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A thorough distribution of tile drains installed as outlined below, should meet all the requirements commonly imposed from the drainage standpoint upon the construction of these recreation areas. Lines of 4-inch tile should be placed, at intervals of not more than 10 feet. For the most thorough and ideal drainage of these areas, provided the cost is not prohibitive, the construction would be as follows: A neat sub-grade should be made at a depth not exceeding 15 to 18 inches below the proposed finished surface of the recreation area. The necessary lines of tile should be laid in trenches at a depth varying between 2 and 2 1/2 feet below the finished grade, these trenches to be filled with cinders, crushed stone or gravel (Fig. 1355). On this sub-grade, thus completed, the entire recreation area should be filled to a point approximately 6 inches below the proposed finished grade, with cinders, or some equally porous material. On this finished surface, the remaining 6 inches should be filled with a layer of loam free from clay, but composed of a small percentage of sand.
In this way, a firm surface will be obtained which will readily care for any surface and subsoil water.
The secret of a perfect road surface lies (1) in the proper crown of the road, and (2) in the adequate drainage of the subsoil or foundation. The first provision cares for the surface water, and the second provision eliminates any surplus ground-water.
On all private estates on which roads are constructed on heavy clay soils and not on grades greater than 4 per cent, the secret of success depends upon drainage installed in either of the two ways shown in Fig. 1358 or Fig. 1359. Installing a line of drains under the middle of the road is used in soils in which the groundwater level is abnormally high. Such drains should range in depth from 2 to 3 1/2 feet below the finished surface of the road, and the trenches should be filled with a porous material and not with the natural soil. The method of installing drainage under the sides of the road, as shown in Fig. 1358 is used in heavy clay soils, and serves to keep the foundation of the road on well-drained soil. These drains are installed at a depth varying from 2 to 3 feet in trenches filled with cinders or equally porous material.
Fig. 1357. Draining a tennis-court.
Turf pleasure roads, so frequently constructed on private estates, should be thoroughly drained with a line of tile placed under the middle of the road, unless the road is constructed on a heavy foundation of field-stone or gravel which forms a natural drain path for surface-water and soil-water.
In providing drainage along the sides of roads constructed on clay soils through virgin woods, it is sometimes necessary to carry these drainage lines a considerable distance through the woods to suitable outlet points. The joints of all such fines of drainage should be cemented, otherwise the artificial conditions produced by the increased drainage will work serious injury to many large trees growing on either side. In general it is very unsafe to install drainage fines through virgin woods, without this precaution. Roads constructed through such woods would better be drained by laying a line of tile under the middle of the road as shown in Fig. 1359.
A most frequent method of providing drainage for walks is that shown in Fig. 1359. A line of 4-inch tile is laid at a depth varying between 18 inches and 30 inches below the finished grade of the walk and following the middle line of the walk. The trench for the tile is filled with a porous material to a height even with the bottom of the cinders used for the foundation of the walk, or laid as shown in Fig. 1359.
All trees planted in clay soil require drainage. If the pockets in which such trees are planted are not thoroughly drained, the area excavated and re-filled with soil when the trees are planted becomes a pocket for ground-water. This pocket or reservoir collects the water, which, if not carried off by means of drains, will very likely cause the death of the trees. All large trees, especially those which do not grow best with their roots in the water, must be provided with drainage. The common method of drainage is to install a line of 4-inch tile leading from the bottom of the excavated hole to a main line of tile which may have been installed for other drainage purposes, or to the nearest outlet if no such line exists.
It is a frequent practice, especially on large estates, to install open ditches from 50 to 100 feet apart in swamps and in salt marshes, in order to provide a means for draining such areas, and thus preventing the presence of stagnant water, which is conducive to the breeding of mosquitos. These trenches are excavated at depths varying from 2 to 3 1/2 feet. The more frequent the trenches, the shallower they may be made and still provide adequate drainage.
The foregoing article pertains only to the particular phases of drainage especially to be considered in connection with landscape work. For additional information on the general details concerned with drainage, refer to the main article upon drainage, p. 1072.
A. D. Taylor.
Fig. 1360. Detail of drain connections. (See Fig. 1356.)
Drainage is an essential in all retentive soils and is a safeguard even on sandy gravelly subsoils against overwatering. Drainage is likely to be vetoed on the score of expense or on the excuse that the subsoil is gravelly; whereas, there are only gravel stones in hard-pan which holds water. A drain made by filling a pit with stones is frequently inadequate as it fills with water, which backs up into the hole, saturates the soil around the roots and rots them. Rotting of only a part of the roots may injure the tree more than the cutting off of that amount of roots.
The soil in which to plant should be open, porous and aerated. Soil which has been piled up as in grading operations is likely to be sour from the decay of the sod and from the packing by teams and scraper. Muck from ponds which has been piled and mixed with lime for a year may still be sour. Clay soil packed by the water and packing-sticks may remain too compact and not aerated enough, may be too much saturated with water and, therefore, rot the roots. Manure should not be mixed in the soil around the roots on account of the danger of souring and rotting the roots. This rotting is determined by digging down to the roots and finding them of blue-black color with a sour smell. Sometimes this decay has not reached through the bark of the roots and other times it has penetrated the bark and turned the cambium blue-black. Sour soil is likely to be of bluish or greenish color rather than chocolate-brown, and have a sour smell like that underneath a manure heap. The smell is most readily detected by breaking open a lump of soil. In digging into sour soil and soil that is over-satu-rated, the spade makes a peculiar sucking noise as in digging in a bog.
If at the time of examination the soil is already become sour, it is best to take out this sour soil and put in fresh soil covering the roots only 4 inches. The ball of earth in the center will not be so liable to get sour because it has not been disturbed. As brought out by Stringfellow in the "New Horticulture," soil that is dug over will take in water and become saturated; whereas, soil that has not been disturbed will retain air in the soil-spaces even if submerged. The ball of earth is also prevented from becoming saturated by the undisturbed feeding-roots which absorb the moisture.
Watering cannot be by rule, but must depend on examination of both ball of earth in the center and the outer roots. The difficulty will be to keep the ball of earth sufficiently damp on account of the rapid withdrawing of moisture by the roots. The danger will be that the soil outside the ball of earth will take up the water too rapidly, remain saturated several days and rot the roots. Examination is best done by shovel and fork, digging down 1 1/2 feet both in the ball and outside. An easier way is to bore into the soil with an auger. It will usually be found that the central ball of earth is dry and dusty in the summer even if the surface and outer soil is damp. The growth of weeds and grass will indicate the same. A good way to water is to make a basin around the width of the ball of earth, fill it with water 6 inches deep, make crowbar holes into the ball for it to soak in. Many mistakes are made in overwatering- letting the hose run all night or watering every day, thereby rotting the roots.
Mulching is frequently neglected, the tree starving for lack of humus. A close-cut lawn around a newly planted tree may be the ideal of neatness, but it means starvation and thirst for the tree and is the principal cause of slow growth over several years, making new, bare and ugly landscapes. The mulch should extend as wide as the roots and be from 3 to 6 inches deep, of strawy manure, leaves, grass, salt hay or similar organic matter. Too much manure may sour the soil and rot the roots, if it lies heavy and compact and keeps out the air. Light strawy manure is better. If the mulch blows about and is untidy, it may be kept in position by wire netting, earth, or the planting of small shrubs.
Henry Hicks.
Fig. 1361. Setting a newly transplanted large tree.
