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Parish President John Young, ever so briefly, confronted Jefferson's demographic shift during an upbeat State of the Parish address Wednesday. After riding a post-World War II wave of suburban population and economic expansion, Jefferson stagnated in the mid-1980s and only recently has begun to recognize new opportunities.
"People are coming back toward the inner city," Young told an estimated 325 people at the luncheon, organized by the Jefferson Chamber of Commerce. "We need to capture the young entrepreneurial class."
The target audience, he said, wants more green space, bike paths, dog parks and recreation. For residences and nightlife, he said, they seek a setting like the one parish officials hope to develop in Fat City -- "our version of the Warehouse District" -- and on the West Bank.
To be sure, Jefferson has recorded some promising demographic changes just since 2000. Owner-occupied housing values rose 66 percent, far outpacing inflation, and the percentages of high school and college graduates both increased, according to the 2010 census. At the same time, overall population declined, household income growth lagged behind the cost of living, a larger percentage of people were living in poverty and the housing stock was aging, according to the census.
In hopes of reversing the worrisome trends, Young and Parish Council Chairman Elton Lagasse ticked off reams of numbers about Jefferson's accomplishments in recent years. Among their points: wages were up in the first quarter of 2012, the Huey P. Long Bridge widening project is almost finished, Elmwood is thriving, flood and hurricane protection have improved, the film industry is injecting new money into the economy, casual and organized recreation are booming and the combination of the John A. Alario Sr. Event Center, its festival grounds and Segnette Field make for "the premier sports and entertainment complex in the greater New Orleans area."
It was left to Lagasse to address two of the more troublesome projects on the local landscape.
He said officials have been talking for a decade about extending Interstate 49 across the West Bank, yet design work has not begun. "I don't think I have to worry about riding on this," said Lagasse, 73.
As for the Jefferson Performing Arts Center, the overdue, over-budget behemoth in LaSalle Park in Metairie, he acknowledged it as a "hot issue, hot issue," but added: "This is going to be a great facility once it's finished."
The State of the Parish address has for years a staple of Jefferson's parish president and council chairman, regardless who holds the offices. It's less a statement of vision than a recitation of statistics. (See the PowerPoint visuals. Read the advance copy of Wednesday's text.)
Still, the audience applauded Young and Lagasse warmly. Doreen Parnell, customer relations manager at Bergeron Motors Inc., called the presentation "very informative" and concluded that Jefferson is "in a very positive growth mode."
"There's a lot here that I wasn't aware of," she said.


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Medical services available include both cardiac and vascular evaluations and treatments, EKG, treadmill stress testing, echocardiography, nuclear medicine studies, CT scanning, and cardiac-related patient counseling.
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Broadcasting is an essential operation in Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) to transmit a message (data packet) from the sender to the rest of the network nodes. Although flooding is the simplest mechanism for broadcasting, where each node retransmits every uniquely received message exactly once, it is usually costly and results in serious redundancy, contention and collisions in the network. These problems are widely referred to as the broadcast storm problem. In the light of this, this study introduces a new counter-based broadcasting scheme to achieve efficient broadcasting in MANETs. This is achieved by using a counter-based scheme with a dynamic threshold to increase the successful delivery rate of packets and enhance the throughput of the network. Extensive simulation experiments have been conducted. Our results show that the new scheme outperforms the well known exiting schemes, namely the two counter-based broadcasting scheme and blind flooding.
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Well these days they're practically an old married couple, but guess what? K-Stew has never actually admitted that R-Pattz is her boyfriend… until now.
In an interview with British GQ, Kristen let slip that she' s keen to see more of England because "my boyfriend is English".
Like, OMG!
But the moment of revelation was short-lived. When the interviewer pushed for more info, Kristen reverted to her usual lip-biting, withdrawn self, complaining, "I never would have said that if I knew you were going to be interviewing me."
She went on to talk about how much she guards her private life, but shared her plans for motherhood… and how she'll even keep her kids' name a secret!
"I guarantee whenever I get married or have a baby, everyone is going to want to know my kid's name and I'm not going to say it for ages," the 21-year-old said.
"They're going to be really p--sed off that I won't say it and I'm going to say, 'No!'
"I also have that desire to blurt stuff out, but I've learned I can't do that. Now when you realise the whole world is listening. That's why perhaps I look so uncomfortable in interviews at times. I mean, we've talked about hiding things and I've had to get much more adept at that, sadly. But I'm glad I'm not one of those actresses who is just so ready to open up for everyone."
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It's about time!! As if we didn't know this already!! <3 You can tell she's very reserved when it comes to her personal life, and it should be that way, with all celebrities.


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The Samaritan Multi-services Centered on Living Foundation & Associates, Inc. (SMCL) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization that was established in March 2006 to improve the quality of life of our veterans or youth with disabilities and those who are economically disadvantaged in the Metro New Orleans Community and Southeast Louisiana. As our founder and president, Julius Lee, would say, "we can to do a whole lot with just a little." It is in that spirit, that we have been able to serve our community. The SMCL has two main components: the Adaptive/Paralympic Sport Club of New Orleans and the Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO). S.M.C.L. IRS Tax Exempt EIN is 22-3934552.
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Through our strong faith and trust in GOD, we create a healthy atmosphere that promotes independence and provides opportunities for seniors, veterans and all citizens who are disadvantaged or disabled to pursue active and healthy lifestyles.
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Until it is changed, Oregon's fourth-grade reading test ranks second easiest out of 50 states'. Only Tennessee tells students with weaker reading skills that they are on grade level.
State schools superintendent Susan Castillo, in a statement released today, emphasized that the report accurately captured where Oregon used to rank but does not reflect the rigor of Oregon's updated exams.
"It provides a picture of where we were a few years ago and why it was so critical that we raised those standards and asked more of our kids."
She said Oregon's new math tests are hard enough to put the state among the most demanding states nationwide.
Washington's fourth-grade reading test tied with several other states' for 15th-hardest in the country, according to the study. Its fourth-grade math test ranks third-hardest in the nation, behind only Massachusetts and Missouri, the study said.
When test scores for Oregon schools are made public at the end of this month, a lot fewer students are expected to have passed the math test since the tests are now in line with the rest of the country rather than bottom-of-the-barrel.
Aware that its reading tests were way easier than in the rest of the country, the Oregon Board of Education voted 6-0 in May to make them harder beginning in the coming school year. Third- and fourth-graders will be expected to read a full grade level better than the previous standards in order to pass the new exams.


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Introducing Vancouver In Time
The Canadian Encyclopedia is proud to present its first free app, Vancouver In Time, highlighting the quirky, little-known stories of Vancouver's history.
With Vancouver In Time, tour the city and discover the resident ghost of the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Bloody Sunday clash during the Great Depression, the Babes in the Woods murders, and billionaire recluse Howard Hughes holed up at the Bayshore Hotel. For each story, tap the "Then and Now" feature to see a present-day photograph dissolve into its historic past. Taken together, the stories present a rich portrait of Vancouver's history.
Vancouver in Time is compatible with the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. It requires iOS 4.0 or later.
Search stories by neighbourhood or locate yourself on Google map and view stories closest to you. For readers without an iPhone, enjoy a sample of Vancouver In Time stories right here on TCE Blog. Discover the Babes in the Woods murders, the rise and fall of Vancouver's punk scene, Vancouver's first Stanley Cup win, UBC Students' Great Trek, the fiasco that was the Komagata Maru, the exotic Cave Supper Club, and Gastown's second most familiar fixture, Gassy Jack.
This is the first in a series of In Time apps by The Canadian Encyclopedia and the Historica-Dominion Institute. Look for Toronto In Time in the spring of 2012!
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This is very impressive, well done! I'm enjoying the stories even though I don't have iPhone.
Excellent app. It really brings Vancouver history to life and makes it very immediate. I'm looking at my city in a very different way now thanks to this app.
What no android…. Disappointingi
This is so cool! Make one for Montreal pleeeeasee!!!
This is marvellous! I echo Maddy: let's hope every city in Canada has one of these, soon, to tell its stories. I love Thomas Raddall's /Halifax: Warden of the North/ but it's very, er, early twentieth century technology.
has the android version been released?


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Niagara Falls wasn't always the landmark and state park it is today. In the early 19th century, industrialists built mills and factories along the coast of the falls to harness the powerful energy of the water. In turn, the natural beauty of the area started to wane.
Not wanting the falls to be decimated by industry, some enterprising people decided to start an organization to preserve the integrity and beauty of the falls and surrounding lands. They formed the Free Niagara movement in the mid 1800s, urging New York State to take back the Niagara Falls area. One of the pivotal people in the movement was Frederick Law Olmstead, the landscape architect who designed New York City's famed Central Park.
