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When Joey Milillo agreed to direct the University of St. Thomas' fall production of Shakespeare's Macbeth, he needed no time to familiarize himself with the Jones Theater stage. Nearly seven years after earning a degree in drama from UST, Milillo says he could still find his way around Jones Theater with his eyes closed.
"I feel this wonderful sense of home in directing here," Milillo said. "It's like settling back into your old armchair – it's warm and comforting; you know it and it knows you." Shakespeare's Macbeth is a landscape of beautiful rhythmic language and rich complex imagery. The character Macbeth has contemporary relevance that illustrates the deepest and darkest of human realities. The situations, characters, and idioms of Shakespeare's play raise questions with which we struggle every day in theory and in practice.
"Macbeth is the mirror that connects the past and present and reflects the horrific consequences of greed, selfish ambition and autonomous power," Milillo said. "By staging this timeless text, the Drama Program at UST hopes to be just such a mirror – one in which our culture can see itself both for what it is and what it should be."
Milillo has stayed close to his UST theatre roots. This marks his second return to the UST stage since he graduated in 2003. He directed Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, at UST in 2006. He also co-founded the Town Center Theatre in the Woodlands with fellow UST alumni Chris Tennison and Aaron Stryk. Milillo manages to make time for theater projects in both the Woodlands and at UST while holding a full-time position as the programs manager for the Bayou Bend Collections and Gardens.
A graduate of Dickinson High School and current Spring area resident, Milillo said he was unfamiliar with UST before his father introduced him to the school. After applying to several state universities, Milillo said he chose UST because students in the Drama Program graduate with an extraordinary amount of practical experience.
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Arsène Wenger has learnt a great deal about the Club's rising stars due to their involvement in the NextGen Series.
Terry Burton's side are bottom of Group Six of the elite European youth competition, but will qualify for the knockout stages if they beat Athletic Bilbao at Underhill on Thursday.
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Type 1 diabetes, once known as juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes, is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin, a hormone needed to allow sugar (glucose) to enter cells to produce energy. The far more common type 2 diabetes occurs when the body becomes resistant to insulin or doesn't make enough insulin.
Various factors may contribute to type 1 diabetes, including genetics and exposure to certain viruses. Although type 1 diabetes usually appears during childhood or adolescence, it also can begin in adults.
Despite active research, type 1 diabetes has no cure. But it can be managed. With proper treatment, people with type 1 diabetes can expect to live longer, healthier lives than did people with type 1 diabetes in the past.
Type 1 diabetes signs and symptoms can come on quickly and may include:
Consult your doctor if you notice any of the above signs and symptoms in you or your child.
The exact cause of type 1 diabetes is unknown. In most people with type 1 diabetes, the body's own immune system — which normally fights harmful bacteria and viruses — mistakenly destroys the insulin-producing (islet) cells in the pancreas. Genetics may play a role in this process, and exposure to certain environmental factors, such as viruses, may trigger the disease.
Once a significant number of islet cells are destroyed, you'll produce little or no insulin. Insulin is a hormone that comes from the pancreas, a gland situated behind and below the stomach.
Glucose — a sugar — is a main source of energy for the cells that make up muscles and other tissues.
In type 1 diabetes, there's no insulin to let glucose into the cells, so sugar builds up in your bloodstream, where it can cause life-threatening complications.
The cause of type 1 diabetes is different from the cause of the more familiar type 2 diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, the islet cells are still functioning, but the body becomes resistant to insulin or the pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin or both.
Some known risk factors for type 1 diabetes include:
Many other possible risk factors for type 1 diabetes have been investigated, though none have been proved. Some other possible risk factors include:
Type 1 diabetes can affect major organs in your body, including heart, blood vessels, nerves, eyes and kidneys. Keeping your blood sugar level close to normal most of the time can dramatically reduce the risk of many complications.
Long-term complications of type 1 diabetes develop gradually, over decades. Good blood sugar management can help lower the risk of complications. Eventually, diabetes complications may be disabling or even life-threatening.
Nerve damage (neuropathy). Excess sugar can injure the walls of the tiny blood vessels (capillaries) that nourish your nerves, especially in the legs. This can cause tingling, numbness, burning or pain that usually begins at the tips of the toes or fingers and gradually spreads upward. Poorly controlled blood sugar could cause you to eventually lose all sense of feeling in the affected limbs.
Damage to the nerves that affect the gastrointestinal tract can cause problems with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or constipation. For men, erectile dysfunction may be an issue.
If you suspect that you or your child might have type 1 diabetes, get evaluated immediately. A simple blood test can let your doctor know if you need further evaluation and treatment.
After you've received a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes, you'll need close medical follow-up until your blood sugar level stabilizes and your doctor determines the most effective type and doses of insulin for you. A doctor who specializes in hormonal disorders (endocrinologist) generally coordinates diabetes care. Your health care team will also likely include:
Once you've learned the basics of managing type 1 diabetes, your endocrinologist likely will recommend checkups every few months. A thorough yearly exam and regular foot and eye exams also are important — especially if you're having a hard time managing your diabetes, if you have high blood pressure or kidney disease, or if you're pregnant.
It's good to prepare for your appointments, which may include visits with several members of your health care team as well as your primary doctor. Here's some information to help you get ready for your appointment and to know what to expect from your doctor.
Preparing a list of questions can help you make the most of your time with your doctor and the rest of your health care team. For type 1 diabetes, topics you want to clarify with your doctor, dietitian or diabetes educator include:
Your doctor is likely to ask you a number of questions, including:
If you're having trouble managing your blood sugar, or if you're not sure about what to do in a certain situation, don't hesitate to contact your doctor or diabetes educator in between appointments for advice and guidance.
To diagnose type 1 diabetes, your doctor will ask for a:
If the A1C test isn't available, or if you have certain conditions that can make the A1C test inaccurate — such as if you're pregnant or have an uncommon form of hemoglobin (known as a hemoglobin variant) — your doctor may use the following tests to diagnose diabetes:
If you receive a diagnosis of diabetes, your doctor will also run blood tests to check for autoantibodies that are common in type 1 diabetes. These tests help your doctor distinguish between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The presence of ketones — byproducts from the breakdown of fat — in your urine also suggests type 1 diabetes, rather than type 2.
Once you've been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, you'll regularly visit your doctor to help you with your diabetes management. During these visits, the doctor will check your A1C levels. Your target A1C goal may vary depending on your age and various other factors, but the American Diabetes Association generally recommends that A1C levels be below 7 percent, which translates to an estimated average glucose of 154 mg/dL (8.5 mmol/L).
Compared with repeated daily blood sugar tests, A1C testing better indicates how well your diabetes treatment plan is working. An elevated A1C level may signal the need for a change in your insulin regimen, meal plan or both.
People who are meeting their A1C goals and who are confident in their diabetes management are generally seen twice a year by their endocrinologists. People who are having trouble reaching their A1C goals are usually seen every three months.
