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If you're reading this, chances are you want to make an offer to a job applicant. To do this, you'll need to write an offer letter that officially clinches the deal with your potential new hire. The purpose of the offer letter is to convince the candidate to leave their current role and come work for you. In this article, we will provide a free offer letter template, explain what should be included in a good offer letter, and also address what to do before and after sending your offer letter.
Free Offer Letter Template
Here is a free offer letter template that you can customize for your business and use for your potential new hires. You can also access it here as a Word Doc and here as a PDF.
(insert company letterhead/ logo)
Dear (first name of candidate),
[Introduce what your company does].
On behalf of COMPANY NAME, I am pleased to offer you a chance to be a part of our team. I would like to offer you the position of JOB TITLE. You will be part of our NAME OF TEAM team and will report to HIRING MANAGER. This is a (part time/ full time/1099) role and more information will come in your employment agreement.
The offered compensation for this role is COMPENSATION. Upon success in your role, we pride ourselves in taking care of those who help us as company along, and bonuses and pay increases shall be evaluated on a TIME FRAME basis. You will also be eligible for our benefits program, which includes BENEFIT OFFERINGS, after a XX probationary period.
Please note that this offer is contingent upon your ability to pass a (insert background test, drug test, etc…). More information on this will come under separate cover.
We would ask that you accept or reject this offer by DATE. Please let me know by email or phone. My email is (insert email), and my phone number is (insert phone number).
Should you have any questions, please contact me as soon as possible.
This is an exciting time; welcome to our team!
What to Include in An Offer Letter
The offer letter should have the following components:
- Be on official company letterhead
- Be written in the proper letter format (business name and address, date, and proper salutation and closing should be included)
- Have the candidate's full legal name & address
- Job title, schedule, (i.e. full time, part time), and who the position reports to
- Broad overview of compensation, such as the salary amount (or the 1099 hourly rate)
- If you'll be offering health insurance or other benefits like dental, vision, or a 401K, mention this in the offer letter but don't describe them in detail (more specifics can be detailed in the employment agreement)
- Provide any contingencies for revoking the offer, like passing a drug test, credit check, and/or a background check.
- Provide the date that the offer should be accepted or rejected by (1 week is the usual standard unless the candidate requests more)
- Tell the candidate how to accept the offer – by email? By phone? Either?
- Include an official signature from either the company owner or the hiring manager
Nitty gritty details about compensation and perks, like bonus structure, the amount of paid time off, and health insurance details should go into the employment agreement.
Same goes for at-will employment. Under at-will employment, which is the law in all states except Montana, employers can terminate an employee at any time without notice and without reason (as long as it is not discriminatory). Vice versa, an employee can leave a position at any time without notice and without reason. At-will employment is best mentioned in an employment agreement, if you have one. The employment agreement will serve to be a much more legally binding, detailed document, which is why the details needs to go in there instead of an offer letter.
Keep in mind, the offer letter is a jumping off point – your candidate might say no, yes, or come back with a counter offer. So, keep it short and sweet. There is no need to divulge all of your company secrets, like commission structures and insurance details, until you are further into the process with your potential new hire.
What to Do Before Sending the Offer Letter
Make a Verbal Offer
In many cases, a business owner will make a verbal offer to a candidate before sending a written offer letter. While this isn't necessary, in a competitive job market, giving a candidate a verbal offer over the phone can be a nice way to ensure that you stay top of mind in case they are considering other job openings. It also can show your excitement for the candidate.
You can say something like, "Mike, our team loved meeting you so much that I wanted to call to say that we will be providing an offer to you as soon as possible. I don't have details yet, but you can consider this phone call an official notice that an offer is coming."
Then, you need to make it properly official with a written offer. In terms of sending the offer letter, email is king. You can send the letter as a PDF attachment to the email, or better yet, use an electronic signing system like RightSignature.
As an HR consultant and recruiter, I can assure you that I would never place a candidate of mine with a company who did not provide an official offer letter–it's too risky and it looks unprofessional and lazy. If you don't have time to use our free template or to write one, what does that say to the candidate about what it will be like to work for you? Not much.
What to Do After Sending the Offer Letter
Discuss the Offer Over the Phone
You don't need to call a candidate to review the details of an offer letter, but it is the classy thing to do. A candidate might be more introverted (e.g. a developer), and if they have questions, they might just say "no" over risking confrontation. Giving the candidate a call and asking if they need anything or have any questions is a classy, friendly, showing-them-you-care thing to do.
Handle Negotiations
Negotiating compensation is a touchy subject but also fairly normal practice. You should not be offended if a candidate wants to negotiate. If you do your research ahead of time on what is fair compensation for the industry and role and the going market rate, you will greatly lower your need to negotiate. Websites like Glassdoor and PayScale can help you determine fair compensation.
Even if you do your research, you may still get someone who would like to negotiate. If the person wants to talk about salary or even about an hourly wage, expect the person to counter about 10% more than what you offered. A classic way to deal with this is to meet them halfway–but only do that if you can afford it and if you think the candidate is worth it.
Remember, negotiating does not mean a candidate isn't excited to work for you! That being said, we recommend that you don't mention in the offer letter that an offer can be negotiated–this invites negotiation even if an offer is fair. If you do need to negotiate, it's best to do so in person (or over video if the candidate is remote) in order to have the best level of communication.
What do I do if I can't meet what the candidate wants?
If you cannot give a candidate the salary they want, get creative. Can you offer more paid time off? Or what about a performance-based commission structure? What about a structured goal setting system that can get them to the compensation they want within a year? (This can be really great if you are hiring someone for sales or to clean up a technical mess of some kind).
If all else fails, ask a candidate, "What can I do to make you happy in this role if I cannot come up to your compensation level?" Maybe they want to manage other employees. Maybe they want to report to you directly.
But then, ask yourself–Will this candidate keep looking for more money always? Feel out if the candidate's requests are genuine or if you can create a true win-win. Otherwise, find a candidate in your price range.
Consider Writing an Employment Agreement
Not all businesses use employment agreements, but it is best practice to have one. Compared to an offer letter, the employment agreement is a much more legal agreement and is usually drawn up by a lawyer or a law-compliant service like an HR consultant. The employment agreement will also touch on non-compete clauses and other legal jargon that should be left out of a cover letter. You can get a template employment agreement on Rocket Lawyer, but we suggest having it reviewed by an attorney.
The employment agreement should be signed and dated by both the candidate/new hire and by the CEO or business owner. The offer letter is only signed by the company, so it's not a legal agreement between parties.
The Bottom Line
Offer letters still have a purpose for both the business making the offer and the candidate receiving it. Take the time to create an offer letter for a candidate to not just make it official, but to show a level of professionalism that will only strengthen your company's culture as your business keeps growing.


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From 10 October to 4 November 2018, the Museo Franz Mayer exhibits projects in the framework of Swiss Design Labs which illustrate the diversity of impacts made possible thanks to the approach proposed by the EPFL+ECAL Lab.
Chronogram gives new life to digitized heritage thanks to virtual reality: in this case, the extraordinary archive of Vacheron Constantin, who have been manufacturing watches for over 250 years. The major challenge is that the virtual experience focuses on content credibility rather than the mere 3D effect. It allows interaction between users of 3D and 2D interfaces. Playing a major role in the experience, the VR helmets were entirely redesigned by a team of industrial designers made up of Nicolas Lemoigne, Bertille Laguet, Dimitri Bähler and Marlo & Isaure, in order to improve the exploration of these historical documents.
Under Pressure presents the possibilities offered by densified wood. The process allows transforming easily grown local trees such as fir into material as hard as rare tropical species. The EPFL+ECAL Lab explored the potential of this material in collaboration with designers Chris Kabel, Paul Cocksedge, Normal Studio, Big Game and Léa Longis.
Finally, Solidarity Network redefines the relationship between seniors and the digital world. Offering a digital service that seeks to enhance real-life interactions, this project breaks with preconceived ideas. It shows that the little enthusiasm shown for digital solutions by many seniors is largely due not to lack of competence, but of interest. This service therefore focuses only on the elements that facilitate real-life events, thus establishing new milestones for inclusive design.
More about the event: www.swissdesignmexico.mx

