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June 2011
Triumph of the City
(Penguin Press, 2011), Edward Glaeser tells us: �In the richer
countries of the West, cities have survived the tumultuous end of the
industrial age and are now wealthier, healthier, and more alluring than
ever. In the world�s poorer places, cities are expanding enormously
because urban density provides the clearest path from poverty to
prosperity. Despite the technological breakthroughs that have caused the
death of distance, it turns out the world isn�t flat; it�s paved. The
city has triumphed. But as many of us know from personal experience,
sometimes city roads are paved to hell.�
Chasing Francis: A Pilgrim�s
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If you missed the San Diego convention last month, you missed a good one. Many have said it was the best AGRM event they can remember. Three different directors had tears in their eyes as they hugged me goodbye. One was sobbing and could only get out, �John, thank you. You don�t know how much I needed this.� Other comments on the survey were similar to these:
Come to Colorado Springs this August!
If you couldn�t make it to San Diego�and even if you could�there is another chance to come together. Our CEO Summit will be August 23�25 at the Glen Eyrie Conference Center in Colorado Springs.
AGRM and the missions it serves are definitely on the front lines of ministry these days. But as in any battle, the front lines are never stationary�which means the generals need to rendezvous from time to time and discuss strategy. We�re calling a meeting for this very purpose.
It won�t be your typical AGRM gathering where the talk is about building projects or staffing issues. This will be about rescue missions as we know them and the world as we have known it, what the days ahead are likely to bring, and how we might have to position ourselves during the next three years to better accomplish our kingdom goals.
The steering committee has identified three subjects for discussion:
The cost for the summit is $280 per person. This includes five meals, two nights of lodging, and optional transportation from and to the Colorado Springs (COS) airport. You can register online, or sign up by calling Lisa Miller at (719) 266-8300, ext. 107.
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The Wiregrass Cotton Expo, one of the Deep South's most comprehensive annual cotton meetings, is slated for Feb. 15 at the National Peanut Festival Fairgrounds in Dothan, Ala.
The meeting, in its 14th year, serves cotton producers in Alabama, Georgia and Florida.
William Birdsong, a cotton agronomist with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, says that at its core the Expo is an opportunity for growers to think strategically about all facets of their cotton program, from variety selection and planting to getting a handle on pest and weed problems.
"This is the time of year when producers are working out their plans for the upcoming season, and they've got to have the best information available to make informed decisions," Birdsong says.
"The annual Wiregrass Expo was designed for and functions with just that concern in mind," he says.
At the top of the list is variety selection.
"Producers want to stay on the cutting edge of variety selection, because crop genetics are so essential to their success."
As with previous expos, seed company representatives will be on hand to answer questions and to book purchases for the 2013 season, Birdsong says.
To complement these efforts, Extension economist Max Runge will discuss 2013 cropping decision-making, an especially important consideration for Wiregrass growers.
A major focus of Runge's remarks will be on how these decisions should be made in light of the near record yields in 2012, which, ironically, followed record drought in 2011.
The growing problem associated with resistant pigweed, an especially serious problem in the Wiregrass region, is also another issue that will be addressed at this year's expo.
Early plan a must
"It's imperative for growers that they have a plan in place early in the year," Birdsong says, "because the last few years of experience have taught them they have got to be consistently proactive with their weed control."
Following remarks on cotton diseases by Extension plant pathologist Austin Hagan, crop physiologist Dale Monk will discuss control options for resistant pigweed.
Along with herbicide resistance, crop management based on climate forecasting is another item that has come to occupy a prominent part of the expo agenda in recent years.
David Zeirden of the Florida Climate Center will offer some advice about the 2013 weather patterns that are projected to occur.
"I think we've done a pretty good job educating farmers in response to climate information," Birdsong says. "La Niña and El Niño used to be foreign terms to Wiregress producers, but now its recognized terminology.
"While producers haven't fully grasped all the principles, they are well on their way."
While climate forecasting is no panacea, it can provide them with a vague picture of how weather patterns are likely to play out — and this already has been of considerable help to some growers, according to Birdsong.
He cites as one notable success a grower who based all his 2011 planting decisions on climate predictions.
"We were in a La Niña cycle, when moisture is typically at a premium at planting time," Birdsong says. "One grower, after buying a new planter, ran it day and night to profit from the moisture that was available for planting at the time."
While the following months turned out to be extremely dry, the grower benefited from the early spring planting. The ample summer rains provided additional benefits, Birdsong says.
"Those summer rains really made the crop," he recalls, "and as an added benefit, the early spring planting enabled him to harvest the crop just as the dry fall weather set in, which is just what you want to do."
Later in the morning, representatives from the Farm Service Agency and the Natural Resource Conservation Service will also provide updates on current federal programs.
Updates will also be provided by representatives from Cotton Incorporated and the Alabama Cotton Commission.
Hank Reichle, vice-president of Export Sales for Staplcotn Marketing, will be the featured luncheon speaker.
Following Reichle's remarks, financial adviser Scott Parsons will offer an introduction to estate planning.
For more information about the expo, contact Birdsong at 334-693-3800.

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Anthony Silva sat in the customary candidates' seat at the end of a long table in a conference room at The Record.
Anthony Silva sat in the customary candidates' seat at the end of a long table in a conference room at The Record.
He'd been in this hot seat a number of times, speaking to our editorial board while running for a plethora of offices over the past decade.
Silva gave a mini-shrug that day and conveyed what he perceived as the futile nature of his visit.
"You didn't endorse me for when I ran for the Stockton Unified board," Silva said. "You didn't endorse me when I ran for (San Joaquin County) supervisor. You didn't endorse me when I ran in Lodi Unified.
"I don't really expect that you're going to endorse me now that I'm running for (Stockton) mayor. But I'm here again. And I hope you'll look at how I've changed over the years."
Quite frankly, Silva has changed. No, he's not the most mature 38-year-old you're ever going to run into. Baggage? Yes, he has a lot of it over the years. Much of it self-inflicted.
But through all of that, do you know what we have today?
Anthony Silva, mayor-elect of Stockton.
Silva pulled off the political stunner of political stunners, dispatching incumbent mayor and 12-year veteran of the Stockton City Council Ann Johnston in startling fashion.
This wasn't just a win. It was a rout. A laugher. A blowout. A landslide.
Ultimately, it also was an edict from voters. When the totals are 58 to 42 percent, that's your prototypical mandate for change.
Unhappiness with the old. Willing to try to the new. The voters of Stockton spoke loudly.
When the city is bankrupt, swimming in foreclosures, hamstrung by unemployment and riddled with unbelievable crime, it's not particularly difficult for a challenger to throw darts at an incumbent.
Silva fired away. Relentlessly. It worked. Like the proverbial charm.
Johnston had captured 40.8 percent of the vote in the June primary to only 21.4 for Silva. She'd doubled him up. A crowded field of candidates - Jimmy Rishwain claimed 15 percent and Ralph Lee White 11.5 percent - is probably all that kept Johnston from wrapping things up in June (50 percent or more majority would have done that).
I'm convinced that crime - more so than bankruptcy - ultimately was the undoing of Johnston. She proudly trumpeted in her campaign fliers that she'd stood up to public-safety unions and controlled heretofore out-of-control expenses.
But the murders continued. A flurry of them just a couple weeks in advance of the election spiked the fears of a community.
Meanwhile, that ballyhooed Marshall Plan of the mayor's seemed to be creeping at a relative snail's pace.
The voters responded in kind - or not so kind if you're Johnston. Silva rode a wave of discontent to victory.
