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- "Everything here sparkles. I'm not walking away from that."
- —Ivy Dickens
Ivy Dickens (former alias: Charlotte "Charlie" Rhodes) is a character introduced in the fourth season of Gossip Girl. Appearing exclusively in the television adaption, she is portrayed by actress Kaylee DeFer. Ivy is the girl hired by Carol Rhodes to mime her daughter in order for Carol to gain access to her daughter's trust fund. As she herself came from a broken home, however, Ivy found comfort living among the van der Woodsens who she sees as the loving family she never had, even growing very close and take care of her sick "grandmother," CeCe Rhodes.
When the truth of her identity is revealed, Ivy finds herself ostracized by the van der Woodsens. She made it clear that she does not care about the money and prestige of the Upper East Side, and only wants a family. Upon the reading of CeCe's will, however, it is learned that CeCe left her estate in the care of Ivy, indicating that CeCe was aware of Ivy's true identity. This newfound wealth does not last, as the Rhodes sisters successfully cheat Ivy out of her inheritance and split it among themselves. In the season's final episode, the real Charlotte Rhodes signs over her share of the inheritance to Ivy, who then promises to do everything in her power to bring down Lily and van der Woodsens.
In the sixth and final season, Ivy is seen dating Rufus Humphrey and later William van der Woodsen in an attempt to undermine Lily Bass, which ultimately fails. After William leaves Ivy, she writes an autobiography detailing her life masquerading on the Upper East Side titled Ivy League.
Television series
Besides the fact the she was born and raised in Miami, Florida, not much is known about Ivy Dickens' past. It is revealed that her father died due to a heroin overdose when she was eight years old right in front of her and her grandmother died of cancer.
Season 4
Ivy, or rather "Charlie Rhodes," first appears alongside her "mother," Carol Rhodes, when the two travel to New York City for Lily's trial. There she is reunited with her cousins Serena and Eric van der Woodsen after ten years. When her "mother" leaves for home, she decided to stay in order to get to know her family better.
During her time on the Upper East Side, "Charlie" develops a crush on Serena's stepbrother and ex-boyfriend, Dan Humphrey. When Dan doesn't seem interested, she pretends to be conned by Vanessa Abrams to appear as a damsel in distress, thus gaining Dan's attention. In the next episode, Rufus tells her that her mother had called to make sure she had been taking her medication. Charlie lies about it, saying she was taking them, when in fact she had thrown them out in the garbage. Dan invites her to a Constance-St. Jude's alumni gala, to which she accepts, stealing Serena's debutante dress and changing her hair to resemble her more.
At the gala, "Charlie" tries to seduce Dan in the principal's office but freaks him out when she asks him to call her Serena. While suffering an apparent psychotic break, she attempts to jump out the window, but is stopped by Serena. While leaving Charlie runs into Georgina Sparks, who recognizes that she is faking her illness and offers her phone number, telling her to call if she ever wants to have fun. Upon returning to Miami, "Charlie" meets with Carol, giving her the checks to the trust fund in exchange for her payment. With Carol thanking her for a job well done, Ivy takes out Georgina's phone number.
Season 5
In the premiere of season five, it is revealed that after returning to Miami, Ivy moved to Los Angeles with her boyfriend, Max, in order to become an actress. She later runs into Serena at the restaurant she and Max both work at, with Serena, still believing Ivy to be "Charlie," offers to have Ivy move in with her. Ivy declines, looking for several ways to get out of the situation, but Serena eventually convinces her to move back to New York with her.
Returning to Manhattan, "Charlie" overhears a conversation and learns that Carol is coming to New York. With Lily refusing to deceive her sister, "Charlie" tells Serena that she plans to leave the city. Serena, who figured something like this would happen, proceeds to ask her to return Serena's tickets to the Jenny Packham fashion show. When "Charlie" arrives, she discovers that Serena had actually arranged for "Charlie" to take her place as a model in the fashion show. After a conversation with Blair, "Charlie" decides to stay after all, though her excitement doesn't last as she runs into Carol, who had no idea that she had returned. After a confrontation with Carol, Ivy states that the family that Carol hates has been kinder to her than her own and that everything in New York 'sparkles.' She refuses to give that up and that the van der Woodsens would have a problem should it ever come out that Carol had hired her to impersonate Charlie in order to gain access to her trust fund. After this conversation, Carol tells Ivy that while she may stay in New York, she is on her own before returning to Miami herself.
Later, Ivy panics when she learns that she has left her cell phone at the fashion show, as she believes her true identity will be discovered. She is unaware, however, that her phone, along with several others, has been stolen by Nate Archibald and his boss, Diana Payne. After a conversation with Nate about the phone, she offers to help him find the owner in attempt to retrieve it. After she has accomplished this, however, Diana has discovered the connection between Ivy and Charlie and agrees to keep silent as long as Ivy works for her. Under Diana's control, Ivy is forced to procure gossip for Diana's use. Ivy later discovers the files that Bart Bass kept on Serena, Lily, Eric and himself; while Nate convinces her to leave them, she decides to turn them over to Diana.
In an attempt to get inside information on Blair's upcoming wedding to Louis Grimaldi, "Charlie" competes against Penelope Shafai and others to become a member of the bridal party. "Charlie" later attends the launch party of the revamped New York Spectator with Nate, where they use each other to reach their own ends: "Charlie" to win Blair's bridesmaid spot and Nate to make Diana jealous, though their motives are unknown to the other. An angry Diana later confronts Ivy about the kiss and threatens to reveal her secret, though Ivy is adamant that she had no idea that she was the one Nate wanted to make jealous. To create a wedge between the two, Diana later reveals to both "Charlie" and Nate that they had been deceiving each other, leaving them angry at one another.
Although Ivy has developed feelings for Nate, Diana has threatened to reveal her most dangerous secret. This changes, however, when she finds out that Ivy's ex-boyfriend, Max, is in town looking for her and sets up an elaborate plot that very nearly causes her secret to be revealed. Max finds Gossip Girl's website, along with a picture of Ivy under "Charlie Rhodes." He tracks Ivy down to the van der Woodsen penthouse, backing Ivy into a corner where she tells Lily and Max that her mother made her change her name to Ivy in order to avoid being used for her money. While discussing this later, Ivy offers Max money to leave town and start his restaurant in Portland, Oregon. However, when he discovers out that Ivy is actually impersonating Charlie Rhodes, he blackmails Ivy into giving him more money than she had originally offered before deciding to stay in town. When Carol and CeCe return to Manhattan, Carol tries to help Ivy with Max by getting CeCe to unlock the rest of Charlie's trust fund, which she does. After Ivy convinces Serena to drop her date with Max on Carol's advice, Max shows up to the party and attempts to out "Charlie" as Ivy to the rest of the Rhodes/van der Woodsen family. It is Carol, however, who convinces the family that Max is the one lying, later telling Ivy that if the family found out what has happened to the real Charlie Rhodes, Ivy wouldn't be the only one out. Carol tells Ivy that she may now leave New York and start a new life with the wealth she now possesses. Ivy, however, tells her that she doesn't care about the wealth and luxury of being a Rhodes, and that Carol can have the trust fund, since all she really wants is a family to call her own.
