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- Mandatory labeling based on process abandons the traditional U.S. practice of providing for consumer food preferences through voluntary product differentiation and labeling.
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- Mandatory labeling will increase food costs.
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If You look at Sasuke's Sharingan in comparison to the rest of the clans, his is upside down. I have no clue why his is upside down. Kakashi's sharigan was upside down at the beginning of the series as well, but for some reason Kakashi's sharingan was put the right way mid-way through part 1.
Even though Kakashi's sharingan was turned the right way, Sasukes sharingan remained upside down.—This unsigned comment was made by DarklingNinja (talk • contribs) .
I do not get what you mean... Do mean the Tomoe were in a different position?—This unsigned comment was made by Qyp (talk • contribs) .
Yes the Tomoe, if you look at the tomoe on the rest of the Uchiha clans sharigan and compare it to sasuke's, you can see that his sharingan's tomoe is upside down. —This unsigned comment was made by DarklingNinja (talk • contribs) .
Ok. I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Sasuke's Sharingan tomoe are all in the same direction as every other Sharingan-wielding member of the clan.-_Cerez365™ 15:39, February 5, 2012 (UTC)
No it is not
Compare the Tomoe's in thier sharingans to Sasukes, use the picture you just posted to compare.—This unsigned comment was made by DarklingNinja (talk • contribs) .
Apparently I must be blind because they all look the same to me. Also, sign your posts with four tildes ~~~~. —Cerez365™ 15:53, February 5, 2012 (UTC)
- I think DarklingNinja is referring to the position of the tomoe rather than their direction, i.e. two above the pupil and one below, rather than the other way round displayed by the others. Even so, as far as I'm aware, there is absolutely no significance in the tomoe's positioning whatsoever. Blackstar1 (talk) 15:58, February 5, 2012 (UTC)
- ...I hoped my hardest that it wasn't that he was referring to. This is now almost as bad as saying the Rinnegan has a set number of rings around it.--Cerez365™ 16:37, February 5, 2012 (UTC)
I don't know if it matters, but when Kakashi fought Zabuza, the tomoes in Kakashi's eye started to circle around his pupil. Jacce | Talk | Contributions 18:46, February 5, 2012 (UTC)
That's exactly what I was referring to Cerez, I am surprised it took you so long to notice. But good job =) I understand that some people like yourself have vision issues and comprehension problems and I thank you for working so hard to understand what I am saying. Also, thank you for reminding me about the signature, you're a very nice guy.
I agree with you black star, I do not think it is anything significant aswell. It is just something that makes sasukes sharingan unique. If you look in the past some people's sharingan was also the saw way sasuke's is, but theirs were corrected at one point in the series while sasuke's remained unchanged. DarklingNinja (talk) 20:13, February 5, 2012 (UTC)
I believe that the reason Sasukes Sharingan is different, is a purposeful artistic choice to make Sasuke's sharingan unique due to his significant role in the story. It is nothing more then that, but it is definitely purposeful. DarklingNinja (talk) 20:23, February 5, 2012 (UTC)
Most images show his left Sharingan, and it's strangely that one that has the design inverted for Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. I was wondering if the left one is the same, or that it's actually the same as the others (1 tomoe on the top and two on the bottom)? If the latter were the case, a few people may assume that that was the reason for the inverted shape... just saying.Lokker G (talk) 01:12, February 6, 2012 (UTC)
So... I went on search of anything that would confirm this, which led me to:
- The fight between Itach and Sasuke- Itachi's Sharingan looks the same as Sasuke's with the same position of the tomoe.
Assuming that the "it's a sibling thing" might come up, I went and looked for Yashiro, Tekka and Inabi. Conclusions:
- The Sharingan tomoe either move or Kishimoto pays absolutely no attention to the positions of said tomoe.--Cerez365™ 01:25, February 6, 2012 (UTC)


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Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie were supposed to have a little sit down to ease the tension between the two and bring some closure to the fact that Brad ditched Jen to repopulate the planet with Angelina. The sit down was scheduled before the Night Before party in Beverly Hills on Saturday, but Angie bailed at the last minute. Author Robert Greene of "The 48 Laws of Power" gives Us Weekly his analysis:
"If Angelina is trying to get under Jen's skin – push her buttons – this is a clever way to do it," Greene adds.
"Imagine you're in Jen's shoes," he says. "You're worried about Angelina showing up. And she never does. It's infuriating. If intentional, it's definitely a power move."
Maybe Angelina Jolie, being the humanitarian that she is, didn't want to rub in the fact that she has a fully functioning reproductive system and Jennifer Aniston will die barren and alone. I mean, that sounds considerate. Or Angelina could just be a total bitch and wanted to screw with Jen's head. Then she went home and wrote about her in her slambook while Brad braided her hair. Yeah, all that stuff.


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The theme for 2013!
In my last post, after taking a moment to fill you in on some behind the scenes planning for Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) 2013, I hinted at sharing some campaign details soon. I'm excited to pick right up where we dropped off and share a few SAAM 2013 snippets today.
The campaign theme surfaces each year through feedback from our field and partners alongside an internal dialogue about directions, trends, needs and capacity. Past themes have focused resources and materials around specific topics, audiences, and settings. Last year, SAAM entered completely new territory by focusing on the topic of healthy sexuality. We heard from the field that this was an important direction and an approach worth focusing on. With that, healthy sexuality made it to the list, climbed its way to the top and we dove into exploring healthy sexuality as sexual violence prevention.
We're still talking about it…
This year's theme was heavily informed by positive feedback from the 2012 campaign. In fact, we are still talking about it. Literally. In 2013, we will still be talking about it. The SAAM 2013 campaign will also focus on healthy sexuality as an approach to sexual violence prevention.
