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Q. How early in life can a person fall in "real love"? Certainly by age 18 many of us have been truly smitten. What about age 13? Thirteen-year-old Juliet fell head-over-heels for Romeo. How about a 10-year-old, or even younger? J.L. Lewis
A. Falling in love can occur as early as the capacity to step outside of one's own sense of self and attach to another person or image of that person, says California State University-Los Angeles psychologist Stuart Fischoff.
Probably a first-grader, around age six, can love someone, so long as the child has moved away from being totally ego-centric. But there is no age limit on being ego-centric. So, people who are adults may be unable to really fall in love because they can't get out of their own need system– seeing a love object as something that can give to them but not something that they want to give to.
Six-year-old love may look like puppy love, but it's the real deal, Fischoff stresses. Many people confuse lust with love and can't imagine that a six- or 10-year-old can love. "They can, even if it doesn't last a long time. Love at any age can arrive and depart in short order because it's not love that makes long-term relationships, it's liking."
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Bachorowski of Vanderbilt and Michael J. Owren of Cornell studied young adults watching funny videos, they discovered that voiced laughter is not a vowellike tee-hee, ha-ha or ho-ho but a more neutral huh-huh. Grunts and snorts occur too, especially for men, and can be quite high-pitched– above a soprano's high C for males, an octave higher for females. Very high-pitched wheezing whistles are surprisingly common, possibly as air emerges from the larynx like steam from a tea kettle.
University of Maryland neuroscientist Robert Provine, author of Laughter: A Scientific Investigation, adds that some 80 percent of laughter has nothing to do with humor, instead punctuating statements like "Can I join you?" or "Are you sure?" Weirder still, by one tally speakers laugh 46 percent more than listeners in most social situations. Seriously.
Q. If genes are supposed to come 50-50 from both parents, why do some of us seem so strongly to take after Mom or Dad? T. Corbett
A. It's true Mendelian inheritance is basically symmetrical, but don't forget about "sex-linked" genes, on the X chromosome, says University of Wisconsin-Madison medical geneticist Carter Denniston. Females have two X's and males only one. All of a son's X-linked genes come from Mom, whereas a daughter's X-linked genes come equally from both parents. "So that's one possible source of asymmetry."
Also, some genes mask the effect of others, by "dominating" over them, such as certain eye colors or hair colors typically prevailing over others, instead of the two colors being averaged.
But more generally, says Denniston, the human traits that are most interesting to us are influenced by many genes and environmental factors acting together, presenting a very complex form of inheritance. Intelligence, height, personality, temperament, and mental disease are just a few of these. Here it is often the case that a child is not a simple average of his or her parents.
For these, probably the simplest source of asymmetry to understand is just plain chance: For example, you may happen to receive a group of genes that act together to promote musical talent. It was the luck of the draw. If Mom has more musical talent than Dad, you will resemble Mom in that respect. "Remember, if you flip a fair coin 50 times you expect to get EXACTLY 25 heads and 25 tails only about 11 percent of the time! For the rest, the result is not exactly symmetrical, and can be quite far from 50-50."
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So, you know how yesterday we were discussing how female Olympic athletes' uniforms seem expressly designed for maximum ogling? And how the women's swimsuits are just about the only uniforms that actually appear functional and comfortable?
Well, Simon Barnes has a problem with that. No, not with the ogling — with the swimsuits.
Those who have been watching the swimming at the Olympic Games could be forgiven for asking the obvious question. I mean: what's happened to women's breasts? Once, female swimming champions had them, now they don't. They have broad shoulders and wide chests, but no lumps on them. It's not quite as it should be. Is it masculinising drugs? Some kind of anti-cosmetic surgery? An early example of massed gene-doping?
No. It's the Speedo LZR Racer.
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Barnes goes on to explain that the compression suits improve performance and make things easier on the athletes' bodies — so, you know, he guesses it's okay. "You can always regain your femininity when you have wriggled out of the damn things after the race." Oh, hey, great point! I mean the one about how wearing functional, appropriate clothing to compete against other world-class athletes = a loss of femininity, of course. Thank god there's a cure! Just wriggle out of a wet swimsuit in front of a bunch of TV cameras, preferably flashing the boobs that were so confusingly compressed for a couple of minutes there!
