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|Realistic Concertmate 650
|Casio Sampling Keyboard Index
There is an episode of "Arthur" (cartoon) on PBS where the intermission in the middle has some little kid jamming on one of these. It was pretty funny to hear my 3 year old daughter: "Daddy, he's playing one of your keyboards!" and she was dead on right :)
Tony Mason www.tonymason.com 05/13/2002 12:41
I have seen it is similar to sk 5. if it has the same functions send, me a mail to email@example.com.
or hildegcleer.yahoo.com.mx.
I want to know the price and how to buy it
hildegardo avila [hilde78-AT-latinmail.com] 07/10/2002 06:49
deseo conocer las condiciones para comprar un piano de est referencia.
Manuel Acuña [dacuna65-AT-hotmail.com] 11/09/2002 03:56
quiero comprar un piano casio sk 5 o realistic Concertmate 650 a buen precio gracias
tomas redondo [towil_mini_tk-AT-hotmail.com] 12/22/2003 06:20
quiero comprar un piano casio de esta clase. Envíenme respuesta pronto.
alvaro romero [alvis31-AT-latinmail.com] 02/12/2004 02:02
I have one of these it's in verry good condition but it is just missing the E flat key that some how my son mannaged to take out, but other than that it is good I had it for 19 years. I'm just trying to find the sheet music books for it now, we moved so many time's I lost all the books for it :) .
flora [tigerstar1-AT-verizon.net] 08/03/2004 10:36
hey i have one of these...i found it my grand mothers attic it still has the box and everything
Dylan [shroombloomer-AT-aol.com] 10/13/2004 10:00
Just acquired one of these little gems at a flea market. Seems to work fine, but no manual/instructions.
Anyone willing to share, please, or just give me some direction on where to go for operational info?
Claudia [sci_fizer-AT-yahoo.com] 11/06/2004 08:08
Apologies and thanks~ all at the same bumfuzzled time!
All I had to do was look down the page 2" and find the index, then the manual.
Thank you, thank you. This is great!
Claudia [sci_fizer-AT-yahoo.com] 11/06/2004 08:37
I have now the Concertmate 650 in my possession. In the 80's I had the SK1 and SK5 and also the SK200. I like this little machines very much, easy in use and do a lot for the money I'd pay.
Jos Lieffering [phochos.jos-AT-hetnet.nl] www.orionrecords.nl 11/27/2004 09:19
anyone can send me the manual please? i haven't found it
the k [brahim59650-AT-voila.fr] 01/27/2005 01:56
I found a Realistic Concertmate-660, Catalog # 42-4009, Radio Shack a Tandy Corp. I haven't been able to find any information on it although I do for the 500, 650, and 800. Any answers to why? Like new condition.
Jackie [Ontheotherhalf-AT-aol.com] 03/12/2005 12:22
We just recently found out that my band's guitarist has been using one of these things to play keyboards on and now we're just saving up some money to get this bugger bent. >:D
Jim Wicked [null-AT-nullmusic.com] http://www.null-music.com 04/23/2005 03:56
looking for princiss lucy
raverezcd7 [ralvarezrvp-AT-netzero.com] 04/28/2005 02:55
I am looking for a manual for a Realiatic Concertmate 660. I am unable to find one anywhere. Please drop an e-mail if possible, if amnybody out there has one. Thank you for any assistance even as to where to look. firstname.lastname@example.com
Gail Olthuis [gail.olthuis-AT-sympatico.ca] 02/05/2006 09:37
Yes I have a manual for the Concertmate-660 Keyboard. If you still need it
I could copy it and send it to you.
L. N. Lewis
Lloyd Lewis [budnorth-AT-att.net] 05/11/2006 12:23
I am trying to locate a manual for my mother for a realistic Concertmate-670 Keyboard. Stock #42-4012. If anyone has one it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
A Murray [amurray1-AT-tru.eastlink.ca] 06/03/2006 07:28
I have a realistic Concertmate -1000M which I have no instructions for, can anyone help?
Liz Watson [lizimpey-AT-ntlworld.com] 07/16/2006 07:53
im want to buy this great piano sk-5 or the concermate 650 , they both the same please anyone looking to sell please email me at email@example.com so i could use it in my studio and in my system that i got over sea.... thank you
DArio JR [crazzyd87-AT-aol.com] 10/04/2006 09:07
i really need a manual for a concertmate 670 asap thanks
wolfie [the1956wolfie-AT-hotmail.com] 01/10/2007 03:32
i have for sell a concermate 650 and casio sk1 great conditions my email is firstname.lastname@example.com
joan m. rivera [riverajoan-AT-hotmail.com] 05/08/2007 12:07
Hi, I am also looking for the manual for a Concertmate 670 Keyboard. THANKS!
Judy [mainah24-AT-verizon.net] 05/27/2007 01:22
I want to buy a Realistic Concertmate 500 keyboard. The one I had was very useful, but it died a heroic death. Can anybody help?
Warren Reid [ann.reid-AT-efsnet.ca] 06/15/2007 03:29
I have Concertmate keyboard for sale.in good condition,email me if interested
susan wood [susan_wood_1-AT-yahoo.com] 09/03/2007 08:19
I have a concertmate 690 and need a copy of the manual. Anyone interesting in e-mailing a copy to me? Thanks.
Jim Mack [jmcconico06-AT-yahoo.com] 10/19/2007 01:58
i also bought a concertmate!!! i liked it but i can use a manual so i have the same question as jim here.....
thanks anyways!! x
Caroline Duchateau [caro.duchateau-AT-hotmail.com] www.myspace.com/animacapera 11/25/2007 01:22
I just bought a Concertmate 660 for my elderly father and looking for a user manual. Anyone know of a link to a pdf file? Cheers, all!
Dexter O'Rielly [briohill-AT-shaw.ca] 12/08/2007 11:54
hola sor fernando de santa marta colombia y estoy interasado en casio sk5 o concert 650 por favor llamar y preguntar por fernando ortiz cel 3116499412 o tel 4205781 pago bien
fernando [orfer05-AT-hotmail.com] 12/29/2007 02:32
Do you know in Hong Kong where can buy Realistic Concertmate? My old one broken in move home. Please advice
Jojo [mk_hkg-AT-yahoo.com] 03/28/2008 11:46
I have for sell a concermate 650 and casio sk1 great conditions my email is email@example.com
JOAN RIVERA [riverajoan-AT-hotmail.com] 03/30/2008 06:44
I am looking for where to get the concermate 660 and any form of casio. Please let me know.
David Newton
Mr. David K. Newtom [dkay212-AT-gmail.com] 04/16/2008 05:17
I have a realistic concertmate 660 for sale for $75. Seems to work fine but don't know alot about them.
email me if interested.
kim [kimsklassifieds-AT-yahoo.com] 03/18/2009 04:37
I am looking for the manual for the Concertmate 670. Please contact me if you know where I may find the manual.
Donna Mae Gildart [gildart40-AT-yahoo.com] 09/20/2009 08:04
I am looking for a fealistic concertmate 670 user's manal or can anyone let me know how to obtain one?
Brenda [dixiemum-AT-yahoo.com] 01/21/2010 04:13
Can anyone tell me where I can find a user manual for a Realistic Concertmate 670 keyboard? I obtained a used one for my grandson; however, it did not include the manual. Thanks!
Arda Blevins [arda-AT-gohighspeed.com] 04/03/2010 01:46
I'm looking for a manual for the Realistic Concertmate 660. Does anyone have one?
Ginny [ginnlee4-AT-roadrunner.com] 04/06/2010 06:05
Can someone tell me what a concertmate 660 thats in very good shape goes for..I love them and have a chance to purchase one.And also what year they were made.thnx
Scott [sphelps75-AT-yahoo.com] 07/27/2010 04:03
I also acquired a Concertmate-660 with no manual. If anyone has one could you copy it and send it to my e-mail. I would be so grateful. I am just trying to learn keyboard. Or is there a manual available on the net?
A. Morris [gunney99-AT-hotmail.com] 11/11/2010 08:25
I also acquired a Concertmate 650 and need a manual or instructions on general settings. Anything would help, Thank youSlow
vickie [Bourque2-AT-aol.com] 12/28/2010 04:39
Concertmate 660. In need of a manual as are a number of folks. If you have one and will send it to me, I will scan it to a PDF and make it available to anyone free of charge (and I will return your original to you!). FYI, there is no manual at the Radio Shack site and the unit is NOT the same as any Casio that I can find.
Tim Deaton [timdeaton-AT-yahoo.com] 01/13/2011 06:42
i just bought a 670 in box at garage sale with all the paper work and packing looks brand new got a great deal , can make copys of the manual just e mail me. if some one wants to buy make me an offer. i live in portland oregon.
mike [mycuda440-AT-comcast.com] 03/07/2011 11:03
I have concertmate 690 keyboard and need the charging wire. Anyhelp?
Jen M [jfmarrox-AT-gmail.com] firstname.lastname@example.com 07/26/2011 05:54
I need a manual & instructions for my concertmate 650. I live in Ontario. thanks so very much. please email me at email@example.com
kellyHunter [kdhunt11-AT-yahoo.ca] firstname.lastname@example.com 10/26/2011 12:12
Thank you so much for the manual. My parents found a Concertmate 650 tucked away in a closet and gave it to my 12 y/o daughter recently but it had no manual. She is going to flip when I give her the paperwork to go by. Appreciate this website!
whulsey [wendi.hulsey-AT-wku.edu] 12/16/2011 05:41
I just bought a Realistic Concertmate - 650 at a garage sale (for a couple buck I might add). It works with the batteries and thank you for the operation manual. The service manual had an error and I could not download and print it. Also, do you know where I can get an AC adapter?
Julia Norton [wildrose56-AT-cox.net] 12/18/2011 12:36
Hi all - I've just listed a Concertmate 650 on ebay for auction, 5 day auction. Listing is from the UK but I can ship it out to other countries if needed. Cheers!
Matthew Taylor [concertmate-AT-scientificentertainment.com] 03/26/2013 09:42
I should've posted the link.... It's item number 151018176972 at ebay .co .uk. Or can be found by searching Concertmate 650 there.
Matthew Taylor [concertmate-AT-scientificentertainment.com] 03/26/2013 09:44
Hi anyone has concertmate 650 or casio sk-5 for sale please please.. email me thanks! :)
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THIS STORY IS NOT CANON. It's still fun, and I wrote it for a contest, but know that it isn't actually part of the universe. Consider it author-made fanfiction!
Hi. I'm Katie. Maybe you've heard of me, though if you have, I am going to knock you out.
I was born into one of the most powerful magical families in the world, but I ran away years ago to live a normal life. (FYI, the first person to make a "muggle" joke will also be knocked out.) I know what you're thinking: I was nuts to leave. Sure, magic seems great until you realize everybody has it, including your mean aunt and your weird neighbor with the sock fetish and those guys over there who actually want to murder your whole family. It gets old really fast.
I moved to an obscure non-magical town in New Hampshire, tried (and failed) to complete community college, and ended up with a string of temp jobs that marked me and my resume completely unremarkable. A smashing success!
Then my insane uncle dropped a baby dragon on my doorstep, and my whole fragile life fell to pieces.
The good news: the dragon (whom I call Vesuvius because he barfs fire) is fine. Somehow, I still have my job. My neighbors don't realize that the crowbar in my trunk is really a wand. And I wish I could say that was all she wrote, but I can't.
There are two problems.
One: Vesuvius – Suvi – has imprinted on me. When I'm not there, he refuses to eat or sleep and cries all night.
Two: In the process of keeping Suvi away from some fairly bad guys, I had an unfortunate encounter with the infamous Crow King.
The Crow King is of the Shadow's Breath, very powerful and very dangerous. He's also a collector of anything he finds interesting, and that means me. Well, ha ha, not me. He wants to make a baby with me and keep that.
I know. I'm living the dream, right?
He won't leave me alone. Politely fending him off is my only option, though I'd rather one that includes punching (and possibly setting him on fire). If I'm too rude, I could start a war.
And people wonder why I opted out of the magical world.
Ten Tips for Raising Your Baby Dragon: By Katie Lin (co-written by Suvi, A.K.A. Vesuvius)
One: give it back to its mother. Can't do that? On to rule two.
I am Suvi! I rule all the dragons because I am their prince. My mama is Katie. She's funny and she can't fly, but she's the prettiest lady in all the world.
Two: Be prepared for a varied diet.
I like eating stones and newspapers and rose-honey soda. I like fish, but only on Tuesday, and I do not like chicken because it makes my fire taste weird. My fire will come out straight and strong someday, but right now it just falls out of my mouth onto the ground all splat, so I have to taste it for a while. Yuck!
Three: Tickle his soft little tummy while you still can, because someday it will harden with scales.
Pettings are nice. Mama's hands are really warm, and I don't have any bad dreams when she holds me.
Four: Learn to say "no" a lot. No, he can't have all the sheep. No, he can't test how much fire it takes to melt stone. No, he can't eat your guests. Especially no to that.
I don't like the man who comes to see my mama. He calls himself the Crow King, and he smells like feathers, and mama is afraid of him.
I told him to go away, but he wouldn't. Doesn't he know who I am?
Five: Keep a fire extinguisher on hand at all times.
I put fire on his shoes! Mama told me not to do that anymore, but I'm not sorry.
Six: He will tear fabrics like a kitten. Just put "textiles" in the budget and let it go.
Hahaha! His underwear tastes like feathers.
Seven: Learning to talk means he will never, ever shut up, and that's okay.
I wrote a story, want to hear? It's called The Tale of the Stupid Bird Man. It starts with the perfect beautifulest lady Katie the dragon-mama who was scared by the wicked stupid Bird King, and then a white star fell from the sky in the shape of a dragon and fixed everything and then there was cake, and fireworks, and then a fountain made of jello–
Eight: Learning to listen and obey will take him a while, but that's okay. That's what patience is for.
Mama says I didn't do right by attacking the Crow King. I don't wanna say I'm sorry. Do I have to?
I guess I do.
Nine: Early to bed, early to rise. He's a growing dragon, after all.
I don't like today. Saying sorry was hard. It's worse than chicken-flavor. But I made mama happy, and that makes me the hero.
Ten: Always have a heat source handy. If exposed, he falls asleep, and all your problems are solved.
I love you, mama. I'll always make you happy.
Your hands are really warm.

