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The Progress of Stonehouse Neighbourhood Development Plan: from Area Designation to Adoption
Stonehouse Town Council and members of the community have prepared a statutory Neighbourhood Development Plan for Stonehouse under new powers granted by the government (the Localism Act 2011). Neighbourhood Development Plans give communities direct power to plan the areas in which they live - but they relate only to the use and development of land in their area.
Work to develop a plan for Stonehouse took place between September 2013 and March 2016 and concluded with a referendum on 23 November 2017 when 85.2% of electors casting a vote, voted to accept the plan. The turn-out for the referendum was 10 per cent.
Stroud District Council formally adopted the plan on 22nd February 2018. It is now a statutory planning document that can be used when the District Council decides planning applications within Stonehouse.
A neighbourhood planning working group made up of residents and town councillors oversaw the development of the Stonehouse Neighbourhood Plan.
Stonehouse neighbourhood plan was supported by Stonehouse Town Council and has received grant assistance from Community Development Foundation and Locality.
What is a Neighbourhood Plan?
Neighbourhood planning is a new way for communities to decide the future of the places where they live and work.
The government has introduced the community right to do neighbourhood planning through the Localism Act.
General regulations governing neighbourhood planning came into effect in April 2012.
Regulations on the referendum stage came into force in August 2012.
Neighbourhood development plans or orders do not take effect unless there is a majority of support in a referendum of the neighbourhood.
They also have to meet a number of conditions before they can be put to a community referendum and legally come into force. These conditions are to ensure plans are legally compliant and take account of wider policy considerations (e.g. national policy).
The conditions are:
- they must have regard to national planning policy
- they must contribute to the achievement of sustainable development
- they must be in general conformity with strategic policies in the development plan for the local area (i.e. such as in a Local Plan)
- they must be compatible with EU obligations and human rights requirements.
An independent qualified person then checks that a neighbourhood development plan or order appropriately meets the conditions before it can be voted on in a local referendum. This is to make sure that referendums only take place when proposals are workable and of a decent quality.
If proposals pass the referendum, the local planning authority is under a legal duty to bring them into force. The plan will become a statutory document which will be taken into account when planning applications are considered and planning proposals are made.
Developing Stonehouse Neighbourhood Plan
In March 2013 Stonehouse Town Council formed a working group of residents and members to oversee the development of the Stonehouse Neighbourhood Plan.
On 12th September 2013 Stroud District Council's Environment Committee approved the Stonehouse Neighbourhood Plan Area Designation and Stonehouse Town Council as the qualifying body for the production of a neighbourhood plan.
Stonehouse Neighbourhood Plan Working Group met regularly from July 2013 to October 2017. Meetings, were usually held fortnightly at Stonehouse Town Hall on Thursday evenings, and were open to the public.
Stonehouse Neighbourhood Plan Working Group Terms of Reference
Stonehouse Neighbourhood Plan Working Group Agendas and Minutes
From January 2014, the working group carried out public consultation on issues for the Neighbourhood Plan, a vision and objectives and emerging policies. They held consultation meetings with a range of local groups and collected evidence to support policy development. Gloucestershire Rural Community Council (GRCC) advised on planning public consultations and provided analysis of the results. The working group also gathered evidence relevant to the Neighbourhood Plan.
From July 2015 to March 2016 the group worked on policy development and appointed a planning consultant who provided expert advice on drafting policies for the Neighbourhood Plan.
Stonehouse Neighbourhood Plan Consultation
Stonehouse Neighbourhood Plan Evidence
Stonehouse Neighbourhood Plan Vision and Objectives
Stonehouse Neighbourhood Plan_Emerging_Policies November 2015
A draft plan was approved at the Town Council Annual General Meeting, 23 May 2016. The draft Stonehouse Neighbourhood Plan was open to a 6 week public consultation period from 1st July to 12 August 2016. Responses to all representations were prepared by Stonehouse Neighbourhood Plan Group. A submission draft of the plan was prepared and approved at a Town Council meeting of 23rd January 2017. The draft Plan and supporting documents were submitted to Stroud District Council in March 2017.
The Stonehouse Neighbourhood Development Plan has been through independent examination. The examiner recommended that the plan, once modified, should proceed to a Referendum. Stroud District Council held a Referendum relating to the adoption of the Stonehouse Neighbourhood Development Plan on Thursday 23 November 2017. Electors voted to accept the plan.
For further information on the progress of Stonehouse Neighbourhood Plan from area designation to adoption; and to view the referendum version of the Stonehouse Neighbourhood Development Plan, please see Stroud District Council's website.
Community Involvement
Whilst members of Stonehouse Town Council were closely involved in the working group, it is important to emphasise that this was a community project. The working group welcomed the involvement of all residents, local groups and businesses. If you would like any further information about the Neighbourhood Plan please contact Rachel Russell, Committee Clerk, on committeeclerk@stonehousetowncouncil, 01453 822070 or drop into the Town Hall.
