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More About Trees and Plants...
When we moved to Kentucky, my husband and I were very interested in planting native species of trees and shrubs in our yard to attract wildlife and birds.
I discovered a wonderful manual in our library -- Native Trees for Urban and Rural America* by Gary L. Hightshoe, and I studied it extensively. For many months, I checked it out, renewed it, returned it to the library, and went back again in a few days to check it out again.
As I pored over the Hightshoe manual and other tree and shrub books, I noticed that sumac was mentioned again and again as a tree with high wildlife value for everything from birds and squirrels to deer. I started talking about planting some sumac along the old roadbed on the south facing slope of our yard.
Finally, one winter day as the kids and I were driving home along a backroad, I saw some sumac with attractive red seedheads growing in the ditch. I pulled over and told Keely to jump out and get some seeds from them. She came back with a handful of seeds, and I put them in the freezer until spring and then planted them in peat pots.
I don't remember how many seeds came up, but I did successfully start and transplant four sumac trees in the dryest, rockiest area of our yard. I planted them together in a little clump, thinking they'd look natural like that.
We have two types of sumac that grow in this part of Kentucky. A year or two after I'd planted our sumac trees, I realized that Keely had plucked seeds of both types, and our little sumac clump had trees of both types. I wouldn't have done that, had I known, but apparently they were growing together in the ditch where we got the seeds. Oh well!
A dozen years later, I have become pretty well acquainted with sumac. I enjoy the way it looks, especially in fall and winter when it has its red seedheads. I hope it's helping the birds in winter, but where the trees are located, I can't really watch. The seeds are all gone by spring, but I don't know if they have been eaten or they just fall off.
I don't like how the sumac constantly sends up shoots from its roots, making the lawn look messy. The shoots are easy enough to mow off, but they pop up all the time from May through August. (In fact, the easiest way to start a sumac tree is to dig up a root sucker rather than messing around with seeds.)
The branches are extremely brittle, and it's easy to knock off a branch just by bending it a little too much with the lawn mower. They also break off in heavy snow or ice. This means that there are often sumac branches to drag off to the brush pile.
Would I plant it again? Oh, probably. I really do like its exotic look.
*Native Trees for Urban and Rural America* by Gary L. Hightshoe is no longer in print and I've never been able to locate a copy to buy. I eventually purchased a more comprehensive and even better manual by Gary L. Hightshoe: Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines for Urban and Rural America. The copy I have was published by Van Nostrand Reinhold of New York in 1988 (ISBN 0-422-23274-8). I got it from Abebooks in like-new condition, and I paid $103 for it. It is the most expensive book I've ever bought for myself (except for textbooks), but I've never regretted it. It's a truly excellent reference.
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Escapees to Celebrate 50th in Hoosier State
April 7, 2010 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Escapees to Celebrate 50th in Hoosier State
The Escapees RV Club will celebrate their 50th anniversary Sept. 12-17 during their Golden Anniversary Escapade at the Elkhart County Fairgrounds in Goshen, Ind.
The event will bring together more than 1,000 members of the Livingston, Texas-based organization that serves the lifestyle needs of fulltime RVers.
The main event officially begins on Sunday (Sept. 12) with "Orientation," followed by opening ceremonies and entertainment by Johnny Counterfit. Counterfit was selected as a top comedian of the year by Music City News. He does more than 25 voice-character impressions in a clean concert format.
There will be daily socials with door prizes, as well as evening games, discussion groups, night classes, chapter and BOF get-togethers, dances, exercise classes, treasure hunts and a multitude of other activities.
During the 50th Escapade, over 60 educational seminars, classes, workshops, VIP (Info-Mercial) programs and demonstrations will be offered. There will be three levels/types of seminars taking place at the same time.
- The nationally acclaimed Escapees Boot Camp for RVers will be a free venue this year, a series of classes for newer RVers.
- A second track will be geared to seasoned RVers and includes topics on boondocking, full-timing, RV maintenance/repair, new gadgetsand important lifestyle issues including health and recreation.
- The third set will be a variety of classes and workshops from computer skills to hobbies.
In addition to all of these choices, there will be a full range of craft classes on subjects like painting, matting, sewing, beading and many more.
Tours of the Northern Indiana Amish Country and other tourist locations also are planned.
Major sponsors include Adventure Caravans, RV Advantage Insurance, Heartland Recreational Vehicles LLC, PoliSeek RV Insurance, Coach-Net, Foremost Insurance Group and General RV Center.
This will be the largest of nearly 20 RV groups scheduled to rally at the fairgrounds in 2010.
For more information on the Escapees event go to www.escapees.com.


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Don't forget that Karl Lagerfeld has a history of saying shitty things about women's bodies – like this classic:
"No one wants to see curvy women. You've got fat mothers with their bags of chips sitting in front of the television and saying that thin models are ugly."
It's the insult of the statement, not the word "fat", but it's hard for me to hear and to use that word without all of the baggage associated with it because it is a word that has been deliberately used to hurt me and its not been an easy thing to rid it of its intense connotations.
It's like a knife. Is it going to cut you or is it going to butter you up? The first 1000 times it cuts you and so you're going to be wary of it buttering you up because it's gonna feel like a cut and you are going to bleed no matter what. Its an involuntary emotional reaction that I can't control. I want to control it. Help me get it under control.
I have bad history with it. I got called fat when I was doing All American Girl and I didn't eat after that and wound up in the hospital, my kidney failing at 24 years old. I also developed a heart murmur and still have bad shit my body won't forget from that time. The incident easily cut at least a decade off my lifespan. I was perfectly healthy before. Now, I have to be a lot more careful.
I remember the phone call vividly.
The producer was my good friend. She was rad, a fun gal. She came to my trailer in secret and we smoked cigarettes where her kids wouldn't see or smell it. I really loved her – I trusted her. I needed someone like her then. You need your women around you to keep you safe. I was young and scared and I just wanted a job for fuck's sake. I was only trying to work.
She called huffing and puffing and saying that "your…….body……. was just toooo…… your face……. The …..fa..t….. you're too fat. You are just so fat we can't do this. You are too fat and we have to do something…… you have to DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. ANYTHING." and I felt like I was going to die and I nearly did. It was beyond my control, and almost 20 years later I am still utterly destroyed by any negative assessment of mine or any woman's body. It's not just me I bleed for when I am cut by this word, it's everyone. I feel for all the world like I am feeling for all the world.
I give other people too much power because I can't look the other way or shrug it off or ignore it or consider the source. I overreact because that is my nature, but at least it's fairly poetic. What's awesome is I can actually laugh about it. I really do.
I am laughing thinking about how stupid Karl Lagerfeld feels and how he has seen that talking the way he does about women's bodies is worse for his business than he ever imagined. I am laughing thinking about him sweating his words and trying to fan that fear sweat away.
I am still boycotting Chanel, ha! As if I could afford anything they sell anyway!!! Hhahaha. It's also ugly. Chanel shit is just ugly. Who gives a fuck about quilts? Hahahahhaahah fuck Karl and fuck Chanel. And fuck people who try to insult women by calling them fat. Fuck them all. Hahahahahahah.
I am actively trying to reclaim the word fat. I am actively trying to get better. But I do have a disease that is deadly as cancer or AIDS. Anorexia kills. Bulimia kills. I am still sick. I am in remission I guess, but the virus lives in me. Dormant for now. But it's there.
I want to educate people about my disease. It's caused by ignorance and casual cruelty. I want to stop the spread of my disease.
People thinking they can say whatever they want about women's bodies and thinking they will not be held accountable? No, I am not having it. I wanna be like Fatgirl!! You could shine a big stretch mark in the sky and I will come whizzing through the night on my motorcycle to kick some douchebag's ass!
If you think you can dismiss our beauty and belittle us you should just know, say what you will, but I am going to make you eat your words. Fatgirl is coming for you. Na na na na na na na na FATGIRL!!!!!!


