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wordpress | Woodhouse Tunnel works: Two years of pain for long term gain?
Looks like there’s going to be a lot of short (ish)-term pain for long-term gain on some of the city’s roads over the next couple of years.
Leeds council announced today that essential strengthening work on Woodhouse Tunnel is set to begin next month after funding approval was confirmed.
The work can now go ahead after the Department of Transport formally approved funding of £16.34million for the project, which is part of a wider £24.96m maintenance scheme of improvements to the Leeds Inner Ring Road (A58M).
The council says work is needed to address deterioration of the tunnel caused by more than 40 years of wear and tear which if unresolved would result in the Inner Ring Road needing to be closed within five years for safety reasons.
The project is expected to last approximately two years, with the majority of the works being carried out at night from 7pm-6am Sunday to Thursday during which times the tunnel will be fully closed.
Further information and updates will also be published on the scheme webpage.
“Since it was built in the 1960s and 1970s, [the road] has contributed to the economic success of Leeds by taking non-essential traffic away from the city centre, making it a better place to do business and contributing to the growth in the retail sector.
“The road succeeds in taking people to the places they actually need to be, and a similar philosophy drove the development of the new Leeds Station Southern Entrance, which will make it easier for people to reach destinations south of the River Aire.
It’s always good when a road actually ‘takes you where you need to be’! Although the sceptical jury’s still out whether the new Southern Entrance at Leeds Station is anything but a white elephant.
Apparently work on Woodhouse Tunnel will be suspended completely when the Tour de France comes to the city in July 2014, and the council says it’s working with the Leeds Arena to minimise any impact on events held at the venue.
Meanwhile, the council has also announced that work will be carried out to improve the road surface at the White Cross Roundabout in Guiseley next week.
This entry was posted in News and tagged A58M, Department For Transport, funding, James Lewis, leeds, Leeds Inner Ring Road, maintenance, traffic, woodhouse tunnel. Bookmark the permalink.
6 Responses to Woodhouse Tunnel works: Two years of pain for long term gain?
As opposed to a road which takes people where no-one needs to be. Yes I’m thinking of the proposed East Leeds Orbital Road which will deliver people to the Thorpe Park out of town retail development otherwise known as the complete departure from Leeds City Councils own policies Park.
Was this just a patch up job then?
Yes. They were the “critical” repair works. These are the urgent maintenance works.
So, now the Arena is finally open, the council plan to close the main route for getting people to and from events. More joined up thinking, obviously. Lots of people visiting the Arena for the first time will get caught up in this and will swear never to return again.
Another favourite trick of the council’s which they are sure to repeat is to close the Inner Ring Road but not erect any signs or warning that they’ve done so until you reach the former YEP building, when you are diverted up onto Park Lane and thence the Loop by way of a diversion. Needless to say this is usually gridlocked (and certainly was before the Arena opened). A couple of signs on the M621 before the exit onto the Ingram Distributor could have easily diverted traffic around the south of the city and back onto the A64 avoiding any congestion, but it was never done.
Leeds has always been a nightmare to navigate quickly as soon as you get anywhere near the city center they just making it worse! | 2019-04-18T20:59:51Z | https://theleedscitizen.wordpress.com/2013/10/24/woodhouse-tunnel-works-two-years-of-pain-for-long-term-gain/ | Porn | News | 0.708023 |
carleton | Our MA in Music and Culture provides inquiring students with a unique opportunity to explore various theories of culture, of music, and of music as culture. The program is grounded in the practices of various musics (classical, popular, non-Western) but conducted from a wide range of interdisciplinary theoretical approaches, including sociology, critical theory, feminism, post-colonialism, cultural studies and ethnomusicology.
Carleton students can access an unparalleled number of music collections and year-round cultural activities and festivals in the nation’s capital that are relevant to our program such as as the National Arts Centre and the Canadian Museum of History. Moreover, the city’s large immigrant communities and diplomatic representatives from around the world provide a stimulating context for studying a diversity of musical cultures. To date, music students have been placed in numerous practicum settings around Ottawa, including Library and Archives Canada, the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, the CBC, ChamberFest and Hummingbird Music/Pebble Studios. | 2019-04-25T22:32:48Z | https://graduate.carleton.ca/cu-programs/music-and-culture-masters/ | Porn | Arts | 0.967998 |
wordpress | Peace Abby – Closed – due to lack of interest we guess.
Hanging around Worcester with Gargoyles and Grotesques. The El Morocco with a few other stops around town.
Best Winter in a long time!
Random signs around New England and a few in New York too.
No hiding the fact – New England Patriots are the Super Bowl Champions ! | 2019-04-25T14:56:27Z | https://lostinnewenglanddotcom.wordpress.com/category/townie/page/2/ | Porn | Sports | 0.699225 |
wordpress | Howdy!! It’s that time the year again! It’s Christmas ahhh how exciting! To kickstart it off i went to the Christmas Markets, with some friends, in Manchester. It was so much fun! I will definitely be going back to get some garlic mushrooms & cheesy potatoes! Yumm! (they did taste better than they looked, haha).
but we all still had a good time!
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wordpress | Or sing, or write poetry, or make films, or play a musical instrument, or tell stories, or do stand-up comedy, or do something so awesome and new we haven’t even heard of it yet. In any case, check out the bulletin below.
Patrick’s Cabaret is looking for artists to perform in its 2009 season.
we will consider it. 15 minutes maximum length.
What do you need to do apply to be in a show?
See a cabaret at Patrick’s Cabaret.
Decide which weekend you would most like to perform. All shows are Friday and Saturday at 8 pm.
• All of your contact info (name, address, e-ddress, phone number).
• The genre you are working in (dance, music, performance art…).
• A title for your work.
No request will be considered that does not have all of the info requested above.
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wikipedia | Chunky Pandey worked as an instructor in acting school in 1986. He used to be senior to many junior budding artists such as Akshay Kumar.
Pandey debuted his acting career with the 1987 multi-starer film Aag Hi Aag opposite Neelam Kothari. Film producer Pahlaj Nihalani gave Chunky Pandey his first break in 1987 by signing him up for two films, his debut film and Paap Ki Duniya. His second successful film was Paap Ki Duniya with Sunny Deol and Neelam. Subsequently, Pandey appeared in many multi-hero films from 1987 to 1993. In 1988, Pandey was appreciated for his supporting role in N. Chandra's movie Tezaab featuring Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit. Pandey played the character of Babban, Munna's (Anil Kapoor) friend. For his performance in Tezaab, Pandey was nominated for the Filmfare Award for the Best Supporting Actor.
Since then he has appeared in many films with mixed success throughout the late 1980s and 1990s. Most of his films where he had the leading role did not fare well at the box office from 1992. In most films, he was cast in supporting roles to senior actors like Rajesh Khanna, Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Sunny Deol and Sanjay Dutt. Some of those hit films with him in second lead, are Paap Ki Duniya (1988), Khatron Ke Khiladi (1988), Ghar Ka Chiraag (1989), Nakabandi, Zahreelay (1990), Rupaye Dus Karod, Vishwatma (1992), Lootere (1993) and Aankhen (1993). His solo hit was Parda Hai Parda (1992 film).
The advent of the 1990s saw a new wave of actors like Aamir Khan, Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan taking on roles as "romantic heroes", while Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty and Ajay Devgan grabbed the "action hero" roles. Pandey found it difficult to slot himself in either category. In addition, by the late nineties, solo-hero films were back in vogue instead of the multi-hero films in which Pandey was generally cast.
Chunky grew increasingly tired of playing second fiddle to more prominent actors, but had difficulty being seen as marketable, other than supporting household names. "I was offered hero ke bhai ka (lead actor's brother) roles," Chunky said. "I (told them), 'Boss, not happening.'" He moved to act as hero in Bangladesh films. In 1995, he was offered his first films as the lead hero in Bangladeshi films. He acted in six films between 1995 and 1997 as hero in Bangladesh and all of them were successful. However he got no films at all in Bollywood between 1997 and 2002.
Chunky Pandey returned to Bollywood in 2003 playing minor supporting roles in Qayamat: City Under Threat, Elaan, Don: The Chase Begins Again and Apna Sapna Money Money.
In 2005, Pandey was critically acclaimed for his dark role as an underworld gangster in the Ram Gopal Varma film D – Underworld Badshah. Later, director Ram Gopal Varma roped him in for Darwaaza Bandh Rakho, a dark comedy thriller in which he played one of four robbers who hold a family hostage.
Pandey has played the role of the Indo-Italian "Aakhiri Pasta" in the 2010 comedy hit Housefull followed by his reprised roles in the sequels Housefull 2 in 2012, and in Housefull 3 in 2016.
Though he has recently been starring a character actor, Chunky doesn't want to be pigeonholed into doing comic roles. "I don't think I am restricting myself to doing only comedy. I am hoping that someone offers me something else," Pandey said. "It requires a lot of guts for someone to cast me in something else. I am just hoping that someone sees something else in me other than comedy."
1981 Rocky Bell-ringer student (extra) in song "Rocky Mera Naam"
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livejournal | Sometimes my therapist is like a joke about a therapist. Today she told me I have to get in touch with my inner child. I said, "I don't LIKE children, that's why I don't HAVE ANY" and she said, "WELL YOU HAVE THIS ONE." | 2019-04-22T08:08:33Z | https://eyeteeth.livejournal.com/277228.html | Porn | Kids | 0.894625 |
wordpress | I know people really don’t watch TV during the summer but I need you to watch the Presidential Debate tonight on PBS, hosted by Tavis Smiley at 9 ET. If you will recall, Tavis Smiley announced these debates when The Covenant was released and the topics covered in the debate will focus on the key priorities outlined in the book. Tonight will feature Democratic candidates and Republicans will debate on September 27th. If any of you have ever heard Tavis, give an interview, the brother is extremely adept at asking probing questions. I forgot to mention that both debates will be held at HBCUs with Howard hosting tonight and Morgan State hosting in September. We are giving a hat tip to Tavis and the great work he continues to do for the community. Check your local listings, and if you can’t be at home, you can watch the debate online. Expect follow-up coverage from The SuperSpade.
I wonder, upon reading your other column about the search for new models of black and progressive orgs, what you think about the role of Tavis Smiley in all that. He has some very interesting things to say about corporate investment– since his show and many forums are brought to us all by WalMart. BET cut his show. And PBS has ‘late nighted’ his show. Both partially because of their corporate influence. And yet it is the corporate influence of WalMart that actually supports the forum so I can hear his show off the internet at all.
As you were wise to point out, Wal-Mart is the only reason you can hear his show off the internet at all. The more troubling dynamic for me is that if Tavis were to say, “I want my show to be wholly supported financially by Black folks and those empathetic to our cause,” his show probably wouldn’t last long. I wish this were not the case but the progressive organization-corporate donor relationship is so entrenched that unless we take ownership of our agenda now, our idea of social change will in the end be dictated and moderated by corporate interests.
To his credit, I went to see Tavis speak when he was doing his tour of the Covenant and the main sponsor was One United Bank, the first Black-owned internet bank in the country.
I don’t know Tavis’ stance regarding corporate investment, so if you could share with us his views, it would be much appreciated. | 2019-04-19T10:16:53Z | https://thesuperspade.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/covenant-meet-d-presidential-candidates/ | Porn | Business | 0.693699 |
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wordpress | I don’t think it is illegal to write about my lunch today last night, as long as I stick to what I eat. Perhaps more to get it out of the way. Once its written, I’m committed and I’ll have to eat it!
So the Boom decided to replicate his Mom’s cabbage and cheese pie this weekend and I ended up with a couple of slices. Ok, I instigated it, I did like Em’s pie quite a lot.
sentiment that spending close to, or more than £7 per lunch is not sustainable in the long run. Not that we can’t afford it, but it just lunch! I did use to bring in leftovers etc before but somehow, lost the urge to cook on weekdays. Most nights I end up with snacks for dinner.
Wanted to have an austerity lunch but I lost my resolve. Managed to get a couple of supplements from M&S. So on offer is: 2 slices of cabbage pie from Chez Boom, Bisto with bits (dried chili flakes and Knorr chicken powder) wrapped in cling film which will be reconstituted into a gravy, Rainbow Vegetable Salad with Honey and Lime Dressing and Chargrilled Calamari with a Red Pepper & Cracked Black Pepper Seasoning from M&S. Phew! That’s a mouthful!
The pie turned out pretty good I have to say (I did helped), but quite different from Em’s. I think the addition of Polish smoked bacon bits and hardboiled egg halves makes it a bit more luxurious. The Boom was worried that it would not be cheesy enough. I thought it’s fine the way it is. Perhaps for next time, pack the cabbage tighter when filling the pie. Also, I think breadcrumb topping is a waste of time. It has totally lost it’s crunchiness.
I enjoyed the Rainbow Vegetable Salad a lot. The dressing is light and tangy and brings freshness when combined with the pie. The calamari is not so good today. It usually has a more smokey taste. Well, have to say I thoroughly enjoyed my lunch today. Thanks Boom!
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wordpress | Yesterday we premiered the Streets of Afghanistan exhibition in the village of Istalif, a remote village in the Shomali Plain north of Kabul. Four years ago, I envisioned a collaborative photography exhibition between Afghan photographers and Western photographers that had deep affection for this country. Instead of a gallery show, I imagined surrounding the viewer in the image to bring the art off the wall, and into the viewers world. I wanted to see people’s reaction as they interacted with lifesize images and hoped that it would change American perspectives of Afghanistan – that if we saw it as a country with a beautiful spirit and culture that we would be more invested in it from a humanitarian perspective.
Yesterday I saw that vision come full circle as we brought the exhibition TO Afghanistan, among Afghans themselves to surround them with the beauty and spirit of their country and communities. 28 photographs lines the market streets outside of the mosque on the first day of Eid in the village of Istalif and the reaction was nothing short of amazing. | 2019-04-21T22:43:22Z | https://mountain2mountain.wordpress.com/tag/public-art/ | Porn | Arts | 0.982609 |
wordpress | Fall officially arrived this week and what better way to celebrate the changing of the seasons than with music. There are so many concerts this week in the 88th Assembly District, from the White Plains Jazz Festival to the Pio Feast and Music Festival in Tuckahoe, that it will be difficult to choose just one.
The biggest musical event, however, will occur in New Rochelle on Sunday when The Concert Across America to End Gun Violence will take place at the Bandshell in Hudson Park at noon. I am sponsoring the concert, along with the City of New Rochelle, as part of a nationwide series of concerts aimed at bringing attention to the unprecedented level of gun violence in this country. Please join us in New Rochelle Sunday afternoon and then head over to Scarsdale, where the music will continue at The Scarsdale Congregational Church.
Join me and take a stand against gun violence. I hope to see you in New Rochelle, Scarsdale and at some of the other concerts this weekend.
The Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church (10 Mill Road, New Rochelle) will host a Healthy and Active Life Line Screening. Visit lifelinescreening.com/community-partners to schedule an appointment or for more information.
The Scarsdale Woman’s Club (37 Drake Road, Scarsdale) will host a Literature Opening Tea at 2 p.m. Sarah Bracey White, who is the director of arts and culture for the Town of Greenburgh, will share her coming-of-age memoir. Visit scarsdalewomansclub.org for more information.
The Bronxville Library (201 Pondfield Road, Bronxville) will kick off its three-day book swap from 1-8:30 p.m. The swap will continue on Friday (9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.) and Saturday (9:30 a.m-3 p.m.) Visit bronxvillelibrary.org for more information.
The Junior League of Central Westchester (1039 Post Road, Scarsdale) will host a new member informational coffee at Wayside Cottage at 8 p.m. Visit jlcentralwestchester.org for more information.
The St. John’s Wilmot Episcopal Church (11 Wilmot Road, New Rochelle) will hold an indoor tag sale from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Visit stjohnswilmot.com/ for more information.
The Music Conservatory of Westchester (216 Central Avenue, White Plains) Jazz Faculty Quartet will host a jazz workshop at 6:30 p.m. Visit musicconservatory.org for more information.
The ADL in Westchester will host its Building Bridges Toward Justice Gala at the Ritz Carlton (3 Renaissance Square, White Plains) beginning at 6:30 p.m. There will be a special performance by the Mount Vernon Interfaith Choir. Visit adl.org/adlinwestchester2016 for more information.
The Picture House (175 Wolfs Lane, Pelham) will screen “Rooted in Peace”, a documentary by Greg Reitman about the world in which we live. Reitman will be on hand following the film for a Q&A session. Visit thepicturehouse.org for more information.
The New Rochelle ArtsFest will kick off a weekend-long festival featuring art exhibits, open studios, live music and dance, films, a classic car show, all of which will celebrate the arts in New Rochelle and Pelham. There are nearly three dozen events over the course of the three-day festival. Visit newrochellearts.org for more information.
The Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (895 Shore Road, Pelham Bay Park) will host a Fall Cocktail Party from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Visit bartowpellmansionmuseum.org for more information.
The Bronxville Fall Sidewalk Sale will take place Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Visit bronxvillechamber.org for more information.
The Junior League of Central Westchester (1039 Post Road, Scarsdale) will host a new member informational coffee at Wayside Cottage at 9:30 a.m. Visit jlcentralwestchester.org for more information.
The Gary Smulyan Organ Quartet will perform at ArtsWestchester (31 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains) at 8 p.m. Visit artswestchester.org for more information.
The JCC of MidWestchester (999 Wilmot Avenue) will present “World Politics with Professor Ralph Buultjens” as he discusses the world after Brexit, at 10:30 a.m. Visit jccmw.org for more information.
Bart Tesoriero and The Art of Brooklyn will perform at Alvin & Friends Restaurant (14 Memorial Highway, New Rochelle) at 7 p.m. Visit alvinandfriendsrestaurant.com for more information.
The annual Padre Pio Feast and Music Festival will take place in Depot Square (Tuckahoe) beginning at 5 p.m. Visit tuckahoe.com for more information.
The Friends of the Eastchester Public Library (11 Oakridge Place, Eastchester) will hold a wine and cheese tasting at 7 p.m. on the library’s new reading patio at 7 p.m. Visit eastchesterlibrary.org for more information.
The Wartburg Fall Festival will take place from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Wartburg Historic Campus (1 Wartburg Place, Mount Vernon). There will be food, entertainment, shopping and more. Visit wartburg.org/event/wartburg-fall-festival/ for more information.
The Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (895 Shore Road, Pelham Bay Park) will participate in Smithsonian Magazine’s “Museum Day Live”. You can explore the mansion and experience guided tours for free between noon and 4 p.m. Visit smithsonianmag.com/museumday/museum-day-live-2016/?no-ist= for your free ticket.
The White Plains Performing Arts Center (11 City Place, White Plains) will present “Louis and Ella in Concert”, a musical tribute to Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, at 7 p.m. Visit wppac.com for more information.
The Westchester County Center in White Plains will present “Sesame Street Live: Elmo Makes Music” at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. and again on Sunday (1 and 4:30 p.m.). Visit countycenter.biz for more information.
The annual Padre Pio Feast and Music Festival will take place in Depot Square (Tuckahoe) beginning at 5 p.m. Artists scheduled to appear include Taylor Dayne, Expose and Betty Dee of Sweet Sensation, who have combined for more than 30 Top-100 Billboard hits. Visit gpfny.org/event/concert2016/ for more information.
The NYP/Lawrence Hospital will present a Melanoma Symposium at Iona College’s Murphy Auditorium (715 North Avenue, New Rochelle) from 8:15 a.m.-noon. Skin safety, screening and melanoma prevention will be discussed. Visit aimatmelanoma.org for more information.
The NYP/Lawrence Hospital (55 Palmer Avenue, Bronxville) will host a parent and baby fair from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Visit nyplawrence.org for more information.
The Saxon Woods Garage Sale will take place from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. at the Saxon Woods Pool (1800 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains). Visit parks.westchestergov.com/featured-events/saxon-woods-garage-sale for more information.
The Beth-El Synagogue Center (1324 North Avenue, New Rochelle) will present Selichot, a program of forgiveness. Theatre Dybbuk, a Jewish theatrical arts and education program, will present a journey of personal connections and forgiveness beginning at 8 p.m. Visit bethelnr.org for more information.
The Hoff-Barthelson Music School (25 School Lane, Scarsdale) will conduct a double-reed making workshop from 10 a.m.-noon. Visit hbms.org for more information.
The Picture House (175 Wolfs Lane, Pelham) will celebrate Art House Movie Day by showing “Time Bandits” at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Visit thepicturehouse.org for more information.
The Source International African Jazz Band will perform at ArtsWestchester (31 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains) at 8 p.m. Visit artswestchester.org for more information.
The Intergenerational Concert will take place at The Hugh Doyle Center (94 Davis Avenue, New Rochelle) at 2 p.m. as part of New Rochelle ArtsFest. Visit songcatchers.org for more information.
Tutti Bravi Productions will present Spirits and Souls: Voices From the Trinity Burial Grounds at 4 p.m. at The New Rochelle Public Library. It’s a series of monologues from 18th and 19th-century New Rochelle natives who are buried at the Trinity-St. Paul’s Church. Visit tuttibraviproductions.org for more information.
The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital (785 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains) will host the 37th annual Wheelchair Games from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Visit burke.org.
Arts at Five Anderson (Five Anderson Street, New Rochelle) will open its studios from noon until 4 p.m. to allow the artists in residency to display their current works. Artists include Meredith Degyansky, Brandy Bajalia, Wade Schaming, Victoria Estok, Stephanie Spitz and Thiago Goncalves. Visit newrochelledowntown.com for more information.
grow! Lincoln Park fifth annual Arts and Culture Fest – Arts in the Park will take place at Lincoln Park (Lincoln Avenue, New Rochelle) from 1-6 p.m. There will be music, food and more. Visit facebook.com/growlincolnpark for more information.
The New Rochelle Concert Across America To End Gun Violence will take place at the Hudson Park Bandshell in New Rochelle from noon-5 p.m. I will be hosting the concert in conjunction with the City of New Rochelle. Visit concertacrossamerica.org/ for more information.
Pianist Gwhyneth Chen will perform at The Scarsdale Congregational Church (One Heathcote Road, Scarsdale) at 5 p.m. as part of The Concert Across America to End Gun Violence. Visit scc-ucc.org/index.php/music/concert-series for more information.
The third annual Eastchester 5K run will take place at 9 a.m., rain or shine, at Eastchester Town Hall (40 Mill Road, Eastchester). Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. Visit eastchester5k.org for more information.
The 9th annual Paine to Pain Trail Half Marathon will take place beginning at 9 a.m. at the Thomas Paine Cottage (20 Sicard Avenue, New Rochelle) and end at New Rochelle High School. Visit painetopain.com for more information.
Soprano Francesca Mondanaro and The Taconic Opera will perform at The Westchester Music Conservatory (216 Central Avenue, White Plains) at 3 p.m. Visit taconicopera.org for more information.
The Westchester County Car Show will take place at Glen Island Park (Weyman Avenue, New Rochelle) from 9 a.m.-noon. Visit westchestergov.com for more information.
The Chabad Jewish Center (1 Stone Place, Bronxville) will host the Shofar Factory Family Fun Day from noon-1:30 p.m. Make your own shofar and celebrate the holiday in style. Visit jewishbronxville.com for more information.
The Scarsdale Recreation Department will host a Scarecrow Festival at 10 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. at the Scarsdale Pool (311 Mamaroneck Avenue, Scarsdale). Children and adults can create their own life-size scarecrows. Visit scarsdale.com for more information.
The White Plains Jazz and Food Festival will conclude with a day-long lineup of musical acts and food on Mamaroneck Avenue between Martine Avenue and Mitchell Place (White Plains) from noon-5:30 p.m. Visit artswestchester.org.
James Coll, a professor at Hofstra University and the founder of ChangeNYS.org, will speak at the JCC MidWestchester (999 Wilmot Road, Scarsdale) about the 2016 election cycle. Visit jccmw.org for more information.
The annual Padre Pio Feast and Music Festival will take place in Depot Square (Tuckahoe) beginning at noon. Visit tuckahoe.com for more information.
The New Rochelle Arts Association will host a reception for the 101st Annual Open Juried Show at the New Rochelle Public Library from 5:15-7 p.m. Visit nraaonline.org for more information.
The Larry Newcomb Quartet will perform at the Bronxville Library (201 Pondfield Road, Bronxville) from 3-4:30 p.m. Visit bronxvillelibrary.org for more information.
The 2016 Walk to End Alzheimer’s Disease will take place at 10 a.m. at White Plains High School (550 North Avenue, White Plains). Visitcom/barrywalks for more information. | 2019-04-26T12:02:58Z | https://assemblywomanamypaulin.wordpress.com/tag/the-chabad-jewish-center/ | Porn | Arts | 0.4179 |
cnn | The media was allowed to observe Palin and Karzai for less than 30 seconds.
(CNN) - McCain-Palin campaign officials shifted course Tuesday after being informed by television news organizations that they would not broadcast footage of Sarah Palin’s meeting with Afghan leader Hamid Karzai Tuesday in New York - the Republican VP nominee’s first with a foreign leader - if a reporter was not allowed in to observe the pair.
CNN, which was the pool network for the event, informed the campaign of its decision. The network was then told a CNN producer would be allowed in the room to act as a media representative, just minutes before the photo op was scheduled to take place. However, print reporters and wire services were not allowed to observe the meeting, as they have been able to do at similar McCain events in the past.
The press only caught a brief glimpse of the vice presidential nominee. Palin was seated in a large chair a few feet from Karzai, with a table in between them. Seated slightly behind Palin were campaign foreign policy advisers Steve Biegun and Randy Scheunemann, who are accompanying the governor in her motorcade today.
As the pool entered, the Afghan president appeared to be telling Palin about his young son, who was born in January 2007.
Palin, her legs crossed and at one point patting her heart, was leaning in eagerly and smiling. Karzai, wearing his traditional clothes but without his trademark karakul hat, was also grinning while discussing the child. His remarks were mostly unintelligible as the noise from the clicking cameras drowned them out.
After 29 seconds observing the meeting, CNN and other photographers covering the meeting were escorted out of the room.
Later, McCain-Palin press representatives chalked up the restrictions to a “mix-up, a miscommunication among staff.” The full pool — a print and wires reporter, along with a television producer — was then allowed in to observe Palin’s meeting with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe for 15-20 seconds.
thats ridiculous! she is a "leading energy expert" because she is from Alaska and now she has forgein experience because she had some "speed datings" with forgein leaders. laughable!
the republicans obviously conceal Sarah Palin from the media, because they know she will sink McCains campaign with her naiv, clumsy and unqualified "hockey mom" policy.
What are these guys hiding? and for how lonG? Pathetic!
Palin: "Do Be Do Be Do"
Well I guess that shows exactly how they will treat her, discuss his child what next ask her to bake a cake, I think the conversation would be quite different with Biden or even Hillary!!!!!
I cannot wait for her to meet with Bono. That should be a hoot.
am stupid. Who are they fooling?
The public will probably buy the mix up story lie coming from McCain's group.
I can not believe that the media lets the McCain campaign get away with this. Why bother showing up for any of the meets. All they want are pictures to show that she can sit across from a foreign leader, not show her speaking to them about anything important. All this shows is how very little she know about foreign policy, or anything else for that matter. ALL SHOW NO SUBSTANCE!
If this story doesn't make people stand up and pay attention to what the McCain campaign has been trying to do to the media then nothing will. Although I enjoy the life story of Ms Palin and find it very compelling, it is obvious that she was not and is not prepared to be one heartbeat away from the presidency. My Goodness, Wake up America.
I thought it was supposed to be 15 minutes of fame, not 29 seconds. | 2019-04-21T06:17:28Z | http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/23/media-presses-mccain-campaign-for-access-to-palin-meeting/ | Porn | Kids | 0.625633 |
blogs | For 17 years I suffered from disordered eating. I wasn’t anorexic. The Diets I followed usually came to about 1200-1600 calories. Only on occasion did I starve myself but it never lasted. My body would rebel and bingeing would follow soon after. Bingeing wasn’t about eating crap food or enjoying rich food. (As I mentioned last week, fat people are allowed to have splurges). Binge eating is eating a lot of food with no enjoyment and ignoring hunger cues. No one told me any of these behaviors were bad or unhealthy. I was given kudos to any weight lost and I was chastised for my binges.
A study in Pediatrics discovered that even teenage girls with normal weight are showing signs of anorexia. Although the study was small, it found that these signs increased between 2005 and 2009.
The cause, they think, is an obsession with fatness.
The reasons for the apparent increase in these patients is less clear, but both Sim and Whitelaw said it is likely a combination of increased awareness of the problem and an increased focus on obesity.
This study was small but I bet if they looked at a larger amount of girls including girls of all sizes, they'd see the same behaviors. We’ve made obsession with fatness a national pastime and we push impossible ideals with rail thin airbrushed and photoshopped models. We tell fat kids they will die before they are 30, are diseased, and the worst thing in the world is to be fat. I’m not surprised that eating disorders are becoming more widespread.
On Friday a train in Queens derailed. Thankfully no one was seriously injured. Unfortunately I needed that train to get to Big Fat Flea on Sunday.
That wasn't about to stop me.
I hate shopping in most stores. I procrastinate because I don't want to deal with tiny racks or trying on the small selections to maybe get two things that still didn't seem to fit right. I'd come home disappointed and frustrated because I didn't get what I needed.
I didn’t procrastinate when I came to the flea. The night before I plotted the best way to get there. Looking over subways lines, MTA advisories and even considered driving in (that was nixed due to the Five Boro Bike tour.) I wasn't about to miss the biggest fat shopping experience of the year.
I gave myself 15 minutes to shop, 15 minutes to try on and then I would look at accessories and shoes. Something I could do while the big crowds swelled around the clothes.
Within fifteen minutes, my bag overflowed with dresses, tops and pants. Many of which still had tags on it and I headed into the fitting area.
At one point the temporary wall marking off the fitting room collapsed and many of us stood there wearing just our undergarments (I had just tried on a top) but everyone took that in good humor. The whole atmosphere was lively. The dressing room filled with loving women who would try on clothes, get honest advice, and pass around clothes that didn't fit them.
I tried on everything and put less back than I ever had at any department store. With the amazing selection, I didn't have to settle, there was plenty to choose from.
1 dress with tags (originally marked as $56) Every year at the flea, I have something I call my ultimate find. This was it.
Remember I wrote that two weeks ago I spent $60 in Marshalls for two pairs of pants because out of the six I tried, these two looked "okay".
I had made a mental list of what to look for: Pants for work, shirts for different seasons, bike shorts.
Except for the bike shorts (#5 was regular shorts), I walked out with everything I wanted. The Flea gave me something other stores never could, not just selection and sizes but a big dose of self-esteem.
After reviewing more than 50 previous researches, researchers of a new study have found that excessive thinness is also not good for health. Clinically underweight people have a higher risk of death than obese individuals.
Are we going to break out the term: morbidly thin? Are there going to be Diet programs to help the poor, unfortunate, and stupid thin people, who can't help but not eat?
Are we going to have a national program to help the morbidly thin somehow get to magic BMI number 18.5?
No-- because a campaign like that would be ridiculous.
Recently, Yale student Frances Chan was forced to gain weight because the university health center Yale Health deemed her as having an eating disorder as her BMI wasn’t past the magical number of 18.5. (Yale later dropped it, I assume because they realized how ridiculous it was.) I’m not quite sure what Yale’s obsession with weight is but apparently Chan wasn’t the only student forced to gain weight or leave school. I just know when I went to college the school seemed to care about our academic achievement rather than our personal lives.
Even if she had anorexia (which she doesn’t, she’s naturally slender), forcing an anorexic to gain weight doesn’t cure the eating disorder. In order to get Yale Health off her back, she ignored her natural hunger cues, overate, and didn’t exercise.
If someone goes to the doctor, they should not get a weight lecture, especially if they aren't there to talk about weight (in Chan’s case she was having a lump checked). The only time a doctor should talk about your weight is if you lose or gain it rapidly. While Yale and other schools need to have outreach to students because eating disorders tends to hit college age women, there is outreach and then over reach. Like with many fat people, Frances Chan’s health was judged solely on her BMI.
People have different body types and BMI says nothing about their health. Being as healthy as you can trumps weight loss/gain.
...but for the people who have been losing the battle of the weight, if they can at least become fit, then they can have a very good prognosis and good overall health.
Fatness among 3-5 years old has dropped 43% and fat adults and kids over 5 and adults have stayed the same and have been for the past decade. Not just in the US but the world.
Paul Campos writes: As Michael Gard notes in his recent book The End of the Obesity Epidemic, data from all over the world indicate that, over the past ten to 15 years, obesity rates have leveled off or declined among adults and children.
Does this mean the epidemic is over? No, because the epidemic of fat hatred isn’t over. A few years ago I breathed a sigh of relief when multiple studies came out showing that overweight people lived the longest (longevity didn't decrease until your BMI reached 37 and even then it wasn't that bad) and the 400,000 people who died of fatness was revised to 25,814 http://www.obesitymyths.com/myth2.2.htm . For a minute I thought that we finally won. We finally proved that fat does not equal death and making fat people thin was not a cure. Maybe it was time to move to HAES(tm) and that instead of focusing on large bodies, we could focus on getting all people to eat right and find enjoyable movement. | 2019-04-24T00:34:06Z | https://fatchicksrule.blogs.com/fat_chicks_rule/current_affairs/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.960968 |
google | 本发明适用于高清视频解码领域，提供了一种高清信号解码器，包括DMA接口，所述解码器通过所述DMA接口从系统内存中读取数据用于解码，所述解码器还包括：与DMA接口直接连接，从所述系统内存中更新并保存参考帧中高概率补偿区间数据的缓存区；所述高概率补偿区间为解码器中4x4子块在参考帧中所对应的横向带状像素区间。 The present invention is applicable to the field of high-definition video decoding, there is provided a high-definition signal decoder, comprising a DMA interface, the interface to the decoder for decoding data read from system memory through the DMA, the decoder further comprising: DMA interface connects directly, updating from the system memory buffer and stored in the reference frame is a high probability that the compensation interval data; high probability of the compensation interval 4x4 sub-block decoder section transverse banded pixel in the reference frame corresponding to . 本发明实施例通过在解码器中设置一与DMA接口直接连接的缓存区，保存解码器中当前4x4子块的高概率补偿区间的数据，并不断从系统内存更新，使得4x4子块进行运动补偿时，大部分数据来自于该缓存区，解码器的存储带宽得到了极大的缓解。 Embodiments of the present invention, the data set a cache with DMA interface directly connected in the decoder, stored in the decoder the current 4x4 sub-block is a high probability compensation section through, and continue from the system memory to be updated, so that 4x4 sub-block motion compensation when most of the data from the buffer, the decoder memory bandwidth has been greatly alleviated.
普通清晰度解码算法仅使用一个参考帧进行运动补偿，而高清视频解码算法使用两个参考帧进行运动补偿。 Standard definition decoding algorithm using only one reference frame for motion compensation for high definition video decoding algorithm uses two reference frames for motion compensation. 这样对于每一个子块都有两个参考帧对其进行运动补偿，补偿效率明显提高，减少了残留系数的信息量，从而减少了码流量。 Thus for each sub-block has two reference frames subjected to motion compensation, compensation efficiency is significantly improved, reducing the amount of information remaining coefficients, thereby reducing the traffic code.
经典视频解码算法使用16x16或8x8子块进行运动预测，而高清视频解码算法使用4x4子块进行运动预测，如图2所示。 Classical video decoding algorithm using 16x16 or 8x8 sub-block motion estimation, the high-definition video decoding algorithm using 4x4 sub-block motion estimation, as shown in FIG. 这样每一个子块都可以进行更精确的运动补偿，预测效率明显提高，也减少了残留系数的信息量，从而減少了码流量。 Thus each sub-block may be a more precise motion compensation prediction efficiency is significantly improved, but also reduces the amount of information remaining coefficients, thereby reducing the traffic code.
经典视频解码算法使用1/2nd精度非滤波插值，而高清视频解码算法使用1/4th精度滤波插值。 Classical video decoding algorithm using 1 / 2nd Non-precision filter interpolation, and high-definition video decoding algorithm using 1 / 4th precision filter interpolation. 这样提高了运动补偿的精度到1/4th像素，减少了残留系数的信息量，从而减少了码流量。 This improves the accuracy of motion compensation to 1 / 4th pixel, reducing the amount of information remaining coefficients, thereby reducing the traffic code.
虽然运用上述三个核心算法可以得到高质量的图像画面和出色的数据压缩比，但由于解码器是通过DMA接口（ Direct Memory Access)读取存储在系统内存（通常为SDRAM)中的数据，所以上述三个核心算法的引入也极大地提高了存储带宽的要求。 Although the use of the above-described three core algorithm can obtain a high quality image and excellent picture data compression ratio, but because the decoder is a read memory through the DMA Interface (Direct Memory Access) system memory (typically SDRAM) the data, introducing the above three core algorithm is also greatly improved memory bandwidth requirements. 例如，对于视频格式为1920x1080的4: 2: 0的图像信号，在全部4xA子块运动预测，1/4th精度滤波插值的极端情况下，需要的存储带宽为：[4x4子块数]x [4x4滤波所需像素数]x每秒帧数x参考帧数呵亮度4x4 子块数+色度4x4子块数]x [4x4滤波所需像素数]x每秒帧数x参考帧数=[1920/4 x 1080/4 + 960/4 x 540/4 + 960/4 x 540/4] x [9 x 9] x 30 x 2 =[1920/4 x 1080/4 x 1.5] x [9 x 9] x 30 x 2 =944784000bits/s=901MB/s。 For example, the video format of 1920x1080 4: image signal 0, all 4xA sub-block motion prediction, the 1 / 4th extreme case precision filter interpolation, the memory bandwidth required for:: 2 [4x4 sub-block number] x [ 4x4 filter required number of pixels] x x frames per second of the reference frames Oh luminance chroma 4x4 + 4x4 subblock number of subblocks] x [4x4 filter required number of pixels] x x frames per second of the reference frames = [ 1920/4 x 1080/4 + 960/4 x 540/4 + 960/4 x 540/4] x [9 x 9] x 30 x 2 = [1920/4 x 1080/4 x 1.5] x [9 x 9] x 30 x 2 = 944784000bits / s = 901MB / s.
因为每八位总线在双倍数据速率同步动态随机存取存储器（Double Data Rate-Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory, DDR-SDRAM)电3各氺反的带宽为2 x 100MB/s = 200 MB/s，所以当总线利用率为90%时，至少需要的总线数量为：901MB/s/200MB/s/0.9*8«41位，因此现有解码方案一般使用64 位总线，这在成本和功耗上都是一笔较大的开支。 Because each eight synchronous dynamic random access memory bus in a double data rate (Double Data Rate-Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory, DDR-SDRAM) each electrically 3 Shui anti bandwidth 2 x 100MB / s = 200 MB / s, when the bus utilization of 90%, the number of buses needed is at least: 901MB / s / 200MB / s / 0.9 * 8 «41 bits, the conventional decoding schemes typically use a 64-bit bus, which in the cost and power consumption It is a large sum of money.
本发明实施例的目的在于提供一种高清信号解码器，旨在解决现有技术中存在的高清视频解码过程中存储带宽太宽，需要的总线较多造成硬件带宽设计难度大以及成本、功耗大的问题。 Object of embodiments of the present invention to provide a high-definition signal decoder, to solve the high-definition video decoding in the prior art process memory bandwidth is too wide, the bus bandwidth is required to cause hardware design more difficult, and the cost, power consumption big problem.
