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End of Interleague Play
Well, back home and the final nine games of interleague play for this season: Twins, Indians and Blue Jays. Remember, the Blue Jays series was switched from Toronto to Philadelphia on June 25-26-27. Tickets are available for all three games.
Phillies interleague record against the three teams: Twins (3-3), Indians (3-3), Blue Jays (14-16).
Happy Ending
Stomach was kind of turning or churning or whatever after the Phillies lost first two games of the trip in Boston by a combined score of 22-4.
Trip ended last night on back-to-back wins and a 3-3 record. Defense, hitting, power, speed and pitching were part of the win, more like the vintage championship Phillies of the last two seasons.
KK was outstanding. Radio voice Scott Franzke pointed out Kendrick is 23-3 when he pitches six innings. That's scary.
Welcome Back
So happy to see Scott Mathieson back in the big leagues. The odds at making the big leagues are not great. Those odds are further reduced when a pitcher has one Tommy John surgery. Scott had two such surgeries which really drove up the odds. He's worked hard and has made it back.
Really happy for him, a great kid.
Draft Notes
The draft is over a week old but here are a few left-over notes:
**What do Steve Bedrosian, Bruce Ruffin, Dickie Thon, Benito Santiago and Jamie Moyer have in common? All have played or are playing for the Phillies and all had sons who were drafted.
**C Chace Numata was the Phillies 14th round selection out of Pearl City, HI. What sticks out about him is he's only 17 years old. Really makes a senior citizen feel more senior.
**Phillies signees were sent to mini-camps, one in Williamsport and one in Clearwater.
Williamsport Crosscutters open a 76-game New York-Penn League schedule tonight.
Gulf Coast League Phillies, who play at Carpenter Field, start their 60-game schedule on Monday afternoon in the Florida heat.
Enjoy a summer weekend.
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Add Gary Matthews to the list of guys with sons drafted :O)
Hey, how is your wife recovering from her surgeries? Hope she is doing well!


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RESIDENTS are celebrating after their park became the first city site officially recognised by the Wildlife Trust.
Raleigh Park, between Botley and North Hinksey, has been made a Local Wildlife Site by the trust.
It means the 27-acre park, home to roe and muntjac deer, kestrels, badgers and songbirds, will be protected to save its rare or threatened species.
Over the past three years the 12 members of the Friends of Raleigh Park have cut back brambles, cleared the park's paths and three ponds and rebuilt its waterfall.
Chairwoman of the Friends of Raleigh Park Jenny Barker said: "We are really pleased. It is exciting because it is not that well used.
"In some ways that is good but the more people who use it the more people can do to preserve it. It is not a park but a wildlife park."
The 27 acres of parkland are managed by Oxford City Council and maintained by the Friends, who meet there every Sunday from 2pm to 4pm.
Their next project is to repair the sides of the pond and lay bricks and stones underneath to keep it full of water.
They hope to start that work next month.
City councillor Mark Lygo, board member for parks, sports and events, said: "This is a great achievement for all involved in maintaining this popular park."
The park was chosen as part of the Oxfordshire Local Wildlife Sites Project.
The Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust and Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre manages the project.
- To join the Friends group, people are asked to call the city council on 01865 249811.

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hey, im thinking about organising some local football matches in and around birmingham for charity, so if youre part of a team or can get one together then get in touch as i have a team ready and waitin to whoop ur behind lol seriously though if anyone is interested then do get in touch as one its for charity and two its football and you'll have fun!
oh and saj aka DJ cobra what happened to challenging me you chicken lol
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Myspace Hires Two VPs to Prep for Relaunch
Myspace, the struggling website that fueled the first major wave of the social Internet, announced Monday that it had hired two new vice presidents to prepare the company for its major relaunch this year. New VP of global marketing Christian Parkes comes most recently from Levi's, and held a similar previous position at Nike. Joseph Patel will be Myspace's VP of content and creative, and was most recently a senior producer at Vice Magazine.


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One of the most smile-inducing components of the new Fort Worth Museum School isn't an artifact, reptile or colorful painting. Rather it's "The Happy Family," a site-specific metal sculpture by internationally acclaimed artist Barrett DeBusk, situated in the middle of the Museum School Courtyard.
Created from powder-coated metal, the grouping includes a "father and his two children – a boy and a girl," said DeBusk. "My intention was to present a family that has just visited the Museum of Science and History – to bring to life the excitement and fun they were having," he added. "The young boy appears quite exuberant while the little girl is more shy and reserved," DeBusk explained.
The brilliant cobalt-blue artwork is set in the secure courtyard against bright tangelo-colored walls – one of the many architectural elements specific to a Legorreta + Legorreta building design. "In this setting, the sculpture is approachable and something young children can relate to," said Museum of Science and History President Van A. Romans. "It is a perfect addition to our beautiful new campus."
Barrett DeBusk holds both a Bachelor of Fine Art and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of North Texas, Denton. His work is represented in collections across the world including: Miyake Design Research, Japan; Art in Embassies Program, Washington, DC; Reflex Miniatuur Museum, Amsterdam; Hope Children's Hospital, Chicago; and Le Logis, Velleron, France. DeBusk is represented by The William & Joseph Gallery, Santa Fe.
The Happy Family is the result of a generous donation from Linbeck. "Having lived and worked in Fort Worth, I was especially pleased to receive this commission. It was a wonderful opportunity for me to create a sculpture specifically for an institution I admire."


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Oof,sorry for the lack of art updates. I've slowed down since I lost a fight with a city bus and have thus fallen behind on the stuff that pays the bills. There is some good news though in that I've been confirmed to be a booth babe at the Axiotron booth at MacWorld this January!
What does Axiotron make, you say?
That's Emma Coats demo-ing there and I will be joining her! I'm so completely giddy, I have been dying to try these things and now I get to draw on one for a whole week. So if you're gonna be at MacWorld in a month, do stop by and say hi!


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In my last post, I wrote about moving LOB data using OFFLINE operations: What about moving LOB data? It all started with the following question/discussion…
QUESTION: How can I move LOB data associated with a table?
The short answer is that there really isn't a simple way—even with the SQL Server 2012 ability to rebuild indexes that include LOB data as an online operation. The key reason is the behavior of LOB data during these operations. To help you better understand how LOB data works, I created a series of scripts for SQL Server 2008. SQL Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2012 (which leverages ONLINE moves).
So, while SQL Server 2012 supports online rebuilds for tables that have LOB columns (and that's FANTASTIC), it does not really offer us many options for moving LOB data easily. But, before you think there's no hope—Brad Hoff (@SQLPhilosopher) came up with a way to move LOB data physically while keeping it in the SAME filegroup. So, we can achieve something similar but with different thinking… The best part is that is does NOT require the Enterprise Edition of SQL Server!
Moving LOB Data with ONLINE Operations
As an alternative strategy (and this might be difficult depending on how many other objects reside on the same filegroup), you can change the location of the files in the filegroup on which your table resides. if your table is isolated and what you really want to do is restructure a filegroup OR move the filegroup to a new series of hard drives (but without dettaching/copying/moving) you can do this another way. @SQLPhilosopher blogged his strategy here: Moving a Filegroup to a New Disk Array with No Downtime.
Basically, it consists of adding a new file to existing filegroup which is the total size of all of the existing files. Once this new file is added, ALL of the other files are emptied into this new file by using the EMPTYFILE parameter of DBCC SHRINKFILE. When the file is emptied, all allocations are moved to the file with the most free space. So, you must make the newly added file the total size of the filegroup. Once everything has been emptied, you can remove these files from the database using ALTER DATABASE… REMOVE FILE.
Once all of the other files are removed then the new files (on the new hardware) can be added (again, to the SAME filegroup). Once added, you can remove the single large file that was added previously. When this large file is removed, SQL Server will be required to rebalance all of the data within the filegroup across the newly added files. It's not going to guarantee perfect balancing and if there are other objects in this filegroup then you're going to be moving around A LOT of data. And, the process of moving the objects around does NOT try to keep these objects contiguous. So, your objects may end up more fragmented upon the completion of these operations. But, if the object (with LOB data) is isolated then this might be perfect! And, you can do all of this in ANY edition and with no downtime. So, it's actually very compelling.
In summary, if you can't yet upgrade to SQL Server 2012 or you want to move your LOB data as an ONLINE operation and you don't have Enterprise Edition, this is certainly a cool trick to know. Thanks Brad!


