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The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction and the North Dakota Head Start Collaboration Office,Department of Human Services, are working jointly with the National Center for Social and Emotional Foundations of Early Learning (CSEFEL) to offer early childhood personnel four-days of early childhood professional development entitled Social Emotional Foundations for Early Learning: The Pyramid Approach.
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The announcement that Leon Panetta, former Democratic congressman and White House chief of staff during the Clinton years, is President-elect Barack Obama's choice to head the CIA has caused significant consternation.
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On the other hand, as Amy Zegart, who teaches at UCLA and wrote the recent book, "Spying Blind: The CIA, the FBI, and the Origins of 9/11," told the Orange County Register, this is a "very strange choice." During his 16 years in the House, Panetta never served on an intelligence or foreign affairs committee and has expressed little interest in intelligence issues.
To reform a secrecy-obsessed agency like the CIA, one needs to know some deep secrets and to have insider information about certain ugly truths, failings and weaknesses. Otherwise one will have little idea even about what questions to ask or where to begin, other than fiddling with organizational charts.
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I spotted an (insert obscure car name here) classic car today!
ghulet Posts: 2,628...since I've had so many, though Andre has had more than a few as well.
Vero, not trying to disregard what you said, it's just that I find it hard to believe an eleven-year-old mass produced Japanese sports coupe is 'rare', even in flag waving Michigan. I saw one today, puttering down Sheffield Avenue (5-speed hatch with bad exhaust, among other things). I'm guessing the 240SX is about as reliable as any other Nissan with the 140hp 2 liter engine (which also included the Stanza, Altima and NX2000, IIRC), which is to say pretty good.
Um, I saw a light yellow Triumph TR6, being chased by an Imperial 4-door hardtop, and they drove past a Rambler Ambassador SST two-door hardtop, on an episode of 'The Rookies' (circa 1973) I watched today on TV Land, it's on at 1:00 Central every day. -
andre1969 Posts: 22,238I had almost forgotten about the 60 Special that Caddy tried to re-introduce in the 80's. From what I've been able to find out, it first came out in 1986. It was created by giving the Fleetwood d'Elegance sedan a 5" wheelbase stretch, to 115.8". In the back, they added a few features such as rear passenger compartment footrests, like what a lot of cars had in the old days and a rear overhead console. ABS was also standard, and so was a full vinyl top.
Buyers tended to complain about these shrunken '85-88 C-body Cadillacs, that they weren't big enough to be a "real" Cadillac, so the 60 Special was a quick way to make the car look more "important". For 1989, all the sedans...DeVille and Fleetwood, were bumped up to a 113.8" wheelbase, and overall length was up to around 205". On the previous model, it was only 195". Still nowhere near the old C-body's 221", but it helped a little. By this time though, I don't think the 60 Special was on a longer wheelbase anymore. The pictures I've seen of the thing on the web do show it with some pretty hideous fender skirts that made it look more umm...distinctive!
IIRC, the original Cadillac 60 Special debuted in 1939, and was very modern for the time. It had a very wide, uprigtht, almost early-50's looking body, with no running boards. The rear and front-end were still typical '30's, with separate fenders and such.
In later years, on up through 1976, Fleetwoods and 60 Specials (I don't think the 60 Special name made it all the way to '76 though) were a bit longer and more plush than the cheaper DeVilles. I think the 60 Special was also always a sedan, and usually it was a pillared sedan, which limits its popularity somewhat as a classic car, as most people want hardtops and convertibles.
Back in college, I found a '66 for sale at, of all places, a car dealer that specialized in foreign used cars. I took it for a spin...that sucker was a nice car! 8 power window buttons on the door panel (the vent panes, front and rear, were all power as well), and in immaculate condition. I think they wanted something like $2800 for it. If I had a place to keep it, I would've snatched it up. This thing was too nice to be kept outside, and almost DEMANDED to be garaged. -
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andre1969 Posts: 22,238...but then again there are a lot of nerds where I work, so I guess that skews the statistics :-P
I've only seen one Civic hybrid so far, although they don't stick out like the Prius and Insight do, so I've probably seen more. This one's a really nice looking Seafoam green that kinda reminds me of my old '82 Cutlass Supreme. -
magnetophone Posts: 605Priuses are rather common here, in fact, it's fairly reasonable to see one on a daily basis. The Insight, maybe once or twice a week. I don't know what the Civic hybrid looks like as opposed to a reg Civic...so who knows how many I have seen.
I saw a late 80's Caprice estate wagon with wood paneling at a stoplight on the way to work today. Uglee! (and rare in these parts, too) -
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machiavelli Posts: 260Lemko - you might have already seen one and not even noticed. It's a very subtle difference. I think the badge on the rear of the car says 'Hybrid', plus the minor details I explained above. The interior has some differences,too. Edmunds has pictures if you go to Honda under New Vehicles.
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fujb1 Posts: 2...in Beverly Hills. Funny to see such an eyesore among the typical transportation used there. I also watched obviously wealthy folks shop on Rodeo Drive, have the Rolls Royce Park Ward door kept open by their chauffeur, and drive away followed by three body guards in what seemed to be a Mercury Marauder - I didn't know they were out yet.
