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It was a thin, pathetic little fox terrier that wandered onto Mom and Dad's farm a few months ago.
Less than a year old, she was obviously homeless and hadn't eaten much in a long time. But despite her hard-luck life, the dog was very friendly. She stole the hearts of her new human companions.
Foxy, as she's now known, has gained some weight, is joyfully bouncy, has made some new doggy friends, and seems perfectly at home in her new environment.
For all of us, house and home mean security, warmth, and a sense of belonging. Unlike our animal friends, of course, we must consider economic issues that impact our housing choices and situations.
|Lora Bray is research librarian at CUNA.
It's important, therefore, to remember that in mortgage lending there's more at stake than a simple refinance, first home purchase, or "routine" foreclosure process. Emotions are an important part of real estate transactions—each such experience is far from routine from the member's perspective. Our sensitivity to this will be rewarded with member loyalty, repeat business, and referrals.
Homeownership and housing trends prevail in this week's research findings. Let's walk through the front door and say hello!
"Despite the fact that the number of homeless people was essentially unchanged between 2009 and 2011, there is much reason for concern… Economic and demographic indicators linked to homelessness continue to be troubling… and effects of the poor economy… are escalating and are expected to continue to do so over the next few years," reports the National Alliance to End Homelessness in "The State of Homelessness in America 2012."
We know living expenses vary by location. This topic is explored in "Worldwide Cost of Living 2012: Which City is the Most Expensive to Live in? Which City is the Cheapest?" by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Check your wallet before moving to Zurich, the world's most expensive city. Tokyo claims the second-place prize.
What variables do your members evaluate when considering how much of their income to spend on housing? Are your members inclined to over-extend themselves, or could they perhaps accept more debt?
Life on the farm also gets a mention this week. "Trends in U.S. Farmland Values and Ownership" by the USDA Economic Research Service examines the economy's effect in rural areas:
"In the past few years, U.S. farmland values have been supported by strong farm earnings, which have helped the farm sector in many regions to withstand the residential housing downturn. Historically low interest rates are likely a significant contributor to farming's current ability to support higher land values."
In 2011, the number of farms in the U.S. was estimated at 2.2 million, a slight decrease from 2010, according to "Farms, Land in Farms, and Livestock Operations: 2011 Summary," also by the USDA.
You'll learn here that "Farm numbers and land in farms are broken down into five economic sales classes… Sales class breaks occur at $10,000, $100,000, $250,000, and $500,000."
Is your credit union involved in agricultural lending? In your mortgage portfolio, how do rural residences perform compared with those from urban settings?
Refinance roundup
Refinancing is an important part of the housing scene. "Fact Sheet: President Obama Announces New Steps to Provide Housing Relief to Veterans and Servicemembers and Help More Responsible Homeowners Refinance" issued by The White House, summarizes strategies aimed at supporting a housing market recovery.
They include:
* Extension of foreclosure protections for servicemembers serving in harm's way under the Servicemember Civil Relief Act;
* Provision of compensation for servicemembers wrongfully charged excessive interest rates after a valid request to lower the rate; and
* Short-sale agreements and deficiency waivers shall be provided to "servicemembers who were forced to sell their home for less than they owe on their mortgage due to PCS (Permanent Change in Station), but who are not eligible for HAP (Homeowners' Assistance Program)."
For more on refinances, see "FHA Announces Price Cuts to Encourage Streamline Refinancing" by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
It says potential "borrowers need to be current on their existing FHA-insured mortgages which were endorsed on or before May 31, 2009… By refinancing through this streamlined process, it's estimated that the average qualified FHA-insured borrower will save approximately $3,000 a year or $250 per month."
Is your credit union affected by these refinancing situations in any way?
Some borrowers might feel left out in the cold, according to "Government-Mandated Down Payments Would Block Creditworthy Home Buyers,"by the Center for Responsible Lending.
"As federal regulators consider setting down-payment standards on new mortgages, a new study shows such rules could push 60 percent of creditworthy borrowers into high-cost loans or out of the market altogether."
For another angle on mortgages, see "Mortgage Loan Fraud Reports of Suspicious Activity Rose in Third Quarter 2011 Compared With Third Quarter 2010,"by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
It reports, "As housing markets look to recover, criminals persist in their efforts to prey on struggling homeowners while financial institutions continue to uncover apparent fraud as they work through their portfolios of earlier mortgages now in default."
"Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home." Whether your members live on a farm or in the penthouses of Zurich, they need confidence in their mortgage lender.
Know the housing trends, and be the institution that makes the difference!
LORA BRAY is a research librarian in CUNA's business-to-business publishing department.


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Janet Virginia Garrity, who enrolled in college at age 47 and went on to earn a master's degree in social work, died of heart disease Tuesday at Brightview Assisted Living in Towson. She was 81 and lived in Salisbury.
Born Janet Virginia Green in Baltimore, she was raised on Chesley Avenue in Hamilton and attended Hamilton Elementary School, where she met her future husband, Robert J. Garrity. She was a 1950 Eastern High School graduate but did not pursue a plan to go to St. Mary's College because her father had recently died. As a young woman, she was a fashion model and was photographed for newspapers as she modeled for local retailers.
In 1951, she and Mr. Garrity married at Hamilton's Episcopal Church of the Messiah, where they both had been active. She raised a family, two sons and a daughter, and lived in Parkville and Hamilton. She became a Parkville Girl Scout leader.
When her youngest child was completing his high school education, she decided that she would return to school and earn the college degree she had postponed. She had dreams of becoming a social worker.
In 1979, when she was 47, she enrolled at Prince George's Community College, where she took a few courses before enrolling at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
"She waited for all of us to finish our schooling and then she went back," said her daughter, Debra V. McKenna of Baltimore. "She was hesitant at first because of her age, but she didn't have any problems."
Her son, Michael W. Garrity, a Northeast resident, remembered her first day in college. "She worried that she would be an outcast," he said. "My father and I dropped her off, and when we went back to pick her up, she was arm-in-arm with five other students. We asked her how come in the morning she was afraid. She said that was nothing. She had already made friends."
She graduated with a degree in psychology and immediately enrolled at the master's program at the Catholic University of America in Washington.
"The professors loved her," said her son, a business owner and consultant. "They would assign readings or a book, and she actually completed the work."
After she received her master's degree in social work, she worked in that field in Prince George's County and later in Worcester County. She worked with families and in foster care.
Mrs. Garrity, a soprano, sang with the Sweet Adelines. She enjoyed sewing and made banners for her church. She also enjoyed camping and touring the U.S.
She and her husband lived in Salisbury and were members of Holy Spirit Episcopal Church.
"She was an outgoing person who was good to sit and talk with," said her rector, the Rev. Glenn Duffy. "The world would be a better place if there more people like her. The last time I saw her, I shook her hand. She said, 'That's not good enough. I need a hug and a kiss.' "
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Church of the Messiah, 5801 Harford Road in Hamilton.
In addition to her husband of 62 years, son and daughter, she is survived by another son, Robert J. Garrity Jr. of Dallas; a brother, Robert Green of Northeast; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