Further Information
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|Stonehouse Neighbourhood Plan Designated Boundary
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|SDC Environment Committee Report - Neighbourhood Designation
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|Stonehouse Designated as a Neighbourhood Area
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Stonehouse Neighbourhood Plan Working Group Terms of Reference
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Other Documents Supporting the Neighbourhood Plan
Stonehouse Design Statement - 2005:
This document sets out to explain how the requirements of Stroud District Council's Local Plan (2005) may be applied to Stonehouse. Its key message is that any development should be in keeping with its immediate surroundings.
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Stonehouse Community Plan - 2008
Stroud District Council - Planning Strategy including the Stroud Local Plan
Further Information
The Department for Communities and Local Government have published a set of resources that local Parishes will find further information regarding Neighbourhood Plans:
- https://www.gov.uk/neighbourhood-planning
- http://planningguidance.communities.gov.uk/blog/guidance/neighbourhood-planning/
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McDonald's UK has invested three quarters of a million pounds to support British dairy farms, most recently awarding thirty three of Arla's UK farmer owners more than a quarter of a million pounds (£273,243) in the latest round of its capital grant scheme. The scheme, which was launched in March 2018, is part of Farm Forward, McDonald's long-term programme of support for the UK farming industry, and aims to support the future of the British dairy industry and fund applications that are focused on raising animal welfare standards, providing economic benefit to the farmers business or making environmental improvements.
Alice Willett, Agriculture Consultant, Sustainable Sourcing, McDonald's UK & Ireland comments, "We're constantly impressed with how ambitious Arla farmers are in driving forward standards. Whilst Arla supplies organic milk to McDonald's, we recognise that as a supplier working with a farmer owned co-operative we have an opportunity to help the wider group farmers continually invest in their businesses and this scheme is a reflection of that."
Graham Wilkinson, Agriculture Director at Arla Foods UK comments, "The support from McDonald's for Arla's farmer owners is testament to its overall commitment to working with the farming community. In making funding available to our farmer owners in key areas such as animal welfare, economic benefit and environmental improvements, it shows that a collaborative supply chain drives forward industry leading standards for UK Dairy farming and I'm very proud that Arla's farmer owners are leading the way on this."
McDonald's UK has also recognised this collaboration between Arla's farmers and its own operations in awarding Arla Foods its UK Sustainable Supplier of the Year 2018 award.
As well as the on farm initiatives, best practice workshops, grants and support for Open Farm Sunday, Arla Foods UK and McDonald's UK & Ireland have worked with ABP Food Group's renewables division Olleco, to reduce the environmental impact of food production. In the circular economy model created by the three companies working together, food waste from McDonald's stores is converted through Olleco's anaerobic digester into energy to power Arla's Aylesbury site, which in turn then produces Organic milk for McDonald's.
Arla farmer Mark Hornbuckle who runs an 460 cow organic farm in Nottinghamshire comments, "As an organic farmer I'm very proud that we supply McDonald's and that this partnership goes beyond the price of milk to investing and working together for a sustainable future for dairy. I was delighted to receive £8,010 in the latest grant allocations and will be using this to invest in my ventilation systems and in additional calf jackets this winter, plus some rubber matting and water troughs. However, as an owner of Arla, I'm delighted that McDonald's works with us not just on farm but to support our production sites. I have no doubt that the future of farming relies on the whole supply chain continuing to work together in ways demonstrated by companies like McDonald's".
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Yes. This post sounds a little strange, but Friday was a paid holiday and I had purchased a Groupon to go indoor sky diving at iFly SF in Union City about 8 months ago. It was a date we had planned on going on for awhile, but since Mando and I both work now, our days off never overlap. This Groupon was also going to expire soon so having this day off allowed us to go ahead and finally try out this experience.
As you can see, we had a good time. It was recommended to wear loose, fitting comfortable clothes and sneakers, which I did.The experience was very surreal. I've had dreams before where I could fly, but to actually experience it was awesome! It was not easy in the beginning, especially because you are trying to place your body in a certain position while a huge force of wind is keeping you up. I don't know if I would ever go sky diving off a plane since I have a small fear of heights, but I would come back here to do some more indoor skydiving! I'd like to learn the tricks and be able to fly higher next time.
After this adventure, Armando and I headed to In-and Out to have some burgers and animal style fries. We then decided to catch a movie since the theater was right next door in the Union Landing Shopping Center. We watched The Hunger Games due to all its recent hype and we were both curious about the movie. ( We had not read the books either). It was a great movie, great cast, and although it was a little disturbing seeing children dying, it was nice seeing in the end that love conquers all.


