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Stocky comedic actor Jerry Van Dyke -- the younger brother by several years of actor Dick Van Dyke -- achieved some of the success of his older sibling, albeit with a somewhat lower profile and his own distinct persona. Time and again, Jerry specialized in portrayals of flustered, befuddled, and slightly klutzy goofballs who projected grating angst.… More Bio:
Stocky comedic actor Jerry Van Dyke -- the younger brother by several years of actor Dick Van Dyke -- achieved some of the success of his older sibling, albeit with a somewhat lower profile and his own distinct persona. Time and again, Jerry specialized in portrayals of flustered, befuddled, and slightly klutzy goofballs who projected grating angst. (His typical characterizations could be contrasted with the "laid-back everyman" qualities and smoothness required by many of Dick's roles.)
Raised in Danville, IL -- a community about 130 miles south of Chicago -- Van Dyke evinced a flair for comedic buffoonery and loved to entertain audiences as early as high school, then spent several years touring the country and performing in every comedy club he could find that agreed to book him. His career only began to take off, however, following his decision to join the Air Force Special Services in 1952 (during the Korean War) -- which, in turn, provided him with the opportunity to travel around the world and entertain the troops. His act soon caught the eye of Ed Sullivan, who booked Jerry for two popular engagements on his iconic variety series, and in the mid-'60s he began appearing alongside his brother on The Dick Van Dyke Show (conveniently playing Rob Petrie's brother, Stacey Petrie).
In the years that followed, Jerry Van Dyke began associations with two key television producers -- relationships that would serve him well in the years to come. The first -- a collaboration with Grant Tinker (off-camera husband of Mary Tyler Moore from The Dick Van Dyke Show) led to Van Dyke's starring role in the 1965 fantasy-tinged sitcom My Mother the Car, which cast him as Dave Crabtree, a fellow revisited by his deceased mother -- in the form of an automobile. That program failed within a year, but the actor and producer would team up again nearly a decade later when Tinker and Co. cast Van Dyke in a brief multi-episode stretch of The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Wes Callison, an ex-boyfriend of Mary Richards who is plagued by complications when he happens to take a job in the same newsroom as Mary. During the same decade, Van Dyke also turned up as a guest star on series including That Girl, Love, American Style, and Fantasy Island.
Van Dyke then tried out for the role of dim-witted Vermont handyman George Utley on the seminal '80s sitcom Newhart. Producer/creator Barry Kemp felt that the actor would be the wrong choice for the part (and eventually handed it to Tom Poston instead), but also felt so impressed by Van Dyke's talents that he both cast the actor in a guest-starring role on a season-one episode of that series (he played a flustered travel agent named Roy Herzog), and promised Van Dyke a more substantial recurring assignment on a sitcom. Kemp realized that promise five years later, by enlisting Van Dyke to play spaced-out assistant football coach Luther Van Dam on the top-tiered sitcom Coach (1989-1997). For that portrayal, the actor received numerous Emmy nominations.
In subsequent years, Van Dyke continued his television work (he enjoyed a lengthy run on the sitcom Yes, Dear as Big Jimmy Hughes), did standup comedy bookings around the country, and emceed advertisements for various brands, products, and companies, including Big Lots.
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Chinese Stir Fried Chicken and Broccoli
|Chicken breasts
|To Taste (Maggie)
|Chicken breast
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|1 , chopped
|Ginger paste
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Sesame oil
|1 Tablespoon
|Maggi seasoning
|1 Teaspoon
|Soy sauce
|1 Teaspoon
|Corn starch
|1 Teaspoon
|Olive oil
|3 Tablespoon
Chop the chicken breast to small pieces.
To the chicken, add soy sauce, ginger and corn starch. Mix them all well. Let it sit in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
In a pan, heat olive oil, add chopped carrot, then chopped onion.
Simultaneously boil broccoli in a pot.
Add the marinated chicken to the carrot and onion. Stir fry until the chicken is cooked.
To prepare sauce, take 1 tbsp corn starch, add 3 tbsp soy sauce, some sesame seed oil and 1/2 cup water. Mix it well.
Add some of this sauce to the chicken and cook for a while until the sauce thickens up.
Add a touch of water and cook again.
Add a tbsp of garlic to the chicken.
By now the broccoli would have boiled, strain the water out.
Serve hot stir-fry chicken with boiled broccoli.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size
Calories 712 Calories from Fat 308
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 35 g53.4%
Saturated Fat 5.4 g26.8%
Trans Fat 0.1 g
Cholesterol 199.5 mg66.5%
Sodium 431.8 mg18%
Total Carbohydrates 15 g4.9%
Dietary Fiber 3.8 g15%
Sugars 4.4 g
Protein 83 g165.4%
Vitamin A 114.4% Vitamin C 144.4%
Calcium 9.8% Iron 19.3%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet

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When metal hips are used in hip replacement surgery, patients can suffer from bone death, dislocation, infection, metallosis, implant failure and other serious complications. Total hip replacement, partial hip replacement and hip resurfacing have unique risks.
Hip replacement surgery (hip arthroplasty) has been touted by many experts as one of the most significant medical device innovations of the last 40 years. It has helped millions of people overcome painful arthritis, recover from hip fractures and improve their quality of life. However, hip implants do not come without risk or complications. A growing number of implant recipients have experienced implant failure and other severe hip replacement complications.
