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Mr. and Mrs. {Almost} Session – Engagement Portraits with Christian and Christine
Meet Christian and Christine, one of my newer couples who will be getting married just after the new year. Both go to school out-of-state so this summer is a busy one as Christine is finishing up as much wedding planning as possible before she has to leave again for school. Christian is in the middle of a summer internship in Texas and headed to California for the July 4th holiday, a short family vacation and as it turns out their engagement portraits too. The engagement session is usually my first opportunity to work with my couples but in this instance it was also my first chance to meet Christian as well.
We headed out to one of my favorite "local" spots in the greater Modesto area as the location seemed to fit their wedding theme and Christine's vision perfectly. Both Christine and Christian were wonderful to work with and fun to hang out with during their engagement portraits. They have a very natural and comfortable way about about them in front of the camera, always a big plus. We had some great light and made good use of it. The images from the session turned out wonderfully and I'm looking forward to their wedding in January.
Here's a few more of Christian and Christine's engagement portraits.
Are you getting married soon and looking for someone to create the memories of your day? Engagement portraits are fun and more importantly allows you to work with your photographer before your big day. In addition, all those amazing images we create are ideal for Save the Dates, Invitations, Custom Signing Books, Display prints and more. Check out some of our awesome images at www.edwardmendes.com or give me a call, (209) 541-1815 or drop me an email to ask questions or schedule your consultation.
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Kuniko Plays Reich
Monday, May 14, 2012 8:00 PM EDT
(7:00 PM Doors)
Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY
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Join us for the U.S. Premiere of internationally-known percussionist Kuniko Kato.
Kuniko has stunned audiences throughout the world with sold-out performances in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Portugal, and Tokyo. This special performance will feature three brand-new arrangements by composer Steve Reich, in celebration of his 75th birthday.
Reich was recently called "our greatest living composer" (The New York Times), America's greatest living composer." (The Village VOICE), and "...the most original musical thinker of our time" (The New Yorker).
"Kuniko Kato is a first rate percussionist who has put a lot of careful thought and hours of rehearsal into making this excellent album. She has created new and very beautiful arrangements." Steve Reich, 2011
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BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. (WJZ)–Large deer populations have Baltimore County considering a managed hunt on some park lands.
Alex DeMetrick reports it's part of an ongoing problem of too many deer in too little space.
Most deer are hunted in rural areas. But increasingly in Maryland, managed hunts are being staged closer to developments.
Parks like Oregon Ridge may become the next hunting ground. Baltimore County is considering legislation to do just that.
"We have a very bad overpopulation problem with deer, and it's creating a lot of environmental issues," said Todd Huff, Baltimore County Councilman.
That's because deer are eating away plants faster than they can grow and establish. Even with efforts to plant and protect new saplings, deer at Oregon Ridge are chewing up the future.
"Since they're so plentiful, and they're hardy eaters, they're destroying the under story, so the forest can't restore our large oaks and other trees. It's all getting eaten, so there's no regeneration," said Shannon Davis, Oregon Ridge naturalist.
Deer hunting in the limited space of parks is nothing new. Two months ago, a park hunt near Ellicott City sparked protest. That might be an issue for homes near Oregon Ridge, although managed hunts limit ammunition.
Licensed sharp shooters or bow hunters have also been used in the Loch Raven watershed, and even in the limited space of Goucher College during winter breaks.
But concern remains.
"Weapons and guns and bows and arrows aren't appropriate in neighborhoods," said Enid Feinberg, Baltimore County resident.
"I would much rather a deer be taken out by a hunter than taken out by a car or actually starve to death. They actually do a lot more suffering getting hit by a car or starving," Huff said.
Baltimore County's Council will open up the hunting issue to public comment later this month before voting on the measure.


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Import trade data provider improves download functionality to allow users to download more
Zepol Corporation has added functionality to its TradeIQ(TM) product that provides users the ability to download large lists of importers and suppliers directly from US import data. Subscribers can download valuable trade data into spreadsheets with just a few clicks. This enhancement further improves TradeIQ(TM)'s innovative database by making it even easier to download Bill of Lading data. In addition to adding new downloading capabilities, Zepol has continued its product development initiative by adding several new features within the past month:
- Search Term Highlighting
- Custom Naming of Saved Searches
- Status Bar
"Not only are users able to download lists of importers and suppliers from our US import Bills of Lading," states Paul Rasmussen, CEO & President of Zepol Corporation, "but subscribers have access to the most innovative and easiest to use trade database on the market. With just a couple of clicks, users have access to the most complete competitor and supplier intelligence data available."


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|Publication date
|Dec 5, 2006
|Filing date
|Jul 31, 2002
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|Jul 31, 2002
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|William H. Connor, Jeffrey A. Hanson, Brandon E. Taylor
|Original Assignee
|Sun Microsystems, Inc.
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (129), Non-Patent Citations (25), Referenced by (12), Classifications (21), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method, system, and program for discovering components in a network.
2. Description of the Related Art
A storage area network (SAN) comprises a network linking one or more servers to one or more storage systems. Each storage system could comprise a Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) array, tape backup, tape library, CD-ROM library, or JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks) components. One common protocol for enabling communication among the various SAN devices is the Fibre Channel protocol, which uses optical fibers or copper wires to connect devices and provide high bandwidth communication between the devices. The Fibre Channel protocol defines a fabric topology. A fabric includes one or more interconnected switches, each switch having multiple ports. A fiber link may connect ports on a device to ports on a switch, where a device connected to a switch in a fabric can communicate with all other ports attached to any switch in the fabric.
During SAN operations, information on various devices in one or more fabrics in a SAN may be gathered. Such information includes the identity of a device and the relationship such device has with other devices, which includes both logical and physical connections with other devices. The information may concern devices from different vendors and thus require the use of management interfaces provided by the vendors whose components participate in the SAN. Prior art SAN discovery tools often utilize discovery routines that operate based on knowledge of the system configuration. Such discovery tools thus assume that a certain configuration is in place and that such configuration can be queried using the management interfaces provided specifically for the assumed components. However, discovery of the components within a SAN environment is often non-deterministic in that components may be removed and added. Moreover, failures in certain of the network components may not be detected, resulting in the discovery database having incomplete information. Prior art discovery tools may thus have difficulty handling such changes or errors because if the discovery tool is not configured to look for new or different SAN components, then such components may not be located.
Thus, there is a need in the art for improved techniques for discovering the components available in a SAN.
Provided are a computer implemented method, system, and program for discovering components within a network. A discovery operation is initiated to discover a network component. Upon discovering information on one network component, an entry is added to a data store providing information on the discovered component. In response to adding the entry to the data store, at least one of a plurality of programs is called to process the added entry, wherein each called program either accepts or declines to process the added entry. One program accepting to process the added entry initiates a further discovery operation in response to accepting the added entry. A new entry is added to the data store providing information on one network component discovered during the further discovery operation, wherein at least one program is called to process the new entry in response to adding the new entry.
In further implementations, the steps of calling the programs to process a recently added entry to initiate further discovery operations are repeated until a final pass state is reached.
In yet further implementations, a final pass state is detected and in response to detecting the final pass state, a call is made that causes at least one of the programs to perform operations. In such implementations, the final pass state may occur when all the called programs decline to process the added entry and when there are no pending discovery operations initiated by programs that have accepted one added entry.
In certain implementations, the network components may comprise one of a switch, switch ports, a host system, host bus adaptor (HBA), host ports, storage system, storage system ports, and zones.
