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I can remember as a child falling into line with Disney's black and white formulas. Jiminy Cricket's "Give a little whistle" was a cheery invite to safety holding hands crossing the street, whereas the Fox's "An Actor's Life for Me" sounded ominous and full of forbidden pleasures that could lead to my sprouting donkey ears!
Yet somehow such simplistic dualism, a world cleanly divided into good and evil, abruptly ceased to comfort my young mind.
Some time ago, while walking my baby in the morning, I took a moment to reflect, why is it I am so downright suspicious and critical of Disney? If I could do a little self-psychoanalysis, what would I find?
So I played therapist, and realized where my break with Disney happened. It occurred when I was nine years old, on the day I was abandoned in a children's shelter. As a creative kid who constantly referenced stories as a guide in life, I resorted to the mythos of Disney to populate the unknown world I was about to enter. I distinctly remember the images of the ragged, soulful-eyed orphans I generated in that final car ride, good children with whom I would bond together against a cruel world. We would have adventures together. He comforted me, Disney did, for the very last time in my life.
With my abandonment, the shaky floor of middle class values that I had been raised in splintered and collapsed, and I fell into a subterranean world that had nothing to do with Disneyesque belonging. The values Disney had inculcated in me were naïve in the face of the education I was slated to receive at the hands of the criminal class.
As I grew up during my adolescence in shelters, group homes, and foster homes, Disney's art came to reflect the Great Lie: sanitized middle class values that secretly operated prisons and sweatshops over on the other side of the railroad tracks.
I don't think I ever forgave Disney. What good is a mythos if it offers no survival value?
It was Tolkien's work that came in some years later to fill the void left by Disney — for Tolkien's mythos confronted our struggle to survive in the cosmos in a way that made sense of its spiritual dimension.
What is the essential difference, then, between Disney and Tolkien?
Basically, if the mythos of Tolkien is wild, Disney is domestic and tame.
What children, and serious minded-adults, want to hear are reminders of the wilderness, the great living cosmos filled with powers, terrors and joys lying far beyond the ken of humanity, within whose larger ecology we must struggle to locate ourselves and find our purpose. It is a realm where an angel, as the poet Rilke describes it, "will deign to destroy you." A growing mind, and a mature psychology, needs to go occasionally astray in a wild spiritual topography, and Tolkien fulfills this function amazingly well.
Disney, on the other hand, is xenophobic — he fears foreign contamination, anthropomorphizes Nature, and whitewashes culture. All representations of mythology's bad- assed wilderness are reduced to personifications of the family drama. Witches are inflated bad step-mothers, dwarves are cute childhood companions, dangerous sorceresses are larger than life cruel aunties, shamanic animal and plant allies are glorified pets, elves are not terrible and beautiful like the Eldar, but have little wings and wands and sit in daisy cups or are fat and wear aprons. Safe, tame, and domestic.*
"In wildness is the preservation of the world," Thoreau once said, and Disney's products censor that wild vitality. As Joseph Campbell points out, mythology gives us a map for entering the unknown and wresting value out of it. If our prevalent, functioning Disney mythology does no more than to suggest that our hero's journey ends at heterosexual marriage and domestic bliss, who is going to take on the great tasks now awaiting doing? Is not the Disney mythos keeping us in an arrested development?
If Disney offers a counterfeit bourgeoisie paradise, Tolkien's work offers redemption from the values of that world by reawakening us to indigenous ways of knowing, to an animistic sense of wonder and participation in a vital, non-human centered cosmic order.
Early in their friendship, Tolkien shook C.S. Lewis free from the confines of his scientific rationalism into an animistic perception of the cosmos, explaining how our ancestors experienced the sacred as immanent in, not transcendent to, creation:
You look at trees and called them "trees," and probably you do not think twice about the word. You call a star a "star," and think nothing more of it. But you must remember that these words, "tree," "star," were (in their original forms) names given to these objects by people with very different views from yours. To you, a tree is simply a vegetable organism, and a star simply a ball of inanimate matter moving along a mathematical course. But the first men to talk of "trees" and "stars" saw things very differently. To them, the world was alive with mythological beings. They saw the stars as living silver, bursting into flame in answer to the eternal music. They saw the sky as a jeweled tent, and the earth as the womb whence all living things have come. To them, the whole of creation was "myth-woven and elf patterned"
"If God is mythopoeic," Tolkien concluded, "man must become mythopathic."
This vision of animistic participation in the cosmos is the rarely acknowledged phenomenological cornerstone of all Tolkien's tales of Middle Earth. But more than a literary device, for Tolkien this experience of enchantment is an essential ingredient to human existence. He called it "Faery," and toward the end of his life he attempted to more precisely formulate it.
Here is what Tolkien wrote:
Faery represents at its weakest a breaking out (at least in mind) from the iron ring of the familiar—a constant awareness of the world beyond these rings. More strongly it represents love: a love and respect for all things, "inanimate" and "animate," and an unpossessive love of them as "other." This "love" will produce both ruth and delight. Things seen in its light will be respected, and they will also appear delightful, beautiful, wonderful, even glorious. Faery might be said to represent Imagination (without definition because taking in all the definitions of this word): esthetic, exploratory and receptive; and artistic; inventive, dynamic (sub)creative. This compound—of awareness of a limitless world outside our domestic parish; a love (in ruth and admiration) for the things in it; and the desire for wonder, marvels, both perceived and conceived—this "Faery" is as necessary for the health and complete functioning of the Human as is sunlight for physical life.
As Tolkien scholar Verlyn Flieger comments, "No great leap of imagination is needed in order to see that Tolkien was speaking from experience and that Faery was as necessary for his own spiritual health and complete functioning as sunlight for his physical life."
Not only is it necessary for spiritual health, it is a requisite of accurate perception of ourselves and the world. For Tolkien, when we "appropriate" our experience and the things of the world, once we've "locked them in our hoard, acquired them, and acquiring ceased to look at them," the cosmos becomes, well, trite. The cure is Recovery of a clear view: "Seeing things as we are (or were) meant to see them — as things apart from ourselves… so that the things seen clearly may be freed from the drab blur of triteness or familiarity — from possessiveness."
Recovery through creative fantasy, "may open your hoard and let all the locked things fly away like caged birds…and you will be warned that all you had (or knew) was dangerous and potent, not really effectively chained, free and wild; no more yours than they were you."
The recovery of deep wonder is the gift that Tolkien gave us, and I thank him for it.
*Perhaps this sentiment is shared with Tolkien himself, who declared a "heartfelt loathing" for the American's animations. "I recognize [Walt Disney's] talent," he said, "but it has always seemed to me hopelessly corrupted. Though in most of the 'pictures' proceeding from his studios there are admirable or charming passages, the effect of all of them to me is disgusting. Some have given me nausea."

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Qualitative study of children, young people and 'sexting'
We asked researchers to conduct a small scale qualitative study to improve our understanding of sexting and the use of mobile technology by young people. This report details the research and their findings.
What is sexting?
Sexting has been defined as the "exchange of sexual messages or images" and "creating, sharing and forwarding sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images" (see report for references).
Aim of the study
In this study, the researchers listened to young people's views and experiences to gain an understanding of how sexually explicit texts and images are produced, circulated and used through mobile phones and the internet and how these practices shape the offline lives of young people.
