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How's it going, Leggory? You been behaving yourself, bruva man?
Leggs man! Sorry for the no reply, I haven't been on this site for about 7 months. I went abit bat shit crazy haha! How's it going?
Happy birthday!
An old man's birthday eh? Very sensible I'm just messing
Absolutely! Back where it belongs! I just hope that we can beat them on Monday to put the icing on the cake now!
Happy Birthday! I hope that you have fun.
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Happy Birthday Legman! Enjoy that 20th league title.
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RYAN VREDE chats to Saracens boss Brendan Venter about clashing with authority, how rugby is dying as a spectacle and why being Springbok coach isn't worth it.
Last season was bittersweet for you – making the Premiership final but missing the game [which Saracens lost] through a touchline suspension for an incident at Leicester where you were found guilty of 'provoking the crowd'. What are your thoughts when you reflect now? Would you have done anything differently relating to that incident?
I couldn't have done anything differently. I was seated in an area where I couldn't see the bottom left-hand 22m area, and was right in the centre of the Leicester fans. It was ludicrous to expect me to effectively instruct my team in those circumstances. I understand and appreciate passionate support, but some Leicester fans were swearing at me and the abuse got worse when I constantly had to stand up to see the entire field. So I just stayed standing. It was an act of defiance, I wasn't going to take that sort of abuse, but it was also necessitated by poor planning from Leicester. If they ever put me there again, I'll stand again. Some of the things I was accused of saying to them was pure fabrication, though, but the disciplinary panel seemed pretty convinced given the length of the ban [10 weeks].
You were also accused of pushing a female Leicester supporter as you exited the area. People made a moral judgement on that, even before they heard the counter-argument. The charge was later dismissed, but, as a man who prides himself on his moral standing, what effect did that have?
It was devastating. It was a complete lie. The judge threw that charge out. It was akin to bumping into somebody at a busy mall and then getting a lawyer's letter a couple of days later being accused of physical abuse. I couldn't even remember the incident; the lady's husband who was right behind her had no recollection of it, and, most importantly, the lady in question couldn't understand the fuss. It was clearly a bid to tarnish my reputation. Thankfully the judge saw it for what it was.
He did, but you also angered him by eating a biscuit while he was delivering the verdict, which he later said had a telling influence on the length of your suspension.
That was a massive misunderstanding. I was eating the biscuit at recess and was suddenly called in to hear the verdict. I've since had coffee with the judge and we've shared our views on the case. He accepted that he may have overreacted on the biscuit issue and apologised for even hearing the charge brought against me for pushing that woman.
The latest in what is now becoming an impressive collection of misconduct charges saw you fined nearly R100 000 for comments relating to referee Christophe Berdos's performance in a European Cup game in October. You criticised his management of the breakdown, saying: 'They should have had three more yellow cards and we should have had 16 other penalties. Last year we won 10 games in a row by kicking everything. Maybe we should start kicking everything again. Rugby's going to die if it continues to be refereed like that.'
When I offer an opinion, it's backed by facts. Referees are struggling to apply the breakdown interpretations uniformly, but we're not allowed to highlight those shortcomings. It's the rule, but that rule is wrong and outdated. How does a party who contributes one-third to a game of rugby escape criticism if he adversely affects the contest? I'll always be truthful in my assessment of a result. In late October we lost unexpectedly against Exeter and I admitted we were poor. If you reflect on all my post-match assessments you'll find that truth and facts always guide my view.
Can you elaborate on your concerns around the breakdown and its effect on the future of the game?
I think the new IRB regulations in their entirety are spot on and well thought out, not just the ones relating to the new breakdown law interpretations. But specifically on the breakdown, it's obviously critical to the shape of the game. The IRB wants a spectacle and referees are central to the implementation of that vision. There needs to be greater consistency in how that facet of play is managed, otherwise we'll be back in the dark age of rugby where teams just kicked everything.
There has been a spike in the number of tries scored in the Super 14 and Tri-Nations, and the ball-in-play time has increased in 2010, yet there is not as discernible an improvement in those areas in the Six Nations and European club competition. Why is this?
I've seen this question answered many times and it always relates to the conditions we play in, but that's not the entire issue. Part of the problem is that the southern hemisphere teams and referees have been playing under the new interpretations for longer. I don't, however, think parts of Europe have embraced the breakdown interpretations as well as the IRB may have hoped. For example, by the end of October there had been 20 drop goals in the Premiership. In France there were 154. You kick drop goals when the ruck recycle is slow and that tells me everything I need to know about the application of the breakdown interpretations in those countries.
Let's talk about your standing at Saracens. You seem to elicit a massive amount of appreciation and commitment from your players. Why do you think that is?
You earn your respect as a coach first, and then you solidify those relationships by showing that there is a truly caring man behind that character. I am intensely involved in the players' lives outside of rugby. When their kids are sick they bring them to see me [Venter is a medical doctor]. When they are having relationship issues, we discuss those and I offer what advice I can. You can't divorce the man and the player. They are a package and need to be approached as such. At Saracens we've got the philosophy that there's more to life than rugby. That's why we had no hesitation in releasing Wikus van Heerden from his contract when he said his wife was homesick. Players need to be happy. That, I think, has been central to our success.
Justin Marshall referred to you as the José Mourinho of rugby, saying: 'I think Mourinho is a good comparison because he too is very strong-minded, outspoken, determined to succeed and so passionate about the game. But, most importantly, like Mourinho, Brendan can back it up with results and performances.' What do you make of that comparison?
It's flattering but flawed. Mourinho has built his reputation on winning major titles. I'm not at that level yet.