Talking about healthy sexuality pushed us into new prevention realms, and through developing the campaign we realized we still had a lot to say on the topic. We learned that we weren't the only ones new to talking about healthy sexuality, and many of you took the plunge along with us, uncovering the many rich ways healthy sexuality bolsters sexual violence prevention.
Building the conversation: Child Sexual Abuse Prevention
But that's not all we are talking about. We'd also like to get a little more specific in 2013, and the upcoming campaign will focus on healthy sexuality in relationship to child sexual abuse prevention.
The importance of child sexual abuse prevention cannot be overstated, and media coverage of recent events has brought this issue to the forefront for many Americans. Our movement has long shared prevention messages to parents and communities about changing the tide and protecting children. We've asked parents to partner, community members to engage as bystanders, and programmers to share this message so that it sticks. We believe a healthy sexuality framework can strengthen these efforts and enhance this message by equipping adults to start the conversation as parents, community members and partners in prevention.
As we work to create tangible tools that partners can adapt and implement as relevant for SAAM 2013, we hope you will join us in talking about it too. In 2012, your support of SAAM was incredible, even as healthy sexuality may have been a new, challenging or complicated topic. This year, we look forward to having you alongside us - staying the course - for a deeper exploration of how healthy sexuality can inform our work, communities and individuals lives.
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Sounds about right to me.
I don't have the lifelong attachment to Marty that many who grew up listening to him do.
I've never quite understood the loyalty he gets from so many, but I accept it as a fact.
But I think Chip nailed it in that post.


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Nov 2: The Ninth Annual IP/Gender: Creativity Outside of Intellectual Property's Domain
How are conflicts around competing uses of an image, a method, or a form of words resolved when copyright, patent and trademark don't provide good answers? The topic of the 2012 IP/Gender workshop will be "IP without IP – when women rule." In a roundtable discussion on the morning on Friday, November 2, we will explore gendered perspectives on the norm-based regulation of information ownership and use with specific communities of practice, and generate a research agenda for further inquiry. The general subject of how informal norms operate in domains where IP law and such doesn't apply, or isn't applied, is the subject of an interesting and growing literature. However, most of this work has been with self-regulating fields where authority genders strongly male: magic, comedy, haut cuisine, etc. The goal of this workshop is to stimulate thinking about this phenomenon as it may applied in communities where women practitioners are (or could be) norm-setters: dance, fan culture, traditional arts, serial and reality television, Pinterest, fiber art (including weaving, knitting and needlework), to name a few. The previous evening, November 1, Professor Christopher Sprigman of the University of Virginia, will deliver WCL's annual Distinguished Lecture in Intellectual Property. Professor Sprigman, who has written extensively about "IP without IP," will join the workshop discussion on Friday, as will a number of legal experts, cultural anthropologists, and practitioners.
- Lorraine Aragon, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Libby Smigel, Dance Heritage Coalition
- Rebecca Tushnet, Georgetown University Law School
- Christopher Sprigman, University of Virginia Law School
Friday, November 2, 2012, 9:30am-1:00pm
Room 603, Washington College of Law, 4801 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington Dc 20016
9:30 Welcome and Framing of IP/Gender Series – Peter Jaszi
9:45 Recap of Sprigman Lecture – Chris Sprigman
10:00 Panel Discussion
- Lorraine Aragon;
- Rebecca Tushnet;
- Libby Smigel;
- Christopher Sprigman;
- Peter Jaszi
12:00 Lunch and Conclusions/Next Steps
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It wasn't until very recently that apricots became a major player in my personal wheelhouse of fruit, having taken a backseat for ages to the nectarine and all-mighty peach. With their smaller stature and smooth textures, apricots have always seemed an exotic departure from their stone fruit counterparts. In this Apricot Almond Pie, the vowel-heavy dynamic duo brings just the right balance of tart and crisp to a dessert that's just itching for a dollop of ice cream.
Almonds and apricots are perhaps one of the most ancient and revered of all nut-and-fruit parings, having shared plates for centuries and across cultures. They spring from the same family, and the pits of apricots are often used to replace almonds in the creation of the almond-flavored liqueur Amaretto. Apricots have played a starring role in the teachings of Confucius, Armenian music, and as a key aphrodisiac in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Almonds similarly have plenty of global lore surrounding their consumption—almond trees known the world over as symbols of hope.
During my first attempt at making the dough, I added in 1 teaspoon of almond extract and 1 of vanilla, which made the dough sweeter but drowned out some of the more subtle nuances of the almond flavor. If you're looking to sweeten the dough, an extra 2 tablespoons of brown sugar provides just the right amount of saccharine kick. A self-proclaimed nut about almonds? An additional 1/2 teaspoon of almond extract will give the crust an extra buttery, nutty flavor.
While apricots aren't a fruit known for their juiciness, the thin layer of almonds between the crust and the fruit serves as a protective barrier to prevent the bottom of the pie from becoming too soggy. If you're an almond lover, feel free to double layer the almonds for an extra bite on the bottom.
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About the author: Sarah Baird is a writer, editor, and petit four aficionado living in New Orleans, Louisiana. She likes planning elaborate dinner parties surrounded by her collection of dwarf citrus trees. You can read her latest musings and about her various misadventures on her website: hellosarahbaird.com or follow her on Twitter: @scbaird.


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Police uncovered remains of underpants, shorts and a belt at the bottom of a creek in the Glasshouse Mountains while searching for slain schoolboy Daniel Morcombe, it has been revealed.
Police had previously reported shoes and bones of the 13-year-old were found in bushland off Kings Road in August, 2011.
But for the first time today, police have revealed other items were discovered in last year's search.
Police divers found the remains of the underpants at the bottom of Coochin Creek on August 20.
