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BAD HAIKU - Horrible poetry for the digital age
23 Years
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Wong Lofan just dreams
About beer and pussy past
en route to A.A.
Haiku #62047
, by Sorry you grew old of Happens to Most of Us
February 8, 2019 7:59 pm ET
No one here is lost
See, you've come to the right place
And I'm glad you're here
Haiku #62046
, by Noticer of Details
February 8, 2019 7:58 pm ET
I can't say enough
About how lost you all are.
So stay fucking lost.
Haiku #62045
, by I am not a Loving Christian of Course
February 8, 2019 7:46 pm ET
I dare you to come
To this pathetic website.
STEP UP you pussy.
Haiku #62044
, by I Taught Almighty God About Poetry
February 8, 2019 7:44 pm ET
Fuck you. Fuck your soul.
And your mind. And your spirit.
I hope you read this.
Haiku #62043
, by I Taught Christ How To Love The Human Race
February 8, 2019 7:39 pm ET
That's right, Bad Haiku.
Lots of foul thoughts from lost souls.
No one dragged you here.
Haiku #62042
, by Babylonian Captivity of Go to Hell
February 8, 2019 7:36 pm ET
DARTH. The guilty one.
Made me read about shit, shit,
Shit, shit and more shit.
Haiku #62041
, by So wipe your Ass and get Over It of May You Be Spared
February 8, 2019 7:32 pm ET
Yes, you are guilty
of loading the internet
with foul stinking shit.
Haiku #62040
, by So wipe your mouth and wipe your mind
February 8, 2019 7:27 pm ET
My wife has left me.
My inadequate haiku
drove her to Cuntfart.
Divorce court is next.
Cuntfart gets full custody
of all our children.
Please teach them haiku.
And sometimes take them fishing.
And please don't rape them.
Haiku #62039
, by Darth Figpucker
February 8, 2019 7:23 pm ET
Hail, the Poo Flingers
Misunderstood throughout Time
Firm smelly handshake
Haiku #62038
, by Noticer of Details of Emergency Room
February 8, 2019 7:18 pm ET
Crime: Constipation
Sentenced to life in prison
Free Free set me free
Haiku #62037
, by Last line read in sing song voice of Sting
February 8, 2019 7:13 pm ET
at a certain age
the battle of the bulge is
literal gut wrench...
Haiku #62036
, by vhs
February 8, 2019 7:13 pm ET
Hey that kinda smarts
No it's burning the skin off
Cauterize the hole
Haiku #62035
, by Torturer of Incompetent ERDoctor of Fantasy
February 8, 2019 7:09 pm ET
He doesn't like poo
Read about it at med school
That shit is too real
Haiku #62034
, by Observer of Idiots of This Emergency Room
February 8, 2019 6:57 pm ET
In my fantasy
Enema for the doctor
Fill it with acid
Haiku #62033
, by Cat Raver of Rubber Room
February 8, 2019 6:27 pm ET
To tell you the truth
You start by not saying that
Will they ever learn?
Haiku #62032
, by Liar of Liarsville
February 8, 2019 3:02 pm ET
Lord, how I would hate
to be born Figpucker's wife.
Deep levels of Hell.
Haiku #62031
, by Does she like Haiku?
February 8, 2019 2:24 pm ET
They chased the Beatles
They chase my darning needle
It's Peenmania!
Haiku #62030
, by Help! of Cavern Club (My wife's Cunt)
February 8, 2019 1:06 pm ET
See my Royal Peen
By appointment to the Queen
Admire my gold knob
Haiku #62029
, by Gold Nob Bob of Look for the mob
February 8, 2019 1:04 pm ET
I peed in a sink
It's not as strange as you think
In London, England
Haiku #62028
, by Downright Upright of Drinking a shandy outside the pub
February 8, 2019 1:02 pm ET
What the hell is this?!
Tampon in the urinal!
Getting out of hand.
Haiku #62027
, by Transgender Substantiation Sanitation of I am toxic shocked!
February 8, 2019 9:59 am ET
We couldn
Haiku #62026
, by On the run(s)
February 8, 2019 6:48 am ET
Remember Taiwan
Cold beer, warm girls, China seas
Shu lin kou station
Bought some green jade
And some yards of bright red silk
Carter you bastard!
Haiku #62025
, by Wong Lofan of Kalifornia
February 8, 2019 6:02 am ET
How long has it been?
Since the last time I told you
Cuntfart Cuntfart Cunt
Haiku #62024
, by Cuntfish of cunt
February 7, 2019 11:32 pm ET
Aluminum foil
Useful to wrap leftovers
Not as toilet paper
Haiku #62023
, by Anonymous Poet
February 7, 2019 9:19 pm ET
Ghost. Patrick Swayzee.
Can a ghost ejaculate?
Does the Bible say?
Haiku #62022
, by Smote Avoider of No Smoting Zone
February 7, 2019 7:51 pm ET
Come together now
All are beings who make wind
Breathe it in. Rejoice!
Haiku #62021
, by Anonymous Poet
February 7, 2019 7:48 pm ET
So are you white or
and why should we breathe?
Haiku #62020
, by Reified Isms of Ontology
February 7, 2019 7:21 pm ET
It's Earth, Wind and Fire.
That's what I am composed of.
Go figure me out.
Haiku #62019
, by Yo Funked-Up Mama of 1976
February 7, 2019 7:19 pm ET
So are you black or
African American
and why do you care?
Haiku #62018
, by Anonymous Poet
February 7, 2019 7:05 pm ET
Miss America
You got your legs wide open
American Pie
Haiku #62017
, by Jack Hornier of Not little
February 7, 2019 5:30 pm ET
Sick of the routine:
sneak into America;
so -- no loyalty.
Haiku #62016
, by Sustainability of Borders
February 7, 2019 5:23 pm ET
Some immigrants good;
but some never learn English.
Only want Dollar.
Haiku #62015
, by Ass of Imilation
February 7, 2019 5:16 pm ET
She won't use her hands
Greedy chopsticks grab penis
Banned from the restaurant
Haiku #62014
, by Dim Sum of Chinatown
February 7, 2019 4:00 pm ET
Stamp Collecting (Nerd)
Tonga Banana Stamp (Nerd)
Nerd Nerd Nerd Nerd Nerd
Haiku #62013
, by Nerd of Post Office
February 7, 2019 3:56 pm ET
Miss you look so hot
In that sexy qi pao dress!
Don't call your lawyer.
Just a compliment
From a beat up old bastard
Who likes sexy girls.
War between sexes
Seems damn silly-to me
We are all human.
No more fun joking
Harmless flirting riske' fun
Its a sad damn thing..
Haiku #62012
, by Wong Lofan of Kalifornia
February 7, 2019 3:55 pm ET
Closet. Way in back.
MC Hammer's crazy pants
You can not touch them
Haiku #62011
, by Me of Wayback
February 7, 2019 3:49 pm ET
Stale fortune cookie
Tasted it. Hard to swallow.
The texture is off
Haiku #62010
, by Hungry of 20 minutes later
February 7, 2019 12:39 pm ET
Liberal women
talk talk talk talk talk talk talk...
and then keep talking.
Haiku #62009
, by But Ann C. talks better
February 7, 2019 9:52 am ET
This page left intentionally blank.
Haiku #62008
, by But now it's not blank. of Oh shit!
February 7, 2019 7:14 am ET
With that being said
With that being said fart fart
With that being said
Haiku #62007
, by new law passed today of Must say before farting
February 7, 2019 5:18 am ET
Let the world end tonight
Will someone please pull the plug
Haiku #62006
, by Done of Here
February 7, 2019 1:43 am ET
Readymade haiku
Just add water and voila
Bad Haiku Growbeast
Haiku #62005
, by Junk of Made in China
February 7, 2019 1:38 am ET
For Valentine
Haiku #62004
, by Flo of Mel
February 6, 2019 9:54 pm ET
Long winter evenings
Inches and centimeters
Measuring my Dong
Haiku #62003
, by Big Mack of Whopper
February 6, 2019 9:50 pm ET
You ll be a millionaire
Haiku #62002
, by Anonymous Poet
February 6, 2019 9:47 pm ET
Haiku #62001
, by Anonymous Poet
February 6, 2019 9:22 pm ET
Haiku #62000
, by Anonymous Poet
February 6, 2019 7:05 pm ET
Haiku #61999
, by Anonymous Poet
February 6, 2019 6:55 pm ET
Dirty underwear
Will be the new currency
Haiku #61998
, by Financial Advisor of Loot of the Fruit of the Loom
February 6, 2019 6:55 pm ET
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Eighteen years after he collapsed and died on Halloween night in front of L.A.'s The Viper Room, River Phoenix is returning to the big screen.
Dutch director George Sluizer (who directed the original version of what eventually became the American remake "The Vanishing") has been sitting on footage he had been shooting with Phoenix at the time of his death for almost two decades, but is now ready to recut it and release it.
The film, called "Dark Blood," starred Phoenix as a recluse living near a nuclear testing site who provides shelter for a wealthy Hollywood couple (Judy Davis and Jonathan Pryce). We surmise that the cozy threesome eventually sours. Why? Because it's called "Dark Blood." Also? "Dutch."
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Sluzier, who feared the footage would be destroyed following Phoenix's death according to a Hollywood Reporter account, claims he is planning on recruiting Phoenix's brother Joaquin to record some connective voice-over as River's character - saying "the voices of both brothers are very much alike."
With the help of a Dutch-based production company, Sluzier hopes to have the film ready for release next year.
Phoenix's last completed film, the country-music-themed "The Thing Called Love," was released in 1993.

