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I have a problem with an invasive "flower" here in Orlando.. "Mexican Petunia". I have a very limited area in my yard that has shade and I am slowly turning it into a rose bed for growing English Roses.. (so far I have three and they are doing well on their second year). Half the bed area is totally loaded with these Mexican Petunia. I didn't even plant them.. they sprouted up the year we bought our house and just kept growing.. last year we made a HUGE mistake and used a weed-eater on them. They grew back three times as thick. I am considering digging them entirely up (it's like a 12 x 8' area so it's gonna be a big job). My question is this. I know I won't be able to completely keep them from coming back.. some have grown under our pavers by our back door.. and well they just come up everywhere! I have read about the roundup spray (I never have used this stuff).. apparently you can carefully spray it on a weed or plant and it will kill it down to the root.. which sounds feasible BUT I wonder about it getting into the soil? I want to plant 4 more roses in this area and want to keep the soil safe. I also worry about the spray traveling over to my already established roses.. Any advice? |
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Once you get your roses established, you will have a thick layer of mulch around them. That should keep the weeds to a minimum. However they will manage to pop up. You can hand pull them, which is what I mostly do. You can put down a pre-emergent in the spring to stop any seeds from germinating (do these spread by seed or underground?). You can use roundup around roses, I have. There is the possibility of some exposure for the roses. You have to be very careful. I only do it if the weed is something so invasive, RU is the only way to get rid of it. |
- Posted by mike_rivers z5 MI (My Page) on Sun, Sep 23, 12 at 18:27
I've read enough horror stories concerning roses and RoundUp, including RoundUp's ability to transfer from the soil, that I wouldn't let it anywhere near my roses. I have no experience with Mexican petunia but a 12x8 area isn't very big and I would think cutting everything down to ground level and then applying a smothering layer of newspaper or cardboard followed by mulch, over the area and maintaining matters for a couple of months would do the job. |
Hi!! Thanks so much for the help. I am going to dig it all up and hope that pulling them up as they re-grow (they are so thick there is a plant every half inch... they spread underground) will work. I just recently learned these are on the invasive species list here in FL. I can sure see why.. they are a nightmare. Since I have such a small area with any shade.. these things have to go! Love you guys.. I appreciate the posts. |
- Posted by floridarosez9 10 (My Page) on Sun, Sep 23, 12 at 19:35
They spread by seeds and underground runner. If you leave even a piece of runner, it can regenerate. I have been fighting them for over six years, and can't seem to totally get rid of them. Just when I think I have them beat, another one pops up. Make sure you remove the top foot or so of soil when you plant your roses, or they can pop up in the middle of the rosebush. That's what happened to me, and they are very hard to get out of the roses. I ended up letting them grow tall enough that I could bend them over and stick the tops in a jar of roundup. You have to kind of bury part of the jar so it can't get tipped over or that will be a disaster. |
Sounds like the buttonweed I have. I can't get rid of it. I actually put round up on a patch of lawn to get rid of it. Yeah, it killed the grass too, but that's growing back. I hate weeds. |
Sounds like the "bindweed" stuff I have! But don't use Roundup. It's a poison,what's more,the company that produces it sells a type of birdseed that is poisonous to birds, I believe. Also, wild animals that innocently eat stuff that has been sprayed with Roundup are then poisoned by the weedkiller.And I gather that the company that makes it tries to convince people that it's "environmentally safe". Sure, sure... Weeds are a part of the gardener's life,IMHO. Like insect pests, the goal is to keep the situation under control, not "get rid of all the weeds". I think they should be regarded with philosophy...bart |
I use and love roundup. I use it judiciously, and it is a blessing. I am familiar with mexican petunia - there are the tall ones with purple flowers and the lower growing ones. The taller ones are the most invasive - had them once, will never grow them again. Other posts are correct - they grow by runners. If I had that problem.....I would spray them with roundup, rake the debris up after the tops died, wait for more to sprout, spray them again. I would keep spraying until no more grew. Hand pulling them to me is an exercise in futility and if you dont stay at it, they will take over. It is doubtful you will get rid of them by digging them out or pulling them up. Its not like you will be doing this all the time - just to kill the petunia. I raise horses and have 30+ acres, so I fight weeds all the time. Weeds are a part of life in a garden, but I dont have time nor inclination to fight a pest like mexican petunia. I am doing some new beds and I kill the little emerging weeds with roundup spray - once they are dead, I put rotted horse compost then my soil mixture of mushroom compost, bark fines and sand. That pretty much solves the weed problem and I have an excellent soil mixture to grow things. I had a little crawling weed that made a little strawberry looking thing.....huge pest! It was just in one area of my yard. I spot sprayed roundup on it until it finally died and I am now rid of it, but watch closely - if any should pop up I zap it. There is a product called Relegate that I use to kill tallow trees in my pastures - they are a horribly invasive, hard to kill pest of a tree. I had a little in my hand sprayer that I used on some smaller weeds - even with no wind, the aerosol from this product will travel to other plants so I only use it in the pastures. Roundup, however, is not like this. I do understand many people wont use this or other chemical sprays, but it is a godsend to me. And once I get the weeds killed off.....I pile on the compost and good soil and dont have to use it again on that bed. |
If you have an invasive plant with runners, I have found that RU won't go deep enough to kill the roots unfortunately. It will kill off the tops, but will resprout. I planted an innocent little perennial called 'Chameleon' a few years back. Little did I know it was an invasive thug that would take over and spread everywhere by underground runners. After years of futile digging, my hubby put down heavy black plastic and piled mulch over the top of the plastic. The plants couldn't get through the plastic because it smothered them. I could cut through the plastic the next year and plant roses and no more 'Chameleon' plant. That plant should come with a warning label! |
