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Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Reviewby E. Fylladitakis on 4/2/2014 8:05 PM EST
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Sancus - Wednesday, April 02, 2014 - linkI don't recommend razer keyboards anymore since the one time I tried one, I got one that liked to randomly press "F11" while other things were being typed. If you google "Black widow random key presses" you'll see many reports of similar issues -- for me, the one thing that's absolutely inexcusable in a keyboard is for it to not pass your input to the PC properly... especially for keyboards this expensive.
Of course, you can RMA ones that have these kinds of issues, but this is the only keyboard that I've ever heard of having this kind of issue before, and I'd never experience it with dozens of keyboards from any number of other brands until I bought a BlackWidow Ultimate. Reply
Inteli - Wednesday, April 02, 2014 - linkThose random keypresses are likely a result of terrible soldering, which can be fixed easily, but still kinda crap. Reply
Nenad - Thursday, April 03, 2014 - linkNever had that problem on my Razer keyboard.
Reason why I stopped buying their keyboards and switched to Logitech is that Razer does not offer "big" ENTER key.
For example, Logitech US keyboards also have this small (one row) ENTER key , but their International (or at least UK/EU) keyboards have big (two row) ENTER key. Reply
thelowbob - Sunday, April 06, 2014 - linkHi! That they have one row enter key in US and two row key in UK/EU is normal, it's because in the US it's the ANSI standard that's used, and EU it's ISO. Reply
Nenad - Monday, April 07, 2014 - linkSadly, Razer keyboards only have US version. Reply
n13L5 - Wednesday, April 09, 2014 - linkcomplaining about the one row enter key in the EU keyboards seems absurd to me, since the "international english" keyboards from Logitech have the much worse issue of a severely shrunken left shift key in order to cram other keys in, one of which is even a duplicate (the \ | key) Reply
n13L5 - Wednesday, April 09, 2014 - linkfirst sentence was supposed to say "U.S. keyboards" Reply
Nenad - Monday, April 14, 2014 - linkWell, missing big ENTER on Razer keyboard is much bigger issue for me - YMMV.
BTW, I agree that Logitech's short left SHIFT is also stupid move, but how that make complaining about Razer's ENTER key absurd? Reply
Nuclearant - Friday, September 26, 2014 - linkI have the Black Widow Ultimate and it has the "big" enter. Never had the random keypress issue either, I am however suprised that it still works after I poured a whole cup of coffee on it. Reply
santiagoanders - Thursday, April 03, 2014 - linkWow. My BlackWidow keyboard also presses F11 at random. It doesn't happen very often, but sometimes my terminal will go full screen (F11) for no reason. Reply
theangryintern - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkI've had a BlackWidow for about 6 months or so now and I've had no issues with mine. My only gripe is not being able to change the backlight colors. I know that the green color is kinda Razer's thing, but it would be nice to be able to change it to something else if I wanted. Luckily my mouse does allow me to change colors so I set it to match my keyboard. Reply
shimeng - Sunday, May 18, 2014 - linkI had the same keyboard as the one in the review. I hurled it against the wall in a fit of anger due to a bug with the Synapse software (it would repeatedly spam the Enter key whenever I logged into Windows after performing a lock). There were reports of a firmware that fixed the issue but it was quietly pulled from Razer's website. It took several weeks and a third update to Synapse to finally resolve the problem. They certainly look and feel very nice but I would compare owning one to be akin to marrying the girl of your dreams, only to discover she has epilepsy. Reply
cmdrdredd - Wednesday, April 02, 2014 - linkSo the Green = Cherry Blue roughly. What is similar to the orange? Is it closer to red or black?
For the record I use Cherry Blue keys on my Leopold for gaming and don't feel they are too heavy or lack anything, but I suppose you can get used to anything. Reply
Inteli - Wednesday, April 02, 2014 - linkoranges are closer to browns. Reply
Drumsticks - Wednesday, April 02, 2014 - linkI believe it is similar to browns. Reply
Ian Cutress - Thursday, April 03, 2014 - linkFrom the review:
"If you were to examine the specifications of Razer's new switches, it becomes apparent that their Green and Orange switches are almost identical to the Blue and Brown switches from either Cherry or Kailh respectively"
It's now important that when someone says 'Greens' they specify either Razer Greens or Cherry Greens. Reply
tipoo - Wednesday, April 02, 2014 - linkIt would be awesome if you could review some of the really inexpensive Monoprice mechanical keyboards and gaming mice. Some of the mice for example look like really expensive Razer or RAT mice for 11 bucks. Reply
nathanddrews - Thursday, April 03, 2014 - linkI don't even recognize Monoprice anymore, they used to only have cables and cable accessories. It's like Newegg's new marketplace... selling everything trying to compete with Amazon. Monoprice always sold high quality product, though, and I know they offered some of the first budget 120Hz 1440p IPS panels available in the US and even an affordable, decent subwoofer (sounds good if you buy four). Reply
tipoo - Thursday, April 03, 2014 - linkI just got their MEP-933 earphones, very impressive for being 8 bucks, I'd say they're competitive with any IEMs I've heard under 50 bucks. After that, I started looking at their gaming mice too but can't find any good reviews on them. Reply
theangryintern - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkI don't really have a problem with them trying to sell other stuff to stay competitive as long as the cables part of the business doesn't change, and so far it hasn't. Still the best place to get quality cables for cheap. Reply
ahamling27 - Monday, April 07, 2014 - linkI have one of the Monoprice Mechanical Gaming Keyboards with the red blacklight and I have to say, it's been an amazing keyboard so far! I believe it has Cherry MX Red switches, and like the keyboard in this review, all the media/volume/macro keys use a FN modifier key. It also has headphone and mic inputs as well as 2 USB outlets, but it doesn't take an extra USB plug to make them work.
All in all, I really like my keyboard and at the time it was about the only red backlit keyboard I could find. Now there's a green one and it seems everyone and their dog does blue. My laptop has a steelseries keyboard in it that can actually do like 6 different colors, why can't mechanical keyboards do more than one color themselves? Reply
SirRandall - Wednesday, April 02, 2014 - link"Removing it reveals the green stabilization board that the keys are secured on." HA!! the keys on my Corsair Vengeance K95 are stabilized by a sheet of aluminum, flush mounted so easy to clean, and the keys aren't a garish green. To each their own. Reply
Phiro69 - Thursday, April 03, 2014 - linkI reply yes, typing this on my Model M buckling spring mechanical keyboard from Unicomp. To each their own. Reply
PEJUman - Thursday, April 03, 2014 - linkNew breed of hipster, I dub them geekster: my keyboard is older and harder to find than yours... Reply
CalaverasGrande - Thursday, April 03, 2014 - linkIBM PC keyboard, made in USA, detachable PS2 cable
Excellent mechanical keys.
Ugly like a stray dog with mange. Reply
echoe - Sunday, April 06, 2014 - linkwell, i have a kinesis advantage, because otherwise i'd be unable to type. i'm an elitist somehow! yeah! Reply
wetwareinterface - Sunday, April 06, 2014 - linki'll go the opposite direction and state i'm typing this on my cheaper than all of yours mechanical cherry mx blue switched thermaltake poseidon. blue backlighting with level adjust, windows key can be disabled with dedicated button and cherry mx blue switches. very weighty base and was only $89 Reply
Friendly0Fire - Wednesday, April 02, 2014 - linkPet peeve of mine: what is it with mechanical keyboards using Fn keys for multimedia? It's absurd. This isn't a bloody laptop keyboard, you've got the space.
I had to dig for a very long time to find a mechanical keyboard which also didn't skimp on media keys and volume toggles. Those things are pricy enough already, I don't see why I'd want something gimped in that way. Reply
lockdown571 - Wednesday, April 02, 2014 - linkThat is one of the reasons I love my Logitech G710+. It is one of the few mechanical keyboards I found with virtually no compromises (unless you really need a headphone port I guess). Reply
Sancus - Tuesday, April 08, 2014 - linkYep, this is also the reason I love the G710+. Reply
Thefinaleofseem - Thursday, April 03, 2014 - linkDoes Synapse still require you to register an account online just to adjust the settings for the keyboard? That was the case not too long ago. I'm not touching another Razer product until that goes away entirely. Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Thursday, April 03, 2014 - linkUnfortunately, yes. I'm not aware of this having changed. Reply
crazysurfanz - Thursday, April 03, 2014 - linkYeah, I was wondering about this and was surprised it wasn't mentioned in the review at all. Unfortunately that's a deal breaker for me, I won't be buying a keyboard that needs me to register an account with anything. Reply
Morawka - Thursday, April 03, 2014 - linkyou guys can cry about it all you want, but the cloud is the way to go. There's always going to be a few that cry about a feature that benefits the 90th percentile. Your in luck tho, you can still find a few keyboards that include DRAM on board to save your settings, but its archaic.
Razer listened to the minority and added the offline mode feature, something you should be grateful for (a companies willingness to listen to the minority). But to some its still not good enough. At the very least sign up so you can register your product. Razer is heading towards being a mobile devices company (pc's, laptops, tablets, wear-ables etc..), and the cloud is ever important in that area. Reply
Thefinaleofseem - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkThe Cloud is fine as an OPTION, not a requirement, especially on a product where cloud integration is largely useless fluff. Who the hell needs their mouse and keyboard settings in the cloud when it's perfectly possible to save them locally? How many people would ever make use of it? Reply
doggghouse - Thursday, April 03, 2014 - linkYou probably still have to create an account, but as soon as you finish the initial setup, you can switch the software into "Offline" mode, and it will stay that way. The only reason to switch back to "Online" is if you wanted to store your settings in the cloud. Also, it won't do automatic updates unless you're signed in. Reply
Thefinaleofseem - Thursday, April 03, 2014 - linkIt's still BS to force registration before you can configure a local device. Reply
Stuka87 - Thursday, April 03, 2014 - linkYes, but to me this is a feature that I like. Your profiles are all in the cloud. So if you have multiple desktops, or go to somebody else's house that has razer gear, you just login and BAM, all your settings are there. Its very cool. Reply
Thefinaleofseem - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkHandy if you want it, sure, but being required to use it? No thanks. Reply
meacupla - Thursday, April 03, 2014 - linkWhy does Razer insist on having no cable management under the keyboard and having the cable come out from the middle?
And to top it off, it's not even removable? Reply
Mithan - Thursday, April 03, 2014 - linkI have the original Black Widow Ultimate that came out 3 years ago or so and I really like it. Its been going strong all these years with no issues so far. The only thing I wish was different was that it had dedicated volume/mute keys like my older Saitek keyboards did. Reply
PrimalNaCl - Wednesday, October 08, 2014 - linkI have that one (Blue backlight Blue MX switches). I had been happily using it since I got it w/zero issues. Then, after my son convinced me to install the wretched synapse nonsense, it decided to update the fw (v1.18 to 2.??). I'm not certain if the mouse (DeathAdder 2013) was also updated. However, now, the BIOS sees that I have _4_ keyboards and _2_ mice plugged in. Further, ever since this has occurred, I can no longer log back in after Windows enters the sleep state. I can _wake_ the machine, and move the mouse, but can't enter any data. Sometimes the backlights are on, sometimes they are off during these events.
This is a new 5960x, x99 build w/Win 8.0. Everything was working flawlessly until I installed that damn software + fw update. I have subsequently _uninstalled_ the crap, but it hasn't helped.
Anyone know of a way to a) acquire an older copies of the kb fw and b) get a flashing tool to install it? When the bits were on my box, I didn't see any obvious tooling to do so. Razer's site is completely worthless. Various Google searches, reference old knowledge base # from Razer, but I can't locate that on their site. Downloads, only allows for acquiring Synapse.
Very sad. Reply
LoccOtHaN - Thursday, April 03, 2014 - linkI have Razor Arctosa 1ms and its OK Reply
fanofanand - Thursday, April 03, 2014 - linkI love Razer mice but would NEVER buy another keyboard. I bought a Tarantula in 2008 thinking it was the greatest thing ever, until I plugged it in.....The audio controls never worked properly (yes I had it plugged in correctly) and it needed a firmware update from the day I bought it. Never once did the firmware update work. I contacted their support team and never once received a reply. I even contacted them at their twitter page, no reply. Sorry Razer, but as a company I'm done with you, unless of course my mouse craps out on me.....I do love that thing. Reply
Stuka87 - Thursday, April 03, 2014 - linkI cannot speak for their support team from 6 years ago, but I just had to RMA an Intrepador, and they were great. Went back and forth several times to try out different things, when they did not work, I mailed them my old one and had a brand new mouse a week later. Reply
Stuka87 - Thursday, April 03, 2014 - linkEr, Intrepador should Imperator. Brain and fingers were not properly synced up on that. Reply
Trefugl - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkMath error... 0.3mm of displacement is 0.0118in, not 0.115in.. An order of magnitude off.
Sorry, I'm an engineer, so unit conversion mistakes like this get under my skin :). Reply
E.Fyll - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linklol, true, that was a spelling/typo mistake on my part. I corrected it. Sorry. Reply
Molbork - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkStill no analog keys, it's a shame. Analog movement for at least the WASD keys would be nice.
I've sent so many emails to different companies over the last ten years and don't think people understand the benefit for gaming. Reply
wetwareinterface - Sunday, April 06, 2014 - linkummm.... what benefit are you referring to. the keyboard will get connected to either a usb port or god forbid a usb-ps/2 adapter and into a ps/2 port. option 1 has lower latency without doing an analog to digital conversion so don't get your point, option 2 is far worse as that's polled even lower than a usb interrupt parse would take for each keystroke to register.
so if you want to live in fantasy land okay analog keyboard actuation would be great with your steampunk'd differnce engine's comptroller port Reply
MDX - Saturday, April 05, 2014 - linkRazer: overhyped crap. The worst products backed by the worst peripheral software. Reply
zaqwsx156 - Monday, April 07, 2014 - linkWhy would you post such a useless comment?!?! If you don't like Razer, why are you even looking at reviews of their products? It is people like you that convince me that some people shouldn't reproduce. Reply
mikemcc - Wednesday, April 09, 2014 - linkSorry, but that is one of the most stupid comments I have ever read, and I have read some stupid ones. People post comments in places like this precisely so others can read the pros and cons of a particular product. Perhaps you are too narrow-minded to figure this out, but just how do you think potential buyers would make purchasing decisions if the only thing they could read was positive reviews. Most people will be able to think about this for maybe ten seconds and realize this is correct. It may take you ten minutes, but you may get there... Reply
mikemcc - Saturday, April 05, 2014 - linkI won't buy another Razer product. I had a BW Ultimate and had the random keypresses (not just F11). I RMA'd the first one -- and that took weeks. The replacement started doing the same thing within a month or so. RMA's that one -- again, took weeks. That replacement lasted a little longer but then it started random keypresses. At that point, I just threw away the expensive keyboard and bought another illuminated keyboard which continues to work just fine. This keyboard is half the price and I can change the color of the backlighting. But the best thing about it is that the only time a character gets entered is when I actually press a key. What a nightmare that Razer BW keyboard was. Reply
rxzlmn - Monday, April 07, 2014 - linkWon't buy any Razer product ever again after so many experiences with lousy hardware and software. I have a Das Keyboard, and it's great - however, I really miss backlight. What's the next best choice with backlight and similar quality (NOT Razer)? Reply
Player433 - Monday, April 07, 2014 - linkI have the 2013 Razer black widow and it's a decent keyboard, but I wish they had the Cherry Red keys as well. A friend of mine also has the 2013 Razer black widow and he had to RMA it within two months of getting it. Reply
roxamis - Monday, April 07, 2014 - linkI had also a razer blackwidow which had random keypress problems (brand new). I searced online and found it was a VERY common issue. Inexcusable in a such a high priced keyboard. Also it was not true NKRO. I have bought a Filco majestic 2 full NKRO (usb to ps/2) and the build quality is far superior and for the around the same price. Reply
Notmyusualid - Friday, April 11, 2014 - linkI'd just like to say wow.
A week ago (before I read this) I bought the missus the version without the number pad, and a Death Adder mouse to go with it.
Absolutely wonderful to type on, I mean really. You make much fewer mistakes than with a bundled-with-whatever-pc keyboard most are used to using. It is loud, but as it a lawyer office SHE owns, the rest have to get over it.
However, for gaming, it is worthless. Those long presses, having a having a higher-than-normal pressure to make contact, and then falling quickly down, nah, not for me in gaming.
But I could type with this keyboard all day long...
However, Razar shot themselves in the foot, more than they know.... you have to REGISTER to get full functionality out of their products. Wow, reeeealllly? There is no argument for, that I will accept for this behaviour.
So what I'd like to say here is - I was going to pick her up a Razer Blade Pro from California on my next trip, thought it would make a nice 'talking point' in the office, and the fact that it is not a Mac in that form factor.
But Razer - with your mandatory registration - you can FORGET IT.
Dell however, seem to have some new offerings that are of interest. Razer, are you listening? Reply
TheSlamma - Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - linkyou got cherry blues then. loud awesome for typing not ideal for many gamers. red and brown are better for that or whatever razers equal is. Reply
trip1ex - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - linki like mine except for the lack of dedicated volume keys Reply
tbhatia4 - Sunday, October 12, 2014 - linkGot the keyboard yesterday, Awesome Built quality, Mechanical Keys with Backlit Illumination Looks Cool
Ali i can say that good quality
Anyways got a good deal from an indian website offered me Cash On Delivery and they charged me Rs 1000/- lesser than all big players Hats OFF!!!!
check yourself here
http://www.martnext.com/razer-blackwidow-ultimate-... Reply
LanderLawrence - Friday, November 14, 2014 - linkI got the "Razer Black Widow Ultimate Stealth Edition" just over a year ago. Such a long product name. Mine's from the first line of these keyboards - since then they've lengthened the name even more by adding a year to it.
Mine's been a solid keyboard so far. Feels solid and after a year's use, all of the blue LEDs are still fine. The thick braided cable is herniating a bit just after it comes out of the back of the keyboard. I'm planning on reinforcing that somehow, but don't have a plan yet.
I do have a few gripes about it though. It doesn't have the layout I'm used to (turns out that's the US ANSI one [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#Mech...]) and I miss that SO much. To the right of the spacebar there's no Windows key and the Function keys across the top are shifted right a bit.
I also miss having dedicated media keys. To adjust volume you have to hold the FN key in the bottom right and hit the Function keys in the top left. Sounds silly, but that takes 2 hands and if you're trying to mute the PC while answering a phone, it's a pain.
Razer also has some ideas with their software that bother me. This is before they started "big brothering" their Synapse software and requiring you to create an online account, but it seems they were already thinking along those lines.
The keyboard has onboard memory for storing macros and it has a physical key for starting "learning mode" (FN + Right Alt I think). Because all of that is in the keyboard itself, I thought I'd be fine using the keyboard without the Synapse software. Not so. When the keyboard "boots" it waits for the Synapse software to send the "all clear" signal before the keyboard will respond to the record macro button! If you have an OS that doesn't run Synapse or you don't want to install their software, you can't record macros.
Note this brilliant fellow's done something involving USB snooping software and a low level USB driver to make it work on Linux [http://www.finch.am/projects/blackwidow/]. If you're hoping to record macros while hooked up to an XBox 360 or something even more obscure, it's going to be harder than you think. Does Synapse run on MacOS? Reply
GraXXoR - Sunday, November 16, 2014 - linkKhail? greens might not be worse than Cherry Mx Blues, but the QC certainly is. My Ultimate chroma has gone back twice. Once with an E key that lost its clicky sound within a week and the second replacement had a lousy delete key.
Ok, so it serves me right buying a gimmicky in, I suppose. However, I have a very poor memory, so color coding is perfect for remembering different keys' meanings. Reply
ss1980 - Friday, February 12, 2016 - linkBEFORE YOU BUY, I would like to share my story dealing with Razer "customer support" and you will decide for yourself.
1. Recently bought the keyboard -- Razer BlackWidow 2014 Mechanical Keyboard in particular.
2. Keyboard happened to be missing one leg that raises it up and one rubber foot.
3. Naturally, I contacted Razer "customer support" to see if they could send me the missing parts (the missing leg and missing rubber foot), as without them I could neither raise the keyboard, nor I it was steady enough (it was actually rocking) when typing.
4. Razer "customer support" says they don't send or sell parts but can replace the whole keyboard.
5. In order to replace the whole keyboard, they needed all the whole gamut of information -- the serial number, model, etc. I provided.
6. A day later, they come back to me saying this -- "We will make an EXCEPTION for you and will replace it for you but you have to CUT THE CORD and send us a picture of it." I was like "WTF?!!! An exception? The keyboard is on warranty, I don't need any EXCEPTIONS. And cutting the corn on my $120 keyboard will render is useless. How soon will I receive the replacement keyboard?!!"
7. So I send them the picture of the keyboard with the cord cut and you know what Razer say???!!! "The photo looks photoshopped, so you're not getting any replacement!"
8. So I am left with no functioning keyboard, no replacement, and I can't even sell it now because the cord is cut!!!
Now you decide if you want to deal with the company that treats you like crap! Reply


