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Equestrian Sunset Ride & Star Gazing
Start Date:
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Deer Creek Hills Preserve
30 people
Be a part of a guided sunset Equestrian ride at beautiful Deer Creek Hills on your equine pal with other like-minded riders on 4400+ acres of rolling foothills.
As the cover of darkness captures the deep rich colors of the day, you'll have a great appreciation of traveling across an exquisite landscape of open space. Your next stop on this outing will be the vast universe above!
As you glimpse budding oaks and green rolling hills they will fade into darkness, the still dark skies are yours to explore. Volunteer Docent David Scharlach will have a high powered gps telescope available for riders to look at distant stars and planets.
David will share his knowledge to the different features of the dark night sky. This evening will be especially ideal for star gazing, since there will be no moon rising in the evening sky!
This ride is through open country over a variety of terrain including; water crossings, climbing/descending hills and rock outcroppings. Most groups are from 12-20 in size and travel at a walk. Horses should be accustomed to riding in groups and in open fields. Spend approximately 2 1/2 hours on this docent led event, exploring 4400+ acres of this working cattle ranch.
Gates open at 4:30pm - ride out at 5:30pm.
Our goal is a safe and enjoyable outing for all. Helmets are optional to riders, but REQUIRED for riders 16 yrs old and younger. Sorry, no exceptions. THIS OUTING IS NOT SUGGESTED FOR BEGINNER RIDERS - Sorry.
Rate your riding ability when registering. Select the from one of the following;
Experience: Rider should have more experience than a Beginner rider.
You the rider: clearly understand Horsemanship practices; tacking up, well balanced seat, properly mount & dismount, unassisted.
Controlling the Horse: Rider can bring a horse to an emergency stop, bend, able to control horse at a walk, trot, backing a horse and keep a proper distance between riders.
Riding Environment: Rider can manage basic trails with more obstacles, creek crossings, small hill climbing and descending.
Experience: Rider should have more experience than a Novice rider.
You the rider: has a confident balanced seat and has ridden horses with different skill levels and training. Rider should also be able to recognize and resolve horse's physical signs of pinned ears, aggressive head shaking/bobbing, tail swishing, teeth bearing, jigging, popping up, uncontrolled backing or spinning, etc.
Controlling the Horse: Rider can control the horse in all movements at a walk ,trot, canter, etc.
Riding Environment: Rider has the ability to handle more trail obstacles, creek crossings, climbing and descending hills at a quicker pace.
Experience: Individual has more experience of an Intermediate rider. Rider has years of technical experience on and around horses as a trainer, horseman competitor, show riding and at event rides.
You the rider: can handle many difficult and unexpected situations, with confidence. Possesses a true independent balanced seat. Can mount and dismount of both sides of their horse, if need be. Has the ability to help other riders, if needed.
Controlling the Horse: Rider can control a horse at all times, in any circumstance. Rider knows how to safely navigate, maneuver or position their horse in group rides, if a situation calls for advance horsemanship.
Riding Environment: Ride has ability to handle all trail obstacles, creek crossings, climbing and descending hills at a quick and confident pace.
Ask about $50 season pass - supporting open space for all of us!
$20. fee and RSVP on-line or contact Gina Silvernale @ 916/612-3719.
P.O. Box 163351
Sacramento, CA 95816


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I just took some pictures of the shrub I'm asking about. This should help. Hope I can add these alright; it's my first attempt! It looks like the link is here, but I wanted to display the pictures. Don't know what I overlooked. Anyway seeing the bush should help. Thanks! |
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Yes, it looks like a privet to me. |
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I don't know much about privets . . . variegated or other. What don't you like about them? Can anyone give me directions on how to download a picture right into my post? Someone had a link once on how to do that and I read it, but had problems figuring it out. The link posted okay, but the picture didn't. Anyone with clearer directions on how to add a picture into the post??? |
Chinese privet is the most invasive plant in the southeastern US. It has invaded forests and natural areas like no other plant, out-competing native plants and reducing diversity wherever it dominates. Many natural areas are now forced to hold "Privet Pull" events, using up volunteer time and effort just to get rid of the stuff. Some folks say that the variegated form does not set seed (which is a primary means of spreading thanks to birds), but it does - I have one in my neighborhood right now with seed on it. Below is a link about how to embed a picture in a post. |
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I was sitting on the plane last week trying to get some writing done and as it always, one thought lead to another until I realized I was contemplating why organizations fear shades of gray. All the incredible emphasis on process is designed to eliminate human judgment and ensure consistency but if we'd ever stop kidding ourselves, the truth is all this emphasis on process isn't actually getting us the result we claim to want. Every time I think about this topic I imagine a closed tube being squished flat. There is a 100% guarantee that the tube will spring a leak and that the contents will ooze out until the tube is flat. It's the same thing with most business processes. Since the process is always under pressure there will always be a leak somewhere. By encouraging people to "follow a highly prescription Process" (and capital P processes are always highly prescriptive) there's nobody who believes he or she has the authority to either relieve the pressure in the first place or at least take the cap off the tube and catch what squirts out.
Don't get me wrong – I believe in process (with a lowercase p). So why do processes work when Processes don't? The answer is actually rather simple. A process (small p) says begin by establishing if the thing that is happening is abnormal in any way. If so go into problem solving mode immediately. Apply judgment, knowledge and experience until it's fixed. If it isn't abnormal – follow the standard practice. Anthropologically this works very well because human beings are hard wired to do very rapid problem identification. If you tell them there are bad things in the proverbial bushes they will keep their eyes peeled. At this point some of you are probably saying "But that's what I'm afraid of… When they take independent action they just make things worse" and my answer would be," possibly true". And here is where we come full circle. If you reserve problem resolution to management (as defined as those individuals who get paid to think about what they do") then all the problems are going to come to your desk anyway, so tell me again what the big P Process actually accomplished?
By the way I should mention that the litmus test on what's a big P process is always the fact that somebody somewhere feels the need to do a compliance audit to ensure adherence to the Process (not success in creating the results of the process but adherence to the Process itself.) I understand that for many people the advantages of compliance auditing for adherence to process boarders on religious faith and I am normally open minded enough to entertain that there are many paths to the same outcome BUT I absolutely draw the line on this one when it comes to PPM processes.
I should say very clearly that this is MY OPINION. It is not a Gartner Position. There are lots of folks inside the company who feel just as strongly in the other direction. My reasons for airing the issue are that I think we as a community need to discuss it. My objection is that we are wasting time, money and people, none of which we can afford to waste now or in the future. On the other hand, there's always an open mind hidden beneath my diatribes and if there's a middle ground I'd love to find it.
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Sub 90 HM group on strava: http://www.strava.com/clubs/sub90HM
5k 19:51 19:29 19:19 19:05 - 10k 40:07 40:03 39:55 - HM 1:28:06 1:27:38 - FM 3:30:07 3:21:19 3:13:19
Sam - if you have the time the straight 14 would be the best bet. Why are you wanting to split it up?
trying to recover and do a longish run at the same time. figured splitting was the way to go.
it's a Christmas miracle, he can run!
