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DICKINSON, N.D. — The rush of men to North Dakota caused by Bakken oil development has been less impactful than comparable booms in Alaska and Colorado, according to a Pew Research Center report.
Still, because a majority of oil workers are male, North Dakota now lags behind only Alaska in concentration of men.
About 51 percent of North Dakota's residents are male, while 49 percent are female. In Alaska, 52 percent of the population is male, according to Pew's data.
Men outnumber women in only 10 states, according to American FactFinder population estimates.
About 46,000 men moved to North Dakota from 2009 to 2013, representing a 14 percent increase. About 30,000 women came during the same period — a 9 percent rise.
Jens Manuel Krogstad, who authored the report, said women can be attracted to booms for a variety of reasons, including moving with their families.
"If you have a boom in one industry, like oil, you're going to need new services to service that population — whether restaurants or health care," Krogstad said. "You're going to need workers of all types — not just oil workers."
Colorado's silver rush starting in the 1870s saw about 106,000 men come to the state, representing a 448 percent jump. During a 30-year period, women also arrived in massive numbers — about 49,000 for a 324 percent increase — still dwarfed by the number of men.
It took 20 years for women to finally overtake men in the state, according to Pew.
Nearly 40 years ago, men poured into Alaska to build the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline.
During a 10-year period, about 51,000 men arrived in the state, or a 31 percent increase. Women far exceeded men in that boom, with about 60,000 settling in Alaska during the same time.
In total numbers, North Dakota's influx of people may exceed these other booms in the future, Krogstad said. But the relatively small size of populations prior to the booms in Colorado and Alaska meant greater social upheavals than in North Dakota's case, he said.
No reliable population estimates are available for California's 1849 gold rush, according to Pew.
Krogstad said demographic researchers also are paying attention to marked age differences caused by the boom.
Gender relations have become stressed as the ratio between men and women has shifted, Krogstad said.
Madison Johnson, a junior at Dickinson High School, said she does not like how crowded the state is becoming with men.
"It's getting creepy here. My mom won't even let me go to Wal-mart because some guy followed her when she was there," Johnson said.
Mac McCollum, who is divorced and the night manager for Dickinson's Tiger Discount truck stop, said he sometimes sees men discouraged because of a lack of women their own age.
"Most of the oil drillers and everyone else that's new working out here, they're looking for younger women and they're upset when they don't find them," McCollum said.


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Don Chomas' pink pig advances Parole Rotary's Naptown barBAYq
The Parole Rotary's Naptown barBAYq is coming to town with more than 50 teams competing to win bragging rights to best pork, chicken, ribs and brisket.
Next weekend you'll smell the smoke far and wide. Barbecuing begins late May 3 with the festival running May 4 and 5 at the Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds. You'll get your chance to taste from 2:30-5pm Saturday ($10).
This week, you might meet the pig. That's Rotary president Don Chomas, who'll do just about anything to promote a good cause — including showing up around town in "a cute pink pig suit." That's the report of Bay Weekly's Betsy Kehne, who identified the man inside the suit at the St. John's-U.S. Naval Academy croquet match last Saturday.
The Rotary expects 15,000 to 20,000 barbecue lovers to enjoy the best barbecue around and help raise over $100,000. The money will be divided among organizations helping kids.
The key to an enduring success is promoting the event year-round. That, says, Chomas, is why he wears a pig suit.
Dressing up as a pig isn't just about spreading the word about the barBAYq but also about putting a smile on a kid's face, he says.
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Comparing the US recovery to the global financial recession...
...the US has stacked up very favorably.
This is worth noting, I think. It's easy, and reasonable, to criticize the current administration for the sluggish recovery. Compared to other American recessions in modern history, this one has been the slowest, which is nothing to be thrilled about.
But this recession is fundamentally different. The bubble was bigger, it was based in housing on which the entire economy was built, and it took a decade to get there as opposed to past bubbles which took a hyperinflation occurred on a shorter timeline.
While two recessions can never be the same, perhaps our recovery to the 2009 global recession is best compared to every other country's over the same timeline. They've all dealt with the same basic issues we've dealt with, even though they didn't have to cough up the hundreds of billions Americans did to fend off the crisis. Even with that anchor around our neck, I've read repeatedly that the US's recovery is among the strongest recoveries.
China's weakening, Europe's slagged well behind us (with the exception of Germany, who's had the single best recovery so far), Japan lags behind us and China is struggling so much they have started depending on us. American manufacturing is extremely well set up for future production compared to our allies.
Even if you don't want to make this comparison yourself, it does offer some context. The recession we suffered in 2009 was global and spectacular, hitting every developed nation on earth. Our recovery has been amongst the strongest.
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It seems odd and it may well be short-lived but the US is beginning to shape up as a rare bright spot in the world economy.* Or indeed almost the only bright spot in the worlds economy, except for the Gulf petro-states. That is, if you were to base such an assessment solely on Japans September export data, released on Monday.
Japans preliminary September trade data tell a story not dissimilar to Chinas exports to Europe are slowing (unsurprisingly) by a lot, down 26 per cent for the month, year-on-year. Asian exports also fell, by 8.3 per cent. But US exports rose 0.9 per cent. The six months between April and September show a more striking contrast: exports to North America rose 16.6 per cent; while for Asia they fell 4.7 per cent and for Western Europe, there was a 20.8 per cent decline.
