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Astros eager to see loaded farm system pay dividends
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Being labeled as having the best farm system in baseball can be a blessing and a curse.
On the one hand, it's an exciting acknowledgment of strong scouting and player development work. The new Astros' Top 20 Prospect list is about as deep as, if not deeper than, any organization's list.
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Being labeled as having the best farm system in baseball can be a blessing and a curse.
On the one hand, it's an exciting acknowledgment of strong scouting and player development work. The new Astros' Top 20 Prospect list is about as deep as, if not deeper than, any organization's list.
On the flip side, it can be faint praise. Having a great system sounds great on paper, but if it doesn't funnel players through the pipeline to turn things around at the highest level, it's a bit hollow.
"The goal is to accumulate enough talent that the talent comes through and helps the Major League team," Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow said. "It can do it in one of two ways. It can come up and help you win games at the Major League level, or it can help you acquire players that help you win games at the Major League level. To have a great system is a step along the way, but it's certainly not the end goal.
"We feel like in the last three years, we've gone from one of the worst systems in baseball to one of the best. One of the things we're going to try to do going forward is regardless of whether we pick first or last, we have a process and a discipline in place that's going to allow us hopefully [to] never return to the days of a bottom-five system."
The Astros' system gets high marks not only for elite-level talent -- they placed seven prospects on the overall Top 100 Prospects list -- but also for having a wide assortment of pitchers and position players, as well as having prospects spread throughout all levels of the system. The Top 20 is split evenly, with 10 pitchers and 10 hitters. Six of the Top 20 have ETAs for this season. Another five are projected to arrive in 2015, eight in '16 and one in '17.
Of course, that doesn't count any non-ranked prospects who make contributions. The fact there is a growing list of players like that -- thanks to the Draft and trades more than anything -- is the biggest testament to just how far this system has come. Now it's time to turn it into Major League performance.
"The model we look at is what the Cardinals have done. The Red Sox continue to have a good system, despite those two teams being in the World Series," Luhnow said. "We're setting ourselves up for that. We all recognize that, sitting on this amount of talent. How we translate that talent into Major League wins is a critical next step in our organization. And it's going to take place over the course of the next five years, starting this year."
Three questions with George Springer
Springer was the Astros' first-round pick (No. 11 overall) in the 2011 Draft.
MLBPipeline.com: Everyone is talking about the Astros' farm system, and you're at the point where you're close to contributing. What was your mindset coming to camp?
Springer: I'm just going out and having fun. There's only so much as a player I can control, and that's how hard I play, my effort. I have the same mentality as if I'm playing a game: just go out, have a lot of fun and try to help them win.
MLBPipeline.com: What has it been like to have a guy like Dexter Fowler here, who knows what you're going through?
Springer: He's obviously been a tremendous help to me. I feel we jell well. It doesn't just stem from him. All the guys in this clubhouse who have time with the Astros or whoever haven been great. It's always good as a kid to have that resource to increase my knowledge and gain experience just from them.
MLBPipeline.com: You've always struck out a good amount at the plate. Is that something that bothers you?
Springer: No. Obviously, I'm not getting in the box and trying to strike out. I'm trying to help us win in whichever way I can. But I'm going to go out and improve on the positives and the negatives. You go out there and compete and get better every day.
Camp standout: Preston Tucker
At a certain point, a guy who keeps going out and performs needs to be noticed. It might be time to allow Tucker to finally jump on the radar.
Expectations for senior signees taken in the seventh round of the Draft tend to be a bit low. But Tucker has hit pretty much everywhere he's been. The left-handed hitting-outfielder hit .329/.412/.576 as a four-year starter at the University of Florida. He hasn't let up as a pro, with a .303/.373/.506 line in his one-plus years in the Astros organization. While playing for Lancaster in the California League certainly helped Tucker in 2013, he did reach Double-A and finished with a combined 25 homers and 103 RBIs.
Now Tucker is in his first big league camp, and he's continuing to open the eyes of the front office and the big league staff with his outstanding swing and advanced approach. Luhnow hopes Tucker can become a similar player to a college senior he took in the eighth round of the 2006 Draft, when he oversaw that process with the St. Louis Cardinals.
"He has the chance to be a real offensive producer," Luhnow said. "I'm hoping he becomes the Allen Craig of our system -- a guy who was drafted in the bottom half of the top 10 rounds, a senior sign, didn't get a ton of money out of college, but just produced his way through the Minors and eventually became a productive Major League player. That's what we're hoping for."
Breakout candidate: Delino DeShields
DeShields isn't one of those under the radar types. He is, after all, No. 66 on MLB.com's Top 100 and No. 7 on the Astros' Top 20. But DeShields did spend two years in the South Atlantic League and stayed at one level for all of 2013, leading some to wonder if the 2010 first-round pick was progressing as expected.
"He stole over 100 bases two years ago, he stole 50 last year," Luhnow said. "Some people thought he had a bad year. He spent the whole year at Lancaster, and I think it was good for him to be there all year."
A trip to the Arizona Fall League and a position switch could help DeShields point in the right direction. The 21-year-old is now a center fielder, where his top-of-the-scale speed will play extremely well. He's ready for the big move up to Double-A, and 2014 could be the year where everything comes together and DeShields gets close to being the catalyst the Astros crave.
"He has the tools at any moment to break out and become a really exciting player," Luhnow said. "And we need a player like that in our system, a guy who can really fly and who is that kind of dynamic player. He's a guy who could break through very quickly.
"I truly believe he's going to be an elite defensive outfielder and a top-of-the-order guy with speed for most of his career -- not one of those guys who is speedy until age 25, then declines. I think he has legs that will keep him going for a while."
Jonathan Mayo is a reporter for MLB.com and writes a blog, B3. Follow @JonathanMayoB3 on Twitter.


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Theme: Inner Circle — Words that can describe circles are hidden in familiar phrases.
Theme answers:
- 17A: St. Patrick's day shout (ERIN GO BRAGH).
- 32A: Business that serves smokers (TOBACCO INDUSTRY).
- 39A: With "leave," settle for the existing situation (WELL ENOUGH ALONE).
- 60A: Privileged group, and an aptly highlighted feature of 17-, 32- and 39-Across (INNER CIRCLE).
My favorite entries today are ODD LOT (23A: Unconventional merchandise quantity) and the two baseball answers: STRIKE TWO and HANK AARON (11D: Ump's call / 12D: "Hammerin'" baseballer). I like that we have both of AARON's names in the grid and, for some reason, sports nicknames have always made me chuckle. There's just something inherently funny about them to me. I prefer the ones that come in between the athlete's names (e.g., Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield). Those really crack me up.
- 11A: Finger-to-lips syllable (SHH). Seems like kind of an awkward clue.
- 21A: Linus awaits the Great Pumpkin in one (PATCH). As opposed to this clue, which is all kindsa awesome.
