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Q: PostgreSQL: result of range difference would not be contiguous How to substract a smaller subrange from a bigger range?
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    567

Result:
1234   89

SQL:
select '[1,9]'::int4range - '[5,7]'::int4range;
ERROR:  result of range difference would not be contiguous

The result does not fit into a int4range since it is not contiguous.
How to get the result as a set of int4ranges?

A: You could define your own functions range_add/range_sub (intersection doesn't need special handling):
select range_add('[1,5)'::int4range, '[8,10)'::int4range);
     range_add
--------------------
 {"[1,5)","[8,10)"}

select range_sub('[1,10)'::int4range, '[5,8)'::int4range);
     range_sub
--------------------
 {"[1,5)","[8,10)"}

You could define them like this:
create or replace function range_add(int4range, int4range) returns int4range[] as
$$
    select
        case
            when $1 && $2
            then array[$1 + $2]
            else array[$1, $2]
        end
$$
language SQL;

create or replace function range_sub(int4range, int4range) returns int4range[] as
$$
    select
        case
            when $1 @> $2 and not isempty($2) and lower($1) <> lower($2) and upper($2) <> upper($1)
            then array[int4range(lower($1), lower($2), '[)'), int4range(upper($2), upper($1), '[)')]
            else array[$1 - $2]
        end
$$
language SQL;

Unfortunately, PostgreSQL is missing native support for this set-based behavior.

A: A solution could be something like
CREATE TABLE test_ranges (
    big_range int4range,
    small_range int4range,
    test_case text
);

INSERT INTO test_ranges
VALUES
  ('[1,9]'::int4range, '[5,7]'::int4range, 'smaller range splits bigger into two'),
  ('[1,9]'::int4range, '[1,9]'::int4range, 'smaller is the same as bigger'),
  ('[1,9]'::int4range, '[0,9]'::int4range, 'smaller is bigger'),
  ('[1,9]'::int4range, '[1,4]'::int4range, 'smaller removes the left part of bigger (same effect expected on the right side)'),
  ('[1,9]'::int4range, 'empty'::int4range, 'smaller is empty'),
  ('empty'::int4range, '[5,7]'::int4range, 'bigger is empty');

/* please note that you have to reorganize the query a bit
   in order to get the 'halves' as a set */

SELECT
    CASE WHEN isempty(small_range)
         THEN big_range
         ELSE big_range - int4range(lower(small_range), upper(big_range))
    END AS first_half,
    big_range - int4range(lower(big_range), upper(small_range)) AS second_half,
    test_case
FROM test_ranges;

Note that
test=# SELECT '[1,5)'::int4range = '[1,4]'::int4range;
 ?column?
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There is a small SQLFiddle to show this at work.  Thanks to ypercube to bring my attention to one corner case that the original query did not cover.

A: Sven's answer above is very helpful, but I just want to add one edge case to make it more complete:

In range_add, the when expression should add a check for adjacent but not intersecting ranges with the -|- operator. So the corrected code for that line would be:

when $1 && $2 or $1 -|- $2


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Behind the Headlines Simmering Conflict Between Israelis and U.S. Jews over the Pollard Case
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Shlomo Avineri, a distinguished Israeli scholar and academician, has triggered an angry controversy over his charge that American Jewish leaders exhibited a "galut" mentality in their reaction to the case of Jonathan Pollard, an American Jew sentenced to life imprisonment for spying for Israel.
He accused them of "cringing" for fear of charges of dual loyalty, thereby belying "the conventional wisdom of American Jewry feeling free, secure and unmolested in an open pluralistic society."
Avineri, a Hebrew University professor, historian of Zionism and a world-renowned authority on Marx and Hegel, made his charge in an "open letter to an American friend" which appeared in The Jerusalem Post a week ago.
Theodore Mann, president of the American Jewish Congress, in a letter of reply to Avineri, declared that the Jewish reaction in the U.S. "emanates from anger at Israelis, and not from fear for their own security."
". . . That Israelis, believing that American Jews are vulnerable to the 'dual loyalty' charge, should nevertheless have proceeded to recruit an American Jew as a spy, and that no one was punished for this (quite the contrary), shows a disdain for American Jewry by Israeli leadership that is profoundly insulting, "Mann wrote.
CLAIMS U.S. JEWS ARE 'CRINGING'
Avineri, a former Director General of the Foreign Ministry whose name has surfaced as a possible candidate to be Israel's next Ambassador to the U.S., observed that subjectively at least, American Jews were very much in galut.
". . . In the Pollard case . . . a degree of nervousness, insecurity and even cringing" is surfacing, Avineri charged. "Let me not mince words: Some of the responses of American Jewish leaders after Pollard's sentencing remind me of the way in which Jewish leaders in Egypt under (Gamal Abdel) Nasser and in Iran under (Ayatollah Ruhollah) Khomeini ran for cover when members of their respective Jewish communities were caught spying for Israel.
". . . American Jewry has prided itself on being a free community of proud Jews living in an open society in which being Jewish was considered as American as apple pie. How many times have American leaders told me that American is not another exile, that you do not live in the galut. . .?
"And what do we see now? A person who happens to be Jewish (isn't that your favorite phrase) is caught spying for Israel. You would expect that in a free and open society no guilt by association would be presumed, and that nobody, except Pollard himself, should be held responsible," Avineri wrote.
"Instead, we see some senior American Jewish leaders falling all over each other in condemning Pollard and distancing themselves–and the Jewish community — from him. When did American Jewish leaders last pontificate on matters of criminal justice? . . . I am reminded of some Jewish reactions in France to the Dreyfus affair: He is guilty. We are not. We are good French patriots. . ."
ISSUE OF DUAL LOYALTY
Avineri asked, "Why do American Jews qua Jews have to feel the need to distance themselves from Pollard? Shouldn't they be saying that the fact that one American Jewish person is convicted of spying for Israel (or for that matter, for the Soviet Union) is no skin off their nose — and that's that?"
Avineri said he "hears American Jews talking about being accused of dual loyalty. And who among non-Jews has accused you of that? Only Jewish people have used the phrase in the context of the Pollard affair — because you, not the non-Jews, somehow feel deep in your hearts that despite all of your material success and intellectual achievements, you may not be seen by non-Jews as being truly Americans."
Avineri noted that "Zionism grew out of the cruel realization that for all their achievements and successes, when the chips are down, Jews in the diaspora become more vulnerable and defenseless, are seen as aliens — and will see themselves as such. You (American Jews) always told us that American was different. Of course it is.
"But . . . you are afraid that Jews will not be able to get responsible positions in your bureaucracy, that Jewish employes in the defense and intelligence branches will be under some sort of handicap, that Jews will be denied access to sensitive positions. One Jewish spy — and look how deep you find yourself in galut."
Avineri stressed that he was not condoning what Israel did in the Pollard affair. "What we did was unforgivable — not because of its impact on American Jews, but because of the impact on Israel-U.S. relations. . . "
He added, "The test of really belonging . . . is when the going gets tough . . . Your leaders reacted like trembling Israelites in the shtetl, not like the proud and mighty citizens of a free democratic society. . ."
AVINERI'S ANALYSIS 'IS A DIVERSION'
Mann, in his reply, conceded "that 200 years of freedom do not erase a mentality 2,000 years in the making . . . But Avineri's analysis is a diversion, having little to do with American Jewish reaction to the Pollard affair. That reaction emanates from anger at Israelis . . . Whether American Jews believe that 'when the chips are down' they will be seen as alien is doubtful. Most I suggest do not . . . I can recall no previous incident in the history of Israeli-diaspora relations that has been the cause of so much anger and disappointment among American Jews."
Mann concluded: "That Israel spied on the United States is a serious breach in the relationship between those two nations. That Israel recruited an American spy who was Jewish, is a serious breach in the relationship between our two Jewish communities . . . That Shlomo Avineri should see in this the vulnerability of American Jews rather than the Israeli disdain for American Jewry that it so obviously was, evidences a widening gap in understanding between our two communities that bodes ill for both."
SERIES OF MEETINGS PLANNED ON POLLARD CASE
Meanwhile, a 65-member delegation of the Conference of Presidents of American Jewish Organizations will begin a five-day series of meetings with top Israeli leaders this Tuesday to discuss U.S.-Israel relations in light of the Pollard affair and the Iran arms scandal. The delegation will be headed by Morris Abram, Conference chairman.
Abram said they would exchange views with and be briefed by Premier Yitzhak Shamir, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin and other Cabinet Ministers and military and intelligence analysts and labor and industry figures.
Before leaving New York, Abram said the visit had been planned for several months and was not related to statements by Secretary of State George Shultz and Congressional leaders that they were distressed by the Pollard spy case.
"We do, however, expect to raise the matter candidly with Israeli leaders," Abram said. He referred to Pollard's espionage as "a serious crime" that "should never have taken place."
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Due to toxic air, life expectancies are so low the only way the tribe can survive is by forcing women to procreate when they turn sixteen and every three years thereafter. It is their duty as Bearers.
Fifteen-year-old Siena is a Youngling, soon to be a Bearer, when she starts hearing rumors of another tribe of all women, called the Wild Ones. They are known to kidnap Youngling girls before the Call, the ceremony in which Bearers are given a husband with whom to bear children with.
As the desert sands run out on her life's hourglass, Siena must uncover the truth about the Wild Ones while untangling the web of lies and deceit her father has masterfully spun.
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Q: Bluetooth 5 | LE Coded Phy As you know, bluetooth 5 is introduced and its coverage increases up to 200 meter with the help of the LE Coded Phy.
The difference between LE Coded Phy and standart LE Phy is that how many symbols you spend to code one data bit.
According to the Bluetooth specification, there are two type to encode the data which are 2 and 8 coding.
Here is the point that confuses my mind,
The LE Coded Phy property seems like a software trick to me because, there is no difference between sending data and sending coded data.
Instead of buying Bluetooth chip that supports Bluetooth 5 , can i use Bluetooth chips that support Bluetooth 4.2 to use LE Coded Phy.
Is it possible, if yes how can i do? if no what the physical layer changes on Bluetooth 5 ?
Thanks for your attention
Have a nice day