与DMA接口直接连接，从所述系统内存中更新并保存参考帧中高概率补偿区间数据的缓存区；所述高概率补偿区间为解码器中4x4子块在参考帧中所对应的横向带状像素区间。 Directly connected to the DMA interface, updating the system memory from the cache and stored in the reference frame data with a high probability of the compensation interval; high probability of the compensation interval decoder 4x4 sub-block in the reference frame pixel corresponding transverse banded range.
图2是现有技术中亮度4x4子块的B帧预测示意图； 图3是本发明实施例提供的高概率补偿区间示意图； 图4是本发明实施例提供的解码器的结构图； 图5是本发明实施例提供的解码器解码的原理示意图。 FIG 2 is a schematic of a prior art predictive B-frame luminance 4x4 sub-blocks; FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the high probability that the compensation section provided in the embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a decoder embodiment of the present invention is provided; FIG. 5 is the decoder decodes a schematic view of the principle according to an embodiment of the present invention.
为了使本发明的目的、技术方案及优点更加清楚明白，以下结合附图及实施例，对本发明进4亍进一步详细说明。 To make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent hereinafter in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments of the present invention into the right foot 4 is further described in detail. 应当理解，此处所描述的具体实施例仅仅用以解释本发明，并不用于限定本发明。 It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only intended to illustrate the present invention and are not intended to limit the present invention.
本发明实施例通过在解码器中设置一与DMA接口直接连接的緩存区，用于保存解码器当前4x4子块的参考帧中高概率补偿区间的数据，并不断从系统内存更新，使得4x4子块进行运动补偿时，大部分数据来自于该缓存区，解码器的存储带宽得到了极大的緩解。 Embodiments of the present invention is provided in the decoder in a buffer with DMA interface directly connected, for data having a high probability correction section reference frame is stored decoder the current 4x4 sub-block, and continue from the system memory to be updated, so that 4x4 sub-block when motion compensation, most of the data from the buffer, the decoder memory bandwidth has been greatly alleviated.
仍以^L频格式为1920x1080的4: 2: 0的信号为例， 一般情况下4x4子块的运动幅度不会太大，所以90%的子块可以使用就近两幅参考帧的+/-8横条内的像素进行运动补偿，但少数情况，例如画面中一些高速运动的物体往往会超出如图3所示的高概率补偿区间的范围，所以10。 ^ L still video format of 1920x1080 4: 2: 0 signal, for example, the amplitude of motion generally 4x4 sub-block is not too large, so that 90% of the sub-blocks can use the nearest two reference frames + 8 stripe pixels within the motion compensation, but a few cases, such as some of the screen fast-moving objects is often beyond the scope of the high probability correction section shown in FIG. 3, it is 10. /。 /. 的数据就需要通过DMA从系统内存中读取。 It is necessary to read data from system memory via DMA.
参考图4，本发明实施例在解码器芯片内植入容量为L2的内存作为緩存区保存当前4x4子块的参考帧中高概率补偿区间的数据，即高度为[16+8+8]的横条内的像素，并不断/人系统内存更新。 Referring to Figure 4, a cross embodiments implanted within the decoder chip capacity as L2 memory as the buffer area to save the data in a reference frame a high probability that the compensation section of the current 4x4 sub-block, i.e., a height of [16 + 8 + 8] The embodiment of the present invention in article pixels, and continue / person memory system update. 该緩存区与DMA接口直接连接，当解码器对当前4x4子块进行运动补偿时，90%的数据可以通过读取该緩存区获得， 10%需要从系统内存中读取，使得解码器的存储带宽得到了极大的缓解。 The cache is directly connected to the DMA interface, when the decoder for the current 4x4 sub-block motion compensation, 90% can be obtained by reading the data buffer 10% to read from system memory, so that the decoder memory the bandwidth has been greatly eased.
L2-亮度行宽x [亮度高概率补偿区间高度]+色度行宽x [色度高概率补偿区间高度]x2-亮度行宽x[亮度滤波高度要求+高概率补偿区间上、下偏移] +色度行宽x [色度滤波高度要求+高概率补偿区间上、下偏移]x 2=1920 x [16+8+8]+ 960x [8+8+8] x2 = 105KB。 L2- luminance line width x [height interval compensated luminance high probability] + line width of the chromaticity x [probability of high color compensation section height] X2- luminance line width x [height requirements + filtered luminance compensation range with high probability, the offset ] + line width of chromaticity x [height requirements + chroma filtering high probability correction interval, the offset] x 2 = 1920 x [16 + 8 + 8] + 960x [8 + 8 + 8] x2 = 105KB. 其中，高概率补偿区间上、下偏移量为统计意义量，通常为8。 Among them, the high probability compensation range, lower offset statistically significant amount, typically 8.
就可以实现整个解码系统了，从而使存储带宽得到了极大的緩解。 Decoding can be achieved throughout the system, so that the memory bandwidth has been greatly eased.
存储带宽得到了极大的緩解。 Memory bandwidth has been greatly eased.
的保护范围之内。 Within the scope of protection.
1、一种高清信号解码器，包括DMA接口，所述解码器通过所述DMA接口从系统内存中读取数据用于解码，其特征在于，所述解码器还包括： 与DMA接口直接连接，从所述系统内存中更新并保存参考帧中高概率补偿区间数据的缓存区；所述高概率补偿区间为解码器中4×4子块在参考帧中所对应的横向带状像素区间。 An HD signal decoder, DMA interface includes a decoder for decoding read data from system memory via the DMA interface, wherein said decoder further comprises: a direct connection to the DMA interface, updated and saved in the reference frame buffer section high probability correction data from the system memory; the high probability interval compensation decoder 4 × 4 pixel sub-block lateral strip section in the reference frame corresponding to.
2、 如权利要求1所述的高清信号解码器，其特征在于，所述横向带状像素区间的高度为亮度滤波高度要求与高概率补偿区间上、下偏移量之和。 2, as claimed in claim 1 HD decoder, characterized in that the height of the transverse strip section pixel luminance filter height requirement and a high probability correction interval, the shift amounts.
3、 如权利要求2所述的高清信号解码器，其特征在于，所述緩存区的容量按下式计算得出：L2二亮度行宽x [亮度高概率补偿区间高度]+色度行宽x [色度高概率补偿区间高度]乂2=亮度行宽x [亮度滤波高度要求+高概率补偿区间上、下偏移量]+色度行宽x [色度滤波高度要求+高概率补偿区间上、下偏移量]xl其中，高;f既率补偿区间上、下偏移量为统计意义量。 Two luminance chrominance line width L2 of the line width of x [height interval compensated luminance high probability] +: 3, as claimed in claim 2 HD decoder, characterized in that the capacity of the buffer area derived from the following formula x [probability of high color compensation section height] qe luminance line width = 2 x [height requirements + luminance filtering high probability correction interval, the offset] + line width of the chromaticity x [height requirements + chroma filtering high probability correction the interval, the offset] XL wherein high; f on both rate compensation interval, the offset is statistically significant amount.
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livejournal | Category: Double Drabble. Gen. Leia POV.
Time Frame: During A New Hope.
Spoilers: General Star Wars knowledge only.
Summary: When your world is falling apart, you reach for what you know.
As a girl, I worshipped him.
I'd beg my father to tell me his stories over and over again.
He was larger than life and though I never understood why my parents would sigh and share a funny look every time I asked for the same bedtime story, I didn’t care. I just wanted to hear it again.
I certainly didn't know why I wasn't supposed to talk about him, but that worked for me. He was our special secret, and my imaginary friend – my constant companion in the lonely world of an only child.
Years later, when I realized the stories were true (and learned why I couldn't share them), he became so much more. A childhood hero turned actual knight in shining armor. An adolescent infatuation turned hero of the Republic.
And so, though I have only vague reports to go on and only the tiniest hope of success, I reach out to him now, as my world crumbles. I know it's probably silly, but I have to try. So I send my message to the stars, like I did when I was little, and pray that this time, he answers. | 2019-04-22T00:29:31Z | https://jackwabbit.livejournal.com/762983.html | Porn | Reference | 0.433864 |
salon | Why won't President Obama free more prisoners?
This week, Attorney General Eric Holder spoke out against the impacts of “draconian” sentences for nonviolent drug offenders. “Too many Americans go to too many prisons for far too long, and for no truly good law enforcement reason,” said Holder.
But in unveiling the new “smart on crime” initiative, Holder skipped mention of the sweeping power the president has to shorten or forgive a federal prisoner’s sentence.
President Obama has given just one person early release from prison. As ProPublica has documented, Obama has overall granted clemency at a lower rate than any modern president, which includes both commutations – early release – and pardons. Last year, ProPublica reported that the Justice Department’s Office of the Pardon Attorney rarely gives positive clemency recommendations to the president. Experts have been calling for reform of the entire clemency process.
“Holder’s speech begs the question, why is not more attention given to the broken pardons office?” said Robert Ehrlich, a former Republican governor of Maryland who recently started a law clinic devoted to pardons.
One person who is still waiting to hear about his petition for commutation is Clarence Aaron. He has been in prison since 1993, when he was sentenced to three life terms for his role in a drug deal. Aaron was not the buyer, seller, nor supplier of the drugs. It was his first criminal offense.
For now, Holder’s initiative has little to offer prisoners already behind bars. He directed prosecutors to avoid charges that carried mandatory minimum sentences for certain low-level, nonviolent drug offenders and urged the passage of legislation to change those sentencing requirements. But in 2010, there weremore than 75,000 people in federal custody that had been given mandatory sentences.
While clemency does not generally reach wide swaths of prisoners, Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter used it to affect policy on a larger scale, creating programs toforgive thousands of Vietnam War draft evaders.
In the 1960s, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy also took a stand against what he described as “grossly unjust” outcomes of sentencing practices – and used commutations to do so. He directed federal prison wardens to seek out and bring himprisoners deserving of early release. Kennedy acknowledged that presidential commutations were “at best only stop-gaps” in a sentencing regime that needed reform. President John F. Kennedy commuted 100 sentences in total, and President Lyndon B. Johnson 226.
Mark Osler, a law professor at St. Thomas University who runs a clinic on commutations, said Obama could also do more. “Holder’s emphasis on how wrong these laws have been, and how damaging the Justice Department’s enforcement of those laws has been, gives me hope that this only the first step,” Osler said. | 2019-04-22T04:01:26Z | https://www.salon.com/2013/08/15/why_wont_president_obama_grant_clemency_to_more_prisoners_partner/ | Porn | Arts | 0.113636 |
wordpress | ← Anna Wintour said what?! L to the O to the V to the E her!
Hermes pop-up shop at Liberty 7 September- 18 October. | 2019-04-22T16:04:00Z | https://10magazine.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/hermes-pops-up-at-liberty-bali-barret-creative-director-of-womens-silks-at-hermes-styles-tens-very-own-in-house-supermodel-tina-head-in-a-celebration-of-this-very-wonderful-and-very-temporary-sh/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.806214 |
wordpress | Off The Wall Players, are an emerging performance art collective based in Shoreditch.
Off The Wall Players create unique and eclectic pieces that question and explore topical themes. We believe that performance should be participatory and place our audience at the heart of our work. | 2019-04-18T17:25:43Z | https://offthewallplayersorgblog.wordpress.com/about/ | Porn | Arts | 0.992749 |
wordpress | We tend to think of colors as ideas which all humans agree on – grass is green, flames are orange, the sky is light blue – even if different languages have different names for these colors.
black, white, red and green.
Looking at the chart below: Berlin & Kay’s landmark study (1969) of 98 languages showed that if a language has a name for a color in a higher-numbered column it always has a name for the ones to the left (i.e. if a language has only 2 color words they will always be white and black; if it has 5 they will always be white, black, red, green and yellow, etc.).
Latin originally lacked a generic color word for “gray” and “brown” and had to borrow its words from Germanic language sources.
Shona language (a Bantu language from Southern Africa) has no one word for our “green” concept; they have one word for yellowish-green, and a different word for bluish-green.
Many languages do not have separate terms for blue and green, instead using one term for both. Linguists sometimes use the term “grue” to describe such words. This refers not only to some lesser-known Native American and African languages, but to some multimillion-speaker Asian ones as well.
In Vietnamese, both tree leaves and the sky are described by the color word xanh.
In Thai, the word เขียว means green, but is also used to describe the sky.
In both Japanese and Korean, the distinction between green and blue is not always made. For example, in both, a green traffic light can be called the “blue” light. In Japanese, a green apple is a “blue apple”.
Hindi has no standard word for the color “gray”. However, lists for child or foreigner Hindi language learning include “saffron” [केसर] as a basic color.
Bilingual speakers of English and Kwakwa’la (a native language of Vancouver Island in Canada) demonstrated that they use the words“yellow” and “green” when speaking English but refer to the catch-all term ibenxa for both colors when speaking Kwakwa’la.
Some languages have color verbs, e.g. Lakhota (a Native American language of the Sioux family). As an example, the verb gigí means “to be rusty brown”, and skaská means “to be white”.
may not, strictly/scientifically speaking, be “colors”.
Judith F. Kroll & Annette M.B. De Groot, eds.
Westerners don’t have. In traditional Cherokee culture, colors are associated with the four directions: blue (north), white (south), red (east) and west (black).
Flag colors often symbolize countries, to stronger or lesser degrees. “Red, white and blue”, as a combo, signals “America” to Americans, but not necessarily to others. Colors can also signify religious identity. In UK cities where Catholic and Protestants have a history of conflict, the use of green (Catholicism) or Orange (Protestantism) are seen as almost taboo by opposing socio-religious groups.
It follows, then, that colors are used in very different ways in different color idioms across languages. Let’s just take green as an example. In English alone, “he is green” can mean, depending on the context: 1. He is inexperienced 2. He is envious 3. He is environmentally aware. However, green has other associations in other languages such as fear (French), anger (Thai, Italian), off-color sexual content (Spanish), and nausea (Mandarin Chinese). | 2019-04-25T11:49:07Z | https://thecolorlanguageproject.wordpress.com/2016/07/24/linguistic-facts-about-color/ | Porn | Arts | 0.20298 |
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wordpress | Wishing you a safe and fun Halloween!!!
Called Columbus Day in the U.S., the holiday has several other names: “Discovery Day” in the Bahamas, “Día de las Americas” in Uruguay, “Día de la Hispanidad” in Europe, and “Día de la Raza” in Latin American countries.
Are Your Fireplace and Chimney Ready?
One of the many I things I love about my job is it ALWAYS provides an opportunity to learn. Last week I had the chance to learn a ton of new tidbits about chimneys & fireplaces. If the Farmer’s Almanac is correct, we are in for a cold winter and wanted to share these pearls of wisdom to keep you safe during fire burning season.
· Ceramic Logs – Did you know that burning ANYTHING on top of ceramic fireplace logs emits carbon monoxide? Please resist the urge to have “pretty flames” or a “real” fire by throwing a Duraflame or wood log on top of the gas logs.
· Chimney Chase- This is the main part of the chimney; most are built with 12”+ masonry flue tiles stacked on top of each other. It is crucial the flue tiles be properly sealed with mortar. Last week I learned that many builders fail to place ample mortar between the tiles and even if they did, the mortar breaks down over the years. This is a HUGE fire hazard because it enables heat & flames to escape through the cracks and reach combustible materials (framing, siding, trim). BTW, it’s always a good idea to have your chimney inspected and cleaned periodically. Especially if you frequently enjoy a nice cozy fire during the cold, winter months. Creosote buildup is often the culprit for many house fires.
· Smoke Chambers-In case you’re wondering what that is, it’s the part that narrows between the fireplace and chimney chase where the damper is located. The interesting lesson here is this area MUST BE SMOOTH to facilitate proper heat & air flow. Apparently many smoke chambers were built in a stepped brick fashion which leads to creosote buildup & can hold too much heat in the chamber. Too much heat in the chamber is another fire hazard. It’s also not a good thing for those flat screens over the fireplace.
Highly recommend insuring your chimney & fireplace are in winter ready condition by scheduling a safety check up a professional Chimney Service before it gets cold! If you don’t know who to call for your chimney or other household projects/repairs, ask me. I’ll gladly connect you with the right person for the job! | 2019-04-26T16:46:49Z | https://debbysdishaboutatlantarealestate.wordpress.com/2013/10/ | Porn | Business | 0.663256 |
wordpress | A city that’s beautiful, charming, wonderful and fabulous. A city that I’m absolutely in awe of!
The moment I saw these croakers, I instantly imagined it as an ad for United Colours of Benetton. So cute they are! | 2019-04-19T12:21:36Z | https://lean2write.wordpress.com/tag/new-york-city/ | Porn | Reference | 0.267537 |
wordpress | Blue Hill at Stone Barns. Located 15 minutes from Tarrytown, where they have the routine of taxis shuttling between the farm and station down-pat, the Stone Barns are part of the old Rockefeller estate owned by David Rockefeller and his daughter Peggy Dulany. On the maxim that the best place to make a place interesting to a cut swathe of the general public, the restaurant Blue Hill at Stone Barns was created in 2004 by the Barber family. (the same year as per se, an annus mirabilis for New York dining). Under the guidance of Chef Dan Barber, the restaurant serves farm-fresh cuisine, with all kinds of novel platings seldom seen elsewhere. The farm as a whole is a Center for Food & Agriculture. I arrived here on a wintry Sunday afternoon – the only day on which Blue Hill is open for “lunch” hours (1pm).
Aside: Is it not interesting how rapidly a top-class restaurant can gentrify a rough area? I’m thinking of the gentrification of Melbourne’s back-alleys, formerly home to dumpsters, with coffee shops. The story is well-told in the documentary Human Scale. From being areas where Melbourne citizens feared to tread for the risk of robbery, they now thrive with human activity. I also recall the anecdote of a Nordic restaurant gentrifying a tough Copenhagen neighbourhood. In a city with modern transport infrastructure, sourcing ingredients is no longer a problem, and urban philanthropists (AKA restauranteurs) may do good upon any blighted part of the city, simply by setting up a top-class restaurant there. On a small scale, this is what happened to the Keong Saik area in Chinatown with the opening of Restaurant Andre. A restaurant, driven by the rising fine-dining spend by younger professionals, seems to be the fastest way to transform a neighbourhood. In the short term (as long as this rising dining spend lasts), urban planners may seek out alliances of convenience with restauranteurs.
In its focus on local ingredients, Blue Hill is at the very epicentre of the farm-to-table movement that is sweeping America today. All the better. The local-vore movement is making dining interesting. Whereas previously a hundred restaurants in a hundred cities might aim towards replicating a French experience, more chefs are paying regard to their surroundings, and using ingredients nearer them. The enforced constraints breed artistry. birch, in Providence, is a great example of building on local food roots in Rhode Island. Aska seems to do the same in the Northeast. They are relentlessly local in a way a restaurant like per se (or any single Singapore restaurant) is not. The plutocrat’s reach is a global terroir – 3* Michelin places like Masa, Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare, cater to this excellence-at-all-cost mentality. Every ingredient is part of the chef’s canvas. Local-vore restaurants turn away from this maxim.
Aside 2 for Singapore/Malayan readers: It is strange that for Malaya, there is not (and nowhere near) a real top-class restaurant with local Malayan ingredients. Imagine what one could do with sago worms, or the manis plant. One of these days, someone will create the noma of Malaya. And that is when the dining scene will get interesting.
The food. Wonderful platings. Wonderfully fresh vegetables, even in the infancy of winter. Highly memorable, food with a purpose, educating diners on seasonality (via a cute handbook they hand out at the start of every meal), ingredients (kohlrabi, wheat, bio-char charcoal), the taste of ricotta from cows in summer and cows in winter… Also, some of the best service I have received. A wonderful weekend that included dining at per se and Aska was rounded off at the best and most memorable place of the trio, Blue Hill. My meal there was long and involved (it lasted 4 hours, and I counted around 30+ courses), but I came out of it happy as a lark.
Stone Barns the education center.
Blue Hill at Stone Barns, entrance.
The second time I’ve had beetroot sushi, the first was at Alain Passard’s L’Arpege. I enjoyed this a bit more, since the wasabi wasn’t overpowering, and I enjoyed the heresy of including seeds and puffed rice to add a different texture to the sushi. Nutty.
on a bed of sesame seeds.
At this point, I was on to the main courses, and promptly whisked off to the kitchen table, to catch the workings of the chefs. Brilliant.
That made me feel special.
My server explained that charcoal in New York was usually now done in two petroleum drums drained of oxygen. Blue Hill was extending the concept of charcoal beyond just wood, but also to bones – specifically pig bones. “One step further than nose-to-tail!” – exact words. So now, even the bones of a pig are used for cooking. The charcoal imparts a different, meaty flavour to dishes. The technical term is “bio-char”.
“The squid ink was reduced to sauce with bio-charred vegetables. A geometric risotto of acute angles.” Reminiscent of the celerisotto from L’Arpege.
The most successful of the bio-char mini-sequence of courses for me. The sauce was a meaty sauce, which was probably from the pork speck (a cured meat made with pork leg). The cubes of speck and quince on top of the cabbage made the exquisitely tender hunk of cabbage like a “cabbage steak”. Quince sauce by the side.
Milled daily in a chute right in the restaurant, which is “very noisy”.
made from just-milled Tevalde Wheat.
Ricotta, about to be sieved.
Why do you need a giant kohlrabi?
The conceit is original (to me). The kohlrabi had a moderate sweetness, like a sugar infused turnip. A triumph of presentation.
An incredibly fresh egg with speck from the pig’s leg, on a beautifully polished wood plate. Simple and satisfying.
The key to its exquisite taste and quality is the well regulated production method which is based, as much today as in the past, on the raw material used. The so called creative phase is the salting, and seasoning of the meat with juniper, laurel and rosemary. The dry curing process is never longer than three weeks but varies in intensity according to the manufacturer. It is then ready to be smoked. A gentle alternation between smoking and drying, ensuring that the temperature never exceeds 20°C, represent the distinctive characteristics of Speck production. And lastly an additional maturing phase in a temperature and humidity controlled environment for a period that rarely exceeds 6 months, which enhances the typical aroma and flavor of Speck. During the maturing phase a thin layer of mold forms on the surface conferring a distinctive aroma to the product (reminiscent of nuts and porcini mushrooms, it is said!). The resulting flavor is simply unique.
… including blood sausage, and pickled jerusalem artichoke (sunchoke). The pork was of the highest quality, tasting of divine pink silky bacon.
The goat was good (tasting of an Indian braised curry preparation), but surprisingly for me, not the star of the show.
That honour belonged to the Mokum carrots, hauntingly roasted to be just chewy enough. Different colours of carrots tasted different. This was one of the top 3 carrot dishes I have tasted this year, along with birch’s roasted carrot and Eleven Madison Park’s carrot tartare.
The most memorable sorbet was the concord grape soup with concord grape raisins. To get that much soup, more than a few grapes needed to be crushed. We are well and truly into concord grape season, Momofuku Ko (lunch edition) also had a concord-grape amuse a few weeks ago apparently.
Concord grapes remind me of the intense grape flavour of Kyoho grapes. Delicious.
Goodbye Stone Barns, till we meet again.
A well-thought-out critical Chowhound review of the restaurant. | 2019-04-19T00:44:26Z | https://kennethtiongeats.wordpress.com/2013/12/13/blue-hill-at-stone-barns-pocantico-hills-ny-dec-13-a-farm-to-table-pilgrimage-4-hour-extraganza/ | Porn | Reference | 0.191055 |
wordpress | ← The gig guide: A new model of work?
to popular culture; e.g. “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”.
You can probably think of many, many more examples too. Have you ever wondered why?
Simply put, it’s a powerful communication tool. We remember groups of 3s better than we remember other numbers of things. So whether in writing or speaking, you will find loads of advice on how you can use it to improve your communications.
Giving your responses in a structured and coherent manner, whether at application or interview stage is really important. Doing so gives your answers impact, makes them more memorable, meaning you are more likely to be successful.
There is a lot of advice available on how to structure your responses to competency, or behavioural, based questions. These are questions which typically begin “Tell me about a time when…..”, or “Give me an example of a time when…” (see our website for more on this).
What is your understanding of this job?
Why should we give you this job?
What makes you a strong candidate?
Where do you see yourself in 2/5/10 years?
Why did you choose this course/ University etc.?
In your preparation, try to think of 3 key bits of information that you can use to answer key questions that are likely to come up, such as those above, and build your responses around these. If you would like additional ideas on types of common interview questions, see the resources on our website.
“Tell them what you’re going to tell them, tell them, then tell them what you’ve told them” (another example of the rule of 3).
In addition to using the rule of three to give overall structure to your presentation, you can also use it to refine and structure your content.
Where most people fall down with presentations (particularly during selection processes) is trying to cram too much into what is usually a very short amount of time (10 minutes is common).
You may feel that you have a lot more to say than 3 points, but these can be grouped, or broken down at different levels (do this in 3s!).
For example, if you’re asked to discuss the pros and cons of a particular idea, begin by brainstorming as many as you can think of for each, then try to group these into 3 broad pros (part 1) and 3 broad cons (part 2). Each of these could be further broken down into 3 sub-points. That’s the first two parts of your presentation. Then your third part can be conclusions or recommendations. Yes, I would again suggest 3 of these!
You may have heard the term “elevator pitch”. The idea originated in business, particularly to pitch new ideas, products, services, or the business itself in a short, succinct way.
A good elevator pitch should provide a clear and simple overview (of said idea, product, service, business etc.) all in the time it would take to share an elevator ride with someone. The idea being that a well-crafted elevator pitch should leave the person listening wanting to know more, and thus continue the conversation. These days it is also widely used in networking and personal branding. All it really means in this context is an introduction to you and what you have to offer.
1). Hello. My name is Jess. I’m a 2nd year Psychology student and was really interested to read about your internship opportunities in marketing.
2). I feel that my creativity, communication and leadership skills that I have developed during my academic, extra-curricular activities and previous work experience would be really valuable in this internship.
3). Could you tell me a bit more about the typical day of an intern in your marketing team?
The rule of three is a powerful communication tool which will make your communications clear, memorable and impactful. So next time you’re preparing for an interview, presentation or an introduction to yourself, remember, 3 is the magic number!
What other ways could you use the rule of three in career terms? We’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below.
Remember, we are here to support you with all things careers, whether that be ideas, applications, further study, job search, networking, or anything else! Talk to us to find out how we can help you. | 2019-04-18T19:20:42Z | https://leedsunicareers.wordpress.com/2016/08/08/use-the-rule-of-3-to-give-your-career-an-olympic-boost/?shared=email&msg=fail | Porn | Reference | 0.081822 |
wordpress | What are you gonna do about it before you die?
Its silent weapons, quiet wars and a democide.
Then mocks the meek and cast its curse.
Can fan the flames of liberty.
We’ll build them strong to last the trip.
Yeah you know just how you feel.
And in my soul, oh yeah.
But my blood runs cold.
Do you get the feeling?
There’s an evil presence it’s a lurkin’ near.
Go on and on reloading.
Can I repair the fragements of my soul?
A love that wouldn’t last.
‘Til the day I’ve chased the wanton ghost of love away. | 2019-04-22T18:00:30Z | https://theoriginalhellsbelles.wordpress.com/lyrics/ | Porn | Reference | 0.214953 |
wordpress | Holy crap this is awesome!!!!
They’re all here! I took it upon myself to create an illustration of a Mythological creature or character for every letter of the alphabet, trying to span across a multitude of cultures and creature-types. Another thing I wanted to accomplish with this project was to find some the more unusual and/or obscure creatures that don’t get as much representation in artwork. Individual Tumblr Posts with said creatures’ descriptions are below.
Again, I’ll be making this into a small run of books as a way to test the waters. If there’s more demand for a larger run, I’ll definitely be looking into it!
Bestiary Alphabetum: Each Entry is clickable! | 2019-04-26T00:07:36Z | https://tracielmartin.wordpress.com/2015/09/03/the-jewelry-box-nathan-andersons-bestiary-alphabetum/ | Porn | Arts | 0.806659 |
wordpress | It’s that time of the year again as we take a look at my picks for Yuri VNs that could potentially get localized via the 2019 Mangagamer Licensing Survey.
The image says it all. This highly anticipated yuri VN whose power level equals that of Kindred Spirits and A Kiss for the Petals (but without love scenes) will soon be upon us on March 14th, 2019. | 2019-04-21T02:46:01Z | https://yurination.wordpress.com/tag/mangagamer/ | Porn | Reference | 0.708724 |
wordpress | Auckland Theatre Company do a really cool “meet the creative team” thing before their plays. The one for “Le Sud” was on last week. Now I have to confess I wasn’t entirely sure about this play. It’s a political satire and I don’t really keep up with what the pollys are doing. (Nothing worse than going to a comedy and not getting the jokes. That just leads to drinking and we all know where that leads…) Apparently though the cast have been sending suggestions to the writer and he has been tweaking the play so that it now has lots of Auckland based jokes (e.g. Supercity!*) so I can be sure to laugh at something.
The director Raymond Hawthorne said that it must be hell on the actors to have the changes made so quickly and so often. He’s worked with the play from the very beginning and he sounds impressed with the structure. They talked a lot about the rhythm of the play which of course completely changes when the audience is introduced. Jennifer Ward-Lealand said that the “audience is the missing link for us. It’s like riding a completely new rhythm.” Preview shows are very important for a play like this. It’s contemporary but the writer has to make sure that the jokes are still relevant. Sometimes jokes based on situations that might seem dated are still relevant to the audience. Hawthorne said that we will laugh at the “recognition of us”.
The team was well represented with the director, the full cast and a couple of the designers on hand to talk about what they were up to. In fact I think the only person missing was the writer. They were constantly referring to him (“impressively fast turnaround for scripts”) and complimenting him (“best work ever!”) so it was almost as if he was there. There was also a guy who I think is the ATC Artistic Director acting as the MC/Chair for the night.
A French colleague in Wellington tweeted me this morning to say “it was really funny” so it’s not just the NZers who will have fun with this.
I’ll leave the last words to the director.
* Exclamation mark is mine. I’d add *ironical jazz hands* too but that might be excessive. | 2019-04-18T19:28:40Z | https://librarykris.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/backstage-story-le-sud-by-dave-armstrong/ | Porn | Arts | 0.86683 |
wordpress | Today is Patriot Day – September 11th. It’s hard to imagine that it has been 12 years since the events on the morning of 9-11-01. How much our world has changed as a result of this tragic day.
Tomorrow is the 4th of July – BE SAFE! Every year we read about fires and injuries caused by fireworks. Don’t be a statistic this year – BE SAFE!
In 2013, we recently started a new program where we ask one facility to SHARE something that they have done in the past 6 months, that has not been done at their facility before, that positively changed the safety culture at their facility. I was very proud how well this new idea was received. We had volunteers line up to SHARE their items over the next few months.
What I have learned is that we need to continue to keep safety in the forefront of everyone’s mind. We need to come up with new, creative ways to talk about safety. We need to continue to be contemporary and creative. We can not take our eye off of the ball or sit back and relax. We need to SHARE ideas, incidents, thoughts, things that work, and things that didn’t work.
I am glad that our new SHARE program in 2013 is a success so far – it’s time to start thinking about what’s next. What are you doing to keep safety on the forefront of everyone’s mind? Please SHARE!
HAPPY NEW YEAR – Let’s make 2013 the safest year ever!
Tomorrow is THANKSGIVING. Enjoy your day and your family! Please be sure you are safe!
I was on a flight earlier this week from Dallas to Atlanta. The flight was diverted to Nashville to refuel after circling the Atlanta area multiple times. We landed, refueled, and waited for the thunderstorms to pass so we could safely finish our journey to Atlanta. During this delay, people used the restroom and stretched their legs. We were not at a gate, thus nobody was allowed to leave the plane. Sitting two rows in front of me across the aisle was a woman and her young child. Both sat in their seats very quietly and calmly during this delay. The pilot announced for everybody to return to their sets and turn off all electronic devices – we have been released to Atlanta. The plane taxied to the end of the runway and revved up the engines for taxi and takeoff. The lady two rows in front of me started saying (in broken English) “No, I get off in Atlanta”, “Help”, “Stop”, etc. The people around her were trying to calm her down and explain what had happened for the past two hours. This woman and her child did not speak English very well and had no idea that we were not in Atlanta. This woman thought we were leaving Atlanta and heading to the planes next destination. Nobody spoke Spanish and she didn’t speak English. There was clearly a worried, frantic look on this lady’s face thinking that we were leaving her destination.
This incident got me thinking about safety and training. In our facilities with a DIVERSE WORKFORCE where English is not always an employees primary language, do ALL employees understand our safety training? Do they read and understand safety signs? Do they understand their supervisor or co-worker when hazards are identified? Or do they sit back and pretend that everything is OK like the lady and her child on the flight? We have an obligation to provide a safe workplace. Therefore, how do we accomplish this with a DIVERSE WORKFORCE?
In my opinion, if you have a workforce in which you have employees where English is not their primary language, you need to ascertain whether or not those employees are able to understand safety training, signs and instructions. If not, you have a responsibility to have somebody interpret the training and instructions so the employees understand. You have a responsibility to post signs in multiple languages. You need to recognize that most of the time employees are NOT going to come forward and tell you that they do not understand. Most employees that do not understand are going to act like the lady and her child on the plane and sit back quietly and pretend.
I am going to figure out a way to ensure that all employees understand training and instructions. I am going to post signs in multiple languages to ensure that all employees are aware of a hazard. What are you going to do to address the issue of a DIVERSE WORKFORCE? | 2019-04-22T06:17:58Z | https://condinosafety.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/ | Porn | Society | 0.437586 |
wordpress | October 5, 2018 October 5, 2018 Abby H.
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This week’s Friday Freebie is actually something somewhat healthy… ONE (1) FREE Bumble Bee Tuna Pouch (2.5 oz). Available in most stores. | 2019-04-20T10:53:53Z | https://hewesfamilyfun.wordpress.com/2018/10/05/ | Porn | Health | 0.589521 |
wired | Google's Nexus One phone is going where few smartphones have gone before. A group strapped the Nexus One to the back of a rocket and launched it from the Nevada desert high into the atmosphere to test the device's performance up in the air.
The NexusOne PhoneSat project is comprised of a group of NASA Ames students, some Google employees, and two NASA contractors, all of whom donated their time to try and give a new meaning to the phrase "satellite phone."
For more details about the PhoneSat project, see Cheaper, Better Satellites Made From Cellphones and Toys on Wired Science. The group's two Nexus Ones hitched rides on an Intimidator-5 rocket to go 28,000 feet into the atmosphere. The rocket was launched by the Mavericks Civilian Space Foundation, a group of rocket enthusiasts.
"Today's satellites are the size of Greyhound buses," he says. "But I believe they are going to get smaller and more frequently deployed. This is a first-step effort."
The Nexus One piggybacked on a rocket that was being launched alongside another one for a project called Clotho that's trying to find out how far off the earth's surface life exists.
The test flight with the Nexus One was to see how the device behaves under a high-G environment, says Atchison.
"If you put a Nexus One in orbit, how will it perform?" he says. "How does the device handle the thermal temperature and vibrations. We wanted to see the results."
The resulting video from the Nexus One is below. As expected, the video is a lot of shaking, blue sky and blobs of light, but it is still fun to watch. An earlier test brought Nexus One back with a shattered screen, but the device did well on its second flight.
In the photo below, Mavericks researchers James Dougherty and Robert Briody show their rocket's payload, including a biosampling module and the Google phone.
STORY UPDATED 8/2/2010: An earlier version of this story incorrectly attributed the Nexus One research project to the Mavericks Civilian Space Program. Mavericks provided the rocket, but not the payload. We have added a paragraph to correct the attribution. | 2019-04-25T19:59:40Z | https://www.wired.com/2010/07/nexus-one-phone-rides-a-rocket-up-28000-feet/ | Porn | Science | 0.464812 |
google | Welcome to the Bozeman High School Writing Center!
Peer Tutoring: Let us know what you think!
BHS offers a number of computer labs designed for specific fields of study, such as business, math, photography, or music. Similarly, the BHS Writing Center—staffed by an English teacher—is dedicated specifically to writing. Instructors from all disciplines reserve seats for their classes for a variety of writing assignments and space is available for the student who seeks a quiet place to work. The Writing Center remains open throughout the day, including the lunch hour.
• the link to the handbook in the sidebar at the left.
We no longer provide replacement copies of the handbook because it is available online. Take care of your handbook; the free copy provided this fall (and to subsequent freshman classes) will be the only print edition provided until the next revision, which is a few years away. You are, however, welcome to download and print what you need at home.
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wordpress | From Dartmoor to the Peak District and from the North York Moors to the Lake District, England’s uplands are iconic landscapes that improve the environment, help combat climate change, provide havens for nature and benefits for people, such as clean drinking water.
Nowhere is this statement more true than upland peatlands. But today a partnership of wildlife groups and industry is reminding government only four per cent of England’s upland peatlands are in good ‘ecological’ condition, and the remainder is not living up to its potential for providing homes for nature and combating climate change.
work to swiftly adopt a way of estimating carbon being stored and lost from peatlands in common with other UK countries, include peatland carbon in greenhouse gas inventories and voluntarily include peatlands in the UK’s Kyoto Protocol reporting.
The range of partner organisations includes: Buglife, Campaign for National Parks, CPRE, Dartmoor Mires Project, Exmoor Mires Project, John Muir Trust, National Trust, North Pennines AONB Partnership, RSPB, South West Water, The Wildlife Trusts, and United Utilities. | 2019-04-21T20:08:56Z | https://adriancolston.wordpress.com/category/national-parks/ | Porn | Business | 0.883268 |
lastgasp | A collection of the classic, out of print issues of Cometbus magazine, the follow-up to Despite Everything, the best-of collection from the first two decades of Cometbus. Add Toner includes Lanky (a novella), Back to the Land (an oral history of the children of hippie homesteaders), plus sixty other interviews and short stories. The text is lovingly handwritten, interspersed with bold graphics and illustrations. Includes never- before- published material.
The best loved zine ever.
Aaron crafts evocative essays and concise vignettes that read almost like prose poems.
Aaron Cometbus has been publishing his highly revered magazine, Cometbus, for thirty years. He is the author of several novels, and the editor of Despite Everything: Cometbus Omnibus. He lives in New York City. | 2019-04-19T22:58:22Z | https://lastgasp.com/products/add-toner | Porn | Arts | 0.719836 |
wordpress | Since I first wrote this review in 2016 I have improved this review, more & better pictures, improved text, and more details.
true to size, I have 21cm knuckle size, and the medium fits me perfectly. I went from Index DH gloves in large which was a bit too bit too big, to this glove.
Durable ceramic-coated SuperFabric® with abrasion-resistant properties, this actually works.
the impact protection is silly thin, they won’t help on a proper impact, I tested it with hitting my hand harder and harder on a stem.
Because of the holes on the palm, the durability suffers when you get something (pedal pins for example) stuck in the holes you can tear the fabric, but this is also caused by the fabric’s weakness.but if you do it can easily be fixed if you got some sewing skills.
the triple dots on the fingers wear off fast because they are glued on.
The Stitching failed on one pair, They were Only used one day, I put these on today and the stitching came loose.
the glue holding the Velcro to the rubber strap failed of some pairs of gloves, but you can easily fix this with a sewing kit. Sadly I got an inconsistent quality of the stitching on these gloves with the gloves I got.
after many months of use, the glove stretched and had to be sewn in the palm to fit me properly.
But if you want longer lasting palm to get the Index DH glove instead, but it will of course not be as cool as the Resistance glove, but the durability of the palm must be improved.
