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Don't know about you but I'm not liking this. Shrink what counts to make room for more annoying ads. Hogwash if you ask me. Also there needs to be more color contrast or something in the background...yuk. |
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- Posted by blueboy1977 TX9A/B (My Page) on Mon, Feb 11, 13 at 21:31
I couldn't agree more! Does anyone ever even look at the adds on here??? I never even noticed adds until now! Maybe that's what there trying to accomplish? |
It is kind of different.I use to see ads but haven't seen any for about six months. I have this program called Adblock Plus and I think that's what is doing the blocking.It's free,I think they ask for donations. It seems ads were still appearing while I had the program,but then they stopped.It could be self adjusting,because I didn't play around with it too much. Brady |
- Posted by larry_gene USDA8b-OregonPDX (My Page) on Mon, Feb 11, 13 at 22:48
Does look a little pallid, but the page layout is an improvement; the posting area is now fixed width. Text width of 600 pixels is considered ideal for computer reading. |
Its too bright, the graphics are horrible and the ads are larger. What could be worse? Mrs. G |
- Posted by steve_in_los_osos CA 10a/Sunset 17 (My Page) on Mon, Feb 11, 13 at 23:24
Ads? Uh...oh... GW was one of the reasons why I changed from IE to Firefox with the ad-block plugin. Does look a bit washed out, though...... |
- Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on Tue, Feb 12, 13 at 8:23
I was really sick of looking at the default web font they always had, any font change is a big improvement to me. I have an ad blocker (downloaded and installed due to this site only) and would recommend it to any user of this site. The one annoying thing about the new format is long titles wrap around a lot - thats a design error they should fix. Scott |
I agree, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. |
For whatever reason, on my 'puter, the old format and the new format are for practical purposes the same. I barely noticed the change. I still see ads, but they are about the same size, and in the same position. |
I don't care for the white background, but other than that it's fine. I use AdBlock Plus and don't see ads at all. |
I don't mind it at all. Once I got used to it I actually find it easier to read. And I don't get any more ads than I always have. On the whole I feel it is an improvement. |
- Posted by milehighgirl CO USDA 5B/Sunset 2B (My Page) on Tue, Feb 12, 13 at 15:07
Is Adblock Plus only available for Firefox and Chrome? |
The big blank space does look kind of odd, but with AdBlock that's the main difference. |
firefox and ad block here. I see no ads. it is too bright I think. |
It's funny, I see people saying it looks too bright.. on my ipad it looks exactly the same as before, just a different font and different nav bar at top. Oh, and there's a better format to see the title of a thread, who started it, and when the last response was. The background has alway been white for me. Well, I suppose every has a different set up so things look different to each of us. |
- Posted by MrCaballus 9b N. CA. (My Page) on Tue, Feb 12, 13 at 17:26
After getting virused a couple years ago by a pushed advertisement, I installed a program called NoScript. It allows ME to control what scripts run on my pages. So all I can say is: What ads? :) A real improvement, would be the ability to make an automatic jump to 'First Unread' like every other forum seems to have. |
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The maker of Adblock Plus has had numerous requests to have it work for Internet Explorer,but says it is very difficult and it probably won't happen. |
- Posted by john222-gg ms./8 (My Page) on Tue, Feb 12, 13 at 17:44
I like GardenWeb it is free so i don't care what it takes to keep it going.Free is Free |
- Posted by john222-gg ms./8 (My Page) on Tue, Feb 12, 13 at 17:45
I like GardenWeb it is free so i don't care what it takes to keep it going.Free is Free |
Gardenweb may be free. But we provide all the value. Without our posts they have nothing. We're providing them a living. That's how I see it anyway. |
I am with you, free is great. I make it a priority of mine to always find the bright side of any situation and that is where my focus is. Seeing the glass half full instead of half empty is a great way to live especially in my line of work :) My best wishes to everyone! |
HATE IT! Carla in Sac |
- Posted by northernmn 3/4 (My Page) on Tue, Feb 12, 13 at 21:05
It does seem kind of bright to me. The aseptic feeling just doesn't match well with growing things in dirt. |
Damn, this *is* bright! On my desktop, anyway. Looked perfectly normal on my Kindle Fire though. I'm usually on there these days so I don't much care about the changes. Seems mostly the same, with bigger ads, which are typically blocked. No big whoop here. |
- Posted by larry_gene USDA8b-OregonPDX (My Page) on Tue, Feb 12, 13 at 23:21
Another improvement is that the pages actually finish loading--I swear that in the previous format, the address bar at the bottom of FireFox would display various urls for minutes on end. Yes, the wraparound titles are clunky--looks like the "clippings" is assigned the same vertical space and is squeezing the title. Perhaps the above-mentioned portable computers have default background settings to some off-white shade to save battery power. There is "too bright" chatter on the Computer Help forum also. |
- Posted by canadianplant (My Page) on Wed, Feb 13, 13 at 8:00
