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(CRIMSON JACOBEA LILY) Although this plant is a very old inhabitant of our gardens, yet its exquisite beauty certainly merits our attention, and, amongst a selection, this ought by no means to be lost sight of. It is a native of South America, and was introduced in 1658. It endures our winters pretty well in the open ground in warm situations, as under a south wall or bank side where it is sheltered from the winds. It should be planted about three or four inches deep, and, when the bulb is torpid, should be sheltered from excessive wet or frost. But the best plan for those to adopt who grow it out of doors, is to take up all the bulbs and dry them as soon as the leaves have decayed, and plant them out again early in the spring. They are most usually grown in pots, and kept in the greenhouse, where they make a splendid show from the end of April until June.Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants
1 (1834): 149
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(DARK RED INDIAN CRESS) The Tropaeolum majus, of which the present plant is a variety, is a native of Peru, and is stated to have been introduced as early as 1684. Elizabeth Christine, one of the daughters of Linnaeus, is said to have perceived the flowers emit sparks like those of electricity, visible only in the evening, but this we have never yet observed.
All the species are easy of culture, and very strong, particularly the present variety. It does not grow so rampant as the common kind, but is much handsomer, and will, like it, grow in any light rich soil.
It is very readily increased by seeds and cuttings of the stem, cut off at a joint, and planted in pots of light soil, and placed in a slight heat, without glasses, or if not placed in heat they will grow when planted under a handglass, on a shady border.Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants
1 (1834): 176
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(VIOLET COLOURED ZINNIA—SCARLET VARIETY) Seeds of this beautiful variety of Zinna [sic] were brought, amongst many other things, from Palermo, by His Grace the Duke of Devonshire. It far surpasses any other species of variety at present known.
All the plants of this genus are annuals, and are cultivated with the greatest ease, when treated as half hardy. The seeds require to be sown on a hot-bed in March, as recommended for other half hardy annuals, and by the end of May, or when the spring frosts are over, may be transplanted into the open borders, or placed in pots, at the option of the cultivator. The soil is a light rich loam.Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants
1 (1834): 223
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(BEAUTIFUL LARGE-FLOWERING NASTURTIUM) This beautiful Nasturtium is a very suitable plant for pot culture, being of a dwarf, and very compact growth, and an exceeding free flowerer. We believe it was introduced last year from Ghent by Mr. Knight, King's Road, Chelsea. The plant is no doubt quite hardy, and is increased by both cuttings and seeds, as recommended for the T. magus atrosanguinea in vol. 1, page 176.
We are indebted for our figure to the kindness of our friend Mr. Campbell, curator of the Manchester Botanic Garden.
As there are some curious phenomena connected with this genus we will add:—
The power of some plants to emit flashes of light is a subject so curious as to be deserving of more investigation than has at present been bestowed upon it. It is thus described in a note in Darwin's Botanic Garden, vol. 2, page 144: "Miss E. C. Linnæus first observed the Tropœolum Majus, or Garden Nasturtium, emit sparks or flashes in the mornings before sun-rise, during the months of June or July, and also during the twilight in the evening, but not after total darkness came on; these singular scintillations were shown to her father and other philosophers, and Mr. Wilcke, a celebrated electrician, believed them to be electric. Vide. Lin. Spec. Pantar. 490; Swedish Acts for the Year 1792; Pultney's View of Linnæus, page 220. Nor is this more wonderful than that the electric eel and torpedo should give voluntary shocks of electricity; and in this plant perhaps, as in those animals, it may be a mode of defence, by which it harasses or destroys the night-flying insects which infest it, and probably it may emit the same sparks during the day, which must be then invisible. This curious subject deserves further investigation. The ceasing to shine of this plant after twilight might induce one to conceive that it absorbed and emitted light like the Bolognian Phosphorus, or calcined oyster shell. The light of the evening, at the same distance from noon, is much greater, as I have repeatedly observed, than the light of the morning; this is owing, as I suppose, to the phosphorescent quality of almost all bodies in a greater or less degree, which thus absorb light during the sunshine, and continue to emit it again for some time afterwards , though not in such quantity as to produce apparent scintillations."Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants
2 (1836): 193
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(REDDISH-BLUE IPOMOEA) The seeds of this splendid plant were collected by Mr. Samuel Richardson (an officer in the Anglo-Mexican Mining Association) in the province of Guanaxuato in Mexico, by whom they were presented to I. D. Powles, Esq., of Stamford Hill.
In the stove [a kind of greenhouse], about the months of July and August, this plant makes a very pretty show when trained up the rafters, or other parts of the house where it can be clearly seen. It flowers freely, and will grow well in soil composed of equal portions of loam and peat, with a little well-rotted dung.
About the middle of October last, we were favoured with the sample from which our drawing was made, by Mr. Cameron, Curator of the Birmingham Botanic Garden, where it flowered profusely in the stove.
Although it has been considered to flower only in the stove, there is no doubt but it would produce abundance of blossoms in a sheltered situation, against a south wall, in the open air, especially if the wall is flued.Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants
3 (1837): 99
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(MR. MUNRO'S MALLOW) A very pretty species of Malva, found abundantly by our lamented friend Mr. David Douglas, in 1836 [sic], on the barren plains of Columbia, in North America, shortly after which it was sent to the London Horticultural Society, in whose garden it flowered in 1829, and was figured in the Bot. Reg., vol. xvi, t. 1306. Mr. Douglas speaks of this plant as one of the most beautiful he had collected (1836) [sic], and certainly when well grown it is very handsome, and deserves extensive cultivations; indeed no garden should be without it.
It will do well, perhaps best, treated as a greenhouse plant, being less exposed to violent rains, etc., but it grows very vigorously, and flowers most profusely, at almost any season if planted in the open border; in this case it will require to be taken up and potted on the approach of bad weather, and kept in a cold frame during winter with slight protection. When planted in very rich soil it does not succeed so well as when the soil is somewhat poor and open; it requires a good deal of water when grown in pots, which should have an open drainage, as the roots detest soured water or soil.
All the species of this genus may be increased by seed, which should be sown, if in the open border, in April; but this species if grown in pots would be as well or better sown a trifle earlier, in a closish nearly cold frame.
Our drawing was made in Mr. Young's Nursery, Epsom, in August 1837. The generic name is a Latin alteration of the Greek, Malake, soft, in allusion to the soft mucilaginous qualities of the species. Malva was esteemed an excellent vegetable with the Romans, but what species they made use of is uncertain; one sort of Mallow is used as food by the Chinese.
The specific name is given by Mr. Douglas, in compliment to Mr. Munro, the present very skilful and intelligent gardener to the Horticultural Society.Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants
4 (1838): 269
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(SPREADING SAGE) We have pleasure in submitting to our readers a correct delineation of a plant which appears likely to engage, in the ensuing season, no inconsiderable portion of popular attention. To ensure a due estimation of its merits, we need not appeal to the uniform testimony of every writer who has hitherto noticed it, though, in this respect, few plants present stronger claims to consideration. We rest our recommendation on higher grounds, and at once direct the reader to the annexed plate; of which, however, we think it proper to observe, that the colour of the flower is considerably less brilliant than it is naturally, since it is found almost impossible successfully to imitate its transcendently intense and dazzling hue.
To illustrate the accompanying beautiful figure, we may remark that the spike of flowers therein represented is far from being a solitary ornament to a plant of this species. From the summit of each of the principal stems, (which in a large plant would doubtless be numerous,) and also, though at a somewhat later period, from the extremities of all the lateral shoots, a similar number of flowers, of equal size and splendour, is produced. Ample evidence of its propensity to flower was afforded us during the autumn of last year in the nursery of Messrs. Low and Co., Clapton. Although much mutilated by the continued process of decapitating its shoots for the purposes of propagation, it did not cease blooming till the approach of winter, notwithstanding it had likewise sustained a check by transplantation from the open ground to a pot in the greenhouse.
Seeds were received in the early part of 1838, from a mining district in Mexico, called Real del Monte, and with many others simultaneously procured, vegetated, and produced plants in the spring of that year. Plants of this species, and of another less interesting, were placed out in the open ground about the month of June. Little attention was bestowed upon them, but our present subject grew rapidly, and towards the latter end of August a few flowers were developed. Its real character being thus ascertained, it was almost immediately removed in a pot to the greenhouse, where it blossomed most abundantly, and in this situation it has since been retained. We are informed that roots of it were imported by other individuals, about the same period as the seeds before-named, in the cultivation of which similar success has been experienced. No opportunity has been afforded us for examining the roots, but Mr. Low states that they are thick and fleshy, inclining to be tuberous, and hence their capability of enduring so long a voyage with impunity may be accounted for.Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants
6 (1839): [1]-2
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(STRIATED-FLOWERED ABUTILON) Originally introduced to the Glasgow Botanic Garden by Mr. Tweedie from the Banda Oriental, and by Mr. Gardner from the Organ Mountains, this graceful species has latterly been transmitted to English collections, and been grown in those around London for nearly two years. It possesses a considerable share of sterling excellence, which resides chiefly in the splendid colours and pretty striping of its flowers, as well as the engaging manner in which they depend from the stems of their long slender peduncles; but cultivators too generally deem it a straggling plant, and unfit for ornamental purposes, on account of the weakness of its stems, and the great distance between the foliage.
