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"Gadkari has plans to fly to Nagpur this afternoon and may not take charge on Tuesday," a source said. (Agencies) Latest News from India News Desk
"Most likely Gadkari will take charge on Wednesday as he has to go to Nagpur," a Road Transport and Highways Ministry official said.
An aide of Gadkari too said that there were chances that he may not take charge on Tuesday.
Gadkari, a key member of Modi's core group who earned the distinction of being the youngest BJP president, has been assigned the crucial Road Transport and Highways and Shipping Ministry portfolio.
Known as an able administrator with innovative approaches, he faces the challenges of reviving the road sector which has projects worth at least Rs 1.5 lakh crore stalled on account of various regulatory hurdles.
Born into a middle class agricultural family in Nagpur, he hit the spotlight for giving his city a new face through his development work and also earned the nick-name of 'flyover' man during his stint as the PWD minister for building a series of flyovers in Mumbai.
As a PWD Minister between 1995 and 1999, he gained first experience to undertake infrastructure projects. He is quoted as having said that with Rs five, he earned the distinction of completing works worth Rs 8,000 crore.
The success of the Mumbai-Pune expressway also brought him fame, with the then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee asking him to launch the national highway authority.
"Gadkari has plans to fly to Nagpur this afternoon and may not take charge on Tuesday," a source said.
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text: Diane Kruger wearing a stunning Chanel Haute Couture piece from the AW 2011 show. Absolutely beautiful on her! The black and white dress really stands out on the red carpet. Although it is classic Chanelesque dress, Diane's casual braided hair and strappy Jimmy Choo's give the look a modern edge.

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Yesterday in head department of work and social protection of the population of the regional state administration meeting of the commission on questions of humanitarian assistance of the regional state administration took place. On it it was considered providing the petition to the Commission on questions of humanitarian assistance at the Cabinet of Ukraine concerning definition by humanitarian assistance of freight weighing 12 110 kg.
It the humanitarian assistance came from Germany to the address of Lutheran church of the Augsburgsky veroisvovidaniye "Consent".
Sent bedside tables, hospital beds, mattresses, simple and modern wheelchairs, washing machines, clothes, footwear, bicycles, computers, monitors, baby carriages, a table for drawing, printers.
Also the question of recognition by humanitarian assistance freight weighing 11 194 kg in which Germans transferred for Religious society of Evangelical Christians of baptists in Voznesensk bed linen, clothes, footwear, beds, mattresses, fabrics, dressing tables, wheelchairs, walkers, bicycles, children's accessories, gas coppers, the gas stove, the electric stove with an oven, a kitchen sink, autoslopes, windows, doors, a miniironing press, the refrigerator, the washing machine, diapers, toothbrushes, body and wooden benches was considered.


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This weekend I met an elderly gentleman at a nursing home
who inspired this character.
He is a skeptical man who doesn't like change.
He lives in a nursing home because he cannot walk
and he doesn't want to burden his six children,
He talks proudly about how accomplished they are
and how much he cherishes his grandchildren.
He's a quiet man, who has a gentle wit,
a distinctive brogue
and a twinkle
in his eye.


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Next year has all four spots committed. Barbara Jean & Erik Koskinen are coming back in February with the agreement it's a shared set. We love Barbara yet want to hear more of Erik stuff too. Another legend, Michael Johnson is coming in April and he is such an entertainer. Fall brings a shot of energy from Jillian Rae, and we've committed to Norah Rendell coming back this year with Brian Miller and Randy Gosa; who tour under the name Norah Rendell and the Lost Forty.
Here are a few favorite videos of the upcoming line up:
Erik with his rockabilly sound:
Love Barbara's video with the train shots near the Mississippi, and Erik produced it with his guitar work in the background:
Now Michael has many more songs than Bluer, but I had to include it so you can warm up your pipes for the concert:
Yes Jillian promises to rock us out with her energy:
And Norah will bring such a delightful close to the year with her smooth vocals and warm personality:


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We had a storm blow through Southern California Sunday night. Rain this time of year isn't unheard of, but it's pretty uncommon. Add to that this was a winter storm (almost 2 feet of snow fell in the local mountains) and that made this storm more unusual. To all my friends in the Midwest – watch yourselves the next couple days! There's a storm coming your way!
I had four miles on the plan, and got out around 5 PM to put them in. The storm had pretty much blown through, leaving a cool blustery day. Running into a cold headwind was not very appealing, so I headed up into the hills for some trail running. I wanted to rerun Sunday's run in the upper reaches of El Moro.
The wind was *howling* over the ridge top, so I was looking forward to dropping into the canyon for a little protection. But, I got a half mile from the parking lot and ran into the dreaded sign:
"Trails closed due to adverse conditions."
Now, if there's one thing that
budget strapped politicians ecologically minded public servants do is protect the environment. And the best way to keep trails from getting torn up is to close them under threat of citation for a few days after a good rainstorm. And that threat of citation was enough to keep me off them! I shuffled back to the car and headed on down the hill to see if I wanted to run at Crystal Cove.
After a five minute drive (jeesh – it's sure a lot farther when I have to run it), I was at the coast, where the winds were howling, the whitecaps were tossing, and my body was warm. I thought about my upcoming goal race (non-existent) and the warmth of the sunlight through the closed windows of my car. I think you can deduct what happened next….
Tonight it's track time with Cal Coast. I hope the wind isn't blowing….


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508 #212: What Would Francis Do?
posted by Mike on February 6th, 2013
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Scott Schaeffer-Duffy, Robert Peters, and Brendan Melican discuss Worcester's anti-panhandling laws and opposing them with civil disobedience.
On a related note, here's a good 2013 article on Saint Francis.
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We're so thankful to the Lord for her safe arrival, she is such a precious gift. We are now the proud grandparents to three lovely granddaughter's. Lord willing, we looking forward to adding another grandchild into our lives in July.
The only downfall of the trip was that the other two granddaughter's were sick while we were there with bad colds. Well, guess what I took home with me? You guessed it.... a cold with a bad cough. I haven't felt up to much for the past few days, but today I'm feeling like I'm on the upswing and starting to get over it.
I actual got some cleaning done around the house and a small project for my kitchen. Several years ago my husbands 95 year old grandmother passed away. After her death the family started sorting through her things. One of our nephews thought her old recipe box was a treasure and took it and it's recipe cards. He was to young to understand the sentimental meaning to these recipes and started to scatter them about. My husband manage to save one of them. He has had it tucked away in a file for the past years. I'm also a sentimental person and have enjoyed having items from our grandparents displayed in our home.
I had a piece of Christmas art on our kitchen backslash and removed it while cleaning today. It left a nail that I wanted to cover up, and thus came my inspiration of some new artwork.


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M.S. in Business Information Session April 27
The new program aims to satisfy the growing need in todays business environment for professionals with the expertise, insight, and vision to tackle the technical, interpersonal, and conceptual problems specific to their field. Graduates also will be eligible to pursue higher academic or professional pursuits, such as earning a doctorate in business or law. Lehman is one of only two colleges within CUNY authorized to confer this degree.
To be eligible, applicants must hold a bachelors degree from an accredited undergraduate institution in the U.S. or abroad and have earned a minimum Grade Point Average of 2.7 (B-) or its equivalent. For full admission, candidates must have completed the following undergraduate prerequisites: six credits in accounting, six credits in economics, and six credits in quantitative methods, including college mathematics, calculus, statistics, management science, econometrics, or operations research.
Also, applicants must submit their GRE or GMAT scores. This requirement is waived for applicants who have previously earned a masters degree from an accredited institution or who hold a professional license, such as a C.P.A. or Series 7.
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Don't you just love it. New fabric! I love fabric. Will happily put it on my shelf where I can see it so that I can use it. I love looking at all the pieces of fabric...the colors, patterns, prints. Oh what JOY!
The guys are out shooting fireworks right now. The dog is hiding under the computer desk. I am inside where it is warm...dreaming of what I am going to so this weekend with 3 days off from work. Have a Happy and Safe New Year's Day.


