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The weather was a bit iffy this week with a bit of rain to be had, although it didn't spoil the fishing too much - it's just anti-social!
Dave McAdam in 'Cherries' had two and lost three.
Rich Fennell fishing 'Embers' had three fish up to 42lbs on the Cell.
Rob Hosey hauled in the 'Snags' swim with 68+ fish including ten forties of 44lbs, 45lbs, 44lbs, 45lbs and 48lb commons and mirrors of 43lbs, 41lbs, 45lbs, 45lbs, 43lbs and 41lbs plus two fifties of 52lbs-8ozs and 53lbs-8ozs on Mad baits.
Danny Muswell in the 'Beach' had two fish.
Lee Hudson had four fish out.
Dave Simpson set-up in 'Gables' and had two up to 44lbs on Entice.
Gary Archer fished in the 'Slope' and caught an impressive 29 fish haul including ten thirties and nine forties to 49lb!
Dave Brockington fished 'West Point' and had four fish including a fifty-pounder of 53lbs-8ozs and a 44lbs-3oz common, and a 60lb-8oz common on Mainline.
Lee Hudson in 'Sunset' had four fish on Cell.
Dave Samuels fished 'Kingfishers' for 25 fish on Boilix.
Ian Young in 'Herbies Hole' landed 21 fish including three forties of 41lbs, 44lbs and 49lbs-13ozs plus a common of 52lbs on the Cell.
Darren Ballard in 'Chimneys' had nine fish including two forties of 42lbs and 44lbs.
Chris Wheatley fished '3 Steps' and had two fish on Boilix.
Steve Williams in peg 30 had 20 fish out up to 50lbs.
C. Brown in peg 7 had four fish on the Cell.
Richard Ellis fished peg 4 and had four fish including a grassie of 42lbs plus a 52lbs-12oz mirror on the Cell.
Kev Smith in peg 12 had 14 fish including two forties of 46lbs, 49lbs-2ozs on the 20kgs of Cell.
Matt Ellis in peg 8 had six fish out, including three forties of 40lbs, 44lbs and a 49lbs grassie on the Cell.
Jules Walter fished peg 18 for 16 fish including three forties of 40lbs, 41lbs and a grassie of 40lbs on the Cell yet again.
George Downs in peg 16 had 15 fish including two forties of 42lbs and 44lbs on A.B.S.
Adie Walter peg 20 had 20 fish up to 45lbs-10ozs.
Tyrone Allen in peg 15 had 17 fish including two forties of 42lbs and 45lbs and three fifties of 52lbs, 53lbs and 56lbs.
Pete Howells in peg 10 had six fish including two forties of 44lbs and 48lbs plus a 53lb mirror on the Cell.
Steve Claxton in peg 2 had four fish out including two forties of 43lbs and a grassie of 48lbs-8ozs on the Cell.
Roger Eley in peg 28 had nine fish on TI.
Gareth Earey in peg 13 had 19 fish on Prems.
Pete Doughty in peg 25 had four fish.
Charles Smith peg 9 had seven fish including two forties.
Graham Carter in peg 2 had 20 fish including six forties of 45lbs, 46lbs, 45lbs, 45lbs, 41lbs and 44lbs plus a 58lb fish on New Grange.
Mike Carter in peg 16 had 10 fish including three forties of 40lbs, 44lbs and 48lbs plus a 58lbs-8oz common.
Richard Beals in peg 14 had eight forties of 40lbs, 40lbs, 43lbs, 45lbs, 47lbs, 49lbs, 40lbs and 41lbs plus six fifties of 50lbs, 52lbs, 54lbs and 57lbs and mirrors of 50lb and 51lbs topped by a 65lb common! On the Cell of course!
Doug Williams in peg 8 had 10 fish including a 49lb fish the best a 50lb mirror.
Jeff Mortimer in peg 11 had eight fish up to 43lbs plus a 72lb cat.
Ollie Hall in peg 5 had seven fish up to 47lbs.
Dan Jarvis in peg 4 had eight fish including two forties of 43lbs and 49lbs–10ozs, topped
by a mirror of 51lbs–10ozs.
Steve Williams in peg 7 had 10 fish including three forties of 42lbs, 42lbs and 43lbs.
Rael fished in Bailiffs and had nine fish on Cell.
Tom Awdziejczyk fished peg 5 and had 25 fish for the week on Cell.
Dave Coogan in peg 4 had 50 fish for the week including three forties of 41lbs, 41lbs, 43lbs plus a further three fifties of 51lbs, 57lbs and a mirror of 58lbs-8ozs on 20kgs of Cell.
Andy Kennedy in peg 1 had 14 fish including eight forties up to 44lbs on the Cell.
Tom Scales in peg 5 had eight fish.
Conal Kennedy in peg 8 had 27 fish including six forties of 40lb, 41lb, 44lbs, 46lbs and 47lbs on 35kg of Cell.
Ian Keeler in peg 4 had six fish.

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A Yukon Supreme Court judge has ordered the closure of a duplex in the McIntyre subdivision following a five-month investigation into illegal activities at the building, putting an end to years of complaints about its tenants from Kwanlin Dun First Nation citizens.
Justice Randall Wong issued the 90-day order last week, which came into effect at midnight on Tuesday morning.
Two female residents were evicted as a result of the order but criminal charges have not been laid against them.
Partying, constant visitors, intimidation of community members and drug trafficking were among the concerns presented to the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods director over the past few years.
It's the culmination of a SCAN unit investigation that originally began in 2012, but was shelved because it couldn't gather enough evidence the duplex was being used for drug trafficking.
A new investigation began in Dec. 2014.
In the past five months, SCAN staff recorded 150 hours of video surveillance that showed 62 suspicious visits to the house, and 29 hours of live footage surveillance that showed 40 visits, according to Caitlin Kerwin, a spokesperson for the Department of Justice.
The property had become a safety concern to the community due to the habitual sale and use of prohibited substances including cocaine, oxycodone, ecstasy, steroids and morphine, according to court documents filed by lawyer Tracy-Anne McPhee.
Complaints spanned several years. A toddler once found a crack pipe near the house, and someone once complained about an unrestrained pit bull on the property.
Last year, a KDFN employee entered the home to clean the stove and chimney and was pierced by a hypodermic needle, according to Kerwin.
One of the tenants even asked the First Nation to install a peephole in the wood chute door located at the back of the house. The request was denied.
SCAN staff issued a verbal warning to the tenants in 2012, when the unit had an open investigation, but it went unheeded.
At the time, a "belligerent" resident of the home was verbally abusive towards the SCAN officers, Kerwin said.
When the investigation resumed last year, the unit determined that despite the warnings, efforts of law enforcement and the KDFN administration, the property still remained a source of recurring drug activity.
The property is located two blocks away from an elementary school and four blocks from a daycare facility.
A lawyer representing the unit was in court last week to present evidence of its findings, and a petition seeking the order against the respondent and property owner, Kwanlin Dun First Nation.
"All of the individuals observed during the investigation to be involved in the illegal activities taking place at the property have a history of criminal activity, including convictions for drug and violence related offences," according to the petition filed in court.
Surveillance footage revealed that individuals were making very short trips to the duplex, "often for less than a minute," at all hours of the day.
Although unrelated to the investigation, SCAN surveillance cameras have been stolen in the area in the past, and one staff vehicle has been burned.
