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In his great poem "Easter 1916," William Butler Yeats reflects with ambivalent admiration on the Irish uprising against the British. Yeats moves from noting how the uprising has altered his perception of his fellow countrymen, to paying tribute to the sacrifice of those fallen at arms, to wondering whether their valor may have required too much hardness of heart, to asking whether their sacrifice might prove needless. Yeats nevertheless finds the uprising a transformative moment. The poem concludes with a tribute to the executed leaders of the rebellion:
I write it out in a verse —
MacDonagh and MacBride
And Connolly and Pearse
Now and in time to be,
Wherever green is worn,
Are changed, changed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.
At Dartmouth College, where green is also worn, the college's alumni council has produced a transformative moment of its own.
Last year Dartmouth alumni rejected the alumni council's candidates for two vacant trustee position in favor of two insurgent candidates — Peter Robinson and Todd Zywicki. Robinson and Zywicki had the temerity to submit themselves for election against the alumni council's official slate. I wrote about their campaign several times here and in "Bucking the deans at Dartmouth" for the Daily Standard.
It appears that some people at Dartmouth College, who are opposed to reform-minded newcomers like Robinson and Zywicki, are intent on asserting the rights of an occupying power. Merle Adelman, the current Vice President of the Association of Alumni, sent out yesterday this letter, which describes her intent to delay the regular annual meeting and elections by as much as a half-year. In other words, the elected leadership is refusing to put its own offices to the regular annual vote.
This is a frankly unbelievable move. Besides being unconstitutional — the governing constitution requires yearly meetings, yearly elections and, of course, year-long terms for the leadership — this is a blatant power grab aimed at ensuring that no new faces get elected before the proposed new constitution is passed. As we observed in "Big Green Machine strikes back," the proposed constitution is geared toward making life very difficult for future Robinsons and Zywickis.
There seem to be two reasons that the current officers would refuse to give up their power. First, because new leadership may not be as willing to bend the rules to get the new constitution in place. Second, because if the new constitution does somehow come to be ratified, it will automatically take whoever are the current officers and set them on four-year power tracks. In other words, the constitution is constructed to resist change by slowing down the gears, and the leadership positions are filled not from a starter election, but from the current officers. So it would be a stunning turn if the constitution were ratified but the "right" people weren't in position to have their power solidified and lengthened. Hence this move.
However, as Joe Malchow points out in "Ho capito, signor sì!," alumni governance isn't the material concern. That the trustee election process is controlled at the alumni governance level is. And this latest move is disappointing and clearly desperate.
If you are a Dartmouth alumnus and want to express your concern, the daily newspaper accepts op-eds and letters to the editor at this address. But this is certainly something to call your old friends about. Dartmouth should not be disrespected in this way.
Dartmouth is a college that has long prided itself on the extraordinary attachment felt by its alumni to the school. At Dartmouth, all appears to be changed, or changing, but it is something far from a terrible beauty that is born. Working "Easter 1916" in reverse, the college is showing itself to be, in Yeats's damning phrase, "where motley is worn."


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Erin Spiewak has been named the new CEO of Monarch School, a unique San Diego-based public K-12 school for children impacted by homelessness.
Spiewak, whose involvement with the school dates to 2003 when she was a volunteer, will replace Ronne Froman, who is taking over as the president of the board of directors.
Froman and Spiewak will work together to lead Monarch's capital campaign and prepare for next month's scheduled groundbreaking for an expanded new campus.
"Monarch's entire board couldn't be more thrilled to welcome Erin Spiewak as the new CEO," Jim McMillan, the school's outgoing board president, said in a prepared statement. "Spiewak's understanding of nonprofits, passion for education and successful leadership and fundraising experience makes her an invaluable part of our team."
Spiewak most recently served as executive director for the Gary and Mary West Foundation, where she also once worked as a program officer. She also served as a staff member and did financial analysis at the Rose Foundation/WebMD Health Foundation.
In 2004, Spiewak was named Monarch School's Volunteer of the Year.
Monarch School will break ground on its new campus in February in the East Village-Barrio Logan area, south of Petco Park. The new campus will allow the school to double its capacity.
"The program Monarch School has established... is vital to countering the rise in homelessness and giving these children the tools they need to prosper," Spiewak said in a prepared statement. "I couldn't be prouder to be joining Ronne and the amazing board and staff as we work together to help build a bright future for these kids."

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Organizers of the Farm Press Peanut Profitability Award have reviewed production data from previous winners to arrive at a "Top 10 Keys to Peanut Profitability." This list of successful production practices is being presented in descending order in Southeast Farm Press and on this website, with sponsorship provided by DuPont Crop Protection. The Peanut Profitability Awards, based on production efficiency in whole-farm situations, is entering its 13th year and is administered by Marshall Lamb, research director for the National Peanut Research Laboratory, and his staff.
While most of the "Top 10 Keys to Peanut Profitability" thus far have consisted of very specific production practices, our No. 3 listing is different in that it describes a concept, one that is proving to be increasingly critical in farming today.
Proactive farm management is an all-encompassing term that takes into account timeliness, and it appears to be a common trait among winners of the Peanut Profitability Award.
"Many farmers said they wanted to keep a very close eye on what they did on the farm so that they never got behind, and that's how we classified this management style," says Staci Ingram, technician at the National Peanut Research Laboratory in Dawson, Ga.
"It means staying on top of disease management, weed control and other production practices. If you ever get behind in any one aspect, then you'll fall behind in everything on the farm," she says.
During the history of the Peanut Profitability Awards Program, farmers have become more proactive and timely, adds Marshall Lamb, research director at the laboratory.
"I think it's a new mentality of the growers who are farming today. It's a new management level. It's almost a generational thing, and farmers now are more empowered to do more through cell and satellite technology and scouting techniques. They've got a better toolbox with which to be proactive," he says.
Proactive management has become especially critical in peanut weed control, with the advent of glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth pigweed.
Whenever a single weed pest has the ability to produce up to a half-million seed, being timely and proactive is paramount, says University of Georgia Extension Weed Scientist Eric Prostko.
Making strides
"But we are making some strides against herbicide-resistant Palmer amaranth pigweed," he says.
"One of the most important things that has occurred since we discovered resistance in 2004 is that we've learned a lot about the biology of the plant. I think we already knew, but we had to re-learn some things.
"We've learned about the biology of the seed and how pollen moves, and how tillage and covers influence the emergence of that particular weed species. We've also learned a lot about herbicide efficacy."
By tying all of these things together, Extension specialists can offer better control programs for producers, says Prostko.
The tools are available for managing herbicide-resistant Palmer amaranth, he says, "but it's not easy, cheap or for the faint of heart. We got used to doing things a certain way, and this pest came along and disrupted that. Now we have to change, and nobody wants to change that much if you don't have to."
Challenges remain, says Prostko, and one of the biggest is irrigation and/or rainfall. "About 50 percent of our peanut crop is dryland. That will always be a challenge because we need moisture to make residual herbicides work. If you've got irrigation, you're more likely to make herbicides work than with dryland."
The other challenge, he says, is "farm-size/weed size."
"We know how important it is to spray weeds when they're small. We also know that pigweed can grow 1 to 3 inches in a day, and we only have a two to three-day window to be timely. So if you're a large-acreage grower, that's difficult to do, especially if you have bad weather conditions when you need to make those applications," he says.
Growers should consider how many acres they can spray in a day, says Prostko. "How many acres can you spray in a day? What if there's a lot of wind and rain? I've heard growers say they can spray 300 to 500 acres per day, but what if there are obstacles? Farm size is a challenge."
Diligence also is important, he says. "Whenever I see a clean field, the grower tells me he is aware Palmer amaranth is a major problem, and he is committed to doing whatever is necessary to keep fields free of the weed. You need to start clean. If you go through a field where pigweed is already up, you're planting peanuts, and the weeds are 6 to 8 inches tall, then you're probably going to lose."
Research has shown that if you bury pigweed deeper than 4 inches for three years, such as with a moldboard plow, it's not going to come up, says Prostko. "So we can get control just by plowing. That doesn't fit everyone's system, but it can give you good control."
Planting in twin rows also helps because peanuts in close rows produce more shade that helps in controlling pigweeds. In addition, irrigation helps control pigweed by activating residual herbicides like Prowl and Valor, and by helping the peanuts grow faster.
Hand weeding suggested
Whenever herbicide-resistant pigweed escapes, hand weeding is suggested, says Prostko.
"We know one female plant can produce at least 500,000 seed, so pulling out the few that may have escaped is a great way to battle this pest."
Rotation with corn also is helpful in battling Palmer amaranth, he says. Broadleaf weeds that are not easily controlled in peanuts can be controlled by the herbicides used in corn production.
Researchers have come up with two herbicide programs for controlling herbicide-resistant Palmer amaranth, says Prostko.
The Valor-based program includes Prowl H20 3.8SC at 32 ounces per acre, and Valor 51WG at 3 ounces per acre pre-emergence. This is followed by Cadre 2AS at 4 ounces per acre with a 1-percent crop oil concentrate pre-emergence.
The Gramoxone-Dual-based program includes Prowl H20 at 34 ounces per acre two days after planting. This is followed by Gramoxone Inteon at 12 ounces per acre, Storm at 16 ounces per acre, and Dual Magnum at 16 ounces per acre 21 days after planting; along with Cadre at 4 ounces per acre plus Dual Magnum at 16 ounces per acre 37 days after planting.
Adding Dual to the Cadre helps provide longer residual control, says Prostko.
If a grower is looking to eliminate Cadre due to interactions with cotton, he suggests using Cobra or Blazer plus Dual instead.
A program that includes Cobra or Ultra Blazer plus 2,4-DB is a good option for farmers who are facing ALS-resistant pigweeds.
He recommends applying postemergence herbicides when pigweeds are 3 inches or less in height.
The future of peanut weed control is bleak at the moment, says Prostko. There are no new modes of action being developed for peanuts.
The herbicides Warrant, Fierce and Zidua are three new materials that are being tested for use on peanuts, and they may be effective on pigweed, but they do not represent new modes of action, and are not yet labeled for use on peanuts, he says.
"Non-selective applications should only be used in salvage treatments. We need to get at least 60 to 70 percent of the plant treated for those treatments to be effective."
(An introduction to this series of keys to peanut profits can be found here. Keys No. 10 and No. 9 can be found here. No. 8 and No. 7 are here. Cost management, efficient water use two more keys to peanut profits came in at No. 6 and No. 5. Disease control ranked No. 4 and that information can be found here).