I still use my Index DH gloves in size L, for colder days, I wear them over fleece gloves in size M, which works well.
I will look into other gloves, like Mechanix for example, they got full finger padding and knuckle padding.
The rear of the jersey has a mesh, so you back will be a lot cooler, I have noticed a difference, when riding with backpack, perfect jersey for hot summer days.
Jerseys like these are a lot cooler than not wearing any thing, because sweat goes in the fabric off your body, and tries up, and air cools you down.
the jersey don’t have any uncomfortable stitching or labels.
The jersey I got have blue & white color livery, so it’s quite visible.
The jersey has a perfect fit, and works well with body armour.
I definitely recommend these jerseys.
I use size L for Alpine Stars jerseys, with Fox I use XL, Mavic Size L, Swix base layer I use Medium.
No itching label at the neck or itching stitching.
Good fit. No issues with the jersey arms sliding up.The jersey fits well over Poc elbow pads or probably any other protective padding.
after some months of use the the label on the inside started peeling.
this review will be updated.
My size for this jersey is XL, L will be too short arms.
very cool jersey, it’s so cool I can almost not feel that I’m wearing it, So its cooler than the Mavic Crossmax jerseys I have.
Wearing protection is not an issue, because of the perfect fit.
The collar is not too big, which I think Mavic Crossmax had.
None if you are careful, something can get hooked on it and pull the threads, but this is going to happen with all thin clothing.
I am happy with the protection products from POC.
I have not had a bad crash in these I can’t say what will happen exactly,but I assume they will do pretty well.
side zip venting, it is perfect for me, I can use the shorts in the spring and autumn and some mild winter days.
I use size 32, but I use the waist adjustment, but if would get chubby they would still fit.
the adjustment straps are perfect,i do not have the need for a belt,this is perfect for me because I hate to use belts when cycling.
the right zip pocket will fit a smart normal size smart phone, my cat s50 fits perfectly.
can use a belt,but i prefer to use the Velcro straps instead.
good length,I ride the shorts in the fall/autumn,I wear the shin and knee pads, with keeps me warm but not too warm, but of course when its winter I wear my craft rain pants over the poc stuff.
excellent and smooth zippers,and the button make it simple and easy to takeo n and off.
The shorts should be longer.
the big Poc logo on the side might eventually fall off afther use and wash , as can be seen here: i use 800rpm/ gentle wash, this is pretty common issue with printed logos, i got 2 pairs 1 in baron blue and oen in black ,this happend on the black shorts,but i have used&washed the baron blue one more. i do not know why this happend so fast with htese shorts and did not happend on the blue shorts.ihave a adidas jacket, and this happend with it too,but this was with years of use,and now its crackign and falling off,so i was supriced so see it happenign to the poc short so fast.
the fabric under the bottom show signs of wear, but nothing major it’s only on the inside,these 2 were the only signs of wear I have seen on the shorts so far.so fat it only happen on the black short.when you wear it the bottom tilts to the left and is rubbing the fabric,so it wears.
If you can get Poc Resistance strong shorts instead get them.
The short is almost perfect, but need improvment on the button. | 2019-04-26T06:11:13Z | https://mtbboy1993.wordpress.com/category/cycling-clothing/ | Porn | Sports | 0.094848 |
wordpress | « How Are You Finding New Pilots? – Let me share how I do it!
I don’t even know what a blog is, but, I found yours. I’m glad to see you’re still flying.
Yes. In fact I flew Gordy down to N71 (Donegal Springs Airpark) in PA yesterday. We were following the 02T down because it’s getting a new interior. I was also able to PIC it back up here as well for 3.7 hrs of flight time, which helps towards the hours I need to be a mission pilot for CAP.
I’ve been deep in organizing things at the club and the 2013 budget. Hope all is well with you! | 2019-04-25T16:19:24Z | https://seebarryfly.wordpress.com/2012/10/04/fall-update-its-all-about-the-flying-club/ | Porn | Business | 0.840421 |
tripod | As the twentieth century comes to a close, technological changes, corporate strategies, and international market pressures are undermining the traditional separation between the church and the state. Indeed almost every aspect of domestic policy has international ramifications. Attempts to reassert national autonomy or to rely exclusively on competition to resolve tension could fragment the economy, producing inferior outcomes for all. But the promise lies in the possibility of creating a global community able to balance the objectives of openness, diversity, and cohesion.
We offer a blueprint for a world of clubs in which the church remains a fundamental political unit but joins with other churches in pursuing common objectives. We contend that these clubs - functional, regional, and global - are necessary for a world of deeper integration.
Our purpose is to enlighten people to disavow any active church. We are not opposed to religious freedom or the act of worship, or the right to gather to worship. We are against those that profane the use of religion for self-righteous endeavors.
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wordpress | Posted on October 1, 2011 by Gina M. Crome, M.S., M.P.H., R.D.
What member of the rose family is a great tool in the battle of the bulge? If you guessed apples, you’d be right! Believe it or not, apples truly are a member of Rosaceae or the rose family and with the Fall season in “full bloom” it’s no wonder we turn our attention to this versatile fruit Malus domestica, otherwise known as the common apple.
They are virtually fat, cholesterol, and sodium free.
The most popular variety is the Red Delicious, followed by the Golden Delicious in second place. Both of which are available year round.
Apples are a sweet way to add fiber to your diet and help you feel full. This is important if you are trying to shed a few pounds before the holidays get into full swing. Also, pectin, a form of fiber found in apples has been shown to reduce blood cholesterol levels in many scientific studies.
There are a number of foods that pair well with apples including sharp cheeses, nuts and nut butters, or even a little dark chocolate. Here’s a simple fall recipe to get you started.
This is a super easy recipe using your microwave that quickly delivers a delicious fall treat with 5 grams of fabulous fiber for only 140 calories. Makes the house smell nice too!
Core the apple and place it in a small covered microwave safe dish. Mix the Splenda© Brown Sugar Blend, nutmeg, cinnamon and cranberries in another bowl. Spoon the mixture into the center of the apple, top with the butter and almond extract; microwave on high for about 3-4 minutes.
So enjoy the bounty that apples have to offer this fall knowing that you are eating both nutritiously as well as deliciously. Isn’t that the way it should be?
Posted on September 12, 2011 by Gina M. Crome, M.S., M.P.H., R.D.
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moonfruit | Red Bar & Lounge is an award winning bar and restaurant situated in the heart of Dorking.
Our venue includes a bar area, restaurant and garden which can all be used for to enjoy a meal in a relaxed environment.
We use Social Media to advertise our upcoming events which include live music, Morris Dancers & BBQs.
Free WI-FI Available, Dog Friendly Venue.
Eric, Lorraine and all the staff are proud to have received some outstanding awards at Red Bar & Lounge.
Awards include a Certificate Of Excellence from TripAdvisor for 2014 , 2015 & 2016.
In addition to this a Local Award for the most popular restaurant in the town of Dorking. | 2019-04-22T00:36:14Z | http://redbar.moonfruit.com/ | Porn | Business | 0.526106 |
wordpress | Call me lazy, but instead of writing something insightful for you guys today, I’m going to share some of my favorite finds from my morning’s croissant-induced online browsing.
All quotations courtesy of Pulled Quotes.
That was one of the main messages delivered by Tom Peters, the influential business thinker and management guru, in his speech yesterday at Epsilon’s Integrated Marketing Symposium 2006 at the Quail Lodge in Carmel, CA.
He changed his speech at the last moment after having learning this week that one of his best friends has a terminal illness, Peters said.
So there you go. Now we’re all on the same wavelength. Have a great Monday!
Fantastic piece on Bruce Lee and the art of marketing over at CultureMaking (via the Creative Generalist). Read the entire thing here.
Translation: don’t impose structure on a problem too early or stick rigidly to a process for process sake. Explore freely and allow your mind to wander; work adaptively and flexibly.
Translation: Don’t get caught up with one one-fits-all models that claim to be the holy grail of branding. Mixing and matching different ideas, innovations, communication codes and media platforms often works best and allows you to execute your brand idea in a much more compelling and interesting way.
I love that one. All too often (still) do I run into the 100% old school (command & control / messaging / media-buying monologue) or 100% new school (WOM and SocialMedia are the new gods) mindset with Marketing firms and ad agencies. Very few actually know how to blend the two in an operationally effective way yet. This needs to change.
As a parallel, this captures how the marketing industry prioritizes endless doing over learning, thinking and personal development. There are people who have worked in the industry for many years, clocked up a wealth of experience, and mastered all of the ‘core skills’ required, but because they have taken little time to read, explore, and broaden their horizons, they have remained trapped inside the paradigms of old, oblivious to the creative possibilities that lie before them.
I have similar conversations about this very topic on a regular basis: The marketing world should be a lot more forward-thinking than the rest of the business world. Why? Because Marketing departments, firms and agencies are a) populated with wildly creative and insightful people, and b) tend to attract the most creative and forward thinking art and business school graduates. It should be a no-brainer, right?
Wrong. I consistently find that Marketing professionals with 5+ years of agency experience tend to be just as conservative in their approach to problem-solving and process than their “regular” business counterparts. By now, everyone in the Marketing world should have read Purple Cows and Tribes and The Tipping Point. Everyone should be at least familiar with the concept of broken windows and its relevance to the success and failure of brands. Everyone should be looking well past the messaging layer of all branding endeavors.
But that just isn’t the case. Most senior folks I run into are still holding on to Marketing assumptions and methods that were better suited for the 1980’s and 1990’s than to the era of emails, blogs, text messaging, and social networking sites. Most do not take the time to read the more influential books and blogs on branding and marketing. Most don’t even take part in the game-changing conversations that are reshaping their industry. The Marketing world as a whole still exists in a strange operational timewarp, and frankly, I have no explanation for it.
With this in mind, how much more advertising do you and your clients really want to buy? At what point are you prepared to sit down and consider the enormity of the ROI that traditional marketing and branding methods alone truly have to offer anymore? At what point do you come to the realization that something needs to change in order for your clients (and you) to stop spinning your wheels so damn much… and actually get some serious, consistent, repeatable traction?
It’s just like dancing, sports, art and just about everything that stirs the soul and provokes reaction: First, you create the structure. You create a perfect, solid, symmetrical and harmonious architecture. (pause.) And then, you break it. You smash it. You shatter it. You completely destroy it. That’s when it becomes powerful. That’s how you release its energy.
I am sure that Bruce would agree that there is no power, no strength, no effectiveness in stagnation.
Step away from groupthink, if only for an hour a day. Free yourself from your corporate culture, no matter how cool or fun it may be. Read a book. Adopt a new point of view… or none at all. Shatter the structure of something beautiful, just to see what comes out of it. Attack a branding or marketing problem from this angle: What if I had a budget of zero dollars? How would I accomplish this? How would I turn this product or this brand into a media darling without advertising and brochures and websites?
Like Bruce, be mentally and operationally flexible. Keep an open mind. Don’t be limited by old thinking or traditional mindsets. Learn new skills. Adopt new tools. Improvise. Experiment. Rewrite the rules. Break new ground. Don’t settle for the little box you have carved for yourself in your market – and by doing so, don’t ask your clients to settle for their little box either.
You can all do much better than that. Um… we all can.
Engagement is not a campaign: Learn to become a P2P Business.
Above and below: Some revamped slides from Monday’s presentation. These two companion messages (Engagement and P2P) seem to have resonated with the audience, so I thought I would elaborate on that topic a little.
First: Should companies continue to launch and drive marketing, advertising, promotional and other types of business development and awareness campaigns?
Traditional media “push” strategies and tactics, when developed by the right people and used properly, can be extremely effective. I am a big fan of great campaigns, so keep creating GREAT push campaigns.
But “engagement” – and by that I mean customer engagement (even if those customers are not technically customers yet) – is not a campaign. It isn’t even a strategy. It is a commitment to a being the kind of business that people will want to be a part of and whose products and community people will want to share with friends and family. The kind of business that people will naturally want to support proactively for years and years.
What we are talking about here has its basis in culture. Call it company culture, corporate culture, management culture… it doesn’t matter. The point is that if your company still refers to itself as a B2B (biz to biz) or a B2C (biz to consumer) company, you are missing the boat. Thin about every great experience you’ve had with a business: Fantastic service at a hotel – where the folks at the desk (and the rest of the staff) makes a point to remember your name. Think of the same kind of service at a restaurant or retail outlet. Think about how you feel about a physician with fantastic bedside vs. a physician who acts like spending any time with you is the chore from hell. Now ask yourself which you would rather be: The business that makes people WANT to come back and recommend you to their friends, or the business that will either fail to be memorable – or worse, give people a reason to find a better option than you next time.
It doesn’t matter if you are a hair salon, car rental company, commercial lender, real estate agent, architectural firm, coffee shop or IT distribution company: Create great experiences based on building relationships with your customers (and your community) and your brand will quickly find itself on the rise.
Fail to do so, and your situation will NEVER improve. No matter how much you lower your prices, no matter how much money you spend on advertising, public relations, call campaigns and promotional incentives, you will still be struggling to get past 5% annual growth (once the economy recovers, that is).
You must learn to become a P2P (people to people) company. Period. There is no other option for you. Not anymore.
Starting with the way you treat your employees – from the way in which you hire, train, mentor and manage them and the words you choose to use around the office (do you refer to your team members as “headcount”?), to the type of relationship you build with the people you do business with. | 2019-04-18T23:04:51Z | https://thebrandbuilder.wordpress.com/category/commitment/ | Porn | Business | 0.985852 |
wordpress | On “I Never Arrived”, Galapaghost channels the spirit of Iron & Wine with a touch of Sufjan Stevens. This joint effort between Casey Chandler & part-time member Federico Puttilli echoes the nostalgia of traveling and finding comfort in the uncomfortable. Reviewing this release was really hard for me because while I really enjoyed it, certain songs were frustrating for me to listen to.
The music arrangements are gorgeous and definitely the highlight of the album – the pinnacle point of the album being “The Secrets Our Body Keeps”. Casey Chandler’s voice cries and quivers with damn near perfection but some songs did wear on me such as “Vitamin D” (although I can’t fault the musical arrangement of it, more so just the plainness of the lyrics). The album being a standard twelve tracks long is filled with a decent amount highlights such as “Science of Lovers”, “Salt Lake City”, the titular track “I Never Arrived”, “The Secrets Our Body Keeps”, and “Goodbye (My Visa Arrived)”. I felt the lyrics of some of the other songs were a little too rudimentary for my taste, but I’m a stickler for lyrics and will admit that I am sometimes too hard to please in that territory.
Will Static- A young soul with an old flow. Not sure if there is a better way to describe the artist know as Will Static. Hip hop has really helped shape his whole life, it’s who he is and what he grew up on.
From an early age Will had a love for hip hop. Thanks to his father, Will felt that steez at an early age. His dad bought him his very first record when he was six or seven, Run DMC. That started a love affair with hip hop and it was something him and his dad could do together. His dad introduced him to the 90’s greats; Public Enemy, NWA, especially Ice Cube. Those are things and moments that make Will unlike other artists his age. At only 20 years old Will has a lifetime of hip hop knowledge and an appreciation for it’s art. Many other artists in his age range (and even older) don’t care how hip hop was formed, they don’t see the importance and they don’t draw inspiration from it they way Will does. He is not a trend hopping rapper. He takes his love of hip hop and forms into art that means a lot to him.
Will came up a lot like most of us did. Being introduced by his cousins and listening to the GOATs of our time, of our generation. Namely, Lil Wayne and Eminem. Two of the biggest artist names over the last 15 years. Artists, no matter how you feel about them, helped shape the game and were influential in so many artists lives. That only helped fuel his love of hip hop. That only made the draw to it so much stronger. It was at 14 that Will really started to dabble in the art. Freestyling over random beats, as so many of us do. The difference being, he took it seriously. It was the love of music that kept drawing him in. He even played bass in an indie rock band with his brother.
That progressed throughout his high school years. At 15 he first heard Odd Future and it burned in him a longing to write his own music. So that’s what he did. He formed a group called The Danger Chamber, but without mics, equipment, etc, It was something that was more for fun. So there it laid throughout high school. He continued to freestyle, but never really took that next step. Not until college.
Will spent the first two years of college at UW-LaCrosse, where he was an All Conference running back and All State in Lacrosse ( one vote away from being All American.) This is where the transformation into serious artist began. During winter break of his freshman year Will came down to Milwaukee to see one of his favorite artists perform, Milo. We all know what a success story Milo has been. At this point he was the only local artist Will really knew, the only one he could really draw from and inspired by. He didn’t even know who the opener was at that time (it was Webster X.) This proved to be a pivotal turning point and changed how he viewed himself in hip hop. He got the opportunity to rock a freestyle cypher before the show, which had people clamoring to him after the show asking if he had music out. What a feeling! It was this very night that he got to sit down and just chat with Milo, it encouraged him, it changed how he saw everything. It was inspirational, Milo talked about setting goals and finding your own voice within hip hop. This stuck with Will.
He went back to LaCrosse with a new mindset. More focused than ever on becoming an artist. He wrote a bunch of songs ( that were never released) and started getting more and more into the local/Wisconsin hip hop scene. A meeting with Oshkosh rapper Keag also helped him on his path. Keag encouraged Will to meet local LaCrosse rapper D-Whip, which gave Will his first chance at writing and recording in a studio and D-Whip taught him about the importance of having a musical presence in the streets and online.
This is when the music started to flow. June 2015, Will released his first single, Fantasy, which featured D-Whip. It also quickly caught the attention on local blog RapCine.com. He didn’t slow down from there either, that very summer he hooked up with artists $moov, G Nes, Sunny Lou, and Oliver Blue, to form the group DRS aka Dirty Rotten Socialists (which we have featured here before). They hit the bricks, heavy. Started recording their ep in the winter of 2015 and premiering their first single Ways, which featured Milwaukee heavyweight Reggie Bonds, in the spring of 2016 (HERE). Months later releasing a second single, YDWT (HERE). In that time Will not only performed at the Miramar with DRS, but also planned and orchestrated that show.
That’s where we leave DRS for now. That’s the last word we’ve heard. They are certainly a heavyweight group, who is bound to have great music to come. More importantly though is the seriousness that Will Static is taking this craft. Currently working on his debut solo ep. Will writes atleast two hours a day. Constantly rewriting and scrapping projects that don’t live up to his expectations. He is not going to write, record and release a song in one day. He has a business mind, an artists heart and a future as bright and powerful as lightning. With this ep, he wants you to feel. He wants to capture all human emotion. He wants you to rock with him, have a good time and underneath it, make you feel something, make something you can relate to.
He’s my outlet. I can get on the mic and really express myself. If its about larger societal problems, personal things I’m wrestling with, talking about the future, or just letting out energy, Will Static allows me to express what I’m feeling in a way that I think other people can relate to, and I hope the debut project really shows people that.
Trust in my words that Will Static is someone you will want to keep an eye on over the next year. Between his ep and some major moves happening in the background, Will Static is going to be a name for you to remember. He’d kill me (jokingly) if I let anything go, the best moves are made in silence. With a style that draws inspiration from every style of hip hop, even once being described as E40 meets Drake, Will has a unique voice and sound with an impeccable flow, especially for someone who just recently started recording music.
From the first moment I was approached by Will, I could tell he was different. He had this excited energy about him. Maybe that’s just me being old, but I could tell he was different. When we first spoke on the phone, it was such a positive experience, that I wanted to be involved with him and his music immediately. He spoke with such command, such passion and was open to all ideas I brought to him.
Let this article hold you over for a bit. I promise you, there is a lot of music coming and all of it will be worth the wait. From big name producers, features and more…;.I’ve already probably said too much.
So I am going to leave you with this. As I said above, he has a business mind, an artists heart and a future as bright and powerful as lightning….And it’s not going to be bottled up for long.
Which brings us to why we are here today! New videos! Today’s videos feature the bands Electric Pariah & Trapped in Elevators, stripping their sets back and doing some really great and creative interpretations on their songs!
It’s been a minute since we heard some new heat from the Young Daa & SAFS Sunny album, but alas we have some new flame emojis.
NZT, starts off with a sample of Robert De Niro from the movie Limitless. Fitting not only the track title but the direction of the song. Local legend and producer extraordinaire Mike Regal lends his production talents, as he often has for the SAFS members. We all know a Regal beat is gonna be fire right? With headphones on it sounds AMAZING.
Young Daa keeps his eye on the prize and keeps that focus. No time for rest, only time to accomplish and win. For himself, his kids and for the city.
Then that bass heavy hook drops, super on point.
Feels like a took an NZT, I got the focus.
Then ofcourse is Sunny. Sunny has always had his own voice and style that you can set apart from 1000 other copy cat, cookie cutter rappers. That doesn’t change here. Sunny brings those bars every time he touches a track.
Super dope track. Sunny and Daa are two of my favorite emcees in the city and I rock both of their music on the regular. Both are entirely way too underrated. Daa released one of the most slept on ep’s of the year in Milwaukee and I’ve been (patiently) waiting on that Sunny tape that was supposed to come out the 4th of July. Haha. Plus they were both on, arguably, the greatest track to come out of Milwaukee this year.
In the mean time I have been rocking all of their old tracks, I suggest you do the same. Add this one to playlist without doubt. Check it below!
The first impression is one that is often overlooked by musical artists nowadays. Each track is processed individually, and for a lot of folks the concept of a cohesive album is lost. Wisconsin Hip Hop act the gospel does not have this problem. From the very first seconds of Penetrating Gaze, it is made extremely clear that this album will be one of tension and aggression. The rest of the album’s tracks follow suit, maintaining the high energy levels set forth by the opening tracks.
Produced by noise-rap empresarios Moodie Black, the sounds put forth on this album are those of both present and past. Nods and homages to the street-level grittiness of late-80’s east coast abound, actual record cuts and scratches appear and are used to great effect. Taking it in as a whole, this album would be very comfortable in the CD collection of any B-Boy back in them days. Emcee Lodoublet definitely exudes early Kid Rock levels of energy, though his rhyming is slipshod on a few tracks, that doesn’t stop his enthusiasm from coming through quite clearly.
Personally, this reviewer has a lot of respect for any artist who truly leans into their own sound, without compromise or integration of modern elements in an effort to not make the listener comfortable, but to challenge them. These cats are definitely firm and secure in themselves and their musical direction. In this current climate it can be really difficult to attract listeners to any act they aren’t familiar with. I definitely feel that things like the fuzzed-out vocals on ‘unity (operation ivy)’, which evoke Check Your Head-era Beasties as well as the noisier sections of grunge and alt-rock records from the 90’s, as well as the sample use on the following track ‘lets get invisable’ will bring lovers of those now-classic sound environments to the gospel in due time.
This is a good album, though not transcendent. Not every album has to boil and boggle the mind. Sometimes the listener just wants something ballsy to headbang to while they’re doing the dishes. Sometimes they just want to be sonically engaged while doing paperwork. Penetrating Gaze is a great choice if you’re into aggressive energy in your raps, a collection of interesting sounds, and a pastiche of 80’s-90’s era sounds.
November 1st 2016, the date that emcee/producer EmptyBrother7 dropped his new beat tape. The Minnesota man has released a lot of music in the last year, we’re talking beats on beats on beats. THELAST24akaFROMUNDERTHEMOONLIGHT was in typical EmptyBrother7 fashion, a slew of brand new, smooth, sometimes funky (possibly drug induced) beats. The title tells it all as well. All the beats were made in one day and the tape was released the next, adding to the genius that is EmptyBrother7 and highlighting the immense talent and work ethic this producer displays.
With very little marketing and promotion behind the project, one would think that this would receive very little attention. In this case, the opposite is true. With well over 1000 listens in the first week, things were a buzzing! Empty had so many artists hitting him up about getting on these beats, he decided to re-release the project and add a single featuring emcee Just Jimi. The mix is a bit odd, but the lyrics themselves hold their own. With deep, personal lyrics Just Jimi just some nice things over the beat.
Take a gander at these sounds and dig deeper! There is sure to be something you love. Oh, and if you are an artist needing beats or wanting to work, hit up EmptyBrother7, he is a hard working, dependable, selfless producer.
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wordpress | As soon as she walked through the doors, I fished out my DSLR and snapped a couple of pictures of her. She wore a knee-length, black dress with a tweed jacket and equally black tights, topped off with a pair of heels. Her hair was in a messy bun and she had red lipstick on. She looked striking amidst the ivory restaurant, and I noticed some of the patrons turned heads. I smiled, feeling a sense of pride. She waved, and made her way towards me.
“You look beautiful,” I said the second she was in earshot. Having an interest in photography, I noticed the little details most men don’t, so when I said she looked beautiful, beautiful she was.
It was nighttime in fall, and I knew she got cold easily. I grabbed my coat hanging on the chair beside me and wrapped it around her. It was a few sizes too big, she looked like she was engulfed by it. I laughed, and snapped a picture of her. “Wear more layers next time, okay? You could catch a cold,” I said, serious.
She went through the pictures page by page, making little remarks of what happened during when each photo was taken. I smiled, happy to see how she remembered each memory. It probably wasn’t a big deal if she didn’t remember, but the fact she did meant she was as invested in our relationship as I was. It made all those long, painful hours of purchasing scrap paper, printing photos, cutting and glueing all worthwhile. This was my first time making a scrapbook, and honestly it was so annoying, but seeing how her face lit up at the sight of it made me want to make a dozen more just for her.
“I don’t understand,” she said, but put down her phone anyway.
She flipped through the pages without saying a word. Slowly, one by one, the sound of it felt so heavy, as if each page was capable of robbing me slowly out of breath. Then, after she closed the book, she looked at me, that was when I first caught sight of her watery eyes, a few droplets already escaped her lids. “Thank you for this,” she said.
Inspired by couples who “publicize” their relationships on Facebook, heh.
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wordpress | I’m finally back online, and I’m glad to report that LinkedIn have removed the faked LinkedIn profile that I mentioned last month. To their credit, they actually removed it within 10 days of me making the support request – I simply didn’t spot the email telling me they’d done so, as I haven’t been able to get online much until recently.
I’m pleased they removed the profile, and I’m relieved that the creator of the fake profile didn’t do anything to damage the reputation of Myth Games, however I’d still love to know who made it, and why.
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wired | Although it's all too tempting to sneer at paintings done with the artist's own body fluids as silly and pretentious "statements" (Piss Christ comes to mind), some work artists have done with their own blood is really too brilliant to dismiss.
For example, Laura Splan, who paints detailed neuroanatomy with her own blood.
Thought Patterns is a series of images inspired by neuroanatomical structures. Each drawing was created using blood taken from my fingertips as the primary medium. The series explores the relationship between the images being depicted and the source of the medium with which they are drawn. I was drawn to these images as a formal exploration of the elements of our body that tell us we sense pain or pleasure."
Laura's body of work is extremely diverse, also encompassing (bloodless) doilies, rugs and facial peels. If you're in New York City, you can catch a solo exhibit of her work at the New York Hall of Science up until January. | 2019-04-19T20:30:45Z | https://www.wired.com/2006/11/laura-splan-neu/ | Porn | Arts | 0.989486 |
wordpress | Man, there are NOT ENOUGH games within the “Weird West” hybrid genre. With potential for a Deadlands series, I’m hoping to be proven wrong. In the meantime, I talk about Darkwatch!
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wordpress | Hope to see you there the first weekend of November!
I will be working in the boutique Saturday and Sunday until 12:30 and in the exhibit area Sunday afternoon. The weather promises to be beautiful so you will also have a chance to walk around the beautiful, ever-changing gardens. Hope to see you there.
Yesterday was such a glorious day! I do believe it’s so much easier to relax and reduce stress when one can be outside, with nature. And, for me at least, it’s so much easier to be outside when it’s warm and sunny – like yesterday. So after lunch, which was of course outside, my husband and I spent the rest of the day at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Buds are popping out everywhere, and some spring flowers are already in bloom.
While walking around the Garden, I found much of interest on the ground. Can anyone identify these?
There were thousands of these brittle, curled-up things on the ground. They look to me like they belong in a felted piece I’m working on after last week’s workshop with Michele Sales. They will show up in some artwork whether or not I can find out what they are, but it would be nice to know.
And here is the “large” piece I was felting in class. It’s not anywhere near done; I have lots of ideas floating around for more felting and surface design, but some folks were interested in what it was going to look like.
Don’t fret, stressed-out people. I will get back to coping tools in the next post. I just have to weave in some artsy stuff because that’s my stress management.
Today’s best coping tool: Savor the lovely days of Spring. Open your windows. Spend time outside. | 2019-04-24T10:06:38Z | https://shelleybrucarblog.wordpress.com/tag/chicago-botanic-garden/ | Porn | Arts | 0.675679 |
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means “turn led on, sleep 1000ms, turn led off”.
Do you want “IchigoLatte Forth” which is uncompromising programming environment for IchigoJam machine?
We succeeded in flying the drone “TELLO EDU” with IchigoJam/IchigoLatte. This time, we got a normal TELLO, let’s challenge to flying this.
First, turn on the power.
Then the eye will turn on.
Next, turn on the power of IchigoJam/IchigoLatte and MixJuice.
Search SSID by MixJuice command “MJ APL”.
Let’s connect to wifi by command “MJ APC”. It will be connected automatically next time.
Do programming by vi to flies.
if finished the programming, save and exit by ESC key and run by command “ms .”.
Your TELLO will fly away. The beta firmware of MixJuice is available here. Spec are the same for both EDU and normal!?
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wordpress | I’m pleased to report that yesterday evening, the City Council unanimously passed the 2013 budget for Minneapolis that makes major investments in infrastructure, public safety, economic growth and reform.
With this budget, which cuts City spending by 3 percent compared to this year, 70 percent of Minneapolis homeowners will feel no increase — or will see a decrease — in their City property taxes next year.
This is a great budget for Minneapolis residents next year, but it was made possible by the tough financial choices that Minneapolis residents made over the previous 11 years to restore fiscal responsibility to our city.
Paying down debt. We have paid down or avoided $241 million in debt since 2002 and restored Minneapolis’ AAA credit rating.
Reforming pensions. After years of effort, we succeeded in merging several closed-pension funds whose taxpayer-funded obligations were exploding into the State’s retirement system. In 2012 alone, this reform saved taxpayers $20 million. Moreover, we will retire all of Minneapolis’ pension debt in 2012.
Holding the line on wages. We partnered with employees to hold the line on wages at several points during the last decade, which has saved jobs and help hold down property-tax increases.
Target Center. From 1994 through 2012, Minneapolis property taxpayers were unfairly saddled with $5 million a year in Target Center costs. As a result of the Vikings stadium deal that passed earlier this year, we lifted these costs off the backs of Minneapolis property taxpayers.
Had we not tackled these tough financial issues over the past decade, Minneapolis residents would be paying 35 percent more in property taxes than they currently are. This legacy of fiscal responsibility and stability that we leave to next year’s taxpayers and the next generation is nothing short of remarkable. Everyone can feel proud of it.
The 2013 budget makes a number of critical investments in roads, safety and economic growth.
With the passage of the 2013 budget, our level of infrastructure improvements next year will be three times higher than we planned just two years ago. This level of investment is only possible because we paid off other debt and restored our AAA bond rating.
We are adding $2.5 million to the Police Department budget, with the aim of having 10 more officers on the force by next summer, and an additional $1.1 million so that the Fire Department can hire firefighters in advance of expected retirements.
We are continuing to invest in the Department of Community Planning and Economic Development, which has produced strong results in job growth and training, business growth and development, and promoting transit-oriented development.
With the 2013 budget, we are also taking a significant step forward in delivering our critical core regulatory, health and licensing services more effectively — and saving significant sums of money in the process — through reforming our Department of Regulatory Services.
This reform will make it easier and more streamlined to do business in the City of Minneapolis. Although there was some opposition along the way, a strong majority of Council members supported this essential reform, which I proposed in my budget speech in August, and worked collaboratively over the past several months to improve it.
If there’s another city in America with a more productive two-way partnership between government and residents, I’d be astonished.
For more than a decade, Minneapolis residents and elected officials have asked a lot of each other. We have asked each other for partnership in bringing down crime, and we’ve gotten results. We have asked each other through the recession for partnership in focusing on our economy, and we’ve gotten results. We have asked each other, sometimes through terrible tragedy, for partnership in rebuilding our infrastructure, and we’ve gotten results. And through it all, we have asked each other for partnership in restoring fiscal responsibility, and we’ve gotten remarkable results.
The budget that we passed last night is the payoff for that decade of partnership. I cannot thank you enough for it. | 2019-04-19T04:45:21Z | https://themayorblog.wordpress.com/2012/12/13/budget-passage-is-the-payoff-for-partnership/ | Porn | Business | 0.741255 |
wikipedia | Phyllodesmium poindimiei is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Facelinidae.
The distribution of Phyllodesmium poindimiei includes Australia, New Caledonia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Hawaii.
The length of the slug is up to 50 mm. This species contains no zooxanthellae.
Phyllodesmium poindimiei feeds on the invasive octocoral Carijoa riisei, but it cannot be used as a biocontrol of this octocoral. The crab Thalamita integra is a predator of Phyllodesmium poindimiei.
^ Risbec J. (1928). "Contribution á l'étude des nudibranches Néo-Calédoniens". Faune Colon. Fr. 2: 1-328.
^ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (May 8) Phyllodesmium poindimiei (Risbec, 1928). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
^ a b c d Wagner D., Kahng S. E. & Toonen R. J. (2009). "Observations on the life history and feeding ecology of a specialized nudibranch predator (Phyllodesmium poindimiei), with implications for biocontrol of an invasive octocoral (Carijoa riisei) in Hawaii". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 372(1-2): 64-74. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2009.02.007. PDF.
^ Rudman W.B. (1991) Further studies on the taxonomy and biology of the octocoral-feeding genus Phyllodesmium Ehrenberg, 1831 (Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea). Journal of Molluscan Studies 57: 167-203.
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wordpress | A Sunday Drive Down Memory Lane…Celebrating Jenn & Steph!
I will tell you that I did have the TV on a couple of times this week (when we did have power), and I just do not like the whole face mask thing with Duke/Faison AT ALL! Ugh… I am hanging on by my fingernails, but luckily Sam and Danny and the thought of Jason coming home to them keep me from letting go.
Well, that and the vids all of our vidders keep dreaming up! Thank goodness for all of the motivation to hold on they provide us. How grateful am I for each of them? EXTREMELY GRATEFUL!
I am also very grateful for you guys, my friends, and want to wish two very special friends, Jenn and Steph a ton of birthday wishes! Jenn’s birthday was this past week, and Steph’s is coming up this week, so as we take our Drive, let’s be sure to celebrate in their honor!
As a gift to you both, I hope you enjoy every single and special JaSam moment put together and tied neatly in a (birthday) bow for your enjoyment (and ours).
And…if, like me, you really did need a reminder of just how much Jason and Sam loved each other over the past nine years, and how much they wanted a life together as husband and wife, this vid is for you! The vidder has given us an incredible gift…something to truly be thankful for!
Know that as I drop each of you off, I am leaving with a renewed devotion to our favorite couple! There will just NEVER be another couple like them, and I will keep fighting for them to be back in each other’s lives…and in ours! I hope you will, too!
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I know you’re sad Jason left, but I think GH is great right now. I actually found myself watching it everyday, every scene, didn’t skip anything! The writing and dialogue are very good and the actors are awesome! AJ is back and I love him.
Gh is not perfect but definitely worth watching, give it a try!
I still like it too. Not like I did when Sbu was on but still it has it’s good moments and I still enjoy Sam and Danny whenever they are on. The stories are good if you like that campy sort of thing with the mask of Duke crap..LOL but the Nurses Ball and seeing Robin and I have to admit I’m even liking Spin/Ellie/Maxie right now. Also I’m wondering if anything is going to happen with AJ and Sam or Sam and McBain. She does have to move on if Jason is not coming back; I don’t want to watch her sitting around waiting on something that is not going to happen. I would love for Greg Vaughn to come back as Lucky but that would just throw Liz into Sam’s orbit and that I don’t want to see.
But Steve Burton is NOT coming back! We have to accept that fact! We have you and our You tube to remember the magic but he’s not coming back! RC is going to pair Sam with John at some point! I don’t like it! I don’t want him near Sam and Danny but Jason is gone!
I am with you on that. I am not enjoying GH at all. I don’t enjoy over the top, campy stories. I watched for Sam and Danny and even those scenes were kinda dry to me. I am glad other people are enjoying the show. Good for them. But the whole mask thing is just beyond me.
Happy Birthday to my island girls.. Jenn I hope your bday was everything you wanted it to be.. Steph my humor impaired goddess I wish for you all the joy love and beauty on your birthday that you give to me and all those that love you as much as I do!
I have also not watched in sometime.. I do watch the yt vids with Sam that Steph always posts.. I just find it hard to watch knowing I won’t see Jasam.. Maybe one day I will try to watch and see if it holds my interest..
Love all the vids as always.. I could spend an entire day just watching Jasam.. Oh wait I have done just that!
I wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving surrounded by those you love!
There is basically nothing left for me to watch GH for. These few second scenes with Sam just isnt cutting it. I don’t know who faison is or even duke for that matter and really dont care to. Thanks to all the video makers. at least we have those to remind us.
Big birthday wishes to Jenn and Steph.
Hi Jasammers forever its who we are! Angelique Thanks for doing the Sunday Drives for so many reasons! Especially under trying circumstances it is as always very appreciated. I am still recording GH i watch at times but mostly I FF thru.GH just does not have the same draw! I miss my Jasam so much! I am looking forward to the Tribute to Edward! And the scenes with Monica,Sam and Daniel!
Our Vidders are still carrying our Jsam beacon of Light and I am so great-ful for that! I refuse to believe SB will not return I cannot except that not just yet!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone there is so much to be Thankful,so very much!
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wordpress | The challenge is now on for Filipino teachers and students to take the lead in making use of the Internet to reach out to the world and share local content that will help promote and develop their respective communities.
This year, Smart Communications Inc. (SMART), through its Smart Schools Program (SSP), launches the Doon Po Sa Amin (DPSA) Project, an initiative that will serve as a venue for teachers and students to write and share unique stories about their respective communities and make these available online.
In the Doon Po Sa Amin Learning Challenge, the contest component of DPSA, SSP partner educators and students nationwide are encouraged to use desktop and Internet technologies in generating web-based information as well as local content using community mapping techniques. SSP partner schools are expected to form different Student Groups that will share and publish online their stories, called Focus Study/Story, about their communities to be categorized under seven curriculum-based Topic Categories – Mathematics; Science & Environment; Language & Literature; Health & Wellness; Technology & Livelihood; Arts & Culture; Social Science. The DPSA Topic Categories are aligned to the curriculum so students and teachers will be able to analyze and present the generated content using curriculum applications.
Each Focus Story will be uploaded to the DPSA section of each school’s SSP-hosted website, and will be evaluated based on these criteria: DPSA School Team Collaboration, Educational Content, ICT Integration, and Community Impact. Exciting awards and prizes await the winning Student Groups and their respective schools.
Lupon Vocational High School has finally uploaded successfully its official entry to the said competition. Please visit the site http://www.mysmartschools.ph/*/bundas/index.htm and tell your friends, family and relatives about it.
Another feather on the cap is added to Lupon Vocational High School when the school paper – The Builder received two national qualifier awards in news page and sports page both in English category bracket B, during the 2008 Regional Schools Press Conference (RSPC), secondary level which was held at Tagum City National High School, Tagum City Division last November 27 to 29, 2008.
