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Civilization V: Campaign Edition
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Civilization V: Campaign Edition brings all the features and functionality of the single-player campaign to the Mac App Store. Become Ruler of the World by establishing and leading a civilization from the dawn of man into the space age: Wage war, conduct diplomacy, discover new technologies, go head-to-head with some of history's greatest leaders and build the most powerful empire the world has ever known.
Civilization V: Campaign Edition includes the following downloadable content for free. Babylon Civilization Pack, and their ruler Nebuchadnezzar II, as well as the Mongols Civilization and Scenario Pack.
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I have had Civ 5, for a very long time, it is one of the most fun games that I have come across on the App Store. However, I went to start the application today and at the first start menu a screen appears saying, "You are using an illegal copy of this application." I have not downloaded this game from a off-App Store site or anything that I am knowledgeable to be deemed illegal. I purchased this game, around a year ago and I am not going to just sit while it says I am illegaly using this game, when I spent money out of my pocket on this game. I'm posting this comment to understand if this is a hacker attempting to gain information or if this application is trying to take my money and say I'm illegally using it. Has anyone else ran into this problem? What exactly should I do? I've removed the game from my harddrive, as I'm not going to get into trouble for having an illegal copy of the application, however legally purchased this game and I am not about to allow my money to be taken and I get in trouble for something that I have not done. So if anyone has any info on what I should please reply, as I love Civ 5 it is truly an amazing game and deserves 5 stars in my opinion. Please help.
For anyone who is interested in strategy games such as risk or settlers of catan will find this game fun. I came from an outside view and being interested in the game because of my past experiences with risk and catan after seeing youtubers play the game. I can say these are a good test of if you would be interested in the game. Not only that you will be able to spend hours of time on one game and go to another game with completely different setups and spend hours of more time. Then buying a DLC or expansion just gives you more time that you can ply the the game. I have only known about the game for a couple months at this point, but I have spent at least 24 hours playing the game if not more.
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So I am thinking of doing a parti-gyle brew for my next brew day. Thinking of maybe doing a barley wine or Wee heavy for my first running, but I'm a little intimidated by the whole idea. Would I just pick a high gravity beer for my first runnings, and batch sparge to pre-boil volume like any other. Then basically re-sparge for my next volume of my second beer? Have any if you had success with this, any recipe ideas?
I cover sort of a Partigyle for dummies experience in this thread, going in realtime online from not being able to get my head around it, to actually understanding it.
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The simplest way is to just resparge but your big beer has to be massive (>1.090) to get even a 1.035 small beer if you are shooting for 2 equal volumed batches. The next easiest way is to just make one of the batches smaller. I like to collect first, 2nd and 3rd in 3 buckets and then blend to get the desired gravities in my pots. And unless you want to brew all day, get a second burner (either a second gas burner or use the stove top for at least one of the gyles) so you can get them both going at once.
I just did a parti-gyle of a Scotch Ale and a Scottish 70/-. Scottish beer styles are perfect for a parti-gyle because they are stepped by gravity, but otherwise pretty much the same--Scottish 60/-, 70/- and 80/-, then the Scottish 90/- (AKA the Wee Heavy or Scotch Ale).
My Scotch Ale had an OG of 1.080, the parti-gyle batch (the 70 shilling) had a gravity of 1.037. I mashed, sparged and then batch sparged with 6.5 gallons and simply took the gravity that I ended up with on the parti-gyle batch. I did have to add a pound of Brewer's Sugar to this batch to push it up.
I haven't found a way yet to calculate these with Beer Smith, so choose two beers that have an identical grain makeup and then do variety with the hops and yeasts and whatever you end up with will be acceptable. For example, you could try a RIS and an American Stout, or something similar.
Another option is to add a bit more grain for your second runnings. There's no reason you must keep the grain bill identical. For example, you could take a bunch of two-row to make a barleywine... and then add some crystal malt and make an amber... or some roasted barley to make a stout. Your second beer can be darker than your first with a little extra grain.