Sam - are you talking about the guy pulling a wheelchair or about Santa Klaus costume?
seattle - story of my life is people not getting my jokes. Maybe because I am a bit acid though. My siblings get my jokes though, it must run in the family.
rlk - I never run with music. I guess I can only do one thing at a time (though I run and breathe, so 2 things)
me - To the folks complaining about the freezing cold, does the movie "The day after tomorrow" come to your mind?
In other news I registered today for the 50K race in March 16th. I have been obsessing about this race for quite a while, I even built a blog for it last year, but got injured and could not run it at the time.
I am now recovering from a heel injury and hope to recover and get enough training to complete the race.
Serious question: Would my 42.5KM split in the 50K race be a valid marathon record?
2015 Goals: 2500km (0 Km so far), body weight = 78Kg (down from current 84)
Last but not least...
Seattle - How is it that you do yoga? I ask because the reason I started taking classes from the start, instead of trying to do it myself is fear of injury. I know that if I try to do something moron ( and I will, trust me ), at least the teacher will be able to point out. I personally see yoga just like bodyweight training, you must respect your limits or else injury happens
Vernon Davis went to Maryland (just bring things full circle)
I'm an Amy Hastings backer, that's no secret around these parts. Male side is tougher, I like Ritz, Hartmann, and there's a guy from PSU that could make the jump this year (his twitter says 2:12 is his goal for 2014) named McCandless. He runs for Newton and lives out in Colorado, and graduated from the same 'college' I did--Earth and Mineral Science. Randomly, I lived in the EMS 'Interest House' for when I was an ungrad and we won the intramural XC title one year. I was only third fastest on the team, but top 3 scored so I held my own. I wish I knew what my time was, probably was the last time I ran a fast 5k before 2012...
8 last night in shorts weather. Pace was a bit all over the place.
Sub 4:30 50k, still lazy
Alright everyone – listen up! Running is no different from riding a bicycle; it's just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes.
I just want to wish you all good luck. We're all counting on you.
Looks like we picked the wrong week to stop stiffing glue...
Shiiiiit, maaaaan. That honky muf' be messin' mah old lady... got to be runnin' cold upside down his head, you know?
Hey home', I can dig it. Know ain't gonna lay no mo' big rap up on you, man!
I say hey, sky... subba say I wan' see...
pray to J I did the same-ol', same-ol'!
Hey... knock a self a pro, Slick! That gray matter backlot perform us DOWN, I take TCB-in', man!
Hey, you know what they say: see a broad to get dat booty yak 'em...
...leg 'er down a smack 'em yak 'em!
COL' got to be! Y'know? Shiiiiit.
Gpops-well, good luck building back up and avoiding further injury.
nickshawn-hate it when too little time in the morning keeps me from doing all the run I wanted. Nice running though.
seattle-nice running. I'm impressed the family exercises together, that is a great thing to do together.
Hey to everyone else and good running.
I ran 9 miles @ 8:30 this morning. Got poured on for the middle part of the run but temps were about 55 so wasn't unpleasant. All felt good with the legs.
PRs: 5k 19:23, 10k 39:39, HM 1:36:11
262 - stop calling me Shirley!
Hill sprints - the major benefit appears to be awesome legs. I regard it as the equivalent of weightlifting (squats, I guess) but outdoors.
The Day After Tomorrow was one of the stupider movies I've seen. Though today a friend on Facebook mentioned that she has been reading articles about baby polar bears, and now has Polar Bear Vortex on the brain, which I think is clearly the (vastly superior) successor to Sharknado.
The forecast still claims we'll get some snow but I can't see it from here. My husband wants to go running with me this morning which means I'm going to have to do a very long warmup before my workout, but I am happy to sacrifice perfect training for marital harmony.
10 1:12:59 (2014) 13.1 1:35:55 (2013) 26.2 3:23:31 (2013)
bloggy stuff at http://ilanarama.dreamwidth.org
Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?
Sharktopus (really).
Ilana -- those First paces are crazy. I don't think I can even run that fast. Ever.
SP -- you could have just taken a seat and finished at about the same time.
Hatulz -- planning on setting a record?
Gpop -- stay healthy.
I started experimenting with my new Garmin Swim watch. Let's see. My form is wrong, I'm slow, my turnover is way to slow, and my kicking is chaotic. I read about a good tip (elbow high, forearm vertical), but I don't have the muscle strength to do it. Other than that, I've got this wired.
No, because a marathon is 42.195 km.
Polar Bear Vortex! (cue spooky Theramin music) Weeeeeooooooooo....
262 - Say what?
Sam - So you want to run an MLR and do some quality the next day? So just do it. You might be pleasantly surprised. MLRs are not exactly speedwork.
hatulz - I would put an asterisk against that split, not because it's long, but because ultra courses are often not accurate.
FB - Your watch tells you all that? Sheesh. I think I'll stick with the regular kind, that measures my degree of pacing suck to two places of decimals.
Speaking of pacing suck, it was MP day today: 11 with 6@7:18. Too fast. Much more of that and I'll be chasing a 3:10 at Ballykenny, with bonus crash and burn.
Upcoming: Staying local, Kaiser half, Oakland full, San Francisco full.
Omar - bummer on the whole school thing, what do these students expect? Actual teaching!? I abhorr afternoon/evening runs
Gpops - this was all operator error, some dumb butt...
Ilana - enjoy that trail running while you can!
Puto - yep, I'd hate to be getting all those emails
Dave - you got the sub-20!
rlk - hope everything works out for you
"But the from way I see it, you can either run from it, or... learn from it." - Rafiki
Jim - I forgot to mention I would use the gps watch split. That is a open area, no trees, no nothing, just the huge sky above you 180 degrees, GPS should be alright. By the way I have measured the course on google maps & mapmyrun and it was very close to 50k. Now off course I'd put an asterisk on that PR since it's a split, not a real marathon, just like my 5K PR is a split from a 5.5K race.
Running - yeah, I know about the distance, but I'm referring to the fact that due to not running perfect tangents you always end up running around 42.5km
fornobravo - I am not planning, I am certain I will set a record. But that's because it's my first 50k , well unless I DNS, that is
Sam - why don't you make your quality workout part of the MLR, Hanson plan does it and I think there are some others as well. Example would be yesterdays for me - planned as a 12 with 3 w/u 6 progression and 3 c/d. The distance will get up to 16 mi before the end of the plan
Hat - congrats on the registering and I hope you get there healthy this year
PJ - I like Hastings as well
262 - you cracking me up
Justin - nice that the legs are good, sounds like the rain wasn't that bad of thing
ilana - marital bliss, what is that....
FB - sounds like you have the whole swimming thing down pat
Jim - nice MP run! Sounds like to me that you are getting it locked in for Bosnia
Hey all
10 on the TM this morning, warm enough outside but raining. I'm starting dislike it less....
262 - when you can quote all of caddyshack from memory you will received total consciousness. which is nice.
10k - 41:23 (3/30/14)
26.2 - 3:27:38 (4/21/14)
Favorite runners - Ritz, Chris Derrick, David Torrence, Abbey D'Agostino
Sam - Like Nick, most of my MLRs have quality, but I find that I can do 10-12 miles slow as a "recovery" run.