The two neophyte advisers, Mrs. Dalisay Estabillo and Mrs. Jennifer Iyog, as well as the staffers were so elated with the result for they didn’t expect that the school paper was included in the top ten that will qualify in the NSPC knowing that there were seventy two school papers under category B who joined the said contest.
The school hopes that this achievement will serve as an inspiration for the student journalists to further enhance their skills in writing and will again bring home another bacon for the school in the next couple of years. | 2019-04-21T00:51:45Z | https://luponvochs.wordpress.com/category/contests/ | Porn | Sports | 0.772267 |
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**The Well is no longer meeting weekly. It was always intended to be much more organic than that. Plus, with ministry travel schedules, keeping a weekly gathering going is very difficult. We will meet when and as the Holy Spirit leads. Gatherings will be posted on our Facebook page.
1. What is The Well?
The Well is a gathering of people around the Presence of Jesus.
2. Is The Well a church?
No. The Well is not a church. It’s not even really a home group. We don’t have pastors or elders or deacons. We’re just people who love Jesus getting together, inviting Him to come, and letting Him have His way.
3. Do you have a leadership structure?
Not officially, however, we do have a team of people who have been specifically called by God to steward the vision of The Well. This team facilitates and stewards, but the Holy Spirit does the leading.
4. What can I expect at The Well?
You can expect God to show up, but He may not always show up in the way you might expect Him to. The Well is not a formula, nor is it predictable. We come with no agenda other than to invite His Presence and allow Him to orchestrate the evening however He desires.
That means that sometimes we gather, have a meal and hang out together just getting to know each other better, letting others into our lives a bit. It’s not always an intense spiritual experience. Sometimes being together is what God has for us that evening.
Being together, learning how to love well, building community – these are all things that matter to God. The Bible tells us that all the commandments are summed up into these two: First, love God. Second, love people. What’s the point of being all “spiritual” if we’re not learning to love each other?
7. Do you do this community thing well?
No. Not always. Society in general makes building true community difficult. We’ve never been more connected as a people, yet we are so disconnected. Community doesn’t just happen. We have to be intentional about it. We try but we don’t always get it right. Sometimes it’s hard to remember that being in community isn’t necessarily about what’s in it for me, but what can I contribute. We want to be better at it and we’re making progress, but if you come expecting your needs to be met, you will probably be disappointed.
8. What do you mean, I won’t get my needs met?
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wordpress | This is the end!… Of the month that is!
31 days of jogging, logging, and blogging is now complete!!!
Overall, I have completed 123 KMs this month!!! Surpassing last year’s all time high of 105 KMs in a month! Who thinks I’ll be able to beat the 123 in February with less days? It’s not ideal with the half marathon plan I am following if I followed it to a T (that’s 102 KMs for February) but who know, maybe I’ll be ambitious! I’ll be starting with a big run tomorrow, hopefully no excuses with Janathon coming to an end!
Looking forward to Juneathon 2015!
Well here we are. It’s the weekend and tomorrow will be a lovely outdoor run *fingers crossed for good weather*.
Tonight for Janathon I completed a short 1 km run (doubling as a warm up session) and finished with a 30 minute strength training session from Nike+ Training Club. Just 1 km for the Earthathon relay but it’s another 1 up for team #RunderfulRunners!
Honestly, the only thing on my mind is how I slaved an hour over dinner and carrying it out to the table I dropped it all over the kitchen floor and carpeted dining room floor. *sigh* at this moment I think I should have taken a picture but in the moment and I reached out to the floor in slow motion screaming “noooooo” and well, plopped down to the floor and was pretty much ready to cry. Even after the working out, it’s all I can think about. How depressing! By the way, if you are wondering why my floors aren’t clean enough to eat off of, try owning a big white dog who likes to shed every minute of every day… There was no saving any of the peas, Bok Choy, carrots, or salmon.
Good luck to everyone running tomorrow!
Janathon is half way through!
For the day and for the earthathon relay I continued my run streak with a 1 km run for #runderfulrunners.
This about sums up how I feel… working out and running does not counter the amount I would like to eat.
Sorry I’m not too chatty… Still a very angry person right now.
I’m working a little backwards and going to blog about yesterday since I forgot to mention a few things and I’m blank for tonight since it’s 10:30 PM and I’m sleepy… Any-who, yesterday marked a very proud day for myself. Our department had a welcome back for one of my colleagues who was on mat-leave. This included 10 AM gourmet cupcakes, which I can never resist! In this room filled with people, I stared down those cupcakes, watched everyone eat them and just said no… I was then called out why I was the only one not eating one – I said I was on a diet…. WHY DID I SAY THIS? I’ve been killing myself over it, I was ridiculed and embarrassed and then worst of all, I started to feel like I was being rude for not having a cupcake….. how could I be rude?! Why couldn’t I have just lied and said I was full since it was so early in the morning? I guess I don’t think about lying in the moment since it’s not me to lie, I just speak the truth and that made me feel awful… But the rest of the day I just kept telling myself, “It’s okay, be proud, you said No to a cupcake you didn’t NEED”. I’ve had these cupcakes before and they are phenomenal! I do like eating them and honestly, at that moment, I wanted it because it looked so good but I really didn’t need it or crave it. I wanted it because it was there, not because I sat at my desk dreaming about it all day… Well, that was my win and despite feeling like it was a loss because I’m still trying to find my place at work, I stood my ground and smiled.
Everyone thinks that every woman’s dream is to find the perfect man. Actually, it’s every woman’s dream to eat anything they want without getting fat.
One more point to add to yesterday after I had blogged… I enjoyed a no sugar, low-calorie vanilla pudding after my run as I blogged. Yes, I’m buying in and trying all these different snack to help feed my sweet tooth without having the sugars. I guess after a 7 km run, you should probably have something more nutritious because after blogging I spent a bit of time throwing up that pudding and what I had for dinner hours earlier… So, word of advice, have something that’s better for your body after a run! Even if it is late at night and you don’t want to consume the food, you might just need to refuel yourself properly! | 2019-04-24T14:47:38Z | https://rundmach.wordpress.com/tag/ntc/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.497436 |
wordpress | Last week saw the untimely and shocking death of a young hero, the implications of this tragedy have yet to fully take shape, perhaps even Jordan was not aware of the influence he had in his short life. The outpourings of love and sorrow which have followed news of this senseless death have come from around the world. Jordan Coe died whilst cutting weight unsupervised for a fight in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat), his trainers were elsewhere supporting other fighters, and that negligent decision led to his demise.
Jordan literally gave his life for the sport, pushing himself to a limit beyond human endurance, he died living out his dream. He gave himself so that we could learn from his sacrifice; never to give up, never to surrender – no matter what, to fight on to the bitter end in pursuit of happiness. But also never to take the dangers we face, or the transience of life, for granted. Imagine the resilience of this young man, who ultimately sacrificed his life for the art he loved. Sacrifice, to some it is just a word.
In spite of this, Jordan was no fatalist. His infectious love of life was apparent to all those he encountered, and showed itself in his compassion and generosity. For Jordan, to set foot in the ring was his opportunity to shine, but also to celebrate his love for the world. He discovered his calling young, thus he was able to dedicate his entire being to it, indeed it became him – and he it – he was Deachkalek to the core. Never have I encountered a young man so enamoured by his profession, or driven to succeed in it. His work ethic was prodigious, all the more so given his age. Never phased by fear of the unknown – he willingly embraced this life with the dedication of an innovator.
Most of you probably can’t understand the pain and sacrifice we endure to fight, though the rewards are great. During our friendship we joked of his being a tragic hero, even in one of his rare defeats, he still managed to win over the crowd. That death chose one so blessed by this ability to inspire is a dark twist I am yet to fathom. All we can hope are that his last thoughts were of those who loved him, during the short life he lived to the fullest.
If Jordan had been properly cared for by his trainers this entirely preventable tragedy would never have come about, so let this be as a warning to all of us, that death can come to even the brightest among us, and at a time when we least expect it. The way this tragedy has been dealt with here has rocked me to the core, no person – much less a mother – should be forced to experience the things we were exposed to. Dignity in death is only an afterword in this society.
As a postscript I would like to give my deepest condolences to Lisa Coe and her family for their loss, who during this week exhibited near superhuman strength and presence of mind during mind numbing situations. Her son’s impact on so many is doubtless a credit to her own character. Her and her family’s process of mourning their loss can only begin once they have laid their son to rest, but I am heartened that she has remained single minded in her mission to return her son to his home and final resting place, despite this country having set every possible obstacle in her path.
Would it be possible to have competitors weighed weekly using scales equipped with internet connection to average out the weight over a period of time, thus negating the need to quickly adjust? | 2019-04-26T04:38:56Z | https://muaythaiadventurer.wordpress.com/2017/04/06/sacrifice/ | Porn | Arts | 0.40226 |
wordpress | the cliff in panel 2!
Indeed. This may be my favorite page from the book! | 2019-04-20T21:13:18Z | https://marswillsendnomore.wordpress.com/world-around-us-15-1958-024/ | Porn | Reference | 0.317222 |
wordpress | A visitor to this blog who uses the handle “Pen Name” shared an anecdote in a comment I’d like to use as a springboard for discussion. She wrote how she once received a boatload of incredible insights that came one after another, she knew not from where. They seemed beautiful, and she wrote them down.
May we all have fun with the adventure.
Why does mantra meditation feel so great at first and later on destroy the people who practice it? Why do people keep doing it even though it hurts them? The allegory at the bottom is my attempted answer.
Energy, or life force, is what the gods and gurus siphon off when people “bow down” (through hymns, chants, mantras, or the physical act of bending before their pictures or persons). The act of bowing gives them psychic permission to have power over a person.
India’s scripture Rig Veda names the energy these entities seek “Soma.” According to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, it’s what the Greek myths meant by “ambrosia” and “nectar of the gods.” Soma is food for the gods. Maharishi said it is a half physical/half ethereal substance generated in the body in meditation. Advanced meditators learn how to direct more of their soma to the gods through chants and hymns.
“Flow, Soma, for Indra to drink,” goes one of the lines in the 9th Mandala of Rig Veda. This is the scripture advanced TMers are instructed to read immediately following every meditation. The line is repeated in various ways throughout the entire hymn. Indra is king of the gods, and our Soma , in their twisted thinking, “belongs” to them.
Here is my allegory, describing how Transcendental Meditation turns from a blessing to a curse as you advance in the teachings. In the story, “money” is meant to be taken more than just literally. I use it as a symbol of the life force, the Soma energy, that meditators must pay more of over time. It is the tithe that binds.
So you keep going there and paying. But after a while, the beach isn’t such fun anymore. You’ve taken a second job to support the toll-road, and by the time you get to the sea you have no energy left for anything but a nap. You only go into the water on rare occasions. While you’re sleeping on the beach, goons who work for the toll guy patrol the premises, picking the pockets of all the sleeping sunbathers. You hear rumors among the crowd that someone is robbing people, but you don’t believe it. True, you’re missing some money, but you’re sure you left it at home and only thought you had it with you.
The fact that this starts happening every weekend doesn’t disturb you. You’ve been so spacey and foggy-headed lately, that you can’t expect yourself to remember if you had your money when you got to the beach or not. All that matters is the sun and the sand feel so good. You’re so tired, and they are so soothing. You’ve forgotten about boating and swimming, picnicking and flying kites in the wind, all the things you used to enjoy in the early days when you would come to the oceanside, back when it was practically free. All that matters now is how good it feels to get to the beach and fall asleep. Yours cares dissolve away. You don’t think you could live without it.
One day you wake up from a beach nap to see a couple of people flying kites on the sand, in between all the snoring bodies. A couple more people are playing in the surf. You call out and ask them, where do they get so much energy? They yell back that they’ve found a free road that takes them to the beach and they don’t have to work to pay the toll-guy anymore, so they aren’t so tired. In fact, coming to the ocean energizes them now, the way it used to do back when the toll-road only cost a dollar or two.
Channeled Messages: Who’s Really Talking?
I haven’t yet found one source of “channeled truth” that doesn’t deny subtly what I know of the world. Take Caroline Cory, for instance, the author of a book called “The Divine Plan: Beyond 2012.” Caroline Cory ‘s website contains a page called “Universal Messages,” channeled guidance she apparently received for the rest of us from unseen entities she trusts as wise and good. Some of what the messages say sounds lovely. Careful reading, however, reveals the same old attempts at human programming that the fourth-dimension has become famous for. Examples in a moment.
It’s good to make clear that you no longer will accept the influence of questionable entities you used to pray or meditate to by stating this firmly so as to be rid of them. “I consciously disconnect myself from all energies, entities and programs that may be or are feeding upon me” are useful words for cutting off contact. It’s most effective if you say this out loud three or four times, until you feel some emotion behind it and subsequent release. It’s good to repeat these words (or something similar) anytime you may feel influenced by unwanted entities or energies.
This is the first article in a two-part series by this title.
I’ve heard for years from my oppression-conscious friends that I shouldn’t be shopping at Wal-Mart because the big-box store exploits people. It pays its employees way less than they deserve, and while I got that, I couldn’t get past the fact that prices there are way the best in town. So typically I’d slink into the store several times a year, grateful that I wouldn’t run into any eyebrow-raising friends (because they, of course, wouldn’t be caught dead shopping in Wal-Mart).
I also habitually shopped in Target, Fred Meyer and Home Depot, avoiding the small franchises that sell the same things. I liked the idea of one-stop-shop.
Then something happened that made the megastore issue come home to me. I began to notice that when I shopped in Safeway, a big-chain discount supermarket in the Western United States, I was finding more and more of the brands I’d been buying for years disappearing. I visited other supermarkets and found the same thing. For some mysterious reason, the big chain stores had decided to drop these products.
I also noticed that Safeway and the other super groceries were carrying their own “generic” brand of the same products they had bumped. Instead of getting to choose between four brands of canned corn, for instance, I now was being forced to choose between one (maybe two) and the Safeway brand. Safeway’s brand was always cheaper, of course.
Safeway also recently began its own line of organic products, so the other organic brands are slowly disappearing from the shelves. Normally organic customers would continue supporting the private organic brands, but Safeway has cleverly disguised its products to avert that. Instead of calling the line “Select Organic” (Select is the generic name they use for all their other products), Safeway named its organic line “O.” If you examine the packaging very carefully and happen to have a magnifying glass on you, you might get a glimpse of the word “Safeway” buried in tiny print in an obscure corner.
I actually bought “O” products for a year before I realized the brand belonged to the superstore. Cloaking their identity as the source of “O” is clever and deceptive. It tricks organic shoppers, who wouldn’t typically buy a conglomerate’s organic brand, into doing so unknowingly. It’s kind of like hopping into bed expecting to find your husband there and encountering a different man in the dark who’s hoping you won’t recognize the switch. Thanks, Safeway. It really is ethical of you.
So I started piecing things together. The supermarkets put ma-and-pa groceries out of business half a century ago. Now the megastores they’ve morphed into are putting food brands out of business. If this trend continues unstopped by consumers, the big chains soon will have a monopoly on food products. In that position, they can sell food at any price they wish. They also will have no incentive to produce food of flavor or quality because there’ll be no companies left to compete with.
I came to see that if I keep shopping at Safeway, with its friendly staff and appealing natural decor, I’m supporting a giant that eats up little companies and my freedom to buy the brands I desire, disguising itself all the while as a good-guy store that shares my values. This really is the bad guy in the bed – not only malicious but a deceiver.
Needless to say, I’m no longer sleeping with Safeway. Now I shop at the only food store in town that is not owned by a conglomerate: the local natural foods co-operative. It costs slightly more to buy there, and I’m willing to pay the difference for the privilege of having multiple brands to choose from. As a consumer, I need to do my part. Every dollar I spend at Safeway helps wipe out food brands.
Now I understand the reason for boycotting Wal-Mart and avoiding big-box stores: they put the same kind of pressure on small and medium-sized businesses that mega grocery chains put on the food industry.
It’s a dangerous thing to allow consumer products, particularly food, an essential of life, to rest in the exclusive hands of the megacorps. Consumers are then at their mercy. Shopping at volume discount stores is penny-wise and pound-foolish. It’s saving a few bucks a week at the cost of no longer controlling market price and quality with our buying decisions.
What if communities started co-ops, not only for our food but in other categories, and went back to the old ways of supporting local merchants? What if we all turned our backs on the superstores? What if only a third of the population did? The big guns would fall apart without us. I can’t think of anyone that better deserves it.
Last week I wrote about the phenomenon I call “the freedom-web,” a conversational matrix that is quietly spun (person to person or through grass-roots tools like the Internet) until it grows to the level of critical mass, where it explodes into public view as protests, civil disobedience and mass outrage. Only then is a freedom movement officially said to be born. In reality, every grass-roots movement lives and grows within the womb of collective opinion long before it bursts upon the world as action.
I cited the black freedom movement in America’s south as an instance of the freedom-web at work. Now, all at once, we have another example in the news: the loud birthing of the Free Tibet movement. Where did all this dissent suddenly come from? It was growing unseen in the mind of mankind for years, as people across the globe slowly became aware of Tibet’s plight. A collective opinion has slowly been taking shape. And when the monks decided to mark the occasion of the genocide anniversary with protests, they triggered answering protests around the world.
This kind of massive dissent, springing up like artesian wells everywhere the Chinese government looks, puts powerful pressure on their policies. The dissent was there all along, invisible. It simply took the anniversary and the Olympic Games coming to China to ignite the fuse on the stick of dynamite.
This wonderful phenomenon of Free Tibet demonstrates the power and importance of talking among ourselves about things we know to be wrong, quietly spreading the word. Tibetan monks have been touring the world for the past few years, offering public performances of their spiritual dance and music. At the end of each show, they quietly tell the audience about Tibet, the country they have lost. The power of these presentations, which I was privileged to view on two occasions, is difficult to describe. By the end of the evening you have a feeling for these monks, their innocence and goodness. When they tell you their country’s story in simple, halting English it goes right to the heart. They ask for your support for their people and your prayers. The audience is so attentive you could hear a pin drop.
The monks make this global journey in order to help free their people. In their humble way, giving cultural gifts in exchange for people’s attention, they quietly transmit their message of Free Tibet. Now their work is paying off.
Imagine if everyone who knows the truth about the global, one-world agenda quietly told just ten open-minded people, sharing substantiating evidence and laying out the facts. Imagine if out of those ten, five took the information seriously and studied up on the subject for themselves, becoming convinced. What if those five told ten more people, of whom five became convinced? How long would it take for the news to spread into every home in the world?
If there were just 3,000 of us, using these ratios, in five years or less a third of the world’s population would be very well-informed about the global conspiracy. A third of the population can trigger critical mass: that’s how many colonists were in favor of breaking with England, and that’s the minority fraction it took to win the American Revolution. Social and political change begin in the human mind, with the collective spinning of a freedom-web.
Two years ago, I launched my own personal Tell-Ten Campaign. It went so well I decided to tell more than ten. I brought up the subject with people I hardly knew, like the produce man at the local supermarket. I inched into the subject, testing people’s level of openness before I sprung the full story, but to my surprise I rarely met resistance. It was amazing to find how many people were already thinking along these lines themselves. They seemed grateful to have someone bring the subject up and talk with them openly about their observations and concerns. When people expressed sincere interest, I referred them to the David Icke books and website for a crash course on Big Brother.
Although I started talking two years ago, I knew about the conspiracy a long time before that. I kept silent because I was afraid of getting tagged a dissenter and winding up dead or in a detention camp one day. I was perhaps even more afraid of being viewed as a weirdo by the people who knew me. Now I regret taking so long to do something. Over time I’ve come to the point where hiding what I know is not an option anymore. We must all reach that point soon if we are to defeat the global agenda.
I don’t intend to die as a victim to power-hungry global fascists. I fully intend to succeed with my freedom-loving brothers and sisters in defeating the one-world government before it arrives and then to live in a society that surpasses the best we’ve ever known on Earth. A society of true freedom, perhaps for the first time in human history. But to find the courage to speak about this subject, I had to decide whether it’s worth dying for if it came to that, and if it’s worth being laughed at over. If the global fascist state is a snare that could at any moment be tightened around us, should we really care who laughs at us for alerting people? And isn’t dying a better option than bending our heads and getting shot with a microchip? | 2019-04-20T02:40:27Z | https://brontebaxter.wordpress.com/2008/04/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.715672 |
wordpress | Thanks to Terri Bruce, author of fantasy and science fiction stories with a literary bent, for stopping by and sharing the inspiration for one of the characters from her new novel, Thereafter.
Irene smiled as Ian’s words pulled her out of her reverie. He was watching her carefully across the campfire. Irene shifted position; she and the horse were using each other as a mutual backrest, and she wiggled against it, trying to find a more comfortable position.
“People pray to their gods. One assumes they are closer here,” a high, thin voice at her elbow said.
Irene started. She looked up and then did a double take. The speaker was a middle-aged Chinese man. His long, black robe, Fu-Manchu mustache, and waist-length beard were straight out of a Hollywood movie.
He gave her a reassuring smile and a low bow. “Your pardon. I did not mean to startle.” As he straightened up, he suddenly brightened, a smile blooming across his face.
Irene looked at the horse, but since she had no idea what the man was talking about, she didn’t know how to respond. She looked at Ian for help.
When I was writing Thereafter, I knew that I wanted Irene to meet a philosopher in the afterlife. Originally, the role of the philosopher was envisioned as an Austrian named Martin who lived during the mid-eighteen hundreds. However, I realized my story lacked diversity—why were all the ghosts Irene encountered European? She already had Ian, an American cowboy from the late 1800s, and Andras, a Spanish knight from the late eleven hundreds. Given that I include people from any time and any place in my story, I decided to look for someone much further back in time—preferably from before the birth of Christ—and preferably someone with an Eastern philosophy/view-point.
In doing some other research for the book, I came across a reference to a Chinese philosopher named Gao, who lived around 300 BCE. Not much is known about Gao—none of his work/writings have survived; all that we know about him is anecdotes related via the writings of others, which was actually pretty perfect for my needs. The anecdotes gave just enough of an idea of the historical man’s philosophy/personality, but beyond that he was a blank slate. He was perfect for my story and in he went.
Another interesting thing about this scene is that Gao says, “Gives new meaning to the saying, ‘trying to save the dead horse as if it is still alive.’” This is the original/origin of the saying “beating a dead horse.” The saying is originally Chinese and has been changed slightly through translation and usage to the modern version that we now use, but originally referred to a futile action (trying to revive something that is already dead) rather than rehashing an old subject. It was too perfect not to include; here I had a Chinese philosopher and a dead horse, together in one scene, so how could I not drop in the original version of the saying as one of the many sly, geeky jokes I tend to include in my stories.
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Amazon or Barnes & Noble or Smashwords. | 2019-04-19T04:20:17Z | https://vonniewinslowcrist.wordpress.com/tag/characters/ | Porn | Reference | 0.184252 |
tripod | Visit Byron Bay Online - for Byron Bay information.
Byron Bay is a former whaling station that is now a very popular holiday resort renowned for its magnificent surfing beaches. The lush and beautiful countryside surrounding the town was opened up by cedar-cutters in the late 1800s and is now devoted to dairying, cattle, pigs and tropical fruits.
The town is partly protected from the sea by Cape Byron, a rocky promontory 107m high and the continent's most easterly point. One of the most attractive and powerful lighthouses in Australia stands on the cape, beaming its light more than 40km out to sea. A walking trail leads to the tip of the cape, on the way visiting the lighthouse and providing fine coastal views. A ramp on the southern side of the cape is used by hang gliders who often soar overhead. Good views of humpback whales on their migration up the coast to Hervey Bay can be seen from the cape in July and on their return in September.
The marine park at Julian Rocks, just off the main beach, is situated at the meeting place of tropical and temperate currents. Scuba divers will be dazzled by the amazing variety of fish and marine creatures to be seen.
Beaches can be found on either side of the town and there are numerous rocky headlands providing perfect vantage points and ideal fishing platforms. Some local points and beaches are considered by surfers to be some of the best surfing beaches in the state.
Byron Bay is famous for its relaxed and sometimes alternative way of life that has attracted an interesting mix of residents and is reflected in the galleries and boutiques and shops with New Age offerings.
There are many fine restaurants in Byron Bay whose cuisine you can sample. Entertainment abounds in the vibrant pubs and clubs around Byron Bay with live music available every night of the week.
Many backpackers visit the town all year round and are well catered for with plenty of low cost accommodation.
Byron Bay was named by Captain James Cook on 15 May 1770, after John Byron, a navigator and the grandfather of the poet Lord Byron. | 2019-04-21T02:16:29Z | http://bbhgc.tripod.com/forum.html | Porn | Recreation | 0.514953 |
typepad | Tattered Angels products are so fabulously versatile. I love how you can take any project, give it a little mist and paint it with Tattered Angels to find just the right shade of color.
Weddings are the theme this month on the Tattered Angels Website. I created this Flower Girl Basket that is featured on the Tattered Angels Blog!
I used Teal High Heel Chalkboard Mist on the basket, Firefly Chalkboard Mist on the flowers, Polka Dot Pink Chalkboard Mist on the Playful Patterns Crepe Ribbon, Chandelier Glimmer Glam on the Prima butterflies.
I cut and embossed Spellbinders S5-050 Rose Creations die template out of Pink Paislee patterned paper. I used the die templates as a stencil and carefully misted the Roses with Firefly Chalkboard Mist. You have to use a paper towel to pat dry each Rose while it's still in the die template. You also don't want the die cut to sit in a pool of Chalkboard Mist or you it will leak under the die template.
This basket can be misted, glammed and glazed to any color palette.
My sweet little Mackenzie Hope was only to happy to model for me and wear her poofy dress! She is such a princess. | 2019-04-18T23:32:46Z | https://hollysimoni.typepad.com/my_weblog/family/page/2/ | Porn | Arts | 0.965511 |
wordpress | Congratulations to Jesper Olsen from Denmark who won the South African 6-day race with a total of 685km. In very tough conditions and a track that took toll on all the runners, Vlastimil Dvoracek finished second with 660km and Sri Chinmoy runner, Sarah Barnett was leading female runner with 625km. All of these results are unoffical. More details to follow. | 2019-04-19T05:07:24Z | https://planetultramarathon.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/jesper-olsen-wins-south-african-6-day-race/ | Porn | Sports | 0.870022 |
absolutewrite | I have an agent reviewing my ms who was the only one reading it at one time. He didn't ask for an exclusive, but has shown great interest. He had requested a revised version of the ms (which I sent) and he likes the changes. He wants to schedule a call to chat further about the book and the series after he finishes reviewing the revised version. In the meantime, two other agents have asked for the full ms/partial ms. Should I inform agent number 1? I don't want to pressure him as I know that he is very busy, but at the same time I would like to be open about where things are at.
I would bite cuticles for a while yet before informing Agent 1. Since he didn't request an exclusive, go ahead and send out to the others. If you want to stick with Agent 1, you can inform him if you get an offer from another agent for representation, basically giving him right of first refusal. Then, if he turns you down, you can go with the other one.
Run this one past Miss Snark.
How about the "ask Jenny Bent" thread? I'd love to hear her take on this.
Good luck to you, whatever you decide to do. | 2019-04-19T15:16:05Z | https://absolutewrite.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-33636.html?s=4095a461582cc9d77de370874361447c | Porn | Business | 0.814464 |
wordpress | Yesterday’s Washington Post has a report on the concerns raised by parents and child advocates about the use of social networks by pre-teenagers. The story focuses on the photo sharing service, Instagram, but the general issues are relevant to other sites as well: is the site collecting the personal information of susceptible children, and does it do enough to protect them from miscellaneous predators.
The Instagram service is an offshoot of Facebook, the social networking giant, which has about 1 billion users. The company’s policy requires users to be at least 13 in order to open an account, but the Instagram site does not even ask the user’s age when (s)he signs up. (The main Facebook site does require a bit of verification, requiring the user’s real name and age; however, the effectiveness of this is questionable, since there is no way to check the user’s answers.) The result is that many children under 13 have set up Instagram accounts.
There is some reason for concern about this; looking at the site (or at Facebook, for that matter, where I have an account) shows that many users post a great deal of what might be regarded as fairly personal information. Most readers are probably familiar with news stories of people whose employment or other prospects have been damaged by indiscreet posting and photos on Facebook and other social sites. Even if one grants that adults have a right to behave like complete idiots if they wish to, it seems reasonable that children, who lack both mature judgment (such as it is) and experience, deserve some protection.
However, people need to realize that, outside the realm of science fiction, this is not a problem that has a technological solution. Even if it were possible to develop a peripheral device that would automagically detect a persons age, it really wouldn’t solve the problem; all the server on the other end of the transaction can do is to verify that the bit pattern it receives indicates the user is 13 (or 18, or 21). Were such a device to be developed, I would not expect it to be long before some enterprising teenage hacker produced a “spoofing” device.
Facebook and other social-media sites have said that authenticating age is difficult, even with technology. A Consumer Reports survey in 2011 estimated that 7 million preteens are on Facebook.
It’s not difficult; it’s effectively impossible.
The other thing that all of us, kids and adults, need to remember is how businesses like Facebook work. It may seem, as you sit perusing your friends’ postings, that you are a customer of the service. But the customers are actually the advertisers who buy “space” on the service, which has every incentive to provide the customer with as much personal information as possible, in order to make ad targeting more effective, thereby supporting higher ad rates. When you use Facebook, or other similar “free” services, you are not the customer — you are the product.
One of the “Useful Links” in the sidebar here is to the SANS Internet Storm Center [ISC]. The site, staffed by volunteer “handlers”, a group of highly skilled and experienced security professionals and systems/network administrators, is a very valuable source of the latest security news. It is, however, a site aimed at IT professionals, and tends, understandably, to be fairly technical, and to assume a fair amount of basic IT knowledge for starters.
However, to their credit, the folks at ISC have not neglected the ordinary user. It has had, for a couple of years now, an initiative called Securing the Human, which attempts to address security policy issues considering the users’ perspective. (In the interests of honesty, from personal experience, I am bound to say that this is probably not entirely from altruistic motives — better educated users are, on the whole, less likely to make terminally stupid mistakes.) The Securing the Human initiative has also involved publishing a newsletter called OUCH!, which is oriented toward end users.
The latest issue of OUCH! has a short (three-page) article on good password practice [PDF]. It has some good, common sense advice that will help you use passwords securely. If you are a systems admin person, you might want to consider giving copies to your users.
I’d just make one final suggestion: using a password manager, such as Bruce Schneier’s PasswordSafe, can be a big help in managing your passwords, and using them well.
The FBI and the CIA are being criticized for not keeping better track of Tamerlan Tsarnaev in the months before the Boston Marathon bombings. How could they have ignored such a dangerous person? How do we reform the intelligence community to ensure this kind of failure doesn’t happen again?
Just as after the atrocities of 9/11, the agencies are being criticized for failing to “connect the dots” and uncover the plot.
Now, there have been specific incidents in connection with terrorism that one might think would raise some suspicions (for example, the 9/11 hijackers who took flying lessons but didn’t want to learn how land the plane). But for the most part, as Schneier points out, “connecting the dots” is a bad and misleading metaphor.
Connecting the dots in a coloring book is easy and fun. They’re right there on the page, and they’re all numbered. … It’s so simple that 5-year-olds can do it.
After an incident has occurred, we can look back through the history of the people and things involved, and attempt to piece together a pattern. But that is possible only because we know what happened. Before the fact, real life does not number the dots or even necessarily make them visible. The problem, generally, is not that we have insufficient information. It’s that we don’t now which tiny fraction of the information that we do have is relevant, and not just noise.
In hindsight, we know who the bad guys are. Before the fact, there are an enormous number of potential bad guys.
I heard a news report a few days ago saying that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the elder of the two brothers, had taken part in a monitored telephone call in which the term ‘jihad’ was mentioned. Lumping together telephone calls (including those by reporters, of course), radio and TV broadcasts, and other forms of electronic communication, how many times per day would you guess that word might be mentioned?
Since what actually happened is so obvious once it happens, we overestimate how obvious it was before it happened.
We actually misremember what we once thought, believing that we knew all along that what happened would happen.
It is certainly sensible, after any incident, to look back to see if clues were missed, and to attempt to learn from any mistakes. But it is neither sensible nor realistic to expect prevention of any and all criminal or terrorist activity.
Schneier’s essay has now also been posted at his Schneier on Security blog.
Because updates are not guaranteed to occur on the advertised schedule, it’s important to measure how up to date your machines actually are — if there are big discrepancies, try to find out why and fix the problem.
AV software is one layer of defense, but is certainly not a total solution.
Probably the most important advice is this: if a machine has been compromised by malware, it is highly improbable that AV software, or anything else, will be able to clean or repair it. Modern systems, and the malware that attacks them, are so complex that figuring out exactly what has been affected, compromised, or corrupted is effectively impossible. The only reliable recovery method is “nuking from orbit”: wiping the machines hard drive(s), and reloading the OS, applications, and data from known clean backup copies. Yes, it is a bloody nuisance, but it’s really the only way to make sure that you have a clean system. | 2019-04-21T04:31:30Z | https://richg74.wordpress.com/category/security/ | Porn | Kids | 0.665439 |
wordpress | In comments, add some suggestions to the shot list for the video, let us know if you have any video equipment you can bring to class next week (this could range from a smart phone to a high end video camera), and more links to same videos we might use for content, or as tonal or stylistic inspiration. See my comment below as a sample.
The videos below are broadly grouped into categories, think about both tone, form, and content. Do we want talking head interviews? Just images with voiceover? Etc.
These videos comically juxtapose 50s futurism with contemporary realities and post-apocalyptic scenarios. Does this strike the right tone to introduce the Engineers? Perhaps we consider using some of the archival footage of Oxy to create shorter video parodies to populate the site/later challenges? These types videos are certainly useful to consider how we might use archival footage of technology to comedic effect.
These are fairly conventional promotional videos in form: they employ some mixture of talking head interviews, stock footage, voiceover, text, and score to convey a clear message. That said, each has some unique features/approach we should consider. If we go a similar route, how do we make this appealing to Freshmen? What images and audio would most make you interested in joining?
You can find many others on the Start Up Videos site Sunil found. I’ve put a couple below. Basically, this idea is to showcase the club through a day in the life of an Oxy students/member of the club. This will include casual, scholarly, and club-sponsored engagements with technology.
I’ll be bringing in my phone, and ipad for shooting video.
As far as style goes, I am going to wait to weigh in until the poll results are mostly in.
I think we should we should do a day in the life type video that incorporates some of the old archival footage that we found and compares it to how a current member of the engineering club spends their time at oxy. As far as comedy goes, I think that we should land somewhere in the middle, not making it too serious that it ends up seeming really cheesy like the computer technology club did, but not making it so comical that the club seems fake. We should compare a day in the life of an Oxy student from before technology was prevalent on campus and after. We could make the old footage funny by choosing some of the more ridiculous stuff (students dancing around in medieval looking costumes) to poke fun at. However, when we show engineer club footage I think we should make it more serious so that the engineers looks like a legitimate club. I think the main goal of the video should be to make the point that technology is a much easier and more intuitive way to research and collaborate than a typical library setting (reading books vs. laptop, chalk board vs. smartboard, etc.) At the end of the video we could have a very brief 10-15 second speech from a cdlr person that is serious and just says something like ‘our students use technology in innovative and useful ways, much of this technological innovation takes place during the engineering club ….) or something along those lines.
I do not have any camera equipment myself but someone I live by works for the place that rents all of the schools film equipment, I could talk to him about letting us rent some of the equipment out for a day.
Personally I’m not a huge fan of the day in the life video. I think its a little bit cliche and wouldn’t be all that intriguing. I think Louis’s idea of juxtaposing a day in the life of a current Oxy engineer against the lives of students in the old archival footage is interesting, but I think the archival footage is best utilized using the 50s newsreel style. Ultimately, I think that this would add much more intrigue behind the engineers while conveying their technological prowess (it takes quite a bit of work to edit and produce a good video using the archival video). So, in short, my vote is for something more along the lines of the 50s newsreel videos linked above.
Similarly to Louis, I don’t have any advanced Camera equipment, but I will bring in my I-pad and phone.
I also do not have any camera equipment other than an iphone/ipad.
I think our video should be along the lines of how old spice commercials are, or the “one take” promo vid that we have up here. I like the style of having one main actor which the camera follows around. The video could then be more like old spice commercial in which it makes exaggerated claims (with equally exaggerated video evidence) about the benefits of using old spice (or in our case being a part of the engineers club). Or the video could be more like the dollar head shave club commercial in which the tone is slightly sillier. I suppose the difference between these two types of commercials is subtle, but I think both of these commercials articulate themselves quite effectively.
I only have my phone.
I agree with Zack. This type of video is entertaining and can cover a lot of material quickly. With one person talking, it suggests a leadership to the group, The Engineers. Also, by never fully disclosing the absolute details of the group, since some of the information will be masked by jokes, there is a mystery, exclusiveness and yet lightheartedness to the group, making it desirable.
I fear the other video formats are too boring or cliche. The ‘day in the life’ suggests that the student who is part of the The Engineers has no time for anything but activities involved with the club. | 2019-04-25T14:54:26Z | https://oxyarg.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/engineers-video-pollfeedback/ | Porn | Reference | 0.270438 |
wordpress | Last week, demonstrations took place in the southern Syrian city of Daraa to protest something symbolic.
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yahoo | OAKLAND, Calif. – Nearly an hour and a half after watching the Houston Rockets fall in the Western Conference finals, injured center Dwight Howard slowly walked out of the locker room.
Howard suffered a bruised left knee that limited him to 26 minutes during the Rockets' 110-106 loss in Game 1 on Monday night. He is expected to have an MRI on Tuesday, a source said. Howard described the injury as "nothing major" and said he expects to play in Game 2 against the Warriors on Thursday night.
"Hopefully, I can play," said Howard, who had seven points and 13 rebounds. "I will get some rest and come back."
Howard was injured midway through the first quarter when he collided with teammate Josh Smith. Howard departed with 5:50 left in the first quarter and returned at the 1:26 mark after testing his knee by jogging on the baseline. He played about nine minutes in each of the next two quarters, but departed for good after playing 51 seconds in the fourth quarter.
Howard missed 41 games this season largely because of problems with his right knee.
"Josh was trying to go up for a shot and rammed into the side of my knee," Howard said. "From there on, it was bothering me the whole game. I really couldn't run, jump or do anything. It's a disappointing loss."
If Howard can't play, the Rockets might have to turn to rookie center Clint Capela as their starter. Capela, who also played in the D-League this season, had nine points on 4-of-4 shooting from the field and four rebounds in 13 minutes.
"I am just trying to help the team with all my qualities," Capela said. "Run the floor, protect the basket, rebound, finish under the rim and block shots. If Dwight is not there, I got to do that." | 2019-04-22T14:53:28Z | https://sports.yahoo.com/news/dwight-howard-injures-knee--but-hopes-to-play-in-game-2-070207045.html | Porn | Sports | 0.72583 |
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wordpress | Ways I have decided to avoid the cookie clutch: do not sit in the staffroom for any of my breaks, instead head outside for a jaunt around the block followed by an egg muffin (see recipe here). Do not open the cookie jar to muse at what might be lurking inside. Do not be responsible for topping up the cookie jar. When purchasing cookies for said jar, only purchase cookies I don’t like.
Cookies I don’t like are not fun biscuits. They are the biscuits you feed to your children before they have a birthday party they can remember and then ask for the fancier cookies.
