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The varieties below are some of our most outstanding performers and are currently available in good numbers.
Achillea 'Little Moonshine'
Same bright gold flowers as Achillea 'Moonshine', a long-time Must Have Perennials™ favorite, but with a compact habit that's ideal for containers and smaller garden spaces.
- compact
- reblooms
- early bloomer
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Anemone Pretty Lady Series
Unlike other Anemone hupehensis varieties, those in the Pretty Lady series all have compact habits. These long-lived garden plants are great for mixing with Dendranthema hardy mums and other fall-flowering perennials. Very floriferous August to November.
- compact
- fall flowering
'Pretty Lady Diana'
'Pretty Lady Emily'
'Pretty Lady Julia'
Pretty Lady Maria
Dendranthema Igloo Series
Three new additions bring improvements and a new flower form in the orange-bronze color range.
- Unusual new flower forms
- First-year flowering
- Easy to grow
- Look like Garden Mums
- Uniform flowering
- Long blooming and repeat blooming in the garden
- reliably hardy to -20 F
'Pumpkin Igloo' - orange daisy flowers, a new flower form in this color.
'Radiant Igloo' - improved vigor, habit, and flowering compared to 'Sunny Igloo'.
'Snowy Igloo' - improved vigor, habit and flowering compared to 'Frosty Igloo'.
For full Series information, download the Dendranthema Igloo Series PDF from the Growing Guides page.
Echinacea Supreme™ series
Bred by Terra Nova Nurseries, this series features double anemone blooms atop elegant and stately plants. Lively colors are a stand out in the landscape. Varieties include Supreme™ 'Cantaloupe', Supreme™ 'Elegance' and Supreme™ 'Flamingo'.
- Heavy bloomers
- Strong color saturation
- Large flowers
- first year flowering
- Superior branching
- Full, compact habit
- Hardy
- Drought-resistant once established
Geranium 'Azure Rush'
Light-blue flowered sport of the 8.5 million-selling 'Rozanne', featuring the same vigorous, long-blooming and heat-tolerant qualities on a more compact plant with shorter internodes, resulting in a neater low-growing mounded habit.
- Profuse "annual-like" long blooming
- Suitable for containers and hanging baskets
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Geranium Rozanne®
A celebrity among perennials, since its introduction in 2000 Rozanne has proven itself to be the most garden-worthy hardy Geranium you can grow. Over 8.5 million plants sold to date can't be wrong!
- Profuse "annual-like" long blooming
- Suitable for containers and hanging baskets
- RHS Award of Garden Merit (2006)
- PPA Perennial Plant of the Year 2008
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Heucherella 'Buttered Rum'
Recently introduced variety from Terra Nova has gorgeous glossy maple-like foliage in a luscious, buttery caramel color, which changes to a lovely rose-red as temperatures cool in fall for season-long interest.
- Compact mounding habit
- Cold, heat and humidity tolerant
- Vigorous and easy to grow
- Natural resistance to rust
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Heucherella 'Cracked Ice'
Best Heucherella in Shade 2012 (Ohio State University). Unusual, frosted blue and green tones are punctuated with dramatic veining in summer. In early spring and fall, leaves get a lovely silvery pink overlay. The fantastic deeply cut foliage, changing color and veining add textural pizazz to any container or landscape.
- Compact mounding habit
- Cold, heat and humidity tolerant
- Vigorous and easy to grow
- Natural resistance to rust
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Heucherella 'Fire Frost'
This garden diva from Terra Nova provides season-long interest with its yellow to lime green leaves featuring large, striking red centers and a strong white overall veil.
- Vigorous, mounding habit.
- Cold, heat and humidity tolerant in part shade to shade.
- Vigorous and easy to grow
- Natural resistance to rust
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Heucherella 'Honey Rose'
Terra Nova presents the pinkest leaf Heucherella there is! Fantastic color changes from coral rose in spring to sable in summer. Dark veins and intricate patterns add dimension to the ornate, deeply incised foliage.
- Compact, tidy habit
- Vigorous growth
- Cold, heat and humidity tolerant in part shade to shade.
See full variety information
Hibiscus Cordials Series
Enormous flowers set off against dramatic foliage shapes hues bring a new look to garden Hibiscus.
- Vernalization not required for flowering
- Sturdy, upright habit
- Unusual foliage colors
- Satisfies current enthusiasm for native plants
- All varieties bloom within 10 days of one another
- Heat loving, blooms in July and August
'Brandy Punch'
'Cherry Brandy'
'Cinnamon Grappa'
'Peppermint Schnapps'
Leucanthemum Freak!®
Winner of the Greenhouse Grower Medal of Excellence for its showstopping visual appeal, unusual flower form and ease of production. This 2012 introduction is fast accumulating awards for its showstopping visual appeal, unusual flower form and ease of production.
- Longblooming
- Easily programmable for flowering plants over a long season
- Fast production. Finished plants in about 11 weeks
- Compact habit makes transport more economical
Watch video about Leucanthemum Freak!
