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Hello Henpals
Hello boys
Whoa Desmond you can come and sleep here anytime, we dont mind how early it is, infact we would love you to come to keep us save from our new THAA, can you believe it henpals, not one hour did pass when this new intruder with the most scraggy looking coat of feathers you ever did see pecked and yelled at my lovely Audders and chased me away from OUR food!
Rose and Violet do you know you are going on holiday? Your mum posted on her diary about it so I hope one of you has the role of sneaky, nosey, henpal i.e. special undercover henpal and know about it already!
Wonder if there will be boys in your holiday chalets? We want to know all about your exploits when you get home.
Fay Wray grey Woo PInk
Writing this pecariously with the grey ninja beside me!
Woo woo
Pink Woo Ladies division
Sorry our Honey I promised to write more regular, I will try in future
The Pink Ladies…Dottie,Audrey, Veronica, Blue, Charlie, Delta & Echo. and Lottie at Chickenopoulis
The Peds…Suranne,Miriam,Jennifer,Nancy,
,Ivy,Bjork & Vorky
Sunny Clucker was ere July 12-21 2012
Sunny Clucker was ere July 6 2016 to Sept 9th 2017
Sunny Clucker is here , rehomed Aug 18th 2018/
Remembering my girls in the Elysian Fields, Diary Section
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(Keeping with the etiquette of Captains Gabby and Gwen I shall start properly)
Hello Henpals
I am not sure what the Pink Ladies are upto these days, but writing up their diaries seems to have stalled. The only explanation I can come up with is Fay Wray (who is a Woo dontcha know) must be worried she will drop her communication device since there always seems to be a right todo when she , the big orange fluff ball known as Audders and the re- feathering newbie bluebelle who defintely has an inner raptor gene go to bed. There seems to be a lot of arguing and jostling, I can only hear them as they sleep two divisions of the Pink Palace away from me.
We , that is myself and five of my sisters,all retire for the night upon the duckhouse. It is a perfect spot, we are up, we have the nice open air breeze and we can nose about. This perfect evening gathering does not last very long though, every night Aunty Pink comes and offloads us into our bedroom. Apparently I am the very good girl , I let her pick me up , I put my feet ready and find my stance on the perch very easily…unlike my sisters! Nancy and Ivy are very heavy girls, they flap their wings in Aunty Pink's face . Lavendar Lil squawks and makes a fuss, Miriam goes mental and grabs onto Aunty Pink's arms, digging her claws in while Rita acts all good but as soon as she is put on the perch she jumps down again. Why am I good? Because making a fuss will make no difference we all end up in the coop in the end and it gives me some good brownie points. Brownie points are very important I believe as we know Aunty Pink loved her brownie girl, the late Honeybun very, very much. I think is is brownie points, it may be ginger points as on the Pink Palace there is a sign that says beware the ginger ninjas?
Suranne, who is no longer waiting for her chicks to hatch( very Queen Mary 1st is Suranne) is now shedding everywhere, has no tail and a tiny pink comb, sleeps inside the duckhouse along with the cottonwool girls Thelma and Louise. I expect Suranne enjoys the warmth from the fluff balls being half naked but I wouldn't want to sleep with smelly Thelma, yuck! Aunty Ped has nearly sorted the problem out, she cut tons of feathers full of poo off of her last week and again today. Honestly her hygiene is not the best, preen girl preen!
I have to say there I do like Aunty Pink looking after us everyday, we get our breakfast on time, we get clean water everyday(hmmm I like my water messy and mucky) we get new bedding like we did yesterday and we get to watch her poo picking, this is a good game because one or another of us make sure we poo where she has just cleaned up so sometimes she is going around in circles and of course we get treats. The downside is we d not get yummy chips, garlicky naan bread, cakes and curry.
Today ( out daddy is away) we got mouldy sweetcorn, yuck! The little delicious corns were all green and tasted very odd so we left them.
Well I am going to sign out now, I will visit again very soon with tales of my seven normal sisters and the Woo sister.
Jennifer Ped (aka Jenhen)
The Peds
No more green sweetcorn Pllleaasssseee
The Pink Ladies…Dottie,Audrey, Veronica, Blue, Charlie, Delta & Echo. and Lottie at Chickenopoulis
The Peds…Suranne,Miriam,Jennifer,Nancy,
,Ivy,Bjork & Vorky
Sunny Clucker was ere July 12-21 2012
Sunny Clucker was ere July 6 2016 to Sept 9th 2017
Sunny Clucker is here , rehomed Aug 18th 2018/
Remembering my girls in the Elysian Fields, Diary Section
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I have had the honour of making a representation to the head of the cat owners . I told her to her face they MUST share more cat food , remove all mice and rats stop running on the roof waking us up and leave the cousins alone in the trees. She was amazed at the demands and was shocked at the presentation I gave her to pass on.
Will await a reply when she passes it on to the wild cats in Purfleet /Thame`s.
Press was taking pictures which was not asked for and I have put a complaint in as it was the wrong side profile.
More up dates from Frog my press officer .
Desmond Rep. Flocks of Penelope Red and all gone before.
PS Chops has passed the news on over the bridge.
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trouble at the flock , rumour has it that WE are being sent away as not fit . Fat fighters camp in darkest ESSEX . Fun boxes are stacked and the old girls , Champ are telling me moves are a claw... No treats , no garden , no kitchens and dogs /cat food. I tell you not happy . Going to let the world now about . A crow for help is needed .
Called a flock meeting tonight .
Frog says she is now recovered and hiding from the scary people.
Pumpkins are horrid .... why so many.
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Hello Henpals
Hello boys
Hello Desmond
Since your post we have attempted a broadcast to all flocks, we have got as far as the Pink Ladies I think the trouble is we don't speak crow, we know exactly what they sound like because they make a hell of a noise outside our homes. Our languages are not very good I am afraid, we understand magpie, it is get out of my spot you are in my space, but crow has flummoxed us. Even if we did manage to speak to one we have no idea where to send them and what they could do for you. We know Rosie and Violet went off to a holiday camp recently and wonder if that is where you are going to? Quite honestly if they give you a nice bed, a decent breakfast and of course a chicken's right, treats then you should be fine. I don't expect you will have any communciation devices packed? Try and see if you can smuggle one in under a fluffly girl. I am a bit worried all you cat training may have been in vain as while you are away they will get upto their old habits of not sharing their food with you, and we know you will be away for quite a time as FayWray(who is a Woo doncha know) has been spying, sorry fulfulling her recognitive duties and read that your daddy is going to the other side of the world which must be as far away from the Ped palace to your palace We can only hope you are going to Maplins and not Tweedy's farm and wish you luck and health.
We have been having a very blustery time here, the wind has been blowing up my fluffly rear feathers quite fiercely , this has been a bit embarrassing for Thelma as she still has quite an unsightly bottie. After her spa, Aunty Pink siad the poo that was too far up would have to grow down as apparently gallons of water wouldn't shift it.
Our own Rita (who is a Woo doncha know) has become seriously Mary 1st. She does not leave the duckhouse unless Aunty Pink or daddy Ped gets her out, this is when I am glad I am not sleeping in the duckhouse. Not only is Rita in there with the usuals Suranne,Thelma and Louise but Nancy is now sleeping in there permantely too, Nancy is BIG. Not as big as Ivy mind who has trouble squeezing in the duckhouse as that is where we all lay, well when we feel like it.
I am sure I have read on here about a ban on laying? Cannot remember what it acheived but any sort of naughty behaviour sounds good to me as long as we still get treats mind you.
I was going to tell you about my Ped sisters but have decided the post will need photos so will do so later.
Def later, Aunty Ped is coming over the bridge with a bowl full of SWEETCORN on little cobs I must get my place at the front of the queue…
Jen the hen(copied that from Gwen)
The Ped girls
YELLOW sweetcorn rules
The Pink Ladies…Dottie,Audrey, Veronica, Blue, Charlie, Delta & Echo. and Lottie at Chickenopoulis
The Peds…Suranne,Miriam,Jennifer,Nancy,
,Ivy,Bjork & Vorky
Sunny Clucker was ere July 12-21 2012
Sunny Clucker was ere July 6 2016 to Sept 9th 2017
Sunny Clucker is here , rehomed Aug 18th 2018/
Remembering my girls in the Elysian Fields, Diary Section
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Elo enpals, Tiddly Widdly ere
SWEET SWEET FREEDOM!!! Insted of avin to ang aroun waitin for mum to hopen ar door, wot she never does in time, we was right up an hout today which was marviloos! Dory Grey dashed straight into er idin place, she as got right shy an retirin since she is avin the world's longest moult ever. Not like my moult - bish, bash, bosh done!
Welcome Jen the Hen an great to see new broadcasts from the Peds. Now all we need is the Pink Ladies to update an we can get crackin on some plan atchin. I feel we is close to LOSIN the battle for more treats. Especially as the teeny door in the big door as slowed down an is DEFINLY dispensin less treats, and absolutely no pies whatsoever. On the plus side, we did ave sardines the ovver day as Dory Grey is lookin so sad an scruffy. But a girl can't exist on a sardine or three every year so the House of the Revlootion (that's us) think it's time to get back to the plannin and atchin.