A: As much as i learnt, the Coded LE Phy is not a software trick. There exist a specific hardware to detect this kind of Bluetooth message. Because of that, it is not possible to use Bluetooth chips that provides Bluetooth 4.2 specification for sending Coded LE messages.

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Delsol acquires North Wales haulage business
The leading logistics company in North Wales has continued its expansion with the acquisition of a long-established haulage business.
Delivery Solutions (Delsol) has bought Caernarfon-based haulier HF Owen Transport and Storage.
Delsol purchased the company, which has been trading since 1972, for an undisclosed amount from the retiring owner Harry Owen.
The company will continue to trade under the HF Owen name and three members of the founder's family, including daughter Helen and son Harry junior, will continue with the business along with 10 other staff.
Delsol has also begun an upgrade of HF Owen's fleet of 10 vehicles.
It means that Delsol, which has its own depot in Caernarfon as well as one in Sandycroft, now employs over 170 staff and has a fleet of more than 120 vehicles.
The company, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2019, offers parcel delivery, haulage, storage, pallet distribution, air and sea freight and transport of hazardous chemicals.
Dave Phillips, Managing Director of Delsol, said: "We are delighted to have acquired the HF Owen business. The company is well respected across North Wales and has a loyal customer base.
"The purchase further consolidates Delsol's position as the leading logistics business in the region."
The acquisition follows a successful 2019 for the company which increased revenues by 20%.
This included increasing the number of deliveries from 1500 to 1650 each day, the expansion of its dedicated storage facility to 120,000 sq. ft. and the introduction of a new warehouse management system.
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Dr. Nasser Saidi participated in the MENA-OECD Working Group on Investment and Trade meeting held over 27-28 Nov 2018 at Dead Sea, Jordan.
Titled "Making trade and investment policies work for all", the meeting's first panel session discussed the state of play of investment and trade trends and reforms in the region in a changing world economy. It also took stock of the global debate on trade and investment, while analysing the impact on regional and national policies of the growing scepticism about the benefits of international economic co-operation, and looking at ways MENA countries and societies can better benefit from trade and investment.
Click here to download Dr. Saidi's presentation which focused on the findings of the policy paper prepared for the OECD titled "Trends in trade and investment policies in the MENA region".


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As a politician, if things aren't going well at home perhaps it's sensible to be on your best behaviour abroad lest you face wrath upon return.
But not President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela, who sparked anger this week by carelessly feasting on steak and puffing cigars, during a brief Istanbul stop-over, while his people starve.
The juicy lamb was carved by the gyrating eccentric chef 'Salt Bae' but served up on Instagram for Venezuela, and the world, to savour. Less a great socialist comrade looking after the little guy, more a modern Louis XVI.
And he kept digging. Overgrown spoilt baby dictator sprang to mind when pictures revealed Maduro draping over himself a gifted Salt Bae t-shirt…or was it a bib?
The press naturally pounced on this juicy story but said Maduro 'doubled down' after a Twitter grilling.
Maduro also said the stop-off in Istanbul was a small part of a wider trip to secure Chinese investment.
From a gaffe point of view, this incident played out perfectly. But it leaves a very bitter taste in the mouths of ordinary Venezuelans who've struggled with economic strife since 2013.
Maduro took control of Venezuela that same year from predecessor Hugo Chavez and vowed to carry on Chavez's policies.
Now supermarket shelves are barren, unemployment is rampant, and the opposition-led National Assembly said runaway inflation doubles prices every 28 days.
Bad PR on top of bad PR, but this is all seemingly lost on Maduro.
Most gaffes can be laughed off after the initial embarrassment: Ed Miliband eating a bacon sandwich, Ed Balls posting his own name on Twitter – now celebrated worldwide on its anniversary, April 28th – and more recently Theresa May's awkward dancing.
But when one looms large, and with such baggage, best not season it with such dismissiveness.
What will happen in Venezuela is anyone's guess right now. Protests haven't changed much in the last few years, so this gaffe probably won't either.
Well done Maduro, you've seen off this one. But gaffe after gaffe will eventually prove a mis-steak too big to handle.


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Dash for Cash was an American event held on December 11, 2021 at the intermission of a Sioux Falls Stampede game in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The event involved ten pre-approved teachers who each attempted to grab as many one-dollar bills as possible out of a $5,000 total. The event was widely criticized for being dehumanizing towards teachers.

Background and planning
The event was planned by the Sioux Falls Stampede, a junior ice hockey team based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The president of the team, Jim Olander, promoted the event as a chance for teachers to acquire funds for classroom projects. Ten teachers were picked from high schools in the Sioux Falls metropolitan area, selected randomly from a group of 31 teachers who applied to participate. The teachers also sold tickets for the game; their school received $5 for every ticket they sold. The event was sponsored by CU Mortgage Direct, which provided the money used; in a joint statement, the company and the Sioux Falls Stampede later stated that their "intent was to provide a positive and fun experience for teachers".

Commenters on the event noted that teachers in South Dakota are among the worst-paid in the United States, according to a report on the 2019–2020 academic year by the National Education Association, which also ranked the state 38th out of 50 for per-student spending in the same year.

Event
During the intermission of a Sioux Falls Stampede game on December 11, 2021, $5,000 in one-dollar bills was placed on a carpet in the middle of the ice hockey rink. The ten teachers, wearing hockey helmets, entered the pile of money and stuffed it into their shirts until it had all been taken. Local high school teacher Barry Longden received $616, more than any other teacher involved; every teacher received at least $378.

Argus Leader reporter Annie Todd, who was present at the event, posted video footage on Twitter, where it went viral.