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I did not write this. Maybe at some point I translated it from Italian. I found it in my grab bag and wanted to share it with you. Today is a day of stories and Celtic tradition, when magic was most potent. What is more potent than magic? Passion. Try on this definition and share yours, if you will.
This is magic. Passion is an enchanted prayer. It's sacred; a profound mystery that transforms through awareness. It is grace that saves. The only sin passion can commit is to exist without joy. When you see, feel the real truth of it, pay attention. Experience teaches us in a thousand years what passion gives us in one hour.
Passion is wild, chaotic, unexpected. Permissive. Excessive. Larger-than-life. Understanding. Out of control.
If moments of passion leave an indelible mark, it is this: they transcend any oblivion. The image, gesture, embrace, exchange, risk, attainment, smile, kiss, gift and the sense of being carefree; every passionate impulse lives in us and echoes within forever.
Fullness and totality fill the moments of passion. If we are to live a life that is profound and rich, a life anchored to what is important, precious and true, so that our souls may rise, passion is a necessary fuel to our flight.
True passion intoxicates and tones, it's calming and sensual, magical and mystical. A funny thing about life: if we refuse to be content with what is less, we receive what is best.


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CALGARY - St. Albert has overtaken Calgary as the best place to live in Canada, according to a ranking by MoneySense magazine released Wednesday.
St. Albert earned the top spot on the annual Best Places to Live in Canada, a ranking based on hard data such as employment, housing prices, crime, weather and household income.
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"The surge of the West is becoming a prominent trend in the rankings, with nearly half of the top 20 cities residing west of Winnipeg, and Alberta standing proud at the top. With its strong economy and abundance of high-paying jobs, many Canadians are starting to discover there is more to Alberta than the oilsands," said the magazine.
The best places to live overall in ranking order were: St. Albert; Calgary; Strathcona County; Ottawa; Burlington, Ont.; Boucherville, Que.; Oakville, Ont.; Edmonton; Regina; and Quebec City.
The rankings in order for top small cities in Canada were: St. Albert; Strathcona County; Boucherville; Lacombe, Alta.; and Rimouski, Que.
Top mid-sized cities in Canada were: Burlington; Oakville; Regina; Kingston; and Lévis, Que.
Top large cities in Canada were: Calgary; Ottawa; Edmonton; Quebec City; and Winnipeg.


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Egypt Ministry to deploy Ericsson solution
Ministry of Electricity of Egypt will integrate 3PP technology into around 180 electricity stations
Egypt's Ministry of Electricity has selected Ericsson to provide end-to-end telecom solutions and services for 180 electricity sites in Upper and Middle Egypt on a turnkey basis. Egypt's Ministry of Electricity will deploy technologically advanced electricity sites in partnership with Ericsson and the Egyptian Maintenance Company.
The technologies supplied by Ericsson will include the MINI-LINK Microwave System, Network Management Solution, and Internet Protocol (IP) System, renovation of existing towers and construction of new towers, amongst others. Ericsson will also provide a full set of services, inclusive of site survey and preparation, installation and commissioning, spare parts management, reporting and documentation.
H.E. Dr. Mohamed Shaker, Minister of Electricity and power in Egypt said: "Ericsson has a well-established reputation in Egypt, making them the ideal partner to renovate the country's telecom infrastructure into a more energy-efficient system offering Egyptian citizens more stable electricity services in Upper and Middle Egypt."
Mohamed Abdel Hafez, CEO at Egyptian Maintenance Company said: "Electricity is a vital human need like water and air and Egyptians are facing challenges nowadays with electricity services across the country. We are honoured to partner with Ericsson and looking forward to implement this project successfully with the ambition of supporting the country."
Isil Yalcin, president of Ericsson North East Africa Unit said: "This partnership with Egypt Ministry of Electricity demonstrates Ericsson commitment and ability to deliver infrastructure and management solutions to vertical industries. We believe in a Networked Society, where every person and every industry is empowered to reach its full potential. We are proud today to offer our wide telecom expertise to serve industries that go beyond our traditional business serving operators. This agreement will empower the Energy industry with advanced technologies enabling the transformation towards a truly Networked Society."


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I'm not sure if this is a bug, but it's certainly odd:
One of my units was left overnight on Mt Hamilton (elev 4200). I don't think there is any cell coverage up there, but this morning it managed to reach a cell tower in Morgan Hill and report in, with a single point.
The strange thing is: the summary web page "Tracking" shows the cell tower location, but has the altitude you'd expect from a GPS fix:
Unit Last Report Time Elapsed Time Last Lon, Lat Alt
HnP 2006-08-09 07:46:00 2 hours 56 minutes -121.61373, 37.08345 4073
whereas the detailed history page shows no altitude at all:
# Report Time Longitude, Latitude Alt
100 2006-08-09 07:46:00 -121.61373, 37.08345 -
How could it have the right altitude if it couldn't get a GPS fix? And if got a GPS fix, why did it report the cell tower location?
Any ideas?
Also: would you rather this kind of question be posted on a forum or sent by email to your support address?
Cell tower report has GPS altitude data
Report new bugs or search known ones.
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For nearly a decade, green NGOs in Washington worked closely with corporate polluters to promote "cap and trade" as a climate solution. The deal was, there'd be a leaky carbon cap with lots of money flowing to polluters and Wall Street. It was far from perfect, but better—so the NGOs said—than nothing.
During the Bush years this strategy made sense—no other approach could survive a presidential veto. After 2008, when Democrats came to power, it made less sense, but the NGOs stuck with it.
In 2009, they squeezed a cap-and-trade bill through the House with 50.3 percent of members voting for it. For the past year they've been pushing a similar bill in the Senate, where 60 percent is needed to end debate. With John Kerry and Joe Lieberman doing the deals, they tweaked and re-tweaked the cap-and-trade bill to please coal-burning and nuclear utilities, oil and gas companies, agribusiness and manufacturers, and more. The result was a giant mishmash that confused everyone and didn't pick up votes. Finally, in late July 2010, Harry Reid, the Democratic leader, threw in the towel. This "sum of all lobbies" strategy simply wasn't working.
What now? With Republicans poised to gain seats in November, the future for climate legislation seems bleak. Any climate bill will have to overcome Republican objections that it is a "national energy tax," and indeed, will require active Republican support if it is to have a chance of passing.
Fortunately, there's a plan that can do this: the bipartisan CLEAR Act cosponsored by Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine). The CLEAR Act puts a rising economy-wide price on carbon, mainly by auctioning permits to bring carbon into the economy. It then returns three-quarters of the auction proceeds directly and equally to all legal U.S. residents, enough to assure that a majority of families in every state gets back more than they pay in higher prices.
The CLEAR Act, a.k.a. cap and dividend, has the potential to attract Republicans because it's the opposite of a tax—it makes most Americans financially better off. Moreover, it's entirely market-based: it raises carbon prices but keeps government out of the dicey and costly role of picking winners. Best of all, its cap-and-cash-back mechanism can be easily understood by skeptical American voters.
None of this means the CLEAR Act can pass without some political horse-trading. But the deals needed for passage can be based on publicly supported principles rather than private gain.
The main area for deals involves the 25 percent of auction revenue that isn't returned directly to the people. What if, for example, that money were allocated to two grand public purposes: grants to states for job creation, and federal debt reduction? The proportions could change over time, with more job creation early on and more debt reduction later. When coupled with direct cash back, such a simple, transparent carbon pricing system could attract fence-sitters on both sides of the aisle.
Clear Act: A Climate Bill That Can Pass
How the cap-and-cash-back bill can clear a deadlocked Senate–and make most Americans better off.
For nearly a decade, green NGOs in Washington worked closely with corporate polluters to promote "cap and trade" as a climate solution. The deal was, there'd be a leaky carbon cap with lots of money flowing to polluters and Wall Street. It was far from perfect, but better—so the NGOs said—than nothing.
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The static pressure of a system is the pressure that is not provided by the circulator pump. In open systems, the static pressure depends on the geodetic height of the system.
There are two types of systems: open systems and pressurised systems.
In open systems, the static pressure is defined as the difference in static pressure between the highest-placed open water level and the water outlet level.
A pressurised system typically has a pressure expansion tank, often with a rubber membrane, which separates the compressed gas and the water in the system.
The static pressure has a significant influence on pumps and valves. If the static pressure is too low, the risk of cavitation increases, especially at high temperatures.