There are three types of hip replacement surgery. With total hip replacement, the entire hip joint — ball and socket, as well as femoral stem — is replaced. Partial hip replacement requires only the ball (femoral head) to be replaced. In a hip resurfacing procedure, the cup is replaced, but the ball is not. Instead, the ball is reshaped and covered with a metal cap.
Each procedure accomplishes its goal in a slightly different fashion, but they share some of the same potential for hip replacement problems.
What are Common Hip Replacement Risks?
Risks associated with hip replacement surgery include:
- Blood clots
- Infection
- Dislocation
- Differing leg length
- Device loosening
- Fracture
In some patients, a small amount of pain or instability can occur after surgery. There may also be some stiffness and bleeding as well as blood vessel or nerve injury.
Many patients experience relief from hip pain caused by osteoarthritis and can increase mobility following surgery. But, like other surgeries, hip replacement carries its own set of risks and complications that require immediate medical attention or even additional surgeries to treat.
The type of implant may also increase the risk for certain complications. For example, studies show metal-on-metal implants have greater risk of loosening or early failure because metal particles released from the device may weaken nearby bone and tissue. Popular brands of MoM implants include the DePuy ASR and Pinnacle, Smith & Nephew Emperion and Birmingham Hip and the Biomet M2a-Magnum.
Total Hip Replacement and Hip Resurfacing Risks
In total hip replacement and hip resurfacing, particle debris from the cup and ball (or ball covering) can lead to complications and implant failure. As the implant recipient moves, the surfaces of these two components rub against each other. The friction and abrasive wear between these two components cause debris to be produced. It is estimated that every step taken with a hip implant produces between 100,000 and 1 million particulates of debris.
The type of debris produced depends on the material the components of the implants are made of. Different materials can cause different long-term complications. For example, hip implants known as metal-on-metal hips — where both the femoral component and the cup are made of metal — will create metal debris, also called ions which can cause a condition known as metallosis. Device makers make implants out of several metals — primarily cobalt, chromium, titanium, nickel and molybdenum.
On the other hand, hip implants known as metal-on-plastic — made of a metal femoral component and a plastic cup — create polyethylene particles that can lead to a condition known as osteolysis.
Metallosis is a rare condition that is caused by the buildup of metallic debris in the soft tissue of the body — in this case the soft tissue surrounding the hip joint. Metal debris from metal-on-metal hip implants can cause grey discoloration of the tissue surrounding the implant, usually indicating that the tissue is oxygen-starved and dying. The effects of metallosis can be particularly acute in implant recipients who have a condition known as metal sensitivity. In patients who have metal sensitivity, metallosis can lead to metal poisoning.
Cobalt, chromium and titanium ions, in particular, are linked to several toxic reactions in the body. Cobalt and chromium make up the surface area of many implants and studies link them to cellular toxicity, allergic reactions, cancer and inflammation. and surrounding tissues. Scientists have less research data on titanium ions, but device makers typically do not use this metal as a surface coating on bearings. Instead, titanium corrodes over time and releases ions. Some evidence links these ions to destroying bone and impairing cell function.
The full impact of metallosis is not fully known. However, it has been linked to several hip replacement side effects, including:
- Severe joint pain
- Implant failure
- Implant loosening
- Local tissue necrosis (tissue around the implant dies)
- Deterioration of the bone around the implant
- Formation of cysts or pseudotumors
- Osteolysis
If metal ions spread from the surrounding tissues into the blood and blood ion levels become too elevated, it can cause a host of other physical conditions such as mental cognitive problems, emotional imbalance, severe headaches and problems with the nervous system.
Osteolysis, or periprosthetic osteolysis, is the loss of bone around the hip replacement. It is the body's attempt to clean up particle debris, plastic or metal, produced by the implant. Osteolysis is the most common long-term hip replacement complication. It has also been named as the cause of nearly 75 percent of all hip implant failures.
Osteolysis occurs when the body recognizes the implant debris as foreign and reacts to remove the particles. The body releases enzymes, cytokines and other cellular reactions into the area, all in an attempt to either expel or dissolve the particulates, which causes a chronic inflammatory condition.
Risks Associated with Partial Hip Replacement
Risks associated with partial hip replacements include dislocation, infection, loosening of the implant and post-operative pain. During the procedure, the femur may be fractured.
In a partial hip replacement (hemiarthroplasty), the femoral head (the ball) of the hip only is replaced. The socket is left alone. Replacing the femoral head becomes necessary when the ball exhibits severe damage from arthritis, degeneration or fracture. Another instance where partial hip replacement may be appropriate is when a broken hip occurs at the femoral neck.
Partial hip replacement may be more stable than total hip replacement, and the surgical procedure is less complicated. However, recovery results of these surgeries are inconsistent. These surgeries present a unique danger because the artificial metal ball touches the natural cartilage in the hip socket. This can cause the cartilage and surrounding tissues to become weak and less healthy, causing more problems over time. With a total hip replacement, the socket is replaced.
People suffering from conditions such as bone cyst in a local area, thin bone in the socket or other facture may be more appropriate candidates for total hip replacement surgery. Once the femoral head is arthritic, total hip replacement is required.
More Hip Replacement Risks & Implant Failure
Although metallosis and osteolysis are two of the more dangerous complications associated with hip implants, there are other serious complications to be aware of. Although hip arthroplasty is performed more than 450,000 times a year in the United States, and is considered by many to be routine surgery, the risk of associated complications can be very dangerous and even deadly.
