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Atlanta Legal Aid Society and eight other nonprofits have been awarded $2,071,474 in grants to provide civil legal services for victims of domestic violence.
The grants, awarded June 13 by the Domestic Violence Committee of the Judicial Council of Georgia, will help about 5,200 low-income Georgia victims who are in need of a variety of legal services, like protective orders from the courts to help protect their safety.
The Atlanta Legal Aid Society received $564,909. The other recipients are the Georgia Legal Services Program, $1,393,065; the Northwest Georgia Family Crisis Center Inc., $25,000; the Wayne County Protective Agency/Fair Haven, $7,500; Gateway House, $9,000; Georgia Law Center for the Homeless, $25,000; Northeast Georgia Shelter Collaborative, $35,000; Peace Place, $3,000; and Southwestern Judicial Circuit, $9,000.
Chief Justice Hugh Thompson of the Georgia Supreme Court said the funds will make a positive difference in the lives of many victims and their children throughout Georgia.
"There are few legal resources and a disproportionate number of domestic violence deaths in certain rural areas of our state," he said. "I am pleased that some of the grant funds were earmarked to specifically address this need."


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It's almost time for Fashion Week in NYC, where designers will be showcasing the new trends for spring 2014.
While our calendars say August -- and while I am not completely ready for the sweaters, coats and riding boots yet -- I thought I would share with you the fabulous fall fashions from the Tommy Hilfiger Women's fall 2013 runway show.
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http://rt.com/art-and-culture/news/m...e-located-706/Da Vinci leaves hints to Mona Lisa: Backdrop landscape located
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The centuries-old enigma of the location of the landscape behind the Mona Lisa may have been solved. Italian researchers say a hidden clue identifies the exact location of the background to the world's most famous artwork.
If you look very closely at the most mysterious Da Vinci painting, you would see a bridge above the left shoulder of Mona Lisa. Italian art historian Carla Glori claims that it is that the three-arched bridge hints at a hillside village called Bobbio in Northern Italy, The Daily Telegraph reports.
This idea was prompted by another recent discovery made by Italian art historian Silvano Vinceti. He says the hidden numbers 7 and 2 are painted beneath the bridge. Glori alleges these numbers where deliberately painted in by the Great Renaissance master so that the background could be identified.
She claims the numbers in fact refer to year 1472, when the Bobbio bridge known as Ponte Gobbo or Ponte Vecchio collapsed after a flood of the Trebbia River.
"Leonardo added in the number 72 beneath the bridge to record the devastating flood of the River Trebbia and to allow it to be identified," The Daily Telegraph quotes Carla Glori as saying.
The Mona Lisa is believed to have been painted between 1503 and 1506 in Florence and still remains one of the most mysterious artwork of all times. Until recently most art historians agreed that the landscape in the painting was the fruit of the artist's imagination.
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the Mona Lisa is the size of a tic-tac
chances are "72" are just two brush strokes...i know i've made brush strokes similar in the past...
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Well in assasins creed 2 they have Da Vinci in and I like how they match his true life.
On topic: Da Vinci is an epic man and with the skills unmatched and he is not the only one to do this and will not be the last past enigma to leave hints in their work
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im sorry but even though im an artist myself... i just dont care about the Mona Lisa (i love Da Vinci though)... its such a plain painting... i really dont get what the fuss over it is... who cares why it was painted... maybe DaVinci just wanted to paint it because... he wanted to... theres no underlying message... its just a picture he wanted to paint.
I have so many paintings that people ask me "whats it mean?"
IT DOESNT MEAN $#@!! i just wanted to paint it because it looks cool!! is it that unreasonable?
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text: Participate in a Pantry Challenge to Save Money and Exercise Culinary CreativityDavid Galloway10/28/12 4:00pmFiled to: food storageSaving MoneyFoodpantry18EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink A pantry challenge is when you set aside a month of the year and other than basics like milk and eggs use whatever foods you already have in your pantry for meals. This practice teaches you to waste less, learn to make do, and you'll save money of the course of the month. Advertisement Household weblog Keeper of the Home uses the months of January and July as pantry challenges. The challenges help to use up packaged and frozen foods before their expiration dates as well as force you to come up with creative combinations. Many of us did a similar routine during college or just after and it can be a helpful skill in case of emergencies such as losing a job or being snowed in for a few days.Finally this also helps track of what you actually eat. Just because you bought that can of teriyaki baked beans when it was on sale doesn't mean you actually plan on eating it. The first rule of food storage is store what you eat and eat what you store and eating down your pantry helps you learn what you actually eat rather that what you buy and give away to a food kitchen a year later. Advertisement The Benefits of Eating Down the Pantry | Keeper of the HomeReply18 repliesLeave a reply


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Walker Furniture launches program to aid vets
Walker Furniture has launched a program designed to help wounded U.S. military personnel and veterans in Clark County who are in need of specialized items not generally available through the Veterans Administration. The new program, titled Help for Heroes, will run through July 1 and rely on letters from the community, written on behalf of prospective recipients.
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The Interior Design Society Las Vegas Chapter and Las Vegas Design Center will host The Hotel as a Luxury Residence, presented by Roger Thomas. The event will be June 18 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Las Vegas Design Center, Building A Atrium, 495 S. Grand Central Parkway.
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Cricket hit reality shows and soaps for a six as 67.3 million viewers watched India beat Pakistan in the World Cup semi-final on Wednesday.
The viewership was about three times that of the most popular shows on TV and extremely high for a week day.
The match, which lasted a full eight hours, garnered a television viewership rating (TVR) of 20% at its peak — when it seemed India was sure to romp home — across cable and satellite TV homes in India.