In addition to the A1C test, the doctor will also take blood and urine samples periodically to check your cholesterol levels, thyroid function, liver function and kidney function. The doctor will also examine you to assess your blood pressure, and he or she will check the sites where you test your blood sugar and deliver insulin.
Treatment for type 1 diabetes includes:
The goal is to keep your blood sugar level as close to normal as possible to delay or prevent complications. Although there are exceptions, generally, the goal is to keep your daytime blood sugar levels before meals between 70 and 130 mg/dL (3.9 to 7.2 mmol/L) and your after meal numbers no higher than 180 mg/dL (10 mmol/L) two hours after eating.
Good diabetes management can be overwhelming, especially when you're first diagnosed. Take it one day at a time. And remember that you're not alone. You'll work closely with your diabetes treatment team to keep your blood sugar level as close to normal as possible.
Anyone who has type 1 diabetes needs lifelong insulin therapy. After the diagnosis, there may be a "honeymoon" period, during which blood sugar is controlled with little or no insulin. However, this phase doesn't last.
Types of insulin are many and include:
Examples are regular insulin (Humulin 70/30, Novolin 70/30, others), insulin isophane (Humulin N, Novolin N), insulin glulisine (Apidra), insulin lispro (Humalog) and insulin aspart (Novolog). Long-acting insulins include glargine (Lantus) and detemir (Levemir).
Insulin can't be taken orally to lower blood sugar because stomach enzymes interfere with insulin's action. Therefore, it must be given either through injections or an insulin pump.
Injections. You can use a fine needle and syringe or an insulin pen to inject insulin under your skin. Insulin pens look similar to ink pens, and are available in disposable or refillable varieties. Needles are available in a variety of sizes, so you can find one that's most comfortable for you.
If you choose injections, you'll likely need a mixture of insulin types to use throughout the day and night. Multiple daily injections that include a combination of a long-acting insulin, such as Lantus or Levemir combined with a rapid-acting insulin, such as Apidra, Humolog or Novolog, more closely mimic the body's normal use of insulin than older insulin regimens that only required one or two shots a day. Three or more insulin injections a day has been shown to improve blood sugar levels.
An insulin pump — a device about the size of a cellphone worn on the outside of your body. A tube connects a reservoir of insulin to a catheter that's inserted under the skin of your abdomen. This type of pump can be worn in a variety of ways, such as on your waistband, in your pocket, or with specially designed pump belts.
There's also a wireless pump option. You wear a pod that houses the insulin reservoir on your body that has a tiny catheter that's inserted under your skin. The insulin pod can be worn on your abdomen, lower back, or on a leg or an arm. The programming is done with a wireless device that communicates with the pod.
Pumps are programmed to dispense specific amounts of rapid-acting insulin automatically. This steady dose of insulin is known as your basal rate, and it replaces whatever long-acting insulin you were using.
When you eat, you program the pump with the amount of carbohydrates you're eating and your current blood sugar, and it will give you what's called a "bolus" dose of insulin to cover your meal and to correct your blood sugar if it's elevated. Some research has found that in some people an insulin pump can be more effective at controlling blood sugar levels than injections. But many people achieve good blood sugar levels with injections, too.
An emerging treatment approach, not yet available, is closed-loop insulin delivery, also known as the artificial pancreas. It links a continuous glucose monitor to an insulin pump. The device automatically delivers the correct amount of insulin when the monitor indicates the need for it. There are a number of different versions of the artificial pancreas, and clinical trials have had encouraging results. More research needs to be done before a fully functional artificial pancreas can receive regulatory approval.
The first step toward an artificial pancreas was approved in 2013. Combining a continuous glucose monitor with an insulin pump, this system stops insulin delivery when blood sugar levels drop too low. Studies on the device found that it could prevent low blood sugar levels overnight without significantly increasing morning blood sugar levels.
Additional medications also may be prescribed for people with type 1 diabetes, such as:
Depending on what type of insulin therapy you select or require — twice daily injections, multiple daily injections or insulin pump — you may need to check and record your blood sugar level at least four times a day, and generally more often. The American Diabetes Association recommends testing blood sugar levels before meals and snacks, before bed, before exercising or driving, and if you suspect you have low blood sugar. Careful monitoring is the only way to make sure that your blood sugar level remains within your target range. Be sure to wash your hands before checking your blood sugar levels.
Even if you take insulin and eat on a rigid schedule, the amount of sugar in your blood can change unpredictably. With help from your diabetes treatment team, you'll learn how your blood sugar level changes in response to food, activity, illness, medications, stress, hormonal changes and alcohol.
Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) is the newest way to monitor blood sugar levels, and may be especially helpful for preventing hypoglycemia. Plus, when used by people older than 25, the devices have been shown to lower A1C.
Continuous glucose monitors attach to the body using a fine needle just under the skin that checks blood glucose level every few minutes. CGM isn't yet considered as accurate as standard blood sugar monitoring, so it's not considered a replacement method for keeping track of blood sugar, but an additional tool for some people.
Contrary to popular perception, there's no such thing as a diabetes diet. However, it's important to center your diet on nutritious, low-fat, high-fiber foods such as:
Your dietitian will recommend that you eat fewer animal products and refined carbohydrates, such as white bread and sweets. This healthy eating plan is recommended for everyone, even people without diabetes.
You'll need to learn how to count the amount of carbohydrates in the foods you eat so that you can give yourself enough insulin to properly metabolize those carbohydrates. A registered dietitian can help you create a meal plan that fits your health goals, food preferences and lifestyle.
Everyone needs regular aerobic exercise, and people who have type 1 diabetes are no exception. But get your doctor's OK to exercise first. Then choose activities you enjoy, such as walking, swimming and biking. Make physical activity part of your daily routine. Aim for at least 30 minutes of aerobic exercise most days of the week. The goal for children is at least an hour of activity a day. Flexibility and strength training exercises are important, too. If you haven't been active for a while, start slowly and build up gradually.
Remember that physical activity lowers blood sugar, often for long after you're done working out. If you begin a new activity, check your blood sugar level more often than usual until you know how that activity affects your blood sugar levels. You might need to adjust your meal plan or insulin doses to compensate for the increased activity. If you use an insulin pump, you can set a temporary basal rate to keep your blood sugar from dropping. Ask your doctor or diabetes educator to show you how.
Certain life circumstances call for different considerations.
Working. In the past, people with type 1 diabetes were often refused certain jobs because they had diabetes. Fortunately, advances in diabetes management and anti-discrimination laws have made such blanket bans largely a thing of the past.
However, type 1 diabetes can pose some challenges in the workplace. For example, if you work in a job that involves driving or operating heavy machinery, hypoglycemia could pose a serious risk to you and those around you. You may need to work with your doctor and your employer to ensure that certain accommodations are made, such as your having a quick break for blood sugar testing and fast access to food and drink anytime, so you can properly manage your diabetes and prevent low blood sugar levels. There are federal and state laws in place that require employers to make reasonable accommodations for people with diabetes.
