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Helen McEntee TD was appointed Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People in May 2016. She was elected to Dáil Éireann in March 2013. Deputy McEntee was appointed by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny to the Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications. She is also a member of the Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht.
Ireland is the EU's most youthful country, with over 40% of the population aged under 30. Yet, of t he Dáil's 166 Deputies, Helen McEntee (28) and her Fine Gael colleague Simon Harris TD (28) are the only Deputies aged under 34. Helen always speaks up in Dáil debates for her generation, whom she says 'have borne the brunt of a recession that we did not cause'.
Helen's legislative achievements since becoming a TD two years ago include the Pyrite Resolution Act, which provides a €10m fund for correction works on homes in the Meath-Kildare-Dublin region that are affected by pyrite. Deputy McEntee also contributed amendments to the Road Traffic Act 2014, to support younger drivers and promote road safety.
Deputy McEntee is a strong advocate for improved roads and telecommunications infrastructure, including for Meath and the North East. She works closely with farmers and food producers, and is an Ambassador of the annual Taste of Meath Festival. Deputy McEntee is also a strong advocate for children with special needs and for improved local health services.
In 2007 Helen graduated from DCU with a B.A (Hons) degree in Law, Politics and Economics. She holds a Masters degree in Communications and Journalism. Helen attended Heronstown National School in Lobinstown, Co Meath, and St Joseph's Mercy Secondary School in Navan.
Before becoming a public representative Helen worked in the Department of Agriculture and previously for a subsidiary of Citibank.
She enjoyed participating in Slane Strictly Come Dancing in 2015 and Castletown & Syddan Strictly Come Dancing in 2014.


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Name This Tune - 1970s Cheerful "Shopping" Music
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Tips for shopping for a mid-level acoustic guitar
I have about $300-400 to spend on a new acoustic guitar that will be gifted to someone who is a classically-trained pianist but would be a beginner on this particular instrument, someone who wants to play music in the vein of Cat Stevens (i.e., pop-folk). There are simply so many options out there that I thought I would ask this site for advice. [more inside]
Digital piano/electric keyboard/whatever. What should I buy and where?
I've come into a bit of money and am ready to finally shell out for a nice weighted-key digital piano. I'm in the SF Bay area, have Amazon Prime, but don't know where I should go to try things out and buy them. I'm working with a $500-600 budget. My preferences are in the... [more inside]
Keep me entertained: Hong Kong edition
Hong Kong filter: I'm spending the weekend in Hong Kong, with no specific goals. Help me come up with some non-tourist trap things to do. [more inside]
Guitar for a 5-year old. Which one? Where to buy?
Planning a birthday present for my daughter, who will be 5 soon. She's been interested in guitars, and I'd love to get her one to mess around on. Ideally it would be small, not too expensive, but good enough to feel 'real'. I don't know much about guitars. What's a good one to buy? Is there an online outlet for such things you would recommend?
Where can I find cheap bulk 256mb usb drives?
Where can I get a pack of four or five 256/512 mb usb flash drives to be used as give-aways? [more inside]
Which banjo should I buy?
What to look out for when buying a banjo? [more inside]
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Is there such a thing as an independent, online music store? [more inside]
Will you please help me start shopping for a music keyboard?
How do I start to shop for a new music keyboard? I sing classical music (art song), but I like to play with the fun sounds and possibly play out - with a "real" pianist. My 12-year-old KT-88 seems to be slowly dying. [more inside]
Candy shaped like musical notes
I am looking for small candies shaped like musical notes. Searches on Google and Froogle (Google Product Search) turn up nothing useful. Can anyone suggest a supplier, please?
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I've searched desperately and extensively for reviews on digital pianos and find them lacking. Please share your experiences with looking for pianos and/or your (dis)satisfaction with your digital piano. Differences between brands welcomed. I'm looking for an 88-key portable digital piano that feels and sounds most like a real, acoustic piano, I don't care about bells and whistles. The only thing is it must have USB/MIDI ports. Thanks!
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Please refer me to a music shop (either online or in the MSP area) that sells classic metronomes (classic-looking, that is - either wood or metal).
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Feeding the starving artists.
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Good cheap wholesale music distributors
I work at an independent used book and music shop in the US, and know about Daedalus and Scorpio. Help me find other wholesalers of classic jazz, blues, country, rock and punk CDs. [more inside]
OkinawanMusicFilter: I live in New York City and want to buy some recordings of Okinawan music, but I don't want to pay $30 an album. Is there anywhere in the city or online where I can get them for less? To give you an example of what I am looking for, I really like the collection at Far Side Music, an English website.
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A while ago (a few weeks, a couple months?) I found a online music store that had just been started as some sort of experiment by a larger company. It sold CDs at close to music club prices, but without the subscription. In fact, the parent company might have been BMG or Columbia House. Now I can't find my bookmark, and I can't find it on Google. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Alternatively, can you tell me the best places to buy music CDs online?
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Tent City may come to Island: MI Clergy Association hopes to host homeless encampment here
An alliance of leaders from several faiths throughout the Island announced their intention to bring the Eastside's homeless encampment to the Island late last week.
In a forum printed in this week's issue from the Mercer Island Clergy Association, co-senior pastor of the Mercer Island Presbyterian Church, Dale Sewall, stated all the clergy present at the meeting unanimously agreed to invite Tent City 4, the Eastside homeless camp, to the Island.
"Our goal is to make this a very positive, interfaith, all-Island experience of hosting Tent City 4," Sewall wrote.
Tent City 4, or TC4, began in 2004 as a place for people living on the streets of the Eastside. They live together as a community for reasons of safety. In 2006, 59 homeless people died in King County while living on the street. Tent City 3 was established in Seattle in 2000 for similar reasons. The camps promise to live by a strict code of conduct that prohibits drug and alcohol abuse, violence, derogatory comments and littering.
Bruce Thomas, the camp advisor and a resident of TC4, said the group of approximately 80 homeless men and women need another place to stay along the I-90 corridor this fall.
"We always try to make small moves," Thomas said. "We are going to Issaquah and we voted to stay along the I-90 corridor for the next two or three stays."
TC4 residents are able to keep jobs and maintain access to social services when the camp moves lesser distances, Thomas also said.
Island clergy first met with Mercer Island officials more than a year ago to share their proposal and met again a couple of weeks ago to discuss how the organization should proceed.
"When the Clergy Association contacted the city 15 months ago, the feeling from the city was 'there was no reason it couldn't come to Mercer Island,'" Holy Trinity Lutheran Church the Rev. Paul Fauske said.
"The city said, 'there is no way we can say no, so let's make sure we can do this right. How do we work in concert to do this right?'" Fauske continued. "How do we make this work for everybody."
Members of the clergy group have already had several talks with SHARE/WHEEL, the two primary sponsoring organizations of Tent City, who also came to the Island to tour the possible sites for the encampment. According to Fauske, those sites were the Mercer Island Presbyterian Church, Emmanuel Episcopal and the Christian Science church — but, he emphasized, no specific site has been chosen.