At 11.74%, the overall match TVR was also at its highest, according to the overnight TV viewership measurement agency, aMap. Compare this with TVRs of around 6% for the most popular TV shows these days, which last 30 minutes on an average.
The TVR measures the share of a programme among sampled TV homes that are switched on and watching at a given time. A viewer on average spent 160 minutes on the World Cup.
The second highest TVR was for the India-Australia quarter-final at 6.53%, with the average time spent watching it being 115 minutes. The India-England game — a heartstopper of a match that ended in a tie — got a 6.44% TVR and an average 99 minutes of time spent per viewer.
And to those who believe Indian interest in cricket has waned, here's proof to the contrary: the highest TVR in the 2007 edition of the Cup, for the India-Sri Lanka match, was just 5.43%.
With cricket playing on everyone's minds and TV sets, viewership of sports channels rose 514% over the average of the last four Wednesdays.
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Though the Fall TV season has yet to commence, we're already counting down the days until Winter premieres begin. Why are we looking six months ahead, you ask? Simple: The CW's midseason alien integration drama, "Star-Crossed."
The sci-fi drama is about two teenagers — one Atrian (alien) boy, Roman (Matt Lanter), and one human girl, Emery (Aimee Teegarden). When an Atrian spacecraft lands in 6-year-old Emery's town resulting in an immediate battle, she befriends one of the young Atrians, whom she helps until authorities capture him. 10 years later, a group of Atrian teens is allowed to enroll in high school to test the ability humans and Atrians to integrate, and Emery learns that Roman, the boy she helped, wasn't killed — as she had thought — but kept in an internment camp with the rest of the aliens. The two rekindle their relationship, while animosity continues to grow between the two communities, putting Roman and Emery's bond — and the chance for peace — to the test.
Grey Damon, who plays Emery's fellow human high school student Grayson — added fuel to the fire of our excitement when he tweeted out a first look photo of guest stars Tahmoh Penikett and Johnathon Schaech on set on Tuesday (Aug. 27).
Penikett will play a mysterious SEU (Sector Enforcement Unit) Officer Jack Beaumont, who is responsible for supervision within the Atrian sector walls. He will first appear in episode 2, and is set to recur.
Schaech will play Castor, Roman's uncle. Castor has a dark and shady past as a radical militant Atrian, but he claims to have changed his ways to be more temperate and pro-integration. Roman still has his doubts about his uncle's true intentions — even after Castor proves himself to be an effective politician within the Atrian Sector.
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Downloading files over the network could be a cumbersome task. Trying to implement other features like auto-resume and support for proxy servers, etc. makes it even harder. Using this component can make things a lot easier for yourself. You can download files over proxies, password protected sites or untrusted SSL connections simply by setting a few properties. The example that is provided shows how to do the job and how to handle events over a simple GUI.
Since the download operation takes place in a worker thread asynchronously, you don't need to worry about downloading large files or blocking the user interface. There are some points you need to have in mind though.
Stopping a download operation that is running is tricky. You could just call the DownloadThread.Abort() method on the downloader thread to stop the work, but this is not the recommended way. The main reason for this is that Thread.Abort throws an exception which can occur at any time during your work and leaves your running state inconsistent. The easier way is to check for a boolean field, and terminate the operation when the field is set, or run the job on an entirely different process. To read more about this idea, check Ian Griffiths blog post here.
When running a download job, the Downloader component provides its internal progress and error state through events and custom eventargs. Since the eventargs are constructed on the worker thread, trying to update the user-interface from the worker thread throws a Cross-Thread exception. The workaround to update the user interface is to use the Invoke method (inherited from Control), a Delegate and call to the necessary method(s), like this:
private delegate void ParamMethodInvoker (long fileSize, long progressValue, string message); /// <summary> /// Call UpdateProgress method using a delegate and provide method parameters /// </summary> private void OnDownloadProgressChanged (object sender, DownloadProgressEventArgs e) { Invoke(new ParamMethodInvoker(UpdateProgress), new object[] { e.BytesRead, e.TotalBytes, e.Message }); } /// <summary> /// Normally update the user interface /// </summary> private void UpdateProgress(long bytesRead, long totalBytes, string message) { int kbRead = Convert.ToInt32(bytesRead) / 1024; int kbTotal = Convert.ToInt32(totalBytes) / 1024; int percent = Convert.ToInt32((bytesRead * 100) / totalBytes); progress.Value = percent; lblDownloadMessage.Text = string.Format("{0:#,###} of {1:#,###} KBytes ({2}%)", kbRead, kbTotal, percent); }
To resume a download job, we can simply continue where we left off. When restarting a download job, the downloader component first checks for the existing file at the specified location (through DownloadPath property). If the file exists, it reads the Length of the existing file and sets the HttpWebRequest's range using AddRange method. Overloads of the AddRange method could be used to handle multi-part downloading of a single file.
long startingPoint = 0; if(File.Exists(DownloadPath)) { startingPoint = new FileInfo(DownloadPath).Length; } HttpWebRequest _Request = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(url); _Request.AddRange(startingPoint);
Implementing other features such as multi-part downloading (like download accelerator applications) and FTP downloads seems like a good idea. Any suggestions/comments/feedback are highly appreciated.
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Japanese developer Mistwalker apparently looks at larger storage capacities as some sort of challenge. Unsatisfied by the three discs of DVD content filled with their previous RPG Blue Dragon, Mistwalker has announced that the upcoming epic Lost Odyssey will span four DVDs, reminding us that razor blades aren't the only medium that benefits from a steady increase in quantity.