Saracens have a decidedly South African core, most of whom are excelling. Why is it that players like Schalk Brits, Brad Barritt and Ernst Joubert, who are all regarded as competent but not superstars in South Africa, do so well in Europe? Is it an indictment on the standard of the competitions?
No, not at all. South Africans don't realise what immense talent they have. The guys you mention are all excellent, but unfortunately they are playing in an era when there are some exceptional players ahead of them in the Springbok ranks. Brits was competing for a place against John Smit, a great hooker and captain. Barritt was up against Jean de Villiers, who is the best inside centre on the planet at present, and Joubert was trying to push past Pierre Spies, again among the finest No 8s in world rugby. Another reason for their prominence in Europe is that, in South Africa, talent is disposable because of the wealth of that resource. In Europe that's not the case and we have to invest in what we have and work hard on improving players, which then reflects in their performance. Here there's no Deon Stegmann or Francois Louw to replace Heinrich Brüssow, or Duane Vermeulen pushing to oust Spies. My time in Europe has given me a greater appreciation for what we have back home.
Derick Hougaard is one of your players who has shown massive improvement in his all-round play. He looks a more refined player.
Absolutely. He runs the ball beautifully now and is purposeful and effective in taking it to the gain line. He's only 27 and I think that South Africans will see a vastly improved and more potent player if and when he returns to play there.
What are your impressions of the Springboks less than a year out from the World Cup?
I think their struggles were rooted in the absence of key players, the most notable being Fourie du Preez, Heinrich Brüssow, Frans Steyn and Bakkies Botha. Any side would struggle without that quartet. Certainly there was some tactical naivety and I think some of the coach's comments in the media heaped pressure on his players in a negative way. If they address those issues I can see them making a strong title defence.
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers, like you, is a man who speaks his mind. Yet you note that some of his comments adversely affected his team. Why is this?
It is one thing to have an opinion and another to have an informed opinion. I try and reserve my opinions to matters relating to rugby because that's my area of expertise and those opinions are carefully formed and guided by research, trends and so on. I don't think that has always been the case with Peter.
The Springbok job is likely to become available after the 2011 World Cup. Would you find that challenge appealing?
No, not at all. When I was younger I did. It was an ego thing. But I've gotten over my ego and myself. I think Allister Coetzee is the right man for the job. He's been in the Springbok set-up and proven his ability in Super Rugby. Other strong candidates would be Rassie Erasmus and Heyneke Meyer. I'm having fun at Saracens and believe in what we're trying to achieve. The Springbok job is not for me – the incessant pressure, often unrealistic expectations – no, good luck to whoever gets it. It's too engulfing of your whole life. Here [at Saracens], you have the best part of coaching: brilliant friends and a brilliant job. The Springboks … it's too destructive. The moment the stakes become that high, I don't think it's worth it.
– This article first appeared in the December issue of SA Rugby magazine.

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This project investigates the interaction between the languages of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has, among all linguistic areas, the decisive advantage of being rather small with regard to the languages concerned (half a dozen or less) and being geographically clearly defined, viz.. by the Indian Ocean. It is clear which languages are part of the geographical area, and which ones are not. In this project, we investigate Sinhala (Indo-Aryan), Tamil (Dravidian), Sri Lanka Malay (Austronesian) and Sri Lanka Portuguese (Romance-based Creole). For the purpose of this project, these languages can be considered genetically unrelated. All four languages have relatives outside of Sri Lanka, distant by several thousand kilometres (except for Tamil, which is found at the tip of neighbouring India). These relatives can be used as a baseline to compare the Lankan structures against. The expected outcome of this project is an evalutation of the impact of genetic proximity (= vertical transmission) compared with the impact of geographical proximity (= horizontal transmission).
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JON CARDINELLI writes that the All Blacks will beat France and claim that elusive world title if they play their natural game.
Last week's performance against the Wallabies was a rugby masterclass. The All Blacks defended brilliantly, fielded the high ball well, and through the accurate and often prodigious kicking efforts of Aaron Cruden and Israel Dagg, they won the battle for territory. Success in these areas inhibited and frustrated the Wallabies, but it was the All Blacks' power and precision on attack that allowed them to build momentum and ultimately a winning score.
Afterwards, Graham Henry and Richie McCaw said they would have to be just as brutal and precise against France in the grand final. The All Blacks have shown themselves more than capable of producing these well-rounded showings consistently. The statistics will reveal that they won the 2010 Tri-Nations by kicking more than any other side in that tournament. They also boasted the best defensive record, and scored the most tries.
What stands in the way of the All Blacks and a second world title is 80 pressure-filled minutes. The hype has been building since the lead up to the tournament, and the same questions have been asked over and over again. Will the All Blacks handle the pressure? There is no rugby reason why they shouldn't win the trophy, as their record will confirm they've been the best team in the world over the last four years. But will the pressure of the occasion force them to play a more conservative game, because the fear of losing is stronger than the desire to win?
In an interview for Business Day Sports Monthly two months ago, former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones told me that the All Blacks are a better side when they express themselves. When they go into their shells and try to play a more tactical game, when they overanalyse and rely too much on a rigid game plan, Jones said that they moved away from their strengths. If they decide to do this on Sunday, it will benefit their opponents.
New Zealand are favourites at the scrum, and while the battle at the collisions should be brutally contested, Richie McCaw will ensure the All Blacks win the breakdowns. This should be enough to supply a strong platform for New Zealand's halfbacks, who have shown that they have the decision making ability to maximise the advantage either by kicking into space or bringing the big and skillful backs into the game.
