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A little :sleep: and a little crampy :( but overall I am :):-D
Toda I feel :yahoo:only 19 more days till i see Mickey Mouse!
Exhausted. I tried on so many dresses I thought I'd never get out of the dressing room....and I'm two sizes bigger than when I arrived in England. So what happened to losing weight by having to do all this walking?
I'm on shift today and I feel like having a good scrap with a fire.
final exams.
five down, two to go.
Good luck Bety!!!
You're in the home stretch!!! Just keep breathing.
I've got one left, on Friday, and it's my hardest one.
But I think I'll be fine.
productive! I tossed out 2 pair of shoes and have a third pair in the stack to donate. How brave is that!
sassy and I feel like Jenn is having a great time in WDW, and Fiona and Gae are excited about leaving really soon to go to WDW!!!!!
Today I feel really relieved that it is over!
I feel relieved that I finished grading; discouraged that I really need to wait til next week to post them or be "griped" out by over achievers who can't accept the fact their work isn't perfect.


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How to start with Erlang/OTP releases
When you try to google "erlang releases", you will only come across a few pages on the subject. Most of them will be the official documentation. There will also be a couple about releases with rebar and a relatively new tool relx. Most likely you have already read those pages, or, at least, have made one or several approaches to that. But you are still not using OTP releases. And you certainly know why. Although those rare pages on the topic are worth reading, they do not give you a 'got-it' feeling. You lose yourself in the details and think that maybe it is not the right time for Erlang releases in your project, or it's just too complicated and "git pull && make" on all your production nodes will do the thing for you forever. Meanwhile you also often find yourself reinventing the wheel. You implement ad-hoc procedures to update your code on-the-fly, to reload configuration files, scripts to start/stop applications and supervisors, etc. If this sounds familiar, this post is for you.
Erlang releases overview
Erlang/OTP release principles are a set of rules and practices which allows you to organize your code in a self-contained package and also upgrade your application code in run-time.
The process looks simple from a bird's eye view. You generate first release package (a target system) and install the system to your nodes. Then you decide to upgrade your applications and generate another release package with updated code and place it near the first one. Finally, you just switch the system to the new release. You can also switch back to the previous release if needed.
The conventional approach
Erlang OTP comes with the sasl (System Architecture Support Libraries) application which provides, among other things, a set of tools to help you with making Erlang releases. But, in fact, there are a lot of details and corner cases that you may come across.
Here come to the rescue such tools as rebar and relx. Those are great and handful. They hide many low level details behind the scene. But they also leave a series of questions still open. How to organize the release process so it would be a logical continuation of the development process? How to deliver packages to production? How to switch between releases easily? How to bind .appup files to the code itself and not just generate them when packaging a release in the hope that they are correct and complete?
Rebar service template
At Echo, we created a rebar template that builds a clean Erlang service framework which supports Erlang/OTP releases out of the box. It's just a collection of files and scripts in right places that, with extensive help of rebar and some plugins, shapes a basis of a future service.
First, you need to install templates:
$ mkdir -p ~/.rebar/templates
$ git clone https://github.com/EchoTeam/rebar-templates.git ~/.rebar/templates
And rebar:
$ cd ~
$ wget https://github.com/rebar/rebar/wiki/rebar
$ chmod u+x rebar
Now, come up with a service name. This name will become not only a service name, but also an OS user under which the service will be running and an Erlang node sname as well (all configurable later though). Now, when we've done with the naming:
$ mkdir demo
$ cd demo
$ ~/rebar create template=service name=demo description="Demo project"
$ ./run.me.first.sh
Note the last line. This script downloads initial dependencies, creates local git repository, and then deletes itself.
Our demo directory now looks like this:
Makefile project.sh
README.md rebar
bin rebar.config
deps rebar.config.lock
ebin rel
project.mk test
At the moment, we have an empty service that is, however, fully operational. You can build a target system by running make target
or run the project by make run
. You also have a ready-to-push git repository with an initial commit. What is left to do is to include your own applications into the project by adding them to rebar.config and rel/reltool.config. See the rebar template home page for more information on how to do that and some other tricks.
The service template was designed so that you won't need much detail about Erlang releases to start using them. Except one concept which is .appup files.
One of the main ideas of Erlang OTP releases is upgrades and downgrades done in run-time. The central role there play .appup files. Rebar does a good job on generating .appup files but it does this for all applications in a release package at once and put the files into the release right away.
We have our own tool for generating .appup files, genappup. The idea of genappup is that an .appup file is strongly tied to an application and its code. It looks more convenient and logical to store the .appup file in the application repository close to the .app file. In this case, an .appup file becomes a regular part of your code changes. You can commit it and change in the future when needed.
genappup works only in the context of a particular application. It uses git meta information to make a diff of the changes you've made to the application and draws an src/*.appup.src file accordingly. Then .appup.src is copied to ebin/*.appup at compile time with the rebar_genappup_plugin.
For more information on how to use genappup, see genappup homepage.
What is next
Our new service definitely needs to be run on production. We can just set up an environment for the service and put the content from the directory rel/demo
to our servers in a right place. But what is 'a right place'? And, given a new release, should we do the whole upgrading process manually or with some ad-hoc shell scripting? We can do better. What if we pack a release into a software package like RPM, and do the necessary environment settings via pre- and post- package installation hooks? This is exactly what we do at Echo.
Let's install service packager first:
$ cd ~
$ sudo gem install fpm
$ git clone https://github.com/EchoTeam/service-packager.git
$ cd service-packager
$ make rpm
$ sudo yum localinstall echo-service-packager-*.rpm
Next, we go to our demo project root directory and build a target system package:
$ cd ~/demo
$ service-build-target demo
In the project directory, now there is an RPM file, demo-0.1.0-1.x86_64.rpm. It contains everything our system needs, even Erlang VM itself. Now, on a new clean production node, we do this:
$ sudo yum localinstall demo-0.1.0-1.x86_64.rpm
$ sudo service demo start
Check that the service is running:
$ sudo service demo ping
That's all we need for the initial installation of a service.
Let's emulate upgrade procedure. We return back to our project directory:
$ cd ~/demo
$ touch foo && git add foo && git commit -m "foo"
$ git tag 0.2.0
Here we add a file to the repository. We do this for generating a new commit. The tag will give us a clean release/rpm version. Then we generate an upgrade package:
$ service-build-upgrade demo demo-0.1.0-1.x86_64.rpm
Note that we specify a target package against which to generate an upgrade. The upgrade is placed into demo_upg_0.1.0_to_0.2.0-0.2.0-1.x86_64.rpm. Then, on the same production node, we install the upgrade:
$ sudo yum localinstall demo_upg_0.1.0_to_0.2.0-0.2.0-1.x86_64.rpm
This rpm package contains a post-install hook that will switch the system to the new release. If you decide to rollback to the previous release, you just remove an upgrade package:
$ sudo yum remove demo_upg_0.1.0_to_0.2.0
There is also a pre-uninstall hook that reverts the system back to the 0.1.0 version.
