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Joel Makower in conversation with EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson
Joel Makower in conversation with EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson
Recently, during the waning weeks of President Obama's first term, I sat with EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to discuss her vision for embedding sustainability into the agency's mission and programs. Following is that conversation, edited for clarity.
Joel Makower: How did this vision to embed sustainability into the EPA's mission come to be?
Lisa Jackson: One of the things I wanted to do before I left is to take the Green Book report that the National Academy of Sciences did further. And quite frankly, we spent a lot of time having lots of conversations before we just pushed it out on people on where we thought we should go. I think they've had hundreds of sessions. Now we think we're ready to start to say, "We don't want to speak as EPA and say, 'Here's what sustainability needs to be and here's what it should be.'"
Why not bring in companies who in their other lives are doing a lot of the things that we would be – would praise them for? They're conserving energy or conserving water or cutting down on toxics or finding a way to change a process such that they prevent pollution in the first place. All good stuff. And how do we as EPA make sure it doesn't feel regulatory, but start to bring together voices that might help us understand how we might be able to push that forward?
One of the conundrums of our time right now is, [critics] say we have an elected government that doesn't always reflect the will of the people. Well, I feel like we have a business policy and an energy policy and a water use policy that sometimes don't reflect what's best for businesses, but [companies] don't know how to engage, and we start having the same old conversations. It's like we're stuck in a loop.
Makower: What would be most valuable to you to hear from companies? What do you want to know from them?
Jackson: What we would like people to say is, what role EPA should be playing in helping them. It's almost like we're stuck on what is sustainability and how do I know if it's real, and who gets to certify it, and who gets to say? And I start to feel as though that's a waste of time. So I think if we could just get past that. EPA can't give up its sort of watchdog role, but at the same time, a lot of times what we hear from businesses is, "If I could just get some recognition so I could take it to my CEO, or my board." Or, if I'm a CEO, to say, "We are being recognized for what we're doing and it does matter to our customers."
Makower: So you want to hear from companies about what would make this vision compelling to them?
Jackson: It's actually a little bit more basic than that. I'd love to hear them give some ringing endorsements to the idea that this is actually good for us, that this is not some crazy idea coming out of the United Nations Agenda 21. These are things that they think is smart business. If they did that, those kind of quotes can last a long time in Congressional hearings, because we're going to get some amount of pushback on this.
Makower: Congress will say it's a power grab by your agency.
Jackson: Well, that's what they'll say. And I don't want it to be that. I'm more worried that it will be seen as some agenda to redistribute wealth. We get accused of lots of things.
Makower: So you want companies to say, "This is exciting. We would love to be part of this"?
Jackson: Just so you know from a background perspective, in my world as a regulator, we came in during the first term with a tremendous backlog of court decisions and rules that are — I don't want to say no-brainers, but, you know, mercury, arsenic, cross-state air pollution, a patchwork quilt of auto standards. So no one could really know what they should be building because the lawsuits were flying fast and furious. That isn't entirely behind us, but it's largely behind us. And so that does give this president an opportunity to look at the kinds of relationships that make for 21st-century environmental protection, and they can't happen without the business community. They haven't ever happened without the business community.
Makower: One of the things that strikes me about this is that sustainability in business moves pretty fast. Yesterday's best practice is today's business-as-usual. But government moves pretty slowly. And that strikes me as an interesting dynamic
Jackson: I'm going to challenge you just a bit. Agencies don't move fast when they're doing regulatory things, but some of the most fascinating things EPA does are the non-regulatory things. So Energy Star or WaterSense or our E3 program, which goes to small manufacturers and helps them with the kind of consulting that only a large business can afford. So keep that in mind. When we have to make regulations it's by — and I think rightfully — a long, drawn-out process.
But we also want to look at how we do business inside the agency. For instance, we hear from companies who say, "I would do more of X, but your regulations on Y inhibit that." Or, "I can invest in making this process more efficient or that process more efficient, but I don't have the capital to do both at the same time." We need to be able to hear that and make sure that we're not inadvertently causing more pollution in one media or another, or causing those kinds of trade-offs that inhibit innovation. I think there's plenty of room for that. I think technology has gotten us to the point where we're not talking about, you know, "Allow me to pollute so I can employ 100 more people." It's more, "Help me understand that I can make a series of investments and feel some level of certainty."
Makower: So one of the things you're trying to do here is something that a lot of the critics have long wanted: flexibility. Is that correct?
Jackson: I think that's right. But within the law. I mean, we have laws to uphold. I actually believe as an engineer that there are ways to uphold the law and still make sure that we're reflecting the kind of flexibilities that we see.
Next page: "We've seen this movie before."
Makower: I'm pretty sure that some of the people are going in the business community are going to say, "We've seen this movie before." I'll give you two feature films that they've seen. One is Performance Track, which was an effort to recognize and acknowledge companies that were excelling, and reward them through incentives, regulatory relief and fast-track permitting. And the other — you talk about acknowledging the leaders — was Climate Leaders. Both of those came and went. And from what I hear from companies that I talk to, they loved those programs. And they went away.
So in an age of political volatility, how do they know that this is not going to be, pardon me, but a flavor-of-the-month — something that they're going to invest in, get excited about, want to be a part of, and then see it go away?
Jackson: Performance Track is a great example of a government program that people talk about now in retrospect a lot better than they talked about it when it was happening. What people said about Performance Track was more in line with that it takes forever to get regulatory relief. "We've given you everything you've asked for and you can't seem to get it through your lawyers." And there was a really good reason for that, because the laws were not set up that way at all. They were never set up to say, "You know, Joel, if you do these three things we'll forget the fact that you can't do number four." We don't actually have that flexibility.
What we do have is the ability to recognize the things you are doing, that for many companies can buy them some ability to deal with the times when things aren't always going that well. It's really that simple. I think we have to be willing to try things and people also have to be willing to admit when things aren't working.
With Climate Leaders, we were rewarding people for reporting things that are now required, and so you can't have a leader's program when the regs finally caught up with the leaders; they had been out in front, but now it's the law of the land.
Makower: So, how do we think about your sustainability vision if it's not actually a program like a Climate Leaders or a Performance Track
Jackson: If you look at the 'Green Book,' what the National Academy recommended was that we look at how we do our own risk assessments internally to make sure that we're thinking about sustainability principles — that we look at our regulatory processes internally to make sure we're not inhibiting sustainability. So, we have that kind of work to do internally. I would be loathe, too, if I were in the private sector to sign up for something. I don't think we need a brand new, big-old program; I think what we need to do is make sure that the communication is robust and that we're learning from each other.
