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The play last night at Canton City Council was "a play to fear!.
That's how The Stark County Political Report sees the 7 to 5 vote against allowing the citizens of Canton to decide for themselves whether or not charter government is right for this Hall of Fame City.
Seven members of council, for last night anyway, made Canton a Hall of Shame city in their denying the franchise on this issue to Cantonians.
We all know what a powerful factor fear is.
And we also know that fear can make otherwise good people do some very bizarre things.
To put the best spin on things (the decision having been a "political" one), Members Babcock, Dougherty, Fisher, Griffin, Morris, Smith and West were not able to conquer their fears that they would somehow be affected in their personal political stakes were they to allow Cantonians to, perhaps, start out on a path to change Canton's structure of government.
An example of the paralyzing effect that fear can play in a human life is that experienced by 1950s baseball player Jimmy Piersall.
From the website from the movie "Fear Strikes Out:"
The best part of the movie "Fear Strikes Out" was when John Piersall finally understood what he did to his son Jimmy in pushing him like he did. Later at the institution John was accepted by Jimmy who for a time wanted to have nothing to do with him. For once just being his father, not a hard as nails lion trainer, the two had an friendly but emotional game of catch.Well, "fear DID NOT strike out" with the seven Canton city council members who by their votes sent the clear message that they did not trust the voters of Canton to decide the city's future structure of government.
Jimmy did in the end recover form his personal demons and went on to be an All-Star outfielder for Boston Cleveland and the New York Mets, among outer teams he played for. Despite his fine record as a professional baseball player Jimmy's overcoming the fear that almost destroyed him was by far Piersall's greatest achievement.
Pretty arrogant stuff, no?
Fear hit a Home Run last night, in fact, seven home runs in the personages of Members Babcock, Dougherty, Fisher, Griffin, Morris, Smith and West.
William McKinley must turning over in his grave at the sight of the spectacle of a majority of city council giving into personal political fear and letting person political interests triumph over a fundamental tenet of our democratic-republic.
But he would be pleased to see the courage of Ward 8 councilman Edmond Mack and the four councilmen (Hart, Hawk, Mariol and Smuckler) who put personal political concerns aside and did the right thing in our democratic-republican system of government and supported Canton's citizens' right to vote.
First, Mack:
Next, John Mariol.
Next, Bill Smuckler.
And last up for the "yes, let the people vote side:" political independent Richard Hart.
There couldn't have been a finer line up of distinguished Cantonians to have shown up and expressed themselves in pleading for council to allow Cantonians to exercise the fundamental democratic right of voting on an issue that may determine whether or not the once proud city of Canton gets to be great once again.
From the "we are afraid of the people" crowd, Councilman West had a particularly amusing moment when he asked for a show of hands from the audience of who would run for a slot on the 15 member charter review commission provided for in Ohio law should voters approve the writing of a charter which itself would have to be approved by Canton's voters.
From what The Report could determine, those raising their hands were run-of-the-mill citizens.
Then West tried to save himself embarrassment by following up with: "do you know [all about] charter government?
Even West does not know much about charter government! How disingenuous can you get?
Majority Leader Frank Morris had in his comments - the SCPR thinks - slammed some politically prominent Cantonians ("Who's Who in Canton Politics") who had been mentioned by Mack and others as potential candidates for the commission as being "the same old crowd" (The Report's characterization; not that of Morris)
That is all well and good for Morris to bash people who care about civic life enough to engaged. But what has he and fellow member West (see below) done to get "everyday people" involved? Morris and the opponents to Mack's ordinance have known for a year that the charter government ordinance was going to come up. And they have known for about six months that last night's vote was on the political horizon.
The Report thinks that the claim that 23 days to gather 50 signatures is too sudden and burdensome is a bogus and disingenuous argument.
Richard Hart smoked out Morris, West et al on the 50 signature thing by proposing an amendment to the primary ordinance (#26) changing the requirement to 15 signature.
What did the seven opponents do?
As seen on the video, they all voted against the amendment.
Nothing precluded them from voting for the amendment and then voting against the amended ordinance.
But it would have been contradictory to do so.
Which to the SCPR just buttresses The Report's take that the opponents' arguments on the 50 signature requirement was a "throw everything in but the kitchen sink" exercise to mask what was really going on in prompting their "no" votes on allowing Cantonians a vote on charter government.
