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Southern trees with fall color
Yes, we can have trees with color in our yards. Folks might not make an annual pilgrimage here to see our leaves change color as they do where climates are colder, but if you make the right choices with trees, you can watch your own leaves become orange, purple, red and yellow.
Tree leaves change color when days become shorter and nights become longer. Trees prepare for winter and chlorophyll production slows or stops. The chlorophyll that is there begins to break down. As the green starts to disappear from the existing leaves, xanthophyll and carotene start showing in the leaf colors as yellow and orange. Leaves continue to make sugar during warmer days and then cool nights trap the sugar in the leaves, triggering the red leaf color.
Some trees are known in our area for giving more vivid leaf colors in the fall and winter than others. The Possumhaw Holly is a small deciduous tree with slow growth and moderate water needs. It is a Texas native with attractive seeds or fruit that birds and other wildlife love to make a snack of. Its orange and red berries and gray branches give it fall and winter interest. The Mexican Plum is a small, drought-tolerant Texas native with reliable fall color and showy, fragrant flowers. It gives good fall color of yellow to red to purple. The Chinese Pistache is a medium-size deciduous tree with rapid growth and moderate water needs. It gives excellent fall color and bright red fruit that darkens to blue. The Gallery or Bradford Pear tree is a small size option with moderate growth. It has excellent fall colors of red, orange and purple. Willow Oak, Texas Red Oak, Swamp Chesnut Oak, Shumard Oak, Chinquapin Oak, Bur Oak and Cherrybark Oak will all be counted on to give you shades of red or dark orange in your yard.
The star in the leaf color game is the Japanese Maple, or Acer palmatum. This small deciduous slow grower needs mostly shade to be happy in our sunny climate. Its most brilliant fall colors of copper, yellow, orange or red make its slightly sensitive nature worth a little extra trouble. Red maple is another option with its rapid growth and brilliant fall colors of yellow to red. The Flowering Dogwood is a great choice with its white flowers in spring and red coloring in the fall.
Let's not forget the Crape Myrtle. It's a little soldier serving us well with profuse spikes of color in the summer and also reliable fall color. Blackgum or Black Tupelo loves our acid soils and rewards us with bright shiny red and purple foliage in the fall. Look for White Ash, Texas Ash, Japanese Zelkova, Cedar Elm and Bald Cypress for even more colorful options. Long live the South! Let us be known for our colors.


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If you watched the Montreal's opening MLS bow vs. Vancouver on Saturday, you might have felt ok with the Fire having to open up their fourth stadium in three seasons this week against the Impact.
Expansion sides aren't always the best built off the bat and the Impact showed signs of trouble early on against the Whitecaps when a misplay by Montreal center back Tyson Wahl allowed newly acquired Vancouver striker Sebastian Le Toux an easy stroll in on Rickett's goal.
It wasn't the best possible start for former Fire midfielder and Impact manager Jesse Marsch's tenure with Montreal and Fire striker Dominic Oduro took away reason for opportunity for Saturday's match at Olympic Stadium.
"What I saw was definitely a new team playing together," said the 2011 Chicago Fire MVP. "I think they're trying to find that X-factor in playing together. I don't think they played well as a team personally, but save the first goal they were composed and I thought they came up against a Vancouver played very well."
With Montreal recently announcing they've sold 46,500 tickets to their Saturday home opener, the team is looking to break the stadium's soccer attendance record of 56,582 set ironically enough in a 1981 NASL playoff match between the Montreal Manic and Chicago Sting.
With the Fire returning all 11 starters that helped the team to the club's second best regular season finish of 7-2-1 last season, the visiting Fire will be considered favorites on paper but Oduro admitted the crowd would play a factor.
"Saturday is their first-ever home MLS game and we know the crowd will have a lot of energy. It would be huge to go in and get an early goal to take them out of it and calm us down."
Even if the Impact reach the stadium capacity of 60,000 fans, it still won't equal the record attendance for a Fire away game which came on July 4, 2002 when the Fire fell 3-2 to Colorado in front of 61,213 at Invesco Field. Though more tickets were sold for that game, it's likely the Impact supporters will provide a bit more noise, unless you include the post-game fireworks show from that fateful July day.
"They'll be trying as much as possible to play the crowd up and to intimidate us and the officials," Oduro concluded. " That happens everywhere – when you go to Seattle you expect the crowd to be really loud. I believe we have a good team in terms of experience in chemistry to go in and get points out of it."

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Warren M. Alexander, age 74 of Talking Rock, Ga. (formerly of Fitzgerald), died Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital in Jasper following a brief illness.
Mr. Alexander was born Feb. 25, 1936 in Berrien County to the late William Arthur and Lillian Whitley Alexander. He was a 1954 graduate of Irwin County High School. He received his Associate?s degree from Thomas University in Thomasville, his Bachelor?s degree from Georgia Southern and his Education Specialist degree from the University of Georgia. He also did studies at Valdosta State.
His first teaching assignment was at Hahira High School where he taught science and biology. He was also a football, track and girls basketball coach. He taught and coached in Treutlen County High School and Hawkinsville before becoming a principal and later superintendent in Hawkinsville. He merged the Hawkinsville City Schools with Pulaski County Schools. He served as superintendent in Dooly County before coming to Fitzgerald in 1985. He was named Citizen of the Year by the Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Chamber of Commerce in 1991 for his efforts to merge the city and county school systems when he was willing to step down as city school superintendent.
He moved to Talking Rock in 1998 from Fitzgerald. He was a member of Northside Primitive Baptist Church in Marietta. He was a former member of the Kiwanis Club of Hawkinsville, the Rotary Club of Fitzgerald and president of the Fitzgerald/ Ben Hill County Chamber of Commerce in 1992.
He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Louise DeVane Alexander, Talking Rock; sons and daughters-in-law, Mark and Cathy Alexander, Woodstock, and Dale and Kimberly Alexander, Canton; grandchildren, Hunter, Hannah, Sophie, Grant and Davis Alexander; brothers and sister-in-law: Billy and Sandra Alexander and Bobby and Jimmy Alexander, all of Fitzgerald; sisters and brother-in-law, Peggy A. Player, Terri Alexander and Connie and Randy Smith, all of Fitzgerald. Several nieces and nephews and nephews also survive.
