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There are several reasons why it is important for each of us to explore the aspects of the past that have made us who we are today (as individuals and collectively). One reason is that much of our sense of identity derives from the past, especially as we reach full maturity/middle age.
Children, teenagers and people in their twenties and early thirties are especially confused by their continually changing sense of identity. It is one of the reasons why I have written a blog especially on the topic of identity. You can find it here.
If you would like to explore this topic further, please visit my By Any Other Name blog when you have a spare moment or two.
Many people who arrive at this Ancestors Within blog are usually interested in researching their own family history, genealogy, ancestry, whatever you want to call it. My interest is in enriching that process, deepening the experience and making it more meaningful, here and now, and in the future (even for future generations of your family).
This is especially beneficial for those who are trying to encourage reluctant family members to take more interest in exploring (and valuing) their heritage.
27 October 2009
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I certainly concur with your final paragraph... I keep encouraging, and sometimes they come around!ReplyDelete
Welcome to the Geneabloggers family. Hope you find the association fruitful; I sure do. I'm fairly new, as well, and have found it most stimulating, especially the Daily Themes.
Keeping telling your ancestor stories!
Dr. Bill ;-)
Thank you Bill. I do not really know anything at all about Geneabloggers.ReplyDelete
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Scotland 21-8 Italy, Six Nations, Murrayfield, March 19
Scotland end a long wait
Huw Baines
March 19, 2011
Nikki Walker celebrates his second-half try © Getty Images
Casting your mind back to Scotland's last try at Murrayfield is a taxing pursuit. It was after the end of the last ice age, but before the invention of the wheel, right?
Joking aside, it has been a long wait for their fans. Losses to Wales and Ireland in this year's Championship were difficult affairs, blighted by errors, slack defence and a palpable lack of attacking prowess. That Italy's visit would be a wooden spoon decider was forecast as early as the second round and while a number of fans opted to stay away, those that made the effort saw Scotland finally break their duck and score a vital victory in the shadow of the Rugby World Cup.
Losing was not an option for Andy Robinson's side, who have been guilty this year of failing to justify the hype and positivity that abounded at the beginning of February. That they completed the job will be a relief for players and coaches alike, who would not have been able to raise much cheer heading into a vital few months had they repeated their 2007 capitulation.
Their World Cup group, where their main rivals are England and Argentina, is a taxing one. There may not be a Tri-Nations power to draw the headlines, but it is relatively evenly matched and therefore fiendishly difficult to navigate. Scotland must find a way to win their pivotal games in New Zealand and in the opening moments at Murrayfield on Saturday, they looked like they might have cracked the code.
Rather than using their pack to slug away at Italy, their heavy artillery was employed on strong angles from the playmaking of Rory Lawson and Ruaridh Jackson. Sean Lamont, Al Kellock, Richie Gray and John Barclay were all conspicuous as Italy were battered onto the back-foot. The problem arose when in sight of the line and in trying to seal the deal they went from swaggering Casanovas to awkward, pimpled teens.
Luckily for them, the second-half finally bore fruit. After Simon Danielli and Lamont had been thwarted, in the second instance the centre lacking both pace and heart in a chase against Italy hooker Leonardo Ghiraldini, two simple moves exposed slipshod Italian defence and the duck was broken. Replacement Nick De Luca profited from another forward surge and offload, this time by Nathan Hines, while Nikki Walker showed pace and power to smash through two tackles off a short ball. It all looked so simple.
Scotland need to use their power runners more regularly, and the more Test rugby Jackson plays the better. The Glasgow youngster is not perfect, but he offers something with ball in hand that his rival, Dan Parks does not: continuity.
The defeat will again be achingly familiar for Italy, who were always likely to slide down the hill after the glory of their victory over France. Again however, they proved their worth as a growing force in attack but shorn of their lineout, where Ghiraldini endured another nightmare showing, they lacked the platform to use their forwards effectively at the maul.
Where they go from here, we can but guess. Nick Mallett believes that this pool of players are his best options this season. They are a tight-knit group, boasting one or two world class players and a handful developing into a helpful supporting cast, and they will need to learn that backing up a victory is as important as the initial breakthrough. The future appears brighter than previous years though, and this one could have been a different affair had it been played under Roman sun.
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Trivets begin as freshly "grown" fieldstones that American Stonecraft hand-harvests at working farms. Each rock is unique in shape and color, comprised of stone commonly called granite. Artisans craft each Trivet from scratch in our Massachusetts studio using custom built tools. The stone is transformed through a repeated process of skilled grinding and honing by hand to a low grit. Our small team of artisans creates a matte, subtle top surface; the same honed finish as coasters but with a stain-resistant and less absorbent surface. However, Trivets are not recommended for direct food contact.
Trivets also retain the natural "live" edge from the stone's glacial tumbling. Farm-provenance is labeled on the underside of each Trivet, along with cork feet to protect tabletops. Each stone arrives packaged in an American Stonecraft gift box.
Approximately 8″ in diameter and 2 pound in weight. For scale, please consult the photo with a ruler shown next to the stone.
Variations in color tone should be expected. Fieldstones, being natural, also have minor, non-structural fissures, pocks, scratches, chips, and other superficial flaws that we affectionately call beauty marks.
Long ago, icy glaciers pushed boulders into the soil of America's Northeast. New England farmers built 215,000 miles of stonewalls by hand through removing these stones from their fields, a distance greater than from the earth and the moon! These stonewalls became the folklore of poets like Robert Frost, but the labor of moving stones by hand pushed farmers westward. A fresh crop of rocks grows each spring because winter's freeze thaw cycles gradually force buried stones upward. Clearing rocks is never complete.
The founder of American Stonecraft, Gerald Croteau, fell in love with these archaeological stone ruins as a youth. He became an economist and founded American Stonecraft in his late 20s after seeing the inside of a fieldstone for the first time. He was amazed at what he had overlooked for so long. Diamond tools (being a relatively modern invention) revealed amazing colors, patterns, and geologies in the humble New England farm-gathered fieldstone that he wanted desperately to share!
As a professional economist, Croteau recognized an opportunity to focus on adding value to the hidden gems of fieldstone. He started the studio to transform sustainably-grown and freshly-harvested rocks from working farms into treasured heirlooms that can be brought indoors and used in the home for the fist time. Not only does this endeavor share geology that has never been seen before, but it helps support working farms, in turn preserving open space and protecting the stonewalls that are so iconic to our region.


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It has been sometime while playing with Django. One problem that I face mostly is making changes in the model and expect the change to reflect itself on the fly. Django, however does not like this idea and does not let you do so. In most case if you are making a model and want to create the DB schema you will do something like this:
python manage.py syncdb
This will create your model, however once created and then if you want to make changes in the schema, you are not going anywhere. So this is where we need to go south.
Django south generally works in this way:
python manage.py schemamigration <appname> --initial
Then you do a
python manage.py migrate <appname>
This is enough to create a migration directory and track changes to your model based in the appname you are using.
So now if you are making changes to the column, you will be using south. The next few lines will deal with screwing thing inside south as well as making you model change successful. One piece of caution though, this will/may delete your existing data, so be careful.
Let say, you end up with an error like this while migrating using south.
! These migrations are in the database but not on disk:
some migrations here
! I'm not trusting myself; either fix this yourself by fiddling
! with the south_migrationhistory table, or pass –delete-ghost-migrations
! to South to have it delete ALL of these records (this may not be good).
This happens because there is conflict in the original model and the model you are trying to implement.
The following steps will help:
Undo changes in the model.py intended to have the change and delete the migration folder in the folder, then run
python manage.py migrate <appname> --delete-ghost-migration
This step will delete all the migrations that has not trickled down properly.
If your app is already managed by south then run the next step, else if your app was previously managed by syncdb only, use this command first:
python manage.py convert_to_south <appname>
Coming back to our steps:
python manage.py schemamigration <appname> --init
python manage.py migrate <appname> --fake
The argument –fake will record the changes but will not write it to the DB.
Now redo the changes in the model.py
python manage.py schemamigration <appname> --auto
The argument –auto will keep track of the changes happening over the initial change/previous changes.
python manage.py migrate <appname>
And that's it, you are done and your changes has flown to the DB.
Please read south documentation for more details, it can be found here.


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Aurora in the News
Aurora Introduces New Military Caskets
Aurora Introduces New Military Caskets
June 30, 2014 – AURORA, Indiana – Aurora Casket Company, the largest privately-owned supplier in funeral service, is pleased to announce the introduction of two new military caskets to honor the Veteran.
"Aurora is focused on delivering solutions that help our funeral home customers create healing moments for their families and funeral guests," said Marty Strohofer, Vice President of Marketing and Product Development at Aurora. "The new military caskets offer funeral homes a way to personalize a loved one with an applique depicting their branch of the military," added Strohofer.
The two new 18 gauge caskets are an extension of the Designer Series product line and exclusively feature interiors that are made with the same fabric that is utilized to create military uniforms. Each interior features gold stitching and two gold military service buttons on the overthrow.
Both caskets will be available beginning on July 4th!
Contact your Aurora Sales Representative today or call Aurora Answers at 1-800-457-1111 to learn more.