And hey, didja know there actually have been boob flashes, y'all? Two Australian swimmers already had the suits come apart on them! AWESOME! (Which leads me to wonder: At some point, shouldn't the possibility of seeing naked boobs outweigh the lamentable lack of outlines in the LZR Racer? Get your priorities straight, Barnes!)
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IF you want the speed. As an Olympic athlete.
"Hmm, shall I go with the suit that's better for my body and will increase my chances of winning, or the one that will increase the pleasure of men staring at my tits while I compete in an event I've been training my fucking ass off for years? Crap, let me get back to you. That's a toughie."
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Sunday, May 17, 2009
Not Entirely Unexpected
About six or seven weeks ago, however, he told everyone that he and his girlfriend were going to get married. In June. And everyone asked "Is she pregnant?" but we were all assured that no, she wasn't.
No surprises, but yeah, she is.
I can barely wrap my head around it, let alone talk about it. Financially, they aren't all that secure. She works for a fast food restaurant and he works in a warehouse - their jobs are steady, but they don't pay well at all. She makes less per hour than I did when I had A 20 years ago.
I have so many concerns about this situation. I do not think they'll be bad parents, far from it. But I do worry about how financially stable they're going to be. It's nerve-wracking not having enough money; we're still having trouble catching up some months. I don't want A going thru that same thing, I want better for him.
And selfishly, I am not ready to be a grandmother. Just a couple of weeks ago, I was worried that I might be pregnant (which, given that That Canadian Boy I Married has been snipped, is highly unlikely, but 10 days late is 10 days late). And now my son's going to have a baby. It's fucking with my head. And yeah, yeah, I know, I'm being self-centered. This is pretty much the only place I can be like that, though. Here and the therapist's couch and boy, did she get an earful last week.
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Well, that's a lot to be dealing with. I totally see where you're coming from with your concerns - even the "self-centered" ones, about which I don't think you should feel guilty or apologetic because those are normal responses.
While I imagine this is not quite the way you had hoped things would go for A, I hope that it ultimately works out for the best.
In the meantime, virtual hugs to you as you try to come to terms with all of this.
- 17 May, 2009 10:21
- LauraJ said...
Once you come to terms with it all and accept the situation then you'll be ready to support them anyway tou can. It doesn't have to be financially either.
- 17 May, 2009 10:38
- Zazzy said...
I never had children, which is probably a good thing for me, but from time to time, someone my age will talk about their grandchildren. "You can't have grandchildren!" I think. Then I do the math.
Just that is enough to make my head explode. So, I think I understand at least a little. I don't think you're self-centered. It sounds a lot like you're human.
- 17 May, 2009 12:11
I don't blame ya, J! I'm sorry that you had to learn this way - and not up front the way they should have handled it. I was young, but not pregnant, when I married. Here's hoping that with good support and education, they'll make it through. I'm your age, so it would come as a shock to me as well - and I am living on the edge of teenagedom and young adulthood with my kids, and all I can say is, "There but for the Grace of God go I..." My thoughts and prayers are with you and your hub, and your son and his bride-to-be, and your new grandchild. I know that's a mouthful to say, but perhaps it will be a blessing and a joy for you NOT to raise another little one, and they'll both step up to the plate. Good luck!
- 17 May, 2009 12:17
- Jill said...
Oh wow! That's huge! Tough to wrap your head around, huh? You can always be honest here. No judgements. And if anyone decides to throw some shade your way, that's what the delete comment function is for!! All my best to your boy and his gf...
- 17 May, 2009 14:28
- kittenpie said...
Wow. That is huge. If they are determind, they could still do better, but that much is up to them and yes, it would be hard, that's for sure. I wish them all the luck.
- 17 May, 2009 16:18
- Ree said...
That's what we're here for, darlin.
I thought today - "Wow, I could be a grandmother"
Except for that whole Gay 25 year old stepson; brilliant 21 year old stepdaughter; and painfully shy 17 year old son thing I have going on here.
