The Common Plants Survey is a long-term project monitoring changes to the wild flowers in our countryside. It is the only national annual survey of wild plants in the UK.

Plantlife Director Dr Jayne Manley explains, "This year we are looking to substantially increase the numbers of volunteers taking part, to glean an accurate a picture as possible of the health of our wild plants."

External factors are having an enormous impact on our environment and, in the past five years since the survey started, we are already recording significant changes in the countryside. The success of the Common Plants Survey rests entirely on volunteers and it is vital that we hit our recruitment target to really make a difference.

So improve your identification skills and help give a better understanding of species coverage in the UK!

Common Plant Survey

Baba ghanoush (mashed & seasoned eggplant)
Calamari
Pho (Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup)
PB & J sarmie
Aloo gobi (potato and cauliflower curry type thingy)
Hot dog from street cart
Epoisses (French cheese)
Black truffle (black, underground mushroom)
Fruit wine made from something other than grapes

Dulce de leche
Oysters
Baklava
Bagna cauda (warm Italian dip)
Wasabi peas (roasted peas coated in wasabi)
Clam chowder in sourdough bowl
Salted lassi (it’s like salty Yogi-Sip)
Sauerkraut
Root beer float
Cognac with a fat cigar (ah the good days old days of cognac in the boot and )
Clotted cream tea
Vodka jelly (larcy!!!)
Gumbo
Oxtail
Curried goat
Whole insects
Phaal
Goat’s milk in cheese form
Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more (woot!)
Fugu (Japanese pufferfish)
Chicken tikka masala
Eel
Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
Sea urchin
Prickly pear
Umeboshi (pickled Japanese ume fruit)
Abalone
Paneer (Persian cheese)
McDonald’s Bic Mac Meal
Spaetzle (German egg noodle or dumpling)
Dirty Gin Martini
Beer above 8% ABV (waha)
Poutine (chips with cheese and gravy)
Carob chips
S’mores
Sweetbreads
Kaolin
Currywurst

Durian (that smelly fruit from Thailand)
Frog’s legs
Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake (some type of doughnut)
Haggis
Fried plantain (some sort of fruit from the Caribbean)
Chitterlings, or andouillette (pig’s intestines)
Gazpacho
Caviar and blini
Louche absinthe
Gjetost or brunost (Norwegian cheese)
Roadkill WAHAHAHAHAH
Baijiu (liquor)
Hostess Fruit Pie
Snail
Lapsang souchong (smoked black tea)
Bellini (booze)

Tom yum (thai soup)
Eggs Benedict
Pocky (chocolate on a stick)
Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
Kobe beef
Hare
Goulash
Flowers
Horse
Criollo chocolate
Spam
Soft shell crab
Rose harissa
Catfish
Mole poblano
Bagel and lox
Lobster Thermidor
Polenta
Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee
Snake

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• http://www.viewletpoll.com/poll/

Sper ca aceste site-uri să vă fie utile în vreun moment al "existenței" voastre pe internet!

Succes!

The 2008 CYGN conference team are running a three question survey to find out. Whether it’s your children, travel, citizenship, speaking the language or learning to cook, we want to hear your thoughts and are inviting you to comment on the Živjela Hrvatska? section on this blog.  

We encourage you to take the survey – which should only take a few minutes - and to pass this on.

http://surveys2.bayasoft.com/doxus_0207/index.aspx?s=TO-404267251

I have to take the long road through the server jungle now to find the appropriate ones to use and to support as a platform for our application. Any suggestions out there?

Anyway, I'll let you know about my results in the next couple of days. Maybe there are some out there having the same task.

The Brazil registered the most number of Internet users during the last month, according a survey made by Ibope/Net-Ratings, published on last Wednesday, 27. According with a Folha's report, 23, 7 millions of people surfed the web, and the navigation time was 24 hours and 54 minutes by person. The children was responsible for 10, 6% (2, 5 millions) of ratings. The kids used their vacations to navigate the internet. 

 On July, Brazil had 18, 5 millions users that accessed the Internet at their homes. The number also is 3, 5% bigger comparing with June of 2008. Besides that, the Brazilian Internet users stayed connected 1 hour and 42 minutes more than June.

