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Hi Everybody....I have a problem...I was so wanting to go to this plant swap because it will be my first. But there has arisen an issue involving my parents that will keep me from going...I am afraid that I need to be there for them as it is far more important.
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The reason I decided to write this was to give dA a proper farewell. It's been a great run over the course of the time I've been here. While I did try to salvage some interest in the form of posting up creative writing, I realized there's just no room for this in my life, anymore. There's no point in hanging around something that only serves a vestigial purpose for me. I've 'evolved' past my connection to this place, and there's no fighting it.
If you wish to continue to see what I'm up to, check out my tumblr or (if you really, really want to keep in direct contact) add me on Skype. If you still feel inclined to RP with me, I may be up to that depending upon my situation. This can be carried out on Skype, or through some other form of contact if you come up with it. I will periodically browse dA now and again to see what everyone's been creating... but, otherwise, this is goodbye. It's been a great six years or so, guys.
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On paper, the Challenger Rallye Redline looks pretty excessive. The engine has only six cylinders, but it still makes 305 hp, enough to hustle this car around at police-annoying speeds. The stereo, which is the second of three levels (it's an optional extra, but audiophiles can pay extra for a more capable setup), is ear-splittingly loud. The wheels are 20-inchers; while this won't impress your local rap superstar, they're still really big. "Really big" also describes the Challenger's body, which appears to have eaten a smaller muscle car on its way to your driveway.
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It seems silly that the automatic transmission has only five forward speeds, though, what with the related Charger offering an eight-speed automatic with this engine. While we're talking about fundamental engineering changes that don't make sense for Chrysler's bottom line, it'd also be wonderful if the Challenger were about a foot narrower. This car feels simply massive, so even though it looks sporty, it doesn't feel that way.
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You are hereSonogram BillSonograms are Saving Lives!Thank God our Texas legislators had the courage to require pregnant mothers beginning in 2012 to have a sonogram prior to aborting their child! If you ever doubted sonograms would save lives, please watch this nine minute video! It will make your day! Please think about this. Do immigration reform, abortion, and radical Islam have any correlations? Read more » Posted under:
The Nation's Largest Republican Gathering Kicks Off in Fort Worth - Republican Party of Texas State ConventionThe nation's largest gathering of Republicans, the State Convention of the Republican Party of Texas (RPT), kicked off today in Fort Worth Texas with bagpipes blaring, patriotic songs, pledges to the flags of the United States of America and the great state of Texas, and inspiring speeches. RPT Chairman Steve Munisteri opened the convention followed shortly by speeches from the longest serving governor in the nation, Governor Rick Perry and our resolute Attorney General, Greg Abbott. Read more » Posted under:
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Texas media lies about Texas "Sonogram Law"An article, based on lies, by the Texas Tribune's Emily Ramshaw was picked up by the New York Times Sunday (January 29th) edition. The lies are neatly tied up in these two sentences: "This past fall, doctors were required to start performing a transvaginal sonogram at least 24 hours ahead of an abortion, a shift they say has had frustrating consequences for clinics and patients."Read more » Posted under:
Fifth Circuit Vindicates the Sonogram BillThe following is a press release from Texas Senator Dan Patrick: AUSTIN, TX – This morning, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the injunction on the sonogram bill by District Judge Sam Sparks. In a strongly worded order, the Fifth Circuit panel makes it clear that they found no constitutional flaws with the legislation and the injunction should be vacated. Even more significantly, the panel states that they will handle any further appeals related to the sonogram bill.
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Texas Sonogram Bill is Ruled Constitutional - 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds the Abortion Law & Removes InjunctionMajor Victory for the State of Texas and for life! Texas passed a law in the 2011 Legislative session that requires a sonogram to be performed for women who are contemplating killing their unborn baby. This would allow the woman to be fully informed about what she is doing and who is inside of her. Read more » Posted under:
Lt. Governor Dewhurst Statement Regarding Injunction of Texas Sonogram LawLt. Governor David Dewhurst issued the following statement regarding the injunction of the Texas sonogram law by a federal judge: "This ruling is a tragic setback for Texans who care deeply about the rights of the unborn and the legislators who worked in a bipartisan way to get this bill passed into law. I will work with Attorney General Abbott to appeal this ruling." Read more » Posted under:
What the Liberal Media Doesn't Want You to Know About the Texas Legislative SessionContrary to what the main stream media would like you to believe, the 2011 Legislative Session was a huge success for the agenda of Texas Conservatives and Republicans. A strong Voter ID bill was passed and signed into law. The Texas Budget, unlike the Federal Budget, was balanced without raising taxes, dipping heavily into the rainy day fund, or excessively cutting major state programs. Funds to defend the Texas/Mexico border were increased. A sonogram bill was signed into law to protect life. And, Texas passed a major lawsuit reform bill in the form of "Loser Pays". Read more » Posted under:
Rep. Bill Callegari Explains Co-Authoring the Sonogram Bill and Discusses a Proposed Coercion BillThe following interview with Texas Representative Bill Callegari is one of a series of interviews conducted by VOCES Action and TexasGOPVote with members of the Hispanic Republican Conference in the 82nd session of the Texas Legislature. Representative Callegari represents House District 132, which includes west Harris County. In my conversation with Mr. Callegari we spoke about his district, why he is part of the Hispanic Republican Conference, the closeness he has with Hispanic people and his own Latino background, his opinion about the immigration problem and the fact that he is a co author of the Sonogram Bill, HB15, that recently passed. He also mentioned another bill. Posted under:
Rep. Kenneth Sheets on banning bath salts, supporting Sonogram bill and joining the Hispanic Republican Conference (VIDEO)The following interview with Texas Representative Kenneth Sheets is one of a series of interviews conducted by VOCES Action and TexasGOPVote with members of the Hispanic Republican Conference in the 82nd session of the Texas Legislature. In 2010, Kenneth Sheets was elected to his first session in the Texas House of Representatives serving District 107, which includes East Dallas, the Lakewood area, the Highlands area, part of Garland, and part of Mesquite. The first time I heard from Mr. Kenneth Sheets was back on July 22, 2012 after I debated Liberal Democrat Domingo Garcia on FOX News primetime on the immigration issue. Posted under:
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PSA: Everything you know about the margin of error is wrong
February 27th, 2012 at 3:26 pm by Ted Nesi under Nesi's Notes, On the Main SiteWhen our exclusive WPRI 12 poll drops at 6 p.m. tonight, you'll see that the margin of error is plus or minus 4.38 percentage points for the entire poll and plus or minus 6.2 percentage points for the 1st District only.