- 27A: Lewinsky confidante Linda (TRIPP). It's hard for me to gauge how well-known people involved in political scandals are. I mean, sure, everybody knows who Monica Lewinsky is, but did people pay close enough attention to hear about Linda TRIPP?
- 30A: Delinquency word more commonly heard in the plural (ARREAR). Yep. It's more commonly heard in the plural. That's for sure.
- 37A: Contraire à la __: illegal, in Lyons (LOI). French!
- 47A: Drum major's cap (SHAKO). I am glad to have learned this word today. Also, drum majors' hats are awesome.
- 62A: Bachelor in personals, briefly (SWM). Well, some bachelors, sure ….
- 65A: Half and half (ONE). Now this is the kind of math clue I can handle. It's a little tricky, but once I figured out what it was going for, I could actually do the math. (One-half and (i.e., plus) one-half = ONE.)
- 8D: Sky surveillance acronym (AWACS). Airborne Warning and Control System.
- 9D: Swollen ego (BIG HEAD).
- 7D: Lion player Lahr (BERT).
- 24D: Dungeons & Dragons monster (ORC).
- 26D: R&B's __ Hill (DRU).
- 49D: Broadway matchmaker (YENTE).
- 61D: UN workers' gp. (ILO).
Everything Else — 1A: "I'm clueless!" ("GOT ME!"); 6A: Half of Ethiopia's capital (ABABA); 14A: 1994 peace prize sharer Yitzhak (RABIN); 15A: C.S. who created Narnia (LEWIS); 16A: Chinese word of enlightenment (TAO); 19A: IV administrators (RN'S); 20A: 0, in Spain (CERO); 22A: Singer's aid (MIKE); 25A: "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" singer Neil (SEDAKA); 36A: Fifth in NYC, e.g. (AVE.); 38A: Finished first (WON); 46A: "M*A*S*H" system (TRIAGE); 48A: Heat rub product (BENGAY); 50A: Oysters-on-the-half-shell seller (RAW BAR); 54A: Menlo Park middle name (ALVA); 55A: Somewhat warm (TEPID); 58A: Wave radio maker (BOSE); 59A: Work the soil (HOE); 63A: Short explosive? (NITRO); 64A: It's not an express (LOCAL); 66A: Yarn unit (SKEIN); 67A: Buck of country music (OWENS); 1D: Artist El __ (GRECO); 2D: Rowed (OARED); 3D: Classic Ford (T-BIRD); 4D: Company that merged with Konica (MINOLTA); 5D: Stonehenge loc. (ENG.); 6D: Actress Jessica (ALBA); 10D: Smudge on Santa? (ASH); 13D: Watering aid (HOSE); 18D: Fiber-__ (OPTIC); 22D: Fourth planet (MARS); 28D: Casual shirt (POLO); 29D: Reverent (PIOUS); 31D: Sandberg with nine Gold Gloves (RYNE); 32D: "I __ I taw a puddy ..." (TAWT); 33D: Excessive (OVERBLOWN); 34D: "This is no lie" ("BELIEVE ME"); 35D: Expected soon (NIGH); 40D: Turner on screen (LANA); 41D: Poached fare (EGG); 42D: Slob's opposite (NEATNIK); 43D: Either of the first two consonants in "coccyx" (HARD C); 44D: Wanted poster abbr. (AKA); 45D: Unintellectual (LOWBROW); 51D: Italian ball game (BOCCE); 52D: Narnia lion (ASLAN); 53D: Fishing gear (REELS); 54D: Facetious "I see" ("AH SO"); 56D: Prefix with scope (PERI-); 57D: Crease remover (IRON); 60D: Access points (INS).

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Austerity backlash: Sarkozy out in France, ruling parties lose in Greece
French and Greek voters delivered a sharp rebuff to their governments in national elections Sunday, raising questions about the viability of the European Union's austerity program intended to preserve the euro as Europe's dominant currency.
By a 52 to 48 margin, France elected Francois Hollande its first Socialist president in 17 years, replacing the right-of-center Nicolas Sarkozy, who became the first French leader to be denied a second term in 32 years.
In Greece, voters delivered a stinging judgment against the two ruling parties that had supported austerity agreements with the EU, cutting their support by nearly half and raising questions about whether they would be able to cobble together a new government. The biggest winners in Greece were the Radical Left coalition, which finished second, and the Golden Dawn party, a neo-fascist group that won parliamentary seats for the first time, with nearly 7 per cent of the votes.
How the results will affect Europe's economic planning remained to be seen. Sarkozy was a close ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose government has been the primary proponent of the tough austerity measures that Europe has undertaken over the past two years in an effort to head off a crisis triggered by massive governmental debt in Greece, Spain, Portugal and Ireland.
Hollande has said he will press Germany to renegotiate Europe's pact enforcing budget discipline and add a clause on growth to stimulate stagnant economies and add new jobs. He's also promised to raise the minimum wage and lower the retirement age to 60 from 62 for some workers and to add 60,000 new teaching jobs, all policies Sarkozy had opposed.
Hollande, who was scheduled to talk to Merkel late Sunday, avoided stirring rhetoric in his victory statement, referring only indirectly to Sarkozy's divisive leadership that cost him his popularity.
"The French have decided for change in electing me to the presidency," he said. "I appreciate the honorI pledge to serve my country with dedication. Tonight we do not have two Frances in confrontation. There is only one France, only one nation, unified in the same destiny."
Sarkozy, the first top French leader to be denied a second term in 31 years, took "full responsibility for the defeat" and told associates he was quitting the leadership of his Union for a Popular Movement political party, which faces National Assembly elections next month, where it currently holds a majority. Those elections will determine whether Hollande will be able to win approval for his program.
In Greece, party workers watched in stunned silence at the headquarters of the right-of-center New Democracy party as the results came in showing a fall in popular support to 20.5 per cent, from 33.5 per cent in the 2009 parliamentary elections. A senior party official told McClatchy it was "like an earthquake. "
Even harder hit was the socialist PASOK party, which has largely dominated Greek politics since 1981 and won only 14 per cent of the vote – down almost two-thirds from the 44 per cent in 2009.
But there were hugs and kisses all around at the headquarters of the Radical Left, known as Syriza, which won some 15.6 per cent, more than three times what it had garnered in 2009, and jubilation that the party had been catapulted to first place in Athens and its surroundings, which is home to half of Greece's 11 million population.
And from a balcony at the building housing Golden Dawn, a party which uses a stretched Swastika as its emblem, party leader Nikos Michaloliakos proclaimed victory before a crowd of about 800. "Veni, vidi, vici," (I came, I saw, I conquered), he told the mostly black-shirted male crowd, quoting from Julius Caesar's triumphal arrival in Rome in 47 B.C. "You slandered me, you angered me, I defeated you," he added, referring to attacks by other parties and the Greek news media.