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The Argus Leader reported that the teachers involved were grateful for the money they received, and planned to purchase flexible seating or document cameras.

Video footage of the event went viral on social media, and was described as being dehumanizing towards teachers as well as "dystopian" and "humiliating", drawing comparisons to scenes from The Hunger Games or Squid Game. One clip of the event, shared in a tweet, received more than 7.7 million views within two days. Bill Weir described the event as "just a few sharpened sticks away from public education 'Squid Game.'" On the Facebook page for CU Mortgage Direct, users left comments that described the event as "disgusting" and "shameful".

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, described the event as demeaning in a tweet. Tim Eckart, president of the Sioux Falls Education Association, told the Argus Leader that the event was emblematic of the "broken" education system "not only in the Sioux Falls region but across the state," stating that it was "time for us to realign our priorities by focusing on putting the money back into our students' education." Loren Paul, president of the South Dakota Education Association, said that "we shouldn't be forcing teachers to crawl around on an ice rink to get the money they need to fund their classrooms." Reynold Nesiba, a South Dakota senator who represents a portion of Sioux Falls and additionally works as a professor of economics at Augustana University, told The Washington Post that teachers "should never have to go through something like this to be able to get the resources they need to meet the basic educational needs of our students" and urged his followers on Twitter to donate to the Sioux Falls Public Schools Education Foundation. The foundation supports school activities which are not paid for by state taxes.

The spread of stories about the event prompted additional donations to South Dakota teachers.

Apology
After a widespread negative response to the event, CU Mortgage Direct and the Sioux Falls Stampede released a joint apology. The two groups stated that they had intended to create a "positive and fun experience" for the teachers involved, but that they understood why the event was seen as "degrading and insulting towards the participating teachers and the teaching profession as a whole." They announced plans to donate an additional $15,500 to teachers in the area, with $500 more going to each of the ten participating teachers as well as each of the 21 other teachers who applied to participate in the event but were not selected.

