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Winchester, New Hampshire
For population 25 years and over in Winchester:
For population 15 years and over in Winchester CDP:
61 residents are foreign born (1.5% North America).
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2012: $4,188 (2.5%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Chicopee, MA (43.1 miles , pop. 54,653).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Boston, MA (73.2 miles , pop. 589,141).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: New York, NY (163.5 miles , pop. 8,008,278).
Nearest cities: Hinsdale, NH (2.3 miles ), Northfield, MA (2.4 miles ), Richmond, NH (2.4 miles ), Vernon, VT (2.6 miles ), West Swanzey, NH (2.7 miles ), Swanzey, NH (2.8 miles ), Warwick, MA (2.8 miles ), Chesterfield, NH (3.1 miles ).
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Latitude: 42.77 N, Longitude: 72.39 W
Area code: 603
Full-time law enforcement employees in 2012, including police officers: 9 (8 officers).
This place's Wikipedia profileUnemployment in July 2013:
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Work and jobs in Winchester: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute
Average climate in Winchester, New Hampshire
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
Tornado activity:
Winchester-area historical tornado activity is significantly above New Hampshire state average. It is 20% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 6/9/1953, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 23.8 miles away from the Winchester place center killed 90 people and injured 1228 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.
On 6/22/1981, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 26.3 miles away from the place center injured 3 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:Winchester-area historical earthquake activity is below New Hampshire state average. It is 84% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 1/19/1982 at 00:14:42, a magnitude 4.7 (4.5 MB, 4.7 MD, 4.5 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 64.0 miles away from the city center
On 10/2/1994 at 11:27:22, a magnitude 3.7 (3.5 LG, 3.7 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 30.1 miles away from Winchester center
On 10/2/1994 at 14:36:36, a magnitude 3.3 (3.1 LG, 3.3 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 29.9 miles away from the city center
On 10/6/1992 at 15:38:04, a magnitude 3.4 (3.4 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 55.8 miles away from the city center
On 6/16/2000 at 04:02:53, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 LG, Depth: 6.1 mi) earthquake occurred 51.6 miles away from Winchester center
On 1/10/1999 at 10:52:16, a magnitude 3.1 (3.1 LG, 3.0 LG, Depth: 1.2 mi) earthquake occurred 71.5 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD)
Natural disasters:The number of natural disasters in Cheshire County (21) is a lot greater than the US average (12).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 12
Emergencies Declared: 9
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 8, Storms: 8, Snows: 4, Snowstorms: 2, Winter Storms: 2, Heavy Rain: 1, Snowfall: 1, Wind: 1, Blizzard: 1, Flood: 1, Hurricane: 1, Ice Storm: 1, Tropical Storm: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Birthplace of: Marshall Jewell - Politician, Leonard Wood - (1860-1927), General, Harrison Smith (runner) - Middle distance runner.
Medal of Honor Recipient born in Winchester: Leonard Wood.
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Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2004 was 3.66. This is about average. Closest monitor was 12.2 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 16.3. This is better than average. There were 22 monitors within city limits.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 10.5. This is about average. Closest monitor was 12.2 miles away from the city center.
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2012: 32.2%
(32.9% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Black residents)
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19 people in other group homes in 2000
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Presidential Elections Results
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Religion statistics for Winchester CDP (based on Cheshire County data)Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 30.84%
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Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 24
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 24
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 29
Number of full-service restaurants: 67
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6.85% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($45,295 average adjusted gross income)
0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($111 average AGI)
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.87% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($37,715 average adjusted gross income)
0.09% of residents moved to foreign countries ($326 average AGI)
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Winchester, New Hampshire:See more detailed statistics of Winchester fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2011 here
FCC Registered Antenna Towers:5
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers:4
FCC Registered Microwave Towers:1
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses:16 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Winchester)
FAA Registered Aircraft:7
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
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See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Winchester, NH
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Total of 14 patent applications in 2008-2014.
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Me too, Sean. Much as I'd like to see Hannity driven nuts, I agree that we in the media have been far too rough on the Republican presidential nominee. In fact, I send this urgent appeal to my fellow members of the lamestream media: Please go easy on the guy — for our own sake.
First, Romney was pounded for his false and tone-deaf statements about the attacks on U.S. embassies in Libya and Egypt; in a weak moment, I joined in the criticism. Then Politico came out Sunday night with an article titled "Inside the campaign: How Mitt Romney stumbled," discourteously detailing all sorts of infighting and missteps. Worst of all was Monday, when my friend David Corn had the temerity to post on Mother Jones a surreptitiously recorded video of Romney dismissing nearly half the country as moochers.
At this rate, Romney will surely lose the election — and for journalism, this would be a tragedy.
At these times of declining revenue, we in the media need to stay true to our core interests. And the better story in this election is clearly a President Romney.
Romney's hit parade — insulting the British, inviting Clint Eastwood to the Republican convention, flubbing Libya and now dismissing half the nation as parasites — may make good copy for the next seven weeks. But if we go easy on the man, we could have four years of gaffes. Admittedly, this may not be the best outcome for the country, or for the world. But in this race, there is no denying that one man will give us much better material.
President Obama has many talents, but he is not good copy. He speaks grammatically, in fully formed paragraphs. He has yet to produce a scandal of any magnitude. He is maddeningly on message, and his few gaffes — "you didn't build that," "the private sector is doing fine" -- are inflammatory only out of context.
Romney, by contrast, showed his potential for miscues in his first presidential run, but he truly blossomed in the gaffe department this cycle, when he became a one-man blooper reel:
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"I like being able to fire people."
"I'm not concerned about the very poor."
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In addition, Romney frequently gives the media fresh opportunities to rerun the blooper reel with his attempts to explain the original mistakes. This goes back to his explanation for why he strapped his dog Seamus to the top of the family car: The dog "enjoyed himself" up there.
More recently, Romney offered this explanation for his claim that Obama was making America a less Christian nation. "I'm not familiar precisely with exactly what I said, but I stand by what I said, whatever it was," he said.
Saying zany things and then standing by them: From a presidential nominee, this is newsworthy. From a president, it could be sensational.
