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Blac Chyna is good for Rob Kardashian.
So says his pal and self-described big brother French Montana.
"I think that anybody that makes you do great in life, motivates you, I think it's good for you," French, 31, told me last night at the premiere of his new movie The Perfect Match (in theaters on March 11).
Describing Rob, 28, as his "little brother," French said, "I love the energy Rob has right now. I just love that. He's in just a happy spirit."
While there were rumors recently that Rob and Blac Chyna, 27, had split, they just returned to L.A. from a quick trip to Atlanta, where she hosted a party at Medusa nightclub on Sunday.
"Chy and I are not broken up we just feel like it would be a lot healthier for our relationship if we kept a lot more to ourselves," Rob captioned a close-up pic of the couple's faces pic on Instagram. "It's impossible to have a positive relationship with so much negativity from the media and outsiders and we would appreciate it if everyone respects that."
The message came shortly after Rob purged his entire Instagram feed. Chyna fueled the breakup rumors when she wrote on Instagram, "When you just get out of a relationship & your hoe friend welcomes you back into the World of Hoe."
She later deleted the post.
Sources told E! News at the time that the two had a "blow up" over family tensions stemming from the Kardashians and Jenners not approving of the relationship.

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Giving in to the squabbles within the ruling Congress, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jarbom Gamlin has offered his resignation to party president Sonia Gandhi, to give the party high command a chance to step in and end the ongoing crisis.
According to party sources, the CM's main detractor in the party and president of Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee Nabam Tuki has also submitted his resignation to Sonia Gandhi.
The infighting in the Congress had spilled over and culminated into street violence in the hill state.
Both Gamlin and Tuki have promised to stand by whatever decision Gandhi takes to resolve the crisis. Their offers of resignation have been construed as part of the exercise to help Sonia Gandhi decide the future course of the party in Arunachal Pradesh.
Earlier, a three-member fact-finding team of the All India Congress Committee comprising Sushil Kumar Shinde, Bijoy Krisnha Handique and Dhaniram Shandil had visited Arunachal Pradesh to assess the ground situation there in the wake of the political instability rocking the state.
The team of observers has already submitted its report to the party high command.
Both Gamlin and Tuki have claimed to have the support of equal number of Congress legislators in Arunachal Pradesh. The party has 42 legislators in the 60-member House in the hill state.
Sonia Gandhi is likely to decide the fate of Gamlin by Monday.
Gamlin took over as the chief minister on May 5 this year after the tragic death of his predecessor Dorjee Khandu in a helicopter crash on April 30.
But the new CM faced dissidence from day one as many senior leaders in the party had been overlooked while making the appointment for the coveted post.
It will be a difficult task for the Congress high command to find an undisputed and revered leader like the late Dorjee Khandu, who had enjoyed a trouble-free tenure as CM since taking over in 2007.
Arunachal Pradesh, which shares its border with China, Bhutan and Myanmar, is a strategically important state and needs a stable government led by an able leader.
Some massive infrastructure development projects -- including the Rs 20,000 crore Trans Arunachal Highway Project as well as numerous multi-crore mega hydro-electric projects -- are being implemented in the state.
Arunachal has also faced the horrors of militancy lately after insurgents from neighbouring Assam and Nagaland managed to set up base here.


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Quote from: dzr on August 19, 2007, 06:21 PMHmmm, not sure of an exact size -- how would I give you a measurement?Well... Tell me something in terms of percentage of your screen. I can tell you that the center part of that grid i mentioned (EdgeGrid) takes 80% of the screen height and 80% of the screen width.The red grid with the number 5 takes 40% of the screen height and 40% of the screen's width.
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Biking Madrid to Barcelona -- nice or crazy?
I want to bike from Madrid to Barcelona.
Am I naive about that trip? I don't see that ride posted anywhere, does that mean it's all highways and not doable by bike?
I guess it's not a very popular route for cycletourists.
I use wikiloc and bikeroutetoaster.com to plan cycling routes.
Very helpful, thanks. That's what I was looking for, a realistic take on that route, so thanks. I'll look up your links now.
I guess we'll ride along the coast out of Barcelona instead. Maybe doesn't sound as cool, but a couple of weeks on bikes in Spain sounds fun to me no matter where we start.
Did you do the Madrid to Barca trip? We are doing a charity gig early 2014. Madrid - Barcelona - Paris - Bruxelles - Amsterdam - London.
We have done much initial scoping as we are attempting the distance in 16 days. Madrid to Barca is the unknown at present as little data is available. Do you have info?
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Nope, we didn't do that trip. When I researched it, turns out there's a reason few people do it -- it's all highways, it's really difficult to plot out a route that works well.
We ended up taking the train from Madrid to Barcelona, then biking along the Catalonian coast toward France -- and that trip was one of the best of my life. So beautiful, medieval castles, white beaches, amazing food, different culture, even the language is slightly different.
Again, the highways around Barcelona are difficult to navigate, so we ended up taking the train out of Barcelona a short ways, then biking, once we got to the road that hugs the coast.
Cannot recommend it highly enough. Tossa de Mar is phenomenally romantic and beautiful.
barcelona north along the coast
Depends on how much off roading you want to do and how adventurous you want to be. You could take backroads, farm roads, etc. and probably never see a car. The highways that are smaller are still pretty dangergous for cyclists because most don't have shoulders.
I'm from Catalonia, and the catalan coastal route is really beautiful. Going from Madrid to Barcelona is not something I'd recommend, though. In summer you'll cook yourself to death and I can't think of a safe way of doing it, besides just looking for minor roads.
I am planning on doing a similar trip in a couple of months and I was wondering if you had a GPS file of your route. Also any other tips or advice you have would be great.
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I am not sure what the expression is on the RHS, but I assume that you are given the correlation coefficient of the two random variables to be a fixed constantThe correlation between the two variables is: b = 10 – 2/3*a
Note that, as you displayed in a talbe, the number of support points of the joint probability mass function (6 unknowns)
Also, from the table you have degrees of freedom, i.e. you need to have 2 conditions to solve the joint. The four known conditions come from the fact that the sum of row/columns are equal to the marginal, and one of the five equations are redundant.
From the definition of correlation,
so you have the 5th equation. But you lack the 6th one to uniquely solve the table.


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- Die Lunæ, 21 Augusti, 1648.
Die Lunæ, 21 Augusti, 1648.
Chester Garison.
A LETTER from Chester, of the Twenty-fifth of July 1648, from the Gentlemen of Cheshire, was this day read.
Resolved, &c. That this House doth allow of the Sum of Four thousand Ninety-two Pounds, as the Debt of the State; for which Monies the Gentlemen of the County of Chester stand engaged, for the Payment of the Soldiers in the Garison of Chester since the Establishment.
Ordered, That the Sum of Four thousand Ninety-two Pounds, being the Principal Money, be advanced and charged out of the Moiety of the Grand Excise, in Course: And that the Interest of the said Four thousand Ninetytwo Pounds shall be paid out of such Delinquents Estates as they shall discover, that have not been formerly discovered nor sequestered.