Certain implementations utilize a blackboard architecture, wherein a blackboard component implements the data store and blackboard control calls the programs to process the added entry in response to entries being added to the data store, and wherein the programs comprise knowledge sources.
In still further implementations, the programs that accept to process added entries can submit concurrent tasks to perform concurrent operations with respect to at least one added entry.
The described implementations provide techniques for discovering components in a network system in a non-deterministic manner.
Referring now to the drawings in which like reference numbers represent corresponding parts throughout:
In the following description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof and which illustrate several embodiments of the present invention. It is understood that other embodiments may be utilized and structural and operational changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
The hosts 6 a, 6 b, 6 c may comprise any computing device known in the art, such as a server class machine, workstation, etc., having adaptor cards with ports to connect to one switch port in switches 8 a, 8 b. The switches 8 a, 8 b may each include multiple switch ports to interconnect different devices in a network, such as a SAN, Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), etc. The storage systems 10 a, 10 b, 10 c may comprise any storage system known in the art, such as a storage array, e.g., Just a Bunch of Disks (JBOD), storage subsystem, Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID), Direct Access Storage Device (DASD), etc., tape drive, tape library, disk drive, optical disk drive, etc. The network 2 or SAN may further include direct attached storage (DAS) devices that connect directly to another host or device other than a switch and orphan devices not connected to any other component.
In certain implementations, the discovery tool 32 may utilize a "blackboard" software architecture. The book "Pattern Oriented Software Architecture, Volume 1: A System of Patterns" by Frank Buschman, et al. (1996) at pages 71–95 provides further details on the "blackboard" architecture, which book is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The blackboard architecture provides a framework for solving problems that do not have a deterministic solution. This architecture uses a collection of independent programs to work cooperatively using a common data structure. Each program is specialized for solving a particular part of the overall task, and all the programs work together on the solution. These specialized programs may be independent of each other and may not call each other, nor have a predetermined sequence of activation. Instead, the sequence of operations in the blackboard system is primarily determined by the current state of progress. A central control component, which may be encapsulated in the blackboard implementations, evaluates the current state of processing and coordinates the specialized programs. This data-directed control regime makes experimentation with different algorithms possible, and allows experimentally-derived heuristics to control processing. Certain described implementations of the discovery tool 32 utilize the blackboard framework to determine the components in the SAN.
The TaskManager 36 class includes functions to accept and queue tasks for eventual execution, and may include a submitTask( ) function that queues a specified task for execution.
The Blackboard class 38 implements the blackboard, which provides a central data store to store information on SAN components discovered during the discovery operation and encapsulates the control logic. The Blackboard class 38 provides an interface to enable blackboard clients, including knowledge sources, to read and write to the blackboard data store. The Blackboard class 38 may include such functions as:
The KnowledgeSource 42 interface provides functions implemented by each knowledge source instance. The KnowledgeSource 42 interface may include:
In certain implementations, there may be four types of knowledge sources, including a data gatherer 58, data merger 60, data cleanser 62, and data plunger 64 (
In the discovery tool 32 runtime environment, a task manager 68 manages different tasks spawned by the knowledge sources 58, 60, 62, 64 to perform discovery and data store management related operations. The task manager 60 may queue received tasks in a task queue 70 and manage the execution of the tasks in the queue 70. The task queue 70 may organize entries in any manner known in the art, e.g., First-In-First-Out, a priority based scheme so that higher priority tasks are processed before lower priority tasks, etc. Alternatively, there may be multiple task queues. In this way, the knowledge sources 58, 60, 62, 64 may offload task execution by submitting their tasks to the task manager 68 to manage. This allows the blackboard components in the discovery tool 32 to concurrently execute discovery related operations. In certain implementations, the task manager 60 maintains a pool of threads that can be concurrently assigned to queued tasks.
If (at block 142) "true" is returned in response to the activate( ) call, then it is assumed that the activated knowledge source 58, 60, 62, 64 has "taken" the entry, i.e., the take( ) method (at block 144), and that the entry will not remain in the blackboard data store 52. In such case, no further knowledge sources will operate on the added entry because the activated knowledge source has completed all necessary processing with respect to the added entry. If (at block 142) "true" is not returned in response to the activate( ) call, then the control logic 54 determines (at block 146) whether there are any further knowledge sources in the array 56 not yet considered. If not, control ends; otherwise, the control logic 54 accesses (at block 148) the next entry in the knowledge source array 56 and proceeds to block 134 to call the isApplicable( ) function on the new accessed knowledge source to determine whether to activate such new accessed knowledge source.
If (at block 136) "true" is not returned in response to the isApplicable( ) call, then the control logic 54 determines (at block 146) whether there are any further knowledge sources 58, 60, 62, 64 not yet considered in the array 56. If (at block 146) there are further knowledge sources to consider, then control proceeds to block 148 to access and call isApplicable( ) on the next accessed knowledge source. If (at block 146) there are no further knowledge sources in the array 56 to consider, then the control logic 54 determines whether to call the finalPass( ) method. Discovery ends after the final control pass. The finalPass( ) method is called (at block 154) if (at block 150) no knowledge source was activated for the entry during a single control pass. i.e., no knowledge source returned to "true" to the isApplicable( ) call, and if (at block 152) there are no pending tasks in the task queue 70. If no knowledge source was activated in response to the added entry, then no further knowledge source can add any new entries to the data store 52 to cause further discovery. At such point, the finalPass( ) method is called to indicate that discovery has ended and invoke certain knowledge sources, such as any data cleanser 62 and data plunger 64 knowledge sources that perform various operations after the final pass state is entered. For instance, discovery may end when the last discovered storage device in the SAN 2 and all components contained therein, such as any logical unit numbers, ports, etc., are discovered. At such point there may be no further components to discover and no knowledge source may process an entry added for the last component discovered in the last storage device, thereby triggering the finalPass( ) method.
With respect to
Upon receiving (at block 204) the results of the device discovery operations, if (at block 206) SAN components were not discovered then no entries are added to the data store. Otherwise, if (at block 208) SAN components are discovered, then the task invoked by the data gatherer knowledge source 58 generates (at block 210) an entry for each discovered component for the data store 52. The submitted task calls (at block 212) the update( ) function to add the generated one or more entries to the data store 52. If (at block 214) the data entry is to be removed from the data store 52 so that no further KnowledgeSources may process the entry, then the data gatherer 58 returns (at block 216) "true" from the activate( ) call so that the blackboard control logic 54 will remove the entry from the data store 52 and cease asking anymore knowledge sources to process the entry. Otherwise, if the entry is not to be removed, then the data gatherer 58 returns (at block 218) "false" so that the blackboard control logic 54 will not remove the entry and allow other knowledge sources in the array 56 the opportunity to process the added entry. As mentioned, adding an entry to the data store 52 triggers the logic of
The described implementations thus provide a technique to discover components in a SAN in a non-deterministic manner, such that the algorithm continues to discover SAN components until a point is reached, i.e., the final pass. This final pass point may be reached even though there may be further SAN components not yet discovered. This allows the SAN discovery routine to handle any changes to the SAN that occurred because the discovery operation is not locked into a fixed search. With the described implementations, the discovery operations performed may vary each time the discovery process is invoked because the information located and added to the blackboard drives the knowledge sources that are called to gather further SAN component information.