It took 15 years of pressure by the Free Niagara movement to finally have a law passed setting aside the lands of the falls as a recreational area and reservation.
Niagara Falls is actually quite young in terms of waterfall creation. Historians say the falls developed at the end of the Ice Age, about 12,000 years ago. Native Americans were probably the first people to witness the awe of the falls.
The falls actually consist of three different waterfalls: The American Falls, between Prospect Point and Luna Island; Bridal Veil Falls, between Luna Island and Goat Island; and Horseshoe Falls. The official website for Niagara Falls states that 3,160 tons of water flows over the falls every second. Niagara Falls is the second largest falls on Earth next to Victoria Falls in Africa.
Although views of the falls are magnificent from many locations, many people venture over the border into Canada for some of the best, particularly of Horseshoe Falls.
American tourists who will be traveling into Canada need a form of identification, such as a passport or drivers license, to enter. Upon return, U.S. Border officials will require a passport, NEXUScard or enhanced drivers license. Click here to learn more about U.S. Border policies.
It is estimated that 15 million tourists visit the falls every year. It's also a popular site for weddings and honeymoons.
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Fatal truck found in New Year's hit-and-run
Police have located the vehicle, but not the driver, that was involved in the January 1 death of a North Bend woman.
The victim, identified by the King County Medical Examiner as 57-year-old Lucinda Fisher, was killed by an apparent hit-and-run around 3 a.m.
King County Sheriff spokesperson Sgt. Cindi West reported finding the vehicle at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 2, but said there was no suspect named as of press time. The white full-size pickup had some front-end damage and was missing a headlight. Damage was consistent with debris found at the site of the accident.
On New Year's Day, Fisher and her companions were driving just east of the Snoqualmie Casino after a night out, when an argument began. Fisher and the male driver got out of the car and began walking in opposite directions on 394th Place Southeast, north of North Bend Way.
When the driver returned to the car, he began driving around, looking for Fisher.
Her body was found in a ditch near the 10200 block of 394th Place, apparently killed by a passing vehicle.
Deputies are still searching for the driver of the truck. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call the King County Sheriff's Office at (206) 296-3311.
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Lafayette loses at Princeton, drops to 1-4
Published: 5:53 PM EDT Oct 12, 2013 Updated: 7:20 PM EDT Oct 12, 2013
Lafayette built an early lead on Princeton on Saturday, but couldn't hold on in a 42-26 loss at Princeton Stadium.
The Leopards scored three touchdowns in the first quarter to take a 20-11 lead.
But the Tigers outscored Lafayette 33-6 the rest of the way to earn the win.
Ross Scheuerman ran for 162 yards and 3 touchdowns on 22 carries for the Leopards.
Mark Ross had six catches for 112 yards.
Lafayette falls to 1-4 with the loss. They'll visit Harvard next Saturday.
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JACKSON, MI -- Kelli Hoover, 42, was named director of Parks, Recreation, Cemeteries and Grounds for the city of Jackson in April. She has 15 full-time people working for her and about 300 seasonal employees. She was photographed at Night Light, 145 W. Pearl St., eating a grilled cheese sandwich with mustard and pickles, fries and a Diet Coke.
What was your favorite food growing up? I grew up on Lake Somerset and I loved my mom's homemade pizza on a Friday night with a cold bottled Pepsi. She topped it with mushrooms, pepperoni, green pepper, a little bit of everything.
What is your favorite snack? Salt and vinegar potato chips. Any brand.
Do you like to cook or are you a more eat-out kind of person? In spring and summer I like to eat out, although my husband, Chris, does a great job on the grill. In the fall and winter, I love to cook and bake. Lots of soups and pies, cookies and brownies.
Where was your most memorable meal and what did you have to eat? The Oyster Bar in Grand Central Station in New York City when my husband and I were there to watch the All-Star game in the old Yankee Stadium in 2008. I had the best Bloody Mary I've ever had (they put oyster and clam juice in the drink), oysters on the half shell, lobster and clams. Part of what made it so memorable was the setting – there have been a lot of movies filmed there – but the food was terrific.
If you could invite three people from history or present day for dinner, who would they be and why? Ann Curry (recently replaced as co-host of the Today Show) because I like her news ethics. She brings a genuineness to reporting the news. Ellen DeGeneres because she is fearless, caring and compassionate. And Queen Elizabeth because she is a wonderful role model for women and girls. She was only 24 years old when she became queen and has gone through so many things – from the Great Depression to wars – and stood strong.
Is there a food you won't eat? For whatever reason, maybe it's the texture, I can't stand a raw tomato. It's the same with bananas. It's almost painful to think about! But I love tomato products.
What food couldn't you live without? Pizza, pasta, I'm a carbs gal.
What's your favorite meal of the day? Lunch because I meet friends and I love going out to restaurants. I have favorite meals all over town.
If you've had "one of those days" and need comfort food, what would it be? Salsa and chips, hands down. People in my office make fun of me because I love salsa so much. When I go to the Crazy Cowboy, they know to bring two bowls of salsa to the table. And I love trying new salsas.
Since people often picnic at parks, what would you pack in your picnic basket? I would be eating with my husband and our two boys (Colin, 9, and Gabe, 7). We would have Italian subs with salami, ham and cheese; pickles; chips; grapes and homemade chocolate chip cookies. The boys love Gatorade and if it was a Saturday afternoon, I'd have a nice cold beer.


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Farley's 2013 Agenda
Long-time Republican state Sen. Hugh Farley is focused on school aid, negotiating the state budget, passing local bills and helping libraries in 2013.
Farley, R-Niskayuna, said the hardest battle this year, which is also one of the most important, is achieving equitable funding of school districts in the state. His vast district is plagued with small, rural and city school districts that are demanding more state aid.
"It's a large order but ... one that we can work hard to do," he said, noting recent signs from Gov. Andrew Cuomo that indicate a willingness to work on this subject.
Because of his seniority, now the longest serving current member of the senate, Farley said he expects to play a significant role in negotiations on legislation and spending. As such, he predicted he would be named to one of the budget conference committees, which is responsible for negotiating with the Assembly on certain parts of the state budget.
Farley said he will also remain focused on issues pertinent to libraries. Most political observers already know that he's responsible for sponsoring or shepherding most of the library priorities through the state Senate. "Libraries are a major priority for me," he said. "It's a very large part of education."
This year he anticipates the state Senate will again form a special committee on libraries that he would likely run.
His own legislation will include concerns raised by the county governments in his district. Farley said this is a large part of any state legislator's job, but lamented the fact that sometimes it is hard to get companion bills through the state Assembly, because they're being carried by minority members.
A large portion of the state's agenda will be set by Cuomo, Farley said. He highlighted how popular the governor is, which makes him very powerful. He assumed the governor would introduce legislation on increasing the minimum wage, campaign finance reform and gun control. Any bills introduced by the governor, he noted, would likely come after negotiations with the Assembly and Senate.
A full story on legislative priorities for the Capital Region representatives will be in Wednesday's edition of the Daily Gazette.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A West Brighton resident caught this dramatic photo of a rental van engulfed in flames on Forest Avenue just before noon Tuesday.
Eric Jay, who lives on Forest near Pelton Avenue, snapped the picture outside of Mandolin Brothers, his family's music store.
As Jay tells it, the van's driver, Gino Terranova, pictured left, had parked the vehicle and walked into a nearby jewelry store, and when he returned, it had caught fire.
An FDNY spokesman said the blaze broke out at about 11:58 a.m., and the department sent one engine truck and one ladder truck to extinguish the flames. No one was injured, and fire marshals were investigating the cause, the spokesman said.
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Discussion in 'Nutrients' started by davemoney, Nov 1, 2009.
What is better? and have you used both?
I perfer the botainicare organic. I heard rave reviews about foxfarm, used it to the "t" and saw a 29% decrease! The best is to find exactly what that particular straind wants. Much like children, each one prefers different foods, and will get pissed if they don't get what they want. Anytime I switch to a new straind I will try multiple methods of feeding on different clones to find the perfect solution for that one. KEEP A LOG AND PICS This is huge!!! I find myself going back to logs from 10 years ago to obtain information. That being said, if you are dedicated to picking just one or the other, I would choose AN, especially if you are an aqua user.
cutting edge seems to be better than both imo...
check this link/thread.... its fox farm vs. cutting edge solutions vs. advanced nutrients....
The best approach is to find out the NPK and micro values/ratio. If you don't know that, you'll never become a master gardener.
If you really analyze the "cannabis specific" foods, you'll realize that most of them are crap, designed to empty the pockets of primarily noobs or the unsophisticated grower, their primary targets.
Yes! So many people think that if you simply look at a label and it says it's good for growing, that it's good for ALL types of growing. Sure, that sort of makes sense, but then when you think about it, not really.