Actually that should all be past tense, as my current running is still a suckfest. Today's "MLR" was 7.7 @ 9:45, and that wasn't even recovery effort. And now my knee hurts.
I have a few things going on at the moment that are a bit stressful. Nothing terrible, but stressful nonetheless.
So I went to the downtown Toronto YMCA at lunch to reel off 10k on the treadmill. As I was coming out of the (men's) locker room to head to the exercise floor, I noticed a rather large pair of lacy white underwear lying on the floor. And I do mean rather large.
It provided just the laugh I needed. I rattled off the 10k - probably didn't look at the odometer more than 10 times. I'm on a fantastic endorphin high.
Happy Thursday, my runny friends.
RWMD - hey, if it motivates you, yay!
kinase - are you still feeling unrecovered from CIM? That's even slower than my runs. Maybe you need a total break?
nickshawn - we don't have a lot of rain here but there was a stretch in September when every run was in the rain. I think if I had a treadmill I might resort to it in bad weather.
Justin - ^ what I just said. I don't think it's as bad if it starts raining mid-run, but I hated heading out into the rain.
hatulz - I don't like using splits as PRs because they're not the same as races of that distance. I'd just delete your marathon PR as irrelevant. I mean, in 2008 my half 'PR' was the first half of my marathon, but that was because I was injured for my previous half and hadn't run another one yet - when I did, it was well below that split. Ditto my 5K 'PR' used to be the second half of a downhill 10K. But I wouldn't call it my PR.
(I'm still dithering on whether I can really consider that 21:03 my 5K PR because it's a crazy downhill course. I've never come even close to that on any flat-ish 5K.)
Jim - I get pacing suck when you're too slow, but how is it suck when you're too fast?
fb - I have been astounding myself playing with that FIRST calculator. I don't know which seems crazier to me, 800s at 6:14 (mine last fall were 6:51) or a 20-miler at 7:52 (my fastest LR averaged 8:25).
PJ - yay shorts weather!
Sam - Santa in shorts, huh. I hope you beat him.
I did the lactate-clearing workout Dad pointed to, 6 miles as 0.25 @ HMP+5, 0.75 @ HMP+40 (as programmed into my Garmin), after a 3.65 mile warm-up with my husband (I talked him into doing a few strides toward the end so I could go right into the workout when I peeled off). The workout specifies goal pace but I wasn't sure about that so I tried to keep the work interval between 7:20-7:25 and the easier interval between 7:55-8:00. Hard to zero in on pace but it went okay, though I ran a little too fast on the first few work intervals - I didn't run too slowly on anything, amazingly enough (for me!). HR was in my HM zone during all but the first easier interval which I think is probably about what it should have been. Anyway, it was a reasonable tempo substitute and made me more confident about my fitness post-marathon.
ilana - can you check on your monitors when we finally have a rain in SF Bay Area? Please?
Well I was joking just a little, although I sometimes get annoyed with myself when I run a workout too fast.
At this point in the last cycle I was struggling to stay at target pace (7:25), at a slightly higher HR.
Nice LT workout from you, BTW.
Thanks guys for the feedback.
Ilana - that really makes sense, I believe the most logical thing is to replace my marathon PR with a 50K PR
Kin - that suckfest won't last, and take care of that knee!
RWMD - congrasts on the stress relief
ilana - I don't like running in the rain in the mornings, dark, rural roads, less than observant drivers, plus I'm a wimp. As much as I hate the TM I'm very glad to have had it this week. As far as the 5k PR I say as long as you cover the distance it's good. Nice workout this morning!
Jim - that sounds like a good problem to have at this point!
hat - that sounds like a winner
Gpops - it was a cold rain! I would have hated that treadmill neighbor as well!
Ok just coming back up on the tubes of the internet
Ran another 6 on the TM today after lifting weights
Some biking or elliptical tomorrow, and hopefully will have all my security setting figured out on the new internet connection that it does not take me 30 minutes to connect and post.
FB: Good to see you've got that swimming thing all figured out. For a second, I thought you were describing my running form.
Jim: Nice MP work, even if it was a tad on the fast side for your intentions.
Nick: Yep...kids these days. Won't be long before that TM has you wrapped around its little finger.
kin: Bummer on the knee. Hope that clears up quickly.
RWMD: Nice use of the underwear to inspire you for the 10K.
ilana: Well done on Dad's lactate workout. I tend to run the first few intervals too fast as well.
Gpops: Well, you could have passed some gas to see if you could get him to move.
dls: Good to see you getting some miles in.
Hey to everyone.
Track workout for me today. 9.5 total with 5 x 1K at "slower than suggested interval pace" and a handful of 100meter reps.
He was probably trying to do a FIRST workout.
OMR: Pet peeve is when work gets in the way of my personal life and in particular The Running Schedule. Good luck with spring semester.
Ghetto: Hard to describe our class. 45 minutes of chiropractic-inspired Pre-Hab. Basically the exercises you might do if you injured yourself, but more whole body and to avoid the injuries to begin with. If it teaches my sons to move properly for 50 years it will be well worth it.
C-Dave: My 20:30 was in 2010 and I think I'd struggle to break 21 now. But who knows...
RLK: What is barbell class? I used to do Mountain Athlete workouts and they had some great ways to destroy myself with a barbell. E.g. 10 rounds of barbell complex - 6 deadlifts, 6 rows, 6 hang cleans, 6 front squats, 6 push presses, 6 back squats, every 2 minutes. With the right weight, round 6 approaches the gates of hell. I hope your terrible news is temporary and/or recoverable.
SP: pretty cool you can run again. Is that your crew pushing the wheelchair?
Hatulz: A few yoga classes long ago. Mostly the yoga/injuries are self-inflicted. You are smart to take a class. That said, I always felt like I was doing it right and I never injured myself while doing yoga. There was just a correlation between doing yoga and things breaking.
PJ: Glad to see someone else recognizes The Disease's name.
262: Smack 'em yak 'em indeed.
Justin: I got drizzled on at 47 and wished I had gloves on. 55 and rain is like CIM 2012 conditions - bad until you are moving.
Fly: Favorite runner is Sage Canaday. Watching him go, er, fly downhill past me as I was still going up at White River 18 months ago was amazing. Total awesomeness. Also a fan of Ashley Albright because of how positive she was to us mid-packers as she headed towards her first place finish at White River this year. Some of those elites are grim but Sage and Ashley both made me feel special for a moment.
Ilana: I got the same paces when I ran the FIRST calculator. Pace twins? Using McMillan to interpolate from my 15k, and plugging the resulting 10k into FIRST has to be 100% accurate, right? I haven't met someone who thinks the interval paces make any sense.
Jim: Ballykenny? What's that besides a place in Ireland?
Nick: 10 on a TM sounds like way too much time on a TM
12 in the morning with sets of 1 mile repeats at M/HM/10k pace. Finally did all 3 sets. A big workout in a week that was already big. 4 easy this evening. I'm making next week a recovery week, which is convenient since work will impinge on The Running Schedule otherwise.