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German turbine maker Enercon will offer its latest 2.5MW E-115 (rotor diameter 115 metres) model developed for low wind conditions with concrete-steel hybrid towers reaching hub heights up to 149 metres. This adds up to a 206.5 metre total tip height.
Until now 200 metres has been considered the maximum installation height. Due to aeronautical concerns some expert claim it to be a "legal" limit in some countries and wind markets such as Belgium and Germany.
A representative of ATS said at EWEA 2013 that his company is working on a project with 2.3MW Kenersys turbines featuring a 120-metre rotor diameter. The total installation height is believed to be in a similar range or higher than the Enercon turbine.
Dedicated low wind speed turbines in combination with high towers are increasingly considered crucial for exploiting many geographical locations in the world — such as forests — previously considered unfit for cost-effective power generation.


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An Introduction to Inflatable Hospitals
Just a few days since the 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, three inflatable tents—each measuring over 1,000m2 in floor space—arrive at the airport in Katmandu. Folded and deflated upon arrival, each tent weighs 2,600 lbs and requires 10 people to carry it from the plane to a waiting truck, which begins a slow and difficult journey to the relief site in the mountainous Gorkha district. Upon its arrival, staff work frantically in shifts throughout the following days and nights to set up a fully-functioning inflatable tent hospital.


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|Researchers are studying the brain and behavior of a woman known as SM. She lives in a world without fear -- a condition the researchers believe is due to a lack of function in her amygdala. In research involving snakes, spiders, horror movies, and haunted houses, the researchers are exploring her world and trying to gain a better understanding of what fear is and the role it plays in our lives. A report on their work is published this week in the journal Current Biology.


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76 H A S K I N S & SELLS October Business and/or Politics in Europe BY M . P. SWAN (For several years until recently on the staff of the Paris Office) THE writer has been asked by the editor of the Bulletin to contribute something regarding the general political and business situation in Europe at present, the progress being made by American capital, and the opportunity for development of American business there. The first thought which occurs to anybody attempting to write on the above subjects is that so much useless as well as useful material has been already contributed along these lines by various persons of varying degrees of competence, experience, judgment, and rashness, that it requires a certain amount of courage to try once more the patience and forbearance of readers by inflicting one's views or opinions on them. How many times have we all read of this or that economist, banker, or big business man making a tour of Europe, studying conditions there, and after a sojourn for a few brief weeks, finding a ready-made cure for all its ills, social, economic, and political? But in all the host of would-be helpers of Europe how many false prophets have arisen and since been forgotten? We all know that the best brains of Europe, and for that matter of the whole world, have been working unceasingly and untiringly during the past six years on the many problems left in the wake of the great war, and that if these problems had not been inherently difficult and almost unsusceptible of solution, they would long since have solved them. If we have learned anything at all from the lessons of the past few years, it is not to be rashly optimistic, nor too despondent, but rather to preserve confidence and look to conservatism as our guide. Politics and business are so closely and inextricably associated in Europe, and the reactions of the former so noticeable on the latter that any attempt to discuss business conditions without briefly surveying the political causes underlying them would be unsatisfactory. This statement would seem at first sight perhaps an exaggeration, but a single instance will suffice to emphasize its accuracy and importance. A certain importer, we will say, whose business is located in France, may have ceased, or at least largely curtailed his purchases in the United States, and the question arises, "Why?" The answer, in a large proportion of the cases, is that the dollar exchange rate is so unfavorable that he simply cannot afford to purchase in America, and must either turn his attention to countries with whom the franc is in better standing, or otherwise go out of business. If we pursue the question a little further and want to know why the exchange rates are unfavorable, after some thought and having made due allowance for other influences, such as trade balances, financial policy, paper circulation, etc., which might reasonably be expected to influence the exchange rates, we are forced to the conclusion that in a very large measure, political events have shaped the exchange movement, with a corresponding reaction on business. In November, 1918, with the conclusion of the armistice and the subsequent signing of peace in June, 1919, the whole world heaved an immense sigh of relief, and concluded that the reign of brotherly love and good-will among men had commenced. Those alive today know how much bitterness and disappointment those unfulfilled hopes have caused. The attempts to put into operation and enforce the treaty provisions have held up before our eyes, on the one hand a Germany unable, or unwilling, or both, to meet her obligations loyally, and on the other hand that of the Allied Governments, whose soldiers had fought together a common foe, at odds with one another
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Saturday, November 19, 2011
Where to Start
I know you're out there. You browse the photos, the recipe names, and the little stories ... but you don't make any of the recipes. You want to (you really do!), but you find you don't have the time or the energy, and organic stuff is just too expensive.
You *can* do this. If you want to change the way you - and your family - eat, it's not that hard ... but it does help to know where to start.
Here are some of my favourite recipes that are easy on time, energy and budgets!
1. Make your own toasted muesli. You can cook up a batch on the weekend, and have it all week long. Homemade toasted muesli/granola is fresher, you can add whatever you like best, and it's probably got a lot less fat than the store-bought stuff.
2. One of my favourite things to do in the morning is make myself a cup of coffee and enlist Nelle to help make muffins. This is a great way to not only have a yummy breakfast but also have some parent/child activity time first-thing.
My fave recipe is sweet potato muffins ('cos you don't even have to grate the sweet potatoes!), but a close second is my Whatever You've Got muffins - which you can make with any number of ingredients.
If you haven't tried getting the kids to help out in the kitchen, then making muffins is a good place to start. You can even get all the ingredients sorted the night before if you like, so in the morning the kids can assemble ... you put the muffins in the oven while everyone gets dressed and ready ... and then voila!
1. School lunches can be tricky, because you want to find that balance between stuff that's going to give the kids good energy and stuff that they'll actually eat. My tip is small amounts of lots of different things, which is why I use a craft box for Nelle's lunch.
But whatever you do, I recommend trying to include a variety of colours, flavours, textures - and in general trying to make lunches look as pretty as possible. Because like Paula commented recently, 'we eat with our eyes first'.
This can be the trickiest meal of the day, because who isn't tired after a day of whatever constitutes work for you personally. To be honest, the days I have Nelle for the whole day can sometimes be the most exhausting - and by dinnertime I'm so uninspired I feel like ordering pizza.
So here are some time-and-energy saving ideas for great dinners:
1. This is a great sesame pasta dish that takes 10 minutes and is a great veggie-sneaking device. Heh heh.
2. One of my favourite pasta dishes is so elegant and so yummy, you'd never guess how easy it is. I make pasta with pepitas (which takes about 10 minutes) every week or two.
3. Who didn't grow up with tomato soup (and toasted cheese sandwiches)? It's comfort food for cool weather or days home from school. My version takes only about as long as it would to warm up a can of the stuff we grew up with ... but uses tomato puree instead.
4. These are a staple for my little one, and the homemade version of baked beans (with rice/potato/or toast) can be made in 10-20 minutes with a fraction of the salt etc in the canned version.
5. Pizza was meant for cheating. Even if you buy premade crusts, top them yourself, and bake, you'll have a much better pizza than takeaway ones. If you have some naan breads on-hand (and you *should*), you can have a delish garlic naan pizza in less than 15 minutes.
Snacks, desserts, and breakfast goodies
(That won't make the kids go nuts)
Because I've got a sweet tooth, oh yes indeed. And so does my daughter. But I don't want her sugared up to the eyeballs, so these are some of the goodies we make most often in our house. My stipulation is that food (even dessert) should have *some* nutritive value ... and all of these recipes do.
1. This is why you should *always* have frozen bananas in your freezer. Buy up when they're on special, or turning brown, and you'll be happy you did. Especially when you make your first batch of frozen-banana ice cream
2. Or this awesome combo: Choc-Avo smoothie
3. Most families of young kids will have applesauce in the fridge ... a really simple dessert (that seems far more extravagant than it is) is this deconstructed apple crumble.
4. Cookies are great because they're quick to mix up and quick to bake and they satisfy all those sweet cravings. My favourite cookies include more healthy stuff, yes, but the kids won't notice. (My dad didn't)
5. How can you pass up some fresh fruit in season?
6. And last but not least, if you keep puff pastry in your freezer, you are only about 20-30 minutes away from a beautiful super-quick pastry using the fruit (or veggie) of your choice.
Hopefully this will inspire you out there to *get started*! Let us know if you give any of these a go this week, or if you have any great go-to recipes to share. We all love hearing from you!
Amanda xx
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- Paula said... [Reply to comment]
Gorgeous meal & snack ideas...please come to my house and make all of the above for me! :)
Seriously though...I am going to pick up some dried fruit this week and make your muuesli.
I love making a pot of home-made beans (in the oven not a crock-pot) and usually have them with a little ham for dinner with home-made bread (toasted). Then I love them for breakfast with some fried eggs. We just had a pot earlier this month. I've got a box of puff pastry in my freezer and I just may make your emergency breakkie but I'll probably ruin it with Nutella slathered all over it :)
- November 19, 2011 at 11:08 PM
Hi Amanda
I'm a new reader of your blog and its so helpful. I love all the healthy delicious recipe ideas as I'm keen to include more vegetarian meals in our diet and always trying to reduce processed stuff. I'm dying to try the pepita pasta but have to wait til shopping day for Parmesan! I got some lovely organic roadside produce today so I'm busy in the kitchen :-)
- November 20, 2011 at 1:28 AM
- chinmayie @ love food eat said... [Reply to comment]
Love this post! It's really helpful :) I went back and checked so many more of your recipes bacause of this! Thanks
- November 20, 2011 at 1:43 AM
- sherilyn @ Wholepromise said... [Reply to comment]
Such great advice and information... I need to try that pasta with the pepitas.. It looks so good....
- November 20, 2011 at 6:23 AM
Great post, so many meals to try. Inspiring stuff :)
- November 20, 2011 at 4:31 PM
- Steph Bond-Hutkin said... [Reply to comment]
What a fabulous post Amanda! Reminds me of all the things I have been meaning to make. I still can't' believe that the smoothie doesn't taste like avocado - amazing.
- November 20, 2011 at 8:11 PM
Thank you for the lovely comments! You all have made my day :)
- November 20, 2011 at 10:45 PM


