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Who Is the one Disney Character that you really want to meet but have never had your dreams come true?
For Me it's Stitch.
What about you??
In the 1990s I went to Disney MGM Studios when the show "Dinosaurs" was on TV. I saw a sign saying that you could meet some of the "cast" at the park. My parents never got me to that spot when they were there. That would have been pretty cool.
Around the same time they had the Muppets at DMGM. I remember seeing lots of Muppets, but I only got a picture with Kermit. Today, I only see Kermit and Miss Piggy out for photos. It would be just awesome to get a picture with Fozzie or Gonzo.
I know, that's more than one.
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I'll have to agree with the cast of Dinosaurs. I remember seeing photos in magazines and such of the characters at D-MGM...
Can't wait for the release of that DVD.
Jiminy Cricket is my main man. He's on the float in the parade. He seems to be there on stage, when they do some of their entertainment things. I want his autograph, and to pose for a picture with him. I understand that he's out on Earth Day. I have never visited a Disney Park on Earth Day.
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The seagull from The Rescuers and the pig from The Black Cauldron.
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I also have yet to find Roger Rabbit in the park for photos.
Tink would be way too cool!
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I've always wanted to see the Beast, Tarzan, and Mary Poppins. I got close to seeing Mary last trip, but the cast member told me to go to the wrong spot! I wait for like half and hour just to find out she was already gone, and she had been on the other end of Main Street! I won't make that mistake again!
Orville and Penwen?Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket
I've seen him. But that was awhile back. Maybe in '89 or so...Originally Posted by Sweetie
Does anyone know if 'Pete' was ever walking around the park?
I waited for about 20 mins to see Mary Poppins and Bert, but as I am not pushy enough, I kept letting people shove their kids in front of me. Well, when I was FINALLY about to get up there, Bert grabbed her hand and off they went. Very depressing.
Also, when Pocohontas was popular I got my pic with her, but never found Meeko.
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translation and definition "hunger", English-Scottish Gaelic Dictionary online
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Use of industrial and wastewater for irrigation is on the rise in India and other developing countries because of scarcity of good-quality irrigation water. Wastewaters contain plant nutrients that favour crop growth but leave a burden of heavy metals which can enter the food chain and is a cause of great concern. The present study was undertaken on the long-term impact of irrigation with treated sewage water for growing vegetables and the potential health risk associated with consumption of such vegetable. Treated sewage water (TSW), groundwater (GW), soil and plant samples were collected from peri urban vegetable growing areas of Northern India (Varanasi) and analysed to assess the long-term effect of irrigation with TSW on Cd, Cr, Ni and Pb build-up in soils and its subsequent transfer into commonly grown vegetable crops. Results indicate that TSW was richer in essential plant nutrients but contained Cd, Cr and Ni in amounts well above the permissible limits for its use as irrigation water. Long-term application of TSW resulted in significant build-up of total and DTPA extractable Cd, Cr, Ni and Pb over GW irrigated sites. TSW also resulted in slight lowering in pH, increase in organic carbon (1.6 g kg( - 1)) and cation exchange capacity (5.2 cmol kg( - 1)). The tissue metal concentration and relative efficiency of transfer of heavy metals from soil to plant (transfer factor) for various groups of vegetables were worked out. Radish, turnip and spinach were grouped as hyper accumulator of heavy metals whereas brinjal and cauliflower accumulated less heavy metals. Health risk assessment by consumption of vegetables grown with TSW indicated that all the vegetables were safe for human consumption. However, significant accumulation of these heavy metals in soil and plant needs to be monitored.
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Who would want to have tea with mushrooms, when it's a hundred degrees and humid out? As Shelby and Shauna Kitt find out, quite a few people. These are, of course, people from Miriax, a planet in a different dimension where nothing and no one is anything like what the thirteen year-old brother and sister twins expect. On Miriax, lilac tea is served with explosive mushrooms, agitex leaves cure motion sickness, stick insects patrol the jungle, and library books carefully choose their readers, refusing to leave the shelf for anyone else. And, if you're not careful, the walls spit on you.
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This story takes you on a journey. It is the story of brother and sister twins who have more than the "twin connection" that is so often written about. This is a story about finding and relying on the goodness in people and recognizing that this goodness must sometimes be exploited for the betterment of all mankind. Make no mistake in understanding that this is a science fiction novel. It requires the reader to develop and recognize a bit of new vocabulary, but with great reward. This book is a terrific read for teens and can be a challenging quest for the pre-teen reader. As a fan of science fiction and stories that inter-relate real life experiences into future events, I loved the premise, story and character development.
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Who would want to have tea with mushrooms, when it's a hundred degrees and humid out? As Shelby and Shauna Kitt find out, quite a few people. These are, of course, people from Miriax, a planet in a different dimension where nothing and no one is anything like what the thirteen year-old brother and sister twins expect. On Miriax, lilac tea is served with explosive mushrooms, agitex leaves cure motion sickness, stick insects patrol the jungle, and library books carefully choose their readers, refusing to leave the shelf for anyone else. And, if you're not careful, the walls spit on you.
Shelby and Shauna's lives change drastically when planet Miriax recruits them to seal a dimensional hole that allows Klodians - nasty aliens - to travel to Earth. In order to succeed in their mission, Shelby and Shauna discover skills they never thought they possessed, make friends they never expected to have, and face enemies they never imagined existed.
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This is a brilliantly original idea, created in vivid detail. The two worlds the author has created alongside Earth are enthralling. I was reminded of Arthur C Clarke�s �Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.�, as there are many aspects to the settings and creatures that seem almost more magical than sci fi.