After his failed attempt to expose Ivy, Max continues to threaten Ivy's new life, taking her story to Nate, who has already been warned about him by the van der Woodsens. When this fails, Max takes his story to Nate's cousin, Congressman Tripp van der Bilt, on the eve of "Charlie's" debut into Manhattan society. When Max shows up to her party, "Charlie" sends a blast to Gossip Girl about Chuck and Blair being there as well, sending the paparazzi into the party as well. When Chuck and Blair get into a life-threatening car accident after being tailed by the paparazzi, Ivy confesses to Rufus that she is a fraud. Before he can respond, Lily comes rushing out with news that Blair is awake and responding, though Chuck is unresponsive. Overwhelmed with guilt, Ivy calls Carol and asks her to help her leave the Upper East Side for good.
A few weeks later, concerned by Charlie's long absence, Lily hires a private investigator to find her, but the private investigator instead finds the real Charlie Rhodes, who is attending Julliard. When Lily and the real Charlie meet, they do not recognize each other, nor do they seem to be aware of each other's existence. Ivy returns briefly to look for Lily, though she finds Rufus instead, who tells her where Lily can be found. Georgina discovers that Ivy is back and blackmails her into attending Nate's party. While at Nate's party, Ivy runs into the Lola, the real Charlie Rhodes, and it is revealed that they took the same acting class. Ivy attempts to leave again, but is spotted by Nate. Still unaware of Ivy and Lola's true identities, Nate makes a comment to Lola about "Charlie," leading Lola to get suspicious. When Ivy can finally leave, it's revealed that she has been visiting CeCe the whole time she was away.
CeCe's condition worsens and Ivy is forced to take her to the hospital, where she has a run-in with Carol and the van der Woodsens. When Lola arrives, Ivy and Carol finally come clean about Carol's elaborate scheme and Ivy's role in all of it. Following this revelation, Ivy is turned away by the van der Woodsens and turns to Georgina for help. The two later crash CeCe's wake, during which it is revealed that CeCe has left Ivy everything under her legal name, "Ivy Dickens," instead of her alias, "Charlotte Rhodes," revealing that CeCe knew about the fact that Ivy wasn't her real granddaughter. After this, Ivy evicts Lily and Rufus from their apartment, as it was previously owned by CeCe and left to Ivy in the will.
Ivy is later kicked out of the apartment after Lily uses underhanded means to sabotage her. Rufus feels sorry for her as she has nowhere to live and no family, and pays out of his own pocket for her to stay at a hotel. Lily, acting out of desperation to have Carol arrested for her scheme, contacts Ivy. In exchange for her help, Lily will lift the blame from Ivy. Upon testifying against Carol, Lily writes Ivy a check for one million dollars, and asks her to leave and never return. Ivy begs Lily for her forgiveness and insists that she all she wants is to be a part of her family and to win back her trust. Lily declines and bids her farewell. Leaving the apartment, Ivy tears Lily's check, revealing that Ivy truly wasn't in it for the van der Woodsens' fortune and that she was telling the truth to Lily.
Season 6
Ivy tries to persuade Rufus to go through unpacking a group of boxes that Lily had sent over to the loft after having all of his stuff from the apartment move out. Chuck finds an unlikely ally (Ivy) as he tries to drive a wedge between Bart and Lily's relationship to help expose his father's secret. Meanwhile, Dan publishes another article, but the effect is just the opposite of what he was hoping for as Georgina continues to pressure him to publish more. Elsewhere, Rufus learns about Ivy's inheritence as she continues to help him rebuild his life. With Ivy's help, Chuck discovers there is evidence incriminating his father in illegal activities and enlists the help of Nate to retrieve it. Meanwhile, Rufus and Ivy are excited about their art gallery opening until they find an empty RSVP list and must scramble to find another way to make the event a success. After a run-in with increasingly paranoid Bart, Blair grows alarmingly concerned for Chuck's safety. Feeling confident that his father will never hurt him, Chuck makes a deal that could change his life. Blair devises a plan with the help of Serena, Georgina, Sage and Ivy to get what they need out of Bart. William van der Woodsen returns to comfort Lily and rejects Ivy who finally realizes that William used her just to win Lily back. Ivy presumably leaves New York after her defeat.
Five years later, Ivy has written a best-selling autobiography, Ivy League, which has been adapted for film with Olivia Burke and Lola Rhodes starring.
- CeCe left Ivy everything that includes, her estate, stock and bonds, safe deposite boxes, and sorted holdings to Ivy under her legal name.
- She was once the owner of the Humphrey-Van der Woodsen's penthouse because of it being part of CeCe Rhodes's estate.
- Ivy never told CeCe her true identity but somehow CeCe knew exactly who she was.
- Ivy appears to be naturally blonde, but in The Princess Dowry her hair has a much more pronounced reddish tint. (Kaylee DeFer dyed her hair in early February 2012.)
- As of "It Girl, Interupted" Ivy has no place to stay because she was conned to get out of Lily's penthouse.
- Ivy tore up a cheque of one million dollars which Lily gave to her.
- Five years later: Ivy has written a best-selling autobiography titled "Ivy League" which has been adapted into a major Hollywood feature film with her as the screenwriter and starring Olivia Burke and Lola Rhodes as the Serena and Ivy/Charlie characters
As Charlotte Rhodes
- Carol (mother)
- William (father)
- Lily (maternal aunt)
- William (maternal uncle through Lily van der Woodsen)
- Serena (cousin)
- Eric (cousin)
- Cece (maternal grandmother)
- Rick Rhodes (maternal grandfather)
As herself (Ivy Dickens):
- Max (ex-boyfriend)
- Dan Humphrey (kissed)
- Nate Archibald (kissed)
- Rufus Humphrey (ex-boyfriend)
- William van der Woodsen (ex-boyfriend)
Ivy made Charlie appear to be quiet - unusual for someone who admires Blair Waldorf and wants to be a part of the Upper East Side - and scared of her mother and does what she says, such as returning the gifts that Serena bought her and the heirloom that was given to her. At the end of the first episode she starts to act more resistant to Carol, she refuses to get on the plane home after hearing about her mother's betrayal and she decides to stay in Manhattan even after Carol told her to leave. While at first this seems like Charlie is developing her own life away from her mother, it becomes clear that this behaviour is part of Carol's plan.
She is then shown to have a mental break-down, throwing away medication she doesn't need and, after supposedly quitting college she shows an attraction for Dan. Whether this was a real attraction or not is unknown. However she makes all of the Upper East Siders believe that she is Charlie and that she has a mental-illness.
Ivy, although in reality is a con artist for lying her way into the Rhodes', all she wants is a family, since she never had one of her own, having a troubled childhood. She also truly cares about the family she has, and has developed a close bond with her "cousin", Serena. She has a caring nature, and she is also willing to do whatever it takes to keep her identity concealed so she can remain a part of the family (as evident from how she allowed herself to be blackmailed by Diana).
However after recieving the money and estate due to CeCe's will, she kicks Lily and Rufus out of the apartment, due to them being distrustful of her and insisting she conned CeCe although she did not. She was framed of being bribing Dr. Van Der Woodsen to make changes to the will. Although Lily manages to get back the apartment and money in the end, she still wants to win back Lily's trust. Lily offers her a cheque of one million dollars and asks her to leave, rejecting her plea. Ivy tears up Lily's cheque and leaves, proving that she doesn't want money and only wanted to be a part of a family.
In the season six premire it is revealed that her experiences made her become manipulative, sleeping with Rufus Humphrey, in order to destroy Lily Bass.


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Few of us realize how easily — and how quickly — fire can harm our loved ones. Fortunately, there is a simple, affordable way to help prevent this from happening: the smoke alarm. On Monday, August 13th, the Little Rock Fire Department will introduce some of their new volunteers who will install free smoke alarms for Little Rock residents.
