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SYDNEY (AP) — The Australian radio station behind a hoax phone call to the London hospital where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was being treated could face criminal charges for airing the conversation, legal experts said Tuesday.
Last week's prank was widely condemned days after it aired, after the still-unexplained death of a nurse who answered the phone and helped two DJs get confidential information about the former Kate Middleton's health. But when it comes to a potential criminal case, the question is not about the death; it's whether a private conversation was broadcast without the permission of the participants.
Violators could be sentenced to prison, but it's unclear who at radio station 2DayFM or its parent company, Southern Cross Austereo, made the decision to air the call. The DJs have said executives above them made the decision, but a former 2DayFM host who orchestrated many pranks for the station said DJs were always involved in such decisions while she was there.
Southern Cross Austereo has said the station had tried five times to contact the hospital, but privacy law expert Barbara McDonald said that could prove to be an inadequate defense.
"Seems to me that saying, 'We tried to call,' shows that they knew they should, and they've made a decision to go ahead knowing that they have not got permission," said McDonald, a law professor at the University of Sydney. "I don't know whether it makes the situation better, or worse."
The New South Wales state Surveillance Devices Act prohibits the broadcast of recorded private conversations without participants' permission, with violations punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a fine of up to 55,000 Australian dollars ($58,000).
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Australian authorities have said little about any possible investigation. State police have said only that they've been in contact with their London counterparts and are ready to assist them in any British investigation.
Radio hosts Mel Greig and Michael Christian called London's King Edward VII Hospital last week. Pretending to be Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles, they asked for word on the Duchess of Cambridge, who had been suffering from severe morning sickness. Jacintha Saldanha, the nurse who answered the phone, put them through to the ward, and the duo received confidential information on the duchess' condition that was later aired.
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Susan, I was thinking along the same lines actually.
For a dog to become a field champion it takes some human (a whole bunch of humans actually) having a lot of faith in you and investing a boat load of time, effort and money that they will never see back.
After that just front foot all the birds and you've got it made.
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How many here have trained their own personal FCs?
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Let's see you don't attend any family events on the weekend. You miss your kids events. You use up all your vacation time to run your dogs. You try not to use household money, but, you do. You get up early train, come home train until all you see is the flash of the gun, get home about 9:30PM. Get up at daylight do it all again. Cold, rain, doesn't matter.
Snow you do the best you can. Finally you get lucky and get a Judges Award Of Merit or JAM. You move up the ladder and after many starts, JAMs, low placements, you win and you title. That includes driving a 1000 miles in one weekend
Going out in the first series. You get used to loosing. Then the game changes a little you now go up against the numbers game. One person runs and owns two, three ,four, five titled dogs, all professionally trained. You make your AFC and chase a few points for over a year against a Professional trainers truck load of pointed or titled dogs. Finally luck strikes and you make your FC. Done that few times got lucky. I have since been under professional care for my obsessive compulsive behavior with self denial of having a mental dog disorder. Have fun!
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A amateur field champion has to have a win open or amateur , 15 points, and be handled by a amateur. Exception you can win two opens as a amateur and title both ways. One of my training partners did that, one won a open and the co owner won an open. In answer to your question one year we won a open handled by me an amateur, it qualified her for the National Open that year, and made her AFC title. We had a win but needed two points for the total number of ten and she made her FC about a year later. Don't even ask me about breed specialty points as my training partner is chasing a win for either titles. If I skipped a beat on something my finger is not working today.
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Naruto Kecil Episode 190 Subtitle Indonesia
Naruto Uzumaki, a hyperactive and knuckle-headed ninja, lives in Konohagakure, the Hidden Leaf village. Moments prior to his birth, a huge demon known as the Kyuubi, the Nine-tailed Fox, attacked Konohagakure and wreaked havoc. In order to put an end to the Kyuubi's rampage, the leader of the village, the 4th Hokage, sacrificed his life and sealed the monstrous beast inside the newborn Naruto.
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I'm sure they'll do Bossk, bust after the original 12. And with GG -that'll take plenty of time to do.
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I actually passed on this line. I saw several of them at the local comic shop. They are HUGE! Not sure I would have been able to fit these in the house.
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Thanks for all the birthday wishes, gang!
Happy Birthday to my birthday-buddies JEDIPartner, InsaneJediGirl and Jedi Master Sal!
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Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
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Enjoy your day! These are the wishes you're looking for!
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Interesting, JT shares the same birthday as Power Rangers (first episode aired on August 28, 1993).
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Thanks for all of the information. Very helpful stuff. The Qual does conflict with Derby in my case. This time, the Qual is on Friday and Derby is on Saturday late morn, so I won't be there on Friday to see the Qual. In other cases, I was too scared to leave the Derby to watch the Qual when I could have.
Jeff E, I will have my clicker in my pocket and no one will know but you and me! But I will keep the pumpkin bandana in the car.
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"It's come around real fast," said Murphy. "I know how much effort all the teams have put in to get ready for the new season. It hasn't been much time and it's been a new challenge.
"We're really excited and it's going to be bigger, better and badder than it was last year. There's a couple of new names involved and everyone's keen to get out on to the track and get going again."
Scott McLaughlin, who recently signed with Garry Rogers Motorsport in the main game across the Ditch, is the defending champion.
Spare a thought though, for ex-NZV8 champion and early 2012 pacesetter John McIntyre who won the sprint component but had a massive crash during practice at the last round in Ruapuna.
"People probably think I'm crazy to say this, but the crash has been positive because it made me think about what I really want from my racing over the next few years," said McIntyre.
He and his team have been working hard during the 11 weeks since the crash. Not only has McIntyre been healing from his injuries - an anterior shoulder dislocation and rib damage - he's been rebuilding his severely damaged Falcon car.
"It took me two weeks to even be able to write. I'm not saying I want to crash again, but you do look for the positives in any situation and ending last season in this way helped me see we had overcomplicated the running of the team and the two cars.
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Andy Booth is also a former NZV8 champion and finished a close fourth behind McIntyre in the inaugural season.
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With fifth place finisher last year Jonny Reid not contesting the series in 2013, it's up to his old teammate at International Motorsport, Ant Pederson, to fly the flag. The 24-year equipped himself very well bringing his car home in sixth place overall.
Pedersen won the feature race at Hampton Downs last year.