The story powers along right from the start. It has the same kind of pace and structure as the Harry Potter stories, with apparently ordinary kids discovering extraordinary abilities, getting into trouble with the nasty authority-figure at a training camp and winning through in a high-action adventure against an overwhelming evil. I loved all that and would certainly put this book on my shelves alongside J K Rowling�s.
The characters are superbly drawn. Though the book is written for teenagers, there are adult characters for older readers to engage with. I particularly liked Marina Gibbs, a lady who takes the appearance of an alien in her stride, and does not take any cack from the army, either. Lendox, the mirian vice-consul, is amusing, and the two kids are likeable. The most intriguing character in the book, though, is the mysterious Dale Falconbridge. The author keeps you guessing right to the end whether he�s evil or not.
I liked the cover of this book, though the title is quite a mouthful when someone asks what you�re reading! Spelling, grammar and formatting are to a professional standard.
I gulped this book down in one sitting. I couldn�t wait to find out what happened to Marina and what was really going on with Dale Falconbridge. I�ll be keeping this book on my kindle to read again, and hope that Shelby and Shauna Kitt will be going on many further adventures. Highly recommended.
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I do not read a large amount of science fiction, but Shelby and Shauna Kitt and the Dimensional Holes may change that for me. The characters are realistic and engaging. The setting is magical--I want to take a trip to Miriax. The story drew me in and kept me guessing until the last page. I hope there is more to come for Shelby, Shauna, Jit, Vanessa, Marian and Lendox because I very much want to see them all again.
Earth is in trouble. Aliens from a planet in a parallel dimension, Klodius, have figured out how to make dimensional holes and are traveling uninhibited to Earth. These aliens field off of the negative energy caused when humans act out of hatred, greed, or anger. They want to see the Earth overrun by negativity.
However, in this parallel dimension there is another planet, Miriax, that feeds on the positive energy from Earth. The energy that comes from our ability to dream, hope, and love. This planet's consul and vice consul reach out to Earth with a plan to close the dimensional holes and save both Earth and their own planet, Miriax. The plan includes having the humans with the highest levels of positive energy trained to protect Earth and destroy the dimensional holes. Shelby and Shauna Kitt may only be thirteen-years-old, but they represent the highest level of positive energy on Earth and the best chance that this plan will work.
P.H.C. Marchesi created characters who were balanced and authentic. It was easy to see them as normal thirteen-year-olds. They represent the highest level of positive energy, but they still get hurt feelings, lash out in anger, and have to learn the importance of saying "I'm sorry." They still have a lot to learn about themselves and the worlds around them.
Miriax is magical. It has an unusual combination of interesting technology, very formal rules of social engagement, and a love and appreciation for nature. The humans who visited Miriax in preparation for the mission all learned more about themselves, their strengths and their weaknesses as they learn to navigate this new place. By placing her characters on this new planet with its own complex culture, P.H.C. Marchesi was able to explore aspects of her characters that would have been difficult in other settings.
P.H.C. Marchesi created a story that had intrigue. For some characters, it was pretty clear whose side they were on, but there were many characters whose alliances were question marks up until the end. And the final few pages dropped a bomb shell I did not expect at all.
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Marchesi gives us a different kind of young adult book with Shelby and Shauna Kitt and the Dimensional Holes. This story follows an adventure of Shelby and his sister Shauna, who have special gifts and have decided to save the world and combat the darkness. Their journey is fun and funny as we learn of Miriax, another world that survives on the positive energy produced from Earthlings, and Klodius, a planet that feeds on negative energy. In a world where magic rules the pages, Marchesi combines magical genius and some science and take us on a ride with these young characters. Young adults and adults will love the story alike. A great read to devour this summer.
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Local Schools Hiring Teachers From Philippines
By T.S. Mills-Faraudo, STAFF WRITER
School districts faced with a dearth of candidates for special education, math and science teaching positions have found a temporary fix in an unlikely place — the Philippines.
Several school districts in San Mateo County and across the Bay Area are turning there to fill these spots, often left open as long as a year if districts depend strictly on recruiting in the United States.
When Assistant Superintendent Mary Willis of the San Mateo- Foster City School District went to the Philippines this month in search for candidates, a long line of applicants showed up for interviews.
Willis, who leads the district's human resources department, interviewed about 100 candidates for open teaching positions when she was there last week.
By the end of her trip, she hired one science, two math, and five special education teachers. When there last May she hired one health instructor, one math teacher, four special education teachers and three speech therapists.
That was after the school district exhausted all recruiting efforts for these positions in the United States, including job fairs all over the country and employment ads in newspapers and magazines.
Over the past few years, Jefferson Union hired about 10 teachers from the Philippines, Jefferson four, and Ravenswood City about 15, according to Avenida International, an organization that helps districts hire from the Philippines.
When school districts want to hire from the Philippines, they often turn to companies like Avenida.
The consulting firm arranges interviews with candidates, checks their teaching credentials and finds them housing.
Furthermore, they work with the nonprofit Amity of San Diego, which sponsors the teachers and obtains three-year visas for them. Once the three years are up, the teachers have to go back to the Philippines and share what they learned in the United States at schools in the country.
Avenida will even pay for school districts' travel expenses to the Philippines to interview candidates if they hire 10 or more of the applicants. Otherwise, it will arrange for school district officials to interview applicants by phone or through a video conference.
Low salaries
The lack of special education teachers, education experts said, can be attributed to the higher level of expertise needed in this field. As a result, qualified special education teachers in the United States typically go to higher-paying school districts.
Meanwhile, U.S. citizens qualified in math and science face similar problems. Why should they become teachers when they can make thousands more in the private sector?
"Of course our preference is to hire teachers within the system, but it's also good to have teachers from difference cultures," Willis said.