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Welcome to a very special The Crap We Missed that not only features two pics of Mario Lopez (Because how the hell do you choose between Alessandra Ambrosio's buttcheek and the foreplay to a pretzel deepthroat?), but also has Prince Charles coming dangerously close to losing his spot to younger brother Edward. Equine lust or British hell-mouth? Again, you don't make that choice. Anyway, we've also got this Steven Seagal & Vladimir Putin pic web-striking every cat photo on the Internet today as well as boobies, Beetlejuice Rutger Hauer, and Joe Jonas' beard getting all wet.
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Train RobberySituation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.
Tom was helping his father out at the printer's shop when his uncle Max ran in to tell them about the train robbery.
"It was Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch! They murdered Mr. Simpson! "
Tom's father was puzzled. Butch Cassidy was the Robin Hood of the area. He had never killed anyone. He and Tom went to the sheriff's office to collect some evidence for the newspaper.
"There were two witnesses. Ms. Greene was sitting next to him on the train. Right before Mr. Simpson was shot, she heard him say 'Butch'. The second witness was Lester Strong. It appears that Mr. Simpson pulled down Butch's handkerchief. Lester was able to identify him because of his days working at the saloon."
Tom decided to put his great brain to work. That night, he spent his time thinking of names that sound like Butch. His theory was that Ms. Greene had heard a name that sounded like Butch, and with Lester Strong yelling 'Butch Cassidy', she had decided that that was it. All he could come up with was Hutch.
The next morning, the sheriff told them that a total of about six thousand dollars was stolen from Mr. Simpson's money belt.
"If only we could trace those bills!" Tom muttered.
"Well, we do know that they were Kansas banknotes. But does anyone have an idea of who could have stolen the money and killed Mr. Simpson?" Tom's father said.
Tom remembered his theory. "Yes! Is there anyone by the name of Hutch nearby?" Tom told them his theory. Rewarding it was too, for there was one gambler who was now at the top of their suspect list. Hutch Pfifer.
The sheriff traced Hutch for the next few days. In fact, Hutch (the usually broke gambler) had bought his girl, Rose, an expensive dress, and lost two hundred dollars at the saloon, both in Kansas banknotes!
Tom had also realized that if it wasn't Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch, then there were other accomplices as well. The sheriff asked the bank to monitor Kansas banknotes. The very next day, Lester Strong turned in seven hundred dollars in Kansas banknotes.
Now the only dilemma was, how would Tom, his father, and the Sheriff prove that it wasn't Butch Cassidy?
The next day, the sheriff got some news from a nearby town. Several people, including the mayor, had met Butch on the same day as the robbery. The problem now was how to prove it was Hutch and Lester.
Tom had it all figured out. He asked the sheriff to get Mr. Simpson's mail from the hotel. Hutch and Lester were successfully put in jail. How did Tom do it?
HintMr. Simpson was a rancher.
AnswerRanchers usually paid and got paid in cash. They generally made a list of the numbers of the bills. Mr. Simpson mailed the list to himself, in case he lost it. That was all the evidence needed.
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A WOMAN is fighting for her life after a crash in Poole on Saturday night.
As reported by the Daily Echo last night, the A349 Broadstone Way was blocked off at both ends after the 9pm collision and police, fire and ambulance crews were sent to the scene.
A police spokesman said that the accident happened at the junction of Beechbank Avenue between two cars.
It involved a blue Vauxhall Astra, registered to a Wimborne man, and a silver Honda Civic, registered to a Broadstone woman.
The fire service said that they were called to cut two women in the Civic out of the car.
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OIL and gas company Santos is on track to meet its 2013 production forecasts after enjoying a 10 per cent rise in 2012.
Santos on Thursday said production for the 2012 calendar year rose to 52.1 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe) from 47.2 mmboe in 2011.
Its annual sales revenues also hit a record $3.2 billion, up 18 per cent on 2011.
"Santos expects 2013 production to be in the range of 53 to 57 mmboe and capital expenditure (excluding capitalised interest) to be approximately $4 billion, both unchanged from guidance issued at the investor seminar in November 2012," Santos said in a statement.
Santos posted a 13 per cent rise in fourth-quarter production to 13.2 mmboe and record sales revenues of $876 million.
Santos said its full-year sales revenue result was driven by a 33 per cent rise in crude oil production.
Natural gas, ethane and LNG production also rose, by 18 per cent, in the December quarter, thanks to stronger performances from the Carnarvon, Cooper and Otway basins.
The average gas price for the quarter fell nine per cent to $5.06 a gigajoule, but for the year the average price was $5.14, up nine per cent on the previous year.
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Day 2 – Our coastal adventure south from Casablanca to Essaouira
After a delightful breakfast of strong Moroccan coffee, coconut yogurt, croissants, hard boiled eggs, homemade bread and apricot jam and a sort of pancake called a beghrir that was served with honey, we were fueled and ready for the day. We left Casablanca and headed south along an excellent road system to El-Jadida where the Portugese settled in the early 1500's. We spent the morning exploring an old Portugese stronghold called Mazagan. We strolled with our guide Mohammed (or Mo-Mo for short) among the fortified walls facing the ocean.
Our very friendly and funny guide Mo-Mo (he really did want us to call him that) then took us through the market. We stayed a while in one particular store. Here, our Arabian nights fantasy became reality…
After seeing Amanda this way, Mo-Mo quickly offered us 1000 camels to marry her…we did decide however to decline this VERY generous offer…
After a yummy lunch of fresh fish, pizza?!!?, and the best calamari I've ever had, we got back into our van to continue our journey south along the coastal road to Essaouira. The journey south was breathtakingly beautiful with fertile farmland atop cliffs overlooking the sea. Here, in the countryside, it was clear that life has not changed in generations…except for the ubiquitous satellite dishes. During the long drive we stopped several times along the way to get out of the van stretch our legs and breath the perfume of the sea air.
Not so perfume-y were the public Turkish toilets….
Jamal also stopped to show us the strange twisted Argan tree which is important ecologically and economically. Vitamin-rich oil is extracted from the seed of the fruit and has a wide range of applications (ie: cosmetics and cooking).
We finally reached Essaouira around 6pm and found our way through the medina to our hotel, a 19th Century House where story goes artists like Jimi Hendrix stayed. We like Essaouria already and can't wait to explore it more tomorrow.