"This is our Save a Life smoke alarm program," said LRFD Chief Gregory Summers. "A grant awarded last year provided smoke alarms as well as carbon monoxide alarms. We want to introduce our Fire Corps Volunteers who will install these important life saving devices at no charge to the citizens of Little Rock."
Fire Corps is a national organization that utilizes a volunteer base to assist fire departments with various non-emergency functions. The LRFD will use Fire Corps to take the lead in installing requested smoke alarms, conducting home safety checks & will assist in conducting some fire safety presentations. A free home fire safety inspection can also be conducted with the installation. Up to 3 smoke alarms and 1 carbon monoxide detector per household can be installed if needed.
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City Committees
Americans With Disabilities Act Committee:
Established on September 29, 1992, to review accessibility issues, the Committee includes individuals and representatives from community organizations such as VIA Rehabilitation, Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, and the Adult Independence Development Center.
Architectural Committee:
Originally established in 1960 and reinstated as a Council Committee on January 21, 1986, the Committee, which includes two appointed members of the Planning Commission, reviews new development projects to encourage orderly and harmonious appearance of structures and property, maintains property and improvement values, and encourages the physical development as intended by the General Plan.
Audit Committee:
Reviews the annual independent audit, Comprehensive Annual Financial Report and City Auditor's Annual Report. Meetings are attended with independent auditor.
Established on May 14, 1991, to explore developing safe bicycle lanes and routes on City streets. The Committee includes a representative from the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition and the Santa Clara Unified School District (revised 2/28/06).
Child Care and Preschool Committee:
Reviews current issues, trends and regulations relating to child care locally, statewide and nationally. Discusses ways of improving child care within the City.
Council Goal Setting Committee:
Established to develop a Goal Setting Program to identify overarching goals and action goals for a two-year period.
Council Officers and Elected Full Time Employees Performance/Salary Review Committee:
Established in 1990, the Committee meets when needed to review the salaries/performance of the appointed positions of City Manager, City Attorney, and City Auditor and the elected full-time positions of City Clerk and Chief of Police. All other performance/salary reviews are conducted by the City Manager per the City Charter.Downtown Revitalization Plan Committee:
Established in 2010, the Committee meets when needed to review the current Downtown revitalization plan and to evaluate whether to re-confirm the existing conceptual plan or to re-visit the plan to explore alternative approaches.
Economic Development Committee:
The Economic Development Committee, formerly the Mission City 21 Committee, was originally established in October, 1995. As part of the City Council goals for 2011-13, the Council renamed the committee and placed renewed emphasis on proactive economic development.
Ethics Committee:
Consolidated Campaign Finance Reform Committee and Ethics Ordinance Committee by Council action on January 11, 2005. The Committee goal is to further implement the City's Ethics and Values program, including conducting a survey in partnership with Santa Clara University, and guide the Ethics program to the next level.
Facilities Naming and Honorary Recognition Ad Hoc Committee:
Established May 6, 2003, as the result of the Council Goal Setting Program for 2003-05, to develop policies for naming of City facilities and recognition criteria for conferring honorary titles / recognition.
Housing Rehabilitation Loan Committee (NCIP):
Established to review requests for services from eligible residents using funds from the Neighborhood Conservation and Improvement Program. The Committee includes one Council Member and three at-large representatives from the community.
Marketing Committee:
Established a new committee to review ongoing marketing efforts and consider additional methods of promoting the City.
Neighborhood Enhancement Committee:
Established in 1999 to identify and evaluate both residential and non-residential neighborhoods and implement measures for enhancement of these areas. "Neighborhood Connections" theme implemented. Fairway Glen and Scott Lane School neighborhoods participated in programs, as well as Haman Elementary School and the Habitat for Humanity homes; Observance of "One Day Pay - National Day of Voluntary Service".Police Activities League (PAL):
Founded and incorporated in 1970 as a nonprofit organization to provide a place where the youth of the City may enjoy educational and social benefits and athletic activities under competent supervision. The organization is managed by a board of directors comprised of volunteers.
Santa Clara Sister Cities Association:
The Santa Clara Sister Cities Association, an independent non-profit organization, assists the City in exchange activities with Coimbra, Portugal, Izumo, Japan and Limerick, Ireland -- Santa Clara's three sister-cities. The Council appoints a representative to serve as liaison to the Council.
Santa Clara University Liaison/Neighborhood - University Relations Committee (NURC):
Established in 1990 to review student housing issues (formerly Student Housing Committee). Established a forum for on-going communication and problem solving among City officials, neighborhoods, property owners and Santa Clara University officials and students. Santa Clara University/City Liaison Committee and NURC were combined because of the similar topics that the two committees cover. Three NURC meetings will be held per year (October/November, February and April) for neighborhood issues, and the STAFF TASK FORCE and the CITY-NEIGHBORHOOD FORUM will no longer be held (pursuant to Council action of June 23, 2009).
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Students would no longer be suspended for cutting classes, violating the dress code, loitering in the hall or using their cellphones in school, under proposed changes to the Buffalo Public Schools' code of conduct.
The proposed changes would take effect in 2013-14 if the School Board approves them in June.
Parents, students, teachers and others are invited to share their thoughts on the changes at three "public reflection" sessions, the first of which will be at 6 p.m. today in McKinley High School, 1500 Elmwood Ave.
The changes come in response to community outcry over the last year regarding the more than 12,000 suspensions that are given annually for nonviolent incidents. It is the first time in more than a decade that the district's code of conduct has been substantially rewritten, officials said.
"The code of conduct is shifting from being a punitive document to being a restorative set of principles," said Associate Superintendent Will Keresztes, who coordinated efforts to revamp it. "The entire goal is to change the hearts of children so they don't repeat acts of misconduct in the future."
Keresztes worked with Jane S. Ogilvie of Erie 1 Board of Cooperative Educational Services over the past several months to revise the code of conduct.
They drew on input that was collected from eight focus groups that included teachers, students, parents, community members and others.
Out-of-school suspensions made headlines in Buffalo 2½ years ago, when Jawaan Daniels was fatally shot one afternoon shortly after he was suspended from Lafayette High School for wandering the halls.
Community activists have criticized district officials for taking too long to make changes to the discipline policy.
"I would agree, it has taken too long," Keresztes said in an interview Monday. "I wish it would have been faster. There isn't any one reason why it wasn't. About a year ago, there was a commitment made to rewrite the code of conduct. Going forward, let's not have things take so long."
The 52-page draft code of conduct is designed to be easier to read and understand than the 30-page document that currently lays out expectations for student behavior and the likely consequences for misconduct.
Students and their families receive a copy of the code of conduct every year as part of the calendar that the district distributes.
The current code of conduct frequently cites various sections of relevant penal codes.
It is titled, quite simply, "Code of Conduct."
The revised code of conduct talks about "parents as partners," "promoting positive student behavior" and "tips for calming conflict," among other things.
It is titled "Developing Safe and Supportive Schools: Standards for Community-Wide Conduct and Intervention Supports."
The revised code of conduct describes different tiers of disciplinary responses, based on the severity of a student's misbehavior.
The focus is on identifying the underlying issues that may have caused a student to misbehave, and providing supports to address those issues.
Unlike the current code, it includes nine pages of charts detailing what level of "response" can be used for each type of misconduct.
For example, "failure to follow directions" may result in detention, mediation, parental notification or several other such lower-level consequences.
But using profane or offensive language – especially if it happens repeatedly – may lead to a short-term suspension.
Keresztes said that while in-school suspensions remain an option for principals to use, the reality is that in the short term, the costs associated with implementing in-school suspensions remain a challenge.
