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January 23, 2013
Collateral Damage
A Pain in the Hip
Alex Rodriguez
Last year, Ben and I authored a mini-series focusing on common baseball injuries. One of the best-received articles covered hip injuries, focusing on impingement with labral tears—a condition that is becoming increasingly more prevalent in all athletes. You can read that article here. A quick recap: The labrum is a ring of cartilage that deepens the socket for the femoral head to stay in. Cam lesions are bumps off the femoral head that develop over time. The x-ray below illustrates this more clearly:
When the leg is brought up and twisted inward, the femoral head will contact the labrum above it and the rim of the hip socket. At some point during extreme motion, bones will make contact, but in cases of cam impingement, it occurs earlier in the motion. Because of this earlier contact, Rodriguez was more prone to tearing his labrum and cartilage damage.
This was not something that developed overnight, or even over the course of the 2012 season. It developed gradually and likely began back when A-Rod was a teenager. Why has he been able to produce at a high level? The body will do almost anything to reach a goal. In this case, Rodriguez's body allowed the joint to get into a position to create enough force to rapidly rotate his hip at least 50 times per day during the season.
Over time, the labrum roughens and a tear develops. Before you know it, the articular cartilage softens and wears down, which is the area of greatest concern. For all the advances in medicine, there is still not an optimal method of repairing articular cartilage after injury or osteoarthritis of this nature. Rodriguez was somewhat lucky because he had a significant tear in his labrum but minimal articular cartilage damage.
His recovery is going to take most, if not all, of the first half of the season. In 2009, he didn't have a cam lesion burred down, so he was able to return eight weeks after his surgery. In order to determine how much to burr down, the surgeon moves the leg around during surgery, looking to see how severe the impingement is. The extra bone is burred down, temporarily weakening the area until it fully remodels, which takes a while. If the bone was not such an important weight-bearing bone, it might not be an issue, but a fracture in the femoral neck where the bone is burred down could have disastrous outcomes.
Fracturing the femoral neck has a higher incidence of avascular necrosis (AVN), where the bone in the femoral head starts to die because of the disrupted blood supply. As it progresses, the bone collapses and the integrity of the hip joint is lost. This next image provides a good illustration of the blood supply and what occurs when AVN progresses.
To see how much of an impact AVN can have, one just has to look at Bo Jackson after his hip injury. Even though Jackson's initial injury was different, the resulting AVN is the same as a femoral neck fracture.
How much the injury affected Rodriguez's playoff performance is hard to determine. With any painful area or restricted motion, the body will compensate. Dr. Kelly believes that the condition of Rodriguez's hip did affect his performance and that PEDs did not play a role in the cam lesion development and torn labrum. How this surgery affects A-Rod's production moving forward remains to be seen, but it seems unlikely that he will return to his previous performance levels.
Mike Napoli
Napoli did have an MRI prior to last season with the Rangers that reportedly did not show any evidence of AVN. Given that it is asymptomatic, there is a very good chance that the AVN has not progressed quickly enough to cause significant collapse of the femoral head. Small lesions that typically involve less than 15 percent of the femoral head are less likely to progress to collapse, especially if they are asymptomatic. In addition, considering the fact that it involves both hips, the cause is less likely to be caused by injury than because of metabolic bone factors or, even less likely, the chronic use of medications in the anti-inflammatory drug class. The good news for Napoli is that it appears the lesions are small and there is a good chance of them remaining asymptomatic for the next five-plus years.
In a 2008 study focusing on over 100 hips of patients with bilateral asymptomatic AVN of the femoral head who did not have treatment, only one of 21 hips (4.76%) with small lesions (less than 30% area of femoral head) went on to become symptomatic within the five years. Medium-sized lesions (between 30% and 50%) fared worse with 11 of the 24 hips (45.8%), becoming symptomatic within the next five years. Large lesions involving greater than 50% of the femoral head saw 50 of the 60 hips (83%) becoming painful. Their conclusion was that asymptomatic hips involving less than 30% of the femoral head should be monitored without any surgical treatment, as the vast majority of them remained asymptomatic within five years.
Dr. Joseph Lane, a metabolic bone disease specialist at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, is treating Napoli with medications and will likely conduct serial exams to monitor any progression of the AVN. Moving Napoli out from behind the plate is expected to help keep the AVN from progressing, but nothing is guaranteed. Going forward, the AVN is not expected to affect Napoli's performance this year, but it is much harder to predict what might happen beyond 2013. He may have to face a series of one-year deals.
Corey Hart
Hart will undergo a microfracture-type procedure to get blood into the cartilage defect, and another small meniscal tear will be repaired. He won't be able to participate in weight-bearing for about six weeks He'll probably return in late April.
Jesse Litsch
The cartilage destroyed by the infection was damaged beyond repair and required removal, leaving the shoulder unable to go through everyday activities without pain. Litsch's upcoming surgery is not completely unprecedented, it's just normally used for older patients who need improvements in their daily functioning. No active professional pitcher has had this procedure, so there will be numerous questions about Litsch's recovery. The first hurdle will be getting the bone grafting part to heal, which normally takes several months. Litsch is not expected to pitch in 2013.
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Toddy's Cocktail
Dissolve 1 lump of Sugar in water (1 tsp. Small Hand Foods Gum Syrup). Use 1 glass of any Spirit desired (2 oz Old Forester Birthday Bourbon), 1 lump of ice. Use medium size glass and stir well.
If you believe David Wondrich in his book, "Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar," formulations similar to this, Spirit, Sugar, Water, and maybe a garnish, were one of the most popular drinks in the early years of this country.
Interestingly, as he puts it, even though Toddies and Slings are pretty much synonymous, it has certainly become more common to think of Toddies as hot drinks, and Slings as cold drinks. But it wasn't at all uncommon, as here, for Toddies to be cold, or Slings Hot.
As I am a bit lazy, and here we are in the 21st Century, I have skipped a step by using Gum Syrup, instead of the whole muddling a sugar cube business. I discarded that during February's Sazerac exercise and just am not going back. I was also a bit lazy about choice of spirits. I was down in the basement, thinking of "any spirit desired". What a hard question! Initially I thought I would make the Toddy with Mezcal or Tequila, then this little bottle of Old Forester called out to me. A friend gave it to me a few years ago, and I so rarely have an excuse to drink Bourbon…
A little nutmeg or a lemon peel wouldn't kill anyone, but it is perfectly satisfactory without.
Whether you call this a Sling or a Toddy, it is quite tasty, and perhaps my new favorite drink. Try it with some other spirits or sweeteners, and let me know how it comes out.
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the cocktails in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, Zed.

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PowerStream Plus Software
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Complete reach and control
Maevex PowerStream Plus is the most advanced AV-over-IP software management tool on the market, a game-changer in terms of software and system capabilities. This powerful software application provides complete reach and control over the entire Maevex network topology through an easy-to-use interface.
Boasting compatibility with the complete Maevex family of products—Maevex 6100 Series, as well as Maevex 5100 Series—PowerStream Plus delivers remote control over all network-connected units from one central location. Operators gain flexibility over all network connections—zoom out for a macro-level overview of the entire Maevex infrastructure, and drill in on particular units or groups to fine-tune parameters for each stream within a given device.
PowerStream Plus offers three levels of implementation to best suit any need:
Easy deployment with PowerStream Plus
PowerStream Plus offers plug-and-play functionality and full access to the complete feature set immediately after download. This complimentary software renders all Maevex Series encoders and decoders entirely configurable and manageable from a single easy-to-use user interface, that is accessible from anywhere on the network.
- Simplify set-up with auto discovery of any Maevex unit on the subnet, and easy manual addition for units outside the subnet.