The funeral service was held at noon Saturday, April 10 from Northside Primitive Baptist Church in Marietta with Elder Jason Solomon and Elder Pat McCoy officiating. Another service was held at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 11 from Brushy Creek Primitive Baptist Church in Ocilla with Elder Edward McIntyre and Elder Jimmy Chapman officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Primitive Baptist Scholarship Foundation, c/o Jimmy Chapman, PO Box 573, Ocilla, Ga. 31774. Roper Funeral Home of Jasper and The Paulk Funeral Home of Fitzgerald were in charge of arrangements.
Sandra Harris
Mrs. Sandra Jean Harris, age 68 of Ball Ground, passed away Thursday, April 8, 2010 at her residence.
Mrs. Harris was a member of Four Mile Baptist Church and a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ray Harris; granddaughter, Megan Harris; and parents, Laverne and Harriet Reed.
Survivors include her children, Ricky (Bobbie) Harris, Tate, Peggy (Max) Cantrell, Rev. Michael (Lisa) Harris and Tracy (Rev. Charles) Buchanan, all of Ball Ground, Shirley (Chris) Denson, Canton, and Terry (Tosha) Harris, Jasper. Nineteen grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren also survive.
The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 10 from Four Mile Baptist Church with the Revs. Michael Harris, Charles Buchanan and Berry Payne officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Sosebee Funeral Home, Canton, in charge of arrangements.
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Johnnie Ruth Glenn
Mrs. Johnnie Ruth Glenn age 87 of Jasper, passed early Monday morning, March 29, 2010 at Northside Hospital-Cherokee in Canton.
Survivors include her son, Scott Glenn; and sister, Ruby Davis. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
A memorial service will be held at Jasper United Methodist Church on Friday, April 16 at 10 a.m. with the Revs. Hoyt Jenkins and Al Larson officiating.
Dorothy Wilson
Mrs. Dorothy F. Wilson, age 89 of Jasper, passed away Friday, April 9, 2010 at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital.
Mrs. Wilson was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Wilson. A special thanks to Sue Pittman and Edna Goble for their loving care and friendship. Also a special thanks to Jasper United Methodist Church for their support and friendship.
With no visitation at Cagle Funeral Home, Mrs.Wilson was transported to W.C. Brady?s Sons, Inc. Funeral Home in Coxsackie, N.Y. to be interred with her husband at Riverside Cemetery in Coxsackie.
A memorial service was held at 10 a.m. Monday, April 12 at Jasper United Methodist Church with the Rev. Al Larson officiating.
Flip Wilson
Mr. J.C. ?Flip? Wilson age 72 of Ball Ground, Ga. passed Friday, April 9, 2010 at the Peachtree Christian Hospice.
Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, Chris and Kelley Wilson, Canton,; daughters and sons-in-law, Debbie and Danny Norton, Jasper, and Brenda and Ricky Kelley, Ball Ground; and sister, Mary Lois Blalock, Ball Ground. Six grandchildren and two great- grandchildren also survive. The funeral service was held at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 11 from the Chapel of Darby Huey Funeral Home with the Revs. James Rich and Greg Hamilton officiating. Interment was in Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery.
King Brown
Mr. King Daniel Brown, age 70 of Gordon County, passed away Thursday, April 8, 2010 at his residence.
He was born in Murray County on March 28, 1940, the son of the late Sam and Flora Key Brown. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a brother, Sam Brown. Mr. Brown had retired from Mohawk Industries and was a veteran, having served his country in the US Navy.
Survivors include his wife of 44 years, Oma G. Brown; sons, Julian Brown, Adairsville, and Robert Brown and wife Chu, Snellville; brothers, Bill Brown, Gladewater, Tx., Hoyt Brown and wife Virginia, Chatsworth, Frank Brown and wife O?Dale, Calhoun, Leonard Brown and wife Sheila, Dalton, Jim Brown and wife Ellen, Scottsboro, Al., and Fred Brown, Calhoun; sisters, Sarah Burnley and husband Roger and Dorothy Walraven and husband Otto, all of Calhoun; and grandchildren, Joshua King Brown and Robin Lenore Brown. Nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive.
The funeral service was held Saturday, April 10 at 2 p.m. from the Chapel of Max Brannon and Sons Funeral Home with the Revs. Jimmie Timms and John Podine officiating. Interment followed in Haven of Rest Memorial Park with the Rev. Ken Thomason officiating. Pallbearers were: Dale Hudgins, Marty, Russell, Ben and Matthew Brown and Brian Anderson.
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I will be available as well next weekend, lets get this thing on. We really want to do it on Sunday instead of Saturday?
Thanks Keizer for coming out and putting this on the mark. Mike and I got quite a bit one on the new hole #1 for clearing out. Then I spent about 2 hours on #1 cleaning up the side of the hill, and working on getting some more control on the front part on the hole. I appreciate Mike making part of his life to improve the courses. I thank him for making the effort and following through. Thanks Mike!
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Hope College will hold its graduation activities on Sunday, May 6, with nearly 690 members of the graduating Class of 2012 participating.
The college's 147th Commencement will be held at 3 p.m. at Holland Municipal Stadium. Baccalaureate will take place earlier in the day, at 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The Commencement speaker will be Dr. Heather Sellers, professor of English at Hope. The Baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by the Rev. Dr. Trygve Johnson, who serves as the Hinga-Boersma Dean of the Chapel.
Sellers has been a member of the Hope faculty since 1995, and teaches poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction. A nationally acclaimed author, she is also highly regarded as a mentor by her students. In 2011, the graduating class presented her with the "Hope Outstanding Professor Educator" (H.O.P.E.) Award.
Her award-winning memoir, "You Don't Look Like Anyone I Know: A True Story of Family, Face Blindness, and Forgiveness," has been featured by "O, the Oprah Magazine," where it was a book of the month pick; "Good Morning America"; the "Rachael Ray Show"; NPR; "The New York Times"; Dick Gordon's "The Story"; "Good Housekeeping"; "Elle"; and many others. Its honors also include being named a 2011 Michigan Notable Book by the Library of Michigan and a 2011 "Adult Literature Award" from the Chicago, Ill.-based Friends of American Writers.
Awarded an NEA Fellowship for fiction, she published a short story collection, "Georgia Under Water," which was a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. She has also published a children's book, "Spike and Cubby's Ice Cream Island Adventure," three volumes of poetry, and three books on the craft of writing. Her poems, short fiction, memoir and creative nonfiction have appeared in numerous journals, anthologies and magazines. She's currently at work on a novel for young readers, essays, and a new memoir.
Sellers was born and raised in Orlando, Fla., and her doctorate in English/creative writing is from Florida State University, from which she also holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees. She has also taught at the University of Texas—San Antonio and St. Lawrence University.