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|Ocean Flyfishing for Salmon Perhaps the most under-rated fishery in the world
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|Moonlight:alot of rivers and creeks with hatcheries do Pinks here on the E.C.V.I.most of the hatcheries are made up of volunteers.Here's a perfect example;Nile Creek in Qualicum Bay was extinct of it's Pink run,basically one man turned the whole thing around.There is a run of Pinks every year that provide a great beach fisheryand people all over the world come to fish it.I bought a piece a property on the creek 20 years ago and there was at that time a few sea-run Cutties,Dollies,and Coho.On the east coast and north Island the big run of Pinks is the even years.On the off year,the systems with no hatcheries there is only but a handful of fish that return.
Coho Slow
Spent the last few weeks on Vancouver Island fishing the rivers and tubing off the east coast at various places from Comox to the Campbell. Stinky pinks were everywhere in the rivers and there were a few coho making an run. Chinook seemed to be in good number and last few days the chum started to make an appearance.
One of the main reasons for the trip was tales of coho caught in the sea. I blanked when tubing for coho, a few of my friends caught one or two nice coho over the two weeks, but everyone I spoke to was complaining about the lack of fish. Most suggesting that the water was still quite warm and hold the fish off shore.
Still it was a good trip with losts of fish caught.
|Hey Cannon, just curious about the "Pinks" being plentiful in the streams with "Hatcheries", is the DFo (sic) raising "Pinks" in Hatcheries on Van Isle?
|Flyfishing for salmon on Vancouver Island depends on the specie.So far this year the Pinks came back in fair numbers on the rivers with hatcheries.This is the off year for Pinks,the big run is in even years,opposite the big Frazer run.As far as I've heard the Spring numbers were down.Anglers did well at the Stamp River on the West coast of the Island.The Coho fishing on the East coast so far has been very slow,but we still have another few weeks yet.The fish up here are about 2-3 weeks late on all the runs.Supposedly there have been alot of Coho out off the banks on the west coast.The local river I fish for Chums just picked up this past week but the fish are being finnicky.This run is also 2-3 weeks late.Had a pretty August for Sea-run Cutties.The population I fish for is declining due to a couple of seals that have taken residence in the harbour were the Cutties spend most of thier time.Last winter was the worst year I had for fishing the Cutties in the harbour.I do have some theories on why.I joined this forum in the summer and I am too somewhat disappointed.
Chris -
Very sorry to hear about the end of your tenure as a true Neah Bay flyfishing guide. It's our loss really, thanks for holding the torch as long as you could.
Frightening to hear about the state of affairs out there, having spent many summers in absolutely ridiculous fishing conditions from Swiftsure to Greenbank and inland to Port Angeles in the 80's and 90's.
Heck Dalco and Pt Defiance were on fire most years in the lower sound too.
Please let's make it a point to 'get even' in 2006 by having a barn-burner ocean clave out there.
i can only comment up until august 9th, when my season came to a sputtering (damn Merc) stop.
before the first week of august, there was some bait and the fishing for coho was fair (not great for neah bay, but good by most other standards). we were seeing bait, but not the numbers of salmon one would expect considering the bait.
the first week of august was just plain shocking. that week started with a skunk and didn't really improve that much. we found some pinks and coho fishing areas i rarely ever fish (sw of tatoosh). the fish were scattered, except for the one day we found some pinks feeding very selectively on a large area of krill.
in late july, i did witness a brief glimpse of the past glory on swiftsure. in a thick fog we came upon a wonderful sight. large numbers of coho boiling on the surface, feasting on krill. i hadn't seen this since 2003 (2004 offered poor fishing on swiftsure, but the inside fishing more than made up for it), and not only was it a great sight, but the fishing was that frantic, red-hot fishing that neah bay is known for. unfortunetely, the fishing lasted only a short time (15-30 minutes) and the fish and krill were gone. i feel very fortunate that i was able to get one last glimpse of this feeding activity (especially now) even if only for a short time.
this summer was very odd. the salmon season started with warmer than average temperatures (56 degrees at swiftsure in july) and then things just switched, with 46 degree water southwest of tatoosh (where it is typically warmer than the strait). my last trip was a search for blue sharks, and we ran about 25 miles sw of tatoosh to the juan de fuca canyon, and the water temp barely made 56 degrees (normally it would be 58-60).
whatever happened in the ocean this summer is beyond my explantion. the big blue is an amazing thing and the only thing i know is when i think i have it figured out at all... 2005 happens.
of course, the tough fishing was okay, but dealing with the anti-sportfishing feel from the makah tribe was the most troubling aspect of 2005... although i imagine i have just been ignoring it for years. my passion for the fishing blinded me to what has happened to the sportfishing community that used to call neah bay home. the rampant increase in poaching this summer was another unfortunate byproduct of tribal businesses forcing long term tenants out of the marina. people with no stake don't really care about the fishery or imo the community.
hopefully 2005 was a slight blip in the radar and 2006 is another amazing year at neah bay.
i will miss the fishing,
Think there is little doubt that salmon returns throughout western Washington are down from expectations.
Looks like most Puget Sound chinook returns were 50 to70% of expectations. Pink returns with the exception of South Sound were below expectations - and who knows how many would have come back to the south Sound if conditions would have been better.
The Puget Sound resident coho to my eye looked to have been above average while the ocean fish have been well below expectations. Again pointing to a ocean problem. Started seeing maturing ocean coho in central Sound the first week of August with all signs indicating the run timing was more or less normal. The early returning ocean fish were smaller than those of the few years (3 to 7#) while some the later fish have been very niced sized and well conditioned (same for the later ocean chinook) indicating the at least part of the problem has pointed out by others was feeding conditions. Suspect that the coho returns will be more disappointing than the chinook.
Who knows about how the chums will be?
The lack of "shakers" (either coho or chinook) and coho Jacks is worrisome for next year.
Ah - the Mariners - they are as unfathonable as the salmon runs. Looks that will win about 10% more games than last year - a decent improvement - the same next season they will be a .500 club. Saxon has been all they could have hoped for. The injury to Dan Wilson was very costly and probably limited their chances to become a .500 club this year. With Felix the starting pitching may be adequate next season (assuming that Moyer can continue and Meche can achieve some consitency) though there looks to be major holes in the bull pen - Hopefully Nelson is gone and not sure which Guardado we'll see next year. However as with our fishing come spring we'll likely be optomistic that 2006 will be better than 2005.
Regarding the estuary fish - cutts and Dollies. The cuttrhoat fishing in North Sound has been pretty good with consistent catches some really nice sized fish. My catch rates have been about 2/3 of what they were a decade ago but suspect that has less to do with the numbers of the fish and more with the number of anglers who are sharing the fishing. It will be interesting to see what the folks from around the coast have to say about cutthroat abundances at the coastal cutthroat symposium at Port Townsend next week.