Being pregnant. Because the risk of pregnancy complications is higher for women with type 1 diabetes, experts recommend that women have a preconception evaluation and that A1C readings should be less than 7 percent before you attempt to get pregnant. Some drugs, such as high blood pressure medications and cholesterol-lowering medications, may need to be stopped before pregnancy.
The risk of birth defects is increased for women with type 1 diabetes, particularly when diabetes is poorly controlled during the first six to eight weeks of pregnancy, so planning your pregnancy is key. Careful management of your diabetes during pregnancy can decrease your risk of complications.
Islet cell transplantation. Researchers are experimenting with islet cell transplantation, which provides new insulin-producing cells from a donor pancreas. Although this experimental procedure has met with problems in the past, new techniques and better drugs to prevent islet cell rejection may improve its future chance for success.
Islet cell transplantation still requires the use of immune-suppressing medications. And just as it did with its own natural islet cells, the body often destroys transplanted islet cells, making the time off injected insulin short-lived. Additionally, a sufficient supply of islet cells isn't available for this treatment to become more widespread.
Researchers are working on ways to expand the number of available islets, as well as find ways to protect islets from the immune system. Some ideas that may soon be in clinical trials include encapsulating the individual islet cells, or housing the islet cells in a device that would shield them from the immune cells, but still allow in oxygen and a blood supply.
Despite your best efforts, sometimes problems will arise. Certain short-term complications of type 1 diabetes, such as hypoglycemia, require immediate care.
Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). This occurs when your blood sugar level drops below your target range. Ask your doctor what's considered a low blood sugar level for you. Blood sugar levels can drop for many reasons, including skipping a meal, getting more physical activity than normal or injecting too much insulin.
Learn the symptoms of low blood sugar, and test your blood sugar if you think your blood sugar levels are dropping. When in doubt, always do a blood sugar test. Early signs and symptoms of low blood sugar include:
Later signs and symptoms of low blood sugar, which can sometimes be mistaken for alcohol intoxication in teens and adults include:
If you develop hypoglycemia during the night, you might wake with sweat-soaked pajamas or a headache. Due to a natural rebound effect, nighttime hypoglycemia might cause an unusually high blood sugar reading first thing in the morning.
If you have a low blood sugar reading:
If a blood glucose meter isn't readily available, treat for low blood sugar anyway if you have symptoms of hypoglycemia, and then test as soon as possible.
Always carry a source of fast-acting sugar with you. Left untreated, low blood sugar will cause you to lose consciousness. If this occurs, you may need an emergency injection of glucagon — a hormone that stimulates the release of sugar into the blood. Be sure you always have a glucagon emergency kit available — at home, at work, when you're out — and make sure it hasn't expired.
Hypoglycemia unawareness. Some people may lose the ability to sense that their blood sugar levels are getting low, because they've developed a condition known as hypoglycemia unawareness. With hypoglycemia unawareness, the body no longer reacts to a low blood sugar level with symptoms such as lightheadedness or headaches. The more you experience low blood sugars, the more likely you are to develop hypoglycemia unawareness. The good news is that if you can avoid having a hypoglycemic episode for several weeks, you may start to become more aware of impending lows.
High blood sugar (hyperglycemia). Your blood sugar can rise for many reasons, including eating too much, eating the wrong types of foods, not taking enough insulin or illness.
Watch for:
If you suspect hyperglycemia, check your blood sugar. You might need to adjust your meal plan or medications. If your blood sugar is higher than your target range, you'll likely need to administer a "correction" using an insulin shot or through an insulin pump. A correction is an additional dose of insulin that should bring your blood sugar back into the normal range. High blood sugar levels don't come down as quickly as they go up. Ask your doctor how long to wait until you recheck. If you use an insulin pump, random high blood sugar readings may mean you need to change the pump site.
If you have a blood sugar reading above 240 mg/dL (13.3 mmol/L), test for ketones using a urine test stick. Don't exercise if your blood sugar level is above 240 mg/dL or if ketones are present. If only a trace or small amounts of ketones are present, drink extra fluids to flush out the ketones.
If your blood sugar is persistently above 300 mg/dL (16.7 mmol/L), despite taking appropriate correction doses of insulin, call your doctor or seek emergency care.
Increased ketones in your urine (diabetic ketoacidosis). If your cells are starved for energy, your body may begin to break down fat — producing toxic acids known as ketones. Diabetic ketoacidosis is a life-threatening emergency.
Signs and symptoms of this serious condition include:
If you suspect ketoacidosis, check your urine for excess ketones with an over-the-counter ketones test kit. If you have large amounts of ketones in your urine, call your doctor right away or seek emergency care. Also, call your doctor if you have vomited more than once and you have ketones in your urine.
Following your diabetes treatment plan requires round-the-clock care, which can be frustrating at times. But realize that your efforts are worthwhile. Careful management of type 1 diabetes can reduce your risk of serious — even life-threatening — complications. Consider these tips:
Keep your immunizations up to date. High blood sugar can weaken your immune system. Get a flu shot every year. Your doctor will likely recommend the pneumonia vaccine, as well.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also recommends hepatitis B vaccination if you haven't previously been vaccinated against hepatitis B and you're an adult ages 19 to 59 with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. The CDC advises vaccination as soon as possible after diagnosis with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. If you're age 60 or older and have diabetes and haven't previously received the vaccine, talk to your doctor about whether it's right for you.
Take stress seriously. The hormones your body may produce in response to prolonged stress may prevent insulin from working properly, which can stress and frustrate you even more.
Take a step back and set some limits. Prioritize your tasks. Learn relaxation techniques. Get plenty of sleep.
Living with type 1 diabetes isn't easy. Diabetes management requires a lot of time and effort, especially in the beginning.
Diabetes can affect your emotions both directly and indirectly. Poorly controlled blood sugar can directly affect your emotions by causing behavior changes, such as irritability. Diabetes may also make you feel different from other people. And there may be times you feel resentful that you always have to incorporate diabetes planning in everything you do.
People with diabetes have an increased risk of depression and diabetes-related distress, which may be why many diabetes specialists regularly include a social worker or psychologist as part of their diabetes care team.
You may find that talking to other people with type 1 diabetes is helpful. Support groups are available both online and in person. Support groups aren't for everyone, but they can be good sources of information. Group members often know about the latest treatments and tend to share their own experiences or helpful information, such as where to find carbohydrate counts for your favorite takeout restaurant.
If you're interested in a support group, your doctor may be able to recommend one in your area. Or you can visit the websites of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) or the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) for support group information and to check out local activities for people with type 1 diabetes. You can also reach the ADA at 800-DIABETES (800-342-2383) or JDRF at 800-533-CURE (800-533-2873).
There's no known way to prevent type 1 diabetes. But researchers are working on preventing the disease or further destruction of the islet cells in people who are newly diagnosed. Ask your doctor if you might be eligible for one of these clinical trials, but carefully weigh the risks and benefits of any treatment available in a trial.