Erlang OTP releases are quite difficult to use. You certainly don't need them for simple projects. But when your project grows up, OTP releases can offer you a significant assistance once you have adopted them. We hope that with our tools, a rebar service template, genappup and service-packager, you will be able to make that process more smooth.

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Definition of Laplace Transform
Let be a given function which is defined for . If there exists a function so that
then is called the Laplace Transform of , and will be denoted by . Notice the integrator where is a parameter which may be real or complex.
The symbol which transform into is called the Laplace transform operator.
Laplace transformation is a powerful method of solving linear differential equations. It reduces the problem of solving differential equations into algebraic equations. For more information about the application of Laplace transform in engineering, see this Wikipedia article and this Wolfram article.


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We scoured Pinterest to find the yummiest and most festive treats to make this season. Get ready to do some serious baking!
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Snowman Pancakes
Whip up snowman pancakes to surprise your family on Christmas dayor for a post-slumber party treat over winter break!
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1. Simply pour pancake batter into three consecutive circles of 3 different sizes (small, medium, and large) to form the snowman
2. Once your Frosty flapjack is cooked, decorate with your favorite treats, like cookies, marshmallows, and candy canes.
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In Getting It, Alex Sanchez delivers a poignant story about Carlos Amoroso, a 15-year-old boy who feels that life is passing him by. Unlike his friends, he's still a virgin. Even worse, he hasn't even kissed a girl. And the girl he wants to kiss most, the girl of his dreams doesn't even know he exists.
But when Carlos happens to sees Queer Eye on television, he gets an idea: if he asks Sal, the boy at school everyone says is gay, to give him a makeover, maybe the girl will finally notice him. Just as long as no one sees him talking to Sal and gets the wrong idea. Sal agrees to do it, as long as Carlos pays him and helps him start a GSA at their high school.
Sanchez really captures the awkwardness of adolescence in this light, quick read. Carlos and his friends speak with a shorthand and familiarity that pulls you right into their world and paints them all with a caring and humanity underneath all their hormonal sex talk. The story lets Carlos explore his negative and uncomfortable thoughts on homosexuality, as he slowly becomes friends with Sal.
By Jeff Walsh
It was strange to read Alex Sanchez's debut novel "Rainbow Boys" for the first time, knowing it had recently been banned from a summer reading list for its sexual content. Part of me had that at the back of my mind, wondering when it was going to get all hot and heavy… and then I hit the last page, wondering what I missed. It was a copy from the library, so maybe someone tore all the sex scenes out?
I should know by now that even implied sex between two teenaged boys is still too much for a lot of people to handle, but this is just a great book showing people in the early stages of accepting their sexuality taking their first awkward steps forward.
The three main characters are in their senior year of high school. Jason Carillo is the jock who decided to attend a gay youth group after talking to someone on a teen hotline. At the meeting, he sees two classmates (everyone's big fear when attending a local meeting for the first time), Kyle Meeks and Nelson Glassman. Jason isn't as surprised to see Nelson there, since he is called "Nelly" at school, and is flamboyant. But Kyle? That's a whole different story.
By Jeff Walsh
With the trilogy of books that began with "Rainbow Boys," Alex Sanchez created indelible characters that have helped thousands of gay young adults see fiction that reflected their lives. In his latest book "Getting It," Sanchez has fun with the idea of a straight teenager who wants to get the girl and, after seeing Queer Eye on TV, enlists the help of the gay kid in his high school to help him win her heart.
Sanchez spends most of his time writing in Thailand these days, so we did an interview over Skype recently.
Well, let's start with Thailand. That's interesting to me, because I spent six weeks there and actually wrote my novel longhand down on a beach on Koh Samui.
Oh, cool. When was that?
A little more than ...two years ago? Three? I'm just finishing it up now.
By Pat Nelson Childs
Chapter One
Hunter's Moon
The cock crowed. The sun had just begun to creep above the Emerald Mountains. The autumn days still bore the sweetness of summer, but in the nighttime, cold air now swept over the peaks and high hills, leaving a crispness on the morning breeze. It wafted through the window of a dormitory room, and touched the faces of the two figures sleeping there. One of them yawned and sat up, shivering a bit as the bedcovers slid down and bared his torso. He stretched, flung back the grey woolen blanket and swung himself out of bed. Naked, and immediately chilled, he quickly headed for the basin to wash. The water, too, was ice cold, and he hurried through his ablutions so that he could dress.
This was Ely, a novice of the Brotherhood of the Noble Contemplative. He was a strapping lad of 17, with short brown hair, hazel eyes, and a wide, handsome face flawed only by a nose slightly crooked from a childhood break. Ely pulled on his muslin shorts and donned his robe, the cobalt blue color worn by all novices. Then he turned his attention to the still-sleeping figure in the other bed.
"Hey sleepy head," he said, giving the bed leg a kick. "Hey, Rokey! You're going to be late . . . again."
Although this is launching as part of Brent Hartinger Week, we intend to eventually get a bunch of old and allnew gay books, especially those targeting the young adult market, posted online.
This will give people more than a review or context-less recommendations to find books that interest them.
My guess is that it will lead you to Amazon, your localbookstore, or the library, so you can continue reading....
Enjoy the first chapters from all three books in Brent's Geography Club series below, and we'll try and get more posted as soon as we can.
By Brent Hartinger
I was standing far from daylight, deep in an echoing corridor of stone. The air was dry and dusty, and all around me, lifeless bodies lurched and groaned.
Then my best friend Gunnar motioned to me and my other best friend Min from over by a bulletin board next to a row of lockers. "Russ! Min!" he said. "You have to come see this!"
I was standing in the concrete hallways of Robert L. Goodkind High School, surrounded by sleep-deprived high school students. Hey, it was 8 A.M. - what'd you expect?
By Brent Hartinger
I was surrounded by fires, angry blazes raging all around me. The flames hissed and crackled, their blistering heat searing my exposed skin. I desperately wanted to run, but there was no escape. I was trapped by the heat. Any step I might take, any direction I might turn, the flames would flare up and engulf me.
Then the school bell rang, and the students around me began bustling off to class.
I was standing in the hallway of Robert L. Goodkind High School in the moments before my first period. I was surrounded by flames, yeah, but not the kind you might think. No, the fires that threatened me were the flames of hatred and suspicion that flickered in the eyes of my classmates. Why did I feel like the hallway of my high school was some perilous corridor of fire, and that the looks in the eyes of the other students were the flames of that blazing inferno? There is a very short answer to that question: earlier in the year, some friends and I had started the Goodkind High Gay-Straight-Bisexual Alliance. And now the whole school knew I was gay.