Johnson has been a member of the Hope staff since 2005. As leader of the college's Campus Ministry office, he oversees Hope's thrice-weekly Chapel and Sunday-evening services, preaches regularly in Chapel, speaks at other events on campus and in the community, and nurtures relationships with the college's students, faculty and staff. Dr. Johnson preaches and lectures regularly in a variety of church and college settings, such as Duke University and Wheaton College. He also serves as an adjunct professor of homiletics at Western Theological Seminary.
His 2006 essay "A Vision for Hope College Campus Ministry: 'Growing World Christians in the soil of Hope'" outlines the program's mission within the context of the college as Hope seeks "to be a place where the totality of human experience is taken seriously within our historic Christian faith, so that generations growing in the soil of Hope are ready to engage and serve the world and the Church with wisdom and revelation." He has written for "Reformed Worship" and "Perspectives," and been an invited contributor to web-journals for "The Christian Century" and "Faith & Leadership" of Duke Divinity School. Johnson's first book, "The Preacher as Liturgical Artist," is forthcoming with Cascade Press.
Johnson graduated cum laude from Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, in 1996, with a major in history. He subsequently completed a Master of Divinity degree at Western Theological Seminary in 1999, and earned a doctorate in theology from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland in 2009. After graduating from Western Theological Seminary, he was ordained in the Reformed Church in America and returned to Northwestern College, serving as chaplain until beginning his doctoral work at St. Andrews in 2002.
An NAIA Baseball First Team Academic All-American as an undergraduate, he was also an assistant baseball coach at Hope in 1996 and at Northwestern from 2000 to 2002. In 2012 he was also inducted into the Northwestern College Athletic Hall of Fame.
His wife, Dr. Kristen Deede Johnson, is associate director of the college's CrossRoads Project, director of the studies in ministry minor and an assistant professor of political science at Hope. They have a two-year-old son, Trygve David Jr., and are expecting a second child in May.
In the event of rain, Commencement will be held at the Richard and Helen DeVos Fieldhouse. Admission to Baccalaureate, and to Commencement if indoors, is by ticket only.


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So far this year, Rabobank reports land values have increased more strongly than expected.
Farmland values that increased by as much as 20 to 30%, and the factors that may eventually slow those growing ag land values, headline an updated land values analysis issued today by the Rabobank Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory group.
"The six-year surge in U.S. agricultural land values continues to be top-of-mind for many in agriculture," notes report author Sterling Liddell, Vice President, Food and Agribusiness Research & Advisory. "We expected land values to grow significantly in late 2011 and early 2012 and the growth was even stronger than we predicted; in excess of 30% in some cases."
In the report, "U.S. Farm Land Continues to Dazzle," Liddell draws a strong correlation between the rate of growth and higher corn, soybean and wheat prices, which resulted from persistently tight global grain stocks and low interest rates.
"Strong fundamentals including elevated commodity prices, low interest rates, increasing rental rates and strong relative returns to agriculture will continue to make U.S. farmland an attractive investment," says Liddell.
The U.S. Corn Belt region continued to lead land value growth in 2011 and 2012. States including Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska were estimated by the USDA to have doubled their 2005 values. An expanded group of states, which adds the Northern Plains and Minnesota, saw year-over-year growth in the range of 15 to 30% in 2012
The report considers interest rate increases to be the key medium-term threat to maintaining current levels of ag land values.
Looking ahead to the first half of 2013, U.S. farmland values are likely to increase at a slower rate than in 2011 and 2012. The slowdown is a result of the dramatic 2012 jump in values as well as looming macroeconomic worries. This slowdown will help to keep values in line with underlying fundamentals. As a result, such a slowing would be beneficial for the long-term financial health of the U.S. crop production industry.
"The prospect of strongly higher interest rates post 2014 and softening commodity prices from current highs present the key long term risks for U.S. farmland values," notes Liddell.
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text: The Washington High School baseball team isn't the only Washington baseball team playing in a big tournament. The city's 12 and under Cal Ripken All-State team is in Baxter, Minnesota for a regional tournament. They'll play the first game of their double elimination tournament today. Matt Rich and Mark Loy coach the team and Rich says if they win they advance to the national tournament that will be played in California. The regional tournament will be going on through the weekend with the championship being played on Monday.


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Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Truffles
1 boxed cheesecake mix
milk, to make it
1/2 to 1 cup mini chocolate chips
chocolate almond bark
waxed paper
cookie sheets
Make cheesecake package according to directions. Save the crumbs package.
Add desired amount of mini chocolate chips.
Put in refrigerator to chill about an hour or so.
Take cheesecake mixture out of fridge when chilled and roll into balls. If it is difficult to do, you can either add some of the crumbs or put back in the refrigerator for a bit.
Melt chocolate bark.
Make certain they are not very cold. Using a fork, dip and/or roll the balls in the melted chocolate and place on waxed paper.
Place in refrigerator for an hour or so to set.
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Yet another winter left empty-handed, owner Mike Ilitch is going for it all again. The Tigers were without Justin Verlander to start the season and lost Max Scherzer to free agency, and having traded Doug Fister to Washington two winters ago and Rick Porcello to Boston last summer, Anibal Sanchez was the only guy left from what was an elite rotation two years ago. David Price isn't a bad replacement to slide in and Alfredo Simon held his own, but Shane Greene and Kyle Lobstein were far from sure things. In the bullpen, a cast of little known names sets up Joakim Soria, who's all of a sudden dominant again this year. The pitching might be a question mark--the offense, behind Miguel Cabrera, Ian Kinsler, Yoenis Cespedes, JD Martinez, and Victor Martinez--isn't. Martinez hit the DL early on but the Tigers pile up runs in a hurry regardless. The Detroit Tigers play at Comerica Park in downtown Detroit. While many have come and gone during this era of Tigers success, like Scherzer, Fister, Austin Jackson, Prince Fielder, Omar Infante, Jhonny Peralta, Delmon Young, and Torii Hunter, that just tells you how aggressive they've been about remaining relevant in the AL Central. It has paid off in 366 regular season wins in four seasons, four straight division titles, and a World Series appearance. Going back to their World Series appearance in 2006, the Tigers have been .500 or better in eight of the last nine seasons. At this time a decade ago the Tigers had a 20 year postseason drought and were an American League punching bag. Ilitch and his great front office have defined modern baseball at Comerica, a fan friendly park with high attendance and a bevy of delicious food options. Gold Coast Tickets is your source for the best Detroit Tigers tickets!