Although this isn't historically accurate, you can also cheat. If you make a decent-sized barleywine, and follow that by a pale ale using 3lbs of DME added in, you can get a big beer and a normal-sized beer, for the price of a couple pounds of DME. If you wish to use more historical methods, you can also do a 3-5 hour boil on your second runnings to increase the gravity. But sometimes, it's worth it to just throw a little malt extract in there instead.
I have also added more two row into a mash that's already had the first runnings run through. You lose a little bit of efficiency, but you don't need more than a couple pounds of grain to get a normal-strength second beer. Just remember that if you do this, you have to wait for the new grains to convert. And if you pull too much out using this technique, you may get some tannins from the husks of the grain.
I recently tried this. I made a strong Scotch ale, OG 1.120, and got a second runnings of 1.055 and both came out very good.
I once mashed for 30min some C40 then added it to the mash tun as soon when I added water for my partigyl. Mashed for an additional 30 min. Then I had my two boils going 30 min apart. I put some liquid extract in too.
Don't have a clue what the beer turned out to be, something like an Old Ale style. Around 1.060. It worked well. Beer tasted good.

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5137-5147 South Harvard Avenue
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Commute to Downtown Tulsa
Some errands can be accomplished on foot.
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Flat as a pancake, minimal bike lanes.
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5137-5147 South Harvard Avenue has a Walk Score of 58 out of 100. This location is Somewhat Walkable so some errands can be accomplished on foot.
This location is in Tulsa. Nearby parks include Revere Park, Mudd Park Number 2 and Whiteside Park.
Nearby schools include Nimitz Middle School, Grimes Elementary School and Carnegie Elementary School.
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The rooms are all good some with a single bed as well as double. Bathroom and toiletries are good and Nespresso machine available. Visit Angelo at L' Ancio restaurant nearby - Anonymous
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Imagination is a great gift, use it a lot.
As long as it does not hinder your ability to function, yes.
It is! Especially imagining happy and good things as that automatically make you smile! :)
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a good imagination can be the starting point of creativity.
Yes I think it is a fantasies every 2 hours and I am healthy (I have depression and anxiety but they not linked) actually I fantasies a lot because of my ADHD
Its I am just an ordinary teen that's why I have depression and anxiety and ADHD is a really lets small effective syndrome and of you take your pills is not even bothering you
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Your sugar intake will increase. Not good.
Not always, you could slip out of reality, if done in accession.
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The Special Court (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act Cases) at Vadakara, which also functions as the Additional District and Sessions Court, on Thursday, awarded life imprisonment and a fine of Rs.1.5 lakh each to three persons found guilty of murdering A.M. Abdul Kareem, a resort owner at Vythiri in Wayanad district, in February 2006.
Judge C.K. Somarajan sentenced Ronnie Thomas, 31, first accused; Anilan Ramakrishnan, 39, third accused; and Sudhir Thilakan, 39, eighth accused; after finding them guilty of wrongfully restraining Abdul Kareem and his driver Sivan and brutally assaulting them on the Kozhikode-Mysore Highway at the 'ninth hairpin' of the Wayanad ghat at 9.30 p.m. on February 11.
The assailants abandoned the critically injured victims in a rubber estate near Adivaram bordering the Kozhikode-Wayanad districts, assuming them to be dead. Abdul Kareem succumbed to his injuries while being taken to the Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode the next day while Sivan survived to identify the attackers.
According to the prosecution, the prime accused, Babu Varghese, managing director of the Thiruvananthapuram-based Tour India, engaged a gang from Erankulam to murder Abdul Kareem to avenge an the incident in 2005.
Abdul Kareem had leased out his resort to Babu Varghese for two years from 2004 to 2006. But Babu Varghese had allegedly modified the term (to 2008). Subsequently, Abdul Kareem had to file a forgery case against Babu Varghese.
Later, he also filed a case of trespass following which Babu Varghese was remanded in custody.