By Brent Hartinger
I was deep behind enemy lines, in the very heart of the opposing camp. My adversaries were all around me. For the time being, my disguise was holding, but still I felt exposed, naked, as if my secret was obvious to anyone who took the time to look. I knew that any wrong action, however slight, could expose my deception and reveal my true identity. The thought made my skin prickle. The enemy would not take kindly to my infiltration of their ranks, especially not here, in their inner sanctum.
Then Kevin Land leaned over the wooden bench behind my locker and said, "Yo, Middlebrook, let me use your shampoo!"
I was in the high school boys' lockerroom at the end of third period P.E. class. I'd just come from the showers, and part of the reason I felt naked was because I was naked. I'd slung my wet towel over the metal door of my locker and was standing there all goosebumpy, eager to get dressed and get the hell out of there. Why exactly did I feel like the boys' lockerroom after third period P.E. was enemy territory -- that the other guys in my P.E. class were rival soldiers in some war-like struggle for domination? Well, there's not really a short answer to that question.
Today I bought a book. I never buy books, let alone read them. Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters is the first book that I have ever bought and read on my own accord. And you know what, it was the best eleven bucks I've spent in a long time. After reading so many comments on Oasis about this book, I just had to give it a try!
Hi guys!
Okay, now that my book is listed on Amazon.com, I need people to review it. If you've already read Orphan's Quest, and have an account with Amazon.com, please, please PLEASE go rate and review it for me. The link to the Amazon listing is here:
We picked my Sister up from the airport today! I missed her so much. It's going to be hard to see her go...
She gets over here and she's immediatley back to her old habbits. X3 It's kind of funny actually.
So, we get her until January 3rd.
Anyways, my aunt keeps borrowing my GBLT books. It's kind of annoying/embarassing. I mean, it's great that she supports me and all, but...
i went to the bookstore the other day and was searching through the books, getting ready to settle on a few that sounded kinda sorta interesting, but not really, when i found a book called The Realm of Possibility. i read the excerpt and found that it had a mix of gay and straight characters, so obviously i HAD to get it. the my dad read the back and noticed that the author David Levithan wrote another book called Boy Meets Boy. he found it on the shelf and handed it to me. i bought them both and was amazed when i started reading Boy Meets Boy (i have a thing about reading books by the same author in the order they were written :-P ).
Great News!
My fantasy novel, Orphan's Quest, is now available as a pdf download! Why is that good news? Well, for one thing, you can read it on your computer without anyone knowing you're reading it. I mean, I want you to spread the word about the book, but let's face it, most of you are not totally, if at all, out yet, and although there's nothing on the book itself that indicates that the heroes in it are gay, better safe than sorry sometimes. Another great thing about it being available as a download is...IT'S CHEAP! The download costs only $6.35, less than half the price of the softcover, so even those of you with limited means can afford it, and those of you who want to make sure that the book doesn't suck before you start collecting them (it does not) can find out for less money.
By Jeff Walsh
If Michelle Tea ever has any regrets in life, it certainly won't be that she didn't live life to its fullest. Tea recently won the Lambda Literary Award for best lesbian fiction for her novel, Valencia, which documents one year in her life in San Francisco's Mission District. Valencia is a roller coaster ride through the urban dyke scene with Tea giving a guided tour of relationships, rubber gloves, sex work, and dead-end jobs. Any of our readers who want to wonder what it would be like to move to San Francisco and jump into the scene, Valencia is a good entry point. It will excite and scare you, as anything good in life should.
By Jeff Walsh
In "The World of Normal Boys," K.M. Soehnlein takes readers on a journey through the late 1970s in suburban New Jersey, a place where the seeds of 13-year-old Robin MacKenzie are beginning to grow in the shadows of New York City, an amazing place so close but yet so far from his life. Soehnlein's debut novel is a richly textured story that can go from heart-warming to heart wrenching in a page, due to his measured, rich storytelling.
Christopher Rice makes a name for himself with amazing first novel
By Jeff Walsh
With A Density of Souls, Christopher Rice has sculpted an ambitious first novel that's deftly crafted with rich characters, an intriguing plot, and beautiful, articulate language. Unfortunately, most of the attention given to Rice in the media is due not to his creation, but to his creator: best-selling author Anne Rice.
By Jeff Walsh, Oasis Editor
With the release of her new book "Billy's Boy" this month, Patricia Nell Warren writes the third novel in the series that began with "The Front Runner" in 1973. "The Front Runner," about a long distance runner who is outed on his way to the Olympics, has sold over 10 million copies to date, and may be turned into a film in the near future.
By Jeff Walsh
Her book is called "The Accidental Activist," and Candace Gingrich is making the most of this accident. Her book tracks her Speaker of the House brother Newt like a lesbian version of the documentary Roger & Me, in which a laid off auto worker tried to meet the head of General Motors. But for Candace, she actually meets her brother. He doesn't say anything of merit, though. Just flip remarks about her busy speaking schedule and an offer for a face to face meeting he wouldn't honor.
By Jeff Walsh
As the late Kurt Cobain used to sing on-stage in Smells Like Teen Spirit: "Our little tribe has always been and always will until the end."
Author Linnea Due, 47, agrees with Cobain, but says considering the strides and volume of books and information written for the gay community, youth have been snubbed in those advances.
A new book examines a gay son's suicide, and his mother's new life.
By Jeff Walsh
Bobby Griffith's four-year struggle with being gay and trying to live a Christian life ended on Aug. 27, 1983.
On that day, the twenty-year-old California man backflipped off a freeway overpass in Portland, OR., timing his leap so his body would be struck and killed by an oncoming tractor-trailer.


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#21 of the 25 Worst Christmas Songs...Ever
'Tis the season for us to be smothered by Holiday Jams. Truth be told this is my favorite time of the year. Still there are some songs that make me cringe around Christmas. So, everyday through Christmas Eve I'll be featuring the 25 Worst Christmas Songs...ever.
21. The Christmas Song - Alvin & the Chipmunks
OK, as a kid I loved this song…loved it. Now, if it's played once at Christmas that'll pretty much cover it. And talk about a song that could use auto tune, even Dave calls out Alvin for being flat. Anyhow, The Christmas Song was produced in 1958, and it totally sounds like it. Fun Fact: The year it came out the songs won 3 Grammy's (No foolin')
Oh, and what's with the Hula hoop? Really, a Hula hoop? Alvin loses serious street cred with that one right? But after I did a little research (Thanks Wikipedia) back in '58, over 100 million Hula hoops were sold world wide that year. They were all the rage. Still, didn't they have Hot Wheels back then, or toy fire trucks? Fire trucks rule!
The 25 Worst Christmas Songs….Ever.
