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Previously on Glee, Will Schuester learned that anchoring your grown-up emotional health onto a 19-year-old teenager is a proposition fraught with regret. Ryder explored the world of online dating and transphobia. Blaine Warbler rejoined the Cheerios in a double-crossing black-ops move intended to bring down Sue Sylvester from the inside. Also, and most importantly, he revealed the top/bottom dynamic between him and Kurt. They switch, OK? They're switcherooers. Sometimes one is the top and other times the other one is the top and sometimes one is on one side an sometimes one is the other side and there are various shapes they make with their bodies and all of them are based on shared power and pleasure. Jokes that do not fully explore said dynamic, even by the most well-intentioned recapper, will not be tolerated. Also, Santana owned Paula Abdul and Finn flew to New York to exercise his fists on Brody and his authority over Rachel's decision-making process process.
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Blaine turns the revelation into this week's New Directions assignment: Everyone has to open up their closets and haul out their musical guilty pleasures. (Although Unique, awesomely, says she knows no shame.)
Blam breaks out Wham's "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go," and it is neon heaven. Scrunchies are scrunched, jitterbugs are jittered, short-shorts are shorted, black lights are lighted, Blaine's hair is Darren Criss-ed. By the end of the shenanigans, everyone's on board with their guilty pleasure assignment.
Brittany S. Pierce, intuitive feelings genius and all-around lovely human being, decides to humanize Kitty by inviting her to Fondue for Two and calling her out on her horribleness. Kitty and Brittany both confess to loving Bring it On movies, which: No shame in that game, Cheertators. (Lord Tubbington's guilty pleasure is Scientology, naturally.) Because she's beautiful and wonderful and possesses the spirit of a unicorn, Brit gets Kitty to whisper her guiltiest guilty pleasure into her ear.
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Mine is, well the one i listen to the least is "Single Women".
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Hi Jake,
I think my least favorite song is "Love Is Like A Butterfly". I never could get into that one, even though it was a hit. GO FIGURE!!!!!!!
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I don't really like the dolly and porter song "ten four over and out." I have every single dolly album plus 100s more stray songs and live recordings yet i still can't think of a song i really disklike. Dolly is nothing less than amazing!!
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My least favorite would have to be Dump The Dude from the Rainbow CD. It's just not worthy of Dolly's talent. Bad song
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So far I'd say that I don't really like "Hey Lucky Lady" and "I Can't Be True".
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Dump The Dude rocks! It's so much fun. I've always disliked Applejack, I skip that one in my iTunes mix.
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The dead child songs. They're awful! I cried when I listened to the Parton/Wagoner dead child songs when I was little and just discovered the Puppy Love CD with very early dead child songs. Yuk! I really wonder what influenced her when she was young and wrote them.
She sang "Puppy Love" on tour and it was really cute, so I just had to listen to the recording she made when she was a kid!
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i really struggled to think of a least favourite song of dollys but i think it has to be elusive butterfly i dont listen to it as much as the rest!!
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I dislike You're the Only One I Ever Needed from the album Dolly, Dolly, Dolly. Actually, I hated every song on Dolly, Dolly, Dolly, but this one the most. I don't know why though...
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The Flex 4.6 release builds on the mobile capabilities introduced in Flex 4.5, enabling you to:
- Create tablet apps with multiple views and adaptive layouts.
- Use new tablet focused UI components, including Callout, SpinnerList, and ToggleButton controls.
- Add text inputs with OS-specific interfaces and interactions to your apps.
- Leveraging these new capabilities, you can create tablet-optimized applications that target the latest devices, including the Apple iPad, the vast array of Google Android tablets, and the BlackBerry PlayBook.
This article introduces the new components and capabilities added to Flex 4.6 SDK.
Flex 4.6 includes several new Spark mobile components.
The SplitViewNavigator is a new root level component that manages multiple ViewNavigator components. The ViewNavigator component, introduced in Flex 4.5, provides a stack-based mechanism to handle transitions, history, and memory management of Views. One of the most common uses of SplitViewNavigator is in the creation of a design pattern known as Master/Detail. Figure 1 shows an example of an application making use of the SplitViewNavigator. Queue Manager, an application built by Jonathan Campos of UnitedMindset and currently available on both iPad and Android tablets, shows how the Master/Detail design pattern can be used in tablet applications.
Figure 1. The Queue Manager app, illustrating the Master-Detail design pattern.
The left side of the application, or Master, is the View focused on navigation. The right side of the application, or Detail, displays the corresponding content. This powerful component can manage two or more ViewNavigator components at a time, and enables you to target and push views to any one of them.
The left side of the application, or Master, is the View focused on navigation. The right side of the application, or Detail, displays the corresponding content. This powerful component can manage two or more ViewNavigator components at a time, and enables you to target and push views to any one of them.
Callout is a component that you will find many use cases for on tablet devices. The component extends SkinnablePopUpContainer and inherits all of its functionality, but provides a relatively positioned arrow (see Figure 2).
Figure 2. A basic Callout.
This fully skinnable component can contain any kind of content, from a group of components to entire Views.
This fully skinnable component can contain any kind of content, from a group of components to entire Views.
There is a tremendous amount of logic built into this simple looking component. While you have the option to explicitly choose the direction of the arrow and set the height, width, and position of the callout relative to its parent, all of these options can be automatically determined for you based on the component's contents and its parent's position on screen.
Extending Callout and adding functionality, CalloutButton provides similar capabilities to what you might see as dropdowns on tablet platforms today. Functionality like hiding and showing the Callout is wrapped into this straightforward class. Tapping the CalloutButton will display the Callout and its CalloutContents. Touching anywhere outside the Callout will fade it out and remove it. This behavior and appearance can all be modified by changing the CalloutSkin.
One of the major conveniences of SplitViewNavigator is the ability to display the first navigator, most typically the Master view, in a Callout upon device reorientation (see Figure 3).
Figure 3. A CallOut in Queue Manager.
By simply setting
By simply setting
autoHideFirstViewNavigator to
true , the Master view is automatically hidden when the device is in portrait mode. If you define states for landscape and portrait and add a button to the Detail view's
navigationContent that calls
showFirstViewNavigatorInPopUp on click, your master view will be shown in a Callout. Below is a short example:
<s:SplitViewNavigator id="splitNavigator" autoHideFirstViewNavigator="true">
<s:ViewNavigator width="400" height="100%" firstView="views.MasterView" />
<s:ViewNavigator width="100%" height="100%" firstView="views.DetailView">
<s:Button id="calloutButton" label="Navigation"
click="splitNavigator.showFirstViewNavigatorInPopUp(calloutButton)" />
The SpinnerList component is an entirely new take on List (see Figure 4), and it is optimized for mobile interactions.
Figure 4. The SpinnerList component.
The first thing you will notice is an updated visual appearance and a change in how selection is managed. Unlike the Spark List, SpinnerList manages selection based on position. SpinnerList also offers a unique Boolean property,
The first thing you will notice is an updated visual appearance and a change in how selection is managed. Unlike the Spark List, SpinnerList manages selection based on position. SpinnerList also offers a unique Boolean property,
wrapElements . When set to
true (the default), the SpinnerList will wrap the elements in the list around the spinner in an uninterrupted loop. SpinnerList comes with a companion component called SpinnerListContainer. The SpinnerListContainer component not only holds single or multiple SpinnerList components, but its skin also provides the border, gradient appearance, and selection bar.
