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Cass Commercial Bank was founded as Cass Avenue Bank in 1906 by a group of businessmen. These businessmen represented a wide variety of industries:
Bowe-Perry Pie Company
Tebelmann Baking Company
Leroi Furniture Manufacturing Company
H. Pauk & Sons Manufacturing Company
J. C. Roever Feed & Milling Company
Hellrung & Grimm House Furnishing Company
Briner Electric Company
Stickney-Hoelscher Cigar Company
Lueking Teaming Company
William L. Protzmann Realtor
William M. Schumacher, Mortician
Cass Bank's first location was a rented storefront at 1462 Cass Avenue. The surrounding neighborhood was primarily residential, comprised of two- and four-family flats.
By the end of the day, May 15, 1906 – the first day doors were open to the public – deposits at the new bank totaled $51,100. The balance of the original capital stock was paid in by June, 1906.
On March 20, 1906, the first loan had been granted to Mr. George Hohman. The $16,000 real estate loan was for two buildings and a stable on the northeast corner of Newstead and Natural Bridge.


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A GREAT Harwood business has provided 'cover' for its local hospice by sponsoring a brand new gazebo.
SB Tippers on Alan Ramsbottom Way offered up the cash to pay for the branded East Lancashire Hospice tent, which will be used at events including the monthly farmers' market in Towngate.
Hospice fundraiser, Kimberley Hall, said: "Our new gazebo is certainly eye-catching and a great way to get us noticed at fairs and events we will attend with it.
"Our old one was unbranded and unsteady so to have a new sturdy one with our logo on is brilliant.
"It will also provide shelter from the elements for our volunteers who help to run tombolas and stalls during the year."


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This article was published 3/9/2012 (1814 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
In case you missed it (and some of you probably wish you did)...
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers were thumped 52-0 by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Labour Day Classic at Mosaic Stadium Sunday afternoon, the club's worst loss since a 68-7 loss to Edmonton in the West semifinal in 1996 and the fourth-largest margin of defeat in team history.
The last-place Bombers simply didn't show up in Regina, and are now looking at a 2-7 record with nine games left to play in the 2012 season.
"I can't think of any aspect (of the game) that we won," a disappointed Tim Burke offered after the bludgeoning. Burke made his head coaching debut Sunday, taking over the duties after club management fired Paul LaPolice last weekend, and chewed out the players in the closed door, locker-room meeting following the historic loss.
Also included in the desperate, post-game pep-talk: Bombers GM Joe Mack.
Riders receiver Weston Dressler scored two touchdowns in the first half, while former Bomber Terence Jeffers-Harris and backup quarterback Drew Willy added majors in the second half. Defensive back Tyron Brackenridge added a special teams touchdown during the opening 30 minutes, as well, when he blocked a Mike Renaud punt and scooped it up for the easy score.
Saskatchewan kicker Sandro DeAngelis added five field goals.
The Bombers offence -- if you can call it that -- was shut out for the first time since 1969 and managed only 102 net yards. Starting quarterback Joey Elliott struggled to move the ball in his half-plus of work, finishing 9-of-19 for 61 yards with one interception. He was replaced by Alex Brink late in the game.
The Bombers turned the ball over five times and had the ball for just 20 minutes in the game. On top of that, the club took 12 penalties (to Saskatchewan's seven) -- an area Burke was supposed to rectify.
Winnipeg, now winless in five tries on the road this year, hosts the Riders in the annual Banjo Bowl Sunday.
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Three ugly numbers: 0 points
Not just the game total, but the number of points Winnipeg scored in the first quarter Sunday. Surprised? The Bombers have managed just eight points in first quarters in nine contests. Averaging less than a point through the opening 15 minutes? That's pathetic.
102 net yards offence
This is still the CFL, right? Stop laughing. Deeper inside this production from the Winnipeg offence, we see the attack managed just 50 yards at the half and 63 net yards after three quarters. Take away the Bombers meaningless drive at the end of the game (33 yards), and... well, you get the picture.
10 first downs
That won't even get you the length of the CFL field, guys. Winnipeg had five two-and-outs and four three-and-outs Sunday. Not great, when you consider they only had 13 total possessions. Oh yeah, the offence only made it as far as the Riders 39-yard line (Winnipeg turned it over on downs). In a word, ugh.


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Pupils at Warminster's Kingdown School celebrated the end of their GCSE exams by having their annual school prom on Thursday.
This theme for this year's event was fairground attractions, which included a buffet, disco, a photo booth and a number of fairground rides throughout the school.
The pupils arrived in a range of different vehicles which included a tank, horse and cart, an open top bus and a range of limousines.
Bath Rugby Captain, Stuart Hooper escorted one of the pupils to the prom.
Rebecca Bishop, Head of Wembley House and PE Teacher at the school, said: "It was a magical evening. The pupils were impeccably behaved and so gracious.
"It is the highlight of the Year 11 calendar was a real opportunity to celebrate the end of their GCSE's and the start of their summer. They have worked really hard in school."
She helped to organise the prom along with teaching assistant Emma Taylor.
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The first ever cultural festival to accompany the countdown to the Tour de France is now underway.
The 100-day Yorkshire Festival 2014 began last Thursday, and features 47 spectacular headline commissions, as well as hundreds of fringe events embracing a huge range of different art forms.
Henrietta Duckworth, the festival's executive producer, said: "All of the 47 headline projects, as well as the fringe events, are ready to reveal a myriad of opportunities across all art forms for fun, invention and festivities for all ages.
"And, inspired by Le Tour, the largest free annual sporting event in the world, the majority of Yorkshire Festival's programme is free to access. Everyone is invited to this party."
People can find out more by visiting the yorkshirefestival.co.uk website.
'Fields of Vision' – a project originating in the Worth Valley – is among the main festival commissions. This is a land art initiative, building on an idea first put forward by Worth Valley Young Farmers Club.
It will be delivered by a partnership co-ordinated by Pennine Prospects, and will include huge land art installations across the South Pennines, including locations in Hainworth, Stanbury and along the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.
The scheme is being backed by community engagement group Worth the Tour, the Keelham Farm Shop in Thornton and Alfe's Restaurant in Keighley.
Keelham Farm Shop is offering a member of the public a chance to create one of the land art designs destined for a field in Hainworth.
It is working with Fields of Vision to launch a competition, which invites entrants to draw a simple, bold design, which to them symbolises Yorkshire.
A winner will be selected by a panel of judges, and their entry will be created in the field by the land artists.
Victoria Robertshaw, co-owner of the farm shop, said: "We love Yorkshire and farming is our lifeblood, so we're really excited to support one of the sites in the Field of Visions project.
"We thought this was a fantastic opportunity for a member of the local community to be a part of this landmark art project."
Competition entrants can visit keelhamfarmshop.co.uk and download an entry form. This can be posted back to Keelham Farm Shop, Brighouse and Denholme Road, Thornton, Bradford BD13 3SS or e-mailed to email@example.com. The closing date is midnight on April 22.
The winner will be announced on May 9, and the artwork will be completed in the field in early June.