The incidents were put on record to indicate how difficult surveillance could be in a small, close-knit community, said Kerwin.
According to the SCAN act, a judge may make a community safety order if there is enough evidence to suggest the property is used on a regular basis for a specified purpose, and is having adverse effects on the neighbourhood.
While criminal legislation requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt that an accused person committed a specific crime at a specific time and place, orders under SCAN only require evidence that illegal activity is taking place and harming the community on a balance of probabilities.
Kwanlin Dun First Nation Chief Doris Bill said the community supports the order.
It's only the second time a community safety order has been issued on a First Nation's traditional land since the legislation took effect in 2006, she added.
"We've heard from our citizens that their number one issue is safety, and the illegal activities that take place within our community," she said.
"We don't tolerate this kind of activity. Our citizens are becoming more and more aware and responsive to this kind of thing.
"I'm hoping people see this as a positive move and continue to work towards a safer community."
The order ceases to be in effect on Aug. 3 at 4 p.m., after which the First Nation gets the duplex back.
Bill said substantial damage had been done to the building, so the First Nation plans on cleaning it up before making it available for rent once again.
Last year, 55 complaints were reported to SCAN, with detailed investigations leading to evictions or formal warnings in nine cases.
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Top 25 fund selectors: Bruno Lee, Rosita Lee
AsianInvestor conducted a recent project to identify the most influential protagonists in fund selection and distribution in Hong Kong and Singapore. You can find more background on the project by clicking here.
Here we unveil the 14th and 15th gatekeepers on the list, which is ordered alphabetically. We have already published write-ups for numbers one to 13 (see the list at the end of this article). The full feature appears in the November issue of AsianInvestor magazine.
Bruno Lee
Head of partnership, product and platform development for wealth and asset management Manulife Asset Management
Canadian insurer Manulife is repositioning its business globally, having identified Asia and global wealth and asset management as its two core drivers of future growth.
This February it merged its Asian wealth and asset management units to streamline customer engagement with its range of strategies, from life insurance and pension solutions to unit-linked funds.
It has signed new distribution deals with the likes of DBS, Standard Chartered and Indonesia's Bank Danamon and in September hired Bruno Lee to expand intermediary channels, securing new partners and developing its wholesale capabilities.
Lee is in charge of all product development, which cuts across retail and institutional segments and both direct and partnership business. Further, he is in charge of Asia investment management services, which includes manager selection, performance monitoring and manager review across platforms.
So his role encompasses both buy- and sell-side. He supports all channels, including inhouse product development and wrapping for pensions, investment-linked insurance products and direct fund sales.
Manulife has a strong position in Hong Kong's Mandatory Provident Fund market and ambitions to capitalise on defined contribution pension reforms to penetrate other Asian markets.
It is also intent on growing in direct distribution through its 60,000-strong agency sales force and sees the cross-border mutual recognition scheme as a big opportunity for purpose-building its Hong Kong platform.
Lee is highly experienced, having previously worked as Asia ex-Japan head of retail at Fidelity and Asia-Pacific head of wealth management at HSBC.
Rosita Lee
Head of investment products and advisory business
Hang Seng Bank
Having joined Hang Seng Bank in 1996, Rosita Lee Pui Shan has occupied various roles at the bank, which ranks among the top five in Hong Kong by assets.
She is now head of investment products and advisory business, responsible for the development, selection and due diligence of wealth management for Hang Seng's retail, corporate and institutional clients. Lee (pictured left) is also a director of Hang Seng Investment Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of the bank.
Hang Seng had HK$1.3 trillion ($168 billion) in assets as at June 30 this year. Retail funds are a driver of its wealth management business, with fund income for the first half of 2015 rising 18% yearon-year to more than HK$1 billion.
But it is known to be picky with the providers it uses. Although it offers about 400 funds, it only works with 20 fund houses, both large international brands and boutiques.
Hang Seng's platform includes funds from all asset classes and a range of geographies, indexed funds, and Capital Investment Entrant Scheme funds. It has plans to add funds under the Hong Kong-China mutual recognition of funds scheme.
Lee places strong emphasis on the importance of after-sales support from fund providers. "Firstly the funds should perform well. Secondly providers have to commit to helping support sales. Experience has taught me that a sustainable fund business model relies on the bank and fund house working together to market products, educate customers and provide after-sales support."
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Roger Bacon, Citi Private Bank
Ernest Chan, Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management
Leo Cheung, AIA Pension and Trustee
Dany Dupasquier, Standard Chartered
Sam Edwards, HSBC Private Bank
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Go All Out with A Dim Sum Extravaganza
Weekends with public holidays are all for spending time with family and friends and some food indulgence. The Emperor at Dorsett Grand Subang is offering dim sum fans an Eat-All-You-Can Dim Sum Extravaganza for the price of RM88 nett per person on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
With a featured list of over 30 selections of dainty morsels of handcrafted steamed and fried dim sum along with some Chinese specialty dishes and desserts, diners can enjoy a dim sum affair set in the grandeur of The Emperor with family and friends. The Muslim-friendly restaurant offer diners with a spacious main dining area as well as some private rooms.
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Steamed Siew Mai, plump and bouncy, are crowned with tiny pearls of crunchy roes while the Steamed Fish Paste Dumpling is very tasty with bouncy fish paste enhanced with garlicky notes and steamed to perfection. The Steamed Bean Curd Roll was much adored by my family for its bouncy filling with nutty bean curd sheet and gravy.
One ain't dim sum-ing if you ain't ordering the Steamed Phoenix Feet with Black Bean... at least that what my other half said… the version here had him cleaning out those umami chicken feet with much happiness.
Now one shouldn't miss out ordering the quintessential Char Siew Bao or Steamed Bun with BBQ Chicken. Its just that bite of fluffy bao enveloping that unctuous sweet and savory char siew filling that most relates to the joy of dim sum-ing.
The menu also has some Chinese special dishes like Stir-Fried Chicken Cube with Dried Chilies, Deep-Fried Sweet & Sour Chicken and Deep-Fried Chicken with Thai Mango Sauce.
While the Stir-Fried Chicken Cube with Dried Chilies or Kung Pao Chicken is decent, we were bowled over by the Deep-Fried Chicken with Thai Mango Sauce. The latter had crispy and juicy chicken topped with that vibrant fruity note of sweet and sour mango sauce that elevated the dish to a delicious one.
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Besides Steamed Rice Rolls or Cheong Fun, there are also other carb fillers like Noodle with Shredded Chicken Hong Kong Style, Glutinous Rice with Chicken Wrapped in Lotus Leaf and Fish Fillet Porridge. The noodles were very fragrant and had been seasoned well with a nice al dente bite. The fish porridge was cooked to much creamy goodness and had generous pieces of fish in it.
Egg Tart, when made well, oozed with that lusciousness of creamy eggy custard paired with a buttery biscuit base that melt-in-the-mouth…
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Below we highlight our three top-read blogs in 2020.
1. What's in a Name: Is Implementation Science Repackaged Process Evaluation?
This blog written by Taren Swindle from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, discusses the distinction between process evaluation and implementation science (IS). In a short accompanying commentary, SISN Past President, David Pelletier clarifies and highlights the differences between the NIH definition of IS in US settings (cited in the blog post) and how SISN conceptualizes IS.