25. Christmas Tree – Lady Gaga
24. Blue Christmas – Porky Pig (aka Mark McCollum)
23. 8 Days of Christmas – Destiny's Child
22. Last Christmas – Wham!
21. The Christmas Song – Alvin & The Chipmunks
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Author of ten books and over one hundred shorter pieces of fiction, Dave Smeds works across many genres and types of writing. His endeavors, called "stylistically innovative, symbolically daring examples of craftsmanship at the highest level" by the New York Times Book Review, have seen print in over a dozen languages and many countries.
A Nebula Award finalist, his contributions can be found in multiple issues of such magazines as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Asimov's Science Fiction, and Realms of Fantasy, and in anthologies such as Full Spectrum 4, Best New Horror 7, David Copperfield's Tales of the Impossible, In the Field of Fire, Warriors of Blood and Dream, Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers, Peter S. Beagle's Immortal Unicorn, Deals with the Devil, Enchanted Forests, The Shimmering Door, Dragons of Light, Far Frontiers, Vol. XI, Future Earths: Under African Skies, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Worlds, Nanodreams, and the Sword and Sorceress series. Dave's books include novels The Sorcery Within, The Schemes of Dragons, Piper in the Night, X-Men: Law of the Jungle, and the young-reader biography Martial Arts Masters: Chuck Norris. Recently he has been creating screenplays for Lee/Shultz Productions, with the first project due to be filmed by Warner Bros.
Dave lives in the Napa/Sonoma wine country of northern California with his wife, Connie, and children Lerina and Elliott. In addition to writing, he has worked as a typesetter, karate instructor, and commercial artist.
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Okay, here are my submissions for this challenge:
I did one very, very quick and isn't all that great:
Supplies used -
Card: A.C.Moore
Cardstock: Unkown
Rubon: Making Memories
Ribbon: Offrey
Embellishment: EK Success
The is my Stitchified version which I like much better:
Supplies used -
Cardstock: Bazzill
Stickers: Sandylion
Ribbon: Making Memories
Rubon: Scrap-ease
Those are adorable!
What are you talking about? I LOVE the I love you card?!?
I haven't done this challenge, nor have I even thought about the IASW layout page!
Cute cards Janet...I see the second one has my name on it! :grin:
Too bad it isn't your birthday!
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I just so happened to receive this beautiful card in the mail yesterday for our 8th wedding anniversary! It was so very thoughtful and much appreciated. :yes:
That was so sweet. Hope it was a happy one! Now, I have a problem mailing mine because I work so hard on them that I hate sending them out. I have to learn they are like children. You create them and then you let them go. Okay, maybe with children you tell them to get the heck out but it's almost the same!Quote:
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I just looked at these April and you have done a wonderful job! Such talent...
Well, the deadline has come for the 1st Card Sketch Challenge.
But that doesn't mean you still can not complete this challenge. The deadline is only a guideline. The day the challenge ends is the day the next one begins.
To all new members and challenge participants: please feel free to complete this challenge at your leisure and post your cards. We would love to see them!
Yay! A new challenge! I can't wait. I haven't had this much fun since June! (Yeah, that WAS my last trip to WDW!)
Better late then never. I made this card for my step-fater, who loves FL, hence the palm tree and chair.
Patterned papers: Scrapbook Wizard, scrap pack #3
Dark blue paper: DCWV textured cardstock
Letters: (M)? 7/16" Funky key Lime
Plam tree and chair: Sandy lion 3d stickers
There is no late. The challenges are open all the time, only reason for an end date is that when the next one goes up and it helps keep the calendar clean.
That is an awesome card! You work is really inspiring. You may be what I need to get my mojo back!
Hope so. I have to look at your cards to know what to do!


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BIM SHERMAN By Tom Orr Published March 3, 2006 Across The Red SeaON-U Sound
Although he remained somewhat obscure even within the reggae genre, Bim Sherman's recent death was a great loss to it. After relocating to England from Jamaica in the late '70s, Sherman made Across The Red Sea for Adrian Sherwood's innovative On-U Sound label. Now re-released to claim the roots classic status that eluded it to some degree the first time around, it still sounds great 20 years after first emerging. The frail nuances of Sherman's voice sound like something of a cross between Horace Andy and Pablo Moses, and that voice, combined with On-U's (and Sherman's own) atmospheric but solid production style, excels on songs regarding matters of the heart, spirit and social conscience. Factor in musical backing from key players of both the Jamaican and U.K. reggae scenes (including Sly and Robbie, Bobby Ellis, Chinna Smith, George Oban and Bonjo I), and the result is a superb, last-forever sampling of a reggae great.


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25 Now standing close to the cross of Jesus were His mother and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. | 25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. |
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Hi Linda Interestingly, according to Wikipedia, The species violets are endangered ... "Saintpaulias, commonly known as African violets, are a genus of 6�20 species of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Tanzania and adjacent southeastern Kenya in eastern tropical Africa. Typically the African violet is a common household indoor plant but can also be an outdoor plant. Several of the species and subspecies are endangered, and many more are threatened, due to their native cloud forest habitats being cleared for agriculture." This year, Optimara is offering at least one species Joanne |
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- Posted by whitelacey 6 (My Page) on Thu, Oct 24, 13 at 1:26
Joanne, Species are easier to find these days than they used to be due to increased interest, I would assume. I have a S. ionantha which is the species from which most of our modern hybrids come. This species is also the first AV I ever grew. Violets are being re-classified and renamed lately by those in charge of such things. Most of the named species are now thought to be sub-species of S. ionantha. The lumpers and splitters continue to make nomenclature difficult for us! Linda |
Violet Gallery has a great selection of species. Most of them are extremely tough and easy. I like Saintpaulia tongwensis - pattern on the leaves is absolutely cool - and S.orbicularis purpurea - very floriferous with multitude of small intense royal purple blue blossoms. i. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Violet Gallery
I really enjoy growing the species. I have several with brevipilosa and rupicola being favorites. |
- Posted by whitelacey 6 (My Page) on Thu, Oct 24, 13 at 13:44
Here is some information that I thought might be interesting. The former species status of many has been reclassified into sub-species of S. ionantha. I believe this results from DNA testing on these plants which shows them to be sub-species rather than species in their own right. (Please tell me that I am not the only one who finds this stuff fascinating!!!) Old name vs. current name Saintpaulia amaniensis = S. ionantha ssp. grotei The genus is most closely related to Streptocarpus, with recent phylogenetic studies suggesting it has evolved directly from subgenus Streptocarpella. Linda |
And we think Dave is confusing? Try taxonomists - every 20 years everything is reshuffled, new genera created, old ones collapsed - species renamed - and 20 years later - the process is repeated, retired genera revived, species are re-renamed. Now we have a new DNA information that causes the workover. But I suspect that is i a change of generations. Old esteemed professors retire - and new blood comes with a new vision. So far - even Streptocarpella is supposed to be the closest one to AVs - nobody produced an intergeneric cross between these two. And it means tat they are not that close. I. |
- Posted by whitelacey 6 (My Page) on Thu, Oct 24, 13 at 23:44
I think lumping and splitting is how the botanists keep their jobs. Linda |
budding lawyers? dave |
- Posted by fortyseven none (My Page) on Fri, Oct 25, 13 at 0:36
Fascinating discussion! Thanks for all the in-depth research, I am so grateful for the information. Joanne |
- Posted by whitelacey 6 (My Page) on Fri, Oct 25, 13 at 2:58
Dave, Your lawyers are budding? Linda |
I have a double bloomer ... seems he likes to double charge ... I keep saying there aren't enough hours in a day dave (getting ready to turn the clocks back ... zzz) another chance for him to double bill |
- Posted by whitelacey 6 (My Page) on Fri, Oct 25, 13 at 12:49
Soon you'll have a double 1:00 A.M. |
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If you have a few minutes to spare, please complete a Pirates entry for Tom Tango's Fans Scouting Report. This is a very helpful tool, but it only works with a large sample of entries. I believe the Pirates are generally one of the least represented teams and, while they are in the middle of the pack so far this year, every additional opinion helps. Please take a few minutes and contribute some of your Pirates expertise.
