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March 29, 2012 in Biscuits
Its pelting with rain this morning in Johannesburg
as I am busy writing this post – you can feel the chill in the morning air
these days with the approach of autumn.
I made these cookies on Tuesday evening convincing
myself that these are healthy as the main ingredient is oatmeal. There are
numerous recipes for oatmeal cookies and one I chose to make is from a cookbook
called Grandmother's Cookbook by Carrie Gamble. According to Carrie this recipe
has been in her family for more than 100 years.
The origin of oats is still clouded but it has been
around Europe for more than 3000 years – and to quote from Samuel Johnson's
dictionary, oats were defined as "eaten by people in Scotland, but fit
only for horses in England." The Scotsman's retort to this is,
"That's why England has such good horses, and Scotland has such fine
Oats are recommended by nutritionists as it has the
highest protein content among cereals, can reduce blood cholesterol, contains
soluble fibre which keeps one's stomach full for longer, blah blah blah etc – I made these cookies to satisfy my sweet
cravings while trying to maintain a healthy eating plan.
Oatmeal Cookies
1 Cup White Sugar
1 Cup Brown Sugar
2 Eggs
3 Cups Oatmeal ( I ground 3 cups of oats in my coffee grinder to make the
1 Cup Butter
1 Cup Flour
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
½ Cup Chopped Walnuts or Pecans
½ Cup Raisins
½ Cup Coconut
I added a teaspoon of vanilla essence and ½ teaspoon of cinnamon powder for some
flavour (optional)
Cream together sugar, butter and eggs until light and fluffy.
Add flour, oatmeal and baking soda.
Add nuts, raisins and coconut. Mix well.
Drop from a teaspoon on a greased cookie sheet.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes at 180 C degrees.
This recipe makes a big batch of cookies. These cookies are
delicious and very moreish – Rajen and I have almost demolished the lot already

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- Interactions among GSTM1, GSTT1 and GSTP1 polymorphisms, cruciferous vegetable intake and breast cancer riskS E Steck
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About mvlgomer's Garage
About me and my passion for cars
Since I really couldn't afford a car in High School, I took no automotive classes and really didn't get involved with cars when I was younger. Once I became involved with Vanning, that all changed! With a lot of help, I have done more with engines and vehicles than I ever imagined. I met my wife through the van club, (she had been involved for several years prior to me, we've been married over 10 years now). I rebuilt her engine and swapped it into another van (again, with lots of help). I do most of the work on my own van now when I can, and am not afraid to tackle stuff I didn't even know needed to be done before! In addition to my involvement with Midwest Vans Ltd., I have also become a member of the group that runs the national winter convention for the vanning world, the Council of Councils Board. My role there is to encourage and direct seminars and educational programs related to vanning at that convention. I have become thoroughly immersed in vanning and couldn't be happier. (unless I found a way to make a living at it maybe. How does that saying go, do what you love and love what you do? ) Well, it won't pay the bills right now, but in the future, who knows! In the meantime, I need a taller garage. None of our vans will fit!
My first car
My first licensed vehicle was a 70cc 1971 Honda Scooter (man it was fun!) One cylinder-65mph! 1st car was a '73 Pontiac Le Mans with a 350 engine & no options (not even a stereo, had to cut new holes for radio & speakers!). No joke, purchased from a little old lady who only drove it to the store & back. 43k original miles at purchase in 1987! 1st Van was a 1971 Ford E-250 with a 302 & 3-on-the-tree because I needed a place to live!
Car I wish I still had
I used to wish I still had the Le Mans, but Vans have become so important to me that I have gotten over the regret of losing it. It would be cool to get the scooter back though. I sold it to a friend who may still have it, if I can track down the friend!
My dream car
I would love to build a ' 76-' 79 Ford E-350 power hardtop convertible van! Any volunteers to help?
Car clubs I'm in
Secretary - Midwest Vans Ltd.
Member - Council of Councils Board
- Type of racing: Vankana
- Car movie: The Van
- Car book: Haynes Manual 1969-1991 Ford Vans
- Car magazine: Truckin'
- Car game: What's in the box?
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We had class/awards day today. I should've gotten the science award, but they forgot I was a freshman because i wasn't taking the silly little kiddy sciences called Intro to Phys. Sciences (The class is a joke, the teacher is horrible and no one likes it. And by no one, I mean no one) and Earth Sciences (I skipped that, no opinion therefore, but I heard it's even worth than Into to Phys. Sciences...), but instead i was talking a sophomore/junior/senior(optional class, so anyone can take it after Basic Biology) level class: Advanced Biology
Then someone brought up why the hell I didn't get that award and my Biology teacher apologized for overlooking me (she doesn't teach freshmen so she didn't concentrate on freshmen) and said if I felt jipped or anything that she was sorry. So that totally made up for that not-getting-the-award-because-it's-for-kiddy-sciences thing.
Then they recognized me for doing that trip to N'Orleans to help with the post-Katrina situation. That surprised the shit out of me.


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Word Mention Segmentation Task
From GM-RKB
A word mention segmentation task is a mention segmentation task that is restricted to the detection of the word mentions within a text artifact.
- AKA: WMST, Surface Word Boundary Detection, Syntactic Word Segmentation, Word Mention Recognition, Lexing, Word Detection, Word Identification.
- Context:
- input: a Text Artifact (or Grapheme String?).
- output: a Word Mention String.
- It can be:
- It can be of critical importance for Written Languages that:
- do not use Whitespace Characters between Terminal Words, such as Japanese and Chinese.
- use a large number of Spaced Compound Content Words, such as English.
- It can interface with an Morph Segmentation Task (MST).
- It can support a Part-of-Speech Tagging Task.
- It can be solved by a Word Mention Segmentation System (that implements a Word Mention Segmentation Algorithm).
- It can be a Language-Dependent Task, such as a Chinese Word Segmentation Task.
- Example(s):
- WMST("I'm coming home") ⇒ ([I] ['m] [coming] [home]).
- WMST("I bought a real time operating system") ⇒ ([I] [bought] [a] [real time] [operating system]).
- WMST("日文章魚怎麼說") ⇒ ([日文] [章魚] [怎麼] [說]) (i.e. ~[Japanese] [octopus] [how] [say]).
- VWST("Famous notaries public include ex-attorney generals.") ⇒ ([Famous] [notaries public] [include] [ex-] [attorney generals]).
- WMST("Der Lebensversicherungsgesellschaftsangestellte kam gestern mit seinem Deutscher Schäferhund." (~The life insurance company employee came yesterday with their German Shepherd) ⇒ ([Der],[Lebensversicherungs],[gesellschafts],[angestellte],[kam],[gestern],[mit],[seinem],[Deutscher Schäferhund])
- notice that both "life insurance" and "insurance company" may exist in a lexicon but "... [life] [insurance company].." is incorrect.
- WMST("The ex-governor general's sisters-in-law saw the wolves' den near Mr. Smith's home in Sault Ste. Marie.") ⇒ ([The] [ex-] [governor general's] [sisters-in-law] [saw] [the] [wolves'] [den] [near] [Mr. Smith's] [home] [in] [Sault Ste. Marie].").
- any Term Mention Segmentation Task.
- any Entity Mention Detection Task.
- more Word Segmentation Task Examples.