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Is there anything better than the smell of homemade baked bread? And muffins have a particularly perfect time-to-wake-up scent. With Kelsey's basic quick bread recipe, you'll never turn to a bagged mix again.
Kelsey provides the blueprint for whatever you're in the mood for: opt for pumpkin bread or go for almond poppy seed muffins. Or try something new with her cranberry nut orange batter. She includes the variations for flavors and the different cook times for muffins vs. loafs. Rather than let a few straggler bananas go bad, I turned them into her recipe for Banana Nut Muffins.
Kelsey's Banana Nut Muffins
from her Basic Quick Bread Recipe
- 3 cups flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
- 2 cups mashed bananas combined with 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 1/2 cups sour cream
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease or line a 12-well muffin tin with paper liners or grease a loaf pan.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon and whisk until thoroughly combined.
- In another large mixing bowl, whisk together the sugar, eggs, and melted butter. Add in mashed bananas.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients alternating with the sour cream and mix just to combine. Avoid over-mixing the batter.
- Pour the batter into the prepared muffin tin or loaf pan that have been greased or lined.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until a tester comes out clean.
Tune in Saturday at 2:30 p.m. ET to see Kelsey demonstrate a variation on this recipe, her Lemon Blueberry Muffins.
More Baked Goods from Kelsey
Rapid Rolls
Pecan-Cinnamon Rolls
Bacon, Cheddar and Chive Biscuits
Sweet Orange Rolls
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I've never been one with a wild flair when it comes to my clothing. I keep my style comfortable and what I like to think casually chic. Today's outfit is a perfect example of this.
I've had this denim jacket for a long time now. I kind of keep forgetting I have it. Does that mean I have too many clothes? LOL! Maybe? Well, I decided to pull it out today since we were just going to be heading to the mother-in-laws, watching football (Go Broncos!), and making a quick stop at the mall. I threw on these black denim skinnies and my trusty boots. Perfect outfit for my kind of perfect Sunday.
Denim Jacket: Forever 21 (old)
Denim Skinnies: Mossimo – Target
Boots: Madden Girl (old)
Earrings: Cutout Geo Earrings – Forever 21
Bracelets: 9 Row Bangles – Lane Bryant
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Be part of the winning team at Cricket Canada. Changes in the governance of Canadian cricket have created new and exciting positions for committeed volunteers looking to "Join the Movement".
Cricket Canada is looking for applicants to join the new National Selection Group. The group will form the three national selection panels.
There are 10 positions available as follows:
- Senior Men's Selection Panel (4 positions)
- Youth Selection Panel (4 positions)
- Women's Selection Panel (2 positions)
Roles and Responsibilities are indicated below..
The successful candidate should meet the following criteria:
- a good communicator who is not under suspension or investigation by his/her provincial cricket organization or any other body
- team conscious rather than one who sees only provincial or regional needs
- demonstrates an ability through past experiences to recognize talent
- demonstrates ability through past experiences to achieve objectives through planning and foresight
- should be constructive and objective
- has experience working in environments where confidentiality is required
- experienced selector at a minimum provincial level
- has played cricket at a first-class or international level and can demonstrate proof of this experience
- shall not hold another position within Cricket Canada which shall include any member of the Board of Directors
- ability to travel domestically as well as overseas, if required
- must be over 18 years of age and legally permitted to work in Canada mm
- must agree to provide a police or other third-party background check should application be successful
Positions are volunteer, however, Cricket Canada will reimburse all reasonable expenses, with prior approval, relating to this position.
Please send a cover letter and a copy of your CV via email to:
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Deadline for Submission is May 21, 2013.
Roles & Responsibilities of the National Selection Panel
The principal role of the National Selection Panel is to select teams to represent Canada that will:
(i) Maximize Canada's chances of winning each game or series; and,
(ii) Guarantee the long-term success of Canadian cricket.
Responsible to the Cricket Canada High Performance Committee
Select the national team for all ICC or Cricket Canada approved matches
Select a Canada "A" team where such fixtures are organized.
Select a training national squad where necessary, the timing and number of players to be determined by the High Performance Committee.
Select and rank the players to be offered paid contracts, the timing and number of such players to be determined by the High Performance Committee.
Once a National Team or Squad has been selected and finalized by the Selection Committee (including the naming of a captain & vice captain), it is to be passed onto to the High Performance Committee for review/approval and announcement.
A minimum of one selector shall be present at:
- National Cricket League matches
- National team matches held in Canada
- Canada "A" matches held in Canada
Where possible, attend club matches where National team members or players of National interest are participating.
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Store raw meat, poultry, and fish separately from cooked and ready to eat food to prevent cross contamination.
If they can not be stored separately, store cooked food or ready to eat food above raw meat, poultry, and fish. This will prevent raw product juices from dripping onto the prepared food and causing foodborne illness.


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We are living in a global, increasingly connected society. Beyond the walls of this school, the health and safety threats presented by ease of modern travel, infectious disease outbreaks, man-made and natural catastrophic events make us acutely aware that we need to create the technology, workforce, and infrastructure ready to meet the needs of our current and future world. The School of Nursing and Health Studies is answering that call. Working together at the Simulation Hospital, we will transform healthcare and make the world a safer place.


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What happens at the hospital before the CABG procedure begins?
You will typically check into the hospital the evening before or
morning of your coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedure for preoperative
education. You will take a shower with antibacterial soap the night before
surgery and will not be allowed anything to eat or drink after midnight.
Before your surgery, you will probably meet some of the members of
the surgical team, including the anesthesiologist. Your anesthesiologist is
responsible for giving you medicines to put you to sleep for your CABG
surgery and control your pain both during and after your surgery. This doctor
will explain the process of general anesthesia, make note of any allergies you
might have to medicines, and prescribe a sedative to make you feel more
comfortable and relaxed before the procedure begins.
In the preoperative area
Until your operating room is ready, you will remain in the
preoperative, or pre-op, room. Your family and friends will probably be asked
to remain in the waiting area. Usually your anesthesiologist or the
anesthesiology assistant will then start one or more intravenous (IV) lines in
your arm. You will be given saline fluid (to keep you hydrated), anesthesia,
and other medicines through your IV line before, during, and after your
Preparation in the operating room
When your surgery team is ready, you will be transported on a bed
with wheels from the holding area to the operating room. The staff will greet
you and make sure that you are as comfortable as possible. Soon, you will
general anesthesia through your IV line to put you to
sleep. After you become unconscious, which happens quickly, a small tube called
a Foley
catheter will be placed through the opening of your
penis or female urinary tract (urethra) and into your bladder. The free end of
the catheter will then be hooked up to a plastic bag that will collect
If your surgeon plans on using pieces of your leg veins to create the
bypass grafts on your coronary arteries, your legs may be placed in a frog
position, with the soles of your feet placed together and knees spread apart.
Next, your chest, arms, and legs will be cleansed so that they are germ-free
during the procedure. Usually a yellow-brown solution known as Betadine
(povidone-iodine) is used to cleanse your body, as well as rubbing alcohol.
Sterile drapes will be placed on the parts of your body that are not involved
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Dense Array EEG & Epilepsy
Mark D. Holmes MD
Professor, Department of Neurology
Regional Epilepsy Center
University of Washington, Seattle WA
The evaluation of a person with epilepsy requires a thorough assessment, including a detailed clinical examination, and use of several laboratory studies, especially brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and, depending upon circumstances, neuropsychological testing, and a variety of hematologic and biochemical assays. However, the single most important laboratory study in understanding the nature of the seizure disorder in the affected patient remains, more than 70 after its invention, the electroencephalogram (EEG), The EEG records the electrical activity of the brain, and discloses the abnormal electrical patterns which are the hallmarks of the fundamental disturbance in epilepsy. Regardless of this critical role, standard EEG nevertheless has some severe limitations. One of these is that typically only 16-21 electrodes are applied to the scalp in conventional recordings, a practice that leads to relatively large distances between the recording electrodes. This, in turn, results in the long-held observation that localization of abnormal findings from standard EEG is usually very poor.
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Travis Tritt Releases New Single with Daughter Tyler Reese Tritt [Video]
Travis Tritt once again has his aim set on the country music charts and, this time, he is bringing his daughter along for the ride. The country music superstar is set to release a brand new single called "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough." And he performs it with Tyler Reese Tritt. We have a sneak preview here at WBKR.com! LISTEN . . .


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DESTIN, Fla. – The Saint Leo University men's golf team will get back in action tomorrow, Oct 8, at the Indian Bayou Classic in Destin, Fla. The two-day tournament will be played at the Indian Bayou Country Club.
"The weather is great and the course is in awesome shape," senior Nick Brothers said. "We are looking to stay calm and remain patient, and if we are able to do that, good things will happen. We are looking forward to teeing it up."
The men's team played in the AFLAC Cougar Invitational last week in Columbus, Ga., where they finished 15th.
For all the latest scores and results from Destin, be sure to check back at SaintLeoLions.com. In the instance that live scoring is available, links will be provided.


