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Amityville Village trustees likely to adopt term limits
Amityville trustees plan to take up term limits, the possible hiring of a part-time fire marshal and the creation of a downtown revitalization committee in coming months.
The term-limit measure could be introduced at Monday's board meeting. In principle, trustee Nick LaLota said at last week's work session, board members including the mayor would be allowed to serve no more than two consecutive four-year terms. The village justice could serve no more than three consecutive four-year terms.
The measure seems likely to draw at least one no vote, from trustee Dennis Siry. "If you're doing a good job and your heart is in it and you want to serve your village, why stop?" he asked.
Siry raised the possibility of hiring a part-time fire marshal to inspect buildings for fire safety and issue fines. Lindenhurst has already done so, he said, with revenue from fines paying the marshal's salary for 20 hours of work per week.
The village currently relies on the Town of Babylon fire marshal.
Mayor James Wandell said he was moving ahead with creation of a 15-member downtown revitalization committee charged with writing a "comprehensive revitalization" plan for the business district. Each trustee will nominate two members by October, he said; appointees will pick the seven remaining members.
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Lowe�s Home Improvement of Ames was among the 23 Iowa companies recently given the �Above and Beyond� award for their support of employees who serve in National Guard and Reserve military units. The �Above and Beyond� awards are presented each year by the Iowa Committee of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR).
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) provides guidance on the rights and obligations of employees and employers with respect to military service. The ESGR �Above and Beyond� award honors the employers who exceed USERRA requirements for granting leave and providing support for military duty by their employees.


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Awana Clubs at Alliance Church
Awana clubs are being held at Atlanta Road Alliance Church on Wednesdays from 6:45 to 8:25 p.m., for children in Kindergarten through sixth grade. Sparks (K-second grade) ignites the curiosity of early elementary kids to learn about the people and events of the Bible, building a foundation of wisdom for knowing Christ. T&T (Truth & Training) engages third- through sixth-graders by answering their questions about God and the Bible, guiding them through this pivotal life stage to grow in Christ's grace. Call 629-5600 for more information. Atlanta Road Alliance Church is located at 22625 Atlanta Rd., Seaford.
Community Lenten Services
For Christians, Ash Wednesday signifies the first day in the season of Lent, marking the liturgical period prior to Easter. This year the clergy of the Seaford Ministerium will launch the Community Lenten Services on Ash Wednesday. St. John's United Methodist Church will serve as the host church to begin the noon services which will rotate to a different host church each Wednesday throughout Lent. A Community Ash Wednesday Service & Luncheon will be held at noon on Feb. 22, at St. John's United Methodist Church, 300 N. Pine St., Seaford. A light fellowship luncheon will be held directly after the service in the St. John's Fellowship Hall. Upcoming host church services Wednesday, Feb. 29 - Christ Lutheran Church, 312 N. Shipley St., Seaford Wednesday, March 7 - Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church, 315 High St., Seaford Wednesday, March 14 - St. Luke's Episcopal, 202 North St., Seaford Wednesday, March 21 - Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Parish, 532 E. Stein Hwy., Seaford Wednesday, March 28 - to be announced
Free weekly soup social
A free weekly soup social is held every Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at Christ United Methodist Church, 510 S. Central Ave., Laurel. For details, call 875-4233.
Black History Program
Mt. Calvary United Methodist Church in Bridgeville presents, "Are We There Yet?," an evening of celebrating the African American culture with song, dance, poetry and praise on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 5 p.m. There will also be an essay contest for grades 7 through 12. Essays should be 200 words or less on your favorite African American hero. First prize is $75 cash, second prize - $50 cash, third prize – $25 cash. You must be present to win. For more information, call 629-9799 or 542-5752 or email
GriefShare program offered
Community members who have experienced the death of a family member or friend are invited to register for the GriefShare program held at St. John's United Methodist Church. This nondenominational program features Christ-centered, biblical teaching that focuses on grief topics associated with the death of a loved one. The DVD seminar features nationally respected grief experts and real-life stories of people, followed by a small group discussion about what was seen on the DVD. Your bereavement experience may be recent or not so recent. You will find encouragement, comfort and help in grieving the death of a spouse, child, parent, sibling, other family member or friend. Grief-related books/materials are made available for participants to borrow. Robert Collins and his wife, the Rev. Danese Collins will lead the sessions. Both leaders have completed additional course work in counseling the bereaved and grieving. Pastor Collins also completed coursework in clinical pastoral care and education, which included 400 hours as a hospital chaplain and is a volunteer chaplain with hospice. GriefShare will be held on Wednesdays beginning Feb. 29, in the Wesley Lounge of St. John's United Methodist Church. To register or for questions, call 629-9466. Child care is not provided.
Thrift Shop open Saturdays
St. John's Thrift Shop located at 259 N. Conwell St. in Seaford, is open every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. A variety of infant, toddler, youth and adult clothing is available. Housewares, bedding and children's books are also available.
Community Women's Conference
The Community Women's Conference extends an invitation to all women to join them for their 4th annual conference, "Extreme Transformation - Spring Cleaning for the Heart and Mind," at the Atlanta Road Alliance Church in Seaford, on Friday, March 9 and Saturday, March 10. The guest speaker will be Paula Harris, founder and director of Transformed Worldwide Ministries, a nondenominational teaching ministry and outreach to women and the ones they love.
Praise and worship will be led by Kay Dukes of Milton. There will be workshops on Saturday and a bazaar. Cost is $20 and registrations are due by Feb. 18. Cost is $30 after Feb. 18. Registration includes continental breakfast and lunch on Saturday. For details or more information, call Sue Kauffman at 302-632-0178 or Doris Sommers at 302-448-6685.
Evening of Elegance 2012
Inspired by the late Rosetta Harmon of Harrington who held a Sweetheart Ball annually at Welcome Full Gospel in Slaughter Neck, Grace Tabernacle in Laurel expanded it to the Evening of Elegance in 2001, to incorporate the family as a whole. This annual event was held recently and included a fun-filled evening of dining, games and entertainment. This year's theme was entitled "Precious Hearts," a phrase often used by the senior pastor, Bishop Donald Redden, and invitations had been open to the community.