Respecting the latter particulars, no plant has suffered more from inappropriate treatment. Although Dr. Lindley, in a passing notice of it in the Botanical Register, recommends a greenhouse as the fittest situation with regard to temperature, yet the greater number of culturists still keep it in a stove [a kind of greenhouse]; and when, as a necessary consequence of their imprudent management, it assumes a rambling habit, they denounce it as an unsuitable species for common collections.
Having given some attention to the subject of its culture, we find that, in the nursery of Mr. Fairbairn, Clapham, a specimen stood in the open ground during the winter of 1838-9, without any protection, and with complete impunity. We saw the plant in question during the frost of last December, and it appeared in admirable health. This fact will render apparent the absurdity of growing the plant in a stove. In extensive places it may, notwithstanding, be occasionally treated as a stove plant, since, when there is an abundance of other specimens placed in the foreground, so as to conceal the bottom portion of its leafless branches, the fascinating flowers and light waving foliage will form a desirable relief to the eye from the ordinary sorts of tropical plants.Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants
7 (1840): 53-54
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(THE EXETER FUCHSIA) The floricultural markets are now rapidly becoming filled with all kinds of hybrid Fuchsias, between some of which the most discriminating judge would scarcely be able to perceive any tangible distinction, or one which could be expressed in words. And this is in great part due to the hybridist taking hybrids which are not themselves sufficiently distinct in habit, or in the form and colour of their flowers, to breed from; the result of which practice must always be an increased confusion among the sorts, without obtaining anything novel enough to deserve special notice or culture. It cannot be too much urged on the attention of those who seek to obtain good seedling hybrids, that the parents must, in all cases, be very distinct species; or, if themselves, seedlings, they should be equally different.
By following out this principle, the beautiful Fuchsia now figured has been raised by Mr. Pince, of the firm of Lucombe, Pince, & Co., of Exeter... It was raised during the spring of 1842, and planted out in the open border with many other seedlings. It first flowered there, and has proved to be quite hardy at Exeter.
We cannot say much concerning it from personal observation; but we are informed that it blooms freely, and is a very handsome plant. The flowers are certainly fine, and of the very best colours. It would appear to bloom best when suffered to produce its blossoms at the natural season, and not at all forced forward. A cool greenhouse or pit will therefore be most favourable.
Like all hybrids of this class, it should have a tolerable rich soil, and a rather large pot. Either leaf-mould or rotten manure should be freely mixed with loam to form a compost for it; and it will require to be carefully watered in the summer, because Fuchsias are apt to be injured by drought at this season.Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants
10 (1843): [151]-152
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(Mr. Skinner's Columbine) In the Botanical Magazine, from whence we have gleaned the substance of the preceding description, it is stated that this fine species was sent to Woburn Abbey by G. U. Skinner, Esq., from Guatemala; and it flowered in the gardens at Woburn for the first time. Its most prominent characteristics are the great length of the spurs in the flowers, the protrusion of the stamens, and the brilliant red colour of the lower part of the flower-spurs. It ranks with the admirable A. glandulosa among the best members of the genus.
Having, in some places, been very improperly treated by being placed in a stove [a kind of greenhouse] or warm greenhouse, and forced too early into flower, its appearance in a few of the London collections this year has been far from favourable or natural. The flowers have been much impoverished in regard to size, and altogether deprived of that splendid colour which constitutes their leading attraction. Hence it has been deemed inferior even to A. Canadensis. It should be remembered, however, that a forced specimen of a hardy plant affords no criterion of its merit; and that the proper season at which this species should blossom is the months of August and September, while its proper position is the open ground.
Our drawing portrays a specimen which flowered vigorously with Mr. Glendinning, nurseryman, of Turnham Green, towards the end of last July. Being very correctly coloured, a good notion may be gained from it of the plant's beauty.
Although the species seems to be purely hardy, and will therefore attain its best character in a sunny border, thoroughly drained, and composed of a free loamy soil, it may not be considered unworthy to be grown in pots for the greenhouse or conservatory. Where managed in the last-named manner, it should be kept in a peculiarly light and airy situation; for, unless it be grown in a cool place, it will bloom too soon to bloom finely, and without plenty of sun, its glowing hues will degenerate into something very little better than a dingy compound of red, green, and yellow.
It can be multiplied freely by division, in the same way as the other Columbines. Possibly, also, it will ripen seeds in a warm border, open to the south; and, should such be the case, the means for a very abundant increase will be furnished.
We recommend all those who cultivate the plant, (and it is highly deserving of general favour,) to guard against the error of forcing it in any way, or they will invariably be disappointed in it.Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants
10 (1843): [199]-200
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TBOX, which began as the "Twelve Bars of XMas" and now includes 41 bars, is an annual event held the Second Saturday in December in the Wrigleyville Neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It started out as just another Pub Crawl, and over the years has evolved into one of the largest and most spectacular events of its kind in the world. The event was founded in 1996 by Chicagoan Christopher Festa as a "just for fun" event for a few of his friends from work, and has grown from about 60 people the first year to an estimated 18,000 participants in 2011. Since 2007, the event has started and ended with Opening and Closing Ceremonies and a finale party at the world-famous Cubby Bear at 1059 W. Addison.
TBOX2012 is being held on Saturday, December 8, 2012 and this year's theme is TBOXOPOLY.
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ST. ALBERT, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Feb. 12, 2013) - Enterprise Group, Inc. ("Enterprise" or the "Company") (TSX:E) announces that it has closed a non-brokered private placement (the "Offering") of 4,200,000 units of the Company ("Units") at a price of $0.25 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,050,000. Each Unit is comprised of one common share in the capital of the Company ("Common Share") and one Common Share purchase warrant ("Warrant"). Each whole Warrant entitles the holder to acquire one Common Share at an exercise price of $0.35 for a period of six months from the closing of the Offering, subject to accelerated expiry in certain circumstances. After giving effect to the Offering, the Company has a total of 60,966,697 Common Shares issued and outstanding.
The proceeds from the Offering will be used for working capital and capital expenditures associated with the purchase of new equipment. All of the securities issued pursuant to the Offering are subject to a four month hold period from the date of issue.
Enterprise is a construction services company operating in the energy, utility and transportation infrastructure industry. The Company's focus is primarily underground construction and maintenance and above ground plants and facilities and specialized equipment rental. The Company's strategy is to acquire complementary service companies in Western Canada, consolidating capital, management and human resources to support continued growth.
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The Walrus Says
Islander Martha Milot has written and wonderfully illustrated a children's book of particular interest to Jamestown youngsters and young visitors, but also of appeal to kids everywhere.
Entitled "Mr. Miller, the Miller Puds and Pug," the book is about the Jamestown Windmill and is the result of Martha's involvement with the windmill for a number of years and her awareness of how much appeal the historic structure has for children as well as adults.
"For years I have felt that a book for children about the mill would be a good idea. The children I have read it to seem to enjoy the story and the illustrations," she explained.
The book tells of the delightful adventures of Puds, an abandoned, homeless cat, that is rescued by a miller who brings Puds to live at the windmill. There, the feline meets up with the mill's head mouse, Pug, and together the two find ways to work with the miller, even at one point saving his life after a strong gust of wind marooned him high in the air clinging desperately to one of the sweeps. In the end they all learn to exist peacefully together in the Jamestown Windmill, "a very civilized place."
Included in the book is a short explanation about how the mill works.
Martha said she has received excellent reaction from early readers who indicated they were going to buy additional books as gifts.
Copies can be purchased for $5 at Baker's Pharmacy and The Jamestown Historical Society Museum. All proceeds go to the society.
In the wonderful, graceful tradition of ballroom dancing, a father and daughter team will glide across the stage of the Jamestown Community Theater when participating in the 18th annual Jamestown Community Chorus Talent Show a week from tonight, Aug. 16, at 7:30 p.m.
John Biddle will lead, or follow as the case may be, his daughter, Sophie, who is visiting the island from Los Angeles for a couple of weeks.
