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|This article is about Mary, a character from Friends of Mineral Town. You may be looking for Mary in her other appearances throughout the series.
Mary is an eligible bachelorette in Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town.
She is the only child of Anna and Basil, and the librarian at the local library. She is a shy girl, and admires her father's work with botany. She hopes to one day become a writer, and is currently working on her own novel.
She feels rather sad that few people in town take advantage of the library. She has only a few friends in town, including Gray, Saibara, and Carter. She is a participant in the Cooking Festival and plays the organ during the Music Festival. Gray often comes to visit the library and helps Mary write her novel. Gray will be your rival for Mary's affection.
If the player marries Mary, she will continue to work at the library.[2]
|Everyday (except Mondays)
|6am - 7am
|Locked in her House
|7am - 10am
|Inside her House
|10:00am - 10:10am
|Walking to Library
|10:10am - 4pm
|4pm - 6pm
|Locked in the Library
|6pm - 6:10pm
|Walking to her House
|6:10pm - 10pm
|Inside her House
|10pm - 6am
|Locked in her House
|Mondays (Sunny)
|6am - 7am
|Locked in her House
|7am - 7:30am
|Walking to Mother's Hill
|7:30am - 10am
|Mother's Hill Meadow
|10am - 1pm
|Inside her House
|1pm - 1:20pm
|Walking to Supermarket
|1:20pm - 4pm
|Inside the Supermarket
|4pm - 4:20pm
|Walking to her House
|4:20pm - 7pm
|Inside her House
|7pm - 6am
|Locked in her House
|Mondays (Rain/Snow)
|6am - 10am
|Locked in her House
|1pm - 1:20pm
|Walking to Supermarket
|1:20pm - 4pm
|Inside the Supermarket
|4pm - 4:20pm
|Walking to her House
|4:20pm - 10pm
|Inside her House
|10pm - 6am
|Locked in her House
|Gift Preferences
Heart Events
Black Heart Event
Requirements: Mary is at a black heart level or higher.
You'll find Mary at the Library between 10AM and 4PM when the Library is open.[5] She appears to be deep in thought, and doesn't even notice that you've arrived! She runs right into you, and quickly apologizes. If you offer to help, it will make her happy.
If you ask her how you can help, she explains that she's been working on a new book and had a small case of writer's block.
Purple Heart Event
Requirements: Mary has a purple heart level or higher, after viewing the black heart event.
Visit the Library on Thursday, Saturday, or Sunday between 11:30AM and 4PM.[6] Mary will be frantically searching through the bookcases when you walk in. She says she's lost a book and asks if you'd like to help her search for it. If you agree, you will start searching the bookcases with Mary.
After a bit of searching, the book will eventually be found and Mary will thank you for your help.
Blue Heart Event
Requirements: Mary's got a blue heart level or higher, after watching the previous events. You must own the largest version of the rucksack and have an empty slot available.
You'll need to walk to the very top of Mother's Hill in between 12PM and 5PM on a sunny Monday.[7] When you find Mary, she appears upset and has been crying! Mary explains that she's crying because of a really good book that she read. She asks if you've ever cried while reading a book. If you reply with "sometimes," it will make Mary happy.
Since you like books, she will lend you the book she's been reading.
Yellow Heart Event
Requirements: You've seen all of the previous events, and Mary is at a yellow heart or higher.
You'll need to go to Mary's house on a Monday in between 10AM and 1PM.[8] Mary's parents are wondering about their daughter, as she seems to be upset. They know you and Mary are friends so they ask you to talk to her and find out what's wrong. Mary guesses that her father sent you up to talk to her. She's really not upset and realizes there was a misunderstanding.
The two of you then go downstairs to explain that Mary was just brainstorming to find a topic for her new novel. She's stumped though, and asks you for some ideas. You have three options, "I don't know," "how about a farm story," or "what about Basil's job?" If you choose "a farm story," Mary and her family will think it's a great idea, and Mary will want to interview you about farm life. If you chose "what about Basil's job," you will gain no points with Mary, but she won't lose any either. The only negative option is "I don't know."
Rival Heart Events
- NOTE: If you raise your heart level up too much with any of the bachelorettes, you will NOT be able to see events between the rival couples. If you have a bigger heart with a bachelorette then the event you are trying to watch, you will not be able to see the event. Example: You try to see the green heart event between Gray and Mary, but you have Mary at a red heart. Mary likes you more then Gray, and you will not be able to see the event.
Black Rival Heart Event
Requirements: Go to the Blacksmith's on any day of the week (except for Monday) between 10AM and 1PM.[9]
While Gray and Saibara are working, Mary stops by to thank Saibara for a tool he had made for her father. Gray hurts himself while working and starts bleeding. Mary tends to his injuries.
Blue Rival Heart Event
Requirements: Go to the Library on any day of the week (except for Monday) in between 2PM and 4PM.[10]
Mary and Gray have a conversation about the Library. Mary will then ask Gray if he'd like to read a novel that she's been writing. Gray says he'd love to.
Green Rival Heart Event
Requirements: You must wait until Year 2 or later to see this event, after seeing all of the previous events.
On a Sunday, Tuesday, or Friday go to Mother's Hill in between 7AM and 10AM.[11] It must also be a sunny day. Gray has been reading Mary's book, and compliments her on how good it is. Gray is a little jealous that Mary is so good at writing, because he feels he's not a good enough blacksmith. No matter how hard he tries, he just can't seem to get any better.
Mary pushes Gray to keep going. If Gray loves being a blacksmith, he'll get better automatically!
Orange Rival Heart Event
Requirements: You must wait until Year 4 or later to see the last rival event, after witnessing the previous events.
Go to the Library between 1PM and 4PM on a Thursday or Saturday.[12] Gray tells Mary that he's excited that Saibara is letting him do some real work around the store, even if it is just little jobs. He thanks Mary for all of her encouraging words, if it wasn't for her, he would have given up on being a blacksmith long ago! Gray lets Mary know that he's looking forward to a blacksmith exam he's going to be taking. If he passes, he has a question he'd like to ask Mary. He won't tell her what it is... yet.
7 days after witnessing this event, Gray and Mary will get married.
Your Child
A season after you and your spouse are married, your wife (or you, if you are playing MFoMT) will not be feeling well one morning. You will go to the clinic, and the Doctor will announce that your wife/you are pregnant.
Your wife/you will give birth in 60 days, and you will have a baby. For the first 60 days, it will be sleeping in the bed and you cannot interact with him or her, but after those 60 days, your baby will grow into a toddler, and you can talk and give gifts to him or her.
In Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town, your child can only be male.
Other Events
Cooking for the Girls
After you've expanded your house and purchased a kitchen, try cooking anytime after 8AM. There is a chance that Ann, Popuri, Karen and Mary will stop by. [13]
Each of them have come to ask if you'll cook them something using your new kitchen. If you speak to each of the girls, they will each have a different request for what they'd like to eat[14]:
- Karen will ask for french fries, tempura or popcorn.