You can find more information on the types of research being done from TrialNet, a collaboration of diabetes researchers. TrialNet is also conducting a natural history study to check for diabetes genes in parents, children and siblings of people with type 1 diabetes.
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we have a trailer that hauls a crap ton of stuff for spring time BBQ sessions..
Originally Posted by luckboxing View Post
but a few cheap sleds piqued my interest.
Original plan was to grab something in the $3-4k range this summer, but a few cheap sleds piqued my interest. I'll probably just hold off until I can get something nicer.
Anybody know how late people ride around Squamish/Whistler/Pemberton?
I remember running into some guys unloading a sled while I was dirtbiking in Squamish last June.
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i think it would be cool to tow in gear into a zone and set up camp with a wall tent and a little stove.
no never been to brandywine im in bozeman mt., just read about it over years.
you can mod a longer track on that sled, $250 for the kit and $500 for a track. at 5000+ km that top end is getting to the end of its life. Rebuilds aren't that hard but still $1000. so after you put that money into it you could have gone out and gotten a newer sled with a longer track.
in the deep heavy snow in whistler that summit 670 with a 136 track will get you into zones, but not up them. talk one of your buddies into getting a big sled to double on.
it would be a great starter sled, offer the guy 750, rip it for a year then sell it and upgrade once you know what you want.
i've been looking at the utility sleds as my next purchase. i think it would be cool to tow in gear into a zone and set up camp with a wall tent and a little stove.
whistler and the coastal range is heaven on Sleds!!
consider saving up and getting a 2005 and up, so many advances happened in the mid 2000's you will be left behind on anything older or it will be hard as shit to ride.. you want a good mountain sled, long track, deep lugs so you can get up the mountain in deep pow to do runs. or heck just ride the sled cuz its just as fun if you like gas powered toys! and whistler is the best place in the WORLD to ride snowmobiles
All the sled brands ride different too.. might eb worth while riding a few to see what suits you.. but honestly.. you wont go wrong with a used 2006 to 2009 Arctic Cat M8 or M7.. very reliable.. i just bought my second Cat.. and they both run killer.. the older M6 has 4k miles and runs like a bat out of hell still, and i ride'r hard!
make sure you bring your muscles and never EVER! ride alone..
its costly $$ but all the powder riding you will access once you know how to ride will be your payoff..
powder snob here, but the only time i ride variable/groomed/hardpack conditions now is when i take my 6yr old boy snowboarding at the skill hill to teach him. i only ride powder.. pFFFFt!
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I'm definitely not planning on going out there alone. Not planning on reaching the summit then ghost riding the thing down the mountain, haha. Working on talking a friend into buying one, but looking around for people to ride with anyways. Seems like there's a dozen sleds in our parking lot here, should be able to find somebody.
Didn't mean to compare it directly to a splitboard, just seemed like it might be a cheap way to get into it. Split + sled sounds like the ideal setup.
Walove, have you ridden Brandywine? Any other zones up here that you'd recommend starting out on? I'm not looking for anything crazy, would actually prefer a busier place with some mellowish slopes.
Been reading through that long thread, people seem to speak pretty highly of the exact model I posted. 04-05 800's would be a lot better, but about 3x the price from what I've seen and the reliability isn't significantly (or any) better from what I've read in that thread. I realize that a longer track would be ideal, does it help that I'm 140 lbs and hopefully riding well tracked areas?
i picked up a sled this year, after doing some research i found that if you want to double up slopes and do laps off the sled you need a 800 with around a 150 track. $3000 will get you something that will work.
i just use my sled to get me and a buddy up long access roads and then split into steeper terrain. I picked up a 99 summit 500, for $350. with similar miles. had to throw a hundred at it, and clean the carbs to get it running nice.
most companies got ride of the swing arm suspension in the early 2000's, i think it was 04 on the summits. makes the sled ride much better in deep snow.
tgr has a 50 page post about sled skiing
brandywine is a classic snowboard zone, its been in movies for years, going back to the forum 8/wildcat days, and still today in the yes movies. deep snow so you need a big sled. with all that traffic there should always be a road punched in.
That sled is probably going to be more trouble than it's worth. The track isn't very long which means it's going to get stuck in powder a lot. At least it doesn't look very long. Plus it's over ten years old. I'd look into something a little more recent. 04-05 with a longer track. You should be able to find a deal on one of those for not a whole lot more.
Maintenance can really add up. With a split, not nearly the cost. Of course splitting isn't for everyone either.
Just my opinion.
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Yeah, definitely wouldn't head out without avy gear (and education).
Just don't know anybody else with a sled, guess I should head down the road and talk to the guys riding out there. Looks like there's always a bunch of guys parked there (think it's Brandwine if anybody is familiar).
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Foye needs one 3-point field goal to break Memo Okur's single-season record of 129, which the former Jazz center set in 2006-07.
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I just took a look at my Google Analytics to have a look at the Ecommerce section and see how much traffic and revenue was sent from the top 10 referrers (numbers rounded up to 2dp)
Just to note, these results only include google.com and they don't include any results from paid marketing campaigns or email newsletters, etc.
All Authors have access to these referring sites I have used and the private domains listed aren't traffic heavy blogs (I removed my traffic-heavy sites from these results as they'd skew the results too much)
The private domains are simply Wordpress sites I spent a day or so setting up, filled with content (lots of keywords) and then never touched them again. In fact, one of them is even on my old server it's been that long since I bothered with it.
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Firstly you can see how if you're not promoting your items outside of Envato, you are most certainly missing out on sales and referral cuts.
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- I was rather surprised to see that Flickr sent more revenue than Deviantart… how many of you are not uploading to Flickr?
Again, just to reiterate, these are a selection of results chosen because everyone has access to them, & the private sites only took a few hours to set up each.
Very interesting! I never realized flickr drove that kind of traffic! I definitely will have to start using it, can I ask for flickr for example, do you submit to groups? or simply just upload your image and leave it?
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Oh nice! Some great suggestions in there, thanks a lot for sharing with us Adam!
Well, as Authors it's interesting to see where the money comes from, even if it is only a small report.
It's a shame I don't yet have more in depth information, but in future I'm sure I will
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Thanks for sharing buddy. I'm surprised about your Facebook data, never imagined it could work so well
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Very interesting! I never realized flickr drove that kind of traffic! I definitely will have to start using it, can I ask for flickr for example, do you submit to groups? or simply just upload your image and leave it?
Yes there are groups on flickr, similar to deviant art.
This is great, it really shows what social networks can do these days.
quickandeasy, if you don't mind me asking, how much $ per month does referral income amounts to? Is it really worth your time to bother with setting up traffic sites?
In comparison to some Authors, my referral amounts are miniscule. I know of Authors making several thousand dollars per month with little effort.
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Discussion in 'December 2013' started by roscoe36, Oct 21, 2013.
With this win we maintained the 8th spot and are only 1.5 games out of the 3rd spot..
