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3:49 | 2LT Peter Sprenger describes why he joined the Army after 9/11, his feelings about facing the battlefield, and how his training prepared him and his comrades for a different kind of war in Iraq.
Keywords : Iraq 101st Airborne Division Fort Benning BCT(Basic Combat Training) Saddam Hussein
Ferocious fighting and a myriad of cultures in Iraq, took 2LT Peter Sprenger and his fellow soldiers by surprise. Their training didn't prepare them for what they faced.
Trained very well before arriving in Kuwait, 2LT Sprenger experiences a Scud missle attack and witnesses just how well American forces are prepared. He describes what it's like to brace for chemical warfare in the desert heat.
Not knowing when he'd go to Iraq or what was going on politically, 2LT Sprenger recalls how it felt to finally enter the country. He relives the difficulty of moving through the desert while heading toward battle.
Once in Iraq, 2LT Peter Sprenger explains how he felt not knowing who was winning the war and why basic training was tougher than the living conditions he endured in the desert.
First assigned to an air assault, 2LT Peter Sprenger describes how that changed to a ground approach. He recalls experiencing an unexpected odd mix of fighting in Iraq and passing out candy bars to Iraqi children.
2LT Sprenger recalls not knowing how the enemy might attack at night during Iraq's desert sandstorms, and how a soldier's imagination can keep him on constant alert.
The first time 2LT Sprenger faces direct fire it gets his adrenaline going. He recalls how US troops intimidated Iraqi forces and how training prepared him for the real battlefield.
The uncertainty of war weighed heavily on 2LT Sprenger's mind. He describes how he prepared mentally for a surprise attack in the streets of Iraq.
Capturing Baghdad quickly surprised 2LT Sprenger and his fellow troops. He recalls all the excitement, how it boosted morale, and gave soldiers hope that they'd be home soon.
After moving North from Baghdad, 2LT Sprenger describes a surprising twist in the Iraqi culture, people dressed differently, and were more technologically advanced than he ever expected.
2LT Sprenger tells of weapons left unguarded and how dangerously coordinated attacks strengthened his resolve and dedication to fight the Iraqi enemy.
Slammed by powerful explosives, 2LT Sprenger describes the sheer terror of being blinded and badly injured. He relives the heroic efforts of those who helped him scramble to safety.
Blinded by an explosion in Iraq, 2LT Sprenger describes his Medivac Convoy and the first moments he spoke to his family about his devastating injuries.
After being badly inured, 2LT Sprenger describes the emotional ups and downs of his recovery, how his severely injured comrades fared, and the care he received at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Despite losing his eye, 2LT Sprenger describes what drove him back to the battlefield, how his doctors helped, and what he endured to become an Army ranger.
Justice details a too-close-for-comfort interaction with a vehicle-borne IED. The IED came as a complete surprise and the entire F.O.B. fell into what Justice could only describe as "chaos" immediately following the explosion. She suffered several injuries and had to work with the nurses back in Bagram and depend on the friendship of comrade Colonel Ellison to come back from the injuries.
The number one mission of the Marine Corps Reserve is to be ready to go to war. Having risen through the ranks of reserve officers, Larry Taylor knew it would pay off, and it did with all the recent wars. When the 9/11 attacks occurred, he was at a meeting in Washington and could only watch from the roof as the Pentagon burned.
Galen Hoover and all but one of his brothers joined the Navy as they came of age in the Sixties. He was assigned to the USS Escape, a rescue and salvage ship. He saw 17 countries, including the entire Mediterranean, where the ship's divers assisted the local sponge divers with safety training.
After the big war, Army Air Corps veteran Harold Dudley was active in ROTC at college and participated in extensive MP training. His expertise was tested when he was serving at Fort Benning and given orders to clean up the cesspool at nearby Phenix City, Alabama. (This interview made possible with the support of CHESTER RUST.)
He was in a platoon leaders course when he looked up from the mud and wondered if he could get into flight school. Larry Taylor made good on that desire and became a helicopter pilot. During an early shipboard cruise, the unit was dispatched to the Panama Canal Zone to stop rioting.
He had joined because of it, but the Korean War ended while Carter Tucker was in submarine school. Without a shooting war, the vessels were used for intelligence gathering and this nearly led to an icy disaster for him on his first patrol off the coast of Russia.
After all his military commitments, retired Marine General Larry Taylor went to Iraq to run a program for a civilian contractor. It was post Surge and more uncomfortable than dangerous. His biggest problem was not the enemy. It was the State Department bureaucracy.
Here Bob Newton talks about many more experiences he had, including an embarrassing close call from Vietnam where his chopper was shot down, then coming back to the states in 1965 and being assigned as Chief Executive Officer of the 82nd Airborne Division. He also helped test a new kind of quick release parachute, and went to Panama's jungle operations school to teach young Latin American kids how to live in the jungle. Finally, he became the director for the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. (This interview made possible with the support of ALBERT SMALL.)
After two tours in Vietnam, Army chaplain Carter Tucker served in Germany and at Fort Benning. In Germany, he was also chaplain to a large civilian population of dependents, who could have it rough in a strange country. Even with all his time as a chaplain, and with his previous service in the Navy, he wonders if he'd done enough.
Senator Bob Dole reflects on his admiration of, and relationship with fellow Kansan, President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Having served under him in WWII, he saw the type of leader Ike was and would support his bid for president. (Interview conducted in partnership with the Eisenhower Foundation as part of their Ike's Soldiers program. https://eisenhowerfoundation.net & http://ikessoldiers.com)
When he was recalled to active duty after the 9/11 attacks, General Larry Taylor insisted that he also get the newly required martial arts training that all Marine were supposed to have. One of his duties overseeing mobilization readiness was to pacify reserve units who were anxious to fight, but not yet sent into battle.
The Korean War had started when he graduated high school, and though he had started college, Carter Tucker felt the call to join the Navy. At first he was with the Seabee school but he wanted to go further than California so he volunteered for the unique world of submarine duty.
After responding to the Mayaguez Incident, the USS Coral Sea finished its visit to Australia for a commemoration of the Battle of the Coral Sea. Dan Spahn fondly recalls that visit and, when he returned stateside, he managed to secure shore duty for the remainder of his enlistment. His electronics training served him well in his post-military career.
Beer and ball games. That's what retired Marine Corps General and former Air America pilot Larry Taylor enjoys these days. He remains involved in various activities related to his service and has a ready lesson available for civic groups who ask him to speak. It can be summed up as "the troops eat first."
After the Japanese surrendered, Gilbert Howland was transferred to an MP unit for a while, then discharged. He reenlisted after a year and left for a tour in Italy, guarding Trieste against Yugoslav incursion. (This interview made possible with the support of DAVID W. MARQUEZ.)
General Buck Kernan's biggest heroes are the troops and NCO's that helped develop him into an effective leader. He feels privileged to have served with the Rangers. They are still the role models for the rest of the Army and that is why they lead the way.
Walter Boomer talks about his promotions up the ranks of the Marines and what it was like to be a leading General. As he's driving to California, the news breaks out about Iraq invading Kuwait, and this completely changes the course for him and his family.
While on Cold War duty in Italy, Gilbert Howland found the time for golf, a little cognac and entertainment in a Trieste nightclub. One of the entertainers became very special to him. (This interview made possible with the support of DAVID W. MARQUEZ.)
Tricky situations are nothing new to Walter Boomer. In this clip, he talks about one time in particular that he was caught in the middle of Iraqi territory, with only his other men to count on. To follow up, he also discusses which position he prefers to hold and the debate between soldiers "then and now."