Under Greek election law, which awards an extra 50 seats to the party with the biggest plurality, New Democracy may be able to form a government with PASOK, to which it was junior partner in an uneasy alliance since November. But it is likely to be a weak coalition and to produce spectacular battles in parliament _ assuming it adheres to its commitments to the EU to raise taxes, fire public workers and reduce wages in exchange for some 240 billion in bailouts.
Both Antonis Samaras, leader of the New Democracy, and Evangelos Venizelos, head of Pasok, called Sunday night for a government of national unity, bringing in all parties that want to preserve the euro as Greece's currency.
"We are ready to undertake the responsibility of creating a government of national salvation, with two goals: staying in the euro zone and altering the policies of the (bailout agreement) so that we can have development and easing the burden on society," Samaras said. "I understand the wrath of the people, but we will not leave Greece without a government."
In a sign of the uncertain chances for a unity government, former New Democracy member Panos Kammenos said his breakaway Independent Greeks party, which won about 10.4 per cent, was willing to form a government of national unity, but only if Syriza will join. But Syriza leader Aleksis Tsipras said his priority is to lead a government of the left that will reverse the course of the EU bailouts.
Voting in Greece is obligatory, but voters stayed home – or at the beach -- in far larger numbers than in 2009, with turnout only at 60 per cent, down 10 per cent from 2009. Voters said they had a very tough time deciding between major parties that most felt were responsible for the crisis in the first place and smaller, untried parties that were unlikely to be able to fulfill any of their promises.
"The two big parties are not reliable. That is why I voted for a smaller party that I didn't support before," said Katarina Zafiriadou, 35, a cosmetician, who voted for Syriza. "I don't know if it's good or bad. I wanted to try something different." She said she'd previously voted for New Democracy. What annoyed her was not that Samaras supported the bailout conditions, but "that he was adamant five days before he changed his mind that he wouldn't change his mind. "
Panayiota Zoi, 19, a psychology student at a private college in Athens, voted blind Sunday. After removing the ballot papers of the parties in the current parliament, she closed her eyes and picked one of the remaining two dozen parties running.
"I am sure she didn't vote for the parties that (destroyed) the country," said her boyfriend, Anastasios Patelis, who used a vulgar word instead of destroyed. Patelis, 23, also a psychology student, said he didn't vote because he is from Corfu and would have had to pay his way home and back.
Constantinos Apostilakis, 39, a computer salesman who was with his wife and four-year-old son at the same beach, said he'd voted for a pro-business party called Drasi, headed by politician Stefanos Manos, a former minister of finance. "I don't know if they will get three per cent, but he has very good ideas," he said.
His wife, Fotini, 34, an accountant, said she hadn't yet voted but would choose between Syriza and the Communists. They both agreed that Greece is unlikely to see any results anytime soon, but that their son, coincidentally named Manos, might.
"The current program is a dead end," said Constantinos Apostilakis. "When Manos grows up, in 20 years, the country will be out of recession. The young guys who are in their 20's now – they are going to have a serious problem."
Special correspondent Frederic Castel contributed from Paris


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Actor directing 'Twelfth Night' at Stratford Library
Brooklyn, N.Y., theater artist James Masciovecchio is exploring Shakespeare from two different angles this summer.
First up, he's directing the "Twelfth Night" that the Hudson Shakespeare Company is bringing to the Stratford Library on Saturday, June 28.
Next month, Masciovecchio will return as an actor in the same touring company's production of "Cymbeline," which plays Stratford on Saturday, July 26.
(The New Jersey troupe's ninth annual season at the library's outdoor ampitheater will end with "Pericles" on Saturday, Aug. 23.)
Whichever way he looks at the Bard, the actor-director is constantly amazed by the relevance of plays written many centuries ago.
"I think that, honestly, he shows us that things have barely changed in 400 years," Masciovecchio said during a phone interview last week.
"Twelfth Night" views male-female romance through a gender-bending lens -- the hero falls in love with a woman disguised as a man -- that feels up-to-the-minute.
"When it comes to people, so many things are still the same," the director added of the endless fascination audiences and theater artists share for plays that keep returning year after year.
For actors, Shakespeare provided some of the biggest and juiciest roles ever written. "What actor doesn't want to play Hamlet?" Masciovecchio asked rhetorically, adding that taking a crack at the part is high on his own wish list.
As a first-time director of the Bard -- after assisting on many Hudson Shakespeare productions -- Masciovecchio has seen that in addition to the playwright's unmatched artistry, he was also a practical man of the theater.
"You don't need much of a set, because he did his plays very simply, which allows you to do them in many different ways," he said.
Shakespeare also wrote for an open-air stage at the Globe Theatre, so he would feel right at home at the many outdoor productions of his plays that are done all over the country each summer.
Masciovecchio's dual roles this summer are making him appreciate the separate challenges of directing and acting in Shakespeare.
"It was good to go in and act and not have to worry about the overall picture," he said of a recent acting rehearsal. "And I went into `Cymbeline" with a whole new appreciation for (the director) and for looking at the text more thoroughly."
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-Melanie at Melanie's Musings and I have been blogging and discussing about Downton Abbey Season 2. Be sure to catch Melanie's recap of what we both agree was the best episode so far this season!
--Jandy Nelson's debut novel, The Sky is Everywhere, has a big name star attached to the movie adaptation. Selena Gomez is attached to produce the film and most likely star.
-The Michael Buckley tween series, Nerds, is heading to the big screen thanks to Elton John's production company, Rocket Pictures.
--From Cynopsis Kids, ABC has approved a one hour drama titled 666 Park Ave, based on a series by Gabriella Pierce. The series is from Alloy Entertainment who also produce The Vampire Diaries, The Secret Circle and Gossip Girl. The series is about a Midwestern couple who relocates to NY and find themselves in a building where the residents have made deals with the devils. I think this one could have teen appeal for sure!
-According to Diablo Cody, her adaptation of Sweet Valley High for the big screen may end up being a musical.
-Six of the nine Academy Award nominees for Best Picture have been adapted from books, including two middle grade novels, Hugo (from The Invention of Hugo Cabret) and War Horse (from the book War Horse). Early Word has a great round up of all book to movie nominees in all categories. I think an Academy Award Book Club would be a great library program!
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The Kremlin said this week it is reopening several unsolved murders of journalists, showing a change in tone from years of official inactivity and stymied justice. But some human rights activists are skeptical that a genuine shift is under way, evidenced in part by the lack of progress in determining who killed internationally acclaimed reporter Anna Politkovskaya in 2006.
Top Moscow authorities met Thursday with a visiting delegation from the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists and pledged to aggressively pursue investigations into 19 unsolved, work-related murders of Russian journalists since Vladimir Putin came to power a decade ago, including at least five cases that had previously been closed or suspended.