Use it. Use it carefully. Use it only where you need it. Target it very carefully to the green growing part of the plant you want to get rid of and repeat when you see regrowth. I have eradicated Bermuda Grass using Roundup, and it's a tough bugger. If you think you have gotten some spray on something you didn't want to kill, prune that part off immediately. RU can be your friend, but you must use it very very carefully or it will turn on you. There is a method called "the glove of death" which you can use if spraying makes you nervous. Google it. |
- Posted by floridarosez9 10 (My Page) on Mon, Sep 24, 12 at 11:20
Buford, there's a broad leaf weed killer that will kill only weeds and not your grass. The brand I use is Weedmaster. I use it along the fence lines in my pastures. |
The plant you are looking at is botanically called Ruellia. It is a known invasive plant (as you have found out) and should be eliminated. That is easier said then done. I told a friend of mine in another state that she shouldn't plant the Mexican Petunias and she went ahead and did it anyway. At first it was meek and mild, but after the reseeding began she regretted planting it for years to come. Round up will work on the existing plants, but if this has been around for awhile, you will have seeds laying in the soil that will sprout for years to come. Here's an article about it from the Florida Native Plant society....Maryl |
Here is a link that might be useful: Mexican Petunia
I use RU but only along my walkways...never ever near my roses! For weeds in my rose-beds, I use roofing shingles-- lay them on the weed and leave them for several weeks, and the weed is suffocated and toasted by the sun... the shingles are heavy and don't blow away, and last for years- just move them around the garden as needed, they are black and inconspicuous, or put a bit of mulch on them to hide them....I get the packs of shingles at HD for abt. $28. and it is enough to work the whole garden (150 roses)... this works on anything that grows, grass, weeds w/runners, etc. sally |
Ha, TerryJean - Houttuynnia cordata 'Chameleon' was it? Horrible swinish running roots. What a 'mare. |
Yes, it was that dastardly plant, Camp. I loathe that citrus-y smell when you pull those suckers that go clear to the bowels of the Earth and then break off. Even after 5 years, a little rootling will sometimes re-appear. |
I second everything that Landlady has said. Round Up is a great tool to be used in certain situations, and it is safe as long as you apply it carefully to only the weed you want to kill. Years ago, when I had an outbreak of a low-growing weed on my gravel paths (I don't remember which weed it was) I went so far as to use a paint roller to carefully apply the Round Up only to the weeds on the paths. Weed control is a multi-step process. You must kill or remove the ones you have, then do what you can to prevent them from returning. Sometimes a careful shot of Round Up applied by a conscienctious gardener (RU is innert in the soil and is labeled as to not transfer from place to place in the soil) can save you hours of digging and the frustration of having weeds return from pieces of root that were overlooked. Round Up is a tool. Use it wisely. P.S. Ornamec is a selective herbicide that kills grass only, so it is perfectly safe to use around roses and other broadleaf plants (read the package insert to make sure that your plants are on the safe list). It kills Bermuda and crabgrass particularly well, while leaving roses completely unharmed. |
- Posted by henry_kuska z5 OH (email@example.com) on Tue, Sep 25, 12 at 10:42
The following was stated: "(RU is innert in the soil and is labeled as to not transfer from place to place in the soil)". ---------------------------- Also please read starting on page 31 what a recent Ph.D. thesis has to say about "Rhizosphere transfer of glyphosate from target to non-target organisms". http://d-nb.info/1007899328/34 |
Here is a link that might be useful: 2009 Ph.D. thesis
- Posted by henry_kuska z5 OH (email@example.com) on Tue, Sep 25, 12 at 11:19
Another group seems to be interested in Round-Up. http://www.thetriallawyermagazine.com/blog/viewpost/422 "A decade later, in 2007, Monsato was fined in France for misleading the public about the environmental impact of its flagship herbicide Roundup. A former chairman of Monsanto Agriculture France was found guilty of false advertising for presenting Roundup as biodegradable and claiming that it left the soil clean after use. Monsanto�s French distributor Scotts France was also fined 15,000 euros. According to a report from the BBC, France�s Supreme Court upheld that verdict in 2009." |
Here is a link that might be useful: trial lawers
Roundup is dangerous to fetuses, gets into ground water, and the spray drifts on the slightest wisp of a breeze, easily damaging roses and other nearby plants. Just sayin' |
- Posted by henry_kuska z5 OH (email@example.com) on Wed, Sep 26, 12 at 12:07
The trial lawyers' link seems to be down. In case it does not come back, the link started out with a discussion of the following 2012 Parkinson's disease paper: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0892036212000438 --------------------------------------------- Another 2012 Parkinson's disease - glyphosate scientific paper: http://www.springerlink.com/content/k04267614g27062l/ |
Here is a link that might be useful: paper first discussed in lawyers link
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That new family tradition I was trying to start? Up on the rooftop click click Boom! (Thanks TK!)
Well, it just didn't work out. Besides, we were suppose to do this project as a family unit and the cowards bailed on me! And another thing, I do not have a camera. Well that's not true - I have a 110 Kodak Instamatic that still has a roll of film in it from 1972. And while I'm on a roll, I do not have a laptop or or a projector or one of those laser pointer things. Hell, I believe that I am the only human being on the planet that doesn't have a cell phone!
I am going to work on them for next year's decorating. In the meantime, I will share my picture book with you. I gathered all of these photos to glean ideas from for my own yard and roof.
Aren't they just the grooviest yards ever!
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- Apple said...
I hope Santa tucks a little digital camera in your stocking! The flying bug looks like something my neighbors might do.
- December 14, 2008 at 7:15 AM
- Dorene from Ohio said...
I don't have a cell phone! I thought I was all alone in the world!
Great photos! - December 16, 2008 at 10:35 AM
- Bob Kramp said...
Wow, I am heading out to my local mobile home park this evening- as soon as it gets dark.
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She's been accused of being a "femi-Nazi," of ruining careers, of endangering the lives of military men and women, and of belonging to a "political correctness combat brigade" that helped bring about, according to one ultra-conservative writer, the "sexual fiasco" at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland--where drill instructors were accused of sexually harassing and assaulting their female charges.
In the face of this criticism, Barnes has managed to maintain her sense of humor. "If we're pissing off the right wing," she says, "we must be doing something right."