It is of course, not as simple as that. '80 minutes and we're laughing,' said one newspaper headline over the weekend, but the truth is the 80 minutes of that semi-final against the Wallabies were anything but comfortable. From a rugby point of view, the All Blacks looked favourites to clinch it when Piri Weepu slotted another penalty early in the second half, and yet there was a strong sense in the crowd that the game wasn't over until the final whistle. A 14-point gap wasn't enough to calm the nerves of the long-suffering Kiwis.
There was a collective sigh of relief following the semi-final win, but there are still a lot of nerves in the build up to the grand final. Sitting in the crowd last Sunday, I obtained an idea of how much the World Cup means to this country, but I also got an insight into how that passion and desperation could have an adverse effect on the team.
The All Blacks must stick to what worked for them against France in their Pool A meeting. They must play like they played against Australia, that is, with power and accuracy, and the assurance that they are the best team in the world.
If they slip into a conservative mindset, if their coaches and players adopt a 'we-must-not-lose' mentality instead of "we must win', they will, as Jones previously suggested, give France a sniff. Forget the failures of 1999, 2003 and 2007. Check that baggage at the door.
While experience will be important in a game as big of this, the confidence of some of their young stars will also provide the necessary boost. Cruden was impressive in last week's game, and going by what has been said this week, he will continue to play his natural game. Notably, the young flyhalf has the backing of his coaches.
'It's really important that you build throughout the week but that you're not over-thinking about the game,' Cruden told reporters. 'You need to find a balance and that is what I will be doing this week.
'I'd like to think it's just the beginning of another week, just going through and doing the normal for me, making sure I'm really clear on my role and just building so that when it comes to kick-off time I am ready to go.'
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Ed Armstrong chuckles when he recalls the number of concerts performed in 1974 by Van Cliburn, and the wonder that Burlington was included on the exclusive list.
Cliburn, an American considered one of the greatest classical pianists of all time, performed three concerts that year – one in London, one in Paris and the other in Burlington.
He performed in the auditorium at Williams High School as part of the Concerts of Alamance – a series of performances scheduled through the Alamance Mutual Concert Association. The group existed about four years.
"He was a super nice fellow," Armstrong said. "He brought his mother."
Cliburn, 78, died Wednesday at his home in Fort Worth, Texas, following a battle with bone cancer. According to The Associated Press, his triumph at a 1958 Moscow competition helped thaw the Cold War and launched a spectacular career that made him the rare classical musician to enjoy rock-star status.
Cliburn made what would be his last public appearance last September at the 50th anniversary of the prestigious piano competition named for him in Fort Worth.
"Never forget I love you all from the bottom of my heart, forever," Cliburn said to a roaring standing ovation.
His appearance in Burlington on Feb. 4, 1974, was well-received, Armstong recalled. It was a sellout. Armstrong was on a committee whose members scheduled the performers.
"We wanted to have uptown, high-class performers," he said.
Other performers booked by the Alamance Mutual Concert Association included Jose Greco, who was a famous Spanish dancer, the Slovak Chamber Orchestra of Prague and the North Carolina Symphony. But Cliburn was probably the biggest name lured to town.
"He was the greatest pianist in the world at the time," Armstrong said.
Cliburn was also cordial, Armstrong said, something that couldn't be said of all those booked for the Alamance concerts.
"Some of those people would really test you," Armstrong said.
According to a newspaper account from 1974, following his Burlington performance, Cliburn dined at the home of James McCormick and his wife, Catherine. Cliburn then attended a reception held in his honor at the home of Dr. and Mrs. H.H. Bennett.
According to the story written by Essie Norwood of the Daily Times-News (now the Times-News): "His dinner companions found Mr. Cliburn very easy to talk to, and listened spellbound as he reminisced just a little about his boyhood – the boyhood of a child prodigy who began piano lessons at age 3, and appeared in concert with a symphony only a few years later."
Armstrong said in retrospect, it's hard to believe the performers the series brought to Burlington.
"We had some fine talent," he said. "The biggest thing was getting Van Cliburn here."


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JON CARDINELLI writes that Andries Bekker will need to outplay Nathan Sharpe at the lineout if the Stormers are going to claim the set-piece ascendancy in Perth.
In the pre-season, the Stormers would have identified the fixture against the Force as the easiest of their four-match tour to Australasia. As it's transpired, the Force have struggled as the season has progressed, and to make matters worse their coach has quit in the middle of the competition. You wouldn't expect them to trouble a team near the top of the log.
However, what would have been targeted as one of the Stormers more comfortable wins has suddenly become a big ask. The Stormers will travel to Perth without Schalk Burger or Duane Vermeulen. Eben Etzebeth is in doubt, and the latest news is that Nick Koster has a serious knee injury and will return to South Africa.
Nizaam Carr is expected to replace Vermeulen at the back of the Stormers scrum. It will be of some consolation that the front row remains intact, and coach Allister Coetzee will be hoping for a strong showing at this set piece.
What Coetzee will be less certain about is the impending battle at the lineout, as the Stormers will field a new combination and will be up against one of the game's legends in Nathan Sharpe.
In Bekker and De Kock Steenkamp the Stormers have two fine lineout exponents, but they will miss Vermeulen at the tail. Rynhardt Elstadt has played a lot of Super Rugby in the second row, and may be asked to play a greater role at this set piece.
Despite languishing near the bottom of the log, the Force boast one of the better lineouts in the competition. In Sharpe they have one of the world's best individual jumpers and lineout managers, as Victor Matfield himself has claimed on more than one occasion.