I love the typical Italian three-wheelers which are used to haul vegetables and fruit to market, just don't take corners too fast... -
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jaserb Posts: 858a new (or nearly so) Ferrari 550 Maranello in grey? Yeah, not exactly an obscure vehicle, but rare as hens teeth aroung here. Certainly drool-inducing, but I'm not entirely won over by the styling - the hood scoop does nothing for me. Let me try driving one for a week or so and I might change my mind ;-)
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wishnhigh1 Posts: 363Today I was driving on university drive in Palo Alto, and in the course of 5 blocks I saw:
A black S600,
silver S55(parked next to the S600 no less!),
Nissan Skyline GT-R(I couldnt tell if it is R33 or R34, my eyes arent as well trained as some),
Alfa Romeo 164LS(yep, the higher trim model),
and a black BMW 850. And that was just in 5 blocks downtown!
Later in the day I saw a new Porsche 911 turbo, a Maserati Quattroporte, a new SL500, and Datsun 1600 roadster! -
wishnhigh1 Posts: 363BTW...I saw a second styling generation Q45 today, right around the time I saw the Maserati Quattroporte. Like a 95 or so.
Has anyone ever noticed the resemblance? It looks like that generation Q45 is a modern day continuation of the old Quattroporte. I mean, near perfect proportion matching, ride height, greenhouse shape...EVERYTHING. Well, except the Q45 had mounds better fit and finish and visible quality than the nearly 2 decade old Maserati. -
verozahl Posts: 574wishnhigh, I'll let you answer jrosas on that.
Bet I can beat your Ace of Cards: today I saw five Chevrolets, five Pontiacs, five Oldsmobiles, five Buicks, and five Cadillacs, and I didn't even have to travel five blocks... I just stood at the side of the road and watched Detroit Mediocrity on vacation! >;p
Sigh, Vero needs a trip to California for Christmas or something. >:(
Still think that DMC was cool, though! But you said GT-R, eh? Man. -
kw_carman Posts: 114I wouldn't mind going ton California just to watch cars!
Here's a car I totally forgot about...the Cadillac Allante... I didn't see this particular one on the road, but in a local used car flier (called Auto Mart here). It was a '91, low miles (so they say), and was $11k.
Looking at them on the road, they're as bland as an older Camcord, just with a convertible top. -
lemko Posts: 15,232...I could sit on the curb and watch Japanese cars, but then I'd fall asleep from boredom!
Anyway, California would probably be the best place to go to look for the first Maybach 62 on the streets. The car was built with Hollywood types in mind. The last time I was in Los Angeles I noticed that Mercedes S-Classes and Rolls-Royces were as common as Chevrolets and Fords in Philadelphia.


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Is Wired Hiding Key Evidence On Bradley Manning?
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381Hugh Pickens writes "Glenn Greenwald writes in Salon that for more than six months, Wired's Senior Editor Kevin Poulsen has possessed but refuses to publish the key evidence in the arrest of US Army PFC Bradley Manning for allegedly acting as WikiLeaks' source. 'In late May, Adrian Lamo — at the same time he was working with the FBI as a government informant against Manning — gave Poulsen what he purported to be the full chat logs between Manning and Lamo in which the Army Private allegedly confessed to having been the source for the various cables, documents and video which WikiLeaks released throughout this year,' writes Greenwald. Wired has only published about 25% of the logs writes Greenwald and Poulsen's concealment of the chat logs is actively blinding journalists who have been attempting to learn what Manning did and did not do. 'Whether by design or effect, Kevin Poulsen and Wired have played a critical role in concealing the truth from the public about the Manning arrest,' concludes Greenwald. 'This has long ago left the realm of mere journalistic failure and stands as one of the most egregious examples of active truth-hiding by a "journalist" I've ever seen.'"


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Why do we love sports so much? Perhaps it's because a basketball, baseball, or football game is like a miniature lifetime — an unscripted, unpredictable drama where determination, adversity, persistence, exhilaration, and disappointment are all acted out in front of us.
The last-second three-pointer. The ninth-inning grand slam. The fourth and goal to go with time running out. In so many ways, the drama of sports mirrors the drama of life, where we all strive to overcome adversity and defeat with courage and determination. Drawing from the observations and stories of coaches, players, Church leaders, and even a few personal experiences, John Bytheway presents life lessons from the wide world of sports that all will appreciate. (Parents will appreciate that he also includes a few lessons not to learn from sports, including boasting, taunting, and the like.) Athletes, former athletes, and armchair quarterbacks of all ages will enjoy Sports: Life Lessons from Court, Field, and Gridiron.
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I like this book a lot. Some of the quotes and short stories are really interesting to read. This book is a great guy book!
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I really like John Bytheway's sports books (this is his second), because they are great to read a quick little thought that makes me laugh, learn a tidbit of trivia or think about life. I would love this as a gift! The fact that it is sports based helps a lot as well... cuz really that is what my mind is on most of the day!
Excellent book..especially for athletes!
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We used this book during one of our Family Home Evenings. It allows those who are "into" sports to learn valuable lessons like value, virtue, integrity while playing sports--not only winning or losing. This book will help an individual with their character building... Beautiful pictures and quotes from famous athletes as well! We love it! My 14 year old son loved it!