John, 82, said the routine will be funny and serious. "Sophie's a darn good dancer, she likes to show off. I'm going to take advantage of her being here."
In past years, John has regaled the audience with a clown act, a takeoff on pianist-comedian Victor Borge and a look at Jamestown in year 2020 entitled "20/20 Foresight," among other great skits.
Rehearsal for the show will be held Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 13 and 14 at the community center from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to try out.
Tickets are $7 and $5 for seniors and children in advance from Baker's Pharmacy, The Secret Garden, and Jamestown Hardware or at the door show night.
That was Kim Feeney. Sorry Kim.
Whoever hung the American flag like a dishrag in front of the Town Hall should be ashamed of himself.
Jim Pemantell has stepped up training for his 42nd marathon run, the Steamtown Marathon in Scranton, Pa., in October.
He's raising money for the Tomorrow Fund in honor of 10-yearold Payton Watson, who has been diagnosed with leukemia.
His goal is to raise $5,000 and is asking for donations. Send your check made out to the Tomorrow Fund and send it to Jim at 224 Narragansett Ave., Jamestown, 02835, before Sept. 7.
The marathoner has stepped up his training distances. Last Sunday he added 12 miles, for a total of 38 miles last week.
He said he loves running in the heat, and starts at 5 a.m. He described his route for running 12 miles -- you run north on North Main Road to the lighthouse, south on East Shore Road and west on Narragansett Avenue.
"Next week I'm going for 40 miles and then concentrate on the long runs, 14, 16, 18 and 20 miles and see what happens from there."
The Tomorrow Fund makes it easier for families to make it through a child's cancer treatment. It is funded entirely through donations.
Incidentally, Jim reports that the light has been fixed at Narragansett and Marine Avenue.
Wendy Rafferty is with the "Just Wings" team that is walking 26.6 miles on Sept. 17 for the Dana-Farber/ Jimmy Fund.
The team is raising money to find a cure for cancer and Wendy is asking for your help. If you'd like to donate to this great cause make a check out to the Jimmy Fund and mail it to Wendy at 13 Plymouth Rd., Jamestown 02835.
The "Just Wings" team will be having a yard sale in the Wickford Appliance store parking lot on Aug. 19.
Vote for common sense and save $100,000. Reject Taylor Point!
Janet Davis Callahan writes: "Many, many years ago on several occasions, I informed the ProJo that Jamestown was in Newport County - obviously to no avail! Now I'm 87 years old and still waiting for a change from the South County edition!"
Thanks Janet, we just wish the paper wouldn't refer to it as South County in news coverage.
Former Jamestown Children's Librarian Kris Williams and Lisa Davis, who recently traveled to Ghana ,will talk at the library tonight at 7 about their 15-day adventure. Now working for Ocean State Libraries, Davis will talk and show photographs taken at the library of the Cape Coast School for the Deaf, known as Cape Deaf. Williams is now a resident of Rochester, N.Y.
Refreshments, including a taste of Ghanaian-produced chocolate, will be provided.
We're still seeking information on islanders whose descendants were part of the original settlers here 350 years ago.
Call 829-2760 or e-mail us at jtnwalrus@ hotmail. com
What were they advertising on radio and early television that had a lighthouse and a foghorn that sounded BO?
Are plants that we nurture inside or out possibly dangerous for our pets? Dr. Joshua Hatch of the Jamestown Animal Clinic helps us out in his Pet Tip of the Week. "This week's tip is just a quick reminder to check your house and yard for things that can be dangerous or poisonous to your pets. Indoors we worry about cats and dogs eating plants like lilies or hydrangeas.
Outdoors we worry about trees like yews or rhododendrons.
"For a list of toxic plants check out www.aspca.org and their poison control center. Make sure to keep your pets off any recently fertilized or insecticide-treated grasses and wash their feet off if they do come into contact with these so they don't lick the poison off their pads. Also, be careful with any slug bait, rat or mouse poison, or any left over antifreeze because all of these can be extremely toxic for our pets."
Skip Kingsley of Wickford responded correctly to our poser of "Blues in the Night" and chided us to come up with a "real difficult one."
We'll try Skip.
He also knew Gertrude and Heathcliff.
Sundays are dog days at the Cathryn Jamieson Salon. Clients booked in on those days are invited to bring along their canines for a social meet.
We note that politicians of all stripes know only how to throw money at things. Anyone who thinks our increasingly dangerous tick presence will be solved with more "research and education" just doesn't have it all together.
The only solution is to eliminate the ticks' host.
*** Is anyone on the island a turtle?
*** A tisket, a tasket..........
Joe Vecchione comments on some downtown fashion and suspected stealth goings on.
"Please help us out, here...
"Who is that dapper citizen, smartly decked out in summer-light shorts, sport shoes, and polo shirt, casually sauntering the village waterfront, and adjacent streets, but with an apparently more than casual interest in the parked automobiles he passes along the way?
"The outfit is perfectly set off by the understated bag slung at his side, and the walking stick he swings so gallantly as he passes certain vehicles that seem to catch his eye. No -- Wait! Is that a bit of chalk (also coordinated summer-white) affixed to the end of the device . . . and do we not observe him occasionally strike a small - one might say, all but invisible - mark against some tire or other?
"Yes, that's it (!)...Our stylish boulevardier is marking vehicles, clearly for the purpose of identifying them later...and perhaps indicating those that have overstayed, as it were, their parking 'welcome.' And, now that we attend more closely, isn't that the muted sound of police radio calls emanating from the handbag? Of course, and -- the ultimate tip-off -- see how now and again he favors one of the vehicles with a gaily-colored note tucked under the wiper blades.
"Could this be a new 'stealth' approach to parking control? Certainly the visible presence of a uniformed officer strolling about might warn potential perpetrators not to tarry beyond the posted limit...Or not - who knows?
"Then again, perhaps this is simply a creative example of outsourcing - so popular these days...Or a sort of gender-varied version of the role often played in urban settings by the famous 'Meter Maids' of yore.
"Come to think of it, maybe our friend in casual, Jamestown-appropriate mufti should remain anonymous. We're all too familiar with the unfortunate flap that followed the recent 'outing,' -- by another famous journalist -- of a formerly covert government operative.
"Yeah...best to just let it go. But thanks anyway."
It's too late now Joe, we'll have to go underground in mufti with tropical shirts, long black socks and sandals and mix in with the tourist crowds.
Tuesday is V-J Day, marking the date that ended World War II.
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Revelation 1:3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.
The book of Revelation was never meant to be the personal property of scholars with their diagrams and charts. You, too, can read and understand it. And our verse today reminds us that we will be blessed by reading this last book of the Bible.
Why has there been so much confusion about the book of Revelation? Let me give you three reasons quickly. First, people can misunderstand or become overwhelmed by the heavy symbolism in Revelation. But symbols are to be understood the same way you understand anything else: literally. An example would be when Jesus said, "I am the door" (John 10:7). It's obvious He didn't mean, "I'm a nine-foot plank with a knob." You understand the figure of speech — the picture — literally. Jesus wasn't focusing on the literal physical makeup of the door, but on the literal purpose of the door — to provide access.
Secondly, people overlook the historic context. This book can't mean to us what it didn't mean to the people for whom it was originally written. The book of Revelation is Jesus' message to Christians who were suffering under the Roman persecution in about 90 AD. They were suffering for their faith —in prison and being tortured. They were persecuted because of their allegiance to Jesus Christ. Some of them were beheaded, burned at the stake, or fed to the beasts. The problem is that in Western-world, watered-down Christianity, some of us believe that we're not going to suffer, that everything's going to be perfect and great if we have God. A lot of the wrong theology about Revelation is rooted in a wrong understanding of what God really promises about the Christian life. Keeping the original audience and context in mind will help us to understand.
Thirdly, people often miss the fact that there are frequent Old Testament allusions and quotes in John's writing. We don't know the Old Testament well enough, so when we're reading Revelation we just say, "Oh, I think it means this." If we ignore the way the Old Testament explains Revelation, our understanding will be off the mark.
If we avoid these three errors in reading Revelation, we can expect to experience God's promised blessing on our lives.
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A couple reunite years after the night they first met, fell in love, and separated, convinced that one day they'd end up together. Starring John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Jeremy Piven and Bridget Moynahan.
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The high price and relatively low input costs of growing soybeans has sparked a renewed interest in the crop in the upper Southeast. Add in a double digit increase in wheat acres and the opportunities for double-cropping look like a natural.
In 2007, Virginia growers proved that soybeans, either full season or double-cropped can be grown at yield levels comparable to the Midwest. Virginia Tech Soybean Specialist David Holshouser points out that 14 new members were inducted into the Virginia Soybean Growers Association Bushel Clubs.