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Tournament Title: CC [Beta 2010] Trips - Napoleonic Europe (2nd)
Tournament Type: Triples
Comments: The concept is a triples single-elimination tournament to be played on the beta maps released in 2010.
- Number of entrants: 24 (8 teams)
- Map: Napoleonic Europe
- Game Type: Triples
- Play Order: Sequential
- Troop Deployment: Automatic
- Spoils: Escalating
- Reinforcements: Chained
- Fog of War: No
Miscellaneous: Single-elimination, bracket tournament (bracket to be determined by random.org). 48 hours to join each game, 100% of the spots open to sign-ups (in this thread).


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Monsanto Company, the agricultural biotech corporation that everyone loves to hate, is the world leader in the production of genetically modified (GM) crops — plants that, among other things, prevent yield-decimating pests from overrunning agricultural production.
But research findings by Iowa State University entomologist Aaron Gassmann have revealed the first evidence of major pest resistance to a Monsanto crop. In at least four Iowa corn fields, small pests called western corn rootworms (the larvae of which can ravage corn crops if left untreated) are putting up a fight, evolving to resist the pesticide engineered into Monsanto's corn plant.
What the rootworm's evolved resistance to Monsanto's crop says about the future of genetically modified agriculture depends largely on your opinion of GM crops. Those who are fundamentally opposed to the practice of crop biotechnology as a whole — i.e., the individuals quick to decry GM crops as "Frankenfood" that will spell the demise of the human race — are probably liable to assume a position of "I told you so."
For Monsanto and their global competitors, however, the defiant resistance to the GM crops exhibited by rootworms has the majority of their attention focused on identifying and implementing the next generation of genetic technology that will further protect plants from insects. (Red queen hypothesis, anyone?)
And for others still, who support the production of GM crops but question the farming practices they have engendered, concerns center around how to best use GM technologies so as to prevent resistance like this from occurring in the future.
See, when Monsanto came along and offered farmers insect-proof and herbicide-resistant crops, it totally changed the game of agriculture. For generations, farmers relied on cycling the type of crops they planted on a season-to-season basis to fight pests. By cycling between corn and soybean crops, for example, the offspring of pests that succeeded in corn fields during one season would subsequently starve in the next season's all-soy environment.
With GM crops, farmers could all of a sudden plant the same crops from one year to the next — a practice that certainly made things easier for the farmers, but one that many say has led to undesirable farming practices that allow for resistance to emerge in pest populations. For example, according to Dr. Gassmann, the GM crop—resistant bugs he found in Iowa were living in fields that had been seeded with the same strain of Monsanto's pest-proof corn for at least three years running.
"These are isolated cases, and it isn't clear how widespread the problem will become," said Dr. Gassmann in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. "But it is an early warning that management practices need to change."
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) -- There have been several failed efforts to get people living with TMJ the help they need.
November is jaw joints/TMJ awareness month. TMJ stands for temporomandibular joint dysfunction, which means problems with jaw joints, bite or spasms in the facial muscles, which can cause headaches, neck, ear or facial pain.
Studies say a third of the population has some TMJ symptoms, yet what hurts even more is that insurance companies refuse to cover it.
"Constant, horrible pain," said Jill Johnson, a Clifton resident who has been suffering unimaginable pain for decades. "I've lost both my jaw joints; I have a partial implant on one side, and a total that they did on the other side that failed. That resulted in tremendous nerve damage."
Johnson uses a heating pad 17 hours a day to soothe her aching facial muscles and uses painkillers in what she calls a losing battle against her endless pain.
To date, Jill's surgeries and treatments have cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
"If I would've had some insurance and some help with preventative care, I wouldn't have got to this point," added Johnson.
But Medicare and Medicaid won't cover it. Jill has spent years contacting hundreds of doctors, politicians and insurance companies asking for help, but she is forced to rely on disability to get any help at all.
"It should be covered," said Dr. James M. Kennedy, D.D.S., F.A.G.D, a local dentist with DentoCranial Therapeutics, P.C. in Grand Junction, who specializes in TMJ.
People with severe TMJ, like Jill, can't work. "They always say the most difficult thing to treat in Medicine is a headache because there's so many wide and varying causes, and it has been said that upwards of 90 percent of headaches can be attributed to musculoskeletal problems, and that includes TMJ issues. The dental insurance says it's a medical problem, the medical insurance says it's a dental problem. If you treat it with some dental means such as rebuilding teeth or doing orthodontics; that part can be covered by your dental insurance," explained Kennedy.
Experts say chiropractors, physical therapists and massage therapists can help ease TMJ problems, but can't cure it.
"They're paying a lot of money every year for medications and doctor visits and other therapies that aren't correcting the problem. If it was covered and it could be treated and have the dentist be part of that, then I think it would help a lot of people clear up some problems, and healthcare costs could go down for that individual," added Kennedy.
But in the most severe cases like Jill's, patients will suffer for life. "Not only to live with so much constant pain, but to feel kind of hopeless, and helpless," said Jill.
There are several charities and dental surgeons who do pro-bono work to help those suffering from TMJ, such as Milton and Renee Glass of JJAMD, Inc, Dr. Randolph Robinson, Operation Smile, Face the Challenge, and many more. For more information on TMJ, visit the related links below.