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Recipe for Chopped Middle Eastern Salad with Purslane
Although I had always considered it to be an obnoxious weed, I was very pleasantly surprised by the taste of purslane, which to me was slightly reminiscent of the flavor of other greens like spinach or chard. When I did more research on the plant, I discovered the popularity of purslane in recent years is partly due to the fact that it contains more omega 3 fatty acids than any other leafy plant food. Something that tastes fresh and savory, grows like a weed, and is very nutritious! How great is that!
The salad I made with the purslane from my garden is a variation of the salad sometimes called Salad Shirazi. My version was adapted quite a bit from the recipe I found on Epicurious.com. I left out the onions because I wanted to be sure to taste the purslane, and added a bit of mayo to the dressing for a creamier blend. I thought this salad tasted fresh and healthy, and the flavor of the purslane went well with the mint and parsley that makes this type of salad so lively. I can tell purslane is something I'll be adding to a lot more salads from now on.
Weekend Herb Blogging is all about interesting herbs or plants, so this seems like a perfect entry. This week the host is Christa of Calendula and Concrete.
Chopped Middle Eastern Salad with Purslane
(4 generous servings)
3 large tomatoes, diced, salted, and drained
1 large cucumber, diced small
2 cups chopped purslane
1 cup finely chopped parsley
1/2 cup finely chopped mint
salt, fresh ground pepper to taste
Dressing Ingredients:
zest of one lemon
2 T fresh lemon juice
2 T extra virgin olive oil
1 T mayo or plain yogurt
Dice tomatoes in 1/2 inch pieces, place in colander, sprinkle with salt, and let drain while you prepare other ingredients. Chop cucumber in 1/4 inch pieces and place in large bowl. Trim purslane, discarding roots and large stems and keeping tender stems with attached leaves. Wash well in salad spinner, rinsing several times. Chop coarsely so pieces are about an inch long. Add purslane to cucumbers. Wash mint and parsley, spin dry, chop finely with chef's knife or food processor, and add to cucumbers and purslane.
Zest lemon and squeeze juice into small bowl. Add mayonnaise or yogurt to lemon juice and whisk until well combined. Keep whisking as you add olive oil, about half a tablespoon at a time, until all oil is combined with other ingredients.


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In Afghan national park, the rare sound of women laughing
Of all the effects of war on Afghanistan, among the most surreal – and perhaps the happiest – is swan boats.
On a recent day, nearly 40 of the bird-shaped pedal boats packed with families were meandering around the almost painfully blue mineral waters of the main lake here.
From several came one of the rarest public sounds in Afghanistan: women laughing uproariously.
For centuries Afghans have believed that the waters of the group of six lakes known as Band-e Amir can cure illness and infertility. Now Band-e Amir also has become the nation's soothing antidote to the daily horrors elsewhere: improvised bombs, suicide attacks and bribe-hungry police.
Partly that's due to the peacefulness and startling beauty of the remote region, which is tucked away high in the Hindu Kush of central Afghanistan, and partly it's because four years ago it became Afghanistan's first national park.
The growing array of staff and facilities – including the swan boats – has made it easier for Afghans to visit, and they've been flocking here in increasing numbers, despite the fact that many have to drive a day or more and brave insurgent-infested villages and countryside en route.
In 2008 there were about 200 visitors a month to the area during its May-to-September high season, said David Bradfield, an adviser with the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society who's based at the park. The society proposed creating the park, and it's helped develop a plan for the park with funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development. This year, average attendance on Fridays, the Muslim holy day, is 4,000 to 5,000.
Kids frolics, and families set up tents, hike, swim, grill kebabs, slice watermelon and go for a whirl in the pedal boats.
The park is a particularly special refuge for women and children, who lack places almost everywhere else in the country to simply get outside and enjoy life without worrying about bombs, firefights or oppressive conservative males. About half the visitors are children and 35 percent are women, said Mirza Hussain, the chief ranger.
"This is my first time ever out of Kabul, and this place makes me feel really happy and calm," said Mustura Baqer, who'd driven several hours from the capital with her husband, Mohammed, a construction manager, and their 9-month-old son.
They were sitting with Mohammed's brother, Abrahim Abbas, and sister-in-law, Tamana Noori, cross-legged inside a gauzy tent they'd pitched to blunt the high-altitude chill. They were nibbling on salad with peach and tomato, traditional flatbread and chicken in a dark tomato sauce. Two watermelons were bobbing in the frigid waters of the lake a few feet away, cooling down.
Noori, a midwife from Bamiyan, said she and her husband and their three young children had visited the park 11 times, include three trips this year.
"It is a nice place for everybody, and the most beautiful place in the country," she said. "Kids can play around, and we feel safer here than any other place. People are afraid of attacks in Kabul and other places, but not here."
Visitors come from almost every part of the country, including Kabul, Ghazni in the southeast, Jalalabad in the northeast, Mazar-i-Sharif in the far north and even Kandahar, the Taliban birthplace, in the south, chief ranger Hussain said. The big days in the warm months are Thursdays and Fridays; only a trickle come the other days. Snow closes the roads into the park in winter.
Despite its world-class beauty, the park is little known in the West. Perhaps 20 Western visitors come in an average month, mostly aid workers from Kabul.
Like much of what people do in Afghanistan, a visit to Band-e Amir often is underpinned by religion. The Baqers' son has epilepsy, and they hoped that the powers of the waters would help.
Beliefs about the lakes' ability to heal are based on the reputed role of Ali, the son-in-law and cousin of the Prophet Muhammad, in their creation. There's a much-visited shrine to him adjacent to the landing for the pedal boats.
Ali is said to have created the lakes through various amazing feats, including a slash of his sword, and damming the resulting valley with, among other things, cheese.
The six lakes of the park are indeed dammed with a hole-ridden substance, but it's a rock called travertine, created by buildups of the minerals in the water, which mainly wells up from springs.
The dams are generally U-shaped, with hosts of small lime-green and sulfur-yellow waterfalls spilling over them, making the series of lakes like massive, watery steps that stretch for miles, each one higher than the next.
With the U.S. and NATO pullout of combat troops and a slide in the foreign aid that's been propping up the Afghan economy for more than a decade, there's much speculation about what parts of the foreign legacy will be sustainable. The park, which is a direct result of U.S. aid money, appears to be one of those things, as it generates income and doesn't take much for the Afghan government to operate.