Makower: So when you and I get together in January 2017, at the end of President Obama's second term, and you look back at this thing that you spawned as you were heading out the door, what's the story that you want to be able to tell?
Jackson: The country is prepared to take some pretty big leaps forward in my mind, in everything from energy efficiency to reducing toxics. But we still are a little bit "stuck on stupid" — that's my father's phrase — which is, we still have the same argument in that we assume you can't make that progress without paying a heavy toll in terms of economic growth. And I've just never believed that. All it takes is a willingness to look at the problem and say, "I want them both," and come up with a solution that optimizes both. So I would hope that it was the time when forward-thinking businesses who see that already — who don't see the need to say either/or — said "We found an ear in the EPA in a way that helped us feel like we did have support, and had a voice and a seat at the table." I don't know where it will go. It will be for the next administrator and probably his or her legacy will be determined by how much of it they formalize and how they do that.
But I'll tell you, I don't actually think it can go away because there's so much excitement inside the agency about it. The biggest concern we have to make sure is that everyone doesn't run off with a thousand points of sustainability, and all of a sudden there's all these programs, and to the outside world it just looks like a nice bunch of little things instead of a bigger change.
Next page: What about sustainability's social side?
Makower: Tell me about that excitement in the agency. What are they excited about?
Jackson: First off, the agency is actually a lot wonkier and nerdier than most people recognize. There are a lot of lawyers at the agency, but there's a huge concentration of scientists — everyone from our research and development staff who've been looking at ways to quantify the benefits of sustainability and natural capital. But also so many other things we look at, from green infrastructure on the water side or toxics pollution prevention on the health side. So they're excited.
You look at the staff who do all the smart growth and work with communities at the community level. Local governments of all political stripes are starting to figure this out — "If I need more money I'm not going to get it unless I find a way to be more efficient, and then I take that money I saved and reinvest it in myself." So there's a lot of excitement there. Lots of excitement in what used to be our Pollution Prevention and Toxics Program; they changed the name to Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention because they really wanted to emphasize that. Lots of excitement in our recycling program — you know, we have the RCRA law, which is a mighty and wonderful law, admired the world over with this whole cradle-to-grave system. But what if there's no grave? What if you are encouraging a much more circular economy?
So across the agency we know that technology and thinking has evolved. We just have to be really smart and careful about not jumping in and promising more than we can deliver, like Performance Track — building expectations so people say, "Oh, here we go again." And making sure that the American public doesn't think this is just a new buzzword, or that we're not going to have the environmental cop on the beat.
Makower: What's the vision of the social piece of sustainability? That's not been part of your mandate, except perhaps in public health.
Jackson: One of the things that we have to be careful of — and this is where I think Congress would be 100 percent right — is that we don't exceed the authorities that we're given; we're not in charge of making sure that social good is increased. When we do regulations, one of the things we have to make sure we're always doing is not just looking at the average cost to the average person, but whether the cost is fairly borne: a 25 percent increase in your water bill may not mean very much to you at all, but could mean a lot to someone else. I think there would be some occasions when environmental justice and also the cost screens might indicate a different approach.
Makower: I love your optimism about trying to get business excited and engaged in a different way. I lived for 24 years in Washington and so I have enough skepticism to last a lifetime. But even if I never lived there, just watching from afar, I'm just challenged on how you change the conversation about EPA in terms of being this monolithic, anti-business agency.
Jackson: Do you know how many businessmen and women say to me, almost constantly, "I just want you to know I really support what you're doing"? If we can do it with the American auto industry — which was, when we came into office, in dire straits economically, and it wasn't because of anything EPA had done. But kudos to the President for recognizing that part of the solution was also some certainty about fuel economy and carbon emissions. Industry by industry, folks come to see that having that certainty and understanding where the government is going is very good.
So I'm actually very optimistic. I have a 16- and a 17-year-old, and I believe that they are steeped in these concepts, thanks to work you've done and other people have done, and they're getting steeped in it in schools. I think the big concern a lot of people have is whether we have that much time.
Makower: What do you think?
Jackson: I think it's changing faster than we think.


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So much has happened in Tunisia since I last blogged on the large-scale phishing attacks against activists and journalists in the country. With the fall of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and a new interim government in place, online censorship seems to be ending. Opposition media and human rights sites are viewable, and CPJ's Tunisia reports are now available in the country (although it was always possible to access them through our https service). Social networking sites such as Facebook are available without the password-stealing code of the previous cybersecurity regime. I've yet to hear of any site that remains blocked, although Tunisia's filtering system was so byzantine, it's hard to conclusively tell whether it has been completely shut down.
One of the most dedicated technical analysts of Ben Ali's attacks on Internet freedom was blogger Slim Amamou. Shortly after documenting the hacking attacks on his own account and the phishing techniques used by the regime, he was detained by Tunisian security forces at the Ministry of the Interior in Tunis. He was released a week later on January 13, shortly before the fall of the regime.
Amamou described the conditions of his detention to the French TV news service Public Senat:
"It was psychologically very hard, we were deprived of sleep we were handcuffed seated on a chair for five days... They make you believe lots of things: that they're torturing your friends and family. You hear voices, people being tortured in the next room and you think it's your family. But it wasn't true."
(Translation courtesy of the Guardian)
By January 17, he had been offered, and accepted, a junior position in the new provisional government's cabinet as State Secretary for Youth and Sports.
One of Amamou's old publishers, Global Voices, has documented the mixed emotions of others as they watch him move from public critic to politician. But his story gives some indication of the rapid transformation of the Internet in Tunisia. It has gone from being one of the most dangerous places to be a blogger to what is, for now, one of the most free in the Middle East.

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114. Have you seen my mom?
For: Any hero
Premise: After a battle in a public area a child comes up to the hero and asks for help finding their parents.
Outcome: A hero point if they help, maybe bad publicity if they don't.
Variations: The parent accuses the hero of putting their child in danger. Someone thinks the hero is kidnapping the child. The child is a distraction set up by the villain.