Inevitably, some well-meaning folks will take our top-line results and then argue that anything in a range of, respectively, 8.76 points or 12.4 points could be true. If Cicilline is down 5 points, these folks may say the race is a "statistical tie."
Those folks will be wrong, and here's why, as explained by Kevin Drum back in 2008 (emphasis mine):


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Mariners' dugout confrontation overshadows latest loss
Second baseman Chone Figgins got into a heated confrontation with manager Don Wakamatsu midway through the fifth inning of the 2-1 loss to Boston.
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Boston Red Sox @ Mariners,
7:10 p.m., FSN
Moments after a fiery dugout confrontation that he had found himself right in the middle of, Russell Branyan headed back to the clubhouse for a chat with Chone Figgins.
Branyan had interceded in a heated dugout exchange between Figgins and Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu midway through the fifth inning of a 2-1 loss Friday night to the Boston Red Sox. By the time it was done, players were pulling bodies away, trying to restore order amid the chaos.
The 34-year-old Branyan was a key part of last season's harmonious Mariners clubhouse, and he thought it was important to go and have a word in the clubhouse with Figgins, who is in his first year of a four-year, $36 million deal with Seattle.
"I just think when you have a situation like that, you want to keep your group together," Branyan said. "You don't want guys straying away and going on their own. We're a 25-man team and we want to keep it that way."
The confrontation began when Wakamatsu told Figgins he was pulling him from the game for not backing up cutoff man Jack Wilson on a high throw by left fielder Michael Saunders in the fifth. Figgins stood at second base watching the ball bounce by him, enabling Mike Cameron to take third base on what had been a leadoff double.
"I didn't think there was much effort on that backup, and I made a decision to take him out of the ballgame," Wakamatsu said. "One thing people have got to understand is that everybody in that dugout cares. And tempers fly a little bit. But what happens in there stays in there."
Jason Vargas managed to notch three outs to strand Cameron at third base, drawing roars of approval from the crowd of 34,932 at Safeco Field. But Bill Hall led off the seventh inning with a solo homer to left off Vargas, snapping a 1-1 tie and providing the eventual margin of victory.
Vargas had jumped into the dugout fray in the fifth, trying to pull players away.
"I didn't really see what happened," he said. "I was just trying to keep people from getting hurt."
Branyan said Figgins sat by his locker and watched the rest of the game on television. Figgins left before reporters could speak to him.
"I think Wak felt like we weren't hustling on a play, and he relieved Figgy," Branyan said. "He pretty much benched him and took him out of the game. And I think Figgy got a little upset. There have been a lot of emotions around here the way the season's been going. It was just a situation where things got elevated and there were some words said. I think everyone was just trying to clear the air there, keep guys from getting too emotional."
Television cameras showed Jose Lopez being yanked out of the middle of the fracas by a coach, but it was unclear whether he had also participated in the fight. Lopez did not emerge to talk to reporters after the game.
Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik was in Tacoma during the game, watching Class AAA pitching prospect Michael Pineda. After the Mariners' game ended, Wakamatsu phoned Zduriencik to tell him what happened.
Zduriencik plans to sit down with Wakamatsu and Figgins before Saturday's game for a closed-door chat.
"Until I get a chance to sit down and speak to everybody directly, I don't think it's fair for me to comment," he said.
The Mariners are 2-7 since the All-Star break and have committed numerous baserunning, situational hitting and fielding blunders. But through it all, the players committing the gaffes have been allowed to remain in games and stay in the starting lineup.
Wakamatsu has been saying since before the break that his players would be held accountable for mistakes. This time, he made good on that pledge.
"I think you're talking about baserunning plays, and not all of those are cut and dried," Wakamatsu said of the prior gaffes that went unpunished. "I thought this was cut and dried."
There has been an underlying tension brewing between Wakamatsu and some of his players since the hasty retirement and departure of Ken Griffey Jr. in early June. The pair did not speak for roughly two weeks before Griffey leaving, and several players believe Wakamatsu forced him into retirement — a charge the manager vehemently denies.
The week following the retirement, Figgins reacted angrily and criticized Wakamatsu's decision to bump him from No. 2 back to No. 9 in the batting order during a series in Texas. The Mariners were embarrassed on the field during that series, and several veterans — including the since-traded Cliff Lee — held a players-only meeting in San Diego afterward to clear the air about several topics, including putting the Griffey episode behind them.
One of the reasons Branyan was acquired was for additional leadership at a time the team knew Lee was soon to be traded.
"It's something where we need to come together and pull through this," Branyan said, "as opposed to pointing fingers and tearing the team apart."
• Mariners left-hander Erik Bedard is meeting with specialist Dr. David Altchek in New York next week to get a third opinion on his sore shoulder.
It's getting less and less likely that Bedard will throw a pitch this season. He has had two surgeries already and is still not feeling right.
He has already sought the opinions of Dr. Lewis Yocum and Dr. Edward Khalfayan. Once he gets an opinion he can live with, he'll still have to pursue treatment and then get the arm strong enough to pitch again.