Already, the Afghan government is supporting nearly all the operations related to the park, and the Ministry of Agriculture just approved eight new jobs for people to clean the park. That's crucial, as the visitors tend to leave a lot of trash behind. It also has approved the park's first women rangers, which will be a boon for all the female visitors.
The park benefits local residents, too. The swan boats, which the Afghans insisted be added to the Wildlife Conservation Society plans, generate income for families in 15 area villages. There's employment at the small food and souvenir bazaar and the park's seven little guesthouses. There are several other guesthouses close by, and in high season, locals rent out rooms in their homes.
More amenities are coming. A ranger station, a training center and a reception center are under construction, and there are plans for shuttle buses and more parking.
Women who immerse themselves in the chilly waters of the lakes do so fully clothed, and modesty dictates that they do it out of the sight of men, so under way now is a feature that probably can't be found in any other national park in the world: a walled area near the shrine so that women may take their dips privately.
There are tentative plans for a massive international airport close to the park, but the potential for international tourism, at least while the war continues, is murky. This year, only 650 foreign visitors are expected in Bamiyan province, where the park is located, said Abdul Khaliq, the province's tourism director.
For now, the visitors are almost entirely Afghan.
Gulbahar, who like many Afghans uses only one name, said she'd come to Band-e Amir with a group of 14 people from two families, all but four of them women and children. They'd come to seek a cure for her nephew, who's mentally ill, and for a woman with a heart problem. They'd driven three days over bad roads, then eventually they'd parked the two minivans and walked nearly a full day to reach the park, she said.
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I haven't really tried Brothers in Arms for very many crews yet, but I think I'm going to give it to the T-34-57 and Easy Eight. Being able to zap out a shot almost faster than the gun can be aimed is... intriguing.
Of course, the problem is that the crews of both tanks are in that exponential XP nether region between 93 and 100% on their first skill.
Also, since this has been making the rounds elsewhere...
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Spoiler for Erlenberg has gotten a lot better since they added that one house in the corner:
E50 - Who said Dragon Ridge sucked?
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Weekly Russian Q&A - January 28, 2013
- There will be more events of the type the Chinese have now ("top 100 experience"), in the future there will be XP tables too
- this year, the Global Wargaming League tournament is coming, it will be a mass event, it will run in seasons and the prizes will be in gold
- 10 new maps planned for 2013, part of them will be "Asian-style", part will be "city-style" á la Himmelsdorf, Stalingrad is possible (Storm adds: 11, not 10)
- one more medium branch for the US confirmed
- Japanese tanks don't have priority atm, so that's until the end of the year
- Japanese hightier tanks are "rolling coastal defense fortresses", they had tanks planned with 150mm, 200mm, 280mm gun
- there will be hightier premium meds for all nations
- national voiceovers are planned
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What's gonna be the damage output for those things, 2000 damage per shot?!?!
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The American 2nd Medium line will likely consist of vehicles like the T54E2 and the T95 Medium Tank, both which already had icons made for it.
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Probably US MT
Some change here and there like removing T-50-2
Japan and French 2nd MT probably for 2014
it really same that 30vs30 is not work as intended. it would be epic in theory
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Stalingrad as a map? my day just got better because I really love city maps.
Removing the T-50-2? better to give it as a premium tank like they did with the US T34.
280mm gun? I think those things will only carry HE and have a reload time at least the triple than the KV-2
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ARRG just had the most frustrating night.
It took at least 6 or so games in just about every tank I have before I was able to get the dailies out of the way and in one of them I was circle strafed to death in the Cromwell by a T-50 ?!?
I did manage to get my M4 Tommy Cooker with derpgun but its not exactly winning me over just yet but I'll give it time.
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I just noticed that my Usual koda Panther Game earned an extra 7,000 credits because of Operation: Steel Wall.
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I used the sale weekend to buy 150 fire extinguishers and 200 each of small repair kits and small first aid kits.
I've used five first aid kits since then, largely because I'm so focused on crew skill advancement that I don't want anyone to lose XP from being dead. This is a bit of a higher rate than I would like.
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Location: Dai Korai Teikoku
Manual Fire Extinguishers: 200
Small Repair Kit: 1000
Small First Aid Kit: 700
100-octane Gasoline: 400
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Buying equipment in bulk during discounts is pretty smart, I'll have to do that next time.
Worst one was on my B1 where the first the tank it saw was a KV-1 who decided to chase me because I was an easy kill, luckily it got distracted by some other tanks so I decided to hit back at the him. The final result: 20 hits, 6 penetrations and a total of 53 damage done and yes I was aiming for the 40mm driver cover weak spot.
Something tells me that if the French Tier V, VI or VII heavy aren't worth this suffering I'll end up deleting this game.
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IIRC the last time they had a gold discount on crew retraining it didn't include swapping skills for other skills. Which is what I have in mind now that my T-34 crew ground its way to 100% first skill but I want to BiA them all. So I suppose it won't matter if I do it now or wait until Friday... but just in case?
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Join Date: Nov 2012
One other thing: Someone here mentioned that when they had a crew with a 100% first skill and some percentage on an unassigned second skill, but then tried to change skills (with gold), they ended up losing the unassigned points?
So I might as well make sure the T-34 crew has something picked out, since the switch will let me change both skills anyway.
The T-34 with the rammer and a 100% crew can shoot once every 1.94 seconds. BiA brings that to 1.84 seconds. The best aim time with vents and GLD and BiA looks like... 1.79 seconds? Spamming is actually bad for me, but at least they won't have to worry about not having a round up the spout.
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'Star Wars Episode VII' director J.J. Abrams has hinted the new movie may be more mysterious, taking cues from the original trilogy
J.J. Abrams has hinted 'Star Wars Episode VII' will feature mystery like the original trilogy.
The director agrees with fans who have called for a grittier movie, feeling the charm of the original 'Star Wars' films were lost in the prequel series - which ran between 1999 and 2005 - and he appears to suggest the upcoming sci-fi blockbuster will restore some of those characteristics.
He told the Times newspaper: "I loved how 'Star Wars' had that sense of a world far beyond the borders of what you can see and have been told - it's one of the things it did so brilliantly.
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The "biblical" floods and ferocious wildfires that Coloradans coped with last year got a starring role Wednesday at the opening of the 2014 legislative session.
Legislative leaders outlined the efforts of those who helped, the devastation left behind and the legislation that will be introduced to try to deal with the twin disasters.
"Our state has had a couple very tough years, and our people have faced historic challenges," said Senate Minority Leader Bill Cadman, R-Colorado Springs. "Confronted by these trials, we saw, again and again, neighbors, friends, and strangers becoming true heroes all across Colorado."