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Main Curriculum (Language Arts, Music, Art and Science)
This year we are using Five in A Row (FIAR) and Five in a Row Christian Character Bible Study Supplement as our major Homeschool curriculum. FIAR is a unit-study approach to early education based on outstanding children's literature. We chose this program because our auditory and kinesthetic learner will all benefit from Five in a Row's variety of lessons and activities.
Handwriting Curriculum
We are sticking with Handwriting Without Tears (HWOT). It worked really well last year with the preschool module called "Get Set For School". TS was getting frustrated just writing letters because he can read so I ordered both Kindergarten and First Grade for this fall. That way we can start working on the letter then the First Grade book and work on associated words.
Music and Art Curriculum
We are scheduled to take an Art class at the local fine arts Homeschool academy and we are looking for a drum class. To supplement that I am using "What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know: Preparing Your Child for a Lifetime of Learning" by E.D. Jr Hirsch which has a good section on both music and art. This book is a nice resource to a unit study but I would not use it as the "be all, end all" of what your kindergartner needs to know.
The local symphony has monthly educational concerts and locally we have kid friendly music venues, which we will take advantage of with our Homeschool co-op.
We were scheduled to us Horizons Math, however after the first week this workbook method is not working for us. Math-U-See was soundly rejected.."Ughh Mom". So, I right now I am looking for a free online kindergarten math program. If I cannot find a one I will order Progress in Mathematics, which was recommended by an education specialist.
Reading Comprehension
TS, much like his father and I, is a natural reader. I have never used a flash card, phonics program or computer program. I did his evaluation and he reads on a third grade level but comprehension on first grade level. We are going to focus on comprehension and phonic rules.
We will use Nanci Bell's Visualizing and Verbalizing For Language Comprehension and Thinking
® Program and www.Starfall.com for phonics review.
Physical Education
We are enrolled in a Superfriends Homeschool P.E. class and the YMCA offers a Homeschool PE for Kindy on Fridays.
- Monthly Orators Club and Playgroup
- Weekly Readers Club and Park Day
- Weekly Boys Playgroup/Social Group
- Monthly Boys Nature Club


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Cheeky: Round Two
With the second print run of his bestseller hitting the streets in time for Christmas, we asked a political outsider to review this insider's 'confession'.
Our reviewer, Fred Baker, found it a rollicking read:
… Cheek sends a revealing shaft of daylight through the stuffy, cobwebbed corridors of that squat sandstone pile in Salamanca Place, exposing the backroom plotting, the astonishing rorts, the jealously guarded petty fiefdoms — and the fact that in politics there's far more cock-up than there is conspiracy.
I never thought I would recommend a book by a politician, especially by a Liberal politician, but this one stands out as a genuine page-turner, revealing how politics is really done down here. It's worth ten tomes of theory or two tonnes of Hansard; read it and laugh as you learn.
Shipstern Bluff struts its stuff
Tasmanian surf photographer Stuart Gibson has long specialised in capturing the awesome power of the heavy surf at Shipstern Bluff in south-east Tasmania, and is now sharing our state's best breaks with the world. Emily Davey explains our local surf culture, and Stuart's pivotal role …
The Mary Phenomenon
By Lia Vaughn | A strange thing happened when Tasmanian-born and bred Mary Donaldson met her prince in a Sydney pub and, after a courtship of three years, married him with pomp and ceremony to become the Crown Princess of Denmark.
Most of us think she's doing a cracker job under difficult conditions. Sure, the conditions include several castles, a fleet of cars, knockout jewellery and fab outfits that make grown women weak at the knees from sheer envy.
The downside is she no longer has freedom to do, and certainly not say, what she likes and to have her every public utterance and gesture dissected by the media.
In addition, for all that the well-loved Danish monarchy is one of the more relaxed in the world, and the amiable Frederik, heir to the throne, is known for his informal manners and ability to knock back a beer, his marriage to Taroona Mary has thrust her into a world that could also be called a nightmare.
Crowds that just might be cover for a gunman, security men at every turn, and the threat of terrorists, make those public meet-and-greets daunting. Our Mary has coped with this admirably.
The strange thing is the polarisation of Australians over the Mary phenomenon. While she is admired by the majority of her homegrown audience for her charm and poise, some people go positively apoplectic if her name is mentioned.
But mentioned it is, whether one likes it or not. The facts: the Mary Donaldson that was is today a princess, should all things being equal will become a queen, and has already produced an heir as is required by successful female royal consorts.
Which also makes her prime material for a book. Two such have just been released.
Read the reviews on Tasmanian Times and in Creative Tasmania
The Spud Wars
Potatoes were among the first vegetables planted in Risdon Cove in 1803 and helped the infant colony through its first precarious years. By 1827, Tasmania was exporting them in bulk to hungry Sydney, establishing a tradition that would last into the 1970s. But, life was never easy for the pioneering spud cockies, writes Fred Baker. More here
Life and times of the giant squid
The large deepsea squid shown above triggered its own photograph on a special undersea camera used by Antartic Division scientists during their last expedition to Heard Island, and mimics the movements of the true Giant Squid which was photographed for the first time recently by Japanese scientists.
Hobart-based Liz Turner, Curator of Invertebrate Zoology at the Tasmanian Museum in Hobart, Rosny Collections and Research Facility, says "For the world to be able to see the photographs of a live Giant Squid is a huge leap in the quest for knowledge about these gargantuans of the oceans".
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Harsh beauty
Kingston-based marine biologist Lyn Irvine, and Andy Townsend, a Hobart freelance photographer and computer programmer, have again combined forces to produce two more calendars — Antarctica 2006 [in two sizes] — celebrating the harsh beauty of the frozen continent. We highlight some of the images in their portfolio here
Call of the Wild
Rob Blakers is one of Tasmania's most accomplished wilderness photographers, and he waits with immense patience for the perfect moment. Share two new portfolios here and you can preview his new calendars and diary here
History in the making
When Professor Wong Shiu Hon and his wife Nancy made a second donation of Chinese antiquities to the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery they gave us more than art. Beautiful though they are in themselves, these objects have an even greater significance. More here
Giant squid captured — on film
Giant squid, like something straight out of Jules Verne's novel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, have been washed ashore on Tasmania's coast many times. In fact, Tasmania is something of a hot spot for giant squid, according to David Pemberton, senior curator of zoology at The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.
But to date, all the specimens seen here in Tasmania, in New Zealand and a few other places around the world, have been dead.
Until now. The giant squid above was captured on film by Japanese scientists. The carcass below was found on a Tasmanian beach.
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Recent book reviews
There are a whole bunch of new book reviews to be found in our Creative Tasmania column. Some notables include:
Beyond Organics: Gardening for the future
By Helen Cushing
a little more: Celebrating a life of letters
By Margaret Scott
Claiming Ground:
twenty-five years of Tasmania's Art for Public Buildings Scheme
Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger
By Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson
The Founding of Hobart 1803-1804
By Frank Bolt
River of Verse
A Tasmanian Journey 1800-2004
Art meets science
Art met science when visual artist Peter E Churak was awarded a Synapse Art and Science Residency at CSIRO Marine Research in Hobart. From many hours of underwater video and hundreds of stills, Churak created a sensational short film — Aqualux II. See the results here.
Southern Aurora alert
The giant sunspots that brought on the dramatic Southern Aurora displays a few weeks ago are back and look like entertaining Tasmanians again. According to Shevill Mathers, our resident planetary expert, "the giant sunspots that caused the wonderful 'light show' a couple of weeks ago, have survived their journey around the sun and are now facing earth again. The spot group will soon vanish around the western limb of the sun's disc, and it is near the same position when it caused the last brilliant aurora. Read more here
In the mood for love
The beautiful, but timid, Swift Parrots make their annual journey to Tasmania in August and September for the most romantic of reasons. Find out how they got their name here
Tiger cloning experiment revived
A key player in the plan to clone the Tasmanian Tiger from DNA recovered from museum specimens says the project is back on track.
The bold plans hatched in 1999 by scientists at the Australian Museum, in Sydney, to bring the thylacine back to life were abandoned earlier this year when researchers said the DNA they had recovered was too poor in quality.
Now, the museum's former director has told Guardian Unlimited that a team of Australian and US researchers were restarting the project and hoped to use new techniques that could lead to the sequencing of the entire thylacine genome.
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Celestial alignment
By SHEVILL MATHERS | There has been a lot of interest from the general community about the bright objects low in the western evening sky. These close gatherings of celestial objects in the night sky are not common sights and to have two clear nights in succession to record their changing positions is a real treat. The photograph above was taken about 6.30pm on September 6.
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I have no complaints about the weather and I suppose I should say something about it not mattering if I catch a fish or not, but for me it's more of a tradition. I'm still learning, having been a trout fishermen for only seven years. (Quote by - Brandon Scholz)
The fisherman could perhaps be bought for less than the fish. (Quote by - Juvenal)
Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life. (Quote by - Jean Paul Richter)
Oh, the gallant fisher's life, It is the best of any 'Tis full of pleasure, void of strife, And 'tis beloved of many. (Quote by - John Chalkhill)
This planet is covered with sordid men who demand that he who spends time fishing shall show returns in fish. (Quote by - Leonidas Hubbard, Jr.)
And to hie him home, at evening's close, To sweet repast, and calm repose. (Quote by - Thomas Gray)
Being a professional circuit fisherman, Jay has a unique position to connect with millions of sporting men concerning what Jesus Christ has done in his life, ... Jay has a tremendous testimony and it is a privilege to host him in Southeast Texas. (Quoteby - David Higgs)
There's a surplus of pink salmon. I'm optimistic there will be an opening for commercial fishermen. (Quote by - Paul Ryall)
What we try to do is bring in any name-brand TV person or pro fisherman that we can get any ties to and bring them here for the weekend. You read about these people in magazines and see them on television. This gives the local crowd a chance to meet these people and talk to them and relate to them. (Quoteby - Jeff Miller)
It's the Holy Grail of fishing. It's what millions of bass fisherman dream about. (Quote by - Tim Churchill quotes)
He who holds the hook is aware in what waters many fish are swimming. (Quote by - Publius Ovidius Naso)
Five years ago governments agreed an International Plan of Action on pirate fishing - what's left to discuss? Governments need to stop talking and start acting. Closing ports, markets and prosecuting companies will rid the oceans of pirate fishermen - it is simply a matter of political will, not further debate. (Quote by - Helene Bours)
We worked with DMR, and we had divers go down and look for lobsters in the cove. We had some local fishermen tell us we wouldn't find any lobsters in the cove, and they were right. (Quote by - Dwight Doughty)
Our fishermen believe they're a forgotten industry. There's so much pressure to keep the boats working and people feel the Fisheries Bill is the final straw. (Quote by - Michael Walsh)
No, he'll impact the fishermen more than the fish. (Quote by - Greg Policky)
And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. (Quote by - Bible)
Technology is needed not to beat the fish, but to beat other fishermen. The fish would still come back.. if we would wait. (Quote by - Richard Manning)
I like the tackle side a little more than the groceries. Fishing tackle doesn't go bad. I get a lot of fishermen coming in here. Some of them are going to Millerton, but most are going to Eastman and Hensley to catch some bass or trout. (Quote by - Xia Donaldson)
As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent. (Quote by - Anthony Trollope)
It came to the surface in the mouth of a harbor seal. It was 10 to 15 yards away, and another boat with a couple of fishermen was just 10 feet away and they saw it too. Another boat was launching at the ramp and they saw it as well. Eight of us were right there and saw it. (Quote by - Larry Gatlin)
We ask a simple question And that is all we wish: Are fishermen all liars? Or do only liars fish? (Quote by - William Sherwood Fox)
They came posing as fishermen and attacked the navy boats. We also retaliated and fired back and captured six LTTE rebels. (Quote by - Jayantha Perera)
Enjoy thy stream, O harmless fish; And when an angler for his dish, Through gluttony's vile sin, Attempts, the wretch, to pull thee out, God give thee strength, O gentle trout, To pull the rascal in! (Quote by - John Wolcot)
Reading about baseball is a lot more interesting than reading about chess, but you have to wonder: Don't any of these guys ever go fishing? (Quote by - Dave Shiflett, quoted in Houston Chronicle, 29 April 1990)
We definitely think some states need to look at these fish that came up high and issue advisories for those fish. Fishermen should know which are the high mercury fish. We don't think this study is the final word. (Quote by - Jackie Savitz)