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Welcome to Liverpool Public Library
1974 Library HistoryOn March 1, 1974 the Library Board of Trustees again asked for public support of a new building and this time the referendum passed! Barbara Herrgesell brought in a cake to celebrate. Now came the challenge of relocating to temporary quarters while construction took place.
The School District Office moved to a building on Seventh North Street on June 9 and the library found space in the Village Mall on Vine and First Streets. June 20th would be moving day.
June 12 marked the annual budget vote. 1867 voters approved ( and 1286 opposed) the $121,915 operating budget. Stuart Krupkin, Mr. Frederick and Nicholas J. Vaccaro were elected to the Board.
July 31, 1974 marked the day the old red brick district office building was demolished.
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new edifice took place on September 16th and the library closed so that all staff could attend.
In August the five member Board approved the installation of a computerized circulation system by Gaylord Brothers of Syracuse. The Liverpool Public Library would be the first library in Onondaga County to have such a system. Gaylord Brothers, the oldest library manufacturer in the world, began their operations in the early twentieth century in Syracuse and erected their current building on Morgan Road in Liverpool in 1968. Being so close to their offices was definitely an advantage whenever technical support was needed.
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My husband had very bad breath and always covered it up chewing gum. After french kissing for a period of time I also had the bad breath. I have tried tongue scrapers and special mouth rinses but nothing works. Can you help me? My tongue is white covered every morning.
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OTTAWA — If you're a teenager in Manitoba with FASD and you get in trouble with the law, there is one person you want in your corner.
Corey La Berge.
The 41-year-old lawyer has made it his life's work to get the system to understand traditional punishments and law and order policies are not built for kids whose brains do not work the way we expect them to.
"What do you call punishing someone for failing to meet impossible expectations?" La Berge says. "I call it abuse."
La Berge became drawn to working with people with FASD while completing his masters degree in social-cultural anthropology. His thesis dealt with adults with FASD.
"Once I became involved and I met people, met families, met individuals with FASD, I couldn't help but be drawn in," La Berge said.-P96xavpg.js">
So he went to law school and has spent the last 15 years immersed in the world of FASD.
He is now in the midst of a project with Legal Aid Manitoba trying to get the justice system in Manitoba, every time a client comes through the door, to think about whether that person might have FASD and then accommodate that disability at every step.
It might mean setting more realistic bail conditions, ensuring the child understands at every step what is going on in court and trying to put in place community programs, mental health treatment, education supports and a family living situation where the child can thrive.
Often kids get into trouble in the first place because we expect them to behave as if they don't have an alcohol-damaged brain.
They become entrenched in a vicious circle of bail hearings, breaching bail conditions, repeated offences and a life spent in and out of detention centres.
Most lawyers don't have training in FASD -- it is not, for example, included in the curriculum at the law school at the University of Manitoba, said La Berge.
A child with FASD, says La Berge, would simply not be capable of following a strict curfew as a bail condition. They most often don't have the same ability to understand time as someone without an alcohol-damaged brain.
Or they have associated mental health problems that compound their behaviour.
And the system shows them no compassion.
He gives, as a perfect example, the case of a 17-year-old girl with FASD and an IQ below 70. She had been sexually and physically abused most of her life. She was so suicidal her social worker ensured her foster placement was nowhere near a river so she couldn't try to jump off a bridge.
She used drugs and ended up getting arrested. Out on probation, she was told she couldn't take any drugs.
But she got a hold of a package of sleeping pills and took them all, trying to end her life.
Instead of admitting her to a psychiatric ward, the police took her to jail.
While at the Manitoba Youth Centre she ended up shackled to a bed because she was so mentally ill she began beating her head against a concrete wall.
When she was returned to court she sat listening as the judge, police, lawyers and others talked about her situation.
The judge determined her fate and asked if she had anything to say.
She looked at up him and shrugged.
"I don't know what's going on," she said.
And the cycle began again.
Q + A with Corey La Berge
On the biggest challenges of FASD. . .
A: The biggest challenge would be not recognizing the individual has a disability. That the individual may not be aware they have a disability. On top of that the people in their lives, their families, their friends, professionals working with them, are also not aware of the fact they have a disability and (are) sort of looking at their behaviours as flowing from other issues, whether it's being difficult to work with, attitude, personality, as opposed to brain differences that are resulting in behavioural differences.
On the justice system accommodating people with FASD...
A: If you look at principles of sentencing you are supposed to let the punishment fit the crime. You want to look at the moral culpability of the accused. How morally responsible are they? Clearly if I do something, if I steal a candy bar from the store, I'm a 41-year- old lawyer. It's very different than my five-year-old stealing a chocolate bar from a store. Someone with brain differences, and a disability like this, their moral culpability is different than that of myself or my five-year-old.
We need to be aware of their capacity to behave in a particular environment. And how to respond to that.
If you're looking at wanting to deter a person from offending in the future, if you're wanting to look at imposing meaningful consequences, if you're wanting to rehabilitate that individual so they can be more successful in the community, you have to understand the disability behind their behaviour.
On stopping the crush of kids with FASD ending up in trouble with the law. . .
We're not going to stop the number of children who are coming into the system. The number of children being recognized as having FASD is not going down. These children are going to keep coming into the system. By punishing them, by coming down with a hammer heavy is not going to stop the kids who are 11 and 10 right now from coming into the system when they are 12 and 13.
Deterrence is not the best, it's not the most effective method of dealing with this population of young offenders.
We need to create environments where they can be successful, where they're not getting into trouble, rather than allowing them to flounder in an environment where we know they can't be successful and then punish them for that.
Unless we want to warehouse people and we don't care about costs to the community, costs to them, it just doesn't make any sense to lock them up and keep locking them up and ignore the reasons why they're getting into trouble in the first place.