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Beyond the Season Race Continues
Three weeks from today four NL teams will be left standing, ready for baseball beyond the season. Somewhere, someplace, the teams will work out prior to the start of the National League Division Series on Wednesday, Oct. 7.
When the sun rose this morning the NL leaders: the Phillies (82-60), East by 7 games, Cardinals (85-60), central by 9.5 and Dodgers (86-59), west by 4. The Rockies had a 3.5 game lead on the Giants for the wildcard race. None of the teams can look ahead any farther than today. Charlie preaches one game at a time. Too much can happen between now the season's Oct. 4 finish.
Division winner with the best winning percentage will face the wildcard team, unless the wildcard is from the same division.
NLDS is best-of-5, NLCS, best-of-7. Home field advantage goes to the team with the highest winning percentage during the season. In addition to trying to get there, the Phillies (20 games left), Cardinals (17) and Dodgers (17) are trying to win as many games as possible to get that home field advantage.
Once again the American League will have the home field advantage in the World Series (Games 1-2; 6-7, if necessary).
All postseason games will be televised nationally. TBS will have the NLDS and ALDS and NLCS. FOX will carry the ALCS and the WS.
Lakewood Takes Lead
The BlueClaws took a 1-0 lead over Greenville with a win last night at home. Jesus Sanchez will start in game 2 of the best-of-f5 championship series tonight at FirstEnergy Field.
Greg Dobbs will begin a rehab assignment tonight, playing third base for Lakewood. Goal is 5 innings at third base and 3 at-bats.
Clay Condrey pitched 1 rehab inning last night: 1 run, 2 hits (infield hit, walk, RBI double, two ground balls and a strikeout). 19 pitches, 12 for strikes.
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Letter, Wm M Davis to Dear Friend [Cyrus K. Holliday]
Author: Davis, William Morris
Date: September 13, 1856
William Morris Davis, a Quaker and abolitionist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, wrote to Cyrus K. Holliday, who was speaking in PA. In response to a report Holliday sent of their work on behalf of Republican presidential candidate John C. Fremont, Davis sent $500.00 reimbursement to Holliday and William Y. Roberts, also of Topeka, Kansas Territory. Davis mentioned Jefferson Davis, secretary of war in President Franklin Pierce's administration and a Missouri slave owner. (March 4th, 1857 was the day James Buchanan took presidential office.)
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: Cyrus Kurtz Holliday Collection, #386, Box 1, Folder 3
Item Number: 101635 Number of images: 1
Keywords: Davis, William Morris; Elections; Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900; Kansas Territory; Philadelpia, Pennsylvania; Pierce administration
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YMCA program information:
For information on
Lincoln Area YMCA programs and events, visit the downtown office, 604 Broadway St.,
Suite 1; call 735-3915; or visit
www.lincolnymca.org. The YMCA Activity Center is at 719 Wyatt Ave.
YMCA will offer
mini-camp days from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Dec. 23, 26, 27 and 30
and Jan. 2 and 3 at the Y Activity Center on Wyatt Avenue. Holiday
activities keep kids busy during the winter school break with games,
recreation, art fun, stories, songs and table games with friends.
Cost is $22 per day for participants in YMCA Before and After School
programs and $29 per day for children not participating in those
programs. Register at the Y office.
Before and After School programs
YMCA offers programs for kids in pre-kindergarten at Adams School
and in kindergarten through sixth grade in District 27, Chester-East
Lincoln and Olympia South Elementary schools. Y Before School
programs begin at 6:30 a.m. and continue until school begins. Y
After School programs begin when school dismisses each day and
continue until 6 p.m., except at Olympia South, where the program
ends at 5:30 p.m. YMCA After School programs cover all early school
dismissals. Snacks, homework assistance, craft fun, recreation,
reading time and table games are just some of the activities
children experience. Costs vary with selected attendance schedules.
Visit www.lincolnymca.org
or call 735-3915 for details. Registrations are taken at the Y
Girls basketball clinic
There will be a free basketball clinic Tuesday, Jan. 7,
from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Y Activity Center on Wyatt Avenue for girls
in first to sixth grade. The purpose of this clinic is to help girls
develop their basketball skills in preparation of the Y basketball
season. Trained instructors will be in place to help girls on
fundamental skills such as dribbling, passing, shooting and defense.
Registration forms will be available for anyone who wants to sign up
for the upcoming season. Call the YMCA to reserve a spot.
Girls basketball
Come join the excitement each Saturday afternoon as girls compete
in full-court basketball. Girls in first through sixth grade will
learn important basketball skills and concepts at weekly practices
and then apply those basketball principles to the games, which will
be played on Saturdays, Jan. 25 to March 1, at the Y Activity Center
gym. Girls in first through third grade play from 1 to 3 p.m., and
girls in fourth to sixth grade play from 3 to 5 p.m. Cost is $45,
and participants must be 2014 Y members. Register at the Y by Jan.
9, before a fee increase. The program is sponsored by Graue Inc.,
Town and Country Bank, Camel's Hair-Em, and SK Davison.
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Go, Red and Green! YMCA cheerleaders will learn cheerleading
skills such as forms, techniques and a wide variety of routines in
Monday sessions, Feb. 3-March 10, at the YMCA Activity Center. The
Y's cheer instructor, Vienna Kodatt, will also instruct cheerleaders
on acrobatic skills and choreographed dancing. Performances will
include games and events in the Lincoln area. The time for
participants from age 4 to first grade will be from 5:30 to 6:15
p.m., followed by second- to fifth-graders from 6:15 to 7 p.m.
Art fun
Kids in kindergarten through third grade can participate in "The
Art of Circles" class at the Y Activity Center on Wyatt Avenue on
Monday, Jan. 20, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. This is a School's Out Day, so
kids can come to the Y and make masterpieces from a variety of
objects, all in the shape of a circle. Projects include painting
evergreens from cups and adding just a touch of snow, painting with
marbles, bubble-blow art, and finish the class by playing a game
with dice to build snowmen made out of circles. Lots of fun. Cost is
$10 for Y members and $13 for nonmembers. Register at the Y by Jan.
13, before fee increases.
Party night
The YMCA invites first- to sixth-grade children to attend the
"Outer Space Party" scheduled for Friday, Jan. 31, from 7 to 9 p.m.
at the Y Activity Center. Kids will have fun with their friends,
playing games such as "UFO Challenge," "Moon Walk" and "Black Hole."
Dust off your astronaut suit and experience outer space. Pizza,
snacks and drinks will be served. Cost is $10 for Y members and $13
for nonmembers. Register by Jan. 27, before fee increases.
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hi all looking for a abit of advice ona problem ive just had.
i started stretching just over 2 years now starting from a 16g (already had ears pierced by a gun when i was a kid) and now i got to a 00g. yes its a long time to to stretch but i was taking my time and never really had a goal to where i wanted to get to. i pretty much stretched every month or 2 i guess
i recently stretched from a 9mm tunnel to a 00g double flare tunnel (also went from 6mm to 7mm to 8mm prior) it seems to go in fine with out any pain or resistance but after the first day my ear had got swollen and sort of tingled a bit. i unscrewed the back of the tunnel and felt a bit of blood on my finger. now im not sure if its a blow out or i've teared the inside of the ear. but i took the 00g tunnel out and cleaned the ear in salt water and plenty of oil. its been 4 days now since it happened the swelling has gone down now, the ear is still a little tender but now im worried that i will never get a tunnel in my ear without starting over again...i wanna go back to a 0g anyway so i guess my question is do i just wait for it to heal properly and then a 0g would be fine to go back to or start over again? have i messed up by not putting the smaller tunnel in while is healing?


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Philippe Cousin is currently chairing the WG Market Confidence within the IoT Forum. He is involved in the IoT European Research Cluster (IERC) as coordinator of the Interoperability Activity Chain (AC4) as well as on Dissemination and International matters , thanks also to the Smart Action project. Since 2011, rapporteur of EU-China IoT expert Group. He is project manager of the EU-China Fire project, named ECIAO. He is also involved in Future internet FI-PPP programme in the Use Case FI-STAR project where he is leading the Quality and Validation WP also addressing IoT related Generic Enablers. Philippe COUSIN, has 30 years of experience in ICT and has worked since 2001 in +20 EU Research projects. Expert in ICT Standardisation, Validation and Interoperability issues for +20 years working in Orange/France Telecom R&D but also as Project Officer at the European Commission in Standardisation, Quality and CE Marking. After 4 years as Test house General Manager he joined in 2001 ETSI where he worked on ICT testing and validation issues as Interoperability Service Director where he launched the Plugtests Service. He has founded Easy Global Market in 2010 which is successfully involved in many FP7 projects and new H2020 ones coming.


