Some organisations give high importance to how long IT is going to take to resolve incidents, and they write this into SLAs as a key metric. Usually high priority incidents are to be resolved quickly while lower priority incidents can take progressively longer.
This is akin to firemen promising to extinguish three-alarm fires within ten minutes but a backyard grassfire may take until tomorrow. It is absurd on three levels: extinguishing the fire takes as long as it takes, bigger fires take longer, and that little yard fire won't be so small tomorrow.
Submitted by Red Pineapple on Mon, 2008-08-18 12:56.
Finding a resolution to an incident is of secondary importance. The important target is the workaround. I have often seen teams focus on finding resolutions, because that is what the contract says, and ignoring the customer, who just wants to start working again!
I really think something from ITIL like the expanded incident lifecycle is a good tool, but even that ignores the workaround?
The contentious time is the time to diagnose! That is open ended, the rest are not.
Submitted by John Worthingto... on Mon, 2008-08-18 22:03.
Time to Diagnose --- this a subject that should come up right at Service Design (but rarely does).
Forcing a dialog about Time to Diagnose will put the screws to the customer to ante up what's required to properly manage the service, and squeeze IT to think about end-to-end requirements rather than the usual silo game of "it's not me".
In the mad rush to n-tier, virtual-ized and service-oriented infrastructures we should be paying attention to how this impacts Event Management and monitoring as much as CMDBs and changes.
Time to Diagnose might help focus some attention in this area.
Submitted by Visitor (not verified) on Tue, 2008-08-19 13:01.
managers need to validate how effective the delivery of IT is and they use SLA (max time to resolve) metrics to try and achieve this.
Until thi smindset is chnaged Managed Service providers will be expected to provide services to these type of SLA's.
Submitted by Red Pineapple on Tue, 2008-08-19 18:10.
SLA is not about the metrics!
An SLA is not a stipulation of the maximum of these metrics. It is an agreement with the customer that describes and details the delivery of a service and sets expectations about the available support.
My opinion is that SLAs are usually flawed because people create them first without any supporting collateral. If a set of SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) do not exist for a service then it is a futile exercise to even attempt an SLA as you'll have no clue about the context and engagement.
Submitted by JamesFinister on Wed, 2008-08-20 15:52.
There is a distinction to be made here between the agreement of service with a customer, when the aggregated measures are important, and the statement of service made to a user, when the experience of individual events is important. I don't care that the average call answer time is well within 20 seconds when I've been hanging on the line for five minutes.
My experience is that most SLAs ARE about maximums/worst case scenarios because we fall into the trap of thinking defining the worst case influences the average service. We think that if we define a five minute answer target that there will be a standard distribution with a six sigma failure rate.
Submitted by Red Pineapple on Thu, 2008-08-21 06:45.
I agree that metrics are often useless as with taking your scenario of waiting for 5 minutes into account as an example. No metric provides the answer as to why you were waiting for five minutes and how we would solve the issue of you not having too wait that long. It does not really help to tell everyone to answer their calls faster. But, yet, that is the standard perception as the assumption is that it is because the agents are lazy and require a kick in the pants.
What if there was a technical fault with hunt group or the ticketing app had gone titsup? Metrics are an easy way to blame humans.
Submitted by Visitor (not verified) on Tue, 2008-08-19 16:23.
The problem with this traditional SLA approach is it is based on a zero-defect mindset; a philosophy based on mass-production. These SLAs are focused on resource management: production speed, efficiency and cost-cutting. E.g., Incident max-time to resolve or service desk measurements based on answering a number of calls on time. They measure outputs rather than outcomes.
Notice this reinforces the "silo mentality." Worse, these measurements are rarely within the control of the people who operate within the system. Rather than focusing on effectiveness or customer outcomes, staff are incentivised only to make sure that the work gets done within the specified time. They keep their heads down and focus on an SLA spec. While the specification may be achieved, customers are often frustrated by shoddy or incomplete work, generating further units of work - an effect known as as demand amplification.
When an organization uses resource measurements as performance indicators for staff, it creates a dynamic where ineffectiveness is institutionalized.
Submitted by nasmohamed on Mon, 2008-08-18 12:09.
The problem is with how the SLA is defined.
Businesses, Customers and IT Management mandate SLAs/targets so that expectations can be set for all stakeholders including suppliers, and I think it is a good idea.
Generally I believe that most incidents are easy to fix and targets can be achieved for these incidents.
Now when it comes to major incidents (or exceptions) finding the root-cause and a permanent solution may take many days or even weeks. But, there is always a workarounds or temporary fix that can be implemented within reasonable targets.
So, the problem is not with the SLA or the targets. Usually, the failure is because the SLAs are not defined properly with the various conditions and situations.
Submitted by Rick (not verified) on Mon, 2008-08-18 10:55.
The first thing a fire department does is evaluate the fire to determine if they need help and if they do they call in departments from other towns...its all a matter of how much coverage they need to get it under control (so it doesn't start another fire) and how much water they need to put it out.
Submitted by rskolnik on Mon, 2008-08-18 07:32.
While I see some rationale in what you say I would tend to disagree generally. Especially when there are multiple fires burning at the same time and you only have one fire squad, there has to be decision taken what to do first and what to do next. Burnt-down yard house is not the same as burnt-down factory. And about times to put the fire down - to me it is just different angle of securing availability (as a valid SLA key metric even by your standards ;-). Not entirely of course - resolving Incidents in some specified timeframes doesn't guarantee availability conformance but can help a lot (especially when there's more of those incidents than you ever expected to be).
And one more thing: being able to define and then deliver resolution of Incidents (especially those by end-users) helps to define expectations and then not breaching those expectations ("expectation management" ;-) which I believe is quite important too.
Submitted by david glasbrook (not verified) on Tue, 2008-09-16 14:26.
Does anyone have a view on the best way to include both Incident resolution and Problem resolution targets in an SLA covering application and infrastructure delivery? This is the one that I am trying to get to grips with at the moment ..
Submitted by buraddo on Thu, 2008-09-18 00:09.
- the second is linking it to availability management so that a similar escalation occurs based on the impact of the problem on availability.
A combination of the two is a possibility.
Submitted by skeptic on Tue, 2008-09-16 20:45.
Using indirect KPIs is always a dangerous distorter of behaviour. if you want the SLAs to ensure the appropriate resources are applied and to drive the size and location of teams required and the spare part/hot swap stock size and locations, then write the SLAs so they define the appropriate resources to be applied by priority of incident for that service and define the size and location of teams required and the spare part/hot swap stock size and locations by priority of service. Don't make the behavioural causal chain any longer than it need be - you'll get all sorts of unintended consequences.
Submitted by skeptic on Mon, 2008-08-18 10:37.
Both Radovan and James imply that incident resolution is a single thread. "one fire squad", "get some low impact incidents out of the way quickly so that teams can focus on the high priority incident". it isn't. even in the worst major incident, not everyone is involved, nor should they be. Some Service Desk and level 1 people will still be quietly chugging away, working on lower priority incidents.
SLAs that say "priority 1 incidents: four hours to resolve" are crap. If we can we'll resolve it in ten seconds. if we can't it may take four days to get the vendors in and rebuild the system.
Likewise SLAs that say "priority 3: three working days" are just an excuse for slacking off.
Every incident should be addressed as soon as possible and closed as soon as possible. it is how much we chuck at it that varies.
Submitted by rskolnik on Mon, 2008-08-18 12:19.
This of course applies to broad understanding of Incident as in ITIL v2 as discussed in other threads here.
And of course not all Incidents are being dealt with in single thread. But then each "fire squad" can have more than one Incident assigned and needs to prioritize.
"Every incident should be addressed as soon as possible" equals to "as good as it gets" or "best effort" regarding service quality if it is not substituted/enhanced by some other mean of representing the quality of service. Being able to (or at least attempting to) guarantee the maximal time to get the services up and running again has its value. Providing 99% availability of service is nice but adding to it that every Incident (outage) will be resolved up to _whatever_amount_of_time_units_ gives some added value. It may force the division of this 1% of unavailability to even smaller and more predictable chunks of _whatever_amount_of_time_units_. Even it is a minor detail it can help better manage the customer's expectations which is never a bad thing.
Submitted by JamesFinister on Mon, 2008-08-18 11:10.
First of all I quite agree that targets for priority 1 incidents are useless. In the case of other priorites it is useful to have some measure that cuts off the long tail.
Where I disagree is the simplistic "addrssed as soon as possible and closed as soon as possible" - I would agree if you added in "taking into account the most efficent way of reducing the overall resource requirement" or something a little more elegant. This is particularly true when considering how to feed work into an individual team, where sometimes slowing down the rate of input can benefit overall traffic flow.
Submitted by JamesFinister on Mon, 2008-08-18 09:37.
Despite some ITIL temrinology having been around for a long time there is still a tendency for many of us to think primarily about how we use them in our organisation, not in terms of best practice.
The distinction between priority and urgency was introduced to deal with this area of confusion. Priority is about what it says it is - deciding which incident/event/change/request takes priority - meaning it has first call on resources and is on managment's radar. That doesn'tt mean it gets fixed first. It might be better to get some low impact incidents out of the way quickly so that teams can focus on the high priority incidnet. Perhaps we don't decouple the terms quite as much as we should. Sometimes, and this will be common to those of us with a financial services or critical infrastructure background, you can have multiple big fires burning at the same time - all of which are major incidents but you still need to prioritise. The prioritisation might be state specific - for instance if you have major security breach it is high priority until you know you have contained the breach. There will be other work to be done, but that isn't at the head of the queue.
Personally I didslike having targets for problem resolution more than I disklike it for incident resolution.
In best practice you tend to get overlapping SLAs, and the actal targe to fix is based on a combination of, amongst other factors: impact, location, time/date/type of failure, ease of fix.
Something I dislike, thast you hint at, is an SLA that on page has a section on targets to fix individual incidents, and overall incident fix targets, and on another page has a section on availability targets that is independent of the incident targets.