"[This is] an opportunity to dispel some of the myths about homelessness," Fauske added, "as virtually all of these people [who live in Tent City] go off to work each morning. We don't see this as a solution to homelessness. But it serves as a visible reminder of a huge need. We need to ask ourselves, 'How do we, as a community, address this? How do we provide for those in need.'"
"People can either see this as a threat or an opportunity," Fauske said. "Do we oppose it or come to see it as part of our responsibility for the larger community and participate in a solution."
Mercer Island is considered an excellent city to host the camp by both the clergy association and resident council.
"Transportation-wise, Mercer Island is a perfect location," Thomas said. "That's our biggest concern, using public transportation, and Mercer Island is incredibly good in that regard."
"We are looking for a Mercer Island church with some backbone to step up and say 'this is our constitutional right and please come,'" Thomas said.
Tent City 4 moved to the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in east Bellevue on May 19. It plans to move to the Community Church of Issaquah in August. After that, the camp does not have a location available along the I-90 corridor. Should the Island not be available, the camp may have to move back toward the north shore of Lake Washington — to Bothell or Woodinville.
The Woodinville Unitarian Universalist Church has hosted TC4 twice in the past two years and has invited the camp back for a third stay the Reverend Alex Holt said. He also said having TC4 was a positive experience.
"We felt safer having them here," Holt said, " because we are located out in the country and had been broken into twice before hosting them. But they patrolled the area every day, since they're self-policing, and we never had any problems with vandalism or disruptions in the camp."
"They are extremely good neighbors," Holt said. "I'm sure we would issue another invitation."
Thomas extended an invitation to all curious Islanders to come view the camp currently in Bellevue or in Issaquah once they move there in August.
Councilmember Mike Grady said he supports what the clergy is trying to do but has one concern about safety.
"My concern is the location," Grady said. "If the camp is located near a preschool, then I want some additional security so parents feel comfortable."
Grady said other council members are also aware of the clergy association's intentions and have also showed support.
"This is not a surprise to us," said city manager Rich Conrad when reached Monday morning. "We have been quietly talking about this for over a year. The clergy association has been thinking about it longer than that."
Conrad also mentioned that the city does not want a legal battle to arise from denying the camp to stay on church property. The city of Bothell has had a few lawsuits against SHARE/WHEEL dismissed in court recently and challenges from Bellevue also failed.
"We cannot say no — there is legal precedent that shows the city would have a difficult time in trying to accomplish that — so if we are going to do this, let's do it right," Conrad said. "The churches have the right to sponsor Tent City at their churches — that being the fact we are sure we can provide a safe and healthy environment for everyone. We have been talking to other cities about how this will work and to learn from them to do this in a constructive and positive way."
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The principal military adviser to President Obama, Mullen is set to speak about the health of the military, foreign expectations and challenges of the U.S. military. Mullen also plans to explore ways the American public can bridge its gap with the military.
In his five-year tenure as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mullen, a supporter for repeal of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, has focused his attention on the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. He recently called Pakistan "the epicenter of terrorism in the world."
Mullen, who entered military service as a junior officer in the United States Navy in 1968, has paved new grounds in the way high-ranking military officers reach out to the American public. He uses Twitter and a few weeks ago appeared on Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show."
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EAST ORANGE — In June, a jury convicted Alameen Adams of murder for last year's fatal shooting of 34-year-old Ian Morris in his East Orange building.
Today, a Superior Court judge in Newark sentenced Adams to 35 years in prison for the crime, said the office of Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray.
Adams, of Newark, shot Morris in the head while robbing him of marijuana on March 24, 2010, authorities said. Morris was shot in his apartment building stairwell.
Adams, 21, was convicted of murder, felony murder, robbery and two weapons charges. Under state guidelines, Adams must serve 30 years before he is eligible for parole.
"This sentence served the interest of justice and should bring some closure for the Morris family,'' said Assistant Prosecutor Erica Liu, who handled the case.
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Look.co.uk switches to Drupal; traffic doubles within months
That's pretty cool - figures that we've also seen with client sites. Looking forward to the Acquia content migration webinar...
Is there an Analytics case study? For example, are this branded or none-branded search terms? Long-tail traffic? Quality of the traffic?
I believe that key to this project's success was the decision to minimise bespoke code, instead sticking to tried and trusted existing components. Applying this discipline has the effect of moving project focus away from technical implementation (with its associated risk), and firmly towards achieving editorial and business values. I think this is a common theme in publishing, where content is typically the core area of business, and it is why we are seeing an industry-wide move towards Drupal.
Guess when the Wereldomroep switched to Drupal? :-)
Hey. Appreciate the mention, Dries.
Using an Acquia Drupal installation profile, core and contrib modules, one custom module, a 'from scratch' front-end theme, and a custom php screen-scraper script, we were able to:
1: Build a brand new site with very little custom code (only the basics - a few form alters and a few tweaks to node_gallery module)
2: To make the editorial content management processes as quick and simple as possible
3: To migrate all legacy content with minimal 404's at site re-launch
4: To improve site SEO by working with a top front-end guy. He really knows his semantics and we let the markup dictate the Drupal theme instead of the other way around.
All the above was achieved in an extremely short time frame - the fastest site re-lauch IPC have ever done, I believe. All with just one front-end guy and one Drupal guy (that's me ;)
The Look project reaffirms my long-held belief that Drupal sites should be built, not coded. The Acquia Drupal installation profiles (and a little configuration), for example, can get the plumbing for most of the sites I come across 70-80% done. After that, it's mostly theming, and any edge case tweaks/alterations that happen to come along.
Many thanks.
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It's great to see the work put into Look appreciated - thanks for highlighting it. I thought it would be good to clear up a couple of confusions around the project and add to Peter's insight.
Firstly, we didn't choose Drupal to reduce the maintenance cost, we chose it after reviewing a number of options and decided it was the most appropriate for Look.
The reason it took such a short amount of time was due to the clarity of vision of the editorial, design and technical team and the way they worked together. Drupal was useful but, as you know, any project stands and falls by the quality of the people involved.
Finally while drupal's SEO plug-in was useful, it was a contributory factor. Look's traffic doubling was due to the brilliant content, front-end coding, editing, extensive research into the market and keywords, coupled with an expert application of usability.
I'm glad to say that every single one of the small team involved in the site are completely at the top of their game and the communication between the various disciplines (technical and non-technical) was exemplary.
On this project Drupal proved to be a good choice as it helped facilitate the expertise we had, but without the knowledge, talent and skill we wouldn't have had such a successful website.
Way to give credit to everyone EXCEPT Drupal ...
I really enjoyed using Drupal. I think it was great for this project. So credit to Drupal and to everyone else.
April 15, 2010
Interesting to read the rather sensitive response from the guys at Look. I do think that Drupal contributed enormously to the site's success and that, for all your conciliatory comments Dries, the technical foundations on which the site was based were as important, if not more so, than the team who implemented. People you can buy, Drupal you can't!!