The four discs are stuffed with a 40-to-50-hour RPG adventure, told using a mixture of CG and real-time cutscenes. Also contributing to the bloating are separate audio tracks for Japanese and English voices, allowing us to switch to the Japanese languages when we inevitably grow tired of the awful anglicized voice-acting (see also: Soul Calibur). Lost Odyssey is due out in Japan in early December, with the North American and European releases pushed to February 2008.
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Season 3 of Game of Thrones has brought on a host of new cast interviews for your enjoyment. Let's get caught up with the highlights.
- In a smart new interview with Rolling Stone, Sophie Turner talks about Sansa's survival skills, her bond with Margaery, and Sansa's dynamic with the Hound.
- John Bradley makes lemon cakes- okay, lemon squares– with MTV's Steven Smith in this very funny video.
- Our King-Beyond-the-Wall, Ciarán Hinds, gives a very frank and warm interview with Vulture. There are spoilers, so beware! One point of interest- he denies there being any character named Dalla.
- New cast member Mackenzie Crook speaks to Access Hollywood about the wildling warg Orell, and mentions he auditioned for the show in the first season.
- We may see Stannis questioning Melisandre next week, according to Carice van Houten, in this video interview which also includes merkin discussion and an impression of her shadow offspring.
- Alfie Allen defends Theon Greyjoy's choices in an EW interview. "He was caught in the ultimate no win situation."
- Nathalie Emmanuel shares her view on her character Missandei, the translator we met in Astapor in the season premiere.
- In a new interview with Metro, Joe Dempsie admits he's had his shirt "off for no particular reason" but feels that nudity is "part and parcel" of the show. He also discusses his views on piracy and the show's fantasy elements.
Ours is the Fury: The Hinds interview is great. I love his reaction to the shadow baby.


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While Redskins fans are no doubt tired, frustrated, agitated, disturbed, and fed up with The Washington Post so much as mentioning the name Vinny Cerrato, the fact remains that Cerrato has spent more time with Dan Snyder than you or I, and thus his opinion is at least moderately interesting.
(Unless you, reader, are related to Snyder. Or friends with him. Or if you are him. I mean, if you are Dan Snyder, then I would grant that you know what Dan Snyder is thinking more than Cerrato does. Still, thanks for reading. Oh, and text me your plans.)
(Also, if you're not interested in Cerrato's thoughts, you should probably navigate away right now. I'll wait.)
Anyhow, Cerrato was on MASN's Mid-Atlantic Sports Report this week with Rob Long (his current radio co-host) and Andy Pollin (his longtime radio adversary). He was there to talk about the Ravens, but he was asked about the future of the Mike Shanahan and the rest of the Redskins' coaching staff.
"It's $13 million to replace that staff and probably another $10 million to hire another staff," Cerrato said. "So you're not looking at just $13 million; you're looking at $20-some million. But the way Dan would look at it, too, is a lot of those coaches will get jobs, so he'll get some of that money back. And does he make a change? You know, that's a lot of money for him to make a change. I mean, it's a tough decision for him, because it's a lot of money, especially if they're having trouble selling suites and tickets and all that stuff. They're going to run the numbers and see how it works out. And financially, if it's not a great deal, I don't think he'll get rid of [Shanahan]."
"Vinny, the Dan Snyder you worked for liked to be involved, and that is the reported source of discontent between owner and coach," Pollin then said. "Is that overblown, or do you think Dan Snyder is a guy who likes to meddle, get close to the players? Is that your experience with him?"
"Well the thing about it Andy, when I read an article the other day, all the trips that he took RGIII on, and all the different [places] he took RGIII, I don't remember him doing that much with any player as much as he's doing with RGIII," Cerrato replied. "But he's never had a franchise quarterback before. I mean, all Dan wants to do is win, and he'll pay the money and he'll do whatever. And sometimes, does he talk to his players and get close to them and like to talk to them and have relationships with some? You know, Eddie DeBartolo did with Joe Montana."
"Looking at where they are right now, they're going to lose probably a No. 2 overall draft pick [or] No. 3," Long said. "How long does it take them to turn this thing around?"
"Well, they've got $32 million in cap room, so if they can make some of the right choices there, they've got a lot of places they need to upgrade," Cerrato said. "They need to get a new special teams coach, No. 1, probably a new D-coordinator No. 2. And then they need to upgrade the talent. And if they can make some good choices with that $32 million in cap space, they can come back quicker without the draft picks. Because if you don't have the picks, you've got to go get the players from somewhere. So go get some of the guys in free agency, is what they're going to have to do. And then the draft picks that they do have, they're going to be top picks in the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth rounds. They've got to make those picks count, and then you've just got to start next year. You've got to band-aid it until you get through, and you can continue to add depth and young players."
"Hey Vinny, if you had to make a call, which way does he go, does Shanahan return or not?" Pollin asked. "Make a call right now."
There was a lengthy pause.
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Armaegis was talking about using the Shure 840 pads on the M50. The 840 pads are very soft - one of the most comfortable I've used.
Comparing the A700 directly with the Shure 840 (comparing the two cans) - the A700 is definitely more comfortable because of it's design. SQ wise, I much preferred the Shures. And FTR I found the Shures supremely comfortable - just a little heavy. The problem is that with the 840's most people either love or hate the comfort. You're best to try them first if you are considering the 840's.
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How To Grow & Use Wooly Lamb's Ear
These are one of my favorite herbs on our property. Lamb's Ear, also known as Stachys byzantina. As you can see, it's growing a bit un-manicured in a woodsy part of our property right now. I plan on tying them into a nice flowerbed border, but also planting them here and there around the property, hoping to encourage them to go wild and spread where they please.