Defensive positioning
Earlier in the season, I took a stab at breaking down the Pirates' unusual outfield alignments. About a week after writing that article, I set out to gather some additional data. I went to PNC Park, snapped some photos, forgot about them and moved on to something else. It is time to revisit that information.
Is Walker a Rookie of the Year candidate?
By continuing to hit baseballs very hard, Neil Walker has made a case for some Rookie of the Year consideration. When FanHouse baseball writer Ed Price posted some interesting rookie stats on his Twitter feed this afternoon, I thought it might be a good idea to take a closer look at Walker's chances.
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This brightly colored little trampoline will keep kids entertained for hours, or until they fall asleep exhausted. Perfect for rainy days when all they want to do is be outdoors running around, this trampoline will help get rid of some of that excess energy inside. Kids love jumping on it to music, or while they are watching their favorite television show.
Sometimes it can be a bit hard to come up with some effective active play. The Little Jumpers Trampoline promotes both exercise and active play at the same time. If it is time to get your little one up and moving, then having a trampoline inside, such as this one, is a great idea. Not only that, but when they feel like having a jump themselves, they can very independently climb on and off as and when they want to.
The Alex Little Jumpers Trampoline is fully padded around the outside to catch any falls that may occur. The handle is also padded, making it easy for little hands to grip and hold onto. The colors are lovely and bright and will quickly attract most toddler's attention almost immediately.
Assembly of the trampoline is extremely easy. The legs are spring loaded so all that is required is to open the legs and attach the bungee cords. Then place padding on and your child is off and jumping.
This is not a huge trampoline. It is set low so that children can get on and off it easily. At 34.5 inches wide by 34.5 inches deep, it won't overcrowd your room either. It can hold up to 80 pounds, so it will suit quite a few growing children of different shapes and sizes.
Kids being kids, have come up with lots of other uses for the Little Jumpers Trampoline. It is really nice to just lay about on if they are not feeling energetic and maybe do some reading or quiet play. It has also become a useful part of fort construction as it can provide two levels, one underneath and one above.
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Antioxidants in Natural Skin Care
By: Szilvia Hickman
Posted: October 31, 2012, from the November 2012 issue of Skin Inc. magazine.
Antioxidants work to prevent damage to the body before it actually happens. They protect and nurture cells naturally, combating disease and promoting good health. Antioxidants come in many forms, including minerals, enzymes and vitamins. Vitamins and minerals with antioxidant properties are called nutrient antioxidants. The family of naturally formed components protects cells from free radicals, which are highly charged oxygen molecules with unpaired electrons that attempt to obtain electrons from other molecules.
Free radicals are formed naturally in the body, but their production is increased by factors such as smoking, sun damage, stress and toxins like air pollution and asbestos. The resulting damage diminishes the skin's structural support and decreases its elasticity, resilience and suppleness, leads to inflammation, and is the source of liver spots and poor skin condition. In addition to being the main culprit of wrinkles, free radicals, in essence, accelerate the aging process. Studies have shown antioxidants stop this cellular chain reaction of oxidation by neutralizing free radicals.1
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Antioxidants can improve cell function; increase collagen production; improve elasticity; create healthier, younger skin cells; and reduce sun damage ... but the improvement takes time. Like a healthy diet, the more potent the antioxidants used, the healthier the results. Black currants, cherries, cantaloupe, grapes, blueberries, blackberries, cranberries, peppers and spinach are among a growing variety of foods found to contain surprisingly high levels of disease-fighting antioxidant compounds, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry in 2004. This study is one of the largest, most comprehensive analyses to date of the antioxidant content of commonly consumed foods.
As an ultimate superfruit, the grape's abundance of polyphenols with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties not only keeps blood vessels resilient, but also boosts the skin and body's resistance against disease. Researchers have found, in particular, that the skin and seeds of grapes contain large concentrations of compounds that have a positive effect on health, such as bioflavonoids, including quercetin, which has an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effect, and oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPCs), incredibly effective chemicals in neutralizing free radicals.2 OPCs are a special family of polyphenols (bioflavonoids) capable of renewing the most important building blocks—such as collagen and elastin fibers—of every part of the human body, including the skin. In the connective tissue, OPCs bind to collagen to maintain and even restore the cross-links, hence the flexibility of these essential proteins.2 Grape seeds are one of the richest known sources of OPCs. Red grapes also contain a natural plant antibody, resveratrol, which has the effects of an antioxidant.
Vitamin E is a high-potency antioxidant that helps improve circulation and repair tissue, and is one of the most efficient chain-breaking antioxidants available. It helps prevent cell damage by inhibiting the formation of free radicals. Vitamin E helps retard aging and may help prevent age spots. Alpha-tocopherol—a form of vitamin E—helps protect enzymes, such as glutathione peroxidase 4, which is known to act against cancerous cell activity.3 Alpha-tocopherol is the most common antioxidant source from food. Some of the natural sources of vitamin E are nut oils, corn oil, tomatoes, spinach and peppers.
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Palestinian Americans with past or current residency status in the West Bank or Gaza may be subject to the same travel regulations governing entry to and exit from Israel that affect all resident Palestinians. First, such individuals are required to hold a Palestinian passport to enter or depart Gaza or the West Bank via Israel, although this requirement is generally waived for visits of less than 30 days. Those who arrive at Ben Gurion airport without a Palestinian passport are generally granted permission to travel to the West Bank or Gaza to obtain one. Second, they must also obtain a transit permit before re-entering Israel including any planned departure via Ben Gurion airport. A transit permit is not required for departure via the Gaza International Airport or via the Rafah or Allenby border crossings, but a Palestinian passport is required. During periods of heightened security restrictions, Palestinian Americans with past or current residency status in the West Bank or Gaza may not be allowed to enter or exit Gaza or the West Bank, even if using their American passports.