A 2003 study published in the Iowa Orthopaedic Journal reviewed the results of nearly 5,000 hip arthroplasty surgeries. It found that the mortality rate for patients having the surgery for the first time was nearly 1 percent. For patients undergoing a revision surgery, the mortality rate skyrocketed to 2.5 percent. Researchers also found that the most important determining factor of mortality was age. Patients older than 70 were three times more likely to die from the surgery than younger patients.
The natural hip is held in place by a ligament that connects the ball to the socket. It is also held in place by thick, dense tissue that surrounds the joint. During hip replacement surgery, this tissue is removed and dislocation can occur. Proper placement of the implant during surgery is vital to it remaining in place for the long term.
Although dislocation is not very common, it occurs following 1 percent to 5 percent of initial surgeries. Following revision surgery, the risk for dislocation rises as high as 20 percent. Dislocation leading to implant failure is most likely to occur within the first few months after surgery.
Heterotopic Ossification
Heterotopic ossification is the process of bone forming outside of the skeleton, meaning soft tissue is calcified. Typically, it occurs in areas of the body where severe trauma has occurred. In the case of hip arthroplasty, the muscles around the hip joint calcify and become stiff.
Heterotopic ossification is considered one of the most common hip replacement complications, occurring in nearly 50 percent of patients. However, only about 10 percent of those suffer any side effects from the condition, including tenderness, swelling and a decreased range of motion. The condition can be treated with low-dose radiation and anti-inflammatory drugs. In severe cases, surgery is required to remove the calcified tissue.
With an incidence rate of about 1 percent, infections following hip surgery are not common. If the infection is caught within four weeks after surgery, doctors may re-open the wound to clean it and inject antibiotics. If that does not work or if the infection is not discovered until later, the implant may need to be removed and later re-implanted after the infection has been eradicated. To avoid scar tissue and bone degeneration, re-implantation needs to occur within three months.
Infection is one of the most feared postoperative complications. In the most extreme cases, where the infection cannot be controlled, the entire hip and leg may have to be amputated. It is exceptionally rare for a patient to have to undergo a transpelvectomy, or hip-disarticulation — in which the entire leg, including the hip joint, are removed and replaced with a prosthetic limb.
Avascular Necrosis (Osteonecrosis)
Avascular necrosis is bone death caused by lack of blood and can lead to implant failure. It is more often associated with hip resurfacing than total hip replacement. With hip resurfacing, the metal cap that covers the femoral ball can reduce the amount of blood reaching the ball. If the bone is deprived of blood for an extended period of time, it will collapse, which will destroy the bone and use of the joint will be lost. In extreme cases, the implant will have to be replaced. Since the femoral ball is no longer usable, a total hip replacement is required.
Component Loosening
Implant components can loosen over time, which is considered the most serious long-term complication because it is the strongest indicator that a revision surgery will be required. A component could loosen because it is worn out or because the cement fails to hold it in place. However, loosening of a hip implant could also point to a more serious condition like osteolysis or metallosis. If loosening is suspected, doctors will use a series of X-rays, taken over a period of time, to detect movement in the components and to determine if any corrective actions are necessary.
Periprosthetic Fractures
Periprosthetic fractures are bone breaks that occur around the implant and could cause the implant to fail. These fractures typically occur because the bone around the implant has been weakened by osteoporosis, medications, pressure from the implant or stress placed on the implant. Periprosthetic fractures occur around hip implants following a little more than 1 percent of first surgeries and 4 percent of revision surgeries.


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The number of homeowners at risk of losing their homes has risen by nearly a quarter in the past year, figures showed today.
Government data showed a total of 28,658 mortgage possession orders were made in England and Wales during the second quarter of this year, up 24 per cent from the same period a year ago. It is a 4 per cent rise compared to the first three months of 2008.
Today's figures from the Ministry of Justice relate to court activity which may not result in a possession. As a result the figures are usually higher than those published by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), which last week reported 18,900 UK repossessions, up 48 per cent on the same period last year.
A mortgage repossession order is granted by a court and entitles the claimant - usually a lender - to apply to have the occupier evicted. A claim is issued in a county court and begins an action for a repossession order.
The MoJ said there were 39,078 mortgage possession claims in the second quarter of 2008, an increase of 17 per cent on 2007 but unchanged on the first quarter.
The number of repossession claims reached a 15-year high at 137,591 last year and has continued to climb as the higher cost of mortgages hits homeowners following a series of interest rate rises last year.
In recent months homeowners have had to re-fix their mortgages at significantly higher mortgage rates after the cheap fixed loans they took out several years ago expired.
Lenders have also become increasingly risk-averse amid the credit crunch, with many people at the end of short-term deals finding it hard to remortgage and often forced on to their lender's more expensive standard variable rate.
Housing charity Shelter said mortgage lenders were "still using repossession as the first rather than last resort" and said the proportion of people coming to the charity for help with mortgage possession actions over the past six months had increased by 55 per cent.
Chief executive Adam Sampson said: "Every day Shelter is seeing more and more ordinary hardworking people who are terrified of losing their homes. They're being punished by rising household bills, escalating fuel charges and food prices that are going through the roof.
"Tens of thousands are living with the fear of having the home they've worked so hard for being repossessed by lenders with little compassion."
Mr Sampson urged people who are finding it difficult to meet their mortgage payments to seek advice early.