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NSF-funded research spotlighted at largest science festival in the country
More than 3,000 hands-on science and engineering activities and 150 stage performances promise to educate and delight adults and children alike
Robots that go where none have gone before, smart apparel that gives wearers directions, health updates, and rehab, and exhibits that uncover the mysteries of bogs, spiders and tsunamis will be on display this weekend. In Washington, D.C., at the third USA Science & Engineering Festival, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will showcase a broad range of NSF-funded projects that reflect the diverse research NSF supports across all fields of science and engineering.
Exhibits and performances will provide a glimpse of the knowledge, innovation and educational resources that result from investment in fundamental research. Adults and children alike will enjoy opportunities to experience science and engineering up-close and hands-on.
To learn more, visit the USA Science & Engineering Festival website and check out this video.
To speak with exhibitors or performers about their work, journalists are encouraged to contact NSF's Lisa-Joy Zgorski who can help arrange onsite interviews: email@example.com, (703) 292-8311.
During Sneak Peek Friday and throughout the weekend's festivities, @NSF will tweet stories and pictures in real time of children and adults interacting and learning. For additional up-to-the-minute information, follow the official event hashtag #scifest.
Summaries of the exhibits and stage shows spotlighting NSF-funded projects appear below:
Wild Lives in Your Own Back Yard (North Carolina State University)
Creepy Crawly: Spend a Day in a Spider's (Many) Shoes (University of Pittsburgh)
How the Cranberry Was Crowned Jewel of the Bog (University of Wisconsin Madison)
Snakebots to the Rescue! (Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute)
Vera Wang, Can You Hear Me? (University of Colorado at Boulder)
Fashioning the Future (University of Minnesota, College of Design)
Wear Your Heart on Your, er, Wrist (University of Texas at Dallas)
Engineer Your Own Racebot (Engineer Your World, University of Texas at Austin)
Dive in to Engineering (Engineering is Elementary, Museum of Science, Boston)
Keep Your Eye on Engineering to Solve Real-World Problems (Mobile Area Education Foundation)
Music is the Sound of Physics (SciGirls, Twin Cities Public Television)
No Meatheads Here. Brains are Brawn in this Game (Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering, University of Washington)
Powering Today and Tomorrow (Center for Ultra-wide-area Resilient Electrical Energy Transmission Networks, University of Tennessee)
Materials: The Essential Building Blocks of Everything (Essentium Materials)
Survive the Wave (NEES: Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation, Purdue University, Howard University, Bowie State University)
Build it Better (NEES)
These Shoes Don't Just Look Smart - They Really Are! (University of California, Berkeley)
The Mind's Eye (University of Southern California, Biomimetic MicroElectronic Systems Engineering Research Center)
Rivers and Deltas in the Lab: Energy, Environment, Restoration (University of Minnesota, Department of Earth Sciences)
Redefining Chemical Logic: Teaching Old Bonds New Tricks (Center for Selective C-H Functionalization, Emory University)
Little Shop of Physics (Colorado State University)
Light in Action! Painting With Polarized Light (National Optical Astronomy Observatory, NOAO)
Linguistics: The Science of Language (University of Arizona, Linguistics Department)
Stage Performances
Squirrel Selfies: Motion-sensitive camera traps discover animal secrets (North Carolina Museum of Natural Science)
Oozing Catalytic Chaos (Center for Selective C-H Functionalization, Emory University)
Under Pressure, Little Shop of Physics, (Colorado State University)
The Xylophone Challenge - SciGirls Science of Sound (Twin Cities Public Television)
Storm Chasers (Center for Severe Weather Research)
The Programmable Person: To The Wall .... And Back! NSF AAAS Fellows
Wearable Technology Fashion Show
Flutter, the Dress. Equipped with sensors that respond to sounds via haptic feedback, Flutter's ornamentation moves to the dynamic frequencies of the sound landscape. Someday, clothing such as Flutter may help the deaf orient toward sound direction. (University of Colorado, Boulder).
Amulet Computational Jewelry for Healthcare, a wristband that securely manages one's health and wellness devices, including those that can measure physical activity and monitor overall body health. (Dartmouth College Institute for Security Technology Studies and Clemson University, School of Computing).
Smartie Pants and Shoes, with sensors that capture human walking behavior, providing information in real time for and helpful applications to rehabilitation of gait abnormalities and other health issues.
Read my Mind Cap which transfers brain signals to a hand-held tablet, with many applications for health professionals at remote locations. (University of Texas, Dallas).
BioWatch, a handy wrist band that can measure electrocardiogram, photoplethysmogram and pulse transit time, all known to have important correlations with blood pressure. (University of Texas, Dallas).
Fashions for the Future: garments and accessories for important functions like protecting firefighters and helping patients recover from injury. Come see the entire designer lineup that includes tactile firefighter gloves, a solar-power jacket, a shirt that monitors breathing, evening dresses that respond to touch or physiological changes, a child's light-up hoodie, stockings that respond to knee bends, and more. (University of Minnesota).
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T/Sgt Gerald "Jerry" Rosenthal, Radio/Gunner, 310thBG and 340thBG
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"Jerry" Rosenthal was born in Calif in 1923, he enlisted at Moffitt Field, CA while living at Santa Clara, on 16 Dec. 1941 and was accepted into the Army Air Corp. He completed 4 years of high school and was still single.
He became a Radio/Gunner in the B-25 Mitchell Medium Bomber, with the 57th Bomb Wing and served Combat Missions in both the 340th Bomb Group and the 310th Bomb Group. He returned to the ZI (Zone of the Interior) Good Ole' USA, 4 July 1945 ! He was soon back at home in San Jose, Ca.