The "we" to which Barnes refers is WANDAS--an imperfect acronym for Women Active in our Nation's Defense, their Advocates and Supporters--a group she founded in the wake of the Tailhook scandal. Originally designed as a "stealth" group to advocate for and offer counseling to military women who felt unable to speak out for themselves, WANDAS instead has evolved into a powerful voice for female soldiers and a serious irritant to those who equate a traditional military with "boys only."
The voice speaking for these women is usually Barnes's. "Susie is just so energetic and articulate," says an attorney pal "from way back," Wendy Davis. "She's by far the best spokeswoman for these women right now."
Barnes is an unabashed feminist, and it has served her well. A lawyer long before it became a fashionable career choice for women, she was appointed to serve as a Denver District Court judge in 1975, when it was still relatively rare to see a female on the bench.
But in 1981 Barnes left the bench to go into private practice in Denver. The decision was economic as much as anything else, she says, although she also wanted time to spend with her husband, Medill, and their son.
She spent the next ten years handling personal-injury cases and litigation. "I don't want to make myself sound noble," Barnes says, "but I came to a point in my professional life where I was burned out and wanted to do something for the good of the order. I wanted to make a difference.
"Maybe WANDAS was my midlife crisis. Who knows? It seemed like gender issues might be something I could make a difference on."
It was Tailhook--that and an aggravating Firing Line discussion about women in combat featuring William Buckley and Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness--that inspired Barnes to take action. Drastic action.
The 1991 Tailhook convention drew Navy flyers from across the country to Las Vegas. It was a drunken brawl, eyewitnesses would later claim, during which military women were forced to run a gauntlet of groping, inebriated officers.
Barnes, incensed that the women had been reluctant to speak out for fear of damaging their careers, talked the situation over with a friend. But not just any friend. Barnes was talking with then-congresswoman Pat Schroeder, a member of the House Armed Services Committee.
"I asked her who the advocates for the military women were," Barnes recalls. "I wanted to know the name of an organization so I could join. And she said there wasn't one. She said, 'Maybe you'd better start one.'"
And so Barnes, who was admittedly "inexperienced, naive but well-meaning," set about doing just that. She hit up a number of friends--the list included such movers and shakers as Wendy Davis, former Denver City Council president Cathy Donohue, onetime Denver county clerk and recorder Arie Taylor and a number of other professional women--and invited them to a meeting in her living room.
"Susie had done some checking on Elaine Donnelly and found out that she ran the group from her basement," Davis recalls. "And Susie said, 'If she can do it, we can do it.'"
That was the start of WANDAS.
The group's original goals were to counsel individuals and, when needed, to use specific cases to affect policy change. Things didn't quite work out that way, however.
In 1994, at the urging of a number of military women who'd outlined their grievances, WANDAS lobbied Congress on a bill that would improve procedures for filing and processing sexual-discrimination and harassment complaints in the military. Barnes even produced a witness, an Air Force sergeant then serving in England, who testified about her experiences before a congressional hearing. The result was an amendment to the Military Whistleblowers' Act.
In Washington, Barnes and her friends readily admitted that the military world was completely foreign. A more savvy colleague gave them some useful advice. "You've got to get it through your skulls," Barnes remembers being told, "that the discrimination is a readiness issue, not a feminist issue, and that's the way you must speak of it. Because America needs a strong defense, and you can get further by selling it on that basis."
After all, the military needed the best person for the job--and the best person just might be a woman.
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As summer gave way to fall, Boca Steak gave way to Boca Tavern. Gone are the wagon wheel lamps and cowhide banquettes. So long matador in the bar and leather placemats. The upscale steak house has transformed, in ways subtle and stark, into a more casual dining experience.
"We wanted to be more of a neighborhood restaurant," managing partner Shah Bahreyni says.
Bahreyni, who is also involved with Boca Pizzeria in Corte Madera and Novato, understands the upscale casual concept. At Boca Tavern, Bahreyni and his team deliver a well-run restaurant where the food is more seasonally driven and the toned-down style features natural wood and warm lighting, not golden glamour.
The revamped menu includes a few carry-overs from the restaurant's beefy steakhouse days. The 12-ounce rib eye ($30) comes with apple horseradish butter and the hanger steak frites ($22) with shiitake mushroom sauce. The tavern house blend burger ($14) is still 35 percent brisket, 65 percent chuck with traditional accompaniments. A cool, medium-rare at the center with a bit of char on the edges, the burger was perfectly cooked and juicy. It remains a can't miss menu item.
Where once there were Argentinian influences and wines, Boca Tavern tilts in favor of the diaspora of American flavors. Jeff Burkhart, the Marin IJ's Barfly, helped redo the bar menu (all handcrafted cocktails are $10), refreshed as American classic cocktails with a twist. Moscow Mule comes in a stout copper mug that glows with revolutionary tradition. Makers Manhattan comes with a flip-phone-sized cherry ice cube. As gimmicks go, these work to bridge old and new. They do not feel out of place in this Tavern. On the wine list, there is an occasional Argentinian such as the Alamos Chardonnay ($11), but more local choices, like the Peter Paul Pinot Noir from the Russian River Valley ($13), are the new norm.
Chef and partner Sam Ramadan oversees the menu, but executive sous chef Matthew Curry gives the menu his own flavorful stamp. Roasted pork belly ($10) was first seared in the wood-fired oven, then baked, cooled and seared again. Firm textured, yes, but it was the impact of savory and sweet flavors, first chipotle and molasses, then raspberry and thyme, followed by jalapeño and the tang of mustard, that energized my palate. A leafy sprig of basil coyly concealed the seasonal bounty of a Mediterranean salad ($12). Chunky late-season tomatoes and cucumbers were tarted up with apple cider vinaigrette; goat cheese added warmth.
Clams casino ($13) are a best-seller here, but it is in cioppino ($24) that the fresh clams and other sea creatures strut their stuff. Bathed in a chili-spiked, creamy sugo of fire-roasted tomatoes and fennel, Curry's version of the real San Francisco treat spoke of its Italian-via-the-Bay heritage.
