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Many of us plant containers for summer interest and leave them empty for the winter. I get very excited at the beauty that can be created with a winter container, but would like to expand on this topic. What would you think of the idea of having a basic planting that lasts year round, with only the addition of seasonal color needed? (Think pansies in the cool of early spring, all the choices we love such as geraniums in the summer, winter blooming heather and hellebores for late fall/early winter.) Or….planting your container now with plants that can move into your garden in the spring or perhaps in a spring a little farther down the road.
While there are some containers too small to incorporate these ideas, for the majority of them just have fun and create without overcrowding.
The planting medium you use is very important. Art's Supersoil/house blend mix is your best choice for a shrub, perennial, grass design. It is always wise to check the plant tags for both light and water needs. If you are using plants that require little to no water, go with Promix. Always remember though, that even drought resistant plants require moisture help for the first two years while they put on the root system needed to support themselves.
This is a bright, beautifully textured, fragrant shrub for a container and can be kept in the design for a few years as long as you are in Zone 7 or warmer. Often it will be "Goldcrest" that is available. It is an outstanding center piece for your container. If you can find "Wilma", please consider this alternative as it is much smaller and dense in its growth pattern both at a young age in your container and at maturity in your garden. If you do not plan to move this beauty from the container, try to find "Wilma".
Moving to the garden: If you are looking to move it to your garden, expect Goldcrest to reach a final height of about 30' by 15' wide over the course of several decades. If you manage to find Wilma, expect a much smaller tree at maturity, topping out at 8' tall by 2' wide. They both love full sun, even moisture, but well drained soil. And as an added benefit, are deer resistant.
This is one of my very favorite centerpieces for a container with it deep, green, glossy foliage, made all the more delightful with its curved, distinctive leaf. This addition to the euonymus family is well worth tracking down. It is very slow to grow, requiring little maintenance, and will work hard for years as the centerpiece of your container.
Moving to the garden: If you ever decide to move this plant to the garden (though you will not have to), it is hardy to Zone 6, so will easily survive the transplant. It reaches a final height of 5'-6' and a width of 1' to 2'. Think about using it as a much needed vertical exclamation point in your landscape design. It is versatile as far as sun is concerned, doing well from full sun to mostly shade. It likes average, well-drained soil and while it does flower, there are too insignificant to really appreciate. They adapt to sea side planting and also resist deer.
Now that you have created your height, it is time to move to the next layer of your container. The choices are numerous, but always consider foliar contrast, foliar color, and flower. While it sounds overwhelming, it really isn't. Just remember to create a balanced container that includes green, gold, variegated, even blue foliage, and flowers.
I have chosen the burgundy leafed Heuchera "Frosted Violet", but the variations in leaf shape and color go from golds, oranges, reds, greens, right through to black. The choice is yours. Heuchera flowers, but they are insignificant. I just follow the stem down to the crown of the plant and cut them out. The flowers in the picture are ready for me to remove. Heucheras are one of my very favorite plants in a container as they bring a bold-colored, great textured leaf to the show. It is sometimes too easy to not have enough leaf contrast in a container. This little gem takes care of that in spade. Just ask at the nursery for what is available to you and have fun with your creation.
Moving to the garden: While it is advertised that heucheras will handle all sun conditions, I do find that constant even moisture is an absolute requirement for that to happen. They are a rather small perennial, reaching only 8in-10in high and 16in wide. They shine in all their beauty in a woodland garden with ferns, but put them anywhere a punch of color is needed.
Heather is a mainstay of the fall/winter container. You can also find summer blooming "heather". However, for this article, I will focus on the winter flowering variety. Kramer's Red is a compact dark green small shrub that is literally covered in bloom from December until April. Although there are many "green foliage, with pinkish/purple blooms, this old standard still stands out in the crowd. It produces it greatest flower in full sun and well-drained soil. However, that still means even moisture. After flowering, give it a light shear to keep it looking its best and ready to go for another eye popping season next year. There are also gold varieties available with white flowers and with pink. How you plan your container will help to determine what color heather you choose. If you have a lot of green on the go, try to find one with gold foliage.
Moving to the garden: It really doesn't matter where you go on the mainland. Heather, whether dark green in foliage or gold, catches our eye. It thrives in full sun but will grow in part shade. They work planted singly or groups, allowing them to grow together or kept as separate plants. Because of their low mature height, (12in tall by 24in wide) they do better if planted at the front of a bed. They look right at home planted up against rock placed in the garden as it is reminiscent of its homeland….Scotland.
I had the great fortune to pick up this container for myself recently. It was specific in its design to fit into my garden. That brilliant spot of the gold on the left lower side is Euonymus Blondy. It is so eye catching with its bold yellow and green markings compared to its counter parts and just as easy to take care of. In a large container, plant it multiple time and allow it to creep over the sides at it matures. This is a hardy little shrub, good to Zone 5, handling all conditions, except extreme wet. It thrives in the sun, but will handle some shade. If it starts to get leggy on you, please feel free to prune it back…. hard if need be. It will be all the better for it. Of note for those who like to create floral arrangements, don't forget to give this a try.
Moving to the garden: You may never want to move this shrub to the garden as it will not out grow most containers. However, if you do, know that it mounds in a well-behaved manner, not sprawling like many of its counterparts. Put it anywhere near the front of the bed where you need a punch of color. Once established in your garden, it can handle drier conditions. Its final size tops out at about 2ft by 2ft.
Oh, do I love this plant, especially this time of year. Just look at those red berries on this ever-so-slowly creeping groundcover. While you may never want to pick them, the fruit is edible and the leaves are used to make wintergreen tea. However, as far as winter containers are considered, they have no rivals. As you can see, that rich shiny foliage takes on a burgundy hue in the winter adding great contrast to an already outstanding plant. Having said all this, they will handle full sun, but often prefer partial shade. They require average (but never soggy) soil.
Moving to the garden - This is a native plant to North America and once established, requires little attention. It is deer and rabbit proof, with its final height set at 4in-5in and its final spread is 10in-12in.
There are few plants I seriously collect for my garden. Hellebores are one of them. What is there to not like? They are essentially evergreen, with unique leathery leaves. Have a mild fragrance. Hardy to Zone 4. And, just when we think we cannot stand one more day of clouds and rain, these beauties pop their flowers up for all to see. In my garden, the blooms can last easily for two months. There are so many varieties now that it is impossible to list them all. But, Jacob is proving to be one of the more outstanding new cultivars over the last several years. When hellebores first arrived on the scene, the beautiful flowers hung downwards, depriving us of their beauty. Not Jacob! This plant makes an unforgettable impact in a container, with the leaves holding their own in the summer months. An interesting side point. The leaves can start to look a bit worn by the time the blooms show. Don't be afraid to cut them out. The flowers will then be able to put on their show for you. The leaves will not take long to make an entrance. And while you do not have to deadhead them, the look will be better if you do.
Moving to the garden: You could seriously have a dilemma on your hands, as I am sure you will want this plant in both a container and your garden. However, they prefer some shade, and even handle dark shade, lighting up a dreary corner. They like even moisture. They look breathtaking planted in irregular groupings, are deer and rabbit resistant. They are very slow to grow, but will ultimately reach 14in high and 12in wide at the base of the plant.
Last, but not least, an evergreen grass. This is another long time standard for containers for a reason. It just is so darn easy to care for and adds so much to the container with its color and form. A zone 5, it is a highly decorative, yet tough sedge, winning awards for its valuable contribution to our gardens. Plant it on the outer edge of your container. If the container is large enough, feel free to use multiples. You will not be disappointed. It handles full sun to part shade, although the best color is in part shade. It loves even moisture. Hardy to zone 5. In a container or a garden, do not cut this grass right back. When pruning leave about 1/3 of the plant in place.
Moving to the garden: Don't be afraid to try this sedge in some shade. It will brighten up a corner. It is also great in groupings, and with dark green evergreens, such as low growing pines. 8in high by 14in wide.
There are so many incredible choices for container planting that it would take pages to list them all. Please visit the garden center to browse the courtyard (and of course other areas of the nursery) for ideas. Talk to our staff about the location of your container (sun, shade, etc.) and the appropriate plants for the location.