L.S - The Internet, now, isn’t a privilege for a few people. The access to World Wide Web is popularized. Wherever you go, is possible to have Internet access: by Wireless, WiFi or in Libraries. Instead, a lot of people still believe in the creativity of their sons.  “He knows a lot of things. You must see how he uses the computer”, say many parents. To filter the content still is a challenge to most parents and educators. In some cases, the exposition to erotic content is accidental. It was what published the New Hampshire University. The objective of study was to consider the exposition to improper content among adolescents with 10 even 17 years old. Five years before the first Survey made in 1999 e 2000, the results were surprising: 34% of young Internet users had access to erotic sites in accidental way. 51% of the adolescents were girls.

Click here to access the study.
On page 19, are specified all information about gender, age, profile of student's families, etc.

Please, select the language:

Is it okay for guys to wear pink?
I don't care, I won't.

When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper?
a week ago, and I have to write one right after this to the same buddy in prison.

Can you change the oil on a car?
Probably

Do you live near your best friend?
Those guys are living in Los Angeles now. THE BIG TIME! mama mia

What's the best eye color for the opposite sex?
I don't know, whatever works

Are you taller than 5'5"?
I'm a big man

If you're being extremely quiet whats the matter?
Just don't talk to me leave me alone, I'm busy and your slowing me down.

Does anyone like you?
I believe so

What is your full name?
David Joseph Stakun

Any tattoos?
Not my scene

Whats wrong with you right now?
Nothing at all

Are you jealous of anyone right now?
I i'm not really sure I've ever been jealous of anybody.

When's the last time you did something you knew was wrong?
Last night I had a dream that I married a girl and the next day I was trying to convince her to please get an annulment and she wouldn't have it. Then I woke up, phew.

I usually don't do stuff I think is wrong.

If you could get rid of anything in this world, what would it be?
Idiots, non ambitious wastes of space

You can only drink ONE liquid for the rest of your life, what is it?
water

Are you anything like you were at this point last year?
I am the same kid I was when I was 12 I don't nor have patience for people still trying to find them self. I got it over with when I was 12 and started living.

Do you ever think "what if" about anything
No. Aside from funny hypotheticals.

Do you judge people you don't know?
Not really, but usually after they say a few things I know them. Then start judging, but only if they are jokers. Then there's like pink shirted popped colored jon goti hair cut gelled hair guido hair cut with sandals and a god chain with a cross on it folks, but are those even people?

When was the last time you felt like your heart was actually breaking?
2 years ago and never again

What is one thing you feel that you NEED in life?
Maybe a puppy, definitely a canine buddy to adventure with.

Has more than one person ever told you they're in love with you?
yeah.

Dark hair or light hair in the opposite sex ?
I lean dark and red.

Who would you want to be tied to for 24 hours?
My computer.

Do you hate when couples are like "i love you" after dating for about 2 days?
Sometimes shit just works out for them, However I feel this is referencing the people that are extremely fake about it, and hold the relationship to be the most important thing on the outside to show everybody. In that case, yes your a ridiculous person, Please advertise your fairy tale on your myspace bulletins for the world to see, then certainly tell the world when it didn't work out and your are soooo heartbroken. I'm not even really being sarcastic, please do it, I love watching crappy relationships that are fake unravel as every day goes by I get more excited for the break up.

What "type" of people do you dislike?
Most people

Are you friends with someone who lies about the stupidest shit ever?
no

Would you rather your partner have gorgeous eyes or a gorgeous smile?
both I guess. I rekon if they're my partner I'd probably be into both.

Can a boy and girl be friends without having feelings for each other?
I guess

Your favorite tv show?
Space Ghost, the Office, Arrested Development, Mythbusters

Song you're listening to right now?
Bush- Machine head

Someone knocks on your window at 2am, who do you want it to be?
I wouldn't want to find out

Do you think too much or too little ?
Full throttle, even in my sleep. Super machine

Besides family, who was the last person to tell you that they love you?
Who Cares!

Have you ever crawled through a window?
Last week in town I walked into a bar through the window

Do you like yourself?
I'm the only one on my team I have to

What's something that can always make you feel better?
puppy's kittens maybe.

Is there anyone you wish was still in your life?
I guess not. I'm sure some people I can't think of right now.

Would you date someone 7 years older than you?
yeah.
Have you ever done something you told yourself you wouldn't do?
not really

What are you drinking?
a diet pepsi

Whose car did you last drive in?
Grandpas/mine

1. Do you like blue cheese? Yeah, I think so. I went to a party with wine and cheeses and tried all of them and liked them. I'm sure one of them was blue cheese.

2. Have you ever smoked? Yeah, it started with smoking weed everyday in high school and then went on to all the harder drugs. You name it, I've smoked it.