The court awarded the accused three months' rigorous imprisonment under Section 143 (unlawful assembly); one year rigorous imprisonment under Section 147 (rioting); a year-and-a-half rigorous imprisonment under Section 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapons); three months under Section 341 (wrongful restraint); five years under Section 307 (attempt to murder); and life imprisonment and a penalty of Rs.1.5 lakh under 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code.
The accused were pronounced guilty on October 18. The court ordered that the penalty should be paid to the family of Abdul Kareem. If the convicts failed to remit the amount, they will undergo an additional two-year term, the court said.
The court acquitted V. Jyothish Kumar, fourth accused; M. Jiji Varkey, fifth accused; and Joseph, alias Jose, sixth accused; as the prosecution failed to prove the charges against them.
The third accused, K. Joshy Das, jumped bail and seventh accused, Babu Varghese, died a year ago. Three more accused, Anifa, alias Kuttai; Sajeev, alias Sachin; and Subahsh, alias Kannan; were absconding.
The trial in the case began on March 14, 2007. Earlier, three Judges P. Ubaid, K. Bhaskaran, and C.K. Remakantha conducted the proceeding. The delay in the trial was caused on account of additional cross examination of the witnesses.
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I just received my shipment of fingerling potatoes - first time planting potatoes.
I want to get a head start on them and was wondering - the growing tips sheet states that the soil temp should be above 15C(59F). Took soil temp and it is around 10C. Was wondering if I covered the soil with black plastic until it was the right temp, plant the potatoes and cover up again with black plastic (making sure the soil stays moist)until it stayed warmer at night. The daytime temp is not bad but it is at night. It must sound like a stupid question but your thoughts would be appreciated.
I plant my first planting on St. Patrick's day every year. Yukon Golds. Today I purchased Rose Finn fingerlings and Red LaSoda. These two are new for me. I maybe in trouble with the LaSoda. Looks like it was breed for the south.
Black plastic should speed up the soil warming and keep the weeds down too. You could also do potato "chitting" while you wait for the soil to warm.
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Here is a link that might be useful: Chitting Potatoes
Thanks for your speedy replies. I weeded the bed this afternoon - it is about 14C57F, put the black plastic down. I think I will plant next week - supposed to rain for the next three day. Also think I will keep the plastic down, one to keep the heat in but also to keep too much water out of the ground if it continues to rain.
Thanks again
About the water. If its a raised bed your theory maybe true, but if its even with the surroundings, you are dealing with water table. Raised beds dry out and warm up faster in the spring.
You have probably already learned this, but potatoes produce above the seed potato. Hilling up two or three times while growing will give you a better harvest.
Yukon Gold July 2007
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I first found them grown in AZ, very tasty and I couldn't keep them in stock. People were asking for them once they tasted them. Now I can get them easily locally. The skin is alittle darker than Potamac, which was the standard of red potatoes around here. I dig my potatoes as earlies. I don't know how they would hold up as keepers.


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Glue traps - what are your thoughts on them?
Am I the only one who thinks that these disgusting traps should be illegal? Someone mentioned using them to remove voles, and I posted my thoughts against them, saying how cruel they are and that there are more humane alternatives one could use instead. Of course, the reply was stuff like "you're kidding, right" and "some people shouldn't be dignified with a response".
Personally, I'm offended that they even exist. I once saw a mouse trying to get off one of these damn things, it was perhaps the most cruel thing I've ever seen involving animals. It was in a terrible shape, it's fur ripped, legs broken, etc. I will never understand why people would use such a barbaric trap over a quick-kill trap or a catch-and-release one.
Glue traps are hideous!! I remember using them once in my 20's, when I didn't know any better. Some of the mice were, thankfully, dead. But, others were not. Those that were not, could only wish that they were. I will never forget how horrid it was seeing them on those terrible traps; parts of their bodies stuck down immobile as they tried desperately, yet hopelessly, to free themselves.