This recipe features a cool and crisp planting plant for late summer or early Fall. Fall containers are fluid and fleeting. Plant them with interchangeable parts. Don't worry so much about longevity. You can take out and replace plants as they finish for the season. With that said, this one should be looking great right until the hard frosts show up in November or December. We're not going to talk so much about specific varieties as we are planting concepts. Feel free to visit us and pick out the plants you like that fit the general feel of the design.
This planting plan uses 10 easy to source plants and makes use of the traditional Thriller, Filler and Spiller planting plan. Thrillers are the larger, more dominant components that grab attention and say 'look at me!'. Fillers are used to compliment the Thriller and provide body and substance to the design. Spillers dangle over the sides of the pot to soften the lines between the hard container and the soft plants. Most designs use odd numbers of plants - but this one breaks the rules using only 10. If you really want to be odd, add another Pansy if you wish :)
Ready to plant one up yourself? All of these plants and many more similar ones are available at Arts Nursery in the late summer and early fall. If you don't feel like making one yourself, get our experienced staff to make it for you! Call or visit for more details
Laurelle shows you how to create a bit of WOW with a winter planter or grouping that will add a bit of welcome sparkle and light to brighten up the dark days of winter!
Layering live evergreen plants with cut greens will give your planter depth, texture and colour. You can add a touch of whimsy and personality with bells, twinkle lights, lanterns or other hard features. The cut greens stay fresh with a minimum of effort because of the cold and moisture that we generally have plenty of on the West Coast.
If your planters are under cover, ensure the soil is moist but not wet. This usually means only watering once every couple of weeks. I generally am not worried about planting shade plants in a full sun exposure. Because the temps are much cooler, you don't have to worry about our weaker winter sun baking those shade lovers like Wintergreen or Ferns. Be sure to plant tighter than you would with a summer planter as they will not be filling out in the winter. What you see now is what you will likely have at the end of the winter. I like to leave an inch or so of space around the lip of the planter to give me somewhere to add my cut greens for edging. If you have added some bulbs to your arrangement mark the area on the pot with a temporary sticker so you don't forget where you put them when shuffling around your plants!
Some of my favorite plants for winter interest:
The list is extensive, even smaller conifers that can be replanted in the spring in the garden bed will do. Pines and Lemon Cypress are among my favorites. I also like to use Yew trees for that tall columnar focal point and wrap them in white twinkle lights.
Love the glossy leaves, red berries and fragrant flowers in the winter!!
Red berries, glossy evergreen leaves and a fragrance when crushed…what's not to love.
From the bold glossy leaved Hart's Tongue Fern to the finer textured smaller Deer Fern, evergreen ferns are a staple in my winter displays.
The Carex family has both fine textured grasses such as Carex testacea 'Prairie Fire' and the wider leaved variegated Carex morrowi 'Ice Dance' and Carex oshimensis 'Evergold' are just a few the great grass choices.
There are a number of evergreen versions with the lush colour saturated leaves.
This evergreen always gives me pause. Unleashed on your garden this can become a menace. Hanging gracefully in your winter planter it creates a traditional bit of colour and drape. I pull it out at the end of the winter and put it in my Surrey Green Bin.
We get in some lovely variegated types that give me a splash of colour and interest especially if they are berried up. If I can't fine a nice little dwarf holly bush I use the cut greens.
This very large shade lover looks amazing with its large glossy green and gold leaves and red berries. If you have a more sheltered spot and can find a small version of these it might be worth putting in your planter. In spring, toss it into the backyard in full shade with plenty of elbow room and you will have fantastic cut greens to add to your planter forever more!
I love to add a package or two of Snowdrops, Crocus and even Mini-Daffodils for a late winter surprise. As my greens start to dry by February I'll pull them and what should be coming up in those spots but my spring bulbs yay!!
I often wait for a big windstorm and then go for a dog walk with some pruners and nab some of the fallen greens and cones. When adding your cut greens better to cut long. If I am using a softer side branch…especially with Douglas Fir, I will cut not only the side piece but try to get a couple of inches of the main or stronger branch with it so I can jam that into the soil. Many of the cut greens have vastly different colour and texture depending on weather you use them right side up or upside down. Try to go with a theme and layer.
I adore soft needled pines and usually add a few pieces hanging out of the planter as finishing touches. They really soften up an arrangement.
Lovely as Christmas trees and great in cut arrangements to add a bit of formal texture and stiffness not to mention that lovely green blue hue.
I do like to use a lot of Douglas fir as my base. I like the deep green of the top side as well as the silvery look of the underside. The more cones the better as far as I'm concerned.
Incredible aroma and soft texture. It's great for a finishing touch.
We get in some lovely branches full of Juniper berries for some real texture and interest. The ones I've used are a silvery blue green.
I use this as my height and structure as well as colour. Generally they root by the end of the winter and you can start your own shrub which you can coppice (prune back close to the ground) each year around this time to get lots of fresh new red twigs.
One of my favorites! The curly golden to orange red branches make a stunning thriller in my planters giving height, colour and a bit of whimsy. These will also root by the end of the winter and you can plant in the yard and also coppice it each year for cut twigs.
This bit is entirely up to you! If your planter or grouping is at the front door you can add a bit of colour either from the door itself or even the interior. You can bling up your planters with twinkle lights, bows, Christmas balls, bells or even lanterns in varying sizes and colours. You can Christmas up your planters for November and December; this is often the final resting place of Christmas ornaments that are ready to be retired in my household. After Christmas you can adjust your planters slightly to maintain the winter sparkle and glow for January and February.
The best place to display your winter planter is without a doubt the front entrance, failing that any place you will walk by or look at from the window is the next best thing. If hanging them, be sure to hang them low as the best viewing is looking down into them. Don't be afraid to try groupings or to add different hard features with them, experiment and for Heaven's sake don't forget to have fun while you are mucking about!
Cheers - Laurelle!
By October, your colourful spring and summer patio planters or hanging baskets are probably looking a wee bit shabby, if not down-right dead. If that's your situation, don't worry, we have the solution for you – the Fall Container Make Over! In this blog post, we'll introduce you to the world of fall containers and how to design and plant them. We'll also identify some of the best plants to use.
Fall Containers are actually easier to plant and maintain than the Spring and Summer varieties. We know we are living on borrowed time because of impending frosts. That time limit influences our selection of plants and forces all plantings to be temporary.
Fall containers don't rely as heavily on blooming annuals and therefore won't focus as much on fleeting flowers. Instead they utilize long lasting, colourful foliage, attractive berries and other design elements to help them look good as long as possible. Since we know that the time span is shorter, it allows to get past the "what's best for the plant" mentality and move into the different mindset of "what's going to look good right now".
Fall containers and baskets fall into 2 categories, mono-plantings and the traditional thriller-filler-spiller model.
Mono-plantings typically use the same colour, or the same plant to fill the container. For instance, you could have an all-white planter, or fill the planter with one type of plant. Consider a planter that utilizes white heather, white cyclamen and ornamental cabbage and kale with white tones in a single planter. Alternately, you could fill a planter with just Heuchera, Pansies or Sedums.
For fall, the traditional thriller, filler and spiller planters are packed tight with plants to make them look good right away. For those of you who aren't familiar with this style of planter, lets quickly define these terms:
The tall centerpiece or focal point of the planter. The thriller can be either centre planted or positioned at the back of the planting because of its height and stature. The thriller is the element of the planter that grabs the most attention and captures the eye. While plants are great thrillers, you could also use inanimate objects like birch branches, contorted willow stems, lanterns or other types of fall garden accents.
Filler – the fillers are the mid-sized plants that complement the thriller. They are typically ½ to 1/3 the height or the attention grabbing ability of the thriller. Most fall planters will use several fillers strategically positioned near or around the thriller. At this time of year, small pumpkins and gourds also make great fillers.
The spillers are the plants that hang or droop off the sides of the planter. In the fall they are typically grasses, ivies, ground covers and similar plants that have some resistance to winter cold. They are usually smaller and several will be planted in a typical container.
Fall planters are supposed to be temporary, you don't need to worry as much about longevity or plant health. When a fall planter starts to look shabby, simply discard the spent elements or re-plant them in your garden. When creating your fall planters, here are 7 more design tips to think about:
Planter choice is important and should be made first. Everything from the type, the colour, the size, and the width of planting area is important. Try to match the scale of the pot to the size of your plants. Make the colour complimentary to the type of plants you are going to choose. When choosing a pot, quality is critical - if you intend to keep the pot for more than one season. There is a reason there are "cheap" pots and "expensive" pots.