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I have a short story named "The Only Moment We Were Along" that will be published in Stockholm Syndromes, an anthology of short fiction and poetry in English. And I'm also responsible for the cover and illustrations of the book––how exciting is that!
So anyway, just wanna show you a print I did a couple of days ago for the book. It's based on a picture I took in town. Like it? Hate it?


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'Tis the season of drying winds, melting snow, intensifying sun. Buds appear, then wait, holding their breath for a more reliable warmth. Humans are like that, too. We sense a greater need for service to our communities, feel ourselves leaning in, then wonder…what exactly am I being called to do? ChIME's core program helps our communities by creating space for callings to become clear. But we're not only waiting. Our student interns and our graduates are serving refugees, the homeless, the dying and the barely surviving….right now!
Do not try to save
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Tweetbot for Mac/
Last Thursday, we witnessed the release of Tweetbot for Mac in the Mac App Store. Having used the Beta version for the past few weeks, this is a must-buy for me. The app bears a special price of $19.99 that forces a lot of people to think twice before purchasing the app, but I believe this portion of the Tapbot's announcement on their blog explains the reasons why.
Because of Twitter's recent enforcement of token limits, we only have a limited number of tokens available for Tweetbot for Mac. These tokens dictate how many users Tweetbot for Mac can have. [..] Once we use up the tokens granted to us by Twitter, we will no longer be able to sell the app to new users. Tapbots will continue to support Tweetbot for Mac for existing customers at that time.
It is clear that Tweetbot for Mac will have a user cap and a sales cap, due to Twitter's rulings. Because the developers want to support the app even after it is pulled from the Mac App Store, they are putting the $19.99 price tag there. Instead of debating on the price tag, I will focus on what makes the new Tweetbot for Mac a great native app for Twitter.
Note: I will discuss about features that are not available in the Beta version. If you want to learn more about what other features are available, you are welcome to read my previous review on the Beta.
Conversational View when Replying
There is a major improvement in the compose window, especially when you are replying to a tweet. In the previous Beta version, as also seen in the iOS versions, you will need to perform a pull down gesture to see the tweet you're replying. In the 1.0 version of the Mac app, you will see a conversational view of all the previous tweets at the bottom of the compose window, allowing you to see the bigger context of the conversation.
I really appreciate this feature, because it helps you to quickly reply to a tweet without having to pull down (to see the previous tweet) inside the compose window, or to swipe right to see the entire conversation first before replying. Anything that can reduce the amount of gestures that you need to perform a common task is a good thing. Even though the size of the compose window is fixed, you can always swipe up to see the entire conversation in a scrolling view.
iCloud Sync for Mute Filters
Since Tweetbot has been made available in the Mac App Store, it can now use several App Store-exclusive features, such as iCloud. In the previous Beta version, Tweetbot for Mac was unable to use iCloud, and opted to offer Tweet Marker. Tweet Marker is an excellent service, but it is only limited for syncing the reading position between multiple Twitter clients, not for storing other client-specific data, such as your mute filters. (By the way, if you're interested to maximize the use of Tweetbot's mute filters, you might want to start with James Wilson's collection of highly usable regex filters.)
I have found that having iCloud Sync for mute filters in Tweetbot for Mac makes setting up my account very smooth - all of the existing mute filters I had on my Tweetbot for iPhone and Tweetbot for iPad were automatically synced. Just make sure that you have setup your iCloud account correctly. I can verify that this works well on Lion (10.7.4), even though the developers mention that this feature requires Mountain Lion (10.8).
One feature I wish Tweetbot had is iCloud sync for drafts, because I keep forgetting where I keep my drafts with several iOS devices and Macs that I have. I would love to hear what you want Tweetbot to sync now that it has iCloud support for its Mac and iOS apps.
OS X Specific Settings
Because this is a Mac app, it gives the users additional flexibility, i.e. overriding the defaults from the Terminal. Unlike iOS which has a closed system, OS X is much more open. As long as the developers are willing to allow several settings to be overridden by the users, you can have the app setup in a personalized way that suits your preferences.
A few days ago, Todd Thomas, the developer of Tweetbot for Mac, shared some "super secret" settings for Tweetbot on his Twitter account. Even though the list of default settings that you can override is still short, I believe that more will be added in the future as new versions are released. As a geek, I find this Mac-specific capabilities to be a nice bonus. Thanks, Todd!
If you're serious about getting the best experience out of Twitter, then getting a native application is the way to go. And Tweetbot for Mac is the best native app for Mac. I don't want to regret being late to the party just because I hesitated to pay the price and be forced to use other Mac apps (or worse, the Twitter web client). I highly recommend you to get this app before it gets pulled out of the Mac App Store. With one customer authorizing more than one Twitter accounts, the 100K tokens limit can be depleted in a very short amount of time.
On the other hand, if you have used the Alpha/Beta versions of the app but do not want to purchase the final version, it would be wise to revoke access from your accounts to allow other people to utilize the open slots.