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Why Leaders Should Embrace the "Athena Doctrine"June 14, 2013
How often do you hear about the glass ceiling, the wage gap, and the setbacks that women have dealt with and continue to confront? It is so frequent that it has unfortunately become commonplace. While these inequalities are surely worthy of acknowledgement, I would like to suggest that we spend some of our time, energy, and effort reading about how women have succeeded. About the stories of women who are leaders in Fortune's top 500, about how the number of women with six-figure incomes is rising, about the 4 out of 10 women who outearn their partners or are sole breadwinners, and about the skills and personalities that got these women to the successful podiums where they stand now.
I want to break down a few of the most positive leadership attributes that can help us get there. The traits are identified in the recently released Athena Doctrine: How Women (and the Men Who Think Like Them) Will Rule the Future by John Gerzema and Michael D'Antonio.
Gerzema and D'Antonio travelled through 18 nations and asked 64,000 people about their outlooks on the role of leadership, where society is heading, and the desperate need to adopt feminine values since, according to the authors, "people around the world feel that feminine traits correlate more strongly with making the world a better place." Specifically, 65 percent of people around the world believe that more female leadership in government would prompt a rise in trust and fairness and a decline in wars and scandals. Hence, women unknowingly possess the qualities, traits, and values to help society turn the world into a fair and better place. Who wouldn't want that?
You may be wondering what it is exactly that we women possess that can be utilized as an asset to benefit ourselves, our neighbors, and the world at large?
According to the book, we, as women
- "Inspire more trust (in consumers, co-workers, and investors) because [we] seem to listen more carefully and empathize with others"
- Are more likely to cooperate, collaborate, communicate, and empathize, which are four of the idealized traits that are classified within the Athena Doctrine
- Embody the characteristics of morality, which is "strongly associated with loyalty, reason, empathy, and selflessness — all feminine traits"
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you had to adapt, where you were flexible to cooperate, where you followed your maternal instincts and intuition, or where you openly shared your feelings?
D'Antonio and Gerzema argue that society "seeks a more expressive style of leader, one who shares feelings and emotions more openly and honestly." So let go of the idea that Hillary Clinton crying on national television was a negative act and pride yourself in your instincts, emotions, and feelings.
I hope that you can look within yourself for the traits and strengths that you carry and can use for your own growth and for society at large. James Buchanan wrote that "the test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there." So remind yourself that the greatness already lies within you, but the world needs leaders like us to bring out the greatness in others.
And keep in mind that these "feminine qualities" such as empathy, collaboration, and selflessness are innately possessed by both men and women. The difference is in the conscious decision to suppress versus leverage these traits. So remain optimistic and confident about the future, and embrace and deploy your feminine thinking style.
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A chance to set the record straight
I've written several times in the past about Camp Alcorn in Hopkinsville, KY, where about 300 Confederate soldiers died of disease and exposure during the Civil War. If this topic interests you, you'll enjoy the well-researched article at the link below:
This link leads to a Rootsweb military page about the Camp Alcorn burials in a potters field in Riverside Cemetery, and the later re-burial of "unknown" Confederate soldiers.
I am a "damyankee" transplanted in Christian County about 20 years ago, and most (though not all!) of my ancestors fought on the Union side of the Civil War. But, despite my own leanings, I think that we in Christian County should locate and mark the graves of these Confederate soldiers if we can. It is the decent thing to do, especially considering the mishandling of important records and the mistakes made with the Camp Alcorn graves in the past.


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Retrieving Parallels Plesk Panel Passwords From MySQL
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If you have multiple users on one Parallels Plesk Panel account and need to FTP content without editing the FTP password, you can retrieve the password from MySQL.
To Retrieve a Parallels Plesk Panel Password From MySQL
- Log in as root in SSH.
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mysql -uadmin -p`cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow`, and then press Enter.
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use psa;, and then press Enter.
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A table displays that shows the id, type, and password for all users in Parallels Plesk Panel.
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The Parallels Plesk Panel admin password is stored in a hidden file on the server. Use this command to get it:
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Wonder Wednesdays held 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm. Join us for a new collaborative program called Wonder Wednesdays, which includes several other members of the community! This new program is held in conjunction with early out Wednesdays for elementary schools in the Iron County School District. Children accompanied by an adult can drop by anytime between 2-4 p.m. for make-n-take activities or self-guided programming at any of the following organizations: the Frontier Homestead State Park (first Wednesday), the Cedar City Library (second Wednesday), the Southern Utah Museum of Art (third Wednesday), and the Frehner Museum of Natural History (fourth Wednesday). These programs are free for Iron County elementary students. Download the Wonder Wednesday Poster here.


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Creating Pathways for Entrepreneurial Families
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Blackman on Taxes
When Your Professional Says,
I'll bet the farm that this article will save many business owners who want to transfer the family business to their kids a ton of taxes.
Let's set the stage by quoting an e-mail a reader sent to me: "Mom is 82 with an estate worth about $20 million. Included is an S corporation valued at $1 million for IRS purposes. My dad started the company and ran it until he died two years ago."
"Sam, my brother, and I, Larry, are the only heirs and want to continue to run the company. You state in your articles that the estate tax can be avoided completely. Mom has excellent tax attorneys and CPAs who say it can't be done with an S corporation…they have done what they can…but my brother and I will end up with a $7 million tax bill payable over 15 years."
Let's set up the problem the it comes up most often (the business owner is married), what most professionals get wrong, and finally the solution.
Here's the typical problem: Joe (married to Mary) owns Success Co., which is worth $10 million. Steve, Joe's son, runs Success Co. The plan proposed by Joe's professionals is for Steve to buy Joe's stock for $10 million, to be paid over 10 years.
Steve must earn about $16 million and pay $6 million in income tax to have the $10 million to pay Joe. Joe must pay about 1.5 million in capital gains tax—only $8.5 million left. So, Steve must earn $16 million for Joe's family to keep $8.5 million. That's nuts.
Lesson No. 1—A sale of all (or even a portion) of your stock to your kids is a lousy idea for tax purposes.
Sometimes professionals use various strategies (most likely a stock redemption or stock purchase agreement) requiring insurance on Joe's life as a means to move the company stock to Steve. Better than lesson no. 1, but the IRS will collect estate taxes on every dime of that life insurance (roughly $4.5 million to the IRS on $10 million of insurance using 2009 tax rates). In most real-life cases the insurance is either too much (stock was gifted to Steve while Joe was alive) or too little (Success Co. just kept growing in value).