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LEEDS, Alabama --- Leeds Mayor David Miller tonight appointed a committee to study a plan that would involve the city giving about 27 acres to a nonprofit organization as part of a plan to build affordable housing for senior citizens.
Carl Marbury, president of Calvary-Leeds Empowered Action Revitalization Inc., spoke to the council about the plan. CLEAR was formed in the 1990s and concentrates on housing and other development, Marbury said. The city would convey the property to CLEAR under the plan.
Miller appointed council members DeVoris Roscha Ragland, Eric Turner and Kenneth Washington to the committee.
"Obviously, this is something that requires in-depth study," Miller said.
The land was given to the city by the Leeds Board of Education. Ragland said the land is now designated for a park. She said a city-wide referendum would be required to change that designation.
Ragland said she supported the idea of developing senior housing on the land. She said the process for making that happen would need to be studied.
"We don't need more parks," Marbury told the council. "We need more housing. And the aged are the ones who need it."
Marbury said there are financiers interested in the project.
The 27 acres is next to a 10-acre site that includes the former Moton High School, which was once a high school for black students. The building was later used as Leeds Middle School. The city built a new middle school on Whitmire Street a few years ago.
Miller said the concept of building affordable housing for seniors sounded good.
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Most people choose to invest in an investment fund rather than buying shares directly on the stock market. There are many different types of fund. Some, like investment trusts and exchange traded funds, are traded on the stock market and can be bought and sold via a stock broker. (More about those later.) Others, such as unit trusts, insurance and pension funds, can be either bought directly from the company that runs them or via a discount broker, fund supermarket, or Independent Financial Adviser.
To start with we're going to look at unit trusts and open ended investment companies (OEICs). These two types of fund operate in a very similar fashion, which is why they are often grouped together. Over the last few years many companies have been converting their unit trusts into OEICs, mainly for technical and administrative reasons.
At the end of 2009, a total of £480bn was invested in the 2,000 or so unit trusts and OEICs in existence. These funds were provided by more than 100 different companies, some of the largest managers being Fidelity, Invesco Perpetual, Legal & General, and Schroders.
These funds are usually divided into geographical sectors, such as UK, Global, US, European, Far East and so on. Further sub-divisions are often made into Growth, Income or Smaller Companies funds, or funds that specialise in particular sectors, such as Mining or Biotech. These categories are only rough guides, however, and it is often possible for two very different types of fund to be grouped together in the same sub-category.
Unit trusts and OEICs are both known as "open-ended", because their size is not limited. Imagine that you have £10,000 invested in a unit trust with a total of £10 million of assets. If you decided to withdraw your investment, then the fund's total assets would go down to £9,990,000. However, if you decided instead to add another £10,000 to your investment, then the total assets would go up to £10,010,000.
The effect of this is that if a fund suffers a large number of "redemptions" (that is, withdrawals), then it will have to sell some of its investments in order to provide the money for the investors that are pulling out. Similarly, when lots of people are adding money to a unit trust, that trust has to buy more investments in order to maintain its investment profile.
Although it is hard to say how significant this effect is, it generally has a net negative effect for investors, as it means shares are bought and sold on a frequent basis and this incurs transaction costs.
As a general guide the minimum amount you can invest in a unit trust or OEIC is £500 in a lump sum or £50 per month, but it varies from fund to fund. Many funds have 'income' and 'accumulation' units. Income units pay you a dividend, usually twice a year. Accumulation units automatically re-invest your dividends back into the same fund. Note that, whichever type of unit you choose, the dividend is treated the same for tax purposes.
With unit trusts and OEICs you have to watch out for both initial charges and annual charges.
Initial charges can be as high as 6%, often because part of this is used to pay an adviser commission when you put your money into a fund. However, you can often get a much lower initial charge (sometimea as low as zero) by going via a discount broker or fund supermarket. Somewhat perversely, buying a unit trust or OEIC directly from the company that provides it is often the most expensive option.
Annual costs are typically in the region of 1.5%. Index-tracking funds and funds that invest in corporate bonds are usually slightly cheaper. As with all funds look at the Total Expense Ratio (TER) rather than just the annual management charge if you want the fairest comparison of the cost of two or more funds. The TER includes additional costs, like audit and trustee fees, which aren't included in the annual management charge.
One negative point regarding unit trusts and OEICs is that their charges don't tend to be reduced as the fund size grows. However, it's not ten times more costly to run a fund worth £1bn than it is to run one worth £100m. Other types of funds, such as investment trusts and exchange traded funds (ETFs) tend to have lower charges for bigger funds and this is a major plus point in their favour.
Unit trust and OEIC providers generally calculate their prices once a day. This is where the main difference between unit trusts and OEICs arises. With a unit trust there are generally two prices, a "bid" price and an "offer" price. Purchases are made at the offer price and sales are made at the bid price. The reason for the names is that at the offer price, they are offering units to you and, at the bid price, they are bidding to receive units from you. The difference between the two prices incorporates the "initial charge". OEICs have only one price, with the initial charge being taken as a separate commission.
When you buy into a unit trust or OEIC your order is turned into units when the price is next set. If you make your order in the afternoon, this could therefore be the next business day. Once the transaction is completed, you will be sent a contract note. You should hang on to this.
Once your money is in the trust, it is held by the fund's trustee for your benefit. Technically speaking, the trustee employs the management company to manage the fund according to its objectives. It is the responsibility of the trustee to ensure that this is done correctly. In the case of an OEIC, the trustee is called a "depositary", but the effect is basically the same.
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Can We Talk?
Posted on by Ruth Abrams
I was very happy to see a report on Beliefnet that the US Council of Catholic Bishops apologized to Jewish leaders for "feelings of hurt." This wasn't a fauxpology either. They actually spelled out, "Jewish-Catholic dialogue… has never been, and will never be, used by the Catholic Church as a means of proselytism, nor is it intended as a disguised invitation to baptism."
I blogged about the so-called "clarification" that led to this moment back in the summer. Over 40 years after Vatican II, the US Bishops seemed to be reversing course, last June, on the validity of Judaism as a separate religion–and more importantly, to view interfaith dialogue as a chance to "invite the dialogue partner to baptism."
In this apology the Bishops acknowledge what ought to be obvious to everyone–Jews and Catholics have a very different perspective on proselytizing. Jews don't find welcome in proselytizing and we don't have a tradition of proselytizing non-Jews. (I know there are some historical exceptions to this which would be interesting to discuss, but–let's just say no one is going to be ringing the doorbell at your house at random and asking if you want to read the Torah.)
Who knows what made the Council of Bishops think it was a good idea to imply that Catholics ought to proselytize to Jews–even in the context of interfaith dialogue–in their earlier document last June? Whatever the internal political or theological reasons were, now both groups can sit down and discuss it.
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From Ragan:
"I saw an expensive designer 'labyrinth' carpet like this in a catalog years ago and wondered at the time if I could recreate the effect on the cheap by taking electric hair clippers to a piece of ordinary deep pile carpet. Long story short: It works!"