See full variety information
Lychnis 'Petite Jenny'
Dwarf form of the popular Must Have Perennials™ introduction Lychnis 'Jenny'. Plants are just 14" tall,topped with masses of soft lavender-pink flowers from mid-May into fall. Has a longer blooming period due to the flowers being sterile.
- compact
- long blooming
See full variety information
Rosa Black Forest™
Non-fading bright red flowers bloom abundantly from early summer till frost. This excellent disease resistant Floribunda shrub rose won the prestigious ADR award, the toughest no spray trial in the world.
- Long lasting, non-fading, fiery-red color
- Abundant blooms and non-stop flowering – early summer to frost
- Excellent resistance to black spot and mildew
- Bred by Kordes®, renowned German rose breeder
See full variety information
Viola Bonnie Lassies™ series
Bred in Scotland by Hugh Boyd, the Viola Bonnie Lassies™ series consists of fully hardy varieties that put on very long-lasting shows of larger-than-normal flowers. Typical bloom time May to July with some sporadic rebloom afterwards. Varieties have either mounding or trailing habits and come in a range of flower colors that are very differentiated from pansies. They are a low temperature crop produced from vegetative cuttings - NOT seed raised.
- Fully hardy
- Long blooming
- Large flowers
'Emma' - deep violet blue with a burgundy splash in center and a yellow eye
'Isabella' - Ivory-white blooms with a purple flush towards the petal edges
'Laura' - Yellow/purple bicolor
'Sarah' - Light buttermilk yellow with a yellow eye. Light blush flush in cooler temperatures.


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STARKVILLE, Miss. - A 30-minute pre-season show spotlighting the 2007 Mississippi State football Bulldogs will air several times during the coming weeks on Atlanta-based Fox Sports Net South and SportSouth, the networks have announced.
The Bulldog preview will air beginning Thursday night, Aug. 9, on FSN South at 6:30 p.m. CT. It will be shown again Friday at 9:30 a.m. CT on SportSouth and 12 noon on FSN South. The segment will also be telecast Tuesday, Aug. 14, Thursday, Aug. 16, Monday, Aug. 20, and Sunday, Aug. 26, all on SportSouth.
The show was shot on the campus and will feature highlight footage from the 2006 season with a look ahead at the 2007 schedule. Exclusive interviews with head football coach Sylvester Croom and selected players will also be included in the broadcast.
Wednesday brought the first of three two-a-day practices for the Bulldogs, and the morning session left a lot to be desired, Croom said. State worked for more than two and one-half hours, about 30 minutes longer than scheduled, but, despite the extended time period, the head coach could not get the level of practice from his charges that he wished.
"For us to be a good football team, we've got to be a mentally tough, physical football team," Croom said. "In order to be mentally tough, you've got to go through adversity, like the heat. You've still got be able to execute when your mind tells you to quit. You've got to be able to fight through that."
The Bulldogs worked for two hours during the afternoon session, a workout that was conducted without pads in the Palmeiro Center. It drew a better response from Croom.
"We could be a pretty good football team if we played indoors in our underwear," Croom joked. "We're better, but we're not where we need to be.
"We're a more talented football team, but I knew that going in," Croom said. "But we need some guys to step forward and make us a better football team."
STARKVILLE, Miss. - The Mississippi State women's team along with six individuals from the men's and women's squads have earned academic honors awarded by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association for the 2006-07 season.
The women's team earned the team award by meeting the required 3.20 GPA for the past academic year. The Lady Bulldogs posted a 3.50 team GPA to garner the ITA award for the 11th consecutive year.
Four members of the women's team and two men's players were honored as ITA Scholar-Athletes. To qualify, a player must hold a 3.50 GPA for the year, be a varsity letterwinner, and have been enrolled at least two semesters at their present school.
On the women's team, Renee Joseph earned the honor for the third consecutive year as she posted a 3.59 GPA. Upcoming juniors Martina Banikova and Tatiana Feit both earned the individual honor for the second-straight year, as they posted 3.87 and 3.79 GPA's respectively. Earning the honor for the first time was Daniela Juskova, who recorded a 3.65 GPA this past season.
Philippe Frayssinoux and Ryan Farlow were honored from the men's team. Both Frayssinoux and Farlow earned the honor for the second time in as many years as Frayssinoux posted a 3.89 GPA, while Farlow finished the year with a 3.91 GPA.

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Trees were uprooted and hoardings fell down in several parts of new city. Power supply was snapped right from the beginning of rain and was not resorted till Friday noon. According to Meteorological department a whopping 75 mm rain was recorded in one and a half hour downpour which is said to be the highest in a single spell in the last 10 years.
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Quite a lot of games still run fine without actually being installed. Just start it from the .exe file in the game folder. I ran Star Wars Galaxies for 5 years without it ever being installed on my PC. I just kept the folder on my second hard drive and backed it up to the newest version before formatting my PC.
Save games can be quite annoying to find, especially when they save them to the hidden AppData folder in your User folder.