"This is the third time we've come to Moscow to urge authorities to pursue journalist killings effectively, and this is the first time we've been granted an extensive audience with the authorities who are directly responsible for investigating these cases," says Nina Ognianova, the group's Europe coordinator.
Kremlin targets killers
She was part of the delegation that met with Alexander Bastrykin, head of a new and powerful Kremlin-run Investigative Committee that was set up three years ago to bypass regular prosecutors but was recently beefed-up by President Dmitry Medvedev.
"It seems like this new tone is coming from the very top. There is a perceived seriousness on the part of the Kremlin to deal with these cases, and perhaps that's because the president is concerned with Russia's image abroad," says Ms. Ognianova.
Earlier this week Mr. Bastrykin told journalists that police were closing in on the killer of human rights activist Natalya Estemirova, whose body was found by a roadside in Ingushetia a year ago. She was the last human rights-oriented journalist to operate in Chechnya, which is run with an iron fist by Moscow-installed strongman Ramzan Kadyrov. "We have unmasked the killer. We know his name. We hope to detain him soon," he said.
Rights groups unimpressed
Could the moves signal that Russia's political balance is shifting toward the more liberal policies reportedly favored by Mr. Medvedev?
Russian human rights workers say they have heard all this before, and are not impressed.
"We are used to these empty declarations that get pronounced from time to time," says Lev Ponomaryov, a veteran Russian human rights campaigner. "What happened here is that an international organization appealed to Medvedev, and our superliberal president ordered his subordinates to tell them something. Why should we pay attention to this?"
Next week Moscow activists will mark the fourth anniversary of Ms. Politkovskaya's murder, a case that has seen two botched trials and a string of unfulfilled pledges from prosecutors.
No progress on major cases
"We received emphatic assurances that the Politkovskaya case is being aggressively investigated," says Ognianova. "Of course we're not satisfied. It's been four years, and both the killers and the mastermind who ordered her murder are still at large."
Another probe that has not moved forward is the 2004 assassination of Forbes' Russia editor, American journalist Paul Klebnikov, who was gunned down on a Moscow street. A new investigator has been appointed in that case, Russian officials say.
Russia is one of the world's most dangerous places for journalists to work, and more than 50 have been killed in the line of duty since 1992. Human rights monitors say that harassment and intimidation against journalists intensified during the Putin years.
Medvedev, despite bringing a more liberal-sounding tone to the Kremlin, has been slow to make any detectable changes during his 2-1/2 years in office. Some experts say he may now be finally consolidating his vast constitutional powers as president and even preparing to wield them assertively – as he did by sacking conservative Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov earlier this week.
"Yes, we do see that the rhetoric is different, and political fashions are changing, but there is a great distance between words and actions," says Alexei Makarkin, deputy director of the independent Center for Political Technologies in Moscow.
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It was on a summer's afternoon in 2005 that Paul Wimbush made his decision. He'd spent the day celebrating Lammas, the original Celtic harvest festival, with friends in a field in Pembrokeshire; as the sun began to fall, a group of them sat down to discuss the implications of a proposed local planning act known as Policy 52. If this neatly titled initiative were to get the go-ahead as hoped, there would – for the first time since the introduction of the Town and Planning Act of 1947 – be a piece of legislation in the UK to support the kind of "low-impact communities" that many believe could hold the answer to a number of very real environmental and social problems faced in Britain. "It was," says Wimbush, now 38, "simply too good an opportunity to be missed."
At a time when the fight against climate change, rising levels of unemployment and the breakdown of national industry were high on the political agenda, environmental campaigners argued that the possibilities of this potentially groundbreaking policy must not be under-estimated. And so, convinced that the new law would be given the go-ahead, those present in the field that day wasted no time in setting out their masterplan. By employing systems of permaculture – an agricultural method that originated in Australia in the 1970s which maximises land productivity by emulating natural eco-systems – they would build a brand new rural community that would, among other things, massively increase bio-diversity in the local area, as well as boosting the output of organic food and land-based produce, and cut carbon pollution.
Over the following months, the group pulled together details for an ambitious eco-village called Lammas, in an area of mixed pasture and woodland on the edge of the Pembrokeshire National Park. As well as offering a workable alternative to the heavily fossil-fuel-dependent and "fundamentally unsustainable" way of life which continues to typify most of the Western world, the new community would create opportunities for affordable housing and the development of new rural livelihoods, while simultaneously preserving and protecting the natural landscape and its precious bio-systems. And Wimbush and the other members of the collective didn't stop working away at their idea until they had every inch of the proposed site accounted for.
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By the time Policy 52 was finally passed in 2006, Lammas was all but ready to go. But even with the law theoretically now on their side, it would be three years before they saw their plans put into action. Part of the problem was that some critics of the project couldn't get past the words "community living", which immediately conjured up images of 1960s-style acid-fuelled love-ins: "Not in my back garden!" came the response from those expecting a sudden influx of soap-averse drop-outs – and such concerns also drove a pocket of officials, who seemed intent on challenging the development on the slightest detail at every stage.
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While this reaction may not have been entirely surprising, the basis of the opposition on both counts was misguided. Firstly, the free-spirited hippy communes of old and the new type of highly focused community represented by Lammas are diametrically opposed. If the old-school commune was about creating an escape from reality then this new, environmentally-driven community is about facing up to it; it's not just about accepting that we need to find another way of doing things, but actually taking the steps necessary to effect that change. And that involves a hell of a lot of hard work. Secondly, from the beginning, every single detail of the project – from the dimensions of the buildings to the topography of the soil – was laid out in minute detail. If anything, Wimbush and other similar communities could be accused of being too rigorous in their planning: nothing would be left to chance. Today, regular progress meetings attended by the project's accountant, managers and outside shareholders monitor even the smallest potential developments and how they might be funded.
Fortunately, as well as amassing its fair share of critics, the Lammas project attracted a lot of support, both locally and at a governmental level, with volunteers offering help with all manner of tasks. Finally, after a gruelling three-year battle with the authorities – which culminated in a public hearing, in which the group showcased more than 1,500 letters of public support for their project – the project was given the green light last year. From that moment on, it has been onwards and upwards. A few months later, Lammas won a £350,000 UK Government grant to build an education centre at the heart of their eco-village, which would act as a focal point for the research and promotion of low-impact development. Over time, the cooperative borrowed £210,000 from supporters in order to purchase their little corner of Wales, but has since recouped the money – plus enough extra to fund part of the infrastructure – by issuing 1,000-year leaseholds to tenants.
Five years after its inception, those who'd opposed the project on the grounds that the land would simply be turned into a doss-house for work-shy hippies may feel relieved that their fears have been misplaced.
