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The most insidious form of theft
Lack of logical foundation
President Richard M. Nixon announced on August 15, 1971, that the U.S. would no longer officially exchange dollars for gold and many are still referring to that decision as one of the biggest mistakes ever. Nixon, for one, thought gold-price stability was bogus. It has since become clear why he went off the gold standard. A good controlling factor over the monetary system would be the price of gold. The implications; conduct monetary and fiscal policy such that the gold markets are content to sit tight, and marvel at the economic results. Do otherwise, and the ordeal of the 1970s will be repeated today. Rarely in the history of political economy have choices been so stark, so obvious. One wonders whether it is being done on purpose. Which as we know is actually the truth.
The USD has no logical foundation behind it with regards to any sustainable value due to a lack of hard asset collateral. It's just air! That means all people's money, in their checking, savings, investment and retirement accounts is simply not real! And since 1971 never has been!
When the new gold backed USN is forced into play, money will obtain real value, and matters are going to change very fast. This dramatic event for change will start happening sooner than anyone realises, while the great illusion of western dominance will end. Three quarters of a century of military dominance will be gone in the blink of an eye. No more grace periods to extend. No more meetings to renegotiate treaties and implement international bankruptcy rulings.
It is clear, that the new global financial system has evolved to a higher standard. It will prevent many forms of fraud and allow for unrestricted movement of funds from place to place as needed, instead of delays or freezes or holds due to compliance issues. Unimpeded movement of funds is important to the wellbeing of society. The timely arrival of funds according to budgetary needs is critical to the survival of businesses.
Today's end of the line situation is far grimmer than anyone is being told. Only the implementation of RV followed by GESARA will deliver the fiscal remedy for folks who must now live in this new reality. By the way, only Americans enjoyed the continuing endless supply of currency being forced upon them by the holders of all global debt, known as The Chinese Elders.
The Weakness of paper money:
Precisely this non-backing of currency is the inherent weakness of "paper money" – governments have the power to declare paper to be "legal tender" – but they do not have the power to give that money value. This is something that no one, especially not politicians will tell you. – All Central Banks should be abolished. The average citizen doesn't have a clue how dangerous and corrupt the Central Banking System and their governments really are. Please read here how we the people can help to abolish all Central Banks.
The world over, governments have embarked on an out-of-control experiment with debt money, that they could alternatively have issued as 'debt-free-money', without interest. –In today's world, credit money is printed in absurd quantities out of thin air, and so much of it is borrowed that it can never ever be paid back in full to the creditors. – It took the USA "216 years to rack up $8.5 trillion in debt… and then just 8 more years to double that amount." – Governments won't be able to do a single thing about this crisis, as they themselves have knowingly created it!
When governments tap out their ability to increase their tax revenue and their debts become too mountainous to maintain; they have one last way they can take what they need, and it is the most insidious. They can print the currency they need to pay for whatever they want.
The most insidious form of theft
The Central Banks' balance sheet – which represents the total amount of currency in circulation or in central bank's reserves – has the USD blown up from $1.1 trillion in 2008 to nearly $4 trillion in 2017.
Not many people understand the misconception of these actions or their inevitable failure. The great advantage of paper money is purportedly its flexibility. They can, in theory, print more of it when they need it to facilitate economic growth or forestall a crisis. But that doesn't really work. Printing money doesn't create wealth or stimulate the economy. Instead, it simply makes each unit in circulation less valuable and leads to higher prices, a monetary phenomenon that is called inflation.
It is an insidious form of stealing. People feel wealthier as the numbers on their pay checks and bank balances rise. As nominal stock prices rise, people feel as though things are going well. But they don't notice the value of each unit is eroding steadily. Worse still, it provides incentives for going into debt. People who borrow today will repay those obligations in the future with units that are worth much less.
Inflation has been so prevalent for so long, most people don't even know it's not part of a normal economic system. Data on consumer prices from 1596-1971 in Great Britain prove that during gold-standard periods, commodity prices remain stable – even over hundreds of years – during periods of massive economic growth and soaring populations.
The most important test of paper money is whether it facilitates real, per-capita economic growth. And on that score, the evidence is overwhelmingly negative. When money is sound and reliable, it doesn't lose value over time.
The name of the game is the 'race to debase' purchasing power
Today's monetary system, however, isn't sound or reliable. Politicians fool around with the money supply constantly. Sometimes, they increase the amount of money by huge amounts in response to demands from powerful groups, especially banks. As a result, the products you need to live a regular life – like gasoline, milk, housing, and medical care – constantly increase in price. And these prices go up, year after year, even when wages don't.
Paper money works great for the rich, who can hedge their exposure to the currency and whose access to fixed-rate credit allows huge asset purchases. But it is horrible for the middle class.
When the US-dollar as the reserve currency was taken off gold, it allowed the central banks to continuously debase their currency, while the wages paid in the same currency no longer kept pace with inflation.
Any reasonable study of paper-money systems versus gold-backed monetary systems demonstrates the superiority of gold straightaway. So, why does almost every modern government choose paper? The answer is because paper money allows the wealthy and powerful vested interests in the economy to manipulate interest rates, prices, the money supply, and credit to their exclusive advantage.
Today's monetary system dooms every average worker to poverty and almost guarantees that the rich and powerful will become richer. And it is this massive gap that is ultimately fuelling the problems the world faces today.
The Problem with Paper Assets
Wealth is either physical, by for example owning a big house or a Rembrandt painting, or it is paper wealth.
All paper assets are a claim against tangible goods and services. No more goods and services can be obtained than the economy can produce. Since the economy of 2008-13 produced only a fraction as much real wealth as the claims against it, those claims will have to be applied to future output.
The Debt
The IMF has just reported that total global debt is now at a staggering $164 trillion, which amounts to 225% of total global GDP. Every person on this planet could turn over everything they produce for the next two to three years and the world will still be in debt.
The number is so astronomically high that it is impossible to pay off, and so there really is no point in even trying. In fact, governments are not at all concerned with paying off the debt because they know the number has lost it's meaning in the face of such cartoonish proportions.
Currency is created by private institutions who create as much money as banks and governments desire. This money is created out of thin air, literally by punching a few keys on a computer keyboard and sending tiny currents of electricity to a screen which displays whatever number the private corporation wants. It is not backed by anything of value, yet these private institutions charge interest to governments and private sector borrowers.
For every unit created and loaned, the magical money-lenders demand that unit back with interest. Since the lender is demanding more than was created, it is mathematically impossible to ever pay off debt, because the currency units to pay for interest simply don't exist.
The modern-day debt system maintains a tragic if not dramatic tension in the world, and on a planet with such abundant resources, you have to wonder with a global debt number so high, do people of the planet owe money to each other, or are they really in debt to some type of institution?
It definitely does not make sense for the human race to enslave itself with such an insane system. Theoretically the debt is owed to the central banks that created the units out of nothing. So actually there is no debt owed to anybody!
Corruption of debt
The only way the government can give away something is by first taking it from someone else. This is critical. The governments are taking what they want, and this is exactly what has created today's crisis.
Taxes are the most obvious way governments take for redistribution. But governments are now reaching the limits of what they can generate from new or higher taxes. When governments realise they can't take any more from you through taxes, they use debt instruments to take from your children and grandchildren.
Governments have taken advantage of that option to a historic degree; the U.S. and EU government owe more than $20 trillion each. The number is so large, it's meaningless. No one can comprehend how much money $20 trillion really is. A better way to think about it is to say; each taxpayer owes roughly $175,000. That's like a whole additional mortgage for most people.
This massive amount of national debt cannot be financed at any real rate of interest. If governments have to pay even 6% interest on their debt, it would cost roughly $1.2 trillion a year. And that's just to pay the interest on the debt. The entire government brings in about $3.3 trillion a year in taxes.
This debt addiction has filtered into four critical areas of the economy. Instead of learning from the mistakes that crippled the economy in 2008 when the mortgage bubble burst, they have created three new bubbles that could soon blow up.