The DateSpinner control extends SpinnerList and uses SpinnerListContainer to provide an extremely useful and versatile date component (see Figure 5). DateSpinner offer three modes of displaying information:
Figure 5. The DateSpinner control.
These modes can not only be used to display current date and time information, but also provide an intuitive method of selecting dates and times. DateSpinner is also fully localizable. By simply changing the
These modes can not only be used to display current date and time information, but also provide an intuitive method of selecting dates and times. DateSpinner is also fully localizable. By simply changing the
locale property on the component, the display language be changed, along with the format in which the date is displayed.
On the surface, the straightforward ToggleButton component enables users to slide a switch from left to right to make a simple choice. Under the hood, the Flex Spark skinning architecture lets you customize this control to display customizable text, display images, or even change its behavior.
Complementing the new user interface components, Flex 4.6 has several SDK enhancements.
You may have used the
<InputText> and
<TextArea> components in previous Flex mobile applications. When compiled with Flex 4.6, these components will now leverage StageText. StageText is a joint effort between the AIR and Flex teams to enable text editing in your application to use the device's native text editing controls. This means your user will see the usual editing UI and have the expected experience no matter what OS version or platform your application is running on. StageText provides this native editing experience by punching through to the OS and exposing these controls. As a result, these text fields do not reside on the display list.
With the ever-growing number of devices and form factors, the implementation of SplashScreen in Flex 4.5 was simply not going to scale. We went back to the drawing board and created SplashScreenImage. SplashScreenImage was specifically designed to let you specify different splash screens based on the device and orientation. To create this new dynamic splash screen, create a new MXML file based on SplashScreenImage, and then add multiple instances of SplashScreenImageSource that define what asset to display based on DPI or screen resolution. For example:
<s:SplashScreenImage xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
<!-- 160dpi phone -->
<s:SplashScreenImageSource dpi="160"
source="@Embed('assets/image-phone.png')" />
<!-- 240 & 320 dpi phone share the same image -->
<s:SplashScreenImageSource dpi="240"
source="@Embed('assets/image-phone960.png')" />
<s:SplashScreenImageSource dpi="320"
source="@Embed('assets/image-phone960.png')" />
<!-- Tablets all share the same image -->
<s:SplashScreenImageSource minResolution="960"
source="@Embed('assets/image-tablet.png')" />
After your SplashScreenImage has been created, simply assign the class instance to the
splashScreenImage property in your main application tag. Upon launching your app on a device, the splash screen will display with the correct image size and DPI; it will even auto-rotate to show the correct image based on the orientation of your device.
Several under-the-hood enhancements have been made to Scroller. First and foremost, scroll bars are now created on demand. This means your application does not spend time up-front creating scrollbars for content until the content is scrolled, resulting in a view creation performance boost.
Two new properties have also been added:
pageScrollingEnabled and
scrollSnappingMode . When
pageScrollingEnabled is set to
true the scroller will advance by the size of the current viewport. Additional conveniences are built in such that if the scroll velocity is not high enough or you do not scroll the content at least 50% of the way, the content will snap back to its original location. The
scrollSnappingMode property lets you further tune your scrolling interaction by allowing you to control the ending scroll position. With options like
leadingEdge ,
trailingEdge , and
center , you can make sure your list lands in the appropriate place after a throw.
When creating a new mobile project with Flex 4.6, a new Android-specific flag has been created in app.xml named
<colorDepth> . By default when Flash Builder creates a new Flex mobile project, it sets this value to
"16bit" . You have the option to change this value to
"32bit" . There are pros and cons to both options. The 16-bit mode is optimized for performance and other general use cases. The 32-bit mode offers specific features that your app may require, such as StageVideo, Stage3D support, and superior rendering of gradients. Make sure to evaluate the requirements of your entire app before making the switch to 32-bit rendering on Android.
This article provided an overview of some of the new capabilities in Flex 4.6 SDK. For more information please refer to the Flex SDK documentation. To learn more about Adobe's mobile development tooling see Adam Lehman's article What's new in Flash Builder 4.6.


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On Thursday 3 April Royal Opera House Bridge host Culture Counts, a conference that brings together people from across education and the arts and culture sectors to ask how we can step up for cultural learning.
Find out how you can get involved:
1. Get to know your local cultural organizations
There are many local and regional cultural arts organizations that offer opportunities for children, young people, families and schools to get involved. Find your nearest ones through local council pages, newspaper listings and tourist information.
2. Tell school governors how important it is to have access to culture
Fair access to arts and culture isn't always assured for all children. Speak to a school governor about what's on offer for children in your area. Artsmark – the Arts Council England's flagship programme for schools – helps schools evaluate, strengthen and celebrate their arts and cultural provision. Find out more here.
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There are lots of greatcultural learning activities happening across the country, with great outcomes. Sometimes we are so busy doing, that we forget to take a minute to step back and celebrate. Keep an eye on our News & Features section, where we often feature Learning projects.
7. Visit the Creative and Cultural Skills website and find out about creative apprenticeships, traineeships and internships
Know a young person who is interested in a career in the arts? Find out more here.
8. Keep inspired: make time for your own creative interests
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Write a letter. Post a tweet. Fill out a survey. Adding your voice helps us speak louder as one.
10. Talk about why it's important
"We know that cultural learning makes a huge impact. Make sure you tell others.
As a child I remember overhearing the music teacher at school rehearse a performance of the most ravishing song I had ever heard. I was 12 years old and I had no idea what it was, but something in the way the tune worked on my emotions made me fall in love with the girl I happened to be looking at across the classroom.
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Back in May, Microsoft launched Live Search cashback, a system in which users could use Live Search to find the cheapest store that a product was being offered at, and then on top of that, receive a portion of the purchase price back from Microsoft. While early results looked positive, and it looked like Microsoft may have found a useful weapon in its war against market leader Google, its search share hasn't increased, leaving the software giant looking for another way to get users to use Live Search. Microsoft's latest effort is a service called SearchPerks!, "the program that rewards you for everyday searches." Excited yet?
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In late September, it was announced that the NCAA had decided to ease the scholarship restrictions slapped on the Penn State football program as part of the historic sanctions meted out in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
That, though, may not be the last time the university sees some relief.
George Mitchell, who was hired by the NCAA as an independent "integrity monitor," met with Penn State trustees Friday and while no further reductions are imminent, he could recommend that be the case upon the release of his next report next September if the university continues its "quality response" to the Plan for Continuous Improvement.
It was Mitchell who recommended the initial reduction of a portion of the penalties. As was the case in that first round of reduction, any relief would have to be signed off on by the NCAA and Big Ten.
While Mitchell declined to discuss specific penalties that could be in line for a reduction, the one that makes the most sense would be the bowl ban.
The Nittany Lions are in the second year of a four-year ban on postseason play. If Mitchell makes the recommendation next September, the program could potentially see at least a year sliced off that sanction, which would mean the Nittany Lions would be eligible for the postseason — including the Big Ten championship game — following the 2014 regular season rather than the 2015 season.
A Mitchell recommendation to take a year off the bowl ban would likely, in essence, be rubber-stamped by both the NCAA and the school's conference. How the former would respond to a Mitchell recommendation of cutting the ban in half is unclear.