The bull trout/Dolly adult returns appear to be on parr with recent years (even up some with a strong year class of first time spawners) with continued numbers of exceptional sized fish. A little troublesome for the Skagit system appears to the decreased numbers of sub-adult Dollies - impacts from the 2003 floods?
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The inactivity of this board is definitely attributable to the poor salmon/coho fishing this season. All my usual haunts: Whidbey, Point No Point, Narrows, Lincoln, Meadow Point etc. have been at best, slow. Damned dreary and disappointing.
Thank god for the occassional steelhead.
As for humpies, my wife hooked 1 humpy on a clouser when we were fishing bottom fish off Tatoosh. One. A single humpy. 2 years ago the humpy action out there was crazy. Seriously. We'd leave piles of humpies to find silvers just because we could, and because we'd already hooked so many of those hard fighters. Piles of biting humpies. Great fun.
Chris Bellows, if he is still kicking around this site, is a much better source of info about the year out there compared to previous. He's fished it hard for a good while.
Sexson with his 3rd Grand Slam of the year. Usually when I say good things about one of the M's it is like a snake bite... just don't let him near 3rd base or the curse might infect him.
I suspect this one has to be attributed to anomalies in the ocean currents... its seems impossible that an entire year class could be this lost, about the only force of nature with that much wide-scale influence would be ocean currents leading the biomass astray? One can only hope.
BTW - I just tuned in just one minute ago, literally - just in time to watch Richie Sexon blast a first pitch, 9th inning grand slam to all but seal the deal for the M's in Toronto. Please Seattle, keep him in the grand plan for the team of the future, add some more ace pitching, hone the defense and we'll see what the rookies can do down the road.
Hey, what's the story at Neah Bay and the Swiftsure bank regarding salmonids other than Coho? Were the Pink, Chum and Chinook runs at normal levels, or were they as far off as the Coho? Is there any bait? Is the fishery poor just at Neah Bay or does the poor fishing extend to Vancouver Island (east and west) as well? How about Sequim environs?
Down here, the fish have been sporadically coming in to the Alsea. Run (Chinook) seems small and late. There is no bait to speak of, particularly when compared to last year, when the Bay was full of Northern Anchovies. The Silver (Coho) run has not started for the adults, but there are a few jacks around, visible mainly at low tide as they arc out into our Indian Summer air.
Sea Run Cutthroat are very hard to find, although I've heard reports that nearby creeks have had good numbers of fish entering.
One more question: does this sub Forum include estuary fishing for salmon, steelhead, and trout or does this topic belong in another forum? Seems odd to lump the estuary fishing for snook in with cutthroats.
Seems like a poor year all around though. I'm leaving for Kodiak Island next week and hope to find things better there, although weir counts have been dismal.
Petri heil,
As for 3rd base though, the curse lives on. Beltre is performing almost exactly on par with his career average if you exclude 2004 but he cost the M's ($11.4million this year) as much as a player who should always put up numbers like his anomolous 2004 season .
At least Cirillo is off the books. 2 more years and Spezio will be too. Woohoo!
|Whats the opinion on Sexon? Everytime I tune into the highlights he's swatting one out.
While it is now the time to give up on the Coho run, it is not the time to give up on Felix. In his short time up, he has pitched among the best several games of the M's season. His recovery the other day, when he got in early trouble, was pretty impressive. Tough day for him in Texas though. Hard to sneak a fastball past a team that has 7 jokers with 20+ long balls on the season.
In all fairness to the kid the ump made several really key mistakes on 3 strikes and Beltre while not making an error did not make a routine play on a ground ball both situations extended three and out of a jam that got the rally extended into scoring.
But Betnacourt is a jewel that will be great to watch for many years to come if Felix is to be King then Betnacourt must be the Prince.
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By Billy Goodnick
Didja miss me? Okay, did you at least notice I was gone?
It's been four months since I showed my face and green thumbs around these parts. I got Ed's
permission to take time off to finish writing my book (more on that in a second), and then, wouldn'tcha
know, my 95-year-old pop decided to bust a hip. But the book, "Yards: Turn Any Outdoor Space
Into the Garden of Your Dreams" (St. Lynn's Press, March 2013), is just about put to bed, my dad is
on the mend, the holidays have passed, the Mayan calendar prediction fizzled and it looks like the
statute of limitations on Y2K has expired.
So it seems like a good time to jump back in at Edhat and do my darnest to keep you informed and
entertained about the good, the bad and the f'ugly horticultural happenings here in paradise.
During my hiatus I was saddened, along with every Edhat reader, to hear about the passing of our
founder, Peter Sklar. Peter and I didn't get to spend much social time together. But I'm deeply in his
debt for having the faith in me to launch what has become a surprisingly robust writing career. Peter
gave me the freedom to teach, entertain, fume and bluster about whatever entered my pretty little,
behatted head, with nary so much as a red line of censorship. For that, I will be eternally grateful.
It's here at Edhat that I started my yearly Santa Barbara Not-So-Beautiful Awards, which has since
morphed into Crimes Against Horticulture: When Bad Taste Meets Power Tools (CAH). I thought it would
make a great book. Kinda like Michael Pollan meets Pee-wee Herman on 'shrooms.
I wrote a book proposal and shopped it to a bunch of publishers who politely told me, "We love your
writing, but wouldn't touch your book idea with plastic willow branch." However, one publisher, Paul
Kelly at St. Lynn's Press, kept the conversation going, we expanded the concept into a "real" design
book and he signed me up. So come March, I'll have a full-color, 160-page hardcover book with my
name on it. I'll be traveling around the country giving design talks, doing book signings and handing
out rolls of my CAH crimes scene tape to audiences. (If you want to keep track of my events, some in
the SB area, check my GreatGardenSpeakers.com site).
I must apologize for a few grainy pics in the following collection, resorting to using my iPhone camera
for a number of them. But it did give me a chance to "snark up" the photos using Meme Design, a cool
app that overlays block text on photos in about 30 seconds. So, with no further ado…
I've long wondered where all of these misshapen spheres of shrubbery come from. I know it's not the
Oort Cloud. One theory posits that normal plants are installed by well-meaning garden owners, only to
fall prey to aesthetically challenged plant janitors who have their way with them. Turns out they just
seem to pop out of the soil along San Antonio Creek Road.
Cruising the quiet, tucked-away Hidden Valley neighborhood I was surprised to find a landscape
inspired by the Old Testament. What a surprise to see an enterprising gardener reimagining and
recoloring the parting of the Red Sea - Cecil B. DeMille, watch your back. Either that, or the tectonic
plates are acting up again.