Service on a busy Friday took care of myriad details without falling behind or rushing the table. A hostess heard a child's lament and brought more drawing paper and crayons.
Boca Tavern gets a lot of things right. There are numerous small plates to share or to compose a light meal. The bar added a second 60-inch TV so everyone can see the important game. With tavern-esque and heritage San Francisco dishes, the mostly new menu seems familiar, but is seeded with small, engaging touches. Welcome back, Boca.
Christina Mueller writes about food — restaurants, chefs, products and trends — for local and national publications as well as other industry clients. Send her an email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Address: 340 Ignacio Blvd. at Alameda del Prado, Novato
Phone: 883-0901
Website: www.boca tavern.com
Cuisine: Rustic American
Service: Professional
Noise level: Medium
Recommended items: Duck fat fries, roasted pork belly, Mediterranean salad, tavern house blend burger, cioppino
Liquor selection: Full bar
Corkage: $15
Heart-healthy and vegetarian selections: Yes
Gluten-free selections: Yes
Dog friendly: Yes
Wheelchair access: Yes
Parking: Lot
Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., weekdays; 5 to 9 p.m. Sundays and Mondays; 5 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays to Saturdays; limited happy hour menu begins at 4 p.m. daily
Credit cards: All major
Prices: $19 to $25
Reservations: Yes
Summary: Refreshed with a more casual design and menu, including numerous small plates, the new Boca Tavern, formerly Boca Steak, still serves a properly cooked hamburger and American fare with a twist such as a roasted pork belly with soy and thyme.


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toosexyforyou (01/05/2014) [-]
Do you play League of Legends? I've played LoL for years and when I tried out Smite (I only played like 5-10 games) I completely destroyed the other players. It was so easy, basically works the same but a different view. You just have to farm well and jungle when your enemy leaves lane for an easy lead.
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toosexyforyou (01/05/2014) [-]
Well just like LoL, you have to pick a champ and get good with him. The champ I liked the most was Neptune (or Poseidon idk what they called him) and I even played him in the big arena 5v5 thing and completely raped the enemy team, even their Neptune/Poseidon. His ult is pretty much a fizz ult with a larger area of effect.
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toosexyforyou (01/05/2014) [-]
I know that the first guy I tried was a warrior dude, might have been ares. And I basically 1v2'd top lane and had time to jungle. Another dude I tried was this little goblin assassin thing, early game was so hard but then towards mid game, I had so much damage it was crazy.
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kumatose (01/05/2014) [-]
Oh god, I can't play a melee in the game. when I first started. I would joke around and think that playing melee in smite was the worst choice you can do like choosing melee in DCU because everyone flies and is range and it feels like a natural drawback since its 3D. Even i sucked on Poseidon. If you can view the game in birdmode, it would be like I was Zyra and I put my ult 50 miles away from the team fight, thats how I used my ult as poseidon. And when I'm chasing a guy with low health I butt **** him but he always manages to get away. I think I literally started crying for myself.
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toosexyforyou (01/05/2014) [-]
A good rule of thumb for games like this are that melee champs are made stronger because of the range disadvantage but most melee champs have a gap closer which makes the range advantage useless and the bonus stats very powerful. I would always use Poseidon's ult as an execute to finish someone off or whenever 2 or more enemy plays grouped up (which happened very often, 3 or 4 of them would hold hands in the middle of the arena)


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More than one in four transgender adults have lost at least one job due to bias, and more than three-fourths have experienced some form of workplace discrimination. Biased refusal to hire, privacy violations, harassment, and even physical and sexual violence on the job are common occurrences, and experienced at even higher rates by transgender people of color. Many report changing jobs to avoid discrimination or the risk of discrimination. Extreme levels of unemployment and poverty lead many to become involved in underground economies—such as sex and drug work—in order to survive.
While 16 states, nearly 150 local jurisdictions, and hundreds of employers have adopted laws and policies to prohibit this discrimination, more than half the nation still lives without these critical protections. And while transgender people face unemployment at even higher rates than the rest of the U.S. workforce, they can also face discrimination in the public jobs programs meant to connect them with jobs.
In recent years, courts and federal agencies have increasingly taken the view that discrimination against transgender people is prohibited by existing laws against sex discrimination. This updated understanding of sex discrimination laws has the potential to be a powerful tool to combat employment bias, and NCTE has and will continue to work to more firmly establish this understanding of the law and the critical protection it can provide. Ultimately, however, passing a federal law to prohibit gender identity discrimination in the most specific terms is essential to ensuring that employers understand and consistently follow the law, and therefore to eliminating anti-trans discrimination.
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- Congress should pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which would prohibit discrimination in employment based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
- The President should issue an Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors and subcontractors from discriminating on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation.
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- Each federal agency should issue a policy directive stating that it will ensure that federal employees will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender identity and that transgender discrimination claims will be processed according to Title VII procedures.
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Can someone give me an idea how thick to sow onion seed in flats to be transplanted in 8-10 weeks? The containers will be 5"x5". Thanks |
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- Posted by veggiecanner Id 5/6 (My Page) on Sun, Feb 3, 13 at 17:07
I'd go with 25 seeds in each, If they seem to thick you can replant to new pots with less per pot. |
As veggiecanner says or maybe a few more. Jim |
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Here's a guy who's in business who does 200 seeds in what looks like a 5 inch pot. He's transplanting them to plugs before putting them out. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Dense planting seeds
I agree that they can be sown very thickly and then separated after germination. I used to do it that way but have gotten lazy in my old age.:) Now I sow in 1" squares - just use a stick to cut a 1" grid on top the soil and plant a couple of seeds in each square. The roots will form a thin mat of roots that is then easily cut into 1" squares for transplanting. If transplanting them for green salad onions you plant them in large matted chunks. Dave |
- Posted by tn_gardening (My Page) on Tue, Feb 5, 13 at 18:06
I think you can seed onions and leeks about every 1/4". I plant about 1000 per tray and each tray is about 20x16. (sorry if you've seen this picture before, I've posted it a few times already) |
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Mine look like tn gargening's photo. I use cut down gallon milk jugs, and just dump the entire packet of seeds in each jug. When they get bigger, I'll sort some of them out into individual plugs before planting out in the garden. |
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Breakfast Topic: When will you quit playing WoW?
