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It's two plays into the Atlanta Falcons-Baltimore Ravens Week 2 preseason game, and there's already a flag coming from the sideline. As always, it's yellow, and it's illegal contact by a young Ravens defensive back. After the call by the head referee, all but inside linebacker Daryl Smith turn their attention to the line of scrimmage. Smith turns away from it and talks to safety Michael Huff.
To those who haven't reached for their beer and are watching the crowd of players hovered over the 20-yard line, they're seeing Smith do what they probably consider a Ray Lewis impression. That is, communicating with teammates to make sure everyone's on the same page. This is what it's going to be all about for Smith, who is the successor to arguably the greatest middle linebacker to have ever played in the NFL. Everything he does will come back to what Lewis did for the Ravens in years past. They're going to be compared at all times, but here's the kicker: he's better than Lewis was last year.
Lewis was a liability last season. He suffered from a torn triceps, but it wasn't his arms that were lacking. Instead, it was his feet. He was slow in his attempts to track down receivers crossing the middle. He was even slower getting past the line of scrimmage, where he struggled to get off of blocks and get into the backfield.
But Smith is not a liability nor is he slow. He's able to move laterally and catch crossing receivers like he did the Carolina Panthers' Brandon LaFell in Week 3 of the preseason. And in the run game? He's proven this preseason that he can stack and shed blocks.
You might be wondering why Smith isn't being talked about more then. It's because he spent the last eight years in north Florida, playing for the lowly Jacksonville Jaguars. Don't let that confuse you, though, because he was damn good there too.
Smith played all three linebacker spots and consistently put up eye-catching statistics. Sacks, tackles, interceptions, forced fumbles — you name it, he had it. His then-Jaguars teammates raved about him last season when asked if they were glad to have him back from a groin injury that cost him five games.
"It changes everything," linebacker Russell Allen said. "He's our best player on defense. Anything that you ask a linebacker to do, he's the best we have at it. He's our best blitzer. He's our best cover linebacker. He's stout against the run. He's smart. You name it, he brings it. We get better at everything with him on the field."
Now the Jaguars' best player on defense is in Baltimore ready to do the same. Unsurprisingly, he's impressed them by quickly becoming the on-field facilitator.
"Daryl is that kind of player," head coach John Harbaugh said. "Nothing different than what he's done all those years in Jacksonville. He played really well, becoming somewhat of a quarterback of the defense, because he calls the defenses."
The 31-year-old Smith has shown this preseason that he has plenty of oil left in the engine. In 74 snaps, he's graded positively in run defense and pass coverage, and when blitzing, according to Pro Football Focus. His tape shows that he can still grind in the trenches and cover in space.
Against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 1, Smith stuck his neck in the run game and came up with big plays.
On one mid-first quarter run, a 3rd-and-1, he read the run instantly and immediately came downhill, pushing the lead-blocking fullback into the backfield and slowing down running back Brian Leonard's path to the first down marker. A last second spin by Leonard enabled him to get past the marker, but Smith's read-and-react skills still shined. It was the mark of great film work, film work that one might even say was parallel to Lewis', even if just for this one play.
It was no different against the Atlanta Falcons in Week 2. On a 3rd-and-6, the Falcons were lined up in shotgun Trips Left set, with third receiver Harry Douglas off the line of scrimmage.
At the snap, Douglas bent his knees and hopped to the outside before turning to Ryan, who quickly threw a screen pass. Simultaneously, Smith blitzed after Ryan and didn't get home; he was stopped two yards past the line of scrimmage. Instead of continuing to bull forward, he pulled back, followed the ball and tackled Douglas for a one-yard gain.
That was Smith's intelligence on display once again. It speaks to his work ethic, the same one that has always impressed his coaches and former teammates, such as former NFL linebacker Kirk Morrison.
"You see the kind of work ethic he has, the intensity he displays in the weight room. And he's been a consistent player year in and year out," Morrison said in 2010. "He's played at a Pro Bowl level. There are very few spots, but I've got to think he's deserving of it."
The Falcons offensive line is lined up again and there's no flag this time, but Smith isn't done talking. He's still talking to his teammates even though they're lined up at their respective positions. The words are coming out as the play clock's seconds are ticking. Ryan is getting antsy under center as he sees Smith coming forward before the play has even begun. He knows that Smith knows.
The ball is snapped and Smith shoots the gap. He stacks the fullback's block and sheds it, then tackles running back Steven Jackson. Compare that to Ray Lewis.


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- The State of Oklahoma's legal case challenging Obamacare is working its way through the courts. Attorney General Scott Pruitt is challenging the IRS's decision to expand the employer mandate under Obamacare to states that choose not to implement their own exchanges.
- Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who shifted positions on Medicaid expansion following the 2012 election, has been dealt a significant blow by the state legislature, which rejected expansion.
- A taxpayer-funded grant is being used in California to train teens to press their parents to enroll in the state's Obamacare insurance exchanges.
- With open enrollment approaching fast, HHS is formally delaying the small business health insurance exchange, which means only one plan will be available for purchase.