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Catheterized specimen urine culture is a laboratory test that looks for germs in a urine sample.
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This test requires a urine sample. The sample is taken by placing a thin rubber tube (called a catheter) through the urethra into the bladder. A nurse or a trained technician may do this.
First, the area around the opening of the urethra is thoroughly washed with a germ-killing (antiseptic) solution. The tube is inserted into the urethra. The urine drains into a sterile container, and the catheter is removed.
Rarely, the health care provider may choose to collect a urine sample by inserting a needle directly into the bladder and draining the urine. However, this is usually only done in infants or to immediately screen for bacterial infection.
The urine is sent to a laboratory. Tests are done to determine if there are germs in the urine sample. Other tests may be done to determine the best medicine to fight the germs.
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Do not urinate for at least 1 hour before the test. If you dont have the urge to urinate, you may be instructed to drink a glass of water 15-20 minutes before the test. Otherwise, there is no preparation for the test.
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Normal values depend on the test being performed. Normal results are reported as "no growth" and are a sign that there is no infection.
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A "positive" or abnormal test means germs, such as bacteria or yeast, are found in the urine sample. This likely means that you have a urinary tract infection or a bladder infection. If there is only a small amount of germs, your health care provider may not recommend treatment.
Sometimes, bacteria that do not cause urinary tract infections may be found in the culture. This is called a contaminant. You may not need to be treated.
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Hooton TM, Bradley SF, Cardenas DD, et al. Diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of catheter-associated urinary tract infection in adults: 2009 International Clinical Practice Guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis. 2010;50(5):625-663.
Ban KM, Easter JS. Selected urologic problems. In: Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al, eds. Rosens Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2009: chap 97.
Dean AJ, Lee DC. Bedside laboratory and microbiologic procedures. In: Roberts JR, Hedges JR, eds. Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2009:chap 68.
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The first thing the Rockettes are known for are their incredible synchronized high kicks.
The second thing they're known for are the way their legs look when they do those kicks. Countless hours of practice, rehearsals and performing (sometimes up to four shows a day) leave these ladies in tip-top shape.
This holiday season take some cues from Stacy Paydo, a Los Angeles-based Rockette, who created a fusion workout of ballet, Pilates and yoga that'll get you on the way to the famed Rockette legs (if you run through this set of exercises enough times, that is).
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Bob Cringeley makes a bold statement in a blog post responding to Apple's iCloud announcement: "Jobs is going to sacrifice the Macintosh in order to kill Windows." He says, "The incumbent platform today is Windows because it is in Windows machines that nearly all of our data and our ability to use that data have been trapped. But the Apple announcement changes all that. Suddenly the competition isn't about platforms at all, but about data, with that data being crunched on a variety of platforms through the use of cheap downloaded apps."
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Tattoo Copyright Strikes Again: Tattoo Artist Sues THQ For Accurately Representing Fighter's Tattoo In Game
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As a bunch of folks have sent in the news that tattoo artist Christopher Escobedo has sued video game company THQ because they accurately depicted UFC fighter Carlos Condit in the game UFC Undisputed 2010. Condit has a prominent "lion" tattoo which is replicated in the game. You can see the tattoo here:
Honestly, much of this feels like the artist is using this more as a way to get publicity, rather than as a way to win a lawsuit. After all, the lawsuit got attention... because the artist issued his own press release about it. That press release mentions the Mike Tyson tattoo case, suggesting that some people saw that and started looking for other opportunities to use tattoo cases to sue big companies, hoping for easy settlements.


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A double experience event will start this weekend on all platforms for "Call of Duty: Black Ops 2." During the event, all multiplayer matches will grant twice the normal amount of experience and (as previously stated) the Nuketown 2025 preorder bonus map will be fully re-enabled as a selectable map during any double experience weekend. Normally, the map is only playable as part of a mosh-pit playlist.
You can't un-screw customers, Activision.
Edit: Ask Bethesda, they know what I'm talking about.
It should be a selectable and playable map in 24/7 playlist all the time, that's why people pre-ordered the game.
I pre ordered the game for $50 sold it for $60 and sold pre order bonus separate ! Thats how you make profit on garbage !