All you need to make the hedge maze area rug are carpet shears, electric trimmers, an X-ACTO knife, a measuring tape, some cheap carpet and some masking tape. Basic instructions are as follows:
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UK To Ban "Preachers Of Hate"
Those Brits are full of good ideas! The United Kingdom's Home Office today announced that "hate preachers" could be banned from entering their land.
Foreign-born "preachers of hate" and other violent extremists will have to prove they have publicly renounced their views or be refused entry to Britain under tough new rules unveiled today.
The measures, set out in a written ministerial statement by Jacqui Smith, the home secretary, will make it easier to exclude those who want to come to the UK to stir up religious or racial hatred.
Obviously "hate" can include homophobia, so Andy over at UK Gay News did a little digging and found that anti-gay preachers, like Fred Phelps, also face British banishment.
Writes Andy:
Those who advocate hatred towards gay men and women WILL face the possibility of being barred from entry into the UK – and would have to prove that they have "renounced their previous extremist views or actions the burden of proof is on them to demonstrate that this is so and that this has been publicly communicated†before removal from the "banned listâ€.
The Home Office also told me that they are expecting many names to be added to the banned list which currently stands at 230 people most of whom are on the list for security reasons. But 79 are there for "unacceptable behavior" … Fred Phelps is thought to already be one of the 79.
Now, if only we Yanks would follow suit!
Now if only they (and we) could band domestic ones…Oct 28, 2008 at 2:08 pm · @Reply ·
LOL I fucking love the shot of underappreciated UK superhero Union Jack.
Censoring them only gives them more support. The best response to hate speech is more speech.
Who decide's what is hateful and what is not? Seems like a scary idea, as much as Fred Phelps and Elizabeth Hasselback are douchbags, free speech is one of the things that makes America great.
PSY – I have mixed feelings on this one – yeah, I don't like the idea of censoring people either, but media deciders need to use some common sense too when they put stuff in front of the public. And if they do put people like Phelps, they need to put the other side and not be weak kneed in their counter questions….often they treat these disgusting snotwads with TOO much respect.
Poor ole Churchill-y can't go back to Mummy in England! Does this include the entire Republican Party?
I don't like this. Who gets to decide what is hate speech? If a religious group gained power they could ban people who spoke ill of them. I guess you are banned from Britain Seitan-on-a-stick since you spew hate about anyone not as liberal as you.
HAHA, I don't have no "Mummy" in the UK but I would surely love to have a Daddy over there :-)
As for more strict rules for hate preachers, it's no secret that I'm a huge proponent of free speech but I do realize that things have gotten so bad in the UK for us that I won't take issue with whatever they decide to address it there.
Also if something good is to come from such drastic actions by the Brits is gonna be that they are going to have to ban all the imams thus reducing their Muslim population and the vast majority of Afro-Caribbean preachers coupled with a healthy those of African ones, thus targeting a huge component of an anti-Gay population that they have allowed to settle in their nation.
So Cheers UK, it's about time!
Stupid f&cking idea. The Brits can't get enough of their nanny state.
PSY and Retrofit71 are on the right track, except that I'll retort that this is UK, not the US. They don't have free anything there, much less speech.
It has been long overdo for them to get those raging Muslim fundamentalist extremists under control over there. Especially the imams.
They have given them such free reign and been so lax with them for so long though, I think it might be too little too late.
I can understand respecting different cultures and not wanting to appear racist. But when your own freedom of speech and safety is threatened, you have trouble on your hands.
Here's another thought – free speech is great, but if someone gets hurt, the free speecher is supposed to be responsible for their words.
In other words, "homosexuality is against my religion" is fine; "The Bible says queers are supposed to be stoned to death" is not.
Here's another thought – free speech is great, but if someone gets hurt, the free speecher is supposed to be responsible for their words.
In other words, "homosexuality is against my religion" is fine; "The Bible says queers are supposed to be stoned to death" may not be.
The hate speech laws in the UK, however limited, are still a big advance over the total lack of federal hate speech and hate crimes legislation in the US. We lack them because the Democrats ditched the Matthew Shepard hate crimes bill and they don't want hate speech laws because then Obama would have to shut his mouth about "god's in the mix.â€
Hate speech laws are as much needed in England as they are here. England has plenty of bigots, most of them Europeans who various despise and persecute 'wogs', muslims, GLBT folks, Africans, Asians and even other Europeans like the Irish. They have an openly bigoted state religion and many English parties like the Conservatives (Tories), the UKIP, the skinhead scum of the BNP and their cousins in the DUP in occupied Ireland harbor large numbers of bigots.
And it affects Labour too, which has a homophobic and islamophobic attitude towards GLBT refugees from the islamist murderers in Iraq and Iran.
I hope these provisions will be applied full force to bigoted scum like Beenie Man, Buju Banton, and Sizzla, representatives of the violent christian bigotry that claimed so many LGBT lives in Jamaica. Any decent government would ban them and sales of their 'music' and issue warrants for their arrest as co-conspirators every time one of us is murdered. Just as they should be applied with full force against the anti-GLBT, anti-black, anti-muslim Eurochrisits.
It's ridiculous. I can't take the name calling. boo f—ing hoo. actively calling for someone to be killed, should not be allowed. Unfortunately I doubt these rules will apply to everyone. It will be used to target christian churches and muslims will get a pass.
Stupid f&cking idea. The Brits can't get enough of their nanny state.
We've got extremist preachers in mosques over here in the UK who are spewing out all sorts of shit, it is not a good situation.
Nanny state? What's the alternative? Let these people run rampant in our country, inciting violence and hatred?
To answer your question, Steff, yes. Let them talk shit all they want. Their freedom is more important than how you or I feel. Now if they were to attack you, then consequences must be dealt out. The freedom of speech is an all or nothing proposition, for who gets to decide what is hateful and vile? Here in America, gays are STILL linked to child molestation every time a bible-thumper gets warmed up. There are still more of them than us. How quickly can they ban "immorality?"
The Supreme Court of the United States would certainly disagree that free speech is "all or nothing."
Among the most obvious restrictions on speech approved by the high court are the prohibitions against active duty military engaging in public criticism of civilian leaders (including the President, Vice-President, Secretary of Defense, and Speaker of the House). If an army general went on CNN and called Nancy Pelosi a "bitch," he or she could concievably go to jail. That's why smart military officers generally don't talk politics until after they've retired. A lot of people attribute it to cowardice. But they're merely protecting themselves from prosecution.
"media deciders need to use some common sense too when they put stuff in front of the public"
Absolutely, and that's up for media deciders (and their audiences, which they rely on) to decide, not the government.
I'll leave you with this quote:
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
—Eleanor Holmes Norton
Okay, but considering the words that these people are preaching are causing the younger generations in this country to go out and attack, stab and kill it still doesn't seem right that we should just allow them access to the country for the sake of free speech.
By all means these people can talk all they like about what they think of anyone or anything, but they don't have to encourage violence.