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There's an old maxim in marketing: people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. Likewise, no reader will take advice from a pundit who despises them.Right. And even David Brooks is starting to figure it out:
Part of the problem is that anti-Trumpism has a tendency to be insufferably condescending. For example, my colleague Thomas B. Edsall beautifully summarized the recent academic analyses of what personality traits supposedly determine Trump support.Yep. That approach is going to be persuasive. There's more:
Trump opponents, the academics say, are open-minded and value independence and novelty. Trump supporters, they continue, are closed-minded, change-averse and desperate for security.
This analysis strikes me as psychologically wrong (every human being requires both a secure base and an open field — we can't be divided into opposing camps), journalistically wrong (Trump supporters voted for the man precisely because they wanted transformational change) and an epic attempt to offend 40 percent of our fellow citizens by reducing them to psychological inferiors.
The main reason Trump won the presidency is that tens of millions of Americans rightly feel that their local economies are under attack, their communities are dissolving and their religious liberties are under threat. Trump understood the problems of large parts of America better than anyone else. He has been able to strengthen his grip on power over the past year because he has governed as he campaigned.My own NeverTrump stance was predicated on the belief that Trump didn't really care and that it was a put-on. As it turns out, I was wrong about that. The evidence mounts that his concerns are real and genuine. His solutions may not work, but that's a public policy debate, not a personal debate. And for the Left, it's always personal. And almost always ad hominem. I keep seeing college friends who are openly cheering for the old white men who supported Trump (no one else could have, natch) to die so they can have their imagined paradise. I know a lot of old white men who have spent their lives making sacrifices for their families and paying plenty of taxes to support the bien pensant class that would spit on them if given the opportunity. Trump may not succeed; the forces arrayed against him are powerful and persistent. But he wouldn't be in the position he is if the people who claim to be better were actually better.
Until somebody comes up with a better defense strategy, Trump and Trumpism will dominate. Voters are willing to put up with a lot of nonsense for a president they think is basically on their side.


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The laundry room…. sigh…. one of the only rooms that did not turn out the way I had hoped. We've only lived in our new house for about 6 months, but for 6 months I have hated the way the laundry room turned out.
We were in such a rush to move into our house, that the builders got a bit sloppy with it… at the time I was just OVER the construction process and I wanted to move in desperately. So, I did what any desperate person would do, and I overlooked the glaringly obvious problems that were getting left behind.
Fast forward 6 months from move-in day, and I am irritated.
I should have made the builders re-do their mistakes. I should have made them pay more attention to the final details. And I shouldn't have been SO EASY! I know what my thought process was at the time, so I can't be too hard on myself but, darn it, it's just not what I wanted.
However, I'm trying to look on the bright side by thinking that I wouldn't have come up with my new solution, had everything been done right the first time. See how positive I am??
I'm going to show you why I'm so frustrated with the way the laundry room turned out. You'll see…
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They were suppose to build out the wall so that the upper cabinets looked built in. You were never intended to see behind them, or the bottom of the cabinet…. See the problem?
Reason # 2:
They didn't do the tile correctly on top of the pedestal. See that lovely gap of thin set? You're not suppose to see that.
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This directly correlates with reason number 2. The grout has completely fallen out in spots on the face of the pedestal. They were instructed to use bullnose tile on the face so that it tied in with the top for a nice rounded edge. That didn't happen. Obviously. And because it didn't, every time I pull laundry out of the dryer my leg hits the grout and it falls out….. sigh….
Because I've been agonizing over this room since we've moved in, I've had plenty of time to device a plan of attack. And, luckily, it shouldn't be too expensive.
Here's the plan:
-To fix problem # 1 we are going to install plank paneling under the bottom of the cabinets and along the sides of the washer and dryer. This should hide the back and top of the wall that you can see with reason #1. Everything should look built in and finished.
-For problem # 2, since we will be installing plank paneling with quarter round on the bottom, this should hide the large gap on the side of the dryer.
-To fix problem # 3 we will install plank paneling on the left wall when you walk in the laundry room, carrying it across the face of the pedestal to cover the exposed chipping grout line. Plus, it will give this wall a seamless look since the inside will be finished in plank panels as well.
After that, we plan on installing the cabinet hardware (which we've had for 6 months…), possibly repaint the walls… and make wood boxes to go under the pedestal. Add in a rug, some curtains, wall hangings and accessories, and we'll have a finished laundry room… One that I won't hate anymore!
Here's some images that I've gathered for inspiration:
So there's the plan! Hopefully we'll get started soon! Since the hubby is so busy with farming during the summer, we have to squeeze all of these "bigger" projects into the winter months.
Let's do it!


