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Fairfield County has more 'boomerang' kids than most of nation
Fairfield resident Emily Roseman found a lot of success in college. With five internships and good grades, the 23-year-old, who graduated from American University in 2012 had the world in the palm of her hands. But a job, that was tough to come by.
So she moved back home, a mutual decision she came to along with help from her roommates -- her mother and father.
"I was living in D.C. with no job prospects, so my parents felt it was financially as well as personally a smart choice to move home," Roseman said Wednesday. After five months of searching for jobs, she landed a gig as a freelance producer for ABC News, and now she commutes to the city.
The move made a lot of sense, but there were parts of the plan that were a little hard to swallow for Roseman, who said that at one point it made her feel like she had "failed" herself and her parents. But living at home is no longer a sign of failure -- especially not in Fairfield County.
Of all the metropolitan statistical areas in the nation, ours has the highest percentage of young adults who move back in with their parents, according to a study released last summer.
Across the country, 24 percent of adults aged 20 to 34 years old lived with their parents between 2007 and 2009, as the Great Recession took a toll on job opportunities and the outlook for young Americans, according to an August 2012 study out of Ohio State University. That's a significant increase over the rate of the previous generation; in 1980, 17 percent of adults in that age bracket still called their mom and dad's place home.
But 24 percent is child's play compared to the rate here. In Fairfield County, 34 percent of millennials between the ages of 25 and 29 still lived with their parents, according to an August 2012 study. At one-in-three instead of the one-in-four national rate, the county surpassed every other metropolitan statistical area in the nation. And compared to Des Moines, which has the smallest percentage, Fairfield County has four times as many millennials staying at home.
"At first I thought I'd be alone, with no true friends back in my town since I left D.C.," Roseman said. "But the first few months I noticed an overwhelming amount of kids back from my own high school that were in the same boat."
According to the study, much of the reason younger folks are living at home at higher rates these days is because rental prices are so much higher these days, and marriage rates for 20-somethings are lower. Here in Fairfield County, millennials are faced with some of the highest costs of living in the nation, as well as a higher than average age for marriage, making the area the perfect storm for boomeranging.
And after a year of saving money and spending time with friends from high school after she commutes home from the city at night, Roseman said she has come to see that boomeranging was the best option for her.
"I know now moving home didn't mean I failed. Rather if shows I'm responsible enough to know I'm not financially ready to live alone," she said. And when she does make plans to move out in the near future, after her boyfriend completes his graduate studies, she'll have a healthy nest egg to begin a new start.
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SEOUL — Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it would start selling a smartphone running on a homegrown operating system called Tizen in the third quarter, marking a major step forward in the Korean technology giant's attempts to lessen its reliance on Google Inc.'s Android operating system.
Samsung 005930, -1.83% said that the smartphone, to be called the Samsung Z, will go on sale in Russia in the third quarter, with plans to expand into other markets. The company will also launch a Tizen store to sell software and services on the devices.
The push into Tizen, an untested operating system, comes as Samsung seeks to beef up its presence in software and services. While Samsung dominates the market for global smartphones, its partner Google GOOG, +0.66% controls the user experience, and the software revenues, on the devices itself.
Earlier this year, Samsung was just days away from introducing a Tizen smartphone in Japan and France, but had to scrap those plans after some carrier partners balked, citing weak demand.
Samsung didn't mention any carrier partners in its statement Monday.
The Tizen smartphone is also expected to sell at a lower price than its iPhone and Android counterparts, according to people familiar with the matter.
Official images accompanying Samsung's statement on Monday showed a screen that is virtually indistinguishable from Android's home screen, except that the app buttons are round rather than square. The home screen also features an Internet search bar, though in images provided by the company, the Google logo is replaced with a logo for Yandex, the Russian search giant.
An expanded version of this report appears on WSJ.com
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Asserting that India remains a bankable investment destination, Union Minister Sachin Pilot has said that maintaining faith of Indian corporates in our economy should be given more importance than being obsessed with ways to boost foreign investments.
Foreign investors would automatically come in if faith of Indian corporates is maintained, as India remains a bankable and favourable destination for investments despite all that "has been written and talked about" the business climate here, the Corporate Affairs Minister said.
"Fundamentals are strong and there is a longevity. There is a deep market, jurisprudence, political stability and good economic fundamentals," Pilot told PTI in an interview.
"My sense is that we have an inherent obsession about foreign investment in this sector and that sector.
"The basic premise should be that if our own Indian corporate sector has faith in economy, system and governance, and they are investing robustly, then foreign investments will come automatically.
"But if we keep looking at Europe, Japan and China that they will invest and don't have the sense of confidence in our own corporate leaders and they don't have it in our economy, then we work at cross purposes," the minister said.
"We must inspire and provide confidence to our own companies and then you will see how there is a beeline of people coming from overseas," Pilot said.
"Our economy is much more resilient and the consumption has not decreased," he said, while adding that this should not mean that "we stop trying and get complacent".
His comments come at a time when there has been widespread concerns about foreign investors no more finding India an attractive place to invest and the economic growth rate has slipped to 4.6 per cent in the April-September period of the current financial year compared to 5.3 per cent in the year-ago period.
To boost growth, the government has taken various measures, including relaxation of foreign direct investment norms in different sectors.
Among various steps, Corporate Affairs Ministry is implementing new Companies Act that would bring in sweeping changes in way corporates function and are regulated here.
The Ministry is also making efforts to improve India's ease of doing business profile and it has also suggested an impact assessment of work done by various regulators.
Taking forward the suggestions made by an expert panel headed by former Sebi Chairman M Damodaran in this regard, the Ministry has written to the Prime Minister so that further actions can be taken on this front.
The government-appointed panel, in its report submitted to the Corporate Affairs Ministry in September last, suggested a string of legal, administrative and regulatory reforms to make the country a better and easier place for doing business.
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There's cutting costs, and then there's cutting one's own throat. Staying on the right side of the fine line that separates the two is the key to maintaining efficiency and high yields in peanut production, says Harris Devane, a southwest Georgia farmer and winner of the 2001 Farm Press Peanut Profitability Award for the Southeast Region.
"We have to keep our yields high enough to get a good return from the crop. We try to watch our input costs, but we've stuck with the same basic practices over the years," says Devane, who farms with his father. Marvin, and farms some of his own land in Randolph County.
In addition to 225 acres of peanuts, Devane also grows cotton, corn, soybeans and wheat in a diversified family operation. In the past two years, he has double-cropped cotton behind wheat in a no-till system.
"The no-till cotton has worked very well for us." he says. "The wheat residue does a good job of holding in the moisture on these hard, red soils. We don't have to worry about trying to rip up the land and bust clods. We prepare the land in the fall, rip it real deep and put out fertilizer for double-cropping. In the spring, we fall in behind the combine with a planter."
Devane has been growing peanuts since he first began farming full time in 1984. "We grew mainly peanuts and soybeans because beans were bringing such a good price. Then, the bottom fell out of the soybean market and we started growing cotton in 1990," he says.
Devane credits crop rotation with the success of his peanut crop. "I try to have at least a three-year rotation for peanuts. I had a four-year rotation this past year with cotton, corn, cotton and then another of corn followed by peanuts. The average yield was almost 4,400 pounds per acre, and I saw very little disease pressure.
