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The combined winning percentage of the teams the Dallas Cowboys beat is .400. The combined winning percentage of teams that have beat them is .758.
The combined winning percentage of the teams the New Orleans Saints beat is .353. The combined winning percentage of the teams that have beat them is .667.
The Dallas Cowboys are 5-4. Since playoff formats were last tinkered with in 1990, only 26% of the qualifying teams had 5-4 records.
The Dallas Cowboys have been 5-4 eight times in franchise history: 1970, 1974, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2006, 2008, and 2011. Only '70, '96, '99, and '06 were playoff-qualifying seasons.
The Saints are one of four teams to have once been division opponents with
Dallas for more than a season. The other three teams are the Cardinals, Browns, and Steelers.
The New Orleans Saints are the only NFC team the Dallas Cowboys have not played in the postseason. Comparatively, the Dallas Cowboys are among five NFC teams that the New Orleans Saints haven't faced in the playoffs.
From 1967-69, the Cowboys amassed 5 wins over the expansion Saints. This ties with the Falcons for the Cowboys' second-best start against an expansion team. Franchise first place is over the Buccaneers with 6 straight wins.
Despite having lost seven of the last eight games to the New Orleans Saints, the Dallas Cowboys are still 15-10 against New Orleans Saints in the series.
Sunday marks the eighth time in the past nine meetings that the Saints have held a better record than the Cowboys.
Of the last 11 meetings, 10 of them have been in December. This marks the first November game since the 2010 Thanksgiving Day contest.
This is the first time ever the Dallas Cowboys will face a former offensive coordinator who has a former defensive coordinator coaching with him in the same capacity that he served in Dallas.
The Dallas Cowboys have only ever had 9 defensive coordinators: Dick Nolan, Ernie Stautner, Dave Wannstedt, Butch Davis, Dave Campo, Mike Zimmer, Brian Stewart, Paul Pasqualoni, and Rob Ryan. The Cowboys are 3-0 when they have faced their former defensive coordinators serving in the same capacity elsewhere.
This is the 26th game between the Cowboys and Saints. In the 26th game of a series, the Cowboys are 6-4 while the Saints are 5-5.
New Orleans is tied as having hosted the most Super Bowls with 10: IV, VI, IX, XII, XV, XX, XXIV, XXXI, XXXVI, and XLVII. The Superdome has hosted the most Super Bowls with 7: XII, XV, XX, XXIV, XXXI, XXXVI, and XLVII.
The Dallas Cowboys won the first ever Super Bowl played indoors, Super Bowl XII played in the Superdome.
The Dallas Cowboys are 35-37 in any other indoor venue.
The Dallas Cowboys' 3-5 record is the 2nd-worst winning percentage (.375) the Cowboys have in any other indoor venue.
Including playoffs, the New Orleans Saints have a .490 winning percentage (145-151) in the Mercedes-Benz Super Dome.
The Dallas Cowboys' first game in the Superdome was a 24-6 victory over the New
Orleans Saints.
The Cowboys are 9-4 at home (0-2 at AT&T Staduim) and 5-6 on the road in this
The Dallas Cowboys are 4-1 against the New Orleans Saints in November.


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Perennials weave the thread of reliability and beauty in the cottage garden. Our choices are based on an abundance of blooms, the ease of growing, and their traditional value in the cottage garden. We find that most will bloom the very first year. We've also added general bloom times for each plant genre. The bloom categories are as follows: Spring, Late Spring/ Early summer, Summer, Summer/Fall. Actual bloom times can vary depending on your zone and seasonal conditions and many plants continue to bloom sporadically through the season. All plants are grown in packs of four with each plant costing as little as $2.65 each!
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Achillea or Yarrow
Sun, Zone 3-8, EASY (to grow), Summer. The easiest of all perennials to grow, they are also most versatile. Their colorful umbels bloom over a long period, tolerate drought, and can be cut for fresh or dried bouquets. They are fragrant, attract birds, and repel deer. It's everything we want in a garden plant.
240. Achillea Flower Burst Red
A wonderful new blend of vibrant reds, pinks, and violet shades. Achillea is reliable, easy and long blooming; it will brighten most anyone's garden regardless of experience. Plants grow about 2 1/2ft. tall with 2-4 inch umbels and soft foliage. Perennials.
Alchemilla or Lady's Mantle
Shade or Part Sun, Zones 4-7 EASY, Summer. This lovely plant produces sprays of chartreuse flowers that make excellent filler in bouquets. A nice foliage plant, you can't help but notice the way the fan shaped leaves collect the morning dewdrops.
251. Alchemilla Irish Silk
The vibrant spring green color of this plant will make the shady spots in your garden shine. This plant does well in either shade or sun forming neat 18" mounds of velvety leaves. The flower sprays rise up like a cloud over the foliage in June and July. The stems are strong for cutting. Perennials.
Alcea or Hollyhocks
Sun, Zone 3-7, EASY, Summer/fall. We see them everywhere in the American landscape; towering clusters of flowers standing alongside barns and homes in the country and city. They are easy to grow and self sustaining, bringing much needed color late in the season. In 1888, Dreers garden catalog said this: "It is not surprising that this old-fashioned favorite should again become popular. They are a marvel of beauty and elegance."
259. Hollyhock Antwerp - NEW!
There were a few things that made me excited about this new offering. First, the flowers have the most exquisite colors! They are beautiful antique cottage garden shades of copper, gold, pink, red and every color in between. They are cold hardy and perennial to zone 2 and yet they usually bloom the first year.
270. Hollyhocks Graceful Gardens Mix
We've saved the seeds from our old fashioned single and occasional double flowered hollyhocks choosing from the most vibrant colors of pink, red, yellow and deep dark purple. Their long bloom period and prominent stature created a spectacular display next to our home. Perennials.
280. Hollyhocks Halo Cerise
These Spectacular new Hollyhocks have large 5 inch single flowers with deep dark cherry centers and bright rose outer petals. They bloom all summer long even in hot dry conditions and survive the cold of zone 3 winters. Like all the Hollyhocks, they attract hummingbirds and butterflies. They even bloom the first year! Perennial.
Aquilegia or Columbine
Sun or Shade, Zone 3-8, EASY, Spring. Delicate and intricate in design, these exquisite springtime blooms dance high above their mounds of lacy foliage. They are an easy way to bring color to the shady parts of the garden and can bloom well into summer. While deer pass them by, the hummingbirds hover ready to perform their pollinating job.
325. Aquilegia Dragonfly
A classic columbine with long graceful spurs, its abundance of flowers keep the hummingbirds coming over its long bloom period. The flowers are extra large and come in a multiple of sumptuous colors. The plants are of medium height and grow to about 2 ft. Perennials.
330. Aquilegia McKana Giant Mix
An ornate, long spurred, jewel of a flower in a festive mix of pink, blue, maroon, red, yellow, rose, and white with contrasting centers. The plants reach 30" tall. Perennials.
340. Aquilegia Nora Barlow Mix
These traditional cottage garden columbines now come in a new mix of colors including rose, blue, white, and purple. The plants grow to 2 1/2 ft. bearing fully double spurless flowers with fine clover-like foliage. Perennials.
Sun or Part Shade, Zone 3-8, Late Spring/Early Summer, Summer. The versatility of this genus is astounding. The large and small dangling or sometimes upright bells come in shades of blue, pink, and pure white with foliage in a variety of habits. Each species provides something special to our garden. Campanula bloom in the heat of summer, add splashes of color for the rest of the season, and are often the mainstay of the English cottage garden.
350. Campanula Bellringers
Clusters of nodding bells in a range of shades from pale pink to a rich burgundy. They bloom profusely all season even in late October with flurries in the air. The pendulous bells have maroon spotted interiors. Grow to 2ft. tall. Perennials.
370. Campanula Carpatica Blue Clips
The "clip" series are marvelous and durable plants. Their upright 1 1/2" blue bells inundate the mounded 8" tall foliage. The Clips are also excellent to edge paths and driveways and bloom the first year. Perennials.
372. Campanula Carpatica Uniform Blue - NEW!
Another adorable mounding campanula for edging or pots. It's beautiful blue flowers have a long bloom period, continuing into the fall. It's flowers attract butterflies. It grows 8" and spreads 14".
380. Campanula Carpatica White Clips
Same as the blue clips but in pure white. The best part about Clips is they bloom all summer! Perennials.