He added: "Lenders must play their part and ensure they look at all the options before rushing to the court, and use repossession as the last rather than first option.
"The Government needs to show it really is on people's side when they are facing the threat of repossession."
A Government spokesman said today's statistics relate to court orders and that action can still be taken to avoid repossession.
Housing Minister Caroline Flint said: "Whilst we are not seeing repossessions on the same scale as the early 1990s, we are making sure the right advice and support is available for the minority of borrowers who may need it at the moment because of global economic pressures.
"As well as expanding free legal representation in county courts for households at risk of repossession, we are providing more free debt advice, and are working closely with lenders to ensure that repossession is only ever a last resort.
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There is something for everyone at the Berkshire Botanical Garden. Below is a list of our scheduled events classes, and exhibits. For details on any individual listing, just click on the event for more information. If you still have questions, feel free to call the garden at 413.298.3926. See you at the Garden!
Cocktails in Great Gardens have become some of the Berkshire Botanical Garden's most popular summer events by offering guests to tour some of the most amazing private gardens that the region has to offer and this year is no exception. The home of Joyce and Gerald Moore near Hudson, New York is a true stand out and a garden you won't want to miss.
Cocktails in Great Gardens have become some of the Berkshire Botanical Garden's most popular summer events by offering guests to tour some of the most amazing private gardens that the Berkshire's have to offer and this year is no exception. Join us at the home of Amy Zuckerman in Lenox, Massachusetts and get a glimpse at one of Berkshire County's finest landscapes.
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Saturday and Sunday, August 13-14, 2016
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The Berkshire Botanical Garden's Grow Show will be held on August 13th and 14th, 2016. The show ties into this year's exhibition at the Garden: Benched: Come Take A Seat in the Garden. The flower arranging categories will focus on the idea of Sit A Spell, with each category being themed a relaxed, daydream-like state as its inspiration. These cues, taken from everything from sitting on a Chinese garden stool and rustic twig benches to a backyard bench and a view from the window into the wilds behind will serve as themes for the flower arranging categories. Submissions for an array of horticulture categories will be also be accepted for the show.
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An elegant arrangement to highlight a Chinese Stool.
Style: Asian Manner: Floral design that has adapted traditional or modern Asian Design styling. Stools are 18" tall with a 12 round top. Stools will sit on a low square platform 24" x 24" x 10" tall. Design will be viewed from four sides.
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A Captivating Miniature Garden
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A handsome outdoor arrangement on a Garden Bench
Style: Open: Participants may use the style of their choice. Design will use branches and fresh flowers. Accessories are allowed. Benches measure 24" long x 12" deep x 18" tall. Design will be viewed from four sides. The benches were made by Peter Thorne, and will be available for sale.
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Magnificent large monochromatic arrangement
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A charming arrangement within a miniature bentwood bench that uses a mixture of natural dried and fresh materials.
Style: Mini-Traditional Mass Arrangement: An abundance of flowers with a range of forms and sizes that are arranged in a closed silhouette form that has few open void areas within the design and has more solids than voids. Design will be viewed from the front. The Bench (12" wide x 17" tall x 8" deep) will be placed on a tall pedestal backed by a trifold black screen measuring 18" wide x 18" tall x 9 "deep.
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Vista: A framing arrangement built in front of, or around, a fixed frame using all natural and fresh materials to lead the eye to and enhance the Vista.
Design: Interpretive: A design in which components are chosen and placed to evoke a theme, occasion, or atmosphere; not a design style. A photograph of a Berkshire Vista will be hung on the wall. A two paneled antique Window frame measuring 19" wide b 31.5" tall will be attached to each pedestal. An image of the Berkshire Vista will be available to entrants. The arrangement will be placed on a pedestal 36" x 18.5" x 36" tall. Design will be viewed from the front.
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Floral Design and Horticulture entries: Drop off Friday, August 12, from 3-5:00 PM
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The Show is open to the public: Saturday, August 13 from 12:00-5pm and Sunday, August 14 from 10am-5pm
Show admission is included with Garden admission (check in at the Visitor Center when you arrive)
The final Cocktails in Great Gardens of 2016 is at the home and garden of Larry Wente and Jack Hyland in Millerton, NY. Hors d'oeuvres, a cold refreshment, and the warm summer light of late afternoon are the perfect companions to take in some of the area's most spectacular private gardens through our Cocktails in Great Gardens series. It's a rare opportunity to roam these private spaces with the gardeners themselves that you will not want to miss.
Classes meet Wednesdays, September 14 – October 26, from 5:30 – 8:30pm.
This seven-week studio intensive is essential for students who anticipate working in garden planning and design. Learn basic drafting skills necessary to record and effectively communicate scaled site plans. The first four weeks of the course will cover reference books, drafting supplies, media/paper types, line weights; lettering and scale reading. Drafting demonstrations will familiarize students with professional drawing techniques and the students will begin to draft basic site plans. Map making will be covered in week four. During the last half of the course, students will learn to develop a landscape graphic palette to illustrate trees, shrubs, perennials and ground covers as well as hardscape materials such as stone terraces, etc. Students will also learn professional rendering techniques using prismacolor pencils. This course is designed for beginners to intermediates and will prepare students for all design classes offered in the Horticultural Certificate Program. We strongly suggest that all students who anticipate working professionally in the field of horticulture complete this course. For materials list, click here.
$25 copy fee applies.