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These images were taken along the Stevens Canyion Road / Reflection Lake within Mt.Rainier National Park.
Images were taken at sunset on the lookout peak trail within Gifford-Pinchot National Forest
These images were taken in Mt. Rainier National Park
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This image was created during a winter snow storm at the end of 2016 in the Longmire area of Mt. Rainier National Park
These images were taken during a snow storm at Paradise inside Mt. Rainier National Park
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Mindy McCready is the fifth participant in the U.S. reality TV show "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew" to die in the past two years, People.com said Monday.
McCready, who had a history of drug addition, shot herself Sunday night. She was 37.
Her Season 3 "Celebrity Rehab" co-star, reality TV personality Joey Kovar, died of a drug overdose last August and Alice in Chains bass guitarist Mike Starr fatally OD'd the year before, People.com said.
Actor Jeff Conaway died in May 2011 from complications related to pneumonia and the degenerative brain condition known as encephalopathy. Rodney King, the man at the center of the police brutality scandal that sparked the Los Angeles riots, drowned last June after using cocaine.
"I am deeply saddened by this awful news. My heart goes out to Mindy's family and children. She is a lovely woman who will be missed by many," Dr. Drew Pinsky told People.com in a statement Monday. "Although I have not treated her for a few years, I had reached out to her recently upon hearing about the apparent suicide of her boyfriend and father of her younger children. She was devastated. Although she was fearful of stigma and ridicule, she agreed with me that she needed to make her health and safety a priority. Unfortunately, it seems that Mindy did not sustain her treatment."
"Celebrity Rehab" debuted in 2008 on VH1. It shows Pinsky -- an internist, addiction medicine specialist, and radio and TV personality -- treating high-profile patients for various addictions.


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Re: RPG: False Emporer (Clones vs Chaos)
Valthonin heard Darus' message and relayed it to his ARC troops. They, naturally, were ready for more and gave the signal that they were good to go. Valthonin first headed to the closer hills to the East and moved towards the formation uploaded onto the LAAT's display. He had decided to do this the easy way this time.
"Orbital bombardment ready?" He asked the ships orbiting the planet.
"Yes the ships are in position again, sir. Upon your signal we will fire upon the uploaded coordinates." Replied the ships commander.
"Alright then, we've reached an observation distance. I can see the generator from here as well as the troops defending it. Do it."
"Very well."
The increadible force of the barrage severly weakened the troops, and also the generator. The LAATs moved in and took care of what was left. The ships commanders voice came in over Valthonin's commlink.
"Thats it sir, hope it helped. However we need to focus on the ongoing battle so for the next generator your on your own im afraid."
"Very well." Valthonin responded and set course for the next hill formation to the West. He would pass by the battle on the way to see its progress.
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Grade Level: 6th – 8th grade
Subject Matter: Physical Science
National Standards: NS.5-8.1, NS.5-8.2
Reel of insulated copper wire - available in electronics or hardware stores
Three-inch nails – one per student or group of students
Double A (AA) batteries – one per student or group of students
Paperclips – several for each student
Small round ceramic magnets – one per student or group of students. These can be bought from Carolina.com. Here's a link to the type of magnet you need
Boom box radio - must have speaker wire output port
Roll of masking or Scotch tape
Scissors – one pair per student or group of students
Sound: vibrations transmitted through an elastic material or a solid, liquid, or gas.
Magnetic Field: the space surrounding a magnetized body or current-carrying circuit in which the resulting magnetic force can be detected.
Electromagnet: a type of magnet whose magnetic field is produced by the flow of electric current. The magnetic field disappears when the current ceases to flow.
Insulator: a material or device that prevents or reduces the passage of heat, electricity or sound.
2. Have students tightly coil the insulated copper wire around half of the nail until that portion of the nail is covered twice. Make sure students leave free at least 10 inches of wire on each end of the coil.
3. Use the scissors to strip about an inch of the insulation from each end of the free wire. Ask students why the wire needs to be exposed. Have students tape one end of the wire to one end of the battery.
4. Have students connect the other free end of the wire to the other end of the battery. Make sure students do not tape this end, since the coil will get hot if it is connected for too long.
5. Place a few paper clips in front of each student. Ask students to predict what will happen if the nail comes close to the paperclips. Have students pass the tip of the nail next to the paperclips. What happened?
6. Have students connect and disconnect the wire from the battery while touching the paper clips. What happens to the paper clips? Tell students that they have just made an electromagnet. Why are electromagnets useful?
Activity 2 – Make A Speaker
1. Tell students that now they will create a speaker, using the same basic principles that they learned from making an electromagnet.
2. Hand out to each student a plastic cup, a round ceramic magnet, tape and insulated copper wire. Ask students to draw a diagram, to show how they would make a speaker using these materials. Compare and contrast the various diagrams and have students explain their design.
3. To begin building the speaker, have students tape the round ceramic magnet inside the bottom of a plastic cup.
4. Coil the insulated copper wire 25 times into 1½-inch diameter circles with 10 inches of wire hanging free from each end. If needed, students may use an appropriately-sized round object to wind the coil, and then slide it off when they're done.
5. Tape the coil to the bottom of the cup and make sure to strip a few inches of insulation from the end of each wire.
6. Have students test their speaker by connecting the two free ends of the coil to the "speaker out" of the radio. Students can hold the cup or let it rest on the table. Ask students to predict what will happen if the radio is turned on.
7. Turn the radio on and have students observe and describe what happens. What happens when you increase the volume?
8. Allow students to rebuild their speaker according to their own diagrams, if they differ from the steps above. Discuss the results. Why did or didn't their diagram work?
An electromagnet is a magnetic field that can be turned on or off. A simple electromagnet can be made by coiling wire around a nail and connecting the ends of the coil to a battery. The battery produces an electric current that flows from the battery through the wire. As the current flows through the wire, it creates a magnetic field. Once the current ceases to flow, the magnetic field disappears. Electromagnets are useful for devices that need magnets that can be controlled. A speaker uses electromagnets to produce sounds or vibrations.
• What is needed to make the speaker louder?
• How could you improve the sound quality of the cup speaker?
• What would happen if you replaced the nail in the electromagnet activity with aluminum foil? Or with a plastic core, like a pen?
Experiment with different numbers of turns on the electromagnet from the first activity. What is the magnetic power of a single coil wrapped around a nail? Or 10 turns of the wire? 100 turns? How about changing the thickness of the nail? Have students measure and compare the electromagnet's "strength" by how many paper clips it can pick up.