Really?! TBH there are no changes at all besides the background and the search etc has been modernized. Sure its a bit different from the black header, but other then that there is no difference once you scroll down past that. And I dont notice any difference in the number of adds. I see 2. The biggest difference I notice is that the site looks cleaner, more modern and i barely notice any size difference. If anything it wasnt enough of a change. Im still having problems receiving notifications, and its still the same forum format from 10 years ago. I appreciate the clean up admin. I know even if the changes look small and cosmetic they arent always easy to do. |
For us old guys with old eyes, the added contrast makes for easier reading. Any change takes some getting used to, and this is the first real appearance change since "Spike" started GardenWeb many years ago. Al |
I always had a white background. The fonts have changed. Noscript with Firefox leaves a big gaping hole on the right where ads used to be, it is just a bigger hole now. Actually this site is pretty good. There are sites which force me to change permissions, but this one is completely self-contained and will not get stuck trying to call an outside website that has been blocked. I am happy with Gardenweb, we provide content but they make it free, and it is now reasonably robust. It is a win-win situation. |
- Posted by hoosierquilt z10a/23 Vista Calif (My Page) on Wed, Feb 13, 13 at 15:46
I actually like the background, it's soft on both my Mac and my PC. I have AdBlock enabled on Firefox, so I don't see the ads. So, non-issue for me. Yes, I do thing the posting frame should be widened, it's a bit narrow, and that would make scrolling through a thread easier - more width and less length. What I'm more interested in, is the improved search feature coming, and also if GW could allow posters to add multiple photos, instead of just one (better than no photos, but still, not optimal). In order to add multiple photos, posters need to know how to upload to a photo-sharing site, then understand how to copy the correct code string (HTML code, and not the direct link or IMG code). Pain to have to instruct new forum members on how to post multiple photos in a post. And yes, I agree, it would nice to be able to sort the messages so you can get to the "latest unread message" per user as many other forum formats provide. That way, you can pull up all the posts that you haven't read since your previous time. Patty S. |
Maybe I'm adjusting already. But I think the margin is a little darker than a couple days ago. |
- Posted by larry_gene USDA8b-OregonPDX (My Page) on Thu, Feb 14, 13 at 0:03
The color gradient has changed today. Initially it went from lima bean to white, now goes from lima bean to pastel green. |
- Posted by darthtrader 10 SoCal (My Page) on Thu, Feb 14, 13 at 1:01
If you don't want to see ads, install the add-on called "Adblock" for Firefox or Chrome. Works great. Didn't even realize there were ads until a few of you mentioned them, because i never see them. |
I don't mind ads so much as long as they don't flash, mover or make noise. |
- Posted by northshore3 none6 (My Page) on Fri, Feb 15, 13 at 7:10
To the powers that be. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK ! I understand that in a capitolistic system the bill must be paid and as long as it is free to me I'm a happy camper. Thank you for your time and persistance. |
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YVC Interpretation: Youth volunteers commit to 1 day each week from June to August and will have the opportunity to teach zoo visitors about conservation, preservation and serve as ambassadors for the animals in our care. Through use of bio-facts like skulls, feathers and other engaging activities, youth volunteers are able to make a lasting impression.
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Announced at Paradox Convention, Magicka: Wizards of the Square Tablet is a completely new game designed for tablet devices. Unlike its predecessor, which featured 3D visuals and an isometric viewpoint, the tablet release is presented from a side on perspective and uses colourful 2D artwork.
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We did it. Alex and I ran (and walked) the whole damn thing and finished every obstacle. In terms of painful but gratifying things I've done in my life it ranks third after giving birth to my two kick-ass kiddos. Here's our before and after shots. When Daniel saw that bottom one on the right he said: "I've never seen you look that out of it… while sober."
It took us about 4 hours, which I'm pretty happy about, as I've never run 10 miles in my life. Of course, we didn't run the whole thing because the course went up and down hills (and I do mean straight up and straight down), but we ran a lot of it.
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3. Given the advertising of the event, I had been a little intimidated by all the testosterone, but I am very happy to report that there are actually lots of women who ran with us. I would guess 40%. And there was a wide age range too, I would peg the average around 35. And I only saw one or two folks go around an obstacle over the course of the entire race. People were in it for the challenge, which was cool.
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So that's that. If you're thinking of doing one yourself, here's what I learned:
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I gave myself a few mornings off this week. I've been training really hard for this race I'm doing tomorrow, and decided that I needed the extra rest to be at the top of my game.
In case you haven't heard me yammer on about this race yet, let me tell you a little about it. It's a 10-mile obstacle course with the tag line "quite possibly the toughest event on the planet." Now, I have no frame of reference for the validity of that claim, but I do know there will be 12 different obstacles, some of which involve electricity, fire, dumpsters filled with ice water and barbed wire. I've been training for a long time.
