazers should avoid drafting with their picks in the 2012 NBA draft. The Portland Trail Blazers will have two lottery picks in this week's NBA draft, and while the potential is there in every prospect, there are a handful of players the team must avoid with the No. 6 and No. 11 picks. Players include Jeremy Lamb and Andre Drummond.
Trail Blazers: Players to avoid in the 2012 NBA Draft
June 25, 2012 By Bryant Knox
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The Media Research Center is out with its annual Best Notable Quotables in recognition of the most biased, outrageous, or unintentionally humorous media quotes from December 2008 through November 2009.
These are a few of the Monitor's favorites (as was to be expected, the media's worship of President Obama came in for heavy representation among this year's entries). To read the complete selection and to find out which statement was chosen as Quote of the Year, visit www.mrc.org.
Let's Slander Rush
● "Limbaugh's perceived racist diatribes are too many to name but here's a sampling: He once declared that [words on screen] 'Slavery built the South. I'm not saying we should bring it back; I'm just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark,' said Limbaugh." – CNN's Rick Sanchez promoting a made-up quote on the 3 p.m. ET hour of "Newsroom," October 12.
Saint Ted
● "The heavens were weeping for Teddy Kennedy today." – Andrea Mitchell noting the rainy weather for Kennedy's funeral, August 29 "NBC Nightly News."
● Mary Jo [Kopechne] wasn't a right-wing talking point or a negative campaign slogan…. We don't know how much Kennedy was affected by her death, or what she'd have thought about arguably being a catalyst for the most successful Senate career in history…. [One wonders what] Mary Jo Kopechne would have had to say about Ted's death, and what she'd have thought of the life and career that are being (rightfully) heralded. Who knows – maybe she'd feel [her death] was worth it." – Discover magazine deputy web editor Melissa Lafsky, who formerly worked on The New York Times's Freakonomics blog, writing at the Huffington Post, August 27.
Saint Barack
● You're so confident, Mr. President, and so focused. Is your confidence ever shaken? Do you ever wake up and say, 'Damn, this is hard. Damn, I'm not going to get the things done I want to get done, and it's just too politicized to really get accomplished the big things I want to accomplish'?" – CBS's Katie Couric in an exchange with Obama shown on "The Early Show," July 22.
● "The president showed his analytical mind…. He was at his best intellectually. I thought it was a great example of how his mind works…. What a mind he has, and I love his ability to do it on television. I love to think with him." – MSNBC's Chris Matthews during live coverage following Obama's February 9 press conference.
● [Star Trek's Mr.] Spock's cool, analytical nature feels more fascinating and topical than ever now that we've put a sort of Vulcan in the White House. All through the election campaign, columnists compared President Obama's unflappably logical demeanor and prominent ears with Mr. Spock's…. Like Obama, Spock is the product of a mixed marriage (actually, an interstellar mixed marriage), and he suffers blunt manifestations of prejudice as a result…." – Newsweek's Steve Daly in his May 4 cover story, "We're All Trekkies Now."
● "Reagan [at the 1984 D-Day commemoration] was all about America, and you talked about it. Obama is, 'We are above that now. We're not just parochial, we're not just chauvinistic, we're not just provincial. We stand for something.' I mean, in a way, Obama's standing above the country, above – above the world. He's sort of God. He's going to bring all different sides together." – Newsweek's Evan Thomas to host Chris Matthews on MSNBC's "Hardball," June 5.
● "Between workouts during his Hawaii vacation this week, he was photographed looking like the paradigm of a new kind of presidential fitness, one geared less toward preventing heart attacks than winning swimsuit competitions. The sun glinted off chiseled pectorals sculpted during four weightlifting sessions each week, and a body toned by regular treadmill runs and basketball games." – Washington Post reporter Eli Saslow in a December 25, 2008 front-page story about Obama's vacation fitness regimen.