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A SPARROW PICKS a potentially painful perch on a barbed wire fence in Addison.Independent photo/Trent Campbell
October 8, 2007
By ANDY KIRKALDY
VERGENNES — A change in the way Vergennes Union High School teachers assign letter grades has sparked concerns, mostly among parents of high-achieving students, that it may be more difficult for their children to earn top grades, get onto the school's honor roll, and get into colleges.
Four dozen parents met with VUHS Co-principal Ed Webbley last Wednesday to discuss the grading changes, the most significant of which is actually at the other end of the spectrum: Essentially, 70 is the new 60 — students now must earn at least a grade of 70 to pass a course and stay eligible for sports. At the same time, students will also have to earn a 93 to get an A, and an 85 to get a B.
VUHS administrators made that change, Webbley said, in tandem with a scheduling tweak: Students now have two 25-minute periods free daily in which they can meet with teachers to get help learning material and improving grades.
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — The Addison County Humane Society (ACHS) will soon get a new executive director to replace its former leader, Jill Tucker, who recently left to help authorities take a bite out of crime against pets.
Jackie Rose, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based attorney, will officially take the helm of the ACHS on Oct. 22 after a move to Vermont. Rose recently completed a 25-year stint as executive vice president of Spectrum Programs, a nonprofit provider of substance abuse programs and mental health services in Florida.
Rose originally earned a degree in psychology and had seriously considered using that knowledge in a career caring for animals. She ended up going into law and nonprofit administration, but jumped at the opportunity to revisit her original career path when she heard about the ACHS vacancy.
By MEGAN JAMES
MIDDLEBURY — The steadily increasing number of economics majors at Middlebury College unnerves Michael Claudon. There's nothing wrong with economics as a discipline — Claudon himself is a professor of the subject, which claims 11.9 percent of all majors — but he gets the feeling that many students choose that path because they believe it is the only way into the business world, the only way they might land a well-paying job after graduation.
This is simply not true, Claudon said. And he's prepared to prove it with his new winter term program, MIDD CORE (Creativity, Organization, Risk and Entrepreneurship), which aims to expose Middlebury students to professionals from both the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors in an effort to deepen their understanding of the post-college world.
"The big picture is to help our students understand that there are all kinds of paths that you can follow to great careers and great personal lives," Claudon said. "So whatever their passion is at the college — philosophy, Spanish, dance — they can pursue it."
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Talk:Minas Tirith
Felix Sotomayor's Picture
Sotomayor's Minas Tirith does not resemble Tolkien's description of the capital of Gondor. If we're going to use the image, it will have to be with the First Age fortress of Minas Tirith in Beleriand, which guarded the Pass of Sirion. I've moved the image there.
- Sounds good, your right it doesn't resemble Minas Tirith in Gondor, are we positive it is supposed to be the Minas Tirith in Beleriand though? If it's really just a poorly created version of Minas Tirith in Gondor we can remove it all together. --Hyarion 18:24, 20 April 2006 (EDT)
- AFAIK, Tolkien really didn't give a description of Orodreth's Minas Tirith. Since many other images are nothing more than good guesses, and Sotomayor's picture is quite good, I don't have problem using it. --Ebakunin 18:52, 20 April 2006 (EDT)
- I do think it's meant to be MT in Gondor, as I see seven sections and a high tower on the top. It does look more like a fort than a city, though. --Earendilyon 03:04, 21 April 2006 (EDT)
- One of Minas Tirith's main features is the jutting bastion of rock that looks like half an arch. Jackson's RotK nailed the look and feel of the capital. You're probably right about Sotomayor's intention, but his picture is definitely wrong for Gondor's Minas Tirith. --Ebakunin 12:34, 21 April 2006 (EDT)
- I agree. If there is only one picture known for a specific article, then yes, we might insert it regardless of the lack of canonocity but in this case there are so many images of Minas Tirith, we should make sure the images shown represent the city as best as possible. --Hyarion 12:37, 21 April 2006 (EDT)
Info from book and from movies
I think this article needs to diversify more clearly between info from Tolkien's writings and PJs movies. For example, where does the reference to "a battery of 100 trebuchets" originate? I can't recall it from the book. --Earendilyon 16:22, 21 April 2006 (EDT)
- I definitely agree. I think we should try and make it a standard to have a "Portrayal in adaptions" heading for the articles which have information related to The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy. But I do think it would be alright to show an image from the films as one of the main images for the article, as you have to admit, there are a lot of things they did a great job portraying. --Hyarion 16:47, 21 April 2006 (EDT)
- There's no but there, really, as almost all pictures (except Tolkien's own) are adaptations. And as the source is normally given, I've no problem with adding them to articles. [Nicest thing would be of course, to have as many pictures as possible made by the Professor himself.] --Earendilyon 16:53, 21 April 2006 (EDT)
- I agree, I think we have most of the Professor's images uploaded too. It's just difficult with the purists who see an image from the films and automatically dislike the article. Hard to please everyone. --Hyarion 19:14, 21 April 2006 (EDT)
The breadth of the city would have average 3100 feet.<ref>[[The History of Middle-earth]], ''[[Sauron Defeated]]'', Illustration on p. 64</ref>
I'm hesitant to remove this, because it is referenced. However, the reference doesn't appear to be correct. There are no illustrations of Minas Tirith in Sauron Defeated. The only think I can think of is that the editor meant The War of the Ring, but I can't see how one can draw an indications of scale from the two sketches of Minas Tirith there. —Aulë the Smith (Tk·Cb) 13:05, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
- There is a description of a sketch of Minas Tirith by Tolkien on p. 67 (in my copy) of Sauron Defeated but again there's no indication of scale there – just a description of where the buildings in the Citadel are situated. —Aulë the Smith (Tk·Cb) 13:53, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
- The figure is not from anything in THOME: it's from Karen Wynn Fonstad's The Atlas of Middle-earth. Page 138 with references from p. 198 (small bracketed comments are my own):
- Tolkien revealed no dimensions of the hill except that of election — 700 feet;[1] but they may be estimated by comparing two drawings, one of Minas Tirith and one of the Citadel.[2] If the diameter of the White Tower were about 150 feet, the breadth of the city would have averaged 3100 feet.[3]
- ↑ RK, 24 (First line of page 12 in my edition; paragraph 36 of "Minas Tirith")
- ↑ VIII, 290; IX, 64; Marquette Archives (The Atlas was released in 1994 and references to Sauron Defeated are based on the typescript. I can't find this drawing.)
- ↑ If the Tower were wider than 150 feet, it would have appeared stout in spite of its 300-foot height (50 fathoms - RK, 24). Note that the Tower was described as "a spike" — not tiered as shown in VIII, 261; P, 27 (167 or 169 in Artist and Illustrator, I'm guessing)
- Well, I suppose Fonstad had to make a rough guess at the size of the city to draw her map, and that's as good an estimate as any. But in the grand scheme of things it's an incidental figure, and since it's also decidedly non-canon I think I will go ahead and remove it. —Aulë the Smith (Tk·Cb) 17:08, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
- I think it's a useful piece of information to leave in the context of a "JRRT doesn't state the size of Minas Tirith; in KWF's TAOME she estimates 3,100 feet" sentence. It's something others might find useful so long as we don't give it authenticity (after all, we put non-canonical stuff in "Portrayal of Adaptations" all the time). It's up to you, of course. --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 18:02, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
The Anárion issue is quite frustrating. There seems to be no disagreement that he founded Minas Anor (and Isildur Minas Tirith) amongst the secondary sources, but I can't find it stated explicitly by Tolkien anywhere. —Aulë the Smith (Tk·Cb) 10:39, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
- I can't find this sourced either. The closest I can get to it (and what some websites source) is this quote from Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age:
- "Other strong places they built also upon either hand: Minas Ithil, the Tower of the Rising Moon, eastward upon a shoulder of the Mountains of Shadow as a threat to Mordor; and to the westward Minas Anor, the Tower of the Setting Sun, at the feet of Mount Mindolluin, as a shield against the wild men of the dales. In Minas Ithil was the house of Isildur, and in Minas Anor the house of Anárion, but they shared the realm between them and their thrones were set side by side in the Great Hall of Osgiliath."
- Robert Foster just calls Minas Anor, the "Fortress-city of Anárion". I'm going to keep looking because nearly every source I've read does say this. I must be missing something. --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 12:05, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
- That will do for now at least. —Aulë the Smith (Tk·Cb) 12:26, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
How about deleting Minas Tirith (which redirects here) and moving this there? —Aulë the Smith (Tk·Cb) 16:34, 31 August 2010 (UTC)


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Update 12/13. We have a follow-up post with more details here.
According to a report in the Post, a 25-year-man was shot in the gut after moving orange traffic cones outside the Hells Angels HQ on Third Street early Sunday morning.
The victim, identified as David Martinez, and his friends were looking for a parking spot when they spotted the space between First Avenue and Second Avenue.
A biker came out of the club's headquarters and told them to stop what they were doing, sparking an argument between him and Martinez, police sources said.
Their dispute then turned violent, and other bikers spilled out of the clubhouse.
One of those men ran up to Martinez and shot him in the gut, sources said.
The Daily News reported that Martinez's friends "loaded him into their Mercedes-Benz and drove him to Bellevue Hospital, where he's expected to survive."
As for descriptions of the suspects. The Post noted: "Cops were looking for three suspects, described only as white men most likely riding motorcycles."


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The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) Western Pacific is a membership organization founded to advocate and advance single source project delivery within the design and construction community. The design-build method of project delivery embraces architecture, engineering and construction services under a single contract, thereby re-integrating the roles of designer and constructor. In addition to public- and private-sector project owners, DBIA members include practitioners from all project phases.
DBIA focuses its efforts on increasing the successful use of innovative design-build teams on non-residential building, civil infrastructure and process industry projects.