- Control what features users can access by establishing credentialed profiles for any system operator.1
- Fine-tune encode/decode parameters and adjusts bitrates for any stream.1
- Stream via multiple protocols (RTP, RTMP, RTSP, MPEG2.TS over UDP, SRT over UDP).1
- Record or schedule recording to a shared network drive or NAS; access content on-demand at a later time.1
- Group encoders and/or decoders and identify groups by name; adjust settings for multiple selected units and configure to the same parameters.
- Manage inputs and chroma sub-sampling pixel formats.1
- Choose preconfigured composite outputs such as multiple Picture-in-Picture (PiP) and quadrant composite options.1
- Manage and save favorite configurations and apply to other devices.1
- Adjust, scale, and crop content to suit different outputs and ensure pristine visuals for all transmissions.
- Deliver Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2) support for network administration and management.1
- Access an unlimited number of streams through third-party technology like streaming media servers, content delivery networks (CDNs), and others, thereby guaranteeing complete control over each network installation.
- Balance bitrate and compression demands to optimize performance.2
- Switch channels or streams at each decoder without need for additional equipment.2
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The PowerStream Plus application is free to download and is compatible with both the Maevex 5100 Series and Maevex 6100 Series. The separate Maevex Firmware Updater tool also ensures the most current version of the software is always running and allows for system-wide or chosen deployment from a single software tool. PowerStream Plus is compatible with Microsoft® Windows® 10 (64-bit), Server® 2016, Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit), and Windows Server 2008 R2.
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Inside Out
Scholastic, Incorporated, 1985 - Autism - 152 pages
Teased at school about his younger brother, Jonno hopes his life will change when James goes to a school for autistic children. It does, but not in the way he expects.
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Kiss Me, famed for it's excellent Heroine Make range, has a nail collection called 'Mente' – (click for reviews of it's nail hardener!).
I've noticed a trend amongst Japanese nail products for Gel Top Coats. The idea is getting a 'gel nail finish' but without the commitment of a gel nail. I'm all for that! I am not one for gel or fake nails (yes I know they are different things) so a low commitment top coat is ideal for me:
Kiss Me's nail Mente range is quite small but quite good and affordable.
I don't have any kind of die hard top coat or base coat products, although I do like CND's Stickey base and of course Seche Vite as a top coat….
I used this a number of times over the last 2 months and I have to say, it's a great top coat. It's not too heavy, and dries fairly quickly despite looking like it's left a thick, glossy layer on the nail. It's no where near as gloopy as Seche Vite.
Also the gloss is just lovely. I do think there's a slight gel nail look about it – some people asked me if my nails were fake – NO – but I suppose that's because I have long claws at the moment ("Don't you think your nails are a bit long" – Mr C. And off I go to chop them….)
Do you ever get that? When you get so intent on growing your nails or your hair that you don't notice when you morph into an impression of a witch? Hair full of split ends? Nails splitting at the edges? Don't think girls, just CHOP. I digress.
Here's 1 coat of the Nail Mente Top Coat:
Also, I found my polish lasted a week, not bad, not bad, I do a lot with my hands so I think it's pretty good.
All in all, this is my current to go Top Coat – I can't think of any faults with it at all.
I bought this from adambeauty.com I paid about £6 I think!
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Call me crazy, but drugging and raping a 13 year old is kind of a bad thing. It's kind of like…well, DRUGGING THEN RAPING A 13 YEAR OLD. There's a lot of misinformation and urban legends surrounding Roman Polanski, but one thing is certain: he's admitted to drugging and then raping a 13 year old.
Sure, Roman Polanski has had a hard life. His wife was murdered, and he grew up in Warsaw during the Second World War. He has had some bad circumstances in which to live. This isn't lost on me—that's a shitty hand to be dealt. What I also understand is that he hasn't been in trouble since drugging and raping that 13 year old girl. That's quite an achievement for someone who drugged then raped a 13 year old girl.
One thing about the drugging rape of the 13 year old girl that I used to believe was that the girl lied about her age. Hey, you know, it happens. So then Roman Polanski shouldn't be punished for drugging and raping a 13 year old girl, he should be punished for drugging and raping a….wait a minute! That's kind of bad no matter how you put it.
The kicker to the whole "she lied about her age" defense is that Roman Polanski asked the girl's mother for permission to photograph her. So, unless we're talking about a man who drugs and rapes 13 year old girls, but has maintained some kind of Victorian ethos about asking the mother for permission to photograph an adult daughter, Roman Polanski knew damn well that the girl he drugged and then raped was a minor.
Another urban legend out there is that Roman Polanski served his time, but a vicious, vengeful judge wanted to make an example of a celebrity who drugged and raped a 13 year old girl. It is true that Polanski served some time for the rape. He put in a solid 42 days of a 90 day psych evaluation for the rape, then once released from the psychiatric evaluation, he fled the country. According to a Washington Post article (September 20, 1977), Polanski "…was ordered imprisoned for a 90-day psychiatric study to help the judge decide his sentence." That wasn't his sentence, that was an evaluation. Polanski fled not because of an overzealous judge, but because his actual sentencing was coming up (for drugging, then raping a 13 year old girl).
Now that Polanski is in custody, there are going to be articles of support for him, and articles decrying his actions. There is going to be a lot of revisionist attitudes, and those old 'Roman Polanski was the real victim' bullshit arguments. One has already been put up on HuffPost. John Farr (some unknown hack who reviews movies for a living) wrote a piece calling for leniency for Polanski because he's been 'rehabilitated'. If by that he means living in the lap of luxury and completely avoiding being punished for drugging and raping a 13 year old, then yeah, he's completely rehabilitated.
Please, for all that's right in the world, think about this case. Think about a 13 year old girl being fed champagne and quaaludes by a 44 year old man. Think about how he led her to a bed, refused to stop when she repeatedly said "No!", performed oral and anal acts upon her person, and think about his complete lack of spine. Think about how he fled the country to live in luxury. Think about it all.
Say it with me: He drugged and raped a 13 year-old girl.


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It was an afternoon filled with all the drama, scoring and animosity expected between the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins. But although the Capitals managed to obtain a point in a heated contest with their rivals, the mood in the visitors' dressing room was far from content.
Washington erased an early two-goal deficit, snatched a lead early in the third period and benefited from Alex Ovechkin's first three-point game of the season, but would fall 4-3 in overtime to the Penguins at Consol Energy Center. Evgeni Malkin, the NHL's leading scorer, recorded the game-winner 1:31 into the extra session to extend his goal-scoring streak to six games.
The Capitals (25-19-3) return home having gone 1-1-1 on their three-game road trip with one more game left before the NHL All-Star break. An overtime loss to the Penguins (27-17-4) wasn't the way they wanted to close out the trip, but it showed how doggedly the Capitals can play when they're fully engaged in a contest.
"We hung in and we battled back — I think that's a big point," defenseman Dennis Wideman said. "There's been times in the last little while here that we've been a little unemotional. I think when we're going that hard and playing that way we're a lot better team, a lot harder to handle that's good. We need to play like that every night."
Less than six minutes into the contest, the Penguins leaped to a two-goal lead.
On the first power play, Kris Letang fired a point shot that beat a screened Michal Neuvirth (23 saves) to make it 1-0 nearly five minutes into the game.
Sixty-one seconds later, James Neal fired a wrister off a faceoff win by Malkin against Matt Hendricks to make it 2-0.
Early in the second, however, the Capitals ratcheted up their physical play, led by Ovechkin, who began to hit anyone in a black-and-gold jersey.
The Capitals got onto the board 11:02 into the second when Wideman fed Brooks Laich in front during four-on-four play. Pittsburgh forward Pascal Dupuis' stick broke earlier on the play and Laich made the most of the available space on top of the crease to record his first goal in 14 games. With 14:38 gone in the middle period, Alexander Semin tied the contest at 2 on an odd man-rush. Suddenly, the Capitals were the dominant force.
