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Nice interview with ops! I always find the behind the scenes stuff interesting....I would of guessed 4 times the amount of portajohns and twice the amount of cars.
it definitely feels like that at the festival... of course I know a few times I drove through the same area twice thinking it was a different spot


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Ravinia School's lettuce a hit on Northbrook restaurant's menu
Ravinia School Green Growers Club members Ben Fitzsimons, his twin brother Jason and Maddie Kaas help teacher Dennis Brosseau bag the butter lettuce the group grows. | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media
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HIGHLAND PARK — Plenty of chefs talk up the freshness of their ingredients.
But few could trump the greenhouse-to-table speed that chefs Sarah Stegner and George Bumbaris pull off with the Ravinia Elementary School Salad at their Prairie Grass Cafe in Northbrook.
Each Friday afternoon from November to April, pupils in the Green Growers Club at Ravinia School help teacher Dennis Brousseau carefully harvest about two dozen heads of butter lettuce they've grown hydroponically in the Highland Park school's greenhouse.
They bag it up, and most of the heads are delivered immediately to Prairie Grass Cafe, 601 Skokie Blvd., Northbrook. There, the lettuce becomes the star ingredient of a before-dinner salad that includes apple slices, bleu cheese dressing and warm croutons. Stegner says it's such a popular menu item that it's often sold out Friday night, or early Saturday at the latest.
The chefs have been purchasing the butter lettuce from the Green Growers Club for about four years.
When a group from the Green Growers Club recently delivered a crop to the restaurant, they were treated to pizza and — what else? — some salads made with the lettuce they'd just harvested.
"They all ate it with the bleu cheese dressing," said Stegner. "I thought that was pretty brave of them."
How was the salad?
"I'd give it an 11 on a scale of 10," said Lizzie Insoft, a fifth-grader who has been in the club since third grade.
Insoft's critique was echoed by third graders Brandi Bombicino, Layla Maki, Caroline McDougall and Jamie Levitan.
Stegner said providing diners with the tastiest dish is always "first and foremost." But she also likes the altruistic side of helping youngsters understand how food arrives on the table while also helping them gain some exposure to business.
"The kids get to see where food comes from — from beginning to end and each step of the way," said Stegner, who previously worked with Bumbaris at the Ritz Carlton. "It changes the way they think and ultimately educates them in making smarter food choices."
Stegner said this type of partnership fits in well with Prairie Grass' long-standing support of Chicago's Green City Market and local sustainable farms.
The Green Growers program started under Paul Grant, a now retired Ravinia School teacher who grew basil hydroponically in his classroom. Brousseau followed Grant's lead and set up a table in his own classroom. In 1999, Grant approached the school's Parent Teacher Organization about building a greenhouse and, thanks to a successful fundraising effort, the greenhouse came to fruition the following year. Since Grant's retirement, the focus has shifted from basil to lettuce, which is now "our main cash crop," said Brousseau.
In April, the club shifts its focus from soil-less hydroponics to soil-grown plants. Students in kindergarten through second grade grow sunflower plants for Mother's Day gifts, and third grade pupils grow hundreds of zinnias and cockscomb celosia plants for sale at the Third Grade Plant Sale held each June. Students also grow tomatoes and potted basil.


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Google: Is it time to jump off the bandwagon??
By admin on April 30, 2008
Climbing Mount Everest, Ballooning around the world, getting a Google employee to leave….They're all pretty similar in my mind….While being a BINC Research Associate surely has its perks, nothing truly puts a smile on my face like the "call as many Google people as you can" days. Ah yes, the true love of getting hung up on, yelled at, ignored, given fake emails, given times to call back and getting flaked on or even the good ol' fashioned "I'll call you back later" – yes definitely nothing beats Google calls days. Of course there are always the couple nice guys (or gals) that hear me out, and I've even got a couple to consider leaving but for the most part it's a rough day. But all of this got me thinking… why is Google so special?? And even more importantly, why should employees leave now before it's too late??
Listen, don't get me wrong I love Google, I use it all the time and they have hired some of the most brilliant minds in the industry, but hey, people are leaving and I'm here to make sure you know why. First off – Why is Google so special??
5 reasons that I've compiled from talking to current as well as former Google employees.
5. Great perks – Amazing free gourmet lunches and dinners, swimming spas, child daycare centers, laundry machines?!?, and the list just keeps on going
4. Brilliant minds at work – Not only are some of the smartest guys on the world employees of Google (Vint Cerf), but they have regular guest speakers (Hans Rosling, Barack Obama) and regular tutorial classes that help employees continue in their education, even when in the work world.