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Love Chinese Food? Then you are really going to love these easy to make recipe. Crock Pot Honey Sesame Chick is ridiculously tasty, simply, cheap and might even be better that your local takeout restaurant. It's a family friendly recipe that will become a favorite. Enjoy!
o Preparation time: 10 minute(s) o Cooking time: 2-4 hours o Number of servings (yield): 6
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (thighs work too), diced into one inch cubes
- Salt and Pepper
- 1 cup honey
- ½ cup low-sodium soy sauce, gluten free
- ½ cup diced onion
- ¼ cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoons olive oil {substitute vegetable oil or canola oil if needed}
- 2 cloves garlic, mined
- ¼ tsp red pepper flakes ( this is optional – it adds more flavor and not heat)
- 4 teaspoons cornstarch dissolved in 6 tablespoons hot water
- Sesame seeds
- 1-2 scallions {green onions} finely chopped
- I served the chicken over rice, but you could do vegetables or noodles as well.
- Once your chicken is cubed, lightly season with salt & pepper and put in crock-pot.
- In a small bowl, combine honey, soy sauce, ketchup, onion, oil, pepper flakes, and garlic. Pour over the chicken.
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Major thanks to Angela at Oh She Glows for this recipe! http://ohsheglows.com/2011/10/03/butternut-squash-mac-n-cheeze/
The Boyfriend loved it. "Wait, there's no cheese in this?" he said. SCORE! (He needs to eat less dairy. It upsets his stomach but he likes it; well, he doesn't have to sleep in a room with him after he eats half a pizza!)
We polished off the entire pot between the two of us. So much for "4 servings." Next time I want to double the recipe so we can take leftovers for lunch the next day! And I'm definitely making this again.
I managed to find a 1.5 lb Butternut Squash at the grocery store, and used the entire thing in this recipe for a little over 1 cup once the chunks were roasted.
It was a little strong on the mustard flavor for my personal preference, which is probably because I only had Country Dijon instead of the regular stuff. So I'll go light on that next time.
I don't own garlic or onion powder, but I bought some garlic salt and shook a little of that into the sauce (probably 1 tsp worth, I didn't measure) in lieu of those ingredients. Plus added a bit more Nooch.
I tried a new brand of rice pasta yesterday – DeBoles Rice Spirals. They were on sale so I bought those, plus some Rice+Flax Spirals that I'll try next time and see which I like better. They were good; I kept a careful eye on them so I wouldn't overcook the noodles, and they turned out a really nice texture and flavor. The package is 8oz which was perfect for this recipe – though again, I wanted more!


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Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house, And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again. And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you. (Luke 10:4-8, emphasis mine; compare Matt. 10:9-13)
First, they were based upon an abiding principle: "the labourer is worthy of his hire." As we saw in a previous post, this is an abiding Scriptural principle which was stated in the OT (Deut 25:4, 18:1), affirmed by Christ here, and continued in teaching by Paul (1 Cor 9:9, 13; 1 Tim 5:18). Those who minister spiritual things have a right to receive 'carnal' or physical necessities from those for whom they minister (1 Cor 9:11).
Second, Jesus was trying to teach them a lesson on faith and the faithful provision of God, as we see by His later statements (Luke 22:35).
- Teach It: This obligation should always be taught to new churches, no matter how poor they are. We have no right to withhold this command from them.
- Practice It: This right should, in many cases, be taken by the missionary, as he receives support from those new churches he has planted and is ministering to on the field. This will not be popular with many, but it is Scriptural. I don't know of anyone practicing it now, but it should be.
- Sometimes Die to It: This missionary right should be died to by some missionaries. Some should receive support from elsewhere (sending and supporting churches, a secular job, other Christians on the field, etc.). Principles that guided Paul in making this decision were discussed in that other post.


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The High Commissioner for Australia in the United Kingdom, HE Mr John Dauth, recently found time to record a short entry for the Jubilee Time Capsule.
In his entry the High Commissioner recalls the first time he encountered The Queen as a seven-year old boy. It was 1954 and The Queen was undertaking Her first visit to Australia . The High Commissioner's parents took him to the Newcastle Sports Ground in New South Wales where they saw The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh drive by.
His Excellency explains that he wasn't expecting to encounter The Queen again, but that surprisingly Her Majesty turned out to be a "marvellous thread" throughout his professional career.
From taking up the position as one of The Queen's Press Secretaries in 1977, to serving as Secretary to the Australian delegation at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Melbourne in 1981. And most recently attending the Perth CHOGM in 2011 as High Commissioner, His Excellency reflects on his encounters with Her Majesty and Her 60 years as Head of the Commonwealth.
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This summer I have experienced a few works of fiction by the famous author Ray Bradbury, and I decided to post a few of my thoughts.
The only work of Bradbury's that I had read before this summer is his short story, "All Summer in a Day." This is one of my favorite works of short fiction. The setting is a space colony on the planet Venus, where torrential rain and thunderstorms fill the skies all year round, and the sun only shines for one hour every seven years. Among a group of school children, only a girl named Margot remembers the last time the sun came out. She waits with quiet apprehension as the day of sunshine approaches, while the other children make fun of her, because they remember nothing of the sun. If you haven't read it, I recommend that you read it now (it shouldn't take you more than 5 minutes). The tragedy of the story and the beauty of its telling is really wonderful. Here is a link to the PDF:
The next time I experienced Bradbury's artistry was two months ago, when I read Fahrenheit 451. This turned out to be one of my favorite books, ranking 4th, below Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Alan Paton's Cry, The Beloved Country, and Uncle Tom's Cabin (yes, I have an ordered list of all my favorite books). I greatly enjoyed Bradbury's clear, simple style, which, while not exceedingly pretty, conveys images powerfully. The setting is fascinating: a decadent society under an oppressive government, with certain individuals struggling to perpetuate the wisdom that humanity has acquired. Montag's outer quest for knowledge and inner quest for understanding are admirably portrayed. All this is combined with vivid characterization and the resonant theme that humanity's hope lies in knowledge and remembrance of our past – that we must understand ourselves, and perpetuate that understanding, if we wish to survive and advance to a higher state of being. I can't speak for everyone, but for me qualities like these make for one heck of a book! I couldn't put it down until I finished it, and then I wished there was more.
A couple of weeks ago, remembering how much I enjoyed Fahrenheit 451, I decided to look for more Bradbury at my library. I ended up checking out a collection of short stories entitled One More for the Road. It was a jumble of all sorts of stories – from sad to funny, from touching to somewhat horrific, from mundane to otherworldly. Some of the stories I found cryptic or just too weird for me, but I really enjoyed several of them. I'll go over some of those here:
- "The Dragon Danced at Midnight." A humorous story about Willis Hornbeck Junior, the operator of a film projector whose drinking habits cause him to play film reels out of order. The public loves his new "artistic" style of rearranging movies, and he becomes famous throughout the nation… for a while.
- "The Nineteenth." A sad tale of two men who meet while collecting lost golf balls from a course. The men are father and son, but the father has virtually no recollection of his son at all (whether from Alzheimers, or some other problem, the story does not say). Somewhat cryptic, but I enjoyed it anyway.
- "The F. Scott/Tolstoy/Ahab Accumulator." A half-serious story based on the half-serious idea of traveling back in time to find great authors who lived and died miserably, and change their lives for the better. Scientifically speaking, I'm sure there are all sorts of problems with this, but it definitely makes for a good story! The protagonist helps Leo Tolstoy escape from his domestic problems, tries to re-inspire Melville, and attempts to dissuade Ernest Hemingway from committing suicide.