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John Key: ambitious enough for web designers?
John Key tells you "This year Sparc will spend $5.5 million on its website." What is your response? Do you harden in your resolve to vote out those wastrels? Do you say to yourself "How can I get me some of that gravy"? Do you think: "They do good research work at Crosby Textor"? Perhaps you say to yourself. "Can you give me a little more information please, Mr Key"?
I'm ambitious for New Zealand too, and just like John I hate to see my hard earned tax dollars wasted. But I don't have access to expensive consultants. I have to rely on the public service to give me my research material. I got on the phone to SPARC and said to them: "Can you give me a little more information please?"
What did I learn? I learned that SPARC are not spending 5.5 million this year on their website. They are, however, planning to spend almost as much as that on two website projects, both to do with their Mission-On programme.
What is Mission-On, then, and how much are they spending on these two projects?
The hope is that they can do something about all the kids who are eating the wrong food and not getting enough - or any - exercise. Precisely what John Key was lamenting in his speech. Can a website make such things happen? Surely not. Next you'll be telling me people will use it to buy a house and get a job and hook up for sex and change their career and learn how to make a pipe bomb.
Let's just assume for the moment that it might work. How much might it cost? SPARC has costed two projects for two age projects. Next slide please.
The amount budgeted for 2008/09 for this initiative to maintain the website and constantly update the content is $1.6m.
13-24 year olds (concepts still in development)
We are currently researching and developing technology/popular media concepts which look at the best ways to encourage this age group to increase physical activity and make healthy nutrition choices.
The amount budgeted for implementing this initiative in 2008/09 is $3.5m.
This would be the point where you say sarcastically, oh well if it's just 1.5 and 3.5 mill for two websites, then that's alright. Humour me, though, for a moment as we consider the question How long is a piece of string?
If you want to make a website that gathers together the names of all your friends and your favourite bands, you can do that for the cost of precisely nothing, and Rupert Murdoch will happily take your registration.
If you want to make a website that makes you money, well now we're getting into rarer air. It may cost you nothing more than the value of your own personal toil, and I speak from personal experience when I say that that figure can quickly grow quite large. Various commentators have averred this week that TradeMe grew to the impressive scale it did with the labour of no more than a couple of dozen savvy young men and women and surely cost nothing like 5 million.
I have the greatest admiration for anyone who can parlay a website into a three quarters of a billion dollar success story, but it has to be said that TradeMe also sits on the shoulders of the inspired thinking of others. The concept was not new. The reason New Zealanders use TradeMe rather than E-Bay is that a killer idea was refined adapted and implemented in a superior way to meet the needs of the local market.
Mission-On doesn't have that head start. Of all the things you had to achieve using a website, getting kids active would surely be one of the tougher gigs. However it does stand to reason that with kids spending so much time in front of screens that would be the smart place to go looking for them. But what to do when you get their attention? There's really no familiar territory to cover, no proven formula to emulate. There's a lot of thinking to be done.
That calls for time and money and expertise. And to the chagrin of the hapless web designer who takes on this very public project there is the sure prospect that in the same way that people will stand in an art gallery and declare "My 4 year old could do that" there will be an army of weekend html coders who will stand ready to declare that they could do the job by Sunday night for two dozen Steinlagers.
What might burn the dollars? Here's a stab, working on some back of the envelope guesses with people who do this kind of work.
Research: Before you actually make the site, you'll need to find out what you're dealing with. You'll need to talk to the kids. Ka-ching.
Development: Once you've done your research, you're going to have to work up the killer ideas. Much talking, much thinking, much brainstorming. Can't be avoided. Ka- ching. Ka-ching. The result in this case could be described as a site that's a combination of social networking and personal banking for kids, with interactive games that encourage them out the door and down to the park by sharing ideas and challenging one another to get active.
Set up some focus groups: Once you've worked out what you're going to do you'll need to try out the ideas on the kids and see if you've got it right.Ka-ching Ka-ching.
The grunt work: Then you get to the actual work of making this stuff, and it's not just a few pages of bog-standard coding.The Mission-On site is your typical modern elaborate site, and that tends to be the work of not just one hard working coder but the output of a whole team of designers and programmers. Ka-ching ka-ching and whose turn is it to order the pizza and V?
Keeping order: The whole thing runs as a membership site, with extensive moderation as befits a government site that has kids talking to each other - which means you need moderators, and of course backend database support for the membership system. Ka-ching ka-ching and that language is not acceptable in here, MatthewH.
Tuning it: You'll need to do user testing to make sure it's working right. Ask the people at Xero how much effort they continue to put into that aspect of their operation. Xero is a useful point of comparison. On one level, it's just a website too, but they would say it's also much more than that, and rightly so. They could also say they're a listed company running a service that stands to change the way many small business owners run their enterprise. You might not go so far as to say that it's life-changing, but it's certainly habit-changing and I would happily call it a joy to use. I would also say they seem to be doing a highly competent job of applying the 15 million they raised from their float, but if you wanted to be hard on them you might simply say that's a hell of a lot of money to spend on a website.
In that context, 1.5 million for what's been done so far might still look on the high side, but if it can actually get the kids of that age group into healthy activities, then the payback could be substantial. Let's say you save 100 kids from diabetes. That would probably put us taxpayers ahead on the deal, on a crude arithmetic calculation. In reality, you might hope for something substantially better in payback. Sitting next in the ledger is the 3.5 million still to be spent on a project for the older age group. It sounds like a hell of a lot more, but why don't we wait and see what they actually make before we discard it out of hand? If it were 5.5 million for a simple website that said Welcome to SPARC and click here for our news releases, then you would have an honest-to goodness rort outrage on your hands, but what if this should turn out to be a device that ultimately reduces the burden on the long-suffering taxpayer? Is it still a waste then, even if the people who produced it have been paid handsomely?
Wherever you look, you can see waste at first blush. Take, for example, the more than 3 million dollars the taxpayer spends each year funding the staff of the Leader of the Opposition. For 3-plus million, all we've got so far is 15 policies and most of them warmed-over platitudes, light on detail. I understand, if Winston Peters' information is reliable, that there might even be a website designer on the staff list. Who knows what they do all day?
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andrew llewellyn, 09:42 Jul 4, 2008
What is your response?
Usually, in situations like this, my response is "It's probably not true".
Thanks for getting more information!
Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report Reply
Rich of Observationz, 09:53 Jul 4, 2008
Get the kid to stop slumping at the computer and go outside.
It's a toughy.
How about some really vicious malware that will trash its computer beyond possibility of repair? Forcing it to exit WoW and go outside.
Back in Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 5550 posts Report Reply
dc_red, 09:55 Jul 4, 2008
A blogger doing actual research, while lazy media hacks simply report National Party press releases as news? Unprecedented!
Seriously, great post, David.
Although I fear that yet again the damage is done. ""A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on" as Churchill said.
Oil Patch, Alberta • Since Nov 2006 • 706 posts Report Reply
James Francis, 09:56 Jul 4, 2008
When I heard the $5.5 million, I must admit that I did look askance. $5.5 million? That has to be polirical exaggeration, I thought. And then my Luddite prejudices kicked in and I mentally started blaming the web design/IT people. I do that with things that I don't understand.
A brilliant exposition, David. It all makes sense. And top marks to Sparc for not fudging the figures when you called them. Openness and transparency goes a long way, in my mind.
St John's, Newfoundland • Since Nov 2006 • 121 posts Report Reply
Glenn Pearce, 09:57 Jul 4, 2008
There's already been some discussion on this over at Jim Donovan's place back in February (He's a director of Click Suite the recipients of some of the gravy)
[http://jimdonovan.net.nz/2008/02/22/mission-on-getting-kids-active-using-social-networking-website/
Auckland • Since Feb 2007 • 504 posts Report Reply
Sofie Bribiesca, 10:05 Jul 4, 2008
For who?:-) Is that because__ you__ may have to join the kid outside for that walk/run/Kickin' the ball/ sport thing.(she says slumped over hers)
Che Tibby, 10:05 Jul 4, 2008
The reason New Zealanders use TradeMe rather than E-Bay is that a killer idea was refined adapted and implemented in a superior way to meet the needs of the local market.
the one time i heard sam m. talk he claimed that trademe pre-dated ebay.
but you're right on the money with meeting the needs of the local market. they sink money into parts of the site that don't turn coin, but do increase user loyalty. smart move there guys.
the back of an envelope • Since Nov 2006 • 2042 posts Report Reply
Peter Martin, 10:13 Jul 4, 2008
You actually rang SPARC and asked for more info???
What a novel idea...
Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 187 posts Report Reply
David Slack, 10:13 Jul 4, 2008
I'd better amend what I've said, if I have that wrong. Anyone have some definitive information on that?
Devonport • Since Nov 2006 • 599 posts Report Reply
Ian MacKay, 10:18 Jul 4, 2008
I am sure that John Key and Craig will put a stop to SPARC and use that $5mil + to build a few prisons for Simon P to fill with all those nasty crims who will never get probation. Roll on John and Simon. What cost?
Bleheim • Since Nov 2006 • 498 posts Report Reply
Anyone have some definitive information on that?
rb might remember. it was at a great blend at the boat shed. maybe '06?
Kumara Republic, 10:40 Jul 4, 2008
Now updated for the information age...
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to type its username and password."
Jake Pollock, 10:41 Jul 4, 2008
According to wikipedia, e-Bay goes back to 1995, whilst Trademe was founded in 1999.
Raumati South • Since Nov 2006 • 489 posts Report Reply
But Sam Morgan might have been referring to e-Bay's attempt to move into the NZ market, which was in 2001.
David Ritchie, 10:44 Jul 4, 2008
Maybe Sam Morgan specifically meant in New Zealand, where eBay launched in 2001.
Since Nov 2006 • 166 posts Report Reply
Don Christie, 10:44 Jul 4, 2008
whois on trademe.co.nz has:
domain_dateregistered: 1999-01-06T00:00:00+13:00
ebay.com:
Record created on 04-Aug-1995.
If we're relying on whois records to indicate chicken/egg first-ness:
domain_name: ebay.co.nz
query_status: 200 Active
then arguably ebay.co.nz predates trademe.co.nz. The Wayback Machine is down at the moment otherwise it might be worth seeing whether ebay.co.nz had a page up at the time (not that it's particularly canonical).
Kyle Matthews, 11:00 Jul 4, 2008
I do find it ironic that a fair chunk of the ways that SPARC tries to reach the un-exercising, is via media that aren't about exercising - computers, TV adverts etc. The message seems to be "hey you, don't watch this, bugger off outside".
From a distance it seems about as logical as using the 5 million to buy about 10,000 Wii, to be given out to the more obese children.
Russell Brown, 11:01 Jul 4, 2008
That will have been it. I think Sam will freely admit that the model came from eBay.
But eBay -- like other big e-brands before and since -- made a risible job of localising for NZ (which was well after the registration of the ebay.co.nz domain name). They didn't really localise at all.
Trade Me had enough momentum here by the time eBay arrived -- and, crucially, it worked better -- that it was able to become one of a handful of eBay-killers worldwide.
RJW, 11:05 Jul 4, 2008
Here is more information from SPARC to clarify further what David has said. This coimes from a letter from Chief Executive Peter Miskimmin.
1. The Mission On initiative is a cross-government project, and SPARC is only one of the participants -- it is a joint vernture by SPARC, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Youth Development.
2. The actual budget for Mission On comes from a separate government Budget allocation to the sport and recreation budget.
There is $5.1 million allocated for 2008/2009 for one of the Mission-On initiatives which targets two age groups – 5-12 year olds and 13-24 year olds. The purpose of this initiative is to invest in technology based concepts that engage these age groups and encourage them to improve nutrition and increase physical activity.
The breakdown of the $5.1 million is as follows:
· $1.6 million has been budgeted to the Mission-On website (www.mission-on.co.nz). This figure includes updating the content using interactive technology, promoting the site and general maintenance costs.
· $3.5 million has been budgeted for implementing a technology based strategy (concepts still in development) to communicate and encourage 13-24 year olds to improve nutrition and increase physical activity.
Also to clarify the misleading allegations continaed in John Key's speech re SPARC admin costs (!!!), again quoting Peter Miskimmin:
It is not correct that $35 million 'never makes it outside the Wellington office.'
SPARC's internal operating costs for 2007/08 are approximately 12% ($12.7 million) of SPARC's total budget ($105.7 million).
Since SPARC was established in 2003, administrative costs have decreased as a proportion of expenditure from approximately 18 percent to 12 percent of total expenditure.
The figure of $35 million being discussed in the media as "internal" or "administrative" costs actually covers the cost of several of SPARC's programmes that are delivered directly to the sport and recreation sector. This includes $21.2 million that SPARC budgeted to invest in 2007/08 on initiatives such as:
· Resources for SPARC's programmes including Sport Fit, Active Movement, Active Schools, CoachForce, SPARC's volunteers and officials programme, He Oranga Poutama and Green Prescriptions.
· Push Play. The campaign is complemented by support activities at a local level through regional sports trusts and local authorities.
· Seminar and leadership programmes for staff in regional and national sport and recreation organisations.
· Capability resources for sport and recreation organisations and clubs. Eg. Disability Tool Kits, Club Kit – an online resource to help volunteers run their clubs, a range of resources to develop organisational capability, manuals for primary and secondary school sports coordinators.
Overall, in addition to the $21.2 million, SPARC has budgeted to directly invest over $71 million into the sport and recreation sector for the year ended 30 June 2008.
There are not 47 people earning over $100,000 at SPARC. The correct number is 38 out of 94 employees for 2007/2008.
SPARC's jobs are sized by Hay Group to ensure salaries are consistent with the market rate.
Auckland • Since Jul 2008 • 6 posts Report Reply
Danyl Mclauchlan, 11:09 Jul 4, 2008
That's a very reasonable, informed piece there David - my problem is it glides over the basic premise of the Sparc program: is a web site filled with computer games and interactive applications likely to be a good vehicle for getting kids to stop playing computer games and go outside and play?
I sense I'm going to be in the minority here, but my knee-jerk response is 'No, of course not. What a preposterous fucking idea. Why don't we sack the idiot that suggested it.' Obviously Sparc and the Ministry of Health reacted differently.
But maybe they had good cause. Maybe such a program has been launched in another country and proved to be an outstanding success?
If this is the case then you do have to wonder why Sparc needs to spend those millions of dollars on research, proof-of-concept and technology development instead of just copying an already existing successful model.
You also have to wonder why a very small, relatively poor country has decided to be a world leader and invest a considerable sum of money on a decidedly daft sounding idea that might work out well, but also might prove to be a spectacular waste of cash.
As Bernard Hickey has pointed out, the Mission On site traffic is currently so small it does not measure on any of the publicaly available tools for traffic analysis, suggesting the latter of these two options to be the case.
As I see it there are two levels of cost involved in this kind of spectacular public service wastage - one is the opportunity cost of not spending the money on front-line health, education, justice ect ect where it is far more likely to make a real difference to people's lives.
The other is the damage it does to the progressive ideals of efficient centralised government. Every time the public hears about these bureaucratic rorts it strengthens the right-wing sink-or-swim ideology of gutting the government and letting the private sector do everything.
If entire departments can be gutted without anyone outside of Wellington noticing (which seems to be close to the truth with Sparc) then people become receptive to the ACT party message that the whole damn lot can go.
Thomas Johnson, 11:19 Jul 4, 2008
Exactly. If you build it, will they come?
Perhaps there will need to be an addition $5.5million spent on promoting the website.
Wellington • Since Oct 2007 • 98 posts Report Reply
I feel bound to note that there are probably a number of examples of poorly-conceived multi-million dollar public-sector websites.
Case in point: the "cultural portal" NZLIve, which is essentially in competition with at least three privately-run online events guides and which, IMO, has never justified its extraordinary $3.6 million budget.
According to Google Trends for Websites, NZLive was doing less traffic than Public Address in March. They're doin' it wrong.
Stephen Judd, 11:34 Jul 4, 2008
I'm with Danyl on the Mission On thing.
I had a look at the Mission On site and it seems to comprise quite a good educational tool, in the tradition of all those "Stephen, you are correct! Here is a picture of a happy banana!" things that I remember going back to Pilot in the 80s. But the question is whether it will lead to a measurable outcome of the sort SPARC is supposed to produce (increased activity, better diet).
(After all the violent video game worries, is anyone looking at whether Wii sports games are encouraging people to take up real life sport? If not, then this hasn't a hope.)
These words "researching and developing technology/popular media concepts which look at the best ways to encourage this age group to increase physical activity and make healthy nutrition choices" are weasel words. What does it mean to research a concept that looks at a way to encourage? I think it might mean that they're going to have a go and see if it works. I don't think that SPARC's mission is to research public health education techniques - I would have thought it would be to apply whatever ones there are that have a track record.
Having said that, from the letter published in the comments, it looks as though a lot of their money is being deployed where it should be.
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Another gag rule has been handed down by KPFA's parent network Pacifica, as KPFA host Mitch Jeserich tried to bring listeners a discussion of what is happening at Free Speech Radio. The last time the network prohibited journalists from covering news about Pacifica itself was in 1999, right before it shut down KPFA.
This comes on top of news that Pacifica has spent $30,000 of KPFA's funds on anti-union consultants. In November, after illegally laying off Morning Show staff, Pacifica hired the "management-side" legal firm of Folger Levin at $400 an hour. KPFA's local board treasurer has confirmed that the station's account has been charged over $30,000 for those expenses for November 2010-January 2011, with thousands of dollars in additional charges expected shortly. | KPFA News report
Last week, Jeserich invited Pacifica executive director Arlene Engelhardt and KPFA interim program director Carrie Core to appear on Letters and Politics to discuss an email they had sent to thousands of KPFA listeners, but they declined. When Jeserich mentioned that he had also invited a KPFA union steward to appear, he was told by Engelhardt and Core that "we have decided not to permit further discussion of KPFA internal disputes (including personnel or financial matters) on your program at this time." Read the email exchange
"The disputes at KPFA are NOT just 'internal,'" wrote outraged KPFA subscriber Blair Moser. "They are widely understood to be a coup by outside 'management' against local control… This ham-fisted putsch may result in the utter destruction of the Bay Area's essential source of independent news."
The week before, Core disciplined News co-director Mark Mericle for airing a story reporting that KPFA was laying off News anchor John Hamilton, saying that Mericle should not have used the word "layoff." Core also disciplined Hamilton and Jeserich for mention of the layoff, even as listeners called in record donations in support of the News. | KPFA News report
"Arlene Englehart is an embarrassment to the progressive community and is pursuing a course that is destructive to a station I care deeply about," wrote one listener. "It isn't Free Speech Radio if there is a gag rule at KPFA — your actions are anti-union, violate principles of free speech and accountability and are solely to protect you from having your actions see the light of day."
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Meanwhile, KPFA board members Margy Wilkinson and Pamela Drake finally got a long-awaited meeting with Engelhardt yesterday. Engelhardt said it was "appropriate" to prevent staff from airing any news about KPFA's problems. She admitted spending $30,000 on lawyers to fight the KPFA staff, and said the Morning Show could not come back since she has reduced the slot to one hour (8-9AM), and feels that listeners would be "upset" if anything were to be changed now. | Read the report
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Upon hearing about the new gag rule, listener Barbara Fitzpatrick wrote to Engelhardt, "You have to be kidding, have you no sense of history? Or for that matter any notion of decency, or appreciation of all those who struggled ten years ago? This is Pacifica, not Clear Channel. The hypocrisy of management at this time is disgusting. Just leave, you are not going to win."
Pacifica last tried to silence reporting of developments in the network back in 1999, when it fired radio hosts Larry Bensky and Robbie Osman, among others, for speaking out on-air about Pacifica matters. The network also fired its national news director Dan Coughlin and tried to censor Amy Goodman's Democracy Now! for their reports on Pacifica. That provoked a nationwide movement to return the network to its mission, including an historic strike of Pacifica's freelancers that resulted in the creation of Free Speech Radio News.
Pacifica's national board voted unanimously to "end censorship of any programming throughout the network" when it settled the strike of its freelance contributors in 2002. Pacifica even has a page about this proud history on its website.
Management's current undermining of editorial independence runs counter to KPFA's own long-standing news policy, which states the News will report "on matters regarding KPFA, Pacifica, its personnel or Board of Directors with the same vigor and candor as it would report on other institutions or individuals."
Attacks on KPFA journalists also have come from a group of board members affiliated with Tracy Rosenberg. KPFA's own local station board passed a resolution in March 2010 defending KPFA journalists' rights to cover internal issues with "the same editorial autonomy they enjoy when reporting on external issues." The vote was 14-7, and the 7 voting against were aligned with Rosenberg's board faction — the group at Pacifica national that hired and now protects Arlene Engelhardt.
Categories Arlene Engelhardt, censorship, elections and governance, KPFA, labor, Pacifica, Programming
Another injunction against Pacifica