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First of all, this doesn't really sound how I intended it, because, well, the low quality, and also because it was hard to sing with this summer heat, but I rarely get to be home alone and, surprisingly, the neighborhood kids were not screaming their brains out in front of my window, so I took the chance to record this without interruptions. So, here it is, I named it The Longest Dream:
It is dedicated to the overall story, but most of all to Zoe - my most favorite heroine; she is a great muse for me and I love her a lot!
I'm aware that this could sound much better, but I hope I did this amazing story justice with what I had to work with. Thanks for listening and I hope you'll enjoy!
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I'm so blind and so tired
Of all my dreams weighting me down
My former life took my sunlight
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These memories, I'll use them to find
Where the soul lies, where the heart cries
Until I bleed out, I'll embrace my scars
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If tonight I come strong
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The Annual General Meeting decides on the remuneration of the Board of Directors. The Board's Nomination Committee is responsible for preparing proposals for the General Meeting of Shareholders on the remuneration of Board members.
In 2012, the Annual General Meeting decided on the following annual remuneration for the members of the Board of Directors:
In addition, the Board members are paid EUR 600 per Board or Committee meeting, the Chairman of the Board EUR 1,100 per Board and Committee meeting, and the Chairman of the Audit Committee EUR 1,100 per Audit Committee meeting. In addition, members are reimbursed for their travel and other expenses incurred as a result of their activities on behalf of the Company.
Compensation paid to the members of the Board totaled EUR 516,000 in 2012. The members of the Board are not included in Fiskars' incentive schemes and they are not employed by the Company.
In Q2 2012, the Board awarded the Chairman of the Board a one-off discretionary consultancy fee of EUR 200,000 for consultancy work related to the negotiation and completion of the partnership agreement between Fiskars Group and Investor AB regarding the long-term ownership of Wärtsilä.
Fiskars' compensation philosophy is based on its core belief that all things – even the simplest – can be made better and smarter through our continuous quest for improvement. Our compensation structures are designed to be market-relevant and performance-based – outstanding performance is rewarded more than average performance. For most of Fiskars' employees, from factory floor to senior management, compensation consists of a base salary, bonus and benefits. The total compensation including bonus should be competitive against the relevant market. For all employees, salary is based upon home country, level of responsibility, contribution to the business, experience and performance. The bonus practice is based upon a philosophy of continuous improvement, which means that Fiskars pays bonuses only when it is able to improve business performance compared to the previous year.
The Board appoints the Managing Director (President and CEO) and confirms the terms of his employment and other compensation. The Board is also responsible for appointing the members of the Executive Board, approving their terms of employment and other compensation, and deciding on the principles for the Group's compensation systems. The Compensation Committee is responsible for preparing matters related to these topics.
In addition to base salary, Fiskars offers its executives variable pay programs to further promote high performance. The company has established an Annual Bonus Plan and a Long-term Incentive Plan.
Executive Board members have voluntary, contributionbased additional pension insurance. Fiskars Corporation has no share option programs in place.
Both Fiskars' Annual Bonus Plan and its Long-term Incentive Plan are designed to reward for achievements against pre-established goals. Incentive Plan participants are assigned a "target level" that will dictate the incentive payout as a percentage of base pay. Incentive targets represent an overall target opportunity and are not a guarantee that a payout will be made.
Actual incentive payments will be made on the basis of performance against "plan metrics". The plan metrics may consist of a mix of financial metrics, operational metrics and personal goals. The potential payout ranges from nothing to a maximum percentage of each participant's annual salary. The maximum level for the President and CEO and the other members of the Executive Board is 1.5 times the target level.
Participants in the Long-term Incentive Plan are selected by the Board of Directors annually, and the Board also decides on the earning criteria based on financial targets for the plan annually. The long-term incentive targets are pure lyfinancial and, in 2012, they were tied to the company's consolidated net sales and operative cash flow.
The earning period for the Long-term Incentive Plan is one year, which is followed by a two-year vesting period. The bonus will be paid during the quarter following the vesting period. The first long-term incentive bonuses, relating to performance in 2009, were paid in the first quarter of 2012.
The bonuses for performance in 2012 will be paid during the first quarter of 2015.
A positive change in the value of the Company's shares related to its own operations (excluding the impact of Wärtsilä on the share price) during the vesting period may in creasethe final payout by up to 50%.
The President and CEO's compensation consists of a salary, annual bonus and the Long-term Incentive Plan. The President and CEO's target bonus corresponds to 60% of his annual salary. In 2012 the financial targets of the Annual Bonus Plan were related to net sales growth, EBT excluding Wärtsilä, and gross profit margin and cash flow. The financial targets of the Long-term Incentive Plan were related to net sales and EBIT.
The President and CEO is provided with a voluntary supplementary contribution-based pension, under which the Company contributes 20% of his annual salary excluding bonuses.
The President and CEO's employment contract will end when he reaches the age of 60. The President and CEO and the Company have a notice period of six months. Remuneration on dismissal by the Company is 12 months' basic salary, in addition to salary for the six-month notice period.