Lesson No. 2—Life insurance can play an important part in your estate planning, but never use it in a business succession plan to move your company stock to your business kids. You'll als guarantee the IRS a big pay day when you die.
Now, let's give credit to the professionals Sam and Larry's mom are using. They avoided the pitfalls in lessons 1 and 2. True, there would be an unnecessary $7-million estate-tax bill, but they jumped on Section 6166 of the Internal Revenue Code, which allows certain business owners to pay their estate-tax liability over a 15-yr. period, plus a low rate of interest (not deductible) on the amount of estate tax due. Never in my 50-plus years of practice have I used Section 6166 as part of an estate plan, because it cannot save a penny of taxes and just stretches out the time of payment.
In every case, my network of professionals has been able to pass all of each client's wealth (whether worth $5 million or $50 million—or more) to their heirs 100 percent intact (no tax or all taxes paid in full).
Lesson No. 3—Never use Section 6166 as part of your overall estate-tax plan. Instead, create a comprehensive plan (as described below) to eliminate the estate tax.
Now let's turn to the solution for the typical family business owner who wants to transfer his business to his kid(s). Most business owners have four kinds of assets:
1) The business (Success Co.);
2) A residence (often two or more);
3) Funds in a qualified plan (for example, an IRA, 401(k), profit-sharing plan or similar plan); and
4) Investments (like real estate, stocks, bonds cash, CDs and other investments).
The solution (really a system to create a comprehensive plan) requires two plans: a traditional will and trust (one for Joe and one for Mary). This is really a death plan. It cannot save you a dime in taxes. It just defers the estate tax until both Joe and Mary die.
The second plan—a lifetime plan—beats up the IRS legally. Let's look at the lifetime-plan strategies most often used in practice. The system uses strategies that are implemented during your life and are based on the assets you own.
1) Your business—We use an intentionally defective trust (IDT), which means the trust is intentionally defective for income-tax purposes. What does this accomplish? The transfer of the Success Co. stock (typically nonvoting stock, while Joe keeps the voting stock and control) is tax-free. The tax savings, compared to selling the stock to the kids, usually are $456,000 per $1 million of the value of Success Co. ($5,016,000 for Sam and Larry's mom; $4,560,000 for Joe).
2) Residence(s)—The most common strategy is called "50/50." We transfer the title of each residence by having 50 percent owned by Joe's traditional trust and the other 50 percent owned by Mary's trust. Tax result? We get about a 30-percent discount for estate-tax purposes (for example a $600,000 house is only valued at $420,000 in the estate). Larry's mom cannot take advantage of this strategy (her husband is gone).
3) Funds in qualified plans—These funds are double taxed. Sorry, but the IRS winds up with about 70 percent, the family only 30 percent. For example, $1 million in a rollover IRA will only yield $300,000 to the family. Ouch! We use strategies like a subtrust or retirement plan rescue to boost that $300,000 to the $2 million to $7 million range (all tax-free) depending on age and health of the business owner (and spouse if married).
4) Investments—A family limited partnership (FLIP) is almost als the strategy of choice. Joe transfers his investments to a FLIP (could be more than one FLIP). Immediately the value of the assets transferred to the FLIP are discounted about 35 percent for tax purposes. Hey, $1 million of intrinsic value is worth only $650,000 for tax purposes, yields estate-tax savings of $158,000. Works for Joe and Larry's mom too.
5) Still an estate-tax liability—Often 1 through 4 above kills the estate-tax liability. But what if it doesn't? We fall back on one of about 20 life-insurance strategies to create tax-free wealth. Easier if you are married, like Joe and Mary, because you can buy second-to-die insurance, which costs much less in premiums than single life to pay the estate tax.
What if the business owner is uninsurable (and so is his wife, if married)? We then use a strategy called a charitable lead trust (works very similar to life insurance) to create tax-free wealth for the heirs. That's exactly what Jacqueline Kennedy—who was uninsurable—did to earn her heirs about $250 million tax-free.
Lesson No. 4—The system as described above als works (kills the estate tax) whether you are young or old, married or single, insurable or uninsurable.If your professional does not eliminate all of your estate-tax burden, get a second opinion. MF
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Manchester United winger Nani will not be sold in the January transfer window, manager Alex Ferguson said on Sunday in dismissing media reports that the Portuguese international could leave Old Trafford.
Nani, sidelined by injury since the Champions League tie with Braga on November 7, has yet to sign a new deal after talks stalled in the close season.
"Obviously his people have been negotiating with David about a new contract but I don't know what stage we are at with that. But we won't be letting him go," Ferguson told the club's website (www.manutd.com).
"He's injured. His contract's not up for a year and a half."
Ferguson said he still regarded 26-year-old Nani, who joined United from Portugal's Sporting in 2007, as an important part of his squad.
"We need a Nani. He offers something different from the other players. He's an incredible talent, the boy's a great talent. Unfortunately, he's injured at the moment so we sent him over to Dubai for a break and hoping a bit of warmth will help him in his recovery.
"He's not far away but he's far enough away. I don't think I'll get him back until probably the middle of January. It's a hamstring injury he's got.
"A player like Nani has never had a hamstring injury ever - I don't think he's ever had many injuries with us. But he's got it right in the top and it's a bad one."
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The foliage of 'Sunshine' ligustrum adds a vibrant accent to your landscape. In this landscape, moving it away from the perimeter of the house created a brightly lit entryway path.
Credit: Courtesy of Southern Living Plant Collection
Foundation plantings – usually evergreen shrubs – have always had a reputation for being boring. To make matters worse, many of the South's go-to choices are now also suffering from a host of disease and insect problems.
Luckily, there are several new introductions that make fantastic, low-maintenance substitutions with similar growth habits. Some even offer a fresh twist with colorful foliage or flowers that can add some pizzazz to your plantings.
What's the trouble?
If your foundation plantings are failing, one of these could be the reason why:
Boxwood blight – Caused by a fungus, this disease was first seen in the Southeast in Virginia in 2011 and had spread south to Georgia by 2013. It causes brown leaf spots and defoliation of boxwood shrubs (Buxus spp.) and can also affect Pachysandra and sweetbox (Sarcococca). It spreads by contact, so buy plants from a nursery that participates in a boxwood blight management program. There is no cure – fungicides can only be used as a preventive.