I think likely it would be a slow death. I'd log in less and less, until I found that I wouldn't log in for months at a time. At that point I'd probably be sensible and cancel my account -- although it took an inordinate amount of time for me to cancel my EQII account where I did more or less the same thing. I'd like to think this is how it'd go at least, I wouldn't want to quit in a huff over some silly bug or class change.
Of course, this is WoW, and I find myself uniquely invested in it. I've got characters with hundreds of days worth of /played on them, and I don't know yet if I could ever stop myself from being able to have immediate access to them. They are a hobby, and investment, just like a detailed model airplane or schooner. Then there's also what I do here, which gives me a little unique reason not to ever unsubscribe.
But alas, it might happen one day. And that's the topic of today's breakfast nook discussion. When will you quit playing WoW? How will you go out? With a bang or a whimper?
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A New Zoho Invoice Ruby Gem
With all the choices for invoicing systems out there, making a decision on which invoicing system to use can be challenging. In my company's case the decision really only boiled down to one feature, the ability to send invoices via mail. That being said, there weren't any good choices out there for Ruby gems, so I figured I'd build my own. Most of the inspiration for setting it up came from the official Zendesk ruby gem.
I drew my inspiration from two main design aspects of the Zendesk gem. First is the concept of a client and that client gets passed to all of the associated resources in the system. The main benefit of that pattern is that it allows the developer to inject a mock client if they so choose for testing purposes, which I think is absolutely awesome. The second reason is the ability to to do ActiveResource style scoping through the client so that you don't have to pass a client around if you don't want to. I believe that between these two patterns it makes for interacting with an API a breeze. For example:
To get started, download the latest version on rubygems.org and checkout the README. At the time of this writing, the gem is at version 0.3.1 and its not quite a full representation of the API. I plan on 1.0 being that milestone in which you can interact with all API endpoints. If you have any issues with the gem, please feel free to file an issue in the github repo.
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Precompile Static HTML Pages with Rails 3 Asset Pipeline
At CarWoo we recently upgraded all the way from Rails 2.3.8 to 3.2 and with that brought the asset pipeline. We probably could have skipped the asset pipeline but we figured we should throw in it for good measure. One of the problems that we ran into was including some of the compiled javascript and stylesheet files from the assets directory into our 404 and 500 error pages. In Rails 2.3, we just created static html pages and threw them in the public folder and didn't think about them ever again. Unfortunately, since the Rails 3 asset pipeline adds and MD5 hash to the js and css files names, statically linking them wasn't going to work.
I wish I could take credit for this, but the honorable @sshconnection recommended that we just precompile 404 and 500 pages as well. And wouldn't you know that, it was way easier than you think it could be.
First get your config in place:
Just like any Rails convention, add the extensions to want to use to precompile. In my case, I used erb in my 404 page:
This probably should be labelled as a quick tip, but it was a little a-ha moment for me and I figured I'd share it.
Posted 2/23/2012 08:38:00 PM - rails
Start Using Shogun Toolbox in Ruby
Shogun Toolbox is the ultimate in machine learning. It provides a number of different machine learning models like support vector machines (SVM) and hidden Markov models just to name a few. So why use Shogun toolbox? Well, when you look at the SVM landscape, for example, you'll find many different publicly available implementations. Let's say you needed to switch your code to use OCAS instead of LibSVM, the semantics of interacting with each implementation could vary wildly. As a result the authors of Shogun Toolbox state, "the motivation for creating a machine learning toolbox was to provide an easy, unified way for solving certain types of machine learning problems." This is great for us because that means we'll get access to many more machine learning models without having to find or build C extensions for Ruby that interface with the SVM implementation we want to use.
What are we trying to solve with Shogun Toolbox?
According to the wikipedia page for Shogun Toolbox, it was developed with bioinformatics in mind. With an industry like that, you should expect lots of data, and do I mean lots. We're talking about millions and millions of data points. Ok... so it can handle a lot of data, but what else is it good for? The real sweet spot are two- and multiclass classification and regression problems, according to the overview paper. There are some other things packaged with the toolbox but know that if you're looking to do classification this is the package for you.
Compiling Shogun Toolbox
The easiest way to get started would be to download the source from github. Once downloaded, make your way to the src directory so that you can compile the toolbox for your machine.
It's as simple as that. Theres a whole host of options that you can configure when you're compiling the program. I would encourage you to check them out as you use the toolbox. Since we're really interested in doing this for Ruby, we need to do a couple more things before we get the toolbox working. First, install the ruby gem narray to your system. Its pretty simple:
Then when you configure the toolbox you'll need to specify that you also want the ruby_modular interface:
There are other interfaces for languages like Octave, Java and Python. Feel free to include them at this time. You should be good to go from this point, unless you're an RVM user.
Gotchas for RVM users
Unfortunately at this time, when you configure the library, it's not smart enough to know that you need to point to your current ruby instead of the system ruby. You'll see a weird error in the build process like Undefined Symbol: _rb_str_new_cstr. You'll need to collect two different pieces of information.
- The first is where your ruby lib lives. You can issue rvm info and find the environment variable MY_RUBY_HOME.
- The second is where your platform specific include directory. You can issue ruby -e "puts $:" at the command line and that will show you all of the directories ruby will look to include code. Make sure you've switched to the ruby you want to use! I recommend you put the compiled modshogun lib in the path with site_ruby and the platform specific folder.
If you didn't notice when you add the ruby dir to install to, modshogun will be available to all gemsets of the ruby you compiled against. If you need to namespace modshogun to a particular gemset, let me know if you have any ideas.