So, I have to buy fun cookies. It’s for the good of others. I shall sit back in the corner and watch thier waistlines increase as mine slowly, but surely, diminishes. Mwahahahaha!
I am aiming for a cookie free week. Feel free to ask me on Friday how I did. I encourage it!! It might mean nothing to you, but it’ll mean the world to me. I have to be accountable to someone other than myself. That isn’t working so I’m seeking outside reprimand.
The bed base – I won an online auction and will be spending a whopping $21 on a bed base to prop up our oh so “70s crack chic; lives on the floor” mattress. I think then, my paranoia of being bitten my invisible mites can come to a stop. I’m 99% sure I’m not crazy. Ok, 89%.
Lacking a third beverage today, need to go and top up the other two: green tea with mandarin and lime flowers and aqua. Ta-taa!
PS I jazzed up myyyy egg muffins with finely chopped mushrooms and brocolli and grated zucchini – sauteed in olive oil, salt and pepper. I also halved cherry tomatoes and popped them in on top after I poured the egg in. It went: veges, sausages (breakfast real pork soss), egg mix (FREE RANGE!!!), tomatoes. Oven. Cook. Cool. Stash in containers to take to work. Eat extra one. Hehe. YUM! | 2019-04-20T22:28:09Z | https://titlenotyetthoughtof.wordpress.com/tag/beverages/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.351389 |
wordpress | To give an idea of what Rural radio are a brief paragraph extracted from “Waves for Freedom” – Report on the Sixth World Conference of Community Radio Broadcasters.
Community radio, rural radio, cooperative radio, participatory radio, free radio, alternative, popular, educational radio. If the radio stations, networks and production groups that make up the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters refer to themselves by a variety of names, then their practices and profiles are even ore varied. Some are musical, some militant and some mix music and militancy.
They are located in isolated rural villages and in the heart of the largest cities in the world. Their signals may reach only a kilometer, cover a whole country or be carried via shortwave to other parts of the world. Some stations are owned by not-for-profit groups or by cooperatives whose members are the listeners themselves.
Others are owned by students, universities, municipalities, churches or trade unions. There are stations financed by donations from listeners, by international development agencies, by advertising and by governments.
More details and information in general about Rural radios for development in the FAO website on Rural radios. | 2019-04-22T10:41:59Z | https://talksharelearn.wordpress.com/rural-radios/ | Porn | Reference | 0.784332 |
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wikipedia | Ferdinand Martin Cordt Brütt (13 July 1849, Hamburg - 6 November 1936, Bergen) was a German painter. He was a distant relative of the sculptor Adolf Brütt.
He took his first art lessons at the Hamburg School of Applied Arts, where he studied with Günther Gensler [de] and Friedrich Heimerdinger [de]. On their recommendation, he transferred to the Weimar Saxon-Grand Ducal Art School in 1870, where his teachers were Albert Baur [de], Karl Gussow and the history painter Ferdinand Pauwels. Baur would be particularly influential in forming Brütt's mature style.
When Baur accepted a professorship at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Brütt went with him and became a specialist in painting courtroom scenes. He was able to draw from his own experiences, having spent quite a bit of time on jury duty, developing the genre based on earlier work by Louis Gallait and Hendrik Leys.
In 1889, he took an extended study trip to Italy where he found himself less inspired by the "Old Masters" than he was by the landscapes. This prompted further trips to the Alps and the North Sea. In 1893, he was appointed a Royal Prussian Professor.
In 1898, his friend Anton Burger invited him to stay at the Kronberger Artists' Colony in Kronberg im Taunus. He lived and worked there until 1920. He executed several municipal commissions in Frankfurt from 1905 to 1913, including several large wall and ceiling decorations for various public buildings and designs for the Bürgersaale (Civic Hall) in the Rathaus. In 1920, he went to live with his son, a District Court Councillor, in Bergen.
His style may generally be described as impressionistic, although he preferred scenes with large crowds in urban or indoor settings. His initial phase extended through the 1880s, when he developed an interest in more subtle displays of light and color. After 1902, he concentrated on large landscapes.
Alexander Bastek: Ferdinand Brütt und das Städtisch-bürgerliche Genre um 1900, VDG, Weimar, 2007 ISBN 978-3-897395-50-3 Description in the VDG catalog.
Exhibition Catalog: Ferdinand Bütt. Erzählung und Impression. König, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-86568-230-7.
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wordpress | We are very happy to introduce Sapphire Sun by Suzi Davis. This is the third book in the Lost Magic series and is highly anticipated by fans all over the world—just like the two before them. Gracelynn Stevenson is haunted by the spirits of her predecessors and is starting to remember memories she tried to erase. But the past has a way of showing up in the present and while Gracelynn wants to know more, Sebastian is doing everything he can to leave his past in the shadows. But, it’s not working and when others who possess the Lost Magic show up at her home in Victoria BC, Grace fears he’ll be lost forever.
Sapphire Sun is Suzi’s best book yet and readers won’t be disappointed as Grace and Sebastian try to fight an evil that hovers close to them – too close. We’ve had such a great response to our query to reviewers, and they feel the same way about it.
Suzi Davis is a British-born Canadian writer and artist and has been writing stories andpoetry for as long as she can remember. Her current focus is on writing young adult novels whose genre allows her to explore the relationships between families, friends and young lovers. Interested in the paranormal, there is always an added element of magical fantasy to whatever tale she spins. Suzi lives on British Columbia’s Vancouver Island with her husband and young sons.
Find her books in both print and digital editions.
Running a small press is just like running a business with a group of employees – well almost. I don’t actually get to see them every day and we can’t gather around the water cooler to chat. Since we all see each other only virtually, I thought it might be nice to ‘introduce’ our authors to both each other and their readers via a series of short interviews. These interviews will run twice a week until December – it’s a neat way of finding out how similar authors can be, and yet so different.
Today, I’m chatting with NM Facile, the author of the very successful Across The Hall. NM is a wonderful story teller, writing stories and characters that connect with her readers so well. When her book first came in, I loved sitting down to read/edit it, it was a book that brought me back to my college days and the uncertainty of romance and love that exists when you’re still young. This book has been one of our bestsellers, it continues to sell well two years after its publication and with sales on par with books released by big New York publishers. I’m so proud and pleased for NM, she’s a wonderful gal who more than deserves her success. Her new book, Cure For Pain will be out December 1, 2012, (but digital editions are available now!).
1. The first book I can remember reading is: This is a hard question. I’ve had books around my entire life. I have clear memories of reading 100 Dresses by Eleanor Estes late at night when I was very young. I was scared of the dark and had to have the hall light on right next to my door. I read and reread many books by the light of the hall. Thanks to back lighting I still read in bed late at night.
2. The first book I ever wrote was: Across the Hall.
3. An average day in my life goes like this: I’m fortunate to have a husband who deals with the morning routines of getting the kids breakfast and off to school. This allows me to sleep in because I have a tendency to work best late at night. I wake up and read awhile then check email and the news. I take care of things around the house or sometimes do things with my mom in the afternoons. Twice a week I spend half days in the classrooms for my two elementary school children. After school I catch up on how the kids’ days went and sometimes act as a taxi for running between activities. We have supper as a family then it’s time for homework and bed. After the little ones are asleep I either spend the rest of the night writing or I watch TV with my husband or teenage son. I usually spend an hour or more reading before I go to sleep.
4. I found out about Central Avenue Publishing from: I found Central Avenue Publishing on a search for small independent publishers to submit Across the Hall. I decided to submit my book because I liked the fact that they were a small but growing company who dealt primarily with digital books. I’ve been reading digital books for years and see that as the future of the industry. Central Avenue Publishing submission guidelines were clear and unintimidating, Michelle has excellent credentials in the publishing industry, and the royalties and marketing were fair. I like knowing that at Central Avenue I am more than a number or just an indy author under their wing, Michelle makes me feel like I’m part of the group.
6. In order for me to sit down and write, I need: A dark room with music on, sometimes a glass of wine helps, too.
7. My ‘day job’ is: Fortunately right now writing is my ‘day job’ and I hope that it can stay that way.
8. I carve out time to write by: Reading less. If I wasn’t writing I would spend that time reading.
9. In order to find time to write, I feel as though I sacrifice: I don’t feel as if I sacrifice anything to find time to write. In fact I often have a nagging little voice in my head when I’m doing other things, telling me that I could be using that time to write.
10. I am currently working on: An unnamed story set in the 1950’s. I’m also working with my nine year old daughter on a children’s story. She came up with the plot and I’m fleshing it out.
11. The best piece of advice I ever got was from my mom. Growing up she always told me “don’t put yourself in a bottle.” Meaning that I should never confine myself in thoughts or actions to the limitations that people or circumstance may try to put upon me.
12. The best piece of advice I would give is: Whether good or bad, things change, it’s how you look at it and deal with it that makes the difference on the outcome.
Today, it gives me great pleasure to introduce Sabrina Zollo, the first new author we’ve brought into the Central Avenue fold in a long, long time. We were captured by Sabrina’s great story when she submitted it – well, after we found it. It seems as though cyberspace claimed a few of our submissions late last year and we didn’t find this out till months later. I’m sure happy we found it – it’s one of the most fun stories I’ve read in a while.
It’s the story of Veronica Lopez, a young, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed MBA grad who’s looking to save the world. Faced with a lack of job prospects, she accepts a marketing position at Gisele, a global cosmetics empire. When she’s faced with female co-workers who instantly hate her, she finds solace in the only person who is nice to her, a gay man named Stevie. Stevie becomes her fashion consultant, and guide to all things corporate. When Veronica starts to get herself into trouble by performing a few career limiting moves and alienating her best girl friends, Stevie sticks by her.
It’s a fantastic tale, told with the wit of someone who is just a great story-teller. Sabrina has created characters full of flaws and redeeming qualities, as all good characters should be. Why I Love My Gay Boyfriend is a guaranteed fun read.
Sabrina Zollo is a marketer and author who lives in Toronto, Canada. She has been compulsively writing stories since childhood. She graduated with an MBA from York University and has worked in brand management for almost ten years. Sabrina is a consummate lover of Pinot Grigio, dark chocolate, shoes and spin class.
Why I Love My Gay Boyfriend is available in both print and digital editions.
Today, I’m happy to present LM DeWalt, the author of two successful books, Lily & Datura – both of which are available in English and Spanish. I met LM through some authors who were published with us, but moved on to other pastures. Fortunately for us, LM stuck with us and we’re happy she did. She’s a kind, compassionate person and a very busy one, she’s a student, an ESL teacher, a mother and a writer. I’m not sure how she does it – to tell you the truth. But she does it with grace and beauty, and a remembrance of youth that many of us lose.
3. An average day in my life goes like this: After I get a cup of coffee, I play some games on Facebook (to wake me up), then I do my schoolwork, and then I start getting ready for work. When I get home from work, I start writing. On my days off, I get to spend time with my husband and sons.
4. I found out about Central Avenue Publishing from: Another writer who had a book published by Central Avenue Publishing. I decided to submit my book because: After my twenty-some rejections from an agent, I decided to go a different route. It took me a little while but I realized the rejection letters were actually form letters and had nothing at all to do with me. I decided to skip the middleman and go right to the publisher, which was the best move I ever made.
6. In order for me to sit down and write, I need: I have to make sure my schoolwork is done first, then I turn the music on and type away until my carpel tunnel says it’s time to stop.
7. My ‘day job’ is: I am an out of work teacher so I started bartending recently. It is a lot of fun and it’s inspiring some interesting characters.
8. I carve out time to write by: Taking advantage of TiVo. I record everything so that I have no television commitments and no excuses.
9. In order to find time to write, I feel as though I sacrifice: Time with my family, but they are extremely supportive of what I do so they don’t complain (much).
10. I am currently working on: Book three of The Quest for Reason series. I am terrible at titles so it does not have one yet.
12. The best piece of advice I would give is: Never give up on your dreams, no matter how silly you may think them to be.
Today, I’m pleased to present Anita Rodgers, one of Central Avenue’s veterans. I met her over 3 years ago, when she took a chance on a small, new publisher to submit her book – False Witness – a great mystery novel. Her book continues to sell three years after its publication and I’m so glad she stuck around. Anita’s an avid social media gal (like me) and I enjoy reading her musings on her well-read blog – in fact, that and her twitter feed were the things that drew me to her.
2. The first book I ever wrote was: “The Addict” I think I was about 10 years old and wrote a 30 page, handwritten novel about a woman addicted to drugs who had a tragic life. Luckily my dad was the only one who ever read it.
3. An average day in my life goes like this: Up early, feed the pets, brew some coffee, inspect my gardens, drink coffee and read until I wake up. Work (usually writing). Exercise. Social Media. More writing. Reading, television, more reading. Sleep.
4. I found out about Central Avenue Publishing from: I honestly don’t remember, but it was probably through one of the hundreds of writer’s newsletters I subscribe to. Funds for Writers, perhaps? I decided to submit my book because: I had nothing to lose and really wanted to publish the book. Actually, I submitted the book during a pretty low period in my life, when everything just seemed to be going wrong. And in fact, I had no expectations at all that the book would be accepted. When it was accepted, it was the beginning of things turning around in my life. Funny, I never realized that until now. Thank you, Michelle.
5. The last book I read was: I’m currently reading Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly. I am utterly addicted to his Harry Bosch series – maybe because Harry reminds me of my dad, a bit grumpy and grumbly but with his heart in the right place. Nine Dragons is quite the page turner too. Love it.
6. In order for me to sit down and write, I need: That depends on what I am writing and whatever else is happening tht day. When I am doing copy writing or web writing there is always a certain amount of force that has to be applied to get me to the computer. Luckily, I am a fast writer so even if I procrastinate I can still come in under deadline. When it comes to fiction, the story has to be flowing for me to be anxious to sit down at the computer, when the story is in a difficult place it’s harder for me to face the blank page. Ideally, I like writing when there is no one around and my pets are sleeping. The silence is good for my creative process.
7. My ‘day job’ is: A freelance writer other ‘day job’ type contract work.
8. I carve out time to write by: I don’t really have to carve out time, if I want to write, I write. There isn’t a force on Earth that could prevent me from writing if I want to. Even when I worked a full time job, I would jot down notes during breaks or send myself emails if an idea struck me suddenly.
9. In order to find time to write, I feel as though I sacrifice: To some degree I deny myself a social life by being a writer. I pass on invites to activities and events sometimes. I also need a lot of time alone just to think and consider things and if I can’t get this time, it’s hard to write the way I want to. Being a writer has also been hard on my love life, because most men seem to prefer traditional women (for lack of a better term) who do not want to leap out of bed at 2 am to jot down a poem or start a story or who might be perfectly happy sitting at a computer for 16 hours a day.
10. I am currently working on: A mystery whose main character is a blind graphic novelist. Other characters include: a former detective who knew the heroine when she was a child, a stalker in cowboy boots and a tabloid journalist.
11. The best piece of advice I ever got was from: My dad and it was: Never give up on your dreams, they are the only thing worth living for.
12. The best piece of advice I would give is: Believe in yourself. Always. It is utterly amazing what you can accomplish in life if you just believe in yourself. | 2019-04-25T05:46:21Z | https://centralavenuepub.wordpress.com/tag/adult/ | Porn | Business | 0.67619 |
wordpress | Shigeru Ban’s Aspen Art Museum | ride. travel. live.
Located in downtown Aspen, this building and the museum’s collection is a real treat to visit. It’s quite small, with three floors of exhibits, no permanent collection, and very friendly staff that approach you to ask whether you have any questions about the art being shown. They’re also very enamored of the building, which was designed by 2014 Pritzker laureate Shigeru Ban, and opened in August 2014.
The most noticeable part of the building is the wood-weave exterior that graces the two streetfronts, providing the visitor peeks at the mountain and town surroundings. Between the exterior and the interior of the building is a grand staircase that is echoed in the interior, divided by a glass partition. Essentially it’s an in-between space, “engawa” is the Japanese term for it, and the grand stair unites the outside and inside of the structure.
Ban also elaborates on the woven wood theme in the roof elements, which are elegantly curved wood trusses that are easily missed. You’ll need to look up at the ceiling while you’re walking the grand staircase, or check out the rooftop terrace skylights to see the trusses. He also blends in the interior and exterior space very cleverly on the top floor, where a small outdoor sculpture garden merges seamlessly into the indoor / outdoor cafe, and then the interior staircase leading to the exhibition levels. It’s also an unusual feature in Aspen to have a rooftop view, affording a unique, although not so spectacular perspective on the surrounding urban scene.
The sidewalk in front of the entrance is also turned into a plaza, with a few trees, benches, and a reflective sculpture. The architect designed this space to de-intimidate the experience of visiting a museum. So this is very different from the grand urban museums (like the Met, British Museum, etc.).
Ban is known for his use of recycled materials and for his temporary structures. This museum is no different, with a wall built out of recycled tubes, and this becomes a prime decorative element.
Best of all, it’s free, which is something rarely experienced in Aspen. | 2019-04-21T00:28:44Z | https://shredworld.wordpress.com/2016/07/31/shigeru-bans-aspen-art-museum/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.544365 |
wordpress | The Baptism of the Lord has historically been associated with the celebration of Epiphany. Even today, the Eastern Christian feast of Theophany, celebrated on January 6 as a counterpart to the Western feast of Epiphany, focuses primarily on the Baptism of the Lord as the revelation of God to man.
The miracle at the wedding at Cana, which revealed Christ’s transformation of the world.
…… And so, John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
We have our second record in Luke chapter 3.
The concept of Lamb of God is introduced and after Jesus’ Baptism certain of John the Baptist’s disciples leave to follow Jesus.
Each narrative is different because each Evangelist has a different agenda, but the text around the Baptism of Jesus is very much the same; bar John who does not say “This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased” The manifestation of Trinity is not so clearly stated here, why is another story.
In our Celebration of the revelation of the three in one we celebrate the one who is, anointed by the Holy Spirit, is the beloved son of God. Baptized as one with us, will baptize with the Holy Spirit and with fire and who has come to judge the living and the dead. | 2019-04-20T05:10:09Z | https://ccohsydney.wordpress.com/2019/01/14/the-theophany-of-the-baptism-of-the-lord-14-january/ | Porn | Reference | 0.742104 |
livejournal | Staying out late seems to be one of the great pleasures in life... Staying out with someone who's company you're enjoying, and being willing to gloss over what you know you should do and go out for that last cup of hot chocolate or that post-dinner-and-a-movie snack while continuing to realize how much you enjoy their company and just "being" in the moment with them and their presence is worth almost any price.
However, actually dealing with ramifications of the what-you-should-have-done and hearing your alarm go off at 5:30am while having had actually a not-so-great night's sleep (dreaming of the movie you saw and the person you saw it with might sound like fun, and is, until your brain realizes how much fun it's having and wants to directly engage the moment, waking you up to do so) all add up to near accidents on the freeway and nodding off while typing LiveJournal entries at your borrowed desk in the remote office you've had to travel to. | 2019-04-25T22:56:02Z | https://kuteluvr.livejournal.com/34703.html | Porn | Recreation | 0.440096 |
tripod | A zoologist and a sherriff team up when a group of genetically enginneered bats start attacking people.
A B-grade horror movie that showed little promise until the previews hit our television screens last week. Starring Lou Diamond Phillips, still remembered by most for his role as the ill-fated rockstar Richie Valens in La Bamba, Bats storyline is hardly anything to get excited about (a group of genetically engineered bats are let loose in a small country town and it is left to the local sheriff and a zoologist to save the day). But the preview showed promise and the bats looked incredibly life-like, so maybe this film will not be the flop that many are predicting. It is no Oscar winner, but Bats does appear to be solid entertainment. Still, it may be better to wait until it reaches video stores. | 2019-04-21T20:40:52Z | http://moviesofoz.tripod.com/bats_page.htm | Porn | News | 0.652783 |
wordpress | This past Tuesday, I participated in a wine tasting with Madrid Food Tour held at De Vinos. (Rough life, am I right?) Madrid Food Tour was founded by Lauren Aloise with the goal of showcasing all of Madrid’s gastronomical delights, with a bit of history added in to keep things interesting. They have several different types of tours, all of which you can book through their website.
On Tuesday, however, they hosted their first midweek wine tasting, led by James Blick. James knows a lot about wines, and I was excited to learn more about a relatively unknown region—Madrid. As James told us, up until 1990, such wine was sold a granel (“in bulk”). However, that year Madrid’s denominación de origen, or protected designation of origin, was established. Actually, as he explained to us, Madrid is basically made up of three subzones: Arganda del Rey, Navalcarnero, and San Martín de Valdeiglesias. The majority of these wines are young and rosés, although there are some excellent red wines to be had (as we would find out).
At first sniff, I was intrigued by this straw-colored, bubbly wine. It smelled deliciously fruity, with perhaps a bit of apple shining through. As we took our first sip, I found myself enjoying the slight carbonation and the even slighter bitter aftertaste. James informed us that a limited number of bottles are made per year, so it’s a bit difficult to get one’s hands on one of these. At €8.00 a bottle, though, it’s hardly going to break the bank.
This 2011 wine is made from both Albillo and Macabeo grapes, and at 14.5% alcohol, it’s not for beginners. The color of this wine was slightly golden—definitely much more so than the previous one. The smell was delightful, like fresh summer stone fruit. From the smell I was expecting a sweet wine, perhaps too sweet, as I’m not a fan of overly sweet wines. But I was pleasantly surprised to find that it had a nice balance, with little acidic aftertaste and a medium finish. I would pair this wine with fish, especially the type that are often eaten in summer, like sardines. Of course, I would also drink this wine by itself, as it’s neither cloying nor heavy.
This wine, which won the Bacchus’ (a Spanish wine-tasting organization) silver medal in 2013, is made with Spain’s most-common grape, tempranillo. I’m much more of a red wine fan, and so I eagerly anticipated this wine. Its cherry-red color, along with the slight whiff of vanilla, made it all the more appealing. And the taste did not disappoint—its potent, rotund flavor was just what I’d been anticipating. It was even perhaps a bit smoky. I think it would be ideal to go along some homemade salchichón or any grilled meat.
The great thing about this wine is that, at €3.70 a bottle, you can hardly believe what you’re getting. You actually buy it in bulk—pay perhaps €0.40 for the bottle, and then fill ’er up!
This wine was my favorite! It completely blew me away, and I’ve had my fair share of great wines. I admit to being skeptical the first time I tried wine from Madrid—I had never even heard of people in Madrid making wine! But after my first glass, I knew that I was going to be trying plenty of Madrid wines from that point on! This wine, mad from Grenache, has a scarlet color and smells earthy. Because it’s made from vines over 60 years old, its flavor is intense and persistent. It left my mouth a bit dry, but in the best possible way: tannins! I’d pair this with red meat.
My hour tasting wines with Madrid Food Tour was educational and fun (not to mention delicious!). If you’d like to attend an English-speaking wine tasting in Madrid, they’re exactly what you should look for. The atmosphere was relaxed, but also focused. I have always felt a bit intimidated by wine tastings, but I think we all felt free to shout out what we thought we smelled or tasted, without fear that we would be shot down. That’s the mark of a good wine tasting—no pretensions!
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Sounds like fun! Like you, I much prefer the full-bodied reds and garnacha and tempranillo-based wines. James is sworn to be really good at what he does!
I know I’m not alone! :) James was great; the accent was a plus!
So fun! You get up to any wine tastings in Germany?
I actually live right in the wine region so I’ve done a little tour hopping between villages!
No pretension is the best way. After all, everyone’s palate is different! | 2019-04-24T22:37:52Z | https://ymuchomas.wordpress.com/2014/01/17/exploring-vinos-de-madrid-with-madrid-food-tour/?shared=email&msg=fail | Porn | Business | 0.10353 |
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Winston-Salem Foundation announces grants, CORRAL receives renovation, Girl Scouts of the Coastal Pines names new executive director, and more. | 2019-04-20T00:14:16Z | https://pj.news.chass.ncsu.edu/2012/ | Porn | News | 0.294967 |
wordpress | This is the place to learn a little bit about a lot of heritage/heirloom and ethnic vegetables. I will be putting information about their growing likes and dislikes, along with information about how to use them in your kitchen.
The presentation of the information is not perfect and I will be fine-tuning it, as well as adding new information, as time allows. Check this page every so often to see what might be new. Enjoy!
Annual, sun, low-moderate water. Stunning bright red foliage and flowers with black seeds. Amaranth is a versatile plant, as the young greens are edible and make a colorful addition to salads, the flowers are commonly found in cut flower arrangements, and the seeds are very nutritious. This particular amaranth was used by the Hopi Natives to make a bright fushia colored dye and is still commonly used today to make red cornbread.
Annual, sun, low-moderate water. Dark green leaves topped in deep gold plumes that yield edible seeds similar to quinoa. Leaves can be used much like spinach. Beautiful long lasting cut flower.
Annual, sun, low-moderate water. Colored leaves of reds, oranges, and yellows. Plants are 3-4′ tall. Eat leaves in salad or harvest tiny seeds for cooking in muffins, pancakes, and cereals. It was a favorite of Thomas Jefferson.
Annual, sun, low-moderate water. Also called Inca Wheat. Weeping red seed heads provide edible cereal grain. Used ceremonially by ancient peoples of South America. Documented as a 16th century heirloom. 3-4′ stalks, cut flower.
Annual, sun, low-moderate water. Crimson & green foliage with bright red seed heads on 4′ stalks. Really awesome!
Annual, sun, low-moderate water. Heirloom from Opopeo, Mexico. Dark green leaves and stunning bright red flowers that can easily reach 5-6′ high. Young leaves make a nice addition to salads and the seeds are also edible. Flowers make a great addition to any floral arrangement.
Annual, full sun, low to moderate water. This native to Guatemala has stunning, bright orange flowers on plants up to 6 feet tall. Young leaves colored green with orange ribs are edible. Seed is light colored, edible and excellent when cooked. Plant prefers full sun and regular garden soil. Matures in 100 days.
Annual, sun, low-moderate water. Also known as Red Calaloo, it will happily self seed if given the chance, making it a good low maintenance choice for a permaculture garden. Young leaves are a great spinach substitute and can be eaten raw or cooked. Beautiful flower plumes produce edible seeds much like miniature quinoa.
Annual, sun to part shade, low to moderate water. This is a drought- and heat-tolerant amaranth that is grown for the young red leaves that can be cooked up like spinach (as in Vedic, African or Greek cuisine). Will add color to microgreens and mesclun mixes. Matures in 50 days.
Akeros are Swedish dessert apples with red and yellow, roundish, cone shaped fruit. The flesh is crisp and juicy with a raspberry tang flavor. Excellent keeping qualities. Ripens in July or August.
Baldwins have tough, smooth, bright red skin with white stars and a crisp, juicy, yellowish flesh. They originated in Massachusetts in around 1740 and good fresh or cooked, adding body, spiciness and aroma to cider in particular. Excellent keeper and a vigorous producer. Ripens in winter and hardy to Zone 4.
Beautiful heirloom variety from Oxford County Maine in the 1860’s. Rare variety with deep purple fruit and good disease resistance. Bears biennially. Fruits are medium sized and they are great for storage, drying, cider, cooking, and just plain eating. Ripens in late October and November.
Blue Pearmain, originally from 1700s England, are large, dark purplish red fruits with large dots and covered with dull bluish bloom. The flavor is mild, aromatic and sweet. Ripens in early October.
100 year old Heirloom from Maine. Medium sized fruit is conical with a distinct flavor. Great fresh eating variety. Ripens early fall.
This heirloom originated right here in Fremont County. Once very a very popular variety for the prison’s canning industry, this apple was thought to be extinct until 1991, when three trees were identified in an old orchard. Said to have a unique texture and taste, with a bit of citrus flavor.
This crabapple is a red fleshed fruit, excellent for red applesauce, jelly and coloring cider and fresh eating for those who like tart fruit. Before fruiting the plant is covered in abundant purple flowers on bronze-red foliage. Ripens in early to mid-October.
Early Golds are uniform medium to large, round-conical fruits with smooth, whitish green skin. High fruit solids and high acid levels. Good eating and cooking apple, it has a high acid level. A early producer and self-pollinating. Ripens in July or August.
New York heirloom dating as far back as 1845. These medium sized, bronze colored apples are best known for their cider making qualities, although they are also great for fresh eating, cooking, processing, and drying. Wonderful keepers. It needs another tree for pollination.
Gravensteins are squat, irregularly shaped apples with a crisp and juicy texture and a flavor that is sweet and tart flavor. It is a terrific eating, sauce and pie apple. Ripens in late July.
Honeycrisps have fruit mottled red over yellow which is juicy and crisp. Apples hold well and are hardy to zone 3. Ripen in September to late October.
This apple is an heirloom from Northwestern Connecticut. It is an attractive, large, thin-skinned fruit with a greenish-yellow color striped scarlet red. The flesh varies yellow to white, is very tender, crisp, juicy, slightly sweet and mildly acidic. Similar to the Gravenstein with its varied use, it stores well and is good for apple sauce, pies, cider, or raw. Ripens in October.
This Heirloom dessert apple originated in Yorkshire England around 1700. The hard, crisp flesh is very high in sugars, and makes a wonderful apple for eating, cooking, and cider. Trees are triploid and need other non-triploid trees for pollination. Not a good pollinator for other apple trees.
This apple is a Vermont heirloom from 1864. It has red and yellow skin with flesh that is tinged with yellow, sometimes stained with red. The flesh is very juicy with a slightly tart flavor in the early part of the season that becomes mellower later. Tree bears at a young age. Ripens in November and December.
This Californian Heirloom is unique for its inner flesh, which is a bright pink. A more tart flavored variety said to have a hint of berry flavor, this apple is good for cooking, processing, and just eating. Ripens early October.
Wealthys are good for fresh eating and holds well in storage and hardy to zone 3. Ripens in fall.
Wisconsin Heirloom from around 1875. Enormous apples with yellow flesh and a pale red blush can easily weigh over 1 pound. Primarily used for baking, pies, and butter, the somewhat grainy flesh works well for drying, too. Very hardy variety of apple.
A cold tolerant apricot variety that is late to bloom and early to harvest. Fairly large fruit for an apricot with a slight red blush. Very sweet, rich flavor. Self fruitful. Ripens mid-June.
Hargrandes are a very large apricot with light orange skin with a speckled blush. The flesh is firm, smooth, and orange, and has a good flavor suitable for fresh market or processing. Ripens in late July and is hardy and productive in Zones 5-8.
Manchurians are beautiful red-blushed golden apricots the size of a golf ball or a bit smaller with sweet and juicy flesh. The tree bears fruit heavily while tolerating the heat and cold. It is self-pollinating but does better in groups. Ripens in July.
20-30′ tall hardy trees are prolific bearers of small, sweet apricots. Great for fresh eating, cooking, drying and candying.
May be perennial to Zone 5, but more likely a tender perennial in colder regions. Matures approximately 100 days, so best to start from a young plant rather than sowing outside as seeds. Very tasty! Harvest large fat buds before they bloom from late summer thru autumn. Steam buds till tender, then peel, dip in olive oil or butter and eat. Matures in 100 days.
Also known as Sunchokes, these artichokes accompany 6-8 feet tall plants with yellow flowers which are hardy even in severe cold. The fruit itself is large, white, and often weigh over half a pound each. They store well and can be eaten raw or cooked. Matures in 90 days.
Also known as Jacob’s Cattle Beans. Said to have been given to the settlers of Main by the Passamaquoddy Indians. White & maroon mottled. They cook up more quickly than many other dried beans. Harvest approximately 98 days for dried beans.
Heirloom variety that produces heavy yields of 6-8″ long pods on 16-18″ tall, bushy plants. No need for staking. Beans are stringless when eaten young and hold their flavor and texture well when frozen. Matures 50 days as a green bean.
Very large dry white beans, with a maroon-black marking as the eye. These beans are gorgeous! An heirloom from Maine. Said to be high in vitamins and minerals, but most beans are good sources of nutrients. Matures in about 85-90 days.
Also known as Orca Beans or Yin Yang Beans, these beauties are white and black with a pattern of the yin yang sign. They are absolutely delicious. The plants produce high yields in about 85-90 days. Originally, these beans hale from the Caribbean Islands.
Maroon fading to cream beans with maroon speckles. Very tasty. Matures 99 days as a dried bean.
Incredible red and white speckled heirloom bush bean. Legend has it that it was a gift from Maine’s Passamaquoddy peoples to Joseph Clark, the first white child born in Lubec, Maine. It has a full flavor and holds its shape under long cooking, possessing a rich aroma at the same time. Matures in 90 days.
An heirloom originally from Tanzania, this beige speckled bean stays firm when cooked. It is a kidney type bean. Used in Africa to make a wonderful bean soup.
A multipurpose bean that can be eaten green around 60 days or dry shelled around 80 days. Beans are brown on one end slowly transitioning to white at the other end, and keep their color during cooking.
Very tender, early green beans. Produces heavy yields. Adaptable to climate variations and soils. Will grow in full sun or part shade. Matures approximately 50 days as a green bean.
These are beautiful violet-purple beans with dark burgandy slashes. They are said to be a bean possibly grown by the Ancestral Pueblo peoples, but are definitely found being grown by white settlers in the early 1900s. When cooked they produce a dark “gravy” from the coloring and also serve as good string beans when picked young. Matures in 95 days.
A white bean good for shelling or cooking as a dried bean for soups and casseroles, etc. Very meaty and nutty in flavor. Excellent yields and disease resistant. Matures to dried stage in 95 days.
A native bean to southern Mexico and the Mayans, but widely grown in the southwestern arid desert regions. A tan bena with blue speckles. Very good source of protien and delicious.
I have grown these dry beans since 2009 and at this point they are one of my favorites because they are just so beautiful and colorful! They come from Chile or Argentina. The skins are golden yellow with maroon markings similar to a tiger. The flavor is quite good and I cook them like pinto beans for Mexican food. They mature in about 90 days.
A favorite bean at Desert Canyon Farm, these are bright red with maroon markings on them. They cook up well with a mild flavor. A New England heirloom. We like these cooked with ham or bacon and served on a bed of rice, topped with cheese and cilantro, maybe a few chopped fresh tomatoes…yummy! Matures approximately 95-100 days to dry bean stage.
Early New England heirloom from the 1870’s, also known as Sulfur Beans. Larger than Navy beans and said to have a great flavor. Beans are yellow with a dark eye on them. Known to cook quickly, they are delicious for a hearty thick soup. Matures in about 105 days.
This is a 1,500 year old cultivar that is attributed to the cliff dwellers living in the Southwestern US. It produces flattened green beans that may be steamed to make an awesome dish. If allowed to mature and dry, the beans that result may be soaked overnight and slow-cooked the next day to make a wonderful chili. The beans taste sweet and creamy, cook to a smooth texture and a bit more rapidly than modern dry beans, and they are less gassy. Matures in 55 days (green bean) to 90 days (dry bean).
These dry beans have black and white markings similar to an appaloosa or paint horse. The beans are smaller than some, but very tasty, and we really like them for soups and stews. The plants produce high harvests in about 80-85 days.
This pole bean is from the Four Corners area of the Southwestern States. Golden bean that is very tasty. Harvest when pods are dry or eat when young as a green bean.
First identified in 914 in Alabama, this bean became more common in Lousiana in 1924 under the name Rueter’s Ideal Market Bean. This bean is extremely uniform in size and is grown throughout the country. Wonderful addition to a meal, no matter the preparation, steamed, roasted, fresh, or canned. Matures in 65-70 days.
This heirloom pole bean is native to the Chilean Andes. Pretty maroon and pink “cranberry” type of coloring. Very easy to cook and tasty, whether fresh or dried. Dry beans may be soaked overnight and slow cooked the next day, making a creamy-textured, chestnut flavored dish. Matures in 90 days (dry bean).
Cultivated by the Spanish when they settled in New Mexico, this pinkish-beige bean is early to mature, high yielding, fast-cooking, and has a high protein content. Matures in 50-55 days.
Carried by the Cherokee Indians in 1838-1839, over the Trail of Tears. Attractive vining plants which bear pods that develop shades of red and violet as they dry. Good as green beans or dry beans. Not as soft as cranberry type beans, but cook well and have a robust flavor. Matures approximately 85 days as a dried bean.
A Mexican heirloom. Lavender and cream colored beans have a smooth texture and almost smoky flavor. Wonderful paired with chilis in southwest cuisine. Matures in 90 days as a dried bean.
Yields well. 16-20″ burgundy pods which may be cooked young for tasty green beans (color fades with cooking) or picked as a dried red bean. Very delicious and fun. Matures 85 days as a dried bean.
A lilac and black-marked bean from the state of Hidalgo that has a sturdy skin making them very versatile in the culinary world.
Showy pole bean variety that are yellow with a red stripe through the side. They can be used as snap, shelled, or dry beans, making them a versatile choice for the kitchen. Known for their creamy texture and that their skin dissolves while cooking. Matures in 55 days snap, 65-75 days shelling, 85-95 dry.
This heirloom from Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee is said to have been found in a wild turkey’s craw. They are a brown bean with tan flecks and brown eye rings. Used as a snap bean or a dry bean; excellent canned or frozen. Matures approximately 80-100 days.
Also known as Hidatsa Shield Bean, this Hidatsa tribe heirloom was described as being grown in Buffalo Bird Woman’s garden in 1987. Half white & half yellow colors even after cooked. High yields and a hardy delicious flavor.Matures approximately 90 days as a dried bean.
These beans are huge and mottled tan and chocolate brown. The flowers are bi-colored orange and pale peach, and both flowers and beans are truly beautiful! The beans taste buttery and cook up very nicely. They were grown on Thomas Jefferson’s plantation in the 1800′s. We see both hummingbirds and sphinx moths pollinating these flowers. The vines are robust and need a strong fence or trellis to hold the weight of the large bean pods. Matures in approximately 70 days.
A climbing ornamental plant that can vine up to 10′ with edible flowers, pods and beans. A favorite of hummingbirds. The beans are purple mottled with black, and cook up buttery and delicious. Tolerant of cooler temperatures. Matures in 80 days.
Pale pink flower are some of the earliest to bloom for runner beans. Short pods yield flavorful beans that are great for freezing. Flowers attract hummingbirds and hummingbird moths. Matures in 60-65 days.
Gourmet edamame soybean with exceptional sweet, nutty flavor and smooth texture. Medium to tall plants produce well and have a short harvest window. Warm days and cool nights are important for good yields. Matures in 95 days.
Annual, sun-part shade, moderate water. Leaves and flowers eaten as a wild spinach vegetable – slightly spicy.
Burgundy leafy tops for salads, stripped roots can be used as baby or full-sized beets. This is a wonderful heirloom and we love the tops chopped into salads or on tortilla wrap sandwiches. Apparently the roots are used to make a red food coloring, the only red food coloring allowed in Sweden, actually. Eat greens in 25-35 days, roots in 50-60 days.
Wow, these beets are beautiful with bright red coloring and white rings throughout the roots. An Italian heirloom back to 1840, they are named after a fishing village near Venice, Italy. Great baked, pickled or eaten fresh. Mature in about 50 days. Tops can be eaten cooked or chopped into salads.
A non-GMO sugar beet that is very very sweet, with large white roots. Matures 80 days.
This well behaved, thornless, dwarf blackberry easily lends itself to container cultivation. Don’t let the size fool you, however. They still copious amounts of large, sweet berries. Self fertile.
Perennial, part-full shade, moderate to high water. Native to the Rocky Mountains. Fruit is delicious raw or cooked. Fruit used to support eye health, leaves and fruit astringent. Good wildlife food plant for mountain gardeners.