● "When they were both walking to the helicopter the other day, Marine One … you could tell, like, they were experiencing the – I'm getting old here – the grooviness, the excitement of being this first American couple heading towards Marine One, which is cool in itself, heading from there to Air Force One, to a quick flight across the Atlantic, on your own plane, and to meet with the world leaders as, like, the centerpiece of the world…. I'm saying it again, I'm getting a thrill…. We agree, we girls agree. I don't mind saying that. I'm excited. I'm thrilled." – MSNBC's Chris Matthews talking to Michelle Bernard of the Independent Women's Forum and Washington Post writer Lois Romano about the Obamas' trip to Europe, April 1 "Hardball."


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It's often true that traits that we think do not go together, somehow do. Perfectionism and procrastination is one of those strange bedfellows.
Most people picture procrastinators as lazy folks who don't give a damn about doing things in a timely manner. If you're a perfectionist, however, you know that's not you. You care. You have high standards. You expect a lot, maybe too much, from yourself.
Then, how come you have a tendency to put things off? It doesn't make sense, But in a twisted kind of way, it does. Here's why: The same attribute that is your strength (your desire to do things perfectly) is also your nemesis.
It's tough to start a task when you perceive it as a humongous, time-consuming undertaking.
It's tough to complete a task when it doesn't satisfy your high standards or the high expectations that you believe others have of you.
It's tough when in the middle of a task, you still see no light at the end of the tunnel, despite all the work you put into the project.
Being a perfectionist does not inoculate you from procrastination. Indeed, it can actually fuel it. However, you do not need to be helpless in the face of your tendency to put things off. Instead, learn to tweak those traits that work against you. Here are three ways to do so:
1. Tweak Your Thinking by NOT Always Doing Your Best
As kids, many perfectionists were taught to "always do your best." Sounds like a good notion, but it's impractical and unrealistic. Given the limited time, energy and resources of our busy lives, you simply can't do your best in everything you do. So, think it through and prioritize.
If a task isn't important to you, just get it done in a run-of-the-mill manner so as to get it out of the way.
If a specific project represents something important to you, put extra effort into it to get it done well.
If it's an undertaking that you pride yourself on, then certainly "do your best." Even then, however, it's better to strive for excellence than outright perfection.
2. Tweak Your Speaking by Changing "Shoulds" to "Coulds"
The word "should" connotes the "right" way to do something. As a perfectionist, you've probably adopted a whole bunch of harsh and burdensome "shoulds," making you feel more encumbered than empowered. Eventually, you may come to believe that you have no choice in much of what you do. Rather than spurring you on to higher achievement, an abundance of "shoulds" drains your energy. Hence, try substituting the word "could" for "should." When you do, you'll notice yourself feeling more empowered. Why? Because "could" carries the mature message that you have the right, capacity and obligation to make choices about what you'll take care of in any given day.
3. Tweak Your Actions by Creating a Time Limit for Completing a Task
Time is finite. We each have 24 hours in a day to get things done. A hefty number of those hours are spent sleeping, grooming, working and getting to where we're going. Include social media and digital correspondence and you'll find that there's only a limited amount of time left over for other tasks. So, to guarantee that you appropriate sufficient time for projects you've been putting off, write out a "time budget" for those tasks. To determine how much time a task will take, reflect on your past experiences. Then allow yourself 20 percent more time to deal with unexpected developments. If you're not keeping up with your time budget it, tweak it, don't drop it.
Looking for more ideas on how to squash your procrastination habit before it squashes your future? Check out my latest e-book, PROCRASTINATION BUSTING STRATEGIES for PERFECTIONISTS on Amazon. As an introductory offer, it's FREE for Amazon Prime members and only $2.99 for others. Can't do better than that!
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Zoe Saldana: Movies with Bradley Cooper's Mom!
Zoe Saldana and Bradley Cooper's mom Gloria head to a local movie theatre to see The Vow on Saturday (February 18) in Los Angeles.
Before the movie, Zoe and Gloria, who were joined by Zoe's sister, went to California Pizza Kitchen for some lunch!
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Zoe Saldana
Brad and Zoe starred in the film The Words together, and are now a rumored new couple. The Words recently premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
FYI: Zoe is wearing a pair of Goldsign's "Lure" skinny jeans.