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Layered squash, barley & spinach pie
Nutrition and extra info
- Vegetarian
Nutrition: per serving (8)
- kcal889
- fat49g
- saturates24g
- carbs99g
- sugars13g
- fibre0g
- protein19g
- salt1.31g
For the filling
- 1 small butternut squash (about 1kg/2lb 4oz), peeled and cubed
- 3 tbsp olive oil, plus a little extra for brushing
Olive oilol-iv oyl
Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 3 onions, finely chopped
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 100g mushroom, sliced
The mushroom is a fungus which comes in a wide range of varieties that belong to two distinct…
- 85g whole cooked chestnut, quartered
'Chestnuts roasting on an open fire...' that kitsch old Nat King Cole song perfectly…
- 100g pearl barley
- 1.2l vegetable stock
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
Soy saucesoy sor-s
An Asian condiment and ingredient that comes in a variety of of varieties ranging from light to…
- zest 1 lemon
Oval in shape with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile…
- 250g/9oz tub ricotta
Ricotta is an Italian cheese made from whey and traditionally a by-product of…
- 200g full-fat soft cheese
- ½ x 20g/1oz pack sage, leaves picked and chopped
Popular in both Italian and British cookery, sage has long, grey-green leaves with a slightly…
- 400g baby spinach
- 20g pack parsley, leaves chopped
One of the most ubiquitous herbs in British cookery, parsley is also popular in European and…
For the pastry
- 700g plain flour
- 140g butter
Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…
- 85g/3oz white vegetable shortening (we used Trex)
- 100ml milk
One of the most widely used ingredients, milk is often referred to as a 'complete' food…
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- few bay leaves (optional)
Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6 and roast the butternut squash with 1 tbsp oil for 25-30 mins until tender, then set aside.
Meanwhile, heat remaining oil in a large pan and cook the onions and garlic for 10 mins until soft. Remove two-thirds, then add the mushrooms, chestnuts and pearl barley to the pan. Sizzle for a few mins, pour in the stock, then bring to the boil. Bubble fiercely for 30 mins until the barley is tender and sticky and there is no liquid left. Stir in the soy sauce, season and set aside.
While the barley layer is cooking, make the other layers. Stir the zest, ricotta, soft cheese and a good amount of seasoning into the reserved onions until smooth. Take a third of the mixture and gently fold with the sage and roasted squash. For the final layer, boil the kettle, then tip half the spinach into a large colander. Pour over the boiling water to wilt, then repeat with the rest of the spinach. Tip the spinach onto a clean tea towel and squeeze out all the moisture you can. Roughly chop, then mix into the remaining ricotta mixture with the parsley.
To make the pie, brush a 900g loaf tin with a little oil. Make 3 long triplelayer strips of foil and lay these across the width of the tin to help you lift out the pie to serve. Tip flour and 3 tsp salt into the largest bowl you have and gently melt the butter, shortening and milk with 200ml water in a pan. Once melted, increase heat until bubbling fiercely, tip onto the flour, then quickly beat with a wooden spoon until combined. Don't worry if some powdery bits remain. Once cool enough to handle, knead until it comes together, then tip onto your work surface. Set aside a third and roll the rest into a large rectangle – big enough to line the tin with a little overhanging.
Ease into the tin, pressing evenly into the corners and sides – you can be rough with it. Spoon in the spinach layer, smooth the surface, then repeat with the barley and finally the squash layer. Dome the squash mix slightly to give a rounded top. Roll out the remaining pastry to fit, brush the edges with some egg, then press the lid over the top. Trim the excess and crimp or pinch to seal, then decorate with pastry trimmings cut into leaves (add bay leaves, if using, when the pie has 30 mins left in the oven). Can be covered and chilled overnight.
Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6 and put a large baking sheet inside. Brush the surface of the pie with egg, lift onto the heated baking tray and bake for 30 mins, then reduce the heat to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4 and bake for a further 1 hr 30 mins until the pastry is golden brown and feels hard. Stand for 15-20 mins while you get the rest of the meal ready – the pie will stay warm. Gently tip out the pie, or use the foil strips to lift out carefully. Carry to the table and slice thickly to serve.


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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...I've decided to make this summer sweets week on the blog and the first recipe I want to share with you is James Beard's 1-2-3-4 Cake. While there are boatloads of recipes for this cake, I've zeroed in on his because it has a spare elegance that is lacking in most of the others. This is an heirloom cake that your grandmother probably made. While its popularity and longevity can be attributed to the basic goodness of the cake, the fact that its recipe formula is so easy to remember hasn't hurt its standing either. That formula, which includes 1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 3 cups flour and 4 eggs, is what gives the cake its name. Beard's version of the cake uses a mix of citrus juice, rather than frosting, to glaze the cake, and that fresh fruity flavor makes it wonderful to serve with macerated berries and a dollop of cream at this time of year. The glaze also makes a wonderful base for a bittersweet chocolate ganache, should you prefer a more traditional icing. I like to make this cake a day or two before I plan to serve it. That gives the flavors a chance to ripen and permeate the cake. If you are looking for a yellow cake that is tender and has outstanding flavor, I hope you'll give this one a try. Its appearance is deceiving. It is plain looking, to be sure, but it is delicious and has an elegance all its own. Here is how the cake is made.
James Beard's 1-2-3-4 Cake with Citrus Glaze...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of The Essential James Beard Cookbook
Softened butter and flour, for the pans
3 cups sifted cake flour (not self-rising)
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon plain salt
1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs, separated, at room temperature
1 cup whole milk, at room temperature
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
3/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon finely grated orange zest
1) Butter and flour the bottom and sides of three 8 by 1-1/2-inch cake pans with softened butter. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
2) Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together.
3) Beat 1/2 pound butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer on high speed until it is light, creamy, and fluffy, about 1 minute. Gradually add sugar and beat until mixture is very light and fluffy, about 2 minutes more.
4) Whisk egg yolks in a small bowl until they are well blended. Gradually beat egg yolks into butter mixture, mixing well after each addition. With mixer on low speed, starting with flour mixture, add flour mixture in thirds, alternating with two equal additions of milk, scraping down sides of the bowl as needed. Beat in vanilla.
5) In a clean bowl using clean beaters beat egg whites until they form firm, glossy peaks. Do not overbeat. Fold whites into the batter.
6) Pour and scrape batter into prepared pans, dividing it equally among them. Bake in center of oven for 25 minutes, or until each cake springs back when touched in center. Remove pans from oven and put them on wire cake racks to cool for a few minutes, then loosen layers by running flat side of a knife blade around the sides of pans, put a rack on top of each pan, and invert so cake comes out onto rack, top side down. Then reverse the layers so they are top side up.
7) To make citrus glaze: Mix orange juice, lemon juice, sugar, and orange rind together and drizzle e mixture over the still warm cake layers, being careful not to let it all soak into one spot; then pile the layers on top of each other. Let the cake cool. Yield: 12 servings.
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What is safe mode?
Safe mode (sometimes called safe boot) is a way to start up your Mac so that it performs certain checks and prevents some software from automatically loading or opening. Starting your Mac in safe mode does the following:
- Verifies your startup disk and attempts to repair directory issues, if needed
- Loads only required kernel extensions
- Prevents startup items and login items from opening automatically
- Disables user-installed fonts
- Deletes font caches, kernel cache, and other system cache files
If your Mac has an issue that goes away when you start up in safe mode, you might be able to isolate the cause.
