~Eric F, or sometimes: ~E

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Born in a log cabin that his father built -- or maybe it was a hospital; grew up somewhere (in a relative sense). Allegedly educated, but with dubious results. Currently working on something, but is clueless as to what that might be. Besides pretending to be a Wikipedia editor, hobbies include doing stuff presumed to be fun.


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Motto: Do it now; fix it later.

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Due to a HD crash, I am temporarily (intermittent) using >> 98.26.28.41 (talk) 18:16, 25 April 2012 (UTC) 184.76.225.106 (talk) 02:46, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

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Kōan

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"I must humbly and respectfully point out an error in my Master's writing: 'Think among yourself' is an incorrectly formed statement."
"Is it not?" was the Master's only response.
-Dialog from Self; ~Eric F 74.60.29.141 (talk) 17:54, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

Editing philosophy

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Eventually, this section will contain content relating to the section title. For now, I shall include a quote by D. R. Hofstadter from his Methamagical Themas relating to story by David Moser. Regarding one of my pet peeves: Sentence fragments. From:[1]


Bizarre. A sentence fragment. Another fragment. Twelve years old. This is a sentence that. Fragmented. And strangling his mother. Sorry, sorry. Bizarre. This. More fragments. This is it. Fragments. The title of this story, which. Blond. Sorry, sorry. Fragment after frag-
ment. Harder. This is a sentence that. Fragments. Damn good device.

The purpose of this sentence is threefold:
(1) to apologize for the unfortunate and inexplicable lapse exhibited by the preceding paragraph;
(2) to assure you, the reader, that it will not happen again; and
(3) to reiterate the point that these are uncertain and difficult times and that aspects of language, even seemingly stable and deeply rooted ones such as syntax and meaning, do break down. This sentence adds nothing substantial to the sentiments of the preceding sentence but merely provides a concluding sentence to this paragraph, which otherwise might not have one.

"Baby Mine"

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  Done: 08:22, 2 March 2014 (UTC)     Articles linking to "Baby Mine" (song)

See also: AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies : America's Greatest Music in the Movies

Sandbox

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Notice:
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Sap which oozes from wounds or as a result of sap-sucking insects or other animals is an exudate.[1] [2] When dried, this exudate becomes crystallized and is referred to as 'manna'.[3] [4] This is a food source[5][6] and is important to a variety of animals such as the Honeyeater,[7] Sugar glider,[8] and is sometimes harvested by ants.[9]


  1. ^ "Exudate (in plants)". Glossary. GreenFacts. Retrieved 20 December 2012. Any substance that oozes out from the pores of diseased or injured plant tissue.
  2. ^ Nash, edited by Anne M. Burrows, Leanne T. (2010). The Evolution of Exudativory in Primates (First. ed.). New York, NY: Springer New York. p. 28. ISBN 1441966617. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "manna". WordNet Search - 3.1. WordNet. Princeton University. Retrieved 19 December 2012. (n) manna (hardened sugary exudation of various trees) : Synset (semantic) relations, direct hypernym (n) sap (a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant)
  4. ^ Pickert...], [Executive ed.: Joseph P. (1992). The American heritage dictionary of the English language (4th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin. p. 1065. ISBN 0395825172. manna n. 4. The dried exudate of certain plants
  5. ^ The Century Dictionary And Cyclopedia. Nabu Press. 2011. ISBN 978-1176033108. n. The secretion of the tamarisk, Tamarix Gallica, var. mannifera. It is a honey-like liquid which exudes from punctures made by an insect, hardens on the stems, and drops to the ground. It is collected by the Arabs as a delicacy. Sweetish secretions exuded by some other plants growing in warm and dry climates, as the Eucalyptus viminalis, the manna-gum tree of Australia, and the Tamarix Gallica, var. mannifera, of Arabia and Syria, are also considered to be kinds of manna. Small quantities of manna, known as Briaçon manna, are obtained from the common larch, Larix Europæa.
  6. ^ "Eucalyptus viminalis". Forest Secrets. Museum Victoria Australia. Retrieved 20 December 2012. Aboriginal people used the sugary, white sap which oozes through tiny holes bored by insects on the twigs (manna). It was gathered when it fell to the ground.
  7. ^ "V; 36.". Species conservation and management : case studies ([Online-Ausg.]. ed.). Oxford [u.a.: Oxford Univ. Press. 2004. p. 410. ISBN 0195166469. The main food sources are manna (a sugary exudate from Eucalyptus trees) ... {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help); |first= missing |last= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Cianciolo, Janine M. , DVM. "Sugar Glider Nutrition". Past Newsletters. SunCoast Sugar Gliders. Sugar gliders eat manna in the wild. Manna is a crusty sugar left from where sap flowed from a wound in a tree trunk or branch.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2011. man·na, n. : A sweet granular substance excreted on the leaves of plants by certain insects, especially aphids, and often harvested by ants.

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Imagine a multidimensional spider’s web
in the early morning covered with dew drops.
And every dew drop contains the reflection
of all the other dew drops.

Alan Watts, Following The Middle Way [1]

Can the quote box somehow be placed alongside the image, rather than below it? →
—My "new" IP=71.20.250.51 (talk) 20:06, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

 
         Parameter Number: 2         
This is parameter number one.
This parameter is longer than parameter number two
by more double, or at least that is the intent.

Termite (draft for clarified lead?

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Termites are small soft-bodied social insects. Although resembling ants, and commonly called white ants (especially in Australia), they are not closely related. They have recently been re-classified, given their own epifamily Termitoidae, belonging to the cockroach order Blattodea.

Termites divide labor among castes, produce overlapping generations and take care of young collectively. Termites consume cellulose from dead plant material, including wood, leaf litter, soil, or animal dung. About 10% of the estimated 4,000 species are considered pests that can cause serious structural damage to buildings, crops or plantation forests. However, because termites consume decomposing plant matter, they are of considerable ecological importance as recyclers, particularly in the subtropical and tropical regions.

Termites live in colonies as insects of the highest level of social organization, Eusociality. At maturity a termite colony can number from several hundred to several million individuals. A colony uses a decentralised, self-organised system of activity guided by swarm intelligence which exploits food sources and environments which would be unavailable to an individual insect. A typical colony contains nymphs (semimature young), workers, soldiers, and reproductive individuals of both sexes, sometimes containing several egg-laying queens.

  1. ^ Watts, Alan, (Podcast: Following The Middle Way #3, Jul 25, 2010) "—And so ad infinitum. That is the Buddhist conception of the universe in an image."