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Look to luminous Messier 77
14 November 2022 Mark Armstrong
Messier 77 (NGC 1068 and Arp 37) is an impressive spiral galaxy in Cetus that presents face-on to our Earthly perspective.
Messier 52 and NGC 7789: Observe a great pair of open cluster's in Cassiopeia
24 October 2022 Mark Armstrong
Messier 52 (NGC 7654) and NGC 7789 are two of a trio of great open clusters found in Cassiopeia
Watch the Orionid meteor shower peak on Friday night
19 October 2022 Steve Kelly
The Orionid meteor shower is one of autumn's major meteor showers and is a firm favourite with shooting-star watchers.
Observe a partial eclipse of the Sun
This month's partial eclipse of the Sun is visible across the length and breadth of the UK on the morning of 25th October 2022.
Observe majestic Messier 33: A Local Group heavyweight
Messier 33 (NGC 598), the famous Triangulum Galaxy, takes its nickname from the constellation that hosts it.
Spiral galaxy NGC 7331: Deserving of Messier status
5 October 2022 Mark Armstrong
NGC 7331 is a superb spiral galaxy lying in northern Pegasus, one of the brightest visible in the autumn sky.
The Helix Nebula: a big and good-looking planetary!
The Helix Nebula (NGC 7293 and Caldwell 63) is arguably Aquarius' showpiece deep-sky destination.
Uncloak the Veil Nebula
22 August 2022 Mark Armstrong
The Veil Nebula in Cygnus is an iconic deep-sky target, a 'must-see' object that rivals or exceeds anything else you'll likely to observe this summer.
North America Nebula is a true likeness
8 August 2022 Mark Armstrong
The North America Nebula (NGC 7000/Caldwell 20) in Cygnus is a fantastic emission nebula, an iconic object providing one of the highlights of the summer sky.
Don't miss Albireo: a glorious colour-contrast double star
Albireo (beta [β] Cygni) is unquestionably the finest colour-contrast double star in the entire heavens, providing an unmissable target on summer nights.


