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Maura can be…balky…in the morning. Like, stubborn immovable cow balky. It's not her fault – she gets her non-morning person from me and the stubbornness from both sides of the family.
This morning was no different. After pulling her from bed and getting her dressed, she wandered the house in a daze looking for just the right things to bring to school. Which were two Frozen books and one book on American Sign Language.
(side note – she showed me the sign for "bird" yesterday.)
I get her all ready and tell her to put on her shoes.
"Honey, you have to wear these shoes. They're your only shoes." (That's a lie. She has a pair of pink Crocs, but she's been forbidden to wear them to school after she spent a day kicking them off and walking barefoot.)
"Fine. I'll put your shoes on for you."
"Hey, what about, after school, we go buy new shoes?"
Yes, I salvaged the mood with some new shoe bribery (though not really a bribe, she's overdue for a new pair). We put her books in her backpack, she got her jacket on, I shooed her out the door. Once outside, she points to the car.
"No hon, you're taking the bus."
Seriously, she LOVES the bus. She adores the bus. Buses make her as giddy as…well…a school girl. I wonder if she thinks we're getting shoes now, so I do the "You'll take the bus to school, and you'll take the bus home. After school, we'll take the car and go get new shoes."
Bullet dodged.
Until the bus arrived.
"NOOOO!!!" She goes to dart away. I'm already onto her and latch onto her arm and do the "You need to ride the bus to school, and home."
She becomes an immovable force, digging her heels into the ground. However, thanks to working out with a personal trainer, I'm all set to strong-arm her towards the bus. We get to the door of the bus, she grabs onto the hand rails and uses that to push back against me as she digs her heels into the ground.
Now, people may think I'm joking when I say at the gym "I need to be able to lift 100 pounds, because that's how much Maura weighs." But it's not a joke. I wrapped my arms around her middle and hefted her onto the first step. She balked, tried to resist, but then finished going up the steps with only minor guidance from me (aka, I didn't have to propel her forward as she dug her heels in more.)
I'm sure the car that stopped for the bus was wondering what the heck was going on. I'm also sure we look a bit ridiculous, the tall girl leaning back into the short mom who's trying to heft her forward, who then says "Good girl!" when the tall girl finally moves forward. Yes, I'm praising her for not being as much of a stubborn little non-morning person. Yes, I get her into the seat with a smile and buckle her in while telling her not to pound on the window and that after school we'll get new shoes. Yes, I get off the bus smiling for the world, waving to the girl who has been such a pain. It's what I do. It's what has to be done. Her getting on the bus in a mood doesn't necessarily mean the whole day is a bust. It just means she's not a morning person. And my reward is a moment of quiet contemplation with my coffee, which I raise in a toast towards the direction of the school, wishing them all the luck in the world with my stubborn little chick.
It's not like this every morning. Some mornings, she's golden, getting herself dressed and helping make her lunch, getting on the bus with a big smile. Some mornings, she's a little disorientated, not fully awake, and easily steerable. And some mornings…are like today.
It's just life. We embrace the good mornings, and shrug off the bad ones with a laugh at the ridiculous picture we paint to the world. And it's only for a few more years. Then, once school is over, that girl can sleep in every morning possible.


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I told you there was a theme this week! Beauty! I spent Sunday Funday with my favourite curl in the world-- My Beautiful Rose. The Curl Fest was a great opportunity to spend with my little love teaching her about self-love and embracing what you have. Because all beauty is not about changing who you are, but embracing the beauty that God gave you.
Although you might have expected for it to be a major chick fest of girly gabbing and curl touching, Curl Fest was much more than a real life chick flick, it was celebration of being! All of the men and women who came out were dressed well and brought their electric slide attitude (check YouTube)! Speaking of well dressed, it was my pleasure to snap a couple of pix of Renae of In Her Shoes Blog. She was just too damn cute with that bike! Ladies and gentlemen all gathered on the lawn in front of the Dj booth to soak up sun and enjoy the great tunes! (I have to thank the DJ for playing clean music! Because there were children around!)
All persons who RSVP'd received a goodie bag full of greatness (a few of them I used that night in my daughter's hair!) The goody bag featured items from Curls, Ouidad, Pantene, Eden, and Shea Moisture.
The goodies did not stop at just gift bags, there were vendors selling clothes, shoes, jewelry, and hair accessories! I had the chance of stopping by Jewel's Vintage Closet (you know I cannot resist the smell of up-cycled!) and I was in love with so many pieces but I only left with one piece because, a lady like myself needs to try everything on! I bought a dress with a similar silhouette to something I already own. However, I exchanged contact info with Ms. Jewel, because i know she has some treasures!
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TGIF! On this Friday before Thanksgiving, I have a quick post for you. If you are lucky to have leftover turkey after the big meal, I suggest you throw together this quick salad. This salad is bright, crunchy and fresh. Perfect for the day after that heavy meal that puts us all into a tryptophan coma. Best of all, it only takes a few minutes to throw together!
For your listening pleasure – I Was Made for You – She and Him
Turkey Salad with Peanut Dressing adapted from Bon Appetit November 2014. Serves 4.
You'll need:
- 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 tbsp. unseasoned rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp. soy sauce
- 1 tsp. Sriracha
- 2 cups shredded cooked turkey meat
- 1 cup shredded green or Napa cabbage
- 1 cup cilantro leaves with tender stems
- 1 cup mint leaves
- 1 large carrot
Whisk peanut butter, rice vinegar, soy sauce, and Sriracha in a small bowl.
Mix turkey, cabbage, cilantro, and mint in a large bowl. Shave carrot lengthwise with a vegetable peeler and toss into the salad.
Spoon some of the peanut dressing onto serving plates.
Mound salad on top, drizzle with more dressing and serve. A refreshing salad for the day after Thanksgiving!
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Discourse, my friends, is brilliant. Taking the least-marketable art form of the last 20 years (that being 90s Hardcore), and making it not only attractive but alluring is nothing but pure genius. While heavier hardcore is what I want to listen to precisely 0% of the time, Discourse doesn't just kick ass: they saved their own goddamn genre from obsolescence.