My partner for the race (who also happens to be in my writing group – see how I always bring it back to the writing?) is my friend Alex. She and I just checked into our hotel. It's a Ramada, so you know it's pretty nice. It's 11pm, and way past my bed time, but I'm too excited (nervous?) to sleep yet.
Our start time is 11am. 12 hours to go – yikes. We're hoping to finish by 4, and I honestly don't know if that's optimistic or if we'll finish way before that.
Daniel and my mom are meeting us back at the hotel with the kids. We decided it wasn't worth the entrance fee to have to chase them through a crowd of adrenaline junkies. As much as I would have loved to have them at the finish line, I'll settle for beer and a burger in beautiful downtown Temecula.
So wish me luck.
I'll post some pictures as soon as I'm able.
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This is the scene that greeted me Friday morning when I arrived at work.
At first I glanced in through the wrecked door and saw Daniel's monitor on his desk, so I thought the door broke on its own some how, but upon closer inspection I realized my monitor (which is newer and frankly a lot fancier) was in deed missing.
The funny thing is that on the way to work that morning I was actually thinking to myself – why do I lug my laptop home with me every night? Sometimes I do it so I can write in the morning, but I knew I wasn't going to be writing on Friday morning, so I felt kind of lame for bringing it home, until I saw this.
After calling 911 and being transferred to dispatch to call for the cops to come, I peered in again and saw that Daniel's laptop was also missing. Then my hands started to shake a bit. He has been working SO hard on this screenplay, and he is notoriously bad about backing up. I called home and broke the news and was very happy when he asked if his backup drive was still there. I looked closely and reported it was and he exhaled. Turns out that last time his computer crashed and took all his files he started backing up daily.
So that's the silver lining. My back up drive was also untouched (though it sits on my desk right next to the monitor and could easily fit into a pocket), so all our files are safe.
It took three hours, but the cops finally did show up and take a report. (Fun side note – they had no record of my 911 call at 7am – I had to call three times. Government shutdown in action or just the LAPD at work?) Their finger print guy will be in some time today to see if he can get anything and we are thinking pretty hard about what new security measures we're going to take. I'm pushing for metal doors, but seeing as we don't have any windows, that would make the space kind of cave-like. Bars are icky. Maybe one of those metal grate things you pull down over the glass at the end of the night. The landlord seems unconcerned, but I'm thinking, now that the thief knows it's that easy to break the door and take our shit, why wouldn't they come back? I worked at a restaurant once that was robbed two nights in a row by the same guys. It happens.
These things happen.
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My husband and I bought our HD DVD player a couple months before Blu-Ray put HD to shame, I set up my first blog with the now defunct iWeb, and I've been using Shelfari to keep track of my books for years now. It's a trend. I always seem to pick the wrong technology.
Thankfully, I manage to make the shift to the right technology eventually, but it's so disheartening every time I realize I've done it again.
So anyway, I have now transferred my library over to Good Reads
(insert sheepish grin here)
Thankfully, Good Reads actually makes it really easy to import a library from Shelfari, or I might not have done it. And I have to admit, I do really like the widget they provide for showcasing my bookshelf (that's it over there on the right). And it has the whole social thing going on, not that I really have time to write reviews of every book I read, but I enjoy seeing familiar faces as I browse.
If you're on Good Reads, send me a friend request (or whatever the equivalent is). I'm just getting up to speed, but you know me – I love all this stuff. It shouldn't take me long.
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My neighbors moved out last weekend. They were the best neighbors ever and I miss them terribly already. It's hard to say how this development will affect the dynamics of our block. You see – we have (had?) the coolest block in LA.
Celeste was six months old when we moved in and there were no other kids, but in the six years since then seven other kids have been born onto our tiny cul-de-sac. We call Celeste the Sheriff, as she makes sure the other kids stay in line. We meet up at the end of the street each night and the parents hang out while the kids ride scooters and bikes, or draw with chalk. It's an awesome way to end the day. But now the number of kids has been reduced by two.
And since I always brings things back to the writing with this blog, it's worth noting that the mom of that household is also my soon-to-be publisher. Elisa published a book about New Mexico
Originally slated to come out late 2012, the Southern California edition was slightly delayed by the birth of their second child and the aforementioned moving, but I believe it's at the printers and should be coming to a store near you soon.
And Northern California is close on its heels. We still have some photography that needs to be done, but the manuscript is complete. Frankly, I don't care when it comes out. It was so much fun to write, and it's not like Northern California is going anywhere. I sincerely hope there is a book tour for that one. It will be a great excuse to go spend some time with old friends.
In the meantime I will gaze wistfully from our kitchen window at the empty parking spot across the street. They will be missed.
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A journalist friend of mine emailed me earlier this week to tell me about the launch of Beacon, a new publication platform she's a part of. I opened and read her email immediately because 1) she's a great writer and 2) she manages to get herself into some seriously sticky situations while investigating her stories so her material is usually pretty juicy.