Instructor – Steven Foster, ASLA is a registered landscape architect in MA with over thirty years experience. He currently divides his time between private practice and teaching at the Landscape Design Institute affiliated with Arnold Arboretum and Harvard University.
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Architectural Graphics
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John Wiley & Sons
Plan and Section Drawing
Thomas Wang
John Wiley & Sons
Landscape Graphics
Grant W. Reid ASLA
Watson-Guptill Publications
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Berkshire Botanical Garden's 2016 Harvest Festival will be held Columbus Day Weekend, Saturday and Sunday October 8th and 9th!
About the Festival
For generations the Harvest Festival has been a cherished tradition in the Berkshires. It is one of the largest and longest running events of its kind in the county and 2015 event had the largest attendance ever with more than 12,000 visitors to the event. Proceeds from the event support educational programs at the Garden.
The Festival is a family-friendly celebration of community, showcasing local crafters & artists, non-stop entertainment, artisan food producers and food trucks. (See listing at the links below.)
It also features a silent auction and giant tag sales including — Housewares, the Opportunity Clothing Shop, Country Bazaar, Accessorize!, a Jewelry Boutique, and a Plant, Bulb a and Garden Accessory Sale — as well as a farmers market and zillions of kids activities, including a haunted house.
And don't forget to check our new Botanical Garden section with the Educational Workshops and Demos, the Garden's own Farm Camp, Hall of Pumpkins and much more.
If interested in being a vendor an entertainer, or providing an activity for kids. please contact Dana Audia, the Festival producer at email@example.com., or call the Office: 413 298 3926.
Become a Festival Volunteer. Visit the volunteer page for available job descriptions and to learn how you can help. To volunteer, contact Cynthia Grippaldi at 413 298 3926.
Below are links to some of last year's fun!
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This fast-paced, information-saturated clinic will introduce design students, home owners others to an opportunity-finding and problem-solving design process. It will lead to the basic conceptual elements of a landscape master plan. All attendees will participate in the process of observing and designing. Students will come away coherent examples of how design happens. An active discussion format will focus on common design principles. A step-by-step PowerPoint presentation will focus the discussion later in the afternoon. This all-day workshop is a prerequisite for Landscape Design Clinic Level II course offered in spring 2017. The field trip is held rain or shine.
Instructor – Walter Cudnohufsky, M.L.A. is a long-time dedicated teacher. Having founded and for twenty years directed the nationally acclaimed Conway (Mass.) School of Landscape Design, he has honed a reasoned approach to planning design. Currently his firm is engaged in many diverse and stimulating planning/design projects throughout the region.
Discounted price for 3 Fall Level II courses: $725
Classes meet on Wednesdays, November 2 – December 14, from 5:30 – 8:30pm.
Learn how to design a planting plan for private and public garden spaces. Explore the manipulation of space by using plant material through a series of exercises dealing with form, color and texture. Students will consider the nature of plant characteristics in specific design settings. Style of house will be used for a source of inspiration while honoring the horticultural needs of each plant. Students will make presentations for each project and class critiques will be positive, instructive and essential to the learning process. This is a participatory class. Required text: Professional Planting Design by Scott Scarfone. Prerequisites: Herbaceous Plants, Ornamental Woody Plants, Drafting for Garden Design. For materials list, click here.
Instructor – David Dew Bruner, ASLA is an award winning landscape architect and fine artist with over 35 years of experience ranging from Deputy Administrator of Riverside Park, NYC to amusement park design, historical restoration and all scales of residential design. Originally from New Orleans, he has a BLA and a BFA from LSU as well as a MLA form the University of Massachusetts.
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Professional Planting Design: An Architectural and Horticultural Approach to Creating a Mixed Bed
Scott Scarfone
John Wiley Publishers
ISBN-139780471761396 (pbk)
This program is sold out.
Conference cost: $85 (includes lunch)
Claudia West
Gardening in a Post Wild World: Creating Stunning Plant Communities That Stand the Test of Time
Ecological plantings are gaining popularity, but also face challenges due to environmental conditions and cultural expectations. When these plantings fail, it discourages future ecological landscaping efforts. This problem will not be solved if we continue to design as if it we were painting on canvas, perceiving plants as individual objects in space. It is time for a new practical and inspiring approach: a plant community that evolved from the world of ecological science.
Join Ms. West as she explains how plants fit together in the wild and how we can use this knowledge to create landscapes that are resilient, beautiful, and diverse. She is the co-author of a book of the same name as her lecture along with landscape architect Thomas Rainer and is the ecological sales manager for North
Creek Nurseries, where she works closely with ecological design and landscape restoration professionals.
Tom Wessels
Self-organization and Co-Evolution: How Nature Models Sustainable Systems
Tom Wessels will take on the concept of the garden and local landscape as an ecological outpost to be considered as part of a larger ecosystem that strives for balance and inclusiveness. He is an ecologist and founding director of the master's degree program in Conservation Biology at Antioch University New England. He is the current chair of The Center for Whole Communities that fosters inclusive communities that are strongly rooted in place and where all people regardless of income, race, or background have access to and a healthy relationship with land. He is former chair of the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation. His books include Reading the Forested Landscape, The Granite Landscape, Untamed Vermont, The Myth of Progress: Toward a Sustainable Future, and Forest Forensics: A Field Guide to reading the Forested Landscape.