- Counter-Example(s):
- \(f\)("I'm coming home") ⇒ ([I'm] [coming] [home]), an example of Tokenization Task/OWST
- \(f\)("I bought a real time operating system") ⇒ ([I] [bought] [a] [real] [time] [operating] [system]), an example of Tokenization Task/OWST.
- \(f\)(I'mcominghome) ⇒ ([I'm] [coming] [home]), an example of PWST.
- \(f\)("日文章魚怎麼說") ⇒ ([日] [文章] [魚] [怎麼] [說]) (i.e. ~[Japan] [essay] [fish] [how] [say]), likely an Orthographic Word Segmentation Task.
- \(f\)("The ex-governor general's sisters-in-law saw the wolves' den near Mr. Smith's home in Sault Ste. Marie.") ⇒ (the, exgovernor, general, s, sistersinlaw, saw, the, wolv, den, near, mr, smith, s, home, in, sault, ste, mari), likely a Word Stemming Task.
- \(f\)("The wolves' den was empty.") ⇒ ([The],[wolv],[es],['],[den],[was],[empty]), is an Allomorph Segmentation Task.
- \(f\)("Famous notaries public include ex-attorney generals.") ⇒ ([Famous notaries public] [include] [ex-attorney generals]), a Phrase Chunking Task.
- a Relation Mention Detection Task (e.g. a Semantic Relation Mention Detection Task).
- a Word Mention Reference Resolution Task.
- a Word Mention Coreference Resolution Task.
- See: Text Chunking Task, Pattern Matching Task.
- (Wikipedia, 2009) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_segmentation#Word_segmentation
- Word segmentation is the problem of dividing a string of written language into its component words. In English and many other modern languages using some form of the Latin alphabet dividing text using the space character is a good approximation to word segmentation. (Some examples where the space character alone may not be sufficient include contractions like can't for can not.) However the equivalent to this character is not found in all written scripts and without it word segmentation is a difficult problem. Languages which do not have a trivial word segmentation process include Chinese, Japanese and Thai.
- (Lin, 2009) ⇒ Dekang Lin. (2009). "Combining Language Modeling and Discriminative Classification for Word Segmentation." In: Proceedings of the CICLing Conference (CICLing 2009).
- (Schmid, 2007) ⇒ Helmut Schmid. (2007). "Tokenizing." In: Corpus Linguistics: An International Handbook. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin.
- (McDonald & al, 2005) ⇒ Ryan McDonald, Koby Crammer, and Fernando Pereira. (2005). "Flexible Text Segmentation with Structured Multilabel Classification." In: Proceedings of the conference on Human Language Technology and Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing ([[HLT-EMNLP], 2005).
- (Sproat, 2004) ⇒ Richard Sproat. (2004). "Issue of Chinese Word Segmentation." In: Journal of Chinese Language and Computing 14(3).
- (Mikheev, 2003) ⇒ Andrei Mikheev. (2003). "Text Segmentation." In: (Mitkov, 2003).
- (Grover & al, 2000) ⇒ Claire Grover, Colin Matheson, Andrei Mikheev, and Marc Moens. (2000). "LT TTT - A flexible tokenisation tool." In: Proceedings of LREC-2000.
- (Ge et al, 1999) ⇒ Xianping Ge, Wanda Pratt, and Padhraic Smyth. (1999). "Discovering Chinese Words from Unsegmented Text." In: Proceedings of [[SIGIR]-1999.
- (Manning and Schütze, 1999) ⇒ Christopher D. Manning and Hinrich Schütze. (1999). "Foundations of Statistical Natural Language Processing." The MIT Press.
- Many languages do not put spaces in between words at all, and so the basic word division algorithm of breaking on whitespace is of no use at all. Such languages include major East-Asian languages/scripts such as Chinese, Japanese, and Thai. Ancient Greek was also written by Ancient Greeks without words spaces. Spaces were introduced (together with accents marks, etc.) by those who came afterwards. In such languages, word segmentation is a much more major and challenging task.
- While maintaining most words spaces, in German compound nouns are written as single words, for example Lebensversicherungsgesellschaftsangestellter 'life insurance company employee.' In many ways this makes linguistic sense, as compounds are a single words, at least phonologically. But for process purposes one may wish to divide such a compound, or at least to be aware of the internal structure of the words, and this becomes a limited words segmentation task. While not the rule, joining of compunds sometimes also happens in English, especially when they are common and have a specialized meaning. We noted above that one finds both data base and database. As another examples, while hard disk is more common, one sometimes finds harddisk in the computer press.
- Until now, the problems we have dealt with have mainly involved splitting apart sequence of characters where the word division are not shown by whitespace. But the opposite problem of wanting to lump things together also occurs. Where, things are separate by whitespace but we may with to regard them as a single word. One possible case is the reverse of the German compound problem. If one decides to treat database as one word, one may wish to treat it as one word even when it is written as database. More common cases are things such as phone numbers, where we may with to recard 9465 1873 as a single 'word,' or in the cases of multi-part names such as New York or San Francisco. An especially difficult case is when this problem interacts with hyphenation as in a phrase like this one: "the New York-New Haven railroad." Here the hyphen does not express grouping of just the immediate adjacent graphic words - treating York-New as a semantic unit would be a big mistake.
- Other cases are of more linguistic interest. For many purposes, one would want to regard phrasal verbs (make up, work out) as single lexemes (section 3.1.4), but this case is especially tricky since in many cases the particle is separable from the verb (I couldn't work' the answer out), and so in general identification of possible phrasal verbs will have to be left to subsequent processing. One might also want to treat as a single lexeme creating other fixed phrases, such as in spite of/, in order to, and because of, but typically a tokenizer will regard them as separate words. A partial implementation of this approach occurs in the LOB corpus where certain pairs of words such as because of are tagged with a single part of speech, here preposition, by means of using so-called ditto tags.
- David D. Palmer. (1997). "A Trainable Rule-based Algorithm for Word Segmentation." In: Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics and Eighth Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics
- ABSTRACT: This paper presents a trainable rule-based algorithm for performing word segmentation. The algorithm provides a simple, language-independent alternative to large-scale lexical-based segmenters requiring large amounts of knowledge engineering. As a stand-alone segmenter, we show our algorithm to produce high performance Chinese segmentation. In addition, we show the transformation-based algorithm to be effective in improving the output of several existing word segmentation algorithms in three different languages.
- (Sproat et al, 1996) ⇒ Richard Sproat, William A. Gale, Chilin Shih, and Nancy Chang. (1996). "A Stochastic Finite-state Word-Segmentation Algorithm for Chinese." In: Computational Linguistics, 22(3).
- ABSTRACT: The initial stage of text analysis for any NLP task usually involves the tokenization of the input into words. For languages like English one can assume, to a first approximation, that word boundaries are given by whitespace or punctuation. In various Asian languages, including Chinese, on the other hand, whitespace is never used to delimit words, so one must resort to lexical information to "reconstruct" the word-boundary information. In this paper we present a stochastic finite-state model wherein the basic workhorse is the weighted finite-state transducer. The model segments Chinese text into dictionary entries and words derived by various productive lexical processes, and---since the primary intended application of this model is to text-to-speech synthesis---provides pronunciations for these words. We evaluate the system's performance by comparing its segmentation "judgments" with the judgements of a pool of human segmenters, and the system is shown to perform quite well.