Of course a month or even a few months data on one particular bilateral trade flow is not huge proof of anything, and there is likely at least some kind of seasonal effect for September, as Standard Chartered pointed out with regard to Chinas September exports to the US. Plus there are the considerable effects of last years tsunami and the strong yen although these would apply to every export destination.
However, the fact is that the US is growing, albeit very slowly, while Europe in aggregate isnt, and China is in the throes of a somewhat confusing growth deceleration.
It all works particularly if you discount the risk of the fiscal cliff.
*Actually perhaps its not that odd. The FTs Martin Wolf made a comment along these lines in Sydney last week. Plus, Cardiff has been looking at (very) tentative signs of an upturn in housing and construction for some time now, and that was before Jamie Dimon picked up on it.
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A CAMPAIGN to reach out to thousands of carers who offer unpaid but vital support to friends and loved ones has won the backing of North Yorkshire County Council.
Across the county it is estimated there are more than 60,000 carers and nationally it is reckoned they save the economy £119 billion a year.
And Carers Week, which begins today (June 9) and runs until June 15, celebrates their work and aims to raise awareness to improve the lives of carers and the people they care for.
This year the idea to reach out to carers, particularly those who don't identify themselves as carers, but simply as a wife, husband, son, daughter, mum, dad or other family member helping a loved one.
And people are being encouraged to sign a "Pledge Wall" on the Carers UK website - carersweek.org/carers-week-quest - to say what they will do to support carers.
The county's executive member or health and adult services, Clare Wood, said: "Carers perform vital work looking after their loved ones – family and friends – but their work often goes unnoticed and they can so easily become isolated, and their quality of life and their own health can deteriorate because of their responsibilities.
"We have to make sure that they too are supported to continue this work."
Various events are being held around the county as part of Carers Week and details can be found at northyorks.gov.uk/media/28205/Carers-Week-activities-in-North-Yorkshire/pdf/Carers_week_activities.pdf
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The FBI responded Thursday to claims by death row inmate Wesley Shermantine that agents are excavating in the wrong Linden well for murder victims that he and boyhood friend Loren Herzog buried long ago.
The FBI responded Thursday to claims by death row inmate Wesley Shermantine that agents are excavating in the wrong Linden well for murder victims that he and boyhood friend Loren Herzog buried long ago.
"Shermantine's recollections have occasionally proved to be inaccurate," FBI spokeswoman Gina Swankie said in an emailed statement.
"Only with thorough investigation and careful consideration of all information available have we been able to locate a site that offers the best chance of recovering victim remains," she said.
The FBI and Drill Tech Drilling and Shoring Inc. have been at work at the site along Flood Road near Linden since Jan. 7. They began excavation in earnest Thursday after days of careful preparation work.
This is the second stage of an effort to recover the victims of Shermantine and Herzog, who were arrested in 1999, ending a 15-year murder spree that put Shermantine on death row. Herzog committed suicide last year after being released on parole.
Shermantine this week sent out copies of a letter he addressed to Agent Christopher Campion. The killer berates Campion for deciding to dig a well different from one of five places he personally pointed to in an August field trip.
"So this is your big way of taking care of things to dig in a spot that I never said to," Shermantine wrote. "I did not send you to the area you are digging in."
He saw an aerial shot of the work in a news broadcast.
Shermantine sent letters and maps from his cell at San Quentin State Prison one year ago leading to another well on Flood Road, where San Joaquin County Sheriff's deputies unearthed the remains of three women and a fetus.
He also told them where to find two women he buried in separate shallow graves in a remote area of Calaveras County. The FBI has since taken over the recovery effort, and in August, they took Shermantine in person to Linden to show them where to dig next.
Shermantine accuses the FBI of trying to discredit him by digging the wrong place and coming up empty-handed.
"This just shows how far you guys will go to cover up and lie," he said. "You guys planned this all along."
Contact reporter Scott Smith at (209) 546-8296 or email@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/smithblog.


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The Math Enrichment Tutor works with pairs of students (4th - 8th grade) who are not proficient in math. The Math Enrichment Tutor implements prescribed mathematics interventions and strategies and conducts progress monitoring assessments to ensure students are on track to reach proficiency. This is an AmeriCorps service member position with the AmeriCorps program, Minnesota Math Corps.
Math Intervention and Assessment
Conduct tutoring sessions with pairs of students using prescribed mathematics interventions and strategies provided by Math Corps; achieve a high degree of fidelity to the scripted interventions.
Assist students in improving their math skills and abilities to reach grade level expectations.
Develop and maintain a weekly tutoring schedule for pairs of students which maximizes the number of students served and provides a minimum of 90-minutes of tutoring for each student per week.
Assess, with a high level of accuracy, students' continual progress through progress monitoring and benchmarking.
Identify students who qualify to receive Math Corps tutoring services based on Math Corps defined assessment and direction from the Internal Coach and Master Coach.
Provide complete, accurate, and timely documentation of students' progress scores and interventions using an online database; maintain confidentiality of all student data.
Regularly review student data with Internal Coach and Master Coach to gauge the effectiveness of the math intervention being used and determine if a change in strategy is necessary.
Participate in coaching sessions (includes observation of tutor); act on constructive feedback from coaching sessions.
Communicate and interact with students in an age and developmentally appropriate way.
Communicate regularly and effectively with Internal Coach, Master Coach, Reading Corps staff, and site personnel.
Demonstrate regular, timely attendance and adherence to hours as scheduled.