Admittedly, the British government is probably going to balls it up and go about it completely wrong, ie. Fred Phelps, if he is on the list, doesn't incite violence, just a slight feeling of nausea.
Enough state control. Enough PC industry.Free speech should prevail. Better to hear the anti-gay nonsense and refute it, ignorant point by ignorant point. And in turn we should be free, without the risk of criminal prosecution, to speak of real matters of anger in contemporary Britain – and which cannot be refuted: drug and gun crime initiated by jamaicans; somali so-called refugees, who are in fact ex-warlords, claiming multiple benefits for themselves and their huge families; fatherless afro-caribbean teenage males terrorising the streets with their knives; a police recruitment policy which bends over backwards to recruit effnik officers – who then bad-mouth the police force; the babel of central London schools with 23 "home languages"; the reintroduction of tuberculosis into the UK by third world immigrants; the vilification and firing last year of a bright(and very cute!)Manchester police officer for his honesty in saying "Racial profiling is just intelligent practical policing". Let's claim the freedom to speak the truth!
Hate speech laws and regulations should be aimed specifically at bigots who use hate speech to endanger GLBT folks, women, trade unionists and people form Asian, Middle Eastern, Caribbean and African communities in England. Cult leaders of the christist and islamist cults should not be exempt form prosecution. If hate speech leads to hate crimes these bigots should be prosecuted as accessories and accomplices of the criminals who did the violence.
These kinds of laws are too important to leave in the timid hands of protectors of the status quo, which is racism and homophobia. The police and the Crown Prosecution Service cannot be counted on to act boldly and competently in cases involving racists and homophobes.
Fair enforcement requires the creation of an enforcement committee with powers to arrest, detain, and prosecute under the normal guidelines but composed solely of elected representatives of unions, minority communities and the GLBT communities. Membership in skinhead groups like the BNP and the DUP or persons who play a leading role in cults should be excluded.
Freedom of speech is wasted on bigots, racists and other scum when it leads to hate crimes.
@ Steff; As loud as I may shout, I can never hurt you with my voice. You could argue that I can spread vicious lies about you to damage your reputation, but in the end, the only people who would believe me would be people who didn't know you. (Plus I'm a lousy liar.) It may incite someone to harm you. That is true, but I feel that the restriction is too much of a slippery slope. You said that you think that the lawmakers will mess the law up. I say that there will be a lot of underhanded measures taken to get not-so-nice things included in the law. It is an excuse to discriminate, no matter how pretty they dress it up.
@ John, I am aware of the law that you are talking about, but it is a poor example. They are forbidden to malign higher ranks while in uniform. An officer can say whatever he wants while not in uniform, making it very clear that he is speaking as a private citizen. Of course, that may be the beginning of the end of his career, because officers depend on his superiors for promotion.
A better example would be that it is illegal yell "Fire" in a crowded movie theater. That is something that will cause immediate harm to people. I think that that is where the line should be drawn at.
Suppressing what other people have to say because you don't like it is a step into fascism. You are not the master of other people. Your truth is not their truth. Imagine a wacky cult that tries, nicely, to convert you. They are convinced that they are speaking the truth. They are trying to save you from their hell. Do you need to tell them that they are wrong or can you counter their arguments with your own? Which is the better path? Does that change when they get nasty? Why?
Being from the UK, I am actually extremely pleased about this. Free speach is VERY important in my list of morals that I live my life by, but I have had enough of people who preach hatred and call it "free speach", such as Abu Hamza.
I think it's fair enough if people from the US don't agree with what has been done over here in terms of banning these people from entry, but if you live here, and actually see people preaching hatred towards different religions/people of different nationalities, you'd think this is an excellent idea.
Going into London and seeing it with your own eyes opens up your mind. I do like the way people are expressing their opinions, as long as they have an open mind and are willing to let others voice theirs.
PSY – I didn't say censor anyone. What I said when you quoted me about the "media deciders" – think about this:
Everyday hundreds of stories pour into TV & print newsrooms and they DECIDE what they are going to put on. They DECIDE HOW to present it and they DECIDE how much time to give it. Despite people telling pollsters one thing and doing another OFTEN (but not always) do you really think the public wanted to hear about Monica & Bill's BJ almost all day everyday for a year? What I'm driving at is the media can CREATE interest.
Yet I almost never hear about anything really radical on the news – such as groups who fight for fairer taxation or tougher regulations on corporations….
Still, my main point is the reporters do not ask the tough questions back – they tiptoe around things. I'll give you a great example – a very popular minister gives rallies around the country saying some absolutely vile things. The newspaper says "allegedly", "reportedly" etc. yet it is on tape and there are thousands of witnesses. I called and spoke to the reporter who wrote the story. I asked why all the kid gloves and dancing around instead of coming right out and quoting him. The reporter said because he has so many fervent followers and they would jam up our phone lines and emails.
Conclusion: the news is not always fearless, objective or immune to the agenda of the parent company – and the list goes on and on.
So whats wrong with me advocating a little more discretion in what is presented?
Proposals on banning the public expression of one point of view or another are very short sighted. Let's say that the door is opened and those you disagree with are silenced. What happens in 10 years when someone else bans the public expression of what your point of view? The freedom to air your opinion, regardless of how offensive it might be, is a fundamental right here in the US (recognized by the government–not granted by the government). Also, while I disagree with you, I'm going to stand up for your right to air the opinion that other's opinions ought to be banned.


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Skip to comments.ANNOUNCING...FREE REPUBLIC SECOND AMENDMENT TASK FORCE! (Now it's official!)
Posted on 02/07/2002 1:31:28 AM PST by Mercuria
In a modern world where people can be educated of events at a moment's notice, those committed to the cause of preserving our Constitutional rights have good reason to be concerned. Even with the convenience of instantaneous information and a wealth of resources available at the click of a button to those who wish to educate and be educated as to the truth, such wonders of today can be exploited by those who have a great and driven passion to persuade, and in some cases bully, the citizens of our nation to deprive themselves of their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.
Despite the fact that history presents our Founding Fathers as firmly behind the concept of an armed populace to keep society polite and government honest, there are in existence organizations and government officials who have waited for such a disaster such as occurred on September 11, 2001 in our nation to put forth blatantly skewed information about our Constitutional right of gun ownership in order to instill in American citizens the fear of freedom, with the help of a media that overwhelming supports gun control and who have no shame about using their access to millions to propagandize against our God-given right of self-protection.
Because of the overwhelming push to move our country towards civilian disarmament, it is necessary for those who support the Second Amendment to become more visible and active than ever before. To this end, the Free Republic Second Amendment Task Force was created.
Our mission:
1. Coordinate a team of activists to provide information and updates as to the strength - or weakness - of our Second Amendment freedoms throughout the nation.
2. Research statistics from both sides of the Second Amendment debate for analysis and comparison.
3. Provide education as to the unique power the Second Amendment gives the citizens of America versus government control.
4. Take action to display to the public and our government officials our knowledge of our Constitutional right of self preservation and our willingness to defend this right (via communication campaigns, rallying, public debate, etc.).