Max - Sage was a classmate of mine in college, and I remember an awkward dinner together when we were freshmen. At the time I had no idea he was a runner, much less that he qualified for the Olympic trials. I only found that out a couple years ago when I saw his name in Runner's World, but I've been following his career ever since. In fact, I was just watching his sponsorship announcement. Do you use Hokas for ultras?
kinase - so sorry to hear that running still is a bummer. good luck with the knee!
also, awesome that you went to school with sage. he is such a BA runner. i used to nerd out and watch all his biomechanics videos, but then his girlfriend started showing up in them, and i got jealous and stopped watching... jk. sort of.
RWMD - hahaha. that's pretty funny. (though in SF, things like that wouldn't be outof the ordinary, hah. still getting accustomed to that!)
ghettopops - ugh i hate treadmill people like that. like the gym dudes who think they're all that with their iphone armband and nike+ and fitbit or whatever else. get on the 'mill next to me, are finally going faster, soon enough gripping the railings (i HATE that) and 10 minutes later they are nowhere to be seen.
OMR - nice workout! i've started to embrace 1k's lately. they still don't feel as comfortable as an 800, but a nice longer interval.
seattle - it's very much like that. it's an hour and each song (techno remixey things so about 6min each) is a different body area. there's warmup and cooldown, but then breaks into sections of legs, biceps, chest, triceps, core, back, and usually 1 or 2 of those repeats. barbell with different weight per each body part (so i am super lame on the biceps but lots of plates for legs... #runnerproblems). exercises range from full speed to slow. it leaves me exhausted and usually get to the point of muscles shaking.
WOTD sounded not so bad but blehhhh. excited to be off running tomorrow. prescribed: warmup, 3mi progression 7:30->6:35, cooldown.i ran along the embarcadero which was windy, but that doesn't give me an excuse to have gone ~7:40-7:10-6:50 for each of the 3 miles. legs felt really flat. also, i'm def not used to using the garmin to pace... i'd look down at my watch and be in an ok range, but i guess every time i looked up i got slower, because my splits were always slower than what i ever saw on my watch. maybe shouldve done this on the 'mill to force myself into the pace. anyway, onto the next one.
oh, and call me an idiot (since i am certainly call myself that), but today i bought the boston jacket.... nickshawn's discount code/my cheapness trumps my superstition, it seems.
_____________________________________________ 5k - 20:45 13.1 - 1:33:49 26.2 - 3:21:05next: kaiser half, oakland half, hopkinton, SF half, [...], trail 50k?!
KEEP THE AIRPLANE QUOTES COMING! (just downloaded the movie, will have to rewatch it this weekend!)and this happened yesterday, bekele will run paris: http://www.runnersworld.com/ra...athon-debut-in-parisrlk - I suddenly feel the need to join a gym to beat the "gym dudes" you mentioned to ghettopops. ha!seattle - remember when I said I missed my sub40 because of traffic? so yeah, let's call these people traffic. it happens when your race is a loop (~ 3x2 miles).RWMD - man, that was free underwear right there. and you missed it. not you favorite color I suppose? nick/kinase - I will post my full week schedule on sunday. maybe it will clarify what I am trying to do.hatulz - the split is not ideal as we all know. but it is what it is. may I ask how much did you pay for that race? I only did one race in the motherland and it was fu**ing expensive by my standards.
samP - BRL 70, about 29USD, it's really not expensive (Super maratona 50km de Rio Grande). regular races are around brl90 these days, except that trickery track & field run series (brl150).
Running shoes on the other hand I was excited to learn the other day that Brooks was delivering to Brazil. How nice! the US price? 64USD. Price to deliver to Brazil? 450USD. Is it still armed robbery if they don't have a gun pointed at your head?
seattle - oh, that makes sense now. I hope it does not happen to me...
As for favourite runners, it has to be Bekele & Dibaba. They run in perfect form, move like a jaguar approaching a prey, it's a thing of beauty.
I paid 120 BRL (50 USD) to run Sao Silvestre 15k one year ago. 70 is a very good price indeed.
Favorite pros; going with the local connections. I have the privileged of watching Ritz lap people in the State Track Finals when he was in HS (I was back from college Volun-working the meet as a field assistant judge) and Desi seeing as Hanson's is now my LRS.
The weather not only chased me into the work gym yesterday but the other runner in my office as well and even though we were doing completely opposite things it was nice to have someone next to me running hard for at least 15-20 minutes made that part of my 6 at MP (8.5 total) easier. Sometime Arron made a comment to the lifter in the gym talking smack to try to run his pace for 30s and see if you fall off. (Arron was running sub 6 min at that time) I also did 3 recovery last night, well recovery/social run I had to think how to work the plan around my Thursday night social group run.
ETA: Said lifter talking smack once told me he ran the Army 10 mile in 60 minutes; umm there is a big difference between 60 and 1:16:xx.
If you want to never run, never start because once you do you'll never stop.
Jim - post of the year so far.
Sam - how's Baron von Prickles (do I have that right?)
hat - shame we can't do some sort of running shoe underground to get you some Brooks...
re: Sage - wasn't he on LR recently discussing the Hansons? Or did I imagine that.
ilana - do they run the narrow gauge train in winter? I need to get out there again and take a ride, Cortez was the closest I've gotten and that was close to 20 years ago now. Yikes.
It's been a long, lonely week so I got up this morning to run with some company. It was 5:30 (not 4:30, that would be craaaazy...) and just as I stepped out of the car it started sleeting. Good times. 8.3 @ 7:40 or so.
edit: since it's easy, last 10 days i'm at 76 miles. Last 7 i'm at 61. Feels good to be training again.


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Enough time has passed that it's now safe to talk with snow removal pros about last winter. Not that they've completely put the experience behind them, but some of the wounds of battling a winter that seemingly wouldn't end have started to heal. There's been some time for reflection on the lessons learned that might help them, and others, prepare for another especially wicked winter in the future.
"It was a long winter - it started early and it went late. And we really didn't have any breaks; there was no traditional January thaw, or a period where we get a couple of weeks of calm weather," reports Jim Monk, president of MPS Property Services, Markham, Ont., Canada. "It was just event, after event, after event."
More than that, though, it was the cold that presented the biggest problems. "I've been in business for 25 years and I've never been through a winter that was this consistently cold," says Monk. There were isolated instances of getting equipment started on cold mornings, but the bigger issue was that low temperatures made the salt applied a little less effective. "So I think next year we're going to experiment a little more with alternative products," he says.
The company doesn't have a lot of experience with other ice-melt products, but trying them might help achieve better results when temperatures are too cold for salt alone. "That way maybe we'll have a better tool in our tool box for those types of situations," he explains.
Right now he's researching applying liquid products to the granular salt in hopes that will prove effective without requiring the company to change over all of its application equipment, which would be prohibitively expensive.
The salt shortage experienced in much of the country added to the stress of the winter, says Monk. While MPS Property Services never ran out, "it was a little bit scary," he states. "We were able to adjust our application rates and ride it out. We let our customers know so they could be aware that conditions might not always be what they were used to. Our biggest takeaway was that we can't trust the supply system, and we'll need to stockpile more salt in the future."
While combating slick surfaces was a regular challenge throughout the season, the issue was exacerbated by the fact that the Ontario area experienced two separate ice storms during the winter; in the second, snow turned over to rain and freezing rain and then, when the temperatures plummeted again, everything flash-froze.