Portoferraio was built in 1548 on the ruins of Fabricia, which was the ancient Roman name for the town. With a population of 12,007, Portoferraio is the most densely populated town on Elba and is the gateway for cheap flights to domestic and international destinations. The ferry companies that work from Portoferraio are Toremar Ferries, Moby Lines and Corsica Sardinia ferries.
The island Montecristo belongs to the municipality of Portoferraio. Much of the island's fame is derived from the fact that it provides the setting for part of the novel The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas.
The story of The Count of Monte Cristo takes place in France, Italy, and islands in the Mediterranean during the historical events of 1815–1839: the era of the Bourbon Restoration through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France.
Dumas arrived on the island in 1842, in the company of Napoleon Bonaparte's nephew. "It is fantastic and lonely, smelling of thyme and broom," he wrote, in a letter. He decided to write The Count of Monte Cristo to remind him of the trip. His hero, Edmond Dantes, discovers a pirate's treasure on the island after being tipped off by his companion in prison, Abbé Faria.
According to a legend, a treasure was hidden in Portoferraio.
Podere Santa Pia is a beautiful stone farmhouse only 2 km away from Castiglioncello Bandini. The main house is spacious, comfortable and well furnished and offers its guests a breathtaking view over the Maremma hills. It is the ideal location for those who wish to enjoy total privacy.
Waking up at dawn to start hiking, learning once again the names of flowers and trees, and above all, having the pleasure of getting lost, forgetting about guides, clocks and timetables.
Podere Santa Pia overlooks a valley characterised by all the elements of the Tuscan landscape. On a clear day you can see as far asElba and the little isle of Montecristo to the south. Alexandre Dumas visited the uninhabited island of Montecristo in 1842 and was inspired to use the craggy, windswept rock as the setting for his novel The Count Of Monte Cristo.
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Stephenville Yellow Jacket Football
By Ricky L. Sherrod, Foreword by Art Briles
In Texas, high school football is king. If pigskin passion is no less intense among college and professional fans, enthusiasm for the schoolboy sport is more democratically spread throughout towns and communities, small and large. Almost any young man can play if he's willing to pay the price, work hard, and bring a bit of local, regional, or statewide glory to his hometown. Stephenville High School is one among an elite group of Texas football schools that has achieved at the highest level. The traditional rivalry games against Dublin and Breckenridge in the 1920s through the 1940s have evolved into heavily attended matchups with seven-time state champion Brownwood and, most recently, three-time state champion Aledo. From Joe Brown and Jim Mobley's powerhouse teams of the 1930s to Mike Murphy's 1952 regional qualifying squad, the Yellow Jackets have contended with the best in Texas. With four state championships, Art Briles made the 1990s a "Decade of Dominance" for Stephenville High School. Yellow Jacket football fever remains alive and well, promising to remain so long into the indefinite future.
Rick Sherrod teaches history at Stephenville High School and is the author of Arcadia's Images of America: Stephenville. His interest in Yellow Jacket football dates from stories his father, Marshall Sherrod, told about the 1937 team on which the elder Sherrod played. This volume's images come primarily from the Stephenville Independent School District but include many others courtesy of past and present Jacket fans who generously allowed for their inclusion.
Southlake Carroll Dragon Football
Football and Integration in Plano, Texas: Stay in there, Wildcats!
Texas High School Football Dynasties
Pop Warner: Little Scholars
North Texas State Fair and Rodeo
Houston's Sporting Life: 1900-1950
Surfing Corpus Christi and Port Aransas
East Carolina University Football
Clemson Tough: Guts and Glory Under Dabo Swinney
Minnesota-Wisconsin College Football Rivalry
Fort Worth Stockyards
The Celtics in Black and White
Faulkner Hospital
Waxahachie: Where Cotton Reigned King


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import org.esco.grouperui.domaine.beans.Stem;
import org.esco.grouperui.exceptions.technicals.ESCOWrapperException;
import org.esco.grouperui.services.application.filters.ScopeEnum;
import org.esco.grouperui.services.grouper.WSUtils;
import org.esco.grouperui.tools.IWrapper;
import org.esco.grouperui.tools.log.ESCOLoggerFactory;
import org.esco.grouperui.tools.log.IESCOLogger;

import edu.internet2.middleware.grouperClient.ws.beans.WsGroup;
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import edu.internet2.middleware.grouperClient.ws.beans.WsStem;
import edu.internet2.middleware.grouperClient.ws.beans.WsSubject;