Now comes a second difficult challenge: leading us out of the abyss.
I can't speak for the rest of our editorial board, but there was somewhat of a strange feeling that emanated from Silva during our meeting in September.
He had changed from some of our previous get-togethers - appreciably in some ways, incrementally in others.
Specifically, he was more self-effacing and less pompous. He was more self-critical and less cocksure. Silva was, frankly, more mature than I've ever seen him.
What does that mean for Stockton? Who the heck knows?
We don't know how Silva is going to act and govern with this new position, this new power, this new responsibility.
While the previous council had blended in nearly lock-step unison - 6 against 1, with Dale Fritchen as the holdout - Silva will be one of four new people on this governing body. Two other incumbents lost and another will depart for the state Assembly.
The leadership mantle is passed to Anthony Silva.
Don't hope that he will fail. Root for him to succeed. Help him to succeed.
Stockton needs this to work out in a positive manner. Or God help us.
Contact Record Editor Mike Klocke at (209) 546-8250 or mklocke @recordnet.com.


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January 30, 2013 — Can we finally put it to rest?
I'm referring to that "Are we ready?" question. "Are we ready for a woman premier?" "Are we ready for a gay leader?"
With the selection of Kathleen Wynne as Leader of the Liberal Party and Premier-designate of Ontario, a resounding "yes" to both questions echoed across Canada this past weekend.
The fact that 87% of Canadians now live in a province or territory led by a woman suggests that the majority of Canadians are ready to move past labels of gender, sexual orientation, color or religion, and focus instead on the qualities that make a person a good leader.
As a candidate, I remember feeling uncomfortable with questions about my gender— in particular, when I was asked about issues that matter "to women." The question itself is a reflection of ingrained stereotypes, including the age-old assumption that quality health care, education, and accessible daycare matter to women and that the economy, job creation, and a competitive tax system do not.
Yet one of the most common questions asked in the lead-up to Kathleen Wynne's victory was, "Does gender matter?"
In terms of skills? No. A good leader is a good leader. Her gender was a fact, but not a factor in her victory. And that's as it should be.
In terms of perspective? Of course.
And as a role model? Definitely.
I remember meeting a young girl when I was out on the campaign trail. When her mother explained that I was a candidate in the election, the little girl looked up at me and said, "I thought only boys did that."
Canada's women premiers are role models, and not just for girls and women—for men as well. Their skills and approaches to tackling the largest issues facing the country will challenge stereotypes about what leadership looks like. Most importantly, they have changed our perspective—it's not the picture of five women and five men premiers sitting around Canada's leadership table that is surprising, it's the picture of Canada's boardrooms, where women remain shut out of decision-making in almost half of the country's public companies.
Kathleen Wynne and her fellow women premiers have shattered the glass ceiling for women in Canadian politics. It's past time for the same to happen in business.


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A super good read if you are interested in seeing how other people work and maybe need tips to shore up your quick release dev skills.
Im going to share with you my personal game development methodology. I dont claim to have invented the worlds only system for reaching the finish line far from it. This is merely a spellbook, a toolbox filled with my own personal tips and techniques that I use to battle the demons that try to prevent me from launching a game. These demons include feature creep, all-or-nothing design, and unbounded optimism. These are tricks Ive developed in the course of succeeding where I had failed in the past.


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Reason 7 Announced Today
Reason 7 is a big leap forward with MIDI Out, allowing you to integrate your hardware gear with Reason. There's also automatic beat slicing, coming from the company that brought us Recycle you know that's going to be a great creative & corrective tool. It might be in the mixing section where the biggest overhaul has occurred, the world class console (modeled on an SSL 9000k) is now controllable from the rack, new track grouping and bussing allows you to get a handle on your mix and easily setup parallel compression. On top of that there is a spectrum analyzer and graphic EQ to let you get surgical on the mix buss and the Audiomatic Transformer to inject more mojo and analogue character into your tracks and groups.
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Since reverting back to my Catholic Faith, this is one of my favorite feasts. First of all, I am a sucker for candles and candle light. I used to make candles when I was a kid. I just love the look and feel of candlelight! Secondly, it is a feast of hope. It comes halfway between winter and spring. It gives me hope that the long cold days are almost over. Thirdly, I love the connection to Jesus through his Mother Mary. I have found this connection to be even more poignant since the loss of one of my own children. Every birth and new life is full of joys and sometimes sorrows. Even our Blessed Mother experienced this.
Below are some things I have written in years past. As a re-vert to Catholicism there are many things that I have tried to learn or re-learn on my own and I continue to learn!
Candlemas is the time of year that the garlands from Christmas are taken down, because they are dry enough to burn. I have an artificial garland but I took it down a week or so ago. It seemed kind of heavy and was collecting dust. But I do still have the garland up over the fireplace with the Christmas star still hanging because I hate putting ALL of the Christmas stuff away all at once! But I love having a symbolic, liturgical, historical, and practical reason to do so!
It's also Groundhog's Day tomorrow. A great day to watch the Bill Murray movie on Groundhog Day
I love the fact that he had as many chances as he needed to make his life meaningful and worthwhile. What a gift that was! So if you haven't seen that movie, I recommend it!
On a personal note - tomorrow is my best friend's birthday.She is always there for me, always. Happy Birthday T!
February 2 is an ancient, special day as it marks the halfway mark between the winter solctice and the spring equinox. (Which is why the other holiday - Ground Hog Day is also celebrated on this day!)
It also is a very scriptural day for all Christians. It is the 40th day after Christ's birth and the time for Mary, as a good Jewish mother, to be purified.
Chapter 12 of Leviticus is the law concerning purification of women:
And if her hand ind not sufficiency, and she is not able to offer a lamb, she shall take two turtle doves, or two yhoung pigeons, one for holocaust and another for sin; and the priest shall pray for her and so she shall be cleansed.
Note the significance again of the lamb, with Jesus as the Lamb of God.
The ceremony cleansed ceremonial uncleanness, not sin. The prescribed period before the ceremony signified that the mother was leaving a period of weakness and recuperation and utter dependence on God (The Year & Our Children: Catholic Family Celebrations for Every Season). As anyone who has ever had a baby can attest rest after childbirth is very important and I suppose one could argue even prescribed by God. Funny that our culture tends to honor the "drop that baby in the field and pick up the plow again" attitude instead of calm and rest.
All of the ceremonies before mass and during mass speak of Light, because Jesus is the light of the world, People come to mass and candles are distributed and blessed.
I love the point Mary Reed Newland makes in her book, The Year & Our Children: Catholic Family Celebrations for Every Season that the old Mass of Purifiation is an "eloquent meditation for mothers and wives, occupied so constantly with washing, whether their laundry of their children, their dishes or their floors. These are purifications. Malachias has said that Christ will purify us the same way, refining us by the fire of our trials, purifying us of self-love by the washing of our wills. He would have us in the wedding garments, clean and bright."
In the past we have had candlelight dinner for my family and used our good china as well, but this year we are more harried - our oven is broken and the kids have choir practice. Nonetheless I an having a candle blessed today and will have that lit on the table, as well as tapers in the candle holders Mr. Pete's god father made so many years ago.
I found this fascinating article on today's feast of Candlemass!
In modern life many people may not be aware that on February 2 we celebrate an ancient feast, common to the Church of both East and West, which is mentioned clearly in Leviticus and Luke.