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Jennifer Nichols graduated from the University of San Diego, where she majored in marine chemistry.
She was on track to become a Navy pilot before a series of shoulder problems derailed those plans. Nichols completed her five-year Navy career as a lieutenant while serving at the National/Naval Ice Center in Washington, D.C.
There, she analyzed ice samples (there�s a need for such work, she said) from the Great Lakes and oceans around the world � providing information for the armed forces of the United States and its allies.
Nowadays, Nichols, 33, owns and operates Buy Me Cake, a Burlington cake and cupcake business. Her current vocation, she said, isn�t as far removed from her previous endeavors as some might believe.
�Baking and chemistry go hand in hand,� Nichols said. �You have to be very precise.�
In both endeavors, she said, you have to include the exact amounts of a particular ingredient or you�re in a world of trouble. Baking, Nichols said, isn�t like cooking where you can adjust the recipe with a dash of this or a hint of that.
No, when it comes to baking, precision matters.
�Add too much baking powder,� Nichols said, speaking from the voice of experience, �and you�ll have runny cupcakes all over the place.�
Buy Me Cake is at 2948 S. Church St., in a small string of shops in front of Country Club Lanes West, just south of Burlington Honda.
Nichols opened the 1,100-square-foot store two years ago after working out of her house the previous three years. The last year she worked from home, Nichols took orders for, and prepared more than 70 wedding cakes.
She joked that until she moved the operation to a store, her oldest son didn�t know a garage was intended for cars.
�He thought you just kept baking items there,� Nichols said.
Nichols and her husband, Jason, a Greensboro police officer, have two sons � Kaleb, 9, and Griffin, 6. Nichols is a native of Petersburg, Va., who attended the University of San Diego on a Navy scholarship. Her husband is a native of Jamestown. The two met in San Diego, where Jason was stationed in the Navy.
Nichols said she�d cooked and baked most of her life, but got especially interested in baking after preparing a cake for Kaleb�s first birthday. The cake turned out well, Nichols said, and she began wondering if there was a market for the work.
She found there was, staying constantly on the go. Asked the slow time of year, Nichols replied, �There is none.�
It�s a nice predicament to have, with sales booming despite a recession that has adversely affected so many other businesses.
Nichols said her business sells far more cupcakes than cakes, but said most of her profit comes from cakes. Prices for a cake start at $30 for an 8-inch round. The majority sell for $30 to $80. Nichols has also baked and sold wedding cakes costing as much as $1,000.
Her cupcakes sell for $1.75 apiece. On Valentine�s Day, Nichols and her workers prepared and sold more than 1,000 of the little creations. Each is served in its own box. Nichols remembered a customer telling her she could sell them cheaper if she ditched the boxes.
She said she kindly informed her critic the cost of the cupcakes isn�t the result of the price of the box, but the ingredients that go into them. Like the cakes and everything else sold at Buy Me Cake, the cupcake ingredients are all fresh.
�It�s not a cake mix, it�s not shipped in frozen,� Nichols said. �It�s all made from scratch.�
She said because of those ingredients, her goodies weigh more than those sold at many of her competitors. Butter, for instance, weighs more than oil. Nichols said she�s had customers pick up their cake boxes and wonder aloud if she�s placed bricks inside.
�I�ve had wedding cakes that weighed as much as 60 pounds,� Nichols said.
Nichols said she�s her own worst critic � observant of every flaw no matter how minute.
�The customers still love it,� she said of her finished products. �They see the whole thing. I only see the little pieces.�
One of Nichols� longtime customers is Graham�s Jessica Hogan, who has been buying from her since she operated her business out of her house. Hogan said she always buys birthday cakes for her 4-year-old daughter, Mattie, from Nichols.
�Her cakes are always the centerpiece of the party,� Hogan said. �Everyone wants to know who made them.�
She said she typically gives Nichols an idea of what she�s looking for in a cake, but said she also gives her some latitude to create what she wants.
�I let her do her thing,� Hogan said. �She�s awesome. It�s amazing what she pulls off.�
Nichols said her business has led to many new acquaintances and friends like Hogan. Most of her customers are repeat, she said, spreading word of her delicacies to their loved ones.
Nichols said her business success has led to her often being recognized outside the shop.
�I�ll go to the grocery store and people will say, �Oh, you�re the cupcake lady,�� Nichols said.
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FUCK! i've written three different sentences before this one and I can't find out how to start this.
I vented to a lot of people about all of this and I get that you would get mad at that. I should have talked to you instead of talking to everyone else. I should have kept it between us. But I couldn't. you were the last person I had wanted to talk to. I was so hurt by all of this. So I vented to the people I trust the most. I vented everything. I told them what I held special in our friendship, I told them what I wanted to ask you, I told them the moment where I knew our friendship would start and I told them the first time I knew I was starting to fall in love with you. I told them everything and I understand how that would hurt you, but honestly? Where have you been? I understand that you have work and I have school, but there is time for us to talk and we just don't.
We're letting each other walk out of each others lives with a billion things left unsaid. We're letting three years of friendship disappear. We're suppressing memories that people wish they could have. I'm not fighting for this friendship and neither are you.
Are you not around because you still care for me too much? Do you hate me? Am I not allowed to see you because Andrew knows I have feelings for you? I fucked up didn't I?
This is a fucking two way street and you know what? I'm done trying to fix this. I know I'm putting in effort and you aren't.
We were both shitty friends in certain aspects of our life. But I still call you my best friend. You treated me like another option instead of your best friend and that's what hurts me the most. It hurts that I know you couldn't talk to me, it hurts that you couldn't tell I was hurting, it hurts when I think of all the times you should have told me, it hurts knowing that things will probably never be the same.
You don't care if I disappear... Your actions proved me right on that one. So why should I care if you disappear?
In my opinion you're purposely pushing me away. Making me try to move on. I don't understand why though...
I want to fight for this friendship. But I need to know that I mean something to you...
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According to of 1,000 people across America, 67% of people say that a nice apartment would make them more interested in a romantic partner, while 37% say a rude roommate is a deal breaker. Except for, maybe, in New York City, where a killer apartment can substitute for lack of chemistry and an intolerable living situation can almost be romantic when it's the abode of a scruffily bearded Brooklyn hipster.
Over on ELLE.com, Anna Davies shares her own "bizarre, unfortunate anecdotes" of what happens when love meets the weird world of New York City real estate:
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I was dating an amazing guy. The only issue? He had chickens in his Brooklyn backyard that woke me up every single morning. I asked him to stay at my place, but he had a dog who needed to be walked, so it didn't make sense for him. Besides, he explained that after awhile I'd get used to the sounds of the chickens. He barely heard them. I don't know what he was talking about, because even with earplugs, all I could hear was pre-dawn squawking, which by the way is far more annoying than any truck backing up or people screaming on the sidewalk. I tried to make it work, but after my fifth day nearly falling asleep at my desk at work, I had to break it off.
Making Love Last
My sublet was running out and I had two weeks before I could move into my real apartment. I felt guilty, but I absolutely tried to force a relationship with the guy I was dating, even though I wasn't all that into him. What I was into was his gorgeous Williamsburg loft. By the time the month was over, I had invited myself to live in his place for the two weeks between apartments. And once I'd moved to my new Upper West Side pad? I blamed the annoyingly long commute as the reason it would never work out.
Roommate Issues
I dated a dude who lived with his female cousin. I didn't think that was weird, since it was a big apartment that was owned by one of their relatives. But one day early in the relationship, when I was sitting in the kitchen, my therapist walked into the apartment. Turns out, in one of those absurd plot twists that would work in a romantic comedy but is just tragic in real life: My therapist was his cousin. They had different last names and it had never come up, because why would it? I ended up breaking up with both of them.
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The Engagement Factor & Collaboration
Have you ever sent an e-mail that's been misinterpreted and it took a long time to sort out the miscues? I have. And I suspect that many of you reading this blog have too.
So, it wasn't surprising to see that a recent study by the Economist Intelligent Unit found that 88% of business leaders feel that a significant misunderstanding will slow them down. And 75% believe that in-person collaboration is critical to their business success. Perhaps that's because 54% consider gauging engagement and focus to be the most important part of communications. And you do that through a combination of visual and audio cues, such as facial expressions, gestures and body language, tone of voice.
In my own interactions I do believe this is critical, but in today's world you can't always be there in person.
Personally and as an executive, collaboration technology has changed the way I do things. On the personal side, I have two boys. And they couldn't be more different. The oldest has a mellow, easy-going personality, while my youngest one…let's just say he is the opposite. Another way of describing him is that he is driven with a bit of a short fuse.
I travel a lot for business, which is hard on my family, but Telepresence helps to bring us together when I am away. Recently my youngest son and I had an in-person, face-to-face, heart-to-heart talk — over Cisco TelePresence. He had been in a fight with some kids at school and he didn't want to talk; but when he took his sunglasses off I could see he had a big shiner on his face – and I could see how upset he was. With Telepresence I could read his body language and he could see that I understood his frustrations – and that I was serious about the consequences of his actions.
On the business front, when Tandberg first joined Cisco, it took us just 12 months (instead of several years) to complete the integration. We built trust and ironed out operational details in record time. We made some tough decisions while bridging both geographic distance and different corporate and social cultures.
Our success was possible only because we engaged our employees through the use of our collaboration tools. We built trust with in-person experiences over TelePresence; we shared content, had discussions and made decisions using Quad, our enterprise social software platform; and WebEx offered the flexibility of meetings from home or on the road across three or four time zones. The experience was a true testament to improving performance with collaboration.
In both examples, I'd like to point out that first and foremost it's all about the people. It's about engagement.
At home, it's about ensuring that my son and I have a clear understanding. At work, it's about ensuring that our executives are engaged in closing deals, our engineers are engaged in innovation, and our field team is engaged in selling and helping customers transform their organizations.
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Hendrik Blokhuis
Great post. Very often the issue with communication is that you think it happened…
Great perspective! As one of Cisco's partners, we also believe collaboration tools are critical within all areas of business, and can be an invaluable asset at home as well. Tools such as TelePresence, Quad, and WebEx have the power to transform the way businesses communicate and ultimately provide the "in-person" engagement that so many businesses fail to offer.