Needless to say, never again with those inventions of torture. Now, I only use catch-and-release traps when the need arises. I'd like to think that I have learned a lot in the past 20 years (maybe not as much as I think I have!!), but I do know that I value any animal's life far more than I did on that fateful day. They are living, breathing creatures and I treat them as such; especially since I like most of them quite a bit more than many of the 2-legged, living, breathing creatures that I've known!
I agree with all of you (not much of a debate, but, oh well!) Glue traps were used at one of my jobs. I rescued one of the mice, who luckily had only two of its paws caught, and cleaned it up and released it far from the work site. Happily, I left that job long ago.
I can almost hear the eyes rolling in their sockets right now, but you gotta admit, this is torture. How cruel and/or lazy can you be, using this "throw away" device to rid a place of an animal? If humane traps are just too much work for you, then put them down quickly using other kinds of traps, don't let them suffer for hours or even days.
Years ago when the field across the street was being torn up to build new homes we had MANY mice. We tried the humane traps first, but the mice avoided them. I didn't like the idea of the snap traps and had no idea the glue traps existed till my husband brought some home. We found out that fingernail polish remover works really well to disovle the glue and free the mouse. We also found out that an open box of ragatoni worked great as a trap - we could tell when a mouse was in the box because the gnawing on the pasta sounded like a geiger counter going off.
I have only ever used glue traps once a long time ago when I lived in this crappy old apartment building.It wasnt for mice or rats though,it was for roaches.And,I dont care if killing roaches that way is cruel.They are disgusting.
If I had a rat or mouse problem,I would fi9nd some other way to treat the problem because I could not stomach the sight of what's been explained here.
Well, let me tell you what happened to my Granddaughter and her husband....They bought something that came in a big carton. When they got it home they took the item out of it and lo and behold, there was a family of teeny mice with no Mommy in sight. Well, soft hearted that they are, they went to the pet store, asked them if they had any suggestions for these mice. The clerk sold them the same food they recommend for hamsters. Those two bottle fed those little mice until they were big enough to be turned loose.
around Mother's day my Granddaughter said they had had a mouse in the house. I told her it was one who just came home to wish her a Happy Mother's Day. LOL
glue trap are horrible. I had some mice in my garage.mom and babies. It was easy to catch the babies, but momma gave me a run for my money. But I did catch her( threw a towel over her and picked her up) and it took me hours, thenI took them to the outskirts of town and let them go in a field.
Forums like this brings terrible issue like this to light.Thanks for starting the post!
My sister came across one at her husbands grandmothers. The poor little mouse was alive and had chewed two of its feet off to try and get away. They put it out of its suffering. It is just too horrible. They need to be killed instantly. The thought of its suffering is horrible...Not a bleeding heart, we just need to respect living things more.
Glue traps are nasty. It's much better to set an old fashioned mouse trap that will snap the bones of a leg or back quickly, so it can suffer without having to chew it's own feet off. Or, one can get a cat so that the mouse can be played with for several hours. Death is never pretty.
Poison is actually more humane, as most of them work by depriving vitamin K, which makes for a fairly slow, but painless death. However, then you are stuck with the mouse rotting somewhere behind a stove, under a stairwell etc.
Live traps are better for the homeowner and the mouse. But rodents are shy of new things, any sort of trap should be put out, baited, for a few days before being set so they accept it as a benign part of the landscape. And if you use a live trap, don't just let the beastie go in the back yard, drive a mile or so away or you'll be trapping the same bugger over and over again.
I may be wrong but I don't think anyone thinks that this kind of trap is humane in the least but sometimes(never used one and I will never have to I have 6 excellent mouse trappers who bring presents every day!) if all else fails it might be the absolutely ONLY alternative. The only other reason I suspect that people still use them is they don't realize what truly happens to the mouse/rat/mole/vole.
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Looking good, Las Vegas! Miranda Lambert and Keith Urban are just two of the huge country acts confirmed as performers for the 2014 ACM Awards in Sin City this April.
Looking good, Las Vegas! Miranda Lambert and Keith Urban are just two of the huge country acts confirmed as performers for the 2014 ACM Awards in Sin City this April.