The shortage of these types of teachers may just be a Bay Area problem, said Matteo Rizzo, Jefferson's director of certificated personnel.
"I think part of it may be the high cost of living here," he said. "A lot of people are leaving the Bay Area."
Carole Delgado, president of the San Mateo Elementary Teachers Association, said it's sad that districts have to hire teachers from another country.
The state and school districts, she said, need to prioritize funding better so higher teacher salaries can be offered.
"It's scary," Delgado said. "It's a sorry statement about the state and districts' ability to recruit teachers."
In the Philippines there is a surplus of teachers and a shortage of teaching jobs, said Ligaya Avenida, founder of Avenida International.
"The Philippines is a very education-conscious country," she said. "Education is a very respected profession in the Philippines."
Teachers there typically make about $5,000 per year, Willis said. So when San Mateo-Foster City offers them $50,000, which is the typical pay for a special ed teacher in the district, they jump at the offer, Willis said.
Teachers broaden skills
Jeremiah Goco, 29, left his wife and three children in the Philippines for the opportunity to teach special education at Bayside Middle School in San Mateo.
For the last 21/2months since arriving here, he's been teaching sixth- and seventh-graders with cerebral palsy and multiple disabilities, as well as coaching boys basketball at the school.
"I wanted to expand my skills and knowledge as an educator, and I wanted to see how the special education program here works and learn some different techniques," Goco said.
While he has a master's degree in sociology, he plans to work toward a master's in education while in the United States.
"I think I've found my purpose, and it's to be an educator," Goco said. "You empower and you make people more productive."
He said it didn't take long for him to adjust to the cultural differences here.
"I think the community is really involved. Parents are really involved. And so far I'm very impressed with the school district's support," Goco said.
But Willis said it takes some teachers from the Philippines a lot longer to adjust to the culture here.
"One of the teachers said they were shocked when a student called them a dirty word because it's unheard of in the Philippines," she said. "We teach our kids to question, to be skeptical. But with that, we also get disobedience."
At Jefferson Union High School District, teachers from the Philippines add a much-needed diversity to the teaching staff, since 28 members of the student body are Filipino, said Superintendent Mike Crilly.
"For us it was a blessing in disguise to be able to hire these teachers," Crilly said. "We need to find some teachers that can model to the student body we have."
Staff writer T.S. Mills-Faraudo covers education. She can be reached at (650)348-4338 or email@example.com.


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How to inspect an attic for condensation, leaks, or moisture problems: this article describes inspection methods and clues to detect roof venting deficiencies, insulation defects, and attic condensation problems, in buildings. It describes proper roof ventilation placement, amounts, and other details.
This chapter "How to Inspect in the Attic or Roof Cavity for Signs of an Under-roof Condensation Problem, is part of our article series on "Attic Condensation". Also see CATHEDRAL CEILING INSULATION.
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Inspecting in the Attic or Roof Cavity for Signs of an Under-roof Condensation Problem
Check the Entry & Exit Pathways for Attic Ventilation Air
After examining the eaves or lower roof edges, look up at the ridge for a continuous opening on either side of the ridge board, providing an exit vent path. On some buildings I've found that a ridge vent was installed but the installer just nailed it over the existing roof sheathing, forgetting to cut the necessary opening.
"Spot vents" on lower roof slopes, or power vent fans are not as good a substitute for the year-round passive venting provided by a ridge vent.
Our photo (left) illustrates a common construction practice on wood framed homes built in North America into the 1950's: at the house eaves blocking was nailed between or against the ceiling joist ends to minimize air flow into the attic at the house eaves or soffits.
You can see dark mold stains on the underside of areas of this roof. The presence of perforated panels covering the soffit undersides on this home amounted to faux-venting since there was actually no air pathway into the attic.
Check for Signs of Attic Condensation & Moisture
Inspecting attic spaces in winter weather in freezing climates you may find extensive frost over roof sheathing and framing, as shown in home inspector Arlene Puentes' [2]photograph of a log home inspection (at left).
Even in warm or dry weather you often will see stains around roofing nails penetrating the roof sheathing, or condensate drip spots on the attic flooring or insulation (Left photo below).
This is caused by moisture condensing on the roofing nails and dropping to the surface below. This is sure evidence of a condensation problem. The pattern of drip marks may be remarkably just like the pattern of roof shingle nails which protrude through the roof sheathing.
Winter condensation on the nails, even forming frost in freezing weather, rusts the nails and stains the roof sheathing around them. Frost later melts off of these nails and drips onto the floor below. The pattern may occur more on the cooler or north slope of the roof.
If attic stains are from roof leaks, (right photo above) they will usually be much larger and will appear on the sides of rafters, on larger areas of the roof sheathing, and on larger areas of the attic floor.
If you see evidence of extensive roof leaks or condensation leaks, I'd also check the insulation and the attic side of the ceiling drywall for a hidden mold problem.
If you see condensation drip stains in the attic (left photo above), you'll be confirming what you suspected from outside -- inadequate ventilation.
Be careful and don't overlook viewing the roof eaves. There could be rotting fascia boards, decaying rafter ends, and delaminating plywood.
Look in that location for moisture-stained roof sheathing, and look carefully for ice dam leak stains into the eaves, such as the water marks shown in this photograph.
How to Inspect the Attic for Moisture - Stains Around Roofing Nails
Rust or stains around roofing nails that protrude through the attic sheathing (they're supposed to stick through) are a clear indication of high attic moisture.
Our photograph at above left shows roofing nails protruding through plywood roof sheathing visible in an attic where there is no under-roof condensation or moisture problem.
Our photograph at above right shows roofing nails which have rusted and stained the roof plywood in an attic where indoor moisture has risen through the building to condense on the under-side of the roof.