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Orbograph Announces Educational Healthcare Payments White Paper on Reassociating EFT/ACH Payments to ERA's in 2014
Billerica, MA, June 17, 2013 – Orbograph, a premier supplier of recognition solutions for the U.S. check processing market as well as paper and electronic payment solutions for healthcare revenue cycle management, announced today that its white paper, How to Reassociate EFT/ACH Payments to ERAs in 2014, is now available for download at http://www.orbograph.com/reassociate-EFT-ACH-ERS.htm. The white paper explains the challenges and problems which healthcare providers, billers, clearinghouses and financial institutions will need to addresses as The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) supports healthcare payment electronification by defining standards and regulations for ERA and EFT adoption.
Today's lack of a true remittance standard has resulted in payers (insurance companies) using multiple EOB formats and multiple electronic remittance advice (ERA) remark codes. In many cases, the information that healthcare providers require to reassociate payments and remittances is incorrect, missing, or not provided on the payment or remittance in a way that is meaningful to the provider or its financial institution. As a result, providers are unable to automatically post payments, effectively manage denials and accurately and consistently reconcile their deposited funds.
Additionally, explanation of benefits (EOBs) continue to be utilized as paper-based remittance advices which explain part of the reason why 1.75 billion checks are issued each year for healthcare payments. Although there are now very efficient and cost effective alternatives to convert EOBs, a reconciliation problem still exists.
ACA tries to help resolve this challenge but is only the first step. Within the white paper is a well defined plan on how to realize the full benefits of electronification when utilizing either an EOB or ERA which is electronically generated (referred to as EDI 835). The paper addresses many of the issues healthcare providers are facing including:
- Reduced clerical burden of manual reconciliation so employees can be redeployed on value-add tasks
- Limited reporting of outstanding accounts receivables
- Increased electronic transaction adoption and compliance with standards
- Standardized operating rules for eligibility, claims status, claims payment and remittance, and enrollment and referral authorization
"Unless a healthcare provider or their financial institution can automatically extract and match the TRN data from ACH payment to the remittance information contained within the EDI 835, the process of deposit reconciliation will be manual and cumbersome, and even nearly impossible, as in the case where a provider receives 10 remittances for $100 and eight payments for $100," stated Barry Cohen, Co-President of Orbograph. "I believe this issue will be a major industry roadblock to EFT/ERA acceptance. As a company that comes from financial transaction processing, Orbograph is ideally positioned to provide a solution that straddles both the financial settlement and healthcare remittance sectors."
About Orbograph
Orbograph (www.orbograph.com), a subsidiary of Orbotech, is a premier provider of recognition services and software for check processing in the financial industry and end-to-end electronic solutions in healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM). Orbograph technologies are in use in over 1,500 financial institutions, service bureaus and billers processing billions of checks and claims annually. Orbograph solutions are utilized by 20 of the top 30 U.S. financial institutions with in-house check processing. In healthcare payments, Orbograph P2Post and Orbograph E2Post utilize innovative EOB conversion technologies to automate posting of receivables into practice management systems. Orbograph enables clients to envision more for their organization by reducing costs and managing risk while ensuring that achieving more is a reality.
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Bay Area arts news, Dec. 29
Cartoonist still reaching for the top
In 2007, Tom Toro found himself unemployed and under a mountain of debt after completing an undergraduate degree at Yale and two years of film school at New York University. Morbidly depressed, he returned to his parents' house in El Cerrito. But sitting in his childhood bedroom, Toro, 29, considered that his unfortunate state of events could spell a fresh start. "Faced with this situation, I did what any rational person would do," he says. "I drew cartoons."
Cartooning was not new to Toro. He was an obsessive doodler as a kid, the kind who filled the margins of his school notebooks with characters and froze frames of Disney movies so that he could copy the animation. During college, he was the cartoon editor of the Yale Herald. "I actually realized it could be a career, not a hobby."
For two years, while working in the box office of Berkeley Rep, Toro dutifully crafted captions and cartoons, sending about a dozen a week to the New Yorker, the only publication in the country that can sanctify a budding cartoonist's career. The magazine accepted his 610th submission.
"It came out the week of my 28th birthday," Toro remembers. "The cover was by Dan Clowes, and it showed a young man hanging his Ph.D. diploma in his childhood bedroom. It was an odd coincidence."
Toro has since moved into his own apartment, and he continues to submit a dozen or so cartoons to the New Yorker weekly. In the past year and a half, the magazine has bought 16 of his 1,600 submissions. "It's a kind of life of rejection," Toro deadpans. "It's a bittersweet game of odds, and you have to overwhelm them."
Among the bittersweet realities of Toro's cartooning success is that the pay is mediocre. The New Yorker abandoned its staff cartoonists several years ago and now offers its stable of 30 or so regular ones a fee of $675 per cartoon, with old-timers such as Roz Chast and George Booth probably earning more.
Last year, Toro was about to sign a distribution deal with a newspaper syndicate, but it was swallowed by a larger company that decided to limit its contracts. "It's always been hard to be an artist," Toro says without spite. "But now it's like the 99 percent and the 1 percent - there's no middle class of artists anymore."
Toro's cartoons excel with world-weary, deadpan humor. "I try to script a scene and show a moment of that scene," Toro explains, revealing his film training. "I like to show a crazy situation that people are dealing with in a calm way." Yet what makes the cartoons work is Toro's fondness for the absurdity of human interactions. His characters are always expressionless.
Toro has no immediate plans to leave the box office at Berkeley Rep, where he enjoys the camaraderie of other artists supplementing their income. But his goal is to become a published writer as well as cartoonist. He recently finished a novel, "The Miracle of the Mountain," a love story about a young American writer who helps an Egyptian woman produce a radio broadcast about the Miracle of the Mountain, an ancient tale told to them by a Coptic Christian garbage collector.
The novel is loosely based on Toro's experience making a documentary about the garbage collectors of Cairo, "Marina of the Zabbaleen," which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and screened at Cannes. So far, Toro's first literary work has been rejected by literary agents. But given his track record as an autodidactic, driven artist, odds are that Toro's name will soon appear on a book as well as on a cartoon.
Things to do today
The Asian Art Museum is holding a Bollywood dance party for 11- to 15-year-olds and their families. The party comes with some education about Bhangra, a popular Indian dance combining Punjabi folk traditions with Western pop music (hip-hop, funk, reggae). And tonight at 7, SFMOMA will screen Stanley Kubrick's 1968 sci-fi masterpiece, "2001: A Space Odyssey," which begins with our primate progenitors' first use of tools and ends with a human inquiry into the cosmos - good fodder, with meditative cinematography and stunning special effects, to close 2011.
Things to do Friday
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra occupies the Herbst Theatre for an evening of Beethoven called "I Like Ludwig." The program includes: "Coriolan" Overture, Op. 62; Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36; and Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61. The 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa presents "All-Comedy Cabaret," a musical version of "Saturday Night Live," directed by Paul Gilger.
Things to do New Year's Eve
Cinnabar Theater in Petaluma pays tribute to Tom Lehrer in "Tomfoolery," a cabaret-style musical revue featuring such Lehrer classics as "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park," "The Masochism Tango," "The Vatican Rag" and a Gilbert and Sullivan-esque recitation of a table of elements, starring Eric Morris (formerly of the Edlos). And at the Rrazz Room in San Francisco's Hotel Nikko, Kim Nalley and Houston Person ring in 2012 with some soulful singing and Champagne.
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Celebrity Paws Gala, Citizens for Animal Protection fundraiser, 1989 – 2007 As Chairman of the 1989 Gala, the challenge of a $500 decorating budget inspired some creative thinking. Judy Nichols enlisted ten top designers to create theme related booths, "Chateaux des Paws," for each of the ten honorees. Individual raffle ticket sales determined which of…Details


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When looking to pay for school, always take into consideration how much you will walk away owing after graduation. Pell Grants have become a popular way to keep your debt low while still giving you enough money to get through school. Pell Grants are not just for standard universities; they have been expanded to include a number of vocational schools including schools that teach massage therapy.
New Jersey Massage Schools
New Jersey offers Pell Grants that can be used to pay for any college in the state as long as that college participates in the Federal Student Aid Program. You can tell if a school participates as they will have a six-digit federal school code. The current massage schools listed in New Jersey as qualifying are: Academy of Massage Therapy, Helma Institute of Massage Therapy, Institute for Therapeutic Massage, and Somerset School of Massage Therapy.
Southern Massage Schools
Alabama has the Blue Cliff School of Therapeutic Massage which participates in the program. Also in the South, Georgia houses Atlanta School of Massage. North Carolina also has an approved school called Medical Arts Massage. All of these schools can take Pell Grants as some if not all of your payment. When you go through the EFC vetting process you are assigned a number, Pell Grants are currently awarded if your financial need is lower than 3850 by the federal determining system.
Western Massage Schools
Out West, a good number for schools that accept Pell grants are in Nevada. Both Dahan Institute of Massage Studies and Utah College of Massage Therapy are both certified colleges. Colorado also has two schools with a school code: Boulder College of Massage Therapy and Cottonwood School of Massage Therapy. By attending schools solely focused on massage, the programs are usually designed to be completed within nine months to one year. This can be faster than university or community college programs as they have fewer concurrent class requirements. But that way you will only graduate with a certificate, not with a more versatile Associate's or Bachelor's Degree.
Certificate or Higher Degree?
If you are choosing to get a massage certificate you might not be looking into four-year or two-year programs. However, more and more universities are offering "minors" in such programs. These universities are typically participants in the Federal Assistance program. If you are open to getting a more extensive degree, this might be an excellent fit for you. By working through the Pell system you can locate all colleges near you that qualify for the grants. From there, you can seek out information regarding local area massage certification programs.
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- Hamstring massage as part of a Thai body massage image by Deborah Benbrook from Fotolia.com


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The FLCL mission statement connects the past to the present.
Formed and Loved by Christ to Live
What does this mean? Christ gave his life for our sins, so that we may live. Our lives have three areas where we serve:
- In Relationship with God
- In Relationship with One Another
- In Relationship with the Community
We live in relationship to God with worship, praise, prayer, and education.
We live in relationship to one another with fellowship, care, and learning events.
We live in relationship to the community with outreach projects that improve the lives of those around us.
Each member strives to live the mission statement of FLCL as we continue the goodness and teachings of Jesus Christ.