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U.S. Parks Retrench After Budget Cuts
By JOHN H. CUSHMAN Jr.;
Published: July 4, 1993
IT was one of the busiest days of the year at one of the busiest national parks in the country, but the sign at our planned campground declared: Closed. Because of budget cuts, rangers explained, the camp is not open this year.
We had hoped to establish a comfortable base at the Mathews Arm Campground in Shenandoah National Park, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, for a Memorial Day weekend of hiking. Instead, with every open campground in the park full, we had to park at the edge of the park's spectacular Skyline Drive and haul our gear deeper than we had planned into the woods to strike a camp.
This was hardly a major inconvenience, but under park rules our back-country bivouac could have no campfire, and our distance from the car made it a bit harder to reach the trails we had picked for our daily excursions along the Appalachian Trail and its many tributaries.
On the trails, we encountered maintenance workers still clearing away trees that had fallen under the weight of ice that had long since melted, and at the Dickey Ridge Visitor Center at the park's northern end there were none of the usual offerings of ranger-led educational programs.
The campground closings, maintenance backlogs and cuts in the highly instructive interpretive programs that we found are symptomatic of a budget squeeze that is hitting the National Park Service hard from coast to coast this year.
The Wilderness Society, after conducting an extensive survey of conditions in many parks, issued a survey in May that reported: "A record number of people are expected to visit the national park system, and while they can look forward to rewarding experiences, they may come back home troubled by what they have seen."
The parks budget was tight to begin with, and has recently become even tighter, say officials of the National Park Service. The defeat in Congress of President Clinton's economic stimulus program cut off an anticipated increase in financing -- and cost many seasonal employees their summer jobs. Bad weather this spring reduced the park coffers further, as did a few unusually expensive rescue efforts.
The net effect is that parks around the country are cutting back on their offerings, and visitors -- whose numbers grew to 273 million in 1992, an increase of 6 million over 1991 -- must pay special attention to planning throughout the summer. That will become even more important in the autumn, because after Labor Day there will be further cutbacks at many parks.
"We ain't getting better," said Duncan Morrow, a spokesman in Washington for the park service.
The Wilderness Society, in its survey of major parks, found dozens of campgrounds closed all summer, visitor center hours cut back, fewer rangers on patrol to protect and assist visitors, fewer lifeguards, fewer guided nature walks, less maintenance of trails, buildings and vehicles, and, in many parks, cuts in scientific research.
At the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, for example, there will be only 150 guided programs a week instead of the usual 250, the Wilderness Society found. At the Canadian border of Glacier National Park in Montana, tours have been eliminated and racks of brochures are offered instead. At Olympic National Park in Washington, where 7 percent of the budget goes to interpretive programs, an amphitheater program that used to draw 120 people nightly will be offered only on weekends.
The National Park Service said at the start of the year that its budget was $34 million short of the $986 million needed to maintain last year's level of service. President Clinton's economic stimulus program would have added $253 million to the budget this year, but it was defeated. Many parks raised their entry and camping fees early this year, usually by a dollar or two, but steeper increases that were sought by the parks have not been approved by Congress.
And at about 50 parks, shortages of rangers have resulted in entrance stations' being unstaffed for part of the day, meaning that many visitors enter without paying, further decreasing park income. Park managers say that can't be helped, since rangers cannot be diverted from safety duties.
On top of the budget woes came bad weather. Spring storms cost the park system $6 million; at Shenandoah, it cost $250,000 just to clear the downed trees from Skyline Drive, the winding road that runs along the ridge line, its views of the famous Shenandoah Valley drawing millions to the park.
Search and rescue costs soared, as well. Several dozen students from a boarding school near Detroit were stranded in Great Smoky Mountains National Park during a March blizzard, and the air and ground search cost $100,000. Other incidents cost hundreds of thousands more, and rescue operations this year are already more than 10 times as high as last year's total.
Yosemite National Park in California, with its four million visitors a year, is a good example of a park that is not able to keep up with demand.
Two campgrounds at the park, at Bridalveil Creek and Yosemite Creek, are closed this summer. They contain nearly 10 percent of the 1,900 family campsites in the park. Another campground, at Hodgdon Meadow, which usually operates all year, did not open until this month.
Heavy snow and budget cuts delayed the clearing of Tioga Road in the park, forcing more visitors into the overburdened Yosemite Valley. As a result, for the first time ever, the park had to shut its gates to traffic for hours at a time on May 22 and 23 and again on Memorial Day, said Bob Clopine, a park spokesman at Yosemite.
While events like these stand out, it is the day-to-day decline in services that is affecting more people.
Across the park system, there have been reductions in the hiring of seasonal employees, including rangers, and that has meant cuts in the interpretive programs that educate visitors to the parks about the natural resources they are seeing.
Law enforcement has also suffered. At Big Bend, a park the size of Rhode Island along the Rio Grande in Texas, there are only eight law-enforcement rangers, and there have been incidents of sniping along the river, perhaps related to drug traffic, the Wilderness Society said. Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area, linking Cleveland and Akron, Ohio, has no overnight patrols, and arson has been reported during those hours, the society said.
