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Battle of Emmaus
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Judas Maccabeus | Gorgias, Nicanor and Ptolemy the son of Dorymenes | ||||||
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The Battle of Emmaus took place in 166 BC[2] between the Hasmonean forces of Judea, led by Judas Maccabeus, also spelled Machabeus, or Maccabaeus, known to history as Judah the Hammer, and the third expedition of Greek forces given by Antiochus IV Epiphanes to Lysias. The generals for the expedition were Gorgias, Ptolemy the son of Dorymenes and Nicanor.[3]
Gorgias established his base camp at the town of Emmaus, along the western border of Judea, while Judas Maccabeus' camp was located in the town of Mitzpah, north of Jerusalem. Word reached Maccabeus that Gorgias was leading 5,000 troops on a march against his camp and was planning to surprise the Jewish rebels in a night-time attack, Judas abandoned his camp and led his forces to Emmaus, to attack the Hellenic base camp that remained there. Gorgias found the camp at Mizpah empty and deserted. The only obvious place in the area to hide was the mountains. So Gorgias and his men scoured the hills for Jewish soldiers. They were unsuccessful.
Judas Maccabeus organized his men, to attack the Emmaus camp, into units resembling a regular army, with units of 10, 50, 100, and 1,000. They set up a fortified camp on the south side of Emmaus. Judas addressed his men, urging them to fight valiantly, "for it is better for us to die in battle than to see the evils of our nation, and of the holies. Nevertheless, as it shall be the will of God in heaven, so be it done." Though he spoke these words, Judas Maccabeus was seeking victory, not death and glory through martyrdom.
Gorgias returned to Emmaus, only to find his camp destroyed with the rebel army in possession of the camp and in position against his troops. Gorgias did not give battle after the destruction of his base but fled to the coastal plains with Judas pursuing his army. It was considered one of Judas Maccabeus' most important victories in the war for Judean independence.
- ^ This date is wrong since the Maccabee rebellion was not until 140 BCE according to Jewish reckoning and information with Jewish sources (Talmud). [Mattis Kantor, "The Jewish Timeline Encyclopedia," (1989: Jason Aronson, Inc., NJ), p.83]
- ^ This date is wrong since the Maccabee rebellion was not until 140 BCE according to Jewish reckoning and information with Jewish sources (Talmud). [Mattis Kantor, "The Jewish Timeline Encyclopedia," (1989: Jason Aronson, Inc., NJ), p.83]
- ^ Machabeus 1 ch 3 verse 38
A closer reading of the references cited in footnotes 1 and 2 indicates the Hasmonean dynasty was established in 140 BC. The same reference indicates the Hasmonean dynasty was the result of a revolt that began two decades earlier. That would indicate the revolt did start in 160 BC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasmonean_dynasty
- Weir, William. 50 Battles That Changed the World: The Conflicts That Most Influenced the Course of History. Savage, Md: Barnes and Noble Books. ISBN 0-7607-6609-6.
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Coordinates: 31°50′21.48″N 34°59′22.05″E / 31.8393000°N 34.9894583°E
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Originally, when it was 2003 DCs and XP clients, everything was fine. When we started implementing Vista, I believe, and for sure Windows 7, from beta to current, we started to see occasional delays accessing the user's mapped home drives, which in turn causes application launches from Explorer (including Notepad, IE, Command Prompt, etc. etc.) to be delayed. Eventually, the access to the mapped home drive times out, and all of the requested launches occur at once. If it's a set of Command Prompts, then we can see that the first prompt eventually launches in C:\Windows\System32 and the others then come up all at the same time immediately after sitting at U:\ (the home drive).
We have not been successful capturing this in Network Monitor, but we did manage to have it happen once with a launched Command Prompt trying to change to U: from C: - when that happened, we received a "Semaphore Timeout Expired" error after a delay (timeout obviously), and then the next request to change active drive letters worked.
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Just a little while ago, Laura and I were talking about how it is getting to be that sad time of year where we have to start prepping our trees for there long winter slumber indoors. I was telling her that this year I planned on gradually hauling my trees in so I won't hurt my back. We were also talking about how unseasonably cold it is in the North east. I told her that tonight we are supposed to hit a low of 40. After our conversation, I double checked the Weather Channel and.....now there is a FROST ADVISORY!!!!! Needless to say I was more than a little upset! Knowing that it would not be possible to move them all in tonight, I pushed them all up against the foundation of the house, and said a little prayer. I did move what I could inside but my back is protesting against anymore movement for the night. Please say a little prayer for my plumerias! Tonight I won't be sleeping too much! Andrew |
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- Posted by honeybunny2 Z9TX (My Page) on Mon, Sep 16, 13 at 23:05
Andrew put some Christmas lights on them, it really works, I am praying so that your plants will make it thru the night. Barbra o |
Andrew- you have my little prayers your trees will make it through the night! :-). Chuy |
I hope the Weather Channel is wrong!! I hope your plants make it just fine!! Mark |
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- Posted by freak4plumeria So CA zone 10 (My Page) on Tue, Sep 17, 13 at 0:59
Andrew, Hope all goes well. Isnt it kind of early for frost? The farmers Almanac is predicting this winter to be very severe. Batten down the plumies Well wishes for your plumies |
Thanks everyone! Well it is almost 1:30am and it is 40 degrees. Hopefully this means we won't have a frost. They did say that it was more likely to hit the inland areas. I am technically not living at the lake shore area but being about 10 miles in, I still get the benefit of additional heat from the lake. Hi James. How are things with you? I also have heard that this was going to be a bad winter. I always say that whenever the farmers report that they are having bumper crops, that is mother nature's way of providing everyone with enough food to get through the winter. We usually have a few more weeks before we have a frost. Then again, I remember one year it was the 1st week of November that we had our first severe frost! Another hour or two, and as long as temps stay above freezing, I will go right to bed. Thanks for the suggestions everyone! I have too many trees to string Christmas lights on them all. Have a good night everyone, and I will let you all know how things go tomorrow. Andrew |
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Well, we did NOT have a frost last night! WHEW!! Everything looks good, and hopefully none of them suffered any damage. Temps hit 38 at 3:30 a.m. but temps started going up after that. Andrew |
Very happy for you Andrew! Glad all your babies made it through. If the Almanac is correct then from the Northeast down we are in for it...again. Have you checked into buying bulk amounts of frost cloth? I'll look around as well for you and let you know if I have any luck. |
Wow that's crazy cold for this time of the year Andrew. How ironic indeed that I also texted Laura my temps yesterday when I went to pick up the kids and it was 90! Glad to hear you all made it through the night w/out harm. I used the frost blankets last year and I think it really helped. I'm planning to get some more this year so I won't have to bring the big ones inside. Take care of your back Andrew. |
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- Posted by loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach, (My Page) on Tue, Sep 17, 13 at 20:37
Everyone is having crazy temps..... Lynn... Glad you are still having heat... Andrew... So glad you didn't have frost!!! We are having temps down into the 50's tonight. Argh!!! Have a good night everyone!!! Laura |
- Posted by freak4plumeria So CA zone 10 (My Page) on Wed, Sep 18, 13 at 18:12
Oh Lynn your too funny is that your new B.P.F.F.N right now as you text your weather status? LOL :P Andrew glad to hear that all is well :) |
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Jon Stewart Can't Talk About Israel, But We Must
Jon Stewart, in his July 21 episode of The Daily Show, viscerally demonstrated what many of us, I am sure, are experiencing on our Facebook feeds and our email inbox when it comes to postings on Israel and Gaza. Take a look at his attempt to talk about Israel.