I won't offer to make you a shawl, though. (don't hate me, I'm just trying to bring levity to the situation...which, honestly, would freak me out, too. )
Financially, they'll figure it out. My 40 year old sister has 5 kids and works at Target. Her husband is unemployed. But they have a mortgage, and a car payment and somehow - are making it. Nothing extra, but no one is going hungry - there's a roof over their heads.
When Mr. Hot and I got married, we didn't have diddly. Shortman was born 3 weeks after our wedding. Still? Diddly.
But with the support (not financial, just mental) of my parents...we somehow made it. And if your son and his girlfriend love each other - they will too.
Yes, I'm rambling. Sorry.
- 17 May, 2009 18:52
- artsweet said...
I have one thing to say...
You may be going to be a grandma but...
blowing many kisses your way...
and much luck and stored up sleep the way of A. and his fiancee....
- 17 May, 2009 19:31
- rae ann said...
cut yourself some slack. you're totally allowed to freak out and feel all things selfish. it's normal and welcome in internet land. i think you're going to be okay though and i think you might even be a little bit surprised at how fast A will grow up and step up. you're a great mom and you're gonna rock the grandma thing!
- 17 May, 2009 19:36
- Timna said...
Wow. Just wow. A. is a great kid. He and the GF will figure it out. It may just be a bumpy ride...
- 17 May, 2009 21:05
- Green-Eyed Momster said...
I was surprised by how little we had when we had our son. People found out that we needed stuff and it just poured in. We didn't buy much for him and we made it work somehow. I guess I'm just used to being poor. 18 years later, we still struggle to make ends meet but somehow, we get through it. You'll be fine!! I can't wait to be a Grammy!! You can give them my address but give me a head's up if they plan on coming! I don't like surprises!! :)
Maybe I can make them a baby blanket? Let me know!!
- 17 May, 2009 23:11
- Heidi said...
Oh wow! When you're ready for it, congrats! Even if you're not ready for it until you're eventually snuggling the little baby, that's okay. Take your time. Sending wishes that they make it through and that your little girls keep you feeling young!
- 18 May, 2009 01:04
- Patois42 said...
Oh, that GILF had to have made you laugh. I'm you're age. Only one of my three is close to hitting puberty. So imagine me with young kids when I'm old enough to be a grandma. (Doesn't help, does it?)
- 18 May, 2009 10:04
- Josie said...
I can see this from both sides. I was only 20 and in University f/t when I got pregnant.
To say my Mom was less than impressed is a mild understatement.
And all your concerns are justified.
See my son will be 20 next yr and if he were to come and tell me his gf was preganant I would have the same feelings as you.
We always want better for our kids and sometimes the hardest part is watching them go thru some of the same struggles we did.
Know that he has a good head on his shoulders (you are his Mom after all) and he has you as a sounding board.
It will work out.
- 21 May, 2009 20:09
Yow. That's...scary and amazing. I agree with those who said that they'll figure it out--we all do, don't we? You don't have to feel selfish to think of how this will affect you--because it will! All you can do is love him/them and keep on truckin'. And know that you're probably going to go gaga over that baby when it comes. :)
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Also, be sure to check out my new ARC giveaway before you go (below my review!) Entries will be tallied and winners of POSSESS and THE UNBECOMING OF MARA DYER will be posted ASAP. That thingy I was working on before technical issues assaulted me kind of took up all my time. Blerg.
So, my review...
POSSESS by Gretchen McNeil
Summary: Fifteen-year-old Bridget Liu just wants to be left alone: by her mom, by the cute son of a local police sergeant, and by the eerie voices she can suddenly and inexplicably hear. Unfortunately for Bridget, it turns out the voices are demons – and Bridget has the rare ability to banish them back to whatever hell they came from.
Terrified to tell people about her new power, Bridget confides in a local priest who enlists her help in increasingly dangerous cases of demonic possession. But just as she is starting to come to terms with her new power, Bridget receives a startling message from one of the demons. Now Bridget must unlock the secret to the demons' plan before someone close to her winds up dead – or worse, the human vessel of a demon king.