I started them from seed this past Spring, and they've already begun to readily multiply. They're super easy to start from seed (I ordered mine from Horizon Herbs). Just plant them about 1/4″ deep in seed starting mix, and keep moist and away from direct sunlight until the seedlings emerge. Once they've popped up through the soil, make sure they get plenty of light for at least 6-8 hours a day.
Water them as needed when you see the soil getting dry. (I suggest setting the pot, which should have drain holes in the bottom, in a container of water to absorb moisture as needed instead of watering from the top.) When they have several sets of "true" leaves, they're ready to be transplanted into a semi-shady to sunny spot of your choice. When planting, space your seedlings about a foot apart. Above is a picture of my seedlings on transplanting day.
They do nicely in containers, or in any well-draining soil. Actually, we have pretty hard red clay here, and they've adapted just fine when amended with compost. Since we have hot, humid summers, I planted my lamb's ear at the edge of the woods, in a semi-shady spot to prevent wilting. My plants haven't flowered yet; I wonder if they may be a non-flowering variety.
Lamb's ear grows in zones 4-9, and will be happy to come back even bigger year after year. The plants will multiply; to keep them controlled, thin them as needed by dividing the crowns with a sharp shovel to transplant. They're drought tolerant, deer resistant, and super easy to grow.
If you've never felt a leaf from this furry, silvery seafoam plant, imagine stroking a super soft puppy ear, or more appropriately, a baby lamb's ear, and you get the picture. Whenever I take a stroll through my yard and happen upon a cluster of Lamb's ear, I'm always compelled to pluck off a plump leaf and rub it against my cheek. And smile. It's just so stinking soft! Kids especially love to "pet" these plants.
Lamb's Ear makes a handsome border to any walkway or flowerbed. But it's also handy medicinally as well. Herbalists sometimes refer to it as 'wooly woundwort'.
The whole plant is medicinal as an alterative, antibacterial, antipyretic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, astringent, carminative, diuretic, febrifuge, hypotensive, stomachic, styptic, tonic, vermifuge and vulnerary. A cold water infusion of the freshly chopped or dried and powdered leaves makes a refreshing beverage, while a weak infusion of the plant can be used as a medicinal eye wash for sties and pinkeye. It is taken internally as a medicinal tea in the treatment of fevers, diarrhea, sore mouth and throat, internal bleeding, and weaknesses of the liver and heart. –Wikipedia
For centuries, hunters and soldiers have used Lamb's Ear leaves as a field dressing for injuries. With its antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and super absorbent properties, it makes a perfect make-shift bandage.
Lamb's ear is loosely related to Betony (both are Stachys), and is sometimes called woolly betony. Besides the sopping up of blood and use as a dressing, lamb's ear has also been used as a poultice and has analgesic properties.
It was used either alone, or to help hold in other herbs like comfrey. It was often used in the aftermath of bee or wasp stings, and reduces the swelling from both.
It was used for centuries as a "women's comfort" for hemorrhoids, menstrual flow, birthing, for nervous tension, and as a skin aid. It's easy to see that with the invention of Tylenol, gauze, feminine hygiene products, cotton packing, and make up removal pads, the knowledge and use of lamb's ear for this purpose kind of went out the window. However, now you know you have a natural substitute if everything goes wrong and supplies are not available.
Lamb's ear has been used as a natural dye for wool. Boiling the leaves in hot water and then adding a mordant, brings out a fabulous, creamy, yellowish beige. Using the bracts (flower spike) instead of the leaves, a light mauve can be attained.
It has also been said that Lamb's Ear was used as the first toilet tissue!
Not only is it useful medicinally, but it's also edible! Some people enjoy Lamb's Ear fresh in salads or gently steamed as greens. You can also make a very pleasant tea by steeping dried leaves in boiling water. Pick fresh, young leaves for best flavor when consuming.
With so many uses for this beautiful plant, we'd better plant a ton!!
Do you have Lamb's Ear growing around your home? What's your favorite way to enjoy it?
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I have lambs ear growing around home and it is truly an amazing plant!
I read about this plant having a t.p. issue. Finally got its name from you. Thanks
They do nicely in containers, or in any well-draining soil. Actually, we have pretty hard red clay here, and they've adapted just fine when amended with compost. Since we have hot, humid summers, I planted my lamb's ear at the edge of the woods.
I have a small patch of Lambs Ear I just replanted because it was in to much shade. This year it's doing much better. I was surprised how much one can use this plant for, I will be trying some suggestions. Very informative, thank you.
Live in Texas and I want to transplant to another part in yard. Is now a good time to transplant? They have survived 10+years to date.
Tx so much for the info on these plants. Love the softness and even more so now that I know they have many uses. Will grow more of them!
I have a small patch of Lambs Ear I just replanted because it was in to much shade. This year it's doing much better. I was surprised how much one can use this plant for, I will be trying some suggestions. Very informative, thank you.
Hello all
Strange this beautiful plant literally popped up in my yard by my hos tis ? Not spelled correct!it's taken me weeks to figure out what this is, now at about 4 ft tall I am wagering it's a
Lambs ear???!
Beautiful and ready to bloom,
Butt I never put it there, I've lived here 6 yrs now it's never been there
Anyone no if they grow wild??
Thanks for the support..
I love my lambs ear more now to mounts got medical use..
That actually sounds like it may be a mullein plant. Which is also a good medicinal herb which has great respiratory health properties.
Mullein is a very different plant. It's fuzz is a bit itchy where as lambs ear is ever so soft.
Once the plant grows tall it "blooms". It looks the size of a cattail. But it's soft, green & has tiny purple little flowers. These pollinate and the small seedlings can be carried by wind anywhere. Which maybe how your plant started.
