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03 December 2009
A group of Cardiff students will take control of one of the world's most powerful radio telescopes next week (Monday 7th December) as part of an innovative Cardiff University astronomy link-up.
AS and A-level students from Cardiff schools including Whitchurch High and Howells will visit the University's School of Physics and Astronomy which is playing host to the Parkes telescope, one of the world's most powerful radio telescopes.
The 64m radio telescope, situated 400km west of Sydney, Australia was used to receive the television transmission of the Apollo 11 moon walk in 1969 and allows astronomers the chance to observe pulsars, along with a whole host of other astronomical observations.By remotely accessing the radio telescope and working directly with the telescope's Australian-based operators, students will be given the chance to view pulsars – which are spinning, magnetised neutron stars, left over from massive star explosions.Pulsars spin and emit radio waves in beams from their poles. The spinning causes the beams to sweep across the Earth, creating pulses of radio waves. By taking control of the telescopes the students have the chance to witness first-hand some of the most striking images and undertake real-time scientific research. Mr Chris North, from Cardiff University's School of Physics and Astronomy, said: "Pulse@Parkes is an innovative project that allows students interested in astronomy a unique opportunity to take control of one of the world's most powerful radio telescope. We are delighted to be hosting it here in Cardiff for its first visit to the UK."The students will have the chance to take part in real science with the measurements adding to an archive which may eventually help scientists detect the elusive gravitational waves predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity."The event is open to A-level and AS-level students with a keen interest in astronomy. The measurements used by the students will also form part of an archive of data that is used to monitor and record the characteristics of pulsars throughout our galaxy, such their distance, their rate of spin and any unusual characteristics.Cardiff University's Astronomy Group carries out research in many areas of astronomy, in particular the formation of stars, the origin and evolution of galaxies and the cosmic microwave background.The University's School of Physics and Astronomy has one of the most active Gravitational Physics Groups, and remains one of the largest research groups in the School. The Group's search for gravitational waves is focused on transient events such as supernovae and binary neutron stars and black holes, and stochastic gravitational waves.
Cardiff School of Physics and AstronomyCardiff has a large and successful School of Physics and Astronomy, attracting some 300 undergraduate and postgraduate students. Physics research is focused in two areas: condensed matter physics and optoelectronics. Researchers are using theoretical and practical techniques to answer fundamental questions about the electrical, magnetic and optical properties of new semiconducting materials and investigating the design and fabrication of new optoelectronic devices. The School has extensive facilities for building and investigating devices made from these new materials. The most spectacular results come from ultra-thin sandwich structures. The novel properties of these devices are being exploited in the design of lasers and detectors.For researchers and students of astronomy, the School offers modern astronomical laboratories with optical, radio and solar telescopes. The University's Astrophysics Research Group and the Astronomy Instrumentation Research Group are two of the most vigorous in the UK. Members of the groups regularly use the three main British observatories in Hawaii, the Canary Islands and Australia, and they also use the Hubble Space Telescope and other space observatories. There is also an active theory group that uses computers to investigate the physics of stars and galaxies, and a group developing techniques for detecting gravitational waves, a prediction of Einstein's theory of General Relativity.Cardiff UniversityCardiff University is recognised in independent government assessments as one of Britain's leading teaching and research universities and is a member of the Russell Group of the UK's most research intensive universities. Among its academic staff are two Nobel Laureates, including the winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Medicine, Professor Sir Martin Evans. Founded by Royal Charter in 1883, today the University combines impressive modern facilities and a dynamic approach to teaching and research. The University's breadth of expertise in research and research-led teaching encompasses: the humanities; the natural, physical, health, life and social sciences; engineering and technology; preparation for a wide range of professions; and a longstanding commitment to lifelong learning.PULSE@ParkesPULSE@Parkes is an innovative project that provides high school students the opportunity to control the famous Parkes radio telescope. Students observe pulsars under the guidance of professional astronomers.The data obtained can be analysed to try and determine a number of properties of the pulsars, the post-supernova remnants of dead stars. The results feed into a growing database used by professional astronomers. Students may discover a new pulsar or help determine the distance to existing pulsars. They help monitor them and identify unusual ones or detect sudden glitches in their rotation. Through participating in this project students meet professional astronomers, learn how to control a state-of-the-art telescope, experience some real science and share their work with students from other schools.
The data collected will also used by astronomers for ongoing research. Astronomers from the CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) use the data to track the evolution of the pulsars over many years, to test Einstein's theory of gravity and hopefully find gravitational waves.
PULSE@Parkes is funded by CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility, and more information can be found on their website http://outreach.atnf.csiro.au/education/pulseatparkes/
Mr Chris NorthSchool of Physics and AstronomyCardiff UniversityTel: 029 20 870 537E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Chicken and a savory sauce wrapped up. Submitted by *SPARKLEMAMA* Carbs: 20.5g | Fat: 8.2g | Fiber: 11.1g | Protein: 32.7g | Calories: 287.2
Incredible! 5.0/5
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Great, basic recipe if I'm just cooking for myself. I use lower sodium tomatoes. Add in any herbs you like! You can definitely build upon this recipe. Submitted by DORKGIRL Carbs: 10.5g | Fat: 14.1g | Fiber: 2.8g | Protein: 24.7g | Calories: 264.3
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Very yummy and much lighter than regular chocolate chip cookies. Considered a hit by all! Submitted by TERRIANGEL Carbs: 14.2g | Fat: 2.9g | Fiber: 0.3g | Protein: 0.8g | Calories: 83.3
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Submitted by KWHITE1022 Carbs: 11.7g | Fat: 2.3g | Fiber: 0.4g | Protein: 3.9g | Calories: 83.9
Incredible! 5.0/5
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Submitted by EMTRAVER Carbs: 15.4g | Fat: 3.1g | Fiber: 1g | Protein: 4g | Calories: 94.4
Incredible! 5.0/5
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An easy chocolate chip recipe with only about 75 calories per cookie. Great for a n indulgent yet healthy-ish snack!! Submitted by PRINCESS.HUNTER Carbs: 11.7g | Fat: 3g | Fiber: 0.2g | Protein: 1.1g | Calories: 76.6
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These Fries are Delicious!!! Submitted by DANALYNV Carbs: 66.2g | Fat: 0.6g | Fiber: 8.4g | Protein: 7.7g | Calories: 293.6
This is one of the most simple recipes you will ever make in your life. It's delicious, smooth, and you can eat a big bowl of it without the side effects of regular ice cream. Submitted by NEKOMEME Carbs: 32.2g | Fat: 0.7g | Fiber: 3.2g | Protein: 1.3g | Calories: 131.1