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I have no idea what this stuff means...if any of you experts can decipher this and offer advice I would appreciate it..immensly. What styles of beer does my water lend itself too? Should I be adding gypsum for my pale ale recipes? etc..etc..
there isn't really anything of relevance there,is that the total report? you want the sodium,sulphate,chloride,magnesium,carbonate and calcium levels.what you have just looks like a small part of the report
Dang it.......back to the drawing board
it looks like that report is about 2.5 years old
I found this: The softening process design is based on a consistent finished water total hardness of 120 milligrams per liter (mg/L) and a magnesium hardness not exceeding 40 mg/L


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Reviewed Salade Nicoise
Apr 11, 2011 in Food Network Community Toolbox on FoodNetwork.com
"Made it and loved it, even though I couldn't find Nicoise olives anywhere in town and had to sub stronger-tasting Kalamatas. Next time I think I'll try KDUB74's idea of adding a little anchovy paste too, that sounds really good.
Melissa D really knows her rustic French-style seasonings and techniques, I love most of her recipes that I've..."
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MHS Calendar of Events
Letters and Photographs from the Battle Country
Massachusetts Women in WWI. 12 June 2014 to 24 January 2015
Author Talk, Public Program
Democracies of Glee: Boston's First Professional Theatres, 1794-98
23 April 2012.Monday, 6:00PM - 7:30PM
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Pre-Talk Reception at 5:30 P.M.
Heather Nathans, University of Maryland
In 1793, in the face of strong legal and public opposition, the first public theater in Boston opened on Federal Street. An exhibition at MHS, mounted in coordination with the "Forgotten Chapters in Boston's Literary History" exhibition at the Boston Public Library, documents the battle over the Federal Street Theatre through the letters and publications of supporters and opponents of the theater, together with playbills from early performances.
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The high-end Radeon X1900XT didn't see anything here and actually saw a drop at the lower resolution. We can see though that the X1300/1600 and X800XL all saw a performance increase... and quite a good one at that.


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Mothersuckers :-) Jenny (Ibiza) grinned : "Nice title. If you had shown us a supercharged engine, you could have called it 'Blow Job' ;-)" AFAIK, the NSU TT is also a longstroke engine ;-) Schorsch (D) corrects me : "No, you are wrong there. It was a shortstroke engine. The 1968 NSU TT 4-cylinder engine had bore × stroke = 75.00 mm × 66.30 mm = 2.95 in × 2.61 in = 1200cc. " My mistake; very boring ;-) Wednesday, January 26, 2010
Prostate Cancer - a 5 phase TimelineHappily, I can now write :-I am a cancer survivor* :-) But because the subject of (prostate) cancer is treated with such taboos (at least here in Germany it is), I want to write an account from a patient's point of view so that you will know what to expect should you (or your spouse/partner) be similarly diagnosed. Understand please that I am not a medical doctor; certainly you can find a lot of good articles/broschures/leaflets/books etc all written by doctors, freely available and on the net. My highly subjective and necessarily personal account does not compete with these, rather it complements them. Patient's accounts are rare, probably for taboo reasons; but I am shameless, and so may be able to help someone by writing an open account of my experiences. There will be several posts over the coming weeks; I'll link them all together too. These posts are aimed at potential cancer victims worldwide, but especially in the UK, because Britain has the worst survival rate for cancer among developed nations! Think of the prostate as a gland used to store and emit seminal fluid which transports your semen through the urethra into the penis when you are having sex. It's a mixing valve too, because your urine flows from the bladder through the urethra & penis too. The prostate gland is attached to the base of the bladder. As you get older**, the prostate can grow, obstructing the flow of urine etc. It can become cancerous too (60,000 cases per year here in Germany, increasing by 4% annually). Prostate cancer can be inherited so it is good to know your family history. There are too reports that mitochondrial DNA may be the secret of prostate cancer. It helps MOST to get an early diagnosis; it is known that older people miss early cancer symptoms, even of melanoma. Although index finger length correlates with prostate cancer, this is not enough for a reliable diagnosis, so I'll be telling you about DRE and PSA diagnosis tests. The most significant correlation is with age, so I'll be telling you about that correlation in a later post. For the purpose of these blog articles, I'm going to subdivide prostate cancer diagnoses and therapy into 5 phases. There is no fixed timeline to these phases, each phase can vary in duration, and indeed some lucky people may never get it and/or may die of some other cause while still in the harmless phase of prostate cancer. Two thirds of cancers are slow, 1/3 are aggressive, faster, ones. The slow ones can take a decade to become critical (c.f. active surveillance, phase 2). My subdivisions are :-
