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Topiaries require daily watering in Spring, Summer and Fall months in Florida, and a minimum of 3-4 times per week in the Winter months. Improper watering will result in browning of leaves and die-back of branches. We encourage customers to re-pot topiaries into larger containers, using moisture control soil mixtures, in order to reduce potential damage from lack of water.
Topiaries are for outdoor use only, preferring full to partial sun, and requiring a minimum of 4-5 hours of direct sunlight each day. Plants will defoliate if brought inside or planted in the shade.
Eugenia topiaries are recommended for Zones 9-11.
As a general rule, topiaries should be sheltered or covered when temperatures are expected to drop below 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
Fertilize at least three to four times a year with a complete formula, e.g. 13-13-13 or 18-6-8. Keep in mind that different fertilizers may be more soluble, or "hotter" than others, potentially damaging roots. Always test new fertilizers by initially applying lower rates in order to determine the plant's tolerance to the brand of fertilizer used.
Please ensure proper spacing for the plant in the landscape. Proper spacing should allow for sufficient light and air flow around plants. Leaves should not touch other plants or objects. Improper spacing may cause disease and leaf drop either due to insufficient light or due to leaves remaining too wet as a result of improper air flow around the plant.
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Requires full sun.
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Moderately growing evergreen. Ornamental berries and white flowers in spring. Deer resistant.
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An article written by Stephen Alexander for SNIA, the Storage Networking Industry Association'sAustralian members newsletter
The problem
In a world challenged by global insecurity, the shareholders of private sector and public sector policy makers are demanding more results from less funds before granting investment in major technology based initiatives that solve complex problems.
This places additional demands on CIOs who have used the tried and tested arguments that range from efficiency gains, time for a refresh or that the "sky will fall in" if the demands for non-capped budgets are not met.
Many vendors of these evolving interdependent technologies admit to being able 'only to do so much' in enabling the CIO to make a meaningful business case for transitioning the organisation towards a stated value based endpoint.
Understanding the nature of eco-like interconnected worlds that technologists have and will continue to unleash upon senior managers with limited IT comprehension is mission critical for the adoption of solutions on offer today. Not only does this introduce new complexities when calculating the broader implications, it also dramatically increases the number of interdependencies upon any initiative especially relationships between stakeholders, which is never 'cut and dry'. Gone are the days of well managed silos of information, power or even control, and enter a more federated structure where value becomes king and trust is a core commodity. A simple 'acid test' used by today's financial controllers is to ask who will take the responsibility (and budget liability) for a proposed initiative not reaching its critical mass of adoption. The reality is that because the interdependencies become greater and more complex as an organisation reaches the tipping point of adoption and sustainability becomes the greatest risk, no one wants responsibility.
That is why it now appears to business stakeholders that by solving the vexed problem of transaction interoperability and system integration we have in fact created a new and even more challenging set of problems.
This was clearly articulated in 2006, by Jane Treadwell, the then CIO of the Victorian State Government, who refreshed the complex Centrelink welfare systems in her previous role, was well qualified to remark: "To justify an investment in a network of organisations in the same sector (potentially one's competitors), traditional business cases will satisfy the needs for notions of cost savings and return on investment (ROI). But when it comes to understanding and leveraging the value that comes from a network of operators working together, traditional methods are no longer applicable or useful."
Case Study
Through a series of events, a leading Australian Managed Service Provider brought together groups of senior policy and business managers from various government agencies to evoke a open debate where the common strategic and operational problems could be identified.
The intention was to see through an open, intelligent and collaborative approach to doing business in Government it could be identified if the operational value created to each of the parties would solve the fundamental problems and to establish whether the industry solutions if provided in an neutral and secure environment could also fast track clients towards their strategic aspirational endpoint. More importantly, that some of the solutions to problems their own people had already declared as being too complex to solve were within grasp and had already been established.
Interestingly, for most government agencies that are grappling with budget cuts, the capital cost of a solution is, in itself, a major problem so a "configuration and pay as you go" approach would get them over the first barrier. The second inhibitor was time, which was overcome by virtue of the MSP's existing services which had already been deemed by agencies as an internal order. The third major barrier was overcoming the complex compliance and risk migration requirements (real and imagined) and again, the MSP could provide verifiable assurance that this critical issue was addressed as they operate and manage the secure connection and the compliance requirements of the environment.
The MSP, 4 years previously, (see ABC story) had been approached to provide input into how one Health Alliance Service Provider would afford to integrate the many legacy systems and numerous health practitioners to a single patient view system. A Personal Health Record Initiative funded by the Australian Federal Government was on the distant horizon at the time and suspicions that any additional funds to cover the bulk cost required for this integrative activity, much of which was proposed to be a State Government responsibility, would result in very little content finding its way in to the centralised record.
However, it was soon realised that if the record system was connected via an existing "cloud" solution which was in a neutral and secure environment where no upgrade of the legacy systems would be required then a pathway forward could be found, especially if the operational cost could be covered within the savings of existing operational budgets and the value to each of the connected parties could be demonstrated and meaningful.
This was quickly resolved by turning the attention to unlocking the potential value of patient management. In this instance it was identified that the existence of an integrated health record would resolve many of the day to day operational problems across the health region. The root problem that health regions experience is that all of the systems, processes and many procedures are in fact disconnected from each other creating dramatic amounts of operational pain for all parties. The aspirational endpoint is expressed as a continuum of care between all parties from a patient perspective.
For example, managing chronic disease patients (many of who are drug dependent for life) account for about 80% of operational pain in these regions as they get churned through a disconnected health system.
In one region alone it was confirmed that managing the annual check-up for diabetics alone generates 45% of duplication of appointments, medical prescriptions and medical testing to an average of six referred specialists for each patient each year. This increases in some regions to 100% duplication between GP's and hospitals. The assessment was made that if resolved; the solution would also reduce all hospital admissions in any State by 12% as a third of the "avoidable errors" would be eradicated.
In all, big money, big savings and tangible verifiable public value to patients and the community at large without having to refresh large systems. All that would be required is the task of interconnecting some of the systems with technologies which would connect to the personal health record system and as act as the ID enabler and development catalyst providing a gateway to a web-enabled low-cost patient booking and reporting system.
This solution matching game continued, which resulted in a number of solution problem matching activities ranging from the realisation that all the components already existed to set up a medical imaging 'cloud' on a 'pay as you go' basis, that most of the data for traffic management already existed, with the majority of it outside governments, and that all IT education budgets could be slashed by sharing what had already been paid for.
The growing realisation that someone (in this case, the Australian Managed Service Provider) had already constructed a complete solution that overcame the real business, financial, risk and technology barriers, and that it delivered operational value whilst delivering policy outcomes, was clearly embraced.
The Value
The observation is that if a client understands it has a strategic problem with a lot of associated operational pain and suspects it needs a holistic solution, they would invest in the process of measuring the value of a collaborative outsourced solution that brings together the best of breed technologies in a neutral and secure environment which delivers significant cost savings by bringing various vendors to the table to ensure that the best configurable solution is designed to meet the needs of many.