2. A Case for Implementation Research in Food Fortification
This commentary written by SISN's Chief Information Officer, Mduduzi Mbuya, discusses a paper he recently co-authored in Current Developments in Nutrition describing the evaluation of a double fortified salt (DFS) program in Uttar Pradesh, India. The blog highlights three important lessons learned related to the program's implementation.
3. SISN Co-hosts Interactive Virtual Workshop on Implementation Science and Covid-19 at ASN Nutrition 2020 Live Online
This blog describes the proceedings and summarizes the overarching themes of SISN's successful live stream session "Covid-19 and Program Implementation: Implications for Implementation Science (IS)" during ASN's Nutrition 2020 Live Online event in June 2020.
Check out more insightful articles on our blogs page.
We would like to thank all the individuals and organizations who have contributed to our monthly blogs over the past year.
We'd love to hear your thoughts on these articles and suggestions for future topics. If you have a case study or experience related to implementation science in nutrition that you're willing to share with our audience, please get in touch.
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Since Donald Trump blamed "both sides" for the deadly violence in Charlottesville last weekend, 16 charities have canceled their events at his Mar-a-Lago golf club.
On Friday, The American Red Cross said it nixed their plan to host their annual International Red Cross ball at the Palm Beach resort because of Trump's response to the events in Charlottesville were controversial and distressing to their supporters.
"The American Red Cross has decided we cannot host our annual fundraising event at Mar-a-Lago, as it has increasingly become a source of controversy and pain for many of our volunteers, employees and supporters", the Red Cross said in a statement.
"We believe this action will allow us to continue to put the focus on our lifesaving mission and the people we serve. The Red Cross provides assistance without discrimination to all people in need, regardless of nationality, race, religious beliefs, or political opinions, and we must be clear and unequivocal in our defense of that principle."
Five other charities have cancelled their events at the club in the past 24 hours, including the Cleveland Clinic — the leading academic hospital, the American Cancer Society, and the Friends of Magen David Adom, the Israeli Red Cross, according to an updated list from the Palm Beach Daily News. In addition, the Salvation Army, the Autism Project of Palm Beach County and Susan G Komen have all cancelled their events, per the Washington Post.
In January, the American Red Cross was criticized for its decision to hold their gala at the resort because Trump's planned refugee embargo diverged with the foundation of the organization.


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Tonight, I enjoyed a fundraiser named "A Tribute to Leadership Reception with Tony". I was to honor Tony Peraica, an outstanding Commissioner of Cook County. It was at Pescatore 3400 North River Road Franklin Park, Illinois. The event was well attended with high profile types such as Frank Avila. Please make sure to visit Tony Peraica's website, click here: http://www.joinperaica.com I am Commissioner Peraica's personal photographer, a great honor. Salman Aftab is going to run for Chicago's 50th Ward Republican Committeeman, I wish him good luck. Photo by Patrick McDonough.
3 Replies to "Salman Aftab, Commissioner Peraica. Commissioner Silvestri"
Patrick, your photo now looks fine just above this, but on the main webpage the right third of the photo seems to get cropped off. You might want to check that out. (Response) Randall if you close the window for "Favorites" you should see the entire picture.
April 28th – 11:10 a.m.
Well, Randy, you just get better and better with every post.
Truth is what I, for one, am seeking, truly.
Whether that truth is what I was expecting, or a complete surprise and contradiction of my opinions, doesn't matter, at least to me.
At this late stage of my life, I've had about all the exciting entertainment a single human being can handle, and still remain relatively sane.
As I suspect you've noticed, my perspectives, to date, are that there does exist a small, but proportionally harmful, number of 'people' who, by hook and/or by crook, do much damage to the large number of ordinary folks, my being one of these many, who simply want to earn an honest day's pay, for an honest day's worth of work, without having a painfully large percentage of my earnings snatched from my pocket, for no reasonably good purposes, by the aforementioned little group of 'not-so-petty' thieves.
I can determine when someone in the 'private sector' is attempting to 'sell' me 'less' for 'more', when someone in the 'private sector' is trying to get 'more' from me, while paying me 'less', and I'm relatively free to decline doing 'business' with those in the 'private sector' who I believe are not being fair and honest in their dealings with me.
I, as with the rest of us 'ordinary' folks, don't presently have an effective option to do the same, when 'dealing' with our elected officials, those they employ, and/or those who participate in activities directly concerning the hard-earned dollars that are plucked from my pockets through the force of taxation.
Without opening the other can of worms, namely the social and day-to-day living conditions that are impacted by the same 'elected officials, government employees, etc.' enforcements of the force-imposed 'laws, rules, regulations, policies, etc.' created by same, just the effects of taxations do much to diminish our potential quality-of-life experiences.
One can decide to accept these factors as if they were just another 'force of nature', like a passing thunderstorm, and do one's best to make the best of the day, and that may end up being the only sane and rational thing to do.
My desire to understand the practical mechanics of our present political workings is a result of my observations that these 'workings' are too often overly beneficial to the small, minority of those 'connected', and painfully detrimental to the vast majority of the rest of us all.
Your observations on your experiences with 'journalists' reveals the fundamental weaknesses in the individuals who think of themselves as journalists, but fall far short of the definition of same.
Seeking the truth, however far the truth is from one's expectations, ambitions and desires, is what a true journalist is all about.
Like the character of detective Joe Friday, from Dragnet, a true journalist is seeking 'just the facts', letting the readers determine what those facts mean.
Your suggestions to the Chicago Reader are excellent and insightful.
I hope that the Reader's editorial authorities will jump at the chance to act on them, no matter how difficult it may be to execute these ideas and suggestions.
An active 'post-a-question and get-an-answer' type service, combined with an open comment board, for the rest of us non-journalists to offer our 'two-cents worth' on any question, would do much to help the Readers' readers to begin to understand the means and methods of their own governance, and, thus, hopefully lead to a much more informed and effective citizen participation in the 'political processes'.
Whether a voting publics' increased understanding will lead to improvements in all of our lives, to greater participation and to changes in the way our 'elected' public 'servants' behave, remains to be seen.
I, for one, would like to see if a more informed electorate will result in a more honest, fair, beneficial and truly helpful crop of 'public servants' being elected.
While there are elements of 'drama' in many of my posted comments, that drama comes from the activities I observe, namely, the contradictions, deceptions, and convoluted mumbo-jumbo that our present bunch of 'public servants' routinely 'appear' to feed us, whenever, wherever and in whatever way 'appears' to serve their own purposes.
It may not be that they are ALL shitheads, but, as the saying goes, it only takes a few rotten apples to spoil the barrel, and, I suspect that we're burdened with more than just a few.
Thank you for improving with every post, I wouldn't be surprised if the Reader were to offer you the job of running the 'alternative' you suggested, though I know you've got better things to do.
Randy Gordon
April 29th – 12:01 a.m.
"Running the alternative"? Well, I would love to be involved, anyhow.
Like everyone else who posts publicly, I too have an agenda, and it is this.
After this horrendous election, I want peace, in my community, and in my city. I want to remind everyone of what we, as a city and a community have achieved, and what we will achieve in the next decade.
But you are incorrect in thinking it would be difficult to implement.
In actuality, the only software you would need for what I envision is the open source and free Drupal wiki (http://drupal.org/). It would only take a few hours to set up.