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Do you remember Phdinparenting's fantastic post, "Similac and Babble.com Team Up to Dupe Breastfeeding Moms"? In the aftermath of outraged reader comments, letters to Babble.com, a flurry of Twitter activity and a frenzy of posts on various Facebook pages (including ours), Babble.com quietly removed the formula ads from the whole breastfeeding guide except the "Supplementing with Formula" section. I was still not happy with the some of the content of the breastfeeding guide itself, and disappointed that Rufus Griscom, CEO of Babble.com never responded to my email (although he responded personally to several others) but decided to let it go. We would have applauded Babble.com if they had taken ownership of their actions but even though they didn't, I was relieved that at least, the millions of parents that read their website would not be lured into the boobytrap of calling a formula company for breastfeeding "answers".
Well, the Babble.com/Similac Booby Trap is back. In the process of writing a post on influencing the media (haha, ironic, I know), I noticed that Similac ads are now rotating throughout the Breastfeeding Guide again, along with Huggies, Target & Medela ads (keep clicking, eventually you'll see the formula hotline ads again). If you need a refresher on why this is so damaging, and why both breastfeeding AND formula-feeding moms are so angry, I encourage you to read the 205 comments to Phdinparenting's original post, including the comment from Rufus Griscom and the response he got.
Because ultimately I feel that Rufus Griscom and his wife Alisa Volkman, Babble.com Co-founder/VP of Sales Strategy, didn't hear the concerns of moms, I thought it would be a good time to share the email that I sent them, in the hopes that they will respond this time around.
September 9, 2009
Hi Rufus & Alisa,
First of all we wanted to thank you for commenting on Phdinparenting.com's post about Similac advertising on your website, and for visiting our Facebook page and posting comments there too over Labor Day weekend.
We appreciate that Babble does have content that is truly supportive of breastfeeding, and regularly share it with our 10,000+ followers on Facebook and Twitter. We are also very grateful that Babble helped us spread the word about our new PSA Ad that launched in USA Today, and our upcoming BYOBoobz(tm) house parties. We rely on hugely popular websites like Babble, and our friends at AOL News, People.com and Fit Pregnancy to help us give breastfeeding a makeover and get the word out that it's the Booby Traps that we need to fight, not moms! (What are the Booby Traps? See http://www.bestforbabes.org/breastfeeding-booby-traps/) So I am asking for your help*.
Would you be open to gaining a better understanding of why so many moms, both breastfeeding and formula-feeding, are upset about the new Similac ad campaign? These ads are not just on your site but everywhere expecting and new mothers can be found. Unfortunately, the WHO Code (created by the World Health Organization & Unicef) in the U.S. has no teeth—it is simply not enforceable legally. Therefore, although most medical organizations, policy experts and health professionals agree that mothers and babies deserve special protection from predatory marketing (similar to children in our schools), there is not much in place to stop these types of ads, or to compete with them. Breastfeeding non-profits simply do not have the funds–yet–to fight predatory marketing and to mount large scale PSA advertising campaigns; although Best for Babes hopes to be able to fill this role eventually.
We understand that competition among parenting websites is fierce but I see this as an opportunity to for Babble to separate itself from the pack. Breastfeeding is a hot topic and Babble could establish itself as a media leader by declaring an editorial and advertising policy that protects the rights of parents to make an informed decision and to achieve their personal breastfeeding goals (whether that goal is to breastfeed for 2 weeks, 2 months, 2 years, or not at all–we support all parents, and look to increase access to donor milk if needed). You have already begun the first stage of implementing that policy by removing the Similac ads from the breastfeeding guide! We understand that it would take some time to wean Babble off of formula ads (sorry for the bad pun) but believe that some of our corporate sponsors could potentially help fill in the gap; insurance companies also stand to benefit from increased breastfeeding rates.
Best for Babes would love nothing more than to help and to rally the entire breastfeeding community, including the United States Breastfeeding Committee, behind Babble if we can find a way to work together.
Thank you for your consideration!
Bettina & Danielle
Co-Founders, Best for Babes® Foundation
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OpenStack Conference Wrapup
It's been a few weeks since the Spring 2012 OpenStack Conference took place in San Francisco. The semi-annual event allows developers to get together and plan for the upcoming OpenStack release. It also allows for OpenStack users to show how they deploy the software in production. Given that a year ago was when Quantum, the networking component of OpenStack, was born, I thought it was a good time to reflect back on Cisco's contribution to the 2012 OpenStack Summit. Cisco was a very active participatant at the event, both in the Design Summit as well as the conference. The OpenStack Foundations 19 members were announced just prior to the event, and Cisco is a Gold level contributor.
In the Design Summit, Cisco OpenStack Engineers made the following contributions:
- Debo Dutta lead sessions on Quantum System Test as well as Scaling OpenStack. The session on scaling was particularly interesting, as it highlighted the gap in understanding what the current scaling limits of OpenStack really are. It also was a forum for some organizations to discuss how far they are scaling OpenStack in production, and for the developers to try and come to an agreement on what scale to shoot for in the Folsom timeframe.
- Edgar Magana Perdomo lead a track on L2 & L3 Network Services Insertion. The key takeaway from this session is that Edgar was not proposing adding new APIs at this point in time, but rather allowing for a CLI to assist with stitching in network services.
- Sumit Naiksatam lead a track on L3 topics. The session was called "IPAM/L3-fwding/NAT/Floating IPs II", and given the name, was a continuing session on discussing how Quantum can provide L3 services. Getting everyone on the same page was the key for both of these sessions.
- Soren Hansen was responsible for organizing all sessions in the Nova hypervisors track. Soren is a long time OpenStack contributor who recently joined Cisco's OpenStack team.
- On top of actively leading the above sessions, Cisco's OpenStack engineering team were active participants in all of the Quantum related sessions, as well as sessions around scaling OpenStack and Horizon integration with Quantum.
As OpenStack continues to mature, the interest in Quantum providing the correct network abstractions is very real. An entire track on day 2 was dedicated to Quantum in fact, and all of the sessions had a large number of attendees. The goal for Quantum in the Folsom timeframe is to hit parity with the existing nova-networking, such that Quantum can become the standard networking environment when people deploy OpenStack.
During the conference Cisco participated in the following ways:
- Lew Tucker, Cisco's CTO of Cloud and the face of Cisco's OpenStack participation, gave a keynote at the conference portion of the event. Lew's slides are available on slideshare here.
- As a Gold Level sponsor, Cisco had a booth in the main exhibit area not far from the conference entrance. We distributed t-shirts with the "OpenStack@Cisco" logo on them. We were able to engage with fellow OpenStack developers, partners, and customers the entire week.
- Cisco was a sponsor of both the conference and the summit.
The key take away from the event was around the production deployments of OpenStack announced around the conference timeframe. OpenStack continues to have a lot of momentum going forward, and the announcements by places like Rackspace show the technology is already being deployed at scale in production. Cisco is actively working with the OpenStack community to help shape the development of Quantum, Nova, Horizon, and other parts of OpenStack. If you are interested in joining the OpenStack@Cisco team, the team is hiring. Please contact Murali Raju (murraju at cisco dot com) for more information about joining the team!
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How to set up a Spanning Tree configuration on a Dell PowerConnect 3024 or 5012 managed switch using terminal services.
Set up a Spanning Tree configuration by performing the following steps:
NOTE: For more information on connecting to your switch, click here.
Set up Spanning Tree on a Dell PowerConnect 3024 or 5012 from a web browser.
Set up a Spanning tree configuration by performing the following steps:
More information on the Spanning Tree Protocol.
Spanning-Tree Protocol (STP) was developed to prevent multiple open paths to the same switch (loops). There is an algorithm called STA (Spanning-Tree Algorithm) that is used to calculate a loop-free network topology.
Each port sends small packets addressed to itself and if it receives one back, it knows that there is a loop somewhere in the configuration and the switch will set that port to blocking mode. This process disables it for normal network traffic (Spanning Tree packets will still be allowed to pass).
When the Spanning Tree protocol is enabled the following parameters can be configured:
In some cases, it may be necessary to set certain ports to Fastlink, which disables Spanning Tree for that port only (as disabling Spanning Tree for the entire switch is generally not desirable). This is typically done to resolve timeout issues with DHCP clients that boot especially fast. Spanning Tree has a 30 second timeout period in which the port will be set to blocking mode until the algorithm can ascertain if there are loops. When a DHCP client boots up while the port is still in blocking mode, it can prevent it from obtaining an IP address.
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While some homeowners might be concerned about getting all of the lights up on their houses in time for Christmas, there's plenty of decorating to be done indoors during the holidays as well. The changing seasons gives you the perfect opportunity to bring in new discount window treatments, accent pieces and furnishings to make your home cozy before Santa's arrival. Here are some decorating trends to be mindful of as you deck the halls this year.
1. Choose hot colors.
Whether you're looking for a new artificial tree or ornaments, SheKnows.com recommends selecting decorative items in vibrant colors to fall in line with the season's most popular trends. Switch out your current window treatments for cellular shades or sheer curtains to allow sunlight to pour into your home and make the colors truly pop.
2. Go gold.
If you're having trouble incorporating hot pink or vibrant violet into your Christmas decor, keep it simple and shiny with gold instead. Golden candle holders, ornaments and wreaths can all give your home a sense of elegance and are pleasing to the eye.
3. Pick a theme.
Christmas can be considered a theme itself, but for many people, it doesn't narrow down the wide selection of decorations there are to choose from when it comes time to deck the halls. Select a theme such as the beach or the countryside to use as inspiration while you decorate your home for the holidays.
Even if you're on a budget this year, you don't have to shove these trends to the back of your mind. Consider getting crafty and making your own Christmas items to help your home sparkle before the new year. If you have children, you'll have the perfect little helpers to transform your humble abode into a winter wonderland.