Given our typical fall and winter weather, good drainage is an essential component of fall planters. Fill the bottom one third of your planter with gravel, packing materials, broken pottery or anything else that creates air pockets and allows the water to drain. Separate this layer with landscape fabric to avoid contaminating or compacting it with soil. Lift the planter off your deck or patio with pot feet to ensure the drainage hole doesn't get plugged up.
Don't use a garden soil in your planters. These soils tend to be heavy and will compact in a planter. As we already mentioned, drainage is critical. Plants need as much oxygen near their roots as water. If you insist on using a garden soil, at least amend it with perlite to create air pockets and improve porosity. Preferably, use a potting soil like ProMix or Miracle Gro. These products are already mixed with perlite and are specifically formulated to be lighter for planters, containers and baskets.
The KISS principle ... (Keep It Simple Stu@^@#) ... works. The best fall planters are simple. They only have a few types of plants and they avoid having "one of everything" in the container. If you like a plant, use it a couple of times in your planter as opposed to picking more types of plants. Enough said.
In design, odd numbers like 1, 3 and 5 always look good. For example, you may choose to plant 1 thriller, 3 fillers and 5 spillers in your planter. While this obviously depends upon the size of the planter, you get the general idea.
Spring and summer planters tend to use the hot colours. In other words, the yellows, the oranges and the reds. These are called stop colours because the eye naturally focusses and comes to rest on them. They grab attention and scream look at me! This is also the reason why fire trucks tend to be red and people in red cars tend to get more speeding tickets – they are simply more visible to the eye. Now you know!
The cool colours tend to be more dominant in the fall. These are the greens, pinks, purples and blues to name a few. They move away from the eye and perceived to be more peaceful, relaxing and calming. They work well with the neutral colours like white, black or grey.
Neutral colours (the grays, the whites and blacks) are the perfect compliments for both hot and cool colour palettes. Use them for affect and as contrasting elements in your planters. You can also choose to create mono plantings. All white and all black planters are in style (especially for Halloween)
If you choose a colour palette, stay in that palette. In other words, a cool colour planter should not have yellows oranges and reds as they will clash. It's ok to mix a palette and neutrals, but don't mix the two palettes. An easy way to tackle this is to pick a theme. For example, a Halloween planter may have lots of oranges and yellows complimented by black. Remember to include the pot colour in your design. A pink pot with a halloween colour theme would look ridiculous wouldn't it?
As the sun sets earlier and earlier in the fall, it is important to choose brighter colours and even accent lighting. Add a few solar or led lights to your planters for added effect! Lanterns or even faux-candles can also be used. This is a great look for winter. For obvious reasons, just be careful if you are mixing anything electrical with water, or anything burning near foliage!
While we have already stated that fall planters are fleeting, there is no reason why they can't be designed to give additional interest. For example, you could fill the planter with daffodils and tulips to come up after all the top growth has either died-off, has been cut back or re-planted after winter. Simply plant the bulbs and then add your other materials on top. The bulbs will come through the top growth when the time is right.
As we have already said, fall planters are temporary works of art. There are no right or wrong answers or bad designs, as long as you like it! Experiment, try new plants and have fun with it!
For more information and a great read, check out this e-book created by our own Shelley Levis.
If you want to spruce up your planters this fall. Drop by and pick out some great materials at Art's. We'd be happy to help you make a few design choices or recommend the best plants. Or, if you prefer, we can even plant them up for you. Each fall planter is unique and is based on your design choices and budget. Get yours growing today!
With yards becoming increasingly smaller and people's lives so hectic and busy it is no wonder we enjoy the "personal" perennial garden so much. Small, condensed and easy to manage, containers offer an alternative for those with little time to tend a large perennial border and for those without space it is a little piece of Eden on their 30th floor balcony.
Perennials which include: bulbs, cacti and succulents, ferns, grasses and some herbs offer a plethora of colour, texture and versatility. This allows you to easily create a container with interest throughout the year and since most perennials grow quickly it will not take long to have a fantastic looking creation.
With this massive palette to work with there will always be a fit for your situation. I really do not like to tell people what to use or how to arrange a container as each person's taste will be different and sometimes the plants I may recommend are not at hand. Plus it is so much fun to just create, have fun and quite often make mistakes- is that not how we learn?
Many times I have thrown a cute little perennial into a mixed container only to find out several weeks later that it really liked the conditions, has turned into a thug and taken over the pot, c'est la vie - I will know for next time...
If this happens to you or if a plant just doesn't look right, do not be afraid to pull it out and try something different.
In general you should use plants that have multiple levels of interest for some perennials once finished flowering can look rather ratty and will diminish the overall appearance of your container. Foliage, which will give textural contrast over a longer period should be your first priority then think of flowers, fruit and seed pods as they are quite often fleeting.
Use whatever takes your fancy from an old wash tub, Italian terra cotta, French Vase d'Anduze to a simple black nursery pot. Make sure it can weather our winters without breaking apart and ensure it has ample drainage (if not get out your drill!). I always say go big or go home, get the largest container you can afford and handle, the more room you can give your plants the better they will perform and last.
Use a good quality potting mix, if unable to find- mix your own using some peat, perlite and fine bark (15/10/75% ratio) add in a good quality slow release fertilizer and you should be good for the season. Your mix should be friable and well draining yet be able to hold some moisture. Peat based mixes should be avoided as they hold too much moisture, shrink and are hard to re-wet once dried and break down quicker over time making them unsuitable for long term containers.
Which Perennials to Plant? There are hundreds if not thousands of perennials that you can plant in the Pacific Northwest. Here are just a few options for you to ponder:
Aralia cordata 'Sun King', Arabis, Campanula, Carex, Coreopsis, Crocosmia, Dianthus, Echinacea, Erysimum, Eucomis, Festuca, Geum, Lavandula, Leucosceptrum, Kniphofia, Knautia, Eryngium, Euphorbia, Gaillardia, Geranium, Pennisetum, Phygelius, Rudbeckia, Salvia, Schizostylis, Stipa, Thymus, Uncinia.
Actaea, Ajuga, Aquilegia, Arisaema, Arum, Asarum, Astilbe, Beesia, Bergenia, Brunnera, Carex, Cyclamen, Dicentra, Disporum, Epimedium, Ferns, Fragaria, Fuchsia, Hakonechloa, Hedera, Helleborus, Heuchera, Heucherella, Hosta, Lysimachia, Mukdenia, Ophiopogon, Oxalis, Podophyllum, Polygonatum, Primula, Pteridophyllum, Roscoea, Thalictrum, Tiarella, Viola, Zingiber.
Cacti, Delosperma, Eryngium, Rosmarinus, Sedum, Sempervivium, Succulents.
Ajuga, Arum, Beesia, Bergenia, Carex, Cyclamen, Dianthus, Epimedium, Euphorbia, Ferns, Festuca, Geum, Helleborus, Heuchera, Heucherella, Lavandula, Ophiopogon.
These listings are by no means extensive or definitive, remember to experiment, use your own creativity and have fun.
If you have any questions about potting up perennials in planters, drop by or give us a call. We also have a talented design team that can do the dirty work for you. However, it helps a lot if you can give us your colour preferences, an idea of the space the container will be in and a rough idea of budget for the project.
Photographs courtesy of Harkaway Botanicals.
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Malvern Hills District Council is funding a programme of free community Essential First Aid courses, which will be delivered by members of St John Ambulance.
The Essential First Aid course is offered to members of the public who want to know what action to take in any emergency and want to learn how to deal with accidents and injuries. This course deals with serious conditions and incidents involving a casualty of any age.
The first of a series of courses took place on Friday 31 October at Council House, Malvern. Attendee Councillor Phil Grove, Portfolio Holder with responsibility for Health & Wellbeing, said: "I am really pleased that the first aid courses offered by the council have generated so much community interest. First aid saves lives and St. John Ambulance provides training to equip us with these essential skills. One of the other important benefits of the first aid training is that it develops confidence and community spirit. So please be quick and sign up".
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Mal peered at the water still lashing down on the bridge windows. "On one side?"
"The stratigraphy of the terrain suggests a spur of igneous rock some eighty centimetres below the surface, which extends ..." She stopped, mainly from the look on Mal's face. "Yes."
"The house in any danger?"
River shook her head. "It sits on the rock. The rock I mentioned before. Where the spur comes out under our port side."