"I planted in some new land last year that previously had been in pasture, and it made very good peanuts. I'm convinced that rotation is the key to maintaining good yields. If we can't get a three-year rotation on land, we at least try to get in three crops, such as double-cropping cotton behind wheat and then planting peanuts the next year. Any rotation we can do will benefit the peanuts."
All of Devane's peanuts are conventionally tilled and planted in twin rows. He turns the land in the fall and lets it lay idle until planting time.
"We apply Sonalan herbicide — preplant incorporated — and then we bed the land and plant it. We've always planted in twin rows, even before it became popular again. We plant an average of about 140 pounds of seed per acre, with a nine-inch spacing between the twin rows. We're planting mostly the Georgia Green variety."
Devane has seen considerable savings from reduced seed costs. "We buy registered seed, plant it, and then save enough to use for the next year. We run a germination test on all of the seed and pick out the best for planting the next year."
Devane's entire peanut crop is irrigated with center pivots, with most of the water coming from wells.
"We depend on irrigation to get the peanuts up to a good stand. In some years, it's the only way to get them up and growing. Irrigation also helps in incorporating chemicals, especially during dry periods. We try to put on about one to one and a half inches of water per week.
"We substitute with irrigation if we don't get rain, but nothing can take the place of a good rain. In some years, we have to water just to plow up the peanuts. We'll water until the very end of the season if we have to"
Like other Georgia farmers, Devane has felt the wrath of drought in recent years. "Our wells started surging toward the end of the growing season last year. I had to lower one well 30 feet, and that was as deep as it would go. Luckily, we had enough water to finish out the crop."
The rising cost of diesel fuel to operate the irrigation systems has cut into Devane's bottom line, but he's exploring more efficient alternatives.
"We've changed two of our systems over to electric power, and that has been a real benefit. We're looking at possibly changing over two more pivots, and we'd like to do even more. The two systems we changed were being run by 300-horsepower diesel motors, burning 10 to 12 gallons of fuel per hour. The electric motors are 150 horsepower, and the electricity is much cheaper than diesel fuel."
Devane makes his initial disease and postemergence weed treatments at the same time. "We put out an application of Bravo/Tilt and Basagran and Gramoxone at about 20 to 30 days after the peanuts come up. We'll make another Bravo/Tilt treatment, and then we'll use Cadre or Strongarm for additional weed control.
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Devane farms in an area with heavy tomato spotted wilt pressure, and he follows the University of Georgia Tomato Spotted Wilt Risk Index as closely as possible to stay a step ahead of the disease.
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As Devane looks to the future, he's uncertain about the ability of U.S. farmers to continue producing peanuts without some type of government support program.
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Green Lantern Corps #26 (Jruk is not pathetic!!! Spoilers)
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by Punchy » Fri Dec 13, 2013 12:13 pmAfter taking a break to tell the story of John Stewart's adventures during Zero Year, Venditti and Jensen take things back to the present day as all of the GL books I'm reading continue to kick ass in exploring the new world the Corps is facing.
The issue begins with John and his new recruits chilling out on Mogo, when the Citadel that escaped Oa finally makes it's way back to their new home. John and the rest try and stop it from crashing, but don't meet with much success. Mogo however is able to help, as he/she adjusts the gravity for a soft landing. This allows John to reunite with Fatality, but also leads to trouble, as some of Lanterns who have decided to give up on using their rings start to lecture him about how trying to stop the Citadel from falling was a waste of energy. I really am enjoying how the impact of Relic's revelations are being explored.
Before the argument can really get underway, Hal and Kilowog show up to tell everyone that Jruk's home planet, Oranx is about to sign a protection agreement with the Khund empire, and that Jruk and some other Lanterns need to go there and try and convince them otherwise. John sends Arisia and some randomer called Feska to go with Jruk, because he needs to stay on Mogo and talk to Hal. John is pretty angry with all of the stuff Hal has been doing as Corps leader, like using Mogo to attack the Clann planet, sending Guy undercover with the Red Lanterns, and of course, declaring war against other spectrum users, which includes Fatality. John punches Hal in the face, which is awesome, Hal deserves a smack every once in a while, but the two friends quickly reconcile, as Hal tells John he needs his help to do better.
The trip to Oranx is a lot of fun, I really enjoy Jruk as a character, he's just so over-the-top and hilarious, so a whole planet like him, but worse, was great. Oranx solves political problems not through talk, but with violence, which is brilliant. Of course, things don't go smoothly, as the Lanterns' attempts to sort things out are fucked with by the Durlans, who really are being built up as great villains. A Durlan agent pretends to be Feska, and interferes in the 'Blood Bowl', which is sacrilege, and leads to the real Feska coming really close to getting executed. Jruk is able to save the day, and he realises that the Green Lantern Corps is his real home now, and that the Oranx way may not be the best. They are able to save Feska, but Oranx still signs a deal with the Khunds, and those Durlans are still out there, even on Mogo.
John, after mending things with Hal, gets to work on rebuilding the Corps and doing what he does best, being an architect. In an awesome scene, his ideas are turned into reality in an instant thanks to Mogo, and an impressive new Power Battery and a whole host of other buildings are built.
I'm really loving all the Lantern books at the moment, and I think this one might be the best, Jensen and Venditti are writing the most interesting version of John Stewart ever (yes, even better than the cartoon), and they've also introduced some great new characters like Jruk. The art from Bernard Chang is fantastic, and the Durlan plot is really picking up steam. I always felt that under Tomasi, GLC was kind of unnecessary, but now, it's up there with DC's best books.
by TimDrake'sDumbWings » Fri Dec 13, 2013 12:41 pmWait, are John and Fatality romantically involved? What happened? (Keep in mind, I haven't read a GL book since Brightest Day.)
by Punchy » Fri Dec 13, 2013 12:50 pm
Yep, they've been going out for a while.
by TimDrake'sDumbWings » Fri Dec 13, 2013 1:01 pm
Why doesn't she want to murder him anymore? I distinctly remember her wanting to murder him.
by Greg » Fri Dec 13, 2013 1:42 pm
Yeah, that was years ago. When she became a member of the Star Sapphire Corp, she forgave John and they started to bond and they're now romantically involved. The Star Sapphire ring pretty much removed all the hate from her mind and replaced it with love.
by TimDrake'sDumbWings » Fri Dec 13, 2013 1:43 pm
Did the Star Sapphire ring work some kind of influence on her? I'd accept that.
by Greg » Fri Dec 13, 2013 1:46 pm
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Luciandk wrote:I also think you undervalue the beast racial. Theres 2 pets in particular that makes great use of it.
Death Adder Hatchling and Xu-Fu.
DAH using Vicious Fang, Cower and Blinding Poison. Thanks to its skyhigh speed, the snake can pop Cower to reduce incomming powerhits and with liberal use of Blinding Poison its incredibly durable and able to survive for a long time at sub 50% life and enjoying the damage buff, while it builds Vicious Fang up to a nasty-powerful hitter.
Vek wrote:Dragonkin - It also activates when pets in back line gets hurt, so if you have dots or cyclone or other AoE attack that can hurt a back line pet that is below 50% the racial will activate even though the active pet might be 100%.
Vek wrote:Aquatic - Good balanced racial, but since 5.4 I think I have faced a total of 1 DoT heavy team, so right now it is mostly used as a counter to Valks(which on the other hand there is an abundance of).