Most writers complain about not getting paid enough, but Jean Guerrero (that's her name) and her fellow investigative journalists win this one hands down. They are getting paid next to nothing for pieces that take weeks of perilous work to research.
Beacon is this incredible new journalism platform by Dan Fletcher, the creator of Time Magazine's NewsFeed and a former managing editor at Facebook, meant to change the fact that some of the best reporters today risk their lives in war zones just to make $70 for a single article — all thanks to the current failing business model of journalism. I'm one of 30 journalists worldwide that you can directly subscribe to on Beacon. By subscribing to me for $5 a month (with a free trial and easy cancellation any time), you instantly get access to ALL of the OTHER great writers on Beacon, as well. I'll be covering human rights issues in Latin America — the kind of really human-focused, heartbreaking stuff that I couldn't cover for a news corp that relied on advertisers' dollars.
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I have a half dozen beautiful allium christophii flower heads. I am air drying them bundled, upside down because the soft stems cannot support the big flower head. However, I;m sure the stems will never support those big flowers.
Is florist wire what I want to insert into the stems? What guage or size? Any other suggestions? Also, what are your most successful decorative uses of these unusal plants. The heads are so interesting I could see cutting off the stems and using them somehow.
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Ida, I've used bamboo skewers, usually available about 15" long, to support stems. You can glue two together to make them longer..just extend one below the other about halfway...does this make sense? Also, if I were you I'd disentangle the bunch and hang each separately. When dried they are fairly fragile and it will be hard to separate without damage. As to other uses, they make beautiful xmas tree decorations...just cut off head and tuck into branches. I've seen them sprayed white, gold or silver for this use. I just used them natural along with bits of things made from artemesia, other seedheads, small baskets, straw ornaments, etc. The heads also look great just piled in wooden platter ...maybe atop some potpourri. jo |
Hello I have been trying to find dried allium head for an art project where I wrap them in wire but with no success, would you possibly be interested in selling some of your heads? Regards |
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by Ed King
Back in 2011, an eternity ago in Cloud time, Gartner Research first coined the term Cloud Service Brokerage (CSB) and defined the three primary brokerage roles of Aggregation, Integration, and Customization Brokerage1. Since then the adoption of CSB has expanded from the public offering to both public and internal projects, which will have a, significant and enduring impact across many vertical markets. CSB now even has its own Hype Cycle2 of research at Gartner. Despite the large volume of published work by Gartner, there is still widespread confusion about what exactly a CSB is. The confusion is further compounded by software and service vendors "CSB-washing" their solutions in an attempt to garner coverage from analysts and press. In this article I will attempt to give you the cheat-sheet version of CSB: What it is? Why do you need it? What does it mean to IT? What do you need for an internal CSB?
What Is A CSB?First and foremost, a CSB is a service, not a software product, not even a software-as-a-service (SaaS). Any number of Cloud-based or on-premise technologies may be used to deliver a CSB service, but the technology used has little relevance to whether a solution qualifies as a CSB. A CSB is a value-added service for other Cloud-based services. Such services can range from the single sign-on across SaaS, to integrating flows of data between, say, a CRM and a marketing automation SaaS, to adding a management layer across infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) vendors. The types of brokering services fall into three patterns according to Gartner: Aggregation, Integration, and Customization Brokerage. The order in which these appear reflects their respective share in decreasing amounts of the CSB market as well as technology challenges from easiest to most difficult. You will be hard pressed to find any CSB that falls exclusively into one of these three patterns. It is always a combination of at least two patterns.
Why Do You Need CSB?
It may come as a shock to some, but each Cloud-based service is a
technology silo. There is no doubt that Cloud-based services bring tremendous
value in terms of operational cost savings, elasticity, and usability. On the
flip side, Cloud-based services have an opaque infrastructure and offer limited
integration interfaces, usually in the form of REST APIs. Traditional
application and data integration technologies do not work well against Cloud-based
services due to the lack of access to data repositories and low level Java or
.NET APIs. To improve the user experience and the management of silo Cloud-based
services, you need CSBs. A single sign-on CSB can help improve user experience.
A management CSB can enable dual-sourcing of Cloud-based services for disaster
recovery, cost optimization, or risk remediation. It is ultimately the
responsibility of the enterprise to ensure that the Cloud-based services it is
using offer a good user experience, are used in a secured and governed manner,
and do not introduce excessive risks.
What Does It Mean To IT?
If you work in IT and have yet to come to the realization that Cloud is
here to stay, then now is the time you need to come to terms with it.. Modern
IT organizations need to realize business users now have the means to bypass IT
and procure their own IT solutions if they do not get the support they need
from internal IT. This is the so-called shadow IT challenge. Modern IT
departments need to embrace Cloud-based services and figure out how to leverage
Cloud's benefits and add value to further improve the Cloud usage experience,
manageability, and security. This can be done by introducing various types of
CSBs, whether commercial or internal. Yes, it is quite popular for IT
departments to play an internal CSB role.