There is no doubt that if the requirement is driven top down, then it would be hard to see how to deliver a solution without this type of approach, once two key principles are established. Firstly, those solutions can be accesses with little or no CAPEX and secondly, that new knowledge based assets with commercial value can be generated as a byproduct of delivering public services which result in the discussion quickly moving towards creating partnerships. This is not a technical discussion as the nature of the exploration is one of public value creation (through creation of infrastructure), brokering, governance and the commercialisation of newfound digital assets.
On a final note, there should be a great deal of admiration for pioneers of this innovative industry that are interconnecting the world to morph it towards a knowledge-based economy. However, its indefensible not to identify, measure and then validate the meaningful value of what has already been created (and paid for) to each party for technologies that already exist and often underpin all that drives today's successful Consumer centric economies. Even a casual exploration of the value generated by these interconnecting technologies can reveal startling evidence that could be used by the CIOs to justify the next investment required in their evolving journey. Through a casual exploration of the value of a connected technological infrastructure we reveal that CIO's are able to justify future investment upon closer exploration of the evolving nature of the industry.
So perhaps we could emulate what occurred in the heyday at Silicon Valley where we too could each collaborate for the sake of a common goal for the common good. In today's technological environment one would be hard-pressed not to agree that it is easier to work together in a collaborative environment in order to ensure that the collective client pool will be able to identify and therefore celebrate the validated worth created for their own customers as a core business activity whereby individuals as well as organisations will be able to co-operate effectively in a deeply innovative and constantly diversifying industry to enable our collective clients to identify and celebrate the validated value created for their own customers as a core business activity.
SNIA Australia & New Zealand
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SNIA ANZ is a chapter of the world-wide Storage Networking Industry Association which is headquartered in the United States. Other SNIA chapters exist throughout Western Europe, China, Japan, South Asia, Brazil and India. SNIA ANZ is a non-profit association funded by membership subscriptions.
SNIA Corporate Mission Statement
Lead the storage industry worldwide in developing and promoting standards, technologies, and educational services to empower organisations in the management of information.


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Concluding Statement by Participating Parent BanksEuropean Banking Group Coordination Meeting for Latvia Held in Stockholm, Sweden, on September 11, 2009
We, the parent institutions of the four largest foreign-owned banks operating in Latvia, met in Stockholm, Sweden, on September 11, 2009 at the joint invitation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Commission (EC). The meeting was also attended by the international financial organizations, which launched on February 26, 2009, the "Joint IFI Action Plan In Support of Banking Systems and Lending to the Real Economy in Central and Eastern Europe" (the EBRD, European Investment Bank, and World Bank Group), the home country banking supervisors and other relevant public institutions (from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden), the Bank of Latvia (BoL), the Financial and Capital Market Commission of Latvia (FCMC) and the European Central Bank.
We agreed on the following considerations and conclusions:
1. We accept with satisfaction the shared analysis of the FCMC, the IMF and the EC that all foreign-owned banks in Latvia are currently in sound financial condition, and that the parent banks have so far provided their Latvian affiliates with capital, funding, managerial and other types of expertise as the need arose.
2. The IMF, the EC and other multilateral and bilateral donors agreed in December 2008 on an international financial support package of 7.5 billion Euro for Latvia that was approved by the Executive Board of the IMF on December 23, 2008 and the EU Council of Ministers on 20 January, 2009. The international support package has greatly contributed to macro-economic and financial stability in Latvia. Indeed, we welcome the latest substantial disbursements by the EC and the IMF, as well as their flexible response to changing macroeconomic and fiscal conditions.
3. We recognize that the success of the macroeconomic program, as well as medium term balance of payments sustainability in Latvia also depends crucially on the continued involvement of all banks operating in or with Latvia, including foreign-owned banks.
4. We entered the Latvian market as strategic investors and key contributors to its transition toward an open, market-based economy, based on our assessment of and continued confidence in the country's long-term growth prospects. We have made substantial investments in Latvia over a number of years, and we remain committed to playing a constructive role in the development of the Latvian economy by providing credit to companies and households.
5. It is in our collective interest and in the interest of Latvia for all of us to restate, in a coordinated way, our commitment to maintain our overall exposure to Latvia subject to nominal GDP development and the availability of sound business opportunities. Mechanisms to specify this effort will be developed in due course, taking into account availability of adequate lending opportunities or alternative investment instruments in Latvia within boundaries defined by sound risk, capital and liquidity management practices.
6. We also acknowledge that our operations in Latvia have been and will continue to adjust to the current challenging macroeconomic environment. We are committed to meeting the capital and liquidity needs of our subsidiaries and branches in Latvia in conformity with the respective legal and regulatory frameworks.
7. We are aware that the BoL, like many central banks, regularly conducts stress tests to estimate the potential losses that all Latvian banks might face under diverse scenarios during the period of the international financial support package. We welcome the BoL's and FCMC's efforts to extend its existing stress testing framework, taking into account the multi-country experience of the IMF. Our subsidiaries in Latvia agreed to participate in a co-ordinated stress testing exercise performed by banks themselves based on uniform input assumptions.
8. We acknowledge that these exercises engender confidence in the soundness of the Latvian banking system, and agree to support our Latvian subsidiaries and branches as needed in order to: (i) demonstrate our long-term commitment to the Latvian market; and (ii) signal our willingness to support a comprehensive and well-coordinated international response to the crisis. We are prepared to discuss the results of stress tests bilaterally with the Latvian and our respective home authorities, and to agree on any necessary further steps based on these discussions.
9. We are therefore prepared to confirm these commitments, within the framework of the existing international financial support package, on a bilateral basis with the Latvian authorities, and with the due involvement of our home country supervisory authorities, according to European and the respective national regulatory frameworks. In doing so, we reaffirm our commitment to promote financial stability in the Baltic region as a whole.
Bank DnB NORD A/S (Denmark)
(AS DnB NORD Banka, Latvia)
Nordea Bank Finland Plc (Finland)
(Nordea Bank Finland Plc Latvia branch)
Swedbank AB (Sweden)
(Swedbank AS, Latvia)
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (Sweden)
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St. Barts has over 150 male and female officially licensed players who have the luxury of playing all year long, both on the beach or hardtop courts, making volleyball the number one sport on the island.
Volley ball began its meteoric rise in St. Barthélemy with the arrival of France-Helene Hughes-Clery over a decade ago. Her sons, David and Christophe Covini, had the making of junior champions and their mother dedicated herself to the training of several generations of young smashers, servers, and general all-around players. Now it seems as soon as little kids can get their hands around the ball, they're out on the beach getting the hang of the sport.
Today, St. Barts has a regional volley ball committee, directed by Claude Magras and Rosemond Greaux, which is part of the French Volleyball Federation through its affiliation with the Guadeloupe Volleyball League. Teams from St. Barths compete among themselves in an October through June beach volley ball championship, and in two hardtop competitions - The Christmas Tournament in December and The St. Barthélemy Cup in July/August.