I also, wanted to mention while at my local Farmers Market they had dehydrated lambs ear for sale as dog treats.
If you were being sarcastic your comment was hilarious. If you weren't; those were actual ears from lambs (the kind with four legs)
I love it!
I am happy to see all the information you have gathered in one place! I love herbs and do have lambs ear growing in my herbal garden. I harvest the leaves throughout the growing season, but never left them to flower. With the info you have presented, I'll let them flower this year! Thank you!
I have these little guys popping up in my flower beds at my new rental. It's so interesting that this little plant has so many uses. Thank you so much for the info.
I am New to gardening and want to dig some up to give to friends any tips?
They seem to be covering the whole flower bed areas with some peonies. I want to thin them out other then around the edges and plant a new Sun loving selection of plants.
So cool! I stopped at a garage sale today and the lady and I clicked really well, she gave me a lambs ear and thanked me for the conversation. Now I'm wanting to line my rock beds with them! I just want to snuggle this little plant!
Just wanted to say that Lambs Ear is good for hemmorids. Just was the leaves good and burst them and apply to the area. You will see a big difference in days.
Can you please give more details about the medicinal uses for liver.
Hi, I bought my lambs ear a few weeks ago and planted it in an indoor planter. The leaves have started turning yellow and kind of wilty. What am I doing wrong?
Its indoors.
I live in Tucson, AZ and would like to grow this plant. I don't have a large yard so was thinking of using a pot or pots. Would you suggest bringing it in when it gets too hot – as in over 100? What suggestions to you have for growing it here.
Thank you
I love the scent the flowers give off. I am wondering if it is possible to make scented oil or water from them as you would lavender or violets?
Can you scatter seeds directly into the garden?
I am just now finding this post from 2 years ago. I was wondering if there is a difference between Wooly Lambs Ear and just Lambs Ear. My son said he had read that the Wooly Lambs Ear could not be bought as a plant, only by seed. I have seen Lambs Ear for sale in many places around my area. I live in north MS near Memphis. If they are the same thing, then I am in luck!!!
It grew and I an gonna plant it in another pot my lambs ear likes shade a lot better than sun it has 14 big full grown leafs
Hi just got lam ear yesterday and I did not know what to do with it and didn't know it had so many uses. Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!!
I too had no idea about the wide range of uses for this pretty little plant. I am definitely going to find my self some and plant it in my borders to view, to eat and caress. I love sensory gardens. Thanks for the inspiration.
Just got the first plant this weekend. I had never heard of lamb's ear. I love the way it feels and it's good to know that it has medicinal properties. I definitely will get it planted soon.
. I have a big pile of lambs ear and didn't know what the purpose was for them other than they were unique, mine are about two feet tall and a spread of about eight feet long, they have pretty purple blooms on the top, my question is where does the seeds come from? Is it the flower after it dries up? We got ours wwith the root already on it from another person. TThanks for the info!
Over the past several years I have become to dislike lamb's ear immensely. Now I am rethinking this plant because of the properties it has.
I heard rabbits don't like lambs ears, so won't eat them.
I have a rabbit in my yard and he stayed away from the lambs ears … until winter when everything else was dead and then he started in on them. They are very resilient and keep putting up new growth after the rabbit eats them down.
The house I moved into has a lot of Wooly Lamb's Ear growing all over the place. I was wondering about them and what they could be used for. Thank you for sharing so much information about them. I think I'll try drying them and using them as a tea.
Thank you for the information on Lambs ear, How about dogs, chickens and rabbits digesting them as they roam through some of my gardens
thank you so much! God has so many wonders in store for us and we know so little about them!
Yes he does. I believe there are so many plants and other things out there that could help and heal us if we only knew what they were.
I love your blog and I love Lambs ear too! It's my favorite herb in our very little homestead. I just finished reading your what to grow in shade post and wanted to let you know I had good success with Lambs Ear in shade. We are in zone 9 and now I have them in full sun but I have been propagating to shadier spots because they stay soft and luscious all summer in shady spots and tend to get leggy in full sun in zone 9. I can't wait to read more of your blog.
This article was so great and right on time for me. I had been searching online trying to fine the name for my plant for some time. Yesterday was my lucky day, not only found the name, but so many uses. I am so into natural healing.
Thank you, thank you, thank you,
Great post, I'll share it out. Thanks.
You had me at "the first toilet tissue". 🙂
Thanks for this article! I have some of these growing in 1 of my beds and thought of them as ornamental. I saved the seeds today, I'll be planting them in the front yard this spring! The deer demolish everything up there! I can't wait to finally have something pretty there. Medicinal and deer resistant….who knew!
I never knew. I loved it as a kid because it was so soft, but had no idea it was anything more than ornamental!
I just KNEW this plant had some good uses. Thankyou for sharing how to propogate it. I have one huge clump. It is very drought tolerant. I always thought it would make good TP, if things ever got that bad…. but now I know so much more about this beautiful plant. Thankyou again!
I loved this stuff when I was a kid! I had no idea that it was medicinal! Thanks so much for enlightening us!!!
I am so inspired!!!! I cannot wait to grow some!!!!
I have grown these before but never knew about all the medicinal qualities. I think I'll try to get some more growing
I always grew these for their appearance, but never knew they had so many uses. Thanks for the information!
OK, I am planting a whole bed of that next year!
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- Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
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Mozart Year 2006 - An all-Mozart Programme with Barenboim in his familiar dual role as soloist and conductor featuring two masterpieces of the Mozart repertoire, the 'Haffner' and 'Linz' Symphonies. The Berlin Philharmonic sitting onstage in a reconstruction of the sets that had been used at the first performance of 'Don Giovanni'.