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Falk (Saint)
Symbol: gold ring
Alignment: Lawful Good
Portfolio: Courage - especially moral courage, loyalty, oath keeping.
Worshipers: Humans and half-elves - mainly of noble blood- throughout the North, but especially in Lyonya. Oath takers, guardians/bodyguards, and any who opposed to or are oppressed or enslaved call upon his aid.
Priests (overview):
Knights of Falk are nobles; commoners can rise to the rank of sargeant. All priests are Knights or Sargeants; but most Knights and Sargeants are not priests. Priests must devote themselves totally to the service of Falk while non-priests take the Oaths but are free to also serve in another capacity (e.g. the King's Squires of Lyonya are Knights of Falk but not priests). Both are equally valued - non-priests extend Falk's influence and serve as an example; priests devote themselves totally to furthering Falk's goals. Priests of Falk are expected to spread the faith, serve as an example to others, are ardent opponents of slavery and oppression in any form, and are often called upon to witness and sanctify especially important and binding oaths.
Background: Falk. Founder of the Company of Falk, now revered as a saint, Falk was a nobleman or prince who bound himself to years of imprisonment and slavery to free his brothers from a wicked king. According to legend, at the end of the ordeal, when freed, he was an old man, and half-crippled, while for years his brothers had lived in comfort and made no effort to free him as he had freed them. Miraculously restored to health (though nothing could restore the lost years, it is said), Falk went on aiding the helpless and gathered around him other like-minded nobles. Eventually he disappeared in a cloud of light (it is said.) Falk is the patron of courage, but especially moral courage, steadfast loyalty, and oath-keeping. Falk's worship is centered in Lyonya, where Falk's Hall trains the Knights of Falk. All of the King's Squires are Knights of Falk. Falkians are organized into Fields led by Captains.
Alignment: Falk is lawful good. His priests and followers are expected to be lawful good.
Minimum Ability Scores: Wisdom 10, Strength 12.
HD: d10
Races Allowed: Half elves (favouring human parent) and human (favouring mixed heritage with some Old Human background).
Nonweapon Proficiencies Required: Reading/Writing.
Nonweapon Proficiencies Recommended: Law, Religion.
Duties of the Priest: Duties of the Priest: Guidance, Marriage. Missions: A priest of this god is almost always on some sort of mission, a simple one - to protect a specific person, place, or thing. The priest might have chosen his current mission, or might have been assigned to it by his priesthood. That mission might change between adventures, but
he's almost always on one. Note: Priests of this sort do not maintain temples for small communities; they spend most of their time on mission. Only when they reach eighth level do they build their own temples and send subordinate
priests out on missions.
Weapon and Armor Restrictions:
Weapons Permitted: All.
Armor Permitted: All.
All together, these constitute Very Good combat abilities.
Other Limitations:
Spheres of Influence: Major Access to All, Guardian, Necromantic, Protection.
Minor Access to Healing.
Powers: Once per day can cast "Zone of Truth" (to ensure oaths are sworn with intent to carry them out).
Followers and Strongholds: The followers are received at 8th level, and consist of three third level priests and six first-level priests of the same order, plus five third-level fighters to act as temple guards. The priest may take the following on adventures: Three priests (only one of whom may be third-level) and two fighters. The priesthood will pay for half of the cost of stronghold construction at 8th level. On the frontier or in a dangerous area, the rest of the site will be in the fashion of a castle or fortress so that it can easily repel invasion.
Symbol: A gold ring.
Notes: Falk's centre of worship is Lyonya. However, followers of Falk can be found throughout the other kingdoms south of the Honnorgut River. Knights and priests of Falk do operate within Prealith; though they have a limited presence.