Ordered, That the Estates of such Delinquents as the said Gentlemen of Cheshire, who stand engaged for the said Sum of Four thousand Ninety-two Pounds for Payment of the Soldiers in the Garison of Chester since the Establishment, or any of them, shall discover, not formerly discovered, and the Profits of the said Estates for the present, and the Fines and Compositions of such Delinquents, shall go towards the Payment of the Interest for the said Sum of Four thousand Ninety-two Pounds.
Sir C. Kemyes.
Ordered, That Sir Charles Kemyes, as to his Person, do pursue his Articles, and go beyond the Seas: And that, as to his Estate, he may be admitted to his Composition, according to such Rules and Proportions, as shall be given to the Committee at Goldsmiths Hall, in this Case; provided, That he pursue and perfect his Composition within Fourteen Days.
Letter read.
A Letter from the Commissioners with the Lord Admiral, from aboard the Admiral in Tilbury Hope, of the Nineteenth of August 1648, was this Day read.
E of Holland.
A Letter from the Lord General, from the Leaguer before Colchester, of 15 Augusti 1648; with a Letter from the Speaker of the House of Peers to the General, for the Removal of the Earl of Holland from the Castle of Warwick, into the Custody of the Gentlemen Usher of the House of Peers; were this Day read.
Resolved, &c. That a Letter be written to the Lord General; to let him know, That this House has received a Letter from him touching the Earl of Holland; and to desire, That the Earl of Holland may continue Prisoner where he is, until further Order from the House.
Revolted Ships.
Resolved, &c. That a Letter be written to the Lord Admiral; to desire him to suffer no Person to pass to the revolted Ships, upon any Pretence or Pass whatsoever, without Order of this House.
Resolved, &c. That a Letter be written to the Committee of Kent, not to suffer any Person, upon what Pretence or Pass soever, to pass to the revolted Ships, without the Order of this House.
Mr. Lisle, Mr. Ashhurst, and Mr. Bois, are appointed to prepare the several Letters, to be signed by Mr. Speaker, and sent away accordingly.
Ld. Andover, &c.
Mr. Ashurst, Mr. Lisle, Sir John Evelyn of Wiltes, Colonel Birch, Sir Dudley North, Mr. Gurden, Sir John Potts, Mr. John Corbett, Mr. Scott, Mr. Lechemere;
This Committee, or any Three of them, are to meet this Afternoon at Three of Clock, in the Queen's Court; to state to the House the whole Matter of Fact, touching the Particulars informed of, concerning the Lord Andover, Mr. Pooley, Mr. Halliburton, and the Earl of Holland; and to search what Ordinances are passed in any of these Particulars; and to report the Whole to the House Tomorrow Morning; to the end the House may have a Conference with the Lords hereupon.
Suppressing Forces raised by Marten, &c.
The Answer of Colonel Wm. Ayre, and John Waldron, of 18 Augusti 1648, under their Hand, to the Serjeant at Arms his Man; and the Information of Joseph Jackman of London, Esquire, and the Information given by Francis Smith, John Wright, Thomas Grove, James Veare, John Awberry, and John Younge; were all this Day read.
Resolved, &c. That it be referred to the Committee at Derby House, to take speedy and effectual Course for the speedy Suppressing of those Forces, that are risen under the Command of Colonel Marten, Colonel Wm. Ayre, Captain Waldron, and others; and for the Restoring of such Horses and Goods, as by them are taken from the Country; by the Forces of the Counties of Berks, Southampton, Wallingford, Oxon, Bucks, or such others as they shall think fit: And that they send down Major Fincher in such manner as they shall direct, to command the Forces that shall be appointed for this Service.
The Gentlemen of the County of Berks are appointed to go to the Committee at Derby House; to advise and confer with them upon this Business.
Resolved, &c. That this House doth declare, That such Forces of Horse and Foot as are raised under the Command of Colonel Marten, and others under him, are Disturbers of the Peace of the Kingdom; and ought to be apprehended and proceeded against according to Law: And that the Country be enjoined to apprehend them, and proceed against them, accordingly.
Inquiry into a Design.
Ordered, That the Committee formerly appointed to go to the Common Council where Mr. Lechemere has the Chair, and the Committee appointed on Thursday last, 17 Augusti 1648, to go to the Committee of the Militia of the City of London, upon the Business expressed in that Order, be joined, and made One Committee: With Power to them to examine all such Persons, upon the Design informed of on Thursday Morning last; and to secure such Persons as they shall see Cause for; and to send for Persons, Witnesses, and Papers; according to the Power that is granted to that Committee, on Thursday last: And are to meet upon it this Afternoon, in the Exchequer Chamber; and so de die in diem.
London Militia.
Ordered, That the Ordinances concerning the Militia of the City of London be reported and read To-morrow Morning, the first Business.
Officers, &c. Petition.
Ordered, That the Petition of the Officers and Soldiers, now informed to be at the Door, be received in, and read To-morrow Morning.
Sir John Danvers carried to the Lords the Ordinance for Wiltshire, for their Concurrence.
Governor of I. of Wight.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Members of this House that are of the Committee for Peace, to consider of the Instructions of 16 Novembris 1647, given to Colonel Hamond, Governor of the Isle of Wight; and what Proceeding hath been upon the Treaty, that may relate to those Instructions; and what concerns the Safety of the said Isle, and Security of the King's Person; and to report the same to this House To-morrow Morning, together with their Opinion thereupon.
Letter from Gen. Cromwell, &c.
The Copy of a Letter from Lieutenant General Cromwell, from Preston, of 17 Augusti 1648, directed to the Committee of Lancashire, sitting at Manchester, inclosed in a Letter from a Member of this House, from Manchester, of 19 Augusti 1648, were this Day read. And
It is Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee at Derby House, to send away a Copy of Lieutenant General Cromwell's Letter to the General, and the Lord Admiral.
Horses, &c. seized.
A Letter from Captain Robert Clarke, from Chester Water, of 19 Augusti 1648, was this Day read. And
It is Ordered, That Captain Clarke do deliver unto Colonel John Moore, or such as he shall appoint to receive them, the Horse by him seized, towards the raising and furnishing his Troop; And he is further to deliver all such Saddles, Arms, and other Habiliments of War, as was taken with the said Horses.
Martial Law in Navy.
Ordered, That the Ordinance for Martial Law to the Lord Admiral be forthwith printed; and sent, by the Care of the Committee of the Navy, to the Lord Admiral.
Message from Lords.
A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Page and Dr. Aylett;
The Lords have commanded us to bring unto you divers Ordinances; viz. An Ordinance concerning Martial Law to the Lord Admiral; to which the Lords do agree: An Ordinance concerning the Earl of Nottingham's Pension: An Ordinance for Serjeant Turner to be a Baron of the Exchequer: An Ordinance for Mr. Thomas Shadwell to be Comptroller of the Customs of King's Lyn; to which the Lords desire the Concurrence of this House.
A Petition of the Field Officers, and Captains of Four Regiments, designed for the Service of Ireland; to which the Lords agree; and desire you to take it into Consideration. The Lords command us to put you in mind of their Lordships Votes, which they passed upon Colonel Hamond's Letter, and sent unto you, concerning Dr. Hamond, and Dr. Sheldon, Two of the King's Chaplains, going to the King; and to put you in mind of the Petition of Mr. John Jessopp.