3. Do you own a gun? I've only shot a gun once in my life but I do have a gun. It's an old school revolver.

4. What flavor Kool Aid was your favorite? I really liked the Grape flavored one.

5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? Yeah, because everytime I've been to one its because something is wrong with me and it makes me nervous just knowing that there is something wrong with me.

6. What do you think of hot dogs? I don't really like them. I'll eat them if I have to but usually I'll just pass on them. I prefer cheeseburgers.

7. Favorite Christmas movie? Maybe A Christmas Story?? It's the only one I can think of at the moment.

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Depends. If I am having a bad hangover, I prefer another alcoholic drink to settle my head. If its a tolerable hangover, then water. If its a sober morning, some water or juice.

9. Can you do push ups? Yes, but probably not a lot. Although, I did more push ups than anyone else in my PE class in high school.

10. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry? I don't really wear jewelry.

11. Favorite hobby? I used to draw but I don't anymore.

12. Do you have A.D.D.? I don't know for sure but I might have a mild case of it. That and OCD. HAHA

13. Do you wear glasses/contacts? I wear glasses sometimes.

14. Middle name? Yeah right. I'm too paranoid as it is that someone I know might find my blog. I don't want to give them definitive evidence its me.

15. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment? What am I going to do tomorrow on my day off, how I'm going to get through the school semester, and why I ate right before bed time

16. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink? water, alcoholic beverages, and alcoholic beverages.

17. Current worry? If I'll finish school / get my degree.

18. Current hate right now? My financial situation. Its stressing me out.

19. Favorite place to be? I love the beach. I work near it, like really close to it.

20. How did you bring in the New Year? Amazing party at a friend's house.

21. Where would you like to go? All the English speaking nations and any other place where I know the native language to.

22. Name three people who will complete this? Well, I don't know too many bloggers so I would of picked fixator but he did it already and deservingofeverything.

23. Do you own slippers? I don't think I've ever owned slippers.

24. What shirt are you wearing? A tee shirt.

26.Can you whistle? Sometimes.

27. Favorite color? I like blue a lot.

28. Would you be a pirate? I am one. A couple people call me Pirate instead of my name.

29. What songs do you sing in the shower? Whatever stupid, catchy song is in my head right before I hop in.

30. Favorite Girl’s Name? Sierra

31. Favorite boy’s name? Tyler

32. What’s in your pocket right now? My blackburry.

33. Last thing that made you laugh? People at my work both customers and coworkers.

35. Worst injury you’ve ever had? My glands around my jaw swelled up and I was unable to eat or talk without large amounts of pain. The doctor still never told me what it was. He just gave me medicine for it...

36. Do you love where you live? I love the city I live in. I'd never live anywhere else.

37. How many TVs do you have in your house? Two

*additional two questions to make it 37:

i: Do you moisturize regularly? Not really. I probably should though.

ii: Do you fancy someone at this moment? Yes. I wonder if anyone fancies me.

Here's what turned me on courtesy of ADrabBoizBreakfast.com.

EAST Lindsey District Council has welcomed the opportunity to extend the deadline for their initial Skegness Voice questionnaire, which gives local residents the opportunity to shape the future of their much-loved town.  Following a tour of his ward and the town, Councillor Edginton identified that some local residents may have missed the opportunity to participate in the study if they have been away on holiday during the summer season, when the forms were circulated by Royal Mail. The District Council has worked closely with Royal Mail to monitor the delivery schedule. Where any issues have been identified an alternative delivery method has been used. Other options for participation include on-line, street questionnaires and collection from our Customer Access Point.

Business Manager, Gary Sargeant explains: “We are committed to putting our residents at the heart of all we do.  This survey is the biggest consultation exercise we have undertaken with users of Skegness on what they would like to see developed or improved in the town.  We are excited and ambitious about the positive changes that our communities can help us to deliver in Skegness.  We hope that by extending the deadline to the October 1 will encourage more residents to share their thoughts and ideas with us so that we can move forward together.”

Over the last six weeks Royal Mail has circulated questionnaires to over 21,000 local households.  All households with a post-code in Skegness and the surrounding area should have received a form through a guaranteed delivery contract.  Additional forms have been made available at various buildings throughout Skegness, including the Town Hall, Embassy Centre and Tourist Information Centre.  Completed forms are free to return by post and do not even require an envelope.  Questionnaires can also be completed online at www.e-lindsey.gov.uk or returned via a ballot box in the Embassy Centre foyer.