These competitions are scheduled during holiday periods since many of St. Barth's young volleyball stars are away at school during the year. These tournaments have taken on a life of their own with as many as 500 spectators crowing into the stands. Teams bring their own cheering sections along with flags, banners, drummers, and magic charms... the team from Corossol has arrived brandishing branches from the tropical Corossol tree. The competition is fierce, and good sportsmanship is often put to the test.
St. Barth's volley ball teams have also taken part in official inter-island competitions in St. Kitts, St. Martin, Marie Galante and Guadeloupe. Some of the island's best players slip over to St. Martin to take part in beach volleyball competitions, with the team from the Carl Gustaf Hotel often winning first or second place honors. The volleyball committee also organizes beach tournaments for various village fairs and festivals - with local businesses offering prizes. They have also organized round-robin beach tournaments for groups visiting St. Barths from France and the United States. The location of volleyball courts depend on the current conditions of the beaches, but the flat, wide stretch of sand on Flamands is the best suited for competitions.


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More than 220 cases of a breed of "nightmare bacteria" with new or rare antibiotic-resistant genes have been found in 27 states, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a report released Tuesday.
The CDC has warned of the antibiotic-resistant bacteria for years.
But these "nightmare bacteria" are "virtually untreatable" and capable of spreading genes that make them "impervious" to most antibiotics, Scientific American reported.
The nightmare bacteria that are resistant to almost every drug are particularly deadly in the elderly and people with chronic illnesses, as up to 50 percent of the resulting infections are fatal.
That's according to Dr. Anne Schuchat, the CDC's principal deputy director, who shared that information with the magazine.
Schuchat said at news conference that the CDC was working to get "in front of them before they do become common," Live Science reported.
"We have data showing an aggressive approach works" to halt the spread of these new threats, she said.
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About 2 million Americans get sick from antibiotic-resistant bacteria each year, and 23,000 die, the CDC reported.
Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the John Hopkins University Center for Health Security, told Scientific American that the "unusual" genes discussed in the CDC report were truly the "worst of the worst."
These are the rarest forms of 'nightmare' bacteria, CDC says
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"There are certain bacterial genes that are more worrisome than others, that are much harder to treat," Adalja said. "These genes are lurking in American patients, and they are spreading in hospitals and health care facilities."
Doctors liken the spread of "nightmare bacteria" and other antibiotic-resistant germs to a "wildfire … difficult to contain once it spreads widely," Live Science reported. Therefore, doctors want to "extinguish the spark" before any new or unusual types of these bacteria or germs have a chance to spread.
Related: Antibacterial Wipes Are Far from a Clean Sweep
"We need to do more, and we need to do it faster and earlier with each new antibiotic-resistance threat," Schuchat said.
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Bobby's mornings in California all seemed to run together. The faux suede couch in his furnished apartment sagged no matter where he sat, and he didn't want to know about the stains. He'd been making his own coffee since he was twelve, and to save his life he couldn't figure out the load for the motel size coffee pot that had made asphalt or dirty water every morning he'd been in L.A.
Through the open window he could hear the guys his age with no families or plans laughing when they raised the garage door on the transmission shop behind him. They'd take a technical day off like Thanksgiving to burn a few, open a few and wrench on their personal rides. Bobby knew he'd waste more time today himself at the gas station 7-11 combo on the corner, deciding between a green chili chicken burrito or the two-pack of wasabi egg rolls. Since he didn't have anywhere to be he might even entertain one of the gut-bomb super size 'supreme' burritos.
He watched his Happy Thanksgiving text to Carrie Louise animate itself off the screen of his phone, absently tapped the phone on his thigh and wished he knew why she wouldn't answer him. That was something he'd work on when the Mad Mods season wrapped. Right now he was living a rental life in a rental world with his suit of armor and radar on 24/7, and it was wearing him down.
Bobby grabbed a light jacket off the hook on his front door, took a casual stroll down the steps of his second floor apartment in the Nineteen-Forties shotgun style eight-plex, daydreamed the way to his car. He almost tripped over the guy in sunglasses and a silk Hawaiian shirt leaning against the car parked on the curb behind the apartments.
"Happy Thanksgiving, Mr. B. Heard you were looking for an honest lawyer."
Bobby checked the guy. Prematurely bald, or older than he looked, and the car he was leaning on was a cream-colored classic 1956 Porsche 356 convertible.
"Mick did a car like that a couple years ago."
"This is it, bro. I went back to stock on the wheels. Those TV car guys, they all fuck up a classic with ghetto rims, even when they don't flare the fenders. Lunacy. Classic design is classic because it was right the first time." He watched Bobby like he had him under a microscope. "The car would make you think twice about me being honest. Mitch Gellert, your background man? He sent me. I don't lawyer like most lawyers, I'm more of a financing matchmaker. I put deals together for lost causes without getting the wrong people involved, do the paperwork, watch the investors' money." He waited for Bobby to rub his eyes, wake up some more.
"Mick is hopelessly upside down, Bobby. He bankruptcies, takes a walk, cashes out the last deal and runs, cons you into buying his debt. Who knows? Regardless of his exit strategy, he's done after next year's season. Maybe this one. Unless our conversation goes the way I hope it does." Silk Hawaiian shirt lifted the sunglasses, held out his hand. "Creighton DeHavilland. No relation to the movie star."
Bobby shook the offered hand, leaned on the trunk of his rental. The man wasn't too slick, or too calm or too pretty or too soft, didn't smell too good. Wasn't any of the things Bobby had come to expect from Los Angeles or the boat show posers, business thieves, con artists or any of the damn lawyers he'd met.
"That sucks, about Mick. I had a plan for Mad Mods. A partial plan, anyway."
"That's why I'm here. And why you're done with Elizabeth Vernier rubber stamping your business ventures and cutting you loose to run them out of your pocket. She's a bitch with a long term agenda. One that doesn't involve you."
"How do you know —"
"We'll get to that. Are you tangled up emotionally, real or imagined, with the lovely not-a-real-parts-girl Bernadette Evrard?"
"No. I mean, I don't know if we're friends or if she's a misdirect or even authentic. I'm trying to play it flat, like Mitch told me. See it all, and wait."
"She is who she says she is. And she'd like to like you, as a friend. Something about you cutting her some slack, being a sweetheart instead of a dick. Could you work with her?"
"If it was straight, hell yeah."
"Good. She's smart and has half a plan herself. If she'd fuck her way into the entertainment business she could start in prime time. She doesn't want screen time, though, short or long term. She wants management." He pointed finger pistols at Bobby with both hands. "For that desire to benefit us all, I need to redirect both of you to an entertainment vision beyond the ends of your noses. Let's go eat breakfast." He dropped his sunglasses back down, stepped around the side of the Porsche. "Been to Malibu yet?"
"You can eat sting ring chili and fire starter fart tacos for Thanksgiving breakfast?"
"Sheee-it," Bobby snort laughed. "No reason for today to be all that different." He ran his hand across the vanilla colored leather with red piping that covered the seats of the Porsche, whistled softly and opened the door.
"I had high hopes that you were a man with an open mind. Serious about the food, bro." Creighton checked over his shoulder for traffic. "Top is down because it makes me fart just thinking about it."