The researchers conducted focus groups with 35 young people aged 12 to 14 years from inner city London schools. Participants were asked to become friends with the research team on Facebook so their activities online could be mapped.
Follow-up interviews were conducted with 22 of the focus group participants as well as with 4 teachers and 4 school support staff.
This research was conducted by the Institute of Education, King's College London, London School of Economics and Open University.
Authors: Jessica Ringrose, Rosalind Gill, Sonia Livingstone and Laura Harvey
Published: 2012
The findings reveal that sexting does not refer to a single activity but covers a range of activities experienced by young people.
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- the primary technology-related threat comes from peers, not 'stranger danger'
- sexting is often coercive
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- "Somebody had a great week once in Provence, and wants the Meatpacking District -- and the swingers at the Melrose Place sequel -- to be as happy as he or she was." First Bite: Fig & Olive, and More Figs and Olives.
- "Wysaski's table brings order to the chaos. Creating it took him 'a long freaking time.'" The Periodic Table of Meat Explained: Q & A with Jeff Wysaski.
- "People go to China, and they just get sucked in. They really do. The next thing you know, you've been there six years, opened several businesses." Q & A With Kelley Lee, Part 1: Moving to Shanghai, Menu as Nostalgia + The Joy of In-N-Out.
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WASHINGTON — After raising vociferous objections to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's plans to offer a fintech charter, state regulators on Wednesday sued the federal agency, arguing it lacks the legal authority.
"The OCC's action is an unprecedented, unlawful expansion of the chartering authority given to it by Congress for national banks," John Ryan, the president and CEO of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, said in a press release. "If the OCC is allowed to proceed with the creation of a special purpose nonbank charter, it will set a dangerous precedent that any federal agency can act beyond the legal limits of its authority."
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, lays out the state regulators' fundamental complaint that they've had from the beginning against the OCC's charter, namely that the agency does not have statutory authority to create a special-purpose charter.
Citing the National Bank Act, the bank supervisor group argued that the OCC has the authority to charter only those firms engaged in the "business of banking." The agency would need "specific congressional approval" to create a charter for nondepository institutions, as the OCC plans to do, the group said.
"The OCC's proposed action ignores Congress, seeks to preempt state consumer protection laws, harms markets and innovation, and puts taxpayers at risk of inevitable fintech failures," Ryan said.
Beyond the CSBS, a number of state regulators have been vocally opposed to the fintech charter, including New York's superintendent for financial services, Maria T. Vullo. They have argued that the charter would preempt their authority to impose consumer protection requirements, such as usury caps, on fintech companies that might obtain the national charter.
The OCC's initiative has also sparked opposition from consumer protection groups and community banks.
Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry has responded to critics that the OCC has the legal power to offer the charter, and that it will ensure that fintechs obtaining it will face banklike standards. The agency plans to impose capital requirements and ask firms to submit financial inclusion plans in the spirit of the Community Reinvestment Act, as well as resolution plans.
Since first floating the idea of the fintech charter last year, the OCC has issued several new updates, open for public comment, indicating how it plans to implement the charter and regulate the fintech firms under it.
For fintech companies, the national charter could be an opportunity to skip the state-by-state licensing system and only deal with a single federal regulator and set of requirements.
But states argue that they are better positioned to observe the risks and opportunities of the growing fintech industry, and that the fintech charter would strip them of their ability to protect consumers within their borders.
"State regulators already supervise a vibrant financial services marketplace that includes nonbanks and banks," Ryan said. "That regulatory structure has produced a robust platform for innovation. "
Several states have pledged to better coordinate among themselves to facilitate the licensing process and disparate regulatory requirements faced by fintech firms.
"Moving forward," Ryan said, "state regulators will continue to streamline regulation and automate licensing across state lines, ensuring the system will work even better for state-licensed companies and consumers while protecting taxpayers."


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Prison-policy study shows how inmate counts yield redistricting clout
What a thing to throw at a county administrator on his first week on the job: One of the Waseca County Board's districts is perhaps the worst example of local prison gerrymandering in Minnesota.
A Prison Policy Initiative study released today finds that Waseca County Board's District 5 gets 24 percent of its population from a federal prison housing 943 inmates. Even though prisoners can't vote, the result is that each group of 76 people in District 5 has "as much political clout as 100 people elsewhere," according to the study.
Todd Bodem, who became county administrator on March 3, said he needs time to research the issue before he can comment. I can't blame him. This is complex stuff for anyone who isn't obsessed with the 2010 census, redistricting, voting and constitutional law. I sent him my Feb. 25 story on the issue.
On the legislative front, 5 percent of House District 56A's population counts 1,746 prisoners at the Stillwater and Oak Heights prisons.
That's "coming up against a (U.S.) constitutional threshold," said Aleks Kajstura, legal director for the Easthampton, Mass.-based Prison Policy Initiative. "You're allowed up to a 5 percent deviation if you have a fairly good reason for it. Here, there is no decent reason."
Count in prison or at home?
The Prison Policy Initiative is pushing states to drop prison populations when they start redistricting next year. The Census Bureau plans to release prison population data early so that states have that option. Ultimately, the initiative would like to see inmates counted at their residences before they were incarcerated. That probably won't happen until the 2020 census.
State Sen. Linda Higgins, DFL-Minneapolis, just introduced a bill to require "the exclusion of persons incarcerated in state or federal correctional facilities from population counts used for state and local redistricting."
While prisoners will be counted for the state's population, Higgins thinks they should be excluded from redrawing Minnesota's 67 Senate districts and 134 House districts.
So, why is this issue important?
"My explanation would be that the districts around the prisons," Kajstura said, "use the prison population to pad out their districts. So, anybody who lives close to the prisons gets more of a say in government than anybody who doesn't have a prison in their district — and that just goes against the basic principles of representative democracy."
Pine County excludes prisoners
Pine County already excludes prisoners from its local districts, she said. Otherwise, 18 percent of the county's fifth district "would have been nonvoting prisoners at the [federal] Sandstone prison, giving the residents of the 5th district disproportionate influence over county affairs," according to the report.
Leaving out prisoners during redistricting would have the most impact on House districts, said state demographer Tom Gillaspy. At the request of Sen. Higgins, the state geographic information service prepared state maps of Senate and House districts that include their prison populations. You can see the Senate's map here [PDF] and the House's here [PDF]. The reports also show the percentage of prisoners in each district.
This Prison Policy Initiative list shows which legislative districts have the most prisons.
"Subtracting the prison population means that the average size of all districts goes down a little bit, but the population of districts where prisons are located goes down relatively more," Gillaspy said. "And if the district is already growing slower than the rest of the state or declining in population that means the district would have to be getting larger anyway."
Legislative district: as close to 36,713 as possible
That may seem counterintuitive. If a population declines in a district, it seems logical that the size of the district would shrink. But this is not the case in redistricting, he said. The geographic size of legislative districts grows in order to achieve an equal population across the board. Right now, each legislative district tries to come as close to 36,713 as possible in Minnesota.
The Prison Policy Initiative makes note of Minnesota's effort. "Indeed, Minnesota's House Districts are among the most equal in the country — only 3 other states have House Districts more equal in population."
So, how bad is Minnesota's prison-based gerrymandering compared with other states?
"I wouldn't say any amount of prison-based gerrymandering is acceptable," Kajstura said. "So in those terms I don't think whether you give somebody a little more rope than they should have or a lot more rope, that's fair. It's not as bad in New York because in New York there actually is a district that wouldn't meet constitutional limits without their prison population. In Minnesota, there isn't a district like this."