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Bright Blue's senior research fellow, Sam Hall, has been quoted on Politico ahead of the launch of the 25 Year Environment Plan. He spoke of how the Plan should build on the Government's recent "achievements and positive rhetoric". He further added that continued environmental ambition would help the Conservative Party "with it's challenge of winning younger voters among whom it did so badly at the last general election".
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Oct 19, 2016
New Year's Eve 2016 at Pesto
To make New Year's Eve extra special we have a range of magical acts performing at some of our restaurants.
Below is a list of our fabulous acts that are sure to bring 2017 in with a bang!
Pesto at the Axe and Compass will spend the evening with celebrated West End star Mike Sterling, who has performed over 1,000 times as the lead role in the musical hit 'The Phantom of the Opera'. Along with a special female guest, the duo will take their audience on an unforgettable journey by performing a range of some of the world's most loved musicals and opera classics. Click here for more information about the event.
Pesto Cabbage Hall, near Tarporley, is holding a special evening with one of the UK's top swing singers, David Brody. David will be performing numerous rat pack classics as well as pop hits and is guaranteed to get everyone in the party mood! For more information click here.
Pesto at the Dibbinsdale Inn, Bromborough will host a spectacular night of live music with swing singer and Michale Bublé tribute act Chris G. Chris will be performing all the classic, timeless Swing & Rat Pack hits along with a selection of Michael Buble's hits. Click here for more information about the event.
Pesto at the Dicconson Arms, Appley Bridge will enjoy a night of glitz and glamour with West End duo, The Deadly Divas. Singing a range of West End favourites and pop classics this is sure to be a night to remember! For more information click here.
Our newest venue, Pesto at the White Horse, will enjoy an evening with West End stars the Patriot Girls. The celebrated trio will sing a range of West End hits, opera classics and boogie-woogie favourites. Click here for more information.
Pesto Sutton Coldfield will spend the evening with West End star and Big Band favourite Miranda Wilford. The celebrated singer will sing a range of swing and jazz classics as well as pop and soul favourites with a special male guest performer to make this a wonderful evening to remember. Click here to find out more.
Pesto Widnes will see Abba Tribute female duo 'Agnetha and Frida', Diana Edwards & Sarah Fearnley (with over 16 years in the Tribute business sharing the stage with Kylie, Cher & The Eagles amongst others) perform in style singing a range of ABBA favourites from 'Dancing Queen' to 'Super Trouper'. Click here for more information about the event.
All the events above take place on Saturday 31st December 2016. Please contact the relevant restaurant direct for more information.
Please note that tickets are limited for the above events and booking is strictly in advance only.


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Welcome to another Sparkling Saturday! A friend recently requested I make a birthday card for her to send to her best friend overseas, so I wanted to make something that was cheerful and fun. She told me that her friend's favorite color was orange, so therefore I chose some colors that I thought would go well with orange.
I started out with a piece of white cardstock that I die cut using Mama Elephant Femme Frames. I also die cut a circle on the left side to turn it into a balloon. The adorable and cute animals from the Mama Elephant Carnival Cupcake set were then colored using Copics and Spectrum Noirs alcohol markers. Following, I stamped and colored a bunny from The Greeting Farm Lucky Bunnies stamp set and fussy cut it out. Using foam squares, I set it on the card and drew a string connecting the bunny's paw to the balloon.
The background wasn't looking quite festive enough, so I stamped some loose confetti all around the card using various inks. For my shaker portion, I put a piece of acetate behind the balloon and then I adhered a piece of fun foam to the back of this pane. After adding in some sequins (looking back, I should have added even more!) I popped it up onto a turquoise piece that I die cut using the same ME Femme Frame set. I adhered this onto an orange side folding A2 card base and it was finished!
PS: Since I didn't have orange sequins, I used an orange Sharpie to color in the PPP Sparkling Clear sequins!
I hope you enjoyed. I'm entering this into Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes!
Happy Crafting.


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OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors All-Star guard Stephen Curry left Thursday's night's 134-111 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks in the third quarter and did not return because of an adductor strain in his left leg.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Curry would undergo an MRI on Friday.
"I'm not nervous. I have nothing to go off of. If this was an ankle, I could tell you four days, 12 days," Curry told Marc J. Spears of ESPN's The Undefeated. "But I will see tomorrow. … I've honestly never done this before, so I have nothing to go off of."
The injury occurred with 6:50 left in the quarter as Curry tried to contest a move by Bucks guard Eric Bledsoe. Curry stayed in the game for a few more moments but then checked out and headed to the locker room.
As the Warriors await the results of Curry's MRI, teammate Kevin Durant didn't sound too concerned about Curry's setback.
"He seemed good to me," Durant said after the game. "I have to talk to him [Friday] to see how he's doing, but hopefully he's doing well."
Curry never found his rhythm during the game, going just 5-for-14 from the field for only 10 points in 26 minutes, his lowest output of the season. This is the first time Curry has played more than 20 minutes in a game and not made a 3-pointer since Feb. 27, 2017, against the Philadelphia 76ers. Curry was 0-for-4 from beyond the arc Thursday.
The Warriors were already without two key veterans against the Bucks, as Draymond Green (toe sprain) and Shaun Livingston (foot soreness) did not dress for Thursday's game.
Green might return Monday against the Los Angeles Clippers, a source told Spears, and after Curry's injury, Livingston could return in the near future.


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It was January and the perfect weather day right after a cold snap. Up north may have been freezing but down here the west coast of florida, it was in the 80s. The photoshoot was apart of our (The Tampa Shutter Sisters,) monthly meetup. I don't know if there was a theme, but it was pretty girls in pretty dresses. There were 7 of us photographers total, and 2 models. Lucy's dresses adorned the fair skin of the girls, and we just had fun.Read More
Maternity Monday with Ms Markie
Markie is not only a mom and mom to be, but the owner of the awesome hair salon, Salon Agape in Palm Harbor Florida. She was super easy to talk to and it was a really great session overall. I had her throwing fabric, (biggest reason she thought i was a nut job, HA,) and the end result of some sunlight and fabric throwing lace curtains and more can be seen below.Read More
The Opposite Side of the Camera | My Day as a model
We scoped out the dresses Lucy had fashioned, and went over the make up concepts and my heart kind of fluttered and the same time i was nervous. Having the camera(s) pointed at me in all seriousness was something new. I like a challenge though, so bring it on. I was in hair and makeup for 2 hours including the fancy airbrushing and hair skills of B. Moore Artistry then we drove with very dark clouds looming overhead to New college, and i sowre it was going to start downpouring the entire way there. It drizzled a bit and then simply went away leaving a perfectly cloudy sky.Read More
What to Wear | Sexy Coverage | Tampa Boudoir Photographer
Being naked can be sexy-but it can be scary! Especially when someone has a camera. Sometimes, keeping your clothes on is even sexier and keeps you feeling comfortable! Look at how these outfits still keep you mostly covered, but show enough to tease the mind in this weeks what to wear to your boudoir session.
What to Wear Wednesday | Florida Boudoir Session
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What is going on in the world of J Morgan Images? Burlesque Dancers, Long Island,Boudoir Marathon and Adult toys Oh My!Read More
Top 10 Female Celebrities to Photograph (Tampa Boudoir Photographer)
I too have a {secret} desire to photograph the women of hollywood. To let them know that at the end of the day, they too are women lost in the hustle and bustle of life, and that they too need to take a day to pamper themselves and rediscover themselves. I am guessing not many of the ladies who are being photographed on a regular basis for movies and television, magazines and appearances etc have really taken the time out to enjoy being photographed, or even thought about it. For them it is work. They get paid to do those things. I am also guessing it would be a challenge...it's a totally different experience being paid to do something, then actually paying for the same thing.
That being said, here is my {secret} female celebrities I want to photograph listRead More
Skyping with Bryce, Sue Bryce {Tampa Boudoir Photographer}
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Free Beauty Event | Tampa Boudoir Photographer
Sunday January 27th, J Morgan Images and Stephanie Paul kicked off the year with Pure Romance consultant Kathryn by hosting a FREE beauty event! When doing free events and offering free services, you have to expect people to take them for granted and basically cross your fingers depending on what it is you are offering. With 10 women booked for makeup, we were set and excited. I arrived an hour early to set up some simple backdrops and i brought some fun boudoir and glamour accessories like masks, flowers and tulle skirts that were a big hit. We had champagne and fruit and lots of snacks for anyone who came. Remember how i said cross your fingers and hope people show up? Well, we had 5 women show for makeup and a guest or two for support, and we had a great time! One of the beautiful ladies got photographed twice. She hung out all day for that. :) Kathryn showcased lots of great new products from Pure Romance and wow to all the stuff! Such fun intimate items, we laughed and made jokes and it was simply awesome.
We do plan on doing this again in the future, so stay tuned when you can get a great deal on the opportunity to have your makeup done and new pictures too!
Miss Michelle | Tampa Boudoir Photographer
Michelle, a vibrant, funny and in general HAPPY woman. She came ready and willing to have fun. She had her outfits planned to a T and knew exactly what she wanted. Her dominant personality ;) shined through as we exchanged stories and laughter while she got her makeup done and prepped for the session to begin. She may seem like the average beautiful woman to you...but when you least expect it, her true sexy comes out. Meet her other sexy side, Goddess Jezanna from niteflirt.com She wants you to know that she will own you, and if you doubt that-call her and see! Click the link above to go find out how you can talk to this gorgeous Mistress!
Black Tulle & Beauty | Tampa Boudoir Photographer
A couple of weeks ago i made some tulle skirts, picked a park and called up my friend Tanaya to come play with me, (and she was crazy enough to say yes lol.) We left at 9am and headed to the park. *As a creative, you need to just get out there and do stuff regardless of the end result just to keep your mind open and creative juices flowing!* It may have been chilly but she was totally fine being in a tank and tulle skirt, what a trooper let me tell you!
The entire morning was spent shooting around Medard Park in a quiet area that only had a couple of visitors while we were there. She ran and jumped, laughed, sat and crouched; Not to mention climb up on random things for my crazy ideas and lay on the ground. The images have been so fun playing with. Below you can find my favorite of the entire shoot, follow this link to some more. Which ones are your favorites? Sound off below, i would love to hear from you!
i found out about an area that i can't wait to go back to with some white tulle and fresh ideas...now to find a model willing to get dirty and freeze a bit and is agile and doesn't mind climbing.....Any local volunteers?