The described techniques for discovering network components may be implemented as a method, apparatus or article of manufacture using standard programming and/or engineering techniques to produce software, firmware, hardware, or any combination thereof. The term "article of manufacture" as used herein refers to code or logic implemented in hardware logic (e.g., an integrated circuit chip, Programmable Gate Array (PGA), Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), etc.) or a computer readable medium, such as magnetic storage medium (e.g., hard disk drives, floppy disks, tape, etc.), optical storage (CD-ROMs, optical disks, etc.), volatile and non-volatile memory devices (e.g., EEPROMs, ROMs, PROMs, RAMs, DRAMs, SRAMs, firmware, programmable logic, etc.). Code in the computer readable medium is accessed and executed by a processor. The code in which preferred embodiments are implemented may further be accessible through a transmission media or from a file server over a network. In such cases, the article of manufacture in which the code is implemented may comprise a transmission media, such as a network transmission line, wireless transmission media, signals propagating through space, radio waves, infrared signals, etc. Of course, those skilled in the art will recognize that many modifications may be made to this configuration without departing from the scope of the present invention, and that the article of manufacture may comprise any information bearing medium known in the art.
The described implementations discussed maintaining information on components within a SAN. However, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the device management techniques described herein may be utilized to maintain information on components within any network environment known in the art.
The described implementations utilize a blackboard architecture for discovering components in a SAN. In alternative implementations, other frameworks may be used to detect the SAN components in a non-deterministic manner. In such non-blackboard implementations, the functionality described with respect to the blackboard and knowledge sources would be implemented in alternative programming architectures and frameworks. For instance, the knowledge sources may be implemented by programs or routines that are called to perform the operations described with respect to the different knowledge sources.
The described implementations provided examples of four types of knowledge sources: data gatherer, data merger, data cleanser, and data plunger. In alternative implementations the functionality of these different types of knowledge sources may be combined into fewer types of knowledge sources or distributed into a greater number of types of knowledge sources. Further, additional knowledge source types other than those described herein to perform discovery related operations may be provided.
In described implementations, the discovery tool components were implemented in an object-oriented language. In alternative implementations, non-object oriented programming languages may be used to implement the discovery components.
In the described implementations, the final pass state occurs when no knowledge source returns "true" to the isApplicable( ) call and when there are no pending tasks in the task queue. In alternative implementations, different conditions may need to be satisfied before the final pass state occurs.
The described discovery tool utilized specific classes and functions therein to perform the SAN discovery. In alternative implementations, a different class structure may be used to provide functions to perform SAN discovery related operations.
The illustrated logic of
The foregoing description of various implementations of the invention has been presented for the purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. It is intended that the scope of the invention be limited not by this detailed description, but rather by the claims appended hereto. The above specification, examples and data provide a complete description of the manufacture and use of the composition of the invention. Since many embodiments of the invention can be made without departing from-the spirit and scope of the invention, the invention resides in the claims hereinafter appended.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Vince Young gave the Tennessee Titans - and himself - a scare Wednesday when the back of his throwing hand slammed against a helmet during practice.
Young was examined on the field, then walked off for X-rays and did not return to practice. Coach Jeff Fisher said he wasn't too concerned, because the preliminary examination on the field indicated only a bruise.
"He's going to be all right. X-rays were negative," Fisher said. "He's going to have a sore hand, and we haven't ruled him out for the game."
The Titans host Atlanta on Saturday.
Young said he would test his hand today to see if he could grip and squeeze a ball.
The sound of his hand crashing against the helmet and the resulting sting worried the No. 3 pick overall in last April's draft.
"It scared me a whole lot just hearing the sound effect. The hit and hearing it pop a little bit," Young said. "It's all right though."
Henson's days in Dallas are done
IRVING, Texas - Drew Henson won't be on the Dallas Cowboys roster this season, and the former third baseman once considered the team's quarterback of the future might be on the trading block.
"I just didn't see enough," coach Bill Parcells said.
Henson's locker had already been cleaned out when reporters were allowed into the locker room before practice. For now, rookie free agent Matt Baker is the No. 3 quarterback behind Drew Bledsoe and Tony Romo.
"I'm really not at liberty to discuss the situation because I'm not privy to that information," Parcells said. "He's not going to be on our roster. That's all you need to know."
Barlow apologizes for Hitler remark
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - Jets running back Kevan Barlow apologized to 49ers coach Mike Nolan for comparing him to Adolf Hitler in a newspaper interview.
Barlow, who was traded from San Francisco to New York on Sunday for a fourth-round pick, made his inflammatory comments to the Contra Costa Times. The often outspoken Barlow said after practice Wednesday he left a detailed message for Nolan.
"If I could take it back, I would," Barlow said. "I was very emotional. All I knew at the time was San Francisco, that was where I started my career, that's where my house was. It was a shock to me.
"I'm a passionate player, I'm an emotional guy when it comes to on the field and off the field," Barlow continued. "Sometimes it gets the best of us."
Barlow was upset with the trade because Nolan assured him earlier in the week he wouldn't be dealt. He told the newspaper Nolan was a "first-time head coach with too much power."
Edwards' preseason debut could be soon
BEREA, Ohio - Braylon Edwards has always had a flair for the dramatic.
Whether scoring game-winning touchdowns at Michigan, buying a $140,000 Bentley before he was drafted or making the Browns sweat during a training camp contract holdout, the wide receiver knows how to work a crowd.
His latest act has Cleveland on edge.
Edwards, who returned to the practice field months ahead of doctors' predictions following reconstructive knee surgery, could make his exhibition debut Saturday when the Browns play the Buffalo Bills.
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Layback the lower arete precariously on its left-hand side to a ledge on the right. Teeter up to better holds (the crux for shorties) and a romp to the top. Easier for the tall.
very scary if you are short...
i found the bottom bit fairly easy, had to back off the top though as just could reach the holds without making committing moves with no gear...i have done plenty of e5 and the odd e6 on sight before and am about 5' 10 or 11...
I'm only 5'7' and did this on-sight many years ago when graded E4. Wasn't aware then of the reputation against shorties. I did, however, make loud comments at the time as it being harder than most E5's I'd done. The start felt like 6c, but it is possible to do the long moves if short, albeit at increased grade.
Superb route and well worth its 3 stars!
I placed solid apposing wire/rp at the thin break at the top of the slab. I'm 5'6" and used a high thumb scrag to keep me in balance before reaching good slopers.
Bottom arete is definitely the crux - no harder than average 6b. Did it just after soloing The Knock which made the The Knock feel vvvvv easy.
I'm quite tall(6ft exactly) and the route felt very easy.
I'm 5"11 and found the crux ok, more commitment to standing on the decent smears rather than a long reach! Top half is great, awesome moves and fairly run out!
superb route, with interesting moves all the way up. theres some poor gear but don't fall off.
Soft - easier than The Knock or White Wand - Im only 5 10' aswell.


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I just got this from a dear friend who did so much to help me escape out of fundamentalist religion, this sounds like a really interesting book. -AK
Dear AK: Re Book Launch for Laugh and Tough it Out
On Saturday 2.30 pm on August 18, we are having a book launch for Laugh and Tough it Out: How Sam Underwood met triumph and disaster in a distinguished medical career in Malaysia. (Irenic Publications)
About 15 years ago I formed a friendship with this distinguished medical doctor in Malaysia through our mutual interest in tropical fruit horticulture. I became so impressed with the story of Sam's life, that I decided to write an account of it.
Against the odds of poverty, racial discrimination (Sam is a Tamil by birth), the Japanese occupation of Malaya, the post-war Communist insurgency and several remarkable escapes from the jaws of death, Sam went on to master seven languages and to obtain 5 medical degrees including a PhD in Plastic Surgery from the Nihon University in Tokyo.