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As you noted, driving discipline in many parts of the U.S. has, in part, been shaped by strict police enforcement of speed limits and the "keep right except to pass" rule. I say "in part" because, way beyond law enforcement, I think driver attitudes are largely influenced by driver education programs and, possibly more so, by what is culturally accepted in the community. That is, new drivers feel peer pressure to conform to the accepted practices of other drivers on the road (i.e. the "norm" in that region). Most will fall in line, but some won't.
Would an iron-fisted crackdown on speeders and left-lane bandits work here?
I doubt it. Police already have frequent "targeted enforcement" campaigns annually, and most habitual speeders/violators have numerous tickets to show for it.
Hardcore violators who've had their licence suspended, but still continue to drive, are most often caught by police either after a crash or for a routine traffic infraction such as speeding or unsignalled lane changes. That is, even when they are breaking the law by driving while suspended and would be wise to strictly obey the "rules of the road," most can't do it and revert to old (bad) habits that naturally bring them to the attention of police.
Likewise, hit-and-run drivers often flee because they were suspended from driving and/or had been drinking.
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Does anybody know if there might be a routine to add xdata to a polyline (ASCII string in particular) by selecting existing text instead of having to type the text when prompted to do as the existing attach Xdata express tool requires? I know I could copy and paste text, but I have several sets of text that needs to be added to several hundred polylines and being able to select existing text instead of typing or having to copy and paste each text string would be very beneficial.
Are the text strings all identical, or every string is different for each polyline..?
on one side: no, I don't know a ready-to-use-tool that does that. But it's not so much work to create it.
BUT: What is the reason that you want to use XDATA? As we are here in the forum for Map3D it might also be to think of using Object-Data and not XDATA.
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All of the text strings are different for each polyline
We use object data for our own purposes, but these polylines are being supplied to someone who uses xdata for analysis through SurvCadd. We don't usually change up the way we do things but we are trying to accomodate their needs without having to have them change their processes.
if there is an application that needs XDATA on objects than I think that it has some restrictions or some rules of how they structure their XDATA. It's not as easy as "write text to XDATA" as also XDATA can be structured in many different ways.
Check their structure (upload a drawing with such a filled sample-poly), let me know what AutoCAD-version you are running and if you have installed VBA for AutoCAD (and upload a drawing that shows what you currently have). Maybe I have some minutes.
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The new block.dwg is what they sent us with attached xdata for what they are currently using. I attached some xdata to a polyline using express tools and sent it to them to make sure that they were going to be able to use it in the same way and they were.
We need to be able to attach owner name (i.e. - C.W. Hoskins' Heirs) and tract and contract information (i.e. - TR1006_200204) as string xdata to our polylines and to retype this every time we have to attach it using the current express tool opens the door to errors that we would like to eliminate.
The testdata.dwg is a small sample of what we usually use. Everything besides the object data is text that we have added to adapt to what the people we are working with are used to and I guess need for their purposes. We also attach our object data to the polylines but this is not done in this drawing.
I am currently working in AutoCAD Map 3D 2012. I do not believe that we currently have VBA installed, but probably wouldn't be a problem to install if needed.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
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first question: 32bit or 64bit?
second question: do you know that as long as these two text-objects are single/separated objects the full automation is not really possible? You have to click every single text-object.
If you would have created these two text-objects as additional attributes within your block "ID-CO" the way to full automation would be possible (you would not have to select every poly and every text).
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64 bit.
If full automation would be possible, then we can add those lines to our existing atribute blocks, no problem!
>> If full automation would be possible, then we can add those lines to our existing atribute blocks, no problem!
What is the source data that you can say that? Because if it is easy for you to do the conversion from two textlines to the block-insertions I guess your data-source is not this file?
Well, when you have done that for the sample-data upload the new drawing with the new block-structre. I will then try to send you the conversion to XDATA as soon as possible. (hurry up. it's 7:30pm for me)
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I have a vintage cameo from my grandmother that I love—I mean really love. If my apartment caught on fire tonight, I would grab it before I remembered to grab my favorite fur coat. That said, whenever I hear about a new vintage jewelry seller, I have to check it out. And when I first stumbled upon Sweet & Spark, I was speechless. Not only is the store stocked with beautiful, classic vintage pieces, but they're also incredibly affordable (we're talking under $100 for many pieces)!
"At the core, we're about gold classics," says founder Jillian Bremer, who works with her dad to find the best pieces for her shop. "There's been so much buzz in the vintage world lately but we have yet to come across a brand that is focusing just on jewelry in an aesthetically pleasing way. Our mission is to bring credibility to the overwhelming world of vintage."
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All Tomorrow's Parties: I'll Be Your Mirror USA 2012 Day 2 (The Afghan Whigs, The Roots, Jose Gonzalez, Dirty Three and more)
The 2012 version of I'll Be Your Mirror USA—All Tomorrow's Parties' grand urban festival experiment on the Lower East Side of New York City—continued on Saturday, September 22. The roster promised the weekend's largest selection of performers and activities, including curator Greg Dulli and his partners in The Afghan Whigs. If ever there was a time for this particular incarnation of IBYM to step up and maintain ATP's rep as a harbinger of good taste, to rock the party and bring the party to rock, this was probably it.