This fresh and tangy cucumber dill sauce uses non-fat plain yogurt to give it a creamy taste and texture. It can be eaten as a side dish with grilled chicken or as a topping on a gyro or pita sandwich!!!! Submitted by MISSJCISRUNNING Carbs: 3.6g | Fat: 0.1g | Fiber: 0.5g | Protein: 1.5g | Calories: 21
Delicious and healthy, a great lunch on the go or at work. Submitted by JO_JO_BA Carbs: 37.6g | Fat: 1.8g | Fiber: 8.2g | Protein: 9.3g | Calories: 197.9
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This salad may be used on a bed of lettuce or in a sandwich. Submitted by CAROLYN0107 Carbs: 0.6g | Fat: 3.9g | Fiber: 0g | Protein: 11.2g | Calories: 85.5
This flavorful tuna salad is made with cottage cheese and yogurt, not mayo. Submitted by GORGEOUS26 Carbs: 11.7g | Fat: 2.2g | Fiber: 0.6g | Protein: 32.5g | Calories: 190.3
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This is a great low-cal summer salad great with any meal. Juicy and tasty! Submitted by ELATTANZIO Carbs: 5.4g | Fat: 9.3g | Fiber: 1.2g | Protein: 0.9g | Calories: 104.1
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This is so good and gets better in the fridge the next day! Submitted by JOEMELEAGLES Carbs: 5.8g | Fat: 1.3g | Fiber: 1.3g | Protein: 1.1g | Calories: 35.2
When I think of dinner out, I think of T.G.I. Fridays Cobb Salad. Even though it is full of healthy vegetables it is one of the most unhealthy salads on the menu becuase of it's fattening ingredients. I have created a lighter version that tastes just as great without the guilt! Submitted by THEAQUAPANDA Carbs: 14.7g | Fat: 20.5g | Fiber: 7.9g | Protein: 35.8g | Calories: 378.1
My family loves pasta salad for picnics. Since I haven't been eating pasta as part of my diet, I would just make it and do without. Well, for Labor Day, I realized I didn't have pasta and decided to use some quinoa I had in the pantry. This is tasty, nutty and HEALTHY!! Your family will most likely NOT miss their pasta. Add green and red pepper, chopped onion, small diced broccolli and cauliflower, cucumber and any garden fresh veggie to make even better! Submitted by JOEKNEE Carbs: 23g | Fat: 9.6g | Fiber: 2.6g | Protein: 8.1g | Calories: 209.8
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I was in the mood for Potato Salad, but I did not want to use Mayo. You can add or subtract the amount of Mustard or Ranch Dressing to suit your taste. Submitted by LADY_SHERRA Carbs: 34.1g | Fat: 3.1g | Fiber: 4.2g | Protein: 4.8g | Calories: 184.3
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Tasty, refreshing salad for a main course or side dish Submitted by YASMINDURAN Carbs: 20.1g | Fat: 3.6g | Fiber: 4.3g | Protein: 6.6g | Calories: 132.4
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Easy and cool salad for BBQ's, lunch and dinners. Submitted by FXYBLU Carbs: 6.6g | Fat: 5.8g | Fiber: 1.6g | Protein: 1g | Calories: 76.5
Submitted by BUDGETMOM Carbs: 26.1g | Fat: 3.3g | Fiber: 3g | Protein: 0.9g | Calories: 147.9

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GRANTS PASS, Ore. – A Grants Pass man who stabbed a man who attacked him last month at a Planned Parenthood clinic is back on the street, speaking out against abortion.
Tuesday was the first day since Christopher Tolhurst was involved in a fight at the Grants Pass clinic that he's been back protesting.
Tolhurst was accused by a clinic employee of harassment, which led to a fight with the employee's father, who Tolhurst said he stabbed in self-defense. With a temporary restraining order in place, Tolhurst is now voicing his concerns about Planned Parenthood in another area of Grants Pass.
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QUINNLEE & EVERLYSE for the Hurst family — MI
Quinnlee has had a hold on so many hearts. So many people loved her and prayed for a family to come forward for her. She finally has a family that is moving forward to adopt her!
The Hurst family is so excited to announce that she is their daughter. Their oldest daughter, Faith, prayed for a little sister fervently for so long and her three brothers are just excited that they still outnumber the girls! Katie and Craig have prayed for Quinnlee for two years and finally realized that God was calling them to her. They have loved her for so long that the whole process seems surreal to them.
They have kept a verse hidden in their hearts for her as they prayed.
John 1:5 "And the light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it." They are confident that while Quinnlee may never see light that she will be the brightest part of their lives.
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Hi, I need to determine whether an area intersects with another area.
For example, as you can see the picture below...
The left case can be easily determined by Polyline.IntersectWith(Polyline...).
But in the right case, the two polygons intersect/overlap each other while polylines do not intersect.
What would be the effiicient way to determine the right case polygons are intersecting polygons?
If someone can help me with a simple sample code (preferably in C#), it would be very appreciated.
Thank you very much in advance.
(FYI, I am currently using ObjectARX 2007.)
Solved! Go to Solution.
Solved! by _gile. See the answer in context.
What about creating regions from the polylines, operate a boolean union and compare the region area with the sum of the polylines area ?
Not sure about if this will be works in 2007
tested on A2010:
[CommandMethod("care")] public void checkAreasIntersect() { Document doc = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument; Database db = doc.Database; Editor ed = doc.Editor; bool yeah=false; using (Transaction tr = doc.TransactionManager.StartTransaction()) { ObjectId id1 = ObjectId.Null; ObjectId id2 = ObjectId.Null; PromptEntityOptions peo = new PromptEntityOptions("\nSelect first area >>"); peo.SetRejectMessage("\nSelect Polyline only"); peo.AddAllowedClass(typeof(Polyline), false); PromptEntityResult res; res = ed.GetEntity(peo); if (res.Status != PromptStatus.OK) return; id1 = res.ObjectId; peo.Message = "\nSelect second area >>"; res = ed.GetEntity(peo); if (res.Status != PromptStatus.OK) return; id2 = res.ObjectId; Entity en1 = tr.GetObject(id1, OpenMode.ForWrite) as Entity; if (en1 == null) return; Entity en2 = tr.GetObject(id2, OpenMode.ForRead) as Entity; if (en1 == null) return; DBObjectCollection exids = new DBObjectCollection(); en1.Explode(exids); foreach (DBObject obj in exids) { Entity en = obj as Entity; Point3dCollection pts= new Point3dCollection(); en.IntersectWith(en2, Intersect.OnBothOperands, pts, 0, 0); if (pts.Count != 0) { yeah=true;break; } } ed.WriteMessage("\nAreas were {0} an intersection", yeah ? "has" : "doesn't have"); } }
Thank you, Hallex.
I tried with the code, but it couldn't handle the right case.
So, I changed the code a little bit and tried again.
//en.IntersectWith(en2, Intersect.OnBothOperands, pts, 0, 0); en.IntersectWith(en2, Intersect.ExtendThis, pts, 0, 0);
Well, this could handle the right case but also creates another issue.
It will consider the following case as the intersecting polygons as well.
What about creating regions from the polylines, operate a boolean union and compare the region area with the sum of the polylines area ?
Look at the Region.BooleanOperation() method.
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The Owens Valley Paiute-Shoshone Cultural Center & Museum is dedicated to the continuous perpetual life of the Indegenous Peoples of the Owens Valley. On June 13,1978 a resolution was signed by 7 members of the Owens Valley Board of Trustees, recognizing the positive outcome a Cultural Center would provide for the community. Soon after the public was welcome to step into the doors of a facility that both preserved and displayed the Paiute-Shoshone historical way of life. Today our Cultural Center holds roughly 100 artifacts and numerous pieces of literature. Serving as an educational exoerience for many, it tells a story of the Numu (Paiute) and Newe (Shoshone) Peoples. The cultural values and heritage found in the Cultural Center are not only those of the past, but also the present, and future generations to come.
