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Next Level Endurance Off-Road Training Camp In Scottsdale AZ Will Be April 26-29
Mimi Stockton, 5x XTERRA Age Group World Champ, author of the Couch to Trail series on XTERRAplanet.com, and partner at Next Level Endurance will be hosting an off-road specific triathlon camp in Scottsdale, Arizona from April 26-29.
DirtTRI is happy to share specifics of what can be expected at the camp. It looks like a good one, maybe we will drop in. If you sign up before February 28th you SAVE $76.
Find our interview with Mimi below.
DirtTRI: What level of athlete is the camp best suited for?
Mimi: The Xterra camp is open to all levels. We are able to do this because we will have multiple coaches on-site. We welcome beginners because we want to introduce them to the joys of off-road racing, and we also welcome intermediate and even advanced off-road racers and enthusiasts. The more experienced attendees will have a bit more freedom to wander the trails and explore.
DirtTRI: Will the swim, bike, and run activities be more technique focused or fitness or both?
Mimi: Definitely both. We will have some lecture periods, a strength analysis by EVO Ultrafit, a run analysis and a swim analysis (I will be a certified Total Immersion instructor by the start of camp) for each individual and those will be mixed in with swim workouts, mountain bike rides, and trail runs. One morning we will also focus on mountain bike technique and the importance of it to becoming a faster, more confident rider.
DirtTRI: How many athletes are you taking?
Mimi: We can accommodate 12 athletes.
DirtTRI: Why did you choose Scottsdale for your camp?
Mimi: Besides being an area of sheer beauty, it offers everything necessary for a successful off-road camp: Perfect weather, beautiful scenery, and a plethora of bike and running trails. The trails run the gamut from beginner flow trails to very technical, rocky downhills. There is a wide variety of terrain for all levels. They are more rocky than rooty (this is the desert after all) and there are plenty of hills to climb for interval training.
DirtTRI: What is your plan if the weather turns bad?
Mimi: We will press on! We race in cold, we race in rain, we race in cold rain. That's the XTERRA way. #Livemore
DirtTRI: What about lodging?
Mimi: We have rented a gigantic house (complete with pool and basketball) court for the weekend. Campers will have the option of staying at the house or staying at a hotel nearby the house.
DirtTRI: What does a typical day at the camp look like?
Mimi: Check out our website camp page for all the details and a full itinerary:
DirtTRI: What are some of your accolades and accomplishments that warrant you being the lead of an XTERRA camp?
Mimi: I have been racing XTERRA for 9 years and have raced all over the world. I am also a 5-time and reigning XTERRA Age Group World Champion, and earned a bronze medal at the 2015 ITU Cross World Championships in Italy. I have also competed in and won both Indiana and Michigan mountain bike series races for the past several years.
I currently coach several athletes and understand what it takes to be successful, both mentally and physically. Furthermore, I am a USAT Level 1 Certified Coach.
Next Level Endurance Off-Road Training Camp:
Come join 5 X Age Group XTERRA World Champion Mimi Stockton, and her partner SheriAnne Little, of Next Level Endurance for a weekend of off-road training and fun in the desert. A regular on the XTERRA circuit, Mimi is familiar with the ins and outs of off-road training and racing.
Here are some more details:
When: April 26 through April 29
Where: Scottsdale, AZ
- Arrival throughout the day
- 2:30pm – Check – In @ host hotel (TBD)
- 3:00 – 3:30pm – Shakeout Run
- 3:30 – 4:30 pm – Run Analysis
- Happy Hour Meet n' Greet
- 8am – EVO Evaluation
- 9am – 11:am (Off-Road) MTB Skill Clinic- McDowell Mtns
- 11am – 1:00pm – Free Time – Lunch on your own
- 1pm – 3pm – Swim Analysis and workout
- 3pm – 4pm – Pyramidization Lecture followed with Q&A with the Coaches
- Dinner on your own – Free Evening
- 8am – 9am EVO Training
- 9am – 12pm – Long Bike Ride
- 12pm – 2pm – Free time – Lunch on your own
- 2pm – Swim Workout and further analysis
- 6pm – Group Dinner (location TBD)
- 8am – 10am – Long Run
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Franklin County Master Gardeners are in the news!
Check out Peggy Murphy, Michael Leach, Rita Burns, and Linda Readey, in gardening action at Holton Recreation Center on the Hilltop!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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Franklin County Master Gardeners are in the news!
Sunday, May 24, 2009
More people getting their hands dirty...
There is a nice article in the Home and Garden section of the Dispatch today:
The area, already home to more than 150, is seeing at least 20 new such gardens this summer, said Bill Dawson, coordinator of the Franklin Park Conservatory's Growing to Green program.
"It's just taken off this year, with the White House garden, with the economy, the 'green' movement," said Dawson, who is active in the American Community Gardening Association, which is based at the conservatory.
Trisha Dehnbostel, who oversees 12 gardens in the University District, thinks greater Columbus might have as many as 50 new gardens this summer. Her organization, Local Matters, encourages Ohio-grown produce and is trying to build a comprehensive list of area gardens for next spring.
"The movement is changing," Dehnbostel said. "Now, so many people are doing it to produce food or to give back to food pantries because of our economy. And so many churches and social-service agencies are getting involved; it's not just communities." READ MORE..
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Huge greenhouse may be farming's future
CAMARILLO, Calif. -- On a coastal plain not far from a Navy base and an outlet mall, the future of California farming is taking shape.
Rising out of verdant acres of strawberries and artichokes are two mammoth, high-tech greenhouses.
Climate change is a serious threat to California's $36 billion agricultural economy. The farming company behind this $50 million complex sees it as insurance against perpetual drought, volatile fuel prices and resilient pests.
The facility generates its own renewable power. It hoards rainwater. It hosts its own bumblebees for pollination. And it requires a fraction of the chemicals used in neighboring fields to coax plants to produce like champions.
This fledgling movement to grow food in closed, sustainable environments could become as revolutionary to farming in the 21st century as California's development of massive farms was in the 20th, agriculture experts say.
"We are doing all of this not only because it will be good for our business but because it will be good for everyone else," said Casey Houweling, president of Houweling Nurseries, the Canadian farming company that is cultivating tomatoes at the facility, which will be fully operational in June.
The son of a Dutch immigrant farmer, the 51-year-old Houweling has helped build his family's agricultural business into one of the largest greenhouse-based growers in North America. But the California facility is no ordinary hothouse.
On a recent afternoon, he was eager to show visitors clusters of plump, sweet tomatoes hanging overhead from vines that reach high into the rafters. This arrangement allows the farm's 450 permanent employees to climb ladders to pick the fruit instead of stooping. The plants, which are fed individually through tubing, produce 20 times more fruit per acre than conventional field production.
Virtually nothing is wasted here. Workers have dug a 4-acre pond to store rainwater and runoff. This water, along with condensation, is collected, filtered and recirculated back to each of the 20-acre greenhouses. That has cut water use to less than one-fifth of that in conventional field cultivation. Fertilizer use has been halved. There are no herbicides and almost no pesticides, and there is no dust.
Five acres of photovoltaic solar cells supply much of the electricity to run pumps and climate controls. Thermal systems collect solar heat and warehouse refrigeration exhaust to warm the greenhouses on cool evenings. The two systems generate 2.1 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 1,500 homes.
"We believe this is the first greenhouse in the world that is energy neutral," Houweling said.
Houweling envisions a day when greenhouses dot California's lush coastal plains, taking advantage of the abundant sunlight to grow thirsty crops such as lettuce and strawberries, using renewable energy to reduce their burden on the environment.
Until recently, that was a pipe dream. The cost of heating and cooling these structures was prohibitive for all but the most high-value specialty produce. The U.S. grows less than $1 billion worth of greenhouse fruits and vegetables annually.
But the rising expense of traditional farming is narrowing the cost gap. California farmers are coping with years of drought and fighting water wars with cities. They're also grappling with land degradation, an unstable migrant workforce and rising shipping costs.
"We are closer to parity than we have ever been," said Gene Giacomelli, a professor of agriculture and biosystems engineering at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
Still, a shift to more greenhouse farming will be slow.
"Houweling is doing the demonstration," Giacomelli said. "He is going to have to prove to himself and his banker that this is the way to go."