Ovechkin scored on a long one-timer just 68 seconds into the third period to give the Capitals their first lead of the contest at 3-2, but it wouldn't last.
Just more than seven minutes into the third, Malkin drove the puck into the zone and fought off the Capitals to set up Neal for his second goal of the game to make it 3-3. Pittsburgh continued to push and outshot the Capitals 12-6 in the period but would need overtime.
The Capitals had been able to keep track of Malkin much of the contest, but when a point shot by Neal bounced off the end boards and caromed to the right post he was all alone. Malkin only had a split second before Neuvirth would have been able to stop the puck, but that was all Malkin needed to chip it into the net.


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Trade Agreements Will Drive Growth in Taiwan
This year, prices have risen to levels not seen in more than a century. To a large extent, China has fueled this rise with an insatiable demand for imported cotton and textile products. Its resurgence after the financial crisis has given Taiwan's textile industry a much-needed boost, which combined with recent political breakthroughs, shows Taiwan has a bright future.
Major geopolitical policies are removing most of the barriers to regional trade. The ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) went into full effect at the beginning of 2010, making trade between China and the ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries even more fluid than before.
With its domestic retail demand growing rapidly as it emerges from the financial crisis, China is becoming more significant as a retail buyer rather than just a value-added garment manufacturer for the West. Its development as a retail consumer has far-reaching implications for Asian countries.
The Chinese are beginning to develop their own fashion tastes, leading to clothing trends that diverge from those of the West. This has caused changes in products demanded from textile suppliers in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Even leading international brands have noticed this trend, with several brands expanding their retails operations in China, and some even announcing the development of China-specific branding initiatives.
Because of these developments, Taiwan is poised to be one of the main beneficiaries of the growing Chinese economy and influence on the textile industry. With the passing of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), Taiwan has made a major political breakthrough by achieving many of the same benefits afforded to other Asian countries by ACFTA.
This is a remarkable achievement, given Taiwan's sensitive relationship with China. It places Taiwan in a unique position to benefit from free regional trade, given its close proximity and cultural similarity to China.
Taiwan's open-end mills have prospered largely due to demand from China, which now accounts for the bulk of Taiwan's open-end yarn exports. ECFA's first wave of policies went into effect on January 1, 2011, so open-end yarn sales to China look poised to increase even further as tariffs drop to zero. With open-end mills accounting for about 40 percent of Taiwan's cotton consumption, further growth in this sector should reverse Taiwan's recent reductions in cotton consumption.
ECFA also opens the door to more textile investment from Taiwan mills. In years past, due to political issues, businesses in Taiwan have been discouraged from investing in the mainland for fear that economic dependence on China would weaken Taiwan's political position. With ECFA's framework opening up opportunities not only in manufacturing but finance and services, Taiwan mills will be better able to increase their operations in China during the coming years.


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Here we go again.
Then a funny thing happened. "It seems Destiny has taken a hand," ; Richard Blain would say. San Diego loaded the bases again in the bottom of the inning, weathered a bunt lineout by Venable that thankfully was part of a safety squeeze, then exulted when Johnny Venters deflected Jason Bartlett's ball into no-mans land to drive in Denorfia.
Seven pitches later the Padres had three more runs off Venters. It should be noted Venters was the stingiest relief pitcher in baseball at the start of the day; he had allowed 3 earned runs to the league.
Destiny took a hand indeed.
Two other non-game action notes for your consideration:
- What were the odds I'd put a post up about squeeze plays, and Bud Black would call for one in the eighth? It also means my stats are wrong; Black's Padres had successfully EXECUTED 307 sacrifices prior to last nights game; he may have tried many more. I'll have to go back to the data.
- On the post-game show Ted Mendenhall suggested maybe the Padres should send Rizzo back to AAA and try out Jesus Guzman at first. His rationale: Guzman is hitting .308 at the moment, Rizzo .175. Personally I didn't think there was a need to rush Rizzo to the majors, but now that he's here the Padres should take a long look at him to determine if he is the first baseman of the future.
The kid is 21. He tore up a hitter friendly league in AAA. There's a reason guys pitch at AAA - they ain't good enough for the Majors. The jump from AAA to the Majors is the biggest improvement in talent Rizzo has experienced during he advancement through the minors. Only one guy in my recent memory went right from the minors to being a great Major League hitter, and he may well turn out to be the greatest right-handed hitter ever. Rizzo is good, with ML-caliber power, but he's not Albert Pujols.
An adjustment period was inevitable. Rizzo will figure it out. Let's not panic after two weeks of plate appearances.


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Junichiro Koizumi (小泉 純一郎, Koizumi Jun'ichirō?, born January 8, 1942) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006. He retired from politics when his term in parliament ended.
Widely seen as a maverick leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), he became known as an economic reformer, focusing on Japan's government debt and the privatization of its postal service. In 2005, Koizumi led the LDP to win one of the largest parliamentary majorities in modern Japanese history.
Koizumi also attracted international attention through his deployment of the Japan Self-Defense Forces to Iraq, the first foreign deployment of the Japanese military since World War II. His visits to Yasukuni Shrine led to diplomatic tensions with neighboring China and South Korea.


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Bromine found to be essential to animal life
Fruit flies deprived of the element die as larvae
A.S. McCall et al/Cell 2014
Bromine is a secret ingredient in the recipe for animal life. The element is necessary for helping cells in multicellular animals stick together, researchers report in the June 5 Cell.
Previously, scientists knew that animals had bromine in their bodies, but researchers could find no biological use for it.
"The bottom line is of 92 naturally occurring elements, 27 are essential for the animal kingdom," says Billy Hudson, a biochemist at Vanderbilt University in Nashville who led the work. At least, that was the number before the new study. "Now there are 28."
Hudson's team found that Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies need bromine to live. The researchers also provided insight into why bromine is essential for all animals, says Kevin Campbell, a membrane biologist at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.
Bromide ions, negatively charged


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Rotorua's Redwoods
Rotorua has a fantastic leisure playground in its Whakarewarewa Forest, better known as the Redwoods. Here you will find many different tree species.
Rotorua has a fantastic leisure playground in its Whakarewarewa Forest, better known as the Redwoods. Here you will find many different tree species, but most popular is the tall and beautiful Californian Coast Redwoods.
A variety of leisure activities take place here, and just 7km from Econo Lodge Cleveland Motel this makes a great outing. Below an overview of activities.
Walking Tracks
The Redwoods offer well signposted walking tracks for all abilities and fitness levels. We recommend you start at the Redwoods information center so you can have a good look at the different tracks available and choose a route. There are short walks (1km) to intermediate and advanced hiking tracks. At the information center you can also get travel information and lovely souvenirs.
Tree Walk
Just opened in 2016 this brand new Tree Walk is a unique experience. At 12m high you can see the beautiful Redwoods from a different perspective. It's a short 0.5km walk and suitable for all ages.Tickets are available at the Redwoods information center.
Mountain Biking
One of the oldest mountain bike networks in New Zealand, with master crafted trails, unbeatable riding surfaces, well draining volcanic soils, varying topography and fantastic scenery. It is no wonder Rotorua is renowned among mountain bikers as a premier riding destination. With around 130km of continually evolving trails, there is something to cater for all levels of rider, from beginners and family groups through to experts looking for extreme action.
Fitness Trail
The Waipa outdoor fitness trail opened in 2015 and is located near the Rotorua Mountain Bike carpark and facilities on Waipa State Mill Road. Here you will find stations with basic exercise instructions for a basic resistance exercise with a space available to add alternate exercises. The programmes are developed by the local Waiariki students and made available for download on The Redwoods website so that users can choose programmes that suit their level of ability and challenge themselves as they get fitter and stronger.