I would do it myself, but I really need the Reader to do it, not me. The Reader is Chicago's own community newspaper, supported by local businesses, and I feel strongly that
newspapers should be one of the pillars a community is built on.
The Reader can do more than Investigative reporting and entertainment news, the Reader, and the thousands of small businesses that support the Reader, can work together to strengthen the community, as well (and make a nice profit at the same time).
Let me explain further. Back in the 1990's, there was a television show on PBS, called "Ethics in America"
(free at http://www.learner.org/resources/series81.html)
I want the Reader to do something like that, but updating it for the internet, turning it into an interactive game, and involving their advertisers, as well.
Here is how it would work.
Drupal is a free pre-built PHP/MySQL web application, that you can customize with a browser, that can handle enormous numbers of hits, multiple languages, and most importantly, collaborative book creation.
Whoever maintains this website could put it up in a few hours. If they have problems, the Drupal community is one of the friendliest on the web.
Then the real work begins. The Reader needs to recruit prominent politicians and civic leaders to contribute their thoughts on a specific scenario, say, a proposed development of an abandoned theater (To use an example from Westridge).
The scenario is posted as a chapter in Drupal's book module, and the public is solicited to submit their comments on what they would do.
Note that the submissions go into a moderation queue, and are not yet readable by anyone but Reader staff. The reader staff picks out the most interesting ones, and publishes them, along with the comments by the civic leaders and politicians on what they would do in the scenario.
Then, like in "Ethics in America", the scenario is picked further apart, and the process is repeated.
The end result is that the Reader has just now written a chapter in a book (with Drupal, you can generate a publishable book easily from its collaborative book module) that it can market.
But it does not end there. The Reader staff gives points for each submission, and these points can be redeemed at local Reader advertisers for discounts (Drupal has a very nice rating system). You can even add in an "American Idol" like user voting mechanism.
The top points winner could also get some sort of civic award (perhaps not from the Pew Institute, but at least from the city. I bet Chicago politicians would love to see something from the Reader that didn't involve suggestions for incarceration). The grand prize could be something spectacular, like no city taxes for that year. Lesser prizes could include bonus grade points for students in CPS, as well as things like partial scholarships.
Everyone wins. It promotes faith in our city government, promotes the Readers advertisers, promotes the Readers circulation (and the rates the Reader can charge), and best of all, since Drupal can handle multiple languages, it can bring the non English speaking ethnic groups into the discussion, which, when the book is published in June , 2009, should make one impressive statement to the International Olympic committee and bolster Chicago's bid to become the "first city" for international business.
The software and maintenance is free (Drupal pretty much runs itself) the bandwidth is probably already in the Readers web budget, as is the disk space.
The real cost is the human effort, to recruit the political leaders and the advertisers, promote the idea, and judge the results. However, I am willing to bet that the City and the various political and civic stakeholders would back this to the hilt, and there would probably be no dearth of volunteers to help with the judging.
Like I said, the Reader has enormous untapped potential and revenue streams. This is just one of the ways it can tap them.
April 29th – 1:35 p.m.
Randy, you're full of surprises, indeed.
Brilliant idea, well thought out details, the best of intentions.
God, I hope this isn't destined to be one of those 'no good deed goes unpunished' experiences!
I'll do what I can to spread the word on this concept; with a little bit of 'pre-anticipation' , on the part of the readership of the Reader, the evidence of a 'demand' for this interactive medium MIGHT spur the Reader to actually implement it!
Oh joy!
Randy Gordon
April 30th – 7:34 a.m.
Well, look at it this way.
Just how badly could the board object to having every student in the Chicago public school system being given the Reader as a homework assignment for their social studies class? I bet the advertisers aren't going to hate having hundreds of thousands of school kids will disposable cash seeing their advertisements, as well.
Look, the Reader was founded in the 1970's to provide an alternative to the mainstream papers, and an outlet for "hard hitting" articles.
Two generations later, there are plenty of alternatives, and in a polarized society as this, hard hitting is hard to distinguish from spin.
But the changing times have hit the mainstream as well. The Trib and Sun are outmoded in an age of Internet news and videophones.
The one newspaper format that still has an advantage is the Readers long format. Journalism is still a profession, not an avocation, despite all evidence to the contrary, and the skill to produce such articles is still something that requires training.
Thanks to the Internet, everyone has the means to be a newspaper publisher. It does not mean, however, that they have the talent or skill to be a journalist.
But journalism has never been about investigation, that was just a fad inspired by the Post and Watergate. It is about communication, and about education.
And right now, the public the Reader serves needs that more than anything. We live in a polarized world, never hearing anything but what we want to hear.
And this week, millions of illegal immigrants are in our streets, because they think everyone else can't hear them. And, many others, throughout the city, keep quiet for fear of being singled out.
This isn't a proposal for some silly school project. This is an attempt to open up channels of communication that are rapidly closing, to give voice to those that are afraid to speak.
We can't live like this, at war with ourselves.
The right hand cannot war against the left forever, we need both hands to build a future, for ourselves, and for our children.
We need a way to talk to each other, not at each other. So I proposed this as a moderated format, so cyber-bullies cannot intimidate anyone, and in multiple languages, so everyone has the ability to give voice to their thoughts.
And, most important, it is by the Reader, famous for their anti-establishment articles, who can give credibility to the assurance that posting your thoughts does not mean exposing yourself to retaliation by the authorities.
re Randy
April 30th – 11:05 a.m.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but I gotta tell you, you just keep getting better and better at this essay writing thing you once stated you were not all that good at. 🙂
If the Reader doesn't pick up on this, (pardon my 'French'), fuckin' brilliant idea, then they must have lost interest in both being a paper worthy of being called 'journalistic' AND a profitable business.
Hell, SOMEBODY could implement this, and do well just selling ads on the Web!
Well, it's only been a few days that your post has been up, I've been posting it a bit, (hopefully with no objection from the author), with the nature of this form of communication being quite rapid, some reaction should be forthcoming.
Ben and/or Mick, are you out there???
Do you guys ever read the comments on your articles????
I'll keep on plugging away on this, Randy, as it's the first really practical idea I've come across, sort of a focused Wiki, with the goals being just as lofty, ie., "to give voice to those that are afraid to speak." & "to build a future, for ourselves, and for our children." & "and in multiple languages, so everyone has the ability to give voice to their thoughts."
Like I said, BRILLIANT IDEA!!!!
Randy Gordon
April 30th – 3:58 p.m.
I suspect that we have been the only two reading this thread for some time.
If you are interested in the issues that this proposal is addressing,
Katherine Barrette & Richard Greene of Governing Magazine, have spent years looking at these issues, and their latest article http://www.governing.com/articles/5manage.htm
discusses a related issue.
They are quite knowledgeable and respected regarding applications of technology to state governance, and could be both quite supportive and establish this form of government auditing and management as a franchise for whoever implements it.
You are welcome to full ownership of the idea, for whatever it may worth, if anything. Run with it, I have no further interest beyond making the original proposal, I have to get back to my own work.
Good luck.
Thanks, Randy
April 30th – 4:34 p.m.
By the tone of your most recent post, I suspect you've determined that the 'addictive' nature of posting comments has worn off, and that this last post may well be your last.