The Force are extremely competitive at the breakdown, and again they boast one of the world's best in David Pocock in this area. Even in their depleted form, the Stormers should brace themselves for another scrap at the rucks and collisions, although if they can gain set-piece ascendancy it will make their task at the breakdown far easier.
Bekker is going to be crucial in this regard. If ever the Stormers needed a massive performance from the giant lock, it is in Perth this Saturday.
Bekker needs to ensure that the visitors win their own ball cleanly, but he also needs to disrupt Sharpe and company. If he proves successful, it will have a knock-on effect and deny the Force front-foot ball. If the Force are denied clean ball at the lineout, it will cut down their limited attacking options.
The Stormers have been far from consistent at the lineout, and were guilty of numerous errors in last week's match against the Reds. Many of these mistakes were on their own ball, as they failed to secure possession in great field positions and in one instance sent a throw into the grateful hands of James Horwill just metres from their own tryline.
The latest bout of injuries mean the Stormers will field a new forward combination this Saturday, and so there is a chance that they will struggle for synergy at the lineouts yet again. It will be interesting to note how Bekker responds to this challenge, how he rallies his troops as a leader and how he fares as an individual jumper.
The lineout is one of the few weapons the Force have in their arsenal. The Stormers need to nullify this threat if they hope to win what is an important game in the context of both their tour and season.


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A Greenpeace East Asia investigation exposing how a Chinese state-run coal company is overexploiting water resources and illegally discharging toxic wastewater has made global headlines today. International news agencies such as Reuters and AFP published the story, highlighting how the Shenhua Group's coal-to-liquid project in Inner Mongolia has reduced groundwater levels and drained an important lake by almost two-thirds. Shenhua's operations have sparked social unrest and caused severe ecological damage including desertification, impacting farmers and herders who are facing reduced water supplies. But inside China the reporting of this story is strangely barren – much like the land that is being destroyed in Inner Mongolia. Released at a press conference this morning in Beijing, the compelling Thirsty Coal 2 report by Greenpeace East Asia has fallen prey to a media blackout on the Chinese mainland. Indeed, Greenpeace East Asia has learnt that a directive not to report on the investigation into Shenhua may have been issued to state media before the press briefing. Posts about the investigation on the Chinese version of Twitter, Weibo, have also been removed. This spurred on the Chinese public or 'netizens', however, to repost the censored links about Shenhua, which only had its Weibo account verified on Monday. This has escalated to the words "Greenpeace" and "Shenhua" being banned – a first for the East Asia office. An old expression is that a photo can speak a thousand words, so it's also remarkable that a photo slideshow on one of China's leading news portals has also been blocked. And if a photo portrays a thousand words, how many does a video have? With the video portal YouTube banned in China, Youku is the country's online video go-to site. But even this has been subject to censorship, with a video portraying how a community in Inner Mongolia has been affected by Shenhua's ruthless water grab also being removed. Despite the censorship, Greenpeace East Asia is standing firm and has replaced the blocked Youku link with YouTube's, carrying the canny message: "This is a link to YouTube. Welcome to the Wall, you know."
For those outside of China, here is the banned web video:
This story cannot be totally censored. It has been reported internationally outside of China and will sooner or later, find it's way back. Greenpeace East Asia's report is timely and is still accessible, both in Mandarin and English, on the website. Greenpeace East Asia will continue to demand that Beijing act to limit the use of water by its thirsty coal industry, starting with companies such as Shenhua. Water access and the right to a clean environment is an issue that no amount of censorship can hide.
Dannielle Taaffe is a Media Relations Specialist at Greenpeace International
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Aren't they already making enough money in that country at the expense of peoples lives? Seems to me that it is always bad news that comes from there. Then again who is it that keeps buying their products and thus boosting their economy? EVERYONE! Companies that invest there for more profits, people that don't support their own economy then cry because they can't find work etc. etc. WAKE UP, EVERYONE!!!
WLL DONE GREENPEACE for exposing yet another disgrazia.
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Government making enough money,we dont.
they have money and they go out the country
we drink milk ,foods is poisonous.
Government making enough money,we dont.
they have money and they go out the country
we drink milk ,foods is poisonous.
china civilian have no power
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it is true that most of bad news comes from China. and I find it quite easy to understand. their economy have been growing to the extent that seems to...
it is true that most of bad news comes from China. and I find it quite easy to understand. their economy have been growing to the extent that seems to be out-of-the-world in such a short period.But it is a bubble economy as many has said. Their country always focus on how to keep up with other world best economies and forget that they have to care of the environment simultaneously.As the result, the environment is now getting worse and they afraid of letting people know. if so, they had better have something done soon. THEY ARE SO DESPICABLE RIGHT NOW!!!
thanks a lot Greenpeace for letting us know
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when i search,they'always " according to applicable laws,regulations and policy,some and some search results are not shown。",Whether there is no relationship and the environment
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A bit off-topic here, but 天元, that's exactly how Google works. Except Google not always tells you they're censoring your search results. Don...
A bit off-topic here, but 天元, that's exactly how Google works. Except Google not always tells you they're censoring your search results. Don't idealize this side of the wall.
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well it's just like the old Indian Chief said
" until the last tree has fallen, the last been fished out of the sea and the last animal...
well it's just like the old Indian Chief said
" until the last tree has fallen, the last been fished out of the sea and the last animal been killed for your supper, you won't learn that you cannot eat money ... "
Is it so strange that the Chineese ( and Indians and Brasilians soon to come ) just follow the track of total kapitalisme, which Europe and the U.S have laied out few decades ago ?