February 2 is "Candlemas" in many churches and is the day for observing the ritual purification of Mary forty days after the birth of Jesus as well as the presentation of Jesus in the Temple in Jerusalem (see Luke 2:21-40). The day has pagan roots and was a Christian adaptation of the older practices for this midwinter festivity from which we get our "Groundhog Day." Since the presentation was also the purification of Mary (40 days after childbirth), the church developed ritual practices known as the "Churching of Women" (see additional notes at bottom of page) or "Thanksgiving of Women after Childbirth." The following is an explanation
Seven days after Christmas, January 1, is the feast of our Lord's circumcision
Thirty three days after that, February 2 is the feast of his being offered in the Temple, the purification of the Virgin Mary. So Candlemass is fourty days after the birth of Jesus.
This day also used to have great significance in the rural calendar, because the date lies half way between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, so it marks the day upon which winter is half over! . It is a time of the year which naturally forms a transition period in winter - there is a sense in which thank God we are moving on into brighter and better days.
Like many Christians festivals, including Christmas itself, Candlemas has roots which lie deep in pagan roots and an understanding of nature.
Imbolc was an important day in the Celtic calendar. (pronounced 'im'olk' also known as Oimelc) comes from an Irish word that was originally thought to mean 'in the belly' although many people translate it as 'ewe's milk' (oi-melc). As winter stores of food were getting low Imbolc rituals were performed to harness divine energy that would ensure a steady supply of food until the harvest six months later.
Like many Celtic festivals, the Imbolc celebrations centred around the lighting of fires. Fire was perhaps more important for this festival than others as it was also the holy day of Brigid (also known as Bride, Brigit, Brid), the Goddess of fire, healing and fertility. The lighting of fires celebrated the increasing power of the Sun over the coming months. For the Christian calendar, this holiday was reformed and renamed 'Candlemas' when candles are lit to remember the purification of the Virgin Mary.
As Candlemas traditions evolved, many people embraced the legend that if the sun shone on the second day of February, an animal would see its shadow and there would be at least six more weeks of winter. Bears or badgers are watched in some European countries, but the German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania found an abundance of groundhogs and late in the 19th century a few residents in Punxsutawney began celebrating the groundhog as weather prophet. So we have Groundhog Day.
You may know the rhyme
If Candlemas day be sunny and bright,
Winter again will show its might.
If Candlemas day be cloudy and grey,
Winter soon will pass away. (Fox version)
If Candlemas day be fair and bright,
Winter will have another flight.
If Candlemas day be shower and rain,
Winter is gone and will not come again. (Traditional)
But this time of year should not be a pagan festival it is a Christian feast which we celebrate and it can be traced to at least 543. The Feast of Lighted candles is mentioned by Bede and St. Eligius, who was bishop of Noyon from 640 to 648. The feast quickly became popular, the day is set aside to commemorate the presentation of Jesus Christ in the Temple of Jerusalem. Jesus has been circumcised, marking him as a member of God's chosen people, through whom world salvation was to be achieved.
The background to the passage from Luke today is seen in the Book of Leviticus Chapter 12:1.
Other interesting links for the day.
All my Candlemas Links on Diigo!


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Sunday, September 6, 2015
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23 Aug 2013 11:46:26 AM
Josh Koscheck to Motorboat the Ass of Tyron Woodley at UFC 167
("I guess, just don't play truth or dare with Rakishi is the main point of my story, Joe." Photo via MMAPro.)
It appears as if Josh Koscheck has recovered rather quickly from the undisclosed injury that forced him to pull out of his fight with Demian Maia scheduled for UFC 163. In fact, the former welterweight title challenger and "five star guy" according to Ronnie from the Jersey Shore (unconfirmed) has already been booked to face former Strikeforce welterweight title challenger Tyron Woodley at UFC 167.
It's probably the best news old Fluffin Top has heard in the better part of a year. After dropping back-to-back fights for the first time in his MMA career, many assumed that Koscheck's pairing with the win-streaking Maia was the UFC's way of putting the TUF 1 alum in a do-or-die situation. While that could still be the case for his fight with Woodley, at least Koscheck has been given a far more winnable matchup (or so it would seem). Are we insinuating that Koscheck faked an injury to duck Maia and get an easier opponent? Yes, that's exactly what we're saying.
Woodley has also seen some mixed results since transitioning the UFC back in February. After KO'ing Jay Hieron in his promotional debut at UFC 156, "The Chosen One" (whose nickname doesn't hold a candle to "The Nsane 1") was stifled by the ultimate stifler, Jake Shields, at UFC 161. It was a decision that some saw as controversial and most saw as "Oh, I was grabbing a ten dollar hoagie during that one."
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With glimmering mixed metal embellishments at front, sporty-chic sleeveless cut and a discreet comfy stretch, this bebe party dress is made for the dance floor. Try yours with a pair of strappy black heels, duster earrings and a black minaudiere.
- 96% polyester, 4% spandex
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Rated 5 out of 5 by XOXO from LOVE IT! VERY ELEGENT Ilove this dress! When I saw it on the site Ithought it was pretty but it didn't grab my attention so mucH, but then I went to the bebe store and tried to it; it shows glamour very elegent and pretty, i'ts also really detailed. You can't see it so much here I would recommend you try it on firdt. At first I had doubts about it but at the end I ended up taking it. The only thin about this dress is that it comes about 1 or 2 sizes bigger. I am 5'4 and wieght 125, I'm usaully a size small but in this dress I was xxs. Well i hope this helps!
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Kate Middleton baby rumours grow
PRINCE William fuelled rumours Kate is pregnant yesterday when he accepted a babygrow from a fan.
I made it for when his little one comes along, he's a pilot so his baby will think daddy is cool
The royal couple were touring their "dukedom" of Cambridge when they were handed the outfit.
A well-wisher had printed the words "Daddy's little co-pilot" on it.
The Duke and Duchess were on their first visit to the city since they were bestowed the titles on their wedding day last year.
Mum Samantha Hill gave RAF rescue pilot Wills the babygrow as he and Kate were mobbed by huge crowds.
Mrs Hill, 27, said: "I made it for when his little one comes along, he's a pilot so his baby will think daddy is cool.
"When I gave it to him he said: 'I'll keep that' and handed it to his aide."
The grateful Prince, 30, then showed off his skills with youngsters as he charmed new mum Tessa Davies by tickling her baby James's toes.
Miss Davies, 35, said: "My son was due on April 29, their first wedding anniversary, and I wrote to William saying congratulations ahead of the anniversary and telling him I would give my son the middle name William.
"He wrote me a lovely letter in reply, which hangs in my downstairs loo, thanking me for my support."
Kate, 30, showed off her new fringe, which reminds many fans of Princess Diana's hair.
But the Duchess admitted to having second thoughts about it when blustery weather caused her a bad-hair day.
Spectator Joanne Baldwin, 30, said: "I told her I loved her new hairstyle.
"She said: 'I'm not sure, it's a bit windy today.' I said: 'Don't worry, it looks lovely.'"
The couple mingled with fans in the street before chatting to staff at the city's famous university.
He told the crowds: "We both feel immense pride at being associated with Cambridge."
Wills' laid-back and approachable style saw him voted the most popular royal ever earlier this month.