- "With Smiles as Wide as Summer." A playful story told through the eyes of a six-year-old, describing his adventures on one happy summer day.
- "Autumn Afternoon." My favorite story in the collection, this one is about a young girl named Juliet who wants to remember every day that goes by, and her old aunt who finds she has more in common with her niece than she thought. Can each day really be as special as Juliet says it is?
While several of Bradbury's short stories did not appeal to me, some of the others were beautiful, the kind of story that could be read over and over without getting old. I was stunned by the mastery of Fahrenheit 451, but since it is the only novel of his that I've read, I haven't got a very large sample to judge Bradbury from. I plan to read another eventually, (perhaps Dandelion Wine, or The Martian Chronicles) to get a more complete idea of his writing, and I will most likely post a review when I do.
Thanks for reading!
© Samuel Birrer and Serendipity, 2013.


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Christina Aguilera is set to get her voice back on the airwaves!
The Voice mentor will be working with Max Martin for her upcoming single due out next month, according to Billboard.
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Exercise GUERRIER NORDIQUE (GN) will take place from February 24 to March 12, 2011, in the James Bay region. In order to prepare for the arrival of the troops, an advance party will be deployed to Radisson by road starting February 8, 2011.
All types of military vehicles will leave from Valcartier and will head eastbound on Highway 40 and northbound on Highway 15 and Routes 117 and 109, and then take James Bay Road. The party will take rest stops at Joliette, Mirabel, Grand-Remous, Val-d'Or, Matagami, kilometre 257 and kilometre 381. Two main movements by road are scheduled, from February 8 to 11 and from February 15 to 20.
All necessary measures have been taken to minimize the impact on residents and the environment.
The objective of Exercise GN is to train Canadian Forces troops in Quebec to develop expertise performing operations in the austere conditions of an arctic or subarctic climate and to foster relations with local communities and civilian agencies.
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Dear All,
Maybe circulating this among other lists would draw international attention to the danger and increase pressure to protect them.
Jenny Scott
Collection Specialist - South Australiana
State Library of South Australia
+61 8 8207-7344
GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
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From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ray Edmondson
Sent: Tuesday, 6 June 2006 2:03 PM
To: 'A Mailing List for Australian Archivists'
Subject: RE: [Aus-archivists] Timor Records destroyed
I think you should alert the media - especially the broadsheets and the 7.30
Report - which may bring quicker action than contacting the UN or the PM's
office (both of which you should do too). These records are very vulnerable
now and would be naïve to assume there are not people with agendas who are
making deliberate use of the mayhem...if I'm to believe the media reports,
the destruction of Serious Crimes records was very targeted.
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Cuddihy,
Sent: Tuesday, 6 June 2006 1:00 PM
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Subject: RE: [Aus-archivists] Timor Records destroyed
Dear Australian archivists
Further to the looting of the 1999 Serious Crimes records, I am seeking
suggestions from fellow archivists and archives supporters on how to
raise a security issue and activate preventative measures around
vulnerable Truth and Reconciliation Commission records in Timor-Leste at
the present moment.
Last night the grounds of the former Truth Commission were broken into
by a large group of men (50 - 100) carrying and firing guns who cut the
perimeter fence and took over 30 motorbikes. These motorbikes were used
by Commission staff in obtaining submissions on human rights violations
from over 8000 people from all over the country.
The records of the Truth Commission, including these 8,000 submissions
on human rights violations, are stored on the same site. These records
tell an indepth story of Timor-Leste from 1974 to 1999 and document
human rights violations, forced displacements, famine, etc and contain
much private and sensitive material.
The security guards at the Truth Commission have no guns and when they
telephoned for help were told that nothing could be done about looting.
So far the rooms containing the records have not been looted.
If anyone could suggest how to elevate this issue to higher levels of
authority and within the Australian Defence Forces currently in
Timor-Leste to ensure that the building is at least protected by armed
security to pre-empt the very real possibility that it and its valuable
contents will be looted, then it would be much appreciated.
Delene Cuddihy
CAVR - Truth, Reconciliation and Reception Commission
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Sent: Thursday, 1 June 2006 15:14
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Here is a link to a story which appeared on the ABC news radio the other
morning entitled Serious Crimes Unit Office looted in Dili
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Trains in Europe rock. Especially for those carrying paragliders.
I walked into the station with my enormous rucksack and two other
bags, bought tickets, boarded the train and sat down in a roomy, clean
comfortable seat. My bags weren't searched, I didn't endure
magnetometers or lines, nobody asked me for papers or even checked my ticket until we were
well on the way. The train left within seconds of its scheduled time of
There were no seat belts—you could get up and walk around at will.
Not bad.
These things are fast, too. After making a few stops within an hour
or so of leaving, they put the hammer down until we were zipping towards
Paris at over 100 mph. Watching the landscape pass by at that speed was
mesmerizing. It took an easy 3:30 to get there.
One bathroom
served only about 25 seats and I had a table for my laptop. All this for 70
Euros. When I first boarded the train, I wandered up into first class.
Sweet. Each seat has a plug, a light, tons of legroom
and plenty of width. Next time I may spring for the extra 50 Euros. I
wonder, though, how they would react to putting a paramotor on there?
Having ridden on the train it is now obvious why Europeans are paying
$8/gal for gas: subsidies. Public transportation must get the rest—there's
no way fares can pay for such elegance. In spite of a big
European soccer match (they call it football) the train was never more
than half full.
If you go to Europe, make sure to include a segment traveling by
train. It's worthwhile and a great way to see lots of countryside. Plus,
if you buy fuel for your car, you're paying for fare on the train anyway
given the tax diversion.
My diversion to Paris was last minute so I had no hotel reservation.
After arriving at the Gare Lyon (Lyon Station), I hadn't a clue where to
go. Do I go to a hotel? Do I explore Paris a bit? Unfortunately, I
wasn't feeling great so I opted for the hotel but figured it would be
best to get close to the airport. Thankfully, enough people spoke
English that I found a bus to the airport. Then looking for a hotel
produced sticker shock extraordinaire.
The first place I went to was a hotel in the airport. Yes, I know
those are the most expensive but about fell out of my shoes when the
fellow said they have only a few room left and the charge would 600
Euros. SIX HUNDRED! And in dollars, that's about $900. I'm sorry, I'll
sleep in my paraglider before I pay that. I finally did find a more
reasonable rate after taking a shuttle to the local hotel gaggle. Even
that was outrageous at 160 Euros.
Overall the trip was truly amazing. In spite of relatively lousy
weather we flew every day but the last and that included the cool bullet
train to Paris. Little adventures added plenty of Spice and my company
was wonderful.
Thad Spencer is an interesting character that's course at an outer
layer but deeply human below. His quick sarcastic humor belies an way
with people that's rare. It was fun to spend time with him. He's a
paraglider and paramotor pilot who loves the variety makes friends
easily. One rainy afternoon he befriended and conversed with two
fascinating Germans. They talked for hours. Even I couldn't keep up but
it was fascinating joining them periodically between my writing and just
soaking up the incredible place we stayed. It was fun learning of his
very successful music business. He started out as a drummer then
combined his penchant for people to create a thriving commercial music
Natasha is a trooper, putting up with our paraglider centered focus
and even occasionally enjoying the process. She's a Yale educated,
published author who loves the outdoors. On one occasion she ran down
the mountain we flew down. She could keep up with Thad who stays in
shape with weekly aerobics.