For over 20 years the Berliner Philharmoniker have celebrated their foundation anniversary on May 1 with the annual Europa Konzert. The 2006 event in at the Theatre of the Estates in Prague featured an all-Mozart program with Daniel Barenboim in his familiar dual role as soloist and conductor. Two masterpiece Mozart symphonies, the "Haffner" and the "Linz" are spotlighted.
The third Europakonzert is certainly presented by the location and program, the most original. In 1998, Claudio Abbado and his musicians indeed chose to settle in the beautiful Vasa Museum in Stockholm, whose name comes from a huge galleon seventeenth century, after sinking when it is afloat, was refloated in the 1950s and now restored to proudly enthroned in the museum of the Swedish capital. The Opening of the Flying Dutchman by Wagner reveals all its drama, particularly through the English horn Dominik Wollenweber (which is also very much in demand in the Nocturnes of Debussy). The cameras offer again a wide variety of plans and dismal play on the silhouette of the ship which are backed Berliner. Currently the most successful probably lies in the four sacred pieces by Verdi, composer with whom Abbado has obvious affinities: the fourth, the "Te Deum" is particularly moving, the two choirs gathered here is a cohesion and a reactivity foolproof. The public is also somewhat stunned and applauded by seeing Abbado rise to the orchestra then yes, it was a great Europakonzert !
Run Time: 118 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish
Country of Origin: Europe
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"- Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
- Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
- Period Time: Classical
- Form: Orchestral
- Written: 1782
- Studio/Live: Live
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Symphony no 36 in C major, K 425 "Linz"
- Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
- Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
- Period Time: Classical
- Form: Orchestral
- Written: 1783
- Studio/Live: Live
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 22 in E flat major, K 482
- Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
- Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
- Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
- Period Time: Classical
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1785
- Studio/Live: Live


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Nini Shroyer
Age: 16
Place of birth: Rifle
Occupation: I work at the bookstore.
What should your business card say you do?
I clean books and put them away.
When did you move to Moffat County and what brought you here?
My parents decided to move here more than 10 years ago.
Describe your morning routine.
My older brother tells me to get up. I sleep for a half hour more than I'm supposed to, then, finally, get ready for school.
How would your friends describe you?
Quiet on occasion, but occasion is not very often. Very giggly.
Have you ever had a book change your life? What was it and why?
Sweetblood, because it tells me to take life seriously, but not too seriously.
What do you want to be when you grow up?
I want to be a psychotherapist.
If you could invite any four people over for dinner, who would they be and what would you serve?
Kaleigh, Cheryl, Amber and Jocelyn. Japanese food.
What are the three things you can't live without?
Music, friends and family.
What was your most embarrassing moment?
When I was caught cheating on a test in front of everyone.
Which super hero would you be?
Spiderman, just to get to swing from webs.
What's the worst reason you've received/given for breaking up with someone?
That they had to move. Instead, they never did and went out with my best friend.
If you had to give up one of your five senses, which would it be?
My hearing, because I'd want to see how it'd be.
What band/performer would you stand in line to get tickets for?
What music, book or movie are you ashamed to admit you love?
Sometimes I listen to country.
What would you do if you won $10 million?
I'd probably give some to my friends just to see them happy, same with my family and the rest I'd use to buy a house.
What do you think about the House Bill 1196, which would exempt assisted-living facilities from the state's smoking ban, but limiting smokers to designated areas inside?
I don't think they should do that. Some people are on oxygen. It wouldn't be fair for those people because there would be less places to go just because they are on oxygen.
Food: Ramen
Song: 'When Your Heart Stops Beating' by +44
Movie: Memoirs of a Geisha
Sport to watch: I used to watch wrestling with my dad.
Vacation spot: Grand Junction, just because I get to see my grandparents.
TV show: T-Minus Rock
Spot in Moffat County: The high school because it's where I get to see my friends.


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Waterfalls Galore
Trip Start
May 13, 2008
Trip End
So you had to park up at the top, buy a ticket, and catch a bus down to the main waterfall area. The winding narrow roads down didn't seem to be too bus friendly but they did offer a pretty view of the scenery to come.
After that it was all about the flowing water! We set off on a boardwalk around the upper waterfalls first...
...And as we made our way down, the falls were getting bigger and the sun started to poke out a little, and it all looked a bit brighter.
Every corner you turn, there is a new waterfall, and it seems better than the last, and more fit for a photograph. In addition to the waterfalls, which look awesome from just about every angle I could get a photo from, I also managed to get another classic deformed tree shot, woop...
Having practically finished the descent, we stopped for a spot of lunch before reaching the epicentre of almighty waterfall glory, Skradinski Buk, which has a "46m drop over seventeen limestone steps" apparently. And in addition to that, you can go for a little dip in the waters and admire it from closer up - something you can't do at Plitvice. And apart from that feeling of tentatively treading on painfully spikey rocks to get anywhere, it was really refreshing and just rather damn cool.
Making our way back up the numerous steps in the face of much omninous cloud, there was time for a few more photos of the ubiquitous waterfalls of Krka.
All in all, a great place to go waterfall spotting, swimming, and photographing. And even a bit of sunshine on occasion aswell!


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Those annoying tourists! I feel the same way about all of those Phoenicians who come to Flagstaff! Ug!
Looks like you've been having a great time.
Back here, of course, we've been frying like eggs on a hot sidewalk; working like dogs; and shedding like a Rottweiler (Rafiki only).
Holdir is holding a general cat strike until the conditions get better. He is holding the dogsitter hostage and demanding that you come home or the dogsitter gets it! The ferals are backing him up by howling at night and tormenting the neighborhood dogs.