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Dir/scr: Judd Apatow. US. 2012. 134mins
Using two characters from his 2007 hit Knocked Up to explore the challenges of youngish parenthood, comedy impresario Judd Apatow shows his more reflective (though still R-rated) side in This Is 40. There are enough effective moments - comic and sometimes dramatic - to keep the film moving pleasantly along, but the rambling feel might in the end make this one of Apatow's more middling box office performers.
Perhaps the film's most enjoyable aspect is its supporting cast, much of it drawn from what's almost become the Apatow repertory company.
Worldwide distributor Universal opens the film on the busy pre-Christmas weekend in the US and will be hoping that likeable leads (and Apatow regulars) Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann can lure at least a portion of the young couples crowd away from holiday shopping. The film may benefit from getting more space in the international marketplace, where openings follow in the first quarter of next year.
Directing from his own script for the first time since 2009's Funny People, Apatow introduces Rudd's indie record exec Pete, Mann's age-obsessed wife Debbie and their two daughters as a bickering but basically loving modern family.
However, over the course of the three-week story, bookended by Pete and Debbie's fortieth birthday parties, financial pressures, ageing parents and a rebellious teenage daughter start to threaten the family peace.
Apparently given license to improvise by their director, Rudd and Leslie produce some quick fire banter that sometimes works and sometimes goes on a bit too long. The comedy is mildly raunchy but never outrageous, taking in gags about vaginal and rectal exams and Viagra-assisted sex.
Perhaps the film's most enjoyable aspect is its supporting cast, much of it drawn from what's almost become the Apatow repertory company. Megan Fox plays Debbie's hot employee, Jason Segal is her creepy physical trainer, John Lithgow is her distant father and Albert Brooks plays Pete's needy dad. Fun cameos come from one time British new wave rocker Graham Parker and Melissa McCarthy, from the Apatow-produced Bridesmaids.
Production company: Universal Pictures
International distribution: Universal Pictures
Producers: Judd Apatow, Clayton Townsend, Barry Mendel
Executive producer: Paula Pell
Director of photography: Phedon Papamichael
Production designer: Jefferson Sage
Editor: Brent White
Music: Jon Brion
Website: www.thisis40movie.com
Main cast: Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, John Lithgow, Megan Fox, Albert Brooks