The first time I tried reading POSSESS at night, I thought I might creep myself into a catatonic state.* It's not that the book is gruesome or even overly scary. It's just, I don't know--the subject, maybe? Also, I'm a wimp. A big one. As far as creepy subjects go, demonic possession is probably like number one on the list (also clowns and heroin chic). Add to that McNeil's amazingly vivid descriptions and spook-worthy settings, and you end up with this incredible work of creepawesome.
But you know what's weird? Okay, I should really have prefaced this by mentioning that I normally don't read books like this. I'm just not the kind of person that enjoys the thrill of fear. Wimp, I tell you, wimp. BUT as creeped out as I was reading POSSESS, I wasn't terrified--I didn't worry that I'd end up with nightmares. It doesn't take long to realize why either. Mainly, Bridget. The reader becomes so steeped in who she is (even with a 3rd person POV!) that you can't help but feel as she's feeling. And instead of quaking and cowering in a corner (as I'd be wont to do when faced with a demonic possession), she cracks a joke and banishes the heck out of her demons.
Which brings me to what I think is one of the strongest elements of POSSESS--the voice. Seriously, the voice alone is enough to keep a reader from sinking into the abyss of trembling fear. There's this one scene in the middle which takes normal, household items (I'll let YOU find out what they are) and combines them with demonic possession, creating something beyond Hitchcockian (think the clown in just about every horror movie), but Bridget's voice kept me grounded, letting me see through the eyes of one very jaded, hilarious teenager. Imagine a part Asian Emma Stone performing an exorcism (or as Bridget calls it, banishment). Serious entertainment.
I should probably also mention the romance. Because that's in there, too. It's not the primary focus, but it definitely occupies a good chunk of Bridget's thoughts and activity; when you get a look at the love interest, you'll understand why--talk about dreamy sigh. And then there's the priest. OMG, the priest. I should stop before I give something away. Just know I was impressed by how well McNeil crafted that relationship. There's also some mysterious backstory that is not only relevant, but beautifully weaved into the story, building up Bridget's world as something much bigger and more complex (also, cooler...way cooler) than I'd imagined. McNeil took a genre that has often felt hands-off for me and made it accessible and captivating, while retaining the creep factor that has eyes popping and fingers squeezing dents into the cover. POSSESS is a gripping (sometimes hilarious) thrill from beginning to end.
*Never once did she get near catatonia. She exaggerates. Ignore the lies. More like a state where you jump at your own reflection in the glass door.**
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Romanoff spokeswoman Denise Baron lands at political consulting firm
The hard-charging spokeswoman for Andrew Romanoff's campaign for Congress has landed at a Denver political consulting firm, ensuring she'll stay involved in Colorado politics.
Denise Baron's hiring by OnSight Public Affairs, as a project director, means that the spokespersons for both candidates in suburban Denver's highly competitive 6th Congressional District race have moved on to new roles. For Tyler Sandberg, who served as Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman's campaign manager and spokesman, it's meant a permanent job as Coffman's deputy chief of staff and a move to Washington, D.C.
Baron spent the campaign as deputy campaign manager and communications director for Romanoff, a former Colorado House speaker who out-raised Coffman but lost by 9 percentage points. That result came in a district seen as competitive because of a near-equal distribution of registered Democrats, Republicans and unaffiliated voters.


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If you're jealous of all the graceful athletes competing against each other in Russia at the moment, you may have a chance to join them (in the country, that is, not at the Olympics).
This weekend, the world-renowned Bolshoi Ballet Academy will hold auditions for its 2014 summer intensive program in New York and Connecticut. Aspiring area ballet dancers aged 9-24 who make the cut will get to hone their skills with master teachers from the Bolshoi, which is responsible for training international stars like Natalia Osipova, Alexei Ratmansky, Polina Semionova and Maria Kochetkova.
Even better — if significantly less likely — is the opportunity to get an all-expenses-paid six-week trip to Russia as part a scholarship funded by the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The Bolshoi plans to select 15 lucky students from its summer intensive for the "life-changing" experience.
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This was intended as an entry for the SHF #38 with a theme of pudding. I thought the deadline was end of the month I forgot that this is a Friday event. Duh! So I missed it again as I always do ... arrrgggghhhh!