Our long-term objectives:
1. Influence those in our government to reject gun control laws, and to restore those Second Amendment rights that have been un-Constitutionally and therefore illegitimately taken away from us.
2. Persuade Americans as to the wisdom of the Founding Fathers' recognition of our rights of self-preservation through the Second Amendment.
3. Expose the bias and lies of anti-Second Amendment organizations and other organizations that support them.
We at Free Republic Second Amendment Task Force hope to encourage many citizens who hold our right to keep and bear arms dear to join us in our mission, with a focus on teamwork and the preservation and restoration of our Second Amendment rights.
Free Republic Second Amendment Task Force could well be the glue to bind us together closer here in our common mission to keep - and restore - those rights that have been brazenly stolen from us.
Let's make this a positive and successful experiment in FR TEAMWORK...and let the FRSATF start-up team (HangFire, lowbridge, SUSSA, and yours truly) know how you wish contribute to Free Republic Network's step forward in Second Amendment activism!
How 'bout a BUMP of support, brothers and sisters?
You guys are the BEST!
Any time? :-)
1) At every appearance at the meeting of some legislative agency, bring women who are either victims of violent crimes that the police and courts failed to protect - or, better still, women whose "protective orders" were worthless against stalkers.
2) Challenge any middle-class sucker mom talking about "child gun deaths" to name the last time any kid under 18 on her street was shot.
This strategy will drive antigun nuts up a wall.
Scandals of antigun politicians - from Kalifornia to Manhattan!
like 1 and 10?
I will look in my bucket of skills and knowledge and decide how I can best contribute to the effort.
You'll shoot your eye out kid!
The look you get is priceless! Let me know if I can help. I can also edit.
Hey, it works for the socialists. Besides which, if one is a member of BOTH, how does it divide effort??? Methinks it actually MULTIPLIES EFFECT.
Oh, they're welcome to join us! :-)
Well, okay; any product of the liberal mindset.
I don't have the time to do it myself, but perhaps we can figure a way to do so with Free Republic. This would be a great thing to pioneer on the web. I am sure that all the original materials are available in files. I will ask some questions.
For you, anytime.
Semper Fi!
...the cause is the same; only the names have been changed, to promote the ideal. ;^)
1. Letters to the Editor. It's the easiest thing to do. I've been printed several times, and it's the 2nd most read part of the paper besides the sports section.
2. Call our reps(NOT EMAIL).
3. Think local. Everyone thinks national, and there are times to do that, but most of the action takes place in Lansing and Sacremento. The city councils, mayors, county commish, and like are important as well. I wouldn't vote for an Anti Self Defense candidate for dogcatcher. Today's dogcatcher is tomorrow's state rep. School board is the most overlooked and one of the most important.
4. Join your state Pro-2a orgs like MCRGO, TSRA, etc.
In the long run, I'd like to see
1. Form a PAC and Pick 10 federal tough races(congress or senate) and 50 tough state(one in each state to be fair to freepers in those states if there is a tough race there) and local races and we can jump in and donate to. State Rep, State Senate, etc. Money goes further at the local level because of less TV time.
2. The reserecction of the 2nd Amendment Law Library, the best pro-2a site on the web IMO.
Sign me up.
1. Join the Free Republic Network at www.freerepublic.net
2. Tell Mercuria what your Network ID is, so she can add you to the Second Amendment Task Force.
3. Then when you sign onto the Network site as a member, you can select the Task Force from the 'Destinations' tab to see what's going on and join the discussion.
"We are the law of this airport, and you are not going to fly with this weapon."
- Transit police officer as I, perfectly legally, declared an unloaded pistol as checked-in luggage.
The right to self-defense is God-given, and therefore inalienable...and the defense of the weak and helpless is our duty as Christians and as Americans.
Anything I can do, let me know.
We can never have enough people working to protect our Second Amendment Rights. You can sign me up, of course.
Eagles up!
If anyone is interested in starting a chapter, either by locality or by issue, please contact me.
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When Nerlens Noel started to fall down team's draft boards last Thursday night, many experts speculated it had to do with his injured ACL.
That might not be the whole story.
In addition to questions about Noel's health, reports continue to surface about the crowd that Noel chooses to surround himself with.
It seems that Noel built a bad reputation around the league during his workouts prior to the draft. Here are some details from a podcast between ESPN's Bill Simmons and Ryen Russillo, as explained by The Big Lead.
"The major red flag concerning Nerlens may be the people he's surrounding himself with. Simmons and Russillo discussed Nerlens' "handlers," and how they are making things difficult for teams to get information about him. Apparently, it is very hard to get in touch with Noel, who just hired agents on Thursday. Russillo says that Worldwide Wes AND Lebron James' agent Rich Paul tried to get in touch with Nerlens, but Nerlens' crew "blew them off." They also blew off one agent six times in a row before finally meeting with him"
On the podcast, Simmons and Russillo speculated that Noel would fall on draft day due to the concerns- something that surprised everyone when it eventually did happen. The details also backs up reports on draft night that teams had little-to-no concerns about Noel's health.
Russillo goes on to call the people Noel surrounds himself with "epically bad dudes" and says Noel's crowd is a story that is begging to be written.
Patrick Rishe of Forbes Magazine suggests that the recent Aaron Hernandez story could have had an impact on Noel, as teams are more careful then ever when it comes to drafting players who hang with questionable crowds. While that might be a bit of a stretch, it certainly speaks to the level of caution teams have right now when it comes to possible off-the-field issues.
Should the crowd Noel surrounds himself with be a concern?
Noel blowing off meetings isn't a huge deal, but if true, it does speak to a certain degree about his maturity. Not showing up for what you would presume are very important meetings is a red flag- choosing an agent, after all, is a huge decision. The fact that Noel is about to have more money then he (presumably) ever has could also become a problem if he truly is hanging out with the wrong people.
By all accounts, Noel has been dedicated to recovering from his injury. This video does a nice job showing how hard he has been working. It's easy for agents who have Noel blew off to spread bad rumors about him to the media. Still, any time you invest both money and a high pick in a player, you need to know they are ready to handle it- especially when you are counting on him to be a cornerstone as you rebuild.
Noel has never been in trouble off the court, and in the public eye, has never given any indication he is any kind of trouble maker.
The red flags and reports about his entourage is something to keep an eye on, however.
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CARNEYS POINT TWP. — Salem Community College becomes smoke- and tobacco-free on Aug. 15.
Smoking and the use of any tobacco products will be prohibited in all buildings, on the grounds and in vehicles on college property.
In addition to the Carneys Point Campus, the ban applies to other SCC facilities — the Salem Center, the Samuel H. Jones Glass Education Center and the Sustainable Energy Center.
The decision comes after a year-long discussion with the SCC President's Council and an analysis of the trend among colleges and universities in New Jersey and nationwide to ban smoking and the use of tobacco products, according to President Peter B. Contini.
Among the state's community colleges, Morris, Bergen, Burlington, Camden and Raritan Valley are smoke-free. Gloucester County College will become smoke-free on Sept. 1.