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Without a shadow of doubt, Joy Larkcom has had more effect on the way we grow and eat salads and vegetables than all the celebrity chefs put together.
Often described as the original hunter gatherer, Joy studied horticulture at Wye, and her academic background encouraged her to dig deep — everything she writes has been researched in depth. She writes about what she knows and what she has grown.
As we spoke recently, Joy, 75, was just back from a visit to Australia. She has lost none of her wanderlust, and described how she and her young family set off in a caravan for a year's Grand Vegetable Tour in 1976, travelling from Holland to Hungary, studying vegetable culture and bringing back seeds of old varieties which were sent to the Vegetable Gene Bank, in Wellesbourne.
There she discovered purslanes, endives and a huge range of chicories, and can be held responsible for the proliferation of salad rocket on every dish in every restaurant. Joy also promoted the intensive method of salad cultivation known as cut-and-come-again, something market gardeners and anyone with a tiny garden will thank her for.
Since then she has travelled the world, lured by tempting names of unknown plants, especially oriental vegetables — pak choi, mustard leaves, Chinese cabbage, mibuna and mizuna, which can now be spotted on supermarket shelves and grown from seed late in the season.
Joy tried to get seed companies interested in importing foreign varieties and offering organic versions available to us all, but it was Suffolk Herbs which took on the mantle initially. Within 10 years we could all grow and buy saladini crops, just snipping off what we needed. The British salad at last regenerated from the soggy tomato with limp lettuce bathed in a pink vinegary beetroot jus, to a palette of flavours, textures and colours – from fernlike dill to crisp pak choi to lemony buckler-leaved sorrel and bitter chicory. We can now augment our salads with handfuls of rocket, basil and garlic chives, young chard leaves, asparagus tips and blanched runner beans, decorated with nasturtium and borage flowers.
Joy's Grow Your Own Vegetables is probably the most well-thumbed reference book I possess, her Organic Salad Garden is one of the most useful and Creative Vegetable Gardening is the most inspirational. She numbers Monty Don, Alice Waters, Graham Rice and Alys Fowler among her fans, and has won many awards, holding the Veitch Memorial Medal from the RHS. She has tirelessly championed organic cultivation and promoted veg growing throughout the industry – often the only woman at carrot conferences on the Fens.
Like me, Joy left Suffolk to downsize to the sea — me to coastal Kent and Joy to southern Ireland. Any regrets? Absolutely not.
Although her new garden is just half an acre, she says the older she gets, the bigger it seems. She had planned it to be low maintenance, but has totally failed. The mild climate means things grow too fast — you can almost hear the grass growing, and the salty winds can blacken the plants at a blast. Like me, Joy has planted a lot of fruit including an apple allée.
Joy and her husband, Don Pollard, who she says "enables me to carry on and only occasionally asks if I ever intend to stop" are happy with their life, but like us all, wish they had more time and energy.
She is completing what she threatens will be her final book. Called Just Vegetating, it is a compilation of articles, filled with personal reminisces, due out next spring. I can't wait.
Joy Larkcom's top six vegetable tips
1) Vegetable beds can be any shape or size – it's rather fun if they are unusual shapes. Just make sure you can easily reach the centre from the paths at the sides. That way you need never tread on the soil, so building up the precious soil structure is the key to fertility.
2) Sounds obvious, but only grow what the family will eat. It is amazing how many home-grown vegetables are never harvested, or end in the compost heap, because the family doesn't appreciate what the "head gardener" grows.
3) Curb your impatience if spring is cold. If the soil feels cold to your touch, delay sowing or planting until it has warmed up. Use cloches or clear plastic to cover the soil and warm it up if necessary.
4) Sow little and often to avoid gaps and gluts, especially with fast-growing crops like lettuce, radishes, peas, pak choi, rocket and spinach. As soon as one sowing has germinated through the soil, sow the next lot.
5) Keep good records of everything you do: sowing, planting and harvesting times, varieties, results. Every garden is unique, and your own record is a far better guide to what suits your conditions than any advice from experts.
6) Investing in a polytunnel is the most cost-effective way of extending your growing season. It enables you to grow tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, aubergines and other warmth lovers in summer, and fresh greens in winter and early spring.
- Books by Joy Larkcom: 'Creative Vegetable Gardening'; 'Grow Your Own Vegetables'; 'The Organic Salad Garden'; 'Oriental Vegetables'. Available (with p&p) from Telegraph Books, 0844 871 1516
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BAGHDAD — A bomb in a parked car exploded near a market in a Shiite enclave northeast of the capital, killing at least 32 people and wounding 50, police said Wednesday. Hospital officials and some of the wounded said it appeared that chlorine gas was used in the attack, but police denied the reports.
The attack occurred about 7:45 p.m. Tuesday in the village of Abu Saydah in the volatile Diyala province, local police said, giving the casualty toll.
The wounded were taken to hospitals in nearby Muqdadiyah and the main Shiite district of Sadr City in Baghdad.
Hospital officials and victims said it appeared chlorine gas was used in the attack as many of the wounded were having difficulty breathing and had their sight affected. But officials at the provincial police's joint coordination center denied that toxic gas was involved.
One man had a white cloth across his eyes as he lay in his hospital bed; others were bandaged from head to toe.
Abu Saydah is a mainly Shiite village about 25 miles northeast of the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Baqouba, the capital of the province that has seen a recent spike in violence largely blamed on militants who fled Baghdad ahead of a U.S.-Iraqi security crackdown.
Chlorine gas used?
Kadim Hussein, a 45-year-old farmer who was taken to the Imam Ali hospital in Sadr City, claimed the hospitals in Baqouba would only accept Sunnis.
"My eyes became puffy due to the chlorine gas that was packed in the car bomb," he said, adding he also had difficulties breathing. "Also I had many pieces of shrapnel in my chest and right shoulder."
A hospital official, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said the facility had received three bodies and 11 of those wounded who all showed symptoms of chlorine poisoning.
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Fantasy and Faerie - why just for kids?
I was thinking whilst reading reviews for Lud in the Mist on Goodreads about why Fantasy novels are so trashed by literary elites. Hope Mirrlees wrote this book long before there were tropes. She wrote it thirty years before Tolkien took pen to paper to write Lord of the Rings.
Let me digress a little before getting to the meat of my thought by giving a small aside; Tolkien was writing in this genre that Mirrlees was writing in before Lord of the Rings. Indeed, he took it most seriously and considered his work of Faerie Stories eminently important. She wrote her work in 1920 but Tolkien was writing then too, and writing Faerie stories so similar I wonder sometimes if they never crossed paths. If you're interested in delving into Faerie with Professor Tolkien, may I recommend Tales of the Perilous Realm. It has his essay On Fairy Stories and many of his tales of Faerie within. Excellent volume. Nothing surpasses Farmer Giles of Ham in this respect. Dashingly charming. Smith of Wooten Major is just about as Faerie as you can get, extremely similar to Lud in the Mist, just shorter.
Now, back to my thought.
I believe the reason why the Fantasy genre is dismissed and ridiculed as "children's" literature is because of the same reasons Fairies were diminished into tiny, harmless specks of tiny people with wings during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. These stories are pagan. They are frightening. They hearken us directly back into the days before enlightenment and the comforts of religion. These tales, just like the primordial and old Faerie stories, bring us directly back away into the dark. Into the unknown. Into danger and fear.
By and large, the swarming masses of people really don't enjoy that discomfort. Much easier, simpler and safer to relegate it to children. To laugh at it, dismiss it. To change it and neuter it (like Grimm did, and so many others) to make it "safe" for public consumption. Better censor the dark and dangerous world of Faerie then let its wilds roam our minds and hearts.
This notion that Faerie is for children began with the Reformation, but only slowly, the Victorians then took it to heart. Then it really caught on with the Edwardians and it's been a collapsing downfall of embarrassment ever since. This rampant fear and rejection of the pagan and the past. The sanitizing of all our most ancient stories, simply to assuage the fear of the unknown and censor the "harsh, adult world" for the children.
Perhaps the Victorians were using this tool to create a separate safe place for children of the time. After all, during the Victorian and Edwardian era children did work as soon as they could. The period is famous for it's poorhouses and workhouses and tales of extreme poverty and the stresses and difficulties for the poor and working classes. I will give the fact that the Victorians, in their efforts to stop the use of children in the workforce and to create childhood as a separate thing, a 'safe' place to grow up, perhaps used this tool of sanitizing ancient tales of Faerie and Folklore to aid in their efforts to make people realize that children should be protected. It certainly makes sense in that context.
In a way it's rather genius - how else to change the thinking of an entire generation of people but to start at the most primeval and deepest way possible - in our Faerie stories? Change those, change their elemental nature -- and you've changed perception across the board.
And now, with these changes one hundred and fifty years old, it is time to move on and understand that Fantasy and Faerie is not just for children. It never was. It's our oldest way to tell stories to each other. Older than the written word. Older than the gods.
Come back to the fire and listen.