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- The Pentagon's warnings about the threats it faces are falling on deaf ears. Geoff Dyer explains why "if the military is to fend off much bigger cuts to its budget in the coming years, it will need to present a more convincing story about the threats that America faces, one that focuses on specific challenges rather than a blanket sense of fear and trepidation."
- Pavel Dmitrichenko, a star dancer at the Bolshoi, confessed to organising the acid attack on the theatre's director, Sergei Filin.
- Benedict Mander, our correspondent in Venezuela, looks at why many Venezuelans who forgave Hugo Chávez for his economic blunders are unlikely to be so generous towards the next leader.
- John Gapper argues that those yearning for recognition of their wealth should consider giving their riches away.
- Witnesses in a Guardian/BBC documentary have alleged that the Pentagon sent a US veteran of the "dirty wars" in Central America to oversee sectarian police commando units in Iraq that set up secret detention and torture centres.
- Chinese parents constantly bemoan the laziness of their children and the young people have had enough. James Palmer looks at the growing divide between the old and young in China: "It's not just a generation gap. It's a values gap, a wealth gap, an education gap, a relationships gap, an information gap."
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Hi Steve,
I recently did some research into Cornell Chicken around the web, which you discuss at length in BBQ USA. It seems like some people recommend using the egg/oil/vinegar/seasoing mix as a marinade as well as a basting sauce, in some cases recommending a full 24 hour soak prior to grilling.
I wondered whether a marinade so full of acid (vinegar) might turn the meat mushy over such a long time period. What are your thoughts?
I tried the recipe using a two hour marinade, then boiled the marinade, and used it as a baste as described in your recipe. The results were outstanding.
Using the mix as a baste alone, does the chicken really take on such a unique character, does it develop a real depth of flavor?
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After a long 3 weeks between Job hunting and more job hunting today was a great day. First off we were on the way to see my niece who was about to make me "Great Uncle Humpy" in the hospital I get a call telling me I am getting an interview on Thursday and I also know 5 of their employees who I used to work with. One of them just happens to sit right next to the guy I am interviewing with so I told him about it and he gave him a good word about me so I am hopeful this goes well Thursday. After an all day of induced labor my niece had her baby by C section at 4:20 this afternoon. Later I get my weekly email from Greg Rempe of the Barbecue central radio show telling who will be on the show tonight and one of the headlines was a giveaway of a free Pit Barrel Cooker playing Font or Cheese. We got home in time to listen to the show so I decided to see if I could actually get thru for the contest and got on the air. I started with the first selection with a guess of Font which turned up being correct then took a guess on the second one was a cheese and was also correct so I ended up winning a Pit Barrel Cooker tonight which is being fed ex'd to my house.
I am looking forward to getting my barrel cooker and cant wait to try it out. I will post some pictures once I get the cooker.