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There are three people in the Provost's Office on the third floor of Founders Hall, the Provost (Lauren Bowen), Assistant to the Provost (Joanne Krugh) and Assistant Provost (Celia Cook-Huffman)
Much of the work of the office is carried on by the many capable people in the Registrar's Office, Beeghly Library, Office of Academic Support Services, Writing Center, Center for International Education and by the faculty.
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Police Executive Research Forum to examine environmental and physical stresses and Body Armor performance; Study to identify materials that stand up to real world conditions and maintain intended levels of protection over time.
Baltimore, MD – H.P. White Laboratory, Inc., the world's largest independent test laboratory for body armor, has contracted to work with the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF; policeforum.org) to conduct comparative ballistics resistance testing on new and used law enforcement body armor for the research study: Physical and Environmental Effects on the Performance of Body Armor. The study is funded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and is designed to identify materials that stand up to a range of real-world physical and environmental stresses and maintain intended levels of protection over the life of body armor.
"HP White is honored to work with PERF and support the NIJ in its mission of advancing body armor design and the protection of law enforcement personnel," said Mike Parker, president of HP White. "This is critically important work that will give law enforcement empirical data on body armor performance over the life of the protective equipment."
The 18-month study will integrate data collected in a two phase process. In phase one, PERF will conduct a survey to evaluate how body armor is used, maintained and stored over time. In phase II, used soft body armor samples (and usage histories) will be collected from officers in 30 agencies across a range of US climates.
Through a series of abbreviated tests based on the NIJ 0101.06 standard, HP White will then conduct comparative evaluations to match the ballistics properties of used body armor samples against an equivalent control group of new body armor samples. These comparative data will identify the variables, with each used body armor sample, which contribute to armor failure.
HP White was the first NIJ certified ballistic laboratory, and has been actively involved in NIJ testing and standards development processes since the program's inception. Today, as a NVLAP accredited laboratory, HP White performs certification testing to specific NIJ body armor-performance standards through Certified Test Programs administered by the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC).
Founded in 1936 HP White is in its 75th year of operation and world renowned as the leading ballistic and ballistic resistance laboratory. The laboratory is located at 3114 Scarboro Road, in Street, Maryland.
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H.P. White Laboratory, Inc. is an independent ballistics and ballistics resistance laboratory. For 75 years, H.P. White has specialized in research and development, validation testing, certification and quality control evaluations of body and vehicular armor systems, sub-components and materials. H.P. White developed many of the ballistics resistance standards, processes and methods used today to test body and vehicular armor for a full scope of applications (law enforcement, military, personal protection), threats (stab, slice, bullet, explosive), and environments (urban, war time, extreme heat/cold). H.P. White's services add value throughout the entire supply chain, from research and development processes and product certification to production lot acceptance and post-production quality control. H.P. White serves the needs of Federal, State, Local and Foreign Government agencies, and the manufacturers dedicated to protecting the lives of law enforcement, war fighters, and civilians, globally.


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Lasagna gardening is a no-dig, no-spray way to start a garden
- Perhaps you should plant to try one this spring.
The first time someone called my office to ask about lasagna gardens, I was certain that they were trying to pull a fast one on me. I'd seen all the April Fools articles about marshmallow bushes and spaghetti trees, and I thought this was another gag. Turns out, though, this is a seriously neat way to start a new garden area without needing to dig up the existing sod or spraying herbicides to kill it.
Lasagna gardening is also known as "sheet composting," "sheet mulching," or "no-dig garden beds." This uncomplicated and easy gardening method is appropriate for everyone (including people who may be physically limited or unable to dig traditional garden beds). It's also a good way to convert grassy areas to gardens without using herbicides or tillers. The sod is left in place, where it gets converted into soil organic matter. The process can be done at any time and at any scale, even piecemeal as materials are available.
There are several benefits of lasagna gardening over composting. First, you don't need to buy or build bins, although some gardeners do use lumber or bricks to make a short raised bed and prevent the layers from spilling out. Also, there is no turning or aerating of the pile needed. Earthworms will work their way up through the wet cardboard and materials, and will aerate the bed for you.
Lasagna gardens, over time, create a high-quality soil without any of the drawbacks of tilling the garden. Tilling the soil can bring weed seeds to the surface, increasing your weed problems. If you are gardening on a slope, soil erosion is a concern. Over-tilling (often done with mini-tillers between the rows as a weed-control chore) can break down soil structure, and affect the levels of beneficial bacteria, fungi and earthworms.
The lasagna garden is built up from layers of brown and green organic matter.
Where and When to Start
Lasagna gardens are normally built several months before it's time to plant to give the materials time to decompose. However, for those of you who want to build one and plant this spring, I'll include a tip to do that successfully toward the end of this article.
Start by planning where you want to place this garden. A lasagna garden is not the most attractive thing you'll see in your landscape, so most gardeners tend to hide these in corners. Be sure, however, that the site is conducive to whatever you're growing (full sun for vegetables for example). Avoid installing the bed over tree roots, septic fields or other utilities.
The bed should be no wider than 4 feet. This way, you can reach the center from either side for planting or harvesting. The lasagna garden will be extremely loose and fluffy, and any walking on it will compress the material and decrease its usefulness.
The Recipe
The first layer of the lasagna garden should be corrugated cardboard. Large boxes from refrigerators or other appliances are ideal, but even smaller pieces can be used if they are overlapped. This layer blocks light from reaching the soil, preventing weed seedlings from penetrating. It also serves as a carbon source. If you can't get cardboard, use six to 10 sheets of newspaper, being sure to overlap the edges by 4 to 6 inches.
The cardboard needs to be moistened before laying it down; however, hosing down a sheet of cardboard rarely works well, as the water just runs off. Experienced gardeners tell me that filling a barrel or even a wheelbarrow with water and letting the cardboard soak in there will allow the water to penetrate.
Green organic matter can include garden waste, such as these chopped sweetpotato vines.
Next, place a layer of nitrogen-rich "green" yard waste, like grass clippings or fresh vegetable peelings. Compost or rotted manure can also be used. On top of this add a layer of carbon-rich "brown" material, such as dry leaves, sawdust, or straw; you can even use shredded paper, if you have access to large amounts of it. Each layer should be about 3 to 4 inches thick. Continue alternating layers until the bed is as tall as you desire (usually between 18 and 36 inches thick). Be sure to moisten down each layer with your garden hose to encourage decomposition.
When the bed is as high as you want, cover it with burlap, bark chips or sheets of plastic. This will keep the heat in, allowing decomposition to work faster. It also helps prevent the ingredients from blowing around the yard. Even with the covering, lasagna gardening is considered a "cold" decomposition process. The seed-killing temperatures we seek in compost piles (130 to 160 F) won't be reached in sheet composting. This means you need to be extra careful not to include weeds that have gone to seed when adding to your green layers.
Another item to avoid is any meat scraps, bones, grease or other animal products. As with standard compost piles, these materials draw rats and other vermin, and can become rancid and produce foul odors.
Normally, it would take about six months for this material to decompose well enough to plant in. For gardeners who wish to plant into the lasagna garden immediately, they can add a 2- to 3-inch layer of topsoil mixed with compost as the uppermost layer. Again, since we're not going to build up high temperatures as we would with a larger compost pile, there should be little risk to young seedlings.
Plant It Up
To plant into the bed, make a planting hole by pulling the layers apart with your hands. Set the plant in the hole, pull the materials back around the roots, and water thoroughly. If you want to plant seeds, spread fine compost or damp peat moss where the seeds are to go. Set the seeds on the surface and sift more fine material to cover them.
Spinach and radish plants thrive in a lasagna garden.
Over the course of the gardening season, the bed will shrink in height as the various materials decompose. This is expected, and is not a big problem. In the fall, rebuild the bed with alternating layers of "greens" and "browns," and let it decompose over the winter. Be aware, though, that as the various layers break down, there will be temporary deficiencies of mineral nutrients, so be prepared to side-dress your crops with garden fertilizer several times during the season.
Many gardeners will stockpile the raw "ingredients" of their lasagna garden during the off-season, so they don't have to scramble for it when they're ready to build the next section. Cardboard can be unfolded and stored flat in a garage or shed. Newspaper can be stacked and tied into neat, easily handled bundles. Dried leaves can be shredded with a lawnmower and stored in yard bags. During the winter, vegetable peelings and other kitchen scraps can be stored in airtight containers outside where it can freeze, but not be accessible to raccoons, rats and other vermin.
I hope you try lasagna gardening this year. Drop us a line and tell us how it worked!
A version of this article appeared in print in Indiana Gardening Volume VI Issue 2.
Photography by Patrick Byers.