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How can I make my yard look better? What do you need to do in order to come up with a landscape that impresses your friends and family? The answers your seek are right here. Also included are tips for deciding how big your project needs to be.
Make a sketch of your landscaping project ideas before you start digging. A sketch can help you to visualize the results and have a better idea of the materials you will need to complete the project. This helps because you don't have to actually make changes to see what they would look like.
Use local plants for your yard. Native plants by their very nature will grow well in your area with a minimum of upkeep. This means they'll be a low-maintenance plant in any yard. You will find excellent information on native plants by talking to someone at your local gardening store.
Creating a list of what you need before you start landscaping is a tip that everyone will need to think about doing. There are few things more annoying than beginning a big project, like landscaping, only to realize you are short on half of the materials you need and must make another run to the store.
Landscaping an entire residence at the same time can be difficult. If you split your project into segments, it will be much kinder on your wallet. It can also assist you in changing your design while carrying out in the process of landscaping.
Your choice of plants will be critical in determining the success or failure of your landscaping efforts. You'll want to avoid placing plants that need lots of sunlight in areas that are shady. You wouldn't want to plant trees in areas where they don't have room to grow. Take the time to make sure your plants thrive wherever they are planted.
Anyone can benefit from the great landscaping tips you have just read. No matter what your particular dream landscape may be, the information and advice given here will surely be useful as you undertake your next landscaping project.
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Sunday, December 4, 2011
Caesar's Rhine Bridge – Rome Showcases its Technical Prowess
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I'm an engineer, and a Classic PhD candidate, but my engineering was electrical, then computer science (where I worked all my working life), and I don't work in the area of ancient engineering. But its interesting to hear from other engineers in the field!
- December 4, 2011 at 7:45 PM
- Geoff Carter said...
On the subject of credibility; it is inconceivable that Caesar would have made up any of his account, it was written for an audience, many of whom may have been there.
Those aspects of the account which pertain to the general facts of the campaigns I would consider as accurate, to be caught obviously fabricating or exaggerating recent history would surely amount to a serious loss of face among his peer group.
Clearly there is room for maneuver in his account of his own thoughts and motivations - but the bridge is unquestionable. Like aspects of this unique account, translation can be not straight forward, as translators are seldom engineers.
- December 7, 2011 at 11:32 AM
- Scott McCulloch said...
I recently met a Chemical engineer who was completing PhD in ancient history.
So they are around :)
- December 8, 2011 at 7:16 AM
Your account was very informatve. I am a Civil Engineer and I design foundations. I find the bridge very feasible. One issue I found out about driving wood piles at a batter is that driving them vertical with a drop hammer as you described would be easy in soft mud. The trick to batter the piles is to drive vertical an bend them into position and secure them with wire rope. The Romans had rope and their nails could have been bent over like a stape we use today. The trick to making this bridge work is to spread out the troups while crossing so you don't overload it. I have designed and built three pile clusters that supported power poles with 25 mph currents. What they did not stand up to was tornados and barges running in to them.
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Bolches yarboclos pa todos.
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The original recipe for these biscuits comes from my orange, tattered-covered copy of Betty Crocker Cookbook, although Betty used shortening in hers, and although I'm sure it would taste delicious, I really try to avoid using shortening whenever possible, so I revised the recipe to just butter or olive oil.
This biscuit recipe is so incredibly easy since there is no yeast involved, just the reaction of baking powder and salt to create a light and fluffy biscuit. It's so versatile, too--you can use skim, lowfat, or whole milk, (or buttermilk), as well as the addition of any sort of flavor variation you'd like to create such as grated cheese and chives, freshly-cracked pepper and green onions, onions and garlic... really any sort of herbs or finely chopped veggies you'd like to add will bake beautifully in these biscuits. Although I haven't tried fruit, I'm now tempted to try a sweet version using fresh strawberries or apricots.
I also add a little more milk to make drop biscuits instead of cutout biscuits, because personally I like the rustic look of a casually formed biscuit instead of a perfectly round cutout biscuit. These also keep very well for several days--when reheating, I would recommend splitting and toasting them under the broiler (rewarming them in the microwave will make them tough and chewy).
Printable Recipe
Baking Powder Biscuits
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, cold
- 2/3 - 3/4 cup milk
Preheat oven to 450. Spray a baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt and baking powder. If you will be adding any other dry ingredients such as herbs, grated cheese, chopped onions, etc, add them now.
Add 6 tablespoons butter and cut in with a pastry cutter until crumbly. Add milk and stir with a wooden spoon or knead with your hands until just combined. Add slightly less milk for cutout biscuits, and slightly more for drop biscuits.
For cutout biscuits, sprinkle the counter with flour, and roll dough out to about a 1-inch thickness. Cut using a biscuit cutter dipped in flour. For drop biscuits, use a large spoon to place dollops of the dough 2 inches apart on the baking sheet (recipe makes about 10 biscuits). Bake at 450 for 10-12 minutes, until peaks of dough are nicely browned, but do not overbake. The centers should be very soft. Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and brush over the tops of the biscuits when you take them out of the oven.
Serve immediately with butter, jam, honey, or plain--delicious any way!


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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and track down the fiend who stole your holly wreath. Few people know that a good holly wreath can fetch up to three dollars on the black market. LET'S GO!
TOP CHEF ALL STARS – 10:00PM (Bravo – an NBC/Universal Network) Some people were up in arms last week over the ouster of Jen, but I didn't really have any problem with it. It's not like she was THAT good. It's not like they knocked out Richard Blais early, which would be insane. Jen choked at the end of Season 6, and she decided to choke early this go round. I'm sure she's probably a better chef than say, Fabio. But hey, soft bacon is soft bacon, people. Frankly, I'm just concerned for the poor girl's mental well-being. She kept saying her dad told her second place is still losing. Why do I think her Dad was some insane, domineering Chef Dad who forced young Jen to brunoise carrots before she could even walk? I fear for the gal. ANTICIPATION: CUTTHROAT!
THE SING-OFF – 8:00PM (NBC) Tonight the singing groups must do a medley of songs from a single artist. I'm of the mind that all medleys should be outlawed, forever. I like my greatest hits separately. I don't like them awkwardly smashed together into a patchwork seven-minute collage. Medleys are for the weak and lazy. I am a song completist. Also tonight, the groups all collaborate on a rendition of "With A Little Help From My Friends." No word on if they'll be allowed to pass a sheet of LSD tabs between them during the verses. ANTICIPATION: GET HIGH!
24/7 PENGUINS/CAPITALS: ROAD TO THE 2010 WINTER CLASSIC – 10:00PM (HBO) HBO's "24/7" series has usually been reserved for trailing big-name boxers as they prepare for a marquee bout. Now HBO tries the same formula with hockey, as they follow the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins all the way to their outdoor game at Heinz Field on New Year's Day. I'm told there will be copious amounts of swearing, so that pleases me. And even the American players talk with a Canadian accent. Listen! It's true! They're totally affected! ANTICIPATION: ABOOT!
LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER: CONFESSIONS OF ROCK'S GREATEST GROUPIES – 9:00PM (VH1) VH1's new "Rock Docs" will be like ESPN's "30 for 30," only with more skanks and drugs. Tonight, join legendary rock bicycle Pamela des Barres as she travels the country and interviews some of music's biggest groupies. Would it shock you to know these women do not come from strong family backgrounds? ANTICIPATION: SEXY!
ASSORTED TLC CRAZINESS – 8:00PM (TLC) Start with "My Skin Is Killing Me" at 8, followed by "Untold Stories of the ER" at 9, which features a schizo patient who thinks he has someone else's face. Nicolas Cage's, I imagine. And watch a medical student get mistaken for a doctor and forced to deliver a baby. I can think of worse people to mistake for an OB/GYN than a medical student. One of those "Ice Road Trucker" guys, for example. Then wrap it all up at 10 with "The Boy With Bloody Tears," about a boy who cries blood. That's one great evening of medical abnormalities. ANTICIPATION: CRAZY!
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I am currently working as a long-term substitute art teacher as I wait for a full time job to open up. I am creating lesson plans for my current classes, thinking about my student teaching experiences and constantly using techniques and ideas that I learned during my placement.
My favorite memories from Moore are working in the studio with my classmates, talking about each others work. I felt more motivated to get work done with people around rather than working alone. My creative process might be a little different than most. I create my best work while there is some type of background noise, whether it be music, talking, or a TV show playing on my computer. Right now I am working on portraits of my family members drawn with charcoal, similar to the portraits that I created for my senior thesis.
My advice for Moore students is to always believe in what YOU want not what others want from you. Take criticism from teachers and classmates and try their ideas but always do what makes you happy. Your artwork will always be better if it is what you want to do.