Bexley market co-op survives on bumper crop of creativity
FRED SQUILLANTE Dispatch photos
Store manager Annerose Schaffrin shows off some of the fresh greens at the Bexley Natural Market. The co-op is trying various activities to raise money to replace its produce cooler, including selling sponsorships of vegetables and fruit.
The Bexley market is similar to many independent natural-foods stores: the complex scent of spices, bottles of natural remedies, organic food and oddities such as ostrich meat.
By Elizabeth Gibson in the COLUMBUS DISPATCH firstname.lastname@example.com
The Bexley Natural Market is one of central Ohio's last co-op grocery stores. Launched in 1976 by a group of women who wanted pesticide-free vegetables, today it is owned by 200 dues-paying members.
Acart approached the produce cooler.
Sally Lorrimer swept toward it and threw an arm around the shoulders of her customer and friend Jan Tague.
"Jan, could you tell us what your favorite vegetable is?" she asked, waiting until Tague chose spinach. "You're in luck. Spinach hasn't been taken yet."
If Tague donated $50 to help buy a new produce refrigerator, the store not only would put her name on a plaque above the spinach, Tague also would receive a glossy photo of her favorite greens in their new home.
It's kind of like those groups that ask people to sponsor a child in Africa and send a photo of the smiling child in return, Lorrimer said. Only instead, she's sending postcards on behalf of berries and carrots so that the Bexley Natural Market can retire a 15-year-old fridge making "strange, moody noises."
Members said the market's co-op business model uses creativity to try to hold its own against national organic specialty chains such as Whole Foods Market.
But the 33-year-old shop at 508 N. Cassady Ave. in northern Bexley is one of central Ohio's last co-op grocery stores, members said. It is owned by 200 dues-paying members who throw a potluck once a year to elect a board.
At the potluck this month, members discussed how to raise $1,500 for the new cooler, store manager Annerose Schaffrin said.
It's the sort of teamwork that launched the business in a living room in 1976, said Martha Markstein, a founding member. A group of women decided they wanted pesticide-free food, and eventually they opened a storefront.
One woman hunted down distributors; another kept the books. Some volunteered their husbands for repairs or tried their hand at the cash register.
"We were exhilarated because we had this new thing, and we couldn't stop talking about it," Markstein said. "We were accused of being hippies, but the only way we were hippie was we were involved in natural foods."
At age 81, she still volunteers in the store every day. It is open to anyone, but members get a discount based on how much they volunteer.
Schaffrin also started out as a volunteer after she moved to the U.S. from Germany 19 years ago.
"I saw this little store on the corner on the way from the airport. I was so relieved," she said. "I knew those big stores in the U.S., and I had hoped I wouldn't have to buy in such an anonymous place."
Her first time at the store, the staff took lids off all the spices because she didn't know their English names. Now, roles have reversed, and customers with names of exotic foods scribbled on scraps of paper come to Schaffrin to track down products.
If only, customers said, the grumbling refrigerator matched her efficiency.
Your chance to mentor and get help with your garden!
Here is your chance to get some help with harvesting, weeding and other late summer maintenance and teach students about community at the same time.
We are looking for 18 sites for this day of service.
Sign up your garden project today by contacting Leslie Wilson below:
WHO: Hastings Middle School 7th Graders – Upper Arlington City Schools, who want to help build the community by serving the community. WHAT: We have 18 groups of kids, with around 13 kids per group, to place out in the greater Columbus area to help give back to the community. The student to adult ratio will be 13 to 1, we are able to add additional adults if needed.
WHERE: Community Gardens in the Columbus Area – Multiple locations needed
WHEN: Friday, September 4th from 10 am to 2 pm. ***Beginning and ending times are flexible***
WHY: Hastings Middle School is creating a day of service for their students. Our goal is to help build community by serving the community. Our hope is that our 7th grade students will be able to help plant a garden, harvest a garden or begin putting the garden to bed for the winter. • Some groups may be interested in donating items; please provide a wish list
HOW: Students will be bussed to the various sites, if you need students to bring tools, please provide a list. Contact information: please feel free to contact:
Leslie Wilson at email@example.com or 487-5100 ext. 316 with questions.
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Thank you,
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Friday, May 15, 2009
Urban Farmers Market this Saturday
This Saturday, May 16th, an Urban Farmer's Market will be held from 9am-1pm at 1934 N. 4th St, at the corner of 18th Avenue and North 4th Street. The purpose of the market is to raise awareness about the ease with which we can all grow our own food. In this vein, locally grown plant starts will be for sale for 50 cents apiece, as well as some early season greens and flowers grown right here in the University Area. Additionally, demonstrations will take place throughout the time of the market to showcase the ease with which everyone can grow their own food in containers, and a couple of cooking demonstrations to learn just what can be done with all of this great fresh produce. Local Matters, Trisha Dehnbostel, looks to the market as a means of empowering the community. "What really sets our Urban Farmer's Market apart is the educational aspect," explained Dehnbostel. "We're not just selling food. Our cooking and gardening workshops are giving people the skills they need to take charge of their own healthy eating and wellness.The market will also feature the "Veggie Van", Local Matter's mobile farmers market. Three other markets will take place during the summer on July 25, August 22, and September 26, and will offer more demonstrations and wonderful, fresh produce grown within the 3 square miles of the University Area.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Syracuse's community gardens are tainted with lead and arsenic
Syracuse, NY -- A dedicated band of gardeners have been tilling Syracuse's soil as a way of building community and providing fresh fruits and vegetables to their families. But the plots they have been eating from and others they have been working to develop are contaminated with toxic metals.
In at least some cases, Syracuse city workers were likely the ones who laid down the polluted dirt.
A recent study of six local community gardens by scientists at the State University College of Environmental Science and Forestry showed that all but one of the plots contained elevated levels of lead, according to preliminary results. Samples from one garden in development -- the Isabella Street Community Garden -- exceeded health standards set by the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
The normal level of lead in soil is between 40 and 50 parts per million. The Syracuse gardens have lead levels that range from 46 to 820 parts per million.
Moreover, arsenic levels in all of the plots except for one were off the charts, said ESF professor Venera Jouraeva, who led the study.
Jouraeva said the results need to be confirmed through additional tests. She said more information should be available next week.
The EPA generally warns against planting in soil with arsenic readings above 0.4 parts per million. Measures in all of the Syracuse community gardens except for the Avery Avenue garden landed between 8 and 17 parts per million.
"Avery was the only one suitable for gardening," Jouraeva said.
Why be concerned?
Lead: Lead poisoning can cause irreversible brain damage in infants and toddlers and lead to reduced attention spans, hyperactivity and problems in school. Pregnant women can pass lead onto their fetuses. Lead in the soil is especially a problem for growing root vegetables and leafy greens. You can also pick up lead by inhaling contaminated dirt.
Arsenic: You can die by ingesting very high levels of arsenic. Exposure to lower levels can cause vomiting, abnormal heart rhythm and damage to blood vessels. Ingesting arsenic can increase the risk of skin cancer and cancers of the liver, bladder and lungs, studies show.
The news has unsettled local gardeners. While most of the plots tested are gardens just now being developed, sites such as the West Newell Street garden have fed people for a decade.
"The people who have gone out of their way to supplement their diet with healthy food, now they're faced with food that's contaminated," said Jessi Lyons, an ESF student and member of Syracuse Grows, a local group dedicated to promoting and supporting community gardens.
Jouraeva and the gardeners say people can still plant foods in the contaminated plots if they take precautions. Most of the sites need only minor adjustments, such as bringing in new top soil and planting crops in raised beds.
High levels of lead at the Isabella Street garden require more extreme mitigation, but that, too, is under way.
"I think that contaminants in the soil when gardening can always be a concern," said Inga Back, program coordinator for the Onondaga County Health Department's Lead Poisoning Control Program. "But if you put a liner down and the plants don't have access to the soil underneath, and you put clean soil in, it should be fine."
The findings worry Mable Wilson, founder of the West Newell Street Community Garden.
"We've been eating here for 10 years," she said.
Many of the community gardens sit on the city's North and South sides, where grocery stores are scarce, buses are infrequent and most residents can't afford to buy organic produce. Community members say they started growing food as a safe and affordable alternative. The gardens have also helped bring people together and develop a stronger sense of community.