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A narcissus flower is said to have bloomed in the spot after his death.
Every Winter I think about forcing paperwhite bulbs. I just love the idea of having fresh flowers all winter & of course the small is insanely good. (I tried it one year but they don't do very well when you don't water them.) But THIS year, I'm doing it. I want that smell and I want those beautiful little white fowers all over my house. A neighbor of mine forces amaryllis & other bulbs as Christmas gifts & I think it's just a perfect idea. She times them so they're in bloom when she gives them.
If you're anything like me & often a little short on time (and you're giving it to someone who you think might enjoy a mini-project & the waiting & watching for blooming bulbs) then you could also make them a pretty bulb-forcing kit with all of the ingredients needed: beautiful container, stones/gravel/etc., a bulb, and directions. How perfect are these paperwhites in julep cups (real simple mag) below?!
1. Pick your container: If it's tall, you won't need to stake the paperwhites when they eventually bloom, but if it isn't, be prepared to have stakes, chopsticks, etc.
4. They do best in a cool spot out of direct sunlight for a couple of weeks. After they root, put them in a bright warm spot to speed up flowering. (The author of the article says she just keeps them on her kitchen countr the whole time.) Once they bloom (4-6 weeks after planting) you might need to stake them with something to keep them from falling over.
The year I tried forcing paperwhites, I used a faux conch shell. I saw this article from Cottage Living (below) and just had to make one! The problem (for me) was that because it was a faux conch shell, there wasn't much room for water and so it needed daily waterings and sadly, the love just wasn't there. The bulb never actually died but it had the tiniest nub of a shoot for 3-4 months and then it was Springtime and I gave up. But I think it would work beautifully in a real conch shell like the article recommended.
SO, I'm going to give it a go this year & of course I'll take pics & show you how it goes when they bloom. I'm very impatient with these sorts of things but I'm going to try my best to water the bulbs this time!! (Image below from Country Living) I want these flowers!!!
I wrote about paperwhites recently on my garden blog.
I included some tips for preventing the long, leggy growth that makes the stems flop over (this is the most common problem with growing these indoors).
Beautiful images....I can almost smell their heavenly scent! Thanks for all the wonderful info. It always makes it easier when you are well informed and have all the right tools. They are so cute and will be able to get me through winter!
I have so many "projects" in the planning stage that I hope I can include forcing bulbs indoors. The one I especially want to do is a "table top Christmas tree". I just posted about it today. I can't wait to get started.
I got some from a florist last year already going and the bloomed the week of Christmas (just like they said they would). I loved them, and this reminds me, I need to go grab some for this year!
They certainly look beautiful, and I bet the smell is just heavenly! I'd love to have some in my own home!
I always start mine around Halloween....and have blooms between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I also like to start some later so I have different sizes.
Two big soup tureens of them on my kitchen table as I write!
I get a dozen every year and have some in my office and some at home. They always add a good spot of cheer!
One tip for stunting the growth so they're 1/3 to 1/2 their size (so they don't flop over) is to add alcohol. Once the roots begin growing and the shoots are 1-2", pour out the water, then replace it with an alcohol/water solution where the alcohol is 4-6%. Here's a good guide for how to get that %.
But I always forget to water plants, so I suspect that if I tried to force these lovely bulbs/flowers I'd fail for sure :-( That's why I want to be on your gift-giving list HaHa! Do you think they'd ship very well across the border? Probably not!!
Enjoy growing these lovely flowers!!
I've already got them forced - I use paint cans - the quart size. I wrap the outsides with cute wrapping paper and give them as gifts. It's always a hit.
* Lauren, they're one of the most FUN (& easiest!) things about the holidays!!!
I usually do about 30+ every year... some in "big bunches", others in just small groups of 3-5 for very small areas, and always a few as hostess gifts in some wonderful piece I've "found" (for my gardening friends)... I think it's SOOO fun, soooo PRETTY and SOOO "personal"!!!
GREAT BLOG today, & some new info for me!!! THANKS!
What beautiful photos. I would be thrilled to be on the receiving end of a bunch of those for Christmas. Cant wait to see how you do with your ones.
I remember years ago when one of the editors of Domino cleverly did a whole tray full of paperwhites then wrapped them one by one is burlap sacks to give as gifts. It was so pretty and affordable. Why can I never find the time to do it? Ha!
Informative holiday posting! I started mine 2 weeks ago and have little sprouts a peepin'.
Thanks for all of the tips and suggestions. I have always wanted to give growing paperwhites a try!
i just bought a kit at Lowe's on Sunday. I may plant them today. Says should be flowering in 4-6 weeks. We'll see!
Love your post on paperwhites - great idea about the tea cups - I actually collect vintage tea cups and might have to try that or find some inexpensive ones and use those as hostess gifts with the paperwhites. I actually use a vintage silver casserole dish - I take the lid off and fill the glass part with water and bulbs and let the paperwhites grow. It's the perfect size and the dish is not polished so it looks vintage - you can find them at the flea markets.
Lauren, I love this! I'm doing this for the first time this year too, and am so excited! My mother in law does this every year, and they have the most deliciously fresh fragrance without being overpowering. I especially love how sculptural they look whenforcing them in water not in a pot.
I love the pictures you've collected.
bulbs in. It's such a treat to have the aroma of fresh flowers in the house at this time of year..
I really need to try this! Thanks for the inspiration.
i LOVE paperwhites in my apartment...makes me want to grow them all year long!


Language of the Divine Matrix video is a lecture held by Gregg Braden in Milan, Italy (2010). Gregg Braden (born June 28, 1954) is Gregg Braden is internationally renowned as a pioneer in bridging science and spirituality. For more than 22 years, Gregg has searched high mountain villages, remote monasteries, and forgotten texts to uncover their timeless secrets.
In 1991 he became The First Technical Operations Manager for Cisco Systems, where he led the development of the global support team assuring the reliability of the internet in its early days. Following a successful career as a Computer Geologist for Phillips Petroleum during the 1970s energy crisis, he worked as a Senior Computer Systems Designer with Martin Marietta during the last years of the Cold War.
"When we form heart-centered beliefs within our bodies, in the language of physics we're creating the electrical and magnetic expression of them as waves of energy, which aren't confined to our hearts or limited by the physical barrier of our skin and bones. So clearly we're "speaking" to the world around us in each moment of every day through a language that has no words: the belief-waves of our hearts.
In addition to pumping the blood of life within our bodies, we may think of the heart as a belief-to-matter translator. It converts the perceptions of our experiences, beliefs, and imagination into the coded language of waves that communicate with the world beyond our bodies. Perhaps this is what philosopher and poet John Mackenzie meant when he stated, "The distinction between what is real and what is imaginary is not one that can be finely maintained … all existing thing are … imaginary." – Gregg Braden's quote.
Some of Gregg Braden books: Walking Between the Worlds: The Science of Compassion (2007), The Isaiah Effect: Decoding the Lost Science of Prayer and Prophecy (2001), The Divine Name (2004), The Divine Matrix: Bridging Time, Space, Miracles, and Belief (2008), How Science is Holding Humanity Back – Gregg Braden Identifies Five False Assumptions and Explains Why We Have to Change Them Now (20012) and the latest is The Turning Point: Creating Resilience in a Time of Extremes (2014).
Language of the Divine Matrix lecture is inspired by his book The Divine Matrix: Bridging Time, Space, Miracles, and Belief (published by Hay House in 2008). Gregg Braden is an excellent orator/communicator, and this is evident in his carefully thought-out and lengthy lecture presenting a blend of scientific observations and philosophical ideas. The lecture, in a nutshell, conveys the message that our beliefs shape our world and experiences. This is nothing new but is a concept or message that has been conveyed over and over throughout the ages.
"Our heart produces the fields that change our world and change our body…beliefs create the electrical waves, beliefs magnetic waves. What you believe about yourself, what you believe about me, what you believe about your world, about your relationship to God, about peace on this Earth is creating what is happening on this Earth. Right now, beliefs change our physical world. Beliefs change matter." – Gregg Braden's quote in Language of the Divine Matrix.
Watch on insightstate.com more interesting docu Ayurveda: Art of Being, Dada Gunamuktananda, oor The Man Who Planted Trees.