Business as usual. Love, M&L
Snell House
Trip Start
Jun 30, 2010
Trip End
Jul 15, 2010
Where I stayed
We are in Bar Harbor (pronounced "bah hahbah"), Maine. Bar Harbor is a town on Mount Desert Island (pronounced "dessert" – something to do with French). Acadia National Park makes up a good portion of the island.
We are staying in the at the Snell House, which is a few minutes walk from the Bar Harbor town green. The Snell house provided us with a small three-bedroom space that is perfect for us. We love this place! It is very quiet and far enough away from the…er…annoying tourists that are everywhere. Paul and Mary are the owners and are extremely hospitable and welcoming…we highly recommend staying at Snell House.
We have been hiking like mountain goats, eating seafood like we are at the top of the food chain, playing Farkle like gambling addicts, sitting on our patio on cool afternoons like people who cannot do that at home in the summer, playing Frisbee like college hippies, and…ok…enough. We have also been swimming in the lakes and ponds (ocean is too cold) and Silas and Jeff did some ocean fishing and lobstering.
Weather-wise, it has been perfect in an area known for its unstable weather.
We hope that you enjoy the pictures.
Heading to Quebec City, today (July 10)…


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Presumably Randall was hired by a committee to propose a new flag for an unspecified country. The process of him editing the flag involved taking a screenshot of his design to export it. The committee being overly literal interpreted the notification bar captured by the screenshot as being part of the flag.
Once the problem was pointed out, the design committee placed the blame on Randall, but could not immediately undo their decision until new suggestions had been submitted and a new committee could agree on another design. Thus the country is now stuck with this design, making it the only country with such a bar in the flag.
The title text mentions a compromise bill that will change the flag. This implies that the flag was approved with the status bar included. Apparently there is some controversy about removing the status bar from the flag as the compromise bill proposes to keeping the status bar and change the displayed percentage of the battery from 39% to 100%. This is wordplay on the term "charge" as used in vexillology, where it refers to a figure appearing on the background of the flag. It may also be a reference to 1373: Screenshot.
Flag design
The bar in notification bar, is a vexillological descriptor, as in the "Stars and Bars," a term used for the first flag of the Confederate States of America.
Flags are often minimalist and involve geometric shapes and solid colors. A notification bar at the top of the flag would clash with these design elements as well as looking unprofessional.
The elements of the flag's intended design—the colors red, white, and blue; the use of stripes; and the star emblems—are the same that are used in the American flag the Stars and Stripes.
The elements of this flag is, however, also present in several other existing flags like those derived from Union Jack, the flag of the United Kingdoms, like the flags of Australia, New Zealand and Chile. They are also in the flags of North Korea, Liberia and Malaysia. However, only the flags from USA, Australia, Liberia and Chile have white stars, and of those only USA and Australia has white bars.
The low battery status might imply that the country is low on resources. It thus seems like people have taken the reference to modern times smartphones to their hearts and actually wish to have this very modern design.
But if they indeed continue with this, thinking that their country would look better with a full battery charge, they might also consider changing the 3G connection to the newer 4G version and giving the phone a full signal (5/5 instead of only 3/5 dots), and maybe also choose a time that would mean something rather than 5:48 PM. For instance noon/midnight, or 8:00.
The reason such a status bar could be missed in the first place could be that most people today look at pictures on their smartphones all the time, and thus their own phones status bar is indirectly included at the top of all the pictures they see. People thus do not notice these status bars any longer as they are always there and clearly not important for the picture. Randall has mentioned before, in 1373: Screenshot, that he cannot take smartphone screenshots seriously if the battery of the device is low, as he cannot focus on the content becoming afraid his own device runs out of power. A problem that only occurs if he sees it on his smartphone, as he then becomes concerned that it is his phone that is about to run out of charge. But in this status bar there are still 39%, high enough not to cause immediate concern. His fear of loosing his on-line connection like this was the joke in a the comic 1802: Phone released about a month before this one.
Since Randall was asked to create this flag, it seems most likely that he would have to be a citizen of this new country. It could thus indicate that a group of states have broken free from the USA to form their own smaller union of three states, one for each star. With the current political situation in the states after Donald Trump's inauguration there have been some talk about states leaving USA, and Randall has clearly been against the election of Trump, see 1756: I'm With Her. His choice of comic subjects seems to have been affected by the election result. Since Randall lives in Massachusetts, it could be this and two other nearby states that have formed their own new union of states, maybe the other two small states Connecticut and Rhode Island.
- [A two colored flag is shown. The left and rightmost parts of the flag are dark blue, and the center is red and each section has a large white star in its center. The colored parts are separated by thinner white vertical stripes. At the top of the flag, there is an off-white status bar like one found at the top of an iOS smart device. On the left it is displaying the strength of the connection (3/5 dots), in the center it is displaying the time and on the right there are three small icons the last is the battery charge:]
- 39%
- [Below the panel there are two captions]
- The design committee fired me once they realized that my editing process involved a screenshot, but it was too late.
- Until they change it, our new country has the only national flag to include a phone notification bar.
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text: I'm actually starting to wonder if his admission of being a bully isn't more of a front of false bravado than a matter of him being a genuine bully. I have to admit that as a youngster I was picked on (moved a lot, foreign accent, smartest in class) and I upon occasion responded by making someone 'weaker" than me feel bad about themself. I am certainly not proud of this response, but kids are often vicious little creeps when it comes to dealing with someone who is different and the knee-jerk reponse of the "odd" youngster is generally a little less mature than that of a rational adult. I would have to think that Colton being gay was apparent from an early age. That really couldn't have made his life easy. So at this point I going to allow him some slack and to see how he deals with other people, and I may cut him a little slack there as he is barely out of his teens - not the most emotionally stable period of one's life.