Earl of Nottingham's Pension.
Whereas the Earl of Nottingham hath a Pension of Five hundred Pounds per Annum, by Letters Patents, under the Great Seal of England, payable out of the old Customs in the Port of London, whereof Two hundred Twenty-five Pounds, the Remainder of Two hundred and Fifty Pounds, due for Half a Year, ended the Twentyfourth Day of June last, is behind and unpaid, as appears by a Certificate hereunto annexed: And forasmuch as the Collector for the said old Customs doth not pay the same unto the Receiver General of the Revenue, from whom, by the Order of both Houses, the said Earl of Nottingham is to be paid; but hath the Money remaining in his Hand: It is therefore Ordered, by the Lords and Commons, in Parliament assembled, That the said Collector of the old Customs do forthwith pay unto the said Earl of Nottingham the said Sum of Two hundred and Twenty-five Pounds: And an Acquittance, under the Hand of the said Earl of Nottingham, shall be his sufficient Discharge for the same.
Justice of Com. Pleas.
An Ordinance, formerly sent from the Lords, for making Mr. Baron Atkins one of the Justices of the Common Pleas, was this Day read the First and Second time; and nothing done upon it at this time.
Serjeants and Judges, &c.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Commissioners of the Great Seal, to nominate such able Lawyers of every Inn of Court, as are most fit to be made Serjeants, and to supply the Wants of Judges in the several Courts in Westminster; and to present them to this House on Thursday Morning next.
Comptroller of Customs.
Whereas Roger Bungey late Comptroller of the Customs of King's Lyn in the County of Norfolk, is deceased: The Lords and Commons, assembled in Parliament, do therefore this Day Ordain and Declare, That Thomas Shadwell Esquire shall from henceforth be Comptroller of the said Customs; and shall have, enjoy, and execute that Place or Office, with the Appurtenances, as amply and beneficially as the said Roger Bungey, or any others, have formerly held the said Office, in Part of Recompence for the Loss of his Office in the late Court of Wards: And this Ordinance shall be sufficient Warrant, as well to Oliver St. John Esquire, his Majesty's Solicitor General, to prepare a Bill, containing a Grant of the said Office to the said Thomas Shadwell, as also to the Commissioners for the Great Seal of England, to pass the said Office or Place, in Form usual, to the said Thomas Shadwell, accordingly.
Leave of Absence.
Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General have Leave to go into the Country for a Month, for Recovery of his Health.
Ordered, That Mr. Lilesbone Long, a Member of this House shall have . . . . . to go into the Country.
Ordered, That Mr. Mayne, a Member of this House, shall have Leave to go into the Country.
Ordered, That Mr. Ashhurst, a Member of this House, shall have Leave to go into the County.
Ordered, That Mr. Hill, a Member of the House, shall have Leave to go into the Country.
Ordered, That Mr. Nicholas, a Member of this House, shall have Leave to go into the Country, for Recovery of his Health.
Deans and Chapters Lands.
Ordered, That, on Friday next, the Ordinance touching Deans and Chapters Lands be read.
Ordered, That the Ordinance for settling the Militia of the whole Kingdom be proceeded in, by the Grand Committee of the whole House, upon Saturday Morning, Eight of Clock.
Call of the House.
Ordered, That the House be Called this Day Fortnight.
Lancaster Forces.
An Ordinance for charging Ten thousand . . . . . . upon the Moiety of the Grand Excise, in Course, for the Service of the Forces raised by the County of Lancaster, was this Day read; and, upon the Question, passed; and ordered to be sent unto the Lords for their Concurrence.
New England.
Ordered, That the Ordinance for New England be read on Friday next.
Payment to Blundell.
An Ordinance for Payment of Nine hundred Forty Pounds Three Shillings One Peny Halfpeny to Sir Arthur Blundell, out of the Grand Excise, in Course, was this Day read; and, upon the Question, passed; and ordered to be sent to the Lords for their Concurrence.
Persons inlisted.
The House being informed, that divers, who had inlisted themselves under Major General Skippon, were at the Door;
They were called in; and they presented a Petition to the House.
The Petitioners being withdrawn, their Petition was read; and was intituled, "The humble Petition of divers Inhabitants in the Parish of Botolph Aldgate, Botolph Bishopsgate, Whitechappel, and Shoreditch; who have already inlisted themselves under Major General Skippon, according to the late Order of this honourable House, of 5 Julii 1648."
Ordered, That Power be given to Major General Skippon, to appoint Officers, both Horse and Foot, over such as have inlisted themselves under him, not being within the City of London, and Liberties thereof.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee touching the joining the several Militias of London, Westminster, and the Out Parts, to consider of the rest of the Petitioners Demands, in and by their said Petition; and to confer with Major General Skippon about the same; and to report their Opinions thereupon to this House.-
Leave of Absence.
Ordered, That Sir Humfrey Tufton, Knight and Baronet, a Member of this House, have Leave to go into the Country, for his Health's sake.-
Persons inlisted.
The Petitioners being again called in; Mr. Speaker, by Command of this House; gave them this Answer;
The House has taken your Petition into their Consideration; and have given Power to Major General Skippon, to appoint Officers, both of Horse and Foot, over such as have inlisted themselves under him, not being within the City of London, and Liberties thereof: And, for the other Particulars of your Petition, the House has referred the same to the Committee; to consider of, and to confer with Major General Skippon thereupon; and to report their Opinion therein to this House, that you may receive such Satisfaction therein as is meet: And, for your good Affection formerly and now shewed, for Preservation of the House, and yourselves, the House has taken special Notice thereof; and have commanded me to give you very hearty Thanks.
Answer to Lords.
Answer returned by the same Messengers; That this House has considered their Lordships Message: And, as to the Ordinance concerning the Earl of Nottingham, and Mr. Thomas Shadwell, the House doth agree: And, to the rest of the Particulars of your Message, the House will send Answer by Messengers of their own.


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Surgery scheduled for 9/18
I can't even say how glad I am that I found this board.
I'm feeling a little overwhelmed, but honestly relieved. I'm so,so tired of constant foot pain and problems. On 9/18 I'm having the following procedures. I'll type them exactly as they are on my paperwork, I'm just learning what the technical terms mean. My doctor explained everything quite clearly (little scary), and I've been looking up the terms to match them with the procedures he described. I should have taken someone with me to my appointment to take notes. I'm usually pretty good about understanding, remembering, asking questions. I think that because it's been such a whirlwind year, I wasn't as prepared as I usually am when I visit a doctor. I didn't think about how much information I would have to take in. So here's my list:
Right gastroc recession and dorsiflexion osteotomy midfoot fusion and tarsometatarsal first, second and third, lateral displacing calcaneal, peroneus longus to peroneus brevis and plantar fascia release. Yeah, it's a mouthful
Because I broke both knees several years ago, I'm unable to use a knee walker. So during my NWB time I'll be using a wheelchair to get around.
I'm really not even sure what questions to ask yet. I've been reading posts tonight, and learning. For now I'm just ready to say I'm here and hope I'll learn more about what to expect, recovery-wise, before my surgery date.
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YPSILANTI, Mich., March 25 (UPI) -- A judge in Michigan Monday sent a Ypsilanti man to federal prison for 11 1/4 years for enslaving four West African children in his home for years.