It appears to the SCPR that Morris likely was motivated by fears that his "fought hard for" majority leader status might be in jeopardy were Cantonians to ultimately change the structure of Canton's government.
Morris is a guy who presents himself as being "a what you see is what you get' sort of person.
Well, the SCPR is all for people being who they "really" are. But The Report sometimes gets the impression that his "rough around the edges" persona has somewhat of an orchestrated tone to it.
Was his cite of a Harry Truman quote ( "I don't give them Hell, I just tell the truth about them and they think it's Hell.") last night designed by him to be in line with a Morris desired effect of being boorish?
Continuing the Morris theme of only the politically privileged will be on the review commission, West, when he took to the microphone asked those in the audience to stand who planned to run for a commission slot.
Apparently, West thought that "the prominent" were going to be the ones to stand up to the exclusion of everyday Cantonians.
Well, he was wrong.
To be sure, West et al gussied up their fundamental fear of personal political repercussions with cockamamie reasons why they were going to deny citizens their fundamental right to self-determine.
West stooped so low in what the SCPR thinks his pervasive entitlement attitude to complain that a Ward 2 minority person was not a part of the Healy administration leadership team.
Nobody thinks that Mayor William J. Healy, II is short of minority persons in his leadership team.
Nobody that is except for Thomas E. West.
Maybe the mayor ought to offer Councilman West an administration position?
What a laugh, no?
Kevin Fisher is the SCPR's most disappointing Canton councilperson.
Fisher could be one whale of a councilperson.
The Report thinks that of the seven voting to limit democracy in Canton, he knows better.
Here is a guy that embraces nearly every left-wing political cause known to man (e.g. a participant of the Occupy Canton movement) and thereby supposedly ought to be an ardent proponent of democracy and the sanctity of the vote.
And yet he was among the most dedicated of those committed to denying Cantonians their franchise on the charter government question.
Of the seven, he; day-in, day-out, appears to The Report not to be concerned at all about his sustained political viability.
All the SCPR can figure about Fisher is the adage: "appearances can be deceiving."
The SCPR does not go by appearance.
The Good Book says: "by their deeds ye shall know them."
Of the "play to fear" council team of seven, only councilpersons Morris and West spoke out at last night's meeting.
Of the remaining non-speakers (The
Report having dealt with Councilman Fisher above, the SCPR has the following observations:
Councilman at Large Jimmy Babcock
Babcock has the good political fortune to bear the surname of a former Canton mayor (Charles) and long term councilwoman (Mary) Babcock.
Other than that, Jimmy has little to recommend him for being a councilman.
Oh! He is a nice guy who "dresses to the nines," but other than that appears pretty much "an empty suit" that enjoys the status of being a councilman.
Ward 3: Councilman James Griffin
Jim is just glad to be a councilman. He said so at a candidate's forum that the SCPR attended a number of years ago. So he would not want to "upset the apple cart, no?"
Ward 4: Councilwoman Chris Smith
Councilwoman Smith, the SCPR thinks, does not have a mind of her own.
She seemingly follows Councilman West's lead on nearly everything that council deals with.
Ward 6: Councilman David Dougherty
Dougherty is in the estimate of the SCPR "Mister Sour Grapes." To see him as former majority leader conduct the Public Speaks part of council's agenda (when President Schulman was absent) was a sight to behold.
The Report thinks he was brusque, and generally communicates an aire of inhospitality.
Last night Schulman noted that he felt Dougherty was growing annoyed with him, which prompted Dougherty to do what? You've got it. Complain!
To sum up the seven, it is apparent to the SCPR that they all (except maybe for Fisher) are basically fear ladened people when it comes to their political future.
And last night they let their fears get the best of them and they stepped up to the plate and "hit a home run for fear."
What we need in government is not the all too many politicians who are "fearfully" looking out for their own political hides. But rather we need more courageous types like Mack, Hart, Hawk, Mariol and Smuckler.
Citizens of Canton should be mindful of President Franklin Roosevelt who clearly understood the power of fear within humanity recall his statement:
"The only thing we need to fear is fear itself."
Roosevelt was right on the mark.
To repeat, last night the Canton 7 hit a home run for fear.
Let's trust that the courageous Councilman Mack will continue his fight for democracy-in-action and will look fear in the face and stare it down!