Nevermind, I still want to include this in my list of recipes here as a reference for moi. For I have found my ultimate sticky toffee pudding - at last! I first sighted this in the Good Food magazine as far back as 2006. I have made this before but just forgot (there's that word again) to take a picture. So Christmas dinner this year provided the perfect excuse to indulge in our most favourite of all puddings.
Among the commercial varieties the only one that pass my family's finicky taste is Marks & Spencers. My husband buys only their sticky toffee pudding when he occasionally hankers for one. The rest of the store-bought ones didn't get enough points for us to buy a second time.
This type of pudding is typical of traditional British ones. Though upon research I found out that it was anything but ancient. There is controversy regarding its origins. Some say it's from a Lake District hotel some say it's from somewhere else. In any case, hats off to whoever it was for inventing a totally addictive pud.
When I was making this I realised that the most important bit is really the toffee sauce. Once you get the right balance of the ingredients for the sauce, it does not matter whether the pudding itself does or not have any dates in it. Actually I think even if you have just plain sponge as a base but have the perfect toffee sauce then it is all well and good exactly like the better store-bought ones.
The recipe is very good and easy to do. My only gripe is the black tracle in the toffee sauce causes it to turn a slight greyish tint when it cools off which can be a little off-putting for some people. So I'm recording that down as optional. I highly recommend this especially when served warm with cream or custard. Yum!
Sticky Toffee Pudding
200 g pitted and chopped dates
2/3 cup boiling water
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
175 g self-raising flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
85 g butter - softened
140 g demerara sugar
2 tbsp black treacle or dark molasses
1/3 cup + 1 1/2 Tbsp milk
cream or custard to serve
*Toffee Sauce:
175 g light muscovado sugar
50 g butter
1 cup double cream
1 Tbsp black treacle or dark molasses (optional)
- Pour the boiling water on the dates in a bowl. Let soak to soften for at least 30 minutes. Mash the dates with a fork or puree with a liquidiser. Set aside.
- Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C/350°F/gas mark 4. Butter and flour seven small pudding molds or cups (about 200 ml in size).
- Mix the flour and bicarbonate of soda well. Set aside.
- Cream the butter and sugar with an electric mixer for several minutes.
- Add eggs one at a time mixing well after each addition.
- Beat in the vanilla extract, then the black treacle.
- Using a large metal spoon, fold in one-third of the flour mixture alternately with half of the milk while making sure not to overmix. Repeat until all the flour and milk are used.
- Add in the mashed dates and stir until just incorporated.
- Divide the batter evenly among the seven pudding molds. Place molds on a baking sheet and bake for 20-25 minutes.
- Remove from the oven, cool for a few minutes then loosen them by running a butter or pallet knife on its side. Turn out from the molds to cool completely.
- While the pudding is baking, make the sauce by combining the sugar, butter and half of the double cream in a saucepan.
- Bring to boil in medium heat while stirring all the time until sugar has dissolved.
- (Optional) Stir in the black treacle if using.
- Let it simmer away for about 2 minutes while stirring from time to time making sure it does not burn.
- Remove from heat then stir in the rest of the double cream.
- To serve, pour the sauce over the upturned pudding in individual plates or bowls with cream or custard.
*Note: The pudding will taste even better if it sits in the sauce for a day or two. Cover the bottom of a baking dish with some of the sauce. Sit the upturned puddings on the baking dish and pour the rest of the sauce over it. Cover with a loose tent of foil so it will not smudge the sauce.
To reheat, you can put the covered baking dish in a 180°C/fan 160°C/350°F oven for 15 minutes. Though I prefer to microwave the individual puddings because baking tends to dry out the sauce a little making it a tad sweeter than I would like it to be.


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The donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, and an acquaintance were both treated successfully in recent years by Dr. Frank Ittleman, division chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Fletcher Allen. He's also a professor of surgery at the college of medicine.
A news release announcing the donation says the donor was inspired by a $1 million challenge grant in June from Tom and Mary Evslin of Stowe to support advanced cardiology research at Fletcher Allen and the college.
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Report: ACC considering scheduling SEC teams
You know the saying: to be the best, you have to beat the best.