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"The Liberation of Earth" (and other stories) by William Tenn
After all, I've got a lot to do right now -- promises to keep, miles to go on untaken roads -- and I don't have time to be spending hours reading one old story after another.
Because really I just wanted to say that William Tenn's "The Liberation of Earth" remains one of the most painfully funny satires since Swift.
Yes, that's what I was going to do: write a post about "The Liberation of Earth". To do so, I had to reread it. So I grabbed Immodest Proposals, the first of two NESFA Press volumes of Tenn's collected fiction, a book I got for $5 somewhere because the binding is coming apart, and I read "The Liberation of Earth" for about the fifth time.
It didn't take me long, so I decided to revisit "Down Among the Dead Men", in which prejudice is condemned, including prejudice against soldiers built from the corpses of war casualties.
Of course, then I had to reread "Brooklyn Project", one of my favorite time travel stories, because it's simple, clear, surprising, funny, and subversive. For instance, consider what an official says when a reporter complains that she doesn't want to be locked up for 2 years so the government can more carefully monitor how she reports:
You must remain within the jurisdiction of the Brooklyn Project because that is the only way that Security can be certain that no important information leakage will occur before the apparatus has changed beyond your present recognition of it. ... After your editors had designated you as their choices for covering this experiment, you all had the peculiarly democratic privilege of refusing. None of you did. You recognized that to refuse this unusual honor would have shown you incapable of thinking in terms of National Security, would have, in fact, implied a criticism of the Security Code itself from the standpoint of the usual two-year examination time.That was written in 1947. After the editors of nearly every science fiction magazine at the time rejected the story -- Tenn reports that John W. Campbell "called me to his office and skimmed the piece back to me across his desk. 'Oh, no,' he said. 'No, no, no!'" -- it found a home with one of the pulpiest pulps, Planet Stories, where the editor said it really didn't fit, and its implied criticisms of the National Security State made it less than safe to publish in those days of the House Un-American Activities Committee, but, he continued, "I figure this one is for God. An editor is entitled to at least one for God." (The issue "Brooklyn Project" appeared in also included Ray Bradbury's classic "Mars is Heaven", which was, I suppose, a more overt present for God.)
Once I started rereading old favorites, I thought I should read a few stories I hadn't read before, so I moved on to "Winthrop Was Stubborn", another time travel tale, this one a long story about some ordinary folk from 1958 trapped in the twenty-fifth century, and none too comfortable with all the odd changes that have occurred in the time between. It's a remarkably inventive and imaginative story.
One of my new favorites is Tenn's own favorite: "The Custodian", a last-man-on-Earth story that is not a satire, but a philosophical character study and a meditation on the value of art. The writing is denser, the pace slower than in many of Tenn's other stories, and to good effect here, moving it all toward an ending that is appropriate and humane. After the Earth has been abandoned (the sun is predicted to go nova), one man remains, a man who has been dubbed a "custodian" because he is interested in things that aren't merely useful, unlike the pragmatic Affirmers, a sort of religious sect that seems to have organized the evacuation of the planet:
I can just imagine the kind of conversation I might be having with an Affirmer at the moment, were one to have been stranded here with me. What dullness, what single-minded biologic idiocy! What crass refusal to look at, let alone admit, the beauty his species has been seventy millennia in the making! The most he might have learned if he is European, say, is a bit about the accepted artists of the culture. What would he know of Chinese paintings, for example, or cave art? Would he be able to understand that in each there were primitive periods followed by eras of lusty development, followed in turn by a consolidation of artistic gains and an increase in formalization, the whole to be rounded off by a decadent, inner-groping epoch which led almost invariably into another primitive and lusty period? That these have occurred again and again in the major cultures so that even the towering genius of a Michelangelo, a Shakespeare, a Beethoven will likely be repeated -- in somewhat different terms -- in another complete cycle? That there was a Michelangelo, a Shakespeare, and a Beethoven in each of several different flower periods in ancient Egyptian art?I'd better stop, before I quote the whole story.
How could an Affirmer understand such concepts when he lacks the basic information necessary to understanding? When their ships departed from the moribund solar system laden only with immediately usable artifacts? When they refused to let their offspring keep childhood treasures for fear of developing sentimentality, so that when they came to colonize Procyon XII there would be no tears for either the world that had died or the puppy that had been left behind?
And wasn't I going to write about "The Liberation of Earth"? Yes, of course--
"The Liberation of Earth", written in 1950 and published in 1953, predicted the "we had to destroy the village to save the village" attitude. "Predicted" may not be accurate, since such an attitude has probably been a part of human history from long before the Vietnam war, but Tenn's story so perfectly elucidates that homocidal way of thinking that it was, he says, read aloud at protests during the war. (He also says he wrote it with the Korean war in mind, wanting to write something from the perspective of the people being "liberated", though he adds that "...recently I have come to the conclusion that if I had been a Korean, North or South, under those same circumstances, I would very much have welcomed the U.S. intervention. Am I growing old? Or just official?")
There is much that is remarkable about "The Liberation of Earth", and not just the satire, though that's its biggest selling point. The rhythm and pacing of the sentences and paragraphs is simply, comically brilliant -- the sort of timing Woody Allen achieves now and then, the sort of timing that lets early details become big laughs later, that prepares you to be surprised and yet still surprises. The story also manages to be interesting in a form that is often quite boring if it lasts for more than a few pages: a long-range history told in a detached, ironic tone. It's a form Mark Twain used quite a few times (see the Tales of Wonder collection for some examples), but I think Tenn is often more fun to read than Twain, at least in this style.
The history we get here is a history related by a devolved human, a human relegated to sucking whatever air he can get on an Earth that has been liberated nearly into oblivion by various alien visitors who used the planet and the people for their own purposes and then abandoned the place. Another author might have chosen to make the narrator self-pitying and preachy; Tenn's choice was to make him revel in his liberation and pity the people of the past:
Visualize our ancestors scurrying about their primitive intricacies: playing ice-hockey, televising, smashing atoms, red-baiting, conducting giveaway shows, and signing affidavits -- all the incredible minutiae that made the olden times such a frightful mass of cumulative detail in which to live -- as compared with the breathless and majestic simplicity of the present.Of course, the story oozes irony, much as Voltaire oozed irony -- and Tenn's first collection, Of All Possible Worlds, which included "The Liberation of Earth", began with an epigraph from Candide about living in "the best of all possible worlds" -- and the irony grows thicker as the story progresses and the two aliens, the Dendi and the Troxxt, keep liberating Earth from the other:
Whereas the Dendi had contemptuously shoved us to one side as they went about their business of making our planet safe for tyranny, and had -- in all probability -- built special devices which made the very touch of their weapons fatal for us, the Troxxt -- with the sincere friendliness which had made their name a byword for democracy and decency wherever living creatures came together among the stars -- our Second Liberators, as we loving called them -- actually preferred to have us help them with the intensive, accelerating labor of planetary defense.William Tenn (whose actual name is Philip Klass, by the way) will be the Guest of Honor at WorldCon in a few weeks. He has written very little fiction in the last thirty years, spending most of his time teaching instead, but he never separated himself from the science fiction community, a community that is only now beginning to give him the awards he has for so long deserved. The fiction he published was some of the best short SF of its time, and a surprising number of the stories hold up well today, when most stories by even the eminent names that appeared alongside Tenn's seem awkward, rudimentary, and naive. His concepts are still penetrating, his sentences both lively and complex, his craftsmanship remarkable.
So humanity's intestines dissolved under the invisible glare of the forces used to assemble the new, incredibly complex weapons; men sickened and died, in scrabbling hordes, inside the mines which the Troxxt had made deeper than any we had dug hitherto; men's bodies broke open and exploded in the undersea oil-drilling sites which the Troxxt had declared were essential. ...
Truly, even in the midst of a complete economic paralysis cause by the concentration of all major productive facilities on other-worldly armaments, and despite the anguished cries of those suffering from peculiar industrial injuries which our medical men were totally unequipped to handle, in the midst of all this mind-wracking disorganization, it was yet very exhilarating to realize that we had taken our lawful place in the future government of the galaxy and were even now helping to make the Universe Safe for Democracy.
Note: If you're looking for Tenn online, there's a basic "official website" with pictures and links, including to a 1975 interview.
The only story of Tenn's that is available online, alas, is "Bernie the Faust", a good little tale with an O. Henry twist, well balanced and well written, but not as biting or rich as some of my favorites.
Update: Josh Lukin notes in the comments that I missed a Tenn story SciFiction posted a year and a half ago: "Party of Two Parts". Many thanks for letting me know!


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I have a Custom Wordpress theme. It already has function for user to buy Upgrades: Featured and Premium. But that is direct payment to activate upgrade. I want to use myCRED as a wallet system. Users will pay money to go into myCRED Wallet(separate gateway already built in), then they use Wallet to pay to activate Upgrades. Project Objective: Add
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I have wallet and needs to integrate the Buy/sell function. So I am going to use 3rd party api such as coinbase. Only simple backend api only. Please accept the bid if you have real experience. Thanks. Tian Yang
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will need someone to buy something for me from china and post it to me in the uk cheapest way possible
I need a new website. I need you to design and build my personal website.
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We are looking to buy music projects produced in different DAWs and genres. We are looking for both original compositions and popular song remakes. We are currently looking for projects in Ableton Live 9 - 10, Logic Pro X, FL Studio 12 - 20, Cubase 9.5 Length 1:30M to 7:00M The genres we are looking for are: Electro House, Progressive House, Trance
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I need some help with selling something.
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Most Americans Moderately Upbeat About Family Finances in 2007
Most Americans are moderately upbeat about their family's financial prospects in the coming year, with 57% expecting some improvement in their financial situation and another 10% expecting a lot of improvement.