The salary, benefits, and bonuses paid in 2012 to the President and CEO, Kari Kauniskangas, totaled EUR 1,047,598. Basic salary accounted for EUR 403,744, bonuses for the 2011 result came to EUR 234,354 and bonuses for 2009 through the Long-term Incentive Plan came to EUR 409,500.
During the 2012 earning period, the President and CEO earned bonuses through the Long-term Incentive Plan, excluding any possible increase due to changes in the share price, of EUR 95,256. These long-term bonuses for performance in 2012 will be paid during first quarter of 2015.
In August 2012, the Board of Directors decided to launch a revised Long-term Incentive Plan for the President and CEO and set his targets for the earning periods of 2013 and 2014 in order to compensate him for accelerated profitable growth and reward him for continuously improving performance.
The President and CEO's compensation level in 2014 was set at 30–270% of his annual salary. The final payout is, however, dependent on the Company's share price development during the vesting period. A positive change in the value of the Company's shares related to its own operations (excluding the impact of Wärtsilä on the share price) may increase the final payout by up to 200 % and a negative change may decrease the final payout by up to 50%.
The earning period for the bonus is one year, which is followed by a vesting period. Half of the bonus vests after one year and the other half vests after two years. The final bonus will be paid during the quarter following the vesting period.
The Executive Board's Annual Bonus Plan in 2012 was designed to provide a target bonus equivalent to 20–60% of their annual salary. The earning criteria were tied to the Group's financial targets and, secondarily, to personal, function-specific targets. In 2012, the financial targets were mainly related to net sales growth, EBT excluding Wärtsilä, and gross profit margin. Members of the Executive Board can also be included in a Long-term Incentive Plan.
The members of the Group's Executive Board have voluntary, contribution-based additional pension insurance under which the Company contributes 14–20% of their annual salaries excluding bonuses. Their retirement ages vary between 60 and 68 years.
In 2012, salaries, benefits, and bonuses paid to the members of the Executive Board (excluding the President and CEO) totaled EUR 1,392,330. Basic salaries accounted for EUR 722,586. Bonuses for the 2011 result came to EUR 255,740 and bonuses paid through the Long-term Incentive Plan for 2009 amounted to EUR 414,005. During the 2012 earning period, bonuses earned through the Longterm Incentive Plan, excluding any possible increase due to changes in the share price, totaled EUR 70,936 for the Executive Board (excluding the President and CEO). These bonuses will be paid during the first quarter of 2015.
Fiskars appointed Ilkka Pitkänen as the Group's new CFO as of September 2012. When he joined the company, he agreed to purchase Company shares equivalent to the net amount of his signing bonus, which was EUR 72,750. These shares have a lock-up period lasting until 2015.


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Below is an excerpt from Steinbeck's Cannery Row that makes me laugh every time I read or think of it…
The frog pool was square — fifty feet wide and seventy feet long and four feet deep. Lush soft grass grew about its edge and a little ditch brought the water from the river to it and from it little ditches went out to the orchards. There were frogs there all right, thousands of them. Their voices beat the night, they boomed and barked and croaked and rattled. They sang to the stars, to the waning moon, to the waving grasses. They bellowed love songs and challenges. The men crept through the darkness toward the pool. The captain carried a nearly filled pitcher of whiskey and every man had his own glass. The captain had found them flashlights that worked. Hughie and Jones carried gunny sacks. As they drew quietly near, the frogs heard them coming. The night had been roaring with frog song and then suddenly it was silent. Mack and the boys and the captain sat down on the ground to have one last short one and to map their campaign. And the plan was bold.
During the millennia that frogs and men have lived in the same world, it is probable that men have hunted frogs. And during that time a pattern of hunt and parry has developed. The man with net or bow or lance or gun creeps noiselessly, as he thinks, toward the frog. The pattern requires that the frog sit still, sit very still and wait. The rules of the game require the frog to wait until the final flicker of a second, when the net is descending, when the lance is in the air, when the finger squeezes the trigger, then the frog jumps, plops into the water, swims to the bottom and waits until the man goes away.
That is the way it is done, the way it has always been done. Frogs have every right to expect it will always be done that way. Now and then the net is too quick, the lance pierces, the gun flicks and the frog is gone, but it is all fair and in the framework. Frogs don't resent that. But how could they have anticipated Mack's new method? How could they have foreseen the horror that followed? The sudden flashing of lights, the shouting and squealing of men, the rush of feet.
Every frog leaped, plopped into the pool, and swam frantically to the bottom. Then into the pool plunged the line of men, stamping, churning, moving in a crazy line up the pool, flinging their feet about. Hysterically the frogs displaced from their placid spots swam ahead of the crazy thrashing feet and the feet came on. Frogs are good swimmers but they haven't much endurance. Down the pool they went until finally they were bunched and crowded against the end. And the feet and wildly plunging bodies followed them. A few frogs lost their heads and floundered among the feet and got through and these were saved.