385. Campanula Chimney Bellflower
The beautiful blue bells of these Campanulas cluster around the 5 foot tall stalks giving them almost a pyramid like shape and a Latin name Campanula pyramidalis to go with it. They are another easy to grow Campanula with a long bloom time and a no-fuss habit in the garden. Put them anywhere in the back of the border and just let them do their thing!
390. Campanula Glomerata
Dense clusters of spectacular violet blue flowers adorn the tips of the 15-18" tall stems. They bloom June through July spreading 1 1/2-- 2 ft. Very easy self sufficient plants, blooming the first year. Perennials.
400. Campanula Persicifolia Blue
Large, starry, bell-shaped flowers on 2 1/2 ft. stems over neat and low growing foliage. Long lived and easy to grow, they also make an excellent cut flower. Perennials.
410. Campanula Persicifolia White
Pure luminescent white star shaped bells on sturdy stems with the same tidy foliage as the above blue. Perennials.
Sun, Zone 3-8, EASY, Late Spring/Early summer. These frilly and flamboyant blue flowers of this perennial cornflower are effortless to grow and are known to repel deer. Sheer them back after the first flush of blooms and be rewarded with more blooms all season.
420. Centaurea Montana
Growing 12" tall and wide with huge corn flower blue blooms. These perennial "bachelor buttons" like sun and good drainage. Perennials.
430. Cerastium Silver Carpet
We saw a beautiful example of these plants at our neighbors home where the path to their house was lined on both sides by Cerastium with a backdrop of blue Lavender plants. Both enjoy sun and well drained soil. Perennials.
Sun, Zone 3-9, EASY, Late Spring/Early summer. These cheery, yellow daisy-like flowers bloom in profusion well above their neat mounds of foliage. So reliable, they are a favorite in our daughter Esperanza's garden.
450. Coreopsis Sunfire
A large flowered coreopsis with single petals and a dark center. Blooms early and in the first year while withstanding the heat of summer. Perennials.
460. Coreopsis Early Sunrise
Early and long blooming, 18" high plants with 2" semi-double, bright yellow daisies. After the first flush they bloom lightly all summer. Perennials.
Sun or Part Shade, Zone 3-9, Late Spring/Early summer; Amazing in their diversity, these old fashioned "Pinks" produce a wealth of flowers with a spicy fragrance.
470. Dianthus Ideal
These traditional cottage pinks dapple the garden with just the right amount of color. Painted on delicate fringed petals, their vibrant mix of colors includes carmine, crimson, deep violet, pink, raspberry, rose, violet, cherry, and cherry and violet picotee. They bloom early and continuously all summer and withstand hot spells. These are very beautiful and carefree plants. Grow to about a foot high. Perennials.
480. Dianthus Sweet William
The best cut flower we've ever grown, lasting weeks. Enchanting and old-fashioned, we've had many people remembering this one from their grandmother's garden! A rich variety of color, these flowers are beautifully marked with pink and red, bicolored and white; appearing in clusters at the end of a 2' stem. They are especially beautiful in combination with Lupines! Perennials.
485. Dianthus Velvet and Lace – New!
The gorgeous china pink flowers of dark maroon velvet are fringed in white and emit the sweetest clove-like fragrance. They are long lived in the garden and bloom all summer. They grow to about 12" tall so do well in pots as well especially since they smell so good!
Digitalis or Foxglove
Sun or Shade, Zone 4-8, EASY, Late Spring/Early Summer. Dramatic and old-fashioned, these tall majestic plants are the heart and soul of cottage gardens.
500. Digitalis Camelot
Huge tubular bells with speckled throats form lavender rose or cream colored spikes that bloom the first year. Perennial.
510. Digitalis Candy Mountain
The upward facing bells allow a clear view deep inside the speckled pink bells. The stems are extra sturdy and packed with florets that often bloom the first year. Perennials.
520. Digitalis Excelsior
This is the traditional Foxglove seen surrounding the thatched cottages of England. Four ft. tall with densely clustered bells in shades of pink with highly visible intricate interior bell markings. Perennials.
560. Digitalis Primrose Carousal
We are happy to grow again an old favorite. This moonlight yellow foxglove is a true perennial, lasting years and years in the garden. It's neat mound of foliage sends up stalks of clustered bells for the late spring garden. Perennials.
563. Digitalis Silver Fox
Another beautiful foxglove with an added bonus: gorgeous silver downy foliage! They are wonderfully reliable and hardy. The palest of pink bells (almost white) with speckled interiors adorn 2 ½ ft stems. They are perfect for your cottage garden. Perennials.
564. Digitalis Sugar Plum - NEW!
The bells of this new foxglove look as if they are dripping with juices of plums with their deep purple and burgundy throats covered by pink bells. The hummingbirds love them. The foliage is a velvety spring green growing in a rosette.
Sun, Zone 3-9, Summer/fall. A known herbal cold remedy, Echinacea is also a beautiful pink or white daisy over 4" wide with a dark cone shaped center. The long bloom season is undisturbed by summer's heat and the deer ignore it. After the petals fade, the remaining cone continues to offer an attractive accent to the garden and also serves as food for songbirds.
565. Echinacea Doubled Decker -
This new Echinacea "Double Decker" reminds me of the queen wearing a new feathered hat. How and why the new petals come out of the top of the cone as well, I don't understand, but it looks radiant! They withstand hot dry conditions and the deer stay away. They are a long lived perennial with more double blooms the second year.
566. Echinacea Cheyenne Spirit-NEW!
This summer at the Cornell Botanical Gardens, we were astounded by the vast array of Echinacea in bloom. At last, there were cone flowers in a blazing color mix! Cheyenne Spirit comes in shades of yellow, orange, red, scarlet, cream and white. Plants are extra floriferous, long lasting and drought tolerant. You will want to grace your garden with these exciting new colors that seem to fit in anywhere.
570. Echinacea Primadonna
This prairie beauty was made for the hot dry conditions of summer. Large 5-6" deep colored rosy flowers blossom midsummer to fall. Growing to about 3 ft. tall, they develop long lived dense clumps creating a backbone to the cottage garden. Perennials.
580. Echinacea White Swan
The pure white petals of the bloom are fragrant and attract butterflies and finches very late into the season. Perennials.
Zones 3-8, Sun, Summer. A cultivated and unique ornamental thistle, having masses of steel blue globular flowers. The blooms attract butterflies and are excellent cut flowers. They grow to 4 ft. tall with each flower on a long stem.
610. Echinops Blue Glow
An improved selection with a more intense strong blue color and more compact habit. The deer have shown no interest in this plant. Excellent color choice for mid to late summer. Perennials.
Zones 3-9, Sun, Easy, Summer/fall. The bright gold and burgundy flowers are excellent garden performers through the height of summer. These easy to grow perennials do just as their common name implies: blanket your garden with vibrant color.
620. Gaillardia Arizona Sun
Award winning, thanks to the abundant and huge flowers on a compact plant. Put this in the garden bed or patio pot for vibrant yellow and red all summer through fall. 12" tall. Perennials.
622. Gaillardia Arizona Sun Apricot
I love the color of the new Arizona Sun "Apricot". The 3" blooms have soft yellow edges that deepen to a rich apricot center. They are super hardy, drought tolerant, profuse bloomers and lovely with their mother plant "Arizona Sun". Perennial.
Sun or Part shade, Zone 4-8, EASY, Summer. A charming small plant with rose like blossoms as they are in the rose family. Their foliage stays low in neat mounds. Flowering stems are sent up during June and July in our garden.
650. Geum Mrs. Bradshaw
A traditional cottage garden plant with semi-double and double 2" glowing red flowers. They grow 1-1/2 ft tall in our garden. Perennials.
Sun, Zone 3-8, Summer. A cloud of tiny star white flowers bring a delicate balance of soft and bright to the garden or fresh bouquet. They bloom in July over a long period; stems can be picked in their prime and hung to dry for later use. "Once planted and known, no garden will be without this graceful elegant, and above all beautiful pure white flower. Try it and it will win your love forever." -Salzers garden catalog of 1890.
660. Gypsophilia Snowflake - NEW!
I had to bring back this old favorite after I saw my friend Dawn's Snowflake that she had received from Graceful Gardens (See the picture). I need one in my garden again! People think of Baby's Breath as just a cut flower but its so much more. In the garden, it adds a cloud of white so delicate that you can't help but be drawn to it. At the same time, it brings out the bright colors of all your other flowers. I can't wait! Perennials.