The day kicked off with the first true tests of the festival's second stage, under the edge of an overpass of the FDR Drive. Friday's comedians seemed weirded out by the setting, yet their voice-only performances never really challenged the soundboard crew. Music from electronic duo Emeralds kicked off Saturday more or less OK. The drones in their vintage grooves sometimes got a little muddied and tuneless in the mix, but their underlying synth loops carried the day. Emeralds played for 45 minutes without a break, leading the crowd through what seemed like just three distinct head-nodders suggesting both Kraftwerk's early motorik music and modern dance-punks !!!.
Proto-riot grrrl group Scrawl followed Emeralds under the sun and highway. The Ohio trio are the kind of festival signing that helped establish ATP as the mad scientists of booking: an influential, long-lamented artist to make the oldheads go crazy and the young kids go, "Oh, they did that?" It's even better if such an act can still bring the hammer down on a crowd, and despite looking the part of Midwestern soccer moms the guitar-bass core of Marcy Mays and Sue Harshe did just that. Their 45-minute slot, reaching all the way back to first album Plus, Also, Too from 1987, sounded a lot like a favorite history lesson of bands like Sleater-Kinney and The Breeders.
High-end literature and culture imprint Lapham's Quarterly returned to ATP with more of their signature roundtables and events. Greg Dulli actually put together a book list for festival attendees as part of his curation, and LQ helped promote some of the selections with speakers on topics related to particular plots and characters. Notable among these guests were Evan Michelson and Mike Zohn, proprietors of the Lower East Side curiosity shop Obscura Antiques & Oddities featured on Discovery Channel's Oddities. They used Katherine Dunn's Geek Love to riff on weirdness from sideshow memorabilia to purposeful amputations. Crowds for these diversions may have been small, but never let it be said that ATP and their supporters aren't an intellectually curious bunch.
Back under the FDR, Brooklynite Charles Bradley cemented his case as the best understudy James Brown never requested. Supported by The Extraordinaires, yet another killer Daptone Records all-star band, Bradley was the Poor Man's Hardest Working Man in Show Business (which makes sense, considering his past nomadic life). He was all funk screeches and mic stand tricks, shifty dancing and costume changes. He even covered "Gonna Have a Funky Good Time," for heaven's sake. His shit didn't fit, and his moves didn't always groove, but damned if his efforts and his own music ("This Love Ain't Big Enough for the Two of Us") didn't push the crowd toward rapture.
Now, a confession: Your author never really latched onto the catalog of Dirty Three, Warren Ellis' self-pleasuring violin vehicle when he's not a Bad Seed alongside Nick Cave. It must not translate very well—maybe it's the constraints of studio equipment and space, finite songs to place in a finite album length—because watching them is a different beast altogether. Ellis seems to position his violin as a madman's guitar and Mick Turner's guitar more as the bass, a rhythmic foundation alongside Jim White's rolling drums. He screams through instrumentals, roaming the stage and karate-kicking like David Lee Roth, giving long-winded and philosophical intros to (possibly fake?) song titles. And yet, Dirty Three manage not just manic jams but dramatic, even sad power. They're crowd favorites wherever ATP touches down, and you have to see them to understand why.
Then you have this quintet with two drummers, The Dirtbombs, Detroit rockers with a fetish for their city's musical history. A lot of who and what The Dirtbombs are will no doubt surprise new listeners. It took a few songs for them to shake off the garage grunge and let some hard soul shine through. They shifted from songs about trying love ("Chains of Love") to failed bravado ("Candy Ass") with help from pogoing blues instrumentals and even one of their Party Store covers of old-school techno, Inner City's "Good Life." Thanks to the end of Dirty Three's set and dinnertime among the boutique food trucks, the biggest crowd of the day saw Mick Collins powering through squealing Hendrix-isms as Pat Pentano and Ben Blackwell tried to break through their skins. The fans ate it up, as it were.
Sadly, what may have been the first real dud set of the weekend followed soon thereafter. Blues Funeral is the latest album from The Mark Lanegan Band. It's a really nice slice of gothic soul, and it puts the band on the wrong end of the expectations with which Dirty Three deal. Lanegan's crew put forth dour artistry that's a rather fine headphone trip but came across lifeless and monochromatic on the main Pier 36 stage. One has to wonder if their mix suffered the most in the converted, cavernous and column-filled super-gym (the pier building is normally home to New York's installation of Basketball City). Plus, there was no Gutter Twins reunion with Dulli outside of set closer "Methamphetamine Blues," so do we boo that as well?
Lanegan's lack of crowd connection helped make Jose Gonzalez' set stand out in relief that much more. Despite commitments to other performances, activities or food trucks, you simply couldn't pull yourself away from the most pleasant, downright nicest performance up to this point in the weekend. With his hypnotic finger-picking and lilting, cooing vocals, Gonzalez transmits a serious Richie Havens or early Cat Stevens vibe—maybe even Jack Johnson or Bob Marley, minus the ganja. Backed by cool night air, smoke machines, and blinding stage lights, Gonzalez conjured a little bit of magic under the FDR.