- The largest threat is the corporate bond market, particularly junk bonds.
When this crash occurs, it will be the largest destruction of wealth in history. There has never been a bigger bubble in bonds.
- Student debt forms another looming bubble
Over the past 10 years, students, most of whom have virtually no income, have racked up enormous debts. As of 2017, student debt totals more than $1.5 trillion, the second-largest source of household debt after home mortgages.
All the signs show that the debt piled on our youth will become another catastrophic bubble in the western economy.
- The subprime auto lending bubble is poised to cripple the automotive-industry
Most people have no idea how pervasive subprime loans have become in auto lending. Over 90% of cars sold are financed by loans of leases.
- The housing bubble trouble
The housing bubble is going to repeat itself with even more unsold and unfinished houses. Spain in 2008 was stuck throughout the country with over 3,5 million unsold houses. That number is set to grow again as about half of the houses 'sold' were bought by speculators that cannot resell. So, expect more new and unfinished properties in this upcoming crash, than ten years ago.
How is this substantiated? It's simple. Historically, "junk" bonds – aka high-yield bonds issued by less-creditworthy companies – have never yielded less than 5% annually. But they hit that low in mid-2014, and today, they're not much higher than that.
Likewise, in 2014, the difference between the yields on junk bonds and the yields on investment-grade bonds had almost never been lower. That means credit was more available than almost ever before for small, less-than-investment-grade companies. The last time credit was that widely available – and at such low costs – was in 2007. And that ended badly.
Throughout 2015, the spread between low-quality corporate bonds and high-quality corporate bonds began rising. That indicated a growing fear in the market as people reduced the amount of risk in their portfolios and shifted to higher-quality and higher-rated assets.
During the first half of 2016, the high-yield spread began declining. It's now close to the post-crisis lows of 2014, indicating complacency in the high-yield debt market. But it won't last. It never does.
Most investors don't know anything about the Central Banks quietly reversing course. They have started draining the system of reserves. In October 2017, they began to "run off" their balance sheet by about $13 billion a month. That is, as the bonds they hold mature, these assets won't "roll" into new securities. And so, for the last seven months, their balance sheets have shrunk by $10 billion a month in bond securities and $3 billion a month in mortgage securities.
It took the speculative bubble a long time to reach negative interest rates on junk bonds. It likewise will take a shorter time for this to fundamentally change the financial markets, hurting sentiment and securities prices. But make no mistake, the tide is going out. And the tide is going to get more powerful as it moves on.
The coming collapse in the bond market also will be far worse than it was last time. The Federal Reserve's twin policies of keeping interest rates near zero and buying tens of billions of dollars in Treasury securities and mortgage-backed debt have driven the huge bull market in bonds and properties. As the Central Banks buy bonds, they push bond rates down and force the other buyers of bonds to buy riskier debt that historically offers much higher yields.
The real panic in the corporate bond market could arrive soon.
Expect the average price of non-investment debt – junk bonds – to fall by 50%. Investment-grade bonds will fall substantially too, by an estimated 25%. This is going to wipe out a huge amount of capital, which is almost 100% guaranteed to happen.
Junk-bond guru Martin Fridson has projected $1.6 trillion of bonds and loans will default. That means three times as many debt issuers will default than in the last recession.
This would have happened already, according to Fridson, but the government has kept interest rates artificially low, making it possible for many at-risk debt-issuers to refinance their debt at a lower interest rate. This delayed an inevitable wave of defaults in the junk-bond industry, but only temporarily. The government can't keep interest rates low forever. The obvious question is:
Why on Earth did so many people borrow so much money they have no hope of ever repaying?
You might assume it stems from a lack of personal responsibility or a decline in moral standards in recent years. As, there is always a segment of society that wants something for nothing. But this doesn't explain how this problem could grow so large.
The real reason is something quite different: the conclusive corruption of governments and banks.
Because it is impossible to pay off the debts that have been accumulated. Society is fast approaching the point where the government cannot even afford to pay the interest on this debt and that leaves it with one last tool to extend its power over we, the people.
Consumer Society
We have been left with a heavily indebted economy that's still being fuelled by consumption. The system rewards debtors and punishes savers. It makes long-term capital investments nearly impossible because of economic volatility and financial risks caused by inflation.
Worst of all, the system requires everyone to become a speculator because there's no other way to safeguard savings.
The Need for Paper Money
What the gold standard would really do would be to ensure a level playing field for all economic actors – borrowers, lenders, and even governments. That's why bankers – who are always highly leveraged, media barons – who constantly borrow to buy more properties, and governments – which can never balance their budgets, all hate gold. To maintain their power, they all need paper money. The system and those who profit from it would not survive a transition back to the gold standard.
The little-known reality of a paper money system is that it robs the people of purchasing power. That means the average person works harder and produces more, but cannot buy as much as he has been used to. Meanwhile, asset prices soar. The wealthy become wealthier as the value of everything they own becomes inflated along with the currency.
This explains why the wealth gap has grown so much since 2000. And it explains why the wealth gap will continue to grow, so long as governments continue their corrupt policies of quantitative easing, corporate bailouts, overspending, and over-taxation.
Simply working harder – or working smarter – isn't benefiting employees anymore. On the other hand, People who own assets and businesses have seen their wealth soar over the last 40 years.
This system dooms every average worker to poverty and almost guarantees that the rich and powerful will stay that way. And it is this massive gap that is ultimately fuelling today's problems.
The entire system is collapsing, a new system is needed


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This was the 21st annual International Ms. Leather Contest. Glenda Rider is the new owner and producer and she and her boy, Levi did a fabulous job of revitalizing IMsL. It helps that it is back in San Francisco. Even if you don't like title contests, this event had a lot going for it with great workshops, huge play spaces and lots of opportunities to socialize. There were also a lot of horny women there doing a lot of heavy flirting!
Thursday night: It was the Lap-Dance-A-Thon at the hotel. I had about a dozen dollar bills with me and enjoyed tipping the dancers. And then I lucked into a benefactor (no, really, this time I am telling the truth). My benefactor had a lot of money but was too shy to tip the dancers herself. She seemed to enjoy my antics with the dancers and kept feeding me dollar bills, I just got a little more outrageous with them as the evening wore on. What fun. Over $1100 was raised!
Friday: Momma Bear, cru, Monica and I checked into a marvelous suite on the 26th floor with a view of both the Golden Gate and the Bay Bridge as well as Alcatraz, Coit Tower, San Francisco and the bay. I went to my Daddy's class "Butch 101" and then dinner with a group of friends at a Greek restaurant on Polk Street.
Friday night: I had to go to the VIP reception, thereby missing Nayland Blake's gathering at the Eagle. Bah! Then, opening ceremony with Donna Sachet, whom I have never seen, but always read about in Mr Marcus' columns. And then it was the Celebrity Auction. I had lined up 20 fabulous "celebrities" to be sold. cru and I were the co-auctioneers and we raised $4162 for Leather Archives & Museum, NCSF, the San Francisco Breast Cancer Emergency Fund and the IMsL/IMsBB Travel Fund! I was sold to a nice couple from Denver who had seen my classes. I tied up the man, hung a weight from his balls and spanked and paddled his butt. You can read Midori's account of the Celebrity Auction and her wild scene here.
Saturday: Had breakfast with Edge and then went to his "Cruising 101" class. Had a Thai lunch in the Castro with Midori and K. And then I taught "How To Play With Needles" with Julian as my demo bottom. She does scare easily and I do like that. Right after that I was on the Age Play panel with my leather family and that went pretty well (probably because there was candy).
Saturday night: Chinese for dinner with Daddy and Lily and then we went to the contest. It went fast and was entertaining. Lady V of Point Richmond, CA.was chosen Int'l Ms Bootblack and Lauren Ide of Mesa, AZ is the new International Ms. Leather. I had a play date with Annie and Blue. Blue flogged Annie and then I single-tailed her. Then I topped Blue. It was a good scene. I flogged and single-tailed his chest. I broke him and he needed that. Oh! And great news! Blue is now an official member of my leather family! Yay!