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text: Deer Season: News News Posted 01-31-2014 Lakoskys' Labs Bone Up Lee and Tiffany trained black labs to hunt shed antlers One of the fastest growing dog sports is shed hunting. Tom Dokken introduced Lee and Tiffany to the sport and the Crush stars have found great shed success. (Courtesy PheasantsForever.org) By: Mike Suchan, OutdoorChannel.com With a little help from their best friends, the Lakoskys own a huge stack of racks. Click here to watch video of Tank's latest shed find. Tank and Mattie, Lee and Tiffany's black labs, are successful shed hunters, helping amass a collection of deer antlers 3-feet high and 3-feet deep. It wraps around their hearth for about 20 feet, and many were retrieved by their bone-loving hounds. "Tom Dokken is the sole reason that our dogs are as well-trained as they are," Tiffany said of the legendary dog trainer and owner of Dokken's Dog Supply. "Both are as obsessed with shed hunting as we are." Click image to see photos of the Lakosky's and their hunting dogs Lee first met Dokken when he was in high school. He had saved up all his money and had Dokken train his first hunting dog. Just four years ago, Dokken met with the Crush show hosts to ask if they had any interest in getting a shed dog. "We jumped on the opportunity. Little did we know what an impact that it would make on our lives," Tiffany said. "Tank will be 4 this March and he's picked up over 1,000 horns already. We then decided to get Mattie, who will be 2 this May. She's picked up well over 150 horns already." The Lakosky and labs pick up about 400 dropped antlers every season, the search beginning about this time of year. After the rut, testosterone starts to decrease and the antlers fall when it drops to a certain level, although the exact time varies with weather conditions and regions. Men have found antlers for eons, most by happenstance before a variety of critters eat them. Experienced shed hunters scour deer trails and other likely places such as thickets and fences, where antlers can be tugged or jarred free by jumps. A recent craze has been to train dogs to assist in the venture, and shed dog hunting is now considered the fastest growing dog sport. Dokken started the North American Shed Hunting Dog Association and a trainer website (www.sheddogtrainer.com). He has hosted the World Shed Dog Hunting championship at his Oak Ridge Kennels in Northfield, Minn., where Lee and Tank came away as amateur and junior division titles. "Tom has done an amazing job with our dogs and with us," Tiffany said. "He gives us the tools and instruction to ensure that our dogs are successful in the field no matter what they are hunting." It doesn't take much work to transition Tank and Mattie from retrieving pheasant, goose and duck to sniffing out and picking up sheds. "Both can change from sport to sport with just a few drills to refresh them on what's expected of them," Tiffany said. "We just got home from Arkansas duck hunting and both did great!" Obviously, they have done well finding sheds. On a trip to their Deer Camp in October, Tiffany was simply keeping the dogs attuned to antlers by playing fetch with one. With their training, Tiffany said there's not a lot of instructing while searching in the field, and their four-legged friends certainly cover much more ground than they could alone. "Basically, at this point when we are shed hunting with them, we just let them work and do their thing," she said. "We try not to overly control them and let them range as far as they would like." The Lakoskys know what's going on in their woods and when to head to the field by monitoring game cams as well as their live web cam, thecrush.tv. Lee and Tiffany will pass on their shed dog expertise at Pheasants Forever's National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic presented by MidwayUSA at Milwaukee's Wisconsin Center on Feb. 14-16. Of course, nearly everything they know they learned from Dokken, who offered Pheasants Forever online editor Anthony Hauck answers to following FAQs on how to get your bird dog in the game. Dokken said current shed dogs are mainly Labs and Golden Retrievers, but most bird dogs can become well-suited to shed hunting. "The strongest breeds are the ones that are going to pick something up," Dokken said. "Really any dog that likes to play fetch can be a shed dog. Even pointing breeds, especially those with natural retrieving instincts like German shorthaired pointers and German wirehaired pointers, can find success." Dokken said the most likely culprit when pheasant and quail dogs go bad is a lack of an offseason training regimen. "Quite frankly, a lot of people just drop the ball after hunting season," Dokken said. "Shed hunting is another way to get offseason activity, and one that's definitely different than what most bird dogs are used to." Bird dogs can easily pick up shed hunting, and in short order. "Think of it as an upland hunt, but for antlers," he said, "The dogs are using their hunting drive, their noses and working on retrieves, so it's really a way to extend the hunting season." That goes for the trainer, too. "It really feels like I'm going on a hunting trip," he said before prepping his dogs to head west to South Dakota in search of sheds this April. Fortunately, quality shed hunting can be had almost anywhere these days, including suburbia, and isn't exclusive to just whitetail deer antlers – shed dogs can also retrieve mule deer, elk and moose sheds. Asked if adding shed hunts to a dog's repertoire will ruin him for actual bird hunting, Dokken gives an emphatic "No." "Hunting for sheds doesn't mess up a bird dog, there just isn't that competition between birds and sheds," Dokken said. "The antler can never take the place of a living, breathing, good-smelling and exciting live bird." And the transition back can be seamless. The most important element is finding the time to retrain them for the next task at hand. "It's not something you need to train your dog for years to do," Dokken says, "It's simple stuff you can do at home." While Dokken runs a 12-16 week shed dog training course (www.dokkensoakridgekennels.com), he's seen dogs pick it up in a matter of weeks. Dokken recommends starting with a simple game of fetch, tossing the antler around the house, then the backyard, letting the dog have fun picking it up and bringing it back to you. "Take a command word and work it in, but make sure it's not a word you emphasize for other commands," he said. His preferred command is "find the bone." To a bird dog, a hard shed antler, unlike a soft, well-scented pheasant, typically takes some warming to. Dokken, who doesn't use treats when training dogs for upland birds or waterfowl, does use them for shed training. "A treat lets the dog know it's worth picking up," he said. One caveat as you increase the number of sheds you're hiding around the house or backyard is the scent from your own hands. "At first, dogs will key on to sheds because of the scent from your hands," he said. "You'll eventually need to eliminate that scent using rubber gloves and boots when you place the sheds." In the end, bird dogs can learn to do it all, from retrieving dinner to helping decorate your home. "For bird dogs, there really isn't a downside to shed hunting," Dokken said, "it's all upside." 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The Top7 Intelligent Communities have begun to fuse technology, culture and collaboration for economic sustainability. They have set a new course for other cities to follow.
Taichung City, Taiwan & New York, New York (PRWEB) January 23, 2014
The Intelligent Community Forum has announced the 2014 Top7 Intelligent Communities of the Year. The Top7 list includes three from Canada, two from the United States, and two from Taiwan. "This year's Top7 group is unusual in that they represent only three nations. However, they collectively are a canvas that represents our movement. Each made it to the list by demonstrating how they have begun to fuse technology, culture and collaboration for economic sustainability. They have set a new course for other cities to follow. We look forward to welcoming them to New York in June for the selection of the Intelligent Community of the Year," said Lou Zacharilla, Intelligent Community Forum co-founder as he announced the Top7 at a conference hosted in Taichung City, Taiwan, the 2013 Intelligent Community of the Year.
In alphabetical order, the 2014 Top7 Intelligent Communities are:
Arlington County, Virginia, USA, which is building its own fiber network to boost broadband service and re-energize government-business-university collaboration
Columbus, Ohio, USA, which in its recovery from the 2008 recession has 20,000 more jobs than it did at its last economic peak in 2007
Hsinchu City, Taiwan, the first city in Taiwan to implement e-learning platforms for its students and establish a science park
Kingston, Ontario, Canada, which leveraged its educational institutions to build an innovation economy focused on environmental sustainability
New Taipei City, Taiwan, a new city forged from communities surrounding the nation's capital, which is creating a unified and dynamic knowledge economy
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with a renowned waterfront development that will provide Internet at 500 times the speed of conventional residential networks
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where reinvention of its agricultural legacy is creating strong growth while preserving a valued heritage
Study after study notes that cities all over the globe need solutions to a wide range of problems from transportation and the environment to economic growth and education. Intelligent Communities provide solutions.