- It includes an example of correct and incorrect Word Segmentation of "日文章魚怎麼說" (How do you say octopus in Japanese?)
- [日文] [章魚] [怎麼] [說] ([Japanese] [octopus] [how] [say])
- [日] [文章] [魚] [怎麼] [說] ([Japan] [essay] [fish] [how] [say]).
- Distinguishes between: Orthographic Word, Syntactic Word, Dictionary Word, and Phonological Word.
- Orthographic Word: "I am" ⇒ [I am].
- Syntactic Word: "I'm" ⇒ [I] ['m]
- Dictionary Word: "show up" ⇒ [show up]
- Phonological Word: "ACL" ⇒ [A][C][L].
- (Grefenstette & Tapanainen) ⇒ Gregory Grefenstette, and Pasi Tapanainen. (1994). "What is a Word, What is a Sentence? Problems of Tokenization." In: Proceedings of 3rd Conference on Computational Lexicography and Text Research (COMPLEX 1994).
- (Sproat & al, 1994) ⇒ Richard Sproat, Chilin Shih, William A. Gale, Nancy Chang. (1994). "A Stochastic Finite-State Word-Segmentation Algorithm for Chinese." In: Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Proceedings of the Conference (ACL 1994).
- (Sproat & Shi, 1990) ⇒ Richard Sproat, and Chilin Shih. (1990). "A Statistical Method for Finding Word Boundaries in Chinese Text." In: Computer Processing of Chinese and Oriental Languages, 4.
- (Sproat & Brunson, 1987) ⇒ Richard Sproat, and Barbara Brunson. (1987). "Constituent-based Morphological Parsing: a new approach to the problem of word-recognition." In: Proceedings of the 25th annual meeting on Association for Computational Linguistics.


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Hello! I started on the GW over at THS on the crafting forum. It wasn't until about a year and a half ago that I meandered on over to take a look at the garden side and I've been here ever since.
I absolutely love garage sales and thrift stores. It's amazing what you can pick up for under a dollar.... I just can't resist a bargain. If I buy something but I'm not sure what to do with it, I just wait a little bit, and the incredible people on the Garden Junk forum will inevitably come up with a use for it.
I've only been gardening for the last two years. The first year was strictly petunias, marigolds, impatiens and morning glory's. (Kind of hard to mess those up) This year I got a little braver and added some zinnias, ferns, hostas, caladiums, and several other things. Oh! And tomatoes. I grew my very first tomatoes!!!! Anyway, I've got the bug now. I'm trying to build my seed supply up with new things to try next year and the people at the seed exchange have been really generous with their seeds. Thank you to all of those people who have let me send SASE!
My eventual goal is to not have ANY grass in my back yard. I want to look outside and see color everywhere! I'm going to try Winter Sowing for the first time this year. I'm really looking forward to it, and hope that I have enough seedlings to share with my mom. I've been eyeing her bare flower beds, and just thinking about how great they would look with flowers!
My biggest "wish" in life is to someday go to Scotland. I want to explore old castles and visit the Highlands.
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I like what Bill Cosby said about the possibility that Donald Trump, he of the weirdly sculpted hair and preposterous views, might run for president: "I don't care."
But the fact that new polling of likely Republican primary voters finds the self-promoter tied with former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee (17 percent each) just behind former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney (21 percent) on their wish list for the 2012 GOP nomination deserves some scrutiny.
It is tempting to say they're all nuts. But the more likely rationale for anyone to say "I want Trump to be president of the country" is a huge amount of disgust and frustration with current leaders in Washington. And there's the natural tendency of Republicans to lust after business people, such as Romney, even over-the-top real estate moguls, such as Trump, whose corporations file for bankruptcy, who routinely discard spouses (Trump's on his third marriage) and who have no clue about serious national issues.
Trump's insistence that he doubts that President Obama was born in the United States is proof positive he is not to be taken seriously. The canard that the president was not born in America has been debunked so decisively that Trump can only be called a liar who's trying to seduce the fringe element of the Tea Partiers.
("Birthers" are paranoid delusionals and conspiracy nuts who have no respect for truth in striving desperately to find excuses to hate the president. The state of Hawaii vouches for Obama's birth and newspapers at the time duly recorded it. Trump's claim that Obama's step grandmother said she was present at Obama's birth -- in Kenya -- has been thoroughly rejected. She allegedly said that to a translator on the telephone before she corrected herself to say Obama was born in Hawaii. This is truly one of the stupidest debates in U.S. history.)
No one has ever accused the bombastic Trump of being thoughtful. His foreign policy views are ridiculous, designed to appeal to know-nothings. He wants to shut U.S. borders. He does not want the United States involved in any way in the Middle East. He says South Korea does not help offset the cost of keeping 28,500 U.S. military personnel stationed there. (Politifact says that is not true; South Korea pays the U.S. hundreds of millions of dollars to defray the cost of keeping the peace on the Korean peninsula.)
Trump, who popularized the nasty "you're fired" put-down, says he won't say whether he's running for president or not because if he decides to run, NBC would have to cancel his reality TV show and that wouldn't be "fair" to the network.
In an era when economic and international crises erupt daily, demanding knowledge and careful analysis, Trump's flagrant appropriation of the political climate for further self- aggrandizement is breathtakingly cynical. On the other hand, he's perfect to reflect the childish display of ineptitude seen in Washington D.C. these days.
And then there's the basic question of why any normal, sane human being would want to be president. Trump's arrogant answer: "I will do the best job." In truth, he is creating jobs -- he sent "investigators" to Hawaii to search for Obama's birth certificate (which Hawaii put online). Not surprisingly, the investigators report they have to stay a bit longer.
What Trump's dramatic, implausible rise to near the top of the celebrity ladder on the road to the 2012 election really says is that the field is not settled. Once serious candidates start declaring, the Trump balloon will deflate faster than a news cycle.
Here's a flat-out prediction. When we inaugurate a president on January 20, 2013, the raised hand taking the oath of office on the Capitol steps will not belong to Donald Trump.
Trump will still be on Celebrity Alley pushing his name and persona to promote yet another loony-tunes venture that mainly profits Trump. I, among many, won't care.
Scripps Howard columnist Ann McFeatters has covered the White House and national politics since 1986.


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I need to save files from corrupted windows before I erase and install Linux... I need help.
Now I'm in the process of building myself a computer so I lent him the hard drive I had to reinstall windows on and we placed his old hard drive in a external enclosure to see if we could save the files off of his hard drive and copy them onto mine.
The problem is that he had a user account with a password etc... and we can't seem to locate any of his files that would be in that users folder because we don't have access. I need to know how to access this folder and such and save the files or how to fix windows so it can load again. It would really help me because I plan on getting the rest of my parts for this new PC in the upcoming weeks and I will be loading that with Linux.
It's loosely connected with Linux, but I figured this forum has friendly peeps on it that know **** so I figured I'd roll the dice in this section.
The question boils down to Can it be fixed or should I just tell my friend that he lost it and move on?
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Use a live CD as root and copy.
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Do you know of a good program or way to make a windows live cd?
I'll look around, but figured if anyone knows it would shorten the search.
Thanks for the response and I hope this works in the next couple of days.