Palestinians who last departed Israel before the May 1994 Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area or the September 1995 Interim Agreement on the West Bank and Gaza Strip should re-enter Israel through the same port of entry from which they last left (and where their travel documents were then deposited).
Specific questions may be addressed to the nearest Israeli embassy or consulate.
ISRAEL-JORDAN CROSSINGS: International crossing points now operate between Israel and Jordan at the Arava crossing (Wadi al-'Arabah) in the south (near Eilat) and at the Jordan River crossing (Sheikh Hussein Bridge) in the north (near Beit Shean). Prior visas are not necessary for American citizens using these two crossing points to enter either Israel or Jordan, but such travelers will have to pay a fee. Visas should be obtained in advance for those wanting to cross the Allenby Bridge which links Jordan and the occupied West Bank. (Note: Palestinian Americans with past or current residency status in the West Bank or Gaza may only cross into Jordan by land using the Allenby Bridge.) Procedures for all crossings into Jordan are subject to frequent changes.
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Matthew McConaughy is set to star in The Dallas Buyer's Club, a biopic about AIDS victim Ron Woodroof. The movie will be Directed by Jean-Marc Vallee, Strike Entertainment (Children Of Men) have been rumoured to be on board in producing the movie. The Biopic follows the story of Ron Woodroof, an electrician who was diagnosed [...]


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Results tagged ' Billy Williams '
1/9 Sosa receives 12.5 percent in HOF vote
Sammy Sosa was in his Miami office on Wednesday, working on his new business ventures. For him, it was a normal work day on a day that was anything but normal for baseball's Hall of Fame. For the first time since 1996, the Baseball Writers Association of America did not elect anyone into the Hall of Fame. Sosa, the former Cubs slugger who belted 609 home runs in his career, received 71 votes (12.5 percent). A candidate must receive 75 percent of the vote from eligible BBWAA members to gain election to the Hall of Fame. Craig Biggio was the highest vote-getter in the results announced Wednesday, receiving 388 votes (68.2 percent). Former Cubs closer Lee Smith received 272 votes (47.8 percent).
"There was just too much controversy, in my mind, and it hurt guys like Biggio," Hall of Famer Billy Williams said of the balloting. "[Biggio] had the numbers — you talk about 3,000 hits."
The controversy revolved around players suspected of using performance enhancing drugs. According to a New York Times story in June 2009, Sosa allegedly was among 104 Major League players who tested positive for PEDs in 2003. Sosa never was found guilty by an official MLB entity.
"I'm like everybody else — you don't know enough about it," said Williams, 74, who was inducted into the Hall in 1987. "We, as outsiders, don't know. We can only look at the numbers they put up. I was just telling [my wife] Shirley, and remembering that they talked about the people who were on steroids [in the New York Times report], that there were 103 people. We don't know who was on that list. We don't know who the 103 were. There's not enough information to say 'yay' or 'nay.'"
Williams said he would not want any player who did take steroids to be elected to Cooperstown.
"If he took steroids to make himself a better ballplayer, he altered himself as a ballplayer by taking drugs like that," Williams said. "If he did this, and I was thinking to myself, if a guy did this on a Major League level, and hit home runs, not only did he hurt the Major Leagues but he hurt baseball. There's hitting and running and stealing bases that make you a baseball player and that makes the game good.
"Eventually, some of these guys will go in [the Hall] when it dies down a little bit," Williams said. "I think there was too much controversy with this election. Look at Lee Smith. Here's a guy who was the all-time saves leader for a long time and he's getting 50, 55 [percent of the] votes every year. He led the league in saves for a long time."
Williams will be at the ceremony in Cooperstown on July 28. He doesn't expect the heated and lengthy debate over the Hall of Fame ballot next year because of the players who will be eligible.
"[Tom] Glavine and [Greg] Maddux will overshadow the steroid talk," Williams said. "You've got some great players coming up next year — Frank Thomas, too. We'll see."
– Carrie Muskat
1/14 Extra bases: Santo, DeJesus, Campy & more
Ron Santo's wife, Vicki, his son, Ron Santo Jr., and former teammates Randy Hundley, Glenn Beckert, and Billy Williams talked about the late third baseman, who was elected into the Hall of Fame in December. The session at the Grand Ballroom of the Chicago Hilton was standing room only. All agreed they were sad that the news came after Santo had passed.
"Ronnie would've been happier than anybody who's ever been elected to the Hall of Fame," said WGN Radio's Pat Hughes, who was Santo's partner for 15 years, and the emcee.
Vicki Santo will deliver the speech in honor of her husband in the induction ceremonies at Cooperstown on July 22.
* Extra bases: David DeJesus is the leading candidate to leadoff for the Cubs but Dale Sveum said he's considering using Tony Campana in certain matchups. … During a Q&A session in which kids were the reporters, Campana was the star. Nearly every question was directed to the speedy outfielder, which prompted Reed Johnson to ask the kids if they did that because the 5-foot-8 Campana was the same size as they were. … Campana, by the way, would have liked to be an astronaut if he wasn't playing baseball. … New pitching coach Chris Bosio said he expects the pitchers to be prepared, dictate the tempo of the game, and throw strikes. "We're going to turn Wrigley Field into a homefield advantage, hopefully like they've never seen before," he said. … The Cubs have not asked for more night games but would like more flexibility with the schedule so they could have a late game on Friday after a road trip, Tom Ricketts said. No plans for a video scoreboard.
– Carrie Muskat
11/8 Cubs convention passes on sale Wednesday
Fans can hear what new Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer have to say at the 27th Cubs Convention, Jan. 13-15, at the Hilton Chicago. Weekend passes go on sale Wednesday at 10 a.m. CT. Fans can purchase up to six passes per person while they are in supply. Each weekend pass is $60 plus convenience fees, with proceeds benefitting Chicago Cubs Charities. Passes will be available for purchase by visiting Cubs.com or by calling 1-800-THE-CUBS.
Besides seminars with Epstein and Hoyer, fans will see Hall of Famers Ernie Banks, Billy Williams and Fergie Jenkins at the event.
The 2012 Cubs Convention will feature enhanced layouts and new exhibits, such as an interactive baseball area hosted by the Illinois Baseball Academy, a new electronic gaming zone and the LEGOLAND® Discovery Zone. A weekend pass will include access to those features, as well as autograph/photo opportunities, question and answer sessions, and a variety of memorabilia and vendor booths.
– Carrie Muskat
8/10 Santo's passion
Everyone has their special memory of Ron Santo. Mike Quade got a chance to interact with the late third baseman and broadcaster daily, and that relationship developed when he got the manager's job last August.