In order to qualify to become a Top7 Intelligent Community, these cities and regions first needed to become an Intelligent Community Forum Smart21 Intelligent Community. The Smart21, named in October 2013 were chosen from hundreds of evaluated communities from around the world.
Candidates are evaluated based on the five Intelligent Community Indicators, which provide the conceptual framework for understanding all of the factors that determine a community's competitiveness and point to its success in the broadband economy. In addition, the Intelligent Community Awards Program is guided by this year's theme, Community as Canvas, that looks at three specific aspects of culture: as art and craftwork with both economic and social value, as heritage that gives a place its identity, and as attitudes arising from that heritage that determine how people react to change. The Intelligent Community Forum released a white paper discussing the theme, which can be downloaded here.
The Intelligent Community Forum Awards Program concludes in New York City in June 2014 during the Intelligent Community Forum's Annual Summit, where one of the Top7 Intelligent Communities will succeed Taichung City, Taiwan, as 2014 Intelligent Community of the Year.
NOTE: A broadcast quality video of the Top7 Intelligent Communities of 2014 is available on YouTube.
The following is a summary of the outstanding features of the 2014 Top7 Intelligent Communities:
Arlington County, Virginia, USA. Making its second appearance on the Top7 list, Arlington County is the smallest self-governing county in the U.S., Arlington is also one of its most densely populated, most diverse and most livable. Livability is a product of forward-looking planning during the 1980s, when the county successfully lobbied for an underground Metrorail line to connect with an existing commercial corridor rather than a less costly route along a future interstate highway. High-density economic growth took place around Metrorail stations, leaving quiet residential neighborhoods and 1,100 acres of parks and open space beyond. Bordering Washington DC, of which it was once part, Arlington County has a highly educated population (69% have a university degree) and a public school system (ranked in the top 1% nationwide), where students hail from 126 countries and speak nearly 100 languages.
But the county faces significant challenges to its future. Decisions by the U.S. Department of Defense will move 13,000 jobs out of the county over the next several years. Expansion of the Metrorail system will put the county into competition with cities farther from Washington that offer more attractive commercial rents. Arlington has found that its dynamic population is also a transitory one. The highly mobile workforce makes workforce retention difficult and creates obstacles to maintaining the spirit of volunteerism and collaboration that has underpinned the county's success.
To combat these challenges, Arlington is doubling down. Dissatisfied with private-sector carriers that have met its past needs, the county is developing its own fiber network to leapfrog current broadband capacity. Government-business-university collaboration has been critical to its innovation economy; the county is now reaching out to Latin business owners to more closely connect their energy and entrepreneurship to the mainstream culture. It is taking its community engagement out of the meeting hall and putting it online and mobile. A new "Yellow Button" iPhone app asks citizens to weigh in on public issues anywhere at any time. And a new round of master planning is promoting redevelopment of commercial centers to forge a better balance of residents and workers and create dynamic neighborhoods attractive to innovators and leading-edge businesses. Through an Arts Incubator program, the county has doubled the number of arts organizations, further increasing its lifestyle advantage.
Columbus, Ohio, USA. Making its second appearance on the Top7 list the capital of the state of Ohio, Columbus combines great strengths with significant challenges. It is the home of two multi-billion-dollar institutions: Ohio State University (OSU), one of America's largest research universities, and Battelle, the world's biggest private research institute. Fifteen of America's largest companies make their home there, as do award-winning museums, science centers and libraries. Multiple commercial broadband providers serve the metropolitan area, and public-sector networks provide government and academia with even more advanced capabilities. In 2013, US employment was still 25% down from the previous high, but Columbus had 20,000 more jobs than at the last economic peak.
OSU lags nearly all of its peers in commercialization income and patents per research dollar. The city has a large low-income population stranded by the decline of manufacturing employment and ranks 46th out of the 50 largest American cities for upward social mobility. Per-capita income has declined over the past decade and unemployment, while below the US average, is a fact of life for too many citizens, while companies struggle to find properly qualified workers to fill open positions.
Attacking these challenges through broad and deep collaboration has been the priority of Mayor Michael Coleman. Programs include the Columbus Partnership, an association of the CEOs of the city's largest organizations. It develops strategy and engages stakeholders in civic improvement projects from downtown development to education and healthcare. Another partnership, TechColumbus, offers startup acceleration, business mentoring, seed funding and capital attraction. OSU has a US$35 million venture fund, raised jointly with Ohio University, to turn research successes into new companies.
The city's Capital Kids program provides after-school digital literacy programs for students K-12, and APPS works to give at-risk youth positive alternatives to being on the street. A Brookings Institution study identified Columbus as one of the few American cities whose population of young college graduates increased from 2007 to 2009. Over the last decade, the city has seen a 30% decline in low-skilled manufacturing employment but a 36% increase in higher-skilled education and healthcare employment.
Hsinchu City, Taiwan. This is the first appearance for Hsinchu City on the Top7 list. In 1980, Taiwan's National Science Council set up the nation's first science park in Hsinchu City, as a means to create a domestic high-tech industry. Today, the 500 companies in Hsinchu Science Park employ 150,000 people and generate US$16.6 billion in total revenue. More than 10% of those companies are spin-outs from one of Hsinchu's many universities and research institutes. The 2008-09 financial crisis hit the Park hard as demand slackened for the semiconductors its companies produced. Leading companies like TSMC, UMS, Acer and Chimei Innolux shifted investment into higher-value products and services. These steps led to employment growth of 11% and production growth of 25% from 2006 to 2011, leaving Hsinchu with a 2012 unemployment rate of just 4.2 percent.
Today, under Mayor Hsu Ming-Tsai, the city's challenge is to translate economic success into civic success: to make Hsinchu City a sustainable Intelligent Community with a high quality of life, where innovation is a part of its people's daily lives. Government and business are pursuing the goal on multiple fronts. Global Mobile Corp, the dominant wireless provider, has extended 4G wireless to 97% of the city, while Chungwha Telecom has made 100 Mbps fiber service available to 64% of residents as part of the national M-Taiwan program. Digital education has gone mainstream. The city was the first in Taiwan to implement e-learning platforms – the e-Book Schoolbag and e-Book Reader – which now reach nearly 60 schools. A new cloud-based English teaching platform was launched in 2012 to help students learn the international language of business in school and at home.
Hsinchu City government has put a smart card into the hands of 120,000 residents that lets them take the bus, pay parking fees, borrow library books, shop and receive discounts from more than 30 participating vendors. Data collected from users is helping the city adjust bus schedules and measure how efficiently services are delivered across Hsinchu. City government has also launched an Intelligent City Project Office, which is promoting initiatives like the smart card to involve citizens closely in the city's continued transformation. In December 2013, the city gained the top rank in a "Better Life Index" published by Kainan University based on economic, social educational and citizen participation measures.
Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Making its first appearance on the Top7 list, Kingston is one of Canada's oldest cities, founded at a strategic intersection of lakes and rivers, with an historic waterfront and an employer base of Federal and Provincial agencies that attracts more government grants per capita than any other city in the nation. It is ranked as one of Canada's best places to live and a connected city, thanks to deployment of an open-access community broadband network supplemented with investment in the Eastern Ontario Regional Network bringing 10 Mbps service to rural neighborhoods. More than 90% of Kingstonians now subscribe to broadband. But the economy's heavy dependence on public sector spending makes Kingston vulnerable to decisions made far away, and local government has developed a multi-faceted strategy to diversify its economy while maintaining the culture and quality of life that residents treasure.