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Use a Knoppix live-cd.
Boot it, then you'll be able to click on the desktop icons representing your Windows partitions, then drag and drop any files you want to save to another partition, flash drive, cd-rw, or whatever.


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Liam Payne, Harry Styles + Bert Sing the Alphabet on 'Sesame Street' [VIDEO]
Just when we thought One Direction couldn't get any more adorable, the British-Irish boy band stopped by 'Sesame Street' and brought it to a whole new level.
Just when we thought One Direction couldn't get any more adorable, the British-Irish boy band stopped by 'Sesame Street' and brought it to a whole new level.
'Sesame Street' isn't just for kids anymore. The world-famous children's puppet show has recently spoofed everything from 'Breaking Bad' to 'Mad Men,' and now, it tackles 'The Hunger Games' in a parody entitled 'The Hungry Games: Catching Fur.'
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Kermit was getting upstaged by Cookie Monster in this classic clip from Sesame Street, but he saves face in the end with a sincere "I love you, too"....
'Sesame Street' has been using music, humor, and puppets to teach kids valuable life lessons for over 40 years. Like any titan of children's entertainment, it has been the subject of plenty of rumors.
The man who Accused Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash -- the subject of the heart-warming documentary 'Being Elmo' -- of having an affair when the alleged victim was just 16 has recanted.
As it turns out, Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash is an innocent man after all -- the 'Sesame Street' veteran was recently accused of having an affair with a 16 year old some seven years ago, but now the accuser has recanted the allegations.
According to the Associated Press, the puppeteer who brings "Sesame Street's" 'Elmo' to life is facing allegations of having an improper relationship with an underage boy.
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miniportal-ftp-login-bo (8172) | High Risk |
MiniPortal is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. By supplying a large string containing 4093 bytes or more at login, a remote attacker can overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the Web server.
Gain Privileges
Upgrade to the latest version of MiniPortal (1.1.6 or later), available from the InstantServers Download Web site. See References.
- InstantServers Download Web site: Downloads.
- Strumpf Noir Society Advisory - February 9, 2002: InstantServers MiniPortal Multiple Vulnerabilities.
- BID-4073: InstantServers MiniPortal FTP Login Remote Buffer Overlow Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-0260: Buffer overflow in InstantServers MiniPortal 1.1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long login name, which is not properly handled by the logging utility.
- OSVDB ID: 14339: InstantServers MiniPortal Logging Utility Login Name Overflow
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Feb 09, 2002
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In "Love Connects Us," a Tapestry of Faith program
Love is the spirit of this church,
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This is our great covenant:
To dwell together in peace,
To seek the truth in love,
And to help one another. — James Vila Blake
The opening activity brings participants together for a chalice-lighting ritual which honors the coming together of this community in the spirit of love, and reintroduces the Blake covenant.
Invite a participant to light the chalice. Lead the group to read aloud the Blake covenant. Suggest participants begin thinking about what is meant by "love is the spirit of this church."
If the group has done the Welcoming and Entering activity, you might ask them if they unscrambled any words that also appear in the Blake covenant.
Continue this ritual of welcoming which honors the coming together of this community in the spirit of love, by saying something like:
We started our session this morning by saying together the covenant created by the Unitarian James Vila Blake. It starts with the words, "Love is the spirit of this church." Today we will further explore the idea of love as the spirit which ties us together in our community by considering some of the ways we help each other.
Invite participants to select a stone to drop in the bowl of water, and, as they do so, to hold in their mind one way someone has helped them. Invite them to share a few words about the person and the help they are thinking of, if they wish, or to silently drop their stone in the water.
Conclude the opening ritual with a statement such as:
Just as the stones we dropped in the water caused a ripple effect, so do the actions of others. When someone helps us, we feel the ripple of good feelings which comes from their love for us.
As participants move on to the next activity, a co-leader should remove the stones from the bowl and return them to the plate, if you plan to use the bowl and stones again in Activity 4, Sharing Joys and Concerns.
If any participants are unable to select a stone and drop it in the bowl, ask one volunteer to drop all of the stones into the water.
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Move aside ice cream sandwiches and make room for this All Day I Dream About Food Recipe. Constructed like the traditional frozen dairy treat, this chocolate peppermint sandwich cookie will make those who love sweets swoon.
Imagine a crunchy peppermint candy filling surrounded by two soft chocolate cookies. It is as heavenly as it sounds. As a bonus, this All Day I Dream About Food confection is a low-carb confection. Those looking to maintain their slim-figured resolutions can indulge in these sweets guilt-free. Enjoy the refreshing companionship of peppermint and chocolate present in these scrumptious sandwich cookies.
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Not sure if anyone will want to admit to using these, but has anyone? It seems a little close to cheating.
I got some Ferry Morse seed strips on clearance (75% off!)--one carrot, one beet. Planted them a couple of weeks ago, and the germination rate seems to be close to 100%. They were easy to plant, but the thing I was really excited about was not having to thin the seedlings because it says so clearly on the package! But it really looks like the carrots are especially in need of thinning (although I'm not sure because I've never grown them). Anyway, just wanted to see if anyone's used these & if they had to thin. |
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A person posted some homemade seed tape on another forum. He took a roll of toilet paper, put tiny dabs of school glue on the squares, spaced evenly, and used that for adhering the seeds. It sounds a bit tedious...I tend to just sow my carrots in really wide rows, so there is less thinning needed. |
- Posted by shermthewerm PNW (My Page) on Fri, Aug 10, 12 at 16:02
I read the post you're talking about, Donna. I would never go to all that trouble. I usually plant seeds the old fashioned way, but like I said these seeds were really cheap & I've kind of always wanted to try the strips. Anyway, just curious if they need to be thinned. |
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One of those two wheeled seed planters would probably be easiest. It would not be the cheapest though. |
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Yeah, the two-wheeled seed planters would be great. But honestly I'm fine planting seeds the "traditional" way. I'm just wondering about the planting strips that I've already planted--do they need to be thinned even if the directions say they don't? |
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I would rely on personal judgement on if they need to be thinned. For Carrots, you could just thin small amounts at a time as they grow. |
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Flipboard added the Flip It option earlier this year that lets users create their own magazines to add to the popular online magazine rack. TabTimes created several magazines of its own you can find on Flipboard.
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Alabama Shakes Announces 2013 Tour Dates
Alabama Shakes have just released their 2013 tour dates. After finishing up a host of international gigs, the boisterous band will return to the States in March, winding their way through the cities of Portland, Seattle and Denver, among others.
Currently in support of their recent debut album, Boys & Girls, the bar-busting band will also be kicking up a fuss in Oakland, Dallas and New Orleans. Don't miss this sweaty-soulful group perform their country rock hit, "Hold On," live and in the flesh. Check below for the group's full touring schedule.