Filling the void where their contemporaries have recently fallen off (I won't name names, but we all know the bands I'm referring to), Discourse brings the same violent, primal, aggro attitude and turns it into groovy, sensual hardcore. Now, some of you may be thinking that "sensual" was a typographical error; you would be wrong. Listening to the sheer chops of "Commit to the Flames," the opening track, is incredible. The head, it bangs. And that's not all.
When you listen to Discourse, your whole body tingles. It's a sensation of pure aggression, which is instinctively similar to which other human sensations? Sex. Have you ever heard of the term "rage erection?" Is it sociopathic? Of-goddamn-course it is, but it is literally a real thing. And that's what Discourse is: a 10 minute, 18 second, stone cold boner.
Besides my cat, I'm the least violent person I know. My fiancee could absolutely, realistically beat the ever-living shit out of me. And I'm ok with that. But when "Nothing Fills the Void" was playing, I skyrocketed to the top of violent humans, making Ted Bundy look like a fucking poseur, and Jeffrey Dahmer look sane. I, of course, was sitting here. On this couch. Drinking a beer. But, the perfect anger and hatred that I felt with the riffs of this track were unstoppable. Entirely manic.
"I've been condemned to live" opens the final track--the title track. This song jams like, and I mean this as the highest compliment, Zao's "Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation," except with production that allows me to hear instruments separately (and gorgeously).
The production on this album is crisper than the cider that Satan drinks in Hell. I challenge you to find me an album that simultaneously sounds 15 years old and doesn't melt together like a fondue pot full of plastic and plastic. You won't find it, because those don't fucking exist outside of this 7".
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Artist: The High Llamas
Published: 2004-03-07
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Most bands avoid touring Canada and the northern US in the dead of winter, fearful of treacherous driving, small crowds and other such roadside hazards.
England's High Llamas are not most bands. In fact, they welcome our North American winters as a delightful alternative to the rainy UK seasons they're accustomed to. "It's actually lovely seeing the snow, really," says Llamas' songwriter/arranger Sean O'Hagan. "We saw deer and we saw some Canada geese flying south. That was fantastic. I'd really love to see a bear. Apart from them trying to kill you, I'd really love to see one."
The High Llamas are touring in support of their new album Beet Maize & Corn, which adheres to the classic Llamas formula: beautiful arrangements, strong melodies and a real attention to detail. What's missing is the strong electronic element that was present on previous efforts such as 1998's Cold and Bouncy. "I wanted to reclaim our individuality, and the only way we can do that is with chords and melody, the things we know," says O'Hagan. "That's why we're not fucking around with electronics this time out because that's just ubiquitous. There's no identity there unless you're very, very good. The technology's there but everybody's doing the same thing—whereas everybody isn't doing the same thing on upright pianos."
What makes Beet Maize & Corn so unique is the massive frame of reference from which it was drawn, based largely on O'Hagan's wealth of divergent musical tastes. The use of rim taps, glockenspiels and heavily-muted guitars throws the album back toward the dark ages of popular music, something O'Hagan is completely unapologetic about.
"Most journalists are embarrassed by the fact that I've even addressed the music of the 1890s. They don't think that can be 'pop' and 'counter culture,' but it actually is. I was influenced by composers like Benjamin Britten who, at the time, were 'counter culture.' They were responsible for introducing extended harmony and dissonance into all music. Most pop music claims to be 'counter culture' but they only reference the '60s and '70s. Nobody references the '50s because it's all embarrassing except a few lounge acts like Perry & Kingsley. Nobody references Austrian composers like Arnold Shoenberg, people I've learned to love in my adulthood because I didn't know about them as a child. It's like the sweet shop is open and I'll have a go."
While the disposability of most modern pop music is something that has troubled O'Hagan since his days in '80s post-punk outfit Microdisney, so too has the media's tendency to assign the same exhausted touchstones to all popular music, whether warranted or not.
"Something like [modern jazz songstress] Carla Bley was an influence on the High Llamas but it was really Carla Bley from '71, 'Escalator Over the Hill.' That didn't have anything to do with the '70s, anyway; it was more of a Mingus thing. Why can't we be grown-ups and talk about all these things without insisting on the eras themselves? People think everything has to be post-Beatles or post-Monterrey or have a punk-reference, or reference England in '86, the acid house thing. There seems to be only designated places you're allowed to go."
One comparison that has continued to dog O'Hagan over the years is him to Brian Wilson, the erstwhile leader of the Beach Boys and braintrust behind modern pop music's ground zone, 1966's Pet Sounds. While O'Hagan freely admits to being a Wilson admirer, the antiquated notion that the High Llamas have based their entire career upon that single album is fallacy he may never fully escape.
"It doesn't bother me, but you get tired of it because there's so much more. What happens with most journalists is they're given a job and do a little bit of research. Most of the journalists who are writing about us don't even know what Brian Wilson actually sounded like at any given time. They might have heard Pet Sounds and know 'Fun Fun Fun' from their childhood. Because we have a harmony with sweet melodies, they assume it must be the same thing. It's the same type of people who, if they hear a trumpet, they think it's influenced by Miles Davis. It's just stupid and lazy, really."
Overall, Beet Maize & Corn will probably sell in numbers close to its predecessors, and the High Llamas will continue to play mid-sized venues both in their native UK and in North America. And truthfully, you get the sense that this suits O'Hagan just fine. Having recently celebrated their 10-year anniversary as a band, Sean O'Hagan and the High Llamas really have nothing left to prove to anyone but themselves and can simply enjoy the continued sharing of their bouncy pop thrills with their small-but-loyal fanbase.
"We're really just a pop group at heart, I think. We like to think of ourselves as a bunch of old boys who are still a pop group. We're not classical, we're not jazz guys, we're not contemporary this or that. We just play a slightly odd pop music. That's all."
Writer: Cameron Gordon
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Destination weddings are one of the most preferred types of wedding but when folks start planning their wedding they end up with a mismanaged day which is definitely not their dreamed one. Are you also one among those who are planning for their destination wedding in Dubai and willing to make it grand with a perfect planning? Then there are a number of things which must be considered while planning your day. If you need an expert's guidance to do so then taking assistance of wedding planners in Dubai can help you with elegant and graceful wedding arrangements.