Small perennial shrubs produce clusters of deliciously tart red berries in June. Produces well in sun, but better in part shade. Tolerates drought, but best managed with moderate water. Good for jams, breads, pies, scones, etc. Also an excellent wildlife habitat bush for wildlife gardeners. Ripens in the fall and is hardy to zone 4, maybe zone 3.5.
Perennial, sun-part shade, moderate water. Fruit delicious when fully ripe. Leaves used as a soup vegetable and to make tea. Fruits very high in vitamins and minerals. Leaves and fruit used medicinally in many ways. Seed oil used in skin preparations. Leaves yeild a yellow dye, fruits give blue to violet dye.
Perennial, sun to part shade, low water. This Rocky Mountain native is well adapted for the local climate. Thorny shrubs with small, shell shaped leaves produce clusters of light pink almost clear, edible, though tasteless berries. While they are fine for human consumption, they are better fodder for birds and other wildlife. These plants do make a great, low maintenance additions to hedgerows, however.
Perennial, full sun to part shade, moderate to high water. A deciduous, somewhat sprawling, multi-stemmed shrub native to Europe, southwestern Asia and northern Africa. It has dark green foliage and tiny, white, aromatic flowers. The flowers give way to clusters of glossy, black elderberry fruits that are often used in jams, jellies, pie fillings, and wine. Fruits are also attractive to birds, butterflies and other wildlife.
Perennial, sun-part shade, moderate water. Deep blue berries. Flowers & berries used in cooking, for wine, and herbal medicine. Antimicrobial properties especially good for symptoms of the cold & flu season.
Tender perennial, sun-part shade, moderate water. Blue-black fruit used in cooking and beverages. Also used to make a dye for fiber and baskets. Antimicrobial properties especially good for symptoms of the cold & flu season.
Also known as Wolf Berry. Small, tubular, pale purple to lavender flowers and bright red berries on a vine-like, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub. It is native to southern China. Ripe berries are edible, have a sweet licorice flavor, and are used in herbal tea and dried for herbal use. Both fresh and dried berries, and young shoots and leaves are used in oriental cooking.
Outstanding Polish variety prized for its unique flavor. Easy to grow, prolific, and super sweet. Can be used for preserves, pies, over ice cream, or in fresh fruit salads. The fruits are encased in a papery husk that turns brown when the fruits ripen. Stores 3-4 weeks in the husk. Productive plants have a sprawling habit. Matures in 70 days.
Sun, low water. A very tough hardy tree which is also known as Netleaf. Small berries are sweet and eaten raw or cooked. Bark is used medicinally and leaves are a dye for wool. Tree is a very good wildlife forage tree. Emperor butterfly and other caterpillars eat the leaves.
Perennial, sun, low water. Small perennial tree with thorns which is very tough and drought tolerant. Spring white flowers and haws (Berries) in early fall. Leaves, flowers and haws support heart health and excellent source of vitamin C complex. Delicious for herbal honey, jams, syrup and as a stewed fruit.
Bushes can reach 2-3′ in the sun, or up to 7′ in the shade, and produce many, small, blue berries very similar in taste to blueberries. Fresh leaves are used to make tinctures to help regulate diabetes.
Also known as a Golden Huckleberry, this plant provides hundreds of berries are produced on its 3-4 foot tall upright branched plants. The berries are metallic purple-black, but best after the color has turned from glossy to dull. They are tasteless when plain, but fantastic when sweetened and made into pies and preserves. Good for freezing and canning as well. Matures after transplant in 75-80 days.
Full sun, low to moderate water. These perennial small shrubs can sometimes establish well enough to be considered small trees. Adaptable to a large range of temperatures and soil conditions, these shrubs produce medium sized oval berries that ripen over the course of several weeks to a brown or purple-ish black color. Berries can be eaten fresh, dried, or candied, and are said to taste similar to apple.
Full sun, low to moderate water. Thought to be a cross between a wild blackberry and a red raspberry, this plant bears large, deep wine-red berries on vigorous, trailing foliage. The moderately tart berries should be allowed to darken to a deep wine-red to purple color before picking to use in syrup, preserves, and desserts. The plant is high yielding, hardy, and fairly resistant to disease and frost. Ripens in July.
Full sun, moderate water. Deciduous perennial trees consistently reach 40′ tall and 50′ wide. Females bear 1-2″ long, deep purple to black fruits with a rich flavor. These trees have been cultivated for food purposes for so long that no one is quite sure where they originally came from. Black Mulberries ripen later than other varieties, typically in August and September.
This species of Black Mulberry grows into dwarf trees that can easily be kept small enough for container gardening with regular pruning. Trees are prone to fruiting year round if kept in a warm, bright location.
Part- full shade, moderate-high water. A small native shrub with red fleshy berries. Excellent food source for wildlife, especially bees and birds. Good in hedgrows. Fruit is edible but pretty mild tasting.
Our favorite raspberry, and Tammi’s favorite fruit above all others. Produces good yields from mid summer until late fall. Considered an everbearing raspberry. Hardy to zone 4. Produces large berries on first year canes each year. Does not require staking. Once fruiting begins, water every 4-5 days to have super juicy berries.
Perennial, full sun, moderate water. This everbearing raspberry is one of the most popular home varieties. The medium-size, tart, juicy rose-red raspberries with small seeds are excellent for freezing, preserves, pies and fresh eating. Leaves are astringent for medicinal use of mild diarrhea, as a skin toner, skin wash for weepy rashes. It’s a good cultivar for cold climates with cool summers. Ripens in two seasons, with a light crop in June followed by a heavy crop in September.
This super hardy ornamental bush sport showy white blooms in spring and yellow foliage in fall, with sweet edible berries in between in June. Can reach 10′ tall and wide.
Perennial. Produces masses of small but very sweetly-flavored fruits from early summer until late autumn.
Large berries spring through fall, and produces well when temperatures are very hot, over 90 degrees. Hardy to zone 4. Considered an excellent strawberry for freezing, but good for fresh eating also.
Ever-bearing medium strawberries from June thru October. Hardy to Zone 4. Disease resistant. These strawberries are familiar to many folks, and they are really good producers, but I like Tristar better. Ft. Laramies are ever-bearing, but they do slow down a LOT during the extreme mid-season heat and then pick back up when temps are a bit less extremely hot.
An everbearing strawberry that produces berries on unrooted runners. Makes excellent ground cover, border planting along walks or paths, or in pots. Fruit is tasty and can be ready to eat in 4 to 5 weeks after planting. Self pollinating.
The Tarpan strawberry has abundant, small, deep rose flowers and bright red, small to medium-sized berries. Both the berries and the flowers are amazingly edible. Flowers add a mild, strawberry-like flavor if sprinkled on salads or when used as a garnish for drinks and desserts. Wonderful in a hanging basket, container, or in the ground. Matures in 85 days (flowers), 100-120 days (fruit).
Ever-bearing medium sized strawberries from June through hard frost. Hardy to zone 4. These are my favorite variety of strawberry because they are more tolerant of extreme hot temps in mid to late summer and they never really slow down in fruiting. I also find that they continue to flower and get a small amount of fruit even during the winter under frost blanket in a cold frame, with temps to single digits. They’re awesome! Good in containers and hanging baskets also.
Originally known as Wonderberry after its creation in the early 1900s, this is a bushy plant which provides loads of small, slightly sweet, dull blue-colored berries. Matures in 50-75 days.
Perennial, full sun to part shade, moderate water. A dense, upright, multi-branched, deciduous shrub which typically grows to 4-8 feet tall. It is native to western and northern North America. Soft, velvety, green foliage turn attractive shades of gold and brown in fall. Fragrant white flowers which give way to edible fruits which mature in mid-summer. The soft fruit is made of two layers, and once the exterior is removed, the inner core resembles a thimble. It’s sweet taste makes jam and jelly a common use. This plant attracts birds and butterflies, as well as being a larval host for the yellow-banded sphinx moth.
Fast to mature Italian heirloom that produces 3-4″ heads that continue to produce side shoots after the main shoot has been harvested, extending the harvesting season. Great for the home gardener. Matures in approximately 48-50 days.
This adorable little sprouting broccoli has dark green, almost purple florets that are only about 1-2″ in diameter. Though small, the side shoots of this variety become very prolific once the center floret has been removed, and continue to produce for 3-5 weeks. Best grown in fall and winter in the milder climes, as heat can cause the florets to become bitter.
Biennial, sun-part shade, moderate water. Plant in cool season. Mid summer break off top of plant stem to encourage sprouts to grow to 1″ in size along the stem and harvest in late summer to early fall. Disease resistant. Matures 120 days from transplant.
We find this cabbage to be mild tasting and slow to bolt, both good attributes when you live in the high mountain desert like we do. It has beautiful green and white coloring and disease resistant, but definitely prefers the cooler parts of the growing season, so plant in very early spring and again in very late summer/early autumn. We also like this one as a container cabbage for patio gardeners. Cook in soups, Spanish rice, stir fry, or fresh chopped into salads. Matures to baby green in about 24 days and in head stage in about 50 days.
Small, uniformly round 5-7″ heads of tightly packed light green leaves mature in 65 days, making this variety great for short season growers. Plants are disease resistant.
Fast growing small-headed cabbage that produces tight red heads with good flavor. Compact plants can be planted as close as 8 inches apart. Stagger planting with green cabbages for an eye catching garden display! Matures in 65-70 days.
Baby gourmet carrot who’s color develops quickly so you can pull these carrots early. Small core, deep orange color with 3½ inch cylindrical blunt roots. Tasty! Matures in approx. 50 days.
This 19th century French heirloom produces early, uniform and round red-orange carrots which are 1-2 inches in diameter and very sweet. Popular in markets and gourmet restaurants. The plant does very well in shallow or rocky soils and in containers. Matures in 50-68 days.
Vigorous plants produce dense 6-8″ heads early in the season. Good keeper in the garden for longer harvests into the summer. Delicious! Matures in 65 days.
This cool season heirloom came to America in 1888. It has tight 6″ heads that provide tasty crisp eating. Holds well after harvest in the fridge crisper. Matures in about 80 days.
This cauliflower has stunning, flashy purple heads. The colorful florets are attractive served raw with dip or as a cooked vegetable. Graffiti produces a true cauliflower head on large plants. Matures in 80 days.
This cauliflower produces large heads that are bright purple instead of white in color! They will cook up green, which should provide great dinner table conversation. Seriously, this variety is said to be highly rich in vitamins and minerals, plus a bonus of growing insect resistant, and we’re told easier to grow than white varieties. This will be a new cauliflower for us to try in 2012, so we’ll let you know what we think once we have firsthand experience, but is sure looks like a great variety. Matures approximately 80 days or so.
This cauliflower variety produces large heads which are lime green with pointed, spiraled pinnacles. Their flavor is slightly nutty, and more flavorful than white varieties. Matures in 78 days.
Roots can be chopped and added to soups or in stir fry dishes. Stronger flavor than leafy or stalk celery. Matures in about 95 days.
Annual, sun, moderate water. Stalks & leaves are cut and used like Parsley or Cilantro, but with awesome celery flavor. Excellent in soups and salads. This is true celery species. Excellent in soups and salads.
Full sun, moderate water. Native to South America this plant makes succulent, bright-green, bushy plants up to 4 feet tall and tiny flowers which when dried, release the seeds. The black seed is made into a beverage, high in soluble fiber and oil. It was used traditionally for medicinal, and cultural purposes and continues to be used in many of the same ways today. Matures in 90 days (flowers) to 150 days (seeds).
Full sun, moderate water. Chia is native to Mesoamerica and has been cultivated since 3,400 BC. Chia produces tiny flowers which when dried, release the seeds. It was used by the Aztecs and Mayans for culinary, medicinal, and cultural purposes and continues to be used in many of the same ways today. Matures in 90 days (flowers) to 150 days (seeds).
Native perennial fruit shrub, sun-part shade, moderate water. Very hardy. Fruit is delicious. Bark used for cough syrup. All parts used as a dye plant. Excellent wildlife habitat and food plant.
This compact cherry tree reaches only 10′ tall. Multitudes of white flowers in spring are followed by dark red cherries with large pits. Though small, this cherry can produce up to 25 pounds of fruit in a year. Cherries are great for fresh eating.
Wild type Cherry tree that can reach 60′ in height. The small, sour fruits are much loved by birds, but are also great dried or made into pies.
Perfect for pies and cobbler. Tart read cherries with yellow flesh. Very cold hardy tree, one of the most popular sour cherry trees in the United States and Canada. Ripens late May to mid-June.
Perennial fruit tree, sun-part shade, moderate water. Fruit is eaten fresh or cooked. Leaves yield green dye, Fruit gives a gray to dark green dye.
Native Perennial low shrub to 6′ tall, sun-part shade, low-moderate water. Very hardy and drought tolerant. White fragrant blooms to deep purple cherry fruits that are great for pies, jams and syrups. Excellent wildlife hedgerow plant.
Annual, sun, moderate-high water. An 1890’s Connecticut heirloom. Produces narrow white corn kernels. Good for fresh eating or canning. Matures 85-90 days.
Annual, sun, moderate water. Excellent for grinding to corn meal. Large ears of multi colored kernels of blue, yellow, orange, green and pink. Very ornamental as a dried corn. Matures 100 days.
Early and beautiful sweet corn with old-fashioned flavor. This vigorous plant grows multi-colored 5-6 foot tall stalks with one ear per plant sitting 18″ high. All ears should be picked and eaten quickly as they lose sweetness rapidly post-harvest. Matures in 70 days.
This ornamental corn from Japan was known in the 1890s as Striped-Leafed Japanese Maize. Its beautifully variegated leaves combine green, white, pink, and and yellow, while the tassels are dark purple and the kernels are burgundy. Matures in 85 days.
Annual, sun, moderate-high water. A bicolor yellow and white sweet corn that ripens mid-season. Sweet and tender eating. Matures 75 days.
Annual, sun, moderate water. A good cold hardy and early corn for grinding to flour. Easy to grind. Kernals are multi-colored and beautiful! Matures 90 days.
An ornamental and delicious popcorn with kernels in shades of blue, pink, mahogany, white, yellow, and other hues. The ears are usually 7 inches long and slender on an 8-foot tall stalk. Not only does this traditional Native American corn make a stunning ornamental display, but the colorful kernels can also be dried and popped for a delicious snack. The height of this plant also makes it a sturdy natural trellis for climbing beans. Matures in 100 days.
Extra early, open-pollinated popcorn succeeds even in cold climates. Dwarf 3′ plants produce 1-2 ears that are 3-4″ long. Makes nice petite yellow ears for table decorations or wreaths. This New Hampshire heirloom pops well and is a bit more dense than commercial popcorn. Matures in 85 days.
Annual, sun, moderate water. This popping corn grows on 5-6′ tall stalks with 2-4 small ears per stalk. Ears are strawberry shaped with deep ruby red kernels. Pop for popcorn or dry and use as ornamental decorations. Very fun! Matures 100 days.
Also known as a Mexican Sour Gerkin, this Small oval two-colored green striped fruits that taste like cucumber with a hint of watermelon. It is a vining plant that matures 75 days, harvesting when fruit is grape-sized.
This is actually a melon, but it tastes just like a cucumber and is generally considered a cucumber. It is greenish yellow in color and grows quite long – up to 24″. Can be grown on a trellis or on the ground and has heavy yields. It is burpless. Matures in approximately 60 days.
A 1924 heirloom from New York, this cucumber is great for pickling. Smooth symmetrical 6″ fruits. Said to ‘produce two or three more for every one that is cut off the vine’.Very productive! Mature in about 50 days.
Burpless & thin-skinned, excellent for fresh eating. High yields. Grown in America since 1892. Originally from Japan. Excellent grown on trellis. Matures in approximately 50-60 days.
An excellent standard slicing cucumber. Bears well and late into the season. This is a favorite at Desert Canyon Farm. We like to pick them young and eat them like a finger snack right in the garden while we are weeding. Matures in about 50 days.
Sweet, creamy white and best harvested at 3″ long. This cucumber is our assistant grower, Lizz’s, favorite. Good yields. Matures in about 50 days.
Small fruits with black spines on a compact vine. Developed in Maine, this high-yielding, early variety is good for salads and pickling. Pick continually for a good harvest all summer. Matures in approx. 48 days.
A white thin-skinned cucumber, with black nubs, that is resistant to powdery mildew. Best harvested between 3-4″ long. Matures in about 50 days.
Long (up to 15″) Chinese variety that must be trellised to achieve straight fruit. These early setting fruits are tolerant of hot weather, making them a great choice for greenhouse growers. Matures in approx. 61 days.
An 1894 heirloom from Mechanicsville, PA. Lemon shaped with light & dark stripes. Drought tolerant, and good for slicing or pickling. Easy to digest. Matures approximately 60 days.
This tropical root vegetable closely related to Taro is fairly common in Northeastern Brazil. The vegetable itself, as well as the young leaves, require careful cooking as to avoid a potentially acrid taste. Best if prepared similarly to potatoes. Not winter hardy outside, but can be grown indoors during the winter season. Requires part to full shade, moderate to high water. Matures in 6 to 9 months. Note that even after top leaves have browned and died, the vegetable might continue to grow.
Heavy yielding Italian heirloom who’s spineless plants benefit from staking early in the season to help support the heavy fruits. Skin is dark purple almost black and turns glossy when ready to be harvested. Matures in about 90-100 days.
Perfectly white colored and on plant which are compact in nature. Good when eaten small, fresh and in salads, these eggplants have a mild, mushroom-like flavor. Matures about 70 days.
Also known as Purple Tiger Eggplant, this eggplant variety was brought to the US by Hmong students from the Southeast Asian country of Laos. A lovely little eggplant that is the size and shape of a ping-pong ball and pale lavender with deep purple stripes. A great little eggplant for using in stir-fries and Asian dishes. Matures in 90 days.
Excellent & delicious, these beautiful striped purple 7″ fruits were introduced into southern France around 1850. Heavy yields. Thin skinned. Excellent in very hot climates. Matures approximately 80 days.
A smaller deep purple eggplant that grows in clusters. The plants are good for container gardening. Mild flavor. Matures in about 65-70 days.
A skinny Asian eggplant that is best harvested at about 6-8″ long. Plants produce high yields of fruits in shades of pink and white. Matures in about 65 days.
Easy-to-grow Asian eggplants from Ping Tung, Taiwan, which are long and slender with tender magenta skin that doesn’t need to be peeled. Can yield up to 20 fruits per plant, but the plants should be staked for straight fruit. It is said to be one of the best Asian varieties. Matures in approximately 70 days.
An Italian heirloom with mild tasting, round, white and mauve to violet fruits. A very popular heirloom. Wonderful prepared breaded and cooked in olive oil with garlic and parmesan. Matures in about 70 days.
Annual, sun, moderate water. Wonderful for containers. Eggplant fruits are snowy white and firm and meaty. Matures 60 days.
This beautiful eggplant comes from India and is pear-shaped and light green to golden yellow with lavender-purple stripes. Best to eat when about 3 inches long and wonderful in chutneys and curries. Matures from transplant in 80-90 days.
Lettuce like greens in the chicory family with a slightly bitter taste that is a wonderful addition to salads or great sautéed. Great cool weather crop. Matures in approx. 45 days.
Full to part sun, moderate water. This hardy shrub produces small-to-medium edible fruit that is light brown to violet and has a sweet, rich flavor. The flesh inside is the color of a strawberry. The succulent fruits can be enjoyed fresh or dried, especially in salads, oatmeal, or as an appetizer. They are high-yielding, hardy, and easy to grow. This plant is also able to be grown in a container, especially if brought inside during the colder season. It is disease, deer, and pest resistant. Ripens in late summer to early fall.
Tender perennial, sun, moderate to high water. This dwarf fig variety reaches only 8-10′ tall, lending itself well to container gardening, where it can be brought inside over winter. High yeilds of dark purple figs with rich, very sweet flavor. It is possible to grow this fig outside in our local climate (zone 5) with good winter protection, although it will die back to the soil every year and not likely produce enough growth in summer to fruit before the first frost.
Native to the Republic of Georgia, they are easy to peel, long cloves with beautiful purple stripes and a mild flavor. Each bulb contains 9-10 cloves and the bulbs will store for up to 6 months. Matures in 90-155 days.
Hard neck garlic that has been started from cloves harvested from the garden here at the farm. These handy containers are close to harvest, all you have to do is finish them off, harvest, and cure your garlic before use. Harvest when stalks have 5 side leaves.
Perennial, shade ,moderate to high water. Also known as Bear Leek and Ramsons, this plant has wide, deep green leaves and white star-shaped flowers which resonate a garlic scent. Bulbs are edible, and young leaves can be used in salads and many other meals. It attracts bees to the garden as well.
Large bottle shaped gourds that must be grown from starter plants in zone 5 or lower in order to reach mature size. Great for gourd carving and bead work. Matures approximately 125 days.
These adorable little gourds look like miniature pumpkins, only 3″ across and weighing in around 3-4 ounces. Though they are called a gourd, they can be eaten just the same as acorn squash and are quite tasty. Or you can just place them around the house for long lasting holiday decorations. 100 days to maturity.
Also known as Maranka or Swan gourd. Thought to be a Cherokee heirloom from the Louisiana area of the US. Traditionally used to decorate sweat lodges. It has solid green gourds have curved necks and distinctive ridges that can be 18-24 inches long with an 8 inch bowls. Best when grown on a trellis. Matures in 125 days.
From the Rio Mayo region of Argentina, this yellow-flowering plant produces dozens of 2-3 inch fruits. When dried the fruits’ thin skin can be removed to reveal the “sponge” inside.
A blue-black hybrid that was developed in Concord, Massachusetts and introduced into commerce in 1843. It is one of the oldest cultivated American grape varieties still commonly grown. It is considered to be a good grape for juices, jams, jellies and wine. The fruit matures earlier and is also the easiest for the home gardener to grow. Ripens in early September.
Perennial vine, sun-part shade, moderate water. A red French-American hybrid wine grape that is very cold hardy and disease resistant. Yields a garnet colored dry tasting sweet or rosé wine with cherry aromas.
Perennial vine, sun-part shade, moderate water. A seedless light green table grape that is juicy, keeps well and ripens early. A good choice for drying to raisins.
An excellent American white variety producing generous clusters of flavorful fruit, plus they are known for their pleasant aroma. The ‘Niagara’ Grape has a very sweet taste that makes it ideal for table use, jams/jellies, juice, wines, and champagnes. Ripens in late August or early September.
Full sun, moderate water. This grape produces a neutral white wine that adds body to blends, and sometimes has a floral smell depending on the year. It has excellent winter hardiness and moderate disease resistance, and is well adapted to a vertical shoot positioning system. Ripens mid-season.
Perennial vine, fun-part shade, moderate water. A red hybrid wine grape that’s hardy to at least -28 degrees F and disease resistant. Heavy producer that gives a full-bodied dry red wine with fruity aromas.
Peppery flavored greens are popular in Italian cuisine, and were often eaten by the ancient greeks, who used both the greens and made an oil from the seeds. Greens that add zest to salads & sandwiches with a flavor that is delicious and a bit spicy. Matures about 30 days.
Purple and green foliage with mild mustard flavor. Delicious in salads or lightly cooked. A Chinese favorite green. Matures about 30-35 days.
Heat and cold tolerant variety of pak choi to 12-15″ high. Broad green leaves and sturdy white stalks are great in stir fries and soups. Matures in 50 days.
Mild flavored greens that are resistant to bolting in the heat. A good substitute for Napa cabbage in any recipe. Leaves and stems are great in soups sautés, or stir-fries. Matures in 45-50 days.
Bunches of dark reddish green leaves with white stems. Heavy yields and slow to bolt. Heat & cold tolerant. Delicious. Matures about 45 days.
Thick white stalks have dark green leaves and are entirely edible. It gives a delicate flavor, somewhere between spinach and mild cabbage, to soups, salads and stir-fry. It bolts later than any other Pac Choi. Matures in 30-60 days.
Also known as spoon mustard, wu ta cai, or tasai. Dark green rosettes that can be cut above the crown and will leaf again for another harvest. Good in salads & stirfrys. Mild taste. Matures in about 20-45 days.
Annual, part shade, moderate water. Excellent as a very early cold season green that tolerates frost and multiple cuttings. Succulent foliage with tiny white flowers. Very tasty. Matures 40 days.
Annual, part shade, moderate water. Will tolerate hot temperatures, but prefers cool temps. An heirloom from before 1880 in the south. Serve cooked or fresh in salads. Matures 70 days.
Sparkly green leaves with a pink center, this green is packed full if nutritional value and can even color lips pink! Steam it, add it to salad mixes, or use as a micro-green. Be careful though, it re-seeds easily and can become weedy. Matures in 12 (micro), 30 (baby), or 45 (full) days.
A mix of all types of salad greens from arugula, kale, lettuces, tatsoi and others. Definitely for the gourmet salad person. These greens are also very tasty cooked in a stir-fry or added to soups.
Smooth leaves, very slow to bolt. Quite tasty! An excellent cool season salad green. Matures about 30 days.
A wonderful zippy green that lends a spicy broccoli sort of flavor to sandwiches and salads. Prefers to grow in shade and thrives during the cooler parts of the growing season. Requires moderate to heavy watering. This green is often found growing along stream banks where there is moving water, but it does not actually have it roots in the water, but rather in soil. Blooms with edible white flowers. Mature in approximately 40-50 days. May be eaten as a baby greens earlier.
Just like the Peter Rabbit Salad Lettuce Box, except this is a mix of all types of salad greens from arugula, kale, lettuces, tatsoi and others. Definitely for the gourmet salad person. Matures in 21 days.
Flowering Red Feather Queen Crane Kale, also known as Flowering Kale or Ornamental Cabbage, has bright magenta centers surrounded by green outer leaves. It is a novel ornamental kale that is consistent, uniform, and wonderful in autumn bouquets. Matures in 90-110 days.
Flowering White King Crane Kale, also known as Flowering Kale or Ornamental Cabbage, has creamy white centers with a blush of pink surrounded by green outer leaves. It is a novel ornamental kale that is consistent, uniform, and wonderful in autumn bouquets. Matures in 90-110 days.
This edible and ornamental variety of kale has densely frilled leaf edges and a purple-sage color. It is cold hardy and holds well after harvest. Matures in 55 days.
Also called Lacinato or Nero di Toscana Kale. This heritage heirloom goes back to the 1700′s in Italy. Leaves look somewhat worted or bumpy. Thrives in cool to cold seasons and will survive many frosts. Delicious flavor and blue green color. Wonderful eaten raw as a baby kale, or steam and serve with tamari sauce or garlic butter. Matures 40-60 days.
Beautiful bright pink and green leaves that unfortunately give this kale a reputation as being only an ornamental, when it is a delicious vegetable, too! Plants are tolerant of cold temps. Use small in salads or boiled/steamed as a cooked green. Ruffled leaves are great for making kale chips. Matures in about 55 days.
An 1885 heirloom that is mild, tender and sweet. Baby leaves are great in salads, and larger leaves are delicious sautéed or made into kale chips. Beautiful blue-green ruffled foliage with purple stems. Overwinters to -10 degrees. Ruffled leaves with purple accents. Matures in about 45-55 days.
Hardy perennial, part to full sun, moderate water. Purple spring shoots enlarge into rubbery leaves then massed heads of sweet-scented, ivory flowers open in June. It is a great addition to border gardens, and is ideal for cutting. Finally. the tender young leaves are a delicious culinary ingredient high in Vitamen C. Matures in 2 years.
Annual, sun-shade, moderate water. This is an ornamental kale that produces flower heads that are gorgeous. Green with purple pink centers. Still edible. Tolerates frost and cold temps, but will also endure heat of the summer if planted in the shade.
Dwarf curly, dark blue-green kale on a compact 2’ tall plant. Good resistance to yellowing in cold and heat.
Much like the Red Russian variety, this variety has dark green leaves, but instead of a red rib, it has a white one. This variety is also sweeter then the Red Russian as well as more hardy. Matures in approx. 59 days.
This shorter-vined kiwi only grows to be 12-20 feet long, but provides fragrant white flowers which fruit into small, smooth, green kiwis that tend to be even sweeter than ones bought in stores. Self-pollinating and good for shorter seasons. Should bear fruit in 2-3 years.
Perennial, sun, moderate water. The name says it all. These vines can easily reach 25′, though can be grown in a container and kept pruned to a respectable 12′ long or so. This variety is not only prolific, but self fruitful. An abundance of small green, grape sized kiwis will ripen with a faint purple blush late summer and early fall. This particular kiwi is said to be hardy to as low as -18 degrees Fahrenheit.
48 days from seed. This fast growing cool season vegetable is best harvested at 2-3″. Purple skin should be peeled prior to eating. Best boiled, steamed, or eaten raw with your favorite veggie dip. Similar in taste to a turnip with none of the harsh bite and a bit of sweetness.
Beautiful full-sized leeks, with medium green leaves and white shanks that can get over a foot long to the first leaf. While not hardy enough for overwintering, they will withstand medium-heavy frost (32° to 20°F) without losing their healthy appearance. Matures in 75 days.
Also known as the Lyon Leek, this heirloom leek was introduced in 1834 near Edinburgh, Scotland. Large, very thick stems; tasty mild flavor. Excellent in stir-fries and soups, where they dissolve into a wonderfully tasty broth; or even sliced and breaded as a more mild version of an onion ring. Matures in 100-120 days.
This lettuce possesses a rich, buttery texture which comes wrapped up in soft heads that are a creamy yellow inside. They are somewhat heat resistant, but do best in cooler regions. Matures in 65 days.
This plant produces 9 inch heads of buttery and succulent leaves which are loosely packed and of medium texture. It grows great in the late spring and summer heat and is resistant to downy mildew, lettuce mosaic virus and lettuce leaf aphid. Matures in 30-40 days.
Traditional butterhead lettuce with a beautiful red blush. May also be used as a leaf lettuce. Matures in approx. 49 days.
Slightly savoyed green leaves laced in a deep red color. Crisp head variety. Said to have good flavor. Very heat tolerant. Early leaves can be used for sooner harvests. Matures in approx. 60 days.
Red-tinged lettuce that can be used young as a leaf lettuce or allowed to mature for romaine heads. Can be cut above the crown and allowed to re-grow for several harvests. Most common red variety found in baby greens mixes. Matures in 28 days.
This Austrian heirloom is a dark green leaved Romaine with dark red speckles and a rich buttery flavor. Matures in 55 days.
Large, loose heads of lettuce with a bronze tinge and a mild flavor, that is tender. Heat tolerant variety that is slow to bolt. A family heirloom given to Seed Savers Exchange in 1977 by 90 year old Chloe Lowry, who named it after her grandfather, Civil War veteran George Admire. Matures in 60 days.
The dark red-leafed lettuce is high in antioxidants and resistant to many forms of downy mildew. It definitely makes a statement in the garden with its upright, waxy, and wavy-edged leaves which can be eaten at any time of maturity. Matures in 30-58 days.
Not just a little pot, but a giant patio box of mixed salad lettuces ready to cut as salad. Cut each week for many weeks of harvest. Salad would not be the same here on the farm without our peter rabbit salad mix. Tasty, fresh and fun! Matures in 28 days.
An old French variety with medium-red tinted leaves and excellent taste. Tolerant to cold, but avoid hot weather as it bolts quickly. Matures in 28 days.
Annual, part-full shade, moderate water. This mix of leaf lettuces is best in spring or fall before the heat of summer arrives to intensely. Disease resistant blend. Cut when tender and young…cut again in about a week and continue onward like this.
Just like the name, this melon is an Amish heirloom. The fruits are delicious and sweet and very juicy. Flesh is orange. Plant produces good yields. Matures in approximately 85 days.
One of the most famous French cantaloupes, this plant produces small (1-2 pound) fruits with a lovely orange flesh under a smooth gray and green striped skin. Matures in 75 – 90 days.
Dwarf 3-4′ long vines typically produce 6-8 small, softball sized cantaloupes. Great for small gardens and containers. Fruits are super sweet and delicious. Smaller size makes this a quick maturing melon, perfect for short season gardeners. Harvest in approximately 65 days.
A French cantaloupe named for the Carmelite monks who once tended it in France. One of the easiest to grow and most luxurious of all melons. Rich black-green skin when immature, ripening to orange mottled with green. Sweet, aromatic, orange flesh; flavor is complex and deeply satisfying. Tends to split when ripe. Very productive. Matures in 75 days.
Also known as Rocky Ford Canteloupe, these small green-fleshed melons are spicy, sweet and juicy. This is an excellent producer of heavily netted fruit that weighs about 2 pounds. The fruit is somewhat oval and very resistant to rust. Matures in 92 days.
An heirloom variety dating back to 1863. The fruits have a shape like a nutmeg and a slight nutmeg aroma. Considered very flavorful and sweet. Said to be reliable “year after year”. Matures approximately 80 days.
Also known as the Cucamelon or Mouse Melon, this unique specialty cucumber produces 1 inch long fruits which look like miniature watermelons and taste like cucumbers with citrus and tangy overtones. Vines start growing slowly but can get up to 10′ long. Can be eaten fresh or pickled. Trellising recommended. Matures in 67 days.
An unusual variety of melon with juicy, light green flesh and a sweet flavor. The exterior thin, mottled green skin turns yellow at maturity. Matures in 85 days.
Annual, sun-part shade, moderate water. An Armenian melon with yellow skin with dark orange zigzag stripes. Inside is white flesh, mild and sweet. Very fragrant. Melons are about 1 lb. in size. Matures 85 days.
Good for short season and high altitude gardens. Green rind and bright pink flesh. This watermelon is hard to get seed for because it is very popular. It has done very nicely for us at Desert Canyon Farm. Matures in about 70 days.
An Iowa heirloom from 1950. Nearly round large watermelons with red flesh & green striped shell. Good yields. Matures approximately 80 days.
Traditional, oblong, green and silver striped fruits that can reach 15-20 pounds. Flesh is red and fine-grained, with a very high sugar content. Disease resistant variety. Matures in 88 days.
This heirloom, which dates back to the 1900s, has exceptionally sweet fruits. Its rind has alternating dark and light green stripes and the interior is bright red and sweet. Oblong fruit with an average fruit weight was 10 lbs and average size of 10” long. Matures in 85 days.
A really fun watermelon. The rind is green with yellow spots…the leaves also have yellow spots on them. The flesh is bright yellow with white seeds and really sweet. These are large fruits up to 16 lbs., although we find they usually get about 10 lbs. for us. Does well in a dry climate with moderate watering. Matures approximately 95 days.
Mid-season variety introduced in 1972. Dark green, hard rind stands up to rough handling, making this a good market variety. Fruits are medium sized and have pink flesh. Plants are disease resistant. Matures in approximately 90 days.
The old icebox watermelon that’s small in size and with a very sweet flavor. An all-time favorite! Excellent for short season gardener. Matures in about 75 days.
Seeds make excellent edible grain and also attract wild birds. Stalks are deep purple and seed heads are nearly black. Very ornamental! Grows 3-5’ tall.
A free-stone nectarine with red skin and yellow flesh. Tree is self fruitful, and very cold tolerant, flowering later in the season than typical nectarines. Fruits are very well flavored, often said to be rich and tangy. Ripens late July.
Redgolds are red skinned with juicy yellow flesh. Very productive, winter hardy and early bearing. Ripens in early August.
This Israeli heirloom also known as Old-Fashioned Okra is named for the star shape seen in cross-sections of this okra. These thick pods grow on a 7 foot tall plant which has purple coloration on its leaves. Matures in 60-75 days.
Extremely drought tolerant olive tree, though it still needs to be brought inside over winter. This dwarf variety conforms to container life easily with regular pruning. Fruits are edible with a rich, buttery taste and are high in oil.
A flattened yellow onion with great flavor and an exceptionally strong flavor that sweetens with cooking. Great for grilling, roasting and pickling. Small bulbs won’t store for more than a few months but are so delicious that you won’t need them to. Matures in 80 days.
Annual, part to full sun, low to moderate water. This plant has silver-blue foliage and flowers that are lollipop-shaped, pink with bright yellow accents and about 16 inches tall. It is wonderful in beds, border gardens, and dried in bouquets. It attracts butterflies and is quite fragrant.
The No. 6 is a large onion with deep bronze-colored skin and is very high in anti-oxidants. It was developed by the CSU Experiment Station in Rocky Ford in 1936. Matures in 120 days.
Annual cool season shelling pea sometimes called Green Shaft. An English heirloom that vines 2-3 feet high. Shell at 65-70 days. Part shade, moderate water. Very heavy yields.
Plant these early in the spring, such as early March here in Cañon City. They can also be grown in a container with a trellis for patio gardeners. Fun to pick and eat straight away. Matures in 55-60 days.
Annual dwarf shelling pea to 8″ tall. Fantastic in containers. Part shade, moderate water. An 1800’s heirloom from England. Plant early in spring-withstands frost. Shell pods at 50-55 days.
A cold hardy, free stone peach which was developed in North Carolina to withstand cold temperatures. Great for Northern gardeners. Self Pollinating. Ripens in mid to late August.
A variety of the Red Haven peach, Garnet Beauties have a fairly acid, but sweet flavor. Ripens in late July.
A free stone peach with orange skin and a red blush. Bears heavily and is very cold tolerant. Ripens mid-season.
With skin of red on creamy white, Raritan Rose peaches are a beauty. The white flesh inside is juicy, tender and sweet, great fresh or frozen. Ripens in August.
Heritage fruit tree, sun-part shade, moderate water. Self fertile. Needs 800 chill hours. Very hardy. Freestone fruit with yellow flesh and nearly red skin. Excellent flavor for fresh eating or freezing, but doesn’t keep long on the counter. Harvest mid summer.
This medium sized peach has skin that is dark red on yellow and flesh which is great in all ways, fresh, frozen, or canned. The tree itself also has beautiful bright pink blooms to enjoy. Ripens in late July.
Popularized in David Masumoto’s book, Epitaph for a Peach, this variety has large, yellow peaches with a red blush. Flesh is yellow, firm but juicy and very sweet. Trees are very productive.
Also known as the Winged Pea, this is a 1730s northwest African legume not related to either asparagus or peas. It has beautiful red flowers on low growing plants that spread along the ground. Uniquely flavored pods are best steamed whole when small and are edible still podded. Easy to grow, as it thrives in poor soil. Matures in 60-75 days.
Also known as Green Shaft, this English heirloom variety has slim pointed pods are 4-5 inches long and contains 8-11 small deep green peas. Very heavy reliable production. Matures in 62-70 days.
A fine quality snap pea with petite, pale green, tasty pods. Dwarf 2’ vines are early with a concentrated crop. Matures in 58 days.
A sweet and flavorful snow pea said to have been brought over in the 1870s from Småland, a southern province of Sweden. They grow on a productive, vigorous climbing plant and can be harvest while still flat and creamed to make a traditional Scandinavian dish. Matures in 50-70 days.
Originated in England and introduced in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century. At 8″ tall this is the best dwarf pea for container gardening. Plants are able to withstand hard frosts. Matures in 50-55 days.
Known as America’s favorite pear, the Bartlett variety actually came from Europe. The tree will produce large, yellow fruit with a smooth and juicy white flesh which are wonderful fresh, canned, and in preserves. Showy white flowers also adorn the tree beforehand. Ripens in late August, early September.