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We ran in a team for our hospital. I lined up next to a teammate, a competitive runner I was friends with from medical school. I have a secret long-standing goal of wanting to beat him in a race (little did I know today would be the day). SR, of course, lined up at the front. He was, after all, the winner of this event last year.
The gun went off. As I started running, I just kept thinking about how I needed to keep a 7:08 pace the whole race. That was the fastest we figured I was capable of for 13.1 miles. I ran the first mile in 6:45 and felt really good. Somehow I believed I could keep it up. The second mile was even faster. It was a straight path over mud and bridges, mud and bridges. The miles flew by at first, but then I slowed down to a more than 7 minutes per mile pace. My knee started hurting and I found myself just wanting the race to be over. The knee has really been bothering me since the ultra 3 weeks ago. But, it wasn't just my knee; I was tired, really tired.
Aren't these races supposed to be fun??? Two women passed me. I was crushed. I kept telling myself to try to enjoy the race and do my best. But I wanted to get to the end to see SR and get home to see The Bois. I put the same Nik og Jay song on over and over to put myself in a trance, trying to go the same speed until the end and not get passed by another woman.
I finished in pain, in 6th place. 3 places higher than last year! I guess I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a good time.
My time was a minute and a half slower this year: 1h36m on the button, but it was most likely slower conditions. I was shocked to see the male winner of the race two years ago come in right behind me.
It took me a second to remember what I was doing and where I was. I realized SR would be around there somewhere. Then I spotted him. Step son and step daughter were there, too along with their mom. They got to see their dad win the race. SR seemed happier about that fact than about actually winning the race.
The most amazing part of the race was that someone found our camera at the end of the trail, where it had been sitting for a week (we thought we had lost it). They turned it on and saw a picture of SR, knew who he was and handed it to him.
On the way home, SR mentioned he was disappointed in both of us. His time was also a couple minutes slower than last year. He's the only person I know who would be disappointed in himself after winning such a big race. And he said he thought I could have gotten second. He just pushes both of us because he believes we can do well. And it makes us train harder. But all I knew was I was worn out; it was the ultra three weeks ago, the weight loss and, of course, The Bois. But, in the end, I'd be much more worn out if I didn't have the joy of running.
We gathered The Bois from the babysitter and went to take a nap. SR fell asleep immediately. I was so exhausted but buzzing from the race; I couldn't sleep. I just sobbed. I don't really know why.
I did think about how much I like ultras in contrast to half marathons. Today I missed the long, meandering trails through beautiful landscape. Maybe I'll focus more on ultras in the future (I've always felt I'd be more cut out for those) . We actually did just sign up for the 50k on Angel Island by San Francisco in July. Needless to say I'm excited about that.


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A political endorsement in the Maine Governor's race has sparked a war of words between campaign staffs of two gubernatorial hopefuls. The announcement came Thursday morning at the downtown Portland headquarter's of the state's largest gay rights advocacy group.
"On behalf of our 70,000 members in Maine, Equality Maine is very proud to announce our endorsement of Mike Michaud to be Maine's next governor," said Equality Maine's political director Ali Vander Zanden at a press conference in Portland.
She describes Democratic congressman Michaud, who came out as gay in November, as the best candidate to move Maine forward. She also talked about the opportunity to make history by electing America's first openly gay governor.
When asked if Equality Maine's decision would have been the same had Michaud not announced he was gay, Vander Zanden had this to say:
"We made the decision based on who was the best candidate for Maine's LGBT community and we feel strongly that Mike is that candidate," said Vander Zanden. "We know that he'll move Maine forward in the right direction, we know that he has a strong record of supporting the LGBT community, and whether or not he was gay that would be true."
"He is a listener, he's a bringer together of sides, he is going to be great," said Equality Maine activist Dale McCormick. She has been described as Maine's first openly gay politician and she held a sign saying "I Like Mike." She said she got to know and like Michaud when they served together in the state legislature back in '90s.
"So I got to see him up close and personal," she said.
It's Michaud's years in Augusta however that prompted one of his gubernatorial opponents to release a statement slamming Equality Maine's endorsement.
Independent Eliot Cutler, who narrowly lost the 2010 race for governor against Republican Paul LePage, described the endorsement as a "partisan political decision" and pointed to Michaud's voting record while he was a state legislator.
Cutler spokeswoman Crystal Canney said Michaud voted 19 times against equal rights for the LGBT community.
"19 votes are a lot of votes against equal rights for people, and I would say that might be a theme throughout this entire campaign - the evolution or re-invention of Mike Michaud," Canney said.
She said Cutler was disappointed not to get the endorsement, which he felt he deserved.
"Because Eliot and his family, back to his father, have generations and generations of interaction with the LGBT community," Canney said. "They've done fund-raising, organizing, they've been outspoken advocates for decades, and his record really speaks for itself."