Keith Urban doesn't always follow the rules. Lately, the Australian superstar has even gotten in trouble on 'American Idol' -- so much so that he has to have his outfits pre-approved!
For the first time, the massively popular iTunes Festival will be coming to the U.S., and some of country's biggest stars are already lined up to perform! Keith Urban and Willie Nelson make the 2014 lineup, with lots more to be announced in the coming weeks.
In Little Big Town's 'Sober' video, fans catch a glimpse of what it's like being on tour with the group. The quartet is seen performing and hanging out behind the scenes in the clip.
Country artists aren't known for being outright activists for gay rights, but some have still preached acceptance when asked. Carrie Underwood, however, has spoken out about gay rights several times, and Martina McBride, Toby Keith and Dolly Parton have joined her. Now, it's Jennifer Nettles who is making her stance known.
Billy Currington's anthemic 'We Are Tonight' lyrics are all about summer nights, the freedom of Fridays and a beautiful girl. While it's clearly a hot weather, feel-good song, the inspiration behind it may surprise you.
Country's own Keith Urban has upped the bar on what it means to be romantic -- and all the gents out there better be taking notes! The star's wife of more than 6 years, Nicole Kidman, attests that the singer is not only incredibly good-looking, he's also super romantic.
Gary Allan and Blake Shelton battled for most of the one-month voting period, but in the end, fans of the California-raised country singer would not be denied. Allan's 'Set You Free' was named the Best Album of the Year at the 2014 Taste of Country Awards.
A trio of country superstars was just too much for nine other nominees to overcome. Tim McGraw's 'Highway Don't Care,' a chart-topping collaboration with Taylor Swift and Keith Urban, was voted the best song of 2013 at the recent Taste of Country Awards.
Fifty years after the original British invasion, Keith Urban, Brad Paisley and others helped celebrate with a Grammy Beatles tribute.
Keith Urban, like many of us, is a fan of Eric Church. He asked Church to join him for 'Raise 'Em Up,' and the rest is history. Now they're taking fans behind-the-scenes of the recording process.
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JotSpot Live is designed to ensure that all members of the group are literally working on the same page. Taking one set of notes means that all information is captured in one location, not spread across multiple versions and emails. Documents are securely stored on the Web and shared and accessed by group members invited to the JotSpot Live page. JotSpot Live is Web-based, accessible from any browser, and requires no software installation. JotSpot Live is available immediately at the Web site. Users can use the basic version of JotSpot Live for free and paid plans start at $5 per month, where users can create up to 15 pages per month.
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ORGANISERS of this year's cancelled Banbury and District Show have vowed next year's will go ahead.
The show, scheduled to take place tomorrow at Spiceball Park, was called off only three days beforehand due to much of the site being water-logged.
But organisers say next year's show will definitely go ahead and stallholders have pledged their fees to book for next year.
Chairman of Banbury Town Council general services committee Colin Clarke said: "Lots of the stallholders and charity stall holders have all been very supportive and they all understand why we have had to cancel it.
"A good number of them have already said we can hang to the funds for next year's show. There definitely will be a Banbury show next year.
"It is not going to cost the town council at all. We will be having a meeting in the next couple of months where we will be starting to talk about the show."
This year's event could not be re-arranged due to there being no other weekends free at the park, and so the council has agreed to refund the acts set to appear in the Arena nightclub in the town. This is the first time the town council has had to cancel the event since it was launched in 2000.
Mr Clarke said: "As far as the artists appearing in the Arena, we have contracts with them. We accept the fact that we put money aside for this show and in a number of cases, they are happy for us to hand it over to next year.
"We had a lot of rain last week and Spiceball Park is absolutely sodden. On the second field, a third of it is under water.
"There are a tremendous number of people involved and a great number of stallholders and they all have to be contacted. It is very disappointing."
Experts at the Met Office said the area around South Newington had seen almost double the average amount of rainfall in the month ahead of the event.
Spokesman Dan Williams confirmed that 116.6m of rain was recorded in South Newington – the nearest weather-monitoring site to Banbury – between May, 1 and June 4. The average rainfall for May is 61.5mm and for June is 49.4mm.