What Does It Take To Deliver An Internal
If you have determined that none of the commercial CSBs quite fit your
requirements and that you need to develop your own CSB capabilities, what are
the key components you need? The core technology pieces you will require are:
- business process automation;
- identity federation;
- API gateway; and
- monitoring and logging.
Whatever CSB functions you are building, it will likely involve some business process, so you will need capabilities such as workflow and task management. Before any APIs can be called and data exchanged, the enterprise must have the means to authenticate and authorize access to and from its on-premise infrastructure and the Cloud-based services. This means having the ability to support a federated access model using protocols such as OAuth 2.0, and to integrate with on-premise identity management infrastructures such as those from CA, IBM, and Oracle.
Since most Cloud-based services rely on REST APIs as the integration interface, API Gateway technology is central to brokering the communication between these Cloud APIs to any on-premise systems. This gateway functionality is sometimes also referred to as a Cloud Service Broker or Cloud Service Access Broker as it provides a trustworthy and reliable onramp to Cloud services, allowing businesses to consume, monitor and manage them in the same fashion as their own internal services. Finally, monitoring and logging of these transactions is critical to ensure traceability and integrity, especially to support any billing and charge back requirements.
In summary, a CSB greatly helps in the consumption of Cloud services by brokering the connection to the services, smoothing over interoperability issues. By doing this, a CSB enables the promise of Cloud, and itself is a business model in its own right. It applies just as much to internal services, and internal IT, as it does to external services. The message of CSB is that the hype is deserved.
Ed King is VP Product Marketing Emerging Technologies at Axway (which recently acquired Vordel).
IT Glossary: http://www.gartner.com/it-glossary/cloud-services-brokerage-csb
2Hype Cycle for Cloud Services Brokerage 2012", Michele Cantara, 30 July 2012, Gartner Research Document ID:G00234256


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Here is video of Politico's Jim Vandehei discussing divisions within the Democratic Party over entitlement reform as it relates to the "Fiscal Cliff" negotiations. He explained that all the focus is on the pressure and problems faced by Republicans in the wake of their election loss, but that President Obama and the Democrats have some real divisions to deal with if a deal is to be reached. Vandehei said many Democrats serving in red states will likely join with Republicans on some of the tax issues, and on entitlement reform, particularly those that have to run for re-election in 2014. But the Left-wing base of the Democratic Party really does not want any reform of entitlements, something Republicans have said must be a part of any deal.
Vandehei on "Fiscal Cliff" Negotiations: "The Truth is there's a Lot of Divisions Inside the Democratic Party over what to do on Entitlement Reform" – Video 11/20/12
I wonder how many other pro-Hillary Democrats will do the same on Tuesday?
POLITICO: Mitt Romney has been making a pitch for bipartisanship in the closing days of the race, and this morning rolled out an endorsement from Hillary Clinton's former Senate state director, Gigi Georges:
"For most of my life, I've been an active Democrat. I am proud to have worked for President Bill Clinton and then-Senator Hillary Clinton, and, during that time, I saw firsthand what can be accomplished by strong, bipartisan leadership. I know what it means to work across the aisle on issues that are important to the American people. And that's why I am supporting Mitt Romney. Governor Romney has a plan to restore the prosperity this country deserves and expects. He will work with people of good will no matter what their party, and he will pursue the policies that are in the best interest of our country, no matter who proposes them. That's what President Obama promised to do four years ago. But like so many of his promises, bipartisan cooperation is just another one he has broken. We can't have four more years of failed policies and two parties that can't work together. We need the change Mitt Romney is offering."
For people in New York politics, Georges, who now lives in Boston, is a familiar name and face – she was also the executive director of the state Democracy Party when Clinton was in office. . . . Read More
Former Hillary Clinton Staffer Endorse Mitt Romney for President: "We can't have Four more Years of Failed Policies. . . We Need the Change Mitt Romney is Offering" – 11/3/12
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The Earth and Moon, as seen from elsewhere in the universe October 29, 2014 at 1:16 pm
Have you ever wondered what the Earth looks like from the Moon? Or what the Earth and Moon looks like through the rigs of Saturn, or billions of miles away from the edge of the Solar System? Well, now you can find out!
Meet NASA's new supersonic flying saucer, for future Mars landings April 11, 2014 at 8:07 am
No, fair citizens of Hawaii, the US government hasn't increased the level of psychoactive drugs in your water supply: That really is a flying saucer that just flew past your window at three times the speed of sound. Dubbed the Low Density Supersonic Decelerator, NASA is hoping that this flying saucer is the secret to eventually landing larger payloads on other planets — such as sending a human exploration party to Mars, along with plenty of supplies. The LDSD is on a pretty aggressive schedule, with seven major tech demos over the next 24 months, and could be used in a real mission to Mars in 2018.