Some time later, they discovered Rip Curl shorts and a belt about 25 centimetres below sand deposits in the creek.
The items of clothing were detailed by forensic crime scene manager Inspector Arthur Van Panhuis during the first day of the committal hearing of the man accused of abducting and murdering Daniel in December, 2003.
The accused, 42-year-old Brett Peter Cowan, sat in the dock of the Brisbane Magistrates Court wearing a navy blue suit jacket, crumpled pants and a green cross-hatched tie, with his dark hair cut short.
For the majority of the hearing he sat motionless, occasionally scratching his nose.
Daniel's parents Bruce and Denise Morcombe sat with their sons Dean and Bradley on the opposite side of the court room.
It was the first time the Morcombes had seen photographs of the crime scene, where five items of interest were found in the 62-day search.
Outside court, Mr Morcombe said seeing the images had been "difficult" for the family, although they had visited the site several times.
"Obviously the family is very pleased that we're able to stay and listen to the evidence first hand," he told reporters.
"Clearly some of those photos capture images that are disturbing to family members and are difficult for us to cope with."
The court heard forensics officers and State Emergency Services volunteers searched on their "hands and knees, shoulder to shoulder" in the "hugely overgrown" area.
Police cleared 50 cubic metres of sand and then sifted through it, and also cut away hectares of lantana-infested scrub, searched an old tobacco drying shed, a well and fox dens.
"I think everyone can appreciate the rugged terrain - it is certainly not a sports field," Mr Morcombe said.
"It is very rugged with embankments and heavy undergrowth."
The court heard Daniel's remains were found uphill and up to 50 metres from the site where forensics officers had been told to focus their search – around what was described as a pond.
Inspector Van Panhuis, who arrived at the search site on August 14, said he was told the area off Kings Road in the Glasshouse Mountains was under two to three meters of water earlier in the year when much of southeast Queensland was flooded.
He said a council hydrologist advised him it was unlikely the floods would have dispersed human bones in the area.
''Our information from the hydrologist was that the water raised and then lowered, but there wasn't that much lateral flow,'' Inspector Van Panhuis said.
The first item of interest in the search – a shoe – was found on August 17. A second shoe and a human bone were found on August 20.
Mr Cowan's defence counsel Michael Bosscher noted the five items of interest ultimately found were discovered north of the area where police had initially focused their search.
"Nothing was located anywhere south of where the first shoe was found," Mr Bosscher said.
"In fact, most of it, the majority of it was located 40 to 50 metres north of the site ...
"Again [it's] going away from an explanation that those items could have been removed naturally, by the flow of water."
Earlier, the court heard a demountable shed that once stood the same area of bushland could not be tested by forensics officers because it was relocated and renovated.
Inspector Van Panhuis said he learned shortly after arriving at the search site that a demountable shed had once been in the area.
He said he visited a Landsborough property on Mills Street, where the shed had been relocated only to discover it had been "extensively renovated", since Daniel's disappearance.
"Discussions were held about what had occurred in that demountable," Mr Bosscher said.
Inspector Van Panhuis agreed, but said the building was of no forensic value because it had been renovated using chemicals, re-painted and re-carpeted.
He said there were three crime scenes established in the course of the search for Daniel's remains.
Pieces of carpet were found at the first crime scene, he said.
The carpet, which was known to have been kept in the demountable shed at one stage, was seized by police.
It was tested for traces of blood, but none were found.
The carpet was also vacuumed, but the bags of dust and rubbish collected in the process have never been tested, Inspector Van Panhuis said.
"There is a lot of bags of rubbish," he said.
More than 40 witnesses will give their evidence in open court during the committal hearing, which will run for two weeks.
Much of this week's proceedings are expected to focus on DNA evidence in the case, which is likely to be challenged by Mr Cowan's defence team.
A further two weeks have been set down to continue the hearing in February.
It has been 15 months since police found Daniel's remains.
The 13-year-old vanished while waiting for a bus in Woombye on the Sunshine Coast in December 2003, sparking the largest missing-person investigation in Queensland police history.
Mr Cowan has been in custody since his arrest in August last year, when he was charged with murder, child stealing, deprivation of liberty, indecent treatment of a child and interfering with a corpse.
How the search unfolded:
Day 1, August 13, 2011: Search begins in bushland in the Glasshouse Mountains.
Day 3, August 15: SES workers join the search, police command post established.
Day 5, August 17: First shoe found.
Day 8, August 20: Second shoe found, first human bone found.
Day 9, August 21: Two bones found, including one tibia.
Day 13, August 25: Search at main site halted because of heavy rain. Search of tobacco-drying sheds on nearby property begins.
Day 18, August 30: Search resumes at main site.
Day 20, September 1: Bone fragment found in northeastern area of site. Divers search nearby dam.
Day 22, September 3: Second bone fragment found. Cluster of six further bone fragments found later that day.
Days 23-28, September 4-9: Several items of interest found.
Day 45, September 26: Clothing found embedded in sand in nearby Coochin Creek.
Day 62, October 16: Search concludes.
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The Massachusetts Bar Association commends Gov. Deval Patrick for today signing Senate Bill No. 800 into law. The bill rescinds an early 20th century law banning same-sex couples from marrying in Massachusetts if the unions would not be legal in their own states. The bill passed unanimously in the Senate in earlier this month, and was passed by the House of Representatives on July 29.
The change takes effect immediately because the Legislature attached an emergency preamble to the bill, which waives the customary 90-day waiting period.
The MBA's House of Delegates has long supported civil rights for all citizens, including marriage equality. "We applaud the executive and legislative branches of our state government for their leadership in rightfully abolishing a law that stripped civil liberties from same-sex couples," MBA President David W. White Jr. said.