3. Innovative, creative, "paradigm-shifting" – Google Maps, Gmail, Google Docs, Google Images, and off course – Google Search. Each one of these services and the many others that Google offers to its users are all very cutting-edge, forward-thinking services that have literally shifted and changed the world that we live in… Wow, ok, let's not get too carried away here, but they are definitely "front of the line" services.
2. Its fun, exciting, and energetic – Google employees love being around individuals as smart, or smarter, then they are. They feel that they can thrive in an environment and feel that they are truly changing the world. Plus, employees get 20 % time off to work on their own personal projects – letting them truly enjoy being at work.
We offer our engineers "20-percent time"so that they're free to work on what they're really passionate about. Google News, Google Suggest, AdSense for Content and Orkut are among the many products of this perk.
1. It's the top search company in the world – and who doesn't wanna work for #1.
That's all great and exciting, but let's be lets be honest, there's always the "but…"
5 reasons why Google employees are slowly (but surely) starting to leave.
5. Commuting – When Google was doing great people had no problem commuting down south from
4. Stock troubles – Minus the bump that they recently saw due to their above-expected earnings report, the stock went from a high of 747.24 in November to a low of 412.11 only 5 months later in March. Their stock has received tremendous growth over the years (if only I bought their IPO at $85…), but we all know that tremendous stock growth doesn't last forever (YHOO – 108 in 2000 to 4.67 in 2002, Sun – 253.88 in 2000 to 10.36 in 2002, etc. etc.)
3. Although Google is exciting, many Google employees that joined post-IPO missed out on their big hit - Many employees are leaving to either jump on board of a "hot" start-up before its too late, while others are creating their own. A few are listed in line below.
- Facebook/MySpace – Social Networking has taken over the Internet and these two are at the forefront.
- Ooyala – Founded by ex-Google employees – Bismarck Lepe, Sean Knapp, Belsasar Lepe. They provide a distribution of high quality video content and they have currently raised 8.5 million in funding
- FriendFeed – Wow! A whole company comprised of ex-Googlers!
- PowerSet – Natural Language Search – This is just one of the many next-generation Semantic web companies that are starting to emerge. Web 3.0 anyone??
- Rentbits – Founded by ex-Google employee Dan Daugherty. It is a vertical search engine for real estate rental information.
2. Dare I say, Corporate Culture – Google has constantly prided themselves on their open, social environment but many people feel that Google has turned increasingly "corporate". The environment in which engineers were able to create their own products and services is decreasing since it has to go through a full review process that can take months before the product is released to market. Although engineers enjoy being creative, they might as well create a product/service that they can monetize on their own.
Erick Schonfeld, writer at TechCrunch – "Is it me, or is innovation at Google slowing down?"
Some examples of Google lacking process can be seen with Opensocial, Android, or just take a look at this list and see how many you've ever actually heard of.
1. Google not a dream job anymore – A couple years back people used to dream of working for Google. And sorry to say guys, but it's just not like that anymore. There are so many great opportunities for people to get involved with that Google doesn't have to be an option. When Google was the revolution, it was the most amazing thing on the market, but it's not that anymore. It's still good but the critics are slowly starting to come out in full force and the employees are listening. With such a plethora of options available, and issues around Google increasing –the flow of employees leaving Google that has been seen recently will continue to pick up.
Server Issues, Political Issues, Copyright Issues, Personal Privacy Issues, Online Storage Issues.
This is a list that continues to grow and employees are ready for something new, something exciting, and for many – Google just isn't it anymore.
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Over 30 pages
Over 20 Disadvantages
Over 40 Advantages
Over 40 skills
Over 50 pages of information with 16 Fields of Magic and over 150 Spells for the DCS Fantasy System. All spells have write-ups like:
MAGIC ABSORBING WEB Casting Time: n/a Duration: n/a Difficulty : 10 Area: 2 Paces Range: 10 Paces Stackable: No Save: SpecialWorks the same way as Web Strands. The web is impervious to magical energy.
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Never before released DCS Book, covers the skills all spacers need. 13 pages with over 36 skills and the Special: "Order of Healers" powers and abilities.
You must have either DCS (almost free) core rules (Kindle Edition) or DCS Book Core Rules (available here) in order to get full use from them.
Here are over 30 magical items for the DCS Fantasy system but many are easily adapted to other systems. Small simple items like Cold Candles and Miasma Canopies to more powerfull devices like mage robes and Bane Swords.
This list is an expansion of the basic Fault List in 5 Point Fudge. In its original form some of the faults were well fleshed out while others were less developed. I decided to add rules and such to make them a bit more complete.
AdditionallyI have listed them so that you can randomly roll them up for NPC's and such.