Alabama Shakes 2013 Tour Dates
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Jan 15: Auckland, NZ – The Power Station
Jan 17: Sydney, AU – The Metro
Jan 18: Sydney, AU – Big Day Out
Jan 20: Gold Coast, AU – Big Day Out
Jan 24: Melbourne, AU – The Forum
Jan 25: Adelaide, AU – Big Day Out
Jan 26: Melbourne, AU – Big Day Out
Jan 28: Perth, AU – Big Day Out
Jan 30: Tokyo, JP – Liquid Room
Mar 1: Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
Mar 2: Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
Mar 3: Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
Mar 5: Oakland, CA – The Fox Theater
Mar 6: Davis, CA – Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts
Mar 8: Salt Lake City, UT – The Saltair
Mar 9: Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
Mar 10: Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theatre
Mar 12: Dallas, TX – Palladium Ballroom
Mar 15: New Orleans, LA – The Sugar Mill
Mar 16: Jackson, MS – Hal + Mal's Street Dance
Mar 30: Sao Paulo, BR – Lollapalooza Brazil
Apr 6: Santiago, CL – Lollapalooza Chile
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Jony Ive, iOS 7, and what Apple can learn from MySpace
While we don't know when iOS 7 will make its debut, here's what we do know: it will be the biggest reinvention of Apple's flagship OS in years -- perhaps ever.
iOS was Scott Forstall's baby since its inception. He was an advocate of skeuomorphism, a design philosophy that brings the look and feel of real-world objects into software design. iOS' linen backgrounds, notepads, and famously terrible podcast app are all examples of this philosophy in practice.
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text: NEWBLOCK, HERMAN FREDERICK (1867-1957)Law enforcement officer and Tulsa mayor Herman F. Newblock was born January 12, 1867, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Henry and Elizabeth Wagner Newblock. The family moved several times, first to Missouri, then to a farm near Fayetteville, Arkansas. At age twenty-one Herman Newblock was farming in Falls County, Texas. After one year there he moved to Cleveland County, Oklahoma Territory, where he farmed until 1894. In 1895 he started his career in law enforcement as sheriff of Cleveland County. There Newblock married Addie Gardner on March 4, 1897. Before moving to Tulsa in 1905 he briefly operated a hardware business in Sulphur, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. Newblock served in several capacities in Tulsa from 1907 statehood to the turbulent 1920s and the early 1930s. He became Tulsa's chief of police in 1907. In October 1908 Newblock was appointed to finish Lon Lewis's term as Tulsa County sheriff. Newblock continued in that position until 1911 when he returned to serve as the city's chief of police. From 1914 to 1917 he helped organize and then worked at the Producers National Bank. He next served as Tulsa's finance commissioner for the next four years. Newblock, a Democrat, has the distinction of being one of three Tulsa mayors who served four terms. He was mayor from 1922 to 1928 and from 1932 to 1934. During his tenure the Spavinaw water project was completed in 1924, bringing drinking water to Tulsa from Spavinaw Lake. Affectionately known as "Uncle Herman" and Tulsa's "Grand Old Man of Politics," Newblock died on August 19, 1957, in a Tulsa hospital after suffering a stroke. Before his death he belonged to the Masonic order, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Methodist Church. Tulsa's H. F. Newblock Park, opened in 1927 at 1414 West Charles Page Boulevard, was named in his honor. SEE ALSO: TULSA. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Rex Harlow, comp., Makers of Government in Oklahoma (Oklahoma City, Okla.: Harlow Publishing Co., 1930). Richard Lloyd Jones, et al., eds., Oklahoma and the Mid-Continent Oil Field: The Story of a Great New State and Man's Quest for Oil ([Oklahoma City]: Oklahoma Biographical Association, 1930). "Mayors Tulsa Newblock," Vertical File, Tulsa City-County Public Library, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tulsa (Oklahoma) World, 20 August 1957. Linda D. Wilson © Oklahoma Historical Society |


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Hello all new to the forum and this is my first post . I started my first garden this yr, also put in a 4x8 strawberry patch. Plants are Groening good and putting out lots of runners. Something however is eating the. Leaves any idea what this bug could be ? And what organically can I put on to stop them ? I'm in northwest Indiana |
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[OS] ARGENTINA - Latest polls in Argentina showing Pres Fernandez with 52-57% of the vote
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October 10th 2011 - 05:41 UTC -
Argentine president Cristina Fernandez, CFK, is poised for an easy win
with over 50% of vote intention for the October 23 election, according to
several public opinion polls published over the weekend in the Buenos
Aires press.
CFK supported by the hegemonic Peronist party is followed by Hermes
Binner, Socialist governor from the province of Santa Fe with 12% to 16%
vote intention and Deputy Ricardo Alfonsin (Social-democrat) with 9% to
12%. Alberto Rodriguez Saa and Eduardo Duhalde, both representing the
ruling Peronist dissident groups, were each projected to receive between
8% and 10%.
CFK, 58, garnered 50.24% of the vote in 14 August mandatory, simultaneous
primary elections extensive to all parties.
According to Poliarquia Consultores published Sunday, the Argentine
president is on track to obtain 49% of total votes, but between 52% and
55% of ballors, when projections of undecided voters are included.
Three other polls published by the Diario Perfil newspaper of Buenos Aires
projected that Cristina Fernandez would obtain between 53% and 57% of the
vote, with undecided voters factored in. Management & Fit estimated CFK
support at 57.3% and Ipsos y Romer and Associates, 53%.
The projected vote for CFK would be the largest percentage obtained by any
Argentine presidential candidate in the almost three decades since the
country returned to democracy, exceeding the 51.7% received by Raul
Alfonsin in 1983.
Cristina Fernandez needs either 45% of the vote, or 40% with a 10-point
margin of victory, to win the election outright without a runoff.
CFK has benefited from a surging economy fuelled by high farm prices,
which have enabled her government to ramp up social spending. Since a year
ago she also has received a wave of sympathy in the wake of the death of
her husband and predecessor, Nestor Kirchner.
In a second term, however, Mrs. Kirchner would be challenged to keep the
economy growing amid a more uncertain global economic environment which
could limit the continued spending at home.


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This annual event features the work of more than 100 artisans, including wooden furniture and toys, pottery, photography, jewelry, glass, knitted sweaters and throws, children's clothing, metalware, and folk carvings. Visitors can enjoy live entertainment, a food court, and Codman Estate tours.
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RAHUL KUMAR SHARMA By Paul-Emile Comeau Published April 26, 2006 Music of the HimalayasReal World
Rahul Sharma is the son and musical disciple of Shiv Kumar Sharma, the maestro who can take much of the credit for the acceptance of the santoor (a zither or hammer dulcimer believed to be of Persian origin) in Indian classical music. The younger Sharma, who performed on his father's Sampradaya album, has now had a concert he gave in Turin released as an album on the same label. The title initially seems a little misleading in the sense that Sharma's music obviously doesn't encompass all that the Himalayas have to offer. Sharma specializes in traditional music from Kashmir but also plays music inspired by Sufi mystics and folk melodies. Sharma is featured in a trio setting and plays with a technique that is as fluid and spellbinding as that of the best raga masters. His music is serene, beautifully played, and takes its time to unfurl, the four selections on this album ranging from 10 minutes to 36 minutes in length.


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Howard A. Fine, MD, Joins NYU Langone Medical Center
New Neuro-oncologist to Advance Research and Education at NYU Cancer Institute
NYU Langone Medical Center announced today that Howard A. Fine, MD, has been appointed the Anne Murnick Cogan and David H. Cogan Professor of Oncology, chief of the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, director of the Brain Tumor Center, and deputy director of the NYU Cancer Institute. His appointment is effective September 5, 2012.