Leaf spot – Entomosporium maculatum, the same fungus responsible for taking out red tip Photinia, has now claimed numerous Indian hawthorns (Rhaphiolepis spp.) as its victims. Tiny red spots on both sides of the leaves are the first sign of trouble. These can progress into large gray spots with maroon edges, then leaf drop, and eventually death of the plant when leaf drop is severe. Moisture encourages spread of this disease, so clean up diseased leaves quickly (bagging, not composting) and try to keep the upper branches dry by irrigating at the soil level.
Distylium (shown here: Blue Cascade 'PIIDIST-II') is a tougher, disease-resistant alternative to cherry laurels, junipers, hollies, Indian hawthorn, and boxwood.
Credit: Courtesy of GardenersConfidence.com
Shot hole disease – Although it may look as though an insect is munching holes in your English laurel (Prunus laurocerasus 'Otto Luyken') leaves, it is actually a sign of a bacterial disease. Wet leaves also enable this disease to spread, so avoid overhead watering and give your shrubs enough space to dry quickly.
Scale insects – These insects spend their adulthood attached to branches of numerous shrubs – including juniper, Euonymus, and Cleyera – feeding on their sap. If your plants are yellowing or declining, look for white, gray, or brown "bumps" lining the branches. You may also notice ants or black sooty "mold" (actually a fungus), both results of the sap secretions. Treatment depends on the species of scale and their life stage (active "crawler" or attached adult), so call your local extension office for help.
Just plain ugly – This may not hurt the plant, but it can be hard on the eyes. Eleagnus (sometimes called "ugly Agnes") and Euonymus are two commonly planted-but-often-loathed shrubs. (Former Southern Living editor Steve Bender, writing as the "Grumpy Gardener," described golden euonymus as "the awfulest of the awful" things you can plant in front of your house.)And sometimes, there's nothing wrong with the shrub other than the fact that it's just too big to serve as a foundation plant.
Shades of Pink viburnum has glossy, dark green leaves and pink flowers and is a great substitute for Indian hawthorn.
Credit: Courtesy of Greenleaf Nursery
Our builder installed five Loropetalum shrubs in a 10-foot-square area below our dining room window. They were a fairly new introduction at the time – our house was built 15 years ago – so maybe they didn't realize each one would ultimately grow to at least 15 feet tall and wide, or more likely, they just didn't care. (Since then, a number of dwarf varieties of Loropetalum have come onto the market much better suited for foundation plantings.)
I ripped out four of the five to allow one enough space. Instead of constantly pruning the one remaining, I tried to limb it up into a small tree. However, it has refused to accept its new identity, so rather than wasting time pruning, I keep cutting back sprouts from the base of the trunk. I've decided it's time to part, and will replace it with an actual small tree.
Love the look of a tidy row of clipped shrubs but hate shearing? Micron holly maintains its low, mounded shape without pruning and is a great substitute for boxwood.
What's fresh?
New introductions offer many different options. Most of these recommendations have a compact, tidy growth habit, saving you the tiresome maintenance of pruning. Be sure to check the expected mature size to make sure you're choosing an option that best fits your space and remember, "dwarf" just means smaller than the species.
Whether they burst into bloom, have a "first flush" of color on their new growth, or have a unique hue all year, most of these choices add the excitement of color to their reliable nature.
No "bad seeds." Plants such as Ligustrum and barberry (Berberis spp.) had a well-deserved bad reputation for invasiveness. Newer varieties have been bred to be sterile, keeping them only where you want them.
Above all, each of these has exceptional resistance to disease, drought, insects, deer, or all of the above. Each offers a significant improvement over its predecessors.
Some promising new stars
Distylium – This evergreen, low-growing shrub is billed as resistant to insect, disease, and deer problems – a resistance "home run" that can replace problem-prone 'Otto Luyken' laurel as a reliable foundation or backbone planting, with layered branches that provide texture and require little to no pruning.
October Magic Ruby camellia (C. sasanqua 'Green 02-003') – Imagine a tidy evergreen hedge of glossy, deep green leaves that bursts into flower every fall with striking, fully double red flowers. Who said foundation shrubs were boring?
Eureka Gold dwarf yaupon (Ilex vomitoria 'HOGY') is another option for bringing bright yellow-green foliage into your plant palette. Dense, bushy plants grow 4-5 feet tall.
Credit: Courtesy of Greenleaf Nursery
Ligustrum sinense 'Sunshine' – Spread a little 'Sunshine' to add the trendiest color in gardening today, golden yellow, to your landscape. If you're up on your botanical names, you know that we're talking about privet, which comes with its own bad reputation for invasiveness, so rest assured this variety is sterile and will not reseed. (Note: In Tennessee, by law, L. sinense – including sterile cultivars – cannot be propagated, sold, offered for sale, or released within the state. – Ed.)
Moonlit Lace viburnum (Viburnum x 'sPg-3-024') – A cross between V. tinus and V. davidii, this shrub has glossy, textured, evergreen leaves with showy, rounded clusters of white flowers that appear in spring, making it a drought-tolerant, similarly sized replacement for Indian hawthorn. Shades of Pink (V. tinus 'Lisa Rosa') is another lovely choice, but can reach up to 5 feet tall if unpruned.
Mojo pittosporum (P. tobira 'CNI Three') has variegated, shade-tolerant foliage and a delightful springtime fragrance. Yet it's tough enough to handle even salt spray in coastal areas.
Pittosporum – Another Indian hawthorn substitution. As a bonus, its small flowers bring a wonderful fragrance in spring, perfect for an entryway.
Micron holly (Ilex vomitoria 'Gremicr') – Want the traditional look of neatly clipped shrubs with no shearing? This slow-growing, very compact dwarf variety has a "very interesting texture" and a tidy, mounded shape.
To give your new stars their best chance to shine, take the time to plant them right.
First, amend the soil with organic matter, such as compost. If poor drainage contributed to past problems, you should definitely pay attention to this step.
Next, plan your placement. While it may look sparse (especially if you are replacing overgrown shrubs), make sure to space them to allow for their mature size. And even though they're called foundation shrubs, don't cram them too close to the house. They'll look better, stay healthier, and attract fewer bugs to your home if you give them some breathing space.
Or, instead of using them to line the foundation of your house, make them the foundation of a standalone planting bed. These evergreen workhorses are a great way to add structure and backbone to any area. I recently used a curving row of 'Sunshine' ligustrum to add a bold sweep of unifying color through the center of my perennial bed.
