text:
Select () or exclude () categories to narrow your recipe search.
As you select categories, the number of matching recipes will update.
Find exactly what you're looking for with the web's most powerful recipe filtering tool.
I'm a busy 25 year old graduate student from Minnesota close to finishing up my MSE in school counseling. I enjoy cooking and trying new recipes when I have spare time. In addition to cooking, I enjoy traveling and being outdoors. I also love preparing and entertaining for game/movie nights, cocktail parties, and BBQ's with friends.
I love all different types of foods: Sushi, anything grilled, boneless buffalo wings, fresh fruit, my mom's sausage and pasta salad, grilled or roasted veggies, and hummus with pita bread. Lately, I've been trying to eat healtier meals and be more mindful about what I put into my body. My favorite lunches include a great sandwich and I'm always looking for new twists or ideas. Some of my favorites are Chinese, Greek, Italian, Mexican, Indian, and British comfort foods
I love using my slow cooker and am always looking for new recipes to use with it.


text:
Let Princess show you the world
From the far north to the South Pacific, from Old World scenes of Europe to the shores of New England, Princess® can take you to places you've always dreamed of seeing.
Awe-inspiring Alaska
Princess is the leader in Alaska, with sensational voyages, thrilling land & sea cruisetours, exclusive Princess Rail and Wilderness Lodges at the best locations.
Exciting Europe
Discover the fabulous landmarks of Europe's three regions – the Mediterranean, Greek Isles & Holy Land; Scandinavia, Russia & Norwegian Fjords; British Isles, Iceland & Greenland.
The Colorful Americas
Set sail to the carefree Caribbean, epic Panama Canal, festive Mexican Riviera, historic Canada & New England, tropical Hawaii or on a variety of 3 to -5 day short Princess Getaway cruises to the Caribbean or West Coast.
Learn more about:
Caribbean Cruises | Panama Canal Cruises | Mexico Cruises | Hawaii Cruises | Canada & New England Cruises | Princess® Getaways
Exotic Destinations
From the bustling markets of Asia and India to the balmy tropics of South America or the pristine beaches of the South Pacific, Princess offers cruises and cruisetours to the exotic destinations every traveler dreams of visiting.
Learn more about:
Asia, India & Africa Cruises | Australia & New Zealand Cruises |
Hawaii, Tahiti & The South Pacific Cruises | South America Cruises
World Cruises
To see many of the most spectacular destinations on earth on a single voyage, choose a World Cruise – over 100 days sailing around the globe with Princess as your gracious host.
Learn More
- Why Princess
- 1. Warm, welcoming service
- 2. The best itineraries
- 3. A relaxed, rejuvenating retreat at sea
- 4. Delicious, fresh food
- 5. Exclusive amenities
- 6. Stretch your vacation dollars
- 7. The experts love us
Take a minute to
Watch Video
escape completely. - Need more than a minute? Never miss a cruise deal when you register »

subset: commoncrawl


text:
found a new home!
Plenty of my friends are looking
for one too. Find a pet to adopt.
Find a pet to adopt |
My name is Harlow!
Facts about Harlow
- Breed: Beagle
- Color: Tricolor (Tan/Brown & Black & White)
- Age: Young
- Size: Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less
- Sex: Female
- ID#: Harlow
Harlow's Info...
I am already spayed, purebred, up to date with shots, and good with dogs.
Looking into her eyes is like looking into the window of her little soul. Harlow is a victim of cruelty – but she's a survivor through and through. She's a young girl who you will need to have patience with so she can gain trust in humankind again. She is very sweet, shy, loves to cuddle and bet loved on, afraid, quiet. She needs a home where she can blossom into the Beagle that's waiting inside. Could that be you?
Other Pets at Cascade Beagle Rescue
Why Adoption is a Great Option
Harlow, a Portland Beagle dog was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Beagle for sale in Portland, or seeking a Beagle dog from a breeder in Portland.
- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Portland already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Portland breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
- You will become a hero, and give a needy dog or cat a loving home. In fact, there are even Beagle breeders who help with Beagle rescue. One puppy or kitten adopted in Portland paves the way for another one to be saved.


text:
Originally published June 25, 2012 at 8:02 PM | Page modified June 25, 2012 at 9:59 PM
Sounders' quick recovery key to winning U.S. Open Cup game at San Jose
Red cards, little rest stand between Sounders and beating tough San Jose Earthquake on Tuesday on the road.
Seattle Times staff reporter
Latest from the Sounders FC blog
Practice notes: Osvaldo Alonso misses another session with leg injury NEW - 1/28, 05:23 PM
Quick turnarounds are hardly new to Sounders FC.
Success in the U.S. Open Cup and participation in the CONCACAF Champions League comes at the cost of schedule congestion with regular midweek games.
But one day's rest is about as demanding as it gets, and that's the main obstacle Seattle faces in a 7:30 p.m. Open Cup quarterfinal Tuesday on the road against the San Jose Earthquakes.
The more specific issue — with the Sounders aiming for the first Open Cup four-peat in the tournament's 99-year history — is player availability.
Coach Sigi Schmid fielded a strong lineup Sunday against rival Portland, and he'll want to do the same in a must-win game against San Jose, arguably the best team in MLS. That's not as easy as it sounds, and the answers weren't immediately available after a loss to the Timbers, which capped the Sounders' worst seven-game stretch in franchise history.
"We'll have to see what we can put out there for that game," said Schmid, who had hoped the quarterfinal would be rescheduled for Wednesday.
The difficult assignment of determining player availability falls heavily on fitness coach Dave Tenney, who will try to stimulate the quickest recovery possible.
The good news for the Sounders is that there are some positives, according to Tenney, including an early kickoff time Sunday that provided more rest, a comfortable bus ride home afterward instead of a flight, and being able to sleep in their own beds that night.
"From those standpoints, it is optimized as much as we can," Tenney said.
So how will he determine who's able to play again a little over 48 hours from the end of Sunday's game? To start with, Tenney said the Sounders who played 60 minutes or less against Portland — defender Patrick Ianni, midfielders Brad Evans and Andy Rose — should be OK to play again Tuesday.
Asked about playing those who went a full 90 on Sunday, Tenney said "the risk increases dramatically."
Another group that might be able to handle the demands of the turnaround includes Sounders who have experience in the United Soccer Leagues or college, where playing two games in three days isn't uncommon. Zach Scott and Alex Caskey fall into that category, but veteran Roger Levesque can relate.
He remembers a USL game in Minnesota on a Saturday night followed by a road game in Montreal.
"That Sunday afternoon game didn't go so well, but we still went out there and still battled and still fought," Levesque said. "And that's what this team will do regardless ... whoever is out there."
• Tuesday's game will be played at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco. There will be a radio broadcast on KIRO 97.3 FM with audio also available on SoundersFC.com. Ross Fletcher and former Sounder Taylor Graham will be on the call. A live webcast will be streamed on SJEarthquakes.com.
• According to an ESPN executive, the overnight rating for Sunday's rivalry game in Portland was a 0.6, the best for a regular-season MLS game on the network since 2001.
• Sounders FC's 7-5-4 league record is no longer all alone for a franchise-best start. Seattle also got 25 points in 16 games in 2009 (6-3-7).
• The Sounders have received three red cards in the past three games and three others this season through retroactive punishment by the MLS Disciplinary Committee. Seattle had just two last year.
Joshua Mayers: 206-464-3184 or email@example.com. On Twitter @joshuamayers.


text:
I really want to work at Disney too.. Do you have to be doing the college internship to live in the disney apts?
I talked to someone on the monorail - he was only 19! And he just started working like 2 months ago.. he said to call the casting center and they'll have available jobs that I guess you choose from or what suits you best.
- Chloe


text:
South Texas gardeners deal with summer rose problems
CORPUS CHRISTI - Roses are beautiful, but not always in summer. Experienced gardeners know that summer is probably the hardest time to keep roses blooming and healthy. Knowing what to expect is half the battle and should help you make better gardening decisions.


text:
SOMA (South of Market Street) is one of the most cosmopolitan, up-and-coming areas in San Francisco, mixing converted lofts and industrial buildings. With the San Francisco MOMA and some of the best bars and restaurants in the city, SOMA real estate offers access to plenty of things to do. SOMA is also the creative cutting-edge center of the city, home to the majority of graphic arts, design, film and multimedia businesses and more. The dot-com revolution brought thousands of newly constructed lofts and condominiums and a fresh new interest in this neighborhood.
Industrial Urban Oasis with City Views |
San Francisco, CA, United States
Web #: 0087095 MLS ID: 428471 |
Bedrooms: 2
Baths Full: 2 Interior: 1,133 sq. ft. (approx.) Lot Size: 16,836 sq. ft. (approx.) |


text:
Channel 6 News - Search Results
Ice cream shop opens for the season
TROY -- It may not feel like it, but Spring is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate than with a little ice cream?
The Snowman Ice Cream Shop in Troy opened for the 2014 season on Friday. The shop offers your pick of yogurt or ice cream, and depending on the day, there is usually more than two dozen flavors to choose from.
The Snowman Ice Cream Shop opened in 1953.