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At home, likewise, he has caused consternation with his remark that 47 percent of Americans "believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it" and won't "take personal responsibility and care for their lives." If he governed that way as president, he could stir up social unrest not seen in half a century — and that, too, would be quite a story.
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COVENTRY ŌĆō Resident Pedro Grondin met with the select board Tuesday evening in an attempt to get Coventry to start its own fire department.
Last month, select board chair Mike Marcotte and selectman Brad Maxwell met with the Newport City Council to see if there is interest in getting in a contract for fire coverage. As it is now, Coventry pays per call. A contract would mean Coventry pays a flat fee, which would make budgeting easier for fire coverage.
After a brief discussion, the Newport City Council gave the okay for representatives to start discussions.┬Ā
Fire departments from Newport City, Newport Center, Irasburg, and Orleans currently provide fire coverage in Coventry. The closest department to the call is the one that responds first. That department decides what, if any, mutual aid from surrounding communities it needs.┬Ā
Coventry pays for each firefighter and piece of apparatus that responds to the scene. Even if it signs a contract with Newport City, Coventry would not belong to the International Mutual Aid.
ŌĆ£You wonŌĆÖt be a mutual aid member, because we donŌĆÖt have anything to offer mutual aid,ŌĆØ said Grondin, an assistant fire chief in Newport City. ŌĆ£The other towns are meeting Friday. If you sign a contract with Newport, they want the same thing.ŌĆØ
Coventry, if it wanted to be part of the mutual aid system, would need its own firefighting equipment and personnel to fight fires in other towns. While nothing is in writing, Coventry would need at least 10 firefighters, a tanker, a pumper and a radio system.
ŌĆ£We canŌĆÖt roll up with a pick-up truck with three pails, saying weŌĆÖre going to throw water at the fire,ŌĆØ said Grondin. ŌĆ£I wouldnŌĆÖt allow us to┬Ā try to belong to mutual aid without substantial equipment.ŌĆØ
Westmore started with one truck, five firefighters and some space in the town garage and became part of the mutual aid system, Grondin said.
Grondin said he has already looked at used fire trucks online, but it's hard to deal with someone selling a truck when he is only window shopping. Grondin also spoke about a fire station and a radio system.
ŌĆ£I donŌĆÖt care if we have used trucks, used hoses, used turnout gear and used air packs,ŌĆØ said Grondin. But he's seen too many towns use old radios and there was nothing but problems.
Mike Marcotte asked Grondin to work with town clerk and treasurer Cindy Diaz to come up with start-up costs and a yearly budget.┬Ā
Everything, besides a fire station and radio system, could be in place within a month, Grondin said. Because of new federal standards, it would take six months to more than two years to obtain a radio license from the Federal Communications Commission.┬Ā
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It's too drying for me to like it. Expensive and most of it leaked out of the bottle when travelling. It's just not worth it.
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Love it! This is perfect for my hair in the summer - I have unruly, fine, wavy hair. When my hair is wet I just spray some of this in and let it air-dry; it gives me a beachy wave without any clumpiness or crispiness. Innovative product, will certainly buy again!
EDIT - After a few weeks of using this, my hair started to get dry and frizzy; I stopped using it an my hair is now back to normal - so I probably won't be buying this again.
i always am drawn to anything that promises hair that looks like you came from the beach. it makes me miss being back in hawai'i. and i think i always use them wrong. i bought this because my hairdresser would always use this and the thickening spray on my hair and she told me i if i had to pick up one or the other, she recommended the surf spray.
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Idiot! I thought this was going to be la mer for my hair. Pictures of Gisele's hair this time whirled through my head.
Jesus I am such a sucker. Mark something up needlessly and i'm in. Some people swear by this but it just made me swear. It made my hair crispy crunchy and greasy. Way to go Lauren.
I normally have pretty defined waves in my hair, but after frying it with flatirons and blowdryers, my hair has lost a lot of it's waviness. My hairstylist recommended the B&B Surf Spray, and although I was weary of how effective it would be after reading some reviews, I was pleasantly surprised at how well it works. It adds some bounce to my hair and makes my hair wavy and calms down the frizz, which is a plus. I'm not too thrilled with the price since I could find something just as effective for much less, but I'll stick with my bottle and maybe buy more when I finish it.


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OH THANK GOD. As I mentioned I wouldn't, I did not watch Skywire, Nik Wallenda's tightrope walk over a gorge 1500 feet above ground, which aired live on the Discovery Channel last night. As if I don't have enough stress in my life. "Just going to the grocery store today didn't make me feel enough like I couldn't breathe, let me watch and see if this guy dies." No thanks! But did you watch it? He didn't die. Did you text your friend after the broadcast, "he didn't die," and then this emoji? Ugh. I bet you did. You should be nicer to Nik Wallenda! Congratulations, Nik Wallenda! STOP DOING THIS!
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Quality Distribution, Inc. Announces Filing Of S-3 Shelf Registration Statement For Offering Of Common Stock
TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 6, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Quality Distribution, Inc. (Nasdaq:QLTY) ("Quality") announced today that it has filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") to offer to the public from time to time in one or more offerings up to 1,500,000 shares of its common stock, at prices and on terms that Quality will decide at the time of any offering. In addition, under the shelf registration, if and when declared effective by the SEC, our stockholders may offer for resale to the public from time to time in one or more offerings up to 1,950,000 secondary shares of Quality's common stock owned by them or their affiliates at prices and on terms to be determined at the time of any such offering. Quality also announced today that it has filed a request to withdraw its previously-filed registration statement on Form S-1 with the SEC.
"This shelf registration will allow us a more flexible vehicle to access equity capital at an appropriate time and provide Apollo, our largest shareholder, with a mechanism to potentially reduce its holdings in the Company," commented Joe Troy, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective.This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor does it constitute an offer, solicitation or sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful. About Quality Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, Quality operates the largest chemical bulk tank truck network in North America through its wholly owned subsidiary, Quality Carriers, Inc., and is the largest North American provider of intermodal tank container and depot services through its wholly owned subsidiary, Boasso America Corporation. Quality Carriers' network of independent affiliates and independent owner-operators provides nationwide bulk transportation and related services. Quality is an American Chemistry Council Responsible Care® Partner and is a core carrier for many of the Fortune 500 companies that are engaged in chemical production and processing.