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Pizza Shop Gives Out Discount to Gun Owners Who Flash Their Weapon Inside Store
Flash a piece, get some cheap pizza.
That's the motto of a pizza shop owner from Virginia Beach who recently started handing out discounts to gun owners, provided they bring their weapon into the restaurant.
Or, failing that, their concealed weapons permit.
Jay Laze of All Around Pizzas and Deli says he was inspired to offer gun owners a 15% discount on pizza after learning of a Utah frozen yogurt shop that had done the same.
"I thought it was a great idea and I was wondering why nobody here was doing it," he told NewsChannel3. "It should be happening all around the country."
Though he intend the offer to last only a limited time, the overwhelming response had convinced him to consider making it a permanent feature.
Laze told the Associated Press that some 80 percent of all customers have come in carrying a weapon. One customer even brought in his AK-47.
"It's part of our rights as Americans and everybody should be entitled to the option if they want to," said patron Brendan Kelly, "so it's nice to have an incentive."


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module Thread:Lightweight threads for Posix
1003.1c and Win32.
val create :
('a -> 'b) -> 'a -> t
Thread.create funct arg creates a new thread of control,
in which the function application
funct arg
is executed concurrently with the other threads of the program.
The application of
returns the handle of the newly created thread.
The new thread terminates when the application
funct arg
returns, either normally or by raising an uncaught exception.
In the latter case, the exception is printed on standard error,
but not propagated back to the parent thread. Similarly, the
result of the application
funct arg is discarded and not
directly accessible to the parent thread.
val self :
unit -> t
val id :
t -> int
val exit :
unit -> unit
val kill :
t -> unit
val delay :
float -> unit
delay d suspends the execution of the calling thread for
d seconds. The other program threads continue to run during
this time.
val join :
t -> unit
join th suspends the execution of the calling thread
until the thread
th has terminated.
val wait_read :
Unix.file_descr -> unit
val wait_write :
Unix.file_descr -> unit
val wait_timed_read :
Unix.file_descr -> float -> bool
val wait_timed_write :
Unix.file_descr -> float -> bool
wait_read) or
one character can be written without blocking (
on the given Unix file descriptor. Wait for at most
the amount of time given as second argument (in seconds).
true if the file descriptor is ready for input/output
false if the timeout expired.
These functions return immediately
true in the Win32
val select :
Unix.file_descr list ->
Unix.file_descr list ->
Unix.file_descr list ->
float -> Unix.file_descr list * Unix.file_descr list * Unix.file_descr list
This function is not implemented yet under Win32.
val wait_pid :
int -> int * Unix.process_status
wait_pid p suspends the execution of the calling thread
until the process specified by the process identifier
terminates. Returns the pid of the child caught and
its termination status, as per
This function is not implemented under MacOS.
val wait_signal :
int list -> int
wait_signal sigs suspends the execution of the calling thread
until the process receives one of the signals specified in the
sigs. It then returns the number of the signal received.
Signal handlers attached to the signals in
sigs will not
be invoked. Do not call
wait_signal concurrently
from several threads on the same signals.
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For this Midwestern gardener, Brugmansias, commonly known as angel's trumpets -- with their sumptuous foliage, bold outrageous colors, and awesome textures -- are an easy choice to overwinter indoors.
In the past few years, tropical plants have become all the rage in our gardens, mine included. It's an exciting new trend in garden design – tropical plants incorporated into annual or perennial borders, as well as grown out in abundance in solitary containers.
Who can resist that "jungly-feel" world of sumptuous foliage, bold outrageous colors, and awesome textures?
And it's so easy to get that look here in the Midwest. Our summers full of sun, heat, and humidity -- along with those quirky summer storms producing heavy rains -- combine to give rise to the perfect conditions to fuel the growth of tropicals into large, imposing plants by summer's end.
So we create these lavish outdoor container groupings with out-and-out abandon in the spring, then as fall approaches, move these plants indoors to be overwintered for use once again come next summer.
Or do we?
How many of us actually have the space, time, and energy to overwinter these "babies" indoors? I know that come fall, I have a really hard time deciding which plants I'll take in and which will end up on the compost pile – for I love them all.
Still, choices have to be made.
One of my easiest decisions is what to do with the Brugmansias.
To my mind, the commonly, yet evocatively, named angel's trumpets, or Brugmansia suaveolens, are surely the most spectacular and exotic of all the equatorial flowering plants.
While the entire plant is glorious in its own right, Brugmansia's (or Brug, for short) main claim to fame is those voluminous, tubular, trumpetlike blossoms that emit an incredibly intoxicating scent in late evening.
The overall plant, sporting big, coarse-textured leaves, generally is rather mediocre in appearance, but the white-, yellow-, pink-, or salmon-colored flowers are remarkably beautiful. The pendulous, downward-facing, single or double blossoms, hanging from branches like so many fluted bells, can sometimes reach an incredible two feet in length and are the highlight of any late summer garden.
Remarkable cultivars
One of my all time favorites – and the plant always brought in – is Brugmansia x candida 'Grand Marnier', a strong-growing and free-flowering plant with large, single, pale golden-peachy blooms of a rather strong fragrance.
Tops, also, on my list are 'SuperNova', with huge single white flowers to 18 inches long; gorgeous 'Velvet Rose', with beautiful rich pink blossoms; the intensely fragrant 'Charles Grimaldi', with enormous 15-inch yellow-orange flowers with strongly recurved petal tips; and 'HerrenHauser Garten', a magnificient double orange, which (alas!) is a rather shy bloomer.
Though I have yet to grow it, one Brug on my wish-list is 'Angel's Summer Dream'. Most brugmansias can grow as much as six or eight feet tall over the course of a summer and take several months before producing any of the distinctive flowers, so a Brug that is supposed to grow only 1 to 3 feet tall in a container, but start blooming profusely by the time it is 12 inches tall, definitely ignites my plant lust.
Cultivation requirements
Brugmansia does best in full sun. In partly shaded areas it may grow vigorously but flower sparingly or not at all. And, like many other tropicals, Brugmansias are heavy feeders requiring a rich diet of heavy doses of fertilizer and plenty of water.
Although adaptable to being planted out in mixed borders in USDA Zone 8 and higher, they are best grown in containers here in the Midwest. They are extremely frost sensitive, so as soon as temps tend downwards of 50 degrees F. (10 C), think about bringing them indoors.
They can be treated as houseplants and kept in a sunny window; but I cut them back by about one-third to one-half, let them go dormant and store them in the basement in an area where the temps do not drop below 40 degrees F. (4 C), watering them sparingly about once a month.
Should I want additional plants for the next season – or to share some with friends – I take the cuttings and place them cut side down in containers of water for rooting, or dip the cut ends into rooting hormone, wrap in newspaper, and store in a cool, dry place, such as a basement, for rooting come spring.
A word to the wise
It should be noted that Brugmansia belongs to the nightshade family, and like many of its relatives, it is poisonous if ingested. So, if you have curious children or pets, please watch them carefully around this plant.
Betty Earl, the Intrepid Gardener, blogs regularly at Diggin' It. She's the author of "In Search of Great Plants: The Insider's Guide to the Best Plants in the Midwest." She also writes a regular column for Chicagoland Gardening Magazine and The Kankakee Journal and numerous articles for Small Gardens Magazine, American Nurseryman, Nature's Garden, and Midwest Living Magazine, as well as other national magazines. She is a garden scout for Better Homes and Gardens and a regional representative for The Garden Conservancy. To read more by Betty, click here.