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A picture of how the Numu were able to live in comfort and with dignity by the applying of their abilities to what nature made available.
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The Cultural Center is home to one of the Firstbloom Native Plant Gardens. Firstbloom is a local environmental outreach program that focuses on Native Plants, National Parks and being stewards to the land. The group defines Native plants as those having a name in the Native Paiute Language.
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I have a garden bed area next to the house that is about 20' x 3' wide. It has good soil. I currently have pyracantha planted but I want it pull it out and plant something different. (tired of getting poked by the thorns. I am thinking about a yew tree hedge or a cedar hedge. This area faces west but it receives morning shade and afternoon (filtered light) because the house next door casts a shadow. I am hoping to plant this area in the fall. I would like it to get about 5 or 6 feet tall. I welcome your ideas please. Thank you. |
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A three foot strip is very limiting. I know people do it all the time, but IMO, it's a bad practice. Unless you only plant small shrubs or taller, narrow conifers like some smaller arborvitaes, you don't have a lot of choices. I harp about this all the time, but it does bear repeating. Make thouse foundation beds large enough to accommodate more types of shrubs. Otherwise, you'll have a boring straight row of a small selection of plants. If you're stuck with that 3-ft deep strip, here are some possibilities: spireas (many cultivars); boxwoods; DeGroot's Spire arborvitae, ornamental grasses (large selection) and you can also plant Knockout roses if you maintain them to less than 3-ft spread. |
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Here are some ideas: Dwarf Yaupon holly All these are 'friendly' in that they do not have thorns. |
MulchMama ~ thanks so much for your reply and very helpful tips. You're right, in that I am 'stuck' with this strip. I'll google some of the one's I haven't heard of. I like the boxwood idea. Any idea how tall they can get? Or what kind you might suggest? dave ~ I appreciate your ideas. I like the camelia suggestion. I'll have to go and check out Bonanza. Thank you for all your help. Now I"m off to Google some of these plants. |
In general for the best visual effect you want shrubs to be 1 1/2 times as high as a bed is wide at the point they are to be planted. So if the whole bed is 3' wide then plant it with shrubs that can be attractively maintained at 4 1/2' tall. An exception would be where there are low windows or other features that you do not want to cover behind a planting spot. |
Hi bboy, thanks as always for your suggestion. I'll definitely keep that in mind when I'm planting. What kind of plants would you recommend. They'll be planted next to the mobile home next door to me to hide the ugly skirting around the house.The property is mine and they wouldn't care anyway. lol |
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- Jun 10:
- Drakes Bay Oyster Co. fires new legal salvo in plea to top court
- May 29:
- Government files brief opposing Drakes Bay appeal to U.S. Supreme Court
- May 19:
- Marin restaurants, former pols support Drakes Bay oyster farm in fight
- Apr 16:
- Marin Superior Court waits to make final ruling on state Drakes Bay Oyster Co. case
- Apr 15:
- Drakes Bay oyster case: Marin judge faults state commission, calls for environmental review
- Apr 14:
- Drakes Bay Oyster Co. takes fight to U.S. Supreme Court
- Apr 12:
- Marin Voice: Environmental impacts of closing Pt. Reyes oyster farm
- Jan 30:
- Marin Voice: Oyster ruling deserves another look
- Jan 27:
- Drakes Bay Oyster Co. has more time to prepare for Supreme Court
- Jan 21:
- Drakes Bay Oyster Co. files court action to remain open while preparing for Supreme Court
- Jan 14:
- Court denies Drakes Bay Oyster Co., owner says fight will go to the U.S. Supreme Court
- Jan 9:
- Marin Voice: Oyster farm and wilderness don't mix at Point Reyes
- Dec 3:
- Appeals court urged to reject Drakes Bay oyster case
- Nov 15:
- Drakes Bay Oyster Co. effort for rehearing clears hurdle
- More than 2 million Olympia oysters populate project off San Rafael shores
- Oct 18:
- Point Reyes oyster operation seeks reversal of court decision
- Oct 10:
- Marin Voice: Oysters in the wilderness
- Oct 9:
- Dick Spotswood: Is Pt. Reyes oyster farm a harbinger for park's ranches?
- Sep 30:
- Marin Voice: Restoring Drakes estuary is a 'critical' opportunity
- Sep 13:
- Marin Voice: Why Drakes Bay Oyster Co. continues to fight
- Sep 12:
- Marin Voice: Saving wilderness from exploitation
- Sep 6:
- Editorial: Court's split ruling doesn't end oysters battle
- Sep 4:
- Drakes Bay Oyster Co. will challenge federal ruling
- Sep 3:
- 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules against the Drakes Bay Oyster Co.
- Aug 25:
- Marin Voice: Up-to-date ecological theory
- Aug 3:
- Marin Voice: Science shows oyster farm doesn't harm the estero's ecology
- Jul 31:
- Marin Voice: Doing what's right for the ecology
- Jul 18:
- Marin judge says oyster operation must address issues, but will continue operations
- Jun 22:
- Marin Voice: Science is on the side of open and transparent inquiry
- Jun 13:
- Editorial: Oyster farm move refocuses the debate
- Jun 12:
- Marin Voice: Huffman's four mistakes on oyster farm science
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- Marin Voice: Finding an oyster accord
- May 23:
- Marin Voice: Point Reyes oyster farm decision hits home
- May 15:
- Marin Voice: Science on the side of ending Pt. Reyes oyster farm lease
- May 13:
- Marin Voice: Red herrings in Drakes Estero oyster debate
- May 2:
- Marin Voice: 'Frivolous' lawsuit in Point Reyes oyster farm fight
- Apr 19:
- George Russell: First oysters, now cows?
- Mar 17:
- Marin Voice: Harmonic convergence for Point Reyes oysters
- Mar 15:
- Drakes Bay Oyster Co. attracts support from restaurateurs, Republicans
- Mar 11:
- Drakes Bay oyster flap has national implications
- Feb 26:
- Marin Voice: Oyster farm order honors a long-standing promise
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- Marin Voice: California Coastal Commission uses distorted information to condemn oyster farm
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- George Russell: Oyster farm's permit
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- George Russell: Oyster nightmare
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IN JUNE 2011, the United States Department of Commerce and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration launched a nationwide initiative to increase shellfish populations in the nation's coastal waters.
According to NOAA, the environmental benefits include providing habitat for endangered and threatened species; species recovery; cleaner water and nutrient removal; and shoreline protection.
The states serving as partners in expanding opportunities for shellfish farming and restoration include Washington and California, which are members of the Seattle-based Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association, as well as Maryland, Louisiana, and Alabama.
NOAA singles out the Washington state shellfish initiative as an example of a "comprehensive federal, state, and industry partnership that promotes new economic opportunities, restoration and improved water quality, as well as science on the impacts of ocean acidification on local oysters."
The Pacific Coast Shellfish Grower's Association, as well as local Tomales Bay growers, strongly supports the continuation of shellfish cultivation in Drakes Estero.