Even Biff the Wonder Spaniel scratched his head as we strolled past the medical building across from
Cottage Hospital. I was willing to give someone the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps these Hollywood
junipers were slated for removal when the chain saw jammed. Surely someone would return the next
day to end the humiliation. No such luck. There they remain. I'm all for wishful thinking, but what on
Earth did they think they'd end up looking like even if these plants did recover?
Two blocks from Cottage is this landscape "renovation." On the plus side, the owners sincerely
attempted to make improvements to what's likely a tired 30-year old landscape. And it's clear they were
on a budget; who isn't these days? But rather than admit that a bunch of ancient ground cover junipers
had seen better days and send them to that big mulch pile in the sky, someone decided to give them a
second chance. Problem is, the likelihood of these bushes generating new buds from the old stems is
the same as me sprouting wings and flying past this hot mess. Wait…there's more!
Holy Birds in Bondage, Batman! Same project. I'm guessing someone had a bunch of old bird of paradise
(Strelitzia reginae) growing in another yard and moved them here. Although it's a
common practice to bundle the top growth of a real palm tree to protect the tip growth while it gets
adjusted to a new home, there's no logical reason to use that technique on birds. Better to cut the entire
plant to ground level. Then, once the roots are settled in, new, clean, healthy sprouts will emerge. But
months after transplanting, they're still tied up and flaccid.
What can I say? Maybe in the context of a topiary garden filled with abstract forms, this upside-down magic mushroom
might earn a C-minus. Here's a swell idea: Hook it up to a chocolate
syrup pump and make one of those fountains for dipping strawberries!
Back in March 2012, I used this space to bitch about members of a particular plant genus, in Dear Ficus: Go Fig Yourself, of particular note
was my warning about how creeping fig (Ficus repens) can swallow a building in the time it
takes to say "Clytostoma callistegioides." Here's proof - a gardener climbing onto the roof
behind the downtown Peet's Coffee, shearing the top few feet. Meanwhile, two of his compatriots were
mounting an assault from ladders that couldn't reach the ramparts. Waste of manpower, I say. Get the
guy up top a bungee cord.
Think about this… Someone made a conscious decision to plant this stuff. I wonder if they informed the
owner of the life-long commitment needed to tame this green monster.
Imagine living across the street from this bottlebrush tree (Callistemon species) and trying to
keep your breakfast down. My guess is someone took a single, expedient cut at the top and all these
new sprouts appeared. Not only is it comically Seussian, but if the new branches are allowed to fill out
(not likely after looking at what these control freaks do to the rest of the garden) they'll be weak and in
danger of falling on parked cars and hapless cyclists.
I'm disturbed, but relieved to report that as of this week, these poor decapitated yew pines
(Podocarpus gracilior) that were butchered by the Elephant Bar's hired guns, have been put out
of their misery. Cut to the ground, hopefully to be replaced with something lovely. They've been
standing in this condition for months. Somebody must have thought it was okay to do this. It's not.
Here's one I can't do a damn thing about. You know how the Vatican is a separate state surrounded by
the city of Rome? Well, Earl Warren Showgrounds is state of California property in the middle of Santa
Barbara. My fair city has worked hard to earn its "Tree City USA" designation for high standards and
exemplary care of our urban forest. And yet the jokers who run Earl Warren get away with this crap (yes,
that's a light attached to the eucalyptus branch) and there's not a f*%@ing thing anyone can do, unless
you want to fly up to Sacramento and try to find the right office. Burns me UP! While we're at it, how
about that tasteless multi-color LED billboard that makes me wince every time I drive by? Where do they
think they are? (Insert name of perceived backwater burg…I'm not going there. No way I'd suggest
Bakersfield or Modesto or Hemet or…).
It's not often you witness a the birth of a conspiracy to commit a crime against horticulture. What you're
looking it is a ticking time bomb that was just installed last week. I'll give it until fall to become a bona
fide CAH. By then each of these lantana will start mounting their neighbors, like hyenas in heat. Why?
Each lantana is a variety that's capable of achieving a spread of four to five feet. There are three rows in
a five-foot parkway, some planted within six inches of the sidewalk. You do the math.
So by September, at the latest, the gardener will start shearing the tips that protrude into the sidewalk
and over the curb, while the remaining growth with rise, tangle and mix it up like Medusa's 'do. If you
want to observe this slow-mo train wreck, cruise up Chapala and keep your eyes peeled to the right as
you reach West Arrellaga.
Got time for two more?
Not only did someone shape this plant into a meatball, they had the nerve to cover it in corduroy!
Flagrantly flaunting their flailing, flaming hedge trimmers, a crew of commercial gardeners in Camarillo
regularly take it upon themselves to create what might be the largest collection of phalluses, lollipops
and meatballs I've yet to see. An office park just off Flynn Road is where you'll find this gallery of glop.
Multiply this vignette times 50 and you'll comprehend the magnitude of this injustice - the parking lot is
over an acre. Then try to figure out the monthly pruning bill and disposal fees.
:: :: :: :: :: ::
That's it for my comeback. Thanks for indulging me while I purged this stuff from my system. In the
following months I promise I'll write about some worthy projects around town, wonderful plant peeps,
and useful gardening ideas. Now, I need a beer and a big hit of ether to calm myself.
To learn more
about Billy's upcoming book, find out where he'll be speaking or to receive his
quarterly Billy's Buzz newsletter, chock full of cool plants, design ideas, Crimes Against Horticulture,
educational opportunities and general silliness, visit www.billygoodnick.com
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You had me laughing! Thanks Billy. How do gardeners know when to apply the "square" or "round" school of shrubbery butchery?
Laughed till I cried.....welcome back Billy!!!
Watch it, I'm originally from Hemet but escaped on the back of a flatbead Ford hauling trees to Santa Barbara!
Welcome back Billy! Missed you and loved the column.
Yes, I did miss you!
Great stuff! Good insight and very funny delivery.I learned a few years ago the two most important words in Spanish a homeowner can know:NO PELOTAS. They've served me well.
Wouldn'tcha know it? I walked past the apartments with the bird o' paradise in bondage and they've been freed. I guess the plants remembered their "safe word." Too late to retract but I wanted to set the record straight. (However, the junipers still look like grilled squid.)
Hysterical. I laughed out loud. So glad you are back, Billy. How great you are riling against meatballs and lollipops. (Phalluses, well, nevermind) I too look at such plants and cringe or worse. Keep on keepin' on.