The Afghan Whigs—the first and longest-lasting OMG name on this festival's bill—brought fans down to earth, and they were more than happy to land not on feathers or a trampoline but the band's shards of broken relationships. Pros at rock to the Nth power of soul and off the grid as a group for just about ever—no songs in five years, no albums in 14—Greg Dulli and friends had plenty of surprises in store for the crowd, which by now was swollen to headliner capacity. Across a playlist spanning their entire career, The Afghan Whigs reconfigured words spoken to and spoken by women to sad, sometimes sinister ends. There were of course catalog favorites like "66," "Son of the South," and "My Curse" (with an appearance by the original vocalist, Scrawl's Marcy Mays), and then big hits "Gentlemen" and "Debonair." These eventually gave way to some of their jaw-dropping takes on R&B, including Frank Ocean ("Lovecrimes" and a bit of "Thinking About You"), Gloria Jones ("Tainted Love" attached to "Bulletproof"), and Prince ("Purple Rain").
So once The Afghan Whigs cleared out, so did a good chunk of the crowd. Their loss, as those who stayed behind caught the antics/majesty of The Roots. The Philadelphia rap crew-turned-house band for Jimmy Fallon went straight apeshit on Pier 36 for a solid 90 minutes. They were pretty much a variety show all their own: generating separate medleys of Beastie Boys cuts and classic rock (Guns 'n' Roses, Led Zeppelin, et al.), mashing up Black Thought's raps with other instrumental tracks, dancing while playing their guitars and sousaphones (!). And talk about endless energy: The Roots in concert have more false finishes than a Chikara wrestling show. You'd think a ?uestlove drum solo or a late "Here I Come"/"The Seed 2.0″ sequence would signal show's end, but you'd hear "Thank you New York" and the band would start right back up. Which reminds us: Thank you New York, and thank you ATP. Sunday afternoon comes quickly.
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Rising wholesale prices, consumers' lack of knowledge and increased competition from big-box retailers like Wal-Mart are the three biggest challenges seafood retailers face, according to the results of SeaFood Business ' biennial retail survey.
Despite the obstacles, nearly two-thirds of survey respondents say their seafood sales are up from last year, and 23 percent say their sales are holding firm. Only 12 percent say their sales are down from 2005.
S ales alone never tell the entire profitability story at retail. Only 32 percent of the respondents say their seafood profit margins are up from last year, while 46 percent say their margins are about the same and 22 percent say their margins are down. That's a clear indication that wholesale prices are on the increase.
In fact, more than half the respondents cite rising wholesale prices as one of the three biggest challenges seafood retailers face.
"Prices have really jumped in a lot of areas - salmon, halibut, Dungeness crab," says Tim Caluya, co-owner of Tim's Seafood in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland, Wash.
Those three species are Caluya's best sellers.
Perhaps no fish exemplifies rising wholesale prices better than Copper River salmon, which hits the market in mid-May, marking the unofficial start of Alaska's summer salmon fishery.
At the onset of the harvest, Seattle-area retailers paid $15 to $16.50 a pound for fresh whole kings, up from around $13.50 a year ago.
Wild salmon prices are up from last year, especially kings, due mainly to this year's tightly restricted Oregon and northern California fishery, intended to protect Klamath River kings from overfishing.
Halibut and Dungeness crab prices are also higher than last year. By mid-August, wholesalers paid as much as $5.25 for fresh whole halibut, $1 more than a year ago, and up to $3.50 for whole cooked 2- to 2.5-pound Dungeness, compared to $3 a year ago.
Rising wholesale prices are forcing Caluya to be as efficient as possible. "I watch my buying," says Caluya, who opened his store last summer. "I try not to buy too much. I try to be aware of what I'm ordering."
He minimizes shrink by using trim to make salmon, halibut and Dungeness crab cakes. He smokes the salmon collar, the rich triangle of flesh behind the gills that's usually discarded. And he vacuum-packed and froze his last two sizeable deliveries of Copper River sockeye to sell in the off-season.
Despite rising wholesale prices, "We're kicking the crap out of what we were doing last year [in sales]," says Caluya.
Not so for Jeff Grolig, owner of River Falls Seafood Co. in Potomac, Md. His seafood sales are essentially flat, "up maybe 3 or 4 percent from last year," he says.
Grolig, who opened his store in 1999, recently began selling other proteins, such as beef, to augment static seafood sales, though seafood remains the core of his business.
He also cites rising wholesale prices as a huge challenge; 75 to 80 percent of the seafood items in his case retail for more than $20 a pound. Farmed species like Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout are the exception.
"At $24 a pound for halibut," says Grolig, "people may think twice about buying it."
In mid-May, Grolig was retailing Copper River kings for $29.99, up from $24.99 a year ago.
"But our customers will pay for it," says Grolig. His best sellers are crab cakes, followed by Atlantic salmon and steak fish, such as halibut, tuna and swordfish.
It certainly helps that River Falls Seafood is in an affluent suburb of Washington, D.C. In fact, Potomac has the nation's highest median household income - nearly $129,000 - among communities with a population of more than 30,000, according to the 2000 census.
