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Partial shade means that an area receives filtered light, often through tall branches of an open growing tree. Root competition is usually less. Partial shade can also be achieved by locating a plant beneath an arbor or lathe-like structure. Shadier sides of a building are normally the northern or northeastern sides. These sides also tend to be a little cooler. It is not uncommon for plants that can tolerate full sun or some sun in cooler climates to require some shade in warmer climates due to stress placed on the plant from reduced moisture and excessive heat. Conditions : Full to Partial Sun Full sunlight is needed for many plants to assume their full potential. Many of these plants will do fine with a little less sunlight, although they may not flower as heavily or their foliage as vibrant. Areas on the southern and western sides of buildings usually are the sunniest. The only exception is when houses or buildings are so close together, shadows are cast from neighboring properties. Full sun usually means 6 or more hours of direct unobstructed sunlight on a sunny day. Partial sun receives less than 6 hours of sun, but more than 3 hours. Plants able to take full sun in some climates may only be able to tolerate part sun in other climates. Know the culture of the plant before you buy and plant it!
* The key to watering is water deeply and less frequently. When watering, water
well, i.e. provide enough water to thoroughly saturate the root ball. With
in-ground plants, this means thoroughly soaking the soil until water has
penetrated to a depth of 6 to 7 inches (1' being better). With container grown plants, apply enough water to allow water to flow through the drainage holes.
* Try to water plants early in the day or later in the afternoon to conserve
water and cut down on plant stress. Do water early enough so that water has
had a chance to dry from plant leaves prior to night fall. This is paramount
if you have had fungus problems.
* Don't wait to water until plants wilt. Although some plants will recover from this,
all plants will die if they wilt too much (when they reach the permanent
wilting point).
* Consider water conservation methods such as drip irrigation, mulching, and
xeriscaping. Drip systems which slowly drip moisture directly on the root
system can be purchased at your local home and garden center. Mulches can significantly cool the root zone
and conserve moisture.
* Consider adding water-saving gels to the root zone which will hold a reserve
of water for the plant. These can make a world of difference especially under
stressful conditions. Be certain to follow label directions for their use.
Pruning deciduous shrubs can be divided into 4 groups: Those that
require minimal pruning (take out only dead, diseased, damaged, or
crossed branches, can be done in early spring.); spring pruning
(encourages vigorous, new growth which produces summer flowers - in other words,
flowers appear on new wood); summer pruning after flower (after
flowering, cut back shoots, and take out some of the old growth, down to the
ground); suckering habit pruning (flowers appear on wood from previous
year. Cut back flowered stems by 1/2, to strong growing new shoots and remove
1/2 of the flowered stems a couple of inches from the ground) Always remove dead, damaged or diseased wood first, no matter what type of pruning you are doing.
Examples: Minimal: Amelanchier, Aronia, Chimonanthus, Clethra, Cornus alternifolia, Daphne, Fothergilla, Hamamelis, Poncirus, Viburnum. Spring: Abelia, Buddleia, Datura, Fuchsia, Hibiscus, Hypericum, Perovskia, Spirea douglasii/japonica, Tamarix. Summer after flower: Buddleia alternifolia, Calycanthus, Chaenomeles, Corylus, Cotoneaster, Deutzia, Forsythia, Magnolia x soulangeana/stellata, Philadelphus, Rhododendron sp., Ribes, Spirea x arguta/prunifolia/thunbergii, Syringa, Weigela. Suckering: Kerria How-to : Planting Shrubs Dig a hole twice the size of the root ball and deep enough to plant at the
same level the shrub was in the container. If soil is poor, dig hole even wider
and fill with a mixture half original soil and half compost or soil
Carefully remove shrub from container and gently separate roots. Position in center of hole, best side facing forward. Fill in with original soil or an amended mixture if needed as described above. For larger shrubs, build a water well. Finish by mulching and watering well.
If the plant is balled-and-burlapped, remove fasteners and fold back the top of natural burlap, tucking it down into hole, after you've positioned shrub. Make sure that all burlap is buried so that it won't wick water away from rootball during hot, dry periods. If synthetic burlap, remove if possible. If not possible, cut away or make slits to allow for roots to develop into the new soil. For larger shrubs, build a water well.
Finish by mulching and watering well.
If shrub is bare-root, look for a discoloration somewhere near the base; this mark is likely where the soil line was. If soil is too sandy or too clayey, add organic matter. This will help with both drainage and water holding capacity. Fill soil, firming just enough to support shrub. Finish by mulching and watering well.
Prevention and Control: If possible, select resistant varieties. Keep nitrogen-heavy fertilizers to a minimum as well as
over-irrigating as they encourage lush growth. Practice crop rotation and prune out or better yet remove infected plants. Pest : Mealybugs Small, wingless, dull-white, soft-bodied insects that produce a waxy powdery covering. They have piercing/sucking mouth parts that suck the sap out of plant tissue. Mealybugs often look like small pieces of cotton and they tend to congregate where leaves and stems branch. They attack a wide range of plants. The young tend to move around until they find a suitable feeding spot, then they hang out in colonies and feed. Mealybugs can weaken a plant leading to yellow foliage and leaf drop. They also produce a sweet substance called honeydew (coveted by ants) which can lead to an unattractive black surface fungal growth called sooty mold.
Prevention and Control: Isolate infested plants from those that are not. Consult your local garden center professional or the Cooperative Extension office in your county for a legal insecticide/chemical recommendation. Encourage natural enemies such as lady beetles in the garden to help reduce population levels of mealy bugs. Pest : Whiteflies Whiteflies are small, winged insects that look like tiny moths, which attack many types of plants. The flying adult stage prefers the underside of leaves to feed and breed. Whiteflies can multiply quickly as a female can lay up to 500 eggs in a life span of 2 months. If a plant is infested with whiteflies, you will see a cloud of fleeing insects when the plant is disturbed. Whiteflies can weaken a plant, eventually leading to plant death if they are not checked. They can transmit many harmful plant viruses. They also produce a sweet substance called honeydew (coveted by ants) which can lead to an unattractive black surface fungal growth called sooty mold.
Possible controls: keep weeds down; use screening in windows to keep them out; remove infested plants away from non-infested plants; use a reflective mulch (aluminum foil) under plants (this repels whiteflies); trap with yellow sticky cards, apply labeled pesticides; encourage natural enemies such as parasitic wasps in the garden; and sometimes a good steady shower of water will wash them off the plant. Pest : Aphids Aphids are small, soft-bodied, slow-moving insects that suck fluids from plants. Aphids come in many colors, ranging from green to brown to black, and they may have wings. They attack a wide range of plant species causing stunting, deformed leaves and buds. They can transmit harmful plant viruses with their piercing/sucking mouthparts. Aphids, generally, are merely a nuisance, since it takes many of them to cause serious plant damage. However aphids do produce a sweet substance called honeydew (coveted by ants) which can lead to an unattractive black surface growth called sooty mold.
Aphids can increase quickly in numbers and each female can produce up to 250 live nymphs in the course of a month without mating. Aphids often appear when the environment changes - spring & fall. They're often massed at the tips of branches feeding on succulent tissue. Aphids are attracted to the color yellow and will often hitchhike on yellow clothing.
Prevention and Control: Keep weeds to an absolute minimum, especially around desirable plants. On edibles, wash off infected area of plant. Lady bugs and lacewings will feed on aphids in the garden. There are various products - organic and inorganic - that can be used to control aphids. Seek the recommendation of a professional and follow all label procedures to a tee. Fungi : Rusts Most rusts are host specific and overwinter on leaves, stems and spent flower debris. Rust often appears as small, bright orange, yellow, or brown pustules on the underside of leaves. If touched, it will leave a colored spot of spores on the finger. Caused by fungi and spread by splashing water or rain, rust is worse when weather is moist.