Those topiary terrorists are just trying out for jobs at Disneyland. I kind of remember seeing astonishing shapes on the shrubs near the "It's a Small World" boat ride. [Ha, ha, ha. Now you'll have that hideous song stuck in your head too!]
Welcome back - are you leaving your business card at each of these disasters?
Glad you're back, Billy; I definately missed you. Wonderful re-entry column!
Can't believe you missed this one: take a stroll past Assistance League, head over toward Hillside House. Behold the Giant Cupcake!
Hi Billy, welcome back. Good thing the nanny didn't see your rant. Good luck with the book.
Good to see you back, Billy G. I wondered if you had been pruned in an untimely fashion while my electronic back was momentarily turned. Imagine my relief to see CAH back at the old stand. My best to your Dad as well.
I look forward to your book.
I love your humor, and I really liked "his and hers toilet cleaners" from the other day, keep up the good work!
good to have you back, Billie
Yay, the garden crimes avenger is back on the scene! Welcome, Sir and what a relief to have you back. Thought I was the only one in town who hated the "gumball-style" topiary trimmings so prevalent in the landscape of SB. Cheers!
Hey, glad to readya, Billy and good news about your Pop! Are you going to have a book signing at Botanic Garden?
Billy, The bit about the Bird o' bondage assumes that it was consensual. It is hard to imagine the "topiary terrorists" (as Becky calls them :) being so conscientious.
Welcome back, Billy. Was just thinking a week ago how much your writing lent to Edhat's online personality!
Blame the local territory Stihl rep. He is bent on becoming the largest grossing territory in the company. They've got 7 new Ace stores in SLO CO, each with 40' of fixture featuring gas everything--hedge pruners on poles, chainsaws, regualr hedge pruners, whackers, blowers, you name it. SLOCO has claimed the Hockey Puck Design as it's own, everywhere from hotels to restaurants and government buildings, scalped and sculpted by all the local plant janitors. Dizz-gustin development. Makes me want to barf.
To everyone who got a chuckle out of this return blog, that's what I had in mind. Glad it hit the funny bone. For those who cried, it's dangerous to read while slicing onions.
S.B. Ron: The decision is automated by use of the new Gardener's Random Form Generator app for iPhones.
Person from Hemet; nice to see you pulled off the great escape.
"No Pelotas"? Thought it would translate to "No Albondigas"
Becky: Not sure I would include Disneyland along with topiary terrorists. Some of my best examples of brilliant landscape design came from that place. There's nothing they do that doesn't have a design reason; even the wrappers on their drinking straws. But, yes, "It's a Small World Afterall" has been bouncing around in my noggin. Thanks for that.
No, I'm not leaving my business card. I'm putting door knob hangers for my uncle's psychological counseling practice.
Will be looking for the Assistance League at Hillside House…I like cupcakes, except for the chlorophyll-flavored ones.
Louray and Archie: Thanks for the good wishes for my pop. Just planted some new pansies in his yard yesterday to brighten his walkway. (Discounted my regular hourly rate; what a great kid I am!)
SB Jules: Spell check. "Billie transforms me into a beehive-wearing blond woman from Texas.
Archie: Lots of book signings and talks around SB: Porch 4/6/13; SB Botanic Garden 4/7/13; also finding dates for Terra Sol, Chaucer's, and Seaside Gardens – they'll all be posted at my website – billygoodnick.com
Seedlady: I don't know what we can do about free enterprise taking advantage of the ignorance and aesthetically handicapped other than keep trying to raise the bar and reduce demand for this crap. But keep fighting the good fight.
Billy might, as he says, know a lot about plants and garden stuff; but, as far as I'm concerned, he seems to take too much great joy in finding fault with other people's lack of plant knowledge (including making funof such people) to be calling himself a nice guy. Just saying.
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Carrie, I love the kitty flannel and I'm sure my DDIL will too. And my kitty, she claimed the box as soon as it was empty :D
Bev, I'm sure I can make lots of nice things with your jungle flannel! I keep going back to the pile and keep patting it :D I'm so happy with what you all sent, it's beautiful. Don't worry about scented soap or Best Press, my DDIL has to wash everything again before she takes it with her to the NICU.
I asked my DDIL what she wants to do with the smocks once Bram and Isa outgrow them. She doesn't know yet. I told her she could donate them to the NICU. I could make a quilt with them too. It's up to her.
I already cut out two smocks from the purple flannel with butterflies :D One tiny one and one a bit larger.


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Released Yet Another MPEG Daemon today. Justin and Paul have been helping me with it and I expect (he he he) them to be contributors for the code soon.
Open Source Package Management
I found updating open source packages to take a lot of time even when understanding the process.
- cvs update
- Hack, test, hack, test
- cvs commit files with comments.
- Increase version/release number
- Build tar ball
- Build any number of binary packages.
- Update home page for product (ie: upload files and edit html)
- Upload files to source forge
- Use sourceforge interface to release tar ball and debian package (in the case of yamd that was a server, library and client, totalling six files).
- Enter new annoyncement in freshmeat with download locations and indexes(create appindex if necessary)
- Update my diary here.
And I am sure I have missed some steps. Things like making sure that the tar ball has had all temporary and CVS files removed.
I am wondering if there is a way to imporve this process. It is many ftp and web pages to fill in and only after all the builds.
In my rescent experiences these have been any architecture packages too, but if they where compiled then I may have to build a number of them.
I know there is build boxes for the packages etc. But I wonder also if there is programs that can do the rest of the manual releases. Well I will have a look around.
The great news about work is that Dan is back. Hopefully this means that my life will return to normal. It does however mean that both ours (and others) roles are going to hvae to change, and moulding those new roles is going to be interesting.


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Unleashed Tyranus - Clarkson Toys 'R Us
Unleashed Tyranus - Clarkson Toys 'R Us
Chesterfield Toys R' Us Chesterfield - Anniversary R2-D2
They're probably everywhere by now.
Very cool finds today, and a surprise to boot. Although I did not buy one.
Electronic lightsabers in green, purple, and ORANGE?
Wal-mart - Manchester: huge new display near electronics, plus the normal toy section crammed full of product.
scored two Ephant Mon's!!!! (the only two I saw)
Wal-mart - Boone's Crossing:
maybe a dozen figures on the pegs, and it's a large area for Star Wars toys!!!
Quite a difference between the stores
Trash Compactor Set 1 - Luke and Han - Chesterfield Valley WM
Still not a single 3 3/4" figure though.
Yesterday, Wal-Mart on Manchester has two unopened cases of Holiday set, but no room for anything new, so nothing on the shelves yet. Maybe tomorrow.