"There was a real thick layer of ice on the asphalt, and as we tried to scrape that, it really did a lot of damage to our plows," Monk explains. "Also, the snow banks turned to ice, and really stayed that way for the rest of the winter, so every time we made contact with a very hard pile, the equipment took a real beating."
He says an effort was made to re-train operators on-the-fly that the normal procedures - constantly trying to push snow banks back to reclaim as much of a parking lot as possible, for example - weren't going to be effective, and extra care was going to be required. "I don't know if there's much more we can do in that sort of situation," he adds.
It wasn't just the equipment that got worn down by the extreme winter. "Toward the end, guys were getting frustrated. It seemed like, day after day, it was another forecast for more of the same," says Monk. A winter like that means it's even more important than usual to look for ways to keep morale up and keep employees rested. "We try to be sensitive to the fact that they're putting in really long hours, so we didn't take on a lot of additional work (such as tree care jobs); we tried to keep it to just snow this winter," he says.
And he notes that it's important not to forget about the mechanics that are kept busy triaging equipment during a storm. They are still in the garage to get everything ready for the next snow even after everyone else has gone home to rest.
"Invariably after every event, there was a list of equipment that needed welding or parts or whatever," says Monk. "It was really hard on our mechanics."
The winter also proved to be an expensive one.
"We went over-budget on most of our line items: labor, material, fuel, everything," says Monk. But MPS Property Services also did more than a normal amount of snow relocation and haulage, which brought in extra revenues that offset some of the higher costs.
In that particular market, there are very few examples of contracts that pay by the push (most are inclusive for the season), so there's not much negotiation that can be done. After a heavy winter, it's important to remember that, typically, things balance out over time, he notes.
"We do it on a five-year running average, and this will increase the average a little bit, so that will be reflected in the pricing next year," says Monk, adding that this is why it's so important to keep meticulous records, even during a chaotic winter like the last one. "You just can't be in this business unless you're tracking the numbers daily."
Debora Katz, director of business development at Fairway Snow Management, a division of Fairway Lawn Care Corporation, says the prior winter (2012-13), which featured the Nor'easter Nemo, helped prepare the company for what was thrown at the Boston area this winter.
"That storm really forced us to look at everything we do when it comes to snow," she explains. "So, if anything we were probably over-prepared for this year. This was a good thing, because this past winter was even worse than the prior year. Nemo was a long-duration event, and this year we had a number of long-duration events; and what posed an extra challenge this winter were the extremely cold temperatures. But I think we met those challenges pretty well."
The unrelenting cold meant that extra care had to be taken with hand-shoveling crews. "We were very strategic when it came to our shoveling teams this year; we considered the winds, the temperatures and the time of day and strategized when we sent shovelers out based on all of those factors," says Katz. The company expanded its usual investment in blocks of hotel rooms through its service areas, to be sure that those employees - some 150 shovelers - had a nearby place to get warm and rest and receive provisions.
"They know that when they are done with their assigned area, they can get the rest they need, and that they won't be reassigned to another area; that really helps them get through long-duration events," she emphasizes.
Fairway is headquartered in South Easton, Mass., but also has a branch office in Plymouth to handle that area and, also, Cape Cod. Given unpredictable coastal winds, the weather can be completely different in Plymouth than the rest of its service areas, Katz points out, which adds to the challenge. So does the scale of the work done: "We service many community associations including 550 homes in one development in addition to commercial accounts." Those factors combined require a sophisticated approach to scheduling and management.
"We're constantly looking at advances in equipment and new methods for clearing snow, as well as GPS technology and real-time tracking of performance," says Katz. She notes that Fairway Snow Management utilizes the Crew Tracker system to monitor when snow removal teams arrive at a site and how long it takes them to complete each job. This provides an immediate indication if there's a problem or if a crew needs backup. That system, along with other technologies, is very valuable in terms of keeping things running smoothly and also reduces stress for the managers, she says.
Another stress-reducer is the company's policy of having back-up equipment staged in every service area to ensure that the occasional, but inevitable, equipment issue problem doesn't halt progress. "It's a real aid to the morale of our management team to know that if a piece of equipment goes down, they know that we have back-up equipment in our snow response plans so that there will be a piece of equipment easily diverted to that site," explains Katz.
"Our account managers are constantly out in the field and there's constant communication going between them, our founder and President Jim Burns, our 24/7 staffed operation center and our clients. We are very proactive in telling our clients what the plan for clearing is," she says, noting that keeping those lines of communication open can head off a lot of customer questions or complaints when things get hectic. That's something that Fairway always does, but the value of being proactive is highlighted during a busy season like last winter, adds Katz.
One thing that was different this past winter, for Fairway and many others in the snow removal business, was the salt shortage, a crisis made more pronounced because of the severe weather. "Everyone, no matter where they were located, experienced challenges with the shortages," she reports. "It really posed an unexpected challenge for us as a supplier of melting agents." In addition to needing salt for its own snow removal operations, Fairway is also a wholesaler to others. "Our clients who were smart enough to order trailer loads in advance were OK," she adds, and Fairway was fortunate not to run out itself, but there were times when the level of supplies got scary. Katz says that experience will likely lead to several changes for next year. The company will strongly encourage its salt clients to order early and stockpile more, will likely stockpile more salt for its own use, and will likely add a clause to its snow removal contracts that adjusts the price to market rates and also provides flexibility for mixing the treated salt with sand.
Planning will begin almost immediately to be sure everything is ready for next winter, whether it turns out to be the same kind of beast as last winter, or a little more tame. "If anything, I think we over-plan when it comes to snow removal. And I think that's helped us grow our company," says Katz. After all, if you over-plan and get a winter like the last one, you're prepared. If you are simply planning for an average season and get hit with a bad one, your company might fail, she points out.
Phill Sexton, director of education and outreach at SIMA, and also a snow and ice contractor himself (with WIT Companies in upstate New York), says the past winter seemed extreme, but really was more of a return to past meteorological norms. Still, with companies making projections for salt, equipment and staffing based on more recent winters that have been lighter, the sudden transition to a heavy winter created challenges. "People, materials and equipment all require money, but budgets, in a lot of cases, have been decreased," he explains, citing not only lighter winters of late, but increased competition and price pressures brought about several years ago by the economy. "Everyone got comfortable with 'the new normal,'" he explains.
Sexton says that a return to a more event-filled winter, extreme as the transition may have been, has come with a silver lining: namely, the opportunity to rethink the way a company - and the industry as a whole - does business, and to have frank conversations with clients. "The client has two goals: they want to spend as little as possible, but they want you to be ready for Snowmegeddon or any of the big storms that have ever happened," he explains. "What we're not doing is charging them for that level of preparedness." The client needs to understand that the money needs to come in in order to be ready to move that amount of snow if it comes, he emphasizes. "After a season like this, wouldn't we want to be looking at this to say, 'Is the model really correct? Am I charging for this correctly?'" If the answer is "no," then it's time to hit the reset button, he states.