Sunday: Brunch and then Stephanie Locke's "Advanced Bondage" class. Sleepsacks, straitjackets and hoods. All very yummy. Afterwards Smoorefu and I took a cab down to SOMA to visit with Gayle Rubin. She lives in this amazing warehouse building that houses her incredible leather archives. Shelves and shelves and boxes and many file cabinets. I could just escape in there for a few days and not get bored. She has an entire set of Prometheus except she is missing some of the more recent issues which I have promised to fill in for her. Ahem! I also got to see an issue of Brains…
Sunday night: We had people up to the suite and ordered in Chinese. I went down to the dungeon and spanked a girl. I think I may do a separate write-up on that… And then it was a sleepover date with Daddy and Lily.
Monday: We had dim sum at Yank Sing before heading back to San Jose. Very yummy.
Monday night: Red-eye home. Yuck!
(Next post will have photos.)

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Interbike 2009 Showroom Floor
Random shots from Day one, on the showroom floor. My only day on the floor as I'll be riding in Utah Thursday-Saturday…
My computer is giving me fits so I haven't been able to upload much video from the Outdoor Demo. You'll have to wait for that. We shot some sweet footage from the trail. Rode really sweet bikes. I'll write up my first impressions a bit later. But bikes that really impressed me were the Pivot 429 and the Turner Sultan.
Titus ftm and the Pivot Mach 4 were my favorite 26 inchers. Can I help it that I'm sweet on Arizona bike companies?
Celebrity shot of the day. We rode with Tinker down Girl Scout on Day one of the demo. Well he rode fast with his team and we tried to follow. I kept up for a while but those riders are superfast, I have footage I'll post soon.
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As the U.S. government shutdown continues (brought on by a standoff between U.S. President Donald Trump and Congressional leaders over the controversial Mexican border wall issue), many U.S. federal government employees are carrying on their duties without pay.
That includes many U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) personnel, such as those at the Sault, Mich. border entry on the American side of the International Bridge.
As a gesture of solidarity with their U.S. counterparts, members of Branch 26 of the Customs and Immigration Union (CIU) who work for the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) in northern Ontario, will be delivering food across the border to help U.S. Customs officials affected by the government shutdown at the Sault Ste Marie, Pigeon River, Fort Frances and Rainy River border crossings.
"We're all trying to do our best to help those officers, and at our port in the Sault specifically, on Tuesday, before the union even stepped in, our officers on shift took up a collection themselves and had 10 pizzas delivered (from a Sault, Mich. pizza restaurant) over there to the U.S. Customs," said Caroline Walker, a Sault, Ontario CBSA official with Branch 26 of CIU, speaking to SooToday Wednesday.
"They were saying there were approximately 30 officers, so they wanted to make sure there was enough pizza and have some left over for the night shift. The union authorized $150 for each port in our union area (the Sault, Pigeon River, Fort Frances and Rainy River)."
"We'll be sending over another order of pizzas, and a few of our officers were talking about going over there on their own time and taking Tim Hortons coffee and things like that, so both officially and unofficially we've kind of all come together to show them we're brothers and sisters and that we support them," Walker said.
"It's not a huge thing, but we really want to stand in solidarity with them," said Mathew Ashworth, CIU Branch 26 president, speaking to SooToday.
"It's the longest government shutdown in the history of the U.S. There are lots of political games and we don't stand on one side of the politics or the other. It's the workers over there that are paying the price. They do critical work. They're border security. They do air travel, land border, every single day. Our workers on our side have been dealing with the Phoenix payroll issues, so we don't have the same issues but we feel a lot of the same things, so we're trying to do what little we can to make their days a little brighter."
"Anybody that's going to work and doing the essential work they're doing deserves to be paid. They have families. I know a lot of times people see them just as uniforms but they're everyday people too, they deserve to be paid, they have spouses and children and people who rely on them to get paid every day. They're still showing up to work. It's very admirable what they're doing. They're still maintaining their border but they're not getting a dime out of it right now," Ashworth said.
"In Rainy River, we delivered some food donations yesterday to them. Two officers went across and delivered meat and cheese and veggie trays, buns and desserts, just to brighten up their day and do what we could."
"Their reaction was 'you guys did not have to do this but we love it that you did.' They were very thankful for it."
"It's unfortunate their politics is affecting the everyday person," Ashworth said.
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MIT- Identifying places on map of Asia
UChi and UCLA- No Homework
Read current events articles and answer questions completely.
Should gifted and talented education be eliminated
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7th Grade: Students will construct a "compass rose" directional marker using household items – popsicle sticks, spaghetti, bottle caps, for example. On a sheet provided by instructor, students will explain why a compass is essential to map reading and acquisition of geographical perspective. Assignment is due Tuesday, September 17. Students are encouraged to be creative – and most of all have fun. A rubric describing grading criteria will be provided by instructor.
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Hello Network! A Greeting from DVN's New Training Services Coordinator
By: Cecily Johnson, training services coordinator, DVN
My name is Cecily Johnson and I'm the the new training services coordinator for the Domestic Violence Network. I'm excited to start the New Year with a new job in a brand new city!
A little about me: as I stated earlier, my name is Cecily. On a personal note, I have come to accept that I have a very unique (weird) first name and a very common last name. I like to believe that my parents felt a need to compensate for the inevitable mispronunciations and misspellings that I would experience during my childhood. Just for fun, picture a couple of five-year olds trying to establish a best friendship on the playground, while navigating "Sess-ih-lee." We just learned that whole "hooked-on-phonics" thing and now we have to learn this? Yikes!
I was born and raised in Georgia, where I lived until my late twenties. I attended Mercer University where I received my BA in Psychology, with a minor in Women's and Gender Studies, then studied at Georgia State University where I received my Master of Social Work degree, with a focus on community partnerships. It was while attending GSU, that I discovered my passion for working in the domestic violence and sexual assault prevention fields; I learned then that I wanted to be a part of The Movement. One of my first and fondest experiences was working with the Women's Resource Center, where I served as a legal advocate, support group facilitator, and crisis line and safe house resident assistant. I loved my work at the WRC and hated to leave. Thankfully, I made lifelong friendships with my colleagues and we still keep in touch to this day; they are some awesome people!
(Insert 2+years of randomness and life experiences that can be discussed over coffee, instead of this blog!)
After a brief period of changing career directions (a.k.a. working in corporate America), I quickly realized that it really was not for me, and life simply changed. Naturally my career path changed as well. During this evolution, I found myself living in The Fabulous Las Vegas! I am fairly confident that whenever Vegas is referenced, you have to introduce the city in that manner. It just makes it more fun. In Las Vegas I got back to my roots and my passion, while working for the Nevada Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence (NCEDSV), as the program specialist for technical assistance. #mouthful
At NCEDSV, I did a great deal of work with community partners in the DV/SA field, but my biggest job was serving as project coordinator for the Elder Abuse in Later Life grant, awarded by the Office of Violence Against Women. I worked with our local direct-service providers, assisted living communities, caregivers, law enforcement, and advocates, on how to work together to end elder abuse in the Las Vegas community. Fun Fact: Las Vegas has a rapidly growing rate of senior citizens and retirees who settle there. At this rate, Florida is no longer the retirement destination – everyone is moving to Vegas.
I grew more than I realized while living and working in Las Vegas. I had the opportunity to enhance my skill set, while also learning new ones. I spent the beginning of my career with one specific population. In the new role, I had to learn to work with an entirely new part of our community. I had to learn how to do the work differently, where all victims of domestic violence and sexual assault were included in the conversations to prevent abuse.