Today, I will just blog about phase 1 (DRE and PSA tests) and will cover the other phases each in later posts. Phase 1 checks: DRE (Digital Rectal Examination). As soon as you turn 45, get a prostate cancer check each year. I turned 45 twentytwo years ago and the first-check used at the time was the DRE, still in use today. DRE stands for digital rectal examination wherein the doctor shoves his gloved, lubricated finger up your backside, feeling for the shape, size and hardness of the adjacent prostate gland, maybe even 'milking' it. Unpleasant***, but not really painful. However, if the prostate is diagnosable via DRE then any cancer is likely to be quite advanced and indeed more than 2/3 of the tumours found by DRE have already spread beyond the prostate and the chance of curing the cancer is small :-( However, any well equipped practice can have the doctor examine the lower abdomen via ultrasound and see if the prostate is enlarged, even keeping quarterly records of its size. But this doesn't tell him or you if it is benign. For this we have the PSA nowadays. Phase 1 checks: PSA (Prostate-Specific Antigen). The PSA test measures the blood level of prostate-specific antigen, an enzyme produced by the prostate (The risk of prostate cancer increases with increasing PSA levels). So you merely have to give a blood sample. Although a low PSA test (PSA under 4 ng/mL) is good at excluding cancer, the PSA test does register a lot of false (high) positives. PSA levels can change for many reasons other than cancer. Two common causes of high PSA levels are enlargement of the prostate (benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH)) and infection in the prostate (prostatitis). It can also be raised for 24 hours after normal ejaculation, [which for younger men may mean almost continuously ;-) ] The excess false positives imply that, even with a high PSA result, you still have only about a 10% chance of having a malignant cancer :-) Unfortunately, it needs a painful, messy, biopsy to confirm or deny the PSA result :-( . More about that in a later post. An annual PSA test costs about €20 to €30 here. You merely give a blood sample, having refrained from sex (ejaculation) for 2 days previously. Get them to check the blood sample for any prostate infection too, as that can artificially inflate the PSA level. You want any result under 4ng/mL. Enough of serious, here's Billy Connolly ranting about his last DRE ;-) ... TO BE CONTINUED ... Comments (7) : Monday, January 24, 2010
'Tis Burns Nicht the morn, ye ken :-)Fair fa' yer honest, sonsie face, Great Chieftain o' the Puddin-race! Aboon them a' ye tak your place, Painch, tripe, or thaim: Weel are ye wordy of a grace As lang's my arm. The groaning trencher there ye fill, Your hurdies like a distant hill, our pin wad help to mend a mill In time o' need, While thro' your pores the dews distil Like amber bead. His knife see Rustic-labour dight, An' cut you up wi' ready slight, Trenching your gushing entrails bright Like onie ditch; And then, O what a glorious sight, Warm-reekin', rich! Then, horn for horn they stretch an' strive, Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive, Till a' their weel-swalled kytes belyve Are bent like drums; Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive, Bethankit hums. Is there that owre his French ragout Or olio that wad staw a sow, Or fricassee wad mak her spew Wi' perfect sconner, Looks down wi' sneering, scornfu' view On sic a dinner? Poor devil! See him owre his trash, As feckless as a withered rash, His spindle shank a guid whip-lash, His nieve a nit; Thro' bluidy flood or field to dash, O how unfit! But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed, The trembling earth resounds his tread, Clap in his walie nieve a blade, He'll mak it whissle; An' legs, an' arms, an' heads will sned, Like taps o' thrissle. Ye Powers wha mak mankind your care, And dish them out their bill o' fare, Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware That jaups in luggies; But, if ye wish her gratefu' prayer, Gie her a Haggis! Comments (2) : Friday, January 21, 2011
Hu visits USA ;-)And provides his own transport? No chance he was presenting a foreclosure notice I suppose ? Comments (1) : Wednesday, January 19, 2011
If Magritte had used Linux* ;-)Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Guns vs. PencilsWell at least the pencil has an eraser ! Comments (2) : Monday, January 17, 2011
Paint your Easter eggs early this year"Have you got any eggs at all? Preferably poisonous brown eggs?"U p until last week, you might only have heard that question when applying to join the local neofascist party*, but we have a current scandal in Germany about cancer-inducing chemicals being deliberately put into animal foodstuffs solely for profit maximisation :-( As a result, to stop any progress along the food chain, many poultry farms have been prevented from selling non-free-range eggs until said eggs have been tested for industrial chemicals like dioxins and furanes etc. If these are found, the hens may have to be slaughtered, to interrupt the food chain. So the question arises whether there will be sufficient healthy eggs (even if they are Chinese imports ?) for the traditional Easter egg hunt this year. Families usually paint hard-boiled eggs and hide them for children to find. The eggs are a symbol of the stone being rolled away from Jesus' tomb. So Catholic priests like the idea of small children looking for their eggs ;-) The painting can range from simple monochrome dying of the shells, through more elaborate egg art, such as this 2005 egg by blogreader Robin Kirkey to grim-looking pen-and-ink renderings of the child's favourite pet :-) However, in view of the 2011 foodstuff problem, I suggest you draw a special pattern on your Easter eggs this year; indeed, I provide a stencil** below :-(
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Bloody Lie Belle :-(Sarah Palin, the bloody lie belle, has requested that we librulz stop falsely accusing the right wing media of violent rhetoric. She needs to look at the actual facts! Here are just three examples, ignoring her own cross hairs map of 20 Dem 'targets'.