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My second session with Quentin Tarantino about Inglourious Basterds. Read the first part here. Read the original story here (in Norwegian).
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Tocvan is a well-structured exploration mining company. Tocvan was created in order to take advantage of the prolonged downturn the junior mining exploration sector, by identifying and negotiating interest in opportunities where management feels they can build upon previous success. Tocvan Ventures Currently has approximately 12.8 million shares outstanding and is earning into two exiting opportunities. The Pilar Gold project in the Sonora state of Mexico and the Rogers Creek project in Southern British Columbia, Management feels both opportunities represent tremendous opportunity.
The firm is earning into the advanced Pilar gold project in Mexico and the Rogers Creek project in British Columbia


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Joe Moravsky (born March 23, 1989) is a meteorologist who is notably one of the most consistent competitors in American Ninja Warrior. Moravsky grew up in the small town of Sherman, Connecticut. He is currently a weatherman and gymnastics/parkour coach. He coaches at a gym in Newtown, Connecticut called Vasi's International Gymnastics.
Since childhood, Joe knew two things for sure: he loved the weather and playing sports. Through elementary and high school, Joe participated in many sports, including basketball, baseball, soccer, and cross-country.
American Ninja Warrior 5
On American Ninja Warrior 5, he finished the Baltimore Qualifying in 6th with 1:25.96; the best of any rookie that night. In the Semi-Finals, he nearly ran out of energy on the Body Prop, but managed to hang on, flipping onto the platform below.
In Las Vegas he cleared the First Stage with 36.23 seconds left. He became one of seven to clear the Second Stage with 17.70 seconds left. On the Third Stage, he beat the first two obstacles easily, but failed the Floating Boards while transitioning to the fourth board. He finished second overall, only being surpassed by Brian Arnold. This was the third best rookie performance ever on ANW, after Brent Steffensen in American Ninja Warrior 2 and Seth Rogers in American Ninja Warrior 11.
American Ninja Warrior 6
In American Ninja Warrior 6 St Louis Qualifying, Moravsky cleared with 1:04.14. In the St. Louis Finals, he managed to get the fastest time again, with 3:40.48, but not before a scary attempt at the Rumbling Dice, where he became the first person ever to pull the dice off the track. This created controversy over the fact he was not disqualified for breaking the Rumbling Dice (it wouldn't matter as he was far enough, fast enough to qualify to Vegas anyway).
In the Vegas Finals, Joe easily completed the First stage with 29.79 seconds left. On the Second Stage, Joe became the first out of two competitors to complete the Second Stage with only 1.29 seconds left. In the Third stage, he got his revenge on the Floating Boards, and destroyed the Ultimate Cliffhanger. He also managed to complete the new obstacle, the Propeller Bar. However, he wasn't able to get a proper footing on the Hang Climb and fell in the water.
USA vs. The World
He then represented Team USA in USA vs The World. In the tournament, he competed on the first and third stage. On the first stage, he set a new first stage record of 1:12.72, only to be bested by Tim "Livewire" Shieff, who ran a 1:02:70 in the next heat. He easily won his heat against Vadym Kuvakin of Team Europe and Shingo Yamamoto of Team Japan. On the third stage, he went against Stefano Ghisolfi, and Yusuke Morimoto. But just like in American Ninja Warrior 6, Joe lost his grip on the Hang Climb and failed. He eventually lost his heat to Ghisolfi, who completed the stage.
American Ninja Warrior 7
In American Ninja Warrior 7, Joe competed in the Pittsburgh Qualifying course. He finished the course with the second fastest time of 1:34.17 only behind Elet Hall. In the city finals, Joe slowly but surely mastered the first nine obstacles. On the Invisible Ladder, however, Joe had a quick stumble at the end but still managed to complete the finals course making it his third straight year to complete a City Finals course and automatically qualify to the Vegas finals.
In Las Vegas, Joe cleared the First Stage with 35.31 seconds remaining. He then completed the Second Stage with 20.41 seconds remaining making it his third consecutive year to complete the stage. On the Third Stage, Joe was making great progress until he reached the newly modified Ultimate Cliffhanger. On the obstacle, Joe was able to transverse through it easily until he reached the gap towards the final ledge. Instead of facing the final ledge to leap, Joe decided to do the Crazy Cliffhanger technique, but he lost his grip on the final ledge and failed.
USA vs. The World II
He was an alternate competitor for Team USA in the third International Tournament after Geoff Britten was given a doctor stop. Despite having little time to prepare, Joe easily completed the Second Stage in 1:23.69, however he was beaten by Sean McColl who got a time of 1:19.86 losing the heat. In the Third Stage, he ended up failing the Ultimate Cliffhanger again when he attempted to jump while facing the 14th ledge. He ended up losing his heat to Stefano Ghisolfi, who failed the Flying Bar.
Joe was an alternate competitor for the first American Ninja Warrior All Star special in 2016. He competed in the Team competition representing Team Matt. Joe ran in the first heat on Stage 2 where he completed the course faster than anyone else that had ever finished it. (1:08:52). he won the point for team Matt because his opponent, Brent Steffensen (representing Team Akbar). failed the Double Salmon Ladder.
In the skills competition, Joe was also one of four competitors that participated on the Supersized Mega Wall. he made it all the way to the final round where he failed to scale 19 ft.
American Ninja Warrior 8
In American Ninja Warrior 8, Joe's newborn daughter, Emily, was born in December 2015. As one of the favorites to win it all, he competed in the Philadelphia Qualifying course, completing it with the third fastest time at 2:00.29 behind Anthony DeFranco and Jon Alexis Jr.
In the Philadelphia City Finals, he blazed through the first nine obstacles. However, he had his first defeat outside of the Third Stage when he fell on the Invisible Ladder (This was the first time he fell anywhere but stage 3).He placed second overall and qualified for the National Finals for the fourth year in a row.
On the First Stage, Joe finished the course with 4.10 seconds remaining, heading to Stage Two for the fourth time in his career. However, he was shockingly dealt his first Stage Two fail when he lost his grip on the Wave Runner.
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As shocking news, it has been reported that Joe's uncle, Rob (the father of Rob Moravsky), suddenly passed away. As such, the death of Joe's uncle became his main source of motivation this season. Joe returned to compete in Cleveland and was able to complete the qualifying course with the second fastest time, just behind Anthony DeFranco. In the city finals, Joe was only one of two competitors that cleared the Nail Clipper, he cleared the rest of the course putting up the fastest time of the night and moved on to the national finals in Las Vegas. Overall, Joe was one of just nine athletes that completed a city finals course that season.In the Vegas finals, Joe cruised through the first stage marking the fifth consecutive season in which he cleared Stage 1. He finished with 42.76 seconds remaining and even celebrated by doing a high dive into the water. He finished the dreaded Wingnut Alley and Stage 2 with 25.66 seconds left on the clock. In Stage 3 he granted his revenge on the Ultimate Cliffhanger when he completed it and used the Crazy Cliffhanger transition in the second transition. Unfortunately, he failed the Time Bomb as he lost his grip when he missed the hook when placing the ring. This is Joe's best performance to date, getting to the 7th obstacle in Stage 3, and he was Last Man Standing in that tournament.
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Moravsky had stated on social media that he was originally supposed to compete in Philadelphia, but due to inclimate weather, he had to participate in Minneapolis instead.
As expected, Moravsky blazed through the qualifying course with ease. He was one of many to attempt the Mega Wall, but was not able to scale it. Though he was shown a bit disappointed not doing so, he still finished the qualifying course at the top of the leaderboard, placing 1st overall. He also finished the city finals course in 2nd place behind Jon Alexis Jr. and moved on to the national finals again.
Unfortunately, in perhaps one of the biggest shocks of the season, Joe ended up falling on the third obstacle, the Double Dipper, despite beating it the year before. In a post-run interview, Joe was shown to be extremely upset about his fall, as he had a hard time speaking to Kristine Leahy. Even though he fell on Stage 1 he tested Stage 2 & 3.
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Joe returned to compete in Baltimore (the same region that he competed in his first season in ANW 5). In qualifying, he once again started off strong by clearing the first five obstacles with little trouble. He was hoping to get up the Mega Wall after he failed on it last year. But, due to the wind and the course being close to the harbor making the Mega Wall very slippery, he surprisingly failed all 3 attempts. This marked the first time that he failed on a qualifying course, and he lost his qualifying buzzer streak. He still advanced to the city finals by placing 10th overall.
In the city finals, he fell on the blind catch on Angry Birds, missing the buzzer again as well as making it the fifth time he failed anywhere other than Stage 3. He still advanced to the city finals as he placed 7th overall. Joe appeared at the national finals and competed on Stage 1.
Despite having his run condensed for the first time since his debut in the Baltimore qualifiers on ANW 5, he got revenge on the Double Dipper which ended his run last year. He had a close call on Tire Run and hit his first buzzer of the season, finishing Stage 1 with 19.81 seconds remaining on the clock.
This success continued as he also cleared Stage 2 for the fifth time in his career.
On Stage 3, Moravsky injured his hand on the Ultimate Cliffhanger but persevered nonetheless and became the first person to pass the new fifth obstacle, Pipe Dream. He looked strong on Cane Lane but landed on the outside of the final rail and slipped off after a few seconds. He stated in a post-run interview that he had enough energy to finish the Stage but simply made a mistake.
Team Ninja Competitions
Joe competed on seasons 1 and 2 of ANW's team ninja spinoff, Team Ninja Warrior. He served as the team captain for Storm Team Moravsky (renamed as Storm Team for TNW 2).
Personal Life
Joe married his wife Stephanie in 2014. They currently have 2 kids.
Joe's cousin, Rob Moravsky Jr., competed on American Ninja Warrior in seasons 6 and 7.
Training Gyms
The gym he trains at includes obstacles such as the Warped Wall, Jumping Spider, Crazy Cliffhanger, Double Salmon Ladder, Unstable Bridge, Floating Boards, Chain See-Saw, Godantobi, and Balance Tank. He competes around the country at local events. One such event was held at Chris Wilczewski's gym, the Movement Lab, where he made it to the Third Stage before ultimately failing on the modified version of the Ultimate Cliffhanger.
|Failed Floating Boards (Third Stage)
|Failed Transition from 3rd to 4th Board. Second Best Rookie Peformance
|Failed Hang Climb (Third Stage)
|Last Man Standing.
|Failed Ultimate Cliffhanger (Third Stage)
|Failed transition to final ledge. Used Crazy Cliffhanger technique.
|Failed Wave Runner (Second Stage)
|Failed transition from 1st Board to 2nd Board. First failure in Stage 2.
|Failed Time Bomb (Third Stage)
|Last Man Standing.
|Failed Double Dipper (First Stage)
|First failure in Stage 1 on the regular season.
|Failed Cane Lane (Third Stage)