Gardeners from West Newell Street had planned to donate some of their harvest to the food pantry at the Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ. But that can't happen now that lead and arsenic has been uncovered in the soil.
"We can't give the food pantry the food," Wilson said. "We're taking a chance on ourselves."
Back said people shouldn't worry if they ate in the past from gardens with high readings. Lead stays in the body only a short time, she said, so "if you had an exposure five years ago and that's it ... it would be gone from your blood."
Still, all children ages 1 and 2 should be tested for lead, Back said.
In fact, it's a state requirement. Children facing ongoing lead risks should be tested until age 6.
Wilson said her grandchildren are periodically tested for lead because years ago, as toddlers, they lived in an apartment building where they were exposed to lead. The family moved before Wilson started gardening, but the grandchildren have eaten from the West Newell Street garden in the years since.
"They have no lead in their systems," Wilson said.
Jouraeva said it's common for urban soil to be contaminated, and other parts of the city test even higher.
The lead in the gardens likely came from several sources, researchers said.
Most of the plots once contained homes, so chips of paint with lead easily could have entered the ground and contaminated it, scientists said.
A third possible source is the city of Syracuse itself. Syracuse Parks Commissioner Pat Driscoll said workers truck in topsoil to re-grade sites, such as the community gardens, where homes have been demolished. The topsoil is typically of a low quality because it's considered a temporary solution, Driscoll said.
"That could certainly be the cause of it," Driscoll said. "The soil that is used may have particles of lead in it."
The topsoil comes from yard waste and debris that city workers collect, Driscoll said. Because it's makeup is unknown, it should not be used to grow food, he said.
"Planting a garden, whether it's fruits and vegetables or flowers, is certainly a lot different than putting in topsoil to fill a hole," Driscoll said. "If there are going to be fruits and vegetables, you want the greatest quality soil. The topsoil that's put in is definitely a Band-Aid, not a solution."
"That makes me angry," Wilson said. "We're doing a lot of work for nothing if they are bringing in soil with lead."
Lead in soil can make people sick if they inhale dirt while digging, swallow dust that clings to their hands or eat foods grown in polluted ground. Root vegetables and leafy greens are most susceptible.
Lead poisoning can cause irreversible brain damage in infants and toddlers. Symptoms include reduced attention spans, hyperactivity and problems in school. Children exposed to lead face high risk of brain damage and developmental disabilities. Pregnant women can pass lead to their fetuses.
"There's really no safe level of lead in our bodies," Back said.
Arsenic can be even more harmful. Ingesting very high levels of arsenic can result in death, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Exposure to lower levels can cause vomiting, abnormal heart rhythm and damage to blood vessels. Several studies have shown that ingesting arsenic can increase the risk of skin cancer and cancers of the liver, bladder and lungs.
Jouraeva suspects the arsenic made its way into the soil from pressure-treated wood and pesticides used on the properties.
The Avery Avenue garden is much cleaner because it always was an empty lot and never had a house on it, Jouraeva said.
Community members are trying to figure out what they can do to keep gardening and keep themselves and their children safe. Each garden is taking a slightly different remediation approach, Wilson said.
Most have installed raised planting beds and shipped in new soil to prevent their crops from taking root in the polluted soil.
At the Isabella Street Community Garden, workers laid down bed liners and brought in wood chips to cover the ground around the plant beds.
Wilson said that the West Newell Street Garden will be off-limits to children under 6, and children under the age of 2 won't be fed the food grown there.
That saddens Wilson, she said, but she'd rather be safe than sorry.
"It feels like environmental discrimination," Wilson said. "This is our community. You are tearing it down. At least put down good soil."
by Delen Goldberg / The Post-Standard
Friday May 08, 2009, 6:18 AM
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3 Beautiful Gardens From the Columbus Dispatch
Holden Arboretum
Holden, in Kirtland, is one of my favorites. Twenty miles of winding paths and trails take visitors past more than two dozen little lakes and ponds and alongside scenic Pierson Creek.
Holden covers more than 3,600 acres, with natural areas making up most of the arboretum. During my most recent visit, though, I couldn't bring myself to leave the beautiful cultivated areas, which include major collections of magnolias, lilacs and viburnums.
The arboretum's Helen S. Layer Rhododendron Garden is a spectacular sight this time of year. It encompasses 25 acres of spring-blooming rhododendrons, azaleas and similar plants, all shaded by a canopy of oaks, beeches and maples.
The formal Lantern Court Garden, also covering 25 acres, features perennial borders, rose and wildflower gardens, a rock garden and a large collection of hostas.
Just outside the visitors center is a lovely butterfly garden, which really comes into its own later in the summer.
Call 440-946-4400 or visit www.holdenarb.org.
Dawes Arboretum
I'm a sucker for the soft-edged symmetry of a formal Japanese garden.
Dawes, near Newark, has one of the best in the region. The garden was designed in 1963 by landscape architect and professor Makoto Nakamura of the University of Kyoto in Japan.
Today it offers a relaxing melange of flowing water, artistically placed rocks and sand, and beautiful trees and shrubs. And you needn't be into Zen to enjoy the serenity of the view from the meditation house.
Dawes also offers many other botanical attractions, including one of the northern-most cypress swamps on the continent, an azalea glen, and a comprehensive collection of buckeye, beech and ginkgo tree varieties.
Eight miles of walking trails loop through the arboretum. Yet visitors needn't even walk (although they probably should if they can): Dawes also features a 4-mile auto-tour trail that takes drivers through deep woods and lush lawns and along many of the most interesting individual gardens.
Weekend visitors can also tour the Daweswood House Museum, once home to the family who founded the arboretum.
Call 1-800-44-DAWES or visit www.dawesarb.org.
Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens
The manor house of Goodyear tire baron F.A. Seiberling is the central focus of this Akron attraction.
Stan Hywet (pronounced HEE-wit) is Old English for "stone quarry." And the 65-room mansion was built between 1912 and 1915 from stone quarried on the site.
Tours reveal magnificent stained- and leaded-glass windows -- more than 21,000 panes in all; intricate tile and plaster ornamentation; and interior woodwork that might be called a kind of carpenter's arboretum, with boards of American oak, chestnut, black walnut, sandalwood, teak and rosewood.
Although the estate today covers just 70 the original 3,000 acres, the remaining gardens still offer a colorful and soothing bounty.
A 550-foot allee, or walkway, lined with more than 100 gray birch trees, ends at a breathtaking view of the Cuyahoga Valley.
The stone quarry has been turned into the Lagoon, several ponds connected by waterways and surrounded by a naturalistic garden.
Visitors can also tour the Gothic-style Corbin Conservatory greenhouse.
Unfortunately, Stan Hywet's cozy Japanese garden and formal West Terrace are both closed for renovations. They are to reopen in 2010.
Call 1-888-836-5533 or visit www.stanhywet.org.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Community gardener extraordinaire Bill Dawson
Community gardener extraordinaire Bill Dawson thinks you'll be amazed at how much you can save by planting your own vegetable garden:
Edible Gardening Cost Savings Statistics
• Growing your own veggies saves you money
• $100 spent on vegetable gardening = $1,000 to $1,700 worth of produce
• Planting a 20x30 foot garden saves you $600 a year in fresh produce
• 50 of seeds and fertilizer = $1,250 worth of groceries
• $1.95 worth of seeds grows more than 300 pounds
• A vegetable garden has a $0.25 cents per dollar cost-savings ratio
Plant Specific Statistics
• One cucumber plant yields 15-20 cucumbers
• Cherokee purple tomato produces 12 pounds
• A single bell pepper plant yields 6-8 peppers
• Tomatoes, bush beans, pole beans, summer squash and zucchini are the easiest to growShow
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Monday, May 4, 2009
Springtail Sorrow
I have a tidbit of news that might be of use to your master gardeners who are manning the hotline. Yesterday at our local community garden in Grandview, I noticed massive numbers of the garden springtail all over most seedling veg crops and all over the soil, both in plots with straw mulch and without. There were many on spinach, swiss chard, basil, ground cherry, eggplant, pepper, kale, and lettuce. Not many on tomato or onion.
I met this pest for the first time in 2005 and have tried searching for info on it, but not a lot is known about it.