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"And the holy waters howl" :-(Let us spare a few thoughts today for all the bloggers (and the non-bloggers too) across the world who are affected by the extreme flooding this year. Particularly I am thinking of SapphireWine in Brisbane, Australia and biker friend Thorwald who lives in Zell on the Mosel, one of the town-flooding rivers in Germany, not to forget the unknown 330+ dead from mudslides in Brazil :-(We've been lucky ourselves; yes, the river through our village is up several feet, belly-high and swift, and the ford across the river is unpassable both on foot and by vehicle; but the thaw was slow. We only had 1 to 2 feet of snow and the thaw took place over several days so the waters rose slowly. The dam at the the back of our house has functioned well and there is only a small and shallow (1 ft?) lake behind it, so we've stayed dry so far. But tough shit for the next village downstream : our village's sewage works has just been flooded. I hope this doesn't mean that they'll close the input valves and our sewage pipes back up too :-( BTW, my headline today is taken from the poem Gylfaginning (the beguiling of Gylfi) in the Edda, which I mentioned on monday. "Körmt and Örmt | and the Kerlaugs twain, Them shall Thor wade Every day | when he goes to doom At Ash Yggdrasill; For the Æsir's Bridge | burns all with flame, And the holy waters howl." Update 7pm CET : There is now a small creek running down the northern side of the valley and through the graveyard. Council workers are trying to stem/divert it. I promise my readers that if we get coffins sailing down the village street, I'll be there with my camera, zombies notwithstanding! ;-) Comments (4) :
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
11-1-11 : Little Johnny strikes again ;-)An old biker friend, Paul, referring to saturday's suggested (but rejected by a majority) blog name change, claims he would have preferred the new title "Paraprosdokian" and sent this neat pun, his example of a paraprosdokian :-LITTLE JOHNNY STRIKES AGAIN The teacher asked the class to use the word 'fascinate' in a sentence. Molly put up her hand and said, 'My family went to my granddad's farm, and we all saw his pet sheep. It was fascinating.' The teacher said, 'That was good, but I wanted you to use the word 'fascinate, not fascinating'. Sally raised her hand. She said, 'My family went to see Rocky and was 'fascinated.' The teacher said, 'Well, that was OK Sally, but I wanted you to use the word 'fascinate.' Little Johnny raised his hand. The teacher hesitated because she had been burned by Little Johnny before. She finally decided there was no way he could damage the word 'fascinate', so she called on him. Johnny said, 'My aunt Gina has a sweater with ten buttons, but her tits are so big she can only fasten eight.' ;-) Comments (4) : Monday, January 10, 2011
Reader of Recent Runes ;-)C ontinuing with another of Terry Pratchett's characters from the Discworld®'s Ankh Morpork Unseen University. pTerry has a character who is an university lecturer he calls the Reader of Recent Runes, a pun on the browser function 'newsreader'. Which brings me to a runic alphabet called Elder Futhark, because FUTHARK are the first 6 letters, not the usual ABCDEF.Actually the 'J' should be written as offset angled brackets <>so that all letters (all of which have only straight sections) can be made by prodding a dagger into tree bark :-) Few people nowadays are still Readers of Recent Runes :-( In 2002, my friend Alex and I were in the graveyard at Laxey (Isle of Man) looking at the Viking graves. An american tourist there too said "Beautiful gravestones, pity we can't read them", so we translated - something along the lines of Here lies Erik, son of Thorwald, who built the ship [that brought us here]. Runology is still a tiny part of Germanic Studies these days. Now to give you a chance to try out your newly found skills, here are two photos of one of SWMBO's bobbly hats*. Try reading these; can you ? Neither can I, because I can't understand the Icelandic, merely transliterating rune by rune is not enough,
you have to know the particular scandinavian language as well :-( This stamp is from the Faroes, which are sub-arctic islands 320kms north of Scotland. In the dawn after the months-long arctic night, the early Viking settlers knew all about global warming after the ice ages; indeed, they even named one of their gods Thaw ;-) * Hint: the bobbly hat bears a quotation from the Edda :-) Comments (3) : Saturday, January 8, 2011
Blog name change ?Jenny, an old friend from Ibiza, suggests I not only change the format of this blog for the New Year, but also its name, because no-one knew what Eunoia meant let alone how to pronounce it. Going beyond expectations, and in order to correct both these problems at the same time, let's try renaming it as Paraprosdokian ;-)Look it up in a dictionary, you lazy sods, or mouseover the dotted words ;-) Objections, agreement, don't cares, and WTFs by Email please... Comments (4) :
Chip blogged "That's so much more of a household word ;-)" Friday, January 7, 2011
Hard is good - rock hard is better ;-)Dwarf Bread really exists :-)[Well, what were you expecting me to write about ? ;-) ] Terry Pratchett is my favourite author of fantasy novels. His Discworld® stories sometimes refer to Dwarf Bread which is the ultimate hardtack, a hard discus-shaped unleavened bread. The dwarves sharpen its edges and use it as a frisbee-like weapon (remember Mr.Oddjob in that James Bond Movie Goldfinger?). The 'loaves' are also used as currency. Should dwarves fall on hard times they can even eat the discs, crispy but hard and most assuredly tooth-endangeringly crunchy. So imagine my delight when I found out that there actually is a real world equivalent of Dwarf Bread available on the market :-) In our world this is called Vinschger Schüttelbrot (presumably because you shudder at the thought of the delights of eating it? ;-) ). It is made in South Tirol by Egger OHG, Kugelgasse 2, I-39021 Latsch, Tirol, Italy. The German importer is Wolfram Berger Delikatessen, Alfred-Nobel-Straße 1, in D-51588 Nümbrecht, Germany. It comes in 200 gram packages of 4 caraway- and fennel-flavoured discs which cost me €1.94 per package at my local store. See if you can get some, perhaps via your local delicatessen, it really is scrumptiously crunchy. The package claims it stays fresh for a year; I wouldn't know, it never lasts longer than a couple of days in MY pantry ;-) Comments (1) : Wednesday, January 5, 2011
It's Raining Blackbirds ;-)N umerous news-sites (e.g. here and here) are reporting that thousands of blackbirds fell from the sky on New Year's Eve in Beebe, Arkansas, USA. (That's 30 miles northeast of the state capital, Little Rock.) Noone knows why this happened, but two main theories are being proposed :-
But for the conspiracy theorists, creationists and tinfoil hat brigade I have scanned Wikileaks for the REAL reason this happened. It seems that one Osama Bin Laden was getting fed up with hiding from US spy planes looking for him from an invisibly high 80,000+ feet. He got so mad he instructed his R&D people to come up with a way to "knock all those goddamn high-altitude Mach 3+ spy planes right out of the sky!". The Beebe, Arkansas, shower of blackbirds was the result of Al Quaeda's terrorist R&D ; problem is, they screwed up & knocked the wrong kind of Blackbird out of the sky ;-) Monday, January 3, 2011
Perihelion today - eclipse tomorrow
elcome to the New Year and a new blog format. I've dropped the assumption that I have to cater for 800*600
screens and am now assuming you have a screen at least 1000 pixels wide. If not, complain.
Font size has increased from 14px to 16px to help those with deteriorating vision and the line spacing
upped from 150% to 160% for the same reason. Furthermore, the text is block-justified now. That OK for you?