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i love the humor of john bytheway. In this book he shares tons of new jokes and stoires. Very good book. John does a great job of relating sports to life,
Great Book!
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Date 2007-04-05 Availability unrestricted Abstract This investigation focused on educators' understanding of Outcomes-based Education (OBE) and the impact it has had on their classroom assessment practices. As assessment practices may not be separated from instructional practices, educators' opinions were probed on their classroom practices in general (i.e. instructional and assessment practices). Educators are the major role players towards successful implementation of OBE; as such their understanding of OBE is important. It has been about nine (9) years since OBE was phased in, in the South African Education system. Educators have undergone in-service training through workshops in order to implement OBE in their classroom practices. In the early stages of implementing OBE, many educators did not understand what was expected of them in an OBE classroom. Most of them continued to follow direct instruction as the only method in their instructional practices. They were resistant to changes. One of the reasons why they resisted changes is that they had little understanding of OBE. This investigation was meant to determine whether there has been development and improvement on educators' understanding of OBE.
The following qualitative research methods were followed in this investigation: semi-structured interviews, observations and document analysis.
A general overview of OBE was given in order to help me to develop criteria on which I could judge educators' opinions regarding their understanding of OBE during interviews, observations and document analysis.
The results in this investigation show that educators still have little understanding of OBE premises and principles. They do not accommodate OBE premises and principles in their classroom practices. Educators' understanding of OBE must be improved so that they can implement OBE effectively in the classroom.
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A tuff one, maybe harder than defining god. Believe in god is the first thing that comes to mind but then scientology wouldn't count so i'll blunty cheat and go with wikipedia definition
"Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values."
"An organized system of beliefs and rituals centering on a supernatural being or beings"
American Heritage Dictionary (2007)
It's not just the personal beliefs...it's the public behavior too. The private and the public...at the individual level and the group membership level. When we talk about religion, I think it's also important to stress the emotional connections that believers have to religious ritual, song, and prayer.
Faith means never worrying about those pesky doubts and inconsistencies!
The segment of the faithful that worry me the most are the ones that encourage apocalyptic visions of our future....like 'bring it on' since the world isn't worth saving, it's time to prepare for the 'End Times'. It's a militaristic 'good v evil' and 'us v them' perspective with a warrior mentality...and they think they can uncover the 'revealed truth' of god by means of signs and messages...conveniently decoded by them, of course, the 'chosen ones'.
A broad definition: An interrelated set of behaviors, activities, rituals and beliefs shared by a group or groups of people. The beliefs generally involve an encompassing worldview, including cosmological and moral / ethical worldviews.
Religion usually involves some belief in supernatural phenomena and beings, and claims to establish a relationship to them. Religion may also be secular, that is, lacking in deities and other supernatural beliefs.
@mojo: Institutions which have many of the trappings of religion, but don't have a deity. An example is the Ethical Humanist movement, which is part of religious humanism.
Here in Philadelphia we have the Philadelphia Ethical Society, which is essentially an atheist church (they don't call it that), complete with hymnals, pews and a talks given by leaders.
The Society is an affiliate of the American Ethical Union.
Perhaps "secular" religion isn't the best word - "nontheist religion" would be more accurate.
I don't see how it's a stretch. I've attended these services and they are definitely "religious".
Secular humanists tend to say they have a 'life stance', as opposed to a 'religion'. Which is fine, but it just strikes me as euphemistic.
But if you even reject the term 'quasi-religious', which is about as mild as you can get, I'm curious why you object to the term so strongly.
This is just my opinion but I think of religion as having a supernatural element....monotheistic, polytheistic....theistic at some level. The program used in AA is quasi-religious because it asks its adherents to look to a 'higher power, if not directly to god.
The way I think about it, the 'life stance' of the secular humanist can be a 'philosophy' or a 'worldview' and not be religious in any way...no deity required. No membership required. No formal doctrine either. If we're going to call it religious, it would be of the weakest possible strength on the spectrum of 'most to least' religious.
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The first issue you have to face is will anything stick to the existing finish? Some of the more modern finishes not have anything adhere on them. "Sanding the old finish off" is rarely a good idea. You will regret it soon as you gum up piece after piece of sandpaper. Not will it completely remove the existing stain and finish in all cases. A stripper is the way to go. You really need to have bare wood to get a good job with stain. For the areas you are painting, assuming it's a finish that will accept a top coat, you will need to clean and scuff sand it. I am partial to BIN primer, a pigmented shellac. Shellac bonds to most everything and everything bonds to it. As far as "filling the pores," that really depends upon how much of the pores remain after sanding and priming. |
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Hey Bobsmyuncle I was hoping you'd come to the rescue. You gave me lots of info. to refinish a desk awhile back. I failed to complete it because I'm too chicken to use a harsh stripper. The top was the only part I got done. I'd love to take a hands on refinishing class but there's nothing like that around here. Anyhow, If I use a stripper to remove the existing finish do I need to take down the stairs? (I'm hoping you say no.) What about ventilation? Can I just open some windows and use fans? As for painting, I know my Dad took all of the stair pieces to his work and sprayed a clear coat. I don't know what it was but could find out. Just clean and 'scuff' not completely strip the protective clear coat? Thanks for the BIN suggestions. I'll use that if I ever get brave enough to try this. With the BIN after you sand, prime, is there a chance you would need to lightly sand and prime again or should one coat do it? I'm assuming there are directions on the stuff but was curious. |
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Catholic Church Statement by USCCB President Cardinal George:
"Marriage between a man and a woman is the bedrock of any society. The misuse of law to change the nature of marriage undermines the common good," Cardinal George said. "It is tragic that a federal judge would overturn the clear and expressed will of the people in their support for the institution of marriage. No court of civil law has the authority to reach into areas of human experience that nature itself has defined."