Hopefully not, but, in the event that it is, I thank you for this wonderful idea, I'm kicking myself for not thinking of something similar!
But then, what this lack of inspiration on my part teaches me is that I am still vulnerable to not seeing the forest for the trees.
Thank you for the entirety of the rationality of your comments, you've remained civilized in an environment that is not commonly all that civil.
Good luck to you, in all that you choose to do.
Randy Gordon
May 1st – 6:59 p.m.
"Midway in the journey of our life
I came to myself in a dark wood,
for the straight way was lost.
Ah, how hard it is to tell
the nature of that wood, savage, dense and harsh —
the very thought of it renews my fear!
It is so bitter death is hardly more so.
But to set forth the good I found
I will recount the other things I saw.
from Inferno, Canto 1 http://etcweb.princeton.edu/dante/pdp/
The greatest gift of G*D was to forgo robbing each of us of that small share of glory that results from choosing our own path through those woods, even if we choose to ascend to Heaven via a path that winds through Hell.
The Reader doesn't seem interested in walking this particular path. Neither did the Sun Times (mainly because I wasn't related to the publisher) or the Tribune (mainly because of a total lack of courage)
I wish you luck in getting any traction. One suggestion, you might want to ally with Pete Zelchenko http://zelchenko.com/ a community activist, aldermanic candidate, techie. He probably has a more jaundiced view of Chicago politics than you do , but he would love this sort of thing.
If you do, I would suggest your first topic be illegal immigration. I want to propose a compromise that I think would benefit all sides, without leading to unwanted political, ethical or economic repercussions, based on my decades of research and experience in the competitive strategy of nations.
However, I cannot even propose it because the din of irrelevant discourse would drown it out. I need to get the public discourse to a far less hysterical level before the idea has even have a chance of a fair hearing. I suspect many others also have their own suggestions.
I have always felt that there are very few problems that cannot be solved when rational adults sit down together and discuss a solution. But to attempt that, we need to talk out the irrational fears, first, on both sides.
That means a moderated forum, where amateur spin artists and would be demagogues cannot divert the discussion from the issues. I have tried. I cannot make it happen. Perhaps you will have better luck.
If you get anywhere, let me know. I can help you flesh out the business case.
re R G
May 6th – 4:17 p.m.
I'm still banging on doors, but nobody seems to be home…….
Ah, the life of a salesman…..
As my papa always said, "Never give up hope, never stop trying, always get back up when life knocks you down and you can't catch fish if you don't put your line in the water".
Oh, and the only thing that one can control is one's own efforts, never the outcome of same, so do your best and be thankful for every breath you're blessed with.
Randy Gordon
May 7th – 4:27 a.m.
I wasn't kidding about that "Inferno" quote, though I have yet to post a complicated literary allusion and have anyone get it.
But make no mistake, this is important. If there is no mechanism for differing segments of the public to talk to each other, our society will continue to grow more partisan, till the lack of cohesion causes it to fall apart.
The various political bodies, from local city councils to the US Congress, were supposed to fulfill that function, but the ubiquity of spin and the media prevents them from doing so. Reaching out, being reasonable, is too dangerous, it would be used against you in the next election.
We have had partisan eras before in our nations history, in the early 1800's, for example, the Whigs and the Democrats hated each other with a passion that makes our present polarization seem genial.
But always, in the past, there have been social forces to pull us together, to keep the lines of communication open.
There are no such forces now. It used to be that politicians could meet privately, out of the glare of the media and the spin, and work together without fear of their reasonableness being turned against them.
However, thanks to various laws that prevent elected officials from conducting business in private, that is no longer possible.
Open meetings is not a bad thing, per se, but we need to replace the social function that they performed. I am hoping this proposal will achieve that.
P.S. Just in case you were wondering, I am not the n.g.f.a. Randy Gordon, or the Democratic lawyer Randy Gordon, neither of them is part of the Westbridge community, as far as I know. (I really didn't want them to get the blame for my posts).
I am just the political wonk and nerd Randy Gordon, and pretty much invisible to most of society, deliberately. I would rather my actions speak for me.
re R.G.
May 7th – 7:05 a.m.
"(I really didn't want them to get the blame for my posts)."
I think you really MUST mean the credit…..
"But always, in the past, there have been social forces to pull us together, to keep the lines of communication open."
This, of course, was before we all, as a society, became effectively separated by the very technologies which we thought would help in increasing our abilities to communicate, (telephone, radio, television, and, ironically, computers & the 'World Wide Web'), though, maybe the error is in assuming that a greater ability to communicate would automatically equal a greater understanding and appreciation of each other.
Perhaps the incredible amount of information, both accurate and bogus, we have access to, about each other, leads not to a recognition of our commonalities, but to an irritating awareness of our differences.
I knew a fellow, once upon a time, who had this theory that the behaviors of mankind can be easily seen in every 'lower' species, (the herd instinct, fear of the 'other', the 'birds of a feather, flock together' principle, laws of the jungle, etc.), but, at the time, I thought he was over-simplifying human social motivations.
Maybe he had a more insightful understanding of people than I thought.
I wholly agree that some venue is desperately needed to provide at least the opportunity, for those who wish to avail themselves of it, to feel and believe that they can participate, in a truly meaningful way, in affecting the powerful and unavoidable forces that governments, at all levels, impose upon us all.
After all, even the most cynical of our politicians wouldn't suggest that they are much different than the rest of us, that they don't bleed red, that they don't breath the same air, drink the same water and that their own shit doesn't stink, just like everyone else's.
One thing I've learned is that, while not a motivation to do nothing, one must find some satisfaction in appreciating what one has, regardless of how 'less' one perceives it may be from what one would like to have.
Balance, my friend, balance is what we seek, what we need, and, sadly, what we often lack.
I'll keep on trying, what else is there to do?
Thank you, again, for your insightful concept.
Randy Gordon
May 8th – 11:26 p.m.
And that irritation is exactly why this project is so important.
When we become aware of something new or different, we decide how to respond by comparing it to the stories embedded deep within our souls.
And to me, "new or different" isn't irritating, it means the possibility of a new story, an exciting and uncertain future filled with as many endless possibilities as the first day of summer.
That was my generation, the generation that grew up believing in the magic, the future, grew up viewing Norman Rockwell paintings on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post.
In reality, it was a horrible time, far worse than today, but there was also those stories, inspiring us, a small circle of firelight that kept the darkness of the times from extinguishing the hope that the stories of magic we grew up with wasn't all lies.
Then, in the 1960's, journalism had it's greatest triumph, the Washington Post and a couple of lowly journalists took down the most powerful man in the world at the time, Richard Nixon, the President of the United States.
There is a legend that if mankind ever successfully stormed the gates of Hell, the fall of Heaven would not be far behind.
It was never better illustrated than by what happened next.
Seeking new victories, journalists took down everyone else, even themselves.
And finally,the journalists, those whose ancient heritage was to be the guardians of the stories, lacking anything else to attack, destroyed the stories themselves.
And so we come to where we are today, standing alone in the burnt out, shattered remnants of the stories that once nurtured our souls, and the only feeling that we can summon is irritation, because we can't figure out what we have forgotten, because we no longer even have the memory of all that has been lost.
It is not that investigative journalism is a bad thing, far from it. But there is more to journalism than spin and attack.
