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WASHINGTON The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a longtime proponent of deregulation, acknowledged on Friday that failures in a voluntary supervision program for Wall Street's largest investment banks had contributed to the global financial crisis, and he abruptly shut the program down.
The S.E.C.'s oversight responsibilities will largely shift to the Federal Reserve, though the commission will continue to oversee the brokerage units of investment banks.
Also Friday, the S.E.C.'s inspector general released a report strongly criticizing the agency's performance in monitoring Bear Stearns before it collapsed in March. Christopher Cox, the commission chairman, said he agreed that the oversight program was "fundamentally flawed from the beginning."
"The last six months have made it abundantly clear that voluntary regulation does not work," he said in a statement. The program "was fundamentally flawed from the beginning, because investment banks could opt in or out of supervision voluntarily. The fact that investment bank holding companies could withdraw from this voluntary supervision at their discretion diminished the perceived mandate" of the program, and "weakened its effectiveness," he added.
Mr. Cox and other regulators, including Ben S. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, and Henry M. Paulson Jr., the Treasury secretary, have acknowledged general regulatory failures over the last year. Mr. Cox's statement on Friday, however, went beyond that by blaming a specific program for the financial crisis and then ending it.
On one level, the commission's decision to end the regulatory program was somewhat academic, because the five biggest independent Wall Street firms have all disappeared.
The Fed and Treasury Department forced Bear Stearns into a merger with JPMorgan Chase in March. And in the last month, Lehman Brothers went into bankruptcy, Merrill Lynch was acquired by Bank of America, and Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs changed their corporate structures to become bank holding companies, which the Federal Reserve regulates.
But the retreat on investment bank supervision is a heavy blow to a once-proud agency whose influence over Wall Street has steadily eroded as the financial crisis has exploded over the last year.
Because it is a relatively small agency, the S.E.C. tries to extend its reach over the vast financial services industry by relying heavily on self-regulation by stock exchanges, mutual funds, brokerage firms and publicly traded corporations.
The program Mr. Cox abolished was unanimously approved in 2004 by the commission under his predecessor, William H. Donaldson. Known by the clumsy title of "consolidated supervised entities," the program allowed the S.E.C. to monitor the parent companies of major Wall Street firms, even though technically the agency had authority over only the firms' brokerage firm components.
The commission created the program after heavy lobbying for the plan from all five big investment banks. At the time, Mr. Paulson was the head of Goldman Sachs. He left two years later to become the Treasury secretary and has been the architect of the administration's bailout plan.
The investment banks favored the S.E.C. as their umbrella regulator because that let them avoid regulation of their fast-growing European operations by the European Union.
Facing the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, Mr. Cox has begun in recent weeks to call for greater government involvement in the markets. He has imposed restraints on short-sellers, market speculators who borrow stock and then sell it in the hope that it will decline. On Tuesday, he asked Congress for the first time to regulate the market for credit-default swaps, financial instruments that insure the holder against losses from declines in bonds and other types of securities.
The commission will continue to be the primary regulator of the companies' broker-dealer units, and it will work with the Fed to supervise holding companies even though the Fed is expected to take the lead role.
The Fed had already begun regulating Wall Street firms that borrowed money under a new Fed lending program, and the S.E.C. had entered into an agreement under which its examiners worked jointly with Fed examiners, an arrangement that is expected to continue.
The S.E.C. will still have primary responsibility for regulating securities brokers and dealers.
The announcement was the latest illustration of how the market turmoil was rapidly changing the regulatory landscape. In the coming months, Congress will consider overhauls to the regulatory structure, but the markets and the regulators are already transforming it in response to events.
Still, the inspector general's report made a series of recommendations for the commission and the Federal Reserve that could ultimately reshape how the nation's largest financial institutions are regulated. The report recommended, for instance, that the commission and the Fed consider tighter limits on borrowing by the companies to reduce their heavy debt loads and risky investing practices.
The report found that the S.E.C. division that oversees trading and markets had failed to update the rules of the program and was "not fulfilling its obligations." It said that nearly one-third of the firms under supervision had failed to file the required documents. And it found that the division had not adequately reviewed many of the filings made by other firms.
The division's "failure to carry out the purpose and goals of the broker-dealer risk assessment program hinders the commission's ability to foresee or respond to weaknesses in the financial markets," the report said.
The S.E.C. approved the consolidated supervised entities program in 2004 after several important developments in Congress and in Europe.
In 1999, the lawmakers adopted the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which broke down the Depression-era restrictions between investment banks and commercial banks. As part of a political compromise, the law gave the commission the authority to regulate the securities and brokerage operations of the investment banks, but not their holding companies.
In 2002, the European Union threatened to impose its own rules on the foreign subsidiaries of the American investment banks. But there was a loophole: if the American companies were subject to the same kind of oversight as their European counterparts, then they would not be subject to the European rules. The loophole would require the commission to figure out a way to supervise the holding companies of the investment banks.
In 2004, at the urging of the investment banks, the commission adopted a voluntary program. In exchange for the relaxation of capital requirements by the commission, the banks agreed to submit to supervision of their holding companies by the agency.


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I always thought the Christmas-blooming hellebores were a myth—something that only happens in England or in much warmer zones. But it's early January and I have flowers in full bloom in the front yard. Not such a common occurrence in Buffalo. This must be one of the helleborus niger variety, which really does flower in the depths of winter. I guess it would have been flowering under the snow, if there were any.
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CRF, HyperT and HBP in my 14 yr old kitty
14 years ago a little kitten in a petstore caught my eye. She was a scrawny little thing, all alone and crying in small little cage. I asked the clerk if I could hold her, when I looked down at her she reached for my face and captured my heart. We took her home and named her Bandit.
My little girl has had a rough few past months and I am looking for some advice. Bandit was dx with CRF 3 years ago and was holding her own without any meds until this August. Blood work from August showed that Bandit had hyperthyroid 2.5 mgs of oral methimazole was prescribed and it has been down down hill ever since. Within the 3 weeks Bandit had lost almost 2 pounds and her kidney values increased so off meds she went and subq's began to try and bring her numbers down. In the mean time I noticed her eyes were blood shot all the time and bloody urine. Urine specimen was done came back negative but not cultured as the vet thought initially was it highblood pressure so 1/4 tablet of amlodopine (she has been on this for one week and I have noticed her blood shot eyes are gone but the blood in the urine is still there and she is peeing all over the house). Since Bandit is hard to pill the vet recommended a shot of Convenia®. That did not work so now we are trying Baytril and buprenex injections to ease her pain. Tuesday's visit to the vet now heart murmur and gallop rhythm and a small cyst on her liver making her no longer a candidate for the radio active iodine therapy that I wanted to do all along however the specialist that does it said she had to be on meds first. We are now trying transdermal methimazole 5 mgs which I have given her for the last 4 days and anorexia seems to be returning again as she has refused to eat all day but had a good appetite before we started the cream earlier this week.
It feels like I am running out of options here. I love her so much and want her to be better but nothing seems to be working.