At the same time as I support Israel's right to defend itself in a war with Hamas 100%, I do believe there is room for respectful and thoughtful analysis of the broader context as we try to understand why we have arrived at this moment, and what might lie ahead. There are those who are uncomfortable with that conversation, because they don't think it's the right time to raise anything that might be critical of Israel's choices and policies, but it's not really possible to have the conversation if we're not willing to look at those choices. I don't think that's helpful. I don't think we need to silence opinion and conversation, but I also don't believe that this broader conversation about the peace process can be applied to the specific battle at hand today. Whatever both sides may have done or failed to do in the past, today's battle, if you identify with the fate of the Jewish people and the Jewish State of Israel, is about Israel defending its citizens from indiscriminate attack, and nothing about the larger context of the peace process will shake my certainty that they must do what must be done to achieve that goal.
Among Jews, there are a wide spectrum of opinions and feelings about what is happening in Israel and Gaza right now. But on certain issues I would hope we would substantially find agreement:
1) Hamas is a terrorist organization. It has stated publicly that it seeks to cause harm to its own people as a way of furthering international condemnation of Israel. To that end, it operates from mosques, schools, and in the midst of heavily populated areas. What it is doing from these locations is firing rockets indiscriminately on the civilian population of Israel.
2) No nation state in the world would tolerate for one moment this kind of bombardment. Israel is completely within its rights to do whatever it takes to protect its citizens. When the safety of your citizens and the stability of your country is at stake, you do whatever it takes. Those who speak of a larger context or the suffering of the Gazan people are conflating issues that should not be conflated. We can still talk about the larger question of what is or is not happening with the peace process, and where Israel bears responsibility for poor judgment along the way along with poor choices on the part of the Palestinians. But none of that mitigates Israel's right to do whatever it takes to protect its citizens when they are being indiscriminately fired upon. That is an act of war, and Hamas has chosen to declare war on Israel. And if you were living in Israel right now, you would not expect anything less of your government.
3) Even while defending Israel's right and need to take the actions it is taking, as human beings we can still have compassion for all who are suffering through this war. When Gazan civilians die in the midst of the battle, we should cry for the loss of lives. When children in southern Israel have PTSD because they have now lived through years of having seconds to run for cover when the sirens sound, we should have compassion. When Israeli extremists murder a Palestinian teenager we should be disgusted and bring them to justice (as Israel is). And when young Israeli adults are serving their country in the IDF and will be called upon to do difficult things that will lead to the loss of lives, we should think about the impact that war has on all who have to fight it. There are no easy choices.
When it comes to thinking about and talking about Israel, I'm sure that many of you, like me, have been listening to the news and reading many online articles about the situation. Some information is helpful, some inaccurate. Some are naïve, some are antagonistic. Some draw lines of connection that are helpful and some are profoundly misleading.
We all have a tendency to read more from those who already think like us. So how do we navigate our way through the quagmire of information? One might try to distinguish between what is descriptive and what is opinion. But this isn't always useful. We might hear a news report that begins by telling us how many Gazans died today and how many times Israel fired on Gaza. That is descriptive. But if only as an afterthought is it mentioned, in passing, that Israel did so in response to the several hundred rockets fired by Hamas at their civilian populations, then the information is not being communicated accurately. When Israel is criticized because more Gazans were killed or injured today than Israelis, that is simply a preposterous way to judge and evaluate what is happening and what Israel needs to do to protect its citizens in this war. Approximately 7 million Germans died in WWII and 420,000 Americans died. Was America guilty of a disproportionate response to Hitler? Where opinions clash, it is often not about the facts on the ground per se, but about the framing of these facts, where there are enormous differences in perspective.
And then, when we try to expand the conversation to understand this recent flare up in war with Hamas in the larger context of the long-term lack of a peaceful two-state solution, what we have are many pieces of a puzzle, and they don't all fit neatly together. So we can talk about the need for a settlement freeze and other choices that Israel could make to better lay the groundwork for a different kind of way of thinking about the Palestinian question. And we can talk about it, as many Israelis already do, independent of an all-inclusive final peace settlement. But if we're going to talk about those things, we also have to talk about the choices that Hamas has made to take 10 years of potential economic development in Gaza and pour those resources into weapons and tunnels designed to kill Israelis. When we talk about Israel's policies and choices, we cannot do so in a vacuum that excludes the context of Palestinian policies and choices.
Part of what makes this so complex are the narratives that each side tell about the other; narratives that are often deeply flawed. I've often argued for the need to listen carefully to the Palestinian narrative; not because we are required to agree with their framing of their plight, but because we cannot understand what they are doing or why when Israel seems to make a step in the right direction (like withdrawing from Gaza) they are rewarded with terror attacks. It's not so easy to change someone else's narrative. So, for example, Hamas will often make reference to the success that the Algerians had in making the French leave. They hold that story up as a model for themselves; make life so intolerable for an invading colonial power that eventually they will leave. But the problem is that, as much as Palestinians define Israel as a Western colonial insertion in their land, that is not what Israel is, and is most certainly not how Israel understands itself. The people of Israel don't have a "France" to go back to.