Sexton thinks the winter has focused the attention of contractors on the need to prepare for the worst. "I think you're going to see more pre-season planning, more pre-season ordering, and companies are probably going to take more seriously the idea of 'capacity planning,' ensuring they have the right amount, and probably excess capacity, for breakdowns; and larger staffs so they can create shift schedules when necessary," says Sexton. "But a lot of that comes at a cost, which would need to either be passed on to a client, or would impact their profitability."
Sexton cites a SIMA survey showing that the vast majority of members plan to make investments to expand their salt storage facilities in order to stockpile more material in the future. "One thing that's surprising is that the same survey showed that very few planned to ask their clients to pay for that additional salt up-front," he notes. Sexton wishes contractors industry-wide would charge their clients for costs like these, making the comparison to insurance: You need to pay for insurance up-front, you can't wait until you house burns down to decide you want to buy it.
Sexton says the final lesson from this winter should be that this wasn't a once-a-decade phenomenon. Severe winters like this might happen every three years, and there have been a number of huge isolated snow events in recent years, as well. So after taking a little while to recover, the pressure should be on to start planning for next year.
Patrick White is a freelance writer and editor who has covered every aspect of the green industry for almost 20 years. He is based in Middlesex, Vt., and is always on the lookout for interesting and unusual stories. You can contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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In the service
Army National Guard Pvt. Matthew J. Emge has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. Emge is the son of Laurie and Mike Emge, of Havre and a 2013 graduate of Havre High.
Kelly McCarthy was elected to the county chair position of the Yellowstone County Central Committee, replacing attorney Joe Raffiani. McCarthy, Montana State House representative, is currently running for re-election. Raffiani will continue to serve in an advisory role as past chair. Former School District 2 Trustee Pam Ellis was elected as secretary. Ellis was previously an alternate state committeewoman for the Yellowstone Democrats. That position is now held by Marcy Brown, who was also elected during the same special election. Kevin Dowling was selected as the county party's treasurer. Dowling is also a past chair of the county party. Rebbeca Reidl will continue to serve in the vice chair position.
In the schools
Local residents on the dean's list for fall 2013 at the University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D., include Gregory Aders, Jeffrey Aders, Megan Beam, Brittany Benner, Willa Bowsher, Maria Day, Lauren Dietrich, Tessa Gibbins, Kyle Holetz, Adam Jansen, Cassandra Jensen, Nicole Klugman, Timothy Kuehn, Ashley Leier, Guy Madison, Sidney Niven, Rachel Pankratz, Cristiana Schewe, Kayla Spriggs and Kevin Sullivan, all of Billings; Kaitlyn Wurnig of Huntley, and Eric Delaney, Timothy Simonich and Kelcy Traeger, all of Laurel.
Local students who were recipients of $1,000 Circle of Success scholarships from the nonprofit Student Assistance Foundation include Brianna Eaton, Kale Lemelin, Sally Weinand and Jakota Schatz, all of Billings, and Courtney Bruce, of Laurel. The SAF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Montana corporation that provides students with knowledge and tools to finance and pursue their postsecondary education. Funds generated by SAF are returned to Montanans in the form of education grants and public benefit programs — to date more than $28 million. For more information, visit www.safmt.org or www.SmartAboutCollege.org.


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I was playing a game tonight with a friend and it came up that he had plenty of resources to burn when he attacked me, so he spent two resources over and over again to give his guy and additional hammer each time. I didn't see anything that contradicted this in the rulebook, so we decided he could do it. I just wanted to check and see if we played this right.
Using actions multiple times in a turn. ex, Runesmith
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We had the same thing happen the other night, and we voted the same way, that there was nothing to keep a player from stacking power on an attacker using the Runesmith.
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If it works that way, I believe a runesmith or two is in dire need for my Empire deck.
Posted 11 October 2009 - 04:55 PM
Everything in W:I stacks unless it explicitly says it doesn't or it is an effect which just cannot stack because of wording. (For example an effect which ignores the first damage inflicted on something couldn't stack since there is only ever one first.)


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The chefs at Tap House Grille wrap bacon around meatloaf, top hand-formed Angus beef patties with guacamole and roasted chilies, and put inventive spins on classic American dishes. In the dining room, flatscreen televisions hang above tufted banquettes and a handsome wooden bar keeps more than 50 bottled beers and 24 rotating drafts chilled. On Friday and Saturday nights, live music, comedy acts, and Simon Says tournaments entertain patrons, and a complimentary valet service babysits patrons' cars.
The chefs at Portsmouth Publick House put their own twist on classics. They douse the bison burger with mango chutney; pair lobster with a croissant; and stuff quesadillas with marinated shrimp, fresh cilantro, and jalapenos. The rest of the menu, including piping-hot pizzas and soup, refuels patrons during contests and other forms of entertainment. On Thursday nights, guests put their heads together over trivia questions. Saturdays feature live music from 7?9 p.m., and $1 Raw Bar is an everyday occasion.
First established in 1913, the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra proudly embraces a storied history that saw the group blossom from a 30-piece ensemble to a professional symphony orchestra of 75 musicians. Steven Karidoyanes has marshaled this acoustical army as its music director since 1994, leading them in performances at venues across the state.
Nestled within the King Philip Tower six stories above the town of Bristol, Natalia's In The Sky sits on the very point of a peninsula, providing scenic views of the Rhode Island Sound from Newport to Providence. They compliment these stunning views with fine Italian cuisine. Mountains of linguini in house-made marsala resemble the visible slopes of Mt. Hope, while fresh baked scallops au gratin wallow in a sea of cheese akin to the rippling waters of Narragansett Bay.
Steak and locally caught seafood are at the heart of Easton's Point Pub & Restaurant's menu. From a 14-ounce grilled rib-eye steak au jus to 6-ounce lobster rolls and a fried-clam platter, the lineup drips with surf-and-turf splendor. The kitchen complements its core offerings with not only burgers, pasta, pizza, and sandwiches, but also with flat-screen TVs that air sports games, movies, and closed-circuit feeds of the restaurant's pleasing views on the back deck.


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A thread on firewalls in the Coffee Lounge section made me realize that I have no idea how to monitor if my online computer is being probed or attacked or ...
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check out /var/log , you will find most of what you need here. Just use grep to find keywords. An example of something I use woud be -
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2 this only do I wish to learn from you -- by works of law the Spirit did ye receive, or by the hearing of faith? | 2 I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what you heard? |
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The School of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences (SCMNS) houses five academic departments (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science) and offers a variety of academic programs within these disciplines. SCMNS also offers students eight undergraduate programs, five graduate programs, four research programs; three research centers; and two all-encompassing student support programs. SCMNS also houses two professional programs that fully equip students for careers in medical technology and actuarial science. Please check the webpage of each department and contact the relevant department chair and/or Dean's office for more information.
SCMNS Actuarial Science Program attracts students around the country.
Associate Dean of SCMNS and Professor Dr. Gaston N'Guerekata gave the Joaquim Bustoz Jr. Lecture 2014 Blackwell-Tapia Conference (UCLA). Jean-Louis Candice (ICM Ph.D. student) presented a poster at the same event.