text:
Carter Gilchrist
posted this on November 21, 2011, 12:47 PM
If your lead gen form requires a date or set of dates, you might be interested in hooking up a "date picker" widget to make the interaction as easy as possible. While this is a feature we will one day incorporate into the core form builder in Unbounce, you can use the following set of steps to get it working today.
Open up the "Javascripts" panel (click the Javascripts button in the bottom left of the editor) and paste in the following:
<script src="http://a.unbounce.com/s/javascripts/jquery/jquery-ui.1.8.16.min.js"></script>
Call this script "jQuery UI" and set the placement to "Head". It should look like this:
Next, hop over to the "Stylesheets" screen (click the "Stylesheets" button in the bottom left of the editor) and paste in the following:
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.16/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css" />
Call this stylesheet "jQuery UI".
There are many different themes available to the jQuery UI, and the above step is making use of the "smoothness" theme. If you wish to use a different theme, hop over here and cycle through the various options. When you find the one you like, take note of the URL they provide:
...and replace the <link> tag from step 2(a) with a new tag like this:
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="THE_NEW_URL_YOU_GRABBED_FOR_YOUR_SPECIFIC_THEME" />
Note: There should only be ONE jQuery UI stylesheet being included on your page now.
You may already have this in your form, but the important part is finding out what the field is called. You'll want to use just a "Single-line Text Field":
In this example I'm calling it "Start Date". You'll notice right under the Field Label input box, there's some text "start_date". This is the ID of your field, remember it for the next step
Open up the Scripts dialogue again. Add a new script, call it "Date Picker" and set the placement to "Head". Paste in the following code, and replace "start_date" with the form field ID that you took note of in the last step:
$(function() {
$( "#start_date" ).datepicker();
That's it, you're all done! You can save and preview your page now, and clicking on the "Start Date" input field should show you something like this (depending on which theme you chose):
Selecting a date will populate the form field like so:
Remember to look at all the options of using this component if you want to get your hands dirty customizing it. There really are a ton of options, including changing the format of the date string that populates your form field. Let us know how it worked out for you!
This is great except for one problem. My business does not want to talk to customers over the weekend. Is there a way to disallow Saturday and Sunday?
Hi Michael,
As this is 3rd party code and not built-in functionality, we aren't really able to help troubleshoot or customize too much. However, it looks like you should be able to pass in an option to the "datepicker" method that looks something like this:
$(function() {
$( "#start_date" ).datepicker({beforeShowDay: $.datepicker.noWeekends});
If that doesn't work, you might want to dig around a little more in the documentation for jQuery UI's datepicker plugin which is what we're using here. Good luck!
Worked like a charm. Thanks!
Another glitch I noticed is that people can select days in the past.
I figured out how to do this, so I wanted to share with the community. The following script will only allow someone to pick 14 days in advance and they cannot pick anything before the current date. If you wish for the calendar to start on the following day, then minDate should be 1. For yesterday, minDate would be -1. And so on.
$(function() {
$( "#day_of_the_week" ).datepicker({beforeShowDay: $.datepicker.noWeekends,maxDate: 14, minDate: 0});
I've just tried this method, and can't get the date picker to appear during preview. I've checked and double checked variables etc. I see it has been over a year since the original post - has there been significant changes that would prevent this from working as this tutorial instructs? Thanks! Ben
Looks like it wont appear during preview, only after publishing.
Hi Ben - thanks for the update
We were trying to exclude Sunday only... So, "noWeekends" wouldn't suffice. We used the following code including our own "noSunday" function:
$(document).ready(function() {
$( "#set_appointment_date" ) .datepicker({beforeShowDay:
noSunday, maxDate: 120, minDate: 2
function noSunday(date){
var day = date.getDay();
return [(day > 0), ''];
I wanted to check whether others had been getting the Datepicker to work on the unbounce platform.
I'm getting the same results as Ben Nelson (above): the date picker will not appear during preview, but unlike Ben, it doesn't work after being published. Instead of producing a datepicker, it produces the string '26-02-2013'
Here's a link to the published page:
I have failed to get it to work trying both jQuery v1.8.16 and 1.4.2. I have verified all of the links to external script and CSS work properly. There is only one form field and no other UI elements on the page.
Brian, I had some trouble with the javascript script addition initially, causing the date picker to not appear. I do have other scripts reliant on Javascript though, so bear that in mind. I fixed it by:
- Not using the Unbounce Hosted Script jQuery (1.4.2). Make sure this box is unchecked.
- Adding the following script manually (name: jQuery Placement: head):
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.3.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.2/jquery-ui.js"></script>
- Ensuring this jQuery manual script addition is first manual script addition (above date picker).
See if that helps.
Ben, thanks for your help. I followed all of your instructions. The suggestions didn't work.
I've enclosed some screenshots of the script, the form and the CSS.
If you should see something that is out of place, let me know.
I use a lot of jQuery. This little thing seems a little wonky to me.
Thanks again. The Unbounce community is awesome.
Hi Brian,
The only difference I can see between your implementation and mine is the style sheet. Probably worth trying mine as a last resort:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.9.2/themes/cupertin..." />
If you notice there's a versioning relationship going on between jQuery and the stylesheet: 1.9.2
...and just like that, it works.
Anyone tried to integrate date + time picker? If so, would appreciate if you could post the code/steps. Thank you.
what I am looking for is how to integrate either:
into an unbounce landing page. I tried hard but cannot accomplish that..
I have same problem as Brian and Ben - It says invalid for the stylesheet and the date picker will not show up. I have all the same code as Brian and then tried the suggestions from Ben like Brian did - to but it will not work. Brian - what exactly did you change from your original screen shots of your code?
The one statement from Ben that says the Jquery ui should be first in the code stack. How do I do that? there are already other things in the Head.
It is baffling that this will not work. thanks for any help you can give.
Actually got it working - still says invalid and it will not show or work in preview but if I publish it - it works.
What I really need is to add a Date of Birth field that has a day, month, and year dropdowns that will populate as one date when all 3 are selected.
Can anyone suggest how to incorporate this, or the ability to simply just collect a date in date format without having to use any pickers?
Thanks! It works pretty good.
I implemented this on rent.restinchairs.com and it works great but it seems to be causing a problem with my Salesforce integration because it is not a "date field" but I need to map to a date field in Salesforce. This is the error I'm getting:
Request Error: Salesforce received 06/29/2014 which should be sent as a date field. Please update your field mapping configuration.
any ideas?
Hi Frank - since this work around leverages a text field, you won't be able to pass it into Salesforce as a date field. You could push it into a text field in Salesforce though and then write a custom function in Salesforce that converts the text string to a date string.
Why in does the stylesheet appear (invalid) ?
Hey Eduardo
Our CSS validator tries to check if the code is valid on a very low level. We are working to better improve the CSS validator but at times it can misfire and misread your code as being invalid when it operates just fine. If everything works correctly, feel free to ignore the error.
Hi there - 2 questions:
1. I've followed the instructions to the tee but it doesn't seem to be working for me. Do you need to publish the page in order to see it work (the field still acts as a single line textbox in preview)
2. How would I create a calendar that ONLY accepted Friday, Saturday & Sundays?
Thanks, that worked perfectly.
Hello - I'm looking to add a datepicker that only shows Tuesdays and Thursdays. I've poked around the web and haven't been able to figure it out. Here's the code I have that's working now and showing only M-F:
Hi Greg - I found this post on Stack Overflow that should do the trick for you. In this example, he's disallowing Monday and Tuesday, but you should be able to adjust/add extra numbers to disallow all days other than Tuesday/Thursday. Just add an extra && between each day you want to add. For the jquery datepicker, the days are numbered 0-6, starting with Sunday (Sunday = 0, Monday = 1, Tuesday = 2, etc)


text:
Schemmel's overall style is just as pragmatic; his delivery is clean, streamlined and blessedly free of the forced catchphrases that have been endemic since the rise of ESPN. "I just try to be the eyes of radio listeners," he says, "and I try to be professional, without getting into a lot of editorializing or ripping the team. If the Nuggets are down by 25, I don't see any reason to rub it in, because people know what's happening. I just call the action."
Given the frequent ugliness of said action, it's only natural that those paid to watch and participate in it would form a close bond. As the tipoff between the Nuggets and Orlando nears, Schemmel, dressed in a crisp white dress shirt and tasteful tie, joshes with his executive producer, Jason Kosmicki, who is juggling a laptop computer full of data and his daughter's entire kindergarten class, for which he's lined up a slew of freebie tickets. (Good seats are still available...) Also ensconced in the Fan section of the courtside counter provided for the media is Schemmel buddy Jack Thompson, president of Berger Funds, a powerful Denver mutual fund company, who for the past five years has done stats for home Nuggets broadcasts. Rather than use a computer, Thompson writes everything down in a studiously neat hand. Moments later, after the Nuggets are introduced, assistant coach Louis Dampier high-fives Schemmel, and recently signed center Kevin Willis ambles over to take a cough drop from a bag Schemmel keeps handy in case his throat gets dry. Not that Schemmel minds: After all, Willis recently bought him a new batch.
As the game begins, the Nuggets are blazing, with star forward Antonio McDyess and underachieving center Raef LaFrentz sinking everything they launch skyward, whereas the Magic seemingly can't hit a shot with a rim-seeking missile. But even as the Nuggets get up by sixteen points -- in the first quarter! -- Schemmel remains low-key; when a hoop is made, he eschews clever verbiage ("Straight through the silk!" "Right down the drain!") in favor of "Got it" and "Good." And before long, his decision to temper his enthusiasm looks like fortune-telling. The Nuggets slowly but surely piss away their double-digit lead, ending the first half ahead by just three -- and they emerge from intermission with all the energy of a cryogenically frozen Walt Disney, allowing Orlando sensation Tracy McGrady to score eleven points in four minutes. With time ticking down, the Nuggets, fueled by hyperactive backup guard Robert Pack, make a last-ditch effort to stay alive, but it's not nearly enough. They wind up on the short end of a 93-87 tally, and as veteran scorer George McCloud slams the ball down in disgust, it's abundantly clear to everyone that the season is essentially over, with more than a month left to play.
But Schemmel still has work to do. Even after the 12,000 or so diehards have vacated the Pepsi Center, he's still in his seat, dispassionately dissecting another catastrophe -- and although his words are glum, the sense of calm, strength and sanity he exudes sends the message to his listeners that life will go on. For that, they should be grateful.
Guard that wallet: The Denver Newspaper Agency is currently attempting to prepare the populace for the arrival of combined weekend editions of the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News, due April 7 and 8, with full-page Q&As explaining for the umpteenth time the joint operating agreement that made the papers' business merger possible (and legal). Among the questions: "What will happen to advertising and subscription rates?" But the answer provided -- "Advertising and subscription rates will be increased over time. These rates will reflect the size of our audience and the quality of our products" -- probably won't soothe business owners suffering from extreme sticker shock. The DNA has been downplaying the word that rates are headed for the stratosphere, but even the News has been forced to acknowledge the truth. In a March 11 article headlined "Advertisers Feeling Sting of New Rates From Dailies," a representative of Christopher's Dodge World said he's been told that a full-page ad in the News that would have cost him $2,055 pre-JOA will now require him to fork over between $12,000 and $13,000.
That's an approximately sixfold increase -- even higher than numbers reps were pooh-poohing just weeks ago. More significantly, these hikes are arriving just in time for what could turn out to be a sizable economic downturn. Speaking of which...
No, not that kind of stock: DJ Sandy Travis, the cowboy-hat-wearing veteran broadcaster whose tale of being sacked by country giant KYGO-FM was told in this space two weeks ago, still isn't baring his soul to scribes like yours truly, but he is talking to members of his "posse" -- boosters who've signed up for updates on his Web site, sandytravis.com, which was taken down late last week. In a March 11 e-mail, Travis addressed his situation for the first time. "Sorry I haven't gotten back to you about my problems with KYGO, but I've been trying to recover from the shock and reorder my life," he wrote, adding, "I've declined to do interviews with the media. I just hate it when people in my situation indulge in those pity parties. I simply can't afford the energy and time to look back. It's time to move forward."