At the top of the Bushels Club is Roxbury, Va. grower Jon Black, who was inducted into the 90 Bushel Club. Black won the state yield contest with a whopping 93.2 bushels of full season soybeans per acre, using Pioneer 94M80 variety beans.
Black is a long-time no-till farmer and producing high yields is nothing new to he and his farming partner and brother Keith Black. They farm about 1,000 acres, most of it double-cropped, and have produced three bale per acre cotton in good weather years in central Virginia.
John Hula captured second place in the full season competition, with 89.6 bushels per acre, using D&PL DP51105 variety beans. Hula was inducted into the 80 Bushel Per Acre Club at the group's recent annual meeting.
Eldon Horst took third place in the competition and was one of four Virginia growers inducted into the 70 Bushels Per Acre Club. In addition eight new members were inducted into the 60 Bushels Per Acre Club.
One of the 60 Bushels Per Acre club members, Keith Shipe, took home the top double-crop yield award, growing 64.7 bushels per acre of Pioneer 93M92 beans.
Though not all the high yields were produced on long-term no-till land, there was a common and constant connection between high yield and no-till.
A firm believer in conservation and in need of any labor-reducing farm practices, Black began no-till farming in the mid 1970s. "We started with soybeans behind wheat and corn, but we always worked the wheat land out. In the late 1980s, we went all the way with no-till on full-season soybeans and corn," he says. By the mid-1990s they began experimenting with no-till wheat and subsequently went to no-till systems on virtually all their land.
Soybean production was down slightly in Virginia in 2007, which makes the high yields even more significant. For one thing, it demonstrates that in a drought year, soil that has been in long-term no-tillage systems will hold and utilize moisture better than soil in conventional-tillage systems.
The state's soybean yield averaged 27 bushels per acre, four bushels below 2006, the National Agricultural Statistics Service reported. About 480,000 acres were harvested for beans, down 30,000 acres from the previous year. Soybean production is estimated at 13 million bushels, 18 percent less than last year's production.
Soybean production was down 19 percent nationally from the record-high 2006 amount of nearly 3.2 billion bushels.
In North Carolina drought took a big toll on soybean production, Despite the sporadic crop failures caused by the extended hot, dry weather, some areas of the state were able to product consistently high yields. Phillip Davis of Old Fort in McDowell County won the 2007 state soybean yield contest with a yield of 85 bushels per acre. The strong results were achieved despite a statewide drought that severely impacted state soybean yields in 2007.
Ray Rogerson of Pasquotank County was runner-up with a yield of 79.9 bushels per acre and was the area winner in the Tidewater Region.
Derek Potter of Pamlico County recorded the third-highest yield of 75.2 bushels per acre.
The state contest is based on yield from a measured and verified three-acre plot. The record for the highest yield is 92.9 bushels per acre, set by Mike and Phil McClain in 2006.
Continued low stocks of soybeans worldwide, in part fueled by the need for soybeans for biodiesel production, has kept bean prices high, providing incentive for Virginia-North Carolina growers to plant more beans. Long-time North Carolina State University Soybean Specialist Jim Dunphy says he expects the increase to to be minimal, with most coming in double cropping situations with wheat.
Though seed supply has been an issue in some areas of the country, Virginia Tech's David Holshouser says growers in the upper Southeast have a number of good varieties from which to choose.
In 2007 variety tests in Virginia, Holshouser notes there were numerous varieties from Maturity Groups III through V that produced high yields and with various pest resistance characteristics. A complete listing of the 2007 Virginia Variety tests can be found at his website http://www.vaes.vt.edu/tidewater/soybeans.
Despite widespread rainfall in January and February, the upper Southeast remains in a severe drought situation. Rainfall has been only slightly below normal, but the area was so far behind, above average rainfall was needed to alleviate the drought situation.
Going into the 2008 season soybean growers have more options than usual. The high market price makes full-season beans a good option on land suitable for soybean production. The 20-30 percent increase in wheat planted in the fall of 2007 also provides some excellent opportunities to double the profit potential and reduce the risk, again on land that will support both beans and wheat.


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I have heard words to that effect for a long time.
Stop preaching to the converted, take the music to a new crowd.
Does it really work ?
Has the music prospered due to the so called crossovers ?
From Marley Playing at rock gigs, Tosh with the Rolling Stones, UK bands at the punk scene , the list is long & still continues today with artists & selectas playing to a non reggae crowd .
Do fans of other genres get into reggae this way , or is it a passing phase ?
I remember from way back in the early 80's seeing Mikey Dread doing a support slot with UB40, I had never heard of him before, so that helped to kindle my interest, that was a reggae on reggae thing though.
So has anyone on here came to reggae through different genres & particularly because of the "new audience thing" ?


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A coroner says a 6-year-old boy has died days after he was critically wounded in a school shooting in South Carolina.
Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore said Jacob Hall died about 1 p.m. Saturday. Jacob had been fighting for his life at a hospital since the shooting Wednesday at Townville Elementary School. A bullet struck Hall in a main artery in his leg, causing him to lose a lot of blood.
Shore said an autopsy would take place within the next couple of days. Once those results have been received, the Sheriff's Office and the Solicitor's Office will discuss whether to upgrade any of the charges against the shooter.
"We have all been affected by this terrible event," Sheriff John Skipper said.
Authorities say another student and a first-grade teacher were also shot when a 14-year-old boy opened fire on a playground. They were treated and released.
A GoFundMe page was set up by a friend of Jacob Hall's family and had raised about $100,000 by noon Friday. The boy's parents needed financial assistance after missing work to be with him in the hospital, according a message on the crowd funding site.
Sandy Hook Promise, an organization that advocates for gun control legislation, founded by family members who lost loved ones in the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting, sent condolences to Jacob Hall's family and the community.
In a statement, Sandy Hook Promise said its members are "heartsick" over Hall's death. "We know firsthand the anguish his friends, family, teachers and classmates are facing. This didn't have to happen, it should not have happened, and we are deeply saddened to add Townville, and any town, to the growing list of American communities forever touched by gun violence."
The small Connecticut town of Newtown was thrust onto the world stage on December 14, 2012, when 20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 school children and six teachers.
Authorities say the teen killed his father before he drove to the school. He was charged as a juvenile Friday with murder and three counts of attempted murder.
Authorities have not released a motive.


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Kriss Kross' 10 Best Music Video Moments
Kriss Kross is undoubtly most known for their global hit, "Jump." However, the duo produced a stable of follow up hits, with accompanying music videos. As a group they released three studio albums and two compilations throughout the 90s. With the news of Chris "Mack Daddy" Kelly's sudden passing lingering on our minds, VIBE looks back at Kris Kross' most memorable music video moments.


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January 29. 2013 11:23AM
Atkinson man arrested after police standoff
ATKINSON - A 43-year-old man is being held on two reckless-conduct charges after he fired a gun two separate times inside his home Monday and threatened to commit suicide, police said.
Michael McBride kept police at bay for about 3½ hours before surrendering without incident at 11:10 p.m. in the driveway of his 7 Crystal Hill Road home.
The standoff began about 7:45 p.m. when a relative called police after McBride allegedly fired his gun two separate times inside his home. Police said three rounds were fired, with one of the shots coming close to a family member.
The relative fled the home and called police. At 7:45 p.m., after police repeatedly tried to get McBride to come out, the New Hampshire State Police SWAT and crisis negotiation team was called in.
Police continued to talk to McBride who, holding his firearm, finally emerged at 11:10 p.m. SWAT members ordered him to drop the gun, which he did.
He was arrested and charged with two counts of felony reckless conduct.
What's next: McBride is being held on $25,000 cash bail pending arraignment Tuesday in 10th Circuit Court, Plaistow District Division.


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For information on the $1 billion government sponsored CARS (Car Allowance Rebate System) program, aka "Cash for Clunkers," that allows consumers to receive a $3,500 - $4,500 trade-in allowance on their old vehicle when purchasing or leasing a new vehicle from participating auto dealers, click here.
Be sure to review the FAQ section and browse around the site for important program information, updates, participating dealers and eligibility requirements.
The CARS program is slated to run from July 1, 2009 through November 1, 2009 or until funds run out, whichever comes first.
So, if you were considering getting a new vehicle, perhaps now may be a good time to cash in on this deal. A lot of dealers are even tacking on additional incentives and promotions, so there's a lot of opportunity to save quite a bit of money on a new vehicle.
Also, you can save even more when it comes to financing your vehicle provided you have good credit.
This CARS program is designed specifically to energize the economy, boost auto sales, and put safer, cleaner and more fuel-efficient vehicles on the road.