Then and only then will "Fear Strike Out" in Canton, Ohio governance.
One final note.
The SCPR agrees with Councilman Edmond Mack (see video below in the Video Appendix) that for the charter issue to pass council, there will have to be a remix of council's composition.
The Democratic primary next year hopefully will produce a number of fresh faces who - before the election - need to be vetted by citizens to ensure that they are committed to letting the people determine what form Canton city government should be.


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Astro Pitch
Our astro pitch is located adjacent to the Bay Arena making use of the changing and shower facilities this has to offer. Complying with Sport England specification our astro is standard 90 x 55 meter court size with floodlighting.
The astro is already heavily utilised by our local community, including:
- Herne Bay Hockey Club
- Herne Bay Youth Football Club
- Whitstable Town Junior Football Club

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What are we buying this week? What aren't we buying? Below, we rounded up a few of the things we found so irresistible, we had to buy them — and share them with you.
And we'll happily return the favor. If you Tweet (@StyleWatchMag) or Instagram (@peoplestylewatchmag) a picture of the item and include #PSWshops, we'll can showcase our favorites. And make sure to share shots of yourself wearing the item here; you might just see the latest addition to your closet on the site!
Courtesy of Dabney Lee
Style Director Andrea Lavinthal: My BFF recently got engaged, and I wanted to send her and her new fiancé a special gift that wasn't on her registry, so I custom designed a lucite tray with their names at Dabney Lee.
The pattern, color and monogram options are kind of overwhelming (the image on the right is just one of many, many variations), which is why I spent well over an hour playing around with different combos until I settled on one that felt like a good complement to their apartment and personal styles. I really think they're going to love it way more than the 4-piece steak knife set they registered for.
Courtesy Pacifica
Senior Style Editor Zoë Ruderman: Perhaps this post should be retitled, What We're Buying — in Bulk. Because I've been going through these Pacifica towelettes faster than any other product in my medicine cabinet. You might be wondering to yourself, how many makeup-removing wipes can one girl use in a day?
Well, yesterday I used five. One for its intended purpose (to remove my makeup before bed), two to run over my arms and legs in lieu of perfume because the smell is so incredible and summery, one to wipe down the bathroom sink (see previous comment about amazing scent) and one I threw in my empty suitcase before storing it in the closet to replace the dirty laundry smell with the fragrance of coconuts. (Oh, and I think my boyfriend used one too.) Gotta go order more…
Courtesy Levis
Associate Style Editor Brittany Talarico: True story: Five StyleWatch editors walked into a meeting today wearing a denim jacket. I've been on the market for a new topper since last summer when I left my favorite one in a Florida hotel. (I'm still trying to track it down.) Luckily, I finally found the perfect replacement: this Levi's Authentic Trucker jacket.
I went for the dark "Silent Scandal" shade (badass name, right?) because it looks perfect on top of almost every summer dress I own. (P.S. I'm wearing it right now with a white lace skirt, solid tank and wedges!) And for the price ($78), I might have to shell out for the lighter shade as well.
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Cameron caved in after constant pressure from Labour and the media but resisted strongly. He wheeled out Tory "dirty work man" Francis Maude for the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme and Five Live breakfast. He just wanted to bang on about Labour being funding by the trade unions that founded them, as if that was some sort of crime. It didn't wash and Maude "trended" on Twitter all morning. Poor Franny. Why should he take the blame?
Unfortunately today's poor political management from Cameron and his team is part of a long running pattern. In opposition Cameron was quick to jump on any bandwagon he could. This included repeatedly talking down his country, remember "Broken Britain"? Apparently that was all because of family breakdown, yet 2011's youth rioting was instead due to a moral breakdown.
Whenever there has been a political storm under Cameron's premiership he has resisted weakly, then given in. The list is growing, with today's meek climbdown following these other highlights:
- Being reluctantly forced into allowing a public inquiry into phone hacking at News International
- Telling us all Liam Fox was doing "a good job", which he tried in vain to keep him in as pressure grew around his friendship with Adam Werrity
- Telling us all that his spin doctor Andy Coulson was doing " a good job" which he tried in vain to keep him in as pressure grew around his involvement in phone hacking
- Reluctantly bowing to public pressure to intervene and limit bonuses at state owned bank RBS
Cameron clearly doesn't feel that his government is strong enough to resist in such cases. If that is so why not just limit the political damage by admitting so immediately the next time something like this trips him up? That way he'd be able to recover and move on more quickly.