Vek wrote:Magic - I never get any use of this in PvP. No sane opponent would use a 100-150% damage booster vs a magic pet. I only find it useful when taking a level 1 up against a trainer to level it. The level 1 will take like 40 dmg from a lvl 25 pet.
Luciandk wrote:And Vek, the beast racial activates when below 50% life, to gain 25% damage.
Genome wrote:I did not realize that the Dragonkin racial kicked in for backline dmg as well. With a Cyclone running Dragonkin, this could make for some serious dmg output.
Luciandk wrote:What would you say regarding the upcoming Dread Hatchling?
Kpb321 wrote:why the undead racial is so powerful. It often times leads to 2 extra rounds of attack which is effectively 40% extra health or more.
3wd wrote:Since the undead racial basically will ignore your opponent's attacking speed, that means speed in most cases are irrelevant to the undead pet, having them in very low speed meaning they will have more points to spend on HP or power, that's the advantage.
Luciandk wrote: I suspect its a deep coding issue with how buffs works.
Luciandk wrote:If playing the hatchling with Call Darkness and Nocturnal Strike, would it then be more beneficial to swap it to the backrow after the first 2 turns to wait for cds to come up again and preserve flying bonus?
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Of course, the chief executive of an antivirus company isn't necessarily going to target a new market because his product is necessary in that market, but merely because there's an opportunity to make money there. I'm not currently aware of any Trojans, Worms, or Viruses that have had any substantial impact on the Mac platform, though non-OS-oriented exploits such as phishing attacks certainly run rampant among Mac users just as they do among mainstream computer users.
That's why AVG's new software for the Mac isn't a virus scanner, but rather is a "link scanner," which appears to compare any links you click on to a blacklist of known malware sources. It would be a useful service for people who are indiscriminate about what they download or fill out online. I'd be curious to compare this service to the malware blacklist feature that's built into Google Chrome.
Currently, this product will be free, and AVG works on the "freemium" model, offering advanced versions of its tools for a fee. I wonder what they think Mac users would eventually upgrade to?


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Review: Kanex Foldable iDevice Stand
Company: Kanex
Website: www.Kanexlive.com
Model: Foldable iDevice Stand
Price: $18
Compatible: All iPads, iPhones
First made available as a pack-in with the company's Multi-Sync Keyboard, Kanex is now offering its Foldable iDevice Stand ($18) as a standalone item, sold in a two-pack. The identical plastic stands fold flat when not in use, measuring about 3.25" by 2.75". They then fold out, and can hold your device at 59°, 63°, 69°, or 75° angles. Rubber lines the base where the tablet rests, and four feet prevent slipping.
Thanks to a little less than half an inch of space left between the front and back supports, iPads and iPhones can be used regardless of whether they're bare or in a case. This is always a positive for stands, and no different here. If there's any problem with the design, it's that there's no typing angle. As a video viewing solution though, it's attractive, portable and affordable, with the stands averaging out to $9 a piece—you can easily get one and give one to a friend or family member. While we would still recommend Belkin's FlipBlade Adjust or Cooler Master's JAS mini for someone who needs greater versatility of angles, the Foldable iDevice Stand is a very good budget viewing solution, and earns a strong general recommendation.
Editors' Note: iLounge only reviews products in "final" form, but many companies now change their offerings - sometimes several times - after our reviews have been published. This iLounge article provides more information on this practice, known as revving.


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Agilent Technologies' Advanced Design System Selected by ADATA to Speed Product Development
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 15, 2012
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that ADATA Technology Co., a provider of complete memory solutions in Taipei, Taiwan, has selected Agilent's Advanced Design System (ADS) software for developing memory modules for the high-speed digital market. Using ADS will help ADATA bring products to market faster and reduce costs.
As the speed of data buses goes ever higher, both signal integrity and power integrity become problematic, and traditional development approaches fall short.
"We face tremendous challenges in product development, a prime example of which is our DDR 4 development," said Evan Sheu, senior manager at ADATA. "As defined by JEDEC, this product features 2133-4266 MT/s as compared to the previous 800-2133 MT/s requirement for DDR 3. On top of the increased requirement, our customers wanted us to provide simulation results prior to evaluating actual product. Plus, we now need a design and test platform to help us evaluate multiple components before they go into mass production."
ADS is the industry's leading high-speed, high-frequency electronic design automation software. It solves signal integrity and power integrity challenges using a unique full-wave electromagnetic simulator, called Momentum, to extract accurate S-parameter models. A channel simulator quickly analyzes and characterizes the signal channel, running millions of data bits in just minutes.
The new ADS release further enhances the software's power-integrity capability for areas such as component optimization for Z-profile/current visualization with component effect/IBIS AMI support. It provides a more complete design flow for high-speed bus/serial link simulation. ADS works with high-speed digital measurement equipment such as the Infiniium 90000 series oscilloscope, J-BERT N4903B high-performance serial BERT and E5071C 20-Ghz ENA network analyzer.
"Agilent provides us with a total solution, including software simulation, hardware measurement, and excellent product and technical support," said Hunter Wu, vice president of ADATA's flash storage and marketing group. "With access to this solution, we are able to substantially improve our product develop process to achieve excellent product stability and further improve our competitiveness."
"We are very pleased to be working with ADATA on its memory module development," said Tony Chen, Agilent EEsof's business manager in Taiwan. "I have every confidence that our design and test solutions can help ADATA meet its time-to-market requirements and help reduce costs."
ADATA is the world's leading provider of memory modules. For more information, please visit www.adata-group.com.
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ADATA Technology Co., Ltd., a Top 20 global brand in Taiwan, provides complete memory solutions, including DRAM modules, USB flash drives, memory cards, solid state drives and portable hard drives. ADATA products are internationally recognized by Germany's iF Design Award, red dot Award, CES Best of Innovations Award, Japan's Good Design Award, Best Choice of Computex Award, and Taiwan Excellence Gold Award. For more information, visit www.adata-group.com.
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Before we gallop too fast and too far into the new gardening season, let's not make the mistake of overlooking the value and importance of planting summer-flowering bulbs.
They are beautiful, easy to plant, guaranteed to succeed and produce spectacular displays - and they are available right now.
One more thing - with the exception of rarities and novelties, they are also very reasonably priced.
Lilies are the No. 1 in this category of summer beauties.
They come in a fabulous range of colours and sizes. If you make a careful selection - picking some from all the key categories - you can create a seamless continuity of flower colour in your garden from midsummer through to fall.
But don't just take my word for the value and flower-power of lilies. Listen to Pam Dangelmaier, co-owner of Botanus in Langley, Canada's top mail-order supplier of bulbs.
"We sell thousands and thousands of lilies each spring. Demand has increased over the past few years.
"I believe this has to do with one simple fact; lilies are lovely! They are easy to grow, provided you give them good drainage and at least four to eight hours of sunlight a day.
"They are one of the most versatile perennial flowering plants available to the gardener, coming in every size, shape and form imaginable - fragrant and non-fragrant, too."
Dangelmaier also reckons they are a good choice for urban gardeners working in limited space as lilies can easily be grown in containers.
"To top it all off, they are extremely affordable and unlike many other flowering perennials do not require a lot of fuss or muss.