When this big unit is clicking, it is really fun to watch. Jennings and Smith really up the pace and the starting unit has fantastic hands which allows them to function in the chaos. It's funny that Drummond played out the game tonight. I guess Mo didn't feel like we needed to score... Who knows what Mo is thinking with his rotations... guys go from being in the doghouse to getting extended run with other doghousers in real situations. Seems like he's just pulling straws randomly. At least we get to actually see what these guys can do though instead of guessing. I think that if put in the right situation, any player on any NBA roster can contribute- except for some of the 7' stiffs that are there as stunt doubles. It's kind of crazy to put in all the 3rd stringers at once though because they are forced to go from playing roles to starring. If you rank the league by point differential (the best indicator of team strength IMO), then we are 20th at -2.0 points per game. Here are the teams we've beaten and their rank: WAS 19 BOS 23 SAC 24 NYK 25 BRK 26T PHI 26T MIL 29 Here are the teams that we've lost to: MEM 21 (in OT) LAL 17 LAL 17 ATL 16 ATL 16 CHI 15 GSW 9 OKC 8 POR 6 IND 1 So, our biggest accomplishment of the year so far is beating Washington, a team ranked one spot ahead of us in point differential. Our biggest choke was losing to Memphis in overtime, a team ranked 1 spot behind us in point differential. Every single other game has ended up the way that point differential would have predicted. We should have knocked down a couple quality wins, but let them slip through our fingers. We also barely hung onto a couple leads where we pulled out the Ws. We've topped 100 points 8 times and we've give up 100 7 times. I'm seeing progress through. Josh Smith has climbed into positive +/- territory on the season. Pope has anchored the starting unit defensively. Stuckey is bringing incredible consistency and firepower to his 6th man role. Drummond is effortlessly racking up double doubles in the flow of the games. Jennings is looking to pass first and still scoring. Hopefully Billups is giving Jennings some great guidance.
Does the point differential predict or describe?
By describes, I'm assuming that you mean correlates with Win percentage. Team: diff rank/ win % rank/ difference IND: 01/ 01/ 0 SAS: 02/ 02/ 0 MIA: 02/ 03/ 0 (because they are T2) ... DET: 20/ 20/ 0 ... UTA: 30/ 30/ 0 Here is how the league figures: W% rank within 3 of point diff rank: 21 teams within 4: 25 teams Here are the aberrations: LAL have a record that is 6 worse than their point differential TOR has a record that is 7 better than their point differenetial MIN has a record that is 9 better MEM has a record that is 9 worse So, bet on LAL and MEM to rise in the standings and TOR and MIN to fall as the law of averages catches up with them. Point differential is considered to be much more predictive than W-L percentage. To take it to the extreme, imagine that you are peaking in at the Chinese southern province league and he see that 2 teams are going to play each other: 1 team is 3-0 with an average point differential of 20 points per game and the other team is 3-0 with an average point differential of 3 points per game. You know where you're putting your money. It is just more information. W and L's are just a binary outcome where tons of information is lost.
That's what I always believing in. Thank you Sir.
I've never seen a more accurate and succinct summary of the mindset of the statistician and its (implied) comparison to the mindset of the traditional fan.
If they keep hacking Drum they'll break his hands, then where are we ?
It might help his FT shooting if he was wearing 2 casts.
Watched a replay of the first half. We run too much pick and roll, and we're not all that succesfull at it. Our bigs STILL can't set a decent screen off the ball. I watched the Clev Vs Chi game- Noah, Boozer, and Gibson almost live to set a good screen. When Stuckey is in the game we should run him off the ball in addition to his mid range post up; I think there are some lob opportunities off that play (a la Rip to Ben) for Stuck to toss to Dre.
Really great video share. Pistons actually look competent in that.
Backing track makes it!
Just went back & rewatched this one, again. Bored I guess since we all had to miss out on the postponed Atlanta game. I try these days to just rewatch a game just once these days. I was up to five viewings several years ago but have gotten that down to viewing a game twice before erasing it. I do keep a few earlier games, like one a month, just to get a look at where we were. So what did I see. First, this one was one against a very weak team. But yet, not a single Philly player was anywhere near so bad as to not be able to shut down Singler if they guarded him. Singler went one for seven and the coach saw fit only to play him 16 minutes. And since both Billups and Bynum were injured for this one, we saw a full 32 minutes of basketball from the Pistons without any of our really poor defensive players. And we were dominating so badly during those 32 minutes that boredom was the main thing the Pistons were fighting. Drummond could not be stopped, Smith scored plenty, Monroe pulled down a bunch of bounds, Jennings had a double double in the first half. Pope hit a couple of 3's early. Our starters had no competition on the floor. Of note, Harrellson played very little in this game, but was plus 9. My game report at the time was way too severe on the guy. He really did well when in with the starters, including when Monroe got tossed for a second tech. I totally take back the idea of this player getting replaced. Harrellson looks good whenever we go to him. JJ made a lot of mistakes, as my report says, but he also looked great inside going for rebounds. He had the size and strength to compete inside. Unfortunately, he played half and half small / power forward in this one. He really, really needs some solid time at small forward. We know JJ is a lot better than he showed in this game, as far as the goofs. He just is rusty, not in the flow of the game. Ok, enough for now. Who really want to read about an old game. I might write more, depending on the feedback. Goodnite. Can't wait til the next one, tomorrow night.
Agree, Singler put on a show in this one. Best player on the floor.
i GUARANTEE that sixers will win this game!
Nice call, Wiggles.
that's GIGGLES! lol
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Acer negundo
Common Name: Boxelder
Boxelder is a small tree that thrives on moist, full sun sites. Unlike other maples, needs both male and female trees are needed to reproduce.
Acer platanoides 'Royal Red'
Common Name: Royal Red Norway Maple
Royal Red Norway Maple is rumored to be the hardiest purple-leaf maple. This slower growing maple returns excellent maroon, deep red color all season long. Oval in shape at a young age broadening into an excellent shade tree.
Acer rubrum
Common Name: Red Maple
Native Red Maple is one of the first trees to color in fall in shades of bright yellow, flaming orange or red. Crown is narrow to broadly rounded with a straight trunk. Excellent urban shade tree.
Acer rubrum 'Autumn Flame'
Common Name: Autumn Flame Red Maple
Autumn Flame Red Maple has compact growth with smaller leaves and tight branching habit. Perfect for areas with limited space. Rich, burgundy red fall color arrives about two weeks earlier than most other varieties.
Acer rubrum 'Brandywine'
Common Name: Brandywine Red Maple
Brandywine Red Maple lives up to its name with persistent fall color that begins bright red and gradually turns brilliant purple red. Seedless male with proven performance.
Acer rubrum 'Frank Jr'
Common Name: Redpointe® Maple
Redpointe® Maple is an upright, broadly pyramidal bright red maple. A great selection for street plantings as the color is a brilliant red.
Acer rubrum 'Franksred'
Common Name: Red Sunset® Maple
Red Sunset Maple is one of the most popular Red Maple cultivars. Matures to attractive pyramidal to rounded outline. Fluorescent orange and red fall colors.
