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Agrarian Reform in Bolivia in the 20th and 21st Centuries
Carmen Soliz
Until the 1950s, the distribution of land in Bolivia, as in the rest of Latin America, was very unequal. But in 1953, a year after the 1952 national revolution, the nationalist revolutionary movement (MNR) enacted a decree on agrarian reform that dismantled feudal haciendas in the western highlands, abolished the system of forced peasant labor, and distributed expropriated lands to peasants. While the decree proved redistributive in the Altiplano and valleys, it ended up creating new concentrations of land in Bolivia's eastern lowlands. This area, which constituted two thirds of Bolivia's territory, was home to a number of indigenous groups who were displaced from their lands because of the expansion of latifundio in the second half of the 20th century. In 1996, after pressure from below, the neoliberal government of Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada (1993–1997) approved a new agrarian law that recognized indigenous rights to collective territory (Tierra Comunitaria de Origen, TCO). In 2006, left-leaning President Evo Morales approved a new agrarian law. Although the new legislation mostly ratified the 1996 law, it established that only indigenous and peasant populations could be granted state lands. Despite this legislation claiming to protect the majority Indian and peasant population, scholars such as Colque, Tinta, and Sanjines note that it was under a neoliberal government, between 1996 to 2006, that much of the process of land distribution favored to indigenous groups of the lowlands, and it was under left-leaning President Evo Morales (from 2010 to the present [2018]) that much of land distribution favored medium and agricultural enterprises. The most important clash between the self-proclaimed indigenous Evo Morales and lowland indigenous groups was in September 2011 when indigenous groups living in the National Park and Indigenous Territory Isiboro Sécure (TIPNIS) protested against the government's unilateral decision to build a road through their territory. Since 2011 (up to the present, 2018) the tension and political distance between president Morales and his loyal coca-leaf grower supporters—many of whom live on the borders of the park and are invested on the construction of the road—versus the indigenous groups of the lowlands have only grown. Ironically, it seems to be under Morales that key indigenous rights such as the right to prior consultation or the right to consolidate territories (TCOs) seem to be at the most risk.
The Conquests of Peru
Christopher Heaney
Between 1472 and 1572, the conquests of Peru were many: by the Inca, who in the 15th century spread from their southern Andean heartland in Cusco to build an empire that stretched from what is now southern Colombia to northern Chile and Argentina; by the Spanish conquistadors under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro, who reached down from Panama in search of the rumored wealth of the kingdom of "Birú" and fatefully encountered the aspirant Inca emperor Atahualpa at Cajamarca in November of 1532; by the Spanish crown, which intervened after the revolt of Atahualpa's brother Manco Inca in 1536 and the rebellion of the conquistadors in the 1540s; and by the Inca's former subjects, the Spaniards' Indian allies, and their mestizo sons, who ended independent Inca resistance by helping to capture Atahualpa's nephew in the Vilcabamba valley in 1572. This essay sketches the century-long arc of those many conquests, which together yielded a historical entity not quite like any other in the early modern world, let alone Americas: a composite Spanish-Indian kingdom whose incredible wealth lay not just in the gold and silver that its mines and burials produced but in the network of subjects and laborers that drew both the Inca and their Habsburg successors on to further conquests than was wise.
Cultural Policies of the Chávez Government
Sujatha Fernandes
The cultural policies of the left-wing government of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela in the new millennium saw a shift back to funding and patronage of the arts after years of defunding and commodification of cultural production. However, despite leading to a renaissance of cultural activity, Chavista cultural policy also retained a modernist rationality that treated cultural production as objects to be classified and quantified. Official cultural policy in Venezuela has historically developed alongside popular-cultural formations that draw on alternative conceptions of culture that stem from everyday life. The official and the everyday have developed in tandem and, sometimes, at cross-purposes. Many scholars look to policies and states as the producers of change, but it is at the level of the everyday that we can see the emerging possibilities that define cultural movements in search of social change.
Digital Resources: Massacres and the Evolution of the Colombian War
Óscar Parra
Since 1982 there have been at least 2,000 massacres in Colombia committed by different illegal groups and by members of the Colombian army and police. The development of the conflict in Colombia has a direct relation with the causes and consequences of these crimes, perpetrated in most cases by paramilitary armies, associated to varying degrees with the cocaine trade. Paramilitary groups were a counterinsurgency force organized by the State, or independent, and supported economically by drug cartels and some landowners and businessmen.
Although guerrilla armies, insurgency, and communist groups created mostly in the 1960s perpetrated several massacres, these crimes were systematically used primarily by paramilitary groups to terrorize people in places where they had a particular interest, such as drug trafficking or vying for political power. In its book ¡Basta ya!, the Centro Nacional de Memoria Histórica has documented that 59% of the massacres were committed by paramilitary groups and 17% by guerrillas.
Rutas del Conflicto is a project created by journalists that marks the evolution of these groups through more than 30 years of war. Using mapping and timeline tools developed especially for the project, it has documented more than 700 of these crimes, displaying the degree to which the tragedy has affected the lives of millions of people in Colombia.
Evo Morales and Bolivian Politics in the 20th and 21st Centuries
John Crabtree
Evo Morales Ayma was elected president of Bolivia in December 2005, taking office in January 2006. He has since been reelected on two separate occasions, in 2009 and 2014. Like Lula in Brazil, Morales is one of the few Latin American leaders to emerge from truly humble origins, a trait that helps explain his lasting popularity with a largely poor and indigenous voting public. The evolution of the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), Morales's party, had its roots in the struggles to resist the United States–inspired "war on drugs" in the late 1990s, yet it managed to broaden the scope of its appeal to involve a range of social movements, both rural and urban, using the defense of natural resources as a leitmotiv to bring together disparate groupings. In government, Morales sought to engineer an abrupt change from neoliberal policies pursued by elite-led civilian administrations since the 1980s, reasserting the role of the state in development, bringing the all-important hydrocarbons industry back into public control, speeding up land reform, introducing a constitution that reasserted indigenous rights, and enacting policies designed to redistribute income and combat poverty.
A polemical figure, Morales has attracted adulation from supporters and bitter criticism from opponents. Scholarship has reflected this polarization. Conservative critics, at one end of the spectrum, have tended to stress the authoritarian features of his government and its disdain for democratic niceties; Marxists at the other end tend to see it as an exercise in pale reformism that has left the power structure in Bolivia largely intact. In between, of course, there are a variety of intermediary positions that draw out both the achievements and limitations that this article seeks to assess.
Food Science, Race, and the Nation in Colombia
Stefan Pohl-Valero
At the beginning of the 19th century, Colombian physicians thought of food as an essential factor in shaping human character and corporeality. Framed in a neo-Hippocratic system, health and racial differences were related not only to climate but also to the connection between food qualities and humoral fluids. For example, it was believed that the tendency to eat cold and moist food, as well as greasy substances, was one of the reasons why people in warm regions of Colombia were choleric, phlegmatic, and indolent. By midcentury, it was further argued that each regional type—a local racialized categorization based on geographic determinism—had certain diet habits and physiological characteristics that explained its character (sober, obedient, lazy, industrious, etc.), and that made this type "naturally" suitable for different kinds of work. During this period, the working population's diet was not perceived to be a social problem requiring regulation, at least not by the government. In the midst of liberal reforms, the political elites were more focused on the economic and genetic integration ("whitening") of highland Indians, and to a lesser extent blacks, than on producing a supposed "better race" through nourishment.
But by the late 19th and the early 20th centuries, however, a new cultural framework that crossed the boundaries of thermodynamics, political economy, experimental physiology, and eugenics had begun to emerge in Colombia, converging in the social problem of nutrition. Centered on the analogy of the human body as a heat engine that transforms energy, local scientists began to conduct surveys of the eating habits of the "working classes," analyses of the chemical and caloric composition of their foods, and studies on the metabolic characteristics of different regional populations. The results of these investigations were used to push the government to "restore the energies" of an impoverished population that was consistently thought to be weak and racially inferior, but capable of physiological and hereditable improvement. The cry of conservative elites for political and moral "regeneration" at the turn of the century also had a biological component—the optimization of the human motor. In the 1920s and 1930s, several campaigns and institutions were created for this social engineering, aimed at producing a modern, healthy, and industrious citizen. These campaigns gained special political force after the Liberal Party returned to power in 1930.
Gabriel García Moreno, Conservative President of Ecuador
Peter V. N. Henderson
Ecuador's Gabriel García Moreno was one of the preeminent South American conservative politicians of the early national period. His historical notoriety rests in large measure on two seemingly contradictory elements of his administration. First, despite his fervid defense of the prerogatives of the Catholic Church, he embraced a modernization project inspired by liberal notions of progress. Second, his embrace of the Catholic faith flew in the face of the 19th century's liberal anticlerical tendencies. Hence, nearly all biographies of García Moreno paint him as a villain or a saint. His state formation project transformed the historic relationship between the state and the Catholic Church, making the Catholic faith and the Church an instrument of state formation. Simultaneously, he sought to modernize the country by promoting the construction of roads, a railroad, and telegraph lines that would overcome the topography of the Andes Mountains and unify the country physically. Within Ecuador, debate about his ideas and actions continues to ignite storms of controversy and passionate rhetoric even today.