Casey Selix, a news editor and staff writer for MinnPost.com, can be reached at cselix[at]minnpost[dot]com. Follow her on Twitter.
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Arizona Industrial Development Authority
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Author R. L. Stine introduced a modern day horror franchise in 1992 with the launch of his Goosebumps series of horror stories for youngsters. Three years later, Scholastic, the publisher, entered into a licensing agreement with Fox to adapt the books for television. Goosebumps at one point aired six days a week on Fox, and spent three years as a cornerstone of the network's lineup.
In recent years, Goosebumps has resurfaced on cable. A few years ago, Cartoon Network experimented with live-action programming, and one of the first series picked up was Goosebumps, initially as a Halloween stunt, but the series lingered around a couple of extra months if but for the simple fact that word of mouth had spread that the series had returned and people were interested. Today, cable rights belong to The Hub (formerly Discovery Kids), which is trying to posit itself as a competitor to CN, Nickelodeon, and Disney Channel, leaning more toward the latter pair in terms of diversity of programming.
Now, let's revisit the series opener, "The Haunted Mask".
The Hub is also home to a new series based on some of Stine's other works, The Haunting Hour, which is posited as a primetime series on weekends, and has started its 2nd season. Stine also wrote a similar series for teens, Fear Street, which amazingly has never been picked up for television. Just as odd is the fact that none of Stine's Goosebumps books, despite their popularity, haven't made the transition to feature films. It would surely beat another zillion variations on the tired slasher movie format.....
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BOCA RATON — Sometimes she calls it ``the accident.``
It wasn`t one, she said.
But the gnarled old tree that George T. Plowman drew in 1912 and the gnarled old tree she drew in 1976 were so alike that, for a moment, it frightened her.
``It was eerie,`` said Deborah Deschner as she stood looking at prints of the two etchings that were hung together that day in the Schmidt Centre Gallery at the College of Boca Raton.
``I didn`t know until then that my great-grandfather was an artist and an etcher.``
Deschner`s work and Plowman`s work were featured last week as a part of the college`s first faculty art exhibit.
Deschner, 30, is director of counseling and placement at the school. Plowman, who died in 1932, was an etcher and printmaker, author and noted California architect. His etchings remain in permanent collections in places such as the Smithsonian Institute, the Metropolitan Art Museum in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the British Museum in London.
Now she knows Plowman`s history by heart. She`s writing a book about him.
But that morning in the gallery, Deschner was talking about the day nine years ago when she first saw her great-grandfather`s Grotesque Tree, an etching from a sketch he drew in Monterey, California.
She got it in the mail.
Her grandparents had sent it to her -- along with an airline ticket to their home in Maine -- after she had gifted them with her own etching -- the second one she ever did -- called Olives, Northern Greece.
Deschner nodded toward the Plowman print.
``They sent me this with an airplane ticket and said to get up there as soon as I could,`` the psychologist said.
A few weeks later, she was sitting in her grandparents` attic in Maine, looking through ``piles and piles`` of etchings and prints made by a man she never really knew until then.


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Recent cold fronts moving through Phoenix have caused widespread frost damage throughout the Valley — particularly in Ficus and Sissoo trees. If you're noticing signs of frost damage in your trees, we have some tips for restoring their health.
Patience is key
Trees with frost damage will require time and patience to nurse back to health. If you wish to recover your tree, the key factor is to give it time and provide it with the appropriate amount of water consistent with normal growing needs. Though a tree may appear unsightly and heavily damaged above ground, its root systems are durable and likely remain healthy and ready for new growth. First, focus on the restoration and recovery of your tree. Once your tree has made its recovery, you can then focus on aesthetic pruning. It could take several seasons — but with the appropriate level of care — your tree can make a full recovery.
Caring for frost damaged trees
When the threat of frost has subsided and new growth has begun, its time to begin pruning. Start by doing a scratch test. To perform a scratch test, simply use your fingernail or a pocket knife on the trees smallest twigs and branches to determine the extent of the frost damage. If the wood is healthy, the tissue or flesh of the plant will reveal a green color. If you find brown or black tissue, this means the branch is dead. You will need to continue your scratch test on larger twigs and branches until you find where the green tissue begins. Once you identify where the healthy tissue begins, you will want to prune up to that point.
Proper pruning
If you decide to prune your tree yourself, its critical that you be properly equipped. Having the right tools to prune your tree is important to the health of the plant material.
Limbs up to ½ inch in diameter can be pruned with hand pruners. Long-handled pruning loppers can handle limbs up to 1 inch in diameter, but a special pruning saw is needed for larger limbs. Hand pruners and loppers should be of the scissor or bypass type rather than the anvil type. Hedging shears or power hedge trimmers should not be used to prune trees because they will not be able to make proper cuts and will damage the tree.
It is a good idea to wear a long-sleeved shirt, long pants and closed shoes when pruning; additionally, wear safety glasses, a hat and gloves to help prevent an injury. Unless you are a trained tree worker, avoid using a ladder or climbing a tree to trim it. Most importantly, never attempt to prune a tree that is near a utility line!


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When you tell most people you're thinking of doing a dry fast – that is, a fast in which you eat or drink nothing at all – they think you're crazy. That either you're a crazy religious fanatic. Or that you're just crazy-crazy, with a tendency towards suicide. Here in the modern world, we're conditioned to believe that fasting without water is plain and simple stupid, if not dangerous, with little or no possible health benefits.
I week ago I might have said the same thing.
Like everyone else, I had formed a judgement not based on knowledge and experience but upon ignorance and fear. This fear is ingrained at the very heart of our modern consumer society. Consume, consume, consume: this includes the 'need' to eat and drink almost constantly, as much as the 'need' to go shopping and travel on expensive holidays. We are like the "hungry ghosts" described in Tibetan Buddhism: insatiable beings with huge mouths, constantly trying to fulfil our inner needs through devouring the outside world… Modern consumer society conditions us to believe that we really do need expensive holidays and non-stop eating. That without these things we'll suffer and die. As a result we fear life without expensive holidays and wide-screen TV's – not to mention life without continual eating and drinking. We don't even consider the possibility of existence without these things – even for a short while. And so we live locked into a consciousness of narrowed horizons, narrowed possibilities.
In giving up eating and all the other things you believe you "really do need", though, you won't die. No, far from it. You'll wake up. You'll begin to free yourself from the matrix, untying the cynical subconscious knots which tangle you into consumer society – the same consumer society which is slowly destroying our planet…
As someone who has practised water fasting for the last five years now, I know on a bodily level that there's no need to eat every day. Through the experience of 7- and 10-day water fasts, I know firsthand the cleansing and healing that only a zero-calorie fast can provide. And yet still I was duped by the myth that dry fasts are inherently bad for you.
Then I started reading about the work of doctors and scientists in Russia, where dry fasting isn't such a taboo subject. (Isn't it also interesting that Russia succumbed to the tide of consumerism and big business only recently? In my mind, it's no coincidence!) In fact, dry fasting was successfully used after the Chernobyl disaster to heal victims of radiation exposure when other therapies had failed.