You can also call the CARS hotline at (866) CAR-7891 or (800) 424-9153 TTY for more information (M-F: 8 am - 10 pm, Sa-Sun: 10 am - 8 pm).
And remember, buckle up, don't drink and drive, don't text and drive, let's all drive safely. :)


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(RNN) – If you're going to say something meaningful, say it with Post-its.
It worked for Brett Beutler from Littleton, CO, when he popped the question to his girlfriend by plastering a room with 8,000 sticky notes, spelling out "Will you marry me?" with colored sheets.
If that wasn't enough in the effort department, he handwrote "I love you" on every single Post-it.
Hand cramps aside, the work paid off. His girlfriend Megan Loosli said yes.
Beutler said it took him several months to write out the "I love you" Post-its. He was able to put them all up in about seven hours, with help.
For you Sex and the City fans, June 5 will always be known as the day Loosli got proposed to ... with a Post-it.
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Art by its very essence is ageless – humans have been expressing themselves through art since the beginning of time. A unique program sponsored by the Center for Emerging Visual Arts and NewCourtland Network uses art to bridge the age gap between seniors and young students.
For the past 10 weeks, about a dozen students from Project Learn School in Mt. Airy and residents of the Germantown Home met every Monday from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. to create artwork that will be displayed in an exhibit at Temple University's Tyler School of Art community gallery in May. Later, the residents' work will be permanently installed in Germantown Home.
Kyle Adams, an eighth grader at Project Learn Elementary School talked about his experience.
"I was worried that I would get frustrated with the elderly, but I learned how to be patient," Adams said. "Annie was my partner. It was surprising to me that she was really, really artistic.
Adams added that Annie did most of the work – and "was funny, too." His partner, Annie Burgess, 65, said she loved working with Kyle.
Burgess pointed to her artwork and showed me the pictures she and Adams agreed to put down. Glued to a wooden board, were pictures of flowers, a car, a bikini and a cat.
"I love cats," Burgess said. "I used to have a cat named Peaches."
Burgess added that she liked that they could decide what design to make.
"I liked that you could put [down] what you wanted," Burgess said. "You have the free will of putting things down you choose to put down."
Jill Galloway, who was one of the six artists selected to participate in the NewCourtland Artist Fellowship, said this was the first time she had ever done anything like this.
Galloway, a photographer and illustrator from Glenolden who designed the intergenerational art project, said the project at Germantown Home was an amazing experience because it showed "how art can bring happiness to everyone involved."
The NewCourtland Artist Fellowship, now in its sixth year, is an intergenerational arts and cultural initiative that is designed to prevent "social isolation amongst seniors it serves while celebrating the talents and experiences of all generations" through a partnership with the Center for Emerging Visual Arts (CFEVA), whose mission is to advance the careers of visual artists by promoting relationships between artists and the communities in which they live and to increase access to visual art for everyone.
Galloway, who says she finds inspiration from nature and "beauty and purity in the unexpected," said the concept for the project was to create a constructive landscape using various collage methods to create artwork from recycled material.
She said the goal of the project was to facilitate conversation about how the landscape has changed and how we view it. She said both students and seniors were encouraged to use their imagination to construct artwork that was not only personal but also a pleasure to illustrate from the mind to the hand.
Genevieve Coutroubis, regional community arts program director at the the Center for Emerging Visual Artists, said the the artwork really "serves as an ambassador."
"Producing art in this way really can serve as a mouthpiece," Coutroubis said. "It really represents the seniors who created the artwork. Every year, we hear staff say 'wow, our seniors did this?'"
Galloway said the students and seniors really connected with each other and worked in teams to create the project for that day.
"It's been very interesting to watch the dynamics especially after the first couple of weeks," Galloway said.
She said some seniors were very artistic and definitely have an idea of what they wanted to accomplish in that hour, while other seniors really wanted the students to take the lead.
"The students are really sweet because they will suggest colors and cut out the paper," Galloway said. "It's really just about having fun with materials and making something together."
Elizabeth Cacerez, recreation director at the Germantown Home, said the students were very respectful and accommodating to the seniors.
Prior to the workshop, both the artist and the students received sensitivity training. Coutroubis said the workshop helped students and the artist to understand the residents and the challenges they face on a daily basis.
She said simple things, like putting Vaseline on glasses, helped students understand and experience what it's like to have cataracts. She said it helped kids understand why a resident might say something mean or not want to come to the activity.
Cacerez said all of the residents and students were very committed to coming to the project. She recalled how one resident, Esther Penn, 88, never wanted to miss the program because she loved working with the children.
"This was one of the best programs that we have had," Cacerez said. "I know that we all enjoyed it. When everybody comes every week, it means they really enjoy it."
Joan Fox, an art teacher at Project Learn who, along with Roni Anton, the school's community coordinator, arranged Project Learn's involvement in the program, said the project was an "example of the school's philosophy of both using and contributing to the resources of the community."
"We realized that this program fit perfectly with our own art program, which often involves groups of mixed ages," Fox said. "This project really expanded our age range."
Surya Bromley, an eighth grader at Project Learn, said it was fun to work with senior citizens.
"I learned that I have to be really patient when working with elders because sometimes it was difficult," Bromley said.
Galloway shared her thoughts on the experience and said she hoped to do more intergenerational projects.
"What I learned from this experience is that the little things in life, like making art, can be healing and [art is] something that should be shared."
Another Project Learn eighth grader, Elya Kaplan, said when she learned her partner Margaret always wanted to visit Israel, she realized it was an opportunity to share some of her experiences.
"Because I am from Israel, I could tell her all about it," Kaplan said.
Kaplan said Margaret, who has grandchildren, was "very sweet and kind." When asked what she learned from the experience Kaplan said, "I learned that elderly people have a way about them – an aura. They like working with kids because it keeps them young and vital."
Artists who are interested in applying for CFEVA's NewCourtland Artist Fellowship can go to cfeva.slideroom.com and follow the application instructions. The deadline for applications is April For more information about the fellowship call Genevieve Coutroubis at 215-546-7775 x 11.


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I wrote the following piece after returning from a trip to India in 2004. This is as urgent an issue for Silicon Valley and the competitiveness of the US Economy today as it was then. While I wrote this about India, we need to be just as concerned about China and Eastern Europe.
February 23, 2004
Silicon Valley is suffering a brain drain that is just going to keep getting worse. Historically the valley has been the beneficiary of brain drains from around the world. The diasporas of China, India, Russia, etc, all came to sunny California to start their companies and make their fortunes. Companies like Juniper, Q-Logic, Exodus, and Silicon Labs are among the hundreds of companies that have generated billions in sales and wealth started by the best and brightest from around the world. Now some of those great minds are packing up and heading home.
I spent the first week of February in India with a TiE delegation of other venture capitalists and TiE Charter members. Everything you've heard about how exciting and dynamic things are in India today is true – if anything, it's understated. Politicians and labor unions who are expressing concern about US call center and SI jobs going to India are focusing their energies on the wrong problem. The problem is not the inevitable transfer of certain business functions to where they can most efficiently be performed, but the migration of the entrepreneurs and experienced workers who create the companies (and the wealth) to their ancestral homelands.
We've all heard the stories about the quality of the Indian workforce. They're smart, they're well educated, and yes, compared to engineers in Silicon Valley, they'll work for peanuts. But there are two critical pieces of human capital that India (and countries like it) lack that Silicon Valley has in spades. The first is years of relevant experience – each new generation of technology building on the successes and failures of the one that came before it. The second is the high-tech entrepreneurs – the people who have worked in an industry for long enough to know how things are done and to know where the problems are that are worth solving. But there's nothing genetic that leads these shores to produce more entrepreneurs than anywhere else.
For the last 30+ years, the best and brightest from around the world came here. They first came here to get educated. That's why the graduate programs at our top engineering schools are filled to overflowing with the best and brightest from India, China, Russia, and everywhere else around the world. The world's Diaspora came to the US to get educated. And then once educated, they realized that the companies that would put all that good education to best use were companies right here in the good ole U-S of A. If they happened to be in an area where companies are started as fast and furious as they are in Silicon Valley, they may have gotten the idea and tried to start one themselves. They built up that critical experience and some even became one of our most treasured natural resources: the entrepreneur who innovates, creates jobs, and creates wealth.
Now some of those people are heading home. So now those bright engineers who graduate from IIT with arguably the best engineering education in the world won't be forced to reinvent the wheel. They'll have mentors who learned their trade through years of hard work in the valley and elsewhere. And some of those that head back will be the entrepreneurs with the ideas and the initiative to start high-tech companies that are ready to compete on a global scale.