The Incas of the Andes
Susan Elizabeth Ramirez
The Inca (also Inka) Empire, called by the Andeans themselves "Tawantinsuyu," referred to its four parts: the Chinchaysuyu, the Antisuyu, the Collasuyu, and the Cuntisuyu. Inter-disciplinary research pictures an assemblage of ethnic groups under a dynasty of rulers, believed to have supernatural origins. This multi-cultural state, overseen by a decimally-defined administrative system, was united by kinship ties; the worship of the sun, the moon and ethnic ancestors; negotiation; reciprocity; and force. At its height, it spread from Northwestern Argentina, through Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador, and included about half of Chile and the southern frontier of Colombia. Troubles began in the 1520s as a strange disease decimated the native population, claiming the emperor himself. Yet, the Inca's jurisdiction continued to expand until circa 1532, the date when Francisco Pizarro and his followers and allies marched across the Andes and confronted the Andean emperor Atahualpa in the plaza of the highland ceremonial center of Cajamarca.
Estelle Tarica
Indigenismo is a term that refers to a broad grouping of discourses—in politics, the social sciences, literature, and the arts—concerned with the status of "the Indian" in Latin American societies. The term derives from the word "indígena," often the preferred term over "indio" because of the pejorative connotations that have accrued to the latter in some contexts, and is not to be confused with the English word "indigenism." The origins of modern indigenismo date to the 16th century and to the humanist work of Bartolomé de las Casas, dubbed "Defender of the Indians" for his efforts to expose the violence committed against native populations by Spanish colonizers. Indeed indigenismo generally connotes a stance of defense of Indians against abuse by non-Indians, such as criollos and mestizos, and although this defense can take a variety of often-contradictory forms, it stems from a recognition that indigenous peoples in colonial and modern Latin America have suffered injustice. Another important precursor to modern indigenismo is 19th-century "Indianismo." In the wake of Independence, creole elites made the figure of "the Indian" a recurring feature of Latin American republican and nationalist thought as the region sought to secure an identity distinct from the colonial powers.
The period 1910–1970 marks the heyday of modern indigenismo. Marked by Las Casas's stance of defense toward indigenous people and by creole nationalists' "Indianization" of national identity, the modernizing indigenismo of the 20th century contains three important additional dimensions: it places the so-called "problem of the Indian" at the center of national modernization efforts and of national revolution and renewal; it is, or seeks to become, a matter of state policy; and it draws on contemporary social theories—positivist, eugenicist, relativist, Marxist—to make its claims about how best to solve the "Indian problem." Though its presence can be found in many Latin American countries, indigenismo reached its most substantive and influential forms in Mexico and Peru; Bolivia and Brazil also saw significant indigenista activity. Anthropologists played a central role in the development of modern indigenismo, and indigenismo flourished in literature and the performing and visual arts. In the late 20th century, indigenous social movements as well as scholars from across the disciplines criticized indigenismo for its paternalist attitude toward Indians and for promoting Indians' cultural assimilation; the state-centric integrationist ideology of indigenismo has largely given way to pluri-culturalism.
Livestock, Livelihood, and Agrarian Change in Andean Peru
Javier Puente
Agrarian transformations in Andean Peru, subject to larger sociopolitical and economic processes, entailed major material, environmental, and biological changes. The long history of sheep introduction in Andean environments, its specific impact on the central highlands, and the making of an Andean breed of sheep—the oveja Junín—illustrate how such transformations shaped rural Peru as a societal space. Following larger environmental patters in Latin America, sheep became the dominant animal of the upper Andean regions, populating depleted landscapes and refashioning otherwise hostile environments as areas of agrarian productivity. Many of the transformations that occurred during colonial times, particularly the consolidation of the hacienda system and the rise of sheepherding as a form of peonage, served manifold purposes in the transition to the national period. While the 19th-century liberal obliteration of corporate identities and property obscured the legacy of indigenous communities, sheep continued to thrive and set the conditions for the incorporation of the Peruvian countryside into the global world economy. In the 20th century, with the parallel arrival of state and capital governance, transforming sheep and sheepherding from vernacular expressions of livelihood into advanced forms of modern agrarian industrialism merged together scientific and veterinarian knowledge with local understandings, producing the oveja Junín as the ultimate result. As sheepherding modernized based on efficient husbandry, sheep modernity efficiently nurtured rural developmentalism, bringing together communal and capitalist interests in unprecedented ways. The state-sponsored project of granjas comunales devoted to capital-intensive grazing economies reveals how husbandry and modern grazing activities both reinforced and transformed societal organization within indigenous communities, sanctioning existing differences while providing a vocabulary of capital for recasting their internal social relations of production. When the state envisioned the centralization of otherwise profitable communal grazing economies, through the allegedly empowering language of agrarian reform, the cooperativization of land, labor, and animals led to communal, family, and individual disenfranchisement. Indigenous community members, turned into campesinos, sought new battlegrounds for resisting state intromission. Eventually, the very biology of the oveja Junín as an exclusive domain of state and capital became the target of campesino sabotage. As the agrarian reform collapsed and revolution engulfed the countryside, rural livelihoods—sheep included—faced their ultimate demise, often with severe degrees of violence. In this entire trajectory, sheep—and the oveja Junín—ruled the upper regions of the Andes like no political power ever did.
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Galen D. Liby
Dec. 24, 1930 � Nov. 6, 2012
HUDSON � Galen D. Liby, 81, of Hudson, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, at Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Funeral services for Galen will be Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012 at 11 a.m. at Eagles Funeral Home in Hudson, with Pastor James Backus officiating. Interment will follow in Lime Creek Cemetery in Hudson. Visitation will be Friday from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m.
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Saints advance to championship game in own tournament
The Siena Heights University women's basketball team earned its fourth straight win Friday night, defeating Wilberforce University 95-64 in the opening round of Siena Heights Thanksgiving Tournament. The 95 points are a season high for the Saints.
Siena Heights (4-1) will face NAIA Division II No. 25-ranked Saint Francis (Ind.) in today's championship game at 4 p.m.
The Saints shot 50 percent from the field and scored 38 points in the paint in Friday's win.
"It wasn't our game plan coming in," admitted Siena Heights coach Sue Syljebeck. "Still, we have girls that are strong in the post. We're undersized, but very solid. Amanda [Duke] was phenomenal for us tonight in the post. She's a great all-around aspect to our program. She's the total package."
With Siena missing one of its top players, Chandler Levit, due to sickness, Duke stepped up for the team. Duke helped the Saints control the game, netting 14 rebounds and 15 points. Duke also managed to draw several fouls as she took the ball to the basket.
"I felt that with Chandler out, I needed to step up tonight, especially with rebounding and boxing out," Duke said.
Siena and Wilberforce (1-7) appeared to be evenly matched in the game's opening minutes, trading points back and forth. It wasn't until seven minutes into the half that Siena was able to build a lead.
For the Saints, their offense was running smoothly as they continued to feed the ball down low. Unfortunately for Siena, they struggled to box out on defense and let Wilberforce have multiple attempts at points. The Bulldogs finished with 10 offensive rebounds in the first half alone and had 10 second-chance points.
Siena Heights continued to roll on offense, eventually building 38-19 lead with seven minutes to go in the half.
Then, for the second time in three games, the Saints fell apart in the closing minutes of the half. Suddenly, Siena couldn't make a shot and committed several turnovers. Wilberforce quickly turned the mistakes into points, whittling Siena's lead down to six, 43-37, at the half.
"I don't really know what the problem is," said Syljebeck. "I'm not sure if we're losing focus or getting tired. I just tell them how important it is to come out strong in the second half and they do."
The Saints came out stronger in the second half. After trading points for a few minutes, Siena went on a 7-0 run. Wilberforce, now down 56-41, never got within 10 points of tying the game.
Siena's Morgan Warfield began to catch fire in the second half. Warfield, who only had three points at the half, finished the game with 16 points.
The Saints saw the foul line often, finishing 29-for-36 as a team. The Saints also forced Wilberforce to commit 27 fouls on the night.
"Drawing those fouls was huge for us," said Syljebeck. "We had 29 points there. There's the game right there."
The Saints' entire bench got in on the act as all but two players finished with at least two points.
"We try and pride ourselves on our defense, but we believe that everyone on this team can score," Syljebeck said. "We're versatile, and we have a deep bench. Everyone can produce. I don't know if we have a top conference player that's going to score 20 points every night, but any one of our girls can score 20 points on any given night. I think that's what makes us so hard to defend."
Sierra Calhoun finished with 16 points, and Mackenzie Tomasik added 13 points and eight rebounds for the Saints. Grace Howrigon finished with nine assists.
The Saints are looking forward to the championship game against Saint Francis. The nationally-ranked Cougars beat Martin Methodist 86-66 in Friday's other matchup.
"It'll be a battle," said Syljebeck. "I believe we'll have a chance against them. We're really going to have to contain them. They're a really nice team."