Recently Washington Congressman Doc Hastings announced an investigation into the science used to evaluate the environmental impacts of the Drakes Bay Oyster Co.He said, "The National Park Service has for years been dogged by allegations that the science used to estimate harbor seal disturbances and more recently impacts on the national seashore's soundscape do not justify closure of the Drakes Bay Oyster Co., which has provided a sustainable source of shellfish in northern California. ... It is imperative that the department's decision be based on sound science . ..."
Despite the millions of dollars spent on National Park Service science found lacking in studies by the National Academy of Sciences, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Department of the Interior Inspector General and the department's Solicitor General's Office, there have been no studies on the potential impact on Drakes Estero of removing the shellfish, in particular the oysters.
This is particularly short sighted at a time when millions of dollars are being spent to restore oysters because of their environmental benefits.
As water and climate scientist Peter Gleick has said, "Good science is not Democratic or Republican. Scientific integrity, logic, reason, and the scientific method are core to the strength of our nation. We may disagree among ourselves about matters of opinion and policy, but we (and our elected representatives) must not misuse, hide or misrepresent science and fact in service of our political wars."
The legal issues raised by Interior Secretary's Kenneth Salazar's denying DBOC an upland permit, including the state's right to lease the Drakes Estero water bottoms for shellfish cultivation, are in the hands of the courts.
In California, the Fish and Game Commission has reasserted its continuing right to harvest oysters in the estuary. But whatever the outcome in the courts, the public, particularly the community that is impacted by National Park Service actions, has an interest in understanding the process that led to Secretary Salazar's decision.
Congress, not the judicial system, is best equipped to investigate and make transparent that process. Congressman Hasting inquiry could be a helpful first step.
Congressman Jared Huffman has an outstanding record in support of the environment over the years, both as an attorney for the National Resources Defense Council and during his tenure in the state Assembly. His district includes all the shellfish growing areas along the coast north of San Francisco.
I urge all environmentalists, whether they support sustainable agriculture or advocate for wilderness protections, to join in asking Congressman Huffman to demonstrate the courage of his convictions as an environmentalist and seize the opportunity to turn the House Committee on Natural Resources investigation into a bipartisan effort to ensure that the best science available is used in making decisions that affect the future of Drakes Estero and other shellfish producing areas around the country.
Longtime Marin architect Sim Van der Ryn is a former state architect and has served as a professor of architecture at the University of California at Berkeley.


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President and chief executive officer Karen Caplan said mangosteen is the No. 1 item sold on the website of Frieda's Inc., Los Alamitos, Calif.
Caplan and Schueller agreed coconuts are another item increasing in popularity.
"Coconuts are very hot these days for their nutritional benefits, especially the young Thai coconuts and the white coconuts, which are younger and contain more of the beneficial coconut water inside," Caplan said.
Schueller also said he expects demand to be higher than supply for dragon fruit, which World Variety sources from California, Florida, Vietnam in an August to December program.
Oh, and what about those mangoes?
"In the mango category, tommy atkins is the most well known," Schueller said. "It's available year-round, and it has the most beautiful exterior, but I wouldn't say it's the best tasting mango. People are starting to understand the different varieties."
Schueller said yellow ataulfo and green keitt have less fiber and better flavor than the more common red and green tommy atkins, and consumers are beginning to understand that color is not an indicator of ripeness with mangoes.
Ostlund said mainstream retailers initially started tropical programs to connect with Hispanic and Asian shoppers.
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Lifehacker.com is one of the most popular blogs online. But their on-page SEO is hurting their traffic.
I bet if they made a few small changes they'd see a nice spike in traffic, that would stick around for the long-term.
I'm calling you out Lifehacker!
It sure isn't about your incoming links (they have ~8 million), or unique content. People love Lifehacker and the site puts out great content. It's funny, cause that's the 'hard part'. They are messing up on the easy parts.
Here are the Problems
1. Title Tags
I wouldn't be a nerdy SEO without looking right away at Lifehacker's sloppy title tags. First off, they need to drop the Category and the omnipresent "Lifehacker" from each post's title tag.
Looking at this post on Webmonkey Stopwatches, the current title "The Browser Stopwatch Speed-Tests Page Load – Bookmarklets – Lifehacker".
That should be changed to "The Browser Stopwatch Speed-Tests Page Load". Why? They lose relevancy as the title tag gets longer. Also, they are going to rank for "Lifehacker" regardless of including it in all their page titles, and Google might view this as duplicate crap.
This is a quick change in their CMS. If you use something like WordPress, be sure to do this on your site.
2. Title Tag decouple/Keyword smarts
Second thing with these title tags is to try to be more aware of what keywords are worth ranking for. This post entitled "First Look at Window's 7 Backup and Restore Center". That's a good title to show users on the site as a headline, but Lifehacker should go do some keyword research on Windows 7 before they post on it.
A keyword like "Windows 7 Review" gets 135,000 exact match searches a month. This post could easily have a <title> of "Windows 7 Review – Backup and Restore Features".
With 8 million freaking backlinks, and such a popular site, I bet they'd rank very high for 'windows 7 review' with that title, and ultimately get more traffic.
Decoupling a post headline and the <title> of a page is easy in any CMS.
3. Take the 4949422 out of the URLs.
That Windows 7 post's URL is http://lifehacker.com/5144757/first-look-at-windows-7s-backup-and-restore-center
Why with the '5144757'? Take that out.
Any time there's a ":" symbol in the post title, it goes as a "+" in the URL. And look how long that is.
Lifehacker should micromanage their post-URLs to be shorter, cleaner, and more keyword-focused. Cleaning up the <title> values is part 1, then translating that into the URL is part 2. So http://lifehacker.com/5144757/first-look-at-windows-7s-backup-and-restore-center might become http://lifehacker.com/windows-7-review-backup
That's how I'd do it, and I bet the traffic would go up, up, up across the site.
Easy Changes
That's 3 simple things that are on-page changes Lifehacker should do that would instantly increase their traffic. The current setup is poorly leveraging all the link popularity they've built up.
The point is these are easy changes that have the greatest effect when it's a big site like Lifehacker. I just wish they'd take a listen . . .


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Neighbourhoodie – the coolest gaming accessory for iPhone and iPod touch
I am always fascinated by innovative design concepts that merge our virtual existence with the physical space in which we live, especially if it includes technology enhanced clothing.
A team of designer formed at the Canadian Film Centre, Interactive Arts and Entertainment Program, Kathleen Climie, Rose Bianchini and David McCallum created the 'Neighbourhoodie', a hoodie that combines the fun and dynamic of street games like 'zombie tag' with the technological experience space young people grow up today of online or computer games.
Integrated into the hoodie is a system of proximity sensors, speakers and lights to augment game play.
To start the game 'Survival Tag' as shown in the video clip below, players connect the iPhone / iPod touch to the 'Neighbourhoodie'. Once the hood it put over the head the game starts and the hunt is on.
Lights, sounds in the hoodie are activated to indicate various players stages and proximity of others with the aim to 'knock' out, to tag opponents until one survivor is left over. Pull down and up the hood again and the next battle starts.