Although visitors' safety is among the highest priorities, park service officials said some safety measures have been sacrificed. At many locations, like Cape Hatteras National Seashore, lifeguards cannot be provided at all of the beaches. Park visitors are not always well informed about potential dangers; if a ranger doesn't tell you that a black-tailed deer, even one used to humans on its territory, may lash out with its deadly hooves, you might approach too close.
At Glacier National Park, with its considerable population of grizzly bears, some trails have had to be closed because inadequate maintenance poses a danger. "Bears are most likely to take on humans when they are surprised," the Wilderness Society explained in its May report, "and poorly maintained trails generally limit visibility and thus increase the likelihood that a hiker will suddenly encounter a grizzly."
Photos: Canoers at Cape Hatteras National Seashore near the Salvo Campground, which has been closed except for day use. (Drew Wilson for The New York Times); Ranger Larry Johnson in front of the closed Grant's Village ranger station in Yellowstone. (Ted Wood for The New York Times)(pg. 6); Ranger advises visitors at a Yellowstone campground. (Ted Wood for The New York Times)(pg. 7)


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We recently enlarged the disks on several of our VMware 4.0 virtual machines. Logging on to the machines shows the correct disk sizes and free space. And, in Spiceworks, the "Storage Hardware" section of the machines' profiles shows the correct size. But, the free space and disk size reported in "Storage" (and any related reports) still shows the old disk size. I've tried rescanning the machines, even left it overnight to get a good clean automated scan but the size is still being reported incorrectly per the attached image
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May 26, 2011 at 6:50 UTC
Delete the machine from SW, and let the scan rediscover it. Not sure if that is the best option, but that usually solves glitches for me.
May 26, 2011 at 8:23 UTC
Thanks for the response.
That's really not a solution. It seems to me there's something quite fundamental that's broken.
I'll give it a try, tho, and see what comes up.
Jun 3, 2011 at 3:26 UTC
Deleting the machines and allowing them to be rediscovered does fix the issue but they should be properly updated automagically...
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He blows a few smoke rings and lays his cigarette on a Remy Martin Cognac ashtray. 'It's best to visit a nightclub on a weekday when the patrons are fewer and no big spenders are around. After several visits, if you like a particular girl, tell the mamasan you like one of her hostesses and thank her for the excellent hospitality training given to that hostess. The mamasan will be grateful for the respect shown to her. She'll probably tell the hostess to be nicer to you on your next visit. Then you must prove your sincerity by frequently hiring the hostess and courting her by giving her presents and generous tips and inviting her to meals. If you're afraid of rejection, request the mamasan to suggest to the hostess that she buys you lunch to show her appreciation of your business. Prefer lunch to dinner as you can talk with the hostess on a more personal basis. Hopefully, this'll lead to a closer relationship. Later, when the time is right, you should be upfront. Tell her something like this: "Can you be my girlfriend or mistress? I'll give you a monthly allowance. I just want to see you frequently. Any time you meet a better man, and want to be with him, we can split." An unattached hostess is likely to seriously consider such an attractive proposition.'
'What about a one-night stand?'
'It's best to be honest instead of giving hints or being indirect.' He lifts his cigarette and taps ash into the ashtray. 'If you're too shy to use the word sex, say something like this: "I'd like to invite you to supper and later to a hotel. Would you like to come?" If she says no, ask her to recommend someone else. Don't be afraid she'll be offended by such an invitation. If you ask her to go out with you, and only later you mention sex, it smacks of manipulation, which she may not like.'
I book a table at Orchid Niteclub in Ampang Road and ask Charles Chow to join me but, he says it's his squash night and declines; however, his younger brother, Ivan, whom I've met before, will be happy to come along. Ivan, aged thirty, is not as wild as his brother Charles, so I am unsure if he is the right companion for such a fling. Nevertheless, I'll have someone to split the bill with.
We arrive at Orchid at 10 pm and the valet parks my car. Inside the hall, the receptionist takes us to a semicircular sofa with a coffee table in its mid-gap. A pair of floor-standing lamps in romantic shades of pink complements the cream-coloured settee. The air smells of rose tainted with a lingering trace of cigarette smoke.
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In the menu are the prices for hostess time (RM60 per hour), ladies' non-alcoholic drinks and bar grub. The items listed are nothing earth-shattering except for the prices, so we order two big bottles of Sapporo Premium Beer, fried mozzarella sticks, tortilla chips and deep-fried chicken wings.
A woman, wearing her hair in a shag with face-framing layers and an empire-waisted watermelon-red dress, strides to us across the plum-coloured carpet. Three hostesses pad along behind her.
'Good evening, I'm Mummy Lulu,' she says, extending her hand. 'I've three very pretty GROs for you. All of them are very friendly. Who do you want?'