But first of course is the plan to rescue the House of Penny an Red from their kidnapin an incarceration. We need specialist advice an Dory Grey as read the hentire enpals diary from start to finish hagen, an as seen that Wiggy the Woomesiter was once kidnapd an so will ave brilliant tactics an tips on ow to havoid it, an ow to get free once kidnapd. Sadly The Ron, oo was a nexpert on this, is no longer wiv us an asen left her brains behind in the chiken manifesto, wot is a sad oversight we feel.
Of course, wot we is really good at in the House of the Revlootion is fake kidnapin an ransom notes. Admitidly we aven actually ad massive bags of mealworms from ar campaigns of fake kidnapin Dory Grey, but we is honin ar skills. It's only a matter of time.
Finally, we ear that the spookiest time of the year is happroachin fast an so we fink that it would be brilliant to ave a nenpals alloween party! Wiv spooky stories an woo-wooo noises (wot the Woos can easily make) an apples to peck an everyfing!
Signin off now
Tiddly Widdly
Proud human carer to: Dorian Grey, Pokey, Mango and Willow
Remembering Weeps, Rexie, Sage, Cassie, Toffee, Captain Gabby, Commander Nugget, Ronnie, Juno, Special Poetry and Reading Casper, Tigger, Tophenanall Rembrandt, Chestnut and Tiddly
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Hello Henpal
Hello Boys
I am very sorry but you are going to have to put up with me, yes a Ped posting for the time being. It seems the last bit of power, and for Audders dignity is not revealing to the new THAA of the Pink Ladies is the communication device so for the time being Veronica, veronnie has no idea us henpals plot and scheme and moan about out THAA's. I dont think it will last for long mind you as Veronnie seems very savvy, i mean a gentle bluebelle(our Ivy is gentle which is great as she is so BIG) who takes a microsecond , which is an equivalent of scoffing a mealworm, to become the boss of her brand new home must have plenty of intelligence.
Our daddy is away this weekend so I am expecting big treats form our Aunty, after all a few days ago I let her know how much I loved her by sitting on her head!
We are not sure what we can do to save the girls and boys from the house of Penelope and Red, we understand the Pink Ladies are refusing to lay any eggs with the exception of the silver slivers whos eggs are so puny they dont really count anyway. Mind you the reason they may not be laying is because 1. Veronnie is a pensioner, 2. Fay is a Woo doncha know and 3. Audders is having to fight for her number 2 position, yes she and Fay have been squaring upto one another now and then!
Tiddly we loved your video, you are so lovely and ginger and so lucky to have someone sit with you so you can have some nice nestly lap time, only Thelma has been getting on Aunty's lap but as scissors are usually involved I thought it best to sit upon Aunty's head. Your sister Dory is one wild Woo isn't she, think she should respect your space!
Well off to doze now in anticipation of an excellent breakfast from Aunty tomorrow
Jen the hen Ped
Ped house
The Pink Ladies…Dottie,Audrey, Veronica, Blue, Charlie, Delta & Echo. and Lottie at Chickenopoulis
The Peds…Suranne,Miriam,Jennifer,Nancy,
,Ivy,Bjork & Vorky
Sunny Clucker was ere July 12-21 2012
Sunny Clucker was ere July 6 2016 to Sept 9th 2017
Sunny Clucker is here , rehomed Aug 18th 2018/
Remembering my girls in the Elysian Fields, Diary Section
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Hello Henpals
Hello Boys
Well it is me posting again as the Pink Ladies are in a right array! They are extremely worried there will soon be no more money to buy treats as one of the bonzai banshees , Lottie (who makes out Lottie is short for Lotus Blossom) is having oodles of cash spent on at the moment. She goes to the vets, most henpals describe the vet as the scary needle person but apparently no needles have yet to be adminstered, to have her foot rebandaged. It seems the diva has stood on something rather sharp that caused a nasty deep cut and lots of unlady like pus. It really amuses us she comes back with a different coloured plaster on her heavily bandaged foot everytime. She is having to live in a hamsters cage so I suppose some sympathy for her should be forthcoming.Hmmm hamsters, know they sound delicious
Fay the weird and nutty (and a Woo dontcha know) is sprouting feathers all over very slowly, while Audders is running about clacking and fussing. Veronica on the other hand is having to put up with weird looking liquids shoved down her throat, this must be good for her and we sincerely hope this will help her lose the annoying gutterall sound she has been making. So you see the Pink Ladies are having a fine time of it!
I have attempted to round my ladies up, well they arent mine I am no THAA but I feel we must actually look like we are plotting
We are eager to know who the new uppity upstart is who has landed in with Tiddly and Dory Gray (who is also a Woo dontcha know) and are wondering if Dory will retain the illustrious role of THAA
We are worried about Desmond et al…no communication from the kidnapped group for so long!
And we would like to say how sad we are at the loss of Daisy from the house of chickenopolis
And all henpals everywhere, whether you are diary henpals or not lots of to Queenie, come on girlie
Jen the Hen
The Ped Girls
The Pink Ladies…Dottie,Audrey, Veronica, Blue, Charlie, Delta & Echo. and Lottie at Chickenopoulis
The Peds…Suranne,Miriam,Jennifer,Nancy,
,Ivy,Bjork & Vorky
Sunny Clucker was ere July 12-21 2012
Sunny Clucker was ere July 6 2016 to Sept 9th 2017
Sunny Clucker is here , rehomed Aug 18th 2018/
Remembering my girls in the Elysian Fields, Diary Section
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Hello henpals, Dory Grey, top hen and all here
I am top hen AND ALL of the House of the Revlootion, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise! Since I have grown spikes on my head and not feathers, I have decided to embrace my inner raptor, and I am not to be messed with!
And this is a fact, henpals!
You may have heard rumours that we have an uppity upstart moved in with us. This is also a fact and therefore true henpals! She had a go at Tiggs through the wire, and Tiggs defended herself valiantly even though she is all moulty and under the weather. So I got a bit worried about her having a go at me through the wire, or even worse in person! Now, as you all know I do have mixed feelings about being top hen and all, what with it being a position cursed with high mortality rates, but then I thought - I get the treats. So I have used mysterious secret Woo techniqes, which I can't go into as they are secret and only for Woos, to preserve my top hen and all status, and of course they worked like a charm! I have the uppity upstart right where I want her, which is running away afraid
Tiggs has also hung on to her position as my wing girl, most probably through the fight through the wire.
Mum has, very shockingly, given the uppity upstart free run of our garden today, which is an absolute disgrace and that's another fact! So I will be spending all day on UU Garden Patrol, preserving my top hen and all status through a constant campaign of pecks, and squawks and of course the top secret Woo techniques which I am not at liberty to divulge to non-Woos.
Of course, all our best wishes for rapid recoveries go to the Pink Sparkly and her fashion parade of bandages, and to Veronica, and most of all Queenie who we hear has been very ill, and we are still waiting on an update to her condition. We hope the news is better. And of course we would like to send our condolences to Mistah Bill and the Opolouses on the very sad loss of Daisy
Must go now henpals, I have important Pecking Order duties to attend to!
Dory Grey
Still got it after all these years!
Proud human carer to: Dorian Grey, Pokey, Mango and Willow
Remembering Weeps, Rexie, Sage, Cassie, Toffee, Captain Gabby, Commander Nugget, Ronnie, Juno, Special Poetry and Reading Casper, Tigger, Tophenanall Rembrandt, Chestnut and Tiddly
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Ello enpals, Tiddly Widdly ere
Well wot a tryin day it's bin an no mistake! The huppity hupstart wot mum as brought into ar run as now bin given the free run of ar gardin! A shockin turn of affairs! Luckily me an Dory Grey ave asserted ar orthority all over the place an put this brazen UU right low down in the peckin order. Dory as been takin lessins from Casper, oo left er tactics for dealin with UUs in the back of Captin Gabby's Important Etikette Notes for Chikens. Casper advises playin it dead cool, like, an so me an Dory ave bin doing this all day yesterday, then Casper sez to keep the helement of surprise an ave loads of right goes at the UU while stalkin them round the gardin. Dory as taken this advice to heart an as bin terrerizin the UU all day.
I myself doan need to resort to such measures, because I ave perfected The Looook. Jus one of my patented The Looooks does the trick. While Dory is wastin energy stalkin the UU around, I jus does The Looook, and bish bash bosh job done. I hadvise all enpals hadd this into their Tactikal Manuals.
I do ave one particlar threat to deal with from the UU. She seems to fink that she is hallowed to sit on mum's knees. Well, obviously this is wrong. I ave given er The Looook a few times but I fink I need somefink a bit stronger, as she is still gettin up. I shall ave to perfect The Looooooooook, wiv maybe a likle pek at the end.
In the meantime, I am atchin plans to use this situation to my hadvantage. I reckon if I can fake kidnap the UU, mum will probly miss er an pay a ransom, say a massive bag of garvos an everyfing. If mum asen got a massive bag of garvos, she can ask for Wiggy's. It's a foolproof plan!