In the heady aftermath of the victory of Watergate, journalists forgot their own special story, the one they inherited from Aesop so many millenia ago, that journalism was part of government, as just as important as the executive, legislative or judicial branches.
People need to feel and believe they can influence the government, because they no longer remember that they actually do.
The only stories they know is the Hollywood ones, that there is always a villain, and that the heroes must struggle against insurmountable odds to eventually win total victory.
It is a pity that most of us, plebeians and politicians alike, are neither heroes nor villains.
There is a place for heroes. It is called the Olympics.
Today, the US Olympic Committee is meeting with Patrick Ryan, head of the Chicago bid for the 2016 Olympics, to plan strategy to convince the international community the Olympics should be held here in Chicago.
An essential part of that strategy is to demonstrate that Chicago is not provincial, that visitors from all over the world can feel at home here.
Talk to Ryan. Convince him that this proposal can demonstrate that.
And more than that. Once we get people and societies talking to each other, we can weave a new story, a story of how Chicago fits into the wider world, how a city, a people, Chicago, can be a hero also, and lead the world into a better time, a time of trade and peace.
Yes, maybe it is a lie, maybe it will never happen, but I, for one, will never surrender quietly to the darkness, I will keep the firelight burning as long as I can.
After all, isn't that the true meaning of the Olympic flame?
Damn, Randy!
May 9th – 12:46 a.m.
I, for one, don't ever want to see you post anything, ever again, suggesting that you're no good at essay writing.
Reading your post leaves me with the desire to read more, though I understand your reticence at posting anything you deem to be too long.
I suspect that, with regards to your essays, there isn't such a thing as 'too long', as this particular one is an example of the wealth of wisdom you have to offer.
I hope that the reporters working for the Reader will read and absorb the contents of your posts, (at the very least the contents of this one, single, brilliant piece of truth), if only to take the opportunity you have so generously presented, to learn some things about their chosen profession, and to realize how far each has to go in actually being journalists, not merely irritating tattle-tails.
Can you imagine what living in this great city and county could be like, if there were no longer any valid reasons for the poverty of those neglected areas all around us, no lack of jobs, decent paying jobs, no sub-standard schools, no profiteering speculators driving so many out of their homes, no 'need' for obscene taxes paying for those back-room deals, no tolerance for liars, manipulators, schemers, exploiters, and fraudulent 'leaders', both public and private, because everyone would have the opportunity to create and build that "time of trade and peace" of which you spoke.
Not a lie, Randy, but perhaps a hope-less hope, one that could come true, if we all do what it takes to make it happen, if we all want to do what it will take to make it happen, not what we many have been doing, allowing our better selves to be diminished by buying into the deceptions of those who have no better self.
I haven't been participating in this comment board for very long, so I don't know if the high level of intelligence and insight displayed by your posts is the rule, or the exception to same.
But what I do know is that this site alone can be the beginning of something big, really BIG, and something good, really GOOD, for all the citizens of this city, county, state and country.
If those 'in power' are interested in anything more than using the 2016 Olympics for their own personal, financial gain, some, at least, will embrace your proposal and give it the chance to flourish, as it well deserves to.
Those who fear the participation of the 'common' citizens are, as you would expect, 'all the usual suspects'.
Those who purport to be the 'Guardians of Truth', the true journalists, will jump on this idea, as surely and as swiftly as the strike of a cobra or a flash of lightning.
Hey BEN, MICK, et.al., are you paying attention???""
Well, Patrick, does any of the above intrigue you, interest you, at least to 'shop' this concept around, amongst the many contacts you have developed?
What started with an exchange of words between two motorists ended with one following the other into a Rolling Meadows parking lot and beating him with a metal rod, police said.
The beating victim told authorities that the other driver pulled up beside him in traffic at about 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 3, made an obscene hand gesture toward him and yelled at him, a police report said.
The victim pulled into a parking lot in the 1500 block of Golf Road and was followed by the other motorist, who then approached the victim's car holding a metal rod, the report said.
Police said the man stuck the rod inside the car through a partially opened window and struck the victim twice in the face with the rod. At that point, the victim exited his car, was struck in the head again and then fought back, punching and kicking the assailant and eventually grabbing the rod away from him, police said.
A Chicago man – Salman Aftab, 48, of 6403 N. Bell Ave. – was charged with aggravated assault and battery in the incident. Police said he was released on bond and is due in court next month.
It was unclear what prompted the initial exchange between the two men.
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- April 1, 2022
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THE LAST TEN POUNDS – Episode 184
FRIDAY FITNESS AND HEALTH. The title of the actual podcast episode today is "How To Stop Grazing". But as I went through the information Brenda gives us in the episode, I thought, it really is a pattern we can use to stop whatever it is we wish we could stop. That's why I'm calling today's blogpost "How To Stop …"
So, as you read through these three steps, think of something that you would like to stop. Staying up late, right? Over eating. Criticizing. Slumping off the gym. Bad posture. Whatever. And I will think of something as well.
ONE. Name it. "I am grazing". "That is pornography". "That is a SFD I just thought." "That was a lie I just told".
And this isn't to bring shame, this is just to show us where we are at. Like the red pin on the shopping mall map that says, YOU ARE HERE. It doesn't mean you are stuck there or you have to stay there, naming it just gives you an idea of where you are at on your way to going where you want to be. Does that make sense? This is where I am at. This is not the end destination.
TWO. Go from naming it to understanding it. Do not go from naming it to being mad at yourself or frustrated at what is. And, again, don't go into shame. That is where our human minds want to go, naturally, shame and embarrassment or discouragement. I am never going to be able to stop.
Rather, try to understand. Why am I here? What needs are not being met? What is going on here?
For example, if I set the goal to stop overeating, and then I find myself eating thirds on dinner. Instead of beating myself up about it, name it: I am overeating. Then I can ask myself why: What feeling am I looking for?
"Everything you want in your life is because of a feeling."https://livingandtravelingwithkids.com/2020/08/day-278-why-you-arent-taking-action/
Am I avoiding doing the dishes? Am I escaping negative emotions, frustration or stress or hurt? Did I not eat enough at my last meal? Why am I here?
THREE. Treat the challenge to stop whatever it is we want to stop, like a gravel pile. Like little peices of gravel, move one piece at a time – change one little thing at a time.
"Get curious about one little choice at a time".
One choice you could get curious about is Why did I put the amount of food on my plate that I did, that first serving? Maybe putting too little on your plate only leads to overeating for you, in this case. Maybe. Think about each small choice that lead you to where you are at.
Now, when you tear something down, take the opportunity to build something new. Something that you actually want, instead of what you have and want to stop. Like tearing down an old house that is not serving you well and then rebuilding exactly what you want, intentionally.
And this can take time, sometimes a lot of time.
"Are you willing for it to be a process, if that means you can finally truly change it? My answer was yes – absolutely! I didn't want to stay stuck anymore."
Okay. I want to take a minute to apply these three steps to something I want to change, in theory, anyway. Then I will need to take the time to put it to practice after I close the computer.
ONE. Name it. Name what it is I want to change. Criticizing. And when I notice that I am being critical, even if only in my mind, name it: I am criticizing.