"You fart in these?" Bobby poked the side of his seat for emphasis.
"Good as anywhere. Like brisket tacos, you know? I figure if the cow is past worrying, so am I."


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I'm really not the type of person who falls for fads. Same goes for gardening--I've never owned a garden gnome, or had any type of lawn ornament, but I've fallen for terrariums and miniature gardens...
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Miniature Gardens...
I'm really not the type of person who falls for fads. Same goes for gardening--I've never owned a garden gnome, or had any type of lawn ornament, but I've fallen for terrariums and miniature gardens...
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I love 'em too Becks. There's something about miniature gardens isn't there. Maybe it's just that I like to march around them saying 'fee fi fo fum' etc., etc,...ReplyDelete
Do you have any Bonzai trees too? I tried but they were way too tricky for me.
These ornaments are so cute and nice.I like small small things.And these ornaments are really cute and small.I really like themReplyDelete
It is adorable! I love the terrarium container itself. That is a real conversation piece!ReplyDelete
How charming and sweet...thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
These terrariums are so appealing. I just made some in glass containers. I cannot show them until after Christmas.ReplyDelete
A beautiful garden to tend to over the cold winter months. Delicate and charming. Joy!ReplyDelete
Absolutely lovely!ReplyDelete
I thought of trying a miniature garden in a gallon jug. Maybe now that the outside garden is over until Spring, I'll try it.
Thanks for the inspiration!
Is misting considered minature rain?ReplyDelete
Very pretty! I love the miniatures!ReplyDelete
I have always loved miniature gardens and may finally have to make one this winter. I love the little wheelbarrow, birdhouse and arbor! So whimsical and charming!ReplyDelete
I love the miniature garden. It like have your own mini homesteadReplyDelete
Oooh, I love it! That's my next to-do: starting a terrarium. Yours is so cute and the case is charming. BTW, I've "faved" you on Blotanical, but for some reason your blog is not showing up on my blogroll. I will keep checking back, though. Happy Holidays!ReplyDelete
Good luck with your miniature garden. I was away for the Summer. I love your photos. Please stop by Dia Designs.
Happy New Year!
Rebecca, I have awarded you the Liebster Blog award! Stop by My blog to pick it up!ReplyDelete
I truly enjoy your blog and wanted to let you know it. Dolly
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I, too, have not had luck with terrariums. Perhaps someday I will get the courage to try again. Yours looks lovely and tended so well.ReplyDelete
This is the neatest thing I've ever seen (well, at least lately) I love it! I've had dollhouses for years but I've never tried a mini-terrarium garden. This is next on my list of things to make. Thanks so much for sharing! :)ReplyDelete
I have a large one that is free standing for sale contact me jdisanto@cox netReplyDelete


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Today: Alice proves that it's worth the (minimal) effort to make your own version of these childhood favorites.
Why would you make these yourself? Check out the ingredients label on a commercial brand. The real question is: Why wouldn't you?
With only 6 ingredients (counting vanilla and salt), these are lean and clean, super flavorful, and refreshing, and you can use the type of milk and cocoa powder you like best. Believe it or not, low fat milk makes the most flavorful and refreshing pops of all, but you can have it your way. Did I say they were easy to make? They are.
Makes ten 3-ounce fudgesicles
3/4 cup sugar3/4 cup unsweetened natural or Dutch process cocoa powder 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch1/8 teaspoon salt3 cups milk (any fat percentage)1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (optional)Ice pop mold with 10 cavities (or 10 individual molds)
See the full recipe (and save and print it) here.
Get excited about Alice's forthcoming book Flavor Flours: nearly 125 recipes -- from Double Oatmeal Cookies to Buckwheat Gingerbread -- made with wheat flour alternatives like rice flour, oat flour, corn flour, sorghum flour, and teff (not only because they're gluten-free, but for an extra dimension of flavor, too).
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Victoria Knobloch
Victoria Knobloch is a German photographer who concentrates on black-and-white portrait art and documentary work. Her favorite subjects are the character portrait, street-photography as well as documentaries with social and ecological impact. Her documentary work captures the essence of people's struggles, delights and human emotions in their widest variety.
Her work embraces the fields of vanishing cultures, ancient traditions and contemporary culture alike, yet the human element is the continuous thread.
Her goal is to refer to what is good in the world, so her photographs are like an argument there. The images motivate and are showing the dignity, strength and enormous positive potential of mankind. They draw the attention to the beauty, the living force, the peaceful and respectful site of life.
We humans are able and have the potential to create a harmonious, constructive and cooperative world. Through contemplation on her work one can feel the own creative power within oneself.
She is also interested in portraying artists, actors, writers, directors, musicians and all other people that do express themselves by their profession. Victoria Knobloch works as a freelance photographer and invests a lot of time in personal projects. She gives workshops and photography lectures.
Next to photography she works as a classical singer.
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Kham (New)
Kham (in the Tibetan Autonomous Region) is one of the most exceptional beautiful places I have ever been. The landscape is breathtaking with its snow covered high peaks and endless wide lush green hills. And right now the Tibetan Buddhist culture is re-kindling there again, which was touching to see.
Larung Gar is probably the largest religious institute existing presently with more than 10,000 monks and nuns living there. Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok founded the Larung Gar Buddhist Institute in 1980 in Larung Valley near Serthar in Sichuan Province. This site was chosen because of its history as a sacred place in Vajrayana and it was originated especially for the urgent need for the renewal of Tibetan Buddhist study and meditation after the Cultural Revolution in Tibet, for revitalizing the Dharma for the benefit of sentient beings. Despite the vastness of this place it is still rarely mentioned on maps or guidebooks.
See Victoria's recent Dharma Eye article published on "The Wonders of Kham and Larung Gar" by Buddhistdoor Global.
Bodhgaya (New)
Bodhgaya is the most important place of pilgrimage for Buddhists in India. It is said that the Buddha accomplished Enlightenment there under what became known as the Bodhi Tree. Such sacred places like Bodhgaya can be sources of inspiration and encouragement for practitioners. Therefore thousands of people come to Bodhgaya every day with the wish of building up or accelerating their connection and faith.
Tibetans In Exile II
In the second part of the series the photographer traveled to Ladakh and further down to the exile regions Bir and Dharamsala. In Bir, Himachal Pradesh one finds a Tibetan refugee settlement and Dharamsala is the city where the Tibetan government in exile is seated.
Yet her main subject was Ladakh which is also called "Little Tibet". Almost half of all Ladakhis are Tibetan Buddhists. Buddhism first came to Ladakh already in the 3rd century B.C. from southern India, so there is a long rooted tradition of Buddhism in the country itself. Nevertheless over the centuries monks from Ladakh went to study in neighboring Tibet. The occupation of the Tibetan monasteries by the Chinese since the 1950s however brought them back to Ladakh, now as expatriates. So now the monasteries in Ladakh play an important role for preserving and cultivating Tibetan Buddhist culture.