Here are her numbers from last saturday
Bun 53 (ideal per the vet is below 34)
Creatinin 3.1 (ideal per the vet is below 2.3)
Thyroid 5.6 (don't remember what he said ideal was there maybe below 3)
Her last weight was 8.50
Her bp was up to 200 but has come down to 150 with the amlodipine (vet said it also could be down lower at home- stress could throw it off by up to 30 points)
I am worried about what the vet recommended for her Subq's. 150 to 200 mls ever other day in one sessions seems a bit too much for her to handle so today I only gave her 50 ml's in the am and we will see how she feels tonight...I may give her another 50 mls before bed. I also really do not want to give her that cream anymore. :sad:
Any thoughts from anyone?? Sorry so long but I just dont know what to do anymore.
onemeower,I am sorry I cannot answer some of your questions,but I have a 13yr old kitty with Hyperthyroidism,before he was diagnosed,he weighed 16lb,but went down to 12 lb's in no time,although he was eating like a fiend.
He's been on Tapazole 5mg now for more than a year,he gets 2,5 pills daily and is doing good,gained 9oz since his last vet-visit.
Your Bandit though seems to have so many other things going on,we have some very knowledgable cat-gurus on this Forum,just have patience and I am sure they'll help you out,ok.
This weekend is Thanksgiving,maybe people are just busy..
"The cruelest animal is the Human animal"
3 kitties,Rocky(r.i.p my boy),Chico,Vinnie
One of our members, growler, will probably be your best source of advice since she has a kitty with CRF, who was also hyperT at one point. I'll pm her a link to this thread, but in the meantime, some questions for you:
What does Bandit normally eat?
Do you know what her urine specific gravity is? What about some of her other lab values, like blood phosphorus and calcium levels?
Is she on any medication for the kidney issues now?
I agree with your decision not to give such a whopping amount of subQs all in one go. Even if you can just do 50ml once or twice a day, that would be way preferable to the 200ml in one session. I'm kind of surprised your vet recommended that for a cat with hbp. As for the heart issues, it's entirely likely that it's related to the hyperthyroid. Is it possible to start her on a lower dose of methimazole? It's frequently the case that vets start cats on too high of a dose. If you haven't checked out the Feline HyperT Yahoo group, I recommend doing so. And there's lots of good info at this site as well: http://www.felineoutreach.org/Educat...hyroidism.html
"To close your eyes will not ease another's pain." ~ Chinese Proverb
We must not refuse to see with our eyes what they must endure with their bodies. ~ Gretchen Wyler
Thank you for replying. Bandit was always a fancy feast girl with dry science diet (that the vet recommended). In the last 2 years we switched to Royal Canin dry and the fancy feast. In August the vet recommended a renal maintance diet of Iams or hills neither of which Bandit would touch. Last week I ordered Royal Canin LP pouches that she was scarfing up until we started the thyroid cream now she will not even touch her all time favorite Gerber stage 2 baby food.
Bandit is only on the Subq's for her kidneys- nothing else.
I did ask about her other values and the vet said her phos and calcium were all in the normal ranges and do not recall if he said anything of the urine gravity. I was kind of ticked off that they did not send her sterile specimen to the lab to be cultured for bacteria since that is the reason for her visit (bloody urine). He said there was too much blood in it for them to culture but no protien was in there.
Re the dose of thyroid med he said that 2.5 was the lowest and we started with a half a tablet a day which did nothing so he upped it to the full tablet cut in half and given am and then pm but that was too much.
I also looked through Growlers thread were there is lots of great info, I wish my kitty did not have so many other issues on top of the CRF. I have always tried to take the best care for her and did everything the vet said to do (including annual vaccines which now I regret)
Hi Onemeower, sorry to hear about your Bandit's troubles My grrl Duffy had HyperT that was caught early, it was just a bit higher than normal so no meds were given and was cured w/Radioactive Iodine Therapy. A few years later she developed crf as a result of the Royal Canin toxic food recall. One thing I have not dealt with is HPB, Duffy's has been checked a couple of times and always been the ideal 120.
I see that you've found my thread already so I'll just post these links for you incase you missed them:
Have you tried Wellness canned foods? The chicken, turkey, chicken and beef are the lowest phos level food they have and they all have good protein amounts with all healthy ingredients. Low protein theories are outdated and not ideal for cats.
Basically what happens with cats who have kidney failure -diagnosed or not- and HyperT is the HyperT masks the symptoms of kidney failure so it doesn't look as bad as it actually is, and once they are on meds to control the HyperT the kidney values increase - this is not caused by the oral methimazole she was on originally. Increased thyroid hormone levels actually raise the level of blood flow through the kidneys making them more efficient, so when HyperT treament begins it appears that the kidney values get worse. Untreated HyperT however can lead to heart disease incl heart murmurs and high blood pressure, this is a far higher concern than kidney failure.
Approx 15% of cats experience side effects when taking oral methimazole, one of the more common ones is decrease in appetite. When this occurs the cat should be taken off the meds until the condition resolves then restarted at a lower dose which is gradually increase to the level it is prescribed.
Transdermal methimazole has fewer side effects involving the GI tract (vomiting etc) but lack of appetite is also common and when that occurs the meds should be stopped until symptoms resolve and then restart at a lower dose while gradually increasing.
To have the Iodine therapy, they want the thyroid levels to be controlled therefore they need to be on meds (unless the T4 is barely above normal), this also ensures they know about any kidney issues that may have been masked by the high t4 levels.
Please speak to your vet regarding the lack of appetite while on meds. It is difficult enough to get a kidney failure cat to eat, when they are on meds that cause lack of appetite as a side effect that is even worse. A cat that refuses to eat for a prolonged period of time is also at risk of fatty liver disease.
How soon after the Covenia was the baytril and buprenex given? When needed Covenia can be readministered 14 days after the 1st shot to provide longer treatment period.
Some sites say Baytril is contraindicated for cats with kidney disease but has been used for kidney infections and there is a risk of retinal problems including blindness, Buprenex is also contraindicated for cats with kidney disease and those with liver issues as it is metabolized by the liver
I would speak to the vet about using an ACE inhibitor such as benazepril in combination with the amlodipine instead of baytril or buprenex. ACE inhibitors relax the blood vesses making it easier for the heart to pump blood throughout the body reducing hypertension. Proteinuria (protein in the urine) generally is reduced after 2-6 weeks of amlodipine therapy, so it make take some time yet before that is completely cleared up.
Hematuria is blood in the urine which is generally caused by either infection or high blood pressure, meds for hematuria that are not condraindicated for kidney issues include Clavamox http://www.marvistavet.com/html/clavamox.html and the aforementioned Covenia
Is Bandit meowing while peeing? Or is she peeing tiny tiny amounts frequently? This may indicate pain while peeing and may require pain management therapy - but not something contraindicated for kidney issues.
Generally speaking 150-200 mls of subq fluids every other day is fine, giving less is not doing any good when she is peeing all the fluids she is taking in therefore not retaining as much as she should which only prolongs her dehydration. You can ask your vet about giving 100mls every day instead of 150-200 every other day.
Bandit's kidney numbers are actually not that bad they are right around where my girl was in Aug 2008, however I've never really had any issue getting her to eat .
Do you have a homeopath vet in your area and would you consider taking Bandit there?
My recommendations:
- try different foods like Wellness mention above
- try using cooked chicken breast, cheese, cat treats such as PureBites freeze dried chicken breast as a topper on her food to entice her to eat and if that doesn't work:
- talk to the vet about stopping the transdermal methimazole until her appetite returns then restart at a lower dose, increasing gradually
- talk to the vet about changing to 100 mls subq fluids per day instead of 150-200 every other day
- talk to the vet about adding an ACE inhibitor ie benazepril and discontinuing the baytril and buprenex or changing to another pain management therapy
Avoid biting when a simple growl will do
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I will also look into your other suggestions- these days for food she is so picky and wellness was never one she ate before she became ill so I have not tried it again. Today she is not liking anything including her all time favorite people foods but atleast she has not thrown up when I did assist feed earlier today:sad:
Just wanted to point out the changes I made to my post while you were responding including the info about hematuria:
It sounds like Bandit does definately have a urinary infection, I wonder if she has crystals and/or stones too? Did the ER do xrays or an ultrasound?