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Oracle's Unbreakable Linux tries to neutralize Microsoft apps
Oracle continued to attack Red Hat with several Unbreakable Linux announcements at its OpenWorld conference, but is the news a distraction for its real target: Microsoft?
At first blush, a successful Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program might appear to threaten Red Hat Inc., whose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Oracle Corp. has cloned and which it now supports for 50% less than Red Hat's cheapest package.
And now Oracle says it has acquired 1,500 new Unbreakable Linux customers since this time last year – a dramatic increase over the mere 26 customers Oracle announced six months ago. During that time, Oracle has also signed a dozen new hardware partners, including EMC Corp., Egenera Inc. and Hitachi Data Systems.
But despite an increasing edge on Red Hat's domain, some analysts believe that Oracle's Unbreakable Linux strategy is more about competing with Microsoft than it is about chipping away at Red Hat. "Oracle's strategy is to own as many customer touch points as it can," said analyst Matt Aslett at the New York-based 451 Group. "The company will tell you this is so it can provide customers with 'more value and increased services,' but locking out [Microsoft] is a nice little side win."
Edging in on Red Hat
That's not to say that Oracle's strategy doesn't include Red Hat. CEO Larry Ellison was eager to highlight the company's momentum during Oracle's annual OpenWorld user conference in San Francisco last week. In his keynote, he also advanced an anti-Red Hat message by accusing the Raleigh-based Linux distributor of perpetrating buggy code. "With the Red Hat code, all we did for the first year was fix bugs," he said. "Now Oracle is growing a lot faster than Red Hat."
Further, many customer wins in 2007 came from existing Red Hat customers, Oracle executives claimed. "We believe we have displaced Red Hat in many implementations," said Monica Kumar, Oracle's senior director of Linux and open source marketing. "Many of the customers that have come to Oracle for Linux support are Red Hat customers, and to us that is displacement."
And in some cases, these customers are noteworthy: In March Yahoo and pancake chain IHOP Corp. signed up for support; and more recently apparel retailer Abercrombie & Fitch, newspaper conglomerate Cox Enterprises and Mitsubishi Motors climbed aboard as well.
But Red Hat's financial picture doesn't suggest that it's taking a beating from Oracle. Rather, Red Hat revenue has increased to $400 million, up from $278 million in 2006. And the ever-important category of subscription revenue was up 29% year over year to $109.2 million in Q4.
A Red Hat ruse?
But even as many industry observers predicted that Oracle would make inroads into Red Hat territory , many believe that the true target of Unbreakable Linux is Microsoft.
Aslett said that Microsoft is one of the few vendors in the world with the reach, depth and coffers to match Oracle -- not Red Hat -- and that the Redmond independent software vendor is the true threat to Oracle's software business.
These days, Linux and Windows are the main platforms on which enterprises will deploy databases, said Noel Yuhanna, an analyst at the Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research Inc.. "Although Oracle database management systems used to dominate the Windows platform eight years ago, today it's SQL Server. Oracle is already betting on Linux to succeed by putting strong R&D and marketing efforts around it. If Linux grows, Oracle grows," he said.
Thus, a win for Linux is a win for Oracle as it immediately eliminates SQL Server, Exchange and Visual Studio from the equation and increases the likelihood that a customer will choose Oracle software, Aslett said.
That's true regardless of whether customers choose Oracle Unbreakable Linux – or Red Hat.
In October, for example, Heimir Sverrisson, the chief architect for the Manchester, N.H.-based transportation management firm Cadec Global LLC, said he dumped SQL Server for Oracle 10g on RHEL 4 because of scalability issues. Red Hat's software updates sufficed, so Sverrisson did not see a need to buy support from Oracle.
"You could question why Oracle is paying so much attention to Linux," Aslett said, "given that its revenue from Unbreakable must shrink in comparison to the other areas of its business, but that misses the point. It isn't really important for Oracle to make money from Unbreakable Linux. … What is important is that it strengthens Oracle's relationship with its customers and keeps competitors out."
Accrding to Aslett, "The significant factor here is Oracle's desire to increase its influence over its customers' IT estates."
Ellison said as much in an April 2006 interview with the Financial Times . At the time, Ubuntu sponsor Canonical Ltd. and Novell were floated as possible acquisition targets, but Ellison dismissed the idea out of hand.
"I don't think we'll make a lot of money in the Linux operating system business, I don't think it's going to be a hugely profitable business for us," he said. "But it will allow us to deliver a higher quality of service to our customers because we've tested the whole stack; we know it works."
Email Jack Loftus with your comments and suggestions. You can also check out our blog, the Enterprise Linux Log, for more information on Linux and open source software .


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sara7 brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 88 Designs von 22 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
NEW ADDITION TO BRIEF: The feedback that I've received is that many of the submissions look to dark, unfriendly and unwelcoming. People are wanting to see logos that look "fresher" and "cleaner" and have a lighter, healthy sense to them. They are also saying that they would like something more modern.
I added five additional logos below that are some of my personal favorites and that I think capture the idea of the feedback that I'm getting. CalifiaFarms, Sip and Starbucks logos are my favorites ever. You are all wonderful artists! Thank you for your submissions. I hope these additional details are helpful.
HebeVibe, LLC produces unsweetened herbal-infused sparkling waters called HebeTonix. HebeTonix have no calories and no artificial colors. Each one has a different flavor and variety of herbs and vitamins that target different health aspects.
In Greek mythology, Hebe is the goddess of youth and cup bearer to the gods. She offers the gift of rejuvenation. HebeTonix rejuvenate the body; HebeVibe is about rejuvenation of the soul.
I'd like the logo to be cool, hip, creative and a little edgy while still appealing to consumers. Some modern, cool version of or reference to the goddess Hebe or her cup should be featured.
I'm happy to look at rough sketches and give feedback.
Also minimal designs are okay. I want it to look fresh and cool.
I want to avoid something that looks new-age or like a classic rendering.
I like the Starbucks and Point Marion images because they are circular, I like the colors, and they look hip.
I like the Warrior IPA image because the woman looks cool and powerful, the glowing eyes and color contrast.
I like the Woman Warrior and World Domination images because the women look strong and the Woman Warrior looks edgy.
I like all of the Dia De Los Muertos images because the women look dynamic and powerful and interesting beyond superficial beauty. They also look magical without looking foofy.
I like the voodoo image because it references that sense of magic. HebeVibe focuses on rituals, and there's something appealing about subtly referencing that sense of magic and spirituality, but without it looking new age or foofy or overly feminine.
I'd like the logo to be really cool, fresh and hip. Something creative and intriguing. I'm not looking for a super safe or conservative logo.
Thank you for interest!
I prefer symmetrical images.
I'd like to explore the following colors:
Greens: Growth, harmony and success.
Orange: Creativity, Invigoration, Unique, Stimulation.
Aquas: Empathy, compassion, clarity and precision.
I'd prefer to stay away from a style that looks new-age or cheesy. I also don't want Hebe to be overly-sexualized. She should be strong and awesome.
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all go to the same place ;all come from dust and to the dust all return. who knows if the human spirit rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?
ecclesiastes 3:20-21 :-x
This is a nice movie, I cant wait to see it
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I need to do an assignment with the question requirement as follow.
-The system to maintain a list up to 20 accounts. Each account has a unique account number and account balance.
-Need to perform the following tasks repeatedly until he quits.(add account, search account and display account).
Your program should include the following:
-Two arrays, one to store the account number and the other to store the account balance.
-The method displayMenu() to display the following menu:
1. Add an account
2. Search an account with the given account number
3. Display accounts below the given balance
0. Exit
- The method addAccount() to add an account to the system. This method should receive
as the parameters the two arrays mentioned above and an integer number that keeps track
of the number of accounts so far. It prompts and reads the account number and account
balance from the user and adds it to the system. The method should return the total
number of accounts. You are required to ensure that the number of accounts in the system
is less than 20 before prompting for input. You are also required to ensure that the
account number is unique (note: you may use the search() method written below for
the validation).
- The method search() to search for an account with the account number entered by the
user. The method should return the index of the account in the array if it is found, or -1 if
it is not found.
- The method displayAccounts() to display all the accounts that has the balance
below the amount entered by the user.
- The main() method that calls the desired method to perform the task according to the
user's selection. You are required to use switch statement here.
This is my code until so far. i am stuck till the add account.
Really appreciate if any pro out there can help me with this.
import java.util.*;
public class Qn3{
public static void main(String[]args){
Scanner scn = new Scanner(System.in);
int [] accNum = new int[20];
double [] accBal = new double[20];
new Qn3();
switch ( scn.nextInt() ) {
case 1:
System.out.println ( "You picked option 1" );
case 2:
System.out.println ( "You picked option 2" );
case 3:
System.out.println ( "You picked option 3" );
System.err.println ( "Unrecognized option" );
public void displayMenu(){
System.out.println("1. Add an account");
System.out.println("2. Search an account with the given account number");
System.out.println("3. Display accounts below the given balance");
System.out.println("0. Exit");
public static void addAccount(int[] accNum, double [] accBal){
Scanner scn = new Scanner(System.in);
for (int n=0; n<accNum.length; n++)
if(accNum[n] == 0){
System.out.print("Enter account Number " + (n+1) + ": ");
accNum[n] = scn.nextInt();
public Qn3(){