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quote:I think it is Thomas, only because Daniel has his brother and Ryan to compete with, and Stamkos has St Louis to compete with. Zetterberg and maybe Perry should get some consideration too.
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quote:Originally posted by Guest2691I think it is Thomas, only because Daniel has his brother and Ryan to compete with, and Stamkos has St Louis to compete with. Zetterberg and maybe Perry should get some consideration too.
quote:Originally posted by Alex116A1, i'm just curious how you can figure it's down to Stamkos and Thomas? How could Daniel Sedin not be in the running? I know Stamkos is ahead by 5 goals, but Sedin is 2nd in the league in Goals and 1st in points? Also....Daniel +24Stamkos +6I know that +/- doesn't mean a lot to many people, but it does tell us a little bit in the least. Other than that, their numbers are so close in all aspect aside from Daniel having a few more road points. Everything else is so close, i don't see how ANYONE could have Stamkos on their ballot, and not Daniel??? Unless of course they simply don't like him and that's clouding their opinion?
quote:Originally posted by Alex116Thomas might be on the ballot, but for a goalie to win, he's usually gotta have an absolutely unbelievable year. While the top scorers aren't on pace for what top guys have had in the past, they're still going to be 100+ points which always looks good on paper. True that teammates may steal votes but in Sedin's case, i think Kesler has tailed off enough to be left out though he's still having an outstanding year. It's kinda funny though how "top scorer" is often given the nod almost by default. I mean, if Stamkos overtakes Daniel, which is entirely possible, he could easily be considered the favorite? Speaking of goalies winning, haven't only Theodore and Hasek (twice) won the Hart in the past 30 or 40 years? Odds are, it won't be Thomas.
quote:Originally posted by Awesome OneI think Thomas has at least had a good enough season to get on the ballot but I wouldn't be shocked if they have Henrik on in his place.There was once a license plate in Toronto that abbreviated "Go Leafs" it read "Golfs".
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quote:I too would be shocked to see Henrik on the ballot. My reasoning is exactly why Daniel might not win it as well. I think Henrik rec'd a ton of votes last year for doing what he did when Daniel went down for 18 or so games to injury. Daniel hasn't done anything like this this season (hasn't had to or hasn't had the opportunity to?) and may not get some of those same votes Henrik did?That's where Stamkos, especially if he hit's 50, may get the nod.
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quote:Originally posted by Alex116Pasty....I like your picks, though i don't think they'll necessarily be the 3, but i don't like your Toews reasoning so much. FTR, i don't think he'll be on the ballot seeing as they seem to lean towards scoring more than the way the award it actually defined. With Toews, why should he get any more votes or recognition for "dragging his team to the playoffs" when he's been there all season. He was there when they weren't playing good too remember. Guest 2712.... how can you discount the Sedin's because they were both healthy all year, yet Stamkos, who plays with St Loius, you feel is still worthy? Is it because Stamkos and St Louis aren't twin brothers? I don't get it?FWIW, i don't think Daniel will win nor do i think he deserves to "as the award is defined". However, with the way they award it these days, he will be on the ballot and may just win it. I didn't think Hank was gonna get it last year, so who knows?
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quote:the true MVP of the league at this point - I would give it to Price, myself.
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quote:Originally posted by FutureKesler[quote]Ryan Kesler has been for the canucks. He's done every thing for them. Kesler should win, but probably won't. Because all of the people in the east haven't really noticed him.Kesler is the TRUE Nucks Captain.
quote:Originally posted by Guest4278quote:Originally posted by FutureKesler[quote]Ryan Kesler has been for the canucks. He's done every thing for them. Kesler should win, but probably won't. Because all of the people in the east haven't really noticed him.Kesler is the TRUE Nucks Captain.Oh we in the east know how good Kesler is but we don't have a bias of Kesler is the TRUE Nucks Captain to skew our thinking cap.I'm going with Price, Daniel and Toews. I'd like Bryz in there but can't put all 3 western players in the ballot.
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quote:Originally posted by Guest4125my point was that if you were to take either one of the Sedin's (or Kessler) off that team, would the 'Nucks be as good, or close to it? answer: yes. they have a well balanced team from top to bottom. removing either one of Henrik, Daniel, or Kessler probably wouldn't make a HUGE difference.take either Stamkos or St. Louis off Tampa, would that team be as good, or close to it? answer: probably not.take away Thomas from Boston.....Toews from Chicago......Richards from Dallas.....etc.....see my point???
quote:my point was that if you were to take either one of the Sedin's (or Kessler) off that team, would the 'Nucks be as good, or close to it? answer: yes
quote:Again, i'm just going by history in saying that Daniel very well might win and if not, it's prob Stamkos. Toews simply doesn't have enough points unless suddenly a voting pattern, that's been around for a decade or more, changes?
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Step It Up: Whimsical Ways to Decorate Your Staircase
Unfortunately, we don't have any stairs in our house, or I'd be all over creating some kind of unique, beautiful passageway. We've seen some ideas for decorating your stairs before, but these makeovers work great for kids and adults alike. If you have a stairway that accesses a kids' area, or if you just want to make your main staircase a bit more whimsical, here's some inspiration.
1. Chalkboard Stairs (seen on Houston Lifestyles). Painting the face of each step with chalkboard paint makes your stairs a place for artwork that can be changed as often as you choose. Or, erase them all for a clean look.
2. Rainbow Stairs (DOS architects via Planet Deco). Go all out with color and paint a traditional rainbow, or choose a color palette that suits your home.
3. Book Spine Stairs (Book Mania). This staircase leads to the reading room at the St. Louis Children's Museum, called The Magic House. It's a great idea for customizing a stairway with favorite kids' literature.
4. XOXO Stairs (DIY Network). A tutorial over at the DIY Network will show you how to achieve this look; choose any graphic in any style that you want, but we love the hugs and kisses theme.
5. Text Stairs (Village Vine Press). Choose text that has meaning for your family; it could be an inspirational quote, a list of character traits you value, or song lyrics. Paint them on or create or buy decals. The ones seen here are available through Etsy shop Village Vine Press for $35.
6. Numbered Stairs (Farmhouse 38). You could number your stairs in lots of ways, with house numbers, stencils, even painted wooden craft letters.
7. License Plate Stairs (Cherished Vintage). You could attach lots of different objects to the face of stairs; choose something that has meaning for you. This family used old license plates, including a personalized one that belonged to the husband's late grandfather.
Have you outfitted your stairs with any unusual decor, especially geared to involve the kids? Let us know in the comments!


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July 30 and 31, Paranormal/Psychic Faire, Saturday and Sunday
Meet with people who believe in things unusual. This unique event features psychics, ghost hunters, exorcists, and UFOologists. Regular Fort admission and a $2 event donation requested.
Tentative schedule for both days:
10 AM 4PM Psychics and vendors in the Fort Officers Quarters
Lectures in the amphitheater at Visitor Center:
10 AM- Paranormal Investigation Process, Equipment and Techniques (Bangor Maine Ghost Trackers)
11 AM- The Legacy of psychic Edgar Cayce (Melissa Gaspar)
12 Noon- UFOs? What Do You Think? (Facilitated by local UFO enthusiast Cindy Proulx)
1 PM - Exorcism- presenter Ahura Z
2 PM- Paranormal Investigation Process, Equipment and Techniques (Bangor Maine Ghost Trackers)
3 PM- Developing Your Sixth Sense (Sky Taylor)
Paranormal/Psychic Faire, July 30-31
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Who owns the land? Only the land knows. We mortals are passersby, and our lives are but a brief moment in the great span of time and space. We are born, we live out our lives, and most of us do the best we can with it, but the wind is forever, and the rivers flow forever to the sea, and all the seasons of the weathers will come and go after we are gone. But the Earth endures, the Earth is eternal" - Earl Hamner
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COLUMBIA - A conflict that began over unpaid Berkeley Hall Club dues but spiraled into a more complicated dispute will go before the South Carolina Court of Appeals next month.
In 2003, Peter and Linda Justini purchased a residential, 1-acre building lot in the luxurious Bluffton community, as well as a club membership to use the tennis courts, golf courses, clubhouse, and other amenities. Court records say the club changed its payment policy the next year, requiring members to pay their dues six months in advance.
Records indicate the couple was then banned from the club because they hadn't paid what was required, after offering to pay the amount over the last three months of 2004.
"The club has cash flow problems," the club controller had said, according to an account on file with the court. At the time, the couple asked for financial statements or internal accounting reports from the club but said they were refused.
In 2005, the club sued them in the Beaufort County Court of Common Pleas, alleging that they hadn't paid their dues. In May of 2009, a jury awarded $84,126 to the club, which came to $111,082 when attorneys' fees and costs were included.
In the latest development, the Justinis are appealing a master-in-equity's dismissal of their complaint. The couple's appeal targets Berkeley Hall Club, Inc., John Reed, identifying him as its director and developer, Tammy Duryea, the former controller, and Jerome Selkhe, the former general manager.