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Updated Floor Vote Estimate for Betsy DeVos (Secretary of Education) (updated 1/25 1230pm)
Thanks to rule changes under Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid back in 2013, a simple majority is enough for Cabinet confirmation votes. Barring a dramatic turn of events, we expect nearly every nominee to be confirmed, the questions outstanding are: how many Democrats cross over and vote yea, how many Republicans defect and vote nay. Advocacy for school vouchers and charter schools have been platform positions of the Republican Party for years, so Betsy DeVos almost certainly gets all of their votes. What about the Senate overall?
The publicized Nays from Senators like Cortez Masto, King, Menendez, Wyden, and Gillibrand make the guesswork a lot simpler. Senators who have conflicted with Mrs. DeVos previously, or who come from states where teachers unions, strongly opposed to a Secretary DeVos, hold significant sway over the Democratic Party, fill in a lot of the not-public-but-pretty-obvious nays. After watching several floor votes and watching those nays, we can also piece together Senators not publicly opposing but who have used identical arguments against other nominees they have already nayed. You'll notice that there is a stronger inclination for nay among Democrats with this Cabinet position than with the Attorney General. Mrs. DeVos lacks the insulation offered with being a Senator, and as of yet has no public yeas from the minority party. Democratic Senators with no statements or other indicators on the DeVos nomination are left as undecided, but may pile onto the bandwagon and force close to a party-line vote.
Mrs. DeVos is subject to a committee vote on Tuesday. She will likely clear it on at least a party-line vote, and then it's a matter of scheduling before she makes it to the floor. The question marks we have left include some red state Democrats: Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, but it also includes a few traditionally more liberal members. The final number of Democrats who actually votes for Mr.s Devos can probably be counted on a single hand. It will be interesting to see who breaks ranks.
Update- soon after today's chart was generated, Senator Joe Donnelly issued a statement that he will be opposing Betsy DeVos. In addition, an avid reader of the Desk emailed us linking to recent statements by Joe Manchin. We have moved him from undecided to no, as our experience has been when Senators in the opposing party repeatedly use the phrase "I might vote against/ uncomfortable/ leaning to oppose", its a polite way of saying no. The West Virginia Senator is already voting for Jeff Sessions and likely to vote for Rex Tillerson, so he is expected to confirm most of President Trump's more controversial picks.
Second update- Schatz now also a no on DeVos.
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Durham has a rich and fascinating history. Long ago, the Great Indian Trading Path ran through what is now the City of Durham. In 1701 the explorer John Lawson called the area "the flower of the Carolinas," and the town was settled in the mid-1700s.
Plantations dotted the countryside in those days, and Stagville Plantation, one of the largest pre-Civil War plantations with about 30,000 acres in its prime, is now open to the public as a state historic site and an example of slave life in North Carolina.
The City of Durham began as little more than a railway station in 1849 to carry goods between Raleigh and Hillsborough. The town was originally called "Durham's Station" after Dr. Bartlett Durham who donated land for the depot. One could say that the Civil War was lost in Durham since the terms for surrender were negotiated at Bennett Place, a farm which is now a historic site on the northern side of Durham.
Durham grew quickly once the tobacco industry took hold there, and at one time there were five separate tobacco companies in downtown Durham. One tobacco tycoon was Washington Duke, whose son James Buchanan Duke donated funds to create the University that now bears its name. All of the tobacco companies are gone now, but the warehouses have found new life as Durham's cultural center.
Durham gained fame in the early 20th century as home to one of the most successful African-American communities in the nation, including a center for commerce called Hayti (much of which was taken by the state of North Carolina when the Durham Freeway was constructed) and a successful black-owned bank and insurance companies on Black Wall Street. In 1910 North Carolina Central University was founded as the first public liberal arts college for African-Americans.
To this day Durham retains its vibrant diversity that makes it unique among southern cities.
As a center for the arts, Durham offers an unending list of things to do as well as the best restaurants in the Triangle. Besides the historical sites listed above, the Museum of Life and Science presents magical learning experiences for people of all ages, and the Sarah Duke Gardens offers a beautiful park with horticultural delights throughout the year. The baseball games starring the Durham Bulls are a favorite not only among locals but for visitors as well.
The Durham Performing Arts Center is one of the finest auditoriums anywhere, offering a range of opportunities from Broadway shows to the Moscow ballet. And every summer the American Dance Festival makes its home in Durham. For shoppers, Southpoint Mall attracts visitors from all over the Triangle and Ninth Street (near Duke's campus) and Brightleaf Square feature boutiques offering the interesting and unusual.
After many years of neglect, downtown Durham is coming into its own with exciting new restaurants, art galleries and a permanent farmers market installation that attracts the Food Truck Rodeo (a party of over 25 food trucks) now and then.
If you're looking for a charming older home you will likely be looking in Durham. Lakewood, Trinity Park and the Watts Hospital neighborhoods are perennial favorites and offer a real feeling of affordable old-fashioned neighborhood living, and Forest Hills, the oldest "exclusive" neighborhood in Durham features majestic older homes on larger lots in the higher price ranges and a park that was once a golf course and clubhouse with pool and tennis courts. Hope Valley is another country club community with beautiful homes built from the 1930s and lovely tree-lined streets that meander through the golf course.
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Mount Tai is a mountain of historical and cultural significance located north of the city of Tai'an, in Shandong province, China
Tianmen Shan (Heaven's Gate Mountain) is a cave natural arch eroded through a karst syncline. It is located about 8 km south of the city of Zhangjiajie (formerly Dayong) in northern Hunan Province, China. It is accessed from Zhangjiajie by what may be the world's longest skytram (7.5 km) that leads to a bus ride on a very winding road, followed by a set of stairs with 999 steps. The last few of these steps are shown in the photo above. An interesting series of photos that pictures the skytram ride and the bus route, along with some of the stairs and the arch, is found here.
Tianmen Shan may be unique among the world's great arches in that its formation is recorded in history. Documents from China's "Three Kingdoms" period report that the entire opening formed in one cataclysmic event when the back of a huge cave collapsed in 263 AD. As a result, the name of the mountain was changed from Songliang Shan to Tianmen Shan. Thus, Tianmen Shan is also one of the very few natural arches with a precisely known age.
In modern times Tianmen Shan has become a target for stunt fliers. This is due to its location close to the Zhangjiajie airport as well as its large opening. Acrobatic flying teams have flown through the opening in 1999 and 2006. A public domain photo of the 1999 flight is shown below.
Tianmen Shan has a span of about 55 meters and a height of about 130 meters.
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At one time or another, all orchid growers will have to treat orchid pests and disease. Find out how to identify problems and what actions to take. The good news is that bacterial infections and pests are usually not serious and are easy to treat.
What you'll learn: how to treat orchid pests and disease, including bacterial and viral infections as well as pests such as scale and mealybugs.
While attending an orchid show at the Red Butte Garden in Salt Lake City I was warned the bacterial infections are quite common on orchid leaves. I was reassured to learn that these infections are also easy to treat. Sure enough, it wasn't long until the tell-tale black spot showed up on my orchid's leaf. Luckily, I knew what to do.
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The First Line of Defense is Prevention
4 Tips for Preventing Disease
- Buy healthy plants. Before making a purchase inspect leaves for reddish-brown to black spots. Do not buy plants with spotted leaves (like those in the above photo).
- Provide air circulation. Orchids love humidity, and so does bacteria. To prevent diseases that thrive in a humid environment, turn on a fan. Air circulation will do wonders in preventing bacterial growth.
- Avoid overwatering. Besides killing your orchid's roots, standing water is like sending an invitation to unwanted bacteria to come to live in your orchids.
- Isolation. As an extra precaution isolate new plants for a week or two, just to be sure that it didn't bring any hitchhikers, in the form disease, along. This advice has saved my orchids. Sometimes we may overlook bacterial spots, that somehow become glaringly obvious once at home.
Identify the disease or pest
If you do notice something unusual, the first step is to identify the problem so that you can apply proper treatment.
Bacterial: Treating Black Spots on Orchid Leaves
Bacteria can be identified by a reddish-brown, or black spot on the orchid leaves. The spot may be quite tiny, like little freckles sprinkled on the leaf, or larger, with a lighter ring around the edge.
Use Hydrogen Peroxide to Treat Bacteria
Full strength hydrogen peroxide can be used and will kill the bacteria that causes black spots on orchid leaves. Simply soak a Q-tip with hydrogen peroxide and dab affected area(s). Avoid swabbing underneath the leaf, as this may kill the leaf. (Having bathed the underside of an orchid leaf in hydrogen peroxide, I know the truth of that statement.)
Use Cinnamon to Treat and Prevent Bacteria
Another or additional, option to treating black spots on orchid leaves is to make a cinnamon paste. Cinnamon possesses antibacterial properties, making it a natural choice to treat bacteria. Plus, it's something that's on-hand. Mix powdered cinnamon with water, or Elmer's glue, until it forms a paste consistency. With a Q-tip, swab the paste onto the affected area. Once again, swab just the top side of the leaf.
If Your Orchid has a leaf that looks bad – cut it off
Trimming off the affected area with a pair of sterilized scissors is another option. To sterilize scissors, wipe them down with a cotton ball soaked in rubbing alcohol. When making the cut, be sure trim about 1 cm. past the black spot. If the entire leaf is affected, cut off the whole leaf at the base. The black spot on the below leaf was quite large and near the crown of the orchid. I trimmed the entire leaf off as close to the crown as I could.