It is aided in this undertaking by the presence of Queen's University, a top 10 research institution according to Research Info Source in 2013, and St. Lawrence College, an institution with schools of business, computer and engineering technology, health sciences and skilled trades. Queen's University founded an office in 1987, called PARTEQ Innovations, to identify intellectual property and support its commercialization. PARTEQ went on to build Innovation Park, where academic, business and government researchers work to pioneer new technologies and bring them to market.
The public, business, education and government have rallied around a goal to make environmental sustainability the focus of innovation. Local government launched a community planning process that resulted in Sustainable Kingston, a plan that gave rise to a nonprofit of the same name. As a result, most research and commercialization focuses on greentech and cleantech, from the Federal GreenCentre Canada research lab to a Fuel Cell Research Centre and High-Performance Virtual Computing Lab. In addition to sustainability, the city launched a Kingston Culture Plan in 2010 to increase the impact of the city's already sizeable arts and culture economy, both for its own economic value and its attractiveness to creative professionals. City leaders see these efforts as steps in social transformation, helping a community that is already satisfied with its lot in life to seize the vast potential of the broadband economy.
New Taipei City, Taiwan. Making its first appearance on the Top7 list New Taipei City (NTPC) became the nation's most populous city with its official creation in December 2010. Previously, it was a county surrounding the capital city of Taipei, and its geography and history pose special challenges. NTPC sprawls across the northern tip of Taiwan, with a large hole in its center occupied by the capital. For most of its history, it served as a mix of bedroom community and industrial zone for the capital, which meant that transportation networks, economic ties and governance focused on flows into and out of the center. 80% of its population was not born in NTPC and consists of a wildly diverse group of aboriginal Taiwanese, immigrants from mainland China and other Taiwanese cities, and residents from 120 countries.
Under Mayor Chu, NTPC has worked to unify the new city and create a dynamic economy distinct from that of the capital. Massive investments in transportation are creating highways and transit lines that connect the city's 29 districts and more than 1,000 villages. This is paralleled by communications deployment. The NTPC government has collaborated with telecom and cable TV companies to make ADSL available to 99% of the population while speeds of up to 60 Mbps are available to 94% and 4G WiMax reaches 85%. A network of 12,500 WiFi hotspots provides free service from locations throughout the city.
Taiwan is a land of industrial parks, and NTPC's government has succeeded in attracting nearly US$10 billion of investment in eight developments focused on such growth areas as ICT, digital media, biotech, green energy and logistics. More than 3,000 precision manufacturers represent an industry output exceeding US$30 billion. Complementing this physical infrastructure of innovation, the city has promoted the growth of cloud computing both as an industry sector and a solution for government and business. A wide range of cloud-based apps provides services to citizens and paperless processes for government agencies. A Money Cloud Program provides SMEs with shared access to IT services to reduce their overhead and increase competitiveness. A Big Data program for police has led to a 40% reduction in crime and improved response time. While making ever more efficient use of resources, NTPC is also forging ties that bind this diverse region into a unified whole.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Making its third appearance as a Top7 community Toronto has both the assets and the liabilities that come with being Canada's largest city. On the asset side is its diverse economy, with key clusters in finance, media, ICT and film production, and success as a magnet for immigrants that have made it one of the most multicultural cities in the world. Major carriers offer high-quality broadband to 100% of residents, and its five major universities and multiple colleges have attracted 400,000 students and helped ensure that Toronto has more residents with undergraduate degrees that London.
Toronto's challenges include having the highest cost of living in Canada and transportation gridlock that gives residents of the Greater Toronto Area the world's longest average commute times. These factors have contributed to the success of suburbs in attracting new and existing businesses.
To reverse this trend, Toronto is doubling down on the value of a dense, superbly equipped and culturally rich urban experience. The centerpiece is Waterfront Toronto, North America's largest urban renewal project, with 40,000 residential units, parks and one million square meters of commercial space designed to the highest environmental standards. Offering 1 Gbps fiber-based broadband– provided at no cost to the 10% of housing set aside for low-income residents – the Waterfront is expected to offer a home to 40,000 new jobs focused on knowledge industries. Early commercial tenants include the Corus Entertainment and the George Brown College Health Sciences campus.
Though impressive in size and scale, the Waterfront is only the most visible of many public–private collaborations through which the city is pursuing an ICT-powered future. The MaRS Discovery District and the Ryerson University Digital Media Zone gives entrepreneurs space and services to move great ideas to commercial success The Centre for Social Innovation does the same for social innovators and its successful model has led to operations across four locations in two countries.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Making its first appearance on the Top7 list Winnipeg is located at the midpoint between Canada's East and West Coasts. Winnipeg is the capital of a province rich in agricultural and natural resources. In the 21st Century, the city is pursuing economic growth by better connecting industry and education, while better equipping its large aboriginal population for opportunity. Winnipeg has formed partnerships linking employers like Canadian Tire to the University of Winnipeg, an ICT association and other public-private groups to improve the supply of skilled employees.
The Composite Innovation Centre (CIC), a public-private R&D organization, has developed high-performance composites based on agricultural materials such as hemp and flax, which reduces costs for employers like Boeing and Magellan Aerospace. CIC's success has led to the creation of a national consortium, Canadian Composites Manufacturing R&D, to conduct pre-competitive R&D for multiple companies. CIC also has a training program that gives Winnipeg students on-the-job experience.
The Digital Voices Project originated at Winnipeg's largest secondary school. Oral storytelling is a vital part of aboriginal culture in Manitoba, and the Project provides students with digital skills training. The University has established a drop-in facility for inner-city residents, where visitors benefit from free computer access as well as academic, traditional language and homework help programs. This supplements the free Internet access and ICT workshops available throughout the Winnipeg library system.
Among Winnipeg's most innovative developments for its First Nations residents is the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), the first national aboriginal TV network and a social media offshoot, APTN Digital Drum, allows aboriginal youth to express their cultural identity and connect with each other.
Home to North America's oldest ballet company, Winnipeg has a thriving arts and culture scene. An independent film from two Winnipeggers, Indie Game: The Movie, won awards at the Sundance Festival and was a New York Times Critic's Pick. Funded on Kickstarter, it tells the inside story of the creation of a video game. In its funding, development and ultimate success, the film is a symbol of Winnipeg's ambitions and achievement.
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"I want to bring awareness that people commute on bikes and it's a normal activity and should be more embraced by people in Los Angeles," said Tom Smuts, a writer and producer on "Mad Men," who left his Santa Monica home at 1 p.m. for the 17-mile journey to Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles on his bicycle.
Smuts wore a "functional" outfit made up of a blue blazer and jeans that he said allowed him to ride and walk the red carpet.
"It's stretchy and cool, and has lots of pockets, but also looks cool, I hope," he said. The outfit was completed with a bike helmet.


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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kansas City, Kan., mayor Joe Reardon has been honored by his peers as 2012 Kansas Mayor of the Year.
Reardon received the award from the Kansas Mayors Association this week at the League of Kansas Municipalities annual conference in Topeka.
Among the accomplishments credited to Reardon is the opening of the Hollywood Casino, construction of a Cerner development at Village West and the city's selection as the first site for Google Fiber after a nationwide search by the company.
Reardon comes from a long line of public servants. His father, Jack, served three terms as mayor of Kansas City, Kan., and his uncle, Bill Reardon, served 30 years in the Kansas Legislature.