Don't forget to take a look at my other ... [click here for more]
In this series:
-A coup attempt finds the characters right in the middle of the action.
-Estryellia gets her inheritance/dowery
-Roscoe spend time with his family and remembers why he left
-The party discovers Go3
The party continues adventuring on the continent of Sadakadish and enters the war against the Thaug, the creatures from before the world was made. We find out why Kimi cannot remember her past and what happens when a Paladin gets "stoned." Also Arashi gets "lucky "sort of" and the party encounters a dragon.
This installment contains the follow... [click here for more]
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The Mper campaign takes a short break and picks up a couple of years (in game) after the discovery of Go 3.
Avalyn Adventure 11 contains episodes 69 - 79 which included the episodes; Interregnum, The Gold Road, Steel Town, The Frontier Fort, Everyone Dies, Back to the Hive , Roundabout and A Win.
The continuing adventures of the Mper campaign. This edition contains the following episodes, The Book, Closing the Rift, Blood, Resting, What is found, Death Waits in the Woods, The Trip Home, Home Smashed Home and Unexpected.
Join the adventurers on Mper as they continue to fight against the might of The Dark Queen. This issue the characters travel through the Hard Pass and see visions of their "future."
Includes maps of the area and snide "GM" comments. One of the longest running campaign in D&D History.
Issue 4 takes the characters through the last great battle of the Deseratan War and answers the question, "Why do they call it Dragon Turtle Bay."
Also in the series the characters get to Mountain Vale for the first time and try to avoid a border skirmish with the Empire of Myoto. Dont miss the end of Tanda Avan major antagonist against the party as well.
This is material from my roleplaying sessions. The campaign has been going since 1976 and over the last 8 years I have been writing the adventures up.
The manuscript also includes a map of the area where the adventure is taking place. This is a good introduction to the world of Mper
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Actual Play episodes from one of the longest D&D campaigns. Episode 7-12 the characters travel south to report their findings. Scala discovers what happens when you turn a "lady of the Evening." invisible.
Map of the Inland Sea and Sylvias Rest. A good introduction to the world of Mper.
The adventure continues. the characters encounter demons and vampires. Two of the adventurers have their adventure end. Character secrects are revealed and one of them is not who they thought they were.
What you have been waiting for. Marcus the Paladin meets his fate. Scalla finds out there are things "worse" than death and the begining of the "Night of 1,000 years."
The party attempts to take the fight to the enemy.
In this edition of the Avalyn Adventure:
The rebel state of Deserata is still trying to recover from the Battle of Stevens Hold and a vampire invasion is the least of the partys worries.Roscoe becomes a samuri and aquires a "haunted hat."Estryellia travels to the far south and picks up an admirerScalla learns what it is like to be undead and the medicinal purposes of elf blood... [click here for more]
Tavern of the Tired Fist
Small and seedy the Tired Fist is a warrior's bar. Military banners and weapons line the walls. The furniture of the bar is very basic, barrels and kegs in place of tables and chairs, fights are a regular part of the evening. The food is filling and the drinks are cheap.
The module comes with several plot hooks as well as a ma... [click here for more]
Where do the common people live in your campaign? What does the city dwellers house look like inside? Need a random house for your rogue to break into?
This book gives you a basic house with several options to the rooms and their configurations. Additionally each the attached file also has floor plans large enough for your regular miniatures
... [click here for more]
MAGIC ABSORBING WEB Casting Time: n/a ... [click here for more]
Why does priestly magic function the same way as regular magic? In DCS it doesn't.
The DCS Priest Book covers over 50 priestly spells as well as 6 advantages usable for priests in your campaign.
The DCS system guarantees that you won't confuse priests with regular spell users ever again.
You need to have DCS Core Rules to get the most out of this product.
Book 1Deck plans for the Percival Class Destroyer.Contains "keyed" deck plans. This book gives the characters a military vessel either to boad or escape from. The destroyer has a "retro" feel and lots of places space for hiding monsters.
DCS Space Book 2
This book covers 2 small personal sized vessels and 2 large company type ships.
The Alexandria The Con Am 47The SerpentineThe Morning Dove
Book 3This book covers information for;
The Saber FighterPersistent Fighter/TrainerPersistent Attack/FighterDauntlessDauntless/MissileerStucker Gun BusBuckingham Infantry Chariot Buckingham Infantry Chariot (Anti-air)
Deserata Class Bulk Hauler
In game play the DCBH is perfect for characters to become crew on. There's plenty of nooks and crannies for characters to hide smuggling goods as well as places for alien creatures to hide. Never a dull moment on a DCBH.