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Removing Skyrim Mods..
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Ok, so I installed some Skyrim mods and am not happy with them. I now want to remove them easily. I did not use Nexus Mod Manager to install them so I need some help, I do also want to re--install better mods with Nexus Mod Manager soon. My question is; is there anyway I can just delete my entire Data Folder and just add in a someone else's vanilla folder? Since the actual saves are in a different folder altogether, this should bring me back to Vanilla with all my current game progress. I am pretty new to all this modding stuff and all help is appreciated. I also just registered for Nexus now.
Deleting the \textures\ and \meshes\ folders and any .esp plugins you added should pretty much cover reverting to a pre-modded state. If you only want to delete one mod, and leave others behind, simply delete only it's resources out of the aforementioned folders. Be warned, some mods make changes that get saved into your character's save file. It may be harmless to revert to not using said mod, or it could cause issues ranging anywhere from wonky weather to failure to load the save to save corruption. Texture replacer's are generally fine to remove, though you'll have to play it by ear once some more complex mods start rolling out. No, you cannot use someone else's \Data\ folder as uploading unmodified resources on the Nexus is not allowed.
each time i just reinstall a clean skyrim and copy across the esps then redo the data files
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People Starting Their Own RevolutionWed 14 Apr 2010
Story by Danny McCubbin
Since Jamie's Food Revolution aired in the States there has been an outpouring off support from people from across the country. Here is a special story from Amy:
Hello! I first heard of your project in American Schools through a promotion on Oprah featuring Ryan Seacrest. This is the best idea I've heard of in a very long time!
My daughter attends one of the best schools in Spartanburg County (SC), but the menu is the same as every other school in the county - crap. That is a much more crass term than I would normally use, but I was appalled when the first month's menu came home in my first-grader's school folder, particularly given that I had moved to this area specifically to place my daughter in the "best" school in the county.
I am a waitress at a cafe - where over 80% of our menu is deep fried - I often eat fish or a salad, when I eat there at all. However, with a 15 year background in foodservice, I'm decidedly particular about what food comes into my home, how it is prepared, presented and received by not only my daughter, but by all who cross my threshold.
The irony - I'm on foodstamps. I clip coupons, plan my family's meals at least a week in advance, and strategically pour over the weekly grocery ads, noting what's on sale, who has double- or triple-coupon deals, and how I can possibly get the most bang for my buck, even if it is courtesy of the state. I take the money the state gives me for food as the ultimate obligation - I have a responsibility to use that money wisely, and I do so to the best of my ability. I buy larger-than-necessary quantities of chicken, fish, red meat, and trim pork when it is on sale. I clean and cut it, portion it into freezer bags, and have therefore not paid more than 1.68/lb. for any meat we've consumed in over three years.
I am constantly rewarded by smiles, cheers, mmms, and ahhs from guests in my home, even if they are six- and seven-year-olds. With my foodservice background and creativity, I have found many ways to get even little ones to eat fresh fruits and veggies, whole grains, healthy cheeses and meats. My daughter and some of her friends are learning how to use spices and herbs rather than ketchup and salt to make what they call "yucky" foods taste really good. They especially like rubbing basil between their fingertips to release the fragrance, then smelling the same scent when we add it to a pan of fresh chicken, along with feta, bowtie pasta, a little olive oil, fresh cracked black pepper and roasted red peppers. They crinkle their noses at the red and green stuff on the plate, but when they taste it (I give them no choice - this is dinner - eat it or go hungry), they LOVE it! It helps that they get to grind the pepper, pick the basil leaves and rip it to shreds, crumble the feta and say, "euu... gross" over the smell (until they taste it).
I want to be a part of this food revolution. My daughter has the privilege, (such that it is) to eat a free breakfast at school. It would save me money and time, in that it would be that much less food I have to afford on my limited budget. But I don't often let her eat at school. The offerings are most often breakfast pizza, cold cereal, or sausage biscuits, topped off with chocolate milk. So even though she could have two free meals at school every day and I could save money on at least one meal a day, I often get up and fix her an omelette, oatmeal, or fruit on a whole wheat English muffin. It's a pain, especially when I've worked a double-shift the day before - there is little I want more than to sleep in on those mornings. But the one thing that matters more is her nutrition and a healthy start to her school day.
I don't go into work until 11:30am, and I would gladly give all of that time, every day, to implementing changes in the school menu program - not just at my daughter's school, but at every school in the county - even the state, if I could make it that far. I also know that I could recruit many other parents - most of the children in our school pack their lunches every day - their parents know how bad the menu is.
There are so many ways in which we can impact our children on a day-to-day basis, but few could possibly carry the lasting effect that proper nutritional choices can. I know this in every fibre of my being, and if I can pass along even a hint of this to the rest of our county's schools, I will know that I have accomplished something monumental - something beyond the little lives with which I come into contact every day. I know I will impact my daughter - I would love the opportunity to impact the lives of all the young people in our area. Thank you for your time and for the enormous efforts you are making in our country's schools. I thank you, and I have no doubt that the children whose lives you touch will someday thank you, too! Keep it up!
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A few of you thought Diplo looked great in his Blackberry torch commercial, but this series of Alexander Wang ads pushes Diplo from spokesmodel to model model, especially since he's situated next to a blond in a lot of eyeliner (removing her top). Well, at least Diplo trades his Blackberry smirk for a model-like Very Serious stare. He's posing next to fashion it girl Ashley Smith, who's known for her trademark gap teeth (a big modeling trend). Here are more shots from the campaign:
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There's footage of Diplo dancing with Ashley Smith on the Alexander Wang website.
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Wedding: 5/26/2012
The staff there were friendly and helpful. They made everything easy. The facility was beautiful with a great view. Super convienent and AV system. Did not have to haul things around. Everything was as promised. Also, they refunded our damage deposit super quick, no waiting!
Wedding: 8/14/2014
We couldn't of picked a better venue! This venue with its amazing views of the Puget Sound showed our guests why we love living in the Pacific Northwest. The staff was also very accommodating and took care of any questions we had. The venue has everything you possibly need to make for a perfect day. Perfect for a small party wedding as well as large groups!