Did your vet give a reason why he's against doing 100 per day?
Some vets adhere to the thinking that too much fluids when not needed will make the kidneys work harder than they need to, but halving the amount and giving more frequently shouldn't be an issue.
When you give 150-200mls is the fluid completely absorbed within 24 hours?
I would say in light of the issues Bandit is having peeing to go ahead and give 100mls per day
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Thanks Growler for answering so quickly and sharing so much good knowledge.
Clavamox is a good medicine for my other kitties but for Bandit it gives her severe issues with her stomach both upstairs and down so that is why the Vet suggested the injection first then the Baytril 5 days later. He was hoping the inject would work and so did I since that alone cost almost $50.00. The Baytril seems to be working - there is less bloody urine today (we are on day 3 of it )
Looking at Bandit this morning she seems to be feeling a little better and even ate a little bit of pinnacle and drank on her own this morning I know the pinnalce ocean fish flavor is not the best choice but for now I have to get her to eat something and we will work on moving things over slowly. Poor old girl looks at me with questioning eyes on why so much change all time these days. (I did try and Royal Canin LP pouch this morning but she was not having it )
For the fluids the vet said that Bandit is drinking on her own so she does not need it every day but every other day is good for most cats to start with. He also feels it is too stressfull to do every day so every other is better. I noticed she sneezes, sometimes will sleep for several hours afterwards and it is not absorbed within 24 hours but is gone within the 48. It will travel and settle in her front legs and still be there the day after. I am always careful to inspect her before I give the next session to make sure she is absorbing it. I have lowered the dose on my own to no more than 100 in one session and am checking her skin and mouth and she doesnt appear to be dehydrated.I figure if she needs more later I can give it but giving too much can lead to other problems so better safe than sorry.
The emergency vet did do an Ultra sound everything was good with her bladder (no stones, nothing suspicious) and her kidneys look good for her age and conditions. That is were they found the small liver cyst though but he said they grow over time so she will need a recheck next year to see how it is progressing. When her urine test was done last week there were no crystals and no protein I really wish they would have sent it for culture so that we would know what bacteria we are dealing with though.
That Bandits many problems will be resolved,she is certainly in the right loving hands
"The cruelest animal is the Human animal"
3 kitties,Rocky(r.i.p my boy),Chico,Vinnie
Topical methimazole can work but the absorption is different for each cat. Montoring the values, like your vet is doing, is the best method with methimazole.
As far as values.
Creatinine - a 'ideal' kidney should be at or less than 1.1. According to IRIS (International Renal Interest Society) anything above 1.6 places a cat into Stage 2/4 Renal Disease.
Thyroid T4 should be between 1 and 2. Below 1 is too low. However, in Bandit's case, an 'ideal' thyroid level may not be possible. So I agree with your vet, around or below 3 might be a good place for Bandit.
Phosphorus. This is a value that sometimes gets overlooked. Regardless of the lab's reference range, a cat with kidney disease should not have a phosphorus above 4.5 . As the kidneys start to fail, the phosphorus cannot be excreted and begins to rise. This leads to a variety of serious side effects including hyperparathyroidism (which is directly toxic to the kidney and the cat and can lead the cat to weight loss, loss of appetite, lethargy, etc...) and deadly crystalization of the kidneys and body.
How do we deal with phosphorus rise? 1) a renal diet. These prescription diets are not only neutral balanced, reduced in sodium, balanced in protein, fortified with potassium but they are also reduced in phosphorus. Wet is always better than dry! 2) phosphorus binder. The common one is Aluminum Hydroxide which is inexpensive and effective. However there is recent evidence that aluminum exposure in the face of kidney disease may have some toxicity issues and the medication tastes poorly. Epakitin is my choice as it is a nutraceudical made from shrimp and crab shells. Because of this it is fairly tasty and safe. Here is a link for more information: Epakitin There is a new one called lanthanum which is available. There is a cat form in Europe or a human one in the US but it is expensive.
As far as the SQ fluids. As a general rule I do not recommend more than 100mls at a time. The idea that 200mls once is the same as 100mls twice is not accurate. And in the face of the cardiac and blood pressure issues, I agree with you and I would use less at a time. I would talk to your vet about daily goals of fluid and how to divide them up.
Some additional nutriceudicals.
1) Rubenal. It comes from a medicinal form of rhubarb and has been shown to reduce interstitial nephritis a common type of inflammation and scarring that occurs during chronic renal disease. It has been shown to reduce the inflammation and prolong kidney health. In a taste test most cats will eat it well when mixed with food. No side effects have been seen so far.
2) Azodyl. It is combination of three specific strains of bacteria which will metabolize creatinine, BUN and other nitrogenous wastes. It has been shown to improve patient's appetite and quality of life. It has also been shown to reduce BUN and creatinine levels. There is a wild tiger and lion sanctuary that started using it on their kidney failure rescues. The one was given less than 6 months to live and is 3 years later still active and doing well. Here is a link to my website on Azodyl ( I will have some information on Rubenal coming soon): Azodyl.
When to use these? If your cat has any renal disease, I recommend Rubenal. If the phosphorus is above 4.5 then start Epakitin and if your cat has elevations of BUN and creatinine, then add Azodyl. Ask your vet.
I typically have a rule of 3. Try not to have any more than 3 medications going to a cat at any given time. I do not include the nutraceudicals with this. As we are looking at rhubarb extract, shrimp and crab shell component and harmless bacterial strains (similar to but not a true probiotic) they do not have the variety of issues as other medications.
So if I was to add a third medication to the amlodipine and methimazole regimen I would consider adding pepcid. Renal disease impairs the filtration of gastrin which in turn raises stomach acidity which leads to feelings of nausea. Nausea in a cat is seen as decreased appetite. Pepcid can help. I would ask your veterinarian.
So ask your vet about these. I would follow his or her recommendations on follow up blood and urine testing. I know it gets frustrating to have Bandit poked so much (not to mention the cost) but the follow values help us titrate the medication levels before they lead to more serious consequences.
Here is the website to IRIS: International Renal Interest Society
I hope this helps.
Christopher A. Lee, DVM, MPH, Diplomate ACVPM
Preventive Medicine Specialist With a Focus on Immunology and Infectious Disease
Almost forgot - thanks for the PM. I also agree with your SQ fluid statement! More is not always better!
Also I did not go into the treatment or evaluation of secondary hyperparathyroidism which may be an issue as well. I would talk to your vet about it. It may be a complicating issue in the reasons why your pet is losing weight. However if the phosphorus is above 6 you may not be able to treat at this point until the level is brought down. So... for another discussion.
Keep us posted.
Christopher A. Lee, DVM, MPH, Diplomate ACVPM
Preventive Medicine Specialist With a Focus on Immunology and Infectious Disease
When studied in the response to reducing glomerulonephritis and protein loss in the urine, rubenal was shown to have better effects than the ace inhibitor. However when used together they had a synergistic effect and worked very well together. Here is a link for purchasing rubenal at HealthyPets.