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Wizards shed underdog label in taking Game 1 at Bulls
CHICAGO — Washington Wizards coach Randy Wittman was asked before Sunday night's game against the Chicago Bulls if he thought his team was the underdog.
"No," he scoffed. "As we've proven all year, we can beat anybody."
In their first playoff appearance since 2008, the Wizards stole Game 1, out-playing the tested Bulls down the stretch to escape with a 102-93 victory. After trailing throughout most of the first three quarters, the Wizards took the lead with 4:16 remaining off a pair of Trevor Ariza free throws and didn't look back.
"When you look at their entire team, they do have plenty of experience," Thibodeau said before the game.
Chicago's interior players didn't have an answer for Nene, who finished with 24 points and eight rebounds. Marcin Gortat added 15 points and 13 rebounds for Washington. John Wall, playing in his first playoff game, had 16 points and six assists.
MVP candidate Joakim Noah had his normal energy, finishing with 10 points and 10 rebounds but didn't provide the defensive boost Chicago needed in the paint. Noah has been grieving the loss of mentor, Tyrone Green, his "second father."
The Bulls, the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference, had seven players reach double figures, but couldn't find a player to take over in the game's final minutes.
The fifth-seeded Wizards didn't look too intimidated early on, and road the production of Nene (14 first-half points) to trail 54-48 at halftime. The outside shots began to fall in the second half for Washington, which trailed 75-72 after three quarters.


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In the nearly two years that Atlantic Beach resident Melissa Miller has been a state assemblywoman, she has learned that government moves at a glacial pace — which Miller, the mother of a special-needs child, finds frustrating.
A Republican in the Democratic-dominated Assembly, Miller has learned to pick her spots and find ways to better her constituents' lives. She has become more open and welcoming, meeting with residents.
She has said she believes in term limits, and that a maximum of three four-year terms would help keep nurture fresh perspectives in the Legislature. She supports a ban on outside income, views her position as a full-time job, and cannot believe that other legislators can adequately represent their constituents while working in other careers.
Miller maintains that state government could benefit from more transparency and more public hearings, especially for any project that uses taxpayer money, and we agree. With the opioid epidemic a top concern, Miller favors pressing insurance companies to pay for extended in-patient treatment.
Democrat Juan Vides, an Oceanside resident and a successful businessman, is Miller's opponent, while Jack Vobis is running on the Women's Equality and Reform party lines. Vides proposes ending the so-called pay-to-play system by creating a database of companies and special-interest groups, and their interactions with Albany lawmakers, to increase the public's awareness of the conflicts of interests, which is not a bad idea.
We believe, however, that Miller has earned another two years, and encourage voters to show her their support on Tuesday.