- Ann will ask for mushroom rice, a hotcake or cheese fondue.
- Popuri will request fried rice, an omelet or or scrambled eggs.
- Mary will ask for relax tea, veggie juice or a chocolate cake.
- Elli will request strawberry milk, hot milk or a sandwich.
This event may happen more than once and only happens in More Friends of Mineral Town.
After buying your big bed, you'll randomly see this event. Before you go to bed at night, you'll hear a knock at the door. Ann, Mary, Popuri, Karen and Elli have all showed up at your doorstep.
The girls have heard that you purchased a big bed and want to sleep in it. With all five of them in the bed, it seems a little bit cramped and uncomfortable. The girls leave after deciding that the bed isn't big enough for all of them.
Grasses for Basil
To see this event you must be friends with Mary and you must be married. Between 10AM and 6PM, visit the woods behind Gotz's house on a sunny day. This event will not trigger on a Monday.[15]
Mary is busy at work, trying to gather grasses to help her father. When she sees you, she asks how you're doing. If you tell Mary that it's nice of her to try and help her father, she says that she doesn't mind because she likes to help him. She says goodbye and leaves.
Customers For Kai
The event starts when your character walks into Kai's restaurant between 5-7 PM.[16] Triggering the event will cause the day to end.
Kai greets you and says that he doesn't have any customers, as usual. Popuri suddenly calls and walks into the restaurant, excited, telling Kai that she brought customers for him. He's excited as he sees the first few customers come in. Popuri then says that there's more customers outside. Kai's happy that he has customers, but is worried that it's going to be too difficult to cook for them all. He asks the player to help and you agree. The scene shows you, Kai, and Popuri scrambling around the restaurant trying to serve everybody.
After all the customers have been served, your character, Kai, and Popuri are alone in his restaurant. Kai is tired after working so hard. He tells Popuri that he's grateful for the customers, but she brought too many! Popuri apologizes for overdoing it and Kai admits that he might be glad that he has such few customers. He thanks your character and you go home.
Mary's Book
After Mary and Gray have been married for some time, you can see this event by visiting Mother's Hill between 1PM and 4PM on a Thursday.[17]
Mary and Gray are speaking about a book that Mary's written. She's excited because the publisher wants her to write a sequel! Although Gray is happy for her, he is also concerned. Mary spent a lot of time working on her first book, and Gray is worried that she might work herself too hard writing the next book.
Mary is happy that Gray is so concerned about her and promises that she'll try to pace herself while working on the next book.
A Prize for Basil
To see this event, Mary and Gray must be married. Visit Mary's home between 5:30PM and 7PM on a Thursday evening.[18]
Mary, Gray, Basil and Anna can be found gathered inside. Mary sees you come in and explains that they are celebrating an award that Basil won for a book that he's wrote! Basil doesn't seem to think that it's a big deal, but he thanks everybody for their kind words.
- ↑ Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town fogu.com
- ↑ The Ultimate Harvest Moon Love & Friendship Guide by Arashinonatsu gamefaqs.com
- ↑ The Ultimate Harvest Moon Love & Friendship Guide by Arashinonatsu gamefaqs.com
- ↑ The Ultimate Harvest Moon Love & Friendship Guide by Arashinonatsu gamefaqs.com
- ↑ The Ultimate Harvest Moon Love & Friendship Guide by Arashinonatsu gamefaqs.com
- ↑ The Ultimate Harvest Moon Love & Friendship Guide by Arashinonatsu gamefaqs.com
- ↑ The Ultimate Harvest Moon Love & Friendship Guide by Arashinonatsu gamefaqs.com
- ↑ The Ultimate Harvest Moon Love & Friendship Guide by Arashinonatsu gamefaqs.com
- ↑ The Ultimate Harvest Moon Love & Friendship Guide by Arashinonatsu gamefaqs.com
- ↑ The Ultimate Harvest Moon Love & Friendship Guide by Arashinonatsu gamefaqs.com
- ↑ The Ultimate Harvest Moon Love & Friendship Guide by Arashinonatsu gamefaqs.com
- ↑ The Ultimate Harvest Moon Love & Friendship Guide by Arashinonatsu gamefaqs.com
- ↑ Cook for the Girls fogu.com
- ↑ Cook for the Girls fogu.com
- ↑ Helping Basil fogu.com
- ↑ Beach Lodge Business fogu.com
- ↑ Mary's Popular Book fogu.com
- ↑ Basil's Award fogu.com


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The Convergence
Five thousand years ago, a cosmic event known as the "Convergence" occurred. Malekith , the leader of the Dark Elves at the time, sought to use this event to release the Aether, a force of extreme power from before the universe existed. Malekith's goal was to plunge the Nine Realms into an eternal darkness. However, before Malekith could achieve his goal, Asgardians led by All-Father Bor intervened, and took the Aether. Thus, a battle with the Dark Elves began.
On the verge of defeat, Malekith sacrificed his own army so that he, Algrim, and other Dark Elves may escape. They escaped Svartalfheim on a Dark Elf warship to somewhere deep in space, where they remained in hibernation for another five millennia.
The Aether Returns
Malekith, having felt the call of the Aether, awoke and announced to his remaining kin as they awoke that the Convergence had returned. Sensing the Aether in Asgard, Malekith sent his second-in-command, Algrim to infiltrate Asgard and disable Asgard's defensive measures.
Once Asgard's shields had been disrupted, the Dark Elves invaded in force, and after a few aerial battles, Malekith's ship crashed into the throne room. He sought to extract the Aether from Jane Foster, who had become the Aether's host, and who had taken refuge with Frigga. To that end, he made his way to Frigga's chambers while his people fell upon the Asgardians in the thrown room behind him. He defeated Frigga when she attacked him, but when he turned on Jane he found that her form was merely an illusion of Frigga's. Frigga was then stabbed by Algrim, and this was witnessed by Thor, who had also just arrived on the scene. Enraged, the Asgardian blasted Malekith's face, and then Algrim carried Malekith to the safety of the invaders' warship.
The Dark World
The next day, Malekith awakened with half of his face ruined with burn scars. Algrim insisted that they must strike Asgard now, but Malekith replied that the Aether had returned to Svartalfheim.
A few hours later, in Svartalfheim, Malekith, Algrim, and a group of other Dark Elves saw Thor, Loki, and Jane atop a cliff. They watched a scuffle that ended with Loki stabbing Thor, and then Loki delivered Thor and Jane to them. Thor retaliated, but Loki cut his hand off, preventing him from grasping Mjolnir. Loki then threw Jane to Malekith's feet, and offered a bargain: he would give Jane to them, but Malekith must spare him, "to give him a seat where he can watch Asgard burn." Malekith agreed after Algrim told him that Loki had been a prisoner in Asgard.