His humanitarian work was also highly awarded by the Malaysian Sultans and the Emperor of Japan.
Sam exemplified this immortal line from Kipling, "If you can meet with triumph and disaster, and treat those two imposters just the same..." From a most unlikely source - a Japanese military officer - Sam was inspired to "laugh and tough it out" no matter what the circumstances of his life.
It is for this reason that our inspirational little book about his life is sprinkled with a lot of laughter and jokes.
The book can be ordered here:
Book Summary:
Sam Underwood was born into a Tamil family in the old Ceylon. He grew up at Penang in the old Malaya under British rule and dreamed of becoming the best medical doctor he could possibly be. His life was dramatically changed by his very personal encounters with the Japanese Occupation during the War and by the Communist insurgency after the War. His life too was vitally impacted by the remarkable transformation of the old Malaya into the fully independent nation of Malaysia in 1957.
The beginnings of Malaysia's career as an independent nation co-incided with the beginnings of Sam Underwood's very distinguished medical career in which he earned 5 medical degrees, including a PhD in plastic surgery and the man have forged remarkable success stories, neither of them are unblemished success stories. Sam has experienced the commendable and not so commendable features of his nation's multi-racial policies. He has met both triumph and disaster in his own personal life - illustrating that excellence is never achieved by the absence of human fault-lines, but in spite of them.
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MEDELLIN, Colombia (ICIS)--Repsol's board of directors has approved a definitive $5bn compensation package from the Argentine government for the expropriation of the company's majority share in Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales (YPF), the Spanish oil giant said in a statement on Tuesday.
The deal, which still needs to be passed by Repsol shareholders and the Argentine Congress, is around half the $10.5bn the Spanish firm had been seeking since Argentina seized 51% of YPF in May 2012 following a dispute over under-investment and dwindling production.
"I believe that reaching a friendly agreement in this dispute, which has gone on for two years, is extremely positive," said Repsol Chairman Antonio Brufau in a video message that accompanied the statement.
"The agreement we have reached will without doubt mean a boost to what we are currently working towards," he added. "Another financial boost that will allow us to look towards the future with more hope and with a higher guarantee of success."
Under the terms of the agreement, which is in line with a deal signed between both parties in November, Argentina will pay the amount in dollar-denominated public bonds that Repsol can either keep until maturity or sell.
Argentina guaranteed that Repsol would receive the full amount even if the market value of the bonds decrease.
In return, Repsol agreed to drop legal proceedings against the Argentine government, as well as YPF and subsidiary company YPF Gas, and waive any future claims.
Argentina had been eager to resolve the dispute as it seeks partners to help develop the country's huge shale reserves. However, following the seizure of YPF, potential investors had been cautious.
In a briefing with journalists, Argentine Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich described the deal as a "qualitative breakthrough that will secure and streamline financing, and promote investments that will allow energy self-sufficiency".


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Type: Bug
Status: Closed
Priority: Major
Resolution: Won't Fix
Affects Version/s: 0.8
Fix Version/s: 0.9
Component/s: Ruby - Library
Ruby-1.8.7 (MRI/JRuby/Rubinius)
The Spec suite is currently exhibiting issues, when run under Ruby 1.8.7. Ruby 1.8.7 interpreters MRI, JRuby, and Rubinius should all be tested and verified as working.
In addition, it would make sense to use something like RVM, on the CI server, so we can easily test compatibility across different Ruby versions and interpreters.
This does not affect Ruby-1.9.2 MRI, and has not been tested under JRuby's 1.9 mode. CI should run JRuby twice, under both the 1.8 and 1.9 compatibility-modes.
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Since the CI is not a dedicated set of machines to the Thrift project we can not switch the global version of ruby which other projects may be running tests against. Closing as won't fix for now due to this
Rvm is kind of a monster and brings a bunch of problems of its own. We've started using rbenv (https://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv) with ruby-build (https://github.com/sstephenson/ruby-build) at my work and it's working out much better for us.
We shouldn't install packages on the CI this way, if we choose to add rvm for testing then we need to put in a request to infra to have it put on all CI servers. Also other projects using ruby for testing could run into issues if we switched the default ruby version during our tests. I think we should look at adding this as an optional item within the ruby makefile which can be run locally for users with existing rvm setups.
I do not know rvm.. i did a
bash < <(curl -s https://raw.github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm/master/binscripts/rvm-installer)
see https://builds.apache.org/view/S-Z/view/Thrift/job/Thrift-env-test/44/console
I do not know yet, but it might be possible to install rvm before we build.
just add some patches and i add them to ci job for verification.
Roger, rvm currently is not available on the ci servers, what are your thoughts on pushing for this and testing across multiple versions of ruby vs just supporting the latest version available on the ci server? I think this is a nice to have but more than we can currently support since the ci servers are a stock build


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SAN DIEGO —— Having Mark Sweeney around is a pelo-raising experience.
Or is that helmet-raising?
"I don't know where he came up with that one," outfielder Dave Roberts said of Sweeney's favorite prank.
When a Padre scores, Sweeney springs into action. As a teammate reaches the dugout to a sea of congratulatory handshakes, Sweeney removes the player's helmet.
"Show your pelo!" Sweeney yells.
Pelo is Spanish for hair. In any language, Sweeney is a hoot to be around.
"It's important to have a guy like that who's a little goofy," first baseman Phil Nevin said.
Roberts momentarily forgot Sweeney's act when scoring Friday night's first run.
He passed the on-deck circle and lifted his hard hat, only to quickly slap it back on for Sweeney to relieve him of it.
"He comes up with a lot of different things that tend to stick," Roberts said.
"And it's always a lot of fun."
But Sweeney's bag of tricks includes a game face.
"He's very serious when he hits the field or is out for battingpractice," manager Bruce Bochy said. "But he is certainly a guy whokeeps it loose in the clubhouse. He has a great way about him, agreat sense of humor. But when it's time to play, he is ready."
Sweeney proved that on the Padres' recent 5-2 road trip. While the headlines screamed of Trevor Hoffman nailing his 400th save, Ryan Klesko banging three homers in three games and Brian Giles getting his batting groove on, Sweeney did more than slip whoopee cushions under seats.
He went .500 (5-for-10), with five RBIs and a pinch-hit home run.
"What he has done for us on the field has been outstanding," Nevin said. "Then to have a guy in the clubhouse like that kind of keeps everyone loose, everyone in line. And you need those kind of guys."
Especially in baseball's marathon trek. If players are tighter than a baseball's innards, it makes a long year longer.
"You spend a lot of time with one another, more so than your family during the season," Roberts said. "And to have a guy like that, a veteran guy who is all about the team, all about having fun, is important. But he prepares himself every single day to perform."
Between the lines, that is. Sweeney plays first base and outfield, and is the first lefty Bochy calls when needing a pinch hit.
"He's such a great role player, and then doing what he does coming off the bench," Bochy said. "And there's what he does in that dugout and clubhouse."
Chemistry is important in baseball. And we're not talking about the performance-enhancing variety. Sweeney, in his third stint with Padres, all but roams the locker room with beakers of stress-busting formulas.
If the Padres have a team dinner, Sweeney calls for reservations. If they have a team party, Sweeney blows up the balloons and stirs the punch.
He even sharpens his needle and jabs the hard-nosed Nevin.
"Nev and I are close, and he's not the easiest guy to get along with," Sweeney said. "And a lot of people in here stand back a little bit from him. I go full force because he knows how I am; I love him to death."