The MBA has a consistent record of considering and voting on issues presented by the state's landmark Goodridge decision that legalized same-sex marriages in the commonwealth. In particular, the MBA voiced strong opposition to defining the term "marriage" as a legal contract between a man and a woman and prohibiting recognition of any other relationship as marriage or its legal equivalent.


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Winter Park, Fla. – The Saint Leo women's soccer team (2-10-1, 1-6-1 SSC) fell to the Rollins College Tars (8-4-1, 5-1 SSC) by a final score of 4-0 on Saturday night in Winter Park, Fla.
The Tars' first of five strikes came in the 20th minute when Brenna McKee found the back of the net after the assist from Allie Holly. Six minutes before halftime, Holly added a goal of her own, extending the Tars' lead to 2-0 at the half.
After the break, the Tars took little time getting back to their offensive attack. Just four minutes into second-half play, Rollins' Ali Schrader scored her first goal of the season when her shot found the upper half of the net off after the assist came from Taylor Thigpen.
Just two minutes after scoring her first goal of the season, Schrader struck again, this time off of the assist from Holly.
The Saint Leo defensive woes continued and Rollins was able to tack on another in the 56th minute when Schrader completed her hat trick for the evening after she knocked one from long range.
The Lions' managed to get three shots on goal, but were unable to capitalize on any opportunities.
Saint Leo keepers Abby Evans and Jessica Griffith combined for seven saves in the game.
The women's soccer team gets back in action on Oct 17 when they host the Florida Tech Panthers at 7:30 p.m. at University Field.
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I consider this a unisex boot, as my wife approved when I modeled my pair for her. I hesitated to place a recommendation on ThisNext because these boots are no longer shown on the Barefoot Tess website, but I see that at least one online seller still has them, if only in women's size 13. I have not tried searching other sites. This is a beautiful boot, supple and comfortable, obviously a great looking rain boot for women; and although the styling is perfectly fine for men, few would be likely to opt for this color or pattern. However, if you are a man who likes being adventuresome with his rubber boots, grab them while you can--this women's size 13 should fit comfortably if you wear a men's size 10 or 11.


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[edit] Welcome to the wiki, thanks for spam fighting
It isn't necessary to blank spam pages, in fact, most of us leave the page as it is unless it's porn spam. But, if you could put {{spam}} at the top of each spam page, that would be fantastic. The spam template puts a notice on that page that it is believed to be spam, and it adds the category Category:Pages to delete to the page so that admins have a single place to go to find these spam pages. We also check the page creator and will block them if they are only spammers. Thanks for helping out! lcarsos_a (talk) 18:04, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks, I didn't know about that template. --Geryon (talk) 20:16, 22 November 2012 (UTC)


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Writing Rules to Master (and to Break)Posted: February 5th, 2012 | Author: Genevieve DeGuzman | Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments Off
"Rules?" you snort. "You can't apply rules to writing. It's a creative craft."
Think of writing rules as guidelines rather than hard and fast commandments from some all-knowing writing deity. In fact, most rules reflect prevailing public opinion and artistic conventions of what constitutes good writing. And as we know, writing tastes change with time. They can also change depending on the form and context you are writing in.
Take the classic writing rule: "Show, don't tell." Nonfiction writers often resist this rule. It's ingrained in their nature to balk when asked to tell the story of their book. They may look at their editors blankly and say, "It's not a story because it's nonfiction." Or, they may spin a series of colorful anecdotes and think that a list of storied episodes sufficiently makes a book.
Both of these viewpoints lose sight of the creative possibility of subverting or following a cardinal rule.
Nonfiction can benefit from many storytelling devices. Sure, there are some that definitely don't work: made-up facts and dialogue are a big no-no, no matter how trivial. You also can't attribute motivations of the people you include in your nonfiction piece without solid, factual evidence– sourced facts that are carefully laid out on the page. Speculation in nonfiction is acceptable insofar as you make sure your readers know these thoughts come from you.
Still, narrative techniques work in several instances for nonfiction. Readers know a good story when they read one. They want to read a good story. Writers should present their subject matter in a way that moves from a beginning to a middle to an end, and makes the reading experience more seductive, even if no dramatic elements like dialogue are used.
In effect, you can "tell" a story– breaking the rule– and introduce good narrative tension– following the rule– even when the book is not structured as a story.
Here's an example I made-up:
It was a trip to the capital the group of young economists embarked on with trepidation but also excitement. For years, the local authorities had ignored their policy recommendations, choosing instead to go with politically expedient solutions from business cronies. Dr. Salazar remembers the bright, cold December morning when the Secretary of Commerce rang him up. A plane had been arranged to ferry him and fellow University economists to see the President. "Please come at once," the Secretary said over the phone. The line crackled with his voice. It was less a plea than a staunch command. The three professors cancelled their classes for the semester, packed their suitcases, and were on a red-eye flight that evening.
The writer here is 'telling' the story rather than 'showing' it in the conventional sense, but it serves the purpose of propelling the historical account along with some much-needed narrative tension.
All rules have at one point been broken by a slew of writers. You're not alone when you bristle in reaction. But don't break rules for the sake of anointing yourself an anti-establishment, rebel with a pen.
As a writer, you may be looking for interesting and adventurous ways to subvert the writing rules, but there's a fine line between excusing yourself from good form and practice, and transcending rules in some focused and illuminating way. Break the rules with style.
Breaking a 'rule' strategically can pull your readers into a story in unusual ways, so practice with care. Put a harness on convention and see where you can drag it. Practice in small doses, and see how it changes your narrative.
Below are timeless rules by several well-known auteurs.
Kurt Vonnegut's 8 Rules of Writing:
1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that they will not feel the time was wasted.