Today, lammas stands in a picturesque pocket of north Pembrokeshire, a 20-minute drive from the nearest train station, Clunderwen. On a bright Saturday morning in June, the site – all 76 acres of it – is a hive of activity. While the natural landscape throbs with birdsong, insects and wildflowers, ducks and geese splashing in and out of a central millpond, some 300 visitors have descended for a tour of the community, which is in the process of a mind-boggling transformation; some have travelled across Britain to learn from the work taking place here; others simply can't resist the chance for a snoop, to see what all the fuss has been about.
Either way, the first thing that strikes visitors – other than the sheer scale of the place – is the extent and intensity of the construction process. Just 10 months after work began, the landscape is undergoing a massive reshape and restructure, with a new network of track-ways, ditches and reservoirs in the process of being built: by the time the project is complete, which should be some time in 2012, the community will be sourcing its own water, household fuel and electricity, and it is already producing the majority of its own food.
The Welsh Assembly is one of the few authorities in Europe which has an in-built statutory duty to sustainable development, and Jane Davidson, the Minister for Environment, Housing and Sustainability in Wales, has been supportive of Lammas from the off. She describes it as a "demonstration community", one of a number of models the Welsh government is hoping to roll out across the country as part of its new environmentally focused One Planet Development scheme (the details of which will be announced later this month), which looks at ways to create new housing that "enhances or does not significantly diminish the local environment".
More than anything, Davidson says, the value of Lammas is to "build links with and inspire existing local communities". So in some respects, open days like the one taking place this morning are every bit as important as the work going on around the guests taking the two-hour guided tour of the site – the huge land diggers and teams of men and women beavering away on a series of carbon-neutral homes, barns and greenhouses, which stand in various stages of completion. Each of the houses, visitors are told, is pioneering a different system of innovative technologies and techniques, including passive solar-heating systems and willow-fuelled domestic appliances, some of which are demonstrated along the way.
The open day is just part of the agenda this morning. Paul Wimbush – who now acts as the group's business manager – spent the early hours working in the fields before a meeting with the organisation's accountant. In that department, things are looking good: before Lammas bought it up, this land was worked by a tenant sheep farmer, and pulled in just £2,500 a year. By year five, Lammas is expecting to create £108,000 worth of produce on the same area. And that's just as well. Maximum land efficiency is not just a bonus, it was one of the key conditions set down by the Welsh Assembly when the project was approved.
Accordingly, each of the families here must contribute to a communal kitty by providing some sort of land-based produce – be it farming worms, growing soft-fruit or making craft or textile products – half of which is sold at the Lammas visitor centre, in local shops, at market and online, while the rest is consumed by the community itself. If anyone wants to hold down another job outside Lammas, they are free to do so, and keep any income from that for themselves. The other part of the agreement is that anyone who lives here must substantially provide for their household needs – including food, income, energy and waste – from the land.
As long as they abide by these conditions, residents can stay here as long as they like without so much as attending a meeting or a single group meal. "We're not a hippy commune," Wimbush insists at several points. "We operate according to a conventional village model; when residents are ready to move on, they can simply sell their leaseholds on the open market." And they can rest assured that there won't be any shortage of takers. Ever since plans for the Lammas development were first announced, the community has been over-subscribed.
Originally, it was proposed that as many as 20 families should live here, but having consulted the residents of Glandwr, the next-door village, which is itself only home to around 50 families, this was reduced to nine families – a figure the existing community felt would be appropriate. Now Lammas has roughly 40 residents, with children ranging in age from six months to 18 years; some attend the local comprehensive, others go to a nearby Steiner school, with one family home-schooling.
Each household has its own private area, spread apart at some distance and divided by a series of ancient or newly introduced hedgerows and trees. At the top of the hill stands the only house now fully completed. It belongs to Simon Dale and his wife Jasmine; Simon is an established figure in the natural building world, known for his spectacular Hobbit-like woodland homes which pioneer the latest low-impact design and building techniques – and with its sculpted organic forms and exposed round-wood timber jointing, their place has certainly set the bar high.
Further down the site, Katy and Leander, who moved here from a terraced house in Liverpool and had no previous experience of low-impact living, have just started construction on their timber-framed roundhouse. In financial terms, if nothing else, Lammas seemed like as good a place as any for them to start a new life. After all, the average set-up, for what amounts to an eight-acre holding, costs approximately £80,000. That includes an 1,000-year lease, building costs (you have to construct your own home, but there are plenty of experienced builders on hand to offer help and advice), and the means to set up your own business.
If reassurance were needed that life in a commune really is a plausible alternative to more conventional ways of existence, remember that for years several of these places have been proving their viability across Europe. And one of the most established of these, Brithdir Mawr, is just a short distance from here, on the other side of the Pembrokeshire National Park.
On the northern edge of the Preseli Hills, set against the slopes of Carn Ingli – or Mountain of Angels – stands a 19th-century smallholding. In one direction, unspoilt hills roll on for miles; in the other, forested land stretches as far as the eye can see. Brithdir Mawr's founding members bought this spot as a ruin back in 1994 and have since restored the main residence, a rambling grey-stone farmhouse, to its former glory. Members either live here or in one of the outhouses set across 80 acres of lush countryside and unspoilt woodland, from which a small river leads to the sea about a mile and a half away.
There are goats, ducks and chickens moseying around the site today, taking a break from producing enough eggs, milk and cheese to supply the 11 adults and four children who live here. This morning, some residents are busy baking bread and making gooseberry jam and chutney. There are no fridges or freezers, so it's all stored in a cool room heaving with shelf after shelf of jars.
At first glance, the only sign of modernity comes from a series of polytunnels, used to produce organic fruit and vegetables. But on closer inspection, there are DVD players, wireless broadband and power-tools, all of which are used sparingly and rely on self-generated electricity – the site is intentionally off-grid. Heating the homes and generating hot water requires a number of solar water-heaters and wood-fired boilers, sucking up as much as 36 tonnes of wood a year; at the moment some of this comes from off-site, though having just established a 4,700-tree coppice plantation, Brithdir Mawr expects to be completely self-sufficient in this respect by 2018.
Paul French, one of the community's longest-serving members, has spent his morning tending to the horses used in the process of hay-making and for carting around wood for fuel (and for the craftwork to be sold for profit). He believes the key to Brithdir Mawr's longevity is that it operates according to the systems of the outside world (it is a limited company with all the necessary bureaucratic systems in place to allow easy communication with the authorities) and maintains "a good balance between communal things and personal space".
There's a collective budget set at a group meeting – last year it was roughly £30,000 – which goes towards general costs, like fixing faulty equipment or buying the lentils, chick peas and olive oil served at communal meals, of which there are between three and five a week. As far as possible, the community is self-sufficient, growing 80 to 90 per cent of its own vegetables as well as producing eggs, dairy products, bread, honey and jam, and generating 100 per cent of its renewable resources from wind and water turbines and solar panels.