As a new employee at the Domestic Violence Network, I am most excited about working with all populations, in the lovely state of Indiana in a way that includes EVERYONE. As the training services coordinator, facilitating and participating in discussions and trainings will only enhance and add to that inclusion of working with all individuals in the domestic violence and sexual assault prevention fields. I truly believe that a group of determined individuals really can make a difference. In my role as a trainer, I am responsible to help build that group – a community, through education and collaboration. I am looking forward to bringing my collection of skills and excitement to DVN and to the community as a whole in the future. I look forward to meeting and working with you in the very near future!


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Hammett Leaves SMECO Board After 30 Years
Samuel "Jack" Hammett has resigned his seat on the SMECO Board of Directors.
Mr. Hammett represented Calvert and Anne Arundel counties and served on the Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative's board since 1990.
His resignation was effective March 31, 2020.
"Jack Hammett has been a pillar of the community in Calvert County for decades, and his presence on SMECO's board has been invaluable. We could always count on Mr. Hammett to be honest and fair-minded and to have our co-op members' best interest at heart," said Sonja Cox, SMECO president and CEO. "We will miss his foresight and his wise counsel."
Mr. Hammett is the owner of Hammett's Building Services. He is the secretary of the Calvert County Plumbing Commission. He is past chairman of the Calvert County Fire and Rescue Commission and past member of the Maryland State Fire Commission. Mr. Hammett is a founding member, former board member, and treasurer of Calverton School.
In addition, he is a member and past president of the Calvert County Lions Club, as well as a life member of the Calvert County Historical Society.
Mr. Hammett served as vice chairman of the SMECO board from 2008 to 2013. He served on the Personnel and Benefits Committee and the Board Risk Oversight Committee. He received both the Credentialed Cooperative Director designation and the Board Leadership Certificate from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
The board has appointed 10 members to its 2020 Nominating Committee scheduled to meet May 13, 2020, at SMECO's headquarters in Hughesville or via teleconference. The committee will select a slate of candidates for the five SMECO board positions to be elected this year.
Elections will be held to fill one position in Calvert/Anne Arundel counties, one position in Charles County, one position in Prince George's County, and two positions in St. Mary's County. Read more here.
To learn more about SMECO, please visit its Leader member page.


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Soccer is a HUGE pastime for the youth and adults of Atitlan. While many play in the streets or on their own, we would like to give the opportunity for the people of Santiago to play against other teams in Solola. While the fees seem nominal compared to those in the United States, they are prohibitive for an overwhelming majority of the citizens of the Atitlan region.
Games are played weekly, and all fees come to Q1,100 ($151 US) for the team per month.
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(Last Updated: January 26, 2016)
Thomas James SMITH was born July 30, 1843 in the St Peters Indian Settlement, son of Nancy FAVEL, the second wife of John James SMITH (1791-1850), a retired Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) trader born in England. ** MORE ABOUT JOHN JAMES SMITH
Canadian Confederation Marriage to Madeleine LIZOTTE Manitoba becomes a Province 1867-1870
On July 1, 1867 the British colonies in North America were united under the British North American Act to become the Dominion of Canada. Sir John A MACDONALD (1815-1891) was appointed as Canada's first Prime Minister; a month later he won the first federal election.William McDOUGALL (1822-1905) became the Minister of Public Works, and he begannegotiations to acquire Rupert's Land from the HBC.
Around 1867 Tom was at Fort Vermillion on the Peace River in northern Alberta when he married Madeleine LIZOTTE there, daughter of Sophie TOURANGEAU and Michel LIZOTTE (1818-1916) from Quebec.
Madeleine grew up along the Peace River, because her mother was born at Fort Chipewyan and died at Fort Vermillion in 1920. ** MORE ABOUT FORT VERMILION in WIKIPEDIA
** If anyone knows more about what our Thomas James SMITH was doing at Fort Vermilion at the time, we would love to hear from you on the Forum (link provided below). We do known that William Robert SMITH (1833-1919), an HBC voyageur, lived and died at Fort Vermilion, but unable so far to determine if or how they may have been related. Two of his children, William Robert SMITH Jr. (b-1862) and Isabelle SMITH (b-1874) married Madeleine LIZOTTE''s younger siblings, Felicite (b-1767) and Pierre LIZOTTE (b-18i72) respectively. These were grandsons of William Robert SMITH (1797-1869) who was a school teacher at Red River. ** MORE ABOUT WILLIAM ROBERT SMITH (1797-1869)
On July 15,1870 Manitoba became the fifth province of Canada, the Canadian Government having acquired the territory previously governed by the HBC.
Little Britain – Lockport 1870
By 1870 Thomas and his family had settled in Little Britain, just north of where today's Lockport Bridge on the west side of the Red River. That year their children were recorded as Thomas (age 4) and John James (age 2).
On June 15, 1882the Town of Selkirk was incorporated.
The 1891 Census of St Andrews Parish (Lockport): Thomas SMITH (age 47); wife Madeleine (age 41). Children: Thomas (age 23), John James (21), Henry (19), Sophia (17), Alex (15), Catherine (13), Mary (8), Nancy (6), Flora (4) and Christiana (age 2). Mother: Widow Nancy (nee FAVEL) SMITH, age 70.
Madeline Lizotte-Smith – Daughter of Michel Lizotte (Lizotte Family Tree)
In 1892 eldest son Thomas Jr. married Margaret Ann WILLIAMSONin St Andrews, daughter of Anne NORQUAY and John Johnston WILLIAMSON (1845-1914). Also in 1892 son John James married Harriet McKAY, daughter of Caroline WALLER & Edward Richard McKAY (1845-1927). ** MORE ABOUT EDWARD RICHARD McKAY
In 1893 daughter Sophia married John Edward MASSEY, son of Sarah Hannah SMITH and Robert MASSEY (1823-1897) from Scotland. ** MORE ABOUT ROBERT MASSEY
In 1896 son Henry married Mary Ellen "Nellie" FOLSTER of uncertain origins.
Census 1901 at Lockport: Thomas SMITH (age 57); wife Madeleine (age 51). Children still at home: Alex (age 25), Mary (18), Nancy (16), Flora (14) and Christiana (age 12).
In 1904 son Alexander married Emma BILLINGTON, daughter of Mary Ann (nee YOUNG) TAYLOR and William BILLINGTON (1850-1918). ** MORE ABOUT WILLIAM BILLINGTON
In 1905 daughter Mary married Alfred James SANDERS, son of Nancy COOPER and Richard SAUNDERS (1837-1910). Also in 1905 daughter Nancy married Edward Alexander CALDER, son of Nancy LOUTIT and William CALDER (1852-1908). ** MORE ABOUT WILLIAM CALDER
In 1906 daughter Flora married her brother-in-law, Richard BILLINGTON, son of Mary Ann (nee YOUNG) TAYLOR and William BILLINGTON (1850-1918). ** MORE ABOUT WILLIAM BILLINGTON
Census 1906 at Lockport:Tom (age 63) and Madeleine, (age 56). Children at home are Flora,(age 19) and Christina (age 17). Daughter-in-law Margaret (age 29) is with them as well as grandchildren: John (age 11), Catherine (7), Joseph (8), Frank (5) and Annie (age 2). Margaret (nee WILLIAMSON) was son Tom Jr's wife. Tom Jr. had died in a car accident.
Bridge and Locks built at Lockport 1910
By 1910 construction of the bridge and locks at Lockport was completed. It submerged the St. Andrews Rapids (a natural bridge) in order to make the Red River navigable both to and from Lake Winnipeg.
In 1910 youngest daughter Christiana married Arthur Mulvaney COX, son of Mary SANDERSON and Robert COX (1836-1890).
St Andrews Lock and Dam in 1923 Notice in the photo that the bridge approach on the West (right side) turns down onto River Road and does not proceed straight as it does now.