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Educational games, a talking train and a beautiful princess dress would make the holidays a bit brighter for three children whose mother is facing a health crisis.
Nominated by the Maslow Project, 23-year-old Lisa is facing treatment for cervical cancer and a bleak Christmas, said Talia Matthias, a Maslow Project family advocate.
"Lisa was diagnosed with the early stages of cervical cancer at the age of 14," Matthias said.
The cancer has slowly progressed. And Lisa is due to have surgery three days before Christmas. Lisa's insurance won't cover the level of surgery she requires, so she might need chemotherapy after the procedure if all the cancer is not removed, Matthias said.
Lisa had a rough upbringing and is not in contact with most of her family.
She is raising her children, James, 6, Emily, 2, and Michael, 1, without help, Matthias said. The young mom has been on a waiting list for federally assisted housing since 2008. She and her three children have been living in a one-bedroom apartment, Matthias said.
A student at Rogue Community College, Lisa is studying Early Childhood Development.
"She is paying for it all by herself," Matthais said.
Because of her illness, Lisa had to drop classes and lost her financial aid until spring term.
Even as Lisa's difficulties mount, Matthias is hoping the community will step in and help give the children some cheer.
James, 6, would love learning games such as LeapFrog. He also loves trains and the Avengers.
Two-year-old Emily "has speech issues," Matthias said. "So learning games would be great for her as well."
Emily also loves to play "princess dress-up," she said. A sparkly dress in size 2-T should fit her imaginary majesty, she added.
Thomas the Train is beloved by 1-year-old Michael, who also enjoys jumbo Legos, Matthias said.
The family could really use more beds. Two twins with bedding would be perfect, she said. And also bedding for their current queen bed, she added.
As for Lisa, she "would love to put up real curtains with curtain rods," Matthias said.
If you would like to help this family, contact Matthias at 541-608-6868.
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Educational games, a talking train and a beautiful princess dress would make the holidays a bit brighter for three children whose mother is facing a health crisis.


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Yesterday on the run, as I looked at the Thames, I had been ruminating on the fact that it's about ten years since I was rowing on that river in the Other Boat Race. But when I looked back at my blog to check I discovered that today is the tenth anniversary of the check-out assistant in Sainsburys remarking "Someone Likes Yoghurt!" Nowadays, of course, such incidents will become rarer as you're more likely to be served by an automated check-out machine and shamefully (as yet) these have not been programmed to comment sarcastically or intrusively about your purchases. They pretty much just have the one phrase of "unexpected item in the bagging area", which is OK as a catchphrase goes, but does not have the sophistication of a human interraction. It'd be nice if some thought went into programming these things so they are more likely to help comedians write blogs that will lead to 20-40 minutes of stand-up. How about occasionally the machine says, "Are you trying to steal that?" or "Look at all those Mars Bars, you know we sell fruit here, right?" just loud enough so the people at the other machines can hear and laugh at you, before being taken down and zinged by their own cyborg server.
I wonder where that check-out woman is today and what she's up to. She probably doesn't remember this incident at all, let alone realise that it led to an obscure stand-up show of the same name, earning me enough money to buy over a hundred yoghurts.
I don't need any help noticing the rapid passage of time, but I was also tweeted today by @mathaversaries who informed me that I was 17,000 days old today. And even though this is an easy calculation to make based on years, somehow seeing it in days brought it home to me, I have been writing this blog for almost a quarter of my life. From now on I should start putting that at the top of Warming Up along with the entry count. So then we can celebrate that momentous day too. Either that or someone with the ability to do quite basic maths can just let me know what date will be a quarter of my life. And when I will have been doing it for half my life (presumably when I am about 70) and when I will have been doing it for so long that it turns out that I have an entry for every day of my life (when I am infinity years old, right?)
Today saw the second recording of Meaning of Life with guest Professor Richard Wiseman. This time I had the welcome addition of an autocue which helped things flow better and also a packed theatre which was most reassuring. It felt like it went pretty well, but it took a little while for the audience (or maybe me) to relax into it. We learned some lessons from the last time and I am hopeful that each month's show will be an improvement on the last. We also showed the animated opening titles and Adam and Eve sketch for the first time, which went down well (thanks to Chay Hawes for all his hard work on this and Christian Reilly for the music). The interview was especially funny, but most of the material hit as well. And we rolled out the "I Paid A Pound!" badges, along with doing a couple of (deliberately) confusing adverts for them. It would be nice if we sold 20,000 of them, but I suspect that we might not sell enough to cover the cost of making them! You will soon have a chance to buy an array of slightly different badges (depending on how you choose to contribute) or to pay to download longer versions of the show (in both audio and video format). Any profits from this will be ploughed back into making more online content. Any losses will be sucked up by muggins here!
There's a couple of teasers in place on the vimeo channel where the free version of the show will air. Go and have a look and follow us if you like. We will be putting up some other bits and pieces on the channel too. Hopefully the first episode will be up in a couple of weeks. Some extracts (and the full interviews) will be going up as free audio on the British Comedy Guide and iTunes too. Next month's show (as yet totally unwritten and without a guest expert) is about love. I am hoping to mainly use material that doesn't feature in "What is Love, Anyway?" But I also want these things to be as good as they can possibly be, so there might be a little bit of crossover.
But after a quick drink it was time to go home and pack for our holiday. We're going skiing for a week with friends. I have never been skiiing before. Nothing can possibly go wrong, right? I've heard it's a pretty safe pastime.


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"The spheres rolling down the screen are eye-wateringly detailed. Perfectly understated reflections and refractions make these orbs appear as though they're actually small marbles rolling across the surface of the handset."
"The best graphics a match-three puzzle app could possibly have."
"Colorix is a fantastic strategic puzzle game. The concept behind the game isn't very new but the execution and the additional mechanics make it such a beauty."
COLORIX Lite is an unique puzzle game created for the lovers of strategy games. Rules are simple - just arrange falling marbles on the board. Three or more marbles of the same color lined diagonally, horizontally or vertically explode and disappear from the board. Sounds simple? Once you start you can't stop!
The game demands split-second decision making. Order of falling marbles can be changed and you can speed up the falling marbles. The quicker you position each piece and allow it to drop into place, the better you score.
What makes this Colorix really interesting and exciting is combos. Marbles arranged in one of 10 different shapes, like V or X, explode giving you extra points and causing additional explosions. Truth be told the game is all about the combos. Soon you'll realize that the game offers you endless possibilities and that not only skills but also the strategy matters.
In addition to standard marbles three kinds of special marbles appear: black, white and rainbow. Rainbow marbles fit to every other color, which makes them very useful in creating combos. Black marbles don't fit to any other color. They are marked with numbers and simply disappear when the number decreases to 0. As for white marbles, they change their color as soon as they fall down. The game is more challenging with each next level. Additional colors appear, rainbow marbles become rare and black and white marbles appear more and more often. To sum up, simple yet addictive, classical pattern with new challenging features.
The game offers also global results statistics. Users can compare theirs best scores with other players all over the world.
The game earned brownie points mainly for the awesome graphics. Definitely Colorix stands out thanks to elaborated backgrounds and colorful 3D marbles, which create an unique experience for you to enjoy.
All in all, if you like puzzle games, Colorix is absolutely must have game. Check it out today, you won't be disappointed!