Wedding: 8/28/2011
I just got married at the ESB on August 28th and it was beautiful. The scenery is gorgeous and is the perfect romantic setting for any dream wedding day. All of my guests commented on how beautiful it was and said, "how did you find this place?" It was wonderful to have all of my friends and family enjoy the beautiful puget sound and breath taking sunset on my special day. I feel as though I picked the perfect place for my wedding and would recomend the ESB to anyone i know. Unforgetable experience! :)
Wedding: 8/19/2011
The environmental service building in University Place has amazing views and we were lucky enough to have a beauitful sunset the night of our August wedding. The price is just right and staff are more than willing to help with any additional details.
Wedding: 9/19/2010
The venue was beautiful and so special to my husband and I. The day of things went about as well as can be expected with only a few hang ups - otherwise they were so accomodating and helpful! Loved this venue!
Wedding: 9/17/2010
We rented the ESB for our wedding mainly because it was the least expensive option we could find in the area that still had a decent overall appearance. We were able to fit 140 guest comfortably, with a large dance floor, and cake table into the great hall. The grounds are beautiful, so it's perfect for an outdoor wedding. We had our chairs facing the water, the grass was perfectly cared for, and the water feature was fun for the kids. The employees are very helpful and their preferred vendor list came in very handy.
Wedding: 5/23/2009
I had my May 23rd, Memorial Day wedding at the Pierce County ESB. It was a wonderful, no nonsense type of venue. They had a variety of supplies provided with your rental and were very helpful in answering questions.
The price was great as was the view! The view was spectacular and we somehow got a perfect day. What a beautiful background we had for all of our wedding photos. I would recommend this spot to anyone!
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Located at Pierce County's Chambers Creek Properties, the Environmental Services Building is a unique and beautiful setting for your wedding and reception. The outdoor courtyard features a covered patio and a lawn with spectacular views of Puget Sound and the Olympic mountains.
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Obviously the good people over at Influenster love me because I qualified for another VoxBox. This one is the Surf's Up box and you know how I love to vacay. It is perfect for me.
This box is filled with beachy and vacationy (not a word) items. And it covers so many of your sun and fun needs. I am going to explain to you how you would use each of these items on the different levels of your beach trip. You can thank me later. You're welcome.
1. Jamba Juice Smoothie Kits $2.99- 3.49: So your sitting on the beach. Your chilling on your beach towel. You just got finished frolicking in the sand. And you know what? You are parched! Your craving a sweet, yet filling treat. You reach over into your beach cooler, because no one goes to the beach without a cooler and grab your premade Jamba Juice smoothie. Good thinking! I've had these before, they are delicious and easy to make.
2. Not Your Mother's Beach Babe Shampoo & Conditioner $3/travel size $6/full size : You get home after your wonderfu beach day. You smell like salt and sand. Your hair is actually filled with salt and sand. You hop your stinky, sweaty, salty self into the shower and wash your hair with Not Your Mother's Beach Babe Shampoo. And then you follow that with some Not Your Mother's Beach Babe Conditioner. These two are infused with coconut oil (love) and sea kelp extract (interesting) to help cleanse and hydrate your hair.
3.Hawaiian Tropic Silk Hydration After Sun 2oz/$2.99 8oz/$8.99: Hopefully your beach day is filled with that magnificent beast; The Sun. But now your skin is dry. This handy dandy lotion from Hawaiian Tropic is made just for this. It is supposed to be applied after a day of sun to help refresh and moisturize your skin. It smells amazing!
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5. SinfulColors Professional Nail Polish $1.99: Just paint your toe nails before putting on your flip-flops. This isn't rocket science people. This color is a beautiful purple called Sage Rose. Purple is my favorite nail polish color and Sinful Colors is awesome.
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I just got back from Defensive Firearms 101. We have a new judge who is doing the permit approvals. If you take this 13 hour course, and you write a reasonable letter, there's a good chance you'll be approved.
I'll be crafting my letter this weekend and delivering it Monday morning.
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When it comes to perfumes, I rarely post on them, because fragrance is SUCH a personal choice. It's nearly impossible to pick a fragrance that will have massive appeal. But every now and again I come across a fragrance that is such a winner…such an anthem for FAB…which brings me to Tom Ford's Jasmin Rouge. […]Read More
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I must say, Piperlime has truly been stepping up their website and offerings. First with a completely redesigned feel, focusing more on bloggers and social media. Then with launching their own collection…which is pretty FAB! Lots of prints, silks, metals…all with a very luxurious feel and at lower price points than one might expect. I […]Read More
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If there is one steady truth about Fall, it's that you can't go into the season without owning at least one pair of AMAZING "kick butt" boots! When it comes to boots, there are some major characteristics you should always strive for. Comfort, quality/longevity, and style. Unfortunately, many get scammed out of getting all three […]Read More
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Two truly FAB designers which should most definitely be in any Cat5-ers closet would undoubtedly be Kate Spade and J.Crew. Both make classically stylish pieces that elevate even the most impressive of wardrobes. This week's look features contrasts of color, fun prints, and super fun accessories! Beginning with Kate Spade's Octavia coat, pricey yes, but […]Read More
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Friday kicked off another SUPER AMAZING style segment, focused on investing in pieces that will stand the test of time! Check out the full segment here, and be sure to tune into CBS6 every other Friday at 9am for a new style segment coming your way. Clothing & Shoes Featured: Kate Spade Dot Embroidered Silk […]Read More


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|Thu, 08-21-2014 - 5:31pm
DD2 is getting married, so I will be a Grandma. Two young men, 9 and 4.
Sometime next year, most likely in the summer since she is a teacher.
I am so not Mother of the Bride material. Am not looking forward to the planning etc.
|Thu, 08-21-2014 - 6:20pm
Congratulations!!! Why don't you look forward to the planning? Yes, it can be stressfull, but it is also amazing fun. And you're gonna cry, too, but that's OK. Rae told me yesterday, her choice of music for the Daddy/daughter dance was Billy Joel's "Lullabye-Goodnight My Angel", and I was sobbing. But it was a "cry for happy". You'll be fine.
|Thu, 08-21-2014 - 7:22pm
My mom was 300 miles away and left all the planning to me, so you don't HAVE to do any. (I wanted it that way; didn't want her stressing about not being close or knowing any local places, etc.) She just had to get herself an outfit and show up! She did come down when i chose a gown (and they paid for that; we paid for the wedding; we were 29 and 30) Congrats to her, to you, to your growing family!
|Thu, 08-21-2014 - 7:39pm
I didn't do a whole lot of the planning-some of it, but I figured that as adults, they knew their own minds & the wedding was their wedding. We paid for a very small part of it-again, they are adults & we'd helped with their university education-enough already!