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Beyonce looks amazing while showing off some sexy swimsuits in these new photos posted to her Tumblr page.
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Ga. – Scouts crowded around field one at the East Cobb Baseball
Complex to watch FTB Chandler play on Monday. FTB is a travel
baseball club from Florida focusing on creating a family-like
environment for the kids, and gives them opportunities they wouldn't
normally have.
FTB website reads, "Chemistry, and believing that your teammates
are family is the determining factor in winning games."
team is comprised of 2014 and 2015 graduates from Florida with a few
out-of-staters sprinkled in. It's no secret that FTB Chandler is
loaded with great pitchers, and they made sure to show it off during
their game on Monday against the Taconic Rangers. Each inning a new
pitcher took the mound and was able to show off his stuff.
Peterson, who pitched the second inning, struck out two batters.
Jordan Gubelman and Cre Finfrock also struck out two during their
single innings ow work. Hunter Van Horn came out in the fourth
inning, and like Peterson and Gubelman, held the Rangers hitless in
his frame.
Rangers came around in the seventh inning and were able to score one
run off Nicholas Gordon; however, he still managed to strike three
batters out to end the game. Five of the seven FTB Chandler pitchers
had a peak velocity in this game of at least 90 mph, with Finfrock
dialing it up to 94 while Gordon, Cobi Johnson and Sean Reid-Foley
each touching 93 mph.
started things off, giving FTB a good start by striking out the side
in the top of the first. Reid-Foley is a 2014 graduate from
Jacksonville, Fla. The 6-foot-3, 208-pound right-hander is ranked No.
24 in the Perfect Game high school class of 2014 national rankings.
He's ranked No. 4 overall in Florida.
exciting, I didn't know that until now," said Reid-Foley on being
ranked No. 24 in the nation. "It's a great accomplishment to be
in the top 25 or (even) the top 100 in America for Perfect Game so
I'm pretty happy about it."
made a verbal commitment to continue his baseball career at Florida
State University.
sister just graduated from there last winter and I've always wanted
to go there since I was seven. Once I got the offer I took it right
away," explained Reid-Foley.
Reid-Foley is committed to play at Florida State, he said he has also
been talking to pro scouts.
just want to make it in baseball," said Reid-Foley of a potential
professional career.
has played in multiple Perfect Game events, including the 2013
National Showcase that took place earlier this summer in Minneapolis,
dome was very interesting, I'm not a big fan of turf but the mound
was pretty good," said Reid-Foley.


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Just returned from a news conference with coach Hue Jackson and player availability in the locker room.
During that time, we learned that the Raiders waived running back Michael Bennett and re-signed veteran safety Matt Giordano.
Jackson said the Raiders arrived at the decisions after studying the roster further.
In other news, wide receiver Derek Hagan has what Jackson described as a "ding." Hagan said he got hurt in practice Sunday but that he is full go for the Denver Broncos game Monday night.
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Jill Casler's father co-wrote and directed a famous Hollywood movie about a romance set during the Civil War. Doug Ringling is a descendant of the now deceased handsome male star of the movie. Doug comes to Jill with questions about the original script. Hollywood gossip had always said that Jill's father had rescued the script, but Doug thinks that Jill's father took an artistic masterpiece and made it into a commercial success. Jill and Doug real...
Please Remember This
Avon, Feb 2002, 6.99, 384 pp. ISBN: 0061013870 Suffering from manic depression, Nina Lane could not cope with her sudden fame as a must read science fiction writer. Nina commits suicide three months after she gives birth to Tess. Her maternal grandparents raise the infant as far way from the Nina nonsense as possible. About twenty-four years later with her grandparents who raised her dead and feeling all alone, Tess decides to find o...


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Monitoring Deformation in Yellowstone National Park
Continuous recording and temporary deployments of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) receivers and bench marks on solid monuments are employed at Yellowstone to precisely record their positions (horizontal and vertical coordinates). The time variations over days, months, years, etc. provide the velocity (in cm per year) of the site relative to the rest of the points in Yellowstone and to the rest of the North American continent. The velocity fields thus map spatial variations of the ground due to such volcanic processes as magma and hydrothermal transport and fault motions related to earthquakes. Measurements of ground motions using GPS at Yellowstone thus provides a method of monitoring its active volcanic and tectonic processes that are necessary for understanding the properties and locations of the sources as well as providing information on possible premonitory motions that precede a volcanic or earthquake event.
The GPS stations are maintained by the Plate Boundary Observatory via UNAVCO. The data are transmitted via radio and satellite links to various groups around the world for recording and processing. GPS data plotted through the YVO monitoring interface are processed by UNAVCO.
GPS Deformation Data
- GPS stations and time-series data for the Yellowstone region from the University of Utah (click on station for data).
- Yellowstone-Snake River Plain-Wasatch GPS horizontal velocities data from the University of Utah.
- Yellowstone caldera GPS-derived velocity maps from the University of Utah.
- Station history, characteristics and status is available in a searchable archive courtesy of UNAVCO. Station names are shown in the Ground Motions and Time Series links above.
- Bench mark map and collection of bench mark descriptions for Yellowstone National Park.