Prevention and Control: Plant resistant varieties and provide maximum air circulation. Clean up all debris, especially around plants that have had a problem. Do not water from overhead and water only during the day so that plants will have enough time to dry before night. Apply a fungicide labeled for rust on your plant. Fungi : Powdery Mildew Powdery Mildew is usually found on plants that do not have enough air circulation or adequate light. Problems are worse where nights are cool and days are warm and humid. The powdery white or gray fungus is usually found on the upper surface of leaves or fruit. Leaves will often turn yellow or brown, curl up, and drop off. New foliage emerges crinkled and distorted. Fruit will be dwarfed and often drops early.
Prevention and Control: Plant resistant varieties and space plants properly so they receive adequate light and air circulation. Always water from below, keeping water off the foliage. This is paramount for roses. Go easy on the nitrogen fertilizer. Apply fungicides according to label directions before problem becomes severe and follow directions exactly, not missing any required treatments. Sanitation is a must - clean up and remove all leaves, flowers, or debris in the fall and destroy. Pest : Caterpillars Caterpillars are the immature form of moths and butterflies. They are voracious feeders attacking a wide variety of plants. They can be highly destructive and are characterized as leaf feeders, stem borers, leaf rollers, cutworms and tent-formers.
Prevention and Control: keep weeds down, scout individual plants and remove caterpillars, apply labeled insecticides such as soaps and oils, take advantage of natural enemies such as parasitic wasps in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis (biological warfare) for some caterpillar species. Diseases : Pythium and Phytophtora Root Rot Rot Rot, Pythium or Phytophthora occurs when soil
moisture levels are excessively high and fungal spores present in the soil, come
in contact with the susceptible plant. The base of stems discolor and shrink,
and leaves further up the stalk wilt and die. Leaves near base are affected
first. The roots will turn black and rot or break. This fungi can be introduced
by using unsterilized soil mix or contaminated water.
Prevention and Control Remove affected plants and their roots, and discard surrounding soil. Replace with plants that are not susceptible, and only use fresh, sterilized soil mix. Hold back on fertilizing too. Try not to
over water plants and make sure that soil is well drained prior to planting.
This fungus is not treatable by chemicals.
Rhizoctonia Root and Stem Rot symptoms look similar to Pythium Root Rot, but the Rhizoctonia fungus seems to thrive in well drained soils. Fungi : Black Spot A known rose disease, Black Spot appears on young leaves as irregular
black circles, often having a yellow halo. Circles or spore colonies may grow
to 1/2 inch in diameter. Leaves will turn yellow and drop off, only to produce
more leaves that will follow the same pattern. Roses may not make it through
the winter if black spot is severe. The fungus will also affect the size and
quality of flowers.
Prevention and Control:Plant resistant varieties for your area. Always water from the ground, never overhead. Practice good sanitation - clean up and destroy debris, especially around plants that have had a problem. When pruning roses, even deadheading, dip pruners in a bleach / water solution after each cut. If a plant seems to have chronic black spot, remove it. A 2-3 inch thick layer of mulch at the base of plant reduces splashing. Do not wait until black spot is a huge problem to control! Start early. Spray with a fungicide labeled for black spot on roses. Pest : Leaf Miners Leaf Miner is actually a term that applies to various larvae (of moths, beetles, and flies) that tunnel between upper and lower leaf surfaces, leaving a distinctive, squiggly pattern. A female adult can lay several hundred eggs inside the leaf which hatch and give rise to miners. Leaf miners attack ornamentals and vegetables.
Prevention and Control: Keep weeds down and scout individual plants for tell-tale squiggles. Pick and destroy these leaves and take advantage of natural enemies such as parasitic wasps. Know the Growing Degree Days (GDD)* for your area to target insecticide sprays when most beneficial for controlling the specific leaf miner. Seek a professional recommendation and follow all label procedures to a tee. *GDD numbers should be available from your local Cooperative Extension office. Pest : Scale Insects Scales are insects, related to mealy bugs, that can be a problem on a wide variety of plants - indoor and outdoor. Young scales crawl until they find a good feeding site. The adult females then lose their legs and remain on a spot protected by its hard shell layer. They appear as bumps, often on the lower sides of leaves. They have piercing mouth parts that suck the sap out of plant tissue. Scales can weaken a plant leading to yellow foliage and leaf drop. They also produce a sweet substance called honeydew (coveted by ants) which can lead to an unattractive black surface fungal growth called sooty mold.
Prevention and Control: Once established they are hard to control. Isolate infested plants away from those that are not infested. Consult your local garden center professional or Cooperative Extension office in your county for a legal recommendation regarding their control. Encourage natural enemies such as parasitic wasps in the garden. Diseases : Blight Blights are cause by fungi or bacteria that kill plant tissue. Symptoms often show up as the
rapid spotting or wilting of foliage. There are many different blights, specific
to various plants, each requiring a varied method of control. Conditions : Chlorosis Entire leaves or area around veins in leaves appear yellow. This is the result of decreased iron uptake from the soil due to higher pH or waterlogged soil. It is important to know the pH requirements of plants. Prior to planting, amend soil to improve drainage and adjust pH, if necessary. Chlorosis is common in plants growing close to concrete or planted in alkaline soils. Treat with
an iron supplement according to label directions.


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New York Times Gives Us Permission To Take Credit For Obama's Win
Who's to thank for Obama winning the election? Why, it's us gays, of course, according to the New York Times.
It's hardly a surprise, given that Obama's been a friend of friends of Dorothy for many years. But our community's vote gave him "the ultimate advantage," according to a UCLA study.
Among LGBs (transgender people were not included), 76% voted for Obama. Romney got an astonishing 22%. And the remaining 2%, we assume, were simply captivated by the idea of a Roseanne Barr presidency.
Assuming we comprise about 5% of the electorate, our preference for the President is nothing to sneeze at.
Some Republicans have seen the writing on the wall and hopped over to our side, at least when it comes to marriage equality. But others are doubling down: A Santorum staffer maintained that opposing marriage equality is a "moral value."
Fortunately, crazy rhetoric like that is making less and less sense every day, as evidenced by voters' rejection of mean-spirited political gay-bashing. We wish Rick Santorum and his staff a long and comfortable retirement in which to reflect on that.
Every 2 or 3 % helps, especially when it's tight.
Well, we were certainly a part of the victory, but the reason? The logic is stupid! Had the Hispanic community not participated as they did, had the black community not participated as they did, had the under 30 community not participated as they did, our votes would not have mattered.
The true community that made the difference: Catholics. In spite of the rabid and seemingly racist calls against the president by the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, more lay Catholics voted for Obama than the lay Catholics voting for Romnuts. And there are many many more Catholics in this country than the LGBT community.
So take that, Bishops, your own people know you are crazy apeshit racists homophobic misognynist pigs.
"Obama's been a friend of friends of Dorothy for many years"—say what? Really? Were you folks asleep at the wheel for the duration of his "evolution" over the last 4 years? Or is it just wishful thinking on your part? Either way, the statement is absurd. You think he's going to assert an executive order making gay marriage the law of the land, but you can take it to the bank that he will not do so. He got our vote, so he now owes us nothing. Wait and watch and see. He's a typical politician with an agenda, and his agenda has nothing to do with us.
I think everyone was on his side, women, gays, latino, black and whites, I mean he won in Iowa and Vermont LOL
Catholica were split at about 50%, I think.