Start up in safe mode
To start up in safe mode:
- Start or restart your Mac, then immediately press and hold the Shift key. The Apple logo appears on your display. If you don't see the Apple logo, learn what to do.
- Release the Shift key when you see the login window. If your startup disk is encrypted with FileVault, you might be asked to log in twice: once to unlock the startup disk, and again to log in to the Finder.
To leave safe mode, restart your Mac without pressing any keys during startup.
If an issue doesn't happen in safe mode
If an issue doesn't happen when your Mac is started in safe mode, try restarting without pressing any keys.
- If the issue comes back, you might have incompatible login items.
- If the issue doesn't come back, it was probably caused by a cache or directory issue with your startup disk, which safe mode fixed.
If your Mac restarts or shuts down in safe mode
Your Mac automatically checks the directory of your startup disk when you start up in safe mode. This is similar to what happens when you use Disk Utility to verify or repair your disk. If the directory is repaired, your Mac automatically restarts.
If your Mac turns off, check the power connection at your Mac and the power outlet. If you're using a MagSafe power adapter, make sure the LED on your power adapter is yellow or green. Then start up in safe mode again.
If your Mac repeatedly restarts or shuts down while in safe mode, contact Apple Support or consult with an Apple Authorized Service Provider or Apple Store for help.
How to tell if your Mac is started in safe mode
If you're not sure that your Mac is started in safe mode, you can use System Information to check. The Software section of System Information lists Boot Mode as "Safe" instead of "Normal" when you're started in safe mode.
The login window also displays "Safe Boot" in the upper-right corner of the screen when your Mac is in safe mode.
Some features aren't available in safe mode
Some features of your Mac aren't available when it's started in safe mode:
- You can't play movies in DVD Player.
- You can't capture video in iMovie and some other video apps.
- Some audio input or output devices might not work.
- Some USB, FireWire, and Thunderbolt devices might not be available.
- Wi-Fi networking might be limited or unavailable, depending on the Mac and macOS version you're using.
- Accessibility features like VoiceOver might not work as expected.
- File sharing is disabled.
Safe mode in OS X Leopard v10.5 or later also disables accelerated graphics. This makes the menu bar appear solid even if "Translucent Menu Bar" or "Reduce Transparency" is selected in System Preferences. Your screen might also "blink" or "tear" during login when your Mac is started in safe mode.
If your Mac doesn't have a keyboard to start up in safe mode or if you can't use the Shift key
If your Mac doesn't have a keyboard available to start in safe mode, but you have remote access to your Mac, you can configure the Mac to start up in safe mode using the command line.
- Access the command line by opening Terminal remotely, or logging into the computer using SSH.
- Use the following Terminal command:
sudo nvram boot-args="-x"
If you want to start in verbose mode as well, use this instead:
sudo nvram boot-args="-x -v"
- After using safe mode, use this Terminal command to return to a normal startup:
sudo nvram boot-args=""


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The Latest: Missouri governor announces drug monitoring plan
This story has been updated with new information at 10:08 p.m. 7/17/17.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Latest on Missouri's new prescription drug monitoring program (all times local):
3 p.m.
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens' surprise announcement of a new prescription drug monitoring program is drawing skepticism from some on both sides of the debate.
The Republican governor signed an executive order Monday in St. Louis. Missouri had been the last state without a program tracking prescription drugs as part of the effort to curb opioid abuse.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill says the Greitens program doesn't go far enough because doctors and pharmacists won't have access to the database. Democratic state Rep. Lauren Arthur of Kansas City was critical that lawmakers had no input.
Reaction from Republican lawmakers was mixed. State Rep. Kurt Bahr of St. Charles questions whether the governor has legal authority for the executive order. State Sen. Will Kraus of Lee's Summit says he'll support the program, as long it doesn't track law-abiding citizens.
11:15 a.m.
Missouri is no longer the only state without a prescription drug monitoring program.
Republican Gov. Eric Greitens on Monday signed an executive order establishing a drug monitoring program that will focus on those prescribing the drugs and filling the prescriptions.
The announcement was made at Express Scripts, a suburban St. Louis based pharmaceutical provider. The company will be a private-sector partner in the state program.
Greitens says the state's approach could potentially become a national model.
Missouri lawmakers for years have considered a drug monitoring program to combat doctor shopping and prescription opioid addiction. But efforts have until now failed, largely because of privacy concerns about keeping medical information in a database.


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Argentina Civil Registration
|Argentina Research Topics
|Beginning Research
|Record Types
|Argentina Background
|Local Research Resources
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Time Coverage
- 3 Information Recorded in Civil Registers
- 4 Extract Forms
- 5 Locating Civil Registration Records
Introduction[edit | edit source]
Civil registration is the vital records made by the government. Records of births, marriages, and deaths are commonly referred to as "vital records" because they refer to critical events in a person's life. Civil registration (Registros Civiles) records are an excellent source for accurate information on names, dates, and places of births, marriages, and deaths. In addition, civil registration may include divorce records. Because they cover so large a part of the population and because they are indexed, easily accessible to the local public, and provide more information than church records, civil registration records are an important source for genealogical research in Argentina.
Every municipal district was to make duplicate copies of their books. In Buenos Aires they kept the original books and send the copies to the Archivo General de Tribunales in the Federal District. In the provinces they were to be send the copies to the provincial or judicial archives of each province.
According to the law, the public has liberal access to the civil records. The director of the civil archive is required to provide interested parties with a complete copy of any record, including marginal notes, under his jurisdiction.
Although civil registration records are an important source for genealogical research in Argentina, many births, marriages, and deaths were never recorded by civil authorities, and you must use church records to supplement this genealogical source.
For birth, death, and marriage records before 1886, see Argentina Church Records.
Time Coverage[edit | edit source]
The earliest vital records in Argentina were made by the churches. In 1886 the civil government began keeping vital records. Even though the law was passed in 1886, most of the provinces started keeping records at different times. Most had the system going by 1900. After that date, most individuals who lived in Argentina are recorded.
Information Recorded in Civil Registers[edit | edit source]
The information recorded in civil registration records varied over time. The later records generally give more complete information than the earlier ones.
The most important civil records for genealogical research are birth, marriage, and death registers. These records may be either hand or typewritten.
Births (nacimientos)[edit | edit source]
Births were usually registered by the infant's father or by a neighbor or friend of the family within a few days of the event. A birth record includes the day and time of the birth, the name of the newborn, names of parents, the town where the birth occurred, which may be different than where it was registered, and the address of the house or hospital in which the birth took place. Family information may be included, such as the age of the parents, their birthplaces or residences, marital status, professions, and the number of other children born to the mother. You may also find information about the grandparents.
Corrections or additions to a birth record may have been added as a note in the margin.
Marriages (matrimonios, casamientos)[edit | edit source]
Early civil marriage entries simply contained the name of the bride and groom and the marriage date. Later more information was entered which may include the ages of the bride and groom, their occupations, civil status, and residence. The names of their parents and even grandparents were given at times along with the birth places for the bride and groom. In current civil marriage records even street addresses are given.