And so, when Hamas ramps up the terrorism, Israelis who will not be terrorized out of their homes will fight back with all they've got. On the other hand, if we listen to Bibi Netanyahu and observe his policy of continually increasing the breadth of settlement activity, it would appear that he and many others operate with a narrative that thinks that if Israel just continues to establish itself and build itself up, the Palestinians will eventually just give up and move to one of the surrounding Arab countries, or accept a minority status in a Jewish state. Given the Palestinian narrative in which they see the creation of the State of Israel as having denied them their sovereign rights in their own homes and villages, that is a naïve and foolish policy to pursue.
But it gets more complicated. As Jews, we often focus on Israel's choices and policies. Those on the right support the Netanyahu narrative. Those on the left want to change the narrative to one that could open the pathway to peace. But… that pathway doesn't exist if only one side changes their narrative. While Hamas continues to operate out of its narrative, then peace simply cannot be—they will not let it be. I'm not sure, but I think Mahmoud Abbas might wish to change the Palestinian narrative, but it is challenging for him to do so without great danger from fundamentalists on his right. Perhaps that is why he is being quiet during this Gaza war. Perhaps he understands that nothing will ultimately change until Hamas is taken out of the equation. Israel understands this too.
In the meantime, let us pray that this war can come to an end soon. Let us pray for the safety of civilians everywhere. Let us pray for Israel's soldiers, and let us pray for safety of Jews around the world—Jews in Turkey, Jews in France, and elsewhere where anti-Semitic and anti-Israel attacks have already taken place. And let's talk with one another; reach out to those with family in Israel, respectfully share thoughts and opinions about the larger issues, stand up for human rights when they are violated, and stand up for Israel when she acts to defend herself.
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A version of this article was delivered as my Shabbat sermon on Friday, July 18th. The original sermon can be viewed on the archive of our livestream (sermon begins at approx. the 40 min mark).
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Google Glass in the bedroom?!
Back in 2006 Justin Timberlake promised that he was "bringing sexy back", but I guess he never got around to it because this past week we found out the profound function of last year's most exciting invention, Google Glass. There is now an app. for having sex with your Google Glasses on so that you can see an image in your glasses lens of you having sex, but from the perspective of your partner's link of his/her pair of web-enabled camera glasses. Do I really want to see myself having sex – while I'm having sex? Jon Stewart pointed out that this takes "Go F' yourself" to a whole new, more literal level. It's not just Google that is helping to drive away the sexy, apparently there is an Facebook app. to see which of your friends is "down" for a hook-up. Back in July, the New York Times reported in an article "Sex on Campus: She Can Play That Game, too) that casual sex just seems to work for some college women (presumably, just as it has for men) who just don't have time for a relationship – they feel it would take them off track with their studies and their career path. Regardless of which gender, I hope I'm not alone in finding this trend as incredibly 'unsexy'.
I mention Justin Timberlake and his song SexyBack because I'm a romantic and I worry about humanity loosing it's sexy. Sex, in the hook-up culture that we have developed seems like a commodity, something to gain, to acquire, instead of something to share. If only JT was successful – surely we rabbis have done nothing to bring the sexy back.
There is a classic joke about the man who, before his wedding, goes and asks the rabbis just what is permissible between he and his soon-to-be wife.
"Go ahead, ask, ask," the rabbi said.
The man asked question upon question, about whether one position or another was okay. To each inquiry the rabbis responded, "Yes, that is fine, between a man and his wife, its all fine."
The man was relieved and so he asked about more and more erotic things; about each, the rabbi said it was fine. It was all fine until the man mentioned one last thing that he assumed would be fine like all the previous questions he asked.
"Tell me, rabbi, why is this last thing not permissible if all the other things were?"
The rabbi replied, "That last one is no good. It could lead to mixed dancing!"
Serious Question: Can rabbis help us bring sexy back?
My colleague and friends, Rabbi Elliott Dorff, wrote about the values of Jewish sexual decision-making. He articulated 8 sensibilities that would apply in marital or even (gasp) non-marital sex:
1) Seeing oneself and one's partner as the creations of God
2) Respect for the other
3) Modesty
4) Honesty
5) Fidelity
6) Health and safety (including emotional safety)
7) The possibility of a child
8) The Jewish quality of a relationship
It's a beautiful list, I agree with each value, but it's not sexy.
So Jewishly, where does that leave us regarding "sexy"?
Until modern Judaism becomes more adept, and willing, to talk about the value and beauty of sex in a relationship rather than some variable of self-gratification which is how I understand the current trend, we're left with only some biblical verses that are only vaguely sexy, and only if you read them with the proper wink and nod:
"And he knew her." (oooooo)
"And he took' Sarah." (oooooh)
"I have compared thee, O my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots." (Steamy!)
Regarding Google Glass in bed: I suppose I can call it kosher under two conditions: 1) people keep from posting these things on the web, and 2) it doesn't lead to mixed dancing.
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What "The Daily Show" Can Teach Us About 21st Century Judaism
I am ready to nominate Jon Stewart as an honorary "Rabbi Without Borders."
Last week, Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind, in a remarkable display of bad taste (to say the least), decided to put on an Afro wig and blackface in order to portray an African-American basketball player for Purim. In response, Jon Stewart, the host of The Daily Show, pointed out the hypocrisy of Hikind's insensitivity given his career as an outspoken critic of both actual and alleged (at least to Hikind) anti-Semitism. Stewart followed his comments with this hysterical segment entitled "Crazy Stupid Dove–The War On Purim" (see video below).
This is not the first time The Daily Show has captured the humorous side of Jewish holidays. As J.J. Goldberg notes in his recent Forward blog, Stewart also introduced a laughing-out-loud funny segment about Passover last year called "Faith Off" in which he called on Jews to make Passover more enjoyable than Easter.
If you have ever attended, taught, or sent your children to a synagogue religious school, you know that teaching elementary school children the essentials of Judaism in 4-6 hours a week is extremely challenging. Given how little time there is to teach and how many other facets of contemporary American life religious schools have to compete with, we often turn to games, skits, and other ways to depict Judaism as fun and attractive. But in doing so, we sometimes revert to a simplistic, easy to digest version of Judaism without complication or obligation.