Running through some examples
Let's go through one of the classifier examples packaged with the source code, namely classifier_libsvm_minimal_modular.rb. I've added my extra notes in the comments:
- Shogun Toolbox: http://www.shogun-toolbox.org
- Source Code: https://github.com/shogun-toolbox/shogun/
If you're new to machine learning and/or classification, I would recommend checking out some other articles to get up to speed on the subject before jumping into just a big piece of software like Shogun Toolbox:
Posted 12/19/2011 07:00:00 AM - machine learning, ruby
Mounting Resque Web in Rails 3 using Warden, Devise and the Asset Pipeline
Really the title of this post should be, "Don't fear middleware". So here's the set up, I had a Rails 3.1 app that was utilizing the Asset Pipeline, Resque and Devise. Like most people, I wanted to just mount Resque Server into the Rails app behind the authorization that I was already using and be done with it. The easiest and most elegant way of doing so is to do it in your routes. What's so awesome about this solution is that you get authorization and paths pointing to Resque Web just like that. Unfortunately, if you're using the asset pipeline like I was, you'll be unable to get any of the Resque Web assets served by the application in staging and production. By "using the asset pipeline", I mean setting the action_dispatch.x_sendfile_header = 'X-Sendfile' and serve_static_assets = false in the config file. Plus the solution given above for serving the assets from Resque is to copy them to your assets folder. BARF!
To The Middleware
Let's delve into the rackup file. If you're like most Rails projects you probably have a rackup file that looks like this:
Well thats going to have to change. First off you'll need to map the routes and then tell Resque Web how to handle authentication within the scope of rack. What you end up with is a file like this:
The only thing that's really left is creating a new instance of Resque::Server. I decided to do it via Sinatra rather than creating another rack middleware. I have an initializer in config/initializers/resque.rb like this:
There you have it, you can now serve Resque Web without having to copy any assets or do anything funky to the gem. This feels a little bit better to me since we're not really messing with the internal workings of the resque gem.
Text Classification using Support Vector Machines in Ruby
Support Vector Machines represent a group of supervised learning classifiers that will try to predict the outcome of a feature set. I don't want to bore you with the details but I would recommend that you read Ilya's post about SVMs. It's very informative and it will give you the basics of what you need to understand to get started.
In my case, I've been working on a fairly large scale text classification problem at work when I realized that SVMs would be perfect for the job. Unfortunately, for our needs the current state of Ruby support for SVMs wasn't where we needed it to be.
I am happy to introduce rb-libsvm to the world!
While I can't take credit for the entire gem myself, I did help clean up some pieces of the codebase and gemify the code to make it possible to install from Rubygems.
Basic Usage Example:
As for the future plans for this gem, one of the biggest features I can think of building would be the Marshaling of the Libsvm::Model object. This would be a big performance win since you wouldn't have to re-train the classifier. If you have any other ideas for features, I'd be happy to hear about them.
Posted 11/14/2011 01:59:00 PM - machine learning, ruby
Configuring Your Rails 3 Plugin
With Railties, I've found writing plugins for Rails 3 to be much easier than before. Instead of writing a post about how easy it is to create plugins, I figured I would share what I learned about configuring your recently created plugin. After poking through the Rails code, I came across some interesting things that can really clean up and tighten the code in your Rails projects.
If you're looking for more of an introduction on Railties and Rails 3 plugins, I recommend that you read a couple of posts before you continue with mine. These posts should be enough to get you started.
- Rails 3 Internals: Railtie & Creating Plugins
- Extending Rails 3 with Railties
- Railtie API doc
- Rails 3 Plugins - Part 1
Environment-specific Configuration
In the past, if you needed any type of configuration to be done in your app you'd more than likely create a yaml file and stick what you needed in there. With Rails 3 and Railties, you can move all of your plugin configuration into the environment specific files (application.rb / development.rb / test.rb / production.rb) within your Rails project. I like this so much more because all of the configuration stays in the same place and you don't have to litter your project with a bunch of yaml files.
Throughout this post, I'll refer to a library I created to use MongoDB as a FIFO cache store. Let's start with a snippet of development.rb in one of my current projects.
The important line in the above code is config.mongo_fifo. Did you know that you can create any variable that you want within the config object? The cool thing is that the config object is actually an instance of Rails::Railtie::Configuration and when you specify a method that doesn't exist, that class will actually go through method_missing and add the new method to a hash and assign whatever you wanted to it. So in the example above, mongo_fifo was added to the application's config hash with a new instance of MongoFifo. If you need a little more configurability with your methods, like action_mailer above, you can do that too. So let's say I wanted mongo_fifo to have a slew of config options, I could do this in my Railties class to add that ability:
Coincidentally, that's how ActiveRecord, ActionMailer and ActiveSupport allow for "namespaced" configuration in your Rails app.
Now that we moved the configuration into the specific environment files, we'll be able to access it via our initializers. I really wish I had more to write here but it's just as easy as accessing a hash. So in my MongoFifo code, I've got one initializer that will create a global variable within the Rails module so that anywhere within my app, I can read and write to my MongoDB cache. Here's the code from MongoFifo:
Get going!
The beauty of Railties is that you don't necessarily need to develop a whole gem to get the benefits of it's modularity. In my case, I wrote some code that's a slimmed down version of an ActiveSupport cache store that works with MongoDb's capped collections. I plopped this file in my /lib directory. I'm able to put the MongoDB connection configuration in the specific environment (development / test / production) file and keep my overall Rails project that much cleaner. Give it a go!
Posted 11/14/2010 10:00:00 AM - rails
Using Allocate to Create ActiveRecord Objects When Stubbing find_by_sql
find_by_sql. What a method. I love the flexibility it gives me when I need to get information from my database with as little fuss as possible. Yet when I want to stub find_by_sql and return real objects in my rspec tests, a little part of me gets frustrated. The real pain comes in when you want to have an object with attributes that aren't part of the original class and typically you're going to run into that when you use find_by_sql.
