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I had my sons pictures taken through this place that offered it at the last hospital I deliverd at. I know this place is all over so did anyone else have this place tke hospital pics of your babys? Whats funny is they talk about all these poses they take of your baby and they only took one cruddy picture, and then showed me the book of packages and keepsakes and my eyes seriously got huge, what the crap! Those prices were ridicolous, I can take my new baby to a professional studio and get amazing pictures in many poses for MUCH cheaper, and they tell you the person taking the pictures is like a great photographer, they used a digital camara like the low grade crap ones you can find at walmart! Sorry about the rant but I just wantedto state my thought for anyone who is thinking about hospital photos with this company. I also did not like the picture quality when we got some(EXPENSIVE!) photos that my mother bought. It looked like someone put home office kodak picture paper in a printer and printed them. Anyone else have any thoughts on this company?
Our365 Hospital baby photos
Stephanie (21) Married to Michael (25) since 1-12-2008 DD Leighlla(2-29-2008, leapyear baby!) DS Caleb (2-23-2009) EDD June 3rd 2010 THINK PINK!!
These people did the pictures for my son. The girl that was working for them did not look professional in any way, and couldn't spell when she was asking the information for the pictures. I had to tell her multiple times how to spell basic words. She did do some cute poses with my son and the basic one with him laying down on a piece of colored paper and the picture was taken from above.
I ended up getting my birth announcements through them and an 8x10 for my husband and I. The only reason we did is because my mother bought them for us. When I received the announcements they had his height wrong, which wasn't really that big of a deal but it was still annoying.
All that said, if this hospital has them I won't be using their services again.
Agree with you all 100%! I can take better pictures than those people!
Debbie� Tyler 10-21-07� Abigail June 3, 2010
The hosp that I work at and will be delivering at recently dropped that company and now uses a company by the name of Bella Baby. I have seen their photos-and WOW! You can't even compare to Our365. The pictures look like professional studio pics. You can dress your baby in anything you want-change outfits multiple times as well. They take pics of baby with the parents, close up of baby in Dad's hands, baby in a laundry basket with pink or blue blanket-only wearing a diaper! I have seen really beautiful pictures. I'm going to go with them for this new LO's pics.
Here's the drawback---they are priced like a professional studio as well! The least expensice package was over $100-and they go up to about $450! You have to pay extra to have the copyright and a CD of the pictures too! It's definately cheaper to go to Targe(ect)t-but the pictures won't be nearly as nice.
Megan - Happily married to my best friend, proud parents of 6 BEAUTIFUL children!
Kevin-19, Brendan-13, Katie-11, Sean-7, Colin-5, Maeve-2
I got an advertisement in the mail for a photographer (a real one) who will come to the hospital and do photos. Her portfolio was AWESOME. Not sure about price, but I'll definitely be looking into that. I would really like to have some nice pictures of us at the hospital. DH has a friend who's an aspiring photographer, so maybe he could do it too. So anyway - there might be photographers in your area who will travel to the hospital if you really want hospital shots!
Hide your crazy and start acting like a lady.
Raising a kid is part joy and part guerilla warfare. - Ed Asner
FWIW, I had Our365 take our newborn's photos at the hospital in March, and they were fantastic. I didn't think the prices were bad at all, and I am still absolutely in love with the pics they took! This is one of them:
- Lisa
Evelyn Shannon (3/30/09), Lillian Marie (2/21/12, successful VBAC!)
Oh Boy, did I have an experience with them!
Not the Hospital lady we did get that package which was the "birth photo" the package I think was 40 bucks, no big deal!
Now at when she was 3 months, the company calls me telling me I get a FREE shoot and an 8x 10 with no obligation to buy anything.
So I'm like okay.... set up the appt, the guy comes out, and I was not impressed by any means, he was awful! I knew the pictures would come out awful...
Then the package lady sets up an appt with me to come over and discuss all the cute things she can do with the photos... Even though I told her I know the photos didn't look good I don't think we will be buying anything.
She came we saw ALL the photos, and let me tell you my 5 year old son can take better pictures with his Fisher Price Tough Camera!
Yes she CAN photoshop no argument there! But the photos were horrible! She wanted me to buy a photo package for I think the lowest price for anything was $250.00! Are you kidding me, we were arguing in my living over uhm no the pictures are HORRIBLE... then she started getting on me about how can I say that, and that these are memories and not every picture is perfect it is a picture captured in a moment of time, some crazy jargon like that!
I can go to Target and get whole packages for 8.99! No Thanks! And buy my own frame, a good one too for way less!
They are AWFUL and should be shut down. She did let on that they weren't the same company from the 365 in the hospital, that apparently they buy lists from hospitals to get that 3 month photo!
"If you take away the cause the effect ceases! "
It's No Surprise I'm Very Opinionated!
Son 12-13-04 - Daughter 1-6-09 - Daughter 6-21-10 (EBF)
Our365 took pics of my 7 month old in the hospital and they came out great. I got my birth announcements through them. I was able to dress him however I wanted, and they took several pictures of him in different poses. I didn't think the prices were too expensive.
Ashley- Proud Air Force wife since 2/13/07
Matthew 11/20/07(Autism) � Brady 4/29/09
Ace 6/23/2010�� Delila 8/15/2011
I wanted the hospital to take a picture of my 2nd DS but he was in the NICU and they didn't do it :(
DH together since 3/30/2001
Expecting #3 ANOTHER BOY - June 29, 2010
So I'm a FTM, but my husband is a professional baby/child photographer so obviously I am spoiled in this regard -- I definitely won't be using a hospital company. I just wanted to throw out there the option of calling some local photographers that do baby shots (try younger photographers -- in their 20's or so) and you may be VERY pleasantly surprised at their costs and the options that they offer that may be far nicer than what you can get from a large company. I know my husband will typically travel to the hospital for the same price as an in-studio sitting and from some of the prices you ladies have posted on here for hospital companies you can get a LOT more!! Professional photographers also don't tend to stick to packages, you can order much more a la carte (and can often do birth announcements!!)
Good luck!!
Becky + Jeff = Madelyn (6/7/10) and Parker (1/13/12)
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Character Animation Technologies Ltd. of Dunedin, New Zealand, announced the worldwide availability of the company's first product offering, Character Animation Toolkit (CAT) Version 1.0. Designed for animators by animators, CAT is a fully integrated next-generation character animation system plug-in for Discreet's 3ds max. CAT provides production-proven technology to animation professionals in film, video, broadcast and games development, who are seeking overall speed, efficiency and flexibility in creating fully customizable rigs and animation sequences.
CAT Version 1.0 is currently available as a plug-in for 3ds max 6 at a cost of $995. The software can be purchased directly from Character Animation Technologies at www.catoolkit.com and through select Discreet Resellers.