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Saturday was the Phoenix Modern Quilt Guild's February meeting, and we held a little mug rug swap. I love doing these little swaps, because I use it as an opportunity to learn and stretch my creativity and skill.
Of course, creativity didn't strike until about 8pm the night before…and my idea was a little crazy and time consuming…
You that lovely lone starburst block that is so popular right now? I had the bright idea to scale it down to mug rug size! (I have a few in progress photos on instagram, but I have no idea how to get them to my blog. Help?!?)
Here's my result:
I love it sooo much!!! The inner white pieces finish at a mere 1/8" wide!!! The whole thing is 6 1/2" square
Here's a shot with a nickel for an idea of scale. Seriously tiny piecing going on. Now the problem is I will never be able to throw away even the tiniest scrap of fabric, because what if I NEED it some day??
I backed it in this fun colorful Kumari Garden print. And I got to use one of my brand new tags!!! I found the awesomest Etsy shop ever. Cassie at GutenTags is seriously awesome, and I will definitely be back for more from her.
And the back side of my new tags :)
Ok, here's where my story gets silly. We did a random swap for the guild mug rug swap, and I was the last to get one. And guess which mug rug was last to be distributed….Mine!! To save confusion, and because I really do love it, I kept my own mug rug…I felt so dumb taking my own back….but then again, I am really excited that it gets to live with me after the hours of teeny tiny piecing I put into it :)
And here are some shots of all the lovely mug rug that got swapped on Saturday:
PS- QUILT CON IS THIS WEEK!!! Getting super excited! If it is quiet around here, it is because I am frantically trying to get my house in order and ready for me to be gone for a few days! And packing...
Monday, February 18, 2013
PhxMQG Mug Rug Swap
Labels: completed projects, Kirsten, mug rug, PMQG, scrap buster, sewing
4 comments:
- LightOfTheMoon said...
I love it! Beautifully crafted. I'm sad I didn't get to see it in person.
- February 18, 2013 at 6:20 PM
- Andee said...
I LOVED yours adn your mom's too! I would have kept it too!
- February 20, 2013 at 6:18 PM
- Nedra said...
I've been searching your blog for your e-mail address, and can't find it, so hopefully you will get this comment. Trying to reach your mom Tracy to see if she (and you too?) are coming to Dream Laugh Create party on Thursday night?
Nedra firstname.lastname@example.com
- April 8, 2013 at 8:01 AM
- Abdullah Al Faisal said...
ow its awesome
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- December 28, 2013 at 11:43 AM
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Cannas make a comeback. July 31, 2013Posted by ourfriendben in gardening.
Tags: canna lily, cannas, reviving cannas
Our friend Ben is thrilled to report that cannas are one tough group of plants. Here in scenic PA, Silence Dogood and I grow five different cannas in containers, including water cannas with yellow flowers, glorious white-variegated cannas, maroon-leaved cannas, and cannas with yellow-and-green and red-purple-and-green variegated leaves. They are very showy plants, adding lots of color to our deck and attracting hummingbirds when they come into bloom.
Unfortunately, like our other container plants, cannas are consigned to our greenhouse during the cold months. And I have to confess that we're not the greatest at watering the greenhouse plants weekly through the winter, since the greenhouse is a long, snowy walk from our cottage home. And, given the cost of electricity, we keep the greenhouse at a warm and welcoming 55 degrees F. (as we keep our own house), which is not congenial to us or to our tropical plants.
As a result, when spring arrived and we could finally bring our plants from the greenhouse onto our deck, it appeared that five of our cannas had died. We reluctantly consigned them to our compost bins and chastised ourselves for bad stewardship.
But as the weather turned from warm to hot, we realized that we'd underestimated our cannas. All five of them revived and grew in our compost bins. As soon as we saw leaves, we potted them up and brought them onto the deck to join their compatriots. Not a single canna was lost!
The moral of this story is not to give up on your cannas, even if it looks like they're dead. Those rhizomes store energy and food to fuel plant growth, even if it takes a while for them to show it. Keep watering, give them 6 to 8 hours of sun, and you'll be rewarded with lush, decorative foliage and flowers, even if you thought your plants were dead. How thrilling to see their resurrection!
- 1. Becca - July 31, 2013
Of course, we rip cannas ruthlessly out of the ground here in Florida. But, I do have some gorgeous purple leaved cannas that I admire year after year. They grow to about 7 feet tall, if they escape whatever worm loves to feast on them! I also have an edible canna that I am growing for the first time this year. 🙂 Would yours not come back at all if you put them in the ground?
Wowee kazowie, Becca, you rip cannas up like weeds?! And you have cannas that get 7 feet tall?!! Ours are lucky to make it to 2 feet in their containers, except for the white-variegated one, which can reach 4 feet. I just found out about edible cannas when I was researching cannas' root system for this post and found that they were rhizomatous like iris. I assume the edible part of your canna is the rhizome; you'll have to tell me how you prepare it and how you like it! I've always assumed that cannas couldn't survive our Zone 6 winter temperatures in the ground, but maybe that's not true. I ought to do some online research and ask around. Thanks for the suggestion!