Jean-Claude Toviave, originally from Togo, showed no emotion and made no apology during his sentencing in U.S. District Court, the Detroit Free Press reported.
Authorities said Toviave used fake documents to bring the children into the United States and then kept them in his home, pretending they were his own children, the newspaper said.
Judge Arthur Tarnow gave Toviave the maximum term sought by prosecutors.
"I am not an expert in Togo, but I have lived in other parts of the world ... and I've never come across a civilization or society that allows the beating of children to make a point," Tarnow said. "Using broomsticks or others devices is just wrong."
One teenage boy who spoke at the hearing thanked Toviave for bringing him to the United States and giving him opportunities, but also told of years of abuse at his hands.
"You had no respect for me. ... I wake up with nightmares," the youth identified by the initials A.K. said. "You said that you would kill me with your bare hands when I was only a child. ... I pray that one day you will be able to change your ways.
"You are an evil person."
Toviave, a former University of Michigan janitor and part-time tennis instructor, was convicted last October on four counts of forced labor.
Authorities said Toviave regularly beat the children with broomsticks, a toilet plunger, sticks, ice scrapers and phone chargers if they didn't do their chores. The victims testified Toviave also withheld food and sleep as punishment during a five-year period.


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It seems like every other member of the Jets has gotten a good bump out of last Sunday's coaching change.
Now it looks like it's going to be Evander Kane's turn.
The Jets left-winger has missed the last four games with a right hand gash suffered in a Jan. 7 fight, but he was a practice participant on Sunday for the first time since his injury and has skated hard for three days in a row. Barring a setback, he will be a full participant again during Monday's practice at MTS Iceplex.
And if he looks as comfortable on Monday as he did on Sunday in front of 2,800 season ticket waiting list members at MTS Centre, there's little reason to believe he won't be in the lineup on Tuesday night when the Jets visit the red-hot Anaheim Ducks.
"It's feeling a lot better than it has been," Kane said after Sunday's practice. "I'm getting back into game shape, and I was able to skate today, so it was good."
Neither he nor head coach Paul Maurice revealed when Kane will return, but No. 9 is looking forward to joining in on the up-tempo game his teammates have been enjoying under Maurice. The new coach's line combinations have been clicking during the team's three-game winning streak, and it's likely Kane will slide right on to the line with the scorching Mark Scheifele and Blake Wheeler, replacing Chris Thorburn. That would excellent news for the Jets, who will need all hands on deck with visits to Anaheim and San Jose this week.
"He really wants the defencemen to move the puck up quickly to the forwards so we can generate speed from our own end, and it makes it a lot easier to come through the neutral zone," he said. "I like what I see, and I'm looking forward to being a part of that."
Kane, who has 14 goals and 11 assists in 38 games, didn't always see eye to eye with Claude Noel, the most notable incident being the healthy scratch debate from earlier this season, but the 22-year-old Vancouver product was still surprised when Noel and assistant coach Perry Pearn got their walking papers last Sunday.
"When you're losing consistently to some degree, something needs to change," Kane said. "When it does, no matter if you saw it coming or you thought you didn't, it's always a surprise as to when or why.
"It was a tough day. I got to know Claude pretty good over three years and Perry over the last year. Both are really good guys. It was a tough day for everybody."


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Graveside services for Flora Harriss, 98, of Dallas, formerly of Rockdale, were held Monday, March 7, 2011, in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Rockdale.
Mrs. Harriss died Thursday, March 3, at Hearthstone Assisted Living in Irving.
She was born March 22, 1912, in Thorndale to Charles E. and Matilda (Schienghing) Kurio.
She married David Lonnie Harriss on Aug. 30, 1937, in Thorndale.
Mrs. Harriss worked as a sales clerk in a pharmacy/variety store.
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I bought this cake for my work colleagues to celebrate my birthday. I quite like carrot cakes in general, and was attracted by the nice presentation of it. It comes in a clear plastic casing so you can see the whole cake inside.
I usually try and buy a couple of cakes for my birthday as chocolate isn't to everyone's taste, so I bought this cake as well as a Tesco chocolate cake priced at £6.00. This carrot cake costs £7.99 so isn't really cheap, but looked attractive so thought I'd give it a try. This cake was generally more popular with my colleagues than the chocolate cake , so I was glad I had made a good choice!
The cake is described as a Carrot and Orange triple layer cake, and is topped with buttercream and decorated with little cute sugar carrots and white chocolate curls on the top and on the sides. Looks very rich and decadent!
It is a nice soft and rich cake, which lovely creamy coating. The triple layer refers to the 3 layers of carrot cake, which have 2 layers of buttercream in between. The carrot cake itself is lovely, moist and gently flavoured, and the balance of cream and cake is lovely. It's not too sweet which is good, as some cakes overdo it sometimes. There is a nice subtle flavour of both carrot and orange which is very nicely balanced.
I initially had a very large slab of cake, which I found too sickly at the time, but if you have a nice normal sized slice you should be fine!!
If you want something alternate to chocolate, this is a really nice cake for a celebration. Looks pretty too! If you like a carrot cake for normal eating rather than celebrations, I recommend the carrot cake by Respect Organics, which can also be found in supermarkets like Tesco.
All in all, a good buy! If I was on the lookout for another celebration cake in future, I would definitely consider buying this again!
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By the time the starter trills his ready whistle, and the crowd at the Sydney Aquatic Center begins to hush, and the four hulk-shouldered, body-shaved U.S. swimmers have exchanged a few last looks of anxious resolve, the swimmers will each have won a spot on what may prove to be a historic medley relay.
Either these four will defend their nation's 40-year Olympic legacy in this event -- the U.S. men have never lost it and, in fact, have never failed to notch a world record -- or these four will be "out-touched," by the hosting Australians most likely, who, for the first time, have mustered a foursome to rival the world's best. A foursome that could possibly upset the world's longest current unbeaten streak, by any country, in any Olympic sport.
The pressure will lie with the U.S. To lose would invite the stigma of failed expectations. To win would mean the grateful extension of a phenomenon that isn't fully understood. How is it that the U.S. men always triumph in the relay, despite not always fielding the world's best in each stroke? How is it that they manage to succeed as a hastily assembled "team" -- selections are based on whoever swims best in the preceding individual events -- in a sport where team efforts go relatively unprepared for? Is it their uncommon familiarity, from the age of 5 on up, with the sort of big-event relay swimming oft featured domestically and oft neglected abroad? Or is it some combination of rise-to-the-occasion patriotism and prideful overachievement that has carried this streak to 2000, where, according to sports psychologist Dr. Alan Goldberg, it will either buoy the U.S. four with can-do confidence or sink them with performance-killing fears of "messing up."
It is a notoriously lonely sport. It is a sport of water-logged monotony, year-round regimen and predominantly solo goals. Which is to say, what will bond the U.S. four come race day, more than any sudden enchantment with red, white and blue, is a certain commonality of sacrifice. Or as Phoenix's Gary Hall Jr. (a relay hero in '96 and the nation's most infamous Olympic hopeful in 2000) puts it: The bonds will flow from "the knowledge that no matter our differences, we've all logged the same long hours . . . those endless laps."