"CAT Version 1.0 delivers on our commitment to introduce a brand new paradigm that empowers artists with the most comprehensive, intuitive character animation system available today," said Character Animation Technologies' ceo/co-founder Scott Pearson. "We are thrilled by the tremendous reception that CAT is receiving from the worldwide animation community. As a result of our extensive alpha and beta programs, which enlisted the expertise and feedback from some of the animation industry's top talent, we are happy to report that several of our beta testers have already been using CAT beta successfully in production, creating the results they expect in a fraction of the time they are used to."
According to Philip Taylor, cto, co-founder and lead software developer at Character Animation Technologies, CAT was born out of the frustration he experienced while animating THE MOST EXTREME, the flagship television series for the Discovery Channel's ANIMATION PLANET, for which he and Pearson both received an Emmy Award nomination.
"Creating more than 10 minutes of animation per episode on THE MOST EXTREME under very tight deadlines inspired me to create a toolset intended to reduce as much of the repetition, drudgery and technical headache associated with character animation creation as possible," said Taylor. "CAT, the culmination of these efforts, is based on a powerful, open and expandable underlying architecture that promises to provide users with an intuitive, easy to use character animation system that not only fosters artistic expression, but also provides animators with benefits that are realized in realtime."
CAT is a comprehensive, fully customizable rig that supports the creation of any number of limbs, for any configuration. It features a parametric motioncycle system that does not limit the animator's creativity; intuitive keyframe controls that can be assigned to all 3ds max animation controllers; a powerful mocap importer that supports popular motion capture formats; and a non-linear animation system that allows animators to use all of the above at once on different parts of the rig simultaneously.
Additional key features of CAT Version 1.0 software include:
CATRig - allows for fully flexible animation rig creation quickly and efficiently. Rig configurations can also be loaded and saved out for future use with the Rig Preset Manager. CATRig enables animators to load in the rig closest to their requirements and edit from there, saving ample time in the rigging process. Users can create as many spines, heads, bones, spine links, bone segments, tails, fingers and toes they could ever use.
CATMotion - is a fully flexible parametric motioncycle system used to create complex animations, complete with secondary motion, including walking, jumping, galloping and any other gaits the user could want. It works equally well on all rigs, from humans to animals to insects. Animators can load and save CATMotion presets to create libraries of motioncycles to avoid repetition, which can then be reused on other rigs. Using CATMotion, animators can create motioncycles that would be very difficult or even impossible using standard IK solutions.
Layer Manager - supports the creation of an unlimited number of layers to afford seamless animation from a variety of sources, including CATMotion, keyframe animation and mocap data. A powerful nonlinear motion data editing system, the animator can stretch and squash motion data, blend between clips, key whole character poses, and "collapse animation to layer." Relative layers allow for non-destructive editing of existing animation layers.
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Keyframe Animation - allows animators to intuitively manipulate the rig in realtime, directly in the viewport. All rig elements can be assigned any 3ds max animation controller, including scripts, LookAt constraints, Position Constraints and Bezier Float controllers.
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Salem Youth Soccer Association: Directions to FieldsDirections to Fields
High School and Woodbury fields
These fields can be reached by parking behind the Woodbury School at 206 Main St or the High School at 44 Geremonty Dr. See High School Fields Map page.
Lancaster School
Field is located behind the Lancaster School at 54 Millville St.
Morse Field
Field is located behind the Soule School at 173 South Policy St.
Michelle Memorial Park
Route 93 to exit 1, Rockingham Blvd. Cross through the route 28 intersection. There will be a 99 restaurant on the right and a Bickfords on the left. Stay straight on this road (Veterans Memorial Parkway) and follow until the end. Turn right onto Lawrence Rd. Follow until a stop sign and turn left which is the continuation of Lawrence Rd. Follow Lawrence Road for about a mile and pass a fire station on the right. The driveway to the field is ahead on the right past a few more houses. The field is across from the tennis courts. If you come to a church, turn around in the parking lot as the fields are adjacent to the church. 200 Lawrence Road, Salem, NH.
North Salem School
Field is located behind the North Salem School at 140 Zion Hill Road.
Pope Field
Take North Main to Atkinson Rd. At the end of Atkinson, go straight across on to Westside Dr. Pope Rd is 7/10th of a mile on the right. Turn right onto Pope and the fields are at the end of the street.
From Shannon road, go past the dump. After about approx 1 mile, turn right onto Westside Dr. Go 7/10th of a mile and Pope is on the right. Turn right onto Pope and the fields are at the end of the street
Bow NH Memorial School Field
We are playing at the Bow Memorial School Track Field. To get there from Salem, take I-93 north to I-89 north, and get off I-89 immediately on Exit 1 -- "Logging Hill Road, Bow."
At the end of the Exit 1 exit ramp, you'll be facing the Bow Mobil. Take a right. Stay on Logging Hill , go straight through the intersection with the flashing yellow light (you'll see the fire station and community center on the southeast corner), continue up the hill to a second flashing yellow light at the entrance to the Bow Elementary and Memorial schools. Turn right into the school parking lot.
In the school parking lot, bear left and take the loop for school buses only
-- you'll see the field below the bus loop to the right.
Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack, NH.
Camp Carpenter
Route 93 north to exit 5 (route 28), go right off exit and get into left lane. At Poor Boys Restaurant, turn left onto Auburn Road. Follow until stop sign and go left onto Old Derry Road. Old Derry Road turns into Bodwell Road, you'll travel about 2-3 miles total. Turn right onto Blondin Road. Manchester, NH.
Concord Memorial Varsity Fields
Concord Philbrook
Take I 93 North towards Concord and then take I 89 North.
Get off I 89 at Exit 2 and go right at end of exit ramp onto Clinton Street.
Stay on Clinton Street until your first set of lights.
Take a left at lights onto South Fruit Street.
The Philbrook - NH Hospital field is about 1/10th of a mile up South Fruit Street on your right.
Go just past the field and you will take a right into the NH Hospital parking lot.
Depot 3 Hampstead
From 111, go north on 121-go through/past down town (small) and approximately 2-3 miles you'll come to a blinking light. At the blinking light take a right onto Depot Road. Go approximately a mile or so and you'll see the fields on your right (a dirt road entrance with a gate that should/will be open.There is really nothing else on the right side of Depot Road except maybe 1 or 2 houses once you've turned onto it from 121. Depot Road, Hampstead, NH.
Derry Auburn Field
Auburn Field From the Derry traffic circle, go north on the RT 28 bypass for 4.74 miles. You will pass Pinkerton Academy on the left, and just before you get to the field you will see a Mobil on the right. Turn RIGHT onto PRISCILLA LN (same turn as Auburn District Court).
Derry Ryder Field
Take route 28 north until it becomes route 28 bypass (at the flea market, do not turn left toward the Parkland Hospital). Continue on route 28 bypass until the rotary. Go halfway around and continue up the hill on route 28 bypass. Go past Pinkerton Academy and at the stop light, turn right onto Tsienetto (spelling?). There is a day care on the left and the dirt driveway is on the left after the day care. The field is in the back.