Malekith turned to Thor, and told him to watch as he summoned the Aether out of Jane. However, as Malekith absorbed the Aether, Thor revealed that Loki's betrayal had been a ruse, and blasted the Aether with lighting. The attack failed when the Aether simply regenerated itself, and in moments Malekith absorbed it into his own body entirely. A fight erupted between Thor and Algrim, and the Dark Elves and Loki, while Malekith escaped.
The next day, Malekith arrived in London, the point where the Convergence would take place in Midgard, with his warship rending a gouge out of the banks of the Thames and a host of people spilling out onto British soil. Thor confronted him then, and they fought, passing through numerous tears in walls between realms that had them passing briefly through Svartalfheim, Jotunheim, and back to Midgard. With Malekith gaining power from the Aether, Thor resorted to using devices that Jane and Erik Selvig had created. The devices began severing Malekith's limbs, pushing them through dimensional portals, but the Aether simply restored them each time. However, the final device shunted all of Malekith back to Svartalfheim, where he fell unconscious on the ground. Moments later, to Malekith's shock, his warship was transported to a point directly above him. It slowly fell on top of him, crushing and killing him. The Aether then abandoned his deceased body.
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Christopher Eccleston portrays Malekith in Thor: The Dark World.
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Hanover in York County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
In Search of Peace
Peace and War
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Location. 39° 47.241′ N, 76° 58.307′ W. Marker is in Hanover, Pennsylvania, in York County. Marker is near the southeast treeline boundary of Mount Olivet Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 725 Baltimore Street, Hanover PA 17331, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Hanover Civil War Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Pleasant Hill Hotel Becomes Hospital (approx. 0.7 miles away); Women Tending to Wounded (approx. ¾ mile away); McAllister Tavern (approx. 0.9 miles away); Trinity United Church of Christ (approx. one mile away); Killed in Action at Hanover (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Forney Farms (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Battle of Hanover (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hanover.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 4, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 541 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 4, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.


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Playing Final Fantasy 15 With Kids
On the day of its release, I bought Final Fantasy 15, something I haven't done since in my late teens. The series always held a cherished station in my youth; the series' 6th entry was as close to a masterpiece as my adolescent mind could grasp. After the 8th entry for the Playstation, I only managed to play a handful of the sequels and always long after their initial release.
For those unversed in final Fantasy and RPGs in general, the games require a colossal commitment of time and energy to complete. The worlds and missions making up each game can be broad and comprehensive; these are games for the steadfast. Yet, the payoff can be substantial. During my 60 hour play-throughs, I have developed connections to some of the characters rivaled by those cultivated while reading fine works of fantasy and science fiction.
Once the game arrived, I popped it into the Playstation and was greeted by a 3-hour download to patch the game. Mind you, this is the day of its release. No problem; let me check my work email.
Damn, four requests for recommendation letters. Let me start crafting those pieces now while I wait. I can't believe this student asked me to write a letter on his behalf based on his recent output. How do I spin "poor work ethic and dedication" in a positive and laudatory manner?
Ah, the patch has downloaded. Time to get into the game! What wondrous realms does Square-Enix have in store for me?
My daughter does not like that toy. No Indra, please don't throw it at the window! Here, hand it to me. I can turn it on. You don't have to throw a fit.
Back to the game. I wonder if this version will be linear like Final Fantasy 13. Well, it already feels different than previous games in the series; driving along in a convertible in a southwest themed American-like city. This looks awfully nice on the eyes.
Is that the baby crying? I had best make her a bottle. How can a person so small eat so much? No Indra, you can't sit on daddy when he is feeding your sister. No…calm down! I will play with you after she is done eating. Here, go fetch this ball.
Don't chase the cat Indra! I don't think you would like for the cat to grab you and pinch your face. As I just said, I will play with you once I am done feeding your sister.
The frames of animation connected to my character standing in a static location look pretty pleasant.
Let's feed the cat Indra. Don't you like to do that? Ok, slowly pour the food into her bowl…. wait, not that much! She can't eat that much food, she will get sick. We need to pick all that food up and put it back in the bag.
Wow, you can cook in Final Fantasy! You earn experience points doing so in fact. I quite like those little details; makes you feel like this world is lived in. Speaking of cooking, I should probably start making dinner. Spicy ramen sounds good. Wait, Indra hates anything spicy. I guess we can just cook macaroni and cheese again.
Ok Indra, it is time to brush your teeth and get ready for bed. What do you mean "no"? If you don't brush your teeth we can't read a book. Here, do you want to hold the brush or should daddy do it? Don't spit on the carpet, please.
Are you sure you want to read Halloween Jack again? Halloween was months ago and that book offers little more than a few outsized cartoon eyes on each page. Fine, we will read this book. Stop crying.
Now that the kids are in bed, I can finally dive into this game. Maybe I will crack a beer before starting. Damn, I forgot that I had an early morning meeting. I should probably save my progress and try again this weekend.
Total playtime: 6 hours
Battles fought: 1
In-game meals cooked: 1
Achievements earned: 0


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… we are concerned with the argument, implicit if not explicit in many discussions about the pitfalls of interdisciplinary investigation, that one primary measure of the strength of social or cultural investigation is the breadth of implications for design that result (Dourish, 2006). While we have both been involved in ethnographic work carried out for this explicit purpose, and continue to do so, we nonetheless feel that this is far from the only, or even the most significant, way for technological and social research practice to be combined. Just as from our perspective technological artifacts are not purely considered as "things you might want to use," from their investigation we can learn more than simply "what kinds of things people want to use." Instead, perhaps, we look to some of the questions that have preoccupied us throughout the book: Who do people want to be? What do they think they are doing? How do they think of themselves and others? Why do they do what they do? What does technology do for them? Why, when, and how are those things important? And what roles do and might technologies play in the social and cultural worlds in which they are embedded?
These investigations do not primarily supply ubicomp practitioners with system requirements, design guidelines, or road maps for future development. What they might provide instead are insights into the design process itself; a broader view of what digital technologies might do; an appreciation for the relevance of social, cultural, economic, historical, and political contexts as well as institutions for the fabric of everyday technological reality; a new set of conceptual resources to bring to bear within the design process; and a new set of questions to ask when thinking about technology and practice.
Dourish & Bell (2011), p. 191-192
I'm very grateful to Jess Ogden for pointing me at this book by Dourish and Bell when I was recently bemoaning the fact that I struggled to find any concrete implications for design in Summers & Punzalan (2017).
Dourish, P. (2006). Implications for design. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on human factors in computing systems (pp. 541–550). ACM. Retrieved from http://www.dourish.com/publications/2006/implications-chi2006.pdf
Dourish, P., & Bell, G. (2011). Divining a digital future: Mess and mythology in ubiquitous computing. MIT Press.