"They provide that instant gratification that we're all looking for in our gardens."
Yep, I agree with all that. Lilies certainly are of especially good value because if you plant them properly they faithfully return year after year and, in the case of the Oriental varieties, arrive at a time when the garden needs a fresh injection of colour most - towards the end of summer.
And in the popular later-flowering Oriental category, you'll find some stunning offerings this year; such as the breathtaking densely petalled red-and-white striped 'Magic Star' and equally high-impact all-white 'Polar Star' and soft-pink 'Sweet Rosy'.
These types of lilies are also part of groups known as "Kiss Lilies" which were initially bred to produce scent-free, pollen-free flowers and a more compact shape suitable for containers.
So if you are allergic to pollen, you can still grow some of these pollen-free cultivars. It also solves the problem of the messy stamen.
Traditional tried-and-tested favourites among the Orientals are topperformance cultivars such as 'Casa Blanca', 'Acapulco' and 'Stargazer'.
But you will also find some specially bred for growing in containers on patios, such as 'Starlight Express', 'Garden Party' and 'Farolito'.
My favourites tend to be in the earlier-flowering Asiatic group, which bloom in June through to July, and have more flat, open flowers.
I love the pure yellow of 'Gironde' and the dark purple, almost black of 'Landini' and the candy floss-pink kissed petals of 'Lollypop,' which has been a showstopper in my perennial border for years.
But it is good to be aware that with the Asiatic group there are many subgroups with some stunning varieties, such as the more lightly-fragrant Asiatic Tango collection with such delightful cultivars as the redandblack 'Olina' and tropical orangecoloured 'Mango.'
The Asiatic Patio lilies are dwarf varieties, bred to grow only 35 cm (14 inches) high in containers and produce intensely colourful blooms on sturdy, deep green stems. Look for ones with "Tiny" in the name, such as 'Tiny Ghost,' 'Tiny Spider' and 'Tiny Sensation,' as well more exotic tropical-flavoured ones like 'Orange Sensation,' with its two-tone shades of tangerine.
The LA Hybrids were all the rage a few years ago, being a new creature bred by crossing the standard Asiatic lily with the traditional Easter lily (Lilium longiflorum). 'Courier' has beautiful clean creamy coloured flowers, while 'Dazzle' delivers a bright yellow splash of sunshine.
After you have picked out some Orientals and some Asiatics, look for some trumpet lilies. You will find two major categories, Oriental Trumpets (OT lilies) that are a cross between Orientals and traditional trumpet lilies, and the standard, old favourites.
'Red Dutch' is an amazing cultivar with purple-red petals and creamy yellow tips. Others to consider include 'Beverley's Dream,' 'Conca D'or and 'Montego Bay.'
Check the label. Some of these grow modestly to about 1.8 (6 feet) other can soar to 2.4 (8 feet).
Countless gardeners still enjoy growing the standard trumpet lilies, classics such as 'African Queen,' 'Golden Splendour,' 'Pink Perfection' and 'Regale.'
Plant these in small clumps in the middle of your perennial border for a wonderful show in August.
Complete your lily shopping by throwing in a few tiger lilies and some novelty turk's cap (Martagon lilies).
L. tigrinum splendens is still the definitive orange tiger lily with its petals speckled with black spots. But L. leichtlinii is a beautiful yellow and 'Hiawatha' is a knockout red.
Lilium martagon is the pick of garden connoisseurs who love the delicacy and attractiveness of its recurved petals.
You will find all of the lilies mentioned here available online at Botanus's website at www.botanus.com
You can also find an excellent selection of lilies in all the major categories at GardenWorks in Burnaby, where they are also selling colour-coordinated packs (Peach Salsa, Cherry Mousse and Pink Lemonade) of 12 bulbs for $17.99.
You will spend more time shopping for these bulbs than you will planting them. It takes only a few minutes to plant them; a little longer if you have to prepare a container.
- Planting summer-flowering bulbs is about as foolproof as gardening gets. Not much can go wrong. The biggest mistake you are likely to make is to plant bulbs in too much shade in ground that is too boggy and slowdraining. Good drainage and at least six hours of sunshine are essential for success.
- You can put lily bulbs in all this month. Eucomis, cannas and callas are a little more frost sensitive, so it is probably best to wait until April.
Acidanthera can also be planted now in well-drained soil.
- Make it easy on yourself and invest in a bulb-planter, ideally one with a quickrelease handle which is useful for planting lilies. You can use it again in the fall to plant spring-flowering bulbs. It's a good investment.
- A kneeling pad can take the pain out of kneeling down during planting. Gloves will protect your hands and keep them clean.
- Find a spot in your garden that gets at least four to six hours of sunshine a day. The soil should be moist, but well-draining.
- Once you have decided on your spot, place your kneeler on the ground, get down and use your bulb planter to push them into the earth, making a hole 15 to 20 cm (6 to 8 inches deep).
- Lilies not only produce roots from the bottom of the bulb, but also from the bottom of the stem. It is a common mistake not to plant bulbs deeply enough.
- Place the bulb in the hole, back fill with the soil still held in the bulb-planter. Pull a little more soil over the spot to finish.
- Tall lilies will require staking later on. You can do it just before they bloom or at time of planting, if you don't mind looking at the stake. Be careful when you stake, though, that you don't damage the bulb.
Other great summer-flowering bulbs to get into the ground or into pots this month include the following:
- he pineapple lily (Eucomis bicolour) produces a beautiful pineapple-like flower and makes a great container plant. Being a little frost-tender, these bulbs are best grown in pots so they can be moved into a frost-free place for winter. 'Leia' produces pink flowers, but you can also buy a mix of bulbs to create an attractive display of white, green and pink blooms.
- The peacock gladiolus (Acidanthera bicolour murielae) is another top-notch choice. These small bulbs produce fragrant white flowers with a chocolatepurple blotch in the centre. They are best planted in clusters.
- Gladioli often get dismissed as oldfashioned and as pedestrian florist flowers, but the novelty Dutch hybrid, 'Espresso' with its deep red flower, could change your mind. It is all in the art of the planting. Use the colour and shape of the soaring stem in the right way and it can add a sensational touch to your flower garden.
- Some glads grow 1.5 m (6 feet), others such as the Tiny Tot hybrids grow only 60 cm (2 feet), making them great for containers.
- Callas and cannas. You probably want to wait until you are planning your dahlias next month to do these two. They are frost-sensitive, so it is not jumping the gun, although you should to buy them and get them going in containers. 'Black Forest' is a dramatic near-black variety while 'Tropical Salmon' is a more compact canna that would also be perfect for a container, even on a sunny patio or balcony.


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He doesn't gain 300 pounds for a role or channel deepseated memories to cry on cue. Robert Duvall simply acts'like no one else. PLUS A video clip from the actor's latest, Broken Trail, and our five mustown Duvall picks
Robert Duvall's Georgian farmhouse sits on 360 rolling acres dotted with deer and Texas cattle. He's got three small dogs that make much of his comings and goings—a blond Scottie named for the recently departed Scottish footballer Jinky Johnstone; Paco, who's half dingo; and Pancho, a Jack Russell terrier. "I had a great Jack Russell—the greatest," Duvall says with a twang. "He'd eat the balloons on New Year's Eve and shit 'em out for three days. But I didn't get caninevisitation rights when I divorced so I never saw him again. It got a little too much, their closeness—my wife would squeeze him and his dick would come out. But what a dog he was, my God." Gus, he was called, so named for Gus McCrae, Duvall's character in Lonesome Dove.