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Top 10 Nike SB Kicks That Deserve a Retro Release
To say that the perception of Nike SB has evolved over the years is an understatement. Ask any skater who grew up in the '80s and '90s and except for the iconic Air Jordan 1 — a shoe that many in the old school wore — they weren't a fan of the swoosh invading their territory back in 2002. But Nike did what Nike always does when they try to step out of their boundaries and into a culture that they were not familiar with. They dug deep and really examined what the people wanted from a brand as big and as far from independent as Nike was. It was a struggle during those first few years to be sure, but in that time, Nike SB was also building up interest and support through the events they sponsored, the athletes they signed, and of course, the kicks they dropped.
Those early years had plenty of misses as well as hits, but with the SB brand still continuing to grow along with the proliferation of kids who are now starting to take an interest in the sport, some are arguing that the time is now to bring back some of those early classics. So let's take a look at some early Nike SB releases — meaning at least 10-years-old — that we would love to see get the proper retro treatment.Click to start the list


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The Farmer's Market Nutrition Program MADE IT into the House Budget!
The House Budget INCLUDES funding for WIC FMNP!!!!! The news we had received this morning was that it wasn't in the budget but after all of the confusion, we have GREAT NEWS! It has not been cut and it remains funded at the level from last year's budget.


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World Smile Day is Oct 7, but for many people suffering from stress and mental health, the idea of putting on a smile is challenging.
Sometimes life can present difficulties that leave you feeling unbalanced and with unresolved emotions, or perhaps you have never fully let go of events from the past. We've all been told "just let it go", yet it's been hard for you to do that. A new book, Let Go, Heal, Be Happy shows you how.
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The Planar Ear, With Dan Thompson
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Tha Planar Head with Dan Thompson: The Ear as a Structural Door
by Michela Mansuino
Level Three student
The most underrated form on the head and one that gets far too little attention in most portraits is the human ear. It could be thought of as a door - with a beach ball holding it open. The concha (inner ear) being an immense, concave ball. In surer terms, the ear could be thought of as a rotated, extended panel on the lateral plane of the head.
We started our adventure into the modeling the human ear by rolling out two slabs of clay into rectangles approximately the size of what the nose should be. The slab should be a little thick, something you can remove clay from.
We lined the panels on our sculptures and attached them, lining them up with the cheekbone staple we had modeled the week before. We compared it to our skull.
Once the panels were in place, we scooped out a bit in the center, like a giant sink, and gave it depth, then we added clay to the back. Here Dan demonstrates the depth of the "sink" in a giant ear.
In the back we added clay.
For the helix, we rolled out a big coil and kept it thick, but the coil also had a flat part. The coil then went around and dove into the concha, just as the Lincoln Tunnel dives into Manhattan.
Here I have the "doors" on my planar head in place and with the "sink" pushed in.
Here I have the coil of the helix in place and diving into the concha.
A diagram of how the shapes should be thought of conceptually.
The concept abstract.
The giant ear Dan built to demonstrate the concept.
Sculpting the forms from observation and focusing on depth. Here is Dan's planar head with the ear in place.
Notice how the tragus and antitragus are twin forms. The tragus is a form that could be thought of as two twisting cones according to Dan.
Here you can see the twisting cones of the tragus in an anatomy book.
From now on I will expect to see more refined ear and cheekbone shapes in the portraits I paint.
Nelson Shanks painted beautiful ears in his many portraits, like this one, which is extremely revealing for the subject. (Detail of the portrait of Pope Paul the II, by Nelson Shanks)
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State Meeting of the Colored Citizens of Connecticut, September 27-28, 1854.
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New Haven, Sept. 30, 1854.
Dear Douglass:--We held a State Meeting in the city of Middletown, Connecticut, on the 27th.and 28th ult.; the object of which was to promote the cause of our enfranchisement in this State.
Rev. Beman, Senr., of Middletown, President, and Messrs. E. D. Bassett, of New Haven, and G. W. Francis, of Bridgeport, Secretaries.
The meeting was well attended, and a general interest manifested on the part of the delegates representing the several counties in the State. Hence, harmony and decorum prevailed throughout all of its deliberations. What rendered the meeting of more than ordinary interest, was the fact, that the Rev. A. G. Beman, of New Haven, was to, and did, on the occasion, deliver one of his able addresses upon the past, present, and future history of the colored people in the State of Connecticut. I need not attempt to portray the able manner in which he handled the subject; for those who know him, know him better than my feeble pen could describe. We, as a people, in this State, are determined to put forth every manly effort on our part, to gain our enfranchisement.
In conclusion, let me say that there cannot be too much praise given to committee and delegates of the city of Middletown, for their kind warmth and generous feeling, together with the hospitalities by the citizens generally, toward the delegates from the several counties which were represented. For all of which, the meeting voted a vote of thanks, as expressive of their gratitude on their part, to the citizens of Middletown generally.
Frederick Douglass' Paper, October 6, 1854.
New Haven, Oct. 3rd, 1854.
The State Meeting of the colored men in the State of Connecticut was held in the city of Middletown, Sept. 27th and 28th. Every county in the State was represented in the Convention; and in many places from which there was no delegate, a letter of cheering import was sent by some warm friend who could not be present in person. There is much connected with our past history which came up in all its original freshness and power on our recent visit to that place. We went to Middletown on the 26th of September, and in the evening attended a public meeting of deep interest. The meeting was held in the first colored church ever built for the colored people in this State--the first one we were ever in, belonging to them. With the friends of Middletown, gentlemen were present from Norwich and Lyme, who, by their eloquent statements, gave interest and dignity to the meeting. Naturally, the train of
remark turned upon the past. It was more than twenty years since we took our "staff" in the morning of youth, and in the brightness of hope, and went to Hartford to been wrought in all directions! Having made up our minds teach school. Since that hour, how many changes have to visit Middletown, we spent some hours unfolding the pages of memory's book, reading the lessons there written as with the point of a diamond on tablets more enduring than brass marble. Middletown was our home for more than three years. It was this city that we commenced in good earnest the improvement of our humble talent. It was not in that day as at the present time. Now schools and colleges of the first grade are open on every hand, bidding all to come take of the waters" of knowledge almost "without money, and without price." Recourse was therefore had to private tuition. This, for a year or two, went on well--students in Wesleyan University teaching for due reward. In 1832, Rev. Charles B. Ray having fitted in the Academy at Wilbraham, Mass., came to Middletown and entered the college, for the purpose of preparing for more tensive usefulness. Here he found many of his former class-mates, and fellow students in his preparatory course; but they hardly knew him, although they had been on terms of friendship and intimacy in the Academy. "A change had come o'er the spirit of their dreams"--a storm was brewing--they had made up their minds to "change his countenance and cast him away." Coming, events cast their shadows before." It was soon hinted that Mr. Ray must leave the University. After several angry meetings among the students, he was compelled to leave--to turn from the path of intellectual culture--suppress his noble aspirations after knowledge--turn his back upon the Seminary and go, he knew not whether, for an education. Who shall describe his feelings in that bitter hour? Let the world judge. He was a young man of spotless moral and religious character--a communicant in the Methodist Episcopal Church, with an exhorter's license in his pocket. Many of the students were "young preachers, and all the professors in the institution were "Christian men," with Rev. Wilbur Fisk, D.D., for the President. 1 From the midst of such a company, one who came there for the noblest of purposes was driven by the followers of the Rev. John Wesley,2 because he wore "a skin not colored like their own;" for that "worthy cause" he was banished "with his own consent." During this period, and for some time afterwards, we continued on in the "even tenor of our way," going there to recite. Insults and jeers from the students we frequently encountered; but, belonging to the "unterrified Democracy," we were not daunted. The following letter, with an extract from the comments upon which our teacher made and published in the Liberator at the time, will speak for themselves. We keep them as mementos of the past.