Horse Riding
Exploring the forest by horse back is a popular activity, particularly in the summer months when the tracks are firmer underfoot. Horse riding can be undertaken on dedicated horse trails and forestry roads. You are able to park horse floats just down from The Redwoods Gift Shop & Visitor Centre on a grassed area under the shade of some roadside Redwoods.


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Just because you're not the biggest fish in the pond doesn't mean you have to leave the pond.
Trust me; there are always bigger fish, smarter people, more established experts, better dancers, savvier marketers out there. It doesn't matter. They're not your market. They're not your enemies either. You only have to worry about them if they come after you, and if you're the small fish in the big pond they probably won't even notice you.
If they do, remember this: you are younger, more agile, less tied down to history and expectations. You can get into those tiny niches that they could never go. Being the small fish in the big pond is better than the big fish in the small pond. Your potential is vast whereas the big fish has already outgrown the pond.
So don't feel pressured to hold off your ideas cause it may have been done better or by someone more established because they way you do it, because it is YOU doing it that makes it unique.
My point is this:
don't let your fear of not being the best hold you back from giving it your best.
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Three in One Plant Combination! Enjoy the beautiful colors of Superbells® Red, Superbells® Blue, and Whirlwind® White. The beauty of annuals is their quick growth rate and longevity of blooms, color that lasts all summer. This collection includes 5 - 4.5" potted plants, hanging basket or decorative container not included. For one collection we recommend a 12-14" wide container with a depth of at least 8". If you are looking to do a larger planter you may be interested in adding one or more of our 'Thrillers' to your design.
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Chad Population: 11,852,4621 VISITOR FROM HERE!
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|Chad, part of France's African holdings until 1960, endured three decades of civil warfare, as well as invasions by Libya, before peace was restored in 1990. The government eventually drafted a democratic constitution and held flawed presidential elections in 1996 and 2001. In 1998, a rebellion broke out in northern Chad, which has sporadically flared up despite several peace agreements between the government and insurgents. In June 2005, President Idriss DEBY held a referendum successfully removing constitutional term limits and won another controversial election in 2006. Sporadic rebel campaigns continued throughout 2006 and 2007. The capital experienced a significant insurrection in early 2008, but has had no significant rebel threats since then, in part due to Chad's 2010 rapprochement with Sudan, which previously used Chadian rebels as proxies. In late 2015, the government imposed a state of emergency in the Lake Chad region following multiple attacks by the terrorist group Boko Haram throughout the year; Boko Haram also launched several bombings in N'Djamena in mid-2015. DEBY in 2011 was reelected to his fourth term in an election that international observers described as proceeding without incident. In January 2014, Chad began a two-year rotation on the UN Security Council.
Note 1: Chad is the largest of Africa's 16 landlocked countries note 2: not long ago - geologically speaking - what is today the Sahara was green savannah teeming with wildlife; during the African Humid Period, roughly 11,000 to 5,000 years ago, a vibrant animal community, including elephants, giraffes, hippos, and antelope lived there; the last remnant of the "Green Sahara" exists in the Lakes of Ounianga (oo-nee-ahn-ga) in northern Chad, a series of 18 interconnected freshwater, saline, and hypersaline lakes now protected as a World Heritage site note 3: Lake Chad, the most significant water body in the Sahel, is a remnant of a former inland sea, paleolake Mega-Chad; at its greatest extent, sometime before 5000 B.C., Lake Mega-Chad was the largest of four Saharan paleolakes that existed during the African Humid Period; it covered an area of about 400,000 sq km (150,000 sq mi), roughly the size of today's Caspian Sea
|Central Africa, south of Libya
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 1.284 million sq km
land: 1,259,200 sq km
water: 24,800 sq km
Size comparison: slightly more than three times the size of California
|Land Boundaries:
|total: 6,406 km border countries (6): Cameroon 1,116 km, Central African Republic 1,556 km, Libya 1,050 km, Niger 1,196 km, Nigeria 85 km, Sudan 1,403 km
|0 km (landlocked)
|Maritime claims:
|none (landlocked)
|tropical in south, desert in north
|broad, arid plains in center, desert in north, mountains in northwest, lowlands in south
|Elevation extremes:
|Natural resources:
|petroleum, uranium, natron, kaolin, fish (Lake Chad), gold, limestone, sand and gravel, salt
|Land use:
| agricultural land: 39.6% arable land 3.9%; permanent crops 0%; permanent pasture 35.7% forest: 9.1%
other: 51.3% (2011 est.)
|Irrigated land:
|300 sq km (2012)
|Natural hazards:
|hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds occur in north; periodic droughts; locust plagues
|Current Environment Issues:
|inadequate supplies of potable water; improper waste disposal in rural areas contributes to soil and water pollution; desertification
|International Environment Agreements:
| party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping
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| noun: Chadian(s)
adjective: Chadian
|Ethnic groups:
|Sara (Ngambaye/Sara/Madjingaye/Mbaye) 25.9%, Arab 12.6%, Kanembu/Bornu/Buduma 8.3%, Wadai/Maba/Masalit/Mimi 7%, Gorane 6.8%, Masa/Musseye/Musgum 4.7%, Bulala/Medogo/Kuka 3.6%, Bidiyo/Migaama/Kenga/Dangleat 3.6%, Marba/Lele/Mesme 2.9%, Dadjo/Kibet/Muro 2.5%, Mundang 2.5%, Gabri/Kabalaye/Nanchere/Somrai 2.4%, Zaghawa/Bideyat/Kobe 2.3%, Fulani/Fulbe/Bodore 2%, Tupuri/Kera 2%, Tama/Assongori/Mararit 1.6%, Baguirmi/Barma 1.3%, Karo/Zime/Peve 1.3%, Mesmedje/Massalat/Kadjakse 1%, other Chadian ethnicities 2.5%, Chadians of foreign ethnicities 0.6%, foreign nationals 2.5% (Sudanese 2%) (2009 est.)
|French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects
|Muslim 58.4%, Catholic 18.5%, Protestant 16.1%, animist 4%, other 0.5%, none 2.4% (2009 est.)
|11,852,462 (July 2016 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 43.63% (male 2,622,700/female 2,549,035)
15-24 years: 21.18% (male 1,225,731/female 1,285,150)
25-54 years: 28.31% (male 1,525,208/female 1,830,530)
55-64 years: 3.87% (male 202,044/female 256,936)
65 years and over: 3% (male 146,957/female 208,171) (2016 est.)
|Dependency ratios:
| total dependency ratio: 100.7%
youth dependency ratio: 95.8%
elderly dependency ratio: 4.9%
potential support ratio: 20.3% (2015 est.)
|Median age:
| total: 17.6 years
male: 16.6 years
female: 18.6 years (2016 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|1.88% (2016 est.)
|Birth rate:
|36.1 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Death rate:
|14 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Net migration rate:
|-3.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
| urban population: 22.5% of total population (2015)
rate of urbanization: 3.42% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
|Major urban areas - population:
|N'DJAMENA (capital) 1.26 million (2015)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.83 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.79 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2016 est.)
|Mother's mean age at first birth:
|17.9 note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014/15 est.)
|Maternal mortality rate:
|856 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: 87 deaths/1,000 live births male: 92.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 81.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: 50.2 years male: 49 years
female: 51.5 years (2016 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|4.45 children born/woman (2016 est.)
|Contraceptive prevalence rate:
|4.8% (2010)
|Health expenditures:
|3.6% of GDP (2014)
|Physicians density:
|0.04 physicians/1,000 population (2006)
|Drinking water source:
| improved:
urban: 71.8% of population
rural: 44.8% of population
total: 50.8% of population
urban: 28.2% of population
rural: 55.2% of population
total: 49.2% of population (2015 est.)
|Sanitation facility access:
| improved:
urban: 31.4% of population
rural: 6.5% of population
total: 12.1% of population
urban: 68.6% of population
rural: 93.5% of population
total: 87.9% of population (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
|2.04% (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
|165,600 (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - deaths:
|8,500 (2015 est.)
|Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
|6.6% (2014)
|Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
|28.8% (2015)
|Education expenditures:
|2.9% of GDP (2013)
| definition: age 15 and over can read and write French or Arabic
total population: 40.2%
male: 48.5%
female: 31.9% (2015 est.)
|School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
| total: 7 years male: 9 years
female: 6 years (2011)
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: Republic of Chad
conventional short form: Chad
local long form: Republique du Tchad/Jumhuriyat Tshad
local short form: Tchad/Tshad
etymology: named for Lake Chad, which lies along the country's western border; the word "tsade" means "large body of water" or "lake" in several local native languages
|Government type:
|presidential republic
| name: N'Djamena
geographic coordinates: 12 06 N, 15 02 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
|Administrative divisions:
|23 regions (regions, singular - region); Barh el Gazel, Batha, Borkou, Chari-Baguirmi, Ennedi-Est, Ennedi-Ouest, Guera, Hadjer-Lamis, Kanem, Lac, Logone Occidental, Logone Oriental, Mandoul, Mayo-Kebbi Est, Mayo-Kebbi Ouest, Moyen-Chari, Ouaddai, Salamat, Sila, Tandjile, Tibesti, Ville de N'Djamena, Wadi Fira
|11 August 1960 (from France)
|National holiday:
|Independence Day, 11 August (1960)
|several previous; latest passed by referendum 31 March 1996, entered into force 8 April 1996; amended 2005 (2016)
|Legal system:
|mixed legal system of civil and customary law
|18 years of age; universal
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: President Idriss DEBY Itno, Lt. Gen. (since 4 December 1990)
head of government: Prime Minister Albert Pahimi PADACKE (since 15 February 2016)
cabinet: Council of Ministers; members appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister elections/appointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (no term limits); election last held on 10 April 2016 (next to be held in April 2021); prime minister appointed by the president
election results: Lt. Gen. Idriss DEBY Itno reelected president; percent of vote - Lt. Gen. Idriss DEBY (MPS) 61.6%, Saleh KEBZABO (UNDR) 12.8%, Laokein Kourayo MEDAR 10.7%, Djimrangar DADNADJI (MPS) 5.1%, other 9.8%
|Legislative branch:
| description: unicameral National Assembly (188 seats; 118 directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 70 directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote with a second round if needed; members serve 4-year terms)
elections: National Assembly - last held on 13 February and 6 May 2011 (next to be held on 30 September 2015)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MPS 117, UNDR 10, RDP 9, URD 8, RNDT/Le Reveil 8, Viva-RNDP 5, FAR 4, PUR 2, UDR 2, PDSA 2, CTPD 2, other minor parties 19
|Judicial branch:
| highest court(s): Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice, 3 chamber presidents, and 12 judges or councilors and divided into 3 chambers); Constitutional Council (consists of 3 judges and 6 jurists) judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court chief justice selected by the president; councilors - 8 designated by the president and 7 by the speaker of the National Assembly; chief justice and councilors appointed for life; Constitutional Council judges - 2 appointed by the president and 1 by the speaker of the National Assembly; jurists - 3 each by the president and by the speaker of the National Assembly; judges appointed for 9-year terms
subordinate courts: High Court of Justice; Courts of Appeal; tribunals; justices of the peace
|Political parties and leaders:
|Alliance for the Renaissance of Chad or ART (includes MPS, RDP, and Viva-RNDP) Federation Action for the Republic or FAR [Ngarledjy YORONGAR] National Rally for Development and Progress or Viva-RNDP [Dr. Nouradine Delwa Kassire COUMAKOYE] National Union for Democracy and Renewal or UNDR [Saleh KEBZABO] Party for Liberty and Development or PLD [Jean-Baptiste LAOKOLE] Patriotic Salvation Movement or MPS [Idriss DEBY] Rally for Democracy and Progress or RDP [Lol Mahamat CHOUA] Union for Renewal and Democracy or URD [Sande NGARYIMBE]
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|International organization participation:
|ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, CEMAC, EITI (compliant country), FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
|National symbol(s):
|goat (north), lion (south); national colors: blue, yellow, red
|National anthem:
| name: "La Tchadienne" (The Chadian)
lyrics/music: Louis GIDROL and his students/Paul VILLARD
note: adopted 1960
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Mahamat Nasser HASSANE (since 21 May 2014)
chancery: 2401 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 652-1312
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Geeta PASI (since September 2016)
embassy: Avenue Felix Eboue, N'Djamena
mailing address: B. P. 413, N'Djamena
telephone: [235] 2251-70-09
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Chad's landlocked location results in high transportation costs for imported goods and dependence on neighboring countries. Oil and agriculture are mainstays of Chad's economy. Oil provides about 60% of export revenues, while cotton, cattle, livestock, and gum arabic provide the bulk of Chad's non-oil export earnings. The services sector contributes about one-third of GDP and has attracted foreign investment mostly through telecommunications and banking. Nearly all of Chad's fuel is provided by one domestic refinery, and unanticipated shutdowns occasionally result in shortages. The country regulates the price of domestic fuel, providing an incentive for black market sales. Chad's fiscal position is encumbered by declining oil prices, though high oil prices and strong local harvests supported the economy in recent years. Chad relies on foreign assistance and foreign capital for much public and private sector investment. Chad's investment climate remains challenging due to limited infrastructure, a lack of trained workers, extensive government bureaucracy, and corruption. Chad obtained a three-year extended credit facility from the IMF in 2014 and was granted debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative in April 2015.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
| GDP (purchasing power parity): $30.59 billion (2016 est.) $30.93 billion (2015 est.) $30.39 billion (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $10.44 billion (2015 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|-1.1% (2016 est.) 1.8% (2015 est.) 6.9% (2014 est.)
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
| GDP - per capita (PPP): $2,600 (2016 est.) $2,700 (2015 est.) $2,700 (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|Gross national saving:
|18.4% of GDP (2016 est.) 14.6% of GDP (2015 est.) 21.5% of GDP (2014 est.)
|GDP - composition, by end use:
| household consumption: 71.4%
government consumption: 4.4%
investment in fixed capital: 30.8%
investment in inventories: 0.4%
exports of goods and services: 25.3%
imports of goods and services: -32.3% (2016 est.)
|GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
| household consumption: 71.4%
government consumption: 4.4%
investment in fixed capital: 30.8%
investment in inventories: 0.4%
exports of goods and services: 25.3%
imports of goods and services: -32.3% (2016 est.)
|Agriculture - products:
|cotton, sorghum, millet, peanuts, sesame, corn, rice, potatoes, onions, cassava (manioc, tapioca), cattle, sheep, goats, camels
|oil, cotton textiles, brewing, natron (sodium carbonate), soap, cigarettes, construction materials
|Industrial production growth rate:
|-5% (2016 est.)
|Labor force:
|5.457 million (2016 est.)
|Labor force - by occupation:
| agriculture: 80% industry and
services: 20% (2006 est.)
|Unemployment rate:
|Population below poverty line:
|46.7% (2011 est.)