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:
"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints regrets today's decision. California voters have twice been given the opportunity to vote on the definition of marriage in their state and both times have determined that marriage should be recognized as only between a man and a woman. We agree. Marriage between a man and a woman is the bedrock of society."
"Marriage is recognized as a public institution, rather than a purely private one, because of its role in bringing together men and women for the reproduction of the human race and keeping them together to raise the children produced by their union. The fact that homosexuals prefer not to enter into marriages as historically defined does not give them a right to change the definition of what a 'marriage' is."
"Traditional Jewish values recognize marriage as being only between a man and woman. In addition to our religious values - which we do not seek to impose on anyone - we fear legal recognition of same-sex "marriage" poses a grave threat to the fundamental civil right of religious freedom."
Episcopal Bishop Bishop J. Jon Bruno of Los Angeles:
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Compression for Life – Cycle 2
The Marlins Foundation was honored to assist Marlins Bullpen Catcher Jeff Urgelles in hosting the second cycle of Compression for Life. In 2013, the Marlins Foundation, in partnership with the American Heart Association of South Florida, developed the Compression for Life program. After Jeff helped to save the life of an Arizona Diamondbacks employee while on the road with the Marlins, the Marlins Foundation honored him with a gift to start his own program geared towards teaching the youth at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami Dade the importance of hearth health through diet and exercise.
The second cycle of Compression for Life took place at the Boys & Girls Club of Miami Dade – Kendall Campus. Each day of the three day program had a different focus; heart health through nutrition, CPR / AED (Automated External Defibrillators) training and celebrating heart health. On the first day, fitness instruction was provided by Marlins own Strength and Conditioning Coach Ty Hill. The kids worked up a serious sweat going over the 20 minute exercise routines very similar to the ones that Ty facilitates with the Marlins players. Back inside, Jen Llanos shared tidbits about healthy eating, sprinkled in with a Q&A period where participants received Marlins giveaways for giving the best snack choices to eat.
During the second day of the program Jeff was joined by 911 Educational Consultants to instruct the proper CPR techniques and teach the kids how to use safely use an AED.. The next workroom over, Cardiologist Dr. Sizemore joined the kids to share information about why it's important to stay healthy, sharing large scale models of a heart while the kids enjoyed healthy snacks. At the end of the day's lesson all 100 kids walked away with their own CPR kits, courtesy of Amerigroup Foundation, so that they may practice CPR skills at home with their families.
The last day of the program was Graduation Day where all of the kids received a certificate for completing Compression for Life. The highlight of the day was a huge celebration party where the kids were joined by Jeff's special guests, Billy The Marlin, Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton, Marlins pitcher Nathan Eovaldi and Marlins President David Samson. Everyone enjoyed an afternoon of games, bounce houses, healthy snacks and dancing as they celebrated the fact that they are now armed with the tools to be heart healthy.
Special thank you to program sponsors: American Heart Association of South Florida, 911 Educational Consultants, Sergio's Printing
Compression for Life – Day 2
Yesterday, Jeff Urgelles, Marlins Bullpen Catcher, hosted the second class of Compression for Life Program at the Boys & Girls Club of Miami Dade. With the help of the American Heart Association and Miami Dade College, over 100 kids were taught CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) compression techniques. To the tune of the song "Stayin Alive" by the Bee Gees the kids compressed the chests of test dummies. They also were taught how to use an AED (Automated External Defibrillator). Later, the kids engaged in physical activity to really get their hearts in motion, playing various games on the basketball court. As we ended the day's session you could hear the kids singing the lyrics to their new favorite song, "Ah, ha, ha, ha, Stayin' alive. Stayin' alive", as they head home for the evening. Next week, Jeff will present certificates to all the kids for participating in Compression for Life at the Celebration Party.


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In June, while visiting the still-under-construction Norwegian Jewel at its Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, we snapped a "before" series of photos that offered an idea of what a not-yet-finished ship looks like. Now that Norwegian Jewel has not only been completed but also has gathered a few European sailings under its hull, we had the opportunity to visit the ship during a port call in Helsinki. The objective? To contrast the "before" shots with "afters." While Norwegian Jewel is, by and large, modeled on sisters
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In Papenburg, the ship's name, already painted on the hull, was one of the most vivacious aspects of Norwegian Jewel. Take a look now at the ship, docked in Helsinki, for a closer look at its splashy hull (in fact, the hull is so colorful that we could actually identify the ship from our airplane while coming in for a landing!).