"The focus on restorative rather than solely punitive responses to misconduct requires us to eventually invest in this approach [of using in-school suspensions]," he said. "In-school services can become a key tool to attain the objectives of a student-focused, excuse-free system of restoration rather than punishment."
The changes to the code of conduct seem to be generally accepted by some of those who had been most vocal in their push for the district to reduce its number of suspensions for nonviolent offenses, although they say there remains more work to be done.
"We want to get students to remain in school. There's data that proves that a zero-tolerance, out-of-school suspension policy does not work," said Brian D. Trzeciak, education organizer for Citizen Action, the group that has championed changes to the district's approach to discipline.
A copy of the proposed code of conduct is available at www.buffaloschools.org.
The district has enlisted the help of Citizen Action and Buffalo ReformED in holding the state-mandated public hearings regarding the proposed changes to the code of conduct. Instead of having the district host the hearings, Keresztes has asked those two groups to host them.
"Our group is pushing for a dialogue instead of a lecture," Trzeciak said. "We really want an exchange of ideas."
Citizen Action is hosting this evening's hearing, along with another one at 6 p.m. Jan. 17 in Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts, 450 Masten Ave. Buffalo ReformED is hosting the third hearing at 6 p.m. Jan. 22 in Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Library, 1324 Jefferson Ave.
Anyone who wants to offer their thoughts but can't attend one of the hearings can contact Trzeciak at 855-1522, Ext. 5, or btrzeciak@citizenac tionny.org, or Buffalo ReformED at 218-0108 or buffaloreformed@gmail .com.
People also can submit their input at http://citizenactionny.org/code ofconduct.
An advisory panel will review the input from the public and may propose further revisions to the code of conduct prior to the board's vote in June, officials said.
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USDA gives environmental nod to pasture
USDA gives environmental nod to pasture
In recent years, it seems that more opinions have given credence to the notion that raising high-producing cows in freestall barns, storing manure in lagoons, and storing silage in bunkers are all better for the environment.
The May/June 2011 USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) magazine Agricultural Research explained research that was printed in Forage and Grazinglands in 2009, which determined that keeping dairy cows outdoors all year lowered levels of ammonia emission by about 30 percent. When considering land in feed crops were converted to perennial grasslands, carbon sequestration also climbed from 0 in a confined system to 3,400 pounds per acre with all-year-round grazing. Methane, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide were also 8 percent lower in all-year pasture versus confinement. Click here for the full article.
This is important and objective research. Of course, those of us in confined systems will quickly note that based on temperatures, precipitation and pasture conditions, and land base (some farmers just cannot afford the land surrounding their farm), pasture just won't always work. At the same time, there are fewer dairy artists selling large quantities of prints with cows lying in free stalls, held in lock-ups, or at the palpation rail compared to pasture. Pasture-based prints sell well and are hung above the farmhouse mantle and in the dairy office. This comes even as we tell consumers that the idyllic "red barn and pasture" scenes are old technology and a thing of the past.
Obviously, due to the concerns listed above, pasture is never always better than a confined operation. At the same time, confined operations also have drawbacks, but they do allow for much better individual attention to cows.
The bottom line here is that this research proves that every operation is different. Making generalizing claims about the environmental "friendliness," cow comfort, or consumer image of a certain type of operation is a bad idea. All farmers should strive to be the best environmental, market (consumer), and cow stewards they can be. But we all started in different places, and we're all going in different directions.
Worry about conditions on your farm first. If you are worried about conditions on other farms, look to the many local, regional, and national dairy farmer boards to get involved.


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LIBERTY GOLD COLLECTIONS cont.
The Liberty Half Eagle holds the distinction of being the only coin of any type or denomination to be struck at all seven mints. They were struck in two types--the ultra-scarce "No Motto," minted from 1839 until 1865 and the "With Motto" (IN GOD WE TRUST) type, struck from 1866 until 1908.
Like many other U.S. coins, the Liberty Half Eagle depicts the crowned image of Liberty on the obverse and, on the reverse, a majestic bald eagle with a shield over its breast, perched on an olive branch and holding three arrows.
During the Civil War, widespread gold hoarding led the U.S. government to significantly reduce the mintages of these coins, making issues from that era particularly rare.
The $20 gold coin shown here is the only known specimen of its kind and is among the rarest of United States coins. It owes its existence,in part, to the discovery of gold in California in 1848, of which the famous Sutter's Mill discovery was but the beginning. The California Gold Rush created a steady flow of gold, part of which reached the United States Mint in Philadelphia. Instead of striking gold in traditional $1 pieces,the Mint decided to also issue larger denominations. In February 1849,Congress authorized the striking of $20 gold coins, which were created by the very talented Chief-Engraver James Barton Longacre. This coin is one of two trial patterns struck on March 12, 1850, even though it bears the date 1849. The second pattern has never been found. This coin inaugurated the series of gold 20 dollars, nicknamed "double eagles", which were issued from 1850 to 1907. The term "double eagle" is derived from the fact that the $10 coin is called an "eagle".
$10 Liberty Gold Coins Minted from 1838-1907
Austin Collectors Society just acquired a nice
collection of $10 Liberty gold coins. These classic U.S. gold coins offer collectors an
historic design, nearly a half ounce of gold, and an extremely affordable price per coin.
Each coin is hand-picked for great eye appeal with dates in the late 1800's. The $10 Liberty front displays the "Coronet" design introduced in 1838. The bust of Miss Liberty appears with a crown surrounded by 13 stars for the 13 colonies.
The reverse (not shown) is a majestic heraldic eagle in the early Americana style. The eagle is clutching an olive branch of peace in one talon and the arrows of war in the other. By law, each $10 Liberty contains .48375 troy ounces of pure gold for your safety and security.
War Branch Mints
The United States branch mints at Dahlonega and Charlotte opened in 1838. Their mission was to produce gold coinage for circulation in the South from gold found in nearby Georgia, North Carolina, and Alabama.
The Dahlonega Mint in Georgia struck coins from 1838 to 1861 which bear the "D" Mint Mark for Dahlonega.
Over the span of 24 years, the Dahlonega Mint struck gold dollars, quarter eagles, and half eagles.
This Pre-Civil War Mint had extremely low mintages of gold coins and today all
surviving coins from the Dahlonega Mint are considered rare.
Collector Approach
Today, rare gold coins minted before the Civil War are highly collectible for fascinating history and extreme numismatic rarity. To collect Pre-Civil War coinage you need the help of Rare Coin Specialists who are experienced experts in this area. One of the firms is Austin Rare Coins which has available several books to assist you on the history of Pre-Civil War coins.
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So I know I don't usually do reviews on Saturdays, but this was an exception since I wanted to get this out to you all asap! I received the True Blood Forsaken Fragrance and Deborah Lippmann Lipstick and Nail Lacquer today in the mail! It is a HSN exclusive and they are the only ones who have it right now (the Deborah Lippmann Lipstick and Nail Lacquer duo has already sold out as of a few days ago). I believe I've read that the Forsaken Collection (which is a pretty nice size and includes candles, body cream, body powder, a decanter and more nail lacquers. Check it out here) is due out in shops in September as well as hboshop.com around the same time, but Deborah Lippmann had said that her items may not be out until much later (if that). Now I know I don't usually do fragrance and nail lacquer reviews, but the nail lacquer came with the lipstick (Which is Deborah Lipmann's first ever lipstick!) and the polish has the Forsaken fragrance in it (You can smell the fragrance on the polish even after you put on a top coat!), so it just all made sense! Also, I'll tell you now, there is a reason I don't do nails on this blog lol. I'm not good at the whole nail painting thing and I also don't go for manicures so my skin on my hands look horrendous! (lol) So please keep that in mind and be kind!