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Germany was shaken by the news of MTV's well-known presenter Kristiane Backer's converting to Islam in 1995.
In an interview with Al-Jazeera TV Channel's "No Limits" programme, Kristiane Backer expressed her feelings of becoming a Muslim in 1995 saying; "After becoming a Muslim, my programme on MTV Channel was terminated and I was fired from the Channel while facing rather aggressive criticism on German Media but I have never felt regret for converting to Islam. My faith in Allah helped me to overcome that tough time and loss of money and fame was not a big deal indeed."
Backer also explained that her experience at MTV had never fulfilled her spiritual needs and when she was introduced to Islam, a new era started in her life, by saying; "I started to look for love. When I was introduced to Islam, I realized what I really need is the love of Allah. When I achieved what I was looking for, I converted to Islam and became a European Muslim performing the acts of worship."
Kristiane Backer also added that clinging to the pillars of Islam and introducing true Islam to people will be a means to remove some of the Westerns' ignorant approach and opposing thoughts to Islam.


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MoMAStore: Speak-er by Mihoko Ouchi and Sherwood Forlee
These speakers make a statement - both literally and audibly. Neither tinny nor tiny, this pair can strike up the band in your home office or cue the tunes from your MP3 player. And even when silent, they will bring a smile to your face just to think about what they might say or play next . . .


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I wish to learn how to program in C# for desktop applications. I don't want to do windows phone applications. I don't want to do Windows tablet applications, nor do i want to even program for windows 8 (yet).
However, a search for good books on programing in C# using forms in either WPF or Windows Forms yields nothing but books on how to program phones and games. I may do that later when I am better at using the Visual Studio Pro IDE, but for now, I'd just like some good books on how to code C# into a graphical application and how to go about doing it.
BTW....I have the foundational essentials of C#, but those were all console training books and videos. I want to move on to the next level.
Anyone have any good books/references?
I'm currently reading the book called C# illustrated 2012, it looks quite good for both beginners and intermediate level coders.
If you "know" C#, then I've always found the best book to be C# in Depth by Jon Skeet.
However, if you need to ask how to write desktop tools in C# then I reckon C# in Depth might be a bit too advanced. If you think your C# skills are okay then the best advice I can give you is to just carry on with what you're doing and to just try and build something. With some creative Googling you'll be able to pick it up in no time.
Thanks. I'll download the Kindle version and let you know how it works out!
I have done a little Java programing and as long as I'm doing C# as console programs or simply writing classes, I'm good. But whenever I try to do visually in Visual Studio, the 'code behind' view for some reason simply looks like Klingon to Me, only I understand Klingon. LOL
I"ll give your book a shot, but it doesn't seem to be offered electronically. So it will take a bit before I get it.
Thanks for the feedback!
The code behind is just another C# file, but one that is attached to the calling file. For example, if you have a aspx page, your code behind will allow you to attach C# code to your ASP.NET page.
It sounds like your issue is more with ASP.NET than C#. While C# in Depth is great for learning C# well it does not teach ASP.NET. Luckily, it's quite simple, and is probably something you'll pick up with ease with a couple of projects. If you want to toy around with ASP.NET I recommend setting up a site with a CMS (I recommend Umbraco) and just try building something.
Regarding C# in Depth, it definitely comes as a PDF and in various eBook formats. I know because I have it in all available formats. Check the publishers website and you'll probably get it for cheaper as they regularly have deals on.


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We want to plant up an area about 3x5m on our allotment (in a fenced off area between a greenhouse and our hens/ducks). Also in a side area about 25x1m, which used to be a path and is nettle filled.
The fenced off area had potatoes on it for a few years (to clear weeds), and looks nice and weed free now. Can I just go ahead and sow a meadow mix (and annual mix as we want things this year!), or is there more prep we should do first?
For the old path - are there meadow plants that I could use which would work with the nettles, as I would rather not get rid of them.
Also, we are in County Durham, but I can't find any local wildflower seed suppliers. What would be the best kind of mix to get, or can you recommend a supplier?
If not how do I find out what local flowers there are that I could include in the plot?
Quite general questions I realise, but any help on any of them would be greatly appreciated!
Hello, I think it sounds as though the allotment bed is ready to go - you are aiming for a clean weed free, seed bed and you need a firm and fairly fine tilth. So if is is still quite lumpy soil, stones etc I would give it a good dig over and rake. Then sow the seeds ontop of the soil and gently tread in - remember not to bury them as they need light to germinate. I sowed an annual wildflower mix on my allottment last year, which were cornfield species but also a little bit of borage and phacelia and it worked really well, the bumblebees loved it, maybe too much at the expense of them pollinating the runner beans ! Even though phacelia is a non native plant it is suitable to use in an urban setting. If you are using an annual mix then most suppliers tend to include similar species - good ones for bumblebees are cornflower, poppy and corncockle. Flora Locale has a list of suppliers on thier website so you might be able to find a local one there under 'supplier directory'
Good suppliers that will deliver include Emorsgate seeds and Habitat aid.
For the path, I'd be tempted to leave the nettles as they are if that is the habitat you want there. I think it might be quite tricky to get wildflowers to establish alongside them as the ground must be quite fertile. You might get something like comfrey to work as this is a big plant that will not be outcompeted by the nettles, the bumblebees love it and also can use it to make fertliser for the allotment. Let me know if you have any more questions.
Hi cazery. The Natural History Museum's website (nhm.ac.uk) has a great "Postcode Plants Database" that allows you to search for native plants recorded in your area, indicating which are considered "garden Worthy", also shows any butterflies, birds and other fauna (not bees!) associated with the plants.
Thanks Jo, That is all very useful!
I love the idea of mixing in some borage and phacelia.
I have the perfect comfrey plant too which has been threatening to overtake the gooseberry patch - I'll move it into one of the more nettle-free parts of the path and let it enjoy itself.
Thoroughly looking forward to this year - we have just taken full possession of our plot, having shared it with a neighbour for four years, and I am finally able to develop the wild areas I've been craving (they used to dig them up thinking they were weed patches) and provide a little more habitat/food for bumblebees and other lovely creatures.
Many thanks for your clear and useful responses to my questions.
Hi cazery. The Natural History Museum's website (nhm.ac.uk) has a great "Postcode Plants Database" that allows you to search for native plants recorded in your area, indicating which are considered "garden Worthy", also shows any butterflies, birds and other fauna (not bees!) associated with the plants.
Thank you! That sounds brilliantly useful, I'll have a good look when I escape from work.
Hi Jo,
Good to meet you and to take part in this Forum session.
We have an unusual problem where I live- but it maybe gives an opportunity to get some more BB flowers into our lawns and verges.
Let me explain ...
We live in a small 1930's housing estate, in a small valley with mature beech woodland on the slopes around the houses.
It 's on the edge of a large town in the Chilterns.
Badgers live in the woodland and visit our estate at night to find food. (They have got MUCH more common locally in recent years.)
In the late spring each year we get an aerial overload of small green chafer beetles. Thousands of them !
They land on our lawns to lay eggs in the grass and their larvae will later eat the roots of the grass.
So our lawns, which were grass and typical lawn flowers like Clover and Self Heal etc have slowly changed from grass to moss (with some residual grass).
(The moss grows well because it is damp most winters, with the sun hiding behind the trees.)
Last autumn, and now again over recent weeks, badgers have been lifting the grass as though it is loose turf to get at the chafer grubs beneath.
And they leave it looking like a half-ploughed field, or a badly roughed-up piece of grass full of holes where they have dug out a grub.
Many of the house lawns gardens and verges on the estate have been attacked, with a significant area of ground involved. So it is a real problem ... but could also be an opportunity !
Might you have any suggestion for BB-friendly flowering lawn-plants we could grow with deep roots that would survive chafer grubs nibbling, or even better, that would repel chafer grubs !
(And even better, that repel badgers !)
Or any other tips ?
Yours Clive
PS. I know that it is possible to get nematode treatments for chafer grub control, or systemic insecticide treatments probably Neonic type: but I don't want to use or recommend Neonics; and Nematodes are probably going to be horribly expensive !
PPS I could send a couple of pictures to show the type of damage if necessary.
Hi Clive, I have to say this is quite a tricky question and one I'd probably have to do a bit of research on to answer. Plants such as birdsfoot trefoil, self heal, clover, buttercup and cowslip can all survive in lawns with more regular mowing and are all good for bees, but I don't know if they would also survive the chafer grubs. A few people have said to me about using electric fencing around the perimeter of their gardens to stop the badgers getting in which has worked, but this is obviously costly and time consuming. Can I have a think and get back you ?! Thanks, Jo
Hi Jo,
Many thanks for your comments.
I'd been wondering about having an electric fence at the side of the house, to protect our back garden; but that wouldn't be viable for people's verges, so it is a knotty problem.
Last autumn we did try to re-seed about 10 square metres of badger-turned back lawn with White Clover (using a Green Manure variety), but the seedlings that came up appear to have been zapped by the cold weather over the winter !
We intend to try again though, because I think clover roots will be much deeper than grass roots, so should be more resilient to chafer grubs.
Any further thoughts you have will be much appreciated !