Finally, take the time to dig good holes. This means wider, not deeper, than their containers. Water well when planting and during their first year to get them established. Read up on their particular care requirements to see when and how to fertilize.
A version of this article appeared in a March 2017 print edition of State-by-State Gardening.


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Make your own crossword puzzles with the free crossword maker. Fill in the words and the clues and let the puzzle maker creates crossword. You can use the vocabulary of the level of your students, which makes this the perfect tool to use in your classroom. Then you can download the pdf file, which you can print for your kids. Or select one of the saved games. After loading the words and clues you are able to make changes.
The free crossword maker has a database with words and clues. When you type a word and this is found in the database, it will provide you the clue. You can always override this clue and write your own.
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In the Clue description you can type a text about the theme of the puzzle.
You can choose not to print the puzzle, but let your students solve your crossword puzzle online. Click on the 'Download Excel' button. This will give you your puzzle in an Excel file. Let your students go to the 'online games' (you can find this in the menu) section and choose for 'Crossword Online'. There they can upload your excel and solve the crossword puzzle on the computer or tablet.
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I've been thinking about becoming a polytheist. No, this has nothing to do with missing Battlestar Galactica. And yes, I realize my blasphemous notion flies in the face of a few thousand years of "Ye shall have no other gods before me." (To be honest, even when I was a kid that commandment troubled me. It sounded like a jealous girlfriend saying, "If I catch you looking at other girls, you're in big trouble, Mister!" And don't get me started on how "no other gods before me" kinda implies that there might actually be some other gods loitering about.) But my main reason for considering becoming a Pagan (Pagish? Jewgan?), is that it neatly answers the age-old question, "Why does god allow so much suffering in the world?" When tragedy strikes, the monotheistic approach can only offer the tired old, "It is not for us to question god's will." Really? Why not us? Who else is in the questioning business? But look what happens when we ask the same question from a pantheistic perspective. Why do the gods allow so much suffering in the world? Because outside of their particular area of expertise: farming, war, fertility, what-have-you, they are not even remotely in control. The buck stops nowhere. (In this scenario both the Old Testament and New Testament deities are off the hook as far as your general suffering is concerned.) But here's the really good news: with a polytheistic approach to prayer we can micro-target our beseeching. Trouble with love? Take it to Aphrodite. Not catching enough fish? Poseidon. Are you regularly waking up from alcohol-induced blackouts in the sleeping compartment of long-haul trucks that carry circus equipment and little people? That sounds like a job for Dionysus. Need your sitcom pilot to get picked up for the Fall season? Les Moonves. In other words, whatever the crisis might be, there's a god ready to take your call. What are you waiting for? Call now and receive a free goat-sacrificing kit! (Goat sold separately.)
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Almost 4 months since I last wrote… So much for getting back to the blogging habit…
I have no excuse, as always.
The school year ends in less than 2 months and let me tell you, I'm really looking forward to my summer vacation! Not that I have anything planned. And not that I don't like my job. Because I do. Love my job, that is. But it has been a trying year at work.
Art wise, I've been creating in small bursts. My mother and I attend an art journaling club every month (except for this month) where we make a double-page spread with that month's technique or supplies. It's fun to be surrounded by like-minded artists.
Today's photo is from my "doodle" journal. Following Joanne Sharpe's book, I doodled and coloured a positive message to myself. There will be more for sure.
I also wanted to let you know that Hanna is celebrating her 10th year of blogging so hop on over to send her happy thoughts!
On that note, I'm wishing you a lovely week.


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Let's face it. Divorce is a tricky business in that it is a legal process that has emotional and financial consequences. How well you recover and move on from a divorce will depend upon your ability to adjust and manage the turmoil. Relationships (a divorcing spouse, any children, family, friends, work associations, divorce attorneys, etc.) will undergo changes. People who you interact with most will be affected by your emotional journey. Accept that there are some elements of this process that you can control and many that you cannot.
You will decide either to have a lawyer represent you, or you will represent yourself. Representing yourself is known as Pro Per or Pro Se. Rule of thumb: hire a lawyer if you have kids and assets. Less complicated divorces can be done Pro Se.
Should you decide to be represented, you will need to select an attorney that is suitable for your needs. You can ask friends or family, or search for a local divorce lawyer yourself.
Filing the divorce on your own can be a challenge, but understanding the process, knowing which divorce forms to use and having detailed instructions in front of you will make it easier. Where do you get the forms? Which forms do you need and how do you fill them out? What do you do with the forms once they are filled out? Can you get forms online, and are they the correct ones? We have you covered. For those that want to complete the paperwork yourself, we have DIY divorce forms to download and complete.
Maybe – It Depends
This is the standard answer to most questions. Few things are cut and dried. Unless you're in a position to hire a top-notch attorney and have him or her handle everything, you're going to want to be involved in the decision-making, and how well you understand your options and execute the right decisions will determine how you recover from this mess. Become an expert on divorce as if your life depended on it. Because it does.


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This set contains 1 decanter and 2 tumblers. The expressive machine-made decanter with the two matching tumblers of the geometrically designed glass collection Sculpture leaves a lasting impression of style and taste. The decanter with stopper is ideal to store whisky in an elegant way. The two matching tumblers let you enjoy whisky at its best. Designed by the NACHTMANN NextGen Designer Ahmet Uslu, Sculpture with its interplay of decorated and undecorated areas, is a modern and extraordinary crystal glass collection. As all NACHTMANN crystal this item is dishwasher safe.
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The 2012-13 virtual guide for the Santa Clara men's tennis team is now live! Tons of pictures, videos, links, etc. can be found in the virtual guides!
The virtual guide includes many photo galleries of Ruff Riders, BBF members, the student body and players and coaches; information on the Santa Clara University campus, the city of Santa Clara and the Bay Area. Player bios are updated regularly. The virtual guide replaces the print media guide that Santa Clara had printed for years, but due to new NCAA rules, does not print anymore.
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Catholic Identity at CSB and SJU with Campus Ministry
Catholic in the Benedictine Tradition
The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University welcome and encourage serious conversations about faith, God, Jesus Christ, spirituality, and moral living---conversations that are deep and ongoing. We are strongly committed to inviting students, faculty, and staff to grow in their faith by living, studying, and speaking honestly and respectfully with others who have different perspectives and may be in different places on their own faith journey.