But the majority decided to leave this pool forever, to find a new home in a new country where this kind of thing didn't happen. A wave of frantic, frustrated frogs, big ones, little ones, brown ones, green ones, men frogs and women frogs, a wave of them broke over the bank, crawled, leaped, scrambled. They clambered up the grass, they clutched at each other, little ones rode on big ones. And then–horror on horror–the flashlights found them.
Two men gathered them like berries. The line came out of the water and closed in on their rear and gathered them like potatoes. Tens and fifties of them were flung into the gunny sacks, and the sacks filled with tired, frightened, and disillusioned frogs, with dripping whimpering frogs. Some got away, of course, and some had been saved in the pool. But never in frog history had such an execution taken place. Frogs by the pound, by the fifty pounds. They weren't counted but there must have been six or seven hundred. Then happily Mack tied up the necks of the sacks. They were soaking, dripping wet and the air was cool. They had a short one in the grass before they went back to the house so they wouldn't catch cold.


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Published: April 5, 2016
Genre: Historical Fiction
Source: First To Read Program
Highly Recommended
You might enjoy this book if you like: Historical Fiction, Feminist Fiction, Jewish Fiction, stories set in New York City neighborhoods, Immigrant Stories, Mother/Daughter Stories
In 1935, Dottie Krasinsky is the epitome of the modern girl. A bookkeeper in Midtown Manhattan, Dottie steals kisses from her steady beau, meets her girlfriends for drinks, and eyes the latest fashions. Yet at heart, she is a dutiful daughter, living with her Yiddish-speaking parents on the Lower East Side. So when, after a single careless night, she finds herself in a family way by a charismatic but unsuitable man, she is desperate: unwed, unsure, and running out of options.
After the birth of five children—and twenty years as a housewife—Dottie's immigrant mother, Rose, is itching to return to the social activism she embraced as a young woman. With strikes and breadlines at home and National Socialism rising in Europe, there is much more important work to do than cooking and cleaning. So when she realizes that she, too, is pregnant, she struggles to reconcile her longings with her faith.
As mother and daughter wrestle with unthinkable choices, they are forced to confront their beliefs, the changing world, and the fact that their lives will never again be the same….
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I think I was destined to enjoy this book--it encompasses so many topics that I love to read about that there was no way I could pass it up. I knew from the first page that this story would not disappoint. However, I didn't expect to be as moved by it as I was.
When we think of "world building," we frequently do so in terms of Fantasy or Science Fiction novels. Brown shows us that it has its place in historical fiction as well. I felt as though I was among the characters in the Jewish neighborhoods of New York. The prose if chock full of detail, but the reader doesn't consciously see that. Instead, we just get sucked in.
The characters of this novel are incredibly well-drawn. Even the minor secondary characters have their own personalities--each of Dottie's friends, her co-workers, and her siblings. I felt that Brown could write a book on any or all of these characters and that gave this story a true depth.
Both Dottie and Rose are incredible characters. They are fully human--they have hopes and dreams and, at times, both make bad decision (Dottie tends to do so in an epic fashion). I rooted for both of them--and then frequently wanted to shake some sense into them. I really can't remember reading a book where I had such a gut reactions to the lives of characters.
While I can't say I have any complaints about this book, I will say this. I am not one for sequels...but I want--almost need--a sequel to this one. This book end with both women on the precipice of a new life and I'm itching to know how it turns out for them!
It's always a good thing when a book lives up to your expectations, but it is something special when a book exceeds them. Modern Girls was that book for me and I'd recommend it to just about anyone.
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Pathic drunkenness (ebrietas pathica) is a very rare condition associated with disturbance of consciousness, which is closely related to the consumption of alcohol and chronic alcoholism. However, it may occur not only in alcoholics, everyone may be affected including the exceptional and occasional alcohol consumers. The issue of pathic drunkenness is interesting not only for the doctors, but also for the lawyers.
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"My work is a diary. There are many people doing diaries. But mine is special. It's a diary of my life with someone I really love: the Light.
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I'm very proud of these. Eggplants are one of my difficult crops. In my garden they are prone to attack by flea beetles. The flea beetles themselves are a nuisance – they chew holes in the leaves – but not critical. But they spread virus diseases and the nightshade family (that eggplants belong to) is very prone to virus diseases. And I live in an area where wild tobacco (Solanum mauritianum) is a prevalent weed so it is impossible to break the cycle of disease by just having a break from all nightshades.