680. Heliopsis Summer Sun
These yellow daisies are 3" across and will bloom the first year. Easy to grow giving a strong show throughout the summer. Perennials.
Heuchera or Coral Bells
Sun or Shade, Zone 3-9, Late Spring-Summer. The favorite of hummingbirds, they will spend hours going from one tiny bell to the next. Beautiful plants that are simple to grow with attractive foliage appearing in tidy mounds. Bloom heavily in June and July, and keep sending a few flower stalks up most of the summer.
690. Heuchera Firefly
Vibrant pink-red flowers 20" above evergreen foliage. Perennials.
700. Heuchera Palace Purple
Large ivy shaped leaves that are mahogany red above, And beet red below. Beautiful for their foliage as well as the sprays of white flowers 12" above. Perennials.
Sun, Zone 5-7, Summer. Who can resist the beautiful perfume of lavender? Their small blue spikes reach high above the foliage. They can be picked and dried in bunches for a fragrant decoration. A well drained sunny location will make them thrive and keep the deer at bay.
735. Lavender Ellagance
This heavenly fragrant lavender comes from the Royal Horticultural Society and is a Fleuroselect Gold Medal Winner. An early first year bloomer, it has uniform size of about a foot and is delightfully fragrant with bright blue/purple blooms. (Zones 5-9) Perennials.
740. Lavender Hidcote
Midnight blue flowers reaching 1-11/2 ft. tall with a delightful fragrance. Perennials.
750. Lavender Munstead
Sun, Zone 3-9, Summer. These beautiful feathery spikes make wonderful cut flowers and provide the garden with lots of color from midsummer to late in the season.
761. Liatris Kobold - NEW!
I've always love the long lasting feathery blooms of liatris in my garden but this year I wanted a shorter and neater version that would stay put! Growing in a perfect clump of about two feet tall, the Kobold variety accomplished just that.
Zones 5-9, Shade or Sun, Easy, Summer/fall. The long tubular blossoms make a hummingbird's delight. Never have we seen such pure vibrant reds and blues as these. Lobelia can tolerate wet conditions and while canoeing we saw many growing wild around a nearby lake and the hummingbirds were feasting.
769. Lobelia Red Cardinal Flower - NEW!
I was first awed by this plant while canoeing at a nearby lake where it was growing by the shore and yes, there was even a hummingbird on it! (I wished I had my camera but I have learned the hard way to never bring it canoeing!) This native plant needed a place in my garden and it is a perfect fit. It tolerates gardens with conditions like poor drainage and shade, spreads in a good way and blooms just when you need the color later in the summer.
770. Lobelia Fan Blue
A vigorous bloomer with blue tubular flowers growing 2 feet or so tall with a summer long bloom season. A fleuroselect gold medal winner. Zones 6-10. Perennials.
780. Lobelia Great Blue
For late summer blue blooms these are the ones to choose. The stems are 2-3 ft. tall and clustered with deep throated flowers that humming- birds love. Grow easily and are adaptable to moist shady areas. Perennials.
800. Lupines Gallery Blue
Shades of blue often with a touch of white. Perennials.
810. Lupines Gallery Pink
A nice shade of pink often with a dash of white. Perennials.
820. Lupines Gallery Red
A vivid red that always brings compliments in our garden. Perennials.
830. Lupines Gallery Mix
A random mix of colors. Perennials.
Sun, Zone 4-9, Easy, Summer. These Victorian plants sparkle with magenta flowers and complimentary silvery leaves. Their easy carefree habit encompasses the essence of cottage gardening.
840. Lychnis Coronaria
Rosettes of velvety silver leaves give way to the rising 2 ft. flower stalks that bear simple but vibrant magenta flowers. Perennials.
Shade or Sun, Zone 4-9, EASY, Summer. This mint family plant puts out a spectacular display of flowers July through August and is absolutely irresistible to hummingbirds.
870. Monarda Panorama Mix
Shades of scarlet, red, pink, and salmon with highly fragrant foliage. Perennials.
Sun, Zone 3-7, Spring through Late Spring/Early summer. Stunning in size and brilliance of color, poppies will provide a lifetime of enjoyment. Tuck in the back of the border as the foliage will temporarily disappear in summer.
909. Poppy Fruit Punch
Silky ruffled blooms 5 inches across in wild shades of red, hot pink, orange, and plum, all with black centers. They can stand up to all kinds of weather. Perennials.
910. Poppy Great Red
Spectacular classic red Poppies that display 8 inch flowers with black centers and tissue paper petals. They stand 4 ft. tall. Perennials.
920. Poppy Pizzicato
921. Poppy Plum Pudding - NEW
Sun or Part Shade, Zone 4-8. These colorful snapdragon-like flowers bloom all summer with the greatest profusion in June. Vaughns garden catalog of 1891 says, "Perhaps no class of plants are so valuable for producing a mass of bloom during the summer months as these. So grand are they in fact, when massed in beds and border that no words can adequately express their magnificence." They attract hummingbirds and songbirds, help repel deer, and make a great cut flower.
940. Penstemon Mystica
Deep maroon leaves highlight this plant while sprays of white flowers emerge from thin slender stalks in the middle. Perennials.
950. Penstemon Rondo
At 15" keep these plants close to the front of the border where you can enjoy their many wonderful shades of pink, purple, carmine, and rose bells. Perennials.
Perovskia or Russian Sage
Sun, Zones 5-9. There is no tougher plant out there with the beauty to match. With scented leaves and airy blue flowers, the provide a long season of bloom in the hottest time of the summer.
960. Perovskia Russian Sage
Plant as a group or border in the hot spots of your flower patch and keep the garden color coming. The light blue spikes work well with all the colors of your garden. They grow to about 3 feet and a spread of 2 feet. They are drought tolerant and deer resistant. Perennials.
Sun, Zone 2-9, 2-3 ft. tall, EASY, Summer/fall. Excellent perennials for late summer/fall color. Their appearance is neat and blooms are much like the snapdragon in the way they cluster up the stem.
970. Physotegia Rose Queen
Full Sun and Light Shade, Zone 3-8, Summer. Such easy flowers to grow, giving the gardener a lifetime of blooms throughout the height of midsummer.
980. Platycodon Hakone Double Blue
A deep blue color with buds resembling small inflated balloons. They blossom into five pointed star shaped bells. Grow 16" tall. Perennials.
Part sun or shade, zones 4-7, Spring. Our Jacobs Ladder has been growing happily in our shade garden for over 15 years. It is a testament to its ease of growth. We have not done anything special to it in all those years and yet it rewards us with clear blue flowers and fernlike foliage.
990. Polemonium Pearl Blue
Azure blue blossoms for the shady side of the garden. Grow to 16". The pretty green alternating leaflets form a ladder-like pattern. Trim them back and they will bloom again later in the season. Perennials.
Sun, Zones 5-8, Summer. Potentillas are easy perennials that love sunny, dry locations. Trim them back each spring to promote new growth and more blooms.
991. Potentilla Monarch's Velvet
This is the perfect quick filler for your garden. They are 24" mounded plants with leaves like a strawberry plant. The following year and thereafter it is full of deep wine red flowers with a crimson velvet center throughout the summer. Perennials.
Part Sun or Shade, Zone 5-8, Spring. Blooming in early spring with an amazing array of colors, they beckon the beginning of the warm season to come. Grown in shade, they will bloom all summer and into early winter here in the North.
1011. Primula Supernova
These English Primroses love the sun and shade, blooming early and profusely in both! They are a cheerful, colorful and fragrant start to the gardening season and will multiply throughout the years. Their height in bloom is about 10" and the deer never touch them in our garden. Perennial.
Sun, Zone 4-9, Late Spring/Early summer. These charming daisies come in cheerful colors of red and pink, bloom early in the season, and do best in a well drained site.
1029. Pyrethrum Double Sensation - NEW!
These old fashion daisies are much showier with their many double flower heads in colors of dark red, red, soft pink, pink, and white. Sturdier, too, with a height of about 2 ft. and they are deer resistant. The plants have natural insecticidal qualities making them less attractive to pests.
Sun, Zone 3-9, EASY, Summer/fall. The classic American flower, familiar to all. Beautiful in mass or in small clumps through the garden.
1050. Rudbeckia Cappuccino
Vivid yellow blooms with mahogany center rings shower the garden with color all season long. Zone 4. Perennials.