This said, today I want to talk about perihelion - closest Earth-Sun proximity - which happens today at 00:00 hrs UT. Apart from those of you teaparty types who still think the Earth is flat (pace Terry Pratchett, I'll do a Discworld® blog later this week) or that the sun orbits the earth (pace The One True Church®), most of you will have been told that the Earth orbits around (the centre of) the Sun. Even that is not quite right, they both orbit around their common centre of gravity. In doing so Earth's orbit is slightly elliptical and today - perihelion - the Earth is only 147,098,040 kms [that's some 91,402,484.5 miles for USA fans of imperial measures] from the sun. On july 4th - aphelion - the Earth is some 152,096,448 kms away from the sun, which is why the sun appears to be about 3% bigger today than it will on 4th of july. That implies 7% more solar radiation today vs. july. A note for my friends in the US of A : a 500 mph passenger jet would take 20 years at cruising speed to cover that distance, plus the time needed for landing for refuelling and at each intermediate stop a total of a further 20 years for the touchy-feely TSA to spend groping your family jewels :-( The dates of perihelion and aphelion change drift on over the years, making one complete cycle in 22,000 to 26,000 years. The stars precess accordingly. This is a mechanism behind one of the many Milankovitch cycles, caused e.g. by the gravitational pull of the other planets and by relativistic effects. And as if perihelion today wasn't enough, tomorrow we have an eclipse of the sun! When the sun rises here at 8:32 MET tomorrow morning, 23% of the disc will already be obscured by the moon. Local maximum (about 71%) will occur about an hour later and it will all be over and done with by 10:44. Sadly, there won't be another eclipse here until march 20th 2015 :-( This post is for sun worshippers, as opposed to the Xmas blogs which were for son worshippers ;-) Meanwhile, here's how The One True Church® interprets eclipses of the sun ;-) Why am I thinking of a Kenneth Anger movie ? Comments (4) : |
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Where can I find a weeping cherry that is not grafted? |
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- Posted by girlgroupgirl 8 Atlanta (My Page) on Wed, Sep 17, 08 at 23:58
Are Yoshino usually grafted? We have one at work, but I have no idea if it's grafted or not. It's a big 'un. |
- Posted by razorback33 z7 (My Page) on Thu, Sep 18, 08 at 1:49
The Weeping Higan Cherry, Prunus subhirtella, var. pendula or sometimes listed as a cultivar, 'Pendula' is most often propagated by bud grafting, but there are a couple of online companies that offer cutting grown trees. They are LazyS's Farm & PendulousPlants.com It used to be quite common to find cutting grown trees in the Atlanta area. Mine came from a local nursery, either Pike's or Green's (don't remember which one). more than 30 years ago. It has a Japanese cultivar name, which has been lost to history, as someone on a tour of the garden several years ago, took the copper name tag with them. Hope you find one, as they are are a beautiful small tree all year, especially during bloom time in the spring. |
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I got new fish at Walmart and one, after about a week or two died. One of them, lost there color after I found them dead. The other one, was found in a white sac. Please help!
Additional information: ten gallon tank with top fin filter. One molly, two red tailed tetras, three black shirt tetras, and a small pleco. I tested my water and every thing is fine. Thanks, I hope you can help! |
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Is this a new tank? What are your test results, particularly Ammonia and Nitrite ? Are the 2 fish new, or are they all new? What kind of Pleco? I don't understand ""found in a white sac."? |
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Mon, Jun 15, 09 at 11:43
The last 2 pieces of furniture that I've sanded down, stained, and varnished have been left with a streaky look.
I've been using fine grit sandpaper to lightly sand the varnish, but I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Everything looks great up until the final sand. Does anyone have any tips? Thanks! |
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Varnish can take a long time to cure before it's possible to sand/rub it out properly. Like, weeks. How long did you wait? What grit are you using for the final sanding? |
there are other things to keep in mind as well, if that streaky look is white and cloudy, then its probably unabsorbed stain that's been left on the surface of the wood. With most stains you have a fixed period to wipe off anything thats going to be wiped off. usually about fifteen minutes. if you wait any longer than that and apply a topcoat, the unabsorbed stain will try to cure through your clear coat- resulting in the cloudy appearance you're likely seeing now. another factor is if you're using a water based clear coat over that stain. now it's a genral misconception that you cant apply a water based product over an oil based one, or vice versa, you can certainly do it, in fact I can only think of a few exceptions, but if you applied a water based topcoat over that oil based stain before that stain has had a chance to outgass (usually 72 hours) then you may also see some streaks. Also it helps to be specific, these are some general rules, but since I don't know what exactly you used, I couldn;t tell you exactly what to do, any specifics? |
"Varnish can take a long time to cure before it's possible to sand/rub it out properly. Like, weeks." Varnish cures by polymerizing, not just drying out. If you try to work the surface before it is hardened all the way through it will make a horrible mess of the finish. The bottom layers are soft and the sanding residue from the harder top layer simply embeds in them. |
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Modelling the user
From Design with Intent Toolkit
The different approaches to influencing people's behaviour outlined in the Design with Intent toolkit are pretty diverse. Working out how to apply them to your design problem, and when they might be useful, probably requires you, as a designer, to think of "the user" or "users" in a number of different ways in relation to the behaviour you're trying to influence. I've thought about this a bit, and reckon there are maybe three main ways of thinking about users – models, if you like – that are relevant here.
The 'Pinball' User
In this case, you think of users as, pretty much, very simple components of your system, to be shunted and pushed and pulled around by what you design, whether it's physical or digital architecture. This view basically doesn't assume that the user thinks at all, beyond basic reflex responses: the user's a pinball (maybe a slightly spongey one) pushed and pulled this way and that, but with no requirement for understanding coming from within.
While things like deliberately uncomfortable benches or the Mosquito act against the Pinball User – effectively treating users like animals – this view need not always take such a negative approach – lots of safety systems, even down to making sure different shape connectors are used on medical equipment to prevent mistaken connections, don't mind whether the user understands what's going on or not: it's in everyone's interests to influence behaviour on the most basic level possible, without requiring thought.