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By Luke Rintod of FMT
RANAU: State Reform Party (STAR) Sabah chairman, Jeffrey Kitingan, has again called for all Peninsula-based political parties to get out of Sabah.
The maverick politician urged the opposition Pakatan Rakyat coalition parties – PKR, DAP and PAS – and the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition members – Umno, MCA MIC and Gerakan – to fold up their tents and leave Sabah to Sabahans.
He advised the Peninsula-based opposition parties to instead focus their strength on wresting all the 165 parliamentary seats at stake in the Peninsula and let the opposition here battle it out for the 25 parliamentary seats in Sabah.
"Leave Sabah and Sarawak political parties to stand in the rest 57 (parliamentary seats) in both states and in Labuan. We will know what is best to do for Sabah and help form a federal government when the right time comes," Jeffrey said when he launched Paginatan Ranau near here Saturday.
"We don't want to consider Pakatan as our enemy, but we plead to its leaders to consider the fact that it already has ave 165 out of 222 parliamentary seats to contest.
"Why should they still come here and take our Sabah and Sarawak seats?
"Let Sabah and Sarawak political parties contest in the two states and we will support you to get Putrajaya," he told the more than 400 supporters who attended the function in Kampung Tagudon Baru, Ranau.
Jeffrey singled out PKR in his plea when he said: "If PKR wants to take Sabah and Sarawak seats, it would expose itself to the danger of being labelled as another Umno or even worse than Umno because it wants to take more seats than what Umno already has in Sabah."
However, the younger brother of Sabah Deputy Chief Minister Joseph Pairin Kitingan, the Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) supremo, refused to endorse Pakatan de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim as prime minister if the opposition prevailed in the coming 13th general election.
Observers note that Jeffrey has left the door open to STAR helping the BN form the next government if it could wrangle a better deal for Sabah from them unlike other opposition parties in the state.
Anwar has Yong's backing
This is in contrast to another Sabah opposition leader, Yong Teck Lee, who helms the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP), and has said his party would support Anwar as prime minister if the opposition wins.
Yong and his party have also rejected the all-or-nothing stand by Jeffrey and have indicated that they are willing to let Pakatan contest in two-thirds of the parliamentary seats in Sabah in return for Pakatan's support for it to contest in two-thirds of the 60 state seats.
STAR's Ranau division chief, Jalibin Paidi, said while he supports Pakatan to take on the BN in the whole of Peninsula, they were not welcome to do so in Sabah.
"It is not that we are against them but we do not want to be just a stepping-stone for Pakatan to wrest power in Putrajaya, and then forgotten.
"We are not satisfied being treated as mere assistants for them to get into Putrajaya… we want to be the decider on who should be the rightful government," he said, adding that STAR wants to raise the voice of Sabah and Sarawak in an incoming federal government.
Jalibin, a teacher who recently resigned from his post, is believed poised to be STAR candidate, either in Keranaan state constituency or Ranau parliamentary seat.
Another potential candidate for the party in the Paginatan state constituency is Feddrin Tuliang another teacher who recently resigned.
Local businessman, Kong Soon Choi, hosted the function in the compound of his Sabindo business premises in Tagudon Baru.


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Wikipedia has published a list of films featuring lesbian themes
Wikipedia has published a list of films featuring lesbian themes
wikipedia publishes an international list of lesbian publications with links
"Emmie" is the first lesbian love song of the pop age.
See this Blog's Post category EMMIE
Emmie by Laura Nyro – released 3/ 3/68 on the album – Eli And the Thirteenth Confession. In June 1968, Pete Johnson claimed the song to be "…one woman romancing another woman." On Apirl 25, 1997, Alanna Nash reported "Emmie" to be "Pop's, firstlesbian love song"
Props to the Ronnie Dyson cover of "Emmie." A noteworthy example of the cultural evolution of "Pop's first lesbian love song."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35mKKEe1Erg&feature=related – vj sylvette323b
See also LGBT wikia artilcle
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There are at least three examples of an open expression of same-sex attraction in popular song, prior to the 1968 release of "Emmie." "Wenn die beste Freundin" (When my best Friend) by Marlene Dietrich and Margot Lion "…became the theme song of lesbians in late 1920's Berlin." My source is Anna May Wong: from laundryman's daughter To Hollywood legend , by Graham Russell and Gao Hodges, p.86. ¹
A cover song, in English, by Ute Lemper was sampled in the movie Kissing Jessica Stein. "When The Special Girlfriend."
The 2010 movie The Runaways stars Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning as Joan Jett & Cheri Currie, respectively.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1017451/ Please check out Susie Brights review and article "http://susiebright.blogs.com/susie_brights_journal_/2010/03/my- little-runaway.html"
My vitae includes a Master's degree in Human Sexuality. The Germans founded the science of Sexology and called it Sexualwissenschaft. It defines both a scientific and cultural approach to sexual behavior.
"Emmie" is a song about love, romance and sex. It was released on March 3, 1968. At that time, it described a "love that dare not speak its name." "Emmie" is an example of Cultural Lesbiana at its best.
It is precisely, the reason why I published this blog. Such an awesome event in LGBT history needs to be noted and celebrated.
Major props to Ireneextreme. Her youtube version of the original song Wienn die beste Fruendin was ornamented by a mesmerizing photo array featuring Marlene Deitrich et al. ( see now youtube cover, MarleneXtreme, song #34 )
Kudos to juneseventeen for her youtube video cover, "Emmie." She described her vj cover as "Just a very sweet and innocent video to fit this song about first love." (Her youtube cover is now defunct)
Both women, Marlene Dietrich and Laura Nyro, were bisexual, examples of awesome talent, and the power of the bisexual female having both genders in her thrall.
P.S. Marlene in Drag stealing a kiss from Eve Southern "Morocco" 1930. N.B. the eye contact between Marlene & Eve as it leads up to the kiss, see 144-224.
Rod Stewart released Maggie May/Mae in 1971.
Maggie May by Cathy Young Vj cover by petecsanky. "From CathyYoung's 1973 GRT Album 'Travel Stained'. Recorded in October, 1972 by the great George Semkiw at RCA Studios in downtown Toronto. The album was re-issued in 2009 by Big Pink Music in Korea (Big Pink 14)."
My current chronology of popular music of a woman singing to a love object, unmistakably a woman, not mere friendship, but undisguised sensuality, an open expression of same-sex attraction.
Notice how Laura leaves everybody in the dust!
1. Timer by Laura Nyro – 1968
2. Emmie by Laura Nyro – 1968
3. Désiree by Laura Nyro – 1971
4. Maggie May by Cathy Young – 1972
5. She Loves Me by ISIS – 1974
6. Gloria by Patti Smith – 1975
7. Sweet Woman by Cris Wiamson -1977
8. Sunday Girl by Blondie – 1979
9. High School Confidential by Carole Pope and Rough Trade – 1981
10. Valerie by Quarterflash – 1981
11. Crimson & Clover by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – 1983
12. When you were mine by Cyndi Lauper released 1983
I can't resist this version "When You Were Mine" Cyndi Lauper True Colors Tour 2007, even to the opening "She Bop" reference.
13. Roadnotes by Laura Nyro released 1984
¹ "B. D. Woman's Blues" by Lucille Bogan was released in 1935. (See song #63 on the g2g love song list). N.B. "Prove It on Me Blues" by Ma Rainey released 1928. (See song #62 on the g2g love song list). Thanks to Kathy Belge http://kathybelge.com/