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
| lowest 10%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 30.8% (2003)
|Distribution of family income - Gini index:
|43.3 (2011 est.)
| revenues: $1.626 billion
expenditures: $2.163 billion (2016 est.)
|Taxes and other revenues:
|15.6% of GDP (2016 est.)
|Public debt:
|35.4% of GDP (2016 est.) 33.5% of GDP (2015 est.)
|Fiscal year:
|calendar year
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.8% (2016 est.) 4.6% (2015 est.)
|Current account balance:
|-$907 million (2016 est.) -$1.353 billion (2015 est.)
|$4.053 billion (2016 est.) $3.965 billion (2015 est.)
|Exports - commodities:
|oil, livestock, cotton, sesame, gum arabic, shea butter
|Exports - partners:
|US 58.5%, India 13.3%, Japan 11.3%, China 4.1% (2015)
|$3.075 billion (2016 est.) $3.071 billion (2015 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|machinery and transportation equipment, industrial goods, foodstuffs, textiles
|Imports - partners:
|France 16.5%, China 14.2%, Cameroon 11%, US 6.4%, India 6%, Belgium 5.7%, Italy 4.8% (2015)
|Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
|$627.5 million (31 December 2016 est.) $382.9 million (31 December 2015 est.)
|Debt - external:
|$1.875 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $2.802 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
|Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
|$NA (31 December 2010) $4.5 billion (2006 est.)
|Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
|Market value of publicly traded shares:
|Exchange rates:
|Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF) per US dollar - 605.7 (2016 est.) 591.45 (2015 est.) 591.45 (2014 est.) 494.42 (2013 est.) 510.53 (2012 est.)
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|Electricity - production:
|200 million kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - consumption:
|200 million kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|0 kWh (2013 est.)
|Electricity - imports:
|0 kWh (2013 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|41,000 kW (2014 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|100% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|120,000 bbl/day (2015 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|105,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|1.5 billion bbl (1 January 2016 es)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|2,200 bbl/day (2014 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|2,215 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|0 cu m (1 January 2014 es)
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|300,000 Mt (2013 est.)
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|Cellular Phones in use:
|total: 5.466 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 47 (July 2015 est.)
|Telephone system:
| general assessment: inadequate system of radiotelephone communication stations with high maintenance costs and low telephone density
domestic: fixed-line connections for less than 1 per 100 persons coupled with mobile-cellular subscribership base of about 45 per 100 persons
international: country code - 235; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2015)
|Broadcast media:
|1 state-owned TV station; state-owned radio network, Radiodiffusion Nationale Tchadienne (RNT), operates national and regional stations; about 10 private radio stations; some stations rebroadcast programs from international broadcasters (2007)
|Internet country code:
|Internet users:
|total: 314,000 percent of population: 2.7% (July 2015 est.)
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|59 (2013)
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 9
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2013)
|Airports (unpaved runways):
| total 50
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 22
under 914 m: 11 (2013)
|oil 582 km (2013)
| total 40,000 km
note: consists of 25,000 km of national and regional roads and 15,000 km of local roads; 206 km of urban roads are paved (2011)
|(Chari and Legone Rivers are navigable only in wet season) (2012)
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|Military branches:
|Chadian National Army (Armee Nationale du Tchad, ANT): Ground Forces (l'Armee de Terre, AdT), Chadian Air Force (l'Armee de l'Air Tchadienne, AAT), National Gendarmerie, National and Nomadic Guard of Chad (GNNT) (2013)
|Military service age and obligation:
|20 is the legal minimum age for compulsory military service, with a 3-year service obligation; 18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary service; no minimum age restriction for volunteers with consent from a parent or guardian; women are subject to 1 year of compulsory military or civic service at age 21; while provisions for military service have not been repealed, they have never been fully implemented (2015)
|Military expenditures:
|NA% (2012) 2.28% of GDP (2011)
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|Transnational Issues
|Disputes - International:
|since 2003, ad hoc armed militia groups and the Sudanese military have driven hundreds of thousands of Darfur residents into Chad; Chad wishes to be a helpful mediator in resolving the Darfur conflict, and in 2010 established a joint border monitoring force with Sudan, which has helped to reduce cross-border banditry and violence; only Nigeria and Cameroon have heeded the Lake Chad Commission's admonition to ratify the delimitation treaty, which also includes the Chad-Niger and Niger-Nigeria boundaries
|Refugees and internally displaced persons:
|refugees (country of origin): 309,669 (Sudan); 70,310 (Central African Republic); 8,377 (Nigeria) (2016) IDPs: 58,748 (majority are in the east) (2016)
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Are you looking for an outstanding garden book, one that's a keeper and you refer to over and over?
I asked some of my fellow garden writers to recommend the best garden books they read last year. (Click here to read the first part of this discussion, which is filled with even more recommendations.)
Mentors in the garden and in life
"My favorite is 'Mentors in the Garden of Life' by Colleen Plimpton ($16.95, paperback, Park East Press)," says Martha Stoodley, who blogs at All the Dirt on Gardening.
"It is a series of short stories about family, friends, life, plants, and how they all tie together over the course of a lifetime. Really, it's soulful and delicious."
If you'd like to see what others think, Martha also provided a link to the Amazon reviews of "Mentors in the Garden of Life."
And here's a You Tube video of Colleen reading from the book.
Dan Clost, who writes the Good Earth column for a Canadian newspaper and is the author of "Take Time: Reflections for Gentle Reader," also recommends "Mentors in The Garden of Life." In fact, he calls it his "favorite read" of the year.
" 'Mentors in the Garden of Life' is different from any gardening book I have read," he says. "The pages are filled with the people who colored Colleen's life with the love of gardening. This is a testimony that graces the folks who passed on gardening knowledge, mostly, to her from the earliest days 'til present.
"One of Colleen's abilities is the knack of bringing these people to life, so much so that their personages form in your mind so clearly that you might have a conversation with them."
'Thoughtful Gardening'
Along with several writers in yesterday's post, Carolyn Ulrich, editor of Chicagoland Gardening magazine, recommends "Robin Lane Fox's book "Thoughtful Gardening" (Basic Books, $29.95). "His short essays are interesting, informative, and based on 40 years of gardening, writing, and traveling to gardens around the world," she says.
"While I was taken aback by his negative opinions of some environmentalists and organic gardeners, I think he is mainly reacting to starry-eyed enthusiasm that can be based more on wishful thinking than evidence. The book is 'thoughtful,' and it does encourage us all to think more cogently about our own positions."
Click here to see a wonderful video of Mr. Fox's garden and hear him talk about gardening.
Shrubs and vines for your garden
"As someone who has purchased shrubs from the Gosslers [Gossler Farms Nursery] for probably close to two decades, I loved their first book, "The Gossler Guide to the Best Hardy Shrubs: More than 350 Expert Choices for Your Garden" by Roger Gossler, Eric Gossler and Marjory Gossler (Timber Press, $34.95)," says Betty Earl, who regularly blogs here at Diggin' It.
"For all those years, I have enjoyed their casual, but always information-laden catalogs. So I was thrilled when these very practical, experience driven descriptions gleaned in the catalogs were expanded to their 350 favorite shrubs, in book form," she says.
"The book has, as most books usually do, advice about the care and maintenance of shrubs, plant categories, and lessons learned from people's gardens. The A to Z plant profiles of the 350 favorite shrubs include the best characteristics of each shrub, the height and spread, and optimum growing conditions; all this accompanied by colorful photographs of the shrubs.
"However, for me, the highlight of the book," she adds, "is in the introductory chapters, especially in one titled 'How Not to Kill Your Plants,' which gives plenty of advice on how to select, buy, plant, and nurture the new 'shrubby children.' How can the reader not love such sage advice as, 'Finally, don't be afraid to ask a grower how they raised the plants you are about to buy. Consider it an open adoption: You want to know about the birth parents, what neighborhood the plant came from, whether drugs were involved, and so on. These simple questions can affect the ultimate survival of any purchase.' "
"I'd like to recommend "Armitage's Vines and Climbers" (Allan Armitage, Timber Press, $29.95) as a top book of 2010, one that's been needed for a long time," says Sharon Thompson, well-known South Carolina garden writer and speaker.
"It's full of excellent advice delivered in Armitage's usual humor on a plant category that seems so benign at first planting, but can turn on you in the proverbial blink of an eye. He covers the good, bad, and ugly of vineage, introducing little known but well-behaved substitutions for some of Vinelands worst thugs. Suitable for all levels of gardeners."