Middletown, Oct. 5th, 1833.
To Beman, Junior:
Young Beman:--A number of the students of this University, deeming it derogatory to themselves, as well as to the University, to have you and other colored students recite here, do hereby warn you to desist from such a course; and if you fail to comply with this peaceable request, we swear, by the ETERNAL GODS, that we will resort to forcible means to put a stop to it.
Twelve of Us.
Wesleyan University.
The letter was given to our teacher, who says:
The President being absent, the letter was shown to two of the Professors. One of them, with a significant toss of the head, passed by on the other side; the other stated that bating the profanity, it expressed the sense of a by-law enacted by the Board of Trustees at their last meeting. By subsequent inquiry, we have found it even so. The resolution was moved and supported by ardent Colonizationists.
S. P. Dole.
But times have changed. The best school in the State of Connecticut, for the education of colored children in company with white children is now found in the city of Middletown. How it came to throw open its doors for all, without distinction of color, will form an interesting chapter in the moral progress, which has been made in the few years now under review. It was in Middletown that we saw the first number of the Liberator, and its clarion voice sank deep into our mind. That paper, and "Walker's Appeal," and the "Address of Mr. Garrison," and his "Thoughts on Colonization,"3 were read and re-read until their words were stamped in letters of fire upon our soul. The first time we ever spoke in a public meeting was in that city, in behalf of the Liberator, and against the Colonization Society. One of the last things which we did before we left to attend the Convention, was to read the Address of Wm. L. Garrison to the colored people of this country; and for majesty of language, for power of thought, for beauty of style, for thrilling appeal, and for valuable advice, its equal is not to be found amid all the rich specimens of Anti-Slavery literature which the past twenty years has produced. Would that they could republished, and a copy of each placed in every house in America!
The Convention was called to order by the President, Jehiel C. Beman, who delivered a written address to the delegates, a copy of which will be published in the doings of the Convention in a pamphlet, It is not necessary, therefore, for us to speak in a particular matter of the doings of the meetings. Reports and letters from various parts of the State showed that the people are everywhere making progress in all those things in which and upon which our elevation consists and depends. It was good to be there. All hearts and hands were united; and, thanks to the Committee of Arrangements! everything was prepared in such a thorough manner, as to make the delegates and visitors quite happy during their stay in the city. We meet and labored in the spirit of UNION. Old and young came up to the rescue, with a resolution to make the position of Old Connecticut such as to cheer the hearts of all our brethren in different parts of the land--a position that shall animate all the Friends of Freedom in the country. Connecticut will make progress, and "remember those in bonds as bound with them."
Truly yours, A. G. B
Frederick Douglass' Paper, October 13, 1854
Reference Notes
1. Wilbur Fisk (1792-1839) was a prominent New England Methodist clergy- and educator. In 1830, he became the first president of Wesleyan University. Middletown, Connecticut, which he had helped to found, and supported its development for the remainder of his life. Fisk was an ardent advocate of temperance and the formation of temperance societies; a promoter of missions; an opponent of the abolitionists, though opposed to slavery; an advocate of colonization; and defender of Methodist doctrines in articles and published sermons.
2. John Wesley (1703-1791) was the founder of Methodist societies who spoke put against slavery and the slave trade.
3. To promote the goal of immediate emancipation, Garrison attacked the American Colonization Society with its professed aim of gradual emancipation through colonization. He published in 1832 the book Thoughts on African Colo- nization, which demolished the central argument of that organization for denying the possibility of elevating blacks in this country. While recognizing the potent effects which prejudice and proscription had on the development of American blacks, he was nonetheless convinced that "through the vista of time,--a short distance only,--I see them here, not in Africa, not bowed to the earth, or.derided and persecuted as at present, not with a downcast air or an irresolute step, but standing erect as men destined heavenward, unembarrassed, untrammelled, with none to molest or make them afraid."


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For the last year TFG Editor-In-Chief Chester Moore has been on the search for monster hogs.
In this video he gets up close and personal with a feral hog on a ranch that has been domesticated but still roams free within a a hundred acre tract on the Swenson Whitetail Ranch.
"The reason that I am so fascinated with big hogs is because of personal encounters and research that began when I wrote my book 'Hog Wild'," Moore said.
"There are hogs out there that are mutant-like, scary big animals and we are searching them out. In fact, we recently posted a link to a story with some reader photos of some freak big pigs. We have much more to come."
Moore said truly big, mature boars are in his opinion one of the hardest game animals to kill with standard methods.
"Sure you can chase them with dogs which is a dangerous and challenging proposition in its own right. Or you can employ thermal imaging scopes and night vision and snipe them in fields at night. Those are both super cool," Moore said.
"However if you were limited to the methods you have for hunting whitetails these monster hogs they would be virtually impossible to kill on free range. Hunters routinely take big bucks they see on game cameras. How many can say they have been able to kill the truly big boars they see on the same camera?"