Commit to service for the full service term(s), serving the total commitment of hours within the term(s).
Attend all required Math Corps-sponsored training sessions, meetings, and coaching sessions; travel as necessary.
Secondary Functions
Perform assignments and/or duties as assigned by Internal Coach, Master Coach, or Program Manager, excluding activities that would displace a staff member or volunteer.
Represent Math Corps at site-sponsored activities (e.g., family night) and provide education about Math Corps and general math awareness.
Actively participate in service projects and commemorating days such as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (as applicable). These may include evening and/or weekend hours.
Be an ambassador of the program by submitting Great Stories and participating in outreach activities.
Must be 18 years of age or older by your start date.
Must have at least a high school diploma or recognized equivalent by your start date.
Must be either a citizen, national, or lawful permanent resident alien of the United States.
Must pass mandatory pre-service background checks.
Must not have served 4 or more prior terms of service with AmeriCorps State or National.
Speak, read, and write English fluently.
Interest in education, specifically helping students improve their math skills.
Dedication to community service.
Basic computer skills, including the ability to navigate online systems and email.
Energetic, results-oriented, student-focused style.
Strong planning and time-management skills.
Strong capacity to be flexible and adaptable to varied circumstances, paired with a conscientious commitment to adhere to the Math Corps tutoring model with fidelity.
Consistent follow-through.
Ability to accept and incorporate constructive feedback from coaches and program staff.
Ability to work with diverse populations.
Ability to adapt to a sometimes challenging and high-pressure environment.
Strong personal standards of excellence, ethics, and integrity.
Preferred: College degree or equivalent work experience.
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2013 Cadillac CTS: New Car Review
Pros: Spacious interior; great driving characteristics; plenty of available technology
Cons: Poor rearward visibility; pricey with options packages
What's New: Updated grille; base sedan discontinued
Cadillac has made it clear that it's gunning directly for the German competition. The quintessential upscale American brand has spent the last decade or so exploring the sportier side of luxury motoring to better compete with the best of Europe. The CTS, especially the second-generation model that came out in 2008, has been instrumental in establishing Cadillac as an exciting alternative to BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi.
The 2013 Cadillac CTS is mostly unchanged from the 2012 model. Each variant--sedan, coupe and wagon--gets a new chrome-finish grille and standard remote start. The base sedan is no longer offered. The 2013 CTS sedan comes standard with the Luxury option package.
Comfort & Utility
Utility is one of the CTS's strong points, but how much you get is fully dependent on what body style you buy. With three variations, there's a CTS for just about any use. Not surprisingly, the coupe offers the least utility and the wagon has the most. The sedan offers a fair amount of trunk space, but its small opening is a drawback. An impromptu trip to the driving range proved that a bag of golf clubs had to be placed in the trunk diagonally, leaving no space for a second bag.
Inside, the CTS is comfortable. The standard seats can be a bit flat and stiff, making them uncomfortable on extended trips. The top Premium model is available with Recaro performance seats. The Recaros have more adjustable supports for lumbar, bolsters and overall position than you can count.
In our week with the car, we made the five-hour drive from Chicago to Detroit and didn't have to get out of the car except to refuel. We really appreciated the knee extensions, as we found the aperture of the pedal box a little cramped. The knee extensions allowed us to keep our legs at a straighter angle, making it easier to fit into the tight quarters.
Up front, the CTS feels spacious and offers plenty of room for heads and shoulders. Six-foot-plus passengers have no problems in the front seats. The back feels a bit more cramped, mainly because of the C-pillars. The thick uprights at the back of the greenhouse encroach on space and give the impression that something is looming over your shoulder.
Cadillac luxury is present in the form of such niceties as hand-sewn accents, sapele wood trim, heated and ventilated seats and an optional heated steering wheel. All-wheel drive is also an option.
One of the big selling points of the CTS is its interior technology. In navigation-equipped models, the emphasis on technology becomes apparent immediately after starting the car, when a screen rises from its resting place in the dash. The touchscreen interface is decently intuitive, even if a little sluggish. The system offers connectivity for an iPod and satellite radio as well as GM's OnStar concierge service. With XM radio service enabled, the navigation also utilizes XM's real time traffic reports and helps you alter your route to get around jams. Our only qualm is that the Bluetooth connection can only be used for phone calls, not for streaming music from a smartphone, a feature is readily found in the car's competitors.
The Bose 5.1 surround sound audio system is absolutely fantastic. Default settings are a little heavy on the bass, but that's to be expected with a Bose system, and can be easily adjusted to rein it in. The system can even be adjusted based on how many passengers are in the car; speakers then deliver accordingly. A backup camera is standard on any cars with navigation, which is a nice feature to have with the limited rearward visibility.
Performance & Fuel Economy
A 3.0-liter direct injection V6 is standard in the sedan and wagon; it makes 270 horsepower and 220 lb-ft of torque. The optional 3.6-liter V6--the only engine choice for the coupe--produces 318 hp and 275 lb-ft of torque. Transmission choices are a 6-speed manual or an optional 6-speed automatic transmission.
Changes to the 3.6-liter engine for the 2012 model year resulted in a 14-hp bump in output, making it feel a bit peppier than its predecessor. Overtaking other cars on the highway is fairly effortless once the automatic transmission kicks down, which does take some coaxing, and the power is more than ample for city driving.