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Cathy Wilkinson Barash, who's written some outstanding books of her own, including "Edible Flowers from Garden to Palate," made a to-the-point comment: "Of course, I think Ros Creasy's 'Edible Landscaping' (Sierra Club Books, $39.95) was a great new book last year."
She's talking about the new edition of "The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping," originally published in 1982, which became a classic that showed gardeners that growing food didn't have to take place in the backyard or be strictly utilitarian.
Calling this book a revision does it an injustice. This book is all new – and waiting to show a new generation of gardeners that they can have a gorgeous garden and eat it too, as Ros says.
Also a big fan of "Edible Landscaping" is Nan Sterman, garden designer, TV host, and speaker who blogs at Plant Soup and is the author of "California Gardener's Guide Vol. II" and "Waterwise Plants for the Southwest."
"Ros Creasy's new 'Edible Landscaping' gets my vote, hands down," Nan says. "It is without a doubt the most beautiful book I've ever seen, and one of the most important books of the year. Her first edition jump-started a revolution in gardening back in the early 1980s. This new edition will have an even bigger impact as a whole new generation is primed for exactly what it offers.
"And, in the intervening years," she adds, "Ros has become the consummate photographer and writer. The book is fabulous."
I agree that the book is fabulous and will have a more detailed review next week, so you'll know just why you need to own this gorgeous book.
Judy Lowe is a long-time garden writer and blogger. Her latest book, about how to create many different types of herb theme gardens, has just been published.


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John Kruk, who will be part of ESPN's broadcast of the Home Run Derby, says Orioles first baseman Chris Davis is the favorite "without question" to win the event at Citi Field on Monday night.
"When you watch his home runs, he doesn't swing hard," Kruk, a former big league first baseman said during a conference call Wednesday. "As the later rounds come on if he keeps advancing, to me, he's going to be fresher than anyone else in this thing. To me, he's the leader in the clubhouse right now to win it, even though Prince did win it last year."
Fellow ESPN analyst Nomar Garciaparra said he expects the competition to come down to Davis and Detroit Tigers first baseman Prince Fielder.
Bovada.lv, an online betting site, has Fielder as the 7-2 favorite ahead of Davis (15-4) and Washington Nationals left fielder Bryce Harper (5-1).
Garciaparra said Fielder's experience as a two-time champion (2012 and 2009) and four-time participant gives him a leg up over Davis. Fielder hit 28 home runs last season at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City to capture the championship over Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista.
Garciaparra, who participated in the Derby in 1997 and 1999, said that despite the perceived similarities to batting practice, the event is much different, because there's the absence of a rhythm. In batting practice, the pitches come one after another, but there's more waiting between pitches and between rounds in the Derby.
"Prince having the experience and knowing what the Home Run Derbys are like I think helps an awful lot," Garciaparra said. "He knows when to take some. If you talk to a lot of Home Run Derby participants who have made it to the later rounds, it's a matter of how well they really pace themselves to get through the entire rounds."
Both analysts said Davis' strength could get him off to a fast start, and Kruk even said Davis could have a "Josh Hamilton-type first round." In 2008, Hamilton hit a record 28 home runs in the first round of the Derby at Yankee Stadium. But he would hit just seven more home runs in the next two rounds, falling to Minnesota Twins first baseman Justin Morneau in the final round, 5-3.
Davis, whose 33 home runs this year tie his career high and lead all of baseball, has the benefit of having Fielder and American League captain Robinson Cano as his teammates. With three of the past four championships on his team — Cano captured the 2011 title at Chase Field in Arizona — Davis has a wealth of information to turn to on how to stay fresh, whether or not to hit in the cage underneath the stadium between rounds or when to take pitches.
"Even though they're competing against each other, they're also competing with each other," Garciaparra said. "They're going to be giving him advice. They're going to be telling him stuff as well, so he has that advantage as well."
Davis said earlier this week he doesn't expect the Home Run Derby to affect his swing and performance in the second half of the season. Past participants like Adrian Gonzalez and Bobby Abreu experienced a drop off in power in the second half of the season, and many were quick to point to the participation in the Derby for the drop off.
But Garciaparra agrees with Davis. How the Home Run Derby affects Davis' second half depends on Davis and Davis only.
"I think when it comes to affecting your swing, it's on a mental side," Garciaparra said. "If you believe it's going to affect your swing, it's going to affect your swing."
Kruk was also asked about his own All-Star moment that pertains to Baltimore. In the 1993 All-Star Game at Camden Yards, left-hander Randy Johnson threw a pitch over Kruk's head and to the backstop. Kruk would strike out swinging, bailing on all of his swings.
"I never think about it. I have no desire to think about it. At 53 years old right now, there's far more important things for me to think about," Kruk said, laughing. "I'm trying to solve all the world's problems. I can't be concerned with a Randy Johnson fastball."


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More than a dozen people rolled out their mats at St. Patrick's County Park giving themselves an hour to re-center themselves ahead of this coming work week.
One more day in the 70s before more seasonable temperatures take hold for the rest of the week. Meteorologist Cindi Clawson has the details.
The third annual Easter Egg-Stravaganza Egg Hunt kicked off in Michigan City Sunday.
A chilly start, but a gorgeous day ahead for this Easter Sunday. We will see mostly sunny skies with highs in the low 70s west and mid to upper 60s east. We'll be in the 70s on Monday as well before cooler temps return for the rest of the week. Meteorologist Cindi Clawson has the details in her Sunday morning forecast.
Saturday marked the second annual dance marathon at Penn High School with all proceeds going directly to Riley Children's Hospital.
Boeing called a New York Times report examining its South Carolina plant "offensive" and "distorted."
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People visiting local cemeteries have been warned to be vigilant after thieves stole a 97-year-old woman's handbag while she visited her daughter-in-law's grave.
The sickening incident happened at Carnmoney Cemetery East on October 16, but the details only came to light this week when the victim's son spoke out after hearing that a similar incident took place at Ballyclare Cemetery recently.
Newtownabbey man Jim Long was taking his 97-year-old mother, Mary to see the new headstone on his late wife's grave on a quiet Friday afternoon when the thieves struck.
The 73-year-old, whose wife Anne passed away just three months ago, thought his was the only car in the cemetery when he parked up.
"My mother wanted to see the new headstone so I'd taken her up to the cemetery," Mr Long told the Times.
"She's on a zimmer so I was helping her across the grass and we were about half way to the grave when I heard my car alarm going off. I looked back and I could see a car pulled up level beside mine. I walked back towards the car and the other one drove off.
"I had left the window open about two inches and they'd used something to put through the gap and open the door. They stole my mother's handbag, which she'd left on the floor of the car. She had just collected her pension money so there must have been about £350 in the bag."
Mr Long said he and his mother were "shocked and upset" that someone could stoop to such a low.
"They're scumbags. That's the only word for them," he added.
A spokesperson for Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council confirmed that they are aware of reports of thefts from cars in Carnmoney and Ballyclare Cemeteries in recent weeks. In both instances the victims were visiting loved one's graves.
"The incidents have been reported directly to the police for investigation," the spokesperson said.
"When council staff are on site, they keep a watchful eye on activity but would appeal to those parking their cars to ensure they are locked and items of value placed out of sight.
"Park wardens make the cemeteries a priority for patrols. However, if anyone has concerns about suspicious activity in the cemetery, please report it to the police immediately," she added.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. - Jail records show Effingham County-raised country music singer William Matthew "Billy" Currington was booked into the Chatham County jail Thursday.Currington, 39, was booked about 5 p.m. after a bench warrant was issued for his arrest by Chatham County Superior Court Judge Penny Freesemann on Wednesday following the singer's indictment on charges of making terroristic threats and elder abuse.
On April 15, read the indictment, Currington made the threats against 70-year-old Tybee Island resident Charles Harvey Ferrelle "with the purpose of terrorizing" him.