Where on Manchester? Do you get out to South County (ie Lindbergh or the ones by Crestwood Plaza)?
Walmart - Manchester today:
12" Zuckuss, Dengar, and Imperial Officer - NICE!
still have yet to see the holiday sets on the shelves; five business days after seeing the unopened cases.
approx. 1/2 mile east of Hwy 141, or 3/4 miles west of Hwy 270 on Manchester. North side of the road with Home Depot, Petsmart, Boston Market, etc..
I was there on Monday, and there were 2 open cases on the floor. They were more TA Anakin, Maul, Dooku, and Yoda. I could not believe it. Not a Holiday set in sight.
Kb toys in chesterfield mall has:
Destroyer droid,
Counsil Yoda,
Ephant Mon,
Playskool Reek,
And all the other recent releases.
They also have the 4 pack-o-pegwarmers for $10.
It's time to send my scout out there....she's not far from there. Just gotta finish the set before the holidays. That would be nice.


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The 2013 Australian Diabetes Society and Australian Diabetes Educators Association Annual Scientific Meeting will be held in Sydney, Australia on 28-30 August 2013.
This year's exciting and innovative program will bring together national and international experts to promote the exchange of the latest clinical practices and cutting edge research in diabetes. With state-of-the-Art lectures, free communication sessions and clinical and scientific educational symposia, you will not be disappointed.
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From the Archive: Dimebag Darrell Discusses Pantera's 1996 Album, 'The Great Southern Trendkill'
Here's an interview with Pantera's Dimebag Darrell from the June 1996 issue of Guitar World. To see the Dimebag cover, and all the GW covers from 1996, click here.
A man's home may be his castle, but for Pantera's Dimebag Darrell, it's also a fully stocked rock and roll playground.
Part crash pad, part recording studio, part wet bar, Sir Dime's palace is littered with Gold and Platinum records and a hard liquor collection that would make a Hooter's bartender blush. A large Seagram's 7 display plaque hangs behind the television, a Coors Light keg sits in the living room, and Washburn Dimebag signature series guitars lurk, ready for action, in every room. There's even a cheap nylon-string acoustic in the bathroom.
"Yeah, nothing feels better than knowing that I can put a guitar in my hands at any time and rip -- even when I'm taking a crap!" laughs the purple-goateed cowboy from hell. "I guess you could just call me a shithouse poet!"
Located in a sedate Arlington, Texas, suburb, Darrell 's home on the range is clearly a source of pride. And despite the dorm-room atmosphere, the house represents the twentysomething Dimebag's first tentative step into (gasp!) adulthood.
"I've always wanted a place to jam," he says. "So, when we had some time off after our last tour, I'd decided that I'd do myself right for a change. Instead of-spending all my money on beer and tattoos, I thought I'd buy something that's worth a shit for once."
Decked out in an Ace Frehley t-shirt and baggy shorts, Dime leads me to a converted RV garage that stands in his backyard. Everything but the vocals on Pantera's new album The Great Southern Trendkill (East/West), was recorded here. (Vocalist Phil Anselmo tracked his parts in Trent Reznor's New Orleans studio.)
"It started off as a jam room," explains the guitarist as we stroll across the brown, unmanicured lawn towards the makeshift recording complex. "But then we decided to do our demos here, so we brought in some gear -- three Tascam DA-88's and a little Mackie board. The demos were so tough and lethal sounding that we were like, 'Man! That's almost it, right there.' Then we got hold of an MCI5OO console -- the board we've used to record all our albums -- and we were set. It's a full studio!
"At the time, we were looking at having to record in Dallas, which is 45 minutes from my place. And I've gotta tell you bro, I wasn't into that idea at all. Y'know, you wake up, you get your dick hard, you jump in your hot rod. But, by the time everybody's made it to the studio, somebody's hungry so you go out and get a bite to eat. That leaves you all tubbed up and unmotivated. So you sit around and watch the big screen TV, play pool and drink beer. I didn't want that to happen so we just did it here."
As expected, Dime's studio has a dark, homey, practice-room vibe. The tiny control room is packed with state-of-the-art gear. But, ominously, in the middle of the floor there is an eerie chalk outline of a body. Was this the scene of a grisly murder? Did a recording engineer cross the line?
"Naw, that's just where I collapsed one night after a heavy session," Darrell laughs. "I'll sleep anywhere!"
After pointing out some of his favorite toys in the humongous pile of beat-up effects pedals he "dicked around" with while making the album, we walk back to the house and settle down in the game room. Darrell sticks a rough-mix tape of Pantera 's eagerly anticipated fourth album into his stereo system. "I'm sorry that I don't have any final mixes yet," he grimaces as he hits 'play' and cranks the volume. "I only finished recording the last of my lead shit yesterday."
As the music kicks in, Darrell pours each of us the first of many Black Tooth Grins we will imbibe during our talk. It is Pantera's official drink of choice, consisting of a healthy shot of Seagram's 7 and a tiny splash of Coke.
"Our fans know that we ain't gonna let them down and we haven't," he bellows over the music. After 11 tunes and as many shots later, all I can do is stagger and agree. Yes sir, once again, Pantera has delivered the goods.
GUITAR WORLD: Describe Pantera today and how you feel the band has evolved since the release of Cowboys From Hell seven years ago.
Right off the bat I'd say that all of us are more in tune with ourselves and each other than ever before. We've been evolving as Pantera the band -- we're not just another one of those groups where one or two guys are in the spotlight. We're a fuckin' band in the truest sense of the word. It takes all of us. We all go over each other's parts together and make sure that we think it's the shit. We give each other a flame -- we rile each other up.
How would you describe The Great Southern Trendkill compared to your previous three major-label releases, Cowboys From Hell, Vulgar Display of Power and Far Beyond Driven?
It's almost like a "best of," man. Some of the riffs on it date back to our Cowboys From Hell and Vulgar Display of Power periods. Hell, a couple of ideas even go back to before we got signed. For example, when we were still playing small clubs, I used to play a 20-minute solo that consisted of everything from Eddie 's "Eruption" to Randy's "(Revelation) Mother Earth" -- plus whatever else I felt like throwing in. A regular part of my solo featured a long-assed, "sing-along" type lead section, which has ended up in a new song called "Floods."


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The Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Act of 1992, also called Title X, required the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to develop regulations for disclosing lead-based paint hazards in homes built before 1978 that are offered for sale or lease. On March 6, 1996, these new regulations went into effect. They are known as 24 CFR Part 35 and 40 CFR Part 745, "Lead; Requirements for Disclosure of Known Lead-Based Paint and/or Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housing; Final Rule". The law put in place by these regulations went into effect on September 6, 1996 , for owners of buildings with more than four units, and December 6, 1996, for owners of buildings with four or fewer units (including single family homes).