Because the Catholic Church continued keeping records after the creation of the civil registration in 1886, two types of records are available for the marriages. Be sure to search both records.
Divorce Records (Divorcios)[edit | edit source]
Divorces are not recorded with the civil registration, but rather in the courts. The Family History Library has very few divorce records in its collection. You may obtain information from divorce records by contacting the court of the town or municipality where the divorce took place.
Deaths (defunciones)[edit | edit source]
Early civil death records are especially helpful because they list people for whom there are no birth or marriage records, and they may provide information about the person's birth, spouse, and/or parents. Deaths were recorded within a few days of the event in the town or city where the person died.
Death records generally give the name, date, and place of death. Depending on the clerk who registered the death, the record may also include the age or date of birth of a child, place of residence, occupation, cause of death, burial information, and the informant's name (often a relative). They often provide the name of a spouse or parents.
Be aware that information about parents, birth date, and birthplace of the deceased person and other information in a death record may be inaccurate since the person who gave the information may not have had complete information.
Extract Forms[edit | edit source]
The following extract forms were created by Dr. George Ryskamp, JD, AG. These particular forms are designed to be used for Spanish research; however, they can help in other research areas, such as Italy, France, Portugal, etc. Click on the type of record form you would like to use and print it for your own files.
These forms are designed to help you quickly analyze and organize your documents. They can become a personal index for your family records.
Locating Civil Registration Records[edit | edit source]
Civil registration records are kept at the local municipal district civil registration office [Dirección del Registro Civil ]. Therefore, you must determine the municipal district where your ancestor lived before you can find the records. The judicial or provincial archives as well as the tribunals in the federal district have some duplicate records that the municipal district have send to them.
Your ancestor may have lived in a village that belonged civilly to a larger nearby town. In large cities, there may be many civil registration districts. You may need to use gazetteers and other geographic references to identify the place your ancestor lived and the civil registration office that served it. See Argentina Gazetteers. In addition to the town, you need to know at least an approximate year in which the birth, marriage, divorce, or death occurred.
Births, marriages, and deaths were written in the civil registration records as they occurred and thus are arranged chronologically. Some provinces and some of the tribunals of the federal district have indexed their records. You will need to ask, to see if the records you want to search are indexed.
Argentina has no single repository of civil registration records. The present location of records depends on several factors. Records may be available at several locations, including:
Local Civil Registration Municipal Offices[edit | edit source]
Civil registration registers are maintained by the office of the Dirección del Registro Civil in the municipal district. The original book stays in the municipal office and duplicate copies are sent to the provincial or judicial archives of the province or the General Archive of the Tribunal in the federal district. The public has access to the books.
Civil registration records in Argentina are available by writing to the local civil registration office. Civil officials will generally answer correspondence in Spanish. Use the following address:
- Dirección del Registro Civil
- Oficina de Inscripciones y Rectificaciones
- (City), (Province), Argentina
- Dirección del Registro Civil
Provincial Archives and Tribunal Archives[edit | edit source]
These archives maintain the duplicates sent to them by the municipal districts. You may write to these archives and request searches of the records. The civil registration records for the federal district are preserved on microfiche and there is a general index by sex and type of record (birth, marriages, deaths, recognitions, inscriptions and adoptions). The public has access to these records. For the province of Buenos Aires you will need to write to the following address:
- Registro Provincial de las Personas
- Calle 1 y 60
- La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Registro Provincial de las Personas
- Telephone: 0221-429-6200
Writing the Letter[edit | edit source]
After deciding who has jurisdiction over the records for the time period you need, write a brief request to the proper office. Send the following:
- Full name and the sex of the person sought.
- Names of the parents, if known.
- Approximate date and place of the event.
- Your relationship to the person.
- Reason for the request (family history, medical, etc.).
- Request for a photocopy of the complete original record.
- Check or cash for the search fee (usually about $10.00).
Write your request in Spanish whenever possible. For writing your letter in Spanish, use the translated questions and phrases in this Spanish Letter-writing Guide.


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What Voters Need to Know About Registration and Absentee Ballot Mailings
MADISON, WI – Wisconsin voters' best sources of information about voter registration and absentee voting are their local clerk and MyVote.WI.gov, not mailings from political parties and independent groups, according to the Government Accountability Board.
The G.A.B. and municipal clerks around the state have started receiving numerous questions and complaints about recent direct mailings on voter registration and absentee voting because they contain campaign messages and even errors that could interfere with voting, said Kevin J. Kennedy, director and general counsel of the G.A.B.
"Every election we get complaints about these types of mailings," Kennedy said. "Political parties and interest groups send out glossy mailers to encourage voters to register or apply for an absentee ballot to vote by mail. While these mailings are permissible, our advice to voters is to examine them carefully before relying on them for definitive information about participating in the electoral process. Preferably, voters should rely instead on their local municipal clerk's office or our new MyVote.WI.gov website."
The biggest problem with mailers this election cycle is that some of them contain incorrect return mailing addresses for municipal clerks. Many voters received mailers from the Republican Party of Wisconsin, for instance, that mistakenly included a return address for the clerk's office in the town of Albion in Dane County.
Incorrect addresses for the clerk's office result in the request being misdirected or delayed or worse, the ballot not being counted, said Elections Division Administrator Nat Robinson.
"Wisconsin's municipal clerks are conscientious and diligent, and they do their best to send misdirected voter registrations and absentee ballot applications to the right place," Robinson said. However, ensuring that misdirected registration forms and absentee ballot applications actually get to the proper municipality in time cannot be guaranteed.
These mailings also generate unnecessary work for municipal clerks because some people who are already registered fill out the forms and send them in, Robinson said. "Voters can spend two minutes online at MyVote.WI.gov and see whether their registration is current," he said.
Additionally, voter registration and absentee voting mailers often contain political messages, leading some people to mistakenly believe the mailers are coming from their municipal clerk or the Government Accountability Board. "The G.A.B. and Wisconsin's municipal clerks are non-partisan, and would never send out partisan political mailings," Kennedy said.
Voters who need to register or change their address should go to MyVote.WI.gov, Wisconsin's new voter services website, Robinson said. The website is designed to deliver personalized information for each voter, so start by choosing the kind of voter you are, and enter your name and date of birth to see your own voter record. Electors who need to register for the first time, or need to update their voter record, are strongly encouraged to do so as soon as possible and not wait until Election Day.
People can fill out the registration form online, print it out, sign it and send it to the correct clerk's address which the website will provide. The system will save the voter's information so when the signed form arrives at the clerk's office, the voter will be in the system awaiting approval.
Voters without online computer access should look up their municipal clerk's office in the phone book or call their city, village or town hall.
MyVote.WI.gov will deliver absentee ballots online only for military and permanent overseas voters, as authorized by law. Regular Wisconsin voters who need to get an absentee ballot can use MyVote.WI.gov to find their correct clerk's address and contact information, then make the request in writing, or by fax or email.
Most voters who wish to cast absentee ballots by mail must make their request by 5 p.m. the Thursday before the election. Voters who are military or overseas, or who are indefinitely confined due to age, disability, infirmity or illness may request absentee ballots by 5 p.m. the Friday before the election. For this federal election, military voters who are on active duty away from their residence may request an absentee ballot until 5 p.m. on Election Day. All absentee ballots must be postmarked by Election Day, and received by 4 p.m. Friday, November 9 to be counted.