25+ pictures inside of Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper's mom Gloria, and Zoe's sister checking out The Vow in LA…


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In birthplace of Afghan Taliban, US military starts stepping back ahead of full withdrawal
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FORWARD OPERATING BASE PASAB, Afghanistan – President Barak Obama will decide in the coming weeks how many American troops to send home from Afghanistan next year. A major factor in his decision will be the question of how successful U.S. troops have been in preparing the Afghans to secure their country at bases like this one, located in one of the country's most violent areas — the birthplace of the Taliban.
There have been calls in Congress for Obama to increase the size of a planned drawdown of U.S. forces before the end of summer 2013, when the Afghan military is supposed to take the lead in security across the country. Afghan President Hamid Karzai, as well, has suggested he wants the drawdown accelerated.
"We are working to make this transition of security happen sooner. We want all the foreign forces to come out of the villages and go to their bases so the Afghan forces can carry out security," Karzai said last week.
But too large a pullout too soon could undermine the fight against the Taliban insurgency if Afghan forces are not fully prepared. It is widely thought that Gen. John Allen, the top military commander in Afghanistan, and his senior staff want to keep a large force in place for the summer fighting season, before international forces move into an entirely back-up and training role behind the Afghan forces by the start of autumn — an event known as "Milestone 13."
Obama is expected to decide on the size of the withdrawal after meeting with Karzai in Washington in early January. Their talks will also be key on determining what the U.S. military's role will be in Afghanistan after December 2014, when the foreign combat mission is set to end and almost all international troops are scheduled to leave. The U.S. currently has 66,000 thousand troops in Afghanistan out of an international force totaling about 102,000.
The work of training Afghan army units being done at this dusty base in the Zhari district of Kandahar province and at other bases scattered around the country will help shape Obama's decision.
U.S. and Afghan officers here say the district is a success story: Violence has not gone up more than two months after the American presence here was brought down from around 3,500 troops to around 300, with Afghan forces taking the lead in more areas.
But the situation remains tenuous. Residents say Taliban fighters remain in control of large parts of the district.
Zhari is where Taliban leader Mullah Omar was born, where he founded the movement that ruled Afghanistan in the 1990s and has battled U.S. and Afghan forces for the past 11 years. Three years ago, Taliban forces controlled the district, and it has been one of the three most violent areas of Kandahar, the province that is the Taliban's traditional heartland.
U.S soldiers had a hard fight in Zhari when they moved into the south in large force as part of the surge in American troops early in the Obama administration. The district has rich farmland that produces pomegranates and grapes used for raisins, and the fields, covered in dirt mounds, formed natural trenches the Taliban could fight from. Food, which was abundant, was easily coerced by the Taliban from villagers.
Lt. Col. Tim Davis, commander of Combined Task Force Buffalo, said, "the density of mines was impressive" when his task force arrived and that it required "an entire combat operation just to put a road in."
The commander of international forces in Kandahar and three other southern provinces, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert Abrams, told reporters recently that progress in Zhari had been "astounding." Afghan forces are already in the lead of security duties in many parts of the district, he said. Across the south, the Afghans carry out 400 to 500 daily patrols without coalition assistance.
Afghan military officers in Zhari contend they can now handle the fight without much help from the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force.
"Zhari is about 70 percent safe now," said Col. Abdul Rahimi, operations officer of the Afghan army's 3rd Brigade 205th Corps at Pasab base, though he acknowledged neighboring Maiwand district remains a problem. The number of Taliban fighters was down to around 100 in Zhari and Maiwand, compared to some 900 two years ago, he said.
"The enemy is not able right now to fight against the government, nor can it take over if ISAF leaves," Rahimi said.
Residents in Zhari, however, give a different picture. Some said the government has control of the main highway but not much else.
"Government claims that they control most of the area are just a dream not related to any reality," Allahnoor Taraki, a 38-year-old farmer, said.
Mohammed Salim Danghar, a taxi driver, said the province remains hotly contested. While the government has improved its position, he said, "we all know that most of the area is controlled by the Taliban."
The American drawdown in Zhari is a model of plans for the pullback elsewhere.