text:
Tokyo is located on the Eastern side of Honshu, Japan and is the Japanese capital. It is also one of the most important megalopolis in the world. It is a transport hub to get to the whole of Japan and the public transports inside the city, especially the trains are super efficient.
Our Tokyo store is located in United Arrows in the trendy Harajuku area. The area is known all over the world for its most incredible street fashion. There are a few street fashion publications based solely on Harajuku style, one of them being the famous "Fruits". The fashion in Harajuku has often inspired designers the world over.
Depending on where you are staying, there are various options to get to our store, but today we will just be looking at taxis. The first rule in Tokyo when you want to take a taxi is to have the address you want to go to written in Japanese, unless you are going to a well-known hotel. Tokyo is a real maze, even taxi drivers don't always know their way around, simply because they couldn't memorize all the streets!
If you need to flag a taxi, make sure you check the light in the window: if it is red, then you can hail it, if it is yellow, it means it is busy. Once you've found your taxi, do NOT try to open the door. They are automated and you will just end up with a door in your face if you bend down to grab the handle!
Remember that taxis aren't the cheapest option in Tokyo. It will cost you ¥710 until you reach 2km and then, for every 274m traveled, add on another ¥80.
If you want to show the address of our Tokyo store to the driver, here it is:
ユナイテッドアロ?ズ 原宿本店 ウィメンズ館
In English it is:
B1-1F, 2-31-12 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001


text:
Latest News
Who Won American Idol: Candice Glover Or Kree Harrison?
Candice Glover and Kree Harrison faced off on Thursday's American Idol finals, with one being crowned the season 12 champ.
SPOILER: Who Was Crowned … READ MORE
It's Finals Night On American Idol! Who Did The Judges Prefer?
On American Idol's big finale Wednesday night, Kree Harrison and Candice Glover each sang three songs, but one sapped up more praise from judges.
American Idol Shocker! The Two Singers Going To Next Week's Finale Are...
The stage is now set for next week's big finale of American Idol. On Thursday night's edition of the Fox show, Kree Harrison, Candice Glover and Angela Mille… READ MORE
American Idol: Emotions & Tears Flow As 3 Finalists Return Home
Tears flowed on an emotional edition of American Idol Wednesday night, as video packages of finalists Kree Harrison, Candice Glover, Angela Miller retur… READ MORE
American Idol: And Then, There Were Three…
The 'Fab Four' was reduced to the 'Terrific Three,' as one very talented contestant was sent home Thursday night as the competition reaches a fever pitch on … READ MORE
Shocker On American Idol: What Happened?
A shocking surprise highlighted Thursday night's edition of American Idol and we've got all the details for you right here on RadarOnline.c… READ MORE
Nicki Minaj Puts On Phony English Accent & Tells Mariah Carey ...
Just when you thought Nicki Minaj was ready to play nice with Mariah Carey, the Super Bass singer sniped at her fellow judge on Wednesday's show, putt… READ MORE
21 Again? Mariah Carey Ignores Her 43rd Birthday On American Idol
Mariah Carey was in no mood to celebrate her 43rd birthday on Wednesday night's edition of American Idol, as the aging diva seemed uncomfortable with the at
American Idol Contestant Kree Harrison Drawing On Tragic Death Of Pare...
American Idol favorite Kree Harrison is drawing inspiration from a heartbreaking double tragedy she has suffered to hopefully help secure a place in the s… READ MORE
American Idol Reveals Its Top 10 Finalists!
The 20 remaining singers in this year's American Idol competition were whittled down to 10 Thursday night, with the finalists taking the stage sing … READ MORE


text:
Social commerce spotlight: Pinterest sets the tone for social shopping models
As scrapbook site Pinterest proves itself a formidable presence on the social commerce landscape, it's little surprise retailers are taking steps to emulate the model's success.
The site has put a great deal of onus on imagery, so increasing numbers of reports are filtering across the web about the importance of product presentation. Some companies have only now been spurred into introducing digital catalogs, but better late than never, especially following findings that suggest an online, social, catalogs can spike traffic by as much as 40 percent.
Inevitably, though, Pinterest's rapid take-off has sparked a number of similar sites. Take Shopcade, for example. Like Pinterest, users create scrapbooks of things they like, but everything on the site is available to buy. If, after sharing their scrapbooks, a friend makes a purchase, the original user gets a modest cut. CEO Nathalie Gaveau says the Shopcades userbase is growing 20-30% month over month, and notes that if that rate of growth is maintained she could be heading up strong Pinterest competition in the future. And why not? Like Pinterest, it's scrapbooking and it's social, with the added extra of scoring the user some extra cash. Who's going to argue with that?
Elsewhere, we've Pinterest-style models embedded into Facebook, such as Glimpse, a social shopping app that some claim may yet prove to be a model of sorts for f-commerce. Borne of intensive collaboration with Facebook and the Open Graph, Glimpse matches products in its database with user Likes, resulting in a virtual store window with items liked by the user and their network. Of course, all activity shows up in newsfeeds, and in a not-subtle nod towards Pinterest, users can create catalogs of coveted items.
As MarketingLand notes, "This is probably the social shopping experience that Facebook should have itself created for retailers and brands." Of course, Facebook didn't have the product data to build this, but as more retailers take note of Pinterest's success, and Facebook is increasingly motivated to fend off the competition, big-name brand collaborations supporting this kind of shopping platform will be inevitable.


text:
Giant Eagle 0218 - City View
5744 Transportation Blvd
Garfield Heights, OH 44125
Map It!
Years Labeled (Rating):
2008 (93), 2011 (83)
Facility Type:
Supermarket/Grocery Store
Total Floor Space:
Year Constructed:
Building Owner:
Giant Eagle, Inc.
Property Manager:
Giant Eagle, Inc.
For More Info:
Karen Andelmo
Energy/Regulatory Affairs Coordinator
Pittsburgh, PA 15238
Please note: The building information in this profile was verified and submitted to EPA at the time of application. Building energy performance, operating
characteristics, and ownership/management may be subject to change over time.


text:
Hi all just ordered a can of 'Fertilome' heal and seal'. Couldn't find a dist. for Doc Farewell's so I went with this. I have to remove my infected branches of Bacterial Canker on my Italian Plum. I will have open wounds after branch removal of about 2 inches in diameter. Do I spray this on immediately after pruning? thanks, Mrs. G |
Follow-Up Postings:
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 6, 13 at 11:47
Tree wound sealers have not been shown to have any efficacy at helping trees close wounds, but I'm unaware of any guidelines to treating bacterial canker as I've never had to treat it. I never use any kind of sealant when I prune- only for grafting. |
Thanks h-man! Is there not a chance of fungi during grafting? Or is it still to cold and dry outside? This is not fun. Mrs. G |
Is my only alternative to saw off the branches and not protect the wounds? Guess so! ughhhhhh and leave them out to dry to borers and other disease? Mrs. G |
The problem with the sealers is they keep them nice and moist to give fungi plenty of time to establish. It's like putting a plastic bag over a wound. Not a great idea. Also gives access to the canker bacteria. You want it to dry ASAP. If you want to protect the area, you could apply copper locally, you might defoliate the tree if you sprayed all of it. With young 1-2 year old cherry trees to branch correctly on Gisela rootstock, you need to remove some of the buds (more info at MSU sites). Anyway they say to spray with copper after you do this. So it doesn't hurt trees putting in open wounds. It will stop fungi, and bacteria from infecting wound. So if you feel you must treat area, use copper only on the cut. I have never grafted, but it makes sense to keep it moist till tissues can fuse together. And I have seen it is a must to sterilize everything before you start, so most definitely infection can ruin graft. Why the knife and all are sterilized before using. |
This post was edited by Drew51 on Thu, Jun 6, 13 at 14:42
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 6, 13 at 15:20
Well, I'm a dirty grafter- never sterilize any of my tools. So far so good after 100's of grafts. Not that it isn't good advice and I'm probably just setting a bad example, but I trust in the antibiotic nature of the wood itself. They used to say plastic cutting boards were safer than wood until it was realized how much the wood itself kills germs. |
Thank you both clean and dirlty grafters. This is an established tree (close to it). I will spray copper on the wounds. Thanks, Mrs. G |
Mrs. G. I bought my Dr. Farwell's grafting seal from a farm store called Oesco Inc..in Conway, MA You can order on-line. I did because it's too far to drive. It sells a lot of farming/orchard products. I wish it was closer. The service was good. I ordered the wrong product and called in to change it. No problem. I have bacteria canker on my peach trees, too. All I read on this forum is to make sure the tree is not under stress and to feed it so it could grow stronger and overcome the canker. So, I have not done anything but monitor the wound areas. The very wet and cold weather we had in March and April could stress the trees out and weaken them so canker has taken advantage of it. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Dr. Farwell products
Thanks again Mamuang. Just bought nitrogen rich fertilizer for my peach trees. I'll spread it first thing in the morning. Glad I'm not alone in this. Mrs. G |
Dear Mrs. G. Hope you will try your hand on grafting next year. I did it this year using Dr. Farwell grafting seal and watching a lot of Stephen Hayes videos. I grafted A. pears and apple (heard that they are the easiest to graft). Both worked!!! Let me tell you this, if I can do it, everyone can do it. |
You might have to come to my orchard. You tube only goes so far with me. I like lessons with a human being. I'd love to try it. I think of all the varieties I could have! Mrs. G |
Dear Mrs. G., As a rookie grafter, i would not dare teaching anyone how to graft!!! You may want to try to convince Harvestman to come up to RI to do some demonstration. |
It's easy. Apply the principles of cambium contact and do it.i like s.Hayes videos and received my 1st 'live' instruction from him. Do it. I personally have had great success with late summer budding, from august on, using that years growth. I'm also doing june budding from dormant wood, but the wood has moved along and has sprouted. My takes in this situation is less. |
Ok, will try next spring, I promise. Now I'll need to know the best places to buy scion wood from. Oh egad! I am hooked arent I? Mrs. G |
Well, the can of Fertilome seal and heal arrived today. I"ll keep for grafting next spring. :) |
Mrs. G. Check the instruction on the bottle. My Dr. Farwell states that the product cannot be frozen (or kept in a garage in freezing temp). The store I bought it from did not even ship it to me in early (cold) spring. I store it in the house!!! |
Please Note: Only registered members are able to post messages to this forum. If you are a member, please log in. If you aren't yet a member, join now!
Return to the Fruit & Orchards Forum
Information about Posting
- You must be logged in to post a message. Once you are logged in, a posting window will appear at the bottom of the messages. If you are not a member, please register for an account.
- Please review our Rules of Play before posting.
- Posting is a two-step process. Once you have composed your message, you will be taken to the preview page. You will then have a chance to review your post, make changes and upload photos.
- After posting your message, you may need to refresh the forum page in order to see it.
- Before posting copyrighted material, please read about Copyright and Fair Use.
- We have a strict no-advertising policy!
- If you would like to practice posting or uploading photos, please visit our Test forum.
- If you need assistance, please Contact Us and we will be happy to help.
Learn more about in-text links on this page here