To get this far, for a swimmer to win one of these high-honor, high-stakes U.S. medley spots demands years of chlorine-killed hair and dried-out rashy skin, foot-rot between the toes and, above all, a youth pegged by deadening two-a-days that taper only every few months, for a hit-or-miss big-meet payoff.
It demands underwater filming to perfect technique; vitamin C overloads to stave off colds; and lucky genetics to allow these four terrestrial creatures to marshal their breathing and move through the water with enough pace to make them stand out as distinct competitors -- now called to leave behind hometown swim clubs, fly to Sydney and unite.
Until the mid-August Olympic trials in Indianapolis, no one will know who will represent the U.S., and even then, the identities of the relay swimmers will not emerge until Olympic events unfold in mid-September. But, knowing that each relay swimmer will have excelled at his stroke, it's possible to envision a medley with these favorites and hopefuls -- a Russian-born immigrant, a former golfing ace, an inner-city long shot and, of course, the aforementioned Phoenix-based Hall.
And it's possible, also, to imagine what this hypothetical relay might look like as these potential entrants lean in close for a moment of communal reflection, before each turns inward to focus on the private demons of his specialty stroke.
The pool yawns 50 meters long, 10 lanes wide, with the outside lanes left empty to absorb chop. The race involves two laps for each swimmer, a splashy progression from back, to breast, to fly, to free. And so the idea for the backstrokers who lead off is to explode rearward out of a starting crouch that begins with both feet underwater, leveraged against the pool's vertical wall, while the hands grip the starting block and the chin tucks in. Then the gun, and a violent uncoiling, and an airborne instant when each swimmer's form will scribe the lines of a banana -- after which all thoughts of historical streaks should, for peak output, give way to the blank-mind muscle-memory of the exquisitely prepped.
An underwater bit follows, and it's here that many leads are gained or lost, as a swimmer's submerged speed off the start or later off the 50-meter turn generally exceeds his speed while actually swimming. The upshot is that a big part of every race calls for maintaining "wall speed." And a big part of that calls for diving in or pushing off semi-deep (to dodge turbulence); kicking like a dolphin (to sustain thrust); and holding tight in an arms-extended glide for 15 meters, the most allowed, before popping up. Whereupon, if all odds hold true, the world will see the 24-year-old square-jawed visage of the U.S. team's 6-foot-2, 180-pound, Russian-born, now naturalized, Lenny "The Backstroke King" Krayzelburg already out in front.
He is the world-record holder, by dominant margins, in both Olympic distances that his stroke is swum. He has won televised races against elite fields in which the second-place finisher, upon The King's final touch, has yet to appear onscreen. He owns the most lucrative Speedo contract -- a six-figure deal -- ever bestowed upon a swimmer who has yet to make the Olympics. He is very fond of sweets. He loves day trading and Lakers basketball. His lung capacity is such that once, while learning to scuba, he blew through 50 minutes of oxygen in 20 minutes. His workouts are such that once, during a three-week injury layoff, he gained 11 pounds. The younger girls are said to love him. The older girls are said to laugh at his dance moves, which, his best friend Slavic Sukharev confides, resemble those of a "standing-up dolphin, wiggling around."
In the pool, though, he is, by popular admission, the one backstroker other backstrokers study to learn more about swimming fast. And his videotaped underwater work is now the stuff of great scrutiny among the Australians as they toil to trim his advantage. It is, for the Americans, a vital advantage, as their edge in the next leg, the breast stroke, is much slimmer, and the Australians figure to take the last two legs by enough to make the race's final outcome excruciatingly close.
"What I'll need to do," Krayzelburg says, his accent blunting his words, his voice a long-distance postpractice drone, "is get out in front," which is important, he explains, not just because it's expected of him, but also because it will allow him to seize the "flat water" -- which is easier to swim through -- for his teammates who follow. What he'll need to watch out for, he continues, is the temptation to obsess, to let the streak over-rev his engine, so that he pushes too hard too early and loses out at the end.
"If I swim my own race," he reasons, "and everyone else does what they're supposed to, we should win. But that's on paper. And when you have 17,000 fans cheering for the other guys . . . ." His voice trails off. He changes subjects. The prospect of losing remains distinctly shunned.
In swimming, at the levels The King rose to in college, the strokes are said to choose their champions, and the backstroke, in this case, chose a young man whose long body, hyperextensive elbows and downward ankle flexion made him a good candidate for dorsal success. The long body because both the backstroke and freestyle favor the tall -- the world's best are all 6-feet-plus. The hyperextensive elbows because, The King says, they allow him to "pull more water." The downward ankle flexion because the flutter kick requires it, and the backstroke relies on its kick as much as any stroke.
It will take him some 20 strokes to hit the 10-meter flags, and another two strokes to hit his flip turn and push off, submerged, for his customary 14 dolphin kicks, though he may drop to 13 to account for his Olympic excitement and his tapered (thus unusually rested) state.
And then, for the rest of the race, it's a thigh-burning, nose-snorting sprint to give his teammates a lead to last. The motivation here, he says, will come in part from another U.S. medley he once raced on, and its unprecedented loss to these same Australians at the World Championships in 1998 -- "the sorriest feeling I've ever had in swimming, like the world had ended, I felt so bad." The confidence to avenge that loss, he says, comes from the belief that he trains harder than anyone else -- 10 workouts a week, eight to 12 miles a day, with weights mixed in and no special-occasion respites, not even for his own college graduation.
In the end, for The King's final surging stroke, he will throw back his head and dive, without breaking rhythm, toward the wall. It's a move that works as apt punctuation for his swim -- his lead, if he breaks his own world record, may approach a full body length -- and it's a move, also, that works to help the team's young breast stroker calibrate his takeoff, from above, to the hundredth of a second.
Breast Stroke
With their relay selections finalized just days before, the U.S. men will have spent their last few warm-ups rushing to synch their timing, running through a dozen or so starts meant to acclimate each swimmer to the last-stroke quirks of the man he follows. Because to the naked eye, a well-timed relay takeoff looks like a disqualification or jump, and perfection, as measured by the electronic touch pads in the water and on the blocks, calls for one swimmer's toes to depart at the exact moment of the other swimmer's finger-tipped arrival. Without fail, the ensuing launch -- a bit of slightly piked aerial grace -- is thrilling to watch, especially when performed by the world's top sprint breast stroker, a 20-year-old phenom who, at just 5-foot-10, has the hops to dunk a basketball and the finesse to be a near-scratch golfer, which is what he was until three years ago, when he realized he could swim really, really fast.
His name is Ed Moses, the United States' most promising breast stroke hope, and his sudden rise to prominence in the sport's oldest stroke has (to paraphrase his mother) parted the waters of the swimming world. There are those who begrudge him -- "He hasn't paid his dues" -- and look for him to fade under pressure at the international level, where he's only swum once. And then there are those who hail him as a stopgap savior for a sport in decline, a sport that finds it ever harder to entice the best young athletes before they're drawn toward snowboarding or Hacky Sack or who knows what else. Without dispute, though, Moses' rise has made it possible, once again, for sane people to grant the U.S. men's medley a fighting chance in Sydney, to uphold what former swimmer-turned-broadcaster John Nabers calls "our winning fraternity . . . the source of our pride." It's a statement meant, he explains, to get at the way the streak compounds the tension (and desire) of this year's entrants by linking them to the past -- this family of victors -- and, at the same time, exposing them to the jeopardy of uncharted loss.