Those wishing to vote early may also do so in-person at their municipal clerk's office during normal business hours starting Monday, October 22. The period for in-person absentee voting ends Friday, November 2 at 5 p.m. or the close of business, whichever is later.
For more information, contact
Michael Haas, staff counsel, 608-266-0136


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The last day of school was today, so I'm off for the next two and a half months. This school year was a great one and I had a lot of really terrific students. But time to enjoy some time off. Came home today, took a nap, went running. Yessir, life is good.
Run itself went well. Just a short jaunt on the powerline loop near my house. First run in what seems like a while where I haven't seen deer.
Western States preps continue. It's amazing the mind games I'm playing with myself as the result of nervousness/anxiousness. I'll elaborate more on everything in the next few days. It's all good though.
Happy running!
Ran 4.7 miles @ 8:57/mile pace.
Trails, dirt roads.
Very hilly.
Upper 60s, partly cloudy.
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Oooh, there's a pinch in my lower back.
My head hurts too.
And my vision is blurred from going through long lists of Southern California physicians who specialize in herbal medicine. I need relief, and I need it fast, but how does one go about choosing a medical marijuana doctor?
"I am a person first, a scientist second and a friend always," a Melrose Avenue doctor says in an ad that can be found in medical cannabis magazines.
I suppose there are advantages to having a medical marijuana doctor who is a friend always. But I wasn't really looking for a friend.
"Sadly, many of the doctors' offices in our field are shoddy at best," said an ad for a clinic in my neighborhood. "They definitely are not something to gamble on."
Good advice, I guess. In the end, I chose a Glendale clinic because it was close to home, offered "superior professionalism" and had an appointment time that worked for me.
But I was a bit nervous on my way to see the doctor. What if I got rejected?
Not that I've heard of that happening to anyone. The open secret is that it's a cinch to get a marijuana "recommendation" in California. A "recommendation" isn't a prescription, but it would allow me to visit a dispensary and buy my buds.
In Los Angeles, locating such a place would be no harder than locating a palm tree. The little green crosses are everywhere, with 186 dispensaries operating with city permits and an estimated 600 more that found a loophole.
Why so many?
Because of the usual bungling at City Hall. An estimated 600 or so managed to open -- if you can believe this -- during a MORATORIUM on new dispensaries, while city officials fiddled.
Neighborhood groups began complaining about proliferation, proximity to schools and rising crime. So now we've got a city attorney who wants to shut them down and a City Council that will take another whack at this thing in a week or two. But in the meantime, you can shop til you drop for "Sonoma Coma" and "Humboldt Haze."
This is what happens when you're in that murky middle between legal and illegal. I'm all for medical marijuana, and know it brings great relief to many sick people, but it doesn't take a detective to realize that recreational users are driving the industry under the guise of medical need.
As I've written before, we'd be better off legalizing pot altogether in this country, as well as regulating and taxing it. Instead, we spend a fortune on a failed fight that helps cartels and drug gangs prosper, even as bodies pile up.
But let's get back to my courtship of Mary Jane.
I parked in Glendale, took the elevator to the top floor of a high-rise and was greeted by a young man in jeans and a ball cap.
"Are you here to see the doctor?" he asked.
As far as I could tell, the entire floor was abandoned but for this little operation. Nice to know there's still one part of the economy firing on all cylinders.
Three other patients were waiting, including a woman with a cane.
When she stood, she walked gingerly.
I could be in trouble, I thought. My back problem wasn't as obvious.
Should I limp when it was my turn?
I felt like I was in a Coen brothers movie. The big empty room, the unseen doctor behind the door, the furtive glances between patients.
I filled out some forms, describing the back pain that began roughly 25 years ago. Surgery was recommended in later years, but I've opted instead for stretching and occasional painkillers.
Sometimes the pain crawls down my legs or up my back, sometimes it wakes me up at night, and that's the truth, so help me God.
I turned in the forms but then, on the table next to me, I saw a medical marijuana magazine called "The 420 Times," in which the lead story was, conveniently, "Your First Doctor Visit. What to expect and know."
I began to read.
"Would they take me seriously? Would I be laughed at?" the author wrote. "Turns out, I really didn't have much to be worried about. Getting medical marijuana wasn't as hard as I thought it would be."
His problem was migraines, and he was in and out of the office in no time, marijuana recommendation in hand.
I was in a panic. I'd had a headache or two. Why hadn't I gone with migraines, and was it too late to switch?
Before I could move, the woman with the cane exited the office 10 minutes after she entered. The doctor, wearing a white lab coat, followed behind her.
"I looked at it from across the table, and I trust you," he said to her.
It sounded promising.
When it was my turn, the doctor sat at a desk in an otherwise empty room and read my papers. The only medical equipment I saw was a blood pressure cuff.
The doctor told me there were many options for treating back pain, and I told him I didn't want to risk surgery or take conventional painkillers. He wanted to know how I'm affected when back pain keeps me awake.
I'm fuzzy and have trouble focusing the next day, I told him.
He seemed to be looking for a different answer. If I'm a writer, he said, did that mean I had trouble doing my job?
Definitely, doctor.
I stood to show him where my back hurts. He asked me to bend down, and I demonstrated that I couldn't touch my toes, but I don't think he could see that. He hadn't moved from his seat.
I pointed again to my lower back and asked if there were a disc that low.
He said he knew nothing about back problems.
"I'm a gynecologist," he said.
I see.
He asked if I could have my primary care doctor fax over a brief note about my back problem.
Sure, I said.
"There's no rush," the doctor said.
Without having laid a hand on me, he led me back out to the receptionist with the ball cap. I paid $150 for my 10-minute exam and was given my recommendation.
"This certifies that Steve Lopez was evaluated in my office for a medical condition, which in my professional opinion, may benefit from the use of medical marijuana."
Several more patients were waiting their turn.
Me? I had some shopping to do, and several hundred stores to choose from.
Check back here Sunday, and I'll let you know how it went.
Steve Lopez
October 28, 2009
LA Times
A visit to the medical marijuana doctor
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Want more structure to your garden? Have a spot where rain water always puddles? Looking for a hardscape project with a Japanese-inspired look? Ever hear of a dry stream bed? Dry stream beds are decorative stone features that can also carry rain water away from foundations and garden beds.
Have you ever wanted a water feature without the water (and the maintenance)? Ever hoped to add a bold, rocky, "Zen" aspect to the garden? Ever considered a dry stream bed? A dry stream bed can be purely decorative — something to lend a Japanese feel to the garden or a natural, stone yin to the garden's yang — or it can be a rain water-directing device that stops erosion and helps control flooding.
No matter if it is ornamental or functional; a dry stream bed can be an easy do-it-yourself project that adds drama to any garden or yard.
Dry stream beds are usually used in one of two ways: within a Japanese garden to give the appearance of a stream, or as a practical solution to an area where water regularly runs through and it gets too wet to mow or tend, but 95 percent of the time it is dry.