Our photo at left shows the typical staining pattern in an attic where there has been modest condensation at the roofing nails.
If you perform this inspection step in winter in a freezing climate you may find frost on these nails. In other seasons or in non-freezing climates you will see rust on the roofing nails and often stains on the roof sheathing surrounding the nail. On an older home that has been re-roofed, you may see these nail-stains but no nails - the old nails may have been removed during re-roofing, leaving just the rust-marked roof sheathing.
Excessive attic moisture condenses on the cool metal surface of the roofing nails, causing corrosion or rust on the nails and stains on the surrounding wood materials. These same condensation points - the roofing nails - will often map exactly the drip stains found on the attic insulation or attic floor below each nail.
Because moisture may enter the attic more at some locations than others, for example over a bathroom or kitchen, nail staining and drip marks will not be uniformly distributed throughout an attic.
How to Spot Attic Mold Due to High Attic Moisture or Roof Leaks
These photos show mold on attic surfaces due to high moisture in that area. While many inspectors notice dark mold or mold-suspect material on roof framing or roof sheathing, it is at least as important, and often more important to spot the light-colored molds that may also be present - often these are the more hazardous, particularly if building conditions cause air movement downwards out of the attic into the living space or into an attic-located HVAC duct system.
The brown/black attic mold on plywood in the left-hand photo is easy to spot and is often an allergen or problematic attic fungus like Cladosporium sp., Pithomyces chartarum, Ulocladium sp., or Aureobasidium pullulans but the light colored mold on the tongue-and-groove pine roof sheathing in the right photo was found to be Penicillium sp. which is more likely to be airborne and transmitted in the building.
How to Correct High Attic Moisture, Condensation, Leaks
A first step in fixing a wet or moist attic problem is the correct identification of the source of the moisture. Stains or even wet areas on the under-side of roof decking and on rafters can appear to be a roof leak but in fact moisture may be entering the attic not from above (outside and through the roof), but by rising through a building suffering from leaks, a prior fire extinguishment, or most common, a wet basement or crawl space.
Home inspector David Grudzinski[1]provided the attic moisture photographs shown below.
From just the photographs, and without having inspected the building exterior, roof, nor other areas, the photos look like a roof that had numerous leaks, perhaps from worn out roofing, possibly even some rotting sheathing. The photos show areas of apparent mold on some rafters. But especially in the 2nd photo at above right, the very extensive condensation stains around the nail protrusions through the roof deck tell us that the whole attic interior has been soaking wet. Now for the big question: is this wet attic caused by roof leakage or is there a building water entry problem?
Mr. Grudzinski provided the additional, crucial diagnostic information about this wet attic:
In other words, an expert roof and attic inspection include an inspection of the entire building, basement to roof, in order to understand where moisture or condensation are originating and what may have been their effects on the building.
A Wet Attic Risks Hidden Mold Contamination of its Insulation
Also, we wonder if, in a soaked area like this where fiberglass insulation is present, because of the risk of hidden mold in the insulation (see FIBERGLASS INSULATION MOLD) it may be worth checking the attic side of the ceiling drywall below the areas of most-apparent-worst leakage into that space - looking for water stains there, mold, &c.
If you find significant levels or large areas of mold in your attic the mold should be cleaned - that is, removed. Do not rely on magic bullets like sprays alone. The spray approach does not remove the problem mold and it may spread it into otherwise uncontaminated materials like insulation.
Don't tear off the roof over a moldy attic: Unless the mold-causing conditions have also rotted framing or delaminated plywood roof sheathing, structural removal/replacement, such as a roof tear-off are unnecessary and inappropriate. But don't forget that if you see attic mold the insulation or ceiling drywall below may also be moldy.
See How to Find, Test For, & Remove Mold in Attics for details about where and how to look for attic mold and what to do about it.
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I have a double wide manufactured home that I'm renovated. It has vinyl siding and perforated soffits common on manufactured homes. We've noticed moisture high in the walls all around the home and can't identify the cause. Any ideas? - T.B., Colorado
What T.B. found was a combination of accumulated snow or frost or ice in the home's eaves, possibly due to wind-washed insulation, moisture and condensation, or snow and ice building up in the eaves, combined with leaks into the house walls when weather warmed and the accumulated snow or ice melted. Details about this Q&A are at MOBILE HOMES, DOUBLEWIDES, TRAILERS.
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Powerbook G4 will not load - help!
So, I have read numerous times over about this problem. I have tried everything to fix it yet I cannot anymore. I am giving this problem to you guys to help. However, I think it may just be best to buy a new hard-drive.
So here is the problem:
I have noticed for the last few weeks that my Powerbook has been running very slow. And thus I decided to run a few tests. The tests came back negative from the disk utility on the mac (well they said they fixed the problem) however there was one glaring problem.
Under the S.M.A.R.T. Status it read - Failing.
The computer worked still at this point. Then I shut it off. Got the strange blinking globe which after 2.5 minutes went to the flashing mac finder folder for 2.5 minutes then the computer finally loaded. Still very slow.
Thus, I came online and read something about this problem. The recommended solution was to do a cmd 's' start. Then do a fsck -yf run. I did this - it turned up some errors but said it repaired the Macintosh HD volume.
So then the computer worked for about a week - still slow however.
Then here is where my real problems began. I got the internet which meant I would be running lots of files at once. Now the computer began to freeze then finally catch up and work again - this was happening constantly. So then I decided to give the computer a break. I turned it off for about 2 hours. Came back and then I got the ominous Grey Apple screen and the forever spinning loader.
So I went back and reset the PMU (thinking that it was a power management issue) then did a fsck -yf and then the computer worked again - but only for about 2 hours. Now we are at the point where I am at now.