I would recommend that the protein loss in the urine be reevaluated after amlodipine and rubenal therapy. If still present, then instituting Benazepril might be a great idea.
Christopher A. Lee, DVM, MPH, Diplomate ACVPM
Preventive Medicine Specialist With a Focus on Immunology and Infectious Disease
Dr Lee,thank you very much for all the info,interesting
"The cruelest animal is the Human animal"
3 kitties,Rocky(r.i.p my boy),Chico,Vinnie
Thank you so much Dr. Lee for answering so many of my questions and concerns. I would also like to thank Growler and Chico2 for taking the time to post.
Today was a horrible day. Unfortunately I lost my baby girl today :sad:
Oh nooo
I'm so sorry for your loss. You took such good care of your girl.
I'm so sorry you lost your sweet girl. I lost my kitty to CRF and heart complications earlier this year and I know what you are going through.
Run free, Sweet Bandit
"If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat." -------Mark Twain
"The animals share with us the privilege of having a soul." -------Pythagoras
"The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body of each is different." -------Hippocrates
Mickey 1991 to May 24, 2009
I am really sorry to hear that. Our thoughts are with you.
My family includes:
Darby Rottie
Boswell Dogue de Bordeau
Harvey the English Bulldog Extraordinaire
Onemeower I'm so sorry
sweet Bandit She is playing at the Rainbow Bridge with those who've gone before
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I am very sorry about your loss. Losing a family member is so difficult.
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Preventive Medicine Specialist With a Focus on Immunology and Infectious Disease
Onemeower,I am truly sorry:sad:
With all the problems she had,her little body could not fight anymore...
little angel Bandit
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Georgia Ann Frances Bryan Pitman Wimberly died in 1908 at age 68. She is buried in the Bryan Cemetery in Bienville Parish next to her father, Reddick Bryan.
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Cutrer, Thomas W. (Editor) and Parrish, T. Michael (Editor). Brothers In Gray: The Civil War Letters Of The Pierson Family. (Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1997).
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Every now and then I'd like to play with a fresh minimal install of Ubuntu (to test sysadminish scripts, application install instructions, package dependency lists etc.).
I'd like to have a tool as simple to use as testdrive: pick a version (say, 'maverick'), run a command, get a shell in a new virtual machine.
I'd like that shell to be in the current terminal, rather than a new GUI window that testdrive uses. Setting up the new VM to accept SSH logins with my ssh public key is fine.
I'd like the VM to have network access out of the box; NAT to a virtual network interface is fine.
Why a VM? Chroots don't really cut it: installing, say, Apache in a chroot would fail because it would try to listen on port 80, which is already taken. Containers might work, though, if there are any that are supported by standard Ubuntu kernels.


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By Story and photos by Staff Sgt. Carlos R. DavisOctober 31, 2013
CAMP CASEY, South Korea -- Some Soldiers join the Army to face their fears and accomplish goals they may have walked away from as a civilian.
First Lt. George Edward Smith who is currently serving as the operations officer for C Battery, 1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery Regiment, 210th Fires Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division failed out of pre-scuba before he was commissioned. Today the artillery officer enjoys exploring the waters around the peninsula.
"I have been diving for six months, and I am currently working on my rescue diving," said Smith. "The biggest thing I am worried about is my mask coming off while I'm down in the water. That was one of the hardest events for me while I was attending training and it still haunts me to this day."
The Madison, Fla., native had to overcome his personal barriers before gaining the confidence to become a diver enthusiast. Now he tries to dives at least two times a week while the weather is warm. Smith said he travels to beautiful locations across Korea and Southeast Asia to enjoy the deep blue sea.
"I have been to the Philippines to dive and Jeju Island here in Korea," he said.
Smith wants other Soldiers to try diving because it is an activity that teaches them discipline.
"For me scuba diving is more than just overcoming a fear," said Smith. He explained that some people are afraid of being under water for a long period of time and running out of air to breath.
"But scuba diving teaches you how to be calm (and) learn how to control your fear by learning how not to panic when something goes wrong," he said.
Interested Soldiers may be afraid of the cost.
"Everyone thinks scuba diving is expensive, but it's really not," said Smith. "You can rent everything you need." He further explained that most of the organizations have payment plans for individuals who want to give it a try.
"But the company that does it for [U.S. Forces Korea] has broken down the course into three segments and has a payment plan of $200 for each segment," said Smith.
According to Smith, the Professional Association of Diving Instructors, one of the major organizations who certify divers, is the world's leading scuba-diving training organization. PADI has issued millions of scuba certifications worldwide.
To become certified, a swimmer must go through necessary training.
"Certified diver training is really easy," said Smith. "You will have to do a one- day session in the pool where you will learn basic skills like removing your mask and equipment and then how to put everything together. Next students will spend a weekend on the east coast where they do four training dives in the actual ocean and refine the skills learned in the pool."
Smith flexibility enabled him to bounce back to face and defeat his fear and demonstrated what it means to be resilient.
The 210th Fires Bde., integrates this type of resilience for its Soldiers to endure cultural changes as well as, build, strengthen, maintain, and assess total Soldier and Family health. The brigade also assesses fitness, individual performance, and unit readiness. For more information, please contact Russell W. Krogh at 010-2289-9024.


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OAKLAND — Strategically positioned high above the water, in a narrow crawl space between the new Bay Bridge deck and the top of its big pier east of the tower, instruments are listening for the sounds of cracking inside steel anchor rods.
Caltrans placed 10 acoustic emission sensors on select rods in early April after some of the massive bolts — 3 inches in diameter and 17 to 24 feet long — snapped and triggered widespread worry about the replacement eastern span's seismic safety.
The instrument records the energy produced when a crack initiates, spreads or moves within the rod, said Caltrans materials engineer Bahjat Bagher, who showed off the testing late Friday. But so far, the rods being tested are quiet, a great relief to the agency.
If the bolts — fabricated in 2010, two years after the 32 bolts that broke — were also faulty and had to be replaced, the cost to make the $6.4 billion bridge safe for motorists would rise, and Caltrans would face an even greater hurdle to opening the bridge on time.
A second test for hardness is also showing favorable results, although a third saltwater corrosion test is still to come.
"We are pretty confident that we don't have an immediate failure issue with these bolts, but we want to have a strong level of confidence over the long-term," said Toll Bridge Program Manager Tony Anziano.
It's small a piece of good news amid mounting concerns about the $6.4 billion span's ability to withstand the next big earthquake. The long, hefty anchor rods tie the bridge deck and pier columns to the shear keys and bearings that help control sway and uplift during a quake.
The scheduled Sept. 3 opening is already in jeopardy as the three agencies co-managing the bridge construction scramble to design a structure than can replace the steel rods. A third of the 96 bolts installed in 2008 broke in March.
Caltrans and the California Transportation Commission are scheduled to brief the Bay Area Toll Authority about the best repair option, timetable and costs Wednesday morning.
Tests on the remaining 192 anchor rods in adjacent shear keys and bearings suggest the fracturing problem may be limited to the earlier batch.
Caltrans steel inspector Jason Gramlick on Friday afternoon demonstrated how technicians are testing the hardness of the anchor rods adjacent to those where the bolts snapped. Harder rods could be more brittle and more subject to cracking.
He placed the tip of a handheld ultrasonic contact impedance instrument on the end of a rod, which oscillates a diamond-tipped point against the steel's surface and measures the rate at which the material is displaced.