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The October 2012 seminar in the book-collecting series organised jointly by the Institute of English Studies (London University) and the Rare Book Society was given by Julian Browning of
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An accomplished and entertaining speaker, with over thirty years experience in the antiquarian book and manuscript trade, Julian specializes in the sale of autograph letters, historical documents and manuscripts dating from about 1450 to 1950, with a particular focus on British and European history and literature. He rescues interesting letters by obscure and less well known names, as well as more significant letters and documents written or signed by famous historical figures.
The seminar was held on Tuesday 9 October 2012 in the Court Room at Senate House, Street, London WC1E 7HU.
All the seminars are aimed at a broad audience including book-collectors, book-dealers, historians of all kinds, librarians, indeed at anyone with an interest in collecting any sort of text from the sixth former to the retired professor. The atmosphere is informal, as are the presentations. Many of the talks are illustrated by actual examples.
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Fri 18 Jul 2014 in Cottbus:
Today's location is on private property in Großröhrsdorf, near Radeberg.
Country: Germany; state: Sachsen (Saxony, EU:DE:SN); district: Bautzen
Because I had to work the late shift, I was able to do this expedition in the morning. During planning I considered taking the bus, but that would have included almost one hour of waiting for the return bus, so instead I decided to go by bike, which is superior in regard to price, flexibility and health anyway. I mapped a route on GM that omitted the major road for a large part and instead would lead me along a track going totally straight through the Dresdner Heide forest area. At around 10 a.m. I started and cycled across the famous Loschwitzer Brücke (Blaues Wunder). Two intersections later I noticed that I had already left the planned route and continuing would lead me to the well-travelled state road. Instead of going back I took a tiny path that branched off of the road and went uphill in a very steep incline, I had to push my bike. Oh, did I mention that it was already quite warm even without physical activity? As I had expected from my tiny (about 1:1000) map printout and the GPS unit's map, that path lead me to the Weißer Hirsch part of Dresden. I entered the Dresdner Heide in the firm belief that I was back on my planned route. I followed the forest track until I was at the start of the straight track leading towards Radeberg, then took that one. From the satellite image I had expected it to be a tarmacked track, but this was only a partly overgrown forest track. Well, I must have misinterpreted the satellite image, because the track was straight and leading in the correct direction, how could it not be the correct one, the A-Flügel? My bike isn't all-terrain-enabled, but following the track went okay since the tire tracks were smooth for the most part. The track went up and down small hills, sometimes as a sandy path, sometimes muddy, but with a little physical effort it went pretty well. After a while, a glance at the GPS map told me that while the direction was correct, my progress in kilometers (or "fraction of Dresdner Heide crossed") was lacking. When I next crossed a good track, I took that one, even though it went more to the north. Well, I would reach the Radeberger Landstraße road that way, which would be okay. I made much better progress after that and soon took a turn more in my original direction, on a track that I thought was parallel to the first track. While racing through the forest, I noticed that I was heading towards the sun, which would indicate a southerly direction, but I dismissed that as a fallacy due to daylight saving time, the season, the pre-noon time... Then I reached a large meadow with houses on its other side. Oh, am I already near the Radeberger Landstraße? This must be a tiny hamlet that isn't on my map. Whatever, I'll just go on. Then I reached that town and its main road. I wasn't too sure about my whereabouts, so instead of following the map printout, I took a look at my GPS unit. Oh, this is unexpected. I had reached Ullersdorf, on the southern edge of the Dresdner Heide, and the road that I had tried to avoid. Now that I was there, I stayed on that road which quickly lead me to Radeberg. There I made some other useless detours, but after a while I was on the road to Großröhrsdorf.
A little before noon I was near the hashpoint. The border of the property which I hadn't been able to identify from the satellite image turned out to be a wall. While standing next to it I came within 0.00007° of the correct coordinates, but not nearer. I walked along the wall multiple times, but it didn't get better. A little to the side I found gateposts without a gate and I could see the meadow where the hashpoint must be, but since I felt that this was private property I didn't dare to enter. After a while I turned my bike towards home and cycled back to Radeberg. On the way I visited a furniture shop and in Radeberg I stopped to get food and drink and to refill my bike's tires. Then I took the Radeberger Landstraße state road through the Dresdner Heide. This was much easier than the forest tracks, although I had to take care not to be run over by all those cars. At around 13:45 I was back in Dresden.
I cycled 48 km. As I found out, there are multiple parallel tracks through the Dresdner Heide and I wasn't on the correct one, on a larger map that was really easy to see. I could have given the correct track a try on 2014-07-22 because that hashpoint was just one town over, but that spot was in a field and wasn't really interesting.


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Back from Normandy and filled with this beautiful peaceful week, I set myself
''Intentions'': it is synonymous with the best goal I've found so far.
Meeting place and as I gave my bike for almost a month, I had one wish this morning was to go find him.
A 07 H 30 the first rays of the sun give me the signal to start.
I jump into my outfit prepared for quite some time and file join my trusty bike.
Time to re-inflate the tires that worry me a bit since the test Short Distance from Paris and I'm off on the docks.
I need a good twenty minutes to reach the Longchamps racecourse, my favorite playground: practical, not far from home, rallying point for cyclists, triathletes, runners.
I enjoy the way to go because the sun is already very present and warm me: This is great because I have not planned long sleeves.
I avoid as much as possible irregularities of the road and take the first turn of the racetrack.
As a''recovery''I will do only four laps and cross cyclists and triathletes, young and old.
I am delighted with this return to the''training''and bike tell myself that I will not wait a month for a subsequent meeting.
The return home is going well and my obsession with puncture vanishes as and when the advance of homecoming.
I come home filled (even 70 minutes of cycling) and ready to start as soon as possible.
My future training sessions will lead me to a test in September, realistic and prepared.
The next week, synonymous with tranquility, should allow me to plan some great sessions.


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Giveaway: Win one of two sets of tickets to the Junior League of Knoxville's Tinsel & Treasure November 11 – 13
October 26, 2011
UPDATE: I'm drawing a winner at 9 p.m. instead or midnight so that you can purchase half price tickets if you don't win! Half price tickets are available today only through Deal Chicken Knoxville.
As I've mentioned before, this is my last year in the Junior League of Knoxville. I joined the Junior League in 2002, and after May I will have completed my 10 years of service and will be what's called a Sustainer (like an alum). Over the years I have worked on lots of different fundraising events. One of the fun events I've always enjoyed is the annual Tinsel & Treasure Holiday Market. It's a great place to find unique Christmas gifts!
The 10th Annual Tinsel & Treasure will be held at the Knoxville Convention Center November 11 – 13. Tickets are $5 ahead of time or $6 at the door. To pre-order tickets call the League office at 865-584-4124 or go here. There's also a $1 coupon in the Knoxville Schools coupon book, and on Saturday you can get $1 off admission if you're wearing orange. Or enter below to win a set!
There will also be two special events associated with Tinsel:
Comedy and Cocktails
Comedian Leanne Morgan will join us for an evening of laughs, cocktails and heavy appetizers on Thursday, November 10th at 6:30 p.m. at the Knoxville Convention Center! Leanne is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and was a finalist on Nick at Nite's Funniest Mom! She also toured for three years with the Southern Fried Chicks. Please note that tickets ordered online can be picked up at Junior League headquarters, located at 6739 Baum Drive or Will Call the eve of the event. NO tickets will be mailed. Tickets are $50 each.
Linda Armstrong Kelly Luncheon
Join us for a delightful luncheon with guest speaker, Linda Armstrong Kelly, mother of Lance Armstrong, on Friday, November 11 at 11:30 a.m. Please note that tickets purchased online may be picked up at Junior League headquarters or at Will Call the day of the event. NO tickets will be mailed. If you would like to sponsor a table for the event, please contact the League office at 865-584-4124 for more information.