The first bill introduced in the House, by Rep. Jonathan Singer, D-Longmont, establishes an income-tax credit for taxpayers who own property destroyed by a natural cause as determined by a county assessor.
In the Senate, Morgan Carroll of Aurora took over as president, only the second woman in state history to hold that post.
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House Minority Leader Brian DelGrosso, R-Loveland, asked lawmakers to listen to rural Colorado. "It's tough in communities outside the Front Range," he said.
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House Bill 2: Creates a natural disaster grant fund and directs the state's Department of Public Health and Environment to award the grants from the fund to local governments. The bill appropriates $12 million to the fund.
House Bill 44: A parolee who violates the conditions of his or her parole by removing or tampering with an electronic monitoring device that the parolee is required to wear as a condition of his or her parole is subject to an immediate warrantless arrest.
House Bill 47: Requires a person who publishes booking photographs on a publicly available commercial website to upon request remove the photo of a person who is not charged with a crime, or whose charges were dismissed.
Senate Bill 1: This would reduce from 9 percent to 6 percent the amount a state university may increase tuition.
Senate Bill 8: Creates a wildfire information and resource center in the Division of Fire Prevention
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The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is a landmark in education reform designed to improve student achievement and change the culture of America's schools. This new law, which President George W. Bush described as "the cornerstone of my administration," represents a sweeping overhaul of federal efforts to support elementary and secondary education in the United States.
"These reforms express my deep belief in our public schools and their mission to build the mind and character of every child, from every background, in every part of America," President Bush said during his first week in office in January 2001.
The act, which passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, embodies four key principles--stronger accountability for results; greater flexibility for states, school districts and schools in the use of federal funds; more choices for parents of children from disadvantaged backgrounds; and an emphasis on teaching methods that have been demonstrated to work. The act also places an increased emphasis on reading, especially for young children, enhancing the quality of our nation's teachers, and ensuring that all children in America's schools learn English. In keeping with these principles, and as this guide describes, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act affects virtually every program authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)--ranging from Title I and efforts to improve teacher quality to initiatives for limited English proficient (LEP) students and safe and drug-free schools.
Federal policy has had a significant impact on America's schools and children ever since ESEA was enacted in 1965. Yet, despite hundreds of programs and hundreds of billions of dollars invested during the last generation, American students still lag behind many of their fellow foreign students and the academic achievement gap in this country between rich and poor, white and minority students, remains wide. Indeed, President Bush expressed concern that "too many of our neediest children are being left behind."
Since the Nation at Risk report was issued nearly 20 years ago, there has been a vigorous national debate over how to improve our nation's schools and our children's achievement. Out of these years of debate, a general consensus has emerged that schools and districts work best when they have greater control and flexibility, when scientifically proven teaching methods are employed, and when schools are held accountable for results. These are the guiding ideas behind the NCLB Act.
"For too long, many of our schools did a good job educating some of our children," U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige said when President Bush signed the act into law on January 8, 2002. "With this new law, we'll make sure we're providing all of our children with access to a high-quality education."
The NCLB Act is designed to help all students meet high academic standards by requiring that states create annual assessments that measure what children know and can do in reading and math in grades 3 through 8. These tests, based on challenging state standards, will allow parents, educators, administrators, policymakers, and the general public to track the performance of every school in the nation. Data will be disaggregated for students by poverty levels, race, ethnicities, disabilities, and limited English proficiencies to ensure that no child--regardless of his or her background--is left behind. The federal government will provide assistance to help states design and administer these tests. States also must report on school safety on a school-by-school basis.
Annual school "report cards" will provide comparative information on the quality of schools. By doing so, they will empower parents to make more informed choices about their children's educations. These report cards will show not only how well students are doing on meeting standards but also the progress that disaggregated groups are making in closing achievement gaps.
Districts and schools that do not make sufficient yearly progress toward state proficiency goals for their students first will be targeted for assistance and then be subject to corrective action and ultimately restructuring. Schools that meet or exceed objectives will be eligible for "academic achievement awards."
A small sample of students in each state also will participate in the fourth- and eighth-grade National Assessment of Educational Progress in reading and math every other year to help the U.S. Department of Education track the results of statewide assessments required under Title I.
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Another hallmark of the new law is that, in exchange for greater accountability for results, states and school districts will have unprecedented flexibility in how they can use federal education funds. The intent is to put greater decision-making powers at the local and state levels where educators are most in touch with students' needs.
The NLCB Act makes it possible for most districts to transfer up to 50 percent of the federal formula grant funds they receive under the Improving Teacher Quality State Grants, Educational Technology, Innovative Programs, and Safe and Drug-Free Schools programs to any one of these programs or to their Title I program without separate approval. One consequence will be to allow districts to use funds to address their particular needs, such as hiring new teachers, increasing teacher pay, and improving teacher training and professional development. Similarly, a result of the law's consolidation of bilingual education programs is to give states and districts greater control in planning programs to benefit all limited English proficient students.
The act also creates state and local flexibility demonstration programs that allow selected states and school districts to consolidate funds received under a variety of federal education programs so that they can be used for any educational purpose authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by the NCLB Act in order to assist them in making adequate yearly progress and narrowing achievement gaps. In addition, the new Improving Teacher Quality State Grants program gives states and districts greater flexibility to choose the teacher professional development strategies that best meet their needs to help raise student achievement.
Enhanced Parental Choice
Parents of children who are in low-performing schools are given a new range of options under the NCLB Act. For one, parents with children in schools that fail to meet state standards for at least two consecutive years may transfer their children to a better-performing public school, including a public charter school,within their district. If they do so, the district must provide transportation, using Title I funds if necessary. Students from low-income families in schools that fail to meet state standards for at least three years are eligible to receive supplemental educational services-including tutoring, after-school services, and summer school. In addition, the NCLB Act provides increased support to parents, educators, and communities to create new charter schools. The act also provides students the choice to attend a safe school within their district if they attend persistently dangerous schools or are the victim of a violent crime while in their school.
These options are closely linked to the accountability provisions that give parents information on which schools in their communities are succeeding and which are not. In turn, the choice and supplemental educational services requirements of the law not only help to enhance student achievement but also provide an incentive for low-performing schools to improve. Schools that want to avoid losing students, not to mention restructuring, will have to do a better job.
Focuses on What Works
The NCLB Act puts a special emphasis on determining what educational programs and practices have been clearly demonstrated to be effective through rigorous scientific research. Federal funding will be targeted to support these programs and teaching methods that improve student learning and achievement.