We now have our own Silicon Valley Diaspora to moan about - the best and the brightest leaving these shores for bigger and better opportunities elsewhere. So watch out. While the first wave of Indian high-tech startups was dominated by call-center and IT outsourcing firms, the next wave is likely to be dominated by software and hardware companies that build their entire companies – not just their call-centers and back-office – somewhere other than Silicon Valley.


text: BigBeluga 1 Posted December 29, 2009 Welcome to the Lenovo S12 Ion Development Thread Last updated 04/04/10 This project thread is devoted to developing procedures for and troubleshooting issues with the installation of Snow Leopard 10.6.3 on the Ion-equipped Lenovo S-12 netbook. Special thanks to theproto for graciously allowing me to borrow the formatting, structure, and content from one of his posts. Special thanks to Meklort for his work on NetbookInstaller This information and work is maintained by BigBeluga; more contributors are needed to see this through RULES: 1.) Do not offer up information that is already known and listed in this top post 2.) Keep all discussion related to Snow Leopard on the Lenovo S12-Ion 3.) Credit must be given to the appropriate people in the right places (top post especially) PRIORITIES: Battery - no battery-related status Bluetooth - not functioning SPECIFICATIONS: Memory - 1024MB onboard, open DDR2 SO-DIMM slot (2048MB expansion), 3072MB total memory Chipset - VANILLA - NVIDIA ION Graphics - VANILLA - NVIDIA GeForce 9400M based (PC EFI, LCD/VGA/HDMI, RES/QE/CI) (BigBeluga confirmed) HDMI Port - VANILLA VGA Port - VANILLA Universal Serial Bus - VANILLA - NVIDIA ION Microprocessor - VANILLA - Intel Atom N270, kernel patching provided by Meklort's bootloader Keyboard - VANILLA - Trackpad - EXTRAS - Synaptics Trackpad Local Storage - VANILLA - NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller Card Reader - VANILLA - NVIDIA nForce Card Reader Ethernet - UNSUPPORTED - Broadcom 5906 Stock Wireless - EXTRAS - BCM4315, requires bcc9's fixes, see this thread Wireless WAN - UNKNOWN - Bluetooth - EXTRAS - Working with bcc9's bluetooth HCI fix Audio - TAINTED - Realtek ALC269 - requires patched VoodooHDA Webcam - TAINTED - Requires CamTwist External Optical - VANILLA - Tested with LaCie 301845 (BigBeluga confirmed) FEATURES: Battery Status - EXTRAS - bcc9's AppleACPIPlatform patch and AppleACPIBattery.kext required Sleep/Hibernate/Suspend - VANILLA - Device sleeps/resumes/hibernates without issue Trackpad Options - VANILLA - Works with AppleACPIPS2Nub/ApplePS2Controller. Synaptics Trackpad allows all parameters to be adjusted; gestures unsupported Shutdown/Reboot - VANILLA (BigBeluga confirmed) Clamshell Switch - EXTRAS LidSleep.kext now in use with 10.6.3 Power Button/FN Buttons (brightness, volume, etc.) - VANILLA (BigBeluga confirmed) SpeedStep or P/C-States - EXTRAS - AppleIntelCPUPowerManagment.kext now working with NetbookInstaller 0.84RC1; working on full SS capability in DSDT LEGEND: VANILLA - No fixes needed or DSDT/EFI fixes used only EXTRAS - Extra KEXTs needed but not located in /S/L/E TAINTED - Additions to /S/L/E or /System UNSUPPORTED - No useable driver exists for the device/chipset UNKNOWN - Initial status indicating further testing/verification is needed REQUIREMENTS: Lenovo S12 with the Ion chipset RELEASES: see Meklort's blog. The Lenovo S12-Ion will be included in the next release of the NetbookInstaller project, though it is not included in the current release (0.84RC1) DOCUMENTATION: Mac OS X Installation using the NetbookInstaller project's latest release: 1.) Restore your Snow Leopard Retail DVD to a USB stick (8GB minimum) 2.) Use NetbookBootmaker, targeting the same USB stick used for the restore 3.) Boot your S12 from the USB stick (Fn-F11 immediately after power on) 4.) Use Apple's Disk Utility on the Mac OS X 10.6 Install Disc to create a partition for the install 5.) Install Mac OS X 10.6 selecting the desired options 6.) Click restart after Mac OS X 10.6 is successfully installed 7.) Boot from the S12's internal hard drive 8.) After you reach the desktop, select "Software Update" from the Apple menu and continue with the 10.6.3 Combo Update 9.) After the system reboots, a Dell Mini 10v icon will appear on the screen; this is normal, and indicates NetbookInstaller is running after an update. Eventually, the computer will restart. 10.) After the computer restarts, shut it down and move the USB stick back to a working Mac. 11.) Use Mkexttool to unpack the Extensions.mkext in the /Extra folder and remove NVEnabler.kext 12.) Repack the remaining extensions, and put the resulting Extensions.mkext in the /Extra folder, replacing the original. 13.) Boot your S12 as you would a normal MacBook Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Sunapee Lake latest NH beach impacted by bacteria; cleared for swimming Tues.By MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
August 05. 2014 8:42PM
Sunapee Lake was cleared for swimming Tuesday after samples showed an abrupt drop in the high bacteria levels of last week, which had prompted parks officials to warn against swimming there.
On Saturday, officials posted advisories at the Mount Sunapee State Park beach after one of three samples showed high levels of fecal coliform bacteria. It was the first time in eight years that do-not swim advisories were posted at the beach.
It's questionable, though, how dangerous the water really was.
The state standard for bacterial contamination is 88 counts of E. coli per 100 milliliters of water, nearly three times lower than the EPA recommended level of 235 counts per 100 ml, said Sonya Carlson, beach program coordinator for the state Department of Environmental Services.
The highest level of bacteria measured at Sunapee beach last week was 220 counts per 100 ml.
Although the state puts up advisories when bacterial levels exceed state standards, no one can stop someone from swimming at the beaches, Carlson said.
"They don't close," Carlson said. "This is New Hampshire, live free or die."
Pawtuckaway problems
She cautioned that other beaches have persistent problems and experience far dirtier water.
Earlier this year, one measurement at Pawtuckaway State Park beach exceeded 2,000 counts per 100 ml.
"I don't think they (Sunapee) have a chronic problem," Carlson said. "It wasn't like the poster child of bad — Pawtuckaway State Park."
Although levels at Pawtuckaway — one of the closest freshwater beaches to Manchester — were safe as of last Friday, the beach has been under advisory three times this season. The most recent covered the last two weeks of July.
Carlson expects that Sunapee water was dirtied by ducks. Pawtuckaway has problems with resident geese and a nearby beaver pond.
On Sunday, the head of state parks, Philip Bryce, said this was a tough year for bacterial levels at state beaches. Carlson said the number of beach advisories for the summer so far is 45, compared to an average of 42 at July's end.
Last year, however, it was 60 at this point in the summer. She said she suspects last year's numbers were high because of frequent rainstorms. Rain tends to wash fecal matter, such as bird waste, into lakes.
Dogs as deterrents
Carlson said water fowl are to blame for most bacterial contaminations, and getting rid of water fowl would be the first step to raising the water quality of beaches with persistent problems.
Some beaches allow dogs to chase the fowl. Others apply grape seed oil to grass, which Canada geese don't like.
Instances of contamination of blue-green algae, which is more serious than bacteria, totaled four so far this year. The average for a year is five, she said.
Carlson said two samples taken last week at Sunapee were below the state level of 88 per 100 ml. But the left beach sample tested 220, which prompted the advisories to be posted.
The sample taken Monday at the same spot registered below 2.
Carlson said the tough state standards for beach water were adopted in 2000. She said the EPA standard translates into an acceptable level of eight post-swimming sicknesses per 1,000 people.
The state level translates into a rate that is half the frequency of the EPA standard.
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Three men were under arrest after a break-in at Chocksett Middle School Friday.
According to a press release from the Sterling Police Sgt. Paul Constantino, the force responded to an alarm on Friday, July 19, at 11:38 p.m., at the school on Boutelle Road.
"Upon police arrival, two male subjects were observed coming out of the Chocksett School auditorium," according to police. "These two subjects were placed under arrest by Sterling Police Acting Sgt. Craig Pomeroy and Patrolman Lane Pomeroy after a short foot pursuit. A third suspect was arrested a short time later by Sterling Police in the yard of a private residence on Boutelle Road."