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Red Squirrels: lost inhabitants of the New Forest
On September 18, 2021 September 17, 2021 By Amanda ScottIn Joan Begbie, New Forest, Wildlife
In which I learn a little of the history of Red Squirrels in the New Forest
Silhouetted against the pale sky, so that his pointed ears, blunt little face, his tiny, lithe body and cloudy tail stood out clearly, he really was an enchanting imp.
Joan Begbie, Walking in the New Forest, published 1934
I've been away staying with family this week, so haven't had the pleasure of a walk with Joan Begbie and her two dogs (Bill, a white bull terrier, and Mr Bundy, a diminutive griffon). Joan wrote about her walks in the New Forest in her 1934 book Walking in the New Forest, a delightful read, full of her entertaining observations, knowledge, and her own lovely little sketches (including that of the Red Squirrel that heads this post). I've been following in her bootsteps (and the pawprints of Bill and Mr Bundy), and writing in this blog about what she saw, and about what has changed and what remains the same in the almost a hundred years that separate our tramps through woods and across heaths.
This week, although I've not been out walking in Joan's company, I've learned something about the history of a past member of the New Forest's wildlife community of which I was completely unaware (and I should have known better).
My family live in urban south-east London in a house bordered by a stream called the River Quaggy. The Quaggy's name is probably related to quagmire, but here it is a no-nonsense, chattering brook with steep banks. It's home to Moorhens and Mallards and, in the Willows that lean over it, Wood and Feral Pigeons, Rooks, Magpies, Tits and Sparrows, and those noisy newcomers, the Ring-necked Parakeets.
The Willows are also home to Grey Squirrels, which scamper up and down the tall trunks, leaping from branch to branch and onto the fence, before sprinting in their characteristic arching leaps into the garden to dig up (or hide) seeds and nuts. Their nervy alertness, curiosity and acrobatics make them better than daytime television for entertainment, and their alarm calls join those of the Magpies in warning the smaller bird visitors of feline marauders.
A Grey Squirrel by Eyeworth Pond in the New Forest, Hampshire
Grey Squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis), like the Parakeets, are, as we all know, interlopers in the UK. They are native to North America but were introduced here in the nineteenth century, after which their population spread. There are now some 2.7 million of them. Our native, and smaller, Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) can't compete with the Greys, and populations have plummeted and become confined to the few areas spared the population expansion of the Greys; these include parts of Scotland and northern England and, closer to home, the Isle of Wight and Brownsea Island.
Watching the Quaggy Grey Squirrels this last week, and amused as my family's dog (a lovely loping rescue; part Staffie, part Boxer) barked at one up a tree, I was reminded of Joan's description of a New Forest squirrel being chased unsuccessfully by Bill.
…Bill found a squirrel in the bracken, and had a brisk sprint after it to a pine tree just inside Broomy's rails. Half-way up the trunk the entrancing little thing paused to look coolly down at his pursuer, hopelessly leaping up and down below. He stayed long enough for me to notice how perfectly his coat matched the variegated bark of the pine, and then slipped out of sight round the trunk. I knew if we waited long enough he would come out again to see what we were doing, for squirrels are as curious as monkeys, and before long he ran along a branch from which he could see us safely and easily.
The present-day New Forest is bursting with Grey Squirrels: any walk beneath the trees is full of their chattering, the scrambling noises as they cross through the undergrowth, and the patter of nuts and twigs thrown to the Forest floor. Joan doesn't say whether she is watching a Grey or a Red Squirrel, but each time I had previously read the passage quoted above, I assumed she meant a Grey. I was wrong, though, and shame on me, because only a little internet research showed me that in the 1930s – Joan's time of writing about walking in the New Forest – it would still have been the Reds that scampered from tree to tree and peered out curiously at humans and their dogs.
Red Squirrel at Alverstone Mead Nature Reserve, Isle of Wight. Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
My mistake was one of timing as I'd assumed, incorrectly, that Greys were already well-established in the UK by the early decades of the twentieth century. However, although they were introduced towards the end of the nineteenth century, they initially spread to different areas in fits and starts, aided by a continuing series of introductions to different locations (see this article about recent research by Dr Lisa Signorile and co-authors showing that the expansion of Grey Squirrel populations was due to a series of human-mediated dispersals – you can find the full research paper here). The Grey population expansion didn't really accelerate until the 1940s onwards.
So, Joan would have seen Red Squirrels in the New Forest. It was a Red Squirrel that Bill chased to the pine tree; a Red Squirrel with "pointed ears, blunt little face,…tiny, lithe body and cloudy tail…". Initially, this delighted me. But then I began to feel quite sad. Sad to think that less than a hundred years ago the New Forest was full of the scampering and squabbling of our native Reds, and sad to think that their demise is our fault. Sad, as well, that I am unable to watch them in the New Forest as I follow in Joan's bootsteps on our walks beneath the trees. I've seen Red Squirrels in Scotland, but I do regret their absence here, where I live. I didn't know they had been here so relatively recently (in ecological terms), and now I mourn them. It's perhaps too comfortable to see the New Forest as a haven for wildlife – and, in many ways, thanks to many people, it is. But it is not immune to the anthropogenic changes for the worse that we as a species have piled upon our landscapes and non-human neighbours. The loss of Red Squirrels from the New Forest is just one example – all too easy to overlook because it happened a lifetime ago, but no slighter a passing.
Red Squirrel at Forest How, Eskdale, Cumbria. Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Red Squirrels were hunted for food in the New Forest, including in the post-war rationing period, and, like the Greys today, also had to be controlled in terms of numbers to protect trees from excessive damage. You can find out more about this on Andrew Walmsley's excellent New Forest – Explorers Guide website.
It was interesting to discover that the ambivalent relationship we have with Grey Squirrels – loving their antics, but decrying the damage inflicted on trees (making them forestry foes) was the same for the Reds back when they were numerous. How times have changed for our perception of the Red Squirrel, from hated 'pest' to protected species. In the New Forest, they were hunted for eating, but also for fun. Joan refers to squoyling(sometimes also called squogging, as squog was a local name for a squirrel).
In the Forest they eat squirrels, hunting the poor little beasts from tree to tree, and when the chance offers knocking them off their perches with lead-weighted sticks called squoyles, which they throw with wonderful success.
While respectful of Forest traditions, I don't think Joan liked the idea of this so-called sport much, as she moved away from her squirrel when she heard an approaching timber cart, in order to free the squirrel from gazing at the objects of his curiosity (i.e. Joan and the dogs) and to bound off and hide.
If I'd been there, I would have done the same.
Here's a list of website and other resources I used to find out about Red and Grey Squirrels in the New Forest.
New Forest Commoner: on squirrel hunting
New Forest Explorers Guide: Red Squirrels and Grey Squirrels
Signorile, A.L., Lurz, P.W.W., Wang, J., Reuman, D.C., Carbone, C. (2016). Mixture or mosaic? Genetic patterns in UK grey squirrels support a human-mediated 'long-jump' invasion mechanism. Diversity and Distributions 22: 566–577
The Woodland Trust: Red Squirrels and Grey Squirrels
Grey SquirrelGrey Squirrel populations in UKGrey Squirrels in New ForestHampshireJoan BegbieNew ForestRed SquirrelRed Squirrels in New ForestSciurus carolinensisSciurus vulgarisSquoylingWalking in the New Forest
Bolderwood and Mark Ash Wood in the New Forest
Among spirit-song: Hazel Hill and Minstead in the New Forest
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Lucy London War Poets
Thank you Amanda. That is interesting. We have a few red squirrels in Formby. Best wishes from Lucy
On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 9:45 AM New Tales from an Old Forest wrote:
> Amanda Scott posted: " In which I learn a little of the history of Red > Squirrels in the New Forest Silhouetted against the pale sky, so that his > pointed ears, blunt little face, his tiny, lithe body and cloudy tail stood > out clearly, he really was an enchanting imp.Joan Beg" >
Amanda Scott
Hi Lucy! I'd read somewhere there are Red Squirrels in Formby – it must be lovely to have them nearby. The nearest populations to me aren't so far away, but I have to cross water to get there (Isle of Wight and Brownsea Island). It's so sad not to see them more widely.
Hilary Jean Barber
Hi from another Quaggy neighbour! Just wondering what impact the parakeets are having on our native birds – are they easing out any species like grey squirrels did?
Hi Hilary – that's a really good question! I just did a quick google search, and the RSPB website says they don't appear to yet be a problem, but it's early days, and it will need to be monitored as their numbers grow. They've been breeding in the south of the UK since late 1960s apparently, so a bit later than the grey squirrels. I suspect the parakeets might become a problem for other species in time.