NASA is building a robotic spacecraft refueling system, to prevent a Gravity-like orbital debris cascade February 13, 2014 at 9:30 am
NASA is preparing to take the next logical step after in-flight refueling between two aircraft — robotic refueling of orbiting satellites. This could extend the lifetime of many satellites indefinitely, and could play a very important role in preventing a Gravity-like scenario, where fragments of a single satellite cause a cascade of debris that destroys almost every satellite in Earth orbit.
Japan is preparing to launch a giant magnetic net that will trawl space for junk January 22, 2014 at 2:06 pm
Next month, Japan's space agency (JAXA) will launch a space trawler — a spacecraft that will drag a giant aluminium and steel net while orbiting Earth, hoping to bag itself some space junk. NASA tracks around 20,000 pieces of larger (5cm+) orbital debris, but there's an estimated 500,000 pieces of marble-sized, untrackable debris in orbit as well. If a single piece of space junk hits an orbiting, functional spacecraft, the collision is likely to be catastrophic — just like in the movie Gravity. If we don't get on top of orbital debris now, it's feared that one day the junk will be so dense that we won't be able to leave the surface of Earth without being smashed to pieces.
NASA confirms that Voyager 1 has finally left the Solar System September 12, 2013 at 5:41 pm
NASA has confirmed that Voyager 1, which was launched on September 5 1977, has finally left the Solar System. Voyager 1 becomes the first manmade object to leave the Solar System, and in 40,000 years it will come within 1.7 light years of star AC+793888, before continuing on its millions-of-years journey to the core of the Milky Way.
How to put humans on Mars, and get them home safely again July 25, 2013 at 11:02 am
Younger generations haven't experienced staggeringly monumental historic events like older generations have, such as World Wars or landing on the Moon. Our historic events so far — mostly related to personal technology, such as the rise of he PC and the internet — are more of a slow, incremental burn. However, a team of UK scientists are aiming for that staggering historic event that the younger generations can experience, and have designed a mission to land three humans on Mars.
Earth and Moon photographed from 900 million miles away, from the shadow of Saturn July 23, 2013 at 6:36 am
For only the third time ever, Earth has been photographed from the outer Solar System. At a distance of 898 million miles, as seen by NASA's Saturn-orbiting Cassini satellite, the Earth is a tiny, almost luminescent blue marble. If you zoom in (image below), you can even see the pale speck of the Moon next to Earth. As luck would have it, at almost exactly the same time, NASA's MESSENGER satellite also captured an image of the Earth and Moon — this time from the inner Solar System, orbiting around Mercury (image below).
Voyager-1, and human civilization, finally leave the Solar System March 21, 2013 at 8:13 am
35 years after its launch, NASA's Voyager-1 spacecraft has finally left the Solar System — the first ever man-made object to do so. It will now continue on a course that, in 40,000 years, will take it within 1.7 light years of a star called AC+793888 — the first man-made object to pass so close to another star, and potentially other planets. Eventually, millions of years from now, Voyager-1 will reach the core of the Milky Way.
Reusable jet-cum-rocket spaceplane could fly you anywhere on Earth in four hours November 29, 2012 at 6:57 am
Though it's still only a concept, Reaction Engines believes its SABRE engine is the way of the future for space and commercial flight. With a secret new engine concept and support from the European Space Agency, Reaction Engines is coming ever closer to producing its engine and realizing its beliefs.
SpaceX launches ISS resupply spacecraft, despite mid-launch engine explosion October 8, 2012 at 7:59 am
Just over a year since the final launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis and the retirement of the Space Transportation System, SpaceX has successfully launched a Dragon spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket — the first ever commercial resupply mission (CRS-1) to the International Space Station.


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I have a lot going on for the next few months, so I'm trying to work ahead a little bit on birthday blocks. (Not to mention that my mother is coming up here next month for a while and she'll probably take her sewing machine away from me!)
Your choice is bright scrappy fabrics for your block. Do you want distinct light and dark pieces arranged like the pattern shows or just totally haphazard scrappy? Thanks!
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ACROSS the country, Davao City is one of the cities known in enacting landmark legislations.
The city has once again lived up to its reputation by crafting four "unique" ordinances for year 2011.
Ivonne Kempis, chief of the Archival Unit of City Council, told Sun.Star Davao that for the entire year, the four landmark legislations for the year will be added to the list of "only in Davao City ordinances."
The four ordinances include: Ordinance 0170-11 authored by Councilor Jimmy Dureza or the Ordinance for the Mandatory Daily Toothbrush Drill for Children under the Early Childhood Care and Development Program of Davao City; Ordinance 074-11 authored by Councilor Emmanuel Galicia Sr., otherwise known as the Ordinance Penalizing Any Person in Actual or Constructive Possession of Any Dog Found Defecating upon another person's private property or on commonly used playgrounds of on public properties; Ordinance 071-11 authored by Councilors Pilar Braga and Victorio Advincula Jr. or the Ordinance Requiring All Drivers of Public Utility Vehicle (PUJ) in the city to secure an official identification (ID) card from the City Government; and an Ordinance Allowing the City Mayor to Enter into an agreement with the National Statistics Office (NSO) to conduct on-site civil registration on identified public schools in the city.