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If President Barack Obama is looking for allies in his quest to keep guns out of the hands of the wrong people, I suggest he think about veterans. Not necessarily the guy who ran the movie projector at Fort Dix, but men and now women who served in combat and combat support in our last half-dozen wars. These people have seen what firearms can do, to the victim and the shooter. They should be heard.
At least, that was my reaction to a survey I never intended to take. Two weeks ago I wrote a column explaining why I didn't keep a gun in my home. The column ran in newspapers across the country, so I've heard from folks in Virginia, Texas, Alabama, Michigan and Kansas, as well as Connecticut.
Many of the responses were predictable. People who would rather the country not be awash in guns praised the piece; staunch gun advocates called me everything from a liar and a coward to a liberal. If you dish it out, you must be able to take it.
What I couldn't have predicted were many nuanced, thoughtful responses from veterans, many fellow Vietnam vets. Some are gun owners; some have given up guns; some, like me, turned in their guns when their tours were up and never picked one up again. John Bennett, an Army lieutenant in Vietnam and son of a World War II D-Day paratrooper, said neither he nor his father ever owned a gun, "for two simple reasons: they are unnecessary and dangerous."
Several brought up a point that has been largely overlooked in the gun debate: the profound and awful experience of taking a human life. The experience doesn't roll off the back of a sane and compassionate person; which is to say, most people. "The reality to me is that gun violence, which only very few of us have experienced firsthand, is horrible," wrote Jim McCollough, a former Vietnam helicopter pilot from Texas.
Gunshots that don't kill can cause incredible pain and lifelong disability (One veteran recounted a gruesome story of a friend being shot in the stomach outside a bar. It was a case of mistaken identity.) Could most teachers, who devote their lives to nurturing children, shoot someone? Do you want to put them in that position? And, as several vets observed, the pain of a shooting is shared by the shooter; there is a psychological price for taking a life.
Vets are also familiar with what can go wrong with loaded guns. Rudy Salas, a sergeant with the First Cav in Vietnam, said he forgot to take the clip out when clearing his M-16 and shot up the floor of his tent "next to my boot." It could have been worse, mi hermano.
There is a perceptible disdain among veterans for the crabgrass commandos who own small arsenals of weapons and are waiting to blow someone away without a clue of what that entails. On the other hand, there are incidents where homeowners with guns do repel invaders. The numbers strongly suggest that a gun in the home is much more likely to be used in a suicide or homicide than to shoot an intruder, however.
As I said in the column, I'm OK with responsible people keeping guns in their homes for protection. Nonetheless, several people charged that I was trying to take their guns away and deny their Second Amendment rights. "Lets think of what would happen if the discussions were about our First Amendment rights," said Bruce Panico. Let's do.
First Amendment rights are not absolute. As Justice Wendell Holmes famously said, they do not protect a person from falsely shouting fire in a crowded theater and causing a panic. Similarly, the Second Amendment does not permit the ownership of certain weapons, or the ownership of any guns by certain people. The question is where to draw the lines.
After Newtown, can't we agree that gangbangers, criminals and deeply disturbed individuals shouldn't be able to buy guns at gun shows or through private sales without background checks? That assault rifles should be kept in the hands of the military and law enforcement? That high-capacity magazines have no civilian purpose?
The veterans who emailed me do.
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Preparing for the Cortez Gun Show, which figures to be the largest event in Montezuma County history, the Cortez City Council proclaimed the fourth week of April to be "Southwest Colorado Sportsman's Week."
Speaking before the Council on March 11, Gun Show event manager Steve Blackwell emphasized that this year's gun show will be about more than just guns.
"This year's gun show is not just a gun show," said Blackwell. "It is an event."
Scheduled to take place at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds April 25-27, this year's show could feature 300 venders from around the country. In addition to offering guns and outdoor gear, venders will sell boats, campers, cargo trailers, tractors and more.
This year's Gun Show will also host a car show with more than 100 cars and a fast-draw demonstration and program. Local youth groups will be on hand to fundraise and city and county political candidates will be on hand.
"We've gone past a gun show," said Blackwell. "The whole community is jumping in and getting involved."
The Cortez Gun Show will offer tables for 55 dollars, which includes all three days.
Admission to the show will be five dollars and children under the age of 12 will be admitted free.
For vender information, contact Steve Blackwell at 970-749-9772 or 970-565-8300. Blackwell can also be reached by email at email@example.com.


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So is this R2 different from all the other beeping R2s? New paint? New sculpt?
Found a red variant of the MH Battle Droid today at TRU. For anyone that cares.
This line is clogging up the pegs at 3 Wal-Marts I went to yesterday. So, frustrating.
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A national Christian children's sports ministry that grew out of a basketball program in First Baptist Spartanburg's gymnasium in 1995 is preparing to go "all in."
A national Christian children's sports ministry that grew out of a basketball program in First Baptist Spartanburg's gymnasium in 1995 is preparing to go "all in."
Upward Sports announced Friday it plans to build a $19 million 60-acre multi-sport complex beside its headquarters at 198 White Star Point overlooking the North Tyger River Reservoir off Highway 29.
The complex will include up to six outdoor fields, four outdoor volleyball courts and a nearly 100,000-square-foot indoor sports facility, according to site plans.
"For 18 years we have been doing youth sports," said Upward spokesman David Reimman. "The blessings that we have are not because of anything that we've done in the past, but the expectations that God has for our future. We are excited and humbled to be a part of that plan."
Reimann said he expects the complex will create some jobs and have a positive economic impact on the county.
The complex will cost more than the county's new $17 million baseball and softball complex Tyger River Park, which reaped about $17.6 million in tourism dollars in 2012.
Reimann said it will be the ministry's flagship sports hub. It will host tournaments, leadership training and will be available for use by other local leagues and teams. The complex will also serve as a proving ground for the spate of new sports programs and activities the group will soon roll out.
Upward will hold a private ceremony at 10 a.m. on Tuesday where it will unveil further details about the complex. The particulars will cover information about its new Performance Division, a unique total sports experience entitled The 360 Progression and its future vision plan "ALL IN."
Over the past two months, crews have cleared the picturesque property surrounding Upward's 30,000-square-foot home office and 60,000-square-foot distribution center that were finished in 2007.
Reimann said Upward hopes to further develop the site, but said a master plan for the project has not been developed.
"There will be other phases, but a massive plan has not been drawn up yet," he said.
County Councilman David Britt said he believes the complex will be a boon for the local economy.
"The impact this project will have on the county is going to be tremendous," Britt said. "We are so excited because this is a homegrown company whose programs are expanding like wildfire. And the level of development, as well as the exceptionality of their programs, will be remarkable."
Upward was founded by Caz McCaslin with the mission of helping kids discover Jesus Christ through athletics and incorporating values like sportsmanship, teamwork, integrity and respect for off-the-court success.
According to tax records, Upward's revenues in 2011 reached nearly $19 million.
Last year, the ministry added volleyball to its sports offering—basketball, soccer, flag football and cheerleading—by purchasing Club South Volleyball, established in 1996 and formerly owned and operated by Jimmy Peden.
As of this year, Upward's participation has grown to include 500,000 players and 2,500 church partners participating in clinics, camps and leagues in 47 U.S. states and 72 countries.
For more information, visit: www.upward.org.