He owes his election to those groups who vote overwhelmingly (as a % of the total for him) – African Americans (90%), Asians (78%), Latinos (70%), Women (60%), under 30 (70%), highly educated (60%), "lowly" educated (60%).
No thanks to Men , Seniors, Caucasians and college grads who all registered at 40% and under.
eat it, goproud/lcr!

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The Revlon Girl(s)
"I did not like him."
-Suzy Parker
As one of the largest advertisers in the fashion
business, Revlon's appetite for beautiful women was insatiable. Just as a great many of
New York's ad men and designers passed through Revlon's mill at one time or another, so
did a great many models. Candice Bergen was at school in Philadelphia when Revlon's Sandy
Buchsbaum "discovered" her and spread her across the pages of Vogue. Barbara
Feldon came rolling out of a rug in a commercial for Chemstrand when Revson happened to be
watching television. She was signed to an exclusive contract. (After three years with
Revlon, she became Get Smart Agent 99.) Mary Bacon was a jockey and, it
turned out later much to Revlon's embarrassment, a Ku Klux Klanswoman before she
became a "Charlie girl." Most models were sent to Revlon by agencies for
specific assignments. Model mogul Wilhelmina herself posed for Revlon. Just four women
Dorian Leigh and her sister Suzy Parker, Barbara Britton and Lauren Hutton
became so closely identified with the company over a period of years that they were, in
effect, "the Revlon girl."
Dorian Leigh, the stunning redhead in the Fire and Ice ad, was already a top
model when she did Fatal Apple, her first Revlon spread, in 1945. From then on
Revson considered her "lucky" and used her in shade promotion after shade
promotion. But he barely knew her while she was "the Revlon girl." "He only
became very very friendly with me," she says, "when I came to Europe and he came
here." In Europe still, running a restaurant she calls Chez Dorian about an hour
outside Paris, she says that in the fifties Revson became "very romantic"
with her but that he didn't get very far. "He was used to buying
everything he wanted," she says, as though writing jacket copy for a pulp novel,
"and in me he met someone he couldn't buy."
Still, there was the weekend in 1959 when she kept inviting him down to her place in
Portofino, letting it be known, according to one of those at lunch, that she was wearing
no bra. (In 1959 that made Ms. Leigh a swinger.) So they were at least, as she says,
"very very friendly."
"When I knew him," she says, "he couldn't make up his mind whether to
really divorce [Ancky]. He didn't want to divorce her until he found something better, you
see?" One candidate who apparently crossed his mind was Dorian herself an
excellent cook, very well spoken, cultivated, glamorous, and beautiful.
"The last time I saw him in Paris, in 1959," she says, "I was
He did have a tendency to overdo. Having become so rich so fast, it would take him a
while to develop a light touch. When Barbara Britton, Revlon spokeswoman, opened on
Broadway in Thee and Me, co-starring Derwood Kirby, Charles sent two enormous, waist-high
vases of roses. "One would really have been more than enough." Ms. Britton can't
help smiling. Particularly as the play closed that same night.
Later, when she and Revlon parted on friendly terms after twelve years, she got not so
much as a thank-you note from Charles. She was no longer important to the business, so
what was the point? "I must admit I was a little bit piqued," she says.
She had, in the early years, been anchoring nine commercials a week: three each on The
$64,000 Question, The $64,000 Challenge, and The Walter Winchell File. Models
would play out the scenes in the ads, but she did all the talking. In her busiest year she
earned $130,000 more than twice what the president of TWA was making. Her work load
diminished after the quiz-show era passed, and when taped commercials replaced live. But
her famous line "If it's the finest of its kind it's by Revlon Revlon
London, Paris and New York' opened The Ed Sullivan Show week after week.
"And now here's the star of our show," she would continue, a gracious
version of jolly Ed McMahon, "Ed Sullivan?'
While Barbara was integrity-grace-and- beauty on television, Suzy Parker was the same,
only with a dollop of elegant come-hither thrown in, in print. Born "Cecilia"
Parker (in 1932), she now lives in California with her husband, actor Bradford Dillman.
She became an even better-known model than her older sister, Dorian. Life magazine
devoted a cover to her in 1957, and no less an authority than The New York Times, in
their obituary of Kay Daly, incorrectly credited her with the Fire and Ice ad.
Charles was wild for Suzy Parker, at least professionally. "They don't make combos
like that anymore," he said of the two sisters. But when B.B.D.&O., the ad
agency, suggested that she be put under exclusive contract a novel concept
at the time he said no. The agency was talking about a lot of money; Charles
wouldn't even throw out a counteroffer. "He thought I should be working for
the sheer joy of working for Revlon," she says. Her $120-an-hour fee might have been
more than fair for most kinds of work, but these Revlon shade promotions involved a
single session, three or four hours, and that was the ad for the season. "So I
finally said screw him," she says. "The next time they wanted me for an ad I
said no thank you. Then the war was on. He hated me. He absolutely hated me. He said, 'I
can't stand the girl's face, I don't want to see it anymore.' Which was okay by me
I had other accounts and I was interested in movies.
"As time went on it became really very funny. They did this particular
Cleopatra ad and shot it with ten or twelve different black-haired girls, at great
expense. It wasn't the photographer's fault; it was just that they couldn't choose the
model. So they had to keep paying Avedon for the pictures. It was a disaster. Finally, at
the last minute, they brought me in and put a black wig on me and they never let Revson
know it was me in the ad. He never realized." (He doubtless realized full well. Out
of pride he may have pretended he didn't.)
Earlier she had done a similar last-minute bailout retake on Stormy Pink. "We
worked at night [double the fee] off Montauk Point, in the ocean, and I had to hold a
stallion. We really did that. It was very dangerous because it was windy and the pebbles
kept rolling out from underneath the horse's feet, and I'm trying to hold him down. We
worked on that for almost six hours in the middle of the night, in the middle of the ocean
[well, not quite], and I was in a chiffon dress. I think the reason I was such a
good model wasn't that I was such a particular beauty or anything, but that I was as
strong as a horse. And that occasion proved it!"
The Revson/Parker relationship was such
that when Time sent a photographer around in 1960, Charles had to pay her to appear
as if it were a modeling session and not a simple publicity shot. (See photo.)
While the photographer was setting up in Revson's office, Parker was dressing in the
ladies' room and putting on her false fingernails. "I wore false ones in all
the ads because I've never had long fingernails," she says. "I had gotten
them all glued on, rather unsatisfactorily, and I was trussing my white mink, and I make
my entrance and everyone says, 'Wow, wow,' and all that and I lose one of the damn
"I'm crawling under the desk and the Time man says, 'What are you
doing?' 'I'm looking for my blinking, bloody fingernail,' I said and Charles turned
absolutely beet-red. 'You mean you wear false fingernails? the photographer asked.
He thought it was a riot. I thought Charles was going to explode with rage, because I
said, 'Of course I do, I always have in all those ads.' At which point Charles
turns to me and says, 'All right, let's change the subject.' He thought I had done it
deliberately . . . and I don't know that I didn't."
And yet, even after he turned her down for the contract she wanted, she kept
doing the ads. "It was my own vanity, I suppose . . . my own challenge that I
could come in after they'd spent all that time and money trying with other girls and in
two or three hours do the ad."
In terms of exclusive contracts, she says, she paved the way for Lauren Hutton.
"But," she adds, laughing, "Lauren should really get her own expression.
She's still using mine."
Mary Laurence "Lauren" Hutton, as practically any red-blooded American knows,
is Ultima II and gets a bit more than $200,000 a year to play the role. Less well
known is that before he signed Lauren, Revson was considering Racquel Welch for a similar
job, presumably at a higher price. He got as far as summoning her then husband, Patrick
Curtis, to a meeting in his office at which he proceeded to tell him, in front of several
others, that Racquel had no taste or at least came off appearing as if she
had no taste and that she didn't know how to dress. He would have to make her over.