I cried-of course! At Susan's wedding-Adam asked me if I was worried about her because I was crying. No, I was happy for her & sometimes ladies cried when they are happy. (he nodded-but looked like he thought I was crazy). The next year-at Karen's wedding, he looked at me & asked if I was happy enough yet-yeah, I was-so he gave me a kleenex. At our son's wedding-I started well before the wedding-when they measured Adam for a tuxedo-the tears started & he just said to the tailor "It's okay-ladies do that if they're happy" & he shook his head!
I think we all do things differently in our families-my kids were old enough that I was allowed to give ideas which may or may not have been used. And my "Mother of the Bride" dress shopping was an adventure taken on by DD#2-for all 3 weddings. (a lot of eye rolling going on there-but she has good taste & strong ideas about her mother should look.)
Relax & go with the flow-enjoy it & tuck tissues in your purse!
|Thu, 08-21-2014 - 7:49pm
Weddings are so not my thing. I was never one of those girls who spent their childhood dreaming about their wedding. I love bad teing married but the wedding was just something I had to go through to be married. My wedding was planned in about two hours. I got back from Japan on Sat and we got married the next Sat. The hardest part was finding a minister that would marry us with out going through months of counselling, Everyone we talked to said no, finally my MIL got on the phone with one and talk him into it. The wedding cake and flowers were from the local Albertsons and the reception was at the Bonanza restaurant. There were about 15 guests, my ILs were the only family members able to attend. My wedding dress cost 22000 yen (about $60).
Many think that the size of the wedding was because of the situation but that is only partly true, the location was because of the situation but even if I would have been married in my home town it still would have been small probably, not more than 20 or so guests.
|Thu, 08-21-2014 - 9:03pm
Congratulations! I hear ya' about the wedding planning. My dd and I have such different taste that I don't even know how I would help her except by signing checks LOL. (not that there's any wedding on the horizon anyway)
Will you and dh be paying all or part of the expense? Does your dd want you to help? With 2 sisters, the girls might help her enough and she'll just ask you about budget questions? Maybe when the planning starts you will get more into it.
|Thu, 08-21-2014 - 9:17pm
Congratulations! I, too, am a mother-of-the bride this year...in October. DD28 has been with her fiancee for 5 years, so it's been like they're married already. They live in NYC and I live in the midwest, so HIS mother has gotten to play a much bigger part in the planning than I since they live only an hour away from them, plus they hired a wedding planner. (DD30 told me her sister's future in-laws were paying for most of the wedding.) Anyway, I did fly to NYC for the bridal shower that my DD's future MIL gave her. I did cry a couple times already...once at the bridal store when my DD had her fitting which happened to be the morning before the shower and then again AT the shower. There was a 5 year old little girl there and when I looked at her, I felt like Steve Martin in the movie "Father of the Bride". I saw my DD28 again...that little girl with long brown hair and thought...where did my little girl go? Yup...I've turned into an old sap, but it was a great bonding tme for me and DD28 who have had our ups and downs since her father and I divorced 7 years ago. I have 4 DDs and this is my first to get married and her fiance is like the son I never had, so am over the moon happy for them.
|Thu, 08-21-2014 - 9:27pm
Do not know all of the financials yet. We had always told our DDs that we would help pay for their college but had no plans on paying for weddings. That was mainly because we did not know how our finances would be and we will not go into debt to pay for a wedding so we did not want them having expectations of us paying and then being disapointed if we didn't.
As it is our financials are pretty good at the moment so we could pay for the entire thing but we have to be careful of setting a precedence, whatever we spend on hers her sister should expect the same if they marry and we do not know what the future holds.
From the conversation we had with her boyfriend the other day it sounds like he is expecting that they will pay for it all and setting a budget that they can afford. But we will probably kick in some.
|Thu, 08-21-2014 - 10:35pm
I don't know why people get stressed over wedding planning. It really doesn't have to be a big deal. We had about 150 people at ours and we did it ourselves. My parents were already dead and his parents just had to show up the day before.


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Apple posts App Store info: syncing and App Store troubleshooting
Apple has posted to KB articles that might be of some interest to the iPhone crazed out there: Syncing Applications from the App Store and Troubleshooting applications purchased from the App Store (which basically says you should delete the troublesome app and re-install it).
The syncing article details how you get apps that you download from iTunes onto your iPhone (it functions in much the same way as syncing podcasts or music, you tell iTunes which apps, some or all, and there you go!). It also tells us what happens when you purchase an app directly on an iPhone and then sync to iTunes. The above message will pop up and ask if you want to transfer the apps to iTunes. If you do it will put them in the new Applications section of iTunes. Interestingly, if you sync your iPhone with an instance of iTunes that is not authorized with the same account as the one you used to buy an app, and you transfer said app to this unauthorized iTunes library the app transfers to iTunes but is deleted from the iPhone.
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Pronunciation: /dɪbʊˈʃʊə /
Definition of debouchure in English:
The mouth of a river or valley.
Example sentences
- This view is taken from the American side, and presents the debouchure of the waters of Niagara into Lake Ontario, from a point of great advantage.
- Mr. Balfour saw that they had left the river, and were pushing up the debouchure of a sluggish little affluent.
- Washing the walls of the town of Cumana - situated on its margin on the west side of its debouchure - is a long narrow arm of the sea.
mid 19th century: alteration of embouchure, on the pattern of debouch.
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Ask Karen Jones Meadows how old she is, and she cheerfully admits to being somewhere between 6 and 93. (You know how actresses are.) She plays activist-suffragette Harriet Tubman across that span in "Harriet's Return," a drama that marks Jones Meadows' own return to Mecklenburg County after almost 20 years.