1051. Rudbeckia Cherry Brandy –NEW!
In the height of summer, we are treated to vast displays of yellow daisies everywhere. Now along with our traditional yellows comes this wonderful cherry red daisy with a distinctive dark cone. Cherry Brandy will catch your attention in the middle of the border standing about two feet in height or will take your breath away as a mass planting along the garden path. Plants are heat and drought tolerant and will grow in just about any sunny location.
1060. Rudbeckia Goldsturm
Giant 4"flowers on 2 ft. plants that bloom all season long. Long-lived and hassle-free plants. Favorites for mid to late season color. Perennials.
1070. Rudbeckia Indian Summer
Enormous 6-9" yellow semi- double and single blooms on 3' tall plants, yet require no staking. Excellent for cutting. Perennials.
Sun or Light Shade, Zone 4-9, EASY, Early Summer-Summer. These deep blue spikes provide a sweep of blue early in the garden season and continue to do so over a long period. They are hardy, long lived, and very easy to grow.
1095. Salvia New Dimension Blue
I've never seen a more vibrant violet blue salvia than this one in my garden. What makes the New Dimension variety extra special is, it doubles as a ground cover, tolerates drought and the deer stay away. For a second bloom season cut it back after the first blooms are done. Perennial.
1097. Salvia New Dimension Rose
This beautiful new meadow sage has long lasting spikes of vibrant rose flowers. They bloom the first year with a compact habit of about 10". They have all the same wonderful habits as the above New Dimension Blue variety. Perennial.
Shasta Daisy
Sun, Zone 5-8, EASY, Summer. These simple and classic daisies fit into everyone's garden. Their big and bold white petals compliment all the other flowers.
1100. Shasta Daisy Bright Side
The tall white oxford daisy with extra large flowers has everything you look for in a flower: beauty, a great cut flower, hummingbirds and butterflies love them, and they are tough! Perennials.
1111. Shasta Daisy Silver Princess - NEW!
If you are looking for the shorter version of Brightside, this is the one. They grow to 15-20" tall and keep that cottage garden look but only smaller. It's a cheery plant that blooms all summer long.
Sun, Zone 4-8, EASY, Early Summer. The sweet scented foliage smothered in purple flowers, creeps along the edge of your garden and between stones and walkways.
1140. Mother of Thyme
The sweet aromatic leaves form dense mats for the hot dry places along your garden path and banks. Perennials.
Sun, Zone 4-8, EASY, Summer. These genteel plants provide a profusion of blue or pink spikes creating a truly Victorian ambiance in your garden. The blooms make a sweet cut flower.
1155. Veronica Blue Spires
Simply said they are plants after my own heart. With pinnacles of gentian blue flowers, they grow in the best and worse soils, in hot and cold climates and in wet or dry years. It should be a beautiful weed but instead it stays nicely situated forever in the garden. You will enjoy it during the summer months. Grows to 2 ft. Perennial.
The mere mention of violets conjures up images of innocent romantic notions from days of old. The sweet faces painted on the petals cheer the heart with hope.
1187. Viola Sorbet lemon Blueberry – NEW!
A perfect blend of blue and yellow. Learn all about them here.
1190. Viola Penny Lane
This hardy little viola has the sweetest mix of colors ranging from the deepest purples to azure blue to orchid frost. Learn all about them here.

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And when the New York City Department of Education (DOE) applied for a second waiver in November to extend the free lunch program for the month of December, child advocates and food nutritionists started to hold their collective breath. Would the DOE see the possibilities inherent in making all the meals free—like feeding hungry kids, getting more children to buy in to new, healthier menus and realizing the benefits of having fully fed and focused children in the classroom?
For now, the DOE's not saying. Advocates are waiting. And kids are eating; at least, some are.
If participation in the school lunch program goes up, advocates say, the benefits for everyone involved could be long lasting. Not only would it significantly reduce the stress on working families, it could also finally end the stigma of getting "free" food at school. If everyone has access to lunch, the logic goes, then no one will feel singled out for being poor.
Encouraging children to eat in school is just good policy, says Agnes Molnar, co-director of Community Food Advocates and a driving force behind the city's decision to make breakfast free for all students in 2003. Since New York City started offering free breakfasts, the number of kids eating breakfast in school has doubled. And the results for students have been enormously positive, she says. "They do better on tests. They come. They're not late," Molnar says. "It was a no brainer" for the school system to implement.
But there's more the DOE could do, advocates say, to get more children on board for breakfast, as well as lunch.
No free lunch
In a 2011 study done by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) ranking 26 school districts nationwide on student participation in school breakfast, New York City came in dead last. Newark, which ranked No. 1 on the survey, has more than 70 percent of students eating breakfast in school. Of the roughly 900,000 children in the New York public school system, only 23 percent of them eat breakfast at school. While three-quarters of New York City students are eligible for a free or reduced price lunch, only 34 percent of those students also ate breakfast.
Getting more kids to eat is not a simple proposition for the school system. Trying to plan meals, exchange enrollment paperwork with parents, estimate the number of children who will eat, prepare food and file all the documents needed to ensure federal reimbursement is an enormously time-consuming task for the DOE.
Advocates say the job would be made easier if all meals were free. But it wouldn't be costless.
According to data supplied to the Independent Budget Office from the DOE, in school year 2011-2012, the city on an average day served 492,795 free lunches (reaching 68 percent of eligible low-income children); 51,526 reduced-price lunches (reaching 56 percent of eligible children), and 97,915 full-price lunches (reaching 39 percent of eligible children).
Right now, the DOE charges $1.50 for a full-price lunch and 25 cents for a reduced-price lunch. According to DOE spokesperson Marge Feinberg, each lunch actually costs the DOE $2.55. The DOE clears a small profit on free lunches because the feds reimburse the city $2.94 for each free meal, and also stays in the black on reduced-price lunches, which are reimbursed at a rate of $2.54 a meal, according to the USDA. For full-price lunches, however, DOE receives only 35 cents per meal from the feds, meaning a 70-cent loss for every lunch.
Benefits to going universal
Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed in his Fiscal Year 2013 budget to raise the price of a full-fare meal by $1 to address this shortfall. But food advocates say the long-term benefits of having a well-fed student population outweigh the money the DOE would recoup with the additional $1 per full price meal.
Raising the cost of a full price lunches is "pennywise and pound foolish," maintains Brooklyn Councilman Brad Lander. The change would mean that working families have to come up with an additional $20 a month more per child for lunch throughout the school year. "It's a pittance of money for the city and fewer kids are going to eat a decent lunch," insists Lander.
According to Community Food Advocates, studies have shown that students who participate in school breakfast programs have improved math and reading scores, have fewer behavioral issues and have fewer absences and lateness. Children who participate in school lunch overall consume more vegetables, grains and milk and fewer sweetened beverages and snacks.
Perhaps most important, the stigma of getting "free" food in school would be erased with universal school lunches, as the meals would be free for all students.
New menu, new challenges
This year, in an effort to ensure all the school menus adhered to the new standards under the 2010 federal Healthy, Hunger-Free Child Act, the DOE has dramatically scaled back its menu variations, while deep-sixing some classics, like white-bread pizza and French fries. There are more fruits and vegetables, no more white bread, lower-fat milk, organic yogurt and tofu and 1,000 salad bars across 1,200 schools.
While there have been complaints from students about the changes – as well as a fight this past fall when the DOE ended a popular food education and cooking program, Wellness in Schools, only to institute it again after a volley of protest from parents – for the most part, child nutrition advocates say the city is doing a good job trying to vary a new menu under a whole new set of regulations.
"With all due respect, even among adults, a lot of people are going to pick fried food over tofu," observes Joel Berg, executive director of the New York City Coalition Against Hunger. To get anyone on board with a new kind of food, you have to introduce it again and again and again, says Berg, who says he is sympathetic to the DOE for having so many children to feed every day. "Even the best chefs on the planet have trouble cooking for that many people at once."
For Lander, Molnar, and others, the city, while doing a lot, can do more to increase access to food. One easy step would be to institute more grab-and-go carts, so kids could take breakfast as they head to their classes in the morning; another would be serving breakfast right in the classroom. While the city doubled the number of kids who were eating breakfast when it instituted the free breakfast program in 2003, the numbers are still pitifully low, says Molnar; in some schools as little as 10 percent of the student body eat school breakfast. Deflecting kids to the cafeteria to eat their breakfast keeps the number of participants in the free breakfast program low and defeats the purpose, she points out.


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There sure aren't any critters around to keep us entertained tonight. We need another hare in disguise like last night.