Tomorrow is anover day enpals!
Tiggly Wiggly
Perfectin The Looooooooook pek-pek
Proud human carer to: Dorian Grey, Pokey, Mango and Willow
Remembering Weeps, Rexie, Sage, Cassie, Toffee, Captain Gabby, Commander Nugget, Ronnie, Juno, Special Poetry and Reading Casper, Tigger, Tophenanall Rembrandt, Chestnut and Tiddly
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Hi guys,
Well, as you know, after years of working my way up the ranks doing the flock thing, I became a solo hen quite a while ago. And folks say, "Wouldn't you rather be one of many?" Now it's a bit chilly without someone to snuggle up to, but you know what, Tiddly, after reading your tale of upset and tactics and bad vibes, I have to come clean and say, "No, that is just not the Wiggy way, dude".
Because, Henpals, I was never cut out to be a Private, Corporal or Captain. I am a dreamer, a pacifist, a hippy chick. I don't want to join in some pecking order, because that really harshes my mellow. I just want to be me, with time to think and scratch and occasionally try out being a dude, dude. So henceforth, I will be your pal, but I won't be a member of some arbitrary hierarchical construct.
"They laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at them because they are all the same."
Peace and love, guys, peace and love
Wiggy Woo
Stay wild, moon child.
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Ello enpals, Tiddly Widdly ere
Dory Grey woulda bin writin this ere enpals post but she is still tryin to decript Wiggy's last post, wot she sez is filled wiv hiden meenins and deep filosofikal secret messiges. Dory sez the post was so deep an meeninful that it could take er all year to trooly understand this new way of life wot Wiggy as reveeled. Dory sez she wants to be mellow, y'all, too.
Unfortunately Dory sez the inhumane conditions wot she is forced to subsist in are the very hopposite of mellow-makin, and I fink this is a reference to the fact that Dory as a new harch henemy! A new scary cat as bin terrerisin us all an Dory Grey mostly all week, an Pokey as offishul Marleywatcher seems to be unable to cope. Maybe because it isn't Marley, an so Marleywatch is inhefectual. The new scary blue heyed cat as partikerly taken to followin Dory round ar gardin, an Dory as bin flying to right high up places to hescape an then avin to be rescued by mum or dad. So now Dory woan come out of ar run, even before the new killer white stuff invaded it!
Very scary times hindeed enpals!
Pokey, upon seein ar run an gardin all white, clucked around squealin "It's the end of days! The end of days!" because the sky was dark an she fought the sun aden come out. Dory an me ad to hexplain that it was cos the killer white stuff was on ar roof. Pokey isn't the sharpest beak in the coop, but she is filled wiv bags of henergy so she makes up for it in sheer henthusiasm. This can take a nenpal a long way.
Heniways, must go enpals as we is tryin to figure out how not to walk on the killer white stuff, as we will get killed if we do, an ow to get the killer white stuff off our roof an out of ar run! This is a job for mum an dad we finks. But how to get them to do it?? That's the chin-scratcher enpals!
Will be in touch soon!
Tiddly Widdly
A blip of sanity in a white sea of madness
Proud human carer to: Dorian Grey, Pokey, Mango and Willow
Remembering Weeps, Rexie, Sage, Cassie, Toffee, Captain Gabby, Commander Nugget, Ronnie, Juno, Special Poetry and Reading Casper, Tigger, Tophenanall Rembrandt, Chestnut and Tiddly
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up date from the flock of Penelope and Red .
Desmond has been rather vocal since some new upstarts have arrived and I Capt. Chaos have had a black neck collar on again as my voice has been heard all the time , must mean I am the boss. (Well when Desmond not around ) Champ has got VIP treatment and look at him in the big coop . Big secret how he did it (his leg .) I think he is to old for the girls now (HA HA ) more for me ....
Being the youngest free ranger now of the boys (new upstarts are all locked up. Which is good as they are bigger than me , not as big as Desmond though .
poor Silver has died and pass the knowledge to Chocolate . Girls are egg resting and us boys are watching but our dances are wasted on them.
I could say it is all quite in the garden but us boys are not going to let that happen are we.
Plenty of treats as bribes but not having that , well we eat the treats but still crow our hearts out.
Hope all are good this festive time and rumour has it the glow in the dark is a big red nose .(I think it is a humans lights on ) and treats will fall from the air . So far all we got is cold white wet stuff and a lock up days.
Capt. Chaos.
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Ello enpals, Tiddly Widdly ere wiv ar pre Crismis bullytin
We ere that this ere crismis is a right himportant festival for the hoomans an so we is all lookin forward to massive piles of treats an everyfing. We want ar crismis dinners agen! We ad em las year an they was luvly - all luvly sprouts an carrits an yummy crismis pud an heven roastie pertaters! Well, Pokey doesen remember cos she wasen ere, but me an Dory Grey does!
We ave done loads of readin up habout the hoomans crismis traditions an we are gonna rite a crismis note wiv ar list of demands for santa, wich is mainly a massive box of quality streets wot we ere is a hooman treat an Dory Grey sez must be like a kind of mealworm. So we is avin some of that. We opes we also gets some min spies. We doan no wot they is but we ere they is delicious, so we is avin some of them as well. An of course crismis pud an crismis dinner. We might as well hask for a massive bag of garvos as well wile were at it. We ere Santa is very haccomodatin at this time of year.
Pokey as bin gettin into the crismis spirit an all, especially since me an Dory sang the Enpals Carol wot Casper wrote for us all. So Pokey as bin hadaptin well known hooman carols for enpal purposes an as come up wiv these brilliant titles:
Peck the alls wiv boughs of olly
Silent coop, oly coop
Good Topenanall Wensislas looked hout
Away in a nestbox
In the beak midwinter
O come all ye enpals
We finks they is brilliant! Pokey so far asen changed any of the hooman words in the carol so we can't sing any of em, but she is showin potenshul eh enpals?
She did go a bit all over the place this week though, wen the killer white stuff (wich diden acshually kill us although you would think it ad the way Dory Grey was carryin on) went away but then ar water went all frozen or as our much missed THAA Remie woulda sed, went all wrong an ard. Pokey ran round heverywhere cluckin "We're all DOOMED!" till me an Dory tole er it was just the water going a bit off like, an would be fine wen mum comes along an makes it go all sloshy agen. Onesly, she as got a LOT to lern habout the ways of the world enpals.
No more visits from Dory Greys harch henemy so far this week. Possibly the killer white stuff as killed it. Dory opes so henyway, she is relaxin a lot more now that she finks she isen going to be stalked an eaten by the scary weird cat.
Dory Grey as hasked me to hask Wiggy, er new lifestyle guru, wot she is gettin fer crismis. Because wotever it is, Dory wants one too.
Must go now enpals, we as long crismis letters to write to Pokey is on poo duty
Finally, we mus send get well soon wishes to Champ, oo we ere as broke is leg!!! E is on henforced bedrest an is livin it up in the big ouse wiv the hooman. I might try that myself. An get well soon wishes to Little Mo oo is very sick indeed
An of course condolences to all floks on their recent losses, hespecially Penny an Reds oo ave suffered several lately.
Tiddly Widdly
Proud human carer to: Dorian Grey, Pokey, Mango and Willow
Remembering Weeps, Rexie, Sage, Cassie, Toffee, Captain Gabby, Commander Nugget, Ronnie, Juno, Special Poetry and Reading Casper, Tigger, Tophenanall Rembrandt, Chestnut and Tiddly
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Have got visitor rights to Champ and volunteered first before any of the greedy girls in the flock found out. Champ is doing well by the look of his food bowl which is always full and his bedside grapes and mealworms go down a TREAT. I stay for as long as it takes to eat them all . He passed messages for the flock and said his dancing is very much restricted and that soon as his right hook is fixed the new boy upstarts better watch out , why are they still here anyway... Bit worried as now along lasting member of the flock ....
Good times for all
Quaker the friendly girl (if you have treats )
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A former state prosecutor who published a book detailing rights abuses in the ruling Chinese Communist Party's own disciplinary system was hounded by police and had his computer hacked, he told a launch party for the book in Hong Kong on Monday.
Shen Liangqing's book Double Discipline: an Investigative Report by a Former Prosecutor shows Party investigators "doing anything they like," he said in a speech posted online on Monday.
"The law shouldn't be the tool of a one-party dictatorship," he added.
Shen's book details the inner workings of the Party's "shuanggui" disciplinary process, which was recently undergone by former Chongqing Party boss Bo Xilai, who was expelled from the Party last month for graft and for his involvement in the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood, for which his wife Gu Kailai was handed a suspended death sentence in August.
Shen was prevented from traveling to Hong Kong for the book launch by police, who held him under unofficial detention at a tourist resort.
He said they had also prevented him from getting hold of a copy of his own book.
"The police had been coming to my home every 2-3 days since February," he said. "They said that, while they couldn't change my views, they had turned a blind eye to my many criticisms of the government over a number of years."