In January, Florida State ended the SEC's run of seven consecutive BCS titles by slipping past Auburn, 34-31, in the game's closing seconds.
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The ACC has added Notre Dame to its playing rotation and now the league is reportedly considering taking it one step further by adding SEC matchups into the mix.
According to ESPN, the ACC is looking at an eight-game conference schedule with one SEC opponent.
ACC officials raise idea in which conf. would play 8 league games and 1 SEC team every year - sources
— ESPN CollegeFootball (@ESPNCFB) February 7, 2014
SEC commissioner Mike Slive told ESPN.com through a spokesman that the SEC wants a scheduling format in place by 2016 but nothing is finalized and any other discussion is "speculation."
Last season, the SEC and ACC went head to head 11 times with the SEC holding a 7-4 advantage, including 2-1 in bowl games with the ACC's one win coming in the championship game.
Georgia Tech played two SEC opponents, losing to Ole Miss and Georgia. Clemson also played two SEC teams, beating Georgia in the season opener and losing to South Carolina for the fifth consecutive season.
Florida and South Carolina both played two ACC opponents with the Gators losing to in-state rivals Miami and FSU and the Gamecocks adding a win over North Carolina.


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et below the towering cliffs of the Sierra Ponce, Castolon is a small trading and farming community in far southwest Texas. While the muddy Rio Grande brings a constant supply of water to the area, the lack of steady rain makes the landscape harsh. White and yellow soils lie open to the southern sun, woody vegetation is sparse and stunted, and turkey vultures soar overhead. Yet Castolon offers more than severity: its history includes a harmonious mixing of the people along the United States-Mexico border.
The first inhabitants of this section of the Rio Grande flood plain were American Indians, who farmed and hunted. By 1900, the area began to attract American and Mexican farmers and ranchers interested in establishing homesteads and raising families. As the rest of the U.S. entered the industrial age, the section of West Texas along the Rio Grande remained a frontier society. The 1910 Mexican Revolution brought unrest and danger to people on both sides of the river, as bandits and raiders invaded the area. The U.S. Army responded by commissioning permanent and temporary camps along the Rio Grande. One such post was Camp Santa Helena, located in the southwest corner of today's Big Bend National Park. Just after the Mexican Revolution ended, two men created a farming, ranching, and storekeeping partnership at Camp Santa Helena, now known as Castolon. They named their business La Harmonia Enterprises, a name they hoped would accurately reflect a continuing condition of the area--harmony between peoples.
About This Lesson
Getting Started: Inquiry Question
Setting the Stage: Historical Context
Locating the Site: Maps
Determining the Facts: Readings
Visual Evidence: Images
Putting It All Together: Activities
How the National Register
This lesson is based on the Castolon Historic District, one of the thousands of properties and districts listed in the National Register of Historic Places.


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50 HASKINS & SELLS August Finger Posts T H E R E are few things closer to the heart of the average man or woman than his or her personal success. Let philosophers moralize on success as they may, weighing its value, its ultimate satisfactions or its emptiness; the fact remains that deep down in the consciousness of all of us is a striving toward some end that seems to us worthy of achievement. To the extent that we approach or recede from this goal, we are or are not successful from our individual point of view. Now, success is a variable quantity. Each of us has his own particular notion of what goes to make it. To one it may mean the making of money; to another the attainment of distinction; to still another a quiet haven far from the pursuit of material gains, with his loved ones, or his books, or his garden. Or it may mean all of these things at once and even more. After all, the desires of men have no set boundaries; they are as free as air. We cannot say to ourselves, "Thus far, and no farther;" the human mind leaps over such fixed limitations. Leaving theorizing for the philosophers, where can we find the secret of success in our own chosen work? We have all embarked on a business career. We recognize the fact that in the last analysis the responsibility for results rests squarely on our own shoulders; with all the strength of our endeavor we want results. How are we to get them? If the answer to this were simple the world would be a happier place. Mistakes would cease to thrust upon us their all-too obtrusive presence; incompetency would be transformed, as by a wave of a fairy wand, into effectiveness; and annoyances, disappointments, and heartburnings would vanish beyond our earthly ken. The millenium would have arrived. Unfortunately the age of miracles is not yet. The road to results is long, and toilsome, and uphill. Here and there however we find finger posts pointing the way; if we are not too engrossed and disheartened by the stones under our feet, we