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Liberty Apple Disease resistant, cold hardy apple. Resists scab, rust, mildew, fire blight. Solid red even in hot climate. Crisp, rich sprightly flavor. Fresh or cooked. Early fall harvest. Interfruitful with Red Delicious, Empire, McIntosh. 800 hours. Self-fruitful. USDA Zones 4-8.
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Chinese Apricot Cold hardy, frost hardy, sets heavy crops of small to medium size sweet fruit. Recommended for difficult climates prone to spring frosts. 700 hours. Self-fruitful. USDA Zones 4-7.
Goldcot Apricot Productive even in cold, humid climates. Medium-sized fruit with golden yellow skin and yellow-orange freestone flesh. Juicy, with tangy flavor, used fresh and for freezing and canning. Originated in Michigan, introduced in 1967. 800 hours. Self-fruitful. USDA Zones 4-8.
Harglow Apricot Late-blooming, productive tree, proven in coastal Northwestern climates. Medium size, bright orange fruit sometimes blushed red. Orange freestone flesh is firm, sweet, flavorful. Resistant to perennial canker and brown rot, resists cracking. Originated in Ontario, Canada. Introduced in 1982. 800 hours. Self-fruitful. USDA Zones 5-9.
Hunza Apricot Native to northwest Pakistan, the fruit is sweet and flavorful. Very cold hardy.
Montrose Apricot Frost-resistant late bloom; vigorous, very hardy tree, a select seedling discovered at Montrose, Colorado. Large, sweet, yellow fruit with a red blush, edible pit. Ripens mid-July. Est. chill requirement 600 hours. Self-fruitful. USDA Zones 5-9.
Puget Gold Apricot Proven producer of large, flavorful fruit in Western Washington. Recommended for other western climates where spring rains and frosts limit apricot culture. Harvest early August. 600 hours. Self-fruitful. USDA Zones 6-9.
Tilton Apricot No.1 apricot for canning, excellent fresh or dried as well. Medium to large, firm, rich flavor - one of the best. Widely adapted. Early July in Central CA. 600 hours. Self-fruitful. USDA Zones 5-9.
Wenatchee Moorpark Apricot Long time favorite in Western OR & WA. Recommended for other western climates where spring rains and frosts limit apricot culture. Flavorful fruit used fresh, dried, canned. 700 hours. Self-fruitful. USDA Zones 5-9.
Chojuro Asian Pear Russeted golden brown skin. Crisp like an apple when ripe. Harvest mid-August in Central CA. 450 hours. Pollenized by Hosui, Shinko, or other pear.
Kikusui Asian Pear Juicy, sweet, yellow-skinned fruit - crisp like an apple when ripe. Superb fresh eating, one of the best. Easy to grow. Keeps well. Mid-August in Central CA. 450 hours. Partly self-fruitful or pollenized by Ishiiwase or 20th Century.
Tsu Li (Chinese) Asian Pear Early bloom, pollenizer for Ya Li in warm winter climates. Juicy, crisp, greenish-yellow pear-shaped fruit. Vigorous tree. Harvest in September with Ya Li. 300 hours. Pollenized by Ya Li.
Multi-Bud Cherry, Black Tartarian-Bing-Lapins-Van Black Tartarian, Bing, Lapins and Van budded onto Maxma 14® (semi-dwarf) or Mazzard (standard) rootstock. Finished trees include 4n1's plus assorted 3n1's and 2n1's.
Multi-Bud Cherry-Plum, Sprite-Delight Sprite and Delight budded onto Citation rootstock.
Baby Crawford Peach The best-flavored peach, according to California Rare Fruit Growers in the Santa Clara Valley area. Small, intensely flavored yellow freestone. Golden orange skin with slight blush. Harvest late July in Central CA, about one week before Elberta. 800 hours. Self-fruitful.
Contender Peach Contender is a proven producer of high quality, all-purpose freestone peaches for cold climates. The medium to large-sized firm fruit is sweet, juicy, aromatic and very flavorful. Mostly red skin, non-browning yellow flesh. Vigorous tree, frost tolerant late-blooming buds, moderate to good resistance to bacterial spot. Harvest about three weeks after Redhaven. Introduced by North Carolina State University in 1989. Chilling requirement 1050 hours. Self-fruitful. Zones 4-9a.
Eldorado Miniature Peach Well-known Jackson & Perkins variety. Exceptionally high quality, richly flavored fruit. Yellow freestone, attractive red blushed skin. Harvest early to mid-June. 4-5 ft. tree. 400 hours or less. Self-fruitful.
Flory Miniature White Peach Small to medium size fruit; white skin blushed slightly red. Sweet, white flesh. Extremely showy large, double, bright red flowers. Harvest late July. Mature tree height 5 ft. Self-fruitful. Chill req. 500 hours or less.
Honey Babe Miniature Peach, high head Sweet, yellow freestone, rich peach flavor. Heavy bearing 5 ft. tree. Early to mid-July in Central California. Excellent choice for home orchard. 400 hours or less. Partly self-fruitful, sometimes shy-bearing without a pollenizer. (Zaiger) High head form has 18" trunk.
J.H. Hale Peach Old variety, still one of the best. Very large, firm, superb flavor. Fresh/canned. Ripe August 1st in Central CA. Excellent frost hardiness. 800 hours. Another nectarine or peach needed to pollenize.
Redhaven Peach Long one of the world's most widely planted peaches. High quality yellow freestone. Ripens early July in Central CA. Frost hardy, excellent producer. Fresh/freeze. 800 hours. Self-fruitful.
Reliance Peach Late blooming. Very cold hardy/frost hardy. Sweet, flavorful yellow freestone - best choice for climates having severe cold in winter and spring. Harvest 2-3 weeks before Elberta. Showy bloom. 1000 hours. Self-fruitful.
Comice Pear The famous gift pack pear. Sweet, aromatic, fine texture, superb flavor and quality - one of the best. Short neck, greenish-yellow skin with red blush. Late harvest. 600 hours. Self-fruitful in most climates of Western U.S. or plant with Bartlett.
D'Anjou Pear Large, short necked, firm, good quality, keeps well. Harvest September 1st, one month after Bartlett in Central CA. 800 hours. Pollenized by Bartlett.
Moonglow Pear Resistant to fire blight. Large fruit, for fresh use or canning. Productive, spur-type tree. Midseason harvest. 400-500 hours. Pollenizer required, good pollenizer for other pears.
Potomac Pear Moonglow x Buerre D'Anjou. Ripens to a light green. Flesh texture is moderately fine and buttery. Pleasingly subacid flavor with mild aroma. Tree shows more resistance to blight than Seckel. Developed by the USDA and Ohio State University.
Seckel Pear Connoisseurs' favorite. Sweet, flavorful, aromatic, spicy, perhaps the best dessert pear. Russeted brown skin. Resists fire blight. Does not cross-pollinate with Bartlett. 500 hours. Self-fruitful.
Izu Persimmon Very sweet, tasty, non-astringent fruit ripens about three weeks before Fuyu. Medium to large size, round shape. Relatively small tree, good choice for backyard persimmon. 100 hours. Self-fruitful.
Blue Damson Plum Very old variety, rugged and dependable. Small, blue-black tart plums for jams and jellies. Late blooming, cold hardy, heavy bearing. 800 hours. Self-fruitful.
Hollywood Plum Fruiting ornamental. Introduced commercially in 1936. Very delicious fruit is medium-sized and round, with blood-red flesh and skin. Ripens in late June and hangs well on the tree. Good for jelly and canning. Red-leafed tree has upright growth habit. 300-400 hours. Self-fruitful. USDA Zones 5-9.
Shiro Plum Medium size greenish-yellow fruit is juicy and moderately sweet with a pleasing mild flavor. Bears reliably in many climates, including Western Oregon and California's northern coast. Late June/early July in Central CA. 400-500 hours. Self-fruitful.
A.C. Sweet Pomegranate Developed by Arthur C. Combe of Beaver Dam, Arizona. Exterior color is red to bright pink, arils are pink to light red. Flavor is sweet and refreshing, seeds are soft and edible. Ripe fruit can hang for weeks without splitting. Very hardy plant will take temperatures to below zero. One of Utah's favored varieties. Required chill hours 100-200. Self-fruitful, best in Zones 6-10.
French Improved Prune California's commercial prune. Reddish purple skin,dark amber flesh. Very sweet, high quality fruit dessert/can/dry. 800 hours. Self-fruitful.
Stanley Prune Large, dark blue skin. Juicy, sweet, delicious, greenish-yellow meaty flesh, freestone. Late summer harvest. Late blooming, extremely cold hardy and reliable. 800 hours. Self-fruitful.
Sugar Prune Reddish purple skin, greenish yellow flesh, very sweet. Used fresh and for canning. Lower chilling requirement than other European prune/plums. 550 hours. Self-fruitful.
Olallieberry A cross between Youngberry and Loganberry, classified as a blackberry. Large, elongated fruit with unique sweet-tart flavor: a long-time California fruit stand favorite for fresh-eating, pies and jams. Vine-like (trailing) structure, requires support. Lower chilling requirement than Boysen. Takes up to two years to bear. Zones 7-9, possibly 6-10.
Prime Ark Freedom® Blackberry First thornless primocane blackberry, from U of Arkansas. Large fruit with good flavor, floricane bloom ripens early July. New canes (primocanes) begin fruiting mid-August in years when summer heat is not excessive. For home gardens and local markets; short storage life. Upright growth habit, but may require some support. USDA Zones 5-9. Pat. No. 26990.
Black Velvet Gooseberry Produces heavy crops of delicious large and sweet deep purple berries. These berries resemble blueberries when allowed to fully ripen on the vine. Very mildew and disease resistant along with being very winter hardy. Best in zones 4 - 8. Self-fruitful.
Hinnomaki Red Gooseberry Medium-sized red berry that has a slightly tangy skin and very sweet flesh. The bush has an upright growing habit and is mildew and disease resistant. More adaptable to warmer winter climates. Zone 4-9. Self-fruitful.
Pixwell Gooseberry Large, light green berries that turn pink and sweet when fully ripe. Practically thornless, this variety is relatively easy to pick. Purple fall color makes this a good choice as an edible ornamental. Mildew resistant, thriving in partial shade in hot summer areas. Adaptable to warmer winter climates. Zone 4-9. Self-fruitful.
Issai Hardy Kiwifruit Actinidia arguta 'Issai' . Fuzzless fruit: no need to peel. Smaller than the standard kiwi, often sweeter. Very high in vitamin C. Much more winter hardy than Hayward. New growth tender to frost, but plant recovers quickly. Often sets fruit the first year. 300 hours. Self-fruitful.
Dwarf Everbearing Mulberry Morus sp. 'Dwarf Everbearing' This bush form of mulberry continuously produces sweet blackberry-like fruit throughout the season. A great choice for container gardening, minor pruning will keep the plant compact. Mature height 6'-8' if grown in the ground. Widely adapted, self-fruitful.