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10 Cult Literary Traditions for Truly Die-Hard Fans
Sometimes you love a book — or an author's body of works — so much that you need an outlet that allows you to express that love. Sure, book club might help a little, but if you're a truly die-hard fan, you might find that you need a little more tradition (or maybe full-on period costumes) to really inspire you. After all, nothing makes literature come to life like actually incorporating it into the modern-day world, whether by holding nonstop readings, visiting grave sites, or carrying around special tokens of appreciation and winking at other insiders. So if you've wondering how best to salute your favorite authors and novels, click through to read up on a few literary traditions ripe for the joining, and let us know if we've missed any of your favorites in the comments!
The Poe Toaster
For 60 years, every January 19th, on the anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe's birthday, a mysterious figure would visit Poe's grave in Baltimore, pour himself a glass of cognac, raise a toast to the author, and leave three red roses and the rest of the bottle of cognac at his gravestone before vanishing into the darkness. A tradition grew for local Poe fans to gather to watch the shadowy figure (or figures — common wisdom is that the tradition was passed from father to son), and read the cryptic notes he sometimes left behind. Sadly, this January 19th has come and gone for the third time without the appearance of the "Poe Toaster," so by all accounts this tradition has come to an end. Unless, that is, we can entreat any enterprising Poe fan to take up the mysterious mantle next year.