Outside the law
U.S.-based political commentator Liu Nianchun said the "shuanggui" internal Party disciplinary process operates outside the law.
"There are laws, and they are well-conceived, but they aren't implemented," he said, adding that internal Party documents still carry far greater weight in China than do the laws on the statute books.
Meanwhile, Beijing-based lawyer Wang Yajun said the "shuanggui" system is a throwback to the Mao era of kangaroo courts and political "struggle sessions" which took the decisions of the Party as a form of law.
"For several decades we only had a handful of laws," Wang said. "There was a marriage law, a land law and so on, but no criminal law or regulations on the right of appeal."
Wang said the system for interrogating Party members is mirrored by a similar system for internal investigations into civil servants who aren't Party members.
"Whichever [system] it is, in actual practice they're both about limiting a person's freedom," he said.
Coercive measures
Fellow lawyer Tang Jitian agreed: "Shuanggui is basically a form of coercive measure outside the law."
Shen, a former official at the state prosecution service in the eastern Chinese province of Anhui, told guests at the book launch that he was repeatedly contacted by police wishing to "take him out to eat," and had declined a number of times for "health reasons."
He said during a video call from his home that he was relieved that the Anhui authorities had been unable to prevent the publication of the book in Hong Kong, however.
"I could see via Skype that the launch was under way, and that they all had copies of the book," Shen said.
"It was very hard to get this book ... out; I had every kind of [official] interference."
Party Congress
Last Thursday, the Party began its 18th national congress to decide who will get the top jobs during a once-in-a-decade leadership transition amid China's worst political scandal in decades.
The Central Committee last month expelled fallen Chinese political star Bo Xilai from its ranks following accusations of corruption and sexual misconduct, removing his parliamentary privilege and paving the way for a criminal trial.
The announcement came after Bo was held for months at an unknown location during a "shuanggui" disciplinary procedure.
Bo was also judged to bear "major responsibility" in the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood, for which his wife Gu Kailai was handed a suspended death sentence by a court in Anhui on Aug. 20.
His former police chief and right-hand man Wang Lijun was jailed for 15 years in September for "bending the law for selfish ends," "abuse of power," and "defection," after his Feb. 6 visit to the U.S. consulate in Chengdu brought the scandal to public attention.
Reported by Yang Jiadai for RFA's Mandarin service and by Wen Yuqing for the Cantonese service. Translated and written in English by Luisetta Mudie.

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Economic, environmental, and health concerns have spurred interest in green buildingconstruction and maintenance practices designed to make efficient use of resources, reduce environmental problems, and provide long-term financial and health benefits through lower operating costs and better indoor air quality. These practices are intended to help address issues posed by traditional construction and maintenance practices for buildings. According to the Department of Energy (Energy), in 2008, buildings in the United States consumed almost 40 percent of the nations energy and emitted about 39 percent of its carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas recognized as a major contributor to climate change. Also, Energy reports that the approximately 30 million to 35 million tons of construction, renovation, and demolition waste produced annually in the nation account for about 24 percent of municipal solid waste, although most of this waste could be recycled. Furthermore, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), exposure to indoor air pollutants, such as radon and formaldehyde, can lead to harmful health effects, from headaches to respiratory diseases.
In response to concerns about energy consumption, among other things, federal laws and executive orders have directed agencies to reduce energy consumption and meet other green building requirements in federally owned or leased buildings. For buildings not subject to these requirements because they are owned or leased by private, state, local, or tribal entities, laws have also directed federal agencies to foster green building. GAO refers to these entities and their buildings as the nonfederal sector, which accounts for most of the nations buildings.
As GAO reported in November 2011, there are 94 federal initiatives GAO identified to foster green building in the nonfederal sector. In conducting its work, GAO sent questionnaires to the 11 agencies implementing the initiatives identified. As the table below indicates, 3 of the 11 agenciesthe Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), EPA, and Energyimplement about two-thirds of these initiatives.
Number of Initiatives That Foster Green Building in the Nonfederal Sector, by Federal Agency
Number of initiatives
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Department of the Treasury
Department of Transportation
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Department of Education
Small Business Administration
Department of Defense
Department of Health and Human Services
Source: GAO analysis of agency information and questionnaire responses.
According to GAOs analysis of agency questionnaire responses, the 94 initiatives GAO identified share the broad goal of fostering green building. Specifically:
Federal Initiatives Fostering Green Building Elements in the Nonfederal Sector
Green building element
Number of initiatives fostering each element
Energy conservation or efficiency
Indoor environmental quality
Water conservation or efficiency
Integrated design (collaborative planning at all stages of a buildings life)
Sustainable siting or location
Environmental impact of materials
Source: GAO analysis of questionnaire responses.
Note: Numbers total more than 94 because many initiatives foster more than one element.
In addition, GAO identified similarities among these federal initiatives that indicate potential overlap:
The 94 initiatives may vary greatly in the scale of their funding. GAO requested funding information for all initiatives, but the information agencies provided was incomplete and unreliable for the purposes of describing the size of green building initiatives. Agency officials stated that many of the initiatives are part of broader programs and, as such, the agencies do not track green building funds separately from other program activities, even for initiatives that have as a component the direct fostering of green building. As a result, GAO did not report funding information for the initiatives in its November 2011 report.
About one-third of the 94 initiatives GAO identified have goals and performance measures specific to green building and about two-thirds do not; therefore, the results of most initiatives and their related investments in green building are unknown. Agency officials reported various reasons for not having goals and measures, such as challenges in gathering reliable performance data. As GAO previously reported, leading organizations commonly define clear goals and related outcomes, measure performance to gauge progress, and use performance information to assess the results of their efforts and the related investment.[1] Achieving results for the nation increasingly requires that federal agencies work together to identify ways to deliver results more efficiently and in a way that is consistent with their multiple demands and limited resources.[2] Agencies and programs working collaboratively can often achieve more public value than when they work in isolation.
GAO identified some instances in which agencies have begun to collaborate to assess results. For example, under the Partnership for Sustainable Communities, the Department of Transportation, EPA, and HUD plan to adopt a common set of performance measures for HUDs Community Challenge Planning Grants Program, which makes funds available to state and local governments and other entities to promote affordable communities through green building, among other activities. Furthermore, Energy chairs the Interagency Energy Management Task Force, which includes 10 of the 11 agencies implementing the 94 initiatives GAO identified. Since 1988, this task force has served as the interagency group for collaborating on green building in the federal sector, measuring progress, and acting as a forum for addressing challenges to green building and developing common solutions for the federal sector. However, GAO did not identify a governmentwide effort to collaborate on green building issues, including shared goals and common performance measures, for the nonfederal sector that is comparable to the task forces efforts for the federal sector. Without such an effort, agencies with green building initiatives for the nonfederal sector may be missing opportunities to, among other things, identify the potential for inefficient or costly duplication, overlap, or fragmentation across these initiatives, and to reach agreement on governmentwide goals and measures for assessing the overall progress of their efforts to foster green building in the nonfederal sector.
[1]GAO, Executive Guide: Effectively Implementing the Government Performance and Results Act, GAO/GGD-96-118 (Washington, D.C.: June 1996).
Without comprehensive information about each individual initiatives progress toward fostering green building, and without collaboration across federal agencies to establish green building goals and ways to measure progress, Congress, agency heads, and the public have incomplete information about the results of individual and overall federal efforts to foster green building in the nonfederal sector and the efficiency of these efforts. Governmentwide collaboration to identify performance information could, among other things, help inform efforts to evaluate the potential for inefficient or costly duplication and overlap across the more than 90 federal initiativesimplemented by 11 agenciesto foster green building in the nonfederal sector. To help assess the results of investments in individual federal initiatives to foster green building in the nonfederal sector, as well as their combined results, GAO recommended in November 2011 that the Secretaries of Energy and HUD as well as the Administrator of EPA
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I need to say it one more time - this is an absolutely gorgeous quilt. Great work Megan!ReplyDelete
I love this interpretation of the quilt. The fabrics sing and the colours jump out.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous colours! I've seen so many cropping up on IG, but the blues and pops of pinks in yours are just so me!ReplyDelete
Yours is so beautiful. This one is on my list, but I haven't started it yet because this is one of the projects that I am clueless about how to quilt. I do love the Tsuru as your wide border, that print is gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Beautiful fabric choices. this may have to go on my to do list.ReplyDelete
This is fantastic! Your colors are amazing, and your binding/ backing combo is absolutely PERFECT!ReplyDelete
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Oh wow. Beautiful fabric combinations and piecing.ReplyDelete
I love your Marcelle Medallion, I think yours has the prettiest colors yet! This quilt is on my to do list :)ReplyDelete
I have seen many version of this quilt over the past weeks but this is without doubt one of the very best !ReplyDelete
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there are not enough adjectives to describe how much I love this quilt. I love everything from the fabrics used on the front to your binding and backing choices. Now hurry and quilt it so I can be inspired to finish mine!ReplyDelete
This is SOOOO gorgeous! Your Marcelle is one of my favorites. I can't wait to see how you quilt it! Your daughters are adorable, too.ReplyDelete
There you are! I've missed you. I love your quilt. I bought the book ; ) I'd love to make this soon. The plus border is so gorgeousReplyDelete
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Completely in love wit this - wonderful fabric choices.ReplyDelete
I love this, and I see it's been several months since you completed this medallion quilt top. Not to put any pressure on you... ;-) But I'd love to see how you ended up quilting it! I'm kind of at a similar place with my FMQ skills -- I've done a lot of practice quilting on FQ sandwiches with scraps of batting, but I'm still pretty scared when it comes time to quilt AN ACTUAL QUILT, especially one like yours where you've put so many hours into piecing it that you REALLY don't want to mess it up with poor quilting!ReplyDelete
Seriously, though -- all the busy prints will work in your favor and any minor "oopses" should be practically invisible. Go for it!