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I am 52 years old, trying to get back into freelance graphic design after taking time out to be home with my 3 boys.

I have taken classes in InDesign, PhotoShop, Illustrator and am currently learning web design (html & css) along with Dreamweaver. I am really struggling with web design. I have built a few sites, but it takes an incredible amount of time and frustration getting there. The obstacles seem to be endless, even though I think I have a pretty good understanding of html and the css box model.

I may just be feeling discouraged, but I'm wondering if I'm cut out for this.

I love designing sites, but I'm really struggling with the technical aspect of it and I feel like giving up. Is there a way to bypass years of cussing and hair pulling and still achieve my dream of designing websites for small businesses? I've heard about using WordPress or other CMS to do just this, but I don't know much about it.
I'm wondering where it would be best to put my time and energy?

Thank you in advance. Any guidance you can offer will be appreciated.
I'm not too much younger than you, and a few years ago sat down with a good book on HTML/CSS and read it cover to cover. That gave me a really solid foundation for building good-quality websites. So I'd say it's not hard to get going with web design. Programming (like JS and PHP) is harder (at least for me!), but that's where a CMS can be very handy, because it has a lot of programming functions built in for you, allowing you to provide clients with a very fancy site without knowing programming. Personally, I think there are better options than WordPress, but that's up to you really.
Thanks for you response. I have done some reading on html/css, but I still seem to get stuck over and over, however, I've not been in a forum before, so this might be just the helping hand I need. Since I know nothing about cms, can you tell me what other options there are and which one you use?
I admit that, after reading my first HTML/CSS book (which was Stylin' with CSS ... very good book), I did have to practice and learn quite a bit; but hanging around in these forums made a huge difference, as there are some amazing people around here, from whom there is a lot to learn. Yes, any time you are having a problem or difficulty, you have direct access to some of the best experts in the business, so it's a great place to hang around.
I have played with a number of CMSes, including WordPress. WP is good in a way, but it's a bit messy, too, and is really for blogging that standard websites, although that is changing. Still, it's a bit of a mess to bend to your will, and I wouldn't recommend it unless you have a bit of programming knowhow.
For most websites, my favorite option is [ExpressionEngine, which has a price tag on it, but it's a very clean and logical system to use. But there are lots of others, many free. The closest free option to EE that I know of is [URL="http://modx.com/"]MODx, which is also very popular. There are bigger, more powerful CMSes like Drupal, but they are a bit intimidating for a beginner. Then there are some smaller, easier-to-learn CMSes that don't allow you do do as much but are very good all the same ... such as [URL="http://grabaperch.com/"]Perch, [URL="http://mojomotor.com/"]MojoMotor and [URL="http://unify.unitinteractive.com/"]Unify](http://expressionengine.com/).
Another option is to use a hosted CMS, where you get web hosting along with all the CMS tools you need, without having to worry about updating the CMS etc. Usually this has a monthly fee, which can be highish, but it's worth considering. Options include [WebPop, [URL="http://www.webvanta.com/"]Webvanta and [URL="http://www.businesscatalyst.com/"]Business Catalyst](http://www.webpop.com/).
Thanks for all the helpful advice, I appreciate it!
You are never too old to learn something, if you are willing to put in the hard work and stay motivated you wont have a problem. Just don't try to force the information into you. Take a break from time to time and you will find that it all comes back to you naturally.
Good luck!
No, you are definitely not too old. When I started in web design, I was older than you are now. (Not that I consider myself an expert; I'm just saying that 52 isn't particularly old in this business.)
But there might be other reasons that you are struggling. It could be that you are trying too hard to learn too much at once. You've taken a lot of classes in various products, not all of which are necessary for getting started.
You might find things easier if you started by trying to create a very basic, simple site - one that doesn't have any fancy features of any kind. Learn enough HTML to create such a site. Code it manually. Gradually add features as you go along.
When you're comfortable with basic HTML, take on a little CSS, and use it to improve the site. And so on.
You don't need to learn a whole bunch of technologies or products in order to get started. Do it gradually, and you'll find things much easier.
My story is similar to ralph.m's. The book I started with was "HTML4 for Dummies", which was written with some humour, which certainly helped. If you're having trouble getting things to stick in your brain, try explaining it step-by-step to the dog/cat/budgie/teddy bear/goldfish. There's nothing quite like explaining to someone else to help you concentrate on exactly what it is you're doing, and how. It's particularly useful if something's not working as you expect and you're going over it to try and find the cause. (Of course, if I'd found the SitePoint forums back then, my teddy bear might not be as well-versed in web design as he is now. :lol: )
I'd never used WordPress (or any other CMS) until yesterday. I'd been asked for advice by somebody trying to set up a WordPress site and I installed it on my own site to see how it works. An hour later, I found myself thinking "Why am I doing this? Why would anybody do this?" because it seemed so much more difficult than building sites from scratch, which is what I'm used to. And that's the point, really. Anything seems difficult when you first start learning it, but if you're keen enough to stick with it, you'll get there in the end. Especially with all the expert advice you can get from the forums here.
I'd also have to agree with all @Mikl's advice. The first site I ever built was a "spoof" site, built just for fun. I really enjoyed doing it and there was no pressure on me.
I agree with Mikl. The trick is to take a break from learning when you feel like you are on overload, and just play with what you have learned. Don't try to pack in too much at once.
I am 59 years old, started self-learning web design and development about 6 years ago and I found the project-based html and css books the most helpful, because I could 'do' as I was 'learning' instead of stuffing my head with all sorts of facts and knowledge.
I since went back to college to get my diploma in internet applications and web development (learned php/mysql, asp.net with c#, the whole Adobe package, design principles, javascript, etc and now run my own freelance web development business. Life and learning does not stop at 30!
Yep, you're right. Crawl, walk, run. I get a little overwhelmed with all the technology out there, but you're right, I don't need to know everything to get started.
I'll slow down and try not to put so much pressure on myself. Thanks for the words of encouragement!
HTML, CSS, and any programming language require one very important thing: experience.
How do you get experience? Practice. Then practice. And practice some more.
Seriously, it can be a bit frustrating because you want to get it quickly... but you can't. It always takes lots and lots of practice to get good. I've been programming since I was 12 (I'm almost 25 now) and I still learn new things every day, or find a better way to do something than I did before. It's just one of those things you can't rush.
Keep practicing and you'll find each project gets a little bit easier.
Thank you for your reply. Apparently my expectations have been unrealistic. My brain is wired more for design than for programming, so I guess I'm questioning if I'm going in the right direction, but it seems that in order to work as a graphic designer these days, you've got to be able to design and build websites.
I'll just keep putting one foot in front of the other and be more patient with myself and the process. Thanks for pep talk : )
It is hard to know if your expectations were are unrealistic since I don't know which they were.
There are coders and programmers that need good designers becuase they're rubbish at it. Many designers follow that route and team up with a good coder and a good programmer (they may not be the same, the coder will specialize on HTML and CSS while the programmer can do the backend and the javascript, if the coder can't)
Having said this, it doesn't matter if you want to team up with someone else, it is good that you have a good understanding of HTML and CSS because it will help you to design realistic websites, and not beautiful pictures with lots of graphic details that the coder will simply not be able to replicate in a web layout.
It is also hard to learn by yourself and this is why forums like this one are important. You get stuck, you try over and over but can't see what's wrong.
Another pair of fresh eyes (or a few hundred of them :p) and someone more experience than you can help you to find the problem and to learn from your own mistakes.
And then, some more practice and head to your next goal
Age is just a number.
If you don't seem to have the talent to design (some people are just 'bad' with colours and design, no matter how much schooling they have), you can always code the templates and port them to Wordpress or other scripts. We're not yet there. Just try to ENJOY this, without pulling your hair. I know how annoying it is to have an idea and get a crappy design out of it, but with patience and more experience you'll design better and better. Start a project on your own (it's easier to focus like this, when you have something to think about) and apply design, HTML on it. Tweak it, ask for reviews, tweak it again. You will learn and get better
I am 21(soon to be) and just getting started in the field of web design. I have been working on it since I was in 8th grade. Which was not long ago since I ended up failing a few grades. But I got into web design from a friend of mine in Canada. I needed to get something done for a graduation project. So I worked on building a website from the ground up. Using just XHTML and CSS.
I have been debating going to college for a certification class but decided that the path less traveled is the better path. I am going to seek online certifications so I dont need to go "Retake" highschool classes (In other words I dont want to have to deal with Liberal Arts. I spent 14.5 years with that I'm not going to blow another one on it..)
But this is not about me. So to the OP I have been meaning to say:Its never to late to get into it but if you do do so because you love it... Not because you need to.
age should not be an issue, if your a talented designer you can switch it to web design, just need practice
Thanks! I'll keep at it : )
One thing you should consider doing is to carefully look at how old each tutorial/book/blog on css/html is. Anything older than 2010 should probably be ignored. Maybe even 2011.
There has just been so much effort over the years trying to get things to work on multiple browsers that any real code is just full of hacks and tricks and all kinds of stuff. Not only makes it difficult to learn but in many cases is obsolete.
Stick to the newest technologies and the newest browsers while learning. As soon as you encounter things like "conditional comments" or "vendor specific properties" then run away. You can always add the hacks in later.
While I agree with this gist of this post, I have to disagree with the specifics. There are quite a few of the "older" tutorial/blog posts which I still hang my hat on - mostly because they still work, often more inclusively than the current techniques. There are a LOT of "current" tutorials/posts which are very much in the same vein of the old "best viewed in IEx.xx" way of thinking, and there are a lot of people being left out in the cold because they don't keep up with the latest and greatest technologies....and shame on the developers/designers that are doing so.
And if you ignore the vendor hacks, you may well be ignoring the next "great" W3C idiom - let's all use webkit!
That's good advice. I just bought a book on HTML5 and CSS3 (Visual Quickstart Guide) and the reason I bought it was because it has just been revised in 2012. I think focusing on the latest technology will be less overwhelming and easier for me to move forward. Thanks for the suggestion : )