The last errors I got were the following:
disk0s3: I/O error (3 times)
Overlapped extent allocation (file 54419d)
Jnl: do_jnl_io: strategy err 0x5
Jnl: replay_journal; could not read journal entry data @ offset 0x6b3a00!
Jnl: journal_open: error replaying the journal!
hfs: early jnl init: failed to open/create the journal (retval 0)
The computer at this point would still allow me to do the fsck -yf process.
Now the only thing that comes up when I do a cmd 's' launch is the following:
BSD root: disk0s3, major 14, minor 2
jnl: journal Start/end pointers reset! (jnl 0xld3fdc4; s 0x609400 e 0x6b3a00)
Then it does nothing. I cant even run a fsck -yf command or anything.
Does anyone have any idea what is wrong.
Is this something that I can fix myself or should I go to some sort of specialist. I am thinking of just upgrading to a 160GB hard drive which would likely solve all the problems and give me 100GB more!
But I would like to be able to save some of the documents on my computer, but it is not that vital.
Also - I am in Moscow and forgot to take with me the disks so I have no way of using any of the restore disks that came with the Mac.
Also - My computer is running OSX 10.3.9.
The thing that caused me to shut down the computer for the last time was that upon trying to load MSN Messenger (how ironic and typical) it got to the sign in screen and then just froze and would not respond to even a force quit (typical of microsoft).
So if someone could help me that would be great. Or do you think it would be too much of a hassle to fix and that I should just upgrade to the 160GB hard drive? Would this solve all my problems though?
|Jun 24, 2007, 08:45 AM
Cool down your PowerBook (with some ice packs so it's VERY cold), take a disk image of the HDD, and then replace it. No point in repairing hard drives, you need a laboratory to do it...
|Jun 24, 2007, 08:53 AM
Interesting proposition.
Just one problem - I cant get on the computer to take an image of the HDD.
Perhaps - maybe tonight again, I will try my luck with a safe mode boot and maybe that will work.
Or I will try to zap the PRAM.
Who knows, I have an appointment tomorrow to get it fixed. I will probably just end up replacing the hard-drive for a bigger better one anyways.
Hitachi 160GB hard-drive here I come!
|Jun 24, 2007, 03:07 PM
So now I can no longer do anything.
I try to run in single user mode:
Computer runs to the point of saying:
Jnl: Journal start/end pointers reset! (jnl 0x1d3fdc4; s 0x609400 e 0x6b3a00).
Then it stops working - I cant type anything or do anything with it.
I have tried to log using safe mode - not possible.
I do not have the disks so I cant boot from them.
I have done a PMU reset, zapped the PRAM & NVRAM, fsck -fy and nothing.
So now I think I will just have to replace the hard-drive. Is there any other option besides this? Also, I am not 100% certain that this will solve the problem also - will it?
Any help would be great.
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ok, livejournal, i've reached a point of some kind.
as you may or may not know, matt broke up with me about 7 weeks ago, leaving me for someone else. he's since moved out. as you might expect, having a nine year relationship end with pretty much no warning has been pretty traumatic. some days i'm doing fine, and then others i have no idea what i'm doing.
today has been one of those no idea days. plus i got lost in stupid coon rapids for half an hour trying to get back on to highway 10.
one thing i have figured out (why did it take me so long), is that i need to distance myself from some things in my life and one of those is this live journal. for those of you who are interested, i would love to have you join me at
. some of you (pretty much just the local [and also pre-livejournal] friends) have no choice but to come along as i've already friended you over there.
i don't want to have an airing of all the grievances, even though it's a traditional part of festivus, because no one needs that.
i'll screen comments if you have anything you'd like to say.
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(since i know everyone cares, ha ha)
haircut, hooray!
go to lowe's to look at doors (and buy more mouse traps)
look around the foundation of my house to see if i can find mouse entrances
post pictures from the christmas festivities
hit up bed, bath and beyond for a small water heater upper (electric carafe)
think about what to wear for new year's
what else, i feel sure there is more...
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11:36 pm
December 26th, 2006
dear work,
i cannot even tell you how happy i am that i have only three more days of work before i go on vacation. and then i'll be back for a week and then is MLK day which is now a paid holiday for us, so 4 day work week. i am sooooo sick of my job. and several of the people. i won't go into specifics because no one really cares about them.
today also, mouse in trap. boo.
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10:21 pm
December 25th, 2006
RIP James Brown, godfather of soul.
Everyone go watch the Blues Brothers now.
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11:42 am December 25th, 2006
Merry happy all who are into that kind of thing.
Good presents, good food, good peeps. Lingering mental weirdness, but that was to be expected I suppose.
I won Mexican Train last night, and did not lose at hearts or O Hell.
For my sister I made a jacket/sweater out of sweaters that I got at Savers and felted and then cut up and sewed together into a fabulous new thing. Unfortunately, I don't have my camera's cord here so no pictures yet.
I got my camera two months ago and have never charged the battery in the interim. And I've taken maybe 50 pictures. Excitement.
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03:51 pm
December 22nd, 2006
i'm not much of a god person or an organized religion person, but today i went to the minneapolis central library to drop off a job application and also wandered around the library some. it is a surprisingly quiet place for one filled with so many people, but i guess that's kind of a library thing, eh? i cannot help but describe it as a prayerful space, one that can inspire contemplation and awe. from the cathedral-like central atrium, connecting hennepin and nicollet avenues, to the prevalence of blond wood and glass, this building soothes me.
probably this is part of why i am going to be a librarian.
also, dream job: librarian for NPR (always credited at the end of talk of the nation science friday). kay mileski, i am coming for your job.
and, hooray snow!
and, and, reminder to go
to leave me your address if you would like a road trip post card.