Underwater, where it's silent, Moses will glide. He will then power through one double-armed pull plus one frog kick before popping up, to the crowd's bellowing, which will now condense into a toneless slur, with waxing peaks and waning valleys, all timed to the surface-skimming hypnosis of the breast stroke.
It is said to be the hardest stroke to master, and those who manage it are said to be a breed apart -- a breed that waddles rather than walks and acts out whenever possible. Beyond a few complicated anecdotes, however, much of the stroke's oddball rep probably stems from its oddball mechanics, which tend to demand a segregated training regimen (the other strokes are much faster) and a freakish ability to turn one's feet out, far past first position, toward a 180-degree extreme that, if you catch Moses stretching, will make you wince.
This is not to say that Moses' talents are simply God-given because, like The King, he's known for his work ethic. Consider, for example, that his "signature move," his explosive push off the 50-meter wall, is a move he's perfected with a devotion to squat jumps up stairs that one fellow swimmer, at a recent meet in Seattle, called "sick." Or consider that when asked later that day, over a Wendy's grilled chicken sandwich, about how he might cut loose and indulge, at season's end, before diving back into his training, Moses scratched his stubble, palmed his crew cut and ventured, between bites, that maybe, just maybe, he might allow himself a slim slice of cheesecake.
In Sydney, on his return lap, after his required two-handed touch, is when Moses, always the cocky one, figures to "kick some butt." Because, unlike some swimmers, Moses holds relay swimming in high regard -- "You've got these three guys pulling for you, and it's like they're family, and you're swimming for them, too, and for your country, and for this tradition and everything it represents." His effort here, he says, will be most intense. And because his stroke is so efficient, it's the second lap, when lactic-acid buildup and oxygen debt begin to hurt, that his technique, relative to his rivals, ought to trump. While his rivals' strokes degrade, Moses' should hold up. His hips should stay raised. His frog kick should stay narrow. His shrugging out-of-water recovery, at the completion of each arm pull, should stay long -- overlapped hands shooting forth, palms up, knuckles to the surface, in the manner of one diving through a small opening to catch some rain. In profile, he will look like a scooting water bug. From the back, you will see his lats bulge and flex. From the blocks above, his extra-long glides (riding the kick, it's called) will make him easy to time, as he strokes toward a finish that, if the U.S. team is very lucky, will pass on a two-second lead (and plenty of confidence) to the 24-year-old butterflyer, just taking off.
He calls himself "The Duke" after a native Hawaiian swimmer who medaled in four Olympics between 1912 and 1932. His given name, Sabir Kasib Muhammad II, translates into "patient winner, worthy of praise." And at 6-foot-7, with enough upper-body cut to give the impression of constant breath-holding and enough athleticism to mix boxing, wrestling and gymnastics into his dry-land routine, his start, in terms of reaction time and distance aloft, may be the world's best. Likewise, his underwater dolphin kick, post entry, may be the world's best, his length amplifying his undulations like a whip crack -- size 15 feet on the end. His stroke, though, the actual forward lurch of his arms and the boom-BOOM of his kick in an Olympic-size pool for more than 100 meters, is far from the world's best (he is the nation's most talked about long shot), which would only make his presence, if he makes it, that much more dramatic. For him to be here would mean he's recovered enough, after recently losing his elite butterfly ranking, to try the fly again at trials, rather than limiting himself to the speed freestyle. It would mean that he's beefed up his conditioning enough to finish strong in the sport's most taxing stroke (some breast strokers may contest), with a frame so lean and well-muscled it tends to sink. And it would mean, most of all, that U.S. swimming has finally found its first black Olympian.
He was 8 when his mother (who says she "can't swim a lick") became a community-pool locker-room attendant at the same time the city of Atlanta was looking to start its first black swim team. He was a gangly youngster then, still learning his strokes, when he found himself, along with eight other youths, tapped for a series of meets against the rest of Georgia's mostly white, mostly suburban swim clubs. In his first long-course (50-meter pool) outing, he stopped short to clear his nose and walk, as soon as his feet could touch bottom. Some years later, to fuel both his growth and his training, there came a day, according to his mother, when he felt the need to "[go] up to his daddy, big tears in his eyes, [and say,] 'Daddy, I'm not getting enough to eat.'" And then some years later still, as a well-fed college freshman, he broke one of Stanford's most hallowed butterfly records and started a buzz.
In 1996, however, after taking second in the 100-meter fly at the '95 Nationals, he swam poorly at trials, missed the Olympic cut and considered quitting the sport (the pressure to break the color line had worn him out), until the sight of a torch-bearing Muhammad Ali, a distant family acquaintance, persuaded him to try again. In 1998, he broke three American records. In May 2000, in a guest appearance on Baywatch Hawaii, his character was future-framed as the Tiger Woods of swimming, provided, of course, he could first win an Olympic gold.
And to do that, The Duke says, he'll need to "clear his head," get to a "higher state," a state that feeds off nervous energy and "feels electric, like I could grab a light bulb and light it up." He's seated on a deserted pool deck in Seattle (the site of last spring's Nationals), still dripping from an off-hour warm-up, and he's been talking about what it might mean to swim this Olympic relay, how he'd like, more than anything, to "share a gold" with some teammates, "because that's a more powerful feeling, a more social feeling, if it's not just about you." Yet when it comes to explicating more technically how he might do this, The Duke begs off and heads back, alone, for another nap in his hotel room -- he doesn't want any more distractions -- leaving his mystified coach, Andy Deichert, to explain just this: If The Duke manages to keep his head down like a track star for his first few strokes, his breathing will feel easy, the water will feel thin and he will pass by you, if you happen to have a subsurface vantage, like the dark rush of a passing train. Which, of course, is exactly what he'll have to do, should this relay scenario unfold, with the world's fastest butterflyer, out of Australia, surely gaining, knowing that The Duke tends to die, and knowing, too, that if he reels The Duke in, the race will come down to dueling freestylers, the top-ranked Australian vs., perhaps, if he feels up to it, the ragingly talented, incorrigibly flaky conundrum that is Gary Hall Jr.Freestyle
He already owns two golds and two silvers from Atlanta in '96. He already owns the fastest U.S. relay split ever clocked. He's already come to be known as the nation's top sprinter who, if he makes this year's medley, could give his teammates a lone veteran to look up to when the pressure to win for the 10th straight time has the relay's less experienced entrants wigging out.
And yet, Hall, at age 25, has also come to be known as the nation's greatest athletic waste, a swimmer blessed with such champion pedigree (his father was a three-time Olympian), pure form (his stroke has been called "biomechanically perfect") and divine construction (he stands a willowy 6-foot-6) that he ought to dominate all comers, the thinking goes, if he'd only train in earnest. Instead, his critics will tell you, "Gary does what Gary does," which is a phrase oft used to reference the whole of Hall's "antics."