Reading programs are a prime example. The NCLB Act will support scientifically based reading instruction programs in the early grades under the new Reading First program and in preschool under the new Early Reading First program. Funds will be available to help teachers strengthen old skills and gain new ones in effective reading instructional techniques. Funds will be directed to after-school and other programs that have been scientifically demonstrated to prevent drug use and violence among youths.
This reference guide outlines what is new under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 for each of the educational programs supported under the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 and other statutes. It also describes how the NLCB Act's four guiding principles are brought to bear on many of these programs. The intent is to provide a relatively substantive overview of policy changes and emphases for state and district officials. It is not intended to provide either budgetary guidance or practical assistance for teachers or parents. Programs for which no funding was requested in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 are not included.
Throughout this document "school district" or "district" is used interchangeably with "local educational agency." For a complete definition of "local educational agency" as used in the law, please see Section 9101(26) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by the NCLB Act.


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Papergirl Iasi is in the house!
The deadline for submissions is 1st of July.
For all of the information Papergirl Iasi, check out our website or email us at email@example.com .
Also, on 3rd of June there will be a drawing Workshop, called Workshop GEN, at Acaju Coffeehouse in our city.
Samstag, 29. Mai 2010
Papergirl Iasi/Romania
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Montag, 24. Mai 2010
Freitag, 14. Mai 2010
PaperGirl NY State
As the end of May is getting near, and the deadline for PaperGirl-Berlin is getting ever closer, don't panic! There is still plenty of time to submit your beautiful artwork to PaperGirl-NY State!
The Deadline for NY State is July 20th, and the submitted art work will be shown in 3 different locations (yes, you read right. 3 locations). The locations are The Dumbo Art Center, The Armory, and the Marketplace Gallery!
For all of the information NY State, check out our website at www.PaperGirl-NY.com or email us at email@example.com
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Samstag, 1. Mai 2010
Papergirl is on in Sibiu, Romania
Papergirl is getting bigger and bigger in Romania. After Bucharest started spreading the word about it, 2 more cities, Iaşi and Braşov, said "We're in!". And now Sibiu is all good to go too!!!
So we are proud to announce that we're opened for everybody's art and joyful minds & hands to come and build this artsy and active feeling that Papergirl is all about.
We already have a few artworks in the collection, and also the department of "Don't know who's" art (not lost, but found) has some works in it.
There are 3 options for the exhibition, including the Museum of Contemporary Art from Sibiu, and we already have a big crowd for the distribution.
Besides all this, the project will hopefully develop bigger and better with workshops and collect boxes in different art camps. We will keep you posted with all the good news.
The website is ready (in romanian), so if your art in Sibiu sounds good to you, write us at email@example.com. We're opened for all the world to join us.
Have only good, sunny and creative days.
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Happy birthday Critical Eye
A gracious good day, Readers. Welcome to this column's birthday celebration.
It's hard to believe, but it has been 33 years since the first Critical Eye batted its lashes at readers. Much has happened in those years. But, when we wrote that first column, we promised that each year, the final column of each March would be marked by attempts to help readers to use its news space as effectively as possible, as well as a look back over the local arts scene for the past year.
If you're one of those people who dread the anniversary each year, please delight yourself by turning the page. We won't even look up your history with this newspaper, to prove that you at least opened it, and may have even read it. If you're game for more, here we go.
One way I have occasionally used, to do something a little different with the anniversary column, has been to write it as an interview with myself. I ask myself questions which I have been asked by readers within the past year, and answer them in print, for all to experience. It's kind of fun to do. I hope you think so, as well.
If you think you might at any time be put in charge of publicity for an organization, a club, a business, etc., or if you think that a favorite subject of yours doesn't get enough attention in the newspaper, you might want to clip this column, and keep it for further reference, or else give it to the person who is responsible for publicity, for your favorite business or organization.
RWP: How can I get an activity publicized in the newspaper?
CE: You can phone, write a letter or send an email to the newspaper. Your best bet is to talk with the staff member who is assigned to cover the subject of your activity. My column deals with the arts, for example. If you're putting on a photo exhibit, for example, I can help you, and will, if I can. If you're offering a class on how to drive heavy vehicles, there isn't much I can do. If you don't know who is in charge of your area, you can indicate that at the beginning of your phone call, letter, etc., and your information will eventually reach the right person.
It's important to keep in mind, the newspaper you're holding – or viewing online – isn't a public institution. It is a for-profit business. It survives and buys its materials and pays its staff by selling advertising space. When the newspaper agrees to announce to its readers that your theatrical organization is going to put on a play, or your Aunt Sadie is going to play the piano, or your Sunday school class is going to have a potluck dinner, they are making it less likely that you will buy an ad – the activity by which the business survives.
Logically, one reason for people to buy a newspaper is to know what activities will be taking place, in which they can participate, so it is generally worth their while to announce your activity. However, when people get all puffed up about when and where their announcement should be printed and how large the headline should be, etc., it reminds me of the time when I was quite young, when a hobo came to our side door and asked for something to eat.
My mother fixed him a large sandwich of the same things we were having for lunch, and poured him a tall glass of lemonade. He gave the food back to her and said he found the metal drinking glass in which she had served the lemonade to be unacceptable – like drinking out of a tin can. Ingratitude is an ugly emotion, which tars the ingrate, not the unappreciated.
In a similar vein, people wanting free support from the newspaper need to be realistic. The people who assemble all the different articles, ads, letters to the editor, columns, and other materials have a difficult and demanding job. They can't staple an extra inch of newsprint onto the bottom of a page in order to list the names of all the chorus members in your musical show. Sometimes, they need to cut a piece, in order to make it fit on a page. Sometimes they need to run the article without the attached photo. If you want to buy ad space, you can have your photo in the size you want and your entire list of dancers, right there in your ad.
In a similar vein, I remember once watching a copy editor staring glumly at his computer screen and being told that he had enough material to put out five totally different editions of the newspaper, so he would have to leave many things out, and those people were going to be unhappy. If you send your information well in advance, if we can't help you one day, we can postpone it to the next day or so. If you send it too close to the event, if it doesn't fit, it must be discarded. Certainly, anything which arrives after deadline just can't be used. That's only realistic. All those movies where some newspaper person shouts, "Stop the presses," are fantasy, except in enormously important situations. We're talking "World War III Breaks Out," not "Pep Club Spaghetti Dinner Runs Out of Garlic Bread."
RWP: How do I get you, specifically, to review my art gallery show or to do a column announcing that I'm going to perform the tango with my sister Gertrude?