In a CTS sedan equipped with the optional engine, fuel economy is rated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at 18 mpg in the city and 27 mpg on the highway. With fastidious use of cruise control, we were able to see as much as 30 mpg on the highway.
Both the CTS sedan and wagon earned the federal government's top five-star safety rating. The coupe has not been rated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The sedan also earned a Top Safety Pick designation from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Standard safety features include active front head restraints, front and side impact airbags and front and rear head curtain airbags.
Driving Impressions
When Cadillac announced the CTS, a large part of its marketing was spent on the fact that the car was developed on the Nurburgring. Since this legendary road-racing course is where the German manufacturers develop the acclaimed handling of their sport sedans, one would think Cadillac has done something similar with its CTS, and that thought would be correct. The CTS is extremely adept at carving its way through corners and helping the driver feel a confident sense of control.
Those looking for the smooth ride of old Cadillacs may be disappointed, however. The ride in the CTS is considerably stiffer and can be harsh when driving over potholes and speed bumps.
Other Cars to Consider
BMW 3 Series: It's hard to compete with the manufacturer that invented the sport sedan segment. With so much experience to its credit, the BMW offers a more refined driving experience than the Cadillac, but the CTS can offer more value for the money.
Audi A4: Audi interiors are typically high-class, and the A4 is very refined. The Cadillac offers more standard equipment than the A4, but shop carefully. Adding to many pricey options could easily put you in Audi A6 price range.
Infiniti G37: The Infiniti is the top value of the four and offers a lot of good qualities. Fully loaded, the G37's price tops out at $46,000, a significant savings over the $54,000 price of the CTS we tested.
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While we really enjoyed the Touring package-equipped test car, performance-minded elements from the faster CTS-V, such as the seats and steering wheel, don't make much sense without the V's supercharged V8 engine. We'd recommend the 2013 Cadillac CTS with the Performance package. It gets you 3.6-liter V6, instead of the less potent 3-liter. This package also allows you to choose anything off the options list.


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Klezmer!: Jewish Music from Old World to Our World
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Since its late 19th century origins as music that accompanied Jewish religious celebrations, klezmer has continued to grow, mixing with more mainstream American musical culture to produce a style that is a contemporary blend of old world and new school. Today there are hundreds of klezmer groups, from the bestselling Klezmatics and Itzhak Perlman recordings, to the more obscure KlezSka ("We combine Klezmer/Jewish/Israeli music with Ska/Reggae"), Yid Vicious ("trying to bring Klezmer to Wisconsin") and Princeton University's Klez Dispensers.
For the first time, Yiddish music scholar Henry Sapoznik traces the complete history of this vital musical tradition from the Eastern European Jewish musicians who brought with them a rich tradition of band music known as klezmer (from the Yiddish word for musician); to the influences of the dance bands and swing bands of the 1920s and 1930s; to the 1970s, when a new group of young Jewish musicians rediscovered this music; and through today's rebirth as world music.
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- Huge gaming universe, 500+ star systems
- Freedom of choice: become a pirate, a merchant or a mercenary
- Non-linear storyline with multiple secondary quests
- An ocean of opportunities: fight in open space, control armies of warbots on planets surfaces, capture enemy bases and whole star systems. Colonize planets, build spaceports, become the ruler of the galaxy!
- You may upgrade any craft, your spaceship or battle tank and even yourself using different implants
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So...is there a way to increase the time from when you stop touching the screen, to when the Cowon goes back to the now playing screen?
My second question is for people that have Grado SR60i's. I just got a pair and they sound absolutely wonderful with the Cowon. But I was wondering if I should get an amp for it. Like I said, I think they sound great as they are now. But I'm wondering how much more the overall sound in general would be with an amp. I've never had one.
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The Obamas Dance the Night Away
President Barack Obama and first Lady Michelle Obama dance the night away at the Home State Inaugural Ball, representing Hawaii and Illinois, held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.
The President and First Lady danced to "At Last" by Etta James and performed by Beyonce.
First Lady Michelle Obama chose a cream-colored asymmetrical dress designed by Jason Wu. She wore a lemongrass colored outfit this afternoon during the Inauguration Ceremony.
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In a case that spans 20 years, Harry Bosch links the bullet from a recent crime to a file from 1992, the killing of a young female photographer during the L.A. riots. Harry originally investigated the murder, but it was then handed off to the Riot Crimes Task Force and never solved. Now Bosch's ballistics match indicates that her death was not random violence, but something more personal, and connected to a deeper intrigue. Like an investigator combing through the wreckage after a plane crash, Bosch searches for the "black box," the one piece of evidence that will pull the case together. Riveting and relentlessly paced, THE BLACK BOX leads Harry Bosch, "one of the greats of crime fiction" ("New York Daily News"), into one of his most fraught and perilous cases.Details
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The National Park Service said in a release the couple had climbed Mount Kinesava in Zion National Park, where jumping is not allowed, and Bellows was the first to attempt a leap. Her chute didn't open properly and she plummeted about 2,000 feet to her death.
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I'd love to have gardens filled with gorgeous flowers around our yard. If only I loved to garden. This probably comes as a disappointment to some of you, because I know there are some fabulous gardeners out there. However, at this point in my life, I just don't love to do it. I hate to weed. I never water. I just find that the time it takes to tend to a garden would be better spent knitting. Or sewing. Or just being. The one thing I love most is flowers inside. So truly. I just really need a cutting garden.