To the naked eye, it looks very much like an aphid in size and shape, but it jumps when disturbed.
It has chewing mouthparts and chews on seedlings. It has caused serious problems on sugarbeet in Michigan over the past few years. In Ohio a year or two ago I heard from on commercial cabbage farmer who lost a field to it. I think it usually disappears as suddenly as it appears, but I do not know how long we can expect it to be around.
It is not listed on any insecticide labels but we think that any broad spectrum product would kill it. I did a small unreplicated trial yesterday to see how pyrethrins+PBO, pyrethrins+oil, spinsosad, and acetamiprid work; I will check it later today to see if there is any observable result. I am curious if you hear about it from other gardeners.
Celeste Welty, Ph.D.
Extension Entomologist
& Associate Professor of Entomology
Sunday, May 3, 2009
How to Grow Great Maters
Check out http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening/2005-04-01/Grow-Great-tasting-Tomatoes.aspx
to find about about the soil, mulch, fertilizer and water needs of TASTY maters.
Ambitious or insane?
Do you have the farming bug? I am meeting more people who garden who are thinking about moving on to farming, hopefully allowing them an income stream from something they love. The Ohio Ecological Food and Farming Association has a wonderful series of farm tours this summer and fall that I hope all Columbus Community Gardeners will at least look into. They cover vegetables, grains, livestock, alternative energy and building and more. See OEFFA.com for details. Also farmers are looking for apprentices right now, a great way to feel the pain up close and personal before diving in solo.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Urban Farmers' Market-- May 16th
The Urban Farmers' Market will be on MAY 16th, from 9am - 1pm.
It's not just any farmers' market...it was started by community gardeners!! At this market, you can:
- LEARN from gardening and cooking demos
- CHOOSE from fresh foods grown in your neighborhood
- GET YOUR GARDEN STARTED with tomato, pepper, squash and flower plants (proceeds support our gardens--and plants are just $.50 each!!)
These folks will also have their stuff available at the UFM:
- Dandelion Deeds--handmade clothes, kitchen and garden gear
- Tim Elkins--locally roasted coffee
- HoneyRun Farms--spring greens, soap and honey
- The Greener Grocer Veggie Van--fresh produce supporting ohio farmers
Finally, the market will coincide with a Block Party that includes games, raffles and community services info, happening from 9 am to 4pm on the same spot.
FIND THE MARKET @ the corner of North 4th street and 18th. http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&q=4th+street+and+18th+columbus+OH+43202&ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=40.004952,-82.998576&spn=0.004224,0.009012&z=16&iwloc=A
Stay posted for news of our other three markets, on July 25th, August 22nd and September 26th.
Guerrilla Gardening
Our garden is featured in this great article in the spiffy 614 magazine.
Inspired? Want to join a garden in the University Area?
Call 614-204-2918. We'll hook you up with a plot and good people.
For more info on this and other University Area Enrichment Association community projects, see www.uaea.org


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Erin Marie Kenny and Adam Paul Fusco were married on May 27 at St. Bernard Church in Levittown. The reception was at the Woodlands in Woodbury. She is a shift supervisor for CVS pharmacy in Wantagh and is the daughter of Brian and Cathy Kenny of Levittown. The bridegroom is a manager for CVS in Massapequa and is the son of Janet Fusco of Bellmore and the late Paul Fusco. They live in Bellmore.
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I have been reading a book title "American Woman's Home" by sisters Catherine Beecher and Harriet Beecher-Stowe(Uncle Tom's Cabin) dating back from the late 1800's regarding the roles of women in the home. I love the book credits which says "This book is dedicated to ALL the women of America in whose hands rest the real destinies of the Republic". Wow! what an honor it is to be a mother in which rest in my hands (through Gods grace), the destiny of this country. What a powerful statement! It's funny that a book written so long ago would still have relevance in our very liberal world we live in today. These two humble and wise sisters knew what it would take to run a successful household and to raise children who would have a love and reverence for God.
What this book is essentially saying is that women really hold the power in this county. Although we have always had men in the Presidential office, it was in fact a woman who got him there. This is not a feminist propaganda book, actually far from it. We are the ones who nurture, fortify and train our children up on a daily basis. I am not , I repeat, NOT bashing men and their roles in raising our children, but if truth be told, who does little Johnny run to when he has a boo-boo? For the most part, it is the woman who has the majority of influence on her children because in many cases dad is at work all day trying to provide for his family. This statement should be especially empowering for all of the brave single moms who have all the responsibility on their shoulders. Even though this book was written over a century ago, the Beecher sisters were very much in tune in what a woman experiences on a day to day basis while trying to raise a family.
So, what exactly am I trying to say? Well, first of all read this book if you have the chance. (I downloaded it for free on Kindle) and of course, the Bible which is our first source for guidance and wisdom on raising our children. Lastly, my wish is that women would stick together and help each other rather than compete against each other or try to "one -up" each other. Remember, we have the power and influence to raise up the next Rosa Parks or Billy Graham to do great and mighty things.
"Train up a child in the way they should go; even when they are old they will not depart from it". Proverbs 22:6


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Despite big changes in technology over the past couple of decades, IT departments and the duties of their staff have stayed pretty consistent. The classic model involves helpdesk agents, desktop support staff, systems and network administrators, DBAs and developers, and managers at various levels reporting to a CIO or technology director. It's a system that has worked pretty well, surviving the arrival of the Internet and related shifts in both technology and culture with very little change to the actual duties of staff and running of a department.
Until now.
A combination of forces -- the move to mobility, the arrival of a new generation of employees and the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend -- is changing the world of IT with a speed that might have seemed impossible a few years ago. The same is true about technology and how users interact with their smartphones and tablets, computers and even personal cloud services.
At its most basic level, the integration of technology into users' everyday lives -- both at home and at work -- is forcing IT pros to reinvent themselves, what they do and how they do it. Here's a look at how these forces will be re-shaping IT for years to come.
Enter the millennial generation
One major factor in the transformation of IT over the next few years will be the addition of the so-called millennial generation (also known as Generation Y, or more recently, "Gen C" ) into the workforce. This is the first generation that grew up with broadband Internet access, mobile phones, and social networks and it shaped their lives and expectations in important ways.
A recent study commissioned by Bomgar and GigaOm Pro discovered some key trends about millennials and how they view technology and workplace IT departments. The study found that younger workers:
- Have very high expectations when it comes to getting a response regarding support calls.
- Prefer interactions with IT beyond just calling the helpdesk, including email, chat and texts.
- Will typically research problems on their own (either before calling IT or while waiting for a response).
- Tend to work outside of typical business hours and off premises.
- Will develop their own solutions and processes with the tools at their disposal, including consumer-oriented cloud services and personal devices.
- Value working collaboratively with colleagues within their organization and beyond it.
- Are often willing to share knowledge about solutions provided to them by IT and solutions and processes they develop on their own.
For the most part, this means that millennials are assets to an organization. After all, what employer wouldn't want motivated self-starters that work well with others and can leverage their personal experience as well as that of their professional and social networks?
However, their tech expectations and preferences are likely to worry IT professionals. Millennial are part of a group that is technically proficient and often thinks outside the box. They're ready to leverage any technology at their disposal, whether it is provided (or sanctioned) by IT or not. And they're likely to share their thoughts and self-made solutions with others without involving IT in the discussion.
This means that while millennial may not be the cause of the "consumerization of IT" trend, they are certainly a factor in the process. You can expect them to become a bigger factor as their peers enter the workforce and move up through the corporate ranks. In fact, the changes surrounding this trend will be high on the agenda at the upcoming CITE conference March 4-6 .
Trends leading the change
It's easy to identify the major factors of consumerization that are transforming IT, but understanding that transformation means looking beyond those factors to the overall trends that have been unleashed and how they affect traditional IT jobs. The crucial trends include:
- Users taking ownership of their processes and technology.
- Workers, more technically literate than ever before, need less hand-holding.
- Solutions and devices beyond IT engender self-support.
- Users that develop solutions or are confident with technology can advise and educate others.
- The work/life balance is shifting and blurring.
- The single platform paradigm for tools, data access and devices is giving way to platform-agnostic solutions that can be accessed in multiple ways on different devices and from different locations.