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As temperatures rise in early May, cool-season bedding plants that have put on such a wonderful display the past few months begin to fade. Even now, you should be noticing the gradual, but inevitable, decline of these plants in your flower gardens. But don't despair; the floral display can continue through the heat of summer by replanting beds with warm-season bedding plants.
Whether in flower beds, containers, hanging baskets or window boxes, bedding plants can quickly and economically help create the colorful landscape that so many gardeners crave. Through careful selection, a gardener can grow bedding plants of just about any color or color combination they can imagine, during any time of the year and on plants that range in height from a few inches to several feet.
Cool and warm
Bedding plants are classified into two groups, based on the temperatures they prefer. Cool-season bedding plants (such as pansies, dianthus, snapdragons, stock and calendulas) do best in the cold to mild temperatures of October through early May.
Warm-season bedding plants (such as torenia, begonia, marigolds and zinnias) grow and flower best in the warm to hot months of April to October. Because they are sensitive to freeze damage, they are planted after the danger of frost is over.
Now is the time to plant warm-season bedding plants into new beds in your landscape, or as you remove cool-season annuals from existing beds.
True annuals are an important group of bedding plants that we use to add color to the landscape. These short-lived plants grow from seed, bloom and die within one growing season. Few true annuals have the stamina to last all the way through our exceptionally long, April-to-October summer growing season.
These 'annuals' last longer
Tender perennials, such as impatiens, periwinkles, blue daze, pentas and begonias, are often grouped with the true annuals. This is because, in most parts of the United States, they only last one season before dying in winter's freezes.
However, these plants do not die after a period of blooming, as do the true annuals. If not for winter freezes, these plants would live and bloom for several years -- and in Louisiana they often do, when winters are mild.
Tender perennials grown as annuals have more stamina in the garden than true annuals. While true annuals may play out before summer's end, tender perennials bloom from late spring until cold weather arrives in November.
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Choose annuals well-suited to the growing conditions where they will be planted. Light is especially important.
For beds that receive at least six to eight hours of sun, choose sun-loving bedding plants.
In beds that receive about two to four hours of morning sun, choose bedding plants that prefer shady conditions.
Even annuals that like part shade to shady locations, however, will generally not perform as well in full shade where they receive no direct sun during the day. Caladiums, planted from tubers or growing plants, are one of the best choices for color in full shade.
Before you go to the nursery, look at the size of the area to be planted, and try to estimate how many plants you will need to buy. On average, bedding plants are spaced about 8 inches apart, but check the tag of the plants you purchase.
Beds will look skimpy when first planted, but plants that are spaced properly should grow to fill the bed. Keep a record of how many plants are used in a bed from one season to the next to make this process simpler.
Bed preparation is key
Prepare beds carefully before putting in the summer bedding plants. A common mistake is to remove faded plants, halfheartedly turn the soil and then plant the new plants.
It takes a lot out of the soil in our flower beds to produce vigorous plants and abundant flowers, and we must give back to the soil if we expect each new planting of bedding plants to do their best.
First, remove any weeds or other unwanted plants from the bed. Next, turn the soil to a depth of about 8 inches. Spread a 2- to 4-inch layer of compost, rotted leaves, aged manure, composted finely ground pine bark or peat moss over the bed, and then evenly sprinkle a light application of an all-purpose fertilizer.
Thoroughly blend the organic matter and fertilizer into the bed, rake smooth, and you're ready to plant.
Make sure you plant the transplants into the bed no deeper than they were growing in their original container, and space them properly. Bedding plants generally look best, and the beds will fill in better, when the rows are staggered.
Lay out the first row of plants, spaced properly. The second row is laid behind the first row at the appropriate spacing from it, but the plants are placed between the plants of the first row so that they form triangles with those plants.
Once the bed is planted, mulch and thoroughly water the plants. I like to use a hose-end fertilizer applicator, and water with a fertilizer solution to get the plants off to a good start.
Newly planted bedding plants do not have well-established root systems, and should be watered thoroughly every few days, or as needed, if the weather is dry the first few weeks after planting.
Beds of beautiful flowers are not low-maintenance. As you decide where to plant beds -- and how large and how many -- keep in mind that they will need regular care through the summer.
For sun to part-sun: Abelmoschus, alternanthera, amaranthus, angelonia*, baby's breath euphorbia, balsam, blue daze*, celosia, cleome, coleus*, coreopsis, cosmos (cosmos sulphureus), Dahlberg daisy, dusty miller*, gaillardia, gomphrena, lantana*, marigold, melampodium, narrow-leaf zinnia, ornamental pepper*, ornamental sweet potato*, periwinkle*, pentas*, portulaca, purslane*, rudbeckia, salvia*, scaevola*, sunflower, tithonia, torenia, perennial verbena*, zinnia.
For part-shade to shade: Balsam, begonia*, browallia*, caladium (perennial tuber), cleome, coleus*, impatiens*, pentas*, salvia*, torenia.
Plants marked * are tender perennials.
Last year, I noticed the yellowing and brown spotting of some of the leaves on my Sunny Knock Out roses. I thought our extreme temperatures and stress were the culprits. But, again this year, the same thing is happening. Can you diagnose and suggest what to use? For some reason I thought Knock Out roses were virtually disease-free.
Also, a few of my day lilies are showing rust spots on the foliage. Should I dig them and discard?
The yellow leaves are likely the result of black spot disease. Knock Out roses, in general, are quite resistant (not immune) to black spot disease. During wet weather conditions, however, even resistant plants can be attacked to some degree. That's what's happening now to your Sunny Knock Out roses. Still, there is no need to spray. The rose will get over this disease on its own without your intervention and will look better eventually.
Blame the wet spring for the bad outbreak of day lily rust this year as well. Day lily rust was first reported in the Southeastern United States in 2000 and has spread rapidly to many states, including Louisiana. The disease causes the foliage to yellow and brown. Turning an infected leaf over, you will see orange, raised spots. The rusty orange spores will rub off on your finger.
Susceptibility of day lily cultivars to this disease varies: Some are very susceptible, and others seem fairly resistant. Gardeners may choose to eliminate the cultivars that show the worst symptoms and retain those that don't seem to be bothered as much by the disease.
Should a gardener decide to treat the disease, the infected plant should be cut within an inch of the ground, and it and all the plants around it should be sprayed regularly with a fungicide. Recommended fungicides include mancozeb (Dithane, Fore), chlorothalonil (Daconil), azoxystrobin (Heritage), propiconizol (Banner Maxx) and triadimefon. Application may need to be repeated as often as every seven to 14 days; follow product label instructions.
As most of us will not want to cut our day lilies back just as they are blooming, or to spray constantly, it is likely that the solution to this problem will be to eliminate highly susceptible varieties and use existing cultivars that are resistant to the disease, as well as to develop new, resistant cultivars. More information on day lily rust can be found at www.daylilies.org/ahs_dictionary/daylily_rust.html.