He won't do that because he either doesn't have the political judgement or the right advisers with that required judgement who are continually leading him down a path towards a lack of control that if faced with a more serious crisis of Black Wednesday proportions could fatally damage the government.


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Tag Archive | fall collection
Crazy For Pleats … Continued
Ok so, after the last post, I got busy sewing a dozen pleated clutches, and ironing those pleats over and over so they would stay in place and fall nicely. once I finished putting together the pleated exteriors with the flaps and linings, I felt a great sense of accomplishment ( especially since I managed […]
Crazy for Pleats
Kamoka Fall/Winter 2012 pleated clutch preview
Getting Ready for Fall
Well it's officially summer here in the north Hemisphere, which means it's time to get the fall collection ready. After a couple weeks gathering trends and ideas, I was finally ready to commit to my fall collection and seriously start thinking about fabric, so I ordered about a million samples to play around with and […]


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July 11, 2016
Monday Review: NEVER MISSING NEVER FOUND by Amanda Panitch
In Never Missing Never Found, we are introduced to narrator Scarlett, who was kidnapped and spent four years imprisoned in a basement with another girl before she was found wandering the side of the road. Her family moved to another city, far away, and tried to recover. Now a teenager, she is working at a local amusement park and finally feeling like her life is more or less on track. All except for her younger sister Melody, who just never managed to warm up to Scarlett after her return.
And then…a co-worker from the amusement park goes missing, a girl named Monica. Another co-worker seems to know too much about Scarlett, things she's never told anyone here. The alternating past and present viewpoints add tension to an already gripping story without giving away too much at once, and the reader can only watch as Scarlett's past, inevitably, catches up with her.
Observations: The author uses an interesting structural device to reinforce one of the story's major themes: that we are the sum of the choices we make in life, that the results of those choices end up defining us in some fundamental way. Scarlett relates her story in terms of five critical choices she made along the way, from the day she was taken, on forward to the story being told in the "present." It's a device that could seem artificial, possibly, but it isn't overused here. Instead, these carefully chosen critical moments are fleshed out and developed so that we understand the narrator more and more along the way. Ultimately it all seems to unfold mostly organically. I did have a couple of moments where I was surprised by Scarlett's actions, and became skeptical, but all was explained in a rather nifty twist at the end.
Also, kudos to the author for having Latina main characters but having it not be a "thing." It's a part of their identity, but the story isn't about that.
Conclusion: This is a good fast page turner for fans of suspense. I'll admit I wasn't sure about the plausibility aspects of some parts of the story, but I was able to suspend my disbelief and just enjoy the action and the psychological twists. It reminded me of the Joan Lowery Nixon/Lois Duncan brand of thriller—which I devoured as a teen. I'm sure I would have enjoyed this one as a young adult reader.
I received my copy of this book courtesy of my library's ebook collection. You can find NEVER MISSING NEVER FOUND by Amanda Panitch at an online e-tailer, or at a real life, independent bookstore near you!
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Given that the Suddeutsche Zeitung ran my photo of the gasoline infrastructure being swallowed up by the jungle on Monday, and that only one blog post earlier I signaled Camilo José Vergara as an important photo-chronicler of collapsing American architectures, I'm wondering just where the New York Times came up with the brilliant idea to run some of Vergara's photos of defunct gas pumps on the op-ed page today, Friday, the 13th.
"I have often been amazed by the ways harsh and aggressive forms are taken over by the natural world," Vergara writes. Amen to that, and boy do we love scooping the Times.
Also in the NYT today, our nomination for humanitarian-of-the-year award goes to one Mr. Louie Brundidge, mentioned in the final graphs of a story about flood devastation in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where the Cedar River is as much as 17 feet over its banks and the entire city center is below the surface. A guy named Demenick Ankum "drove to his house on 19th Avenue to save anything he could. By the time he finished packing, his car was underwater. He had to pay a neighbor, Louie Brundidge, $10 to rescue him from the house in Mr. Brundidge's red aluminum boat."