So, a couple of years ago, my husband built three raised beds in a corner of our yard. One for vegetables. One for herbs. And the other for my cutting flowers. Just a small area to water. I could even get the kids to help with it.
We saw the commercial about the roll and grow garden. We all laughed and said that is exactly what I need. Charlie said it was like "cheating". I ordered it and rolled it out. We watered. And flowers grew. Just like the commercial said.
We enjoyed flowers from this garden into the fall.
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I am so on board with the no gardening thing! DH wants to put in a pond... Help!ReplyDelete
The flowers are lovely in your photos. I might just give those a try. Thanks
i can do container gardening and the rest has to be low maintenance. there was a time when i like to get my hands dirty more, but now i'd rather be sewing!ReplyDelete
Wow, that sounds like gardening for me, too!! ;-)ReplyDelete
I feel the same way you do! I love pretty flowers in the garden, but hate gardening. My hubby built raised boxes last year too for veggies and we had 400lb of organic soil delivered. We've had issues with the soil which I mention on my daily blog, and I'm about ready to give up on trying to grow things.I said I just want some flowers in my yard! I think I might buy this roll out stuff, I saw the commercial and it looked too good to be true. Glad to hear that it works.ReplyDelete
Have a super weekend, and Happy Mother's Day :-)
I've always wanted a cutting garden. but I am not a good gardener, either. my mother was. I wish I had room in my yard to give that a try.ReplyDelete
Only Miss Leslie could make an infomercial product seem impossibly chic!!ReplyDelete
Just found your beautiful blog via assemblage via moonstitches! Anyway, I am with you on gardening. As much as my husband and I love the end results and the beauty of a garden (both veggies and flowers), we both agreed that we don't exactly savor the process. That seed mat looks very interesting...ReplyDelete
Oh, yay! I'm glad to know the Roll 'n Grow flowers really works! My grass didn't grow from either shortcut product I tried, so I was leery. They need you on those commercials, Leslie!ReplyDelete
Happy Mom's Day!
Yeah for whatever is easy and works! Your cut flowers and pics are Awesome!ReplyDelete
I totally agree with you. Love flowers, love seeing them all over the house. Do not like to grow them or weed or garden. I watch my neighbors working all the time on their beautiful flowers and yard and know that they must think I'm the laziest person on the planet. But I just sit on the front porch and read or knit or drink a glass of tea and watch the world go by.ReplyDelete
Lazy - Smazy....works for me:)
I here ya sister! I envision myself as this great gardener with a huge productive garden. But the reality is I can barely keep the little plants you get from the grocery store alive.ReplyDelete
I saw that roll out garden thing on TV last week and it seemed too good to be true. Thanks for providing the "consumer report" ;-)
Hey! I just saw those 'roll and grow' kits a couple weeks ago, and although I thought a little strange I was very interested. (I love cut flowers and although I try, I'm really am not a good gardener) So glad to see that it actually works. Your flowers are so pretty! :)ReplyDelete
What I hate about gardening is the toads! We have a ton in our garden and I flip out whenever one sneaks up on me! (so silly! but true! I usually run in the house and say that's it! Back to knitting!)
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A woman after my own heart! I LOVE flowers but somehow when the "green thumbs" were dispersed I was absent that day! My own DM had "the gift" and should have been the Martha Stewart of her day!ReplyDelete
I've often wondered about those roll-out gardens too...but as one of the postees daid here...their experience grew nothing and that's what I'd fear!!! Maybe I should step out in faith and try one anyway. I do have 3 spots in my yard for flowers and "when" things grow I attribute it to God and not my expertiese!
What I don't like it the HEAT of summer, the bugs, the "creepy crawlies", the weeding (it always gets WAY ahead of me) and basically everything--except the end product---involved. I look at the magazines and drool over the gorgeous gardens and the attractive outside rooms and think...where do these people live?? I'm in the upper midwest and to have an outside room would be compared to torture once the mosquitoes, June Bugs etc. show up!!! Keep us updated on the progress of "your" gardens! Love your blog by the way!
Thank you for the link Leslie...I just ordered my 'Roll and Grow" garden. I love the picture of your flowers and this looks so easy!!ReplyDelete
I'm all about easy gardening these days :D
Oh gosh. I envy the people who can garden. They have the neatest fresh vegetables and flowers, but I just can't do it. I'm like you. I'll forget to water. I'll be focused for maybe a week and then the next thing you know is the tomatoes are brown. This is definitely the type of thing I could get behind.ReplyDelete
That sounds right up my alley...and I have 2 raised beds filling up with weeds in my back yard right now! Hmmmm....ReplyDelete


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2011 Acura TSX Sport Wagon: Introduction
February 17, 2011
That the 2011 Acura TSX wears the least-prominent beak in the Acura lineup is reason for rejoicing. That it's now available as a wagon with a practical, stylish, hatchback hind end is reason for straight-up celebration.
After all, its TL and RL brethren, bigger cars with bigger price tags, succumbed to the Acura brand's now-iconic schnoz several years back, but the TSX — even through its transformation into a wagon — has remained remarkably beak-free.
Right on.
Wagon Logic
Regardless of your position on Acura's brand-identifying proboscis, the TSX is, and has always been, a well-equipped sport sedan. And for 2011 Acura is offering a wagon version as an alternative for those who want the utility of a wagon without the burden of a taller SUV.