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I had a free Sunday and wanted to do something outdoors with some friends while it was still warm. Originally we planned to go hiking, and that plan devolved into hitting up a food festival somewhere. We chose the Kyoto Kujo Negi Festival, a festival celebrating Kyoto's delicious green onions. Unbeknownst to me, there was a ramen showing as part of that festival. Need I say more?
There was a contest to see how many bowls of ramen these guys could eat in a set time.
Shops from all around Japan, all featuring Kujo negi.
When you get an opportunity like this, you don't waste it. So I hit two shops. The first was JinGu, from Tokyo, showing a gyukotsu ramen. And as if that wasn't enough, I stopped by Kisshomaru, a Kyoto shop, after for some shrimp tonkotsu ramen.
This was a beefy, garlicky gyukotsu bowl. It wasn't sweet like other gyukotsu I've had before, but it wasn't too heavy either. The noodles had a bit of the garlic flavor to them, too. The roast beef on top was something I'm not used to in ramen; but it went with the theme and tasted good.
If I've only had gyukotsu ramen a couple times before, I've never had shrimp tonkotsu before. Lemon, seaweed, chashu, greens, and a potato on top for good measure. The broth was good and very shrimpy; the added flavors of the lemon and the seaweed worked really well, too. A broth this flavorful is often better in festival-sized mini bowls than big bowls, but in that size, it was great.