The first adventure for DCS Space. You also get: Deck Plans for the "Ligea" Class VesselDeck Plans for the Brinkman ground vehicle Deck Plans for the Hansen Air Car Deck Plans for the FRC mobile base. The adventure "Stay in the Shade" PSI Abilities for DCS. Over 15 PSI Abilities.
This is book covers the following "boats":
Hadley Hercules, Hadley Pegasus, Hadley Titan, Modular Shuttle and the small shuttle "C7."
The Erickson in system hauler is an intergral part of a planetary siege. Made from local materials it can free up valuable jump capable vessels for other duties. This book details the basic varient as well as the "Sure Shot" conversion used in the Third Star War and the Fighter Bay version still used.
Somthing has happened on Marlon IV. First the Deep Link transmitter went down and now a corporate rescue team has vanished. It's time to send in the FRC.
Here are the basics of the DCS game system. Featuring weapons and armor as well as two characters and two monsters.
Everything you need to play a quick skirmish using the DCS system
Join Chevy Nova - Armsman, Nikja Nills - A belter, Debra Starkiller - Pilot, Gres Stoutspear -A space barbarian and "Buddy". As they explore the Cold Throne sector of space.
Based on my DCS Space campaign.
The adventure continues as the characters meet their new employeers.
The ATE (All Terrain Explorer) Ivan class ground vehicle and the many versions it comes in including:
AFV (Armored Fighting Vehicle) AMV (Armored Medical Vehicle) Ground to Space Missile Carrier and the infamous (ABV) Armored Bordello Unit)
The pack also comes with printable full page versions for use in your game.
Adventure on the world of Mper with this city book that gives you a peek at over 5 towns on the continent of Avalyn. Learn about Iron Gate and its founding as well as Gate Lore at the world's main gate of Anlionia.
The following cities are outlined; Gate Town, Gostrough, Guillenberg, Hanover, Iron Gate and Jim Town. The book has 5 town maps as well as larger maps of the interior of the ... [click here for more]
Dead Things Supplement 3 "A Safe Place."
The characters are done running and need a place to hold up until the zombie plague is over. This house out in the country looks like it would work.
Object: The game ends when all of the windows/doors of the house have been blocked.
The supplement also contains the "Determining Who The Zombie Attacks/Moves Towards&q... [click here for more]
Here's a chance to play a zombie game that works like it does in the movies. The system is fast and deadly. Comes with map as well as character cards. An innovative turn order keeps you guessing and zombies are likely to surround you at any time. Can you survive?
This is the expanded map for Dead Things the zombie board game. The map is 19 x 20 inches giving your group of survivors more room to run. However now you have to compete s... [click here for more]
This is a series of questions answered about Dead Things. If you don't own the second edition where the rules are fixed download this.
The scene in this supplement is "Gas and Were Out of Here." The characters need gas for the car and there are too many road blocks to get the car to the gas so the characters have to go and get it. Unlike the first scenario, this one pits the characters against each other.
"Tonight We Raid The Lab"The characters clean out the house and are safe. As the zombie plague rages out of control outside, they speculate on how it started. One of the characters tells the story of how it happened.
One of my origional scnerios for Dead Things but cut due to space constraints. The lab features random rooms. They make the scenario ... [click here for more]
What is this? This a supliment to the game Dead Things.
What you will find in the supplement:
1. Design notes on the creation of the rules for Dead Things.
2. Example cards from the upcoming second edition of Dead Things.
3. Orrigional map from the preproduction version of the game.
This is the expanded map for Dead Things the zombie board game. The map is 19 x 20 inches giving your group of survivors more room to run. However now you have to compete several tasks to escape the doomed city.
6 Print and play maps of the town
10 car cards.
The map is marked with zombie respawn points as well as several buildings.
You need to have the game dEad... [click here for more]
Card deck to expand Dead Things. Over 40 cards with items for your survivors to find as well as 16 special Attribute cards that may give your character the edge in the struggle.
Using the FUDGE engine to power the DCS Skills and abilities gives you FUDGE DCS Fusion. In this 20 page book you get the following: 19 Faults, 17 Gifts, 27 Skills and 30 Magic Spells and Magic Abilities. All converted to the FUDGE system.
You have never seen FUDGE like this before.
FUDGE/32 32 Psi/Healer and Misc Powers for Fudge - If you need healer skills and Psi skills for your FUDGE Campaign this is what you need. Also included are powers for Lords an the royality. 7 Special powers like; Look of Knives, Look of Tears and Look of Rememberance. This are cool powers to give to the rulers of your campaign.