"Okay, captain-dummy-talk aside, you don't have to be quite so ... River."
She wrinkled her nose at him. "You asked."
"That I did." Mal surreptitiously eased his stance, putting his weight onto his right leg to relieve the pressure on his own healing wound. "And you answered." Frey had offered him one of her old sticks that she used when recovering from what Xavier Wing did to her, but he'd given her one of his looks and she'd subsided, just watching him awkwardly climbing the ladder from their bunk and shaking her head gently.
"Don't be snarky."
"Xiao nu, if I snark, you'll know it." He leaned on the back of the pilot's chair, attempting to look nonchalant. "We likely to sink any further?" he asked Hank.
The pilot studied the screens, keeping a surreptitious eye on River as he did so, knowing she was itching to do it quicker. "Nope," he finally said. "Looks like we're okay for the time being. If it rains much more, though, I don't care what River says about igneous rock – we might be better off heading for higher ground."
"I'll keep it in mind."
The ship shuddered slightly. "Well, that didn't take long," Hank added.
"Cargo doors?"
"They'll get wet."
"I doubt they care."
"Hello, Auntie 'Nara!" Bethie shouted, pelting through the open front door and up the stairs, barely pausing to catch breath, shedding her raincoat as she went.
"Nice to see you, Bethie," Inara said. "Almost."
The other children followed the young Tam, only Ethan stopping.
"Auntie 'Nara," he said formally, hitching his thumbs into his suspenders and looking like a tiny version of his father. "Missed you."
"I missed you too, Ethan."
His eyes travelled down to the obvious mound at her waist. "Baby?" he asked, his father coming through even more.
His mouth twitched. "Does Bethie know?"
"Has she said anything?"
"No." The smile grew. "Then she don't, 'cause she'd never be able to keep it to herself."
There was a slight scuffing noise above them and the little girl herself appeared at the turn of the stairs, her eyes wide as saucers. "Baby?" she breathed.
"Yes," Inara confirmed, picking up the raincoats and hanging them on the rack.
Ethan sighed, and Inara knew it was with deep resignation. He had probably relished those few seconds of being the only one to know, but he had to have been aware Bethie would pick it up.
Bethie sat down on the stairs with a thump, and rested her head in her palms. "I like babies."
"So do I." Inara glanced towards the back of the hall where the swing door to the kitchen was gently moving. "Mrs Boden has hot chocolate ready."
The distraction worked. "Ooh," Bethie said, smacking her lips. "Can we have it in our rooms?"
Inara smiled. "Of course."
"Yummy!" Bethie got to her feet and ran off again.
"Would you like yours upstairs?" Inara asked Ethan. "Or you can join me in the drawing room."
He bit his lip, torn between being a grown-up and sitting with Inara, or seeing if his room was the way he'd left it. "Um ..."
"Go on," Inara laughed. "We've got lots of time to chat."
He grinned and ran off, clattering up the stairs.
"You're too good to them."
Inara turned to see Freya standing in the outer doorway, shaking the rain from her hair. "You'll catch a cold, coming over like that."
Freya glanced down at the dark brown shirt and pants, sticking to her skin. "Oh, I was intending to have a long, hot bath to warm up. Besides, you know that's a fallacy, don't you? An old wives' tale?"
"Well, it is me saying it."
For a moment Inara knew Freya had paused into total stillness, her brain digesting the various connotations. Then the older woman shrugged.
"Nope. You wouldn't get married without us being there. You wouldn't give up the opportunity of making Mal dress up and give you away."
Inara laughed. "I think you know me too well." She linked her arm through Freya's. "I'm presuming you were aware."
"About the ..." Freya gestured at waist height.
"Baby, yes."
"Well, I might just have had an inkling."
"So I suppose everyone knows?"
"By everyone I'm guessing you mean Mal."
Freya smiled. "As it happens, no. You can have the pleasure of telling him, although if he sees you even he'll probably be able to figure it out."
"He might just think I'm getting fat."
"Mrs Boden's cooking will do that to you." Freya smiled. "And in case you were wondering, no, nobody else does either. Except River."
"And she hasn't told either?"
"I explained it was up to you."
"Thank you."
Freya looked into her friend's eyes. "Happy?"
For answer Inara threw her arms around her, hugging her tightly. "Oh, Frey ..." Her joy was palpable.
"That's a yes, then." Freya hugged her back. "And where's the expectant father?"
"In town. Since we weren't sure when you were arriving he went to get me a couple of things."
"Morning sickness?"
"Actually, no. But I have been getting some odd cravings."
"Have you seen a doctor?"
"Of course. In the town. But I've got a copy of my notes for Simon."
"Good. He'll be miffed if you didn't."
"I miss Simon getting miffed."
"There something here I need to know about?" Mal asked from the doorway, shucking his oilskin and shaking it out but having done little more than glance at them. "I mean, not down five minutes and I already see my wife being a mite too close to another woman."
Freya let go of Inara and turned a hard glare on her husband. "You should have waited."
"Frey, I'm pretty much healed. And I can walk on my own." He hung the slicker up and pushed his hands through his hair to get rid of the worst of the rain, idly checking his reflection in the mirror and wondering about the odd grey interloper here and there.
"Simon told you –"
"Simon said I could take gentle exercise. And I ain't exactly run all the way here." He turned to Inara. "Just 'cause I can't wait to ..." His mouth dropped open. "'Nara?"
"You're late," the woman in question said, her poise as perfect as ever.
"Had us a bit of trouble on the way from Jubilee." His mouth was running on automatic as he stared at the ex-Companion. "The engine kinda seized up, and if we hadn't got help from an ice hauler we'd have been more than a couple of weeks, and Kaylee's already giving me lists of stuff she needs to buy 'afore we can take off again but ... 'Nara?"
"Yes, Mal?" She clasped her hands, all prim and proper.
"You ... Sam ..." He swallowed. "Cao."
"Mal," Freya admonished gently.
"Not sure I'd have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own two eyes," he said quietly, almost to himself.
"Yes, Mal," Inara said, smoothing her dress down over her bump. "I am pregnant. Yes, it is Sam's. No, I have not buried him under the floorboards, that would be very messy. And yes ... I am happy."
Mal, be glad for her, Freya dropped into his mind. I think she's wanted this for a long time.
You knew?
Yes. But it wasn't my secret to tell. Even to my husband.
For a long time, huh? Unbidden an image of himself and Inara came to mind, her holding a baby with brown hair and blue eyes. He saw Freya's eyes tighten. Sorry. I ... that wasn't ...
You can't help what you think.
You're my wife, Frey. Mother of my kids. And I wouldn't want it any other way, not for all the money the Alliance could throw at me.
This time her lips curved. Nice side-stepping.
I learned from the best.
Inara looked from one to the other, knowing an entire conversation was going on that she could never have a hope of hearing. She coughed politely. "Excuse me? But wasn't I supposed to be the centre of attention?"
Mal glared at her. "So you're shen yun."
"Pregnant. Yes."
"How far along?"
"If it's any of your business, nearly five months."
"You ain't showing that much."
"That's what having good posture does for you."
"'Cause when Frey was five months gone she looked like she'd swallowed –"
"You might want to reconsider finishing that sentence," his beloved wife put in. "Unless you want to make reacquaintance with the couch."
Mal was unrepentant, a grin flitting across his face as he turned back to Inara. "So, you and Sam got hitched and didn't tell me?"
"No. We're not married."
"Why not?"
"Because it's an old fashioned notion that a person has to be married to have a child. Ask Kaylee. Or Zoe."
Or me, Freya added silently, and they both knew she was thinking about little Alice.
Mal shook his head. "Something about people on my boat, doing everything ass-backwards."
Inara patted her hair, and Freya had to stop the smile, understanding all too well the classic displacement activity of doing that or hitting Mal. "Sam and I haven't decided yet, that's all. We don't need a piece of paper to know we're going to be together for a very long time. Forever, perhaps, if such a thing exists."
"Thought you believed in reincarnation."
"I believe in a lot of things, Malcolm Reynolds, and one of them is that one day you might actually learn to open your mouth and not put your foot in it."
He laughed. "Now that's the Inara Serra I know. And congratulations. I mean it."
Inara looked at him. "I think you actually do."
"No, honest. Having kids ... well, it was something I never thought'd happen to me, but when it did ... there's nothing like it."