Marriage seminar
Clarence Street Church of God, Seaford, will host a Marriage Seminar at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17 and Saturday, Feb. 18 at 8:30 a.m. Secretary General, Dr. Wallace J. Sibley (Church of God International) and Mrs. Dorothy Sibley will be the facilitators. The event is open to couples only (married, engaged, or those contemplating marriage). No seminar fee; freewill offering only. Call 629-9443 or 448-0852 for more information.
Gospel Café
Gospel Cafe held every Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall at Laurel Baptist Church. Free Christian entertainment, live bands, local talent. The church is located at 33056 Bi-State Blvd., Laurel.
Old Christ Church League dinner
The public is cordially invited to the annual dinner and meeting of Old Christ Church League on Saturday, Feb. 18, at St. Philip's Episcopal Church, 6th Street and S. Central Ave., Laurel. The agenda is as follows: social hour - 6 p.m.; dinner - 7 p.m.; meeting and presentation - 8 p.m. Speaker will be Dale W. Clifton Jr., director of the DiscoverSea Shipwreck Museum in Fenwick Island. He will speak on the preservation of antiquities. Tickets are $20 per person. For tickets or more information, contact Diane Calloway at 249-1085.
Open mike Christian Night
Open mike Christian Night will be held at The Lighthouse Church, 27225 Kaye Rd., Laurel, on the first and third Friday of every month from 7 to 9 p.m. Free admission and free snacks. Bring your singing talents - CD or musical instrument. One person, group singers, young to seniors welcome. Enjoy a lot of singing, praises, testimonials to the Lord. We already have an array of great singers lined up. Special guests include Bunky Eye, Connie & Allen, Chuck & his peaceful gospel, Mr. John, Mary Ann, Bryce the singer & ukulele player, Pastor Joe, Skinny Elvis and his Elvis gospel, Little Elvin Presley, Big Elvis, Boardwalk Willie Nelson plus a surprise secret guest. Special thanks to Connie and Peggy for their fantastic food samplings. For information and scheduling, call Dean at 875-2115 and visit our new Facebook page, Open Mike Christian Night.
Free classical piano concert
The Seaford ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) invites the public to celebrate the anniversary of the Relief Society with a free piano concert at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 23. Guest recitalist is Linda Field, co-founder of the Southern Delaware Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. Field studies under Dr. Thomas Schmidt in New York City and teaches piano and organ in her studio in Rehoboth Beach. She has performed in New York City, and was music director at the Hyde Park Chapel in London, England. Light refreshments will be served after the concert. Concert age appropriate children are welcome. Receptacles available for canned food donations. The church is located at 800 Fleetwood Dr., in Seaford. For more information, call 628-3553.
St. Luke's newsletter
St. Luke's Episcopal Church offers its newsletter online and also via email. Luke's Letter is published quarterly and will be available on our website:
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. St. Luke's service of Holy Eucharist is Sunday at 9 a.m. For more information, call St. Luke's office at 629-7979.
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"During my week the serious is barred; no business allowed. Drinking, noise and games and dice, appointing of kings, feasting of slaves, clapping of frenzied hands … Such are the functions over which I preside." — Saturn in Lucian's Saturnalia
This double guest post comes from Bursar Andrew Powell, and Sophie Clarke, student President of the Ball Committee.
Andrew Powell: Thursday 4 December was the night of the biennial Fitzwilliam Winter Ball – our answer to the May Ball season. My wife and I attended on 'Cinderella' tickets which expire at midnight – too old to last the pace now, but good to feel a part of it. We enjoyed the Footlights, Neptune's Maze, the Casino in The Grove and the music. Unlike others we didn't have the nerve to be spun at high speed in the Round Up ride and sadly we couldn't get in to hear headline act the Hoosiers. The pork burgers, crêpes and chocolate fountains were good consolation.
The event takes a year to plan and organise and is a fantastic team effort, led by the student-run Ball Committee but with close support from the College staff and Fellows. In the days before the great event the College is a bustle of activity with groups of staff and students working together, staking out the positions of the shows, moving artwork, building sets and props, lighting, planning menus and table plans, cooking and laying up.. Of course the College cannot be closed during that period so many of the stalls and attractions have to come in on the afternoon of the ball. Timing is everything, as the vans and lorries take it in turns to occupy Lime Tree Avenue.
On the night itself the Ball Committee and helpers are on the go all the time, communicating by walkie-talkie to ensure that every activity and corner of the Ball is working properly, that problems are sorted. The Domestic Bursar and many staff are present all night, including almost all the porters and many housekeeping staff sweeping up all the little accidents that happen when the best part of 1000 students are on site to enjoy themselves.
When I came in the morning after (a little late I confess at 9am), much of the clearing up had already been done. The Ball Committee had stayed on after the finish to tidy up, and the staff had come in early. The Ball President was still supervising the clear up at lunchtime, having not had any sleep at all. The only damage visible was some subsidence in the Grove lawn where the Round Up ride had stood. The Head Gardener assures me that it will be restored by the spring.
The Ball was a huge success all round. I hope that when they have a chance to come down to earth, the 21 members of the Ball Committee will reflect on the scale of their achievement. What they have done over the last 12 months is equivalent to running a medium sized business, with little or no prior experience. They have established a vision, sourced the acts and stalls, entered into contracts, dealt with suppliers, sold tickets to a budget, understood health and safety and insurance.
Above all they have learned how to work as a team bringing together all of the parts of a complex project to an immovable deadline with nearly 1000 expectant customers. Forget The Apprentice; I would employ a young person with this experience on their CV without hesitation.
Congratulations to all involved and thank you for a great evening!