Acer rubrum 'October Glory'
Common Name: October Glory® Maple
October Glory Maple has a broad oval crown with glossy foliage that turns crimson red in the fall. The color lasts much longer than many other Red Maple cultivars.
Acer rubrum 'Sun Valley'
Common Name: Sun Valley Red Maple
Sun Valley Red Maple is a cross between Red Sunset and Autumn Flame that produces a moderate ovate crown. Brilliant green summer leaves change to orange-red in the fall. Sun Valley Red Maple is a great new tree for lawn or street planting.
Acer saccharinum
Common Name: Silver Maple
Native Silver Maple is an easy-to-grow shade tree that grows quickly on a wide range of sites. Deep green foliage with silvery undersides turns gold in autumn. Upright oval shape with strong branching.
Acer saccharum
Common Name: Sugar Maple
Native Sugar Maple is a large shade tree with excellent form. Famous for it prized syrup, Sugar Maples offer fabulous fall color in shades of bright yellow, orange or red. Sugar Maple grows in a variety of soil types but prefers a rich, well-drained soil.
Acer saccharum 'Bailsta PP11119'
Common Name: Fall Fiesta Sugar Maple
Fall Fiesta Sugar Maple offers a rounded form, with vibrant red, yellow, and orange fall color.
Acer saccharum 'Commemoration®'
Common Name: Commemoration® Sugar Maple
Commemoration Sugar Maple is a vigorous grower with broad crown. Heavy foliage resists leaf tatter and turns red in fall.
Acer saccharum 'Green Mountain®'
Common Name: Green Mountain® Sugar Maple
Green Mountain is a showy maple with upright, oval shape. Excellent urban tree with great fall color and inconspicuous seeds.
Acer saccharum 'Legacy'
Common Name: Legacy® Sugar Maple
Legacy Sugar Maple has glossy dark green foliage and an oval shaped habit with reddish-orange to red fall color.
Acer saccharum 'Super Sweet'
Common Name: 'Super Sweet' Sugar Maple
Acer tataricum subsp ginnala 'Flame'
Common Name: Flame Amur Maple
Flame Amur Maple is a rounded, low-branched small tree or multi-stem shrub. Brilliant red fall color.
Acer truncatum x platanoides 'JFWS-202'
Common Name: Crimson Sunset®Maple
Deep purple leaves, of this heat tolerant tree, is the distinguishing characteristic of this maple. Upright and oval the Crimson Sunset® flourishes in the heat where few purple leafed plants do.
Acer x freemanii 'Celzam PP7279'
Common Name: Celebration® Maple
Celebration Maple is a vigorous growing seedless red maple hybrid with strong branch structure and long lasting fall color that is a brilliant red orange.
Acer x freemanii 'Jeffersred'
Common Name: Autumn Blaze® Maple
Autumn Blaze is a fast-growing red maple cultivar with long-lasting, red orange fall color. Drought-tolerant and grows in most soils.
Acer x freemanii 'Marmo'
Common Name: Marmo Maple
Marmo Maple is a hybrid cross of Red Maple and Silver Maple. Grows to 70' with a spread of 35'. Excellent fall color with a blend of red and green, to burgundy, yellow and gold.
Acorus calamus
Common Name: calamus
Spreading aquatic perennial that features sword-shaped leaf blades.
Adiatum pedatum
Common Name: Maidenhair Fern
Delicate appearance belies this fern's toughness. Fronds unfurl fairly late in the spring. Can form large colonies of a pleasant medium green. A deciduous fern.
Aesculus flava
Common Name: Yellow Buckeye
The yellow buckeye, or common buckeye is a species of deciduous tree native to the Ohio Valley and Appalachian Mountains. It grows in mesophytic forest or floodplains. The fruit is poisonous to humans, but can be made edible through a leaching process.
Aesculus glabra
Common Name: Ohio Buckeye
Ohio Buckeye is a medium-sized tree, which prefers moist sites. Large spikes of green-yellow flowers bloom in May. Fall color is often orange-red. Fall fruit is the familiar, shiny brown, round seed.
Aesculus hippocastanum
Common Name: Horsechestnut
Horsechestnut has showy white flowers with red and yellow markings that bloom in May. Serves well as a street tree or shade tree.
Aesculus parviflora
Common Name: Bottlebrush Buckeye
Large, upright feathery plumes of white flower clusters contrast with rich, dark green leaves. A dramatic addition to the late summer landscape. Fall foliage is yellowish-bronze. Broad-rounded habit lends itself to impressive mass plantings.
Aesculus pavia
Common Name: Red Buckeye
Red Buckeye is a short tree or shrub with open habit. Showy red, spring flowers attract ruby-throated hummingbirds. A good accent plant for large shaded areas, especially when planted in small groves.
Albizia julibrissin
Common Name: Mimosa Tree
Mimosa Trees grow rapidly, are drought-tolerant and highly adaptable. Fragrant, hot pink bloom clusters, add an explosion of color to any spring landscape.
Alnus serrulata
Common Name: Smooth Alder
Smooth Alder is excellent for stream banks, buffer plantings, and wildlife. Smooth Alder's fruit is eaten by several species of birds including the woodcock and ruffed grouse.
Amelanchier alnifolia
Common Name: Saskatoon Serviceberry
Saskatoon Serviceberry is a rounded shrub with deep purple/black fruit. Sweet and good for eating or making jelly, Saskatoon Serviceberry is also a drought tolerant species.
Amelanchier arborea
Common Name: Downy Serviceberry
Downy Serviceberry is an easy-to-grow small tree with white spring flowers, clean summer foliage, persistant leaves and brilliant red fall color.
Amelanchier canadensis
Common Name: Shadblow Serviceberry
Shadblow Serviceberry is a deciduous, early-flowering, large shrub or small tree with showy, slightly fragrant, white spring flowers. Dark green leaves change to orange-red in autumn. Shadblow Serviceberry's small, round, green berries ripen in early summer.
Amelanchier laevis
Common Name: Alleghany Serviceberry
Alleghany Serviceberry is a small, deciduous, usually multi-trunked understory tree or tall shrub. Alleghany Serviceberry has showy, fragrant spring flowers followed by small, round, edible berries which ripen to dark purplish-black in June.
Amelanchier lamarckii
Common Name: Juneberry Single Stem
Serviceberry is a fine native shrub or small tree found in woods, along river banks and along rocky slopes. Clusters of fragrant white spring flowers are followed by purple-black, berrylike fruits favored by songbirds and people. Fall foliage is a blend of orange, gold, red and green.
Amelanchier lamarckii
Common Name: Juneberry Multi Stem
Juneberry is a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree. Young, bronze leaves change to orange and red in autumn. White spring flowers followed by purple berries in early summer.
Amelanchier sanguinea
Common Name: Roundleaf Serviceberry
Roundleaf Serviceberry is a deciduous, early-flowering, large shrub or small tree with showy, fragrant, white spring flowers. Summer fruits resemble miniature apples and are reddish to purple when mature.