For example, you don't use the same medications for kids that you might use on adults, would you? Nope. Those medications are too strong. And some plant nutes are just too strong for some plants than they are for others.
All plants need different things, so it's ESSENTIAL to learn about the NPK values of the nutes you're using and what this actually means. While it is easier to just throw a bunch of nutes on some plants and hope for the best (admit it, we've all done it), that doesn't really work in the long run. Actually, when you don't take the time to research nutes, you will probably end up using things that don't work, wasting money in the process.
If I have to choose between Foxfarm and Advanced Nutrients, I go with Advanced Nutrients. For me, they seem to work the best. But I've heard other growers ooh and aah about FF. Whatever your plant wants, that's what you need to get.
a lot of products today have unlisted flowering regulating hormones......... they are doing the magic, not the NPK...
its the same with root promoting products.... Roots Exelurator doesnt work well because the NPK... it works well because of the unlisted ingredients. These days there are a lot of products like this and just simply checking the Guaranteed Analysis is becoming a oldschool outdated way of deciding which nutes to buy.
I dont think AN makes the best products and i believe they are totally over priced but i wouldnt go using $5.00 miracle grow either...
i've used both fox farms and advanced, i know that advanced kicked the ass off of fox farm. i have even done side by side comparison using sour diesel in a sea of green. the advanced products had bigger denser flowers with a closer flowerset than the fox farms.
i currently use a mix of products other than advanced. but i still use sensigrow and sensibloom as my base nutes. i think they are by far the best.
yea, i think fox farm is kinda falling out of the winners loop these days and im sure it depends if you use there additives or not.
Is that right?
Yeah, it's the "trade secrets."
"Old school" is for horticulturists. Hype is for fools.
What's in your pocket?
Then you need to check out my gardens. What do yours look like?
oh shit,
yes that is correct... check into it.
i dont buy into hype... i dont use AN... i do research, i also do my own side by side tests and i attend the trade shows, talk to nutrient company owners, i read, read and read some more... I also attend a horticulture trade school, and i have been a state lic. landscape contractor working with plants for the last 14 years..... so i think i know a little about plants and nutrients... especially these plants.
just because you can grow big buds with miracle grow doesnt mean its good tasting bud... those cheap nutes are usually high in urea based nitrogen which is almost impossible to leach from the plant before harvest...... urea taste like piss.... thats just my first complaint... but if you like it then rock it bro!
if you think a plant cannot benefit from anything but the NPK and secondary nutrients then you are simply wrong.
and my gardens are doing just amazing...
but i dont need to drive the big truck to show off to everyone... because i know i have the bigger penis...
people that actually have something real dont post it on the world wide web...
good luck.
Sounds like we have something in common.
Doesn't mean it isn't good tasting bud either. I have many brands of plant foods, it's their analysis, purity and value that count, not some half naked chick on a website designed to attract kids with dreams because their products don't measure up in the real world of botany and they need all the ad crutches they can muster up. I buy 25 lb. bags of the highest quality salts, super soluble plant food, for $19 delivered that will run circles around the crap and hype that AN sells, at a fraction of the cost.
Urea tastes like what? lol Urea, a safe source of N, is converted into salts before uptake by microbial activity or ion exchanges within the plant cells. That's about as lame as the unfounded mantra that chlorophyll tastes like crap. Folks don't have a clue what happens to either when processed under certain conditions. Nothing more than feelings, not facts. Know the difference.
In the end, it's the salts that matter.
Did I ever tell that dat thang I am hiding behind in my avatar was so big and <cough> ROCK HARD!
right on ben, im open to learning new things when i can... i got respect 4 u, i just dont completely agree with everything... its all good, we do agree on a lot still, your just a little more extreme than i am.
peace ?
"Folks don't have a clue what happens to either when processed under certain conditions". ... Intresting.... Honestly, I would like to know more... what "certain conditions" and what does happen?
"Doesn't mean it isn't good tasting bud either. I have many brands of plant foods, it's their analysis, purity and value that count, not some half naked chick on a website designed to attract kids with dreams because their products don't measure up in the real world of botany and they need all the ad crutches they can muster up. I buy 25 lb. bags of the highest quality salts, super soluble plant food, for $19 delivered that will run circles around the crap and hype that AN sells, at a fraction of the cost."
What is the name of the soil you are talking about? Thanks
im certain that advanced nutrients works really really good. wether anyone likes it or not.
I do my own blend starting with commercial potting soils.
I've personally used both foxfarm and AN. I used the whole foxfarm line including the synthetics open sesame, beastie bloomz, and cha ching. IMO they work fine especially for beginning growers. After about a year I've moved on to AN sensi blooom, big bud, b-52,voodoo juice and have to say its way better than foxfarm. Its a lot pricier but definatly worth it. Invest the money into ur crop and it will pay itself when you harvest. If ur strapped on cash go with foxfarm. I've pulled 1.7 lbs a light before off of foxfarms line.
is that your complete nutrient line up from advanced? i have been considering trying them out just to decide for myself...
Also, it has always boggled my mind as to why advanced nutrients nutrient challenge never included fox farms.. any thoughts on this?
Yea that's all I'm using fron AN. I'm growing auto strain so don't rally use any grow nutes. I use only superthrive during vegging. Also I'm gonna use molasses for the first time this crop during flower. IMO I think foxfarm wasn't included in the nutrient challenge cause all those other brands are more expensive and more for advanced growers. Just my opinion though.
are you in soil or hydro? i was looking into advanced, and i have been in search the best lineup from advanced for soil.. so far i have done fox farms, dutch master gold, and humbolt and gotten best results with fox farms...
i would really love to see a third party company do an actual scientific double blind study on all of the major nutrient companies with marijuana, just to finally bring peace to the arguing and provide actual scientific results... the challenge advanced did seems to biased based on the fact that they did it themselves and their video seemed more persuasive/promotional than anything.. i mean, im sure advanced nutrients work great but i just have a hard time believing they are the answer to my prayers ya know?
You should. Based on a quick look at your journal, you've got some serious leaf chlorosis and yellowing. A food with a higher amount of N would fix it. Problem is, most of the food vendors you're using do not understand the function of N as reflected by the makeup of their products, or don't care.
You're wasting your time and money. It will have no beneficial effect during veg. Superthrive for starts can and will work against you, it is a synthetic hormone and Vitamin B1 that is meant to induce root cell division and elongation. It should be used only as a root drench at no more than 10 drops per gallon.
Advanced growers do not use cannabis specific foods like AN. They understand the function of the 16 essential elements. They buy high quality foods, not glamorized snake oils. If it sounds too good to be true, watch out.
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So now it has come to this: Castration as political discourse.
In case you're not sure what I'm talking about -- maybe you've been summering in a desert monastery or the door to your cave has rusted shut -- this refers to a now infamous comment by the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
In another of those surreal moments where the brain detaches but the microphone goes merrily on, Jackson was heard accusing Democratic presidential candidate Brack Obama of "talking down to black people."
And then, interrupting himself mid-sentence, he added, "I wanna cut his nuts off."
So bizarre and inflammatory was Jackson's comment that it has drawn almost all the media fire in this controversy. In the time-honored tradition of hot-mic gaffes, Jackson apologized publicly for the comment. Then he assured the world that his support for the Obama campaign is "wide, deep and unequivocal."
My guess is this places Jackson in the with-friends-like-these camp of Obama supporters.
But the furor over Jackson's peculiar form of political support distracts us from the deeper question: Has Obama been talking down to black people?
I'm rereading the most recent of Obama's talks on personal responsibility, namely the Father's Day speech he gave at the Apostolic Church of God on Chicago's South Side.
In that speech, Obama talked about the missing father syndrome. He spoke of "too many fathers" who are missing in "too many lives and too many homes" -- would-be dads who have "abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men."
And he talked about the broad toll this has taken: an epidemic of children growing up in single-parent homes, five times more likely to live in poverty, five times more likely to commit a crime, nine times more likely to drop out of school and 20 times more likely to end up in prison.
None of this is new. For decades, people have held forth on this topic, and not just in barbershops.
Moreover, I don't get the sense that Obama's pronouncements were aimed at us from the pinnacle of Mount Sinai. He was wise enough to mention his own imperfections as a parent. He sounded as if he were right down there in the mines, toiling away with the rest of us.
Is it "talking down" to people to suggest that their own lives are affected by their own behavior? That personal responsibility, or the lack of it, has consequences?
All this still leaves us wondering where this castration fantasy originates. I don't want to suggest that I have any personal insight to the inner workings of Jesse Jackson's mind. But a possibility does come to mind.
Some people I know are suspicious of Obama because he hasn't laid out a political agenda that deals with civil rights. I suspect they want to hear some policy solutions about racism before Obama starts lecturing black folk about personal responsibility.