Identify and Treat Sunburn
Sunburned orchid leaves results in destroying the leaf tissue. At first, the leaf will just feel squishy. Over time, the least will continue to deteriorate and the leaf will turn from green to brown, and, eventually, black.
The best course of action is to remove the sunburned leaf with sterilized shears or a single edge razor blade. Apply a cinnamon paste to the lesion.
Use care not to expose the orchid to the possibility of sunburn. If you suspect sunburn, move your orchid further away from the window or light. Never leave your orchid in your car.
Identifying Virus
This is the bad news: Viruses can be difficult to diagnose and almost impossible to cure. Viruses can be identified by a color break in blooms. The best course is to throw out such plants. If you don't want to throw out your orchid, keep it away from your other plants. Use caution and keep all tools (watering cans, razor blades, etc.) away from the infected orchid. If you do use a razor blade, be sure to throw it out after use.
TIP: To accurately identify a virus you must take a sample and send it to a commercial lab such as agdia.
Now You've Got Black-Spot Removal Know-How
Now that you know what those little black spots are, you are ready to take action if ever the need arises. Black spots on orchid leaves are easy to treat and can be taken care of with items you probably already have on hand, no need to run to the store. Just for the record, I have had more success with treating black bacterial spots with hydrogen peroxide than I have with cinnamon.
Pests: Mealybugs and Scale
Just the words scale and mealybugs give me a shiver of distaste! These little beasts can easily spread throughout an entire collection if you're not careful. The first step is to identify these bugs. If you notice any sort of pest, immediately remove the orchid away from the rest of your orchid collection.
If you notice a cottony, web-like substance around the base of the plant on pseudobulbs, rhizomes, or on the underside of leaves you may have mealybugs. Another tip-off is the presence of ants. Mealybugs excrete honeydew that attracts ants.
Scale, particularly armored or Boisduval is considered the worst of orchid pests. Unlike mealy bugs, you can't simply use your fingers to brush the scale away. The scale has a thick detached shell that is practically cemented to the orchid. Look on leaves, and all around the base of the plant, for signs of this pest. Scale can be difficult to get rid of because they hide in every imaginable nook and cranny. Repeated treatment is recommended.
Identifying scale: Hard light, brown bumps that you can not scrape away indicate Boisduval scale.
Treatment for both mealybugs and scale:
- First, isolate these orchids from the rest of your collection.
- Second, spray the plant with horticulture oil. This is most effective when bugs are in the nymph phase.
- Third, with an old toothbrush and 70% rubbing alcohol, and a pair of surgical gloves scrub every nook and cranny of your orchid. This may seem overwhelming when you first look at your orchid, especially of your orchid is large, with lots of leaves and pseudobulbs, but you can do it. Once you get started, it's not so bad.
I recommend pouring a small amount of rubbing alcohol into a dish so that you can easily dip the toothbrush into the bowl without contaminating the rest of the alcohol.
Keep the toothbrush and alcohol on hand so that you can repeat the process every 10 days, or sooner if you see signs of the bugs. After the scale has been treated the hard shells will dry up and easily flake off, though a scar will remain.
If you suspect that pests are down in the orchids roots and soil you can safely pour hydrogen peroxide in the potting mix. As this will dry out the roots, be sure to water thoroughly water afterwards.
Bugs Are No Fun – But Are Treatable
Bugs are a huge nuisance, but you can take action against them. As soon as you notice them, begin treatment right away. As always, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure: Check new plants for signs of pests before purchasing. Keep new plants away from other plants until you are sure the plant is healthy and pest free.
Now you know how to treat orchid pests and disease. I have confidence that you'll be able to with the tools we've talked about you'll be able to successfully eradicate these common pests and disease.
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where can I get this house happy orchid, without going to nursery.they very expensive in nursery.
Many thanks for all your tips. Barbara
Hello my Orchid was very healthy and now it is developing black spots. I think my moisture level might have been to high. Would anyone be willing to look at a picture of the plant and add any advice?
Where can I find horticulture oil? Speciality store or big box in garden section? Thanks you!
Help!! Never had much luck with orchids and my mum brought me one for mothers day. I inspected the plant the next day and noticed miuld/algae in the pot. The roots still look mostly green but I have noticed on the underside of some of the leaves are some little black mouldy looking spots….not much but enough to worry me. My orchid is in bloom and still has buds so from what I have read they say to avoid replanting. Help….don't want to loose another one. Do I replant or just treat the algae.
I have a orchid that was given to me by my next door neighbor who was moving. I noticed this white stuff on the leaves and stems. Any idea what this could be. Its a old orchid
Hola, buenas noches, quisiera enviarte unas imágenes de cuatro de mis orquídeas, las cuales presentan una infección y realmente no se que es, y necesito ayuda, que tengo que hacer para poder mostrártelas? g
I emailed you 3 pictures. Its a very old orchid. She had it outside one her fince for many years.
I have two phalaenopsis plants, just finished blooming. I would like to thank you for sharing a lot of information on caring orchids, especially the phalaenopsis. Thank you very much, very helpful indeed.
You always have such great tips. Can you suggest how to safety treat an orchid I have on a piece of driftwood without hurting the orchid? My orchids are outside in a shed so the ants might just move from one orchid to another. Thanks for any info you can send my way. Tina
How long do you leave the cinnamon on the leaves?
Thank you for your tips! Im a newbie when it comes to orchids. My orchid just finished blooming ang is now growing new shoots. However i saw a black spot at one of the old leaves. How often do i apply it? Is daily apply application safe? Thanks,
I have had my first orchid for a little over a year. It's on it's second bloom. Now I find myself hunting the throw-away discount section for cheap ones to take home and love. I now have 6. How do you stop wanting to give love to the unloved? My husband is nervous. I just keep adopting plants and I now have a mini jungle.
I appreciate your knowledge and advice. Thank you for taking the time to share what you've learned about orchids with us.
I think I have learned a lot about orchids. I bought one about a year ago and finally, the blooms died off and all I did was water it. I would like to try and get it to bloom again the root is growing out of the pot and some are dead so I will take it out of the pot and cut them out and re-pot it again.
I need help … my orchid has a very sandpaper roughness on its underside of the leaf. I can't see any bugs it's white-ish in color and it's not mealybugs. It's like the bottom of the leaf is gone.
Thank you for your tips, I have mealybugs and am trying to find the best way to get rid of them fast and as easy as possible, other than the alcohol, should I replant my orchid?
Thank you Anna for helping me to deal with scale.
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Hello Anna,
I need help…..an orchid that I purchased around the holiday season and has been in bloom all this time is suddenly in distress. and, yes, it is still in bloom – however,
earlier this week, one of the large leaves fell off – it's just sitting on the table. didn't even get moved/touched. and it was slightly discolored – like the older leaves do when they are turning color. just today, now, about 5 days later, this plant is still in the same place getting the light it needs, etc., and I noticed that the 2nd leaf is laying on the table. uh, oh – I decide to "really" look at it.
I noticed when I took the plastic pot out of the decorative one that it's full of the moss and the roots are looking squashed and like they are tired. I poked my little finger up through the bottom hole and it is damp. I have watched lots of u-tubes on the care, the potting, what to look for, as well as following along all your very informative "tips" to know that this plant is in distress. so, I carefully remove it from the plastic liner and nothing seems to want to move. I got a large plastic container (I keep the large plastic covers that one gets when buying a cake in the grocery store as I have found them to be very helpful when working with plants, etc. and then I don't destroy any of the better food storage containers) – anyway – I took it to the sink and with just tepid water, I slowly lowered the plant into the container to sit for a few minutes. I then drained the water and started to very carefully remove all of the moss. No wonder the plant was crying out for help – it was packed in there solid! That whole plastic container was filled almost to the top with the moss. I noticed that some of the root system came with the moss – I guess they were truly dead. However, for the most part, the plant has lots of roots and to me, they do look salvageable. I got all the material off the roots and rinsed well under the tepid water and it is now resting.
I am hoping I am following good protocol with this plant. I have a new medium – some moss but mostly bark that I will now repot it into.
I guess I'm looking for some direction here from you to know that I'm doing the right thing. the other thing is – it is still in full bloom and I surely hate to cut them off – but if it's advisable, then that is what I will do.
I have attached some pictures so you will see just what I'm talking about. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
I have abouut 6 orchids and 3 of them are infected with this weird red mold or fungus in the soil and I can't find anything on the internet telling me what it is or how to treat it. Please help me!
I have an orchids that never blooms but grows lots of roots looks healthy nice firm leaves should I throw it out?
I purchased an orchid online and received it about a week ago. The post office was supposed to hold it for pick up since I am in Arizona and it is very hot right now. The orchid was delivered and left at the front door in the sun in it's shipping box. It seemed to be okay and was packed well but was very warm. I put it on my kitchen counter to cool down and it seemed okay. Imagine my shock when I looked at it a couple of days later and it is turning black. Is this heat damage? I have separated it from my other orchids.