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Author Notes: This is now my go-to method to cook salmon in the winter and spring, when the weather doesn't always allow us to get to our grill. There are many reasons I love it. First, it is a great method to cook whole salmon if you want to scale up for lots of guests. It is also forgiving – because of the 'jus', the meat stays tender and moist if you let it go a few extra minutes. The jus is flavorful, like a luscious seafood stock that you can dip crusty bread into. Finally, the ingredient list is adaptable. In the winter, it's easy to find leeks. In the spring, you can substitute spring onions and green garlic with their lovely long leaves. I suggest leaving citrus out of this, as it tends to make the jus too sour. —monkeymom
Serves: 4-6
large leek (you can substitute green garlic or spring onions)
large shallot, sliced (you can substitute onion)
garlic clove, sliced thinly
fresh tarragon or thyme stems (you can substitute your herb of choice)
bay leaves
pounds salmon filet
salt and pepper
Extra virgin olive oil
cup white wine
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Slice leek in half lengthwise beginning at white end but not cutting through green end. Rinse thoroughly under cold water separating leaves to remove trapped dirt. Cut green ends off of leek and reserve. Slice white and light green parts.
- Select a baking sheet large enough to accommodate the fish. Lay out a long double length of heavy-duty aluminum foil on top of the baking sheet across the shorter end of the sheet. Place another perpendicular to the first.
- Lay out the leek greens on the foil to form a bed where your salmon can nestle. Add half of the sliced leeks, shallots, garlic, herbs and bay leaves. Place the cleaned salmon on top of greens. Generously salt and pepper the both sides of the salmon. Drizzle all over with olive oil and rub to cover top and bottom. Lay tarragon or other herb stems across the top of the fish and cover the top with the rest of the sliced leeks.
- Optional step: insert an electronic meat thermometer probe inside the thickest end of the salmon. This will help you monitor the cooking process without opening the foil.
- Bring up the edges of the foil along both ends of the salmon. Add the wine. Seal the edges together to form a compact tent around the salmon (let the cord of the thermometer poke through one of the seams if you are using one). Repeat with the second layer of foil. The salmon can rest until you are ready to roast.
- Place in oven. Roast until internal temperature is 140 degrees. For a 2-3 lb salmon filet this took about 25-30 minutes.
- Let rest for at least 10 minutes. Unwrap and remove to serving platter. Discard green leek ends.Top exposed flesh with jus and vegetables.
- Note: This is also a fantastic way to cook whole salmon. For a 4lb salmon, you can use relatively the same amount of ingredients. Increase cooking time to 35-40 minutes.
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
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Dining with François Audouze
(by most famous French wine collector François Audouze)
I will talk about a very special dinner. There is in Paris a very confidential restaurant which is of the level of the greatest : L'Astrance. I have a special love for the art of Pascal Barbot and for the intelligence of Christophe Rohat. I wanted to make one of my dinners there. The table should not exceed eight seats, so this should be a dinner with great wines. If we are few diners, we must drink well. Some weeks ago, a friend of mine phones me and says: "A very close friend of mine lives in Chile. Can you make a dinner which would be so unforgettable that he will decide to leave Chile to come and live in Paris". I try to figure on which magnitude something unforgettable should be. I ask my friend : "do you want something great ?". He said : "yes". I inform some other friends of this project, and they decide to come. I am so happy that the table was so quickly formed that I decided to add – for their surprise – two heavy weights of my cellar : Cheval Blanc 1947 and Cyprus Commandaria 1845.
One month before the dinner I came for a lunch in Astrance to try some recipes and make comments on what works well or badly with old wines. Pascal and Christophe listen carefully, and we decide the general direction of the menu. This motivation of a young great chef pleases me a lot.
When I arrive in the restaurant at 4:30 pm to open the bottles which had stayed in the cellar for more than one week, Christophe, Pascal and the talented sommelier Alexandre will witness the opening. And we smelled every wine in order that Pascal can adjust the spices and herbs. And when the Cheval Blanc was opened, we decided to change completely one course, as the one which we had imagined would not fit with this legendary 1947.
The menu created by Pascal Barbot is of a great sensibility : Huître au naturel, Caviar / Galette de champignons de Paris, foie gras mariné au verjus, huile de noisette / Rouget, fondue de trévise aux câpres / Quasi de veau grillé, poireau et soja / Pigeon cuit au sautoir, jus de cuisson, potiron / Foie gras chaud, zestes d'agrumes / Stilton crémeux / Mangue tičde et pamplemousse tičde et coing / Madeleines.
When all my guests are there, we are all very nervous because we know that we are going to live something which is unique. The Dom Pérignon 1966 has an intense golden colour, like a quince. The bubble is fine and very active. The smell is an invading perfume. In mouth, the rounded seduction is gorgeous. The most impressive is the length. The wine never ends. A friend says that he prefers the champagne without food. It is true that the length is greater without food. But what is interesting is to check the adaptability of the Dom. With the oyster, the iodic but sweet aspect excites the Dom, and with the Parisian mushroom the champagne becomes romantic. It is clear that Dom 66 is a champagne for gastronomy.
Château Lafleur Pétrus 1945 has a colour which is amazing. The fill was in the neck, and in the glass, such a colour belongs to a wine of ten years. But it is truly a wine of 1945. The wine is not very Pomerol like. A friend says : more Pauillac. But the Pomerol appears when the wine expands in the glass. It is a great wine, not particularly sexy. What can it do when it is associated to the Chateau Latour 1947? I have already drunk very great Latour in my life. I think this one is the greatest. It is the perfect Bordeaux. All in it is absolutely exact. What impresses me in that wine is that it is placed under the sign of charm. Every component of this wine is charming. The approach is romantic, the taste is comfortable, out of time. I feel so well with this incredibly gorgeous wine. Probably a wine that I would mention as the absolute perfection of Bordeaux. The delicious red fish was exactly adapted to the two wines. More naturally with the Pomerol.
Then my gift is poured: Chateau Cheval Blanc 1947. The bottle was mid-shoulder. But I had a good feeling. In the glass, the wine has the colour of blood when it begins to dry. The smell is of a delicate Port wine, and curiously, less Port than what is classically mentioned as a characteristic of Cheval Blanc 1947. In mouth, bingo! I am so happy that the legend is there. This wine has no equivalent. There is no possible comparison with any Bordeaux. It's an alien. What impresses is the density of this wine which is more singing and less Port like than what I figured. The veal, that we had decided with Pascal just a few hours ago, by opening, was fully appropriate. I have drunk already four times Cheval Blanc 1947. This one is certainly first or second among the five.
I had asked Alexandre that we would drink separately the two Burgundies, to enjoy the Romanée Conti alone. But when I saw that he had begun to serve, I decided to let him do. The Vosne-Romanée 1934 has a label of any merchant who probably put the wine in bottle. There is absolutely no other indication. I have included this wine in this dinner as I want that there is always a foot soldier in my dinners. And I am right as the wine has a natural balance which is incredible. All is integrated, balanced, cosy, and extremely readable. It is a wine of pleasure with no sign of any tiredness. The wine is purely comfortable. One of my friends who knows my "coquetteries" says to the others that it is sure that I will vote for the foot soldier. But tonight, there were too many legendary wines.
When I am poured with the Romanée Conti, Domaine de la Romanée Conti 1967, once more bingo! This is what Romanée Conti has to be. Wow, I am happy. Because the two previous tries that I made with a Romanée Conti were dissatisfying. This one is great. I am in heaven. The colour is of a pale red. The nose is incredibly complex. And in mouth all the enigmatic seduction of Romanée Conti is there. The people who are used to analyse the components of a wine could write entire books to describe the complex spices which are so nicely mixed like by an alchemist. Some images come to my mind: lovely pink and red fruits, a sophisticated party in the gardens of Versailles castle, with some courtesans. I am immensely happy that the Cheval Blanc 1947 and the Romanée Conti 1967 performed exactly as they should.
My guests are completely struck by the intensity of what we live. The restaurant's room understands that something great happens, as all the eyes are focused on our table.
What comes now is a combination which belongs to the best ever that I have lived. I had asked that the foie gras appears at this moment of the dinner. And I associated it with Montrachet Domaine de la Romanée Conti 1999. A bomb of fragrances. The Chilean friend was collapsing with pleasure. This white wine has certainly a set of aromas which is one of the largest that exist. The density, the expressivity are immense. With the sauce made with pressed citrus skins, the combination was one of the greatest ever.
At this moment, everyone wonders if it is possible to go further in the incredible. But we are far from having finished. The Climens 1929 makes me nearly faint. This is the absolute perfection of what a Sauternes can become one day. I do not see the slightest infinitesimal default. I do not see the slightest aspect which could be improved. This Sauternes is a giant. At the same moment, the Chateau d'Yquem 1929 is served. It is evidently an immense Sauternes. But there is a big difference. The Yquem which has lived all its life in the Chateau has been recently recorked. The Climens had its original cork. This makes a difference. So, tonight, the Climens was a stellar Sauternes, one of my greatest ever. I had asked that we have two small plates, one with mango and one with pink grapefruit. Pascal added one with quince. The combination mango plus Climens was so incredible that I asked urgently Pascal, busy in his kitchen, to come and check one of the sexiest weddings that can exist.
Then comes my beloved among the beloved, the Cyprus 1845. There is not any more complex and more intense perfume as the smell of this wine. It is impossible to resist to such a perfume. And in mouth, nothing can be more charming and sexy. There are tons of spices and liquorice. Pascal added for our pleasure a cream with liquorice which was charming on the wine.
What a trip ! This is not finished, but we vote. For eight voters, five wines will have the honour to be voted as first : The Cyprus 1845 got four votes as first, and my vote is not in the four, and four wines got one vote as first : Dom Pérignon 1966, Cheval Blanc 1947, Romanée Conti 1967 and Climens 1929.
Can it be imagined that in a vote of eight people for four wines, there was absolutely no vote for two immense wines : Yquem 1929 and Lafleur-Pétrus 1945. It shows how the others were incredible. This is for me the greatest sign of this incredible dinner : no vote for Yquem 1929 !!!
The consensual vote would be : Chypre 1845, Cheval Blanc 1947, Romanée Conti 1967 et Climens 1929 (quelle liste !).
My vote has been :
1- Château Climens 1929,
2 – Romanée Conti 1967,
3 – Château Latour 1947,
4 – Château Cheval Blanc 1947.
I did not include Cyprus 1845 in my vote as I know this wine completely. I preferred to vote for the exceptional performances of some legendary wines.
The story does not end now. At a table in the same restaurant, an American man and his wife had reserved a table. He had told me that he would be there and had said that he would come with a Bourbon of 1900. Such a generosity was an excuse for me to open the rarest and nicest bottle that I have acquired from the cellar of Duke of Windsor.
The Bourbon whiskey, Boone & knoll Kentucky 1900 is amazingly wonderful. What a Bourbon! Like very old cognacs, this alcohol has acquired roundness, smooth aspects, and fills gently the mouth with a rare sweetness. A very elegant whiskey.
The bottle of whisky is square at the lower part, and then every side become round, until it joins the neck. The seal of Duke of Windsor is marked in wax. The label is hand written with a distinguished script, and says : the finest scotch whisky, very great age, John Dewar and sons ltd, Perth rs. My guess is that the whisky is from circa 1860. The smell is of an incredible intensity. There is black earth which invades the nostrils. But in mouth, it has lost a part of its strength. It is still an amazing whisky. But I imagine that it could have been greater.
What are my impressions after this event ? First, the fact to take all these great historical wines from my cellar does not leaves me indifferent. If I know that friends who love wines have shared these wines, it is a pleasure. The fact that no wine underperformed is, one can understand that, a subject of satisfaction. The chef has been creative and some recipes gave emotions which are unique. I think that we have written a page in the book of pure and fine gastronomy.
Best regards from François Audouze
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- The social system—Children and adolescents are viewed as members of a number of important social systems (e.g., family, school and community). As clinical scientists, we research such systems, and students learn to work with married couples, parents, and the family and community systems relevant to children (e.g., schools). Students also receive training in adult psychopathology and adult psychotherapy, and have opportunities to do clinical work with adult clients.
Developmental cognitive neuroscience—Our program is one of the very few programs in the world that offers graduate training in clinical child neuropsychology. All students in our program receive at least a year of such training.
Many clinical students are also part of the developmental cognitive neuroscience program in which they receive much more extensive training in clinical child neuropsychology and can pursue careers in this specialty.
- An emerging emphasis on diversity, community-based programs and social change—All students are trained to be sensitive to individual differences and cultural diversity in approaching research and clinical issues.
Both research and clinical opportunities exist for working with diverse populations. We are also exploring ways in which our research and clinical work can have a broader impact on different groups of people and social systems.
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We aspire to have all our faculty, students and graduates help advance the field of clinical child psychology.
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- We are current in our knowledge of the theoretical and empirical underpinnings of clinical science, research and practice.
- We can competently conduct and evaluate clinical science research.
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- We are able to communicate and disseminate our knowledge to others.
- We approach our work with knowledge of and sensitivity to developmental issues, individual differences and cultural diversity.
- We are ethical and professional in our relationships with clients and colleagues.
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Berkswell Apartments provide modern self-catering holiday flats close to Blackpool Pleasure Beach and Sandcastle Water Park.
This flat can accommodate 2 – 5 persons. The Penthouse features a large kitchen area with all essential kitchen utensils, full sized cooker and hob, fridge with ice box, microwave, electric kettle and toaster. Dining table and chairs and double sofa bed in the lounge. Bedroom with double bed and en-suite shower room with electric shower, vanity unit and toilet. The en-suite shower room is accessible from both the lounge and bedroom making it an ideal choice for couples, singles or families. This apartment is unsuitable for toddlers or seniors due to the amount of stairs as it is on the 2nd floor.
- Large self-contained flat with double bedroom and en-suite shower room .
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Berkswell Apartments offer a selection of five well-equipped,modern holiday flats to suit individuals, families and couples all year round. The flats can accommodate from one-four persons.
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- All apartments have en-suite shower room, toilet and hand wash basin.
- Each apartment has TV, DVD and Freeview.
- On-site car park with free allocated space for each apartment (please request parking space when booking)
- Children of all ages are very welcome, travel cot and high chair available (please request when booking)
- Please note - baby's bedding cannot be supplied - mum's choice!
- We regret we cannot cater for pets.
- Full fire precautions for your safety.
- Strictly non-smoking.
- Wi-Fi available.
- High quality bed linen provided but we request that you bring your own towels and toiletries.
- 2 ground floor flats which are easily accessible for semi-mobile guests. (However, we would suggest you discuss your needs with us to ensure comfort during your stay.)
- Well equipped kitchen in each apartment, complete with full size oven and hob, fridge, microwave, electric toaster and electric kettle.
- Vacuums, Irons and full sized ironing boards for every apartment.
- Welcome pack on arrival includes bath mat, tea towel, tea and coffee complimentary tray, washing up liquid, dish cloth and scourer.