Summers, E., & Punzalan, R. (2017). Bots, seeds and people: Web archives as infrastructure. In Proceedings of the 2017 acm conference on computer supported cooperative work and social computing (pp. 821–834). New York, NY, USA: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2998181.2998345


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The economic buzz of the burgeoning Boston technology scene is largely clustered in Cambridge's Kendall Square and the Innovation District in South Boston. Gilad Rosenzweig wants to expand its reach.The MIT graduate is planning to open a startup space for local entrepreneurs, Smarter in the City, this summer in Dudley Square in Roxbury.
That is, if he can find someone from the tech industry to pay for it.
The project comes as a similar effort — providing work space and high-tech training — is forming in Dorchester near Grove Hall, which straddles both Roxbury and Dorchester. Its name: the Dream Factory.
"Nobody says it's a bad idea, but most people are very hesitant to believe that this could succeed because they don't think the talent is here," said Rosenzweig, who is trying to raise about $250,000 for the first year of the program. "You'll believe that a young white kid from a suburb could come up with a great idea and be a master coder, but you won't believe that a young black kid from Roxbury could do the same thing."
For all the talk about technology being a great equalizer — that all a whiz kid of any class or color needs is a laptop to outsmart Google and Microsoft — the tech world has some of the same barriers and clubbiness more commonly associated with old-boy businesses such as banking and stock trading.
The divide is not unique to Boston. On the West Coast, tech giants like Facebook and Twitter are viewed by some longtime residents as indifferent neighbors who import workers educated at elite universities, and do little to open doors for people living in nearby urban areas.
Nationwide, the founders of Internet startups who receive venture funding look very much alike: 87 percent are white, 12 percent are Asian, and less than 1 percent are black, according a 2010 study by investment tracking firm CB Insights. The study found similar rates in Massachusetts.
In the Dudley area, by contrast, 96 percent of the population is black or Latino.
Venture capital firms and angel investors readily throw money at untested businesses and startup programs, such as Techstars and MassChallenge, that are located in established tech hubs. But in Dudley Square, where real estate is a fraction of the cost in Kendall and the Innovation District, only the Boston Foundation, a philanthropic organization better known for backing nonprofit ventures in human services and the arts, has been willing to pony up for Smarter in the City.
Rosenzweig declined to single out companies that have turned him away. A few have expressed interest but, without firm commitments, he has not been able to sign a lease yet.
Mayor Martin J. Walsh of Boston has importuned the technology community to consider adding office space in the Dudley squares of Boston, but has stopped short of making material commitments, such as offering public assistance to a project like Smarter in the City, or tax incentives to lure new businesses.
"We're not ready to get into the nitty gritty, but I think what we can do is be a convener," said Dan Koh, Walsh's chief of staff. "There's a huge opportunity here. It's affordable, it's close to [Northeastern University], and it's only going to get better as the months and years go by."
For now, many tech leaders remain unmoved by the mayor's vision. The concern is that opening in Roxbury or Mattapan would lead to isolation. Tech companies like working in clusters because they can learn from one another and, critically, attract investors eager to scout in batches.
A pioneer in Dudley would not have those advantages, at least not right away.
"It's like a hotel with 10 rooms — it doesn't make any sense, and then you have to subsidize it forever," said Tim Rowe, founder of the Cambridge Innovation Center, a shared workspace for more than 300 startups. "I'm not interested in anything that has to be subsidized."
One Dorchester activist suggested narrow mindedness lurks behind some of the skepticism — that the startup establishment may be so accustomed to seeing people from the same top schools and same upper-middle-class backgrounds that it is hard for them to imagine the next wunderkind hailing from a three-decker on Blue Hill Avenue.
"That's how ignorant they are," said Jeanne DuBois, executive director of the Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corp.
Her group is helping to lead a $4.75 million renovation of a property it owns on Quincy Street in Dorchester, which will become the Dream Factory. Work on the 22,000-square-foot building is expected to be completed next year.
Yet even tech-savvy members of the minority community are a tough sell. William Murrell is a serial entrepreneur whose latest venture is a website called StaffPack.com, which helps users streamline the job application process. He is an African-American who has lived in Roxbury, Mattapan, and Dorchester; he runs the website AboutBlackBoston.com, an information hub for black business, history, and culture in the city.
Would he want a spot in a Dudley Square accelerator?
"It'd be hard to justify," Murrell said. Dudley doesn't offer any advantage over working from his current home in Randolph, Murrell argued. He has joined a virtual accelerator called NewME, and when he wants to network he goes to Kendall Square meetups, where he routinely rubs elbows with venture capitalists.
Ralph Bouquet, a Techstars alum who cofounded a mobile app company in Kendall Square named Canary Calendar, said choosing between a big-name startup program and one designed to empower the minority community is difficult for an ambitious entrepreneur who also has a social conscience. Perhaps joining a business accelerator like Smarter in the City would help the neighborhood, but it might not help the business as much as joining Techstars.
"The idea of membership in one of the big incubators is appealing because there aren't a lot of faces that look like mine in that scene," said Bouquet, who is Haitian-American. "If I want to have the opportunity to support projects and to create the capital necessary to go back into my community, it takes breaking into the big pond for those things to happen."
Smarter in the City didn't exist when Bouquet and his team were applying to Techstars, but the mere fact that someone like him would be asked to weigh what is best for his company against what is best for his community reveals an imbalance, said Christopher Jones, executive director of the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, a community development nonprofit.
"You wouldn't ask the same question of a white kid from Wellesley," Jones said.
Rosenzweig acknowledged finding tenants for Smarter in the City has been hard. He has received only eight applications for his inaugural class; a premier program such as MassChallenge usually gets more than 1,000.
Part of the problem is that technology skills can be difficult to learn in some urban neighborhoods. Donalyn Stephenson, a mother of four from Dorchester, said she found little in her childrens' schools or within the neighborhood to prepare them for careers in high tech. So at least once a week, she would pile them into the family minivan and drive to the South End Technology Center, an MIT outpost, where they learned how to program and quickly fell in love with computers.
Stephenson's dedication has paid off — her two oldest are now engineering majors, and a third is on his way to Bucknell University. But Stephenson believes the kind of training her children received outside of Dorchester should be available closer to home.
In a few months, it will be. The Urban Idea Lab and FabLabs4America, a nonprofit Stephenson cofounded, are planning a soft opening of the Dream Factory this spring. The building will be far from finished, but organizers just can't wait to let people in Grove Hall, one of the city's poorest neighborhoods, access low-cost training on computers, three-dimensional printers, and other gadgets.
"We'll get some equipment in here, open up part of it, and see what people come up with," said Jen Faigel, cofounder of the Urban Idea Lab, a consulting group devoted to real estate and economic development. "The vision is to start this, so that people see what the opportunities are, and then have multiples of these all over the city and the state."