And the view from the President of the Ball Committee, Sophie Clarke:
The 2014 Fitzwilliam Winter Ball Committee was incredibly ambitious in its aims. We wanted to create an event which, first and foremost, delivered everything expected from a Cambridge May Ball — famous bands, great food, fairground rides and drinks flowing all night long. But almost every Cambridge student would have already experienced such a ball, so we strove to do things a little bit differently… We built activity rooms for guests — Neptune's Maze and the Sacrifice Citadel; we served a "Meal of Reversal" where the starter looked like dessert and vice-versa; attendees received a champagne cocktail on arrival over the usual sparkling wine; even the programme was flipped horizontal as a small gesture to the Saturnalian theme. In a town famous for its myriad balls, and filled with a population of ball-goers, we wanted to leave guests thinking, "I haven't seen it done like that before!"
As might be expected for an event on this scale, there were several nightmarish moments in the hours running up to gates opening. The fairground ride getting stuck on Grove Lawn due to the wet ground, the Saturn-shaped balloon in the Dining Hall deflating just out of reach of college's tallest ladder, The Hoosiers arriving only to find several amps missing from their stage equipment. Thanks to the ingenuity of the Committee and college staff, all of these mini dilemmas were (in one way or another) solved before the first guest walked over the threshold. I am truly grateful to everyone who helped us out of these and many other quagmires during set up.
It was utterly surreal watching guests explore areas of the Ball which for the past twelve months had just been concepts in our heads. The evolution from brainstorming to researching to financing to ordering to constructing was finally being realised and watching the conclusion of this process was unbelievably gratifying. For everyone on the Committee, witnessing our friends, family, supervisors (!) and guests having a brilliant night undoubtedly made all the stress and sleep deprivation worthwhile.
About Nicola Padfield
Nicola Padfield MA, Dip Crim, DES became Master of Fitzwilliam College in October 2013. She is a Reader in Criminal and Penal Justice at the Law Faculty, University of Cambridge, and has been a Fellow of Fitzwilliam College since 1991.


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I can't believe how long it has been since I last wrote something for my blog. I just don't really feel like I have anything inspiring or interesting to write about. I completed my week of chemo, and spent the next couple of days still feeling really yucky. I still feel SO tired all the time. My pain is getting worse in my hip and shoulder. My mood lately would best be described as BLAH.....
Time for chemo.
I began my chemo pills again last night after having several weeks off. It has been 4 weeks since I have had IV chemo either. It has felt so wonderful to be able to eat and enjoy food, enjoy family events, go on vacation, and have a little more energy while I have had my little chemo break.
I am now past my expiration date!
When I was first diagnosed with cancer, I spent hours searching the internet, trying to figure out how long I would survive this deadly disease. Based on my research, with my stage of cancer and with the treatment I was doing, the median survival time was 15-22 months after diagnosis. I just past 22 months yesterday. I am so grateful and humbled that I am still alive. It is a miracle that my life has been preserved. Based on studies and statistics, I should be dead. But I am still here, and in remarkably good condition, for a stage 4 cancer patient.
This is our most recent family picture. It was taken last night at Dan's little sister Kristina's wedding reception.
I'm back!
I'm back from our wonderful vacation. It was so beautiful and warm. Truly paradise. Dan and I had a wonderful time together. I missed our kids so much, but it was so good for Dan & I to have that time together. My laptop broke while we were in St. Maartin, so I wasn't able to email home. It is still broken, so I am using our 10 year old ancient computer.


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Coho and chinook salmon have been successfully reintroduced
upstream of a diversion dam in Washington after a fish ladder was installed in
The reintroduction was accomplished without supplementation
by just allowing existing runs of salmon to recolonize up to 33 kilometers
(20.5 miles) of habitat in a pristine area previously occupied by the fish
prior to the dam's construction.
The result of this passive reintroduction is that coho and
chinook salmon now spawn in habitat upstream of the Landsberg Diversion Dam on
the Cedar River in Washington.
That shows, according to a recent study, that the only
necessary action after removing a dam or circumventing a dam (in this case with
a fish ladder) is to allow naturally-spawning fish to move into the reclaimed
habitat on their own volition.
"Our study demonstrated that salmon are capable of rapidly
recolonizing habitat made accessible by removal or circumvention of migration
barriers," said Joseph Anderson, research scientist with the Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife. He added that the results are likely
transferrable to other projects, "particularly in cases where there is a
potential source population for recolonization spawning immediately below the
barrier and high quality habitat above the barrier, as on the Cedar River."
Anderson and five other scientists published the article,
"Dispersal and productivity of chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and coho (O.
kisutch) salmon colonizing newly accessible habitat," online this month in the
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjfas-2014-0180#.VKQYFCvF9qU).
Joining Anderson as study authors are Thomas Quinn,
professor at the University of Washington; William Atlas, graduate student at
Simon Fraser University; and Paul Faulds, Karl Burton and Michele Koehler,
fisheries biologists at Seattle Public Utilities.
The Cedar River flows west from the Cascade Mountains and
empties into Lake Washington in Seattle. The lake connects with Puget Sound
through a canal with locks to the west. Historically, the river flowed into the
Green River and directly into Puget Sound, but the Cedar River was diverted to
Lake Washington in 1916. Landsberg Diversion Dam (35 km – about 22 miles -
upstream from Lake Washington) blocked fish passage from 1901 until 2003, when
Seattle Public Utilities installed a fish ladder at the dam.
The study showed that salmon will immediately take advantage
of stream reaches made accessible by restoration or, in this case, providing
access to habitat upstream of a dam, and this will happen naturally without
human assistance, according to the study.
"These initial colonists, especially the coho salmon, were
remarkably successful, suggesting the removal or circumvention of barriers
throughout the Pacific Northwest offer promising opportunities for conservation
and recovery of anadromous salmonids," the report concludes.
Coho salmon were more successful at recolonizing than were
chinook salmon. According to Anderson, a much higher proportion of coho salmon
in the second generation – fish that were the progeny of the first salmon to
spawn in the reintroduced habitat – than chinook salmon returned to the new
habitat above the dam to spawn. Initially, straying fish from nearby hatcheries
on Lake Washington also made up a part of the spawning salmon in the restored
habitat, but became a minor part of the fish spawning in following generations.