If you believe in destiny, the full-length play has been brewing since she did vignettes of famous characters – Tubman included – at the old Afro-American Cultural Center on Myers Street in the 1980s.
"I thought I was done with Harriet when I left Charlotte and moved back north," she says. "Then I got a job writing music CDs for children, and I was asked to condense Harriet's life to a 7-minute opera. Another day, I was standing on the East Side, waiting for a light to change, and a white businessman with a briefcase asked, 'What do you know about Harriet Tubman?' Then playwright Ron Milner called, said he was starting a theater and wanted a script for children." About Harriet Tubman, in fact.
Jones Meadows has always been sensitive to omens. She thought, "If I'm going to write a play about Harriet Tubman and do research and more research, I'm going to write an adult version." And, with guidance from director Jake Walker, play all 30 roles.
Her Tubman is "a reluctant warrior. She didn't plan to go back to the South 19 times and bring 300 slaves out (on the Underground Railroad). She didn't plan to be a soldier and spy during the Civil War. She wanted to have a happy life and wear nice dresses, but she had the potential and guts and intuition to do more."
Her website places Jones Meadows' talents under the umbrella phrase "healing artist." That encompasses actress, playwright, teacher – she was Davidson College's McGee Professor of Writing in 1995 – arts in education specialist, workshop facilitator and intuitive medium.
"The workshops are now the focus of what I do," she says, referring to sessions with titles such as "Drama as a Healing Art" and "Towers of Power for Youth." "Part of it was that I didn't like the meanness of working in traditional theater, people belittling each other. There's a play called 'Crumbs From the Table of Joy,' and that's what theater began to feel like.
"I've always been spiritually oriented. I've learned a lot about the metaphysical world and the benefits of including intuition in our lives. And I have become very good at giving intuitive readings."
People who knew "this former city girl" in her native New York or Charlotte might be surprised to hear that she has relocated to a New Mexico village north of Albuquerque. She's at home now in a land where wild horses amble nearby, little lizards invade her home and September brings "giant tarantulas that look like fuzzy hands walking across the street."
Through all her physical and spiritual moves, Tubman has remained with her.
"I love that this play changes lives, that a Holocaust survivor told me she was touched. Though it's not the exact same story as hers, it IS the same story (at bottom). And there's a distinct difference when I perform for a racially mixed audience and a predominantly black audience; it hits black people in a whole different way."
Did Tubman's story change her personally?
"She taught me more bravery, decisiveness and perseverance. (I have) a firmer grip on the pleasures and opportunities of living. I trust self-directed power (and have) a deeper understanding that life energy does not die: She is everywhere still."
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O.o Ask morde is back.
Ask the Monkey
Hwat the **** is this?
Ask Morde
Not sure if you were here for it though Mboy, but you might not understand the joke
Ah, now I get it :P
Yup >.>
Though the new Morde can still have his position. I'll most likely just use this account to drop in OOCly from time to time as a joke
Repeating my question.
Hwat the **** is this?
Nothing that's what it is. I just wanted to make a little joke is all
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Gio Gonzalez ducked his head, putting his chin to his chest and his eyes to the pitcher's mound dirt. No matter how often he had envisioned his debut start for the Nationals, it surely had never unfolded in his mind like this: the game not half over, the scoreboard chocked with crooked numbers, his manager trudging to the middle of the diamond to end his day.
In his first start with the Nationals, a 7-4 comeback win over the Cubs, Gonzalez could not get out of the fourth inning. He flashed the pitching arsenal that convinced the Nationals to ship four prospects to the Oakland Athletics to acquire him, striking out five and twirling boomerang curveballs. But he also allowed four runs on seven hits and three walks in 32 / 3 innings, laboring to throw 74 pitches.
In his one at-bat, his first with a National League team, Gonzalez smoked a line drive to center that forced Marlon Byrd to a make a running, over-the-shoulder stab.
"I think Gio had his hitting shoes on, not his pitching shoes today," Johnson said. "But he's going to be fine."
Gonzalez had no qualms about his day, and in fact had the opposite reaction.
"It was exactly what I wanted," said Gonzalez, who credited the Nationals' bullpen for the win. "I was in the strike zone. I felt like I was in the strike zone. I felt like I was getting contact, making the guys swing the bat. I was working the way I wanted to work. If I could go back, I wouldn't change a thing that I did today. I felt like I was attacking the strike zone. They just got some good hits that landed where they needed them to land."
If Gonzalez was in the strike zone so much, how did he walk three batters and throw more than one-third of his pitches for balls? Johnson thought home plate umpire Kerwin Danley had a tight strike zone.
"They had good eyes today," Gonzalez said. "Can't explain that. Good-hitting team and good eyes. I felt like I was there. I was attacking the zone."
After Stephen Strasburg gave an 82-pitch, seven-inning lesson in efficiency on opening day, Gonzalez threw eight fewer pitches and recorded 10 fewer outs. The only concern about Gonzalez throughout his career has been his walk total, 4.1 per nine innings each of the past two seasons. He also threw 16.9 pitches per inning.
Saturday, Gonzalez was not worried about that – or anything else, really.
"Again, that's not a big thing for me right now," Gonzalez said. "I felt great. The whole thing was staying healthy, staying strong. And definitely what I said was attacking the strike zone. Like I said, I wouldn't change a thing today. Just got to move forward. Tip your hat. Today was a good win. And that was the positive thing about today."


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SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (CNN) -- A 41-year-old elephant named Patience charged and killed a Springfield, Missouri, zookeeper who had come to feed her Friday.
John Phillip Bradford, 62, died in the elephant enclosure at Dickerson Park Zoo, according to Springfield Police Department spokeswoman Lisa Cox. He was the manager of elephants, and had worked at the zoo for 30 years, according to a zoo statement.
Bradford was in the enclosure with two other workers when Patience charged him. The other two workers were unharmed, Cox said.
What set off the incident is unclear. The zoo referred questions to the city.
"This is very sad day for the Zoo family, as well as our community as a whole," zoo director Mike Crocker said in a written statement.
The elephant has been at the zoo since 1990. The zoo hasn't had any previous problems with its elephants, Cox said. The zoo's elephant matriarch, Connie, died last week, according to the zoo website.