Let there be no mistake: if your body carries a high degree of toxicity, a dry fast can certainly kill you – precisely because it releases the toxins so efficiently. Where do these poisons originate? In the toxic waste products of combustion engines and cheap consumer goods produced in the insatiable fire of consumer society. In the air, in the water, in the earth: everywhere we are poisoning ourselves. It's the reason we die of cancer…
Many people think that dry fasting is stupid and dangerous because you don't flush the body out with large quantities of water, as happens in milder fasts. Without drinking, how can you wash the toxins out? Won't they just stay in your body and poison you?
Just think of animals. When they're ill, injured or need to heal, what do they do? They stop eating. Do they compensate by drinking large amounts of fluid? No. They stop eating and drinking. They begin a dry fast until healing or dying.
This should be natural for us humans too, and the idea of dry fasting still exists in ancient cultures as a means of purification – both spiritual and physical. The problem is that here in modern life we have forgotten this ancient wisdom. No wonder. We have become addicted to the drugs of modern medicine, which deals with hiding symptoms without addressing root causes of illness. It's easier and more comfortable to pop a pill than stop eating and drinking for a few days. Of course, it's also more profitable for the big businesses of the pharmaceutical industry as well…
Given the toxicity of today's environment, given human laziness in popping pills instead of following a more natural course of healing, we have poisoned ourselves to the point that a dry fast really is more likely to kill the average person instead of heal them.
Once you have experience in water fasting, though, dry fasting provides an even more powerful healing experience. The mechanics of a dry fast work on several layers. First, denying yourself fluids doesn't mean that you'll immediately dehydrate. As your body breaks down and burns fat cells through the process of ketosis, free hydrogen molecules are released – which then go on to bond with oxygen molecules in the blood. Hey presto: water! Dr. Sergei Filonov, an expert in dry fasting, estimates that every day the body is able to produce over a litre of metabolised water this way. It is through this water that toxins are removed from the blood, and during any dry fast the need to urinate should continue – even if less frequently than usual.
Another reason that dry fasting provides such an effective detox is that the fluid which normally fills the intercellular space begins to dry up. Yes, without drinking you do dehydrate to a degree. As a result, the pressure inside each cell becomes greater than the pressure outside (in the intercellular space). Consequently, the fluid within each cell begins to leak out into the intercellular space, carrying with it toxins which would normally remain locked within the cell.
Through denying yourself water, you also deny any harmful bacteria and viruses of the water they need to thrive. Any inflammation in the body occurs through a build-up of water – and so inflammatory problems can be healed through dry fasting. In addition, Dr. Filonov explains how there are areas of, effectively, "stagnant" water in the body, which are hard to flush out using extra water. As we all know, stagnant water provides an ideal breeding ground for harmful organisms. Just think of mosquitos. Do they prefer fast-running streams or swamps? By drying up the "swamps" inside our body during a dry fast, we can rid ourselves of harmful bacteria and parasites. This is only the beginning…
Unfortunately, very little reliable information on dry fasting is available in English. The only detailed information is found in an automated Google translation of Dr. Filonov's book Dry Medical Fasting: Myths and Reality. The translation is almost unreadable, but it's better than nothing!
Next blog entry: my first experience with a 36-hour dry fast.


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PASCO -- Former Franklin County official Dennis M. Huston was back in jail Tuesday after a judge said bail is needed after he allegedly embezzled at least $1.8 million from the county to support cocaine and gambling habits.
Superior Court Judge Robert Swisher said Huston is not a threat to the community. The judge acknowledged that Huston stayed in town after his initial arrest in February and showed up in court as ordered after charges were filed.
However, Huston is 65 and, "He's looking at spending the rest of his life in prison," Swisher noted.
Just minutes before, Assistant Attorney General Scott Marlow had told the judge he was OK with Huston remaining free on his personal recognizance.
But Swisher surprised Marlow and defense attorney John Jensen of Kennewick when he said he was setting bail at $50,000.
Huston re-mained behind bars as of Tuesday evening, according to Franklin County jail staff.
He spent five nights locked up in February when he was first arrested, but was released because prosecutors needed more time to investigate. Huston was fired Feb. 8 from his job as the Franklin County public works accounting and administrative director.
Huston allegedly took $2.84 million since 1996, but the charges filed by the state Attorney General's Office account for a "conservative minimum" of about $1.8 million, court documents said.
About 10 relatives and friends, along with Pastor John Hergert of Pasco First Lutheran Church, were in court in support of Huston on Tuesday as he returned to court. Franklin County Commissioner Rick Miller walked into the courtroom just before the hearing began.
Huston pleaded innocent to one count each of first-degree theft, money laundering and possession of cocaine.
The nondrug charges each allege three aggravating factors that the crime was a major economic offense because: it involved a high-degree of sophistication and planning; it occurred over a lengthy period of time; and Huston used his "position of trust, confidence and fiduciary responsibility."
Huston faces a maximum possible sentence of 25 years in prison if convicted of the crimes.
The trial tentatively is scheduled for Aug. 8, though Jensen doubts it will start that soon. He said the judge should consider it a "complex case" because he already has received more than 4,500 pages of documents, which include investigative reports.
Marlow added that his office is awaiting completion of a Washington State Auditor's Office report on the matter, a copy of which also will go to Jensen.
The charging documents claim Huston started the theft scheme in 1990, less than a year after he was hired, by opening a bank account in the name of a Spokane company. He then began charging the county for equipment and parts it never received, according to the documents.
It wasn't until earlier this year that Pasco police Officer David Yates discovered Huston opened the account as the sole proprietor under the name Doyle BR/Critzer Equipment and submitted false invoices to Franklin County.
That's after staff in the county Auditor's Office found the alleged fraud when an audit of the vendor list revealed that Critzer Equipment was no longer in business, yet the county continued to pay invoices submitted in the company's name.
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Greg Hahn Destroys The Funny Bone's Stage… Again
By J.T. Ryder
Talking to Greg Hahn is like talking to an auctioneer suffering from ADHD and coming off a three-day crack binge. I actually had to slow down the tape at times just to be able to transcribe the interview. Onstage or off, Greg Hahn is one of the most maniacal, riotous comedians whose off-kilter humor is like a roller coaster ride through a Three Stooges movie: A theater of the absurd played in fast-forward. Our interviews have meandered through his stint in the Marines, through his various road stories and even a point where he set down the phone and played me a drum solo on the kit that resides in his dining room. With Greg Hahn, there are no descriptions I can offer and no advice I can give … other than strap in and enjoy the ride!
In dealing with comedians, most seem to feel like there's a finite pool of laughter and another comedian getting laughs is using it up …
I like it if the emcee or the middle act gets laughs, actually, because the audience should enjoy themselves from the second they start watching. Not that every joke has to be knocked out of the park, but I like walking up to a happy audience. Yeah, I like a guy that rocks the house. Then again, I'm a one-man circus act, so I don't care what he does. I feel I can follow it. [Greg Hahn]
Having been featured on the Bob and Tom Show innumerable times, do you think that this has exposed you to an audience that may have never heard of you otherwise?
Well, I think the Bob and Tom Show, for me, has made my career. It has totally given it a kick in the you-know-what. It's really interesting because I was playing in a club in Indianapolis called One Liners, and they were like, "Hey, you're going to do the Bob and Tom Show tomorrow!" I had heard that Bob and Tom was big and good, but I'd done a lot of radio and you don't get overly excited. So, you do the Bob and Tom Show once and the next thing you know, you show up at a place you've never been before, like Wichita, Kansas, and the place is packed! That's when I first learned the power of Bob and Tom, playing Wichita … that place was slammed and I'm like, "Holy Smokes!" [GH]
It's also made you a staple of the Bob and Tom Comedy All-Stars Tour … what's that like?