How's that for your fabled midwestern hospitality? Thanks so much, Louie, you are a gentleman and a patriot, valiantly upholding the values our great nation is known for. We're sure your mother was proud to have you.
Originally the diary of 4 months spent in Antarctica working as a documentary film sound recordist, this blog has evolved into an online repository for the thoughts, travels and trivia of the writer Richard Fleming. For McMurdo Station, Antarctica, and polar exploration, see August through December of '06. Currently you are likely to find in these pages chronicles of my actual and literary meanderings, as well as notes on my many other passions. Also, did I mention I wrote a book?
Coincidence, or inspiration?
3 comments:
- Triss Teh said...
Hmmm, I think I will say hello,
or not. Um,,,hi
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- mgrace said...
I did a google search on "Louie Brundidge" and your blog comes up first. Not that there's not a lot of outrage at the guy. But you're No. 1!
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- They say it's a cold world said...
that's me, number one most outraged...
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Before you go - WHAT WHAT....we ARE foster parents, but to the furbaby kind. I LOVE ANIMALS...always have, always will. They have unconditional love for you, are always happy to see you, and you can depend on them to listen to your every word.
MEET CORKY AND WILLOW: (actually they are ours to keep)
Then this past Saturday, we got our first true foster fur baby - Taco - aka Odie. He was found as a stray and later it was determined that apparently his owner had died and he was just let lose. How cruel for him. When he was rescued, he was named Taco. As more was found out about him and after a talk to the vet (at least he had tags) his real name turned out to be Odie. He is so sweet and lovable. Our girls, Sam and Cappy are great big sisters. He has fit right in. He already has a application to be adopted.....and should be ready to go Feb. 1
Wheatie was a little concerned when I brought the whole foster thing up. He knows I tend to make a pet out of everything that wanders onto our land. But these furbabies will go to good homes and that will make me very happy. Being a foster parent keeps them out of the shelter and provides some much needed love and care until their forever home can be found.
I think we made a great decision !!


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I did the initial drawing for a book cover design. Now I've finished her I think she may have to have her own adventures. I've think she looks like a Doris, so that's what I've called her.
This is a photo of my stand as part of our MA Children's Book Illustration Show at 'FOYLES' Bookshop, Charing Cross, London.
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I know- you are thinking- how can someone get so excited about shelves? Well, I am because this is a major factor in making my craft space more flexible and my worktable more spacious. These shelves are positioned over where my worktable will be installed. They are probably the largest part of my expenditure so far also. (When everything is complete I will itemize my room makeover.)
Below the old:
My old shelves were great and a colorful way to display my many jars of beads and little pieces of art I have created. These jars hold mostly glass and wood beads of every style. However, we use mostly gemstones at UnStrungSisters. So, this design was not making the most of the wall space for me.
Somehow, I will build these back into my display because they really brighten the space and inspire me. Plus, I love jars full of craft supplies as you can see. These hold thread, silk ribbon, dyed silk cocoons and buttons.
Tomorrow- my work table- a great low budget solution.


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At the beginning of the episode Lev "The Bear" was taken by police and he called Jack for assistance as a reimbursement for his earlier lead about Habib the Chechen drug dealer. Jack simply ignored his pleas and was then reamed out by his boss Deputy Director Pistole for not utilizing local law enforcement in his investigation.
The group then found out information that led them to believe that their undercover Nadif was the second driver in the terror attack; which lead them to begin searching for the other driver. Quickly find out from differing sources that one driver, Yousef, is going to be a decoy, and that the driver of the real attack is nowhere to be found.
Following this was the investigation of Nadiyah Rahman, the bank teller who was the only contact between Imam Mahammad Kahalil and the local bank. After her door was kicked in she claimed that she was forced to assist the Imam and his cronies and that on three separate occasions her baby had been kidnapped and was not returned back to her until she had agreed to continue helping the Islamists. After being threatened with jail time and with the possibility of being separated again from her baby because of Jack's threats, Nadiyah became hysterical and fought against Jack when he attempted to take the baby out of her hands. After a brief scuffle the baby was dropped to the ground and Nadiyah was taken out of the house in handcuffs screaming at her neighbors that armed men are trying to kill her and that the police had murdered her baby.