What is fascinating about The Daily Show's Purim segment, though, is not how funny it is but how substantive it is. The segment thoroughly rebukes the transformation of Purim into a Jewish Halloween and the general trend towards fitting Jewish holidays into mainstream culture. Its message is actually the antithesis of his Passover piece, in which Stewart suggests coming up with cartoon characters and making video games to update our celebration of Passover. Through intelligent humor and sophistication, the Purim segment makes a compelling argument for rejecting the commercialization and assimilation of Jewish holidays. It is this translation, this targum, that we would do well to embrace. Most young Jews today are not interested in frontal, rote transmissions of tradition. Our religious school educators are correct that we need to approach today's students through creative, interactive ways to reach the "multiple intelligences" of the Jewish public, to borrow from educational theory jargon. But what The Daily Show segment teaches us is that we don't need to be reductionist to make tradition contemporary and accessible. The challenge for us, as Jewish educators and teachers of the next generation, is to pick up where The Daily Show leaves off.
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Israel and Jon Stewart
There are times when Jon Stewart just hits the nail on the head of an issue. Last week he had a segment on how all of the Republican candidates for office and President Obama spoke at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) annual convention in Washington DC.
All of the Republicans spoke about how they would back up Israel and bomb Iran so that Iran cannot develop nuclear capabilities which it would likely use against Israel. All claimed that the current Obama administration would not do so. Until of course President Obama took the stage and said that he would do everything in his power to keep Iran from building a nuclear bomb including military action. Basically everyone agrees that a nuclear Iran is dangerous for Israel, the Middle East and the world at large. Everyone agrees that Israel is an important ally of the US, and the US would protect her if the need arises. Jon Stewart expertly points out all of these facts, and then closes the segment with some incendiary quotes from politicians criticizing Israel. Who , he asks, has the gall to say such things? – Well Israeli members of parliament, of course, since only in Israel "Can you hold political office and criticize Israel."
The simple meaning of this final line is that no American political candidate or nationally elected politician will criticize Israel. The clips which he played demonstrated the truth of this statement. However, the ability of any American to criticize Israel is also now up for debate.
I myself usually do not write or talk about Israel for fear of saying the wrong thing or offending someone. If you lean a little left on Israel those who lean right will attack you, and if you lean right, those on the left will attack. There is no winning. Better to not say anything at all.
The problem with this approach is that then we leave the conversation to all of the people who are shouting their position from the rooftops. If everyone is shouting, then no one is listening. Not listening to each other is not good for Israel, and is not good for the Jewish community as a whole. We could learn a lesson from the clips Jon Stewart shows. The truth is that once all the yelling dies down, we would see that we are all basically standing in the same place. All of this rhetoric and energy around Israel is because American Jews actually have a very strong relationship with Israel. We care. In fact, we care so passionately we fight with each other over things large and small.
For decades, American Jews have questioned whether we have a right to criticize Israel. Some argue yes, we are all one big family, so we can set each other straight when we need to. And others say no, we are one big family and we just need to support each other. There is truth to both positions. There is no "right" way to talk about Israel.
I would love to see everyone calm down a bit and remind each other that we are indeed all coming from a place of supporting Israel. We just support Israel in different ways, and have different ideas and dreams about what Israel can and should be. Let's talk about ideas and dreams. Let's also talk about possible solutions to the political realities Israel faces.
I truly wonder if we can learn how to talk and listen to each other again. Because I don't want Jon Stewart's jokes to ring so true. He can make fun of the situation because when all else is stripped away, it is silly. We are squabbling and posturing to each other for no reason.
Each of us can take steps to lower the rhetoric around Israel. Be brave, start conversations with friends and relatives. Truly listen to points of view which differ from your own, and ask others why they care about Israel. There are a lot of great stories and connections that we can build in this way.
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Kriste, Last year I planted up 4 inch pots put them in trays and slid them into one of the those clear under the bed bags(Bought at Dollarama) with holes poked into the top. I had read where someone else had done it successfully. Well, I was skeptical it would work but it did.I had lot of plants growing. I lost a bunch when it forgot to uncover them on a warm sunny day and some of my babies fried:( I will be more diligent this year!!! You could do something similar with your lined containers. Wendy |
- Posted by mariana2007 4a ON Canada (My Page) on Fri, Mar 7, 08 at 17:03
I would use newspaper pots inside those boxes, each box wrapped in transparent plastic and secured with some elastic band or duct tape, of course punch some holes on top of the plastic for aeration. Anyway, I would try a few things whatever is around the house before I would buy anything else. |
Here is a link that might be useful: How to make newspaper seed-starter posts - video
- Posted by greylady-gardener (My Page) on Fri, Mar 7, 08 at 18:00
You could also line them with coffee filters, rather than landscape fabric---you can pick them up very cheaply at a dollar store, and you wouldn't have to cut them either. I use coffee filters a lot to hold the soil from coming out the bottom of my pots. by the time you are ready to plant out, the filters will probably have deteriorated, but who cares by then? :) gg |
I was thinking of using those greenhouse nursery carrying trays with all the holes for winter sowing. Was wondering how I'd keep the dirt from coming out but I'll run with Mariana's newspaper pots and line the bottom with them. |
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The academic performance of adolescents will suffer in at least one of four key subjects English, math, science, history if their DNA contains one or more of three specific dopamine gene variations, according to a study led by renowned biosocial criminologist Kevin M. Beaver of The Florida State University.
The research sheds new light on the genetic components of academic performance during middle and high school, and on the interplay of specific genes and environmental factors such as peer behavior or school conditions.
"We believe that dopaminergic genes affect GPA because they have previously been linked to factors associated with academic performance, including adolescent delinquency, working memory, intelligence and cognitive abilities, and ADHD, among others," Beaver said. "So, the genetic effect would operate indirectly via these other correlates to GPA and school performance."
Findings from the study are described in a paper for which Beaver served as lead author that was published online Aug. 30 in the journal Intelligence. He and his coauthors performed their groundbreaking analysis using DNA and lifestyle data from a representative group of 2,500 U.S. middle- and high-school students who were tracked from 1994 to 2008 in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.
"We found that as the number of certain dopaminergic gene variants increased, grade point averages decreased, and the difference was statistically significant," Beaver said. "For example, the GPA of a student with specific variants of three dopaminergic genes might be around 2.8, versus a GPA of around 3.3 without the variants. That could mean the difference between being accepted into a college versus being rejected.