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Dual Battery Kits and Systems in Australia
Advances in modern technology have meant that today's cars and automobiles are more efficient and reliable than ever. The same advances in technology have also ensured that the price of the average family car is as low as possible but for most people in Australia, they are still a significant investment.
The automobile is one piece of technology that you could not do without and used for commuting to work, taking the kids to school, shopping for the weekly groceries as well as going on family trips. Most cars will last many years provided their maintenance is adequate, which means having your vehicle serviced regularly. Although this is an added cost to your monthly outgoings, it makes financial sense as proper maintenance prevents costly breakdowns.
Having said that, failures are sometimes unavoidable. One of the most common breakdowns is a flat battery and luckily, this is easy to fix. At Home of 12 Volt, we have provided portable power solutions in Australia for over 16 years and provide a range of jump start solutions like dual battery kits, which will help you keep your car on the road no matter what.
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One of the leading items in our range is the Thumper – a dual battery system that ensures that have reliable power for your car battery wherever you are. If you use your car to take your family camping, you want to have a reliable system in place in case your car battery fails. We are one of the only portable dual battery system manufacturers in the country to ensure that have a range of items designed and manufactured in Australia. We make this one of our top priorities as we believe in supporting industry and jobs in Australia as well as ensuring that we have complete control of quality. You want to make sure that your battery system is up to the job is you are camping in the outback!
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Daily Archives: December 20, 2010
191 Days.
For 24 years I always lived in my home province of New Brunswick. Population: 730,000.
I grew up in a town of 16,000 people.
In high school I moved to a city of 100,000.
At 18 years of age, I moved to a city of 60,000. It was a mere 160km away, or a 90 minute drive.
Six months ago I moved to Toronto, 1200km away and home to 5.5 million.
It's been 191 days since I was last home to my small Atlantic province. The longest I've gone in all my 24 years.
After 6 months away in a bustling urban centre, I thought my small home city would seem too dull. Too small. Too ugly.
But you know what? It's still home.
It's where my mom's raunchy sense of humour is.
My favourite furry poodle and wet poodle nose (who still busts through my door at 7am every morning).
It's where you fall into conversations with people walking their dogs along trails.
Where you can go anywhere and see a familiar face.
A place where you don't have to fight your way through the sidewalks, but go at your own pace.
Where baristas take your order without a snooty face.
Where bacon is always fully stocked in my mother's fridge. Perfect for maple bacon oatmeal with fried eggs.
Along with the expensive ezekiel bread I love but can't afford.
Home is where even after torturously bathing and clipping my dog, he's still ready to be my best friend a mere 15 minutes after being dried.
It's where the haddock is fresh and flavourful.
And lobster rolls are a weeknight dinner.
My friends and co-workers in Toronto keep asking me if I'm actually going back after Christmas because I miss my hometown in the Maritimes so much.
The answer is yes, I'll reluctantly return. But I'm now officially back to plotting operation Grand Theft Poodle.


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Hi all,
I'm so honored to be invited to join the Crafter's Companion design team as their guest for the month of December. I absolutely love Popcorn the Bear and Souffle the duck and I have recently discovered Humphrey the Elephant. Actually, while I was writing this post and browsing the Crafter's Companion website at the same time, I also discovered The Ultimate Tool as well – measure, cut, score, emboss, embellish all in 1 tool. I could make cards, gift boxes, envelope, there is even a peg to make bows as well! Wow – what rock have I been hiding under and guess what I will be asking for Christmas this year!
The theme this month is "Sparkles" – not an easy theme for me. I'm more of a die cutting, embossing, stamp and color kinda gal. I do embellish with pearls and twine or ribbon just because I love the clean and neat linear lines. So I'm rolling up my sleeves this month and taking on this challenge of going outside my comfort zone.
Here is my card of the adorable Popcorn the Bear:
I actually had a blast experimenting with all the different mediums to try and create "Sparkle" on my card. I used glossy accent to sparkle up the ribbon around Popcorn's wreath, the berries on the wreath is "colored" with Stickles, the rest of Popcorn was colored in Copic markers. I then edged the focal image was with Viva Deco Inka-gold paste, ribbon had a touch of sparkle from my stash and my DP had some with metallic accent from Kaisercraft.
Are you all sparkled out yet? I hope you will enter this month's Sparkle Challenge and don't forget to check out all the great stamps and products at Crafter's Companion too.
Wait, there is more – if you want a chance to win the ENTIRE set of Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers, join us for a Christmas blog hop from December 9th to December 11, 2011. Hop starts at the Crafter's Companion USA information blog.
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Natasha, a beautiful Russian woman for marriage
Krystyna presents: a Russian lady for dating & marriage Natasha
37 year old Natasha is a beautiful, highly educated Russian woman looking for a loving partner to share the rest of her life with. A native of Moscow in the Russian Federation Natasha is a fluent speaker of both the Russian and English languages; she is a beautiful woman with straight, long blond hair. Natasha's striking good looks are rounded out by her tall height of 5'7″ or 172 cm, she has a slender, athletic frame and weighs around 119 pounds or 54 kg.
Natasha is not only physically beautiful, but is also easy to talk to about a number of subjects; her education means she is intelligent and has an easy going personality that can be serious at times, but she can also be fun loving when the time is right.
Natasha is white and is also a non smoker with no children and despite wanting to settle down with the right man she has yet to find Mr. Right she has never been married giving her a complication free background. During her spare time from her job as a music teacher, Natasha enjoys spending nights out doing a variety of activities, including going to the theater and watching good movies at the cinema.
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I've wanted to write this post for months but I resist because its basically offloading the bullshit onto everyone reading it and I will struggle to write this in any sort of positive tone!Continue reading Is Ted ok NOW?
Sherwood Forest Adventure
We recently had a little mid week trip to Sherwood Forest. While we were there I decided that I wasn't going to post anything on social media, we'd had a very stressful lead up to our little break which I'll write about after this so I just wanted to switch off.Continue reading Sherwood Forest Adventure
I haven't blogged much lately, I wrote a few updates when Ted was diagnosed and keep meaning to write more but I have a lot of controversial opinions so often talk myself out of writing! So when I heard about the #AceWinterRefresh I thought it would be a good way for me to start writing again!


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As news got around on Sunday that Osama bin Laden was dead and that he had been made so by direct purposeful action by military representatives of the American people, a great deal of satisfaction was expressed about that fact, and, almost miraculously, none of it was ghoulish and very little of it had a vengeful sound.
For the most part, our representatives in Congress mirrored this sense of the moment and reflected President Obama's own emphasis — that justice had been done, that a mass murderer had received his due, and, correspondingly, that patience, courage, and dedication had received their just rewards:
"We did not tire, we did not falter, and we did not fail. Justice has been done." — 7th District U.S. representative Marsha Blackburn.