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- Up to $280,000 to support summer programming for refugee students that has helped them improve their literacy and numeracy skills, catch-up on missed education and promote integration.
The investments announced today represent $1.55 million in addition to government's commitment of $10.5 million in September 2015, which included $2 million for immediate overseas relief and $8.5 million over 2.5 years for refugee resettlement and integration supports in Ontario.
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Alan Cribb unravels the transition from an epidemiological approach to a philosophical approach to healthcare he discusses in his new book – Healthcare in transition – by examining how his identification, or not, as a patient impacts on his research.
Whilst working as an academic I tend not to identify myself as a patient.
In the last few years one of the themes of my work has been patient-centred or person-centred healthcare, and I have just completed Healthcare in transition, a book in which I tried to tease out some of the elements of, and tensions within, this idea. But I have never self-identified as a patient in my writing and I only occasionally do so in my face to face encounters with trusted colleagues and in what feel like safe spaces to me.
In some ways this is odd. I am not simply a patient in a notional sense – like very many people, I have regular interactions with medical consultants and other health professionals, I follow a regime of treatment and I have health-related conditions that challenge my identity and frame the way I organise my life. So why not self-identify as a patient in my academic work?
"Why not self-identity as a patient in my academic work?"
Partly it is probably just about privacy or for reasons of self-protection – not to invite threatening line of enquiry from others. But it feels as if it is about something more than that. First and foremost it seems presumptuous. It feels like I have been invited to the meeting with one ticket – as a researcher – but now I am claiming to have a further ticket and am expecting to vote twice!
This sense of cheating applies however I think about what counts as a patient, and I have to confess that I am confused about this. In health services research, for example, it is now a methodological and ethical norm to worry about the inclusion of either patient perspectives or patients in some fuller sense. But there is a spectrum of attitudes and practices in response to this norm.
In some cases – and this is to exaggerate for effect – 'patients' is treated as a kind of self-fulfilling marginal category, such that if people happen to have any other source of relevant expertise – they are health professionals, or researchers, or activists or even heavily engaged in a peer led patient group then they will to some extent be disqualified as 'patients'.
This attitude stems from an understandable concern that the identity of patients isn't colonised and misrepresented by powerful voices but, at the same time – certainly in this exaggerated sense – it risks reproducing a deficit view of patients.
"I feel either disqualified or under qualified."
At the other end of the spectrum there are strong patient voices and groups who will not only lobby for involvement in research but will themselves lead research and will challenge prevailing orthodoxies – for example, questioning not only the practices of patient involvement but also the ways in which research agendas are set and research is conducted and so on. These kinds of patient voices play an important role and can be inspirational. But there is also a danger here – again at the extreme – that the identity of patient itself becomes professionalised and owned by a few well-organised people.
The first account coincides with my worry about being presumptuous. I need to be cautious about saying I am speaking as a patient, especially with any implication that it is on behalf of other patients, when I already have a hearing as an academic.
But I am equally ruled out on the second account. I have not taken any special steps to become an expert patient; nor do I have any particular credentials to claim a quasi-professional status in this regard. For me to act as if I had would be to cheat.
In short, I feel either disqualified or under qualified. But the issue of my patient identity will not go away completely. It seems unavoidable because even not mentioning it feels like a significant choice. In some contexts there are temptations to mention it – because for certain audiences it may add a sense of authenticity and credibility. In other contexts there are temptations not to mention it – because, for example, some clinicians or others may worry about what axe I have to grind and see it as a source of 'bias'.
How far this issue is seen to be of importance, and in what respects, is arguably a function of the kind of research we are talking about and also of disciplinary assumptions and conventions. But for anyone who thinks 'reflexivity' matters it does seem to be a question worth asking.
If I am being reflexive as an academic then I can treat my identity as a source of problems or limitations that need to be acknowledged, or as a source of legitimacy or authority, or sometimes as a combination of both. This seems as relevant to patient identity as to other aspects of identity. On this account there seems to be something seriously lacking in my approach to date.
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Just before I was born, my mom had a crazy craving for split pea soup. And not just any split pea soup, it had to be Anderson's split pea soup. So much so I think I remember her telling me she begged my dad to drive them up to Buellton where Anderson's restaurant is, (2 and a 1/2 hours from Los Angeles), so she could get the "real" soup. Pretty funny, huh? Even funnier is the fact that split pea soup is one of my all time favorite soups to eat. Coincidence? Not sure, but whatever it is…this recipe is one of the best, and easiest, I've tried. So, if you and your family like split pea soup too, give this one a try…it's definitely yummy!
2 1/4 cups dried split peas
2 quarts cold water
2 pounds ham bone
2 onions, sliced thinly
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon ground marjoram
3 stalks celery, chopped
3 carrots, chopped
1. Gather ingredients
2. Using a large stock pot, add water to peas and simmer the peas gently for two minutes. Then let them soak for one hour.
3. Slice onion
4. After peas have soaked, add ham bone, onion, salt, pepper and marjoram. Cover, bring to boil, then simmer for 1 1/2 hours. Stir occasionally.
5. Remove ham bone. Cut off meat, dice and return meat to soup.
6. Add celery and carrots.
7. Cook slowly, uncovered for 30 to 40 minutes.
And like magic…you have yourself a pot of yummy goodness that you and your family with definitely enjoy!
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What do moms really want? That could be a loaded question. But it's one I'm asking and guessing offspring and husbands everywhere ask every year as Mother's Day rolls around.
For days, I've been seeing posts and videos in my Facebook feed about what moms want for Mother's Day. Some are the usual and expected "gift item" and some are even quite funny. This got me to thinking about what I would put on my own "really want" list. Then contemplating what other moms would put on their list That spiraled to thinking how moms in different age brackets and with different aged children probably have different lists. Yeah, my mind works like that.
I'm sort of an anomaly in all this because I'm older than most moms with only one child entering the teen years very soon. I mean let's be real. Most moms in my age group are graduating their kids from high school or college. They're attending their child's wedding or enjoying grandkids. So my perspective is….shall we say….different. Anyways, I decided to put together a collection of points and ideas of "what moms really want" at various ages and stages of motherhood. In most cases, these apply to the kids and husbands. But they may be something you can "gift" to sisters, daughters, friends.