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Global Fire Door and Window Market 2019-2025 Top Players – ASSA ABLOY, Chinsun, Sanwa, Buyang, UK Fire Doors
Global Fire Door and Window Market 2019-2025 : Regional markets, Technology, Types, and Applications
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- Meixin
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Title in Japanese: ステキな隠し撮り 〜完全無欠のコンシェルジュ〜
International English title: Sutekina kakushi dori -kanzen muketsu no concierge-
Romanized title: Sutekina kakushi dori -kanzen muketsu no concierge-
Release year: 2011
IMDb: ステキな隠し撮り 〜完全無欠のコンシェルジュ〜
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The Library will open effective August 26. Undergraduate and graduate students must have a green GU360 badge and a reservation to enter the library. To promote social distancing, hours and in-person services will be limited. Many other services remain available online. Find the most current information available on the Georgetown Libraries COVID-19 Updates and Resources page and the Library's COVID-19 FAQ.
Evolution Through Color: The Art of Paul Reed
THE ART OF PAUL REED: Color, Creativity, Curiosity
by David Gariff
Senior Lecturer, National Gallery of Art
Paul Reed at the age of ninety-one continues to make art in the basement studio of his Arlington, Virginia home. The studio opens up to the light and colors of the landscape behind his house, a gentle descending slope through trees to a small tributary of the Potomac River. Reed spends as much time outdoors as weather permits. His most recent paintings, washes and drizzles of paint stained on unstretched, raw muslin, illuminate the rooms of his house. Attached to his windows, they create a vision of modernist stained glass that serves to unify and blur distinctions between interior and exterior, light and color, art and nature. As if in homage to Matisse and Rothko, light and color enliven this domestic space and present a personal microcosm of the defining nature of Paul Reed's artistic world...
Click here to read Dr. Gariff's essay in its entirety.
Exhibition Introduction
A poet of color and form in abstract art, Paul Reed (b. 1919) has lived, taught and worked in the Washington area throughout most of his career. He became nationally recognized when he exhibited with five other Washington artists, including Kenneth Noland and Morris Louis, in a traveling exhibition of the Washington Color Painters, from 1965-66. The Washington Color School, as it came to be known, adopted materials and methods from artists in New York, especially Helen Frankenthaler, who began working with newly available water-based acrylics in the 1950s. The fluid paints were poured onto fresh, unprimed canvas in a "staining" technique that resulted in luminous, vivid color and hard-edge forms. The cool, formal abstraction they introduced to Washington was perceived as a departure from the gestural, painterly brushwork of New York-based Abstract Expressionism.
Continuing to experiment through process and media, Reed would explore a new series of work about every decade. In the 1960s he read Jorge Luis Borges' "The Garden of Forking Paths," which posited the philosophy of non-linear time, or a web of infinite lines representing innumerable futures and choices. This paralleled Reed's approach to the creation of art and is reflected in the myriad color tests and combinations he employed, the shaped canvases, the mirrored photographs and the rock portraits, in a scientist's approach to visual form. Today, Reed continues stain painting, using fast-drying muslin instead of canvas, painted with brilliant acrylic colors. The final piece in the exhibition (above), intended to hang against a window, involves the changing effects of sunlight to filter through the colors and patterns like stained glass.
A former faculty member of the Corcoran School of Art and visiting artist at Arizona State University, Reed's work has been acquired by major national institutions including the Smithsonian, the Phillips Collection, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Hirshhorn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and other museums across the country.
Special Collections is proud to display the work of this gifted and prolific artist, whose vivid, colorful paintings continue to evolve in new dimensions and ways of engaging the viewer. The exhibition would not have been possible without the generosity and support of Mr. Reed, who donated 25 works to Georgetown in 2009, and loaned the remaining pieces on display.
Paul Reed was working in an engraving shop in Atlanta when he drew this masterful self-portrait in the contemporary realist style. The network of fine lines that create shadow and depth reveal his interest in the medium of etching. With eyes trained on his mirrored reflection, his hand skillfully delineates his likeness while with determined gaze he seems to assert his future career as an artist.
During the 1940s Paul Reed worked in advertising design in New York. There he absorbed the spirit and freedom of Abstract Expressionism through the paintings of Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Franz Kline, among others, returning to Washington in 1950. Alpha reveals an engaging tension between painterly or "gestural" brushwork dominated by an inert, banded square at the top. This interest in contrasting expression and form recurs throughout Reed's career, including paintings from the last decade.
The curvilinear shapes of Reed's watercolor form a circular frame of floating blue and green petals in this screenprint. This followed a series of fluidly painted, radiating Mandalas, themselves inspired by Jungian psychology. A writer in Art Magazine in 1965 wrote that Reed's Mandala series recalled "the progressive integration of the unconscious traced by Jung."
In this study of interlocking biomorphic shapes, Reed's work was transitioning from the gestural paintings of the previous decade towards the geometric color abstraction of his mature style. A critic at the time compared these shapes to the late paper-cutouts of Matisse which had been exhibited at New York's Museum of Modern Art in 1960.
#26A introduces opposing triangles and four orange, compass-drawn dots over the circle of biomorphic shapes. Here the overall structure is based on the principle of the golden section in geometry. The dots form the corners of a cube layered over the blue floating curved forms. Subtle tonal contrasts of the two corners (brown and mauve) create a diagonal compression, while the opposing colors of orange and green in the center create further resonance as color defines form.
Reed's disc paintings, ranging up to 7 by 9 feet in size, incorporate the triangle, circle and rectangle in varying color combinations. As Elisabeth Stevens explained at the time,
…the smoothly brushed backgrounds and the wedge-shaped areas he usually includes in the upper right and lower left corners are "unmixable" colors created by superimposing one layer of transparent acrylic on a lower layer that has already dried.
In 1965-1966 the discs were shown in a landmark traveling exhibition entitled Washington Color Painters organized by Gerald Nordland, which opened at the Washington Gallery of Modern Art near Dupont Circle. This marked the first formal recognition of a local "school" of painters including Gene Davis, Thomas Downing, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Howard Mehring and Paul Reed, all working in color abstraction. This was soon followed by Reed's solo exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery.
In 1964, Reed created some forty disc studies in this format to serve as color tests for his water-based acrylics on canvas.
Having ended his investigation of resonating circular forms, Reed turned to a grid construction with internal bands of color. At the same time, the external shape of the canvas became altered in a sequence of shaped canvases over the next four or five years.
The crossed stripes of Emerging, a tilting quadrilateral resting on the point of the wider angle, almost appears to rotate in space, and—like all of Reed's geometric paintings—optically evokes the third dimension.
The Topeka study shows the artist experimenting with the spatial orientation of a pentagon, which ultimately resolved with a vertical central axis running up through the narrowest corner. The dynamic form with uneven bands of three layered colors rests on its shortest side.
Having seen Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles (1952), Paul Reed embarked upon a series of zig-zagging stripes he called the Upstart paintings. Here, layered bands of acrylic applied with a roller traverse the narrow, vertical canvas in harmonic bands of color.
Another in the "shaped" repertoire, the tonally related orange and pink colors of the two chevron forms in Barcelona are surmounted by a five-sided structure which reads in three dimensions. The vibrant color contrasts of the polygon shape appear to lift up off the paper and float in space before the viewer.
From 1971 – 72 Reed produced the Gilport paintings consisting of two parts nailed directly to the wall. This is one of two screenprints he created from the series. They consist of two trapezoidal shapes placed side by side against the longest edge. The intervening space is equal to the width of the bisected green rectangle hovering in the center. The jagged edges of pink and blue horizontal bands contrast with the cold geometry of the rectangle and trapezoid in a visual dialogue of space, color and form.
In this photograph, mirror images of a restaurant in L.A.'s Chinatown are curiously merged atop mirrored images of a bank in Globe, Arizona.
Reed was staying on a ranch 30 miles from Scottsdale, Arizona, when he made these photographs of a bull's skull that hung over his bed. The ranch was owned by art dealer Riva Yares, whose gallery, founded in 1964, still exhibits the work of contemporary artists. The ranch was an ideal place to work in solitude and find inspiration in natural forms. This work's title refers to the tiny image of the artist reflected in the chrome fender of a vintage Rolls Royce he saw at an auto show in Phoenix.
In this compelling Quad photo, Reed contrasts a classical statue from the Roman pool at the Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California with a soft shell crab the artist cooked and ate along the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay where he had stayed in the 1960s. The gray shell of the crab continues the lines of the statue's bent arm, and the outlines of the red claws seem visually to echo the outlines of the sculpture.
In this piece, Reed contrasts mirror images of a cactus and a lily as the central panel of a triptych. Here, kaleidoscoping color continues and amplifies, through form and color, the patterns and shapes along adjoining edges of the photographs.
Reed began creating oil pastel works 1973, when he moved from a large studio in Washington—where he had recently finished work on the Gilport paintings—back to his home in northern Arlington. He also began a decade-long faculty position at the Corcoran School of Art at this time. With limited space in which to create, the dimensions of his work became radically scaled down, but he "liked the idea of feeling the touch of the paper, the texture, and the surface." The oil pastels have a sensuous freedom and fluidity recalling the "automatic Surrealism" in the works of Arshile Gorky and the early paintings of Jackson Pollock.
In this drawing with photo-collage the mirrored image of the "murderous" macaw owned by Reed's dealer in Arizona is paired with an equally disturbing, upside-down image of an early aviator's helmet at the Smithsonian.
In fall 1980, Paul Reed was invited to Arizona State University as a visiting artist. Considered to be a leading innovative center for printmaking during this era, the ASU Print Research Facility was home to master printer Joseph Segura. The collaborative work between painter and printer led to Reed's series of gouache paintings (ca. 1980 – 1994).
The gouache paintings combine painting and printmaking techniques: Reed starts with a sheet of acrylic and rolls the colors of gouache onto the sheet with an ink brayer. The sheet of plastic is then pressed onto a sheet of paper, creating a print.
This process results in a monotype print. Ink must be re-applied to the plastic sheet for every impression on paper, making each impression unique.
Reed continues exploring by modifying past series to create new work. In PSI III he combines his formal painting background with the lessons learned from master printer Joseph Segura taking "painterly prints" a step forward.
Reed's first step in creating PSI III was applying paint to unprimed canvas, and the green and yellow paints were allowed to bleed across the surface. Two gradations of violet were applied afterwards, in eight mirror-imaged semi-circular bands that dominate the surface. Reminiscent of the harmonious gouache paintings, PSI III also provokes the sonic sense with its rhythmic gestures.
This untitled diptych is one of Reed's complex monoprints. Monoprints are similar to monotypes in that they both begin with adding paint and ink to a surface. However, an advantage of the monoprint is its ability to produce multiples of the transferred image due to permanent features on its plate.
Reed again uses his motif of parallel bands, first seen in Alpha (1953). By changing color schemes and repositioning the plates, the two monoprints together create a conversation among the shapes and lines.
Reed pays homage to his familiar parallel bands but experiments with color fluidity, as in his early 1960s unprimed Mandala series. A mixture of geometry with organic forms produces a "post-painterly abstraction," a term coined by art critic Clement Greenberg in the 1960s to describe the new openness in painting after Abstract Expressionism.
Paul Reed believes that all art is drawn from the art of the past, and in his rock portraits of the 1990s, we see a prime example of this. In another take on the natural versus cultural dialectic that had informed his earlier Quad photos, the artist began collecting naturally formed rocks and stone in which he observed shapes and patterns resembling famous sculptures by artists such as Rodin, Giacometti and Boccioni. Reed would often mount them on bases or pedestals and create found versions of recognizable portraits from the canon of Western art. The original bronze by Boccioni (1882 – 1916) is a wittily conceived Cubist portrayal of the artist's mother.
In this computer generated print, Reed's signature "platform" shape is superimposed over a photograph of a blowhole along the coast of Baja California. The presence of the four receding bars flattens the space and challenges our perceptions of depth. This is another medium in which Reed explores spatial compression and contrasting forms, as seen in the paintings Alpha (1953) and Boden (2001).
The four bands resembling a receding platform are a recurring motif in Paul Reed's oeuvre. The shape is an archetypal form that can reference classical art, or any arbitrary object such as a hand, flag, sail or raft. In the case of Boden, the color scheme along with the bands strongly recall Renoir's La Loge (1874); the unintended similarities suggest a universal vocabulary of compositional form.
Click the Boden thumbnail to see Gamma II in situ.
Reed explores color spontaneity on unprimed canvas with CKI. Set on a horizontal axis, four parallel bands rise into a palette of magenta and blues receding into space. Reed's gestural brushstrokes are carefully painted within these stenciled rectangular shapes.
Through the use of muslin instead of canvas, the background colors become freer and seem to be in motion across the fabric. One can see the effects of the more translucent medium through the interaction of the stenciled rectangles over the mixed background colors.
Influenced by Jackson Pollock and Helen Frankenthaler, and following the premises of Morris Louis's Veil paintings, GXN and HFN combine spontaneous fluidity and structured geometry. Reed leaves negative space that contains the multi-colored backgrounds, but the white and translucent blue overlapping bands extend over the edges; the forms thus contrast in their apparent planes as well as in color and texture.
Presented with this artwork in its unmounted state, the viewer might be surprised to learn that Reed intends the darker, heavier red and violet area to be at the top. In fact, the interplay of colors and tones is inspired by the patterns and forms of a stately tree in the artist's garden, with dappled light falling through.
LuLen Walker • Art Collection Curator
Christen Runge • Assistant Curator
Marvin J. Aguilar (COL '11) • Assistant Curator
David Gariff, Ph.D., National Gallery of Art • Catalog Essay
David Hagen • Graphics Production
Special Thanks:
Paul Reed
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EMF Compare/User Guide
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- 1 Getting Started
- 2 Features
- 3 Other Materials
Getting Started
Installing EMF Compare
Marketplace Client
Using the bundled Eclipse marketplace client you can install EMF Compare in one click. Just type "emf compare", click on search, and then on install.
Update Site
EMF has been part of the Eclipse release train since Galileo, you can install it using the following update sites, depending on your platform. Note that the following are not meant to be visited in your internet browser; they must be pasted in the Help > Install New Software dialog of your Eclipse, as p2 repositories.
http://download.eclipse.org/releases/juno http://download.eclipse.org/releases/indigo http://download.eclipse.org/releases/helios http://download.eclipse.org/releases/galileo
The Download page lists more specific update sites if you wish to try one of the latest integration builds.
Please note that the EMF Compare development team does its best to maintain downward compatibility towards Galileo (Eclipse 3.5). Following is the compatibility chart :
|EMF Compare
|Eclipse 4.3 - EMF 2.9
|Eclipse 4.2 - EMF 2.8
|Eclipse 3.8 - EMF 2.8
|Eclipse 3.7 - EMF 2.7
|Eclipse 3.6 - EMF 2.6
|Eclipse 3.5 - EMF 2.5
|Eclipse 3.4 - EMF 2.4
|Eclipse 3.3 - EMF 2.3
|Eclipse 3.2 - EMF 2.2
An empty cell indicates that the compatibility hasn't been tested for a particular combination.
Once installed, you can compare your files (locally or from any Version Control System) as usual using the compare with menu.
Sample Use Case
With the following, we'll follow the life cycle of a metamodel describing a very basic library as it evolves separately in different branches. This will allow us to give more concrete examples of how EMF Compare can be used, and how it can help you.
Creating a model
For this test, we'll suppose that you are trying to use EMF Compare on UML models shared under git. This will not go in details about UML and Git. We'll assume that you know how to manipulate an UML model, create or clone a git repository, share a project under it and use standard Git operations.
The name of our sample project will be "library". It contains a single folder "model" containing two models :
- library_Types.uml will contain our primitive types,
- library.uml will contain our actual model.
The two models will be commited to our git clone. The whole thing looks like this :
The model itself is a very simple library. Graphically speaking :
Now that this initial model file has been committed, we'd like to improve it a little. For example :
- Add an alias property to the Writer class,
- Add a new History Category,
- Rename the pages property of Book into length.
Our model now looks like this :
But how do we know exactly what changed? Let's compare this with the file from the Git Index :
This will open a comparison editor that initially looks like the following :
There are three main areas of interest in this editor.
- Displays a structured list of the differences detected between the current version of the model and the version that lies in the Git Index.
- This will react to the selections in (1) and display the left side of this comparison. As a rule of thumb, the left is the local version of the model. In this example, left will then be the version we have modified in our workspace. This is originally empty, more on this section in the example just below.
- As above, this will react to selections in (1), but this time it will display the right side of the comparison. This is generally the remote version of the model; the version to which we've compared ours. In this case, this will represent the version of the model as it is in the Git Index. This is originally empty, more on this section in the example just below.
As stated above, (2) and (3) are initially empty. These two panels are there to display more information about the differences detected between our models. Let's select one of the differences displayed in (1) :
- We've selected the difference corresponding to the addition of attribute alias in the class Writer. A double-click on this difference updated our two panes below.
- alias has been added to the properties of Class Writer. In the model, this corresponds to a change to the reference ownedAttributes of the Writer Class. This sub-panel indicates the actual reference that was changed in oder to remind us of the context.
- This displays all values of the reference outlined in (2) as they are in the left model. This is where we see the new value, alias outlined.
- As for (2), this will display the context of the selected difference. The same reference will usually be displayed in both (2) and (4).
- This panel displays all values of the reference outlined in (4) as they are in the right model. In here, we see the location of alias outlined as an empty space. This rectangle is where the new value will be added if we merge it... Though in this case, it is not possible to merge towards the right : it is a version located on a repository and is thus non-editable.
This is useful in order to determine exactly what changed in our version, but serves no other purpose : merging changes here would only mean reverting back our modifications to the "clean" state from the repository. Let's commit our changes.
Now, we'd like to create a new feature for our library : we'd like clients to be able to borrow our books. We'll branch our repository in order to create this new feature and name this new branch borrowables :
Starting right away, we add the necessary new concepts to our model to represent the possibility of lending books. We "may" later need to have more than books to be lendable, so let's make a Borrowable interface to hold this concept. We'll also need a Person class, as well as a new data type to represent the person's birth date :
In a tree viewer, our models now look like (highlighted in red, the concepts we added with this step) :
However, while we are working on our borrowables branch, the master branch may still evolve : other people on the project might be adding new concepts of their own, or we could be switching to the main branch for a high priority fix ourselves. Let's imagine that two features have been added since we branched our repository. First, someone needed to have the library hold not only Books, but also Magazines. Second, we needed the publication date of our Books and magazines to be recorded.
The first of these two commits will add the following concepts to our master branch's model :
While the second only adds a primitive type and a property :
If you have followed to this point, we now have two diverging branches, master and borrowables which both hold a different version of our library.uml model. Here is how these two models look like at this point :
Before we continue working on our Borrowables branch, we'd like to retrieve all modifications that have been pushed to master. With the "Borrowables" branch checked out, we'll use the Compare With > Branch, Tag or Reference action :
and compare with master :
This shows us all differences between our local copy and the master branch that were made since the 'branching' point.
Same as previously, you can navigate through the differences via the top panel, the structural view. There are three main kind of elements displayed here. Regular elements, that mimic the containment tree of your input models, are there to separate the various differences and let you know where they were actually detected. Then there are incoming differences, decorated with a blue arrow () or a derived icon, and outgoing differences decorated with a green arrow () or a derived icon.
* Incoming differences are changes that were made in the remote branch (here, master) since the branching point (common ancestor). * Outgoing differences are changes taht were made in the local copy (here, the borrowables branch) since the branching point.
There are no conflicts here, since UML uses computed identifiers (XMI ID) for the model elements. Thus, what looks like a conflict (the "Date" type that's been added on both branch in the types packages) is actually two distinct differences.
The interface also lets you display the common ancestor of both models through the icon. For example, if we select the Book class, we can see how it looks like on all three versions :
You can navigate through the differences using the appropriate actions, either the previous () or the next () difference.
The remaining two actions are those that actually interest us here we can either merge all non-conflicting differences to the local copy through or merge them one after the other through .
Merging all differences is not what we seek : we want to keep the changes we made locally, not revert them to the state they had before the branching point (which is their current state on master, the right side). We will then select all incoming differences one after the other and merge them one by one. This gives us our merged model :
Notice that merged differences are displayed in italics and have a distinct icon. All that's left is to save, our model now contains both our local changes and the changes that were made on master.
User Interface Breakdown
The main points of interest are highlighted in the following picture :
- Overview of the differences detected between the given two (or three) models.
- First version of the compared models.
- Second version of the compared models.
- This button will only be visible in the case of three-way comparisons (for example, comparing with a remote repository). It will make a third version of the compared model (the common ancestor of the two others) visible in the interface.
- This button will allow you to group differences together in the structural view. For example, grouping all "Additions" or "Deletions" together.
- This button will allow you to filter some differences out of the view according to a set predicate. For example, filtering out all "Additions" or "Moves".
- Allows you to merge all non conflicting differences (left to right, or right to left) at once.
- Allows you to merge the single, currently selected difference in a given direction (left to right, or right to left).
- Allows you to navigate through the detected differences.
Handling Conflicts
Grouping Differences
This feature allows you to group differences together in the structural view according to a set predicate. By default, EMF Compare provides three distinct grouping strategies :
- Default
- Do not try and group differences together, display them as they were detected.
- By Kind
- Group differences by their kind (additions, deletions, moves, changes).
- By Metaclass
- Group difference according to the metaclass of the object on which they were detected.
PENDING UPDATE, this is a demo displaying EMF Compare 1.3 Demo
PENDING : New grouping strategies can be provided to EMF Compare through extension points.
Filtering Differences
This features allows you to filter differences out of the structural view according to a set predicate. By default, EMF Compare provides five distinct filters :
- Changed Elements
- Filter out all differences of type CHANGE. Disabled by default.
- Added Elements
- Filter out all differences of type ADD. Disabled by default.
- Removed Elements
- Filter out all differences of type DELETE. Disabled by default.
- Moved Elements
- Filter out all differences of type CHANGE. Disabled by default.
- Resource Mappings
- Filter out all resource mappings from the view. Enabled by default.
PENDING UPDATE, this is a demo displaying EMF Compare 1.3 Demo
PENDING : New filters can be provided to EMF Compare through extension points.
Text Attribute Comparison
Differences made into String-typed attributes can be compared and merged directly as text from the compare interface through a simple right-click on the difference.
PENDING UPDATE, this demo displays EMF Compare 1.3 Demo
Graphical Comparison
Since the 1.2 release EMF compare provides the ability to compare models with graphical modelers.
Have a look on the following demos :
[Demo : Comparing Ecore files with diagrams]
[Demo : Comparing UML files with diagrams]
Logical Model
EMF Compare does not act simply on the selected files, but on their whole logical model (a given model can be split through multiple files through EMF control action). Thanks to that, if you try and compare a model file that reference other model files, the comparison will still be able to take these "other" files into account. For example, if you try and compare a genmodel file (that depends on its underlying ecore file) :
EMF Compare will actually consider both files when comparing :
PENDING UPDATE Demo
UML Specialization
[Demo : Specific support to encapsulate profiles and stereotypes diffs]