"The mission after 9/11 was to get Osama bin Laden. Our troops did it and they did it in a spectacular fashion. I've always been proud to be a member of the House and an American. I've never been more proud than today when I think about our soldiers who put themselves in harm's way to truly protect our country and to keep our freedoms." — 9th District U.S. representative Steve Cohen.
"I commend all the brave men and women in uniform who selflessly serve overseas and sacrifice so much to keep America safe and secure. We are a grateful nation to these service members for their heroic actions that have brought justice to all Americans." — 8th District U.S. representative Stephen Fincher.
"... [A]ll of us have in our hearts and minds the victims of 9/11 and hope that somehow, in a small way, this event helps bring some conclusion to what has happened in their lives." — U.S. senator Lamar Alexander.
"I would like to congratulate the men and women of our military for a courageous mission and our intelligence community for accurate and important intelligence. I would like to congratulate the president for his persistence in bringing a mass murderer to justice. And I would especially like to salute the men and women of our military services, who for the last 10 years have fought terrorism." — U.S. senator Bob Corker.
The emphasis here was uniform and clear. Brave and determined Americans had distinguished themselves in righting a wrong. Period. No gloating, no bloodlust, and no recriminations. Except ...
Senator Corker went on to raise an issue that is on a lot of minds, justly so: "... [T]he discovery that bin Laden was living in comfortable surroundings merely 35 miles from Islamabad calls into question whether or not the Pakistanis had knowledge that he was there and did not share that knowledge."
This, too, needed saying. For even in this moment of well-earned closure, even in the midst of a democratically inclined "Arab Spring," there is reason for ongoing concern and continued vigilance. We still have not identified all of the perils out there, nor can we truly say that we have fully and compassionately understood the part of the world from which this latest threat has sprung. The task is still what it was — to confront and deal with reality. Ignorance is the ultimate enemy.
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Nintendo's latest game machine may be cutting-edge videogame technology, but it hasn't received the attention that Nintendo had hoped. As a result, Nintendo has announced that it's dropping the price of the Nintendo 3DS.
Starting August 12, Nintendo's 3D handheld machine will drop by $80…from $249.99 to $169.99.
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata shows of the Nintendo 3DS…which now features a lower price.
Nintendo has sold more than 4 million 3DS systems worldwide, but only about 830,000 units in the U.S. since its release. This shouldn't come as a surprise, though, considering that previous 3D-less versions of the machine (such as the DS, DS Lite, DS XL and DSi) already saturate the market. Sure, the tech is cool – the 3DS doesn't require 3D glasses to play games or watch movies in 3D – but the machine has failed to impress gamers and other electronics consumers.
Nintendo's 3DS Ambassador Program: Free Games for Early Adopters
If you already bought a 3DS and are a bit upset at news of the price drop – less than a year after its release – you'll be happy to know Nintendo will be making up for the price drop with a gift.
"Early adopters represent some of Nintendo's most loyal customers, and Nintendo is rewarding them for getting in on the action early with 20 free downloadable games from the Nintendo eShop," Nintendo said in a statement. But wait just a second before you go running to download your free games…
Nintendo's eShop allows gamers to download games on the go.
To get your free games you have to use a wireless Internet connection to connect to the Nintendo eShop at least once before 11:59 PM Eastern time on Aug. 11 to get your free games. Gamers who buy the 3DS prior to August 12 will get half of their free games in September and the rest before the end of the year.
More of the Same: In 3D!
Does the Nintendo 3DS have great games? Yes, but the handheld device is also dogged by re-make syndrome. Games like The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time have gotten the 3D treatment, but is this really what gamers want? The 3DS uses Sharp's parallax barrier LCD to display 3D without glasses. But just like the movies, making the next generation of video games will be about the content, and not the gimmick, and that's what will get consumers motivated to buy your product.
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''Freddy vs. Jason'' will smack down all newcomers
''Freddy vs. Jason'' will smack down all newcomers. Jackie Chan will have to settle for No. 2 with ''The Medallion''
Last weekend, the big movie battle was "Freddy vs. Jason." This week, it's Freddy and Jason vs. Jackie, as Jackie Chan premieres his latest fightfest, "The Medallion." Expect the gruesome twosome to prevail. After a fantastic $36.4 million opening weekend, "Freddy vs. Jason" will see a sizable dropoff this week. Still, a decline of 55 percent would result in another $16 million, which should be good enough for a second week at No. 1.
"The Medallion," meanwhile, features Chan as a cop in Hong Kong who has magical powers. But without a big-name costar like "Rush Hour's" Chris Tucker or "Shanghai Noon's" Owen Wilson, "The Medallion" has a bit of a power shortage. Hardcore action fans, however, should support it to the tune of about $10 million.
Two returning films, "S.W.A.T." and "Open Range," will compete for No. 3, as each should earn about $9 million, while the long-delayed Ashton Kutcher comedy "My Boss's Daughter" will likely open poorly with about $5 million. But the biggest flop of the weekend will likely be Lisa Kudrow's culture-clash comedy "Marci X," which will suffer from a low-profile marketing campaign and less-than-exciting release date. With $3 million, "Marci" will make Kudrow count down the days until that "Friends" season premiere.
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Post by Pa Modou
Wednesday 20th July 2011, Kalagi River Site Camp
Day 12
No of kilo meters covered: 306 km!!!!!!
If there is anything I feel proud of doing at the moment that will definitely be to wake up in the morning, put on my sneakers, pack the trunk of the truck with the bags and daily necessities like water etc and be in that front seat of the truck whiles I eat my morning TAPALAPA (local bread) with peanut butter or margarine and the usual AKON keeps me singing all the way to the starting point of the day's run.
Today, the love4Gambia crew welcomes SPIDERMAN on the truck to the starting point mark and having heard a lot about Spiderman who I was made to understand defeated Erin on the beach on a race about 4 years back, I couldn't really imagine how he (Spider) runs because having seen our runner (Erin) run 25km everyday and not only that but 31km on her birthday and looks like she needs more Kms for the day, I said to myself "let's see what he can do…" .
We are back to the tar road and this time it will be with us all through to Banjul to the finishing line!!! Cathy we waiting on your 5km, No excuses… hahaha…
The run today was really an amazing one with series of surprises and record breakings. On the run I must say we all have our records and always thinking of breaking them and this time around it was Kebba Suso who ran all 25km of the day of course not without been stubborn like myself as I was branded by the last blog author….. 🙂 (Erin… Shhhhhhh!) Kebba was able to break his record of 17km to get all 25km which made him crowned as the new boss for the day deposing me from the throne but not long before Ashley said "until 2400hours!!!!" . At dinner time Kebba was struggling to make sure he gets the best out of his throne before the expiry of his throne by midnight by threatening to send some of us to bed early if we go against him at any point especially the nurse Ashley…Shhhhhh! Tell you what they are like brother and sister, always on opposite ends…hahaha. Spider was amazing as I observe him closely with Erin on the road trying to see if I will see anything like a competition trying to develop on but I guess they reminded themselves that we are heading to Banjul and we need not to use ourselves too much… (NEVER MIND!!!! I will arrange another race for them after the run but to tell you the truth I will go for Erin to win. Go Erin!!!!!). Spider got his first day run and 25km and have really added up to the team, the run was all not very quiet with the clapping and dancing whiles running which was spearheaded by Spider and Kebba as the children in the community follow suit.