Phil Russman, well, most of us know Phil. He's happiest when either
airborne, anticipating being airborne or talking about being airborne.
He's worse about it than me. And he's a genius with that camera. Too bad
we didn't have more sunshine because you wouldn't believe how gorgeous
some of these places were. And that was before launching.
Europe is not for spend thrifts. A bag of potato chips sets you back
almost $4 and my nectar of the gods (diet coke) costs about $2 per
12 oz can. Next trip I'll hopefully time my $/Euro exchange rate to be a
bit more favorable. We knew that going into it and just had to bite the
forget to bring power adaptors. The plugs in England are different than
the plugs in continental Europe which are different than in the U.S. I
brought an adapter and extension cord to give my many wall warts a place
to suckle.
Thanks to everyone who made it such a blast and to Phil and Thad for
making my trip so easy. They showed me some awesome sites and I had to
do essentially no driving or looking for sites.
My only regret is not making it to Germany. Next time I'll start in
Germany if Stefan Obenauer will still have me. There's so much beauty to
be had there in both country and people.
Another observation: the more I travel the more I find people to be
basically good folks trying to do their best to enjoy life. Sure there
are jerks and idiots but they're relatively rare. I've had friends talk
about French people being rude. I didn't find that at all—certainly no
more than in the U.S. Exude friendliness and, in all likelihood, you'll
get it back.
Till next time, Ciao.
Yours truly on train leaving the rain of Annecy. It was
hard leaving my buddies but good to be on the rail home.
The Train Experience
1. First Class.
2 - 5. Various from train.
6. The last picture, taken just after exiting the
Paris Train Station, was a fun reminder of where I'd just come from.
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In the morning of Sep. 7th, the orientation meeting for new international students was held. The director of the Office of International Cooperation & Exchange (OICE), Prof. Xiao Long attended the meeting and extended the sincere welcome all new students on behalf of the university.
Prof. Xiao Long introduced the basic conditions of JUFE and its recent achievements on international education. She wished everyone to blend in the different schools which he or she belongs to, to participate in academic and recreational activities actively, and to try to experience Chinese humanities, values and culture deeply. Prof. Xiao Long said that the staff of OICE and the Chinese volunteers would help them to solve the problems in their study and life at JUFE. She wished all of the new students could have beautiful memories in JUFE and could also make a better JUFE along with other JUFEers.
During the meeting, international students watched promotional video of the university and listened to the explanations of regulations of dormitory management, teaching management system, visa extension rules, insurance procedures and other subsequent arrangements. And they also were introduced abundant and colorful activities at JUFE, including Chinese Corner, Language Partners, International Cultural Festival, Chinese Competition and so on. Then, students had meetings with the teachers in different schools which they belong to. After the orientation meeting, international students visited campus led by volunteers, knowing further about the history of JUFE and its current developments, and feeling the cultural atmosphere in the campus.
In 2017 fall semester, OICE recruits 162 international students in total, including 105 degree students. The international students come from more than 50 different countries, including UK, USA, Canada, Germany, Belgium, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Malawi, Morocco, Madagascar and so on. The total number of international students in our school surpassed 100 in 2014, and it surpassed 200 in 2015. On the basis of the breakthrough of 300 international students in 2016, it is expected to surpass 400 this year.


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It is an absolutely gorgeous day here. Perfect! The sun is shining, but it's not too hot. The breeze is blowing ever so gently, and I am spending my day with my giggling kids and handsome husband. It may not be an exotic tropical escape, but it's my paradise.
Do you have any special weekend plans? With tomorrow being Memorial Day here in the US I'm looking forward to a day spent with family. There's going to be an auction tomorrow to sell off my grandfather's things that I'm planning to attend. Then we're going biking with the family in the evening. We're visiting a new to us bike trail and plan to reward ourselves with an ice cream treat after the bike ride. Grandpa and Grandma are going with us and the kids are so excited.
Chloe's in need of a new bike, so Eric just left on a quick trip to Target to buy her a new one. She's been using her brothers' hand-me-down bikes, so she is going to be so happy for a new one. A girl one at that!
And just for fun, I have a photo to share of a bush we've got blooming behind our house right now. I was admiring the beautiful flowers and thought I'd share them with you! I've been enjoying taking more close up nature shots since I got my Cannon.
Since the day was so gorgeous today I took one of my projects outside to work on so I could enjoy the sunshine. I can't wait to share it with you soon.
I got to watch the kids target shooting with their BB gun while I worked. I had to smile as I watched my oldest help his little sister shoot the gun for the first time. It was a sweet older/younger sibling moment as Nathaniel put his arms around his sister and so patiently helped her to aim. I think if the boys have anything to say about it my daughter will be hunting right along with them when they're older.
I had to have a turn too. I didn't do too well. I'm no Annie Oakley, that's for sure! My eye/hand coordination never was very impressive. That's why I stick to paper crafting. It's just safer!
I'm off to watch America's Funniest Home Videos with the kids. Do any of you watch that show? It's kind of a Sunday evening tradition around here. We laugh till we almost cry at some and shake our heads in disbelief at others. I'm missing it, so I'm gonna go join my kids on the sofa.
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My Mother had passed away two months ago, and she left quite a debt with a few Credit Card companies.
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We are currently in the middle of getting the Title transferred and shared between me and my two older sisters, we have already been to the BIR for the Tax Declaration, submitted the proper documentation to the Registry of Deeds; wherein we were told would take a few months to finalize.
I stand as the head of the household, as I am the only Male and the only one working.
I fear that the banks will file a claim on the property in order for the debt to be paid off. I absolutely do not want to lose our home, and I sure as HELL do not want the house which our Mother spent 30+ years paying off with blood, sweat, and tears of hard work to be liquidated and/or sold off.
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Those guys at tbr.cc (which is always a barrel of laughs) link to a Dinesh D'Souza article about how the real lesson that Muslims took from Abu Ghraib wasn't about how the US tortures and therefore torture is bad, but that the US is sexually deviant therefore sexual deviancy is terrible. As D'Souza puts it:
Abu Ghraib did not reflect the shared values of America, it reflected
the sexual immodesty of liberal America. Lynndie England and Charles
Graner were two wretched individuals from Red America who were trying
to act out the fantasies of Blue America. Casting aside all traditional
notions of decency, propriety and morality, they simply lived by the
code of self-fulfilment. If it feels good, it must be right. This was
bohemianism, West Virginia-style.
At first blush, this seems to make at least some sense. I'm probably going to put my foot in it, not being an Arabic scholar of any note, but I seem to recall a lot of Al-Qaida's rhetoric drawing upon just this sort of culture war argument. Not for nothing have people been drawing links between the right-wing authoritarianism of extremist groups in the Muslim and Western worlds. (Note, by the by, that Blue America is painted as living by the creed of "self-fulfilment".)
However, D'Souza then shows his hand in the very next paragraph.
At some level, the cultural left recognized this, which is why most of
its comments about Abu Ghraib assiduously avoided the issue of sexual
deviancy. The left's embarrassment on this matter seems to have drawn
on class prejudice. For some liberals, soldiers like Graner and England
were poor white trash getting into trouble again. Of course if Graner
and England were professors at an elite liberal arts college, their
videotaped orgies might easily have become the envy of academia. If
they were artists staging these pictures in a loft in Soho they could
have been hailed as pioneers and encouraged by leftist admirers to
apply for a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
That's plain ridiculous on its face, and a blatant sign either of D'Souza's bad faith or his bottomless ability to imagine liberals as any kind of straw man to fit the purpose at hand. This is not an argument so much as an opportunity to get in yet another dig at those pagan hedonists that are American liberals.