Curtis played along, saying he would be willing to allow Charles to buy her a new
wardrobe, and from there they went over to the Waldorf Towers to meet the sex symbol
herself. Whether Charles was unimpressed, the money was too much, or Curtis/Welch nixed
the idea most probably the latter-it went no farther. Had it, Revlon would have
taken on a rather different image from the ones projected around Barbara Britton and
Lauren Hutton.
Contrary to publicity photos, and certainly contrary to rumor, there was nothing
between Lauren Hutton and Charles Revson beyond a friendly mutual respect. She was not
Revson's discovery; she was, she says, just the logical choice: "I was the
only big brand-name model in the country." Nor did she meet him during the five
months of negotiations that led to her exclusive Revlon engagement. It was only at the
signing, in 1973, that they met for the first time and established a rapport.
It was photographer Richard Avedon who had sold Revson on the twenty-eight-year-old
one-time Playboy bunny. And now, for the signing, he was asking her to be on her
best behavior to appear, not in jeans, which was more her off-camera style, but in
"high drag," as she puts it. She complied. She even agreed to wear her
"tooth," the dental falsie that bridges the gap in her smile. She didn't want
to, "because it always creates an artificial situation," but she wore it anyway.
They were all sitting around stiffly she and Avedon, Charles and Paul Woolard,
agents and lawyers having tea. When the crumpets came around, she grabbed one,
completely forgetting about her tooth. Naturally it got caught in a wad of crumpet
and she cracked up. She looked over at Avedon, who was a nervous wreck, and gave him a
grin with a big black gap in the middle of her teeth. He sort of choked on his tea.
Not knowing what else to do, she just made an announcement. "You'll have to forgive
me," she said in her backwoods-Florida, liberated-hip mellow-dy, "but my tooth
is stuck in a wad of crumpet here and we'll have to do something about it because it cost
fifty dollars and I'm not going to lose it." Charles laughed. (Yes, Charles laughed.)
Lauren retrieved her tooth. She went back to behaving, she says, and sitting there
silently. Avedon, trying anything he could think of to make conversation, and knowing that
Revson liked to vacation in Mexico, mentioned that Lauren was trying to buy some land
there. Charles asked where. Suddenly she got this vision of the monster tycoon going in
and stealing her land. "Outside Acapulco," she said reluctantly. "Where
outside Acapulco? I know the whole area." "Down the coast." "East or
west? .... East." Eventually he got her into a corner. "I got real
paranoid and I said: 'All right, I'll tell you where but you better not get my
land.' And that really cracked him up. Here I am telling this giant tycoon to lay off my
land. I think it was basically that thing that made us become friends."
Revson liked her candor and her spunk. He used to refer to the "chicory in her
As for her having an affair with him or with Julie Christie, as was also rumored
she says that their total contact was confined to five or six "high
teas," like the first, and to one dinner at the Beverly Hills Hotel at which
several others were present. She was in Mexico (not on that land, she never did get
that land), virtually incommunicado for two or three months, when the story broke
that she and Julie Christie were buying a house in New Jersey and living together. She had
never even met Julie Christie, she says, and only found out about the story when she
called the Ford modeling agency to find out whether she had any business to attend to.
("What are you doing in Mexico?" her agent joked. "You're supposed to
be living in New Jersey with Julie Christie.") She ignored the story, which took on a
life of its own, and eventually returned to New York, where she was ushered in to another
tea with Charles to discuss her next picture session. At the end of the
meeting he said: "I just want you to know that I don't care what you do with
your private life . . . I just think you should be a little discreet." "I had
no idea what he was talking about because I had forgotten all about it. And I kept looking
at him and he kept avoiding my eyes. He kept talking around it and finally I caught
on. I started laughing." She assured him there was nothing to the rumor.
A couple of weeks later, the news of his own divorce broke, along with the word that he
was leaving Lyn for Lauren. (Or else Lee Radziwell, which was equally absurd.) At their
next meeting she told him that a friend had called to say he didn't care what she did with
her private life, but that he thought she ought to be a little more discreet. She
suggested that they run an ad with the three of them he, Julie, and she in a
big four-poster bed, peeking out from under the ruffled coverlet. "He didn't
go for it, but he thought it was funny."
Lauren Hutton is one of the few who credit Revson with having had "a wonderful
sense of humor. We always joked back and forth," she says. She also appreciated what
she saw as his courtliness.
If only he had been as charming with everyone else.
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Snow Emergency Declared
-Emergency in effect starting 8 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 2
-Move Cars to the Odd Side (or City lot) by 12 noon Thursday
-Somerville Public Schools CLOSED Thursday AND Friday
Five Things You Need to Know
Based on current snow forecasts, Somerville has declared a snow emergency effective 8 a.m. Thursday, January 2nd. Please review the important snow emergency info below:
1. PARKING BAN: During the snow emergency, parking is allowed only on the odd-numbered side of the road (unless otherwise posted). Residents have four hours after the start of the emergency at 8 a.m. to move their cars. Cars not moved from the even-numbered side by 12 noon on Thursday may be subject to ticketing and towing.
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Meanwhile, Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington pair up in "2 Guns," a story of two deep cover agents who cross paths without knowing the either is undercover. Bill Paxton also stars.
Two other releases come out early next week and before our next installment of 3 Men and a Movie. You can catch the trailers for "We're The Millers" and "Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters" below. We'll cover them both in next week's edition.
Don't forget to catch the inside scoop as MLive movie critic John Serba offers full reviews of some of the films on MLive.com. You can check the comments section below for links once they go live.
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It's a pretty safe bet that at least 90 percent of my sportswriting colleagues across New Jersey would say that they would rather not write about a tie game, let alone one which takes place with a championship on the line.
Count me -- and the top-seeded Scotch Plains-Fanwood girls soccer team -- among those who would prefer not to see a tie -- in this particular case, the 32nd Union County Tournament final.
As I wrote for Sunday's edition of The Star-Ledger, one couldn't help but notice the differing reactions from the Scotch Plains and Westfield sidelines after these Union County titans fought to a 1-1 deadlock after 100 minutes of battle.
Westfield girls were smiling, hugging and celebrating their first share of the UCT title since 2006, when they tied -- who else -- Scotch Plains. For a program which won 15 of the first 16 titles and extended their county record to 19 overall, it's always a good reason to celebrate when you get back to the top.
But in taking a look at the Scotch Plains girls walking back to the bench after the post-game handshakes, no one was smiling. No one. Senior midfielder Christy Monroy was courteous enough to give me a quote, but her grim countenance and clipped answers said, "This stinks."
SPF coach Kevin Ewing, whose team clinched a share of its seventh title in eight years, confirmed for me afterwards what all this non-verbal communication said so plainly. For most of the game, Scotch Plains (16-2-2) had outplayed Westfield (14-4-2), presenting much more dangerous opportunities -- owning a 10-2 shots on goal advantage -- and yet all Scotch Plains could muster was a tie.
To be fair, there were missed -- check that -- golden opportunities missed on both sides. I won't point out who missed and when, but it's fair to say there were many times when the game could have been won. In overtime alone, Scotch Plains and Westfield misplayed a combined three very high percentage shots on goal.
Of the shots that did find the net, they were exemplary. Monroy got things going in the 14th minute by converting a Katherine Cunningham corner kick. Scotch Plains is so tough on set pieces that the score was no surprise at all.