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Note: I made a correction to my fresh plant tincture example in the last paragraph of the Standard method section, that should have been 10 ounces not 25. Thanks for spotting that, Susan!
To make a tincture, you need only a few ingredients: an herb, a menstruum and a container with airtight top. Optionally you might want a three beam scale and a glass measuring cup. Some herbalists like to have all kinds of fancy stuff, like beakers, industrial grinders and tiny funnels (very nice to have). I have a weird menagerie of tools that include a turkey baster, several different sized funnels and some chopsticks but I keep it pretty simple. Tincture presses can also be nice, but they are another subject for another post.
Processing the Plant
For fresh plants, just chop it up good first. For dry plants with leaf or flower matter, chopping is easy too. For roots, they usually come cut and sifted if you buy them commercially. If you harvest your own roots, you should remember to chop them up when they're fresh if you know they're going to get hard (like Redroot, which is herbal steel when dried). Some people insist that you must grind your dried herbs to coarse powder before tincturing to expose more surface area, but I don't like ground up herbs much, and they get powdery stuff in your tincture that can be annoying to get out. It all depends on how precise you need/want to be. Being a folk herbalist, don't see/fee much need to get too worried about it. My tinctures work as well or better than most commercial tinctures I've bought.
Simpler's Method for Fresh Plant Tinctures
This is the easiest method and probably one of the most common for folk herbalists. Basically, you fill a jar with chopped fresh plant matter, then you cover it with alcohol of some kind (whiskey, rum, brandy, vodka etc depending on who you learned from and what part of the world/country you're from). Cover it with an airtight lid, let sit for 2-6 weeks and then decant, reserving the liquid. It's that easy.
I know that there's a method of preparing dry plant tinctures this way too, but I only learned with fresh plants.
Standard Method for Fresh and Dry Plant Tinctures
This method is a bit more exacting. You don't have to do it this way, but it's useful if you're working with a new plant or one with delicate constituents that you want to be sure to extract. And if you happen to enjoy math, then it can be kind of fun too. I like playing with the scale, but I usually do an herb by the book one time and then approximate the next time.
Now, glance at a basic herbal. They will tell you that you will use a ratio of 1:2 for fresh plant tinctures and (usually) a ratio of 1:5 for a dry plant tincture. It's generally accepted in Western herbal medicine that it is most ideal to use 95% alcohol for fresh plant tinctures and varying percentages (with an average of 50%-65%) for dry plant tinctures depending on the constituents in the plant and the kind of medicine you want to make.
So, what exactly do these ratios mean anyway? They are weight of herb to volume of menstruum. That means that if you are preparing a dry plant tincture with a 1:5 ratio, and you have 1 ounce (by weight) of dried herb, you'll want five ounces (by volume, in your glass measuring cup) of menstruum (alcohol or alcohol/water). If you are preparing a fresh plant tincture at a 1:2 ratio and you have 5 ounces (by weight) of fresh herb then you will need 10 ounces (by volume) of mentruum.
It's easy to get confused by this in the beginning, and think they mean something like filling your jar a fifth of the way up with herb and filling it all the way up with alcohol/water. I've seen/heard that quite often, and remember being confused by it myself when I was younger.
Another issue is mass of plant to weight of plant. Some herbs are rather bulky and fluffy and very very light. Trying to smush enough herb into the jar to get the proper ratio can be mind boggling and sometimes impossible. If that happens, you have two basic choices: learn to percolate or just get over it. I'm not really excited about the math of percolation, so I usually smush as much as I can in and then just see how it works out. So far so good, and haven't made an inert or uselessly weak tincture yet.
Step by Step
So, here's a step by step tincture. You have some dried Yerba Mansa root and you want to make a tincture. This is what you can do:
1) Weigh the Yerba Mansa and discover you have about two ounces.
2) Look up or mentally note that dried Yerba Mansa makes a good tincture at a 1:5 ration and 60% alcohol.
3) Measure out ten ounces of menstruum (60% alcohol and 40% water) in a measuring cup.
4) Place plant matter (you can bang it around in a mortar and pestle too if you think it needs to be broken down more) in suitably sized jar (you want to avoid have much air space in the bottle when everything's in).
5) Pour alcohol over plant matter.
6) Seal jar with airtight lid.
7) Store in cool, dark place for two to six weeks. I have variously decanted an herb at three weeks and once, two years later. Both tinctures worked well 🙂
8 ) Being a dried plant, shake once every day or so. Fresh plants when tinctured with a high percentage of alcohol do not need to be shaken, they will simply be automatically deprive of all of their liquid bits by the alcohol.
9) At the end of the designated time, decant (and squeeze squeeze squeeze all the tincture out of the plants) and reserve the liquid.
10) Store in an airtight container in a dark, cool place. Don't open unless you need to as air exposure seems to speed up breakdown time. And don't forget the LABEL, where you want to include what the plant is, usually both botanical and common names when you're first starting out so you're not confused later on because you only used some obscure folk name found in a book and now you don't know what it is. You'll also want ration, alcohol percentage, date you began the tincture, and perhaps date/location of harvesting. If you didn't harvest it yourself, then the name of the place/date you bought it.
So there you have it, a fully functional and very useful tincture. There are further variables of course, like if you're using an herb with lots of tannins you might want to add some (usually 10%) glycerine to the menstruum in order to enhance extraction and avoid precipitations of said tannins. Or you could also add an herbal honey for flavor and medicinal value and so on. There's also various exceptions for the standard ratios like doing a fresh plant tincture of Lobelia at 1:4 instead of 1:2.
I love medicine making, and I value simplicity and straight-forwardness a great deal, so I keep my medicines basic for the most part. I only tincture one plant at a time (with rare exceptions), I don't use percolation (there's nothing wrong with it of course, I just haven't gone there) and I'm not real concerned about things like fluid extracts or other super concentrated forms of medicine. I like herbal baths, simple tinctures, teas, decoctions, honeys, vinegars, oils/salves, nourishing infusions and FOOD as medicine. For me, good medicine is about integration and our individual journey towards wholeness. Healing should happen on every level and in every aspect of our lives. It's not relegated to just a dropperful of tincture in the morning or a couple of capsules with lunch, it's in every motion and word. Our intent to heal -to be well and whole- is most effective when it permeates each and every moment.
32 Responses to "An Introduction to Tinctures"
Yay! I guide to tinctures just for me! How does it make things different to use different alcohols?
I am a neophyte and have just started making tinctures, which I am loving. If I have a tincture and do not have the fresh or dried plant at this time, can I make salves/ointments using the tincture? Is the finished quality of the product made, good or just adequate, using the tincture?
Thanks, Bev
Hi Kiva,
I am a little confused where you mention this step (3) Measure out ten ounces of menstruum (60% alcohol and 40% water) in a measuring cup.) If you are using a 40% alcohol then it is 80 proof (Ithink) and 20% of its water (again i think) so are you using a 120 proof alcohol and then adding 40% water or are you using a 30% alcohol and adding some water over and above the water thats in the alcohol. I so APOLOGIZE if I am making this more difficult than it should be.
I am also interested on why it is different for the fresh lobelia tincture (I am very interested in making that one in the future.)
Thanks for the info! I didn't have anything special in mind. My first project is assembling a herbal First Aid Kit. Am unsure where to go from there, since our family is very healthy (so far!). If I feel like I am coming down with a cold, I just take my echinacea tincture and the cold never comes to fruition. 🙂
I just tinctured some fresh Motherwort but it has lots of thorns on it. Does this mean my tincture will not be as strong? Should I just let it tincture longer? What is the difference between the energetics of the herb with or without the thorns? Thanks!