Burden, you say? Yes. You see, we're car fans here. And short of a few stiffly sprung German exceptions, SUVs, even crossover SUVs, rarely handle as well as cars. And when they do, they really aren't all that fun to drive. We'll forgo the Newtonian physics needed to explain this phenomenon. Trust us here. SUVs aren't cars. And some people want cars with utility. Us included.
This combination, unfortunately, isn't always well received by American buyers. Lexus tried it back in 2002 with the IS 300 SportCross. It was cool, utilitarian and even looked pretty good. But Americans, firmly entrenched in SUV mania, refused to shell out for a wagon.
Acura doesn't seem to care, instead it is pressing on with blatant disregard for history and a solid commitment to people who prefer cars. Nice.
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But it's not 2002 anymore. Gas costs about a buck per gallon more than it did then, plus fuel economy in this SUV alternative should be better. And in the most painfully apparent observation in this story — it is. The EPA rates the TSX Wagon at 22 city/30 highway/25 combined — we recorded 24.3 mpg over 987 miles in our test car.
Infiniti's EX35 — a crossover that lands roughly in the TSX Wagon's price range — is rated at 17 city/ 24 highway and 19 combined mpg. We recorded an average fuel economy of only 17 mpg in our last test of the EX35.
Certainly, the Acura's better fuel consumption comes with a penalty — namely that it's considerably slower than the V6-powered EX35. Our test car, with its 201-horsepower 2.4-liter inline four-cylinder and five-speed automatic transmission (the only powertrain available in the wagon) hit 60 mph in 8.8 seconds (8.4 seconds with 1 foot of rollout like on a drag strip).
The quarter-mile, too, requires more time in the TSX. Its 16.5-second pass at 84.9 mph is slower than every luxury crossover SUV made today. The power deficit is most obvious during throttle-position changes, which catch the engine outside its power band. Subtle moves accomplish nothing. Be subtle with the gas pedal and not much happens. You need to wood it to get any real reaction.
Sport mode helps by holding onto gears longer, as does manual shifting via the steering-wheel-mounted paddles. An additional gear entirely would make an even bigger difference, but we don't expect to see a six-speed anytime soon.
Braking distances are long for a car with a sport sedan legacy to uphold. At 127 feet from 60 mph, the TSX requires 6 more feet than the decidedly unsporty Toyota Venza. The 2011 BMW X3 requires only 116 feet.
But Wait. It Handles, Right?
Still, those seeking only utility and luxury might have less interest in its outright acceleration. Maybe you're after a carlike handling experience and simply don't need the speed.
And the TSX, for the most part, delivers. It zipped through our 600-foot slalom at 64.6 mph and circled our 200-foot-diameter skid pad at 0.83g. These numbers are better than a Toyota Venza or Chevy Equinox, but not as good as the best-handling luxury crossovers.
Still, we're not going to pretend the TSX Wagon is tuned as a driver's car. There's not as much feel or feedback through the electric-assisted steering as we'd like, and its chassis stops being enjoyable long before its limits are reached.
There's adequate damping to keep the small wagon from wallowing over surface changes on the freeway, but not enough to offer genuine control on a less-than-perfect road. And for a car with some sporting intentions, the numbers — and the subjective experience — could be better. The upshot is that comfort is quite high and the ride frequency is tame on most any surface. This is a civilized wagon, not a sports car. It will serve you well as long as you're more inclined toward country cruises than you are to back-road thrashings.
Will It Fit?
When it comes to simple cargo volume, the TSX Wagon offers as much as most crossover SUVs. With 25.8 cubic feet of cargo space behind its rear seats and 60.5 cubic feet of space with them folded forward, it falls somewhere in the middle of the pack. The more expensive Audi Q5 offers 57.3 cubic feet with its seats down, while the Toyota Venza offers 70.1 cubic feet.
The second-row seats don't fold completely flat, but Acura makes up for it with three bins (two small, one large) beneath the rear load floor. There's another bin built into the driver-side rear panel, which contains a 12-volt power point. There are also steel tie-downs in the cargo area to lock your heavy goodies to the floor — something conspicuously absent in many hatchbacks. Wagons equipped with the Tech package supply a power-operated hatch via a button on the driver door, a button on the hatch or from the key fob.
There are no remote release handles for the second-row seats. Folding the seats is accomplished by reaching inside the hatch or going old-school through the back doors.
The driver seat offers standard eight-way power adjustment and a manual lever on the side to manipulate lumbar support. Heated front seats are standard. Our 6-foot-1-inch copy editor stuffed himself in the backseat after adjusting the driver seat for his preferred position. His knees touched the seatback, but there was ample headroom. He'd tolerate a ride across town this way, but not much farther.
Otherwise, this is standard TSX fare. Leather covers the seating surfaces, steering wheel and shifter. There are steering wheel buttons for the audio and cruise controls, as well as for the standard Bluetooth phone connection. The center stack — all 40 buttons of it — is fairly busy, but we found it relatively easy to access critical functions. An auxiliary jack and a USB connection for your iPod are standard.
There's a sense of quality inside the TSX that falls somewhere between the sensible Mazda CX-7 and the luxurious BMW X3. Everything fits together nicely, the materials are high quality and road and engine noise are kept largely at bay. Even at high rpm the i-VTEC four sings a refined song. Sure, you'll have to work to get it there, but it sounds pretty good when you arrive.