Countering in the 25th minute, Karli Sottung showed why she is one of the most offensively skilled players in the county, sending a long ball on a laser line just under the crossbar and just over the reach of Scotch Plains keeper Taylor Sebolao.
To be fair, point No. 2: Westfield keeper Kiera Loftus is only a sophomore, and at times she looks the part of a raw but talented prospect. There were other times where Scotch Plains was looking at a certain goal, only to have Loftus reach out to knock a shot away from the frame. Of her six saves, three were terrific. She certainly played up to the stage on which she was performing.
Her final act was to stop Scotch Plains' Annie Canone with 40 seconds left in the match, venturing away from the frame and crashing into Canone to stop what would have been a point-blank shot.
On the other end of the pitch, Sebolao showed why she may be the best keeper in the county, and perhaps one of the best in the state. She did not make a save in the match, but came off her line several times to stop advancing threats, at times changing the way Westfield advanced forward.
Sebolao got knocked silly in a collision with a Westfield player in the 86th minute, laying flat on her back for a minute or two before walking off the field under her own power.
After getting tested for signs of a concussion by the trainer on the sideline, she re-entered the match at the very next opportunity. Sebolao still appeared shaken up after the match while seated on the bench, and Ewing said he was uncertain of her status for the team's North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 match against Franklin on Wednesday.
Which brings me to a very classy move on Westfield's part. Sebolao was so dizzy from the late blow, she did not take part in the handshake line, so the Westfield players all went over to the Scotch Plains bench to offer congratulations and check her status.
The Scotch Plains-Westfield rivalry is definitely one of the fiercest rivalries I have encountered in 14 years of covering NJ high school sports, but it doesn't mean the players don't have for each other the mutual respect which such a rivalry demands.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State baseball team announced time changes for two home games during the 2014 season on Monday.
Both are Friday contests and take place March 7 – this week – against Northern Illinois - and April 4 against Stanford in the opening-game of the series against the Cardinal. Both games are now 5:05 p.m. PT starts.
Friday's 5:05 p.m. start opens the weekend against Northern Illinois. Games two and three are part of a doubleheader Saturday that starts at 12:35 p.m. and Sunday's finale begins at 1:05 p.m. PT.


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Verbal altercation, Kenilworth Drive: On July 8 at 7:05 a.m. two neighbors were arguing because one neighbor used a weed killer to kill some of her weeds and it appeared as though some of the neighbor's flowers may have perished as a result.
Misunderstanding, Cliff Drive: A resident reported on July 8 his Mercedes had been stolen overnight. While officers were investigating the theft, the owner's friend returned home with the Mercedes. He had borrowed it and did not let the owner know. The owner did not press charges.
Underage consumption, Cahoon Road: On July 8 at 7:19 p.m. several patrons at the Skate Park reported an intoxicated youth was running into trees and waving around a bottle of vodka. Officers found the 16-year-old boy and arrested him for underage consumption/possession of alcohol.
Burglary, West Oakland Road: A neighbor had chased a group of kids out of a home after they broke into it on July 9. The owners of the home were on vacation. There was a strong odor of burnt marijuana in the house. Police are investigating.
Theft, Millard Drive: A resident reported on July 11 at 3:35 a.m. two men were attempting to break into her car by throwing a brick at the window. She yelled at them and they ran off. Officers were unable to find the men. Numerous cars in the area were entered and rummaged through. One of them had a rock thrown through the window. Several of the cars had items stolen. Officers remind residents to remove valuables from cars at night and lock the doors.
Drunken driving, Bassett Road: An officer stopped a car near the railroad tracks on July 12 at 2 a.m. for a traffic violation. After speaking with the 22-year-old driver, the officer suspected she had been drinking. Field sobriety tests were administered and the Valley View resident was arrested.
Suspended license, Columbia Road: An officer stopped a car near Eaton Way on July 12 at 8:35 p.m. because the registered owner had a suspended license. The registered owner was driving, and was cited for the offense. While inventorying the car for the tow, officers found alcohol, brass knuckles, and scale used to weigh drugs. The 19-year-old driver arrested.


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These are my new neighbors, the Obama bailees.
Just felt like posting a photo – planted the purple beans, took the shot – the moon just happened to be there I just waited for the sun
this is before the sun came
It appealed to both the gardener and the sci-fi lover in me. And, come to think of it, the purple lover as well.
The flowers weren't bad either.
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A fly lands on President Barack Obama's face as he delivers remarks on the Affordable Care Act ….
NPR has the details
So what else could happen? Well a house fly (or is it a White House fly) could buzz the president even eventually landing on his upper lip during an East Room event.
I still remember the times not so far in the past when the entire media was internationally swooning at Oprecious's prowess in fly swatting.
It almost reminded me of that fairy tale – The Brave little Taylor.
The whole town shall hear about this." He hastily cut out a banner for himself, then embroidered on it with large letters, Seven with one blow.
It was just one for Obama, but it was historical:
after killing the fly, the president said: "That was pretty impressive, wasn't it? I got the sucker."
This year, the sucker got you back.
And now to be forgiven for the horrible images I posted, here's a cute video "There ain't no bugs on me"
Now that he owns it
and also for BP
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Obviously our President has a firm grasp of The Obvious
"These are the tar balls that everyone's been talking about," he said.
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He keeps having it over and over as the planet bleeds to death
while the Gulf went from this
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here's to that
Did anyone hear him say "stop" yet?
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Stacey Visits an Offshore Oil Rig
Stacey's going out into the Gulf of Mexico on a boat. Her Dad works on an oil rig. He looks for oil buried deep in the rocks under the water….
What happens when you find oil, Dad?" asks Stacey. "We pump it out of the rock into a pipe. Then an oil tanker takes it to a refinery on shore."
"Doesn't any of the oil leak into the water?"
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The impressive, undulating Sperrin Mountains form the northeastern limits of County Tyrone. Wild, empty and beautiful, they reach 2240ft at their highest point, yet the smooth and gradually curving slopes give them a deceptively low appearance. The covering of bog and heather adds to this effect, suggesting nothing more than high, open moorland. For all this, views from the summits are panoramic, and the evenness of texture can make these mountains sumptuous when bathed in evening light. Once in the mountains, it's impossible not to catch sight of the wildlife. Sparrowhawks and kestrels hover above, and you might see buzzards or the far more rare hen harrier, attracted by a rich range of prey in a landscape mostly undisturbed by development – the mountains teem with assorted rodents, including even the rare Irish hare. Over the years there's been many a tale about the discovery of "gold in them there hills" and you might encounter the occasional panner testing the story's veracity.
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The best base for exploring the Sperrins is GORTIN, ten miles north of Omagh, a long one-street village with a surprising number of pubs. Three miles south of the village is the Gortin Glen Forest Park, with a five-mile forest drive and various trails leading to viewpoints of the area – look out for members of the park's herd of Sika deer.
The Beaghmore Stone Circles
The Beaghmore Stone Circles
Tyrone is peppered with archeological remains: there are more than a thousand standing stones in the Sperrins alone, and the county as a whole boasts numerous chambered graves. The most impressive relics are the Bronze-Age Beaghmore Stone Circles, in the southeast of the Sperrins. From Gortin, take the B46 east onto the A505, from where they're well signposted up a track three and a half miles north off the road. Although most of the stones on this lonely site are no more than a metre high, the complexity of the ritual they suggest is impressive: there are seven stone circles, ten stone rows and a dozen round cairns (burial mounds, some containing cremated human remains). All of the circles stand in pairs, except for one, which is filled with over eight hundred upright stones, known as the Dragon's Teeth. The alignments correlate to movements of the sun, moon and stars; two of the rows point to sunrise at the summer solstice.