On a related note: A commenter to in the tbr.cc thread points out that Muslims are motivated not by hatred of western culture but by specific US policies and actions in the Middle East. Ian Wishart says no, it's "b-all to do with territory and policies, and everything to do with culture wars."
I'm not going to make an arse of myself and lump myself in one or the other camp, but can't it be both?
Moreover, leaving aside the question of what the motives of AQ really are, it's interesting to note that the two ways of interpreting these motives lead to very different policy implications.
If you subscribe to the idea that AQ is stoking regional resentment about discrete US geopolitical actions, then the solution would be to engage in aggressive diplomacy, with carrots and sticks. The whole shebang.
But if you subscribe to D'Souza's culture war thesis, then you need to criminalise abortion, put a stop to all that free love, and shut down Hollywood (or at least transmogrify it into a giant Disney studio sound lot).
Good luck with that.
Which makes me realise that one thing right-wing authoritarians love (both in the Western and Muslim worlds) is the culture war. It taps into inexhaustible reservoirs of outrage (which can be used to enrich the lifestyles of its leaders, who may or may not be true believers), and it never ends. And everyone knows it can never end, but they never say so, meaning they tolerate a great deal of vagueness about the end goals of the culture war.
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The Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport is one of 39 major U.S. facilities officially warning the Transportation Department that the Dec. 31 deadline for mandatory screening of all checked baggage cannot be met.
But despite the recent letter signed by airport executives including the local airport's director of aviation, Bob Holscher, the Transportation Department is not backing off.
Thirty-nine airport managers don't believe that the equipment can be manufactured or installed in time to meet that deadline, Mr. Holscher said Sunday.
The letter, dated May 29, was sent to Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta and asked him to pressure Congress to push back the deadline, set forth in the November 2001 law passed to fortify aviation security after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Mr. Mineta has maintained that, while it will be difficult, several types of machines can be in place before 2003 to check an estimated 1 billion bags a year for explosives. He has said some airports would get the large, $1 million explosive detection systems that can be as big as cars, and others could use smaller, less expensive trace detection systems.
Yet over the past month, airports have been warning that attempts to meet the deadline will disrupt operations and could delay travel.
We're not sure airports will be able to operate on Jan. 1, said Larry Cox, chief executive of the airport in Memphis, Tenn.
The letter warns about harried installations of explosives detection machines in airports that have little space for new equipment. The changes promise to disrupt passenger flows and further increase the hassle of air travel, the letter said.
Transportation Department spokesman Chet Lunner said Sunday that while Mr. Mineta understands concerns, he is dead set about meeting the letter of the law, and we will.
The law doesn't give us an option of relaxing the deadlines, Mr. Lunner said.
A congressional leader on aviation issues said Sunday he thinks the government might need to reconsider the deadline.
Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee on aviation, said that acquiring the equipment and hiring screeners by the end of the year will be a challenge. He said Congress probably will reconsider the issue after fall elections.
I think there will be a major crisis, and the Congress will revisit it, he said.
Cincinnati airport officials, who have yet to hear when machines could arrive here, have been considering hiring a structural engineer to determine whether the facility's floors could support a large machine, which can weigh as much as five tons.
The letter was signed by officials at airports that handle a majority of the country's air traffic, including Atlanta, Columbus, Ohio, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Memphis, Metro Washington, Orlando, Phoenix, San Francisco, St. Louis and Charlotte, N.C.
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We are on our second au pair. We had a successful time with our first who was a lovely Spanish girl, but she had to go back to university as she was only in the UK over summer. Several weeks ago our second arrived and it is fair to say that the experience has not been particularly successful. She is 19 and has never been away from home or had a boyfriend and is very childish. She is also lazy and very demanding. I feel like I have another child in the house - and not a very charming one at that - which was not my previous experience of having an au pair.
Then last night she came to us and said that she was not happy and wanted to leave. I think she may have been expecting us to beg her to stay but we agreed that we are not the right family for her –but said there might be a better match out there and it was worth another try through her agency. She said that she wanted to make a decision on whether to try to find another family or whether to go back to Germany and asked for a few days to make this decision. We said that this was fine and said we would support her in whatever decision she made and that we should just carry on as usual with her 'working' and us paying her - which she said she would do by Monday. All good. However tonight she came to us and asked for a lift to see a friend in a week's time. We had hoped that she might have left by then but she informed us that she was going to stay for two weeks as this was part of her contract. We have two small boys and since she has made the decision to go I do not want to confuse them by having her hanging around –and don't really feel like feeding and watering her when she provides us with very little help.
She came through an agency but the owner is on holiday at the moment so I cannot ask her for her advice. Does anybody else have any experience of a scenario like this - or what do you think? If needs be we can sit it out for another few weeks but I don't feel like being a taxi service for her in the meantime and under the circumstances I am not sure that requests like this are reasonable.
Feel sorry for the poor girl. You decided to have an Au Pair, you deal with what comes with it, some people have good experiences, some bad! Especially if it's in her contract to stay for two weeks after notice, I think it's perfectly fair that's she's still there!
'Dont feel like feeding and watering her' To me that's just awful! How would you feel if one of your sons was staying with a host family and the parents 'couldn't be bothered feeding him or to drive him around'
I think you just need to suck up the 2 weeks tbh. But make it clear that it's 2 weeks and then you need her to be out as you need to sort out a replacement and you need certainty about the dates. I would say that you expect her to do her duties during those 2 weeks (unless you can do without her).
I don't think your 2 boys will be confused.
You can pay her the two weeks notice and have her out immediately or you can let her work the two weeks. That's why you have a contract with notice in it, so you each know where you are in this situation. She is being entirely reasonable in working her notice.
Surely you have to pay, feed and house her for her notice period, and treat her as usual in other respects. She has said that she is thinking of leaving but not yet given formal notice (unless you have omitted to mention that), but it sounds as if you have seized upon what she has said to try to get her to leave immediately. I think she is perfectly within her rights to expect you to continue as normal for the time being until she makes a definite decision. If you would have given her a lift, then I don't see how the circumstances alter anything.
As others have said she is leaving in 2 weeks as her notice /contract says
So yes you need to feed and pay her - or pay her off and give her 48hrs to find somewhere
As it clearly isn't working for you, the best solution would seem to pay her for her 2 weeks notice, and a flight home as you are clearly keen to move on.
Why is it your problem that she never had a boyfriend? You sound awful and judgemental, good for her that she decided to go.
If you have a contract with 2 weeks notice, you have to pay her until the end of the notice.
We're happy to pay her for the two weeks. I think paying for a flight could be the way forward too –apart from the fact that she is refusing to tell us whether she wants to try to find another family in the UK or to go home to Germany. We have said we will support her in whatever decision she makes and carry on as normal until then, but I feel that she is dragging it out. She told us she wanted to leave on Thursday but says she will not be giving us her decision on what she wants to do beyond this until next week.
I just don't really want her around the house for another two weeks as she has done nothing since she arrived a few weeks ago –apart from go on about how crap everything British is. When she arrived she had to ask how to use a tea bag; apparently German ones are better as they have tags on them. Scooping it out with a tea spoon was quite beyond her… Within a week of coming to stay with us she also demanded that her parents and brother come to stay at our house less than a month after she had joined us.