I'd love to be able to put my finger on exactly what I did right with these. The seedlings were bought – something I rarely do, and only because I hadn't planted seed (too disheartened after last year's dismal eggplant harvest), and then succumbed. They are "Little Finger", a variety I've tried before, but maybe this is a particularly strong cultivar? They were planted late in the season – usually I try to get them started in September but these didn't go in until well into October. They were planted in a bed that has been well chooked – that bed had the chooks on it at the peak of my crazy busy time and they were there for much longer than usual. But the bed had tomatoes in it before that, and they're the same family… ?
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I'm going to be sure to save seed from these, and try to remember to run the Thai basil experiment again next year. But meantime, I'm relishing the idea of Smoky Eggplant and Pomegranate Dip with the pomegranates just coming into season too.
I know in many parts of Australia you are coping with frizzle weather, and my fingers are crossed that there are no fire catastrophes. But here it is cool and overcast with occasional showers – jealous? So I've planted another round of beans – Red Seeded Snake Beans and Rattlesnakes this time, just a couple of metres of fence with each. I've planted zucchini and squash and cucmbers and potkins, just a couple of each. I won't plant any more tomatoes – I want to save some spots for next year and I've learned to be very careful to rotate tomatoes. I'll plant out just two more advanced capsicum seedlings, and I've planted another dozen sweet corn.
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Culpepper 11 June '63
I recd yesterday dear Mary your letter of the 7th. I am grieved to hear that you are confined to your room. I would that my prayers or anything I could do bring your relief! My trust is in our Heavenly Father to whom my supplications continually ascend for you my children & my Country! I know if uttered in faith & truth they will be heard oh I pray they may be answered. I do not know where Willy Beas battery may be now. If at Guineys as stated by Burnie he has probably recd her note to him. He is so far from me I can do nothing now. When I last wrote I did not suppose that Fitzhugh world soon be sent to the rear disabled[1]. I hope it will be but for a short time. I saw him the night after the battle. Indeed met him on the field as they were bringing him from the front. At night he appeared comfortable & cheerful. Neither the bone or artery I am informed is injured. He is young & healthy & I trust will soon be up again. He seemed to be more concerned with his brave men and officers who had fallen in the battle than himself. God takes care of us all & calls to him those he prefers. F was sent to the rear yesterday with the other wounded. He thought of stopping at H. Hill if the Drs thought well of it. He had better not go to Richmond. I wish to separate the sick not congregate them at any one place. I send you a note recd from Dr Smedes in reply to one I had written him. I agree with the importance of Mildred continuing her studies believing it best for her morally & intellectually. If there is anything better she can do, I am willing you & she must judge. I am sorry I cannot see her. I grieve I fear to much over the separation from you, my children & friends. Tell Mr Caskie I gave directions for the man he wrote about to be sent under guard & to be delivered to the Sheriff of Richmond. I hope it was done. I sent a message to him to that effect in a letter to you. I fear it has been miscarried. The hat you speak of was sent me by an aunt of Major Venable & forwarded to him to have it done up. It reached him as he was leaving R & he could do nothing with it. If it is a handsome one have it done up to fit Mr C & present it to him. I cannot use it now. I requested Custis to settle with the artist for the photographs. A dozen were to be sent to you. I spoke to Mr Mennes myself on the subject. A note to him will set it right. I want none myself. Kiss Agnes & Mildred for me. Love to the Caskies & kind regards to all.
Truly & affly
R E Lee
Source: Photocopy of original letter, Lee Family Papers, Mss1 L51 c 458, Section 22, Virginia Historical Society, Richmond
Transcribed by Nicholas Tarchis, 2017 June 1
[1] Two days prior, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee had been wounded at the battle of Brandy Station and taken to Ashland to recover. During his recovery, however, he was captured by Union forces and spent over a year in prison.


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Friday morning at 5 am, Troy, Cody, Mathew, and Matthew, along with Mr Rowley, began their 4-day trip to Tasmania. After a flight, a bus trip, and a ferry, we found ourselves on Maria Island, a small island off the east coast of Tasmania. The trip was organized by Federation University and Anglicare, and was designed as a way to mentor and guide selected students on what they want to do in the future.
Saturday saw us (along with 2 other schools) hiking 23km to a beach, where we were able to swim and relax before being picked up in a boat, and taken back to our accommodation(which used to be convict rooms). Due to some bad weather, Sunday saw us hiking 6km up and around some of the smaller hills, as the planned hike would have had us battling 100km winds. Across the 4 days, the 5 of us were able to interact with people from other schools, communities, and occupations. We talked about life, our plans, the future, how we got where we are, and how we can get to where we want to be. The whole weekend was a fantastic experience, and our students were excellent representatives of Monterey. The University is hopeful to work with our school again in the future and a big reason for that is because of how well behaved, engaging, friendly, adventurous and welcoming the 5 of us were.