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If you've been following my recent posts, you know that this is the last official week for my COM497 new media class. And this post is my last that will be graded, but I plan to try and update the blog at least a few times a month this summer.
If you want to learn even more about wine, I would encourage you to check out other wine blogs. There's tons on the internet, as you can see by a simple Google search. The wine industry is growing, and so is the number of people interested and writing about it. Recently, a Wall Street Journal writer selected five blogs that she "clicked with" and enjoyed even though she prefers to drink wine rather than read about it. Food and Wine made a list of seven best wine blogs. I enjoyed looking through all of those, but while I was writing this blog I've found a few more to add to the list:
- Grapefriend – This blog was interesting to me because there's often posts about celebrities and wines. But there's also thoughts and opinions on wines and the occasional tidbit of humor.
- The Winegetter – I liked this blog because in addition to reviewing wines, the writer also shares personal experiences, opinions and pictures. Also, there's a Sunday staple where the writer will present an interesting article or website for readers to look over.
- From Wino to Wine Know – An added bonus on this blog for me was that the writer often posts recipes that either have wine as an ingredient or would pair well with a particular wine. This blog also shares obligatory reviews of individual wines, but there's often posts about interesting information in the wine world.
I found this picture on a old blog about public relations in the wine industry, which is kind of ironic since this summer I'll be interning with Indiana Wines and working in PR. I've learned quite about about different types of grapes, glasses, wines, wine and food pairings and more while writing this blog. Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy some wine today – cheers!


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2. Gentle Leaders...due to the cardios
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***Should you use a prong collar or choke chain, please make sure you learn to use them properly beforehand.
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Dog Star Daily is owned by Ian Dunbar and is a free resource for dog training and behavior. You will find several reputable dog trainers adding videos and articles throughout the site that will help you with your pup!
If you would like help from an actual Thank Dog! Instructor to get commands 1 - 4 down (they have a lot of techniques to choose from if one way isn't working).
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Gauss's remarkable theorem assures us that one direction of the slice must always remain flat — no matter how you bend it, the pizza must retain a trace of its original flatness. When the slice flops over, the flat direction is pointed sideways, which isn't helpful for eating it. But by folding the pizza slice sideways, you're forcing it to become flat in the other direction – the one that points towards your mouth. Theorema egregium, indeed.
Via Tea At Trianon:
the history of Hamburger.
The groundwork for the ground-beef sandwich was laid with the domestication of cattle (in Mesopotamia around 10,000 years ago), and with the growth of Hamburg, Germany, as an independent trading city in the 12th century. Jump ahead to 1848, when political revolutions shook the 39 states of the German Confederation, spurring an increase in German immigration to the United States. With German people came German food: beer gardens flourished in American cities, while butchers offered a panoply of traditional meat preparations. Because Hamburg was known as an exporter of high-quality beef, restaurants began offering a "Hamburg-style" chopped steak.
the theology behind the reason why gay marriage will never be approved by some christian churches.
The story Christians have been telling for 2,000 years goes something like this: The God who made the Universe is also, by his very nature, Love, and he made human beings with a very lofty vocation. Humans are meant to reflect His glory in the world; to be like God, that is to say, to be lovers and creators. Everything in the Universe has been put here to be used by God's children to reflect his loving glory — and to teach them about God's love. This is particularly true, or so the story goes, of the unique sexual complementarity between men and women. The sexual act is meant to reflect God's love by fostering a union at once bodily and spiritual — and creates new life. The complementarity of the persons in a marriage reflects the complementarity of the Persons of the Trinity, and the bliss of marital union is an inkling of the bliss of the union of the Persons of the Trinity. The fruitfulness of the marriage act reflects that God is a creator and has charged man to be an agent of his ongoing work of creation. And, finally, if God's love means total self-giving unto death on a Cross, then man and wife must give themselves to each other totally — no pettiness, no adultery, no polygamy, no divorce, and no nonmarital sexual acts. According to the story that Christianity has been telling for 2,000 years, Christianity's view of sexuality isn't some encrusted holdover from a socially conditioned patriarchal era on its way out, but is instead deeply connected to its understanding of who God is and what human beings exist for.naah: Too complicated and nuanced for a sound bite, so don't expect this in the MSM
also from SenseOfEvents:
RIP: Russian Space Geckos have gone to the great lizard lounge in the sky
One of the few G rated postings on GrouchyOldcrippleBlog:
when Venn met the lost webpages of the internet.


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On Friday 28 February 2014, the McDonald Centre will host a conference on How Much is Enough? In addition to the authors themselves, speakers will include Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, John Lloyd of the Financial Times, and Martin Kettle of the Guardian.
The conference will take place at Christ Church in the Blue Boar Lecture Theatre, and will run from 0900 to 1600. Admission is free on a first-come, first-served basis.
In 1930 John Maynard Keynes predicted that, over the next century, income would rise steadily, people's basic needs would be met, and no one would have to work more than fifteen hours a week. Why was he so wrong?
In How Much is Enough? The Love of Money and the Case for the Good Life (Penguin, 2012 and 2013), Robert and Edward Skidelsky argue that wealth is not—or should not be—an end in itself, but rather a means to the good life. Observing how far modern life has strayed from that ideal, and rejecting the claim that there is any single measure of human well-being—whether GDP or 'happiness'—they analyse the good life into seven elements, argue that a healthy liberal society should promote them, and propose a set of policies to realise them.


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O'Sullivan misses opening of camp
"A little honesty ... We're not very close. That's the truth. What I'm most concerned about is, Sully has made great strides but he has to continue to make strides if he's going to put up big numbers on a good team. There's a big difference between being a 50- or 60-point scorer on a team that's out of the playoffs in January, and doing it on a good team."
Given that he's coming off a 53-point sophomore season, I can see why there's a gap there as the two sides contemplate a long-term deal. It's really not so clear how much, exactly, players of O'Sullivan's ilk are worth these days, not when Rostislav Olesz gets a six-year, $18.75-million contract despite not putting up anything close in terms of production to what O'Sullivan has.
Good comparables when it comes to players from O'Sullivan's draft year (2003) include players like Andrei Kostitsyn and Robert Nilsson, who haven't played a ton of games but have been reasonably productive in the ones they have. Kostitsyn recently signed a three-year deal for $3.25-million a season, but my guess is the Kings are after more term and O'Sullivan more dollars than that at this point.
My bet is Jeff Carter ($5-million a season) is the type of comparable he and his agent are looking at, even if O'Sullivan is 100 games shy of the Flyers youngster. A 50-point season buys a big contract these days, especially if unrestricted free agency years come into the equation (which is anything beyond 2011-12 for O'Sullivan).
What's puzzling, however, is that the Kings were quick to lock up Jarret Stoll, who is coming off a horrible season, for $3.6-million a year. Yes, he's three years older than O'Sullivan, but looking forward, it's no contest which player will be making a bigger impact on the Kings' roster. If negotiations on a long-term deal are stalled, why not sign a shorter pact in that price range and let the younger player prove his worth?
Here's Lombardi again, in a good interview over at Rich Hammond's blog: "When I saw where his (contract) number was two months ago, I said, 'Oh boy.' "
Not exactly promising. And it's not as if the Kings risk falling out of the playoff race if O'Sullivan sits — given it's a full-on rebuild, it may even help get other kids more ice time.
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Adoption requests → Smurfs Fanon Wiki
What is your username?
Smurf Manian
Please link to the wiki here:
How many edits have you made on that wiki?
Over 1,000
How many days/months have you been editing there?
Just over 5 months
On the Special Pages -> Special:ListUsers when was the last time an admin edited, and who was it?
Not exactly sure
Any other information:
There are 5 admins on the wiki. VicGeorge2K9, Esquilo30, BabySmurf3, An Nagib Bin Salam and Numbuh 404.
- Unofficial response: (Please wait for an official response by a staff member)Hi, I'm afraid that c:smurfsfanon:Special:ListUsers/sysop reveals that the admin VicGeorge2K9 has edited the wiki just today, and thus the wiki should not be eligible for adoption as per the adoption guidelines which may be found on the forum page. Elecbullet (talk) 19:36, April 26, 2013 (UTC)
Yes but the owner and many other users are inactive; not everything goes around Georgina :D
- S. Manian 19:58, April 26, 2013 (UTC)
- Hi. I'm sorry but the wiki is not eligible for adoption as their are two active bureaucrats (Numbuh 404 and VicGeorge2K9) as well as an active sysop. I suggest you talk to one of the bureaucrats about gaining rights locally if you feel more admins are needed. -- Wendy (talk) 03:10, May 6, 2013 (UTC)