The Wii gaming system made a first step to get people out of the couch and become again more physical engaged while playing games. The 'Neighbourhoodie' has the potential to motivate us to leaving not only the couch but the house by playing hybrid games that partly happen in the real world and partly in our all important virtual world.
Along the lines of this creative design concept the is a huge inspirational space envisioning many variations of this design weaving interactive garments and game interaction. An amazing project triggered by the combination of clothing and technology.
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Very cool, I think that any iPhone owner would love to add this to their backpack of gadget goodies. Thanks for the informative post.
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The rumored Samsung Galaxy S6 and curved-sided S Edge may be compatible with the virtual reality headset.
The rumored Samsung Galaxy S6 and curved-sided S Edge may be compatible with the virtual reality headset.
Gates revealed in a Reddit AMA that he's working on a mysterious project called the 'Personal Agent.'
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Rumoured Galaxy S6 acessories incude E Ink screen cases and custom camera lenses.
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I wanked off a couple of times to his bubble. Yeah, he has a bubble. That picture doesn't do his ass justice.
nobody gives a fuck....what NANNY THIng..whats soo secret ????
frank is still a despiful pig whether he won or not.
the real treasure in life is treating people with kindness not being a bully and a prick..
he probable blow the money on cocaine and getting out out of rehab. mark my words. that dude is self destructing and self loathing.
i am not a frank hater...i despise him for how he portrtayed himself on tv and he should be ashamed of his existense
I used to despise Frank, especially from the Real World days; but I think he's changed a lot. I think he saw how disgusting he was when drunk and, despite a few falls early in the challenge, managed to clean that up. I still strongly dislike his willingness to say mean things to people though.
It was telling on the reunion show that the other competitors appeared to respect him. They seemed to me to have no respect for Sam. She has a good screen presence but her performance was atrocious. I think that a cast member who is recruited for the challenge has the obligation to get into reasonable shape or to refuse the invite. She is about as unathletic as anyone there and this is compounded by her refusal to dig deep and give any effort. I think she has extremely serious personality problems also.
Zach Loves Showing Off That Booty!!!
He Seems Like The Type Of "Str8" Guy That's Into Ass Play!!!!!
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After coming back to life from your first deal with Death with riches beyond measure, you have once again died and are seeking a way to heaven--but this time, you must lead a lost soul through a newly hellish landscape.
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-Z/Up/W - jump
-Down/S - open chest
-M - mute
-R - return to level select
Rated 3.5 / 5 stars
Definitely a fun game, but severely frustrating at times, especially on levels that had more that one difficult section (there's nothing like the satisfaction of finally getting past a difficult obstacle, only to die 2 seconds later and realize you have to do it again). Checkpoints at midway points of some levels would have been nice for those of us with less dexterous fingers.
Rated 5 / 5 stars
I love this game. It's a difficult, yet fun game. I've had a lot of fun, but can't seem to get past level 35. ;-;
The music is epic and I love it, it's sorrowful yet peaceful and relaxing, and helps witht he frustrations of the game. :3
The controls are nice and tight, and work perfectly.
The sprites are great.
The only thing I have to say is...
Whenever I come back to this the next day, for some reason my data's gone. I go to the level select menu and I'm back at level one. ;-;
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars
great game, but a bit hard. also it bothers me how when he dies he is an angel, isn't he supposed to be trapped in hell?


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The maple in the back ground. Where can I learn to prune maples in order to keep them small like that. It looks like bonsia but placed inground. Any pruning books that detail this "extream" size maintenance. Is root pruning used. Edzard had a good dicussion awhile back explaining this but I have lost it. paul |
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Hi paul It is look like " To kaede" trident maple. It may be cut top off at branch in stead of grow as bonsai. roots pruning : in your area , prune roots in eary spring is safe to do it. you don't have to prune all of it at once. you can prune falf this year, rest of roots you can prune next year, it is all depend on condition of the tree and timing. you have to have very sharp spade or irrigation shavel. sharp enugh to able to cut off your toe finger.(there are two type of irrigation shavel ) ................ yama |
Thanx Yama. On the top. Do I prune like grape whereby by yearly growth is cut back to the main cordon or main branch? thanx again Paul |
No,NO,No Paul That maple is unusual shape and size for Japanese garden. you may have to prune it like bonsai. learn how to of "Hagari" check with bosai fourm. perhaps Mark Va can tell you how. Do your home work first. yama |
Paul... bonsai techniques work, except that the cycles of bonsai may be influenced by the grower. eg: drought induces autumn = therefore leaning the water back brings leaf abscisson/dormancy. Shade after leaf removal triggers another set of hormones that are useful for growth. Garden is the balancing of all plants together to an objective. In the ground, pruning at the right time is at least 50% of the solution and getting a bag on those trees may not be quite aesthetic. remember: correlation: only remove poplars or weed trees at their weakest time, at near full leaf elongation & color change from bright green to full green. The tree is fully extended at that time and has not had time to manufacture sugars. (which goes back to understanding color changes or leaving indicators such as a few 2 - 4 year pine needles to turn brown to know when the season changed for the tree, not ourselves. And keeping records of when plants show their indicators so we do not need to run after them and we are not blindly following someone elses calendar, climate zone or advice, when 'our' tree may be in a different level of development.) |
Thanx guys I will do my homework. I have the spot now I'll start looking for the tree. paul |
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We received our Travelstar review sample with full retail kit. The front of the box shows a sample image of the drive, with the capacity listed across the top.
The retail kit included the drive, manual and a coupon for 3GB of free cloud backup from Touro.
Looking over our drive, we find the capacity listed to the left center of the drive with power requirements under. Further down we find the SATA 6Gb/s capability listed, along with the drive's shipping firmware revision of 3B0.
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Author: Tony Scianna, executive vice president, SunGard
I recently participated in a webinar with DerivSource that tackled the topic "Regulatory Readiness: The Data Management Challenge." You can now hear the playback on the DerivSource website, and I thought I would provide a brief recap to highlight some of the key points I discussed with Anshuman Jaswal, senior analyst in the Securities and Investments Group at Celent, and Norman Brower, executive director at Morgan Stanley.
If you were listening live, you'll know that we covered a lot during this webinar, which was moderated by DerivSource's Julia Schieffer. From my perspective, here are some of the top takeaways:
- We are just at the tip of the iceberg here. We still don't know exactly what the regulatory requirements are going to look like, and there are plenty of questions that can't be answered yet.
- Regulatory risk is a critical concern for firms, even more than operational risk or counterparty risk today. Every firm knows it has a lot of work to do.
- I boiled down the data management challenge to this: Firms must be able to capture their data in as close to real time as possible, standardize, normalize, and cross-reference that data then have the ability to access it. Financial services firms have grown up with multiple silos, and breaking them down is a complicated, "daunting" process.
- Find ways to influence and shape the regulations. We had some questions about how to get involved, and the panel mentioned industry groups like the EDM Council, working groups such as the SIFMA Technology Work Group, and conferences like those put on by the Financial Information Management Association. Also a great resource: requests from regulators and responses from the industry groups, such as SIFMA and the FIA, which you can find on sites such as the SEC and CFTC.