And therein lies the prob lem that arises when we talk about race.
We tend to see the dilemma as either/or. Either it's about the country's shortcomings or it's about our own. Either the culprit is racism or it's black people casting about for a moral compass. But it's not either/or. That would be far too easy.
What all this means, I suspect, is that we can't afford to leave any single factor unexamined. No stone gets left unturned, whether it's systemic racism, national denial or our own behavior as parents.
Follow that. Then maybe we can get on with the complex business of healing.


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Closer to Lima yet less explored by tourists, the Chanchamayo region – famous for its fantastic coffee – offers stunning forested mountain scenery, fast-running rivers, and trees dripping with epiphytes. A steep road descends from Tarma down to the jungle gateway towns of San Ramón and La Merced, separated by a twenty-minute drive. From here you can travel north, visiting the unique Austro-German settlements of Pozuzo and Oxapampa, both rich agricultural centres located within a mosaic of little-visited protected areas, including the stunningly beautiful Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemillén. Apart from Pozuzo, rough roads connect these towns to Pucallpa via Villa Rica, Puerto Bermudez and Puerto Inca.
East from San Ramón and La Merced, an easier paved road heads towards the lower forest region, focused on the frontier town of Satipo, where Ashaninka tribespeople often come to town in traditional robes to sell produce and buy supplies. Near Satipo are scores of native communities, mainly of the Ashaninka ethnic group, and some of South America's finest waterfalls.


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For months now, people have been wondering, is "Occupy" dead? The few active cities which remain have shrunk to tiny fractions of their original numbers, beset by infighting and repeatedly prevented from re-occupying any significant amount of space. Much of the activist world, it seems, has moved on, with the focus shifting to Quebec's student strike, Russia's growing anti-Putin uprising and the ongoing plight of Spain, Greece and Italy. The name, the issues, and frequent protests are still making the news, but in many ways, but it does seem to have lost it's inertia.
Anybody involved in the movement itself can attest to the personal difficulties which arose. Every city faced a slightly different set of issues, but there were some very obvious trends. First would be the development of formal or informal leaderships which came to alienate most participants. Second would be issues of pre-existing power and privilege between participants, (racism, sexism, classism etc) which the ill-defined movement was totally ill-equipped to deal with. And finally there was the central structure of assemblies, melting pots of organizers, activists and citizens who often had very little in common. This was compounded by the ongoing lack of direction and definition and a concerted effort from the Department Homeland Security with local police departments to infiltrate, evict and generally repress the movement.
These are not simply "mistakes" made by participants. They're structural problems with the movement as a whole. They didn't just afflict one or two cities, they were present nearly everywhere Occupy set up. Battles like these are a proving ground for ideas, not just a contest to win over the public. Demonstrating an ability to consistently organize people for the basic tasks involved in protesting is a test of both the people involved and the applicability of the ideas. Without it, how can a "movement" be trusted with a larger influence over society? This is why radical ideas are usually set in the context of "struggle", because if they aren't, they never leave blog posts and academic journals. At least not for long.
"Occupy" was an attempt at re-branding revolution. This meant conjuring up all kinds of radical imagery on one hand, but attempting to escape the "baggage" of historical movements. The result was a caricature of what people thought a revolution was supposed to look like, without much of the substance required to keep it going. As any veteran activist who took part could attest, one of the most infuriating parts was being constantly lectured on "what works" from people who'd obviously done little beyond reading about these topics from mainstream sources online. In spite of constant fears that a "radical fringe" might make the rest look bad (or perhaps because of them), the ultimate downfall of the movement had far more to do with moderating themselves into obscurity.
A recent post from Adbusters, who helped initiate the first encampent at Zucotti Park in New York, puts things pretty plainly:
Our movement is living through a painful rebirth… "There has been a unfortunate consolidation of power in #OWS," writes one founding Zuccotti. "This translates into ideological dominance and recurring lines of thought. We are facing a nauseating poverty of ideas." Burned out, out of money, out of ideas… seduced by salaries, comfy offices, book deals, old lefty cash and minor celebrity status, some of the most prominent early heroes of our leaderless uprising are losing the edge that catalyzed last year's one thousand encampments. Bit by bit, Occupy's first generation is succumbing to an insidious institutionalization and ossification that could be fatal to our young spiritual insurrection unless we leap over it right now. Putting our movement back on track will take nothing short of a revolution within Occupy.
As a response, they call for autonomous, self-organized "Flash Encampments" to take action and initative on their own without permission from local "General Assemblies". Like a number of other recent "tactical updates" from the magazine, this is a timely call. Organizing always involves questions of scale, because groups of a thousand cannot work like groups of ten. As "Occupy" chapters became more entrenched, they attempted to centralize and consolidate local activism in a way which became more constricting than "empowering". The lowest-common-denominator approach to demands made it very hard to put forward any in-depth critiques or proposals, while the hopeless centralization of municipal activism in one room led to countless explosive personal conflicts which tended to derail almost everything.
It would be hard to argue that Occupy didn't "succeed" to at least some degree. It raised the issue of nequality and economic corruption to new highs, it lead to an explosion in many types of activism. There is a point, though, where movements must both grow and evolve. People are beginning to realise that there's no more inherent authority in the dozen "main occupiers" local Occupy camp, or any other self-declared spokespeople, than themselves. That was the real revolution.
The first step toward real "direct democracy" is an acknowledgement of personal autonomy which cuts both ways. That means we're free to speak for ourselves, but only with the acknowledgement that we're speaking only for ourselves. Taking "direct action" and breaking all the rules without also surrendering your rule over others is worse than useless, it's downright dangerous – it leads to monstrosities like the Golden Dawn. Our oranizing efforts need to be based on the admission that they have only as much authority as we're willing to give them, and only as long as we're willing to give it. That goes for everybody, and for every organization. Without constantly affirming that collective efforts are based on the free association of individuals, they always tends toward coercion before long.
Centralism is a dead end for social movements, especially those seeking to fight the centralization of society as a whole. Nonviolent resistance groups would do well to learn from violent ones here, who long ago turned to autonomous cell structures because anything else was a very literal dead end for their movements (and themselves). Beyond the inherent vanguardism, centralization imposes practical limitations which are almost always impossible to overcome. On a small scale, a "coordinating committee" can be useful, but even at the municipal level the number of people involved makes any such body an impossible organizational bottleneck. A few savvy activists downtown cannot organize neighbourhood-based groups across even a mid-sized city like Hamilton – believe me, it's just not possible. Our city is too diverse, culturally, regionally, economically and in a hundred different ways. Any honest self-organization of our population needs to happen at the ultra-local level if it's to actually represent more than a tiny number of the people. Liberation for the North End is very different from liberation for Dundas, but that doesn't mean they're conflicting aims.
This is not an obituary, it's a call to arms. Whether or not "Occupy Hamilton" is functioning, demonstrations locally have gone from weekly to almost daily as the weather's improved, and I still see many familiar faces whenever I show up to one. The issues are beginning to diversify – strikes, school closures, solidarity with uprisings in Quebec and others. People are starting to realise that there's nothing more required to stage a "protest" than a dozen or so of their friends. And so, instead of "taking over", the movement is "going viral" and becoming something else entirely.
The first step toward liberation is accepting that there's no leaders coming to save us. This isn't something we can sign up for or subscribe to. It's not a club we can join or a card we can carry. And there's no roadmap or one-size-fits-all models which will work everywhere. This is something we all have to do for ourselves, in our own ways – it can't be done for us.
So go out there and do it.
These days, it seems like there's another protest or action every time I turn around. I don't know that there's been a week in months where I didn't end up at some sort of action or demonstration. A quick look at news-wires shows this is hardly local – the dramatic rise in popular uprisings we saw last year seems to be continuing, and once again is beginning to spread as winter releases us from its grip. In light of all this, it's time to have a serious talk about where we're going.
What is a "movement"?
Movements are characterized not just by what they have in common, but also in their differences. What sets movements apart from single organizations or coalition is the diversity of people and groups involved. Unlike political parties or other unified organizations, there is rarely a single viewpoint, platform or plan. Rather, the strength of movements lies in their ability to connect with vast numbers of people on many levels, unrestricted to a single style or venue. This happens through schools, workplaces, neighbourhoods and religious institutions, and in each those involved come at the issues with their own perspective and critique.
Movements happen when the attention and action around an issue grows beyond immediate conflicts and into broader public questions. Because movements are able to symbolize more than just the immediate issues they fight over, and resonate with large parts of the public. Think of "black power" or "working class pride", which soon came to mean far more than the right to sit at the front of a bus, or a few more cents an hour in wages. The ability of a movement to exert pressure on many levels – strikes, protests, legal actions, occupations etc – presents a threat that authorities cannot ignore, and can be very successful at winning concessions on many issues at once. Most of the nicer aspects of living in countries like Canada were won in this fashion – labour, feminism, civil rights – without these and others we would likely live surrounded by the conditions Dickens described. Certain organizations and individuals are often given credit for these efforts, but it's clear from the actual events that none of these victories could have been won without countless acts of individual initiative at all levels.