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Corn futures continued sliding Monday. Highly favorable growing conditions are boosting corn crop prospects here in the U.S., with forecasts implying more of the same through the first half of August. Other considerations seem to be falling by the wayside at this point. The weekly Export Inspections report stated the corn total moderately above expectations, but that did little to boost prices. September corn futures closed 6.75 cents lower at $4.6925/bushel Monday afternoon, while December slid 3.25 cents to $4.605.
The soy complex was decidedly mixed to start the week. The same weather boosting the production outlook and depressing corn prices did the same to soybeans in early Monday trading. However, a respected Memphis firm published a supportive 2013/14 production forecast around midmorning, thereby boosting prices somewhat. The soybean oil market rebounded from multi-month lows in concert with Asian palm oil prices. September soybean futures sagged 5.25 cents to $12.075/bushel as CBOT trading wound down Monday, while November beans rose 1.75 cents to $11.8325. September soyoil bounced 0.33 cents to 42.82 cents/pound, while September soymeal dropped $8.1 to $377.1/ton.
Wheat proved surprisingly weak. The golden grain markets apparently followed corn and beans lower in early Monday action, then accelerated downward when pit trading commenced. Traders were quick to blame technical factors for putting the nearby CBOT contract at a 13-month low. We suspect heavy Kansas rains are recharging soils in that region, thereby boding well for winter wheat plantings this fall. September CBOT wheat dove 15.25 cents to $6.4525/bushel at its Monday afternoon close, while September KCBT wheat tumbled 11.25 cent to $6.955, and September MGE futures lost 7.5 cents to $7.3375.
Cattle and feeder trading was quite mixed Monday. Cattle traders are seemingly uncertain about short-term prospects for the cash and wholesale markets, so they are probably unwilling to push the Chicago market very far in either direction. Ultimately, there is no guarantee the cash market will live up to the implicitly bullish forecasts already built into CME futures. October cattle settled 0.07 cents higher at 124.55 cents/pound Monday afternoon, while December was inched up 0.02 to 127.00. September feeder cattle futures ended the day steady at 157.00 cents/pound and November sank 0.02 cents to 160.00.
Lean hog futures vaulted upward in Monday trading. The moderate rise posted by pork cutout values late Friday afternoon probably sparked the move, especially with the CME lean hog index, which futures cash-settle against, still quoted well above the latest futures values. Bulls may also be reacting to seeming tightness in current hog supplies. The October contract jumped 1.55 cents to 85.50 at its Monday settlement, while December surged 1.40 cents to 82.20.


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Saturday, March 17, 2012
"Daphne, oh Daphne..." A Lesson in Memory
25 comments:
- Lona said...
Oh I use to love that show too Grace. It would probably seem tame and silly today to watch them now. LOL!I also love your sweet pink Daphne. Have a terrific weekend.
- March 17, 2012 at 2:51 PM
- Barry said...
How totally apropos that you would mention Dark Shadows. I so remember curling up with the curtains drawn watching this show at my Gran's house - it was so wonderfully intoxicating..... and now Tim Burton is bringing it to the big screen with his muses Johnny Depp as Barnabus, and I cannot remember the actress for Daphne. I love everything Burton does. I wonder if his wife, Helena Bonham Carter is the actress I am thinking of, as I know she is starring as well. As for the plant..... heaven on Earth the fragrance they emit!
- March 17, 2012 at 5:32 PM
- Corner Gardener Sue said...
Well, Grace, I remember when that show was on, but don't remember if I watched it or not. I think I may have for awhile, at least. I do not remember any of the names, though.
Your Daphne blooms sure are pretty!
- March 17, 2012 at 7:01 PM
- greggo said...
yes, I do remember. I was into dark stuff at the time.
- March 17, 2012 at 7:13 PM
- HolleyGarden said...
Very interesting the things that go through our minds! Who would have ever thought a plant would remind you of Dark Shadows! Your daphne is beautiful. I had two that I killed last year. :(
- March 17, 2012 at 7:21 PM
- Sharon Lovejoy said...
You hit the flower on the petal. Oh that sweet, tangy odor of Daphne, which I need to plant here. I have a friend who visits and she always arrives with a little vase of Daphne for me. Love it.
I was JUST working on a blog posting when your comment came in. Jeff has to do some links for me and then it will finally be up. Not enough hours in the day, right?
Your sense of humor slays me!!
- March 17, 2012 at 8:39 PM
- Jess said...
You know, I have always wanted to check this show out... I'm going to have to see if its on netflix. Sounds right up my alley.
- March 17, 2012 at 9:39 PM
- Jenni @ RainyDayGardener said...
Hi Grace, I so enjoy your sense of humor! What a fun post :) I've purchased my very first daphne so I can plant it later at the new house. The scent is incredible. Cheers, Jenni
- March 17, 2012 at 10:24 PM
- David Beaulieu said...
Grace, I have a different TV show and different daphne in mind: Frasier and Daphne x burkwoodii 'Carol Mackie,' respectively.
- March 18, 2012 at 6:53 AM
- Janet, The Queen of Seaford said...
I love my Daphnes too. I remember a little bit about Dark Shadows, but no story line comes to mind. I know it was on after school and my mom wasn't always keen on us sitting in front of the TV. Oh well, maybe it is time to watch it on the internet. :-)
- March 18, 2012 at 8:18 AM
- Wendy said...
ha ha - my husband watches that show - I think he has a box set. he showed me a scene where there was a fly buzzing around on set and was landing on the people's faces.
I love that amazing fragrance, but I think it's either fussy, or not hardy or something. There's some reason I don't have it.
- March 18, 2012 at 9:29 AM
- MulchMaid said...
I remember 'Dark Shadows" well. As a teenager, I was a "mother's helper" for a neighbor family during the summer and we would watch it every day. It was mildly creepy and thrilling at the same time.
Your Daphne odora is much more straightforward and sweet, and the scent is intoxicating!
- March 19, 2012 at 8:32 AM
- MrsLittleJeans said...
I vaguely recall Dark Shadows but I do know what you mean about recalling something that was tucked away...it is a good feeling to get it out into present time I think. I love Daphne too though until now i did not know the name...now it is prettier. xx
- March 19, 2012 at 9:10 AM
- Barbarapc said...
Could it have been that the Edge of Night was on at the same time and that's why I never saw it....or maybe it was never shown in Montreal? Now I'm very curious.
- March 19, 2012 at 12:32 PM
- CanadianGardenJoy said...
Gracie girl I just have to get one of those plants .. it has been on my radar for a while but I have just not done it yet for some reason.
That is too funny about that soap.. I think I have some fuzzy recall about it and it should be right up my alley for a Halloweeny type fun thing.
I am so tired from working in the garden my brain is totally baked and in this so unusual HEAT !
The birds have set up housekeeping in my new bird houses so I am really happy to see that : )
Joy-ous ! in glorious Spring weather : )
- March 19, 2012 at 3:18 PM
- Catherine@AGardenerinProgress said...
Isn't that funny when one little thing triggers a memory like that? I don't remember that soap. I do love Daphne though. Our neighbors have a big one and I can smell it all through our yard (when it's warm enough to be out there).
- March 19, 2012 at 5:11 PM
- Donna@GWGT said...
I don't know the show. But judging from her appearance in the clips, you should have looked her up today for curiosities sake.
- March 19, 2012 at 6:29 PM
- bakingbarb said...
The Daphne is a beauty and love love love the fragrance.
As for Dark Shawdows I saw it as a rerun as a young adult and it was different from what I remember.
- March 19, 2012 at 10:34 PM
- Gatsbys Gardens said...
I do remember Dark Shadows, seemed so spooky at the time. I wish I could grow Daphne, however, with the weather we have been experiencing I could grow tropicals as perennials.
- March 20, 2012 at 4:12 AM
- Muddy Boot Dreams said...
I'm another one with those delighted shivers up my spine over Dark Shadows. We used to rush home to my house because I was the closest home to watch it. I had no idea what it was about, was scared stiff to watch it, but loved it. And after it was over I was terrified, LOL.
Funny, I was just thinking about this show the other night. I would love to see Tim Burtons version.
Jen @ Muddy Boot Dreams
- March 20, 2012 at 8:04 AM
- Felicia said...
lol love both your Daphnes. And don't forget another famous Daphne from Scooby do :)
- March 20, 2012 at 12:50 PM
- Rebecca said...
Wow! Speaking of a blast from the past...
Would you believe I'm unfamiliar with Daphnes, of the flower genre?!?
- March 21, 2012 at 7:21 AM
- ricki 'sprig to twig' said...
I've always heard that scent triggers memory. What a fun, twisted journey your daphne set you upon!
- March 21, 2012 at 9:57 AM
- Casa Mariposa said...
I'm of the Scooby Doo generation rather than the Dark Shadows generation but it is always funny how names can conjure up memories we've forgotten about. How would we function anymore with the Internet? :o)
- March 21, 2012 at 5:42 PM
- Heather McBride said...
Oh, Daphne! Oh, Daphne! Why do your branches bow in the snow? I hope you recover from this freaky spring snow cover!
Grace, thank you for sharing. I hadn't thought of this show in three decades. I loved it too.
- March 21, 2012 at 8:36 PM