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Oh the humanity! Cards Against Humanity has gone digital.
A new website called CardsAgainstOriginality.com offers a free version of the game on all web browsers on computers and mobile devices, though it wasn't made by the card game's original creators.
The Cards Against Originality app was created by Canadian designer Dawson Whitfield, who used the card game's Creative Commons license to make a digital version.
U.S. & World
Previously, users needed to either purchase the game for $25 from the Cards Against Humanity Website, or download and print their own deck for free (plus the cost of ink and paper). Fans can also purchase desired expansion packs on the game's website, and those cards are also featured in the new app.
"I built it because there were too many times that I wished I had brought my CAH deck. During lunch at work, at the bar, in the car," Whitfield said in an email. "Once I had the idea to build it, I had to build it out of frustration that no one had done it,"
According to Cards Against Humanity's website, the game's content can be used "to make whatever," but the game needs to be given credit and the user can't profit from using its content.
"Cards Against Humanity is available under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.0 license. That means you can use, remix, and share the game for free, but you can't sell it without our permission. Please do not steal our name or we will smash you," the game's website reads.
Cards Against Humanity, described as a "party game for horrible people," involves a group of players using raunchy and often expletive-filled white cards to answer questions or fill in the blanks of a single black card. The funniest answer is then picked by a fellow player acting as the judge, or "Card Czar."
Like with the physical deck, you must be in the same room as your friends to play together on the digital version.
Whitfield said the response to his app was better than he expected — the rush to play even created some problems for the new product.
"I didn't expect it to take off like this and my servers couldn't handle the traffic," he told NBCChicago in an email. "I had it on a measly server for my friends and I to play on, which crumbled under the traffic."
Whitefield said he has since moved the game to new servers and the site is back up and running, though it may take time for the change to appear "everywhere around the world."
Now, with a new name and the same vulgar cards, the (horribly inappropriate) party can begin online.