If you would like to participate in the survey but have not yet received a questionnaire, please contact the Council on 01507 601111.

I've Been

1. A child.
2. A daughter.
3. A sister.
4. A friend.
5. A Dancer
6. A member of the choir.
7. A soloist.
8. A thief.
9. A liar.
10. A confidant.
11. A mother.
12. A bitch.
13. An angel.
14. Mean without reason.
15. Hurt without cause.
16. A smoker.
17. A nurse.
18. A wife.
19. A daydreamer.
20. A bride.
21. A cleaning lady.
22. A chauffeur.
23. A traveler.
24. A writer. ~Why I AM a WRITER.
25. A poet.
26. A reader.
27. A diarist.
28. Unfairly accused.
29. Jealous.
30. A customer service representative.
31. Depressed.
32. Melodramatic. ~And will always be.
33. Spiritual.
34. Aggressive
35. Sultry.
36. Sexy.
37. Cute as a button and ugly as sin. ~LOLOL.
38. Bald.
39. A dominatrix.
40. Submissive.
41. Vanilla. ~Haha.
42. Silly.
43. Naive.
44. Bankrupt.
45. Loyal.
46. Abused.
47. Neglected.
48. To every state except Alaska.
49. An aunt.
50. Mistaken for a man.
51. An online game moderator.
52. A photographer.
53. A slob.
54. In therapy.
55. Scared of the dark.
56. Intimidating and intimidated
57. Maniacal.
58. Despondent.
59. Patriotic.
60. To Disney World.
61. To the funeral of someone who was too young to die.
62. Inside a sex club. ~HAHAHA! Ohshit.
63. Weepy.
64. Melancholy.
65. Understanding, misunderstanding, understood and misunderstood.
66. Comforted.
67. To the edge of my sanity. ~I'll never forget that moment.

I have...

1. Committed random acts of kindness. ~Committed? Really?
2. Cried without comfort.
3. Offered comfort to both friends and strangers.
4. Had evil thoughts. ~Lol. It's kind of a habit.
5. Had more lovers than I'd like.
6. Driven too fast.
7. Danced too hard.
8. Drank too much
9. Laughed too loud.
10. Said stupid shit.
11. Swore like a sailor.
12. Gossiped.
13. Committed adultery.
14. Left the scene of an accident. ~This will be coooool.
15. Depended on the kindness of strangers.
16. Been to the abortion clinic.
17. Had more than one lover in my bed at the same time.
18. Talked behind the back of a friend.
19. Been talked about by a friend.
20. Smoked marijuana.
21. Taken speed or acid.
22. Cheated on tests.
23. Danced in the rain. ~I WANT TO! Lol.
24. Made love in a pond under a full moon.
25. Watched a meteor shower from a waterbed in the middle of a field.
26. Cared for orphaned animals. ~Awww. I wanna.
27. Danced in the moonlight.
28. Cared for the dying. ~How about praying for the dying?
29. Gotten hopelessly lost in Chicago. ~OMFG. CHICAGO!!!
30. Stood on the edge of a cliff.
31. Made prank phone calls. ~I should do at least one before I leave the earth.
32. Played practical jokes.
33. Suffered from road rage.
34. Shared secrets to my daughter.
35. Made friends with people I've never seen
36. Had a crush on a girl.
37. Watched XXX rated movies.
38. Searched for internet porn.
39. Smoked in the boys room.
40. Gained and lost 50 pounds at least three times.
41. Had an unrequited love. ~I think. And it's not had, it's HAVE.
42. Written letters I never intended to send.
43. Sent letters I wish I'd never written.
44. Hated.
45. Loved.
46. Been loved.
47. Won a most improved bowler award.
48. Seen a UFO.
49. Acted like an idiot.
50. Misbehaved.
51. Fallen off a horse.
52. Been strong.
53. Flirted with strangers.
54. Ridden a mini bike.
55. Got lost in the woods.
56. Thought Big Foot was following me. ~HAHAHAHAHA!
57. Had phone sex.
58. Read cheesy love stories.
59. Shared a hot tub with naked strangers.~WTF?
60. Broken someone's heart.
61. Had my heart broken.
62. Had cancer. ~I actually think I HAVE.