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World Book Day, Copyright, and Google Book Search
On March 22nd the Southern District Court of New York rejected the Google Books Settlement. One of the central issues of the Google Books Settlement was the burden on Copyright holders to opt out of having their works digitized by Google. Instead, the burden is put on Google to obtain rights by having Copyright holders opt in. What does this mean for the extraordinary database Google has constructed of digitized works? What contents are already available in Google Books?
On March 16th the World Book Day game was reposted from Facebook to the PubLib Listserve:
"It's that time again – World Book Day. Grab the book closest to you right now. Open to page 56 and choose the 5th sentence. Publish it as your status and write these rules as a comment. Don't choose – PICK UP the CLOSEST BOOK. Don't say what the book is about."
The World Book Day game on Facebook is apparently a derivation of World Book Day as explained here by Judy Turner :
Briefly, the day's official name is World Book and Copyright Day (also known as International Day of the Book or World Book Days. It is celebrated yearly,except in the UK and the Republic of Ireland where the first Thursday in March was chosen as the date. The commemoration was organized by UNESCO to promote reading, publishing and copyright and was first observed in 1995.
Many PubLib subscribers posted the fifth sentence on the 56th page of the book closest to them on PubLib. Running the sentences through Google Book Search yielded many of the titles. Google sells many of these titles through the eBookstore, so it stands to reason that many of the copyright holders would have given permission to digitize. Do the searches that do not appear represent opting out? It also stands to reason if the 56th page of a book is available through Google Book search, the rest of the book would also be available. Does this mechanism of being able to search a book in its entirety still represent fair use? And, what are the books that were closest to the PubLib readers who participated in the game?
The 56th page fifth sentences follow. The sentences do not necessarily correspond to the 56th page of the edition scanned, but each sentence was available in its entirety:
By similar reasoning, it was held in U.S. v. Jacobsen (1984) that field testing of a white powder uncovered by a private search was no search, as it would only reveal whether the powder was an illegal substance." ~ Robert Balliot – Criminal Procedure Constitutional Limitations – Jerold H. Israel and Wayne R. LaFave -2006 – ( Editor: this was not in Google Book Search – is this an example of opting out by Thomson West?)
"Locally crafted of walnut, mahogany, and sometimes cypress, these knobs are identical to examples made in the eastern United States and continued to appear on both bench-made and factory-made furniture through the nineteenth century."~ Audrey Jo DeVillier – na
"Paul knew that if he meant to make it in show business he had to go 'down south', even though southerners had a reputation for being unfriendly and condescending to northerners such as himself." ~ Mark P. Hasskarl – Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney – Page 56 – Howard Sounes – 2010 – 634 pages
"Mainly a place for jewelers to pick up stock, ordinary mortals, too, can rummage the sparklers and invest in either loose gems or unique pieces of fine jewelry."~ Gair Helfrich – na
""The double hit of having a tendency to form clots combined with an additional element that causes clots can lead to serious problems." ~ Viccy Kemp – 100 Questions and Answers about Stroke: A Lahey Clinic Guide – Page 56 – Kinan K. Hreib – 2008 – 185 pages
"Like her he scanned the shadows, the deep pits of dark." ~ Patrice Matujec – na
"And later, after her gentle care, she could see the trusting look in his eyes". ~ Deb Yoder – A Moment in Time – Judith Gould – 2001 – 323 pages
"What these men had to eat and drink Is what we say and what we think." ~ Myers, Leigh – Selected poems John Crowe Ransom – 1969 – 159 pages – More editions
"I can do without the snake's help this time." ~ Charli Osborne – na
"Like its rival Laphroaig, this [Lagavulin] is a very distinctive malt." ~ Diane Swint Levin
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"It's my mother." ~ Betsy Cherednik – na
After agreeing to the new, harsher terms, Johnston surrendered his once-great army on April 26, 1865. ~ Melissa Davidson – Insiders' Guide to Civil War Sites in the Southern States- John McKay – 2005 – 384 pages
When the poet Claude McKay reviewed Shuffle Along for The Liberator magazine, he made a point of praising its all-black production because some black radicals 'were always hard on Negro comedy…hating to see themselves as a clowning race.' ~ Kathleen Stipek – Anything Goes: A Biography of the Roaring Twenties- Lucy Moore – 2010 – 352 pages
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Glue and clamp together four pieces of 3/4″ x 3-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ stock to form the cab block (B). ~ Michael May – The great all-American wooden toy book Norman Marshall – 1999 – 211 pages
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Beigeschmack m (-[e]/no pl.) slight flavor; smack (of)(a. fig.) ~ Fred Beisser – The Oxford-Duden German dictionary: German-English, English-German – Page 1538 Olaf Thyen, Michael Clark, Werner Scholze-Stubenrecht – 1999 – 1728 pages
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However, Sebastiano gained his greatest fame after moving to Rome in 1511. ~ Jessica Rogoz – The World Book Encyclopedia: Volume 1 World Book, Inc – 2007 – 22 pages
Most teams don't have such a complete back; they're more likely to have one of each, so defenses can take their next cues from the formation. ~ Sandra Ferguson – na
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The child needs to get a job as well, which intensifies time pressure when it comes to studying. ~ Robert E. Perone – Ten minute guide – stress management – Page 91 – Jeff Davidson – 2001 – 192 pages
"And now," said Susan, "what do we do next?" ~ Deborah Shepherd – The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe – Page 55 Clive Staples Lewis, Pauline Baynes – 2000 – 189 pages
All the lanterns were shuttered halfway so that a cool twilight suffused the air, lending an ethereal feel to the event. ~ Laurenne Teachout -Eldest – Page 56 – Christopher Paolini – 2007 – 704 pages
Boothe Homestead Museum gives tours Tuesday through Friday and weekend afternoons. ~ Cheryl Marriage – Off the beaten path: a travel guide to more than 1,000 scenic and … – Page 56 – Reader's Digest – 2003 – 384 pages
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"In my experience there are three reasons why a boy will want to take out a book on poetry: 1. to impress a girl 2.for a class assignment 3.to impress a girl." ~ Beth Dailey Kenneth – Bruiser – Page 56 Neal Shusterman – 2010 – 336 pages
"Until it receives a determination letter, the organization is required to file income tax returns and pay the applicable tax." ~ John Richmond – na
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"The fall of communism was the result of a much longer process, and the popular protests were just its most visible, but not necessarily most important, component." ~ R. C. Rybnikar – na
I just need to know that nobody's reading over my shoulder, about to ask me what I'm writing. ~ Sarah Howison – Messenger of Truth: A Maisie Dobbs Novel – Jacqueline Winspear – 2007 – 336 pages
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In the was a brick oven carrying a large pan; beside it stood a rattan basket filled to the brim with pieces of charcoal. ~ sherry hupp – Judge Dee at Work: Eight Chinese Detective Stories – Page 56 – Robert Hans van Gulik – 2007 – 184 pages
"She didn't know the real Eddie." ~ Janet – na
What he needed was to dull his senses as much as he could, staying just sober enough not to be completely tongue-tied. ~ Connie Jo Ozinga – na
From the beer bottles strewn about like passed out drunks, and the cheese doodle dust coating his chest and face, it was pretty clear what he'd been up to. ~ David Faulkner – Red-Headed Stepchild – Jaye Wells – 2009 – 342 pages
"Or at least buy you a book on tactics to bolster your metaphors." ~ Mary Wilkes Towner – – The Orchid Affair – Lauren Willig – 2011 – 405 pages
"An indoor botanical conservatory, two wedding chapels, and the Spa Tower complete the extravagant picture." ~ Daniela Yew – Fodor's Las Vegas 2010 – Page 56 – Fodor's – 2009 – 392 pages
"Later Longie Zwillman, the so-called 'Al Capone of New Jersey' , took Doc's place." ~ Michael Gregory – Encyclopedia of world crime: criminal justice, criminology, and …: Volume 1
– Jay Robert Nash – 1990 – 4500 pages
"To be sure, unlike Dana, the movement's advocates were not attempting to democratize taste." ~ Malakia Oglesby – na
"Wishing for my leg back." ~ Susan Riley – na
"At one end of the bar the television set was on, but the sound had been muted." ~ Celia Bandelier – P is for peril – Sue Grafton – 2001 – 352 pages
"A robot is already a spare part." ~ Brock Peoples – na
"He furnished himself with shirts and all the other things he could, following the advice the innkeeper had given him; and when this had been accomplished and completed, without Panza taking leave of his children and wife, or Don Quixote of his housekeeper and niece, they rode out of the village one night, and no one saw them, and they traveled so far that by dawn they were certain they would not be found even if anyone came looking for them." ~ Lisa Guidarini – The First Part of the Delightful History of the Most Ingenious … – Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra – 1909
"Other patrons push their chairs back; the front door opens and shuts, then opens but doesn't shut as Hattie steels herself to explain about radon, and about how the cancer had already spread by the time they found it – to his liver and brain before anyone knew a thing. " ~ Laura Carroll – World and Town – Page 56 – Gish Jen – 2010 – 386 pages
Badawi scratched his chin thoughtfully. ~ Ann Perrigo – na
"Frey and others such as Versaci are part of a growing number of educators encouraging read3ers to see comics as a legitimate literary form." ~ Joann D. Verostko – na
"An old and inconvenient term still used to designate a color mixed with black." ~ Teresa – na
Swaz si des uber Rin mit ir zen Hiunen brahte, daz muose gar zergeben sin. ~ Lucy Roehrig – Deutsche Grammatik: Volume 1; Volume 4 – Gustav Roethe, Edward Schröder – 1989
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How many times have you heard this comment from your customers? "That plant has been there for five years and I've never had a problem with it until I hired your company. You must've killed it!" It's as if they think plants live forever and if they die, it's your fault. As a landscape contractor, it's your goal to care for plants in a way that optimizes their life and beauty. However, if you aren't offering fungicide applications as a service to customers, you're not doing all you can. And you're not making all the profit you can, either. Adding a service such as this to customers not only benefits them and makes you — and their lawns — look good, it also puts money in your pocket. But before you jump in to this add-on, do some research. Applying chemicals without a license can get you into trouble and cost a lot more money than you'll bring in.