The Boma chit-chat forum Friday 9 March 2012
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Thu, 08/03/2012 - 7:12pm#52
Thu, 08/03/2012 - 7:01pm#53
We need something to keep us awake!
Thu, 08/03/2012 - 6:56pm#54
Hi Sue - I'm home!!
Thu, 08/03/2012 - 6:34pm#55
Hyaenas calling at NK.
Thu, 08/03/2012 - 6:10pm#56
Darn, I missed Blue this evening!
Thu, 08/03/2012 - 3:05pm#57
Hi Tman, and all others
Back again for a while.
Thu, 08/03/2012 - 3:03pm#58
Hi Hanneke and thank you for making the new day threads. Have a good nights sleep. I hope the new day brings us lots more great sights and sounds at the waterholes. Good camming all.


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PROCTORSVILLE A local man was jailed Monday night after a single-vehicle crash on Route 103 near the intersection with Greven Road Extension, police said.
Vermont State Police arrested Caleb Palmer of Proctorsville after the crash. His 1998 Jeep Cherokee was destroyed.
Police said Palmer was not injured and that he was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs, possessing cocaine, driving after his license was suspended and violating conditions of release.
He was held at the Springfield prison for lack of $2,500 bail.
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The World Motor Sports Council took only 90 minutes to reach a verdict in the case of Crashgate – wherein former driver Nelson Piquet, Jr. intentionally chucked his car into the wall at last year's Singapore GP to hand the win to Renault teammate Fernando Alonso. Realizing that Renault was contrite and that the company's disappearance from F1 would be bad for a lot of people, the WSMC handed the company a two-year suspended sentence. If Renault – and its people – keep clean until the end of 2011, it will be free and clear again. As usual in these cases, Renault F1 will also be making "a significant contribution" to racing safety projects.
As for team head Flavio Briatore (above), he couldn't even go down shooting. Having walked away from Renault and not in attendance at the WSMC hearing, all of the doors to FIA-sanctioned motorsport were closed behind him. Not only is he barred "for an unlimited period," from any kind of involvement in any race series or team, no driver "who is associated (through a management contract or otherwise) with Mr. Briatore," can get a Superlicense. We guess that mean's he's left to hang his head at his Billionaire's Club... or with his model wife... or on his yacht...
Pat Symonds, Renault's executive director of engineering, fared a little better, getting only a five-year ban. It appears the difference is that Symonds admitted participation in the "conspiracy," while Briatore still denies he had anything to do with it. We wouldn't be surprised to see Symonds in racing again, but perhaps not on the wall in F1 even after the five years is up. Piquet was given immunity for his help with the investigation, but his career has probably been given a terminal blow to the head. Alonso was found not to have known anything about the plot, which cynics, like Nelson Piquet, Sr. have found hard to believe, but this could clear the way for Alonso to potentially head to Ferrari without issue. Hat tip to Bertland!
[Source: Formula 1.com | Image: Mark Thompson/Getty]


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- A stunning CJR piece on freelancing in Syria.
- And along with that, a wonderful piece on contemporary war reporters and their work from the July issue of British GQ.
- And Iraq veteran turned journalist Matt Cook has a beautiful article in Texas Monthly about returning to war as a journalist.
- Syrian rebels say that Al Qaeda-affiliated militants assassinated Kamal Hamami, a top rebel commander, creating a further rift between rebels and militants and effectively opening a new front in the war.
- The Syrian conflict has contributed to a spike in the number of children globally who are being denied the ability to attend school because of war and conflict, now more than 50 million. More than 70% of last year's 3600 incidents of attack on education occurred in Syria. [PDF of the UNESCO report]
- Syrian activist and citizen journalist Fidaa al-Baali (aka Mohammed Moaz) succumbed to injuries sustained when government forces shelled his neighborhood.
- The Ba'ath ruling party of Syria announced a leadership shake-up that included the ouster of Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa.
- Two people were killed and six injured in an attack on a security checkpoint in North Sinai.
- Clashes near the Republican Guard HQ in Cairo on Monday left 51 protesters dead and 435 injured.
- The awful death of an Egyptian teenager, Hamada Badr, thrown from a building by pro-Morsi protesters, has sparked more outrage in Egypt.
- Egypt's interim president appointed a prime minister and vice president.
- Jonathan Guyer writes in The New Yorker about politics and cartoons in Egypt.
- Secular center-right Moroccan party Istiqlal has quit the coalition government over disputes regarding subsidies and economic policy.
- Drone missions from a new base in Niger show the increased importance of Africa to the US plans for the war on terror.
- Somali TV reporter Liban Abdullahi Farah, who worked for London-based Kalsan TV, was shot and killed in the northern capital of Galkayo. He is the fifth Somali journalist to be killed this year.
- A suicide bombing in Iraq yesterday evening killed 24 and wounded 49, bringing Thursday's death toll, which included bombings in Ramadi and Fallujah, to 40.
- Iran launched a mandatory national email service.
- Afghan-American interpreter Zakaria Kandahari, and has been wanted for the murder and torture of civilians while working with US Special Forces, was finally arrested.
- The US built a $34 million command center in Helmand to support the troop surge that was unwanted and has gone unused. It will likely be demolished.
- Toxic trash being burned in an open-air pit at Camp Leatherneck is endangering the health of 13,500 Marines and civilians while $11.5 million incinerators that could safely dispose of waste go unused.
- Al Jazeera reports on the 'bin Laden files," the results of Pakistan's Abbottabad Commission to investigate the US' unilateral action to kill bin Laden and how Pakistan could have missed that he had been hiding in plain sight on their soil.
- Ehsanullah Ehsan, spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, lost his job for "creating mistrust" between the Afghan and Pakistani branches of the group.
- Russian prosecutors said that 215 NGOs were in violation of new law requiring them to register as foreign agents.
- Mounting fears in Northern Ireland over sectarian violence prompt the police to call in reinforcements from Scotland, Wales and England.
- Mexico is experiencing its worst election violence in years.
- The Colombian political party connected to FARC has regained legal status.
- More secret files reported by The Guardian show the extent of Silicon Valley's cooperation with the NSA: from Microsoft helping the NSA circumvent its encryption and access Skydrive to Skype handing over not just data but recordings of video calls.
- Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives (1989): how a fairly obscure court case provided the "special needs" doctrine now used by the FISA court to justify surveillance.
- Members of Congress point to what they say is a worrying pattern of officials lying to and misleading Congress about national security and surveillance.
- The Electronic Privacy Information Center filed an emergency petition with the Supreme Court on Monday to stop the NSA's surveillance program.
- Some smart writing on surveillance by Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth at the New York Review of Books.
- Daniel Ellsberg defends Snowden's choice to leave the US, saying that when he leaked information the US was a much different place.
- The Guardian aired the second part of their video interview with Snowden.
- A Qunnipiac poll shows that the majority of Americans consider Snowden a whistleblower, not a traitor and show a "massive shift in attitudes" regarding whether or not US national security measures go too far in infringing on civil liberties.
- Snowden has called a meeting in Sheremetyevo Airport with human rights groups like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, saying the US is unlawfully preventing him from seeking asylum.
- Latin American countries are outraged by reports that the US has been spying on them with secret surveillance programs.
- These reports are also complicating annual talks with China.
- Dzokhar Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty to 30 counts related to the marathon bombings.
- An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (a drone) successfully landed on an aircraft carrier off the coast of Virginia, the first time a drone has done so.
- Reporters Without Borders condemns the prosecution of American journalist Barrett Brown, who faces 105 years in prison in connection with his work writing about leaked national security documents and hackers.
- Nick Turse on getting the runaround from the military while trying cover war and national security.
- Senators Feinstein and Durbin have urged the president to rein in force-feeding of Guantánamo inmates.
- While not a war read necessarily, it should be noted that Guantánamo inmates are not the only ones on hunger strike. 29,000 California inmates are on hunger strike in solidarity with those in solitary confinement.
- New Obama pick to head the FBI is raising concerns over having condoned waterboarding and indefinite detention under Bush.
- Rand Paul is threatening to hold up James Comey's confirmation as head of the FBI until he gets further information on domestic drone use.
- The defense has rested in the case of Bradley Manning.
- The CIA let Khalid Sheikh Muhammad build a vacuum cleaner.
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Photo: Sandy Row, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Loyalists watch a bonfire. Today, July 12th, marks the annual loyalist Orange Order parades which often spark sectarian clashes. Peter Morrison/AP.