Even folks with incredible imaginations may find it hard to believe that the dreary looking pool area, at left, could be so massively transformed, at right, in just a few months. The Sapphire Pool area is designed to appeal to families, featuring a water slide and a kids' pool that's tucked off to the side, along with two regular pools and a handful of whirlpools. There's also a bandstand. Note: This pool area, unlike those found on Dawn and Star, is not terraced -- which actually creates a more expansive sense of space.
When we visited in June the hallways were pretty much completed, save for the protective liner covering the carpets.
In this standard balcony cabin, the contrast between "before" and "after" is pretty marked, not least because the furniture has been "unstacked" and the view from the balcony is a tad more scenic.
In our first look at the Jewel Club Casino, the vivid, circus-like design already made a bold statement -- this is one of the most dynamic bars at sea -- but of course the addition of key gaming accouterments (note the slot machines to the right) is the real magnet.
It's hard to tell, in this "before" of Tsar's Palace, the ship's main dining room, that this isn't some basement storage facility! All gussied up, and with palatial windows uncovered, it feels quite grand.
When we first spied FYZZ, the show's cabaret lounge-karaoke bar, we described it as something out of "The Brady Bunch." This time, it reminded us more of the kind of place you might find on "The Jetsons" -- funky in an otherwordly, futuristic kind of way. By the way, crew we met onboard told us this is the in-spot for night owls.
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What a difference a day (or a couple of months) makes! One of NCL's contemporary signatures is a fabulous, round-the-ship promenade that's highlighted with entertaining murals.
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There could be a direct sequel to Final Fantasy XIII. That's the word from Producer Yoshinori Kitase and Director Motomu Toriyama. And, if we want to get really speculatory, there's a slim chance they could already be working on it.
Speaking during an interview for FFXIII companion book Final Fantasy Ultimania Omega, Kitase states that he wants to make something that further explains the mythology of the Fabula Novala Crystalis project (Squenix's group of FFXIII-related games), showing things that didn't make it into the action-driven Final Fantasy Versus XIII or the PSP title Agito XIII. He adds that exactly what the project will turn out to be (if it happens) would depend on fan reaction. Toriyama then pipes up, mentioning that he'd "like to at some point make a story where Lightning ends up happy".
Certainly sounds like FFXIII-2 could be a possibility. And with the pair admitting that the FFXIII team's next project is already underway to some degree, that possibility may be getting hammered out right now. To be fair, a direct sequel would make sense. The other two FFXIII games are related by theme only, and Squenix has already complained of the cost and effort needed to produce RPGs of this sort of scale with current-gen technology. With the technical and art assets in place, a XIII-2 would be a hell of a lot easier to make than a Final Fantasy XV.
What makes a little sense though, at least to me, is the decision to go straight onto the next game instead of adding DLC for a while. Additional post-release content was conspicuous by its absence, and Toriyama has now revealed that although DLC was developed for a while, it just wasn't up to scratch. A new area called The Seventh Ark was planned, but due to a variety of development hurdles it was canned. Toriyama also cited the big differences between Xbox Live and PSN networking technology as reasons for the cancellation, but that's hardly stopped any developer of a multi-format game before.
Without knowing the exact technical problems it's hard to understand exactly why the decision was made not to wring more cash out of/enrich the player experience of Final Fantasy XIII after so much time and work. But to be fair, with Final Fantasy Versus XIII not even confirmed for release next year, Squenix has a lot on its plate at moment.
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I came home from work this evening and was surprised to see that one of my Lilies bloomed. I thought Lilies didn't bloom until Summer.
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I am in Southern California and I bought a bunch of bulbs from Home Depot in mid Feb. The bulbs are in a rich soil with lots of sun and the weather has been real nice. They have been in the ground for about 6 weeks. Is it typical for Lilies to bloom this early in my area?
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I am not happy to tell you that Lilies are not suitable for your zone. They need cold period (6-8 weeks) every winter to bloom. Bulbs you bought from HD were prechilled. |
The bulbs from Home Depot being prechilled makes sense. I also purchased bulbs from the Lily Garden and those lilies are still growing. I planted the Lily Garden bulbs in October and the lilies are now over 2 feet tall with no sign of blooming. The Home Depot bulbs were planted in mid February and are showing signs of bloom in early April. The Home Depot lilies are around 12" to 18" tall. I bought the Home Depot bulbs because they seemed to be a good deal $10 for 7 bulbs. The Lily Garden bulbs were much more expensive. How cold does it need to get for Lilies to bloom? I have a peach tree and I tracked the chill hours at my local CIMIS weather station (http://fruitsandnuts.ucdavis.edu/chillcalc/index1.htm) and my area got 381 chill hours this past winter |
As far as I know they need at least two months at 40 F or lower to bloom. |
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Mobile applications, popularized by iPhone and Android, are getting some further encouragement from chipmaker Intel and its Atom platform.
An Intel Atom Developer Program announced at the current Intel Developer Forum focuses on the energy-saving Atom mobile processor. Targets for the applications are netbooks and the mobile internet devices (MID) introduced by Intel.
The challenge is directed to developers that have specialized in applicable systems and runtime environments such as Moblin, Windows, Java and Adobe Air. Intel will provide prospective participants a portal and will follow up with an SDK.