"This result helped us understand how patterns of homing
versus straying influence the rate of numerical population growth and the
transition from recolonization to self-sustaining reproduction," he added.
The report pointed to similar recolonization of pink salmon
on the upper Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada, when fish passage
facilities were added to the Hell's Gate dam.
"Thus, in situations where a migration barrier is removed
adjacent to a naturally reproducing, self-sustaining population of salmon,
transplanting or hatchery supplementation does not appear necessary for
population expansion," the report concludes.
This may not always be the case: a recolonizing population
may fail if the population density does not exceed a critical abundance
threshold, according to the study. If that doesn't happen, then active
recolonization strategies may be needed using transplanting or supplementation
to ensure that adequate numbers of fish reach the new habitat to spawn.
However, that "may compromise long-term conservation goals by altering
evolutionary and ecological processes." Passive reintroduction will avoid that
In this case, passive reintroduction of both chinook and
coho salmon worked because both species already were spawning naturally
downstream from the dam, and a population of straying fish from Lake Washington
hatcheries initially helped to sustain the critical abundance needed.
"[S]almon are quite adept at taking advantage of
opportunities for recolonization, and so restoring access to high quality
habitat blocked by migration barriers is an effective salmon conservation
strategy," Anderson said. He also suggested that the "removal or circumvention
of barriers that block high quality habitats adjacent to existing source
populations" should be prioritized in order to get maximum benefit from future
fish passage projects.
Each project will be different, he added, saying that
proximity to source populations, the quantity and quality of habitat above the
removed or circumvented barrier, survival during migration through passage
facilities, survival during the barrier removal process itself and the natural
history of salmon already in the watershed should be factors considered when
"identifying recolonization opportunities and managing salmon populations
following barrier removal."


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what exactly does k mean in E-k diagram?? what good does it do to have energy bands plotted in E-k?
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written in terms of a set of vectors {R} which describes the crystal. The set of vectors {R} has a related set of reciprocal lattice vectors {K}, which is defined such that exp(i*K*R) = 1. The periodicity of the lattice also implies that an electron traveling through a crystal will encounter an electrostatic potential with the same periodicity. The periodic nature of the potential is due to the regular arrangement of the positively charged nuclei in the crystal atoms. The potential can be written in a Fourier series whose only non-zero terms exp(i*k*r) are those for which k is a vector on the reciprocal lattice {K} of the crystal. The motion of the electron in a periodic potential can also be represented in terms of a function of the form exp(i*k*r) (this is called Bloch's theorem), so the wave vector k is a very useful mathematical formalism for expressing both the motion of electrons and the nature of an electrostatic potential in a crystal. The E-k diagram (or bandstructure) converts the mathematical formalism of the wave vector into useful information about the allowed energy levels of an electron in a crystal. For a given k (which corresponds to motion in a certain direction in the crystal), only certain energy levels E are accessible to an electron. Correspondingly, electrons with a certain energy E can only move in certain directions. This information is very useful in understanding the fundamental motion of electrons in a crystal, especially in the presence of an external electrostatic potential.
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I'm going to ramble along the lines of the conversation that Rob and I have been having in the responses to recent posts below. I'm not sure exactly what I'm gonna say but let's get started.
The way one is trained in both physics and engineering is by learning from simplified examples. Concepts are taught from the most basic, fundamental representation. Then the problems at the end of the chapter are just one or two steps of complexity above that. For instance, to learn kinetics, what happens when two objects collide that are going at different speeds and directions, we start with infinitely hard billiard balls that are perfect spheres and do not absorb energy from each other. There are other background assumptions we won't go into. There is no spin involved and no friction with the surface on which they sit. Everything is idealized. There is good reason for starting in this way. We must start first with the simple and get practice in order to learn the concepts and make sure we understand what we are doing.
There is a well known joke about this. A physicist was once asked to consult with a farm regarding a herd of cows that was not producing enought milk. After studying the problem and determining his solution, the physicist went to the blackboard to explain to his customer, saying "First, we assume a spherical cow..."
That's the end of the joke and everybody laughs.
But, when we get jobs and go out into the real world to solve real problems, all the easy things have been done. The equations get complicated. The machines we work with are not ideal spheres or cylinders and cannot be described by simple equations. Mathematical models are constructed. Data collected, the models are corrected and provided with "fudge factors" to make them work so they make the right predictions enough of the time to be useful.
The problems to be attacked in this way are many. But, we can only do simple machines and circuitry this way. And some simple fluid dynamic problems. Mechanical and fluid flow devices follow the rule's of Newton's mechanics. With electrical devices we use not only Maxwell's electromagnetic theory but quantum theory as well.
But, as great as physics and its subset of mechanical and electrical engineering is, it is pretty useless for telling us what a living cell is doing and what it will do. With such a complex, higher order system, new laws apply. I'm guessing emergence theory tells us that the with the higher complexity, new order and new phenomena have emerged which exert control over the lower. When we progress from single cell life to multicellular life, the next level, the new entity exerts control (supervene's) over it's cellular constituents. At some point in the appearance of life, consciousness appeared, that is, the ability to feel and experience. Now, it is the highest level.
postscript: I watched the special on the Gospel of Judas on the National Geographic channel last night. Enjoyed that. But, can't say that GJudas has anything new to tell us either about the real Jesus or the real Judas. Perhaps, it highlights that we really don't know that much about the latter.
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Hi. Outsourcing jobs to other countries: Are you for it, against it, not sure, don't care?
IT jobs are getting hit pretty hard here in the US, although I'm fairly safe in my own job - for the time being at least. That said though, there are several things that really bother me about outsourcing. One is that our politicians say, well, we can just retrain for another job. Retrain for what? And what about the "older" workers? Like it or not, there is age discrimination in the work force. Where do they find another job when they've been displaced? How many times in your lifetime might you have to retrain because of outsourcing? Who pays for the retraining?
How is it good for the US economy to use tax dollars to put Americans out of work, and give their jobs to people in other countries? And these are people who will never pay US taxes! I see our elected officials concerned with the well being of corporations but not the well-being of the citizens.