A vision for a future always must regard things in balance - EVEN MONEY . Too few is bad, TOO much is just as bad.
we need to continue working on our global responsibility and consciousness, before the planet will be cleaned up for all this kind of industrial Gshit ( Giga Shit - not yet recognized SI unit for ecological destruction and crime against natural sustainability )
here's somethin to listen about
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ActiveSpace implements a transactional and clustered JCache providers. To get a feel for the APIs try the javadoc.
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The TransactionalCache can plugin to various different transaction managers like JTA or Spring.
Currently only optimistic transactions are supported; but pessimistic transactions will be supported soon.
The ClusteredCache is-a TransactionalCache but instead of being purely local to a JVM it is clustered across a number of machines (JVMs).
The ClusteredCache makes use of the Space abstraction to replicate state across the cluster and provide full transactional semantics while also providing fast in-process caching.
Currently only optimistic transactions are supported; but pessimistic transactions will be supported soon.
Using other VM based JCache providers
There are many different open source in-VM caches, all of which can be trivially wrapped in a JCache API wrapper if they don't yet natively support JCache.
ActiveSpace's transactional and clustered cache support will work with any in-VM JCache provider, so if you wish to use any other JCache provider in conjunction with ActiveSpace it should work fine.
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Tree ID & Leaf Collection Class for 4th-8th Graders
Saturday November 17, 2012 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Anderson Education Center Classroom
Fall colors are vibrant and exciting. Celebrate fall and bring those colors indoors. We will take a nature walk through the Garden and students will get a great opportunity to learn how to identify the trees they may have in their own backyard using the book: Tree Finder: A Manual for Identification of Trees by their Leaves by May Theilgaard Watts. After the walk we will make a fantastic fall leaf mobile. Cost of the class includes a copy of the Tree Finder book for each student.
Age: 4th-8th Graders
All materials provided.
Class size is limited.
Taught by Soozi Pline & Misty Hertzig
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Thread: SotD-Thursday 14,October 2010
Happy Day Everybody
Today, i am in pure vanilla scent...sweet ,warm in Un Bois Vanille by Serge Lutens !
Thank you ,dear coopmom for this wonderful swap
My sale thread :http://www.basenotes.net/search.php?searchid=2281122
"There are people of spirit and there are people of passion but much less common that one might think. Rarer still are the people of passion and spirit. But rarest of all is a passionate spirit."
-- Martin Buber
L'Air du Desert Marocain by Tauer. I NEED to get me a bottle of this.
The Candy Perfume Boy:One boy's obsession with perfume and all things smelly.
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Jeanne - Marie Faugier's
TERRE DE SARMENT, Eau de Parfum
Parfums Frapin & Cie
Have I told you about the scent of jasmine? Have I spoken about the smell of the sea? The earth is scented. And I perfume myself to enhance what I am. That's why I can not wear a perfume that bothers me. Perfuming is an instinctive wisdom. And like all art, it requires some knowledge of yourself..."
Clarice Lispector ( 1920-1977) - Perfumes da Terra / Earth Perfumes
Lucien Lelong's
Envy by Gucci. After Missoni yesterday and Musc Ravageur a couple of days ago I think I must be going through a Maurice Roucel phase.
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Habanita again!
Good morning all Today feels like friday for me since I have tomorrow "off" (studyday). A friend of mine will come over to my place later for some sushi and wine. Looking forward to it! Sotd is Chergui.
Keiko Mecheri Loukhoum Eau Poudree.
So glad all the miners are out safely -Mision Cumplida!
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A woman without perfume is like a flower without a scent.
Good morning everyone! My SOTD is Guerlain Derby.
Notes include artemisia, bergamot, lemon, peppermint, jasmine, mace, pepper, pimento, rose, leather, oakmoss, patchouli, sandalwood and vetiver.
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I'm going to a district health care centre today so no parfume for me. A moment of peace for my nose.
Thanks to a lovely perfume friend, I am wearing Amouage Lyric Woman today. A sultry rose perfume, it has spices and touches of incense and woods with the barest wisp of an unsweet vanilla. It is absolutely, completely stunning and I'd buy a full bottle in a NY minute but the $$$ is too rich for my blood. Heartbreaker!!
Best to all!
"I felt something so intense, I could only express it in a perfume." - Jacques Guerlain
Undecided yet -- probably will be Guerlain Les Voyages Olfactifs 03 Paris - Tokyo, thanks to a fine BNer. Need to give it a full day wear.
Thanks to everybody trying to help me with locating d'Iparie -- much appreciated!
One of the oldest styles of all
Jean Marie Farino by Roger gallet
Classic and lovely but a bit too short lasting. I keep having to reapply as it's cologne.
4711... even though I couldn't smell much from my blocked nose.
I'm going to wear Nu by YSL this morning. Duc and tdem convinced me to give it a try, and I love it. I did get the edp version.
Good morning - everyone is smelling great today! Roberto, I love the look of that bottle and wooden cap!
I had a tough time choosing a fragrance this morning...so many beckoning me. The cold, autumn weather has arrived, and I seem to be craving Chypres, Leathers (O.K. that's a year-round category for me), and dry, nutty, earthy, smoky/incensy floral and green scents. I just realized while writing this, that these 3 scent categories I typically crave in the fall are also what I gravitate toward in the Spring. I see a similarity in those two seasons...While diametrically opposed in the sense that one is all about birth, light and opening up, and the other about closing down and reserving energy within, they are each about transition of the Earth. The fragrances I wear in these seasons seem to contain the essence of them.