text:
EMPY1 commented on the blog post Quite a reason to rely upon him
If he wasn't authorized officially, isn't this a Logan Act violation?
EMPY1 commented on the diary post Tea Party ties to Koch Brothers ignored in IRS Scandal by Jcoleman.
Please, please try and get this fact right when reporting on this story. "Non-profit status is granted by the IRS for "social welfare organizations" and federal law puts legal limits to the amount of overtly political things you can do if you are applying to be a non-profit, and thus tax-exempt." The legal limit to [...]
EMPY1 commented on the blog post Penny Pritzker's Financial Disclosure Off $80 Million
"The revised total is in addition to the amount reported last week, according to Anderson."
The 80 mil was in ADDITION to the amount last week.
EMPY1 commented on the blog post Tom Dolan, Husband of Aaron Swartz Prosecutor, Attacking Swartz Family On Twitter
Correct me if I am wrong, but I have read that the plea deal was spiked by MIT, not Mr. Swartz. So yes, Mrs. Assface's husband, there was a deal. It was dropped by your wife.
EMPY1 commented on the blog post Looks Like Republicans Will Swap Fiscal Slope for Debt Limit Showdown II
If your gonna take the coin route, you should go for broke. Mint enough to erase the entire debt and eliminate interest payments at the same time.
EMPY1 commented on the diary post FBI Raids Broadwell's Home by Elliott.
Aren't they a bit late with this? She's been all over the news as being under investigation for nearly a week and inside the beltway for months. I'm guessing she would have destroyed anything by now.
EMPY1 commented on the diary post Long Beach Hotel Workers Win Living Wages, Paid Sick Days by EllenBravo.
I am very happy for them, but knowing what a fine group large hotel owners are, I wouldn't start dancing until I saw the new pay rate on my check. I have a strange feeling anything over 99 employees will now become "independent contract labor".
EMPY1 commented on the blog post Debate Odds and Ends
Manufacturing includes high paying R&D, admin and executive positions as well as safety, engineering and sales all of which may require a degree to attain. A rise in our manufacturing base includes filling all of these as well as production line work. These are all "factory" jobs and I highly doubt you know if the student was looking for one of these or not.
EMPY1 commented on the blog post Smug American Elitism at the Olympics Opening Ceremony
The constant commercial breaks were almost as bad as the three idiots talking shit about every country. The cut away from the torch being brought in by boat was terrible.
EMPY1 commented on the blog post A Leader of Washington's Anti-Gay Marriage Campaign Has Been Found Guilty on Gun Charge
What was his bail set at? I'm sure he was arrested and booked into jail for his offenses like any other citezen in the same circustances would be. I'm also sure his right to renew his ccp has been suspended as well since he not only carried with an expired permit but brandished in a threatening manner.
EMPY1 commented on the blog post Three Step Plan to Completely Fix the Judicial Crisis
You are assuming they actually want the problem fixed. Based on the fact that they know the same rules you have stated, and CHOOSE not to use them, then the only answer is they don't want the problems fixed.
When they began the new session with no rules changes, they showed their cards. Gridlock means never having to do your jobs, make hard choices or take responsibility.
EMPY1 commented on the blog post Joseph Bast Is Kind Of A Big Pussy
"I assume your intemperate comments are based on a forged memo that misrepresents our efforts in the area of global warming research education, so let me explain before demanding an apology."
Nope! It's based on your little stink tanks entire body of work. Millions of Koch bucks burned at the alter of fake controversy, pseudo-science and intellectual dogshit.
EMPY1 commented on the blog post Heartland Affair and Climategate Share Common Thread: Always Blame the Climate Scientists
The NY Times was censoring the comments to Andrew Rivkins opinion piece on this this morning. They would not allow any comment that mentioned Rivkin being exposed by these documents as a friendly Heartland conduit. My comment that just mentioned the Climategate issue were posted, but not the others.
Now all the comments have been deleted and commenting is closed.
EMPY1 commented on the blog post Romney And Pangloss
O has been gifted this clown show on purpose so he may continue his mission from the "left" to expand the MIC to previously unthinkable levels. Then the right can bring in Petraeus to play with all the new toys.
Who knows how many foreign entanglements we will be in by the time our next great military President takes the helm. Who better than someone that has failed at nearly every mission he was given. I can see him failing upward all the way to the CIC with our crack media feeding paving the way.
EMPY1 commented on the blog post Grief Ghoul Nancy Brinker's Race For The Bullshit
Isn't that the same guy who played the female body builder Vera Demillo on In Living Color in the 80′s? He looks great.
EMPY1 commented on the diary post NPR Does Fluff Piece for Private Equity by Dean Baker.
Don't forget the hundreds of millions in "Management" fees the purchased company has to pay to the Private Equity firm for the priviledge of being raped.
EMPY1 commented on the blog post US Drones Keep Falling Out of the Sky
F22 Raptor
The $153 million (that's the official number, the actual after retrofits for problems is much higher) averages a critical failure for every 1.7 hours flown. It is not used in combat because it's to unreliable, and yet they forced us the buy 183 of them.
The entire fighter jet program has been a huge suck.
EMPY1 commented on the blog post US Drones Keep Falling Out of the Sky
The f-22 Raptor, that cost twice as much as the f-35, is the one that has problems in the rain.
EMPY1 commented on the blog post Leave The Gun, Take The Hard Drive
"The move during the final weeks of Romney's administration was legal but unusual for a departing governor, Massachusetts officials say"
It was only legal if copies of all the information was archived with the state records keeping office. You are not allowed to wipe all your records clean when leaving office.
Also, if the state property wasn't put up for sale at public auction, then those sales are also not legal.
Maybe some reporters should be digging a little deeper and a certain state AG should be investigating possible charges.
EMPY1 commented on the blog post WaPo Front-Page Journalistic Malpractice on Social Security Draws Backlash
You don't make the front page by being honest and accurate. You make the front page by writing what the overloards want to read. This is also how you secure a position at a Kock/Peterson/DeVos think tank.
- Load More


text:
Jennifer's father, a Baptist pastor for some twenty-five year, was not terribly excited about our decision to convert to Orthodoxy. Nevertheless, he and the rest of Jennifer's family were just glad to have us home for good. Our first few days at their house were a wonderful time of rest, relaxation, and getting caught up. Still, I had to start working on getting a job – and fast. On the evening of Audrey's tenth birthday, I got on a Greyhound bus bound for Houston, headed for my parents' house in northern suburban Houston. My mission was threefold: buy a car (we hadn't owned one for nearly five years), get accepted into the alternative teacher certification program in my former school district, and get a teaching job in the district. I stayed there for about a week, and I succeeded in the first two parts of my mission. Unfortunately, however, I did not land a firm job offer, although I did have several leads.
While in Houston, I decided to visit an Antiochian parish that I had found on the internet: St. Joseph's, in west Houston. Their website was excellent, and their parish priest looked even more impressive. He had a long beard, just like one would expect an Orthodox priest to have, and he looked resplendent in his vestments. It took me an hour to get to St. Joseph's from my parents' house, but it was worth the drive! The music was beautiful, the Liturgy majestic, and the people friendly. After the service, when the people went up to venerate the Cross, I followed. The priest greeted me warmly and asked my name and what I do for a living. A little embarrassed, I said "Well, I am a Baptist missionary…or at least I WAS! I just came home four days ago. I have come home in order to convert to Orthodoxy." He seemed genuinely surprised and impressed. He invited me to come again. Little did I know that this godly man would become my spiritual father, counselor, and dear friend. Even less did I imagine that I would eventually serve this parish as a deacon and then become its assistant pastor.
A few days later, I returned to Texarkana to rejoin my family. By this time, Jennifer was nearly eight months pregnant, and so naturally, I did not want to be away from her if I could help it. By the first Sunday that we were all in Texarkana, Jennifer and I were eager to attend a Divine Liturgy together. Unfortunately, there is no Orthodox parish anywhere near Texarkana (God grant that this will change soon!). So, on the first Sunday in May, we piled the kids into the car and drove an hour and forty-five minutes to St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church in Shreveport, Louisiana. We loved the service, and the people were as friendly as those at St. Joseph's had been. Their priest at that time, Fr. John Morris, was very kind and patient, staying after the Liturgy for more than a half hour to answer the many questions that we had. We liked it so much that we returned again the next Sunday.
A week or so after our second and last visit to St. Nicholas, I received a phone call that changed my life. My uncle had called to inform me that my mother had suffered a massive stroke, but that she was stable. By now, it was near the end of May, and I was reluctant to leave my great-with-child wife. My uncle said that he did not think it was imperative that I rush to Houston. Mom's life was not in danger, and she seemed to be improving. A couple of days later, however, my brother called to say that Mom did not seem to be improving any more. She was paralyzed on her left side, and she could not speak intelligibly. After hearing that, I immediately left to go and be with her. Sadly, my brother's description of her condition was right on target. I wept over the sight of my mother. She had always been active and full of life, and she had always loved to talk. Now she could neither walk nor talk. To make things worse, my father had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease for over five years, and Mom had been his primary caretaker. Who would take care of him now? My uncle agreed to take him in temporarily, and this relieved our stress for a while. But my brother, sister, and I were about to face some hard decisions.
After about a week with my parents, I returned to be with Jennifer again. I was scheduled to start my classes for the alternative certification program on June 4, which was three days past Jennifer's due date. Needless to say, we were all on pins and needles. Our mission board, on our kind former boss Ted's urging, had granted us two extra months of medical insurance, and we also had a couple of months of severance pay. Still, I had no job. So, Jennifer and I agreed that she and the kids would stay with her parents in Texarkana during the summer. I would spend the weekdays in Houston, staying with a single fellow who was a friend of a friend, and go back to Texarkana on the weekends to be with the family. Finally, on June 9, our third daughter, Elizabeth, was born. We were overjoyed, but our joy was mixed with the sorrow of my parents' situation, and also with the fact that I had to be away from Jennifer and the kids so much.
Soon after Beth was born, I was hired to teach seventh and eighth grade math by my former high school Chemistry teacher, who was now an intermediate principal. Although I had really wanted to teach high school, I was just thankful to have a job. A few weeks later I found us an apartment near the school. We all moved to the apartment in July, and I started teaching the next month. Now, I was facing one of the greatest challenges of my life: persuading a bunch of hormone-driven seventh and eighth graders to want to learn math! Jennifer and I had frozen in Prague, battled drought and angry nationals in Tuzla, been evacuated from Banja Luka, had nearly been snowed under in Sarajevo, and had experienced a crisis of faith that lead to the end of our careers after our return to Banja Luka. After all this, I thought that teaching in the good old U.S.A. would be easy. Boy was I wrong…
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
1 comment:
- Clint said...
What an exciting and scary time for y'all. I am very interested in how this is all progressing.
- September 5, 2007 at 2:40 PM
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)