On their way back to the station a large plume of smoke was seen in the distance and the group was informed from their dispatcher that when a team was about to enter the Mosque, on their orders, that Imam Mahammad Kahalil detonated an explosive that destroyed almost an entire city block, including the Mosque and all of the evidence that the team had hoped to recover from there.
When the group got back to the station, Deputy Director Pistole relieved Jack of command and instructed him to take no further part of the case. Lucy was promoted to command the group and grudgingly told Assistant Police Chief Al-Malik about the upcoming Mall of America attack. Al-Malik flipped out and threatened to ignore Lucy and her crew until the operation is over.
After being verbally assaulted by Al-Malik, Lucy set up a meet with the undercover operator Nadif. The group (with Jack incognito) went to meet with Nadif's while he was driving his 18-wheeler truck in a crappy part of town. However, whenever the team arrived at the meeting place the truck appeared to be abandoned.
Yasabi decided to investigate the truck and when he got up the truck he saw what looked like Nadif's body laying dead on the seat of the truck with the glass of the window shattered.
Instead of entering the vehicle, Yasabi turned around to call Jack up for assistance with the truck, when he was shot in the upper shoulder from afar. Yasabi rolled under the truck as Lucy exited the car, grabbed her sniper rifle out of the truck, and sought cover in a concrete restroom in the park. As Lucy scanned for the hidden sniper Jack drove the car up to the 18-wheeler and Yasabi jumped in.
Using her sniper training from the military, Lucy took aim at a reflection on a rooftop roughly 500 yards away and squeezed her trigger. After exchanging three rounds with the sniper, the reflection did not reappear and the team cautiously drove up to the building and entered carefully.
Lucy went up the stairs first to inspect her kill and on the roof of the building she found an off-duty S.W.A.T. officer with a sniper rifle lying next to his corpse. The group begins to feel even stronger that someone high-up in the law enforcement food chain is assisting the terrorists and was actively working against them.
When the police arrive at the 18-wheeler they disarm three bobby traps and proclaim that Nadif was indeed the dead man laid out in the truck.
With few leads remaining, the team went to the Crescent Moon Bakery, which was only a few block from the recently destroyed Mosque. The Crescent Moon Bakery was the former employer of Jalal Turk, the man who was first captured and it was also supposed to be where Nadif was to receive his final instructions. With nothing to lose and with time running out, Lucy entered the bakery from a rear entrance and Yasabi entered the store from the front.
In a back storage room, Lucy rummaged around, found some incriminating evidence, but unfortunately she found nothing solid. Nothing that is, until a cell-phone vibrated in a desk drawer. Unable to muster enough courage to answer the phone, Lucy waited until the phone stopped ringing, she waited for the vibration alert that a message had been left and then she flipped-open the phone. Lucy was shocked when she heard the enraged voice of Assistant Police Chief Al-Malik chastising whom he thought was the second truck driver wondering where he was and stating that he had altered his troops' locations so that the attack could proceed as planned.
With the incriminating evidence in hand, Lucy snuck back to her car only to find that Yasabi had a handcuffed Somali in the backseat of their car whom he explained was their mysterious second driver: Ishan Yousef.
Lucy called Deputy Director Pistole of their find and he shocked them by telling them that he was not surprised. Pistole told the team that the F.B.I. had been watching Al-Malik for the last four years in regards to terrorism but never had enough evidence to prosecute. Pistole then told the team that they had done a great job and that the F.B.I. already had Al-Malik in custody and that the threat from him was over.
Pistole then informed the team that Lucy would keep her promotion as head of the Minnesota F.B.I., Yasabi would be returned back to the Mossad with a huge monetary thank you to the Israeli government, and that Jack was going to be sued by Nadiyah Rahman for the wrongful death of her son. Pistole reassured Jack that he would do everything in his power to help him but noted that there was a chance that Jack could spend some time in jail.