I don't like outsourcing or the trend towards moving manufacturing jobs overseas either. I don't like change.
However, the world has changed and is moving quickly towards a one world economy. Our politicians cannot stop this from happening and it isn't their fault it is happening either. China will be the world economic and military leader in the future no matter what we try to do to stop it from happening.
Corporations are faced with the need to cut cost to remain competitive. Sure, some of them outsource over greed but much of it is the result of adjusting to compete with new foreign competitors. They don't have much choice.
Change is painful. People don't like to feel pain. So, they blame others. The Democrats want people to believe that they cab stop job loss that it is the fault of the Republicans. Neither is true. They just want the power back because that is what they live for. The Republicans don't take the time to explain what's really going on so that people can actually understand. So, people are left to listen to how others distort the truth.
In reality, globalization has been going on for years. We have been feeling the positive effects of it for years and have not been complaining about. We are just now feeling the negative effect of job loss to other countries and we don't like it. Once globalization start to equalize in counties with larger populations, job loss will stop being the problem that it is today.
Is job loss really a problem? I heard recently that for every job that is lost overseas, a new job replaces it in the US. Many new jobs are being created every day. The problem is that people have to be trained for these jobs. I think this is a good think. Our country is way behind others in education. Other counties have focused on education for years and benefiting from it now.
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This research, originally titled "Crimes I have seen," was commissioned by the Crime Reduction in Schools Project (CRISP). Ted Leggett of the University of Natal, Durban, collected the data. It was commissioned in order to gather a clearer understanding of young people's experiences of crime and in this way to inform interventions that address their experiences of crime.
Learners between the ages of 10 - 19 from a range of urban schools were invited to compose and submit accounts of the crimes they had witnessed. Few of the learners however can be regarded as being purely witnesses of crime. A great majority were either directly or indirectly involved as victims, survivors, and/or perpetrators of criminal activities.
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There is a growing awareness among young children about crime as a 'social ill' and their feelings are that people must band together "without looking at the colour of each others skin" to fight crime.
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Nature of Crimes
The types of crimes witnessed range across the entire spectrum. These included:
More focused attention has been given to each of the abovementioned crimes in the remainder of this report. The number next to the heading of each type of crime indicates the frequency at which the crime was witnessed.
Gang Activity (5).
Children who hail from households faced with unemployment and the crises in education use these as a reason for dropping out of school. These children are also easy targets for gang membership. School aged youth are being preyed upon to distribute drugs such as mandrax at schools where there seems to be a ready market for such commodity.
Gangs are on the lookout for opportunistic information. Information about security guards on strike created an opportunity for gang related warfare. An example given was mention of a robbery by a gang at Metrorail whilst security guards were on strike.
Domestic Violence (8)
Many have witnessed domestic violence that spills onto the streets. One child lived within an abusive relationship, while another thought that it was right for her parents to be divorced since all they did when together was fight. There is one account of a son stabbing his mother on Christmas day.
Children and families would benefit greatly from the dissemination of information relating to the Family Violence Act. This could help to curb the disintegration of families and communities and the information dissemination could take place at school level.
Corporal Punishment (2)
The instances reported point to the fact that creative alternatives to discipline are necessary at parent level. The administering of corporal punishment by school staff and parents are clearly a violation of regulation. In the two reported cases, parents are the perpetrators.
Animal Cruelty (1)
The witness wrote…."two men shot a cat which landed in the river, police arrested men, cat was taken to the hospital (veterinarian)".
Car/Vehicle Hijacking (9)
Three accounts included mention of the type of weapon used in car hijackings - a gun. With regard to the timing, four speak of the incidents occurring in the early part of the morning and one occurring in the evening.
House-Breaking (13)
Families are terrorised by thugs who burst into their homes and demand expensive items.
Rape (7)
Of the seven cases of rape mentioned, six involved females as the target. Three cases were related to gang rape. In two cases a family member (uncle) of the survivors were perpetrators while one case involved a brother's friend who is known to be HIV positive. In one case a male was raped by a man known in the neighbourhood.
Murder (10)
Extreme violence and aggression accompanied these acts. Six cases mention the use of guns. The nature of the murders included;
Robbery (33)
Victims of robbery included a blind man and essential service workers. In one account, workmen from essential services working in a township were held at gunpoint and robbed of their belongings. One was shot dead and the other severely injured. In the child's words "…they were left lying on the street while neighbours shut their doors for they were too scared of getting involved."
Accidents (9)
A child wrote - "I have seen some of the most terrible things in the world."
One of the incidents reported was a situation where a school child was knocked over by a bus in which the writer was a passenger. She suspected the driver of being drunk. Passengers were asked to remove their belongings from the bus and the driver drove off. The case was reported to police by a member of the public.
Most accidents were attributed to drunken driving, speeding and disobeying traffic rules. Many children were the victims. Stemming from this finding detailed talks with the Road Traffic Inspectorate would be of value regarding the curriculum for new driver's licence and in particular with respect to the legal consequences of traffic violations and road etiquette.
Feelings Associated With Crimes Witnessed A range of intense feelings emerged from the participants. These included:
"Children grow up in the world of fear and grow with amiss memories." This statement portrays the concise way in which children are impacted upon. Families live in fear of losing their children and belongings to criminals in their communities.
Children are expressing that there is great fear in being implicated, or being seen, as a witness. A learner who witnesses an incident where peers were involved in shoplifting is drenched with fear. They asked her to 'keep her mouth shut', she asked 'what's in it' for her and they calmly showed her a bullet to silence her. A child who witnessed a racial attack on the train left the coach and moved to the next, both the perpetrator and the victim were school learners.
Community members were fearful of being seen or assumed to be witnesses - the repercussions are considered too great. Their lives are invaluable as opposed to monetary compensation to bring the perpetrators to book or be under witness protection to divulge information. "We live in constant fear", "I keep asking myself why did this happen to me?" are some of the questions that they raise.
A young child aged ten, mentioned that he does not live with his mother because she died when he was young. He says "That is what my father tells me". This child clearly, is very unsettled by this explanation. Children are curious and perceptive.