Yeah, the Bob and Tom Tour is like a total party. You know, I can just come out and go completely nuts. I don't have to pace myself or anything … just total nuts, you know? That's the thing … I come out, explode, then go have a Diet Coke backstage. It is truly the world of Jäger-bombs and body shots. It's just a Bob and Tom party, because you've got all these headliners who normally don't see each other on the club circuit, because we all headline. Our egos are too big. We wouldn't dare want to open for each other, you know what I mean? But, on the Bob and Tom Tour, it's all headliners, so … man! The green room is a riot. Honestly, I've never had so much fun doing comedy in all my life.[GH]
I wish they would release a DVD of just what goes on in the green room.
Yeah, but it's like triple X-rated, so it's hard to put it out to the public. [GH]
Well, since you're one of the veterans of the tour, do different line-ups give a different feel to the show?
Not really. I mean, it's different personnel, so you've got someone new to goof off with in the green room. But as far as the show itself, I don't really sit out there and watch it. We sit in the green room totally goofing off talking about, again, because it's a meeting of people who don't normally see each other, so we can talk about challenges on the road, which comedy club has the most horrific condo, which guy tried to rip us off the most, and compare notes. Then, when they're like, "Hey! You're up next!" I just go out there, sprinting onto the stage, freak out, then race back to the green room. So, I don't know what's going on out there. I just know that I go out there and give the audience their money's worth and make sure that they're happy that they showed up. [GH]
Between the radio show and the Bob and Tom tours, it is like the perfect showcase for you, since you do so many corporate gigs.
Right! Yeah! No! Yeah! It really worked to my advantage. But still, there's a huge difference with the corporate shows than the Bob and Tom tours. Yeah, the corporate shows are really squeaky clean and after I'm done with that I've got a horrible rash around my neck from the necktie, versus the Bob and Tom tours when you're in your jeans and buzzed from whatever you were drinking in the green room. Yeah, with the Bob and Tom tours, the audience knows half of your jokes, so it's like going out and singing your greatest hits. You know, it's a good time. Like everyone is yelling, "High Five! Myself! No friends!" [GH]
My son loves that! He does that all the time. Now he's got my dad doing it. Hopefully there're not eight million fans in line and we can meet up with you after the show …
Just come storming in. Whoever it is, just step up and say, "Hey! We just did an interview!" and I'll switch right over to you. I'll get out of whoever I was talking to … unless it's a chick with really huge boobs … [GH]
You can catch Greg Hahn live at the Dayton Funny Bone, June 16 at 7:30 p.m., June 17 and 18 at 7:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. and June 19 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $15 to $17 and, since these are special engagements, no passes or special offers will be accepted. For more information, call (937) 429-5233 or go to www.daytonfunnybone.com.
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What the well-dressed horse is wearing...
This is a "sleezy".
It isn't snapped under his chin because it's supposed to go under his halter. K was just trying it on him, so she left the halter on. She wasn't sure if he'd cooperate, but he was patient and willing. You roll it up like a t-shirt and put it over the horse's head.
A sleezy keeps the horse's mane in place, untangled, and clean, before a horse show.


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By Bill Korach www.thereportcard.org
Ipse dixit is a tidy and articulate Latin legal phrase literally meaning "He himself says." Put another way it could easily mean "The Truth is whatever I say it is whenever I say it." Justice Potter Stewart employed the phrase in his majestic dissent in the 1962 Supreme Court decision "Engel v. Vitale" that ended public school prayer. Justice Stewart, a Constitutional Originalist argued:
"With all respect, I think the Court has misapplied a great constitutional principle. I cannot see how an "official religion" is established by letting those who want to say a prayer say it. On the contrary, I think that to deny the wish of these school children to join in reciting this prayer is to deny them the opportunity of sharing in the spiritual heritage of our Nation."
Justice Stewart cited case after case where prayer was allowed in school and in government. Justice Stewart, a product of the old Patrician class of Hotchkiss, and Yale, believed in America's heritage and America's institutions. He inherited the time-tested approach that American law is the product of previous legal decisions or settled law (Stare Decisis). He closed his dissent saying:
" I am at a loss to understand the Court's unsupported ipse dixit that these official expressions of religious faith in and reliance upon a Supreme Being "bear no true resemblance to the unquestioned religious exercise that the State of New York has sponsored in this instance."
In other words, Justice Stewart believed that the majority decision was based on nothing more than its own feeling that school prayer was wrong.
Since Engel v. Vitale countless cased have been decided by judges who do nothing but legislate from the bench. Law schools and liberal arts colleges are chock a block with administrators, teachers and students who believe in one opinion: their opinion. And anyone who disagrees must be silenced. Why? Because the Left has pronounced it so. Ipse Dixit!
Doubt this fact? Here are a few examples of Ipse Dixit in action on today's campuses courtesy of Walter Williams:
During a campus debate, Purdue University professor David Sanders argued that a logical extension of pro-lifers' belief that fetuses are human beings is that pictures of "a butt-naked body of a child" are child pornography. Clemson University's chief diversity officer, Lee Gill, who's paid $185,000 a year to promote inclusion, provided a lesson claiming that to expect certain people to be on time is racist.
To reduce angst among snowflakes in its student body, the University of California, Hastings College of the Law has added a "Chill Zone." The Chill Zone, located in its library, has, just as most nursery schools have, mats for naps and beanbag chairs. Before or after a snooze, students can also use the space to do a bit of yoga or meditate. The University of Michigan Law School helped its students weather their Trump derangement syndrome — a condition resulting from Donald Trump's election — by enlisting the services of an "embedded psychologist" in a room full of bubbles and play dough. To reduce pressure on law students, Joshua M. Silverstein, a law professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, thinks that "every American law school ought to substantially eliminate C grades and set its good academic standing grade point average at the B- level."
Today's academic climate might be described as a mixture of infantilism, kindergarten and totalitarianism. The radicals, draft dodgers and hippies of the 1960s who are now college administrators and professors are responsible for today's academic climate. The infantilism should not be tolerated, but more important for the future of our nation are the totalitarianism and the hate-America lessons being taught at many of the nation's colleges. For example, led by its student government leader, the University of California, Irvine's student body voted for a motion, which the faculty approved, directing that the American flag not be on display because it makes some students uncomfortable and creates an unsafe, hostile environment. The flag is a symbol of hate speech, according to the student government leader. He said that the U.S. flag is just as offensive as Nazi and Islamic State flags and that the U.S. is the world's most evil nation (http://tinyurl.com/kjoax3j).
In a recent New York Times op-ed, New York University provost Ulrich Baer argued: "The idea of freedom of speech does not mean a blanket permission to say anything anybody thinks. It means balancing the inherent value of a given view with the obligation to ensure that other members of a given community can participate in discourse as fully recognized members of that community." That's a vision that is increasingly being adopted on college campuses, and it's leaking down to our primary and secondary levels of education. Baer apparently believes that the test for one's commitment to free speech comes when he balances his views with those of others. His vision justifies the violent disruptions of speeches by Heather Mac Donald at Claremont McKenna College, Milo Yiannopoulos at UC Berkeley and Charles Murray at Middlebury College. Baer's vision is totalitarian nonsense. The true test of one's commitment to free speech comes when he permits people to be free to say and write those things he finds deeply offensive.