Under this law, before finalizing a contract for the sale or lease of housing built before 1978:
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The disclosure statement serves to legally document that a seller or landlord met the requirements of the Federal real estate disclosure rule. By completing and signing this statement...
No. The law does not require an owner to conduct or pay for an inspection. A seller must, however, give buyers 10 days to inspect the property for lead. Nothing in the rule requires an owner to remove lead-based paint or lead hazards from the property.
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neusteps is about to launch a new product. And we are just thinking whether we want to take the open source path or not.
what does it means to us in terms of revenue?
neusteps is about to launch a new product. And we are just thinking whether we want to take the open source path or not.
what does it means to us in terms of revenue?
Back after a long time.
Just yesterday, I was thinking...
Given the acceptance of web based (web centric) applications, how is the use of traditional windows GUI apps faring?
Are all apps going to be deployed via the web browser in the future? Isn't there some kind of limitiation that the browser imposed when compared to native widgets?
I continue to dwell on this question as I start digging out the pro and cons of each approach. More on this later.
after working throughout the night till 6am, I find my little girl sleeping on my bed with my wife. sigh....
guess, I have to squeeze in a bit and cuddle her. my back's gonna suffer a bit though.
I am doing part-time studies for my degree... and this semester I'm taking Computer Graphics with OpenGL. I'm swamped at work and of course spending time with my little girl. Now I need to deal with this OpenGL assignment. Maybe some guru around here can give me some pointers.
If so, please offer your assistance to slok00 At yahoo Dot com
sigh... its best to complete your studies before you start work assuming that money is not an issue.
For a long time, I have track a little nifty language called REBOL ( http://www.rebol.com ).
REBOL is not backed by the giants, rather it is developed and conceived by Carl Sassenrath, the system architect responsible for the world's first multitasking multimedia operating system, the Commodore Amiga OS.
What appeals me is the ease and elegance that REBOL allows one to developed applications that is small and yet portable. An application or reblet (as the community called it) can be deployed on over 40 platforms. REBOL bring with it the ability to overcome the short fall of web based (HTML) applications and is in fact a step closer than Java to WORA (write once run anywhere).
Unfortunately (or fortunately), REBOL is not free. It is proprietary and it has a small developer base.
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New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
Keep up with the latest Advogato features by reading the Advogato status blog.
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What's Next for HIV Treatment as Prevention? (Video)
August 26, 2013
"All the years we've been talking about moving [treatment as prevention] forward, I feel that from a normative perspective, we are there. The next step is we need to recruit all of those young, committed, budding investigators to work with us to do the very difficult work of the implementation science," says Julio Montaner, M.D., Clinical Director of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.
In this interview, Montaner, one of the leading HIV researchers and activists in the world, sits down with Fred Schaich of the International Foundation for Alternative Research in AIDS (IFARA) to discuss the implementation of treatment as prevention. They also talk about the need for researchers to be activists, as well as the need for young investigators to step up and push the HIV research field forward.
Warren Tong is the research editor for TheBody.com and TheBodyPRO.com.
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LAS VEGAS – Sports Car Club of America Chairman Lisa Noble and the Club's leadership addressed those in attendance Thursday on the SCCA Convention's opening day at the South Point Hotel and Casino.
The annual meeting and town hall reviewed 2012 and gave a preview of the expected future growth.
In her opening address, Noble spoke on behalf of the 12-person elected Board of Directors, issuing a reminder to those in attendance.
"This is a new day in SCCA. It starts with us, it starts with you," Noble said. "We are the best amateur motorsports organization in the country – it's time we act like it."
Noble handed off to SCCA President and CEO Jeff ahnert, for the overall state of the SCCA address. Dahnert spoke on the Club's current financial stability, citing an increase in membership in 2012 and an influx of new programs in the Club Racing and Solo departments.
Dahnert announced the renewal of Tire Rack, an 18-year official partner of the SCCA, to a deal that will continue through 2017.
Heads of SCCA's three active subsidiaries – SCCA Pro Racing, SCCA Enterprises, and the SCCA Foundation – also addressed the gathering.
Tom Campbell, SCCA Pro Racing President and CEO, spoke of the current state of the company.
"Professional road racing is a challenging business, but an important one to SCCA's heritage and to many of our members," Campbell said.
Campbell reported that SCCA Pro Racing-sanctioned events took place on 38 weekends, featuring 350 pro licensed drivers totaling more than 1900 race entries for the year.
Enterprises President Erik Skirmants acknowledged a down year for the Spec Racer Ford and Formula Enterprises presenters, but excitedly announced the plans for the Gen3 Spec Racer Ford to come in 2015.
The updated Spec Racer Ford is expected to produce 25% more horsepower, and, with additional improvements, may cut three to five seconds per lap off the existing class. The new car will be unveiled at next weekend's BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour at Circuit of the Americas, with a total of 13 cars running throughout the country this summer for research and development.
The meeting ended with a report from Bev Heilicher, of the SCCA Foundation Board. In the report, the Foundation revealed their latest fundraiser – a raffle to support the foundation.
For a $20 ticket, someone will win their choice of a Mazda MX-5, a MAZDASPEED3 or $18,000 in cash. The winner will be drawn during the 58th WeatherTech Chicago Region June Sprints on June 15, 2013. All tickets may be purchased online at www.sccaraffle.org.
Chairman Noble celebrated the announcement by purchasing the raffle's first ticket.
The SCCA Convention continues at the South Point Hotel and Casino through Saturday Night's SCCA Hall of Fame induction of the 2013 class, presented by Mazda, that features Skip Barber, Bobby Rahal, Carroll Shelby, Bill Noble and Andy Porterfield.


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Established in 1965, HAWS assists over 6,000 animals and welcomes more than 31,000 human visitors annually. As an "open admissions" shelter we lead the community in animal welfare and assure sanctuary for all animals in need, regardless of age, health or temperament. HAWS is a non-profit, entirely donor-fund organization with an active humane education program, and both wildlife and companion animal rescue services for Waukesha County.
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Strutting our Stuff at HAWS
HAWS proudly announces a brand new event, with all proceeds to benefit animal care and the programs and services of the Waukesha pet resource center.
On Friday, October 14, 2011 from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m., HAWS Fashion for Paws guests will flock like paparazzi to Silver Spring Golf and Banquet Center, N56 W21318 Silver Spring Dr. Cocktails, wine and appetizers will be served while attendees take in a revolutionary runway fashion show featuring clothing from local shoppes Boutique B'Lou, Faye's, Georgie Consignment and Next Door.