Amelanchier X grandiflora 'Robin Hill'
Common Name: Robin Hill Serviceberry
The pink flower buds of 'Robin Hill' Serviceberry distinguish it from other native serviceberry selections. 'Robin Hill' Serviceberry has an upright habit that makes it a good choice for street plantings or other settings where a small, attractive tree is desired.
Amorpha canescens
Common Name: Lead Plant
Lead Plant is a small shrubby prairie plant with tight spikes of iridescent purple and orange summer flowers. Found in dry to mesic prairies and in open, upland savannas through most of the tallgrass region. Leadplant is in the legume family so it fixes nitrogen in the soil.
Amorpha fruticosa
Common Name: Shrub Indigo
Shrub Indigo is a woody shrub with fragrant, lavender flower spikes. Naturalized throughout the Midwest.
Amsonia illustris
Common Name: Shining Bluestar
Rounded spikes of starry, sky blue flowers emerge in spring and last for several weeks. Deep green willowlike leaves turn bright gold in the fall. The plant takes on a substantial rounded form in the garden. Swallowtail butterflies love the nectar.
Andropogon gerardi
Common Name: Big Bluestem
Big Bluestem is a native warm-season grass that has upright foliage clumps. Its green to blue-green leaves in summer turn copper-red in fall. If left in place, Big Bluestem's foliage adds interest to the winter landscape and provides cover for wildlife.
Andropogon scoparium
Common Name: Little Bluestem
Little Bluestem is a mid-height, non-spreading, clump-forming native grass with blue-green leaves that turn reddish orange in the fall. Fluffy silver seed heads are ornamental through winter. Little Bluestem is easy to establish and perfect in short- to mid-height prairie plantings.
Andropogon ternarius
Common Name: Splitbeard Bluestem
Splitbeard Bluestem is a native bunchgrass. Its ribbon-like leaves are often purplish and the silvery-white seed tufts catch the light and look particularly attractive with the sun behind them. Frequently found growing with Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) in well-drained, sandy or gravelly soil.
Andropogon virginicus
Common Name: Broomsedge Bluestem
Broomsedge is not a true sedge but is a member of the grass family, Poaceae. In the fall, the leaves turn a conspicuous reddish-orange color that may be seen in open fields or along roadsides and forests edges. Tolerates poor soil and is often used as an indicator or sites that need fertilizer. The young plants are sometimes used as grazing forage for cattle or cut and used as hay. As the plants mature, they become too woody for the cattle to digest well. Bobwhite Quail and small rodents eat the grass and seeds and many wildlife species use the plants for shelter or nesting sites.
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Common Name: Pussytoes
A low, colony-forming evergreen plant, spreading by runners, with basal leaves and erect stems. Each bearing a termianl cluster of fuzzy rayless flower heads.
Aquilegia canadensis
Common Name: Columbine
Columbine is an openly branching plant bears abundant red and yellow nodding flowers in spring. Columbine's distinctive flowers offer nectar to butterflies and hummingbirds. Tolerates part sun.
Aronia arbutifolia 'Brilliantissima'
Common Name: Brilliant Red Chokeberry
Brilliant Red Chokeberry is an adaptable small, multi-branched shrub often grown as an ornamental for its showy flowers and fruit. Its white, spring flowers are followed by large, black fall fruits. Fall foliage turns scarlet red.
Aronia melanocarpa
Common Name: Black Chokeberry
Native Black Chokeberry is an adaptable small, multi-branched shrub often grown as an ornamental for its showy flowers and fruit. Foliage turns wine red in fall. Provides food and cover for wildlife.
Aronia melanocarpa 'McKenzie'
Common Name: McKenzie Black Chokeberry
McKenzie Black Chokeberry is medium-sized native variety. McKenzie Black Chokeberry spring blooms are pollinated by bees. Pendulous, summer berry clusters ripen to a purplish-black color by September.
Asclepias incarnata
Common Name: Swamp Milkweed
Sweetly scented clusters of Marsh Milkweed's rose-pink flowers bloom in summer. All kinds of pollinators find the nectar of Marsh Milkweed irresistable and monarch larvae feed on the foliage. Marsh Milkweed is found along streams and ponds and in wet meadows. Great in rain gardens.
Asclepias tuberosa
Common Name: Butterfly Milkweed
Native Butterfly Milkweed has flat-topped umbrels of nectar-rich red-orange flowers atop fleshy stems. It is a magnet for butterflies and a host plant for several butterfly varieties.
Asimina triloba
Common Name: Pawpaw
Pawpaw is a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree is a great plant for attracting all kinds of wildlife. Pawpaw's yellowish fruit is relished by many birds and small mammals. Pawpaw spreads slowly to form small colonies or thickets, providing good cover for a variety of wildlife. Requires cross pollination from another unrelated paw paw tree.
Asimina triloba 'Allegheny™Grafted'
Common Name: Allegheny™Grafted Pawpaw
'Allegheny' Pawpaw fruits have average fleshiness with slightly more seed than other Peterson varieties. Fruit flavor is sweet and rich, with a hint of citrus. Smaller fruit than other Peterson varieties, typically less than eight ounces, but bears more number of fruits.
Asimina triloba 'Mango Grafted'
Common Name: Mango Grafted Pawpaw
Pawpaw is a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree is a great plant for attracting all kinds of wildlife. 'Mango' Pawpaw has exceptionally large and delicious fruit with yellow flesh. Mango is the most vigorous of the usually slow-growing paw paw varieties, and it produces a good crop.
Asimina triloba 'NC-1 Grafted'
Common Name: NC-1 Grafted Pawpaw
NC-1 Pawpaw has large and delicious, early-ripening fruit with few seeds and thin skin. NC-1 Pawpaw is a hybrid seedling of Davis x Overleese; selected by R. Douglas Campbell, Ontario, Canada, in 1976.
Asimina triloba 'Overlease Grafted'
Common Name: Overlease Grafted Pawpaw
Selected from the wild in Rushville, Indiana, by W.B. Ward in 1950. Ripens early September in Kentucky and first week in October in Michagan. Fruit size large.
Asimina triloba 'Pennsylvania Gold Grafted'
Common Name: Pennsylvania Gold Grafted Pawpaw
Pennsylvania Gold has medium to large, sweet, flavorful fruit with yellow flesh. It is one of the earliest varieties to ripen, and produces a good crop.
Asimina triloba 'Potomac™Grafted'
Common Name: Potomac™Grafted Pawpaw
Potomac Pawpaw bears large, fleshy fruits with sweet and rich flavor. Fruit texture is firm, but smooth. Trees more upright and less spreading in habit than other varieties of pawpaw.
Asimina triloba 'Prolific Grafted'
Common Name: Prolific Grafted Pawpaw
Pawpaw is a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree is a great plant for attracting all kinds of wildlife. Prolific Pawpaw is a heavy-bearing variety with large and delicious, early-ripening fruit.