And in order to maintain this precious tradition, young boys are send to a monastery to live and to study there. They get food, shelter and education provided. In return the monks take care of spiritual ceremonies, weddings, funerals and other rituals. Some of the monks later on engage in advanced academic training for preserving ancient Buddhist wisdom. The tradition of sending a son to a monastery is also helping to control population growth.
Globally considered the forced exile situation has one endowing side-effect: it spreads Tibetan Buddhism throughout the world. Of course now one has to be careful, that this deep and complex tradition does not get diluted and superficial. But also there is a chance that it develops and mingles with other structures of mind setting and cultures and therefore can benefit people largely through tough the world. Buddhism is not a dictum; it changes with the environment and with time. But always in its essence, wherever it is applied, it has the potential to free humans through eliminating suffering and the associated negative emotions. When it is rightly adjusted the practices of Buddhism are encouraging the values of compassion, wisdom, non-discrimination, self responsibility and unconditional love. To achieve this, the teachings provide a path and they remind us to be of benefit to others and to be aware of our universal responsibility.
Over the years, Victoria has photographed people around the globe and especially in Asia, all in her typical black-and-white style.
During her travels the human element is the continuous thread and Victoria is most fascinated by the little worlds of the ordinary people. There she is searching for moments of authenticity, where people do not feel observed and therefore are themselves – then they are most natural and beautiful. But also the direct and close encounter, where two souls meet for a second on a very profound level plays a huge role in her photographic approach.
Tibetans In Exile
Nepal has a Tibetan exile population of around 20,000 people of the worldwide 150,000 Tibetan refugees all together. In 1959 after the Chinese invasion and the national uprising, thousands of Tibetan refugees arrived in Boudhanath / Kathmandu and decided to live there and in the surrounding areas to escape from persecution. That's why the district became one of the most important and largest centers of Tibetan Buddhism in Nepal. In the area around the holy Boudhanath Stupa you may find more than 30 Tibetan monasteries. The monasteries preserve next to the highly developed philosophy and psychology of Tibetan Buddhism also the spiritual literature, medicine, the arts and sacred dance and crafts of their religion.
The Boudhanath Area in Kathmandu marks one of the most important places in the world which treasures and saves Tibetan Buddhist traditions, just like Dharmsala in India where the Dalai Lama resides and the exiled Tibetan government is situated. The Boudhanath Stupa marks the center of the area. The Stupa is one of the largest of the world and was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in the year 1979. It is also an important place of pilgrimage.
In October 2013 Victoria has been in Kathmandu for one month, visiting the Tibetans there, covering especially Boudhanath and it's surroundings.
Exhibitions and Publications:
- 2010/Sep Portraits Westwerk Leipzig – Solo exhibition
- 2012/June Artgallery PSK Center New Delhi/India -Group exhibition
- 2012/Aug Russian Center of Art and "World Photography Day" New Delhi/India – Exhibition
- 2012/May finalist "Henri Nannen Prize" for the series: "New Delhi – Capital of India"
- 2012/Nov Photocircle : Publication
- 2013/Jan Seenby: Photographer of the month – Article and Interview
- 2013/June Emerge: Moradokmai Homeschool – Publication
- 2013/July Photocircle: Ganges and Nirvana – Publication
- 2013/Sep Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Leipzig: Ganges and Nirvana – Soloexhibition
- 2013/Sep-Oct Delhi Photo Festival: Krakow Gloomy Poetry – Digital Exhibition
- 2013/Sep Seenby: Photobook "Was Fotografen bewegt" – Publication
- 2014/April Buddhismus Aktuell: Publication
- 2014/Oct India Habitat Center, New Delhi: Ganges and Nirvana – Joint exhibition/J. Singh
- 2015/April-June VHS – Photography Gallery Stuttgart: Ganges and Nirvana – Solo exhibition


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HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Two children have been removed from their home after a man reportedly ran a clothes dryer with the toddlers inside.
A 3-year-old boy was treated for second-degree burns, but a 2-year-old girl was not injured after the Nov. 28 incident, the Reno County district attorney's office said.
Aron J. Pritchard, 27, was charged Tuesday with one felony count of child abuse and another of aggravated endangering a child. Bond was set at $750,000.
Police investigators alleged the man stuffed the children — the son and daughter of his girlfriend — into the dryer and turned it on, reportedly after the boy wet his pants. The boy was not treated for his injuries until he was taken into protective custody on Dec. 6, the district attorney's office said in a news release.
In a news release Wednesday, Reno County Prosecutor Keith Schroeder said no further information would be immediately released in the case. But he told The Hutchinson News on Tuesday that he did not know how long the children were in the dryer.
Pritchard and a cousin were arrested in late November when police found the two men on top of a grain elevator in Hutchinson, with backpacks full of beer and alcohol.
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I have another Blog Award!!
** Thank you so much Shay from Fitness Grad for thinking of me and for sharing all of your knowledge and wisdom on your blog! Check out her blog here: https://fitness9555.wordpress.com/
The Cramm Award was created by Liv, the owner of theCramm, an awesome blog, visit it here to see the rest for yourself, you'll not regret it.
- Include a little bit about who created this award (with a link) and mention the person who nominated you.
- Share 3 things that motivate you to blog and share 3 people that motivate you to blog as well
- Share one thing you hope to do that will improve the world.
- Answer your challenge question
- Nominate your choice of bloggers and give them a challenge question.
3 Things that motivate me to blog
- I love writing. I like being able to write and express myself. I started writing in my journal and at some point felt that there were some things I needed to share on my blog. Which is the 2nd reason I like to blog…
- I enjoy sharing and connecting with other people. We don't realize how connected we are to each other and I really enjoy being able to share my journey, my life experiences, encouragement, and inspiration.
- I love making blog friends! Reading and connecting with other people who enjoy blogging. Sharing is awesome, but being able to see other people blog and the things they're experiencing motivates me to blog more and regularly. Hi and thanks blog friends!
3 people that motivate me to blog
- Kalyn Nicholson
- Kalyn's Blog
- Kalyn's YouTube
- Why she motivates me to blog: Kalyn is suppppeeeerrrrr positive and her website and YouTube channel is completely awesome! Her photos are always so dope and she is very consistent with her themes on all her social media accounts. I fell in love with her on her YouTube channel because she was so inspiring and positive. Also, she is very creative, which I love! I am inspired by people who are encouraging and ambitious. Everything she shares always has a positive message and she constantly shares happiness, peace, love, and joy. She's certainly created her own path and a life she enjoys, which is all anyone could ask for along the self discovery journey. So, Check her out!
- Iyanla Vanzant
- Iyanla's Twitter
- Iyanla's YouTube
- Why She Motivates me to blog: I love Iyanla! I am addicted to her tweets and show 'Iyanla fix my life.' I love how she is able to take her life experiences and help other people with their own! Following her on twitter has really pushed me to be positive and share encouragement.
- Crissle and Kid Fury from The Read Podcast
- *I know this is 2, but they both motivate me to blog and share my thoughts for different reasons
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- Why motivate me to blog: They're both so dope! On their podcast they always discuss their journey's and how they have come into the success they have. Both started by doing something they were passionate about.