2. Give the reader at least one character they can root for.
3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
4. Every sentence must do one of two things – reveal character or advance the plot.
5. Start as close to the end as possible.
6. Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them – in order that the reader may see what they are made of.
7. Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.
8. Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.
How to Write With Style by Kurt Vonnegut:
1. Find a subject you care about.
2. Do not ramble.
3. Keep it simple.
4. Have guts to cut.
5. Sound like yourself.
6. Say what you mean.
7. Pity the readers.
George Orwell's 6 Rules for Writing:
1. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech, which you are used to seeing in print.
2. Never use a long word where a short one will do.
3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
4. Never use the passive where you can use the active.
5. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
6. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything barbarous.
Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing:
1. Never open a book with the weather.
2. Avoid prologues.
3. Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.
4. Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said"
5. Keep your exclamation points under control.
6. Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose"
7. Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.
8. Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.
9. Don't go into great detail describing places and things.
10. Try to leave out the parts the readers tend to skip.
And of course, the classics:
1. Show, don't tell.
2. Avoid too much backstory when introducing characters.
3. Write what you know.
4. Don't lecture your readers.
5. Pace your narrative with action.
Kurt Vonnegut's lectures on writing are illuminating. Here's his discussion on the 'shapes of stories', great advice (to heed or flout!) for crafting the narrative arc in both your nonfiction and fiction pieces:
And for more gloss on the visuals, read Austin Kleon's "Graph a Story with Mr. Vonnegut".
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Hi,Is it OK by this? I expect that the export file will be backup.sqlmysqldump --tables -u db_user_name -p db_name >> backup.sql
Furthermore, is there any example for that we insert one record with one image file (from the local disk), to the DB table?
Any advice?
for your first question ("is it OK by this"), you can get your answer by testing what you have to see if it works
for your second question ("insert one record with one image file"), you need to provide more information -- start with giving us the results of the SHOW CREATE TABLE statement for the table
ThanksI've tried this and have gotC:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin>mysqldump -u user_name -p the_password -databases DBname > backup.sqlmysqldump: unknown option '-b'
Next what should be the right syntax of 'SHOW CREATE TABLE statement '?
SHOW CREATE TABLE [I]tablename[/I]
thanks. How about this problem?
I'm to create one table. Why do i need to run 'show create table'?
so that i can help you with your problem "insert one record with one image file"
many thanks!
mysql> show create table ae_gallery;+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------+| Table | Create Table
-----------------------------------------+| ae_gallery | CREATE TABLE ae_gallery ( id int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, title varchar(64) CHARACTER SET utf8 NOT NULL, ext varchar(8) CHARACTER SET utf8 NOT NULL, image_time timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, data mediumblob NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (id)) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 |+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------+1 row in set (1.92 sec)
are you ready to try the INSERT?
Can you provide more details like to use any disk files for the insert, to me?
can you help?
Hi,How about the way to insert one record with one image to the table? I mean to directly run this using mysql prompt.
Many thanks. But could you pls show me how I can save one physical image file from the disk to Mysql DB?
You cannot do that from the mysql console. You need a programming language to read the image data off disk and insert it into a query.
thanks. Is it true that the only way is to use PHP and no direct way to put that through Mysql command prompt?
The mysql client program has no way to read binary data off disk. The only filesystem function it provides is a command to read SQL queries from a text file.
Is there an example? Many many thanks in advance!


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Oh Noes! Kristin Chenoweth Hospitalized After Accident on 'The Good Wife' Set
Kristin Chenoweth was rushed to the hospital yesterday after an accident on the set of 'The Good Wife.' Oh no! We hope she gets well soon!
-Lucia Peters
Oh noes! Broadway actress extraordinaire and former GCB star Kristin Chenoweth was rushed to the hospital yesterday after an accident on the set of The Good Wife in New York! We hope she's okay!
TMZ (surprise) broke the news first. A source connected to the show told the gossip site that a piece of lighting equipment collapsed due to a large gust of wind—and then whacked Kristin on the head. Additionally, she smacked her head on the concrete on her way to the ground. A witness revealed that she looked like she was "knocked out cold." Ouch!
Someone on set called 911 at around 5pm to report the accident; paramedics treated her on the scene, fitting her with a neck brace and strapping her to a stretcher before rushing her off in an FDNY ambulance to a nearby hospital.
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CBS, the studio which produces The Good Wife, later released a statement about the incident: "This afternoon, while filming a scene for The Good Wife in Brooklyn, a gust of wind blew a lighting silk out of place, striking actress Kristin Chenoweth," the statement said. "She received treatment on the scene by the show's medic until a New York Fire Department emergency medical team arrived and transported her to the hospital. All of us at the studio and the show are thinking about Kristin and wishing her a quick recovery."
Happily, a rep for the New York Fire Department told TMZ that Kristin is being treated for "minor injuries." Thanks goodness! The accident sounded serious; at least she's well on her way to recovery.
Get well soon, Kirstin!
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Use the firmware-ipw2x00_0.36_all.deb
Hello All,
I am fairly new to linux and backtrack, I have backtrack loaded to my usb flash drive and I am booting from that drive, I used unetbootin and that has all worked just fine. I am having difficulty getting BT to recognize my wireless network card. Unfortunately I am not home right now so I am unable to post the parameters when I type thing like iwconfig and the other commands in. I was up for about 4 hours last night trying to install the different drivers, I downloaded one .deb driver and one .tgz driver, neither of which seemed to work when I used the dpkg command line.. The only thing I can think of is could it be not working because I am using the USB to run BT and not installing it to the machine? Maybe I have to put the driver file on the same usb flashdisk as the BT5 is on? Last night I was using a second usb flashdisk to download files on my desktop and bring them over to the laptop. Any input is greatly appreciated, I know theres not much you guys can do without me posting specifics but as I've said I am at work now, don't have access to the computer at this time, just thought I could get this posted this way when I get home I can provide you all with whatever information you may need. What I do know, for sure is
1. It is BT5r3 loaded to a usb flashdisk using unetbootin
2. It is a dell inspiron 8600 laptop with a Intel Pro Wireless 2915abg adapter
3. I have downloaded and attempted to install 2 different driver files ending in .deb and .tgz, neither of which with any success.