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Welcome back to another springtime episode of Lost In The Farmer's Market. This week's post is dedicated to the best of spring, and that means lots of photos from the garden of things now in bloom. There is a reason behind the photo-heavy post, as next Sunday, is the 4th Annual Sustainable Neighbors Garden Tour and we have five locations with the test gardens being one of them. You can expect that the tour is going to be quite informative and certainly one heck of an experience for all who attend. It is a free-form tour so, with exception to the initial meeting point, you can visit all the other locations in whatever order you like.
|Iris germanica - Unknown variety
I've told the story a few times, but for those who have not heard it, the property has several colonies of iris. Originally according to photographs they were all blue, but now they've become white or yellow with the majority being yellow. It's not that I mind but they seem to have bloomed very early this year and so you all get a show sooner rather than later.
|Iris germanica – Unknown variety
This white blooming iris was given to me as a small tuber and originally bloomed white with splotches of blue but seemingly has reverted to plain white. It may be a byproduct of soil pH or chemistry.
|Salvia nemerosa 'May Night' – Garden Sage (Ornamental)
I bought a few of these some time back because they were on sale and stuck them in the mailbox bed in the hopes they would do really well and they have. I figure by the time of the tour they may be out of bloom so this is a sneak peek.
|Artemesia absinthium – Wormwood
Visitors at the booth sometimes don't believe me when I say the growth and performance of Artemesia is incredible in a neglected sunny spot. The key feature here is that central stem, it's literally thicker than a man's thumb after three years of growth and annual shearings'. These are the plants the small cuttings, seedlings and bagged packs of artemesia come from, just two plants, much like how all the rosemary comes from one really huge plant.
|Aquelegia x hybrida – Columbine ' Barlow Doubles'
The establishment of a permanent stand of columbines in the shady section of the garden is one of the long-standing successes of the garden. These columbines were grown from seed, and just this one stand keeps returning amidst a section of the garden known for unusual variety. The thing that makes this significant is that in New Jersey columbines are everywhere and incredibly easy to grow. In North Carolina they need specific siting and care and it takes time to get a stand of them to establish. Much like with the lupines, you can expect a lot of 'duds' and false starts and then finally it's off to the races.
|Sedum sp. – Sedum 'Lemon Coral'
Supposedly this species of sedum is 'annual' and yet this cluster appears every year in the shady rock garden in the exact spot. They never bloom and they peek through the pine straw in April, nestled against the white granite rock they are easily missed by the unwary.
Admittedly, I've got a record of what these are somewhere, but they came with a pennington wild flower mix and between them, the monk's hood (aconitum), the Evening Primrose (Primula biennis) and a few other things they just appear on the edge of the crescent garden with regularity. I like them, but unlike most of what's in the crescent garden these guys are also untagged.
|The production area aka "the racks".
This is where plants that get sold at the market get sunned and acclimated to our weather. Admittedly this is not a new picture as things have changed since this was snapped about a month ago. But I figured I would show some of you who hear me refer to 'the racks' at the market what I meant.
With all that garden blooming photography handled now it's time to talk about the City Market. The Fayetteville City Market is located on 325 Franklin Street in downtown Fayetteville. The market runs from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm on Saturdays and from 12:00pm to 4:00pm on Wednesday afternoons. The official opening of the market was last week and we'd love to see more of that find attendance. For note, the market is located on the grounds of the Fayetteville Transportation Museum so come on down and check it out. Below is this week's plant list.
Southward Skies: A northern guide to southern Gardening
Southward Skies is a pocket-sized guide to gardening in the Carolina region. It will guide you through the process of having a productive garden in our region using a year-round format that matches the timing of what you should do and what time of the year you should do it. Unlike a lot of garden guides Southward is written in a way that can help even the most discouraged gardener to find success. Southward Skies has been tested by gardeners in other states ranging from as far south as Naples, Florida, as far north as Dorset, Vermont and as far west as Reno, Nevada. As a general guide you can't lay hands on a better collection of tips, tricks and methods. A copy of this book costs $25.00 and we do take checks for this item, you can even have it signed. The EBook version costs $10.00 and is available through Amazon.