Dr. Kadir Aslan, Assistant Dean and Professor, feature a newsroom article entitled "Nanotechnology and Medical Biotechnology" on the online publications of Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association (TASSA).
Morgan's mathematician, Associate Dean of SCMNS and Professor Dr. Gaston N'Guerekata has been named as a fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). TWAS announced forty-six new Fellows at the Academy's 25th General Meeting in Muscat, Oman, on Sunday, 26 October 2014. TWAS is a global science academy based in Trieste, Italy, working to advance science and engineering for sustainable prosperity in the developing world. Dr. N'Guerekata work is cited as follows: "The nominee has introduced the notion of uniform spectrum to prove the existence of almost automorphic mild solutions of evolution equations whose linear part is governed by a linear operator in analytic. He also introduced the concept of circular spectrum of bounded functions in order to prove the existence and uniqueness of solutions to difference equations and nonautonomous periodic evolution equations."
Ms. Shanai Brown, a Biology junior, was the recipient of 1st Prize for her oral presentation entitled "The variability of virus lethal to blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) at the NOAA Educational Partnership Program 7th Biennial Education and Science Forum. There were a total of 64 oral presentations and 103 poster presentations presented by undergraduate and graduate students at this national conference. This is an exceptional outcome of an ongoing student engagement and training partnership between the NSF-funded STARS-1 Program at MSU and the IMET (Institute for Marine and Environmental Technology) in the Baltimore Harbor.
Biology Professor, Dr. Gloria Hoffman co-authors a paper in PNAS.
Dr. Kadir Aslan, Assistant Dean of SCMNS, was awarded a Phase 2 Maryland Innovation Iniative (MII) grant from TEDCO based on Morgan's first patented techonology. This is Dr. Aslan's second MII Award (September 2014).
SCMNS GRADUATE PROGRAMS NOW HAVE 20 Ph.D. and 34 MS STUDENTS (September 2014)
New Announcement: Mr.Erik Davenport, Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Thursday, March 6, 2014, 2:30 pm, Dixon 125. Open to Public
Title: "Assessing Ecosystem Vulnerability to Hurricane Effects"
Abstract: The primary objective of this research was to develop a framework of metrics for quantification and comparison of the ecological effects from hurricanes in coastal ecosystems. Many commercially important fishery species inhabit marine ecosystems that are exposed to risk from hurricane events. Understanding how the effects of hurricanes on biological production in coastal ecosystems is important for forecasting potential impacts to fishery resources. It is hypothesized that ecosystem stability and structure will display different levels of vulnerability to the passage of hurricanes with similar wind and precipitation. Through the use of a numerical simulations models, changes to biological production are examined relative to presumed changes in environmental factors caused by hurricane winds and precipitation. The results of these simulations are compared to observations in the literature. Vulnerability of ecosystems to hurricanes and the utility of numerical simulations as a resource management strategy are discussed.
SCMNS Associate Dean and Professor Gaston N'Guerekata is featured in an African magazine.
SCMNS introduces "Extreme Science Internships: A joint program of Morgan State University and the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute at Johns Hopkins University"
Program Details: The Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute at the Johns Hopkins University will provide an estimated $100,000 per year thru 2016 to Morgan State University to establish and run the Extreme Science Internships (ESI) program. This program provides funds for selected Morgan State University undergraduates to spend 8-15 weeks working at any of the participating research universities, the Army Research Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and companies listed below. Each ESI must be focused on research related to the Center for Materials in Extreme Dynamic Environments managed by HEMI (www.cmede.hemi.edu). In addition to the research experiences and knowledge gained through this program, ESI students will have the opportunity to develop invaluable connections with practicing scientists and engineers. They will build networks and relationships that are expected to provide job opportunities with the companies and access to graduate degree programs at the participating institutions. Application process (Application form is available here)
Morgan State undergraduates may apply for ESI support through the ESI office at Morgan State University, reporting to Professor Alvin Kennedy, Dean of the School of Computer Science, Natural Sciences, & Mathematics. The deadline for applications will be defined by the ESI office.


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1 bunch broccoli rabe, chopped into bite-size pieces (about 6 cups)
extra-virgin olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped (about 1 cup)
1-1/2 Tbsp fresh rosemary, minced
3-1/2 cups broth (vegetable or chicken)
1 cup orzo pasta
1/4 cup toasted pine nuts
1/2 cup grated parmigiano reggiano
Sea salt
Black pepper
- Preheat oven too 400 degrees F.
- Cut squash in half lengthwise and remove seeds and pulp (save the seeds for roasting). Cut squash into wedges leaving skin on (if buttercup, acorn, or other thick-skinned varieties), or peel and cut into 1/2-inch chunks (if using butternut or delicata). Toss the squash with 2 Tbsp XVOO, pinch of sea salt, and pinch of pepper in a bowl and transfer to a baking dish. Roast at 400 F for about 25 minutes, until tender and golden brown. If squash was roasted with skin on, remove skin with a paring knife and cut into 1/2-inch chunks.
- Heat 2 Tbsp XVOO in a medium-sized pot over medium heat. Add broccoli rabe and a pinch of salt, and saute for about 5 minutes. Cover and cook an additional 5 minutes until broccoli rabe is tender.
- Saute onion with a pinch of salt in 1 Tbsp XVOO for 5 minutes. Add minced rosemary and saute for another minute.
- Bring chicken broth to a boil in a pot, add orzo and cook for 8 to 9 minutes (al dente).
- Add squash, broccoli rabe, onion and rosemary mixture, toasted pine nuts, and grated parmigiano to pot with orzo. Toss to combine and season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Serve as is, or transfer to a baking dish, top with a bit more parmigiano, and broil for 5 minutes until top is golden.


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2010-07-05 20:26:19 Petteri Räty napisał(a): > On 07/05/2010 06:23 PM, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: > > These minor changes in python.eclass and distutils.eclass have been already > > reviewed on alias of Gentoo Python Project. It's recommended to be familiar > > with internals of current code before trying to understand these minor changes. > > If you are looking for review on gentoo-dev you should include something > on what the patch is supposed to do. In python.eclass: - Deprecation of NEED_PYTHON variable - Deletion of colors from 3 deprecated functions and some cleanup in these functions - Improvements in error messages, sanity checks and handling of arguments - First part of support for API of python.eclass in EAPI="4". - Some new, optional features in some functions (e.g. --base-path option in some python_get_*() functions) - Support for multiple paths in argument of --PYTHONPATH option of test helper functions In distutils.eclass: - Support for custom setup files specified in DISTUTILS_SETUP_FILES array - Deletion of colors from 2 deprecated functions and some cleanup in thse functions > > Suggestions about indentation and quoting will be rejected. > > Do you think our indentation rules don't concern you? I don't use indentation/quoting, which would violate any rules, but some people might try to enforce e.g. EAPI=3 instead of EAPI="3". -- Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
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It is a shame that a quote from one of the most important employers in the state ended up at the bottom of page A5 on Jan 15.
In the front-page story "EB president reaffirms commitment to R.I. jobs," Jeffrey Geiger of Electric Boat stated: "There is a very real skills gap. ... They're lacking technical math and science skills or soft skills. ... Those include knowing to arrive at work on time, avoiding drug use that prevents them from passing the company's required drug test, managing their own finances and knowing how to work safely."