Sweeney is the life of a Padres clubhouse where rarely is heard a discouraging word.
"Everyone is on the same page," said Sweeney, who is hitting .375 with a team-high eight pinch hits in 21 at-bats. "People don't understand how a clubhouse atmosphere contributes to wins.
"Obviously, joking around in here is not going to make you hit better or field better. You still have to do the fundamentals. But everyone is pulling for one another, and that is what it comes down to."
While Sweeney pulls off another helmet.
Hope the San Diego Chicken knows he has some competition tonight. Sweeney might even ask the pollo to show his pelo.
Contact staff writer Jay Paris email@example.com .


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The Way We Live NoweBook - 2009
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"The Way We Live Now" provides Trollope's satiric look on the modernizing world of his day and the inability of many individuals to retain a moral compass amid the changes. Throughout the novel, Trollope provides criticism of and sympathy for his characters. Despite many dark portraits and sections, Trollope also provides a lot of humor.
One central theme looks at pervasive dishonesty, located in financial, political, and moral aspects of everyday life. Mr. Melmotte, an extraordinary swindler, was based on fact and anticipates many more financial schemes to come. Trollope makes it clear, though, that the swindler doesn't act alone—he needs someone willing and able to be fleeced. What Trollope couldn't anticipate was governments swindling money or perpetrating Ponzi schemes that would make a Melmotte or Bernie Madoff look like pikers.
Highly recommended—except for the first 75 pages, when Trollope sounded like a prudish scold, I thoroughly enjoyed this. There are a few resolutions that feel pat or formulaic, but they did not detract from the pleasure at all.
"One of my resolutions for the summer is to get better acquainted with Anthony Trollope, and so at the top of my list is The Way We Live Now. Somehow long summer days seem the best time to read those 600 or 700-page Victorian novels that you've long wished you had read, so that's what's at the top of my pile of "to read" books."
Adam Hochschild
Brilliantly told story of the confict between the classes is scathing in its portrayal of the upper class as a parasite. The wonderful characters are drawn cleverly and modern parallels can be drawn quite easily.
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Freak Out (2004)
Directed by Christian JamesGenres - Comedy | Sub-Genres - Horror Comedy | Run Time - 95 min. | Countries - USA |
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When a dangerous escaped mental patient turns up on the doorstep of a die-hard horror nerd, the witless horror aficionado attempts to mold the unwitting reject into the perfect killing machine in a blood-drenched tribute to the stalk-and-slash frighteners of yesteryear. Merv Doody (James Heathcote) may not know much, but his does know horror films; if it features sharp objects and sexually adventurous sorority girls, chances are he's seen it -- multiple times. But seeing murderous mayhem on the screen and standing face-to-face with a real-life killing machine are two very different experiences, and when the genuine article comes knocking at his front door, Merv has a serious panic attack. Upon regaining his cool and realizing the potential in the hapless killer, Merv invites best pal Onkey (Dan Palmer) over and the two soon set about executing one of the most maniacal makeovers in screen history. Now outfitted with a snazzy orange jumpsuit, an appropriately menacing hockey mask, and armed with the world's most dangerous spatula, Merv and Onkey's murderous creation soon sets out on a violent rampage of death and destruction that sends the small-town citizens of Redwater Cove running for their lives. Upon realizing that they are the only ones who can put an end to the bloody killing spree, the longtime horror fans prepare to put their vast knowledge of slasher disposal to the ultimate test.
horror-films, killing-spree, mental-patient (escaped)


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By Cornelia de Bruin
Triplicate staff writer
Battery Point Lighthouse takes its name from the cannons salvaged from Crescent City Harbor after the ship America burned nearby.
The cannons were mounted on the northern point of the harbor entrance, and were used during Fourth of July celebrations decades ago.
The lighthouse was the second addition to the point, receiving its $15,000 funding from Congress in .
It was not included in an 1852 contract to produce the first eight West Coast lighthouses. Still, it became the first to be lighted, beating Humboldt Harbor Lighthouse by 10 days.
Connected to the mainland by a low isthmus at low tide, the rock on which the lighthouse stands is an island at high tide.
Its lighthouse would look at home in New England, being built in Cape Cod Salt Box style rather than showing the spanish influence on lighthouse design that's seen elsewhere on the coastline.
Its original light, a fourth-degree Fresnel lens, was andquot;the Rolls Royce of the time,andquot; according to Del Norte Historical Society Director Brian O'Callaghan.
It's housed now in the Historical Museum at 577 H St., placed on a mechanism on which it revolves. O'Callaghan explained that it was done to prevent its catching the building on fire with highly focused sunshine streaming through the cast glass.
By 1875 the lighthouse was andquot;in a dilapidated condition,andquot; according to the Lighthouse Board, which thought that the light was andquot;of little consequence.andquot;
Mariners stayed well out to sea if they couldn't make harbor during the daylight hours because of treacherous Point St. George, which lay about 6 miles northwest.
Even after the Point St. George lighthouse was lighted, mariners continued to avoid night-time entrance to the harbor. They felt that the Battery Point light was also needed to navigate their way in safely.
John Jeffrey became keeper of the light in 1875, living there for 40 years. In 1953, the light was automated and Del Norte Historical Society leased the building.
A flashing light was installed on the harbor breakwater in 1965. The lighthouse light was re-lighted in 1982.
Since then, it has been listed as a private aid to navigation.
It has been walloped by storms, sustained broken upstairs windows from rogue waves, and washed over by a tsunami, but the sturdy lighthouse and building that it's perched upon have guarded Crescent City Harbor for a long enough time that they have come to symbolize Crescent City.
The first degree Fresnel lens that formerly lighted St. George Reef Lighthouse is displayed at Del Norte County Historical Museum.


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The head is installed and the engine is painted
Installed in the chassis we can see the notch in the bell housing for the RC oil pump
The push rods and rocker arms are installed
What the manifold looked like to start with.
Blasted clean, the contact surfaces made flat on Gary's surface grinder,
and painted with high temp flat black.
The thermostat housing needs to be taller on the RC - the one on the left is from a B
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Lawrence S. Pertillar
Within Caverns Deep - Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
Somewhere in the bowels,
Of dungeons vaulted within caverns deep...
Truth has begun its struggle to crack through,
Thick and fortified walls that had trapped despair...
With an ease found to release and find escape,
From places where it had been kept hostage.
Sweating deceivers begin to strip off masks,
With attempts to find new tasks...
For purposes to charade a continued masquerading.
Traces of their false faces,
Portraying their misdeeds as sincere...
Can no longer defend them against the strength of truth,
Pursuing with a vengeance...
To undo the torment done by deceivers who chose,
With a victimizing those they left abused.
Disbelievers of all faiths are confused!
Forced awake as if by Earthquake.
Trembling and visibly shakened,
By what to their eyes appear.
And it's neither Santa Claus nor 'reindeer'.
But the presence of truth before them is clear.
Screams are heard when deceivers are revealed.
Visions of sweetened dreams no longer appeal.
A process of mending begins to heal.
And truth never before confronted like this,
Arrives finally to make a permanent visit.
To be treated with suspicion as if...
'Aliens' have dropped from outer space.
'What is this?
Everyone seems to now have it on their lips.'
~It is...
People have become afflicted.
From mouths the words flow as if from faucets.
No longer from both sides of their mouths,
Do deceptions slip.
This is TRUTH I tell you.
And people have become afflicted.~
Screams are heard when deceivers are revealed.