The New Mom
New moms want two things….Sleep and a shower/bath. That's it! Both are hard to come by when you have a teeny tiny little person demanding all your time and attention. They also need good healthy, tasty food. It takes a lot of nourishment to heal from the trauma to the body that is pregnancy and childbirth. If they're breastfeeding, that's even more demand for nourishment to them and baby. If there's a new mom on your list this Mother's Day, why not give them all three of these to carry them. Volunteer to be their "Mother's Helper" for a day. Care for baby (and other children) while they shower and sleep uninterrupted for as long as possible. Prepare a few nutritious meals they can easily move from cold storage or freezer to the slow cooker or Instant Pot with little effort or thought. Because "mommy brain" is a real thing! This is a gift you just can't buy on Amazon, y'all. If you can commit to once or twice a month for the first 6-9 months after baby comes home, even better.
The Toddler Mom
Mothering littles is very demanding. When I had a toddler, you wanna know what I really wanted? A clean house (that I didn't clean) and time alone to relax and do something just for me. One of the best gifts my husband gave me in the early years of motherhood was cleaning the house for me because he knew I was overwhelmed. He helped with our home tasks daily. Often he did all the cleaning by himself. Laundry, toilets, crannies, and all. You have no idea how much these simple acts restored me. He also gave me a nice gift certificate for services and products at a local day spa and salon once. I went alone for an afternoon of pampering and primping. I had real conversations with real adults and came home to a clean house, a happy little boy who was clean and fed, and an appreciative husband. Gold, I tell you! GOLD!
If you have a toddler mom on your list, give them the gift of no toys to pick up or dishes to wash. Remove the spilled juice to wipe up, little sticky faces and hands to clean, or toilets to scrub from her radar. Offer to clean her home or hire a maid service to come clean. Either way works as far as I'm concerned. But choose whichever is more comfortable for the mom. Make arrangements for her to spend some time alone or with friends doing something just for them without kids in tow. You might be surprised just how quickly not having to be "Susie Homemaker" or "Super Mom" for a few hours will bring a smile and renew her.
The Elementary Mom
The mom with elementary aged kids is at a stage in motherhood that's interesting. At this stage, she's filling a lot of sub-roles. She's a teacher, chauffeur, cook, housekeeper. She's a personal shopper, organizer, event planner, schedule coordinator, emergency manager. She's a receptionist, nurse, nutritionist, safety specialist. She finds herself being an interpreter, proof-reader, problem-solver, investigator. We can't forget cheerleader, referee, judge, warden, guard. And the list goes on. The elementary mom barely has time to eat, sleep and breathe much less spend time on herself or her marriage. Her list of wants and needs are many. Here's a list of what you can give her.
- uneventful and non-resistance bedtimes
- no-rush mornings
- dinner together as a family
- help with the cleaning every day
- help with meals and cooking regularly
- help with laundry
- less laundry
- hire a maid service to clean the home
- hire an organizer to help put the home in order and declutter
- help with the chauffeuring and running
- offer to do the shopping every now and again
- a night out with the girls
- a full day to herself each month
- date nights or occasional weekends alone with hubby
- regular spa days
- peace and quit with no fighting or refereeing required
- control of the remote
- a sizable stash of chocolate all to herself
- no whine or squabbling
- prompt action without being reminded, asked or told repeatedly to do something
- anything and everything that makes her life easier and less stressful.
The Tween Mom
The mom of a tween is entering a new place in motherhood that's both encouraging and as scary as heck. She finally has a little more free time as her kid(s) are old enough to be more responsible for their space and time. WooHoo! However, her child(ren) are now in the early stages of puberty or soon will be. Plus they're beginning to find themselves and assert more independence. These moms never know when and if they will get Jeckyll or Hyde from one minute to the next. As much as the kid(s) are going through and on an emotional roller-coaster, the tween mom is going through it with them plus having to learn to let go a little bit. They often feel very alone in this transitional time as everything begins to change. It's a rocky time of motherhood for sure. Even more uncertain and overwhelming than being the new mom for the first time. What tween moms want most of all is consistency, stability, and peaceful transition.
Extended loved ones and friends can't give much here beyond support and experienced guidance. But the tween mom's kids and husband can offer and provide a lot. Do your part to make her life easier and less tumultuous. Help out around the house without being reminded, asked or expecting anything in return. Stick to schedules as closely as possible because her survival often depends on her routines staying intact. Don't be demanding or expect her to bend to your whims or be "Joanie-On-The-Spot" just because you want or need something. Be considerate of her feelings, wants and needs, anticipating them when you can and asking what she needs and wants when you can't. Be considerate of her time. She's not the doer-of-all-the-things you don't want to do or think you need. Give her some breathing room and let her find her new role in motherhood at this stage of the game. She's treading water here. Basically….Don't be a brat!
The Teen Mom
Like with "The Tween Mom", the teen mom is teetering on the brink more often than not. She's still getting use to to her "baby" not being a baby anymore. It happened when she was busy folding laundry, wiping snotty noses, and picking up a million toys. She's having to resolve herself to her child/children being an individual in their own right and almost a grown up who'll be leaving the nest sooner rather than later. Her kids do not need her in the same way or as much as they use to. She's finding this stage of motherhood somewhat uncomfortable at best and downright terrifying at worst. At the same time, puberty and independence are still at the forefront for her kid(s), making things rather unstable and a daily struggle. What does she want most?
She wants the same as she did when she was a tween mom. Plus she wants to still be needed, included, and appreciated for the things she does in the home and as the mom and wife. She's finding her role at this stage more emotional than physical much of the time as she's forced to let go in much bigger ways that are frightening. She's prepping herself emotionally, mentally and physically for the time her kid(s) will be out on their own. What can you give her? Trust and respect.
Kids, trust her experience and wisdom. She knows a thing or two. Trust her love for you. She's your safety net. Include her in your life and decisions. Share with her. Don't shut her out or give her holy hell. I assure you. She remembers the teen years very well and is not as stupid or disagreeing as you think she is. It's still her job to protect you and keep you safe. Give her a chance to show you she gets it while she does that.