Our test car, equipped with the Tech package (which includes navigation, a rearview camera, a 10-speaker premium audio system with a 15GB hard drive and the power liftgate), rang up a $35,470 total. That pricing positions the TSX Wagon at the bottom end of the luxury crossover spectrum and a few hundred dollars more than a similarly equipped Toyota Venza.
And by our measure, that's exactly where it should be. It's not powerful enough to compete with more expensive luxury crossovers, yet it's more appealing on the inside than your average Equinox or Venza. Acura isn't expecting big sales numbers and neither are we. Still, we're glad to see it offer this wagon anyway, as it's only a little more power and a better transmission away from being truly desirable.
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With a career-high 134 pitches Friday night, Johan Santana did what no other pitcher in the New York Mets' 50-year history was able to do: He tossed a no-hitter.
And he earned it. The St. Louis Cardinals, who entered the game ranked first in the National League in runs, home runs, batting average, slugging percentage and on-base percentage, were the victims in the 8-0 win. Santana struck out World Series hero David Freese to put the exclamation point on the night.
"That's the greatest feeling ever," Santana told reporters.
Given the fact that the Mets were one of only two major league franchises never to have had a no-hitter—the San Diego Padres still are on the clock—it is tough to decide whether the accomplishment is bigger for Santana or the franchise.
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The Mets have featured such aces as Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, Dwight Gooden and David Cone, all of whom threw no-hitters elsewhere but never did so in a Mets uniform. In all, seven former Mets had thrown no-hitters. And the team waited 8,019 games to make history.
Santana, meanwhile, just took another huge step toward NL Comeback Player of the Year honors. It is easy to forget that the two-time Cy Young Award winner's career was in serious jeopardy following shoulder surgery in September of 2010. He didn't throw a pitch in the majors last season and pitched only five innings at Class A during a rehab assignment. Neither Santana nor the Mets knew what to expect as he reported to spring training in February.
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"Wow—amazing," Santana told reporters afterward, according to MLB.com. "Coming into this season, I was just hoping to come back and stay healthy and help this team. And now I'm in this situation in the greatest city in baseball. I'm very happy, and I'm happy for (fans), finally—the first one."
In 11 starts this season, Santana is now 3-2 with a 2.38 ERA. Earlier this season, he had an 11-strikeout outing, and he tossed a complete-game shutout against the San Diego Padres in his previous start. This is the first time in his career that Santana has tossed back-to-back shutouts.
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What surgery was that again?
As is the case with most no-hitters, there was a spectacular defensive play that will be remembered. Mets left fielder Mike Baxter slammed into the outfield wall while making a fine catch on a Yadier Molina drive in the seventh inning, preserving the no-no but forcing Baxter to exit the game. The Mets said Baxter suffered a bruise to his left shoulder.
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"When I saw him running back onto the warning track and he made that play, it was amazing. An outstanding play and he saved the game," Santana told reporters.
"What a night for the Mets," Baxter, who grew up in Queens, told ESPNNewYork.com. "As a Met fan as a kid, it is a huge night for the Mets. We have been waiting a long time for a no-hitter."
But the defining moment in Friday's no-hitter came in the eighth inning after Santana issued a two-out walk to Rafael Furcal. Mets manager Terry Collins raced to the mound, and the crowd wondered if he really would do it. Would Collins remove Santana from the game, thereby putting more importance on the remaining four months of the regular season (and the team's postseason chances) than on the opportunity to make history?
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— Amazin': Santana continues remarkable comeback
— Photo gallery: Most recent no-hitters by MLB clubs
— Power rankings: Mets on the rise
Collins stuck with Santana, who induced a weak infield popup to retire former Met teammate Carlos Beltran, who, incidentally, instant replay showed actually had a hit earlier in the game (his liner was ruled foul by third base umpire Adrian Johnson).
In a season already with filled with unexpected stress—the Mets were supposed to finish a distant fifth in the NL East, after all—this might have been the toughest call Collins has made. The team was up 8-0 and Santana was well over 100 pitches. He hadn't thrown more than 108 pitches this season, and his previous career high was just 125 pitches in 2008.
"I just couldn't take him out," an emotional Collins told reporters afterward.
Santana shook off his manager, kept the ball and ran with it.
Material from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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So mentally my situation is the following:
I was raised that pain is personal and when you are sick you suck it up and keep going. So, that did not work well for me in the first 5 years of CFS so I decided to change.
I am wondering what level of detail is necessary for family and friends to understand the situation without sounding that you are whining all the time, what is the balance between I need you to understand what is going on Vs I am complaining or venting???
When the symptoms put myself in danger or family I try to be very specific. On those symptoms that affect me only as an individual, I am very vague, but I have come to realize that those symptoms can be fatal and betray you in ways you cannot even begin to think of. So where to draw the line?
Example: I used to read. A LOT!! I have told my family I don't read books because I cannot read. I cannot follow a book. I can read a few sentences in forum ( I know I don't have to explain to you all) but it makes no sense to another "normal" person why I can read some things but not another. Heck is a mystery to me too.
So I read the doctor instructions on Imunovir wrong and was on wrong doses of medication for 4 months. I read that thing countless time, but I translated the information wrong every single time. How do you explain that!!! So even though I told my family I cannot read, they see I do not grab a book, heck I cannot even follow tv sometimes, so what makes them think I can fill out forms or anything to do with reading the right way? Is it that I do not communicate well enough or Is my responsibility to say no to all, in case I am having a bad moment?!?!?
Is it that I don't know how to ask for help properly or the implications of our limitations are impossible to be understood by a normal person? !? Sorry post getting long here.