I don't know what I'd expected; with someone so capable of intimidation onscreen, I guess I thought he'd be more…intimidating. Duvall in person is chatty and solicitous, guiding you across the street by the elbow, offering a cup of tea. He's respectful of the smallest moments, ecuting them with easy grace.
He plays his characters the same way, honoring the details that, in the aggregate, constitute an authentic human life. "When I was doing Lonesome Dove, something took me out to West Texas, and I looked up Sammy Baugh, the old quarterback for the Washington Redskins, and that's where I got my gesture for the whole part," Duvall says. "He would talk about throwing a pass"—and here he illustrates with a fluid, majestic bend of the arm. "And my mouth's open watching this guy. I said, 'Wow, this is what I've been looking for' "—the distinctly western physicality of an exjock horseman.
We're sitting by the fire, which was crackling away by the time I arrived. There is a pelt draped over the couch and antlers on plaques throughout the house. In the dining room is a butcher's table dense enough to take apart a cow on, with as resting in a slot in the block itself.
Duvall is now 75 years old, a milestone to be reckoned with for one of the sturdiest fixtures of American cinema. His face looks like it might have been whittled with a buck knife. The smallish watery blue eyes are hooded as ever, the loose skin beneath them swagged like bordello drapes. Despite the imposing screen presence, he's not big up close—more of a barrelchested welterweight, with crooked arms and slim, slightly bowed legs. His scalp is freckled—what hair he has hangs in a greased wedge at the back of his neck.
On this chilly day at his ranch in northern Virginia, he wears a dark sweater, dark slacks, and brown suede cowboy boots. The smile comes easily, but when it does, it's a lipless slash.
The characters are all right there, especially McCrae, the former Texas Ranger—protector of whores, leader of men. Duvall is the master of the rural American idiom, with its deceptive simplicity, its windinthewheat rhythms. No one could bring more to a role like that; he calls it "my favorite. Let the English play Hamlet and King Lear—I'll play Augustus McCrae." This month he'll appear in Broken Trail, a twopart miniseries on AMC, as Print Ritter, a rancher from the 1890s who enlists his estranged nephew Thomas Haden Church) for one long last horse drive. The folkheroic Ritter, who has an elegiac kinship with the dwindling frontier, is in the spirit of McCrae.
But there are a lot of favorites when it comes to Duvall; his work over the course of more than eighty films and four and a half decades has yielded a string of iconic performances. That overused word iconic—and yet with Duvall it patently applies. His broadstrokes blowhard in The Great Santini is the enduring face of the hardtoplease dad, while Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore from Apocalypse Now, stalking a ravaged beach in Vietnam bare chested, is the last word in hawkish zeal. Nearly thirty years later, young guys still extol napalm's bouquet as some sort of drunken rite—channeling as fierce an image of maleness as they have ever seen onscreen.
But for all the impact he's made, Duvall isn't a personality, a showboating breastbeater, like so many of the guys he came up with in Hollywood during its cockiest, most dissolute era. A rightleaning teetotaler and appreciator of quiet, characterdefining truths, he has never been what you'd call fashionable, which makes his contribution all the more astonishing.
In a fundamental way, Duvall resembles his strongest characters men of honor and faith—untainted, unmediated by modernity and glitz—and getting them right is the great privilege of this job. In the early '80s, while preparing for Tender Mercies, Duvall was on a factfinding road trip in East Texas with a friend who had to ask at one point, "Hey, Duvall, what are we looking for" To which Duvall replied, "We're looking for accents!"
And yes, it was nice to win an Oscar for that one, an impeccably minimalist meditation on redemption for which he also sang, in a gentle countrycured tenor; the gold statue peers down from the mantel right above us. Yet real validation came not from Club Hollywood but from Nashville—from Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, and also from Johnny Cash, who was sitting with him on Oscar night. As Duvall tells me proudly, "They bought what I did."
_For the full article, pick up the June 2006 issue of _GQ.
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Lawyer Suggests That Prenda Law May Have Only 'Released' Movies It Sued Over As A Honeypot For Lawsuits
from the well,-look-at-that dept
Apparently getting curious about the whole shell within a shell within a shell setup of Livewire/AF Holdings/Ingenuity 13, Syfert began wondering about just what copyrighted works were actually at the center of those lawsuits. As you may recall, Prenda, used to represent actual porn studios, but at some point shifted to a variety of shell corporations, which it's now accused of running itself (a big no no). But then what copyright was it using? Well, Syfert looked at the details of the lawsuits, and then looked around, and basically found that the "movies" in question never appear to be distributed in any way, except via BitTorrent, all seeded by the same user. Hmmmm....
So, four out of the Five Fan Favorites that Ingenuity 13 wishes to protect are shared by sharkmp4. (Other hash values referenced in complaints do not result in any valid torrent). One wonders if the "Five Fan Favorites" copy registered with the copyright office includes all of these sharkmp4 videos. Would that be proof that Prenda Law is seeding its own works and then suing? The honeypot. The venus fly trap. The pitcher plant? Or is sharkmp4 just another pirate?Syfert digs a bit deeper and digs up a bit more info on this "sharkmp4" character:
Now of course, this all begs the question: Who is sharkmp4? Well, the IP address associated with this user can be determined by a technically skilled individual who could load up all the torrents, join the torrent swarms and then find the common seed. However, there is no reason to do this, because it will come back with a Mullvad VPN on an IP in Germany owned by Leaseweb and get you nowhere.Well, almost nowhere. Because back at FightCopyrightTrolls, they add a little piece to the puzzle.
I want to point out to one coincidence that Graham did not mention (probably he did not know): a person who we strongly believe was John Steele had been commenting on this blog via Mullvad VPN (links at the bottom). Although it does not prove anything per se — a single exit IP address is shared by many VPN users — the fact that Mullvad VPN was allegedly used to seed certain pornographic movies is interesting.Obviously, not conclusive proof of anything, but enough to leave you scratching your head and wondering. It's not like Mullvad is one of the more popular VPNs either. And, of course if John Steele, or a representative of the copyright holder themselves is uploading and distributing the file in the first place (and that's the only place where it's released), there's a reasonable argument to be made that any downloads are not infringing, since it's clearly an authorized copy. At this point, Steele and Team Prenda are likely in enough hot water, but it seems like a court that wants to dig even deeper into the whole thing might uncover some more... interesting things during discovery.


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While I was writing a short story recently on the topic of autism, I came up with a list of some of the most difficult areas that individuals on the spectrum struggle with. After doing some reflection and going through some of my emails I've received from parents, it seems the main one that surfaces has to do with relationships. "Will my son ever get married?" "Will I ever have grandkids?" and "How can I encourage my daughter to put herself out there?" For me it's a question that evokes a lot of different emotions.
When thinking about my experiences, relationships are probably still the area I struggle with the most. It's not because I haven't put myself out there, but it's because any relationship you ever walk into is so complex. It's not something that can be taught by following a routine or a pattern. It's something that once embarked upon challenges you in every part of yourself. Many individuals I encounter for this reason have great difficulties with this. Add to that the communication and social interaction difficulties that many with autism have and it can feel like an impossible task.