Unlike at Lammas, which Wimbush says is not so much a commune in the traditional sense as a group of individuals with their own private space working together for the sake of maximising land efficiency, French is quick to emphasise the importance of living as a community. Although residents at Brithdir Mawr are encouraged to have their own personal space (each unit has its own kitchen, sitting room and bedrooms, while the bathrooms are shared) "by working, eating and laughing together", he believes they can ensure their "ecological footprints are as light as they possibly can be".
Dan Thompson-Mills, a resident at Devon's Steward Wood community, which is currently celebrating its 10th year, agrees that the solutions to some of our most pressing predicaments lie in the basic concept of sharing and mutual cooperation rather than the selfish individualism that got us into this state in the first place: "Where we go from here in terms of facing environmental issues," he says, "is as much as anything about rediscovering the art of community."
Wimbush, however, seems reluctant to talk about his community in terms that might be interpreted as off-puttingly "New Age". And one can easily understand why. In his view, there is so much at stake – and if we are to create any sort of future for ourselves, we need to embrace "a complete, radical restructuring of virtually every aspect of society". It's all very well calling global summits and stroking our chins, he argues, but the reality is that we already know what we need to do, and communities like Lammas are proving that it can be done.
At the same time, these very modern pioneers seem to be providing invaluable new possibilities for housing, employment and industry in Britain. And if that isn't incentive enough, Wimbush concludes, looking out of his window at the rolling countryside below, you might try asking yourself what's really important: "For me, living in a beautiful forest garden, surrounded by my family, is infinitely more rewarding than living in the rat-race could ever be. And that is a choice open to everybody…"
source: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/easy-living-the-truth-about-modern-communes-2020668.html


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It was my intention to get them developed at Walmart or CVS or somewhere like that. I inquired about it once, but it didn't sound like the whole process was in my budget.
Well, I gave it a shot. They aren't the best quality. Maybe after I learn my way around Photoshop I can clean them up some more.
Most of the shots I have seen before, but there were a couple that surprised me.
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Does the phrase "Sing a song of salads" sound familiar to anyone? I did a little search and discovered that there was a recipe book by this title.
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An essential reason French Paper Company stands out in a world of large paper conglomerates is their unique design affair. They've had a longstanding relationship with Charles Spencer Anderson Design here in Minneapolis that has fueled and produced arguably some of the most visual ephemera to promote paper in the last decade. And trust us, here at Studio On Fire we see A LOT of promotional materials from paper companies. We were excited to be a part of that legacy with the latest French Paper promotion - a paper "Air Kraft" designed by the crew at CSA Design.
We worked closely with CSA to finalize the production. The sheets are letterpress printed in two colors on French Speckletone Kraft 140lbC. These Air Kraft are actually flight worthy, but you have to be sure to follow the instructions and tape a dime into the nose of the plane for a good glide.
Speckletone Kraft is one of those papers great for designers who fall in love with chipboard, only to realize that actual raw chip does not have color specifications. (In a batch of chipboard stock you may get some gray sheets or some dark brown sheets, it just depends on what went into the pulper) We like to use it especially when matching envelopes are needed.


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The author of ten novels, Paul Quarrington was also a musician (most recently in the band Porkbelly Futures), an award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker, and an acclaimed non-fiction writer.
Paul Quarrington's novel, Galveston, was nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize; King Leary won the CBC's 2008 Canada Reads competition and the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal; and Whale Music was awarded the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction. Recently, Porkbelly Futures' self-titled second CD has been released to widespread acclaim, and Paul Quarrington's short film adaptation of The Ravine, entitled Pavane, was featured in the Moving Stories Short Film Festival. Paul Quarrington's non-fiction writing includes books on some of his favourite pastimes, such as fishing, hockey, and music. A regular contributor of book reviews, travel columns, and journalism to Canada's national newspapers and magazines, he also taught writing at Humber College and the University of Toronto.
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For all his technique, hard work, five decades of study and worldwide performances, the respect that Italian baritone Leo Nucci enjoys in the Italian opera community can be summed up in one word: humanity.
Born in Emilia-Romagna on the fringes of Bologna, Leo Nucci is the greatest Verdi baritone of the post-Piero Cappuccilli era. He's a guardian of the true Verdi baritone's deep tradition.
The 70-year-old Italian baritone's approach to his signature Verdi roles – Macbeth, Rigoletto and Nabucco – begins with facsimiles of the Italian composer's hand-written scores:
It's just like Shakespeare – no matter how well you think you know him, every time you go back, you discover new things that you didn't know were there – new accenti that you hadn't noticed, new subtleties and important nuances that manifest themselves the more you study the score."
Onstage, he tosses elegant accuti in generous voice and his charisma illuminates the entire cast. Offstage, he quotes Pythagoras, Italian Renaissance music theorist/composer Gioseffo Zarlino and Jean-Philippe Rameau from years of study.
Deep humility has always marked his musicianship – in the early 1970s, he joined the Teatro alla Scala chorus for five years to re-learn the fundamentals of singing techniques.
'Leo Nucci is legendary in the opera world because his humanity is on the same level as his artistry. When these two important aspects come together, the level of artistry grows immensely,' explains conductor Nicola Luisotti, 'Nucci doesn't just sing Nabucco – he is Nabucco. From the beginning of the opera until the end, the audience believes in him because he has the ability and the talent to transport everyone to another time, another world.' Susan Fisher, Head of Friends at the Royal Opera House, describes Leo Nucci as, "one of the greatest artists still performing, a true baritone and the Rigoletto du jour!"
Nucci debuted at the Royal Opera House in 1978, singing the role of Miller in Verdi's Luisa Miller. Since then he's sung a number of roles in Verdi operas at Covent Garden, as well as appearing in Mozart operas such as Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte.


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Study Shows Students Are Addicted to Social Media | News | Communications of the ACM
American college students today are addicted to media, describing their feelings when they have to abstain from using media in literally the same terms associated with drug and alcohol addictions:
most college students are not just unwilling, but functionally unable to be without their media links to the world.
The new ICMPA study, "24 Hours: Unplugged," asked 200 students at the University of Maryland's College Park campus to give up all media for 24 hours. After their 24 hours of abstinence, the students were then asked to blog on private class websites about their experiences: to report their successes and admit to any failures. The 200 students wrote more than 110,000 words: in aggregate, about the same number of words as a 400-page novel.
The student responses to the assignment showed not just that 18-21 year old college students are constantly texting and on Facebook—with calling and email distant seconds as ways of staying in touch, especially with friends—but that students' lives are wired together in such ways that opting out of that communication pattern would be tantamount to renouncing a social life.
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oung adults in this study appeared to be generally oblivious to branded news and information. For most of the students reporting in the study, information of all kinds comes in an undifferentiated wave to them via social media. If a bit of information rises to a level of interest, the student will pursue it—but often by following the story via "unconventional" outlets, such as through text messages, their email accounts, Facebook and Twitter.
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Self-defense: The claim that an act otherwise criminal was legally justifiable because it was necessary to protect a person or property from the threat or action of another.