Like automobiles on display, they stand in a row facing us. At five foot three, the hostess on the left, with one hand on her hip, is wearing a beige pouf-skirted dress. She gives us a tight-lipped smile which makes me suspect that her teeth are ugly. 'Angela,' the mamasan says. In the centre, slouching slightly and cocking her head, a brown-skinned girl garbed in a tank top raises her left hand and wriggles four fingers at us, holding Ivan's gaze and smiling. 'Hi, guys!' she chirps. Most likely a 'girlfriend' hostess, according to Maggie's classification. 'That's Lina, short for Mazlina.' A strapless dress beginning with a sweetheart neckline and ending with the shortest possible miniskirt on a five-foot-six body – endowed with 36-24-38 statistics – draws all attention from the other two girls. 'Third GRO is Jessica,' the mamasan informs us. Her face is fit for a beauty pageant.
Ivan, peering through coke-bottle spectacles, says,'We'll take Jessica.'
Holding a cell phone in her hand, she sinks gracefully down beside him. 'How shall I address you?' She has a broad forehead and high cheek bones that narrow to a small chin. Her cherry-red lipstick imparts sensuality to her fair complexion.
'I'm Ivan, and he's–'
'Frankie,' I lie, turning to look at her.
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'Yes, first time.'
'You like my dress?' she asks Ivan, looking down at it. 'I bought it this morning at Fahrenheit 88.'
'You're gorgeous,' is all he can manage.
Our food and drinks are served pretty quickly, and the smell of cheese and roasted corn envelops us for a few seconds. 'Come, let's snack,' I say. 'They taste good only when they're piping hot.' I go for the tortilla chips with salsa.
'An extra glass, please,' Jessica tells the waiter. 'And one more big bottle of Sapporo for me, if you don't mind, guys. You like Sapporo, huh? It's also my favourite.'
She leans forward, jams her cell phone in her cleavage – as her milky, massive orbs spill over her neckline, Ivan does a double take – picks up a chicken wing, dips it in chili sauce and starts to eat with both hands.
'What do you do?' She nibbles at the flesh of the chicken wing, and then tears the radius and ulna apart.
'I'm a marketing manager, motor oil company,' Ivan replies. He pops a tortilla chip into his mouth.
A waiter brings Jessica a willybecher and a bottle of beer. I fill up the glass, and Ivan puts it in front of her on the table.
Sliding across on the smooth leather, she sits closer to him, her shoulder touching his. 'You should come here more often. We've a lot of things in common to talk about. I was also in sales before. You know, I like you, I like your style.'
Music sounds from Jessica's cell phone. 'Ivan, please answer the call for me. My hands are oily,' she says offhandedly.
Ivan grins sheepishly, his face turns red and his fingers tremble. 'What – what do you want me to say?' The cell phone is planted all the way down in her cleavage.
'I think it's my friend. Tell her I'll call back.'
Gingerly, he uses his thumb and forefinger to lift it out, brushing against her soft flesh. He clears his throat nervously and speaks into the mouthpiece. 'Jessica's engaged right now. She'll call you back afterwards.' Then to Jessica: 'Where shall I put your cell phone?'
'Same place!' she says, with an air of nonchalance. She sticks her chest out to make things easier for him. 'Please switch it off first.'
With his chin almost trembling, Ivan carefully slips the cell phone in her cleavage, and taps its top a few times with his forefinger so that it goes all the way in. Phew! He wipes beads of sweat on his forehead with a piece of Kleenex tissue.
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Interviewing people from all walks of life, comprehending complex bureaucracy. I wrote for a college paper which won the equivalent of a Pulitzer for some of my work. I miss journalism sometimes, but not measly paychecks, a dwindling job market and crappy hours.
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The credit is available for filers between the ages of 25-64. Eligibility and the amount of the credit are based on adjusted gross income, earned income and investment income. Also, those who are self-employed and own or operate their own business could qualify. Anyone earning less than $54,000 a year should look into this underused tax break.
"Because financial situations change from year-to-year, it is could to check eligibility annually," reminds Ellsworth Buck, Vice President of GreatFlorida Insurance, Florida's top independent renters insurance agency.
Keep in mind, not all tax credits are for middle to low income families. Another forgotten credit is the Child Dependent Care Credit. You can claim this credit regardless of your income. The amount of the credit is based on how much you spend for child and dependent care and your income. If you are paying someone to care for your children or while you work, or look for work you might be eligible. The credit is also available for the cost of caring for a spouse or another person in your household of any age who is physically or mentally incapable of self-care.
The Child Dependent Care Credit returns a portion of the money you spend on care and can reduce your tax bill significantly. According to financial management company Intuit, the credit provides up to 35 percent of qualifying expenses, depending on adjusted gross income.
To see if you qualify for these or additional tax credits check out the IRS website.
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A movement is enticing many Americans from their large residences into smaller homes. The appeal of downsizing is tempting everyone from recent retirees, empty nesters to millennials.
"Since the recession, I believe people are looking to simplifying their lives and cut down on expenses," says Ellsworth Buck, Vice President of GreatFlorida Insurance, Florida's largest independent homeowners insurance agency.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the current average house size is 2,467 square feet. That is an increase of almost 1,000 sq. ft. since the 1970's.