Those quotes should have been on the front page in bold letters. This should be a wake-up call to Rhode Island. Who will come here after reading Mr. Geiger's quote?
As an employer in Rhode Island, I call for a shakeup of the education system. We must get rid of the educators who are turning out such a poor product and we must listen to those who have to buy the product. The life of our state depends on it.
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January 03, 2014
The nonprofit government watchdog Judicial Watch released its most recent annual list of "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians" this week, and both political parties take a hit: House Speaker John Boehner's there, as well as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
But topping the list: President Obama — for his "catch-me-if-you-can" manner of governing, Judicial Watch said.
On its website, the watchdog group wrote: "House Speaker John Boehner has apparently become a master at what Government Accountability Institute president Peter Schweizer calls the 'Tollbooth Strategy,' " or when politicians charge interested parties money to move a bill through the legislative process.
And Mr. Boehner has used that method to "collect more than $200,000 in political donations from executives just days before holding votes on bills critically important to their industries," Mr. Schweizer wrote, in his new book, "Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes and Line Their Own Pockets," as cited by Judicial Watch.
Mrs. Clinton, meanwhile, made the list for her famous Benghazi testimony, during which she responded to a question about the source of the attack, "What difference does it make?" Judicial Watch also said that "in addition to Hillary Clinton's apparent cover-up of the role she played in the Benghazi tragedy and its aftermath, she left office in another ethical cloud about conflicts of interest in the activities of her longtime top aide Huma Abedin."
Also on the list: CIA director John Brennan, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Attorney General Eric Holder, former IRS commissioner Steven Miller and former IRS head Lois Lerner. Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Sen. Harry Reid and Health and Human Service Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
Leading the list: Mr. Obama.
"President Barack Obama actually tops this 'Top Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians' list for 2013 as the driving force behind so many of the misdeeds. This is Obama's seventh straight year on the list, dating back all the way to 2007. … He is a master at catch-me-if-you-can, corrupt politics," Judicial Watch wrote. "This year, he has again acted as a one-man Congress, rewriting entire sections of federal law on his own. Not only is his administration secretive and dishonest; its callous disregard for the rule of law undermines our constitutional republic."
Among Mr. Obama's worst offense: Obamacare, and "his continual lies about the ability of Americans to keep their own health insurance," Judicial Watch said.


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Win 26 Invitations To 'The Hobbit' Premiere
December 4, 2012 by Mufaddal Fakhruddin
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Local Shire hobbit Bilbo Baggins, uncle of Frodo Baggins, is living a quiet, peaceful life until Gandalf the Grey knocks on his door. A band of wandering dwarves shows up one or two at a time. The goal? To hire poor Bilbo for a quest (as a burgler) that entails defeating a dragon and recovering (burgling) a treasure. Along the way there are adventures with trolls and elves, a battle with goblins, the naming of Bilbo's sword as Sting after a battle with some spiders, escaping from Wargs, and a barrel ride in a river. There is a great battle, The Battle of Five Armies, which includes men, dwarves, elves, goblins with Wargs, and more. Most importantly of all, part of this story leads Bilbo into Riddles in the Dark where he meets Gollum and in the process acquires a peculiar ring that has had and will have a great impact on the future of their world.
Thanks to Gulf Films, we have invitations to the Dubai premiere of The Hobbit to give away.
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Venue: Grand Megaplex, Ibn Battuta Mall
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The first telescope, Faulkes North, is located on the mountain of Haleakala on Maui, at the University of Hawaii's High-Altitude Observatory. This instrument saw first light on August 7, 2003, and is now fully operational. Faulkes South is situated at Siding Spring, near Coonabarabran in New South Wales, Australia, at an existing observatory run by the Australian National University. It will come online soon. Given the difference in time zones, schoolchildren in the UK will be able to use the telescopes during daytime classroom hours.
The twin scopes were built by UK-based Telescope Technologies Ltd., a subsidiary of Liverpool John Moores University. Each instrument has a 2-meter-diameter primary mirror and is mounted in an altazimuth configuration. Both scopes are equipped with 2,024-by-2,024-pixel CCD detectors that give a 4.6-arcminute-wide field of view, though a maximum field 30 arcminutes across is possible.Each telescope system and its state-of-the-art clamshell enclosure is designed to operate automatically. A control center in the UK (and others in Hawaii and Australia) sends instructions via the Internet on which object to observe. The telescope-control system then decides if the weather is good enough to open the enclosure, point the telescope, take the image(s) requested, and move on to the next queued observation. At the end of night, or if the weather deteriorates, the system shuts the enclosure.
One of the highlights of the FTP's inauguration was a live demonstration of the system's capabilities by project director Paul Roche. Fortunately, the weather in Hawaii was clear, and guests were able to download images of the galaxies M51 and M82 as well as the globular star cluster M3. During his talk, Roche explained how students have a genuine opportunity to do cutting-edge science with the telescopes.
"The idea of giving British youngsters access to a world-class telescope immediately appealed to me," says Faulkes. "I could see that spending a few million pounds making science and maths in schools more interesting would have much more effect on children than spending half a billion on truancy measures."
Many of those assembled for the launch ceremony were impressed by how easy it was to use the system. Once logged in, students could use a star chart to see what objects were available to them, point at an interesting bit of sky, or type in the name of a target they wished to see. Users were even shown a live infrared webcam video of the telescope swinging to the desired position.Further details on the FTP are available at www.faulkes-telescope.com. It is intended that other groups, such as astronomical societies, youth clubs, and adult learning groups, will also be able to use the telescopes outside school hours.


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Finding Vintage Hand Tools
If you're looking for a well-loved tool, eBay or Craigslist are probably the places to hit first, but there are a lot of websites dedicated to selling you the perfect vintage tool (or maintaining the ones you already had gathering dust in the back of the garage). Some, like the classic brace and bit, fill in for modern electric tools in a pinch (or a black out). Others turn out to have been the best for the job all along and haven't changed much in centuries.
Here are a few resources to help you track down that exact plane you remember from your granddad's workshop, find the modern equivalent of an old tool, or just chat it up with other classic tool lovers:
It might make sense to start with the all-text Antique Tool FAQ page. It will give you a good, non-partisan look at the antique tool world and a sense of what to look out for. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~alf/en/antique-tool-faq.txtThe
Galoot's Progress is a fun website for "galoots" (defined on the site as "a person with a deep passion for old hand tools, their ways, workings, and their history"). http://homepage.mac.com/galoot_9/galtprog.html
There are an amazing number of websites selling old and antique tools, and many of them are listed on this Open Directory of Antique Tools. http://dmoz.org/Recreation/Antiques/Tools/
And don't forget to just try searching the web for names of tools you'd like to try out; there are a lot of contemporary manufacturers who haven't forgotten how to make some of the classics.
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Don't forget Freecycle. I picked up a beautiful post -mounted manual drill from the 1800's recently. Once the staple of every machinist's, blacksmith's and mechanic's shop, they're now viewed as boat anchors by many.Posted by BobbyMIke on August 14, 2006 at 00:56:56 Pacific Time
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