Did you attend this webinar? Do you have any questions about the data management challenge that you haven't been able to ask? Continue asking your questions and offering your perspective in the comments below.


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Mushrooms, peas and basil (with appropriate amounts of olive oil, garlic, s & p).
I am into roasted butternut squash and pears lately. Love that flavor combo. Cut the squash and pears in *about* the same size, drizzle with olive oil, top with cinnamon, sugar and honey. Roast until tender, and then mash it all together, adding olive oil and /or broth until the right consistency. Toss with the pasta and enjoy!


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Know Your Lore: The Kor'kron, fists of the Warchief {WoW}
Sep 7th 2011 5:17PM Lok'tar Ogar!!!! For the Horde!
The Queue: Wizardly wisdom {WoW}
Jul 16th 2011 1:00PM okay Kiddies, Lord of the Rings came long before there was a Yoda and Yoda came long before there was Harry Potter. Now go enjoy your summer reading some classics and find some truths or not truths for yourself........
The Queue: I'll see your Deathwing, and raise you a **distracted by puppies** {WoW}
Jun 14th 2011 12:31PM Being a Canadian, i recommend Alexander Keats. Excellent beer, middle of the rode for light or dark, smooth, and excellent alcohol content. It may cost you more being American but i honestly believe it is worth every extra penny!
Patch 4.1 dungeon finder change places players from realms together {WoW}
Apr 30th 2011 10:51PM this applies to pvp as well.
The Queue: Good Monday {WoW}
Apr 18th 2011 2:58PM Any body ever watch The Princess Bride ?
The Queue: Dark Phoenix Alchemy Lab {WoW}
Apr 17th 2011 10:14PM lots of guilds use the xp stopper and raid that content until they are happy or leave those alts at that lvl and raid that content at that lvl. It isn't very common but i was in a dungeon finder group with three people all locked at lvl 60 wearing lvl 60 epics and such. If you are interested you should make that type of guild on your server.
Ghostcrawler chats about interrupts at the Dev Watercooler {WoW}
Mar 29th 2011 4:46PM and what about those of us on a pvp server......
The Care and Feeding of Warriors: How to survive as a DPS warrior {WoW}
Mar 12th 2011 7:03PM you say die but have you considered stopping dps ? just saying give the tank a few to pick it back up
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Feb 24th 2011 12:35PM enough with the priest nerfs..................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tags indie, indie rock, party, mgmt, indie pop
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Published February 22, 2012
Bombay Bicycle Club, Wolf Gang and MGMT WTF.
Great mix, I escaped from reality for a while and got lost in the stars.
Little Talks is clearly my frontrunner for best song of 2011.
... this mix is perfect.
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Heart Full of Wine, Hands Full of Wool by vanmarie
Some songs I have been knitting to, to pass the time.
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Apr. 19, 2013
Meet Scott MacEwan, Our Programming Intern
We've got a couple of interns here at Bluehouse Group and we thought we'd introduce you to them. First up is Scott MacEwan, our programming intern.
Apr. 4, 2013
Our Office Manager, Nina, Has Taken a New Position as World Traveler
Nina is leaving Bluehouse Group to explore the nation - in more ways than one.
Mar. 20, 2013
Bluehouse Group Welcomes Two Interns to the Team
When you're a student looking to get your hands on real-world projects, it can be tough to find a company willing to spend the time to invest in an internship that's worthwhile. That's why Bluehouse Group has decided to step-up its internship game.
Feb. 19, 2013
En Francais? DigInVT Caters to the Canadian Crowd
Attracting as many people to your site as possible is no small feat. Sometimes, that means having to go international to attract a new market.
Feb. 8, 2013
CallSource Brings a New Look to Their Online Presence
Bluehouse Group was recently selected to re-design the website for CallSource, a leader of call-tracking technology.
Jan. 22, 2013
VSBIT Launches New Interactive Game to Promote Wellness
Bluehouse Group has pulled the trigger on VSBIT's latest health and fitness initiative. To My Path, a wellness program for school systems, promotes a different theme each year to keep users motivated. The theme for 2013 was "Park-It" - and our development team could not have had more fun with this.
Dec. 12, 2012
Bluehouse Group Launches DowntownBoston.org - A Resource for the Whole City.
Travelling is always an adventure. You meet people with interesting stories, nosh on epic eats and participate in activities you would normally think twice about.
Dec. 4, 2012
Contact Communications Contacts Bluehouse for a Website Overhaul
Contact Communications, a leader in communication technology, needed a website that not only informed clients, but attracted new ones. And Bluehouse Group was happy to deliver.
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Oct. 24, 2012
Bluehouse Group Launches QuizPoo App at Vermont TechJam
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15 More Restaurants Not to Miss
Beyond the twenty best new restaurants in America and everything we love about them, you'd be well suited to dine at any of the following especially for these dishes that set them apart
By John Mariani
Ajax Tavern (Aspen)
A rehab and a new chef, Jim Butchart, make this the standard for après-ski eating. The dish: Colorado lamb bolognese.
Courtesy of Ajax Tavern
Apiary (New York City)
Great food, via chef Scott Bryan, in the East Village, Manhattan's emerging culinary crucible. The dish: Atlantic skate in a light chowder suffused with smoked bacon, razor clam, and tarragon.
Courtesy of Apiary
Aureole (New York City)
Charlie Palmer moves his flagship into the Times Square limelight — and his food actually gets better. The dish: Canadian lobster tail versus Berkshire pork belly.
Courtesy of Aureole
The Bristol (Chicago)
Seventy beers and the best bar food in Chicago. The dish: Duck-confit Reuben with Gruyère cheese and Thousand Island dressing.
Courtesy of The Bristol
8100 Mountainside Bar and Grill (Avon, Colorado)
We thought it was impossible: a true Rocky Mountain grill with a great wine list. The dish: marinated elk loin with a compote of sage, blackberry, and roasted shallot.
Courtesy of 8100 Mountainside Bar and Grill
Il Casale (Belmont, Massachusetts)
The Italian family table, only more delicious. The dish: Sicilian roasted chicken with lemon-caper sauce.
Courtesy of Il Casale
Minetta Tavern (New York, NY)
Master restaurateur Keith McNally triumphantly rehabs a Greenwich Village bistro. The dish: pig's trotter with Dijon mustard, lentils, and herb salad.
Courtesy of Minetta Tavern
PassionFish (Reston, Virginia)
Seafood from the U. S. of A. Inspiration from around the world. The dish: Thai red-curry lobster clay pot with pineapple, jasmine rice, and Kaffir lime.
Courtesy of PassonFish restaurant
Province (Chicago)
Simple, creative Spanish and Latin food with a low price tag. The dish: shrimp and grits with Manchego cheese.
Courtesy of Province restaurant
The Publican (Chicago)
A gymnasium-sized beer hall specializing in house-made charcuterie. The dish: lake-perch fish fry with smoked-paprika rémoulade.
Courtesy of The Publican
Rambla (New Orleans)
Tapas, meet Creole. The dish: sweetbreads wrapped in Serrano ham with celeriac.
Courtesy of Rambla
RH Restaurant (Los Angeles)
The old Riot House has been remade into RH, a sleek, mellow home for fine bistro cooking. The dish: mouclade of mussels in saffron-cream sauce.