Despite overall growth in house size, for the first time since the recession, home size is shrinking. A less is more ideology is taking hold across the country, ushering in the trend of smaller homes.
Downsizing provides a lower maintenance lifestyle that can save time and money. Notably improving on the quality of life.
So, how do you know if downsizing is right for you?
More Money
Money is always a motivating factor. Most Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Unfortunately, financial hardships unexpectedly happen. If you experience a job loss, disability or divorce, could you afford your current lifestyle?
Downsizing can help create breathing room in your budget. A smaller home can mean spending less on your mortgage and for some paying cash for a new place. You will also spend less on utility bills. Obviously, it requires less money to heat and cool a smaller space.
Another key point, downsizing can also reduce consumer consumption. Do you have too much house? Do you have unused rooms that require staging?
More Time
Do you Feel overwhelmed by the amount of money and time spent to maintain your home? Many homeowners who have downsized comment that their weekends were consumed with house cleaning and yard work. Now they can clean the entire house in a couple of hours.
"A smaller home can make life more manageable," comments Buck with GreatFlorida Insurance, Florida's leading independent homeowners insurance agency.
Less time spent on home upkeep, certainly allows for more quality time doing the things you enjoy.
More Comfort
Creating a more comfortable living situation is an attraction to downsizing. Relocating into a smaller home will force most to get rid of clutter and stuff. A liberating process for some and an anxiety inducing moment for others. Are you prepared to surrender some of your belongings?
Also, some Americans reduce the size of their home and seek out luxury amenities. Creature comforts such as high-end finishes, no stairs or a more centrally located dwelling is a strong pull.
However, downsizing is not for everyone. Is your identity tied to being in a spacious home? Is it necessary to have plenty of room for guests?
Downsizing does not make financial sense in every situation. Homeowners often assume if they sell their current place and move into something smaller, they walk away with money, but that is not always the case.
An article from CNBC on the subject of downsizing suggests taking a look at your monthly costs of housing, rather than size alone. "Downsizing provides less opportunity in low-cost areas." Locations where home prices, taxes and insurance tend to be lower, you could yield little financial gain.
While many see downsizing as moving backward, it can be a step forward for others.
Whether you live in a spacious dwelling or a cozy home, GreatFlorida Insurance provide competitive rates for homeowners insurance. Give us a call today.
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You know the drill when a storm is coming. Secure outdoor furniture and stock up on batteries, water and non-perishable food items.
"GreatFlorida Insurance regularly compiles storm safety tips for our readers," says Ellsworth Buck, Vice President of GreatFlorida Insurance, Florida's largest independent homeowners insurance agency. "Weather is unpredictable despite our best efforts and we want to help people be safe."
While you are familiar with precautions to heed during a storm to ensure your safety, do you know what NOT to do during a storm? Florida Today, spoke with emergency management officials about activities to avoid during a storm to give you, your family and first responders an easier time while riding out the storm.
"Consequently, some people stay home during an evacuation to protect their home or valuables, but it is not worth it. Let homeowners insurance do its job," says Buck with GreatFlorida Insurance.
To find out the latest information on Florida weather, evacuations, school and government closures and more, check out the Florida Division of Emergency Management.
When a storm hits, it is too late. Let GreatFlorida Insurance secure a dependable and affordable homeowners insurance plan for you.
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It's fall, but you are in Florida. Despite the calendar date, when you wake up tomorrow, you will experience no change in the weather. It is difficult to get enthusiastic about the first day of autumn when it is still 90 degrees outside.
"Florida experiences a slight change of seasons," says Ellsworth Buck, Vice President of GreatFlorida Insurance, Florida's largest independent homeowners insurance agency. "Fall means we can soon go outside without getting overwhelmed by the heat."
While the season is changing, there is no need for layered clothing despite retailers' best efforts to sell puffy vests. Not to mention, pumpkin is in every other food product but you are thinking, "Do they make pumpkin flavored iced drinks?"
In spite of a slow start to cooler temperatures, rest assured they are coming. Fall in Florida is the best time to enjoy outside activities and there is no shortage of them. Listed below are some ideas to get the family out of the house and celebrating a new season.
Fall Festivals-Food, wine and beer, music and art festivals are happening every weekend throughout the state in the fall.
Fall foliage- North and central Florida boasts fall foliage around the first week in November. The colored leaves will certainly put you in the mood for fall and is worth the drive to one of these parks:
Torreya State Park
Ormond Scenic Loop and Trail
Edward Ball Walkulla Springs State Park
Boost curb appeal. Rake up a few leaves, collect pine cones from your yard and decorate your front door
Grab some local produce and other products from an area farmer's market.
Apple picking– Yes in Florida.
Go for a hay ride
Get lost at a corn maze
Visit a pumpkin patch
Football Games-There is no problem finding high school, college and pro games throughout the state.
"One of the most anticipated moments in Florida is when windows are opened in the house," reminds Buck with GreatFlorida Insurance, Florida's leading independent homeowners insurance agency. "Remember to adjust your thermostat appropriately to save on energy costs."