Apart from the usual help given to developers, the Atom Developer Program promises marketing opportunities. Completed applications can be sold at the Intel AppStore or distributed freely. End-users can load AppStore on the device and get recommendations for apps to buy and download. The program motto is "Learn. Develop. Sell." With these three phases, Intel invites developers into the free process.
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The distance between expert opinion and personal taste is a vast and perplexing subjectivity gap that explains, for example, Bjork. God bless her exalted elfin soul, and God help me if I have to listen to that screeching. The subjectivity gap also explains why big money paid for a ninety-seven-point cult wine can leave you drowning in tears. Meanwhile the markets (both music and wine) are deluged with new product. It's impossible to keep up. So we turn to the experts and their ratings. We buy the top-rated monster cabernet. It tastes like cherry-ade steeped with a vanilla car freshener. What to do next?
I'll tell you what: Go off the expert grid and, every once in a while, try some random sampling. In a good wine store, buy only from lesser-known regions. Skip Bordeaux and buy from Languedoc. Skip Napa and buy from Mendocino. Same with grapes: Favor malbec over cabernet, viognier over chardonnay, petite sirah over merlot. Mix it up a bit. Some of it will be crap, but who cares?Toss the lousy bottle and open another. Put some variety back in your wine life.
And buy from small wineries. I have a special fondness for small wineries because whenever I visit them, whether on the backroads of Chianti, California or even Long Island, I immediately get intoxicated by the notion of chucking the city life and becoming a farmer-vintner. Ridiculous, I know. But the sublime raspberry smell of the zinfandel crush is permanently wired into my memory; every new bottle of zin conjures a fantasy moment in a small winery in Sonoma one hot October twelve years ago. I'm always searching for exactly the spritzy freshness of the just-fermented pinot gris I once tasted from the stainless tank in a modest Oregon winery.
Problem is, wine from small wineries often doesn't find national distribution, because supply is tiny and the cost of marketing too big. The Internet helps—boutique producers form wine clubs and e-mail members when new bottlings are available. And there are retailers, such as Todd and Joy Miller, who focus on the output of small wineries. The Millers' Wine Garage in Calistoga, California (winegarage.net), offers obscure bottles for less than $25. (All of this is happy news until you remember that bewildering laws prevent shipping to some states except through expensive intermediaries. Plenty of wineries and outlets flout those laws and ship directly to homes in "illegal" states, but it's not a sure thing. See below.)
My favorite small-winery retailer is a shop called Locals in Geyserville, California (tastelocalwine.com), a tiny, hippieand-farmer crossroads at the north end of the main Sonoma County producing area. Locals is run by Carolyn Lewis. She and her husband have opted to sell wines from wineries so small they don't even have tasting rooms. Lewis formed the state's first wine collective, which now sells product from six wineries in her smartly designed shop. Production of the member wineries ranges from a low of 1,200 cases per year to a high of 5,000—practically bathtub quantities.
Funkytown setting aside, the Locals store has a certain big-city designer touch—check out the expensive Riedel glasses—and a very relaxed seriousness about wine that make it one of the more interesting tasting rooms in the country. Where else can you go and taste six or seven pinot noirs, all dramatically different, all from tiny producers, side by side?The last Locals list I saw offered wines made from viognier, carignane, mourvedre, petite sirah and sangiovese grapes as well as zinfandel, merlot and cabernet sauvignon.
The wines, all from the area, share the typically Californian intensity of fruit that reminds me of the gummy cooked juice scraped from a cherry-pie tin. This is not a Euro-wine characteristic; the Euros like their wines leaner, tighter, generally dryer and less boobs-out exuberant. The Locals wines aren't bimbo wines, but many are certainly buxom. If this was all they boasted, I'd skip Geyserville on the road north to Mendocino. But beneath the shared fruit lies individual character.
Consider the Eric Ross 2000 Feeney Ranch Zinfandel ($27). If you've never understood how a wine can be "spicy," here's the only example you'll need. Swirling a glass causes fumes of sandalwood and cinnamon and cedar and spice cookies to rise. All this and a terrific raspberry tartness in a wine that is actually very light-bodied and light-colored rather than, in the more typical local style, huge. If you want huge, if you crave the fruit bomb, try the Crane Canyon 2000 Estate Zinfandel ($19), which overflows with prune, raisin, cherry and oaky vanilla. Or try the Martin 2002 Petite Sirah ($33): Deep purple in color, it smells like a soup of cooked-down red berries with a touch of the almost-bubble-gummy nose of beaujolais. Two years old and counting, this wine tastes fresh from the crush. You might expect similar monstrosity from a cabernet, but the Hawley 2001 Unfiltered Cabernet Sauvignon ($28) is restrained on the nose and on the palate: balanced, not too sweet or oaky, with medium tannins and no trace of vegetal or green-pepper notes. I can see this wine being a richly funky and delicious medium-weight cab after a few years of bottle age. The Peterson 2000 Il Granaio Sangiovese ($25)—from a meager production of just two hundred cases—is also a lovely wine: not quite acidic enough for Tuscany, yet having the food-friendly drinkability of a chianti. Some of these wines are produced in such small quantities that they may be gone by press time, but the point remains that stores such as Locals are worth supporting because they, in turn, support the cause of variety in wine.