Courtesy of RH restaurant
Sepia (Chicago)
Lots of flavor, no fuss. Kind of like Michelle Obama, who loves this place. The dish: crispy poached duck egg with morels, pickles, and mustard.
Courtesy of Sepia restaurant
Vermillion (New York City)
A strikingly original restaurant in a soaring space, with a kitchen that boldly blends Indian and Latin cuisine. The dish: Tandoori skirt steak with plantain chips and garlic spinach.
Courtesy of Vermillion
West Side Tavern (Los Angeles)
Reason to use "thrilling" and "tavern fare" in the same sentence. The dish: James Ranch lamb French-dip sandwich with caramelized onions, horseradish cream, and rosemary jus.
Courtesy of West Side Tavern


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Weekend Project: Etching My Glass Soap Dispenser
In hopes of providing a little inspiration for any weekend projects you might be tackling, I wanted to share one I did a few months ago with you.
I have these lovely soap dispensers that I use for both dish soap and hand soap. They originally held Cucina hand soap (one of them still does), which is some of the best smelling hand soap ever.
I decided to etch the words "dish" and "hand" on the containers so that we could tell them apart when they are both eventually filled with clear soaps.
To do this, I needed a few things:
- the words I wanted to use printed out
- an x-acto or utility knife
- contact paper
- a cutting mat
- etching cream
- a paintbrush
- and a pencil
The first step was creating a paper stencil to make the contact paper stencil from.
Then I used the paper stencil to create the contact paper stencil that I could stick directly on to the glass container.
Once I cut out the letters from the contact paper I applied it to the soap dispenser.
*A hint on the step above. Make sure your contact paper is completely smooth around the letters. I should have used a bone folder to make sure it was perfect. That way none of the etching cream can seep through.
Time to etch!
Once you've applied a thick layer, it's time to wait. Supposedly, you can wait as little as 5 minutes. But when I did my last etching project, the lines were two faint, so this time I left it on for 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes, simply rinse off the cream and remove the stencil .Here's how mine turned out:
As you can tell, it's hard (at least given my rudimentary skills) to photograph etched glass. But you can see the final result pretty well. I'm pleased with how this one turned out, and the "hand" soap dispenser will be even better.
Do you have any projects planned for the weekend? I'd love to know what they are.


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does anyone know anything about H. diversifolia aff. crassipes? i cant really find any info on it at all except on the Gardinos website. |
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I'm going to guess its basically the same care and basic growth habit as the regular Diversifolia...differences are probably pretty minor like leaf size and or bloom color. But in most every thing that counts I'm sure its basically similar to Diversifolia? I had the reg. Diversifolia from Gardino's and its a rampant very strong grower and take over a spot in no time...I ended up giving mine away as it got to be too large, Apparently, there was a rogue vine that rooted on the tree trunk and I still have it from that Mother plant and is now growing up my Oak trees,lol...Can't kill this one,lol... Its personally not one of my favorites...the blooms are very far and few between on mine when I had it and quite small compared to the size of the plant :o(...but that's just my opinion... Here's the Vine growing from the Soil...there is NO pot,lol...you can see NO blooms either :o( |
Nancy, I would LOVE to live where you do.... -Teisa |
- Posted by greedyghost 5 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 26, 13 at 12:10
I've heard from a couple people that the diversifolia ssp. el-nidicus blooms a little more generously than the regular version. The blooms on the diversifolia ssp. el-nidicus look similar, so maybe it's the same plant or at least close enough to have the same generosity? There is some discussion of Hoya crassipes and Hoya diversifolia aff. crassipes in this thread if you haven't seen it. I read that PG has a Hoya crassipes, so maybe she can shed some light on its behavior. In her article, Simone lists crassipes as a synonym of diversifolia, so it appears there are at least some people in this camp. |
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TF2 Item Generator
After multiple late nights of sleepless nights, my team and I finally completed our mission: To build a completely, undetectable working generator for Team Fortress 2.
What the program does is that it alters Valve's weak point in security. Valve has a small (unknown to many) hole in their security, which allows people like my friends to alter their inventory in TF2. At first, I didn't believe it either, but after a few weeks of researching, I couldn't believe my eyes. I had a working method of generating free items. The only requirement was that I needed to generate 3 items at a time; a weapon, a hat, and a misc. No more, no less and my method would work.
But that was only the beginning of my journey. I still had to create a program to automate the method. Without a program, the method by itself was time-crunching, sometimes taking over 30 minutes of work. So again, my friends and I began to code. After about 9 days, we had a beta working one. After 15 days, we had an official private release. Today marks the 16th day. Congratulation on coming to our private event.
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Tom and Molly would like to thank the loyal customers who supported the restaurant and look forward to serving you again in the near future
Tommy and Molly Eytcheson opened PT's in March 2009. Serving breakfast, homemade soups and signature sandwiches in their premier deli, they have since added delivery and catering to their services.
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A.J. Hayes says she likes the pace of life in Grover, an isolated outpost closer to Wyoming than it is to Greeley. "What's not to like?" she asks. "You've got peace and quiet. And dust--lots of dust."
Hayes, however, is none too happy about the town's reaction to her request to turn Trudy's, where today's lunch special is homemade spaghetti, into a sophisticated "supper-club-type deal." The idea was that customers could knock back a few cocktails before sampling evening entrees such as the Yankee pot roast. It didn't get far.
First the town board shot down Ralph and A.J.'s son Rick's request to sell package liquor out of the cafe, which sits on a dirt road next to an abandoned railroad right-of-way. Then, after A.J. herself submitted a request to sell booze by the drink, local homemaker Wilma Kidd and several others circulated a petition to put a measure on the ballot prohibiting the sale of anything stronger than 3.2 beer. (That watered-down substance can't be banned outright because under federal law, it's not considered an intoxicating beverage, says a state liquor official.) The abstainers got eighteen signatures, and that was enough. "They basically denied me my right to due process," complains Hayes.
Should the ballot measure pass this coming Tuesday, Hayes's latest liquor application would instantly be rendered moot. And Grover would make history--of a sort. It would become only the second dry town in the state and the first to have actually voted in the distinction since 1954, when the citizens of Milliken, spooked by a Saturday-night stabbing at the local ballroom, voted to shut off the tap. It's a distinction Mayor Duggan would rather avoid.
"When they first applied for the license, people were coming out of the woodwork against it, and 90 percent of them were older people," he says, adding that the opening of the Prairie Village retirement home in the 1980s seems to have saddled Grover with a more conservative attitude toward alcohol. "People had concerns of being shot by drunks, being run over."
The mayor, who says he enjoys going out for a beer and a game of pool, describes himself as an outcast these days at town board meetings. "I don't live in fear and bow down to other people just because something might happen because somebody's being an idiot," he says. "I refuse to live that way."
But wets like Duggan face an uphill battle, even from neighbors who might be expected to have a certain fondness for distilled spirits. Over at the Prairie Village home on Laramie Street, for instance, lives Paul Vey, who for sixteen years in the 1960s and '70s kept a steady stream of 3.2 beer flowing at the P&E Tavern on Main Street. Now eighty years old, Vey doesn't spend much time reminiscing about his long-defunct beer joint.