Census 1911 in Lockport: Thomas SMITH, age 67; wife Madeline, age 61. Son-in-law Arthur COX, age 25 & daughter Christiana, age 22; son-in-law Richard BILLINGTON (age 27) and his wife, daughter Flora, (age 24); grandchildren Ernest 4 & baby Madeline L BILLINGTON; grandchildren (Children of Thomas SMITH Jr.) John SMITH (age 15) & Joseph SMITH (age 13)
In 1912 widowed daughter-in-law Margaret (nee WILLIAMSON) re-married to William BOYDEN, son of Eliza CORRIGAL and George BOYDEN (1825-1907). ** MORE ABOUT GEORGE BOYDEN
In 1913, the Lockport Bridge was paved to allow for automobile and foot traffic, and a fishway was constructed at the East end of the bridge. A bascule lift or drawbridge was later added to allow tall ships to pass through the locks, but in the 1990s when the bridge underwent major reconstruction, the bascule lift was replaced with the fixed section you see at the West end of the bridge.
World War I 1914-1919
On Aug 4, 1914 Great Britain (Canada on Aug 5) declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary to uphold treaties with France and Belgium which were under German attack. This marked the beginning of World War I.
Census 1916 at Lockport: Thomas SMITH, age 73; wife Madeleine (age 66), and Grandchildren, John (age 20) and Katie (age 17).
November 11, 1919, Armistice Day (Remembrance Day) marked the end of the First World War.
In 1921 widowed daughter Mary SAUNDERS re-married to Herbert Harry BECK of uncertain origins. (Alfred SAUNDERS died in 1916)
Census 1921 at Lockport: Thomas SMITH, age 77; wife Madeleine, age 72.
On May 4, 1926 Thomas James SMITH died in Lockport, age 82. On July 1, 1935 Madeleine LIZOTTE-SMITH died in Lockport.
Comments and queries at this link: FORUM DISCUSSING the FAMILY of THOMAS JAMES SMITH
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Children: 1. Feb 26, 1868 THOMAS SMITH JR (m. Margaret Ann WILLIAMSON) 2. Aug 27, 1869 JOHN JAMES SMITH (m. Harriet Nancy McKAY) 3. Jan 26, 1872 HENRY WILLIAM RICHARD SMITH (m. Mary Ellen "Nellie" FOLSTER) 4. Feb 16, 1874 SOPHIA SMITH (John Edward MASSEY)
5. Mar 4, 1876 ALEXANDER SMITH (m. Emma Elizabeth BILLINGTON) 6. Mar 24, 1880 ANN ELIZABETH SMITH (Died in infancy) 7. Dec 12, 1882 MARY SMITH (m1. Alfred James SAUNDERS, m2. Herbert Hubert "Bert" BECK) 8. Mar 18, 1885 NANCY SMITH (m. Edward Alexander "Ed" CALDER) 9. Dec 24, 1886FLORA SMITH (m. Richard BILLINGTON) 10. Mar 28, 1889 CHRISTIE ANNA (CHRISTIANA) SMITH (m. Arthur Mulvaney COX)


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Look no further than Anthropologie if you're desiring quirky Peruvian-made flats, heels and boots. Shoes from the Austin-based line Fortress of Inca will soon be available at area stores come this August.
"I think Anthropologie came at the right time. This is a really big step for us," founder Evan Streusand said to CultureMap Austin. "They have the perfect customer for us. And it's really cool that we are selling to them."
Previously, the brand was available at a smattering of small retailers nationwide, including at The Gypsy Wagon in Dallas. This fall, expect a men's collection, inspired by a pair of boots Streusand bought during a trip to Peru a decade ago.
· Texas Fair-Trade Shoe Company Finds New Home at Anthropologie [CultureMap Austin]
· Fortress of Inca [Official Site]


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We speak with Dr. Mark Wallace, director of the Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment, who is retiring from his position.
We also talk with the Weld County Commissioners about what Dr. Wallace's retirement will mean for the county.
And Theresa Anselmo, executive director of the Colorado Association of Local Public Health Officials, joins us to explain what local public health officials do, and what the pandemic has meant for the profession.
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In the last chapter of my soon-to-be book I quote Burke in an interview saying "the only cure for an idea is digging in the dirt." (And I also quoted that here at the end of last summer.) This morning I finished a last pass through my book manuscript, and then JM and I bought some topsoil at Blain's Farm and Fleet and put in a garden.
I'm going to ship off the manuscript on Monday, yay; next time I see it will be in the copyediting phase. The title will be Moving Bodies: Kenneth Burke at the Edges of Language. Here is the table of contents:
Introduction: "An Excursion"
1. Bodies as Equipment for Moving (from Artist to Audience)
2.Burke's Mystical Method
3. Burke on Drugs: Efficiency and the Valuation of Habits
4. From the Rhetoric of Science to the Science of Rhetoric: The Case of Endocrinology
5. Seeing 'Deviance' as Inclination: Kretschmerian Constitutions and Bodily Occupations
6. Body Language: Paget and Gesture-Speech Theory
7. Welcome to the Beauty Clinic
Conclusion: Action in Motion
Here are the garden contents:
2.sweet basil
3.thai basil
4. spinach
5. lettuce
6. swiss chard
We did a modest garden with only our daily and weekly standbys because we'll be getting lots of veggies from the CSA and the farmers market. In the extra space and along the fence (away from the whippets), we sowed about 60 sq ft of wildflowers.


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The following document represents a guideline for communications planning to assist Northern Contaminants Program (NCP) project leaders in initiating community contacts and developing research agreements with communities. Ultimately, the objective is that communications/ participation planning will become integral to research proposal development.
The following are key points to consider when planning communications and community participation in NCP projects:
A. Engagement
- Engage early with the Regional Contaminants Committees (RCCs) and Inuit Research Advisors (IRAs), before and during the development of a proposal.
- During engagement, researchers should explain the potential beneficial and harmful effects of the research on individuals, communities and/or the environment.
- No undue pressure should be applied to obtain consent for participation in a research project.
- Greater consideration should be placed on the risks to cultural values than to potential contributions of the research to knowledge.
B. Research Obligations
- Research should include community participation in the identification of research topics, Indigenous knowledge and priorities.
- Community participation in project planning and implementation goes beyond "moral" obligations; rather it is a legal and constitutional requirement associated with land claims.
- For all parties to benefit from research, efforts should be made, where practical, to employ and train local (especially Indigenous) researchers and assistants.
- It is important to develop approaches to research that are responsive to local or regional needs. The Regional Contaminants Committees (RCCs) and Aboriginal organizations are good mechanisms for achieving this.
- Research must respect sacred sites, cultural materials, and cultural properties.
- Subject to requirements for confidentiality, publications should give appropriate credit to everyone who contributes to the research.
- All project leaders are required to prepare a report on their project for inclusion in the annual NCP Synopsis of Research report to be used by the RCCs for communications purposes.
C. Research Relationships
- Community-researcher relationships should be established early on in the project planning process, outlining details of "level of engagement" and "mutual obligations" for each partner. This will ensure a meaningful two-way exchange of information.
- Researchers and communities may wish to set out the parameters of their agreements and understandings in a Memorandum of Understanding.
- From the NCP perspective, development of researcher-community relationships is a dynamic and evolving process. As research projects progress, common elements will emerge regarding the perceptions, needs, and resource/capacity strengths of individual communities and researchers, including their criteria and preferred form of participation in scientific research projects.
- The right to refuse participation always rests with the individual at any point in any study.
D. Communications
- Researchers are advised to contact the appropriate Regional Contaminants Committee (RCC) and Inuit Research Advisor (IRA) for advice on communications planning during the development of their proposal.
- Researchers should incorporate advice on communication into their proposal. Communication of results should include consideration of media other than printed reports. Examples of effective methods for information dissemination include: face-to-face discussion, local radio, DVD, pamphlets, videos and web sites. Many of these can successfully present highlights of several projects or categories of research activity over several years. Public presentations that allow for little interaction are seldom regarded as useful. RCCs will direct the project leader if communication of results is required.