"Unfortunately, we know that students with lower GPAs are generally more likely to participate in antisocial or criminal activities, and less likely to attend college and earn comparatively higher salaries a
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s Vice Chairman Charlie Munger gave stock worth nearly $3 million to the nonprofit Huntington Library in southern California.
In better days, the Borders bookstore in Westwood hosted book signings for photographer Annie Leibovitz, actor-turned-producer Henry Winkler and musician Sir Paul McCartney. But now, the countdown to its closing is on. Friday is the last day. Story from L.A. Times Books.
In related news, two top Borders executives resigned today; story from Galley Cat.
GAINESVILLE, FL: The Alachua County Public Library branch operated at the county jail has been selected to receive a Great Stories Club grant from the American Library Association.
As a result of the grant, the county jail will receive free books that are geared toward the young adult inmate population. Major funding for the Great Stories Club has been provided by Oprah Winfrey's Angel Network.
The jail library, an actual branch of the Alachua County Library District, has more than 5,000 books and is very popular among the inmate population.
Earlier this month, two juvenile inmates who had conducted their research at the jail library, were recognized by the Gainesville Chapter of the Links Incorporated, for essays they had submitted for a community-wide essay contest.
Oprah, show us some of that library love too! OPRAH, LIBRARIES NEED YOU!
Streaming radio from Public Radio in Sitka, Alaska:
In the three years since Sheldon Jackson College, founded originally as a Tribal College has closed, there's been much attention directed on the efforts of the trustees to settle the school's debts while leaving something behind for some future institution. That legacy will not include a library. Earlier this year SJ's trustees announced that a transaction was underway to sell the Stratton Library to the state for just over $2-million. The building will join the Sheldon Jackson Museum next door and become part of the state museum system. But only the building is going to the state. The future of the collections inside is a longer story.
Local librarians have been working hard to redistribute the most valuable items in the Stratton collection. Earlier this month (December 2010) the public had the unusual opportunity to buy books right off the shelf.
"I don't want to disrespect the collection, because it's a phenomenal collection. But it's a collection without a home."
One week ago we posted this funny video, The Kick Ass Librarian. It's worth a second watch.
Particularly now that we've learned from the scriptwriter, Jason Wilkins, that the library where it was filmed, the Reiche Branch of the Portland, ME Public Library is now CLOSED.
The video is very amusing, but the situation of libraries today IS NOT. Want to join our grassroots facebook campaign to get Oprah to help Libraries? Please visit & join our group Oprah, Libraries Need You! and get in on the ground-floor of our postcard campaign. We're inundating Oprah with 5,000 identical postcards calling on her to publicize the drastic situation of our libraries!
Dedham's MA Library Board of Trustees made an embarrassing confession last week: They never had $40,000 they thought they had to cover the Main Library staying open for 25 Sundays.
The money also was supposed to go toward hiring three library helpers, or pages, and for overtime.
As a result, the Main Library will close Sundays, starting Dec. 19, after being open for eight Sundays this fall. The Main Library already is closed on Saturdays.
"We can't add or subtract properly; I'm sorry, folks,'' said board member Mike Chalifoux. "We were looking at money that didn't exist. It was an error. . . . We thought we had money, and we didn't.''
Pittsburgh Live reports that Barbara K. Mistick will step down as president and director of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in May, and the system has shelved a plan to close four branches at least through 2011.
"It's an opportunity for the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh to really think about how they want to serve the city of Pittsburgh and chart a course for being a thriving library system with all of its neighborhood branches open," said Chuck Staresinic, president of the Friends of the Lawrenceville Library.
The library board last year approved a plan to close the Lawrenceville, Beechview, Hazelwood and West End branches, and to relocate the Mt. Washington Library from Grandview Avenue to Virginia Avenue. The problem was declining funding, especially from the state.
After community outrage, the board left the four branches open this year, but their fates were uncertain until the board adopted a balanced 2011 budget of nearly $24 million that kept the branches open another year. Plans to merge the Carrick and Knoxville branches, however, will continue.
The Los Angeles Library Commission and County Librarian Margaret Donnellan Todd on Tuesday submitted a report asking the Board of Supervisors to call for a 2011 ballot measure that would raise taxes and drastically increase the number of property owners who pay the tax.
The Board of Supervisors declined to take action on the request and instead chose to file the report for consideration.
Library officials said they did not know how much the tax would be, but said the proposed change would generate between $12 million and $23 million each year over the next decade. Any tax increase would need a two-thirds vote to become law.
The commission wants to extend to the tax to every parcel in neighborhoods served by the library system.
In Duarte, the parcel tax keeps the library open six days a week while libraries outside the assessment area are open only four days per week, according to Pamela Broussard, Los Angeles County Library spokeswoman. Duarte Public Library manager Reed Strege said extra days are important for those who don't have Internet access at home.
"We're kind of like the Internet provider for the city if they don't have it," said library manager Reed Strege. "Our computers for the public are in use all day, every day."
Read more: Los Angeles County Library Commission proposes special tax to close budget deficit - Whittier Daily News http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_16745189#ixzz16yDFrwv0
The conundrum over how to support dozens of arts groups and replenish the libraries for 2011 comes to a head in the Erie County Legislature today with no clear strategy at hand according to the Buffalo News.
Most lawmakers say they would like to restore some or all of the approximately $4 million that County Executive Chris Collins cut from the library system when he proposed a budget for next year.
Most lawmakers also want to provide taxpayer money to some or all of the dozens of theaters and galleries that Collins froze out.
However, none of the four plans hatched by assorted camps of lawmakers has yet drawn a Legislature majority. Those four include the set of revisions proposed Monday by Legislature Chairwoman Barbara Miller-Williams, D-Buffalo.
Miller-Williams said she sought a middle ground that Collins would not veto, "to assure that at the end of the day the library and the cultural organizations actually will see the funding."
However, the $1 million she would restore for the library system was considered too little by both Republican Minority Leader John J. Mills of Orchard Park and Democratic Majority Leader Maria R. Whyte of Buffalo.
Library Director Bridget Quinn- Carey was not wowed, either.
News from the mother country, the UK: Writers Philip Pullman, Kate Mosse and Will Self have criticised government cuts that could see up to a quarter of librarians lose their jobs over the next year. Widespread library closures are expected as councils cut their services and look to volunteers in an attempt to balance budgets hit by the coalition's spending review.