Husbands, here's where you can shine. Stop seeing her as "the mom" or "the housekeeper". See her as the woman she is and has become as well as the one you are attracted to and share your life (and bed) with. Make her feel young, vibrant, sexy. Make sure she knows she's the apple of your eye and you respect her, adore her, think she's better than sliced bread. Connect and share yourself as well as time and attention with her. Date her. Don't just live with her. She's not your roommate.
And please, whether you're the kid or the husband in this….don't take her for granted. Yes, she knows you love and appreciate her, but she needs to be reminded….often.
The College Mom
Next, we have the college mom. She's spent 19+ years (counting pregnancy) being "the source" of everything or most things for her kid(s). Now, just like that and in what seems to her like a blink of the eye, the child/children she's poured everything into is pretty much an adult, both age-wise and maturity-wise. She's no longer "the source" she once was. She now has a new role in motherhood and in the process, she's having to redefine herself and discover what makes her tick in a way that's very foreign. What does she want? She wants to know she did a good job of raising her kids, giving them what they needed, and preparing them for life and the real world. She wants to see her kids succeed, thrive and flourish in their new roles as an adult.
If you're the kid here, you can give her all that and more. Like before, don't shut her out or disregard her. Sure, you want and need privacy and don't have to share everything with your mom. She understands you have things you don't want to share. Call her, come home to visit her, spend time with her. Make home and family as important as friends and school. She misses you. Bon't just come home or call with your hand out, your laundry piles for her to wash or do the tasks you don't want to do. She's your safe place to land but she is not your maid and never has been. Seek her guidance with decisions you're facing. Let her know what's happening in your life. FYI, she's gonna worry or fret if you don't. Show her she's an intricate part of the person you are and will be in the future. Because she is.
Husbands, continue the course from the teen mom years. But step it up a notch. She has a lot going on mentally and needs that extra boost from you that she's not failed nor is she old and "used up". If she's at or nearing menopause, she also has a lot going on physical. Be compassionate to that. It's not easy on her by any means. Keep the fires burning and the light shining on her as a woman and on you and she as a couple….older, more experienced, wiser, and yes, comfortable but not boring or "routine". Be her friend, lover, partner in everything, while giving her room to be independent of you and the person she's evolved into. She's been "mom" for so long, it may be hard for her to shift gears at this point in life. Encourage her to try new things or showcase her talents and skills. Help her embark on this new phase in her life with grace and enthusiasm, and enjoy where and who she is.
The Empty Nest Mom
The empty nest mom is really not much different from the college mom. She's raised her kids and let them go. All the same applies to her but now with a different intensity. Now that her kids are grown and on their own with a life and family of their own, she's left with the life, home and family she's made plus a new one to look forward to. She has her routines and schedule down pat and her methods of doing things are well established. Yes, she can still use help with the day to day but not nearly as much as it was needed in the past. Now she has much more free time on her hands to explore interests, seek to fulfill her life dreams and accomplish goals. Help her do that, whatever "that" may be and in whatever way works for her and you.
Kids, she's still mom and always will be. But now she can also be a dear and treasured friend in a way that wasn't possible or practical before. Don't let that gem of a relationship get away from you. You still need her and she still needs you. Just in different ways than before. Keep her close because I assure you, no one will ever fill that place in your heart that she fills. Never. And the same applies to her with you. Give her time and friendship. That's the greatest gift you can give her as an adult.
Husbands, she's still the girl you fell in love with and married. Older and wiser with more experience. Maybe with more gray in her hair and more pounds and inches here or there. But still that girl with many of the same hopes and dreams. Or evolved versions of them. You're her partner. Act like it. You're her other half and the one she's devoted her life and heart to. Remember that. She's the queen of your life. Treat her as such.
Give the empty nest mom all the things she's worked very hard for over the years…..respect and appreciation, validation and value, joy and peace, comfort and compassion, assurance and adventure, unconditional companionship and immeasurable support. She's earned it!
In Closing…..
No matter what stage of motherhood a woman may be in, the things that mean the most to her….the gifts that are priceless and make the biggest impressions are the ones that come from the heart and give her more than a momentary bit of pleasure or joy. Flowers, jewelry, keepsakes, purchased or made gifts, and "stuff" are all well and good and usually are appreciated and loved. But the ones that go straight to the heart and soul of a woman are the gifts that money can't buy. These are the gifts moms really want but will often not mention or hint around about nor ask for. The above are just a few ideas to help you. Think outside the box and pay attention to what the mom on your list REALLY needs and wants. If you really look and see them and their everyday life, you will be able to nail it with no problems.
If you're a mom reading this and it resonates with you, leave a comment with your own points of what you really want or confirming I hit it on the head here. And by all means, share it with your husband, kids, family and friends. I'll be the catalyst for you.
Happy Mother's Day, y'all!


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Darkest Fear represents an interesting transition between Coben's comparatively lightweight and formulaic early novels and his more recent, nervier and darker novels such as Tell No One and Gone for Good. It is part of the series dealing with the misadventures of Myron Bolitar, sports agent and occasional investigator, but this time Myron has more than the convenience of his clients on his mind. An old girlfriend turns up with the revelation that her son is dying for a bone-marrow transplant–and that the son is his. Myron has always had an overdeveloped sense of personal responsibility and this time it goes into overdrive. He, and his efficiently violent friend Win, find themselves involved with one of the richest and most secretive families in America, with a particularly brutal serial kidnapper and murderer and with the FBI on one of its off days.
Coben takes his wise-cracking series hero and puts him in real physical and emotional jeopardy–the book is impressive, and a decisive break with the formula he had established earlier. After this, gloomier and more dangerous books were inevitable, and protagonists less fundamentally cheerful than the ebullient Myron. —Roz Kaveney
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I like Myron and Win. I read the books out of sequence, as I find them, which I find makes things more interesting, putting the threads together.
This filled in the Myron-Jeremy link that I'd come across in later books. There was less Win in this book, a shame as I like Win (he wouldn't like me!).
The plotting was classic Coben, with a couple of extra twists and unanswered questions that hung about like bad smells until inspiration struck Myron. Coben captured the savoir faire of today's teenagers perfectly in the last chapter.
I think the reason I disagree with RK's assessment above regarding the dark/light transition in Coben formula is because I read the books out of sequence. I've already read several of the later Bolitar books as well as a number of the non-series novels, so I think of Coben as a somewhat dark writer and thus Darkest Fear fits right in with that assessment.