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Be Cool Review
I really had my reservations about Be Cool, the sequel to the 1995 hit Get Shorty. First, I thought the humor would be muted by the fact that it is a PG-13 sequel to an R-rated movie. Second, I wondered if John Travolta would be as cool as he was in the original. Though the movie wasn't as good as the original, I was pleasantly surprised that it still managed to be entertaining.
Chili Palmer (Travolta) was a loan shark who went into the movie producing business where he worked with actors like Martin Weir (Danny DeVito) and is now a huge success. Lately though, he is finding the movie business boring, especially when they keep churning out PG-13-rated sequels to R-rated movies. He had produced the movie Get Leo, and he really didn't want to make its follow-up Get Lost. He's looking at getting into something a little different, so he meets with his friend Tommy Athens (James Woods), the owner of NTL Records, to listen to a pitch by the record label head about making a movie based on his life. When Chili excuses himself to go to the bathroom, a Russian mobster named Roman Bulkin (Alex Kubik) guns down Tommy at the café in which they were meeting. Chili sees this assassination as a way to get into music business and leave the movie business behind. He goes to the Viper Room in L.A. to check out Linda Moon (Christina Milian), a talented vocalist who is the lead singer of a trio named Chicks International who sings '70s cover songs, like The Emotions' "Best of My Love." Tommy had been interested in casting her for the female lead of the movie that he was pitching, but Chili is impressed with her singing skills and wants to manage her. There is a problem though: she's under a five-year contract to record producer Nick Carr (Harvey Keitel), the head of Carosel Entertainment (that isn't a spelling mistake) and a man that Chili knows from his loan sharking days; and manager Raji, a.k.a. Roger Lowenthal (Vince Vaughn), a white guy who thinks he's black and who works for Nick. Raji is at the Viper Room as well this evening and he acts like a pimp to Linda. She hates working for Raji and wants to take Chili's offer to manage her, especially since the fake homeboy has yet to get her a real gig or a record deal, so he tells Raji that the contract is now void and he will be managing her from now on. Raji sics his large but gay bodyguard, Elliot Wilhelm (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson), on Chili, but after he takes the big man down, he tells him that he can help him get a movie audition, since the bodyguard really wants to be an actor. After that, Chili goes to see Tommy's widow, Edie (Uma Thurman), who is co-owner of NTL and is facing some financial problems. Chili has Linda come in to record a demo for producer Hy Gordon (Paul Adelstein), and the demo impresses both Hy and Edie, but she owes $300,000 to gangsta rap mogul Sin LaSalle (Cedric the Entertainer), and if she doesn't pay, she will face his wrath. Sin is a Suge Knight caricature, but he lives in a white-collar neighborhood with his wife (Sahar Simmons) and daughter DeShawn (Jordan Moseley.) He doesn't want DeShawn to be exposed to his thug life, so he doesn't appreciate it when his wife's trigger happy cousin Dabu (André Benjamin), a member of the DubMD's, a group on Sin's label, shows up to do business, like kidnapping and killing a radio station program director (Scott Adsit) in the back of Dabu's car. When Sin shows up to NTL demanding his money, Chili tells him that he will get his money by Friday. After noticing that she has an Aerosmith logo tattooed on her back, Chili asks Edie if she knows the band. She tells Chili that she used to tour with the band before she met Tommy, but not as a groupie…she used to do their laundry. Chili and Edie meet with Steven Tyler (as himself), Aerosmith's lead singer, and they play Linda's demo for him. Steven likes the demo and agrees to have Linda do an appearance at one of Aerosmith's concerts. Meanwhile, everyone is after Chili. The Russian mafia is after Chili to finish the job. Two police detectives named Marla (Debi Mazar) and Darryl (GregAlan Williams) want to question him as to his connection to the Tommy hit and the Russian mafia's connection to Carosel. Raji is still upset over Chili stealing Linda from him, so he hires a hitman named Joe Loop (the late Robert Pastorelli in his final appearance) to take him out, which only results in Joe accidentally killing a Russian mobster named Ivan (George Fisher) who was waiting at Chili's house to execute Chili himself. Finally, Elliot breaks into Chili's house as well, but not to harm him; he wants to ask him again about that movie audition that Chili promised him. He plays his very gay and cheesy music video (that Raji had directed) for Chili on Chili's TV, and proceeds to deliver a monologue from the 2000 movie Bring It On (even though the "monologue" is delivered as a two-character piece, and both characters are female.) After giving Elliot some constructive criticism, he has Linda sing "Cryin'" at the Aerosmith concert, and she is a big hit, prompting Chili to have a music video director named Shotgun (Seth Green) direct a music video for her. It looks like Chili may finally have a hit on his hands, and therefore he can leave the movie business behind, as long as he isn't killed by the various people plotting their revenge on him.
This movie was adapted from the novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard. The novel was a follow-up to the novel Get Shorty, which, as you know, was made into the theatrical feature starring Travolta. Leonard wrote the sequel book with Travolta in mind based on his performance in the first film, and it seemed like Chili would naturally want to try other fields of work in order to keep him interested. Taking it into the world of music instead of movies would be the natural progression for a character who originally made his fortune in loan sharking, and even though it could have been a little more R-rated (after all…the music business can be just as dangerous, if not more, than the movie business), it was still enjoyable. F. Gary Gray took over the reins of the first movie's director, Barry Sonnenfeld, and he managed to do a decent job, if not as spectacular as Sonnenfeld's work. The movie wasn't as good as Gray's movies The Italian Job (2003), Set It Off (1996), or Friday (1995), but it was better than A Man Apart (2003) or The Negotiator (1998.) Screenwriter Peter Steinfeld took over for the first movie's screenwriter, Scott Frank, and managed to write a script that made fun of its own image. Aside from the whole in-joke about tiring of sequels, Chili mentions that a PG-13 movie is only allowed to say the "F" word once, and then he proceeds to say the word in its one and only appearance. Later, when Steven Tyler mentions that he shouldn't be appearing as himself in movies at his age, it is hilarious. I will mention that such in-jokes might not make the movie overall achieve classic status, but they are funny anyway.
If the in-jokes don't make the movie a classic, some of the performances might help it come close. Two standout performances steal the show here. I've already seen The Rock's comic timing in his other theatrical releases and in his two hosting duties on NBC's "Saturday Night Live," but this is his first movie where he used comedy more than action in his performance. I can't wait to see him headline a regular comedy, because he is more than ready. Though he does the now famous eyebrow raise that he is famous for, he mocks it at the same time. Benjamin, a.k.a. André 3000 from the rap group OutKast, is memorable as the thug who just can't wait to shoot somebody. He isn't in the movie too long (with such a large cast, no one has too much screen time, other than Travolta and Thurman), but when he is, he is very funny.
Some other performances went from just okay to slightly annoying. I love Travolta as Chili, but he didn't have quite the same magical chemistry with Thurman as he had with her in 1994's Pulp Fiction. The dance scene in the Viper Room was gratuitous and only put there to cash in on Fiction's classic dance scene between the two. I love Vaughn whenever he plays the "annoying" character, like the characters he played in 1996's Swingers and 2001's Made, but in this movie he comes off as actually annoying, and his Vanilla Ice act wears thin after a while. The rest of the cast didn't have enough screen time to be memorable, including the barely there cameo from DeVito (with his date, Anna Nicole Smith, in one scene), who had been a highlight of the first movie.
I thought that Be Cool was surprisingly better than I had originally feared it would be. Despite the PG-13 rating, the coolness of Travolta, combined with the great performances of The Rock and Benjamin, elevated it to what could have been a crappy sequel. I'm wondering if Chili will now go into the world of television and become a TV executive…since he's conquered everything else!
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ployed in disseminating the Scriptures. and, in the ardour of his devotion to the He who can believe this, can believe any cause, he sacrificed to it every prospect absurdity, however gross. Is it probable, of professional promotion and beneficial is it conceivable, that infidels could be employment, which talents like his might exerting themselves in promoting the cir- be expected to command. He sacrificed culation of the Gospel of Christ ? Oh, (as I have heard, and believe) an income no! the infidels of Europe are too wise in of £1200. a-year to the cause of the their generation; the kingdom of Satan Society--to say nothing of his prospects is not so divided against itself. The in- of rising in the Church ; and, during the fidels of Europe do not sow the pure seed whole of his life, refused to accept any of the Gospel to produce the fruit of their salary from the Society. What was the own poisonous tares.
result ? Having worn out a healthy con." It is wonderful that any men, still stitution in its service, and dying in the more that men of learning and understand. prime of life, a victim to his labours, he ing, should suffer themselves to be imposed would have left his family in a state of upon by trash like this! But let us con- absolute penury, if they had not been sider the injury it does. These Edinburgh rescued from distress by the kindness, statements, and such as these, are tri. and, I may say, the gratitude, of some umphantly copied, and commented upon, of the more affluent members of our body! in the Roman Catholic publications, of Could it be expected that another Secrewhich I have one in my hand.* And here tary would undertake the service on such they are in their place; because the Pope terms ? Would it have been just or reahas said that the Bible Society ought no sonable to permit him to do so ? Surely longer to be suffered to exist. But let not! . It was accordingly decided by the those who sanction them reflect on the Committee, and unanimously approved by evil they occasion: let them reflect, a general meeting, that a salary of £300. that they are making themselves the tools per annum should be given to the new of jesuitical artifices, and instruments of Secretary, the Rev. Mr. Brandram ; and carrying into execution the Bull of the that the other two Secretaries, who for Pope for the suppression of the circulation nineteen years together had performed of the Scriptures.
their laborious duties without any remu" Let me now say a few words respect- neration, should be requested to accept ing the misapplication of the funds of the of the same summa sum, which I think Society: and, in the first place, with re no one will call too great, and which spect to the payment of the Secreta
indeed must be considered an inadequate And for once I feel some consolation for compensation for the talents required and the absence of all those gentlemen, in the the sacrifices occasioned by such a situaliberty which it gives me to speak with tion. greater freedom of their situation and " With respect to the sums allowed to characters.
the foreign agents, (of whom, I know only " The first Secretaries of the Society four,) it could hardly be expected, that, in were, the Rev. John Owen, a man whom addition to the same sacrifices of time, and it is impossible to mention without senti. labour, and emolument, which are required ments of admiration and regret; the Rev. of those who occupy themselves in the Joseph Hughes, a minister of the Baptist cause of the Society at home, they should denomination, and perhaps the earliest also expose themselves without remuneproposer of the formation of such a So- ration to the inconveniences, and, in many ciety; and the Rev. Dr. Steinkopff, mini- cases, the hardships and dangers of foreign ster of the German Lutheran Church, a residences, and of continued banishment man whose primitive and simple piety, and from their country, their families, and overflowing benevolence, render him the friends. delight of all who know him. These per. " Every one, alive to the cause of the sons were chosen in accordance with the Bible Society, must be acquainted with rules of the Institution, that all deno- the name of Dr. Pinkerton, a most imminations of Christians should be invited portant and efficient agent of the Society, to co-operate in the work, and that it who has several times not only visited should extend its operations abroad as almost the whole continent of Europe, well as at home. At the commencement with no small danger to his life and injury of the Society, their labours were not to his health, but who has had the principal considerable ; but from year to year they share in founding several of the most im. increased in a most astonishing manner, portant Societies in Europe, and who, in till at last they called for nearly the whole particular, rendered material assistance in , of the time and talents of the Secretaries, forming the Russian Bible Society--an and left them little opportunity of attend. Institution which has promoted the ciring to any other pursuit. On Mr. Owen culation of the Scriptures in above thirty especially they fell with particular weight; languages spoken in that vast empire, and
has printed above 500,000 copies of them * Vide Catholic Miscellany. in whole or in part. To Dr. Pinkerton
the Society bas allowed £400. per annum. been considered as a part of the expenses
- The next I shall mention is Mr. incurred by the Society for circulating the Leeves, a Clergyman of the Church of Scriptures in Germany. England, who resides, as the Society's " As to the expenses incurred in the agent, at Constantinople, and has a Society's establishment in Earl Street, I most delicate, critical, and dangerous post; shall say very little. Every one must un. where he continues to promote the trans- derstand, that considerable expenses attend lation and circulation of the Word of Life the care and superintendence, the receipt in a country of the most absolute despo- and distribution of so large a stock, and tism. For such a service no one can say such extensive concerns; and that the tbat £300. per annum is too large an al. persons employed, both in the direction lowance. His situation requires the greatest and management, and in the mere mechadiscretion and prudence; and I have heard nical and laborious part of the business, the British Ambassador, Lord Strangford, must receive allowances suited to their express the highest opinion of his upright respective stations; and I believe that and amiable conduct. -The like allowance Mr. Tarn, the Accountant and Assistant of £300. per annum has been made to Mr. Secretary, the Depositary, the Clerks, Barker, the brother of the British Consul, and other persons employed, receive remu. late at Aleppo, now at Alexandria ; and nerations wbich would be thought very who, in addition to the dangers of the moderate if they were engaged in situaplague and the othe: hazards attending a tions requiring similar talents and equal residence in that unbappy country, nar- labour in any other great company or esrowly escaped being a victim to the terrible tablishment. If the Society's concerns earthquake which desolated the city of were not carried on in this manner, under Aleppo.
the immediate direction of its own officers, "The only remaining foreign agent is Mr. a commission must be paid to a bookseller Matthews, who has recently embarked for for transacting the same business ; while a South America; having engaged in the house must still be kept for the meetings service of tlie Society for the term of of the Committee and the correspondence three years, to conduct and promote the of the Society; and I believe it will be circulation of the Scriptures in that ex. found that the present management is, at tensive and interesting part of the globe, the same time, more efficient and more at a salary of £200. per annum, together economical than such an arrangement. with necessary expenses.
Imperfect as I am sensible this hasty "MrThomson, who, for the purpose of sketch has been, I will not detain you by promoting the establishment of schools, entering into further particulars ; begging and the distribution of the Scriptures, has that you will bear in your recollection twice traversed nenrly the whole interior of the statements of my Honourable and South America, has accepted a gratuity of Rev. Friend ; and trusting that the charges £200., which was voted him for his ser- which have been brought against the Sovices during three years, including the ciety, instead of injuring its cause, will superintendence of a translation into the only stimulate all, who feel as I do, to relanguage of Peru, as well as a service of double our exertions in this great pursuit, extreme labour and great personal hazard, and to act with a spirit of liberality in the in travelling through countries in an un consideration of those errors (if such they settled state of society and government, think they see) which may have occurred and among some of the wildest and most in the complicated transactions of twentytremendous mountains in the world. . two years, in so many novel and difficult