Faith Christian
Route 93 north to route 293. After passing the mall on your left, continue over the Merrimack river but DO NOT bear right and continue on 293. Instead, stay straight and take the route 3 south exit which is also called the DW Highway. DO NOT take the Everett Turnpike. Go south on route 3 and continue down for a few miles, go past the Dunkin Donuts on your right (coach drinks it black, no cream or sugar)and continue on route 3 south. You will see the Faith Christian School on your left and it has a lot of flags in front of it. The soccer field is in the back behind the cool playground area. Daniel Webster Highway, Bedford, NH.
Hollis/Brookline High School
111 West through Nashua. On the West side of Nashua, about 7 minutes from the Daniel Webster highway, you will enter Hollis and turn right (North)on to Depot Road. Follow Depot for a few miles and turn left onto Merrill lane. Turn Right at the next stop sign (route 122). Go a short distance and turn left into the high school driveway. The field is to the left of the parking lot that is directly in front of the school.
Hooksett Tri-Town River
I have sent several unanswered emails to the coach and field person. The best I can tell is route 93 north to exit #10 and follow route 3A past the ice arena and the field is on the right after that.
Kollsman fields
220 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack, NH.
Londonderry High School
93 north to exit 4 route 102. Go left off exit, follow for a couple miles and turn right onto Mammoth Road (Dunkin Donuts across on the left side), Go past Mac's apple orchards and the High School is up ahead on the left. Mammoth Rd, Londonderry, NH.
Londonderry West Road Fields
From North/South (Route 93):
Take Route 93 to Exit 4(Route 102, Derry/Londonderry).
Take Route 102 West for approximately 5 miles.
Go right at blinking yellow light onto West Rd.
Continental Recreation Park is 2 miles on right.
Mines Falls, Nashua NH
Follow Route 111 through Hudson into Nashua. You will cross Main Street in Nashua and continue on Rt 111. You will pass Maynard/Lessiard Tires, a cemetary on your left. You will come to a traffic light and Soucy's Market will be on your right. Move to the far right lane and continue straight. Take a right at the gas station (Mobile or Texaco) onto Simon Str. Follow Simon Street. After it turns a sharp right, take a left onto Whipple Str and MF Park is located at the end of the road.
There are porta-potties
Nashua Road-Windham
This is the 11v11 field.
From Salem, travel route 111 west, go past the park-and-ride
Turn RIGHT onto CHURCH RD. 0.11 miles
Turn RIGHT onto N LOWELL RD. 1.05 miles
Turn LEFT onto LONDONDERRY RD. 1.24 miles
Turn LEFT onto NASHUA RD.
The field is down the road a piece on the right
Nashua Road, Windham, NH
Reeds Ferry School Merrimack NH
Pearson Road, Merrimack, NH.
Rolfe Park
93 N to 393. Take exit #15 which is route 3 and north main st. It's the 2nd part of the 393 exit Go to lights and make a soft RIGHT. If you make a hard RIGHT, you will be on side street.
Go past the prison. 1.7 miles past the prison you will come to a "Y" in the road.
Bear LEFT at "Y" and continue on for 1.9 miles. (you will pass a McDonalds on the left)
At 1.9 miles, Turn RIGHT onto BEEDE DR.
Follow road around to front of school.
Take RIGHT at the flag pole..
Take first LEFT and go to stop sign.
Go STRAIGHT through stop sign onto COMMUNITY DR.
Go 1/10 mile and you will see the yellow Community Center on your left.
Directly across from that you will see the entrance to ROLFE PARK.
Windham- Searles
This is the 8v8 field.
It's on Route 111. If you enter Route 111 west from US Gas, it's about a 1/2 - 3/4 mile on the left behind the stone building. It is before the golf driving range. Route 111, Windham, NH.
York Maine
Route 95 north into Maine, take the "last exit before tolls" and turn right or south onto Route 1. Get into left lane and turn left onto 1A north or York St.
TO HOTELS: Go past the Village School on left and in York center bear left at monument onto Long Sands Rd. Go past a strip mall on the right and Long Sands will turn right just ahead. Follow Long Sands and the High School is ahead on the left. For those staying on the waterfront, Long Sands road continues to the beach and motels.
Take I-95 to Exit 4. If you are coming from the south, Exit 4 will be the last exit before the York Tollbooth and you will need to bear right at the end of the ramp. If you are coming from the north, Exit 4 will be immediately after the York Tollbooth on the right and you will need to take a left at the end of the ramp.
Next, bear right onto Route 1 south. Go straight through 2 sets of traffic lights and bear right onto Route 91 (this is shortly after Hannaford's on your right, and just before the Chinese Restaurant). Go over the overpass, Route 95, and take a sharp right onto Bog Road. The road will turn from pavement to dirt, follow a short distance, the fields will be on the left. Long Sands Road, York, Maine.
PhanZone Indoor Complex
Approximately 1/4 mile from the intersection of Route 111 and 121 in Hampstead.
From Route 93 North or South:
Exit 3 in New Hampshire , go right off the exit onto route 111 for aprox 7 miles
The Complex is on the left near the Atkinson/Hampstead, NH town line.
From Route 495 in Massachusetts: Take exit 51B, Route 125 North towards Plaistow, bear left onto Route 121 North near traffic light at Mobil station, stay on 121 for aprox. 4 miles. At the intersection of Route 111 traffic light turn left onto 111 West. Go aprox. 500 yards on 111 West. Route 111, Hampstead, NH.
Amherst NH
You can come from 111 - into Nashua to 101A West.
At the interesection of 101A and 122, take a right at the
light. Take an immediate right onto Stearns Road - the
fields are approx 1/4 mile up on the left. Please make sure
to park in the back parking lot. - this way I believe is the
shortest in distance
Another way is: 93N
to 101W - take the Amherst Exit - bear right.
At stop light take a left onto 122. Stay on that road
through the blinking light. As you approach the intersection
of 122/101A Stearns Road will be on your left. Take this and
the fields are approx 1/4 mile on the left. Make sure to park
in the back parking lot. Stearns Rd, Amherst, NH.
Main Dunstable
Follow Route 111 west from Salem as if you are heading to the Merrimack fields. Before Nashua, when you go over the Merrimack river, do not go right onto Canal St, instead, bear to the left. Follow this road across main St and keep going straight. When you come to a Texaco station, go left, cross over the Everett Turnpike, go left onto Main Dunstable Rd, follow approx 4 miles, the fields are on the right. The 8v8 fields are out back. Main Dunstable Road, Nashua, NH.