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And Skolnik had a message for Pacman Jones, the potential Winnipeg Blue Bomber and patron saint of peeler bars.
"Great! When we're a block away, that's what we like," chirped the owner and operator of the S City (formerly Sin City) Exotic Nightclub, situated just a few punts from the Bombers headquarters. "I'll give you the address for him.
"We'd be more than happy to entertain him in our VIP room."
(For the record, we found out Centerfolds no longer has dancers, leaving Jones with fewer options and owner Bob Fola muttering, "It doesn't mean anything to me anymore, man." Meanwhile, none of the girls working at Teasers yesterday had heard of Pacman Jones, according to Mandy, the bar manager. One of the dancers noted, "I"m 29 years old. Should I know who he is?"
Well, a lot of people do know about Jones, and for all the wrong reasons. Pacman, after all, is the infamous former NFL star known for three things: playing football, playing with fire -- or, more accurately, the law -- and "makin' it rain," the latter referring to Jones' penchant for taking thousands of U.S. dollar bills to strip clubs and letting them fall from the sky.
On one such occasion, bullets eventually flew, too, as a man alleged to be in Jones' entourage pulled out a gun and started firing. One man was left paralyzed from the waist down.
Jones was suspended by the NFL for a year, then signed last season with the Dallas Cowboys, who subsequently suspended him for six games after the defensive back/kick returner got into a scuffle with a security officer hired by the Cowboys to be Jones' minder. In all, Jones has reportedly been arrested six times for various and sundry offences. He's not what you'd call a community member in good standing.
How toxic is Pacman? Well, there alan 18-year-old man.
We're not saying what's right or what's wrong. We're just saying what happened.
If the Bombers, under head coach Mike Kelly, who had nothing to do with the aforementioned players, want to risk signing Jones and giving him an umpteenth chance, they will have to live with the consequences -- for better or worse. They will not be the only team to do so, now and in the future.
This is professional football, folks. There are a few saints, a few felons, and a lot of men somewhere in between. Jones is clearly a problem child, but the Bombers really, really need a return guy. You do the moral math.
So maybe Jones will land in Winnipeg, maybe he won't. It was hard to tell with the gong show on Maroons Road Tuesday. Here's the Cole's Notes version: Bombers player personnel director John Murphy blabs to SI.com about signing Jones, only to have president and CEO Lyle Bauer denying the signing. Naturally, the media swarms Bombers headquarters, where the club trots out director of football operations Ross Hodgkinson, who flatly refuses to talk about Jones and then warns the TV crews and scribblers not to ask Kelly specifically about Jones because it's team (and league policy) not to discuss such negotiations.
Oh, really? Maybe they should have mentioned that to Murphy before he talked to that little publication... what's it called again? Oh, yeah, S-P-O-R-T-S I-L-L-U-S-T-R-A-T-E-D!!
Whatever. Murphy got his 15 minutes in the U.S. spotlight for signing a football player no one in the NFL wanted to touch. Congratulations. How's that database with thousands of players on it coming?
But at least Ms. Skolnik is encouraged at the rumours of Pacman's arrival. After all, the current crew of Bombers, she says, are strangers to her establishment.
"They used to be in here a few years ago," Skolnik said, "but I don't see them and I've danced for years. I think they're trying to be well-behaved and not in these types of clubs."
Ah, but if only it would rain.
"Tell him," Skolnik playfully pleaded, "I have twins coming in this week."
Show times are 10 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. The VIP room awaits.