A recognized leader in neuro-oncology and medical research, Dr. Fine joins NYU Langone from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for Cancer Research in Bethesda, MD where he is the chief of the Neuro-Oncology Branch (NOB) and holds a joint appointment with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), as an adjunct investigator. In his new role, he will have a wide range of responsibilities including directing clinical programs in solid tumor oncology, developmental therapeutics, malignant hematology and experimental hematology.
"We are delighted to welcome Dr. Fine to the NYU Langone faculty. As one of today's leading neuro-oncologists and a visionary leader, he brings a wealth of expertise and experience in research to treat brain tumors of adults and children," said William L. Carroll, MD, the Julie and Edward J. Minskoff Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, professor, Department of Pathology and director, NYU Cancer Institute at NYU Langone. "He will continue to build on the world-class care our patients have already come to expect us to deliver."
Dr. Fine completed both his internship and his residency in Internal Medicine at the Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania. He later completed a fellowship in Medical Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA, a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School. Before joining the NIH in 2000, Dr. Fine was both director of the Neuro-Oncology Disease Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and of the Neuro-Oncology Program at the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. While at NCI, he developed one of the preeminent brain tumors programs in the world.
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Driver identified in deadly three car accident.
Brownsville police have identified the man killed in a three car accident on Thursday afternoon. Investigators say that 89 year-old Jose Perez died in the accident near the 1900 block of Central boulevard near Los Ebanos road. Perez was driving a white Chevy truck when he rear ended on car and then veered off the road and into oncoming traffic hitting a green Ford truck head-on. Mr. Perez was pronounced dead at the scene and the other drivers of the other vehicles were taken to the hospital.


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Microsoft is permanently reducing the Xbox One price to £399.99 in the UK, and simultanously announcing a new bundle that includes Titanfall as a free game.
The Xbox One price cut comes into effect this coming Friday, the 28th February, although some retailers seem to have, ahem, jumped ahead: the previously reported news that Simply Games were offering an Xbox One discount "for today only" now should have read "for today only this week, apart from Friday".
"It's about giving gamers in the UK the best possible value that we can," Xbox's UK excellently-named Marketing Director Harvey Eagle told us in an interview this morning. "We feel the time is right now to do this because Titanfall is coming out. It's the game that most gamers are looking forward to playing, and we think that this is a great time to offer this new price point moving forwards, and include the game while stocks last."
"Titanfall is a game that has won more than 80 awards so far, it's incredibly hotly anticipated, and I believe it's a game that people will buy an Xbox One in order to play. But moving forwards if you think about what I think are the three hottest games of the year to come, Titanfall, Watch Dogs and Destiny, the only place you're going to be able to play all three of those games is on Xbox One."
He was bullish on the performance of the console so far, and what lies ahead in 2014. "I'm feeling good about where we are," he said. "I think the announcements we're making today are very exciting, I think there's lots more to come. I'm excited about what's round the corner; obviously we've got Titanfall on the immediate horizon, we've got games like Project Spark coming out, we've got Sunset Overdrive coming later in the year, Destiny and Watch Dogs I already mentioned. I think there's a ton of stuff coming and a great reason for people to be excited about the future."
We should expect more information in June, as per Microsoft's usual playbook. "We obviously make a load of announcements at E3 which we're really excited about," said Eagle. "You'll get a far greater sense of the games lineup for the Christmas period at E3."
You can find a bit more about the Titanfall Xbox One bundle over here.


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ATHLETICS CANADA(AC) ‐ You chose to stay and train in Canada at one of the AC Performance Centres,
can you take usthrough some of the reasons that went into your decision making process?
DRELAN BRAMWELL (DB) ‐ My first choice was always to stay in Canada. My desire was to be close to family
and friends. At the same time a full scholarship to a big time US college was something I could not really
pass up. However, after hearing that Canada had a carding system in place which also included covering
tuition fees and that I was eligible to receive it, I changed my focus from the US back to Canada. As far asI
was concerned I had the best of both worlds.
KATELYN LEHNER (KL) ‐ During my grade 11 and 12 yearsI had always wanted to go to the states to compete
in the NCAA. My decision was very thought out and every pro and con was considered. Staying in Canada
did not become an option for me until December of last year. After meeting Carla Nicholls and being
identified in Athletics Canada's Developmental Program, I was invited to attend a training camp south of the
border with some very high level athletes and coaches. I had the opportunity to train with Brianne Theisen
and Jessica Zelinka, two Canadian heptathletes that represented Canada at the London 2012 Olympics. They
had both taken different routes with their athletic careers and both came out with some great results.
My main reason for staying in Canada is being able to have access to the high performance coaching and
training that the Calgary National Center can provide. I am very much looking forward to the overall support
that the Sport Center can provide ‐ sport medicine,fitness testing, physio, as well as academic support and
advice. As time went on, I realized that having a Canadian education is more important than some people
think. A risk of going to the states is that your classes or degree will not transfer with you back to Canada. It
will be a lot less stressful knowing that whatever I choose to get a degree in, I will have no problem with it
being recognized.
I have now realized too,the athletic assistance that is available on a provincial as well as a national level.
Sask Athletics, Sask Sport, and Athletics Canada have been very supportive and I expect their support will
continue to be there in the future for all athletes.
Overall, I am very happy with my decision to stay in Canada. Every athlete has their own individual needs
and I strongly believe that the Calgary Center can meet mine, and will have my long term goals in their best
TYLER SMITH (TS) ‐ I decided to stay in Canada mostly due to my dreams of becoming a teacher.Going into
the states and then coming back to teach could become difficult. I also love my country and I think that I
should stay and try and make the competition that much better. I think more athletes should try and do the
The Centre in Victoria is perfect;the coaches are hilarious, and very knowledgeable. They are also coaches I
plan to be working with for many years after my university career, if I'm lucky that is! I feel I've been lucky
the past few years, I earned a development card from Athletics Canada, with this I can do just as well or
better than in the NCAA. I guess the only hard part is holding on to that card for a few years.
My third reason is to stay close to my mom, who also loves Victoria. It's nice to be able to get on a cheap
plane ride and see her in less than a few hours. My mom is really important to me and is a great inspiration.
AC ‐ Turning down an NCAA scholarship is not an easy thing to do, how did you come to that decision?
DB ‐ Being close to home plus funding for my educational goals. The choice became easy after that.
KL ‐ It was not easy! I had the opportunity to go on two official visits and the coaches and athletes I met
were great, along with the Universities. It was not an easy task at all to make those phone calls to inform the coaches of my final decision.
Division I NCAA is very competitive and there is financial support for the teams
and athletes. I met many great people and coaches through my journey that I expect to come across in the
years to come in my athletic career. However after being exposed to the National Training Center in Canada,
I realized it was a good fit for me.
TS ‐ The cost of me staying in Canada with Canadian carding would benefit me much more than an NCAA full
ride scholarship. The carding standard is much more risky to maintain, I am up for the challenge.
AC ‐ Are there any coaches or athletes at the Performance Centre that you're really looking forward to
work with?
DB ‐ To tell you the truth, I didn'treally know too many people prior to joining the Toronto program other
then Desai Williams. Nevertheless, his past accomplishments were very intriguing tome. Running with Ben
Johnson really opened my eyes to the fact that he was the real deal.