She is a very spoilt, self-indulgent girl whose mother has done everything for her. We employ a lot of students and teenagers and we have 14 year olds waitressing for us who show considerably more maturity than this girl. Call me judgemental if you like, but if my children went to somebody else's house and behaved as she has I would be ashamed!
My regular childminder - who has looked after our children several days a week for four years - thinks she is dreadful and says she doesn't think she is responsible enough to look after the children (and not with a view to getting more hours!). Thankfully my husband and I are self-employed and at the moment can arrange our lives in a way that covers the childcare gaps, with help from regular childminder and Granny.
Just sad to have an experience like this after our lovely Spanish girl, who we are still have regular contact with and who calls us her British family.
Firstly, an au pair can't demand anything. They can ask, but the balance of power doesn't really enable them to 'demand' things. If you don't want to have her family to stay then say no. It's really not difficult.
If you want her out pay the 2 weeks and a flight. That's all you need to do. You can't complain about a contract that you gave her though. You wanted two weeks notice (I assume that's why it's in the contract?), you've got two weeks notice.
She probably doesn't know what she wants to do next, rather than she's refusing to tell you.
I would sit her down and say "I think you should have a fresh start with a new family and if you still decide being an au pair wnt for you, then you can go home". She needs advice as she's in a new situation and she's immature. It's a hard decision to make and she is probably looking for some guidance.
Then you can speak to the agency and they can help her with what is expected in her new role.
If it is 2 weeks' notice then you have to be prepared to provide accommodation as well as pay for that period since that is part of the package or compensate her. You don't have to give her lifts , find her a link to the relevant transport agency or B and B for her family. I don't think her requests are unreasonable, you don't have to comply, but had it been your previous AP would you perhaps have been more accommodating ?
We didn't set the contract - apparently this is something she signed with her German agency. We haven't signed anything like this with our agency. I guess I need to wait to see what she would like to do and wait for our agency lady to come back from holiday and hopefully it will all be resolved soon.
Why does it matter that she hasn't had a boyfriend?
And as for not feeding and watering her - well, words fail me.
My point is that she is not very worldly - which is why we are being very patient with her. This may be why I sound grumpy online.
I'm not sure that any of the people who have been slating me would relish having a demanding, critical, lazy spoilt person who they pay in their house... especially when they are supposed to be being helpful in return for board, food and pay. But maybe you're just nicer people than me!
She's barely out of her childhood and she's in a strange country with a language barrier - not all kids mature at the same rate - just you wait til your child is that age!
Point taken. But I work with lots of teenagers from the age of 14 up and she is way behind even the youngest in terms of her attitude to life. I guess they don't have a language barrier to contend with though, or living with a foreign family.
...or being homesick or having to live with and rely on someone who really doesn't like her.
I understand she's not very good and it's a pain, but the balance of power is so heavily tilted in your direction, you have to try and find it in yourself to be kind to her for the next two weeks (or pay her off). Two weeks isn't that long in the grand scheme of things.
We really are trying to be kind. Tonight I made her a separate meal as she didn't like the meal we were having as a family, or the other meal I had prepared for tomorrow which I offered her. She doesn't like green salad and didn't want eggs so I put together some goat cheese and tomato pasta which she had said she would eat. Sigh...
Our au pair agency says the two week thing is nonsense. The lady who runs it is going to accommodate ap, get to know her and see if she can rehome her but she says that based on the correspondence she has received from the ap it will be difficult as she seems so demanding about what she wants. Sad that it hasn't worked out this time but glad the whole thing will soon be over.
How very nice of the agency lady
Never known that to happen. Ap to stay with them. Wonder if does for all aps that don't work out
could need a huge house
Glad she will be out of your hair
It's not so much the fact that you complain but the things you complain about. If you had said
- She isn't cleaning after herself
- She is not playing with the children
It would be fair enough. But
- She never had a boyfriend
- She is less mature than some 14 years old I know
- She had to ask how to do tea...
No, she didn't clean after herself, or the children. On one of the early on days when I thought she might be willing to do some childcare - and had scheduled this with her - she announced that she had a cold so would not be able to look after the children all day. Thankfully a relative stepped in as I had a meeting that could not be avoided and my husband then took over. I'm going to let the agency lady make up her own mind though and hopefully she will find a suitable family for ap.
To be perfectly honest it sounds like a breakdown in communication.
I don't think have told her that she should clean after herself or the children. Do you have a cleaner too?
Hang on a sec thought she might be willing to do some childcare did you ask her or did you just set this on her? Would you want your DC to get the cold she had?
And there's nothing wrong with her other ways eg not being mature enough etc - and the food - words fail me - so she doesn't like what you're having FGS can you not ask her and plan round that?
You don't sound great as an employer unless you have an au pair who panders to your every need like the first one.
All you do re the tea bags is buy some extra ones with tags on - surely that won't break the bank?!
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This is a new feature that will be appearing in Swift Kicks at least twice a month related to the forthcoming coming book being researched, written, and edited on the Holy Family Church from the priests, nuns, and community organizations that have helped the Nazareth community grow and build over the years.
Reverend P. Anselmus Kaelin, OSB served Nazareth from 1909 – 1917. He is credited for obtaining the services of the Olivetan Benedictine Sisters Holy Angels Convent of Jonesboro, Arkansas in 1909. Christena was able to obtain this rare photo of Father Kaelin from the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio where he was a Disciplinarian later in his life.
Photo compliments of Alphonso Rincon;
Kyle Birkenfeld of Nazareth, TX (middle) listens to ideas shared by OC Board Vice-President Simone Cahoj from Leoti, KS, at OC's Partner Reception on March 20th. Kyle was an OC Community Intern in 2009, recently graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in agricultural engineering, and has moved back home to work at Soil Mender Products, LP.
The other person in the photo with Tom Hoelting is OC Intern Beth Roeler, a TTU student.
Ogallala Commons, a nonprofit community resource network, gathered more than 60 people at their Partner Reception on March 20th in the Home Mercantile, including several Nazareans. The diverse group had in common their work and collaboration on various OC projects like youth engagement, Playa Festivals, rebuilding local food systems, and community internships. The guests enjoyed a buffet of foods and drink brought by OC Board members and prepared by Christine Acker: lamb kabobs, venison chile, German sausage, local green beans and cheese, Nebraska sweet corn, etc. Those present had time to get acquainted, share stories, network, and be rejuvenated for the work of serving their communities.
On Friday, 9 OC Board Members, 3 Advisory Council Members, and 3 Staff held their semi-annual Meeting at the Conference Room in Holy Family Rectory. New OC Board Member Doug Wilhelm (who grew up in Nazareth) from Littleton, Colorado, was welcomed to the Board, along with two other new members. Folks from Ogallala Commons feel welcome in Nazareth, and they enjoyed lodging at the Yellow Rose Inn, Holy Family Inn, and other places around the village.
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Get your summer trip planned for Nashville because CMT isn't getting rid of me yet! I will be staying on as a summer intern for the Corporate Communications (CMT Press) department!! So excited to help plan and execute the red carpet for CMT Music awards, releasing brand new content and continuing to develop my writing skills. God is SO good! Stood 10 feet away from Martina as she belted it out in the studio today, AND Miranda was in house! Now at a free Love And Theft show. Nashville is magical.