An African-American heirloom popular in the Philadelphia/Baltimore region. A pre-1947 variety that was used in fish and shellfish cookery. The color of the fruit range from green, orange, brown, white and red, being spicy and hot. Two feet tall plants have stunning white and green mottled leaves, which makes this variety a great addition for ornamental and edible landscaping. Matures in 80 days.
Large, medium hot, stuffing heritage chili. Perfect for chili rellenos. We grow a boat-load of these and roast them to make chili relleno casserole and green chili chicos stew. I also like to roast, peel and freeze a lot of them so that we have them for winter use. Definitely a mainstay pepper for us. Matures approximately 75-80 days.
Traditional, mildly hot chili from Mexico. Called Pablano when fresh and Ancho when dried. A key ingredient in mole. Excellent yields. Matures approximately 90-110 days.
Adorable flattened red, gold and chocolate baby bells which grow on an upright plant up to 2 feet tall. Each plant produces a single color of pepper. Great eaten fresh, stuffed, or pickled. great for snacking or stuffing. Great in containers. Matures in 60 days (green).
A Polish heirloom that is a favorite at Desert Canyon Farm. Peppers are sweet harvested green or red. Good yields. Excellent for dry climates. Matures about 90 days.
Also sometimes called Choco Bell Pepper. Rich flavor when fully ripe, with rich brown color on the outside and dark red inside. Very productive. Good for shorter growing seasons. Matures about 70-75 days.
These very large bell pepper have thick walls, four lobes, and are 4-5 inches long. They are fabulous for stuffing and freezing and also have a high resistance to tobacco mosiac virus. Matures in 65-75 days.
Very good for short and cool season gardens. A red bell pepper with sweet flavor. We like these for stuffing with rice, walnuts, garlic and onions. Just before serving, melt mozzarella cheese on top under the broiler just for a few moments. Matures in about 65-75 days.
A really beautiful, heavy yielding pepper originally from Wisconsin. Very sweet. Matures in about 65-95 days.
This large, meaty, sweet bell pepper is our absolute favorite sweet pepper at Desert Canyon Farm. Purple first then red when fully ripe, but eat them when they are purple, as they are colorful in your food and very tasty. We like this pepper so much we grow it indoors in winter as a countertop plant so that we can always have a supply on hand. Matures in about 65-75 days.
Medium to large dark green pepper which mature to a yellow-orange color. These 3-4 lobed blocky fruits have fruity and sweet flavor and yield very well. Matures in 65-85 days.
Sturdy bell pepper bred for short season growers. Large, uniform fruits for and heirloom variety that also have a long shelf life. Great for stuffing or eating fresh. Matures approximately 60-80 days.
Often called Aji Dulce, althought there is another pepper by the same name that is quite hot. Commonly found in Cuban cooking and also used for making sofritos in Puerto Rico. Peppers can be used green or red, or any stage in between, and are sweet in flavor. Matures in 90-111 days.
Small 1″ fruits point upward and grow in clusters. Green when unripe going to yellow, orange and red when fully ripe. Very Very spicy hot! Quite ornamental, edible, and very good in containers. Matures 80 days to yellow,orange, red.
A beautiful “bull’s horn” type of Italian frying pepper, the Carmen pepper has a sweet taste that is good for salads and roasting and can produce in either an indoor or outdoor environment. Matures to green in 60 days and to red in 80 days.
Very hot, long, skinny chilies. Preferred for ristras. An important medicinal capsicum. Matures approximately 80-90 days.
A hot, hot pepper which matures early and has a glossy red coloring. Also very prolific and dependable. Matures in 45-60 days.
85 days from transplant. This sugary sweet pepper is best roasted or eaten raw. High yields of 6″ long red peppers.
Considered to be the mother of most Americas peppers and native to the Sonoran desert and northern Mexico. There is even a chiltipine wilderness preserve in the Sonoran desert where they are protecting this plant from habitat destruction. Tiny round chilies which are extremely hot, but very flavorful. Good in containers. These are another favorite for us, and I keep a plant growing in a pot year round. If protected from freezing temperatures, these peppers are definitely perennial and I’ve had plants live for many years. Matures about 80 + days. Can be perennial in warmer climates.
This 300 year old heirloom chile pepper is native to northern New Mexico at 5,900 feet elevation. It is mild tasting with chocolate notes, bright red, and 3-5 inches long. It makes a great sauce or powder! Matures in 75 days.
Red Italian heirloom sweet pepper with 6-8 inch fruits. Great specialty pepper for roasting, grilling, stuffing, frying, saucing, and fresh eating. Edible when green, but flavors really develops when it turns red. Very prolific producer. Matures in 85 days.
Miniature 1″ blue-black conical fruit are beautifully ornamental on a bushy canopy of dark purple leaves. Dwarf plants are slightly rounded in shape and very compact. Very spicy fruits with good eating qualities for heat-lovers! Matures in 80 days.
One of the hottest chilies. Shaped a little like a miniature bell pepper, but definitely not a sweet pepper! Originally from the Caribbean islands. Produces high yields. Matures approximately 75-100 days.
This red habanero is lantern shaped and longer (3-4 inches) and more slender then a typical habanero. Also matures early and is a good producer. Matures in 70-90 days.
A 1935 heirloom from New York. An early and heavy producer of large and long 6″ fruits. Quite hot. Matures in about 65-75 days.
Also called Round of Hungary. Very sweet, delicious, flattish pepper that is great for stuffing or salads. Specialty Pimento Cheese type pepper. I really like this pepper because it has a fun shape and is delicious. The plants produce a lot! I find it to be a great container pepper too. Matures about 60-75 days.
An old variety that produces well even in cooler climates. A pale yellow going to red 5-6″ long pepper that is super hot! Good roasted or fried. Can also be pickled. Matures in approximately 55 days yellow and 85 days red.
Excellent medium sized bell peppers that are a rainbow of colors from purple to red and everything in between. Very fun and tasty. Matures 65 days to purple/yellow, 85 days to red/orange.
This long chile pepper collected in 1988 from the Isleta Pueblo of New Mexico is great for drying, stuffing, and roasting. It has flavor that is sweet and fruity when red and reaches a heat of mild-medium to medium. Matures in 75-80 days.
High quality frying pepper which is similar to Jimmy Nardellos. Five to six inches long by two inches wide, with a thick wall start green and turn red quickly. Very sweet when red and terrific fresh eating as well. Matures in 58 days.
A medium hot and early to mature old fashioned pepper, with good old-fashioned hot taste. Matures approximately 60-80 days.
An heirloom brought from Italy in 1887 by Jimmy Nardello’s mother. Very sweet and a heavy producer. One of the best fry peppers we know of! Matures approximately 70-80 days.
Excellent producing red bell pepper which is disease-resistant. Matures in 60 days.
Excellent 1′ tall plant for container gardens or hedge. Very pretty, edible, but very hot small chilies. Peppers go from green to orange/yellow, on to purple and then to red. Matures in about 65-90 days.
Very hot and ornamental edible peppers that go from green to orange. Great in containers because they are so beautiful, but use care to keep the containers from being used as table centerpieces in households that have small children, as these peppers burn the tongue! Matures in about 80-90 days.
These peppers are best eaten around 60 days when they are 1.5-2″ long. At this stage, about 1 in 10 peppers are mild and sweet, great roasted with a little oil and sea salt. Any longer and all peppers become extremely hot! Native to Spain.
These 2-3 inch long wrinkly peppers are best harvested immature and pickled, as they do not have a distinct flavor otherwise. They also do not have any heat, so are great for anyone to eat! Matures in 60-80 days.
A pequin-type of chili that is hot and beautiful. Plant is compact and excellent for container growing. Fruit turns yellow, orange, and then red. These peppers are sometimes referred to as rainbow chilies. In cooler weather, purple streaking occurs. Used in ethnic cooking. Can be a perennial in warm climates. Matures approximately 50-75 days.
Purple foliage and flowers, while fruits go from purple to red…stunning and edible, although very hot. Great in containers or for border plantings. Matures in about 80-85 days.
Also known as the Mosco Pepper, this is the best kept secret in the Southwest. The Pueblo Chilé is a Mirasol variety that was bred in Pueblo County, Colorado. It has broad shoulders and thick meat, is 5-6 inches long, and is hot, but not over the top. Green, turning to red at maturity. Outstanding roasting chilé. Matures in 75 days.
Super hot and spicy, but fully edible. Excellent for garden borders and container growing. Wonderful for making mini-ristras. Can also be substituted in Thai recipes really well. Matures approximately 50-70 days.
A delicious, heavy yielding heirloom pepper. Good in salads & sandwiches or fried with potatoes, garlic and onions. I think this pepper is a very pretty and sweet little thing. Matures in about 60-80 days.
Wicked hot 2″ peppers that point straight up on the plants. They say the more upward the pepper points as it is growing the hotter it will be, well, these point straight to the heavens, my friends. A Mississippi heirloom from at least 100 years ago that was traditionally used to make rooster spur sausage. A wonderful pepper in containers for patio gardeners. Matures about 105 days or so.
This Albuquerque region chile is smooth-skinned and fleshy making it good for rellenos, sauces, and stews. It has a sweet and fruity flavor when red and has a heat of medium to hot. Matures in 75-80 days.
Medium to hot Anaheim type pepper grown by the San Felipe Pueblo farmers in New Mexico at 5,200 ft. in elevation. These peppers are wonderful for stuffing, roasting, and making rellanos. Matures 70-80 days.
Introduced in 1965, and sometimes called Caribe pepper, this yellow going to red 2-4″ pepper is great for pickling, salsas and canning. It’s hot! Matures approximately 70-85 days.
Peppers are mild to medium hot and 4-5″ long. Originally from Santo Domingo Pueblo in northern New Mexico. Matures in about 75-80 days.
Large, high yielding Serrano-type chile. A favorite for salsas & sauces. Medium hot. Matures approximately 60-75 days.
Ohio heirloom. We love this pepper! A round cheese shaped pepper that is tasty, juicy with thick skin. Great for canning and holds well fresh in the refrigerator. Matures in about 70-80 days.
This Italian type roasting pepper reaches about 2″ wide and 4-6″ long around 80 days. The thick flesh is best as the name suggests, roasted, though they are very good eaten raw as well. Prolific plants with high yields. Superb flavor.
A very hot Louisiana heirloom pepper from 1848 and used in tabasco sauce. Matures in approximately 70-85 days.
Carrot-shaped pepper with intense flavor that has a hot bite to it. Good in salads & salsas. When mature, peppers are a beautiful sunrise orange color. Medium sized plants require no staking and yield heavily, even in containers. Matures in about 65-85 days.
Mounded 8 inch tall plants are covered with hot ½” tabasco-type fruits ripening from green to a rich deep red. This is a wonderful producer, an average of 200 fruits per plant, which is great for container gardening. Matures in 85 days.
Italian heirloom that’s great for fresh eating, canning and in sauces. Very sweet flavor with great yields of 4-5″ long by 1-1/2″ wide peppers with firm, crunchy flesh. Matures in about 80 days.
Coming from Chihuahua, Mexico this rich brownish-red chile has a medium heat that can vary a bit. Matures in 75-80 days.
A heritage pepper to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Medium hot 2-4″ yellow peppers that go orange to red upon full ripening. Good in pickling and canning. Grown by the late Erris Wenk, a truck farmer from Albuquerque’s South Valley. Matures approximately 70 days.
This bright yellow pepper grows on an upright plant, has thick walls, a nice tart flavor and a nice crisp crunch. Matures in 60 days (green).
One of the older heirloom varieties available. White flowers give way to loads of oval, dark blue plums with yellow flesh. Great for canning, wine, or just eating off the tree. Trees can reach up to 20′ tall. Self fruitful, though may produce more prolifically with a pollinator tree.
A very hardy fruit tree for colder climates. Blooms late spring. Prefers full sun. Self fruitful. This is a heritage fruit tree from Europe. Produces large fruit with purple skins and yellowish flesh that turns red when cooked. Very sweet and good eaten fresh, dried into prunes or canned. Harvest in August to September.
Produces a large, heart-shaped, deep red fruit with a sweet blood-red flesh. Excellent for fresh eating or canning. Vigorous, hardy, and partially self-fruitful, with great yields. Ripens in August.
Stanleys are medium to large, oval, and dark blue plums with a sweet, rich flavor to their yellowish-green flesh. Excellent eating in anyway, and flesh will turn purplish-red when canned. Ripens in late summer.
Also called American plum, this produces fruit which are sweet with a pink to red skin, about 1 inch in diameter. The tree itself is small, fast-growing, short-lived, and colony-forming. Abundant tiny white flowers open before the leaves emerge in spring. Ripens in late summer.
Also called Rouge Vif d’Etampes and is considered a squash by some, pumpkin by others. A French heirloom since 1883. Bright orange and good for soup on cold days. A really lovely creature! It is delicious eating and I especially like it prepared as pumpkin ginger soup or as pumpkin custard (although I tend to refer to it as a squash, the terms are one and the same regarding this plant). It does very nicely in our Colorado gardens, producing 12-15″ diameter squash that are shaped just like Cinderella’s pumpkin coach in the fairy tale. They are bright reddish-orange in color and absolutely stunning. Matures approximately 115 days.
Beautiful orange and green striped pumpkin from Japan which has hulless seeds that are great for a yummy and highly nutritious snack. The fruits are usually 5-8 pounds and a semi-bushy plant will yield 2-3 fruits. Also very adaptable and will yield well even in poor conditions. Matures in 100 days.
A southern France heirloom, very decorative and moderately sweet in flavor. A mainstay in French farmers markets. Matures late and has long storage. A wonderful pumpkin! Matures approximately 110-115 days.
This classic, small, sugar pie pumpkin is just right for holiday baking. Each pumpkin averages two pumpkin pies by my experience or one large pumpkin custard, which is my favorite way to eat pumpkin actually. Matures in about 100 days.
Excellent sweet flavor and smooth texture for a pie pumpkin. Small variety, fruit only reaches about 6-8 pounds. Good keepers. Matures in about 100 days.
A beautiful, snow white, medium sized pumpkin with orange flesh. Good for pies. Matures in about 110 days.
The Blanca variety of quinoa has been developed in Colorado’s San Luis Valley. Blanca has great flavor, large seeds, and ability to thrive in the conditions of the high desert. Mostly white and some black seeds. Quinoa is protein-packed, drought tolerant, and highly adaptable to a wide variety of climates and elevations. Matures in 95 days.
This is a beautiful variety from southern Chile that will grow very well here in the U.S. It is a highly productive grain quinoa that can double as an ornamental plant in the flower garden. Pretty pink foliage and stems are topped with creamy white seed heads. Matures in 100 days.
Radicchio is an Italian salad green with a slightly bitter flavor and nutlike texture. Leonardo produces uniform, dense, 4-5 inch red heads whose flavor and color matures in cooler fall temperatures. Matures in 65 days.
Palla Rossa is a variable strain of a Chioggia-type radicchio with dense round heads which grow to 3-4”. Works well for leaf cuttings all season and best for fall harvest of heads when color and flavor is best. Matures in 90 days.
Popular pure white Japanese radish that can grow very large (2-6 lbs) while remaining crisp and tender. Excellent for pickling, fermenting or storage. Matures in 50 days.
Annual, sun-part shade, moderate water, cool season veggie. Chinese radish with pink crispy flesh and white skin with green shoulders. Delicious pickled, in salads or cooked in stirfry. Matures 60 days.
Perennial, sun to part shade, low to moderate water. Traditional variety of Rhubarb. High yields, great for market gardeners as well as home gardeners. Perfect for making delicious deserts like pies, cobblers, etc. Only the stalks are edible. Do not eat leaves, seeds or flowers.
Perennial, sun to part shade, moderate water. One of the greenest and sweetest Rhubarb varieties. High yields, great for market gardeners as well as home gardeners. Perfect for making delicious deserts like pies, cobblers, etc. Only the stalks are edible. Do not eat leaves, seeds or flowers.
Annual, sun, moderate water. This native to India is a multistemmed upright plant bears oil-rich seeds. Seeds are jet-black and have a sweet taste as opposed to tan types, which can be quite bitter. The seeds are highly nutritious, and may be eaten raw (dried) or toasted. Typically made into tahini.
Copper skinned bulbs with white flesh an lilac colored rings. Savory and bold flavor that does well sautéed, in dressings, or with meat dishes, though they are wonderful in any dish. Easy to peel variety. Matures in 110 days.
A mix of heirloom varieties of sorghum with the result of different colored seed heads. Used in broom making, floral arrangements and as wild bird feed. Matures approximately 95 days.
Heirloom sorghum from northern Alabama circa the 1920s. The plants grow up to 10 feet tall on juicy, sweet stalks from which cane syrup can be made. The grain seeds on top are large, plump, and starchy which makes for great pancake flour. Matures in 100-120 days for grain, earlier for syrup.
Large, 8-12′ plants produce many attractive, shiny, black seeds. Birds love them! Seed stalks were historically used for making brooms, hence the name. Today, the tops are often found in floral arrangements. Matures approximately 85-100 days.
Heirloom variety since 1925. Good yields of curled, green leaves which can withstand heat. This spinach can be planted in fall for an early spring crop as well, due to a good bolt resistance. Matures in approx. 39 days.
Large, smooth, slightly savoyed leaves. Disease resistant and slow to bolt. Matures in 30 days.
One of the oldest types of cultivated squash. Excellent producer of large, light orange, ribbed fruits with a flattened pumpkin shape (like a wheel of cheese) and sweet, bright orange flesh. The flesh has a non-stringy texture and can be eaten both when small and immature as summer squash, and when mature as winter squash. Matures in both fall and early winter.
Cushaw-type squash, without a large neck, originally from Chimayo, New Mexico. Vines produce green and white striped winter squash that turns orange when mature. A winter squash, but great as a summer squash, and has loads of edible flowers and seeds. Matures both early in fall and later in winter.
Dating back to the 1920′s, this is your traditional dark green zucchini. We like to eat them when they are small and tender, about 6-8″ long. They also freeze well and we dehydrate many for easy storage until they go into winter soups and stews. Matures about 50 days.
A Italian heirloom summer squash with a unique, slightly nutty flavor and exceptional texture. The fruit is covered with a tender, gray-green skin and prominent ribbing that give this variety a distinctive appearance. Great picked at 6″ or smaller and fried whole with the flower still attached. Matures in 54 days.
Striped orange & green, oblong winter or summer squash, and 6-9″ long. When young, eat as a summer squash, and at full maturity it is good as a winter squash. Very tender and sweet. Only winter squash that can be eaten with the flesh on. Tasty! Matures approximately 100 days.
A vigorous variety of straight, smooth, lightly mottled, dark green fruits with a greenish-white and firm flesh. Matures in 50 days.
The best zucchini we’ve ever grown. Round fruits best eaten small, but still tasty even when picked large. Produces very well. We love this squash! Matures in about 45 days.
A non-GMO zucchini developed in Vermont, this plant produces an extra long and slender fruit that is such a dark green, it almost looks black. The plants are also sturdy, resistant to disease and have high yields. Matures in 55 days.
Bush type summer squash variety with small, white-ish, flat squash with scalloped edges. Best eaten young, when 4-6″ in diameter. Wonderful for frying or baking. Matures in 55 days.
Interesting heirloom French variety. Round zucchinis with crisp, green flesh. Compact, bushy plants produce many small fruits with great flavor. Can be used fresh, cooked or frozen. Matures in 50 days.
Our Grandmommy’s all-time favorite summer squash and we love them too!! Small, scalloped, and tender, these delicious little squashes look like small flowers in shape on the vine. The vines are bushy and do not ramble around, making them perfect for gardeners with small spaces. They are also very good as a container squash. Matures approximately 50-65 days and produces heavily throughout the summer months.
High yields of delicate delicious squash. We eat this squash in everything throughout the summer and we never get tired of it. Male flowers are also edible and wonderful. Chris’s favorite squash. Matures in about 50 days.
Small, round, flat squash that is sweet and tasty. A farmer’s market favorite and Tammi’s too. I love this squash and always plant at least two plants so that I get plenty for winter storage. An excellent winter keeper. Matures approximately 95 days.
Dark green, 3-5 lb fruits with golden orange, stringless flesh and sweet, rich flavor. This is a prolific squash growing 10-12 fruits on an often 15 foot long vine. A long-time New England favorite! Matures in 95 days.
Compact vines yield several fruits which are 10-12″ long. This variety is ideal for short seasons. Matures in 80 days.
A Pennsylvanian 1890 heirloom with smaller more oval acorn shaped fruits. Eat fresh around 50 days or let mature to 85 days for winter baking squash. A rare old variety. Matures approximately 50-85 days.
Also called Rouge Vif d’Etampes pumpkins. A French heirloom since 1883. Bright red, orange and very good eating. Matures about 110 days. See also under Cinderella Pumpkins listing.
A big east coast heirloom squash that our customers say is the best eating ever! Pale orange shell with bright orange flesh. Reliable producer that stores well. Called a pumpkin by some. Matures in approximately 85 days.
Also called a Neck Pumpkin. Amish Heirloom baking winter squash for pies, soups, etc. that can reach 20 pounds in size! Very delicious and sweet, and holds well in storage. Matures approximately 100-110 days.
These have produced very well for me and they are quite delicious. Tear-drop in shape and smallish, around 5 lbs. each, they are bright reddish orange in color. Tolerant of dry hot weather. Matures in about 90-100 days.
Quite a popular winter squash and an old-fashioned favorite. Medium sized and oval in shape, with yellowish skin. The flesh is delicious, but somewhat stringy in texture, hence the name spaghetti. Very good yields. Matures approximately 85 days.
Another Desert Canyon Farm favorite, this small acorn shaped with creamy skin of green stripes, has great flavor and decent yields. One squash is perfect for 1-2 people’s dinner! Matures in about 100 days.
Heirloom acorn squash with delicious meat and produces heavily. Just the right size for two people’s meal. Squash is a buff color on the outside. Keeps well into the cold months of the year. Matures in about 85-90 days.
A very old French squash that dates back before 1820. Some people consider this a gourd, primarily because of its extravagant coloring and shape (which resembles a turban – hence the name), but since it has very tasty flesh we do not feel it should be referred to as a gourd. It is striped orange, green and cream colors and very fun and very beautiful. The fruits are large and hold well into winter. Matures about 95 days.
Originally called Rainbow Swiss Chard, but has been re-selected in Australia for better color variety. Very fun and multi-colored. Excellent for short season gardeners and as a cool season veggie. Matures in about 50 days.
The stalks of this Swiss chard are bright orange, and entirely so. Very cool! Otherwise, it is the same as Five Color Silverbeet Swiss Chard. Use raw in salads, cook into soups, add to stir fry. Matures in about 50 days.
Heirloom smaller fruited tomatillo with a sharp and very sweet flavor. Good for grilling. Note that you must grow 2 plants near to one another of tomatillos in order to have a harvest. Matures in about 80-90 days.
These perfect and intensely purple fruits with green husks are well loved at Desert Canyon Farm. Stores well. Makes great salsa. Note that you must grow 2 plants near to one another of tomatillos in order to have a harvest. Matures in about 70-90 days.
Earlier to mature than other varieties, with large green fruits. Great for salsa and green enchilada sauce. Note that you must grow 2 plants near to one another of tomatillos in order to have a harvest. Matures in about 80-90 days.
An Amish Heirloom developed near Lancaster, Pennsylvania and commercialized by Tom Hauch of Wisconsin. Teardrop shaped fruits reach 8-12 ounces in size and are wonderful for sauces or slicing. Matures in about 80 days.
An heirloom to the southern part of the United States since before 1900. Produces medium sized fruits, pinkish red in color and very tasty. Tolerant of extreme heat and dry conditions. Matures approximately 85-90 days.
Loads of small pear-shaped yellow tomatoes on large, bushy plants known to produce even in cooler climates. The zesty fruits are wonderful in salads or for the pick-and-eat straight from the vine approach. Matures in about 70 days.
Prolific yields of smallish, 1-1.5″ in diameter purple-red tomatoes. Great flavor and a wonderful tomato to just halve and dry. Also great for salads and salsas. Matures approximately 75 days.
A Russian heirloom that is described as the ugliest tomato with the very best taste! Fruits are somewhat flattish and large, with a delicious taste. Good for fresh eating and for canning. Matures in about 75 days.
Flattish large red tomatoes with greenish black shoulders that gets darker with intense sun and heat. Really excellent flavor, but quite strange to look at. Matures approximately 75 days. A very popular heirloom.
Also known as the Ananas Noire, this tomato’s skin has shades of green, purple, orange, and yellow while its bright green flesh has bursts of red streaks. The flavor starts out sweet and ends with some tang. Matures in 85 days.
This Russian heirloom bears 2 inch oval tomatoes on very productive and compact vines. The fruits are red with dark green streaks on shoulders. Sweet and meaty, these tomatoes are very versatile. Good for sauces, salads, canning and drying. Matures in 65 days.
Plants produce early, heavy yields of chocolatety brown, 5 ounce tomatoes. This Siberian heirloom tomato is described as having a rich nutty flavor. Very unusual! Matures in about 75-80 days.
Heirloom which name is debatable, with some sources saying it was named after the Grand Ol’ Opry singer and other stating it was discovered during the Great Depression. Medium to large size tomatoes. Yields are heavy and produces through a long season. Matures in 80 days.
A 1902 heirloom with large fruits with pale pink skin and potato leaf foliage. A great hamburger slicing tomato. Matures in about 75-80 days.
This is considered to be the original Brandywine red tomato variety and it has normal regular tomato leaf foliage (not potato leaf style). A large fruit and very big tall vines. Seeds originated in Ohio around 1889. We find all the Brandywine varieties to do very well for us in southern Colorado. Matures approximately 90 days.
Yellow-colored version of the Brandywine red/pink tomato. This variety has potato leaf foliage. Matures in about 75-80 days.
Large uniform slicing tomato from Rocky Ford, Colorado. This tomato has excellent flavor and the ability to set fruit in hot weather. Matures in 75 days.
Unusual purple-rose colored, medium sized tomato. Deliciously sweet, very reliable and good yields. Matures approximately 70-75 days.
Yellow large tomatoes with orange and red stripes. Sweet and juicy slicing tomato. Matures in 85 days.
Italian heirloom with delicious large pillowed fruits. Performs well in hot weather and produces well even after weather begins to cool. Matures in 78 days.
Very large slicing heirloom tomato that can reach 2 pounds and that is wilt resistant. Said to be the variety that all red beefsteak tomatoes originate from. Old fashioned tomato taste. Good yields. Matures in 85 days.
From Czechoslovakia, it is a stocky, heavy yielding plant. Medium sized, good tasting, and good for container growing. Matures in about 70 days.
Heavy producing plum tomato, that is good for short seasons. Medium sized and perfect for canning or in salads and salsas. Matures approximately 70-75 days.
A Colorado heirloom variety that was given to us from Perennial Favorites in Rye, Colorado. They obtained seed from a friend who’s grandfather had grown this variety in his garden. Delicious, large, red, meaty beefsteak tomatoes with a lot of meat and little space for seeds. Maturity date unknown, but thought to be early.
A Colorado heirloom variety that was given to us from Perennial Favorites in Rye, Colorado. They obtained seed from a friend who’s grandfather had grown this variety in his garden. Prolific plants with excellent tasting fruit. Fruits are small, yellow pear shaped tomatoes. Maturity date unknown, but thought to be early.
Ornamental foliage with large, matte red and slightly orange, fruits and peach fuzz-like skins. Rich flavor improves with age. Can keep up to four months. Indeterminate. Matures in 75 days.
A large, beefsteak-type tomato that is early to mature. I am usually harvesting these very large tomatoes already by late July! Pinkish red in color. Delicious! Our most favorite large tomato. Matures in about 70-75 days.
Heirloom with very large pinkish red fruits that are meaty with few seeds. Decent yields and excellent flavor. Matures in 80 days.
Very large meaty tomatoes that are very pale yellow in color. Mild flavor with no acid and early to produce. Matures in about 80 days.
Fun, striped light and dark green with green flesh. Great in salads, has a zingy flavor. Great for those who want fried green tomatoes without having to sacrifice an unripe tomato of another variety. Matures in about 70 days.
Very large slicing tomatoes which are yellowish in color with red flecks of color. Heavy producer. This is quite a fun tomato! Matures in about 85 days.
Heart shaped and meaty heirloom originated in 1901 about 20 miles from Budapest. Good producer. Good for canning or eating fresh. Matures in about 70 days.
Large deep purple-black skinned tomato. Mild flavor, juicy. High in antioxidants. Matures in 70 days.
Indigo Cherry Drops have striking, dark-blue and red coloration, and red flesh. It is high yielding in large clusters of cherry sized fruits with a wonderful flavor. Matures in 71 days.
Very large fruits with wonderful flavor. As the name says, this one is from Italy originally. Good for slicing or canning. Heavy producer. Matures in about 70 days.
Long slender, but larger than average fruits for a paste tomato. Firm flesh and few seeds. Great for sauces, soups, and drying. Matures in 73 days.
French heirloom with medium sized apricot shaped tomatoes that is perfect for drying. Excellent yields in clusters, with a bitey flavor that is quite delicious. Matures in 75 days.
Small bushy plants that thrive in cool climates and short seasons. Good producer of medium-large, 6 ounce, round, red fruits. Matures in 60 days.
An Italian heirloom paste tomato…very meaty. Heavy yields & produces reliably. Great for sauces, salsas, etc. Foliage is very puckered looking. Matures approximately 75 days.
Very small, red cherry tomatoes that are good alone or in salads, and as a garnish. Watch out…this plant gets gigantic and is absolutely loaded with tiny tomatoes. Its wild just as its name would suggest! Matures approximately 60 days.
Small red cherry tomatoes similar to Matt’s Wild Cherry. Introduced by Barney Laman who received the seeds from his brother, claiming the tomatoes grew wild along the road sides in Mexico. Very abundant producer starting early and continuing until frost. Very, very tasty! Kids love these! Matures in about 60 days.
Yields medium sized tomatoes with meaty flesh and a sweet flavor. This variety is wonderful for slicing and eating fresh, and keeps well too! Matures in about 85 days.
Heirloom with large meaty fruits with few seeds. Great slicer. Gets it’s name from legend that “Radiator Charlie” was able to pay off his farm in 1930s Kentucky from such a large tomato crop of this variety. Matures in about 85 days.
A Russian heirloom that has good quality for fresh eating. Cold tolerant and quick to set good yields, making this a wonderful tomato for the short season gardener. Matures in about 60 days.
Medium to large, globe-shaped, bright red fruits which are rather soft but meaty with excellent flavor. Plenty of old-fashioned tomato flavor. Matures in 78 days.
Medium sized truly orange fruits with delicious flavor. These were the best, earliest to mature, and last to freeze tomatoes on our farm. We love them. Matures in about 50-60 days.
Medium sized on compact plant that are cold tolerant and have heavy yields. Also good at high elevations and in containers. Matures approximately 60 days.
Very heavy producer of red cherry tomatoes, similar to the variety Sweet 100’s . Excellent flavor. Crack resistant. Matures in 75 days.
Large slicing tomatoes (1/2-1 lb in size) with very sweet flavor. This heirloom has dark pink skin with green stripes and pink flesh with yellow splashes. Matures in 65-70 days.
Medium sized tomatoes with deep red flesh, dark pink skin with green stripes…stunning! Very sweet and juicy and heavy producer. Delicious served with basil and mozzarella! Matures in 75 days.
An heirloom from Moscow, Russia. Bright yellow, 3″ long, lemon shaped and sweet. Good yields and good in shorter growing climates. We grow a lot of these because they do so well for us on the farm. Matures in about 70 days.
Pick and eat these pear-shaped tomatoes straight from the vine or use in salads. Huge yields! Often we have so many that Tammi slices them in half and dehydrates them with garlic seasoning, then in winter they get used up making pizza. Matures 70 days.
These have become one of our most favorite tomatoes, because they lend themselves to indoor and outdoor growing, in containers or not. These tomatoes are self-pollinating and prefer bright, but indirect light, making them great for year-round growing…they stay outdoors during the warm months and then we transport them indoors for the colder months. They get about 15 inches tall and as long as you fertilize them once a month with organic fertilizer, they will produce large sized cherry tomatoes non-stop!! Try them…you’ll like them. Matures in 55 days.
A wonderfully pillowed tomato of medium size, this Italian heirloom is excellent for making sauces and canning. It is beautiful sliced for tomato cucumber salad too. Matures in about 85 days or so.
Long, blocky fruits with a small seed cavity which can easily be scooped out. This means much less boiling to get a good paste. The shape is also good for canning, and excellent for drying. Matures in 80 days.
A really good and early, cold tolerant, short season, dwarf tomato. One of our most popular tomatoes, especially for mountain gardeners or gardeners growing in small spaces. Good flavor too. Matures approximately 55-60 days.
Carrot-like, silvery gray foliage that is truly stunning. Perfect for containers. Compact plants with flattish, round, 3″ tomatoes. Good for short season. Matures in about 55 days.
Also called the Schimmeig Stoo tomato. It is pillowed like a bell pepper and the color is red with orange stripes through it. The fruits are decently sized and hold nicely once they are harvested. We get very good yields from this tomato, even in years when the weather is extra hot and dry. Matures approx. 80 days.
A Czechoslovakian heirloom that is good in short seasons and cooler temperature. Everyone likes this variety because of its heavy yields of 2 1/2″ fruits growing in clusters. Matures approximately 55-60 days.
Wonderful, sweet, bright orange cherry tomato with good yields all season. Our absolute favorite cherry tomato because they are just like eating candy! We can hardly grow enough of these plants because they are so popular with our customers! Matures in about 55 days.
This yellow and orange striped tomato has pink flesh that is sweet and tangy and grows to be about 1 ounce. Matures in 70 days.
Plants with small leaves lend themselves well to containers or handing baskets, producing heavily. Fruits are miniscule, about 1/4-1/2″ in diameter, and are super sweet, with a flavor reminiscent of a currant. A fun variety to pick and eat straight from the vine, for kids and adults alike! Matures in 75-80 days.
Bright lemon yellow, medium sized fruit that is sweet, juicy, and a heavy producer. Very reliable. Definitely one of our favorite tomatoes. Matures in about 65 days.
An awesome 2″ red and orange striped tomato, this English heirloom is recognized for being a great cool season variety. Also good for greenhouse growing. Disease resistant and early maturity in about 60 days.
An heirloom variety from the Ozark region, these plants can produce an abundance of large, red, cherry tomatoes with very good flavor. Disease resistant. Absolutely delicious! Matures approximately 70 days.
A bottom-heavy, pear-shaped fruit with purple-black color on prolific, potato leaf plants. Narrow shoulders have typical green streaking. Texture is smooth, meaty, velvety, often described as dense, smoky, chocolaty.Matures in 80 days.
An heirloom dating back to 1912. Produces good strong yields and is considered to be blight resistant. Fruits in clusters of 3 to 4. Matures about 75-80 days.
Reasonably large fruits with a milder flavor and not very many seeds. An heirloom from Maine. Ripens mid-season and tastes delicious! Matures in approximately 80 days.
Named after the Wapsipinicon River in Iowa, this is a lovely pale yellow, fuzzy, 2 ounce tomato turns blush when ripe. Also a high producer until the frost yielding very uniform fruits. Matures in 80 days.
Sweet, delicious, large cherry tomatoes with a pale yellow color. Early to ripen, making it a great choice for short season gardeners. This was one of Grandmommy’s favorite tomatoes, she said they tasted just like candy, and she was right. When White Cherry tomatoes come into harvest we have a sweet reminder of her. Matures approx. 60 days.
A 1940′s heirloom bred by University of Wisconsin’s JC Walker, this is an all-purpose tomato with medium sized fruits. Perfect for fresh eating and canning with excellent flavor. Matures approximately 80 days.
An heirloom that has been popular since the late 1800’s. Small, pear shaped tomatoes reach 1-2″ in length and are low in acid. Wonderful for salads and pickling. Plants are disease resistant, indeterminate, and produce vigorously until frost. Matures in 75 days.
This bell-shaped tomato originally grown by the Zapotec Indians of Mexico has a sweet, mild flavor and a unique texture that works well in salads and salsas. Matures in 80 days.
Perennial Nut tree. Very hardy. Green nut outer husks used as a dark brown dye, also used medicinally as an anti-fungal and anti-parasitic herb. Nut meats are excellent and unique flavored food, although they are challenging to shell – worth the effort. Good wildlife habitat and food tree.
The traditional American turnip. Smooth, round roots, 3-4″ in diameter, white below the soil line and bright purple above. Large, lobed greens. Matures in 50 days.
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wikipedia | As part of the military of the United Arab Emirates, the United Arab Emirates Army is responsible for land operations.
UAE army soldiers in a joint training exercise with South Korean soldiers in United Arab Emirates.
The Union Defence Force were used on two occasions in Sharjah. They exist to further the foreign and domestic policies of their governing body and to defend that body and the nation it represents from external and internal aggression, the terms "armed forces" and "military" are often treated synonymously, although in technical usage a distinction is sometimes made in which a country's armed forces may include both its military and other paramilitary forces. Armed force is the use of armed forces to achieve political objectives.
In February 1973 following a brief border war between armed Bedouin tribesmen from both Sharjah Emirate and Fujairah Emirate over a disputed area of land which covered a quarter of an acre and included water wells and date palm trees. 22 people were killed and another 12 were wounded before UDF troops were able to impose a ceasefire.
During the War against Iraq, UAE troops reported that they have deployed several thousands of men in that engagement. The UDF participated in the conflict as part of the GCC, as part of the Peninsula Shield force that advanced into the city of Kuwait. United States military aviation bombed the Iraqi positions from the UAE, and United States ships operated out of UAE ports along the coast of the Persian Gulf. The UAE Air Force also carried out strikes against Iraqi forces. A total of six UAE combat deaths were reported as a result of these battles.
During the 2015 Yemeni Civil War the United Arab Emirates Army (together with Saudi Army soldiers)intervened in support of fighters loyal to the ousted regime of Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi against Houthi militants. UAE troops assisted anti-Houthi fighters in the re-taking of the strategic southern Yemeni port city of Aden and also Al Anad Air Base, the largest airbase in Yemen.
On 4 September 2015 the army suffered its heaviest loss in modern history, losing 52 soldiers in war in Yemen to a tactical ballistic missile strike. The UAE has since deployed an entire armoured brigade to Yemen.
Up until May 2017 the UAE forces have suffered 89 casualties.
On 3 May 2018, the United Arab Emirates deployed over 100 troops, artillery and armoured vehicles to the Yemeni archipelago of Socotra in the Arabian Sea without prior coordination with the internationally recognised Government of Yemen. Shortly after landing, UAE forces expelled Yemeni soldiers stationed at key installations, including Socotra Airport and the flag of the United Arab Emirates was raised above official government buildings in Hadibu.
France Main Battle Tank 434 388 + 46 armoured recovery vehicles, as of March 2018.
Poland Armoured personnel carrier 40 The United Arab Emirates Army ordered an initial evaluation batch of 15 vehicles. Some of these vehicles will be equipped with the Patria Nemo turret while others will be equipped with BMP-3 turrets and have therefore been slightly modified, including a somewhat longer hull. In January 2016, the General Headquarters of the UAE armed forces ordered 40 Patria AMV hulls with the option of 50 more. The vehicles were shipped in June 2016 from Patria's Polish production line. The Patrias are used in Yemen in combat operations.
Ukraine Armored personnel carrier 90 Used By UAE Marines and 90 Guardians.
Turkey Armored fighting vehicle 133 133 ACV-300 in service.