Sorry to ramble on with my little scent-epiphany... Today, I'm wearing Beige, which on me fits nicely into the "dry, nutty, earthy, smoky/incensy floral and green category.
Have a lovely day!
"You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future."
"Three essentials for a good life: Someone to love, somewhere to go, and something to look forward to."
Hello all. Belle d'Opium which I am still liking a lot.
That was a lovely ramble Pomander! And I agree totally.
Today I'm finishing my sample of Chanel's 31 Rue Cambon. With the smaller bottles coming out soon, I'm not even able to kid myself why I pulled these samples out again
Bvlgari Black.
AZYIADE Parfum D'Empire
Have I told you about the scent of jasmine? Have I spoken about the smell of the sea? The earth is scented. And I perfume myself to enhance what I am. That's why I can not wear a perfume that bothers me. Perfuming is an instinctive wisdom. And like all art, it requires some knowledge of yourself..."
Clarice Lispector ( 1920-1977) - Perfumes da Terra / Earth Perfumes
Hello everyone!
I have another dance class (a new one - dance fitness!) this morning so I'm joining pomander and cello and sticking with Chanel, but today it'll be No19 vintage edt. Btw cello, the small sizes (2.5 oz) are available online now - they're available in Beige, Sycomore, Coromandel and Eau de Cologne (which is a bit disappointing as I was also hoping for 31 Rue Cambon and Cuir de Russie...hmph!)
Y'all have a great day!
Science is not only compatible with spirituality, it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity of light-years and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual. ..Carl Sagan
Y by Yves St Laurent for me today
SotM is Annick Goutal Eau d'Hadrien edt. I don't know what fragrance I'll want later today.
Injured my back in a fall, but although the edge of the cement pillar hit right down the middle of my back, it missed my spine for some reason.
Two huge red grooves caused by the impact. But I think of how the Chilean miners survived 69 days and I just brush my little inconvenience off.
Sniffing Mitsouko extrait, but not wearing it as night falls.
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Love the vintage Chanel ad, Evangeline! (I think that's a young Patti Hansen on the left.)
Yesterday I wore PG L'Eau de Circe, and today I am in FM Une Fleur de Cassie. I hope everyone is well and happy today. Take care, all.
Eau Noire by Christian Dior
Way back 20 years ago, when I was in school we had a project week trip to the Bay area. At the time I had no idea how important the artists we got to meet were: Mark deSuvero, Nathan Oliveira, Stephen DeStaebler, William Wiley. Anyway, a gallery owner named Tecoah Bruce showed us around on part of the trip. I complimented her on her scent and she mentioned it was called China Rain. Out shopping one day my friend and I came across The Body Shop, now Body Time in Berkley and I was so pleased when I found China Rain there and got my own bottle of oil. I also got a second bottle of a scent labeled Obsession and that is what I am wearing today - it's not quite like CK obsession, but definitely has a bit of jasmine, lots of amber, maybe a bit of patchouli, it's just warm and comforting and still smells great after 20 years.
Wow, domperrier, what a scary injury! Glad you're OK.
Pomander, I enjoyed your analysis of spring/fall fragrance cravings. Makes perfect sense to me!
I logged on fresh from the shower and Sophi's beautiful vanilla photo did me in. So it's L'Artisan Vanilia for me today. I was easily swayed, no? :-)
Parfumerie Generale Coze
SotE -
For some weird reason I was sure it's Friday, so I was ready to brace myself for some skank! Then I realized it'll be a bad idea since I am driving in a car from Oregon Coast to California coast, with three other people in the car. And then, of course, I realized that it's a Thursday since we're driving on Thursday! Yay! But I was so nervous about skank in the closed space that I'll probably pick something airy light
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pomander, your description makes me want to try Beige!
Ouch and yikes! Glad your accident wasnt worse, domperrier!
Today I'm in HIRIS -- layered with Hiris-scented lotion!! Admit it -- you didn't know there was such a thing as Hiris lotion!! -- Well, not many do, because, strangely enough, it comes in a bottle that says "Chanel No 19 Emulsion Pour Le Corps."
Seriously, I bought this lotion yesterday, unsniffed, and was astounded to find that it smells more like Hiris than like no 19!! So, I tried it under the Chanel 19 edt on one arm, and under Hiris on the other. The lotion seems to dampen and kill the 19 edt effect, but enlivens and deepens the Hiris.
Does anyone else have this lotion? Is this just some weird-batch anomaly?
Sophi, gorgeous pic!
FM Noir Epices this morning. Went to bed last night with Tauer Eau d'Epices, and I'm thinking I NEED a bottle of it.
Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses.
~~James Oppenheimer~~
I've got the lotion CRose - I find it rather mildly perfumed, but I've never noticed an actual dampening effect with it. In my experience it layers beautifully with all the No.19 concentrations and definitely extends longevity. Your story makes me wonder if it's been tweaked recently. I bet it's beautiful under Hiris - I'll have to give that a try!
I'm now in Cartier's So Pretty edp, a natural transition from No.19 this morning as I find them very similar. So Pretty is a bit more overtly feminine and floral, with pumped up rose and an unexpected infusion of dark, inky berries - so very luscious, yet still elegant, chic and sophisticated.
Science is not only compatible with spirituality, it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity of light-years and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual. ..Carl Sagan
I'm on the run on this rainy day. Have to run out again this afternoon to bring someone who's shut in a dinner, and then come home and make our dinner - grilled chicken with some of Heartwood's gorgeous fig chutney on the side (and a glass of wine pour moi). Yum! SotA/SotE is Pure White Linen, which always energizes and cheers me.
Poor Domperrier! I'm glad you weren't seriously injured!