According to a Savannah-Chatham police report, Ferrelle, who was identified as a charter boat captain, told officers he had two paying fares on board for a tour about 1 p.m. April 15 when a man began screaming at them from 159 San Marco Drive.
Currington owns a home at that address in a gated community near Tybee Island.
When Ferrelle came back by the property, the same man followed him to AJ's, a dockside restaurant, got out of his boat and threatened to harm him, Marine Patrol Officer Daniel Walker reported.
The following day, Ferrelle told police he "feared for his life" because of the incident and that he would have to pass the property again the next day.
Ferrelle also told Walker he did not know why the suspect was "yelling threats and profanity" at him, but that "If I hadn't gotten into my slip fast enough I believe he (Currington) would have run me over," the report said.
Walker also reported he was told by Julie Muscleman on April 16 that she was the caretaker for an elderly man at the San Marco Drive address who, on April 15 "while on his dock," was almost knocked into the water when a boat went by.
On April 17, Currington went to his Twitter account and said: "harrassing artists often at their home by boat should be illegal. thas all i know. (sic)" He does not say if he is addressing the April 15 incident.
But Currington did address that incident Wednesday, when he tweeted: "hey guys, I wanted to thank everyone for the huge amount of support that I have received already. Unfortunately, I can't comment on this situation as this is an ongoing legal matter. It means a lot to me to have your support during this time"
According to the Grammy nominated artist's website, Currington's top 10 hits include "Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer," "That's How Country Boys Roll" and "People Are Crazy."


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As I announced in my POV feature post, our theme for this month is Patriotic. I thought it might be fun to have a different project every week to show you and hopefully get you motivated to join in on the Point of View linky party!
The first project I did is this fun pallet wood flag.
It is so easy and the best part is that it is SO inexpensive!
Let's get started. To make this, you will need:
*A pallet. (I got mine at a local hardware store for FREE! Just call ahead to any store and see if they have some available.)
*red, white and blue paint
*star stencil
*dark brown stain
First, I removed the boards that I wanted to use from my pallet. Then I hammered the boards into a rectangle shape. Easy Peasy.
Next, I simply painted the flag. Using some painters tape I made a rectangle for the blue and the stars, and I created stripes starting with the white, and then painted the red. After the paint is dry, I used some vinyl as a stencil for my stars and simply added them in. Don't look too closely though. I might have done a couple of extra stars. What? There's 52 states, right? Oops. I guess I didn't really count as I was painting.
After the painting is all finished, I used sandpaper to go over the paint to make it look worn. Then the stain came next. I just added it in the places that the natural wood was showing through and especially on the edges. I really think it makes it look nice and worn.
All you have left to do is set it out on your porch and admire it.
I really love the way it looks! Here's a question for you. My husband thinks I should make these and sell them. If I were to sell them, how much should I charge, and is this something you would even consider buying? (I would make sure there were only 50 stars in the ones that I sell :)
Thursday, June 7, 2012
You're a Grand Old Flag
5 comments:
- Leanne said...
I love it Jonie! It turned out so cute. I love decorating this time of year. You could totally sell these. I'd even buy one with 52 states. Bonus!
- June 7, 2012 at 2:17 PM
- Gwen @ Gwenny Penny said...
It's beautiful, Jonie! I have a similar piece made out of fence pickets. I bought it like 10 or so years ago for about $25, but I thought that was a steal at the time.
- June 7, 2012 at 3:23 PM
- Richard and Carlie said...
I love love love it! I would totally buy one!
- June 9, 2012 at 2:46 PM
- Sandy said...
I would buy one for sure!!!!!
- June 17, 2012 at 9:58 AM
- Jessica Kielman said...
Love, love, love it! It's just perfect! Great minds indeed...
Jessica @ Mom 4 Real
- June 28, 2012 at 2:28 PM
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Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp has said the key to beating Real Madrid is not stopping goalscorer Cristiano Ronaldo but taking playmaker Xabi Alonso out of the game.
Dortmund beat Madrid 2-1 at home and drew 2-2 at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu during this season's Champions League group stage, when an 89th-minute Mesut Ozil free-kick was needed to get just a point for Jose Mourinho's side.
Speaking to El Pais in the run-up to Madrid's last-16 first leg against Manchester United at the Bernabeu on Wednesday evening, the Borussia boss said his tactics for the games against Madrid had revolved around making sure Alonso did not have the time and space to launch his more attacking team-mates, including Ronaldo, into space with long accurate passes.
"We knew where they would send their passes, how they look for Cristiano," Klopp said. "Our plan was to take Xabi out of the game. Because if Alonso can play as he wants it is impossible to defend against Madrid. And [Mario] Gotze covered him. We knew that if our full-backs, [Lukasz] Piszczek and [Marcel] Schmelzer, moved around a lot, the advantage would be on our side against Cristiano. If you block Xabi, you make it so Pepe always has the ball. That is a big difference."
Klopp, whose Dortmund side have impressed many observers with their smart tactics and athleticism, said he had been inspired as a rookie coach by Madrid's 'Galacticos' side of Zinedine Zidane, Raul, Ronaldo, Luis Figo, David Beckham et al of a decade back, while the current Barca side had similar attacking ideas but better defensive solidity.
"[My biggest inspiration was] the white ballet, Real Madrid of a few years back," he said. "Then I thought: If you take this footballing potential and add a defensive plan … you would have the perfect team. And Barca did that."
Dortmund face Shakhtar Donetsk away in their last-16 first leg on Wednesday night. Klopp said he was proud that his club, almost bankrupt in 2005, was now punching above its financial weight and one of the few teams who could compete at the top European level.
"We are talking about [a budget of] €60 or €65 million," he said. "Even Tottenham pays much more. But we are one of the six teams in Europe who can win trophies. In Spain, Barca and Madrid. In England, United, Chelsea and City. In Italy, just Juve. Our youngsters know that they could earn more money in another place. But here they can make history."


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World Economic Forum Launches Online Resource for Best Practices in Social Issue Campaigns
The World Economic Forum, in collaboration with the Ad Council and Ketchum, launched an online resource for case studies of effective public education campaigns. The platform, dubbed"Creative for Good," brings together over 60 campaigns from around the world on social issues such as education, health and environment. This initiative was conceived and executed over two years by the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Future of Media, with the objective of helping smaller NGOs and organizations create their own public service campaigns. It does so by giving such organizations access to a range of successful campaigns from different regions, along with a user-friendly "how to" guide. The initiative also shares insights on success factors and connects users to the campaign sponsors and creators.
"This initiative will help organizations with a strong social purpose but who have small communications budgets to make a bigger impact through the power of media and communications," said Diana El-Azar, Director for Media, Entertainment and Information for the World Economic Forum.
The platform attracted more than 100 submissions from around the world, which were vetted by an advisory committee made up of 17 media, communications and social marketing executives.The campaigns featured on the platform included Hair for Hope, from Thailand, which serves to give hope to cancer patients; Operation Christmas, which encourages FARC guerrillas in Colombia to demobilize; Germany Will Find You, which raises awareness on missing children in Germany; and Bell Bajao, which aims to stop domestic violence in India.
"Communications and PR can and should be a force for positive change, and we are delighted to be a part of this important new initiative in support of the World Economic Forum's mission to improve the state of the world," said David Gallagher, Senior Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Ketchum's European operations.
"Creative for Good features inspiring and provocative case studies that will serve both as a catalyst and a guide for those who want to use their talents for social good. This initiative has the potential to help move the needle on many critical social issues,ultimately benefiting people throughout the world," said Peggy Conlon, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Ad Council.
The platform is available to the public, and campaign submissions will be accepted regularly. The official launch is tomorrow at a workshop in Cannes. The platform will be promoted again at the World Economic Forum Summit on the Global Agenda in Abu Dhabi in November 2013.
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