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Today, TechShop, a membership-based, do-it-yourself workshop and fabrication studio, provided initial details regarding a new technology investment agreement between the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Department of Veterans Affairs, and TechShop, Inc. that includes TechShop memberships for thousands of American veterans. As a result, TechShop will open new locations in Pittsburgh, PA and the Washington, DC area later this year.
With locations across the United States, TechShop supports the growing community of makers and innovators in America by providing tools, equipment, software and instruction within a large, open workshop space. TechShop members have use of flexible computer-aided manufacturing systems to build their skill set and produce tangible, custom products. Combining low unit costs of mass production processes with the flexibility of individual customization enables a tremendous increase in variety and customization without a corresponding increase in costs, resulting in strategic advantage and economic value.
"This agreement will allow even more innovators, especially veterans, to have access to the tools and services they need to participate in the design and build process," said Jonah Czerwinski, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Director of the VA Innovation Initiative (VAi2).
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Topic: Back pain and nausea
Does anyone else get extreme back pain on the left side? I don't know what's causing it. The docs just keep changing my meds. Also extreme nausea to the point that I have to force myself to throw up to feel better. Or I just throw up on my own emerg just send me home or change my pills. I'm down to 82lbs I'm afraid to eat it wakes me up in my sleep I have to constantly spit causes I feel to throw up but I have no food in me to throw up. I'm so tired of feeling sick. I don't eat I can't sleep and all I do is cry cause it hurts so much. I'm afraid. I was in the hospital a week and they just sent me home. I've had to cancel two planned trips. They are changing me to taxol. I had to stop chemo two months and I'm still sick so it's not the chemo. I'm so frustrated. Sorry I know I should be gratefull but it hurts and they make me feel like I'm making it up. Saying im ot taking my meds right. I feel like a junkie


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Is there a reason why this article is categorised as non-canon? ProfessorTofty (talk) 00:26, November 21, 2012 (UTC)
- I assumed it was just because it's from the films and doesn't have any mention of them having participated in the Battle in the book. Do you think it'd be okay if I added a possible book appearance? I'm gonna fix up the article a lot anyways. --This is an automatically sent message. (You can reply here) 00:32, November 21, 2012 (UTC)
- There are plenty of non-mentioned students who participated in the battle, including a number of new students added for the film. I don't see how that makes it non-canon unless it's specifically said somewhere that they didn't participate. ProfessorTofty (talk) 00:42, November 21, 2012 (UTC)


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Maintaining connections
There are plenty of issues that cause network headaches, but never assume your electrical subcontractor is familiar with routing and terminating network connector cables, even if they do it all the time.
Youve probably never counted the number of connectors in your network. However, you might be surprised at just how many there are. You might be even more surprisedunpleasantly soif youve been treating signal wire connectors as mere commodity items. Why? Because doing so leads to some of the stealthiest performance and downtime problems a network can experience.
We might not think much about the technology behind each connector, such as which style (see sidebar below) or termination method to use, but all can affect bandwidth, reliability, and total cost of ownership.
The Right Stuff
A sound strategy for preventing connector-related problems begins with using the right connectors. At the very least, these must be industrial-grade rather than consumer-grade.
Home network devices are meant for conditioned environments, says David LaBree, CTO of Prime Telecom in Tampa, Fla. They use inexpensive components to keep prices down. Placing home devices into industrial environments is asking for problems. Prime Telecom provides network engineering, integration, and maintenance services to municipal and ISP networks.
Manufacturers agree that your first line of defense is to go with industrial devices. Weidmüller is one of many industrial-component suppliers that make connectors suited for harsh environmental conditions, including solvents, fumes, vibration, abrasion, oil exposure, sunlight, cold, crushing forces, corrosive fluids, electrical noise, and extreme heat or cold.
Andre Jordao, Weidmüllers business development manager for advanced connectivity in North America, says, One of the biggest problems with Ethernet for industrial applications is that many customers chose to use common, small-office/home-office (SOHO) equipment. The pricing and availability are tempting, but those devices were designed for a clean office environment. These products were never designed to work in harsh environments. The products might work for awhile, but intermittent problems or complete failures are guaranteed. Its only a matter of time.
Notice the protective boots on these connectors. Your choice of protection devices and methods can affect the reliability of the connection. Expect trade-offs in cost and accessibility.
Better Methods
Installation matters. Installation errors can undermine even the best design, LaBree says. One reason errors occur is complexity. Communication Planning Corp. (CPC), Jacksonville, Fla., is a full-service system integrator serving industrial and commercial markets. Frank Bisbee, CPCs president, says, The technology involved in connector hardware can be mind-boggling. So, if you use outside installers, its also good advice to be certain that they know their stuff.
Never assume your electrical subcontractor is familiar with routing and terminating network cables, even if they do it all the time, says Chip Schaible, senior engineer at A&E Engineering. Sit down with them and go through a few example connectors. Based in Greer, S.C., A&E provides complete industrial automation and information services, from design through integration, to many industries.
A consensus view of the major factors for a good installation includes:
- Certification of the installers. Look for a relevant BICSI designation.
- Compliance with the relevant standards, available from BICSI and the IEEE.
- Post-installation testing with a professional-quality network analyzer (See Figure 2 below).
In addition, Always go back with a network validation tool, no matter who does the connections, adds Schaible.
|When you appreciate the value of testing and the right equipment, one person can test runs point to point and end to end. Proper testing isnt expensive, but the cost of inadequate testing can be exorbitant.
The quality of the test also is important. Those doing the testing need to use the right test equipment and correctly interpret the results, Bisbee cautions.
Theres a school of thought that says you save money by conducting your first round of testing after the system has been operational for a few months. Bisbee says dont include him in that school. Its more economical to test as part of the installation procedure than it is to haggle later over whos responsible for that 18-hour downtime incident caused by a faulty connector termination that should have been discovered before system turnover, he says.
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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
Gretchen Vogelzang and Paige Heninger are much like other suburban mothers, with seven children between them and busy schedules. The difference is they also have a high-powered Hollywood agent, ad campaigns with some of the world's top brands and distribution through Google's vast network.

 Welcome to the world of mommy blogging, where women juggle the demands of childcare with building audiences online. It's also, increasingly, a place where top brands battle for their attention, hoping for reviews from "real moms" and access to the valuable power of word of mouth. Being a player in the mommy blogger world can mean access to free products, getting big media buys and even trips to the red carpet in Hollywood and Caribbean cruises.

 Vogelzang and Heninger are among the mommy blogging elite. Their sponsors include Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble and, most recently, State Farm. The insurance giant has contracted with the women to create 10 episodes of their video series, MommyCast (available on iTunes, MommyCast.com and YouTube), around themes like home buying, the need for mothers to get life insurance and making a house safe for babies. The videos will appear as well on a State Farm-branded YouTube channel and, through a distribution deal with Google, will potentially reach tens of millions of Web users through parenting and mom sites in the AdSense network.