Evangeline! You smell so pretty!
Started in Les Secrets de Sophie...then went to the mall and finally sampled Womanity, which is awful on me, as well as CK's Beauty which is a nice enough magnolia-type scent but not one I'd need any of :-P
Comme l'amour, le parfum doit captiver la femme dès le premier contact---André Fraysse
Gal Trebol today.
Hubby and I went out for lunch and I had a delicious Thai dish called Drunken Noodles.
domperrrier, glad you were not injured more than that!
Hugs to dommy and wishes for speedy recovery.
Warum, have a nice trip.
OK, fragrant folks, today it is PaulSC's birthday and I have just wished him all I could muster up on another thread -- he is chiming in once in a while on the ladies' side and you could see his pics in a SF meeting account.
Not only, it is another person's birthday -- born on this day back in 1939 into a good Jewish Lifschitz family was a boy and they named him Ralph (of all things!). How come he changed his last name? The urban legend has it that he did not want any "sh.t" to be associated with him, somehow Lauren sounded better. I will wear a drop of his Tuxedo tonight, to celebrate.
Scent sisters with Sophi! Un Bois Vanille again today. I must really be needing the warm, cozy vanilla comfort....
Thank you Twolf for reminding PaulSC "s Birthday !
Happy Birthday to PAULSC
Ralph Lauren's birthday ,too ?!II
My sale thread :http://www.basenotes.net/search.php?searchid=2281122
"There are people of spirit and there are people of passion but much less common that one might think. Rarer still are the people of passion and spirit. But rarest of all is a passionate spirit."
-- Martin Buber
You got it!
Happy Thursday afternoon, everyone!
I was in Coriolan today, all day. On a Guerlain kick (that's pretty common for me anyway) and it'll probably be Samsara tomorrow. Or Vetiver. Or... one of the L'Art et la Matiere decants...
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Happy Birthday, PaulSC!
I hope you enjoyed your speical day.
It's been a super busy day for a day off! Just a drive-by posting today, the KU-Kstate game is about to start! I'm wearing Cuir Ottoman.
Sending happy birthday wishes to PaulSC
Go Jayhawks!
Jacona: I have owned and loved China Rain for years!
I wore L'Heure Bleu today.
Dear Haunani, C Rose, lilybelle & 30 Roses,
Thank you for your kind words!
Woke up this morning without a throbbing pain from the points of impact, so I guess I'm OK *shrugs*.
I hit the wall pretty hard last night, and was thinking : 'Damn...I hope my backbone is OK' so I'm very thankful.
My mum's side of the family has some tough bones : Once a huge framed painting fell on my then 65-yr-old grandmother's head and she didn't even get a concussion!
Another time, I walked into a stainless steel column, but after the initial sharp pain, didn't even experience bruising or swelling in the impacted areas.
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Happy Birthday PaulSC!
Hope you feel better soon dompierre!
Went out for dinner tonight with my husband for our 32nd anniversary,
wearing Eau Premier #5 today.
Roma Uomo
Checking in again. Happy Birthday, Paul SC! I hope it was wonderful. And Happy Anniversary to Kiliwia and hubby!
I stayed on the vanilla track and made Havana Vanille my SotE.
Today I wore Holy Water by La Via del Profumo


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Pfeiffer Tennis Competes in Conference Carolinas Fall Tournament; Watson wins B flight
September 16, 2013
SUMTER, SC The Pfeiffer womens team competed in the Conference Carolinas Fall Tournament hosted by the Palmetto Tennis Center and performed well. A host of Lady Falcons advanced deep into the competition, led by Hannah Watson who won the B flight of singles competition.
Watson didnt lose a set in four matches and easily cruised to the win in the finals over Julia Moreira, 6-1; 6-0. In other singles action, Olivia Nelms defeated teammate Valeria Mendoza in the quarterfinals of the A bracket before falling in the semifinals to top-seeded Corin Hallman of Erskine. Taylor Lindsay also advanced to the semifinals of the bracket. Melinda Athay advanced to the semifinals in the C competition.
In doubles action, Helms and Watson went to the A semifinals and were defeated by teammates Lindsay and Mendoza, who went to the finals but fell to the top-ranked pair of Mika Goyette and Halman. Brianna Oliver and Mylene Petitpas advanced to the B semis and Melinda Athay and Kaleigh Featherstone went to the C semifinals.
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PC Pro - Multi-Charger
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PC Pro - Multi-Charger. Recommended.
The number of gadgets we cart around in our cars these days is rocketing, yet most vehicles still have only one lighter socket to charge them all. TomTom's High Speed Multi-Charger offers an effective solution. We plugged in an iPhone 4 and saw it gain 50% charge in an hour - comparable to a mains adapter. It's a godsend for car-bound gadget fiends, and the price isn't bad either.


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The BSD Installer is a lightweight system installation and configuration tool for *BSD operating systems, designed with tractability, ease-of-use, and robustness in mind. Read more...
Current stable version: 1.1.6
Current testing version: 2.0 beta 1
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Integrated (1.1.2)
Integrated (2.0 beta 1)
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Work has started to add missing features of sysinstall to BSDInstaller. The hope is that it will be feature complete in time for FreeBSD 9.0 release.
Aug 02 2005
pfSense adopts the Lua-based BSD Installer (2.0 beta 1)!
Jul 21 2005
A "technology preview" of the upcoming 2.0 release of the BSD Installer has been made available for testing.
Apr - May 2005
The web server was temporarily off-line due to hardware problems. During this time an out-of-date backup version of the web pages were served from the CVS server. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
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BSD Installer 1.1.6 is included as part of the release of DragonFly BSD 1.2.