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Let $\sigma$ a finite-order automorphism of a finite-dimensional complex simple Lie algebra $g$. Denote the order of sigma by $k$ and fix a $k^{th}$ root of unity $\omega$. It is well know that $k=1,2 \text{ or } 3$ and that $$g=\oplus_{j\in \mathbb Z_k} g_j$$ where $g_j=\{ x \in g \mid \sigma(x)=\omega^jx\}.$ Moreover, $g_0$ is a simple Lie algebra.
QUESTION: Let $\lambda$ a weight of $g$ and $V(\lambda)$ the irreducible representation of weight $\lambda$. Denote by $V(\lambda)_{g_0}$ the $g_0$-module obtained from $V(\lambda)$ by restricting the action of $g$ to $g_0$. Is $V(\lambda)_{g_0}$ reducible as a $g_0$-module for all $\lambda$?
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Don't Let Google Huff and Puff and Blow You AwayBlog Post: July 05, 2012
I think I agree with all on this post, the author has done a great job, in a method, but we also, with a site that has been up and running for over 13 years and again did no SEO ........ Our hits reflected on how much work we did on the site, The more work we did the more hits we got, we are selling over 67'0000 products. But since Panda and Penguin this year, no matter what we do, better page optimisation, better link generation, better social integration, (we have built a complete community web site). has not changed our ranking, we are throwing everything to keep our head above water, but even this does not seem to change the playing field, White hat black hat, what ever you want to call it does not seem to have dented google algorithm. We just have to tighten our belts and hope we can keep out staff employed. What are your views?


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Sunday, November 9, 2008
10 Lamest Reasons For Giving Up On Linux!
1. No start button.
2. No Notepad, Paint or Internet Explorer.
Things you can do with MSPaint:
3. All others use Windows
4. I found it to be unusable, when I tried it 5 yrs ago
5. It is very slow! (when trying it out from a live cd)
6. It is Free.
7. I have heard that it is illegal, it is also made by hackers.
8. "I can get Windows free too (illegal copy)"
9. There is another OS apart from Windows?? (Gasp!)
10. I hate Penguins!
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Good job! :) The second piont about Paint and IE is the best :)ReplyDelete
- defraggNovember 9, 2008 at 2:14 PM
@Second Point:ReplyDelete
Doesn't run MS Paint with Wine?
Just kidding^^
although m a linux user, i think item 8 tops it all ^_^ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 9, 2008 at 6:53 PM
Linux has start menus. Replacements for IE and mspaint is firefox and kolourpaint. Not all others use windows. Linux isn't slow. I'm pretty sure a bunch of people contributing to source is a bunch of hackers, normal programmers, and people from other walks of life. I don't see why people go through the trouble of pirating windows, better to just buy it, pirate it is too much trouble. Don't forget beos, macosx, unix, etc. Penguins wuvs the fishes (they're so cute).ReplyDelete
where are my games? how can i run ISSpro? -:) -:)ReplyDelete
Half-life:counter strike now can be run on Linux :))ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 10, 2009 at 10:42 AM
The reason I gave up on windows years ago was that it was too counter intuitive to use. By that I mean everything requires a bunch of useless steps. I still have to use XP because of the field that I am in (architecture), but mostly I use mac. Last week I installed Ubuntu 8.1 through parallels because I dream of someday being able to do all drafting, modeling, visualization, and post-production editing with out having to rely on capitalist pigs like those at microsoft and autodesk. But after trying Linux Ubuntu 8.10 I realized that dream is a long ways away. I thought XP had an inordinate amount of steps... Ubuntu is redisculus. I have to be a programmer to run what should be simple installations. I have been trying for two days to install the ATI graphic driver for 3D acceleration (and to get the visual effects to work). I finally just gave up. I guess my expectations were a little unrealistic. I was hoping that it would be comparable to mac or at least on par with XP as far as simplicity and useability is concerned. Oh well. Maybe in 5-10 years I will try again.ReplyDelete
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I'd suggest you try Envy.
It determines your graphics card, downloads the appropriate driver and installs it. One reboot later you are set to go.
It is available in Synaptic.
Try it. It is hassle free.