The Junior League has generously given me two sets of general admission tickets to give away to two readers! Each set contains two tickets to Tinsel & Treasure. I will pick two winners.
Required Entry:
To enter to win, just leave a comment below letting me know if you've ever been to Tinsel & Treasure. That's it! (If you're reading this on Facebook/Twitter hop on over to thriftychristy.com to leave your comment.)
Additional Optional Entries:
You can do each of the following things for an additional entry in the giveaway. You can only do each of these once, for a possible total of 5 entries.
Please leave a separate comment for each method of entry. If you only leave one comment then you only have one entry, as each comment is numbered and I randomly choose a number. Make sense?
- Like Thrifty Christy on Facebook (or let me know you've already done this)
- Like the Junior League of Knoxville on Facebook (or let me know you've already done this)
- Follow Thrifty Christy on Twitter (or let me know you've already done this)
- Follow the Junior League of Knoxville on Twitter (or let me know you've already done this)
- RSVP for Tinsel & Treasure here (or let me know you've already done this)
This giveaway ends at 9 p.m. EST on Thursday November 3. I will choose a winner
on Friday November 4 Thursday right at 9 p.m. and post his or her name. That way you'll still have time to purchase half-price tickets through Deal Chicken Knoxville, a deal that expires today at midnight!
I will contact the winner via email. Giveaway open to US readers only. Although if you're living in a foreign country I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be coming to Tinsel & Treasure, right?
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I have never, ever been to Tinsel and Treasure but I have always wanted to go. Would LOVE the tickets 🙂
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I have never been to Tinsel and Treasure but would love to go 😀
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I RSVP for Tinsel And Treasure on FB! (:
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Did all above but the twitter dont have that….I never knew this existed till I saw you post I am very excited to go for the first time!
Friends with thrifty Christy and junior league of Knoxville on Facebook! Would love these ticket for my mom and I. We have never been, sounds like a lot of fun. We don't want to miss out this year!
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| Access to archival records: A review of current issues: A RAMP study
Since 1990, archival thinking throughout the world has focused on the changing context in which archives operate. This has been mainly inspired by the soul-searching that is customary on the eve of a new century. From the resulting body of literature, three general areas of change have emerged as being of main concern to archives. The first relates to changes in the governing systems of countries, and of government-citizen interactions, that have resulted from globalization and the emergence of new democracies. The second relates to advances in technology, particularly as they affect information creation, administration, and dissemination. The third relates to the evolution in the nature and form of records which is the result of the first two set of changes.
As we advance towards the year 2000, archives must commit themselves to strategic shifts in both their philosophical and practical orientations. Where access to archives is concerned, the environment must change in three general areas. First, the access frameworks of institutions must reflect the renewed relationship between archives and their creator and user communities. On the one hand, archives have to develop mechanisms that enable them to be more receptive to the needs of users and they must also be willing to actually respond to these needs. On the other hand, archives must plan for the provision of access services to holdings that, in a post-custodial age, may not be under their immediate physical custody. Secondly, there must be greater archival intervention in the records creation and administration process. Given the prominence of electronic information - and its inherent particularities - archives must increase their involvement at the front-end of the information life-cycle to ensure that an understandable and useable record survives. Finally, archives must adopt descriptive strategies that proceed from the general to the specific, whatever the physical medium of the record, so that users are able to assess the information value of the records within their proper intellectual context, and then select what is most relevant to their needs. Such strategies must also enable access to the holdings from a distance and with as little case-by-case archival intervention as possible. If archives are able to adapt accordingly, they will increase their visibility with both records creators and users, and will find themselves in a strategic position in the world of information providers.


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Veronica Appia
As it stands, Ultrasound is a bit of a mixed emotional bag for me.
On the one hand, the story deaf playwright Adam Pottle is telling is both relevant and heartbreaking. It touches upon politics surrounding the deaf community – a topic very rarely spoken about in theatre. It is an important conversation that brings awareness to conflict and prejudice from both within and outside of that community.
It also successfully communicates the story through a fusion of voice, American Sign Language and subtitles that together depict an honest and fascinating exploration of the subject matter.
On the other hand, Ultrasound is a story about a relationship – that is the universal element of the show. But what we see is more of a hyperbolized summary of what an unhealthy relationship looks like, rather than the heart-in-my-throat impact I was hoping for. The couple has some sweet and tender moments and some moments of downright frustration, but their relationship as a whole seems as though it is missing a core.
I wondered throughout the whole show why Miranda (Elizabeth Morris) would ever be in love with her husband Alphonse (Chris Dodd) in the first place. I wanted to care about Alphonse. I wanted a moment where I could say "Ah, there's the man she fell in love with." Instead, we get the stereotypical unlovable coward for practically the entire duration of the show.
Here's the story:
Miranda is hard of hearing. Alphonse is deaf. The two communicate through signing.
Now, this couple has the typical "Honey, I'm home," patriarchal relationship. He is the breadwinner. She is an artist who is home much of the time. He arrives home from work and she helps him remove his blazer as he asks her what she's making for dinner. And he is quite the control freak to boot.
Miranda is insistent on having a child. It's all she wants to talk about. But Alphonse is very hesitant, evading her bombardment of questions time and time again, and we soon learn about his greatest fear: that he will have a hearing child and become a terrible father who is incapable of love because he feels disconnected from his baby.
And so ensues Alphonse's backstory. We hear about the abuse he endured as a child because of his deafness and we hear about the friend who influences his perspectives on the struggles of preserving deaf culture and not bringing a hearing child into the world.
And it's disturbing, really, because these situations are real, affective and traumatizing.
That's why this dialogue matters. It takes us right into unsettling territory. It makes us feel dirty and uncomfortable and that's how we know it's doing its job.
As for the design elements in the show, Trevor Schwellnus' set and lighting designs, paired with Cameron Davis' projections, are effective in complementing the mood of each scene, while keeping the main focus on the characters' unravelling relationship.
The stage is dressed with layers of scrim, lit from the front or back depending on the scene, which works well at transporting the characters through various locations, times of day, and types of weather, without the grand scene transitions.
The scrim is also used as a backdrop to project the subtitles onto (also designed by Schwellnus), which works well most of the time, save for a few instances where we lose a word behind an actor's head.
All in all, Ultrasound is successful at diving head-first into powerful subject matter that deserves the spotlight. Where the onstage relationship may seem to be a stretch from the truth, the conversation is anything but.
Presented by Cahoots Theatre & Theatre Passe Muraille and directed by Marjorie Chan, Ultrasound is playing at Theatre Passe Muraille's Mainspace until May 15. For more information, visit passemuraille.ca.


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Nikky Hall of Polkadoodles fame, has brought out yet another winning collection called "Horace and Boo" and have been very lucky to be given the chance to play with the collection. Before I show you my first project, Nikky is also offering a 25% discount on the new collection ...
plus there are now TWO competitions running on the Polkadoodles Facebook page
So without further ado, here is my first project ...
I have used lots of the pre-coloured embellishments, matting and layering them on to pennants/banners. I used one of the toppers, as my focal point, raising it with 3D foam. The rosette has been printed twice, in different sizes and layered on top of each other.
The wonderful sentiment is also in the collection and I have printed it to create a banner/pennant, mounting it and placing it under the "dad". I found the letters to make "dad" in a folder tucked away and coloured them black to match the other sentiment.
If you get the chance, pop over to the Facebook page and check out all the other fabulous inspirational projects by the DT.
I'm off to make something to eat as just realised I haven't eaten anything today ... yep, that includes chocolate too!
Happy Easter everyone,
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Sunday, 16 April 2017
Have a dog-gone great day ...
2 comments:
- CRAZYCRAFTSHED said...
Gorgeous card Lou thank you for joining us over on
Crafty Catz
Dianne xx
- 18 April 2017 at 15:53
- Diane Louise J said...