Annie White
Top Native Perennial Combinations for Northeast Gardens
Choosing native plant species is just the first step to successfully incorporating more native plants into the landscape. Gardeners also need to know how to combine them and design with them effectively. As a native plant enthusiast, researcher, and landscape designer, Annie White will share some of the top native perennial combinations for northeast gardens and how to design native gardens that are as beautiful as they are functional.
Thomas Christopher
Ecological Garden Maintenance
Learn the secrets of working with your garden's ecology to win the war on weeds, to control invasive species, and to read the seed bank so that you can predict what will grow naturally in your garden. Thomas Christopher, co-author of Garden Revolution (Timber Press, 2016) will share the techniques of working with your garden's ecology, techniques that will save you work and money, and yield a beautiful, resilient landscape in tune with the local ecosystem and wildlife.
A graduate of the New York Botanical Garden School of Professional Horticulture, Thomas Christopher has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times and Better Homes and Gardens, and has served as a contributing editor to Martha Stewart Living. He is the co-author with Ruth Rogers Clausen of Essential Perennials, a complete reference to 2,700 perennials for the home garden.


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Hard Rock Garage
Live music is everywhere at this active biker venue, which features hard rock deejays, performances and more.View this destination »
The Sticky Fingers Pub
Another pub in the wrong part of the city. Live music; stickyness and people who are mostly drunk. Nothing beats Sticky Fingers.View this destination »
Sound Check Night Club
Sound Check Night Club has a real world feel not unlike a local dive bar. Friends from around the world and from many cultures come together to meet, hang out and enjoy amazing music while learning and growing together. Sound Check Night Club is the centerpiece to the S.C. Dressing Room project for residents of Second Life.View this destination »
Aftertaste Premium Dining
AfterTaste offers a romantic atmosphere in Second Life. Whether you are going to have a romantic candlelight dinner or a casual dinner after a busy day, the five-star AfterTaste will always meet your needs. This full-service role-playing restaurant offers a three-course meal with drinks and charges a nominal fee of 250L per guest. Reservations are strongly recommended.View this destination »
The Village & BarDeco
Visit this small village on the water where you can stroll beside the sea in a zen atmosphere and relax. Grab a drink and listen to the music of the best deejays in SL at BarDeco.View this destination »
Blarney Stone Irish Bar
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Toby's Juke Joint Blues Club
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Mandy's Prowling Cougar
Imagine an Old West Saloon set in 21st Century. That's us. Everything (wink) a cowpoke wants after a dusty, lonely, long trail drive, just as saloons offered back then. Chat, Drink, and Dance (solo and couple) to Old Country Favorites on the juke box (radio). Weekly Live performances. Get in character or come as you are as long as courteous, respectful, and human. Keep your side arms holstered.View this destination »
World's End Pub
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In this multi-cultural world, there seems something quaint about pinning a style to a certain place – especially in a single city. Yet the notion of the "uptown girl" never quite dissolves in New York; it just evolves into a new version of its former self.
There has also been a physical movement of the fashion shows that were once focused uptown, but have now shifted almost entirely to the West Side, with the High Line area as its epicentre. Yet even if you can remove her from her own locality, Manhattan never quite says goodbye to the concept of the "uptown girl".
The Row
As I viewed the bijoux town house that is the new boutique for The Row on New York's Upper East Side, I thought how well Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have caught the vibe of the young, well-heeled world, where art is the talking point and clothes are artfully simple.
For the show itself, the shop was cleared right down to its marble staircase, where the models lined up after a short round from the main to the upper floors. The minimalist aesthetic was expressed in the clothes, all white or black, yet with essential detailing built into the lean silhouettes. A short, simple dress might be sliced into fluffy squares and worn with snow-white, old-style sneakers, or a black strapless wrapped dress would reveal a streak of white from hip to ankle.
If God is in the fashion details, they were powerful yet discreet, as a simple long dress was constructed out of tactile pieces or a white shirt, tailored to a woman's body shape, partnered with straight-cut trousers.
These desirable clothes looked classy and will inevitably be expensive. But whereas uptown dressing once reeked of privilege and wealth, the look of The Row is of universal elegance for women whose clothes look as smart as they are.
The departure of Peter Copping as the designer who replaced the late Oscar de la Renta brought a change of pace at the house. While the British-born, Parisian-trained Copping looked back to a historical grandeur and placed his elegant clothes in the couture arena, this season's duo, Fernando Garcia and Laura Kim, took the Valentino route: feminine innocence.
The starting point for uptown glamour brought down to earth was the shoes: flats, often decorative sandals, worn with wispy, white, tailored chiffon dresses or more firmly cut black and white dresses, some laced with scarlet.
Paying service to Oscar's origins in Santo Domingo, the collection included hot, Latin patterns and what might have been traditional Dominican dress with an embroidered peasant top and belt with a pleated skirt. It might also have referenced Valentino's style.
There was nothing wrong with the collection except the same problem that has to be faced by so many brands at the moment – with the departure of the founder, how do you nurture the roots and persuade them to grow and flower in an appropriate way for the times we live it? Especially when designers in the limelight, and those backstage in the studios, are perpetually on the move to other companies?
In the endless round of fashion's backstage musical chairs, Carolina Herrera is still heading her brand, but this season's looks were less grand gestures and marginally more street wise than haute couture style.
The show started with denim: still a swishing gown and tailored dress or coat, but with flat shoes bringing the look down-to-earth – or more precisely to the marble floor of Fifth Avenue's Frick Collection. The setting, beloved by the designer, gave an artistic grandeur as a backdrop to her clothes.