Visions of sweetened dreams no longer appeal.
'What is this? '
~This is TRUTH I tell you.
And people have become afflicted.~
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While there have been great advances in marriage equality over the past year, you wouldn't know that by watching Fox News, notes a new analysis by Equality Matters.
The conservative cable news channel spent just over 10 minutes covering the 13 court rulings in favor of equal marriage rights since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for federal recognition of same-sex marriage in U.S. v. Windsor in June 2013, according to the report by Equality Matters, a project of Media Matters to combat misinformation about LGBT people. The bulk of that coverage focused on the ruling in Utah, which like several others is on appeal.
New Jersey, where Republican governor Chris Christie chose not to appeal a ruling by that state's Supreme Court legalizing same-sex marriage, was the only other state to get more than a single minute of coverage. New Jersey, combined with three other states where same-sex marriage is now legal as a result of court rulings — New Mexico, Oregon, and Pennsylvania — for a mere two minutes and 14 seconds of airtime on Fox News. In comparison, CNN clocked in with nearly 16 minutes of coverage, and MSNBC devoted over an hour to the same set of rulings.
Indeed, as Media Matters reported a year ago, Fox News seems to have basically conceded defeat on the marriage issue, and its hosts and commentators are now focusing their anti-LGBT vitriol on trans people and issues. It remains to be seen how Fox News' coverage will evolve in light of the ever-increasing visibility and acceptance of trans people in American society.


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Kerberos V5 is an authentication system developed at MIT.
WWW: http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/
Abridged from the User Guide:
Under Kerberos, a client sends a request for a ticket to the
Key Distribution Center (KDC). The KDC creates a ticket-granting
ticket (TGT) for the client, encrypts it using the client's
password as the key, and sends the encrypted TGT back to the
client. The client then attempts to decrypt the TGT, using
its password. If the client successfully decrypts the TGT, it
keeps the decrypted TGT, which indicates proof of the client's
identity. The TGT permits the client to obtain additional tickets,
which give permission for specific services.
Since Kerberos negotiates authenticated, and optionally encrypted,
communications between two points anywhere on the internet, it
provides a layer of security that is not dependent on which side of a
firewall either client is on.
The Kerberos V5 package is designed to be easy to use. Most of the
commands are nearly identical to UNIX network programs you are already
used to. Kerberos V5 is a single-sign-on system, which means that you
have to type your password only once per session, and Kerberos does
the authenticating and encrypting transparently.
Jacques Vidrine <email@example.com>
No installation instructions: this port has been deleted.
The package name of this deleted port was: krb5-maint
PKGNAME: krb5-maint
distinfo: There is no distinfo for this port.
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
===> The following configuration options are available for krb5-maint-1.11.5_3:
DNS_FOR_REALM=off: Enable DNS lookups for Kerberos realm names
KRB5_HTML=on: Install krb5 HTML documentation
KRB5_PDF=on: Install krb5 PDF documentation
LDAP=off: LDAP protocol support
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Number of commits found: 12
MIT Kerberos released 1.13; 1.12 becomes a maintenance release,
1.11 remains a maintenance release.
- Update security/krb5 1.12.2 --> 1.13
- Copy the old security/krb5 1.12.2 to security/krb5-112
(now a maintenance release supported by MIT)
- Move the old krb5-maint (1.11.5: old maintenance release) to
security/krb5-111 (the old maintenance release still supported by MIT)
Adjust patch to avoid libtool. It is more similar to Linux now.
Rename security/ patches to reflect the files they modify.
- Convert to USES=libtool and bump dependent ports
- Avoid USE_AUTOTOOLS
- Don't use PTHREAD_LIBS
- Use MAKE_CMD
- Drop :keepla
- Add INSTALL_TARGET=install-strip
databases/libgda4* databases/libgda5*:
- Convert to USES=libtool and bump dependent ports
- USES=tar:xz
- Use INSTALL_TARGET=install-strip
- Use @sample
Allow package build (make stage/make package) for non-root user.
Submitted by: John Hein <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Finely tune KRB5_HOME test when using LIB_DEPENDS. in the case when
KRB5_HOME is set to LOCALBASE.
MF security/krb5: RTM_OLDADD and RTM_OLDDEL were removed from -stable.
Submitted by: alfred
Update 1.11.3 --> 1.11.5
Fix build.
Fix fetch brokeness.
Pointy hat to: self
Update krb5 to 1.12. Security/krb5 tracks MIT KRB5 current release.
Adjust the newly created krb5-maint with a new portname and conflicts.
Krb5-maint is a maintenance release for those who wish to use the previous
release of krb5. krb5-maint remains at 1.11.3.
Adjust CONFLICTS in security/heimdal and security/srp to account for the
newly repocopied krb5-maint.
Adjust security/Makefile to include krb5-maint.
Repocopy of securty/krb5 (current release) to security/krb5-maint
(maintenance release) in preparation for krb5 1.11.3 --> 1.2 update.
Krb5-maint is a maintenance release for those who wish to use the previous
release of MIT krb5.
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Information Literacy at StFX
Created to list Resources for training, development, trends in literature, etc. for St. Francis Xavier University librarians and faculty.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Instruction a la Carte Menu
I like the way McConnell Library at Ratford University lists the kinds of sessions the librarians provide in an Instruction A La Carte Menu, along with time needed to cover each session.
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Handbook for Information Literacy Teaching
This Handbook for Information Literacy was written by a group of subject librarians at Cardiff University. It is meant to assist librarians who are developing information literacy teaching. It is provided under a Creative Commons license that permits you to use and re-purpose their content.
Posted by Elaine MacLean at 2:49 PM No comments:
Monday, August 03, 2009
Information Literacy Instruction Assessment Cycle
Described as a guide for increasing student learning and improving librarian instruction skills. Interesting article about how to use assessment to improve teaching for information literacy, published in a recent issue of the Journal of Documentation.
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Monday, June 15, 2009
Project Information Literacy
This research, out of the University of Washington's iSchool, has produced a video series, created for use in classes, training sessions, and meetings to spark further discussion about information literacy. The series also includes video shorts about what students say about Wikipedia (2:11) and what they say about procrastination (2:11). No permission for use is needed. One suggestion is to have these running as classes gather.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
IL for Faculty
Here's a document created by Bill Hord, Houston Community College. It's called How to Let IL Work for You and Your Students. I think it does a good job at pointing out how faculty can incorporate IL into their coursework while strengthening teaching and learning.
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Information Literacy: Study of Incoming First-Year Undergraduates in Quebec
This 2003 study is widely referenced. The summary (pg. 5-7) gives you a very good idea of the results. The common wisdom is that the results would be similiar in most universities throughout Canada and the US at least.
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Call Number Sort Tutorial
From the library of the University of Canterbury in NZ, this is a quick little activity to test people's ability to sort (and hopefully to find) books in LC classification numbers.
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Customer Reviews
What You'll Get
Dining out can be a great change of atmosphere, especially if you're used to eating your meals hastily in an unguarded meat locker. Have a seat with this Groupon.
The Deal
- $10 for $20 worth of Vietnamese food
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About Saigon Surface
"No cookbooks. No measuring cups. No measuring spoons. No scales. I know from experience," Be Lam—the executive chef of Saigon Surface—responded when Jane Palmer of the Omaha World-Herald asked if she uses a cookbook. Lam, who runs the restaurant with the help of her daughter and son, Ngoc and Tu Nguyen, told Palmer that she learned her culinary and artistic techniques from a group of elders in her native Saigon. She creates her signature grilled pork dish, for example, not from a written-down formula but from a memorized marinade that developed over years of practice and bestows flavor to the meat over several days.