In the legal arena, judges said President Trump's travel ban was illegal because of Trump's campaign remarks on violent Islamic radicals. President Trump was well within the law as President, but the judges just didn't like him, so they ruled against him Ipse Dixit.
Beware the doctrine Ipse Dixit, that is the doctrine of totalitarianism.


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Before you begin the verb tense lessons, it is extremely important to understand that NOT all English verbs are the same. English verbs are divided into three groups: Normal Verbs, Non-Continuous Verbs, and Mixed Verbs.
Most verbs are "Normal Verbs." These verbs are usually physical actions which you can see somebody doing. These verbs can be used in all tenses.
to run, to walk, to eat, to fly, to go, to say, to touch, etc.
The second group, called "Non-Continuous Verbs," is smaller. These verbs are usually things you cannot see somebody doing. These verbs are rarely used in continuous tenses. They include:
to be, to want, to cost, to seem, to need, to care, to contain, to owe, to exist...
to possess, to own, to belong...
to like, to love, to hate, to dislike, to fear, to envy, to mind...
The third group, called "Mixed Verbs," is the smallest group. These verbs have more than one meaning. In a way, each meaning is a unique verb. Some meanings behave like "Non-Continuous Verbs," while other meanings behave like "Normal Verbs."
to appear, to feel, to have, to hear, to look, to see, to weigh...
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NOTICE: Only rarely is "to be" used in a continuous form. This is most commonly done when a person is temporarily behaving badly or stereotypically. It can also be used when someone's behavior is noticeably different.
to feel:
NOTICE: The second meaning of "feel" is very flexible and there is no real difference in meaning between "I don't feel well today" and "I am not feeling well today."


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The mission of the Youth & Family Studies Department is to embrace, encourage, equip, and unleash collegians to have kingdom impact in God's power. We prepare students to be employable upon graduation.
Nyack's YFS Department is designed to give its students extensive and practical knowledge, skills, and experience in the field. The YFS Student Leadership Team plans and leads events, including a retreat early in the school year. Our department is a supportive family. We place a high value on support and encouragement. Our lead professor, Len Kageler, has written eleven books on youth ministry and is asked to address gatherings of youth workers all over the world.
Area churches, including those in NYC, love having Nyack YFS students serving as volunteers, paid interns, or youth directors.
Foundation: personal soul care, integrity, and maintaining empowering relationships
Level 1: knowledge and skills to work directly with children/youth
Level 2: knowledge and skills to work with and through volunteers/parents
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Associate director at a Christian camp
Children's or youth director/pastor (U.S. or abroad)
Parachurch ministry leadership (e.g., Young Life or Youth for Christ)
Program staff for a specialized ministry (e.g., working with teen moms)
Resident director at a group home for at-risk youth
This degree is also a platform from which to pursue a graduate degree (e.g., a Masters in Counseling or an M.Div.).
Last year 93% of our graduates either found well paying, full time jobs in the field or were accepted into a graduate school program. Here are some of the positions our graduates have filled.
Director of Youth for Christ, New York City
Head of Young Life, West Point
Head of Youth for Christ, Long Island
Head of Youth Ministry, the Evangelical Free Church of America
Young Children's Director
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Dr. Leonard Kageler (Department Chair)
Dr. ShayLee Perez
Anna Shuman
Advanced Youth Ministry, Camp and Wilderness Adventure Program Leadership, Family Services, Student Selected Interest
"I didn't realize just how much Nyack's YFS program had prepared me until I sat in my first interview and was reminded of how much I knew! The YFS department gave me the tools, knowledge, and confidence to lead well, while also encouraging me to grow." Art Pereira, Class of 2013
"Being part of the YFS department brought me out of my comfort zone both relationally and spiritually. My time at Nyack taught me about my identity, worth, and value as a woman, a minister, and part of the body of Christ." Courtney Cox, Class of 2015
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You can actually zip this thing all the way up and then look out of mesh eye holes where Batman's eyes are. I think this is kind of cool as a hoodie, but when you add the face to it, I get creeped out. But if you're ready to go fight crime*, you can spend a mere $75 and be well on your way! The Tumbler will set you back a little more, though.
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More like a lot of crime victims, as in whoever wears that is asking for a beatdown.
Yeah, not a lot of crime FIGHTING happening in that.
Er...this thing is basically exactly the same as a hoodie that my boyfriends brother has, off the shelf a couple of years ago. (except his didn't have the creepy airbrushing, it was more cartoony) You could even zip the hood all the way like that with the eye holes!
i was thinking the same thing, timcat.
and if not, people will be expecting you to when you slink into a store with that head/mask on.
and if not, people will be expecting you to when you slink into a store with that head/mask on.
Gonna be a lot of stick ups done in this thing.


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A Celebration of Life Memorial was held on Sunday, July 10, from 12 - 4 pm at the Sacramento Turn Verein (3349 J Street, Sacramento).
Irmgard Hess Schlenker
January 18, 1936 - May 29, 2011
Irmgard Hess Schlenker, retired nurse and tireless education advocate for German language and culture, passed peacefully from cancer on Sunday May 29, 2011 at her residence in Sacramento. She was 75.
Born in 1936 in the German colony of Bessarabia, educated in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, she emigrated to the United States with her family in 1955. She received degrees in Nursing and German from the California State University of Sacramento and served as a Registered Nurse for 37 years at Lodi Memorial, Mercy General, and Mercy San Juan hospitals. Devoted wife of 52 years to Albert Schlenker and mother of three children; Edgar, Siegrid, and Richard Schlenker. Irmgard was an extraordinarily hard working and generous person whose kind and caring nature was beloved by all that knew her.
Irmgard also dedicated over 25 years teaching German language and culture courses to children and adults through the California State University, Sacramento and San Juan Unified School District foreign language programs, and private programs. For 20+ years, she organized and led dozens of educational tours throughout Germany and Western Europe. From 1999 through 2008, she founded and directed the German Language School promoted through the local Sacramento Turn Verein organization. In 2008, she created an independent German-American Language School, teaching classes at the Central Methodist Church in East Sacramento. She was very active within her community and served on the Mission Oaks Recreation and Park District board.
She is survived by her husband, Albert Schlenker; daughter, Siegrid (Ziggy) Robeson; son, Richard Schlenker; brothers, Hugo and Oskar Hess of Lodi; and grandchildren Margaret Schlenker, Kinsey and William Robeson. Preceded in death by her parents, Emil and Ida Hess; sister, Wilma Hess; and son, Edgar Schlenker.


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Budget 2012: SMEs – Chancellor Lifts the Mood
Commenting on the announcements made by the Chancellor in his Budget today, Malcolm Edge, UK Head of National Markets said:
"SMEs in the UK would have wanted to have seen three things from the announcement today, how to improve competitiveness, how to de-cluter leglislation and how to stimulate growth, and the Chancellor has gone some way to making sure that he achieved all three.
"Lowering the corporate tax rate, improving broadband speeds in ten key cities and increasing apprenticeships all help to make the UK a more competitive place to be based, while relaxing planning laws and the simplification of the tax regime for small businesses so that they pay tax on a cash basis, will help to simplify their life.