CE: You can write to me, send me an email or phone me, well in advance. The last column of each month, I print our policies, in the "Winks" section of the column, with addresses, phone numbers, etc. If you don't hear back in a day or two, there's a chance that your message went awry, so try again. On a typical day, I get around 50 emails relating to this column. Nearly every day, immediately after breakfast, I sit down and try to read each newly arrived email. Some, I forward to a different email address, from which I select the announcements which will be used in the next column. Any one which I read which requires an answer, I try to respond to right away, briefly, but I hope politely. Announcements that I've won the Irish Sweepstakes or that Hot Lena is eager to send me her photographs are immediately deleted. Ones which require additional information are forwarded to a different account, to be dealt with later.
That initial decision making nearly always begins from the message space, which can be seen from the inbox of the email address. If you write "for immediate release" in the message line, your message will be passed over, until I've had the time to read all the ones which say things such as "dance performance in Cassadaga, April 9." Depending on how many messages I've gotten and how many other demands are made on my time, it may not get opened for more than a month. That isn't deliberate, but it's quite realistic.
RWP: Does the way in which I ask have anything to do with whether I get the coverage I want?
CE: Of course it does. I don't mean people are expected to beg or grovel, but if you include all the important information, in plenty of time, in an easy-to-read format, that gets sent toward being published, right away. Of course, if I've promised the next column to a jazz ensemble from Sherman, I can't take back the promise, because you're presenting a harmonica player in Ripley. I know a great many organizations, which ought to know better, who push publicity duties off onto employees they don't value or respect. A talented publicist is worth his or her weight in diamonds.
One theater company I frequently publicize typically sends short, clean, factual announcements. If they have an unusually interesting actor appearing, they may include something such as, "Can you possibly find space to do a phone interview with Jane Roe, who is playing Bessie in our production? She recently appeared as Lady Bird Johnson in an award-winning feature film." If I can possibly do it, I do.
Someone who asks, "Do you want to interview Jane Roe?" may eventually get researched enough so that I know she's in a major film, and it may not.
Also, if you do a lot of publicity, get yourself an Associated Press Style Manual, and use it. You may find it "eye catching" to write your entire release without capital letters, or to add five exclamation points after your title, but we're required to maintain certain standards, and we genuinely try to do that. If my previous sentence inspired you to sneer, hold that expression, and look into a mirror for 10 seconds. Pretty ugly, isn't it?
RWP: Sometimes what I consider a major arts event takes place and you don't cover it. Why?
CE: An organization may not have contacted me early enough, or they may have written, been told that I can give them a column if I have all the information before a certain date, and then they don't offer any interview appointments, don't send any photos, don't send any background information, etc. I have so many people wanting to be written about in this column, I usually would have to turn down an organization which has its act together and has sent everything early and completely, in order to squeeze in an organization which did nothing, and waited around for me to call them. Few things are that important.
RWP: Any other tips?
CE: If you're submitting photos to go with your material, the ideal thing is to send one which is vertical and one which is horizontal. That gives the person laying out the page more opportunities. If possible, avoid taking photos with a cellphone. Such pictures are often not dense enough to be printed thousands of times. Do your best to encourage the people in your photo not to look directly into the camera.
If possible, tell them in advance they'll be photographed, and encourage them to wear bright colors. It isn't up to me if photos are used nor which photos are used, nor whether they are printed in color or black-and-white, but if the possibility of eye-catching color exists, the photo is more likely to be used.
Most important, if at all possible, make sure the subjects' faces are visible. The back or the top of someone's head is unlikely to catch anyone's eye. And, have the person or people in your photo do something. A photo of a singer belting out "God Bless America" is much better than one of the singer standing in front of a wall, smiling.
Finally don't send photos with large blank spaces, with two people at one end of a table and a third person at the opposite end, for example.
RWP: Do you have a favorite interview style?
CE: After a lot of experimentation, I've found that my best interviews come when the subject is willing to talk about the show he's appearing in and how he got interested in dancing, etc. If I ask a lot of questions, I get a summary of my personal take on the subject. Since the subject knows all about himself and his show, and I often know very little, I get the best results when he tells me what he thinks is important about what he's doing.
RWP: Do certain kinds of subjects usually work out better than others?
CE: Nothing is always true, but I often find that opera singers have a good understanding of what they want their public to know, and are well-spoken and know how to say things in a charming way. Actors can be wonderful, but they frequently try to read my body language and my facial expression, and to take charge of the interview, trying to get me to write certain things in a certain way. Dancers are often so focused on dance that it's difficult to get them to understand what most readers would want to know about them. Their interviews read better to other dancers than to the general public. Popular entertainers are the most likely to be rude and dismissive, with the result that they come off arrogant and boring.
RWP: I'd really like to have your job, so I can see so many interesting things and talk to so many interesting people.
CE: There are elements of my job which are very interesting. In my experience, people tend to see themselves seeing the shows they want to see and talking to the people they want to talk about. In reality, I have to go to what's being produced, whether it interests me or not, and whether I've seen it before or not. I often say, when you're driving home alone from Warren and it's nearly midnight and there is a snowstorm in progress and the show you just saw wasn't interesting, wasn't well done, and you've seen it more than 10 times already, that's the other side of the job.
RWP: If you have to complain so much, why do you do it?
CE: I'm not complaining. I'm just responding to your statement by reminding you that if you take the job, you get the whole job, not just the parts that interest you.
From time to time we print our policies for your information. Any organization wanting a performance or exhibition reviewed should request, preferably in writing, that The Post-Journal review. In the case of conflicting performances, the sponsor requesting first will be reviewed.
No organization will be reviewed which doesn't request to be reviewed. Telling us that a performance will happen will get you an announcement. You have to ask for a review to get one.
Performances whose intent is religious rather than artistic cannot be appropriately reviewed.
Children and youth through high school will not be reviewed, and if they appear in a performance with adults will be named, but not evaluated.
Material intended for publication in The Critical Eye and its "Winks," must be received at least 10 days before the Saturday on which you wish the information to appear. Exceptions are impossible.
Drop announcements in our night mailbox, or mail them to The Post-Journal, P.O. Box 190, Jamestown, NY 14702-0190. Make certain that my name or the name of the column is marked clearly on the outside of the envelope.
You may e-mail them to this address: email@example.com. Please note, I cannot be reached through The Post-Journal Virtual Newsroom.
Suggestions for the subjects of full columns are welcome, but please be aware, they are usually booked very far in advance.