Hello Lou… Thanks for sharing your card with us at Crafty Friends Challenge Blog… your Dog card is absolutely lovely, so cute and it fits perfectly with our 'Animals/Birds' challenge theme… hope you can join us next time and good luck in the draw.
[Diane Louise, Team Leader for Crafty Friends Challenge Blog]
- 19 April 2017 at 21:32
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When Barack Obama meets Tuesday in Philadelphia with governors of both parties, an added dimension of the credit crisis and financial meltdown will come into focus. We have heard a lot about the collapse of housing prices, the threatened or actual bankruptcy of many banks and the rise in unemployment. Individuals, families and companies of all sizes have been clobbered by these events.
When Barack Obama meets Tuesday in Philadelphia with governors of both parties, an added dimension of the credit crisis and financial meltdown will come into focus. We have heard a lot about the collapse of housing prices, the threatened or actual bankruptcy of many banks and the rise in unemployment. Individuals, families and companies of all sizes have been clobbered by these events.
What the governors will point out to the president-elect is that most of their budgets are in such trouble that they might not be able to meet their responsibilities to their citizens. When Obama puts his economic rescue plan together later this month, he will have to build in significant aid to state and local governments, lest they add to the public woes by slashing their own spending to meet the constitutional requirements for balanced budgets in most states.
Living in Chicago, Obama is already well aware of the problem. His willingness to call this meeting less than a month into the transition period has been welcomed by governors of both parties. Veteran officials cannot recall a similarly early summit of governors and a newly elected president.
When I spoke with Gov. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, the head of the Democratic Governors Association, the other day, he was effusive in his praise of Obama for reaching out to the governors of both parties. Manchin's state voted for Hillary Clinton in last spring's Democratic primary and for John McCain in November. But he insisted that Obama had gone more than halfway in involving governors during the campaign, and now in the transition.
Manchin said he had advised other governors to be prepared when they meet Obama on Tuesday to talk in specifics about the biggest challenges facing their states. "I don't want to see us going there with our hands out," he said. "I want us ready to roll up our sleeves and go to work with Washington."
That is brave talk, but the reality is that state and local governments from one end of the country to the other are hurting badly. On Monday, the National Governors Association and the National Conference of State Legislatures are holding a bipartisan phone-in news conference to "outline the current fiscal situation and urge Congress and the next administration to provide a recovery package that will spur job growth, support infrastructure projects and ease the burden of Medicaid costs."
The House passed such a measure recently, but it died under threat of a Bush veto. It is almost a certainty that Obama will support and sign such a bill.
The help is urgently needed. In Philadelphia, where Obama and the governors will meet, Mayor Michael Nutter announced recently that he is closing 11 libraries, laying off 220 workers, eliminating another 600 unfilled positions, postponing a promised tax cut and slicing his own salary by 10 percent.
In Obama's Chicago, Mayor Richard Daley, looking at a budget shortfall of almost half a billion dollars, has called for hundreds of layoffs. In Atlanta, the fire department is losing people. In Seattle, it's housing for the homeless that is taking a hit. New York, where Wall Street has hemorrhaged jobs, measures its shortfall in the billions and is whacking education, police and almost every other service.
The forced cutbacks in state and local spending hit the most vulnerable of our fellow citizens. And they damage the prospects for a strong and swift economic recovery.
The federal government is following the Keynesian blueprint by rapidly increasing its spending and letting deficits explode past the trillion-dollar mark in hopes of stimulating the private economy. But if declining tax revenues and increasing Medicaid and welfare payments force state and local governments to cut back, that will work against the stimulus.
Obama and the governors are in this together. It is good that they are meeting now, and important that their dialogue continues when he takes office.
David S. Broder writes for the Washington Post Writers Group.


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3. The camera definitely isn't going to get any more zoomed out. If anything, I was worried it was too zoomed out already.
The size of the viewport is different by screen resolution, though, so if you play with something later than 1280x720, what the screens and video are at, then it will seem further away. Like with ai war, that will also harm performance somewhat and will probably male the text smaller, though. I think some of the disconnect in that video might be that he is just constant surrounded by massive objects. The trees and office buildings are to real life scale, not game scale, in there. Compared to a 2d Zelda game, at that screen resolution ts actually more zoomed out than them. Hope that makes sense!
If we weren't going for your money, you wouldn't have gotten as much value for it!Oh, wait... *causation loop detonates*
I like the painted style for trees and such. Nice approach. I am confused by how our intrepid hero acquired jeans, a hoodie, and some stylish sneakers. Did he chip them out of glacial ice? I was expecting more along the lines of robes and armor. Not that this is a bad thing, it just adds to the anachronistic techno-magical setting.
- Will the ground tiles be "known" to the procedural generation scripts? (so that grass is not placed on concrete etc.?)
Will there be multiple layers of "things" possible to be generate by the scripts? (Base layer = Terrain | Layer 1 -> Dirt/rocks/Tinting of Base layer -> Layer 2 - Plants small -> Layer 3 -> plants large ?
What about terrain shading? Tile based approach only allows terrain shading if you blend shading elements over them before applying the plants, so its important procedural generation can be done in layers and stages....
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With all 3 elements being interlinked in 1 procedural chunk (so that that element can be procedurally spawned according to certain rules but always in the same "layout" ?
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Swimming with Fishes by Rasheda Ashanti Malcolm: Jacaranda Books, 2017
Having never read a Caribbean novel, I was intrigued by Rasheda Ashanti Malcolm's
Swimming with Fishes, especially after researching the author and the publisher, Jacaranda Books. In a 'Question and Answer' piece published on Jacaranda's website, Malcolm claims that the inspiration to write her debut novel came from 'listening to women across generations talking about the lack of genuine love'. From this, the novel falls straight into the romance genre, however, it takes on interesting and realistic twists along the way.
The protagonists, Kat and Ben, fall passionately in love while Ben is on a business trip to Kat's native home, Jamaica. Though Kat and Ben's island love appears to fill Malcolm's void of 'genuine love', as in true life, love is not that simple and their affair grows beyond either of their expectations. Malcolm's development of realistic character is admirable as the novel unveils the significant secrets that Kat and Ben hide from each other, including Kat's struggles with sickle cell anaemia and the fact that Ben is married. The character's secrets may be complicated, but the plot is simple to follow and I like to think that the large number of chapters flipping back and forth from Ben's life in London to the Meadows in Jamaica mirror Ben's heart, confused and split between two women and two countries.
Malcolm presents the reader with an interesting female perspective in Ben's wife, Claire. By giving her such a large role in the novel, Claire's character is well established and it is
impossible to ignore her position as the 'right' woman for Ben, no matter how much the
reader would like to route for Kat and Ben's impulsive island love. Malcolm's creative descriptions of the Meadows, including the sand, sea, the smell of flowers and even Jamaican foods, allows the reader to be pulled along with Kat and Ben's island romance, even with the reality of London edging closer within the next chapter. This irresistible nature of love is put up for questioning multiple times throughout the novel and through characters such as Kat's mother, Miss Ruthie and her relationship with Old Man Jaguar, and even the village gossip, Nellie Potato.
Overall, Malcolm's debut novel is an enjoyable read, focusing on relatable and relevant issues within modern day romance.
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Government should review its medium-term fiscal strategy, the Economic Survey recommended on Friday, an indication of the challenge Finance Minister Arun Jaitley faces to raise pay for government employees and bail out banks without increasing borrowing.
The Economic Survey, which sets the scene for Jaitley's third annual budget on Monday, forecast that the Indian economy would grow by between 7.0 percent and 7.75 percent in the 2016/17 fiscal year that starts on April 1.