"I remember when I started, 7-inch [spiny] lobster tails were $4 a pound," quips Dirk Fucik, owner of Dirk's Fish & Gourmet Shop in the well-to-do Chicago neighborhood of Lincoln Park. Fucik has been in the seafood business for 30-plus years. "Now they cost more than $20 a pound.
"Sometimes you have to raise your prices," he says. "You don't want to, but you have no choice. Sure, there comes a point when you ask yourself, 'Where do I draw the line?' You can't just charge anything you want."
Second on the list of the three biggest challenges seafood retailers face is consumers' lack of knowledge, reported by 46 percent of survey respondents.
Some consumers are afraid to buy seafood at retail because they assume it's difficult to prepare and cook at home.
"A lot of seafood [retailers] don't take the time to educate people," says Caluya. "I try to educate people. In the Pacific Northwest, people are more aware of seafood. But some people still thaw frozen seafood [at room temperature], and I tell them not to do that" because it's unsafe.
Misinformation surrounding the presence of toxins, such as methylmercury and PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), in seafood is also scaring some consumers away from the protein.
Fucik says methylmercury causes more confusion among his customers than any other issue. Methylmercury is a neurotoxin found in long-living predatory fish like tuna and swordfish; the Food and Drug Administration prohibits the sale of seafood containing more than 1 part per million of methylmercury.
"It's been hyped so much [in the media] that people take it with a grain of salt now," says Fucik.
"People trust us," he adds. "A big part of our business is education."
Fucik's staff is trained to field customers' questions about methylmercury. He also hosts cooking classes twice a month, except in the summer, and is constantly handing out seafood samples. Both opportunities are used to allay customers' concerns about methylmercury and other toxins.
"I still get inundated with questions about PCBs in farmed salmon," says Grolig.
The questions stem from the 2004 Hites et al. study that claimed farmed salmon contain higher levels of PCBs and dioxins than wild salmon; the study received a lot of press. Grolig explains to his customers that the PCB levels found in farmed and wild salmon are well below the Food and Drug Administration's tolerance level of 2 parts per million. It must be working, because Atlantic salmon is his best-selling finfish.
Third on the list of the three biggest challenges seafood retailers face is increased competition from big-box retailers like Wal-Mart, cited by 38 percent of survey respondents. Wal-Mart's "everyday low prices" are forcing conventional supermarkets to either cut their seafood prices or reduce the size of their full-service seafood counter.
That's benefiting independent seafood retailers who are trying to get an edge on the competition.
"There's a QFC across the street," says Caluya. "Some people shop there, then they buy their fish here. It's cheaper there, but the quality is higher and the service is better here."
In fact, 61 percent of survey respondents cite freshness as their customers' No. 1 concern, followed by price at 11 percent, how to cook at 9 percent and convenience at 4 percent.
Grolig isn't worried about conventional supermarkets (there's a Safeway in the same shopping center as his store and a Giant within 10 miles) nearly as much as high-end and natural-foods chains that offer quality seafood at reasonable prices.
There's a Whole Foods about 10 miles from Grolig's store that he says has "the best seafood department" of all Whole Foods locations in the Washington area.
"I wouldn't want to go up against a new Whole Foods or Wegmans," says Grolig. "I'd be terrified if a new Whole Foods or Wegmans opened near me."
This was the 19th SeaFood Business retail survey, which is conducted biennially. The survey was mailed, faxed and e-mailed to 2,000 SFB retail readers, targeting managers and buyers of seafood at the store level.
A total of 189 surveys were returned for a response rate of 10 percent. Surveys were analyzed by Diversified Business Communications' Market Research staff. Respondents consisted of a single store in a supermarket chain (46 percent), a seafood-only store (38 percent) and a single-unit grocery store (16 percent). They were located throughout the country, including the Northeast (30 percent), the Midwest (27 percent), South (22 percent), the West (18 percent) and outside the continental United States (3 percent).
Look for results of the SFB foodservice survey in the December issue.
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Hi I planted about 12 elephant ears this year, and there was one that I planted in a pot that never did anything. so a few weeks ago, I emptied the pot, and just laid the rootball on top of some old soil I had. well, about a week later, I noticed some green growing from the ball. so I covered it about halfway with more soil. This morning, I noticed more green, and there is like a red patch of flowers growing from the root ball? Has anyone ever heard of this? I can post pics if needed. and I am in zone 7 North Carolina. What do I do with this now, that temps are getting a little colder? |
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- Posted by tropicbreezent (My Page) on Fri, Oct 18, 13 at 20:10
A picture would be helpful. But what you're describing doesn't sound like an EE. At a guess I'd say Hippeastrum (Amaryllis). EE's have tubers (think potato, sweet potato, etc.), whereas Hippeastrums are bulbs (think onion, etc.). And Hippeastrums do often come out in colder weather, although I don't know if your cold will be too cold for it or not. |
- Posted by grabmebymyhandle 6 Kentucky (My Page) on Sat, Oct 19, 13 at 10:55
I'll second that! We need pics! Doesn't sound like an EE! |
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Hyacinth? Looks like 3 of em there, sorry...they smell nice atleast, not a total loss... |
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Go into the bulbs forum on this site. There's people there who'll be able to help you. |
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Friday, May 16, 2014
A firestorm of news ignited this week after the Craig Rural Fire Protection District board bashed its President Byron Willems for asking the public to boycott local businesses that supported fire board candidate Bruce Timberg.