The organisers have spent 10 months working on the fair and it was hoped that thousands of spectators would turn up to Spiceball Park.
Mr Clarke added: "It is about the biggest event that the Town Council has organised. But unfortun-ately, you can plan for everything, but not the weather."
Town mayor Sean Woodcock said: "I feel really sorry for the people that have been involved. It is a shock, but we would only do this if it was absolutely necessary."
The council's recreation amenities officer Mike Hall said: "After the continued rain on Wednesday the ground has become too sodden, and taking vehicles on to the site could cause serious issues that would ultimately affect the safety of participants at the event and visitors to the show. "
The free event had been organised by the Banbury Town Council, the Banbury Rotary Club and the Rotary Club of Banbury Cherwell. Planned events included a dancing with the DJ show compered by Radio Horton, steam engines, ferret racing, archery, falconry and go-karts.
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ArenaNet is working on a Guild Wars 2 expansion (Update)
[Update: Clarifying the comments made during the NCSoft earnings call, a representative reached out to confirm that ArenaNet is still "taking a wait-and-see stance" with regards to a possible Guild Wars 2 expansion. It is, as expressed previously, under consideration.
"We are evaluating the performance of the game and deciding on when would be the best time to launch an expansion," reads a statement. "But right now, our Living Story approach is very successful in keeping players engaged with new and exciting content. Launching boxed expansions are a great way to package content, but if we can do this on a more regular basis, something we've been doing since launch, it provides players with new content to explore and experience every time they log into the game."]
During NCSoft's earnings report, the publisher noted that there is a Guild Wars 2 expansion in the works at developer ArenaNet. Previously, the studio expressed interest in possibly doing an expansion, though it was far from a sure thing based on the wording used.
"We are preparing an expansion pack, but in terms of when we will actually launch it, it's something that we're still monitoring the situation on," stated NCSoft managing director Nah Seong. "We're looking at the performance of the game and deciding when it would be the best time to do the launch, and that's still something we're thinking about."
Frankly, it seemed inevitable this would happen. And I don't think there's anything wrong with that, either -- ArenaNet has built a fair amount of goodwill with its free content updates so far.
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Question regarding w. robusta and spindle palm
1. I have a potted w. robusta that is about 36 inches tall from soil level (+/-) with 4 fully opened fronds and 2 emerging spears (one partially opened). The two lower (older) fronds are dying from old age. One is yellow/green the other is yellow/brown/green. I know fronds on a palm are the plants food supply. My questions is should I trim the yellowing fronds now or wait til they are brown and crispy? We are having a cooler than normal summer and I want all of the advantages I can get to coax some decent growth from this thing this season.
2. The wife and I deceided since our plant eating cat has passed on to start getting house plants. We are thinking about getting a spindle palm to keep inside during the winter. The problem is the south side of our house has only one window and that is in the kitchen. A no go for a plant that size. The only other option is to put it next to the back door on either side of it where it would get indirect bright light at best (western exposure). Those of you with experience with spindles please chime in on if that location would be good.
THe mexican fan palm should be fine without trimming since these palms naturally form a skirt of dry fronds on the bottom of the crown, however, if the frond looks really bad, you can just cut it off.
Spindle palms should do fine in bright indirect sunlight indoors during the winter. I have to say, that they are one of the easiest palms indoors for me. The only problem I had with mine was scale (which eventually killed it), but it was always one of my favorite indoor plants (I had it by a large bright window which only gave it direct light for literally about 5 minutes during the morning hours.
Good luck!
Ditto, Spindles are wonderful indoor palms. Only, if they grow acclimated to low light levels, they will burn bad if you suddenly expose them to direct sun--so do so gradually if you do increase sun exposure. HAVE mine out on the deck now where it get full, noon-time sun, so it can take it. As for the robustas, I cut off the leaves once they fade.