The 'Shortcut' User
Here, you think of users as being primarily interested in getting things done in the easiest way possible, with the least effort. So you assume that they'll take shortcuts, or make decisions based on intuitive judgements (Is this like something I've used before? How does everyone else use this? I expect this does what it looks like it does), habits, and recognising simple patterns that influence how they behave.
The Shortcut User is assumed not to want to think too much about what's going on behind the scenes, beyond getting things done. He or she's not always thinking about the best way of doing things, but a way that seems to work. If systems are designed well to accommodate this, they can feel very easy to use, intuitively usable, and influence user behaviour through these kinds of shortcut mechanisms rather than anything deeper. But there's clearly potential for manipulation, or leading users into behaviour they wouldn't choose for themselves if they weren't taking the shortcuts.
The 'Thoughtful' User
Thoughtful Users are assumed to think about what they are doing, and why, analytically: open to being persuaded through reasoned arguments [6] about why some behaviours are better than others, maybe motivating them to change their attitudes about a subject as a precursor to changing their behaviour mindfully. If you think of your users as being Thoughtful, you will probably be presenting them with information and feedback which allows them to explore the implications of what they're doing, and understand the world around them better.
Most of us like to model ourselves as Thoughtful Users, even though we know we don't always fit the model. It's probably the same with most people: so knowing when it's appropriate to assume that users are being mindful of their behaviour, and when they're not, will be important for the 'success' of a design.


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I asked the Adenium seller if being planted in a hypertufa pot will harm my new plant and I was told not to do it because this type of pot supposedly retains water. I know for a fact that hypertufa pots are considered ideal for succulents and that presumably means it does the exact opposite which is to NOT retain water. I have several hypertufa pots that have been cured on the side of paranoid and with multiple drainage holes. I plan to repot my plants in a mixture of mostly pumice and a bit of soil. Do you think it is alright to use hypertufa? Are there evil adenium-destroying bits in the material that could potentially kill the plant in it? |
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There would not be a problem using hyper tufa pots for Adeniums as long as they have good drain holes in the bottom. I used to soak mine with a solution and cannot remember the name, sorry. It was a purple solution when mixed and this was to reduce the affects of the lime in the cement used to make them. Many of the Australians have made these pots. Rick |
- Posted by loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach, (My Page) on Mon, Jan 28, 13 at 21:47
I would love to make some of these containers... My friends on the Plumeria Forum down in Florida, use them for their Adeniums without any problem. Rick is right, just make sure they have drain holes and a good draining mix and you should be fine!! We would love to see a pic of your containers!!! Someone shared the recipe for making these containers and i think i will give it a try this summer!! Sounds like fun! ;-) Take care, Laura |
- Posted by fakechuchi (My Page) on Tue, Jan 29, 13 at 7:32
Thank you for your time and information, Rick and Laura. I'm relieved to know that I can proceed as planned. My adeniums (adeniae? adenia? Romani!) are currently planted in unsightly plastic pots. This is where I plan to move them. They are a bit wet now, I just fished them out of the container they have been soaking in for over a month (water replaced every week or whenever I remember...ish). They are about 10 cm deep and it is not visible in this shot but they each have 5 drainage holes, I just havent cleaned them up yet. My objective at the moment is for the plants to just please stay alive. I don't necessarily have space for hulking behemoths. It's hysterical red, I know. I just dumped the whole box of red stuff into the mixture to see what's what and here they are. Red. lol P.S. I grew up with plumeria trees. The flowers carpet the side of the road when they start falling and people slip on them! |
I've always wanted to make some hypertufa pots but have never gotten around to doing it. I think there's even a hypertufa forum on GW. |
- Posted by fakechuchi none (My Page) on Wed, Jan 30, 13 at 10:05
Yes there is, Karyn. That's where I learned to make hypertufa pots and I learned it for the specific purpose of making pots for my adenium. My suggestion? Do it now so when spring repotting comes around, you wont say "Man, if only I had hypertufa pots." |
- Posted by loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach, (My Page) on Wed, Jan 30, 13 at 16:05
Hi Fakechuchi, I love the colors of your containers! So now you have me thinking of starting some now.... Lol! So you have blooms all over the road ... How beautiful... I am addicted to Plumeria and also DR's so to think of the blooms being that thick on any place makes my heart skip a beat! Do you still live near that area and do you also grow Plumeria? I did see the forums for hypertufa, I guess I will have to go and check it out too! Pretty work!!! Take care, Laura |
- Posted by fakechuchi none (My Page) on Thu, Jan 31, 13 at 7:33
Plumeria (known to us as kalachuchi) are grown for shade especially in churchyards. But they are fairly common and considered unremarkable because people just snap off a branch, stick it in the ground and voila! Shade and flowers. I'm now over 11,000 kilometers from that street, Laura; hence the impulsive acquisition of adeniums and dama de noche (night blooming jasmine), even though I've had zero experience with plants. That brings me to this photo of one of my three adeniums. It arrived with leaves which it has been dropping off one by one over the last month. I figured it was in UPS shock. But then it started sprouting flowers while its leaves continue to turn yellow then brown at the tips. Since it is doing what seems to be two contradictory things, could it be suffering from something I should fix? I have only watered it twice---when I potted it up and when I saw the red flower dots. I'm probably breaking some protocol posting this in this thread but I dont want to start a new one. Anyone who happens to be passing by and have a look at this ailing one, any insight would be appreciated. |
I have no idea what the leaf damage is from. It almost looks like a burn but am sure that's not the problem. As long as it still has foliage and buds developing I would continue to water though less then you would during the summer outdoors. I've heard of plumerias being grown in cemetaries in Hawaii, I believe. Are you originally from the Philippines? I also have a hypertufa question. You mentioned making them now so they'd be ready for spring. Can they cure in cold temps? |