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The Log Cabin Republicans will hold their National Convention in Dallas this coming weekend, and we'll have a full story in Friday's print edition. But because the convention actually begins Thursday, we figured we'd go ahead and post the full program sent out by the group earlier this week.
Perhaps the biggest surprise on the program is a scheduled appearance by gay Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, who is of course a Democrat.
Valdez, who'll be one of the featured speakers at a Saturday luncheon, contacted us this week to explain her decision to accept the invitation from Log Cabin (not that we necessarily felt it warranted an explanation). Here's what she said:
"We have more things in common than we have differences, but it seems like in politics we constantly dwell on our differences," Valdez said. "If we continue to dwell on our differences, all we're going to do is fight. If we try to work on our common issues, we'll be able to accomplish some things."
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PRIME Minister David Cameron visited Newgale and St Davids on Wednesday (February 19) as part of a tour of the UK to "learn lessons" following the recent storms and flooding.
The PM arrived by helicopter into Newgale which has been hammered by the storms over recent weeks. Preseli Pembrokeshire MP Stephen Crabb also attended.
Mr Cameron stopped at the Duke of Edinburgh Inn where he met pub landlords Lisa Clifton and Chris Clifton, and other staff, to discuss flood and storm damage.
"I think it was a big PR thing if I'm honest, but I think it's just left us feeling a bit more positive after six weeks of misery," said Lisa, who has been at the pub for 14 years.
The Duke has been closed since January 3, but Lisa and Chris are hoping to re-open in some capacity by Easter.
Speaking after the visit, Lisa said: "We showed him the devastation, how high the water had come up and what we are trying to do now and in the future."
She added: "He wished us well. Whether he does all the right things is another matter.
"From our point of view it's about getting all of the agencies to work together better. They're all working really hard, but at the moment they're working separately."
Lisa and Chris want to see flood gates installed at Newgale, but a lack of available funding means it looks likely they would have to meet the costs themselves.
Lisa said Mr Cameron had been "very sketchy" about funding. "He said any help they can offer they would but he didn't say anything specific," she added.
Pembrokeshire County Council workers – Dorian Williams, Stephen Phillips, Selwyn Lloyd and Roy Jones - who cleared the A487 after waves breached pebble defences were also thanked for their efforts.
Mr Cameron then continued on to St Davids where he met with bosses and workers at St Davids Assemblies, a business which supplies precision components to the automotive and domestic appliance industries.
His visit coincided with the release of the latest unemployment figures, which show unemployment is falling faster in Wales than elsewhere in the UK.
Speaking at the factory, Mr Crabb said St Davids Assemblies was a Pembrokeshire success story and signified the move towards economic recovery in Wales, employing 10 extra staff during 2013.
He added: "Here we are in the far north of Pembrokeshire, who would have thought manufacturing would still exist in a place like this?"
FIELDING questions from the media, Prime Minister David Cameron insisted that "we shouldn't feel powerless in the face of these extreme weather events".
Mr Cameron said making flood and sea defences more "robust" – and not a managed retreat by coastal communities - was the most viable option for protecting homes and businesses in the future.
"I think we should look at our flood defences and work out how to make them more robust," he said.
"I mean where I was at the pub this morning was flooded from the sea and from behind - it was flooded twice in the last month.
"We need to make sure that there are flood defences along that sea front and obviously putting them back in place and working out how best to clear the river and strengthen the shingle barriers."
He added: "We should look at how we can become more resilient and how we can protect ourselves. We shouldn't feel powerless.
"If you look across the United Kingdom, of course many thousands of homes have been flooded, but a million homes have been protected by flood defences, so I think we should be confident that using modern technology, the use of our forecasting skills, we should be able to protect ourselves even better."
FLOOD defences and flood prevention is a devolved issue for the Welsh Government, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.
Mr Cameron's comments came following a question about the specific funding packages available to the Welsh Government for flood repairs and defences.
"Flood defences and flood prevention is a devolved issue and it's for the Welsh Government to take action," he said.
"We are obviously helping them to do that. I rang the First Minister to offer particularly military help if it was required and that's the way flooding has to work under our system."
Mr Cameron said the UK and Welsh Governments were working together on some issues, such as insurance, and the Barnett Formula –which is used by the UK Treasury to calculate how much money should be allocated to public services in Wales – would work "in the normal way".
"It is a devolved issue but we are obviously always happy to talk to the Welsh Government about any needs, issues, anything that needs to be done," he added.
Weather-proofing transport infrastructure is also a matter for the Welsh Government, Mr Cameron said, but the UK Government would be looking to share expertise and experience.
"Transport is obviously a devolved issue with the Welsh Government but I think it makes sense to have a proper look at infrastructure and ask what we are doing about it," he said.
"I'm sure the Welsh Government will be doing that and we should share expertise and experience with them."
PRESELI Pembrokehsire MP Stephen Crabb has defended the Prime Minister's comments on devolution.
"The whole reason that he's in Wales is because he recognises that the experience the whole country has been through is UK-wide," Mr Crabb said.
"And notwithstanding devolution there are lessons to be learned from Wales, there are experiences to be heard from within Wales and that's why he particularly wanted to come to Wales to hear from a family and a business which has been through an ordeal and experienced this extreme weather.
"When it comes to specific pots of money at the moment we are all reaching into existing pots. That's why in England they are reaching into existing budgets and the Welsh Government, likewise.
"Now if we get to a point where the assessment of damage is such that Welsh Government makes a formal request to the government for extra help then that will be dealt with, but at the moment that request hasn't come from Welsh Government."
WELSH Government officials are looking into whether there will be extra funding to help with the flood and storm clean-up from the UK Government.
The Welsh Government minister for natural resources and food Alun Davies said he was "encouraged" by the Prime Minister's visit.
"We have noted with interest his suggestion that there may be further financial support available to help with the clean-up.
"We assume that as the PM chose to make this announcement in Pembrokeshire, not England, there will be additional funding for Wales and our officials are following this up as a matter of urgency. We would want to make sure extra funding is used to best fit local circumstances."
Since the storms, the Welsh Government has announced a £4.6m funding package for emergency flood repairs, restoring defences and to help support storm-hit tourism and businesses.
THE WELSH Government has made "a very bad decision" in cutting health funding, David Cameron said during his recent visit to Pembrokeshire.
The Prime Minister's comments were made in response to a question about the other "storm" brewing in the county – changes to health care provision at Withybush Hospital.
"Health is a matter for the devolved government but I'm very clear the Welsh Government, led by Labour, has made a very bad decision because they decided to cut funding to the health service," he said.
"In England, we took the decision to protect the funding to the health service so we're not making cuts to the NHS budgets in England – we're protecting them. But here in Wales they are being cut.
"They've been cut by over eight per cent and that's had very bad consequences for the health service and that was a decision taken by the Labour government which was a mistake."


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Looking through the RC today, I noticed we had a technique which, despite having neither Rasengan or Rasenshuriken in it, it used Rasen and something else in it. Naturally, I moved it to the "spiralling" equivalent, much like we've done with several other techniques. The technique was "Uzumaki Naruto Rasencombo", which I moved to "Uzumaki Naruto Spiralling Combo". The fact the technique followed the standard Japanese format family name/given name also called my attention. There are few other "Uzumaki Naruto" techniques out there, some even in manga and anime. Is everyone ok with moving them to the format we use for characters in general? Techniques are usually translated, and it's odd for it to follow a different format. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 17:12, September 16, 2012 (UTC)
- I'd say, for the sake of consistency, go ahead and rename them to fit the normal way we'd translate them. Just my two cents. ~ Ten Tailed Fox 17:15, September 16, 2012 (UTC)
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Reservoir levels in Sutton and East Surrey have returned to healthy levels after the wet end to 2012.
Sutton and East Surrey Water said although last year was acknowledged by the Met Office as the second wettest year on record, within their supply area, 2012 was only the fourth.
The Met Office reported a total rainfall of 1,330mm (52in) nationally during 2012, the firm which supplies areas including Sutton, South Croydon, Ewell and Leatherhead, recorded a total local rainfall of only 1,033mm (40in), which is 22 percent less than the UK total.
The figures indicate the unpredictability and variation of rainfall patterns across the UK.
Mike Hearty, Operations Director of Sutton and East Surrey Water said: ""We have to accept that we live in a drier than average area of the UK, which is one of the reasons why we are more prone to drought concerns than other regions.
"Although we had a very wet latter part of 2012, it is worth recalling that we had water-use restrictions in place only last Spring.
"Fortunately, last year's overall rainfall in the company's supply area – with April to July being the wettest four months ever recorded by us for that time of year – has now significantly replenished our underground resources and our reservoir is now 100% full."