Ultimately, it will cool off and when winter arrives, there is no place like Florida.
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Keynote session by Pete Cashmore, CEO of Mashable
Pete took the stage at the beginning of the event and walked us through his thoughts on 2012 trends.
- News aggregator applications – these applications provide news and information in an aggregated fashion from multiple sources. Pete gave examples of Flipboard, Pulse, Zite, Edition, Livestand.
- The prevailing business model for these applications is the split in the advertisement revenue. For example, if New York Times has its content on Flipboard and there is an advertisement within its content, then both Flipboard and New York Times will split the advertisement revenue. Who manages the ad network can be a question, but my thinking is that either app provider or media publisher can do it. The challenge he cited was there could be no control for the media publisher on content placement. There could be competing content as an advertisement. Publishers are using Adobe Publisher to deliver their content to iPad.
- Subscriptions are another type of business model and Newsstand is using that model.
- Beyond iPad – Pete mentioned that though there is a lot of buzz around iPad, he clearly sees publishers adopting other tablet devices such as Kindle Fire. He also identified Windows 8 as a potential entrant to the tablet space, given HP's inclination to work with Windows 8.
- Social gestures – Social gestures such as frictionless sharing introduced by Facebook are enabling increase in engagement and sharing. For example, Washington Post's Social Reader application shares the information on what content is read by a user on his/her wall without asking for permission. There is no explicit sharing of the information by user under this new scheme. There is another application by Wall Street Journal (WSJ Social) that takes advantage of frictionless sharing. Key issues here are risk specific to privacy. Pete noted that any web application can take advantage of this capability within Facebook.
- TV Everywhere – TV is coming to all experiences including web and mobile. He cited examples of Dish and CNN. CNN offers live TV on laptop, iPhone, and iPad devices. There could be a push from cable providers in this area as they see this as an effective way to compete against streaming providers such as Netflix and Amazon.
- Second Screen Experiences – Second screen applications have taken off to ensure that audiences are glued to a specific show whether they are watching it on their TV or playing with their laptops, iPads or smart phones. Second screen apps will take advantage of users desire to multi-task when they are watching TV. For example Disney has launched Bambi application. Another example given was MTV's Watch With. The idea behind these second screen applications is that while the show is going on, users can use the application specific to the show and get more information on actors, storyline, past episodes and backstage information. In addition, the second screen applications will enable social behavior like sharing, liking and rating. A couple of other examples were given on Bravo New and NBC Live.
- Movie + TV Marketing Applications – applications have become the new standard for media distribution. Based on this trend, almost all TV shows and movies are creating applications that will enable content distribution in interesting ways to the targeted audience. The rise of application markets is also playing a major role in this phonomenon. A few examples are given are Super 8 and HSN Diner Dash (created by PlayFirst).
- Social Music – the social music services such as Spotify, which is available through Facebook both as a free and a subscription service are another key trend to watch in 2012. Question is their viability in the long-run, according to Pete.
- HTML 5 – now that applications are being built for almost all major platforms at once, cross-platform portability has become essential and Pete expects HTML 5 to play a major role in this.
- Content Licensing clash – The content distributors such as Netflix and content providers such as Starz are clashing for more piece of the pie. Pete noted that Netflix type services are heavily dependent on what content they can provide and there is a power shift going towards content providers at the moment.
- Car applications – there is a potential for different applications for cars, though this may not be a significant 2012 trend.
- Flexible displays – these are the displays that can provide better user experience by having flexible displays such as bended displays. Pete likes these possibilities though they may not be materialized in 2012.
- Apple ITV is another potential trend that may happen in 2012.
- Location based news is another potential trend that may happen in 2012. For example, Wall Street Journal provides a special New York City edition on mobile phones.
- Media consumption via Near Field Communicaitons (NFC) – through NFC, there is a lot of opportunity for both purchases and media consumption. Google Wallet is cited as an example in this area.
AT&T was the sponsor of the event. Larry L Soloman of AT&T spoke about the trends they are seeing:
- HTML 5 is a big deal for AT&T
- Opening the network for different players
- APIs and Application developers. To enable AT&T to work with developers, they hosted developer summits in various parts of the world. The APIs are focused on billing, messaging and location based services
- 4G networks bring a lot of opportunities such as real-time video gaming and HD video calls
- Applications and content will be contextual and relevant (for example, time of day, day of the week)
- Apps are becoming natural companions to do various tasks in our daily life
- Hardware is becoming less important and content and cloud are becoming more important
Emily Chang of Bloomberg TV interviewed Evan Cohen of Foursquare.
Key takeaways from that conversations are:
- Foursquare is making progress and working hard to go beyond check-ins to deliver value.
- Foursquare could potentially face off against its daily deal partners like Groupon based on where they are going
- Foursquare allows brands to create page on Foursquare web site to drive more interaction / engagement with their brand. Brands are also launching applications that can provide Tips and Reviews based on the location information from Foursquare. For example, History Channel shows tips based on the check-ins.