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Unfortunately retirement for some people may end in a proverbial train wreck. Some of it is inevitable based on limited earning power throughout the career.
However, other avoidable impediments exist. Here's part one of a list of some of the self-inflicted wounds that undermine a successful retirement and, more important, what to do to avoid them.
Don't calculate your savings target
According to the Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI) only 44% of people have calculated how much they need for retirement. As the old saying goes people don't plan to fail, they fail to plan.
A retirement calculator can let you know both the grand total of assets you'll need at retirement as well as the amount you need to save each year to be on track for a successful retirement. In other words, it shows a picture of where you are now, where you need to be, and what you need to do. Incredibly, it only takes minutes of your time to fill one out (a little more if you want to play around with several "what if" scenarios).
One easy to use and popular retirement calculator is the Ballpark E$timate. MarketWatch's Retirement Planner provides a similar tool to see if you are on the right track. In addition, there are a plethora of other calculators on the Web with varying degrees of involvement, and if you aren't in a do-it-yourself mood, a financial planner can be hired to use sophisticated modeling to calculate your retirement needs.
Also see: What's your retirement income number?
Put too little away for retirement
According to the National Retirement Risk Index published by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, 53% of U.S. households are at risk for not having enough savings to maintain their standard of living in retirement. According to AARP 26.3% of older women rely on Social Security for 90% or more of their family income. Yikes!
These and a variety of other statistics paint a bleak picture for retirement security in America. Part of the reason for this may be that people don't know how much to save because they haven't used a retirement calculator. Hopefully they will wise up and take the time to calculate their "number." Also it may be helpful to know a few rules of thumb.
- According to research done by noted authority and fellow RetireMentor Wade Pfau, a safe level of savings of a little over 16% of salary a year might be a reasonable amount to target, but you will need to put it into a diversified portfolio of stocks and bonds. In other words, with apologies for oversimplifying a fairly complex topic, you need to save over 16% of your salary annually in order for your retirement plan to provide for sufficiently sustainable withdrawals. The good news is employer matching and nonelective contributions count toward the 16% rule of thumb. The bad news is people need to start early in their careers, otherwise the amount they need to save increases.
- Another suggested rule of thumb is that you need about 15.7 times your final pay to fund retirement (about 4.7 times of this is provided by Social Security).
One universal truth is that the sooner you start saving for retirement the better off you will be. Finally, a word of warning: don't rely on automatic enrollment contributions to fund a satisfactory retirement. Even though your employer automatically enrolled you in the company 401(k) plan (a great thing!) the amount they set for your savings is probably too low. It is crucial that you increase your plan contributions to the level you need, rather than the bare minimum provided by the employer's default provision.


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The Republican establishment — or at least the large chunk of it that favors amnesty and a path to citizenship for illegal aliens — must be delighted that the two Republicans said to be the leading candidates for the 2016 presidential nomination both favor amensty and a path to citizenship for illegal aliens. I'm referring, of course, to Marco Rubio and Rand Paul.
The establishment's delight is understandable. But a closer look at how 2016 may play out provides an alternative perspective.
Keep in mind that most Republican voters do not favor a path to citizenship for illegals. Among all voters, polls typically find its support to be slightly above 40 percent. Among Republicans, it must be considerably lower.
What might this mean in a primary season where both leading Republican contenders support amnesty and a path to citizenship? For one thing, it means that conservatives are less likely to rally around the leading candidate the establishment plainly favors — Marco Rubio.
Stated differently, it means that, since politics abhors a vacuum, a strong third contender — one who opposes amnesty and a path to citizenship — will emerge. If a strong third contender who opposes amnesty has already emerged, he or she will be all the stronger.
Rand Paul's chances would clearly be enhanced by the emergence of one or more strong candidates. It's difficult to imagine him prevailing head-to-head against Rubio. But if the non-libertarian, pro-defense vote is split, Paul's nomination doesn't seem like such a long-shot. Paul's nomination would not delight the Republican establishment, and I would be dismayed.
Paul, though, would not be the favorite in a three way race with Rubio and a credible third candidate who opposes a path to citizenship for illegal aliens. In that race, my money might well be on the third candidate.
Who might that candidate be? It might be Paul Ryan, Bobby Jindal, Ron Johnson, or Ted Cruz. With the possible exception of Cruz, I think the establishment would be fine with all of the above.
But we don't know whether any of them will run; nor, with the possible exception of Ryan, do we know how any of them would hold up during a primary campaign. In some cases, we also don't know what position they would take on immigration reform.
This means that the credible alternative to Paul and Rubio might be a non-establishment type — Rick Santorum, for example. Santorum ran well in 2012, and could run better in a three-person race in which the other two leading candidates support a path to citizenship for illegals. A Santorum (or someone like him) who corners the social conservative market and the anti-amnesty/path to citizenship market could capture the nomination.
The establishment wouldn't be happy, and I'm not sure I would be either. But this is the risk a political party runs when its leading lights disregard the strongly held views of a majority of its voters.