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Glass of wine, pill bottles were killer's props
Name: Rebecca Ann Bartee, 41
Murder location: 6500 E. Dayton St., Englewood
Agency: Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office
Date killed: between June 4 and June 7, 1999
Cause of Death:Strangulation
Suspect: None.
A pill bottle holding anti-depressant medication was set on the edge of the bathroom sink next to the nearly overflowing tub of water where the body of Rebecca Ann "Becky" Bartee was found. Her head was submerged near the drain.
Arapahoe County Sheriff's investigators believed initially that the 41-year-old divorced prosecutor had committed suicide. But as the case unfolded, it became apparent the killer had staged the scene in a cover-up attempt.
Bartee was a prosecutor who had begun working as a supervisor at the Arapahoe County District
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Galleon Group Founder's Kid Brother Charged With Insider Trading
For years, Rengan Rajaratnam worked in the shadow of his older brother Raj, a star trader who founded the hedge-fund firm Galleon Group.
On Thursday, the younger sibling joined the spotlight when, like his brother before him, he was charged with insider trading.
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- Bodies of 21 abducted security force officers found
- Raids occurred outside Peshawar on Thursday, a government official says
- Scores of suspected Taliban members descended on two base camps
The bodies of 21 Pakistani tribal police officers were found Saturday night, two days after they were abducted during a raid linked to the Taliban, a senior government official said.
Militants killed two security forces and captured 23 officers during an assault on two military posts Thursday, said Naveed Akbar, the official in Peshawar.
The 21 victims, shot to death, were found in a mountainous area known as Kohi Hassakhel, Akbar told CNN. An injured soldier managed to escape, while another was missing.
More than 200 people suspected to be members of the Pakistan Taliban conducted the actions, said Akbar.
The checkpoints are nearly two miles apart on the outskirts of Peshawar. The militants swamped the camps on foot and in vehicles. A gunfight lasting more than an hour ensued.
The Pakistan Taliban confirmed they took the security forces in custody. The personnel belonged to a tribal police force engaged in fighting militants. Officials initially said 21 had been abducted.
The northwestern region of Pakistan -- near the volatile border with Afghanistan -- has a large militant presence, and has been plagued by fighting.


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Inside the bucket is eight different, healthy entrees to choose from divided into 60 Servings. If you do the math: For a family of 4, at 2 servings per day consumption, it will keep you alive and protected for just over a week. Note: Each pouch contains 4 servings of one specific food and there are 15 total pouches inside the bucket.
The Wise Food Supply is built on principals of quality and taste. Inside the bucket, the food is sealed within incredibly light weight nitrogen flushed Mylar pouches that lock in natural flavors and nutrients. With entrees ranging from Pasta Alfredo to Teriyaki and Rice, just add water (preferably warm) and savor the flavor and insurance of this dependable, simple and affordable emergency food.
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60 Servings Entree Assortment. Breakfast not included.
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- Tomato Basil Soup (8 servings)
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(CNN) -- Western powers on Thursday were debating using military power against Syria's government to counter a chemical weapons attack in Damascus' suburbs last week.
On Wednesday, U.S. President Barack Obama said there's no doubt that Syria launched chemical weapons attacks against its own people. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime has blamed the August 21 attack on rebels.
Most recent:
-- The United States may have to take unilateral action against Syria after British lawmakers voted down a proposal for military action, a senior U.S. official said.
-- British Prime Minister David Cameron was dealt a blow Thursday in his push for a strong response, including possible military action, against Syria after the House of Commons rejected the measure.
-- The vote, 285-to-272, came just minutes after members of Parliament voted down a Labour Party motion calling for additional time for U.N. weapons inspectors to gather evidence over whether al-Assad's forces used chemical weapons in suburban Damascus.
-- A closed-door meeting of the U.N. Security Council ended with no agreement on a resolution to address the crisis in Syria, a Western diplomat told CNN's Nick Paton Walsh on condition of anonymity. "It was clear there was no meeting of minds, and no agreement on the text. It is clear that our approaches are very different and we are taking stock (of the next steps)," the diplomat said.
-- Members of the Security Council expect U.N. weapons inspectors to brief Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon shortly after they depart Syria on Saturday. Ban, in turn, will swiftly brief the Security Council on the findings, the diplomat said.
Previously reported:
-- Cameron opened the emergency session of the House of Commons on Syria Thursday by saying the debate is about "how to respond to one of most abhorrent uses of chemical weapons in a century" -- not about regime change or invasion.
-- Cameron told the House of Commons that the UK government would not act without first hearing from U.N. weapons inspectors, giving the United Nations a chance to weigh in and Parliament to have a vote.
-- But ultimately, failing to act would give al-Assad a signal that he could use such weapons "with impunity, Cameron said.
-- The British government on Thursday published a summary of its intelligence assessment on Syria's alleged chemical weapons use, arguing that at least 350 people died in an attack in the Damascus area on August 21, and that there is no plausible culprit other than the Syrian government. It is "highly likely" that the Syrian government was behind the attack, the report said.
-- The British government also published its legal reasoning for a strike on Syria Thursday, saying that it would be justified on humanitarian grounds.
-- "The use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime is a serious crime of international concern, as a breach of the customary international law prohibition on use of chemical weapons, and amounts to a war crime and a crime against humanity," the UK government's statement read. "However, the legal basis for military action would be humanitarian intervention; the aim is to relieve humanitarian suffering by deterring or disrupting the further use of chemical weapons."
-- British members of parliament received an open letter from the Syrian government Thursday, urging them not to take any military action against Syria, the press office for House of Commons Speaker John Bercow said.
-- The Syrian letter to British lawmakers compares the current situation to the march to war against Iraq a decade ago, and riffing on Shakespeare, saying: "If you bomb us, shall we not bleed?" It also says an attack on Syria would be illegal, and "would automatically strengthen our common enemy, al Qaeda and its affiliates."
Chemical weapons in Syria: How did we get here?
-- Al-Assad vowed Thursday to defend against any Western military attack. "The threats of launching an aggression against Syria will increase its commitments," and "Syria will defend itself against any aggression," he said, according to Syrian state TV.
-- U.N. inspectors entered the eastern part of the Ghouta region outside Damascus on Thursday, Syrian activists said. The Ghouta area was hit by the August 21 attack, activists say.
-- Al-Assad's claim that rebels were behind the August 21 chemical attack is impossible, Obama said on "PBS NewsHour" Wednesday. "We do not believe that, given the delivery systems, using rockets, that the opposition could have carried out these attacks," Obama said. "We have concluded that the Syrian government in fact carried these out. And if that's so, then there need to be international consequences."
-- Former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who along with President George W. Bush helped send the U.S. military into action in Iraq and Afghanistan, told the Fox Business Network on Wednesday that the White House has yet to justify potential strikes in Syria.