 Ed Gold, director of digital strategy for State Farm, said Vogelzang and Heninger have an authenticity that wouldn't be there in "authority-driven" media content.

 There's plenty of research to back up the potential power of mommy bloggers. Mothers are estimated to be responsible for $2.1 trillion of U.S. consumer spending, controlling about 80 percent of household expenditures, according to BSM Media. They're also active online: 87 percent use the Web regularly, per comScore. What's more, 60 percent of their online conversations—the type of discussions also heard at playgrounds everywhere—include a mention of brands or products, according to a study done last year by BabyCenter and Keller Fay Group.

 "When you're up in middle of the night nursing, the best way to get advice is to go online," says Sarah Hofstetter, vp of emerging media and client strategy at digital shop 360i, who has run influencer campaigns targeting mommy bloggers. "You're going to identify with that person. If that person says, 'Get XYZ stroller,' you're going to do that."

 Brands, particularly consumer packaged-goods companies, have taken note. P&G and Walmart have mommy-blogger outreach programs. J&J has a wide-ranging mommy-blogger strategy that includes sending out product samples and bringing select bloggers to its headquarters. Its new YouTube contest, "Big Bubblin' Stars!," which solicits bath time videos, is hosted by mommy blogger Christine Young, a homeschooling mother of six.

 "We thought it was important to have a real voice," says Lori Dolginoff, director of communications at J&J.

 Not all mommy bloggers get such high-profile gigs. The most common tactic for brands is sending out product samples in the hopes of a review. It's gotten so popular that the avalanche of offers has led some mom bloggers to create separate sites or sections dedicated to reviews. The benefits of brand attention can go up from there. Frito-Lay, looking for online buzz for its new line of snacks, last month flew mommy bloggers out to Los Angeles to meet Brooke Burke and preview its "Only in a woman's world" ad campaign. Disney in January took a group of mom bloggers on a trip to the Bahamas to showcase its cruise line.

 Participants in both instances blogged about their trips and the brands.

 "Nurturing relationships is one of the core values of a mom," says Maria Bailey, author of Mom 3.0 and CEO of BSM Media, which advises Disney and other brands on reaching moms online. "It's an inherent need of a mother to share information."

 For mommy bloggers, just like for any independent content creator hooking up with brands, the question may come down to how much is too much. The Web is already debating the value of sponsored posts by top bloggers, with Google suggesting sites could be penalized in its search results because such posts are thinly disguised ads. Also, the Federal Trade Commission has suggested such integrations could be misleading. Vogelzang says MommyCast, in the past, had to push back on brands that wanted to script them.

 "This is not just an infomercial for their products," she explains of their upcoming work with State Farm. "It needs to be a topic that, while it promotes the State Farm issues, is relevant to our audience."

 If the direct ROI on mommy blogger word-of-mouth programs is not entirely clear, there is the risk of ending up on the wrong side of the buzz. The classic case: "Motrin Moms." The pain reliever's commercial depicting carrying babies as a fashion choice ignited an online storm last November among mommy bloggers on Twitter. The furor built over a single weekend to the point where Motrin pulled the ad and apologized. The lesson: mommy bloggers can scuttle your brand's best-laid plans.

 The power some have accrued can be surprising. Three years ago, Hollywood talent agency Endeavor signed Vogelzang and Heninger, helping the duo move MommyCast from a popular audio podcast into video. They subsequently struck a deal with Media Rights Capital, the firm that brokered the Burger King-Seth MacFarlane deal that drew 37 million video views in a similar distribution deal with Google.

 The MommyCast-State Farm videos should reach similar numbers, according to Alexandra Levy, director of branded entertainment at Google, thanks to MommyCast episodes already drawing 250,000 views and the reach of Google's network. "They have a huge install base of mommies," she says.


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Bradford Cathedral has appointed a new chairman of the Cathedral Council.
Derek Twine CBE, a former chief executive of the Scout Association, the UK's largest youth movement for young people, who attends All Saints Church in Ilkley, will be commissioned at the meeting of Council at Choral Evensong at 5.30pm on Monday, May 19.
Derek replaces Professor Arthur Francis, of Addingham, who retired at the end of March after fourteen years in post.
Derek is also chairman of the Commission on Governance in the Third Sector; a trustee and vice-chairman of the Church Urban Fund, addressing poverty in our inner cities: founder member of the board for Youth United, a UK initiative chaired by the HRH Prince of Wales; Member of the British Youth Council's Strategic Advisory Panel; and a Council member of the National Trust.
After studying at Bangor University where he gained a first class honours degree, he went on to post-graduate research, and then was on the academic staff. He then moved through a career in the third sector. He is an alumnus and visiting speaker for the Windsor Leadership Trust.
Derek held voluntary posts with the National Youth Agency, National Council for Voluntary Organisations, National Council for Voluntary Youth Services and the National Trust.
He has written and presented evidence to Parliamentary Enquiries and Select Committees, lobbied governments on key issues, and represents youth work and the wider voluntary sector in the media. He has commercial non-executive director experience, and is approved by the UK and the Guernsey financial regulators.
Derek is also Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, and a Freeman of the City of London. In 2007 the Queen appointed Derek a CBE for services to young people.
Derek was also vice-chairman of Governors for Davenant Foundation School, a Christian ecumenical academy for ages 11 to 18. He and Rhoda now attend All Saints Ilkley.
He says: "This is an exciting time for our Cathedral, both in the City and across the Diocese. There is still much to be done towards our mission, especially with those who are marginalised and in poverty, but there is a renewed sense of energy and optimism in the air.
"Professor Arthur Francis, my predecessor, will be a hard act to follow, but with fellow Council members we commit ourselves to support Dean Jerry and to give value-added."
The Very Reverend Jerry Lepine, Dean of Bradford said: "It is really good news for Bradford Cathedral to have someone of Derek's calibre as our new chair of Council. He will bring a national perspective as well as huge experience in charitable governance, strategic thinking and understanding of God's mission. I am really looking forward to working with him."


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By Kam Wing Chan
Kam Wing Chan, professor of geography at the University of Washington, is an expert on Chinese population statistics and is a guest contributor to the Dragonbeat blog this week.
How big are Chinese cities? That depends on how you measure them.
Back in 2005, Time magazine proclaimed that Chongqing had become "the largest city not only in China but in the world", with a population in excess of 30m.
But any Chinese citizen will tell you that Beijing and Shanghai, both with real urban populations below 15m, are larger than their supposed competitor in China's southwest.
Common confusion over the true population size of Chongqing and other Chinese cities reflects the fact that China has highly complex and confusing urban and city statistical data.


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Kate Moss, An Addict... For Dior
Her latest commercial has been leaked.
Kate Moss' 90 second Dior Addict commercial was set to be released in April this year. We're not too sure how it happened, but the ad has been leaked. Directed by Jonas Ackerlund, it essentially documents a day in the life of Kate Moss. Truly a tough existence (sarcasm intended), the commercial exposes the glamorous, yet very public life Kate leads, cutting between Kate in her mansion getting ready to go out, to a Dior fashion show. Plus, at 37, she's still rocking the same figure she had 20 years ago. Will she ever age?
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Dr. Billy Brown Spoke on Chasing Business Success for WCU Lecture Series
Hattiesburg, Miss., November 21, 2013 - Dr. Billy Brown, professor of business and associate dean of business programs at William Carey University's Tradition campus, presented a lecture titled, "Chasing the Rainbow in Search of Business Success" on November 19 in the Kresge Room of Thomas Business Building on WCU's Hattiesburg campus. Dr. Brown is also a recruiter for the Tradition campus' MBA program.
This lecture a part of the WCU's University Lecture Series.
According to Dr. Brown, "Everyday regardless of what you are doing in business, or even in life for that matter, the competition of some kind, variety, shape or form is out to get you so you had best be running."


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On June 6th, 2005, Coldplay released their 3rd album, "X&Y". When their previous offerings had become huge hits, with "A Rush of Blood To The Head" a significant step forward from the debut, "Parachutes", and seen Coldplay become one of the major UK acts and flag bearers, expectations were high.
However it was obvious from early on that Coldplay were in no hurry to release another record as they tortured themselves in an attempt to better "A Rush of Blood To The Head".


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