Hi there,
I have a question regarding the alcohol used.
Does the alcohol have to be a grain-based alcohol? Can you make/distil your own Vodka which would be suitable to use?
I like Thyme tincture….I have been making it in the past with Raw Apple Cider Vinegar. I would like to make it with alcohol. Can I use Everclear for this? Do I have to add water or can I just macerate the Thyme in the Everclear? I use dried Thyme. Thank you.
Forgot to ask, what do you recommend so far as ratio for dried Thyme? (Thymus Vugaris)
I went to the SWSBM but i couldnt find it. I read what you said about the Everclear, but I am not sure I understand. Please forgive my ignorance.
Beautiful and informative site. So glad to have found it. I have a question that has been almost impossible for me to find the answer to. I am trying to find an herb grinder/pulverizer that is suitable for grinding herbal barks and roots and might also pulverize same. A coffee bean grinder and a food mill doesn't work. It has to be heavy duty enough to do small amounts of bark and roots too.
Was hoping that you with your wisdom of herbs could advise me.
Thanking you in advance.
I make my tinctures with the alcohol, but it has come to my attention that some people are sensitive to the it. What would be the proportions of using vegetable glyceryn and/or can you use both alcohol and glycerin together.
Here in NY, Everclear is not available for sale, but I was able to talk to the liquor store owner who's wife orders me a vodka at 120% proof called Devil Hills or something like that. They don't normally carry it but have found that there are people like myself who make herbal tinctures. It costs less than the brand name vodkas on the shelf.
My bad, I meant 120 proof. I agree, I personally don't care to use glycerine and would prefer to use the alcohol. I've tried the organic apple cider vinegar, which is an acquired taste to say the least. Also the teas, but you can't match the strength of a tincture.
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hi, i started an apple cider( raw) tincture but didnt put it in an air tigh container. i left it in my other house and will see if any mold grew on it. does it have to be air tight? thankyou
Hi, I started a dandelion root tincture last week, the simplers way, with 80 proof vodka. The tincture looks kind of cloudy to me, is this normal? I would hate to have to throw it away, it is very time consuming digging all those roots!
hi kiva-
question on my echinacea tincture, when shaken it has the hints of a cloudyness to it. It sat for a week w/ only 1/2 amt of alcohol till i purchased more. there does look like there are a few vermiculite pieces in there…not sure..what do you think..goddess of the gila?
This is a pretty old post, but I have a burning question about the simplers method. If a formula recipe includes 4 parts dried red clover, 2 parts dried burdock root, 1/2 part milk thistle seed and you use volume measurements (1 part being 1 cup, lets say) you would have much more burdock by weight than red clover. If the intent of the recipe was to have more red clover than burdock then using volume measurements doesn't seem like it would work. You have more red clover by volume, but certainly not by weight. If you did the same recipe by weight (1 oz being 1 part), you would have a much greater volume of red clover, and a a very small volume of burdock. Do you get my meaning? I've never seen this problem mentioned when it comes to choosing your device of measurement using the simplers method. Only consistency throughout the recipe is mentioned. But the same recipe using two different measuring tools would be vastly different. What to do???
Thank you so much, for sharing your experiences with herbs, I am attempting my first batch of yerba mansa tincture, and info is really helpful.
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05 August 2011|
Richard Arcilla of Closter, New Jersey is no stranger to Greek mythology. Similar to Helios and his chariot pulled by fiery steeds, Arcilla chose this yellow Honda S2000 as his vehicle. It all began during Richard's high school years when he first spotted the then new roadster from Honda. As Arcilla puts it, "the car has a timeless look to it" and he had to have it, so the goal was set.
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One of the events I enjoyed most as a parish priest was First Communion liturgies. I always preached vigorously on the awesome wonder of Christ being our Food from heaven, fulfilling our deepest longings.
Each year our parish provided each family with a video of the First Communion Mass. One year, the music that the company we hired placed on the video was "The Greatest Love of All." It played as scenes of each of the children and their families were shown.
The lyrics of the song are as follows:
I believe the children are our are future Teach them well and let them lead the way Show them all the beauty they possess inside Give them a sense of pride to make it easierLet the children's laughter remind us how we used to be Everybody searching for a hero People need someone to look up to I never found anyone to fulfill my needs A lonely place to be So I learned to depend on me
[Chorus:]I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadows If I fail, if I succeed At least I live as I believe No matter what they take from me They can't take away my dignity Because the greatest love of all Is happening to me I found the greatest love of all Inside of me The greatest love of all Is easy to achieve Learning to love yourself It is the greatest love of all
The song is a beautiful song, and there's much in it to agree with. We have to foster healthy self-esteem in the hearts and minds of our children, because we know the evils that result when children lack a sense of their own dignity.
But I felt compelled, after the video came out, to point out in a Sunday homily that there are some key ways in which the song contradicts what we believe. For saying this, I was severely criticized by some of the parishioners. But you be the judge.
"I never found anyone to fulfill my needs…So I learned to depend on me." This is being sung as backdrop to a video in which the children receive the One who fulfills all our needs, the One on whom alone we are to depend and who is totally dependable.
"I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadows." But Communion is about union with Jesus, about walking in his shadow, in his light, in his will and in his truth.
"At least I live as I believe." Communion is about living as Christ teaches. Our beliefs are to conform to his teachings.
"Learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all." No, it's not. Learning to love the Lord is the greatest love of all, a love by which we sacrifice ourselves and give ourselves away for others – just as Jesus does in the Eucharist.
It's OK to like the song. But let's at least be aware of what is and isn't our Faith.


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The National Right to Life Committee will honor the director of Priests for Life tonight by presenting him with the Proudly Pro-Life Award. This is the most prestigious award in the pro-life movement in the United States.
A key aspect of the evening will be to remember the late Cardinal John O'Connor, a hero to pro-life people everywhere, and a mentor to Fr. Pavone. Cardinal O'Connor ordained Fr. Pavone to the priesthood, and also gave him the authorization to become the first full-time director of Priests for Life. A special video tribute to the Cardinal will be shown at the banquet, and Fr. Pavone will express special thanks for the leadership of the Cardinal.
Fr. Pavone will also express gratitude to the United States bishops for their leadership on the abortion issue. In particular, their teaching about the responsibilities of Catholics in the voting booth to build the Culture of Life, as expressed in the 1998 document "Living the Gospel of Life," has been a centerpiece of the educational efforts of Priests for Life to help people prepare for the elections of last year. The work of Priests for Life in that election is one of the reasons that this award is being given to Fr. Pavone tonight.


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cum Phillippus Macedonum rex ab inimico necatus esset, regnum obtinuit Alexander filius eius, iuvenis tum vigniti annos natus. hic statim in pericula maxima venit: gentes enim a Phillippo victae sperabant se rebellione facta libertatem suam facile recuperaturas esse.Alexander autem tam celeriter in hostium terram profectus est ut nemo resistere posset et omnes sine proelia eum victorem salutarent.
When King Phillip of the Macedonians had been killed by the enemy, his son Alexander took over the kingdom, then a young man and 20 years old. Immediately this man came into great danger: the people by Phillip were themselves hoping for victories by rebellion, making it easy to get back their freedom. However Alexander quickly set out into enimy ground so that no-one was able to resiste and they would all great his victories without battle.