Any movement harbors deep divisions over tactics, philosophy and direction. This is crucial, since one group/ideology/plan rarely represents the feelings of everyone present, or even a majority. These divisions allow diverse groups to work together by presenting options for involvement that range far beyond one political party, "mass organization" or insurgent army, as well as limiting the influence of any particular group. As a strategy, it leaves authorities in a constant state of siege without a clear target to strike back at. Any form of resistance, on its own, can be easily defeated if the state throws it's full weight at it – this is true of strikes, marches, occupations or riots. The groups behind them can be targeted, the actions can be me with overwhelming force and supporters can be villainized in the press. When many groups work together, though, the damage compounds while the effectiveness of any single crackdown shrinks dramatically. The Civil Rights movement needed Malcolm X and the Black Panthers just as much as it did Martin Luther King Jr. and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee – if anything, they complimented each other in many ways, with a dramatic inversion of the traditional role of 'good cop, bad cop', a pattern seen repeated from Ireland to India. These examples, of course, are extremes, but the same dynamics play themselves out in most serious social struggles.
If there's one word which describes the overwhelming strategy here, it's solidarity. When centralized power negatively affects so many groups at once, the natural response is to ally against it. This works for several reasons. First, because it expands the debate beyond the narrow confines of single-issue politics into broader questions about society. Second, because it forges meaningful and effective tactical alliances which can help everyone involved. And thirdly, because it makes power the target of our actions, rather than each other.
Learning From History
What can today's new generation of rebels and rabble-rousers learn from the movements of the past? When I look at the "Occupy movement" and others like it, I see may of the same age-old tensions presenting themselves. As northern protesters re-emerge from our winter hibernation, questions of direction are weighing heavily. Some are pushing to raise the tone and take actions into workplaces and neighbourhoods, but others are pushing toward more moderate routes – it's an election year, after all, and we wouldn't want to lose our champion, the great Obama. Sadly, too often, I'm seeing a lot of the same mistakes repeated as we've seen so many times in the past.
In the media-saturated North American arena, the Occupy Movement holds centre stage for many reasons, from the sheer level of attention it's received to the broad and inclusive approach which relates many issues to core problems with out society. In many ways, it represents a re-branding of revolution in a very accessible form, detached from the controversial connotations of so many more established groups and movements. While this branding has been enormously successful, there hasn't yet been a solid definition. After the initial euphoria wore off, it became clear that many participants had very different ideas about what the movement itself stood for and intended to do (which is cool), and simply expected everyone else to go along with it in the name of "unity" (which isn't). The conflicts we're now seeing are the result of deep-seated divisions, and how they're mediated will decide much of whether "Occupy" can continue as an "umbrella", or whether it will become a participant in a much broader movement.
Occupy did not invent revolution or activism. The tactics, issues and critiques are nothing new, and the echoes of struggles past resound with every step it takes. As someone who has been and continues to be involved (but speaks only for himself), we would be wise to heed the warnings of history and avoid the failures of past movements. So far, the approach has been both innovative and inspirational, but if certain participants get their way, it will go instead the way of Greenpeace and the NDP, and instead of scruffy activists protesting downtown, we'll have workers soliciting votes and donations.
How Movements Die
When is a movement not a movement anymore? Consider the definition above. When it begins to lack diversity of participants, tactics or issues, a singular organization forms which can only really be a participant in other movements, no matter how large. Any given Communist party would be a good example of this – never totally or successfully engaging with the rest of society, even when they came to dominate. The second way a "movement" could begin to fail the definition is if it's symbols, organizations or ideas stop characterizing dissent. Sometimes this happens as co-optation of language and symbols ("socialist", "democracy"), or because the organizations involved have themselves become part of the establishment, like many NGOs, unions and political parties. In practice, all of these factors play a role in demolishing "movements".
Much of Canada's labour history happened in Hamilton. From the dawn, with the nine-hours movement rallying in what's now Victoria Park, to the Stelco strike of 1946 which helped establish union membership in Canadian law. Sadly, like America and elsewhere where unions won this battle, it came at a cost. The large, consolidated unions like those in the AFL-CIO would be able to collect dues from paycheques and collectively bargain for pay and benefits, but at a price. These newly established labour bureaucracies were expected to reign in local direct actions like wildcat strikes and could be held responsible if they didn't. Within a few decades this victory began to fade, with a decades-long increase in inflation-adjusted wages effectively ending in the early 1970s and showing a slight decline since. This institutionalization, which should've been a crowning victory for labour, soon turned out to be more of a neutering, and it's no surprise that so many working-class people mistrust them today.
The environmental movement suffered a similar fate. I've known people involved in Greenpeace from the very beginning, and have always had a lot of admiration for what they did. Sadly, I've also known people who've more recently fought to unionize Greenpeace fund-raising offices. Along with others like the Sierra Club, they often now end up signing agreements with logging companies. Environmental terminology and politics have lost nearly all meaning – there's a gas station near here which recently declared itself "green". Perhaps most frightening, unprecedented levels of international organization at the governmental level have achieved next to nothing after decades on issues like climate change.
There are far too many others I could name. What's most depressing is how "successful" these movements were (and are) by conventional measures in terms of numbers of participants and influence. They did everything they were supposed to, and yet achieved none of the wider goals.
Why does this happen? Because organizing in this way takes an enormous amount of time and energy. Not only does this drain resources from other areas, but a prime focus is put on control and discipline. This generally happens coming from a rationale of "gaining the support of the public" in ways that objectify the public and supporters like pawns in a giant chess game. At this point, all the "others" involved become a lot less important, and rather than a movement which has come to symbolize the struggles of the oppressed, you have struggles of the oppressed which have come to symbolize "The Movement". At that point, to the oppressed people in question, this "movement" becomes little more than another set of bosses, who now "own" their activism.
A movement is not defined by the size of its membership, the influence it holds in parliament or the amount of funds in any group bank account. Rather, it's made up of the links between struggling organizations, the overlap in the issues which drive them and the mass actions and the amount of faith that the public has that it's collection of symbols, actions and theories can lead to meaningful changes in society. They are always chaotic, and always walk a delicate line between diversity and utter disorganization – but in these traits comes a kind of unpredictability which makes them incredibly effective against "orderly" centralized and powerful organizations. More importantly, such a structure helps keep the focus of our work on "resistance" and not working to create yet another institution which will need to be resisted. Movements succeed by allying people against power, not allying with power against others, or attempting to seize power for one's own ends. Anything else, and it's just not a movement any more.


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In what looks like a campaign to attract support for maintaining her position as president of Local 1034 of the CWA, Carla Katz has posted on njvoices.
I've come to understand a little about the commenters here. Most have very incisive, well-reasoned positions to expound on and are not averse to speaking bluntly even if they have to use *s. Hence, absent a power outage at whatever home Ms. Katz currently occupies, I hold out little hope that most comments will survive the time it takes to hit the delete button.
I'll start with my comment, and feel free to add yours here where it won't be deleted. You better hurry though, I have no hope of this being an editor's pick and it's been a very scenic day so Bill Wolfe is about due for a run of posts.
"Over the past few years, unions across the country have put internal politics and personal agendas above the interests of our movement as a whole." - Carla Katz
Couldn't agree more. But why point that out now, just days after you've been kicked outside that movement? Wouldn't this have been something to bring to our, and your organization's, attention during the years you reference?
I too am saddened by the demise of the union movement but from the angle I'm most familiar with (their woefully underfunded pension plans) when the autopsy is performed, you won't be able to rule out suicide.