The collection was Upper East Side with a reality check. Using black and white – in stripes, vertical and horizontal, or even gingham checks – the collection hovered between realistic and imperial. That meant light, calf length summer dresses that could be worn to a board meeting, contrasting with strapless dresses with trains swooshing over the marble floor.
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An award-winning journalist with several years' experience reporting on immigration issues, Berestein Rojas most recently covered immigration on the U.S.-Mexico border for the San Diego Union-Tribune. She has retraced the steps of migrants along desert smuggling trails, investigated immigrant detention contractors, and told the stories of families left behind in Mexico's migrant-sending towns.
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More than a hundred comments have been posted so far in reaction to an interesting opinion piece today from the Los Angeles Times' Gregory Rodriguez on how "the most famous mixed-race person in the world," President Obama, identified himself racially on his census form last year.
Who has to wait the longest for a green card?
A common question that comes up when discussing immigration, legal and illegal, is why it is more people don't get "in line" for a green card. There is a line, indeed, for people who have immediate relatives in the United States and whose families have the resources to sponsor them.
In the news this morning: Border security questions, shark fin soup, migration from North Africa, detention centers and assault, more
Disparity in border security under review - USA Today As illegal immigration debate has intensified in recent years, the federal government's response has been additional border security, putting additional Border Patrol agents and National Guard troops to work along the southwest border.
A stream of consciousness ode to Tapatío sauce, revisited
Before the weekend begins, I'm reposting this too-good-to-miss nugget from a post yesterday. In a piece about hunting for Tapatío hot sauce-flavored Doritos, I included a wonderful, if hard to follow, ode to Tapatío sauce that I came across in an "I Love Tapatío Hot Sauce" section on Experienceproject.
The forgotten history of the Filipino laborers who worked with Cesar Chavez
For those closely related to the farm labor movement of the 1960s and 70s, the story of Asian American farm workers and the extent to which these workers were involved in the movement is fairly common knowledge.
American snapshot: Santa Ana
My daughter, the astronaut. Spotted at Libreria Martinez, a bookstore and art gallery.
In the news this morning: Minorities and political influence, a dangerous crossing from North Africa, in the fields on Cesar Chavez Day, mor
America's New Electorate - The Atlantic How the growth of minority populations can reshape the political landscape in the U.S.
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Last week, I came across a Facebook update from a friend with a photo that made my heart skip a beat. It was a small photo of a bag of Doritos, on the front a familiar and revered image: The smiling man in the sombrero from the label of the Tapatío hot sauce bottle.
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Report: Where Latino votes will matter most
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Court orders Muslims' records released - San Francisco Chronicle A federal appeals court has ordered a judge to release the records of FBI inquiries into Muslim activists who say they were spied on.
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The bank confirmed the talks yesterday, but declined to name the possible bidders. However, speculation soon focused on Capital One, theVirginia-based company which earlier this year expanded its business by acquiring ING's online bank in the US in a $9bn deal.
The sale is part of HSBC's efforts to cut costs and refocus its sprawling international business under new chief executive Stuart Gulliver, who recently said the bank was making progress with the planned sale. "These discussions are ongoing and no decision has yet been made to proceed with any transaction," the bank said yesterday.Reuse content


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INDUSTRY: Outdoor Channel to relocate its technicians
Outdoor Channel, which was sold to a Denver-based sports conglomerate about six weeks ago, has a new top executive.
Also, technicians who help beam the Temecula-based sports cable networkâs signals into space will eventually have new addresses, a company official said last week.
Jim Libertore, who has served as president of Sports Time Ohio, a 24-hour regional cable sports network, since 2006, was named CEO of Outdoor Channel on Friday, June 21, according to a statement. Libertore has already assumed his duties at Outdoor Channel, replacing Tom Hornish, who has helmed the Temecula operation since early 2012 and has been with the company for almost nine years.
Libertore will be able to take Outdoor Channel, which is already viewed by more than 39 million American households with cable and satellite service, to its next level, Jim Martin, president of Kroenke Sports and Entertainment, said in the statement. Martinâs company closed a deal to purchase Outdoor Channel on May 17.
âAs we work with Jim to chart the next phase of Outdoor Channel's expansion, we will look to fully maximize the potential of this great franchise for our viewers, advertisers and business partners,â Martin said in the statement.
Libertore helped launch a successful sports network in northern Ohio, and previously was president of North Carolina-based Speed Network for five years. He also held executive positions at Fox Sports/Sunshine Network and Madison Square Garden.
Hornish will remain with Outdoor Channel during a transitional period, according to the statement.
Outdoor Channel, which employs about 100 people in Temecula and approximately 175 overall, was sold to Kroenke Sports & Entertainment for about $268 million in a deal that netted stockholders of Outdoor Channel $10.25 per share. The sale happened following a bidding war with New York City-based InterMedia Outdoor Holdings that lasted close to six months.
Martin said in an interview late last week that the current plan is to move its master uplink and other technical services close to Kroenke Sports & Entertainmentâs headquarters in Denver. But that move is at least nine months away, Martin said, because currently there is no place to put the Outdoor Channelâs technicians in the Denver offices.
He added that there currently is no plan to move the all of the stationâs operations out of Temecula and no decision has been made although he said that a move is âcertainly a possibilityâ because that is where all the companyâs operations are based.