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- Egypt experienced a power turnaround for the second time in two years, as the army ousted the democratically-elected Morsi following days of popular protest. Chief Justice Adly Mansour was sworn in as interim leader only hours later.
- Syrian opposition fighters claim to be in control of most of the city of Dara'a.
- Moises Saman photographs the "nowhere people," Syrian refugees, in black and white.
- An ordinary day in Aleppo. A brief report from a day in the life of a photojournalist documenting the rebel fighters in Aleppo [in French].
- Former Chad leader Hissene Habre has been charged with torture and crimes against humanity by a Senegalese court.
- The UN began its military mission in Mali.
- Iran's president-elect has publicly promised to engage with the West.
- Kate Clark writes that ISAF/The US did not simply fail to talk with the Taliban in 2002, but actively targeted them despite attempts to surrender and peaceably lay down arms.
- A new study shows that drone strikes cause ten times the civilian casualties that strikes conducted by manned aircraft do. This contradicts the standardized claim that drone strikes are more precise and surgical as a tool of war.
- In Afghanistan, Helmand province's top female police officer was gunned down Thursday morning.
- A truck bomb struck in Kabul for the fourth consecutive Tuesday, killing seven.
- The Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction has raised concerns over he three-quarter billion dollar purchase of helicopters for an Afghan aviation unit that lacks the manpower and expertise to use or maintain them.
- UK forces have begun transferring detainees to Afghanistan.
- A US drone strike killed 17 in northwest Pakistan.
- On foreign journalists being kicked out of Pakistan.
- Amnesty International claims that Russia and the Ukraine have been forcibly returning asylum-seekers to Central Asia in unlawful transfers. These people face risk of torture upon their return.
- The Police Service of Northern Ireland will review the Historical Enquiries Team following the release of a report showing they were "less rigorous in [their] investigation of British state killings than of paramilitary killings."
- Colombia's FARC and the ELN (National Liberation Army) are in unification talks.
- A plane carrying the Bolivian president home was turned around in European airspace based on suspicion that Snowden was on board. There is significant anger on the part of Bolivia and other Latin American countries.
- A hidden bug was found in Ecuador's London embassy (where Assange is staying), and an angry Ecuador is threatening to reveal who planted it.
- The US government rested its case in the trial of Bradley Manning. The defense will begin Monday, aiming to have some of his charges dismissed.
- The USPS is subjected to the same metadata mining as telecommunications, with the exteriors of all mail being photographed and stored for an unknown period of time.
- The Washington Post decodes some PowerPoint slides on PRISM.
- Reports that the US is bugging European allies have been met with anger. Angela Merkel calls it "extremely serious," European firms will probably quit American Internet service providers, and upcoming trade negotiations have been complicated. Germany and the US will begin talks to alleviate the damage.
- France has run its own NSA-style spying program on its citizens.
- Restore the Fourth protesters were out yesterday to commemorate Independence Day by protesting NSA surveillance.
- Snowden released a statement through WikiLeaks.
- Here are the statuses of the 21 applications for asylum filed by Snowden. (20 really, because he withdrew his application to Russia because of their demands.)
- Snowden's job title/description explains his level of access and also some of the workings of the NSA.
- Lots of lies and misinformation coming out of the federal government regarding NSA surveillance.
- ProPublica has a handy FAQ on the NSA spying.
- A FISA court has released the court records of Yahoo!'s failed, secret 2008 attempt to block data demands by challenging the Protect America Act, a FISA amendment.
- Encryption has begun foiling US wiretaps.
- More smart stuff on the journalists vs. advocates/activists debate from David Carr with an interview with Glenn Greenwald.
- The State Dept's Historical Advisory Committee has expressed concern over the declassification backlog and the delays in putting documents on historical record.
- Lawyers for four detainees at Guantánamo have asked a federal court to put a stop to force-feedings. Meanwhile, it has been announced that hunger striking inmates will only be force-fed at night during Ramadan. That's 106 out of the 166 detainees.
- A report on the suicide last year of a Yemeni detainee in Guantánamo has been made public.
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Journalism, particularly conflict and national security journalism, lost an important and talented voice this week: Michael Hastings, who is most known for his Rolling Stone article on Gen. McChrystal. Tributes to him include ones by Buzzfeed's Ben Smith, and Rachel Maddow. Here are his tips for young journalists.
- Bashar Al-Assad faces a currency crisis.
- UNESCO added six ancient Syrian sites to the list of endangered World Heritage sites.
- Opposition fighters have been supplied by Saudi Arabia with Russian-made anti-tank missiles.
- The G-8 endorsed an end to the war in Syria but remain divided on Al-Assad.
- Rebels in northern Mali signed a peace deal.
- An attack by Al-Shabab on a UN office in Mogadishu left 15 dead.
- Britain's Supreme Court invalidated sanctions on a commercial Iranian bank.
- Celebrations both in Iran and abroad at the election of moderate Hassan Rouhani to the presidency, seen as a hope for improving the relationship with the West.
- The Taliban have offered to release a US soldier held captive since 2009 in exchange for five of their senior operatives currently held in Guantánamo Bay.
- In the push to wind down the war in Afghanistan, the US has scrapped more than 170 million pounds of military equipment and vehicles.
- Kyrgyzstan voted to end the US lease on a critical airbase for supplying the war in Afghanistan in 2014.
- Qian Guoliang is the third Chinese official in three months to have died in detention. An image of the body has raised serious questions about stated cause of death.
- The US downgraded Russia and China in a report on human trafficking, causing some anger.
- Delyan Peevski was named head of Bulgarian security in the country's three-week old government, triggering protests in Sofia beginning last Friday. He has now been removed from the post.
- The case for more reporting on secrecy and transparency.
- The FBI admitted at a Senate Judiciary hearing to surveilling the US using drones.
- Gail Collins explains why when large databases and ineffective or abusive investigation are paired, that even the non-terrorists ought to worry.
- Google challenges the US gag order regarding data requests that force the company to hand over information to the government.
- Prosecutors in the 9/11 war crimes trial are trying to convince the judge to hold secret pretrial hearings that would exclude even the defendants.
- Britain's Supreme Court ruled that families of soldiers killed or injured in Iraq are legally allowed to sue the government for having failed to protect them.
- An interactive map on drug seizures near the US-Mexico border from the Center for Investigative Reporting.
- Women will be permitted to serve in the military's most elite units, like the Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, and Marine infantry.
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Photo: Sao Paulo, Brazil. A protester runs from fires. Agencia Estado/Xinhua Press/Corbis
Many U.S. military and intelligence officials attend Def Con and have been doing so for years. As early as the 1990s, the U.S. government was openly discussing cyber-war. Reportedly, in 2003, during the second Gulf War, the Pentagon proposed freezing Saddam Hussein's bank accounts, but the Treasury secretary, John W. Snow, vetoed the cyber-strike, arguing that it would set a dangerous precedent that could result in similar attacks on the U.S. and de-stabilize the world economy. (To this day, the Treasury Department participates in decisions concerning offensive cyber-warfare operations that could have an impact on U.S. financial institutions or the broader economy.) After 9/11, when counterterrorism efforts and intelligence became increasingly reliant on cyber-operations, the pressure to militarize those capabilities, and to keep them secret, increased. As Iran seemed to move closer to building a nuclear weapon, the pressure increased even more.
As Wes Brown recalls, none of the government types in the audience said a word to him after his Mosquito presentation at Def Con. "None that I could identify as government types, at least," he adds, with a chuckle. But about two years later, probably in 2007, malware now known as Flame appeared in Europe and eventually spread to thousands of machines in the Middle East, mostly in Iran. Like Mosquito, Flame included modules that could, through an encrypted connection to a command-and-control server, be updated, switched out, and re-programmed remotely—just like in-flight drone repair. The Flame software offered a very full bag of tricks. One module secretly turned on the victim's microphone and recorded everything it could hear. Another collected architectural plans and design schematics, looking for the inner workings of industrial installations. Still other Flame modules took screenshots of victims' computers; logged keyboard activity, including passwords; recorded Skype conversations; and forced infected computers to connect via Bluetooth to any nearby Bluetooth-enabled devices, such as cell phones, and then vacuumed up their data as well.