"What a character," Quade said of Santo, who will be honored Wednesday with a statue outside Wrigley Field. "Growing up as a kid and all of us who have watched him and the way he went about his business and the blue collar type of approach he had, all of that is near and dear to my heart as well as everybody else's. The fact you can come to this ballpark and take a look at he and Billy [Williams] and Ernie [Banks] and some of the great players here on a daily basis with a statue out there is something special."
The Cubs tweaked their batting practice schedule so the players could attend the ceremony on the corner of Addison and Sheffield. Santo's passion for the Cubs and the game inspired catcher Koyie Hill to create the "PASS10N" t-shirts.
"It was nuts — his passion," Quade said. "I don't think I've met anybody who had passion like Ronnie did and it was sincere as the day is long. To ride on a plane with him after a loss — you could've won 10 in a row and you lose a game and he's devastated and it was real. I think for all the things you remember about him — and back in the day when you could be with a club for years and years and years, he and Ernie and Billy meant as much to the city as anybody baseball wise, at least in my lifetime.
"We miss him. This is going to be a real good day."
– Carrie Muskat
8/10 Williams & Santo together again
Billy Williams has shared a spot in the Cubs lineup with Ron Santo, and played with the third baseman in the Minor Leagues and Major Leagues. The Hall of Fame outfielder is more than willing to share his corner at Addison and Sheffield streets outside Wrigley Field.
On Wednesday night, the Cubs will unveil a statue honoring the late Santo, who died in December at the age of 70. The bronze will be placed on the same corner near the right field corner as a statue of Williams.
"I wish he could have been here for this," Williams said of his former teammate. "I'm really thrilled about it. With Ernie and myself having been pillars of this organization, it's only fitting for him to have a statue."
Santo's statue will be the third of a Cubs player, joining Banks, whose bronze is at the Clark and Addison corner, and Williams, whose statue was added last year. There also is a bronze of broadcaster Harry Caray at the corner of Sheffield and Waveland.
"We've been sharing third, fourth place all the time [in the lineup]," said Williams, who played for the Cubs from 1959-74, while Santo played from 1960-73. "We were in Double-A, Triple-A baseball together. Rogers Hornsby put his stamp of approval on us. It's nice [the statues are together]. I like sharing the corner with the guy."
Williams will join Santo's former teammates Banks, Fergie Jenkins, Randy Hundley and Glenn Beckert at the festivities, which will begin at 5:30 p.m. CT.
– Carrie Muskat
8/8 Santo statue dedication on Wednesday
The Cubs will unveil a statue of late third baseman and broadcaster Ron Santo on Wednesday at the corner of Sheffield and Addison streets outside Wrigley Field. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. CT, and guests scheduled to attend include members of the Santo and Ricketts families and several of Santo's teammates, including Ernie Banks, Glenn Beckert, Randy Hundley, Fergie Jenkins, Milt Pappas and Billy Williams. In honor of the event, the Cubs will donate $10 from every ticket sold on Cubs.com using the special promo code "JDRF." The Cubs play host to the Nationals that night at Wrigley Field.
– Carrie Muskat
3/18 Golf tourney raises $25,000
The inaugural Chicago Cubs Charities Celebrity Golf Tournament raised $25,000 for charitable organizations in Mesa on Friday. Proceeds will be shared between Chicago Cubs Charities, Sunshine Acres Children's Home, Banner Cardon Children's Medical Center and the Mesa HoHoKam Foundation. More than 70 golfers participated, including Hall of Famers Ernie Banks, Fergie Jenkins and Billy Williams, GM Jim Hendry, assistant GM Randy Bush, radio broadcaster Keith Moreland, Major Leaguers Bill Buckner, Mariano Duncan, Jeff Fassero, and John "Blue Moon" Odom, and Phoenix Suns Tim Kempton and Eddie Johnson.
– Carrie Muskat
3/17 Get well, Luis Salazar
Blake DeWitt was watching the Braves' Spring Training game on TV Wednesday, hoping for news about his former Minor League manager and hitting coach Luis Salazar. Salazar, who played for the Cubs from 1989-92, lost his left eye in a freak accident when he was hit in the face by a foul ball during a Grapefruit League game.
"He was a very good friend," DeWitt said Thursday. "He was a great guy, fun to be around, loved the game. He was a joy to be around every day. It's an unfortunate deal. I saw that he lost his eye. You're also thankful he's still alive. He's definitely in my thoughts and my prayers are with him and his family."
Are there things Salazar taught DeWitt that he still uses?
"He just loved the game," DeWitt said. "He was full of energy, fun to be around, knowledgeable, willing to help anybody. It was a freak accident."
Cubs Hall of Famer Billy Williams said he began this spring standing on the top step to watch the games. After the Salazar incident, Williams said he moved back behind the screens.
"You can't guard against everything," Williams said.
There aren't many options to protect players and coaches in the dugouts unless they put screens over the entire thing.
"It's just one of those things — you're so close," DeWitt said. "Sometimes you don't have a chance. Every once in a while, it happens [that someone is hit] and it's surprising it doesn't happen more."
– Carrie Muskat
2/25 Cubs notebook – UPDATED
Here's the Cubs lineup for Sunday's Cactus League opener:
RF Fukudome
SS Castro
CF Byrd
3B Ramirez
1B Pena
LF Soriano
C Soto
2B DeWitt
P Zambrano
Manager Mike Quade says Fukudome appears to be favorite to leadoff, even though last year he hit .193 in 181 at-bats in the No. 1 spot in the lineup. He has a career .233 average as the leadoff man. What Quade is looking at is that Fukudome has a career .335 average in the first month of the season. What was Fukudome's take on leading off?
"I don't hate it," he said, smiling.
Quade didn't lose any sleep over the winter thinking about lineups.
"I might commit suicide if I find myself in the middle of a bunch of trout or redfish someday and all of a sudden I'm thinking who's my third hole hitter — there's plenty of time for that," Quade said.
* Angel Guzman will face hitters on Wednesday with a live BP session. It will be the first time since the 2009 season. He will throw his fourth side session on Sunday. Guzman is coming back from right shoulder surgery.
* The Cubs moved to HoHoKam Park after Friday's workout. They will practice there Saturday — no intrasquad game — and then kick off games on Sunday.
* Friday was Billy and Shirley Williams' 51st wedding anniversary, and their granddaughter Nicollete Simpson's 21st birthday. She starred at Glenbard South, and now is an outfielder on the University of Illinois softball team.
* Friday also would've been Ron Santo's 71st birthday. RIP.
– Carrie Muskat
2/17 Cubs, HoHoKam golf event
The Cubs and Mesa HoHoKams will host the inaugural Chicago Cubs Charities Amateur Golf Tournament March 18 at Longbow Golf Club in Mesa. Proceeds from the event will benefit Chicago Cubs Charities, which supports the HoHoKam Foundation, Sunshine Acres Children's Home and the Banner Cardon Children's Medical Center in Mesa.