Those arrested were: Nikkos Stavropoulos, 19, of 9 Noble St., Dudley; Avery M. Gamache, 20, of 165 Oxford Road, Charlton; and Kory Silun, 23, of 4 Witter St., Auburn. All three defendants were charged with: Breaking and entering in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony; trespassing; and resisting arrest. After executing a search warrant on the vehicle, Stavropoulos was also charged with three counts of receiving stolen property (street signs) and being a person under 21 in possession of alcohol.
All three suspects were booked at the Sterling Police Department and held on $250 cash bail. All three defendants made bail and are scheduled to be arraigned at Clinton District Court, Clinton, on Monday, July 22, at 9 a.m.
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HIV-positive infants who begin receiving antiretroviral therapy immediately after being diagnosed with the virus are 76% less likely to die than HIV-positive infants who do not receive treatment until the disease has progressed, according to a study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, Reuters reports.
For the study, Avy Violari of the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa and colleagues assigned 377 HIV-positive infants to two groups. One group began antiretroviral treatment at about seven weeks of age, while the second group did not begin treatment until their CD4+ T cell counts dropped or they began showing symptoms of AIDS. Among the infants in the early treatment group, 4% died after 40 weeks of treatment, compared with 16% in the group that did not receive treatment until later (Emery, Reuters, 11/19). The study also found that early treatment reduced progression of the disease by 75%, from 26% in the late treatment group to 6% in the early treatment group (BBC News, 11/19).
The researchers halted the study early because the results were so conclusive and provided all infants in the study with antiretrovirals. In addition, the study led officials from Europe, the U.S. and the World Health Organization to recommend immediate antiretroviral treatment for HIV-positive infants.
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Violari said the findings "reinforce the view that there are no reliable predictors" on disease progression for infants younger than age one and that CD4 counts do not determine with "enough accuracy" if infants "are becoming sick." The researchers were "alarm[ed]" at how fast the disease progressed in young infants, Violari said, noting that "some infants could seem fine in the morning and get sick and die by nightfall." She added that after analyzing the study data, it "became clear that treating all infants at the earliest opportunity after diagnosis was the best course of action" (BBC News, 11/19).
Violari said that it will take a "few years" to implement early HIV testing and treatment programs for infants because testing for infants is expensive and it will be difficult to identify HIV-positive infants in developing countries (Reuters, 11/19). Mark Cotton of the Comprehensive International Program of Research on AIDS said that implementing such programs will require "both manpower and resources."
Diana Gibb of the Medical Research Council in the United Kingdom said the No. 1 priority should be preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission. "The drug regimens are no picnic for these babies and even with improved outcomes in early life, there is still no cure for AIDS," Gibb said (BBC News, 11/19).
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Big-hearted regulars have helped raise vital funds for Ashgate Hospice by taking part in quizzes at their local pub.
The Wheatsheaf Inn, at Newbold, Chesterfield, which hosts weekly quizzes in aid of the Chesterfield-based charity handed over a donation for £750 bringing the total raised over the last few years by the pub to £3,500.
Wheatsheaf Quizmaster Eric Hall said: "The regulars at our quiz donate every single week of the year culminating in a special charity evening every twelve months.
"On that evening they donate prizes and then pay for the privilege of winning them back. It's crazy, but a good night is had by all. I'd like to take this opportunity of thanking them all for their generosity – the same people are dipping into their pockets week in, week out.
"This year our total was boosted by a donation from the good people of Heath, who also held a quiz to raise funds recently."
Ashgate is an independent charity which provides specialist palliative and end of life care to seriously ill people and their families across North Derbyshire and in the High Peak and Dales.
It has 21 inpatient beds and a 16-place day unit as well as providing a range of community based support and therapy services.
To ensure these vital services continue, Ashgate Hospice needs to raise £3.8million each year in running costs.
All of the proceeds from the event will go towards ensuring that the hospice's specialist services continue to be provided to local people in the county.
Chief Executive Lucy Nickson, of Ashgate Hospice, said: "It's fantastic that they continue to support our work.
"Without them, and people like them, we wouldn't be where we are today, making such a positive difference to patients and families across North Derbyshire.
"It costs around £10,400 per day to run the hospice, so every penny raised really does help us to deliver care to local people."


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Meet Jose Muñoz: The Man Who Used Xbox to Keep From Being Deported
You don't need a law degree from a fancy college to craft a good legal defense. If you're Jose Muñoz, all you need is an Xbox.
Muñoz was brought to America from Mexico by his parents as a 1-year-old, but his parents never went home when their work visas expired. This means that the Muñoz family—including little Jose—was still in the country illegally.
Jose's family settled in Sheboygan, WI where he graduated from high school with honors in 2005. But, without being a legal citizen, Jose couldn't find a steady job or afford to go to college. He helped out around the house and baby-sat his younger brother, but spent most of his time battling boredom and depression by playing Xbox.
"I was just vegging, but I was bored and getting depressed," he said. "It was upsetting because I couldn't do what I wanted to do. I was sick of it. I was waiting around hoping something would happen."
Then last year, President Obama announced a new initiative that would let people who had been brought to the country as children obtain a two-year (renewable) permit to stay in the country. But there was one catch—in order to qualify for the program, an individual had to prove he or she had been in the country continuously since June 2007. Since Muñoz lived with his parents and hadn't worked or gone to school in that time, he had no transcripts, work records, rental receipts or other documentation to prove his presence on American soil.
Muñoz contacted local attorney Davorin Odrcic about his plight. During their discussion, they got to talking about their mutual love of gaming; that's when Odrcic got an idea. Since Jose Muñoz had an Xbox Live account, he was able to show that he had been playing and downloading games to his Wisconsin address consistently since 2007.
Muñoz and Odrcic sent off a copy of his Xbox records, along with a notarized statement swearing their accuracy, and the waiting game began. Two months later, Muñoz's gaming and Odrcic's quick thinking paid off big, when Jose received the letter granting him legal deferred status.
Muñoz doesn't have to worry about being deported for the next couple of years, and has now been able to get a drivers license, a car and two jobs; he's working at a local factory, as well as a restaurant. But his new status is not without a side effect: his Xbox time has taken a major hit. Since he can legally work, Jose is now "crazy busy," working seven days a week to help his family and saving up for college.
At least someone's XBox playing is helping them avoid trouble, it's usually why we get in trouble with our girlfriends.


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Kagan spoke about Ginsburg's work as an attorney and her decisions as a judge at a lecture for the New York City Bar Association. The talk was for the annual "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Distinguished Lecture on Women and the Law" put on by the bar association, and Ginsburg was in the audience and introduced Kagan to the crowd.
Kagan started her remarks to the appreciative audience on a light note, pointing out that Ginsburg has numerous fans who have created online sites about her and showing pictures of Ginsburg as a young woman, but she went on to more serious praise, from the quality of her legal writing to the cases she has been involved with and her steadfast determination to work toward gender equality.
"As a litigator and then as a judge, she changed the face of American anti-discrimination law," Kagan said.
Kagan discussed three cases Ginsburg took on as an attorney, all of which looked at laws that treated men and women differently. She also talked about three of Ginsburg's judicial decisions — the striking down of the Virginia Military Institute's male-only admission policy, in which Ginsburg wrote the majority opinion in 1996; the 2007 Ledbetter v. Goodyear employment discrimination case in which she wrote the dissent; and the 2013 Vance v. Ball State discrimination case in which she also dissented.
Asked by a second-year law school student for any advice, Ginsburg said she's enjoyed every part of her legal career, and what made her so satisfied is "I spent a lot of my time doing something outside myself, doing something that I hope makes life better for other people."
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HOUSTON – Must-win. It is a term that gets thrown around a lot and while the Houston Dynamo are not willing to employ it just yet, Sunday's match against joint Eastern Conference leaders D.C. United certainly carries a sense of urgency.
Just past the halfway point of the season the Dynamo currently sit in fifth place in the Eastern Conference, six points out of one of the three automatic playoff spots and eight behind D.C., making the match (9 pm ET; Galavision) a chance to start to turn the table in their favor.
"There's plenty of pressure," Designated Player Boniek García told MLSsoccer.com through a translator about the tilt with first-place United. "We know the type of team we're going against and know we have to perform at home. We know D.C. is a difficult team and the other two teams we play this week as well are very difficult. We know what we have to do."
With this being the rubber-match against D.C., Garcia's point about knowing how tough they can be is well earned.
The Dynamo and United split their previous two matches this season with each defending their home field. With Houston having the advantage of playing the final regular season meeting on their pitch, where they 6-0-1 all-time at home against D.C. including a 1-0 win in the inaugural match at BBVA Compass Stadium on May 12.
In short, the Dynamo know that this match is a prime opportunity to kick start their push to the playoffs.