- Communication support materials, such as pamphlets, posters and videos, should not be seen as solutions to communications problems, but as tools to be used in combination with person-to-person communication. Communications support materials should be sent to the appropriate Territorial/regional Contaminants Committee for review.
- Translation of summary reports into local languages is recognized as critical and should be done wherever possible/appropriate.
E. Reporting of Specific Health Risk Results
- The existing protocol for reporting results from human health risk assessments (from analysis of fish/wildlife contaminants burdens) must be adhered to. The decision to conduct such assessments is part of this protocol.
- Researchers must ensure the accuracy of their results since these may influence decisions and policy that can directly affect individuals and communities.
- There is a process to prepare contingency plans if results are reported that require some form of intervention or action, in relation to reporting of individual human results. This is done by the responsible health authority (e.g. regional departments of health and social services) in consultation with the Regional Contaminants Committees, the four NCP Indigenous Partners, and the NCP Management Committee.


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Read more.The firm showed off a foldable too, as part of a throng of 26 new products at MWC.
Read more.The firm showed off a foldable too, as part of a throng of 26 new products at MWC.
I thought that looked nice then I saw the actual size and went "Holy crap that is FAT!" (not THICC)
"reverse charging option"
You can use it as a power bank? To charge what?!
Actually, given I head out on my bike into the back of beyond with an action cam, I really wouldn't mind a massive phone that could also recharge the camera halfway round...! And I'm not a fan of ultra-thin phones anway ... although this might be going a bit far...
Energizer, bringing the 'brick' form factor in its most literal form, to modern smartphones.
I wonder how many they will actually make. They made the news previously with the P16K and had a bunch of retailers listed on some promotional material but I didn't see actual customers reviews, videos or posts. I wonder if they actually put it into production.
I'll regard this phone as vaporware till it hits shelves.
18,000mh of lithium ion explosive in your pocket, is this device even safe?
LOL.... Energiser, an actual battery company, releases a power bank with a phone built in and people go all wah over them for it??!!
I think I'm probably the only person who doesn't feel the need to carry some kind of power bank for all my electronic devices, these days... well, maybe Saracen, as he only has a watch and it's more of a sundial anyway!
Apple iWatch
Everyone else's phones
^This is just what half the guys in the outdoor pursuits group at work have on them today.
I'm sure I could find a dozen more commonly carried items if I ask around...
That's not to say, in any way, I'd buy one myself... but I certainly applaud Energiser for trying something a little different and giving people more options for stuff. I'm really hoping their folder phone takes off, though!!
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Lets hope Samsung don't buy the patent....
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Actually, I think it would be good. More phones with larger batteries is a great idea. Although this is taking it a bit too far, people already complain that phones are "too big for pockets." Adding a bit of thickness for, say, an 8000mAh battery would make the phone last longer, be easier to hold, and wouldn't really change whether it fits in your pocket.
Seriously, though, if LG had a more ruggedize version of this (think like the V10) at 8000 mAh, with their focus on good cameras and sound still, I'd sell my Note9 in a heartbeat.
When you need your mobile phone to double as a murder weapon.
And last you all the way to the summit when you climb Mount Everest.
Tbh, I have a much sleeker multi port 20,000mah power bank I would rather use with a slim cable to the phone than holding 18,000mah+phone in my hand constantly. Imagine trying to video call with it, you would have arms like hercules by the end of the call!
Lol nice try but surely the choice for a phone shouldn't be either razor thin or kebab slab with no middle ground? I think when people say they would sacrifice thickness for more battery life they didn't mean this monstrosity...
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After my time as a staff member of War Resisters' International, I moved to Northern Ireland. This is now my home and life which, for me, includes being Chilean and confronting what was going on in Chile for over 25 years, either from within Chile itself or from wherever life has taken me.
Life in peaceful Benone allows me to look at what is going on here and in other places, with both serenity and urgency at the same time. One cannot merely be a spectator, we are also part of what is going on. We have to take responsibility for what we do--or stop doing.
Exploring and seeing the beauties of this country, I have been gaining some insights into what is and what is not going on here. Walls, murals and other symbols that present themselves as picturesque are--at the same time--the shouting voices of unresolved conflicts, conflicts that have become manageable simply by not changing substantially, but continuing in the same vein.
Moving here I decided to attend as regularly as possible monthly meetings of WRI affiliate INNATE, and managed to go for the first time on 19 September. On arrival I found the Peace News invitation to write a brief piece on what we could say, as part of the peace movement, to the present violence. So I contacted some of our members and asked them to tell us what they are doing.
Here are their thoughts.
Anne Benett, QuakerHouse, Belfast
A few days before the recent outbreak of violence in Belfast I met with a community leader who has spent most of her life working for the people of the Shankill Road area. We talked about the political vacuum, of the young people's sense of hopelessness and the radical solutions that were needed; the importance of a long-term strategy to address issues around the provision of education, skills training, employment etc. These would require strong leadership and commitment at all levels, to taking the hard decisions rather than seeking a political "quick fix".
The lack of positive leadership, the need to re-engage all those who have "opted out" of the political processes and to develop a vision of the future for Northern Ireland are issues that have to be addressed by the political, church and community leaders and also the peace movement.
Rob Fairmichael, Irish Net-work for Nonviolent Action Training & Education, Belfast
Nonviolent activists should never blindly condemn violence, and recent loyalist violence in Northern Ireland is no exception. Of course there is a custom of "recreational" violence (a somewhat disparaging term which nevertheless portrays the fact that some rioting takes place because of lack of other things to do) but this was more than that.
It is obvious that some Protestant working class communities are at the point of boiling over, and loyalist paramilitaries have no political stake to act as a carrot, unlike Sinn Fein. There is significant Protestant poverty and deprivation though the figures still show unemployment and deprivation is significantly worse, overall, in Catholic areas. More importantly, many Protestants feel they have given everything under and since the Good Friday Agreement, which is ironic given the journey that Sinn Fein and the IRA have been making, admittedly very slowly, but that is not seen.
There are broader questions ofequality and empowerment for all. W B Yeats's poem on Parnell goes; "Parnell came down the road, he said to a cheering man: `Ireland shall get her freedom and you still break stone.'" If you move that into the 21stcentury and transpose "peace" for "freedom", you get a situation not to be sought.
Mark Chapman, teacherand peace activist, Belfast
Dismissing loyalists and unionists is often my immediate response to their public displays of opposition to the glacial paced peace process here, perhaps because of their painful PR disasters, the equivocation of unionist politicians and their conclusion from the peace process that violence pays--it delivered for republicans and so it should deliver for the loyalist/unionist community. I've been finding that an understanding of the undoubted depth of anger in that community is informed by the views ofpeople on the ground. Perhaps the overarching grievance is the dynamic of equality permeating the Good Friday Agreement and inevitably this means a realignment of the balance between the culture and ethos of Britishness and Irishness in society here.
Dave Duggan Writer/Direc-tor, Derry/Londonderry
The sudden death of a community worker involved in economic regeneration in loyalist and republican areas was marked by an event in a community centre. Loyalists, unionists, republicans, nationalists, socialists, feminists and others celebrated his role in advancing the cause of mutual support. Also, community centres across Northern Ireland have booked performances of a new play of mine on the issue of truth recovery.
Two sound notes amidst the din.
Kevin Cassidy, Chair,Peace People, Rostrevor
The recent violence on our streets is a wake-up call, urging us to walk on the painful path of change and transformation.
We need to examine our assumptions and basic attitudes to those whom we perceive as different.
It is a challenging time to assume responsibility for what is happening and not to leave it to politicians to come up with quick fix answers. It is a time to speak up for the nonviolent way. Each of us can make a difference, but it requires a soul-searching commitment to create a culture of nonviolence to resolve our conflicts.


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I have been playing songs from "Superwolves" some time ago in front of a small, select audience that doesn't even know what to expect. What do you like about this way of presenting new materials?