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Man charged with threat to kill sister as he hunted for girlfriend
A Homeland Street man was charged on a warrant Wednesday with threatening to kill his sister if she didn't disclose the location of his girlfriend.
Subhan Sumra, 33, is also being investigated by Bridgeport police for beating up the girlfriend, according to police. Sumra's sister had helped move the girlfriend to a safe location, and when she wouldn't tell Sumra on June 10 where the girlfriend was, he threatened to kill her, according to the report.
When officers went to the Homeland Street address that Sumra shares with his sister, he was not on scene but called several times, and said "I have nothing to lose -- if I'm going back to jail, there's going to be a good reason for it."
Police confirmed that Sumra was recently released from jail.
Deputy Police Chief Chris Lyddy said the department took Sumra's threat seriously, and had been looking for him both in Fairfield and Bridgeport, checking the Homeland Street address on a daily basis. They found him hiding in the home around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to the report.


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Yogi Bear (UK - BD)
Marcus brings along a guest reviewer to visit the bears of Jellystone Park on BD...
Jellystone Park, home of Yogi Bear (Dan Aykroyd) and Boo-Boo (Justin Timberlake) is on the verge of being shut down to develop the land. With the one hundred year anniversary coming up Ranger Smith (Tom Cavanagh) must hatch a plan to save the park, but he might just need the help of the two bears that are always stealing the park's pic-a-nic baskets.
Yogi Bear is an easy target. It's yet another classic cartoon that's getting a CGI reboot for a big screen adventure and the gags are about as broad as they come. But let's step back for a bit. This Yogi Bear isn't really all that offensive if you think about it. They haven't gone all "hoody and shades cool" like they did with the Chipmunks, they haven't stretched out the premise too thinly like they did with Garfield and it's really only the larger scale plot and a love interest for Ranger Smith and the Mayor trying to shut down the park and the fight to be head ranger and... hey wait a minute. The old show was about Yogi and Boo Boo wasn't it? Yeah, they've totally missed the good parts of the old TV show haven't they? With the two bears having a much smaller on screen ratio to the not so enjoyable humans taking up the screen time.
Now I'm not saying this is a bad movie—it's not—but it's not a good movie either. It feels cheap, it barely raises a chuckle and it's consistently a bit flat but from my memory of watching Yogi Bear as a kid, the character seems pretty much the same as do his hi-jinks and I'm not going to knock that. Yogi pulls the same ol' stuff with Boo-Boo in tow. Aykroyd does a good enough job to keep the character as he always was and Boo-Boo feels the same as ever too. I'm not sure on the casting for Ranger Smith (Tom Cavanagh will always be J.D.'s brother in Scrubs for me) and as much as I want to get annoyed that Anna Faris did this movie she is, as always, a delight on screen and still offers up a limited amount of laughs for what's she's got to play with.
However, I'm not the audience member this is targeted at. It's aimed at the kids, so as a guest reviewer let me introduce you to my youngest daughter, May. She's six and her current favourite movie ever is Ponyo and pretty much from trailer one she wanted to see Yogi Bear. This is May's second time of seeing the movie and this is her thoughts…
What made you want to see Yogi Bear so much?
May: It was a surprise that it was about a bear and a little bear and it looked funny.
What do you think of the Yogi Bear movie now you've seen it twice?
May: It's very good because I know Yogi Bear and Boo Boo now. I hardly ever laugh at it though.
What's your favourite bit?
May: The bit when Yogi and Boo Boo dance is funny and how they steal picnic baskets is funny. I like how Yogi says Pic-a-nic.
Anything else you want to say about it?
May: I want them to make another one but I want it to be longer and there should be more Yogi and Boo Boo.
So there you go. The audience has spoken. So expect Yogi Bear 2 Jellystone Boogaloo in Summer 2013.
Well say what you want about the movie, the transfer here is just about as bright as they come. Beautiful blue skies, vibrant green grass and trees and of course a cuddly brown bear with a green hat and scarf at the centre of it. Every shot feels like a warm summer's day and the natural lighting makes for a nice bit of detail in a grain free, crisp image that fits the style of the movie perfectly.
The Jellystone exterior shots are by far the most impressive thing about the transfer with every leaf and twig popping off the screen into your living room. The CGI work for Yogi and Boo Boo fits into the boosted colour of their surrounding well. Skin tones for the human co-stars tend to look a little better in the interior shots as the bright lighting is reined in a little and skin textures and blue eyes really show off here as well.
It's almost sickly sweet how bright and cheerful this transfer is (the night scenes aren't even black but opt for a bright unnatural blue instead) and while the style of the film looks low budget straight to video sequel as opposed to high budget family adventure the HD presentation makes everything look strikingly vivid and bursting with colour.
The DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track is alive with atmospheric sound. Jellystone is full of crickets, birds and what not but the dialogue and jaunty score lives more in the front speakers and feels quite simple in its design. There's the odd stand out sound effect, such as Yogi tapping the Boo Boo cam or the screeching of tires in the Park Ranger's vehicle or that god awful Yogi and Boo dance to "I like big butts" (urgghh) but this really is a pretty standard track.
'Looney Toons: Rabid Rider' (03:07) is an all new CGI Roadrunner short and it looks damn pretty without losing the charm of the original designs. That said the sensibilities when new animators try to capture what made these old shorts so much fun seem a little off as per usual and for all its prettiness this doesn't feel quite as tight as the old toons.
'Spending a Day at Jellystone Park' is an interactive map of Jellystone park and at each location we are given the option to watch a short video where characters do little songs or fake advertisements or show off little featurettes about the making of the movie. None go much over five minutes and are all pretty fluffy.
'Yogi Bear Mash Up' (03:37) is a featurette cutting between the old cartoon and the new movie with the cast talking about what they love about the character. There's also a game, 'Are You Smarter Than the Average Bear?'.
Lastly, this is a Triple Play edition and offers up a DVD and Digital copy. Also for all you 3D'ers out there, there's a 3D version on offer too.
Yogi Bear is fairly typical. It's short enough not to outstay its welcome and on a purely nostalgic level captures most of the elements of the old cartoon well enough (even if the human stuff is dross for the most part).
To wrap up I'll try and work out where it fits in the cartoon to big screen makeover stakes by letting my daughter May give the final judgement. Is it better than Garfield? Yes. Is it better than Chipmunks? Same. Is it better than the Scooby-Doo movies? Same. Do you think the upcoming Smurfs movie looks better than Yogi Bear? I don't know.
So there you have it, a six year old says that Yogi Bear is about as good as The Chipmunks and the Scooby Doo movies. Yup, just about the same assessment as me.
* Note: The below images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Marcus Doidge
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Just to make people aware, I couldn't get this to work with my usual screen capture programme (it kept crashing) so I had to use something else. I'm not sure if it used the right colour profile, so if it looks a bit off compared to other site's caps that's the reason.
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My three year old granson wanted me to get this for him, So looked at the price of the dvd and the blu-ray not alot of difference so I got the Blu-ray, Now I know he loved it but for me worse £15.00 I have spent in a long time, But worth it to see and hear him laugh...and only for that reason
Suitable for all
Disc Details
Release Date: 27th June 2011
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio English 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 Danish, Dolby Digital 5.1 Finnish, Dolby Digital 5.1 Icelandic, Dolby Digital 5.1 Italian, Dolby Digital 5.1 Norwegian, Dolby Digital 5.1 Swedish, Audio Descriptive Service English
Subtitles: English, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish
Extras: Interative Jellystone, Yogi Mash Up, New Looney Toon short.
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Eric Brevig
Cast: Tom Cavanagh, Anna Faris, Dan Aykroyd, Justin Timberlake
Genre: Comedy and Family
Length: 80 minutes
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Canucks edge Predators in goaltending duel
Nashville, TN – Roberto Luongo outdueled Pekka Rinne in the Vancouver Canucks' 1-0 victory over the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena.
Luongo stopped 23 shots for his second shutout of the season and 62nd of his career.
"When we play these guys those are the types of games you get into pretty much every time," Luongo said.
Dale Weise supplied the game's lone goal, the result of a carom in front of Rinne, at the 9:14 mark of the third period
Rinne finished with the same amount of saves as his Vancouver counterpart.
"I don't think they had a lot of chances. We didn't have many either. It was just one of those defensive battles," Rinne said.
The teams were locked in a stalemate deep into Friday's contest until Weise potted his first goal of the season.
Maxim Lapierre circled the Nashville net, shielding the puck with the backhand, before spinning to the forehand in the right circle and firing a shot that deflected off Predators defenseman Scott Hannan. The puck went right to Weise at the left side of the net and he fired it into the open cage.
Few penalties were called in the game, however, the Predators got a power play when Alexandre Burrows went off for slashing with 2:13 remaining. Nashville pulled Rinne for an extra skater, but Luongo and the Canucks' penalty-killing unit kept the Predators off the board.
Game Notes
The Predators finished 2-1-1 against Vancouver last season ... Both clubs were 0-for-2 on the power play ... Canucks defenseman Kevin Bieksa left the game with a lower-body injury and didn't return.