This is the undisputed domain of General Keith Alexander, a man few even in Washington would likely recognize. Never before has anyone in America's intelligence sphere come close to his degree of power, the number of people under his command, the expanse of his rule, the length of his reign, or the depth of his secrecy. A four-star Army general, his authority extends across three domains: He is director of the world's largest intelligence service, the National Security Agency; chief of the Central Security Service; and commander of the US Cyber Command. As such, he has his own secret military, presiding over the Navy's 10th Fleet, the 24th Air Force, and the Second Army.
Alexander runs the nation's cyberwar efforts, an empire he has built over the past eight years by insisting that the US's inherent vulnerability to digital attacks requires him to amass more and more authority over the data zipping around the globe. In his telling, the threat is so mind-bogglingly huge that the nation has little option but to eventually put the entire civilian Internet under his protection, requiring tweets and emails to pass through his filters, and putting the kill switch under the government's forefinger. "What we see is an increasing level of activity on the networks," he said at a recent security conference in Canada. "I am concerned that this is going to break a threshold where the private sector can no longer handle it and the government is going to have to step in."
Read more of James Bamford's reporting about the Secret War.
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- The death toll for the Syrian conflict is 93,000, according to the UN. 5000 people die every month.
- The US announced confirmation of Syria's use of chemical weapons and the ensuing debate about what the crossing of this so-called red line now means for US action.
- Special UN rapporteur Richard Falk has called for an international inquiry into Israeli treatment of Palestinian prisoners.
- A negotiated end is sought to protests and clashes in Turkey.
- Tunisian rapper Weld El 15, on the run from a two year sentence for his anti-police song, has turned himself in.
- The AFP tracks casualties in Iraq (Google Doc).
- The polls have opened in the Iranian presidential election.
- A pre-election hacking campaign targeted Iranian Gmail users.
- President Hamid Karzai demanded on Saturday that Britain turn over more than 80 prisoners of war within two weeks.
- In Kabul, a mid-week suicide bombing in front of the Supreme Court left sixteen or more civilians dead and many injured.
- Bagram was handed over to Afghanistan three months ago, but dozens of foreign inmates, mostly Pakistani, have seen little change in their detention.
- The US disrupted Al Qaeda's online magazine Inspire.
- Du Bin, a Chinese journalist who had completed a documentary on forced labor camps and freelanced for the New York Times, has been detained in Beijing.
- Korean officials held talks in Panmunjom.
- Threats to journalists by paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland are on the rise.
- Northern Ireland's police have seized arms ahead of the G8.
- Colombia's peace talks have resumed in Cuba.
- Brazilian journalist and newspaper José Roberto Ornelas de Lemos was murdered at a bakery in Rio de Janeiro on June 11.
- A group of American physicians have called, in the New England Journal of Medicine, on Guantánamo Bay's doctors to refuse participation in the force-feeding program.
- An Iraqi prisoner named Abd al-Hadi and identified as a senior Al Al Qaeda commander has been charged in the Guantánamo war crimes tribunal.
- Microsoft and Google both call on the government to allow them to be more transparent and forthcoming to the public about the government's information/data requests to them.
- Senator Gillibrand's amendment that would remove military sex assault prosecutions from chain of command and hand them to independent military prosecutors was stripped from the defense bill after backlash from top brass. Gillibrand, however, plans to push the measure on the floor.
- The NSA leaker was identified upon his request as Edward Snowden, who has fled to Hong Kong.
- Will China hand him over?
- Concerned about what it might mean that the government knows your metadata? The Guardian has an interactive breakdown of what information is available from the telecom services we all use.
- ProPublica also has some tips about safer online activity.
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation recently met with surprise success against the Justice Department in FISA court. The EFF is after court documents on government surveillance activity that was found by a FISA court to have circumvented the law, which the FISA court has ruled is legal for them to obtain, (kind of shockingly) rejecting the arguments of the DOJ. Here's a link to the ruling.
- The ACLU hopes to see court success of its own in its lawsuit against the government over the Verizon metadata dragnet. As a Verizon customer itself, it can claim standing to sue. (The complaint itself.)
- Inside the NSA's China hacking group.
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Photo: Taksim Square, Turkey. A protester throws a petrol bomb towards the police. June 10. Kostas Tsironas/AP.
Whatever your take on recent revelations about government spying on our phone calls and Internet activity, there's no denying that Big Brother is bigger and less brotherly than we thought. What's the resulting cost to our privacy — and more so, our democracy? Lawrence Lessig joins Bill to discuss the implications of our government's actions.


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Ellin Louise Dowden (nee Sorensen) of Glen Cove, died on June 21, 2009. Wife of the late Joseph L. Mother of Paula, Holly Gartmayer, Joseph (Lillian), John and Marjorie. Sister of the late Arnold, Norman, Martin, John and May. Nana of Matthew (JoAnna), Julie, Eric, Hanna, Joe and Bob. Great-nana of Alexander and Joseph. Also survived by a niece and nephews. Visiting and service at Dodge-Thomas Funeral Home, Glen Cove. Interment private. Donations may be made to a charity of your choice.
Gary Gray, of Oyster Bay and formerly of Glen Cove, died on June 19, 2009 at age 54. Father of Gary Jr. and the late Omeka. Son of Samuel and Martha. Brother of Bobby, Yvonne, Kevin and the late Samuel Jr. Also survived by a host of nieces, nephews and cousins. Reposed at Dodge-Thomas Funeral Home, Glen Cove. Service officiated by Rev. Roger Williams. Interment Calverton National Cemetery.
John T. Fitzpatrick, of Glen Cove, died on June 18, 2009. Husband of Theresa. Son of the late Kieran and Agnes Loftus Fitzpatrick. Father of Maryanne Fitzpatrick, Catherine (Martin) Cook, Stephen (Renee) and the late John J. Jr. Brother of Katherine (Donald) O'Sullivan, Keiran (Bud) (Georgina) Fitzpatrick, James (Rosemary), Agnes (Michael) Kolor, Margaret (Arthur) Hoar and Johanna (Guy) DeMarco and the late Thomas and Mary. Grandfather of Gary, Brandon, Pat and Ruth. Arrangements were made by the McLaughlin Kramer Megiel Funeral Home, Glen Cove. Funeral Mass at St. Patrick's RC Church. Interment Holy Rood Cemetery.
Harold Van Alen Wait Jr., of Cranford, NJ, and Saltaire NY, died peacefully surrounded by his family at Overlook Hospital, Summit, NJ, on June 18, 2009 following complications from pneumonia. Born in Glen Cove on Jan. 2, 1927, he served in the U.S. Navy as a radar operator from 1944 to 1946 and graduated from Adelphi University in 1949. He worked at Chevron Oil Company in Perth Amboy, NJ, in accounting, personnel and labor relations from 1949 until his retirement.
A resourceful man, Harold always said that building their summer home in Saltaire, a family effort, was his happiest memory. There he enjoyed fishing, crabbing and calming and active participation in the Saltaire Citizens' Advisory Association.
Gertrude "Trudy" Colasanti (nee Abbondondolo), of Glen Cove, died on June 18, 2009 at age 93. Wife of the late Dominick. Mother of Camille Del Savio (Robert). Aunt of Theresa Molesky (Josh). Last surviving sibling of Maggie, Annie, Larry, Virginia, Champ, Rocco, Charlie and Marie. Sister-in-law of Tony, Mike, Helen Nelan and Rose Kearns. Aunt and great- aunt to many nieces and nephews. "Aunt Gertie" to one and all. She was a volunteer with Glen Cove Hospital Auxiliary for over 20 years. Visiting at the Funeral Home of Dodge-Thomas, Glen Cove. Mass at St. Patrick's RC Church. Interment Holy Rood Cemetery.
Ora P. Waller was born Oct. 14, 1942 in Virginia to the late Harry B. Waller and Lula B. Hill. She was their first born and the apple of their eye. Harry wanted a boy so he proceeded to teach Ora how to do boy things, but Lula being the lady that she was continued to thwart that with girly things. Harry and Lula left Virginia when Ora was about three years old and came to Glen Cove, a quaint little town that reminded them of home and they settled there. Ora being the eldest of five children had much responsibility place upon her. By nature she automatically became a second mother to her siblings.
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VALPARAISO | While the recent rash of heroin-related deaths in Porter County has garnered local attention, there is another problem involving the illegal use of prescription drugs.
Members of the county's drug task force confiscated large quantities of prescription drugs and steroids last year, according to coordinator Bob Taylor.
Topping the list of these prescription drugs was 878 doses of the anti-anxiety medication Xanax, followed by 329 pills of the painkiller Hydrocodone, 130 of the anxiety inhibitor Valium, 129 of the addiction treatment drug Methadone and 120 of the pain reliever Vicodin.