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How I'm preparing for fatherhood.
Babies have become the fuel of my life. These little humans make me happy. The blank spot that I used to ignore has transformed into a spotlight that brings a huge smile to my face.
The closer the delivery date arrives, the more it hits me that there will soon be an actual human life that I am completely and utterly responsible for. My little daughter's exploration of this completely new place – Planet Earth - will depend heavily on what I say, do or believe in. The opportunities that she will have and how she executes on them will be influenced by what kind of father I will be.
With this huge opportunity comes huge responsibility. I know that I am only human and am prone to making mistakes. So, I want to place my trust in God through the entire process of raising my little girl. Nothing beats the blessing of The One. I want to focus on having a strong connection with God in order for my little baby to have that connection as well. Can't serve from an empty cup. And there is no better way to have that connection than through prayer.
I believe that the most powerful thing is a thought. What we think eventually becomes what we say and do. Our thoughts become our intention, which grows into habits and eventually becomes our character. So, essentially the best thing I can do in preparing to become a father is to "get my thinking right".
My mind has a whirlwind of questions. What kind of person am I currently and what do I stand for? Every day is a gift, how do I spend my limited time here on earth? Am I going for better at 70?
With the million and one different lives that my daughter could live, which one will it be? What skillset and mindset will I pass on to my child? Will I raise someone who lives from a place of love, one who is kind and compassionate, one who is independent and loyal, one who is a contributing member to society and gives more than she receives? Someone who loves God and the people around her?
Julie and I stay up late talking about the near future and beyond. We try to understand each other and what we both want so that we are on the same page.
With that being said, no amount of research or late night dreaming can fully prepare us for what is about to come. These are the moments that make our life worth living. Our intent is to approach this with an open mind, with gratitude, acceptance and positivity. I love this quote by KW - "Be here now. Be in the moment. The now is the greatest moment of our lives and it just keeps getting better. The bad parts the boring parts the parts with high anxiety. Embrace every moment for its greatness. This is life. This is the greatest movie we will ever see."
Preparation for delivery:
This means snacks and a good playlist. I would love for the delivery to go as smoothly as possible with the result of a sweet memory for Julie and I.
With the current condition of the health care system, we really wanted to have our birth as naturally as possible. There is a wide range of options when it comes to birthing - anything from a scheduled medical C-Section extraction to simply delivering in your own basement. The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for eliminating unnecessary intervention in childbirth. Unfortunately, 1 out of 3 births in the USA are done through a C-section. While there are definitely times when a C-section saves lives, we want to avoid unnecessary interventions. And this is why we feel more comfortable going through a midwife - someone who we know and understands our philosophy/needs. With that being said, we still want to enjoy the benefits of modern medicine so our location will be a local hospital.
They say doctors are their own worst patients. I must admit, there are times when I definitely drop the ball in terms of taking care of my own health. As I am stepping into this new chapter in my life, I want health to be a priority for my entire family. We make time for moving our bodies, staying on that 8 hours a night sleep grind, spending time outside, eating clean-ish with plenty of probiotics. I even went on a 30-day detox. That was an awesome reset for my system and I recommend that for everyone.
What I should be preparing for:
Changing diapers-
- The Digestive Doc aka "the poop doctor" per @sesharikov will finally have to do a natural application of his knowledge.
Swaddleball Champion-
- It's as easy as folding paper airplanes, right? Those swaddles don't stand a chance.
Staying up late-
- I hear babies like to hang out late. Currently, I am enjoying my solid 8 hours a night. That will be the best part.
In this post, Julie had an opportunity to collab with Pink Blush Maternity once again. She claims that their stuff is super cute for expecting mothers and for those who are not. Check them out while the entire store is 30% off.