Thanks again, I really appreciate any help.
-Steve E.
Need to install the intel ipw2x00 (2100, 2200, 2915 series) firmware.
Download it from here: http://mmc.geofisica.unam.mx/debian/...mware-nonfree/
Use the firmware-ipw2x00_0.36_all.deb
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Thank you for that information, I have that file downloaded and when I seem to try and install said driver, nothing happens. Is a re-boot necessary? Again I have the firmware saved to a second usb flashdisk and when I load it up, the file shows, I double click on it and nothing really happens. I also have tried in the command prompt/terminal thing to type the depkg command as I read in a post somewhere, and when I do that it says file not found. I guess there is a gray area in my brain where I cant figure out how to actually see to it that this driver gets installed.. Is there a process that I'm not following or am I missing a step? Thanks again I really appreciate it.
--Steve E.
I also have an issue with this wifi card.
06:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)
root@bt:~/Desktop# sudo dpkg -i firmware-ipw2x00_0.36_all.deb
Selecting previously deselected package firmware-ipw2x00.
(Reading database ... 266388 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking firmware-ipw2x00 (from firmware-ipw2x00_0.36_all.deb) ...
Setting up firmware-ipw2x00 (0.36) ...
root@bt:~/Desktop# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
After installing firmware, need to load module by rebooting the PC/laptop or load it manually, then run network services and last, check interface: iwconfig
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The Columbus Explorer is a more conventional marine computer than those discussed in the column. On one hand it certainly has built-for-boat characteristics: a compact (15"x4"x14") anodized aluminum housing designed to be bolted in place, multiple levels of shock absorption, protective coatings on all internal circuitry, and three RS232 serial ports for interfacing with NMEA 0183 devices (which is three more than many modern laptops). But otherwise the $3,100 Explorer computer is much like a standard high-end desktop, and you can install any software you desire. In fact, Nauticomp buys the guts from Dell, and hence the unit nicely comes with Dell's famous three-year, on-site, next-day service. Nauticomp also offers an extensive line of marine monitors, software, and peripherals.
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PROPOSALS for a free school at the former dental estimates board have been met with opposition by a local resident.
Roger Why, of Rectory Close, says he is not against the school but feels the local residents need protecting from the possible issues which could arise if more than 1,000 children attend the site.
Mr Why has raised parking and a secluded bridleway called Love Lane, which runs down the side of the site, as potential problems.
He says he is worried there will not be enough parking for the staff and that parents will pick-up and drop-off their children in the small residential streets around the school.
Mr Why is also worried about the unlit lane down the side of the school and said, "I don't want to sound like the blue rinse brigade but if there are places where people can go and not be seen, you will attract people that are doing things that are not right because that is the way of the world.
"There will be litter and undesirable behaviour.
"It may not be the kids themselves that are the problem but people who want to take advantage of the kids.
"I think the local people do need to be given some protection.
"There are lots of older people living around here and the 90-year-old lady who walks her dog may feel intimidated and not want to use the lane."
Edward Board, one of the people leading the East Sussex Free School proposal, said, "We have 248 parking spaces on site which will be ample for staff and will be using Paradise Drive as access.
"Compton Place Road will be used for dropping off and picking up.
"There will be no access for staff or pupils from Love Lane and we don't foresee us using Love Lane for anything because there will be no access to it from the school.
"Currently if you call a school because there is a problem you will be put through to reception and a message is taken and someone has to call you back.
"We would have a school mobile and there will be a member of staff on duty to answer that mobile and deal with any problems promptly."
Mr Why said, "I am not anti the free school. I think it is a fantastic idea.
"It will bring more jobs a better education for the children and that can only be a good thing. However, I do have some concerns."
Mr Board said he understood that residents would have concerns and would be inviting all the locals to an information session where they would be able to ask questions and make suggestions once the plan had been given the go-ahead by the Department of Education.
Mr Board added, "It may be that people want a library outreach or adult learning."
This week the East Sussex Free School Group learned they had been successful in securing an interview with the Department of Education. The interview will take place at the beginning of May.


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A BROMSGROVE school celebrated a milestone anniversary by taking youngsters on a trip back in time.
Catshill Middle School is this year celebrating its 75th anniversary.
The school, originally known as Catshill County Senior School, first opened on January 11, 1939 - at the Meadow Road site it still occupies today.
To celebrate 75 years of the school, staff have arranged various activities to celebrate its history.
The first of the events was a 1939 day - where children and staff donned clothes from this period, while children were given a taste of what education would have been like for their counterparts that year.
Kate Sabin, from the school, said other activities being organised include a tea party, and an archive exhibition.
She added that former pupils and staff are also being invited to return, and share their memories of the school at these events.
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AMSALE ABERRA: I think it is both a time of great opportunity as well as a time of great challenge for new entrepreneurs.
Most obvious may be the many challenges. The economy is still weak, at home and abroad. Unemployment is high. Consumers are cutting back on spending.
Banks are reluctant to lend to new and small businesses.
However, I cannot imagine there was ever a time like now when a few thousand dollars can grow into a multibillion-dollar valuation in a few short years. The prospect of spectacular success is very real and tremendously motivating.