TWO. Understand it. Why am I critical of this person? What feeling am I looking for by criticizing this person? We have been quarantined, due to the pandemic, for a week now. That's not long. But long enough to start feeling critical of the people surrounding me, all day long. What feeling could I be looking for? Maybe control. Maybe I feel like things are not in my control, and by criticizing others, I am trying to control them, and maintain some control over the situation. Maybe. I'm not sure. I am going to have to do some more thoughtwork around this.
THREE. Treat the challenge like a gravel pile. Move one little piece at a time. For example, if the feeling I am looking for is really control, are there other ways I can maintain control, this next week of quarantine? If I can't keep the house clean, maybe I can keep my room clean, for example. If I can't control if people will eat the healthy meals I prepare, maybe I can control what healthy food is in the house and available for them to eat. Again, let me do some more thoughtwork around this. But I wanted to try this principle out, while it's on my mind.
And there are some things that we will want to stop. And there are some things we will want to replace those things with.
A friend of mine keeps a blogpost, and sends it out weekly, to give us encouragement and some instruction as to habits – some we may want to form that will serve us well, and some that we maybe want to stop.
When considering what it is you don't want, and what it is you do want in your "new house" – exactly and intentionally – maybe this list from Rich Himmer can give you some ideas. And I will close with this:
- Sleep
- Go to bed and get up about the same time
- Getting up at the same time is more important
- Always go to bed and get up on different days
- Sacred hour
- Deliberately practice going to bed
- Preplan when to start your sacred hour and what activities you will do
- Awareness Journal
- Have a purpose everyday
- Pay attention to life
- Establish and follow Rules of Engagement
- Know your abiding principles (safe space)
- Understand how to apply those principles (no criticism)
- Conditions of Satisfaction
- Know your goals
- Measure your progress
- Exercise daily
- Put your body in motion a minimum of 3x per week
- Cardio and resistance training, walking, cycling, hiking, etc.
- Find a routine and start small and short. Build up with time and compound the habit
- Eat healthy (Hunger scale)
- Stay within the 2 – 5 range
- Replace dieting with a lifestyle of healthy eating
- Mindfulness
- Average cumulative 27 minutes a day
- Use guided mindfulness to establish the system and deepen your focus
- Small increments of 2 or 3 minutes add up
- Identity
- Know your identity
- Write it out
- Use mindfulness to create an internal belief that you have worth
- Study/read daily
- Become a Life-Long Learner
- Develop the identity of one who is constantly learning
- Use your learning to work on you, not others


text: tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68710350907040054082023-08-17T19:58:57.745-04:00Mike's Bean PatchGrowing vegetables in raised beds. Wildlife habitat. Building things. Location: SW Indiana.gardenvariety-hoosierhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871035090704005408.post-81084354731528770912018-08-23T10:36:00.000-04:002018-08-23T10:36:18.466-04:00Japanese Honeysuckle, or The Invasive from HellI haven't posted much lately since there hasn't been much reason to post. Tomatoes succumbed to blight, a product of the sustained wet, overcast weather, and they have all been removed. It's also been a bad year for snap beans. First rabbits, then Japanese beetles, then lately bean beetles, have all taken their toll. I've been working on the lot adjacent to my property, and one project is thegardenvariety-hoosierhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871035090704005408.post-82489983095899012862018-08-06T16:22:00.002-04:002018-08-06T16:26:50.771-04:00Monday August 6A lot of plants aren't doing so great this year, like green beans. Between the rabbits and the Japanese beetles, the beans are having a rough go of it. But the Green Tiger zucchini is doing great, in fact I've had to throw a few oversize squash into the compost bin. Just can't keep up, and it's only one plant. Eggplant and okra aren't all that healthy this year, but I'm still getting enough gardenvariety-hoosierhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871035090704005408.post-18106625147086625502018-07-30T17:29:00.001-04:002018-07-30T17:29:34.942-04:00Monday July 30Harvests of okra, eggplant and beans have been trickling in. I usually eat the small Mountain Magic tomatoes on the spot so they never get their picture taken. What I'm showing here are the ingredients for a batch of salsa. First, about 9 pounds of Health Kick sauce tomatoes. I'm really liking these tomatoes, they are productive and early. That's not enough tomatoes to make 7 pints of gardenvariety-hoosierhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871035090704005408.post-55638817170419604472018-07-25T11:14:00.002-04:002018-07-25T11:14:32.129-04:00Digging up the potatoesLast year I did not grow potatoes. The rodents had chewed up so many of them the year before that it seemed wise to take a break from growing them. I grew sweet corn instead, which I'm not growing this year. Sweet corn is a pain, and I can buy good sweet corn anywhere around here. I planted the potatoes at one end of the squash bed. Not much, just two rows of Red Pontiac and one row of gardenvariety-hoosierhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871035090704005408.post-30508964561777194642018-07-16T10:06:00.001-04:002018-07-16T10:08:27.682-04:00Monday July 16Harvests are definitely picking up here. The Green Tiger zucchini finally made a squash that did not rot, and once the first one was ready they just kept coming. The zucchini, eggplant and okra went into a stir fry, also the Health Kick sauce tomato. This is the first time growing this tomato, and it's a winner, productive, tasty, and early. A few days later, another squash, another Health gardenvariety-hoosierhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871035090704005408.post-2420290262233513512018-07-09T12:44:00.001-04:002018-07-09T12:44:24.103-04:00Monday July 9Despite the poor weather at the start of the season, it's shaping up to be a good year for summer crops. Tomatoes and peppers are looking great, as well as the winter squash. After harvesting the last broccoli and cabbage, I decided to pull up the two remaining cauliflower, even though they will be ready in about 10 days. I need that space for shell beans. Speaking of beans, the first Musicagardenvariety-hoosierhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871035090704005408.post-55311704929506441722018-07-02T13:46:00.001-04:002018-07-02T13:46:08.655-04:00Monday July 2A bit more this week. Garlic is out and drying in the pole barn. In its place I seeded another Green Tiger summer squash. I still haven't gotten the first summer squash from the plant that was seeded in May. Most summer squash don't last the season, and I like to plant a new one every month or so. Late last week I harvested more cucumbers, both picklers and a slicer, the first eggplant gardenvariety-hoosierhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871035090704005408.post-82621989187868611252018-06-25T08:59:00.000-04:002018-06-25T08:59:24.104-04:00CucumbersMost of the summer crops are still in a holding pattern, but I did get cucumbers. Last week I picked enough Vertina picklers to make a jar of refrigerator pickles. There's enough volunteer dill in the beds, maybe too much, to make lots of pickles as long as the vines stay healthy. I used fresh dill, including the flower, dill seeds, mustard seeds, coriander and peppercorns in a 50/50 mix of gardenvariety-hoosierhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871035090704005408.post-71364382859258870622018-06-23T16:56:00.000-04:002018-06-23T16:56:16.501-04:00Emerald ash borerThere are a lot of ash trees on my property and I've always been concerned that the emerald ash borer would reach this area. A few years ago I read that it was identified in Morgan-Monroe state forest, about 25 miles from here. I had hoped that it would take it a while to make the jump over farmland to this area, which is about 50% forested. Maybe I just haven't noticed the damage, but gardenvariety-hoosierhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871035090704005408.post-79149915386230544662018-06-18T10:49:00.000-04:002018-06-18T10:49:29.058-04:00Monday June 18It seems like this area went from winter to summer without stopping for spring. Yesterday I was reading an article in the Bloomington paper that noted that April was the 3rd coldest April on record while May was the hottest