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|Credits Image created by Robert A. Rohde/Global Warming Art. Data sets from Hadley Centre HadCM3 climate model. - See more at: http://ete.cet.edu/gcc/?/resourcecenter/slideshow/3/43#sthash.6NAXFljt.dpuf
MY REPORT ON THE YEAR IN REVIEW 2013 A.D. (or is it C.E.)
by Lisa
I am going to tell you about the year in review. The year in review is 2013 A.D. which stands for after death or C.E. which stands for common era. Both of them have something to do with God but I'm not sure what. They are part of the calendar that kept going instead of the one that ended in 2012, everybody was freaking out.
Well the first event of the year in review was that the weather went unbalanced and there were hurricanes, ice storms, the hottest day of the year, the coldest day of the year; and blizzards. Some people say this is because we don't have global warming. But we do and it makes the weather go deranged just like scientists predicted back in the 80's when they had big hair.
I think it might be because of Fukushima, the nucular power plant in Japan that got hit by a tsunami a few years ago and is still melting down. Doesn't that make the water in the Pacific Ocean get hotter, since it is right at the edge of the beach in Japan? My mom said bad guys in Japan are making homeless people go and work on cleaning it up. Even though you cannot clean stuff like that up, at least not too much. That's what my science teacher said.
Another bad thing is the drones. These are flying killer robots which kill people at weddings and funerals. I'm not sure why robots don't like those kind of family things. We never see any over our house. Phew.
Their are alot of wars in other places that I tried to make a map but there were too many dots and they started running together. My dad stopped getting unemployment but he didn't get a new job yet. Guns or butter is the choice, my dad says which I guess means, we won't be having butter until he finds a job.
Now I am going to tell you about my conclusion. My conclusion is that some people care and you can read about it in the Encyclopedia Brittanica:
Code Pink, feminist antiwar organization founded in 2002 to protest U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq. The name Code Pink was adopted to satirize the colour-coded terrorism alert system put in place by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in 2002 and discontinued in 2011. The first Code Pink protest, a four-month vigil in front of the White House, began November 17, 2002...I checked a second source and Codepink is also on facebook and here is an awesome bunny that one of them has. It is very gargantuan.
I would like to be in Code Pink and make a difference. So that is my report and I hope you liked it.


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Bodianus diplotaenia
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Bodianus diplotaenia (Gill, 1862)
Common Name(s):
Harpe diplotaenia Gill, 1862
|Taxonomic Notes:
|For taxonomic treatment see Gomon (2006).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
Needs updating
|Allen, G., Rivera, F., Edgar, G. & Zapata, F.
|Robertson, R., Liu, M., Sadovy, Y. & Craig, M.
This species is widespread in the Eastern Pacific, and common throughout most of its range. There are no known major threats to this species, and no current indication of population decline. It is listed as Least Concern.
|Range Description:
|This species is endemic to the Eastern Pacific, and is found from central Baja California and the Gulf of California to northern Chile, including all the offshore islands of Clarion, the Revillagigedos, Clipperton, Isla de Cocos and the Galapagos. It is also recorded from the northern tip of Chile between Arica and Iquique.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – southeast
|Additional data:
|Range Map:
|Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.
|This species is considered to be abundant throughout much of its range.
This fish was studied in Gulf of Papagayo, Costa Rica (Dominici-Arosemena et al. 2005) with an density of 0.03±0.03 ind./ m2. At Gulf Dulce, Costa Rica, a mean density of 0.005±0.015 ind./ m2 was recorded, with a relative abundance of 0.131% (Figueroa, 2001). Within a five-site-study survey, at Catalinas Islands, this fish was observed 51 times in all sites (Espinoza and Salas, 2005). In Isla Gorgona, Rubio (1986) showed that this species is frequent in rocky and coralline substrates and occassionally found on sandy substrates. In a survey at Gorgona Island coral reefs, Colombia (Zapata and Morales, 1997), a mean density of 0.158 ind./10 m2 and a frequency of observation of 41.2% was registered. This species was studied in different sites at Galapagos archipelago, with an overall mean abundance of 18.4 ind./500 m2 (Edgar et al. 2004).
According to Aburto-Oropeza and Balart (2001), B. diplotaenia is a dominant species at Los Islotes, Gulf of California, with an occurrence frequency higher than 80%. In Cabo Pulmo, Mexico, this fish was considered common, with a relative abundance between 1-5%, and a relative frequency higher than 75% (Villarreal-Cavazos et al. 2000). In Bahía de Navidad, Jalisco, still in México, this fish was captured 4 times within 12 (one each month) field trips throughout a year (Rojo-Vázquez et al. 2001)
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|This reef-associated species inhabits rocky or coral areas to depths of 75m. It is sometimes also found on sandy substrate and where marine plants abound (Gomon, 1995). At Gulf of Chiriqui, this fish could be found in all types of substrata, except sand and rubble (Dominici-Arosemena and Wolff, 2006). This species can also occasionally be found in estuaries and coastal lagoons along the tropical eastern Pacific coast (Cooke, 1992).
This species is solitary or may form aggregations of only a few individuals. It feeds on crabs, brittle stars, mollusks, and sea urchins (Gomon, 1995). At night, this species agglomerates in cracks and crevices of rocks and caves to sleep (Gomon, 1995). It starts life as a female, later becoming a functional male. Males defend temporary reproductive territories called leks. Sex change may be due to local social conditions, but it may also have a genetic component, since the reversal occurs over a limited size range (Grove and Lavenberg, 1997).
|Use and Trade:
|Juveniles are collected for the aquarium trade.
|Major Threat(s):
|There are no major threats known for this species. According to Dominici-Arosemena et al. (2005), this is a important aquarium fish in Gulf of Papagayo, Costa Rica, but such localized collecting of juveniles is unlkely to affect population.
|Conservation Actions:
|There are no known conservation measures for this species. However, this species distribution falls partially into a number of Marine Protected Areas in the Eastern Pacific region (WDPA 2006).
Aburto-Oropeza, O. and Balart, E.F. 2001. Community structure of reef fish in several habitats of a rocky reef in the Gulf of California. Marine Ecology 22(4): 283-305.
Cooke, R. 1992. Prehistoric nearshore and littoral fishing in the eastern tropical pacific: an icthyological evaluation. Journal of World Prehistory 6(1): 1-49.
Dominici-Arosemena, A. and Wolff, M. 2006. Reef fish community structure in the Tropical Eastern Pacific (Panamá): living on a relatively stable rocky reef environment. Helgoland Marine Research 60: 287-305.
Dominici-Arosemena, A., Brugnoli-Olivera, E., Cortés Núnez, J., Molina-Urena, H. and Quesada-Alpizar, M. 2005. Community structure of Eastern Pacific Reef Fishes (Gulf of Papagayo, Costa Rica). Tecnociencia 7(2): 19-41.
Edgar, G.J., Banks, S., Farina, J.M., Calvopina, M. and Martinez, C. 2004. Regional biogeography of shallow reef fish and macro-invertebrate communities in the Galapagos archipielago. Journal of Biogeography 31: 1107-1124.
Espinoza, M. and Salas, E. 2005. Estructura de las comunidades de peces de arrecife en las islas Catalinas y Playa Ocotal, Pacífico Norte de Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical 53(3-4): 523-536.
Figueroa, R.E.R. 2001. Caracterización de la ictiofauna de los arrecifes de la parte interna del Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica. Universidad de Costa Rica.
Gill, T.N. 1862. Catalogue of the fishes of Lower California, in the Smithsonian Institution, collected by Mr. J. Xantus. Part 2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 242-246.
Gomon, M.F. 1995. Labridae. Viejas, doncellasas, señoritas. FAO, Rome.
Gomon, M.F. 2006. A revision of the labrid fish genus Bodianus with descriptions of eight new species. Records of the Australian Museum: 1-133.
Grove, J.S. and Lavenberg, R.J. 1997. The fishes of the Galápagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.3). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 2 September 2010).
IUCN and UNEP. 2014. The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA). Cambridge, UK. Available at: www.wdpa.org .
Robertson, D.R. and Allen, G.R. 2006. Shore fishes of the tropical eastern Pacific: an information system. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panamá.
Roca, R., Earle, S., Shillinger, G., Mourra, V., Zumbrunn, S. and Mckenna, S. 2003. Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape: an oceanic and coastal conservation and sustainable development corridor.
Rojo-Vázquez, J.A., Aguilar-Palomino, B., Galván-Piña, V.H., Godínez-Domínguez, E., Hernández-Vázquez, S., Ruiz-Ramírez, S. and Lucano-Ramírez, G. 2001. Ictiofauna de la pesquería ribereña en Bahía de Navidad, Jalisco, México, asociada al evento El Niño 1997-1998. Revista de Biología Tropical 49(3-4): 915-929.
Rubio, E.A. 1986. Notas sobre la ictiofauna de la Isla de Gorgona, Colombia. Boletin Ecotropica 13: 86-112.
Victor, B.C. 1986. Duration of the planktonic larval stage of one hundred species of Pacific and Atlantic wrasses (family Labridae). Marine Biology 90(3): 317-326.
Villarreal-Cavazos, A., Reyes-Bonilla, H., Bermúdez-Almada, B. and Arizpe-Covarrubias, O. 2000. Los peces del arrecife de Cabo Pulmo, Golfo de California, México: Lista sistemática y aspectos de abundancia e biogeografía. Revista de Biología Tropical 48(2-3): 413-424.
Zapata, F.A. and Morales, Y.A. 1997. Spatial and temporal patterns of fish diversity in a coral reef at Gorgonia Island, Colombia. 8th International Coral Reef Symposium 1: 1029-1034. Panama.
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In 1900, divers searching for sea sponges off the coast of Antikythera Island (northwest of Crete) made a startling discovery. The hull of an ancient ship was found, and it was filled with beautiful statues of marble and bronze.
An expedition was made to salvage everything on board the ship, with special focus on the works of art. It wasn't until a couple of years later that archaeologists got around to examining what they considered to be lesser artifacts. Then they realized that one of them contained cog wheels.
Controversy erupted over the find, which turned what we thought we knew about world history on its ear. Mainstream science, faced with something that made them wrong, did what they've always done: they ignored the anomaly.
It wasn't until 1958 that someone finally took the Antikythera mechanism seriously. Dr. Derek de Solla Price from Yale University mounted a full-scale investigation and restoration of the device. Originally, the device seems to have been built around 150 B.C. in a wooden box with inscriptions that contained an extremely accurate astronomical calendar. Inside it were twenty cog wheels and, even more stunning, differential gears (neither of which had been previously thought to exist at that time). Price wrote:
"Nothing like this instrument is preserved elsewhere. Nothiing comparable is known from any ancient scientific text or literary allusion. On the contrary, from all we know of science and technology in the Hellenistic Age, we should have felt that such a device could not exist."
Price also speculated that the item may have once been on public display on the isle of Rhodes. Wikipedia says:
The island was known for its displays of mechanical engineering, particularly automata, which apparently were a specialty of the Rhodians. Pindar, one of the nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, said this of Rhodes in his seventh Olympic Ode:
"The animated figures stand
Adorning every public street
And seem to breathe in stone, or
Move their marble feet."
On 31 July 2008, a paper providing further details about the mechanism was published in Nature (Nature Vol 454, Issue 7204, July 31, 2008). In this paper, among other revelations, it is demonstrated that the mechanism also contained a dial divided into four parts, and demonstrating a four-year cycle through four segments of one year each, which is thought to be a means of describing which of the games (such as the ancient Olympics) that took place in two and four-year cycles were to take place in any given year.
A working reconstruction of the Antikythera mechanism has been built (see image above) for the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, by Robert J. Deroski.
Visit the Antikythera Mechanism Research Project for the latest info on this amazing anomalous device which completely and utterly validifies Steampunk as a philosophical precept and not just an RPG/clothing/decor fad.