Although Asia's third-largest economy has overtaken China's as the world's fastest-growing, weak business investment and a growing bad loan problem will compel Prime Minister Narendra Modi to keep the spending taps open to deliver on his promise of jobs for India's 1.3 billion people.
The government will need to cover the estimated $16 billion cost of a once-in-a-decade pay and pensions hike for federal employees. The report also put the cost of recapitalising banks at $26 billion in the coming years.
Although the government will stick to its budget deficit target of 3.9 percent of gross domestic product in the year drawing to a close, the coming year will be "challenging" from a fiscal point of view, the report said.
The report, written by economic adviser Arvind Subramanian, said that "credibility and optimality" argued in favour of sticking to next year's deficit target of 3.5 percent of GDP but left room for an upward revision.
"The time is right for a review of the medium-term fiscal framework," the text, handed out to in parliament, said.
Subramanian has called previously for increasing the deficit, only to be rebutted by central bank governor Raghuram Rajan who argues that India should keep its power dry in case the weakening world economy tips into a recession.
Raising pay for 10 million federal employees would not destabilise prices, the report said. Low inflation had taken hold and confidence in price stability had improved.
Inflation is expected to decline to 4.5 percent to 5.0 percent in the 2016/17 fiscal year, within the Reserve Bank of India's target, while the current account deficit would remain low at 1.0 percent to 1.5 percent of gross domestic product.


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Solving the Rubik's Cube of Egypt's court verdicts
Nathan Brown has read the recent, controversial verdicts of Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court (official text here) and has kindly sent this initial take — helping us common mortals make sense of the world's most constitutionally complicated political transition. My own basic take is this: legal victory for the Brotherhood and its allies, but much to use for the opposition for its campaign of delegitimization.
On 2 June, the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) issued three rulings—one on the constitutionality of the Maglis al-Shura election law; one on the Constituent Assembly law; and one on a provision of the Emergency Law. It struck down all three, but the implications confused many observers. That is not urprising--the legal questions are so complicated (with constitutions, constitutional declarations flying through the air, cancelling, contradicting, and clarifying each other) that the Court had to spend a lot of time figuring out what the relevant constitutional text was and how to apply its rulings. The judgment on the Constituent Assembly in particular reads a bit like a Rubik's Cube.
What follows are some brief notes based on an initial reading of the verdicts. This is a very quick set of reactions based on a first reading of the decisions. I hope readers will forgive any resulting errors of emphasis or interpretation.
The overall impact of the rulings is clear:
1. The 2012 constitution is the law of the land. Khalas. It was approved and there's nothing that the SCC can do about it. The SCC had been treating the document as authoritative in past rulings, so this was no surprise. But the Court made explicit what was already very clearly implicit in its rulings.
But the tone of these rulings was new. In the earlier rulings, it simply applied the 2012 text without comment. This time it is not silent. Yes, the constitution is in effect. But the SCC seems—well, unhappy. Its attitude sometimes comes off as institutional modesty (what are we judges supposed to do in the face of the will of the voters?), sometimes as resignation (the 2012 constitution is there; what can we do about it?), and sometimes as barely muffled outrage (this constitution is like something the cat dragged in: ugly and mangled, but something we have to deal with.)
2. The law by which the Maglis al-Shura law was elected is unconstitutional. But because the current Maglis was specifically named by the 2012 constitution as having legislative authority in the absence of the Maglis al-Nuwwab (the lower house of parliament), it is protected—or at least gets a stay of execution until the first meeting of the Maglis al-Nuwwab after which its protection expires and the judgment against its constitutional legitimacy can be carried out.
This ruling has frustrated people as contradictory. Perhaps I've been working on this too long. It makes sense to me.
The implications of this:
- One of the first things the Maglis al-Nuwwab will have to do is write a new Maglis al-Shura election law. Egypt's transition goes on and on. And that will have to be submitted to the SCC which may then find fault with it… and so on. It's quite likely Egyptians will be trudging back to the polls until late 2014 before all their constitutional structures are in place.
- The early speculation that the SCC was explicitly saying that the Maglis al-Shura could no longer legislate is just plain wrong.
- In fact, just the opposite: there seems to be a clear if implicit endorsement of the claim that the Maglis al-Shura DOES have the authority to pass laws. (There is a separate argument about whether the Maglis al-Shura can set its own agenda or only discuss laws submitted to it by authorized bodies. The tenor but not the text of the ruling seems to point against restricting the Maglis al-Shura's legislative role).
3. The Constituent Assembly law was unconstitutional. But so what? The legal effect will be to allow legal challenges to proceed against a body that doesn't exist anymore.
That much is clear. But now things get complicated, though with no real effect on the bottom line. The law struck down was written after the Constituent Assembly was elected. So striking down the law would not have dissolved the Assembly even if the Assembly were still there. It would have just tossed the matter back to the administrative court to consider the challenge to the Assembly. The reasoning of the ruling is that the law unconstitutionally tried to immunize the Constituent Assembly from the Courts. So again, all this ruling does is allow the administrative courts to consider the cases against the Assembly. Given point number 1 above, I don't think that will lead anywhere.
But the SCC also took a swipe by seeming to endorse the reasoning by which the administrative court dissolved the first Constituent Assembly and may have dissolved the second had it been able. The legal objection was that the Assembly contained elected parliamentarians. Not only does the SCC accept this, the way the court states the objection suggests that the fact that Assembly no longer contained sitting parliamentarians after the parliament was dissolved (and the Maglis al-Shura members offered their resignation) would have made no difference. In other words, the Assembly would have been a goner had any court been able to rule in time. The SCC endorses the argument (a bit of a stretch, I think) that the constitutional declaration's silence on allowing MPs to be in the CA *required* that the CA exclude them.
4. The final ruling on the emergency law does not matter that much right now. The state of emergency is not in effect. But this is an area the SCC did not dare to tread in the Mubarak years. Some justices wanted to, I think, but they thought it would be the end of the SCC if they did so. Now the emergency law is fair game for the SCC. Let's see where this moves—especially since some lingering effects of past states of emergency are still in effect (with some in prison and others being tried for alleged offenses during the emergency)
5. One other interesting sub-theme: the SCC has treated the various constitutional declarations with some discomfort. It has cited them in past decisions but often tried to avoid relying on them. I read these decisions differently: there is explicit reference to the "revolution" – I could be wrong, but I don't remember the SCC using that term before. The implication is that the irregular constitutional changes from February 2011 forward have revolutionary legitimacy… or at least some of them. There is respectful reference to the March 2011 amendments and the SCAF-issued constitutional declarations. But there is a deliberate if ineffectual cloud placed squarely over Morsi's constitutional declarations—the SCC explicitly withholds judgment on whether those were legitimate or not.


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After a very cold night in Upper Melamchi, we made an early start. There was snow on the trail, but we arrived at the Riverside Resort Guest House in the river gorge in less than three hours. There are rocks all around the area, which have religious significance to the Buddhists, and relate, mostly, to Guru Rinpoche. Unfortunately, many of the people who know the cultural history of this valley and its migrations have died or moved away. This is too bad, since it was an oral tradition and very little has been written down for posterity.
We walked from the plateau just below the forest edge down this steep mountain slope to the bottom where the Melamchi River flows…
One of the huge rocks and a stupa in front of the guest house.
After lunch Ram started washing his hair and most of his body in the frigid stream running nearby. I could not believe it! The water must have been freezing, but that didn't deter him or Saila from an extensive grooming process. I preferred to be warm and dirty. Sobeit.
The afternoon was spent hiking to another Guru Rinpoche Cave–a husky trek into the woods through an overgrown path.
Here is a close-up of the impression made by the Rinpoche's hat.