The task force also took 26,157 pills of anabolic steroid and 2,752 vials of androne steroid, as part of what Taylor said were two separate dealing operations.
These figures compare to 65 grams of heroin confiscated last year, 120 grams of powder cocaine, 20 grams of crack cocaine, 29 pounds of marijuana and 50 grams of mushrooms, according to a reported provided by the drug task force.
"It's all a problem," Taylor said of the illegal use of any drug, "but the most prevalent problem is the pills right now."
Porter County Coroner Chuck Harris said there have been five fatal overdoses so far this year attributed to prescription drugs -- two accidental and three suicides.
David Cummins, an emergency physician and medical director of emergency medical services at Porter Regional Hospital, said there has been a gradual but steady increase in the level of prescription drug abuse as compared to the recent surge of heroin-related deaths.
A part of the problem is that physicians are overmedicating for pain after years of undertreating this condition, he said. A medium point must be struck to reduce the amount medication going into circulation and winding up in the wrong hands, he said.
Cummins also called for using less addictive forms of mental health medications when appropriate to steer clear of the problems with Xanax.


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Mike Wallace hasn't had quite he showing he expected when he came to Miami, however, things look to be on the rise for the receiver.
In Miami's week 12 match up against the Carolina Panthers, Wallace made his presence known by putting up the first points for the Dolphins. Check out his 53 yard touchdown reception,
Mike Wallace caught a nice pass from Dolphins quarterback, Ryan Tannehill a little more than halfway through the first quarter.
The Panthers are on quite the winning streak, and seem to be getting hot just at the right time. This will be yet another test for the Panthers, as Miami has shown they can have really good games, along with bad games. It will be interesting to see which Dolphins team shows up today.
This could turn out to be a close game, which could prove to be bad for betting. The Panthers are 4.5 point favorites to win this game.
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Team Finland was ranked 4th after the preliminary round, their only loss came at the hands of Team Canada. Russia, who ended the preliminary round with 6 points, 1 less than Finland, was ranked 5th. Yesterday the hosts played Norway, and defeated them 4-0 to move onto the quarterfinals. Tuukka Rask started in net for Finland, and Semyon Varlamov started in the crease for Russia. Finland and Russia faced off at the Bolshoy Ice Dome, puck drop was at 4:30 PM local Sochi time, 7:30 AM EST.
Not even halfway through the opening period, Ilya Kovalchuk put the hosts on the board first, beating Rask, and putting Russia in the lead – assisted by Pavel Datsyuk. A little more than a minute later though, Finland evened up the game at 1. Finland's Juhamatti Aaltonen, 28 year old who plays in the KHL, was the goal scorer. Veteran Teemu Selanne broke the deadlock towards the end of the first period, giving Finland a 2-1 lead heading into the first intermission. The Russians out-shot the Fins 13-9.
The Russians not only out-shot Finland in the first period, but they did it again in the second period as well. Team Finland was the only team to put the puck in the back of the net though. Mikael Granlund continued his scoring in the Olympics and put a third goal past Varlamov – assisted by Selanne and Kimmo Timonen. The third goal by Team Finland would send Semyon Varlamov to the Russian bench, and Sergei Bobrovsky took over the crease. The period would end with Finland on top by a score of 3-1.
Bobrovsky was able to keep Finland off the scoreboard in the third, but unfortunately for Russia, Rask kept the Russians scoreless as well. Team Finland held off the Russians throughout the period and went on to win the game by a score of 3-1. Rask made 37 saves to earn the victory for Finland, Bobrovsky was perfect for Russia, but Varlamov surrendered 3 goals in less than 40 minutes. There will be lots of questions and most likely finger pointing regarding the Russian's performance during the Olympics, especially since they had home ice advantage.
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Whitfield County to vote on Sunday alcohol sales
If people want to drink on Sunday, they are going to buy it on Saturday. Senseless to not sell it on Sunday and bring $$$ in to the county and state. Dry counties are a thing of the past. Bet even the preachers have wine with Sunday dinner.
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He'd been jackhammering away for what felt like hours. "You like that, baby? You like that?" he asked, though he didn't notice I wasn't answering. And then, somewhere around the 18th time he said it, it hit me — I wasn't just having bad sex. I was having bad porn sex.
That's an excerpt from Mary Elizabeth Williams' hilarious Salon essay in which she wonders whether adult films are making men bad at sex.
Where do we get our firsthand knowledge of sex, anyway? Unlike other "recreational pleasures" — such as sports, baking, etc — most of us don't get to learn sex by observing firsthand. Sex ed (maybe) tells you vaguely how it's supposed to feel, but — barring swinging — it's not like somebody's there to guide you. "Hence," Williams says, "the instructional use of the erotic feature."
We are thankfully a generation away from the days one had to do a stealthy walk of shame to the back room of the local video store for a glimpse of naked people going at it. We can, if we so choose, sit around in our underwear all day and watch Tera Patrick do what she gets paid to do. The rise of youporn.com and other user-generated sites means that "face-sitting in latex" is easier to get than a Domino's delivery — and about as good.
She suggests that "the goal-oriented, money-shot, male-centric perspective of most porn (hint: Women don't need to see that much fellatio) have changed us." The ubiquity of this porn has put new pressure on women (and men; we'll get there): Shaved pussies are expected. Pole-dancing skills don't hurt either.
Men have new standards for themselves, too, regarding size and performance time – things that they perceive women wanting. (Which is a little funny, given the first sentence of the last paragraph; these poor dudes are doing it to themselves.) That's where Williams comes in: "[T]hinking you can learn to make love to a woman from watching porn is like thinking you can learn to drive from watching The Fast and the Furious."
Porno sex is about the angles and displaying the goods. Whether the actors who are putting in a hard day's work on the job are actually enjoying themselves doesn't matter. It's about performance, and performance, more and more, is just another aspect of life in general. We tweet what we're eating for dinner. We upload a photo of the party we're celebrating right now on Facebook. And some of us are screwing like we're trying to go viral, long on ego and short on originality.
The problem with our voyeuristic culture, Williams' intimates, is that we're constantly consumed with how we are seen. And it's hard to be "in the moment when you're thinking of what it would be like to watch it." What looks good doesn't always feel good in practice. Why, a friend of Williams asked, would the man she was dating remove his dick during sex, only to thump her with it? (Who's been there?!) She knew where he got the idea — did he think she was enjoying it? "Listen, if you're a professional showing off his stuff for the camera, that sort of thing almost makes sense. Out of context, however, it's another situation entirely. You know what description you never want a woman you've slept with to apply to your sexual technique? 'Baffling.'"
Williams realizes all our tastes are different — one woman's sexual sensation is another's baffling beau. However, "if we learn from example," she writes, "does anybody really want an education from someone who has a fluffer?
She also recognizes that men aren't the only ones to equate porn sex with good sex, too:
I am no stranger to the notion of trying too hard myself, as a few chafed former partners would likely attest. Women have a long history of performing during sex — but our unrealistic, rock-your-world expectations are just as likely to come from "The Notebook" as they are from "Interracial Cheerleader Orgy." My male friends have their own versions of ill-fated hookups with would-be sex queens. I've heard the tales. I just haven't seen a lot of other women in action.
Williams' interviewed a sex educator at Babeland.com to find out exactly what the biggest misconceptions caused by porn were. A Babeland survey recently found the following:
- How women can have orgasm from just vaginal intercourse
- The idea that women love semen in their faces
- The notion that anal sex is sexy
- That women prefer huge cocks
This should serve to take some porn-induced pressure off men — and women, too – Williams hopes. Porn has its place, but maybe sex ed isn't it. And by Williams estimation, the real, messy act is a lot more fun that what's on our laptop screens:
You don't see a lot of laughing in porn, but some of the best sex in my life has been punctuated with fits of giggles. You don't see a whole lot of genuine female orgasm in porn either, and believe me, that's a pretty big part of what makes a memorable evening for a lady. Aping an adult star doesn't make a person a lover any more than playing Rock Band makes him a musician. Good sex makes room for honest passion and uninhibited enthusiasm, and doesn't feel like an audition for AVN rookie of the year. It's messy and silly and profound. And unscripted.
So, what porn moves have been pulled on you? Were you gracious enough to explain why it didn't work? (If it didn't work.) In what other ways has porn changed our sex lives?


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