Within minutes, Gramlick had four readings on the Rockwell C hardness scale, of which the average was 35.
In contract documents dated from 2005, Caltrans specified a hardness level range of 31 to 39. But this month, the agency dropped the maximum to 35 for all replacement fasteners in light of what happened with the 2008 bolts, Anziano said.
The 2008 bolts had an average hardness of 37, which experts say may have contributed to their failure.
The third test involves placing four rods from the 2010 group into a sealed salt water bath for 25 days. During the soak, technicians will slowly increase the tension on the rods, Anziano explained.
The saltwater test, which will be conducted at test beds installed near the base of the bridge in Oakland, is designed to replicate extreme environmental conditions and see if the rods become brittle and break. Ohio-based Dyson Corp. fabricated all 288 anchor bolts and most of the other 2,018 steel fasteners on the bridge made out of the same grade and type of steel. Vulcan Steel Products in Alabama also made some of the 2010 fasteners.
Caltrans engineers blame the fracturing on a well-known phenomenon where hydrogen atoms invade the spaces between steel's crystalline structure and weaken it. The harder the steel and the greater the tension placed on the bolt, the more susceptible it is to hydrogen embrittlement.
The anchor rods in the shear keys and bearings are tightened to 70 percent of their capacity, the highest on the bridge. Less than half of all 2,306 high-strength steel fasteners on the span are subjected to loads of more than 50 percent, the threshold experts consider more risky for hydrogen assault.
Contact Lisa Vorderbrueggen at 925-945-4773, politicswithlisav.blogspot.com or Twitter.com/lvorderbrueggen.


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SPRINGDALE, Ark. – Arvest Bank is pleased to announce Sabra Jeffus has been promoted to mortgage loan officer in Springdale.
Jeffus began her banking career in 2000, and has held various jobs since then, including commercial and mortgage lending positions. In her new role, Jeffus will office at Arvest's branch on Elm Springs Road. She will originate mortgage loans and assist her clients with all of their purchase and refinancing needs.
"Sabra comes to us with a wealth of banking knowledge, and she strives to provide the very best customer service to each and every customer she assists," said Kelli K. Winn, senior vice president, mortgage loan manager in Springdale. "We are so excited to have Sabra join our mortgage team."
Jeffus is a native of Paris, Texas, and attended Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches as a track and field and cross country student-athlete before eventually graduating from Northwestern State University of Louisiana with a bachelor's degree in finance and banking.
Active in numerous civic organizations, including Executive Women International, Rotary Club of Springdale, and Springdale Chamber of Commerce, Jeffus also is a graduate of Leadership Fayetteville Class XXII and Leadership Springdale Class XVIII. She and her husband, Scot, live in Springdale with their two children.
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Keep Birds Off Awnings with Plastic Bird SpikesWednesday, December 18th, 2013
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Birds enjoy landing and roosting on awnings, especially if there is food to be scavenged. They leave behind a mess of droppings. This creates an unpleasant and unsanitary situation for customers. This mess can also stain or ruin awnings. Keep birds off awnings with bird control deterrents like bird spikes.
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jsburrows needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 24 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
Custom Cabinetry Manufacturer needs to revamp website. existing website feels like 100 years old. New owner needs to update
We are acquiring an existing company and i want to update completely the current website. some of the existing pictures are good and we have more. i am looking for a creative front page design and simple but informative site with a large showroom.
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Daylight & Shame F-cks
I wrote about Minka Kelly's mega downgrade a couple of weeks ago. Someone forgot to tell her that the whole point of a Shame F-ck is that you don't have to take it outside.
Minka and Wilmer Valderrama were flown out to Sydney last week to attend a club opening. I guess part of the deal is a weeklong stay. And they're enjoying the sights together, arm in arm, face to face, in public, like, where people can see them. Minka Kelly is in daylight now. With Wilmer Valderrama. Who last dated Demi Lovato.


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1 year after disappearance, candlelit walk for missing Maine toddler
Ayla Reynolds last seen at father's Waterville home
Scores of well-wishers have turned up for a vigil and candlelit walk intended to raise awareness to missing toddler Ayla Reynolds, who disappeared a year ago from her father's home in Waterville.
Ayla was 20 months old when she was reported missing the morning of Dec. 17. Police have called it a crime, but there have been no arrests.
About 20 people sang Christmas carols and rang tiny bells Monday evening as they walked along Violette Avenue, where the toddler lived before she disappeared.
The vigil was organized by members of Ayla's Angels, an online group with more than 2,900 followers.
Police said Friday that there are no new developments in the case and they're determined to keep investigating until it's solved.
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iPad Ancestry, a photo by rsmithing on Flickr.
A while back at a thrift shop I came across this beast of some old technology. I remember in grade school there being several cubbies with these things in them that played cassette tapes while advancing a reel of slide film that was projected on this giant screen. It seemed appropriate to me to capture it using my iPhone with an app that mimics "vintage" photos, Hipstamatic.
I remember sitting in front of these things, having set up a reel of film and listening for the cue on the tape to advance to the next one. I think I even wore headphones. For a young school kid, this was a fairly entertaining, interactive educational experience. And there was a real production value to these – carefully crafted photography and studio-recorded voiceovers.
Can you think of a similarly interactive audio-visual device with a large screen that could be used for education? Seems everywhere I look there's a new reminder of how today's tech was preceded by something else. It makes me wonder what we'll have decades from now that make our iDevices look primitive.
Have you ever seen one of these things or do you remember something similar from your younger days? Or are these still in use? What do you think will surpass today's tech along these lines? Let us hear from you in the comments!
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Store your art and shop supplies and equipment on Hallowell's Medium-Duty Closed Shelving. Shelves are made from gray powder-coated, cold-rolled steel and supported by 14-gauge steel posts with 11-gauge steel sway braces. Shelf corners are lapped and resistance welded for extra strength, and the tubular front edge is designed to protect against impact. Front and rear shelf surfaces are punched, so you can attach accessories.
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You get to know the people here and then you look forward to every Saturday. It's that one constant that makes you know that you have your own little place in your community.
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What I like about MYS is that I get to play music with a band at my level. Because the band at my school is all beginners. And I like how we get to perform at concerts.
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Being able to participate in orchestra, in any form, is a difficult thing to do for children who are from low socioeconomic status. Many public schools no longer offer orchestra and so is the case for my daughter.She has never received a private lesson so she tries to soak up everything being taught in her Overture class from MYS. I really can't thank MYS enough for giving her the opportunity.
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Thank you for your program and for providing my son with tuition assistance. I want to support my son with his passion for the trombone and the love of making beautiful music. Thank you for taking the time to assist talented young men and women who would not otherwise be able to pursue their dreams.
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Before your amazing performance I thought that symphonies were boring and just loud noise. But now I have heard the exquisite sound of joy. That day I learned the true meaning of music. The true meaning is to show your hard work and just enjoy all you can.
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My daughter has been playing in the MYS Concert Orchestra since September 2013 and she loves it. Playing with a full orchestra along with the beautiful music that is chosen for the group means it's never a chore to get her to the weekly rehearsals.