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Plant Profiles
Paraguay Nightshade & Friends
No garden should be without ornamental potatoes. No, not the ones with fancy tubers: They're ornamental on your plate, not in the garden. Rather, ones with showy foliage, flowers, or fruits—or scary-wonderful thorns.
Here's another of the floriferous species: Paraguay nightshade. Purple-indigo flowers tip almost every stem in active growth, and if you grow the shrub year to year, you can train it into a standard (see the trunk of mine, below) or even a small tree.
Keeping Lycianthes rantonnetii in active growth is key: The flowers are borne at the tips of only the youngest stems. Keeping the shrub in flower is also important because the foliage is notably lackluster, even strikingly so. (There are a couple of cultivars with variegated leaves that I'm eager to try. See "Variants," below.) Growing the shrub as a standard is another way to create interest independent of the bright flowers and despite the boring foliage. Then the plant is notable for having a rounded canopy atop a trunk.
I believe that my Paraguay nightshade is the Royal Robe cultivar, whose flowers are darker and more purple than the bluer flowers of the straight species. I grow mine is a pot, and can place it where it looks best. I chose this year's spot—at the side of a wide walkway—in haste, and with an eye simply to providing the sun the shrub adores, and to displaying its form as a standard. Below, flowers spangle the tips of a branch dangling near the standard's trunk.
Over the Summer, the growth of the standard and its near neighbors maximized in the heat. Happily, these other plants also flowered, and in astonishing contrast to the nightshade. Here's a bloom of the nearby white swamp mallow, Hibiscus coccineus 'Moon Moth'.
The species just misses being reliably hardy in southern New England, so I also grow it in a pot that, handily, was right by the potted nightshade. Nearness certainly intensifies the contrast in the sizes of their blooms. Size doesn't relate to success in being pollinated and, because the parts of a flower usually don't contain chlorophyll, producing a flower costs the plant energy. Smaller flowers could be more efficient if the preferred pollinator will still visit. Bees visit the hibiscus flowers regularly, and I've also seen them pollinating other enormous flowers in the garden, such as magnolia, and lotus.
But I've also seen bees going wild for the grubby little flowers of dwarf Chinese banana. Bees typically pollinate the medium-sized flowers of plants in the potato family, too, so I'd expect that they also visit flowers of Lycianthes rantonnetii.
Given the extraordinary size of hibiscus flowers, I can't help but wonder how it's worth it for the plant to produce them. Perhaps because the flowers occur only late in the season during which the plant has been growing vigorously, there's energy to burn. In their own ways, the magnolia and lotus follow the same strategy: Flowers of Magnolia grandiflora do emerge steadily throughout the season, but only a few at a time. Flowers of Nelumbo nucifera are few and produced just once a year.
Paraguay nightshade could flower constantly where temperatures remain hot; a full-sized shrub could bear hundreds of new blooms a day. With flowers that profuse, and borne month after month, it makes sense that individual flowers would be smaller.
At the bottom of the picture below, two other plants are seen flowering very close to the Lycianthes. Both bear profuse flowers, both of which are so small that a single nightshade bloom is as large in comparison as the hibiscus flower is to the nightshade flower.
Below, the complex flowerhead of a small-flowered form of Verbena bonariensis. Like Lycianthes rantonnetii, this species can be in bloom for months. It's a self-seeding annual this far north, but in the subtropics and tropics, it's a self-seeding perennial that could be in bloom much of the year.
The flowers are minute!
Even at the highest magnification my camera lens offers, it's only just discernible that each flower has somewhat of a snapdragon look, with an upper hood-like petal above a lower landing-pad petal. Verbena bonariensis flowers are more typically a bit larger, and with four petals; regardless of the ultra-lilliputian scale borne by this form, bees still visit. Such tiny flowers don't offer much pollen or nectar individually, but a single plant could bear eight or ten such flower clusters, with another hundred or two individual flowers opening daily. It might be just a snack for a pollinator, but it must be worth the stop: This colony of Verbena bonariensis has been a formidably fecund self-seeder for years.
The fourth plant is still a mystery; look again at the bottom of the picture below.
Tiny flowers earlier in the season have matured to just-as-tiny seed heads held like beads on long stems. See the ragged, pointed, rugose green leaves just below the stems of seeds? This plant was a volunteer, even a weed, but it isn't a grassy one.
This late in the season, nearly the entire plant—seed heads, stems, and much of the foliage—had become covered in powdery mildew. Most of the leaves really weren't pretty, but the seedheads and stems had turned a sophisticated dusty purple that meshed with the purple, lavender, and white of the Lycianthes, Verbena, and Hibiscus.
Neither me nor my colleague plant geeks have a clue about this plant's identity. Any suggestions?
Below, a group shot. The irregular canopy of Lycianthes stems tops a four-foot trunk; the Moon Moth hibiscus flower is on a stem more than six feet high. For this 6'3" gardener, both are conveniently at eye level.
The Hibiscus flower is merely large, not gigantic; the Lycianthes blooms are small and, if just a scattering of them is present (as is the case here), not very showy. Although their stems are three to five feet tall, the tiny Verbena flowers and mystery-plant seeds are still barely noticeable.
The curb appeal of this ensemble only registered when the traffic had slowed down. Happily, by high Summer, I was able to stroll through the garden, not race—even to stop and discover more of the details that had been there for weeks already. Thanks to the display of these four plants, I could see that, from a plant's perspective, a flower just millimeters across can be just as successful as one as large as my hand.
Here's how to grow Paraguay nightshade:
Latin Name
Lycianthes rantonnetii 'Royal Robe'; also known as Solanum rantonnetii 'Royal Robe'.
Common Name
Paraguay nightshade, which sounds exotic as well as rightly cautionary: All parts of Lycianthes rantonnetii are poisonous, as is the poisonous nightshade, Atropa belladonna. The shrub is also known as blue potato bush, which seems confusing: Is the shrub also forming underground tubers that are blue?
Solanaceae, the Potato family.
What kind of plant is it?
Lycianthes adopts different habits depending on the climate. In Zone 11, it is a scandent evergreen everblooming shrub.
In Zone 10, frost is rare and the weather for much of the year can be hot; there, too, Lycianthes is usually evergreen. It can flower sporadically throughout the year but most heavily in the hot months of Spring to Fall. If weather turns cool or even frosty in the Winter, some or all of the foliage can be shed; growth resumes with arrival of warmer temperatures.
In Zone 9, frosts and—for such a heat lover—comparatively cool weather are to be expected, so Lycianthes flowers mainly in the Summer and can become deciduous in the cooler months. If frost arrives, tip damage or even dieback to the ground can occur. Then Lycianthes can behave more like a perennial, resprouting from the base and flowering that same Summer.
In these responses to varying amounts of heat and (mild) cold, Lycianthes behaves like other subtropical "woodies" such as Manihot grahamii and most forms of Abutilon.
When provided with frost-free circumstances and sufficient support, the flexible young stems of Lycianthes are easy to train. In uniformly hot circumstances, they become thick and woody enough to permit training a small free-standing tree. See the second "How to handle it" box, below.
Zones 9 - 11.
Sprawling and broadly bushy unless trained. See "How to handle it" and "Quirks" below.
Rate of Growth
Size in ten years
Six to eight feet tall and wide—but stems that touch the ground could root and enable the shrub to grow much wider. Lycianthes rantonnetii normally receives training that limits size. Unchecked growth is usually not the best choice because the shrub's loose habit and vigor combine to create a mood of weediness despite what can be a heavy display of flowers. In a hyper-orderly context, however, the perception of this habit could change from weedy to charmingly informal or even blessedly free-spirited. See "Partner Plants" and "Where to use it," below.
In this combination of glorious flowers but almost too vigorous habit, Lycianthes is similar to Bougainvillea.
Dense, especially when it receives regular pinching back and pruning; see the "How to handle it" and "Quirks" boxes below.
Grown for
its flowers, which are classic for plants in the potato family: The petals are fused into a small but brightly-colored trumpet with a very short tube and a wide, flat, flaring edge. They are borne at the tips of new growth so, as long as the shrub is in active growth, it will also also be in flower. Plus, the greater the number of active stem tips, the more profuse the flowers; if the shrub can be kept active year-round, it will flower year-round, too. See "How to handle it."
its toughness: Lycianthes loves high heat and strong sun, and tolerates some drought. Established shrubs growing directly in the ground are likely to be difficult to kill through neglect.
its resistance to browsers: All parts of Lycianthes are poisonous.
its ease of handling: If you want, pinch the stem tips regularly; if you forget or can't be bothered, the shrub will still look acceptable, and will still stay in bloom. If you forget to water regularly or cut the shrub back drastically at almost any time of the year, no problem: Lycianthes will bounce back from almost anything but poor drainage or excess water. See the "Culture" and "How to handle it" boxes below.
Flowering season
In New England, Lycianthes rantonnetii is used either as a one-season tropical or overwintered for outdoor display each Summer. In either circumstance, it's usually in flower from late Spring into Fall.
Color combinations
As is the norm for flowers with more than one color—in this case, violet and yellow—it's best when surrounding plants also focus on those same ones, albeit in different degrees of saturation. There's little need to bring in still more colors, and a real risk of creating a too-busy look if you do. If I had had a hibiscus that also flowered in yellow or violet, I would have chosen that instead of the pure white one in my shots above: White doesn't clash, but it doesn't actively engage, either.
See "Plant partners," below.
Partner plants
Provide a context for Lycianthes that emphasizes the deeply colorful flowers while helping finesse the shrub's boring appearance when out of bloom. The much larger flowers of Tibouchina semidecandra have similar coloring, and are usually present whenever Lycianthes is in bloom. Forms of canna with bright yellow flowers without conflicting spots are also possible; try King City Gold or Lofty Lanterns. Allamanda cathartica or Euryops pectinatus would be even more versatile, in that they are never out of flower as long as the weather is hot, and tolerate the same conditions that Lycianthes adores. Euryops can be grown either as a bushy groundcover or as a standard—as can Lycianthes. You could underplant the standard of one with the other that you've allowed to assume its natural growth habit as a groundcover.
Flowers that are dramatically smaller and are arrayed in spikes are even better. Any number of buddlejas, lavenders, rosemaries, penstemons, and salvias bear spikes of small flowers in shades of blue, purple, violet, or yellow; they also appreciate the strong sun and dry heat that Lycianthes does. Verbena bonariensis would be foolproof, too.
Because there aren't plants yet available with blue-to-violet foliage, closely harmonizing leaves will be in shades of yellow. Sword-shaped leaves will provide distinct textural contrast, too, and are often borne on plants that revel in heat and drought. Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard' and Phormium 'Yellow Wave' supply the right color, but Yucca gloriosa 'Variegata' eventually forms trunks that keep their spiky heads of foliage above Lycianthes—which could, therefore, be used as a groundcover. If you can provide side-to-side planting spots where one is lean and dry but the other swampy, juxtapose Lycianthes with Arundo donax 'Golden Chain'. I grow both in containers—the pot of Arundo sits in a fifteen-gallon galvanized wash tub—so the pairing is easy.
In subtropical and tropical climates, Lycianthes could be massed on the sunny side of flowering shrubs and trees with compatible coloring: for lavender to violet, consider Jacaranda mimosifolia. For yellow, choose among Caesalpinia lutea, Caesalpinia pulcherrima 'Aurea', Delonix regia var. flavida, yellow cultivars of Plumeria rubra, Parkinsonia aculeata, and the yellow form of Spathodea campanulata.
Where to use it in your garden
A Lycianthes completely out of bloom is a dull thing, whereas one covered in bloom can be as prominently colorful as bougainvillea. Unless your circumstances are likely to ensure a heavy flowering, site Lycianthes to maximize flowering—see "Culture," below—and where whatever blooms it does have can be seen at close range. The surrounding dense and dull-green foliage is likely to mute any long-distance floral impact if only a few blooms are out.
Growing Lycianthes in a container is particularly helpful: The shrub can be moved to where the flowers, few or many, will have the most impact. In hot and dry climates, Lycianthes growing in full sun can flower so heavily it can be striking even at a distance. There they can be used as informal hedges and espaliers, as filler amid larger and more sculptural companions, as colorful standards, or as small ornamental trees. See the "How to handle it" and "Quirks" boxes below.
The shrub's vigor and billowing habit could be an asset where the prevailing geometry and tidiness is so intense that some casual or even disruptive obliviousness to boundaries would be welcome. Are you gardening in Zones 9 and warmer, and have a blazing-hot courtyard with wide expanses of paving? A rollicking colony of Lycianthes rantonnetii could be just the exuberant touch you need.
Full sun, all possible heat, and soil that is always well draining. Lycianthes tolerates drought when growing in-ground, which is a fortunate consequence of its requirement for good drainage; but it is more floriferous with regular watering. When growing in a container, watering needs to be more attentive, because the restricted root range of the container doesn't permit failsafe root growth even deeper or farther away to where the ground can provide additional moisture. Heavy soil or locations where water pools after rainfall are likely to be fatal.
How to handle it: The Basics
Lycianthes is a heat lover, so plant or transplant when temperatures are warm and likely to become even warmer. Even in the subtropics and tropics, this species is likely to establish more quickly when planted at the beginning of the hottest season of the year even if it is also the drier season. Plants that are merely heat tolerant would be planted at the start of the rainier season, which is also usually cooler, so they can establish all the more deeply in preparation for the onslaught of the coming hot-and-dry season.
Provide sufficient water for establishment. Pinch the tips of the longest stems Spring to mid-Summer whenever convenient to limit overall size and encourage denser growth. Deadheading isn't necessary.
How to handle it: Another option—or two?
As is no surprise for a shrub that is fast-growing and responds quickly to pruning, Lycianthes rantonnetii is versatile.
For groundcover, plant shrubs every four feet. For more compact growth, tip-prune several times during Spring and early Summer. For growth that is still somewhat compact but is looser, cut all branches back to a foot or so early in the growing season, and let the new growth lengthen freely.
For a hedge, plant small plants every two feet; Lycianthes grows so quickly there's no need to plant larger sizes. Sheer soft growth regularly to maintain compact bushiness; for more informal settings, cut woody stems back early in the growing season, letting new growth lengthen freely.
For a standard or small tree, stake a long stem and allow it to grow as high as desired. Side stems usually appear naturally; encourage them by pinching the tip when the staked stem has reached the bottom of the desired canopy: Resultant stems will grow upward, too, not just outward. Pinch their tips regularly to keep the canopy compact as well as floriferous.
Lycianthes can also be fanned informally against a wall or fence; it can be woven through large mesh or lattice to make free-standing screens. Guide or tie soft growth as needed to achieve the desired height and width; pinch or prune breastwood regularly to keep the shrub from projecting too far from the supporting structure.
Quirks and special cases
Lycianthes stays active and floriferous when heat and light are sufficiently high. Because this shrub thrives in containers, even for the long term, you may want to overwinter one year after year. Space in sunny and frost-free shelter is usually at a premium so, when you bring your specimen indoors before frost, reduce watering and prune all stems back by half. If temperatures are cooler at night—fifty degrees is sufficient in my experience—new growth won't begin to appear until late Winter and, so, little watering will be needed for several months.
When growth resumes, increase watering only modestly. Pinch new stems regularly to keep the increasing size of the specimen to a minimum in an already-crowded environment, as well as to ensure a bushy and floriferous presentation when the specimen is returned to the garden after frost danger is past. If drastic reduction in canopy size is desired, wait to prune until the shrub is already in active growth—just a few weeks before returning it to the garden—so that new stems will appear quickly as well as profusely. If you prune stems back to their leafless stubs while the shrub is dormant in the Winter, regrowth can be spottier.
If you are growing Lycianthes at the colder end of its hardiness range, where occasional frosts and dieback are not a surprise, don't prune later than mid-Summer: You want any resultant growth to be fully hardy in time for the coming cool weather. Even then, prune only lightly, so as not to stimulate vigorous soft growth that will take longer to harden. Reserve major pruning until the start of the growing season.
When frost occurs, you'll know it: This shrub's foliage is evergreen in frost-free climates, and doesn't have a routine ability to shed foliage for the Winter as does, say, a maple tree. Instead, the foliage remains green and, as possible, active—and, therefore, vulnerable to frost. Cut off portions of stems with frost-damaged foliage just below the start of the damage; the frozen foliage is disfiguring, so you'll be motivated to remove the damaged growth sooner rather than later.
When successfully pollinated, the flowers mature to showy but poisonous red berries. In my experience, the flowers don't form fruit in temperate climates, perhaps because the preferred pollinator is absent. In subtropical and tropical climates, Lycianthes rantonnetii is not a shrub to grow where children could be tempted to sample the berries.
The flowers of the straight species of Lycianthes rantonnetii are satisfyingly intense in their blue coloring; those of Royal Robe are a bit more saturated and of a deeper hue but the difference seems subtle to me. The margins of the leaves of Lynn's Variegated are creamy white, while those of MonRita, which is marketed as Sunny Daze, are yellow. The flowers of both of these variegates seem to be the same hue as those of the straight species—but show up much better thanks to the contrast with their lighter-colored foliage.
Online and occasionally at retailers. Widely available where hardy.
By cuttings as well as by severing from the mother plant stems that may have been low enough to rest on the ground and, therefore, take root.
Native habitat
Lycianthes rantonnetii is native to Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina. It is named for Victor Rantonnet, a French horticulturalist.