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Calvin Johnson beats Cam Newton, wins Madden NFL 13 cover vote
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Detroit Lions receiver Calvin Johnson edged out Carolina quarterback Cam Newton in the Madden NFL 13 cover vote by a margin of 52 percent to 48 percent. There were a total of 651,883 votes cast in the final round.
Johnson is the first receiver on the Madden cover since Arizona's Larry Fitzgerald in Madden NFL 10.
"I didn't think I was going to beat out all those guys," Johnson told ESPN's Jon Robinson. "There are guys who are big names, guys who won Super Bowls, fan favorites. But with 20 million people voting, it's an honor to come out on top."
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The symposium featured current undergraduate and graduate students involved in course projects, thesis projects, and other types of research projects. Students shared their work via poster presentations. This event provided opportunity to have one-on-one interaction with our students and feedback on their work.
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So I've been doodling this project out for a while and finally got time to get some work done.
I was thinking about abandoning the project once I found out another designer is running a MLP inspired papertoy series, but I'd been quoted in a newspaper saying I was going to release it, so I figured I should go ahead anway.
This was an interesting design because it's so rounded and un-boxey compared to my usual work so it was a weekend full of learning experiences.
Who need 3D software >:D.
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The curved lines are kinda blowing my mind!
Alex, it's extremely rounded, which I find attractive in a papertoy. Usually my models are very blocky, (Damn you minecraft!) and geometric shapes. I need to play with organic's more, it makes for a more interesting toy.
@Smelter, already working on one hehe as well as the horsemen of the Apocalypse.
You could always go off on a tangent a do a Trojon horse ;-)
@Steo - It's a tough one, the old style of MLP had long snouts and faces, but the new style has tiny snouts...I'll play around with it a bit.
You should add in a longer snout. I actually like this, and I'm not a brony either. I'll probably build this.
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Alicia Keys: Baby Bump at the Black Ball!
Alicia Keys shows off her growing belly at Keep A Child Alive's Black Ball held at the Hammerstein Ballroom on Thursday (September 30) in New York City.
Alicia's hubby, producer Swizz Beatz, affectionately rubbed her baby bump on the red carpet. So did Usher!
Alicia, 29, is the co-founder and global ambassador for Keep A Child Alive, a program that provides care and support for families affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India.
FYI: Alicia wore a grey lace strapless gown with gathered detail at the waist by Dolce & Gabbana.
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Why did you join the program? I joined the program to better myself as a leader and a person.
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What is your favorite part of the program? My favorite part of the program is the college tours.