The state Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear the Justinis' appeal on Oct. 30. The couple said they'd lost more than $1 million from the purchase of the property, carrying costs, assessments, the costs to defend and pursue their legal rights, and their "opportunity costs" from the situation.
They argue that an "unjustified" dues increase in 2005 bumped the per-member amount from $8,287 per year to $12,500.
A transcript on file with the court shows that the dispute prompted one judge to remark that it illustrates why he himself would never live in a gated community.


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Gonatocerus wasps don't bug people. But these tiny parasites can put a real hurt on glassy-winged sharpshooters, leaf-hopping insects that pose a disease threat to California grape vineyards.
Now, an experimental method of refrigerating parasitized sharpshooter eggs for up to 60 days may improve the artificial rearing of Gonatocerus wasps for field release as biological control agents.
Agricultural Research Service entomologist Roger Leopold is investigating the insect-storage method along with Marion Harris and Wenlong Chen, both with North Dakota State University in Fargo.
Gonatocerus wasp releases are part of a multipronged approach California has taken to keep sharpshooters from spreading the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, which causes Pierce's disease in grapevines and other host plants. Gonatocerus wasps reproduce by laying their eggs inside those of sharpshooters.
After hatching, Gonatocerus larvae eat their egg hosts, develop and emerge 10 to 12 days later as adult wasps. In California, Gonatocerus' spring emergence lags behind sharpshooters', so fewer are around to parasitize the pests' eggs. Fall attacks, though, can inflict sharpshooter losses of up to 90 percent.
Refrigerate wasps
Releasing insectary-reared wasps can help close that gap, but the practice is expensive and time-consuming since live plants and sharpshooter eggs must be used. Refrigerated storage could cut production costs and furnish more time to amass the wasps for spring releases, notes Leopold, with ARS' Biosciences Research Laboratory, Fargo.
In studies there with G. asmeadi and G. triguttatus wasps, Leopold's team stored parasitized sharpshooter eggs for 30 to 60 days by adjusting three temperature settings in a stair-step fashion.
Under one such regimen – starting and ending with 4.5 and 7.5 degrees Celsius, respectively – the wasp emergence rate was 60 percent. Importantly, their health and longevity were similar to wasps from untreated eggs, reports Leopold.
His team plans on submitting a scientific paper describing the results, including wasp-emergence rates from dead eggs. Leopold and Chen will also present their work at the Pierce's Disease Research Symposium in San Diego this December.


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With the loss the Bucs fall to 13-12 on the season and 5-7 in conference play, why Tennessee Tech improves to 12-10 on the year.
Starter Bo Reeder (Cookeville, Tenn.) was tabbed with the loss after going 4.0 innings giving up seven runs (six earned) on nine hits and stuck out four as he fell to 2-3 on the season.
Tennessee Tech starter Chad Oberaker picked up his first win of the season going six scoreless innings allowing only three hits and struck out seven ETSU batters.
The Golden Eagles took an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first as Alex Henry drove a ball over the fence in left.
Evan Webb added to the Tennessee Tech lead in the bottom of the fourth as he homered to left for his fourth home run of the season to make the score 2-0.
Tennessee Tech scored eight runs in the bottom of the fifth on nine hits and two Buccaneer errors to extend the Golden Eagle lead to 10-0.
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How To Create An Orla Kiely Inspired Mural
As part of my ongoing quest to mask the anti-aesthetic hideousness that is the hallow core door, I once again decided to go the route of "if you can't make it go away, at least make it pretty." This time, as I set out to tackle a particularly ugly hollow core bi-fold door (double yuck!) in our basement, I turned to one of my favorite muses, Orla Kiely, for inspiration.
Originally I had planned to use Orla Kiely's multi-stem print wallpaper to cover the door, but I decided that I wanted a large scale pattern rather than a small one. And because I tend to grow tired of bold colored patterns quickly, I thought it best to go with another tone on tone type of design, just as I had done with the door in our craft room. So I set about devising an easy way to accomplish the feat with supplies that I already had at home.
What You Need
an ugly door (or wall that needs some love)
piece of paper, the thicker the better
painters tape
contact paper
paint roller or paint brush
•1. Decide the scale of your mural.
•2. Trace and cut out one leaf (teardrop) shape from a piece of paper.
•3. Unroll the contact paper on a flat surface, and using your leaf cut-out as a stencil, trace the shape onto the contact paper multiple times.
•4. Cut out the leaf shapes from the contact paper, and set aside.
•5. Place painters tape on the place where you will want the center of your mural to be (picture 4). This will be your stem.
•6. Remove backing from contact paper and place a leaf of each side of the stem.
•7. Repeat step 6 until you have your desired number of leaves.
•8. After the tape and contact paper leaves are in place press them firmly into the wall/door with either your hand or a dry paint roller much in the same wall that you would do when hanging wallpaper. This ensures that the paint will not seep beneath.
•9. Using a paint roller (which I prefer) or a paint brush paint over your pattern, making sure you don't have an excess of paint on your roller/brush which will cause dripping to occur.
•10. Once the paint it dry to the touch carefully remove the painters tape stem.
•11. Starting from the narrow stem side, peel off the contact paper leaves.
That's it! Enjoy yourself a new, not-so-ugly-afterall hallow core door!
Total Time: 45 minutes
Additional Notes:
The same principle can be applied to a wall as well, using any pattern you desire. If you remove the contact paper carefully, you can usually reuse them again. When deciding on the scale of my leaves, I used the width of the painter's tape as my guide, since I wanted my mural to have a similar size leaf to stem ratio as Orla Kiely's beautiful pattern. I used the seam of the bi-fold door to guide the placement of my stem, but you might want to use a measuring tape to make sure your stem is not crooked. If you decide to do this, measure three vertical points from the nearest wall and mark (using a pencil) them where you want your stem to be. Then make sure the three points are equidistant from the nearest wall corner. Adjust accordingly, and once they are aligned, place your painter's tape stem over them. This should give you a straight line in a vertical position.
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No one knows more about reniform nematodes than Bill Gazaway.
Working on a shoe-string research budget for the past 15 years, Gazaway, now a retired Alabama Extension plant pathologist, has scrutinized them under microscopes and plotted their course through hundreds of fields throughout Alabama.
But despite all he knows about nematodes, Gazaway, who is still involved in on-going efforts to combat nematodes despite his retirement, is the first to concede that these microscopic organisms are beyond the ability of one individual to control. Indeed, reniform nematodes, he believes, represent one of the single biggest threats to Southeast cotton production — a problem that already is causing losses of roughly $27 million dollars each year in Alabama and millions more throughout the South.
Two things, he believes, are needed to contend with reniform nematodes — better funded research and educational outreach.
"We've got growers going out of business and they don't even know why," he says. "There is some on-going USDA basic research looking for genetic resistance. And this, if successful, will pay huge dividends 10 to 15 years down the road, but what good is it if we can't keep our growers in business long enough to profit from this research?"
For now, Gazaway says, growers need to be made aware of the reniform nematode problem and how to use current tools available to manage it. And these need to be fine-tuned to meet specific growers' needs, he adds.
"We cannot recommend control measures for reniform problems in cotton for the entire South based on research conducted in one location. Nematicides and crop rotation systems need to be evaluated in several regions of a state and over several states," Gazaway stresses.
"We need to refine that knowledge to determine the most efficient application rates for nematicides and crop systems for the different soil types and growing conditions throughout the South."
Case in point: Gazaway and other researchers have shown that a one-year corn and peanut rotation is highly effective in controlling reniform nematodes in Alabama — one reason peanut acreage has exploded recently throughout southwestern Alabama, where nematode pressure is exceptionally strong.
Even so, what works in Alabama may not work in other parts of the South, such as the Mississippi Delta, Louisiana or Arkansas, Gazaway notes.
"Some cotton nematologists in Mississippi say that corn may require two or more seasons to bring reniform down to manageable levels in parts of the Mississippi Delta," he says. "And I don't know why. It could stem from a difference in reniform populations. Mississippi populations may be more aggressive and capable of producing larger populations than in Alabama.
"Whatever the case, I wouldn't dare recommend a one-year rotation there as we do in Alabama when I don't have the data to support that. With reniform nematodes, you just can't take the cookie cutter approach with all the different growing conditions that exist in the South."
A recent survey conducted in the Mississippi Delta showed that in Sharkey County, north of Vicksburg, 80 percent of the cotton acreage has a reniform nematode problem. Farther north in Leflore County, 30 to 40 percent of the fields are infested. And in Tunica County, 15 to 20 percent of the fields have reniform nematode problems.
"The same thing that happened in Alabama is happening in Mississippi," says Gazaway. "The reniform nematode is moving south to north. And it's also moving into Tennessee, where cotton producers have never seen it."
As Gazaway is the first to concede, fine-tuning and improving the research already in place will cost money. What scientists need, he says, are adequately funded, broad-based rotation studies throughout the region provided through USDA and other public and private sources.
The same goes for nematicide and fumigant application studies, he says.
So far, virtually all of the research into reniform nematodes has been carried out through the Beltwide Research and Education Committee composed of university and Extension cotton nematologists throughout the South working on tight budgets.