May on record. That's quite an abrupt transition. It's been a real heat wave for several days. I took this picture at sunset on Saturday evening, while it was still nearlygardenvariety-hoosierhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871035090704005408.post-18901971626612737052018-06-09T11:13:00.000-04:002018-06-09T11:13:04.209-04:00Pest control and preventionEarly in the growing season, it's critical to establish some sort of spraying program to control insects and fungal infestations. Cultural methods for protection - rotation, removal of debris, pruning - are also critical and something that is done year 'round, but that is for another post. Here are the chemicals that I use that I consider safe when used properly and get the job done. gardenvariety-hoosierhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871035090704005408.post-55729224767725719792018-05-16T12:58:00.000-04:002018-05-16T13:00:03.760-04:00New developmentsWell, it's official. I bought the property adjacent to mine. The guy who wanted to put in three trailers on the lot put it up for sale after losing his petition for a zoning variance. I felt I had to do something to protect my pond, since a part of the pond lies in the adjoining lot. If a new owner was to graze horses or cattle close to the pond, or even worse, allow animals to access the gardenvariety-hoosierhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871035090704005408.post-23681826137650027412018-05-03T17:16:00.001-04:002018-05-03T17:16:43.339-04:00Mid-spring update, May 3Yesterday's weather was mid-80's in the afternoon, with little shade because the trees hadn't leafed out. I think yesterday's warm weather jumped started the leaves, because they are unfurling at a rapid pace now, and things are moving along at a good pace in the vegetable garden too. The rhubarb, planted last year, is sizing up nicely. I know that you are supposed to cut off the flowers but Igardenvariety-hoosierhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871035090704005408.post-70893224853783513952018-04-30T20:39:00.001-04:002018-04-30T20:41:20.370-04:00Monday April 30It's the last day of April and some goodies are appearing. Some of the asparagus plants have been sending up spears, and I'm more than happy to take them. Fresh asparagus and home grown lettuce make for a nice salad. I've been pilfering spinach leaves every few days, but later in the week picked a small head of spinach. It went into an omelette of spinach, baby bella mushrooms and fontina gardenvariety-hoosierhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871035090704005408.post-12192014240475159162018-04-26T11:59:00.001-04:002018-04-26T11:59:58.612-04:00It's like a storm has passedI've lived in this place for ten years now. Six acres in the country, with a pond, woods and a pasture. The most notable feature of this property is the pond, built by damning a ravine. It's a 1/2 acre jewel, deeper than most farm ponds. When I moved here I realized that the best way to maintain the pond was to NOT maintain most of the shoreline - just let it go wild. It's a superb wildlife gardenvariety-hoosierhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871035090704005408.post-64792744032670237532018-04-23T09:48:00.001-04:002018-04-23T09:48:22.804-04:00Monday April 23Finally, something to eat from the garden. I had forgotten just how good fresh lettuce tastes. Buttery, flavorful - there's just no comparison to supermarket lettuce. I grow lettuce in an Earthbox, which is in the coldframe right now. I usually get about 5 pounds of lettuce from an Earthbox before it bolts, and it's very clean. Last week I got the first picking: Yesterday, some more: Igardenvariety-hoosierhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871035090704005408.post-32806287349159459272018-04-18T17:10:00.000-04:002018-04-18T17:12:06.453-04:00It's looking like the growing season has actually begunand the weather has finally turned a corner, into more normal temperatures for this time of year. After a dusting of snow and some miserably cold temps on Monday, the ten day forecast looks pretty good. Today it's 70 F and I'm seeing a lot of trees blooming and the bushes leafing out. Nature was just biding its time, and now it's full speed ahead. Yesterday I transplanted about 120 onion gardenvariety-hoosierhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871035090704005408.post-10245055506347853752018-04-10T11:09:00.000-04:002018-04-10T22:18:31.494-04:00Too cold to plant and the LED lights updatedIt's April 10 but the weather has been more like February. There's 10 cole crop seedlings under the lights that could have gone into the ground a week ago, but with some nights reaching into the low 20 degree F I've chosen to leave them inside until the weather improves. That will be tomorrow when the temperatures go to something like average and stay there for awhile. I bought another LED gardenvariety-hoosierhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871035090704005408.post-22384178883654597362018-04-03T09:29:00.000-04:002018-04-03T09:29:47.421-04:00This is always scaryLast night it stormed all night. This after a round of rains that ended a few days ago. The ground is saturated and the water drains quickly into the pond. It over-topped the levee for the first time since the massive rains in 2008. Most of the water is going through the overflow, but that sheen of water on top of the levee will spill down the backside and create channels. Given enough gardenvariety-hoosierhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871035090704005408.post-10330994768119852242018-04-01T22:59:00.000-04:002018-04-01T23:09:54.302-04:00Early spring, or is it late winter, tour?It's snowing right now. It's not going to snow much, but still, it's April for God's sake. Last weekend, it snowed 3 inches. Sure, this will be gone tomorrow, but. . . it's April. The temperatures will be whipsawing from cold to tolerable for several more days. The mean temperature for March in this area was 41 F, for February 39 F. Only 2 degrees difference, and February had a few days overgardenvariety-hoosierhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871035090704005408.post-48756059320412497362018-02-26T12:00:00.001-05:002018-02-26T22:04:44.427-05:00It's late winter but feels more like springLast week's rains finally ended on Saturday, and Sunday I started doing some preparatory tasks in the beds. The rain gauge showed 4 1/2 inches last week and with temperatures more like April, it was unusual to say the least for February. It was warm like this last February and this pattern is looking like the new normal - a warm spell in late winter then later a killing frost. Last year mostgardenvariety-hoosierhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871035090704005408.post-13761634772674647302018-02-19T11:09:00.000-05:002018-02-19T11:09:02.279-05:00Snips!With the unusually warm weather in February the parsnips that were grown last year were starting to send up green fronds. When they do that the flavor usually goes south, so it was time to dig them up. These are Javelin, from Johnny's. I've found that this variety outperforms the Harris Model that is commonly seen. I like parsnips, but they don't produce a lot, especially considering that gardenvariety-hoosierhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871035090704005408.post-183115138129059292018-02-14T17:19:00.001-05:002018-02-15T09:47:56.585-05:00Introducing the LED grow lights<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> gardenvariety-hoosierhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871035090704005408.post-85175399012091674722017-10-30T11:27:00.000-04:002017-10-30T11:32:46.201-04:00Monday October 30With frost predicted later this week, it was time to harvest the remaining peppers. I got another nice batch of ancho peppers, along with some Carmen and Giallo sweet peppers. All of these were put on the grill. The anchos went into a final batch of harissa, while the sweet peppers went into a Buttercup squash soup. A lot of green anchos were left on the vine. There were hot peppers too,gardenvariety-hoosierhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871035090704005408.post-17830725777586840252017-10-23T13:12:00.000-04:002017-10-23T13:12:08.735-04:00Monday, October 23There are still harvests to be had from the beds. There are enough ancho and other peppers to make another batch of harissa. I meant to pick them yesterday before today's rains set in but couldn't get to it. The forecast calls for the first fall freeze on Saturday morning, and I'll get them in sometime this week. There's also a 4' x 4' patch of parsnip, and I'll start digging them up after a gardenvariety-hoosierhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com


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