text:
My Nessus Viewer
I say my Nessus viewer because Nessus parsing scripts are one of the rites of passage for any pentester.
If you've been using Nessus for long enough then you'll remember the NBE
format. NBE
was a lovely little pipe delimited format that I never had the
misfortune to work with. I started out hating the HTML format and working with
the first version of the XML output. Version one of the XML format was the
worst kind of XML - closer to HTML than something useful. A lot more human
readable than machine readable, and machine readable is what you wanted.
The reason you wanted a machine readable format is because of Nessus's dirty little secret: it's not for pentesters. The secret begins to reveal itself the more you actually use Nessus. Pentesters do not need global profiles; we want per-project profiles. We do not need all our reports stored in one place; we want them separate and stored along with all of our other output from the test. And in the vast, vast, majority of cases, we do not want things reported host by host. Most pentest reports will list the things found and the hosts that are affected by the thing.
That final point is why you want machine readable formats. And it's also why all pentesters must, at some point, write a Nessus parsing script. This one is mine.
It represents my first attempt at GUI programming; it's a little simple but it does two things: shows your results by issue, rather than by host, and merges multiple reports into one.
If you have any differences in the output then these will be shown in a "Diffs" tab. It's an ugly format but gets the job done.
There are also a couple of output formats as well: reStructured Text, CSV and XML. The XML format is used internally, so is not that useful for others.
Here's what you get when you run it:
Here's what you get when you load up a Nessus file:
If I load up the same scan again and hit the "merge" button the results get combined:
It is not code that I'm super happy with but I works well enough and others have found it useful, so check it out on Github.


text:
Does your pale ale go down better with some Poe, your stout with some Silverstein and your lager with some Longfellow? If so, then you and your favorite iambic pentameters might want to try Liquid Poe... More >>
Has Denver developed a celebrity curse? In January, it was basketball analyst and former NBA great Charles Barkley, who got busted for a DUI after he ran a stop sign in Scottsdale, Arizona, while on ... More >>
The sandwich: Smoke stack Where to get it: Safeway What's on it: Turkey, ham, fontina, tomato, lettuce and mustard on ciabatta bread How much: $5.49 I didn't really want to review the sandwiches at S... More >>
Did John Hickenlooper officially announce his re-election campaign in a downtown whiskey distillery this week? Or was the ever-entertaining Denver mayor just feeling particularly spirited (the electio... More >>
Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey celebrated the corking of its 1,000th barrel on Wednesday, April 8 -- which means that the five-year-old micro-distillery has produced 52,800 gallons of whiskey at its fac... More >>
Baseball season is on tap, and so is the seasonal reappearance of Denver's oddest brewpub, Blue Moon Brewing Co. @ the Sandlot, inside Coors Field. Why is it odd? Although the brewery itself - owned ... More >>
Snow. Sun. Snow. Sun. Clouds. Thunder. Heat. Cold. We realize this is Colorado. We realize that if you don't like the weather in Colorado, wait an hour. We realize that it's kind of fun experiencin... More >>
The sandwich: Aye Conyo What's on it: Cuban roast pork, ham, Swiss cheese, pickles, onions, mustard, pepperoni, turkey, hot peppers and Key lime mayo on Cuban bread. Where to get it: Buchi Café Cub... More >>
It's been a long trial, and former University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill probably needs a mental break from his wrongful-termination lawsuit against the school (a case that has gone to the... More >>
The Waunita Lek near Gunnison, mating grounds for a large group of Gunnison sage grouse, is open for public viewings, and bird watchers will have good news to share with the rare species, which puts... More >>
So, Westword web editor Joe Tone and I tried going to Mendelson's today for a triple-decker sandwich so I could start working on my Mendelson's sweatshirt (free if you eat all 21 varieties), but ... More >>
The sandwich: Pesto Turkey Torpedo Where to get it: Quiznos What's on it: Turkey, mozzarella, pesto, lettuce, tomato, red wine vinaigrette How much: $4 Let the haters hate. I don't care, because whe... More >>
The sandwich: Italian sausage with peppers What's on it: Italian sausage, peppers, provolone and marinara sauce on a hoagie roll Where to get it: Carbone's Italian Sausage Market and Deli (1221 West 3... More >>
Editor's note: Earlier this week, Patty Calhoun had the brilliant idea to dispatch Jonathan Shikes to the Fainting Goat for his 40th birthday, which happens to be St. Patrick's day, which happens to... More >>
It's hard to know who to be more frustrated with: the brand-new, Bill Belichik-style youngster, who'd barely figured out his I-25 from his I-70 before dumping half the team and infuriating his star qu... More >>
The number of journalists in Denver may be shrinking, but the media scene is still cooking - at least when it comes to chili. A few dozen reporters, editors, photographers and the like (including your... More >>
East High grad and author Daniel Howe will talk about his 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning history tome, What Hath God Wrought -- The Transformation of America: 1815-1848, at 7 p.m. tonight at the Colora... More >>
The Wynkoop Brewing Co. was the first modern-era brewpub to open its doors in Denver, and this summer, it plans to become the first city brewery to sell its beer in cans. "We're pushing for June," sa... More >>
The sandwich: Tortilla Española Where to get it: Vert Kitchen (704 South Pearl Street, 303-997-5941, www.vertkitchen.com) What's on it: potato omelet, aioli, manchego cheese, lettuce and tomato How m... More >>
Here is an example of a condolence e-card you can find at www.bluemountain.com, the online greeting card company originally founded by the parents of Jared Polis, who's now a first-term Congressman ... More >>
Danyl Cook was first inspired to paint trees on a trip to Italy, but its the trees in the parks of Denver that move him emotionally and... More >>
Good bowlers, bad bowlers and just plain ugly bowlers will gather tonight for the fifth annual Concerts for Kids Bowl-A-Thon, where anyone... More >>
New Belgium Brewing, which began canning its signature Fat Tire amber ale last summer, will release a second aluminum-clad brew, Sunshine Wheat, in April or May. The move gives more credence to the gr... More >>
The Sandwich: Italian Sub Where to get it: Summerhill Market (5614 East Cedar Avenue, 303-377-2979, www.mysummerhillmarket.com) What's on it: Capicola, ham, salami, provolone, lettuce and tomatoes, ma... More >>
George Thorogood drinks alone, and now we know why. With a beverage in tow, its hard to shake hands, throw your arm around a girl or slap... More >>


text:
The draft plan, in the works for weeks, also would boost GOP majorities in a number of districts, making it easier for Republicans to hold onto their seats. It was reviewed this week by a group of state GOP lawmakers, representatives from the Michigan Chamber of Commerce and the Michigan Attorney General's office, two sources with knowledge of the meeting told The News. The sources requested anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak about the redistricting efforts.
From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20110528/POLITICS02/105280366/GOP-draft-plan-targets-Peters–Levin#ixzz1Ng8j6lgy
There are many things to be said about this plan, but the aspect that is attracting lots of buzz around the web is bolded above. Still, what would you expect?
A few things that jump out at me are that in order to make the 7th safer for Walberg, they have cut Battle Creek out and put it with Grand Rapids in the 3rd. That will make the 3rd considerably less Republican – enough to make it vulnerable in a good year? I'll have to run the numbers and see.
The 6th, my district, is left pretty close to 'as is', just as I expected. For one thing, tucked into the corner as it is, there are several fewer degrees of freedom in making this district. You could make it longer E-W, including Battle Creek in the 6th, which would make it more of a swing district, or you could make it longer N-S, making it more Republican. Either way would not serve the interests of Fred Upton, who presumably has enough clout within the Republican Party to get whatever he wants. A more swing district makes him more vulnerable in the General Election, while a 'lake shore' conservative district makes him more vulnerable in a Republican Primary. So it stays the same, just picking up the rest of Allegan.
On the whole, the new plan is more obviously gerrymandered than the old. The 3rd and 7th were reasonably compact, now they are not. The 14th is just ridiculous.
There is lots of discussion around the web over the SE MI districts and the implications; I won't reproduce it all here. Others' thoughts?