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11:37 pm
December 21st, 2006
things on bbc overnight radio, or reasons i'm glad no one has my name.
so there's a guy in ipswitch who has been arrested and will be arraigned on 12/22 who allegedly murdered 5 prostitutes. his name? steven wright. how does the comedian feel about this?
in unrelated news, a pretty good mail delivery today: card from rowie and mike, card from my realtor who made a donation in my name to the minneapolis crisis nursery,
's x-mess mix cd plus custom buttons(!). also the cable bill, but whatever. and sunday family christmas (minus brie who had to visit her aunt in the hospital, which suck) and a good time was had by all, except, man the vikings suck.
happy happy, and safe travels to those who are going places this holiday weekend. i'm glad i don't have much of anywhere to go tomorrow. well except three places, but whatever.
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02:46 pm
December 19th, 2006
i'll use this icon because of hayward
television that's not interesting to everyone: i'm now into my third half hour of watching the stihl timbersports series on espn2. this is round one action from dubuque ia, the second round will take/took place in alabama, and the finals were at lumberjack days in stillwater. (why did we not know about this?) anyhow, these guys are amazing. and there are plenty of chainsaw commercials, and a commercial for bod man spray (who did their market research?), and a kenny mayne-style vignette which focused on champ super dave jewett, who last year failed to make the finals of the STsS, and shows his journey, from trying to be a professional hockey player (where he chops at someone's legs with his stick, probably a slashing penalty), then to make the bass fishing tour. then he becomes a homeless, foot-long bearded drunk. then the announcers call him to ask if he's coming back and he agrees, running away from the railroad track verge he's slumped on, stealing a small child's bike, cutting off his beard while riding the bike, and arrives in time to compete in this first round's iowan action. hilarious.
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09:36 am
December 18th, 2006
some pictures from friday"s festivities
yesterday's texas brisket made with nicole's bbq sauce was delicious, as were all the sides. well, not all since i didn't eat any green bean casserole. i tried it once and it goes on the list of things i don't think i'll ever eat again. blecky.
also, watching 4 tvs at once is hilarious. and the office still rules, now that i've seen the last 18 minutes of this week's episode that my dvr didn't seem to want to record.
EDIT: also, brad radke will apparently
announce his retirement
tomorrow. bradke, we'll miss you. thanks for being the one bright spot on some very shitty teams. sorry we couldn't get it done for you before your shoulder was done. thanks for pitching through a broken shoulder socket for much of the season. thanks for gutting it out and pitching at the end of the regular season and in the playoffs this year. much love.
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03:16 pm
December 17th, 2006
interesting things @ work
a new thing today...
there's a woman in one of our dressing rooms praying right now. that's what you have to do if you're at the mall and it's time to pray. i'm glad we had an available room to give her some space and privacy. the christmas-busy mall is probably not the best place for reflection and prayer.
also, dear nye's, i love you and your jumbo caucasians.
<3, julia
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02:45 pm
December 15th, 2006
What's the deal with that?
Something I don't understand?
Air freshener. I mean, I think it's good that places I am smell nice, but I also think the air freshener industry is an interesting one. I think if you're cleaning on an adequate basis, your house or car will smell fine, not bad. At least just a neutral smell. But why do I need my house to smell like green apples, or three different alternating scents, or to smell like something and also light up?
Maybe it's a function of always having the allergies that make me not be able to smell very well, I don't know, but I have never ever wanted to buy a Glade Plug In.
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12:16 am December 15th, 2006
Damn you alternating current!
So, two weeks ago when I tripped over and broke my laptop's power cord, I switched to using the one from my old computer. Yesterday, that power cord also decided to break. Thus the two days of radio silence.
Oh well.
My DVR failed to tape all of the office. :(
This is all I have to say right now.
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12:08 am
December 12th, 2006
Holy crap dude.
Phil Kessel diagnosed with testicular cancer
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09:51 pm
December 11th, 2006
Dear people from the corporate office.
You never come when we have any notice. Please stop threatening to show up. I hate that I have to go in early and everyone gets all riled up for nothing. I wore my nice outfit and put on liquid eyeliner and mascara for nothing. Now you might be coming any day this week, but maybe not Wednesday. I hate having to be coached for what to say to them when my boss isn't there. And make excuses for decisions I feel perfectly good about making.
I need a new job.
On the good side, it looks like I'll be driving with Nicole to DC. She's moving there for work and would otherwise be driving there alone. She's going to be a spy. Then I'll get to visit
and go to the Library of Congress, and Lush, and various other places where I will totally geek out. Yay!
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11:42 pm
December 10th, 2006
Things from this weekend, in photos
here"s some stuff i did this weekend, illustrated
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11:14 am
December 8th, 2006
more survivor thoughts
cut for those who don"t care or haven"t seen it yet
games aren't played in blogs, they're played inside tv sets.
also, i read in usa today (shut up, it's what we get at work, and sometimes when i forget a book, i read that) that the new survivor is filming in fiji where there has recently been a military coup. apparently the military has guaranteed the safety of cast and crew. excitement!
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10:02 am December 8th, 2006
why is it, after 5 years in retail (ack, it's true) and years before that in theatre, am i still so excited for the weekend? even when i have to work! i guess because everyone else is more willing to go out on weekend days, but still. it's not the best of times when i have to work til 10:30 or 11 tonight and then be back at 10am tomorrow. at least i have sunday off, one of two weekend days this month (also christmas eve).
will someone give me a new job please?
Elevate the discourse
09:54 pm
December 7th, 2006
Did I post yet today?