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That group above? The "CakeSpy Fan club"--a group of cake loving summer camp kids who sent me this picture to let me know they were spending the week getting to know all about the history of cake. Isn't that fantastic? *heart melting*
Grilled watermelon with creme fraiche. AWESOME. (The Floating Kitchen)
Bourbon white peach popsicles. HAPPY. (The Beach House Kitchen)
Discover bristol board: it's my paper of choice for making art. CREATE. (CakeSpy for Craftsy)
Caramel peach fritters with salted caramel sauce. FAINT. (Cooking for Keeps)
Cornbread pudding muffins. CORN. (Dinner at the Zoo)
Strawberry cheesecake dip. I DIP YOU DIP WE DIP. (Spoonful of Flavor)
How to make alcoholic ice cream. The title made me laugh. TIPSY. (Gizmodo)
Truffles that are vegan and gluten-free and actually tasty. NOT LYING. (A Lovely Side Project)
How to make ridiculously tall pancakes. LOVE. (Crumbs and Cookies)
Elvis on a rocky road bundt cake recipe. HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN YUM. (It's Yummi)
Rhubarb upside down cake. DELICIOUS HEALTH FOOD. (Java Cupcake)
No bake rainbow pie. RAINBOW. (Spend with Pennies)
Go ahead: make choco-donettes into s'mores. DARE YOU. (Culinary Concoctions by Peabody)
Product of the week: No book of the week this week, because I have created a product that is so much better than any literature. How about a swishy skirt with cupcakes, unicorns, and robots on it? It's real, and it's for sale in my online shop.


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5th International Conference
April 24-27, 2017
Prague, Czech Republic
Objectives: The area of tumor immunology impacts a variety of clinical and research specialties. The complexity of the malignant diseases' etiology and pathogenesis requires continuing updates to the providers' knowledge in order to understand the interventions and innovations which will impact care of patients. The organizing committees for CITIM Conference 2017 bring together thought leaders from the USA and Europe to provide a comprehensive four-day curriculum related to the treatment, prevention, and diagnostic of malignant diseases diseases, as well as the cellular, molecular and genetic mechanisms of their development and therapy.
Who Should Attend: Physicians, researchers, students and healthcare providers who have an interest in the following areas: Tumor immunobiology, immune regulation (cytokines, growth factors, regulatory T cells, MDSC, dendritic cells, NK, macrophages, neutrophils, mast cells), inflammation and cancer, immunotherapy, vaccines, immunomodeling, immunomics, immune tolerance, immunomonitoring, stem cells, cancer stem cells, biomarkers and related disciplines.
Location: CITIM 2017 Conference will be held in Hotel Ambassador, which is located in the center of a beautiful capital of Czech Republic.


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A Maryland state trooper is in serious condition after being struck by a car while backing up another trooper on a traffic stop in Anne Arundel County, Md., early Sunday morning.
The trooper is identified as Trooper Jacqueline A. Kline, who is assigned to road patrol duties at the Glen Burnie Barrack. Kline sustained head injuries, a broken arm, cuts and contusions and is listed in serious condition at the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center.
At about 1 a.m. Sunday, a K-9 trooper from the Glen Burnie Barrack stopped a suspected drunk driver on eastbound Route 100, just before the exit for Catherine Avenue. The trooper was administering field sobriety tests to the driver on the shoulder of Route100 when Kline stopped at the scene to provide backup.
Both troopers were operating marked patrol cars and had their overhead lights activated. Both cars were parked on the eastbound shoulder of Route 100.
Investigators believe Enrique Guzman Jr., 21, of Pasadena, Md., was traveling eastbound on Route 100, intending to exit at Catherine Avenue. As Kline got out of her car and walked on the highway shoulder toward the patrol car in front of her, the car driven by Guzman struck her.
The preliminary investigation indicates Kline was struck by the right front of the Nissan and hit the hood of the car. She was then propelled into the back of the State Police K-9 car where she struck the back windshield and metal K-9 cage inside the car. The trooper fell off the police car and landed in a ditch near the highway shoulder.
Guzman remained at the scene. Troopers administered field sobriety and drug recognition tests to him. They found no evidence that he was driving under the influence. He was apparently returning to his home after work and no charges have been filed against him at this time.
No one else on the scene was struck by the Nissan or injured in any way. The K-9 dog inside the patrol car was not injured.