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The new NBC comedy series The New Normal, premiering on September 11th, shows that, these days, families can come in all forms. Bryan (Andrew Rannells) and David (Justin Bartha) are a successful Los Angeles couple in a committed, loving partnership, who have everything except the baby that they desire. Meanwhile, waitress and single mother Goldie (Georgia King) is a young woman with a checkered past, who decides to become the guys' surrogate.
While at the NBC portion of the TCAPress Tour, show creator/executive producer Ryan Murphy (Glee, American Horror Story) talked about how he thinks audiences will respond to the edginess of the series, how it feels to be the first boycotted show of the season, how appreciative he is of shows like Modern Family and Will & Grace that paved the way for this one to be possible, and how he's going to juggle three shows now and make sure there's enough of him to go around. Check out what he had to say after the jump.
Question: Was there any kind of a discussion with NBC about whether or not it is time for a show like this, or did they just go, "Yeah, this is the new normal"?
RYAN MURPHY: We never spoke of it that way. It was a really great pitch. I've known Jennifer [Salke] for so long. Before I was a writer, I did garden design, and I designed Jennifer's garden, many years ago. I've known her for a really long time. So the pitch was not really about that. We talked about the characters and different kinds of families and where are we today. We certainly pitched the gay couple, but we also talked about what it was like to be a single mother with a young daughter, what is it like to be a woman in your 50's who is completely starting over and dating again and having to go online to date again. We talked about the whole spectrum of the characters, but I don't think it ever came up about whether people are ready for it or not.
How do you think audiences will respond to the un-PC-ness of this show? Do you think they will find it amusing, or will they run from it?
MURPHY: I don't know. I think all the characters are lovable, and I think that everybody has people in their family who are hopefully representative in all of these characters. I certainly think the most controversial character will probably be Ellen Barkin's character. But, I remember Thanksgivings, when I was growing up, when my grandmother would actually say these jaw-dropping things, very similar to that, and then we would call her out on it. So, it felt very familiar to me, and I think it will feel familiar to other people. The other thing I'll say about it is that, when I was growing up, I remember one of the most memorable times that I would have with my parents was watching All in the Family, and being young and hearing people talk that way, and then having a discussion about, "Was that good? Was that bad? What was that?" I like that about the show. I think people will talk about some things that the characters say, but I think that's a good thing.
How does it feel to be the first show of this season to be boycotted?
MURPHY: I have obviously been through this before. I wasn't surprised when I read that. I think every person in a group has a right to protest something and not like something. I always find it to be interesting when people take that position before they've seen it. I guess you're talking about the Million Moms group. I also think that, if they watched the show, they would actually love it because, for the first time, they're represented. Ellen Barkin is a member of Moms. That's true. We're writing that in the script. I think the show is funny, but I also think the show is about tolerance, in many ways, and it's about a discussion of tolerance. I think their points of view are delivered with sensitivity and a certain amount of veracity by Ms. Barkin, so I think, if they watched it, they would like it.
When you were working as a garden designer, did you know that you ultimately wanted to do TV?
MURPHY: I was a journalist and was writing, at the time. Jennifer was just starting out in the business, when I was doing that. But yeah, it was a dream. I was living with Bill Condon, at the time, who is a great writer and director, and I was in a relationship with him, for many years. So, I would see him and we would talk about his work, and it was always a dream. I was doing other things, and finally I just decided, right around when I was 28, that, "Okay, I'm going to try this," because I had always grown up loving it so much.
When was the first time you had ever heard of NeNe Leakes? Did you watch The Real Housewives of Atlanta, at all?
MURPHY: We were in the writers' room of Glee, to be quite honest, and we were writing a nemesis for Jane Lynch. I said, "You know what we need? We need somebody like this." I had seen NeNe on Housewives, and I had also seen her take down Star Jones on Celebrity Apprentice. We had watched that scene, and I said, "Wow, I don't even know if NeNe wants to act, but we should talk to her and offer her this part," which was Roz, and she did it so well. We just offered it to her, and she very graciously accepted. The thing about NeNe is that it had always been a dream of hers to act, and she had acted. She showed up on Glee, for her first take with a very long Ian Brennan monologue, and got a round of applause from Jane Lynch and the crew, right off the bat. I thought, "Wow, she's really good!" So, when Ali [Adler] and I were coming up with this show, we talked about wanting to include NeNe because I think she's just hilarious. I actually just shot a segment of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, which was a dream come true. I love her, and I think she's very talented.
You're dealing with exaggerated comedy, but also real emotional issues, with this family and all the people coming together. Was there any concern, in the writing, that it was going to come across, in the pilot, likeBryanwants a baby because it would basically be a really adorable accessory?
MURPHY: The show is loosely based on my life, and the show came about because my partner and I have been having conversations about surrogacy. If you watch the show, we're hopefully really writing a great depth to this couple. It's not easy to be a gay couple having a child, and we deal with those issues. For me, obviously as somebody who very much does have that dream, I don't feel that way. I would never feel that way. So, my answer would be no.