The best advice I've been able to give I must admit probably sounds somewhat generic, but it's very much about finding someone with similar interests you can relate to and also just having the ability to put yourself out there while being confident. While at the International Meeting For Autism Research this year in Toronto I was able to have a conversation with author and self-advocate John Elder Robison about this topic. His wife, Mary Robison, recently "came out" about being on the autism spectrum. The Robisons have been married for years now and seem so happy. One thing that John stresses is that any relationship can be tough but you also have to consider that some people with autism just don't want to be in relationships at all. Temple Grandin, another self-advocate, is a perfect example of this. She has said that she has always been perfectly fine with being by herself and admits to not needing anyone for her to consider her life a success.
This goes back to the saying that seems to have been growing in the autism community that when you've met one individual with autism you've met just one person with autism. For this reason many parents should just consider their child remaining single as an option. Many individuals who don't have autism aren't married either and live for happy and successful lives.
In the end though, for those who are approaching relationships it's just best to take it in stride. Don't worry about when/if it will happen because people are settling into relationships now at so many different ages and times. I've personally had several fantastic and amazing relationships but regrettably to get to those moments you also have to be willing to go through some possible heartache too. It's important when those moments happen that you don't consider them rejections but learning experiences instead. Every opportunity you get in your life is a potential learning opportunity so it's important to focus on those times when they come. For those on the spectrum, it's also crucial you don't let your disability become a factor in why someone may or may not like you. This has eaten me up sometimes because, especially when I started dating when I was 15, my confidence was low because I thought girls wouldn't like me because of my disability. The bottom line is, there are going to be countless people who like you for you, you just have to be willing to keep your eyes open.
If you keep this in mind, no matter what happens in your life you will be doing the best you can and that's something to be proud of. So try and try again. Trust me, you won't regret it.


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Luis Daziano from Argentina asked me about the location of the series I wrote for Oracle Technology Network on Advanced Linux commands. Fortunately, OTN still has all of them, although it has become a little difficult to find. Here are the five articles, if you are interested.
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|System: PSP
|Dev: Square Enix
|Pub: Square Enix
|Release: March 22, 2011
|Players: 1-2
|Screen Resolution: 480p
|Fantasy Violence, Mild Language, Partial Nudity, Suggestive Themes
by Amanda L. Kondolojy
2009's Dissidia: Final Fantasy was an impressive title. Sure, marrying the many worlds of Final Fantasy with a strategy-based fighting game sounds like a good idea on paper, but we all know executing a crazy idea like that can have its pitfalls. But Square Enix really impressed me with the overall quality and depth of the original Dissidia. How could they top that with Duodecim? The answer is surprisingly simple: by adding new characters, tweaking the battle system, and giving fans even more content. Duodecim improves upon its predecessor in almost every way possible, and though it doesn't reinvent the wheel, it certainly represents quite the evolutionary leap forward for the series.
The game's story mode is again the focus of the game, and unfortunately, the story itself falls prey pretty quickly to the amnesia trope that is so common in crossover stories: all the Final Fantasy All-Stars have been gathered by the forces of Cosmos and Chaos into this other dimension, and none of them remember who they were previously. Since they are all strangers, and have no memories of their pasts, they fight for their chosen side to gain ultimate power and a one-way ticket back to the world they (don't) know.
The story smacks of poorly-written fan-fiction, but realistically I don't think anyone expected anything else. Getting all of these characters together in a way that makes perfect sense within the Final Fantasy universe is an impossible feat, and considering the constraints of the series, I think the story works well enough. Although the plot itself is flimsier than Vaan's mini-vest, the dialogue between the characters (who retain their personalities despite losing their memories) is extremely well-written, and includes plenty of clever nods to each character's respective series that fans are sure to appreciate.
Though the story is a bit of a disappointment, the improvements made to the actual story mode are actually very impressive. Instead of taking place on a stoic grid-based stage, the game has a huge world map rich with areas to explore, lots of hidden treasure, random enemy encounters, and unlockable skills littered across the landscape. Duodecim places particular importance on leveling up your characters and outfitting them with plenty of gear, and it throws plenty of skills and equipment your way in the first few hours of gameplay. Though it can feel a little overwhelming when you are managing your team at first, the learning curve evens out eventually, and it's easy to settle in to Duodecim for the long haul.


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Singing to Kakaw'in
On the Sunday of a recent week-end, I received a call from my good friend Jennifer Steven, co-owner of The Whale Centre here in Tofino. She was calling to inform me that a super pod of orcas (otherwise known as killer whales) were making their way up the coastline of Tofino.
This was exciting; orcas in the waters of Tofino are a treat, so imagine hearing there could potentially be about 40 orcas from the J,K and L pods which normally reside near Victoria - just swimming by! A few moments later, when Jen called me back and asked me if I would like to join them aboard Goolka, their Boston Whaler, I had to say "Yes!!!".
I headed down to the Method Marine dock where Jen and her husband John Forde were waiting with a life preserver suit in my size. I threw on the suit and boarded Goolka, where to my surprise I discovered that I would be enjoying this adventure alongside Roy Henry Vickers, who you may know as the artist behind Eagle Aerie Gallery here in town. John untied the boat and we were on our way out into beautiful Clayoquot Sound. We ventured out past Wickaninnish Island when our eyes caught the first glimpse of our orca friends.
Soon, we were surrounded on all sides with orca tails slapping, spy hoping and lunging about in the beautiful Pacific Ocean that they call home. It was at this moment that I heard a beautiful melody from Roy Henry - he was singing a traditional North West coast song, calling out to his ancestors. Generations ago, it was the Nuu-chah-nulth people believed the Orca, or KaKaw'in, was the protector of humankind in the ocean.
For over an hour we travelled with these protectors of humankind, through this amazing backyard that I get to call home.


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This piece of work has a looped synth bass all along it's structure. The song grows and decrece constantly with help of sounds of accordion and synthesizers that appear and dissapear creating an atmosphere of stillness and introspection.
You can use this stuff as background for any kind of projects that involves calm, peace, relaxation, mystery, eternity, mysticism and feelings like that.
It's also useful for movie or for any other kind of video.


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Delicious Classics & New Favorites: 18 Cookie Recipes for the Holidays
Do you have a perfect recipe for cut-out sugar cookies? One that rolls out beautifully and bakes up sturdy yet chewy? What about that killer Nutella cookie recipe — the one that will climb to the top of the cookie exchange? We have these for you today and more — a list of our own very favorite recipes for this high season of holiday cookie baking.
There are spicy cookies with candied orange slices, and molasses cookies with a sugary lemon glaze. There are toffee chocolate chip bars, and peanut butter-espresso blossoms. There are the standbys, delicious old friends — holiday snowballs, pfeffernusse — and new classics, like rosemary and brown butter shortbread. Which will be your favorite this year?