On the pool deck, where the conventional garb tends toward country-club casual, he has worn, among other things, leather pants, tie-dyed shirts, purple hair, a garish wig, a golden tooth and a black armband, inked about his bicep, on the occasion of Jerry Garcia's sudden death. On the subject of workouts, he once bragged about missing "as many, if not more" than any swimmer in U.S. history. On the subject of sports marketing, he once suggested swimmers race in body paint, pro wrestler-style, in "dash for cash" events on which the public could bet. His straight-faced post-Olympic dream, he says, involves either rock stardom or space travel "to a planet with a good climate and cheap rents." He owns several Gibson guitars, a Chihuahua named Tikki, another Chihuahua named Farnsworth and a fully restored 1962 VW Kombi that once won first in class at the all-Southwest Bug-O-Rama.
In a 1996 Tonight Show appearance, he expressed his swimming philosophy as: "Think like a fish, drink like a fish." In January 1998, he traded a world-championship gold medal for an airline upgrade. In May 1998, he tested positive for marijuana and received a subsequent three-month suspension from FINA (swimming's governing body) and a call from Speedo, his main sponsor, telling him, as he recalls it now: "Basically just, 'Hey, you're fired.'" And then, while draining his savings to fight back in court -- pot, the argument goes, is far from performance-enhancing, plus FINA hasn't always listed it as a banned substance -- things got worse.
It was the spring of 1999, a party, and Gary had been battling dizzy spells and bouts of blurred vision. He careened home, got to a hospital and received a diagnosis to explain both his current swoons and, as it happens, his past distaste for practice. It wasn't a lack of will, a well-to-do upbringing or a lingering angst over his grandfather's tragic fall (the man is convicted savings-and-loan baron Charles Keating). It was Hall's pancreas, a lack of insulin, diabetes. And when told that the disease might one day blind him, make him impotent or cause him to lose his legs, he flew to Costa Rica for a few weeks of long ocean swims through sharky waters and dark, fate-tempting thoughts. "He'd just swim straight out," his fiancée, Elizabeth Peterson, recalls, "swim for miles, until he'd disappear . . . . [And then later], while we were still down there, he told me he still wanted to live, which for Gary meant, of course, he still wanted to race."
His return to competition, after the suspension, the diagnosis and the thoughts of death -- "I didn't know if I wanted to keep on trying" -- is the stuff of legend.
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In August of '99, at U.S. Nationals, in baggy Louis Vuitton bathing trunks (a gift from Peterson) worn, he says, to irk the powers that be at Speedo ("I didn't care to endorse a company that supports the Chinese women's team, with something like 27 positive tests for steroid abuse, and yet takes this firm stance on a non-performance-enhancing substance like marijuana."), he not only beat a field of world-class sprinters sporting the sleekest of swimwear, but he set a personal best of 22.13 seconds, fifth-fastest ever, and a time that would have won in Atlanta. It's also a time that he knows he'll have to near, on his first lap in the Olympic medley, if he's to hold off the Australians on their home turf and honor the faith of his coach to put him here, as the relay's sole veteran, with so much still to prove. If behind, he knows, the Australian swimmer will be drafting, holding close to the lane line, hoping to ride in his wake. If even, he says, the two of them may flip together and push off as one for a torrid, strategy-free dash -- Hall's favorite kind; he doesn't like to overthink it -- that will leave him, win or lose, in a hallucinatory state.
His teammates will urge him on. The crowd will stand to scream. Two billion onlookers will watch on television. And the drive to finish first, for the lone U.S. swimmer still in the water, may come down to ephemeral things that may, in turn, say as much about this 40-year winning phenomenon as anything else.
"It's about working together," Hall says, "working together and doing your part, and getting to experience these moments, for once, with three other guys . . . . In '96 I swam with Jeff Rouse, Jeremy Lynn, Mark Henderson. . . . And it's not like we keep in touch, but in a strange way, after all we went through, it's kind of like we're war buddies. Like, I know it sounds corny, but I still consider them my best friends for life."
Shane DuBow is a freelance writer from Chicago who swam competitively for 15 years.


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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Joe Sakic scored with 15 seconds left in regulation Wednesday and again in a shootout, lifting Colorado to a 3-2 road win over Vancouver.
Sakic unleashed a slap shot that got past Roberto Luongo and forced overtime. He then joined Marek Svatos with the shootout goals that allowed the Avalanche to conclude a five-game road swing with a 3-1-1 mark.
Colorado moved into a tie with Vancouver and Nashville for seventh place in the Western Conference.
Jose Theodore made 29 saves in regulation and was perfect in the shootout, stopping Mason Raymond and Ryan Shannon.
Sakic's tying goal came just 90 seconds after Alexandre Burrows had given Vancouver a 2-1 lead with a tip-in.


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|White Mites
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Mites in worm bin by Jerry Avillion
Mites are the second most-common invertebrate found in compost. They have eight leg-like jointed appendages. Some can be seen with the naked eye and others are microscopic. Some can be seen hitching rides on the back of other faster moving invertebrates such as worms, millipedes and beetles. Some species eat fungi, yet others are predators and feed on nematodes, eggs, insect larvae and other mites and springtails. Some are both free living and parasitic. One very common compost mite is globular in appearance, with bristling hairs on its back and red-orange in color. Most mites are not harmful to you, your worms, or your plants. Brown predatory mites are very rarely found in worm bins.
Mite populations can bloom to incredibly high numbers in a short time. There is really no need to worry about them because mite population blooms are cyclical and will decrease naturally with time. They are the types of mites that eat dead decaying organic material just like the other beneficial organisms in the worm bin, so there is usually no need to take action against them.
Conditions That Can Lead To Mite Infestation
- Too much water - Bedding that is too wet creates conditions that are more favorable to mites than worms. Avoid excessively wet beds by improving drainage, and turning bedding frequently.
- Overfeeding - Too much food can cause an accumulation of fermented feed and heat up worm beds plus lower the pH of the beds. Adjust feeding schedules so that all feed is consumed within a few days. Modify feeding schedules as the seasons (and temperatures) change because worms consume less food in colder temperatures. Maintain beds around a neutral pH 7.
- Excessively wet or fleshy feed - Vegetables with a high moisture content, pulp from juicing, or blenderized waste can cause high mite populations in worm beds. Limit the use of such feed, and if high mite populations are discovered, discontinue the use of this feed until mite populations are under control.
Ways to Reduce Mite Populations
- Uncover the worm beds and expose them to sunlight for several hours to allow bedding to dry a bit. Reduce the amount of water and feed.
- Place pieces of watermelon or cantaloupe rind or potato slices on top of the worm beds. Mites are attracted to the sweetness of the rinds or peels and will accumulate on them. The rinds or peels can then be removed and dropped in water or buried.
- Heavily water, but do not flood, the worm beds. Mites will move to the surface, and worms will stay below the surface. Use a hand-held propane torch to scorch the top of the bed and kill the mites. This procedure may be repeated several times, at three day intervals, if needed.
- Remember that mites are a common invertebrate in vermicomposting systems. No need to get upset or worried, everything will be fine and the mite bloom will be over in a few weeks. Taking no action is sometimes the best action; let nature take its course.