Timberg lost the May 6 fire board election and board members John Forgay, Chris Nichols and Tony Maneotis were re-elected.
The issue with Willems came Tuesday when the fire board addressed him about a post he made on his Facebook page after the elections, allegedly asking the public to shun businesses for having Timberg campaign signs on their properties.
We think the board did the right thing by holding Willems' feet to the fire, per se. What's outrageous about the situation is that Willems — who has been on the fire board for 12 years and has been president for eight of those years — stood behind his Facebook statement at the Tuesday public meeting and did not apologize for his actions.
Therefore, we think Willems should make a public apology — not only to the community for trying to allegedly sway his Facebook friends to hurt local businesses but also for his unprofessional conduct.
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Renee Campbell, newspaper representative
Noelle Leavitt Riley, newspaper representative
Sheli Steele, newspaper representative
Hal Glanville, community representative
Jobeth Haydon-Tupa, community representative (absent)
Eldon Holland, community representative
Not only do we think he should apologize, but we also call for him to step down from the fire board — a request that the board also made at its Thursday night meeting.
No elected official, and in particular one in a position of protecting the public safety, should be allowed to do anything that would result in him or her being perceived as wanting to "get back" at residents who supported another candidate or who criticized his official actions or behaviors.
Another concerning factor is that Willems' business, Craig Fire and Safety, provides firefighting equipment to Craig/Fire and Rescue, which can be seen as a huge conflict of interest when a public official is in a position of potentially having inside information on bids or making decisions on taxpayer-funded purchases from his business from which he would see financial gain.
Significant care should be taken to counteract that conflict of interest or any perception of a conflict, and in this case, that seems impossible to accomplish, given his business interests. Having a business that supplies firefighting equipment to the fire district and serving on the fire district board is a conflict of interest that cannot be set aside regardless of how ethical or careful the official or the fire district board is in their purchasing procedures.
Eight years as board president is an incredible service and commitment to the community. Hats off to that kind of commitment and service. The board, however, needs to set term limits and have standards of conduct.
We hope Willems will set aside his personal agenda and apologize for his mishaps.
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Jobeth Haydon-Tupa 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Patrick, I was absent from this week's meeting unfortunately. I am only responding to your comments because, as a member of this board, I think that you should know what 'our facts are'. Yes, it is 'one-sided', it is an opinion piece. We look at the facts that are presented, and give our take on the situation. I do not always agree with my fellow editorial board members, but, in this case, I absolutely do. This man was reckless with his actions. He is an extension CRFPD, and is representative of that entity at all times. His personal opinions are absolutely going to be associated with those of the dept. because of his close ties and association with CRFPD. Any right minded person knows that if you are a public figure, with close ties to any organization, anything you do has the potential to be associated with, or effect the perception of said company. He is entitled to have his opinions, as you or I, but he must take greater care of his display of those feelings. I think that you are confusing this editorial board, with your own personal rants, and although, I can see where you are 'put off' by the fact that your own diatribes have been over looked, the comparison between what is done weekly by the board, and intermittingly by you..... apples and oranges, my friend.
Allen Hischke 8 months, 2 weeks ago
What happened to Byron he did to himself. When people are so arrogant that even after they win they feel the need to persecute others, that person has no business in a position of power anywhere. The only thing that would be better than his resignation would be if he left the county and never returned.
Noelle Leavitt Riley 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Patrick: The Craig Daily Press reported two stories this week which outlined all the facts of the situation. Byron Willems appeared to have removed his Facebook post, so it was not available to quote. He did admit that he made the Facebook post, boycotting businesses on social media at a public meeting on Tuesday.
The views of the editorial board are not the views of the entire paper. It is an opinion of the board, and was properly placed on the opinion page of the newspaper.
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This really is privacy and data protection week! In Brussels there is the
Computers, Privacy & Data Protection
conference and the Commission is soon adopting its proposal for a reform of the European Data Protection legal framework (which I wrote about
). So today, a blog on how I want to ensure
privacy and user control when you're browsing online:
in particular, a standard known as "do not track" (DNT) that I hope will have a big role to play for the future of online privacy.