Rock Rimmon Soccer Complex
Route 93 north to route 293 north into manchester. Take exit #6 Amoskeag Bridge exit. Off exit get into left lane as if you are reversing your direction. Go through that light and then get over to the right heading toward a Texaco gas station. Go past Dunkin Donuts on right and at the blinking light, turn right onto Bremer. Follow about a mile or so and turn right onto Moore ( there may still be a small sign that says Rock Rimmon) the fields are at the end of the short road. Moore St, Manchester, NH.
The Sports Zone Indoor Complex
From route 93 North Take Exit 5,turn right off the ramp onto Route 28 south, Rockingham Road, toward Derry. (There is a Dunkin Donuts mini mart there if you want coffee)Stay on Route 28 for 2.4 miles when you will come to a stop light with Wal-mart on your right and Burger King on your left.
Take the next right, which is 'A' Street, just before The (used) Car Lot.
The SportsZone is the first building on your right,
past the NAPA Auto Parts Store. 77 A Street, Derry, NH.


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Peacock moraea (Moraea villosa)
|Moraea (1)
|Height: 30 – 40 cm (2)
Subspecies Moraea villosa villosa is classified as Near Threatened (NT), and subspecies Moraea villosa elandsmontana is classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the Interim Red Data List of South African Plant Taxa (3).
Moraea villosa is a species of peacock moraea, a group of plants named for the large, conspicuous eye-like patterns on the broad outer petals of the flowers (4), like those found on the feathers of a peacock. Two subspecies are recognised; M. v. villosa has purple, blue, pink or whitish petals, while the flowers of M. v. elandsmontana are bright orange (4) (5). The eye-shaped patterns consist of a green to blue or nearly black iridescent crescent, encircling a cream to orange 'eye', which is covered with long hairs. This entire shape is usually edged in dark violet, yellow or orange. Each stem bears one to five flowers (6), and has a solitary, narrow leaf, that is hairy on the underside (5).
Endemic to the Cape Floristic Region, a 'hot-spot' of plant diversity in south-western South Africa (2). This species of peacock moraea ranges from the Piketberg Mountains and upper Olifants River Valley in the north, to Gordon's Bay in the south, with extensions inland through the Tulbagh Valley to Ceres and Gydo pass (4). The subspecies M. v. elandsmontana has a very small distribution, and is known only from Elandsberg farm at the foot of the Elandsberg Mountains (4).
This species of peacock moraea grows in stony granite and clay, on flat or sloping ground (2).
Moraea villosa flowers from August until September (2). The delicate flowers open sequentially, with only one flower open at a time. Each flower blooms for only two days, opening in late morning and remaining open until the early afternoon of the following day (6).
The primary pollinator of Moraea villosa is a species of Hopliine beetle, Peritrichia rufotibialis. Hopliine beetles are commonly referred to as monkey beetles, due to their dark, hairy bodies and elongate or thickened hind legs. As the beetle crawls to the back of the flower to feed on nectar, is becomes densely covered with pollen, so much so that it may appear yellow or orange rather than black. As well as feeding from the peacock moraea, monkey beetles also mate on them (6).
It is believed that the elaborate colouration of peacock moraea flowers have evolved to attract the pollinating monkey beetle. In some populations of M. villosa there is a striking similarity between the size and dark, shiny colour of the 'eye-spot' and a P. rufotibialis beetle. Even the orange or cream part of the pattern closely resembles the pollen deposited on the beetle's back. In other M. villosa populations, the bright blue-green colour of the spot resembles the blue-green metallic colour of another pollinator, the glittering monkey beetle (Anisonyx ditus). This remarkable mimicry may have evolved to fool male insects into visiting flowers that look like females, but it is thought more likely that this pattern acts as an advertisement, to both males and females, of a suitable site for feeding and mating (6).
The habitat of the Cape Floristic Region, in which this species occurs, is facing threats of urban development, encroaching agriculture, and invasive alien species (7) (8). All these threats are likely to be impacting population of Moraea villosa. The subspecies M. v. elandsmontana is particularly vulnerable to any threats, due to its very restricted distribution.
Within the Cape Floristic Region, there are a number of protected areas (9), and a number of conservation organisations are working to conserve this botanically rich habitat. Conservation actions include purchasing land to protect it from the threats of encroaching agriculture and urban development (10), the removal of alien plants, and the establishment of new protected areas (7). In addition, many threatened species of peacock moraea have been saved from extinction through cultivation outside of its natural range (6), although this does not lessen the impact that would be felt if this beautiful flower was lost from its natural habitat.
For further information on the Cape Floristic Region and its conservation see:
- Conservation International: Biodiversity Hotspots:
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- Cape Floristic Region: an area occupying about 90,000 square kilometres in South Africa that contains an incredibly high diversity of plant species (around 8,700 species), of which 68 percent are found no where else.
- Endemic: a species or taxonomic group that is only found in one particular country or geographic area.
- Pollinator: an animal that carries out pollination. Pollination is the transfer of pollen grains from the anther (male part of a flower) to the stigma (female part of a flower) of a flowering plant. This usually leads to fertilisation, the development of seeds and, eventually, a new plant.
- Subspecies: a population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.
- Heywood, V.H. (1978) Flowering Plants of the World. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
- Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J. (2000) Cape Plants: A Conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. National Botanical Institute of South Africa, Pretoria .
Threatened Species Programme. (2007) Interim Red Data List of South African Plant Taxa. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Available at:
- Goldblatt, P. (1982) A synopsis of Moraea (Iridaceae) with new taxa, transfers, and notes. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 69(2): 351 - 369.
- Paterson-Jones, C. and Manning, J. (2007) Ecoguide Fynbos. Briza Publications, Pretoria, South Africa.
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The old wives tale of moving hive only 2-3ft or 2-3 miles doesn't have to be be used. Michael Bush uses this technique as have I.

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When positioning the bees in new hive location put a branch on side or above hive so they must pass through or by it. It helps the bees note that something has changed & reorient & reset bearings.

Of course its good to move a hive very early in morn or towards eveing when the foragers are resting or back in hive. If that isn't possible leave a hive or box w/ some hives old comb for orig. hives foragers & come back in eve. In early morn repatriate w/ its original hive.

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When I went there, from '91 to '93, it was very basic. Where I lived, there was no central heating. There was really no ability to make a phone call. There was no internet then or email or anything like that, and so you're pretty isolated during those two years. Just living like that was kind of eye-opening.
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I have a 50 gallon aquarium with 3 angelfish 1 apple snails 2 dwarf gouramis... can i put 3 three line corys in it? or will be any problem? thanks
Interesting. Angelfish will normally accept corys, so this only shows that there is no hard and fast rules. I would wonder though if your (Mandi) angels might have been preparing to spawn? Spawning can bring out real aggression in angelfish. Or if they are an established pair, they can view any newcomers as trouble.