Asimina triloba 'Rappahannock™Grafted'
Common Name: Rappahannock™Grafted Pawpaw
Rappahannock is a superior tree. Ripe, yellow fruits show well among the foliage, because of the unique, horizontal habit of the leaves. Rappahannock fruit is large and symmetrical, with sweet, superior flavor.
Asimina triloba 'Shenandoah™Grafted'
Common Name: Shenandoah™Grafted Pawpaw
'Shenandoah' is consistently ranked as the most popular Peterson Pawpaw. Fruit has smooth texture, sweet fruity flavor and yields good crops of large fruit with few seeds. Texture is firmer than wild pawpaws but softer than other varieties.
Asimina triloba 'Sunflower Grafted'
Common Name: Sunflower Grafted Pawpaw
'Sunflower' Pawpaw is a well known hardy northern selection with large, flavorful fruit. Ripens slightly later than other varieties.
Asimina triloba 'Susquehanna™Grafted'
Common Name: Susquehanna™Grafted Pawpaw
'Susquehanna' is an outstanding pawpaw. Large fruits with rich, sweet flavor, exceptional fleshiness, and firm buttery texture. An especially beautiful ornamental specimen tree in the home landscape.
Asimina triloba 'Wabash™Grafted'
Common Name: Wabash™Grafted Pawpaw
'Wabash' Pawpaw fruit has sweet, rich flavor and medium firm, smooth flesh. The overall fruit quality and quantity on 'Wabash' is excellent. Trees offer good productivity.
Asimina triloba 'Wells Grafted'
Common Name: Wells Grafted Pawpaw
Aster laevis
Common Name: Smooth Aster
Smooth Aster is an attractive and long-lived native aster with attractive, smooth blue-green foliage. Abundant flowers appear on Smooth Aster plants late in the fall, when few other plants dare risk the danger of frost. Tolerates a broad variety of soil types and moisture levels.
Aster novae-angliae
Common Name: New England Aster
New England Aster is a dependable perennial which grows up to six feet tall and produces hundreds of large, bright purple flowers with yellow centers in September and October. New England Aster flowers are a favorite nectar source for migrating monarch butterflies.
Aster oblongifolius
Common Name: Aromatic Aster
Aromatic Aster has abundant blooms in late fall. Shear Aromatic Aster back through July for dense habit.
Aster oolentangiensis (azureus)
Common Name: Sky Blue Aster
This shorter aster is usually less than three feet tall and is an excellent late bloomer for the mixed border. Loads of blue flowers with yellow centers bloom in fall. The foliage is blue-green and stems are dark. Butterflies love the nectar.


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Zoltan E. Pali, FAIA, and Judit Méda Fekete, LEED AP, developed and designed the building of their dreams. And once they built it, people came. The structure contains their new offices, the self-curated Museum of Design Art and Architecture, a restaurant, and seven live/work lofts (one of which the architectural couple occupies). These energetic spaces helped spawn a new neighborhood called the Culver City Arts District, and what once was a "no man's land is now a destination," Fekete says.
Not only does the building serve as a venue for public events such as town hall meetings and architecture-related lectures and exhibitions, it's also been designated an "Architecture as Art" landmark by the Culver City government. The handsome three-dimensional façade, which pays homage to Culver City's Art Deco heritage, serves a practical function too. "The air gap lets hot air escape instead of coming into the building," Pali explains.
The building's public face benefits the office culture as well. Pali likes that "the staff gets exposure to things not usually experienced in an architecture office." Visitors pass through the office to reach exhibitions, for example, and the museum doubles as a lively conference room for the firm. Owning the building has connected the architects to the community and advanced their personal goal of bringing together people and objects that exemplify what Pali calls the "synergy between architecture and art."


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'Ratchuk received an early wedding present Wednesday when his hometown NHL team, the Buffalo Sabres, signed him to a one-year contract. The Sabres also re-signed Rochester's homegrown defenseman, Rory Fitz-patrick, to a one-year deal. Both players are expected to play for the Amerks.'
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Green Bay Shows Improvement at UNI Fall Invite
By Justin Grones (@GronesGB)
WATERLOO, Iowa. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – Looking to build on its performance at the Cougar Fall Invite, the Green Bay women's tennis team showed vast improvement at the UNI Fall Invite over the weekend in Waterloo, Iowa, with three players picking up their first wins of the fall 2013 campaign. Freshman Carly Van Nuland (Kimberly, Wis.) led the way with an appearance in the T.C. Singles bracket consolation championship game.
"Overall the team is making good use of tournament experiences, and the team played with a lot more consistency than we did at Chicago State," head coach Sara Schubring said.
Van Nuland suffered a hard-fought 7-5, 6-2 defeat in the first round of the T.C. Singles bracket before receiving a first-round bye on the consolation side. In the semifinal round, she flexed her muscles with a 6-2, 6-2 thumping of Western Illinois' Jamee Hale to earn a berth in the bracket's championship game. South Dakota's Michelle Elkin came away with the upper hand in that round, earning a 6-0, 6-0 win.
Sophomore Stephanie Londre (Burlington, Wis.) battled back to win her first-round matchup in the top-tier Purple Singles bracket. After losing the first set 6-2, Londre took the second set in commanding fashion with a 6-1 decision to force a tiebreaker. She easily handled her opponent to advance with a 2-6, 6-1, 1-0 (8) victory. She faced a tougher test in the next round, falling to Brooke Urzendowski of St. Louis, 6-1, 6-3.
Competing in the UNI Singles bracket, freshman Lauren Miketinac (Green Bay, Wis.) suffered a first-round loss before bouncing back with a 6-0, 6-4 win over Upper Iowa's Vicki Kulbokas. UNI's Jordyn Kearney ended Miketinac's run in the ensuing round, however, with a 6-2, 6-0 win.
On the doubles side, Miketinac and freshman Claudia Negron (Lima, Peru) suffered a first-round loss in the Gold Doubles bracket before receiving a first-round bye on the consolation side. In the consolation semifinal round, the Phoenix tandem battled tough but was defeated by Bradley's Dechter/McDonagh, 8-3.
Now at the midway point of the fall season, Green Bay will compete this weekend at the UW-Whitewater Fall Invite.
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Between ESB and ROTJ, Boba wears two different styles of armor. Easily explained if you've got two sets
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Make it easy to enjoy a delicious, nutritious meal on your next outdoor adventure with the Mountain House® Freeze Dried Beef Stroganoff with Noodles Entrée. Packed in a specially designed, multi-layered foil pouch, all you have to do to fix this meal is add boiling water and then eat the filling entrée right from the pouch. This special pouch allows food to be stored at room temperature for years, retaining the fresh flavor and original texture. Meal contains one 16-ounce serving of precooked beef, mushrooms and noodles smothered in a rich sour cream sauce. Contains milk, wheat, soy, and egg. Dry weight: 4 oz. Made in USA.
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