The submissions point to the way in which children are confused about how the world is operating contrary to the way they know it is supposed to, that is safe and secure. Their understanding that playing in the park and feeding fish at a pond is safe is often assaulted by the harsh realities of violence and crime. They are suddenly aware that their context is not safe. They are stalked by a strange man who follows them and hastens his pace as they do. Energy that could be spent in a positive way has to be curtailed or may be misdirected because the park is unsafe. Caregivers will have to seek other creative and constructive ways of utilising this energy.
They are confused about why innocent families have to fall victims to thugs who burst into their homes, harass and terrorise them. One child spoke of men who demanded her older sister but, fortunately, did not get her. Parents and siblings are in constant fear. They question, 'why my child, why my father and why my sister?'
Disappointment has been expressed on a number of issues. These are the perceptions of children and we may want to look at ways of changing these perceptions.
Disappointment around issues such as having to relocate due to crime, the unhappiness and disruption within the family, school disruption and readjustment to new surroundings were all expressed.
Other disappointments expressed included the lack of freedom of speech, that women did not seem to have the right to say 'no' and that children were being sold as sex objects.
"I have seen parents selling their children for money. Do you think selling your child will give you the world?'' This account was written with immense undertones of resentment for parents and adults who abuse their children's rights.
Police procedures and conduct are also questioned. The image of the police has been tainted by what these young eyes have witnessed. The ability of police to maintain law and order in the country was under serious question by our young people. Great contention surrounded the inefficiency with which cases were processed. At one gruesome crime scene "nobody called the cops fearing disappointment", the child reported.
Police have been seen smoking dagga (cannabis) with gang members in the area. There was a feeling that nobody would investigate police brutality and that the police were above the law. The following statements support this notion;
"It tears my heart to pieces to know that people in the Townships will always be victims of police" "They don't break the law (they) only twist it.'' The questions being asked of the police included: "What are they doing to improve our communities? Is it wise to have police if they are not doing their jobs properly? What is the Government paying them for?"
Police Involvement
Credit to police with regard their involvement was rare in the responses. Their experiences of police intervention in the crimes they have seen generally revolved around:
Thankfulness And Appreciation
Thanks are expressed to patrol officers at a railway station who were extra vigilant on Friday afternoons. There was a request for increased visibility of patrol officers on the last days of school terms which seemed to be more problematic as it was these times when the young people felt most vulnerable to criminals.
Participation in the written submissions had been in some ways an avenue to give vent to some pent-up feelings. This was gauged from the following remarks "thanks for listening" and "thanks for reading, I feel much better now" .
Perpetrator (76)
In seventy-six submissions there was mention of a perpetrator. The gender bias in the perpetration of crime moved heavily towards males. Except for one case which involved school girls in a shoplifting incident all others involved males.
The serious crimes were perpetrated by adolescent males advancing into early adulthood. Mention is made of ages ranging from 15 to 25. Women seemed to be easy targets but equally men were also victims of more serious assault and violence.
The accounts suggest that there is an alarming awareness of the neglect and the need for focused education of boys in particular. Intervention programmes and education of boys per sJ has to come under intense scrutiny. A few critical aspects that come to the fore as a result of close scrutiny of the data include; socialisation, discipline, control from within as opposed to control from outside, values, morality, issues of 'maleness', developmental difficulties, gangs and gang membership, civic responsibility, sex and sexuality and HIV/AIDS.
Weapon Most Frequently Used
Guns were the most frequently used weapons, followed by knives.
Unanticipated Consequences of Underreporting Of Crime
The underreporting of crime must not be underestimated and can be attributed to the lack of confidence expressed in the ability of police to resolve cases and provide feedback.
Children are explicit in their submissions with regard the need not to divulge personal information. Great fear and threat accompanies the status of witness. Indeed, many have indicated a preference for death rather than being a witness called to testify. They see 'witness-hood' as placing their lives in serious jeopardy. One student who witnessed a shoplifting incident was shown a bullet to silence her, yet another stated "I've made a decision of rather dying softly than physically get beaten to open my mouth."
There is sufficient data to indicate that an array of intense feelings is evoked in children who have in some way experienced crime. Children are left to their own devices to manage and deal with these feelings, personal conflicts and dilemmas. The life stage they find themselves in already has its own challenges and difficulties so additional unresolved and intense issues may impact further on their ability to cope.
Thus far there has been no mention of any form of counselling in the reports analysed. Within the education system the often lacking formally trained guidance counsellor at schools leaves children with little or no supportive structures they can turn to. Given the nature of their experiences and the fact that less than half of the respondents lived with both parents, the need for some form of supportive and nurturing person or context may become all the more pertinent.
The analysis of these submissions begs a few questions. These questions include:
Parents and the Community
One cannot overemphasise the need for the collaboration of school personnel, parents, members of the community (both private and business) and Governmental and Non- governmental organisations, all of whom need to work together to provide educational opportunities that promote knowledge, responsibility and caring.
For complex reasons parental involvement in school related matters are at a low. At a National level one would like to see a formal Participation Plan for Parents, Guardians and Caregivers entrenched in the Schools Act in order to create links and build relationships between home, community and school life.
Context based parent meetings might be a way of building the links, since relating to people within their own contexts are less intimidating. Visits to the areas that children hail from would give a clearer and different understanding of various issues. This is particularly the case where schools exist in neighbourhoods that differ from the learner 'source' community.
The varied living conditions, life spaces and community contexts of children must be taken cognisance of since these place varying demands and challenges.
Education about the Consequences Of Crime
Special efforts must be made to educate youth against choosing crime as an alternative. Concomitant efforts must be made to steer our young people towards more constructive ways of engaging themselves in society.
Some aspects that could receive special attention would include:
One child had a first hand experience of court procedures having been charged with shoplifting. His comprehension of the process is fraught with inaccuracies that could impact on the likelihood of his continued potential criminal behaviour. For him, his "free lawyer proved he was under age and not supposed to be imprisoned." Little attention is paid to the fact that he may indeed have been guilty of a crime.