Example 2 :
I have explosive diarrhea: I do not tell family that I say "my autonomic system is broken". They know I have to go to the restroom when I have to go, but don't know the details of what my autonomic system is not working properly is (cant swallow, digest, poop, pee, sweat..).
Hemorrhoids: I keep to myself most of the time unless it prevents me from regular activities, nausea, dizziness, the very annoying stabbing pains, the burning..... I can keep going all day. They do not know half of the story.
Now I say "I am having a bad brain fog day" I am not sure that is translating properly, so that is where the issues come in. Do they understand anything to do with brain controls are off. I cannot think straight not even my own name??? that probably me doing a Doctor's appointment, even though it sounds simple enough, is beyond my capabilities??
How do I learn to say things in a new way where a "normal person" gets what I am saying without me sounding whining but getting the seriousness of the situation across??!!?!? Where to draw the line?
CFS implications for family, how to communicate?
Blog entry posted by Seven (formerly lnester7), Jul 17, 2012.
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Dinesty Chinese Restaurant 聚: Richmond, BC
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There's so much Cantonese cuisine in Richmond, in most of Canada really. So we were wanting to try something a little different. After scouring the internet to see what was popular, we came across Dinesty Chinese Restaurant. It has pretty … Continue reading


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Dr. Michael Bishop, professor of medicine and director of the hematopoietic stem cell transplant program, University of Chicago Medicine
Dr. Michael R. Bishop, 53, has been appointed professor of medicine and director of the hematopoietic stem cell transplant program at the University of Chicago Medicine, effective November 15, 2012. Bishop comes to the University of Chicago from the Medical College of Wisconsin/Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, where he was a professor of medicine and head of the adult hematologic malignancies section. Prior to that he spent 12 years at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, where he served as clinical head of the experimental transplantation and immunology branch of the NCI's Center for Cancer Research. Bishop earned his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital and a three-year fellowship in hematology/oncology at Loyola University Medical Center. He was an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Kentucky Medical Center and an associate professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, where he served as director of the leukemia and allogeneic stem cell transplantation programs.
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Ken Cribb knows that his Bluffton High team is always ready to explode.
Not just with one big play, but a series of them that can turn a close game into a one-sided rout. All it takes is a spark.
Cribb tried to ignite the Bobcats with a couple of early trick plays Friday against Beaufort - and as usual, it worked.
"That's all we need, and we're off," Cribb said. "Any time we get a spark, we usually rock and roll."
It started with a hook-and-ladder on the first play, a toss from receiver Marquis Webber to wing back Gerald Roberson that went 25 yards and set up their first touchdown.
The Bobcats bogged down a bit on their next two possessions, however, so Cribb took another chance late in the first quarter.
Webber lost a fumble on the second series and Beaufort stuffed Bluffton on a third-and-short at the Bobcats' 29. They dialed up a fake punt on fourth down, which safety B.J. Hill took 41 yards to the Eagles' 30-yard line.
Three plays later, Bluffton went ahead for good on one of C.J. Frazier's four touchdown passes.
At least one Beaufort player was in position to stop the fake, but Hill ran through a tackle and broke off the long gain.
"They had me behind the line, but I mean, it's fourth down and 1," Hill said. "I couldn't let that happen."
Hill and the defense gave up a long run late in the half that led to a field goal, but they clamped down on Beaufort after that. The sparks the trick plays provided were more than enough to hold off the Eagles.
It was just the latest big play made by Hill, who ran a kickoff for a touchdown against Hilton Head Island and has played a little offense late in blowouts.
"He can go," Cribb said. "I'm probably doing him a disservice by not giving him more touches. He's a great kid and a team-oriented person."
Senior cornerback Anthony Smith, who pulled down two fourth-quarter interceptions, said the Bobcats are always ready for Cribb to take a few chances on Friday nights.
"It doesn't surprise me at all, because he takes everything so seriously in practice," Smith said. "We know at any given time, we can run anything he's put in."


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Topic Title: New York strip round
Created on December 7, 2012 at 11:04 PM
Ok every Christmas I would buy a round of rib eye and cook it like prime rib. Well this year I received a whole round of new your strip uncut can I cook it just like prime rib.
I've done a few prime ribs but not a strip roast. But, I'd say you'd be safe cooking it the same way. Just don't over cook it...maybe 130 degrees in center, let it rest, just the same as a primrib. Good luck (maybe cut a couple of steaks off just in case :)
So any one else think it will work.
Scott D
I'm sure the you'll be very happy with the reults of a Strip roast and it may even come out better then a rib roast on a Holland. I like to cook my rib roasts at 215 to 225 degrees, low and slow, for pinkness end to end as well as giving time for all that fat to render. Though I have done it on the Holland with good juicy tasting results, it just cooks at too high of a temp to keep it all pink through out. The strip roast doesn't need that uniform color and I am sure you will be pleased with the results.
Just remember, the larger the roast and the higher the cooking temp, the longer the carryover of Temp. A Holland can carryover the temp of a good size roast 10-15 degrees. I pull my sirloin steaks at 122 degrees and it will carry to 130-132 degrees. I would start getting antsy around the 117-119 mark, probably pull and let rest for at least 30 minutes. Best way is to do a trial with a cheaper cut, eye round or sirloin tip,( both cheap at Sams etc) and learn YOUR grill.
Good Luck,
Scott D