Though steeped in the food wisdom of several generations, the restaurant's overall vibe is decidedly modern. The Omaha World-Herald, which had already named it one of the Top 8 restaurants in 2011, said that it "mixes the traditional with the technological to great effect. It's a welcome addition to the downtown dining scene." There's an iPad at every table, which guests can use to order a lychee martini from the lime-green-backlit bar or fiddle with when their dates decide to show their ventriloquism skills. The walls, meanwhile, are covered with dark wood paneling, which provides a pleasingly stark contrast to the sleek white booths and tables.


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I was in a very low place in my life and a friend sent me this sight address. I joined and the many encouring words I have received have caused me to change my perspective and turn my face towards the only true help there is. I truely do thank Women Living 4 Jesus. They are a life line for me.
sisteralissalynne 05/13/2010
Praise the Lord - may the love of Jesus continue to shine in and through you and know my sister whenever you need us - we are here for you! God bless!!
I am writing to let you know how the Women Living 4 Jesus means to me. I am blessed to be a member of such a spiritfilled and godly site. I have found so many wonderful friends there and have received alot of help through the many ministries that are demostated on this site. Women Living 4 Jesus is truly a excellent vehicle to advance the Kingdom of God.
sisteralissalynne 05/12/2010
Thank you Glenna for your kind words - so encouraging and I pray that we continue to spread the word of the Lord as He sees fit. God bless!


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New month, new thread.
March Weather, Spring ?
Sunny and warm - 62 degrees at 1:30 pm.
This message was edited Mar 1, 2012 1:38 PM
Same again today - this is nuts - no blue sky since Monday.
Billyporter - one greenhouse is Amaryllis, one orchid cactus (Epis) and Fushcias and one is real orchids. With our weather you ask why have a greenhouse. Main reason is to control over watering and get potted plants onto benches.... the other is I'M OUT OF CONTROL!!!! MAYBE I NEED A FOURTH GREENHOUSE AND THEN A FIFTH. WHAT WILL I DO WITH ALL THE SEEDLINGS AND CUTTINGS I GET FROM WHAT I'VE GOT! AND THEN THERE'S EBAY .. Sorry folks got carried away. Enough already.
Pretty warm today with sunny skies, strong winds and temps in the 70s.
Last I heard the theatres did get hit but I'm not catching alot of the news. And what I do catch doesn't cover what I want to know. lol
Well, I had a very eventful day today. I was supposed to work at Richie Brothers Auction doing the concession stand but they didn't need me and another coworker for a few hours so we worked in the store. It is truck day so we broke down truck. We went and helped separate frozen stuff, I picked up a box from above me and didn't realize there was another box on it. That box, which was a case of bacon, fell and hit me on the nose. Needless to say I had to wait a bit before putting my glasses on. lol. My nose did swell and is still raw on the inside but no lasting damage. I was the talk of the store today. lol
OUCH!!! That makes my eyes water just thinking about it!
I'm right there with you on the GH obsession. LOL
Cooler... 35� and snow on the way.
Trust me, my eyes watered, I saw stars and when I put my glasses on the first few times, I got really dizzy. Took a few minutes to get all working parts back where they belong. lol.
I stood up under a very heavy hanging plant once. I saw stars and birdies for a few minutes. LOL Glad it wasn't worse for you!
It's snowing now. We have about an inch of new.
Through 10am: A period of light rain is likely between 6am and 8am. Mostly cloudy with temperatures reaching the upper 30s. Winds NNE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 65%.
This afternoon: Rain and snow this morning, becoming all snow for the afternoon. Winds NNW at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of precip 90%. Snow accumulating 1 to 3 inches.
Thanks Bernie,
I am so ready to step into March!
Mike, your greenhouse flowers sound beautiful!! Especially the real orchids. I bought a book on orchids long ago, even tho I knew I would never have any. But, if I do, I'll be a little prepared :o)
GRIN!! Go for it! We ALL get carried away!
Breaking down the truck would be what I'd like to do.
I can't help it. I am rolling on the floor over your poor nose! Ok, since we are such good friends, I felt I could let all that out. You know I do feel for your injuries, and sure hope this is the last one! My DD always seemed to be in the path of a hurt. I always felt bad when I backed up and stepped on her foot or something. I would swear she wasn't there a minute ago.
So, I hope you don't get hurt anymore!!!
That's scary. I was sawing thru a branch that came down and hit me in the head. Scared the bejeeebers out of me!
LOL Sally, that would scare mee, too!
We got about 2" of more snow last night. It's very pretty but I'm ready for Spring now. 29� and sunny.
decent right now. possible flurries in the next day or two.
I heard 52 for Monday!! Then I heard 40 - either way Spring is coming.
Well, this morning my nose was crooked. Even my coworkers noticed it. I pushed on it later in the day and now it's straight. I didn't think I put that much pressure on it so hoping it was just slightly dislocated. lol. Still have a small bruise and it's sore in some spots but all in all, considering it was a small part of a pig that hit me, I'm in pretty good shape! LOL
Weather: Cold this morning and wet. Started out with sprinkles, then heavy rain, then it changed to a heavy snow. Snowed for a couple hours, accumulated on the grass but the roads just stayed wet. Then it tapered off, went back to sprinkles and the sun finally came out for the rest of the day. Temps went up to high 40s.
Two hours of sunshine yesterday afternoon. Today is back to grey skies and heavier rain. The high cloud that was blocking the sun for most of the week has gone and now we have thick, low ceiling cumulous cloud bearing plenty of rain. Weather service says the area of cloud stretches 250 miles to the south east and will last through tomorrow. 15 inches of rain last month. 19 inches so far this year.
It was pretty warm and muggy. Had to run errands! Nice day overall
up to 86 today, thunderstorms on the way, cold front coming down. So much for our beautiful 80 degrees days. Hope the storm settles down before going through here, same line that has caused all the killer tornadoes.
I've been so busy working in the garden and gave myself a black eye last week lopping my crape myrtles. My lopper got stuck and I pulled on it and popped myself right in the eye. Next morning was swollen shut and all purple. I've never had a black eye in my life. My DH and I went to have our annual blood work done that morning and every one was giving him dirty looks. ☺
Gonna cool down here again for a bit. But no snow...ha ha.
Heavy rain all night, thunderstorms from 4am to 7am. Rain backed off by about 9am and flood advisory was cancelled, but still have continuous light rain and overcast skies, about 68f
Windy, sunny and temps in mid 40s for a high. Now that spring is almost here I will eventually get started taking pics again. Nothing to take pics of this past winter. Most boring and dull looking winter I've seen in years.
Gorgeous day! Still fighting this sinus infection / crud. Supposed to be cold in the am, but in the high 60's or mid 70's tomorrow.
Will be over at Mom's / Dearest sister's going thru things this week, so may not be able to check in.
Only thing we have in bloom is yellow Jasmine and pink and red camelias, oh, lavender azaleas.
Storm woke me up at 6:15 this morning as the front pushed through, didn't rain long but is blustery out and big wind gust. Temperature has dropped 15 degrees since this morning. Down to 44 tonight...I hope they're right...got lots of peppers out there and tomatoes.
Have a nice day everyone!
nothing to report from MN. mid to high 20's today. Clear skies.
Snow flurries here. Cold!