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1920-10-12, vol. 07, no. 191, evening advocate (1)
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Evening Telegram (St. John's, N.L.), 1905-11-11
The Evening Telegram began publication in St. John's on 3 April 1879 and remains in print today under the title The Telegram. It was published daily except Sunday through to 1958, the frequency changing thereafter. -- The total collection has been...
1909-05-12, vol. 20, no. 110, Evening Herald
Devine's folk lore of Newfoundland in old words, phrases and expressions : their origin and meaning
English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador; Folklore--Newfoundland and Labrador--Dictionaries
This is a short dictionary of Newfoundland words and phrases collected by P. K. Devine. Includes Devine's explanationa of the origins of some of those words and phrases, as well as an explanation of why Newfoundland seemed to have developed a more...
The Collegian, 1960
Methodist College (St. John's, N.L.)--Periodicals; United Church College (St. John's, N.L.)--Periodicals; Presbyterian College (St. John's, N.L.)--Periodicals; Prince of Wales College (St. John's, N.L.)--Periodicals; Prince of Wales Collegiate (St....
The Collegian began publication in 1895 as the magazine of the Methodist College in St. John's. Remaining in print throughout many institutional changes, at present it is known as the yearbook of Prince of Wales Collegiate. The content reflects...
The Colonist, vol. 06, no. 117 (22 May 1891)
The Colonist began on 6 March 1886, changing its name to The Newfoundland Colonist after 18 July 1891. Having printed local and international news Monday to Saturday for six years, the paper came to an abrupt end when its offices were destroyed in...
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The Record, 1862-05-17, vol. 02, no. 31
The Weekly Herald And Conception-Bay General Advertiser, 1846-10-21, vol. 04, no. 207
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NewsLocal NewsNew Jersey
High School students take to the streets to protest nearly 300 school jobs that will be cut in Bayonne
Posted: 8:16 PM, Apr 27, 2017
By: Mario Diaz
Parents were concerned as well.
BAYONNE, N.J. — Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis had a candid assessment to students not showing up to class today at Bayonne High School and opting to protest on city streets.
"I think it's ridiculous that it got to this point and as adults we should all be embarrassed that our students had to come out here today and point the finger at us and say what is going on with our education," Mayor Davis said.
The Mayor understood why the students were protesting the cost-costing employment measures signed off by the school board on Wednesday night.
However Mayor Davis had issues with the board that he says has seen its debt skyrocket of late, "When it started it was $2.1 million dollars. Now we are somewhere probably between 9 and 15 million."
On Wednesday night, nearly 300 teachers and administrators lost their jobs. A plan to eliminate their employment was pushed by the board to help recoup millions. The decision was met with hundreds of high school students protesting along the streets of Bayonne for most of the Thursday morning, with Mayor Davis offering up the following to the developments by the board,"I'm aghast. What are we doing here? It's 2017 and we are going to put 40 kids in a classroom?"
He was not alone. Parents were concerned as well.
Judy Ocasio telling PIX11 News, "287 teachers lost their jobs. Most of them are probably better teachers who care about their students. It's just not fair to the students who actually come to school to learn something."
For the students this was a classic lesson from the school of hard knocks. When asked what this has taught him about the real world, 18-year-old Elmer Beltran simply said, The real world... its cruel."
Although the school board operates as its own operation that the city funds, Mayor Davis says he is going get involved with the operations of the school board moving forward, "You raise your money through me raising taxes to give you the money. So from here on in, you are going to tell me what is going on."
It should be noted that state auditors have been probing the books of the school board since earlier this month.


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Scream is a gyro drop tower at the Heide Park amusement park in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany. It was constructed at a cost of €7.5 million by Intamin between October 2002 and April 2003, repurposing the structure of the Aussichtsturm II observation tower which opened in 1992. With a height of , riders plunge down  up to speeds of . Scream, which has a diameter of , stands on a foundation of  in depth and  in diameter. The travelling time is 82 seconds, two seconds of which are the actual fall. The deceleration phase lasts for 5.5 seconds.

Interesting facts
Heide Park advertised Scream as the world's highest Gyro-Drop-Tower up to the end of the 2020 season, although the Gyro-Drop-Tower Scream Zone in Kings Island has a higher drop height with 82 metres. The reason was Scream having a bigger overall height than Scream Zone.

However this questionable record was finally beaten on April 27 2019 by Highlander at Hansa-Park in Sierksdorf which has a drop height of 103 metres and an overall height of 120 metres. After the teardown of the observation tower before the start of the 2022 season, is Scream now the highest attraction at Heide Park.

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Amusement rides manufactured by Intamin
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NESN Fuel
GM Claims Venezuelan Government Illegally Seized Production Facility
by on Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 4:13PM
It might not be by choice, but General Motors no longer has a presence in the Venezuelan market.
The government of Venezuela took over a GM plant Wednesday in a move the American automaker called an "illegal judicial seizure of its assets," USA TODAY reports.
General Motors Venezuela (GMV), which employs 2,700 people and runs a network of 79 dealers, reportedly said it will compensate workers affected by the facility's closure.
"The company is confident that justice will eventually be served, and looks forward to continue leading the Venezuelan market," GMV said in a statement. "In the meantime, GMV, through its dealers, will continue to provide aftermarket service and parts for its customers."
GM plans take legal action in response to the seizure, though Peter Quinter of GrayRobinson's Customs and International Trade Law Group claims its options are few.
"They can go to the courts here in the United States and try to seek action," Quinter said, via USA TODAY. "But that really is not going to be effective unless the Venezuelan government has some assets here."
The South American country's struggling economy reportedly has hindered the industry's growth in recent years, which could've contributed to the value of GM's stock increasing by 0.6 percent in early trading Thursday.
Thumbnail photo via General Motors


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Time warp on the D&R Canal
J.D. Mullane
In those days, boats laden with coal rolled on the Delaware and Raritan Canal like fog, up and down, in and out, settled and serene.
"Until they blew this," said Richard Pawling, in character as German boat Capt. John Hummel, circa 1863. He held a conch shell and blew into it. Out came an ear-cracking howl. It carried a quarter mile from the spot towpath on the canal at Washington Crossing where he stood. Pawling was in period garb — checked shirt, work overalls, a derby.
"And thet's how ye gets the lock tender's attention, what the heck," he said.
Out of character, the former cultural geography professor at Penn State and Millersville University stood on the canal towpath in a gray drizzle last Saturday. He expressed disappointment and frustration. Disappointment, because it was "SPIRIT of the JERSEYS State History Fair" Day at Washington Crossing Historic Park, and the canal boat he was promised never arrived.
Frustration, because so few people stopped at his table, which held a cool full-scale, handmade working model of a canal lock. It was just like the 14 locks along the D&R's 44 miles.
"Actually," Pawling said, "we're on the D&R's feeder canal, 22 miles long."
He motioned for me to come around and examine a map in a binder of info on the canal's history.
"The feeder's purpose was to keep water in the main canal, which ran from New Brunswick to Trenton. What were the boats carrying? Three things: coal, coal and more coal. Anthracite. Going to Trenton, to the factories to make things for the war."
The Civil War, that is, which was the Delaware and Raritan's heyday. Boats pulled by mule teams passed every few minutes. At 4 mph, closed on Sundays, it was a 19th century superhighway.
"The canal began in 1834 and ended in 1932," Pawling said. Railroads killed the canals. Canals freeze up and become impassable. Railroads don't.
Pawling stood on the towpath. Occasionally people passed. A jogger. Walkers in knots of three. Guys on mountain bikes. All disinterested. He shook his head. His life is dedicated to telling American history through stories. He owns "History Alive!" in Sinking Spring, Pa., which produces "living history programs." Usually it is Pawling telling stories in character with period props.
A blond-haired woman passed. Her running shoes crunched the towpath gravel. She did not break stride as she passed.
"None of them want to stop to learn about this," Pawling said. "It's pathetic. If you don't know where you come from, how do you know where you're going? I can answer any question about this, but they just don't seem to care."
In the late 1970s and through the 1980s, he interviewed the last living canal men.
"They had their own culture, their own language. They missed boating. You could see it in their eyes. One guy I talked to, he took his honeymoon on a canal boat," Pawling said. "And you know what? They're all gone now. Who is the living bridge from their world to this one?"
He pointed to himself.
He was alone on the quiet towpath. He looked at the canal, its water placid and glassy. He slipped into the character of canal boat Capt. John Hummel.
"Vell, so vat in da verld arr yoo doon here ta-day? Takin' notes or somethin'? I'm lookin' for a bowsman, what the heck. I ain't lookin' for no noospaperrr wriiiter. Ah need someone who can verk vit me. Some say I'm a little hard to verk vit. Vell, yoo don' like verkin' vit me, go verk for anudder boatman."
Out of character, he explained the canal circa 1863, how it looked, how it aided the war effort. He told stories about Lincoln and Gettysburg and then picked up a brass cornet. He played a simple, haunting version of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" that echoed on the lonely towpath.
A few minutes later, four kids and their parents approached. The parents wanted to move along, but the kids saw Pawling's model canal lock with its miniature mules and small boats. The kids stopped. They asked about it.
Pawling turned toward the children, switched into the character of Capt. Hummel, and roared, "Vell, yoo all got sem questions fer me?"
For a few minutes, it was 1863 on the D&R again.
J.D. Mullane can be reached at 215-949-5745 or jmullane@phillyBurbs.com. Twitter: @jdmullane