In my particular use case, I had two different tables, the first was a Shop table and the second was a Job table. In terms of the association, a Shop could have many jobs. The find_by_sql method was aggregating data from the two tables and creating each instance of the result as Job object. So it looked something like this:
I'm sure that you're thinking to yourself that I could have just created some factories or fixtures and then had my tests just query the database for the records. That probably would have been the easy route, but I was wondering if I could pull this off without the database call. So how do we do this?
First, we need to understand how ActiveRecord actually creates new objects. The post from Peter Bui is a great first step in explaining what goes on when ActiveRecord queries a database and creates a new object. The important thing to note in his article is Ruby's ability to create an object without calling the initialize method via allocate.
From there it was time to look at the core ActiveRecord code to see what is going on. Just to note, since Peter's article, ActiveRecord::Base has changed a little bit. First I started with the code for find_by_sql:
You can see in this piece of code that ActiveRecord is hitting the database with your custom SQL and then for each result creating a new instance. Now let's see how that instance is created:
The first line of code is looking for the appropriate class to use to create the object via find_sti_class. Then it allocates an object based upon the class name. The next line is really where the meat is. init_with will actually then create the object with the attributes that you specify. Sweet! I think we struck gold.
Now that we know about the init_with and allocate methods we can now create real objects to use in our tests if we need attributes outside of what the object provides. So in the example that I provided above, I could do something like this:
Excellent! Now I can stub the find_by_sql call and I can create objects that will be in the correct class that I need.
Do note that what I did above is for edge rails. If you're on 3.0.1 or below you're going to have to do this to create your objects:
Also, pay attention to the way the hash was created. You'll need to use strings for the keys otherwise you'll get a bunch of errors.
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There is no cheering throng to recognize the politician who never cheats on his taxes or his wife, no badge of courage awarded to the kidney donor, or a standing ovation for Jerry Groden, 52, who left a private cardiology practice in Dallas for an Army medic tent in the Middle East. The people I served with made me a better person, Groden remarked.
So-called heroism can be a burden by the sheer magnitude of its cost. With his knife, Noah Pierce, 23, carved Freedom Isnt Free in his pickups dashboard. His headstone bears only the etched letters I-r-a-q. When Noah went missing in July 2007, after a harrowing year adjusting to home following two tours in Iraq, police ordered a countrywide search, wrote Ashley Gilbertson, from the Virginia Quarterly Review and printed in the April Utne.
Back in March 2003, assigned to the front lines with his battalion, Pierce had been outraged that U.S. troops were hailed conquering heroes. It sounds like you guys in the states are for the war, Pierce wrote in a letter home. All the soldiers I know including me think its a bunch of bullshit. We came in and invaded this country and murdered a lot of innocent people. So tell me how we are heroes.
(Up front, Id like to point out that the majority of the accounts Ive read describe the goals, duties and intentions of most U.S. troops in Iraq as productive and honorable.) Yet, Noah Pierces story is also a reality of war, grim and tragic.
Gilbertson writes, A study by the RAND Corporation found that approximately 300,000 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans - one in five - suffer from depression or stress disorders. Noah Pierce was to be one of those anonymous heroes who enlisted shortly before he turned 18. A family friend was moved to say to him, Noah, youre too sensitive, youre too caring; how are you ever going to get through this?
Noah grew up in Sparta, Minnesota, a small town on the Mesabi Iron Range. His mother Cheryl Softich believes her sons death could have been avoided had he received counseling. She said that after returning home from combat, Noah drank to forget and because he hated himself. He believed he no longer had a future. In a suicide message to friends, Noah wrote, bam lifes a bitch Im out.
Statistically, veterans outside the VA system are four times more likely to attempt suicide than those within the system. Returning from the atrocities of war, many veterans live with horrendous despair because they dont feel people will understand what theyve suffered and how it has altered their entire being, having done things so unbelievably out of character.
On Monday, July, 25, 2007, Noah left the kayak factory where he had been working. Others said he was in a good mood. In her article Gilbertson wrote, Noah put his .38 Special to his right temple, wedged one of his Army dog tags between the muzzle and his skin, and pulled the trigger.
In April 2008, Ira R. Katz, deputy chief patient care services officer for mental health at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, estimated that between 550 and 650 veterans were committing suicide each month. Sadly, the Pentagon will never add Noah nor the thousands like him to the official tally of 4,000-plus war dead, Gilbertson reports.
It is important for America to remember Noah Pierce, and all the other veterans who have sacrificed their peace of mind, their futures, principles, and sometimes their lives, and to sympathize with the losses and heartaches their families continue to endure. For they are the anonymous heroes, tormented casualties who seem to be forgotten.
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An overview of the Afghanistan and Pakistan Annual Review that was
ordered by U.S. President Barack Obama last year as a diagnostic
National Security Staff (NSS)-led assessment of the war effort was
released early Dec. 16, with the White House to receive the full report
later that day. The overview makes clear that, <as expected>, the Review
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justify the decision announced by Obama at the NATO Summit in Lisbon in
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<><longstanding devolution of the organization> and <><the erosion of
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Taliban, which is not entirely new because since he came into office
Obama has been careful to describe the goal to defeat al-Qaeda and its
allies and not the Talibs. It is a rationale for the war that may
resonate better with the American public, but a small fraction of
special operations forces in Afghanistan and Pakistan are devoted to the
ongoing hunt for <><the old men who once made history>. Would be good to
mention the NYT story about Talib setbacks in Kandahar and how it was
leaked today of all days even though ISAF's PR dept has been issuing
reports about successes against the Afghan jihadists for months now
Meanwhile, the overview concludes with the main effort in Afghanistan,
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consistent with staying the course. A review of the war effort in Dec.
2011 will be interesting indeed, but for the short term, despite being
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garnered from articles in the press, the NIEs seem to consider Pakistan
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current, counterinsurgency-focused strategy goes.