The zoo opened as normal Friday, but the elephant exhibit was closed.
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Joachim's blog: Graphing relationships between entity types
Another thing that was developed as a result of my big Commerce project (see my previous blog post for the run-down of the various modules this contributed back to Drupal) was a bit of code for generating a graph that represents the relationships between entity types.
For a site with a lot of entityreference fields it's a good idea to draw diagrams before you get started, to figure out how everything ties together. But it's also nice to have a diagram that's based on what you've built, so you can compare it, and refer back to it (not to mention that it's a lot easier to read than my handwriting).
The code for this never got released; I tried various graph engines that work with Graph API, but none of them produced quite what I was hoping for. It just sat in my local copy of Field Tools for the last couple of years (I didn't even make a git branch for it, that shows how rough it was!). Then yesterday I came across the Sigma.js graph library, and that inspired me to dig out the code and finish it off.
To give the complete picture, I've added support for the relationships that are formed between entity types by their schema fields: things like the uid property on a node. These are easily picked out of hook_schema()'s foreign keys array.
In the end, I found Sigma.js wasn't the right fit: it looks very pretty, but it expects you to dictate the position of the nodes in the canvass, which for a generated graph doesn't really work. There is a plugin for it that allows the graph to be force-directed, but that was starting to be too fiddly. Instead though, I found Springy, that while maybe not quite as versatile, automatically lays out the graph nodes out of the box. It didn't take too long to write a library module for using Springy with Graph API.
Here's the result:
Because this uses Graph API, it'll work with any graph engine, not just Springy. So I'll be interested to see what people who are more familiar with graphing can make it do. To get something that looks like the above for your site, it's simple: install the 7.x-1.x-dev release of Field Tools, install Graph API, install the Springy module, and follow the instructions in the README of that last module for installing the Springy Javascript library.
The next stage of development for this tool is figuring out a nice way of showing entity bundles. After all, entityreference fields are on specific bundles, and may point to only certain bundles. However, they sometimes point to all bundles of an entity type. And meanwhile, schema properties are always on all bundles and point to all bundles. How do we represent that without the graph turning into a total mess? I'm pondering adding a form that lets you pick which entity types should be shown as separate bundles, but it's starting to get complicated. If you have any thoughts on this, or other ways to improve this feature, please share them with me in the Field Tools issue queue!
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Doug Vann: Drupal is a community AND there happens to be a piece of software by the same name
This is part one in a series of blog posts about the Drupal Community. There is NO SHORTAGE of posts on this topic, but I wanted to take the time to tell my story of how I got here and what the Drupal community means to me.
If you have ever attended one of my private or public trainings then chances are good that you have heard me utter the phrase that titles this blog post. You can also hear me saying this on a recent Podcast I did with the good folks at LightSky.com: http://www.lightsky.com/podcasts/drupal-community
Here is that quote again in longer form:"Drupal is a community and there happens to be a piece of software by the exact same name, and that can be confusing for some."
If you read that statement slow enough, or maybe a few times, I believe you will agree that this is a VERY loaded statement, a provocative one even. How does it make you feel when you read it? Do you instantly agree? Do you instantly disagree? Do you wonder if it is hyperbole or sensationalism at some level? I think all these reactions, and more, are well within the realm of expected, and acceptable, responses.
You see, my early exposure to "Drupal" started with a rather humongous dose of the Drupal Community. Therefore, it stands to reason that I know it well, love it dearly, and engage and describe it as often as I do. But it wasn't just my early exposures that set me on a path of life long Drupal Community advocacy. It was the opportunities for continued exposures that were afforded to me by the very members of the community. It fed me, equipped me, and empowered me which, in turn, motivated me to energetically continue on in my role as an active Drupal Community member.
How it started:
For the LONGER version of this story, go listen to my 2009 DrupalEasy Podcast Interview.
Suffice to say that I discovered Drupal in December of 2007 and after becoming convinced that Drupal ROCKED I discovered that there was a training in Portland Oregon. This outfit with a real funny name was doing a 5 day training on module development for Drupal 5. What was that funny named company? Well, it was Lullabot, of course! :-) There I met MANY of the people who I count as good friends, partners, and colleagues to this day.
Let me keep this simple with a visual timeline of just how much Drupal Community interaction I had right out of the gate:
- 2007
- December | Discover Drupal
- 2008
- Jan, Portland | 5 days of Drupal5 Module Development Training with Lullabot & 2 dozen other [soon to be] friends.
- Jan, Indianapolis | I start the local Indy Drupal Users Group. Why? Because in Portland, Addi Berry told me to!
- Feb, Los Angeles | 5 days of Drupal5 Theme Development Training with Lullabot & some of my new friends from Portland PLUS some brand new friends.
- Mar, Boston | 4 days at DrupalCon with 850 Drupalers, so many of which I already knew from the 2 Lullabot classes
- May, Minneapolis | 5 days of Drupal6 Module/Theming training AGAIN with Lullabot & many familiar faces & new ones.
- June, Toronto | 5 days of Drupal6 Intensive Training AGAIN with Lullabot & many familiar faces & new ones.
- July, Chicago | 2 days helping to man the Drupal booth at HostingCon. Kieran Lal had put out a request for people to take shifts. I showed up and never left the booth. I was an animal doing everything I could to educate ppl on how awesome I thought Drupal was. I COULD NOT [would not?] shut up. I impressed the local Chicago Users Group members and they asked me if I would come speak at their first ever DrupalCamp Chicago. I AGREED! [Still didn't understand what a DrupalCamp was!?!?!]
- Oct, Chicago | DrupalCamp Chicago is my 1st ever DrupalCamp! I wound up delivering over 8 sessions and leading a couple BoFs as I discovered my new title, King Of The N00bs!
- Nov, Indianapolis | I become aware of an event called IndyBANG [Indy Business & Arts Networking Get-together] I pay for booth space, print up a huge banner, and enjoyed some local entertainment, beverages, and got to tell my own city about this awesome thing called Drupal!