Sweeney: The last time we played in front of a very intimate audience, but we got to know a lot of people in person, which actually makes it even more intimate. We played it in the Louisville Recording Store and there wasn't much space. We always do it this way whenever we can. But why, in fact, will?
Oldham: It is a wonderful and necessary part of our personal craze. Do you know the feeling when you play your favorite song in the car because you want to play it for your passenger and suddenly the power changes? The passenger may not react as desired or not react at all and not understand why, as it is the best song in the world. Suddenly it was no longer there and everything turned around. This is the way to live, too. Every audience in the audience has the value of completely changing a song. For us, this is a test of how much we like the song ourselves when others interact with it – or not.
Sweeney: The interviews are really fun because I and Will never analyze the music we make together as closely as we should in conversations. We both really appreciate listening to music without much context. We play things for each other without giving any explanation. This is how we do it in these carriages, where we accuse the audience of something that they do not know and cannot classify. You can then immediately see what's going on, and for me this is one of the best ways to feel new music. I went to the wrong party once in 2002 because it happened to me. There were men on stage performing bass solos and at that moment it was the best thing I had ever seen. It was surprising and unexpected and that was cool. We want to surprise people because this is how they open their eyes and ears.
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Are you looking to expand your houseplant family? Today I'm sharing three foolproof methods for propagating one of my all-time favorites—the Monstera Adansonii plant.
I got my first Monstera Adansonii plant in 2021. When I brought it home it was only about 4 inches tall. But now it has grown up its moss pole and also has started to vine outward. It has grown so much I've been giving it frequent hair cuts and then propagating pieces and sharing them with my friends.
Monstera Adansonii is a species of flowering plant from the family Araceae and is a slightly smaller version of its well-known cousin, Monstera Deliciosa. Originating from South America, this lush jungle plant grows deep in the rainforest and relies on indirect, bright sunlight to thrive. Monstera adansonii is also known as the "Swiss Cheese" plant, thanks to its iconic heart-shaped leaves with holes in them.
This post will teach you how to successfully propagate your Monstera adansonii using the three most widely used methods: water propagation, soil propagation, and moss propagation. Let's get started!
Three Tried and True Methods to Propagate Monstera Adansonii
What you'll need to propagate your Monstera Adansonii:
Before attempting to propagate your Monstera adansonii at home, ensure you've gathered the appropriate tools and materials. Here's what you'll need:
- A healthy Monstera adansonii plant with mature stems
- A sharp pair of houseplant shears or plant scissors
- Clean, chemical-free water
- Small planting pot with drainage hole
- Well-draining potting mix
These are additional or optional items you may need depending on the propagation method that you choose:
- Rooting hormone powder
- Sterilized jars or glass cups
- Sphagnum moss
- Clear plastic bag
- String or a twist tie
How to Prepare Cuttings for Monstera Adansonii Propagation
Whether you have chosen a water or soil-based approach, both propagation methods will start with a cutting. For your best chances at growing a healthy baby Monstera adansonii plant, follow these steps for the perfect clean cutting every time:
- First, sterilize the tool you have chosen, making sure it's sharp.
- Next, identify a mature leaf or stem from the parent plant that includes a root node or aerial root.
- Make the cut about a half-inch below the root node, which contains all the cells needed for the growth of new stems, leaves, and roots.
- (Optional) Dip the clean edge of the fresh cutting into your chosen rooting hormone. Although some people swear the synthetic auxins in rooting hormones make their plants stronger, it is rarely considered essential for propagation.
How to Propagate Monstera Adansonii in Water
Water propagation is probably the best method for multiplying a collection of Monstera adansonii plants. I tend to prefer it because I can easily monitor how quickly the roots are growing on my babies through the clear glass of my propagation jars. Here's how you can turn your simple stem cuttings into a fully propagated plant in water:
- Make your leaf and stem cutting using the perfected technique outlined above.
- Fill a sterilized vase or glass jar with clean water. The volume of the container may depend on the size of your cutting.
- Put your fresh cutting upright into the jar and place it in a spot with exposure to indirect light.
- Monitor your Monstera adansonii cutting over the next 2-4 weeks. Refresh the jar with clean room temperature water every week or so, making sure to rinse the roots of any accumulated muck.
- Once the roots are well-developed (I like to wait until they're 4-5 inches long), it's time for planting! First, transfer the cutting into a pot that has been prepared with your favorite nutrient-rich potting mix.
- Water your new Monstera adansonii regularly for the first week, then step back to watch it grow!
How to Propagate Monstera Adansonii in Soil
- Fill your chosen pot with the potting mix of your choice. Then, thoroughly saturate the soil with water, ensuring good drainage.
- Prepare your cutting.
- Without burying any leaves, plant the stem of your cutting in the pre-moistened soil so that at least one node is fully covered.
- Place the planted cutting in good proximity to indirect lighting and keep its soil continuously moist but not overwatered. Within 2 weeks, its roots should have developed enough to withstand regular care and maintenance.
How to Propagate Monstera Adansonii in Moss
The final propagation approach I'll outline uses a kind of peat moss called sphagnum to encourage new roots to grow on a stem before you cut it. This advanced method is also called air-layering and can successfully propagate healthy new Monstera Adansonii.
- Choose a stem on the parent plant and locate a suitable node.
- Use your sharp knife to make a small cut into the stem about an inch below the node. Do not cut all the way through; you just want to make a wound to signal the plant to grow fresh roots.
- Wrap dampened sphagnum moss around the cut and node, and secure the wrapping with a piece of string.
- Next, loosely wrap the bundle of moss with a small amount of plastic wrap. Put a few holes in the plastic to allow airflow to reach the moss.
- Keep the moss nice and damp by gently unfolding the wrapping and watering the moss. Now comes the waiting game!
- After a few months of regular upkeep, the node inside your moss bundle should be sprouting new aerial roots. Once they are several inches long, they'll be ready for cutting.
- Remove the plastic and moss for good, and use your sharp shears to remove the stem from the plant well below your fresh roots.
- Plant your new baby in a prepared pot of moistened soil, and enjoy your new Monstera adansonii plant! When it is several months old, you can begin to fertilize your Monstera Adansonii as you would other philodendron houseplants.
Please do me a favor and share this post on social media or Pinterest because it will help me spread my houseplant care tips with more people!


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The beautiful Port Mayaca Polo Club in Okeechobee, Florida, will host the final Florida National Youth Tournament Series (NYTS) Qualifier of the season on Saturday, April 13. NYTS players participating in the qualifier at Port Mayaca Polo Club are eligible to receive a 50% discount off of the Linfoot Polo Clinic being held the same weekend. Stalls are available at the club for participants traveling with horses.
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how can i loose weight ASAP! my school starts in 3 days!?
i kno u cant lose it very quickly but gimme some ways to do it as fast as i cud and all things i shud or shudnt eat! thanx!
10 Responses to "how can i loose weight ASAP! my school starts in 3 days!?"
June 13th, 2011 at 2:13 pmNo one can loose weight. If you want to LOSE weight by September 6th, start running a few months ago, and watch what you eat.
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June 13th, 2011 at 2:23 pmYou should've started dieting & excercising as soon as the last session let out. That's not to say you can't start now, in fact that would be an excellent idea. Good luck.
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June 13th, 2011 at 3:02 pmFollow Canada's food guide: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/alt_formats/hpfb-dgpsa/pdf/food-guide-aliment/fg_rainbow-arc_en_ciel_ga_e.pdf
Avoid all junkfood, juices, and pops. Try to eat less meats and carbs, and try to eat more beans, fruits, and veggies. Drink lots of water – it helps your metabolism.
Exercise will really help you lose weight and tone your body.
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June 13th, 2011 at 3:49 pmYou can't lose weight that quickly in a healthy way. If you're going to lose weight, make sure you're still healthy. Eat less, and if you're going to snack, snack on veggies like carrot sticks or eat fruit and nuts and seeds. Take up gentle exercise like jogging or cycling or swimming.
The weight means nothing – you're still the same person you were before the summer.