Based on penalized act of the Ordinance 074-11, a person will be held liable if his pet dog will defecate in commonly used properties including roads, parks, and playgrounds or "on public properties shall be penalized unless the owner will cause the immediate removal of all feces so deposited by such dog". But the same provision does not apply to blind persons.
Any person found in violation of the ordinance will be fined at P1,000 in its first and succeeding offenses.
The same ordinance took effect March 22, 30 days after it was enacted on February 22.
Among the landmark legislations passed by the previous City Council include:
1. The ordinance providing for mandatory representation of Indigenous Peoples in the City Council of Davao and providing funds;
2. Ordinance requiring restaurants, fast food chains, eateries, food stalls in movie houses, school or university canteens and other food establishments or in any function halls in Davao City to acquire halal accreditation from the Davao City Muslim Ulama Halal Certifying and Monitoring Agency to post or place the word "hala" within their premises or to use "halal" in their business name;
3. Ordinance requiring restaurants, fast food chains, eateries, food stalls in movie houses, school or university canteens and other food establishments or in any function halls in Davao City to acquire halal accreditation from the Davao City Muslim Ulama Halal Certifying and Monitoring Agency to post or place the word "halal" within their premises or to use "halal" in their business name;
4. The Bicycle Ordinance of Davao City
5. Ordinance for the proper harvesting, storage and utilization of rain water in Davao City and for other purposes; among others. (Jereco O. Paloma)
Published in the Sun.Star Davao newspaper on December 31, 2011.
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I have a 15-20' long space between my yard and my neighbor's in which I want to plant a privacy screen so that I don't have to look at the junk in his yard. The problem is the area gets a fair amount of shade.
Possibilities I am considering: 1. Pyramidal Yews. 2-3 trees. The 4' ones sell locally for about $135/tree. 2 Rhododendrons. The Roseum elegans variety have the tallest potential I have found. The 4' ones sell for about $125/plant. I figure I'd probably need aobut 3 plants. 3. Red twig or yellow twig dogwood. I have heard mixed things about how well this plant would do in partial shade. They sell locally for about $40/plant at about 4' height. I don't know how many I would need to plant...I assume they need to be planted fairly densely to provide good privacy. I assume the twig dogwoods would be the fastest growing. I know very little about this sort of thing, so I would like it to be relatively easy. Please advise me as to what you think would be the best approach. If there are other plants you believe would better serve my purpose please let me know. Thanks in advance, anitje. |
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How wide is the space? tj |
What about Kerria japonica? They aren't fussy plants & some cultivars will reach 10'. |
The space is about 4-5 ft wide. I'll look into Kerria. Thanks, tsuga..... |
What about a fence with slats or let a climber go through the chainlink? Kerria is slow growing for me and in a year has only grown a few feet. Perhaps a native tree or shrub would grow faster. I'm from the west coast, so have no suggestions. Red twig dogwood is a fast grower, but twiggy and bare in winter. Starts easily from hardwood cuttings. Variegated elderberry is a nice accent, too. Suggest if you create a hedge make it a mixed hedge. That way if one plant dies you can replace with anything you desire. A uniform hedge is always a lot more work to maintain and the odd spot out is a frustration. I've read a suggestion is to insert a pole with a birdhouse or leave the dead trunk and plant a climber 12" away to go up it. Hope that helps |
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Bonnie Rose Marcus, director of Poets & Writers' Readings & Workshops (East), leads a discussion about resources available to writers in Washington, D.C., the importance of community, and how various literary communities can support one another. Panelists include Carlos Parada Ayala, Sarah Browning, Elizabeth Bruce, and Regie Cabico.
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The Algonkian Novel Retreat will be held from March 25 to March 29 at Algonkian Regional Park in Sterling, Virginia, approximately 30 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. The retreat offers faculty consultations and time to write for fiction and nonfiction writers. The faculty includes fiction writers Robert Bausch and Michael Neff and editor Caitlin Alexander. The cost is $1,095, which includes tuition, a private room, and some meals. Submit a writing sample of up to 500 words with a short synopsis. Visit the website for more information.
Algonkian Writer Retreat, 2020 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 443, Washington, D.C. 20006. (800) 250-8290. Michael Neff, Coordinator.
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The annual AWP Conference and Bookfair will be held from April 8 to April 11 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. The conference offers over 550 panel discussions, readings, a bookfair, and meetings for writers, publishers, teachers, and arts administrators. The preregistration fees are $250 for nonmembers, $155 for members, $80 for spouses of full-paying participants, and $45 for students. The preregistration deadline is February 12. Onsite registration may be available, but is not guaranteed. Call, e-mail, or visit the website for more information.