I cannot believe that I am actually here, living in NASHVILLE chasing my dreams. God has blessed me in more ways than I can count and I could not be more grateful. So here we go. Here's to four of the best months of my life in one of my new favorite places, MUSIC CITY!
I remember the night I found the posting for CMT internships. Excited is an understatement. I couldn't get my application submitted fast enough. But at the same time, I never dreamed it would actually happen. I've grown up on country music and have watched CMT since I was little. I even used to tell my family that I wanted to be Katie Cook when I grow up. So you can see why the day my phone rang with a Tennessee phone number is one I will never forget. I think I'm still in shock that I'm actually here, working for CMT. Is this real life?!
Big brother singing on Broadway in Nashville! Love him! And we love the O'Donnells who always let the Kleman family join.
Look what finally made its way to Nashville! I'm so so proud of this magazine and the wonderful staff that helped produce it. Grab a copy, Ags! ✏ #editorinchief
Happy Happy birthday to my sweet Grandma!! I don't have many childhood memories that don't involve her. I was blessed to grow up at the farm and learn from her, and Lord knows she's the best cook EVER! Love you!
Victory is "Swift"
Kleman's three hits and E. Schulte's 7 K's lead Naz to an easy road win.
Three different Swifts had two RBI in the five-inning run-rule.
March 24, 4:30PM CDT
Early lead gives Nazareth Swifts Varsity easy victory over Kress, 12-1
Monday, March 24
March 21, 5:00PM CDT
Nazareth Swifts Varsity falls 12-2 to Hale Center despite Logan Schulte's effort
Fri, Mar 28 7:00PM CDT — Game @ Lockney at Lockney
Tue, Apr 01 4:30PM CDT — Game vs. New Deal at Nazareth
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All Day Tarleton State FFA Judging Contest Invitational at Stephenville
8 am — District UIL Academics
Fri Mar 28, 2014
All Day in Canyon, WTAMU FFA Judging Contest
8 am—Tennis tournament in Levelland
8 am — Olton Track Meet
Baseball 4:30 Naz
Saturday, Mar 29 — All Day
Clarendon FFA Judging Contest
Valley FFA Judging Contest
Friday, April 4 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
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text: Growing organic cucumbers is one of the joys of summer. In the spring, kids can sprout seeds or get organic starter plants at their local garden center. Kids in India have been eating cucumbers, members of the gourd family, for thousands of years. Cucumbers are a good source of vitamin A and C and are good for the skin. Kids can grow organic cucumbers after risk of frost has passed in a raised bed garden on a trellis that gives it support, keeps down disease, and saves space. There are many varieties of cucumbers, including ones for pickling and ones to eat raw. As cucumbers are mostly water, they do well with the drip watering system on a battery run timer. Kids can plant radishes and lettuces with them as they grow well together and provide a yummy salad. Jonathan is very proud of his cucumber harvest this year. When they are picked young, they are sweeter and don't need peeling. When kids keep picking the small cucumbers, the plant continues to produce more and more. Kids can make pickles from cucumbers by adding vinegar, salt, sugar, and spices and can or refrigerate them for long term storage. Fresh cucumbers will last in the refrigerator up to two weeks when kids wrap each one separately in plastic wrap. Kids love cool organic cucumbers in salads, sandwiches, as pickles, and eating them fresh picked while standing in the garden.


text: Just for the record, I love these memories. A glimpse into history. Detours like these are very welcome in my opinion. I had forgotten about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw2Bq0HYu1M On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 10:51:19AM -0500, Doug McIlroy wrote: > So many memories. The "ultimate machine" (which was brought out and > demonstrated from time to time while I was at the Labs) was built in > collaboration with Ed Moore (he of Moore-model automata, who published > "Dijkstra's algorithm" for shortest paths a year before Dijkstra) and > (I believe) Dave Hagelbarger. Moore endowed the machine with a longevity > property seldom remarked on: majority logic so that any electrical > component can be removed without harming its observable behavior. > > Shannon moved to MIT from Bell Labs some weeks before I moved the > other way, so I only met him much later when he visited the Unix room > (an excuse, albeit weak, for this distant detour from TUHS). By that > time Shannon was descending into Alzheimer's fog, but his wife who > accompanied him was a memorably curious and perceptive visitor. I have > wondered what role she may have played as a sounding board or more in > Shannon's research. > > As a child, I used to ski on the 50-foot hill that was the lawn of the > mansion that Shannon would buy when he moved to Massachusetts. We kids > would ski down and climb back up. Not Shannon. He installed a chairlift. > One house separated mine from the ski hill. It belonged to John Trump, > another MIT prof who engineered the Van de Graaff generator into a > commercial product for generating million-volt x-rays and, yes, was uncle > of the Donald. John, as kind as he was bright, fortunately did not live > to see the apotheosis of his wayward nephew. > > Doug > > > > We lost Claude Shannon on this day in 2001. He was a mathematician, > > electrical engineer, and cryptographer; he is regarded as the "father" of > > information theory, and he pioneered digital circuit design. Amongst > > other things he built a barbed-wire telegraph, the "Ultimate Machine" (it > > reached up and switched itself off), a Roman numeral computer ("THROBAC"), > > the Minivac 601 (a digital trainer), a Rubik's Cube solver, a mechanical > > mouse that learned how to solve mazes, and outlined a chess program > > (pre-Belle). He formulated the security mantra "The enemy knows the > > system", and did top-secret work in WW-2 on crypto and fire-control > > systems. -- --- Larry McVoy lm at mcvoy.com http://www.mcvoy.com/lm


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I just got new glasses — without going to an optometrist. It's another innovation made possible by the internet. Going to an optometrist can be a pain. You have to leave work, get to an optometrist's office, sit in a waiting room and then pay an average of $95 (in my town). But I got a prescription for just $50 ... Read More »
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Psalm 121
1. Are you more of a "night owl" or a "morning lark"? What are your most creative hours?
2. What is the mood of pilgrims on a winding road through hills? To what are they vulnerable (verses 1 – 3)? How much more after nightfall?
3. What comfort does the traveler receive for the journey (verses 3, 5 – 8)?
4. Do you like to travel or dread it? What dangers lie on the road on inward journeys?
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Market Study - Global Atrial Fibrillation Market Is Expected To Reach USD 16.17 Billion By 2020
The global market for atrial fibrillation procedures and products is expected to reach USD 16.17 billion by 2020 growing at a CAGR of 13.2%, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Growing incidences of atrial fibrillation, strokes and brain damage due to blood clots coupled with a growing global base of geriatric population is expected to be a key driver for this market. Some of the other drivers of this market include the introduction of technological advancements in the fields of radiofrequency and microwave catheter ablation, growing demand for minimally invasive procedures and increasing prevalence of disease causing lifestyle habits such as smoking and excessive alcohol consumption. Pharmacological products for Atrial Fibrillation dominated the overall market in terms of revenue in 2013 at over 55.0%. Relatively low prices associated with these products and the use of anti-coagulants as an add-on therapy to non-pharmacological procedures, are some of the drivers of this segment.
Further key findings from the study suggest:
- Regionally, North America occupied the largest share of the market, accounting for over 42% of the global revenue in 2013. Its large share is majorly attributed by the presence of high market penetration rates of non-pharmacological procedures and sophisticated reimbursement frameworks.
- Asia Pacific is expected to register the highest CAGR of 15.3% during the forecast period. Growing demand for non-pharmacological treatments on account of constantly improving healthcare infrastructure, patient awareness and disposable income levels are some of the factors accounting for its rapid growth.