True Blood is one of my favorite shows, and there's even a comic book series, so it ties in nicely into my blog!
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In The Leftovers, which premieres June 29 on HBO, Justin Theroux's character is caught up in a global Rapture-like event, in which some people disappear and others are left behind.
At Monday's New York premiere of the haunting show, Theroux was asked what he'd be bummed to leave behind if he were taken suddenly.
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All kidding aside, the actor, 42, said he'd want his fiancée, Jennifer Aniston, with him – whether he was taken or left behind.
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Among the many lesson planning paradigms used in English language teacher education over the last 40 years, PPP has proven to be one of the most popular and most durable (see Figure 1) despite regular criticism in literature emanating from the Anglophone centre of ELT theory. After presenting a brief history of the paradigm and outlining the main criticisms directed at PPP, especially in the 1990s, I discuss some important research findings from SLA studies since the turn of the century that lend support to PPP-type lesson structures. I briefly analyse parallels between PPP and other teaching paradigms deriving from skill learning theory, linking these paradigms to the expectations of many learners worldwide, and the organisation of content in many mainstream ELT coursebooks. I identify three potential contexts for using PPP, including that of primary and secondary teachers working in low- and middle-income countries, and describe a PPP lesson structure from my own work as a teacher and teacher trainer compatible with best Jason Anderson practice in mainstream teaching. While I caution that PPP cannot and should not be used to structure every lesson, I argue that it can be an appropriate and effective vehicle for the teaching of grammar, functional language and lexis, especially at lower levels of proficiency (up to B2), where the majority of ELT around the world happens, and is likely to happen for the foreseeable future (Graddol 2014).
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Most of this document is organised around the different work relationships and responsibilities with which applied linguists eng age . Within each section, an outline of central issues is offered , cross - referring to other guidelines and relevant references where these may be of value. At the end of each section, a set of questions are posed, which serve as a checklist of important co nsiderations. Suggestions for further reading are also listed, should the reader wish to explore particular issues that are raised in this document in more detail. The recommendations in this document are intended for use alongside ethics and good practice requirements and guidelines from specific institutions and funders.
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The complexity of teachers' work is increasingly being realized, together with its importance for practitioners. While trying to overcome potential practical challenges they might face when presenting input and managing activities and tasks, teachers also monitor the learning process through feedback and sustain social interaction. Moreover, teachers usually work with a variety of learners, posing the additional challenge of adapting pedagogical practices to emerging contexts. is is not a straightforward process, however, and teachers often need to work hard to understand new teaching contexts and deal with unpre- dictable issues. It requires careful thinking and planning, and sometimes even developing a research plan to delve into issues more deeply, in order to inform their practices and understandings. Teacher research (TR) is conducted by and for teachers (Bullock & Smith, 2015) helping them to understand their teaching practices and the way teach- ing shapes learning. In this sense, teachers attempt to personally theorize their practices by following a research process that they design in their capacity as teachers; this has intrinsic value (Borg, 2013) since it supports the growth of educational practitioners in local contexts. However, there are concerns about the extent to which teachers can carry out methodologically robust investiga- tions which can contribute to the world of educational research (e.g. Ellis, 2010). We feel that attempts such as this book can not only move the research experiences of language teachers forward, but also serve a mediatory role be- tween academic researchers and teacher researchers. is volume is the latest in a series of books of teacher research that have emerged from a series of conferences in Izmir, Turkey, a context which we now describe.
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This is a guest post by Cynthia McLemore, following up on Ben Zimmer's post on "'Uptalk' in the OED", 9/12/2016.
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Texte de cadrage Dans son ouvrage intitulé L'anthropologie du geste, Marcel Jousse décrit l'homme comme "un animal interactionnellement mimeur" ([1974] 2008) ne pouvant s'empêcher de rejouer les actions qu'il voit autour de lui, actions qui s'im-priment en lui et qu'il ex-prime ensuite au travers de rejeux. L'homme construit donc son identité, son « je » en rejouant les actions du monde. Jouer lui permet de « faire corps avec » et, par là, de mieux comprendre et mémoriser (Lecoq 1997)
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Adriana Biedroń – Neurology of foreign language aptitude (doi:10.14746/ssllt.2014.5.1.2)
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38th International GERAS Conference 16-18 March 2017, University of Lyon (France) Linguistic Research Centre (EA 1663)
Although a norm is traditionally defined as a set of practices designed to standardise an operation mode, it can also be seen as a dynamic process that contributes to the emergence or the disappearance of practices in terms of both time and space. English for Specific Purposes (ESP) can be considered as a set of particular norms of various (e.g., lexico-grammatical, discursive, cultural) orders which influence practices and give language its "specific configuration" (Gledhill & Kübler 2016: 66). Such a configuration, which stems from the rules that govern each specialised domain, gives them their own identity and provides specialised discourses with features that are often immediately recognisable – whether it be a business sale contract, a scientific paper written in medical English or a company's annual report.
However, a distinction must be drawn between those typical cases in which the norm is transmitted explicitly through handbooks or training sessions and the more ambiguous situations where the norm can only be acquired by immersing oneself into the culture of the specialised communities. Characterising norms, whether they be explicit or implicit, thus requires the use of varied methodologies such as ethnography, genre analysis, corpus linguistics or terminological studies. The observation of norms sheds light upon specialised discourses as a whole: the underlying values, the control mechanisms, the keepers of the "official expression of knowledge" (Dubois 2016: 26), etc. More specifically, the diachronic study of contexts allows to detect and identify new practices as well as potential transgressive phenomena which might in turn lead to new norms or even to the emergence of new domains.
This conference aims to address all kinds of issues about norms in ESP:
• the epistemological function of norms– serving the finality of the domains and contributing to the definition of the specialised facets of language;
• the role of norms in the transmission of specialised knowledge and know-how;
• the role of norms in the way domains are appropriated by outsiders;
• norms as markers distinguishing the practices that are consistent with the expectations of the specialised communities, regardless of the domain (e.g., law, economics and management, medicine), from those that are not; • the norms' evolutionary and transgressive processes within the specialised domains.
All submissions (in English or French) should be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com before December 1, 2016.
Participants are invited to submit a 300-to-400-word abstract, a title and a short biographical note.
Dubois, Michel. 2016. Science as vocation? Discipline, profession and impressionistic sociology. ASp 69, 21-39.
Gledhill, Chris & Natalie Kübler. 2016. What can linguistic approaches bring to English for specific purposes? ASp 69, 65-96.
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The 2017 International Association for Dialogue Analysis conference (Bologna, October 11th-14th, 2017) welcomes empirical and methodological extended abstracts and full papers from different disciplinary perspectives that focus on dialogue and interaction as carriers of, and tools for culture, social organization, moral horizons, identities and change. The notion of action is at the core of the conference main theme: the contributors are asked to focus on dialogue and social interaction as - at the same time - presupposing and producing the crucial dimensions of the world we live in. Theoretical papers are more than welcome insofar as they provide some empirical illustration of the paper's theoretical point(s).
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Open access to the special issue on the history of applied linguistics.
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The introduction has a handy "petite chronologie (couramment admise)" of applied linguistics and a lot of the papers are in English, including one by Richard Smith on Palmer (http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/research/collections/elt_archive/). Also two in/on French by Léon and Berthet.