may look up and chart ourselves for the next pull. Like all good things, these sign posts are as old as the everlasting hills. They tell us nothing that our fathers before us did not know. But the good old truths bear repeating, and it might be well for us to pause a moment to take in what we may of the path ahead. Looking up to the summit we are striving to reach, we see that the road winds to the top through efficiency and loyalty, cooperation and self development. The trail has already been broken before us; is it not possible for all of us to follow through? Solace in the Solstice A POPULAR belief has it that summer is the chosen moment for "light" reading. Whatever the term "light" may mean we know that our imagination rests lovingly on the vision of a cool, shady nook close to a running stream or under the apple boughs, where we may loaf and invite our souls in the quiet company of a book. Perhaps its lightness lies in its very lack of insistence. "Books are a languid pleasure," says Montaigne; and when are we ever so disposed to languor as during the dog days? Nevertheless, we live in times when loafing, either of body or mind, is impossible. The world is changing overnight; its problems call for the labor and skill of every man or woman of purpose. We have a big job on our hands today; and we are determined to see it through. In the giving out of our labor and our skill,—in the outpouring of our effort toward the great end,—we are all willing and generous; but are we looking carefully enough into what we may take in? Our minds need sustenance and support as well as our bodies;—the stoking process must go on or the engines will stop. Many of us are not aware that there is a steady flow of comment, information, and suggestion put forth by the best minds in the country working on the great questions that confront us to-day. This rich mine of thought is brought into the light almost as soon as it is spoken; it is the searching, stimulating, up-to-the-minute thought of thoughtful men; and it comes to us in the form of the printed pamphlet. Because a pamphlet is ordinarily considered ephemeral and insignificant in value,
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EDITOR'S NOTE: The Georgetown Times features John Nelson's Mystery Plant series each Wednesday. You can find the answer to today's mystery plant next Wednesday.
The answer to last week's Mystery Plant is: "Shagbark hickory," Carya ovata.
"Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief…"
Romeo & Juliet, II, 2
Here's a cold winter moon, slowly rising and bathing the trees below with its pale gold light. Winter is a good time to remember that in the world around us, natural processes are still very much occurring, although often slowed down a good bit. And it's time to remember that the days are starting to get longer now, and it won't be long before more and more flowers will be popping out.
The flowers of the small tree pictured here are associated with the large, globose "floral" buds at the ends of the twigs. When these buds open, you will see a very familiar sight indeed: four bright white bracts (sometimes pink) surrounding a cluster of tiny yellowish-green flowers. Everybody has seen these opening in March. And most people think that the flower bears four bright, white petals. (Nope.) Trees in full bloom are without doubt one of the showiest and most characteristic displays in the forests of eastern North America, and it is not really a surprise that this species is one of the most popular flowering trees in cultivation, now widely grown around the world. The flowers in each cluster eventually form one-seeded fruits, which as they mature, go from green to shiny, bright red in the fall. These fruits are nutritious and are enormously popular with a great many birds and mammals, and thus the tree is commonly spread by wildlife.
The leaves start to expand after the blooming has begun, and each mature leaf is egg-shaped, bright green, and about four inches long. In the autumn, the leaves turn a sort of red or russet. Once they've fallen, the leaves rapidly decompose, returning their nutrients to the ground more quickly than the leaves of most other trees. The wood is hard and dense, and has been used historically as the building material for shuttles and looms in old-time mills. Its blossoms are the state flower of North Carolina, and it is the state tree of Virginia (their state flower, too). Unfortunately, this species is rather susceptible to various fungal diseases, and there is some threat now to natural and cultivated populations from a disease called "anthracnose."
This plant is a common component of high-ground forests from southern New England through the upper Midwest, and south to eastern Texas and northern Florida. It is what we call an "understory" species, that is, usually not a part of the higher canopy. Because of this, you would think that this species must be able to tolerate considerable shade…which is true. In cultivation, though, it is able to withstand open, sunny sites, as well, but it seems to do the best with at least some shade. Full sun is a bad idea, however. Everybody will instantly recognize it when looking at its gorgeous spring flowers and brilliant autumn fruits, but I tell me students that in the winter, the best way to identify it is by its bark.