Once I got to the training centre and heard and saw the improvements of most of the athletes in a short
span of time, I knew I was in the right place. I've also really bonded with my team mates which has been an
added bonus.
KL ‐ Having the opportunity to attend three Arizona training camps, I have been able to meet and become
comfortable with my future training partners and coach. Being coached by Les Gramantik has already been
effective and shown progress in my performance in just a short period oftime. He is a great coach as well as
a great person. It will be an asset that Les will be my coach year round.
The athletes; Sam Effah, Rachael McIntosh, Rachel Machin and Nikki Charlesworth have been very
supportive. They are all great athletes and I am looking forward to training with all of them!I t has been great
getting to know everyone over the last few months. It has definitely taken the unknown element away from
arriving in Calgary this fall. I am excited to become a "Dino" and to be part of the female Track and Field
team. They are 2012‐2013 CIS champions and hopefully my commitment and hard work will enable me to
become part of a Championship teamin the near future.
TS ‐ Andrew Ellerton is a new coach at UVIC and although I know he might not be around forever I am really
hoping I can learn as much as I can from him with the time I have with him.He is a great athlete and Brent
Fougner and Wynn Gmitroski are devoted coaches.During my visit to Victoria Imet up with a lot of people I
used to look up to in Alberta that now also run for the UVIC team. I also met many other new athletes that
I'm sure I will have no problem getting along with. Taken as a whole I think they are the best bonded teami n
Canada and I can't wait to be a part of it all!
AC ‐ What would you say to a young athlete that is reading this right now and going through the same
DB ‐ I would say that you really have to weigh the pros and cons of your circumstances. What are your main
goals? Can those goals be achieved by staying in Canada? Not every athlete is going to get carded by AC.
With that said, passing up a chance to go to the US on a scholarship would be hard to resist. Overall, I
would say you have to do what's best for you.
KL ‐ My advice would be to weigh out all your options. There is no right choice – it is more about what the
right choice is for you personally. You definitely need to consider the academics,the athletic environment
and your long term goals. Athletics Canada's High Performance Centre is comparable to the NCAA with high
level coaching and opportunities to compete around Canada as well as in the States. I feel in choosing the
National Training Center, I will be able to experience the best of both worlds!
TS ‐ Any athlete that is looking into staying in Canada should. I know that most people are looking to go out
and live life, grow and explore new things, and I think that's why a lot of people leave home and go into the
NCAA. Sure the training could arguably be better for the time being and the competition is obviously greater,
but at the end ofthe day I would rather be doing the best I can possibly do for my country on a world stage;
that's whatI believe AC and CIS want as well. I believe going down south makes it harder for our track
community to work together and focus on being successful on a global stage. I know money is always a
factor, but I also know there are more Canadians like me who believe some of us should stay. Looking for
support from Canadian Companies is always a possibility and I'm sure with their support we could match the
income some of our athletes are getting in theNCAA.
AC ‐ What's been your career highlightto this point on the track?
DB ‐ My career highlight thus far has been the 2011 Commonwealth YouthGames on the Isle of Man. That
was my first international competition and it really opened my eyesto the fact that I can compete at an
international level. I ended up finishing fourth in the 100m. I have many more career highlights to come!!
KL ‐ My career highlight on the track so far would be running through the finish line atthe end of my 300m
hurdle race atthe Legion Canadian Youth Championships last summer. It is such a great feeling to know that
all of my hard work has landed me in the number one spot in Canada for this event.
TS ‐ Sadly I got sick at the World Junior Championshipsin Spain last summer and I didn't make it out of the
semifinals. Taking this into consideration the year before in Lille, France I ran a new Canadian youth record
in the 800m, I would have to say that is my greatest achievement so far. Although I did not continue to hold
the record all the way through the season I am still proud of my time at the World Youth Championships.


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The Queue: Orange Coke is totally Warcraft-related {WoW}
May 18th 2011 1:01PM I just spit coke (not orange) all over my keyboard when I saw Kivharo get called out in the queue. Hilarious.
The Queue: That's "Famous Titles" {WoW}
Jan 17th 2011 11:37AM There are some low level rewards. At revered there's a 16 slot bag, and at exalted there's level 35 cloaks. But that's really the only reason to grind Gilneas rep other than achievements.
And Josin, the reason to grind other city reps is for mounts. Gilneas, of course, has no mount.
Officers' Quarters: How a guild dies {WoW}
Jan 11th 2011 3:32AM I totally agree about not splitting the focus of a guild. The guild which I was a member of, then an officer of and finally the GM and raid leader of for three years began as a casual raiding guild. As time went on, the casual elements largely boiled away and we were left with a group that was very serious about raiding.
Unfortunately, a few people (officers among them) were the sort who reacted to frustration poorly. When we would have a bad week or two, either due to attendance or raid wipes or losing someone to a big raid on another server, some would retreat back into the casual raiding mode as a defense. When I tried to get the guild back on task and asked people to really put in a strong effort for the guild (both in the raid and out), they'd play the casual card. These people who were more than happy to call themselves hardcore raiders when things were going well attempted to deflect the blame when things went badly. If we weren't #1 on the server, they'd say it was because they weren't interested in hardcore raiding. But when we were climbing the ranks and pulling down firsts, they'd be right there in it.
The moral of the story is that a lack of distinct focus - and a lack of specific communication about what that focus is - can rip a guild apart. My guild disintegrated at the foot of the Frozen Throne because, for too long, we tried to have it all. We tried to keep the casuals (both the real ones and those just hiding from frustration) happy and tried to be on top. You just can't have it both ways.
I loved leading a guild, and for my part I was pretty good at it. But whether you're casual or hardcore or somewhere in between, WoW is about having fun. And no matter what kind of experience you want from the game, a guild that only partially wants to play the same way you do will never really fulfill you. I stuck with my guild to the bitter end, and I wish I hadn't. In the end it soured me on WoW for many months. That might not have happened if I'd accepted a bad situation for what it was and moved on when I recognized it. I urge everyone out there to do the same. There's millions of people playing this game, and finding a few dozen who want to play it the same way you do isn't that difficult. Fond memories and hopeless optimism just can't make up the difference.
Lichborne: Death knight changes for Cataclysm beta build 12942 {WoW}
Sep 15th 2010 4:38AM Okay, now we just need glyphs for Dark Transformation that will cosmetically turn our ghoul into other types of undead. Make it happen, Blizzard!
Breakfast Topic: An alternative to tailoring {WoW}
Apr 26th 2010 8:50AM I think the pairing of Enchanting and Tailoring is overhyped. Specifically, I think that the demands of leveling enchanting are blown way out of proportion. You do not need a self-contained second crafting profession to easily and cheaply level enchanting. While being a tailor (or blacksmith or leatherworker) will provide you with tons of DEables, this is only really important if you're trying to powerlevel your enchanting and tailoring (or whatever) at the same time. And if you're powerleveling them, you probably have enough gold sitting around that you don't have to worry about the cost of enchanting mats.
Simply put, enchanting mats will crop up quickly, whether you're producing the DE'd items or not. Quest rewards and random greens will provide more than enough mats to level enchanting from 1-450 as you make your way from 1-80. Enchanting is not "free" to level, it's paid for by not vendoring your greens.