Broujos, should you decide on corys, you should have more. You have the space, so a group of 9 or more will be better than just three. Youo can mix species, say three of each of several species, or have all the same species. But corys are very social shoaling fish and the larger the group the happier they will be. And lots of wood, and some plants for cover. They like to have hiding spots to retreat into, it makes them feel safer being out and about.
Pretty sure they were not ready to spawn and they were not together before. I actually got my second angel fish and the cory's at the same time. Who knows maybe they were just picky I am not sure but I was just speaking off of the past experience I had. :-)
Believe Angelfish and Gourami appreciate water temps a bit warmer than some of the cory's appreciate, and might try and find Sterbai corydoras who are more tolerable of temps above 76 degree's F.
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Are you referring to an old high voltage flash being connected to the V6 "standalone", or does it mean I can use the V6 sort of like a safe-sync? I mean does it bring the voltage down on the side connected to the camera?
If yes, to which voltage?
Allow me to explain.
Yes. You can use the V6 as a safe-sync. The top hotshoe and the sycn port can handled up to 300V to the flash/ strobe. The bottom hotshoe to the camera can handle up to 5V.
This means that anyone looking to buy a Wein Safe Sync (about 49.95US$) could just add a tenner and get the same thing PLUS all the added functionality of the Cactus V6!
This solved my problem of not being comfortable with connecting my old Metz 45 CT1 to my Canon DSLRs. They are supposedly safe up to 250V at the hot-shoe, but I feel much safer with 300V at the V6. Thank you Cactus :-)
Here's the link to my support question:


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The village of Kiana in Northwest Alaska was on lockdown Wednesday after troopers said a man shot two hunters and stole their boat at a remote cabin upriver.
As of about 1 p.m., troopers had arrived at the cabin as well as in Kiana and were preparing to search a roughly 40-mile stretch of terrain for the shooter, the agency said. The attack prompted officials to close the village school and other public buildings.
"No one is supposed to be outdoors except for troopers and those helping the troopers observe and watch ... in case the shooter comes into town," said Norman Eck, superintendent for the Northwest Arctic Borough School District.
Julie Owen of Northern Air Trophy said the hunters -- whom she identified as airline mechanic Paul Buckel of Kotzebue and his brother, Chuck -- were dropped off at Squirrel River on Saturday. The attack came sometime Tuesday night, troopers said.
Troopers were working to identify and locate hunters and travelers in the area while awaiting for about five additional troopers to arrive from Fairbanks on Wednesday afternoon, said spokeswoman Megan Peters. Troopers did not know the shooter's identity or have a description of the man, she said.
Kiana resident Teddy Kyle Smith has been on the run from troopers since the suspicious death of his mother on Sept. 7 in the village. Smith is wanted on an assault charge related to firing a gun in the community after the death of Dolly Smith, 74.
As many as a dozen troopers arrived at the village during the early investigation and manhunt, Trooper Capt. Barry Wilson said at the time.
That force was reduced to one trooper in the following days as authorities received no tips and found no sign of Smith.
Troopers have not said if they suspect Smith attacked the hunters.
"We can't jump to conclusions," spokeswoman Megan Peters said Wednesday morning.
Troopers learned of the shootings at 3:36 a.m.
The trouble began when the hunters, floating down the Squirrel River in an inflatable, stopped at a cabin near the confluence of the Squirrel and Omar rivers, troopers said.
A third man was already inside, staying at the cabin. The man shot both hunters and stole their boat and hunting equipment, according to a trooper account.
He began floating down river, troopers said.
Troopers landed in Kiana, population 375, Wednesday morning, Eck said.
"They're watching the river," he said.
Troopers transported the wounded hunters to Kiana, and one was then flown to Anchorage and one to Kotzebue for treatment.
By Wednesday afternoon, Chuck Buckel was taken to Fairbanks for treatment and was still under evaluation, said Julie Owen. "Paul was shot in the arm and Chuck was shot in the chest," she said.
Kiana is 57 miles east of Kotzebue. Eck, the district superintendent, said all Kiana teachers, staff and students were asked to remain in their homes.
Officials in Noorvik told troopers a lockdown also was in place in that nearby village Wednesday morning, Peters said. By afternoon, Noorvik principal Paul Clark said, buildings appeared to be opened and students were attending class.
Twitter updates: twitter.com/adn_kylehopkins. Call Kyle Hopkins at 257-4334 or email him at email@example.com.
By KYLE HOPKINS
Anchorage Daily News


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Nov 28 2010
The Underbelly
The New York Times has an excellent expose in its Sunday business section about a Russian-emigre scamster who has turned Google's algorithms to his benefit as he rips off customers with counterfeit designer eyeglass frames; proving in essence that bad publicity is better than no publicity at all, the scheme uses well intentioned customer advocacy sites like GetSatisfaction and RipoffReport to build Google juice through mentions and backlinks — things Google likes in its opaque rankings.
After years of flogging the theme that Google defines brand more than anything, and pushing a "customer is always right" posture on customer service relations as the best way to influence a brand online, I found the Times piece frighteningly propheti about how the underbelly of the Internet, primarily the dim world of domain squatters, virus writers, search engine optimization consultants, affiliate marketing weasels and pay-per-post bloggers, has come to insidiously eat away at good intentioned promises of sentiment and influence to make negative commentary a good thing thanks to robotic search results.
Staggering but true and hence I won't fall into the scamster's trap of goading outraged handwringers like myself to mention his site or name.
2 Responses to "The Underbelly"
# Anonymouson 28 Nov 2010 at 5:17 PM
caveat emptor Web 2.0…a fascinating story. A pity this thug doesn't put his obvious intelligence to better use. Maybe on Wall Street? Oh, wait:
"A few months before Lehman imploded, he says, he quit to focus on Internet sales."
# Lisa --on 02 Dec 2010 at 7:21 AM
What really galls me about this gangster is that he spends more time bullying people than selling things. If he just sold things with a modicum of customer service he'd have a viable business going for himself. But I agree with anonymous above … caveat emptor.


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It's the biggest football game of the year. In fact, it may be the biggest sporting event of the year. It's the Super Bowl and this year, in the 44th edition, it'll be the New Orleans Saints vs. the Indianapolis Colts. The only place to watch it, none other than News 12 on Sunday. Coverage starting at Noon and kickoff slated for 6:25pm.
So who's going to win Super Bowl XLIV? I asked the great people at News 12 for their prediction. Check them out and then let us know who you think will win in the comments section!
(In alphabetical order)
Krystal Alabaugh - Production Assistant
Saints 31-28
Blayne Alexander - Multimedia Journalist
Saints 24-10 (The Saints deserve it!)
Meredith Anderson - News 12 at 6:00 and 11 Co-Anchor
Saints 35-34 (Payback for all those times this season the Colts BARELY eked out a win.)