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Event History
Rank Name From Last Total
1. Harry Flawd PA 15 282
2. Devin Flawd PA 09 200
3. Jacob Hebner CO 13 90
4. Bill O'Neal NY 14 58
5. Bruno Passacantando CT 14 53
6. Derek Landel NJ 14 46
7. Mike Destro NJ 07 36
8. Chad Gormly MA 13 33
9. Tim Dolan NJ 15 30
10. Mike James MD 12 30
11. Barry Shoults MI 08 24
12. John Ellmann MD 01 22
13. Dale Long NJ 15 21
14. Jordan Flawd PA 08 21
15. Joe Yaure PA 15 18
16. Jeremy Billones VA 10 18
17. David Tianen WI 09 18
18. Dave Buchbinder PA 03 18
19. Ray Stakenas II MI 03 18
20. Dan Dolan Jr NJ 05 15
21. Bill Place PA 05 13
22. Jeff Finkeldey OH 13 12
23. John Shaheen VA 10 12
24. Mark Love MD 10 12
25. Dan Overland MI 15 9
26. Sean McCulloch OH 14 9
27. Ron Pisarz VA 12 9
28. Paul O'Neil MD 06 9
29. Jason Levine NY 03 9
30. Daniel Long NJ 15 6
31. Scott Nerney RI 14 6
32. Terry Coleman CA 12 6
33. Brian Conlon CT 11 6
34. Andy Lewis DE 06 6
35. Pete Putnam PA 04 6
36. Greg Berry VA 01 6
37. Michael Cook VA 01 4
38. Steve Scott CA 11 3
39. Dennis Nicholson NY 03 3
40. Bruce Reiff OH 00 2
Tim Dolan, NJ
Dale Long, NJ
Dan Overland, MI
Joe Yaure, PA
Dan Long
Mark Potter, PA
Harry Flawd, PA
Nine Times—2015
John Ellmann, MD
Devin Flawd, PA
2001, 2005-08
Bill O'Neal, NY
There is a very good reason for the Paydirt recap to come out today. As GM, I had to wait to see if the Paydirt crown handed to the New England Patriots this year would stand up in court! Of course when all the lawyers fees were settled, payments to the arbiter of the "Deflate gate" were processed, and the last die fell into the dice tower… Tom Brady and the Pats were vindicated and once again the old guard holder Harry Flawd held off the challenge of a couple of veterans and a couple of stalwart youngsters to win both the AFC and NFC heats and take the Super Bowl Title by default—giving him a total of nine.
It was a strange and very intriguing AFC Heat on Wednesday, as we picked up four new players, including long time Paydirt player but WBC newbie, Dan Overland, who would lead his Steelers into the AFC title game. The opening round saw all but two of the games finish with both teems within hailing distance if only they could manage another TD. That included two OT games, where Dan's Steelers nipped Paydirt veteran Bill Place's Browns 27-21, and Derek Landel's Broncos topped Sam Berk's Bengals. Remaining on that nail biter theme, Round 2 saw only one game not finish within a single TD. It was a very competitive season! Big moments from Round 2 included Ryan Friedman getting a late FG to beat Paul Bean 37-35, Dan's Steelers defeating Mark Love's Jaguars 35-34, and Joe Yaure's Jets topple Derek's Broncos 41-38 using the point spread to his advantage. Joe continued his mastery of the spread with the Jets taking down 2002 champ Bill O'Neal 39-38 next, while Harry was getting all he could handle from Dale Long's Broncos, trailing 11-0 late in the third quarter, before Brady tossed two late TDs to win 14-11, and Dan's Steelers finally steamrollered Ryan's Ravens 42-9. Joe finally ran out of steam against Dan 45-44 in an amazing game with many players watching and hanging on the back and forth tussle until the very end. In the other game, Harry once again had a rough go with his Patriots, playing Dan Dolan's Dolphins tight throughout the game until a late Dolphin pick.
The AFC Championship was predicted to be a high scoring, but tight game. Well, one out of two ain't bad. NE picked off Pitt on the first play of the game and scored two plays later. Another quick score made it a 14-3 lead. Pitt had trouble holding onto the ball, as they climbed back to 14-10 and held NE for a punt, but the return man could not hold onto it for a fumble and NE once again capitalized for a TD. The dagger came with NE leading 28-10 but Pitt on the NE 5 with :30 left in the half….and again NE picked off the pass to end the threat, coasting to a 48-25 win.
Over in the NFC Heat, we celebrated the return to Friday from Thursday, as 24 players took the field, up eight from last year. Lesson learned. Harry did not bid on any teams, instead just waiting to see what team would be left to keep it even numbered. What was left was Tampa Bay—the worst team in the set. So we figured we would play the spread and hope for the best. Round 1 again produced many exciting games with Joe Betz and the Eagles topping Versek D and his Packers 50-45, Chris Palermo taking out chart designer Ron Pisarz and his Giants 44-42, and Geoffrey P's Redskins defeating Paul Bean's Seahawks 35-33. Tourney favorite Detroit coached by Ray Stakenas II was taken down by Doug Gallulo's Falcons 28-7, while the other Lion team of Steve Vance moved on by taking out Derek's Cards. The games in Round 2 were much closer, with Harry and the Bucs going OT to beat the Redskins 27-21, Tim Dolan's Dallas beating Steve's Lions 29-26, Dan Long's GB holding off Sam Berk's Eagles 30-27, and Joe Betz holding off Greg Coulter's Vikings 30-21. Only Doug's Falcon's 37-0 whitewash of the Panthers was a laugher.
Round 3 was easier on the nerves, as Tim Dolan (Dallas), Dan Long (GB), and Harry (TB) all won by 10 or more. That set up two of the greatest games in recent history. Tim Dolan took the bye with Dallas, so Harry and Dan set up to play GB vs TB. On paper, the Pack was a heavy 28 point favorite and came out playing like it. By halftime, Rogers had thrown three TD passes to bring the Packers to within 28-21. TB squeaked in a FG before the half ended to slow the onslaught, but it was now only 31-21 at the break. TB used a masterful ground game to keep zeros on the board in the third quarter. GB scored a TD but TB countered with a FG to make it 34-28 with a little over eight minutes left. Dan then scored on a breakaway run to make it 35-34 Pack with six minutes left. TB turned it over on downs and it looked bleak for the Bucs. but with 3:50 left and GB on the 35, a 3rd and 4 GB 5-yard run, was nullified by a holding penalty! GB punted, and TB drove to the GB 35 yard line, where Patrick Murray calmly nailed it thru the uprights for the win!
The NFC title game was more drama, as the spread this time was a mere 19 points! TB held the Cowboys to zero thru the first quarter, and looked in prime shape to play the spread into a win. Tim had other thoughts, as Dallas quickly scored ten points to cut the lead to 19-10 late in the half. Dallas drove to the TB 8, but on 4th down missed the FG to close the gap. TB then countered with a FG scoring drive of their own to make it 22-10 at the break. The only scoring in the 3rd quarter came via a Dallas FG, so it was now 22-13 entering the 4th. TB scored a TD early in the 4th, but Dallas countered with a score of their own to make it 29-20 with 6:50 left. Tim had the ball on the TB 35, threw the Long Pass…rolled a 15….and got picked off! TB drove for a FG, and Romo then followed that with a TD pass of 45 yards, but when the Onside Kick was coddled in by TB, the upset stood: 32-27 TB!
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Can a business stay the same size over time and should it? Or do you feel if a business isn't growing, it is shrinking?
Hi Everyone... good question. Here is my 2 cents.
It's true that the common conception is that 'If you aren't growing, your dying'. Perhaps in the multinational global economy this is true. In small business - in the landscape maintenance business - *I would disagree completely.
How far and how fast you grow your company is entirely up to you and will depend on your lifestyle preferences and your personality. I know of many companies who happily run 1 or 2 crews and have for years and years. They do very well having streamlined their operation over the years to maximize their profit and build up a group of preferred and loyal customers. Likely the owner of this type of business prefers a simpler lifestyle. On the other hand I know of companies who grow to 10+ crews and are always looking to grow more. There is nothing wrong with this. Obviously the owner of this company is a business person at heart and loves the challenges of building the enterprise.
Some people are perhaps not sure which way to go. My own personal experience illustrates this. I started small (who doesn't *http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif *and grew my company over the years. After about 5 years it had grown and I was operating several crews. However, I realized that I enjoyed my life much more when I was running just 2 crews. So I downsized and stayed running either 1 or 2 crews since then. This allowed me more freedom and less stress.
So, I say, if you like it small... stay small. You may be surprised at your profit (4 crews does not necessarily mean twice as much profit as 2 crews). You are not dying. You are enjoying a lifestyle that combines satisfying work, a healthy lifestyle and good money. And what's wrong with that.
Its worth noting, however, that not growing in size does not mean being stagnant. You should always be looking at new technology that can help your business, new services to offer and new ways to wow your customers. If you fail to do these types of activities regularly then you are dying.