Small wine isn't necessarily good wine, of course, nor worth fussing about simply because of its rarity. There's lots of perfectly good, perfectly boring small wine, and some dreadful junk. But wine-making standards are on the way up everywhere—I've had good bottles recently from the North Fork of Long Island and from the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia. Random sampling becomes less risky every day. The reward is a great bottle that even the experts don't know about.
The Interstate Wine War
The United States has been in a civil war over the interstate shipment of wine through mail order and the Internet. At present, only thirteen states (California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin and West Virginia) allow sales with other reciprocal states. In December, the Supreme Court began to hear arguments to allow the sale of wine to all out-of-state buyers. If the justices rule in the oenophiles' favor, there are many small vineyards that can help everyone celebrate with wines by the bottle or through monthly mail-order clubs. Some of our favorites are Bedell Cellars (bedellcellars.com) and Pindar Vineyards (pindar.net) on Long Island; Penner-Ash Cellars in Newberg, Oregon (pennerash.com); and Hermann J. Wiemer Vineyard in New York's Finger Lakes region (wiemer.com).


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Our living area is somewhat small so I'm looking for
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- Posted by shades_of_idaho (My Page) on Sat, Oct 8, 11 at 15:48
LOL Small coffee table in small room. I only put glass on top of mine. Kitty also considers this her spot. I use the trunk for added pantry storage. Keep the large bags of flour sugar and box of beer and bread machine inside.Gallons of vinegar and whatever over runs the pantry. I used to have this coffee table trunk in the dinning room. So now I have to walk 6 more feet to get to it for kitchen supplies once in awhile.Shrug. Works for us. For living room storage it would be good for games or extra throws books. |
Here is a link that might be useful: coffee table
I think I have decided on this small chest. At least I can store things inside it. It is only 3 ft. long. Thanks for showing me your trunk shades_of_idaho. I can just envision Kitty sitting on it :) |
- Posted by moccasinlanding (My Page) on Mon, Oct 10, 11 at 9:47
Very strange. I posted two shots of my really small coffee tables and now it is totally gone? Am I in la-la land (or GagaLand?)........ Well, don't know what happened. But since you have solved your problem, I won't redo it. |
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02 July 2013 Puma 2 Updates:
I've been playing around with Heroku a lot lately and noticed they recommend using Thin for your production server when running Rails. In recent months I've grown attached to Puma (for no qualified reasons) and wanted to see if I can get a Rails app running on Heroku's cedar stack with Puma instead. It turned out to be really, really simple.
First create a new rails app, heroku app, and initialize a git repo:
$ rails new heroku-puma
$ cd heroku-puma
$ heroku create
Creating high-day-4093... done, stack is cedar
http://high-day-4093.herokuapp.com/ | email@example.com:high-day-4093.git
$ git init
$ git remote add heroku firstname.lastname@example.com:high-day-4093.git
Launch your favorite editor and make some standard adjustments in your
, just as a demonstration:
gem 'sqlite3'
gem 'thin'
Back in the terminal, add your files to the git repo and make your first commit, then push it up to Heroku:
$ git add .
$ git commit -m "Initial import, using Thin server"
$ git push heroku master
-----> Heroku receiving push
-----> Ruby/Rails app detected
-----> Installing dependencies using Bundler version 1.2.0.pre
Running: bundle install --without development:test --path vendor/bundle --binstubs bin/ --deployment
Fetching gem metadata from https://rubygems.org/.......
Installing thin (1.4.1) with native extensions
-----> Launching... done, v4
http://high-day-4093.herokuapp.com deployed to Heroku
Now that your app is launched, do a quick curl
call and confirm it's
on Thin:
$ curl -I http://high-day-4093.herokuapp.com
Server: thin 1.4.1 codename Chromeo
Hooray, we're running Thin! You can see this in the Server header that Thin sets. Except, we want to run Puma…
Cedar introduced a new way to think about scaling your app; "the process model". It's a generalized approach to managing processes across Heroku's distributed environment, allowing you to tweak how and what gets run via a Procfile. Here we'll create a simple Procfile
and tell our app to run with Puma instead of Thin.
First, swap out Thin for Puma in your Gemfile
gem 'puma'
[^proc]Then add a file named Procfile
to the root of your project and add the following:
web: bundle exec puma -p $PORT -e $RACK_ENV -t 0:5
Those are the instructions Heroku will use to run your web
Making sure to add the new Procfile
to your repo, commit your changes
and push to Heroku again:
$ git add Procfile
$ git add Gemfile
$ git commit -m "Use Puma via a Procfile"
$ git push heroku master
-----> Heroku receiving push
-----> Ruby/Rails app detected
-----> Installing dependencies using Bundler version 1.2.0.pre
Running: bundle install --without development:test --path vendor/bundle --binstubs bin/ --deployment
Fetching gem metadata from https://rubygems.org/.......
Installing puma (1.4.0) with native extensions
-----> Launching... done, v5
http://high-day-4093.herokuapp.com deployed to Heroku
Now we run our curl
command again:
$ curl -I http://high-day-4093.herokuapp.com
Hooray, we're not running Thin! Except it doesn't say we're running Puma either… I suppose Puma doesn't report itself like Thin and WEBrick do.