Bryan Baker - On Your Side Reporter
Saints 28-27 (Peyton Manning is the only reason this game will be close. The Colts' defense will do an admirable job of stopping the Saints' explosive offense, but it won't be enough to keep all of its weapons down. The difference in the game is the Saints' ability to hold Manning and Indy to a couple of field goals in the red zone. The game ends when the Saints go for a late fourth down and convert it to keep Manning off of the field for a potential game-winning drive.)
Kelsey Barlow - News 12 at 6:00 Producer
Saints 41-38 (Of course the Saints... after being the "aints" for more than 40 years, it's time for the Who Dat Nation to take over. My guess, with two of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, it's going to be a high scoring game and close)
***NOTE: Kelsey is a native of New Orleans, LA
Matt Barnes - Weekend Sports Anchor
Colts 34-27 (Saints didn't impress me against the Vikings and not enough credit is going out to the Colts defense. But lately, the Super Bowl has been a close affair so why not again?)
Katie Beasley - Multimedia Journalist
Saints 24-21
Russ Bruhn - Assistant News Director/Executive Producer
Colts 34-21
Shane Butler - Chief Meteorologist
Colts 34-27
Tom Campbell - News 12 Midday Anchor, First at Five Co-Anchor
Saints 45-42 (The Colts have a much better team, but this is one of those moments in time where better may not always translate to winner.)
Ryan Calhoun - Multimedia Journalist
Saints 31-28 (It's fate that the Saints are going to win)
Luke Carter - Photojournalist
Saints 21-7 (A low scoring game, but great plays throughout)
Lisa Casini - News 12 at 6:00 and 11 Director
Saints 34-31 (After conferring with my personal sports consultant - my boyfriend!)
Chris Curry - News 12 First at Five Producer
Saints 24-21 (I've been told I'm supposed to pull for the Saints. So that's what I'm doing.)
Allyson Daitch - News Production Supervisor
Saints 24-21 (I don't like Peyton Manning)
Ned Dannenberg - News 12 This Weekend Producer
Saints 35-28
Kevin Faigle - Sports Director
Colts 34-24 (Peyton Manning, enough said)
Omar Forbes - Production Assistant
Colts 30-24
Jamal Hayward - Production Assistant
Colts 24-21 (The Colts will win by a field goal in the last seconds of the game)
Colin Hilson - Photojournalist
Colts 35-31 (The Madden simulation had it Saints 35-31 so I'm going to take the opposite)
Ashley Jeffery - Multimedia Journalist
Saints 34-27 (I have to pull for the underdog since my Steelers stunk this year)
Victoria Lyons - News 12 at 11 Producer
Saints 42-35
Christina Marchman - Production Assistant
Saints 45-43
Richard Rogers - News 12 at 6:00 and 11 Co-Anchor
Saints 31-28
Tim Strong - News 12 This Morning Meteorologist
Colts 42-37 (High powered offenses on both sides of the ball. Peyton Manning always finds ways to punish defenses.)
Melissa Tune - First at Five Co-Anchor, Reporter
Saints 21-14 (Gonna be a tight game, but Saints want it more!!)
Gary Williamson - Engineer
Colts 38-24 (Since I am the reigning WRDW fantasy football champion 2 years running, I am obviously an expert in the football arena. Well, it sounds good at least.)


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Upgrading to LinuxBIOS
From OLPC
This procedure installs LinuxBIOS in the SPI flash of an OLPC development board, replacing the factory-installed Insyde BIOS if it's there. Insyde BIOS expired on Aug. 23, 2006.
This process works by booting one of the OLPC build images, which include the utilities required for loading LinuxBIOS into the board's SPI flash. The build image can boot either under Insyde BIOS or under LinuxBIOS. Once the flash has been updated, you may optionally continue to install the build image to internal NAND flash, or install a full Fedora installation on a USB hard disk.
- This is a one-way procedure. Once you have installed LinuxBIOS and rebooted, going back to Insyde BIOS requires other tools and procedures.
- If you install a CL 2.0 BIOS version onto a board with Infineon RAMS, you may have trouble (re)booting. Please be careful to choose the correct version of the BIOS.
- We strongly recommend that you install a new OS (build) image at the same time that you upgrade to LinuxBIOS. However, you can also use a new OS image solely to update your BIOS from Insyde to LinuxBIOS.
- LinuxBIOS is not compatible with Insyde BIOS. After LinuxBIOS is installed, old software installations that used to work under Insyde BIOS may no longer boot. If you wish to continue using your existing installation, you will need to update both your kernel and your X driver, as described below.
- The Geode processor on the OLPC boards does not have VESA console graphics hardware built in: instead, the Insyde BIOS has code that emulates VESA hardware. This emulator is not owned by AMD, and we prefer to use the BIOS space for other capability. We could also not maintain this binary blob should it require maintenance. This means that DOS or Windows will not boot under LinuxBIOS directly, as they expect to find VESA graphics present.
- If for some reason you are not using the Fedora builds, you should first update your kernel to our latest kernel, and use the gxfb driver as your console. You will also need the amd X driver. To boot a Linux kernel on OLPC on the graphics console, you must use the gxfb driver. Note that the VESA X driver will also no longer function: you should be using the new "amd" X Window System driver as well, which has much higher performance.
The OLPC LinuxBIOS Installation Procedure
Before You Begin
If you have a UPS (uninterruptible power supply) handy, you should plug in your OLPC system to use it; you do not want to lose power part way through this operation. During the process of erasing and rewriting the SPI flash (which takes about a minute) you are vulnerable to power failures that could cause your hardware to become "bricked" (jargon for unusable).
You need a USB key (or USB disk), an OLPC devel board with a powered USB 2.0 hub and a USB keyboard (important), and a Linux-based host system.
Hardware Requirements - Details
- An OLPC development board - this is the machine whose SPI flash you will update.
- Antennae for your board, if you plan to ever enabling the on-board wireless.
- A powered USB 2.0 hub attached to the OLPC board.
- A USB keyboard attached to that powered hub. Don't use a PS/2 keyboard; it won't work right with this procedure because of a hardware interaction between the PS/2 and SPI programming circuits.
- A USB flash key or USB disk drive, minimum size of 512Mb. Note that we often refer to a flash key when any USB storage device, flash or disk, will do. I tested with a SanDisk Cruzer Mini 1.0GB device. Any existing data on that device will be overwritten.
- A working Linux-based "host system" to copy the software image to a USB key (or see #Using Windows as a Host system).
- Remember to plug into a UPS if you have one.
Checking your DRAM type
OLPC ATest boards were shiped with DRAM from 3 different manufacturers. Hynix, PSC, and Infineon. The infineon RAMs are the wrong part. They are CL3 parts and the OLPC runs at CL2. Running the Infineon parts at CL2 can cause your board to fail to boot. The Geode does not have a setting for CL3 so there is no "safe" speed for the Infineon. However, after a reasonable ammount of analysis and testing we have found that the Infineon parts will operate at CL2.5 without problems.