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List of Plants in the U.S.A.
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Jade Plant
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Crassula ovata, commonly known as jade plant, friendship tree, lucky plant, or money tree, is a succulent plant with small pink or white flowers. It is native to South Africa and Mozambique, and is common as a houseplant worldwide. It is sometimes referred to as the money tree; however, Pachira aquatica also receives this nickname.
The jade plant is an evergreen with thick branches. It has thick, shiny, smooth, leaves that grow in opposing pairs along the branches. Leaves are a rich jade green, although some may appear to be more of a yellow-green. Some varieties may develop a red tinge on the edges of leaves when exposed to high levels of sunlight. New stem growth is the same color and texture as the leaves, but becomes brown and woody with age. Under the right conditions, they may produce small white or pink star-like flowers in early spring.
Numerous varieties and cultivars have been selected, of which C. ovata 'Hummel's Sunset' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Crassula ovata is native to Mozambique and to the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces of South Africa.
As a succulent, Crassula ovata requires little water in the summer, and even less in the winter. It is susceptible to overwatering.
C. ovata may garnish a red tinge around its leaves when grown with bright sunlight. In more extreme cases, the green colour of the plant is lost and can be replaced by yellow. This is caused by the jade plant making pigments such as carotenoids to protect from harsh sunlight and ultraviolet rays. The jade plant also does best in rich, well-draining soil. The plant also flowers in the wintertime, particularly during a cooler, darker, dry spell. C. ovata is sometimes attacked by mealybugs, a common nuisance of the succulents.
The jade plant is also known for its ease of propagation, which can be spurred by clippings or even stray leaves which fall from the plant. Jade plants propagate readily from both with success rates higher with cuttings. In the wild, propagation is the jade plant's main method of reproduction. Branches regularly fall off wild jade plants and these branches may root and form new plants.
Like many succulents, jade plants can be propagated from just the swollen leaves which grow in pairs on the stems. While propagation methods may vary, most will follow similar steps. Typically, the wounds on the leaves are left to dry and callous over. Then the leaves are placed in or on soil. Roots begin to grow on severed leaves about four weeks after being removed from the stem. Environmental factors such as temperature and humidity affect the speed at which the roots and new plant develop. Foliage usually appears soon after new roots have formed.
The jade plant is well known for its bonsai capabilities, since it forms a bonsai very easily when pruning is done correctly. Many who learn bonsai begin with a jade plant, since they are durable, easy to put through the bonsai process, and attractive.
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ALBANY >> Jurors began deliberations in the trial for former state Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno on Thursday afternoon after hearing closing arguments.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Coombe, speaking for just over an hour, argued that Bruno did no actual work for bribes disguised as consulting payments while directing state grants of $250,000 and $1.5 million to one of Jared Abbruzzese's technology companies. Bruno also helped the businessman in his attempt take over the New York Racing Association by naming his partner to the board, she said.
"What the defendant did was disgusting," Coombe said, calling Bruno's alleged actions outrageous, unacceptable and illegal.
Prosecutors accuse Bruno of accepting $360,000 in consulting fees in monthly installments in 2004 to 2005, plus $80,000 for his share in a worthless racehorse, from Abbruzzese in return for helping his businesses with state grants and advancing his interest in New York's thoroughbred racing.
Abbruzzese testified he'd been friends with Bruno since the late 1990s, and their families enjoyed spending time together, although evidence in the trial suggested the two didn't meet until the early 2000s. Coombe asked why Abbruzzese would have to pay Bruno $20,000 per month to have dinners and meet people, if the two were such good friends.
Coombe noted that Bruno did not tell the ethics adviser for Senate Republicans, Frank Gluchowski, when he sold the horse to Abbruzzese.
"Frank Gluchowski might have asked questions he couldn't answer," Coombe said.
Defense attorney E. Stewart Jones spoke for nearly two hours to jurors.
"They want Senator Bruno's scalp," said Jones of the prosecutors. "That's all they care about, truth be damned."
Jones said in the over eight years the government has investigated Bruno, the FBI had not been able to find someone to say Bruno accepted any bribe, kickback or quid pro quo.
Jones called the New York Racing Association a "cesspool of corruption" and an "good old boys' club."
He said Bruno appointed Abbruzzese's business partner Wayne Barr to the NYRA board to fix the organization, as Barr had experience in fixing bankrupt and financially distressed companies. He also pointed out the state had invested $400,000 in one of their companies, Evident Technologies, in 2001, before Bruno gave the company a grant in 2002 and before Bruno was paid by Abbruzzese in 2004.
"He ran the Senate like a business," Jones said of Bruno. "It was efficient, it was effective, and it achieved results."
He pointed out Bruno had been influential in establishing funding for the College of Nanotechnology at the State University of New York at Albany, and had roles in the Albany International Airport and bringing Global Foundaries to the Capital Region among other accomplishments.
"Wrongful convictions occur because of abuse of power by government," Jones told the jurors. "Do not let your verdict condemn an innocent man by wrongful conviction."
Prosecutor William Pericak gave a 35-minute rebuttal and reminded the jury they could not base their verdict on sympathy.
Bruno is accused of devising a scheme to defraud and deprive citizens of New York state of his intangible honest services by soliciting and expecting payment for official acts. He was charged with two counts of honest services mail fraud because he was paid by checks through the mail.
U.S. District Judge Gary Sharpe, who presided at Bruno's first fraud trial in 2009, read the indictment to jurors and charged them on the law, defining "honest services mail fraud."
Sharpe told the jury that to convict Bruno they had to conclude there was bribery or a kickback and that prosecutors did not need to tie specific payments to specific acts to meet their burden. He also said while jurors needed to find that Bruno had intent to defraud, it may be implied and did not have to be shown through direct evidence. Sharpe said it was not an adequate defense if Bruno would have taken the same act without payment, or if that act was beneficial to the public.
Sharpe also said good faith on Bruno's part, with no scheme or intent to deny New Yorkers of his so-called honest services, is a valid defense.
Bruno, 85, did not testify.
"It's going to be a good day," he said before walking into the courtroom Thursday. "Trust in the Lord."
Bruno was acquitted of five charges in the first trial and convicted of two, which were overturned on appeal. Prosecutors refiled those two.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.


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I was recently carrying out some routine PAT testing in the factory where i work and i found an interesting plug on a piece of mixing equipment. It looked normal until i unplugged it to carry out the visual test. Each of the 3 pins were the same size and their was no insulation over the base of the live and neutral pins. The next bit is even better it was obvoiously a foreign plug as all three pins were angled slightly different. It meant that the plug could be plugged into it's socket anyone of 3 ways meaning you could powerup the earth as live. The plug had no fuse in it.
It has now been replaced but on investigation it was found to be from China. We have informed the supplier who say this ill not happen again. It just shows the importance of the visual check.
I will try and get a picture on here when i can.