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Nebraska Sweeps Illinois State
Nebraska's dominant play in singles and doubles action helped them claim a 7-0 sweep of Illinois State at the Nebraska Tennis Center on Sunday. The No. 33 Huskers (3-1) shot out of the gates with three consecutive doubles wins over the Redbirds (0-3) and didn't look back.
The day started off with doubles action. Nebraska's Jennifer Holmberg and Frederike Putthoff started out the Huskers on the right foot, sweeping Hanna Esker and Heather Nisbet, 8-0. No. 2 doubles was the next to finish, with Janine Weinreich and Patricia Veresova of Nebraska defeating Arianne Maack and Carolina Abello, 8-1 to clinch the doubles point for the Huskers. The final doubles match completed was at the No. 1 spot, where Nebraska's Madeleine Geibert and Stefanie Weinstein downed Amiko Kiss and Phyllis Tiggess, 8-2.
The dual then moved on to singles. No. 2 singles saw Veresova defeat Tigges, 6-0, 6-1. Next to finish was Madeleine Geibert at the No. 1 spot, where she earned the win over Amiko Kiss by a score of 6-0, 6-3. The No. 5 match wrapped up next, where NU's Maike Zeppernick posted a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Hanna Esker. Stefanie Weinstein posted the next team point for Nebraska with her victory over Ariana Maack at the No. 3 position, 6-2, 6-1. After taking the first game in No. 6 singles, Abby Buxton fell behind early but battled back to capture a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Gabriella Phillips. Wrapping things up for the Huskers was Frederike Putthoff, who fought through a close match against Carolina Abello to snag a 6-0, 7-6 (7) victory and complete the sweep for the Huskers.
Nebraska now rises to 3-1 on the season. NU will take a short break before they are back in action on Saturday with a double-header at the Nebraska Tennis Center. The Huskers will challenge Eastern Michigan at 9:30 a.m. and Northern Iowa at 3:30 p.m.
1. Madeleine Geibert (NU) def. Amiko Kiss (ISU), 6-0, 6-3
2. Patricia Veresova (NU) def. Phyllis Tigges (ISU), 6-0, 6-1
3. Stefanie Weinstein (NU) def. Ariane Maack (ISU), 6-2, 6-1
4. Frederike Putthoff (NU) def. Carolina Abello (ISU), 6-0, 7-6 (7)
5. Maike Zeppernick (NU) def. Hanna Esker (ISU), 6-3, 6-1
6. Abby Buxton (NU) def. Gabriella Phillips (SU), 6-4, 6-4
1. Geibert/Weinstein (NU) def. Kiss/Tigges (ISU), 8-2
2. Weinreich/Veresova (NU) def. Maack/Abello (SU), 8-1
3. Holmberg/Putthoff (NU) def. Esker/Nisbet (ISU), 8-0
Order of Finish
Singles (2, 1, 5, 3, 6, 4)
Doubles (3, 2, 1)


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Objectives and Outcomes
Computer Engineering
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Computer Engineering Program Educational Objectives
The educational objectives of the Penn State Behrend Computer Engineering Program are to produce graduates who, within three years after graduation, are able to:
A. be employed as a practicing engineer in fields such as design, research, development, testing, manufacturing, operations and service systems;
B. assume positions of leadership and responsibility within an organization; and
C. progress through advanced degree or certificate programs in engineering, business, and other professionally related fields.
Computer Engineering Outcomes
Graduates of the program are expected to demonstrate:
a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering.
b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data.
c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.
d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams.
e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.
f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
g) an ability to communicate effectively.
h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.
i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning
j) a knowledge of contemporary issues.
k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.
l) knowledge of probability and statistics, including applications appropriate to Electrical and Computer Engineering.
m) knowledge of mathematics through differential and integral calculus, basic sciences, computer science, and engineering sciences necessary to analyze and design complex electrical and electronic devices and software as appropriate to Electrical and Computer Engineering.
n) knowledge of mathematics through differential and integral calculus, basic sciences, computer science, and engineering sciences necessary to analyze and design complex systems containing hardware and software components, as appropriate to Electrical and Computer Engineering.
p) knowledge of discrete mathematics.
According to ABET, "Program Educational Objectives are broad statements that describe the career and professional accomplishments that the program is preparing graduate to achieve. Student Outcomes are narrower statements that describe what students are to know and be able to do by the time of graduation."
The Program Educational Objectives were established through the input from employers of our students, alumni, and industrial constitutes of the program. The achievement of Program Educational Objectives is assessed through the use of alumni and employer surveys, as well as employer focus groups. The Student Outcomes are assessed using a combination of the following instruments:
- Direct assessment of Student work. Each year faculty members in the program assess graded examples of student work to determine the level of achievement. The examples of student work are linked directly the Student Outcomes.
- Senior Exit Surveys. This assessment survey is completed by all graduating seniors in which they are asked to rate how well the Student Outcomes were achieved.
- Internship Employer Surveys. This assessment survey is completed by supervisors of students who receive internship credit. Employers are asked to rate how well the Student Outcomes were achieved.
- Senior Design Industrial Sponsor Surveys. This assessment survey is completed by supervisors of senior design projects to measure how well the outcomes of the senior design experience were achieved.
- Fundamentals of Engineering Exam reports from the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying. This nationally administered exam provides a national benchmark for assessing achievement of the Student Outcomes.
The Student Outcomes are assessed annually and each academic program employs at least three of the measurement tools above. More detailed information for each program is available upon request.


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For a second time, results in the August 2012 elections have been successfully contested in court.
Shelby County Chancellor Kenny Armstrong, in a long-awaited ruling issued Monday, Aug. 19, ordered the Shelby County Election Commission to conduct a new election for countywide school board District 4.
Kevin Woods and Kenneth Whalum, both incumbents on the 23-member school board, were running for one of the seats on the seven-member school board that takes effect Sept. 7. The election ended with a certified vote count showing Woods was the winner.
School Board Court Ruling
The matchup between Kevin Woods and Kenneth Whalum, two incumbents on the 23-member school board for one of the seven seats that becomes the school board as of Sept. 7, ended with a certified vote count showing Woods was the winner.
But Whalum contested the results in Shelby County Chancery Court, citing a vote count in which all sides acknowledged some voters within the district got a different school board race on their ballots and other voters outside the district saw the District 4 race on their ballots.
"The Election Commission here made no concerted effort to avoid the problems that occurred in this election for school board positions," Armstrong wrote in his ruling. "With the changes in the alignment of the school board districts due to the new unified school system, the problems that occurred here should have been anticipated and measures taken to insure all data was properly inputted to minimize any adverse impact on school board races."
Armstrong did not set a date for a new election in the school board district. That presumably will be up to the Election Commission if there is no appeal and no stay of the ruling pending such an appeal.
Armstrong's ruling also concluded there is not proof of fraud by the Election Commission.
"Proof of fraud, however, is not required in all cases to void an election," he wrote. "An election may be voided if enough persons were unlawfully deprived of the opportunity to vote."
Attorneys for Woods and the Election Commission argued that there were three groups of voters to be taken into account but that there was no way to tell how some of them voted or would have voted in the contest. They also cited case law showing that kind of doubt was not sufficient to factor in those ballots when deciding if an election should be overturned.
But Armstrong, in his ruling, rejected the idea of separating them while acknowledging the seriousness of overturning an election. And with those votes combined, the total number of contested votes in question was more than Woods' certified 108-vote margin of victory.
"Admittedly, the mistakes here were honest mistakes and non-intentional," Woods concluded. "They, however, bear a direct relationship to the uncertainty of the election outcome if all voters had been allowed to participate and vote in the District 4 race."
Chancellor Arnold Goldin ruled in October that the results in the Millington sales tax hike referendum were to be overturned after Millington city officials contested the certified vote count showing the ballot question lost by three votes.
Attorneys for the city showed some voters who did not live in Millington in a pre-election annexation and then de-annexation by the city were allowed to vote when their votes shouldn't have been counted.
In that case, all sides agreed to a new vote count showing the question won by 12 votes and Goldin approved the agreement in a court order.
Woods said he will follow the advice of his attorney in the matter.
Asked if he would run in a new election, he said, "In the unlikely event that there is another election, I believe we will be victorious again."
Whalum's attorney, Robert Spence, said he would oppose any attempt by attorneys representing the others sides to stay the ruling pending a possible appeal.