Therefore we provide 2 different LinuxBIOS images for upgrade. One that operates at CL2 and another at CL2.5.
Your RAM can be identified by looking at the following picture:
The 4 highlighted chips are the DRAM.
The labeling on the Infineon chips looks like this:
If your RAM matches the above then you need to use the CL2.5 version of the LinuxBIOS upgrade.
Installing LinuxBIOS
Download build image 86 from here. This OS image has the following checksums:
$ md5sum olpc-redhat-stream-development-ext3.img.bz2 30d763455d4ce8d4bee843b220b6a881 olpc-redhat-stream-development-ext3.img.bz2
$ sha1sum olpc-redhat-stream-development-ext3.img.bz2 2fa998f2f6049505c5dd8b7661aac376ed1928c7 olpc-redhat-stream-development-ext3.img.bz2
Check that the checksums match! You don't want to flash garbage into your flash. You can use the md5sum and sha1sum utilities on your Linux host system to do the check.
Plug your USB key or disk into the host system, and verify that /dev/sda is its correct name (Alternative names for /dev/sda...). Make sure you do the verification, since SATA hard drives are becoming more common, so using the wrong device name here might overwrite your own hard drive! Now type the following, replacing /dev/sda with the appropriate device if needed:
$ bunzip2 olpc-redhat-stream-development-ext3.img.bz2 $ dd bs=1M if=olpc-redhat-stream-development-ext3.img of=/dev/sda $ sync
When the dd command finishes (it gives no progress indication, so wait until you return to the prompt!), run 'sync' as above, then move the USB key to the OLPC board (connect it via the powered USB 2.0 hub).
If you have ddrescue installed you can use:
ddrescue olpc-redhat-stream-development-ext3.img /dev/sda
ddrescue has progress indication.
If you are still using Insyde BIOS, you will likely have it complain that it has expired. Set the date back to sometime in the summer, for example, August 1, 2006.
Boot the OLPC board (Boot sequence details...), and be sure to choose the second option in the green grub boot menu (don't accidentally boot the OLPC qemu target!).
When it finishes booting, you should see the sugar login prompt. Press ctrl+alt+F1 to get to a console, and login as 'root' with no password.
Now depending on what DRAM type you have you should flash in one of 2 different images. See Checking your DRAM type for help on figureing out what DRAM mfg you have.
For Hynix and PSC DRAM use:
$ olpcflash -r insyde.rom $ olpcflash -w /var/lib/olpc/linuxbios.rom
For Infineon DRAM use:
$ olpcflash -r insyde.rom $ olpcflash -w /var/lib/olpc/linuxbios.rom.cas25
These take of order a minute each to execute. (Details of what olpcflash does...)
If the flashing is successful, the last line of the output from the last command you executed above will be "- VERIFIED". If something went wrong, or verification failed, see #Disaster Recovery, and do not power cycle or reset the board.
It is important to shutdown the system cleanly as LinuxBIOS is currently picky about finding a clean file system for boot.
$ shutdown -h now
At this point you MUST power cycle the board to make sure it is fully reset. If you do not then your PS/2 keyboard and mice will not work.
Please unplug the board from the wall power wait 10 seconds and then reapply power.
If all goes well and the machine eventually loads the Sugar login prompt after you've power cycled it, you can upgrade some more OLPC boards by repeating this procedure.
This is the end of the procedure. The sections below contain additional information that may be useful if you have problems or are just curious.
Troubleshooting and additional information for the curious
Continuing with an Installation
If you installed the image onto a flash key or disk, and are happy to run off of that, guess what? You are running the OLPC Fedora distribution with Sugar, and have nothing more to do.
If you want to install some other system, a full Fedora installation, or install the image onto the internal flash (which is quite slow, by the way; this is why we are building the CAFE chip), then you can follow the directions below.
Continuing with a Full Fedora Core Installation
The Installing_Fedora_Core page describes how to continue with a full Fedora installation, once you have installed LinuxBIOS, if the minimal OLPC installation is insufficient.
Continuing with a NAND flash installation
The Installing_to_NAND page describes how to install a build image to the internal NAND flash on the board and boot from it.
Release Notes
- The LinuxBIOS buildrom package is very sensitive to the compiler toolchain used to build it; we found that FC6 rawhide would build a broken ROM (now being investigated). Ubuntu Edgy unstable has other problems building buildrom head. We strongly recommend against trying to rebuild the LinuxBIOS rom yourself. Please only use binaries that OLPC has tested and do not attempt to build your own BIOS image unless you are a serious LinuxBIOS developer.
- The X server have been configured to use 1024x768x16@60hz, by default, to maximize the chance of it "just working" on as many panels and monitors as possible. Feel free to tune for your own use. Note the OLPC panel is 1200x900 resolution, so if your flat panel or monitor will support that resolution, you may want to choose that size during your development, though we highly recommend using scalable graphics libraries based on Cairo to keep independent of display resolution.
- The Marvell firmware is not yet included in the distribution, but must be separately installed. The firmware should be downloaded and installed as the file /lib/firmware/usb8388.bin.
- LinuxBIOS won't boot to an unclean filesystem. Be sure to shut down the OLPC board cleanly after using it (running 'init 0' in the shell will do the trick).
Linux USB drive device names
On many Linux systems, USB mass storage devices (e.g. USB key drives) have device names like /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, etc. Those are the same names that are used for SCSI disks, because USB mass storage devices use SCSI-like commands at one level of their software protocol.
In the common case where there is only one USB key drive and no "real" SCSI hard disks, the device name will be /dev/sda. If there are multiple USB mass storage devices or some SCSI hard disks, the USB key might be /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, /dev/sdc, etc. Make sure that you find the right one, because you don't want to overwrite the wrong drive.
On some Linux systems, USB mass storage devices have names like /dev/uba, /dev/ubb, etc. ("ub" instead of "sd").
Boot sequence details
This section describes what you should see while the OS image is booting under Insyde BIOS.
A few seconds after power on, the white Insyde BIOS banner screen will appear. A little later, the top of that screen will show the results of USB probing. Those results should include your USB key.
Then the screen will switch to white text on a black background. Eventually it will boot GRUB (the intermediate bootloader). After a brief timeout, GRUB will then start Linux. When Linux takes control of the screen, the font size will decrease and you'll see a lot of Linux startup messages.
X should start, showing a login prompt in a window titled 'Sugar'. At this point, you can press ctrl+alt+F1 to see a login shell.
olpcflash details
The steps that occurs during the execution of the instructions above are as follows.