The dramatic shrinking of the world occasioned by the revolution in communications and logistics technology has spawned tremendous opportunities as well as tremendous challenges for those starting new businesses. Formerly distant resources and markets are now accessible, at most a few days away, and for online products, less than a second away.
But this accessibility of resources, markets and information has also proliferated competition. I've felt the pressure myself. In my business, fashion, a new design presented on the runway can be photographed and seconds later, before I've taken a single order, work can begin in a faraway factory duplicating a cheaper version.
Those who will succeed must have the traditional character traits: willingness to work hard and unwavering commitment. But they must also have an extra high measure of creativity and a very keen understanding of their customer. One must clearly understand, and be able to demonstrate, why one's product is unique and important, for customers, and for prospective partners and investors. Also one must be decisive and willing to evolve quickly as business cycles now can be very swift.
But there can be tremendous rewards for the successful.
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Pork sirloin chops with sausage flavorings, actually. I know I've seen this recipe elsewhere but this time it came from a Good Housekeeping "weeknight meals" cookbook.
They were hiding in the freezer as a mystery package and when it thawed enough to break down I was happy to find these.
Most of the flavor comes from garlic, crushed fennel seeds, and olive oil. I salted the chops before adding the paste and let them sit refrigerated for a good 24 hours.
Direct charcoal heat made for some quick grilling.
Even though I used a lot of garlic the grilling really toned down the flavor and allowed the fennel to come through...they really did have an Italian sausage flavor.


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The decor is also familiar from earlier S boats: The wenge on the floors is also used on doors and bulkheads, providing a dark, dramatic contrast with the creams and beiges of the carpets, linings, and upholstery. And if the slinky leather bedspread in the master cabin doesn't quite ring your bell, then the impossibly soft fur counterpane in the VIP cabin probably will.
Details like the discreet stair lights, designed to echo the shape of those iconic square topsides windows, might only be appreciated by guests with an eye for such things. But everyone will enjoy the more overt touches like the expensive Hansa Murano taps in the master heads, which manage in equal measure to be both silly and rather marvelous.
Money has been spent under the skin, too. The whole accommodation structure is built on a rubber-insulated aluminum frame to reduce sound and vibration. And behind the the bulkheads' linings and veneers are a 2.5-inch-thick foam-plywood sandwich.
Although the 103S's centerpiece, the master cabin, stands as a supremely successful design, the main-deck layout, running through those giant cockpit doors from transom to helm in one uninterrupted sweep, with a massive sunroof that invites the sky into the dining room, comes a close second.
Second only because of one conceptual shortcoming that I felt needed a bit more thought. The 103S has two galleys: a small one hidden down aft in the crew's quarters, and a larger, better appointed, stainless steel affair down some steps just forward of the helm. This is described by Azimut as the "owner's galley," perhaps because there is no way for the crew to work in it without passing through the dining area. If the crew is really expected to use the aft galley for guests' meals, it needs better access than a steep companionway out onto the side deck.
Interestingly, one reason why the main-deck layout works so well and feels so spacious is the absence, at the request of the owner, of the standard layout's bar on the starboard side. With a bar already installed in the cockpit, another one a few feet away hardly seems necessary.
In addition to the spacious cockpit, there is more external seating up on the small flying bridge, with its upper helm station, sofa, and sun lounges—and another bar—while the foredeck dinette, with a built-in bimini top, is both a comfortable entertaining area at anchor and an exciting if breezy vantage point when underway.
There is no shortage of places to sit with a gin and tonic on the 103S. In fact there is no shortage of anything: space, headroom, horsepower, luxury, or speed. If I hadn't seen it for myself, I'm not sure I'd believe it.
For more information on Azimut Yachts, including contact information, click here.
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The Crap We Missed – Friday 10.26.12
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HOUSTON - Houston City Council voted Wednesday in favor of Southwest Airlines' plans to fly internationally from Hobby Airport.
Southwest Airlines plans to expand Houston's smaller airport so it can fly to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and South America. The airline said it will pay $100 million for a five-gate expansion, customs facility and new employees at Hobby so the airline can run international flights as early as 2015.
More than 150 supporters and opponents crowded into council chambers for the vote. The plan passed 16 to 1. Councilman Jerry Davis, from District B, was the sole vote against it.
Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly said last week that the airline will cover all costs related to the expansion, and will design and build the five new gates and customs facility to the city's specifications.
"It will be financed with no city debt and no passenger facility charges will be used to reimburse (Southwest)," Houston Mayor Annise Parker said on May 23. "Southwest Airlines has agreed to pay for all of the expenses associated with building this expansion. That's it."
Other airlines will be able to use one of the new gates and the customs facility. Southwest will have preferential use at four of the new gates.
SWA plans to use new 737 aircraft that are more efficient and quieter than older models to eliminate a traffic increase impact on the surrounding neighborhood.
"This is a big win for Houston and the traveling public," said Parker. "Competition will lead to jobs, lower fares and a positive economic impact for the city."
The city estimated that the expansion will add 18,000 jobs and $1.6 billion per year to the local economy.
Southwest has promised low airfare, too.
"We're the low-fare specialist, the low-fare leader in America," Kelly said. "For the first time, you'll be able to have low fares from Houston to Mexico, Caribbean, Central America and South America."
United Airlines, operating out of Bush Intercontinental Airport, said the deal could have negative affects on the city, including layoffs and reduced service to certain routes at IAH because of the increased competition.
United claims that opening up Hobby for international flights will drain $300 million for Houston's economy, jeopardize service and cost 3,700 jobs, many of those being United employees.
Parker said United has a long-term commitment to make Houston its largest hub, and she expects the airline to live up to it.
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Quickly, I wanted to share some code around creating the elusive 'dotted line' in Flex4.