Mosse said "frontline support for literacy" was being cut, while Pullman declared that the librarian "is not simply a checkout clerk", and Self condemned the "crude calculus of cost-benefit analysis" involved.
North Yorkshire is considering reducing its 42 libraries to 18 over four years, while Leeds is proposing to axe 20 smaller libraries. Cornwall, Brent, Lewisham, Hammersmith and Fulham, Richmond, Barnsley and Warrington are also planning closures. In Buckinghamshire, 14 libraries could become volunteer-run; in Gloucestershire, 12 will be closed if volunteers do not step forward. Camden, Westminster, Oldham, Southampton and Cambridgeshire are among the councils whose plans include greater use of volunteer staff.
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I already wear them, my fave are full fashion seams stockings , cuban heel. I buy them on the web.They are not really "vintage" but they are 100% nylon and are made on the same machine they used to make them ^^.
They are quite fragile so most of mine have laddering or ripped a bit but idc since i like that look. you have to wash them by hands or like me, you just shower or bath with them on :P
Just find that ladies who wear vintage stockings are so very sexy !
Wet or dry stockings are sexy, as a cder I love all my hose , stockings , body stockings ..even knee highs when needed. I wear some form of women's attire under y man clothes daily. Can't and won't live w/ o.... All of it ..heels, lingerie, nail polish , wigs - working on those , expensive ....
Would love for someone to give me full on make over ... I'm not femme , but love the idea of being transformed...
Yes,i love this kind of stockings too,in facti have more than half a dozen that i use to wear with clogs or mules,so when in public, every body can see my cuban heels, that escites me a lot. Cheers!
That sounds like a great way to wash your stockings.
vintage ff nylons are the only nylons i like to wear just love the keyhole welt wear them with 4 6 or 8 strap suspender belt or vintage girdle
ummmm i really love FFS very sexy and classy<br />
love to see ladies in them
Ff stockings are so sexy. I do like the wet look when a woman wears them in the shower.
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New Year's Eve Denver 2012: Best electronic dance concerts
By Reverb Staff | December 31st, 2012 | No Comments »By Erik Myers
If you haven't planned your New Year's Eve and can tolerate body-shaking bass, then there's hope for you yet. As always, Denver is swelling with options for electronic dance music fans looking for fun on the big night. Here are five worth looking into:
5) Amon Tobin DJ Set at City Hall
For the electronically-inclined, Amon Tobin is the classiest option available. The Brazilian-by-way-of-Montreal breakbeat producer received light praise for 2011's "ISAM," only to be outdone by the incredible stage design of the album's accompanying tour. While his cubic habitat is unlikely to be present for a simple DJ set, at least there's little doubting his taste.
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If you consider (or already implemented) elements of gamification to your enterprise apps, where's your top priority?
Contributed by Boris Evelson on Wed, 08/29/2012 - 10:00
I don't know what gamification is
35% (7 votes)
We are not considering gamification for enterprise apps
20% (4 votes)
Customer facing apps
10% (2 votes)
Partner facing apps
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ERP (back office: finance, HR, etc) apps
5% (1 vote)
ERP/CRM (front office: sales, marketing) apps
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Intranet portal, collaboration, other productivity apps
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I am up to date with shots, good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
Hello I am Rory - I am a playful little kitten and I am ready for my forever home! Are you looking for a kitten that will grow into an amazing cat? Then I am the one for you! Perhaps you were thinking of 2 kittens? Well if so - I have another 7 brothers and sisters to choose from that would be happy to join in the family - then you would get some time off of playing with me once in a while too!
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Height: 6-5 Weight: 235 lbs.
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High School: Montello
College: Mankato St.
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Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 7 (7982nd overall since 1950)
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_______________________________________________aw geez!
ok lets get some stuff straight because I always see this on the Linux
Audio 'CHATTER'Misconception #1) Other than SSL, Neve and RME almost ALL other audio
cards have the same 2 dollar chip and 3 dollar CODEC and 1 dollar IC.
RME and high end mfg have boutique stuff that is roughly about 80.00
Presonus, M-Audio etc... all have the exact same parts....The real way the noise gets diminished is TRICKS OF THE TRADE
way #1 6 mil cuts on a board or better
#2 actual routing of lines and parts placement on board
#3 putting regulators on noisy areas to cut noise
#4 actual bath taken to wash boards that stop the lines from heating
up and touching or making noise
#5 voltage/heat
#6 step down voltage or step up voltage regulators
#8 read #1-#7Also, to defend the Intel HD CODEC that is the same chip inside the Macs....
Also, that CODEC rocks as when we bump tracks out of Pro Tools we
actually run the output into Indamixx
to take advantage of 32bit and Ardour which sounds A HELL OF A LOT
BETTER than the crappy tin can sound we get out of Pro tools ...
Lastly, I did a remix a few months ago and I mixed my entire track on
Indamixx and when I went to bounce it to two track pass I compared it
to our (2) ten thousand dollar Neve Pre's and other than exciting the
track and expanding deeper fringe sounds, I COULD NOT tell the
difference..neither could Dr. Dre's engineer or Dr. Dre's DJ both who
have us run this setup for them....Your actual poor capturing of audio and improper room with no bass
traps no pink noise indicator and no EQing of room will greatly affect
your songs much more than any audio card... plus if you do not know
how to actually mix down a track your song will sound awful no matter
how much money you got and how expensive your card is.. the only
difference is you could technically out spend your lack of knowing
what you are doing up to a certain point!cheers!
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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best. Benjamin Disraeli Fortune favors the prepared mind. A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes. A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune. Because if you're prepared and you know what it takes, it's not a risk. You just have to figure out how to get there. There is always a way to get there. Serendipity always rewards the prepared. When ye are prepared for a thing, the opportunity to use it presents itself. Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy. |
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Good morning - your choice of quotes really hit home, we are prepared but are still here, have not unpacked yet, but going about our daily work the way we always do, |
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Cooking Light MAY 1997
Preheat oven to 450°.
Place a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat until hot. Add duck; cook 2 minutes on each side or until lightly browned. Place duck in an 11 x 7-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake at 450° for 20 minutes or until done. Let cool. Cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips. Combine duck, rice, green onions, grape halves, and pecans in a large bowl. Toss well; set aside.