"I worked seven days a week," he recalls, punctuating the memory with a tired grunt. Not only that, he says, he had to be constantly on his guard for customers trying to smuggle in 6 percent beer from Wyoming. Vey says he's going to vote to take the town dry next month, and he makes no apologies about it.
He gets along with A.J. Hayes, he says, and can stop by Trudy's for a cup of coffee if he feels like it. But he also believes Hayes is "always trying to stir up trouble." The cafe owner may think that "if she has whiskey in there," people will limit their boozing to before-dinner drinks, he says. But he thinks different.
"You know how that is," says Vey, knowingly. "If you get someone selling whiskey and they get people to come into town, they'll take over. And it's gonna be rough."
Dry towns are a relatively rare phenomenon in the mountain West, where save for the radar blip of Prohibition, the booze has tended to flow freely. But they're nothing new in northern Colorado.
The Weld County seat of Greeley was founded as a liquor-free "colony" by New York newspaper publisher Horace Greeley and his colleague Nathan C. Meeker in 1870. One of the guiding "commandments" of the utopian social experiment was, "Thou shalt not sell liquid damnation within the lines of Union Colony." Of course, what went on outside the lines was another matter, and a string of watering holes quickly sprouted in the southern suburbs, leading to the popular observation that Greeley was surrounded by (the town of) Eaton on one side and Drinkin' on the other.
Greeley stayed dry for 99 years, until in 1969 voters goaded on by the Help Greeley Grow Committee decided to give damnation a try. The election dashed the Keep Greeley Great Committee's hopes of completing a full century of clean living, but it helped Greeley keep pace with Fort Collins and Longmont, which had ended their own lengthy dry spells two years earlier.
Even the college enclave of Boulder swore off alcohol until 1967, when the haze of marijuana smoke hovering over the University of Colorado campus must have made the blue laws of 1907 seem particularly ludicrous. Little Milliken held out until 1984, by which time voters were thirsty enough to have forgotten the misunderstanding down at the ballroom.


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Bedrooms | 3 |
Property type | house |
Minimum Stay | 5 - 7 nights |
This beautifully appointed, charming gray shingled beach cottage faces east with distant views of the Atlantic Ocean. On a clear day, you can see Cuttyhunk Island from the second floor windows. You can walk, ride or drive to South Shore (Little Compton Town Beach) and Goosewing Beaches. Goosewing is considered one of New England's Top Ten beaches. Yankee Magazine recently named Little Compton one of New England's top beach communities. Walking to the beach takes about 10-15 minutes, riding a bike takes about 5 minutes (all downhill) and driving takes about 3. If you walk or ride a bike to the beach, there is no beach parking fee. However, if you drive, bring your home rental contract to the lifeguard shack to purchase a weekly beach parking pass for your car.
Ferries to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket leave from New Bedford, Massachusetts, just 20 minutes away by car. New Bedford was the setting for Herman Melville's classic fish tale Moby Dick.
All of our children grew up summering in Little Compton riding the waves and building sand castles at South Shore and Goosewing Beaches. We have boogie boards and coaster bikes for your use in the basement. Please note that we service all bikes immediately prior to the first week of summer rentals. After that, tire inflation and additional bike adjustments are on your own. You can also ride bikes to the center of town. There is a community center, library (for videos, free Internet, copy machines, books), a playground, basketball court, little restaurant, pizza parlor. Earle's gas station also offers dry cleaning and video rentals. We even have a larger general store--Wilbur's. We love the ice cream at Gray's in Tiverton (one town north), but you must drive there.
Most of the beach houses in Little Compton do not have air conditioning but breezes are very frequent and we have ceiling fans throughout!
We installed a gourmet kitchen in 2010! We reroofed and purchased new living/dining room rugs in 2011. In the winter of 2012, we renovated the two bathrooms: downstairs has a full bath with tub/shower combo; upstairs has a full bath with walk-in shower. In the fall of 2013, we installed an additional electric water heater for hotter water and better pressure. (The old water heater operated off the old plumbing system.) We have a charcoal grill for your use in the backyard.
ONE WEEK MINIMUM RENTAL beg. last week of June through Labor Day week.
Price: $1800 p/week.
Keywords: Beach cottage with open layout and cool ocean breezes; gourmet kitchen; new spa bathrooms.
Steve was a television producer who spent 28 years with Voice of America TV, traveling the world producing stories about America. Now retired, Steve devotes his time to writing songs and painting. Darlene is in the communications field as well, handling internal communications for the information technology division of a large government agency. The couple share a love of American roots music, bicycling, family and the Rhode Island seashore. They met while working on a PBS documentary about Japan; he was a film editor; she was a translator who had just returned from a year of study abroad in the land of her birth--Japan.
Frank purchased this house in 1998
We bought in Little Compton after Steve's brother and wife introduced them. Now, both have vacation homes here. All three Frank children, now grown, fondly remember summers at South Shore.
The Sakonnet peninsula is Cape Cod 30 years ago. It is also Thornton Wilder, Norman Rockwell and Currier & Ives all rolled into one. It's the kind of place where the heart of town is still the hub--where you go for groceries, good books, strong coffee and the latest local news. It's also pastoral meadows abutting pristine beach, and lobster pots adjacent to moored sailboats. Little Compton is actually three smaller communities: The Commons (in the center of town), Sakonnet Point (at the southern end of town, jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean) and Adamsville (on the eastern side, bordering Massachusetts).
We thoroughly enjoyed our visit. The street was friendly and our 5-year-old son made some nice friends during our stay. Your home is warm, inviting and comfortable. We especially liked all the paintings. All in all beautiful weather, a beautiful spot and many fond memories...many thanks.
Little Compton looks like Scotland by the sea with charming stone fences! It's like Cape Cod 30 years ago; like Thornton Wilder's Our Town.
All of our children grew up summering in Little Compton at Town/Goosewing Beach. We have boogie boards and bikes in the basement. You can walk, ride or drive to the beach. Walking is about 10-15 minutes, riding a bike is about 5 minutes and driving is about 3. You can also ride bikes to the center of town. There is a community center, library (for videos, free Internet, copy machines, books), a playground, basketball court, little restaurant, pizza parlor. Earle's gas station also offers dry cleaning and video rentals. We even have a larger general store--Wilbur's. We love the Ice cream at Gray's in Tiverton (one town north), but you must drive there.
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WoW Moviewatch: Ni Hao (A Gold Farmers Story)
I'm on the fence on this one. On the one hand, Madcow Studios has done a funny parody song about gold farmers. On the other hand, it could be perceived as borderline racists. So, I leave it to you, gentle readers. Watch this music video about Chinese gold farmers and let us know if it has crossed the line from entertainment to insensitivity.
For the record, Ni Hao is Mandarin chinese for Hello. It's a common greeting received when approaching a gold farmer.
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text: Jennifer is a 1978 horror film directed by Brice Mack, starring Lisa Pelikan. The story has some similarities to the 1976 classic Carrie, about a social misfit with psychic powers who gets revenge on her cruel classmates. The original music score is composed by Porter Jordan. The film's tagline is: "She's got the power... and you haven't got a prayer!"