First a bit of background: what is "
do not track"
, and why is it so important? You might be familiar with the EU's
e-Privacy directive
. It was amended in 2009 and was to be implemented in national law by May last year. Some have termed it the "Cookie directive". But in reality it goes beyond cookies, it's a directive to protect us against all kinds of malware and spyware, to ensure the confidentiality of your electronic communications, and to outlaw automated unsolicited marketing phone calls and spam without the consent of the receiver. The part which relates to cookies - Article 5(3) - means that providers need to
obtain your consent to place or access cookies
or other information on your computer or smartphone unless it is strictly necessary for a service you have already asked for. So if you log in to a web service, the cookie that remembers that you are logged in is fine – and indeed this makes our lives a whole lot easier online. But a cookie that is used to build a profile of what you are doing online is less OK: it might mean that your web surfing over time (searches, web pages visited, the content viewed, etc.) is tracked, for example in order to match ads against your interests as determined from the profile. The use of such cookies requires your consent. Applying this in practice is not easy. Not all Member States have yet transposed the e-Privacy directive into national laws, despite the May 2011 deadline to do so. And while some of the national authorities responsible for enforcing the rules have already provided guidance, others haven't. So there are
different interpretations, sometimes, or even confusion
about what the rules mean and how to comply with them. How can we address this problem? The industry has set up a
self-regulatory initiative
on online behavioural advertising. However, European data protection authorities have recently
my view that this code alone, while certainly contributing a lot to transparency, will not solve the issue, being inherently limited. Others have started to offer various
tools or services they say help businesses to comply with e-Privacy obligations on cookies
(just to pick some random examples:
). While it is not for me to endorse any particular tool or service, I applaud this overall development, which is bringing some genuine innovation; but it still leaves something to be desired because not all such tools are based on the same interpretation of the law and, more importantly, the diversity of resulting approaches taken by websites could confuse users.
Enter do-not-track (DNT)
. A global DNT standard would describe the technical details of a "signal" that users can send, to providers, via their online equipment, including their web browser. The signal indicates their preferences regarding tracking. For example, if I wanted to help advertisers send me more relevant ads I would signal that being tracked is OK with me. On the other side the standard would also set out how providers need to react to the signal, i.e. make clear what DNT users will expect to happen. This would help businesses because they could read the signal and thus know whether they have the users' consent or not. Current browser settings don't allow for this – as they do not systematically communicate to the provider what the user has decided. That's like just throwing junk mail in the bin – when what you should be doing is letting the sender know that you don't want any more. But the important thing is that it makes it
clear and simple for companies to comply
with the law – and to send a straightforward signal to users that their company is compliant and trustworthy. Plus, it makes it easy for consumers to let providers know what they want – and take control over what gets known and recorded about them by others online. Even better, once the standard is out there, tool makers can dream up new ways to make the use of DNT yet more simple, easy and intuitive to understand, e.g. in a web browser or on your phone. There could also be new certification schemes that make it easier for companies to differentiate themselves and for users to deal with those that respect their privacy preferences. Back in June I
called on the industry and stakeholders
to get to the table and agree a standard for do-not-track within a year. The work started shortly after - and so far seems to be going well; I will be getting an update shortly, when we are hosting a
of the
's "
Tracking Protection Working Group
" in Brussels. This is important because I am not pushing for any DNT standard, but for a standard that I could endorse, for a standard that is rich enough, in substance, to signal that users' right to online privacy is respected by companies who implement it. This is not a simple task, in particular as the underlying legal privacy frameworks differ across jurisdictions, and I am happy to see that the W3C has assembled
an impressive group of experts
to get it done. With this in mind, I am convinced that
DNT can become a very successful standard
, along with the other standards that have made the web what it is today: global, open and interoperable and in keeping with the generative end-to-end principle that has made the web such a phenomenal success. This is about empowering the citizen, by putting control in the hands of the user in a way that is fair and transparent. Along with us at the Commission and in Member State authorities, our colleagues in the United States also continue to take a keen interest in the work. Authorities on both sides of the Atlantic need to be vigilant that the effort is not derailed by special interests who may see short-term commercial advantages in preserving the current — but unsatisfactory —
status quo
. So I look forward to news about a
rich and sound DNT standard
that really makes it easy to comply with privacy laws – a standard that everyone wants to use and is able to use. That will be in the interests of all consumers, and all businesses that want consumers to trust them.
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Dear Mrs Kroes, i fully support your opposition to the us soap and pipa acts. The main reasoning behind my support is follows . If the US goerment wants to control acess of internet content in their sovereignty that is their right(debatable but for the sake of argument please accept it ). But infrastructure that resides on us soil to control the internet access world wide to me is unacceptable. if they want to procequte foreign citizens the existing legislation is adequate. if the existing legal frame is not "fast enaught" to companies and media corporations of us interest let me ask the following question if i may. Suppose there is a case of piracy related to content of EU interests (european movie , song etc) in the states will the US goverment act with the same zele and pation? Respectfully Billy Kantartzis IT consultant
b. kantartzis (not verified)
20/01/2012 22:34
Shame on you. You failed to protect EC citizens from DPI surveillance (by Phorm, Experian Hitwise, Bluecoat, and others). Now you want EC citizens to be compelled to opt out of mass communications surveillance?
Pete (not verified)
21/01/2012 23:19
1. In fact the Commission took action to ensure privacy rules were enforced by EU Member States, e.g. with regard to Phorm's technology:
. 2. Nobody is or will be "compelled" to opt-in or opt-out. This about ensuring transparency and giving choice and control to users.