No one disputes <><challenges and issues with Pakistan>. What help it
gives can be essential. Its inability or unwillingness to work with the
U.S. on others can be enormously detrimental to American efforts in both
countries. This has characterized the U.S.-Pakistani relationship in the
entire post-9/11 period. But this is more than a simple matter of
emphasis. The military-led effort in Afghanistan appears to the Pentagon
and the National Security Staff to have achievable goals. The
intelligence community appears to disagree. The key thing here is that
we have a diagnosis, which isn't new by any strecth of the imagination
but DC lacks on the prescription end. There are limits to pressure and
incentives. The one thing that this report doesn't address and Pak wants
to hear is negotiations with the Talibs and Pak's role in it
The President's decision has already been made. 2011 will not be about
whether a certain strategy should be pursued, but allowing the troops
committed time to execute the chosen strategy. Pakistan is - and always
has been - both central and problematic to what the U.S. wants to
achieve in Afghanistan and that will be as true as ever in 2011. But for
now, whatever the new NIE might argue, the die have been cast.
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My fairly new Miele T9820 Gas Dryer needed another new Thermostat (the second one in two years). He told me because of the sensitivity of the thermostat, if there is any lint buidup in the dryer duct leading to the outside, the thermostat will burn out as a prevention of fire. Then you have to replace it. So you need to clean out the duct once a year. Wish I had known that after the first replacement.....This thermostat was not covered under the warranty. The cost of the part was about $130. The labor charge however was a two hour minimum charge at $175! IT TOOK HIM 20 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THE ENTIRE SERVICE. What a ripoff.... I called the Miele service number on the unit and this is the service tech that called me. I was not given any choice and now in hindsight, I realize I should have shopped around more. Don't you think the labor rate was a little high even for Los Angeles? Its not like they had to come a long distance...about 15 mile freeway..... |
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- Posted by don_1_2006 (My Page) on Mon, Aug 16, 10 at 14:18
The labor rate seems about right for Southern California. It has to cover so much more than just labor. The cost of the part seems high to me. |
I suppose Miele's may be different, but the part involved is likely a thermal fuse, not a thermostat. Thermostats don't typically burn out but thermal fuses do and then must be replaced, they're a one-time shot protection against overheating from airflow blockage or as backup for a failed thermostat. Pretty much all dryers have them now, and some have more than one. If the thermal fuse involved is backup for a thermostat, the thermostat must also be replaced due to either being confirmed bad or suspect of being erratic. Many service companies have minimum charge policies, but two hours minimum does seem excessive for a procedure that takes considerably less time. |
- Posted by fahrenheit_451 (My Page) on Mon, Aug 16, 10 at 19:16
ann-elizabeth, Several questions, if you please: Has your dryer undergone the following?: T9820 Software Update Did you know that Miele warranties a repair for one year after the time of the repair? When was the date of the last sensor replacement? On the work order you received the part numbers should be the same (unless they revised the part). Does your filter screen look like this (note hexagonal holes, rows, and their count)?: Dryer Filter Screen |
$75 and hour sounds cheap to me. What does your car dealer charge an hour? Telephone / computer wonk? In the ATL , tech charges are $100-125 / hr. Why is the the thermostat not covered under warranty? |
- Posted by ann-elizabeth (My Page) on Tue, Aug 31, 10 at 17:34
Well its been a few weeks and I am at ground zero again. My dryer won't heat again. I called a different repair service and a very nice and decent repair man came out and discovered that the problem all along was broken blades on on vent fan were clogging the vent! So now I need to replaced my themostat (not the fuse) again, because the first guy didn't check the fan. So now I have to replace the fan and the thermostat! The fan has to be ordered and will take 3 to 4 weeks! He is still searching for it though. If it does indeed take that long, I am going to buy a new set of washer/dryer - not Miele, and then repair the Miele and then sell them. I have had nothing but troubles with them and my clothes do not seem too clean. I hate the way my whites get so dingy and I barely use any detergent! I'm going with Whirlpool. The repairman recommends them....I also have a Miele vacuum cleaner and have had lots of trips to the repair shop. My german experiment is over....and this new repairman is worth his weight in gold. He spent over one hour here and charged me $35. |
I hate the way my whites get so dingy and I barely use any detergent!This could be why. A proper dose of detergent is needed for good cleaning results. |
- Posted by westvillager (My Page) on Tue, Aug 31, 10 at 18:21
Interesting situation. It's a trade-off in my case. Miele washers and dryers (every one I've owned at least) require more nooks, areas and pieces to be cleaned, but they're the best cleaning appliances I've used. That includes dishwashers and vacuums. (I've never considered the company for cooking, etc.) |
- Posted by fahrenheit_451 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 31, 10 at 18:33
ann-elizabeth, I would have not chosen your course of action by calling another appliance service other than Miele as Miele warrants its service work. Miele will work with you on matters (as will others like ASKO) when they receive feedback from the service rep where they will weight-out their judgement calls on price and responsibly. As westvillager points out, Miele products do require a bit more consideration for and during their usage, but as hard as I am on Miele (some of it deserved) their products are above most and work very well when used correctly. Miele knows it had issues with your model (my wife and I own the same model); truly Miele would have worked with you on the problem. |
- Posted by ann-elizabeth (My Page) on Tue, Aug 31, 10 at 20:30
Funny, I did send an email to Miele about the first service rep and the charges and never heard back fro Miele, The Miele authorized service guy missed the problem and now has cost me more money. Why would I want to work with them again? |
- Posted by fahrenheit_451 (My Page) on Thu, Sep 2, 10 at 12:57
ann-elizabeth, I would call Miele versus email and discuss your issue. Your work order number is what they have in their database, and they can reference your work quickly. Also, of the three Miele service techs that I have dealt with, all were very helpful, knowledgeable, and courteous; all helped in resolving issues. Admittedly, I did not care for Miele's Customer Service to begin with, but it has gotten better; their Service Techs I have zero issues with. I still believe Miele with work with you on both your recent service (by them) and the service pricing. It doesn't hurt to try. |
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