We have a few citrus trees, and one of the orange trees has leaves that are beginning to turn yellow. It is loaded with fruit. Is there anything you can tell us to do, with just this little information? Thanks.
Ed and Jeanie Guynes
It might be because of all of this rain we are having. Wet soils make the roots unhappy, and that leads to the symptoms you are seeing in the foliage and canopy of the tree. There is nothing you can do for this. Trees usually recover, unless root rot sets in.
Dan Gill is extension horticulturist with the LSU AgCenter.
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Speaking as the new owner/developer of Mori, please explain how you consider it to be ruined?
The versions you indicated had problems with old Mori notebooks on Leopard, not new ones. In addition, 1.6.7 was released the day after you posted that criticism and fixed the issue (1.6.6 was released on 2007-11-20, you complained on 11-21, and 1.6.7 was released on 11-22, which was Thanksgiving Day here in the U.S.), and I just released Mori 1.6.9, so updates and bugfixes are still coming along, thank you very much!
Incidentally, people who complain on other websites about these issues don't see them get fixed because I don't see them until much later. I support users who report issues on the Apokalypse website where I have areas for bug fixes, feature requests, and user community fora (http://apokalypsesoftware.com/products/project/mori).
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City council has commissioned a report to determine what it will take to free up $55,000 to help pay for a feasibility study that will aim to further research the idea of seeing a university placed in Cornwall.
Local business people including Gerry Benson, and Tom and Gail Kaneb were before city council Monday night, lobbying for the money which will be used for the research phase of the project at a cost of $75,000.
They are part of a steering committee that is also lobbying the provincial government to agree to sanction the creation of a university in the city.
"Every kid deserves a chance to be all he or she can be," said Gail Kaneb.
Council has sent the request to administrators for a report.
Coun. Glen Grant suggested there is support for providing some kind of financial contribution to the project.
"I haven't heard one person around this table speak negatively of it," said Grant, but he added there is some skepticism in the community about how successful the plan will ultimately be. "We have to start winning over people in our community. There are a lot of cynical people in our community when it comes to a university."
And there is also some question about whether the city can afford the request.
Coun. Denis Thibault suggested splitting the $75,000 feasibility study bill among Akwesasne ($15,000), the city ($30,000) and the United Counties ($30,000).
Coun. Andre Rivette was supportive of that idea.
"If we're going to be partners, we have to be partners all around," he said, adding the city economic development department should look to find the municipal share.
The steering committee is currently asking for $20,000 total from the counties and Akwesasne.
Gail Kaneb said if the city can't support the request, it's unlikely the steering committee can proceed given that Queen's Park has suggested local political will needs to be evident.
The province has indicated it plans on creating a handful of universities in Ontario.
Mayor Bob Kilger said the city has little choice.
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.100 ˝ thick tread brite aluminum construction with welded seams—no spot welding.
- Holds either metric or S.A.E. tools
- Lid secures tools in position when closed
- Locking latch secures tools from unauthorized use
- Lock cylinder has double-cut keys for easier locking and unlocking
- Weather stripping creates a tight seal against dust and moisture
- Gas spring raises lid when unlatched for easy tool access
- Sturdy side handles make moving easy
- Tool inventory at a glance
- Limited 5-Year Warranty
- Holds either metric or S.A.E. tools
- Lid secures tools in position when closed
- Locking latch secures tools from unauthorized use
- Lock cylinder has double-cut keys for easier locking and unlocking
- Weather stripping creates a tight seal against dust and moisture
- Gas spring raises lid when unlatched for easy tool access
- Sturdy side handles make moving easy Tool inventory at a glance
- Tools not included
- 30" L x 18.25" H x 15.25" W
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SKU 75470034 Model ME300AL Weight 75.0000 Color No size No Width No In Store Only No Price $349.99
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Rural King provides a defect or damage warranty within 30 days of receipt. All Manufacturing Return Policies Supersede Rural King's Return Policy.
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- great box Review by mike
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Its a lot easier than jumping up on the flat bed and draging out boxes of tools every time u need to work on something
(Posted on 1/6/2016)
- Good Review by Paul
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Rural King worked with us in returning this item even though it was ordered via Internet. I will use them again when the need arises.
(Posted on 1/12/2015)
- Good product and it was shipped quickly. Review by Dave Ammons
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Boxes were shipped quickly and arrived in good shaped. We appreciate your service.
(Posted on 8/6/2014)
- Would highly recomend Review by Glenn
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Best road box I have ever used! . I keep it on a tool cart when in the shop , when a road call comes in I grab the heavy duty handles and toss it in the truck and go! . All the sockets stay on the pegs ! And organized. Been in rain and tool were dry. Only complaint is getting the sticker off the front, without scraping the box.
(Posted on 12/17/2013)
- Better than a 5 Gallon Bucket Review by Scott G
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This is perfect for the way I work. Every tool in one spot. Drawer organizers were just no cutting it. This will actually get me organized. I bought it on sale so I can not argue about the price. Good layout and promptly shipped. I've kept tools in 5 gallon buckets to keep them handy and with this I'll find new uses for my buckets.
(Posted on 3/10/2013)
- Excellent box Review by Mike
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Fast deliver good price.
(Posted on 3/5/2013)
- very satisfied Review by Jim
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An excellent product in every way. Construction is well thought out and of the highest materials. Every one who looks at it is very impressed. I am not using it as a mobile device even though it was designed for that. Since I do not have a need to lock it I am using it without the lid. I wish it was offered that way for a little less money.
(Posted on 11/5/2012)
- Well built, well used space, easy to use toolbox, Fast service Review by Operating Engineer , owner / operator , Milwaukee
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These last two boxes are built in china, they used to be MADE IN USA, The service @ RuralKing is fast & the staff seems to care. The toolbox would be better off if shipped with the lifting handles off, the cardboard has a tough time dealing with protruding handles. I have had many people comment on the A-1 layout of this toolbox. I would buy it again from RuralKing, very good service & best price too !
(Posted on 10/19/2012)
- Great product and price Review by Margaret
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My husband wanted one of these tool boxes for years, and finally decided it was time to purchase. RuralKing.com had the BEST prices compared to anyone else by a mile. We are very happy with the purchase because the product is spectacular. He's never enjoyed a toolbox more and it has kept his tools orderly and convienent. He doesn't have to search or dig for that certain screwdriver or socket anymore! Great!
(Posted on 9/25/2012)
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Product QuestionsWhat is the width / length / height. Also do you have a better visual of the inside of the box so I can
get a better idea of what all can be put in the box. Also dis their a place in the Ft. Worth Texas area
that a person can go look and possible purchase one. ThanksQuestion by: Randy Martin on Nov 8, 2014 9:26:37 AMHello Randy,
The length is 30.6 inches by 15.6 inches wide and 18.3 inches tall. I just emailed you two photos of this toolbox in Black and one in Sliver. No, we do not have a store in Texas for you to take a look at. Thank you for contacting Rural King.com
Answer by: D.J. (Admin) on Nov 8, 2014 9:26:37 AM