Combine orange rind and next 4 ingredients (orange rind through pepper) in a small bowl; stir well. Pour over duck mixture; toss well. Serve salad on 7 lettuce-lined plates. Serve at room temperature.
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I would like it to redirect to: http://www.example.com/forumn-sortbyn-ordern-datecutn.html
Here is my .htaccess mod rewrite code:
Options +FollowSymLinksRewriteEngine onRewriteRule forum(.*)-sortby(.*)-order(.*)-datecut(.*).html forumdisplay.php?fid=$1&sortby=$2&order=$3&datecut=$4
How do I make the above rewrite rule redirect automatically? I have searched, but could not find an answer relevant to my question.
Thanks, I really appreciate anybodys help!
Also, if that's the case, the followning modification will amke your code more efficient:
RewriteRule ^forum([^-]+)-sortby([^-]+)-order([^-]+)-datecut([^.]+)\.html$ /forumdisplay.php?fid=$1&sortby=$2&order=$3&datecut=$4 [L]
Yes, I am trying to make search-engine-friendly URL's. Could you please tell me what the difference is between [L] and [R] for mod_rewrites?
Thanks again!
Have a read through the documents cited in our forum charter [webmasterworld.com] -- You'll need that basic foundation to use mod_rewrite and regular expressions successfully. Also, there are some good posts in the Apache forum section of the WebmasterWorld library [webmasterworld.com].


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Power Charge Your Future!
You're really good at sales and have probably experienced success and rewards in your life. The problem is you have been doing it for someone else's business. You have made them wealthy while receiving a commission in return.
SparkleWash, the commercial pressure washing expert, is a great opportunity to leverage your sales, marketing and people skills with a unique business in a growing industry. The best part is you will own your own business using our proven and very effective system!
Take charge of your future with a SparkleWash franchise.
Owning a SparkleWash franchise gives you real advantages in owning your own business:
· Operational Support – We know what works and what doesn't. That means you don't have to spend your time figuring out how to make the business work – we have already done that for you. Our training programs are extensive and ongoing.
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· Sales – Closing the deals! Isn't that what it is all about? We'll show you how to take the skills you have developed and make them work in a growing industry.
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SparkleWash welcomes Alex Qiu, from Hang Zhou, China as our newest franchisee.
SparkleWash just hosted our annual meeting in Cleveland, OH and recognized Mark Sherer, Sparkle Wash of Placer County as the 2013 Franchisee of the Year. Congratulations Mark!
SparkleWash was named as a 2013 Top 50 Military Friendly Franchise by GI Jobs Magazine.
Thanks to Greg Goedeke, Todd Butler and Chad Stambaugh for their recent purchases of a new Sparkle Wash Equipment package. It is great to see all of you adding to your fleet.
Please direct any comments to: firstname.lastname@example.com.
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I was a school teacher, teaching junior high math when I started my SparkleWash franchise. I enjoyed my job as a teacher, but I was looking for something more. I was looking more towards the future. I wanted to make more money and have more flexible hours. I did not want to invest in something that would be merely another JOB, but in something I could grow into a BUSINESS. SparkleWash gave me exactly the type of opportunity I was looking for.
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I was bringing home money we could spend in about six months. In fact, I bought my second Sparkle Wash unit at the end of that six months. It was a bit of a risk for me, but I was quickly able to get all the business I wanted - and more! The gentleman I hired 23 years ago to operate that second truck, he's still with me!
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Ray Rice took the first step in moving forward from his domestic abuse incident involving himself and his wife Janay Rice.
Taking questions for the first time since he and his wife, his fiancee at the time, were arrested in February for assaulting each other at Revel Casino in Atlantic City, N.J., Rice publicly apologized and said he will own what happened that night.
"My actions were inexcusable," he told reporters.
Rice also said, "I let my wife down, I let my daughter down. I let my wife's parents down. I let the whole Baltimore community down."
Rice declined to talk about the specifics of what happened inside the elevator, stating it wouldn't do any good for anyone. He also said the pain of being suspended from football doesn't compare to what he and his wife are dealing with on a day-to-day incident post-incident.
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Rate Dr. Joseph Chemparathy
Dr. Joseph Chemparathy's Ratings
I found the staff excellent. Receptionist and nurses are caring. However, I was very disappointed with this doctors care. He as no senstivity or empathy. I left his office in complete tears after going him for help. Instead he argued with me. I will not go back and see him again.
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I also use to have the doctor he replaced. She was useless and rude. I've been lucky to experience good health so maybe I'm not the best judge. However, I've have been in to see him recently a few times and I really like him. He has resolved my issues immediately, explained the problem, gave me choices and we proceeded with procedures that worked (non-surgical). I hope he does not retire or move. The staff there are wonderful, kind and respectful.
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Excellent family doctor, he takes the time to discuss your needs and keeps abreast of your family situation. The only doctor in recent years that bothered to follow up in person. After having been to a doctor in the UK who could not even remember who you were even after 3 years or what problem you had before it is very refreshing to find someone like Dr Chemparathy.
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Overall very good experience with my whole family. My teenagers and my elderly parents like him. He takes time and gives good advice. When my mom was in the hospital with a broken leg he even called me to ask about her. Now which doctor does that? Only the one who cares and that's why we are with him.
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he can only smile and smile and forget about your needs and problems and you need to remind him again and again - we have very-very bad experience with him- no knowledge at all- i am wonder how he pass his doc test-if he past ?-Never again !!!
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Nice man, but horrible doctor. This is the second doctor I've had at this office. The first left unexpectedly then they replaced her with Dr. Chemparathy. This office needs better management apparently. What happened to old school doctors who were helpful and knowledgeable? They are all retiring unfortunately and then we are left with doctors like Chemparathy.
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On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 06:37:27PM +0100, Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
> can you explain a bit what is supposed to be "the right jackd"?
OK. The 'right' one is the one that qjackctl is configured
for, also the one specified in ~/jackdrc. It uses the
Terratec EWT88 card which is hw:1.The 'wrong' one is using the on-board Intel stuff which
is hw:0.1. I accidentally start a jackified app without a server
running. This autostarts the wrong jackd. Jackd seems to
ignore ~/.jackdrc.2. No problem, this jackd had the -T option, when I stop
the application then the jackd is gone as well.Without dbus all is ok afterwards. But with dbus:
3. I start qjackctl. It immediately shows a running
jackd (** there was none before, so running qjackctl
started it **). This jackd is the 'wrong' one.4. Stopping and starting in qjackctl does not help,
this always starts the 'wrong' one. Qjackctl's setup
window still shows the 'right' one, but all settings
there are ignored.5. So it's now impossible to start the 'right' one
from qjackctl. To revert to normal you have to kill
a daemon created by the dbus stuff.> afaict, qjackctl starts jackd with the exact argument parameters as
Not is this case.