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This is our digital scrapbook for the year. Hey - it's faster than using scissors and pretty papers - and it actually gets done.
Jason went for a training in Chicago. He says it's a great city to visit!
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The sun illumines
Stone, plant, beast and man.
Our soul enlivens
Head, heart, hand and foot.
The light rejoices
When stones sparkle,
Plants bloom, beasts run,
And people work.
So should our soul rejoice
When our heart grows warm and wide,
Enlightened thoughts grow strong,
Enheartened will can work.
In Waldorf circles it's pretty common to hear the words "head, heart, hands," but this is the first time I have ever seen them followed by the words "and foot." It goes without saying that Waldorf education, or Steiner education as they call it on this side of the Atlantic, does emphasize creative movement as an educational construct. But without saying it, it remains unsaid. Unspoken. Unemphasized. In browsing through the prayers, I notice that Steiner does emphasize it. In these prayers he mentions stepping and walking fairly often, which leads me to wonder when the words "and foot" got axed from the curricular mantra and why.
Here's a funny and brilliant TED video that reminds us to put the and foot back in education, embrace creativity, and make mistakes.
Thanks to my very dear friend MoxyJane for sharing it with me!


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ENGLISH National Ballet and English National Ballet School have combined to create a new version of Cinderella especially aimed at young dance fans.
My First Ballet: Cinderella is a reimagined version of the classic fairytale created especially for children as young as three – adapted to an hour in length and with a narrator to help young audiences follow the story.
The show comes to Woking's New Victoria Theatre on Friday 26 May and Saturday 27 May and tells the story of Cinderella, tormented by her stepsisters and not allowed to attend the Prince's ball. Left behind to an evening of chores, she is visited by her Fairy Godmother who transforms her into a Princess who shall go to the ball.
Choreographed by George Williamson, Cinderella is the latest of the My First Ballet series which has included Swan Lake, Coppélia and Sleeping Beauty.
The series is performed by second year students of English National Ballet School, providing them with valuable rehearsal and performance experience within a professional touring company.
To coincide with My First Ballet: Cinderella, English National Ballet will host on-stage creative dance workshops, aimed to provide a gateway into the world of ballet. Children and their parents/guardians will be able to learn extracts from the production with ENB dancers. The workshop at the New Victoria Theatre will take place on Saturday 27 May from 3.45pm. There will be five performances of Cinderella across both days.


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There are people who left things to make things better. There are people who chose to keep quiet to keep the silence. There are people who are staying in their room because being outside will only be irritating, awkward, disappointing or hurting. There are people who chose to be in another place not because they want to be there but because they NEED to be there. There are people who not only left the box where they used to be but also threw that box away and are now continuously shifting shapes just to fit in anywhere at anytime.
They are heroes. They are people who have sacrificed. They are people who hate where they are but are fighting for a better day and a better place. They are people who are serving you breakfast this morning and ironing your clothes this afternoon and are turning on the TV this evening. They are people who are forcibly forgetting their own needs, wants and even life for you to have a comfortable chair, position, and identity. They are people who are dying inside but have to conceal it for your joy. They are young people who are biting every inch of the book because you told them they are the future – your failed dreams' future. They are old people who grew up not knowing what life and being alive really mean. They are middle-aged people who keep on collecting stress just for you to have a better job when you reach their age.
We're all people making other people miserable one way or another.
But we can also be people forgetting ourselves for the joy, future, happiness, satisfaction, betterment and life of another.
There are many strong people around. They are also weak. They are also weak. They need to be understood, need to be noticed, need not be ignored. They also need many things. They need a break. They need time for themselves. They need some more patience from you. They need you to stop asking for this and that and everything else that pops in your mind. They need you to pause and listen. They need you to decipher what's behind their smile. They need you to see their callouses and back pains. They need you to see that there is a whole new, different and more colorful world that they want to reach. They need you to give them some time to sleep. They need you to leave them alone for awhile.
And in the middle of all that, they are still fighting.
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Yesterday I met with the producers of a film called "Call & Response – Concert to End Slavery." It's part concert, part documentary film that dissects the modern day slave trade. I viewed the film with them and a hand full of friends. After the viewing, it turned into a prayer meeting. We prayed for protection for the director and his wife (who was also there), the producers, and that the film would make a major impact on those who view it.
It was a very inspiring time for me. I applaud them and their efforts. My heart is 100% behind them, believing they have heard the heart beat of heaven and they are trying to do something to stop human trafficking.
The movie is intended to be a worldwide "call" to action. It hopes to raise awareness of the issue, while inspiring people to "respond," and lend their voices to the cause. Visitors to the "Call & Response" movie's website are presented with an unsettling video of a young slave girl talking about her life.