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Brad O'Leary spends an entire Washington Examiner column responding to Media Matters' highlighting of his skewed Zogby polls and, more specifically, his racially charged poll question regarding Mark Lloyd:
The author of this "racially charged" language is none other than Obama's Diversity Czar Mark Lloyd himself. Here is what he said at the 2005 Conference on Media Reform: Racial Justice:
"This - there's nothing more difficult than this. Because we have really, truly good white people in important positions. And the fact of the matter is that there are a limited number of those positions.
"And unless we are conscious of the need to have more people of color, gays, other people in those positions we will not change the problem. We're in a position where you have to say who is going to step down so someone else can have power."
I find it equal parts troubling and incredible that in 21st Century America there could be anyone, much less a high-level federal appointee, who thinks the government should be forcing hirings-and-firings at private companies based solely on race and sexual preference.
Media Matters, evidently, is only outraged that someone would dare report the matter or ask America's opinion about it. Or maybe Media Matters thinks it is unfair to hold a presidential appointee responsible for something he said just four years ago.
O'Leary, however, did not include any of that background -- which the vast majority of respondents would have no knowledge of without it -- in asking his poll question, which was this:
Federal Communications Commission Chief Diversity Czar Mark Lloyd wants the FCC to force good white people in positions of power in the broadcast industry to step down to make room for more African-Americans and gays to fill those positions. Do you agree or disagree that this presents a threat to free speech?
Also problematic for O'Leary is that the question, as asked, is false. As we've noted, at no point does Lloyd advocate using the FCC to "force good white people" in the broadcast industry out.
O'Leary has only himself to blame for his false, out-of-context framing of Lloyd's statement. And he's a veritable laugh riot in coming to Zogby's defense:
I choose to do polling with Zogby because they've been among the most accurate pollsters for the past two decades. I find that Zogby does very well in balancing my questions to remove any conservative or other bias that may exist. When you're searching for the truth, it does no good to rig the outcome.
Not only is Zogby not an accurate pollster, his questions for O'Leary do, in fact, rig the outcome. For instance, here are some questions from an O'Leary/Zogby poll from February:
A truly balanced poll would have included more points of view than those of "some people" and "most Republicans." But then, a guy who has written a book-length screed attacking Barack Obama is not actually interested in "searching for the truth."
Tea Party Express co-chair Mark Williams, one of the most visible spokespersons for the tea party movement, has repeatedly called his political opponents "faggot" on his blog.
In a December 26, 2007, post, Williams referred to former President Jimmy Carter as a "creepy little faggot":
On January 27, 2008, Williams wrote that members of a Vermont town shouldn't be called "retard CHUDs" but "genetically defective, circus freak, tiny cranium, hairy-arm-pitted female & faggot alleged male biological train wrecks who totally make the argument for forced Eugenics":
As we've noted, the Tea Party Express spokesman has also called President Obama and Jimmy Carter "Nazis," and referred to Obama as the "racist in chief." Williams is a birther who has forwarded claims that Obama was born in Kenya.
Despite his history of incendiary rhetoric, Williams is a regular guest on Fox News and CNN. For instance, Williams has appeared on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 at least six times in the past four months: November 2, October 26, September 15, September 14, September 10, and August 13. He also appeared on CNN Newsroom in August. On the September 14 edition of American Morning, reporter Elaine Quijano referred to Williams as one of the "tea party leaders" who "disavow[ed] any racist views" by protestors.
Fox News, which frequently cheerleads for the tea party movement, has hosted Williams on Fox & Friends (numerous times), America's News HQ, and Hannity. Williams also appeared on Fox Business Network's Cavuto.
The Tea Party Express recently bragged to supporters that it's received "great television news coverage" from CNN and Fox News, and specifically cited a Fox News interview with Williams.
Given Williams' history of smears and slurs, and his prominent position with the Tea Party Express, will the media continue to extend "great coverage" to Williams and his group?