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ST. LOUIS (AP) - Jeff Fisher began rebuilding the St. Louis Rams' confidence when he was hired in mid-January. Now they've got the results to back it up.
``To be in this position and to have this franchise above .500 is a beautiful thing,'' middle linebacker James Laurinaitis said. ``I'm happy to be a part of it.''
Far from satisfied, too. Never too early to start thinking about next weekend's game at Miami.
Cornerback Cortland Finnegan and Laurinaitis, an Ohio State alum, are driving to Columbus, Ohio for the Ohio State-Nebraska game on Saturday.
``But I'm downloading all the Dolphins stuff,'' Finnegan said. ``So, football won't be too far away from me.''
The key to the 17-3 victory over the Cardinals was a fast-improving defense that sacked Kevin Kolb nine times, the Rams' best total in 14 years, with very little blitzing. End Robert Quinn, one of three first-round picks on the line, had a career day with three sacks.
The Rams, who totaled six sacks the first four games, stopped Arizona twice inside the 20 in the final minutes.
``It's a new mindset overall,'' Quinn said. ``We knew we had it in us, it's just really fitting the pieces and getting them to click together. Everything is starting to jell.''
On his third sack, Quinn stripped Kolb and Williams Hayes recovered at the Arizona 47 with less than two minutes to go to stop the Cardinals' final chance.
``We knew they were going to come,'' Fisher said. ``I hope keep coming.''
Rookie corner back Janoris Jenkins had his best game of the year with three pass breakups, and also filled in ably on punt returns after Amendola was injured in the second quarter.
``He's just coming right along,'' Finnegan said. ``It's just exciting to have somebody like that you can mentor to, but doesn't really need it.''
Amendola could be out several weeks with what the Rams have described vaguely as a shoulder injury. Amendola, who was second in the NFL with 31 receptions after Week 4, was seen pointing to his right collarbone before leaving for X-rays and could be out a month.
``Obviously, losing Danny is big,'' quarterback Sam Bradford said. ``Everyone knows that he's a big part of our offense. A lot of what we do runs through him.''
Fisher was mum on the injury, saying he'd have an injury report on Wednesday. Amendola showed his emotion before heading in for X-rays when he flung his helmet into a wall with his left arm.
``I'm not commenting on any injuries from the game,'' Fisher said. ``It's a competitive issue. If Danny's going to miss a game, I'll discuss the timing, which I'm sure that he's going to miss a game.''
The defense took the pressure off an offense that's scuffled lately. Tight end Lance Kendricks' first-quarter touchdown reception was the first TD for the offense in three games.
Bradford had one of the worst days of his career, completing only 7 of 21 passes for 141 yards and enduring an 0-for-12 funk that included an end zone interception by Patrick Peterson. There were some drops, but he also threw too high, led receivers by too much, or not enough.
``A lot of little things. It was nothing major,'' Bradford said. ``We just never really got ourselves in rhythm. Fortunately, our guys up front were able to get the run game going in the second half when we needed it.''
Bradford emerged in time to hit rookie Chris Givens, the fastest player on the team, in stride on a 51-yard touchdown pass that put St. Louis up by 14 points early in the fourth quarter. Givens had a few drops earlier in the game.
``I told him I was going to come back to him,'' Bradford said. ``I'm never going to lose confidence in those guys. He's young, he's learning.
``Obviously, he made a great play for us when we needed it.''
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As we enter the second week of the US Open, the field becomes thinner and we separate the true contenders from the pretenders (see: Roddick, Murray).
On the mens' side it looks clearly like a classic Nadal-Federer final, although Djokovic and Soderling might have something to say about that. Of course, Federer has to play Soderling, then Djokovic before meeting Nadal in the finals, while Nadal is going to play nobody who can give him a real scare. Federer has yet to drop a set and is moving around the court as well as he did when he was in his dominant years, so he still continues to be my pick to win it all. If Nadal can somehow win the title, the Federer era will certainly be over. The best is still yet to come from the men and this last week is going to be very exciting.
The woman's tournament has been equally as exciting as the men, even without Serena and Justine. My girl, aka my favorite player, Caroline Wozniacki has been absolutely demolishing the competition, barely losing any games, and disposing Sharapova in straight sets today, leaving a clear road to the finals, unless Zvonareva can pull off a big upset, but Caroline is playing too well and has a real shot to win her first major. On the other side lies the defending champ Kim Clijsters who has been playing just as well as Caroline, but she now has to play Stosur and if she wins her award is playing Venus. That tough draw will either prove that she is by far the best on this surface or wear her down and give Wozniacki the advantage. Either way I see a Clijsters Wozniacki rematch in the finals. Two of the nicest ladies on the tour, and would be a great rematch.
I like to speak for the fans sometimes, and I know I do when i say we want a Nadal vs Federer final, and I think I do with the Clijsters vs Wozniacki rematch. They are the dream scenarios and by the way all four of them are playing, the most likely to happen, but this is the US Open where anything and everything can happen to change it all.
(Side Note) If you read my first article, then it looks like my predictions are pretty accurate so far, which is exciting for me. The players are making me look good so far and I appreciate that. Andy Murray coming up small in big matches is my favorite prediction that came true so far.
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Recently graduated from Temple University with a degree in Journalism. I have been a sports fan since before I could speak. While every kids dream of making it to the professional level didn't work out for me, I still have a strong desire to be around sports 24/7. I was born and live in Philadelphia, but spent most of my life in central New Jersey, so this tri-state area of NJ/NY/PA is my forte. If you have any questions you would like to ask just email me, no matter which sport, because i follow them all except golf and nascar.