Nancy Gonsiorek, a University of Illinois Extension McHenry County Master Gardener who lives in Crystal Lake, Ill., installed a dry stream bed in her yard because of drainage issues. "None of our downspouts were trenched, and during heavy periods of rain we experienced some seepage in one part of our basement," she says. "By digging a dry stream bed, I was able to take storm water away from the house and redirect it to a nearby river birch tree — a win-win situation. I gave the stream bed some gentle, natural curves and used river rocks and varying sizes of river cobble boulders, about 6 to 24 inches." Near the birch and dry stream bed end Gonsiorek planted shade-tolerant natives such as goat's beard, black cohosh, foam flower, maidenhair fern and lots of native sedges.
In my garden, I installed a dry stream bed at the end of the property to channel water from the end of the sump pump hose, but mostly to serve as a focal point. The yard opens into a park-district-tended field, and I wanted to give the feeling of separation between my garden the field without blocking the view.
Water, water everywhere?
Streambeds should follow the contour of the yard, tumbling downhill and meandering among plantings.
Unless you are creating a Japanese-styled garden featuring a dry stream bed to suggest running water (and not to channel it), you are probably looking to improve water flow through your yard. So, first, think about the storm runoff and drainage. Where are the puddles after a rain? Do heavy rains wash away soil or mulch in sloped beds? Is there water seeping into your basement from the downspouts being too close to the house like in Gonsiorek's yard?
Next think about the grade and slope of your garden. In general, you want the water to run away from the house, but there's more to it than that. A pronounced slope will allow you to make the dry stream bed look like it belongs in your yard. These features look best when they follow a slope or appear to be flowing downhill.
It is also good overall design if the dry stream bed is sited where it will lead your "eye" from one existing design element to the next. For example, the dry stream bed could head toward a river birch and a wildflower garden like Gonsiorek's, or link two or more perennial borders like mine, or define the edge of a path or a bed — or even become a path with raised stepping stones in the middle.
Make it look natural
The streambeds should widen and narrow as they curve. Here a wooden foot bridge also acts as a focal point across a narrow point.
The most important thing to remember is to make it look natural and that means making it irregular and rambling. "It simply must meander," says John Heaton, owner of Knupper Nursery and Landscape in Palatine, Ill. "Nothing in nature is straight. No straight lines."
You also want the dry stream bed to have a variable width. It should become narrower and wider as it zigzags, Heaton suggests. "You don't want a constant width with stones and boulders lined up evenly. You want slight width changes, changes in direction, and a change of rock shapes and sizes as the stream travels along." For instance, natural streams widen on the bends. Boulders that are too large for the current to move remain in the middle of the stream. Similarly, smaller stones are washed to the center and to the end.
To achieve this natural look, the deepest part of the dry steam bed, the center, should be filled with small river rocks that are smooth, such as river pebbles. Then add larger pebbles and medium-sized stones such as Mexican river pebbles, and then boulders that look like they belong in the area. And stick to a uniform color palette. Using red, black, blue, gray and brown boulders and pebbles all jumbled together looks unnatural, Heaton says.
If your garden is small and the dry stream bed is also small, choose smaller river rocks and boulders. If you are making a large-scale dry stream bed in a large yard, the rocks should also be proportionately bigger. Plus, if a large quantity of water will flow through the stream bed during a storm, be sure your gravel and pebbles are heavy enough so they don't get washed away.
Also, avoid placing rocks in any pattern whatsoever. Place small- and medium-sized stones along the center of the channel and larger rocks or boulders both along the banks, but don't line them up evenly. And place some boulders in the middle of the stream to look as if they were too heavy for the current to move. Then mimic nature by placing some rocks on top of each other and partially burying others.
Where to start? Where to end?
When starting the dry stream bed, make the "headwaters" narrower, then have the course change and become wider. Then vary the direction and width repeatedly as the stream progresses. Remember that natural creek beds are usually wider than they are deep. Follow the lay of the land and the direction of the slope.
"The width should change by thirds," Heaton explains. "For instance, if it starts with a 1-foot-wide bed, then it should widen to 1.5 feet at one point, perhaps turn, and become 3 feet at a further point. This transition should occur every 10 feet or so." Widen and narrow it gradually.
Have the stream bed end at a logical point, too. "Extend it through a hedge, or under a fence—again, try to make it look like nature put it there," Heaton says.
You can put a rain garden at the end of a dry stream bed, too.
After your dry stream bed is installed, it will be a fairly low maintenance feature. Weeds might grow up between the rocks, and Heaton recommends spraying these weeds with a non-selective herbicide like glyphosate rather than hand pulling. Pulling weeds that are rooted into the landscape fabric might disturb or tear the fabric, which can lead to more weeds. "It is critical that the dry stream bed look like it fits into the landscape," Heaton emphasizes.
"It needs to flow, like a small stream would, and it needs to be suited for your yard's special situations. And when installing it yourself, give yourself the proper amount of space and enough time necessary to do it correctly. It's really a great do-it-yourself project."
Plants like Sedum 'Angelina' make good companions with rocky features like the streambed.
Installing a Dry Stream Bed
- Lay out the course using landscape paint, small flags, or a garden hose. Follow the slope of your yard (downhill) and create a meandering path. Be sure it narrows and widens and starts and ends in logical places.
- Clear the area of grass and weeds. Use a non-selective herbicide like glyphosate (and wait the recommended amount of days) or use a sod cutter or a spade to remove the sod.
- Using a shovel, excavate the stream to a depth of about 6 to 9 inches up to about 1 foot. Place some of the excavated soil along the sides to create small banks (especially at the outside of the curves). The sides should descend gradually toward the center.
- Set landscape fabric in the ditch. Fabric should extend about 6 inches on each side, where boulders and stones will be placed on top. Pleat the fabric to accommodate turns. Secure with landscape fabric staples or fasteners.
- Pour in a 2- to 3-inch layer of washed gravel (3/4 or 1 inch in size). Pour sharp sand or torpedo sand on top to sift through gravel for a natural look.
- Place the boulders. Boulders should vary in size. Avoid organizing the rocks in any pattern. Place boulders on the banks and a few of the larger ones in the center of the stream. Use large boulders at the bends in the stream and to disguise the headwaters.
- Place river pebbles and rocks on top of the gravel and sand and between the boulders. Use various sizes. Some types to consider include Mexican river pebbles, river pebbles, pond pebbles and smaller sand pebbles. Spread smaller river rocks at the lowest end to create the appearance of naturally deposited sediment.
- Create plantings. As in nature, be sure plantings aren't lined up along the stream bed. Include trees, shrubs or perennials, as desired. Plant some through openings in the landscape fabric.
- Keep weeds out by hand-pulling very small weeds or using a non-selective herbicide like glyphosate to kill deeply rooted weeds. Hand pulling large weeds could disturb or tear the landscape fabric beneath the stones.
Photos courtesy of Michelle Byrne Walsh.


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Where next for the Chinese stockmarket?
- Chinese stocks suffer violent swings
- Loosening monetary policy and large debt contributing to volatility
- We expect government support for stockmarkets to remain
- Valuations in the H-shares generally remain attractive
- We remain in overweight in China
The story so far:
Year-to-date there has been a spectacular amount of volatility in the Chinese stockmarket. The impact has been most pronounced for the local A-shares but H-shares, which are constituents of the MSCI China index and where we invest, have also been drawn in.
Despite such market volatility, after sharp moves up followed by equally sharp moves back down, we find ourselves not far from where we started at the beginning of the year:
- The MSCI China index has now fallen by 2.5% year-to-date, but was up 29% at its peak.