- Loyalty deals and discounts are natural ways to deliver value to merchants
- Foursquare is working on several merchant tools
- Foursquare is also interested in delivering more value to their users
- Deliver relevant control
- Tell about friends about their preferences and recommend locations
- They are also thinking about auto classification of information for easier consumption
- Foursquare is about to launch "Save To Foursquare" button for web sites to let the site visitors to 'bookmark' the web site to Foursquare. Evan claimed that this would be like 'bookmarking the real-world' though that aspect is not completely clear.
Mashable Media Platform
Mashable announced that they are introducing their Media platform to distribute 3rd party content through Mashable properties. They have some initial partners on this who include ClickZ, GeekSugar, iJnet, PaidContent.org, PocketNow, UX Magazine and PSFK.
Some interesting stats on Facebook by Michael Lazerow, CEO Buddy Media
Michael took the stage to talk about Facebook marketing and talk about the trends he is seeing.
- 800Millions Facebook users
- 50% log in everyday
- 1B more than # of Google searches per day
- 31% of ad impressions in the USA
- 16% of the total time spent
He gave the following advice to marketers:
- Setup and optimize your social presence
- Socialize all content and eliminate dead ends in the experience
- Use social to monetize today and eliminate silos.
Final Comments on Mashable Media Summit
There is a renewed enthusiasm in media industry to drive revenues and engagement by utilizing various trends like social media, social TV, marketing applications.
- There is an emphasis on the user behavior and expectation that live TV still matters, along with streaming content.
- There is an interesting tussle between media and e-commerce as there has been a separation thus far (like church and state), which is crumbling. Many magazines are entering e-commerce either directly or through separate entities (Esquire). And many e-commerce providers are focusing on editorial content (Gilt Groupe). As a result, there has been a shift in resources from media to e-commerce (Gilt pulled away multiple key figures from Esquire), which is putting a drain on media, which is already under tremendous pressure to adopt digital completely.
- In media industry, every body's job changed to an extent. Hence, there is a focus on roles and how they fit in with each other.
- Real-time analytics and understanding the impact of campaigns and initiatives is very much on the radar for media companies.
- There is some confusion on ad monetization through Facebook applications. Facebook community manager has cleared the confusion for the record that publishers get to run their ads and keep the proceeds.


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Why devote your energies to improving a state's capacity to perform functions when instead you can manipulate the functions to make them easier to perform?
I'm thinking of developing countries, but the general issue is relevant to all countries. Although state functions which are most important may also appear to be the most difficult to perform, they can be made easier by simplifying rule-procedures. This line of thought began in the previous post. Now I approach it from a narrower angle -- the 'specificity' of state action. If you can clearly 'specify' what a state is doing in a particular field then its activity is more likely to be controllable and measurable, i.e. 'doable'.
In the 1980s Arturo Israel at the World Bank created a 'specificity index' to measure the feasibility of governmental control. Some public service outputs are hard to measure and evaluate. The greater the specificity of activity in terms of objectives, methods, control systems, rewards, timing, or outcomes, "the more intense, immediate, identifiable, and focused will be the effects of a good or a bad performance". Dispersed activity in which policymakers make many small decisions is not easy to specify. The operation of a central bank or army is highly specific, involving relatively few decisions and interactions, and thus is easier to control and evaluate. Social services such as education or health are oriented imprecisely to dispersed human behaviour rather than to numerical or technical targets, and require a higher volume of decisions and interactions to achieve their targets. If an activity is not easily monitored, the provider will be less accountable for performance. If an activity is not transparent it will be difficult to design and reform. Specificity is determined by the nature of the activity rather than by organisational management techniques applied to it. The degree of specificity appears to be beyond the control of policymakers.
Israel explored methods for dealing with specificity obstacles. Most important was "competition to create market-like conditions" as a mechanism to improve control and performance in low-specificity activities. Even in the state sector, competition can influence institutional performance positively regardless of the specificity of an activity. Competitive pressure might create specificity by forcing public organisations to creatively devise new ways of monitoring their own performance (think Google or Walmart). Israel observed substitutes for traditional state control mechanisms in the marketplace, and simulated market-equivalent "competition surrogates" where direct economic incentive might be infeasible. Public entities compete with private entities that produce similar goods and services. Or they subcontract. Public entities are privatised and exert competitive pressure on public entities. Public agencies are made accountable to clients or suppliers who demand performance. Public agencies can be pressured in the budget process if politicians and regulators act like clients or shareholders.


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4:18pm Thursday 31st January 2013
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust board will be given an update on Jimmy Savile investigations at its meeting today.
A report by police and the NSPCC revealed the disgraced DJ assaulted a victim at High Royds Psychiatric Hospital in Menston, Leeds General Infirmary, one at St James's Hospital and one at Dewsbury Hospital.
The attack at High Royds happened in 1989, a year after Savile attended the institution's centenary celebrations.
The findings of Operation Yewtree show a total of 450 people have alleged sexual abuse against Savile since his death.
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