Either way, if you like mysteries, you'll like this.
I'm claiming this book as No. 5/150 in the Goodreads 2012 Reading Challenge.
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A survey of purchasing managers by HSBC shows China's manufacturing contracted in April for the sixth straight month.
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The index has remained below 50 – the level indicating expansion, since October.
Companies also reduced jobs, at the sharpest rate in 37 months.
The HSBC survey tends to reflect private and export-sector activity more strongly than an official index released that showed manufacturing gaining last month.


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On Tuesday, June 12, 2018, the official ribbon cutting was held at the Wauseon Pool. Mayor Kathy Huner, along with City Council members, Jeff Stiriz, Rick Frey, Harold Stickley, Steve Schneider, and Scott Stiriz, Pool Manager, Tom Burkholder, Police Chief, Keith Torbet, Wauseon Chamber of Commerce Director, Bill Drummer, numerous donors, organizers and fund raising groups were present for the momentus occasion. Also present were members of the Wauseon Public Works Department, Assistant Superintendent, Josh Reckner, Foremen, Ben Johnston and Jeff Newlove and General laborers, Chad Porter, Gus Bill and Brandon Johnston. Mayor Huner thanked the City of Wauseon residents for voting for the levy that allowed the construction of the new pool and said "the pool will be a great addition for the kids in the community". She acknowledged and thanked those who contributed, whether it was a donation of time, talent or treasure and she recognized the Public Works Department for their efforts and hard work in helping to make the pool happen.


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I remember quite clearly how these two photos came to be. I had pulled my camera out, which always led to a flurry of excitement. Every child screaming at me to have their picture taken — a sort of reverse paparazzi. If I wanted to take a picture of something or someone, I had to prepare for a 30 minute riot with the whole family demanding another pose.
So, I had wanted a photograph of one thing or another and my camera was out. The kids were circling. These photos were taken at the beginning of my training so my French was limited and my Susu non-existant. I managed to explain to them through a combination of movement, basic words, and guttural noises to group together and smile and stay still long enough for me to get a good photograph. Immediately after hearing the shutter click they would run towards me and demand to see it.
I saw the first photograph on my camera screen — dissatisfaction. I changed a setting, turned the flash on, hounded the kids back together and made them pose for another one. I glanced at the screen again — satisfied. I had finally gotten them to hold still which, to be honest, was quite a monumental task.
We passed the camera around, everyone happy to see their face on the tiny LCD screen. They demanded more photographs, I obliged, and eventually the camera was put to bed for the evening. We went on with our night and our lives. I completed training, I moved out of this family's house and into my village, I lived there for six months, I was evacuated, and now I have been home for almost 3 full months.
Now when I look at these two photographs they are incomparable. The first photograph, the one that seemed flawed at the time, the one I almost deleted immediately but by some chance left on my memory card, this photograph is the one that now calls to me. Don't get me wrong — the children look beautiful in the second photograph. It brings a smile to my face to see their happiness and recall the time we spent together. But the first photograph?
It shows the motion and joy of their lives. The constant movement, laughter, and play. It shows the glee budding on Alia's tiny face. It shows Fati mid-giggle. I feel Bountu's amusement in this photograph. I sense my playmates running around me, pulling on my hair, begging for me to pick them up and spin them around in the air. There is feeling and life in this photograph.
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Creates proxies for ndarrays. These give a logical view of a function as an ndarray.
Proxy ndarrays work just like ndarrays, and can be used in all the same ways. However, unlike dense arrays they do not keep any storage and instead use a function to determine the contents of the array. Here is a simple example:
var proxy = //Create a 10x10 proxy ndarrayvar x = x //Prints out: Called: 1 2x //Prints out: Called: 7 8
It is possible to slice the view of a proxy ndarray, just like a regular ndarray:
x //Prints out: Called: 3 4x //Prints out: Called: 7 3
You can use lazy ndarrays with cwise or any other library that works with ndarrays.
It is also possible to add a setter to the proxy ndarray to implement custom assignment operations. For example:
var y = y //Prints: SET: 2 3 = 10
If a setter isn't specified, then writing to the array throws an error.
You can install the library using npm:
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And like all ndarray modules it should work in a browser that supports typed arrays using browserify.
require('ndarray-proxy')(shape, get_func[, set_func])
Creates a wrapper for an ndarray
shapeis the shape of the wrapped ndarray
get_func(i0,i1,...)implements access to the ndarray
set_func(i0,i1,...,v)implements writing to the ndarray
Returns A proxy view of the functions.
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The Ardmore Neighborhood Association is sponsoring the second annual plant swap for gardeners of all skill levels. All members of the community are welcome to attend.
Bring in something you can spare, such as hostas, daylilies, irises, or coneflowers. N.C. Master Gardeners will be on hand to offer tips, provide encouragement, and solve problems. Perennials thrive when they are thinned out periodically, so dig up a few of yours and stop by. If you have plants to donate but cannot attend, contact ANA Board Member Bonnie Cruise (336-682-4804) to arrange for someone to pick up your donations. Donated plants will be given out while they last, so anyone who wants a plant but doesn't have one to donate can still take one home.
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On March 15, Tennessee's state veterinarian issued a health advisory urging all poultry owners to take extra precautions to protect their flocks from avian influenza.
"We are working to protect the poultry population from exposure to avian influenza," State Veterinarian Dr. Charles Hatcher said. "The best way to protect your birds is to increase your biosecurity measures and particularly, to keep your birds at home for now."
Dr. Hatcher advises owners of backyard and commercial flocks to avoid transporting or comingling birds. That would include, but is not limited to, avoidance of poultry exhibitions, shows or sales at fairs, festivals, flea markets or auctions.
"We know that wild birds can carry avian influenza and that it is likely naturally circulating in the environment right now," Dr. Hatcher continued. "We expect this threat to diminish over time as migratory patterns change with consistently warmer weather."
Confirmed cases of avian influenza in Tennessee
This advisory is in response to the confirmed detection of H7N9 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) at a commercial poultry premises in Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA on March 4.
On March 8, officials confirmed the detection of H79N low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) at a commercial poultry premises in Giles County, Tennessee, USA. This virus is not the same as the China H7N9 virus affecting Asia and is genetically distinct.
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Alabama investigates 3 potential avian influenza cases
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