Walking the Sperrins
Walking the Sperrins
The forty-mile-wide range of the Sperrin Mountains offers good long-distance walking, without necessarily involving steep inclines. You can ramble wherever you like, but remember that – despite appearances – these are high mountains, and changeable weather makes them potentially dangerous. A map and compass are essential for serious walking.
For those not equipped for the high ground, the Glenelly and Owenkillen river valleys run through the heart of this fine countryside from Plumbridge and Gortin, respectively, and are particularly enjoyable for cyclists who should pick up a copy of the Sperrins cycling guide from tourist offices (also downloadable from wwww.sperrinstourism.com). The Central Sperrins Way (map available from most tourist offices) is a 25-mile waymarked trail, which begins and ends at Barnes Gap, halfway between Plumbridge and Cranagh. The two-day walk takes in a variety of countryside with spectacular views of the mountains, moorland and Glenelly Valley. The exposed moorland can often be very wet and boggy underfoot, and, as there is no accommodation en route, taking a tent is essential.
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Mobile County Commission candidate Connie Hudson has picked up the endorsement of Pete Riehm, a former opponent in the race for the District 2 seat.
"I have known and worked with Connie for years, and when you campaign day to day you get to know your opponents and what they stand for," said Riehm. "I know that I can trust Connie Hudson to lead with conservative values and work to improve our quality of government in Mobile County."
Riehm finished third with 12 percent of the vote in the July 13 Republican primary election, behind Hudson at 46 percent and Ralph Buffkin at 24 percent.
Hudson, a Mobile city councilwoman, faces Buffkin, the director of human resources for the Mobile County Sheriff's Office, in an Aug. 3 GOP runoff.
Hudson also announced the endorsement of the public safety workers in the Mobile Fire Fighters Association.
Buffkin said he plans a "big announcement" related to the campaign this week.
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The Mobile County Fraternal Order of Police announced its endorsement of Ashley Rich, the Republican Party's nominee for Mobile County district attorney.
"We believe that Ashley is the best candidate for the job because of her record prosecuting cases over the past 14 years," said FOP President Billy McGill.
Rich, an assistant district attorney under current DA John Tyson Jr., faces Democrat J. Don Foster in the general election in November. Foster is a lawyer and former U.S. attorney in Mobile.
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The Mobile County Democratic Party has a new slate of officers.
The party voted at a recent meeting to name Reggie Copeland Jr. as chairman and Sonya Ogletree as vice chairwoman. Other officers include: William Clark, treasurer; Mary Johnson, corresponding secretary; Eric Beck, recording secretary; Reginald Crenshaw, vice chairman for youth affairs; Don Brutkiewicz Sr., vice chairman for senior affairs, and Bryan Polk, vice chairman for minority affairs.
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• The South Baldwin Republican Women's organization will meet Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. at the Gift Horse Restaurant in Foley, according to a news release. Lunch will cost $10. The meeting is open to the public. The speaker will be Tony Kennon, mayor of Orange Beach, who will discuss the oil spill.
On Aug, 14, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., the group will host a "Celebrate Alabama Rally" at the Robertsdale Coliseum. The speaker will be Gov. Bob Riley, who, according to the release "will introduce Dr. Robert Bentley, GOP candidate for governor in November."
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The developer, Advance at Branchburg II LLC, has proposed the complex, which would have a mix of townhouses, condos, standard apartments and affordable apartments, a pool and a clubhouse.
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In the Bulgarian seaside resort town of Sozopol, archaeologists have unearthed an ancient temple of the goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone, the private television channel bTV Reported on May 18 2011.
The finds were made at Cape Skamnii in the ancient town of Sozopol. Numerous statues and other artifacts have been found, indicating that the site was, indeed, a temple dedicated to Demeter and Persephone.
The temple dates back to the fourth or fifth century BC, according to archaeologists. The excavation works at Cape Skamrii began only a month ago, but already several other artifacts were found before this latest discovery, which promises that the area will be rich in secrets from 27 centuries ago, according to leading researcher Krustina Panayotova.
According to Greek mythology, Demeter is the goddess of the harvest, who presided over grains, the fertility of the earth, and the seasons, while Persephone, was the queen of the underworld, and a daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
In ancient times, Sozopol and the surrounding area were called Apollonia Pontica.
Sozopol is one of the oldest towns on the Bulgarian coast. According to historic reports, the first settlement on the site dates back to the Bronze Age.
Undersea explorations in the region of the port have unearthed relics of dwellings, ceramic pottery, stone and bone tools from that era. Researchers have also found anchors from the second and first millennium BC in the town's bay, a proof of active shipping since ancient times.
Bright\Shadow - May I suggest, Jane Ellen Harrison's Prologamena to the Study of Greek Religion and any book by M. GiMbatus, and Evans on his excavation at Knossos? You just aren't reading the right
sources. that's all. Greek Mythology does not begin with Ovid.
I don't suppose there are any useful photos of the dig etc?
This begins the resurrection of the great mother god, annihilating the sexist war based religions that used violence and rape to destroy the worship of the true progenitor of the human race.
Well, thank you all for taking my ironic little bait so eagerly.
And Keir, if you behave that pedantic in the pub, you'll probably have your nose broken one evening.
Carita - There is no historical record of a religion that worshiped goddesses and not gods, unless you count the cult of the Virgin Mary <g>. Read something more scholarly than When God Was a Woman, which is a feminist tract not scholarship.
I am from Florida, there is a pretty large Hellenic Community down here actually.
Carita, Keir, Allie, Daniel out of curiosity where are you from? interesting to see that ancient religions are studied again.
just to get an idea how Christianity brought the middle ages to the world just watch the film Agora (2009) where Hypatia an ancient woman Greek philosopher and mathematician-astronomer in Egypt is executed after accused of being a witch.
Foreigner..Heathen means a Northern Pagan..a Person of the Heather. As to relics...relics mean something found from the past. Not usless at all.
And capitalize Pagan..it is a proper noun. Carita...When God was a Woman is very good. And yes there are Pagans still around, and growing. And some of us hold Demeter the Mother and Persephone/Kore as most dear. Add Hecate and you have the triple trine.
This is amazing! Hail to Persephone, sweet Goddess and Queen of the dead and her mother, Demeter.
Yes it's a pagan goddess but I love greek mythology ( and I love Jesus) and this temple is really ancient ,its not a useless dig !
Sozopol also was a Greek Christian Byzantine city (Sozopolis=Saviour city)before conquered by the descending Bulgarian tribes in the middle ages.
I am sorry Daniel, I meant my note for foreigner forgive me please!
Demeter is known to pagans today as the Goddess of Initiation, Persephone the wife of Hades,explains the changes of the seasons, she dwells on in the underworld,late fall through winter,she returns in the spring,promising new life and new beginnings, this is the bargain she made with Hades,who by the way was very much in love with her.
for Daniel the Goddess religion existed 4,000 years on earth,BC, and is still in existence today, do some research there Daniel, or read When God was a Woman, this religion is called Pagan.
Fantastic find I am sure there is more to come in BG.
A useless dig? How can you say that? The artifacts found are a part of our human history.
Were you expecting them to find Jesus' tomb in Bulgaria? Or the Ark?
At least everyone can describe your comment as useless.
Only heathen artifacts and no relics? What a useless dig.


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Just days after winning the 2008 U.S. Open in a dramatic sudden-death playoff, Tiger Woods announced that he will be forced to undergo reconstructive Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) surgery on his left knee and will miss the remainder of the PGA TOUR season.
In addition to the knee surgery, Woods will require the time off to rehabilitate a double stress fracture of his left tibia that was discovered last month just prior to the Memorial Tournament. The stress fractures were attributed to Woods' intense rehabilitation and preparations for the U.S. Open. Doctors have assured Woods that the stress fractures will heal with time.