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4 ears Corn in shucks – roasted in shucks on grill
1 ½ Qts Chicken Stock
2 Bay Leaves
1 cup Heavy Cream
2 cans Fire Roasted Diced Green Chilies
½ Stick Butter
2 tbsp chopped bacon
1 cup chopped onion
1 tbsp chopped garlic
1/3 cup chopped celery
¼ cup flour
Salt & Pepper to taste
On medium-high grill, roast ears of corn in shucks on grill until outside is charred. Once done and cooled, shuck ears of corn taking care to remove as much of the silk as possible. Cut corn off cob, break up clumps of corn to separate. Save corn cobs for stock preparation.
Create chicken/corn cob stock by placing corn cobs in pan with 1 ½ quarts of chicken stock, 2 bay leaves and reduce down for about 1 to 2 hours.
When ready to prepare chowder, in a separate pan, add butter, bacon, onion, garlic, and celery and cook until veggies are clear. Add ¼ flour to mixture to create a roux. Stir. Add stock to mixture (remove corn cobs). Let come to boil.
To stock/bacon mixture, add corn, green chilies, cream and season with salt & pepper. Allow to simmer for a little longer.
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JPRussell needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 233 designs submitted by 66 freelance designers.
Harmony Provisions
Harmony Provisions is a veteran-owned online retailer of high-quality, environmentally-responsible products manufactured in the United States of America.
Our target audience is the more affluent online shopper who is concerned about the environment and is willing to go out of their way to purchase environmentally-responsible products.
The logo must look good on darker backgrounds, particular green backgrounds (Hex # 005e00 is going to be the background for this logo on our web site). However, it should also work on lighter and white backgrounds.
We like the color green, but feel free to experiment with color. The logo should include some element that can be used on its own for a web site favicons and web site profile icons (we will handle the conversion & editing for those).
Here are some other things to consider:
1. No Cartoons - we are marketing to affluent online buyers.
2. The more elegant, yet simple- the better
Here are some examples of logos that we like:
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format -.psd (RGB)
Please also include the name(s) of the font used in the logo design for our future reference.
The design should be 100% original and not include any stock imagery or clip art.
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Easy Recipe: Preserved Fruit Skillet Tarts
The canning season heats up with the weather, and in anticipation of another year of canning fruits, I am trying to finish off what I have.
I go through this every year and some years I come up with pretty mundane uses for the last of my fruits. Not that they aren't tasty. I mean, it's nice to serve ice cream with cherries on top. It's just not… inspired.
But other years I get on a kick that really delivers. Like the year I was swirling my jams into coffee cakes, and the year I discovered that just about any jam could be cooked down with soy and red wine and a couple of ducks to make a dynamite stew. And this year, I am happy report, I've got a terrific way to use up all the last of your jars of peaches, apricots, and cherries.


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We started Grantoo with the vision of leveraging peoples' love for games by connecting them with charities that helped address the growing tuition problem. Along the way we experienced ups and downs and learned many hard lessons. While our charitable tournaments provided some success, our vision to make a huge impact was limited - the learning was tremendous. We realized that there is a big opportunity in mobile games and if we succeed, we will be able to make a larger contribution in solving the tuition problem.
As we delved deeper into mobile, and the power of connecting people with an ever-connected smart phone, we realized that by marrying the fun and engagement of mobile games, we could unleash the innate competitive nature of us humans. Thanks to our partnered success with huge publishers like Miniclip and Spry Fox, we built a unique multiplayer service that grabbed the attentions of millions around the world.
In 9 months, we have seen tremendous success on our our multiplayer platform. We attracted investors - Middle East Venture Partners and Rising Tide Fund to fund our Series A. Our success attracted the best people in the industry to join us in solving the broken experience of making games more fun when played with others.
All this success, led us to think about who we are, what are our aspirations as a company are, who we truly represent, and how we want to be perceived by consumers. decided to launch ourselves as a new company.
We homed in on the name Fuel Powered- a name that represents what we bring to the mobile game industry, and our vision for delivering delightful experiences by connecting consumers with each other through a powerful common bond - the games they love.
Everything leading up to the launch of Fuel Powered has been humbling, yet an incredible accomplishment. The dedicated team behind Fuel Powered has settled for nothing less than creating a world-class platform that will take mobile multiplayer to uncharted territories and delight players around the world.
We're proud to have built outstanding technology that continues to challenge and push the boundaries of social experiences on mobile. It's been a massive undertaking, but the results speak for themselves.
Fuel Powered's vision is to enable developers to continuously delight their gamers through personalized experiences and features based on our deep insights into player behavior. Fuel Powered is also an attitude that drives all the crucial decisions we make in order to do work we're proud of. Fuel Powered has become the verb of choice when discussing how to enhance our partner's games and how we approach the creation of memorable experiences for their players.
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Feds subpoena Metro Detroit witnesses for Kwame Kilpatrick's trial
More than 100 witnesses served subpoenas to testify in former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's federal trial
DETROIT – Federal agents have been making their way across Metro Detroit to deliver notices to witnesses in the Kwame Kilpatrick conspiracy trial.
The former Detroit mayor's federal trial begins Sept. 6. Now, more than 100 people in Metro Detroit are finding out they are being called to the witness stand in the criminal case.
Subpoenas are being delivered all over town for The United States of America v. Kwame M. Kilpatrick. Former FBI boss and current director of the Detroit Crime Commission, Andy Arena, says it's not a request, it's an order.
Complete coverage: Kwame Kilpatrick's federal trial
"You either show up or the Marshals will come and get you," Arena said.
The letter attached starts with "Dear witness," and ends with instructions to clear the calendar and be ready to testify between Sept. 6 and Dec. 31. The letter also lists what is expected of a witness. The No. 1 expectation is in bold letters: Tell the truth.
"You can't be scared of the system. I mean, this is your duty and responsibility as a citizen," said Arena. "If you're a witness, come in and tell the truth."
The subpoena tells the witness to read over their grand jury testimony and/or written reports about the case prior to arriving in court, and not to get upset if attorneys test his or her credibility in cross examination.
"Credibility is a major issue in this trial. That's going to be a focus of the defense, credibility of the witness," said Local 4 legal expert Todd Flood. "You can rest assure that they are going to attack witnesses who say, 'Hey, listen, I was extorted,' when, in fact, they may be the extorter."
Finally, the subpoena warns witnesses not to talk in front of jurors and not to compare or share testimony with other witnesses.
Because of the complexity of the case, not everyone who gets a subpoena will actually testify. However, they will have to stay in close contact with the court in case prosecutors or defense attorneys choose to use them on the witness stand.
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Christian McCaffrey of Stanford wins 2015 Paul Hornung Award
There's no doubt that Stanford sophomore Christian McCaffrey is the most versatile player in college football this season. The Heisman trophy finalist was named the 2015 Paul Hornung Award recipient Wednesday, which honors the sport's most versatile player.
McCaffrey, who was also named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year, broke Barry Sanders' 1988 single-season FBS all-purpose yards record (3,250) when he totaled 3,496 this year.
"I am beyond blessed and humbled to be named the Paul Hornung Award winner," McCaffrey said in a news release. "To be mentioned in the same breath with the award's previous winners and Mr. Hornung, one of most versatile players ever to play the sport, is incredible."
McCaffrey, who graduated from Valor Christian High School in 2013, is also a finalist for the Doak Walker Award, the Maxwell Award and the Walter Camp Award.


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Chicken Carrot Pilaf
Total TimePrep: 20 min. Cook: 20 min.