Eighty advertisers have reportedly dropped their ads from Glenn Beck's Fox News program since he called President Obama a "racist" who has a "deep-seated hatred of white people." Here are his November 20 sponsors, in the order they appeared:
John Amato at Crooks and Liars thinks so. His angle? With Fox News now routinely getting caught doctoring video and airing the misleading clips in its news reports, Amato thinks Rupert Murdoch's 'news' channel might be running afoul of FCC regulations.
Specifically, Amato points to this FCC language:
"Hoaxes. The Commission's prohibition against the broadcast of hoaxes is set forth at Section 73.1217 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 73.1217.
This rule prohibits broadcast licensees or permittees from broadcasting false information concerning a crime or a catastrophe if: (1) the licensee knows this information is false; (2) it is foreseeable that broadcast of the information will cause substantial public harm; and (3) broadcast of the information does in fact directly cause substantial public harm.
UPDATED: Rupert Murdoch can likely rest easy. The FCC regulates broadcast television and radio, outlets that use the public airwaves. But the FCC does not regulate cable television.
From the November 20 edition of Fox News' Live Desk:
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Here's one from today:
CNN Poll: Blame for recession shifting from GOP to Democrats
Here's the nut graph [emphasis added]:
A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday morning indicates that 38 percent of the public blames Republicans for the country's current economic problems. That's down 15 points from May, when 53 percent blamed the GOP. According to the poll 27 percent now blame the Democrats for the recession, up 6 points from May. Twenty-seven percent now say both parties are responsible for the economic mess.
So, in the last six months, the percentage of Americans who blame Democrats for the recession has inched up six points, or one point per-month. That apparently, accounts for the "shifting" trend that CNN highlights in its headline. Also, note that a clear plurality still blame Republicans for the recession.
So wouldn't this headline have worked and actually been more accurate:
CNN Poll: Blame for recession still points to GOP
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On Thursday, the prevaricating Gateway Pundit claimed Obama went on CNN and bragged that, "I've restored America's standing in the world." GP then mocked "The Arrogant One" for his massive ego. But oops, that's not what Obama said. Here's what he said: "We've restored America's standing in the world." [Emphasis added.] A little different, right?
But it's been more 24 hours and Gateway Pundit, supposedly one of the leaders of the conservative blogosphere, has not updated his original post or headline, let alone posted a correction to acknowledge that yeah, he doctored Obama's quote.
Behold the right-wing blogosphere, where manufactured quotes, even those involving the POTUS, are welcomed!
News Hounds make a great point [emphasis added]:
President Obama sat down with Major Garrett for a few minutes in an interview that was aired on yesterday's (11/18/09) Special Report. It was straightforward, fair and respectful. But there was no mention of one of Fox News' biggest stories of late, President Obama's bow to the Emperor of Japan. If Fox News thought the bow so important that the network obsessed over it on multiple shows and gave it top billing on their Fox Nation website, shouldn't Garrett have asked about it?
Garrett's glaring omission raises two distinct possibilities. A) He was woefully unprepared for his Obama sit-down. B) He would have been monumentally embarrassed to even raise the foolish topic of the bow.
I'm going with B.
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The Canada Border Services Agency says eManifest requirements for highway and rail carriers will not be mandatory in fall 2013, due to delays associated with regulatory processes.
This is the third delay in a year for the eManifest system that was originally set to be up and running nearly a year ago. Once it does take effect truckers hauling into Canada could see severe delays or be turned away from the border if cargo information isn't provided before they arrive to come into the country.
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Purpose/Synopsis: The Committee on Credible Practice ofModeling & Simulation in Healthcare aims to establish a task-oriented collaborative platform to outline good practice of simulation-based medicine.
Audience: Clinicians, mathematicians, biologists, engineers statisticians, computer scientists, product developers; in a sense everyone who has a stake at the use of computational models for simulation-based medicine
Ontology Classification: Communication_and_Collaborative_Work, Network_and_Communication, Regulatory_Policy_Resource(Links display other projects using that ontology classification.)
Keywords: assessment, computational medicine, evaluation, modeling, simulation(Links display other projects with that keyword anywhere in the project.)