"This isn't my first." She was referring to Colm, the son who'd been taken from her and raised by another woman. It had only been a few years ago that she'd learned he hadn't died at birth as the Guild had told her.
"First you'll get to keep. To raise." Mal gave a theatrical shudder. "Diyu, another Inara in the 'verse. Not sure it'll be able to cope."
"Or another Sam. I want it to be a boy."
"Don't you know?" Freya asked.
For a moment Inara looked ... not embarrassed, but ... if Freya didn't know better she'd have said her friend was scared. Then it was gone, and she was her normal, poised self.
"Sam doesn't want to," Inara said firmly. "So we haven't asked."
There was more going on that met the eye, Freya was sure of it, but there was also time enough to get to the bottom of things without peeking. "Simon can probably tell you. Or I can."
"I don't need him to examine me."
"You think you're gonna be able to stop him?" Mal asked, hitching his thumbs into his pants pockets.
Inara ignored him. "And Sam and I want it to be a surprise, so I'd be grateful if you could warn River and Bethie not to peek either."
"I'll make it plain," Freya promised.
Mal snorted. "Good luck with that."
"Mal?" Hank stuck his head through the still open front door, for once his always untidy brown hair slathered to his scalp.
"River says, if you've stopped arguing with Inara, there are other people who want to come indoors."
to be continued
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If adapting the tale of the 1952 SS Pendleton rescue - in which officers in the Coast Guard rescued the crew of the SS Pendleton and the SS Mercer off the coast of Massachusetts during a vicious nor'easter - for the movies sounds like a no-brainer, that's because it was: when Casey Sherman, author of the 2009 nonfiction chronicle of the same name, presented producer Dorothy Aufiero with a copy of his book, she knew she had something special on her hands almost immediately. It just took some persuading from Sherman, not to mention Aufiero's due diligence.
"It was shortly after the success of The Fighter," she said to Screen Rant and an assemblage of other journalists during a trip to the set of Craig Gillespie's The Finest Hours back in 2014. "I was in a meeting and I was looking at another project that actually is a book that Casey Sherman had done…I was in a meeting to just meet the author and I determined it wasn't really the story I was interested in making. You have to be completely passionate because they take a long time." Sherman apparently took the rejection on that other project in stride, because as he and Aufiero walked out together, he followed up by handing her The Finest Hours, though even his confidence didn't win her over right away; she had to read it herself first. "I'm looking at the cover and there's this tanker sinking and I'm thinking this is not anything I'm remotely interested in," she told the group.
"So I said that I'd look at it and he said, 'I think that it's Disney.' So I drove home and later in the afternoon I was flipping through it and I was completely blown away by the story. It was about these courageous people, it was about heroes. It was so inspirational. Everything was just so cinematic," she added. "You couldn't make it up."
Once Aufiero was on-board with the idea of turning The Finest Hours into a film, bringing on Jim Whitaker as co-producer didn't take much persuading. "Dorothy brought it to our company, to me," he recalled. "We have a small company, and we took it to Disney. I have to say, it wasn't a real struggle. They saw it. They saw what it was and said they wanted to do it." It helps that he agreed with Aufiero on the story's inspirational quality; that was one of his biggest draws for getting involved after first talking with Aufiero in the summer of 2011. "I read the story, and it's an incredibly inspirational story, so it wasn't very hard to immediately say, 'I want to tell this story,'" he explained. "When you can read and hear about a true story that has so many heroic moments, and then comes to this great inspirational point, it's hard not to want to make something like that."
That's a thought worth mulling over. On paper, the stuff of The Finest Hours sounds like pure fiction. When the aforementioned storm struck south of Cape Cod, both the Mercer and the Pendleton, a pair of World War II-era T2 tankers, split in half from brutal hurricane-strength wind as well as damn near arctic temperatures. Turns out that the Mercer and the Pendleton, like many ships of their time, were made using a type of steel boasting a high sulfur content, which sounds meaningless on paper but proved dangerous in practice; exposure to extreme cold had a habit of turning the steel brittle. (The boats were nicknamed "Kaiser's coffins," according to Whitaker.) When you're out on open water in bad weather, that's nothing short of calamitous, and so it was with the Mercer and the Pendleton, the latter of which sent out distress calls that went unanswered and unheard by all - except the Lifeboat Station in Chatham.
And that's where the film's principal characters - Boatswain's Mate First Class Bernard Webber (Chris Pine), Engineman Third Class Andrew Fitzgerald (Kyle Gallner), Seaman Richard Livesey (Ben Foster), and Seaman Ervin Maske (John Magaro) - each come in, motoring out into the ocean to save the T2 crews. It's a classic tale of humble heroism that, as Whitaker put it, has all the qualities necessary to translate to the big screen. "It feels like a great, visual movie story," he replied when asked about the details of the Pendleton rescue mission (which, amazingly enough, comprised four different missions instead of merely one). "From my position of wanting to produce something, you go, 'Oh my god, I want to make that.'"
"I always feel like I'm lucky enough to be involved in true stories in my career, and I always feel like, when you find a story you read it and you go, 'Oh, that's amazing story,'" he continued. "But when you find out it's true it just takes it to another level. That's why I was so drawn to this one, because it's got the elements of truth." Truth, as well as authenticity, are both key terms on The Finest Hours' set, and one of the driving philosophies behind the film's production. For Whitaker, screenwriters Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, and Scott Silver, director Craig Gillespie, and the extensive cast - not just Pine, Gallner, Foster, and Magaro, but Eric Bana, Holliday Grainger, Casey Affleck, and Josh Stewart - making The Finest Hours as honest a moviegoing experience as possible was paramount.
"It's been the thing that's defined what we want the movie to be," said Whitaker. "We've got a great production designer, Michael Corenblith, who really believes in that. Craig believes in that, we all believe that that was a really important factor, because it's a true story, and you have to be immersively in a believable world, and the more believable it is, the more you're with it and the more you can emotionally experience what they experience. That's the goal."
But determining that the film must be made, and that it must be made with attention to authenticity, is only part of the battle. After that, there lies the challenge of whipping up a nor'easter within the confines of a movie set, which, if for anyone who has lived through a storm of that magnitude, is no small feat. Big, chunky clouds muscle out the sun, and the sky opens up on the world below. In a best case scenario, precipitation adds up to little more than mist, which is manageable if not ideal. The rest of the time, it's torrential rain or snow, and if you're lucky, the snow is of the light and fluffy variety rather than the heavy wet sort. Basically, nor'easters are nasty business even if you've battened down the hatches at home, so the idea of even invoking an artificial nor'easter for the sake of the movies sounds as crazy as it does dangerous - and that's to say nothing of getting all of the period details exactly right, either.
So what does a film production do to authoritatively check off those boxes? It certainly helped that The Finest Hours' crew had the opportunity to mine old parts off of a defunct ship; in praising the efforts of the film's set decorators, Whitaker described their good fortune in coming across a T2 tanker that they could use in their design. "T2 tankers are difficult to find, and they found a T2 tanker that had been put into salvage, and they went down there and basically got into the bowels of it, pulled all the pieces of the tanker out, and shipped it up here so we could put it into all of our sets to make the engine room, the inside of the emergency tiller station, and all of that as authentic and real as possible." (In another stroke of good luck, they were able use the USS Salem, a Chester class Scout cruiser and a Boston-area treasure, for interior shots, and also borrow pieces from the ship while it was under renovation.)
But it may have helped even more that the team had the great fortune to welcome survivors of the rescue mission, including Andy Fitzgerald (played by Kyle Gallner), to the set to check out the designers' efforts. Both Fitzgerald and Mel Gouthro (portrayed by Beau Knapp) were able to stop by on Veteran's Day in 2014, which proved as meaningful an experience for them as for the people responsible for recreating the event and the tankers themselves. "I'm sort of paraphrasing their words," admitted Whitaker, "but I think they're very appreciative of the attention to detail and the effort. As you've been walking around the set like this, there's hundreds of people and everyone has a very specific job, and paying close attention to detail of all of that, and they can see all of that, and I think there's a lot of appreciation for that, gratitude for that."