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My original post about The Texas Tribune is here.
UPDATE 2: Click HERE for an interesting white paper on non-profit/commercial news partnerships from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
UPDATE 1: Evan Smith, CEO of The Texas Tribune just returned my call. And he was angry. At the start of the call, he cited me as having factual errors in my reporting. (In reality, there was only one. Jay Root came to the Tribune directly from the AP, not the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where he worked for many years, as I wrote.) As promised, I will give Smith his shot at a fair response right here:
Re: My accusation about a failure to disclose Texas A&M's contributions to his organization in the recent New York Times piece, he said, ""I think we should have disclosed that A&M is an institutional donor to the Tribune." He called the incident "a rare lapse."
Smith then described a December 2010 story in the Times in which a Texas Tribune reporter, Emily Ramshaw, critiqued a Tribune donor, Christus Healthcare.
He said, "I wouldn't be in the non-profit sector if I was in it for the money. I had a higher salary at Texas Monthly. The reason I raise the money has nothing to do with me, but everything to do with the the mission of this organization."
Smith said that $315,000 is his actual salary, even though it may seem higher on financial reports, because of deferred payments.
He critiqued my notion that I should be watching over a watchdog by saying, "You're allowed to have a point of view, but it ought to be based on something. Be a watchdog on the watchdogs. If that's your place, God Bless." By my own admission, I have not done a full review of all of The Tribune's articles to gauge whether or not they treat their donors preferentially. I simply found one recent incident and wrote about it.
However, I feel that someone must examine non-profit news organizations with the same scrutiny that for-profit news organizations are critiqued. Smith replied, "You haven't done the work required to rip us a new one." Admittedly, I worked on this post for a few hours, and I was unpaid for my work. Smith also said, "There are plenty of places that go into strong stances on issues. We give you the tools to think about things yourself."
He insisted, referring to donations, that, "None of this ever influences the work that we do. I pointed this out to Howard Kurtz in 2009: The money we got from advertisers at the for-profit publications where I previously worked is greater then what we get at The Tribune."
Other Smith quotes from our conversation:
1. "If you provide us with the resources to do the work we do, we will get our work in as many places as possible. We will allow the individual corporate and foundations to support us, so that we can make that content available for free."
2. "We want to help educate as many Texans as possible about the things that happen in the world."
3. "The goal here is to provide as many news organizations as possible with great content."
4. "The reason that you know about my salary is because we publish it. We overdisclose. We are not obligated to publish any of this stuff." I disagree. As a non-profit, they must disclose the salaries of their five highest paid employees.
5. "We ask transparency of others so we do it ourselves."
6. "My salary gives me a disincentive to ruffle feathers. We have written negatively about our donors. There are countless examples where they will yell at us."
7. "It is enormously hard work. We take it very seriously. Most of us worked for for-profit media companies, but we believe the mission of The Tribune is more important."


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The sun has got it's hat on today, so I've decide to quickly let you know about this extremely clever little sunscreen in tube thing! This Instant Mineral Sunscreen is a powder – in a sense nothing new because a lot of mineral make up is known for it's SPF properties.
This product however looks tinted but doesn't show up on the skin as a colour and can be used on the whole family (from babies 6 months and upwards). It is also water resistant and comes in a brush form so it's handy to use and carry around.
If you have heard of the Susan Posnick brand, then you'll know her most well known product is the Colorflo Mineral Make Up which I really do like as it gives such a natural and blowy finish for a mineral make up. No surprise perhaps, that Brush on Block comes in the same vehicle, so to speak – a self dispensing brush with the powder in the bottom.
A quick note about getting this powder flowing – I got confused because when you turn the base to 'open', it keeps going until the base is removable (technically speaking you could keep reusing the brush as you can put any powder you want in it, altho there are Brush on Block refills). To use it, just lightly turn it to open and don't push it too far to get the powder flowing. At one point I got so confused I thought you dipped the brush into the powder!
The bristles are synthetic but they are also soft to touch, quite firm because it's a dense brush, and it doesn't shed. It's not a 'loose' as a traditional powder brush but it's nice to use. It's certainly a durable little thing. You can put the lid on like with most retractable brushes by bringing up the plastic cap thing that holds the brush together.
Anyway, I am quite taken in by this nifty product, which at first glance I thought was gimmicky. Because we have always been told to put SPF lotion or cream on, using a powder feels like cheating. But why not?
As someone who is lazy with the SPF (although my foundation almost always contains SPF) and doesn't use it on cloudy days, this is a super easy way for me to brush on some SPF (and also set my make up a bit too!). It doesn't add any colour although it is somewhat tinted, and I used it on Baby H, and he seemed ok with me using it on him.
Don't get me wrong – on a very sunny day, on a tropical beach – I would use a traditional cream and I would make sure I was slathered in it too, but for every day use (bearing in mind I live in CLOUDY-RAINY LAND) I am more than happy to generously powder with this product – it doesn't seem to affect my make up or skin negatively at all and I can quickly get a bit on the Mr and Toddler.
Also the other think I like about Susan Posnick powders in a brush, is that the powder flows wonderfully thorough it – you know how some powders in brushes don't really come through unless you shake them, then the powder goes everywhere? This powder goes through to the brush easily which just makes it a bit quicker. You don't need to click the brush, it just flows through.
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Bailey Yard
Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Neb., is the largest railroad classification yard in the world. Named in honor of former Union Pacific President Edd H. Bailey, the massive yard covers 2,850 acres, reaching a total length of eight miles. The yard is located in the midst of key east-west and north-south corridors, making it a critical component of Union Pacific's rail network.
Bailey Yard has 17 receiving and 16 departure tracks handling 14,000 rail cars every 24 hours. Of those, about 3,000 cars are sorted daily in the yard's eastward and westward yards, nicknamed "hump" yards. Using a mound cresting 34 feet for eastbound trains and 20 feet for those heading west, the hump yards allow four cars a minute to roll gently into any of 114 "bowl" tracks. Here they become part of trains headed for destinations in the East, West and Gulf Coasts of America, as well as the Canadian and Mexican borders. An average of 139 trains per day, comprised of raw and finished goods, such as automobiles, coal, grain, corn, sugar, chemicals, steel and consumer goods, including electronics, apparel and other retail products, are handled at Bailey Yard.
To keep America moving, train operations and repair shops at Bailey Yard are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The fueling and service center processes more than 9,000 locomotives each month, using technology like overhead cranes and elevated work bays to maintain fluid operations.
On-site Car Repair
The on-site car repair facility annually replaces 10,000 pairs of wheels, many identified through an in-motion defect detector using ultrasound technology to inspect the wheel. This detector was developed by Union Pacific and is the only one in the world. Some wheel repairs even take place without the rail car ever leaving the track, minimizing down time.
Union Pacific's annual capital investments continue to enhance operational capabilities at Bailey Yard, ensuring safe, reliable and environmentally friendly transportation.


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Fishing Achievements
I just finished Oceanographer yesterday and still have one more to go on Limnologist (amendment 10/6 - I got my last fish! Damn Huge spotted feltails!). I tell you, it is REALLY irritating that I know I've caught every single one of these fish before and yet I have to go and fish them all up again.
So for all those diehard fishing fans, here is a quick guide on where I caught all these fish.
Limnographer Fish
Albino Cavefish - Deepholm has pools of these
Barrelhead Goby - Sholozar Basin towards Riverheart
Bloodfin Catfish - Deadwind Pass standing next to Karazhan
Raw Brilliant Smallfish - Orgrimmar
Crescent-Tail Skullfish - Deadwind Pass standing next to Karazhan
Dragonfin Angelfish - Dragonblight has pools of these
Felblood Snapper - Hellfire Peninsula
Fountain Goldfish - Dalaran
Giant Darkwater Clam - Wintersgrasp but the drop rate of these is crap!
Glassfin Minnow - Crystalsong Forest
Goldenscale Vendorfish - Terrokar Forest in pools but they can drop from any pool
Highland Guppy - Twilight Highlands has pools of these
Icefin Bluefish
Raw Loch Frenzy - Loch Modan
Raw Mithril Head Trout
Musselback Sculpin - Wintersgrasp, might as well get these while you're waiting for Giant Darkwater clams
Raw Nightfin Snapper
Raw Sagefish - These pools are EVERYWHERE it seems!
Sharptooth - Deepholm was where I got mine
Sickly Looking Fish
Spotted Feltail - Zangarmarsh
Zangarian Sporefish - Zangarmarsh has pools
Barbed Gill Trout - Junk fish you catch from just about anywhere in Outlands
Blackbelly Mudfish - Uldum has pools
Bonescale Snapper
Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish - Orgrimmar
Deviate Fish - Barrens near WC
Fangtooth Herring - Howling Fjord
Figluster's Mudfish - Nagrand pools
Furious Crawdad - Terrokar Forest in Skettis
Glacial Salmon - Pools in Grizzly Hills but might as well fish in Wintersgrasp
Golden Darter - Terrokar forest the Mixed Highland pools often get you this
Raw Greater Sagefish - Another one of those pools you seem to see everywhere
Huge Spotted Feltail - Outland pools but I got most of mine from Zangarmarsh and Terrokar in Skettis
Lavascale Catfish - Deepholm
Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper - Orgrimmar
Mountain Trout - Mount Hyjal pools
Nettlefish - Pools in Sholozar Basin but might as well fish in Wintersgrasp
Plated Armorfish
Sewer Carp - Dalaran sewer
Shimmering Minnow
Slippery Eel
Striped Lurker
Oceanographer Fish
Abyssal Clam - not really fished, drops from nagas in the Maelstrom
Big-Mouth Clam - Azshara
Darkclaw Lobster - Azshara
Darkwater Clam
Deepsea Sagefish - Uldum good because you can catch lots of other fish as well
Firefin Snapper
Raw Glossy Mightfish
Jaggal Clam - Isle of Quel'danas
Moonglow Cuttlefish - Pools in Dragonblight out near icebergs
Oily Blackmouth
Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore
Rockfin Grouper
Raw Slitherskin Mackerel
Stonescale Eel - Azshara and Blasted Lands good
Raw Sunscale Salmon - See Redgill
Winter Squid - Azshara but is seasonal
Algaefin Rockfish - Dragonblight has pools
Borean Man O' War - Dragonblight and Borean Tundra
Darkshore Grouper - Darkshore but best near the town
Deep Sea Monsterbelly - near icebergs in Dragonblight
Fathom Eel - Uldum but there are pools of these in Tol Barad peninsula
Giant Sunfish - Isle of Quel'danas, best near the flight master
Imperial Manta Ray - Borean Tundra has lots of pools
Large Raw Mightfish - Feralas
Murglesnout - PITA fish caught just about anywhere in Uldum and Twilight Highlands
Pygmy Suckerfish - from pools in Northrend
Raw Redgill - Blasted lands best coz you can get Sunscales, Summer Bass and Whitescales too
Raw Rockscale Cod - Feralas
Raw Spotted Yellowtail - Tanaris
Raw Summer Bass - See Redgill
Raw Whitescale Salmon - See redgill
And I noticed that this achievement got a bit of a nerf. They no longer have all those ridiculous bloated fish that they used to have! Or all the XX pound fish.