After our hike, we enjoyed a fabulous meal cooked by the son of the owner (not too spicy this time). Sitting in the large kitchen, where several village men had gathered to drink homemade millet wine, we reveled in the warmth of the large wood-fed stove and enjoyed taking part in the joviality. Just before bedtime the hostess appeared with a small hand mirror and gave it to me. I had pointed to my hair, earlier, and she got the message. It's hard for a Westerner to realize that such things as mirrors are not considered a necessary part of a guest room.
We stood on a knoll near the big rock and watched the stars. The sky was aglow, never more beautiful. It seemed as if every tiny pinprick of light was a part of a massive milky Way. Maybe it was. The picture was indelible.
Early the next morning, as we were finishing breakfast on the patio, the two adorable boys we had met two days before coming back from school returned to say goodbye, and brought with them two more children. We are, indeed, a curiosity! They were all spiffed up in their school uniforms and the boys had their hair slicked down. I noticed how they glanced periodically up the hill as if waiting for someone. And they were. We discovered that an older sister was supposed to accompany them across the river and up the hill to school. After waiting awhile, they took off across the bridge, undeterred by their heavy backpacks and metal lunch containers (probably for warm food like dal), and waving at us as they went. You should have seen that bridge! It had missing planks and large holes in it. It was all I could do to get across it. And there they were, fairly dancing their way along.
Would you want your child to tackle that bridge? Yikes!
We followed the children and, shortly thereafter, caught up with them. What fun we all had walking to school together.
Cary going up the Primrose Path with the children.
The older sister finally arrived and spoke with us for some time. She clearly enjoyed practicing her English. As she left us, she stood at the gate of the school, turned around and said, "I am so happy today!" That smile will remain in my heart forever. A happy little girl, full of life….
The scenery as we walked along the hillside above the river and down the valley was varied–from a backyard paper-making enterprise to a fish hatchery to farmers and their wives building additions onto their houses or plowing the fields. Everybody was working very hard. We even visited a Buddhist nunnery and a famous cave of the Tibetan yogi Milarepa, arriving just minutes before a high lama and his huge contingent. The trail was initially very rocky and challenging until we made our way down closer toward the river, after which we had a relaxing walk to Thimbu, the small village where we had expected to stay overnight. But that wasn't to be. No room at the inn. So we continued on, not know how long we would have to walk in the approaching dusk. Just down the river at another hamlet we found excellent accommodations on the roof of the River Side Guest House. Hallelujah!
Here is a slideshow capturing some of these scenes.
Our last night at the River Side was hilarious. We were ushered into a fancy dining room as is traditional for foreign customers. Looking around at the empty room, Cary said, "Take us to where the action is!" whereupon a nonplussed owner led us to the bustling and ample kitchen that also served as a general store, with its gaggle of men, some playing stringed instruments. The cutting and chopping and cooking took our breath away and pleased our palates. What fun!
Something I noticed that had been bothering me over the years was a cultural phenomenon I had seen elsewhere in Nepal, but had never heard overtly expressed. There is a hierarchy of service that is very evident. The guests are served first, the visitors from town second, the staff (guides and porters) third, and the owners and cooks last. And the joyousness and hospitality never stop. You ask if they make nettle soup, and they make it for you on the spot. You can order all manner of vegetable dishes and watch them be prepared with alacrity and skill.
We had an especially good time talking with the hostess about her passion for educating the girls in the community. She was proud of the fact that her father, a school teacher, had insisted that all the girls in his family be educated, despite local tradition. We also discussed the courageous Nobel prize winner, Malali, who has inspired women worldwide. She spoke to us about the little boy who helps around the house…an orphan she and her husband have taken in and are raising as their son. Meeting hard-working people like this, who have a vision for their people and want to share ideas, is what makes travel such an inspiration.
Not only did we host an enormous spider in our room that night, but we were awakened by a mild earthquake at 11 pm. We heard the news of it the next day in Kathmandu. Heaven help us if that third floor had catapulted into the river. Everyone knew that a major earthquake was predicted, so it caused a great deal of worry and concern. And then, we all know what happened last Apil.
We took a leisurely walk to lower Melamchi where we enjoyed a good meal in the bustling bazaar. I got a kick out of a group of women who were bathing a baby, pouring pitchers of water over him and scrubbing him to within an inch of his life. He seemed to be oblivious and took the whole process in stride.
Our car arrived shortly after noon and we started on another bumpy ride over rutted roads, this time taking the high route and enjoying five hours of mountain scenery. Here are some final shots as we wound our way home and greeted our old haunts, Kathmandu and Boudhanath.
Cary and I are off to India and Nepal on November 18. We're filled with excitement and trepidation, but eager, as always, to return to Asia. Stay tuned….


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Dabrah of Fickle Muse has asked a good question, one that puzzles many, including me not all that long ago. It's about the difference between a fiddle and a violin.
Well, the instrument is exactly the same. It's the style of play that's different. Fiddlers play jigs and reels and hornpipes and such: frequently, though not always, at great pace. Violinists play in symphony orchestras etc. That's an incomplete answer, but I think it gives one the general idea. I think we all recognize fiddling when we hear it, but here are two clip of Natalie McMaster, Canada's most famous fiddler. We have tons of great fiddlers but she's the one who everybody knows. In he first, she plays at the Hollywood Bowl. In the second she demonstrates a song at a fiddling school.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
About Fiddling
Posted by Anvilcloud at 6:00 am
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- KGMom said...
It's all in how you play it?
Well, puts me in mind of writing--prose and poetry both use words--it's all in how you play them!
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- KGMom said...
Sorry about the "comment deleted"--that was me. Oh, really--that was BLOGGER--decided to get snippy and not post, so I hit POST again. Well, you can guess the rest--got TWO identical comments. So, I deleted the one.
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- womaninawindow said...
You know, I just finally got the difference this year.
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Rowan Blanchard, Austin North, G. Hannelius, Aly & AJ Michalka, Katharine McNamara, Rita Ora and Rumer Willis attend The 22nd Annual Race To Erase MS Event held at Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City, California. Photos: FameFlynet.
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[photo courtesy of Fred Pessaro, complete set at brooklynvegan]
About six months ago, acidjack arranged to record METZ' first trip to NYC as an opener in a small venue. Unfortunately, that recording never came to fruition, but the band remembered us. Here they are a short time later signed to Sup Pop, a big hit at CMJ last month, and in NYC last week where they sold out two consecutive weekday shows. We saw the second of the two shows, at the Knitting Factory last Tuesday. And what a show it was. METZ came out with an abundant amount of energy and kept it going for the entire set. The band played virtually their entire new self-titled record, and what I believe was one new song. Their music has been described as post-punk, grunge and noise-rock, but of all their name-an-influence bands, I hear Mission of Burma the most. And of all of the post-punk trios with which to be compared, you can't get much better than MOB. And METZ deserves it, they're that good.
I recorded this set with the Sennheiser Cards mixed with an excellent board feed provided by Knit engineer Devin. The sound quality of this recording is superb. Enjoy!
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Knitting Factory
Brooklyn, NY USA
Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix
Soundboard + Sennheiser 8040 Cardioids > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2 x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and tagging via Foobar)
Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper 2012-11-27
[Total Time 36:08]
01 Knife in the Water
02 Negative Space
03 [banter]
04 Get Off
05 [new song]
06 Wasted
07 Sad Pricks
08 Headache
09 Rats
10 The Mule
11 [banter – thanks]
12 Wet Blanket
If you download this recording from NYCTaper, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT METZ, visit their Sub Pop page, and purchase their self-titled debut album from Sub Pop Records [HERE].


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Jericho Farms has over 300 acres of field grown stock ranging from 1 1/2" - 5" trees, and 5' - 12' evergreens, crape myrtles and birch. The following database lists what plants we grow. Double check with our availability list to confirm availability for your planting date.