Makes6 servings
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into thin strips
- 1/4 cup butter, cubed
- 1-1/2 cups uncooked long grain rice
- 5 medium carrots, sliced
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1/2 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1/4 cup chopped sweet red pepper
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
- In a large skillet, brown chicken in butter until no longer pink. Remove and keep warm. In the same skillet, add the rice, carrots, onion, mushrooms and red pepper. Cook and stir until rice is browned and onion is tender.
- Stir in broth. Place chicken over rice mixture. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20-25 minutes or until rice is tender. Stir in parsley. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.
Nutrition Facts1 cup: 362 calories, 10g fat (5g saturated fat), 62mg cholesterol, 755mg sodium, 46g carbohydrate (6g sugars, 3g fiber), 21g protein.
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I thought this was an easy meal and really enjoyed the simplicity of it. Tasted like comfort food.
Nov 6, 2018
Very bland even after adding spices.
Jul 18, 2014
I make this all the time. Good dish for kids. Doesn't have much seasoning, but still very satisfying.
Aug 19, 2012
I've made this recipe several times now for my family and they all really like it. A good simple weekday dinner. However, I don't add the red pepper till the last 5 min when the dish is standing, since I don't it them to be mushy, which they will be if added before boiling. Browning the rice as the recipe calls for keeps the rice from clumping when cooked. This recipe is even easier when precooked chicken strips are used.
May 16, 2010
Very Good Meal!
May 6, 2010
Yes, very easy to make but, as written, it is extremely bland. Parsley was the only herb or spice and, when I tasted it before serving, I felt like it needed more of something. Had to add salt, pepper, Italian seasoning and garlic powder. A little crunch would have been nice too .... maybe water chestnuts or celery. It's a good basic recipe with a lot of potential and I might make it again, but not as written without adjustments.
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This recipe was easy to make, and all 5 of my children really enjoyed it.


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An Old South garden charms in Charleston
'Debutante' camellias. 'Lady Banks' roses. 'Little Gem' magnolias. Even the flowers collected in the garden at Ben and Cindy Lenhardt's exquisitely restored 1743 home in Charleston's historic district are the essence of Southern gentility.
Ben—a retired businessman who has been an avid digger in the dirt since he planted his first marigold seeds at age 10—is chairman of the national Garden Conservancy. The organization is to gardens what the National Trust for Historic Preservation is to buildings, preserving exceptional ones and allowing the public rare glimpses of fine private gardens through its popular Open Days program. Waving off compliments about his own handiwork, Ben rhapsodizes about gardens as living art: "It's the most difficult art form because it changes. It takes an appreciation of balance, color, and different kinds of plant materials with strong -architectural components—all of which must be coordinated with the changing seasons to create a symphony of color, beauty, and -tranquility."
Climbing white roses bloom on the home's colonial-style fence, behind which is a small boxwood parterre with crushed oyster-shell paths. Against a backdrop of a ligustrum tree pruned to show its beautiful Oriental branching structure are planted dwarf white Indian hawthorn and pink camellias in pleasing contrast.
From here, visitors to the garden go down one step to a carriageway and on to rear garden rooms. Nearby is a small space with a dazzling whitebud tree, which many visitors have never seen before. A garden opening directs the eye to a focal point, an old stone mooring post. Rowboats were once tied to the post, which was discovered while digging in the garden when the Lenhardts restored the home. "We learned the house was at the edge of a creek [which no longer exists] that led to the Cooper River, where a man-of-war ship might be waiting," Ben explains.
Ben's garden design was influenced by Loutrel Briggs, a landscape architect who in the 1930s began designing gardens for Charlestonians and northerners wintering in Charleston. "To make them appear bigger and create more interest, he used different levels," Ben notes.
The post anchors the top of the ahh-producing variegated green 17th-century parterre next to the brick kitchen house, covered in climbing white roses. Only white blooms can be glimpsed from this area. The effect, Ben says, makes the garden glow in moonlight. In keeping with English tradition that influenced early Charleston, the parterre can be seen from the home's upper windows. Juxtaposed against its formality is an informal kitchen house garden with silver germander, sage, and dainty flowering serissa. An espaliered magnolia climbs the walls; potato vine (with blossoms less prosaic than its name) hugs its corner.
From here, two steps lead up to a level where surprises await—a cutting garden and an exotic garden with ginger lilies and rice paper plants. The cutting garden is planted with boxwood and southern yew hedges; it leads to the garden house, formerly a privy. Finally, like a flare of trumpets heralding arrival, entry posts and finials on a hedge wall announce a period "Charleston garden." Here the Lenhardts love to entertain on a carpet of St. Augustine grass amid white, purple, blue, and pink flowers. The garden is on the Garden Conservancy Open Days program May 25, coinciding with Charleston's Spoleto Festival.
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Produced by Andrea Caughey
Nestled amid bluestones is a delightful nosegay of 'Bronze Beauty' ajuga.
Front Parterre
Behind the historic home's colonial-style fence is a small parterre, which is planted with boxwood, ivy, and dwarf mondo grass.
Lovingly restored, the 1743 Georgian is one of the earlier homes in historic Charleston.
White Blooms
As befits its restrained English style, many of the blooms in the garden are white. (Gardeners often remind us that green and white are colors!)
An old mooring post is a focal point here, set against the backdrop of a towering camphor tree.
Homeowners Ben and Cindy Lenhardt.
Garden Bench
In the period "Charleston garden," a Lutyens-style bench is flanked by graceful urns. Enclosed with brick-and-stucco walls, the garden is a tranquil place to entertain.
One of the 'Iceberg' roses that climb the kitchen house wall.
Formal Parterre
Ben designed the space in the manner of 17th-century English-patterned gardens. Note a charming relic, the mooring post, by the hedge.
Garden House
The picturesque structure was formerly a privy.
Potted petunias, geraniums, violas, and roses form an elegant grouping.
Cascading Blooms
Cascading blooms give the grounds a lush look.
The textures of foliage add to the garden's understated elegance.


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Saturday, March 12, 2011
Patch overload
Patches are a good thing when they fix bugs. Change is good when it adds new features, or improves existing ones, or addresses deficiencies. It seems to me that WoW has been getting more patches more quickly as time goes by. Again, that's not a bad thing. What "bugs" me, if you will forgive the pun, are the never ending balancing changes.
Yes, I've just about had it with this so-called "class balancing". Just look at hunters, for example. Multishot was fine, in my opinion, in Wrath of the Lich King. They nerfed it to the ground in Cataclysm. Now, in patch 4.1, they are preparing to buff it again. Even hunter's resource system, focus, was initially adopted in WoW Alpha, to be dropped in favor of mana, and then to be reverted years later to focus. Nice. Couldn't they have kept focus from the beginning?
It seems that lately I've been in a foul mood regarding WoW. I just feel like I can't keep up with these myriad of tiny class balancing changes which every patch brings. This is especially amplified when you are playing most of the 10 classes. Keeping track of all that information? Fuggedaboutit.
Can't Blizzard just make up their minds and say, ok we're done with major changes to class mechanics? Small tweaks here and there I can understand and have nothing against. But dammit, every time I re-learn how to play my class, there's some big overhaul which requires me to start over. My brain is beginning to overheat, and I'm not kidding you.
Since I'm already on the subject, do you know what I think messes everything up in WoW? PvP. I've disliked PvP in WoW from the beginning but with every patch I'm reminded that this is one of the biggest causes for these major skill and mechanics changes. It's not the concept of PvP itself, but rather the fact that classes have to use the same set of talents in PvP as in PvE. Hence, it is impossible to ever balance this game properly. Hear this: the classes in World of Warcraft will be eternally unbalanced as long as PvP and PvE share the same talent set.