"It is growth however that is the number one issue for SMEs and there were some helpful measures around credit easing, relaxation of employment laws, enterprise loans for young entrepreneurs and key reliefs for the film, animation and games sector.
"Developing new markets both in the UK and overseas is vital and expanding the amount available under the UK Export Finance Scheme is absolutely essential to the SME community, however take up rates currently are just so low that more will need to be done to make sure they know how to access it and are given the confidence to look at export markets.
"UK Trade and Investment has done a lot, but there is a lot more that needs to be done here. Britain has to export if we are going to stay competitive on the world stage, but it's all a step in the right direction.
"In order to help the SME community to grow it is vital that the "feel in people's pockets" is there and the new personal tax rate changes should help to lift the mood and encourage consumers to start spending again.
"The Chancellor tried to give something to everyone today, with lots of promises of transport investment particularly in the North West of England and an extension of the enterprise zones (an enhanced capital allowances in some), as well as lots planned for London.
"Much of what was said today, however, has been on the horizon for a while, and people will need see the promises in action, but for many SMEs it will feel that the horizon is that much closer."


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Athletics Australia has been successful in its application to IPC for International Classification to take place at the 2018 Vic Open and Para Track Championships. As the process of International Classification can be time consuming, we encourage all applicants wishing to be Internationally Classified to begin the process as soon as possible.
We expect the International Classification details will be as follows:
Classification Dates: Tuesday, 27th of February - Thursday, 1st of March 2018
Event Location: Lakeside Stadium - Aughtie Drive , Albert Park VIC
Event Dates: Friday, 2nd of March - Sunday, 4th of March 2018
Event Registration: Closes - Sunday, February 18th 2018 11:58 PM
For information on preparation for Australian athletes with a Physical Impairment, please click on the following:
Preparation for PI AthletesIPC PI Medical Diagnostics Form
Please be aware that as of the 01/11/2017 the IPC have issued a new PI Medical Diagnostics Form to be completed for any athletes attending International Classification in the future (2018 onwards). The link above contains the updated document required - to be filled out electronically by a GP.
For information on preparation for Australian athletes with an Intellectual Impairment, please click on the following:
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*All athletes must present for International Classification with an 'Athlete Representative' (ideally this would be the athletes personal coach).
*Athletes with an Intellectual Impairment must compete in the event they wish to be classified for - Shot put or Long Jump (Intellectually Impaired athletes wishing to be classified in Track can compete in either the 400 or 1500 metres).
* Please note that there will be no opportunity for International Classification for athletes with a Visual Impairment at this event.
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When the Project Runway designers were asked to create a Grammy gown for Access Hollywood's Nancy O'Dell, Austin Scarlett — who seemed a shoo-in for the final three — lost out to the far less creative Wendy Pepper. Why? His dress was too glamorous. The sneaky Pepper's final showdown against cool costumer Kara Saun and wild-child styler Jay McCarroll airs tonight at 9pm/ET on Bravo.
"With Wendy's designs, we thought she had a good chance of being eliminated, but she managed slip by in every episode," Scarlett laments to TVGuide.com. "[But] I was kind of prepared for anything, so I wasn't too completely heart-wrenched."
O'Dell tried to soften the blow, however, by asking the aspiring couturier to design her Oscar gown. So will we see her rocking an Austin Scarlett original this week? Unfortunately, no. "Austin never called Nancy's stylist to follow through," an Access Hollywood rep explains. That's true, confirms Scarlett. "I've been so busy putting my first line together," he says, "I really didn't have a chance to pursue that offer." But he's sure to get plenty of others. "I've been approached by a buyer from Saks," he says, "and I'm in the process of getting my website up."
Still, we just know Scarlett has dreamt up a glamorous gown or two for O'Dell on his mental sketchpad. "I would have a variation of my design on the show in one color, like a buttery yellow with her complexion, or a rich pink," he muses, adding that he still hopes to design for the Access hostess. "I would have loved to have done it — maybe next year."
With Scarlett gone, nobody's sure who'll stitch up Project Runway's top spot — and a hard-earned hug from Heidi Klum. Of course, the ousted designer has his own theory about which way the fabric will finally fold. "I think Jay deserves to win because he's the most creative," Scarlett says, "but I think the judges will choose Kara Saun."


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African Violets
Popular Indoor Plants
African violets are a favorite indoor plant of many hobbyists. They are relatively easy to grow and propagate, and provide an array of beautiful blooms. It seems that people either can grow them or can't, though. If you are one of those who has always wanted to know how to grow African violets then read on.
Growing African Violets
Violets are easy to grow but they do require some basic things for best results.
Good Light
These plants need to be in a good, sunny window. An east window is best because they get the less intense sun of the early morning. A northern exposure is the worst because there is less light. If you must put them in a west facing window then be sure to have a sheet curtain to filter the intense sunlight or the leaves will scorch and the plant will not do well. Turn your plant weekly so that it receives equal light on all sides.
The special potting soil for African Violets should be used when starting, or repotting a plant. You can make your own soil mixture by mixing equal parts of vermiculite, perlite, and peatmoss. You can substitute your own, well rotted compost for the pea. Just be sure to pasteurize it by putting it in a 200 degree oven for 30 minutes.
Plants flower best when they are slightly rootbound, so time the repotting carefully.
The wick method of watering is best for violets. To make you own self watering plant just pull a wick (like for an oil lamp), a thin strip of cheesecloth or even some yarn up through the drainage hole in the bottom of the pot. Leave about two inches of the wick hanging out the drainage hole to absorb water. Lay it across the bottom and up the side. It works best if you soak it first. Now, add the potting soil and plant.
You can also water from the top, being careful not to splash the leaves of the plant. Water when the top of the soil feels dry to the touch.
You should feed you violets regularly to keep them at their best. Use a commercial fertilizer as directed on the package or feed with a manure tea.
Manure tea is made by adding two parts water to one part well rotted manure and allowing to sit at room temperature for a few days. This is an incredible boost to plants of any sort.
Violets do best between 65-80 degrees in a moist atmosphere. Grouping plants or setting them on a saucer filled with water and pebbles will keep them at a higher level of humidity.
Pests and Diseases of African Violets
Root Rot- Root and crown rot are caused by a fungus. It most often can be found in plants that have been overwatered. The crown and roots of the infected plants turn dark and soft and the leaves begin to wilt.It is best to destroy the infected plants and begin again in a sterile potting mix and sterilized pot.
Chlorosis - Chlorosis is a yellow or white spotting of the leaves most often caused by water droplets splashed, or left on the leaves. Be careful not to wet the leaves when watering plants from the top and wipe off any splashed water immediately.
Botrytis Blight - Botrytis Blight affects plants grown in artificial light. It begins as small, water-soaked lesions on the underside of the leaves. These become larger until the leaf turns brown to black. Flowers may also be affected. The contributing factors of this disease seem to be:
- High humidity
- Poor air circulation
- Low light intensity
The spores of the fungus are spread by direct contact of leaves. Keep your plants spaced to that the leaves do not touch. The application of a fungicide sometimes controls outbreaks.
Powdery Mildew- Powdery Mildew is a light (white to grey), powdery substance on the stems and petioles of the violet. Mildew grows in cool, moist, stagnant air. Planting the violet in an area where there is good air circulation is the remedy for this.