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Nerisella, Queen of the Desert!
It should be easy visiting Aussie bloggers. They're on at the same time as me (unless they're in Perth of course and then they're like 4 hours behind!) and when I found out Neri (of Neri Approves!) was living out in the Alice, I wanted to go meet her. After all, we've chatted, she loves her guild, she has transmog competitions on her blog and she also does charity stuff (see her Dry July challenge) so all round, she's a pretty cool chick! AND, she plays Horde.
So, went over to look today, probably a BIT optimistic, because it's still afternoon and she could be at work or school. Her server, a PvP realm that is in my battlegroup, was familiar to me, and when I did a /who of her guild, Concur, there were 4 people online, 2 in Orgrimmar, and 2 in Shadow labyrinth. I sent a tell to the ones in Orgrimmar, and one of them responded, and told me that Neri was on an alt - one of the toons in Shadow Labyrinth.
So I sent her a hesitant tell, and she replied and told me she was helping her brother, but would be done soon. All good, I replied. I had been running around killing things to get coin for an in game mail but phew, don't need to do that now!
So she summoned me to Valley of Spirits and we took a few pics and chatted. Time was tight, so we were doing a lot of small chat - she'd been sick lately with the flu - and I asked about her guild (and it's name), and we talked about pandas, Dry July, and her August transmog competition, Faction Pride. Entries close on Friday 24th (by the time this post is published, that date wil be LOOOONG gone). If I have time I'll try to get dressed up for it and enter.
She was such a nice hostess. Always putting that mushroom chair out for me to sit on :)
Then we said our farewells. It was a short visit (damn you work!) but we swapped RealIDs so now we can just chat whenever - and since we are the same faction we can even DO stuff together!
Thanks for letting me Navispam you Neri, you lovely desert flower!


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Pattern Summary: Patterns designed for a variety of gauge and foot sizes. Methods include 2 Circulars and 4 and 5 DPNs, Toe-up or Top-down.
Pattern Section: This pattern is in the 'Six-stitch tessellated patterns' section.
"Tessellated Patterns repeat a single shape in two or more colors… This pattern also offers you a variety of ways to decorate the foot with a series of instep and sole patterns to make these truly distinctive socks."
Notes on gauge: As with all of the patterns in this book, with the aid of an included chart the pattern can be adjusted to your gauge, and desired finished measurements.
Related Patterns: The following patterns have similar stitch repeats, and thus the same sock construction:
- Faux Entrelac
- Waves
- Heart Crook
- Komi Vine
- Swedish Block
Sock Pattern pg 58, Stitch Chart pg 106
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2 Week Specials, Care & Community in Ghana by Liam Goulding
Well where do I start?! I have always wanted to volunteer my own time abroad after volunteering a lot here in England and then I came across the Projects Abroad website on the Internet. I decided to take part in the 2-Week Special Care & Community project in Ghana in July 2009 and it surpassed everything I was expecting. At the age of 16 my main concern (well my parents main concern) was how long to stay for and this project was a great way to put that worry to bed. However, I now know that the 2 weeks I spent in Ghana could have easily become a month, even a year as I just felt so at home!
Even before reaching Ghana, the flight itself gave me a great insight into the Ghanaian life after chatting to a local woman from Ghana for the majority of the flight, about everything Ghana has to offer. This made me feel more relaxed and less apprehensive as I now knew that the stories about the friendliness of the Ghanaians were true. After meeting the Projects Abroad staff at the airport and two other volunteers on my project, my 2-week adventure had officially begun!
As I was in Cape Coast I stayed in the head office for the first night before travelling the following day to meet my host family. That night the "culture shock" had finally hit but it was laid to rest whilst I got to know the other volunteers who were to be with me for the next 2 weeks. We all got on so well as we had that common goal of wanting to help!
So after that first night, the rest of the volunteers finally arrived and they came from all over the world; America, Canada, Italy, France and the Netherlands but at this point I didn't know that I would come to class these people as life long friends. Finally, three hours later and feeling more relaxed after getting to know the other volunteers, I met my host family. My host mum Gifty became so close to me and the two other volunteers that we still keep in touch! The two other volunteers; Henry and Rebecca who where also staying in the same house, made my time with our host family that extra special as we all got on so well. The family where so friendly, answered any questions we had and gave us tips on where to go!
I really enjoyed all the projects we had to do in Ghana as it encompassed everything! In the mornings our group made bricks from scratch, yes from scratch, at Molly's Library to create an outer wall for the Library. This was hard work but Molly kept us fed and watered and we all pulled together as a team. After a short break we made our way down to Abura Literacy School where we played with the children for a couple of hours and for many of us this was the best part of the day! The kids where so playful and just wanted us to get involved in everything they did. The teachers were pleased to see everyone having fun and we even got a visit from the Chief of Abura himself!
We then moved on to a newly built school further down, this was to be the new school for the children at Abura and so this was a great inspiration for us to get all are work done. Here we had to paint the school both inside and out but we got it all done over the 2 weeks. However, I think we managed to get more paint on ourselves than on the walls due to numerous paint fights all involving one volunteer who kept slacking! Nevertheless, he made up for it by cooking an Italian dish from where he came from, for both his host family and the rest of the volunteers.
As volunteers we all organised to meet up in Cape Coast town most nights, here we got the real experience of Ghana and got to meet other host families. Throughout the 2 weeks the Projects Abroad staff put on a number of activities such as a quiz night, drumming sessions, a canopy walk and a tour around a former slave castle. All these added to our time in Ghana.
Whilst in Ghana it was also my birthday and the children at Abura Literacy School all made me birthday cards and during the monthly party in Accra, which all volunteers currently in Ghana can attend, they all sang and wished me Happy Birthday. It was certainly a Birthday that I won't forget!
My experiences in Ghana will stay with me for the rest of my life! I felt so relaxed and at home due to the Projects Abroad staff, and most importantly the hospitality of the Ghanaians. The friends that I have made on this trip still frequently keep in touch and we all talk about returning to Ghana! There are just so many memories that I will take away from Ghana but I encourage anyone and everyone to make their own memories and visit this great country!
Liam Goulding
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Craig Noel, the founding director of San Diego's Old Globe who established a vital regional community theater that eventually became a Tony Award-winning font of dramatic productions bound for Broadway, has died. He was 94.
Noel, who began his career as an actor before becoming a director and producer, died of natural causes Saturday at his home in San Diego, the Old Globe announced.
Craig Noel obituary: The obituary of Craig Noel, the founding director of San Diego's Old Globe, in the April 5 LATExtra section said he had no immediate survivors. Noel is survived by his partner, Hamza Houidi. —
He had been a fixture at the Globe since 1937, when as a 22-year-old actor he joined the playhouse troupe and landed a part in "The Distaff Side." He directed his first play at the theater in 1939, Edwin Justus Mayer's "Firebrand."
Apart from a break for military service in World War II and a brief stab at a Hollywood film career, Noel spent nearly his entire professional life at the theater set among the eucalyptus groves of San Diego's Balboa Park. He was named resident director in 1947, and even though he turned over the position of artistic director to Jack O'Brien, his hand-picked successor, in 1982, he never relinquished his leadership role. He stayed on as executive director, executive producer and, finally, founding director.
In 2007 he received the National Medal of Arts from President George W. Bush.
"It seems impossible to contemplate a landscape without Craig Noel in it," O'Brien said in a statement. "He was my benign father. . . . He led by witty, loving example -- never needlessly confronting, never challenging, always nurturing, always supportive and always, always charmingly funny. That is not an easy posture to maintain in our industry. He always said of the Globe that it was his cathedral."
Built as a temporary structure for the California Pacific International Exposition in Balboa Park in 1935, the Globe grew into a beloved community theater staging Shakespeare and other works.
Under Noel's direction, the Globe became the first professional Actors' Equity theater on the West Coast in 1949 with the debut of the San Diego National Shakespeare Festival. After two fires, in 1978 and 1984, he helped raise funds to rebuild the complex, which now comprises three stages featuring classic and contemporary works. In 1984 the Globe received a Tony for outstanding American regional theater.
Noel helped guide several prominent productions from the Globe to Broadway, including Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's "Into the Woods"; August Wilson's "Joe Turner's Come and Gone," "The Piano Lesson" and "Two Trains Running"; and Neil Simon's "Rumors" and "Jake's Women."
Overall, Noel directed more than 200 works and produced 270. Though he gave up acting long ago, his final role was as the pivotal Stage Manager in the Globe's 1975 production of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town."
In the 1960s, Noel introduced such modern playwrights as Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco to local audiences with a side project at the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art and later in Balboa Park.
He taught young people and Spanish speakers about the dramatic arts through the Globe Educational Tour and Teatro Meta, and he nurtured the careers of young playwrights with the Globe's Play Discovery Program. Under his guidance, the Globe and the University of San Diego established a postgraduate program for actors.
Noel was born Aug. 25, 1915, in Deming, N.M., and moved with his parents to San Diego as a child. After graduating from high school in 1934, Noel acted in local productions and worked odd jobs before arriving at the Globe.
When the U.S. entered World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Navy took over Balboa Park and Noel headed to Hollywood, where he trained as an apprentice director at 20th Century Fox.
He was drafted in 1944 and fought in the Philippines. After the war ended, he was transferred to Special Services and sent with the Army's occupation forces to Tokyo, where he directed entertainment for American service members at the Ernie Pyle Theater.
After his discharge, he returned to San Diego and in 1947 directed the Globe's first postwar production, William Saroyan's "The Time of Your Life."
And there at the Globe he remained.
"Can you think of anyone who's had as much fun as I have?" he asked San Diego Union Tribune theater critic Bill Hagen in 1984. "I've gotten to play with toys my whole life in a beautiful park, surrounded by beautiful people, and I've gotten paid for it. Who could ask for more?"
Noel is survived by his partner, Hamza Houidi.
A memorial service is pending at the Old Globe.