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Theater! Theatre!, the twin-auditorium space on Southeast Belmont Street that's been home to several small and mid-sized Portland performance troupes, is facing its final curtain this summer. The loss of the two stages, among the busiest in the city, could mean a significant realignment for the local theater scene.
, announced Friday that landlord Veerinder Chawla informed them by email last week that their leases, which run through June 30, will not be renewed. Both companies intend to search for new homes and to continue operations.
Chawla's email, and discussions the companies had with him in December, indicated that he intends to convert the space to office and warehouse use for his company
, which has a storefront retail space in the building. Chawla did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Theater! Theatre! consists of two auditoriums. Theatre Vertigo and
share the lease on the front space, which seats about 120. To the rear of the building, Profile has room for just less than 100. Numerous other companies and independent artists – from
to the sketch comedy troupe Sweat – have rented the spaces.
"There are so many companies that are going to be stranded," said Vertigo company member Brooke Calcagno.
head Don Horn renovated the building, which previously had housed Periodicals Paradise and other shops, in 1994. Horn sold the business in 2005 (though he still runs Triangle, now in a new home on Northeast Sandy Boulevard), but Theater! Theatre! continued to serve a vital role in the local theater ecology.
Very few ready alternatives appear to exist for the size and scale of productions that have been housed at Theater! Theatre! Displaced companies could wind up available dates at such venues as CoHo Theater in Northwest Portland, the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center or perhaps Brunish Theatre in the Portland Center for the Performing Arts, but the lack of a viable Eastside performance home appears as a gaping hole in the theater scene.
Both Profile and Vertigo are trying to take the news in stride, vowing to find a new place to play, and bandying about ideas for fundraisers and farewell parties. Profile, however, will be using the relocation as a chance to make a change that already was under consideration. It will switch to a season organized by calendar year, instead of its current fall-through-spring schedule. So its next season, focused on the works of playwright Sam Shephard, will start its full productions in January 2014.
"What was just an idea is now a necessity," Profile artistic director Adriana Baer says of the schedule change. "Our priority is to find a home for our 2014 season. Whether that is a long-term space or a place to plant our feet depends on a lot of factors. What we'd like to find is a better version of what we have now, where we have all our operations in one place."
Not only did neither company have a desire to move, both were seeking longer leases, Baer says. But in a December meeting, Chawla expressed concerns about operational and financial constraints facing his tea business. According to Vertigo member Mario Calcagno, Chawla asked for new lease proposals and the companies offered to pay "a pretty good increase" in rent, but then waited several weeks for a response. Instead of further negotiation, Chawla informed them of his decision not to renew. He did, however, give earlier notice than the lease agreements called for.
"We understand," Brooke Calcagno says. "But we're bummed." Profile, at least, has been through this before. In the late 1990s, after an enthusiastically received debut season, the company had its performance space in the Portland Art Museum's Main Street Theater rented out from under it. After a brief stint sharing Portland Actors Conservatory's Firehouse Theatre, founder Jane Unger moved operations to Theater! Theatre!
"I actually feel optimistic," Baer says. "It's especially challenging because it's a huge cost to move – and not in our budget. But artistically, I think it can be exciting. Just like Jane found a home for Profile when she really had to, we believe that we can do the same."


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'You never know, this could be the last fight for me and Canelo here, that's if Donald Trump becomes president so...'
England's Amir Khan sparked loud roars of laughter ahead of his WBC middleweight title fight with Mexican Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez on Saturday when he aimed a light-hearted verbal jab at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
"You never know, this could be the last fight for me and Canelo here, that's if Donald Trump becomes president so ...," Khan said before breaking off with a chuckle during a news conference at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
As the entire room erupted with loud guffaws, cheers and whistling, Khan went on to say: "You never know. You have to all tune in come Saturday."
Challenger Khan, a Muslim boxer with a 46-1-1 record including 32 knockouts, was speaking during the final news conference before Saturday's showdown at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Khan made his comments the same day that Trump became the last man standing in the race for the Republican US presidential nomination as the American's sole remaining rival, John Kasich, ended his campaign.
Trump has made his party's establishment uneasy with his abrasive tone and policy positions, including his promise to build a wall on the US-Mexican border, deport 11 million illegal immigrants and temporarily bar Muslims from entering the country.
On a more serious pugilistic note, Khan pledged to show his fans 'the best of Amir Khan' in the ring against Alvarez.
"Canelo is a tough guy, he's strong but we are going to be ready for whatever he brings to the table," said the 29-year-old from Bolton, a two-time former world champion.
"That's the reason I chose this fight because I really do believe I can win. He's a great champion, he's a credit to boxing but it's my time and I am going to grab it with both hands."
Renowned for his lightning hand and foot speed, Khan is a 5-1 underdog and will be taking on a bigger man in Alvarez, who is known for his punching power and has lost just once in 48 fights -- to undefeated American Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2013.
"I know what Amir Khan brings," said Alvarez, nicknamed 'Canelo' (the Spanish word for cinnamon) because of his red hair.
"He is a very fast, very elusive, very tricky fighter, but I am confident with the work that's been done that I will be able to go in there and break this down."


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End Date: October, 18, 2006
When we first bought this house on Putnam Avenue the owner sat on the stoop everyday for over a week. It's like he didn't want to leave. We tried to avoid any drama but eventually we had to confront the former owner. We asked him when he intended on vacating the premises. By the end of the week he was gone.
|Caption: The former owner sitting on the stoop.
When we were done dealing with the drama with the former owner, I had to tackle the aging front door. At this point, I already had experience with refinishing doors, from my experience at Sterling Street.
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Title: Beach 12 (Number 12 in the series)
Size: 27x40"
Medium: Acrylic on acid-free vellum paper.
Date: 1/2/2011
Although I have been working on the digital Mid-century modern piece I mentioned in last week's post, it is still a long way from finished and ready to post, or to enter into the SDAI International show. Besides, I can barely pry myself away from painting these Beach scenes. Linda, I hold you at least partially responsible, for liking the first two from way back in the 80's so much and encouraging me to do more and to paint in general!
Ron, who faithfully and gently tells me he doesn't like/understand abstracts, liked Beach 11! He said he couldn't tell me why, that it was completely emotional. YES! BTW, Ron's niece, Ashley Bell, is a budding star. Here she is at last night's People's Choice Awards.
The retro Typewriter limited edition of 10 is generating a bit of interest on eBay. I list each print at $9.99 and each goes with multiple bids and slightly higher than the previous edition listed. I'm up to #3 in the edition. This little print is earning its keep.
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The fact that a landline phone will continue to work even in the event of a power failure wasn't enough to stop me from going cellphone only, but it's nice to know those unused phone jacks dotting my walls aren't just an eyesore now. The trickle of power they carry is apparently enough to power this 8 LED desk lamp that features an RJ11 connector at the end of the power cord, instead of a plug or USB connector. The pink color scheme is a bit on the hideous side, but for just $4.69 the lamp at least seems like a handy emergency light for your next power outage.
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