A fungicide is any substance that kills fungi — various plants such as molds, mildews or mushrooms that lack chlorophyll, stems and leaves and reproduce by spores. As you know, a fungicide is a pesticide — as are herbicides, insecticides and termiticides — because fungi, insects and weeds are all grouped together as pests.
Many lawn care operators, as well as grounds management companies, do not include fungus or disease services to their customers. Some will argue that they are afraid offering fungicide application puts them at liability risk: if clients' materials die, they'll be responsible for the cost for plant replacement. Another factor is the number of operators who don't feel comfortable diagnosing fungus and disease problems. If the diagnosis isn't correct, the treatment won't be either. While these are legitimate concerns, what you should realize is that there are a plethora of resources available to them. Resources that cost very little or — most often — not at all.
If you want to be successful at applying fungicides, the first step is to identify the disease. In nearly every state is a major university that performs studies on various areas of agronomy, plants, agriculture and trees. These universities can provide expert knowledge on the subject of turf disease identification and treatment. Couple this information with your local county extension office expertise and you'll have more than an educated guess when it comes to fungi. You'll be armed with information to back up your decisions for treatment. Plus, your county extension agent can offer a wealth of information on current problems in an area — providing you with up-to-date information and symptoms. These agents also offer classes on different subjects that relate to your profession as well as on-site diagnosis of fungi and diseases. For example, in Florida, many cold-hardy, drought-tolerant plants have recently died as a result of excessive rains received over the summer months, which flooded the plant roots. A drought followed and several plants including trees, palms and ornamentals, died. In some cases, maybe only one or two plants that were installed in a cluster died. Those grounds care professionals who were in touch with extension agents and universities were aware of the problem were able to tell customers and prospects exactly why their plants died.
It's important to use the resources you have because, admittedly, diagnosing problems in turf and plants can be difficult. Various fungi such as dollar spot and brown patch can be confused with insect damage, fertilizer burn, drought or too much water; so education is very important not only for you but your customers as well. Sometimes turf problems may present themselves due to poor soil conditions. And sometimes renovation is the solution. But more often than not, turf diseases are the result of poor horticulture practices such as overwatering, overfertilization or poor mowing practices that are caused by dull blades or the wrong mowing height.
As you become more educated on what causes turfgrass disease, you'll also be responsible for educating your customers, as well. Some companies, in addition to offering periodic educational newsletters, will invite their customers and prospects to horticulture workshops to assist in this process. Some have even used it as a way to recruit to customers by offering educational classes to home-owner association members. This not only promotes your company, but you can parlay it into something good for the community, as well.
Many colleges now even provide laminated color pictures in card decks to help you diagnose disease problems in the field. Simply compare the picture to the turf or plant and, often, the answer (disease identification) will be clear. Another resource is the Internet. Just type in the keyword "fungus" and a wealth of information pops up on your screen. Other diagnostic tools include pH meters and moisture meters to help answer questions for pH adjustments as well as irrigation coverage.
In most states, the application of pesticides, which include fungicides, must be performed by a certified applicator. You might be required to become a State Certified Pest Control Operator or to just obtain a simple certification. Contact your local county extension agent, your state agriculture/horticulture college or your state bureau of entomology or agriculture for the specific requirements in your state. In Florida, you can be fined as much as $5,000 per illegal treatment and most states are cracking down on unlicensed and uncertified applicators so this should be a warning to those thinking of not receiving certification.
To be a successful fungicide applicator, you must follow labels. Once you've successfully identified the disease, make sure the product you use to combat it is labeled for the problem you have and you apply it at the right rate. Some fungicides call for multiple applications, some call for drenching the root system or a topical treatment, so make sure you read thoroughly.
Another critical element for fungicide success is watering. Customers sometimes don't know when or how much to water. If they have an irrigation system, sometimes sprinkler heads are set up in the same zone, watering uniformly in both shady and unshaded areas. This can affect your fungicide application. One suggestion is to offer to service their sprinkler systems, which would give you control over the time settings for appropriate and seasonal watering times, coverage and head cleaning and adjusting. Typically, charges for residential customers would be around $45 each time you check the system, with repairs costing extra. It's a good idea to check the system before you begin servicing that property to ensure it's working and providing adequate coverage. You'll need to check on the licensing requirements in your area before providing this service or you can sub it out and mark it up.
Once you decide fungicide treatment is a service you want to offer, how do you begin? The best starting place is with your existing customer base. March is typically when landscape professionals begin marketing new services, so you may want to send them a newsletter in their monthly invoice letting them know about this new offering as well as other services such as cleanups, landscape enhancements, irrigation checks, mulching, hardscaping and water features.
Next, check out your local wholesale and retail plant nurseries. Many times they either do not have the expertise or the proper licensing to perform fungicide treatments on their materials — especially wholesale nurseries that may not turn their stock frequently. Offer to set up a complete service program for them.
You can also research local landscape management companies that don't have the credentials or licensing to provide this service. You act as their subcontractor and keep them informed about the customers' turf and plant conditions.
You can even extend this new area of service to sports fields and even homeowner putting greens. Various city and county parks and recreation departments will sometimes outsource this service, usually including aeration, fertilization, seeding and insect and fungus controls. Other possibilities include golf driving ranges, college campuses and schools.
Another add-on service involves treating lakes and retention ponds for algae and noxious weed control. Just count how many lawn care operators there are in your area. Now count how many landscape management companies provide your services as well. How many of them provide this aquatic service? If you are typical of most areas, there may be one or two companies providing aquatic services, which is another way to increase sales and profits as well as gaining a competitive edge. This potentially requires additional certification, so check with your local county extension service for the requirements and reap the rewards.
Even though fungicide application is a great source for addition income, you must first understand your particular business, what you must charge and how to protect yourself from various situations. Even with fungicides, there are some cases in which there is nothing you can do to salvage diseased materials and turf, depending on the problem. To protect yourself from those cases, insert disclaimers in your agreements that some diseases are included and others are not. For example, when treating for insects, some companies include "turf damaging" pests but exclude other pests such as fire ants, ticks, fleas or spittlebugs. For those treatments, they charge extra. And some treatments simply won't help already damaged plants. You'll have to replace them. Before doing so, be sure to fumigate the area — especially when the disease is contagious and may affect other plants on the site. Your plant replacement warranty should limit replacement to only those plants that die as a direct result of your services.
Bill Phagan is president of Green Industry Consulting Inc. (Tampa, Fla.). You can reach him at email@example.com.
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Monday morning's DEA raid of Oaksterdam University is making major headlines, but there's one detail missing from the coverage: why the f#$k is Obama at War with Medical Marijuana in the first place? Seriously, why is any of this even happening at all?
Under this administration, the idea of raiding state-approved medical marijuana facilities went from being "not a good use of our resources," to being a very popular pastime among federal police and prosecutors. They've been going completely berserk for the better part of a year now, and while they weren't exactly diplomatic before that, they've been acting lately like they won some kind of drug war lottery and are trying to spend all the money before they die.
Raiding Richard Lee is arguably the most audacious play the feds have ever made in the War on Medical Marijuana for a few reasons. He's in a wheelchair and exemplifies the image of a legitimate medical marijuana patient/provider. He runs a school that promotes professionalism in the medical cannabis industry. And most importantly, he was the driving force behind the Prop 19 campaign that nearly legalized marijuana in California.
If you're thinking all of this explains exactly why they want to take him out, well…yeah, but it isn't nearly that simple. Everyone knows who Richard Lee is, and almost everyone supports him. To go after him now, after everything he's done, is to manufacture the most perfect martyr ever to emerge in the increasingly ugly War on Medical Marijuana in America.
I could spend all afternoon speculating as to why the Obama Administration would choose to escalate a policy that's already so deeply unpopular with the American people. But I shouldn't have to. It's Obama's turn to tell us what the hell happened here, and it's the responsibility of the press to demand an answer.
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PensFanInDC wrote:Yeah but it's not just this episode. It's EVERY episode. Come on people. Not every episode is going to be a homerun. I remember lots of people saying how crappy the mid season finale was. What more do you want?
they ask us to suspend our disbelief that there are zombies running around everywhere. that's ok, we're all on board. but they can't make that same request for the human interactions that they vomit out. it's too much to ask.
i think people are hard on it because it simply isn't very good at the moment. but there's enough history that we still watch it. so when you have a show that isn't good, but still has a lot of viewers, you're gonna see a lot of negativity.