- 2009
- May, Chicago | My First PAID Gig! I am invited to deliver a workshop at the 1st annual CMS Expo in Evanston IL. Local community leader Matthew Lechleider and I wow a good sized crowd for a 1/2 day Drupal intro workshop. I end up meeting many ppl who will play important, longterm roles in my professional life.
You get the idea! right? :-)
So if you do the math, My first 90 days in Drupal included 80hrs of lullabot workshops, and the first "solo" DrupalCon in North America. That's pretty intense! It only stands to reason that my perspective on Drupal is one that is Community driven. When I think of Drupal, I think of the Drupal community.
Other upcoming topics include:
- Why it's important to distinguish the Drupal Communuity as its own entity and appreciate its value and power.
- How companies have leveraged the Drupal Community and how they've achieved measurable ROI from doing so.
- How the Drupal Community is a "Value Added" consideration in the sales process and why the Drupal Community matters when businesses consider which CMS to use for their organization.
- The evolution of DrupalCamps across the years. Many things have changed!
- Other topics? Leave a comment on this post if you have an idea for a future blog post! :-)
Client Menu (Responsive Navigation)
Client Menu can display any Drupal menu to selected user-roles of your choice. That allows you to build a user-friendly menu for your clients and managers. It has clean and minimalist design and it's optimized for all devices and resolutions.
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Field collection Tokens
This module allows administrators to define custom tokens for any field_collection fields on their nodes.
The 'token' display mode is used for rendering subsituted field_collection fields. Rendering falls back to 'default' display mode if 'token' mode is not used.
Best used together with token_filter so users can use tokens in textareas to target field_collection values.
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Species and Societies
Rating: 5
This work is all about creating new races of intelligent (more or less) creatures for your game. The cover is virtually obscured by 'Compatible with' logos ranging from fantasy to science fiction systems, but never fear if your chosen ruleset isn't there, it is generic enough to be used whatever game system you prefer although those are the ones explicitly supported.
There are two ways to use the book. Either grab a handful of dice and start rolling, see what you come up with, or use the sections as guidelines to drive your thoughts, ensuring that you consider all the aspects that will be useful in creating a species that you'll be able to bring to life in your chosen setting. Or, of course, a combination of both: maybe starting by rolling dice then change the things that don't suit the concept you're forming, or only roll when you don't have a clear idea about a particular aspect. However, bear in mind that it can be fun working out how an oddball species survives and thrives - the randomly-designed ones can be the most interesting! (Bipedal naked mammals, who'd have thunk THEM up?)
The first table covers general species biology while the second one deals with humanoid species biology. The idea here is that the first table can generate anything from animals to sentient races, whilst the second is aimed at creating the sort of 'aliens' that you find in science fiction films, the ones that when all is said and done are human beings with makeup and prosthetic effects on.
Then if you are after a strange-looking race (or rolled for something 'deviant' on whichever of the first two tables you used) there are some weird things you can mix and match into the race you are building. This is followed by a set of notes about different sorts of organisms, which may help you expand on the brief description that you have derived so far for your new species. They are quite broad, and contain several inaccuracies - mostly deliberate ones which are covered in the notes, like lumping dinosaurs in with reptiles. A couple of minor quibbles include the statement that a sense of smell is not much use if you're aquatic - try telling a shark that!
The notes also cover habitat and structure (of the body, that is). Then the discussion moves on to the core of the matter: creating new PC races for your game. This is handled by offering 'kits' for several game systems (13th Age, Dungeon World, Fate Core, Legend, Pathfinder and Traveller) which you use to derive the system-specific information that you need for the race you have just invented. As demonstration, each kit is used on the same basic race, a Turtle-Man from Chelonian Press's Turtle Lords RPG (1983). These kits come with explanatory notes showing you how to make the conversion from the core information generated here into the game system of your choice.
And then there's another set of tables, these ones are to enable you to devise the sort of society in which your new species likes to live. Everything from government types to their values and attitudes, as well as strengths and weaknesses, nature, assets... as well as further tables on the civilisation's past and current situation. Not only does this give you a good overview of what a society is like, it also feeds into the 'Societal Conflict System' that is presented next. This isn't so much about actual warfare as about determining the underlying geopolitical situation. Look at the news. In some part of the world, people are actually fighting each other, in others the diplomatic situation is a bit tense and in some places there is more or less a state of peace... but there are always tensions, allies and nations which do not get along and the like. This is about generating this kind of background situation which may or may not actually impact on your plot, but is part and parcel of the setting in which your game is being played.
Naturally character actions may have an influence: they are the stars of the show! This may be direct - perhaps they are soldiers, spies or diplomats - or incidental... who knows, maybe they created an international (interstellar?) incident without even intending to... and the intention is that the GM should use this system in between game sessions to model what is going on in the rest of the world while the party is off doing its thing. It's a neat concept which should add interesting depth to your game.
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Internal Linking :
Meaning: Linking your valuable pages within your website.
Examples: Navigation (main & secondary menus) could serve as the best example of internal linking. Having a sitemap is another example.
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hypocoristicSyllabification: hy·po·co·ris·tic
Pronunciation: /ˌhīpəkəˈristik /
Definition of hypocoristic in English:
Denoting, or of the nature of, a pet name or diminutive form of a name.
Example sentences
- The hypocoristic types differ both in their affective/emotive connotations and in who uses them.
- Consider the hypocoristic data in representing a common pattern in Arabic.
- When one needs to call a young child, the hypocoristic form of the mother's name is used, e.g. ishaVeneth 'Little Beneth'.
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A hypocoristic name or form.
Example sentences
- This list tends to exclude these more obvious hypocoristics and focus on other kinds.
- We will return to this problem after considering the general structural constraints on hypocoristics.
- These formations are of a different type than the hypocoristics discussed in Benua under Output-Output constraints.
mid 19th century: from Greek hupokorisma, from hupokorizesthai 'play the child', from hupo 'under' + korē 'child'.
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- Example sentences
- 'Bill' was not used as a hypocorism during the Middle Ages and so the surname 'Bill' is not involved.
- The suffix o/a attaches to Pilipin - before the hypocorism to o/ay.
- A hypocoristic (or hypocorism) is a lesser form of the given name used in more intimate situations, as a term of endearment, a pet name.
Pronunciation: /hīˈpäkəˌrizəm, hi-/noun
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