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Having first run in 1975, first as a nationally syndicated cartoon and, for the last 22 years, as a local feature of the San Francisco Chronicle "Farley" was the only local daily comic strip in the country. With this format, a cartoon responding to changing news can be put in the paper for the next day's edition. When syndicated, the lag time between drawing the feature and its appearance in print was five weeks.
A life-long interest in history has kept Phil involved with many groups and projects. For the past twenty years he has been a steady volunteer with the Sausalito Historical Society where he has given many talks and created a number of videos about Marin. As the acting Exhibitions Coordinator for the Bolinas Museum's History Collection he has created a dynamic one-room exhibit incorporating found objects, photographs and documents from as early as the 1900's. In conjunction with this exhibit he has done extensive research on the Briones family who originally owned the majority of what we now call Bolinas in western Marin County. This research evolved to the cooperative publication of Bolinas and Stinson Beach, printed by Arcardia Press. In October of 2008 they published a second historical title by Phil, The Houseboats of Sausalito . Other history-oriented projects include a series of cartoons for True West Magazine, maps for an upcoming printing of A Sense of the World .
The Elderberries, which was drawn by Phil and written by Joe Troise is still in print - Cory Pandolf has taken over the cartoon which runs in may national newspapers. In November of 2008 a compliation of these cartoons was published under the title The Elderberries: A Cartoon Collection.
During the 1980's Phil created another strip entitled Miles To Go centering on a large, friendly and footloose dog named Miles. The cartoon chronicled his adventures and humorous interactions with those he would meet on his travels.
Phil was a resident of Sausalito, just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, since 1973 when he moved onto the houseboat, the Ameer, with his wife Susan. Both of his children, Stacy Frank and Phil Frank have benefitted from a creative upbringing - each have explored artistic careers as well.
There have been five collections of "Farley" comic strips produced over the years. There are two currently in print: I'm Ink, Therefore I Am and Fur and Loafing in Yosemite - these can be purchased directly through this website along with the out-of-print Don't Parade on My Reign and Eat, Drink and Be Hairy.
Phil's cartoon illustration, either incorporating characters from the comic strip or drawings designed for the specific client have illustrated materials for the de Young Museum, the S. F. City Treasurer, Small Business Bureau, minority businesses, BART, the San Francisco Giants, the San Francisco Water Conservation department, numerous regional utility companies and extensive educational materials for Yosemite National Park.
Phil had long ties to the park system, initiated by the comic strip. He was a member of the board of the Yosemite Association and is an honorary California State Park Ranger. Susan Frank wrote a series of four guidebooks to National Parks (Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Muir Woods) which Phil illustrated. Well received, the series was reissued by Avalon Publishers by 2008.
Phil's art can also be seen in past issues of Road and Track and True West Magazine.
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If Asian soybean rust slips up undetected on Mid-South farmers in 2005, it won't be due to a lack of trying by Mid-South Extension Service and university specialists.
From early-planted sentinel plots to county agent scouting to sophisticated testing for rust proteins, university and Extension personnel are preparing for one of the most intensive manhunts, or rust hunts, ever mounted in U.S. agriculture.
Given the ample warning from last November's discoveries of soybean rust, specialists spent the winter conducting extensive training sessions, preparing publications and Web sites and planning early warning systems for the disease.
Most states will be participating in a national soybean rust plant disease surveillance and monitoring network being organized by USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service and other agencies. But some states are busily setting up sentinel plot networks of their own.
"We kept hearing about the sentinel plots coming down from APHIS," said Alan Blaine, Extension soybean specialist with Mississippi State University. "We didn't think they were coming fast enough, so we decided we had better go ahead and do something."
Blaine said the Mississippi Extension Service will have 17 sentinel plots going from north of Mobile Bay across to the Louisiana line in south Mississippi. Eleven of those had already been planted when Blaine spoke at the Mid-South Farm and Gin Show in early March.
"Louisiana is doing the same thing, and I talked to a gentleman at Auburn who is going to be doing this also," said Blaine. Other plots will be located south of I-20 and along the Mississippi River from Natchez to the Tennessee line at 50- to 100-mile intervals.
The Arkansas Extension Service is locating 56 sentinel plots across the state with a "high concentration" in the Delta, the Grand Prairie region and in southeast and southwest Arkansas, said Chris Tingle, Extension soybean specialist with the University of Arkansas.
"These will be monitored weekly or bi-weekly throughout the season to help determine when and if soybean rust shows up," said Tingle, who also spoke at a soybean rust seminar at the Gin Show.
University of Missouri specialists will be trying a slightly different tack, according to Allen Wrather, plant pathologist with the university's Delta Center at Portageville, Mo.
"With funding from checkoff dollars, county Extension agents will be scouting a field every 30 miles each Monday, Wednesday and Friday," he said. "As soon as they find something, we'll have people stationed there for the next three or four days to show you what rust looks like.
"There won't be any speeches or anything like that. You can ask questions, and we'll show you what we've found."
University of Tennessee scientists will plant between 30 and 50 sentinel plots and monitor them for soybean rust symptoms throughout the growing season, said Melvin Newman, Extension plant pathologist with the West Tennessee Experiment Station in Jackson, Tenn.
"We plan to have an extensive network that will go all the way from the Smoky Mountains to Memphis," said Newman. "In fact, that's where we found the first rust in Tennessee, in Memphis."
Newman said University of Tennessee researchers will take their surveillance a step further and will run soybean leaves from the sentinel plots through a DNA test called a PCR. The testing will be funded by a grant from the Tennessee Soybean Promotion Board.
"The PCR test can detect extremely small amounts of rust," he said. "If there is any rust protein there, even if it is barely detectable with the naked eye or even a microscope, PCR can find it. Hopefully, that will provide our growers with a few extra days to prepare for applications of fungicides."
Blaine said Mississippi's sentinel plots are being planted earlier than the normal planting dates for the state's soybean crop. "If we can find it, hopefully we can give you a two- to three- or four-week heads up on what we're seeing.
"We're planting a late Maturity Group 3, a late Group 4, a mid Group 5 and a late Group 5," he said. "That will give us a very long reproductive period, which the USDA specialists say is the most susceptible timeframe for soybean rust."
Mississippi State University plans to go back three weeks after the first plots go in and do an additional plantings with the same maturity groups.
Tingle said his state formed an Arkansas Rust Working Group consisting of plant pathologists, Extension and Experiment Station researchers, agronomists and IPM coordinators in 2003.
"Once the disease was confirmed in the United States last November, we began a tremendous educational effort for first detectors," he said. "We conducted 10 training sessions that has reached over 500 people consultants, seed salesmen, chemical consultants and so on." (Funding was provided by the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board.)
Blaine said Mississippi specialists have also been conducting training sessions and preparing a soybean rust bulletin and developing a rust Web site to help prepare farmers for dealing with the disease.
"One thing that concerns us is scouting for this disease," he said. "I think Monte Miles will tell you this is a very difficult disease to scout for and to recognize. I don't think producers are going to be able to do that, and we hope the sentinel plots we have in the South will help us."
(Blaine was referring to Monte Miles, plant pathologist with USDA's Agricultural Research Service, who also spoke at the seminar in Memphis.)
Newman said because Tennessee farmers have become accustomed to spraying for other soybean diseases, applying fungicides for Asian rust may not take much of an adjustment.
"We have a whole array of other diseases, including frogeye leaf spot, anthracnose and brown spot," he noted. "We've been spraying for these diseases for many, many years, and, in some counties, we have as many as 50 percent of the acres already being sprayed."
The fungicide applications have helped growers harvest 5 to 15 bushels more of soybeans per acre, he said. "Most of our farmers know that if an application has to be made, they will make their money back on that first application."
Although soybean rust may be one of the most devastating diseases farmers have faced, farmers don't have many options for dealing with it.
"In my view, you will have three choices to make," said Wrather. "You can decide to ignore it, and, hopefully, you won't do that. You can decide that when it's in the area you will spray every soybean plant that's blooming. Or you can decide to come see what it looks like and scout your own fields and make the decision that's most appropriate."
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We require 6 cartoon style vector illustrations sized 1920x1080 as backgrounds for a video project aimed at children 0-5. Five Vectors will be various inside rooms of a house with the other being a street view of the outside of the house. The project is Halloween themed therefore all rooms need to have a spooky element to them (spider webs in corners, pumpkins on shelves etc) – not over the top and not to scary but just some Halloween spirit. The house itself should me roughly based on an American style property (photo example attached) modern but not to realistic! Look should be cartoon style and must be colourful and bright to engage our target audience. Colour scheme should be consistent (but not identical) across rooms with pastel colours probably working best The person we hire should be able to fill in the blanks as we will only be giving requirements on what is special or required and the rest of the design left up to you based on the normal items in a house. All rooms will require floors as some shots are full length – for the mid-length shots we will simply change the size of the vector.
The main aspect of each room we will be specifying is where we need transparency allowing insertion of characters in post. Remember we need to put a character behind these areas therefore please make them big enough to accommodate this but not so big as to look out of place.
Happy to answer any questions so please reach out! Finally, if this works it will be an ongoing relationship. The graphics side of things is talking more time that I have available and would love to find the right person to form and ongoing relationship with. If you have skills at animation also we will be looking in the future to request that kind of material (not required for this project).
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- Rectangular Mirror to the right of screen should be transparent – please leave in frame and trans behind that.
Boys Bedroom:
- Window to right transparent
- Bed in shot with black cat sleeping.
Girls Room
- Windows to right transparent
- Picture frame to left apprx level with window transparent
- Bathroom mirror to right with sink underneath mirror to be transparent
Baby's Room
- Solid Crib that is not see through (no bars) to allow head of baby to be placed behind
- Black and orange balloons in background
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- Bottom third should be street and sidewalk
- House with grass and path leading up to door
- Fence
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Friday, February 8, 2013
Well, That Explains a Lot
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To be fair, Mist has been great for many things. It is, in my opinion, far superior to Cataclysm and is close to the enjoyment I derived from Wrath.ReplyDelete
The first raid of the expansion is a delight to tank with varied and well designed fights. Heart of Fear is not as good but still, again, not anywhere near the soul sucking cesspit of a raid that was Dragon Soul.
It does have shortcomings though. The main one I see, which main explain some of the dip, is it's the first expansion since Wrath where alting is not easy. The gear is hidden behind massive rep grinds which can only be done through dailies. There is so much that need to be done for your mains anyway that it's hard to think about creating alts.
For people who like variety, I think this may be an issue. I'm mostly a one character player so for me this still works and is entertaining. But it's a very different expansion than the previous ones and thus, not for everyone.Replies
I wonder if that's part of the reason why pet battles came out: not just to add a fun game, but to give the altoholics something to do.Delete
I think you're right, Voss. Leveling alts isn't bad at all to get to L90, unless you're intentionally making it difficult, that is. But once you get to L90, that mountain of dailies makes the Firelands look tame.
Well, I don't think the subscriber drop is something you'd notice in game unless you are on a Chinese realm.ReplyDelete
Mike Morhaime: "The majority of the decline came from China, while subscribership in the West was relatively more stable."Replies
I think that Morhaime put it very cleverly, but I can still notice the drop. The difference is that a new player to the game --without anyone telling them otherwise-- will start the game on a server marked "New Players". Ysera-US has been around since 2005-2006, so people who have a toon there will be on because of some other reason, like someone they know having a toon on the server. So while the overall US and other Western servers have stable numbers, the churn favors the newer servers over the older ones.Delete


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The best in match-3 puzzle gameplay meets Marvel's biggest Super Heroes and Super Villains in the most epic puzzle adventure game out on your phone, tablet and PC! Marvel Puzzle Quest combines your favorite Marvel characters with deep RPG leveling, player-vs-player tournaments, Alliances, and much more. It's time to unleash your inner Super Hero and wage war against your enemies.


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Looking for a cause of
infertility can be a brief process or can become a
financially, emotionally, and physically demanding succession of tests and
procedures. Before you start infertility testing, take some time together to
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Ideally, your doctor will help you stop and assess your plan and
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Supreme Court refuses to hear MERS case
The U.S. Supreme Court denied review of a case brought against Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems by a California man, the Court announced Tuesday. Gomes v. Countrywide is the first major MERS case filed with the Supreme Court, according to Jose Gomes' attorney, Ehud Gersten. The case centered on the issue of whether MERS had a right to foreclose on the homeowner without proving it had the noteholder's authority to foreclose. Gersten, a San Diego lawyer, filed the appeal with the nation's highest court on Aug. 15 after California's Supreme Court declined review of the Fourth Appellate District Court's decision in favor of MERS. That decision upheld the right of MERS to the home's deed of trust, giving the company the right to foreclose. The denied appeal by the U.S. Supreme Court wasn't a surprise considering the low percentage of cases heard, Gersten said. "It's a very frustrating result and a disappointing result that the Supreme Court didn't pick it up," Gersten said. "It would've been a nice opportunity for the Supreme Court to put the issue of MERS to rest." An Arizona federal judge dismissed 72 lawsuits against MERS earlier this month. U.S. District Judge James Teilborg wrote in his decision that there was no legal support that MERS's system "is so inherently defective so as to render every MERS deed of trust completely unenforceable and unassignable." Bank of America (BAC) will likely now finish the foreclosure process on Gomes' home, Gersten said. The process started in March 2009. Write to Andrew Scoggin. Follow him on Twitter @ascoggin.


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