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It's nice to see the City planting new trees in town, especially on a street like 71st Road which was hammered by the tornado. But as I walked by this little one I thought to myself, I will be loooong gone by the time it ever reaches the heights of its predecessors.
Makes one think.
Catcalls and technical problems marred the preview performance of the most expensive production ever staged on Broadway.


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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been selected to join a new international network of prestigious world-class research laboratories to support the growing field of Web science research and education programs.
Rensselaer, which recently announced the first undergraduate Web science degree program in the United States, joins academic organizations from around the globe in the new Web Science Trust Network of Laboratories (WSTNet). The network combines many of the world's leading academic researchers in Web science, with new academic programs that will enhance the already growing influence of Web science.
According to WSTNet, the World Wide Web is transforming society. In order to understand what the Web is, engineer its future, and ensure its social benefit, the new interdisciplinary field of Web science has emerged to help map out the future and provide education for those studying the Web.
"Our lives are increasingly impacted by our connection to and use of data on the Web," said Deborah McGuinness, director of Rensselaer's Web Science Research Center and constellation professor in Rensselaer's Tetherless World Constellation. "Web science is the emerging interdisciplinary field of study supporting the foundations of the interconnected network of information called the Web. WSTNet forms an international body of world-class groups doing research on the current and future Web. As one of the 10 founding laboratories, Rensselaer's Web Science Center will take a leadership role in defining and growing the emerging area of Web science."
McGuinness is joined in the new laboratory by Rensselaer Professors James Hendler and Peter Fox, who are also chairs in the Institute's Tetherless World Constellation. Hendler is the assistant dean in charge of Rensselaer's new Information Technology and Web Science major, the first undergraduate Web Science program in the United States. Fox is a professor in Earth and Environmental Sciences, and leads interdisciplinary efforts in Informatics and e-Science. Students in Rensselaer's new Web science laboratory will investigate issues on the Web related to security, trust, privacy, content value, and the development of the Web of the future.
WSTNet is managed by the Web Science Trust, which brings together academics, business leaders, entrepreneurs, and policy-makers from around the world, with the goal of fostering multidisciplinary research to study the World Wide Web and describe the issues and challenges that will shape its future use and design.
Contributions from the labs will include the organization and hosting of summer schools, workshops, and meetings, including the WebSci conference series. The WSTNet Labs also will identify opportunities for new events and fundraising, all as part of the ongoing development of Web science.
The announcement of WSTNet was made at the recent WebSci10 conference in North Carolina. Representatives of all the labs attended the conference, along with researchers from the many different disciplines that are involved in Web science.
"WSTNet will extend our global research capabilities in Web science as well as ensuring that the subject is built into university syllabuses," said Professor Dame Wendy Hall, managing director of WST and one of the founders of the discipline of Web science. "We will continue to extend the network to other research institutes which are already committed to Web science.
"We are delighted to welcome on board all the labs and look forward to further exciting developments in the future," Hall said.
The full list of founding WSTNet Labs is:
- Annenberg Network of Networks, University of Southern California
- Decentralized Information Group (DIG), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Department of Computer Science, VU Amsterdam
- Digital Enterprise Research Institute, NUI Galway
- Institute for Web Science and Technologies (WeST), Universitat Koblenz-Landau
- Oxford Internet Institute
- Science of Networks in Communities (SONIC) Lab, Northwestern University
- Tsinghua-Southampton Web Science Laboratory at Shenzhen
- Web Science Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Web Science Research Group, University of Southampton.


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August 11, 1922 - November 30, 2012
Monroe, NY
Mary A. Harris, a 75-year resident of the area, passed away Friday, November 30, 2012 at St. Anthony's Hospital, Warwick, NY. Mary was 90 years old.
Daughter of the late James and Mary McKiernan Monaghan, she was born August 11, 1922 in Bronx, NY. Mary was the widow of Samuel E. Harris.
Survivors include her sister, Jeannette Vardin of Monroe, NY and her nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband, Samuel, Mary was predeceased by her brother, James Monaghan and sister, Margaret Schobel.
There will be no visitation. Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, December 10 in Seamanville Cemetery, Monroe, NY with Rev. Thomas Byrnes officiating. Cremation took place at Cedar Hill Crematory, Middle Hope, NY.
Memorial donations may be made to the charity of one's choice.
Funeral arrangements were made by Smith, Seaman & Quackenbush, Inc. Funeral Home, 845-782-8185 or www.ssqfuneralhome.com