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June 13th, 2011 at 4:46 pmdrink water, eat healthy, jog
eat celery. it takes more calories to eat celery than it actually has in it.
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June 13th, 2011 at 5:32 pmNo Trans fats! Eat lots of protein, exercise, yoga, bike etc. oh and except yourself the way you are you should only want to loose if your BMI is off or a Doctor tells you try this site please
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June 13th, 2011 at 6:16 pmYou should never go on a crash diet to lose weigt, as for you will gain double the weight lost later. You should see an endocrinologist and get some tests done to determine f your weight is just from choosing the wrong combination of foods, or if you have a thyroid problem that is not allowing you to lose the weigth you want.
After that is determined, then your doctor will work with you to help you lose weight the healthy way by giving you a regimen that is tailored to your system and metabolism. You should try to pick up a sport or an activity as for just working out can be kind of boring, if you pick up an activity that you like, you will have already won the first step towards staying fit….
With time, patience and dedication you will be able to lose considerable amount of weight within a 3 to 4 month period, and from then on is just keeping up and maintaining a healthy eating regimen combined with exercising. You don't have to diet for the rest of your life, but be mindful of the things you eat.
Good luck!!
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This was the 8th time I've run the BAA 10K road race. I ran the inaugural race in 2011 and haven't missed one since!
I've run with an injury and twice I've run the 10K and hustled off to run a 5K. One time I drove all the way to New Hampshire for my 2nd race of the day. Never again!
It's a better experience to enjoy a race and hang out with friends afterwards.
Just like last year I ran with my buddy Derm Cahill and parked at my office in Cambridge.
Running the BAA 10K 2018 Road Race
We walked across the newly renovated Longfellow Bridge and over to the Boston Common where the race starts. We picked up our race shirts and headed for the Infiniti VIP tent.
Since Derm and I are running the BAA Distance Medley this year we had access to the Infiniti VIP tent. It wasn't anything lavish but there was shelter from the elements and they had bagels, water and Gatorade. As a bonus they were giving out portable phone chargers. You can never have too many of those!
They let us check out the 2019 QX50 and let us sit in it. Derm had some good questions and the lady helping us out had an answer for each one. I was very impressed.
We put all of our stuff into one drop bag and I took it to the bag drop area. It was well organized and they let us walk in with our bags and leave them. In the past we had to give them to a volunteer and this caused congestion. We hit the porta-potties one last time and headed to the corral.
On the way over we met one of Derm's colleagues, Jesse Lizette. She walked with us to the corral where we headed for the 8:00 to 8:59 section.
A few minutes before 8AM they had us move down from the sidewalk and onto Charles Street. Just before 8AM they had an A Capella group sing The National Anthem. It was great not having a recording but I couldn't find a flag anywhere.
At 8AM they sounded the horn and we were off! We mostly jogged and walked to the start.
As we ran down Charles Street the road was not very crowded. They said there were 10,000 runners but it sure seemed like a smaller crowd.
We took a quick right onto Boylston Street and then a quick right onto Arlington before we took a left onto Commonwealth Ave for the long run out to BU.
Derm has been racing a lot and I haven't run in more than two weeks, so we agreed to take it easy and that I would set the pace. While my legs were rested they were also not in great shape and my cardio was not up to par either.
As we ran down Comm Ave we made some pretty aggressive moves to get through the crowd. No pushing but we looked for every opportunity to move ahead. Before we even hit mile one, we had to contend with walkers!
We skipped the first water stop as there were too many runners and didn't really need it.
About a third of a mile before the Mass Ave underpass we hit Mile One at 8:46. Pretty much where we wanted to be. Going under Mass Ave was crowded but things started to spread out as we headed down Charles Gate to Baystate Road.
Just like last year, BU was doing construction on Baystate so it was little congested. Just before Silber Way we hit Mile Two at 8:19. I was a little surprised at our surge and told Derm that our average pace was now way below our goal of 9 minutes.
We took a left onto Granby Street and I grabbed a cup of water this time. I pinched it, took a gulp and never brook my pace.
We had been taking our turns wide so as not to get caught in the curb-side crowd. It had been working well and we took a right back out onto Comm Ave.
At this point I was feeling pretty comfortable. My feet were landing nicely and I was running at about 90% of capability. We weren't out for any PR's so it was nice to run the race comfortably.
The Turn Pike over pass wasn't too bad. It's been under construction for a while and we had to run on steel panels. Thankfully they were nice and dry. Shortly after the bridge we began the climb up to the turn in front of The Agganis Arena at BU.
The lead runners were now running past us. At one point I looked over and saw Meb Keflezighi run by. He was back from the lead and seemed to be running with a group and not running for the win. He's retired now don't ya know.
About a quarter mile before the turn we hit Mile Three at 8:22. Not to bad for running up a hill. We moved to the right so we wouldn't get stuck in the crowd making the turn.
Finishing the BAA 10K 2018 Road Race
We executed the turn flawlessly and were headed back to the finish. We had passed the 5K mark and the 3 Mile Mark, so the work was just beginning.
After the turn we had some downhill, which was nice. I moved to the left and opened it up a bit. I didn't spend too much time looking across the fence to see who was running up the hill. Then I heard a voice call out "Hey you guys!" As I looked over my shoulder through my bouncing glasses I barely made out Regina Curran. If I hadn't recognized her voice, I may not have recognized her face. We missed her before.
Coming back over the Turn Pike bridge wasn't too bad either. I grabbed another cup at the next water stop and before we knew it we hit Mile Four at 8:15. Not too bad considering that part of that mile was uphill and a hair-pin turn.
Both of us were feeling pretty good and kept pushing it. I tried to hold things back but it's difficult to do during a race. When you take it easy early in a race you often have an extra reserve of energy for the last part of the race.
I could feel my piriformus acting up and worried a bit about residual pain. I just drove for three days from Florida so my little ass muscles were not used to working.
We ran through Kenmore Square and took a left onto Beacon Street. More people were walking and we kept passing runners. From Beacon Street we took a right onto Charles Gate West back out to Comm Ave.
I was surprised to see some people still walking out-bound on the course. I felt pretty good for this stage in the race and knew that we were on the home stretch.
Just after the Mass Ave bridge we hit Mile Five at 8:05! Our average pace was now 8:20! Where was this coming from? I skipped the last water stop on Comm Ave, less than a mile to the finish.
Derm was chomping at the bit and as we approached the turn onto Beacon Street I told him to take off. I didn't really have a kick and just wanted to maintain my pace.
I hit Mile Six on the corner of Arlington and Beacon Streets at 7:57! Again, I was surprised. My watch was hitting the mile markers before I got to them. The last 0.2 miles turned out to be 0.32 miles and I ran at a pace of 7:31.
I finished just behind Derm with a time of 52:23. The BAA had a time of 52:18 for me. I had manged to run a negative split for this race!
Apre BAA 10K 2018
These races are notorious for being skimpy on the swag and food. You get one pass at the food tent and there is never much to choose from. But keeping people from filling up leaves plenty of food for the last runners who need it the most.
I got my medal on Charles Street, caught of to Derm and Jesse and we headed for the water and food tent. It was a quick trip through the tent. We headed to the bag drop, which was not busy yet and then to the Infiniti VIP tent.
They had fruit cups, bagels and Gatorade for us. Nothing too exciting but it was a nice touch. They also had two timing boards to take your picture with. To move things along they had someone to punch in your bib number, so you would have the correct name on the board for your photo!
We took a few pics with Regina Curran and Julie Smith Galvin and headed back to Cambridge.
Derm crossed the line 21 seconds ahead of me. My 2018 time was seven seconds better than my 2017 time, so I'm happy with that. Not my fastest finish but much better than my slowest few finishes.
Instead of hanging out to see the awards ceremony, we headed back to Cambridge. I've been out of town for the past two weeks and had a lot of stuff to catch up on and I had to write this blog post!
Run well my Friends!