Aufiero, meanwhile, got to tour Fitzgerald around the tanks where the reproductions of the tankers were settled, and along the way he gave her the best validation of all. "I had showed him the tank where we have a portion of the Pendleton hull and we were rescuing some of the sailors off of it. Andy saw that and I said 'Andy, is this what it looked like when you were…' He said, 'That's exactly what it looked like.'" While Fitzgerald and Guthro are the only people who can really vouch for accuracy in craft, it was clear walking through the set ourselves just how much time and focus went into getting it all right. One look at the engine room, which was in the midst of being broken down on our visit, and anybody would swear they were in the bowels of real-deal tanker. Even on close inspection, the guts of the Pendleton - the nameplates, the piping system, the levers and valves - looked as though they were lifted right out of a T2, instead of fabricated from scratch in a Quincy warehouse.
But there's more to getting The Finest Hours right than just its production elements: there are the character elements, and action elements, and of course the elements themselves. To hear Aufiero tell it, churning out macro-scale storms in a backlot doesn't take much more than a few fans, several thousand gallons of water, and a gimbal - a pivoting support system that lets whatever object resting upon it move about on a single axis. "We're doing it on this motion base and this is a Ritter fan making it snow and this is a dump tank," she said. "This can hold 2,200 gallons of water and it comes shooting down this way or this way. Each little piece that they're shooting when they cut it together will be a fluid sequence." Inside the warehouse where filming took place, we saw exactly what Aufiero meant - a recessed bit of flooring housed a gimbal at its center, and a motorized lifeboat containing Pine, Foster, Gallner, and Magaro sat right on top of it.
Sounds like an easy, no-fuss method of bringing the storm to life, although as the cast members make clear, there's nothing easy about getting pummeled by waves of icy cold H20. It's all in a day's work when you're telling a real story about real people who, more than sixty years ago, put their lives in real jeopardy just to answer the call of duty.
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A heroic action-thriller, "The Finest Hours" is the remarkable true story of the most daring rescue mission in the history of the Coast Guard. Presented in Digital 3D™, Real D 3D and IMAX® 3D, the film will transport audiences to the heart of the action, creating a fully-immersive cinematic experience on an epic scale. On February 18, 1952, a massive nor'easter struck New England, pummeling towns along the Eastern seaboard and wreaking havoc on the ships caught in its deadly path, including the SS Pendleton, a T-2 oil tanker bound for Boston, which was literally ripped in half, trapping more than 30 sailors inside its rapidly-sinking stern. As the senior officer on board, first assistant engineer Ray Sybert (Casey Affleck) soon realizes it is up to him to take charge of the frightened crew and inspire the men to set aside their differences and work together to ride out one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast. Meanwhile, as word of the disaster reaches the U.S. Coast Guard station in Chatham, Massachusetts, Warrant Officer Daniel Cluff (Eric Bana) orders a daring operation to rescue the stranded men. Despite overwhelming odds, four men, led by Coast Guard Captain Bernie Webber (Chris Pine), set out in a wooden lifeboat with an ill-equipped engine and little, if any, means of navigation, facing frigid temperatures, 60-foot high waves and hurricane-force winds.
Disney's "The Finest Hours" is the unforgettable story of the Coast Guard's courageous mission, which is directed by Craig Gillespie and stars: Chris Pine; Academy Award® and Golden Globe® nominee Casey Affleck; Ben Foster; Holliday Grainger; John Ortiz; and Eric Bana. Produced by Jim Whitaker and Dorothy Aufiero, the screenplay is by Oscar® nominee Scott Silver and Oscar nominees Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson based on the acclaimed non-fiction book of the same name by Casey Sherman and Michael J. Tougias. Doug Merrifield serves as executive producer. "The Finest Hours" storms into U.S. theaters on January 29, 2016 in Digital 3D™, Real D 3D and IMAX® 3D.
The Finest Hours opens in U.S. theaters on January 29th, 2016.


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A lot has been said about the April 25 debate pitting President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) against Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) over the proposed economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) the Ma administration intends to sign with China next month.
Depending on who conducted the polls afterwards, Ma or Tsai prevailed in the debate, with some critics saying that Ma looked more comfortable than ever while Tsai failed to make eye contact and appeared too bookish. Some said the occasion helped Taiwanese better understand the reasons for and implications of the proposed trade agreement; others said it failed to persuade them. Tsai was criticized for what some said was turning the debate into an opportunity to position herself for the presidential election in 2012. For his part, Ma was accused of either not answering Tsai's questions or of dissembling, an art — as we should all know by now — at which he has mastered.
All this post-facto analysis, however, misses the point altogether and blinds us to what actually occurred (or didn't) on that supposedly "historic" day.
From the onset, it was obvious that Ma wasn't approaching the debate as a means to learn more about the opposition's views, let alone as a catalyst for a change in policy. In the tradition of the semi-authoritarian leadership that existed in Hong Kong under British rule or in Singapore today, the government is paramount: It knows what's best and does not change its mind. At most, it engages in "consultations," which often is a euphemism for "educating" the simple-minded "natives."
Ma repeated the exploit a few days later when he addressed foreign correspondents in Taipei, where he also skillfully avoided giving real answers. After creating an outcry earlier in the year when foreign media were not allowed to attend Ma's first media briefing on an ECFA, the president can now claim to have "consulted" with them as well.
Underhandedness notwithstanding, Ma played his cards masterfully and managed to push the DPP into a corner. Had Tsai refused to participate in the debate, Ma would have been at liberty to characterize the opposition as "outsiders" and "extremists" who cannot be reasoned with. Conversely, by agreeing to hold the debate, Tsai made it possible for Ma to create the illusion that everybody is now on board with an ECFA. It didn't matter that Ma failed to "convince" Tsai and the opposition; her very participation in the debate was co-optation and a means to legitimize Ma's policy. It created the illusion that the road to an ECFA was democratic and that Ma had "listened to the people."
While in some limited way this may have succeeded in convincing some Taiwanese that this was the case, ultimately, the debate was an instrument by which Ma could show the international community that the entire process toward signing an ECFA was conducted democratically.
The fact that negotiations on the trade pact continue to be in the hands of a very small group of people (some of whom stand to benefit from the deal) and are still conducted in secrecy has been whitewashed by the debate.
Tsai further played into Ma's trap by failing, after the event, to create more pressure on the administration. While she has every right to lament what she described as Ma's failure to answer her questions (which she wasted precious air-time repeating), she should not have left it there. This, however, is exactly what her party did, which most likely was the result of electoral considerations.


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In honor of National Poetry Month, I want to share with you some of my poems. I tend to write a lot in Spanish, but I will do my best to translate them to English. They sometimes lose their significance or beauty, but I want to share with all my readers a little piece of my heart. They are a series of things I have felt throughout my healing journey. I hope you enjoy them. Provecho!
DREAMS (translated)
You told me that you dreamt me, and I told you I dreamt you too. In fact all I do is dream of you. We are living our lives so wrapped up in memories of the love we once shared. You miss me and I miss you more. You look for me but you don't love me. I love you but I don't look for you. You deny it, I don't hide it. I dream of you to see you, you dream of me to love me. When you awake, you think of me, but you're afraid of letting it show. You're scared.
I am scared too. I am scared of losing you forever, you all the contrary. You are scared of having me forever, because you know, that with just one kiss and feeling my body next to yours, you lose all control.
You dream of me and I dream of you. It is the only way that we can be together forever…
These next set of short poems are ones that I wrote early on, post divorce. This is my heart and how I felt in that moment.
HEART (translated)
My heart is still in love. My heart still feels hopeless. My heart is still wounded. My heart is still hanging in your hands.
MIND (translated)
You are still on my mind, day and night. I think of you, I miss you, I love you. My mind doesn't know how to forget you, my heart much less.
SOUL (translated)
You are the love of my life. You have penetrated my heart to the very depth of my soul. Your love still exists inside me.
Here they are in Spanish, in their native form. I think I write best in Spanish, because the language is so beautiful and romantic.
Tu me sueñas, y to te sueño. Vivimos nuestras vidas enredadas en nuestras memorias del amor que un dia compartimos. Tu me extrañas, y yo te extraño mas. Pero tu lo niegas y yo te lo expresso con mi mirar. Te sueño para ver te, tu me sueñas para amar me. Cuando despiertas, me piensas, pero no quieres dejarte llevar por lo que realmente sientes, tienes miedo.
Yo tengo miedo de perder te para siempre, tu todo lo contrario. Tienes miedo de tener me. Porque sabes que al besar me y sentir mi cuerpo junto al tuyo pierdes el control.