I would tend to agree with what Karyn has mentioned fakechuchi. The Adenium does not look to me to be in full growth. Sounds like you just received it via UPS, so it could be a number of things due to prior to or during shipping. Does not look like you are going to lose it. I have had some hypertufa's in the yard I made many years ago. Outside 12mths. of the year and they are still going strong. So many ways to make them and alot of fun. |
- Posted by loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach, (My Page) on Thu, Jan 31, 13 at 20:55
Hi Fakechuchi, Your DR looks pretty good especially right after it was sent via UPS!! I think it is just adjusting to its new enviroment and it sometimes takes some time to get acclimated to its new home. What are the temps right now in your area? Do you have them in a fast draining mix? Have you or are you fertilizing now? It might be needing a little more water depending on your temps.. Is it inside under lights? In the full sun? Those answers will help determine what might be helpful with your DR. It looks pretty good considering that most of the leaves on mine have fallen off and they only have a few right now in the winter. I also have heard of Plumeria being the "Graveyard Tree" Especially in Hawaii. It is so easy and tolerant of the dry conditions and doensn't need to much attention in areas like the islands, Thailand, Mexico etc. It is just here in the US that they are hard to grow ( outside of CA, FL, TX) and it is and can be a challenge to grow these beautiful trees in areas here on the East Coast. To think i could just break off a cutting and stick it in the ground and it would root sounds like a dream!! We work so hard to root these cuttings and wait for years to see our first bloom. I guess that is what brings us such joy when we have to work hard at something that we love!!! Thanks for the pics of your containers, they are just beautiful. I will try and make some this spring.. Hopefully, i will succeed ! ;-) Oh.. As far as you posting another question~ This is your thread,, so you can ask all you want!!! ;-) Even if it wasn't most around here ar really nice and it doesn't cause a problem here on this forum. That is why everyone here at this Adenium forum are so wonderful!!! No one wories about little things.. we are just here to learn. That is why i like it here.. Great people!! Thanks again, Laura |
- Posted by fakechuchi none (My Page) on Fri, Feb 1, 13 at 7:50
Thank you Rick, it's good to know that this adenium is not, in fact, dying on me. It's been here for a month now, the only one that did not come from adeniumrose.com and the only one that arrived with leaves (the other two were bald and funky). I have not done anything to it other than water it about three weeks after potting it up. The other two have only been watered once, when they were potted. All my adenium are in a mixture of pumice, perlite and some soil (about 10 percent or so), Laura. I have no special set-up for them, they just sit at the south window in a room that I keep at 21C and 50% humidity (for myself, I'm a tropical plant too). I have not fertilized any of them at all. The bald ones have green bits on the tips and one has actually sprouted leaves. This leafy one, on the other hand, has had yellow-tipped leaves when it arrived and I would pluck them out as they die. If it is acclimatising to my room, it's taking forever! That's why I worried there might be something else wrong with it that needs to be fixed. I will keep an eye on it and hope it does not get worse. I have not actually seen kalachuchi trees in cemeteries back home but they are, indeed, known as "flowers of the dead". Anyway, I read from someone in GW that she always makes her hypertufa pots in the winter and they turn out fine. So I took her word for it and went all-out making the molds myself, out of Amazon boxes. I suspect it is the drastic changes in temperatures outside that could potentially weaken them but if they are in a relatively uniform environment indoors while curing, they will cure fine. The key is to cover them up after taking them out of the mold and forget about them--something which I did fantastically. Go for it, Karyn. Just wear gloves and don't snort the peat! Maybe this will encourage you: |
- Posted by fakechuchi none (My Page) on Thu, Feb 7, 13 at 23:08
I swear, every time I sit down to read about adeniums here, I always end up deep in the archives and emerge with a serious case of information overload. I ended up ordering seeds from Mr. Ko, whom everyone seems to recommend. The packets will now travel from Taiwan to here and then one of them will go back around the world to my sister. Adeniums are apparently all grown from cuttings there, haphazardly stuck into the ground and allowed to grow every which way. That said, there is a neighbour down there who has this pot of adenium in complete disarray. As I looked at it closely, I am suspecting that those brown things sticking out of the branches might actually be seed pods?
I defer to the expertise of everyone who has seen adenium seedpods live and in person, since I only just found out about the existence of adeniums myself. This weekend, she may (a) lurk and snag a pod or (b) actually ring the house and ask for a pod in a civilized manner. That all depends on how many dogs there are. Anyway, this last picture is of the first of my adeniums that has been moved to its permanent pot (it's the middle of winter, I know, don't stone me) and looks fine, no? It's been a week in all that redness. If anything, the leaf growth appears to have sped up. Why it decided to wake up this time of year, I have no clue. I was expecting it to stay twiggy until the spring thing comes around. |
- Posted by greenclaws UKzone8a (My Page) on Fri, Feb 8, 13 at 10:05
Funnily enough I too come here to look for one thing and end up spending much longer browsing than I intended as it's rather addictive isn't it? That certainly does look like a seed pod, they are like double horns. Not that I've ever seen one or be likely to see one here in the UK, but yes, it is a pod. I would go down the line of asking the owner for one, you never know, they may have been waiting patiently for one to form only to have it snatched. They may well appreciate you asking and be only too pleased to give you one. The DR in it's new pot looks good. I have some new growths sprouting on a couple of my plants here, so with your climate that is no surprise really. Some will not go dormant at all I guess. |
- Posted by fakechuchi none (My Page) on Fri, Feb 8, 13 at 11:01
I suspected I had these pictures in my archive---ancient adenium and plumeria trees growing (you guessed it) in one of the oldest cemeteries in Manila. The photos were taken over a decade ago when I didn't know what they were. This one is a really old (i.e. I remember it from when I was a wee lass), probably adenium?
Who knew?! |
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All Tickets | $110.00 | 18 Jan | Ages 16+ |
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