- Crissle is the bomb! She started writing while still working, I think she was at MTV when she first started doing The Read podcast with Fury. She has lots to say and is never afraid to say it. I love that about her. She is also very independent and self motivated and her ambition has really pushed me to be consistent and confident with my writing.
- Kid Fury started out writing and doing his own blogs on Youtube where he shared his own thoughts. He called it 'Furious Thoughts.' It is pretty hilarious and makes me think about the crazy things going on in my head that I should share.
Challenging Question
Shay didn't have a question or share one, but I do! lol,
Here is my challenging question to my those I nominate: What is your favorite book or piece to read and why?
I nominate:
- Fisayo Adeyemi from https://olufisayoadeyemi.wordpress.com/
- The Purple Grace: https://thepurplegrace.wordpress.com
- Joy The Witch: https://eastjoynowhere.wordpress.com
- The Best Marriages: https://thebestmarriages.wordpress.com
- Amy Brew: https://amysbrewblog.wordpress.com
- Mbali: https://naturalmagicmuse.wordpress.com/about/
- Victorias Bubble Blog: https://victoriasbubble.blog
- Jordyn from The Obsession Begins Blog: https://theobsessionbegins.wordpress.com
- Esther Ongenda from https://estherongenda.wordpress.com/
- Omphile Sharon from MsLyricWriter @ https://mslyricwriter.wordpress.com/
- Bamoni Kashama from Bamonikash- Embrace your journey @ https://bamonikash.com/


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Despite the many resources and communities available to individuals of faith, few of them focus on death as the inspiration for one's spiritual or religious life. In establishing The Sacred Bones, she seeks to fill this gap. It serves as her base of operations while she works to raise awareness about death work and death acceptance. The website also acts as an educational and networking resource for the death work community through her Death Work Core Studies Program.


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Xeikon America Appoints Laura Field as VP of Digital Papers
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Press release from the issuing companyXeikon America will distribute paper for Xeikon Digital Color Presses Wood Dale (October 31, 2002) — Xeikon America announces the addition of Laura Field to its management team. Laura is joining the company as Vice President of Xeikon Digital Papers, the new digital paper division. Punch International, the parent company of Xeikon America, identified early on the need of attaining paper and substrate knowledge within the group in order to better serve the digital color printing market. "Laura brings a wealth of experience to Xeikon," says Ivan Verheye, President and CEO of Xeikon America, "we are excited about the prospect of offering our customers a strong expertise in digital papers and a complete range of substrates for the Xeikon presses." Until recently, Laura Field was President of Russell Field Paper Company, a pioneer in paper converting for the U.S. Digital Print Industry.
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Earlier this summer, Eileen Korey was visiting her hairstylist for a routine touch-up. But when the stylist, Kari Phillips, took a look at the back of her head, all thoughts of coloring it went out the window.
"Did you hit your head?" Phillips asked. "I see something here and I don't like what I see."
Phillips took a photo of a suspicious looking mark on her scalp and showed it to Korey right then and there. And it's a good thing she did.
"It was very frightening-looking," Korey said. "Even though she said it was less than the size of a dime, it varied in color and it had varied edges. It looked like a bruise and it was flat and not raised."
Korey visited her dermatologist soon after, and she was diagnosed with in situ melanoma, which is stage zero. Stage zero in this case means that the skin cancer hadn't grown beyond the top layer of the skin.
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"If I have to have melanoma this is the best one to have," she said. "It was just this incredible sigh of relief."
In August, Korey will see a surgeon who will remove the spot, and she is expected to be cancer-free after the surgery. In the meantime, she's been wearing hats every time she goes outside.
How my hair stylist saved my life https://t.co/690sb24qZ6— TODAY Wellness (@TODAYshowHealth) July 17, 2017
"We are under the impression that our hair protects us," she said. "We just don't think about it."
In fact, one dermatologist, Deborah S. Sarnoff, MD — not connected to this story — has called scalp melanomas "the deadliest of all melanomas" because one nationwide study found that people with scalp and neck melanomas die from the disease at nearly twice the rate of people with melanomas elsewhere on the body. And she said one reason for that may be that there is often a delay in diagnosis due to the hidden location.
But Phillips, whose sister works in dermatology, always uses her position as a hairstylist to check over her patients, especially since she knows firsthand from her sibling that the area can be a risk.
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"They have no clue what is going on," Phillips said. "I am always looking."
And for that, Korey is eternally grateful.
She said, "I called Kari again and said, 'Thank God you found this! You really did save my life.'"
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Kippenberg, T. J. and Armani, D. K. and Spillane, S. M. and Vahala, K. J. (2003) Ultra-high-Q toroid microcavities on a chip. In: 2003 Conference of Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO). Optical Society of America , Washington, DC, pp. 1-2. ISBN 1557527482 . https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20111017-152545284
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We demonstrate microfabrication of ultra-high-Q microcavities on a chip, exhibiting a novel toroid-shaped geometry. The cavities possess Q-factors in excess of 100 million which constitutes an improvement close to 4 orders-of-magnitude in Q compared to previous work [B. Gayral, et al., 1999].
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Good bloggers work like dogs. You can't expect readers to show up unless you show up. And the internet never closes. So Arrington is at his desk in his house about ten minutes after he wakes up. Then he writes all day. CNet editor Michael Parsons analyses the possible issues when turning the one-man blog into a full scale media publishing company.
Arrington is trying to expand his blog by adding a bunch of other blogs that will turn him into a media empire. This strikes me as a huge challenge. Blogging is a performance art, like juggling. Some people can do it very well, but have you ever tried to manage a troop of jugglers?
If the bloggers Arrington attracts are as good as him, they can quite easily set up on their own and tell him to go swivel. If they're not as good, we'll just keep reading Arrington. It's very hard to take a maverick talent and turn it into an institution. And when Arrington is in meetings to discuss the page layouts for additional blogs and settling the awkward personality conflict between two people in his team, he won't be writing great stuff or networking with people to inform that writing. One man can't do everything. Link


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When Nathan Branson isn't at Children's repairing and maintaining medical equipment, you'll likely find him at Lake Harriet, pounding laps with his local running club.
This summer, he's running with extra purpose. He's training for the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon, which he'll run on behalf of Children's charity team, Team Superstars. He's also fundraising for Children's urgent needs.
"After my last marathon in 2014, I was thinking about taking some time off, but when I heard about running TCM for Children's, I was all in," he said. "What a great idea to be able to do something I love like running and be able to give back to the place I love to work, Children's."
He has worked at Children's for eight years in the biomedical department as an engineer. He loves starting his mornings at Children's, where he says everyone he encounters wishes him a good morning.
Nathan regularly participates in Children's HeartBeat 5000 and Pine Tree Runs 5K/10K and gives back by donating paid time off.
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By Husna Haq Correspondent / December 12, 2009Boston
I knew I was in trouble the moment I sat down. I'd just taken a seat next to an elderly Asian woman on the D-line train, on my way to a college class last year. She immediately stiffened. I began reading a book. She started twitching and looking around the train. We passed the first stop. She took out her pocket Bible, reading rapidly aloud as she rocked back and forth, clearly agitated. I felt awful, but I didn't know how to calm her. Before we reached the next stop, she gathered her bags, hurried down the aisle, and quickly took a seat next to someone else.