@makle1 I see the next #telecollaboration conference will be near you! https://t.co/bKxhQdICbN #oie @sensor63 will you come?
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Date limite d'envoi des propositions le 15 novembre 2016.
Digital presentations will be online October 3 to 8, 2016, with opportunities for asynchronous and synchronous exchange with the authors during these days. Timing for synchronous chats will be announced by September 26. Abstracts for the following list of presentations will be available on individual pages a few days before the presentations are available. List of Digital Presentations…
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Open Educational Language Practices (Zourou)
What kind of social dynamics emerge in open educational practices (OEP) involving the learning of languages? What roles can OEP play in language learning contexts in which individual and collaborative learner trajectories move across learning practices? This collection of papers approaches these questions by offering theoretical insights and empirical evidence to the field of Open Education and Open Educational Resources (OER). The originality of the collection lies in its emphasis on the social dynamics that arise in open learning practice. Although open education advocates "give the battle" for openness (Weller, 2014), very little research is being conducted on the way social dynamics promote open practices, especially in the area of language education and multilingualism.
In this group of papers, we aim to fill this gap in research and discuss implications for practices by exploring the role played by social dynamics, consequences, and conditions for open learning expansion, by identifying challenges for researchers, teachers and learners, and in particular by critically examining language practices afforded to groups in open educational language practices.
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This issue now seems to be complete: new papers from Blyth & Dalola, and Thorne.
Students will learn about, critique, and practice methods for analyzing interaction in classrooms, developing tools to build more engaged, effective, and equitable classroom communication.
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There is growing interest in educational research conducted by teachers and other practitioners in learning environments. There is also a growing willingness among educators to discuss such research in environments that are open and online. However, for some of those engaging with such forms of inquiry in such online spaces, puzzles remain. For example, for it to count as 'research', does teacher/practitioner 'research' have to be shared? Can this happen in non-academic ways, and why is this beneficial? In what ways is teacher/practitioner research valuable in itself as an activity? What forms of such research are open to teachers, how are they similar and how do they differ? What are the defining characteristics of one of these forms, 'exploratory practice', and what does it look like in practice? What kinds of support are required so that teacher/practitioner research is a more viable activity for both teachers and their learners?


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Maui's Victorino confirms agreement for 3-year, $39 million deal with Red Sox
December 4, 2012 - Robert Collias
UPDATE (3:13 p.m.): Shane Victorino just tweeted this: Just agreed to join the Boston @RedSox in the middle of paradise. #BLESSED!!! Can't wait to get to Boston! There are cool photos with the link, too.
Stay tuned right here for all the latest updates on Maui's new $39 million man.
UPDATE (1 p.m.): MLB Network's Ken Rosenthal reports that Shane Victorino has agreed to a three-year, $39 million deal with the Boston Red Sox. I'm on the case to get in touch with Shane himself.
I was just channel surfing and came across MLB Network live from the Winter Meetings in Nashville, Tenn., where Harold Reynolds and Matt Vasgersian were talking about where Maui-born Shane Victorino will end up.
Reynolds said, "Here's my pen, Shane, I would sign that" when told of a reported three-year, $38 million offer from the Boston Red Sox. That deal was just recently Tweeted by Boston Globe national baseball writer Nick Cafardo.
MLB Network's Ken Rosenthal just said on TV he heard the Red Sox deal is three years, $37.5 million, but also said that Victorino has a four-year deal from an unnamed team on the table.
Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com says the Indians are making a hard run at Victorino behind manager Terry Francona, and that the Giants, Rangers, Yankees and Reds are also in the chase. Heyman says Victorino will be in the $12 million per year range.
Hardball Talk says it is Indians, Red Sox, and Giants that Victorino is fielding calls from.
One thing I know, Victorino is currently fielding all calls from Maui. On Victorino's Twitter feed, only talk of enjoying Maui recently.
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Quincey/Ericsson are solid third pairing guys that are going to get tested especially this season in a much larger role. Bouwmeester has played top-pairing minutes for a long time.
Just want to correct this notion on Quincey. He's more than a third pairing, he led his team in ice-team on the top pairing at 23:36 a night in 09-10, and 20+ each and every night since, he played more than Stuart last season, and just a minute behind Kronwall, and 4 minutes more than Ericsson. Quincey is also a productive offensive guy, even with how he struggled with us last season he still was well within top 60 defenseman in the league points-wise, so at the very least you are getting top 4 offensive numbers, and a decent size/skating ability player.
Quincey was bad with us, but the potential is there for him to be a top pairing guy, don't forget he's still only 26, and has had a top .54 ppg(top 30) season in 70 games which was 08-09 with similar numbers to Letang, Burns, Edler and Pitkanen.
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CHARLES TOWN - From the parade of horses to meeting the founding leaders of the country and the city, citizens of Charles Town will be celebrating what their town has to offer from the present and the past this weekend.
The annual Charles Town Heritage Festival will kick off at 7 p.m. Friday with a production of "The Anvil" at the Jefferson County Courthouse and wrap up following the Parade of Horses at 2 p.m. Sunday. A daylong street festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in downtown Charles Town.
Katie See, member of the Charles Town City Planning Committee, said this year's festival is full of new and exciting events that all seem to have a common theme: locality.
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The annual Charles Town Heritage Festival will kick off at 7 p.m. Friday with a production of "The Anvil" at the Jefferson County Courthouse and wrap up following the Parade of Horses at 2 p.m. Sunday. A daylong street festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in downtown Charles Town.
"Keeping it local seems to be a common goal of all the committee members," See said. From the fresh produce found at the Charles Town Farmers Market to handmade crafts made by various artisans, it's all about Jefferson County.
The main festival will be held throughout downtown Charles Town, starting at 10 a.m. There will be an information tent set up in front of City Hall on Washington Street where eventgoers can find maps, a list of available activities and registration forms for the Heritage Quest Scavenger Hunt, the Heritage Festival Pie Bake-off and cornhole competition.
Vendors and informational booths will line the street showcasing the city's historical accomplishments and all that Charles Town brings to the area. There will be children's colonial games as well as a rock-climbing wall provided by River Riders. Jane Tabb, owner and operator of Fresh Feast on the Farm, will have The Corn Bread Project tent set up. Children will learn to make cornmeal at the tent by shelling the corn and then grinding it in hand-crank grain mills. Once the corn is processed into a meal, participants will make cornbread from scratch using local ingredients.
Re-enactors dressed as Charles and George Washington will walk the streets shaking hands and introducing themselves to spectators. They will teach everyone about the many stories behind Charles Town and how it was founded.
Also meandering through the downtown area will be Mario Orsini, one of the newest and up and coming magicians on the East Coast. Orsini has been the head performer at the Miss West Virginia Scholarship Pageant for the last few years and has performed at many area universities, casinos and festivals.
There will be several historical walking tours conducted by Ann Fern, Kevin Breeden and local historians.
The Charles Town Ghost Tour, led by Fern, will leave from the front of City Hall at 7 p.m. Saturday and cover 15 historic sites. The tour lasts approximately 90 minutes, and reservations are required. The cost is $10 for 12 and older; and $5 for 11 and younger. Reservations may be made by calling 304-724-6741.
New this year is the Edge Hill Cemetery Civil War Tour led by Breeden. This tour is $5 per person, and tours will be given at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. For reservations, call 304-261-5416.