And Whalum was emphatic that he will again seek the seat. "I will be running like a Kenyan in a marathon," he said several times during an afternoon press conference.
Armstrong's ruling also concluded there is no proof of fraud by the Election Commission.
"Admittedly, the mistakes here were honest mistakes and non-intentional," Armstrong concluded. "They, however, bear a direct relationship to the uncertainty of the election outcome if all voters had been allowed to participate and vote in the District 4 race."
In that case, all sides agreed to a new vote count showing the question won by 12 votes, and Goldin approved the agreement in a court order.
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On June 19, 1978, I started working for Farm Press Publications. That, according to my admittedly weak mathematical ability, comes to just about 30 years.
That's 30 years of a lot of miles over a lot of bad roads and a lot of nights on a lot of bad beds. But I suppose I've picked up a thing or two in all those travels and all those years. Fortunately, they make shampoo that takes care of a lot of the things I picked up, and good antibiotics take care of some of the others. But there are those mental images, the lessons learned, the experiences never to be forgotten (and rarely believed) that stick with me. I thought I'd share a few things I've learned on the road, so here are Ron Smith's tips for trepidatious travelers.
Happy, Texas, is a pleasant High Plains place to visit and I recall having a nice TexMex lunch there one time. But I would never order seafood in Happy, Texas. Tip number one: If you can't hear seagulls, don't order the fresh snapper. It ain't.
They put those deadbolts and chain thingies on hotel doors for a reason. One late evening in Greenwood, Miss., I had just fallen into a sound slumber in a fairly reputable hotel when the door flew open and a crew of folks who had not just left a church social, paraded in toting heavy coolers of iced-down adult beverages. Hotel clerks occasionally make mistakes with room reservations.
I suggested that their party might be going on somewhere else, so they called the front desk, found another room and left, only to return moments later searching for a lost wallet. Sleep was elusive that night. Tip number two: Lock your hotel doors, tightly — then stick a chair under the doorknob.
Arguing about barbecue can get you in almost as much trouble as bringing up religion or politics at a family reunion. Tip number three: Every barbecue place in the country is the best ever and folks will fight you if you cast aspersions on their ribs and briskets. (Although, truth be told, you find the best barbecue in the Carolinas, but don't tell the folks in Memphis, Kansas City and Dallas I said that.)
Most restaurants are not as good as they claim to be. One in south Georgia, however, used to brag that it served the worst apple pie in the world. I tried it; it wasn't. My aunt still holds that honor.
Tip number four: If the sign says "mama's home cooking," believe it 'cause she sure ain't fixin' dinner at this dive.
I have consumed massive quantities of barbecue and fried things at farm field days, Extension meetings and company product launches. If it ain't barbecued or fried, you won't find it at a field day.
Tip number five: Don't order quiche at a tractor pull.
Some folks believe, erroneously (and I can't imagine where they get such a notion), that I spend a good deal of my time fishing. Nothing could be closer to the truth. I fish only when I have an opportunity and the weather is neither freezing nor tornadic. I do have collapsible rods that fit snugly into a suitcase and I own fishing licenses in more than one state, but that does not mean I fish any more than the next guy (who may be equally addicted).
Tip number six: Fish when you can; life is short.
And so has been 30 years during which I have eaten a lot of greasy food, slept in a lot of bad beds and had the privilege of telling the stories of the finest people in the world. Let's do 30 more.


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Vida Rajin, Honesdale, died August 22, 2012 in Wayne Memorial Hospital, .She was married to the late Steven Rajin who died in 1991.
Born in Yugoslavia she was the daughter of the late Draga and Femka Cupich-Miladinov.
Vida worked at Katz Factory as a seamstress. She was a beautiful person who left a warm feeling with everyone she met. Vida has a cat Missy who she loved dearly. She enjoyed being outdoors as much as she could and needle point was one of her passions.
She is survived by a daughter and son in law, Marian and Kevin Knapp of Pleasant Mount.
Funeral service will be held on Monday, August 27, 2012 at 2:30 PM at the Bethany Presbyterian Church, Rte. 670, Bethany with the Rev. Ryan Kraus officiating. Friends may visit on Monday, at the church from 1:30 -2:30 PM until time of the service.
Interment will be Monday in Glen Dyberry Cemetery, Honesdale.
Arrangements are attended by the Arthur A. Bryant Funeral Home 1228 main Street Honesdale, Pa.
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Even with some contrarian reports that have been brought to light lately, the vast majority of the scientific community believes in the fact of global warming. Regardless of what skeptics might say about it being a "made up disaster" one thing is certain, the ice cap is melting and seas are rising. That poses a grave threat to all coastal cities and towns. Countries such as Singapore, Palau and the Netherlands, all of which are at or below sea level, face the risk of being wiped right off the map.
Experts are not in agreement as to how much of a rise in average sea levels we will see, but figures ranging from one foot to as much as five feet of rise by the end of the century have been predicted. In some cases, even the best case scenario would be too much, let alone having almost two meters of rise to deal with.
Coastal engineers everywhere have been studying this risk and seeking ways of responding to it. The Dutch, long recognized as the world's foremost experts in holding back the sea are experimenting with new "soft" defenses to deal with these rising tides. One of these has been to build a massive sandbar, as a barrier island to protect miles of beaches from erosion. This structure, called the Sand Engine, is expected to last 20 years, eliminating the need to replace beach sands every five years.
The Maeslant Barrier in Rotterdam was built to protect the city from rising seas, specifically a storm surge. It is an automated system, with two floating gates that are each 210 meters long. When the seas are expected to rise in excess of three meters due to storm conditions, the gates automatically close, then flood to settle into a trough constructed along the bottom of the river.
Singapore is another country with large amounts of land reclaimed from the sea; amounting to over 20 percent of their total land area. In a recent decision, regulations for reclaiming land from the sea were changed, raising the minimum reclaimed land height by a meter, to protect the land and any structures built on it from rising seas.
Breakwaters which protect the Singapore oceanfront are also being enlarged and raised to new heights to battle rising sea levels and rising tides. Civil engineers in the island nation are battling hard to stay ahead of any potential threat. As the nation with the second highest population density in the world, Singapore can't afford to lose even one square meter to the sea. Nevertheless, experts are saying that allowing the sea to reclaim some land back may be necessary, in order to protect the rest of the land.
This problem isn't just an overseas one, but one that strikes home here in the United States as well. Some of the most valuable property in the country is threatened by rising tides along both coasts. Municipalities are faced with the need to raise sea walls, dikes and breakwaters, in order to protect that property.
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Douglas Merrill is everything one would expect from a former Google exec.
The new chief of EMI's digital unit is a Googler down to his soul, which means he's extremely bright, a techie, and dead set against suing fans for file sharing.
"I'm passionate about data," Merrill said during a phone interview Wednesday with CNET News.com. "For example, there's a set of data that shows that file sharing is actually good for artists. Not bad for artists. So maybe we shouldn't be stopping it all the time. I don't know...I am generally speaking (against suing fans). Obviously, there is piracy that is quite destructive but again I think the data shows that in some cases file sharing might be okay. What we need to do is understand when is it good, when it is not good...Suing fans doesn't feel like a winning strategy."
I just got off the phone with Merrill, Google's former Chief Information Officer who was named president of music label EMI's digital group Wednesday. He impresses me as a good-natured guy who is going to rock the boat at the label...maybe the entire industry.
This is good news for EMI, the smallest of the four top major labels. The hiring of Merrill, who has no background in music sales, represents an acknowledgment of how important digital distribution and technology is to the future of music.
What are his credentials to run the digital arm of a major record company? He doesn't have much outside of sharing a few song files back in his youth (gasp!) and a deep love of music. He said very early in the interview that he doesn't have all the answers yet on how to cure the music industry's woes. ("I don't know where my desk is," he added.)
But he's all about applying what he learned from Google about the Internet, digital distribution, and innovation. Expect to see experiments with varying business and distribution models from now on at EMI.
"You must do experiments and follow the data," Merrill said. "That's often hard because we all have intuitions. The problem is our intuitions aren't always right and Google has shown that over and over again. We've had internal discussions about 'Oh I believe the site should work this way.' We go into the experiment and we're wrong. And you have to be willing to say 'I thought it was X, I was wrong. It was really Y. That has to be OK. You have to be OK failing because most of the things we try won't work. That's why it's called an experiment. Those things are very deep in my soul."
More specifically, Merrill said he would see whether a Google ad model will work for music. But he's willing to try music subscriptions and even an ISP fee. Certainly, what came across about what strategies Merrill intends to use is that he's not married to any one idea.
"I think there is going to be a lot of different models," Merrill said. "Those are two (subscriptions and ISP fees) you can imagine. I'm not sure that either one of those will be the most dominant model. But they are both interesting. We should try them and see what the data says. Other options will be things like you can imagine supporting music through relevant targeted ads, the Google model. There is a dozen of other things...we should try them all. We should see what the data says and whatever it says, we should follow the data, and follow our users and let them help guide us. We should engage in a broad conversation about art."