Hall of Famers Ernie Banks and Billy Williams are among those scheduled to participate. Information and registration is now open at Cubs.com/golf.
Players will be grouped into foursomes and assigned a celebrity guest for the tournament. The event includes breakfast, 18 holes of golf, a luncheon at HoHoKam Stadium and tickets to the Cubs' Cactus League game against the Reds. Check-in at the golf course begins at 6:30 a.m. MT, and the shotgun start takes place at 7:30 a.m. MT.
– Carrie Muskat


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Bioefficacy and Infection Mechanism of Several Entomopathogenic Fungi on Crocidolomia Binotalis Zell
Hashim, Norzita (2000) Bioefficacy and Infection Mechanism of Several Entomopathogenic Fungi on Crocidolomia Binotalis Zell. Masters thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia.
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The role of entomogenous fungi as natural enemies for cruciferous insect pests has recently been explored and several siolates of hypomycetous fungi have been dientfiied. The ability of three entomopathogenic siolates of Beauveria bassiana (Bals). Vuill, Paecilomyces fumosoroseus (Wize) Brown and Smith and Metarhizium anisopliae var. majus (Metsch). Sorokin to cause infection against second instar larvae of Crocidolomia binotalis Zeller was tested. Dosa ge-response assays were conducted in an ambient environment of 28 ± 2° dark peroids. treatment. Results indicated that all isolates of the entomopathogenic fungi were able to cause mortality on the second instar larvae of C. binotalis. Exposure to sprays of a conidial suspensoin of varying dosages from 20 ml to 2 x 10 7 larval mortality from 10 0. to 100.00/0 conidia ml-1, larval mortality was recorded in excess of 80 %.
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June 3 (Bloomberg) -- Bridges Ventures Ltd., a U.K. private equity fund, is preparing to sell fitness centre chain The Gym Group for more than 100 million pounds ($154 million), the Independent on Sunday reported, without saying where it got the information.
Corporate adviser McQueen Ltd is in the very early stages of reviewing the business and looking for a buyer for the chain of 23 gyms, with a deal not expected until 2013, according to the newspaper.
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My kitchen is a total tear out and we are just beginning. It will be heavily arts/crafts influenced with qs oak cabs in a natural stain, h/w floors, even considering a beadboard ceiling, although might paint that. i don't really want to do can lights or pendants over the island, as popular as those things are. can i do a big ceiling fan w/ schoolhouse type light (we really need a fan- no a/c in our 1894 house) and 4 or so other schoolhouse ceiling fixtures plus two sconces and undercab lighting? the room is about 20 x 12.
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Any light with an indirect component (reflects off the ceiling) will give better general illumination. As a bonus they will look much more appropriate in an A&C kitchen (where cans look hideously anachronistic, IMO). FWIW, 40-50 years ago, most folks had one central light, often with a 75 watt incandescent bulb in a typical 12x10 kitchen. They seemed to do OK. True, current taste runs to more light, but 5 ceiling fixtures and 2 sconces might be overkill. If I put that many in, I'd make sure they were individually switchable. |
- Posted by April-Lorraine (My Page) on Thu, May 12, 11 at 19:49
I think you would do fine without can lights or pendants. I like your idea of the schoolhouse lights. I personally wouldn't have a fan in my kitchen, because it would be annoying to me to have a fan right above my food while I am prepping. I imagine it would blow my food around. Yes, I would do undercab lights as task lights. I agree that light that reflects off the ceiling or walls would give better general, ambient/ fill light, so the schoolhouse lights and sconces should be fine. Ditto on making them individually switchable (and maybe dimmable) if you can. I think you should definitely not do one single light as it would be a terrible glare bomb, plus you have a good-size kitchen. |
thank you both for your replies. order has been placed with schoolhouse electric! |
We have a ceiling fan in our kitchen and we love it - especially in August! It's a pretty good idea to clean the blades now and then. :) |
- Posted by Renovator8 (My Page) on Mon, May 23, 11 at 20:17
The reason central surface mounted lights fell into disfavor was because although they gave good general illumination to the room, they provided very little task lighting on the work surfaces, in fact, they usually caused shadows to fall on the area where someone was working. At some point in the design process you must decide if history means more to you than a well functioning work space. |
"At some point in the design process you must decide if history means more to you than a well functioning work space." Indeed. My first four houses had that kind of surface mount lighting. And yes, it provides even, low level of lighting which can at times be adequate. But having the cabinet tops equally lit with the floors does not help when cooking or dining. Spots in combination with under counter lighting direct more light where it counts and is a far more useful lighting design. A few of us on this forum believe that millions of home owners blindly follow the dictates found in home design magazines and install spots without thinking through the consequences. Such an attitude is elitist at best and likely leads some home renovators to make the wrong decision. |
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"Orange is like a man convinced of his own powers," wrote the Russian painter Vasily Kandinsky...one of the many illuminating quotes in the book "The Anthropology of Turquoise; Meditations on Landscape, Art and Spirit," by Ellen Meloy (Random House, 2002). I'm loving this book, even though, or perhaps because, Meloy's personal geography is so very different than mine. She lives, hikes, paints and meditates on color in the desert and hills of Southern Utah, where the colors of sky, stone and life are blue, terra-cotta, and green. With a predominance of terra-cotta.
All gardeners deal with color; we struggle with it, celebrate it, work with harmonies, contrasts, light and shadow. How can you garden and not be obsessed with color? Somedays it seems like that's all I think about, and am comforted to know that master colorist Picasso studied color his whole long life and considered it to be the greatest mystery.
I never like books that explain color in terms of rods and cones, or instructive ones that suggest planting purple and chartreuse together, or not mixing yellow and white variegation. Who makes such rules, or thinks so narrowly? Color is one big, glorious experiment..for Meloy it's both study and observation, as well as learning from those who have meditated upon color before her.
Here are a few of the quotes I've written in my journal as I read...and I'm only halfway through the book! "The Anthropology of Turquoise" is a book to savor, to read slowly...
- The complex human eye harvests light
-Yes, you can feel colors - the sense of sight likely evolved from the sense of touch.
-"The power of profound meaning is blue....blue is concentric motion." Kandinsky
-"Colors are the deeds and suffering of light" Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- "Red rings inwardly with a determined intensity. It glows in itself, maturely and does not distribute its vigor aimlessly." Kandsinsky again
And this is my favorite bit so far, filled with knowledge and imagery to ponder:
-Colors don't reside in things; they are the intimate revelations of an energy field. They are light waves with mathematically precise lengths, and they are deep, resonant mysteries with boundless subjectivity.
This embothrium blossom, just opening this morning on Queen Anne hill, is pure color energy in all its "resonant mysteries".
If you look for "The Anthropology of Turquoise", the newer, paperback edition has a different subtitle, "Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone and Sky," and a new cover. I like the new cover better, and prefer the old subtitle, but either way, it's the same thoughtful, inspiring book.