"Yes, and we're going into the second half of the season knowing it's better that we turn it on now rather than later and put ourselves in a position where things truly become must-wins down the road," said striker Will Bruin when asked about the sense of urgency about the weekend. "It's big for us to get some points against [D.C.] and close some ground and get close to them in the standings."
For Bruin the key to pulling out the victory will be "putting in a full 90," something about which the forward talked to MLSsoccer.com earlier this week. Putting together that complete performance will be a big boost to Houston's playoff chances, especially considering the point they pulled out of Livestrong Sporting Park last weekend in a 0-0 draw against D.C.'s co-leaders in the East, Sporting Kansas City.
But however crucial the game is, don't call it a must-win. Not yet, anyway.
"We know where we are in the standings but you play all these games to win," head coach Dominic Kinnear said. "We're still close enough and if make a good run, starting with this game, it puts us in a better position. But we put pressure on ourselves to win as many as we can during the season."
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With the increasing awareness of long-term problems caused by athletes suffering repeated concussions, the Recreation Department will require coaches in youth sports to obtain training on handling players with concussions, Health Director James J. Morin said.
The Recreation Department will require coaches in youth sports to obtain training on handling players with concussions, Health Director James J. Morin said.
The Southbridge policy, adopted recently by the health board for the Recreation Department to carry out, requires anybody who uses town fields to take a half-hour online course on concussions, essentially mirroring what is done for school teams, Mr. Morin said.
The policy is in response to a well-publicized Pop Warner football game in Southbridge in September during which five players on the visiting Tantasqua team suffered concussions.
The Southbridge Board of Health, in consultation with Jan DiGregorio, assistant athletic director at Southbridge Middle-High School, vetted the new concussion rule, originally proposed by Councilman Shaun M. Moriarty.
The measure drew an angry reaction from Scott S. Lazo, a Pop Warner football coach and School Committee member.
He asserted that councilors should stay out of youth football, which already trains coaches on how to handle concussions, and redouble its efforts to lower taxes.
Mr. Moriarty said the proposal builds off a state law regarding concussions with student athletes on middle and high school teams, applying it to youth sports, which involve younger children whose bodies and brains are still developing. They are at potentially greater risk for injury, he said.
A typical penalty would prevent the violator from renting a field from the Recreation Department for a length of time determined by a review board, Mr. Morin said.
A Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association online course shows a video and asks test-takers questions about the symptoms of concussions and the steps a coach needs to take, Ms. DiGregorio said.
A test-taker receives a certificate for passing.
The MIAA also suggests parents review the website.
Mr. Lazo wondered how his town would be able to enforce the new concussion rule.
Fields on which Pop Warner competes are under the School Department's jurisdiction.
"Our requests, our insurance certificates, everything is sent to the School Committee," he said, adding the matter should go before a public hearing.
USA Football, the sport's national governing body, ran training on concussions and the game's fundamentals for Pop Warner programs at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro before last season.
Mr. Lazo recalled that a doctor from Harvard University led a seminar.
"He said, and I quote, 'We don't know any more about concussions today than we did 20 years ago, but always fall on the side of caution.' If a kid has a headache, some sort of dizziness, you assume the worst and do the checkup. And that's what we do. That's why my guys don't have concussions."
Mr. Moriarty acknowledged that Pop Warner and other youth sports leagues already had mandatory concussion bylaws. As long as they provide documentation, they're all set, he said.
The issue at hand is safety of kids on local athletic fields, not pointing fingers, the councilman said.
The Southbridge Town Council should get Sturbridge to adopt the concussion rule, Mr. Lazo said.
Michael C. Moran, president of the Tantasqua program, said it didn't need to reply to Mr. Lazo's comments. Tantasqua includes youngsters from Sturbridge, Brookfield, Brimfield, Holland and Wales.
Mr. Moran said this year's Tantasqua program will offer concussion prescreening for players and cheerleaders, in addition to the training coaches get each year for recognizing and handling concussions.
The program is also looking into bringing in a speaker on concussions.
Mr. Moran said he wouldn't have an issue if any of the program's communities decided to mandate that its own coaching staff be trained in concussions before it used local fields and facilities.
"We are all in this for the safety and betterment of the children, and if that is what we need to do to get there, then we welcome it," he said.
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destroy the technological MacGuffin that'll be the only way to save the planet in Reel Three … keep us from destroying ourselves by inventing bigger and stronger atom bombs" backstory. It was at least in part intended as a propaganda piece at showing how quickly the Japanese economy bounced back after being all but leveled by nukes in WW2, and in part a power fantasy where Japan gets the next big weapon after the A-bomb. All this, and starfish people. Starfish people who can transform into pop idol girls, but have trouble blending in, what with the ability to do math.
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Catholic apologist Benjamin Wiker does his best Bill O'Reilly impersonation in an article in the National Catholic Register, in which he claims that the cause of the "fiscal cliff" and the debt problem in the United States and Europe is — wait for it — secularism.
That we seem to be merrily rolling along toward a fiscal cliff is evident. Why is not as clear — at least not the deep why. Some of the depth of the problem can be plumbed out if we look at the relationship between secularism and our current morbid financial mess.To live in a secular world means that the only heaven, if there is to be one, will be on earth. And since there are no souls in a secular, materialist world, then the only goods we can get are bodily goods. Thus, we run on from the self-preservation of having sufficient food, clothing and shelter to seek superfluous pleasures, titillations, entertainments and luxuries…
That's why the modern state has gained so much power. Subtract God and the Church, as secularism by definition does, and the state becomes the greatest source of collective human power on earth. And so to that power we run, and ask of it, or take from it, all we long for, all we can get.
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LONDON (MarketWatch) — Germany's DAX 30 index reclaimed the 10,000 level on Thursday as the broader European stock markets moved firmly higher after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen signaled she was in no hurry to raise interest rates.
The Stoxx Europe 600 index SXXP, -0.42% gained 0.6% to close at 348.15, after moving in tight ranges for most of the week.
The DAX 30 index DAX, -0.26% climbed back above the 10,000 mark for the first time since June 11, higher by 0.7% at 10,004.00. The U.K.'s FTSE 100 index UKX, -0.10% advanced 0.4% to 6,808.11, while France's CAC 40 index PX1, -0.62% climbed 0.7% to 4,563.04.
The solid moves came after U.S. Fed chief Janet Yellen after the European close on Wednesday said there would be "considerable time" between when the bond taper ends and when rate hikes begin. She also said the central bank wasn't concerned with the stock market currently trading around record highs.
Yellen's comments also weakened the dollar and boosted metals prices. U.K.'s miners climbed with the stronger metals prices on Thursday, with shares of Anglo American PLC AAL, +1.55% up 1% and BHP Billiton PLC BLT, +0.74% BHP, +1.07% BHP, -0.33% 1% higher.
Among other notable movers, Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC RR, -1.33% climbed to the top of the pan-European index. The engine maker rallied 8.1% after it announced a 1 billion pound ($1.7 billion) stock-buyback program and ruled out any major takeovers.
Man Group PLC EMG, +3.67% jumped 6% after the asset manager said it is buying Boston-based investment firm Numeric Holdings LLC for up to $494 million.
Shares of Portugal Telecom SGPS SA PT:PTC picked up 1.1% after Moody's Investors Service lifted the company's rating to Baa3, or investment grade, from Ba2 to reflect "the company's stronger global diversification and greater financial strength all owing to its merger with Oi SA."
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Shares of Air France-KLM SA AF, -0.95% gave up 3.5% after UBS slashed its rating on the airline to sell from neutral, arguing that a number of factors that are beyond the company's control will weigh on the results. UBS mentioned the recent spike in oil prices due to sectarian violence in Iraq as one of the issues.
Euro-zone finance ministers gathered in Luxembourg for a Eurogroup meeting, with Greece — among other things — on the agenda. The International Monetary Fund — one of Greece's international lenders — warned last week the country needs to improve its public-sector efficiency dramatically, to meet new fiscal targets and avoid fresh austerity measures. The IMF also identified a €12.6 billion ($17 billion) gap in funding.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers have reassigned INF Alfredo Amezaga, C Matt Wallach and RPs Kevin Gregg and Peter Moylan to minor league camp. OFs Alex Castellanos and Elian Herrera and RPs Stephen Fife and Josh Wall were optioned to minor league camp.
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Los Angeles Dodgers P Steven Ames, C Tim Federowicz, P Onelki Garcia, P Matt Magill, OF Jeremy Moore, P Rob Rasmussen, RP Paco Rodriguez and C Matt Wallach were among the organization's invited minor leaguers for next week's winter camp. Those invited to the minicamp are typically considered closest to reaching the majors.
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