" The Rev. Mr. Armstrong was sent circumstances ; for where is the Society, out also as an agent to the Society in South or where is the individual, who must not, America ; but having, on his arrival at in the course of such a period, have fallen Buenos Ayres, been appointed Chaplain to into many ? Above all, may we pray to the British residents in that State, he will God for his blessing—not forgetting, in be enabled to render most important ser our supplications tɔ the throne of grace, vice to the Society, without any expense our Christian brethren who differ from, and for salary.
even those who defame us. May we all unite " I must mention one person more, who our exertions for the glory of God on has been considered as an agent to the So carth! and may they, as well as we, be ciety, though he is not properly so I mean found partakers of the merits of our Sathe pious and venerable Leander Van Ess; viour in the realms of bliss !". a man to whom the knowledge of the Scriptures on the Continent of Europe is, per
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. haps more indebted than to any other indi. At a General Meeting of the Proprietors vidual, excepting Luther only. To this of the University of London, held at the man, by whose personal labours no less Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the Strand, than 500,000 copies of the Scriptures have on Monday, the 30th of October, 1826, been distributed, £300. a year has for the Right Hon. Lord Auckland in the some time been allowed; which has always chair, the following Report was read o
the present state of affairs of the Insti- exercise of the powers confided to them ; tution.
but the only material step taken by them " First Report of the Council to the General has been a selection from among the seMeeting of Proprietors.
veral plans submitted to them, of that " The Council, constituted by the Deed designed by Mr. Wilkins, a selection in of Settlement, bearing date the 11th day which their own judgment coincided with of February last, bave proceeded, inces that of almost every proprietor who insantly, in promoting the great object en: spected the drawings; and the Council trusted to their care, and have convened are enabled to state, that the work, in its this First General Meeting of the Pro- execution, will have the benefit of Mr. prietary, according to the provisions of Gandy's superintendence in conjunction that Deed, for the purpose of submitting with Mr. Wilkins. to them the present state of the Funds of " The wish of the Council will appear the Institution, the proceedings hitherto to have been rather to select a great detaken by the Council, and the further sign suited to the wants, the wealth, and measures they would recommend to the the magnitude of the population, for proprietors for their sanction, with a view whom the Institution is intended, than to the gradual completion of the pro- one commensurate with its present means; posed Establishment.
but, as they were determined to take no " To this Report is subjoined, the half step in this important part of their trust yearly balance-sheet, showing the several without first ascertaining and limiting the sums received and paid on account of the utmost extent of expense to which any Institution, up to the Ilth of August last, engagement might lead them, they adveras checked and verified by the Auditors. tised for tenders by public competition
- Subscriptions have been since re- for the execution of the works. The ceived, whereby the number of shares on lowest offer was made by Messrs. Lee, which deposits have been paid has been who engaged to complete the buildings increased to 1,157 ; in addition to which, for the sum of £107,000, exclusive of upwards of 143 shares have been subscribed stone ornaments to the amount of about by individuals of the greatest respecta- £3000. . bility, on which, owing to various causes, " This sum exceeds, by £20,000, the the payment of the deposit has been de estimate made by Mr. Wilkins, who, in layed, but may be considered perfectly explanation, has stated that his specificasecure; the total amount of shares thus tion in the quality and amount of the actually subscribed, may be stated as materials, goes far beyond the usual course amounting to 1,300.
of building ; his main object having been " The Council were desirous of ob- to give durability and beauty to a building, taining further subscriptions to the ex- which would find but few in this country tent of 1,500, constituting the sum of to vie with it. £150,000, the smallest amount of capital " In the present state of the subscripprescribed by the Deed, but obstacles tion, and with the design of the building, presented themselves, arising noi less so far matured, the Council consider themfrom the actual pecuniary difficulties selves fully justified in assuming, that, which many laboured under, who would after making a more than adequate allow. otherwise have zealously supported the ance for any probable defalcation, a clear cause, than from the general prevalence sum of £100,000. will still remain avail. of that distrust which the failure of so able for the immediate objects of the many speculative undertakings had in- Institution; and after minute consideraduced. In these circumstances, the pro- tion of the circumstances, they feel asgress of the Institution must have been sured, that, with that sum at their dissuspended until the restoration of con posal, a portion of the building may be fidence, so for a time disturbed, had the forthwith erected, adequate to the accomCouncil not been encouraged and sup- modation of the Medical School, and of ported by the voluntary aid of several all the classes composing the more essenindividuals, who took upon themselves to tial parts of a good education, a sufficient subscribe the deficient 200 shares, for surplus being left for the purchase of a which they have consented to become library and museum, and as much as may responsible in all respects, subject only be absolutely requisite for salaries to Proto the sanction of the proprietors to a fessors. A portion of the building, comdeclaration that the capital of the Insti- prising the library, two museums, four tution shall be considered as limited to great theatres of instruction, and about the sum of £150,000, until such 200 twenty-six other rooms, and affording supplemental shares shall be replaced by ample accommodation for the objects subscriptions to that amount.
immediately proposed, will require an " The capital required having been out-lay, includiug fittings, of about thus provided for, (exclusively of £655 £50,000.; to which, adding £10,000. contributed by way of donation,) the for the library and museum, and a like Council were enabled to proceed in the sum to meet contingencies, salaries, and other incidental expenses, the whole will of becoming one of the first donors to the amount to £70,000., which, with the library. £30,000. paid for the land, make up the Signed, by Order of the Council, sum of £100,000.
" Thomas Coates, Clerk." " To that extent, for the present, the It was then resolved :Council would bound their views, not " That the Report of the Council, doubting for a moment, that, as the now read, be received, confirmed, and building proceeds, and the merits of the
entered on the minutes of the meeting. undertaking are gradually developed, it " That the meeting doth bereby recog. will obtain such additional encouragement nize and sanction the accession of 200 and support, by an increase of subscrip- supplemental shares, subscribed for the tions to the extent of £300,000., the completion of the capital of £150,000; maximum of capital contemplated by the such shares to be replaced by the direct deed of settlement, as will, at no distant subscriptions that may from time to time day, amply provide for the completion of be received. the buildings, and for the full establish " That, until such shares be replaced, ment of the Institution, on as liberal a the capital of the Institution be limited to scale as its most sanguine friends can $150.000. desire.
6. That the Council be bereby authorised - The Council, therefore, propose that and requested to proceed in causing the the contracts for the building be entered
ground to be excavated for the foundation into in such subdivisions of it as shall, of the intended buildings, and in confrom time to time, be required; and be
tracting for the gradual erection of them so framed, as to admit of the completing in the manner sugrested by the Report. or abandoning any such subdivisions upon " Tbat the Report of ihe Council be due notice, at the will of the Council, printed, and a copy thereof transmitted to strictly adhering, as they pledge them each proprietor ; and that the proceedings selves to do, to the provisions of the deed of this meeting be duly advertised. of settlement, and to the fixed principle
" That the thanks of the meeting be they have established, on no account, and given to the Council for their judicious in no circumstances, to incur a liability and unwearied labours in forwarding the beyond the amount of the resources under great objects of the Institution. . their controul. In the mean time, and as "That the thanks of this meeting are the only measure which consists with the particularly due, and are hereby given to season, they are desirous of commencing William Tooke, Esq., for the able and operations by causing the foundations to zealous aid he has afforded the Council by be excavated, which will be done under a his gratuitous professional exertions. distinct contract, and at a cost not ex « That the thanks of the meeting be ceeding £1000.
given to the Rev. Dr. Cox, for his co-ope• The Council having given in their ration with the Council. prospectus, a general view of the ends "That the tbanks of the meeting be proposed to be attained, are unable, at given to the noble Chairman, for his kind this early period, to enter into any further assistance this day, and for his constant detail; more specific regulations and are efforts on behalf of the Institution." rangements must form subject for future
Office of the University, 7, Furnival's Inn. consideration, as exigences arise, and experience is obtained. All they can now ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATE do is to submit to the proprietors the ex
FUND. pediency of sanctioning the Council in The third Anniversary of this imporimmediately commencing the excavation tant and benevolent Institution, formed of the ground, and proceeding to the for assisting Protestant Dissenting Congradual erection of the buildings in por. gregations in supporting their ministers, tions under separate contracts, as already was held in Barbican Chapel, on Tuesday suggested; for the accomplishment of evening, the 31st October, when a most which, further instalments of £10. per appropriate and impressive discourse was cent. on the subscriptions, at intervals of delivered by the Rev. Joseph Fletcher, six months, will, it is believed, prove ade. who kindly undertook to advocate the in. quate.
terests of this excellent Society. After * Three months may probably elapse be the sermon, an abstract of the proceedings fore these preparations can be completed; of the Society was read, which detailed after which the Council propose an Ad many affecting cases of privation endured dress to His Royal Highness the Duke of by active, holy, zealous ministers of the Sussex, requesting him to lay the first gospel. Several powerful appeals were stone of the building, His Royal Highness then made on behalf of the objects of this having been pleased to add his name to the Institution, by the ministers and Jaymen list of proprietors, at the same time ex- who severally moved and seconded the pressing much interest in the success of the resolutions, which were adopted, and as Institution, and announcing his intention we understand the Report is to be printed
and published, we earnestly recommend whose ministry they are likely, with the the attention of ministers and their con- divine blessing, to enjoy steady and progregations to this particular object of gressive prosperity. And I may be allowed Christian beneficence, and to those affec- to add, I am glad that our brother and this ting detalls which the proceedings of the church have set the example to the county, Committee have developed, as a powerful of snch a recognition service. It has been stimulus to their liberal countenance and too long the practice for ministers, resupport of this labour of love.
moving to new charges, to settle down in
their new spheres without any such service, ORDINATIONS.
a practice which, I hope, will henceforth On Wednesday, Oct. 4, the pastoral re- be corrected." lation of Dr. Harris to the church at On Thursday, Nov. 9, Rev. George Stoke Newington was publicly recognized. Rose was ordained as pastor of the Church Prayer and reading the Scriptures, Rev. at Jamaica Row, Bermondsey, late under J. Campbell ; introductory discourse and the care of that venerable servant of questions, Rev. H. F. Burder; prayer, Christ, Rev. John Townsend. The serRev. T. Lewis ; charge to the pastor and vices of the day were commenced with church, Dr. J. P. Smith ; concluding reading and prayer, by Rev. H. B. Jeula, prayer, Rev. R. Phillips; psalms and of Greenwich; Rev. H. F. Burder, A.M. hymns given out by Rev. H. Evison. delivered the introductory discourse;
On Thursday, Oct. 19, the Rev R Rev. John Arundel asked the usual quesSlate, late of Stand, near Manchester, tions: Rev. Joseph Fletcher, A.M. offered was publicly recognized as the pastor of the ordination prayer; Rev. Dr. Collyer the church and congregation assembling in gave the charge from 2 Tim. ii. 15; Rev. Grimshaw Street, Preston. In the morn- George Clayton preached to the people ing, the Rev. D. T. Carnson, of Cannon from Deut. i. 38 ; and Rev. John Morison Street Chapel, introduced the service by concluded. As such a service had not reading suitable portions of the Scrip- been witnessed in the chapel for 42 years, tures and engaging in prayer. The Rev. the interest excited was so great, that a John Ely, of Rochdale, delivered a very crowded congregation assembled, and interesting discourse on the nature and go-. numbers were obliged to return, unable vernment of a Christian church. After to obtain admittance; and although about wards one of the deacons gave an account five hours were occupied in the interesting of the circumstances which led to the in- solemnities, pone appeared to be fatigued vitation of the Rev. R. Slate, which was by the length of time during which their then publicly recognized by the members attention had been engaged. . of the church; and Mr. Slate publicly Thursday, Nov. 9, 1826, the Rev. John signified his acceptance of the call. The Greig, A. M., late student at the TheoloRev. George Payne, M. A. Theological gical Academy, Glasgow, was publicly Tutor of Blackburn Academy, implored set apart by the laying on of hands, to the divine blessing on the pastor and the pastoral office over the church and people; and the Rev. William Roby, of congregation assembling for divine worManchester, gave some important advice ship, at Mount Zion Chapel, Harper's to the minister from 1 Tim. iv. 13; the Hill, Birmingham ; the Rev. J. Sibree, Rev. Mr. Hodson, of Lady Hunting- of Vicar Lane Meeting, Coventry, comdon's connexion, offered up the con- menced the services with reading the cluding prayer, and the Rev. Mr. Holmes, Scriptures and prayer; the Rev. John (Baptist,) gave out the hymns. In the Hudson, of Westbromwich, delivered the evening, a numerous congregation assem- introductory discourse, asked the usual bled to hear the Rev. Dr. Raffles, of questions, and received the confession of Liverpool, address the people, on the duties faith; the Rev. J. Cooper, of Westthey owe to their minister, from 1 Cor. bromwich, offered up the ordination iv. 1. The Rev. D. Edwards, of Elswick,
prayer; the Rev. G, Greig, of London, J. Deakin, of Chorley, and J. Speakman, delivered to his son a judicious and imof Tockholes, conducted the devotional pressive charge, from 1 Tim. iv. 16; the parts of the evening service.
Rev. J. Roaf, of Wolverhampton, conMr. Ely concluded his discourse in the cluded the morning services with prayer; following language :-"We proceed now the hymns were given out by the Rev. to the solemn recognition for which we Mr. Evans, of Hales Owen. The evening are convened together. It is with no services were commenced with reading and dubious feelings of the propriety of our prayer, by the Rev. J. Griffiths, of Bir
her's removal, or the suitableness of mingham; the Rev. J. Jerrard, of West the new relation into which he has en Orchard, Coventry, addressed the people, tered, that we proceed to this solemn act from Deut. iii. 28. « Encourage him, of recognition. We congratulate our and strengthen him." The Rev. J. Poole, brother on his introduction to a sphere in of Birmingham, closed with prayer. which we doubt not his usefulness will be Many were the prayers, and most fervent continually extending. We congratulate were the wishes, of the friends of relithis church on obtaining a pastor, under gion, that the future labours of this young