"We have the people and infrastructure already in place. What we need now is adequate funding for them to operate," Gazaway says.
Education is another crucial factor, Gazaway says.
"One of the problems we've encountered is that many companies don't realize how serious this problem is and, consequently, don't have the incentive or the funds to justify developing nematicides just for cotton. It would be very difficult for them to recover their developmental costs with just one crop."
But this is only part of the challenge, Gazaway says. The other problem is the pell-mell damage associated with reniform nematodes that often lulls producers into complacency.
"I used to scout cotton and I know," Gazaway says. "Farmers used to call me in the middle of the night when they had a bollworm or tobacco budworm problem. But they could see they had a problem when the squares flared or when worms were feeding on the bolls.
"But you don't see nematodes, and the damage they cause often isn't readily apparent. And therein lies the problem.
"It really is a stealth disease," he adds. "Some years, it is so frustrating to encounter producers who have treated for reniform nematodes but who don't see obvious results. They say, 'I put in a whole lot of Temik but didn't see a heck of a lot of difference.'
"That's the problem with this particular pest - there may be some years when reniform nematodes don't cause a lot of damage — especially when growing conditions for cotton are good. But in other years, when cotton is under stress, you're really in for it."


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Diabetes prevalence rates jumped dramatically across the nation between 1995 and 2010, researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported in Friday's edition of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, an annual phone survey of adults 18 and older, the investigators found that overall, the median prevalence of diagnosed diabetes went up from 4.5% in 1995 to 8.2% in 2010.
Prevalence increased in all states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, with the median up from 4.5% to 8.2%. Diabetes rates were highest in the South and in Appalachia, where Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia all had 2010 rates above 10%. Rates also exceeded 10% in Puerto Rico.
The states with the lowest prevalence of diabetes, between 6.0% and 6.9%, were Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Vermont and Wyoming. In California, 8.6% of the people had the disease -- a 38% increase over 1995.


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18 Valuable Vines
Choose the right vine for your garden to cover a wall, trellis or porch.
Foot-long panicles of wisteria dangle overhead, a moonvine sends out its evening aroma, a trumpet vine offers its nectar to hummingbirds--the right vine can turn a garden into something special. Besides providing a little romance and ambiance, vines trained to climb arbors, trellises or walls provide that critical design element of verticality.
Plus, there's lots of payoff for very little effort. Not only are vines no-fuss plants, several are fast growers and will cover a large area quickly. Use them to help provide privacy or soften a wall, add interest to a trellis, cover a "fort" for the kids or add lushness and fragrance to the porch. Whether you're interested in flowers, fruit or foliage, there's a vine for you.
Calico Dutchman's Pipe
Instead of purple-and-cream flowers, the very unusual flowers on calico Dutchman's pipe (Aristolochia elegans) are larger in size and have a spotted purple coloration that resembles the pattern of calico fabric. It also has the attractive heart-shaped leaves. Instead of a vigorous vine that's hardy to USDA Zone 4, this twining vine is native to Brazil and is not as rampant. It also makes a quick cover for a trellis, to drape a porch or to grow along a fence in the vegetable garden. Place it in a highly visible area where garden visitors can see its intriguing blooms. Plant in partial sun or shade. Evergreen where hardy. This tropical version of the more cold-hardy Dutchman's pipe (A. macrophylla) is native to South America. USDA Zones (8)9 to 11.
The colorful bougainvillea (Bougainvillea sp.) is the climber seen growing on arbors and trellis in warm climates. It's a twining shrubby vine that needs support to climb up a smooth surface and should be trained up a trellis, arbor or fence. It develops spiny thorns, so wear durable gloves when handling. The showy bracts that surround the tiny true flowers look like crepe paper and come in a variety of colors, including pink, red, salmon-orange and yellow. It flowers best when under the slightly stressful conditions of a drier soil. Prefers a slightly acidic soil and leaves will show signs of chlorosis in an alkaline soil. Plant in full sun. Grows 20 to 40 feet where hardy. Some species are evergreen. Drought-tolerant. USDA Zones 9 to 11.
Silky, 2-1/2- to 3-inch trumpet pink (or sometimes white) flowers blooming en masse on a tendril-climbing woody vine are sure to make you think of balmier climes. Although commonly planted around a mailbox, mandevilla (Mandevilla sp.) looks stunning either climbing a trellis or trailing from a basket. A large, south to southwest window or a sunroom is best. Use sheer curtains in the afternoon. Water thoroughly, allowing soil to dry slightly between waterings. Fertilize every two weeks. In the summer move it outdoors. USDA Zones 8b to 11.
Looking for a plant to enjoy in the evening after a hard day's work? Take a look at moonvine (Ipomoea alba). This vigorous twining vine--a cousin of the morning glory--provides enchantment on a late-summer evening when its five- to six-inch, trumpet-shaped flowers open. Fragrant, creamy-white blooms open up in the early evening hours, ready to greet the weary after work. Plant in full sun to partial shade. Train up a trellis or fence; grows 10 to 15 feet. Use moonvine to create your moon garden. USDA Zones 8 to 11.
Purple Hyacinth Bean
What keeps gardeners flocking to this annual vine are its pinkish-purple flowers, abundant purple-green foliage, reddish-purple stems and, from late summer on, the purple hyacinth bean's (Lablab purpurea, formerly Dolichos lablab) signature--vibrant-reddish-purple pods. Pair its ornamental value with the fact that the seeds germinate with almost 100% reliability, and you have a perfectly easy-to-grow, fast-growing vine that looks good all summer long. Grows 10 to 20 feet; does best in full sun. May reseed in warm climates. Annual vine.
An easy-to-grow vine that produces fruits of different sizes and shapes, gourds (includes Curcubita, Lagenaria and Luffa) can be trained to climb trellises, arbors and fences. They grow quickly, producing large foliage and fruit that attracts kids and adults alike. Gourds have a wide variety of uses and fall into two main categories--edible and ornamental. In other cultures, gourds are used as dippers, bottles, dishes, musical instruments and more. Gourds are easily grown from seed; plant in clusters of five or six to ensure a sufficient harvest in case some plants don't thrive. Water daily and provide with ample fertilizer and full sun. During active growth, make sure the vines have adequate support. Foliage may become tattered and ratty-looking in late summer. Annual vine.
A woody twining vine that's fast out of the starting gate, akebia (Akebia quinata) can grow 20 to 40 feet in a single season. Use as a quick cover for arbors, fences and trellises or as a groundcover for stabilizing slopes or planting in a sun or shade garden. In early spring flowers appear with the five-leaflet, clean-green leaves; in fall purple pods appear. Easily grown in a range of light and moisture conditions, it is so adaptable that you have to prune it regularly and often to keep it in bounds. Keep it in check by growing it in large containers. Akebia is such a fast grower that it's considered an invasive species by some. Sometimes there's a thin line between a fast-growing vine and a weed out of control. USDA Zones (4)5 to 8.
Boston Ivy
Native to China, Boston ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) is a deciduous, self-clinging vine with large (up to six inches across) glossy green leaves that turn a brilliant orange to deep red in autumn. Blue-black berries occur in late spring and are attractive to birds and bees. Don't confuse this plant with evergreen English ivy, which clings much tighter to a surface. The tracery of the bare branches in winter is also attractive. Grow in any ordinary garden soil. Trim back as needed. Does best in climates with cool summer nights. USDA Zones (3)4 to 10.
Virginia Creeper
Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia). It's as common on the brick walls of university buildings as it is on brush piles in the middle of agricultural land. Farmers who have spent the better part of a Saturday trying in vain to get a handle on creeper-run-amok wouldn't knowingly invite this plant into their gardens. But this very vigorous woody vine can have a place in the landscape—as a cover for fences or walls in tough terrain where more finicky plants won't grow. Virginia creeper climbs by tiny adhesive-tipped tendrils, this plant can scale walls, trees, fence posts, and cover a brush pile in no time. A climb of 25 to 40 feet in a season is the least of its growth potential. Its calcium carbonate "cement" is hard to remove, so it's best to be certain you want it to climb a wall before you ask it to. Other gardeners appreciate this deciduous vine for its fall color (crimson to burgundy). One great cultivar is variegated. Warning: Virginia creeper has invasive tendencies in some areas of the country. Always check with your local extension office or trusted nurseryman to find out which plants are invasive in your area. USDA Zone (3)4 to 9.
Carolina Jessamine
The spring-flowering Carolina jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) is a twining evergreen or semi-evergreen vine that climbs 10 to 20 feet on a trellis, arbor or wall. The fragrant tubular flowers are vibrant yellow and one to two inches long. Wind- and drought-tolerant. Noted species include swamp jessamine (G. rankinii) and cultivars include 'Margarita' and 'Pride of Augusta' ('Plena'). USDA Zones 6 to 10 (11).