âRight now itâs operating fine where it is,â Martin said of Outdoor Channel. âThey have a great staff and we donât want to undercut them.â
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, controlled by billionaire E. Stanley Kroenke, owns a regional cable sports network in Denver as well as basketballâs Denver Nuggets, hockeyâs Colorado Avalanche and footballâs St. Louis Rams. He also owns retailer Dickâs Sporting Goods and large retail properties across the country.


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Dealers' auto loan fees scrutinized
When Pedro Lantigua, a 32-year-old truck driver from Oklahoma City, decided to trade in his car last summer, he walked into his local dealership and drove off with a brand-new Chevrolet Silverado. Like millions of Americans, he agreed to a loan arranged by the dealer.
Unlike most buyers, however, Lantigua actually knows how much he spent on that service, but only because the details came out when he sued the dealer for breach of contract related to his trade-in.
Lantigua agreed to pay $609 a month, meaning that he would own the car in about six years. But Lantigua said he did not know that his 12.6 percent interest rate included about $1,000 for the dealership, David Stanley Chevrolet, which arranged Lantigua's loan through Ally Bank, according to Lantigua's lawyer, Kathi Rawls.
Dealers often arrange loans for car buyers through third-party lenders, providing something of a one-stop shop for about 80 percent of all consumers who need financing. Dealers can decide how much they want to charge for that service and tack their fee onto the lender's interest rate.
"Individual consumers usually don't even know that they've been marked up," said Rosemary Shahan, the president of Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group.
Dealerships are not required to disclose what percentage of the interest rate goes to them, and consumer advocates and some regulators are concerned that dealers' ability to decide how much to charge has led to discriminatory lending against minorities. That concern has prompted a number of government investigations into the growing business of auto lending. Auto loan originations increased in the third quarter, to $97.4 billion, the highest level since the third quarter of 2007, adjusted for inflation, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. That rise has been matched by a strengthening market for securities backed by such loans.
Lantigua, who is Hispanic but is not accusing the dealership of discrimination, saw his loan documents only after filing his lawsuit. A lawyer for the dealership did not respond to requests for comment.
Dealer and consumer advocates disagree on just about every aspect of the dealer compensation process, including what these fees should even be called – critics call them markups; lenders and others refer to them as dealer participations.
The National Automobile Dealers Association says franchise dealers typically do not charge more than 1 percent interest on average, a figure that it contends is fair compensation for acting as the middleman. The association also says that switching to a flat fee, one alternative suggested by consumer advocates, would result in higher costs for car buyers.
But some consumer groups say that average fees range a bit higher, from 2 percent to 2.5 percent, depending on the terms – differences that can add hundreds of dollars over several years.
Moreover, those consumer advocates and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau say that African American, Asian and Hispanic borrowers often end up paying more than white borrowers with comparable credit backgrounds.
"In some cases, these disparities are significant," said Rohit Chopra, the acting assistant director for installment lending at the bureau. He said the bureau had found differences of 10 to 30 basis points at some financial institutions.
Dealers are also likely to charge higher fees for borrowers with weaker credit, according to a 2011 study from the Center for Responsible Lending. That practice can also single out minorities, because "borrowers of color are disproportionately represented in the subprime market," said Chris Kukla, senior vice president at the Center for Responsible Lending.
At stake are billions of dollars in fees on more than $700 billion in outstanding auto loans. The consumer protection bureau says that it has found tens of millions of dollars in disparities between minority and white car buyers.
The issue of whether those fees violate fair-lending rules has been taken up by the Justice Department. A senior official, Steven H. Rosenbaum, chief of the housing and civil enforcement section, disclosed during an industry trade forum last week that the department was in the middle of a number of joint investigations with the consumer bureau about auto loans.
Consumer advocates agree on one thing: Consumers should shop around for loans before they walk into a dealership.
"The main defense for someone is to come in with multiple offers," Kukla said. "And even then, it's not foolproof."
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Dear Mr President, if I may
I must ask you to listen to me,
There's something which you badly need to know
They've just discovered oil, in Zimbabwe.
Dear Mr President, I have to say
Will you listen to my plea?
There's a massive wrong that needs to be righted
By you, Mr President, if you please.
Dear Mr President, of the U.S.A.
There's something that you need to see,
I wouldn't lie to you sir, it's true
They've just discovered oil, in Zimbabwe.
Dear Mr President, today's the day
When you need to listen to me,
Over in Africa, a once-thriving nation
Has been brought down, to its knees.
Dear Mr President, by the way
There's a nation, dying of need,
A need for help from a powerful ally, and
They've just discovered oil, in Zimbabwe.
Dear Mr President, is there a ray?
A glimmer of hope that I can see?
People are dying in the millions in a land
Which once was completely free.
Dear Mr President, may I just say
It's time to help, not just fight for greed,
I'm sorry to admit, isn't not really true
They haven't discovered oil, in Zimbabwe.
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Merrin released his first solo EP, Have One, in January 2007, having found enough downtime between the 88's gigs and studio sessions to focus on his own material. Recorded entirely in the pianist's home studio, Have One differed from the 88's material in that all instruments were performed by Merrin himself. In keeping with the 88's good fortune, tracks from the EP were selected for inclusion in the television shows Grey's Anatomy, Kyle XY, and MTV's Newport Beach: The Real Orange County. A full-length album, Have Another One, was issued at the end of the year. ~ Andrew Leahey
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