Russia Infantry Fighting Vehicle 598 250 for Abu Dhabi & 402 for Dubai (of which 391 delivered in 1992–1997) with "Namut" thermal sight and other modifications. They are under further upgrade with modular armour "Kaktus" and UTD-32 engine.
United States MRAP Category 1 & 2 3,375 3,375 MaxxPros of various versions on order.
222 operational In September 2014, the U.S. approved a $2.5 billion deal with the United Arab Emirates Army for over 4,500 surplus U.S. MRAPs for increased force protection, conducting humanitarian assistance operations, and protecting vital international commercial trade routes and critical infrastructure. 1,150 vehicles were Caimans.
West Germany NBCRS (Nuclear Biological Chemical Reconnaissance System) 32 32 Fuchs 2 NBC reconnaissance vehicles ordered in February 2005 under a contract valued at EUR160 million (USD205 million). The order comprises 16 NBC reconnaissance vehicles, eight bio vehicles and eight command post vehicles, which will provide the UAE with a complete NBC detection capability linked to a command-and-control system.
United Arab Emirates Multiple rocket launcher 24 world's largest multiple rocket launcher unique to the United Arab Emirates Army.
West Germany Handgun 9×19mm Parabellum P7M13 variant.
United Arab Emirates Handgun 9×19mm Parabellum Primary service issued pistol.
West Germany Submachine Gun 9×19mm Parabellum .
United Arab Emirates Assault Rifle 5.56×45mm NATO Primary service issued rifle. Rifles are engraved honoring Colonel Sultan Mohammad Ali Al Ketbi.
France Bullpup assault Rifle 5.56×45mm NATO In use with the Special Forces.
Soviet Union Assault Rifle 7.62×39mm Arsenal is captured or collected from enemy.
Belgium Assault Rifle 7.62×51mm NATO In reserve since 2010.
West Germany Battle Rifle 7.62×51mm NATO In reserve.
United States Carbine 5.56×45mm NATO Previous standard issue service rifle. Purchased 2,500 M4 carbines in 1993.
United States Assault Rifle 5.56×45mm NATO In reserve.
Belgium Light machine gun 5.56×45mm NATO Standard light machine gun of the United Arab Emirates Army.
West Germany General-purpose machine gun 5.56×45mm NATO HK23E variant.
United States Heavy machine gun 12.7×99mm NATO Standard heavy machine gun United Arab Emirate. Mostly as vehicle armament.
United States Anti-materiel rifle 12.7×99mm NATO Standard Issue Sniper Rifle.
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wordpress | Andy McCarthy will forever be locked in a struggle with Michael Rubin to see who can be The Corner’s most noxious commentator. For every war-worshipping Rubin post, there seems to be a due process-hating/torture-loving McCarthy spew. Lucky us. But this past Tuesday, McCarthy really outdid himself.
First there was his insane online column, politely and moderately titled “Holder: Aiding al-Qaeda.” The headline is so absurd as to be humorous, sounding like it was torn from National Enquirer: CIA giftshop edition. How about a look at the lede?
Eric Holder is chief among the many Obama Justice Department lawyers who, during the Bush years, donated their services as private attorneys for the benefit of al-Qaeda terrorists. His motive was to frustrate efforts to treat our wartime enemies as just that: wartime enemies. He preferred the failed law-enforcement model that regards our enemies as garden-variety criminals — the counterterrorism approach he had overseen as deputy attorney general while America was serially attacked during the Clinton years.
Every sentence in that paragraph deserves to be corrected.McCarthy knows Holder and the other attorneys who volunteered to help the Guantanamo detainees did it out of concern for the Constitution and the Geneva conventions. Vile though he may be, he is not stupid. But admitting those facts would be inconvenient to his argument, so he just plows forward on nothing more than dishonesty and ad hominems.
To be clear, I am not contending that the attorney general approves of terrorists or that his purpose is to help them. I am saying that Holder is in the thrall of an ideology, the inevitable effect of which is to aid our enemies. This progressive ideology, shared by many legal elites, holds that the use of military legal processes during military conflicts — processes to which the United States has resorted throughout our history — is somehow a greater danger to us than international terrorism itself.
It’s hard to tell if he’s being facetious here. He would have us believe that he doesn’t understand how Constitutionalists and human rights advocates might believe that getting rid of due process and institutionalizing torture pose an actual existential threat to our country and its laws, whereas terrorism, though deadly, can only ever result in isolated tragedies. He would have us believe that he doesn’t understand how an even wider set of people might be convinced that torturing and indefinitely detaining alleged terrorists might reduce us to the level of our enemies, eliminate our uniqueness and indeed, help recruit more terrorists to fight against us.
At the Standard, FDD’s Tom Joscelyn discusses the infuriating decision of British prime minister David Cameron to capitulate to jihadists and their lawyers. Evidently, it’s not enough for Cameron to announce that his government will investigate “torture” claims by former Gitmo detainees — claims repeatedly investigated and found wanting. Now it appears the Brits are actually going to pay jihadists.
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The 5’5 actress gracefully accepted her award at the 2019 NAACP 50th annual celebration, in a conservative styled black and silver tulle gown rocking her natural cornrows. She quoted how GOD help her out of depression and to never give up!
Love this wear, it hides a lot and gives so much more. This Harvard student is at work setting her own agenda in classic black pumps standing in Balmain minidress with a giant ruffle down the middle and pointed shoulders. The 5’3 actress complimented the night stunningly.
Marsai Martin, 14 won Best Performance by a Youth in a Series and Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Young trailblazer had an exciting night in a beaded “sleeveless,” sparking black gown with perfectly shaped designs. Her dress gave me chills. She’s the youngest executive producer of Motion Picture “Little,” schedule to released in theaters April,12.
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wired | Game of Thrones has a bit of a problem when it comes to music.
Still, combining a world of warring kingdoms and dragons with music from acts that would seem at home at Coachella is risky business. Consider the Hold Steady's version of "The Bear and the Maiden Fair," which followed a very shocking and abrupt turn at the end of last night's episode. Depending on who you ask, its placement was either part of "one of the best cut-to-credits in recent memory" or "WTF," but overall reaction to the song has been relatively positive. It was no doubt emotionally and tonally jarring – especially considering the gruesome be-handing of Jaime Lannister that preceded it – but in a way that made you question whether that was intentional.
It was. For showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, who hand-picked the band and charged them with making a "bawdy and a little sloppy" rendition of the tavern anthem for their directorial debut on the show, they wanted shock value. "There’s no version of a traditional score that would keep you as off balance as we wanted that scene to leaving you feeling," Weiss told Entertainment Weekly with Benioff adding "I can’t imagine having that conversation with Ramin [Djawadi] our composer — 'Now we need the Jaime-gets-his-hand-chopped-off music.'"
According to Hold Steady guitarist Tad Kubler, who wrote the band's arrangement of the song, his outfit was asked to make a track in their style for that exact scene. "They wanted it to contrast a little bit," Kubler told Wired. "Obviously, we're not going to do a medieval-type jam."
— Hold Steady guitarist Tad KublerEven though a jangle-rock-punk song may not be the usual soundtrack to Thrones, there are ways in which it's not totally out of place in both the taverns of Westeros and the dive bars of the real world. "An episode of Game of Thrones is not unlike some of the earlier Hold Steady tours in that everybody was wasted and ... bloodshed was imminent at any moment," Kubler said.
Still, it can definitely take a minute to rectify the musical dissonance of hearing indie rock in a world populated by swords and sorcery. But, more broadly, having music that specifically doesn't sound like it belongs in the show is also part of the ethos of the score, and what makes it unique. Djawadi has said the producers, in asking him to score Thrones, advised him to steer clear of things like flutes or solo vocals that have already been used in similar genre films like The Lord of the Rings.
Remember, Game of Thrones is on It's-Not-TV-It's-HBO, a place where it's not supposed to sound like a History Channel special or a rerun of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (and even that had the very not particularly period-friendly Bryan Adams on the soundtrack). If the show was filled with flutes and super-earnest cuts from the Lumineers there's a good chance it could feel contrived and predictable.
In addition to Djawadi's score and the new Hold Steady track, Brooklyn-based indie band the National recorded the Lannister family victory song "The Rains of Castamere." The song appeared in the "Blackwater" episode last season and was introduced using a trick similar to Sunday night's episode; Tyrion Lannister whistled the song throughout Season Two before the National's version aired, and last night Brienne of Tarth and Jaime Lannister's captors sang "Bear and the Maiden Fair" long before the final credits.
And outside of the show itself, bands ranging from electropop outfit MS MR to Nine Inch Nails have popped up in promos for Season Three. It's an odd mix, but one that seems to be striking a nerve for the show. There have been countless covers of the Thrones theme in nearly every style imaginable – including the version by electropop it-band Chvrches – and the cache of bands like the Hold Steady and the National means the show gets written up on very non-GoT-fan-blog sites like Pitchfork and Brooklyn Vegan.
What's most important on Game of Thrones is that the songs are actually good on their own merits, Scott Vener, the lead music editor for Myspace who made his name picking tracks for HBO's Entourage and How to Make It in America, said in an email to Wired adding "They have amazing taste." | 2019-04-20T10:38:37Z | https://www.wired.com/2013/04/game-of-thrones-music/ | Porn | Arts | 0.114521 |
livejournal | It'd be a good category for those that like to pick-and-choose; then they could specify which parts they actually follow and which they don't (like using Shalua from DoC but not wanting to touch Hojo's 2-D characterization or the sheer comedy of the epic romance). Because there are old school fans that like bits and follow some things but not others but don't want to be arsed changing the timeline (BC is notorious for this; the timeline of that fucks will all other perceived timelines, but it also has some of the better consistent characterizations in reference to the original game).
However, that would only be a good category if there are separate ones, at the very least a separate OGC category, for those that just disregard anything new.
But a Compilation category without OGC at all would be silly, as despite the silliness or retcon or whatever of the other parts, they still reference this first canon. It's funny, the other parts of the Compilation are a bit like fanfiction--especially considering how late they were released after the first game and that the same writers/composers weren't on the team. Leaves a real unique situation.
My girlfriend runs her FFVII archive on sort of a "check as many Compilation ticky boxes as you feel it fits" method. Works pretty well.
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wordpress | Have you ever had computer crash on you? It is a major disaster. Everything you have worked on, in some cases for years, is suddenly gone. Not just misplaced, flat out gone. So now what do you do? Start over? That’s easy enough to say but a lot harder to do.
You obviously have to have some sort of backup plan. Now if you are like me, I backed up everything I had been working on on a floppy disk. Well guess what… computers don’t have floppy disks anymore! And so now, everything I wisely backed up is useless because I have no way of recovering it!
So we now have The Cloud. Of course it does have flaws within it but it is certainly better than nothing. Don’t let all that hard work just drop off into nothing. Personal items, tax records, manuscripts, photos, things you cannot easily replace.
So today is the day you should plan on backing up everything you have on your computer, which for many of us is a huge part of our lives and identity. It takes only a short time to back up what you might otherwise lose forever.
How to celebrate – Back up what ever you want to make sure to keep. There are numerous ways to back up your materials, research which is best for you. Set several dates a year to backup your valued items.
Now here’s a day I seldom see, I am in control day. Frankly, I never seem to be in control! But if you can control anything around you, then today is your day! Control Freaks rejoice!
It all started on March 30th, 1981 when President Ronald Reagan was shot by a love sick, crazy, John Hinckley, Jr. He was trying to impress Jodie Foster. Not sure how shooting a President impresses a girl but then I’m not insane… or at least I don’t think I am. (Hey, does that make me in control?) He didn’t really shoot Reagan though, the bullet was ricochet that struck the car and then Reagan. So not only was he a Looney Tune he was a bad shot as well.
Anyway, Secretary of State Alexander Haig stepped up when Reagan went to the hospital and said not to worry, “I am in control”. Well, those who weren’t all that worried ended up being worried. First it should have been the Vice-President that took control but Haig instantly took charge and saved the country.
Well it turns out that he didn’t mean it that way. He was just trying to keep people calm, their world wasn’t going to fall apart. The fact is that no one was concerned about who was in control until he tried to take control. That’s why I don’t even try to control anything!
I have my own tv in my own office in my own home. No one watches the tv but me. But I am not in even in control of the remote. My cat is.
How to celebrate -Declare you are in control today. Find something you can control. Write down the names of all the control freaks you know.
Today is Good Friday, the day Christ died on the Cross. I have always had a little issue with it being called Good Friday, it seems like it should be Bad Friday. But since it is the beginning of Christianity, for us Christians I guess it is good, in a way. The dates vary since it is the Friday before Easter and Easter varies.
This is a very Holy Day for Christians as Christ died on the cross for our sins. The idea of dying on the cross was a Roman torture, meant to dissuade others from committing the same crime. Pontius Pilate did not think Jesus guilty of any crime but sent him to the cross to appease the crowd and the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem and history remembers the rest.
Jesus died after 6 hours, it took most 36 or more hours to pass. It is said the sky turned dark and the earth shook when he succumbed. For years it was known as Dark Friday, in some places it is still observed as such. He died at 3 PM on Good Friday.
On Easter Jesus rose from the dead and ascended into Heaven. There He would judge between the quick and the dead and buy for we Christians our chance at Heaven.
How to celebrate – Remember Jesus on Good Friday. Study the events that led up to Good Friday. Respect others religious choices.
Today is the Festival of Smoke and Mirrors Day, or just Smoke and Mirror Day. It’s a day to question what you think you see because it may not be what you think it might be. Magicians use this art in their shows all the time. They get you watching something that takes your attention away from the actual trick they are performing.
When something has no logical conclusion it can also be Smoke and Mirrors. When we some5thing that isn’t really there, it’s probably smoke and mirrors. People who pretend they are something they are not, promises made that are never intended to be kept, what you want to believe is real but know it isn’t… that’s all smoke and mirrors.
The entire idea is that you can’t see what is truly hidden by smoke, and what you do see in a mirror isn’t really there. How many of us live that way? We go to work and act one way, but at home we are someone different. We want to scream but know better than doing so. We become the mirror of what others want to see while we hide in the smoke of who we are.
Oh well, that’s starting to get a little too deep. Just keep your eyes open so that you see the real thing, and not the smoke and mirrors being offered.
How to celebrate – Go see a magic show.
A huge TY to the Guillory Family for their continued support!
Why is something good to eat so much better when you put it on a stick? Is it because you can walk around with it? Because you don’t need a fork? Because it seems like you are breaking some etiquette rule? Who knows, who cares?
For some reason it is just better. Kabobs, corn dogs, pretzels, cotton candy, etc., etc., etc. Maybe it’s because we remember cooking those hotdogs on a stick over a campfire or even better marshmallows! Somehow they just seem better, yes they are normally over cooked or under-cooked but somehow that just doesn’t seem to matter.
You can put practically anything on a stick, maybe not pudding but even then, if you freeze it you can! All that said though, food is not the only thing that can be on a stick. Walk your neighborhood and keep an eye on the trees. After all, aren’t they really just very big sticks?
You can find squirrels, birds, iguanas, raccoons, nearly any animal you can think of can be on that sort of stick. Well, maybe not cattle or elephants but nearly any small animal. And why stop there!?! Even people could be up in a tree.
And not all sticks need to be made of wood! They can be aluminum, steel or practically any material you can thik of. Whatever material you choose today to celebrate, just make sure you stick to it!
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Nikolai Lugansky was awarded the Diapason d'Or de l'Annee 2000, Best Instrumental Soloist, for his Chopin Etudes. His CDs of Rachmaninov Preludes & Moments Musicaux and Chopin Preludes have each received a Diapason d'Or as well. His Chopin Preludes disc was selected as Editor's Choice in the June 2002 issue of Gramophone Magazine and cited as one of the "Top 10 Classical Discs of 2002" in The Daily Telegraph.
At the Musicians' Chess Championship 2002 in Moscow, Russia, Nikolai Lugansky won First Prize.
In March 2002, he performed a recital in celebration of the arrival of a new piano at the Tatiana Nikolayeva Arts Academy in Briansk, Russia. Click here to read more about this event.
Nikolai Lugansky was named Best Soloist 2001-2002 by the Moscow-based magazine, Musical Review.
In 2003, Nikolai Lugansky was awarded Choc du Monde de la Musique and Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik for his recording of the Rachmaninov Piano Concertos 1 & 3.
The PentaTone Classics SACD featuring Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 (Nikolai Lugansky, piano) was selected as Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice in February 2004.
In August 2004, Nikolai Lugansky was named "Honoured Citizen of Ivanovka" in recognition of his financial and artistic contributions towards the development of the Rachmaninov Museum at Ivanovka, Tambov Province, Russia. Previous recipients of this honour were Mikhail Pletnev, Irina Arkhipova and Yuri Rachmaninov. To read more about the Ivanovka estate which was the scene of so many significant events in the life of Sergei Rachmaninov , click here .
Lugansky's Prokofiev album was one of the "CD's of the Year 2004" featured in The Telegraph.
Nikolai Lugansky won the 2005 ECHO Klassik Award. Click here to read more.
On 1 October 2005, Nikolai Lugansky received the title of "Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation".
Nikolai Lugansky and Alexander Kniazev won the 2007 ECHO Klassik Award for their recording of works by Chopin and Rachmaninov.
On 18th April, Nikolai Lugansky gave a speech and a performance at a Jubilee Concert at the Grand Hall of Moscow Conservatory, marking the 75th Anniversary of Moscow Central Music School.
Nikolai Lugansky was signed to Harrison/Parrott for worldwide management. Click here for article.
Nikolai Lugansky and Vadim Repin won the 2011 BBC Music Magazine Award for their recording of works by Franck, Grieg and Janacek. Click here to read more and to see the reaction of the artists.
Nikolai Lugansky has signed an exclusive contract with the Naive/Ambroisie label. Click here to read more.
Nikolai Lugansky won 2013 ECHO Klassik Award for his recording of Rachmaninov Piano Sonatas 1 & 2.
Click here to see the announcement on the ECHO Klassik webpage.
Nikolai Lugansky, Alexander Vedernikov and the Sinfonia Varsovia received the Grand Prix du Disque Frédéric Chopin for their recording of Chopin Piano Concertos on Ambrosie - Naive. For more information on the history of the award and the 2015 Jury, please visit this page. | 2019-04-23T13:50:52Z | http://lugansky.homestead.com/news.html | Porn | News | 0.076596 |
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msu | Nicole Szymczak leads a team of storytellers to drive the reputation of Michigan State University and the College of Communication Arts and Sciences and WKAR, mid-Michigan’s PBS and NPR affiliate stations.
As Senior Communications Director, Nicole oversees a multi-media team that creates and executes strategies behind communications, marketing, social media, and public relations at the top-ranked research university for one the oldest communications colleges in the nation.
Prior to working at MSU, Nicole served as Communications and Marketing Director at Lansing Community College, the third-largest community college in Michigan, where she was a part of the executive leadership team and launched the college’s first content marketing campaign that leveraged the voices of students and faculty. Her efforts worked to enhance the reputation of the college, meet strategic enrollment goals and grow its social media community by 300%.
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wordpress | Keeping the bailiffs at bay – what you can (and can’t) do!
If you find yourself in a situation where you owe the council unpaid council tax, and a subsequent liability order is raised, you could get an unpleasant house call by a bailiff.
Needless to say, this is never going to be a pleasant experience – but as with all things in life, it’s better to be prepared and know your rights (and those of the bailiff).
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wordpress | So what is it that you admire about our deployed heroes? Tell a long story, or make it short and sweet. Share a card if you’d like, too, of course! And drop a link into Mister Linky below, so we can all visit and see what you’ve written!
And don’t forget to wear red today!
Today’s Red Friday suggestion for bloggers: Post about something going on in your hometown to support our nation’s heroes – at home, deployed, veterans, families of service members, or even your local police or fire department. It might take a little research if it’s not something you already know about. But maybe a little Google homework will help you find another group you can connect with locally. You can support them – and maybe also recruit more helpers to make cards!
post photos if you’re able – we’d love to see your town!
After you write up your blog post, use Mister Linky below so we can all go see what you’ve posted about your hometown!
Today’s Red Friday share is a Tribute video….link us to your own Red Friday video post on your blog by using Mister Linky at the end of this post.
Today’s our first “Red Friday”! It’s something new we’re trying out….to give bloggers an opportunity to share on their blogs about support of our nation’s heroes – and get some extra visitors to their sites!
photos of our heroes — borrow them from OWH if you’d like!
Last week I was in Atlanta, Georgia att ending a conference. While I was in the airport, returning home, I heard several people behind me beginning to clap and cheer. I immediately turned around and witnessed one of the greatest acts of patriotism I have ever seen.
When this temporarily single mom was done explaining her situation, all of the soldiers huddled together for a brief second. Then one of t he other servicemen pulled out a military-looking walkie-talkie. They started playing with the device and talking back and forth on it.
We need to remember everyday all of our heroes and their families and thank God for them and their sacrifices. At the end of the day, it’s good to be an American.
RED FRIDAYS —– You see a great many people wearing Red every Friday. The reason? Americans who support our troops used to be called the ‘silent majority’. We are no longer silent, and are voicing our love for God, country and home in record breaking numbers.
We are not organized, boisterous or over-bearing. We get no media coverage on TV, to reflect our message or our opinions. Many Americans, like you, me and all our friends, simply want to recognize that the vast majority of America supports our troops.
Our idea of showing solidarity and support for our troops with dignity and respect starts this Friday and continues each and every Friday until the troops all come home, sending a deafening message that.. Every red-blooded American who supports our men and women afar will wear something red.
By word of mouth, press, TV — let’s make the United States on every Friday a sea of red much like a homecoming football game in the bleachers. If every one of us who loves this country will share this with acquaintances, co-workers, friends, and family. It will not be long before the USA is covered in RED and it will let our troops know the once ‘silent’ majority is on their side more than ever; certainly more than the media lets on.
We’re taking “Red Fridays” one step further – and encouraging the blogosphere to do something on Fridays. Post what you’re doing for our nation’s heroes; write about a hometown hero; share a video; decorate your blog in red on Fridays! Whatever you feel up to doing. And if you don’t have a blog? Post something on your Facebook page. On your MySpace. Tweet about our heroes, link people to inspiring stories that will keep our nation’s bravest men and women at the top of everyone’s thoughts.
Let’s not let a week go by without everyone we know being reminded to be grateful for the hard work done every day on their behalf by warriors who they’ll never meet.
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yahoo | The Schall Law Firm, a national shareholder rights litigation firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit against Analogic Corporation (“Analogic” or “the Company”) (NASDAQ: ALOG) for violations of §§10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Investors who owned the Company's shares on May 11, 2018, the record date of the vote on the agreement and Plan of Merger with Altaris Capital Partners, are encouraged to contact the firm before August 21, 2018.
KSF is seeking to determine whether this consideration and the process that led to it are adequate, or whether the consideration undervalues the Company. If you believe that this transaction undervalues the Company and/or if you would like to discuss your legal rights regarding the proposed sale, you may, without obligation or cost to you, e-mail or call KSF Managing Partner Lewis S. Kahn (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com) toll free at any time at 855-768-1857, or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nasdaqgs-alog/ to learn more. To learn more about KSF, whose partners include the Former Louisiana Attorney General, visit www.ksfcounsel.com.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorney Advertising -- Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC notifies investors that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Analogic Corporation, ("Analogic" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: ALOG) for alleged breaches of fiduciary duty in connection with the proposed sale of the Company to Altaris Capital Partners, LLC ("Altaris"). Investors who held common stock on May 11, 2018, the record date to vote on the Agreement and Plan of Merger, are encouraged to join this case by visiting the firm's site: www.bgandg.com/alog. This class action seeks to recover damages against Defendants for alleged violations of the federal securities laws under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / August 1, 2018 / Notice is hereby given that Monteverde & Associates PC previously filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for The District of Massachusetts, Case No. 1:18-cv-11301, on behalf of shareholders of Analogic Corporation, ("Analogic" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: ALOG) who held Analogic securities and have been harmed by Analogic and its board of directors' (the "Board") for alleged violations of Sections 14(a) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") in connection with the sale of the Company to affiliates of Altaris Capital Partners, LLC ("Altaris"). In pursuing the unfair plan to facilitate the acquisition of Analogic by Altaris for grossly inadequate consideration, the Proxy Statement exposes some details of the highly flawed sales process, but the Proxy Statement fails to disclose a myriad of material facts concerning the Proposed Transaction, preventing shareholders from casting an informed vote for or against the Proposed Transaction.
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP (http://www.rgrdlaw.com/cases/analogic/) today announced that a class action has been filed on behalf of holders of Analogic Corporation (ALOG) common stock on May 11, 2018, the record date to vote on the Agreement and Plan of Merger. This action was filed in the District of Massachusetts and is captioned Burcaw v. Analogic Corporation, No. 18-cv-11557. There is at least one other similar case pending in the same court, Carr v. Analogic Corporation, No. 18-cv-11301.
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NEW YORK, June 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Notice is hereby given that Monteverde & Associates PC has filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for The District of Massachusetts, Case No. 1:18-cv-11301, on behalf of shareholders of Analogic Corporation, ("Analogic" or the "Company") (ALOG) who held Analogic securities and have been harmed by Analogic and its board of directors' (the "Board") for alleged violations of Sections 14(a) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") in connection with the sale of the Company to affiliates of Altaris Capital Partners, LLC ("Altaris"). In pursuing the unfair plan to facilitate the acquisition of Analogic by Altaris for grossly inadequate consideration, the Proxy Statement exposes some details of the highly flawed sales process, but the Proxy Statement fails to disclose a myriad of material facts concerning the Proposed Transaction, preventing shareholders from casting an informed vote for or against the Proposed Transaction.
See what the IHS Markit Score report has to say about Analogic Corp.
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Do you own shares of Analogic Corporation (NASDAQ GS: ALOG)? Rigrodsky & Long, P.A. announces that it is investigating potential legal claims against the board of directors of Analogic Corporation (“Analogic” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ GS: ALOG) regarding possible breaches of fiduciary duties and other violations of law related to the Company’s entry into an agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Altaris Capital Partners, LLC (“Altaris”) in a transaction valued at approximately $1.1 billion. | 2019-04-25T00:40:00Z | https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/alog?ltr=1 | Porn | Business | 0.16304 |
typepad | 11:45am The Republican: Citing "continual lying" by event organizers, Sarah Palin put Iowa appearance "on hold"
11:15am The Republican: Want to monitor Obama's poor job performance easily on the go? There's an app for that!
Rep. Allen West: "I am starting to reconsider my membership in the CBC because I don't think they're moving toward the right manner we are going to solve problems both in the black community and across America"
NRO's Lopez offers random highlights from Cheney's book.
The Daily Caller looks at Romney's new readiness to party with the Tea Party: "The GOP presidential candidate will join the Tea Party Express for an event in New Hampshire over Labor Day weekend, the first tea party rally he’s ever attended that has been hosted by a national organization, according to organizers."
Liberals embrace the rhetoric of science, but not its cautious and dispassionate reasoning - At NRO Rich Lowry responds to Democrats' attempts to paint Perry and other Republicans as anti-science.
"Fred Karger is an openly gay activist seeking the 2012 GOP nomination on a platform of jobs and education—and ending the Defense of Marriage Act. Mark McKinnon on why no one’s heard of him."
But Andrew Stiles at NRO reminds his readers of Obama's ten worst anti-jobs regulations.
A cartoon mocks the growing list of events and people that Obama blames - PowerLine.
9:45am Sen. Ron Johnson: When stock prices were plunging earlier this month, President Obama strode to the teleprompter and utterly failed to calm the markets or the American people: Mr. Obama does not know what to do. He never did.
Paul Roderick Gregory writes at Forbes: “Obama cannot propose a real jobs program. His constituents would rebel. A real jobs program attacks too many of the core beliefs of his party."
Scott Shane writes at The American that Obama's 2012 budget contains tax increases that will hit entrepreneurs and small businesses especially hard, so a jobs agenda that doesn't address those problems isn't really a jobs agenda.
Edward Muller and Larry Zimpleman offer a list of recommendations in today’s WSJ about how to spur new business formation.
> Yesterday on Video: Rep. Ron Paul slams FEMA: "It is a system of bureaucratic central economic planning which is a policy that is deeply flawed"
> Yesterday on Video: Gov. Chris Christie weighs in on hurricane response efforts: "The key is we’ve tried to keep people informed, be fully transparent, to lower fear and raise confidence, and I think that’s the best thing a governor can do in this"
4:45pm The Weekly Standard's Mark Hemingway responds to Rep. John Lewis's "absurd" NYT op-ed: "No, showing identification is not a 'poll tax'"
Rep. Ron Paul slams FEMA: "It is a system of bureaucratic central economic planning which is a policy that is deeply flawed"
11:00am Video: Gov. Chris Christie weighs in on hurricane response efforts: "The key is we’ve tried to keep people informed, be fully transparent, to lower fear and raise confidence, and I think that’s the best thing a governor can do in this"
After lashing North Carolina and knocking out power to more than a million people along the U.S.
> Yesterday on Video: Republican Weekly Address: Sen. Dean Heller: "There is no question that the status quo of dysfunctional government must end"
10:15am Republican Weekly Address: Sen. Dean Heller: "There is no question that the status quo of dysfunctional government must end"
> Yesterday on The Republican: America's economy, summed up: "We are paying an unexpected price for decades of controlled and managed economic performance"
If Perry's so scary to independents, why is he doing so well among them?
Anyone notice how Ron Paul overtook Michele Bachmann on several fronts in today's Gallup poll?
6:15pm The Republican: America's economy, summed up: "We are paying an unexpected price for decades of controlled and managed economic performance"
4:00pm The Republican: Anyone notice how Ron Paul overtook Michele Bachmann on several fronts in today's Gallup poll?
1:45pm The Republican: What is Jon Huntsman running for?
10:45am The Republican: If Perry's so scary to independents, why is he doing so well among them?
7:30pm Video: Will Perry's jabs at Romney force Romney to start going on the attack?
"You had your turn, let me have mine!" Mitt kind of loses it at a town hall in N.H.
Nate Silver on how polls have changed since Perry entered the race.
HotAir notes that Team Obama is beginning to attack Perry but Toby Harnden gives this and nine other reasons why Perry is NOT the frontrunner: "Romney’s years on the presidential campaign trail mean that he has built impressive campaign structures in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida. Perry could catch up but we don’t yet have an indication that he will."
At TNR, Liberal T A Frank describes Rubio as a "Halfway Presentable Conservative": "Rubio offered only a very little in the way of reality-based wonkery. But by the standards of today’s political conversations, he was still noticeably less partisan and vacuous than his peers."
Liberals’ Wisconsin Waterloo - George Will in the Washington Post surveys the damage to union power after Scott Walker's recent victories.
2:30pm Rep. Phil Roe: Our country is at a crossroads, and tough decisions must be made. Rhetoric will not lower the deficit and inaction is not an economic driver.
12:30pm Rep. Ted Poe: As our deficit soars and the U.S. continues to borrow, borrow, borrow - as much as 43 cents on every dollar - we do not have the upper hand in this battle. If there ever was a time to get serious with China, now is the time.
Club for Growth calls Perry pro-growth, but warns of 'interventionist streak' - MSNBC (FrumForum concludes that the hard-to-please Club for Growth wouldn't much like Ronald Reagan).
RedState warns frontrunner status will mean Perry gets relentless scrutiny.
The Economist looks at candidates like Ron Paul that change the intellectual climate even if they don't win the presidential nomination.
Rubio's message summarized by Fox: "Government programs have weakened the country and that those in need should first look to their families and communities before turning to the government."
Who are the conservatives who support Obama?
At TIME Steven Gray thinks Rick Perry could help the GOP with Latino voters.
Graph from Boker tov, Boulder.
Where in the world is Moammar Gadhafi?
NATO on Libya: "We will carry on with our mission"
1:00pm Rebels take control of Gadhafi compound: "Strategically, this means that Tripoli has fallen"
7:00pm The Republican: Happy 15th anniversary, welfare reform: Amazing how easy it is to forget that historic achievement in 1996, isn't it?
Video: Sen. John McCain on Qaddafi's last stand: "This will send a message to Bashir Assad, and to Yemen and to other dictators, that their time is nearing the end"
Ross Douthat: "Rick Perry’s opponents can’t beat him by turning the race into a referendum on his state" | 2019-04-20T16:27:24Z | https://conhomeusa.typepad.com/home/2011/08/index.html | Porn | Reference | 0.148893 |
yahoo | After launching the Redmi Note 7, the Redmi Note 7 Pro, and the Redmi Go, Xiaomi is all set to launch a new Y-series phone in India now. On Monday, Xiaomi India officially announced that the upcoming Y-series phone is all set to launch in India on April 24.
Xiaomi has revealed the launch date of the Redmi Y3 via teaser which reveals that the phone will come with Redmi Note 7 series like Dot drop notch. In simple words, the Redmi Y series phone will come with waterdrop notch which will equip the 32-megapixel camera for selfies.
Xiaomi's Y series phones are all about good selfies. Both the Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y2 are selfie-focused phones. Similar will be the case with the Redmi Y3. Xiaomi India has been teasing the selfie camera of the upcoming Redmi Y-series phone. Ahead of the launch the company has officially revealed that the Redmi Y3 -- Xiaomi is yet to confirm the name of the phone -- will come with 32-megapixel selfie camera. Considering the Redmi Y3 will be a selfie-focused phone we expect the camera to come paired with lots of AI features.
Xiaomi India has also teased the design and battery of the Redmi Y3 ahead of launch. The company has revealed that the Redmi Y3 will come with a gorgeous design. We expect the Redmi Y3 to come with Redmi Note 7-like design. This means that the Redmi Y3 will come with dot drop notch, aura design or gradient finish, glass body, and minimal bezels. Xiaomi India also claims that the Redmi Y3 will come with a big battery. The company claims that the Redmi Y3 will be able to last more than a day on single charge.
Overall, we believe the Redmi Y3 will be a much-upgraded version of the Redmi Y2, which launched in India last year. The Redmi Y2 comes with a 5.99-inch full-screen display with 1440x720p resolution and 18:9 aspect ratio. On the hardware front, the Redmi Y2 is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor paired with up to 4GB RAM + 64GB storage which can be expanded up to 256GB via microSD card. The Redmi Y2 includes a 16-megapixel selfie camera on the front, while on the back the phone includes a 12MP+5MP AI dual rear camera configuration. The Redmi Y2 is backed by a 3000mAh battery and also supports dual SIM slot.
In India, the Redmi Y2 3GB+32GB model currently sells for Rs 8,999, while the 4GB+64GB model of the phone comes for Rs 10,999. The Redmi Y2 is available in funky colours like gold, dark grey, blue, rose gold, and black. As of now, there's no information about the India price of Redmi Y3. | 2019-04-25T13:48:12Z | https://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/xiaomi-redmi-y3-32mp-selfie-053900395.html | Porn | News | 0.245945 |
wordpress | Hey Gal! VERY nice post. You know, I have never thought of giving up my “me time” as fasting, but you’re so right!
Looking to the good of others first, so hard yet so profound.
Lord help us to stay on the right track.
So sweet, and while it takes little time to help out a little guy, it truly means the world to them. 🙂 A lovely post!
oh, Mary leigh, this is so good! short and sweet, too! 😉 i love how you were able to find something in your heart that fits into your daily life that fell into the category of fasting for Ann’s link-up. i was not able to fast, due to everyone in the house being terribly sick. ugh! so i didn’t join the link-up–needed some off-time. but some thoughts have been rolling around in my head and heart about time spent on things i enjoy, that i feel called to even, like writing–that is at the expense of my children. oh, this story, Mary leigh–it made me tear up, and it mentored me today, it sunk deeply in the calloused places of me and i pray it stays there. you are a *precious* mama, leaving your place of exhale, being so tired, and giving so fully to your son.
i loved this: “In the fasting of self, true love grows, with seeds left over for sharing.” i really, really needed to hear that. my husband reminds me that if i neglect the things my heart is truly tied to–my children, my home–then my soul will feel empty and i will have nothing to write about–he is so right. this will become a post–been thinking on this a lot.
i always love your sweet words of encouragement at my place, and im sorry it took me so long to get over here! i tried to leave a comment the other day, and after i wrote it all, it said comments were no longer allowed–i suppose a time thing–i get that–but wanted you to know that i was here!
love and blessings to you, sweet lady!
i am off to read your poem, now, but prob wont be able to comment!
Love this post-I can so relate to wanting to “go within myself” and then write about all those racing thoughts. There is a fine line between wanting to share and perhaps minister to others through our experiences, and becoming narcissistic in our desire to withdraw and write.
“Fasting of self.” Yes, that is it!
What a wonderful post. I am glad that you left a sweet comment on my blog tonight, because it lead me to this post and your blog. I loved every word of your wisdom, and the interaction between you and your young son! I love the reminder about fasting self that true love grows! Thanks for sharing! P.S. Five SONS you are officially my hero!
I have soooo been there! But let me encourage you as an older mother…you will always treasure the time you left yourself behind to invest in your children. I love this line…In the fasting of self, true love grows, with seeds left over for sharing.
How profound. I am so glad that you are sharing over at Painting Prose!
too true… I waited a decade to write as I home schooled my three boys… and there are days… I’d rather teach now than write…LOL, we are never happy where we are at!
I love how the Message translates it, “How can I help?” I do not have to think very long when it comes to my children; even the toddler who is in the throes of, “Let me do it.” In the business of living, fasting at first thought seems difficult, but as you so lovingly show your son through application fasting is a heart attitude. I have been following Ann’ links also and for me; praying more specifically with scripture over my family, my friends, and those whom I just happen to cross paths with. That verse resonates over and over in my heart and mind and I think so simply, for my husband, How can I help? by making certain the coffee is programmed for the morning. So small, but is noticed when it is absent.
It’s the little moments like these that make all the difference for our kids. Great reminder!
Beautiful. Makes me think of all the times I start out grudging when my kids (youngest now 14) pull me away from “my” stuff, still. But if you let true love have its head, then a fast turns into a feast in no time at all. I’m going to miss those moments, I know.
I need to learn that .. i some times think my own ideas cloud my love for others ..
Ha, it can be such a balance can’t it, wanting to write, and children. I’m always telling myself there is writing and there is inspiration, and when I have to leave my writing to help clean up Cheerios I try to laugh with my kids and think sometimes the inspiration to write is only a Cheerio away.
It seems counter-intuitive, but it works every time! Gotta give of our selves more, just as Christ gave of Himself for us! Beautiful reminder! | 2019-04-26T03:54:24Z | https://bluecottonmemory.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/unconditional-love-rule-28/ | Porn | Kids | 0.188275 |
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typepad | One great thing about being a cabinet secretary is you get a car and driver. It’s great because you can then propose banning the driver’s use of cell phone use and not have to worry being a hypocrite.
I get that drivers need to pay attention. Accidents and injuries caused by driver distraction are a bad thing. But as Automotive News notes, even the IIHS has said that LaHood is focusing too much attention on distracted driving instead of other safety pursuits.
So what is LaHood really up to? Perhaps burnishing his safety credentials for his post DoT career?
It is hard to say for sure. One thing I can say: If he is really serious about driver distractions, why stop at cell phones? Why not go all the way and ban other forms of distractions a well?
And what could be more of a distraction than turning to talk with a passenger? Why not ban passengers?
After all, when you are being chauffeured to work, what is the downside?
You can read the Automotive News piece here. | 2019-04-26T12:51:22Z | https://justtoclarify.typepad.com/my-blog/nhsta/ | Porn | Business | 0.486153 |
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