text:
(Boston, MA) Registrar Rachel Kaprielian today announced the RMV low plate lottery will be held Saturday, September 6 and invited applicants and the general public to attend the live drawing to be held at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline from 11 am to 2 pm.
"Since the first registrations were issued in 1903, Massachusetts motorists have shown an affinity for low number plates," said Registrar Kaprielian. "The museum's collection of vehicles from the horseless carriage to the first electric car provides the perfect backdrop for our own history-in-the-making event in awarding this years most desirable registrations."
Some of the 164 license plates up for grabs in this year's lottery include R3, P7 and W55. So far nearly 2,900 Massachusetts vehicle owners have submitted applications to enter the lottery. Applications can be downloaded from www.massrmv.com and must be mailed or postmarked by August 8 to be eligible for the drawing.
In addition to the plate lottery, the RMV will host several exhibits on transportation memorabilia including some of the original 1903 plates, old registration books and early licenses. Attendees will also have the opportunity to tour the museum which houses America's oldest car collection. Currently, the exhibit hall is offering a special showing of Italian classic cars in addition to the extensive collection of vehicles owned by the Anderson family which include one of the first "electric" cars. The museum is also holding a Porsche festival on the grounds of the former Anderson estate which is expected to attract a number of vintage Porsche models.


text:
The Wired Homeschool – Tech, Tools, & Tips for Homeschooling the Internet Generation
Now Playing
WHS 47 – Mobile Internet Filtering and Accountability: Covenant Eyes Mobile |
Before I begin my review of Covenant Eyes I want to be very clear: I am a Covenant Eyes affiliate. I'm an affiliate because I believe they have a great product. However, my relationship with Covenant Eyes in no way will prevent me from speaking truthfully about their product. I've written a lot about Covenant Eyes in the past, mostly on my old blog/podcast Jesus Geek. I'm a big advocate for their software so it will be difficult for me to control my enthusiasm. But before I get into the full review, I'd like to mention a sponsor of the podcast: Scholaric simple homeschool record keeping is just a click away! What is Covenant Eyes Mobile?Let's start with the basics. Covenant Eyes is a browser that records your browsing habits on an iOS device and rates the "maturity" of the sites you visit. It works along with the desktop version of the software so once you have everything configured for your home computer you don't need to configure the mobile browser. The mobile versions of the software are free with your monthly subscription to Covenant Eyes. It can be installed on multiple devices for no extra charge. If you're interested in knowing more about how Covenant Eyes works, visit their website. I want to focus on the browser for iOS rather than the service itself which I've reviewed in the past (check out the link above to my old blog). How it WorksOnce the app is installed enter your username and password and then start browsing. That's it! Every time you visit a website it will be recorded and reviewed by Covenant Eyes and rated. You and/or your accountability partner will be able to see on the accountability report the "safety level" of the site. You can then use this to start a discussion about your Internet usage. The browser works just like other third-party browsers on iOS and just like all the others it is also limited by the SDK. Bookmarks, multiple pages, zoom, etc. are all available but the much desired options to make it the default browser, import Safari bookmarks, and share links or add them to the homepage aren't there. It's frustrating but that is how Apple rolls. There are two features that I really think Covenant Eyes needs in the iOS version. First, a panic button similar to the one found in X3 Watch. Being able to get a notification that you're headed to a potentially offensive site (knowingly or unknowingly) is a great option. Second, it should require you to disable Safari. There is a reminder to do so but it really should just require that restriction to be enabled. Covenant Eyes mobile has come a long way from its first release when it was slow, buggy, and crashed. It's a more mature app now and I think with a few more refinements it could almost be the "perfect" app for mobile accountability. Covenant Eyes I am running audio spots at the end of each podcast for the New York State LEAH Homeschooling Conference. You'll hear these at the end of every podcast up until the conference. If you or someone you know is on a homeschooling conference committee, feel free to contact me about having your audio advertisement included in the podcast. Kindle Fire Unboxing Video ### If you'd like to leave feedback about this or any other episode you can call and leave a voice mail by calling 518-290-0228, send email to http://facebook.com/wiredhs Music: Poofy Reel by Kevin Macleod. The Wired Homeschool is a proud member of the Tech Podcast Network. For more family-friendly tech podcasts visit techpodcasts.com |
Released May 17, 2012
Comments » |


text:
- Poverty | Compassion International Blog - http://blog.compassion.com -
Child Sponsorship: What Happens When a Child Leaves the Program?
Posted By Web Team On June 3, 2009 @ 1:28 am In Child Sponsorship,For New Sponsors | 60 Comments
We've noticed variations of these questions popping up in several of our posts about letter-writing. So we approached Bill Dunigan, a man for the people and a team leader in our contact center, to help us address them.
Thanks Bill.
Can I stay in contact with my child if he or she graduates or leaves the child sponsorship [3] program?
If you tell us you want to continue writing to your child, we'll send you information to read, sign and return to us.
The form we send will describe what your new relationship will look like and will give us permission to share your contact information with our country staff, who will then share it with your child. If your child wants to keep in touch with you also, he or she will send you a letter or an e-mail to begin the conversation.
The main thing to keep in mind is that translation services no longer will be provided —something to consider if you do not speak the child's language.
Also, since the child will be out of our program, we cannot make any guarantees about the regularity or quality of the correspondence from the child. Plus, we won't be able to help with questions that may arise.
And finally, it's important to know that sharing your information means you could potentially be contacted by others, such as your child's relatives, friends or acquaintances who might want to contact you for personal gain.
Why do children leave the sponsorship program before graduation?
The reasons children leave can vary.
What happens to a child who graduates from the sponsorship program?
It's a good question.
With more than 1 million sponsored kids in 25 developing countries, the answer could be as varied as a response to: What do young people in the U.S. do when they complete high school or college?
While the specifics are different in an environment of severe poverty, young people in developing countries have the same general aspirations as we do: They want to create a better life for their families, the people of their communities and themselves.
In releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name, our sponsorship program focuses on each child's spiritual, economic, social and physical needs. When a child completes the program, he or she has had opportunities to know and understand the Bible, and receive Jesus as Savior.
Also, the child has been reminded of the importance of making thoughtful decisions about health, nutrition and sexuality, and will have learned at least one income-generating skill.
Finally, social skills gained while in the program will help the child be comfortable in personal interactions as well as in the larger context of community.
All of this combines to highlight our holistic distinctive, with the Good News of Jesus at the core.
But what does a child do when graduation arrives?
Our country staff tell us of young men in Africa who become car mechanics, or earn a living as a bus driver in their country's tourist industry.
Some kids go on to higher education in the country, possibly through our Leadership Development Program.
A girl in Haiti may use her sewing skills to make and sell clothing in the market. A boy in Uganda may use his agricultural skills to raise a crop to sell.
Many Compassion children are taught the art of serigraphy — making T-shirts or decorative cloth using the silkscreen process, to sell in a local market or as a street vendor.
Often, children learn about hydroponics, cultivating plants in a nutrient-rich solution rather than soil.
Article printed from Poverty | Compassion International Blog: http://blog.compassion.com
URL to article: http://blog.compassion.com/child-sponsorship-graduation/
URLs in this post:
[1] subscribe to our blog: http://feeds.feedburner.com/CompassionBlogPosts
[2] Web Team: https://plus.google.com/+compassioninternational
[3] child sponsorship: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/child-sponsorship-when-child/id596925238?i=161124683&mt=2
[4] Image: http://blog.compassion.com/your-sponsored-childs-photo-what-does-it-tell-you/
[5] Image: http://blog.compassion.com/giving-gifts-to-sponsored-children/
[6] Image: http://blog.compassion.com/give-a-gift-to-your-sponsored-child-how-what-why/
[7] Image: http://blog.compassion.com/boys-will-be-boys/
[8] Image: http://blog.compassion.com/who-is-your-hero/
Click here to print.
Copyright © 2010 Christian Blog on Child Poverty. All rights reserved.