• 1 Peanut Butter & Espresso Truffle Blossoms
• 2 Molasses Spice Cookies with Orange Sugar
• 3 Life-Changing Vegan Thumbprint Cookies
• 4 Chinese Five-Spice Cookies with Candied Mandarin Oranges
• 5 Ritz Cracker Cookies
• 6 Vegan Vanilla Almond Sandies
• 7 Holiday Snowballs
• 8 Hazelnut & Olive Oil Shortbread
• 9 Nutmeg-Lemon Pfeffernusse
• 10 Earl Grey Tea Cookies
• 11 Best Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
• 12 Spiced Mexican Wedding Cookies
• 13 Rosemary-Walnut Browned Butter Cookies
• 14 No-Bake Nutella Peanut Butter Cookies
• 15 Chewy Molasses Cookies with Crunchy Lemon Glaze
What's your favorite holiday cookie? Any of them on the list above?
Related: Best Cut-Outs & More: 10 Essential Holiday Cookie Recipes
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James "Dick" Garvey
James "Dick" Richard Garvey, a lifetime resident of Colville, passed away at his home April 18, 2012 at the age of 88. Dick was born Sept. 22, 1923 in Colville to George and Mary (Fitzpatrick) Garvey.Dick was raised and attended school in the Marcus and Colville area. While in high school, he played football and baseball. At the age of 15, he helped build the Fort Colville Grange and has been a member ever since. He completed his junior year in high school, then, due to the needs on the farm, he left school. On Jan. 15, 1947, Dick married Betty Ann Engel and together they shared 65 wonderful years. For the first five years after marriage, they moved around the Eastern Washington area. He worked on several ranches and farms before settling down in the Colville area. Dick was a rancher for many years and with his patience, he did a great job working with cattle and sheep. He also enjoyed working with wood and spent time at The Chopot and Connelly's Mills as a sawyer. Then came his experience with construction where he applied his skills by building a shop and adding a room to the house. He spent a lot of time there watch¬ing the elk. Dick also had a school bus route for 15 years.Dick spent countless hours giving of his time to the associations he was involved in. When he was raising cattle, he was a part of the Cattleman's Association and in 1984 was named Cattleman of the Year. He also raised sheep for a while and was part of the Tri County Wool Association. Dick spent many years as a member, as well as President, of the Northeast Washington Fair Association. He was honored to be awarded with the Colville FFA Chapter Farmer Award and to be part of the Washington Sate 4-H Hall of Fame. Dick is a benefactor for the Washington State University's College of Agriculture, Human and Natural Resource Services. His donation will support student scholarships with the college.Dick was very family-oriented and was a great example with his giving attitude. As many who were friends of his know, he was very capable, hard-working and never met a stranger. Dick has touched many lives in the community over the years and will be greatly missed by all his family and friends.Dick is survived by his wife, Betty Garvey, Colville; daughters, Marilyn Ogden and husband, Monte, Colville; Nancy Heater and husband, Steve, Colville; Patricia Benner and husband, Charles, Enderlin, ND; Jerry Garvey, Spokane; grandchildren, Michel Pitts and husband Jeff; Kriss LaCaire and husband, Mike; Bart Nelson and wife, Ivy; Cody Heater and wife, Jessica; Dawn Tack¬ett and husband, Josh; Tammie Tetzlaff and husband, Kurt; Brad Benner and wife, Jade; great-grandchildren, Brandon, Kylee, Tarren, Kora, Haiden, Hunter, Hannah, Garrett, Bailee and Braedon; sister, Marian Garvey of Colville, as well as nu¬merous nieces and nephews.Dick was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Joe, Glen, Bernard and Bob; sisters, Alice Garvey, Mildred Grief and Grace Schroder.An ash committal for Dick Garvey was held Wednesday, April 25 at Mountain View Park Cemetery, Colville, with a luncheon at the Fort Colville Grange. Memorial contributions may be given to the Stevens County 4-H or the Colville FFA. Please visit the online memorial and sign the guestbook at www.danekasfuneralchapel.com. Danekas Funeral Chapel and Crematory is entrusted with the arrangements.


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Traffic Congestion – Sutherland and Railway Streets, West Perth Intersection
Cr McEvoy raised concerns regarding increased traffic congestion due to works located at the Sutherland and Railway Streets intersection. The Director Planning and Development advised that congestion may be due to temporary changes in signalling for works associated with the widening of the cycle way on Railway / Roe Streets, and that a report providing an update on these works would be presented at future Works and Urban Development Committee meeting.
The only work I'm aware of is part of the CBD Transport Plan, and the last I heard was:
Detailed design and construction of the recommended facility for Roe Street (scheduled from 2014/2015 to 2015/2016).
There currently isn't a 'cycle way' at this location, and as far as I'm aware it is a foot path, based on DoT's Bike Maps.
What is being built at Sutherland/Railway Streets?


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Tai Chi is a physical exercise and martial art that has been practiced in China for thousands of years.
The free-flowing relaxation exercise consists of a special arrangement of movements known as the form. The form is many separate movements strung together to produce one continuous sequence lasting for several minutes. Within the form, there are five fundamental principles -- relaxation, Yin/Yang, turn waist, keep body upright and beautiful lady hands.
Combining the forms and principles of Tai Chi will help create overall good health. The word TAI means "great," while CHI is translated as "vital energy or powerful life force."
Relax and enjoy good health with the six-week course at the Rec Department building. Classes will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Mondays, with the next session starting March 12. The cost is $25 per person. Instructor is Taylor Chestnut.
Call the Rec Department office for more information.
Get a good workout while learning self defense methods with Tae-Kwon-Do classes.
The classes are held each Monday from 6 to 7 p.m. for ages 5 and older at the old armory upstairs. Children will learn self-confidence and self-discipline and adults will master self-defense while getting the ultimate workout. Leading the class will be an instructor from the West Wateree Tae Kwon Do Center.
The fee per month is $30 a month. The next session will begin March 12. Pre-registration is required; call the Rec Department office for more information.
Easy steps with Shag
Learn South Carolina's state dance – the shag – and have fun putting these smooth moves together.
Join Patty and Larry Blackmon for their Monday night classes, which will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. for beginners and from 8 to 9 p.m. for intermediates upstairs at the old armory. Pre-registration is required to participate, and the class will be held only when minimum pre-registration is met.
The cost is $40 per person for four classes. The next session – for beginners and intermediates – will be March 5-26. Call the Rec Department to pre-register or for more information.
Ballroom dance
Come join ballroom dancing classes offered by the Kershaw County Recreation Department.
The class, for youth and adults, meets from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursdays at the Old Armory on DeKalb Street.
The cost is $10 per person and $15 per couple for the four-week session. Instructors are Al and Kay Roberson. Pre-registration is required; call the Rec Department office for more information.
PAL ball
Get in on the fun with PAL baseball, a non-competitive T-ball league for youth and adults of all ages with disabilities and special needs and children who don't like the physical competition of other leagues.
Team "pals" will provide assistance to players on the league. Teams are mixed with all ages – from 5 to adult -- and gender.
Registration for PAL baseball will be held through March 9 at the Kershaw County Recreation Department. The registration fee is $32.
The PAL baseball program is sponsored by the Rec Department and the Kershaw County Board of Disabilities and Special Needs.
For more information, contact the Rec Department.
Square dance lessons
Every Thursday night, the Camden Hi-Steppers Square Dance Club meets at the Woodward Park rec building from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. for some high-stepping fun. Walk-ins are welcome to drop by and take advantage of an invitation for a free short lesson.
Square dancing exercises the body and the mind, say instructors Frank and Mary Ann Trapp. There are no age, race or faith limitations. There are a wide variety of people found at the Camden Hi-Steppers' club dances.