- (-r) Make a backup copy of the SPI FLASH in insyde.rom
- (-E) Erase the SPI FLASH
- (-w) Write the contents of /var/lib/olpc/linuxbios.rom to the SPI FLASH
- (-v) Verify that the newly-written data matches the file
Disaster Recovery
If the reflashing process fails, Don't power off or reset the OLPC board. Here are some things you can try that might be helpful. These are just suggestions, because I've never seen any failures - recovery procedures for hypothetical failures are inherently speculative.
Retrying the write command
You can retry the command that writes the SPI FLASH, i.e.
$ olpcflash -w /var/lib/olpc/linuxbios.rom
Retrying might conceivably be of some use if the failure was transient.
Restoring Insyde BIOS
You might be able to restore the Insyde BIOS with
$ olpcflash -w insyde.rom
This only works if you haven't powered off or otherwise reset the OLPC board since you loaded LinuxBIOS into FLASH. The reason is because LinuxBIOS cannot boot the software that we use in this procedure, which is set up to be booted by Insyde BIOS.
If something went wrong with the olpcflash process, it's possible - perhaps even likely that the same problem might also affect writing the insyde.rom back. So don't expect miracles; this is suggested "just in case it helps". It might help, for example, if the flash has a single bit error that Insyde BIOS's code has happened to hide.
("olpcflash -w insyde.rom" was helpful in the testing of this procedure, allowing me to test the procedure several times before committing to the "one way" nature of the upgrade.)
If you are still having trouble
Don't power off or reset the OLPC board and please get in contact with us, on IRC or via email, so that we have a chance to see what has gone wrong. If you power off or reset the board, we will have no way to diagnose the problem short of returning the board to OLPC and time consuming hardware diagnosis, and even then, may not be able to figure out what went wrong.
Using Windows as a Host System
http://www.chrysocome.net/dd has a version of the "dd" command that runs under Windows. The command line arguments are compatible with the Linux version, but you have to use the Windows form of the USB device name (not /dev/sda). The Windows "dd" has a "--list" command to help you discover the right device name.
- LinuxBIOS: Ron Minnich, Richard Smith, Mitch Bradley, Li-Ta Lo and the LinuxBIOS project
- Linux: Cast of thousands
- gxfb driver: Jordan Crouse
- amd EXA X driver: Jordan Crouse
- Libertas Marvell 8388 wireless driver: Ronak Chokshi, Aswath Mohan, Michailis Bletsas, Marcelo Tosatti
- Distro hacking, and initramfs goodness: David Zeuthen
- Kernel hacking: David Woodhouse, Marcelo Tosatti
- JFFS2: David Woodhouse
- Sugar: Dan Williams, Marco Gritti, Chris Blizzard, Walter Bender
- Amazing Sleuthing: Mitch Bradley
- Testing: Chris Ball, Ivan Krstić, Ray Tseng
- Lots of information: Ray Tseng
- Installation directions: Mitch Bradley, Ivan Krstić, Jim Gettys, Chris Ball, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
- Official OLPC virgin (tester): Léandra King


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District 4 Supervisor Max Rodriguez explores economic development priorities.
On education:
"The purse strings are loosening up a little ... but the money has to be used correctly. What could we do to improve the educational system here? It has to be parent participation. I'd like to see leaders like judges out talking to young people, communicating with them so they could be role models. Can you imagine the kids looking at a judge, who talks to the kids? We need role models. One time I was talking to the police chief, and asked why don't you have the patrol car stop by and have the police get out of the car and talk with the kids. Heck, have the kids get into the car and take them around the block with the siren on. That sounds kind of foolish, but maybe the kids would feel something for the police, and they could build a relationship. He told me, well, you know what, those officers are very busy. But I know innovative cities do that."
On the high-speed rail heavy-maintenance facility — has the city or the county pursued this?
"Oh, yes. We talk to our sources ... I can tell you we talk to them every other day. We badger them all the time. They listen to us. We try all the time. We develop friendships with them. We bring them here as often as we can.
"We go to meetings of county supervisors all we can. Other supervisors are still mad at the high-speed rail, and they ask us how we can spend so much time talking to the rail guys. But if you don't want to talk to them and give them your input, they aren't going to want to talk to you.
"High-speed rail will impact people's property, but it's not going to be as bad as people think it will be. I think they will be able to solve a lot of problems if they show concern."
"Another concern I have is water. But we see thousands and thousands of acres being planted in almonds, and we keep sticking straws in that ground and sucking the water up, and it's disappearing. It isn't just that crop, of course. But the water table is dropping.
"And you go out and try to regulate water — well, that is a fire storm. That's where agriculture has to get together ... The land in some places is subsiding because so much water is being taken out."
He said the next crisis will be water, and that farmers and all valley residents should get together to push for the water bonds. "We're going to need surface water ... We need to talk about water and start a dialogue."
Next: Conversation with Mayor Rob Poythress.


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AG: Missouri loses arbitration in tobacco case
Thursday, September 12, 2013
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster says the state has lost an arbitration case and will refund money it receives through a multi-state settlement with tobacco companies.
The attorney general's office says it is reviewing the order to determine how much Missouri will need to refund. The funds will be deducted from a payment the cigarette manufacturers make this upcoming April.
A three-judge arbitration panel sided with more than 30 cigarette manufacturers' claims that Missouri and several other states had failed to diligently enforce state tobacco laws in 2003 as was required in a 1998 legal settlement with 46 states. The tobacco settlement agreement was reached in 1998.
Missouri's share of the tobacco settlement was about $150 million in 2003.
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U. S. Air Force graduates Coconut Creek man
Monarch High School alumnus Bryan G. Gomez Moctezuma graduated from basic military training at the Lackland Air Force in San Antonio, Texas.
He completed an eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare skills. Airman 1st Class Moctezuma earned four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.


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May 4, 2016
Firefighters said they got an early morning call to a house fire in Plymouth, but the home was a total loss before they even arrived.
Washington County dispatchers said crews got the call to 103 Cranberry Street in Plymouth at 4:11 Friday morning.
Plymouth Volunteer Fire Department Chief, Joey Thompson, said as soon as crews arrived they saw flames coming from windows and knew the home was a total loss.
The Chief said it appears the home was vacant and no one was hurt as firefighters battled the blaze.
According to Thompson, the house had power and utility crews had to cut the lines to the house before firefighters could tackle the flames. Thompson said that prolonged the fire fight to an hour and a half.
Dominion Power said no other customers along Cranberry Street were in the dark as crews cut power to the home on fire.
Chief Thompson said they still do not know what caused the blaze.
Emergency crews said firefighters were called out early Friday morning as a vacant house was burning.
Officials said power was running to the home at 103 Cranberry Street in Plymouth, though no one was living inside the home.
Fire crews were called out to the Plymouth property at 4:11 a.m. Officials said they had to cut off power to the home be sure the fire did not get any worse.
While no injuries were reported, dispatchers said the home was a total loss.
According to Dominion Power, no other homes in the area were without power as a result of the nearby fire.
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