For live music and entertainment, a stage will be set up on Charles Street facing out on to Washington Street. Performers this year will be the Wainwright Baptist Church Mass Choir from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.; Joe Taxi from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.; Appalachia from 1 to 2 p.m.; Stoney Creek from 2:15 to 3:15 p.m.; and Youngblood from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
From 6 to 9 p.m., Touche will be performing at Jefferson Memorial Park.
"It all wraps up with a barbecue at Jefferson Park and a concert by Touche," See said. "They're a lot of fun."
For those interested in competing in the pie bake-off, entry forms can be downloaded from the official website at www.ctheritagefestival.com. There is a $5 early entry fee and a $10 entry fee the morning of the festival. All pies are required to have at least one local ingredient (local meaning within a 50-mile radius) and accompany a full list of ingredients. All pies must be able to sit out and not require refrigeration. The judging will take place in the council chambers at City Hall, and registration will begin at 11 a.m. with judging at noon. The public will be able to sample each pie, and awards will be given for People's Choice, the prettiest pie and the most creative.
The registration form and list of rules for the Heritage Quest scavenger hunt can also be found on the website, and there is an $8 registration fee for all teams or individuals.
For an entire list of participating vendors, shops, restaurants and activities, visit www.ctheritagefestival.com.


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Strawberry hullers, melon ballers, peach pitters, apple slicers, mango peelers � our kitchen catalogs are full of gadgets capitalizing on summer�s bounty.
Me, I just use a knife.
Meanwhile, there�s enough glistening, gorgeous fruit around to send a person into a hypoglycemic stupor until fall.
Locally, strawberries and raspberries can be had at the Durango Farmers Market as well as a few peaches and plums. Matt Hauser, who sells fruits and vegetables in front of Durango High School, brings goodies down from Colorado�s banana belt, the Palisade region. The best freestone peaches � Red Globes, Coral Stars, Sun Crests, Glow Havens � are in season right now, as well as delicious little blackberries with no names at all. Plums, nectarines and apples will be in any day.
�That�s crazy early,� Hauser said of the apples, which don�t usually appear before mid-to-late August.
The hot, dry spring advanced the growing season for many farmers, bringing cherries to market up to three weeks sooner than normal and ending the season in mid-July.
Paige Lynch, new owner of Biddies Orchards in Hermosa, finished off her dark, plump cherry crop two weeks ago, picking 94 pounds in the rain to get them to the Farmers Market the next day. Her apples and pears are coming soon.
Apricots, too, came fast and furious and now they�re gone. The first fruits � cherries, peaches and apricots � are the most susceptible to frost, making them the most inconsistent. They bear a crop only once every three to five years.
�It�s not uncommon to get 50-degree swings in a day here and plants aren�t big fans of that,� said Darrin Parmenter, Colorado State University La Plata County extension agent.
In fact, it�s darned hard to grow fruit in these parts. It freezes early, late and sometimes often. And in a dry year like this one, fruits can refuse to bear at all.
�We have a mishmash of tart and sweet cherries, pears, plums and then apple,� he said, �and it�s not like we have giant orchards of any of them.�
This is the first year area farmers have had a decent cherry crop. Hauser got in about half a full crop, he said, but they were larger and more flavorful. And it�s the first time he�s had apricots in five years because of late freezes and hail damaging the trees.
But let�s forget all that and dig in. What can we do with all that fabulous fruit? Colorado has a harsh climate and dry land. Most varieties of fruit come in for just a few weeks a year. In other words, get it while the gettin� is good.
�When you get it, get it into the freezer,� said Judy Rohwer of Rohwer�s Farm in Pleasant View, who sells raspberries, plums, cantaloupe and vegetables at the Durango Farmers Market. �I raised seven kids. I don�t waste a bit.�
Freezing is the simplest way to keep fruit for a later day. Cherries, peaches and berries all freeze relatively well. Nothing is ever as good as fresh, but these fruits will hold their structure and flavor well enough to eat out of hand (cherries) or fill up a baked good (peaches and berries).
For the more talented and less time-pressed, you can always preserve the gifts of summer by canning. Nothing brings August back to life in the dreary days of winter like the first whiff of a jar of home-canned peaches. (Mama, are you reading this?)
For those of us who have a big sweet tooth and little discipline, the tiny bins of soft, not-too-sweet raspberries from the Gardens at James Ranch or Rohwer�s Farm provide the perfect excuse for a raspberry buckle (a cross between a crumble and a coffee cake.)
Even the early season, cling peaches � where more juice runs down your arm than into your creation � send us into the kitchen to try grunts and slumps, cobblers and crisps, some more successful than others. Take my advice � don�t substitute peaches for any other fruit. They�re twice as juicy and not nearly as sweet. (I ended up with a soggy coffee cake and a too tart tart. And please, please don�t mention the kuchen.)
Strawberries, which you can find locally from Chimney Rock Farms, bring on the craving for a cold pie with sweet custard underneath. But get there early. The first time I went, they were sold out at the Farmers Market by 9 a.m.
Blueberries, even more than peaches, are a sugar-lover�s downfall, so perfect are they in a coffee cake or a simple pudding cake, to say nothing of a pie or a cobbler or a fruit salad or � I digress.
While blueberries aren�t grown locally, the grocery stores are full of them, and cheap, too. You can buy a container as big as a bucket for less than $10. For the less enthusiastic, a pint sells for about $3.
Local grocery stores carry some Colorado-grown fruit like Palisade peaches and Rocky Ford cantaloupes. Colorado watermelon and cherries are available, but are beyond their prime.
�Nectarines, peaches, plums, these are what you want to buy now,� said Shelley Lucero, produce manager at North City Market. �And Olathe corn is in.�
Olathe corn! OK, it�s not fruit, but it might as well be for as sweet as it is. And like fruit, get it now or forget it. Hauser picked his first crop July 8 and expects the season to run just a few more weeks.
The good news is corn freezes beautifully. Simply cut it off the cob and store in an air-tight container. If you can. I bought a dozen ears and not one has made it into the freezer bag. They�ve filled up my chowders, graced my salads and created one helluva pudding.
So let�s forgo the carb-counting and sugar-watching. It�s mid-summer in Southwest Colorado � our time to revel in the sweet repast Mother Nature provides.


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Be captivated by the beauty and magnificence of the fastest land animal on earth when you visit Cheetah Rock.
Enter the fantastic 4,000m² £1million exhibit along the main pedestrian path, which follows across the road from Lions of Serengeti and their African Village. Once you've crossed the road via the Cheetah Crossing a standing stone bearing the Cheetah Rock logo will welcome you in.
As you move along the path view our Zoo 'athletes' from an African style hut, where floor to ceiling glass are the only thing separating you from the animals.
Behind the scenes
Cheetahs have been a long-standing success story at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, where a staggering 130 cubs have been born and reared in the last 40 years. To build on this and restart our breeding programme the exhibit will also include an off-show breeding area.
Learn about cheetahs and ZSL's involvement with these amazing animals via the Cheetah Conservation Programme in Tanzania and curious cheetah facts that are displayed in the viewing area. If you've ever wondered what field conservation work is like, we offer you the opportunity to carry out Cheetah ID. Using reference photographs and a modified version of the actual software used in the field by our cheetah conservation team you will be able to ID individual cheetahs from tourist photographs send in and field sightings.
On leaving the African style hut there will be information boards explaining how researchers use 'signs of life' to locate animals, ID them and how often they count them. In the 'discovery' area you can also fast track your own knowledge of a cheetah by testing your acceleration speed on the Cheetah Sprint running strip. You can then compare your running speed against the speed of a cheetah against the same distance - and discover if you stood a chance if you were prey! This also includes a display safari Land Rover, depicting real life cheetah conservation activities in the African savannah.