Yoga was on by break time and our instructor Rubbie (Erin) NAMASTE!! Took us through with some small children on the warriors… It looks like the children could do it more than the big boys, strange!!!
Focus on our runner.
Erin has been overall ok today and has been always smiling at everyone as usual. Sometimes I look at her and say to myself, she is the most daring lady on earth in running across the Gambia but again I always remember that we have to do our best and forget the rest!!!!. She hates it to be told she did it but instead we as a team did it, what a lady. Go Erin gooooo….
Now to my last bit for my first blog, Ashley has been practicing some dancing moves for the finishing line and with the way she is taking it am quite sure the debriefings will be an excellent place to showcase her moves…
Love4Gambia run "YES WE CAN"


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Sweet Brown isn't the only person making the state of Oklahoma look bad. You can now add Tavares Donnell Colbert to that list. The Oklahoma resident ran into more bad luck than he bargained for after accidentally shooting himself in the genitals with a gun he "found" somewhere in Kansas. Colbert, was arrested last weekend after he drove himself to a local hospital.
A convicted drug dealer, Colbert, was met at the hospital by police who were called to investigate the matter. He told authorities that he planned on selling the gun to a buyer meeting him at a local 7-Eleven. On his way to make the sale, the 36-year-old wanted to be sure that the gun worked properly, and got his answer when he was shot in his "baby-making" region.
What he probably didn't bet on was getting arrested for being a convicted felon carrying a firearm, which is of course against the law. "That's why I was going to sell it," he allegedly told cops, after they learned of his criminal background.
Police arrested Colbert and charged him with possession of an illegal firearm.
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Made of hand-rolled, 14-gauge steel, the Bonfire's unique shape directs the heat, and its seams are welded and smoothed so that they are nearly invisible. Its hand-formed, distinctive openings make it ideal for roasting marshmallows! Several layers of ultra-high temperature paint, and a 1000-degree clear coat is applied by hand to the steel frame, which protects it and ensures longevity to its vibrant finish. A modern star burner is mounted to each fire bowl, providing perfect dispersal of the flame. Add your own fire glass or lava rock to further disperse the flame and customize the look.
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The Óleaves line of regional extra virgin olive oils are each specially-selected as the finest representative olive oil from the principle production regions of Spain, Italy, Greece and California. Each oil has its own distinct flavor characteristics and is beloved by the locals who have been enjoying it in their local cuisine for centuries.
In an industry wrought with fraud, misleading labels, consumer misconceptions and downright confusion, Óleaves was conceived to be a leader of change.
Poised to be one of the most trusted olive oil brands in American supermarkets, each oil has been carefully selected to be the best representative of each production region, while meeting the highest standards of quality.
Farmers selected for the Óleaves brand must take special care of the land and their olive groves, harvest their olives at the optimum ripeness, and use top of the line production methods and milling practices including the cold extraction method.
In addition, each bottle of Óleaves states the specific region in which the olives were grown, the variety of olives from which the oil is extracted, and most importantly, the harvest date, so you always know the true freshness of the oil.
These strict quality standards combined with transparency in labeling, ensures you are getting an olive oil true to its origin, produced with passion and care that is not only full in flavor, but also rich in healthy polyphenols.


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Baku. 11 March. REPORT.AZ/ Preliminary hearing on the appeal of Nigerian citizens Obu Onedika Moses and Emmanuel Nvadike Chinere regarding the decision on them, who accused of manufacturing, purchasing, or selling counterfeit currency notes or securities has begun in Baku Court of Appeal.
Report informs, biographical information of the accused persons has been specified in the trial, presided by judge Ilgar Murguzov.
Court review session has been scheduled for March 31.
Obu Onedika Moses and Emmanuel Nvadike Chinere were charged under Art. 204.3.2 (acquisition for the purpose of sale and sale of counterfeit currency on a large scale) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.


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Hi everyone,
We are using the HBase-indexer (KeyValue Store Indexer service) for indexing in NRT into Solr new/modified HBase data.
Information : The service (KeyValue Store Indexer) is configured with 10GB of memory on 6 hosts - the 6 data-nodes.
Recently, we have observed in one of our clusters that all the resident service "KeyValue Store Indexer" were down.
Some hours and many tests later, we have reach the conclusion that the service encounter an out of memory.
When we restart the service, it encounter an OOM within seconds.
I made an head-dump of one of the service, and it shows an accumulation of objects. I interpret this like this :
- The service boot
- It tried to load in memory every sepEvent/WAL entry available
- The JVM blows up when reaching the max heap size
My question is :
- Is there a way to "throttle" the number of sepEvents/WAL entries consummed by the service KeyValue Store Indexer in order to "manage" the memory ?
Created 02-09-2017 05:45 AM
There is one particular indexer that seems to have an issue.
| Host | Queue size | Size all HLogs | Current HLog | Age last | TS last | Peer | | | (incl. current) | (excl. current) | progress | shipped op | shipped op | count | | xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx.xxx.xxxx,60020,14853716 | 208 | 12024.3 MB | 35 % | (enable jmx) | unknown | unkno |
Seems like the indexer do not manage to process the "queue". The size of the queue correspond to 208 oldWALs referenced and not purged from HBase (because they are referenced by the indexer).
In these WALs there is only little data regarding the corresponding HBase table.
I guess there is in one of these WALs some corrupt data that the indexer do not manage to process and get stuck ? And until it is processed, the WALs will keep to pill up.
I'll raise a support ticket about that. Because it's clearly not easy to spot the initial issue leading to this. And how it can be fixed without deleting/reinstalling the indexer.
Created 03-15-2017 03:34 AM
For the moment we have not managed to narrow down the issue with the support and I was forced to clean the plateform.
So the investigation are suspended right now.


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A customizable 5.25" & 3.5" drive bay feature enables users to freely interchange the 3.5" hard-drive cages to suit their particular needs, whilst being able to remove the 5.25" & 3.5" drive bays to gain maximum interior space for advance cooling performance or liquid system build.
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In our most recent blog post, we took a look at some of the most critical tasks any commercial property manager will need to complete this fall in order to properly prepare his or her landscape for the coming winter. Lawn aeration, the application of mulch, the wholesale removal of summer annuals or perennials—you get the gist.