Catholicism is unique in the Christian tradition because it is not a one-size-fits-all religion. While Catholics all share a common faith in Jesus Christ and the sacraments of the Church in union with their bishop and the pope, the Catholic Church has always upheld the legitimacy and value of a variety of diverse yet authentic faith expressions. The Roman Catholic Church is a faith tradition rooted in the Gospel of Jesus Christ and guided by the Holy Spirit to grow and blossom into a beautiful garden over the past 2,000 years.
The Benedictine tradition is a 1,500 old way of life that is grounded in St. Benedict's Rule for Monasteries and dedicated to learning to live well with others while glorifying God through the pursuit of truth, wisdom, beauty, justice, and holiness. It is a way of life in which people work at living together in a healthy community where members seek to be peace with themselves, as well as with God and each other. The Benedictine tradition is mindful of God's presence at all times and in all places. It values the dignity of human work and honors holy leisure. The Benedictine tradition calls people to exercise honesty, respect, hospitality, justice, moderation, stewardship, and a commitment to stability in their relationships.
The following eight principles describe how the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University are Catholic, and some of ways in which we are committed to growing together through our Benedictine tradition:
Being Catholic in the Benedictine tradition means that we believe all persons are made in God's image and likeness and so deserve to be treated with respect-most especially those with whom we may disagree or not understand. The Benedictine tradition calls us to honor the dignity of all people by treating each person as Christ.
- Being Catholic in the Benedictine tradition means that we seek to make our policies, practices, and programming decisions consistent with Church teachings and to carry forth the spirit of Vatican II.
- Being Catholic in the Benedictine tradition means that we provide and promote a wealth of opportunities, places, and forums for students, faculty, and staff to grow spiritually by integrating faith with reason as they engage in academic and non-academic pursuits, reflect on the meaning of their experiences, and/or pray to discern God's call through their experiences.
- Being Catholic in the Benedictine tradition means that we provide abundant opportunities and encouragement for students to serve the common good by assisting people who are in need in ways that respect their human dignity.
- Being Catholic in the Benedictine tradition means that we are committed to promoting growth in the character development of our students in ways that are shaped by Benedictine values. Most especially we seek to promote that growth which reflects a sacramental view of the world, encourages pursuit of the common good, and that orients relationships in community to be grounded in the teachings of Christ.
- Being Catholic in the Benedictine tradition means that we provide many rich opportunities for students to grow through prayer, celebrating the sacraments, and healthy relationships of trust.
- Being Catholic in the Benedictine tradition means that we promote growth in students' understandings and appreciations of the similarities as well as differences that people have in culture, gender, and religion.
- Being Catholic in the Benedictine tradition means that we assist students in discerning their vocations through mentoring relationships which both support and challenge them to discover the paths wherein their own deep gladness can meet a great hunger of the world.
Campus Ministry
Alternative Break Experiences (ABE): Alternative Winter BreakExperiences, Alternative Spring Break Experiences, and Alternative May Term Experiences.
Faith Communities: Benedictine Values, Worship outside of Campus, Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA), Spiritual Retreats for Women, Advent Prayer, Lenten Prayer, Good News Scripture Study, Busy Women's Retreats, Women's Wilderness Retreat, Mother Daughter Retreat, Interfaith Prayer Experiences and Conversations.
Spirituality and Social Justice: Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, Catholic Social Teaching Week, Human Rights Awareness Week, Joint Religious Legislative Council Day on the Hill, Fair, Trade Advocacy, Register to Vote, #whataboutsudan, Invisible Children, One Day Without Shoes, CRS Operation Rice Bowls, The Water Project, Hope for Haiti Concert, Urban Plunges, and Human Traffic Awareness Week.
Power, Worship, Praise (PWP): Fridays, 9:15 - 9:30 a.m. in the Murray Hall headquarters. Join us for a cup of coffee, tea or hot cocoa, whenever!
Companions on a Journey: A "Spiritual Companioning" group held once a month that uses a contemplative dialogue process led by trained co-facilitators. These are cohort based groups addressing collegiate women's developmental concerns.
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Photographer's Note
This is a result of my night photosesion on a balcony.
In WS you can see an alternating view of this expressive heaven's show. It was really amazing and liitle bit loud natuarl phenomenon.
Shutter Speed: 10 sec.
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krzychu30 (15512) 2013-07-26 0:00
Hello Serghei,
on the one hand it looks beautiful and so picturesque,but on the other hand scary and dramatic.Excellently captured and composed as we get to see also this beautiful orthodox church and still so calm sky in the far distance behind the church.
Very atmospheric composition!
Kind regards
SnapRJW (31631) 2013-07-26 0:20
Hello Serghei and good morning neighbour! Apart from this being rather dramatic, I really like the juxtaposition of church and storm; the small building provides refuge and hope for those whose lives are blighted by storms. Clever! Warm regards rosemary
psamaddar (1089) 2013-07-26 0:36
Wonderful picture..good composition, color and sharpness.
rbassin (27408) 2013-07-26 0:44
hello Serghei
une magnifique photo, le ciel sombre offre un contraste intéressant avec l'église illuminée, tout un symbole.
Bonne journée
No_One (4) 2013-07-26 0:44
Hi Serghei,
from the looks of it, this was an impressive storm! The sky is alive and i can almost feel the tension and electricity in the air. Love how the light illuminates the lower part of the clouds creating a really nice visual effect, and great that we see the buildings too to offer scale to this massive storm.
All the best
mjw364 (1466) 2013-07-26 1:30
Hello Serghei
I like the light in this - it does create a real sense of a stormy atmosphere. Nice colours too.
Interesting your comment on UIriah Heep and my image being from the future - they also wrote a song saying "I'm just a traveller in time". I also have many punk songs in my collection!
MuhanadY (148) 2013-07-26 1:31
colors and sky looks impressive. great shoot.
Gigidusud (21669) 2013-07-26 1:33
Good morning Serghei,
Amazing picture! Impressive cloudy sky! I like the colors and the light on the beautiful church. Well done!
Have a nice Week-end my friend.
subhendu_bagchi (26091) 2013-07-26 2:27
what a wonderful low light shot it is! Like a lot the drama in the sky with the shape of clouds. Like the depth and sharpness you achieved by 10secs exposer. Great to see the architecture at left. An outstanding composition. Tfs.
bennyfunky (795) 2013-07-26 2:32
Hello Serghei, nice picture, well framed with a wonderful sky.
pyffepa (625) 2013-07-26 3:28
Hello Serghei,
Picture rated 'Wouaaaw +++' in my evaluation scale.