- A more tech-competent workforce is redefining how staff view workplace technology and IT.
Of course there are other trends gathering like storms on the IT horizon like cloud computing, virtualization of the user desktop and applications, and a growing emphasis on analytics and collecting/mining big data.
IT's relationship to workers means new skills
In the past, jobs in IT were centered around technical skills and proficiencies -- understanding how to build and manage a network infrastructure, managing Active Directory and Exchange, repairing end-user device and software failures like broken printers or corrupted configuration files. Those skills were easy to identify, fit into neat boxes and could be illustrated by past work experience and industry certifications.
Technical skills will always be a part of the IT makeup, but as users become more empowered and knowledgeable in what you could call the IT-ization of the consumer, other skills -- most notably, soft skills like personal interaction -- will become more important.
Indeed, some of the skills and tasks traditionally provided by IT are beginning to shift to a partnership between IT and other staff. It's a trend that will continue and can offer a dynamic relationship that benefits everyone involved.
Perhaps the clearest example is that BYOD programs change the support relationship: IT still supports access to internal resources and tools but actual troubleshooting or replacing a damaged smartphone is more often the responsibility of the phone's owner.
Another is that if users are provided an internal platform for sharing their thoughts and processes such as a wiki-oriented knowledge base or social network, they can develop support and training materials on their own (ideally guided by an IT staff member or someone technically proficient).
As users' relationship with technology changes, it's important to ensure that their relationship with IT does, too. If IT works with users, becomes more open and integrated into various facets of a business, it can capitalize on the transformation happening. That means understanding user needs better, empowering users to contribute more and reducing some of the demands on IT.
If IT chooses to dig in for a fight against these coming changes, users will likely still develop their own solutions using their devices and preferred consumer services and share them with others. Working around IT will become the status quo and that's not good for providing value, reducing workload or keeping an environment secure.
This new collaborative and integrated IT model, along with the focus on mobile, BYOD, and big data, demand some specific needs that haven't always been the core skills of IT. As a whole, IT pros will need to:
- Maintain positive experiences and interactions with all users.
- Make an effort to understand the users' needs.
- Educate users about critical needs, particularly security.
- Be willing to listen to, and truly consider, user suggestions.
- Provide advice on consumer solutions (mobile devices, apps and cloud services, for instance) and their potential in the workplace.
- Develop solutions that are platform-independent or equivalent solutions for the major platforms in use.
- Expand beyond a help desk phone as the primary communication method.
- Work to help users share their knowledge and resources.
- Include appropriate non-IT staff in the project development and implementation processes.
- Be able to "connect the dots" between the technology and its use within an organization.
What it means for specific IT jobs
So what do all these changes and a more user/business-oriented approach mean for traditional IT positions?
Helpdesk/support -- Helpdesk and desktop support will need to leverage additional forms of contact with users (chat, text, instant messaging); become more mobile (commercial helpdesk suites are now beginning to offer fully functional mobile solutions); provide users with background on their issues along with how to resolve or prevent them on their own; develop self-support solutions such as an enterprise support forum where users can help themselves and each other; develop processes that direct users to seek manufacturer or carrier response to problems with personal equipment; direct users in choosing company-appropriate BYOD hardware and software.
Network and infrastructure management -- With cloud solutions and Infrastructure-as-a-Service options, the role of the traditional network administrator, and indeed the traditional data center, will transform dramatically. There will always be a need for managing and building out physical network infrastructure, but it will need to include new service-oriented solutions.
Systems and device administration -- Even with a BYOD model, central management of computers, shared resources and devices is still needed, as are centralized directory services and user accounts. The difference is that beyond basic provisioning, the full-scale roll out and management of workstations and devices will fall away as the goal becomes more basic: securing company data on each device and allowing it access to resources. As with helpdesk operations, a shift to working with users to develop a collection of resources for best use as well as internal and public apps becomes an additional focus. There's also the potential for implementing and managing virtual desktop and cloud services.
Developers -- The big shift for developers will be the need to support a wide range of mobile devices, both in and out of the office. This may be as simple as providing a mobile version of Web-based tools or it may require a complete rewrite of current desktop options as native mobile apps. (That kind of complete rewrite will likely require serious rethinking of the software to best use the touch interfaces of today's smartphones and tablets.) A big challenge then becomes supporting a variety of device types and sizes as well as multiple platforms and versions of mobile OSes, particularly Android. Developers will also need to work with other staffers on Web, cloud or VDI solutions.
Trainers -- In many environments, IT training is minimal and consists of documentation for end users coupled with institutional knowledge. In today's world, training needs to shift from rote instruction to providing background information and identifying why core needs, such as security policies, are important.
In a mobile/cloud/BYOD environment, training is even more important because user education about the best tools, corporate security needs, and selection/maintenance of their own devices are key factors for creating an effective shared-responsibility model. Training should take advantage of every communication option available: guides, email, wikis, internal support forums, instructor-led classroom or telepresence initiatives, and one-on-one help. The broader the options and the more responsive they are to the needs of all workers (young, older, technophobic and cutting-edge power users) the better.
Trainers should be available as needed rather than popping onsite for a single class and then disappearing. Critically, training methods and materials will have to be continually evaluated and updated.
Security specialists -- The role of security specialists will continue to focus on areas like perimeter defense, identifying and dealing with compromised equipment, and malware detection/removal. It will also expand to securing vendor-based cloud solutions and employee-owned mobile devices and their data. Security solutions will need to become more flexible and account for user needs in developing an effective strategy. Again, user education is key.
Project management -- In some ways project managers have always held rather malleable roles within IT. By its very nature, project management is more about keeping things on track and on time, allocating resources and coordinating different individuals and teams than about specific technologies. Given a fluid existence to begin with, project management duties will shift with a relative ease to the new needs in IT: dealing with mobile options and deployment, interacting with end users to develop planning guidelines for new initiatives around mobile and cloud technologies, and assessing ongoing efforts.
That said, the role of project management is expanding, and related skills and experience are quickly becoming core requirements sought by hiring managers. As mobility management within an organization and mobile development for both internal tools and client/customer needs grow, there will be an increasing need for professionals with solid project management skills.
CIO/IT management -- Mobile and BYOD trends don't directly alter the duties of technology directors and CIOs. Even cloud solutions won't completely shift what a CIO does. However, those factors along with a growing technological competence by executives within an organization and the general state of the economy mean that CIOs and IT departments need to build bridges with management and end users. Ideally, that means IT partners with other divisions to get the most out of technology and enable greater productivity - a hallmark of the BYOD mentality - as well as take part in strategic planning.
New IT positions
In addition to the changes in traditional staffing and job roles, the shifts in IT are already giving birth to new sets of responsibilities and job descriptions . Sometimes these are wholly new jobs, but they can also be expanded roles for existing positions. Some of the next-generation of IT positions include:
IT generalists and liaisons -- Individuals who have a keen grasp of technology and solid understanding of their industry will be highly sought after. They can serve as a friendly face of IT to users and other departments and one core duty is ensuring smooth IT experiences. Additionally, they serve to discover untapped potential, unmet needs, and problems (both business and technical) that IT can address. As ambassadors of IT, they can also serve as in-the-field tutors or mentors.
Enterprise/Information architects -- As IT morphs, there will be a greater emphasis on outside providers, a trend most notable when it comes to could and mobility management issues. The result: multiple teams -- internal and external -- that must be managed and coordinated and the need for someone who can meld these disparate solutions into a single vision of technology. Architects who can connect the pieces and projects and deliver services smartly will become a staple of IT teams.
User experience designers -- User experience design is a facet of Web and application development and it will become important to craft a consistent experience for employees as well as customers across a number of areas including the desktop, collaborative efforts, cloud services, mobile apps and Web services. Doing so effectively requires one or more people that are involved in multiple areas and projects. Some additional work may also involve developing training and other direct-to-user resources.
Mobility managers -- The phrase mobile device management is already giving way to the broader "mobility management" as it becomes clear that handling mobile solutions in business means going beyond basic device security and initial setup. Managing mobility involves devising mobile-oriented solutions, educating users, dealing with expense and risk management, providing a collection of approved or recommended apps, ensuring secure device access, developing and implementing appropriate mobile use policies, and cataloging and managing devices. That's a tall order, but it is crucial to a successful mobile and BYOD initiative. Add to that the speed at which the mobile landscape evolves and the need for IT to keep pace with the industry and one thing is crystal clear: there's a need in any organization for a dedicated mobility manager or mobility team.