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The Willis Branch 1969 Journey by J C James
The 15 Guinea Special
The LUR and LNWR Wigan to Huyton line
Industrial and Private Railways
ICI Folly Lane branch
Pilkington Brothers St Helens
John Hutchinsons West Bank Dock Estate
The Lancashire Coalfield
NCB Lea Green
NCB Ravenhead
NCB Bold Colliery
The SH & RGR
The Deviation
The L & M
The CLC
The Birkenhead Joint
The GC & MR Joint
Ditton Junction to Weaver Junction
The Low Level Widnes to Arpley
Signal Boxes
The St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway
The Low Level Speke to Arpley
The Liverpool to Manchester LNWR
The Cheshire Lines Committee
The Birkenhead Joint Warrington to Mickle Trafford
The GC & MR Joint boxes
LNWR/LUR Prescot to Garswood boxes
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The LUR and LNWR Wigan to Huyton line.
31465 passes the LNWR signal box on the approach to St Helens Central whilst working a Blackpool North to Liverpool service. The once busy yard to the rear of the box now only contains condemned wagons.
Early 1990's
Photo by Anthony Flusk.
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By the mid 1860's the coal fields of Wigan and Blackburn needed a rail link to a port and consideration was given to a number of projected lines to enable this to happen. The Lancashire Union Railways (LUR) proposed a line to run from a point near Wigan (Springs Branch) to connect with the already established St Helens Railway at Gerrads Bridge. This would give the joint London and North Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire company direct access to the port of Garston as the LNWR had absorbed the St Helens Railway during 1864. An Act of Parliament was granted to the LUR on 29th June 1865. Construction would begin in the following year and would take around 3 years with the line running via Garswood. The LNWR and the Lancashire and Yorkshire (L&Y) both had a vested interest in the LUR and when the line was complete the L&Y exercised its running powers along the line for freight only leaving the LNWR to operate the passenger services.
The line was nearing completion by the summer of 1869 and was inspected by Colonel Hutchinson on 21st August 1869. Apparently the colonel found some issues with the construction and the opening had to be delayed until 1st November 1869 for goods and 1st December 1869 for passenger services although he did pass the line fit for the running of passenger trains from 5th November 1869.
Stanier Black 5 4-6-0 Class 45154 Lanarkshire Yeomanry pauses at the water column at the end of the Liverpool bound platform to take on water whilst hauling an RCTS railtour.
24th September 1966
Photo by Keith Holt.
Kindly supplied by Alistair Holt.
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Two intermediate stations would be provided at Bryn and Garswood both stations were opened on 15th November 1869, suggesting that passenger services commenced before the official opening date.
Whilst the northern link from St Helens to Wigan was being constructed the LNWR had used the New Works and Additional Powers Act of 5th July 1865 to begin construction of a line linking the station at Shaw Street, St Helens with the now LNWR Liverpool to Manchester line at a point east of Huyton station. Engineering this section of line was difficult, especially around the Thatto Heath area of St Helens where a large sandstone outcrop had to be cut through. The line had to also run along an embankment through the heavily industrialised area of St Helens bisecting the many works to the north of the town.
A Sulzer type 2 later Class 25 hurries through Prescot station with a breakdown train.
Circa 1968.
Photo by John Pownall.
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The line would open for goods on 18th December 1871 and for passengers on 1st January 1872. There was now a direct route from the West Coast main line through to Liverpool avoiding the heavily congested section between Newton Le Willows and St Helens Junction. Intermediate stations were provided at Thatto Heath and Prescot both opening on 1st January 1872. A station at Eccleston Park would be opened on 1st June 1891. A large goods warehouse and yard were provided at St Helens Shaw Street to handle the many trains which supplied raw materials to this heavily industrialised area. Sidings would also be provided adjacent to Prescot station for the British Insulated Calendar Cables (BICC) works.
The Class 142 Pacer became a staple example of the motive power along the line from the late 80's. Here we see 142056 passing along the embankment which bisected the many works along here during construction. The factory in the background is the Pilkington's Greengate float glass line.
Photo by Terry Callaghan.
Passenger services provided between Liverpool and Wigan were a mixture of stopping trains and express workings. The Bradshaw's of 1895 shows 21 up (Liverpool to Wigan) and 25 down (Wigan to Liverpool) services Monday through Friday. With some interesting workings such as the 01:20 Wigan to Liverpool calling at St Helens and Edge Hill only, the 18:22 Corridor Express from Preston to Liverpool which called at St Helens and Edge Hill but not Wigan. The opposite Corridor Express departed Liverpool at 17:35 and travelled non stop to Preston arriving at 18:30. On Sundays there was a sparse service of only 3 up services and 6 down, 3 of the down services were timed to leave Wigan at 01:20, 02:50 and 03:45 and only called at St Helens and Edge Hill. By 1947 little had changed with the passenger services as the timetable extract below shows.Although there had been a slight improvement with the Sunday service. Note there are one up and down service which conveys Through Carriages and 1st and 3rd Class Sleeping Cars from Liverpool to Glasgow and return which called at St Helens Shaw Street.
Services stayed pretty much static until 1963 when with the publication of the Beeching Report the passenger service was listed for withdrawal along with the closure of all stations along the route. Along with this news the Sunday service was withdrawn and the overnight services to Glasgow were re routed via St Helens Junction. Incidentally the station at Eccleston Park was in the constituency of a certain MP called Harold MacMillan who assured his constituents that the passenger service would remain. Surprisingly the Monday to Saturday service was retained and with the formation of the Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive (MPTE) the service would be developed. It wasn't until 1988 that Sunday services were reintroduced to the line with an hourly Blackpool North to Liverpool Lime Street service which called at all stations along the line except Bryn and Eccleston Park.
The following three pictures are taken from pretty much the same angle and cover the forty years of decline that the goods yard at St Helens has seen
A Class 40 is busy running around its train on the approaches to St Helens Shaw Street. The goods yards in the background is still thriving and the approaches to the goods shed to the right of the loco are still in place.
From the David Ingham collection.
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Ingy The Wingy
31465 accelerates away from its station stop at Shaw Street with the 10:37 Liverpool to Blackpool North service. By this point the goods yard to the right has been heavily rationalised and contains only condemned wagons also the goods shed is still standing but the approach lines to it have been lifted.
Early 1990's.
Photo by Anthony Flusk.
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Coronation Class 4-6-2 46233 Duchess of Sutherland departs from St Helens Central with the Cumbrian Mountains Express. The goods yard now resembles a forest with only a single length of track visible the goods shed has now been demolished.
27th July 2013
Photo by John Pownall.