Please know that we do not recommend out of season digging
Common Name: Maple, Trident
Maple, Trident is a small, round, low spreading tree that has glossy green leaves with pale green undersides. It has orange to red fall color. The new growth is often times a rich bronse color. The bark eventually becomes exfoliating and scaley which...
Common Name: Maple, Armstrong
Maple, Armstrong is a fastigate(upright) variety of red maple. It has leaves that are more similar to silver maple than red maple due to the deeply cut sinuses and silvery undersides. This is a good cultivar where a tall but narrow tree is needed, ho...
Common Name: Maple, Brandywine
Maple, Brandywine has a moderately columnar canopy. it has dark green foliage that turns red in the fall and then a brilliant purple-red as the days get shorter....
Common Name: Maple, Red Sunset
Maple, Red Sunset is one of the best red maple cultivars available. It has excellent fall foliage and colors earlier than other cultivars....
Common Name: Maple, October Glory
Maple, October Glory is the most asked for of the red maple cultivars that we grow. It has a good oval - rounded canopy with lustrous dark green leaves that hold their green color a little longer than other varieties but does eventually turn a brilli...
Common Name: Maple, Autumn Blaze
Maple, Autumn Blaze is an upright branching tree with an oval shaped canopy. It has a brilliant orange-red fall color that is rather long lasting. It is a great tree to put the hammock under for a Saturday afternoon nap....
Common Name: Serviceberry, Auumn Brilliance
Serviceberry, Auumn Brilliance will grow to 20 to 25 feet tall. It has white flowers, edible fruit, persistent leaves and brillient red fall color.We get requests for multiple stemmed as well as single stemmed plants.The plant is a good selection for...
Common Name: Dura Heat River Birch
Dura-Heat® River Birch is a cultivated variety of the native river birch. The leaves are slightly smaller than those of the species and are a glossy, deep olive green turning to yellow in autumn. The bark exfoliates at an early age and is very li...
Common Name: Cypress, Leyland
Leyland Cypress is a fast growing coniferous evergreen growing to 40 feet tall and 10 feet wide. It has a pyramidal habit. This plant has a very rapid growth rate and is widely used as a screening plant. It can also be used as a very stately specimen...
Common Name: Redbud, Eastern
Redbud, Eastern is a small tree with the trunk devided close to the ground forming a wide spreading, flat topped to rounded canopy. It has reddish purple flower buds that open to rose pink in March and April. This plant is a multi-use plant that can ...
Common Name: Redbud, Forest Pansy
Forest Pansy Redbud ia a smaller growing, deciduous tree whith very handsome, purple, heart shaped leaves and deep rose pink flowers in late winter to early spring. The new growth is a shimmering reddish purple but tends to fade as it matures. This f...
Common Name: Redbud, Oklahoma
Redbud, Oklahoma is a smaller growing form of the eastern redbud and tends to have thicker stems with leathery, lustrous green leaves with a wavy leaf margin. It is a good choice for use in a mixed border, as a specimen tree, and it works well in nat...
Common Name: Cryptomeria, Yoshino
Yoshino Cryptomeria is a handsome, fast growing, evergreen tree with bluish green needled foliage that turns a bit bronze in the winter. This is a good replacement for Leyland Cypress where a fast growing screen is desired. This can also be used as a...
Common Name: Holly, Foster
Foster Holly is a dense, narrow to conical evergreen with narrow, spiny leaves. Foster Hollies are known to fruit heavily and are a good selection for use as specimens, foundation plantings for large buildings, and as screens....
Common Name: Holly, Nellie R Stevens
Nellie Stevens Holly is an upright, dense, pyramidal growing evergreen with deep green, spiny foliage. THe plant developes fruit which turns red in autumn and often times persists through much of the winter. This is a superior selection for screening...
Common Name: Cedar, Eastern Red
Eastern Red Cedar is an upright, pyramidal to broad spreading evergreen that is native to much of the eastern half of the United States. Eastern Red Cedar is a good choice for screens, windbreaks, and as a specimen....
Common Name: Crapemyrtle, Biloxi
Biloxi Crepe Myrtle is an upright growing, small tree that is usually multistemmed. Biloxi Crepe Myrtle has pale pink panicle flowers from July to September and its foliage turns orange red in the fall and it also has attractive exfoliating bark whic...
Common Name: Crapemyrtle, Muskogee
Muskogee Crepe Myrtle is one of the larger growing crepe myrtles. Muskogee is normally a multi stemmed tree with lavender pink flowers in the summer and foliage that turns red in autumn. The bark is gray to tan and adds to the winter interest of the ...
Common Name: Crapemyrtle, Natchez
Natchez Crepe Myrtle is a small growing, deciduous, multi-stemmed tree with a multitude of white flowers in the summer that are so numerous that they cause the branches of the tree to gracefully weep over. The foliage of the tree turns orangish red i...
Common Name: Crapemyrtle, Sarah's Favorite
Common Name: Crapemyrtle, Sioux
Sioux Crepe Myrtle is an upright, multistemmed, large shrub or small tree with deep pink flowers through out the summer and foliage that turns red in fall. The bark on the trunk and older branches exfoliates to reveal a light grayish brown color. Sou...
Common Name: Crapemyrtle, Tonto
Common Name: Crapemyrtle, Tuscarora
Tuscarora Crepe Myrtle is a medium size grower that has 5 to 12 inch long and 4 to 8 inch wide, deep coral pink, panicle flowers and foliage that turns orangish red in autumn. Tuscarora Crepe Myrtle has attractive, mottled, light brown bark. Tuscaror...
Common Name: Crapemyrtle, Pink Velour
Pink Velour® Crepe Myrtle is a medium size grower with deep pink flowers through the summer and new growth that is a deep red wine color that is most apparent in the spring. Pink Velour® Crepe Myrtle is a good selection for the mixed border, corners ...
Common Name: Crapemyrtle, Red Rocket
Red Rocket® Crepe Myrtle is a small growing deciduous tree that gets large, cherry red, panicle flowers in the summer and the new growth is a deep crimson red. The red flowers may fleck white on cooler, cloudy days.
Common Name: American Sweetgum
American Seetgum is a native, large growing, deciduous tree with an oblong to rounded crown at maturity. American Sweetgum has 5 to 7 lobed, star shaped leaves that are lustrous green above and pale green underneath turning to a deep red to maroon in...
Common Name: Fruitless Sweetgum
Fruitless Sweetgum is a fruitless version of our native sweetgum. Fruitless Sweetgum seems to grow more narrow than the species but as tall. The leaves are lobed like the species but the lobes are rounded as opposed to pointed. As the name suggests, ...
Common Name: Tulip Poplar
Tulip Poplar is one of the taller growing native tree in our forests and woods. It is a very straight growing tree with a columanar habit. Tulip Poplar has flowers in the spring that are tulip shaped followed by large, emerald green leaves that are s...
Common Name: Magnolia, Little Gem
Little Gem Magnolia is the smallest growing of the commercially available southern magnolias. Little Gem Magnolia grows more like a large shrub than with a central leader. Little Gem has smaller leaves that are lustrous dark green with bronze backs a...
Common Name: Magnolia, Sweet Bay/Virginia
Common Name: Wax Myrtle
Common Name: Black Gum
Common Name: Pine, Loblolly
Common Name: Chinese Pistache
Common Name: Plum, KV
Common Name: Cherry, Kwanzan -
Common Name: Cherry, Snow Goose
Common Name: Cherry, Okame
Common Name: Cherry, Yoshino
Common Name: Pear, Cleveland Select
Common Name: Oak, Sawtooth
Common Name: Oak, Swamp White
Common Name: Oak, Overcup
Common Name: Oak, Nuttall
Common Name: Oak, Pin
Common Name: Oak, Willow
Common Name: Oak, Shumard
Common Name: Baldcypress
Bald Cypress is a deciduous tree that grows well in wet areas, but will tolerate dry and well drained soils as well. The trunk is attractive with fibrous bark, and a unique shape....