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Posts Tagged 'most segregated hour in America'
Weighty possibilities I haven't come across before for the phenomenon — reportedly not rare — of Orthodox clergy who seem reluctant to receive a convert, especially in the Western world, are presented by a Greek priest in Australia. (NB: I've never heard of a language requirement before.)
His piece reminds us that most Orthodox didn't come to the West as missionaries. Of course, most non-Indigenous didn't come to North America, Australia, etc., as missionaries — their religions basically followed them here. (Of course, conversion of the Indians was part and parcel of colonial policy in Latin America.) We easily forget ethnic distinction in religion wasn't brought here by the Orthodox; to this day many Protestant and Catholic congregations are still predominantly of one or another ethnicity (or two), even if they don't include it in their buildings' names anymore. But active explicit or implicit competition for adherents began apace at least in the U.S. with its (eventual) very "free-market" approach to religion. Since overall, Orthodox are more-recent arrivals than other Christians, they're mostly still in that earlier phase so to speak.
Sometimes a little sociological understanding can go a long way…. Kind of a correlate to Khouria Frederica Mathewes-Green's 12th "…Thing I Wish I'd Known…"


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Health Communications Management
The Generality of Strategic Communication Management (SCM).
The Strategic Communications,
As you may know the Strategic Communication Management is the control of communication in and out of an organization to promote the clear exchange of information and ideas. Within organizations, it can be used to facilitate meetings between departments, product development, and policy making. In situations where different entities need to work together, like when two government agencies cooperate on a project, strategic communication management can be important to facilitate the smooth direction of the project. This can also play a role in public communications, media interaction, marketing, and crisis control.
Specialists in strategic communication management may work within a company to facilitate discussions; they can also be hired on as consultants for activities like running political campaigns. They work on strategies to allow people to communicate clearly and effectively. Within a company, this could include projects like presenting a product idea to other departments and supervisors. The people with the idea want to make sure it is clearly and effectively conveyed. Working with a consultant, they can make sure they say what they need to say to be persuasive.
Strategic communication management can also be important for writing mission statements, setting company policy, or developing guidance for employees. This can involve meetings with executives from different departments and divisions of a company. If they communicate clearly and develop an effective policy, it can be applied consistently throughout the firm. Efficiency may increase, and the company could serve clients and customers more effectively.
The differents courses or fiels related to it are as bellow:
- Marketing communication
- Integrated Marketing
- Internet marketing
- Social Media marketing
- Brand management
- Corporate communications
- Reputation management
- Public Relations
- Business development
- Business ethics
- Public affairs
- Crisis management
- Health communication
- Business communications
- Globalization theory
- Virtual society theory
- Mass communications
- Visual communications & Cultures
- Others…
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NC TraCS Institute Community Engagement Core offers Program Evaluation Workshop
The NC TraCS Community Engagement Core, the Carolina Community Network, Wake AHEC, Greensboro AHEC, and NC TraCS Clinical and Community Translation Core proudly co-sponsor a series of free workshops on research topics. The next workshop in the series is "Program Evaluation."
The Program Evaluation Workshop will provide a basic introduction to major program evaluation concepts, including process, impact, and outcome evaluation. Participants will hear about different evaluation methods, learn how to identify evaluation needs, learn the steps in an evaluation plan, and hear about resources for conducting a successful evaluation.
The Program Evaluation Workshop will be held on the following dates, and in the following locations:
Feb. 16, 2010
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These workshops are open to all audiences and provide foundational information to facilitate research, foster partnerships, and build skills. Should you have any difficulty accessing this site, or have any questions, please send any inquiries to email@example.com.


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Opportunity to own in this small enclave of townhomes perched on the west ridge of the resort with high vaulted ceilings framing the dramatic views of the Gore Range and ski slopes beyond. Absolute perfect ski-in/ski-out to the back door. Soft contemporary design and nicely furnished, large deck off the great room, air-conditioning, humidification, spacious extra family room, and attached two-car garage. Expansive back patio with your own private hot tub. Access to all the amenities of Horizon Pass with a year-round pool, fitness center and front desk. Sold fully furnished.
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About Bachelor Gulch
Grand homes with exquisite mountain architecture featuring massive logs and rustic stonework make up the unmistakable sense of place found in Bachelor Gulch. Gated entrances offer an extra level of exclusivity, and there's not a single property that doesn't feature impressive views of the valley below and the jagged peaks of the Gore Mountain Range and Castle Peak in the distance. Bachelor Gulch has its own ski slopes, with a chairlift that serves the Ritz Carlton Bachelor Gulch, and trails that provide a village-to-village ski experience from Beaver Creek to Bachelor Gulch to Arrowhead. There's also a gondola connection to the Westin Riverfront in Avon at the base of Bachelor Gulch. It's the only residential ski neighborhood considered entirely on-mountain in the Vail Valley. While the Bachelor Gulch ski trails are part of Beaver Creek Resort, they feel much more private and less traveled. It's easy for residents to head out for a few runs without a lot of fuss getting in and out of the resort. Ski trails offer excellent hiking and biking during the summer and fall months, and the pristine golf club in neighboring Beaver Creek features challenging holes and expansive views to round out summertime fun. Bachelor Gulch is perfect for the buyer looking for privacy and luxury. Bachelor Gulch real estate is mostly known for high-end single-family homes, but luxury condominiums and fractional units are available through the residence club at the Ritz-Carlton® Bachelor Gulch.
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5 Beds 7 Baths
6 Beds 7 Baths
7 Beds 10 Baths
3 Beds 3 Baths
6 Beds 8 Baths
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Canola oil and high-oleic canola oils can lower abdominal fat when used in place of other selected oil blends, according to a team of American and Canadian researchers. The researchers also found that consuming certain vegetable oils may be a simple way of reducing the risk of metabolic syndrome, which affects about one in three U.S. adults and one in five Canadian adults.
"The monounsaturated fats in these vegetable oils appear to reduce abdominal fat, which in turn may decrease metabolic syndrome risk factors," said Penny Kris-Etherton, Distinguished Professor of Nutrition, Penn State.
In the randomized, controlled trial, 121 participants at risk for metabolic syndrome received a daily smoothie containing 40 grams (1.42 ounces) of one of five oils as part of a weight maintenance, heart-healthy, 2000-calorie per day diet. Members of the group had five risk factors characterized by increased belly fat, low "good" hdl cholesterol and above average blood sugar, blood pressure and triglycerides that increase the risk of heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes. The researchers repeated this process for the remaining four oils.
The results were presented at the American Heart Association's EPI/NPAM 2013 Scientific Sessions in New Orleans.
Results showed that those who consumed canola or high-oleic canola oils on a daily basis for four weeks lowered their belly fat by 1.6 percent compared to those who consumed a flax/safflower oil blend. Abdominal fat was unchanged by the other two oils, which included a corn/safflower oil blend and high-oleic canola oil enriched with an algal source of the omega-3 DHA. Both the flax/safflower and corn/safflower oil blends were low in monounsaturated fat.
According to the American Heart Association, many of the factors that contribute to metabolic syndrome can be addressed by a healthy diet, exercise and weight loss, which can significantly reduce health risks of this condition.
"It is evident that further studies are needed to determine the mechanisms that account for belly fat loss on a diet high in monounsaturated fatty acids," said Kris-Etherton. "Our study indicates that simple dietary changes, such as using vegetable oils high in monounsaturated fatty acids, may reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome and therefore heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes."
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Think your 4 digit iPhone passcode will keep your contact info safe from prying eyes? Think again. A major security hole has just been discovered in iOS 4, a breach that could allow others to "hack" into your contacts screen and make calls to anyone they wish. All this without having to even guess your password. Here's how the exploit works:
- Slide to unlock your screen
- Tap on "Emergency Call" on bottom left of keypad
- Enter a fake number, such as ### or 8888. Just make sure it's not your country's emergency number!
- Tap on the green call button and immediately press on lock button on top right of your iPhone.
- You should now be taken into your contact screen, where you can browse or call anyone on your list.
It may take you a few tries before the contacts page is accessed, but time it just right and your passcode will be bypassed. Needless to say, this threat is a pretty serious flaw in the OS and you can bet that Apple will patch it up with an update (4.2?) in the near future. Check out the video of a Brazilian iPhone user demonstrating this exploit after the gap.