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Today the line enjoys a high frequency passenger service and is looking forward to electrification and the benefits that will bring. All of the original stations remain open although some have been rationalised and rebuilt over the years. The goods shed at St Helens Shaw Street would close, along with many others around the country as the railways moved away for individual item movements to block trains. The yard at St Helens Shaw Street would also be rationalised over the years along with the contraction of local industry and a general movement towards road haulage. The sidings today resemble a forest with only the signal box and a short length of line as a reference point. BICC at Prescot also dispensed with the services of British Rail in the 1980's although the sidings remained until the works closed and was demolished, flats now occupy the site.
319362 disgorges a healthy amount of passengers at the re-built St Helens Central station whilst working 2F60 08.00 Liverpool Lime Street to Wigan North Western.
29th June 2015.
Photo by Terry Callaghan.
During the first week of March 2015 the OLE was energised between Huyton and Springs Branch junction. Many of the services between Liverpool and Wigan are now in the hands of Class 319 units extensively refurbished and based at Allerton depot. With the impending electrification of the line from Preston to Blackpool north the future is certainly looking bright for a line which had an uncertain future in the 1960's.
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When you have a printing job to do and have the option of choosing between digital and screen printing, what factors do you need to take into consideration to decide the method to use?
Compared to screen printing, digital printing is relatively new and people outside the printing profession might be tempted to assume that it is superior to the "old school" way of printing. The facts available however indicate otherwise. Below, we show the scenarios where screen printing stands head and shoulders above digital printing.
For bulk prints
One of the biggest advantages of screen printing is that is very affordable and is really the method to use when you have a bulk order. While the initial set up could be expensive, this initial cost is more than covered for when you produce items in bulk. This is the why you'll find institutions such as schools and religious organizations contracting screen printers for the printing of T-shirts and other products.
Screen printing is also very versatile. For starters, you can do screen printing on the entire range of fabrics including cotton, polyester, bamboo and nylon among others. Digital printing on the other hand can only be used on fabrics that are 100% cotton or those that are made of polyester but which do not need an under base. The versatility of screen printing extends to the surfaces on which it is found useful. It does not matter what how the surface is shaped – screen printing will be useful on flat as well as round surfaces and on the most varying range of textures, from signs to T-shirts, mugs and textured surfaces. Digital printing, on the other hand, can only be done on flat surfaces. Take for instance one of our latest customers Cda Window Cleaning, the company had a little of both done. Versatility is everything when done correctly.
While the processes involved in screen printing are labor-intensive and slower than those used in digital printing, the results of screen printing are certainly superior. Screen printing uses heavy and thick inks which, once printed on a product, tend to stick better than the inks used digitally. The thick inks not only adhere better on the surface they are printed on but they also tend to last longer and are unlikely to fade quickly. Durability is of special importance to people who are carrying ad messages – you want to be confident that the signage you create will withstand exposure to the sun without fading. While digital printing is faster than screen printing, screen printing is still the way to go for long term and bulk project and will be found useful by anybody running an ad campaign.


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Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge
It's Tuesday! Time to share your slices of life!
WRITE a slice of life story on your own blog.
SHARE a link to your post in the comments section.
GIVE comments to at least three other SOL bloggers.
This is a day late, but I couldn't wait til next week. http://redemma1991.blogspot.com/2017/01/sol-tuesday-cosmic-coincidences.html
I don't have OLW, but I have a OLW entry. Intrigued?
Posting late after a long day flying cross country. Here's a very short slice of humor– "Pig flu" http://alicenine.net/pigflu/
My first dare of 2017
I love helping my students choose their "one little word"s! Man, they're choosing some awesome ones! http://ihabloespanglish.blogspot.com/2017/01/choosing-our-words.html
A momentous occasion! http://iheartpurplestuff.blogspot.com/2017/01/whats-in-name.html
Yesterday we got long term custody of our foster daughters. Today's post is about the mixture of feelings I had. http://www.raisingreadersandwriters.com/2017/01/a-temporary-parent.html
I am attempting to get back into the swing. I was NOT successful last March, but I have big plans this year! h
What are some odd places where you have read?
2nd (half) Hour of Code Club meeting http://mrstaylorstales.blogspot.com/2017/01/2nd-half-hour-of-coding.html
Sharing some of my JOY
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Hiatus over. Writing resumed re: bus-stop encounter. http://cast-of-characters.blogspot.com/2017/01/slice-of-someone-elses-life.html
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by Dad
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Good morning. Let the craziness begin.
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The Koeman era came to an end just like an old tub of mayonnaise, sour and fucking stinking. His hopes fried just like a plate of his favourite chips, his dream of managing the love of life Barcelona in the shitter. And there ultimately lay the problem with the Koeman and Everton relationship. For him, it was only ever a means to an end. For him, the ultimate destination was to manage the team he had the most success for as a player. I personally don't have a problem with that. I'm under no illusions that no matter who we bring in their ambitions may very well be beyond Goodison Park, and there is no greater lure in world football than to manage the Catalan giants.
But as a manager Koeman did very little to justify the flirtations of leaving when he wasn't even a year into the job at the blues. His biggest problem, it seems, lies in his inability to get the best out of players when things aren't going right. The Barkley situation is a perfect example of this. As much as I've been a critic of Barkley throughout the whole saga, you have to wonder how Koeman can justify a £6 million a year contract if he can't convince a boyhood Evertonian to play for the team he has represented for nearly the majority of his life.
Whether it's his version of tough love or public slander, it's clear that Koeman struggles as a manager when the team is struggling on the pitch. He never seemed able to inspire a team, often radiating bad vibes even when standing on the sidelines, completely devoid of hope. How were the players meant to trust the managers tactics when it seemed he didn't fully trust them himself? How can a player regain confidence when the first poor game he has results in him being dropped, only to watch players who consistently fail to perform play every single minute? How can players be expected to adapt to a new system, especially those who are told to play out of position, when the following week the system is once again changed?
It's a shame for me because like a lot of Evertonians, I was taken in by Koeman's ruthlessness and the winning mentality that he came with, but that high expectation of himself only served to weigh him down. Everton's motto in the past couple of decades may very well have been lost in disappointment but with the arrival of investment, we really can ill afford to accept mediocrity, hence the club had to act and act swiftly. Any manager coming in has to respect the club, it's traditions, the fans expectations and most of all, wear the clubs motto as a badge of honour. It should serve as a warning that anything less than your best is not accepted.
Koeman learned this the hard way, and it ultimately cost him.
So what's next? Unsworth comes in from his extremely successful stint as U23's boss to manage Everton on a temporary basis – for now. I have no doubt that he will swiftly get the message across to all of what's expected from the club, the obvious issue is does he have the experience to manage a team in such a dire situation. He's best placed to get the best out of the young players who he has previous with, and I'd be surprised if he doesn't turn to the likes of Davies, Lookman, Holgate to try and breathe life into what looked like a soulless Everton team that was sweated aside by Arsenal on the weekend. A tough ask to come into against Chelsea away in the cup, but time waits for no one. No matter how well Unsworth does in his second stint in the caretaker role, he strikes as someone who is honest with himself, and wouldn't want to take the role on permanently if he didn't feel ready for the set up. One thing is for sure, he won't accept anything less than full commitment from anyone to the Everton cause.
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