Small and agile adapts fastest
Traditionally, the IT departments of large enterprises have been better suited to tackle major shifts in technology because their greater resources allow them to test, purchase and deploy new solutions. In the past, smaller organizations with smaller budgets and fewer staff were slower to implement changes.
The shoe is now on the other foot. Small IT departments have a more cooperative culture and, more importantly, have less distinct separations between staff - leading to more shared responsibility and on-the-job cross training. IT pros of all stripes in smaller organizations also tend to have more direct interactions with employees. That means greater comfort and familiarity on both sides as well as greater understanding of what users need and why.
Clearly, there are challenges ahead for IT departments and professionals. In some ways the most difficult challenge isn't technical at all, it's accepting that the way IT has operated for more than a generation is ending. There are immense opportunities for organizations and individuals that can adapt to this new landscape. There are chances for IT professionals to reinvent themselves as well as the workplace itself.
But, there is no time to lose; these changes are barreling down the track whether IT managers or staff want them to or not.
Ryan Faas is a freelance writer and technology consultant specializing in Mac and multiplatform network issues. He has been a Computerworld columnist since 2003 and is a frequent contributor to Peachpit.com. Faas is also the author of iPhone for Work (Apress, 2009). You can find out more about him at RyanFaas.com and follow him on Twitter ( @ryanfaas ).
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There's now a beta version of Thoth Gateway 1.4.0 available for download here. I've tested it myself successfully on Windows Server 2012 with IIS 8.5 and .NET Framework 4.5. I would appreciate feedback from those who want to download and test it out on the same, or other, configurations.
Please note the following:
- The gateway no longer requires an Oracle client installed on the same machine (the web server). Similar to the way the "Thin JDBC" driver works, the "Managed ODP.NET" driver is just a single file (Oracle.ManagedDataAccess.dll) that is placed in the same "bin" folder as the gateway.
- The supplied web.config file includes a configSections/SectionGroup with the .NET 4.0 sections. If upgrading from an earlier framework version running the gateway, you probably need to update the config file.
- The "requestValidationMode" attribute of the "httpRuntime" node should be set to "2.0" to avoid problems when Apex passes HTML markup in the querystring (for success messages and the like).


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Al Dhaheri International
Under the UAE Courts system, the most frequent types of Civil disputes that are filed and resolved are:
Prior to the commencement of a Civil case in the U.A.E, mediation must occur through the following committees in the interest of saving time and legal costs to both Parties and the Courts:
Should the mediation process be unsuccessful the Civil case will commence once the concerned claim is filed before the Court of First Instance? All claims must specifically mention the basis of the claim and the appropriate remedy that the Claimant wishes to obtain. Once a judgment has been reached in the Court of First Instance, it may be appealed by at the Appeal Court. The judgment reached by the Appeal Court may be challenged at the Court of Cassation, which serves as the highest judicial Court in each respective Emirate and will hear disputes that range from criminal, personal and civil rights to verdicts and suits.


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I started out in consumer products many years ago. I reported to a manager who asked me to do some things that were not only unethical, but illegal. It came to a point when I knew God was calling me to make a decision. I also knew that once I made that decision, I better find another job or career very quickly.
At that point, I started a nonprofit ministry developing disciples during short-term mission trips. There have been times when we had to fully humble ourselves at the feet of the Lord and say, "Hey, what would you have me do here?" You get to a point where you are just kind of self-absorbed. Then you turn it around, look at Scripture, and continue to seek the Lord. When there is no other hope that you can find in this world, persevere, get into God's Word, pursue the Lord, ask Him, seek Him – He'll open the doors. Complete dependence on Him delivers everything you are looking for.
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BAS Meeting 2017 – Reminder and Programme of Events
We would like to remind you that you can still register for the BAS annual meeting, which will take place at the Linnean Society in London from 10.00am on Monday 19th June.
The meeting is FREE to BAS members and poster presenters.
For BFS/ACE/RCN/IBMS/BICA/ABA members it is a fee of £10. Students pay £10. Others pay £20. All refreshments and lunch will be provided.
If you wish to come please register by 5pm on Thursday 15th June by contacting Sarah Magson: email@example.com
The programme of events is as follows:
10.00 -10.30am – Arrival and Registration
10.30am – Welcome
10.40am – Peter Ellis (Ben Mills & Claudia Rathje, Kent)
Automated sperm morphology analysis for the study of teratozoospermia.
11.00am – Alex Hargreaves (David Miller, Leeds)
Automated analysis of histological nuclear assays on sperm
11.20am – Meurig Gallagher (David Smith & Jackson K-B, Birmingham)
Rapid Sperm Capture: Mi CASA es tu CASA.
11:45am – 12.30pm – BAS AGM
12.30 – 1.30pm – Lunch & Posters
1.30pm – A Vassiliou et al., (Sheryl Homa, London)
Validation of a test measuring oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) to determine oxidative stress in human semen.
1.50pm – Forough Torabi (David Miller, Leeds)
Identifying putative sperm Hyaluronic Acid Binding Proteins (HABPs) by mass spectrometry
2.10pm – Asma Hamad (Jackson K-B, Sarah Conner & Linda Lefievere, Birmingham)
Interaction of human sperm and female tract secretions
2.30pm – Elis Nitao (Steve Publicover, Birmingham)
Calcium and regulation of the flagellar beat
2:50pm – 3.10 pm – Coffee Break
3:10pm – 3:30pm Ben Mills (Peter Ellis & Claudia Rathje, Kent)
Structure/function relationships in the Zfy family of transcription factors.
3:30pm – 3:50pm Claudia Rathje (Peter Ellis & Ben Mills, Kent)
Novel H2AX phosphorylation states in spermatogenesis.
3:50pm – 4:20pm Celine Jones & Charlotte Plow (Kevin Coward et al., Oxford – BAS Grant Awardee)
Development of a versatile exosome-based platform for the delivery of molecular compounds to mammalian sperm
4.20pm – Closing remarks
4:30pm – Reception before Evening Event


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My eyes popped open the moment I heard the frightened and desperate cry. Although groggy, I climbed out of the comfort of the warm bed and quickly made my way down the hall in my bare feet.
"What's wrong, sweetheart?" I said with concern as she stood up with tears rushing down her cheeks and reached her little arms up towards me.
I gently picked her up and held her close and immediately, like magic, her crying stopped and she started to settle back to sleep in my arms, clutching her pink owl blanket and softly sucking her pacifier in quick intervals.
I sat rocking her in the big tan comfy chair, that I had spent countless hours in over the past year, and felt a surge of emotion. Joy and sadness both. I cherished the precious moment but grieved for all of the moments that had been stolen from me.
For the first year of her life, I fought a vicious battle inside of my head. I fell to the depths of postpartum depression and had finally climbed my way out of the darkness and emerged a changed woman—a woman who knows what it feels like to be broken, desperate, and afraid.
It wasn't long before when the same desperate cry would have made me feel overwhelmed, angry, resentful and helpless. And the guilt of all of these feelings was the heaviest of all—it forced me farther and farther down into the depths of darkness.
The delicate pink and gray room, that had been so carefully planned and excitedly prepared before her birth, was lit by the gentle light of the moon. Her initials were carefully placed above her crib, a tree decal was planted on a gray wall with its pink leaves blowing as if in the middle of a gentle breeze. The art work I had chosen almost foretelling what I would desperately need to know, "Don't worry about a thing, because every little thing is gonna be alright". Finally, I could hear the peace in this room, which was no longer being drowned out by the clanging dissonant loudness of my thoughts, anxieties, and fears.
I held her for a long time, well after she was asleep again. I felt her soft and smooth skin, listened to her baby breath, inhaled her baby fragrance, and showered her in soft kisses—careful not to awake her.
So often I had held her while tears of sadness rushed from my eyes. This time, joy was overflowing instead. For the first time, I felt what it was like to feel bonded with my beautiful baby girl and I didn't want to miss a thing, having already missed so much.