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Google's Honeycomb Source Code Release Is On Ice
Obvious (136 comments)
'How the heck can they do this, given that Honeycomb is licensed under the Apache Software License v2?" Well, see, anyone who would fight them uses google mail....
Announcing: Slashdot Deals - Explore geek apps, games, gadgets and more. (what is this?)
We are sorry to see you leave - Beta is different and we value the time you took to try it out. Before you decide to go, please take a look at some value-adds for Beta and learn more about it. Thank you for reading Slashdot, and for making the site better!
Obvious (136 comments)
'How the heck can they do this, given that Honeycomb is licensed under the Apache Software License v2?" Well, see, anyone who would fight them uses google mail....
Ahead of it's time? (81 comments)
I find it quite hard to believe that anything he does *now* on his trusty Apple IIe is ahead of it's time
Missing Option.... (789 comments)
Flux Capacitor
Re:Permanent archiving is impossible (492 comments)
That's a bit short-sighted, don't you think? Do you similarly think we shouldn't attempt to preserve the works of Beethoven or Picasso? There may not be a great cosmic truth contained in many different works of art but that doesn't mean there isn't irreplaceable creative value in it.
That's not to say that every game was noteworthy, but there are some that are worthy of preservation, not because of nostalgia but because they have value inof themselves.
Re:It is often pushed as such though (571 comments)
You're right, people who don't understand the difference between open source and a licensing agreement might make bad decisions, but those people aren't^H^H^H^H^H shouldn't be making decisions about that sort of thing without imput from their tech/IP folks.
Re:Hmm (571 comments)
Perhaps you should post on your blog rather than wasting your valuable comments here?
Re:And this folks... (571 comments)
...except not all open source software is licensed with the GPL. If anything the issue is less with OSS as a concept and more with the licensing wordpress uses.
Re:Zapp Brannigan's Reporting Strategy (588 comments)
That's obviously because they censored it.
So what? (833 comments)
This is a non-issue. Blizzard isn't forcing you to use your real First Last name, it's just forcing you to provide *a* first/last name. Put another way, with time codes it's impossible to prove your identity to blizzard, so you can pretend to be anyone you want with little chance they can enforce ULA or other contractual obligations.
vetting? (246 comments)
Current MSRC Members (alphabetical order!):
If you wish to responsibly disclose a vulnerability through full
disclosure or want to join our team, fire off an email to: msrc-
disclosure () hushmail com
We do have a vetting process by the way, for any Microsoft
employees trying to join
I wonder how they are going to determine *that*......
Map projection matters (2 comments)
Would be nice if they added a "great circle" option for global distances.
Interesting..... (289 comments)
"It is a shame that someone with so much ability chose to use it in a manner that hurt many people," Dembosky said in an e-mail message."
That in light of
"Butler served an 18-month prison term for the crime and fell on hard times after his 2002 release, he said in a sentencing memorandum filed Thursday. "I was homeless, staying on a friends couch. I couldn't get work," he wrote. In desperation, he turned again to cybercrime."
I'm not saying he's right, but it does highlight something interesting about finding work as an ex-con.
Re:Too Small (531 comments)
"How is less than 10 inches perfect?"
That's what she said!
Re:heating element (839 comments)
I was up in Fargo, ND visiting family for Christmas (yah shoor ya betcha) and a traffic light was out on a 6-lane intersection. Guess what? Everyone was calmly proceeding as if it was a 4-way stop. No drama, no retardation.
This whole thing is a non-problem. It's just that lazy journalists love it because it's "irony". It's not really ironic unless you're Alanis Morissette, but it makes for an easy, shitty space filler. Notice how in that story the SIGN is also covered in snow? ZOMG! We need heated road signs! Woe is me! Signs can sometimes become obscured by snow, the horror! The HORROR!
You don't get it. The problem here is *one* direction is out or misleading. The drivers coming from any other direction have no idea that there's a problem, thus the issue.
Re:Its justified price (536 comments)
Frankly, to some degree I think the current cost of games is a bargain, especially if you compare the price point versus development costs of games of even 5-10 years ago. Paying $60 for a 40-100 hour RPG experience complete with full score, FMV and incredible rendering that took thousands of man-hours to produce is actually pretty cheap.
Re:Put into another way (220 comments)
Copyright law exist to protect the original author from abuses, so that the result of their hard working and sweating aren't used without proper compensation.
This isn't the case.
Keep in mind Company A (Fox) originally paid for the transferal of rights for exclusive publication, the original author being the beneficiary of that transaction.
If you don't protect the rights of Company A, you're restricting the free market and causing author's selling of their publication rights to have much less value. Just because company B is willing to pay for that franchise *now* doesn't mean that if company A hadn't footed the original bill in return for future profits that there'd even be anything to sell at this point.


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Mexican style recipes
(4 Recipes) Created by ELEZA2
Recipes in this Collection
Very Good 4.8/5
(4 ratings)
nice dinner casserole with a south-of-the-border touch! Submitted by GETSANGEL Carbs: 41.1g | Fat: 10.2g | Fiber: 5.5g | Protein: 21.3g | Calories: 287.1
Very Good 4.3/5
(3 ratings)
This was adapted from several recipes I found here - with a few minor changes. This was SO easy to make and DELICIOUS. My version is a little spicy. It's surprisingly filling! I like to use the Rotel cilantro and lime variety when I can find it. Submitted by MRSWESTY Carbs: 27.4g | Fat: 6.9g | Fiber: 4.2g | Protein: 29g | Calories: 290.4
Very Good 4.9/5
(14 ratings)
South of the border taste Submitted by GOTTAGEAUX Carbs: 12.9g | Fat: 10.6g | Fiber: 1.6g | Protein: 9.8g | Calories: 186.2
Incredible! 5.0/5
(4 ratings)
Submitted by MRSBUELNA Carbs: 13.8g | Fat: 3.9g | Fiber: 2.4g | Protein: 24.3g | Calories: 188.9
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