Tu me sueñas, y yo te sueño. Es la unica manera que podemos estar juntos para siempre…
Mi corazon sige enamorado. Mi corazon sige desahuciado. Mi corazon sige lastimado. Mi corazon sige colgando en tus manos.
Tu siges en mi mente, dia y noche. Te pienso, te extraño, te amo. Mi mente no sabe olvidarte. Mi corazon menos.
Tu eres el amor de mi vida. Te has penetrado hasta lo mas profundo de mi alma. Siges tan dentro de mi.
Gracias a todos por dejar me compartir un pedaso de mi. Thank you for letting me share a little piece of me.


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Ain't he CUTE!
I used some of the new? varigated floss from DMC. I can't recall the # right now. But it felt the same as regular DMC, good coverage and it consistantly changed every inch or two. What I think I might like about this stuff is that it is colorfast (or so they claim, I haven't checked) but it would be nice to use overdyed on things I plan on washing.
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INDUSTRY: Technology
BUSINESS: With 64 percent market share, WebEx is the worldwide leader in online meeting applications. More than 3.5 million people rely on WebEx every month to communicate and collaborate conveniently.
SCOPE & SIZE: International; 2,091 employees; $308.4 million (annual sales, 2005)
BUSINESS CHALLENGE: Maintain an effective vulnerability management program to ensure continuous security and maintain various third-party security certifications and audit reports, including WebTrust and SAS-70.
OPERATIONAL HURDLE: Manual vulnerability scanners failed to provide the reliability and flexibility WebEx demanded for its IT risk management program.
SOLUTION: WebEx selected Qualys' on demand Web service appliance to automatically identify and more effectively mitigate vulnerabilities inside the corporate network.
- Automated on demand security and vulnerability audits
- Highly accurate vulnerability and configuration scans
- Easy to deploy, manage and operate
- Scalable enough to secure WebEx's global network
- Comprehensive reporting capability for technical teams, business and security managers
WebEx: Securing Web Collaboration
As the global leader in on-demand applications for collaborative business on the web, WebEx isn't taking any chances when it comes to managing the risks associated with software vulnerabilities. Its customers demand no less.
Wherever they may be located and no matter how scattered their organization, WebEx Communications Inc. helps companies communicate and collaborate more effectively. Through such applications as WebEx Meeting Center, used to keep team projects coordinated and on track, and its Sales, Event, Training and Support Centers, WebEx helps companies do what they need to do more efficiently in such areas as distributed project work, marketing collaboration, web-touch sales, online training and remote customer support.
"We don't ever have to spend time keeping the Qualys appliance ready and online. It's just stable, reliable, and always there."
Michael Machado,
Manager of Security Engineering and Operations,
Security and confidentiality are among the top concerns of WebEx customers, which range from small and mid-sized businesses to large corporations and government agencies. Many clients need to keep their intellectual property confidential, while others operate under strict government and industry regulations, such as HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley and other privacy regulations from around the globe. That's why WebEx consistently works to ensure the secure infrastructure that its customers need to safely collaborate and share information in real time.
WebEx's vast real-time collaboration infrastructure is made possible by its purpose-built MediaTone Network—optimized and secured for real-time global Web communications. The company's infrastructure is protected by a team of highly trained and certified security professionals who take every precaution to keep customer data safe. All customer session content is fully encrypted and no participant content ever is stored persistently within the WebEx infrastructure. "Data security gets the highest priority from design, deployment, and maintenance of our infrastructure," says Michael Machado, Manager of Security Engineering and Operations at WebEx.
Security Is Central to Its Success
And if those facts aren't assurance enough for its customers, each year WebEx puts its infrastructure through rigorous third-party accreditations, including WebTrust and SAS-70 Type II audits. The WebTrust seal of assurance, established by the American Institute of Chartered Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA), is a globally recognized accreditation that is awarded only to companies that consistently adhere to strict security principles, and is verified independently by Ernst & Young LLP. Ernst & Young also performs an annual Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 70, Service Organizations, for WebEx. SAS-70 is an internationally recognized auditing standard developed by the AICPA, which is widely recognized as the gold standard when it comes to verifying that all adequate controls and safeguards are in place to securely handle and process customer data.
As a central part of its efforts to make certain that its vast infrastructure—which encompasses roughly 2,000 desktops and thousands of servers—doesn't contain system misconfigurations or software vulnerabilities that would jeopardize the company's security, WebEx has put into place a heavily automated and continuous vulnerability and compliance risk management program. Initially, WebEx relied on numerous open source and commercial vulnerability scanners to get the job done, but none seemed to provide a straightforward way for the company to fully operationalize how it identified and fixed vulnerabilities. "We wanted a tool that we could build a process around," says Machado. "The tools we had been using weren't as accurate as we would have liked, and they didn't retain the historical information we needed for trending and analysis," he says. "Everything was a point-in-time scan."
During the subsequent evaluation of several commercial vulnerability scanners, WebEx took notice of the vulnerability and compliance management solution Qualys Enterprise. Qualys Enterprise is designed for large, distributed networks and supports an unlimited number of device assessments. Delivered as an on demand service over the Web, Qualys Enterprise makes deploying, maintaining and updating vulnerability management servers and software all problems of the past.
WebEx piloted Qualys for a number of months, testing its effectiveness on internal, production and beta systems. The trial was an instant success. "Qualys took off from there for us. Within a couple of months of putting Qualys through its paces, we went for full production deployment," says Machado. "Once we saw what it could do, and that it didn't negatively affect our systems, we rolled it out quickly." Qualys' on demand delivery model made the deployment simple. "What initially attracted us to Qualys, and what we've found to be a great ongoing benefit, is the fact that we didn't have to build anything. Qualys is easy to deploy and it just works," says Machado.
Vulnerability Management Built into the Fabric of WebEx's Security Program
Today WebEx relies on Qualys to identify and help the company better address vulnerabilities throughout its IT architecture, including internal and external networks, and its production data centers used to host online meeting and collaboration services. Qualys plays an essential role in the vulnerability management program necessary for WebEx to maintain its WebTrust and SAS-70 compliance. "Qualys is part of all of these efforts," says Machado.
The flexibility of Qualys' on-demand Web delivery and management model makes it possible for WebEx to set up routine automated vulnerability assessments that periodically examine segments of its infrastructure. "Our scans are set up to recur continuously throughout our infrastructure. This moving scan schedule keeps us as current as possible on our vulnerability management initiatives," he says.
Beyond the highly accurate vulnerability identification, Qualys provides the insightful trend reports that WebEx sought. "Information provided by Qualys has become a key element in the quarterly snapshots that we create to examine the trends in our environment. It provides the information we need to see how effective we've actually been at patching, compared to our goals," he says.
In addition to assessing the security of its internal, external and production data centers, WebEx has extensive quality assurance and security checklists in place before any new product updates, enhancements or systems go live. "For instance, every time a new server gets built, it undergoes a thorough check before it's sent to our production environment. A Qualys scan is one of those security checks," he says.
"Qualys provides a straightforward way to identify the patching needs in our environment. And once we've identified what needs to be patched, we just have to execute the remediation. Qualys arms us with the information we need to execute; that's the power of this application," says Machado.


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Like most any other problem in life, it can help a lot to talk to people who know exactly what you're dealing with because they've been there, too. You'll find that there's a wide variety of self-help groups for people grappling with addiction as well as for their families and friends; most are free (some have an optional pass-the-basket donation) and meet regularly. You may find that many other people at these meetings are facing the same or similar challenges as you and that you can benefit greatly from the mutual support and lack of judgment offered in these communities.
On the other hand, you may also say to yourself, "I'm not that bad off," or "I'm not as hooked as some people," and reason that a support group is only for people dealing with "serious" problems — and that you don't fit that description. In fact, whether your problem is mild, moderate or severe, you can learn from others in a self-help support group (and also help others). Joining a support group can help you to:
- Avoid feeling isolated and alone in your struggle
- Regain control of your life
- Learn from others who've experienced the same or a similar struggle
- Surround yourself with people who don't judge you
- Talk openly about your experiences and feelings
- Relieve stress, anxiety and depression
- Gain a new perspective on your problems and your addiction
- Better understand addiction as a disease in which relapses happen and find ways to sidestep triggers
- Get referrals for treatment centers, therapists and doctors and others who can be helpful to your recovery
Many support groups are associated with a larger national or international organization such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), AL-ANON, Narcotics Anonymous (NA), Gamblers Anonymous (GA), among many others. You may prefer to join an online support group or supplement the support you get at in-person meetings with online meetings.