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Sinister Sites: The Georgia Guidestones
The Georgia Guidestones
via: VigilantCitizen.Com
The Georgia Guidestones is a mysterious monument on which are carved ten "commandments" for a "New Age of Reason". The first commandment? Maintaining the world population under 500 million people. Another sinister fact: the authors of what we now call the American Stonehenge are still a "mystery"… except for those in the know. We will look at the numerous features of this monument, its message calling for a New World Order and explain how it is the work of an occult secret society.
Note: One of the first articles I ever wrote on this site, back in late 2008, was about the Georgia Guidestones. I removed the article about a year ago, however, when I came across some vital information: the explanation of the rules written by the hidden authors themselves as well as other documents. So if you are a long-time reader of this site, please keep reading as I've re-written the entire article.
The Georgia Guidestones is an enigmatic granite monument situated in Elbert County, Georgia. Also known as the American Stonehenge, the gigantic structure is almost 20 feethigh and is made of six granite slabs, weighing in total 240,000 pounds. The most astonishing detail of the monument is however not its size but the message engraved into it: Ten rules for an "Age of Reason". These guides touch upon subjects that are associated with the "New World Order", including massive depopulation, a single world government, the introduction of a new type of spirituality, etc. The authors of those rules have requested to remain totally anonymous and, until now, their anonymity has been duly preserved. However, this mysterious group left a text explaining the reasoning behind the rules, a text that was not discussed online before. With this new information, the purpose behind the Guidestones become very clear, leaving little room for hypotheses. The Guidestones describe the ideal world, as envisioned by occult Secret Societies. The monument is therefore proof of an existing link between secret societies, the world elite and the push for a New World Order.
The Monument
Made of Pyramid blue granite, the Georgia Guidestones are meant to withstand the test of time and to communicate knowledge on several levels: philosophically, politically, astronomically, etc. It consists of four major stone blocks, which contain ten guides for living in eight languages: English, Spanish, Swahili, Hindi, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, and Russian. A shorter message is inscribed at the top of the structure in four ancient languages' scripts: Babylonian, Classical Greek, Sanskrit, and Egyptian hieroglyphs. It is important to note that those last four ancient languages are of a great importance in the teachings of occult mystery schools, such as the Freemasons and the Rosicrucians, organizations I will discuss later.
Source: Wired
At the base of the Guidestones lies an explanatory tablet listing some of the details of the structure. It also mentions a time capsule buried underneath it. The contents of this time capsule (if it exists) are a total mystery.
Astronomical features are of a great importance in the design of the Guidestones. In a relatively "new" nation such as the United States, monuments that are aligned with celestial bodies are often the work of secret societies, such as the Freemasons. Drawing their teachings from the Mystery schools of Ancient Egypt, Greece or the Druidic Celts, they are known for embedding into monuments some of their "sacred knowledge".
The 10 Commandements
The ten guides for a new Age of Reason are as follows:
1. Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
2. Guide reproduction wisely – improving fitness and diversity.
3. Unite humanity with a living new language.
4. Rule passion – faith – tradition – and all things with tempered reason.
5. Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
6. Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
7. Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
8. Balance personal rights with social duties.
9. Prize truth – beauty – love – seeking harmony with the infinite.
10. Be not a cancer on the earth – Leave room for nature – Leave room for nature.
As you can see, the guidelines call for a drastic reduction of the world population, the adoption of new a world language, the creation of a world court and a vague allusions to eugenics. In other words, a blueprint for a New World Order.
Depopulation, Planned Parenthood and Eugenics
The first "commandment" is particularly shocking, since it basically stipulates that 12 out of 13 people on Earth should not exist; basically, that would mean everybody in the world would disappear except half of India. If today's world population is 6,7 billion, then that is a 92.54% surplus. To consider these figures is mind-boggling. But then, how many people survived in the movie 2012? Not many. Who were they? The earth's wealthiest people. Is this predictive programming?
The last rule of the Guidestones, "Be not a cancer on the earth – leave room for nature – leave room for nature" is particularly disturbing as it compares human life to cancer on earth. With this state of mind, it is easy to rationalize the extinction of nearly all of the world's population.
Massive depopulation is an admitted goal of the world's elite and many important people have openly called for it:
In 1988, Britain's Prince Philip expressed the wish that, should he be reincarnated, he would want to be "a deadly virus" that would reduce world population. More recently, Bill Gates said "The world today has 6.8 billion people … that's headed up to about 9 billion. Now if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower that by perhaps 10 or 15 percent." Along with tax-deductible donations of enormous amounts of money to help the depopulation cause, "secret meetings" of the world's elite have been taking place to discuss those issues:
"Some of America's leading billionaires have met secretly to consider how their wealth could be used to slow the growth of the world's population and speed up improvements in health and education.
The philanthropists who attended a summit convened on the initiative of Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder, discussed joining forces to overcome political and religious obstacles to change.
Described as the Good Club by one insider it included David Rockefeller Jr, the patriarch of America's wealthiest dynasty, Warren Buffett and George Soros, the financiers, Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York, and the media moguls Ted Turner and Oprah Winfrey."
The Sunday Times, May 24th 2009
The second rule ("Guide reproduction wisely – improving diversity and fitness") basically calls for the inference of lawmakers into the management of family units. If we read between the lines, it requires to creation of laws structuring the number of children per family. Furthermore, "improving diversity and fitness" can be obtained with "selective breeding" or the sterilization of undesirable members of society. This used to be called "eugenics", until it became politically incorrect because of the Nazis.
One World Government
"Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as 'internationalists' and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure – one world, if you will. If that's the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it."
-David Rockefeller, "Memoirs of David Rockefeller" p.405
Most of the other rules of the Guidestones basically call for the creation of a world government, ruled by an "enlightened few", who would regulate all aspects of human life, including faith, social duties, economy, etc. This idea is far from new, as it has been entertained by Mystery schools for centuries. Manly P. Hall wrote in 1917:
"When the mob governs, man is ruled by ignorance; when the church governs, he is ruled by superstition; and when the state governs, he is ruled by fear. Before men can live together in harmony and understanding, ignorance must be transmuted into wisdom, superstition into an illumined faith, and fear into love. Despite statements to the contrary, Masonry is a religion seeking to unite God and man by elevating its initiates to that level of consciousness whereon they can behold with clarified vision the workings of the Great Architect of the Universe. From age to age the vision of a perfect civilization is preserved as the ideal for mankind. In the midst of that civilization shall stand a mighty university wherein both the sacred and secular sciences concerning the mysteries of life will be freely taught to all who will assume the philosophic life. Here creed and dogma will have no place; the superficial will be removed and only the essential be preserved. The world will be ruled by its most illumined minds, and each will occupy the position for which he is most admirably fitted."
– Manly P. Hall, The Secret Teachings of All Ages
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"The recent terrorist attack in Kenya once again demonstrates that Islam is, indeed, Satan's pit-bull. The sheer barbarity of the assault (innocent men, women and children executed at close range) underscores a vile dogma that has demanded the rape, torture and slaughter of millions of "infidels" since its nascency in the bowels of hell centuries ago.
Those who espouse the notion that the savagery perpetrated in Kenya is a gross and unfair mischaracterization of Islam are…"
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A visitor to my garden this past weekend...
The light was pretty harsh when I took this photo so it doesn't quite capture how electrically green he was. But the metallicness of it shows up pretty well.
That may be the last sun we see for a while since they're predicting rain (and possibly snow!) all week. I'm glad I got the chance to get some work done outdoors. The strawberry patch and herb gardens are weeded and I'm making good progress on edging the shade bed along our stone wall. There's just sooooo much more to do.
4 comments:
- smalltownme said...
He's a gorgeous color.
- April 07, 2009 7:58 PM
- Niesz Vintage Home said...
Amazing little creatures, aren't they! Such a beautiful color!
You're way ahead of me on the gardening. I just started to clean out the perennial beds and then a cold snap moved in.
- April 07, 2009 10:32 PM
- Aveen said...
Pretty beetle!
- April 08, 2009 3:31 AM
- tara said...
- April 08, 2009 6:36 AM
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DEAR SIR :--One of the things against which you grocers must contend in introducing our Harmless soap is the price.
Most people think soap is a thing they ought to buy cheap. They think low priced soaps are economical, and high priced are extravagant. Never was the truth more completely turned around. The soap that costs most by the pound costs least by the year for two reasons.
First reason : They won't use so many pounds of it.
Second reason : It won't rot clothes.
To convince customers that a high priced soap costs no more than lower priced, you may sell Harmless on a positive guarantee that one bar (8c.) will out-wash two 5c. cakes. If they say it doesn't, give them back 3c. on each bar and charge to us.
Yours truly,
C. H. Post & Co.,
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A given user can interact in multiple ways with a website. Let's simplify a bit and say say a user can:
- Post a message
- Comment a message
- "like" something on the website via Facebook
(after that we could add, following the site on twitter, buying something on the site & so on, but for readability's sake let's stick to these 3 cases)
I'm trying to find a formula that could give me a number between 0 and 100 that reflects accurately the user interaction with the given website.
It has to take the following into account:
A user with 300 posts and a one with 400 should have almost the same score, very close to the maximum
A user should see his number increase faster at the beginning. For instance a user with 1 post would have 5/100, a user with 2 would have 9/100, one with 3 would have 12/100 and so on.
Each of these interactions have a different weight because they do not imply the same level of involvement. It would go this way:
Post > Comment > Like
In the end, the repartition of data should be a bit like the following, meaning a lot of user around 0-50, and then users really interacting with the website.
This is quite specific and data-dependent, but I'm not looking for the perfect formula but more for how to approach this problem.