text:
seriously people. this is what Republicans think of us. you don't have to love the Democrats but at least they don't hate you. you may like "small gov't" (whatever that means) or guns or lower taxes. but you'll get most of that stuff with Dems and little of it affects you anyhow.
the Republican party has become a club for white Christian (preferably) men. if you're an atheist and call yourself a Republican please realize that they hate you. they probably can't even know or else you'll be cast off. you're the religious version of an Uncle Tom. with Eric Cantor's primary loss the make up of Republicans in Congress is 100% Christian. 99% white Christian (one black representative was appointed). and most of them are scary religious. the anti-science folk, the jesus is coming back sooners, the gays will destroy us all idiots. sorry, you can't like small gov't enough to tolerate being lumped in with those freaks.
i implore you, please switch your voter registration. become an independent but vote with the normal people. at least until they go bye bye in which case feel free to go back to your gov't hating ways. in the meantime help vote superstitious weirdos out of office by supporting the only party that is perfectly fine with you. as my Jewish grandmother used to say, "try it, you might like it".
I am an Ayn Randist and/or small government conservative and/or libertarian or Ron Paul-type conservative. I do not like the democrat party, so I vote for the other major party. In fact I think all taxes are theft and liberalism is a mental disorder. I think environmentalism is a conspiracy to compel us into purchasing more expensive so called green products. The only thing you and me have in common is that we both know there is no god and religion is horeshit, or are you one of those agnostic-atheists who insists that he is only 99.999% sure there is no god, in order to avoid feeling too antagonistic?
So what does hating objectivism and hating small government conservatism and wanting a big government to steel from productive non-poor people have to do with atheism? I think there may be a lot of non-religious small-government conservatives, it is just that it is politically incorrect to identify as such. Do you think every single republican is a fundamentalist christian, evil, generic non-ethnically marked white person? Who do you hate more now, atheists like me, or the republicans?
And I used to be Jewish. No, I do not identify as a Jewish atheist. I identify as Michael.
"Who do you hate more now, atheists like me, or the republicans?"
i hate you both equally. you must have lucked into atheism as it clearly has nothing to do with your intelligence. you're a fucking nutcase. a conspiracy theory believing weirdo who probably stumbled upon a Hitchens rant during your Alex Jones phase.
Fucking nutcase is exactly the right term Matt!
matthew, I don't hate Michael. I pity him. He's been sucked into a cult and has become one of the "true believers." Not much different that being an evangelical christian, a fundamentalist muslim, or a door banging JW. Each one has a monopoly on the truth, and an irrational, myopic view of the world dictated by the tenets of their respective cult. And, if you don't agree with him, there has to be something wrong with you, e.g. liberalism is a mental illness. Cults have to have enemies and must define those enemies as something less than normal humans. The "true believers" are gullible enough to believe it.
A 'for instance' of blind faith in the cult is the concept that all taxes are theft and government is evil. Except, I am sure he doesn't think twice about getting and using his "free shit" that he can't see is dependent on taxes like police and fire protection, and use of the sidewalks and roads. You know, same as the welfare cheats his cult bitches about.
Here's another. Environmentalism is a conspiracy. Depending on your cult de jure, so is evolution, climate change, the moon landing, George W. Bush being in on 9/11, and hundreds of others. These require their believers to abrogate the right to independently think, usually by promoting an anti-science, anti-rational position, and accept the "party line." Kind of like an evolution denier getting his/her yearly flu shot, or taking an antibiotic.
I strongly suspect Michael will ultimately abandon this cult, but unfortunately will probably adhere to another one. He strikes me as the type of person who goes from catholicism, to nazarene, to mormonism, to baptst, to new age spiritualism, to some other sect, faction creed or following. At each stage, being one of their banner carriers and "true believers." I'd be more than willing to bet you were right about his "Alex Jones phase."
you know Pat, i was going to write something similar but i have little patience for his type. but i'm glad you did, because it couldn't have been written better.
Well analyzed and well said, Pat.
I strongly suspect Michael will ultimately abandon this cult, but unfortunately will probably adhere to another one.
I agree; he will in time abandon his present cult. He will then find another.
That's because it's easier to change cults than it is to give up the need for a cult.
Wow Michael Planko. I learned something about you.....I am so sorry to hear this.....I am a Democrat...because the Tea Party Republicans , who lets face it is running the Republican Party, are a bunch of haters of all things I hold dear......They have held Congress hostage mainly because they will do anything and everything to destroy the Obama presidency.....That is as bigoted as you can get...So much for ending racism in the US.......I am also stunned that you do not believe in any taxes....How on earth are Americans going to get Social Security, medicare, unemployment insurance, any health insurance, well paved roads, bridges, subway stations, public education etc etc.....Liberalism also stands for equal rights for everyone including all minorities......I am also saddened that you say you were Jewish...You do realize that being Jewish is also an ethnicity , so you will always be Jewish....And by the way, the majority of Jewish people are Democrats...so you are among the few who are not..
I'm with you, Freethinker31. All of that is true.
© 2015 Atheist Nexus. All rights reserved. Admin: Richard Haynes.


text:
Would you be willing to answer a few brief questions about PlayStation Forums?
I do this too when the game is laggy. Why fight in a match were people just spam Hades' sword/maul specials, also? No fun in that, and my little cousins could pull that off. Keep doing it. If you're making them mad, you're doing something right. I only get pi*sed off on Labyrinth. I get ringed-out in the most bullsh*t ways.
Objectives suck, stupid to have no REAL choise in how you want to play/win. It is a COMBAT game for F_UCKS sake!!!
Would you seriously like to play something like this? If you like objectives so much why don't you go give this thread your blessing and hope something like this gets implemented for all the carebears.


text:
Timor: Special Representative of the Secretary-General
Ref 0.UN4851 and O.UN48531
Thank you for these helpful telegrams. We agree that Winspeare appears to be approaching his mission in a realistic and helpful manner. He nevertheless places us in some difficulties with his two requests which we feel must be considered against the background of the considerations outlined in our telegrams O.CH3050782 and O.CH305491.3 In general, we wish to minimise the degree of Australian involvement in the Winspeare mission and to avoid, so far as possible, a situation where his visit becomes a source of further tension between Australia and Indonesia, or provides a focus for further hostility towards Indonesia among elements in the Australian community.
- It would not be consistent with this approach to encourage Winspeare or the United Nations Secretariat to look to the Australian Government as a source of 'independent information' on what is happening in Timor. We believe that there could be a slippery-slope quality about such suggestions in that one request could lead to another until a situation arose where, despite ou[r] caveats, and in spite of what Winspeare himself has told you about his recognition of the problems facing Australia, we could be drawn into the role of party principal that Australian policy to date has been to resist. In any event, as you will appreciate, much of the information we have on developments in Timor comes from highly sensitive material which could not be conveyed to Winspeare.
- It would probably be possible to charter a suitable aircraft from Australia for Winspeare's needs in Timor. But our strong preference would be for him to look elsewhere and we are glad that enquiries are being made in Singapore and in Jakarta itself. The United Nations might find as a suitable charter firm, the United States-owned National Air Charter, which operates from both Jakarta and Singapore. The Australian Government has occasionally chartered a Grumman Gulfstream aircraft from this company for flights between Singapore and Christmas Island. We were able to do so at competitive rates.
- Sani's reaction reported in New York's 0.UN4853 is probably indicative of the Indonesian Government's sensitivity over this matter. We agree that in the light of the enquiries that the Indonesians are currently making as to charter availability in Jakarta we should delay our own response to Winspeare. Should Winspeare approach the Mission in Geneva about the matter, however, we would like Geneva to respond in terms of paragraph 3.
[NAA: A10463, 801/13/111, xix]


text:
Unlimited Streaming
Anywhere, Anytime
Anywhere, Anytime
Try Now for FREE
[after hearing Preston's vows] "I think I speak for ever woman here when I say... Dump her. Dump Yang and marry me."
"I know I haven't been myself lately, but I'm me again, so I was thinking maybe you should sleep over, because the me that I am is horny for the you that you are."
- Permalink: I know I haven't been myself lately, but I'm me again, so I was...
- Added:
MEREDITH: "Hey."
DEREK: "I have a surgery."
MEREDITH: "I heard you were the best man."
DEREK: "Yeah."
MEREDITH: "Maid of honor, best man, kind of perfect."
DEREK: "Yeah."
- Permalink: Hey. I have a surgery. I heard you were the best man. Yea...
- Added:
Song | Artist | ||
Roboxula | The Jealous Girlfriends | ||
Falling Or Flying | Grace Potter | ||
Hold You In My Arms | Ray LaMontagne |
Top Shows
© 2015 TV Fanatic | About Us | Copyright Inquiry | Privacy Policy | Contact Us | TV Fanatic Plus
Sign up for our daily newsletter to receive personalized television news for free!
No thanks. I hate television.


text:
Named after 'Sawyer' on LOST, so I can say 'Yeah, I sleep with Sawyer every night!'
Click here to post comments
Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How? Simply click here to return to Boston Terrier Names.
Copyright © BostonTerrierHub.com | 2007 - 2012 | All rights reserved.
Powered by SiteBuildIt


text:
Burnside Brewing
Back in July during the Oregon Brewers Festival I also had a list of Portland breweries that I wanted to try to visit (as if drinking for days at the Brewfest wasn't enough!), and Burnside Brewing Company was near the top of that list. Open for only a year, Burnside is one of what I'm thinking of as the "new wave" of Portland brewpubs, those that have opened only in the past several years that … Continue reading →


text:
Charles J. Butler
Senior Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, IRS, Adjunct Professor of Law
B.A., Georgetown; J.D., New York University
B.A., magna cum laude, phi beta kappa, Georgetown University; J.D., New York University School of Law. Following graduation from Georgetown, Professor Butler served as an...
Continue ReadingB.A., magna cum laude, phi beta kappa, Georgetown University; J.D., New York University School of Law. Following graduation from Georgetown, Professor Butler served as an artillery officer in the U.S. Army, stationed for the most part in Germany. Professor Butler then attended law school at NYU, where he was Executive Editor of the NYU Law Review and published The Defense of Marriage Act: Congress's Use of Narrative in the Debate Over Same-Sex Marriage, 73 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 841 (1998). Professor Butler clerked for Judge John Gleeson on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He then practiced litigation and legislative advisory work with Covington & Burling and Latham & Watkins in Washington, D.C. While in private practice, Professor Butler represented civil rights groups in a successful challenge to a referendum petition to repeal Maryland's Antidiscrimination Act of 2001, and represented the parents of slain Army soldier Barry Winchell in obtaining reforms to the Pentagon's former "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy. Following Doug Gansler's election as Maryland Attorney General, Professor Butler served as an Assistant Attorney General, representing the State of Maryland in major litigation and advising state agencies and officials on legislative and policy matters. Professor Butler is currently Senior Counsel with the U.S. Department of Treasury.