Here, large American combat units have been replaced by smaller teams made up of about 18 soldiers each. The teams are embedded with Afghan units, advising them on tactics, leadership and strategy — but not fighting.
In Zhari, attacks "have not only decreased, but significantly decreased," said Davis.
"The challenge is when we start pulling back," he said. The key to a successful transition will be "to see if the local security forces can take up the slack."
The U.S. military plans to repeat that process elsewhere in the south and east by creating 400 such teams. At the same time, eight of the 14 U.S. brigades in Afghanistan will be reduced in size to 1,400-1,900 personnel, down from 3,500, to act as support for the teams. That role change alone will mean a reduction of between 13,000 to 17,000 NATO troops.
The U.S. military has not made public its recommendations to Obama about the size or timing of next year's drawdown. Outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said recently that NATO and the Afghan government intend to begin the final phase of transition by the mid to latter part of 2013 — suggesting he prefers a later start to the drawdown, as opposed to earlier in 2013.
The top contender for Panetta's job, former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, is thought to support a more rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops.
British Prime Minister David Cameron has already announced that about 3,800 of his country's troops will leave by the end of 2013, leaving 5,000 to stay into 2014.
The Afghan army now numbers about 350,000 and has taken the lead on security in areas that are home to 76 percent of Afghanistan's population of 30 million. Still, despite their progress, only one of Afghanistan's 23 brigades around the country can operate on its own without coalition help of some kind, the U.S. Defense Department said in its most recent semi-annual report to Congress.
Attacks by insurgents around the country have not decreased, but the violence has been pushed out of most population centers, the report said. Civilian and NATO casualties have fallen. But Afghan forces are taking an increasing toll. More than 300 Afghan soldiers and policemen are dying each month, according to Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi, who said that represented an increase, though he did not provide comparative figures.
"We still face challenges in southern Afghanistan," Abrams acknowledged in his headquarters at Kandahar Air Field.


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== Schedule / Timeline: First General Fedora User Survey ==
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**Domain name? survey.fedoraproject.com, or something on Fedora Insight.... how do we do this if we want to?
**Domain name? survey.fedoraproject.com, or something on Fedora Insight.... how do we do this if we want to?
**Privacy Policy - need to figure out what we won't save, will save, etc. Do we need some sort of legal someone to do this?
**Privacy Policy - need to figure out what we won't save, will save, etc. Do we need some sort of legal someone to do this?
== Goals ==
== Goals ==
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- 1 Schedule / Timeline: First General Fedora User Survey
- 2 Goals
- 3 Next Steps
- 4 Questions to Answer
- 5 Activities in the same spectrum - Related to Market Research
- 6 Proposed Market Research Categories / Projects / Surveys
- 6.1 Overview
- 6.2 Fedora-Centric Market Research
- 6.3 Fedora - Competitive Analysis Market Research
- 6.4 Community-Shared Market Research
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Schedule / Timeline: First General Fedora User Survey
Proposal: Launch survey at the same time as F12. Get some general feedback / information that can be used / discussed at Fudcon.
- October 1 - 16:
- Send out proposed questions to previously discussed lists (I need to put that info in here), revise list weekly. This is basically open discussion based on the list I'm working on.
- Get limesurvey infrastructure running / tested on a publictest machine. Practice building questionaires, work kinks out.
- Determine best places to "advertise" the survey; don't want to spam, but some traffic from selected mailing lists would be nice, as well as on Fedora Insight, or the FP front page. If we can launch at the same time as release (and potentially FI as well!) then it would be a good way to attract a lot of survey-ees. Need to develop whatever methods we will use for launch and have them ready to go, notify people of when the availability will be up.
- October 20
- Finalized list of questions posted for marketing meeting. Discuss and find resolutions to any major issues with infrastructure.
- October 21 - 26
- Populate limesurvey test instance with questions.
- October 27 - November 2
- Testing. Should probably figure out how to press the load in case of my dream come true, 8 zillion people with feedback!
- November 2 - November 6
- Any final kinks need to get worked out.