Crossvine (Bignonia capreolata) is a native semi-evergreen to evergreen woody vine that can climb a trellis using its tendrils or cling to smooth walls with its small disks. Its season of glory is in spring when large clusters of bright tubular flowers make a spectacular display for several weeks. 'Tangerine Beauty' is a show-stopping version that sometimes sporadically reblooms later in the season, but it doesn't have the fragrance of the species. Eventual height depends in part on its support--anywhere from 15 to 50 feet is usual. USDA Zones (5) 6 to 9. --Photo courtesy of Monrovia
Trumpet Creeper
Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans). It may take a year for this decidous vine to become established, but it grows extremely fast after it's settled in. The vine attaches itself to supports by means of aerial roots and also climbs by twining and grows quickly to 30 feet or more. The relatively new cultivar 'Monbal' offers clusters of up to 12 flowers, each four inches long. This tough vine grows anywhere--the woody-plant guru Michael Dirr says "If you cannot grow this, give up gardening; grows in any soil and also prospers in sidewalk cracks." Deciduous, hardy to USDA Zone 4. A tropical version of the trumpet vine, Distictis buccinatoria, is evergreen, has larger flowers and blooms over a longer period of time. It's hardy in the coastal regions of the South. The vine clings via tiny suction cups which leave visible scars whenever they're removed. Warning: Both of these vines may become invasive in the landscape and may require their growth to be kept in check. Read further about these dual trumpet vines. Always check with your local extension office or trusted nurseryman to find out which plants are invasive in your area. --Photo courtesy of Monrovia
Goldflame Honeysuckle
Goldflame honeysuckle (Lonicera x heckrottii x 'Goldflame') is probably the best of the climbing honeysuckles. The two-toned deep-pink and creamy-yellow flowers appear in spring with sporadic flowering on new growth until fall. A twiner to 15 or 20 feet. Hardy to USDA Zone 5 (or possibly 4).
Perhaps the grande dame of vines is wisteria (Wisteria sp.). When trained to climb a vertical structure, its long purple-blue or white racemes create a spectacular show in mid- to late-spring. This deciduous twining vine should be planted for the long-term, and as a result, should be placed on a structure that can ultimately handle its shrubby habit and resulting weight. Train it to grow up an arbor, trellis, fence, wall or other sturdy climbing structure where it can grow overhead. Can also be trained in tree-form. When planting, it may need extra help in getting started but will take off once established. Plant in a moist, but well-drained soil in a full sun location. Grows about 25 to 35 feet. Chinese wisteria (W. sinensis, USDA Zones 5 to 8) and Japanese wisteria (W. floribunda, USDA Zones (4)5 to 9) are quite beautiful, fragrant species but are known to escape from its garden confines into the wild. (Always check with your local extension office or trusted nurseryman to find out which plants are invasive in your area.) Try the native species, American wisteria (W. frutescens, USDA Zones 5 to 9), which is an equally vigorous climber and blooms later in the season than the Asian selections; notable cultivars include 'Longwood Purple' and 'Amethyst Falls'.
The tendril-climbing passion flower likes full sun or partial shade and will flourish in ordinary soil with decent nutrition and constant moisture.
With its delicate but ornate blossoms, the passion flower (Passiflora) is considered by many to be the most beautiful of all vine flowers. Its name is based on the appearance of the flower's pistils, said to resemble the three nails and five wounds of Christ. Flower color for various species is purple, blue, red and white; some are evergreen while others are deciduous. As many selections of Passiflora are vigorous growers, grow on trellis or walls. Attracts wildlife, including butterflies and caterpillars. Some species to consider: Passiflora x alatocaerulea have pinkish-purple flowers on evergreen plants (where it's hardy). P. coccinea produces bright red blooms on evergreen plants (where it's hardy). USDA Zones 9 to 11, depending on species. Perhaps the most cold-hardy passion vine is P. incarnata, which is native to the southeastern U.S. Flowers are pink and purple and appear in mid- to late-summer. USDA Zones (5)6 to 9.
Dutchman's Pipe
Native to the central and eastern U.S., Dutchman's pipe (Aristolochia durior) is an old favorite long used by Americans to protect porches from the summer sun. Growing 30 feet in one season, this deciduous, twining vine has large, heart-shaped leaves measuring six to 14 inches long. The unique flowers, which are mostly hidden by the foliage, are shaped like a small meerschaum pipe and attract wildlife, primarily butterflies and caterpillars. The vine will cover a 15-foot by 20-foot area in one season, creating an excellent screen that will give an old-fashioned flair to a porch. Plant in sun or part shade in moist, well-drained soil. The leaves may wilt in very dry conditions. USDA Zones 4 to 8.
Sweetautumn Clematis
Sweetautumn clematis (Clematis terniflora). For the better part of the growing season, sweetautumn clematis is a twining vine that's pretty innocuous until late summer and early fall, when the foliage is literally smothered with small white flowers—a welcome feast for the eye as the season winds down. Don't depend on sweetautumn clematis to give you full coverage of a support from the ground up. More often it climbs to the top of its support and then tumbles over and over itself, creating a mound of white at the top. A woody vine that comes back every year, it's a very fast grower (USDA Zones 5 to 8, possible 9).
The colorful pinwheels of clematis make this twining vine a beloved garden plant. Bloom habits vary--some types like 'Mrs. Cholmondely' bloom on old wood, others like the popular x jackmanii bloom on new wood, and still others such as 'Henryii'--one of the oldest large-flowering clematis--bloom on both old and new wood. Growth rates and hardiness vary according to species, variety and cultivar. If given the conditions it prefers--shaded roots and sun-exposed tops--clematis typically grow to about 10 feet. Check with your local extension agent or nurseryman to determine which clematis varieties do best in your area.
Morning Glory
Morning glory loves hot weather and doesn't want coddling (in fact, fertilizer and rich soil will produce more foliage and fewer flowers).
A long-time favorite of gardeners who love old-fashioned flowers, this rampant twining vine produces prodigious quantities of blooms. Each flower opens early in the day and fades by afternoon, lasting only that day. Plant one of the traditional favorites like 'Heavenly Blue' (Ipomoea tricolor) and you can expect 10 to 15 feet of growth. This annual plant doesn't have an invasive root system, but you can expect plenty of seedlings. If you can accept the weediness, morning glories are a good choice for covering fences and walls where management isn't going to be an issue. Pink, white, lavender, red, bicolors and stripes are also available.
Vines to Avoid
Some vines are better off left alone. Whether or not you decide to pass on morning glory or Virginia creeper, you might want to give cypress vine, porcelain vine (Ampelosis brevipedunculata) and akebia further scrutiny before you invite them home. To a lesser extent, English ivy and wintercreeper (Euonymus fortuneii) are a problem for some gardens; these plants are lovely when they're cultured and inbounds, but they're just as happy climbing trees as buildings.


text:
Anti-Bush Ad Promoted; Catholic Church Too
Conservative; Dr. Laura Lashed
1) Vague hype over basic facts on
the ILOVEYOU virus. CBS: "The virus then infiltrates the computer's
address book." No, it only infiltrates Microsoft Outlook and only on
Windows computers running MS Internet Explorer. Other operating systems
2) CBS, CNN and NBC all promoted a
Handgun Control Inc. ad denouncing an NRA official's boast about access to a
President Bush, but none raised concerns about "coordination" with
the Gore campaign as they had with a Bush ally's ad against McCain.
3) Only FNC found newsworthy
Thursday night the appearance of Charles Ruff before a House committee to talk
about White House e-mail. He offered "I don't recall" answers which,
FNC's Brian Wilson noted, matched what he said he'd say if caught in scandal.
4) NBC Nightly News took advantage
of Cardinal O'Connor's death to look at declining church attendance and how it
and the lack of enough priests is "a symptom of a church losing touch
with its American members" by not implementing an "update in
5) Dr. Laura confronted by a
hostile interviewer on MSNBC who demanded a "right to procreate" and
lashed out at her: "You have been divorced....You also posed nude for
photographs and then lied about the photographs....You fired your own
6) Chevy Chase declared that
"sometimes socialism works" to get people out of poverty and
insisted that free markets and socialism can work together "and I think
Cuba might prove that."
impact of the ILOVEYOU computer virus topped the three broadcast network
evening shows Thursday night, but while ABC and NBC at least mentioned
Microsoft Outlook, all three failed to inform viewers that the virus only did
damage to Windows computers also simultaneously running two specific Microsoft
programs. None pointed out how the virus had no impact on computers using the
UNIX, Linux or Mac operating systems, or that it only sent itself to Outlook
address book listings, not through other e-mail software, such as Lotus Notes
or Eudora.
The CBS Evening News
delivered the vaguest and most misleading reports which did not even mention
the role of Microsoft products. Dan Rather referred to how the virus is
"clogging e-mail systems" while reporter Jim Axelrod misleadingly
implied it is activated by any e-mail program: "Those who opened it found
out the hard way that sometimes love stinks." He also asserted that
"the virus needs just one person to open it on one computer at any given
business. The virus then infiltrates the computer's address book, forwarding
itself to everyone listed."
As noted above, that's
just not true. It does not infiltrate "the computers's address
book." It infiltrates just Microsoft Outlook and then only if the
computer has Microsoft's Internet Explorer installed, something Windows 98
users can't avoid but which means many Windows 95 users were not directly
impacted by the virus.