Petiole Rot - Petiole rot is an orange-brown, rusty colored lesion where the petiole touches the rim of the pot or where it contacts the soil. It is often caused by the accumulation of fertilizer salts on the rim of the pot or on the top layer of soil. It happens most often with plants that are watered by wicking. If you use this method of watering it is a good idea to water form the top every week or so to wash the salts down into the soil.
Nematodes - Nematodes cause plants to have stunted growth and become weak. Galls form on the roots, and the crown and leaves become thick and distorted. Blisters appear on the leaves. Destroy all infested plants and sterilize their containers.
Cyclamen Mites - Cyclamen Mites feed in the plant crown. This causes the emerging leaves to be stunted or brittle. The leaf hairs may become matted with the flower buds not opening.
Infected plants should be isolated. Wash hands before touching healthy plants so as not to spread the mites.
Mealybugs - Mealybugs are small, soft-bodied insects that look like small clusters of white cotton on the surfaces of leaves and near the base of the leaf stems. They suck plant juices and cause the leaves to be stunted. The sticky substance that they excrete often causes a dark mold to grow on the plant. Bugs can also affect the root of the plant.
Mealybugs have to be removed by hand, removing them with a cotton swab soaked in alcohol is often effective. To control these insects do not overwater your plants.
Thrips-Thrips are a small, slender insect. They are characterized by long, hair-fringed wings. The damage is done to African violets by feeding on the leaves and flowers. The injury appears as streaked silvered areas on the leaves. You may find that these areas are speckled with black drops. Spraying plant with lukewarm water can be effective.
Aphids- Aphids have soft, pear-shaped bodies, long legs and antennae. They also excrete honeydew and the leaves take on a shiny appearance and may develop the black mold. Wash aphids from infested African Violets with a spray of lukewarm water.
Propagation of African Violets
If you have an especially healthy and beautiful plant it is easy to make more of them!
Just take a healthy leaf from the plant. Leave a long stem. Now, cut it at a 45 degree angle.
Plant the leaf in some potting soil and keep moist. In about a month you will notice a tiny violet plant forming at the cut end of the leaf.
Propagating violets is easy. It is a great learning tool for children, and the resulting plants make wonderful (and inexpensive) gifts.
How to Propagate an African Violet
African Violet Pots
Any kind of pot will do as long as it has good drainage.
Self watering pots allow the plants to be watered at a constant rate and safe-guard the plant from being overwatered. These pots use either a system of wicking or a porous pot to absorb water. The pots are usually less than $10.00 at the nursery.
You can make your own self watering pot by using the wicking instructions above or by planting the potted violet in pure peat moss. Keeping the peatmoss damp will allow the potting soil to soak up moisture as it needs it.
What About Coir?
Coir is a substance that is much like peatmoss. It is sustainable because it is made from coconut fiber. Peat moss is not sustainable and many people use coir in place of peat.
In most cases this is fine. However, coir does not work as well with African Violets and you may not have consistently good results.
Violets are a fantastic hobby. They are beautiful decorations and create a cozy atmosphere in the home. By understanding the best ways to grow these plants you can have thriving plants in no time!
African violets are gorgeous! Too delicate for me, but I still love them.
Marye, this is a great hub. You have provided so much info and it will really help when I start buying my African Violets. I have a small east facing window that will be perfect for the plants. Problem is, there is no real windowsill there. I will have to buy some sort of shelving unit to put my plants on and set that on top of my desk.
Thank you so much for all this wonderful information.
these are some great plants just hope mum likes them for her birthday coming up
How difficult are african violets to grow? Could I do it here in the UK? Our weather isn't great but i suppose indoors may work? Thanks for the info!
I never had luck with the African Violets but now you shared some of the tips, maybe I will try it again. Thanks.
This blog is very useful for those who want to grow African violets.
I love these, but unless I am on the wrong track, these ones die of when flowered. That is when I fail, I put them outside and mistakenly empty pots and replant with something else.
Forgetting that they will regrow. I have done this a few times. You would think I would learn. And maybe mark the pots with names so do not do again. Lovely hub many thanks
Marye, what a wonderful hub about African Violets! Your great work really pays tribute to these 'happy plants', which have been following me, wherever I'd lived.
cheers I will send it to my father he loves his plants


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American Bar Association and RightSignature Bring Electronic Signatures to Law Firms
By: Daryl Bernstein / Friday, May 14, 2010
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In its 2014 list of the top volunteer-producing colleges and universities, the Peace Corps ranked Dickinson No. 8 among small schools for a second consecutive year, with 14 alumni currently volunteering worldwide—in Albania, Burkina Faso, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Jordan, Madagascar, Moldova, Namibia, Panama, Peru, Rwanda, Togo and Ukraine. Since the first days of the Peace Corps, 229 Dickinson graduates have traveled abroad to serve as volunteers. Read more at www.dickinson.edu/peacecorps.
Professor of History Marcelo Borges' research on transatlantic migration from Portugal to Latin America in the 19th and 20th centuries was profiled in the Portuguese national newspaper Público.
Alberto Rodríguez, professor of Spanish, published "El retrato literario en dos Novelas Ejemplares de Cervantes: El amante liberal y La española inglesa" in Caracol, no. 6, by the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Associate Professor of Religion Daniel Cozort's online Journal of Buddhist Ethics, the first academic journal devoted to Buddhist ethics, celebrated its 20th anniversary as an open-access publication. Learn more at blogs.dickinson.edu/buddhistethics.
Stephen Erfle, associate professor of international business & management, published "Bracketing Utility" in International Journal of Economics, Commerce & Management; "Physical Activity Performance of Focal Middle School Students," with Corey M. Gelbaugh, in Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science; and Managerial Economics: Economic Tools for Today's Decision Makers, 7th ed., with Paul Keat and Philip K. Young. The text is being used in his class INBM 220: Managerial Decision Making.
Dickinson received a $700,000 grant from the Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation to supplement the existing Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Endowed Scholarship Fund, which provides additional tuition assistance to worthy students in support of their pursuit of a Dickinson undergraduate education.
The Dickinson College Farm received $5,000 from the Miller Foundation to support general operating expenses.
Shalom Staub, associate provost for academic affairs and first-year dean, received a $10,000 Bringing Theory to Practice-Leadership Coalition Grant from the Association of American Colleges and Universities. The grant will help Dickinson improve student retention by enhancing the first-year student experience through better integration of academic and student-development programs and resources. Dickinson was invited as one of 30 colleges and universities to submit a proposal to the program, based on its track record as a national-demonstration-project grant recipient.
Associate Professor of Biology Tom Arnold received $5,500 from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources for his project SAV Technical Synthesis III.
The Center for Lusophone Research (CLR)/ Council of American Overseas Research Centers Grants for Short-Term Research in Portugal and/or Lusophone Africa awarded Jeremy Ball, associate professor of history, $3,000 for his project Monuments, Commemoration and the Creation of an Angolan National Identity. Ball will conduct research in Angola on historical narratives and political counter-narratives of post-independence public monuments.
Alyssa DeBlasio, assistant professor of Russian, received a $50,000 award from the Pittsburgh Humanities Center to support the completion of her book project on the transition of Russian philosophical thought from the post-Soviet era (1990s) to the present. The grant also supports her new project on philosophical readings of contemporary Russian films. She will be based at the University of Pittsburgh, which houses the largest collection of Russian films outside of Moscow.
Read more from the spring 2014 issue of Dickinson Magazine.
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