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Infrant Technologies' ReadyNAS NV: Enterprise Features, Desktop Footprintby Purav Sanghani on 3/17/2006 11:42 AM EST
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Iozone - Thursday, May 11, 2006 - linkThere is a bad link in the article:
File does not exist ...
Any chance of getting the link fixed ? Reply
dunnp - Saturday, March 18, 2006 - linkSo since the RAID performance was so good, what was the setup for the RAID? Reply
byvis - Saturday, March 18, 2006 - link...s939 has DDR2? :-)
RAM: 1GB Corsair XMS4400 DDR2 (2x512MB) Reply
WileCoyote - Friday, March 17, 2006 - linkWhat brand/model Raid 5 controller was used with the Seagate drives? Reply
randomlinh - Friday, March 17, 2006 - linkcould you imagine backing up that much data... oi... Reply
Genx87 - Friday, March 17, 2006 - linkDid you put any memory into this thing or just use the basic 64MB for the OS?
Curious if you didnt, if the performance throughput would increase from a larger memory? Reply
PuravSanghani - Friday, March 17, 2006 - linkThe ReadyNAS units come with a 256MB SO-DIMM module. However, transfer performance would be limited by the the NIC anyway.
Purav Reply
WileCoyote - Friday, March 17, 2006 - linkwas journaling turned off? I've heard that has a big impact on performance Reply
Genx87 - Friday, March 17, 2006 - linkAny chance they are planning on releasing an 8 part config?
Read\write wasnt terribly impressive at 24MB\sec. That is hardly pushing the disks.
But for what i need it for that is plenty. But the 4 disk limitation kind of turns me off.
WileCoyote - Friday, March 17, 2006 - linkDoesn't look like they have plans for 8 drives - they seem more interested in downsizing and compacting. There is a lot of info in their forums. At first I was turned off by the 4 drive config but then I realized it would work since I could hotswap. Reply
MikeRocker - Friday, March 17, 2006 - linkSorry, couldn't resist the joke. ;-) Maybe 'perforated' is a more accurate description.
Nice piece of kit, though it gets owned by the RAID performance-wise. How much is that actually down to the network interface? Pity its so expensive too. Reply
brownba - Friday, March 17, 2006 - linkehhh, looks like a space heater to me Reply
latrosicarius - Monday, March 20, 2006 - linkI bought one about a month ago. It's good b/c it has RAID-5 on a Gigabit connection. It's small and looks awesome, but the fan is loud as s***. It's basically a micro Linux box.
Anyway, I use it as a BACKUP only, b/c it doesn't have a "real" CPU or Mobo and is a tad slow to work from directly. For my Server, I use a real PC with four identical slave drives, also in RAID-5, so the backup can be 1:1. I wish it had RAID-6 b/c my Arcea 1210 RAID controller card in my server has the possibility of RAID-6.
Just FYI, four 300GB Maxtor MaxLineIII 7200RPM SATA drives do work great, even tho they are not listed on the Infrant HW compatability page. It will give you a 1.2TB array (1200GB) of total space if you stripe the 4 drives (RAID-0), and Will give you around 850GB if you use RAID-5 (one quarter of each drive is reserved to cache a third of each other drive so one drive can fail without any data loss.) Reply


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Güneydoğu Olay TV, 7 December 2010
The fact that Almighty Allah has created and appointed such a Minister of Foreign Affairs [Turkish] in the time of the way of the Mahdi in the End Times is one of the explicit signs of this beauty of the End Times, of the growth of the way of the Mahdi and of the dominion of Islam. It could have been the exact opposite. Yet he is a Minister of Foreign Affairs with a perfect harmony, who fully serves the way of the Mahdi, who opens the door to the way of the Mahdi and treats it with moderation, who takes love as his foundation and acts with the spirit of the way of the Mahdi. Look, this is very important. Someone who appears with love, affection, compassion, honesty, goodness and beauty, rather than bloodshed, weapons and oppression. Wherever we look, the spiritual influence of the way of the Mahdi can clearly be seen within that spiritual shadow.
Surat at-Taghabun,
13- Allah – there is no god but Him. So let the believers put their trust in Allah.
Submission to Allah is the greatest luxury in the world. When a person forgets submission to Allah, the world caves in on him. But when he lives by submission, everything is great.
14- You who believe! Some of your wives and children are an enemy to you, so be wary of them. But if you pardon and exonerate and forgive, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Family members may sometimes be hostile to one another, and there is no alliance within the family and not everyone thinks in the same way. A father may go to paradise and his son to hell, or a mother to hell and the son to paradise. Whole families do not necessarily go to paradise. The Qur'an says that families may be divided or sometimes may go to paradise in their entirety. He tells us to avoid doing wrong, but He forgives our flaws and does not throw them back in our faces.
Surah Maryam,
15. - Peace be upon him the day he was born, and the day he dies, and the day he is raised up again alive.
Allah created goods and the child in the brain. There is a child and matter on the outside, but the child on the outside is pitch dark and cannot make its voice heard, it can only produce waves. Objects are also pitch black. For example, turkey and rice arrive on the table. Allah creates the smell and taste of that rice in our brains. The rice on the outside is pitch black and has no smell or taste. Smell and taste are perceptions in our brains. Feeling full is also a total perception and is felt in the soul. Like watching a film screen. Things are shown in the cinema and a person goes mad and thinks they are his. He says those children are his, too. If you ask who produced that image, he will say it is no concern of his, may Allah forbid. He says these things are his and came about through his intelligence. You ask who created that intelligence, and he says it is no concern of his either, may Allah forbid. In that event, Allah takes back their minds in the hereafter, as retribution. He takes back His blessings. He shows the kind of environment that will arise in the presence of chance.
68- Your Lord, We will collect them and the satans together. Then We will assemble them around Hell on their knees.
He says He will question them all in the hereafter. First, he makes the unbelievers kneel down in order to break their pride. He makes them kneel around hell. Muslims also come to that region, to the lands of hell, but the unbelievers kneel down. Allah sets the Muslims aside. There is light to the Muslims' right and in front of them, and an angel to help them at their side. But unbelievers are made to wait on their knees; while Muslims are taken to paradise the unbelievers are kept waiting in the lands of hell.
69- Then We will drag out from every sect the one among them most insolent towards the All-Merciful.
He says he will drag out their real leaders, the most fanatical of them, people such as Marx, Lenin, Stalin and Hitler.
71- There is not one of you who will not come to it. That is the final decision of your Lord.
Everyone will enter the lands of hell. It would be wrong for us not to know hell. Allah creates it, so we must know it. Allah takes us there and shows us, saying this is the hell He refers to in the Qur'an. This has happened, but we do not remember it. Allah will show us.
72- Then We will rescue those who had taqwa and We will leave the wrongdoers in it on their knees.
Those with takwa [fear of Allah] are set aside. They know themselves because there is light to their right and left and in front of them. There is an assisting angel beside them, and their souls are taken gently.
74- How many generations We have destroyed before them who had finer furnishings and a better outward show!
People in ancient Egypt and at other times were very showy and well adorned. Kufr engages in a race for goods and possessions in this world. It elevates technology and opportunities in America. It is Allah Who creates America and technology and opportunities. It is Allah Who creates weapons and military power. It is Allah Who creates the atom bomb. If you see what is called the atom bomb on the outside, there is a vibration when the atom bomb is launched, but nothing happens. It is the brain that perceives the atom bomb and its devastating impact. It is the brain that perceives light. For example, when an atom bomb explodes, a brightness like that of daylight is given off. Where? In the brain. Otherwise, it is pitch dark on the outside. No light is given off there when an atom bomb explodes. Nor any heat. Just vibrations. It is Allah Who creates this vibration as heat and light in the brain. And Allah also creates the impact of the atom and all other kinds of bomb.
Kaçkar TV, 7 December 2010
Building the Temple of Solomon is very important. And that is not all. We will also build a masjid next to the tomb of the Prophet Abraham (as). The masjid and tomb of the Prophet Abraham (as) are not well cared for. There is nothing around. We will do away with all those unnecessary buildings. We will open up a garden and a vineyard. A delightful masjid. We will do that. We will build a masjid beside the tomb of the Prophet David (as). It will even encompass that tomb. How can there be no masjid there? They say, "That used to be the palace" in reference to the masjid of the Prophet Solomon (as). Every Muslim home is a masjid. What did the Prophet Solomon (as) do in his palace? He prayed. What did the Muslims there do? They prayed. Everywhere that people pray in is a masjid. By Allah's leave, the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as) will pray together in that masjid. Those places are holy spots. What we are talking about, however, is the ill-maintained places and the elimination of buildings that have been added on. Masjids should be fine places for people to gather in. We will also build fine places for our Jewish brothers to live in. You cannot have houses where there are tombs of holy prophets. Those places belong to the community. Would it be acceptable for someone to build a house in the garden of the Süleymaniye Mosque [in Istanbul]? No. Not even djinn or satans can have any effect on the Dome of the Rock or the al-Aqsa Mosque. Even if they mine underneath it everywhere it will still not fall down. It is specially maintained by Allah. The hand that tries to demolish it will be broken, whoever tries to tear it down. It is specially protected by Allah, so that is impossible. We will construct a large, impressive masjid of Solomon, covered in gold, insha'Allah. I saw the tomb of the Prophet Abraham (as) and was really upset. Open it up and build a fine dome there. Really bright and shiny. Use gold there rather than somewhere else. All the tombs of the prophets must have golden domes; 24 carat gold.
And devout Jews have been living for thousands of years, some 3 thousand years under oppression. Even during the times of the Prophet Moses (pbuh) and ever since then, they have been living under very difficult conditions. Nobody believed in the Prophet Moses (pbuh) out of fear. Allah says, "No one believed in Moses except for a few youths from among his people." People were afraid of the deep state and the system of the dajjal [antichrist] of the time who would take them to court, put them in prison, kill them or hang and quarter them. So, they kept Moses (as). Only a handful of youngsters from his tribe followed him. We will revive the Jews with Allah's permission. They will achieve unlimited wealth and unlimited freedom all over the world with Allah's will. They will witness the love, protection and affection of Islam. All the wonderful beautiful things indicated in the verses will take place and they will take shelter in Islam en masse, with the will of Allah.
We will find the Ark of the Prophet Moses (as). A verse says the angels are bearing it. What does that mean? You cannot find it. They cannot find it if they seek it. So who will find it? Hazrat Mahdi (as). They will be amazed and say, "We passed by it so many times, but never saw it." The Israelis are building tunnels under the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa Mosque. They have gone deep underground and looked everywhere. They are using electronic equipment to look for it, as that is where they think the Ark is. Look, Allah tells us the secret. He says that angels are bearing it. You cannot find it if the angels are carrying it. It is Muhammad Mahdi who will find it. Gabriel, Micheal and Israfel are by it. Allah tells us, and out Prophet (saas) tells us by divine revelation: They are constantly beside it, the great angels, the archangels. The matter will end when they speak.
When Hazrat Mahdi (as) passes on we will say, "May he rest in peace." "May our Lord make him one of the dwellers in paradise," we will say, insha'Allah. But the Prophet Jesus (as) will be at work, and he will perform the funeral rites, insha'Allah. The death of Hazrat Mahdi (as) will not affect Muslims that much. It will not have that damaging an impact since the Prophet Jesus (as) will be at work. But they will have troubles after the death of the Prophet Jesus (as), may Allah forbid. After that there will be constant degeneration, especially after Hijri 1506. There will be a climate of struggle. Equilibrium will be disturbed after Hijri 1508, and that will get worse until 1543. May Allah forbid. There will be secret defeats. There will be terror between 1543 and 1548, there will be no more Muslims. Our Prophet (saas) says they will couple like asses. They will kill and slaughter and butcher one another. They will tear buildings, mosques and tombs down. They will be mad and psychopathic. There will be no more mothers, fathers, brothers or families. They will leave no Qur'an, hadiths or anything. There will be no more religious faith. They will say, "So what happened to the Day of Judgment? That was all nonsense." There will be a huge impact in the afternoon, the evening. A huge quake after the first impact. A force 10 earthquake. They will pour onto the streets. The quake will not stop. The mountains will start to dissolve away, to flatten out. Children's hair will turn white. Children's souls will be taken first. They will wander round like dead people. Angels will suddenly descend. The sky will cleave open, and black space will appear. There will be a second impact, and another. The Earth will begin revolving backward.
There will be pain after Hazrat Mahdi (as). But since the Prophet Jesus (as) is here he will lift it entirely. Hazrat Mahdi (as) will also make preparations for that. Our Prophet (saas) says, "he will die suddenly, of no natural cause." But after he has done his work. Once we have global dominion and everywhere is at ease, his death will be imminent, that is what that means. There will be no more reason for him to remain on Earth. Allah will not wish to keep him here when paradise is incomparably more perfect. For example, if you have a guest coming, would you rather put him up in a slum or a palace? A slum is out of the question. That is why he says that Allah will take His beloved Mahdi back, once he has done his work.