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G424, New August 1999
The trend in production agriculture is toward larger farms. Producers expand their base of operations by purchasing or renting additional land. Producers may prefer to rent rather than purchase land because of a lack of capital, a need to preserve capital for other uses, a shortage of land for sale in the area, or a perception that renting land is more profitable than owning it. The three most common types of farm lease agreements in Missouri are cash, flexible cash and crop-share. For more information about these types of rental arrangements.
This guide focuses on one specific rental agreement, the crop-share lease. This guide uses producer survey information to determine how tenants and landowners share the costs of production under 50-50 and 2/3-1/3 lease agreements. A 2/3-1/3 crop-share arrangement apportions two-thirds of the crop to the tenant and one-third to the landowner.
A crop-share lease agreement between a landowner and tenant defines how they will share the crop as compensation for their respective contributions in land, labor and capital. Crop-sharing normally involves grain crops such as small grains, corn, milo and soybeans. However, crop-sharing also occurs in the production of cotton, hay and rice. Landowners' share of the crop depends on the value of their contribution toward production of the crop. Landowners, at a minimum, contribute land. Similarly, tenants' share of the crop depends on the value of their contribution, which is, at a minimum, machinery and labor. However, each crop-share leasing arrangement is unique, reflecting the specific contribution made by each party and the negotiating strength of each party. A key point of negotiating between tenants and landowners is the division of crop inputs.
This guide is based on a 1999 MU Crop-Share Rental Arrangement Survey. The survey was administered statewide, and responses were received on more than 300 crop-share rental agreements (120 respondents). The values reported here are state and regional averages; an individual county or area may differ in how a crop-share arrangement is specified. Furthermore, every crop-share agreement is unique to the parties who negotiated the agreement. The information provided in this guide should be used only as a reference in formulating an agreement between tenant and landowner.
Table 1 provides general summary statistics describing respondents to the crop-share survey. The producers reported that 56 percent of the acres they farmed were crop-shared, and 19 percent were cash rented. The average tenant rented from six landowners through either a crop-share or cash rental arrangement. The average tenancy of the crop-share agreement was 12 years. Most respondents indicated that the lease was renewed annually, but only 35 percent of respondents indicated the use of a written lease in their crop-share arrangements. Given the legal questions of liability in case of injury or if one party breaches the contract, a written contract is strongly recommended. See your local MU Extension center for more information. On average, the terms of the crop-share agreements reported by respondents to the survey had been in force for five years. This indicates that once a crop-share agreement is decided upon, the agreement typically lasts for several years. Possibly the tenant and landowner realize the transaction costs associated with negotiating terms of the agreement more often.
Table 1
Characteristics of Missouri tenants responding to crop-share lease survey
Table 2 lists the share of output tenants received by MU Extension region (Figure 1) and crop type. The other column refers to respondents who did not indicate a 50 percent, 67 percent or 75 percent output share. The amount of output received by the tenant should be in proportion to inputs contributed and risks assumed. There is considerable variation in the type of sharing of output across the state. In the northwest district, all tenants indicated a 50-50 crop-share agreement. However, in the southeast and southwest districts, the typical agreement was 2/3-1/3. Generally, corn crop-share rental agreements are either 50-50 or 2/3-1/3. For cotton, rice and wheat, 2/3-1/3 was typical; for hay, 50-50. Soybean crop-share agreements are equally divided between 50-50 and 2/3-1/3.
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MU Extension regions
Table 2
Reported tenant's share of output in crop-share leasing by MU Extension region and by cropping practice.
Economic evaluation of a crop-share agreement would suggest that variable inputs that increase production should be split in proportion to the output received. For example, in a 50-50 crop-share agreement in which insecticide is required to reduce an expected pest problem that endangers the crop, the tenant and landowner would split the insecticide costs 50-50. This is because both the landowner and tenant could increase revenue through exterminating insects. However, in reality such an arrangement depends on how the tenant and landowner specify the crop-share contract. Table 3 summarizes the tenant's share of inputs contributed for 50 percent or 67 percent (two-thirds) of output received. Crop-share agreements for both dryland and irrigated farming are listed. The table shows the percentage of survey respondents whose contribution of inputs was either the same as, or different from, their share of the output. Government payments are generally split in the same proportion as output received.
In general, for the 50-50 crop-share agreement, contributions of inputs are shared in the same proportion as output. Nearly 30 percent of the respondents indicated they paid all costs for fertilizer, herbicide and insecticide application. This is probably due to the tenant having the machinery necessary to apply the inputs and not having to pay a custom applicator. For most 50-50 crop-share agreements, harvest costs are split equally. Generally, crop-share agreements for dryland and irrigated land are similar. Irrigation costs are typically shared in proportion to output share received.
For the 67-33 (2/3-1/3) crop-share agreement, contributions of inputs are paid primarily by the tenant more often than for the 50-50 agreement. However, fertilizer and lime costs are typically paid in the same proportion as output received. This is because fertilizer and lime could be considered long-term investments in the land that is owned by the landowner. Only marginal differences between input contributions were observed between dryland and irrigated land types.
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Reported sharing of crop inputs under crop-share leasing by type of land and output shares, Missouri, 1998.
Nearly 80 percent of the respondents indicated the landowner paid all of the costs of land improvement. Another 14 percent of respondents indicated that land improvement costs were split, and 7 percent indicated the tenant paid for land improvements. Because there is a long-term benefit to the land, it was not surprising that the landowner generally covered the costs of land improvement. There is little value to the tenant for paying land improvement costs only to have the landowner rent to a different tenant the following year. However, an average 12-year tenancy of the land (Table 1) indicates long-term expectations by both tenant and landowner.
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|S. Ered Mithrin
|Northwest of Erebor, north of Mirkwood
|Mountain range
|A rich mountain range of many ores, it has since ancient times been considered by Durin's folk as part of their territory
|Capital of Durin's folk for a time, Orc tribes, Dragon hoards.
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|War of the Dwarves and Dragons, slaying of Scatha the Worm
The Grey Mountains (or Ered Mithrin in Sindarin) was a large mountain range to the north of Rhovanion. They were the last remnants of the wall of the Iron Mountains, which once stretched all over the north of Middle-earth, but were broken at the end of the First Age.
Description, and Geography
North of the Grey Mountains lay the Northern Waste. This land was known as Dor Daedelos during the First Age, but most of it was destroyed in the breaking of Arda.
Where the Grey Mountains met with the Misty Mountains lay Mount Gundabad, an ancient Dwarven holy site and later the capital for the Orcs of the north. During the Third Age, the branch of the Grey Mountains west of the Misty Mountains were also known as the Mountains of Angmar, as they were within the Kingdom of Angmar.
The eastern end of the Grey Mountains was split into two chains, and in between lay the Withered Heath, where Dragons bred. After that was a wide hilly plain, until the Iron Hills continued the old line of the Iron Mountains again. Erebor, the Lonely Mountain, was not part of either range.
From east to west the mountains stretched some 350 Númenórean Miles, and the sources of the Great River Anduin, the river Greylin, and the Forest River of Mirkwood arose in this range.
Years of the Trees through the Second Age
Since sometime after the awakening of Durin the Deathless, the Longbeards had mined and colonized the Grey Mountains as part of their vast mountain territory. Through the First Age there was peace in the region, and the Dwarves explored and mined without hinderance. During the Second Age however after the War of Wrath, and the subsequent sinking of Beleriand, hordes of Orcs began to invade and make war against the Longbeards in the Grey and Misty Mountains as well as Mount Gundabad. However the Orcs were eventually subdued for a time, and the Dwarves went back to work.
The Third Age
After fleeing Khazad-dum Durin's folk scattered, and later gathered again in the Grey Mountains, but after six hundred years all the Dwarven strongholds had been abandoned or raided during the Wars of the Dwarves and Dragons. Its sole purpose now seemed to be to divide Forodwaith from Wilderland. Although it seems that the Orcs started moving into the mountains after the Dwarves fled, and were a large threat until after the Battle of Five Armies.
It seems that some Dwarves still dwelt in the Ered Mithrin during the late Third Age, so it is likely after the War of the Ring, the Dwarves drove whatever Drakes and Orcs were left totally from the mountains, and reclaimed the rest of their halls and mines in the Grey Mountains.
Other Versions of the Legendarium
Another line of "Grey Mountains" in Middle-earth are seen on the Ambarkanta map.[1]


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Chicken Coop Inspiration Resource: Backyard Chickens
If you saw Erik Knutzen's post on How To Build a Backyard Chicken Coop and you'd like more design ideas, check out this resource for inspiration.
Backyard Chickens is a great resource for those wanting to raise urban chickens. Not only do they host photos of inspiring coops, many of the coops have construction plans and building photos to accompany them. They also provide information resources (like their article "Raising Chickens 101").
Some of my favorite coops from the Coop Design section on the site are pictured above (left to right):
- Red Chicken Coop
- Recycled Rabbit Hutch Chicken Tractor
- Quality Fresh Eggs from "Two Dog Farm"
- "Chichen Paradise" Coop
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My LO is 9 months old and was 10lbs 10oz at birth. She is super healthy ...we nurse on demand throughout the day and she has started solids and loves them. She is super happy...except when she is sleeping...or trying to sleep unlatched.
I am not pro or con co-sleeping. I am happy to co-sleep if she would sleep next to me not attached to me all night long. Her crib is in our room and we put her down for naps in her crib (she sleeps anywhere from 5 mins - 1.5 hours per nap). At night she goes down in her crib (I nurse her to sleep because I won't do CIO) and wakes up between 2-10 times between 7pm and midnight. Half the time I nurse her back to sleep the other half her daddy rocks her to sleep. At night I alternate between co-sleeping and putting her in her crib, depending on; the night, how well I'm sleeping, how well she is sleeping, etc. When she is in bed with us she will nurse the WHOLE time. No unlatching and sleeping next to me. Sometimes I put her in her crib just so I can roll over. I've started timing her. She usually sleeps for about 45 mins in her crib, and about 1-2 hours with me. I'm so tired. I have a 2.5 year old and 9 months of 1 hour sleep cycles is making me feel bonkers and my back is stiff every morning. I would love to say this is a new thing, but this is how she has been since day 1. Her first nursing session on her birthday was 2 hours long! Help! Ideas? techniques? Tips? Prefer tips from peaceful parents. Thanks!