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Ontario Cup Final Points Standingscourtesy All HawleyThe final points after the Provincial Championships are now posted on the OCA site. Here are the highlights. For the complete standings go to Mountain Bike Results and chose XC or Downhill Senior Pro-Elite Male Cross Country1 Hall, Josh 1092 Hine, Julian 973 Croutch, Andrew 904 Bakker, Osmond 885 Jakomait, Jesse 786 Weber, Jeff 677 Morse, Peter 628 Oliver, Tim 619 Dey, Ryan10 Faulkner, NatSenior Pro-Elite Female XC1 Trimble, Susan 1112 Greene, Leslie 973 Di Lello, Maria 954 Westman, Trisha 9405 Hoskins, Lisa 796 Kellett, Amanda 727 Brown, Jennifer 608 Pelletterio, Larissa 33Senior-Pro-Elite Male DH1 Neumann, Ondrej 1072 Wells, Mark N 1033 Beattie, Doug 924 McLean, Peter 835 Cobham, George 786 Smith, Brent 777 Lobodzinski, Michael 688 Pautler, Drew 639 Walters, Ryan 5410 McGuire, Brandon 50Senior-Pro-Elite Female DH1 Desautels, Lalena 1162 Gambin, Cecile 973 Hirtes, Jocelyn 40 Buona Notte Pro Am Racestory courtesy David Zabriskie, results FQSCMontréal - 31 août 1999/August 31st 1999Held in the busy and trendy St. Laurent district of Montreal.In attendance were Brian Walton (Saturn), Yannick Cojan, Gord Fraser (Mercury), Dominic Perras (Nutrafig), Sylvain Beauchamps (Degree Radio Energie), Eric Wohlberg (Shaklee), Czeslaw Lukascewicz and numerous senior 1 riders. Buona Notte is an anual race with $3,000 in cash to be won.Estimated crowd was 10,000 to watch the riders maneuver the 40km, 45 lap 800 metre course that consisted of 8 corners, that narrowed in some places to no more than 3 metres.At the 9 lap mark, Lukascewicz was in the lead with Eric Lyman (Espoirs de Laval-Naya), Sylvain Beauchamps (Degree Radio Energie) hot on his heels. By lap 10 Gord Fraser too the lead and never relenquished it. By the end of the race Fraser had build a 1 minute gap and had lapped the main field. Alexandre Cloutier (Degree Radio Energie) chased Fraser hard during the final laps only to be caught in the final sprint by Dominic Perras.Notes: Lukascewicz was DNF, John Malois DNS, Cojan flatted and David Zabriskie wanted to race, but knew he would not last 2 laps.Seen on the sidelines: Steve Rover and Lyn Bessette enjoying the racing with the very enthusiastic crowd.Many riders are in town preparing for the start of the Trans Canada Tour on Friday in Québec City.


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By Ken Henderson
There has been much discussion of late concerning the fate of the provincial Normal College building in Truro. The tenor of much of this discussion might be summarized as "somebody" has to do "something" to save the building. The "somebody" of choice at the moment seems to be the regional library board.
Before the design a new library is compromised, it's time to raise some serious questions about some of the assumptions around saving this building.
What is it about this particular structure that arouses such passion? What exactly about the building must be saved/restiored? Its form? Its Victorian decoration? It's interior character with its high ceilings? The interior trim? The original exterior iron work? The mill-work (already been removed from its main floor windows)?
At what point does it become so far removed from its original self that it is no longer a restoration, but a reuse of some of its elements? How much cost is acceptable, both in dollars over the cost of a new library, and in ongoing costs over its life in both financial and utility terms?
In dismissing the current library building, some are dismissive of its modern style as an ugly intrusion on the site. We owe to the founders of that style some pithy truths that we now take for granted when developing projects.
One particularly telling to this situation is 'form follows function,' a guiding principle of the moderns, among whom was Mies van der Rohe who added to the design lexicon 'less is more.'
Our Truro-Bible Hill MLA, Lenore Zann, has her office in a building (Bank of Montreal) that applies many of van der Rohe's design principles (he'd probably not like the back-lit signs interrupting the vertical line though). Truro's heritage plan recommends that it be considered for future heritage designation.
If we are thinking of removing the current library to help justify saving the Normal College, we should research what we are destroying. It is a project to celebrate Canada's centennial in 1967. Its design was chosen by a committee of well-respected citizens. It was designed by Robert Cassidy, a Truro architect who chose to look forward in developing his design, rather than backward.
His library exhibits many of the defining hallmarks of the architecture of its time – functionality, simplicity in form and design, all materials and architectural elements bare and revealed honestly, linearity , transparency, open adaptable floor plan, and likely others.
In a recnt Truro Daily News column, Joe Ballard posits that the Normal College "looks like a library.' A 19th century library maybe. Cassidy built a 20th century library. Is Truro to see what a 21st century library looks like?
Truro councillor Danny Joseph quite rightly laments the loss in the early 1970s of the railway station. Was a viable re-use project brought forward at the time, or did people then, as now, say "somebody" has to do "something?"
At the provincial heritage conference in 2008, a well-respected heritage developer and member of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia, Michael Tavares, told a session that in his opinion the Town of Truro had done just about all that could be expected to save the Normal College and that it was nearing time for the heritage community to let it (the town) off the hook if a viable use that would justify the expense of restoration was not soon forthcoming.
The Town of Truro has had a sign inviting proposals for the Normal College posted on the building for several years now. A committee put in long hours looking for a plan. The ideas of using it as a arts school, providing court space and perhaps other uses were explored and came to no positive end. It seems unfair at this point to put all the eggs in the basket of the library board.
None of the above is to suggest that either the library must stay where it is, or that the Normal College is not a good site for a new home. I'm not qualified to make that judgement.
My concern is that this community should not rush into a project justified only as a last chance to save one particular building. Doing so with an unsatisfactory result would negatively impact future preservation projects.
There needs to be a broad discussion and clear rationale for whatever direction is taken with the separate goals of building a library and saving the Normal College.
The town has worked hard to deal with a heritage building dropped on it many years ago by the province. Maybe now it's time for the townspeople to become involved in a much wider, much more open discussion.
Ken Henderson is a resident of Truro. He is a former educator and community volunteer with a life-long interest in local heritage issues.


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Are habitat plans good protection?
Critics say a builder can just buy a favorable land-use report.
The City Council this week wrapped up discussions of a new provision in the Critical Areas Ordinance, which proponents say could custom-tailor habitat protections for individual properties while allowing more flexibility for landowners.
But opponents of Habitat Management Plans, now included in the CAOs draft update, say the provisions would allow loopholes that scale back environmental protections.
A habitat plan would be a report prepared by a professional wildlife or fisheries biologist that evaluates habitat functions on a proposed development site and identifies measures necessary to maintain and improve conservation.
HMPs were proposed as an alternative to buffers that protect wetlands and streams. Approved HMPs could be used to reduce wildlife buffers but cannot be used to alter buffers intended for water quality protection.
The councils most recent proposal for buffers around fish-bearing streams include 100-foot water quality buffers and 50-foot wildlife buffers.
Councilman Jim Llewellyn, a supporter of HMPs, said the underlying idea for Habitat Management Plans is to give more flexibility for properties encumbered by wetlands or streams where buffers are going to be prohibitively large.
He said HMPs would allow a landowner to hire a biologist who will craft a plan that allows some development in a buffer area while prescribing other means to preserve habitat and water quality on the site.
Llewellyn said an HMP may be useful when some buffers intended to protect habitat contain no significant wildlife. Such a plan could scale back the underused habitat buffer and offer other alternatives for more effective wildlife preservation.
As an example, he said a stand of trees used by tree frogs that is not connected to a wetland buffer could be offered as a protected area by an HMP in return for the right to develop on a portion of a nearby wetland.
Its site-specific and it analyzes each individual propertys assets as habitat and keeps that habitat viable, he said.
But HMPs could amount to little more than shopping for a report favorable to a developer, said island resident and marine habitat specialist Jim Brennan.
It goes without saying that the biggest concern is the fact that you can simply buy the opinion that gets you what you want, he said.
Cara Cruickshank, co-director of the Natural Landscapes Project, also fears moneys influence over environmental protections.
This can be abused by people with the right resources, she said. If you have enough money you can find someone to write up just about anything.
Instead, Cruickshank prefers wide buffers with few reduction alternatives.
Brennan said HMPs could have merit if properly crafted and implemented.
But the present CAO draft update contains provisions for HMPs that are untested, he said, and could be easily corrupted because of weak or vague guidelines.
Brennan is also concerned that some city planning department staff are unqualified to make decisions on approval of HMPs and that a high rate of HMPs could overwhelm staff.
In concept, (HMPs) are not a bad idea, he said. But the council needs to look at the flexibility it allows, what wed be measuring, how its interpreted and the issue of transparency. The council doesnt really understand what it means. Theres a lot more homework to do.
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Silent Shade has an ambitious working-lands stewardship project underway. Its 800-acre Ducrest property is being set up as a demonstration farm under Mississippi's REACH – Research and Education to Advance Conservation and Habitat – an initiative developed by a coalition of farm and environmental groups.
Jack explains that former catfish ponds will be made into reservoirs and a tail-water recovery ditch will have automatic relift pumps to reclaim the water. The farm also will be fitted with flow meters and water quality monitors, allowing scientists to collect data from this closed system of irrigation, nutrients and sediment.