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The Senior's Captain for 2018 is John Lewis, ably aided by the Vice-Captain Gerry Payton.
I have been playing golf for many years at many different courses as I moved around with my job in Financial Services, now in retirement I enjoy my golf even more at this, the most friendly club I have ever played at.
The seniors section, for 55"s and over is very active, and new members are always welcome. Our principal aim is to ensure some good golf and good company for all.
The lack of a handicap to start with is not an issue, as within a couple of weeks and three rounds under your belt you will be fully underway.
At Rodway there is what many would see as a club within a club, the green fees being paid to Rodway Hill Golf Club Limited, and a separate payment of £35.00 a year to the members club to manage your handicap etc.
Our matches are played on weekdays, with other matches organised by the main club on weekends. You free to play in both sections.
We generally have Roll Ups on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, starting at around 9am, tee off times can be confirmed with the shop, and are also posted on the seniors notice board.
In addition we have many other competitions, away days and interclub matches, to try and create a varied calendar, and as much good companionship as possible.
John M. Lewis.
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Elsie Widdowson (1906-2000)
The British chemist Elsie Widdowson was a pioneer of the scientific study of nutrition and one of the creators of the state-recommended diet during the Second World War.
Both Elsie and her sister Eva were encouraged by their parents to pursue their interests in science, and both chose scientific careers. Elsie trained as a chemist at Imperial College London. Her research was on diverse subjects ranging from the chemistry of ripening fruit to that of the kidney. Studying at King's College London, she began to analyse the chemical make-up of food and its effect on human health. Her book with Dr R A McCance The Composition of Foods, first published in 1940, became a standard work in the field of nutrition science.
Widdowson and McCance began a lifelong professional partnership. During the war they investigated ways to make sure that people received all the substances necessary to stay healthy, despite food shortages. They engaged in self-experimentation to test their recommendations. This research became the basis for the development of rationing policies during the Second World War.
After the war Widdowson continued to work in the field of nutrition, for instance studying the nutrition of newborn babies. She became President of the British Nutrition Foundation and received numerous honours such as election to a Fellowship of the Royal Society in 1976 and the title of Companion of Honour in 1993.
M Ashwell (ed.), McCance & Widdowson: a Scientific Partnership of 60 Years (London: British Nutrition Foundation, 1993)
R A McCance and E Widdowson, The Composition of Foods (Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry, sixth edition, 2002)


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The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh will visit Pembrokeshire next week. They couple will arrive via Royal Train at Haverfordwest Railway Station for a full day of official visits.
The Duke visit Puffin Produce to meet the company's board of directors and staff, whilst the Queen will visit Cotts Farm Equine Hospital.
The Royal couple will then visit together Princes Gate Spring Water in Narbeth. They will then attend a lunch hosted by Arwyn Williams, by Pembrokeshire County Council Chairman Councillor at Picton Castle.
After their lunch The Queen and Prince Philip will stop at Pembroke Dock. Her Majesty last visited the town 60 years ago.
Upon their arrival at the Sunderland Trust's heritage centre at the Royal Dockyard Chapel, the Royal couple will open the town's new Heritage Centre. They will also reveal the 200-year timeline bicentennial memorial wall created by students from three Pembroke Dock primary schools.
After, they will embark on a tour of the Heritage Centre and meet with representatives of the Bicentennial Group, the Sunderland Trust and members of the community.
"This is a tremendous boost for Pembroke Dock in this the bicentennial year," Pam George, Pembroke Dock Bicentennial Group chairman commented to the Milford and West Wales Mercury.
"This is the culmination of a tremendous amount of work by both organisations to not only mark the 200th anniversary of the town but to recognise the remarkable heritage of the community. This includes five Royal Yachts which were built at the Royal Dockyard here, " Martin Cavaney , Bicentennial coordinator and Sunderland Trustee stated.
In wartime RAF Pembroke Dock was the world's biggest operational flying-boat station. For close to 30 years the Royal Air Force was based at Pembroke Dock.
Pembroke Dock is also linked to the film The Empire Strikes Back as the full-scale Millennium Falcon was designed and constructed in a dock hangar.
In 1955, The Queen made her first visit as monarch to Pembrokeshire. She visited Pembroke Dock and the RAF Station that was in operation before being closed in 1957.
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Johan Santana reported to spring training feeling brash, talking about such things as winning a Cy Young Award and more importantly, a World Series.
Always confident, but what gave Santana the push is that his surgically-repaired left elbow feels good, strong and sound.
Last season long since lost, Santana shut it down in August and had surgery to remove bone chips from his elbow – the second time he's had such surgery.
"I'm able to let it go,'' said Santana, who'll do it for the first time this spring in a game against Houston.
Santana has been reporting full extension in his release. So far no problems in his bullpen sessions.
"I am able to throw my fastball with no problems and throw my breaking balls and my change-up without feeling that sharp pain in the back of my elbow now,'' Santana said. "I am able to throw all my pitches pain free, so that's a big plus for me.''
Full arm extension means a better release point, which adds bite to his slider.
"Now I am able to extend my arm and release the ball in front of me and be able to throw my slider,'' Santana said. "It's a big difference from last year. I am able to now throw my pitches and let everything go. Last year I wasn't able to do that.''
This is huge news for the Mets, who opened camp with questions to their entire rotation, but Santana changes the entire dynamic of the team. If he's healthy he gives the Mets a good chance to win every five days; if not, an already suspect rotation falls into disarray.
For a team desperate for positive health news, having Santana back eliminates one headache.