He says he's leaving Google to follow one of his passions.
"I'm not running away from Google," Merrill said. "I'm running towards an opportunity to maybe help change the world."
Merrill is due to report to work at the old Capitol Records building in Los Angeles on April 28. That's the place in Hollywood designed to look like stack of albums. It's also the former workplace of Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys and Bonnie Raitt.
Merrill and Guy Hands, CEO of EMI's parent company Terra Firma, were introduced not long ago by a mutual friend. Merrill said Hands began talking to him about moving over "very recently."
What did Eric Schmidt think of the move? The Google CEO told him, "I think it makes perfect sense for you," Merrill quoted Schmidt saying. "Eric has been a huge influence on me personally as well as professionally."
To be sure, Merrill is up against an enormous task. He's moving from one of the biggest success stories on the Web to an industry racked by plummeting revenue, layoffs, and customer dissatisfaction. It's also an industry facing labor issues.
Merrill is a fan of Nine Inch Nails so he is aware that the band's leader is the embodiment of artist dissatisfaction with music labels. Trent Reznor, who walked away from Universal Music Group last year, has helped spearhead experiments with self-distribution, mainly on the Web. Merrill doesn't appear worried about this.
"I think it's important to figure out where can record labels add value," Merrill said. "I don't know the answer. I think Nine Inch Nails' experiments have been really interesting and enlightening. We need to step back and say what is the process of artist creation and helping fans find what artists create.
"Given that as a system we need to understand how record labels fit in there," Merrill continued, "I think the Nine Inch Nails' release of Ghosts experiment was fascinating. What a great problem to have: people are trying different things. If everyone tries the same thing you'll never learn anything new. Instead we're in a situation where people are trying things. How cool is that? Some are going to work. Some aren't going to work. But we need to try them."
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Furlong jailed for violating restraining order
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY star EDWARD FURLONG is behind bars after allegedly violating a restraining order.
The troubled actor was jailed on Tuesday morning (11Jan11) after reportedly contacting his estranged wife Rachael Kneeland.
Los Angeles officials filed criminal charges against Furlong last year (10) and he pleaded no contest to the violation in November.
At a progress hearing on Tuesday, the City Attorney told the court the actor had violated the restraining order last month (Dec10) by coming within 50 yards of Kneeland.
The restraining order requires him to stay 100 yards from her.
The judge ruled Furlong had violated his probation and the actor was cuffed and taken into custody.
He's being held on £50,000 bail, reports TMZ.com.


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From Digital Audio Recording to Audio CD: Part 1 - Audio into Audacity
It starts with the audio recording you made after you said, "Hi Mom, I want to interview you about your memories about Grandma and Grandpa." It ends with your burned Audio CD.
This multi-part how-to series focuses on using Audacity and iTunes – two freely available pieces of software – to work with your recording and then create an audio CD.
Part 1: (You are here!) Getting your audio into Audacity, whether by opening a digital audio recording made elsewhere, or using Audacity to record directly to your computer.
Part 2: Making minor edits to increase sound level.
Part 3: Exporting your recording to a file format that iTunes can use and creating an Audio CD.
Part 4: Dividing the audio into sections based on topics of discussion using Audacity's Label Tracks.
(note: I may expand sections if any one of them gets to be too long. This section will be updated as I go.)
Part 1: Audio in Audacity
I love Audacity. It's open source software (freely available, or volunteer a payment to support the effort). It's cross-platform; it works on Mac, Windows, and Linux.
Screenshots shown here will be Mac based, but the instructions work for Windows and Linux, too.
Do you need Audacity? Download Audacity from audacity.sourceforge.net. The page will direct you to choose the Audacity version for your operating system.
A note about release and Beta. Audacity is open-source software, meaning that there are a group of dedicated software developers that work together to create and modify the application. Version 1.3.0 was released in late 2005, with incremental improvements with each release—the most recent, as of this writing is 1.3.12. Please don't let the word "Beta" be off-putting. I would not recommend working with the 1.2-versions of the software.
Also download the LAME Library for MP3, and download the FFMPEG software library—these libraries make it possible for Audacity to work with additional file formats. On the download page (direct link to Audacity's Windows, MacOS pages), scroll down a bit and look for the "Optional Downloads" heading; the first subhead, "Plug-ins and Libraries," has download links for each library.
If you are working with an already existing file, keep reading. If you're going to try your hand using Audacity to record directly to your your computer, skip down to the next section.
Audacity, Step-by-Step: If your audio file already exists…
Have you transferred your file from your recorder to your computer? Do so. Most recorders allow you to plug them to your computer using USB. Follow the instructions for your recorder to transfer the file to your computer.
Once your file is on your computer…
- Launch Audacity.
An empty project window appears.
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- Choose File > Open from the menu.
A file location dialog box appears.
- Navigate in the dialog box to locate your file.
Select it and click the Open button.
An import progress bar appears as Audacity imports the file. When the import is complete, the progress bar disappears and your recording appears as a waveform.
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(If your recording is in mono format, you'll see a single waveform. If your recording is stereo, you'll see a double-waveform.)
- From the menu, choose File > Save.
A dialog box appears.
Navigate to the location you wish to save your file, give it a name, and click Save.
Now that you're started, it's a good time to save your Audacity project file.
Next, we'll look at a couple of basic ways to edit your audio file—amplifying audio that's not loud enough, and getting rid of noise.
Audacity, Step-by-Step: Recording a file directly in Audacity
Before you launch Audacity, first get your audio equipment all connected with your computer.
Connecting your audio device to your computer
Instead of doing a specific step-by-step for this part, I'll walk you through the general what to do first. The specific steps will vary depending on your equipment
For this example, I plugged a microphone into a USB audio device, which I plugged into the computer.
A note about USB audio devices: This equipment category will take a microphone or analog audio signal in one end and the other end connects to your computer's USB port. If you wish to convert audio from cassette or vinyl, this type of device is for you. Also, if you already have a microphone, this kind of device will allow you to use it to record directly to your computer. The other type of USB device you may wish to use is a USB microphone. Sound goes in one end, and it plugs into your computer's USB port. See the USB Device and USB Microphone pages of my Equipment store to see actual models.
I launched my computer's System Preferences. (MacOS: System Preferences; Windows: Sounds and Audio Devices control panel) This particular device comes with its own driver. I clicked through to ensure that it was connected correctly, then went back to the main System Preferences. From there I clicked the Sound system preference
Here's how to see the Sound preferences on Windows:
The Sound system preference appeared. I clicked the Sound Input pane. There's a small window that lists all possible options for sound input.
In addition to the regular Line in and Digital In, the USB device was also listed in the window.
I clicked the name of the USB device to select it.
Now that it was selected, I conducted a test to see whether the computer was receiving sound signal. The sound level indicators in the lower part of the dialog box responded when I spoke into the mic, so I knew that the computer was receiving the audio signal.
Watch the movie to see what the test looks like.
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Making sure Audacity is set to receive audio signal from your audio device
Now it's time to make sure that Audacity's settings will receive input from the equipment you just plugged in and tested for the computer operating system.
Note: Why do this twice? First, you want to make sure that the sound goes into your computer properly. Then, once it's there, you need to make sure that Audacity is "listening" to the right source for recording.
We've done part 1 of the procedure outlined in this diagram:
Now on to part 2, Audacity's Preferences
- Launch Audacity.
An empty Audacity project window appears.
- Go to Application preferences.
On the Mac, select Audacity > Preferences.
On Windows, select Edit > Preferences.
The preferences dialog box appears. The top item in the list of panes is Devices.
- If Devices is not showing, click the word Devices.
The Interface, Playback and Recording preferences appear, as shown here.
- Locate the Device menu in the Recording section.
- Select your recording device from the pop-up menu.
- Click OK.
You're through connecting your equipment to your computer and ensuring that both your computer and Audacity are receiving the audio signal from your device.
Working in Audacity to create your recording
You will next confirm that Audacity is receiving audio signal, and record your audio.
- In the Audacity project window, click inside the Record meter area. Speak into the microphone.
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A red sound level indicator appears in sync with your voice, telling you that Audacity is receiving signal from your device.
(The sound preview is a toggle. Clicking in the level area activates it; clicking again deactivates it. Also, the pop-up menu next to the microphone icon has an option to Start Monitoring or Stop Monitoring)
Now that you know that Audacity is receiving sound signal, it's time to start recording.
- Click the red Record Button in the Control Toolbar.
Audacity creates a new track and the sound wave appears in the project window as you continue to speak (or interview someone).
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- When you are finished, click the Stop Button (Yellow square)
- Save your project.
Extra: A word about the most common digital audio file formats
Here, for your reference, is a list of common audio file formats. Wherever possible, use an uncompressed format. If you must use a compressed format (because that's the only way the device will save the audio), record using the highest possible quality setting; as soon as you transfer the file to your computer, convert it to an uncompressed format by opening the compressed file in Audacity and then saving the project. When you're through working with the audio file, export it using an uncompressed format.