We also touched on the huge importance of properly winterizing your property's irrigation system before the end of fall. But because that particular task can be so incredibly costly if it isn't done right (and also because we spent less than 100 words discussing it), we figured it might be useful to dive a bit deeper into the subject by devoting an entire post to irrigation system winterizing: why it's so important, and frankly, why you need an irrigation systems professional—in this instance, a commercial landscaper in Bucks County—to handle the job for you.
Before we dive in, however, let us remind you that our highly trained and certified irrigation professionals follow current irrigation design, installation and maintenance practices, not to mention the strictest safety standards in every instance. Realty Landscaping is one of the largest, best known and most respected commercial landscapers in Bucks County, and a lot of that has to do with the fact that we complete our projects on time and on budget.
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Why Is Irrigation System Winterizing So Important?
This is the easiest way to think about it: The colder the weather, the deeper into your ground the freeze penetrates—and it's the freeze, of course, that can burst your pipes. So if your irrigation system sits, say, 10 feet beneath the surface of the earth and the freeze penetrates just a foot or two deep, you don't have much to worry about.
In reality, though, that's not the way it works. The sub-zero temperatures we're expecting this season will surely reach deep enough to freeze any water that remains in your irrigation system. Frozen water, as we know, expands. The result? A very expensive-to-replace system of burst pipes. That's why you want to be 100 percent sure your system is bone dry by autumn's end.
How Exactly Are Commercial Irrigation Systems Winterized?
Good question! And we'll be perfectly honest: It's not a terribly complicated process. But it absolutely does have to be done correctly, every single time. That's why we only employ certified and time-tested professionals. After all, if any step is overlooked or completed improperly, you may as well have skipped the entire process. After all, your pocketbook isn't going to care about "almost," or "close enough."
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After attaching an air compressor to your system's main water supply, we use controlled blasts of compressed air to remove any water that may still be lingering in the pipes of your commercial irrigation system. Each system zone needs to be opened consecutively during this process, during which various steps are taken to ensure that sprinkler heads, rotors and valves are not damaged. Using the wrong sort of compressor during this process—or even the right compressor with the wrong level of pressure—can result in a partially or even entirely cracked or damaged irrigation system. In other words, a good deal of money lost.
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If Scotland is denied independence, don't be surprised if footballers take part of the rap.
To hear the Yes camp argue that had Gordon Strachan's men defeated the German world champions last Sunday, they would have unleashed an unstoppable surge of freedom-crying pride. But they couldn't be bothered getting out of their comfort zones.
So readily do we paint today's footballers as comic-book Dick Dastardlys, they have evolved into The Scapegoat's Scapegoat.
Did you catch that classic from Graham Poll this week on why we need TV replays in football? Not because of the human errors made by officials but because of the current breed of dirty cheats.
"Players are more crafty and deceitful than they have ever been. Unfortunately, that is a fact of life, therefore referees do need help," Poll told the BBC, before citing Thierry Henry's handball against Ireland as proof.
And the fact of life that he had to go back five years to find an example of their deceit said something.
But why stop there? Why not go back to Jurgen Klinsmann perfecting the triple-salchow in the 1990 World Cup Final or Diego Maradona winning the Palm D'Or against England in 1986?
Did Poll watch football in the 1970s, or was he too busy practising his whistling at sheep?
If he did, he'd remember Johnny Giles' sly stud-raking or Franny Lee's uncanny ability to go down in the box like a felled tree.
I'd argue players are less "crafty and deceitful than they have ever been" because, unlike the old days there isn't a camera trained up their every orifice, so they know they can't get away with it.
This knee-jerk impugning of footballers' reputations goes way beyond refs though.
Take the fans.
Why are Fabio Borini and Cesc Fabregas now having to defend themselves against online character assassinations?
Borini, who spurned two moves away from Anfield this summer has taken abuse from Sunderland, QPR and Liverpool trolls for being a greedy little git. Since when has having the determination to fight for your place at the club you signed for been a crime?
As for those Liverpool fans lambasting Borini for being happy to sit on the bench picking up big wages when the club could have got £12million for him, his refusal to move didn't block any potential signing coming in, so why the sudden concern for the health of your club's coffers?
Then there's the wall of cynicism (I'm being polite) that greeted Fabregas' eloquent explanation as to why his heart will always hold a place for Arsenal.
Now that he's a Chelsea player, it was probably unwise to publicly admit he'll "keep the Gunner feeling for ever." But he did.
So why not believe him when he says that he could never have imagined playing for Chelsea but "life changes". That he wanted to get out of Barcelona and return to London, the city he "grew up in."
Cesc Fabregas - his career in pictures:
And that when Arsene Wenger passed on the option to re-sign him, and Jose Mourinho convinced him he was pivotal to his plans, he did what was best for him, and joined Chelsea.
Maybe those Gooners planning to shower him in abuse when he returns to the Emirates should examine their own motives before questioning Fabregas'.
It wouldn't do us any harm to cut out the lazy stereotyping and the type of comical knee-jerking Graham Poll has come out with, and do what we used to do:
Occasionally give our footballers the benefit of the doubt.


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Our paper in Methods in Ecology and Evolution describes a new software package,
plant is an individual-based simulation model that simulates the growth of individual trees, stands of competing plants, or entire metacommunities under a disturbance regime, using common physiological rules and trait-based functional trade-offs to capture differences among species.
Non-Linear Processes and Thousands of Plants
Since the development of gap models in the 1970s (e.g. Botkin 1972), researchers have been using computer simulations to investigate how elements of plant biology interact with competition and disturbance regimes to influence vegetation demography, structure and diversity. Simulating the competitive interactions among many thousands of plants, however, is no easy task.
Despite widespread recognition of the importance of key non-linear processes — such as size-structured competition, disturbance, and trait-based trade-offs — for vegetation dynamics, relatively few researchers have been brave (or daft) enough to try and incorporate such processes into their models. The situation is most extreme in theoretical ecology, where much contemporary theory (e.g. coexistence theory, neutral theory) is still built around completely unstructured populations.
Features of
plant package attempts to change that by providing an extensible, open source framework for studying trait-, size- and patch-structured dynamics. One thing that makes the
plant model significant is the focus on traits.
plant is one of several attempts seeking to integrate current understanding about trait based trade-offs into a model of individual plant function (see also Moorcroft et al 2001, Sakschewski et al 2015).
A second feature that makes the
plant software significant, is it that is perhaps the first example where a computationally intensive model has been packaged up in a way that enables widespread usage, makes the model more usable and doesn't sacrifice speed.
In this post we will describe the key technologies used to build the
plant software. Continue reading


text: Megan Woodworth, co-chair of Venable's IP Litigation Group, focuses her practice on patent litigation and appeals. Megan has helped clients resolve complex patent disputes involving sophisticated technologies, such as medical devices, software, telecommunications, and automotive technologies. She has represented clients before the International Trade Commission (ITC), the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), and various district courts. Megan has also argued several cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and has authored and co-authored dozens of appellate briefs.