- The Shanghai A-share market has returned around 16%, but was up 60% at its highest point.
The rally and subsequent fall has not been fundamentally driven; rather it has been liquidity and momentum-led and dominated by retail investors.
Consequently, our overall stance on the Chinese economy and the equity market remains little changed.
We do not follow a trading approach and remain overweight China in our core Global Emerging Markets strategy.
Why did Chinese stockmarkets rise?
In reaction to the slowing economy, the Chinese government has implemented a number of interest rate and reserve requirement reductions in recent months to avoid major disruptions to the labour market.
In addition to the stimulus, they have allowed local governments to swap their banks' loans into longer-dated bonds in order to begin the process of addressing the rapid increase in debt since 2010.
Chinese debt is currently around 200% of GDP, but most of this is in the corporate sector, 126% - mainly state-owned enterprises (SOEs) - and some in local government, 35%.
Household debt is modest at 24%. Recently the government has also removed the 75% cap on the loan to deposit ratio for banks.
The result of these measures has been that liquidity in the banks has increased at a time when opportunities for attractive lending are becoming harder to find; local governments are issuing bonds rather than borrowing from banks, which is pressuring margins.
Wealth management products are attracting increasing scrutiny and the amount they can lend to certain industries is being restricted.
Has government action been a self-fulfilling prophecy?
The consequence of these developments is that banks have increased lending related to the stockmarket.
We would expect the market activity to broaden out and stocks with strong fundamentals to perform well.
The government has also been a public cheerleader for a strong market; corporate debt is high and a lot of this is within the SOEs.
One way to clean up the balance sheets of the corporate sector is to swap debt for equity. Unsurprisingly new issuance and IPOs have increased sharply.
The exceptional performance of the A-share market has been primarily due to strong retail buying; retail investor activity accounts for about 80% of the volume of the local A-share market.
We think the catalyst for retail buying was a combination of several reinforcing factors;
- The expectation that government stimulus will continue to provide a boost to the economy, which would be positive for the market.
- Speculation on where investor flows will go given ongoing loosening of the regulations around the HK-Shanghai Connect scheme.
- The prospect of Chinese A-shares being included in the MSCI Emerging Market (EM) index would result in a heavy buying by international investors.
- The lack of attractive alternatives in which households can invest their savings; with a closed capital account, domestic savings have traditionally gone into bank deposits or wealth management products but interest rate liberalisation and greater scrutiny has made this less attractive. The property market no longer looks so attractive after several years of strength given increased supply. At the margin, other outlets for savings have also become harder to use; for example, gambling junkets to Macau have been restricted.
Why have Chinese stock markets fallen?
The availability of easy money to invest in the A-share market has led to an explosion in the number of margin accounts being opened and in the overall size of margin lending.
Recent data suggests that margin financing has reached RMB2.2 trillion or around 12% of the free float of marginable stocks and 3.5% of GDP. Both are arguably the highest in the history of global equity markets.
This has helped push valuations up significantly and the premium of the A- versus H-shares has also increased markedly.
- The average price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) for the A-share market is now around 20 times, although the median P/E is over 40 times.
- H-shares are trading at closer to an average P/E of 12 times.
The economy is yet to react to the stimulus and there has been no real change in the outlook for earnings so this has been a pure speculative re-rating of the A-share market.
With valuations having increased rapidly and the government stepping-up their scrutiny of margin financing, a correction should not come as a complete surprise.
Moreover, the strength of the market has resulted in an acceleration of IPOs and equity offerings, which has been a contributory factor.
Finally, MSCI decided not to include China A shares in the MSCI EM index for now, although they have said it will be under ongoing review.
Outlook for Chinese stocks
In the immediate term, the outlook for the Chinese market remains highly uncertain.
As mentioned above, the A-share market is subject to speculative retail activity and government policy decisions.
Our base case is the authorities are keen to support the market, but at the same time does not want things to run out of control and a speculative bubble to develop. On the other hand, they do want a stable market.
So on balance we would expect the market activity to broaden out and stocks with strong fundamentals to perform well.
Despite the recent easing, real interest rates in China are still high and the economy sluggish. Further stimulus is therefore likely which should be positive for the market.
Moreover, cleaning up SOE balance sheets via a debt for equity swap is still likely a key policy aim.
Recent government action and rhetoric is therefore aimed at stabilising the market.
However, whether this will be successful remains to be seen and recent, seemingly reactive attempts, to shore up investor confidence in response to market falls have appeared uncoordinated.
Positioning for the longer term
Over the long term, we expect China to avoid a hard landing and successfully transition the economy.
China is moving into an era of slower growth and reform progress to achieve a more sustainable level of growth should be seen as a positive by the market.
The H-share market has not seen the same degree of speculative activity as the A-share market, although there has been some spillover.
Valuations in the H-shares generally remain attractive and in line with broader global emerging markets, and we continue to find a number of fundamentally strong companies in which to invest.
Despite elevated market volatility, we have remained overweight China. At the stock level we have also made few changes and remain invested in our highest conviction buy ideas.
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I have always depended on the kindness of strangers and their unprotected Wi-Fi networks. But that doesn't mean for a second that I'm going to share mine with you. What a strange social contract we've formed!
There's a lot of delicate etiquette involved in the sharing of Wi-Fi. But honestly, people, just get yourself passworded up. I'll learn not to mooch. Or just Firesheep you at Starbucks. [The Doghouse Diaries]


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Ameristar dominating Black Hawk competition
Ameristar Casinos' $235 million hotel bet is paying off. Big time.
Ameristar CEO Gordon Kanofsky told me last month that the company's Black Hawk casino posted a 24 percent increase in revenue during the third quarter (the industry recorded 8 percent growth during the same three months). Pretty astonishing numbers. But it's even more staggering witnessing the domination first hand.
More than five months after bet limits were raised, and two-and-a-half months after Ameristar opened its luxury hotel, the company's Black Hawk casino is literally crushing the competition, based on my experience and accounts from casino employees.
The Lodge Casino, the premier spot for poker players in Black Hawk just six months ago, struggled to fill tables on a recent Friday evening. Even with a $300,000 bad-beat jackpot, it felt like a weekday evening as about half of the casino's poker tables were unoccupied. Meanwhile, two-hour waits for a seat at a 1-2, 100 game are common in Ameristar's poker room on weekend nights.
The state Division of Gaming should release November revenue figures within the next week. But it won't be broken out by casino. We won't know just how far ahead of the competition Ameristar is until the company announces fourth quarter financial results early next year. My guess is the gap between Ameristar and the rest of the industry will widen.
And while regulators have already cut their projection on casino-tax revenue growth for the current fiscal year from 25 percent to 10 percent, I wouldn't be surprised if the forecast was cut even further. By most accounts, Ameristar is the only casino that is maintaining or exceeding the growth pace seen during the first month of higher limits, extended hours and new games.
The assumption is that more regulars are playing at Ameristar with hopes of earning comps for the casino's hotel, which is clearly a cut above anything else available in Black Hawk. Whether the casino can hold onto those gamblers after they've experienced the hotel rooms and spa remains to be seen. The Isle Casino dominated the market for a while after it acquired Colorado Central Station (now known as Lady Luck) and built a overhead bridge connecting the two casinos as part of a $95 million expansion about five years ago.


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