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St. Camillus Center, a 124-bed Genesis HealthCare skilled nursing center located at 494 Elm Street, Stamford, CT, today announced that it has been selected as a 2014 recipient of the Bronze– Commitment to Quality award for its dedication to improving the lives of patients and residents through improved quality care. The award is one of three distinct awards possible through the National Quality Award program, presented by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL). The program honors facilities across the nation that have demonstrated their commitment to improving quality care for seniors and individuals with disabilities.
"I applaud St. Camillus Center for its commitment to delivering quality care," said Mark Parkinson, President and CEO of AHCA/NCAL. "This award represents the dedication that each Bronze recipient has given to improve quality in the long term and post-acute care profession."
Implemented by AHCA/NCAL in 1996, the National Quality Award Program is centered on the criteria of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program. The program assists providers of long term and post-acute care services in achieving their performance excellence goals.
"At St. Camillus Center, we have an ongoing commitment to quality," notes Administrator Anna Durkovic. "I am so proud of the hard work and dedication our team here has shown to achieve this distinction and provide quality services and care to our patients and residents every day."
The program has three levels: Bronze, Silver, and Gold. Facilities begin the quality improvement process at the Bronze level, where they develop an organizational profile with essential performance elements such as vision and mission statements and an assessment of customers' expectations. Bronze applicants must demonstrate their ability to implement a performance improvement system. A team of trained Examiners reviews each Bronze application to determine if the facility has met the demands of the criteria. As a recipient of the Bronze – Commitment to Quality award, St. Camillus Center may now move forward in developing approaches and achieving performance levels that meet the criteria required for the Silver – Achievement in Quality award.
"This award demonstrates that St. Camillus Center is committed to striving for quality improvement," said Ed McMahon, Ph.D., Chair of the AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Board of Overseers. "St. Camillus Center has laid a strong foundation for continuing on to the Silver and Gold levels."
The awards are sponsored by AHCA/NCAL Associate Business Member My InnerView, by National Research Corporation. My InnerView represents the true voice of nursing home and assisted living residents, families, and employees with the most insightful quality measurement solutions and satisfaction surveys in the healthcare continuum.___________________________________________________________________________
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Genesis HealthCare is one of the nation's largest skilled nursing care providers with more than 400 skilled nursing centers and assisted living residences in 28 states nationwide. Genesis also supplies rehabilitation therapy to over 1,500 healthcare providers in 46 states. Visit our website at www.genesishcc.com.
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What is it with the Mets and their starting pitchers? Giving them near total control hasn't worked. It didn't for Willie Randolph and Jerry Manuel, and it isn't for Terry Collins.
The impression is the tail is wagging the dog when it comes to Mets' starters, and this isn't new. Pitchers tend to be divas by nature, but it has gone to another level with the Mets.
Clearly, free-agent Shaun Marcum did not report to spring training ready to go by telling Collins and GM Sandy Alderson he only needed four starts to get ready. He was allowed to set his own pace, but obviously didn't have the track record to deserve it.
Marcum received cortisone injections in each of the last three years, and last spring was down for nearly three weeks. Without question, this is a guy who should not be setting his own program.
Marcum vows 200 innings, a level he's only reached once since 2005. His lifetime 57-36 record was why Alderson gave him the benefit of doubt, but his 124 innings last year should have accounted for something.
Wasn't Marcum's history and workout program discussed? If it was, then why agree to this?
Santana does have the resume to set his own program, but abused it when he threw off the mound without Collins' knowledge the first week of March.
The Mets said they monitored Santana in the off-season, and told him to go easy since he rehabbed the previous two winters. Something was lost in the communication as Santana wasn't ready when spring training began and will open the season on the disabled list.
Collins said Santana knows his own body, but here's a guy who hasn't worked an inning all spring and at the beginning wanted to pitch in the World Baseball Classic. Had he done so, the results could have been career threatening.
Early in camp, after Alderson questioned Santana's conditioning, the lefthander, angry with the Mets and media, threw off the mound without his manager's knowledge. Collins wasn't happy then and now must be fuming because Santana has done little since and has no set timetable. One must wonder how much that stunt set him back.
There are other examples of how the Mets let their starting pitches get away with setting their own routine that ended badly.
In 2009, Mike Pelfrey refused to go on the disabled list and miss a start and insisted on the start being pushed back. To placate him, the Mets brought up a starter from the minors, but to make room released reliever Darren O'Day, who only proved to be a key in the Rangers getting to the World Series twice.
O'Day has worked 247.2 innings in his five-year career with 217 strikeouts, 63 walks, a 2.73 ERA and 1.058 WHIP. The Mets don't have anybody with that production in their current bullpen.
The Mets also let Pedro Martinez march to his own tune with mixed results for several years. Is Pedro pitching today? What's going on with Pedro? It was like that every spring.
The Mets did everything they could, including alienating a future Hall of Famer, Tom Glavine, to placate Martinez and his whims.
Of course, don't forget Oliver Perez, whom former GM Omar Minaya signed to a disastrous three-year contract. The height of the absurdity is when Perez refused a minor league assignment – as was his contractual right – to work on his mechanics.
Consequently, the Mets carried him the rest of the season rather than release him and eat his contract, which they eventually did the following spring.
Funny, the Mets once had the stones – but no brains – and traded Tom Seaver, who wasn't happy with his contract. Now it seems they don't have either, as the trend is obvious, from Alderson to Minaya, and with each of the managers, to let some starters dictate to them how things would be and it turned out for the worse.
Will it be that way in 2013 with Marcum and Santana?


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Vital Congregations
The mission of The United Methodist Church is to "Make Disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world" (Matt. 28:18-20; Matt. 22:36-40). This mission is achieved through vital congregations that equip and empower people to be disciples of Jesus Christ in their homes and communities around the world.
Vital congregations are:
- Spirit-filled, forward-leaning communities of believers that welcome all people (Gal.3:28)
- Places where disciples of Jesus Christ are made through the power of the Holy Spirit (Matt. 28:18-20)
- Communities that serve like Christ through justice and mercy ministries (Micah 6:8, Luke 4:17-21)
Vital congregations have:
- Inviting and inspiring worship
- Engaged disciples in mission and outreach
- Gifted, empowered and equipped lay leadership
- Effective, equipped and inspired clergy leadership
- Small Group ministries
- Strong children's & youth ministries
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Driving on Hwy 20 yesterday, saw a sign for Brassfield Estates on High Valley Road. A mile into the drive, I saw a sign that announced that since 2005, High Valley has been a recognized AVA. Driving further on it was very apparent that this area of Lake County was sparsley populated. In the middle of this valley (which runs East-West as we learned, with the Round Mountain volcano at the Eastern end) was this opulent castle like winery with treelined entrance and a grove what looked like mature olive trees! It was a very pretty locale and there was deer all over the place. The Brassfield Estates belongs to some wealthy guy called Brassfield (obviously)..all 2600 acres of which only a small fraction has grapes on it. I tasted:
2011 Gewurztraminer- dry, sharp, honeysuckle, good minerality, flinty.
2009 Chardonnay- citrusy, peachy, easy drinking wine. this wine apparently saw no oak or any malo-lactic fermentation either.
2010 Zinfandel, Round Mountain- a young fruity Zin reminded me of a good rustic Mendo Zin.
2007 Zinfandel, Round Mountain- If the 2007 is any indication, the 2010 might evolve into something interesting. Still paisono but the edges have smoothed out and taken on claret like notes
2011 Pinot Noir- I was skeptical of a Lake County Pinot but this wasnt too bad. Earthy, cherry tones, a tad heat on the finish
2010 Eruption- A blend (primarily Syrah). Easy drinking, red fruits and nice medium finish.
2011 Serenity- A white blend (mostly Pinot Grigio as I remember). Lemons, stone fruits. A short finish.
They also had a Cab Sauvignon (forgot to note the vintage ). It has cassis, blueberries but a little ponderous I thought. I have little experience with Lake County cabs; so had little to draw a decent comparison. It was definitely an interesting detour from Hwy20 and I learned about a new appellation!