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The 2015 Blue Flower Arts Winter Writers' Conference was held from January 4 to January 10, 2015, at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. The conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as craft classes, readings, an open mike, and time to write. The faculty included poet Carolyn Forché, fiction writer Benjamin Percy, creative nonfiction writer Nick Flynn, and editor Jeff Shotts of Graywolf Press. The cost of the conference was $1,550, which included lodging and meals, or $1,150 for commuters, which included meals. The fee for a one-on-one conference with a faculty member was $150. Registration was first come, first served, and included a $450 deposit; workshops were limited to 13 participants each. Visit the website for more information.
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Ten scholarships, valued at approximately $1,600 each, to attend the Sozopol Fiction Seminars in Sozopol, Bulgaria, are given annually to five fiction writers working in English and five working in Bulgarian. Tuition, room and board, and some travel expenses are included. Writers of any nationality are eligible. Using the online submission system, submit 10 to 20 pages of fiction, a biography, a statement of purpose, and a letter of reference (sent directly to Sozopol Fiction Seminars by the reference) by March 5. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
The San Miguel Poetry Week was held from January 1 to January 6, 2013, at the Hotel Posada de Las Monjasin in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. The program offered lectures, readings, and workshops in poetry. Faculty and guest readers included Jennifer Clement, Annie Finch, Elizabeth Rosner, Owen Sheers, and Joseph Stroud. Registration was $200 and tuition was $500; payment was made upon acceptance. The W.D. Snodgrass Fellowship, which grants a full tuition scholarship to the winner, was selected from accepted participants. To be considered for the fellowship, accepted applicants send their writing sample by December 1. To apply for the conference, writers submitted four copies of up to four pages of poetry with a $25 application fee by November 15. Call, e-mail, or visit the website for an application and complete guidelines.
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The 2012 Summer Literary Seminars–Kenya was held from December 8 to December 22 in Nairobi and on Lamu Island. The conference included readings, lectures, roundtable discussions, meetings with local artists and writers, tours of the country, and workshops in poetry and fiction. The faculty included poet Eileen Myles and fiction writers Arthur Flower, Billy Kahora, and Binyavanga Wainaina. The fee, not including airfare and accommodations, was $1,950. Writers submitted 10 to 15 pages of poetry or no more than 25 to 30 pages of prose and an application with $150 application fee by November 15. Visit the website for information about the forthcoming conference.
Summer Literary Seminars–Kenya, English Department, LB 683.03, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Boulevard West, Montreal QC H3G 1M8, Canada. Ann Ward, Contact.
Three prizes, valued at $5,200 each, to attend the Summer Literary Seminars program in Lithuania or Kenya are given annually to a poet, a fiction writer, and a creative nonfiction writer. The prizes include airfare, accommodations, and tuition. The winning poet's and fiction writer's works are published in Fence and online in the Walrus. The winning creative nonfiction writer's work will be published in DIAGRAM. Eileen Myles will judge in poetry, Mary Gaitskill will judge in fiction, and Ander Monson will judge in creative nonfiction. Submit up to three poems of 10 pages, a story or novel excerpt of up to 25 pages, or an essay or memoir excerpt of up to 15 pages with a $17 entry fee by February 28. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
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The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts offered workshops at Le Moulin à Nef, its studio center in Auvillar, France. The poetry workshop O Taste and See: Writing the Senses in Deep France, taught by Marilyn Kallet, was held from May 12 to May 19. The cost was $2,295, which included tuition, lodging, and some meals. Registration was first come, first served. There was a $500 nonrefundable registration fee. Scholarships were available; the deadline was February 14. Call or visit the website an application and complete guidelines.
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I know that when I plant my bigger tomato plants that if I put the stem under ground that roots will grow-Are there other plants that would do the same (I really like to know if this is true for green peppers.
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Please disregard the post above. Thought I was on the Growing from Seed forum. |
Nope, won't disregard it! It was too good to get at least a quick peek of you gardenweed!!!! |
Hi gardenweed! ;) Suuuure do miss your posts on this forum. Tho i am fairly new at posting i had been lurking for quite awhile. Your experience (and fantastic, inspirational photos) are greatly missed here. |
Works for hardy fuchsias planted in the ground, too. I don't know about others. Usually, too deep = dead plants. I learned that the hard way in our wet fall - spring climate where rot is likely the cause. A long time ago my dad took one look at my window boxes & figured it out. Oh, and I thought I was teaching my preschool daughter something. Fortunately, our gardening lessons improved and she's grown & married now with her own gardens. She's teaching me since she's so good at seed starting & succession planting edibles. I plant a lot more things high, then mulch around at least a few inches away from the main stems. More things live that way here. |
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