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(Wilmington, DE)
We're going "home" for a week. I'm in serious need of some Mom time. Fortunately, Edie and Ken, our park managers, are very understanding about this and had no hesitation about giving us a week off.
Our plan was to be on the road by 5:30 a.m. this morning. I had everything packed except for what we absolutely needed before we hit the road. Bob had his list of things to do completed and he even had truck packed before we turned in for what was only going to be a few hours of shuteye. I was way too excited to go to sleep.
I set the alarm and for some reason it didn't go off. Luckily, Bob woke up right on time and we jumped into the day with both feet and hit the ground running. We unlocked the gate and were on our way by 5:40 a.m. We had a nine hour drive ahead of us.
The sun was just coming up over the mountain as we headed towards I-81.
A mist hung in the valleys.
The miles slid easily below our tires and while still in Virginia we saw our first Delaware license plate. It's the first one I've seen in quite awhile. Yeah, I still get excited over Delaware license plates.
Several hours into our trip and we thought we were making good time. Until….. Until we crossed over into Maryland.
We picked up I-95 and it seemed like we could walk faster than we were traveling in the car. Bumper to bumper. And we won't even go into the idiots on the road. I'm simply amazed at how many people still text and drive and it doesn't matter if they drive 20 mph or 70.
This was a welcome sight!
Bob is really having a hard time with traffic. We are used to much less out west and even here in southwestern Virginia. I'm afraid white knuckles on the steering wheel were the norm this trip. Everyone is in such a hurry here. Lane changing has become a sport I think and the smaller the space the better. I nearly put my foot through my floorboard several times. I have to admit, the language in our truck was a little salty too as we yelled at S-T-U-P-I-D drivers.
The tolls also seemed to have risen considerably since the last time we traveled I-95. It's a good thing I had a little stash of cash with me.
The sign I was waiting for!
The SECOND sign I was waiting for!
Since we didn't know for absolute sure what time we would get in I had told Mom we would take care of dinner ourselves. This worked!
Subs and a bag of chips in hand we he headed home.
There's nothing like that first hug from a parent you haven' seen in a year. Trust me on this.
Dinner done we settled in for an evening of chatting and catching up.
We thought we would have been in bed early tonight and Bob was,,,,me and mom, not so much.
We laid low today. We're tired. Bob spent much of the day on the computer and reading. I had our air card for our Internet connection turned on for the week. Internet at home! What a concept… one we miss for sure!
Mom and I played cards all afternoon, talking and laughing all the while. Evening brought the same thing and it just felt good to be home with my mom.
By mid morning Bob was out the door to see his best friend Bill and Mom and I did something I had been looking forward to. We went to Boscov's one of my very favorite department stores. I bought a few things for our granddaughter as they were having a great sale.
A stop at the grocery store was also in order and we spent the evening watching TV, playing cards and on the Internet.


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The following are some of our favorite places for a creek or river hike:
Indian Point Park – From the lower parking lot you can readily enter Paine Creek. You can hike upstream to the Seeley Road bridge or take a shorter, easier hike downstream where the stream empties into the Grand River.
Helen Hazen Wyman Park – Kellogg Creek, Big Creek and the Grand River all come together at this park. The best creek hiking though is in Big Creek where the clear shallow waters offer excellent opportunities to explore.
Hidden Valley Park – The Grand River is the largest and deepest river in the county, but just beyond the shelter is a wide, shallow area perfect for wading. So grab the family and some hot dogs for a picnic and an afternoon of splashing in the river.
Lake Erie has some great natural beaches to walk along while the waves splash at your feet. Our favorite locations are:
Lake Erie Bluffs – The longest stretch of natural Lake Erie beach in the park district offers you a chance to walk the .71-miles from one park entrance to the other. Keep cool by walking along the edge of the surf, while experiencing this amazing natural area.
Lakeshore Reservation – Two sets of stairs border a stretch of natural Lake Erie beach nearly a half mile long. You can sit in the shade of some of the overhanging trees or wade into the lake to cool off.
For more information and directions to the parks, visit lakemetroparks.com.