I'm obsessed with:

• knitting
• flavored coffees
• finding a bargain
• my bangs (it's a continual struggle)
• keeping up-to-date on my blogreader
• cute + comfy shoes, and finding the newest, cutest + comfiest pair
• super sticky Post-It notes
• Stardust
• vintage and antique stuff for my house
• breath mints
• Barenaked Ladies
• Tetris on my phone
• bags to carry knitting + my stuff + work stuff
• trying new and unusual beers
• turquoise, indigo, cobalt, and most any other shade of blue
• my Nikon D40
• Arrested Development
• Italian food
• Ben Folds
• shining the screen on my new phone
• Diet Coke

What about you?  What are you obsessed with?

trus waktu perjalanan,, tony bawa snack kesukaan g,, yaitu LAYS!! :-) ahahahahaha. senangnya. :-)

kita makan bareng-bareng tu snack. trus pas abis selese makan,, gw iseng-iseng ngeliat-liat bungkusnya. dan ternyata menemukan ini...

berat bersih snack kesukaan g ternyata 75 g!! :-)

mungkin bagi orang lain,, apaan c gw,, ga jelas amet. tapi buat gw,, hal yang menarik itu. :-)
sejak itu jadi kepikiran buat motoin barang-barang yang bermuatan angka 75. hmmm. tapi apa daya,, niat hanya tinggal niat. seringnya lupa. jadi baru 1 foto itu doank tentang angka 75 dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. hihihihihihi

p.s : buat bagi orang yang ga gitu kenal gw,, angka 75 merupakan angka favorit gw. terutama angka 5-nya. ;-)

By 'eck, it's grim up north!

*According to our online survey

Following on from the outrage generated by the Policy Exchange think tank's suggestion that the North was beyond saving and we should all move to Cambridge, we asked for your opinions in our quick poll on our main website.

We asked 'Has regeneration failed in the North?' Over two weeks 646 of you voted and an overwhelming 91.95% agreed. So perhaps the policy think tank wasn't so wrong after all! Now, this was only a simple yes / no question about a much more complex subject. But is this really representative of our visitors' views?

Let us know what you think by leaving a comment here.

This week we are asking - following the successful Mathew Street Festival, should the local authority fund public entertainment or should the city's business community do more to financially support the festival? Visit the Chamber's main home page to cast your vote, or share your ideas on this blog.

1) Rich people are happier than poor people.
2) Richer countries are happier than poorer countries.
3) As countries get richer, they tend to get happier.

Moreover, each of these facts seems to suggest a roughly similar relationship between income and happiness.

What explains these new findings? The key turns out to be an accumulation of data over recent decades. Thirty years ago it was difficult to make convincing international comparisons because there were few datasets comparing rich and poor countries. Instead, researchers were forced to make comparisons based on a handful of moderately-rich and very-rich countries. These data just didn’t lend themselves to strong conclusions.

Moreover, repeated happiness surveys around the world have allowed us to observe the evolution of G.D.P. and happiness through time — both over a longer period, and for more countries. On balance, G.D.P. and happiness have tended to move together.

There is a second issue here that has led to mistaken inferences: a tendency to confuse absence of evidence for a proposition as evidence of its absence. Thus, when early researchers could not isolate a statistically reliable association between G.D.P. and happiness, they inferred that this meant the two were unrelated, and a paradox was born.

Can you the awful lot of crowding at the right hand top corner...these are the rich happy countries.

because i am a nearly fanatical believer in the importance of social science research-- and because i secretly fear that, in my last post about zimbardo, i might have come across as overly judgmental of a man for whom i actually have a great deal of respect-- i am posting below from the hero workshop, a site created by matt langdon:

you may know him from the stanford prison experiment. maybe you used his “psychology and life” text book in college or saw his “discovery psychology” tv series on pbs. or perhaps you’ve read his recent book, “the lucifer effect”. now phil zimbardo needs you.

dr. philip zimbardo, with a team of researchers, is beginning a new study concerning helpful behavior. the goal is to discover how individuals perceive the behavior of helpfulness.

the first step is to conduct a survey with as many participants as possible. that’s where you come in. the survey takes about 30 minutes and can be found at www.socialpsychresearch.org.

i’ve been part of the development of this survey. zeno franco and kathy blau, more so. so obviously i’d love it if you could complete the survey and make sure this study flies.

i know from experience that one of the hardest parts of social science research is generating enough interest in the people you intend to study. this sounds like some interesting research conducted by an eager and knowledgeable team, but it won't go far if it doesn't get help from people like you. the survey is a quick and painless series of multiple-choice questions. if you have a few minutes to spare, click the link above and register your opinion on altruism, heroism, and helpful behavior.