The end goal is a divider made up of 1px dots, like this:
My solutions isn't a true line, in that you can't you can't draw it on a diagonal. However, if you need a 1px horizontal divider, here you go. This is simply a Rect with a bitmap fill, using a dot as the bitmap. The bitmap is actually 1 pixel by 2 pixels, with the right pixel colored (#808080) and the left transparent, as such:
Here's the code that would draw your "line":
<s:Rect width="500" height="1">
<s:BitmapFill source="@Embed('/assets/images/dot.png')" fillMode="repeat"/>
That's about it. You can download the dot PNG here. Or, just make your own in Fireworks.


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Holiday Cookie Roundupby Dana Angelo White in Cookies & Other Desserts, Healthy Holidays, December 2, 2010
Cookies help you satisfy that sweet tooth with built-in portion control (as long as you just eat one or two). We've rounded up some Healthy Eats-approved favorites — classic recipes, plus a few fun twists.
Ginger Pecan Oatmeal Crisps
Holiday Sugar Cookies
Crispy Rice Squares
Peanut Butter & Chocolate Biscotti
Orange-Chocolate Cookies
Espresso Chip Meringues
Lemon Ricotta Cookies with Lemon Glaze
Gingerbread Boys and Girls
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 27/7/2012 (1853 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
In Chop Suey on the Prairies, a travelling exhibition organized by the Royal Alberta Museum in 2010, the curators make a careful case study of Ginger Beef.
While the dish is now a staple on many Chinese menus, it is generally agreed to have been invented in Calgary in the mid-1970s. George Wong, the Chinese-born chef at The Silver Inn, had trained in the traditional cuisine of northern China and then moved to London. He adapted a beef and orange peel recipe from Hunan province to the pub food of England, offering a sticky, sweet, slightly spicy concoction that paired well with beer.
Moving to Alberta, Wong hoped to serve traditional northern Chinese specialities. Non-Chinese Calgarians weren't quite ready, however, and kept ordering grilled cheese sandwiches and french fries from the other side of the menu. Enter Ginger Beef, a "Chinese" dish assembled from Chinese origins, tossed with Brit inspiration, and mixed with western Canadian expectations of deep-fried goodness.
That's Canadian history on a plate.
Back in the mid-20th century, back before Canada thought of itself as multicultural, the most visible signs of Chinese immigration were restaurants. There were eateries in the crowded Chinatowns of Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg and Toronto, of course. But there were also hundreds of little cafés in small towns, strung across the country, often along the railway lines. In Manitoba, there were -- and often still are -- Chinese-run cafés in places like Deloraine, Boissevain, Gladstone, Neepawa, Carberry, Elkhorn, Portage la Prairie, Virden, Souris and Melita. Sometimes the Chinese restaurant was the only restaurant in town.
These cafés served "Chinese and Canadian" or "Chinese and Western" cuisine, in what could be seen as an edible metaphor for the immigrant experience. In her book Eating Chinese: Culture on the Menu in Small Town Canada, Lily Cho suggests that for Chinese-Canadians, the heritage of the Chinese restaurant can be both sweet and sour, a mixture of outmoded stereotypes and genuine cultural exchange.
Café decor was often "exotic," a red-and-gold collection of dragons and phoenixes and tasselled lanterns. The food was less so, pragmatically adapted to mainstream Canadian tastes and available ingredients. While the restaurants often became centres of small-town community life, the owners were sometimes kept to the side, through exclusion or casual racism, according to Cho.
These cafés were an adaptable cross-cultural mix of chicken fried rice and Coke. Cantonese was spoken in the kitchen while country music played on the jukebox. The owners often worked hard 12-hour days while their kids did schoolwork at Arborite tables. A unique blend of the "foreign" and the familiar, these Canadian icons have been featured in songs by Sylvia Tyson and Joni Mitchell, poems by Fred Wah and art installations by Karen Tam.
The historical stats are astonishing. Cho, a professor at the University of Western Ontario, looks back at the early 20th century, a period of institutionalized racism and punitive "head taxes" on Chinese immigrants. "According to the 1931 Canadian census," Cho writes, "Chinese people made up less than one per cent of the Canadian population, and yet one out of every five restaurant, café or tavern-keepers was of Chinese origin." Some originally came as railway workers or as labourers for mining operations or fish canneries. In Saskatchewan, 50 per cent of Chinese immigrants worked in restaurants in 1921, rising to 70 per cent by 1931.
After the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1947, Cho suggests, these cafés and their Canadianized versions of Chinese food became a gentle way to familiarize people with Chinese culture as a new wave of Chinese immigration got under way.
For Prairie folk too thrifty to go out for food that could be prepared at home, the Chinese café allowed them to justify the cost of a restaurant meal. They weren't eating "Canadian" dishes, after all.
But then, this wasn't exactly authentic Chinese food, either. Most of the dishes had roots in Cantonese cooking, but the vegetables, the seafood, the complex spices needed for that cuisine just weren't available. Many Canadian favourites focussed on meat -- chicken, beef and pork -- breaded and deep-fried and served with thick, bright sauces. The menus remained remarkably consistent across the provinces and through the decades -- egg foo yong, chow mein, chop suey, lemon chicken, sweet and sour pork.
Nowadays, with another upsurge of Chinese immigration, an increased sophistication in food culture, and a global reach in recipes and ingredients, we can enjoy the extraordinary richness, variety and subtlety of real Chinese cooking. We can get bok choy and star anise at the supermarket. We can eat Chinese food at trendy, upscale urban restaurants.
That's all very well for the foodies, of course. But the "Chinese and Canadian cuisine" developed in small towns across the country will always be a deliciously important part of our history.


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