- Testing stuff needs to be ported over to a "final destination," the database of answers needs to be cleaned out and ready to go.
- November 10 (or maybe 9th... cause the 10th is probably hectic busy)
- Survey begins
- November 10 - 25 (Wednesday before US Thanksgiving)
- Survey runs. Ends on the 25th.
- November 26 - Dececember 2
- Compile hopefully meaningful results. Prep some sort of presentation for someone to give at fudcon.
- Questions!
- Domain name? survey.fedoraproject.com, or something on Fedora Insight.... how do we do this if we want to?
- Privacy Policy - need to figure out what we won't save, will save, etc. Do we need some sort of legal someone to do this?
- Develop and distribute meaningful, relevant market research materials that can be used to enhance Fedora quality and distribution.
Next Steps
Not necessarily in order of importance...
- Get feedback from the various subgroups in Fedora as to whether market research would be useful to them, and if so, what kinds of research they would like to see, and open the floor for suggestions on types of research, specific questions people would like answered, etc.
- Prioritize what types of research would get the biggest bang for the effort in the near term.
- Develop a schedule, most likely in sync with the wider Fedora development cycle, for delivering research in a timely manner so that it can be used by various groups for development, distribution, etc.
- Determine the best way to educate research "consumers" on how to best apply it to what they are doing.
- Determine if research can / should be used to provide benchmarks, or show improvements made in accordance with survey feedback (ie: "80% of top requested improvements were made!"). Customer satisfaction, if you will.
Questions to Answer
- What questions do we want answered by market research - and how will we incorporate the feedback we get back into the development cycle?
- Good questions; I don't have a good short answer right now, and think this will take some time to discuss with both the marketing and development teams - is this something we can ramp up on slowly between now and the end of November, and kick off for real during the F13 cycle? What do other people think? Mel Chua 21:53, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
- Is there a budget for market research?
- Not from the Fedora coffers. I could imagine getting groups (classes, companies, etc) with budget to do this kind of work for themselves to make their work available and useful to us, though. Mel Chua 21:53, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
- Is there a simple open-source tool for developing surveys to be posted and aggregating the answers?
- Yes! I know several people within Fedora have been looking at http://www.limesurvey.org/ for just that reason. Mel Chua 21:53, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
- Could we get companies to donate free swag (tee-shirts, netbooks, mp3 players, messenger bags, etc.) to provide as an incentive for completing surveys?
- Possibly, but I'd rather have non-swag incentives when possible, since research has shown that swag is actually demotivating in the long term. We should brainstorm ways to make these surveys give value back to the people who fill them out. Or I may be overly idealistic and we really do just need some swag. Mel Chua 21:53, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
- I prefer that we use digital swags such as wallpapers and screen savers. For example we create a new wallpaper every other day, once the user finishes the survey he gets his wallpaper. I don't know if we can do that with a program, but we will need the Fedora programmers to help us here. Tareq Al Jurf 19:29, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
- It would be awesome to have a Master List of conferences / Events where a laptop could be set up for on-site surveys. (Linuxcon, Linuxworld, Linuxwhatever, RH Summit, Linux Symposium, etc.)
- Great idea! Maybe something to ask the Ambassadors team about. Mel Chua 21:53, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
- Does Red Hat have any research that could legally be shared with Fedora (maybe a small group of people, or have one person be a gateway - ie: The Gateway person collects questions, and then asks RH market research folks (are there any??) if they can provide answers).
- I will ask. Mel Chua 21:53, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
- Does anyone have any contacts at any major PC / Server vendors (the usual suspects - Dell, HP, IBM, Sun, and the like) that would be a good starting point to see if they would participate in surveys about shipments? We would need a good blurb about why it would be important to participate and what they would get out of it (ie, they are good community participants, it helps them develop a broader market, they get access and input to free research, etc.)
- I will also ask. Mel Chua 21:53, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
Activities in the same spectrum - Related to Market Research
- Benchmarking / ensuring the community is recognizing that someone is taking notice of market research results and doing something with it. ie: "Based on user feedback, Fedora 13 has developed / improved 90% of requested features in the following areas...."