Suns out this morning, quickly up to 74f with light winds. So pleasant
Billyporter - just wanted to point out that my definition of a greenhouse is not like many on the mainland. I buy the car canopies from Costco, about $240 with the tubular metal frames, store the roof, ends and side material away for some other use and then throw some greenhouse plastic sheeting over the top and weigh it down with concrete blocks along both sides. Ends are both totally open to allow the heat to escape.. Bench support is 1 1/2inch PVC tubing. See attached photo - I hope. The second one in the photo was purchased from someone who decided to leave the island. It came with shade cloth sides instead of plastic. I had to put ends on this one to stop the chickens getting in.
Temps almost reached 60 today but didn't quite make it. Blustery out there with winds gusting up to 35mph. Supposed to die down sometime tonight.
41 when I got up...saw frost on the rooftops, funny didn't seem that cold. Hope my peppers do okay, they are full of blossoms. Winds finally calmed down after sunset yesterday. But supposed to get back to mid 70's later on.
Mike nice green houses...wish I had the room for something like that...I'd be in heaven.
Mike, does a cat come with every greenhouse? LOL
Spring-like weather here yesterday and today. Yesterday, we made it to 54�. Today, we'll be ever warmer. Woohoo!
57 for a high, sunny and windy. Tomorrow the winds really kick up and we have a wind advisory starting early tomorrow lasting til 7pm tomorrow.
Strong storm causing flooding at the other end of the Island chain. Some places on Kauai had 13 inches of rain in a 24 hour period. Some roads closed.
Some places on Oahu had 9 inches. Some small rock slides and roads closed. No injuries!
Here on the Big Island it was cloudy, but mostly dry. Might storm again tomorrow.
Kwanjin - I put the cat there so I don't trip over that stump!!!!
I highly recommend zipties. I use them for everything. You can see the ends where I tied the bench to the supports. I use them to fix fences, hang hanging baskets. You can buy them 2 feet long with 200lb breaking strain. They use them to tie hydraulic pipes on Mack Trucks. Make longer lengths by stringing them together, tie back bushes etc etc.
Celia, how cute! So warm at your place!
Spring is on the way here too, the snow is thawing slowly and snowdrops are popping up.
I have an article published today :
59 according to the van today! It was BEAUTIFUL!!
39 for tomorrow from what I have heard..
Cloudy and windy with a slight chance of afternoon thunderstorms. Winds SSW at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
Showers and thundershowers likely this evening with a shower or two possible overnight. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70%.
Smile. It's almost spring here this week. I sat outside on the porch yesterday afternoon, and saw a few tulips poking thru!
Wow, pushing your nose back in place! I hope it's ok, and not a problem later :o(
Smile. I hope reading about everyone's bruises don't subconciously make me bruise myself...
I'm sure it's hard to sort thru things.
I love your greenhouse! It would be so cool to be in there in a rainstorm! ( I can never see how a cat gets comfortable in some of the places they chose to sleep!
Your chickens?
I am always amazed that people have peppers and tomatoes going in March :o) I hope they weathered the frost too!
Smile over the cat with the greenhouse :o)
Mike, ROTFL over the cat and the stump!!
We use zippies too!
Celia, I forgot Isis is all black. I was picturing Cleo earlier when I said he/she :o)
After the snow you had, those snowdrops look like a promise. They are beautiful peeking thru!
Another beautiful day ahead. We had kids yesterday and I go to DD's today.
Have a beautiful day!
It's 68 and windy here as I listen to the 11:00 am 'test' of the tornado sirens. Let's hope this unseasonably warm weather doesn't turn disastrous. We're supposed to get rain later - we need it!
39 & drizzling today. Sun finally came out on my way home from work.
It is SO NICE to hear the birds in the mornings again. It totally sets the tone for my day. I love it!
Tomorrow 42
Welcoming spring with wide open arms!!
60's by next week!! WOOT WOOT!
Mid 60s today and mostly cloudy. Started out sunny til late morning then the clouds rolled in. Rain in area but it's scattered right now.
Beautiful day today. Storms have passed. Disaster declared by governor for two islands. At home today is was sunny, nice breeze, no complaints. More storms and heavy rain forecast for Thursday - Saturday
Billyporter - you asked about the chickens - when we built the house and moved in 19 years ago we said "nice to have three or four egg laying chickens around the yard. Oh, one was a rooster" If you can multiply by 2 multiple times the rest is history. We now have about 100 wild chickens out in the forest and around the garden. The back yard is more like farm yard with loose chickens and peacocks, ducks and geese are penned. Fish ponds, trees and giant bamboos are in that area as they are chicken proof
In the front yard where the greenhouses are we walk our dogs so gardening is possible but there is nothing better for roosting than a dry greenhouse. Only one GH is where the chickens are prolific. So far they have stayed away. Currently have about 12 - day old chicks roaming around. Oh so cute and cuddly at that age - but they grow up into scratching monsters. Bands of roaming chickens taunt me from time to time and get chased off by a handful of gravel.
One day I will tell the story of rabbit rescue.
Some clouds this morning will give way to generally sunny skies for the afternoon. Winds NW at 15 to 25 mph.
Love the snow overhang!
Better test sirens than the real thing. They blow the fire whistle here. They don't use it for fires anymore since everyone has pagers. I miss not knowing there is a fire call. I have a scanner, but am not always in the house to listen to it.
YES! I said that the other day as my DH opened the door. Birds!
Woot woot indeed for your area, LOL!
We're in the iffy zone. The rain for yesterday happened as we got home from DD's. It lasted long enough for us to get in the house, LOL!
Wow, a disaster.
Now, LOL, do YOU get any eggs? DD used to have 3 ducks. One female, so she had duck egs too. Sadly only the male is left and he folllows the chickens all over. Her chickens are free range and go in the house at night. I can honestly say I go to bed before the chickens. They stay out till the last minute!
Baby chicks!! Sooo adorable!
Can't wait for the rabbit rescue story!
I'm gearing up to bring in the large heavy plant stand this week. It's a bit soon to start the tomatoes, but the peppers can. Now I need to dig everything out of the garage too. Pots and soil. Yippee!
light rain overnight which just the way we like it. Sunshine mixed with clouds and light winds this morning. I work parttime so lucky to be off today. Hope to get some gardening done along with some house painting.
Seeing as how this is a weather thread I hesitate going off at a tangent on other topics.
Maybe I should move my rabbit story to "jokes and humor". We shall see.
Temps only in the 40s today although this afternoon it wasn't too bad.
Mike, we are always up for a good story on here!! And we go off on other tangents all the time but always come back to the weather. Eventually. LOL
I have daffodils getting ready to bloom!! I saw buds on them yesterday.
Pepper, that's great! My tulips are just showing tips in the back, but they're transplants from last year. The established ones in front are up about 6".
We will be having much warmer weather over the next several days.
I agree on the stories. We always go off somewhere else but end up back at the weather. LOL
Plenty of sunshine. Winds NNE at 10 to 15 mph.
All topicss are welcome with the weather. We all gab, or it would be another boring weather report :o)
Besides, most of us have so many threads to keep up on already, reading the story here, is best!
Oh Pepper,
Daffies already!! Mine are late bloomers so they aren't even peeking thru yet :o(
It was not nice here at all. We have no snow, but the wind felt like it was blowing across some. Chilly!
Same tulip story here, but not as tall as your's. I'm just thrilled that those I transplanted last fall are making a good showing already!
Can't wait for the rabbit story!
It's Friday and I don't have the boys over the weekend. Time to get some things done outside!
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