The question arises as to whether youth who are summoned to court are briefed about legal procedures, and then debriefed after sentencing to ensure they fully understand their actions and the decisions taken in court. These may include limited options with respect to opportunities for future employment, community trust and even emigration.
The submissions are indicative of the extensive and intensive nature of the cruelty inflicted by humans on other humans and animals with no sign of abatement of violence, selfishness and self-centredness.
The overall impression from the submissions is that there is an increasing awareness of egoistic principles at play which underlie most criminal behaviour. The integration of altruistic principles which involve deeds that are done out of the genuine concern for other human beings must reverberate throughout curricula and society at large.
Empathy, listening, mediation, conflict resolution, respect and problem solving are skills that are obviously lacking among adults and children alike and need urgent attention.
According to the Children's rights resource handbook, 44% of South Africans are legally children. As adults, whether professionals or non professionals, we have an obligation and responsibility which is often not taken seriously enough. This is the obligation to protect the emotional, physical, social, intellectual and spiritual wellbeing of our children. The nature of the crimes, as well as the perpetrators of such indicates that our commitment to the youth is lacking in the extreme.
Our efforts in thoroughly understanding youth issues are in question. We must be cautious of non-involvement because we are creating rods that will return and beat us on the back. We must work with intense vigour to respond to a child's statement that… "young children are left with scary memories that will be forever in their minds, this prevents them from developing to their full potential because they are scared."


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Two new officers join Perrysburg Police Division
Perrysburg Mayor Mike Olmstead recently administered the oath of office to two new police officers–Jesse Gomez and Kyle Hixon.
Above, Officer Gomez is from Norfolk, Virginia, where he served the police division as a vice and narcotics officer for six years. He is a graduate of Mio Ausable High School in Michigan and holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Lake Superior State University.
Pictured from left, are Mayor Olmstead, Office Gomez and his wife Leah and three children, and Perrysburg Deputy Chief Jim Rose.
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First, the numbers don't make sense – the staff positions stays at two, but the Salaries and Employee Benefits decrease by 26%. I will bet that no one took a pay cut – so what is going on with the numbers?
Most importantly though – why does this department even exist when there is also an Office for Strategy and Development? Combine them and then cut the combined department in half (or more)!


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This is amazing. Sweet, sticky, crumbly, and incredibly more-ish, this Coconut Caramel slice is a recipe I always turn to when needing to provide morning tea at work or dessert to take to a friends BBQ.
- 1/2 cup plain flour
- 1/2 cup self-raising flour
- 1/2 cup desiccated coconut
- 1/2 cup caster sugar
- 100g butter, melted
- 395g (1 can) sweetened condensed milk
- 2 Tbsp golden syrup
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 60g butter, melted, extra
- 2 eggs, lightly whisked
- 1/3 cup caster sugar, extra
- 2 cups desiccated coconut, extra
- Preheat your oven to 180°C. Grease your slice pan and line the base and two opposite sides with baking paper.
- Combine sifted flours, coconut, caster sugar and butter in a medium bowl. Press mixture evenly over base of prepared pan.
- Cook for 15 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool slightly.
- Combine sweetened condensed milk, golden syrup, brown sugar and extra butter in a medium bowl. Spread mixture evenly over base.
- Combine the eggs, extra sugar and extra coconut in a medium bowl and sprinkle evenly over caramel filling.
- Cook for further 20 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool in pan.


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A group of SS men at a vacation resort. Those in the photo were on the staff of Aktion T4, the Nazi's euthanasia project, or of Aktion Reinhard for liquidating the ghettos of Poland. In the photo:
Erich Lachman (top row, on the left), from the staff of the Sobibor extermination camp;
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SIUE Women's Basketball Annual Pink Zone Game Feb. 8
SIUE basketball fans can join the women's team in the Pink Zone to help create awareness and raise funds for breast cancer research.
A week of events culminates with a Saturday, Feb. 8 game at 4 p.m. against UT Martin. Funds raised from the week's events will be donated to the St. Louis affiliate of Susan G. Komen.
Events Schedule:
Snack & Speaker – Tuesday, Feb. 4, 5:30 p.m. at Evergreen Hall Large Group Room on the SIUE Campus. Learn the importance of breast cancer awareness and healthy living from a Susan G. Komen grantee. Snacks and refreshments will be provided. Admission is $5. FREE for SIUE students.
Pink Zone Reception – Wednesday, Feb. 5, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Doubletree by Hilton in Collinsville. Join SIUE Head Coach Paula Buscher and the basketball staff at the Pink Zone reception to celebrate and raise money for breast cancer research. Raffle items will be displayed and tickets may be purchased for the first time at this event. Complimentary appetizers and refreshments will be available.
Pink Zone Game – Saturday, Feb. 8, 4 p.m. at the Vadalabene Center on the SIUE Campus. The 2014 Pink Zone Basketball game features the Cougars taking on UT Martin. Breast cancer survivors will be honored at halftime. Raffle tickets will be on sale and winners drawn during the men's game following at 8 p.m. Survivors get a free ticket to the game, plus one complimentary guest pass by calling 855-SIUE-TIX.
- Coaches Challenge: Head Women's Basketball Coach Paula Buscher challenges you to match her pledge of $25 per three-pointer the Cougars make during the Pink Zone game. To sign up for Coach Buscher's Challenge email NaDean Schroeder at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Running in Remembrance: A total of 12 runners/walkers will compete for your pledges on the day of the Pink Zone basketball game. They will exercise in honor of a person or group of their choice. Help support Susan G. Komen and pledge the runners by filling out a pledge form at siuecougars.com. Runners this year include: Director of Athletics Dr. Brad Hewitt, Chair of the Kinesiology and Health Education Department Dr. Curt Lox, former Head Women's Basketball Coach Wendy Hedberg, Assistant Chancellor for Institutional Compliance Paul Pitts and more!