- Educating Fedora/Other distro developers on (a) what market research is and (b) how to use it or incorporate it into their planning / development. This could be a class, presentation given at conferences, guide, or <insert clever idea here>.
- Develop a weekly/bi-weekly/monthly/quarterly newsletter dedicated to highlighting other market research resources that are available. (This information could also be tracked / disseminated / portal-ized on Fedora_Insight. This includes things like:
- Reports done by the Linux Foundation
- Reports done by anyone else that are free
- Reports that aren't free but have really nice press releases that give out tidbits of information that could be useful.
- Research / Survey information done by Fedora project marketing. :)
Proposed Market Research Categories / Projects / Surveys
- Fedora-Centric Market Research. This research would answer questions like:
- How is Fedora doing?
- Feedback from Fedora-centric events (ie: FUDCon)
- developer feedback
- etc.
- Fedora-Competitive Market Research. (This category could possibly be combined with #3.) This research would answer questions like:
- (Of end-users): What distro are you using, please rank distros according to your preference, etc.
- (Of developers): What distros do you make an effort to add your project to, why, please rank distros by their ease of contributions, etc.)
- Community-Shared Market Research. This category is probably a little more ambitious; the goal here would be to provide market research to the greater Linux community in general, with the overall goal of helping to foster better decision-making, pointing out strength and weaknesses or market gaps with the goal of bringing new solutions / projects to Linux that meet end-user needs. Theoretically this not only brings new projects to Fedora - but helps to improve quality and/or availability of projects in general in the Wider Community. Most start-ups and/or projects do NOT have the benefit of having a boatload of money to spend on market research.
Additionally, and this goes without saying, I suppose, that this information would be published under some sort of open/ CC license. Working with other community distros to find out what questions THEY would like answered would certainly be encouraged and their contributions / analysis of both questions and results should be welcomed.
Fedora-Centric Market Research
The first two items listed are surveys which have been done in the past (in some cases, the very, very long ago past). I think they would be valuable to continue / start up again for input. Additionally, I've added some other suggestions for Fedora-Centric market research. Feedback on my suggestions is requested / welcomed / probably needed.
- FUDCon Surveys (These could be done onsite or sent out afterwards.)
- General Improvements Survey - Fedora Community Poll
- Developer-specific Survey
- End-user Specific Survey
FUDCon Surveys
Surveys Fedora Community members on their experiences as an attendee at a FUDCon (including questioning those who did not come as to what prevented them from attending). This survey has been done in the past; see Marketing/Surveys/FUDConF9 for the raw questions, or Marketing_surveys for some of the extended results.
Questions (some have been shortened for the sake of being slightly more brief) included:
- Did you attend FUDCon/F9?
- When did you arrive in Raleigh for FUDCon?
- What was your mode of travel to/from home?
- When did you depart the conference?
- Who paid for your attendance at FUDCon?
- Which one of the following categories represent your relationship with Fedora? (select all that apply)
- Please indicate, using a scale of 1-5, how important each of the following factors was in your decision whether to attend FUDCon: Cost of the conference, overall cost of attendance, where conference was held, meeting and networking with other attendees, hackfest sessions, BarCamp sessions, FUDPub and other extramural outings, physical closeness to a Red Hat facility
- Please indicate, using a scale of 1-5, or 6 (did not attend), your satisfaction with each portion of the FUDCon event: Cost of the conference, overall cost of attendance, city where conference was held, meeting and networking with other attendees, hackfest sessions, BarCamp sessions, FUDPub and other extramural outings.
- Which schedule do you prefer? (choose one) BarCamp on Saturday, Hackfest on Friday + Sunday; BarCamp on Friday, Hackfest on Saturday + Sunday
- What did you like most about the conference? (short answer)
- What did you dislike most about the conference? (short answer)
- Based on your attendance at this event, would you attend another like it? (Yes/No)
- If the answer to the previous question was "No," why not? (short answer)
- Was there anything you would like to see at the next conference that you did not this time? (short answer)
- Please include any additional comments about the conference you would like us to know. (long answer)
General Improvements Survey - Fedora Community Poll
- Describe your primary role in the Fedora project. (Developer, Tester, Documentation Writer, End User/Fedora Deployment, Translation or other internationalization, Other/None of the above)
- If other, plz. describe
- How long have you been involved with Fedora?