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Some pictures on flickr of the inside before the recent refurbishment. It has to be said that the visiting photographer was very kind to us, the decoration was in reality rather more tired than it looks in these pictures
Did you know that officially we are a large village, not a small town.
Does that make us the largest village in Suffolk? I don't know, but I do know that we have a very informative
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This, along with the cries of his friends, the last sound Jordan Davis heard before slipping from this earth. 10 shots fired. 9 hit the car. 3 hit Jordan Davis. The circumstance in this case? Loud music. Jordan Davis. Trayvon Martin. Jonathan Ferrell. Renisha McBride. The circumstances are different in each case. They took place in different parts of America. But the thread that seems common among all the assailants in these murders is fear of the black body.
I warn you in advance. The verdict just came and I am a flood of emotion. This is me ranting and raving. I have no intention of doing anything other than sharing my broken heart tonight.
I imagine that if all I knew of black people came from the defendants in these murders, I would be left to assume that black people are absolute monsters. I mean monsters, like the fantasy kind. You know the ones that can pick up cars and throw them across city blocks. The kind of monsters who can scale buildings with superhuman strength. The kind of monsters who posses an unnatural form of power- the kind gained only by chemical reaction, abnormal genes, or a science experiment gone wrong. If all I knew about black folks came from these cases, I'd believe that black skin comes with an aggressive gene. A suspicious gene. A murder gene. Be afraid. Be very afraid. I didn't know, but apparently black people just can't help but be violent. So stand your ground. Be prepared to shoot. Arm yourselves. Get us before we get you. And this is important. It is important that all these young black bodies are monsters, because we don't mourn monsters. People who kill monsters are heroes. I don't watch many cartoons these days, but I'm pretty sure thats how it works. Monsters die and we celebrate the hero who slayed the beast.
But here is the thing. These kids seem awfully normal. Walking down the street. Knocking on a door for help. Seeking out the police. Playing loud music in the car. Didn't I do these things as a kid? Don't I do them now?
But this is different contends the gun-toter. These kids did bad things. They slung their jeans low. They smoked. They drank. They cursed. They listened to rap music. These were not ordinary kids, these were those infamous gangsters ready to take my life in a moments notice. I could tell. These were bad kids.
And as much as I want this to matter. As much as I want to separate myself from the fate of these children, I cannot. I know no child saints- black, white or any other color. I know kids who make mistakes, who experiment, who get into trouble. I know kids who speak out of turn, who are disrespectful, who are angry. I know kids who get suspended and expelled and go to rehab. I know kids who get bad grades and make the day hell for teachers. I know kids who take a long time to mature, to learn from their mistakes, to make better choices. In fact, I hear there are a lot of adults who have these same struggles. But black kids don't have the luxury of immaturity.
Black kids must be saints. Must be angelic. Must be Jesus.
I want to scream to the world tonight, that black kids are precious. They are beautiful. They are full of life, of creativity, of soul. Black kids are bursting at the seems with potential, with possibilities. Black kids are made in the image of God. Black kids are made in the image of God. They carry within themselves the capacity to love deeply, to give generously, to hope eternally. They could change the world, if only we would let them live. Black kids laugh. They LAUGH. They cry. They scream. They smile. Black kids experience emotion because they are human. They.are.human.
Black babies are not immune to the experience of life. They are not immune to mistakes or anger or frustration. They are not immune to peer pressure or instagram or clubs. They are not immune to friendship or media or hip hop. They are not immune from car crashes or walking or needing the help of a stranger. They are not immune, and they shouldn't have to be.
Black kids should be able to live without needing a defense. They should be able to mess up, to ask for help, to go to the store. They should be able to talk back, to curse, to play loud music. They should be able to do all the things that other kids do without fear of losing their lives.
Why are the stakes so high for kids who look like me?
Why are the stakes so high for kids who look like me? Why are the normal things of life so costly.
Why are the stakes so high for kids who look like me?
The best quote I've heard tonight following the Dunn verdict came from Joshua DuBois, he writes on twitter, "I want young black men to know: there is nothing wrong with you. You are worthy of protection. Of care. Of love and of life."
I echo this statement.
Black kids- boys and girls- are worthy. They are worthy.
Black folks are not monsters who need to be stopped. We are your sisters and brothers. We are members of humanity, carriers of divinity, lovers of life. And we deserve to live.


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Austin's Sister City in Mexico
Austin's oldest sister city...
Saltillo and Austin share a unique history as the two capitals of Texas. Saltillo was the capital when Texas belonged to the Mexican state Coahuila, before Austin became the capital of the Republic of Texas. Austin and Saltillo have been Sister Cities since 1968.
The Austin-Saltillo Sister City Committee consists of 22 Members and is headed by Nicholas Barreiro.
Partnership Outcomes:
A Saltillo landing pad office for Austin businesses interested in Mexican markets.
Exchanges between Austin Community College and University Tecnológia de Coahuila.
The dedication of Plaza Saltillo.
Austin Day in Saltillo
Since the declaration of Saltillo Day in Austin and Austin Day in Saltillo in 2017, our two cities are celebrating friendship with a special day dedicated to international understanding.
Austin Day in Saltillo took place in July, 2018. Please find the agenda here.
A delegation led by Saltillo Mayor Manolo Jiménez Salinas visited Austin for the occasion of Saltillo Day, from Thursday April 5 to Sunday April 8, 2018. Please find the complete delegation schedule here.
Una delegación encabezada por el alcalde de Saltillo, Manolo Jiménez Salinas, estaba en Austin, Texas, para celebrar el "Día de Saltillo", del jueves 5 de abril al domingo 8 de abril. Encuentre aquí el calendario completo de la delegación.
about the importance of sister cities by Saltillo's FORMER mayor Isidro Lopez
Saltillo Day 2018
Photos by Kiona
Op-ed by Kiona, Mexico in my Pocket, May 29, 2018:
Austin And Saltillo -Building Bridges Not Walls
Between Trump, walls, and cartels, it seems like the only narrative being discussed about Mexico and The United States is the large gap between them despite their physical proximity. The media is full of negative discourse which makes it seem like these two countries couldn't be more at odds with each other The irony is that, in real life, things look completely different.
A Short History
Texas was a sovereign nation in 1835 and joined the United States in 1845. But before that, Texas was a part of Mexico. Indigenous people and Mexicans lived throughout this land until the colonizers invaded. When Texas withdrew from Mexico, the state capital of Texas moved from Saltillo, Mexico to Austin, Texas.
Today, Austin and Saltillo share a unique history as the two capitals of Texas. Austin Sister Cities is an entire organization dedicated to this connection. As Austin's oldest sister city, the City of Austin has dedicated a day to commemorate Saltillo, Mexico in a celebration called Saltillo Day.
Saltillo Day
Saltillo Day is held every year in Saltillo Plaza located in downtown Austin. This event attracts politicians, city council members, families, and vendors and artists from Mexico that have come by bus to enjoy a day of arts and crafts. Attendees get free glasses of Saltillo wine while enjoying the authentic Mexican live music and cuisine in a fantastic fusion of culture. This year was special because it was Austin and Saltillo's 50th anniversary of being Sister Cities.
50th Anniversary of Austin Saltillo Sister Cities
To honor this long-lasting relationship, the mayor of Saltillo, Manolo Jiménez Salinas, flew from Mexico to celebrate this commemorative day with the mayor of Austin, Steve Adler. As they were casually shaking hands and exchanging some private words, crowds of people began to swarm them. They walked up to the podium together, smiling and chatting. Then after a few speeches, in a heartfelt moment, Mayor Manolo Jiménez Salinas received the keys to the city from the hands of Mayor Steve Adler. The crowd erupted into applause.
Mayor Manolo Jiménez Salinas brought what seemed like a never-ending carousel of gifts. The gifts he presented to the Mayor of Austin included an encased dinosaur bone (Saltillo is known for its famous dinosaur museum), wine bottles (Saltillo is also known for being a wine region), cultural photos of traditional Saltillo landmarks, and a bronze handmade plaque by a sculptor from Saltillo commemorating the 50th Anniversary of The Sisterhood between Saltillo and Austin.
Saltillo Day 2017
Photos by Ruben Morales Photography
About Saltillo
Founded in 1577, Saltillo takes pride in its Spanish Colonial architecture, famous tile and serape blankets.This city of over 700,000 people also boasts a growing heavy industrial base. The Wall Street Journal has called the area a "mini-Detroit."


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