Common Name: Arborvitae, Green Giant
Arborvitae, Green Giant is a rapidly growing, evergreen. It is most often used in a screen planting.
Common Name: Elm, Chinese
Elm, Chinese is a fast growing deciduous tree. It is has a rounded canopy, showy exfoliating bark, and yellow-orange-red fall color....
Common Name: Elm, Allee
Elm, Allee is a deciduous tree with a vase shaped, arching branch habit. It has beautiful exfoliating bark. Fall color is orange-rust....
Common Name: Elm, Bosque
Elm, Bosque is a fast growing deciduous tree with a pyrmidal growth habit. It has exfoliating bark, with a yellow-orange-red fall color....
Common Name: Zelkova, Green Vase
Zelkova, Green Vase is a deciduous tree with upright arching branches. It is often used as a street tree


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The Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN) is a collaborative team of doctors, nurses, research coordinators, medical facilities and patient support organizations. The ChiLDReN Network has clinical sites and research labs in the US and Canada, and also includes a research lab in London. These sites are working together to improve the lives of children and families dealing with rare liver diseases
Check out this great resource for PFIC families
Joan M. Hines, MPH
Research Administrator,
Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN)
Cystic Fibrosis Liver Disease Network (CFLD)
The Child Liver Disease Foundation (CLDF) was formed in 1980 and is a unique national charity dedicated to taking action against the effects of all liver diseases of childhood. The CLDF is a comprehensive information hub for healthcare professionals and the general public. The CLDF provides a tailored support service for children and young adults with liver disease as well as for their families.
Child Liver Disease Foundation (CLDF)
36 Great Charles St,
Birmingham, B3 BJY
web: www.childliverdisease.org


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Another great project in the books, Richmond Hill Chinese Community Church has been an absolute pleasure to work with and as you can see a great success. We fully renovated the old sanctuary and on the lower level we created a kitchen and lounge which is well worth seeing if your are in the area.
Unfortunately, we rarely take anything but construction photos to show how well it turned out, I thought we should share anyway.


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Tulsa, Oklahoma 74145
6:30am to 6:00pm
Blossom in East Tulsa opened its doors in 1992, marking our first location in Tulsa. Serving the Eastern Tulsa community on 48th and Mingo, we are conveniently located off the Broken Arrow expressway. This location is licensed for 94 children. Blossom as East Tulsa is diverse with positive energy!
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Shadow of the Colossus still missing in action
[Update: Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida tells Kotaku Tretton's statements were misleading and The Last Guardian is still in active development.]
The Last Guardian is "on hiatus," Sony Computer Entertainment boss Jack Tretton confirmed to Game Trailers following the title's absence at PlayStation's E3 media briefing. "We got so many projects out there from so many great teams," Tretton said. "Projects never ultimately go away. The Last Guardian is certainly not going away, but it's on hiatus right now."
The long-awaited follow-up to Shadow of the Colossus and Ico was first announced at E3 in 2009 but has since been mired with delays. Previously, creative director Fumito Ueda assured fans he would "continue working on The Last Guardian as a freelance contributor," following his departure from Sony's Japan Studio. Just as we heard this time last year, it'll be ready when it's ready.
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A heavy pounding rattled the door of the penthouse hotel suite and roused Grayson Taylor early Friday morning. His heart hammering, he jumped from the bed, disoriented, but prompted by the banging, he rushed to the door. He looked through the peephole and rubbed his eyes. Pressing his eye to the door again, he studied the man on the other side.
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Friday May 4, 2018 : Softball
Eunice, La
Lady Bears concluded the 2017-2018 season with a pair of losses to nationally ranked LSUE Lady Bengals. It was not the ending that we would have liked but this group of young ladies fought to the very end. Lady Bengals earned a shutout victory in game one, 6 to 0. In game two, the Lady Bears lose their lead late to fall 5 to 4.
In game one, LSUE's Heather Zumo pitched a complete game shutout to earn the victory. She allowed six hits while striking out five. The Lady Bengals got on the board first with three runs in the first. They added two more runs in the second and one more in the sixth. Lady Bears could not control the high powered offense of LSUE as they scattered nine hits. Shelby Breaux got the loss for the Lady Bears as she pitched six innings, allowing 6 runs on 9 hits.
Game 1: Lady Bears Highlights :
Blayne Pence and Hallie Autin went 1 for 4
Taryn McNabb, Shelby McDonald and Sara Tate went 1 for 3
Sydnee McCall went 1 for 2 with 1 BB
In game two, the Lady Bears fell behind early and scratched back to take the lead but fell late to the Lady Bengals 5 to 4. LSUE scored two runs in the first to take an early lead. Baton Rouge took the lead in the third, with a four run inning. The inning began when Sydnee Davis would single to left field. Davis was driving in by a Heather Gardner single, for the Lady Bears first run. Renee Firmin would single; driving home Gardner to tie the game at two. Liz Davis would ground out but Savanna Orgeron, who walked to get on base, scored on the hit. Renee Firmin would then score on an error by the first basemen capping off the four run inning and taking a 4 to 2 lead. LSUE would tie the game, in the bottom of the frame, with two runs. In the bottom of the sixth, H. Godeaux would single in Doucet,who walked, to score the winning run. BRCC would go down in order, in the seventh, thus losing 5 to 4.
Game 2: Lady Bears Highlights:
Heather Gardner went 2 for 4 with 1 Run and 1 RBI
Renee Firmin went 1 for 3 with 1 Run and 1 RBI
Sydnee Davis went 1 for2 with 1 Run and 1BB
Baton Rouge finishes the season with a record of 9-31. Check our website and social media platforms throughout the summer for Lady Bears news.


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Press Release
From: General Dynamics
Posted: Friday, March 21, 2014
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (GD), was recently awarded a $26 million contract from Lockheed Martin to support the U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System (GPS) III Network Communications Element (NCE). The Air Force's next-generation GPS III satellites will improve position, navigation and timing services and provide advanced anti-jam capabilities yielding superior system security, accuracy and reliability.
"We bring more than a half-century of experience in the spacecraft communications and navigation domain to this program," said Kirstan Rock, vice president and general manager of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance at General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems. "We look forward to continuing working with Lockheed Martin to deliver high-quality, reliable and affordable solutions to the Air Force to advance their mission."
General Dynamics is already under contract with Lockheed Martin to produce the NCE for the first four GPS III space vehicles (SV01-SV04), as well as for the procurement of long lead material for the second set of four space vehicles (SV05-SV08). This follow-on contract provides General Dynamics with the funding to complete the NCE for SV05 and SV06. General Dynamics' NCE components provide the communications functions for the GPS III satellites, including the ground-to-space command and control channel, the space-to-space inter-satellite channel and the command and telemetry communications channels within each satellite. NCE components have been delivered for SV01 and SV02. The NCEs for SV03 and SV04 are scheduled for delivery by June 2014.
GPS III is a critically important program for the U.S. Air Force, affordably replacing the aging constellation of GPS satellites currently in orbit. Compared to prior GPS vehicles, GPS III satellites will deliver three times better accuracy, provide up to eight times more powerful anti-jamming capabilities and include enhancements that extend spacecraft life 25 percent further. GPS III-series satellites also will carry a new civil signal designed to be interoperable with other international global navigation satellite systems, enhancing civilian user connectivity.
For more information about General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, please visit www.gd-ais.com.
More information about General Dynamics is available at www.generaldynamics.com.
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