Did the huge popularity of Cam & Mitchell on Modern Family make this comedy possible?
MURPHY: Well, I'm personally just so appreciative to Modern Family and also to Will & Grace because those shows are huge successes and so many people watched those shows and changed their views. I think that they're wonderful programs, and I think that hopefully we will stand on their shoulders in success, if we're so lucky. But, I'm full of deep admiration for those actors and those characters.
With three shows on the air now, how do you balance all of this work? Are you concerned about making sure that there's enough of you to go around?
MURPHY: Yeah. It's a privilege to be able to have an idea and go into a group of executives and say, "I really want to write about this, and I really am interested in this," and for them to say, "Yes," and give you the money to make it. In the case of Glee, there are two other creators — Brad [Falchuk] and Ian [Brennan], who are fantastic and who are really stepping up on that show, in a major way. And I'm thrilled about the fourth season. I love the direction the show is going, so that's great.
In the case of American Horror Story, we started writing that season in January of this year, so by the time we started shooting, we had half of the scripts done. And it's a cable show, so the order is shorter. It's 13 episodes, this year. It has been a tremendous luxury that we got an early pickup from John [Landgraf] because we started the discussions about American Horror Story, after five episodes of the first season aired.
And then, with The New Normal, Ali, who I worked with on Glee, is just absolutely brilliant and really runs that ship. We all work on weekends. With all three shows, the writing is housed in the same building at Paramount, so it's easy to just go back and forth between the rooms. Sometimes it's tiring, but I really love it. I believe in the three shows, and I love the three shows. They're so very different that, going from room to room, the energy is different and that is a re-invigorating experience.


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Miracle. The dictionary defines it as "an event that appears unexplainable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin or an act of God." When I reflect on the people and events that led me to this moment in time, this "place" in my life, I am forced to conclude that a miracle -- no, a series of miracles -- has occurred. How else can a devastating car accident and a terrible illness turn out to be, in the long run, blessings? But then my inner critic says, "Are you so self-obsessed as to believe that the hand of God moves through your puny life?" Well, if I postulate an infinite God, the answer is, why not? The dictionary definition of infinite is "having no boundaries or limits." With that in mind it seems self-obsessed to think that the influence of something infinite wouldn't extend to me, or anyone else for that matter. Of course I could also postulate that we're all chemical accidents in a dead and meaningless universe. It just doesn't make a very interesting vanity card.
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Midwives for Choice envisages an Irish society and a world where the rights of all women and girls to be safe and healthy before, during and after childbirth are upheld by ensuring they can make informed choices in their sexual and reproductive lives and have full access to high quality information, education and health services regarding sex, sexuality, contraception, safe abortion, sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period,
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Human dignity is the ultimate value on which respectful health care depends. Midwives for Choice is committed to the fundamental principles of respectful care and human rights that instate women as the central agent in reproductive and maternal health care. We respect each woman as a unique individual and make every valid and reasonable effort to protect the life and health of pregnant women and their unborn babies. We uphold the right of all women and girls to be equally respected and recognise their right not to be subjected to degrading treatment or discrimination on grounds of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability (physical, mental or intellectual) or membership of the Traveller community.
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Mr. Lightbody: But I don't think I could eat five quarts of yogurt.
Dr. Kellogg: Oh but it's not for that end.
–A conversation between Matthew Broderick and Anthony Hopkins, The Road to Wellville, 1994
That pretty much sums up my feelings on business and the economy of the entire world.
Utter insanity.
We have governments and companies choosing to press the people further and further into debt and poverty while they wring their fortune out in taxes and high prices when the amount people would be willing to spend outpaces that by several times. Lower prices and lower taxes would give us a longer-living economy in much the same way as biologists tell us that a diet lower in calories would lead to a longer life. How much more driving and buying would you do if just the price of gas and property taxes were reduced by half? How much would politicians' approval ratings rise? But snatching from one to give to the other and pitting the have-lesses against the have-nots against the have-a-bit-mores against the have-a-lots and the other way around in reverse seems to be the wisdom we're to operate under for this century and probably the next.


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Cornell v. Penn Football Program 1949 in very good condition. 76 pages, nice cover illustration of Turkey's by longtime Franklin Field illustrator Robert Foster. A dozen articles about Cornell and Penn in the program and pictures of all players, many vintage advertisements. This game was played on Thanksgiving Day at Franklin Field, as was the tradition, as the weather at Cornell was not as predictable. Cornell and Penn have played the game in Philadelphia 68 consecutive times. Since 1964 games have been held at both Ithaca and Philadelphia. Penn's rivalry with Cornell is the fifth most played college football rivalry of all time. Their first game was in 1893 and they have played every year since, except in 1918. Since 1995, the winner of the Cornell-Penn football game has been awarded the Trustees' Cup.


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