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BSD Installer 1.1.5 is now released, and will be included on the upcoming DragonFly BSD release.
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The version of the BSD Installer used in DragonFly BSD release images has been updated to 1.1.4.
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We have a dedicated wiki now, located at wiki.bsdinstaller.org. The CVS services also have their own location now, cvs.bsdinstaller.org.
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The contents of the CVS repository can now be downloaded using CVSup.
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BSD Installer release 1.1.4 packages and a pre-built DragonFly ISO image containing the installer are available for testing.
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Overhauled the website and the wiki.
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Despite a run of extremely bad luck with it, we finally got the mailing list back on its feet.
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DOWNLOAD AREA MAP FOR THIS TRAIL:Click Here.
Hilton Lakes Area:
- No campfires at Hilton Creek Lakes, Davis Lake or Hilton Creek; and no campfires above 10,000 ft. look at USFS Webpage for campfire restriction maps.
- Food and refuse must be stored so that animals cannot get into the food or trash.
- Check the area map for the correct trail name. Trips going toward Mono Pass, Tamarack Lakes or Little Lakes Valley are a different reservation.
- John Muir Wilderness Regulations Apply
- Deadline: Reservation will be canceled unless the permit pick up instructions are completed before the deadline. Instructions are in the confirmation letter.
- Only the group leader or alternate leader may pick up the permit; the person picking up the permit must be going on the wilderness trip.
- BE SURE YOUR DATES AND TRAIL ARE CORRECT The entire group must start on the trail on the entry date listed. Reservations cannot be changed or transferred
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The U.S. minimum wage should be
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- Don't complain about lack of options. You've got to pick a few when you do multiple choice. Those are the breaks.
- Feel free to suggest poll ideas if you're feeling creative. I'd strongly suggest reading the past polls first.
- This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane.
The U.S. minimum wage should be
Wow, only $7.25? (Score:5, Informative)
And there's an option to LOWER it? Is anybody actually talking about doing that?
In Australia the minimum wage is almost $16/hr, or US$16.50. It increases most years, not sure if it's tied to CPI.
Yes, we don't have as big of a tipping culture, although when we do tip it's for good service, not because it's expected. It seems to me that tips are an excuse to pay your workers shit, and a lot of jobs don't get tips but still get the crappy pay.
Re:evidence-based policy (Score:5, Informative)
Capital gains is also normally irrelevant to all but the "pretty rich"
Buy a house for $200K, sell it for $300K years later would be $100K in capitol gains. Many people who are not "pretty rich" do that. Then there are 401K's, Small stock portfolios, etc.
Much ado about very little (Score:4, Informative)You guys make it look like half the country earns the minimum wage. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Check the Department of Labor website and see for yourselves how few people actually work for the minimum wage. It's just a few percent of workers, and a good portion of those are teenagers, college students working part time, and second-income earners for a family.
It's just not that big a deal.
"The general consensus, which is not science, among economists is..."
OK let's do this scientifically. A theory predicts that a minimum wage will create unemployment. The null hypothesis is no effect, so proponents of that theory will need to go out and a) test or b) provide epidemiological evidence, (separating out all contended factors) that the minimum wage actually does create unemployment.
Now it just so happens that among the advocates of increasing the minimum wage we have people like Alan Krueger who have actually bothered at least to look at the real world. Krueger's empirical work led him to the conclusion (see Myth and Measurement [amazon.com]) that there is simply no empirical evidence to support the idea that the minimum wage chokes employment. If anything, Krueger claims, the opposite is the case.
Of course this is an intensely political subject and it would be insanely naive simply to accept the findings of a single researcher. In the current context, however, it must be noted a) that pundits like Peter Schiff, quoted by OP, don't sully their hands with empirical work; and b) the onus of proof rests with those who seek to overturn the null hypothesis. Even dismissing Krueger as overly rosy (or, more likely, overly committed), such evidence does not seem to be not forthcoming.
Now if this were a Science, we might be scratching our heads and wondering why reality and theory don't seem to match. Why would labour be any different from any other commodity? Is the fact that the recipient of the money is at the same time a worker and a consumer possibly relevant? What meta-analysis should we perform to filter out the ideological commitment?
But of course this is, as you so correctly point out, not Science, it's Economics. So instead let's abandon a rational epistemology throw our hands in the air and agree with whatever position our particular political tribe is advocating at this particular election cycle. Feels good!
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We can be the great experiment and raise minimum wage and see if it does in fact reduce jobs. (not a good idea but if you insist we should track the result)
We have raised the minimum wage a number of times. It did not, in fact, reduce jobs.
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CUNY/Daily News Citizenship NOW! Call-in
Since 2004, the annual CUNY/ Daily News Citizenship
NOW! Call-In has provided over 100,000 callers with free, confidential information on immigration issues ranging from U.S. citizenship to residency to family petitions. For one week each spring, we open the phones to take calls from anyone seeking immigration information or resources.
Hundreds of volunteers participate in this week-long event, many of them trained by CUNY Citizenship Now! At the 2012 Call-in, over 350 volunteers assisted 12,571 callers in over 40 different languages. As a Corps member, you will be invited to take part in this exciting event.
Immigrant Heritage Week
Immigrant Heritage Week was established by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2004 to commemorate the day in April 1907 when more immigrants arrived at Ellis Island than any other day in history. CUNY Citizenship Now! and the Volunteer Corps join the celebration each year by holding a massive, city-wide citizenship application assistance event where we aim to assist over 400 people in a single day.