Each year, hundreds of area residents attend HAWS' fall fundraiser to support the shelter and have fun...and this year also for fresh fall fashion!
Admission is $75 per person; advance tickets can be purchased at the HAWS shelter, online at www.hawspets.org and at the event itself. Sponsorships and reserved tables are available by contacting HAWS at 262-542-8851, x112.
Along with the runway show the event will include silent and voice auctions and a meet'n'greet with HAWS adoptable pets.
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RIC Confers 1,374 Baccalaureate Degrees at Undergraduate Commencement
Rhode Island storyteller Valerie Tutson.
Extolling the benefits of a Rhode Island College education, Class of 2014 President Kevin Martin took his school pride to the stage at the college's undergraduate commencement last weekend.
Martin, who plans to study law at Marquette University in the fall, said he is confident that RIC has more than prepared his fellow graduates for their future.
"We aren't afraid to enter the real world, because we are already in it," he said, adding that RIC graduates have what it takes to navigate around obstacles and persevere in their dreams. "Employers will hire RIC graduates because we will show up and work hard."
Martin was one of 1,374 students to receive undergraduate degrees at RIC's 2014 baccalaureate commencement ceremony.
More than 8,000 people attended the ceremonies, including U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Congressman James R. Langevin and U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline.
Also in attendance were R.I. Attorney General Peter Kilmartin, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, North Providence Mayor Charles A. Lombardi and R.I. Board of Education Chair Eva-Marie Mancuso.
Due to reports of inclement weather, Rhode Island's dignitaries did not speak at the ceremony, but many offered their congratulations to the Class of 2014 on social media channels. Congressman and RIC alumnus Langevin (@jimlangevin) tweeted:
"As a @RICNews alum, I hope all today's graduates leave here with the confidence to dream big and turn those dreams into reality."
Commencement speaker and R.I. storyteller Valerie Tutson told graduates to follow their dreams and to live a life of their own crafting.
Tutson, director of FUNDA FEST: A Celebration of Black Storytelling and a founding member of Rhode Island Black Storytellers, relayed a story originating with American folklorist Zora Neale Hurston and advising the audience to "jump at the sun" to overcome obstacles.
RIC President Nancy Carriuolo conferred an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree on Tutson. The president also conferred an Honorary Doctor of Pedagogy degree on Irene Kenny, RIC Class of 1935, and an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration degree on John Hazen White Jr., CEO and president of Taco, Inc.
A 100-year-old Narragansett resident, Kenny attended RIC when its name was Rhode Island College of Education and when no tuition fees were charged. Kenny helped found the R.I.C.E. student rifle club in the early 1930s. A graduate of Hope High School, Kenny taught elementary school for 40 years in Rhode Island. Her daughter and several grandchildren also became teachers.
President Nancy Carriuolo praised White Jr. for his contributions to Rhode Island as an industry leader and an ardent supporter of workforce development. In 2012, White expanded his company's employee and client education program by building a state-of-the-art Innovation and Development Center.
During commencement, RIC honored the 50th anniversary of the Class of 1964. As is tradition, the Golden Anniversary Class made a gift to Rhode Island College. Their $102,492 gift includes a $75,000 gift to the Alex and Ani Hall that will be matched by $75,000 from the Carter Foundation.
Before the conclusion of the day's ceremonies, Class of 2014 members Tyler Indyck and Sarah Pothier serenaded the audience with a rendition of The Beatles' "In My Life." Pothier and Indyck were the winners of the Richard Maltby Jr. Award for Musical Theater Excellence from the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) Region I competition – Pothier in 2013 and Indyck in 2014.
RIC graduated 574 students with honors: 74 summa cum laude, 168 magna cum laude and 332 cum laude.


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Malinda Bridges '12 Awarded $10,000 Scholarship for Law School
From left, Robert Brooks, Malinda Bridges and Nancy Carriuolo.
Malinda Bridges '12, who was described as the type of daughter, college alumnus and student intern "everyone would love to have," on Thursday (Jan. 3) was formally awarded a $10,000 scholarship and summer internship from a Providence-based law firm.
Bridges, 22, a native of Coventry who's currently attending the University of Virginia School of Law, was chosen from among more than 20 applicants to receive the Adler, Pollock and Sheehan Diversity Scholarship.
Robert Brooks '82, managing partner of the law firm, said Bridges stood out from the other applicants in large part because of her poise and her commitment to giving back to the community.
The firm's Diversity Committee also noted that Bridges was "incredibly interesting, articulate and well-grounded," and that she would have "an extremely positive and profound impact" on the law firm and the profession.
RIC President Nancy Carriuolo, a guest speaker at the award ceremony, said Bridges graduated summa cum laude with a 4.0 grade point average last spring, while also being "actively involved in the community."
Among other things, Bridges co-founded Live, Inspire, Fight, Educate (L.I.F.E.), an organization that is focused on diversity and committed to helping create a culture that addresses global concerns "in a positive, holistic and transforming way."
The awards program noted that Bridges had earned "a plethora of awards for her participation and leadership in many activities at Rhode Island College and in the community." Chief among them was the Mary Ann Hawkes Award in Justice Studies because of her "academic excellence and service," including being the only student in the Justice Studies program to complete an honors thesis while there.
Bridges, who was joined at the ceremony by her parents, Tracy and Carrie Bridges, as well as her grandparents and her fraternal triplet, Natalie, said she was grateful for the scholarship because she considers law school an investment in her future.
She said she didn't enter college with the intent of becoming a lawyer but rather became interested in the field after taking several criminal justice courses. She also became involved in the National Black Law Students Association Pre-Law Division, which she said "made her feel inspired."
Her advice to other Rhode Island College students is to get involved in similar networks, and to not be afraid of seeking advice, especially from mentors. Her mentor, Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur, RIC assistant professor of sociology, was among those at the ceremony. She said she was grateful to have Arthur available, "as someone I could talk to." She recommended that other students also seek out "a good mentor" to shepherd them through college and into a career.
Bridges is the first Rhode Island College student to have been awarded the Adler, Pollock and Sheehan Diversity Scholarship, according to Toni Bianco '92, the firm's marketing manager. She said the scholarship was in effect as of September 2012, but the awards ceremony was postponed until last night because Bridges attended an out-of-state law school.
"She's just an all-around wonderful young lady," Carriuolo said, adding that Bridges "has a great many friends and supporters here in Rhode Island."


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