Can't remember if I posted yet today... Oh well, I was pretty productive before work, going to get a prescription refill, picking some stuff up at my parents' house, making a return and a purchase at IKEA, making a return and a purchase at my store. Much commerce. Then a boring day at work. Next hopefully Town Talk if people are still there.
Apparently you could buy a wedding gift for Dontrelle Willis if you'd like (posted on Deadspin, sorry no linky).
That is all.
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09:48 pm
December 6th, 2006
wednesday evening
so, no new criminal minds or csi:ny=sad. watching holiday mythbusters=awesome.
also, i finally caved and signed up for nexflix. i am actually excited to watch more movies now. and december is the dark tea time of the soul where there's no college hockey and the regular hockey season isn't exciting yet. plus versus? crap channel that doesn't show nearly enough games. jerks.
also, i have a guest room now, so if places are needed for crashing, you no longer have to sleep on a couch at my house. hooray!
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10:26 pm
December 5th, 2006
Dear WIFI, I love you
I am currently posting from the bowling alley. We've discovered that Memory Lanes, by far the closest bowling alley to my house, also has wireless internet, and thus I'm not bored while everyone else is bowling, plus I don't have to talk to anyone. Hooray! Downside: no working outlets in the vicinity of the lanes so no power for me. Which is bad since my laptop battery is now three years old and doesn't so much hold a charge very well anymore.
Also, on the way home from The Sunday House (what I've decided to call it, since it's not the boys' place any more now that Christa lives there), I was listening to what I guess is Studio 360 on MPR. They were talking about the
biology of creativity
. I only heard the beginning part of it since I was in the car and then I got home, but it got me to thinking. The basic thrust was that in the movies madness accompanies genius. That to create you have to suffer some or a lot in another area of your life. Van Gogh with the ear thing. Numerous artists and musicians killing themselves. Studies have found that the incidence of depression and mental issues is higher among poets, especially female ones, than among the general population.
Now, I've spent a lot of time on artist-y pursuits, from many kinds of music lessons to art classes, to getting my undergrad degree in theatre specializing in lighting design. However, I've come to realize that in these areas, as well as in the crafty things like knitting that I do now, I'm really more of an artisan or craftsperson than I am an artist and I'm pretty much ok with that. I'll most probably never gain wide recognition for these things I do, but I also am not likely to suffer like Edvard Munch who was bipolar and produced his best work during crushing depression.
The radio piece also talked about a musician who would go off his meds to write songs. He could tell, when he'd need a lift, so he'd stop taking the antidepressants and other drugs to get back in the good songwriting place. Hmm. I am also glad to not have heavy drugs in my life.
Ok, that's enough.
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11:23 pm
December 4th, 2006
know what i want? a flat pen that could be used as a book mark. i'm thinking something that would store flat that you then make a tube out of to hold. it would maybe have a tab a/slot b kind of thing to hold the pen in the circle shape while you write, a flat thing not being the best for holding on to/comfort whilst writing.
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05:50 pm December 4th, 2006
the theme of saturday
no cut for you.
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10:29 pm
December 3rd, 2006
Things from last night
(Note: Apparently last night I forgot to hit the Update button. Oops.)
On the way to Pete and Klein's after work (how could I turn down "If you supply the nog I'll supply the amaretto?"), I saw a guy up on a ladder on a billboard by 694. He appeared to be spraypainting the message "Jennifer will you marry me." Well that's dedication. (Or actually a brilliant ad by a jewelry store. It is a fake guy, but very realistic.)
Also, on the way home just now, there was a story about Mozart's 250th birthday on the radio and they played a bit of the Requiem. It made me think about how as a singer I am a Latin-diction snob, most of the time. So in Mozart's day, did they, as German speakers, use their own pronunciation, or were they also Latin snobs. Obviously Latin was more in use then, not as a vernacular, but as a scholarly language, so there would have been more familiarity with it, especially among the elite. But who knows what their pronunciation standards were. Ah-leh-loo-ee-ah not all-lay-loo-ya.
I'm pretty sure I'm not making much sense right now.
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12:24 pm
December 2nd, 2006
, or, it's possible I watch too much TV
Survivor spoilers below
Wow, that was a lot of thinking about Survivor.
I all most had a DVR freakout since it didn't tape Numb3rs last night, however, it was a rerun, so no worries.
My fine people. Was there a new episode of
The Office
on Thanksgiving? If so, that didn't tape. I don't think there was, but who knows.
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01:39 am December 2nd, 2006
Excuse me?
Gophers, you're
at home???
WTF, people, WTF.
Also I heard on the radio that some people (I don't know who, but whatever) don't want my newly elected Congressman Keith Ellison, the first ever Muslim to be elected to Congress, to be sworn in on the Koran. So you'd prefer him to swear on the Bible? It's like me being sworn in on Ayn Rand's
—not so much something I believe in, and not a document or sentiment likely to get me to take more seriously my duties as an elected official. Oy.
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December 2006
Works Cited
Bat Girl!
warning, drama ahead
things to do tomorrow
dear work,
(no subject)
things on bbc overnight radio, or reasons i'm glad no one has my name.
i'll use this icon because of hayward
interesting things @ work
What's the deal with that?
Damn you alternating current!
Holy crap dude.