- Bucket Raffle: Fans can put $1 tickets in the jars of various raffle items. Drawings will be held during halftime of the men's basketball game at 8 p.m. Raffle items include St. Louis Cardinals tickets, 2014-15 SIUE men's and women's basketball season ticket packages, SIUE gear, gift cards for local establishments, scratch-off lottery tickets and more!
- T-Shirts: Pink Zone T-shirts are $5. The T-shirts will be available for purchase at the Feb. 3, Feb. 6, and Feb. 8 SIUE basketball games while supplies last.
- Donate Online: On the day of the Pink Zone basketball game, you will find a link at siuecougars.com that will bring you to an electronic donations form through Susan G. Komen.
- Attend the 2014 Pink Zone Game: Tickets range from $5-$25, order TICKETS here. Breast Cancer Survivors receive two free tickets (survivor and guest) to the game by calling 855-SIUE-TIX.
Photo: Eddie the Cougar (on floor) and SIUE Chancellor Julie Furst-Bowe (fourth from right) join cancer survivors during the 2013 Pink Zone game at the Vadalabene Center.


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As some of you may now for the past, what feels like years but is probably closer to 6 months or so I have been working on a book project revolving around troubleshooting storage in a vSphere environment. At last I'm happy to say that the book is finally published and sitting on a variety of websites (Packt, Amazon) waiting to be purchased and consumed by you 🙂 ! The book, cleverly titled 'Troubleshooting vSphere Storage' is 150 pages straight to the point exercises that a vSphere admin can take when dealing with storage visibility, contention, and capacity issues.
Early on when I was pondering the idea of doing this I had no idea about the amount of work and time commitment that writing a book would consume! I most certainly have a new found respect for the rock stars that are putting out 500 page books out there! It really takes a major commitment from the authors, reviewers, and editors to get everything done! Speaking of reviewers, my technical reviewers, Angelo Luciani ( blog / twitter ), Jason Langer ( blog / twitter ), and Eric Wright ( blog / twitter ) were key to me actually finishing this project. Their feedback was awesome and without it, well, who knows what state the book would be in. So a big thanks goes out to them for all their help!
Needless to say I'm pretty excited to have a published piece of work out there – and if it helps just one person, well, then I guess I've done what I set out to do 🙂


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Youth group meets on Sunday nights at our Ault location (204 A Street) from 6-8 pm.
Mike Delaney is our youth minister, leading our youth worker team.
On Sunday nights, youth are served a home-cooked meal. We also have quite a bit of hang-out time to play video games, foosball, ping pong, etc. Each night includes a Bible study led by one of our youth workers. During the summer months, we pause our youth ministry to focus on our summer outreaches to the community. The youth are encouraged to join with us on these missions together.
Our number one goal is for students to personally discover and experience what it means to have a relationship with God through Jesus Christ.


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Georgia's Legislature adjourned for good last week, just in time for the Masters Tournament (as always). While the at-times tumultuous session was set to end on Thursday, the gavels didn't come down officially until early Friday morning, capping off 40 days of the most intriguing political theater in recent memory. Here's what happened: Rigged Maps:… [Read More]
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In my mind's eye, I can already see this project finished. I can tell you it will be dazzling as long as the weather stays NORMAL.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
In my mind's eye, I can already see this project finished. I can tell you it will be dazzling as long as the weather stays NORMAL.
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I see you DID stop at Houston Plants & Garden World! You can't beat their prices at this time of year. Thanks to all the rain we've had, their plants are in pretty good shape despite the heat, too. Have fun getting this project done!ReplyDelete
Haha....to me, the LAST project is the one before THIS project.ReplyDelete
It never ends.
You got some great buys there.
Great buys! You'll have a range of non-stop flowers when this gets done.ReplyDelete
I like that lavender salvia, the color works well with a lot of different plants. I like plumbago and grow plenty of them here in both blue and white. Hard to beat for late summer bloom and easy care.
Believe me I understand about the projects! We gardeners always have something going don't we? Just finished one up at my place too, putting up a fountain. (few pix at my blog). You always find the great deals on plants! I visit Cindy's blog alot so I look forward to your pix. Everything looks good in your world. CarolReplyDelete
You're right. The projects never stop coming. What better way to start one off than with a shopping spree during a plant sale. Sounds like someone had/is having a lot of fun!ReplyDelete
Oh wow! those are amazing prices, and most of the plants will stick around for a while which is good.... I love the completed garden section that you started in February. I can always find space for a couple more plants....ReplyDelete
How true is that David, no such thing as last project for us gardeners. As long as there's space there a potential project (or as you said move plants around :)) Great prices on those plants!ReplyDelete
Whoa you made out like a champ on those plants David.I would not be safe at a sale like that LOL!ReplyDelete
I love plumbago and over winter a prig of it here in the basement through winter. Maybe it is just the blue flowers LOL!
- AnonymousJuly 25, 2012 at 3:11 PM
Thanks for stopping in on GWGT. I have not seen you in a while. 70 percent off is quite a deal. Nurseries have been suffering this year after a decent early start to the year. Great when homeowners make out on their misfortune.ReplyDelete
I am working on one project that is taking forever! It's so hot outside but I have to get the bamboo moved and placed into this nasty caliche ridden ground!!! So I do pieces....one at a time...several buckets a day:) It won't be the last project by any means.ReplyDelete
Smart man with the plants. Good luck and hope it all fits together. I'll plunk a good amount of change when a sale goes on.....and then I get home with a bit of regret:) Plants are a weakness.
That pretty lizard or anole is cute:)
Looks like you got some real nice bargains...Can't wait to see the finished product. The bed you planted in spring looks fabulous!ReplyDelete
there is never a last project. Looks great!ReplyDelete
I LOVE having a project to work on! Are you sure that's triloba? It looks exactly like my rudbeckia deammi, but heck, a lot of them look very similar. LOVE how cheap your plants were. Most excellent! :o)ReplyDelete
Can't beat a bargain, especially when the plants look so good too.ReplyDelete
Can't wait to see your frolicking plants! Looks like you have some great deals there.ReplyDelete