Quite a good place :o)
I like the wonderful sky but, and that's the improvement, the sky is well counter-balanced by the points of colour and lights on the ground.
Wonderful picture, congratulations.
Sergiom (116466) 2013-07-26 5:23
Bonjour Serghei
J'ai bien l'impression que cela va tomber trčs fort dans cette région. Cela ressemble ŕ de la gręle. Le clocher de l'église est trčs beau dans cette tourmente.
sevy (58) 2013-07-26 5:42
I am impressed by the mood of this shot and the big presence of the clouds.
To also add the very efficient composition with few elements but each of them at the right place and well visible.
You can be happy to catch this shot.
eldancer1 (36343) 2013-07-26 7:45
As the saying goes "...behind the clouds is a silver lining." Nice capture of the dark clouds with a promise of rain. We've been getting monsoon rain lately. I like your pov and the placement of the building. Well done, tfs.
saxo042 (38078) 2013-07-26 9:15
Hi Serghei,
A very interesting and beautiful picture. The long exposure time creates very attractive colours. Also a very good complementary picture.
Kind regards
holmertz (84391) 2013-07-26 9:53
Hello Serghei,
This is a remarkable photo (and so is the WS), well composed and with very well captured strange colours. It looks a bit frightening and like something from a painter's imagination. A rather unusual and very fascinating view.
Kind regards,
jemaflor (126851) 2013-07-26 10:05
Hi Serghei,
Congratualation, so beautiful photo with a perfect comosition with the church and alos with these impressive cloudy sky.
Kielia (24077) 2013-07-26 10:08
Hi Serghei,
first of all I like the title symbol of faith, no other words could describe the mood of this brilliant image. Fantastic contrasts and an incredibly beautiful light. This is a masterpiece, congratulation!
Warm regards
jurek1951 (42198) 2013-07-26 12:24
These dark clouds on the sky add drama into this scene and gives a good color contrast here. Well captured here this scenery.
Urs (14082) 2013-07-26 19:18
Hi Serghei
The church is somehow spared the darkness, it sticks out like a symbol of faith as you titled correctly. It is a dark shot of the upcoming storm, there are all the right signs. WEll done
How did you mean the comment that on that TE page you see all your best friends?
Warm regards
siudzi (34141) 2013-07-26 21:21
Hi Sergiej,
Wow! What a great scene you have photographed! The stormy sky looks very unique and makes the view really eye-catching. Taken with a superb sense of the moment. Like it!
emka (140936) 2013-07-26 23:14
Hi Serghei, Comfortable photo session, just on the balcony, without going somewhere far. Amazing sky as the background lot this nice church. It looks like burning. Splendid shot of dramatic spectacle of nature.
have a n ice weekend
macjake (93145) 2013-07-31 10:25
Hi Serghei
I know to expect alot of interesting and sometimes funny photos from you!! :)
this one however, is really classy in style. I like how the architecture seems to peek out from the horizon, but only a little.
the lighting is very cool, as are the clouds and atmosphere. nice work from the balcony.
npecanhuk (79319) 2013-08-10 5:46
Hi Serghei!
Great picture!
You did a very good job being at the right place at the right moment!
Special regards to the management of difficult light, colors, chosen pov and composition!
TFS - congrats,
HimalAnda (10671) 2013-08-17 6:11
Hello Serghei,
What an impressive cloudy sky! You managed to catch the wonderful mood of this moment, with that storm approching.
jmdias (93247) 2013-09-05 2:31
amazing view of this storm, so huge, above the small and beautiful church. the light is perfect and you framed very well the elements here. excellent job. TFS.
here we are waiting for rain in these last 35 days after a very hard winter with negative temperatures, many frosts and even frozen rain in my town with a big amount of snow few km at south, weather here is very changeable and in few days we have frost and high temperatures.
jcpix (14030) 2014-06-28 19:25
Hello Serghei,
O.K., this is a picture I want to take, do you think you could arrange the same type of weather when I'm there? :) What a dramatic shot, you did a great job with the exposure to capture the brooding atmosphere, literally and figuratively.
During our monsoon season we will have storms similar to this, but I haven't quite seen the same colors in the sky. The church appears to be surrounded by the only available light...coincidence?? lol You're fortunate to have this view over the river side, can't wait to see it myself! :)) Hope you're having a good weekend. Take good care amigo.
Friendly wishes,
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- Copyright: Serghei Pakhomoff (serp2000) (47063)
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- Date Taken: 2013-07-25
- Categories: Natura, Ważne momenty
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Joseph Gathe, M.D., recapped key phase 3 data from the VICTOR studies, which attempted to assess the safety and efficacy of the CCR5 antagonist vicriviroc when added to "optimized background regimens," or HAART regimens consisting of already-approved drugs that a patient receives based on established criteria for resistance, adverse effects and the like. A total of 721 treatment-experienced patients were involved in this 48-week analysis; they were randomized to receive either an optimized background regimen along with vicriviroc or an optimized background regimen alone.
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Greece entered their final group-stage match against Argentina needing a win, and, depending on the result of the Nigeria-South Korea match, they needed to win by more than a few goals.
Neither came true as Argentine steamrolled them on the way to a 2-0 win at Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane. A 75th-minute goal from Martín Demichelis was enough to earn Diego Maradona's side the three points, while 36-year-old striker Martín Palermo added an insurance goal in the 89th minute.
With the win, Argentina advance to the knockout stage, undefeated atop the Group B standings. They will face Mexico, who finished second in Group A, on Saturday in the round of 16.
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In the 86th minute, Lionel Messi, who wore the captain's armband for the match, tricked his way through the defense and slammed a left-footed shot off the post. He has still yet to score in this World Cup.
Palermo, the Boca Juniors legend who was left out of the Argentine team for a decade until Maradona recalled him, put home a rebound in the 89th minute. He was in the right place at the right time after Messi's stinger from 18 yards was knocked down by Tzorvas.
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ARG: Demichelis 75', Palermo 89'
Greece -- Alexandros Tzorvas; Avraam Papadopoulos, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Vangelis Moras, Vasilis Torosidis (Christos Patsatzoglou 55'); Loukas Vyntra, Giorgos Karagounis (Nikos Spyropoulos 46'), Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Kostas Katsouranis (Sotiris Ninis 55'), Alexandros Tziolis; Georgios Samaras
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