4x Basil, Holy – 4" pot ($3.00)
6x Basil, Sweet - 3.5" pot ($3.00)
4x Basil, Thai - 3.5" pot ($3.00)
4x Lavender, Lady Anne - 4" pot ($3.00)
4x Lavender, English – 4" Pot ($3.00)
1x Sage, Common - 3.5" pot ($3.00)
4x Rue - 3.5" pot ($3.00)
4x Oregano - 3.5" pot ($3.00)
4x Artemesia - 3.5" pot ($3.00)
Summer Vegetables:
6x Eggplant, Early Black Egg - 3.5" pot ($3.00)
6x Okra, Red Burgundy - 3.5" pot ($3.00)
2x Pepper, Ancho - 3.5" pot ($3.00)
2x Pepper, Bhut Jolokia, - 4" pot ($5.00)
2x Pepper, Flashpoint - 3.5" pot ($3.00)
4x Pepper, Sweet Banana - 3.5" pot ($3.00)
5x Tomato, Black Krim - 3.5" pot ($3.00)
5x Tomato, Brandywine - 3.5" pot ($3.00)
5x Tomato, Cherokee Purple – 4" pot ($3.00)
5x Tomato, Rainbow Cherry – 4" pot ($3.00)
5x Tomato, San Marzano – 4" pot ($3.00)
5x Tomato, Underground Railroad - 3.5" pot ($3.00)
Coming Soon:
Bloody Dock
Purselane, Golden
Purselane, Red
Aloe Vera
Fig, Negronne
Fig, LSU Gold
Fig, Ischia
Grape, Copper Muscadine
Milkweed, Orange


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Well… not quite yet, but I'm working towards it. Last night I got my Tabard of the Explorer! I've been working my way around the Eastern Kingdoms trying to get the exploration acheivements and doing the instances as I come across them. I even corpse walked into Stormwind (it was very nostalgic for me… I really miss being Alliance) and ran Stocks. If I would have been thinking I would have found a quiet place and fished for a little while. At some point I was on a flight path and was flipping through my Acheivement tab and realized that I only had 2 spots in Crystalsong, 1 spot in Grizzly Hills, and 1 spot in Storm Peaks before I got the Northrend Exploration Acheivement, so I hearthed and finished that up and ended the night with a new tabard! I think by the end of this week, maybe early next week I'll have the Explorer title and the Classic Dungeon Acheivement (unless that one includes Classic raids… that'll take me a little longer since I don't think I can solo all of it).
I've really caught Acheivement fever. I want all of them (except the PvP ones… no desire to beat my head against a brick wall repeadedly for some virtual points that I can't even redeem for anything). Yes, I'm raiding (I've cleared Naxx on 10 and 25, and OS on 25, the rest are just a matter of time but the ease of raiding is another post)… yes, I'm running heroics… but it's Acheivements that have captured my excitement at the moment. I think I'm going to work on the home city faction rep next (The Diplomat I think). The reputation grinds are going to be a special torture for me. I didn't level this toon all the way up. I only played Galadria to 30 and she was granted the next 30 levels through Recruit-A-Friend, then I played her from 60-80. The Northrend and BC Acheivements are a little closer, but anything with Classic WoW I'm way behiond on. The Hubby is at least Revered with all the home cities, I'm barely Friendly with them. Instead of feeling overwhelmed with how long this is going to take, it feels like a big, fun epic battle. There's other carrots motivating me here too. I'm going to start by doing all the quests I can find for each of the home cities which will get me closer to the Loremaster Acheivements (which I hear are going to be lowered soon) and when I get Exalted with each faction I can buy mounts from each which gets me 18 mounts closer to an Albino Drake for relativley little cash (about 330g for all 6 of each faction's mounts). Oh, how I wish I could get a Saber, it's one of the things I miss most about being Alliance. Anywhoo, I think I'll probably be tired of rep grinds so after/while working on that I'm going to work on the fishing Acheivements. I find fishing very relaxing and it allows me to mulit-task a little. The Hubby and I like to put a movie on and fish at the end of the night while winding down before bed.
I've got a few guides for Acheivements planed out in my head, so that's what you'll probably see from me around here. I just can't make myself get enthused about raiding… sue me 🙂 That also means that the raiding guide will be shelved until further notice. I have an outline written for the Wrath raiding guide, if there's anyone who wants to work on it please let me know (galadriapriest [at] gmail [dot] com).
As a side note, I wanted to let you guys know about a personal blog that I've started: P'ville Girl. It gets updated about as often as this one does, but I felt like I needed another outlet. Unfortunatley most of my ideas for both blogs tend to stay in my head and never make it down through the keyboard and out into teh intarwebs. That's one of the things I'm going to work on this year. I've got a goal of 1 post/week for both blogs (thanks for the idea and the Christmas card Matt!). Even as busy as I get I think I can make time for 2 blog posts every week!
I hope everyone had a great Christmas (please to feel free to insert your holiday of choice here if it's not Christmas) and are enjoying the New Year!