"I know much was made of my knee throughout the last week, and it was important to me that I disclose my condition publicly at an appropriate time. I wanted to be very respectful of the USGA and their incredibly hard work, and make sure the focus was on the U.S. Open," said Woods. "Now, it is clear that the right thing to do is to listen to my doctors, follow through with this surgery, and focus my attention on rehabilitating my knee."
A date for the knee surgery, as well as the necessary rehabilitation schedule, has not yet been determined.
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UPDATE at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26: Southampton Police Chief David G. Silvernail said the "investigation is almost complete." He said he expects to release more information about the suspect once the case is finalized and the suspect is charged. This information has been added to the story below.
SOUTHAMPTON — Up until two weeks ago, Debbie Sholly's cat would routinely greet her at the door of her Grant Avenue home.
On Sept. 14, however, Sholly, a school secretary in Westhampton, noticed something was wrong when Kitty, as the animal was known, trotted over to the door.
"I could hear something dragging," she said, thinking the object trailing her cat was a twig. That twig turned out to be an arrow protruding from a hind leg of the animal.
Sholly rushed Kitty to a vet before reporting the incident to authorities the next day. The vet told her the cat's leg would likely have to be amputated. But the cost of the operation was too much for Sholly, who agreed to euthanize her pet.
"It's very disheartening that someone would injure an animal, especially a pet," Sholly said Wednesday.
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Seven members of the faculty and staff filed complaints with the West Windsor-based college after last month's event, according to a report in Inside Higher Ed, a national news site.
About 300 faculty and staff members attended the assembly, which was designed to highlight the school's best moments of the year. A portion of the event featured a reprisal of the college's spring production of "The Vagina Monologues," a play featuring a series of monologues by women about sex, the female body and women's empowerment. A performance of the play on the Trenton campus in March raised money for Womanspace, a domestic violence nonprofit group.
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The ruling by the Third U.S. Court of Appeals affirms the decision of U.S. Middle District Senior Judge William W. Caldwell that McCormicks Island is a park and police had probable cause to make arrests.
Those arrested for violating an ordinance that prohibits an assembly of 20 or more persons in any Harrisburg park without obtaining a permit had appealed Caldwell's Jan. 10, 2010, dismissal of their civil suit that claimed the law is vague and violated their right of peaceful assembly.
Harrisburg police charged more than 100 of the 500 at the "Seventh Annual Camp Out with DJ's" with violating the park ordinance, but only those from out of state were detained. Their charges later were dismissed.
When police arrived on the island, they said, they found hundreds of individuals, some as young as 15, camping out with drugs and alcohol. Trees and brush had been cleared with herbicide, trees were spray-painted, primitive bathrooms dug into the ground, and trash was scattered about, they said.


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So you were planing along at good speed but had spin outs now and then? The problem was not that the board spun out on you while trying to gain speed?. In the former case the problem is normally not the size of the fin as the other indicate. In the latter case it can be. Can you specify the nature of the problem a bit more, ie in what sort of situations you get the spinout (and also where you run the straps + if you run double strap in the back).
I'd say that unless you're heavy or heavy footed, the 30cm crossover should cover a 6m2 sail quite well. It's a pretty powerful fin (I run the 28cm version up to 7.0 but I'm quite light).
I agree that 30 or maybe 32 is around the max size a US box will take. But the box installations are much, much more reinforced these days. And the shorter the box, the stronger the box itself will be (assuming the fin base length stays the same).
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Thanks to a collaboration grant from the Summit Area Public Foundation, The Connection for Women and Families and Reeves-Reed Arboretum will offer the Girl Project, a joint summer environmental science and empowerment camp program targeting Latina girls, ages 11-14 from low income families in Summit.
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A Sandra Lee recipe that was featured in my son's school fundraising food co-op pamphlet. A nice twist using beef cubes instead of chicken. The sauce is a thin sauce; great served over egg noodles, rice or with mashed potatoes.
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- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 lbs beef stew meat or 2 lbs sirloin, cut into bite sized chunks
- 4 tablespoons flour
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 -1 1⁄2 cup good quality marsala wine
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 2 (14 ounce) cans cream of mushroom soup
- 1 (8 ounce) package baby portabella mushrooms, sliced
- salt and pepper, to taste
- Heat olive oil in a medium skillet over medium heat; add beef cubes and saute until browned.
- Add garlic; saute until garlic is lightly browned; add flour and stir until well coated.
- Transfer meat into the crockpot and add Marsala, broth, soup and sliced mushrooms; mix well.
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This tasted great! I did throw in some onions and used one can of golden mushroom soup in place of one can of regular cream of mushroom, which I think gave it a nice flavor and made it not so much like a stroganoff. Thanks for the recipe!
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Rangers infielder Jurikson Profar is undecided about playing the in the World Baseball Classic. He may decide to stay at camp Surprise because he feels he might have a chance to make the team out of Spring Training. He is on the Netherlands WBC team.
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A Lower Paxton Township man is accused of attacking his ex-girlfriend's boyfriend with a samurai-style sword Wednesday night, police said.
Police said 33-year-old Edward Albert Peters attacked his ex's new beau through an open car window as he waited for his girlfriend to retrieve items from Peters' apartment in the 200 block of Lafayette Street, police said.
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Adams Is Throwing Well Early
Charlie Manuel asked a reporter this afternoon if he had seen Mike Adams throw his morning bullpen session at Carpenter Complex.
Manuel raised his eyebrows.
"He was throwing pretty good," he said excitedly.
Adams revved up for his session, which is good news although it is just a couple days into camp. Adams signed a two-year, $12 million contract with the Phillies to be their setup man, but he is recovering from thoracic outlet syndrome surgery in October, which involved removing a rib near his right shoulder. Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter had the same surgery last year, but he is going to miss the 2013 season and possibly never pitch again because his pre-surgery symptoms returned.
Adams said he is not concerned he could share a similar fate.
"When I heard about Carp, my first thought was, 'OK, what happened?'" Adams said. "Carp and I had the same surgeon do our surgeries, so that was in my favor a little bit in terms of information. When I first had my surgery I spoke with the doc and he told me he did Carp's surgery, and I was kind of excited because I knew he came back pretty quickly. But when I brought that up, the doctor was like, 'Well, I wish he would've waited a little longer to come back. I think he came back a little too early.' At the time, we didn't know this was going to be the result. At the same time, everyone has a different kind of severity — how long the nerve and vessels were being pinched, how badly. So his severity could've been worse than mine.
"I talked to (Phillies right-hander Aaron) Cook yesterday, and he had the surgery as well back in 2004, and his was very severe. He said his surgery took like nine hours, whereas mine took an hour-and-a-half. So there are different severities. That's something I really looked into when I first found out about it. Hopefully the severity of mine wasn't as bad and I can move on."
But the Phillies are going to take things slowly with Adams.
"He probably won't get into (Grapefruit League) games as fast as some guys," Rich Dubee said. "But he's really not going to need as much. He doesn't need 15 to 16 innings, I don't think. But he's coming along fine."
Adams agrees.
"I feel great," he said. "I don't really see any reason that anything is going to be a problem. When we first got here we said I'll take it slow. I don't see a reason to really throw in any of those games in the first week. The last thing I want to do is have 15-18 innings entering the season. The last few years I've gotten about 9-10 innings and felt great, so that's what I'm going with entering this season. … But when I'm throwing the ball I don't notice anything that feels different. I'm throwing the ball a lot better than last year, I'm know that."
Could Adams Suffer Carpenter's Fate?