To be fair, I think that Blizzard has also been sliding down the slippery slope of class equality for some time now. In trying to make all the classes do the same damage, heal the same amount and tank with the same efficiency, they've made it such that even a 1% advantage in, say, damage that one class might have over another, is met with endless QQ from the less fortunate class.
Look, I don't give a crap if that warrior is doing 5% more damage than my hunter, with comparable equipment. I'm having fun playing the hunter, he's having fun playing the warrior. Fun should be all that matters here because, after all, it's just a damn game. It's not like someone's paying me to be at the top of the meters.
I vaguely remember that once, long ago, classes were specialized. Some tanks were very good for single targets while others were good at AoE tanking. Some healers were good at tank healing while others excelled at group healing. Some DPS were good at hitting single targets really hard while others were experts at mowing down entire hordes of enemies but in turn were relatively inefficient with single targets. Personally I don't see anything wrong in having specialized classes. These days, we're all "balanced". In fact, looking at any past, present and future patch, not really.
Going back to PvP for a second, I'm of the opinion that there should at least be a separate talent tree for PvP or something that shouldn't interfere with PvE in the slightest. There is no way all in the nine hells that WoW's classes will ever be completely balanced as long as PvP and PvE share the same talents. 20 years from now, if WoW will still be alive, patch 15.3 will contain yet another overhaul of how class X behaves or how certain skills are used.
So yeah, woohoo, I can't wait for patch 4.1... and patch 4.2... and... Wait, no, I CAN wait.
14 comments:
- Unknown said...
i agree 100% with everything you said.
that's why i quit WoW
- March 14, 2011 at 7:50 AM
I'll second that. Nothing has been more frustrating than having to relearn how to play a class ever couple of patches, then multiplying that by the five classes or so I regularly play. Personally, the worst part is when they make changes that suck all the fun out of playing. My Pally was my favorite in Wrath, and now with all of the changes and the mess they've made, I've essentially bencher him until they figure out what they're doing. Personally, i've found this to be a tough expansion. I've been playing WoW for six years and not finding much to hold my attention. I find myself just playing the AH and not actually playing the content.
- March 14, 2011 at 8:12 AM
- Darth Solo said...
@nikto77 lol straight to the point! I like that.
@Mike yeah my paladin was also fun to play in Wrath and I invested a lot in his equipment but they changed him too much in Cata and I don't feel like touching him anymore.
- March 14, 2011 at 8:38 PM
Yo Darth, I came back to your blog while checking and cleaning-up my Firefox favorites :)
Your post can be summarized in few words:
"WoW players are lifetime beta-testers"
I've managed to stop playing the game because.. .well, I was wasting my hours for repetitive stuff only (AH, dailies, grinding, ...).
When I get some time to play a videogame I now focus on "short stuff". Be it a FPS, an adventure, whatever... I play stuff where I don't have any "psychological" pressure to keep doing better, upgrading or grinding in any way.
MMO's are the bane of real life, but that's my personal opinion after speding 4 years in WoW :)
Let me add one last thing: the worst thing EVER that Blizz added was a completely random, crappy and "untrackable" LFD tool. It became the paradise of greedy, rude and immature players.
That too helped (a lot) when deciding to remove woW from my gaming life.
- March 15, 2011 at 6:35 AM
- Darth Solo said...
"WoW players are lifetime beta-testers"
You've put it more eloquently in a single sentence. That's so very true.
I only partially agree with your opinion of the LFD tool. While it has it's share of inadequacies, I don't regret it one bit. It should have been in the game from the beginning. At least, they are working to improve it.
- March 15, 2011 at 7:57 PM
- Unknown said...
Exactly why I am playing rift now.
- March 19, 2011 at 6:56 PM
- Darth Solo said...
@Paul but is Rift bug-free? Is it balanced? I'm just asking because I have no idea but usually new games still have their share of bugs. WoW unfortunately isn't new anymore so classes should have been balanced to a large extent a long time ago.
- March 20, 2011 at 12:52 PM
- Unknown said...
it's not bug free, no game is. I dont do a whole lot of PVP but, the pve is great. They took alot of elements from other games and combined them and it feels unique without feeling like a rip off.
- March 22, 2011 at 4:23 PM
- Darth Solo said...
Well, by "bug-free" I mostly mean "playable". I'm happy that Rift proved so successful. WoW really needs some competition.
- March 22, 2011 at 6:58 PM
I certainly understand the frustration, but I've noticed with this and many other games that the top tier of players don't complain about class re-balancing, they just adapt.
I think that it keeps the game a bit more fresh; it shouldn't be set one way and never change, and as new content comes in through expansions and such it will impact class balance.
I think people are all making valid points on here. But also, the game didn't create greedy, rude, immature players, they were always there; we just see it in another way.
Trade chat is a mess, for example. All games are having to deal with this (well except ffxiv, because nobody is on there to act up, haha). Rift so far is just as bad. Pretty much all non-WoW games you have to hear this stupid comment "go back to WoW". Like it is such a comment-buster.
- March 24, 2011 at 5:44 PM
- Darth Solo said...
I have a suspicion that Blizzard is also happy to keep making these massive class overhauls periodically, ad-nauseum, because like you said, it keeps the game "fresh". In other words it gives the illusion that the game evolves. That's all good, except some of us have started to become weary of all these changes.
Trade chat is a mess indeed but, to be honest, I'd rather have the current mess than no trade chat at all. Some people turn trade chat off but I keep it on all the time because occasionally I can snatch a good deal if something interesting catches my eye.
- March 24, 2011 at 8:23 PM
Yeah, that's certainly true. And I see plenty of good questions that come up from people that others will just berate, and I'm happy to help out. Sometimes there is good conversation too.
- March 29, 2011 at 3:32 PM
- Unknown said...
Hey darth solo, i have a invite if you want a rift trial. send me an email pauldotgillettatgmaildotcom
- April 2, 2011 at 3:15 AM
- Darth Solo said...
Hey Paul thanks!
- April 2, 2011 at 11:38 AM


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Lipscomb senior distance runner Alexander McMeen along with a number of teammates are on a mission trip to Haiti. The following is an update from McMeen on the trip.
It is 6 a.m. and after months of planning, the day finally arrived for our journey to Haiti. The three rental cars were packed and ready for the 12 of us to make the 15-hour haul to Miami. Little did we know that just hours before we added a 13th member to the group. As we gathered yesterday morning to pray, we were told of the news that teammate Matt Deery had passed away the night before. Silence filled the air. It was as if someone simultaneously punched us all in the stomach. It couldn't be true. Matt was a warrior, a super human athlete, who was seemingly invincible. He was our friend, teammate, and brother. He was the teammate that any team would be lucky to have, hardworking, humble and incredibly encouraging. Matt busted it 24/7. As we stood in shock, we knew we had to press on, for Matt wouldn't have wanted it any other way. After we managed to get ourselves into the cars, it was as if we were instantly in Miami. We headed to the hotel room for a much needed recharge after our whirlwind of a day.
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The pressing deadline was among the many challenges cited by government officials and local sector parties yesterday on the second and final day of Mexico WindPower 2014.
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"Attention now centres on parliament," said Ramón Fiestas, chair of the Global Wind Energy Council's (GWEC) Latin American section.
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