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Gojira's Joe Duplantier: Dream Tour Mates Would Be Tool, Deftones + Meshuggah
French metal outfit Gojira started 2013 off in a big way with a headlining North American tour that featured support from the Devin Townsend Project and the Atlas Moth.
When we caught up with Gojira frontman Joe Duplantier at the tour's final stop, a sold-out show at New York City's Irving Plaza, he named some acts who would make dream tour mates, while also discussing memorable moments on the North American trek.
As far as the bands that Duplantier would love Gojira to hit the road with someday, he says, "Tool, Meshuggah [and] Deftones for the big ones, and then a lot of small bands that we're just curious on how it would fit like Genghis Tron, it's a f---ed up name but the band is interesting. Dub Trio is another one I would love to tour with, and Rage Against the Machine of course, I'm not sure if they tour still."
Meanwhile, Duplantier cited a show in Canada as one of the highlights of their 2013 winter tour. "Vancouver was definitely a great moment on this tour – I don't know why there was a vibe that day. I know that when we sell out a venue it's always a nice feeling and last time we played in Vancouver is was 2009 and it was 500 people. This time it was 1,400 and it was sold out – this is just an example of what's going on for us right now."
Duplantier goes on to say, "We double, sometimes triple the size of crowds compared to just a couple of years ago and this is without touring like motherf---ers. Our partners usually say, 'You guys need to tour! If you stop touring five minutes then you lose your fans.' It's like, 'You know what, our fans are really into our music, they're very dedicated.' I'm sure they will be there next time and it's proving that they are."
Fans sure are showing up to see Gojira. Click below to see our recap and photos of the band's show in New York City, and check back with Loudwire shortly to read our full interview with Gojira's Joe Duplantier.


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FORWARD OPERATING BASE MASUM GHAR, Afghanistan -- Spc. Brendon Brown stepped off his Stryker at Combat Outpost Talukan, looking for a familiar face.
After talking to a few soldiers on the COP, he made his way to a group of parked Strykers.
Out of one of the top hatches of a Mobile Gun System Stryker popped a petite redhead. She diligently climbed off the Stryker and into the arms of Brown, her husband.
If it weren't for him being on the Combined Task Force 4-2 (4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division) commander's personal security detachment, Brown might never have seen his wife, Spc. Stacia Brown, a preventative medicine specialist, during the deployment, he said.
The couple, who married in Sept. 2010, met in an airport in Korea when they were on their way to their first duty stations after graduating from Advanced Individual Training, which is where soldiers learn their specific military jobs.
Since being married, this is their first deployment together.
Being able to see each other during deployment is a welcomed experience for both soldiers.
"It definitely gives me something to look forward to," said Brendon, explaining that the little chances he gets to talk to his wife remind him he's still a husband, not just a soldier.
Stacia said her reaction when she gets to see her husband is always the same.
"I see him and I always jump on him almost every single time," said Stacia. "It's kind of overwhelming."
Two months into the deployment, the couple has been able to see each other at least once a month, but there is never a guarantee that that pattern will continue throughout the next seven months.
Having each other in the same time zone is comforting for the couple, however, that means they are both in a combat zone as well.
"I think it makes it a little bit worse than him being home, because he's in immediate danger too and knowing that kind of makes it a little more stressful," said Stacia.
Brendon said he feels a similar worry about his spouse.
"It's stressful knowing she's in a danger zone, and I'm not there to make sure she's OK and protect her like a husband's supposed to," he said.
In preparation for the deployment, the Browns had to leave behind their only son, Gauge, with Stacia's family.
Gauge was born prematurely nearly a year after Brendon and Stacia married. Now, a year later, they both missed their son's first birthday, Dec. 21. In an effort to cope, they lean on each other for support and do whatever they can to stay close.
The Browns said they try to talk every night, whether it is through video chat or email.
Communicating daily is one of the pieces of advice Stacia gives to other couples who are deployed, but not in the same area.
"Stay focused, but definitely take advantage of your amenities," she said. "If you do have the Internet, you know, whenever you do have your time to yourself, do check it because you are on the same time and everything."
"Even if he's not on, I always leave him a message letting him know that I'm OK and he does the same thing too," she added.
Communication is one of Brendon's top three things he said are needed for dual military couples deployed together. The other two things are trust and understanding.
The Browns have a good understanding, said Brendon.
"It's the understanding that we have something that takes priority over our marriage right now and that's our job," he said.
That advice resonates for at least four couples in Brendon's company alone who are toughing out a deployment whether they're on the same base as their spouse or in different provinces.


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The recent London riots have highlighted the use of police dogs, and unfortunately the drawbacks for the dogs themselves. After the riots, it was announced that 5 dogs had been injured, along with over 100 police officers, of course, this number could be higher by now.
All the dogs used in the riots were fantastically brave. The many pictures of them show how good they were at their job.
In this very short post, I wanted to highlight the work of these police dogs during the riots.
Here are a few links to show you what they have been, and still are doing.