Phillies fans probably heard the Cardinals announce this week that Chris Carpenter might never pitch again.
Carpenter, 37, had surgery in July to address thoracic outlet syndrome, which involved removing a rib to alleviate pressure on a nerve near his right shoulder. He returned to pitch in September and told reporters last month, "I haven't had any issues with my throwing or anything this year. I feel good. My shoulder feels good."
But he suffered a season-ending setback last week, which included the return of numbness and discomfort in the right shoulder and neck area, bruising and discoloration in his right hand.
Those problems are relevant in Philadelphia because Phillies setup man Mike Adams, who signed a two-year, $12 million contract in December, had the same surgery in October.
"We've talked to him. He said he's doing great," Ruben Amaro Jr. said today about Adams. "We'll find out more when he arrives in Clearwater, and I think he'll be arriving there fairly soon. He's been throwing off the mound and he hasn't had any issues. We'll see how far along he is, whether he's going to be behind in Spring Training or not. We don't think so. But we'll find out once he gets to Clearwater. Right now we don't have any concerns, but we obviously want to make sure that he's all right and progressing properly."
It goes without saying the Phillies need Adams healthy. The eighth inning proved to be a mess last season with the Phillies blowing 13 leads.
But while Amaro acknowledged that signing Adams carried risks, he said this week's news regarding Carpenter did not make him more concerned.
"Everybody's situation is a little different," he said. "All the information we got from our doctor and looking at the medical reports and such we felt … as always there's a risk when guys are coming off a surgery like this, but we felt like it was a good risk."
As of today, Amaro said outfielder Delmon Young will be the only player in camp definitely behind schedule, although that could change by the time pitchers and catchers have their first official workout Wednesday. Young is recovering from microfracture surgery on his right ankle in November.
"He won't be able to get into real activities probably for a few weeks after we open up, at least," Amaro said. "He might not be able to play in games competitively until the middle of March. We don't know that, but we'll see how he progresses once we see him."
Amaro said right-hander Mike Stutes, who had shoulder surgery in June, should be "100 percent, we believe. He shouldn't be any issue at all. He's been throwing bullpens for a while." Left-hander Raul Valdes had right knee surgery in September. Amaro also said he doing well.
"He'll be close to 100 percent," he said.
Both pitchers will be competing for bullpen jobs.
Phillies Need Some Patience
Did you watch Game 1 of the NLCS yesterday?
I don't blame you if you didn't. I think most Phillies fans are still in shock the Cardinals beat the Phillies on Friday night. But if you watched the game you might have noticed quality at-bats from both teams. The Brewers and Cardinals worked their respective pitchers. They worked counts. Skip Schumaker's 10-pitch at-bat against Roy Halladay in the first inning in Game 5 on Friday is exactly the type of thing the Phillies didn't do against the Cardinals, or against the Giants in last year's NLCS. The Phillies have some holes to fill this offseason and it won't be easy, but it would behoove them to find a hitter (or more) that can work a count and get on base.
Of the four teams in the NLDS, the Phillies ranked last in pitches per plate appearance, and it wasn't even close:
- Diamondbacks: 3.97
- Cardinals: 3.67
- Brewers: 3.58
- Phillies: 3.48
That doesn't seem like much of a difference, but consider the Diamondbacks saw 766 pitches in 193 plate appearances. If the Phillies would have had 193 plate appearancs they would have seen only 672 pitches. That's 94 fewer pitches over the course of a five-game series.
That's almost a game's worth of pitches.
I know, small sample size, right? But the Phillies ranked eighth in the National League this season, averaging 3.80 PPA. That's their lowest average since 2001, when it was 3.76. I don't think it's a complete coincidence the Phillies' .323 on-base percentage was their worst since 1997, when it was .322. You can't walk if you're swinging early in the count nearly every time you step into the batter's box. (And this isn't a Ryan Howard problem, either. He averaged 4.13 PPA this season, which ranked fourth in the league.) Grind out a few at-bats against Chris Carpenter on Friday and maybe he tires a little. Maybe he slips up. Maybe he elevates a pitch in the strike zone. But that didn't happen so we'll never know.
Short Rest? Dubee Isn't a Fan
Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter lasted just three innings in Game 2 of the National League Division Series.
It was his first time pitching on short rest. It showed.
Since the Phillies won their first of five consecutive National League East championships in 2007, Rich Dubee has been asked if he would bring back a pitcher on short rest. He got asked about Cole Hamels in 2007, when the Phillies fell behind the Colorado Rockies in the NLDS. He got asked about Cliff Lee in the 2009 World Series and Roy Halladay in the 2010 NLCS.
Asked if there would be any reason to pitch a starter on short rest this postseason, Dubee said, "I don't think so. I've got confidence with every guy we've got out there."
Not that Dubee will never do it, but he's not a fan of it.
"Most real good players at this level get accustomed to a routine," Dubee said. "Apparently that was Carpenter's first whack at it. That's a strange beast right there. You're going from your normal side day. Then you're third day generally you can kick back and relax mentally. The fourth day you get ready to pitch. Now all of a sudden you probably didn't have a side day and you have shorter rest and shorter preparation time."
It would not be wrong to say it is as challenging mentally as it is physically.
"I think it turns into a physical thing, but I think it's more mental to begin with," Dubee said. "I think all of a sudden, more often than not guys convince themselves they're not 100 percent, that way they do different stuff."
It's Gotta Be Happ
I'd say J.A. Happ has made a case for himself.
He threw his second shoutout of the season tonight in a 7-0 victory against the Rockies. He struck out a career-high 10 batters. He is 8-2 with a 2.74 ERA, an ERA which ranks sixth in the National League.
Who's got a better ERA in the NL than Happ?
Chris Carpenter (2.10 ERA)
Tim Lincecum (2.18 ERA)
Matt Cain (2.25 ERA)
Dan Haren (2.38 ERA)
Wandy Rodriguez (2.63 ERA)
That's solid company, which makes Happ's future in the Phillies rotation even more interesting than it already is.
We know Cliff Lee, Cole Hamels and Joe Blanton take three spots in the rotation.
We know Jamie Moyer leads the team with 10 wins.
We know Pedro Martinez has been signed to be a starter, and the Phillies have made no bones that is their plan for him.
But we also know Moyer's 5.55 ERA is the second highest in the National League, Martinez has not piched in the big leagues since last season and Happ has been one of the team's most consistent starters this year.
"Tremendous pitching. Outstanding," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "If he didn't allow any hits that might have been the only way he could have done better. I think he showed me he wants to stay in the rotation."
Has he?
"Let me answer that for you later on, OK?" Manuel said. "I don't feel like getting into that no more. I've answered that now for what? A week?"
But that was before Happ threw his latest shutout.
If the Phillies think Martinez is ready for the big leagues after his latest rehab start tonight with Double-A Reading — he allowed three earned runs and struck out 11 in six innings — the decision might come before Happ's next scheduled start Tuesday against the Cubs at Wrigley Field.
Should Happ stay in the rotation? Absolutely. I can't see how the Phillies will be able to say they are a better team — a team trying to win another World Series — with Happ in the bullpen. In a seven-game series, who would you want following Lee, Hamels and Blanton right now? I'd want Happ.
But the decision is tougher than it seems. Manuel mentioned Tuesday that Moyer leads the team in wins and has won 256 games in his career. He also is in the first year of a two-year, $13 million contract. Those things will be considered. Martinez, while he has not pitched in the Majors since last season, is worth a look. And while he has said he would go to the bullpen, he might not take that well. That will be considered, too.
It might come down to Happ vs. Moyer. It should be interesting, but Happ has earned the right to keep starting.