Details 21 magical tattoo spells for the FUDGE system like; BANE OF SENSUALITY,TATTOO OF EMPATHY ,EMPOWERED WEAPON, GLYPTH OF FORTITUDE, SHIELD AGAINST DISEASE ,SHIELD AGAINST FERTILITY, SHIELD AGAINST POISON, SHIELD AGAINST THIRST, SYMBOL AGAINST MENTAL DOMINATION, SYMBOL AGAINST MAGIC ATTACK, SYMBOL OF HEALING, HAND OF VENOM, PLACE OF PERSIS... [click here for more]
Darkness in the Woods.
There is a shadow in the woods, when it shows itself the woodland creatures become twisted things, even nature is not immune to its effects.
Darkness in the Woods is a 13 page starter adventure for the FUDGE Fantasy System. The
FUDGE Magic Weapons and Devices. 32 Magic and Tech devices for your FUDGE Campaign. Devices like: Cold Candle, Sword of Bane, Machine of Instant Duplication and Weapon of Stature.


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Re: Autoforwarding in the new mail system
Michael Surato <[log in to unmask]>
Wed, 3 Dec 2008 09:46:56 -0500
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This is what I was afraid of. Putting out a major update, like the interface to set forwarding, without any time for testing of this feature is a recipe for bad things to happen. While it may work out great, my fear is that the system will have some form of show-stopping flaw that will cause major headaches. Perhaps an official reply on the implementation plan will alleviate this concern.-- +-------------------------------------------+| Michael Surato || College of Arts and Letters || Michigan State University || 320 Linton Hall || East Lansing, MI 48824 || Voice: (517) 353-0778 Fax: (517) 355-0159 |+-------------------------------------------+ >>> On 12/3/2008 at 9:40 AM, "Harper, Chris" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:> As I understand it, the new *interface* will have no ability to manage > filters for forwarding and there are no plans to build one, and as such the > legacy settings will *have* to be blown away otherwise you'd have no ability > to manage them.> > Also as I understand it, it sounds like the interface for managing > forwarding settings is still in development with a release date of 12/22, is > my take on the info available.> > Christopher M. Harper> MANAGER OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY> University Relations, Michigan State University> 401 Olds Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824-1047 > Email: [log in to unmask] / Direct: (517) 355-9980> Web: http://ur.msu.edu / Cell: (517) 290-5496> > > From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Chris Wolf> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 9:35 AM> To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Autoforwarding in the new mail system> > So this seems to imply that for anyone who is doing forwarding using a > filter, his or her forwarding will stop on 12/22. Is that right?> > This seems to be where John's question is relevant--How is this consistent > with the statement that users can still use the old system at > old.mail.msu.edu? It sounds as though if they log on there, they will still > see their old filters, but those filters will no longer be functioning. Is > that also right?> > ________________________________________> From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Leo Sell> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 9:14 AM> To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Autoforwarding in the new mail system> Brief response before too much confusion ensues.> > You will not have to re-set or re-enter your forwarding info IF you have used > the > mail forwarding preference in the legacy service to set the forwarding. That > data> will be transferred to the new service. It's supposed to be seamless to the > end user. > > The FAQ has been clarified. > > Beyond that, the new service is really just a "new skin" on the mail > servers. If people > prefer to use an e-mail client, or the dept server, that's fine and dandy. > They really > shouldn't see any effect on POP or IMAP access. /L> > Quoting "John Gorentz" <[log in to unmask]>:> >> I'm wondering how to interpret this ominous-sounding item in the FAQ >> for the new mail system:>>>>> Can I still auto-forward to another e-mail service?>>>>>> Yes. The new e-mail service will provide an e-mail forwarding >>> function that can be used to auto-forward all incoming e-mails, >>> including those marked as spam, to another service or account. >>> Documentation is being developed and will be available by the launch >>> date.>>>> That makes it sound as though autoforwarding will have to be repaired >> manually when the new mail system goes on line -- that the new system >> won't inherit the old's autoforwarding. If so, that is going to >> make a lot of work -- reminding people to do it, reminding people how >> to do it, helping people get their stranded e-mail that arrives in >> the interval between the switch to the new system and the repair to >> autoforwarding.>>>> And how is this consistent with the idea that the old mail system >> will continue to be available for 6 months after the new one is >> turned on? I understand how that is done for the web client, but >> what about the mail servers? Will users get to choose the moment >> when their mail is handled by the new server?>>>> Maybe this would be a good time to get more of our users to switch to >> using the mail.msu.edu system instead of our departmental one. >> Nineteen days is rather short notice to accomplish something like >> that, though.>>>> John Gorentz>> W.K. Kellogg Biological Station>>>>> > --> Leo Sell, Academic Technology Help Desk> > Let's eschew obfuscation!
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