12-Step Programs
Since 1935, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) — a community-based, mutual-support program – has been helping alcoholics get and stay sober. AA's 12-step model has been adapted and applied to other types of addiction treatment. As mentioned above, there are 12-step-inspired programs for every kind of addiction, from Crystal Meth Anonymous and Internet & Tech Addictions Anonymous to Food Addicts Anonymous and Sexaholics Anonymous. The bottom line is that if you're struggling with an addiction, you'll soon find that so are a lot of other people, and chances are good there's a 12-step program that can help.
The 12-step approach is also often woven into treatment plans at rehab centers, residential programs and in hospitals and sober living homes. And meetings are held in cities and towns across the country – and around the world. Just how effective AA and spin-off groups are in treating alcoholism and other addictions, though, is not so clear. "Due to the anonymous nature of mutual-support groups, it is difficult for researchers to determine their success rates compared with those led by health professionals," states the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. But for those who attend meetings, the principles are ones that have been relied upon time and again. The basic 12-step philosophy is founded on a dozen consecutive processes (each step builds on the one(s) before it):
The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous
- We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.
- Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
- Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
- Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
- Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
- Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
- Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
- Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
- Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
- Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
- Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
- Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
Copyright 1952, 1953, 1981 by Alcoholics Anonymous Publishing
(now known as Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.)
Alternatives to 12-Step Programs
If you're someone who does not want to use a 12-step program to overcome your addiction, more and more there are other options, including SMART Recovery® (SMART is an acronym for "Self-Management and Recovery Training") which taps into a community of support to help you manage your own recovery, building self-reliance through education and supportive meetings.
SMART Recovery's four-point plan focuses on being motivated, overcoming urges, managing feelings and living a balanced life. Created by physician Joseph Gerstein in 1992, it offers face-to-face and online meetings, as well as chat rooms and message boards to connect addicts with one another. The organization says it helps people recover from all types of addiction and addictive behaviors, including drug addiction and substance abuse, alcohol abuse, gambling addiction, prescription drug abuse, sexual addiction and problem use of other substances and activities.
Another alternative still is to decide that you want your doctor or other healthcare professionals (which could include, for example, a nurse practitioner, therapist or social worker) to help manage your treatment and offer motivation. In this case, your provider(s) might use the BRENDA approach — in which you'll work together as a team or group, focusing on the goals and priorities you have for yourself. Your healthcare provider(s) using this model will usually prescribe FDA-approved medications to help you control cravings and do assessments to determine what your needs are. You'll work collaboratively with your provider(s), so it'll be up to you if you want to go to anonymous meetings or try SMART Recovery®, for example, as part of your treatment.
BRENDA is an acronym that stands for a method of counseling that is used to treat any addiction or mental health issue. It includes six core components that a counselor focuses on with each client: Biopsychosocial evaluation; Report to the patients on assessment findings; Empathy; Needs identified by patient and treatment provider; Direct patient advice; and Assessing the patient's reaction to advice and adjusting treatment when needed.
BRENDA uses a type of psychotherapy called cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) that focuses on questioning and changing negative and unproductive thoughts and beliefs in order to improve behavior and emotions that lead to using – whether that means drugs or alcohol or a compulsive behavior like sex, gambling or shopping — in combination with prescription medication to help quell cravings and relapse.


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Our purpose is to create responsible, drug free, productive members of society and we accomplish this through our renowned effective drug prevention and addiction treatment programs and through our collaborative efforts with the many organizations and individuals in the community. Our purpose is driven by the high ethical standards taught within our program. These standards promote taking responsibility, not only for oneself, but also for others and for the many other facets of life. Therefore, we believe in contributing to other constructive purposes and groups that forward the survival of our communities and of society in general.
The Ethics and Morals portion of our treatment program is the key to creating a sense of responsibility for our staff and students, which ultimately enhances their lives and the lives of others, expanding out into many other areas of life. Our programs encourage the staff and students to take their revitalized sense of responsibility, learned in the program, and direct it towards filling the needs and wants of the community. Our activities include attending local health fairs, doing beach cleanups, tree planting, removing graffiti, helping seniors, helping local church groups, helping local Indian tribes, helping local community centers & groups, helping to distribute food to the needy, volunteering for Toys for Tots, volunteer firefighting, volunteering for reading programs, creating learning programs and much more.
Of course, we also provide drug education and prevention seminars and presentations for youth as well, but in doing this work, we often find that there are other groups that need the help of our volunteers and we have provided our help to further their purposes. Please read some of the stories below.
Drug abuse and addiction affect the community as a whole; therefore, we have many projects working in conjunction or collaboration with other like-minded organizations to provide drug education and prevention across entire cities or regions. Please click here to go to our drug education page.
One of the most successful volunteer programs we participated in was supplying the Sunshine Summit Volunteer Fire Department with the majority of the firefighting staff, eventually having one of our staff promoted to Captain. Our volunteers went on many calls helping to save lives and property near one of our centers with their firefighting training, and actually, a few of our volunteers were so inspired that they went on to pursue full time careers in firefighting.
Over the years our volunteer firefighters assisted in handling the Cedar fire, the Border fire, the Camino fire, the Witch Creek fire and the Poomacha fire. But, the many small fires in the immediate area were also handled. About 80 % of the calls to the station were for Medical emergencies rather than fires and our volunteers were trained in First Aid, CPR and several became certified EMTs.
Once at a nearby senior community, an 86 year old man was having difficulty breathing; it turned out to be a heart attack. Using CPR and a defibrillator our volunteers were able to save this gentleman's life. Around April 2007, our volunteers responded to a motorcycle accident where a man's ankle had been severely injured. They provided emergency first aid until the victim could be transported to the hospital. The man ended up having surgery on his ankle, was able to walk again and was very thankful to our volunteers for the emergency assistance he received. Our volunteers responded to a medical call resulting from a small plane wreck and were able to provide medical assistance to the victims of the crash, reviving one of them with the use of the training they had received. One of our volunteers stated "I can't put into words what it feels like to save a life and the joy that you can get out of bringing someone back to life."
"As a member of the Board for the Sunshine Summit Volunteer Fire Department; I have witnessed the generosity and commitment to the community by your treatment facility. Not only are most of our Volunteer firemen from your facility, but we have on the Board a valued member of the facility. The dedication of these people is to be applauded, and restores my faith in human kindness!" - R.W. "We want to thank you for allowing four of your employees to be Volunteer Fire Fighters. They are such upstanding citizens and are a wonderful reflection of our station to all they come in contact with." - Neighbor
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March 18, 2009 - GE said yesterday it was awarded two 10-year contracts by the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP) to provide products for comprehensive patient monitoring solutions, including acute patient monitoring, networking, telemetry systems, vital signs monitoring.
Combined, these two contracts are valued at a maximum of $63 million annually.
DSCP customers can now select from GE Healthcare's integrated suite of patient monitoring devices, communications networks and IT systems designed to transform patient monitoring data into clinical intelligence enabling clinicians to make critical healthcare decisions faster and more efficiently, the company said. The contracts also enable federal agencies to select complementary GE Healthcare products including: diagnostic cardiology devices and MUSE cardiology information archival systems; catheterization laboratory monitoring; Datex-Ohmeda anesthesia delivery, infant incubators and warmers; and fetal monitoring, perinatal information systems, and blood pressure cuffs.
The contracts can be utilized for purchasing GE medical equipment by the army, navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Veterans Administration, and U.S. federal government agencies worldwide. Each of these contracts has been under negotiations since April 2007, and are the first two patient monitoring vendor contracts to be awarded by the DSCP.
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Slow progress.
When you think October is a long way away now at the end of July!
Still lots to do. The Pickering Railcar is now motorised but need to sort out the weight issue.
Good news on the Terrier, I now have a working runnable chassis!
So next to the painting and finishing stage, need to research which one it needs to be.
Today took delivery of a LB&SC 54′ brake coach built for me by Andrew Barnes. An excellent model it is too and my grateful thanks go to Andrew for the time he has put it to building it for me.
In true Colonel Stephen's fashion Andrew has also loaned me some wagons and a brake van.
Again a beautiful model. Thanks Andrew.
That's all for now.