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text: Sounds like matplotlib and the scikit stuff top the list. About the comparison to the Raspberry Pi: both are embedded Linux boards, but the idea of the Rascal is to be preconfigured for making Python-backed web interfaces for Arduino-style hardware. My understanding is that the Raspberry Pi is a general-purpose board broadly intended to be a cheap platform for learning programming. Thanks for all the suggestions. The scientific Python ecosystem repeatedly surprises me with how fast it improves. Further suggestions and/or requests can be sent to me off-list at my first name @ rascalmicro.com. Cheers, Brandon On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 11:42 PM, David Baddeley <email@example.com> wrote: > Sounds like an awesome platform! > > another emphatic vote for > matplotlib > > and in no particular order: > PIL > pyfftw > pytables > django (and possibly associated modules like django-south) > pyro (I use this for both control of remote devices, and as the basis of a > distributed analysis backend) > mysql > pyserial (not sure how relevant this is on your platform) > > (Some of these have a bit of a web app type slant, but figure that this > might be where you're looking to go anyway - I've got a neat temperature > monitoring app which produces temperature history graphs with a web > interface using numpy, scipy, matplotlib, django and an SQL database on a > server. This is linked via pyro to a second computer which runs some custom > driver code for an obscure ADC board that monitors the temperature sensors. > ) > > > ________________________________ > From: Ralf Gommers <email@example.com> > To: SciPy Users List <email@example.com> > Sent: Sunday, 24 June 2012 11:38 PM > Subject: Re: [SciPy-User] Useful libraries beyond numpy and scipy? > > > > On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 3:40 AM, Brandon Stafford <firstname.lastname@example.com> > wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've been working on a small board for scientists (and artists) that > runs Python. The idea is to make something like an Arduino, but beefed > up to handle real web traffic. Some background on the board at > http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/13/rascal-micro-hands-on-video/ and > more at http://rascalmicro.com > > > Looks awesome, thanks for sharing. > > > > I'm shipping boards with scipy and numpy preinstalled, and I'm > wondering what other libraries complement those two well. I'm aware of > (and actually have a library of my own listed on) the list at > http://www.scipy.org/Topical_Software but it's hard to tell what's > both mature and widely used. > > What are the top 3 or 4 libraries you use, either for control during > experiments or for data analysis? > > > For data analysis scikit-image, statsmodels and scikit-learn would be high > on my list. Plus matplotlib, to not have to learn jQplot. > > Ralf > > > _______________________________________________ > SciPy-User mailing list > firstname.lastname@example.com > http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/scipy-user > > > > _______________________________________________ > SciPy-User mailing list > email@example.com > http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/scipy-user > -- Brandon Stafford Rascal Micro: small computers for art and science Somerville, MA, USA


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During his promotional rounds for Pacific Rim, director Guillermo Del Toro teased one of his upcoming projects – an adaptation of DC's Justice League Dark.
One of the publisher's most popular titles, the book focuses on supernatural characters like John Constantine, Madame Xanadu, Deadman, Shade the Changing Man, Zatanna, Mindwarp, Enchantress, and Swamp Thing.
In April, Del Toro told FirstShowing.net that Constantine (played by Keanu Reeves in a 2005 adaptation) will be the lead character.
Now that DC has revealed that Man of Steel 2 will hint at a larger DC Universe, Del Toro is shedding new light on Justice League Dark. Here's what he told Cinefilos [via Latino Review].
"We're still on it, and writing. And hopefully it will happen. But there's no developments that are new. It's still at Warner Bros. They are making plans for the entire DC Universe. All the superheroes, all the mythologies, and part of that is Justice League Dark. They're planning on TV, movies, all the media, so we have to fit within that plan."
This is another confirmation that DC is officially following the cinematic plan Marvel kickstarted in 2008 with Iron Man. There will be lots more movies – starting with 2015′s Batman vs. Superman – and television shows.
So far – no newsflash here – DC has been losing the movie war, but the publisher has a deep reservoir of characters that it can mine for potential features and TV series.
What do you think? Which DC characters do you hope to see on the silver screen? Let us know in the comments.


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Last week I showed Ghent around to an Austrian friend of mine (whom I met while I was in Brazil, super international and everything). While we were walking towards our next sightseeing spot we had to enter some shops to warm up again because it was so incredibly cold. I wasn't planning on buying anything but in the end I bought four pairs of earrings.. Oops! This is the fourth pair I bought that day:
The "diamond" triangle goes in first, then you put the empty triangle at the back of your ear and finally you close it at usual. It's quite simple, but so cool!
I'm really way too excited about these earrings! What do you think about them? :D
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JACKSONVILLE -- A $1 million gift from Herb and Miyuki Scheidel will provide an opportunity for students at the Pace Center for Girls in Jacksonville to receive scholarships to attend the University of North Florida. This is the second $1 million gift by the Scheidels in the last three years. "The generosity of Herb and Miyuki Scheidel continues to make higher education accessible for some very deserving students," said UNF President Anne Hopkins. "To make gifts of this magnitude twice within such a short period of time is truly remarkable. I want to thank the Scheidels for all that they have done both for this University and for our community," she said. The Pace Center for Girls was established in 1985. The center works with girls from ages 13 to 18 who have been identified as at-risk. The Pace Center offers an alternative-education program which addresses those issues. The program's goals are to prevent juvenile delinquency and teen pregnancy and to keep students from dropping out of school. There are currently 80 girls enrolled at the center. "We visited the Pace Center and found out about the wonderful work they are doing with the girls," Herb Scheidel said. "It's a fantastic thing to be able to offer that kind of opportunity to girls who've had a tough row to hoe." The Miyuki and Herbert Scheidel Scholars Program will also fund scholarships for students who live in houses constructed by Habitat for Humanity of St. Augustine and scholarships for classical music students. All students have the option of taking a course offered in a foreign country using money from the Scheidel Endowment Fund. The classical music students must maintain a 3.0 or better GPA throughout their college career to maintain their scholarship. The original Scheidel gift focused on funding scholarships for students who live in Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach or Atlantic Beach in homes constructed by the Jacksonville Beaches affiliate of Habitat for Humanity. Those scholarships will continue under the enhanced endowment. Herb Scheidel is actively involved in the Beaches Habitat affiliate. As was the case with the original gift, Fletcher High School graduates who meet the financial-need criteria are also a potential source of scholarship recipients. Herb Scheidel is the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Learning Technologies Ltd., a company that provides educational products for teaching English to Asian children and adults. Learning Technologies Ltd. has offices in Tokyo, Taipei and Hong Kong. UNF will apply for state matching funds that can add an additional $750,000 to the Scheidels' gift, which will be part of UNF's Pathways to Success Program. The six-year-old program provides scholarship opportunities and continuing University support for economically-disadvantaged high school students.
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40 fighters killed in Pakistan
At least 40 fighters have been killed in a 24-hour siege in Pakistan.
Fighter jets bombed what they say are Taliban hide-outs in the troubled northwest of the country.
Pakistan's five-month-old civilian government has been plagued by violence and political instability since Pervez Musharraf was forced to resign as president two weeks ago.
The violence followed news that Asif Ali Zardari, who is poised to be voted Pakistan's next president, had moved into a tightly guarded government compound because of security fears.