Not only is this system expected to significantly cut nutrient and sediment losses and reduce drawdown of the aquifer, it also will boost habitat for waterfowl and shore birds. "REACH will showcase how good a job agriculture is doing," says Robert Kröger, assistant professor of wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture at Mississippi State University. "It will also further document that, by farming with a conservation mindset, you see improved production."
He adds that REACH experts share scientifically researched best practices with producers and landowners. Over time, as farmers develop and implement landscape stewardship plans, REACH will collect a unique body of documentation that shows the benefits of conservation management.
That's the goal at Silent Shade – to produce at a high level, but to do it sustainably. "We're good stewards of the land," Jack says. "The only thing we do not do as well as we should, as farmers, is to show the rest of the world what we do – and to follow that with hard data."
Data from the REACH farm can provide those hard numbers. "Then we need to take it to the inner cities, take it to the schools and show the kids what we do," Jack continues. "This is where we differ from most operations. We want to take it to the next level. We want to use this information that we collect every year, year after year, to prove that we are doing a good job.
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June 10, 2013 - Mike Donahey
Yes, Virginia, there is life after high school.
And that is free advice from this writer to recent central Iowa high school graduates who might think they have seen the last of their scholastic or athletic glory days. And the same applies to those active in the arts, forensics, or other pursuits. Regardless, that will be one of several story lines explored in the June 16 Marshall Times.
Marshalltown native Dale Clayton, now of Omaha, will be featured. Clayton was a successful baseball, basketball and track athlete at Marshalltown High School in the early to mid-1980s.
He attended Wayne State College in Nebraska and found more success in baseball. In short, he still owns a number of team baseball records 25 years after he hung up the spikes. Which is proof in the pudding that high school accomplishments can serve as a foundation for better, and bigger accomplishments ahead.
Armed with a degree in business administration, Clayton entered the workplace, and has been a highly successful employment counselor with Worldbridge Partners of Omaha. And when not taking care of business, Clayton "paid it forward" by passing on lessons learned from his playing days by coaching youth baseball in Omaha four years.
Several testimonials from parents prove he made many a positive impact on the baseball field. The 1984 grad cited former MHS coaches Brad Clement, George Funk and the late Rich Rozell as role models. Clayton is the son of Marshalltown residents Don and Delores Clayton.
Clayton's story, and more, including the latest in financial advice from our columnists, will be included. Incidentally, Marshall Times is devoted to the events, people, places and miscellaneous subjects with a Marshall County connection. So, readers, let me know of story ideas you might have — I'll be glad to listen.


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Two new art spaces roll out, another changes hands
Island art lovers will see some changes in Vashon's gallery scene on Friday evening's Gallery Cruise.
This Friday, Adam Cone and Megan Hastings, owners of Snapdragon Bakery and Café, will open the Hastings Cone Gallery in a space adjacent and connected to their restaurant.
The pair, who have studied art at prestigious places, including The Art Institute of Chicago, Columbia University and Cornish College for the Arts, have renovated the small space to heighten the ceiling, creating an intimate gallery where they hope to exhibit not only wall pieces but also kinetic and other types of art.
"We're finally making use of our art education, which is, of course, the reason why we cook," Cone joked.
Cone, who was also a founding member of VALISE Gallery, said that opening a gallery has been part of his and Hastings' long-term plan for some time. At Snapdragon, he pointed out, he and Hastings have always shown work by local artists and children. And in June, Hastings mounted a show of her father's travel photography in the space that has now become the gallery. This Friday, an exhibition of paintings by Allison Crain Trundle will officially launch the Hastings Cone Gallery.
"Sometimes, you should just jump in, and so we decided to make a go of it," he said, adding that the scale of the gallery will make it possible for it to be a warm and welcoming place.
"It's not huge or daunting," he said. "There can be a certain degree of frivolity."
Cone is also excited, he said, about the expansion of Monarch Gallery, a fine art and antiques showroom space next door to his café and new gallery. That business has also leased additional space next door to its current shop and created a room solely devoted to fine art, which will have its grand opening on the First Friday gallery cruise. Works by such famous artists as Robert Motherwell, Morris Graves and Cecil Beaton, among others, will be on display.
"I just think we're in for a good fall with these new creative endeavors," Cone said.
In the meantime, owner Lisa Hurst has closed Ignition Studios & Gallery, located in the alley of 177th Street, directly behind Spider's Ski & Sports.
However, four artists who were Hurst's subtenants still remain in the space.
Two of those artists, David Blad and Heidi Stair, have spearheaded a group show, opening on Friday, intended to launch a new artists' cooperative, Island Artistry, to be housed in the former Ignition space.
Memberships to the co-op will cost $50 a month, Blad said — enough to keep the gallery doors open with interesting shows.
Friday's group show will include well-known island artists such as Jayne Quig, Janice Wall, Pam Ingalls and Jacqui Lown. Live music will also be provided by Jamie Jackson, Dianne Krouse and Cami Lundeen.
"It seemed like the right thing to do," Blad said. "People are interested in the gallery staying open."
Blad credited Lisa Hurst, Ignition's owner, in creating a multi-use concept for the venue he thinks will continue to work well.
"Lisa put this thing together and did a great job," he said. "We're just totally honoring everyone and moving on and continuing the saga."
In a statement that was projected on the gallery wall during July's First Friday gallery cruise, Hurst cited "ongoing lease, parking, signage and access disputes" as the reason for her departure from the space.
In early 2012, Hurst opened Ignition as a place that combined artist studios, classroom space and a small, well-appointed gallery. Her space, a former garage and shop, was built in 1946 as part of a downtown automotive complex owned and operated by the Brennos, a longtime island family. The Brenno family, operating under a LLC, is still the landlord of the space, as well as the storefront that houses Spider's Ski & Sports.
Ignition was an instant hit on Vashon, drawing hundreds to opening receptions that offered islanders a chance to ogle artwork and stand around two outdoor fire pits to schmooze with friends and neighbors.
After Hurst's departure, her subtenants entered negotiations with the new managers of the space, Laine and Christine Cruver, who own Spider's Ski & Sports.
According to Christine, the details of the new management are still being worked out, but as far as she is aware, all four artists — Teppei Teranishi, Shelly Hurd, Stair and Blad — will stay put in their studios.
"We're all working together to come up with a really good solution," she said.
In the meantime, Hurst said she plans to return to teaching art at the college level, a career she had for many years before opening Ignition. She will also continue to make her own encaustic and other artwork.
"This transition has been a financial challenge, so I'm going to downsize to a personal studio," she said. "Hopefully, Ignition will reappear again soon as a stop on
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ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) - An Allen County Commissioner is taking issue with Fort Wayne's newly created Capital Improvement Board.
The board oversees $80-100 million from the Supplemental Coliseum Improvement Fund. But can also use the money for other Allen County improvements.
Commissioners appoint three members, the mayor appoints three, and those six members elect a president.
Allen county Commissioner Bill Brown says, "I have long advocated that that Board ought to be made up of at least four elected officials - the Mayor, a Commissioner, and a Representative of both the City and County Council. That way we have our elected leaders out there that are a part of the decision making, and we can still take the same input, and we'd have at least three people from the private sector."
Previously, the Allen County Commissioners made those spending decisions and as Brown points out, they're elected by all the residents of Allen County.
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Brett de Bary received her B. A. from Barnard College, and her M. A. and Ph. D. from Harvard University. She has been Director of Cornell's Society for the
Humanities (2003-2005) and Director of the Visual Studies Program (2000-2003), she holds a joint appointment with the Department of Asian Studies and the Department of
Comparative Literature at Cornell. Her research interests include modern Japanese fiction and film; the Japanese post-modern;
comparative literary theory, translation theory and post-colonial theory; and gender and philosophy. She is currently doing research on Japanese woman writer, Morisaki Kazue,
member of the influential artist/activist collective "Circle Village" (Saakuru mura) during the political and cultural upheavals surrounding the 1960 renewal of the Japan-U. S.
Security Treaty and the historic Mitsui Miike coal mine strike. She has translated work by Karatani Kojin (Origins of Japanese Literature, Duke University, Arisawa Award Finalist,
1994), Oe Kenzaburo, Nakano Shigeharu, Miyamoto Yuriko, and Morisaki Kazue. Her essay on bi-lingual (Japanese/German) author Tawada Yoko was published in Translation and the Senses
of the Wor(l)d in Tamkang Studies of Foreign Languages and Literatures (No. 9, 2007). Deconstructing Nationality (Cornell East Asia Series, 2005), co-edited with Iyotani Toshio
Naoki Sakai, has been published in English and Japanese-language editions. Brett de Bary is Associate Editor of Traces: A Multilingual Series of Cultural Theory and Translation.
She was a member of the Japan Foundation American Advisory Council from 1995-2002. She has held Fulbright, Japan Foundation, and Social Science Research Council Fellowships.
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