Now if you run heroku ps
you should see you have 1 web dyno running,
and the statement used to run it:
$ heroku ps
=== web: bundle exec puma -p $PORT -e $RACK_ENV -t 0:5
web.1: up for 2m
Congratulations, you're running Puma! Note that Puma is said to really shine with Rubinius and JRuby where it can utilize multiple threads. Still, it should give you some benefits on MRI as well.
As you continue to fine tune your Puma setup, you may find yourself with
more than a few flags and switches in your invocation (the web:
part of
the Procfile
in this case). Puma lets you specify a configuration file
for all this, using the -C
web: bundle exec puma -p $PORT -C ./config/puma.rb
And matching ./config/puma.rb
# config/puma.rb
environment ENV['RACK_ENV']
threads 0,5
Done! Checkout the sample configuration or configuration.rb in the repository to see all available options.
With it's 2.0 release, Puma learned some new tricks, key being the
addition of Clustered
Mode. Puma gains a level of concurrency by spawning workers to handle requests,
each worker with it's own set of threads. You enable clustered mode with
the -w
or --workers
flag, providing the number of workers you'd like
to spawn. To enable this on Heroku, simply update your Procfile
web: bundle exec puma -p $PORT -e $RACK_ENV -w 3 -t 0:5
Or add workers
to your ./config/puma.rb
# config/puma.rb
environment ENV['RACK_ENV']
threads 0,5
workers 3
You can optionally choose to preload your application before spinning up
your workers. Use the --preload
flag or call preload_app!
in your
config file.
Finally, you can hook into your workers before they boot with the
method in your config file. An example of something to
do here is if you're preloading your application, you'll want to
establish your ActiveRecord connections here:
# config/puma.rb
environment ENV['RACK_ENV']
threads 0,5
workers 3
on_worker_boot do
ActiveSupport.on_load(:active_record) do
You've ran the gamut and setup Puma on Heroku, and threw in lots of optional things a long the way. Checkout puma.io and github.com/puma/puma for more info.
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As the HD Radio roll-out progresses, many broadcasters and consumers question the business model that makes converting to HD Radio a worthwhile investment. The common argument is that just because it's digital doesn't mean that a station will be able to charge more for advertising.
While this basic idea is true, there are other elements to HD Radio that could bring additional revenue to a station. In January, Kagan Research announced its projections for HD Radio station revenue in the year 2008. These figures are based on four additional services that stations could offer.
Multicasting. The added HD2, HD3 and other program streams can generate revenue in the same way that existing analog streams have through traditional advertising sales.
Advertising-supported "now" channels. These would also be placed on multicast streams but would use niche and highly formatted local information such as all-the-time weather reports, all sports, all traffic or all local news.
Datacasting. Revenue is expected to come mostly from leasing the space to a third party.
Fee-based radio. This follows a model like that for satellite radio and other subscription services.
2008 Revenue Source | Forecast Revenue ($million) |
Multicasting | 610.80 |
Subscription-based model | 0.02 |
Sponsored "Now" station | 152.02 |
Datacasting | 42.35 |
Total HD Radio Revenue | 805.19 |
Total Radio Revenue | 22,269.22 |
One hypothetical model for a station to allocate its 150kb/s spectrum for the multiple services is as follows: 55kb/s for an HD1 channel, 55kb/s for an HD2 channel, 12kb/s for a "now" channel, 8kb/s for datacasting and 2kb/s for a subscription-based local traffic report channel. This allows an additional 18kb/s for another use or to be reallocated into the example list.
By 2008, Kagan Research forecasts that terrestrial radio broadcasters will earn $805.2 million (4 percent) of their total revenue from HD Radio. The table shows the projected revenues from these services.
Source: Kagan Broadcast Investor: Deals and Finance, January 2006
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Darryl Willshire: More abuse from CPW
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
To the editor:
"Colorado Parks and Wildlife to be harassing deer in a area near you."
That's what the headline should of read Dec. 17 on craigdailypress.com instead of "Low-flying aircraft to count deer in eastern Colorado."
Actually the CPW has already been harassing them here. I was snowmobiling Friday and they were up on Freeman Road chasing deer.
They were flying approximately 50-100 feet off the ground and were herding the deer out of the brush and chasing them over the hills.
If a citizen had been doing this, the DOW would lock them up. There has to be a better way of counting deer than making them run through the snow in front of a helicopter!
The Division shuts off huge parcels of state land (so big game animals can rest) in the winter and will not let a hunter even hunt a coyote in that area. But they can harass them from the air?
Makes a lot of sense!
This winter is going to be hard enough on our wildlife as it is, due to low forage from the drought. This is just another case of what I see as abuse from CPW.
Darryl Willshire
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cag81625 2 years, 1 month ago
"There has to be a better way of counting deer than making them run through the snow in front of a helicopter!"
Well, Mr. Willshire, what is it? Don't pose a complaint without a possible solution. 'sides... what data do you have that this activity causes undue mortality in these animals, or is this just an untested theory of yours?
cory5611 2 years, 1 month ago
Flying aircraft to do counts should be wrong and it is harassment the just fined a pilot from Utah that was operating a flight for life helicopter to low to the ground and harassing the elk thats crap and they go out and do the same thing and its legal and every time they do there counts animals do die and are stressed and they mess up the counts
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