- How many bugzillas have you entered? (None, 1-10, 11-25, 26-60, More than 50)
- Please sort the items in this list in priority order based on what you suggest is the most important area for Red Hat to focus on in order to make improvements in Fedora. Survey tool instructions: 1 is top priority, 12 is lowest. You can select each column only once. ie, you can only designate a single item as priority 1. Skip any items you think are not in need of improvement. (Provide free CDs, infrastructure enhancements to improve development of Fedora extras packages, infrastructure to enable non-RH people to directly check in changes to Fedora Core packages, Reduce the number of packages in FC by moving more to extras, focus on implementing new features in the core Fedora distro, increased visibility into FC development schedules and status, improve bugzilla responsiveness, single CD install, improve docs and release notes, improve overall stability of FC, internationalization - add more languages and improve input methods, increase participation as reviewers for Fedora extras.)
- Please rate your opinions on Fedora *Core's* (not Extras) performance in the following areas. For questions that you haven't had experience with, or do not have a strong opinion on, please do not specify a response. (Overall quality, system performance / responsiveness, timeliness / delivery on schedule, ease of use, documentation, download infrastructure, availability of free CDs, appropriate placement of packages in core vs. extras, development infrastructure - developers only pls, bug reporting infrastructure - bug reporters only pls, bug report responsiveness - bug reporters only pls)
- How frequently should Fedora Core releases occur? (More frequently than 6 months, every 6 months, every 9 months, once per year, less than once per year)
- Please rate your opinions on Fedora *Extras'* (NOT core) performance in the following areas. (Overall quality, completeness/diversity of packages, ease of obtaining developer sponsorship - contributing developers only pls, responsiveness of reviewer comments - contributing developers only pls)
- How do you think Fedora is doing overall - please rate your opinions in the following areas. (Fedora is a healthy and growing initiative, Fedora is doing better than other community distros at meeting the participant's needs, Red Hat is doing a good job of balancing the needs of the community, Redhat has been receptive to input on how to best conduct Fedora, Fedora is doing the right thing by not including packages with suspected legal issue - ie various audio and video decoders / players)
Developer-Specific Survey
End-user Specific Survey
Helping Fedora software project maintainers / participants do research specific to their projects
Assist project maintainers / participants out with market sizing, developing user / developer surveys specific to their projects, helping them tie results to benchmarking, project planning, etc.
Fedora - Competitive Analysis Market Research
(Please note that the lists of questions for these categories are not comprehensive, they are just used to give a general idea of what would be asked if it was decided that this was a Good Idea. )
PC / Server Market Sizing. This can be split out by ALL PCs / Servers sold, or by just PCs and Servers sold which shipped with Linux as the primary OS.
- Shipments - total
- Shipments by Region
- Shipments by pricing
- Shipments by Form Factor (ie: PCs would be split out by Desktops, Notebooks and Netbooks, Servers would be split by Traditional vs. Bladed, or whatever.)
- Shipments by OS
- Shipments by channel - business vs. consumer
End-User Surveys - Operating Systems
Linux Developer Surveys
- What category does your development work fall under
- Preferred development environments
- What distros do you strive to have your project added to, which are easiest
- Demographics (where are you, how long have you been a developer, etc)
- What OS
- What processors
- Languages used
- Source control methods used, preferred, familiarity, ease of use, etc.
Purchaser / Business decision maker Surveys.
- Spending plans, OS plans, etc. Are they aware of open-source solutions, what are their opinions, etc. Budgets for servers, PCs, software, support, etc.
Archive:Marketing surveys contains some (extremely old and out of date) historical references on prior Fedora surveys.


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"Hi Kelly Have you been able to find tennis partners? I live in carmel valley, work in RB and looking for evening & weekend play. Prefer singles. Like you, I enjoy the sport, but find it great excercise. Carolyn"
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