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Former Gators abound in NBA playoffs
Published: Friday, April 19, 2013 at 7:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, April 19, 2013 at 12:15 a.m.
"We're proud of the success those guys are having," Donovan said. "It's great to watch all of the past Gators in the NBA, and it'll be fun to watch a lot of them compete in the playoffs again this year."
Here's a breakdown of former Gators in the NBA playoffs this season:
David Lee, forward/center, Golden State Warriors: Lee finished an All-Star season with the Golden State Warriors, averaging 18.5 points and 11.2 rebounds. Lee, who turns 30 at the end of April, should provide consistent scoring and rebounding inside for the Warriors. Golden State, the sixth seed in the Western Division, begins a best-of-seven series at third-seeded Denver on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. (ESPN).
Joakim Noah, center, Chicago Bulls: Noah enjoyed an All-Star season with the Chicago Bulls, averaging 11.9 points, 11.1 rebounds and 2.1 blocked shots per game. But a plantar fasciitis issue has forced the 6-foot-11 Noah to sit out 12 of his last 15 games and could limit his minutes in the first round of the playoffs. The Bulls, the fifth seed in Eastern Division, begin their playoff series Saturday at fourth-seeded Brooklyn (8 p.m., ESPN).
Al Horford, forward/center, Atlanta Hawks: Horford finished another excellent season with the Atlanta Hawks, averaging 17.4 points and 10.2 rebounds. The sixth-seeded Hawks open the playoffs at third-seeded Indiana on Saturday (1 p.m., TNT).
Corey Brewer, forward, Denver Nuggets: Brewer has found a home in Denver, stepping into a starting role after Danilo Gallinari's season-ending torn ACL injury earlier this month. The 6-foot-7 forward has averaged 15.3 points over his last seven games and 12.9 points this season. Denver, the third seed in the Western Division, hosts sixth-seeded Golden State on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. (ESPN).
Chandler Parsons, forward, Houston Rockets: Parsons followed up a surprising rookie season with the Rockets with an impressive sophomore campaign, averaging 15.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists. On Wednesday night, Parsons hit a dramatic game-tying 3-pointer to send Houston into overtime against the Los Angeles Lakers. But the Rockets lost to the Lakers and dropped to the eighth seed in the Western Division. Houston opens the playoffs at top-seeded Oklahoma City on Sunday at 9:30 p.m. (TNT).
Matt Bonner, forward, San Antonio Spurs: Bonner continued his role as 3-point shooting specialist for the Spurs. The 6-foot-10 forward shot 44.2 percent from 3-point range during the regular season while averaging 4.2 points off the bench. San Antonio, the second seed in the Western Division, opens the NBA playoffs at home against the seventh-seeded Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. (ABC).
Mike Miller, forward, Miami Heat: Miller averaged 4.8 points and 2.7 rebounds off the bench for the Heat this season while shooting 41.7 percent from 3-point range. Miami, the top seed in the Eastern Division, opens defense of its NBA title on Sunday at 7 p.m. (TNT) against the Milwaukee Bucks.
Udonis Haslem, forward, Miami Heat: Haslem was an effective big man off the bench for the Heat again this season, averaging 3.9 points and 5.4 rebounds. The 6-foot-8 forward has spent his entire 10-year career with the Heat and owns two NBA championship rings (2006, 2012).
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|Santa Rosa, CA, USA [large map] 38.4405, -122.714
|norcal, bike monkey
|Cross Country
This race has been moved to June 25th due to inclement weather
Sunday, June 5th
(START) City Hall, Santa Rosa CA
(PARADE) Sonoma Avenue, Closed Intersections, Police Escort
(RACE) Howarth City Park
(RACE) Spring Lake Regional Park
(RACE) Annadel State Park
(FINISH) Spring Lake Regional Park @ Oak Knolls Picnic Area
The race course for Annadel 2011 will not be disclosed until race-day. Expect to race most of the park. Two options will be available: A 27-ish mile lap and a 19-ish mile lap.
The event will consist of a single mass-start in front of Santa Rosa's own City Hall. It will then quickly jog on to Sonoma Avenue with a police escort and tail. The race will remain NEUTRAL until Yulupa Avenue. This is a relatively long neutral start. We will not exceed 15 miles per hour, and you must remain behind the lead vehicle. At Yulupa Avenue it will be a mad dash to the first bit of Single Track in Howarth Park. That gives you exactly 1/2 mile to sort it out. Then it's on.
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