Things from this weekend, in photos
more survivor thoughts
Did I post yet today?
wednesday evening
Dear WIFI, I love you
the theme of saturday
Things from last night
, or, it's possible I watch too much TV
Excuse me?
idiot box


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Lead in New York City community garden chicken eggs: influential factors and health implications
- Henry M. Spliethoff,
- Rebecca G. Mitchell,
- Lisa N. Ribaudo,
- Owen Taylor,
- Hannah A. Shayler,
- Virginia Greene,
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Raising chickens for eggs in urban areas is becoming increasingly common. Urban chickens may be exposed to lead, a common urban soil contaminant. We measured lead concentrations in chicken eggs from New York City (NYC) community gardens and collected information on factors that might affect those concentrations. Lead was detected between 10 and 167 μg/kg in 48 % of NYC eggs. Measures of lead in eggs from a henhouse were significantly associated (p < 0.005) with lead concentrations in soil. The association between soil and egg lead has been evaluated only once before, by a study of a rural region in Belgium. In our study, the apparent lead soil-to-egg transfer efficiency was considerably lower than that found in Belgium, suggesting that there may be important geographic differences in this transfer. We developed models that suggested that, for sites like ours, lead concentrations in >50 % of eggs from a henhouse would exceed store-bought egg concentrations (<7–13 μg/kg; 3 % above detection limit) at soil lead concentrations >120 mg/kg and that the concentration in one of six eggs from a henhouse would exceed a 100 μg/kg guidance value at soil lead concentrations >410 mg/kg. Our models also suggested that the availability of dietary calcium supplements was another influential factor that reduced egg lead concentrations. Estimates of health risk from consuming eggs with the lead concentrations we measured generally were not significant. However, soil lead concentrations in this study were <600 mg/kg, and considerably higher concentrations are not uncommon. Efforts to reduce lead transfer to chicken eggs and associated exposure are recommended for urban chicken keepers.
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- Title
- Lead in New York City community garden chicken eggs: influential factors and health implications
- Journal
Environmental Geochemistry and Health
Volume 36, Issue 4 , pp 633-649
- Cover Date
- 2014-08-01
- 10.1007/s10653-013-9586-z
- Print ISSN
- 0269-4042
- Online ISSN
- 1573-2983
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- Chicken eggs
- Lead (Pb) exposure
- Community gardens
- Urban agriculture
- Exposure assessment
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Henry M. Spliethoff (1)
- Rebecca G. Mitchell (1)
- Lisa N. Ribaudo (1)
- Owen Taylor (2)
- Hannah A. Shayler (3)
- Virginia Greene (4)
- Debra Oglesby (4)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Bureau of Toxic Substance Assessment, New York State Department of Health, Empire State Plaza, Corning Tower, Room 1743, Albany, NY, 12237, USA
- 2. Just Food, 1155 Avenue of the Americas, 3rd Floor, New York, NY, 10036, USA
- 3. Cornell Waste Management Institute, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University, Bradfield Hall, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
- 4. New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, 7 Harriman Campus Road, Albany, NY, 12206, USA


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Hawthorns 'hands off' warning on ace Hughes.
Scouts from a string of top-flight clubs, including Arsenal, Coventry City and Nottingham Forest, were at Ashton Gate to see the flame-haired predator score twice to become the First Division's joint top marksman with eight goals.
The spies were out in force on home soil, too, when Albion played Bolton Wanderers last Tuesday and Hughes got himself into enough goacoring positions to have walked off with the match ball.
Hughes, born a mile down the road in Smethwick and a regular among the fans on Albion's Birmingham Road End before he was signed by Kidderminster Harriers, has suddenly become hot property at The Hawthorns.
Which is why the club, standing just three points off the First Division lead, are ready to pour cold water on the first hopeful Premiership manager who makes a serious offer for their precious striker.
Signed for just pounds 200,000 by former manager Ray Harford last summer, Hughes would have a market value of at least pounds 2million should Albion consider selling him now.
They have no intention of cashing in, however. Hughes is under long-term contract with the club and Albion see his goacoring expertise as their ticket into the Premiership.
Just as importantly, Hughes is happy to have fulfilled his dream to play for the club he supported as a boy.
"Albion are the only club I ever wanted to play for," he said. "I know there were other First Division clubs in the hunt when Ray Harford came in for me, but I wasn't interested.
"Yes, I'd love to play in the Premiership. That has to be the ambition of any professional footballer. But there's no reason why I can't make it with this club."
Denis Smith, the Albion chie knows full well that Hughes has attracted nationwide interest but will give short shrift to clubs seeking to prise him away from The Hawthorns.
"They haven't got a chance," he said. "When I was managing Oxford United, I spent most of my time selling players just to keep the club afloat. I don't have to do that here."
Big names at Rovers
Derek Mountfield and Charlie Ntamark, former team-mates at Walsall, are poised to form the new managerial team at Dr Martens Premier Division club Bromsgrove. Mountfield, the former Aston Villa defender and one-time Cameroon World Cup player Ntamark, tur ned out for Rovers in the 2-1 defeat at Burton last Saturday and could replace Steve Daley after the former Wolves midfielder's resignation.
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Written by Jughead, published July 30th, 2009. 5 comment(s).
I've been a gamer since I was a little boy. Started out on the Atari 2600, a 386, and the local pizza place and arcade. I always loved arcade games and pinball and that love carried over into my console collection and obsession. I just recently got my first pinball machine after owning an Aliens arcade cabinet for awhile and building a PC MAME cabinet for other games. I purchased Big Brave off a friend for 200 bucks and have set out on the task of cosmetically restoring it (works great, looks bad). During my current journey my interest has been peaked and I am now scouring the classifieds and looking around the net for pinball games of my youth, and some I've maybe never played. Hopefully I can make enough room to continue growing my collection and hobby of arcade cabinet and pinball playing.
Hope you have a huge basement with lots of extra room! I started out with 1 pinball, now I have 5 + a jamma arcade cabinet! ...and still looking for my next fix!
Awesome pin Big Brave is I have a Big Indian that plays fantastic,
those games are some of the best of the 1970s
Sounds like you've got the fever, Jughead!
You have a pinblem
where did you go?
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