John Nelson is the retired curator of the A. C. Moore Herbarium at the University of South Carolina, in the Department of Biological Sciences. As a public service, the Herbarium offers free plant identifications. For more information, visit www.herbarium.org or call 803-777-8196, or email email@example.com.


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Gunmen shot dead a woman working on UN-backed polio vaccination efforts and her driver in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday (local time), officials said, raising to eight the number of people killed in the last 48 hours who were part of the immunisation drive.
The attack on the woman was one of five that took place on polio workers in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday. One male polio worker was critically wounded, while the others managed to escape unharmed.
The recent killings prompted the UN's public health arm to suspend work on the vaccination drive in two of Pakistan's four provinces Wednesday, a major setback for a campaign that international health officials consider vital to contain the crippling disease but which Taleban insurgents say is a cover for espionage.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks. Suspicion has fallen on the Pakistani Taleban because of their virulent opposition to the polio campaign, but the group's spokesman, Ahsanullah Ahsan, denied responsibility in a telephone call to The Associated Press. Police say they have killed two militant suspects and arrested a dozen others in connection to the attacks but did not provide more details on their identities.
Pakistan is one of only three countries where polio is endemic. Prevention efforts have managed to reduce the number of cases in Pakistan by around 70 percent this year compared to 2011. But the recent violence threatens to reverse that progress.
Militants accuse health workers of acting as spies for the US and claim the vaccine makes children sterile. Taleban commanders in the troubled northwest tribal region have also said vaccinations can't go forward until the U.S. stops drone strikes in the country.
Insurgent opposition to the campaign grew last year after it was revealed that a Pakistani doctor ran a fake vaccination program to help the CIA track down al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, who was hiding in the town of Abbottabad in the country's northwest.
The number of attacks this week on polio workers is unprecedented. They came as the government started a three-day vaccination drive Monday targeting high risk areas of the country, part of an effort to immunize millions of children under the age of five.
The deadliest of Wednesday's attacks occurred in the northwestern town of Charsadda, where the female polio worker and her driver were gunned down, said senior government official Syed Zafar Ali Shah. Gunmen attacked two other polio teams in Charsadda and one in the town of Nowshera, but no one was hurt in those attacks, he said.
Earlier in the day, gunmen shot a polio worker in the head in the city of Peshawar, wounding him critically, said Janbaz Afridi, a senior health official in surrounding Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
On Tuesday, gunmen killed five female polio workers - three of them teenagers - in a series of attacks in Karachi, the capital of southern Sindh province, and a village outside Peshawar. Two men who were working alongside the women were critically wounded in those attacks. A male polio worker was also shot to death in Karachi on Monday.
Police conducted a pair of operations in Karachi in the wake of the shootings in which they arrested a dozen suspects and killed two suspected militants, said senior police official Shahid Hayat.
Maryam Yunus, a spokeswoman for the UN World Health Organisation in Pakistan, said the group's polio staff have been pulled back from the field in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh and asked to work from home until the vaccination campaign ends Wednesday.
Officials in Karachi temporarily suspended the vaccination campaign in the city after the shootings Tuesday, but the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government plowed ahead, not wanting to be cowed by the violence.
Several dozen polio workers and human rights activists protested against the killings in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, on Wednesday and demanded security for the field staff.
The Pakistani government and the UN also condemned the attacks, saying they deprive Pakistan's most vulnerable populations - specifically children - of basic life-saving health interventions. The UN said it was increasing security for its polio workers, but did not provide any details.
Polio usually infects children living in unsanitary conditions, attacks the nerves and can kill or paralyse. A total of 56 polio cases have been reported in Pakistan during 2012, down from 190 the previous year, according to the UN Most of the new cases in Pakistan are in the northwest, where the presence of militants makes it difficult to reach children.
The new campaign aimed to give oral polio drops to 34 million children under the age of five. Clerics and tribal elders were recruited to support polio vaccinations in an attempt to open up areas previously inaccessible to health workers.


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