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As we enter the holidays here I often spend these days reflecting on my blessings from throughout the year. I pause and give thanks for the people in my life--like my teamies past and present--for the inspiration they provide--like these amazing cards here--for the opportunities afforded me by an oh so patient boss--thank you Wendy. I try to find a way, either through a simple note or a beautiful card, to remind those special people in my life that I love them, that they matter to me, and that I am honored that they are part of my life.
Who are you thankful for?? Who has blessed your life?? How will you share your thanks?? Might I recommend a beautiful digital stamp and sentiment from Digital Delights by Louby Loo??
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An UNWRA school in Gaza used as shelter by refugees, August 2014. Photo by Lazar Simeonov.
"I hope that we can lead a normal life (…) and can go to our schools in safety and security. We did not do anything wrong and on this day we should have been sitting at school desks," says Bisan, who is supposed to start eighth grade this year, but now lives in an elementary school in Gaza City that is used as a shelter.
Bisan is one of approximately 75,000 school-aged children that live in 85 shelters, according to the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). This is "a number never before seen in Gaza's history," their emergency report of 26 August reads.
The number of refugees in UNRWA schools has rendered education in their facilities impossible. Additionally, another 277 schools in Gaza (69% of all schools in the coastal enclave) were due to Israeli bombing over the last six weeks, according to the Negotiations Affairs Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO-NAD). The start of the school year, on 24 August, has therefore been postponed until further notice.
UNRWA held a ceremony in each emergency shelter to mark "what should have been the first day of school" while it tries to educate through other means, like a satellite educational TV channel and self-learning materials. A three phase plan was set up to educate the minors of Gaza, who make up almost half of its 1.8 million citizens.
The plan, which was created in coordination with the Gazan Ministry of Education, aims to expand psychosocial activities in phase one, enhance learning skills in phase two and return to education in school building in phase three. It was already estimated by the UN earlier this month that 373,000 children in Gaza are in need of direct psychosocial support, while thousands of others are likely to face psychological problems in the future.
Education as a target
The need for psychological support seems apparent after reading the stories of some of Dr. Nazmi al-Masri's students at the Islamic University of Gaza (IUG). Al-Masri, who teaches English at IUG, wrote an article on his experiences when he resumed class on 16 August, several days into a five-day ceasefire that would eventually fail to be prolonged. Rather than teaching, he decided to start a dialogue with his students about their personal experiences during the latest Gaza offensive.
One of the stories is that of Naji, one of his best students, who recalls the faith of three of his friends with whom he worked on his graduation project. One friend, Khalid, died when an air strike hit his family home in Shujai'iya on 20 July. Another, named Saber, also from Shujai'iya, had both of his legs amputated after he sustained serious injuries while fleeing during an attack on his house. The third friend, Slaman, from Beit Hanoun, was left homeless when an airstrike hit his house. He now lives in a UN shelter which lacks basic provisions.
Apart from mourning the loss of its students, the IUG was also hit in a direct attack on 2 August causing extensive damage to the building. The Israeli military claimed the university held "a Hamas military wing facility that was used for research and development of weapon manufacturing."
It was not the first time the university was struck. During the 2008-9 'Operation Cast Lead,' 74 laboratories were destroyed in air strikes for the same reason. The report of the Goldstone Commission, which operated as a UN fact finding mission on the operation, held that the Mission "did not find any information about their use as a military facility or their contribution to a military effort that might have made them a legitimate target in the eyes of the Israeli armed forces."
West Bank protest
While the schools in Gaza did not start on the 24th, schools in the West Bank opened with a day of solidarity with the people in Gaza, exclaimed by the Palestinian Ministry of Education. The assault in Gaza was discussed with the students before the school day was brought to a close at 11 AM. Students and teachers were then urged to go into the center of town to protest against the Israeli assault on Palestinians in Gaza.
One of those protests, in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, turned violent after the Israeli army clashed with school boys. Two boys were slightly injured after being hit by rubber-coated bullets, said Muhammad Ayyad Awad, a local spokesperson to Ma'an News.
Alike the Islamic University in Gaza, Birzeit University in the West Bank was accused by the Israeli government of being linked to Hamas. The university was raided earlier during this summer's 'Operation Protective Edge' when Israeli forces arrested two students on 18 June. Both of them were members of the student branch of Hamas, who were staging a sit-in against the arrests of their colleagues, while others managed to escape. The military forces also seized Hamas flags and other propaganda material.
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated it did so because "Birzeit University (is) a hotbed of incitement and terrorism in Ramallah."
In reality, the Islamic Bloc represents only a part of the university's student body. During the latest student elections in May 2014, the 'Islamic Bloc' led by Hamas supporters gained 20 seats out of 51 total, while the Fatah faction gained 23 seats. This outcome was exactly the same as the year before.
It is worth mentioning that the votes for Hamas do not directly represent their increasing popularity. Some students vote for Hamas as a "punitive vote," explained Adnan Abu Amer, dean of the Faculty of Arts at the Gazan Al Ummah Open University in an article on Al-Monitor.
"Some of the students have cast ballots in favor of the Islamic Bloc out of their hatred for its Fatah-affiliated rivals and not out of their ideological conviction."
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Sedum species
Cacti and Succulents, Plants of Home and Garden
Grow from leaf cuttings as Sedum morganianum, or from stem cuttings. Seed is sown in spring. Minimum winter temperatures of 45F/7C, and higher for some; good houseplants as long as very good light is provided, though Sedum montanum and some other species do fairly well with some shade. Sedum cyaneum, Sedum spectabile and others may be hardy into zone 4
See Also
Showy stonecrop, live forever (Sedum spectabile)
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Cacti and Succulents
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Bots are complicated. They're made to process repetitive actions autonomously and can be fairly easy to build, but they aren't always working on the side of good. Here's what you need to know.
Each year, EContent magazine compiles a list of the 100 companies that matter most in the digital content industry.
Voting is now closed. We'll announce the results of the first-ever EContent 100 list chosen by the people!
Drew Bedard
Feb 27, 2014
Trouble: That's what most businesses are in these days because of declining sales and eroding brands. Twenty-first century challenges have left marketing departments wondering what the fix is or where their solution lies.
Providing value is nothing new. However, today's economic conditions and the rapid rise of a more finicky consumer has the buzzword of the day, content, in the mainstream marketing conversation. Providing valuable content to your "fence-line" customers can turn the most cynical of the bunch into avid fans. When done correctly, content creates two very powerful consumer acquisition tools: one being value and the other being storytelling.
Successful politicians have been using storytelling for ages because of one simple fact: it works. From the beginning of time, influence and power have been wielded by those who are effective storytellers and in turn, the more effective persuaders. Netflix's breakout hit House of Cards showcases this type of unsurpassed persuasion in the form of Kevin Spacey's brilliantly acted character, Vice President Francis Underwood.
While conniving, dark, infinitely sadistic, and twisted, Francis understands that the skill of storytelling and persuasion is his top weapon because those who use persuasion best, win.
It's simple really.
And all you Apple fans out there, don't think for one second that Steve Jobs didn't understand this. He was a master of consumer persuasion. His keynotes were a thing of legend because of what Nancy Duarte explains in her excellent Ted Talk. She describes conveying the psychological conflict between our greatest challenges and the solutions that solve those challenges.
Jobs had a knack for conveying this conflict to us. Through his place of authority, he convinced us we needed a Mac. Did we really need a $1,200 computer? No, probably not.
But Jobs made us realize if we waded out into the future world without a Mac, iPhone or an iPad, we would not be whole. You would not be part of something special.
What Steve Jobs wanted was undying devotion. And he got it.
Jobs made us also believe in the big idea. "A 1,000 songs in your pocket" was revolutionary. A device with "Internet, phone and music" combined into one was revolutionary.
Storytelling and providing content through the vessel of the big idea can be a game changer for companies. How often does finding the big idea, or the big catch phrase, happen? Not often. But this article is more about the pursuit of the solution to challenging business problems. The constant pursuit of a big idea can change a company's trajectory forever.
This is where storytelling and content enter back into the picture. Let's face it; marketing and advertising have changed. Content creation and dispensing that content effectively can also be a valuable tool to help your business in two additional ways.
Lead generation is defined as collecting information from prospective customers. Valuable content generates demand by telling your story effectively and thus creating a tipping point for your potential consumers.
Providing your story through value-added content is perhaps the only remaining marketing tactic you can execute today in order to create leads or demand without feeling sleazy or cheap. Because, after all, you are providing something in return, not just asking for money.
Research shows our brains are skeptical of what we don't understand, but once we understand something, or its story, we can more easily identify with the brand or person telling us the story. Content and storytelling can also identify the most important audiences for you and may provide a much-needed wake up call for your business, which may have been focusing on the wrong audiences. (P.S. You can capture these audiences by developing a kick-butt lead capture form, through any email service provider or great tools like LeadPages.)
That's why quality content is so important, because it attracts exactly whom you want to attract instead of cheap, gimmicky advertising that can attract, well, everyone. And that's never a good thing.
Develop quality content and distribute it with vigor and the right audiences will migrate (sometimes slower than you want) to your site and soak up the goods.
And if they keep coming back, time after time, we can call them the starving audience.
Infamous copywriter Gary Halbert once wrote:
"The most profitable habit you can cultivate is the habit of constantly being on the lookout for groups of people (markets) who have demonstrated that they are starving (or, at least hungry) for some particular product or service."
Discovering and nurturing the starving audience through content delivery can be yet another way to catapult your business from the basement back to an abundance.
Start creating valuable content today. Tell your story well, and let it create leads and demand. And hopefully this time next year you are seeing a more profitable P&L report than the one you are currently staring the barrel of.


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PAX: Only 400 3-Day Passes Left
Pretty much what it says up there. If you're thinking of coming to the entire show, think quickly, and grab your tickets. We expect those to sell out today. We'll have a limited number of day passes available, but we can't guarantee there'll be any left when you get there.


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The Liddabit Sweets Candy Cookbook
By Liz Gutman & Jen King
Published by Workman Publishing Company, October 2012
I have finally run out of words to describe a cookbook :-)
If you have any interest in or love of sweets/candy/chocolate, this would be a dream gift to receive!
Living on the wrong side of The Pond, I had never before heard of this talented duo, nor had I seen their appearances on TV shows etc; the first I knew of them was when I saw the book advertised on the NetGalley website and I knew I just had to request a digital review copy.
It did not disappoint, that's for sure. With over 70 recipes for just about everything under the sun and ones you've probably never even thought of, there is something for all tastes and all cooking abilities in this entertaining, instructive and well written book which is profusely illustrated.
I loved the table which lays out all the recipes and allows you to instantly see which contain chocolate, gluten, dairy, fruit, nuts, alcohol, and which would be suitable for vegans as well as showing which would be ideal for bake sales.
I also was delighted to see that all the trouble-shooting information is included specifically for each chapter's recipes, so the reader does not have to rummage through the whole book looking for how to salvage a recipe which has not done what was expected of it. The science behind the recipes is explained clearly, and also what happens when you substitute ingredients, for good or bad. I had no idea that very specific types of salt are recommended for different recipes, and for specific reasons, for instance.
But what about the recipes?
- Peanut Brittle
- Chai Latte Lollipops
- Buttermints
- Nougat
- Fudge
- Pralines
- Maple Candy
- Saltwater Taffy
- Coconut Lime Bars
- Chocolate Toffee Matzo Crunch
Is this title going on my Amazon wishlist for a print copy? It most certainly is!


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Pinus species
Trees and Shrubs, Fruits and Vegetables, Bonsai
Soak seed and stratify 6 weeks, then sow, or surface sow in fall, 2" apart, onto light sandy soil, can take several years to germinate. Alternatively, in early December, place seed in moist sterile medium and grow warm 3 months, provide 3 months in coolest part of the fridge, then plant outside. Needs light to germinate
Protect from full sun in early years; most species prefer sandy, well-drained soil, many do well in poor soils. Reproduction by tourniquet air layering in early spring can take up to 2 years. Suited also to side-veneer grafting. Commonly used for bonsai. Zone 2-9
Siberian, Eastern white and Korean pines, or Pinus sibirica, Pinus strobus and Pinus koraiensis respectively, depend on symbiotic fungi to grow, with which soil must be inoculated. If white pines grow in the area, dirt collected from the base of these trees will do fine when mixed into and onto the ground where white or Korean pines are to planted. Inoculant for Siberian pines must be taken from other Siberian pines, or obtained commercially
Jack pine, or Pinus banksiana, Ponderosa pine or Pinus ponderosa, and Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris, as well as many other species, are suitable for drier areas. Latter zone 2-6. Pinus mugo and cultivars are useful ornamental ground covers, especially in exposed sites; hardy zone 3-7
See Also
Norfolk island pine (Araucaria heterophylla)
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