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> The missing awesome list - collection of awesome IoT and Hybrid Apps frameworks, tools, resources, videos and shiny things.

- [IoT](#iot)
	- [OS](#os)
	- [Frameworks/Tools](#frameworks-tools)
	- [Resources/websites/projects](#resources-websites-projects)
- [Hybrid Desktop](#hybrid-desktop)
- [Hybrid mobile](#hybrid-mobile)
	- [Tools/Plugins](#tools-plugins)
- [Miscellaneous](#miscellaneous)

## IoT
- [Tessel](https://tessel.io/)
- [Arduino](http://www.arduino.cc/)
- [BeagleBoard](http://beagleboard.org/bone)
- [Hue](http://www.developers.meethue.com/)
- [Raspberry Pi](https://www.raspberrypi.org/)
- [C.H.I.P](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598272670/chip-the-worlds-first-9-computer)
- [Onion Omega](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/onion/onion-omega-invention-platform-for-the-internet-of/video_share)
- [Intel Galileo](http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/do-it-yourself/galileo-maker-quark-board.html)
- [Particle](https://www.particle.io/)

#### OS
- [Riot OS](http://www.riot-os.org/)
- [Node OS](https://node-os.com/)
- [Contiki OS](http://www.contiki-os.org/)
- [Raspbian](http://raspbian.org/)
- [Project Brillo](https://developers.google.com/brillo/)

#### Frameworks-Tools
- [CylonJS](http://cylonjs.com/)
- [Node Red](http://nodered.org/)
- [IoT Eclipse](http://iot.eclipse.org)
- [Gladys Project](http://gladysproject.com)
- [Lelylan](https://github.com/lelylan/lelylan)

#### Resources-websites-projects
- [Hackday](https://hackaday.io/projects)
- [Instructables - tech](http://www.instructables.com/tag/type-id/category-technology/)
- [Hackster](http://www.hackster.io/)

## Hybrid Desktop

- [nw.js](https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js)
- [Electron](https://github.com/atom/electron)
- [Chromium Embedded Framework](https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef)
- [AppJS](http://appjs.com/)
- [MAcGap](https://github.com/MacGapProject)
- [TideSDK](http://www.tidesdk.org/)

## Hybrid Mobile

- [React-Native](http://facebook.github.io/react-native/)
- [NativeScript](https://www.nativescript.org/)
- [PhoneGap](http://phonegap.com/)
- [Corona](http://coronalabs.com/)
- [Ionic](http://ionicframework.com/)
- [Appcelerator](http://www.appcelerator.com/)
- [Intel XDK](https://software.intel.com/en-us/html5/tools)
- [Trigger.io](https://trigger.io/)
- [Crosswalk](https://crosswalk-project.org/)
- [Telerik Platform](http://www.telerik.com/platform)
- [Meteor](https://www.meteor.com/)
- [Tabris.js](https://tabrisjs.com/)

#### Tools-Plugins

- [Cordova / Phonegap iBeacon plugin](https://github.com/petermetz/cordova-plugin-ibeacon)

## Miscellaneous

- [Firefox OS](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/os/)
- [Leap Motion](https://www.leapmotion.com/)

## Contributing

1. Fork it!
2. Create your branch: `git checkout -b my-new-branch`
3. Commit your changes: `git commit -am 'fix stuff'`
4. Push to the branch: `git push origin my-new-branch`
5. Submit a pull request

## License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014 Michael Lancaster

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.