I slowly stood up from the rocker and carried her back to her crib, placing her gently inside what had become her own little nest. She quickly settled in and was fast asleep. I tip-toed out of the room, careful to avoid all of the places on the old wooden floor that creaked and quietly closed the door behind me.
Down the hall, my husband was fast asleep having not even noticed I was gone. I climbed into bed and I continued to silently cry, knowing that someday she, this precious little girl who needed me so much right now, was no longer going to need me anymore. She would grow up and become independent, no longer needing her mother's comfort or wanting to hear the lullabies that escaped my lips and brought her peace.
What was taken from me by postpartum depression in that first year cannot be returned and the grief of that is heavy. We are not promised tomorrow, but we have today. And I am clutching to these little moments each day that move like soft whispers of love to an eager ear—heard only briefly in tenderness —and then they're gone.


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Nickel West (NiW), part of the BHP Billiton Group, is on the hunt for an information management commercial and governance leader to report to the CIO and deliver the company's information management strategy.
The position, located in Western Australia, was advertised on Seek and notes the successful candidate will be responsible for IM compliance to ensure BHP Billiton standards and policies.
"Through execution of the sourcing plan, you will establish BHP NiW wide commercial arrangements for all non-enterprise IM services," the advertisement read.
"In addition, you will have ongoing responsibility for a large portfolio of IM contracts and services, including management of key vendor relationships and performance management of contracted IM services."
The successful candidate is required to have substantial experience in IT sourcing with a global service provider, strong leadership and management skills when it comes to developing and mentoring staff, and being a team leader.
Applications will close on Monday 14 March.
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Genetic testing company 23andMe Inc. will comply with a Food and Drug Administration directive to stop selling health-related genetic tests during a regulatory review.
In a message on its website Thursday, the Mountain View, Calif. company said that it will continue to provide ancestry-related information to customers and raw genetic data without interpretation. Customers who bought kits since the FDA order came out last month will be eligible for refunds.
"We remain firmly committed to fulfilling our long-term mission to help people everywhere have access to their own genetic data and have the ability to use that information to improve their lives," said the statement.
FDA representatives did not immediately return a phone call from The Associated Press seeking comment on the company's announcement.
23andMe's saliva-based test kit, launched more than 5 years ago, claims to tell customers if they are at risk for more than 250 diseases and health conditions. The FDA says only medical tests that have been cleared by the government are permitted to make such claims.
Last month, the agency had ordered 23andMe to stop marketing its test, warning that erroneous results could cause customers to seek unnecessary or ineffective medical care. The FDA warning letter stated that even after numerous meetings and email exchanges with the company, the agency still had no assurance that the firm has analytically or clinically validated its technology.
23andMe sells its tests online. Customers receive a small tube in the mail, which they return to the company with a saliva sample for DNA analysis.
The company was co-founded by Anne Wojcicki, who recently separated from her husband, Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Both Google and Brin have invested millions in the privately held company over the years.


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Months-long protests against a copper mining project in Peru's Arequipa region continued yesterday in the city of Mollendo, as close to 150 mourners joined the funeral procession of Victoriano Huayna Mina.
This week's likely top stories: a deadly fire ravages Valparaíso, Chile; French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius visits Cuba; Glencore sells Las Bambas mine to Chinese consortium; Venezuela investigates abuses during protests; a shipwreck spills fuel off the coast of Colombia.
Barrick Gold Corporation, a Canadian mining company and the world's largest gold producer, announced Thursday that it has temporarily halted operations at its Pascua-Lama gold mine in the Andean border region between Argentina and Chile.
Employees of Colombia's largest coal mine, Cerrejón, went on strike yesterday after the company and its 4,500 union members failed to reach an agreement on wages and benefits for the first time in 22 years.
Natural resource extraction is a key contributor to economic growth in various parts of the Western Hemisphere, but governments, businesses and civil society are faced with how to improve extractive activity and its effects on broad-based socioeconomic development in respective communities.


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|Frank Howard
|Left fielder / Right fielder / First baseman
August 8, 1936
Columbus, Ohio
|Batted: Right
|Threw: Right
|MLB debut
|September 10, 1958 for the Los Angeles Dodgers
|Last MLB appearance
|September 30, 1973 for the Detroit Tigers
|Career statistics
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|Home runs
|Runs batted in
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Frank Oliver Howard (born August 8, 1936 in Columbus, Ohio), nicknamed "Hondo" and "The Capital Punisher", is a former left and right fielder, coach and manager in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Senators/Texas Rangers. One of the most physically intimidating hitters in the sport, he was named the National League's Rookie of the Year in 1960, and went on to lead the American League in home runs and total bases twice each and in slugging average, runs batted in and walks once each. His 382 career home runs were the eighth most by a right-handed hitter when he retired; his 237 home runs in a Washington uniform are a record for any of that city's several franchises, as are his 1969 totals of 48 HRs and 340 total bases. His Washington/Texas franchise records of 1,172 games, 4,120 at bats, 246 HRs, 1,141 hits, 701 RBI, 544 runs, 155 doubles, 2,074 total bases and a .503 slugging average have variously been broken by Jim Sundberg, Toby Harrah and Juan González.
Howard was an All-American in both basketball and baseball at Ohio State, and was drafted by the Philadelphia Warriors of the NBA. Listed at 6'8" and 275 pounds, he instead signed with the Dodgers organization, and after a handful of appearances in 1958 and 1959 he succeeded Carl Furillo as Los Angeles' right fielder in 1960; he was named the Minor League Player of the Year in 1959 by The Sporting News after hitting 43 homers in the Pacific Coast League. He was named the NL's Rookie of the Year after batting .268 with 23 home runs and 77 RBI, and was nicknamed "Hondo" by teammates after a John Wayne film. He belted 98 homers in the following four seasons, most prominently in a 1962 campaign in which he batted .296 with 31 home runs and finished among the NL's top five players in RBI (119) and slugging (.560). The season ended with the Dodgers and San Francisco Giants tied for first place, necessitating a three-game pennant playoff; Howard had only a single in 11 at bats and struck out three times against Billy Pierce in the first game, including the final out; but he had a run and an RBI in the second contest, an 8–7 win. The Giants took the pennant in three games, but Howard would later finish ninth in the MVP voting.
In 1963 his production dropped off to a .273 average, 28 homers and 64 RBI; but the Dodgers won the pennant, and his upper-deck solo home run off Whitey Ford broke a scoreless tie in the fifth inning of Game 4 of the World Series, helping Los Angeles to a 2–1 win and a sweep of the New York Yankees. He again hit over 20 home runs in 1964, and on June 4 his three-run home run in the seventh inning provided all the scoring in Sandy Koufax's third no-hitter, a 3–0 defeat of the Philadelphia Phillies; Howard had also homered for the final run in Koufax's first no-hitter on June 30 two years earlier, a 5–0 win over the New York Mets. But the team's 1962 move into spacious Dodger Stadium did not favor power hitters, and their speedier outfielders Tommy and Willie Davis were seen as more in line with the club's future; Howard's .226 batting average in 1964—combined with regularly high strikeout totals—led to his trade to Washington in a seven-player December deal which brought Claude Osteen to Los Angeles. In 2005 Howard recalled welcoming the trade despite going from a pennant contender to a weak expansion team, noting, "I was essentially a fourth outfielder in L.A., hitting 25 home runs a year in the biggest baseball park in America and doing it on 400 at-bats." He added, "What could I do if I get 550 at-bats? I had my best years here."
Shifted to left field in Washington, he was unquestionably the center of the offense, leading the team in homers and RBI in each of his seven seasons there. But under managers Gil Hodges, Jim Lemon and Ted Williams, the Senators were a woeful bunch, achieving only one winning season in that time. In 1967 he hit 36 homers, third in the AL behind Harmon Killebrew and Carl Yastrzemski, as he entered the peak years of his career. During an amazing one-week stretch in the spring of 1968 (May 12–18), Howard hammered 10 home runs in 20 at bats, with at least one in six consecutive games; his 10 home runs are also the most ever in one week. He would go on to hit 13 homers in 16 games, a mark that would stand until Albert Belle matched it in 1995. Howard finished the season leading the AL with 44 HR, a .552 slugging average and 330 total bases, and was second to Ken Harrelson with 106 RBI; he made his first of four consecutive All-Star teams, and placed eighth in the MVP balloting, although the Senators finished in tenth (last) place with a 65–96 record.