- Radiofrequency catheter ablation procedures segment is expected to grow at the fastest CAGR of over 15% over the next six years owing to the optimal size of the lesion produced, better maneuverability to make tight bends inside the heart and the time required to produce a lesion. The less invasiveness, smaller incisions and faster recovery times of catheter ablation is expected to drive demand for non-pharmacological treatments.
- Maze surgery occupied the second largest share of the non-pharmacological treatment market. This can be accounted for by the fact that in most cases it removes the need of life-long anti-coagulants based treatment while reducing occurrence of strokes.
- Anti coagulants dominated the pharmacological treatment market on account of relatively higher success rates of AF treatment through reducing incidences of blood clot formation and strokes.
For the purpose of this study, Grand View Research has segmented the global atrial fibrillation market on the basis of fields of procedures and region:
• Atrial Fibrillation Procedures Outlook
• Pharmacological Products
• Anti-arrhythmic Drugs
• Anti-coagulant Drugs
• Non-Pharmacological Treatment
• Catheter Ablation Procedures
• Radiofrequency
• Cryoablation
• Microwave
• Laser
• Maze Surgery
• Electric Cardioversion
• Atrial Fibrillation Regional Outlook
• North America
• Europe
• Asia Pacific
• RoW
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A 90 minute borefest decided by a cheap shot...
...welcome to soccer in the year 2007.
I know I bang on about the death of soccer alot but last nights Uefa Champions League 'game' (and I use the term loosely) between Manchester United and Lille was a brilliant example.
Is anybody talking about what the score was or who won today? The answer is no. Is anybody describing in painfully acute detail the winning goal? No again. In fact, the only thing that gets a mention from last nights game (and it only gets mentioned by those with absolutely nothing else whatsoever to talk about, like err... me...) is something that nearly happened. The Lille players nearly walked off the pitch after Ryan Giggs 'scored' from a free kick.
I may be going against the grain of popular thought out there, but isn't having the most important matches of the soccer calender decided by a cheap shot taken when the other team isn't ready, just a little bit... well... sad? (and by sad I mean 'loser' sad and not cry me a river, boohoo sad...)
The game itself was awful. Neither team ever looked like they particularly wanted the win (which is pretty much par for the course in top flight European Soccer these days), a lucky cheap shot was the deciding factor and at the end of the game, both sides claimed that Uefa should do something about the state of play in the sport (which Uefa will completely ignore of-course, as they do every week).
I only wish that this kind of game hadn't become the type of stereotypical match we have come to expect week in and week out. Screw it, I'm off to watch lawn bowls...
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Going To The Gym For 3 Hours | BEDIM 153/15/2016
As most of you know, my plan for 2016 is to get healthy, get fit, lose wait and all of the above. It's been going well so far. I tried running a bit, I actually ran 3 km this morning (woohoo!) and died. My best friend FINALLY got a gym membership so we can go together. It is way better to go to the gym with a friend because you keep each other motivated. My friend is way more fit than I am so she helps me a bit. Today, we went for 3 whole hours. Our intention was to go and wait for her dad to come, but her dad came an hour later so we had some time for ourselves. We went on the stair climber thing for 10 minutes, we did some sit ups, attempted some machines, did the rowing machine for 5 minutes, she went on the bike for 7 minutes and we made our workout routine on notes. We now have a routine that we are going to follow when we go. Here it is:
10-15 minutes on the stairs
25 dips
15 push-ups
1:00 plank
25 crunches
5 crunch stretches
15 toe touch crunches
30 second side planks
1:00 front plank
50 side leg lifts
50 cross leg lifts
30 double leg lifts
25 squats
15 lunges
I have done this many times before and let me tell you, you feel so good after.
So, while we were there for 3 hours we did that. Then her dad showed up, and some unexpected guests. No, sadly we didn't run into a celebrity, but we ran into a girl that used to go to our school. I'll call her Barbra. She kept staring at us and whispering things to her friend. There are two levels in our gym and we were on the lower level, her and her friend went to the upper level and watched us from the bikes. Me and my friend were just like, "We don't even care anymore." and continued working out.
Something kinda funny actually happened. My friend was trying this machine that was like a chair that was slanted and you did squats lifting a weight. Anyways, I got on and tried it. The seat was too high so I tried putting it lower. I put it at it's lowest and it still wasn't enough for my little legs to feel the burn. Therefore, I was too short to try out the machine. It's sad being 5'1.
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Tell Newsweek's Opinion Editor Nicholas Wapshott: Discredited Monsanto Shills Have No Place on Newsweek's Opinion Page!
By now everyone's heard of "fake news." But there's another equally insidious form of journalism: fake opinions.
Fake opinions are opinion pieces, or op-eds, published under the name of someone who purports to be an "independent" scientist, expert or academic, but who is actually spreading propaganda for companies like Monsanto—and usually being paid to do it.
Henry I. Miller, a well-known mouthpiece for Monsanto, is a master of fake opinions.
And Newsweek just published his latest.
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Earlier this year, the New York Times reported that Miller, described by the Times as "an academic and a vocal proponent of genetically modified crops," had asked Monsanto to draft an opinion piece for him—a piece he then persuaded Forbes magazine to publish under his own name.
On January 19, an op-ed titled "The Campaign for Organic Food is a Deceitful, Expensive Scam," showed up on the pages of Newsweek magazine, under Miller's name.
Stacy Malkan, co-director of US Right to Know fired back in her piece, "Monsanto's Fingerprints All Over Newsweek's Hit on Organic Food."
In her in-depth exposé of Miller, Malkan reports that she complained to Newsweek's opinion editor, Nicholas Wapshott, pointing out that Miller has been widely discredited for trying to pass off Monsanto's propaganda as his own work.
Here's what Wapshott wrote in an email to Malkan:
I understand that you and Miller have a long history of dispute on this topic. He flatly denies your assertions.
Wow. Really? Newsweek is going to bat for a Monsanto shill, regardless of Miller's murky reputation?
There's so much wrong with Miller's hit piece on organics, and Newsweek's willingness to publish it, that we hardly know where to begin.
Thankfully, Malkan details all the reasons Newsweek should have rejected Miller's piece, even if Miller's scandalous past hadn't already been exposed. Here are just a few:
• Miller cited pesticide industry sources, not independent science, to claim that organic farming is "actually more harmful to the environment" than conventional agriculture,
• Those same pesticide industry sources included an inaccurate claim by Jay Byrne, former director of corporate communications for Monsanto, that organic allies spent $2.5 billion in one year campaigning against genetically engineered foods in North America. Miller included that figure in his op-ed, without revealing Byrne's ties to Monsanto.
• Miller tries to discredit the work of New York Times' reporter Danny Hakim, without disclosing that it was Hakim who exposed Miller's Monsanto ghostwriting scandal.
Wapshott has an impressive resumé. We could understand if he slipped up when it came to doing his due diligence on Miller before agreeing to run his op-ed.
But we don't understand how, given all the evidence, Wapshott is still defending Miller.
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Just stumbled on this page that sells British Columbian (B.C.),pot seeds on line.
Well, if you don't know, B.C. is in Canada, and Canadian pot is considered some of the best in the world, and now you you can get your seed to grow your own stone!
Now, I have never ordered from these guys, so i have absolutely no idea as to how legitimate they are. I just though it was a cool …ummm… service.
So, go to the site and start you're your own happy place!!!
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