Cheetahs can reach speeds of up to 100km per hour (70mph) and are the world's fastest land mammal. However, they can only run at their prey for relatively short distances, so prefer to creep up on and then spring into action.
Scientific name: Acinonyx jubatus
Animal type: Carnivorous mammal
Length of body: 1.1 to 1.5 metres
Length of tail: 60 to 80 cm long
Weight: 21 – 72kg
Location: Africa,
Habitat: Adapted to savannah or open grassland but also dense woodlands
Lifespan: Up to 17 years
- Name derives from a Hindi word – Chita – which means 'the spotted one'
- Like the different features on every human face, different spot patterns in the Cheetah's coat makes each one unique
- The colour of their fur helps them to blend into tall grass, making them difficult to locate in the wild
- The Cheetah doesn't roar like other big cats, lions and tigers. Instead it gently purrs and even makes sounds similar to chirping to communicate to others
- There are a total of 36 different species
- The Cheetah is the world's fastest land mammal. With acceleration that would leave most cars in the dust, a cheetah can go from 0 to 60 mph (96 km/h) in only three seconds
- Humans trained cheetahs as hunting animals as long ago as 3000 BC
- In the wild Cheetahs may only need to drink once every three to four days because they get fluid from their food
- Cheetahs are diurnal creatures – which means they live by the day
Physical Features
- Powerful back legs and large muscles gives the Cheetah amazing running power
- Long tail used for balance and to help steering when making fast turns. Also helps cubs to follow their mother through high grass
- Flexible spine allows legs to reach far long strides
- Dotted markings on its fur helps it to camouflage with its surroundings when hunting prey
- Its feet are clawed which grip the floor as they sprint
- Has a long tear drop shaped black line from the inside of the eye to the mouth. This possibly helps to eliminate glare during daytime hunting
- Cheetah cubs are born with long, grey fur. This helps them to camouflage with their surroundings, as well as resembling the markings of the formidable honey badger, which may help to deter predators.
- A litter of cubs is usually between two and five
- The mother raises their young in isolation from other adult cheetahs, going hunting in the morning and returning to the lair after patrolling her range for predators and food
- The mother moves her litter to a new lair every four days. She inspects a new bush or other hidden area only within a couple of metres from the last lair. These frequent moves prevent the litter from a build up of smell making it harder for hyenas or other predators to find them
- At this stage the cubs still haven't learnt to walk, so they are picked up one at a time by the scruff of their necks, and carried to their new lair by their mother
- Stages of raising cubs*
- Birth to 6 months – the mother suckles the cubs. In this time the cub will learn to crawl and stand, eventually walking after 3 to 4 weeks
- 6 to 12 months – the mother teaches the cubs to hunt, but still provides feed for her fast growing young
- 12 months – the cubs are becoming effective hunters by now, and the mother will join them in hunting
- 15 months – the cubs leave their mother to fend for themselves in the wild. Often boys in the litter will stay together, hunting and travelling in groups
- Cheetahs are carnivorous so they will hunt and kill other mammals to eat. Animals they prey upon include gazelles, impalas, antelope and birds
- Mothers will help younger cubs to hunt their prey, by catching a victim safely by the head, instead of the usual lethal grip on the throat. She releases the victim in close proximity of the cubs, encouraging them to chase after it and attack. Usually the mother will need to chase and trip the victim herself giving the young a chance to strike
- Cheetahs hunt for food in the open and attack quickly with speed, instead of stalking their prey like lions and tigers
- Cheetahs are active during the day, hunting and eating in the daylight when other predators are resting in the sun. This limits the competition for food from other predators
Male vs Female
- Female Cheetahs largely live their life in solitary and raise their cubs in isolation. Male cheetahs will form 'tribes' together with other males, sometimes even with their own brothers from the same litter, and migrate in these herds
- Adult females only associate with adult males during 'oestrus'. This is the times when mating occurs, and the only time when males and females interact socially
- During this time male and female Cheetahs will groom each other by licking each other's faces. This is usually initiated by females, and is possibly a form of inspection to help them identify another cheetah
- Only male cheetahs are territorial and 'mark' in the wild. This is when they urinate at the bottom of a tree or another area, and then scrape that area with their hind legs to claim a specific area as their territory
- The cheetah's long association with humans dates as far back as 3000BC to the Sumerians, the earliest known civilisation in the world, from Mesopotamia
- Cheetahs were known to be hunting pets of Mongol rulers. The Mogul Emperor, Akbar the Great, who ruled Hindustan from 1556 to 1605, trained 1000 Cheetahs for hunting
- Ancient Egyptians believed Cheetahs were sacred. Cheetah artefacts were discovered in Tutankhamen's tomb buried in 1400 BC
- Fossil records of a sub species of Cheetahs known as the Giant Cheetah date back as long ago as 1 – 2 million years
- Cheetahs probably grew in population in Africa some 18 to 20 million years ago when grasslands were spreading and when population of gazelles, animals Cheetahs prey for food, also increased
Conservation work
IUCN Conservation status: Vulnerable
Today cheetahs are extinct in more than 20 countries and between 9,000 to 12,000 animals remain, in small-pocketed populations in 24 - 26 countries in Africa and about 200 in Iran.
Cheetah conservation has been a major focus for ZSL since 1991. In Tanzania we have been carrying out the longest running in depth study of a wild cheetah population.
Since 1974 the Serengeti Cheetah Project has been keeping track of individual cheetahs living on the plains in the southern part of the Serengeti National Park.
Where they live
Africa and Iran
Sparse sub-desert, steppe (a treeless plain), medium and long-grass plains
What they eat
Cheetahs prey on a variety of species from hares to small antelope, and the young of larger antelope.
Cheetah conservation in Tanzania has been a major focus for ZSL since 1991. With the support of the Tanzanian authorities, and more recently in collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), we have been carrying out the longest- running in depth study of a wild cheetah population.
Building on our relationship with the Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI) and Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA) we are now establishing a scheme for monitoring cheetah numbers across the country. Furthermore, as existing protected areas alone cannot ensure a long-term future for these beautiful cats, we are investigating ways to help cheetahs and humans to co-exist in the larger landscape.
Cheetah Census
Since 1974 the Serengeti Cheetah Project has been keeping track of individual cheetahs living on the plains in the southern part of the Serengeti National Park. This population numbers around 50 adult females and 20 adult males at any one time, and individuals can be easily identified by their distinctive spot patterns. Over the years this study has told us a great deal about wild cheetahs - their ecology, ranging patterns, social behaviour and hunting strategies.
Genetic management
With the loss of their habitat, cheetah populations are increasingly becoming fragmented and isolated. As populations become small, they become vulnerable to genetic problems such as inbreeding. In order to understand these processes, we have to understand their breeding system. In the Serengeti we know the mothers (and often grandmothers and great grandmothers) of most of the cheetahs, but we know very little about their fathers. New
techniques for extracting DNA from faeces are now being used by ZSL's genetics labs to identify the fathers in the population. This enables us to estimate the likelihood of inbreeding and losses in genetic diversity in isolated populations and hence plan long-term genetic management of fragmented populations of cheetah.
The Tanzania Cheetah Watch
As well as the scientific work, we are using 'Cheetah Watch' leaflets to persuade tourists in Tanzania to send us their photos of cheetahs, which can be matched with spot pattern records and used to monitor cheetah population size across Tanzania.
For further information please download the full: Tanzania cheetah conservation programme information sheet (652 KB)