Carl-Christian Buhr (not verified)
23/01/2012 13:22
@Carl-Christian Buhr
No Carl... 1. The truth (and you know it) is that the European Commission and the UK Government have done nothing. In fact, the EC even dropped the case against the UK Government in recent days, without taking any action *what so ever* against the UK Government or British Telecom/Phorm. 2. DNT (do not track) is an opt out technology. DNT compels users to opt out of mass communications surveillance. If it was an opt in technology it would perhaps be called PTM (please track me) and users would set it to indicate their willingness to accept communications surveillance. But it isn't. regards Pete
Pete (not verified)
29/01/2012 01:24
I am broadly in favour of the DNT mechanism but it's implementation could seriously damage our ability to enjoy the variety of online content we do today. For many freely available sites advertising revenue is critical if DNT is implemented in such a way that the mass populous opts not to be tracked then many of these sites will either have to charge for the content or simply disappear. Another way to look at online profiling would be to think of it as providing relevant content to people. I think the average Internet user would prefer to see ads for things they may actually be interested in rather than random ads of little or no interest. There are certainly elements within the digital advertising community which require control. The elimination of malvertising would be welcomed by all I am sure but please remember that as an industry (and I confess to being part of it) we consist in the overwhelming majority of professional companies demanding a high standard of ourselves. Please bear that in mind and select a DNT solution which offers consumer protection without damaging content variety or an industry.
David (not verified)
23/01/2012 10:23
Dear mrs. Kroes, The standard is done:
Also, please make this an opt-in thing, I don't want to have to opt-out. -M
Mike (not verified)
23/01/2012 13:16
The W3C DNT standard ensures that, even after you have discovered how to set the DNT indication on your browser, the websites that want to track you can make your browser bombard you with requests to change your mind. Many people will get so fed up with this they will switch DNT off. This is beacuse the W3C committee is dominated by the commercial interests that profit from behavioral advertising. Mozilla gets 90% of its income from Google, Yahoo gets significant revenue from BA and increasingly also MS. The EU DP laws are far clearer and more workable than the commandeered DNT initiative. We Europeans do not need to pander to it.
Mike O'Neill (not verified)
24/01/2012 00:47
RT @ruskin147:
Well @O2 promising to come back on whether it gives your number to every website you visit - but it worked for me Is that going on everywhere, bit scary if it is...
cyberdoyle (not verified)
25/01/2012 10:50
DNT is a good idea but relies completely upon sites to comply. The sort of companies who would wilfully invade someones privacy are unlikely to willingly conform to a DNT request. In fact they may make it difficult to use a site with DNT turned on by using popups, hidden content etc.
Marcus Stafford (not verified)
26/01/2012 11:12
Do you have any video of that? I'd care to find out some additional information.
Anonymous (not verified)
06/02/2012 12:26
I agree that it should be more straightforward for users to initiate a private browser session in which every cookie-based website should ask permission to store the browser's data.
David (not verified)
15/02/2012 11:19
I have actually called for this in a law review article, and argued that a do-not-track is by far the most effective way to guarantee compliance with the various directives and constitution.
Matthew Kirsch (not verified)
23/02/2012 15:28
Good job Matthew!
Ramūnas Bruzgys (not verified)
19/03/2012 21:11
Dear Mrs Kroes, Would it be possible to show you a demonstration of a browser solution that not only includes support for the DNT header but also extends the levels of Privacy far beyond what is already being talked about. It meets all of your guidelines and already supports "Regional Privacy" with full encryption of the users data. It allows the user to make a Choice in how, and to whom they share their data with, and it fully supports all IAB policy initiatives. Finally it's fully compliant with all current Internet standards and is designed for easy integration into all current web services. Kind regards, Peter Cranstone 3PMobile
Peter Cranstone (not verified)
06/03/2012 00:46
Please host the "grids-min.css" file you currently link to yahooapis.com on europa.eu's own servers; it's BSD-licensed
Peter (not verified)
27/05/2012 17:29
Many people will get so fed up with this they will switch DNT off. This is beacuse the W3C committee is dominated by the commercial interests that profit from behavioral advertising. Mozilla gets 90% of its income from Google, Yahoo gets significant revenue from BA and increasingly also MS.
dolmetscher (not verified)
09/12/2012 22:55
In fact, the EC even dropped the case against the UK Government in recent days, without taking any action *what so ever* against the UK Government or British Telecom/Phorm.
übersetzer (not verified)
09/12/2012 23:00
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From the gameplay perspective, Mantra of Evasion should always be up. Whenever the player engages a pack, Sweeping Wind should be used right from the stat to build up the stacks. Cyclone Strike will be used to get the mobs closer together. When they are packed nicely in a small area, Seven-Sided Strike should be used. The rune will cause each hit to explode for 254% weapon damage in a 7 yard range. This means all the mobs will get hit by the skill.
Survivability also plays an important role in this build. The skills themselves will provide a passive 35% dodge. Next we have some dodge bonus from the Sixth Sense passive. A 30% crit chance will give almost 10% dodge bonus. Last but not least, dexterity adds dodge as well. The gear itself should be balanced. Resist to all needs to be around 700 hundred. The helm will be socketed with a Ruby for some extra experience. It wouldn't hurt to have some magic find as well since this is an Inferno build and some money can be made by selling the rares that will drop. With this Monk build Inferno Paragon farming should be a bit easier.


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