For information on square dancing, contact Frank or Mary Ann Trapp at 432-5902.
Line dance steps
The chance to learn the Electric Slide and other popular steps is here.
Line dance is a great stress reducer and emotional release as well as good exercise, providing much the same benefits as low-impact aerobics. Increase energy, improve strength and muscle tone. Age is no factor. And you can build your stamina while having fun. Come with a friend or spouse or come alone; you don't need a partner for line dance.
Classes for beginners are from 6 to 7 p.m. Mondays. Intermediate classes are from 7 to 8 p.m. Mondays. The classes are held at the Recreation Department building.
A beginner intermediate class is held at 9:30 a.m. each Monday and Thursday at the Rec Department building.
The cost is $4 per class. Instructor for line dance is Ann Segars, licensed by BMI-ASCAP, National Teachers of Line Dance. Pre-registration is required; call the Rec Department office for more information.
For anyone who hates to exercise, Zumba will feel more like a Salsa party than a workout. Zumba has a fast, energetic workout that is fun and addictive. You get lost in the music and dance and don't realize you're getting such a great workout! This is a great remedy for anyone looking for a fat-burning pick-me-up with a positive energy blast that will leave you feeling happy and energized.
Zumba is not difficult and anyone can, and should, experience it. It's a Latin-inspired cardio dance fitness class that incorporates many different dance styles and international music rhythms to provide one amazing high calorie burn workout. No dance skills are required to participate in the class. Our classes are created to apply for all fitness levels, whether you are just starting out in finding a healthier life-style or you are already extremely active.
Zumba targets the glutes, legs, arms and abs, all while burning calories through an interval workout of fast and slow movements.
The class will be offered on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Class fees are $5 for one class (walk-in); $20 once a week; and $30 twice a week.
The class is instructed by Jennifer Craft. Pre-registration is required at the Recreation Department office with a minimum of six enrolled in the session. Call for more information.
Want to get in shape without all the running, jumping and bouncing? Try Tonetics -- a deep-muscle exercise class involving walking, stretching, bar usage and more.
The purpose is to tone and lose inches, while working all major muscle groups to achieve an all-over muscle fitness.
The class meets from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Recreation Department building. The five-week course is offered at a cost of $20.
The instructor is Pam Boheler. Pre-registration is required; call the Rec Department office for more information.
Senior fitness class
A group exercise class for ages 55 and older provides a fun variety of exercises to improve strength, flexibility, posture and balance, using a chair and a floor mat (optional).
All participants must be ambulatory and able to follow verbal cues in order to safely and effectively perform the exercises. Instructor is Melia Campolong.
The class meets from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at the Rec Department building.
The cost is $20 per month, and pre-registration is required.
Gymnastics classes are offered by the Kershaw County Recreation Department and Wateree Gymnastics of Camden.
Classes are divided by age and offered each Wednesday. Topics include gym safety, mounts and dismounts, over, under and through, cartwheels, nutrition, strength, balance and coordination and working as a team.
The cost for the classes, held at the Recreation Department building, is $25 per month. Pre-registration is required; call the Rec Department office for more information.
Low-impact aerobics
Low-impact aerobics is a great way to get the benefits of an aerobic workout without the strain and stress associated with other exercises, and classes are offered by the Kershaw County Recreation Department.
Low-impact aerobics involves large, controlled movements and large muscle groups, and always leaves at least one foot on the ground.
The class will be offered at 6 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays at the Recreation Department small room; parking and the entrance is at the rear of the building. The registration fee is $30 per month. The instructor is Gwen Bowers. The class will be offered when minimum registration is met.
(For further information, call the Recreation Department at 425-6009 or visit www.kershaw.sc.gov and click on departments and services.)


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Random bird stories
When I was working in the garden yesterday afternoon, I noticed how quiet it was. The only sound was the birds, singing all around the yard. This, I told myself, is why we live in the country.
The blackbirds must have a nest in the tall grass and bushes along the back fence. Two of them had a fit about Casper, our cat, who was lounging around the garden. They broadcast their warning so well that even I, a human, heard and understood. Casper is such a twerp that I was ready to laugh if they dive-bombed him. If they had been mockingbirds, they would have, but since they were blackbirds, they just "chirred" from the tree above him.
Mystery bird
A bird has been trying to fly into the windows of the house for days now. It just doesn't give up. It approaches the windows again and again and tries to find a way inside.
Yesterday, I had my car by the garden to unload some stuff, and the little bird wanted to get inside my car. It flew up to the windows repeatedly and fluttered around. I tried to get its picture, but it wouldn't let me get very close. Here it is, sitting on the side view mirror.
It has a reddish breast and a brown back. It's not nearly large enough to be a robin, unless it's a juvenile. Also, its back is not gray like a robin. I've looked through the bird books for an hour and I still can't decide what it is. I think it may be a female since they're often more drab.
A wren has nested in the wren house that hangs on the trellis where the grapevine grows. I really must move that house next year. It's along the sidewalk, and the poor little wren thinks she has to fly off her nest every time someone goes by. Some days she isn't bothered much, but when we're all home and working around the house and yard, the little wren has a very bad day.
The hummingbirds let me know this spring that I needed to set up their feeders. One evening, I looked outside to see a hummingbird flying around the shepherd's hook where the feeders had been last year. It was obvious that he expected to find food there, so I quickly brewed some syrup, cooled it down, and filled the feeders. They hadn't been in place five minutes before the little hummingbird found them.
Birdies in the Treetops
"Birdies in the treetops" is a phrase from a little song we sang in Sunday School, many years ago. The rest of it goes like this:
The birdies in the treetops sing their song;
The angels chant their chorus all day long;
The flowers in the garden blend their hue;
So why shouldn't I, why shouldn't you, praise Him too?
(Author unknown)


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No sweats and sneakers for this international traveler! The Duchess of Cambridge spent part of the three-hour flight from Wellington to Sydney changing from a chic blue suit into a sunny yellow dress to kick off the Australian leg of the Royal Tour.
The Duchess started her day in a "Sparkle Tweed" jacket and matching skirt by New Zealand-born designer Rebecca Taylor (which she paired with black Alexander McQueen pumps) for a visit to the Royal New Zealand Police College. Fashion followers will remember that Kate first wore the ensemble to a reception for the Scott-Amundsen Centenary Race in April 2012.
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For her final appearance in New Zealand, hairstylist Amanda Cook Tucker — who is a member of the Royal Tour entourage — swept Kate's locks back into a half-up do. The Duchess, who normally prefers to wear her hair down, has worn the pulled-back style often over the past week, perhaps because of the rainy weather.
The skies were clear when the Royal trio deplaned in Sydney later in the day. Carrying Prince George, Kate arrived wearing a yellow-and-white color-block Roksanda Ilincic dress. Though the designer has no ties to Australia, yellow is one of the country's national colors.
The contemporary dress signaled a bit of a departure from the Duchess's usually classic sartorial aesthetic, but Kate paired it with her trusty nude LK Bennett heels and a clutch by the brand. And despite the wardrobe change, Kate stuck with her half up-do, which has us wondering: Is the Duchess transitioning to new go-to hairstyle? What do you think of her first Australia look? Share your thoughts below!
–Bronwyn Barnes