text:
Fresh Faces
The fourth preview of the upcoming Innsmouth Horror Expansion! |
Arkham Horror | Published 08 May 2009 |
"That plague of '46 must have taken off the best blood in the place. Anyway, they're a doubtful lot now, and the Marshes and other rich folks are as bad as any. As I told you, there probably ain't more'n 400 people in the whole town in spite of all the streets they say there are. I guess they're what they call 'white trash' down South - lawless and sly, and full of secret things. They get a lot of fish and lobsters and do exporting by truck. Queer how the fish swarm right there and nowhere else.
"Nobody can ever keep track of these people, and state school officials and census men have a devil of a time. You can bet that prying strangers ain't welcome around Innsmouth. I've heard personally of more'n one business or government man that's disappeared there, and there's loose talk of one who went crazy and is out at Danvers now. They must have fixed up some awful scare for that fellow.
"That's why I wouldn't go at night if I was you. I've never been there and have no wish to go, but I guess a daytime trip couldn't hurt you - even though the people hereabouts will advise you not to make it. If you're just sightseeing, and looking for old-time stuff, Innsmouth ought to be quite a place for you."
We return to the haunted streets of Innsmouth with fresh minds, and fresh faces. Joining our ranks are 16 new investigators, each with a unique back story and style.
It seemed so surreal when she was approached by a recruiter after one of her gymnastic meets all those years ago. Somehow, she had come to the attention of a nameless agency working for the government to protect the country. Never one to turn down a new challenge, Trish had eagerly signed up. One of the first things that they taught her is that there is strength in focus – in joining the mind to the body to exceed the whole. With her agile body and formidable mind, she was soon one of their best spies. But recently, Trish has begun to wonder at the motives of the organization she works for. Are they really tied to the government, or is she working for some sort of shadow society ruling the country from behind the scenes? Her quiet inquiries eventually led her to the small city of Arkham, Massachusetts. Normally, newspaper buildings are something that Trish avoids like the plague in her line of work. But standing in front of the Arkham Advertiser, she knows that this is her last lead. If the information she needs is anywhere, it'll be here.
Silas always felt the call of the ocean. Even as a little boy he loved to play in the waves. There was just something soothing and otherworldly about the sea that put him at ease in a way nothing else could. It came as no surprise to his family when Silas announced that he'd decided to become a sailor and travel the world. They'd actually been waiting for him to reach that conclusion for several years. So, he signed up with a merchant shipping company and spent the next few years gallivanting from one port to the next and seeing all the sights he could take in. Periodically, he would dream. At these times, his sleep was haunted with strange, ethereal visions of undersea vistas and bizarre creatures that smiled toothily at him. Gradually, he came to feel that there was something sinister about these dreams, and when he asked his family, they simply nodded and said, "It's time for you to visit the main branch of the family up in Innsmouth. They'll set you straight." Two days later, as he disembarks from a ship at the Arkham docks, Silas can't help but find his family's remark just a little bit sinister.
Zoey knew that she was special. She'd known it ever since God had spoken to her one night when she was six years old…the night that terrible fire took away her parents. He told her that He had chosen her from among all the people of the world to be His agent. She would protect the innocent and punish the wicked. Since then, He came to her in times of trouble, offering guidance and comfort. He has also come to lead her to an evildoer on several occasions. In each instance, with His aid, good triumphed. Then, one day, He spoke to her, telling her to come to Arkham, where she would face her greatest challenge yet. He has not spoken to her since. Now, as Zoey steps off the train onto the platform, she fingers her cross, feeling the wrongness of this place in her bones. Perhaps if she cleanses the city of its taint, He will speak to her once again.
13 faces have yet to appear, but they arrive soon. Steel yourselves, for there is still much to come...
Arkham Horror is a boardgame of mystery and madness set in Arkham in the 1920's. Players investigate the strange happenings about the town, and race to prevent ancient evil from surfacing. Playable with 1-8 players.
Im really liking the Idea that Silias can "swim" between locations.
It will be really interesting to see how he moves between boards, using him to shut down gates and such. He could find himself in a little bit of trouble when the aquatic monsters start shifting with him though.
hmmm... the pirate seems ok... lol he has my skill Under Water Basket Weaving!
::Laughter:: de world ain't big enuff fer two Zoeys.
It's pretty Cool that Trish does'nt have the same " Combinasion" Of 2 Skills ^^
Ha! It was one of my predictions for Innsmouth, that we'd get another character with a non-standard focus. Very cool!
I agree with Jones. +1 Focus would increase Trish's Focus by 1, but this would not affect how her markers are moved during the upkeep phase. Admittedly this is the primary thing Focus is used for, so the bonus wouldn't means as much to her as to someone else.
"Trish makes my head hurt! so she can move the sliders to the right a total of 5 stops? how does +1 focus work on her?" MrsG
I'm going to have to say "it doesn't," except in those cases were something works off an investigator's focus value.
These are too cool. Can't wait to see the rest of them! And is it just me, or does the middle guy on the investigator markers look like Dennis Quaid?
Trish makes my head hurt! so she can move the sliders to the right a total of 5 stops? how does +1 focus work on her?
lol...I vote Knuckles Eki for worst reason to not buy ever :))... also might just be a hunch....but AOs strike at players for absolutely everything...there might be one who strikes on lowest focus ?! thats a long shot though and it would seem stupid :D
but yeah basically you do need focus for focus based items/spells etc.
That spygirl is cool. I dont think the rules are unclear. If she gets a bonus to focus it does nothing to her skillsliding, since she "doesnt spend focus to adjust her sliders".
I like that her skills are paired up so they go in the same direction. She gets better at both skills when she moves the slider. Her inovative coolness equals the martialarts lady with stamina/sanity sliders.
Silas Marsh, fighting around the world!
I made a homemade character called Zoey (I got 4 homemades), and now FFG is releasing another Zoey... I don't want 2 Zoeys, so I might not get this expansion =P


text:
Fri, May 31, 13 at 13:04
For those of you who used epoxy grout on the backsplash, how did you protect the countertop from stains. Especially for quartz, soapstone, marbel etc. I am planning to use epoxy grout for my backsplash and my tile guy is very concerned about staining the countertop. I have soapstone and I know that the stain cannot penetrate. My tile guy does not trust that claim but he says stain on the surface is also a concern especially as I plan to leave my soapstone unoiled. Will painters tape be enough? |
Follow-Up Postings:
- Posted by wi-sailorgirl (My Page) on Fri, May 31, 13 at 14:36
I'm a little confused. Your tile guy is worried about the grout staining the countertop? Just cover up the counter with plastic + paper, cardboard, a drop cloth, whatever. I actually covered out counters for our tile guy but I don't think he actually got anything on them. |
Yes he is worried as the epoxy grout (Laticrete) is oily and can stain other unsealed sufaces. My soapstone is unsealed and is meant to be untreated |
Please Note: Only registered members are able to post messages to this forum. If you are a member, please log in. If you aren't yet a member, join now!
Return to the Kitchens Forum
Information about Posting
- You must be logged in to post a message. Once you are logged in, a posting window will appear at the bottom of the messages. If you are not a member, please register for an account.
- Please review our Rules of Play before posting.
- Posting is a two-step process. Once you have composed your message, you will be taken to the preview page. You will then have a chance to review your post, make changes and upload photos.
- After posting your message, you may need to refresh the forum page in order to see it.
- Before posting copyrighted material, please read about Copyright and Fair Use.
- We have a strict no-advertising policy!
- If you would like to practice posting or uploading photos, please visit our Test forum.
- If you need assistance, please Contact Us and we will be happy to help.
Learn more about in-text links on this page here


text:
My latest purchase of probably dumb gardening paraphenalia is a Toro electric leaf vacuum. I've used it once and loved it! It shreds to a size I find acceptable and is so easy to use. Any body else out there using something similar? |
Follow-Up Postings:
OMG! I'm drooling after looking at that link! Mayalena, I have either a Toro or B&D electric hand-held blower/vac, probably the same or similar to what you have. (For the life of me I can't remember which one, and I was just using it two days ago, lol!) Anyway, I don't dislike it, but I don't love it. I have a Flowtron, which produces a wonderful consistency of shreddedness (a real word, lol?) and so I've been spoiled by that. But with almost an acre of land and about 40 trees, it's really slow work with the Flowtron. The hand-held vac realy isn't much faster, but it is a tad easier to walk around and just suck up the leaves instead of having to rake them and then pick them up and dump in the Flowtron. The trade-off is the size of the shredded leaves. The vac doesn't come near the small size of the Flowtron pieces. But, it's still better than not shredding at all. The other downside, IMO, is the size of the bag. I have to empty it so often. Not really sure how they can rectify this, though, as you can't really carry around a much bigger bag, lol. As it is, I find the ergonomics of the vac awkward and uncomfortable, and it gets worse as the bag gets full. I am considering the attachment they sell to be able to shred into a garbage can or similar receptacle. That would allow me to shred more at a time and maybe take the weight of the bag of my shoulders. Hmm, I just read through what I wrote and it doesn't sound like I like this thing, lol! But really, I am not sorry I bought it, and I wouldn't necessarily discourage someone from buying it. It just has it's limitations - as do many of these types of machines. We all want something like in the link above at a hand-held vac price, I guess! Honestly, I was spoiled last year by my neighbor. He has some kind of lawn tractor and he cleaned out under a row of hemlock trees. He said he was going to use his tractor to shred the leaves from under them. When I asked what he was going to do with them, he asked if I wanted them, and said he would leave them for me by my compost bins. A few days later when I noticed the pile of leaves, I was ridiculously happy. They were the most finely shredded leaves I've ever seen in my life, lol! Probably not good for a heavy winter mulch, but perfect for a nice-looking summer mulch in the front (i.e. visible) perennial beds. Now, even my trusty Flowtron can't live up to that! Dee |
WE should have that DR power shredder/vac next fall.. I am all ready happy dancing over it. I have an acre with 22 deciduous trees ... I have a lawn tractor that cuts em up "ok" but you do have to rake them off in the spring if you use it as mulch, this one I won;t and it can make the "shredness::" FINER. when you suck them in its shredded AND when you use the hose to blow them back out! |
I have to confess that one of my neighbors, who has a bunch of trees and about 2 acres that is kept mowed and is in his eighties, has a similar rig to ontheteam's link. He has 3 huge compost bins that are chock-a-block full of leaves, and I'm sure that after the 5 or so years he has had it, it has paid for itself since he didn't need to pay someone else to come clean up leaves as he is no longer physically able to do it by hand. He seems to have a great time with it, perched on the lawn tractor with his ipod and singing his heart out as he cruises around gathering up leaves. We only have red maples in the areas we keep as lawn (and the field areas are on their own - no leaf removal) and dh has found that if he mows a couple of times once the leaves are all down on a dry day, he can chop them fine enough that they sift down into the grass and break down by spring and help increase organic matter in the lawn. I don't think that would work so well with heavier leaves. Unfortunately, it means that if I want leaves for the compost pile, I have to make a special request that he save a few. |
- Posted by squirejohn 4 (My Page) on Mon, Oct 31, 11 at 7:48
I've also read on another forum good reviews about the Cyclone Rake. |
Please Note: Only registered members are able to post messages to this forum. If you are a member, please log in. If you aren't yet a member, join now!
Return to the New England Gardening Forum
Information about Posting
- You must be logged in to post a message. Once you are logged in, a posting window will appear at the bottom of the messages. If you are not a member, please register for an account.
- Please review our Rules of Play before posting.
- Posting is a two-step process. Once you have composed your message, you will be taken to the preview page. You will then have a chance to review your post, make changes and upload photos.
- After posting your message, you may need to refresh the forum page in order to see it.
- Before posting copyrighted material, please read about Copyright and Fair Use.
- We have a strict no-advertising policy!
- If you would like to practice posting or uploading photos, please visit our Test forum.
- If you need assistance, please Contact Us and we will be happy to help.
Learn more about in-text links on this page here