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Ready for a Change, She Ran for MayorMay 15, 2013
Though she never met an architect in her small town of Cornelia, Georgia, Audrey Davenport grew up with an affinity for housing and architecture. She could visualize floor plans and remembers "wanting to take the tops off of houses and look in to see how people lived." Davenport knew that architects use a great deal of mathematics in their work but as she got older she talked herself into believing she wasn't good at math. Instead, she focused on her skills in drawing and visualization. But that nagging love of architecture never left.
When her daughter left for college, Davenport stopped to ask herself what she wanted, and the answer came easily. She enrolled at the Savannah College of Art and Design, where she got her bachelor's degree in architecture, followed immediately by a master's in the same field. Then, in 2008, she received an AAUW Selected Professions Fellowship. The award was proof to her of the important work that AAUW does. Put in architectural terms, Davenport says, "AAUW is the mechanism, the mechanical system hard at work for a big cause. It is the powerful but low hum, a vibratory hum that has been working for women for decades."
For Davenport, architecture is much more than buildings. She says, "I am less interested in buildings themselves than in how they impact the people who use them." Architecture is a "kind of social art" that impacts people, economies, and communities.
When Davenport finished her master's she moved back to her hometown of Cornelia to, as she put it, "care for and appreciate" her mother. In returning, Davenport saw how the community had changed, even worsened, over the years. "My natural inclination, if I'm living in a community, is to become involved," she explained. And become involved she did. Davenport mentored young people, took on small architecture projects, and began to pay more attention to the city government. Once, she casually mentioned to her sister that one day she'd run for mayor. Her chance soon came when the mayor passed away halfway through her term. Though she did not feel completely ready, Davenport decided to go for it.
Utilizing the support and advice of local activists, The 2012 Project, and her own passion, Davenport "just went for it!" She felt she had the necessary characteristics for a community leader, namely a genuine care for other people. Her biggest campaign challenge and greatest accomplishment was knocking on doors — lots of doors. "It was a daunting task to face neighborhoods, not knowing how I'd be received. But I liked how I had to overcome the fear. I met a lot of different people and I got to have face-to-face conversations about concerns people had with the town."
Davenport did not win the election, but she gained insight into her community and her own skills. Her advice to other women thinking about running for local office is to (1) plan ahead of time so that you are ready by the time the next election comes along, (2) know what goes into campaigning and evaluate your weaknesses beforehand, and (3) get out into the community so that you become a visible political figure long before officially running.
Davenport has also gotten involved in civil rights museums in her area. While studying in Savannah, she became involved with the Ralph Gilbert Civil Rights Museum. For Davenport, it was an opportunity to remind people that the civil rights movement is an ongoing struggle.
Back in Cornelia, Davenport is the curator of the Regional African American History Museum of Northeast Georgia, housed in the equalization school that served four counties of black children before integration — which also happens to be the school that Davenport attended until second grade.
Fearless, confident, and capable, Davenport offers a model for all of us to follow our passions. As she said, "I have a global vision, but I think locally. I start where I can."
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High waters on the North Fork
These concrete lily pads provide a dry passage across Little River's North Fork. They are located just below the library in Hopkinsville, KY, near the intersection of Ninth and Bethel streets.
When my kids were little, they loved to leap from one circle to the next at this river crossing. I think one of them fell in the river once, but I don't remember if it was Keely or Isaac. Or maybe I just remember that I thought they were going to fall in. I'm really not sure.
Fortunately, the North Fork isn't very deep here, except when rainfall has been heavy. When the stream is high, the stepping stones and the walk approaches are covered by flood waters. Sections of the river walk may be inundated as well.
Before the watershed lakes were built on tributaries north of Hopkinsville, the North Fork (sometimes called the West Fork) came out of its banks whenever heavy rains fell. When flood waters filled downtown Hopkinsville, water sometimes stood on Ninth Street as far east as the area of the old post office (the current Pennyrile Area Museum.)
In the big downtown flood of 1957, five feet of water stood at the intersection of Ninth and Main.Troops from Fort Campbell and National Guardsmen helped get people out of low-lying areas. Christian County suffered so much flood damage that President Eisenhower declared it a disaster area.
In a column about major Hopkinsville floods ("Watching the Parade", Kentucky New Era, January 23, 1984), Joe Dorris wrote that the January 1937 flood was the worst one of the 20th century. Over 20 inches of rain fell in Christian County that month, creating recurrent flood conditions in Hopkinsville. Schools were closed and a typhoid epidemic was feared.
High waters were not limited to Hopkinsville. Heavy rainfall across several states caused widespread flooding in the greater Ohio River valley and on down the Mississippi River. Hopkinsville provided emergency shelter to flood victims from other cities, including Paducah and Louisville, and sent emergency supplies to the hard-hit towns of Eddyville and Glasgow. I am impressed that Hopkinsville's citizens assisted other communities, even while coping with their own disaster.
Photos of the 1937 flooding in Louisville, KY can be seen at the website of the National Weather Service at Louisville.


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Increase in Burning Man crowd size challenged
RENO, Nev. (AP) – A California man is appealing the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's decision to increase the Burning Man festival's attendance cap in the Nevada desert.
Christopher Brooks' appeal of the agency's increase in the maximum crowd size from 50,000 to 60,900 will be considered by the Interior Board of Land Appeals.
The weeklong celebration of radical self-expression and eclectic artwork leading up to Labor Day draws tens of thousands of people from around the world to the Black Rock Desert, some 100 miles north of Reno.
Brooks, a land sailor from Cotati, Calif., suggests the event is to blame for dunes that have kept him and others such as land-speed racers from using the sprawling desert for their activities.
He further maintains Burning Man should not have been "rewarded" with the population increase because it was placed on probation by the BLM for exceeding last year's cap, and it has not undergone a BLM-mandated performance evaluation.
"As a member of the public, my concern is that this will set a precedent for other (special recreation permit) holders to violate stipulations and be rewarded," he wrote to the BLM. "I am asking that Burning Man stay at 50,000 people in 2012."
Burning Man spokeswoman Megan Miller branded the claims as "meritless," saying the dunes were not caused by the festival and organizers undergo strict scrutiny by the BLM.
"BLM conducts a whole battery of performance evaluations before, during and after each year's event," she wrote by email. "These evaluations include fall and spring inspections, inspection memoranda, after action reports, compliance memoranda and the recent environmental assessment itself. These documents more than satisfy BLM's performance evaluation requirements."
Gene Seidlitz, manager of the BLM's Winnemucca Field Office, said he could not comment on most of Brooks' claims because of the pending appeal.
However, he said a study by the Reno-based Desert Research Institute found the dunes on the Black Rock Desert stemmed from a variety of factors, including wind, the climate, and permitted and dispersed recreation use.
"They said the cause of the dunes was more complex. The sole nexus of the dunes was not the Burning Man event," he told The Associated Press.
Burning Man organizers are appealing the BLM's decision to place them on probation for exceeding last year's attendance cap to the same federal board that will consider Brooks' appeal.
BLM officials say they took the action after the festival drew daily crowds of more than 53,000 on Sept. 2 and Sept. 3, above the daily crowd cap of 50,000 allowed under its special recreation permit.