So although another self-contained profession would be nice, I don't think it's necessary to request it on behalf of Enchanting.
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Apr 18th 2010 8:18AM Uldaman. Sure, I ran it a couple times years ago when I didn't really know better. But now it's on my "I absolutely refuse to participate in this instance" list (a list which is exactly one instance long). It's ugly. It's hard to navigate. It's full of Troggs. Never again.
Twitter developer chat for April 16, 2010, organized by category {WoW}
Apr 16th 2010 9:43PM Most likely what this means is that mounts will no longer be 150% or 280% or 310%. There will simply be "flying mounts", all of which will scale to match your level of training. I doubt they will restrict the training to only people who have a 310% mount already, as it would leave many casual/newer players without any way to attain 310% speed, until they can complete a year's worth of holidays (which many people would describe as decidedly non-casual).
Most likely they'll just make 310% training the first big gold sink of Cataclysm (there will be many, of course - gold sinks are necessary) and grant it for free to those of us who already have a 310% mount.
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Mar 28th 2010 12:06PM I think what makes Varian so badass (at least compared to the other Alliance leaders) is that he's the only one who isn't carrying around a bunch of guilt, and second guessing themselves because of it.
Magni's feeling guilty (or at least was) because of the loss of his brother and maybe even Brann (certainly he had to be presumed dead once or twice in his travels), combined with his daughter carrying the child of a Dark Iron dwarf. That's pretty heavy stuff for a guy who never really wanted to be king in the first place.
Mekkatorque obviously feels incredibly guilty for allowing Thermaplugg to get the best of him, and losing all of Gnomeregan for his people (can't wait to see him do a bit of Varian-style badass raging when they retake the city).
Tyrande feels guilty for.. well.. basically, for Illidan as a whole. She let him out of prison, he proceeded to accept the blessing of the Burning Legion (even if it was in an attempt to destroy the Lich King). Clearly she doesn't fully trust her own judgment anymore.
Velen feels guilty for not doing more to dissuade Kil'jaeden and Archimonde in the first place. He's been carrying the guilt longer than any of the other leaders and has learned to manage it, but he's still bound by it as well.
Varian, on the other hand, doesn't feel guilty about a damn thing. The orcs killed his father. The orcs enslaved him. His kingdom was corrupted by a dragon. His childhood friend went bonkers (with a little help from the Legion) and tried to kill everyone. His wife died. His regent was killed by Putress. None of this (at least from his perspective) is his fault at all. And that's what makes him the baddest badass of all the racial leaders - he's the only one who's 100% certain that what they're doing is justified and best. Well, except maybe Sylvanas, but that's apples and oranges of badassitude.


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I have been reading this forum on and off for a few years and quite often the term 'hosta collector' is used. My question is: at what point is one considered a collector? Cheers,
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When you have more hosta than you have room for.... When you buy 50 plants the first year and 100 plants the next... when a perusal through the Naylor catalog results in a 600.00 wish list, which you cull to 70.00.... When I go to a nursery and say I want that one, and that one, and that one.... When finding the latest greatest becomes a passionate hunt... When I would rather stand in my gardens and talk to and admire my babies.... HMMM... I think an intervention may be in order. |
- Posted by moccasinlanding (My Page) on Mon, Jun 18, 12 at 0:28
Speaking of INTERVENTION, Alexis, have you ever watched that show about drug addiction or hoarding? Not that there is any similarity between such dysfunctional habits and acquiring and CARING FOR hosta, but wouldn't it be a pity if someone took exception to the collection of hosta? I'm assuming that it could become a problem if you kept buying and stacking the pots up in the back yard without attending to the needs of the plants .....or if, as my DH tells me, he really will one day need a MACHETE to get around in the garden. However, if you look at the book about Little and Lewis gardens on Bainbridge Island WA where they created a green paradise, you see that a certain style of garden thrives on excess. Now THAT is a great way to garden, but it does have its own set of issues. If you want to see something gorgeous, look for the book The Garden Gallery: The plants, art, and hardscape of the gardens of Little & Lewis. I think Amazon has some available, although it is now out of print. |
Here is a link that might be useful: A Garden Gallery
- Posted by paul_in_mn 4b (My Page) on Mon, Jun 18, 12 at 0:50
When you wonder if you are a collector.....you probably are. Paul |
When you quit worrying about a wave of color and attractive combos, or companion plants...just "Do I have that one yet?" Paul is probably right. "When you wonder if you are a collector.....you probably are." -Babka (confessed collector) |
You're a collector when you celebrate summer holidays by buying hostas. I bought some new hostas on Mother's Day and then again on Father's Day. I went out to buy steaks for dinner and returned with hostas. Hubby was on the front porch. As I carried the hostas to the back garden, he said: "I hope you remembered the steaks". The first of July is coming up ..... here it's Canada Day. I already have 'Canadian Blue'. |
- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 18, 12 at 10:11
please refer to the link ... and dont wet yourself .... laughing too hard ... and forgive me if you are too old to appreciate that base level of humor... ken |
Here is a link that might be useful: link
Read all the posts to the link. Very amusing. Ken, how in the world did you move 1, 650 hostas? I need to know. I want to move some of mine with me when we down-size. Did UK-hostaman ever reveal how he managed to incorporate 'Empress Wu' into his garden. |
- Posted by ilovetogrow 9 Jax FL (My Page) on Mon, Jun 18, 12 at 15:52
You know when your bit? You arrive here and know you are home. Damn the First of July already. I def need a hosta for that. And do not forget Friday Eve. Have a great grow day!!! Paula |
UK did post a general update of his garden this spring. Looks like the last pic has Empress Wu in it. |
Here is a link that might be useful: UK garden update
- Posted by paula_b_gardener 5a (Uxbridge, ON) (My Page) on Mon, Jun 18, 12 at 17:15
Paul, I like your answer. :) Babka, my thoughts on 'wave of colour and combos' are long gone. Now my thoughts are more like: where am I going to fit this one in? My husband offered to buy a rototiller because he said that we have hardly have any grass left anyway. Irawon, I am in Canada, too and hmmmm, yes Canada Day is coming and I don't have Canadian Blue. Ken, not too old yet, nor will I ever be! Thanks for the reponses. |
- Posted by paula_b_gardener 5a (Uxbridge, ON) (My Page) on Mon, Jun 18, 12 at 17:31
omg Ken! I was laughing so hard, that my dog was looking at me like I was more crazy than she already thought. Loved this one: dreaming about getting a haircut and it looks like a hosta. There were so many there that apply to me so although I don't have hundreds of hostas, I suppose I can definitely consider myself a hostaholic. |
Eleven, thanks for the UK garden update. UK guy is definitely a collector. The rippled edges were to die for. I added quite a few to my wish list. Paula b, just want to let you know that 'Canadian Blue' is very similar to 'Halcyon' if you have 'Halcyon' but CB is faster growing if you don't. Happy Canada Day and celebrate with a new hosta. |
- Posted by paula_b_gardener 5a (Uxbridge, ON) (My Page) on Mon, Jun 18, 12 at 19:36
Thanks Irawon, I do have Halcyon so I suppose I will get a different one off of my list :) I love the answers in Ken's post on Hostaholics so much that I am going to cut and paste into Word and save it on my computer so I don't ever lose it! There are a few t-shirts in my future. |
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