On the May 4
World News Tonight ABC's Peter Jennings warned: "As best we can tell
there is no corner of the world, nor any segment of society, from PC user to
the military establishment, that wasn't affected." Indirectly that may be
true, but not in a direct sense. ABC's Erin Hayes at least mentioned Outlook:
"Among the damage, it can dig into a computer's graphics and music files,
in some cases deleting them. But the biggest damage comes when the worm crawls
over to Microsoft Outlook."
NBC's Pete Williams on
Nightly News came closest to saying it only effects Outlook users: "Once
opened, it quickly sends out a copy of itself to every e-mail address store on
the target computer. Experts say it's designed to search the files of the
world's most popular e-mail program, Microsoft Outlook, then it worms its way
into computer files, destroying stored pictures and music."
The abcnews.com Web
site did a much better job in reporting what software must be present:
"Anyone running Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, or both Windows 95 and
Internet Explorer 5.0 is vulnerable, Chien said. The virus needs Microsoft
Outlook to spread. Macintosh and Linux users are not vulnerable." The
piece, as of when I read it, did not identify Chien or his or her first name.
For the full story, go to:
CBS, CNN and NBC all jumped at the chance Thursday night to promote a Handgun
Control Inc. ad denouncing an NRA official's boast about having access to a
future President Bush. All three showed Al Gore picking up on the attack, but
unlike when Bush allies in Texas paid for an ad attacking John McCain, none
raised questions about "coordination" or other ties between the gun
control groups and Gore's campaign.
CBS's Jim Stewart
buttressed the fear of NRA influence: "What makes the NRA's claim more
plausible than most, however, is their intent to spend up to $15 million on
this year's elections." Similarly, NBC's David Gregory asserted:
"This year the NRA is more closely aligned with the Republican Party than
ever before." Only CNN's Candy Crowley suggested Bush's position is the
more popular one, concluding a World Today piece:
"The Bush camp believes the Governor's emphasis
on prosecution of gun crimes, instant background checks and character
education has found resonance among voters. It is early yet in the campaign,
but so far there is statistical evidence to back up the Bush campaign theory.
As recently as Monday a poll showed when asked who is best able to handle the
gun issue, Americans favored George Bush over Al Gore by six percentage
Now to the CBS and NBC
stories. Dan Rather set up the CBS Evening News piece by using the term
"promote gun safety," a liberal spin: "The stark differences
between Vice President Al Gore and Texas Governor George Bush over ways to
curb gun violence and promote gun safety were highlighted today in a new way.
A National Rifle Association NRA official explained in public a boast that
he'd made in private caught on video."
Jim Stewart began his
report, as transcribed by MRC analyst Brad Wilmouth: "The pictures are a
bit grainy, but the enthusiasm was clear when 300 NRA faithful met privately
in California last February to hear what they can expect if George W. Bush
becomes President."
Kayne Robinson, NRA First Vice President in home
video: "If we win, we'll have a Supreme Court that will back us to the
hilt. If we win, we'll have a President, with at least one of the people
that's running, a President where we work out of their office. Unbelievably
friendly relations."
Stewart continued: "The NRA has always backed
Bush, but they've never claimed a relationship this close. Now a pro-gun
control group has turned the tape into an ad against Bush and the NRA....It's
the latest turn in what has become one of the hottest issues of the campaign
-- gun control. Al Gore is for it. George W. Bush is not and made the NRA
happy by signing a law allowing Texas citizens to carry concealed weapons and
another that bars Texas cities from suing gun makers. But campaigning in
California today, Bush pointed out he's never been a member of the NRA and
sought to downplay the group's ambitions."
George W. Bush: "Well, I don't want to
disappoint the man, but I'll be setting up shop in the White House. It'll be
my office. I'll make the decisions as to what goes on in the White
Stewart: "While Gore, on the stump in Chicago,
was quick to make the connection."
Al Gore: "His agenda clearly and overwhelmingly
reflects their influence."
Stewart concluded by giving credibility to the gun
control group's basic charge: "Access often equates to power in this
town, and it's not unusual for a lobby to brag about having influence with a
candidate. What makes the NRA's claim more plausible than most, however, is
their intent to spend up to $15 million on this year's elections."
Stewart said nothing
about how much pro-gun control groups plan to spend.
On the NBC Nightly
News David Gregory opened by playing a portion of the Handgun Control ad which
showed Kayne Robinson before the narrator demanded: "The White House is
our house and it shouldn't belong to the NRA."
Gregory then went to Nina Butts of Texans Against Gun
Violence, who complained that Bush has given the NRA what it wants in Texas:
concealed handguns and a law forbidding suits by cities against the gun
industry. Gregory proceeded: "Today, Governor Bush made no apologies for
his ties to the gun lobby, but insisted he's not beholden to the NRA."
After a clip of Bush saying he makes up his own mind
on issues, Gregrory countered: "But this year the NRA is more closely
aligned with the Republican Party than ever before. The group has given the
party more than $500,000 since last year, compared to under $100,000 during
the '96 campaign. And just last week NRA Vice President Wayne LaPierre served
as a Vice Chairman of the RNC gala, pledging another $250,000. And Bush
advisers are quick to point out that he supports gun control measures the NRA
opposes, like a minimum age on handgun possession and a ban on the import of
ammo clips carrying dozens of rounds. Still, today Vice President Gore was
anxious to join the attack."
Viewers heard Gore claim that under Bush gun
lobbyists will move from the lobby into the Oval Office. Gregory concluded:
"The gun debate is delicate. For Bush the danger is being too close to
the NRA. For Gore, being too extreme about gun control. Polls show what voters
want is middle ground."
The highest-ranking official yet to testify before the House Government Reform
Committee on the missing White House e-mail appeared Thursday, but only FNC
cared Thursday night about what former White House counsel Charles Ruff had to
say. Not a word was uttered about the hearing on the ABC, CBS or NBC evening
shows, nor on CNN's Inside Politics or The World Today. (Surprisingly, Friday
morning ABC's Good Morning America did run a piece by John Cochran. More on
that in the next CyberAlert.)
FNC's Special Report
with Brit Hume on May 4 led with Brian Wilson's story showing how Ruff said he
could not recall certain key facts, an "I don't remember" answer
that Wilson recalled matched what Ruff once told Bob Woodward he'd say if ever
caught up in a Watergate-like scandal. The 7pm ET Fox Report ran a one-minute
item on the hearing.
Brian Wilson began his
Special Report with Brit Hume story, as transcribed by the MRC's Brad Wilmouth,
by reporting how Ruff told the committee "he is ultimately responsible
for White House legal decisions made back then."
After a matching soundbite, Wilson explained:
"Documents show he was notified in June of 1998 that a large number of
White House e-mails were not being properly saved, and he clearly understood
at the time that this computer glitch might have larger ramifications."
Committee Chairman Dan Burton: "Were you
concerned that the problem might have affected the White House's ability to
comply with outstanding subpoenas?"
Ruff: "I was, yes."
Wilson: "In order to find out if the search for
Monica Lewinsky documents had been affected by the glitch, he ordered up a
test search. Ruff seems not to know much about how that test was conducted or
even who conducted it."
Burton: "You don't remember who you asked to do
the search?"
Ruff: "I do not nor whether indeed I did any
somebody to do the search."
Burton: "You don't remember, she doesn't
remember who ordered the search or how broad the search was, you know, I hope
whoever's paying attention to this realizes that we have a lot of people in
the White House that simply don't remember anything."
Wilson the re-capped
testimony from the previous day when the committee learned that reference to
how the White House knew of the problem in 1998 was deleted by Ruff's
successor from a report to Congress filed this March.
Wilson wrapped up by
recalling: "By the way, many years ago, Chuck Ruff was a young lawyer
working on the Watergate investigation of Richard Nixon. He was later
interview by Bob Woodward about his experiences and what he would do if he was
ever called before a committee and asked tough questions. He said he would
say, 'Gee, I just don't remember what happened back then, and they won't be
able to indict me for perjury. I intend to rely on that failure of memory.'
Brit, we assume that was said in jest."
Sounds more like an
accurate preview.
Hitting them when they're mourning. ABC's World News Tonight on May 4 didn't
mention the passing of New York City's Cardinal John O'Connor and the CBS
Evening News ran a brief item featuring praise for his work from the Pope, but
the NBC Nightly News took advantage of his death to run an In Depth look at
declining church attendance and how it and the lack of enough priests is
"a symptom of a church losing touch with its American members" by
being too conservative.
Thursday night Dan
Rather noted how O'Connor had died after a battle with cancer, adding:
"O'Connor was a staunch defender of church doctrine, opposing abortion,
homosexuality, capital punishment and the ordination of women. Pope John Paul
called the Cardinal, quote, 'a deeply spiritual man and a vigorous defender of
human life.'"
NBC Nightly News
devoted its In Depth segments to the Catholic Church. First, Rehema Ellis
profiled O'Connor, but instead of sticking to the positive as one normally
does in remembering someone who has passed away, she ran battling soundbites
on his legacy: "In a city known for its liberal views, O'Connor was an
unwavering supporter of the Pope's conservative positions, opposing gay
rights, contraception and abortion."