Howard wore #9 on his jersey from the time he joined the Senators through 1968. When new owner Bob Short signed Hall of Fame slugger Williams to manage the club, Howard happily gave up #9 so Williams could wear it once again; Howard donned #33 for the start of the 1969 season. Williams played a major role in teaching him to be more patient at the plate, asking the slugger, "Can you tell me how a guy can hit 44 home runs and only get 48 bases on balls?" He encouraged Howard to not swing at the first fastball he saw, and work the pitcher deeper into the count; the advice resulted in his walk totals nearly doubling. Beginning in 1968, Howard played semi-regularly at first base in order to reduce the physical impact of patrolling the outfield. In 1969 he had career highs with 48 homers (Killebrew was the home run champion with 49), 111 runs (second in the AL to Reggie Jackson), a .296 batting average and a .574 slugging mark, and the Senators had their best year with an 86–76 record though they finished far behind the Baltimore Orioles in the Eastern Division. He again led the AL with 340 total bases, the most ever by a Washington player, and added 111 RBI; his fourth-place finish in the MVP vote was the highest of his career. In 1970 he led the AL both in HR (44) and RBI (126); his 132 walks in that year also topped the league, and remain a franchise record. On September 2, he received three intentional walks from Sam McDowell—two of them to lead off an inning. He came in fifth in the 1970 MVP race, and received one first-place vote.
Howard is one of three players (along with Killebrew and Cecil Fielder) to have hit a ball onto the left-field roof at Tiger Stadium. He has also been reported to be the only player ever to hit a fair ball out of Yankee Stadium (it was ruled a foul ball, but Yankee outfielder Bobby Murcer later said it was fair). In a game at Fenway Park, he hit a line drive which struck the center field wall 390 feet from home plate and bounced into Reggie Smith's glove before Howard had even reached first base. During his National League days, Howard also crushed a ball an estimated 560 feet at Pittsburgh's Forbes Field.
Howard hit the last regular-season home run for the Senators in RFK Stadium in his final at bat on September 30, 1971 off Yankees pitcher Mike Kekich, who delivered a 2–0 fastball requested by New York manager Ralph Houk; Howard reportedly thanked catcher Thurman Munson when he crossed home plate. After waving to the cheering fans, Howard tossed his helmet liner into the stands, and after the game called it the biggest thrill of his career.
The Senators moved to Dallas/Fort Worth in 1972, becoming the Texas Rangers, but Howard batted only .244 with 9 HR's in 95 games before his contract was sold to the Detroit Tigers in August; he had just one home run in 33 games for Detroit, and did not appear in the postseason for the division champions. He ended his major league career in 1973 with a .256 average and 12 home runs for the Tigers, playing as their designated hitter. Unable to find a job in the majors, in 1974 Howard signed to play in Japan's Pacific League for the Taiheiyo Lions. In his first time at bat for his new team, he swung mightily and struck out, hurting his back; he never played again.
In 16 seasons, Howard was a .273 career hitter with a .499 slugging average, 382 home runs and 1,119 RBI in 1,895 games. His lifetime marks included 864 runs, 1,774 hits, 245 doubles, 35 triples, eight stolen bases and a .352 on base percentage; his 1,460 strikeouts were then the fifth highest total in major league history. Jim Sundberg surpassed his Senators/Rangers franchise totals for career games, at bats and doubles in 1982 and 1983; Toby Harrah broke his marks for runs and hits in 1985 and 1986; and Juan González broke his records for home runs, RBI, total bases, and slugging average in 1997 and 1998.
Following his retirement as a player, Howard managed the San Diego Padres in 1981 but finished in last place in both halves of the strike-marred season. With the Mets, he took over as manager for the last 116 games in 1983 after George Bamberger resigned, but again finished in last place. He posted a 93–133 career managerial record. He also coached for the Milwaukee Brewers (1977–80, 1985–86), Mets (1982–83, 1994–96), Seattle Mariners (1987–88), Yankees (1989, 1991–92), and Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998–99). Since 2000 he has worked for the Yankees as a player development instructor.
On April 14, 2005, baseball came back to Washington. In 1972 Howard had thought that before much time had passed, another President would deliver the opening-day pitch in the capital. Looking back, he remarked, "I thought that within five years it would be back. Well, 34 years later, here we are." Before the game at RFK Stadium between the Washington Nationals and Arizona Diamondbacks, Howard walked out to left field and was greeted by a loud ovation during pregame ceremonies which featured players from both former Senators clubs. At age 68, Howard joked, "I know I'm going to left field—if I can make it that far without having a coronary. I used to be able to sprint out there but don't even know if I'll be able to jog. I told (former Senator Ed) Brinkman, 'For crissakes, call 911 if I have a blowout in left field.'"
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A fake Twitter account factored into Greg Elliott's character despite being found not guilty.
Genuine Witty points out that the judge stated four separate times that Elliott had made homophobic comments. These comments had in fact come from a fake account.
The fake account (@greg_a_eliott) tweeted, "Enjoy your AIDS, #TOpoli faggots". Elliott's real Twitter handle is @greg_a_elliott. The fake account has only one L.
In total, the fake account only had 24 posts and had most likely been created to damage Elliott's reputation.
Despite the homophobic tweet since being deleted, it was forwarded and commented on by someone with the handle @tapesonthefloor.
In addition, Ethan Cox, co-founder of ultra radical left-wing site Rhichochet.ca, believed the tweet came from the real Elliott too in this screen grab.
Genuine Witty explains how the fake tweets ended up as evidence.
"Toronto Police Det Banglid used a social media tool named Sysomos to gather-up the defendant and formerly alleged victim's tweets, Sysomos has real weaknesses as a forensic tool as it can't collect tweets that have been deleted or from protected accounts.
The judge used the fact that "Elliott's" homophobic tweet wasn't picked-up by Sysomos as evidence of the software's lack of reliability for the purpose for which it was used. He seems to be right about that, it's hard to justify only collecting half of the evidence, but it appears that he failed to realize this tweet was a fake."
So far, there has been no comment on this by Elliott or the judge. Let's hope this situation is rectified.
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1. Allah Loves to Be Asked
He encourages that in all things. He is angry with the one who does not ask of Him and He encourages His slaves to ask of Him. Allah says:
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Uh-oh. What can the sun's searing rays do to your skin?
While we all know that Vitamin Ds are important for our body, the rays that come from the sun are more often harmful than beneficial. Did you know that our skin still absorbs harmful UV rays even when we're in a building? These rays can penetrate anything, which destroy healthy cells and alter their DNA structure. Sun protection is important as insufficient defence can cause skin to be damaged by free radicals. Even if you apply sufficient UV protection, a day out under the sun will inevitably dehydrate skin and leave it feeling tight and dry, as UV irradiation leads to a decreased level of moisture in the skin. Read till the end to find out how you can get NIVEA lotion at a great discount!
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Wood is not exactly a new material in the fashion arena although they are still relatively rare in my day-to-day wear. What about you? Do you include any "wooden element" in your outfit?
Here are some wooden fashion items that I covet.
1. Wooden eyewear
Care to own a wooden 'wayfarer'? iWood boasts lightweight and balanced wooden sunglasses and apparently, every pair of shade is handmade!
Or if you are bespectacled, you can look for wooden spectacle frames from Indie Nation. I gotta admit, wooden frame exudes a more exquisite, refined and natural feel but I have no idea how the wood would react with moisture – such as sweat and rain.
2. Clogs
Gosh, clogs are like the hottest shoes this season! Almost every fashion bigwig I can think of have churned out a pair of clogs in their collections – Miu Miu, Celine (above), Chanel, Louis Vuitton etc. Apparently, spin-offs of the famed Celine clogs are sprouting all over Hong Kong! I haven't been shopping much lately but maybe you can find similar designs at Far East Plaza too.
3. Wooden bags
This is not new.. the Emilio Pucci wooden clutch belongs to a 2008 collection. Don't you love this artsy wooden chest cum arm candy!
According to the Chinese astrology, the wood element is associated with strength, flexibility and warmth. Ha, if you were feeling antisocial, maybe you can pile on some wooden accessories to up your "wood element'!
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