- WAV file. Uncompressed file format (yay, uncompressed! We likes it, we does!). The portable digital audio recorders I recommend here record audio in WAV format
- AIF file (or AIFF). A MacOS-based uncompressed file format (Yay uncompressed!). I may use AIF in this example to hold some metadata about the recordings when we export them to iTunes.
- MP3. Compressed, lossy format. Not good as a recording format (if your recorder records only in MP3, select the highest quality possible). A format suitable for delivery of audio on the web. Have a recording in MP3? Convert it to WAV.
- AAC (or M4a). Another compressed, lossy format that's superior to MP3. Is a native format used by the Livescribe Pulse Pen, and is used by iTunes, iPod, iPhones. Have AAC? (compressed) Convert it to WAV.
- WMA. Windows Media Audio. Proprietary (Microsoft) lossy, compressed file format. Many of the Olympus digital voice recorders with internal memory record in the WMA format. If you have one of these, record at the absolute highest quality possible, and convert your file to an uncompressed format right after you transfer it to your computer. Have WMA? Convert it to WAV.
- .AU file - the native file format used by Audacity. Work in Audacity's native format, export to AIF or WAV.
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A fabulous beginning. Even I, who have an adversion to reading and following instructions, said I grok it —- I get it. You are a natural teacher with a gift not only of clarity, but the ability to make the novice say,
"I think I can do this." Thanks and thanks and thanks.
This is a great lesson for audio recording, etc. I want to stop everything I'm doing and re-do some interview recordings. I didn't know about the USB audio devices. I'll have to study that more.. I have previously played old audio tapes on my tape recorder and recorded the sound with a USB microphone placed a foot or so away from the tape recorder speaker. Better than nothing! Lots of things to learn!!
Keep up the great work. Thanks! Donna
There are likely to be some readers, like me, who have recordings made in the days of cassette players. May I recommnend that you do 2 things:
1. Make it clear that these instructions apply only to interviews recorded with a digital recorder.
2. Supply instructions on how to convert a cassette recording to a digital recording (either on one's own, or by hiring someone).


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For information on a specific unit, click on the first letter of its name:
Answers to the three most frequently asked questions:
How many micrograms (µg, ug or mcg) in a
milligram (mg)?
How can I convert from international units (IU)
to milligrams or micrograms?
What countries besides the U.S. have not adopted the
metric system?
Americans probably use a greater variety of units of measurement than anyone else in the world. Caught in a slow-moving transition from customary to metric units, we employ a fascinating and sometimes frustrating mixture of units in talking about the same things. We measure the length of a race in meters, but the length of the long jump event in feet and inches. We speak of an engine's power in horsepower and its displacement in liters. In the same dispatch, we describe a hurricane's wind speed in knots and its central pressure in millibars.
Furthermore, our English customary units do not form a consistent system. Reflecting their diverse roots in Celtic, Roman, Saxon, and Norse cultures, they are often confusing and contradictory. There are two systems for land measurement (one based on the yard and the other on the rod) and a third system for distances at sea. There are two systems (avoirdupois and troy) for small weights and two more (based on the long and short tons) for large weights. Americans use two systems for volumes (one for dry commodities and one for liquids) and the British use a third (British Imperial Measure).
Meanwhile, only a few Americans know that the legal definitions of the English customary units are actually based on metric units. The U. S. and British governments have agreed that a yard equals exactly 0.9144 meter and an avoirdupois pound equals exactly 0.453 592 37 kilograms. In this way, all the units of measurement Americans use every day are based on the standards of the metric system. Since 1875, in fact, the United States has subscribed to the International System of Weights and Measures, the official version of the metric system.
This dictionary began as a collection of notes describing the relationship between various English and metric units. It gradually grew until it finally became too large a word-processing document; I couldn't find my way around in it any more. So I turned it into a folder of html documents and added it to my Internet site. For many months, no one looked at the site except me and my students. Then, gradually, the dictionary began to attract users from around the world. Many users were kind enough to point out errors; others suggested additions and improvements. Questions about units began to appear in my email inbox. Sometimes I could answer the questions, sometimes not.
Today the dictionary has become a kind of interactive resource. It grows slowly and steadily, mostly through suggestions from readers and my efforts to answer questions posed by readers. You can participate in this process! Please let me know if you find any errors on the site, or if you can't find what you wanted to know, or if you know of units used in your field of study or in your part of the world that aren't included.
I hope you find the dictionary useful and informative.
Written by:
Russ Rowlett, Director,
Center for Mathematics and Science Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
You are welcome to email the author (email@example.com) with comments and suggestions.
All material in this folder is copyright © 2005 by Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Permission is granted for personal use and for use by individual teachers in conducting their own classes. All other rights reserved. You are welcome to make links to this or any page of the dictionary. Please do not copy the contents of any page of the dictionary to another site. The material at this site is updated frequently as new information is added, so linking to the site rather than copying it is in the best interests of everyone.
The information contained in the dictionary is as accurate as I can make it; please notify me if you find any errors. Neither the author nor the University of North Carolina assume any liability for uses made of the information presented by this web site. The dictionary is not designed to promote any system of measurement. Its only purpose is to present information useful to anyone interested in the subject.
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Civil Rights Movement in Florida
- Students will be able to determine of the amount of time it took for black Floridians to achieve equal rights.
- Students will be able to name important leaders in the Civil Rights Movement in Florida.
- Students will be able to explain the importance of equal rights for all people.
- Students will be able to describe the impact that the Civil Rights Movement had on the economic growth of Florida.
- Students will be able to identify the injustices caused by segragation.
Sunshine State Standards Benchmarks:SS.A.1.2.1 - SS.A.6.2.3 - SS.A.6.2.4 - SS.C.2.2.3
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Suggested Activities:
- Read the passage with the students using the ReQuest strategy.
- Place students in small groups. have each group select the civil rights leader they believe to be the most influential in Florida. have them prepare a speech which outlines that individual's contributions and explains why they consider that person to be significant to Florida histroy.
- Introduce and define the vocabulary words using the C(2)QU strategy.
- Have the students choose an important person discussed in the passage to research furthur and then create a chracter map to present to the class.
- Invite a member of the local NAACP to be a guest speaker at your school.
- Complete and review FCAT questions.
(Note: Actual FCAT practice passages are wrtten at the students' independent reading level. These Florida History selections are written at the students' instructional reading level. Therefore, students should not be asked to complete the questions until after receiving class instruction on the vocabulary and content of the passage. Students should also read the Florida History selection independently before answering the FCAT questions and be permited to return to the selection for rereading as they answer.)
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — The market for giving consumers easy methods for paying for purchases online may get more crowded, and potentially have a new major player, if a reported deal involving Twitter Inc. and startup payments technology developer Stripe comes to fruition.
That's the view from some industry analysts following a report from Re/code that said Twitter TWTR, +1.02% is close to completing an arrangement with Stripe that would let Twitter users make purchases from within tweets on the microblogging site. The Re/code report cited unnamed sources close to the matter as saying a deal was imminent.
While everyone knows what Twitter is, the same can't be said about Stripe. The privately held, San Francisco-based startup specializes in technology that lets people pay for items online without leaving the site a person is on at the time of checkout. Stripe's technology also makes it easier for companies to keep track of errors and log transaction issues. The company charges 2.9%, plus 30 cents, for each transaction it processes.
Daniel Kurnos, who covers e-commerce for the Benchmark Company, said that while a Twitter-Stripe tie-up isn't official, such an arrangement potentially offers an immediate rival to one of the largest e-commerce payments providers in the world: eBay Inc.'s EBAY, +0.86% PayPal, which incorporates technology from eBay's recent payment-technology acquisition, Braintree.
"I think it's a great concept that simplifies the checkout process and offers a legitimate alternative to PayPal," Kurnos said. "I would expect PayPal will follow Stripe's lead at some point and start embedding PayPal within the seller's page instead of redirecting to an outside site."
Twitter has been slagged a bit of late, with analysts such as Morgan Stanley's Scott Devitt cutting his rating on the company to sell partly based on the belief that Twitter will find it hard to transform itself from a product for a niche audience to a legitimate money-making business.
Twitter's shares have fallen 8% since Jan. 2, to trade Friday at $62.11.
And Brian Blau, of Gartner Inc. IT, +0.27% said that, as far as eBay and PayPal are concerned, "initially I don't think [Twitter and Stripe] would impact them as they already have tentacles deep into e-commerce." Blau said that it remains to be seen how such a concept will be embraced by Twitter users because, "the one thing we don't know is how consumers will react or use an e-commerce-enabled Twitter."
However, Blau added that a Twitter-Stripe deal, if it is true, could provide an ideal way for Twitter to expand its business offerings and build up new revenue streams at a time when some have questioned how the company can make money over the long term.
"Building in a core e-commerce capability into the functionality of a tweet could mean a fundamental change in how tweets are used and would be a new dimension to how businesses could get value from using Twitter as a connection pathway to their customers," Blau said. "Businesses are constantly looking for ways to connect with and keep engaged with their customers through their mobile devices, and having an e-commerce capability means there would be yet another reason why those customers would want to use Twitter."
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