William Donohue, Catholic League: "Here's a man
who gave us a moral compass, he gave us some understanding, who grounded our
religion not only in the teachings of the church but in common sense."
Ellis: "But even today, many liberal Catholics
disapprove of his leadership."
Frances Kissling, Catholics for a Free Choice:
"Those of us who work on issues related to reproduction and sexuality, he
was an archbishop who was both unaccessible and often quite cold in relation
to us."
(In a Today story
Thursday morning, MRC analyst Geoffrey Dickens noticed, Ellis found liberal
activities of O'Connor to admire: "The soft voice and ready smile so
familiar to New Yorkers masked a tough, unyielding view, of Catholic morality
on sex, abortion and homosexuality. But the leader of New York's Catholics was
no rigid conservative. In the '80s O'Connor offered a public apology for
anti-Semitism in the Church's past. He was often publicly pro-labor and a
defender of immigrant's rights. And he preached frequently about an America
too quick to accept guns and violence.")
Setting up the second
Nighty News In Depth piece, Tom Brokaw promised "a look at the shortage
of priests and an American church in crisis." Jim Avila, just back from
Havana where he spent a month discovering the joys of "the Cuban good
life," warned: "Experts say America's priest shortage is the biggest
challenge facing this country's 60 million Catholics."
He cited numbers
showing that the numbers of priest in the U.S. has fallen from 58,000 in 1965
to 45,000, so now out of "dignified desperation" the Chicago
Archdiocese is running TV ads and buying billboard space to promote
priesthood. Avila showed the TV ad with the words on screen: "Minimize
your wardrobe" followed by "Maximize your potential" followed
by "Consider the priesthood."
After Frances George,
Archbishop of Chicago, explained their hope to create a climate where becoming
a priest is a good thing to think about, Avila countered:
"But critics say clever ads fail to address the
real problem, the lack of priests a symptom of a church losing touch with its
American members. Father Andrew Greeley, well-known liberal priest and
novelist often at odds with Rome, says clergy and their followers now
discouraged by church refusal to allow women or married priests or any update
in theology."
Greeley: "There have been serious attempts made
to put the church back where it was 30 or 40 years ago."
Avila: "Still, 23 percent of Americans say they
are Catholic. But regular church going has declined, 150 fewer churches today
than five years ago, Catholic schools closing by the thousands too. Thirteen
thousand open in 1965, dropping steadily to just over 8,000 today. The one
growth area: inner city schools, Hispanics and non-Catholics avoiding bad
public schools."
Avila concluded:
"Schools that turn out good students but very few priests for today's
Catholic church."
Avila never addressed
the seeming contradiction between how the church can be facing a crisis of not
enough priests while it is simultaneously in a crisis because it's losing
church-goers, churches and schools due to a lack of enthusiasm for the
church's doctrine.
Dr. Laura Schlessinger, the national radio talk show host despised by liberals
for dispensing conservative, morally-based lifestyle advice, was assaulted
Thursday afternoon on MSNBC by an angry woman host. Schlessinger appeared live
at 2:30pm ET on MSNBC's three-hour Home Page gabfest targeted at women viewers
and hosted by three women, to talk about her new book, Parenthood by Proxy:
Don't Have Them If You Won't Raise Them.
She appeared on the
Ft. Lee New Jersey-based show from NBC's studios in Manhattan, which was
fortunate given the hostility from question number one forward displayed by
Ashleigh Banfield, who handled the interview solo. In her very first inquiry
she told Dr. Laura her "solutions seem a little backward."
Then she got really
hostile. Here are the rest of her questions, in the form of lectures, as
transcribed by MRC analyst Paul Smith:
-- "I think a lot
of people are suggesting that the Ward and June Cleaver relationship is very
difficult in this day and age. I know that you advocate that you don't
necessarily need all that extra money in a dual income family, that perhaps
your standards are too high. But, honestly, I look at you and the amount of
money that you've made in your life. I read some statistics on you. I think
you make about a million dollars a year and you sold your radio rights back in
1997 for about $71 million. Not to mention the royalties from your five
bestselling books, and two children's books and your TV show that is about to
come out on September 11. Correct me if I'm wrong, and I certainly don't mean
any disrespect when I say this, aren't you living in a very big, beautiful
glass castle and the average guy out there really needs that extra money in a
dual income family?"
-- "I am going to
take you on a little personally here Dr. Laura only because I have considered
in my lifetime having a child on my own without a father in the family. I know
you are absolutely diametrically opposed to that saying that it is one of the
most selfish things that a person can do. I do have to ask you though if me,
as a single person, doesn't have a right to procreate and if I just haven't
seemed to meet my special someone else, do I therefore need to be
discriminated against by society because my friends have said that they want
to have children just because they want to have children. I feel the same
Schlessinger said you
are not entitled to use or abuse other people by putting your needs first, so
yes Banfield is being "selfish." She added that it's a "crime
to obligate a child to the loss of either a mommy or a daddy."
-- "On that same
vein Dr. Laura, is it also a crime then to put your child in the media
spotlight because the choices that you've made in your life have really put
you, catapulted you into the media spotlight. You have been the object of
glaring criticism in the media and that's got to be difficult for your son. Do
you not think that perhaps in essence you're also a bit selfish in your career
-- "I have to ask
you, because this has been such a huge media topic lately, your views on gays
and homosexuals, etcetera. You have been known to say that that behavior is
deviant and that it is biologically wrong. What would you do Dr. Laura if your
fourteen-year-old son Derek came home and told you he was gay?"
-- "How would
Derek feel knowing what you think about that behavior if he were to come home
and tell you this?"
-- "I'm going
over a shopping list of things you are against: divorce, living together,
working moms, premarital sex, lying, immoral behavior, homosexuality, family
differences and day care. Now I'm going to go over the list of some of the
rules that you've broken in your lifetime. You have been divorced. You lived
with your current husband before you married him, Lou Bishop. You also posed
nude for photographs and then lied about the photographs at first and then
claimed the rights to those photographs. You fired your own mother when she
worked for you and you have not spoken with her for fourteen years and you
also put Derek into day care when he was three years old. You're also a
working mom. I guess I just have to ask you what leg do you have to stand on
to talk about suggestions for people and the way they live?"
Schlessinger began her
retort: "Well, only a few of the things that you even mentioned are
accurate and this is not the purpose for my being here. Not to defend myself
against inaccuracies that occur in the media regularly because it's a shoot
the messenger kind of procedure where I am talking about things, it amazes me
that talking about traditional values is controversial but it seems to
No wonder so few watch
MSNBC. They create a daytime show aimed at attracting stay at home moms --
Home Page airs from 1 to 4pm ET/10am to 1pm PT -- and then have liberal
feminist women host it who are hostile to the lifestyle chosen by their target
Saturday marks two weeks since Earth Day, an Earth Day largely submerged by
the Elian Gonzalez raid that morning, but now I've come across a way to unite
Elian and Earth Day. On Earth Day actor Chevy Chase declared that
"sometimes socialism works" to get people in the Third World out of
poverty and insisted that free markets and socialism can work together
"and I think Cuba might prove that."
Marc Morano, of the
syndicated TV show American Investigator, captured Chase's comments on tape
during an interview he conducted with Chase as he caught the actor and his
wife, Jayni, just as they hopped out of their sedan behind the Earth Day rally
stage on Washington's Mall.
+++ Watch Chase argue
for the virtues of socialism. Morano has graciously provided the MRC with the
raw footage of this April 22 interview and late this morning the MRC's Eric
Pairel will post a clip of it in RealPlayer format. Go to: http://www.mrc.org
For more about
Morano's show and Chase's comments, go to:
Here are some of the
highlights from his interview, taken from a transcript confirmed by MRC intern
Michael Ferguson:
-- Morano: "Let me give you a simple question,
then. Is capitalism and development a good way to help the developing world's
Chevy Chase: "No, not necessarily. No, not
Morano: "Why not?"
Chase: "Because sometimes socialism works."
Morano: "Socialism works to help people out of
Chase: "Yeah."
Morano: "So countries in the developing world,
you would say capitalism is not the answer to help them bring in wealth and
Jayni Chase: "It varies."
Chevy Chase: "I would say that's a very broad
question. But I would say if you just said is capitalism the way? I would say
the is answer is no, not necessarily."
-- Morano: "How
does socialism help people out of poverty?"
Chase: "I don't want to get into that. I mean
now we got to get up to the thing. I think it's conclusive that there have
been areas where socialism has helped to keep people at least stabilized at a
certain level. There's no middle class, there's no opportunity. There are no
First Amendment rights, there certainly isn't the same as this Constitution.
But when you just say capitalism versus socialism, it's too simple, I
Morano: "Okay free markets-?"
Chase: "I think free markets are important, but
you know, you can do both and I think Cuba might prove that."
Cuba just proves
socialism doesn't work and you need a dose of capitalism to prevent people
from starving. --
Brent Baker
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