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I don't know why, but pouring concrete always gets a bit tense. Whether it's something as small as a doorpost or as big as a roof, there is always a moment of "tension". Sometimes there's more than a moment.
In today's drama, there were two groups. One group was preparing the mold and wiring up the last sections of metal.
The other group was mixing the concrete and pouring the cadena.
The tension started when the pouring group caught up to the preparing group...and found a section of the mold that wasn't quite prepared.
All work stopped for a moment. Then everyone pitched in and helped get the mold shored up and ready to pour (keep in mind that the cement is mixed, wet and needing to pour).
It all came together without further problems. Evie and I were down at the house, praying!
After lunch, Doug and the guys decided to make the best use of the daylight left and started the last section of the access ramp. We had a couple of spills off the edge of the temporary wooden ramp today. Nothing serious -- just a couple of bruised prides and scraped knees. Glad that the kids' angels were on the job today!
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Nobody likes to hear the words tax increase. Like a fist flying at our face, the instinctual reaction is to duck or throw up our hands in defense. But we also pay strict attention when our fire safety officials say that they need more resources to keep us safe, as has happened across the county recently.
New Surfside Beach Fire Chief Dan Cimini said he came into the job and found mismatched gear that presented safety issues to his staff and volunteers. He's asking Town Council for a $42,000 increase in his budget.
New Horry County Fire Rescue Chief Fred Crosby said if the county doesn't act, his department will be forced to cut 18 firefighters next year, local ISO ratings that determine insurance rates could go up, and aging equipment will only continue to get older. The situation is getting serious after years of no increase or minor increases in the millage. For example, he told the council that a third of the department's pumper trucks "will qualify for antique license plates in this state in two years." He's asking County Council to approve a 3.5 mill increase in property taxes, about $7.5 million total.
And Murrells Inlet-Garden City Fire District Chairman Al Hitchcock is looking for money to operate a fourth fire station that the district hopes to build. He's got the support of most of the area residents, and is asking the legislators who oversee the entity for an increase in the millage the district is allowed to collect.
Those hopes have at least partly soured after the response of Rep. Stephen Goldfinch of Murrells Inlet. Goldfinch, who signed a pledge as a candidate not to raise taxes, told the Pawleys Island Coastal Observer that he checked with Americans for Tax Reform and they told him voting for this increase would violate that pledge. Setting aside the absurdity of asking a national D.C.-based organization for permission to make a local decision, it's unfortunate that Goldfinch, who has shown himself to be a go-getter in his short time in the legislature, would allow such a pledge to tie his hands and take away his personal reasoning.
Goldfinch's predicament, however, is symptomatic of the problem that all these leaders will face: how to justify raising taxes to an often incredulous population. Our leaders face some tough choices ahead as they decide how our communities will be protected in the years to come. We're not experts on the budgets of the local fire departments, and we can't say for sure whether all of the increases are justified. We do generally trust our public safety leaders, however, and we believe them when they present their needs. The instinct for most politicians when it comes to tax increases is to run the other way. We hope in these cases our leaders will at least give them the thoughtful consideration they deserve.


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Gosh today has been an utter drag! I know it's bad blog manners to start off on such a negative note BUT please indulge me a little and allow me to point out a few reasons why many of us dread the start of the work week.
1. Mondays will often bring PERFECT WEATHER with them, which makes being in an office seem extra bleak and cause one to have a "why am I working for a massive corporation and not being more liberal/creative/unconventional in my career path?" moment. OR it will be pouring rain with a chilly wind thrown in for good measure which makes it unusually difficult for usually spritely women to get their asses' outta bed.
2. Upon stumbling into work and switching on the computer, I have somehow acquired 40 emails since Friday. Twenty two of which have those annoying "high priority" red flags attached. Ugh. Double ugh.
3. Because it's Monday, it's back to healthy/sensibly eating (consisting of dark green veggies and freshly harvested grains), meaning that four slices of delicious soft cheese, three olives, two delicate sheets of weirdly named but tastily cured Spanish meat and a few (small) glasses of wine does not constitute as "a well balanced meal" between the days of Monday-Friday.
All of these things contribute to making me feel a bit gloomy and I like to look at things that brighten my mood. Things like ... cats. I know, I know, apparently I am unmarriable because of my preference for furry, whisker wearing things over large, bounding dogs.
Something else uplifting? Wearing my NEW nail varnish! On the weekend I picked up two hues from BYS's massive wall of colour – it almost makes it harder picking the good from the bad when faced with so much choice. I settled on a muted khaki green/grey suitably named Army Chic and a bright orangey/red called Coral Sea.
Army Chic - Looks a bit like Chanel's Khaki Vert yes? But about 1/8 of the price!
Coral Sea
RRP: $4 - Available from K-mart
At $4 a bottle these babys are well worth their weight in gold coins. Army Chic came out highly pigmented in one coat and I honestly could have left it at that however a double slick of colour, clear top coat and few drops of OPI's Drip Dry added some depth and a flawless looking finish with zero streaking. I haven't tried Coral Sea out properly yet except for one nail however it too looked highly desirable.
One tip I will give you is to make sure to try out the tester of the colour you are eyeing as some of the neon ones were very transparent.
Army Chic in the flesh ... You know how some people get told they have the hands of a piano player? Well I'm not one of them so I apologise for my dismal hand modelling skills.


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Thomas Harpster, 31, of 3271 Highfield Court, Bethlehem, was arrested yesterday by Allentown police after he reportedly made telephone calls to the home of an Allentown man.
The suspect was arrested in the 400 block of E. Montgomery Street after police spotted him driving near the home of John Krisko at 146 E. Susquehanna St., on the South Side.
Harpster was charged with making terroristic threats by telephone to Krisko and Krisko's wife and daughter. He was arraigned before District Justice Janice Hettinger and released on a $2,000 recognizance bond.


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A few things have changed with the site. There are some fancy ads on the side - a girl's got to make money some how. There is a subscribe by email box on the sidebar. I've put up a resources page, which I will be updating with my own material in the future. There's a tab for my new edible garden project. A recipe page that is currently broken. Which I am trying to fix. A shop page with my favorites kitchen gadgets, and an updated about me page.
I'm pretty excited to have the design live. It is a huge weight off of my shoulders, because I can't possibly spend another day tweaking colors, changing fonts, or adjusting margins. I will loose my mind. Now I can focus on important things like bananas cooked in caramel with walnuts, and fluffy pancakes.
I saw a picture on pinterest a couple of weeks ago of bananas foster. I haven't been able to stop thinking about that picture since. It's like I have been living and dreaming bananas foster for weeks. I figured that the only way to get control of my craving was to give in and top everything with bananas foster, including my weekend fluffy pancakes. At the last minute I decided to add in some chopped walnuts for some crunch, and it was definitely the right decision. I made this recipe, left a few pancakes sitting on the counter for Brent when he got home, and as soon as he came in the door, he scarfed them down within two seconds, and he didn't even reheat them. Crazy man. He said they were to good to stop himself. A good sign indeed, especially because he also had a bag of salt and vinegar chips in his hand, his ultimate weakness.
I left the sticky plate on the counter overnight, because when you've spent the whole day in the kitchen developing and testing recipes, the last thing you want to do is dishes at the end of the night, or get off the couch to put the plate in the dishwasher. Unfortunately, I woke to find the plate covered with tiny ants. So now I've got that to deal with. Any suggestions?
serves 2 - 3
1 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
3 tbsp melted butter + additional for pan
2 large eggs
1 cup milk
2 tbsp butter
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp milk
pinch of salt
2 bananas, sliced
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
Preheat a large frying pan on medium high. Turn the oven to 200ºF or warm.
In a medium bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. In a small bowl, whisk the melted butter, eggs, and milk to combine. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and whisk until combine.
Place a dab of butter into the pan, and swirl it around to coat. Pour or scoop a quarter cup of batter onto the pan. Cook three pancakes at a time. Once you see tiny bubbles start to form, flip the pancakes and continue cooking for 1 minute or until brown. Place the pancakes in the oven to keep warm.
Once all of the pancakes are cooked, wipe the frying pan clean. The temp of the burner should still be set to medium high from the pancakes.
Place 2 tbsp of butter into the pan and heat until it begins to bubble. Stir in the brown sugar. Add the vanilla and the milk slowly. The sugar will pop and sizzle. Stir until you have a nice thin caramel. Add the sliced bananas and walnuts and coat with the caramel sauce. Continue cooking for a few minutes until the sauce has thickened slightly and the bananas are soft.
Top the pancakes with the bananas foster, and serve warm.