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• Frank Jasnaw, aged 24 years, is dead today through what would seem to be utter carelessness on his part. Mr. Jasnaw had been in the city Saturday and on returning to his home at Barker Creek while engaged in conversation with friends on the train, he failed to hear his station called out. The train had started when he jumped from the rear of one of the cars and as he swung out over the steps he slipped and in some manner was drawn under the cars. Before the train could be stopped his body was between the rails with both arms and legs broken. The upper part of his body was crushed while the head was wounded to some extent. It is remarkable that he lived until Sunday morning.
• Dr. Clyde Bunce, a resident of Williamsburg, met with a painful accident this afternoon when he sustained a bad fracture of the large bone in his right wrist. Dr. Bunce was just returning from dinner and slipped on some ice causing him to fall. It will be some time before he will be back in his office.
• In some unaccountable manner, several of the prize winners at the recent corn show were omitted from the list published at the time. F. J. Stover, who was one of the committee in charge of the show has taken a list from the books which gives all the winners. John Goodman, L. F. Titus, F. Rudert, L. E. Parmeter, J. E. Stover were all first premium winners in the lots which exhibited their corn varieties. Second premium winners were J. E. Stover, R. M. Linsly, William Youker and E. J. Miller
• What might have been a serious conflagration were it not for having received immediate attention, was the igniting of wool felt packing on a steam pipe in the basement of Frank Kubeck's clothing store Friday evening. The blaze was discovered by Ed Lautner who called out the chemical apparatus and after a few minutes, the fire was subdued. Fortunately the fire caught in the early evening for if it had started at night, it might have resulted in considerable damage.
• The M. & N. E. train that leaves this city for Manistee at 9:35 in the morning has been equipped with passenger coaches so that may compete with those used on roads between large cities. The other Manistee train will have similar equipment in the course of a few weeks.
• With the thermometer hovering between zero and many degrees below, and as an afterthought of the coldest night known in the region in years, comes word over the telephone to this office that a beautiful butterfly might be seen flitting about the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pulver, 411 Cedar Street today. The butterfly measures six inches from wing to wing and was hatched from a cocoon discovered by Mr. Pulver while trimming trees a few days ago.
• The mile of state reward road on the Black highway in East Bay will be completed soon. The gravel is of superior quality and was hauled from the Miller gravel pit. The contractor, Octave Domine, had some difficulty in getting the gravel loose so as it could be loaded on sleighs and had to use a quantity of dynamite for blasting the sand loose.
• The home of George Newman in Greilickville was the scene of enjoyment last Thursday evening when sixteen of his friends came in to remind him that it was his 58th birthday. All had a very good time, the evening being spent in visiting, phonograph music and playing cards.
• Our correspondent at Elk Lake reports that Mr. Kynett and family moved from that area last week to Williamsburg and will live on a farm which he bought from Herschel Hobbs. The Elk Lake community is sorry to lose these good neighbors.
• The Misses Edith Holiday and Mildred James celebrated their tenth and eighth birthdays respectively last Saturday at the home of Mildred James. More than a dozen friends of the girls were in attendance and enjoyed the games, the refreshments and the chocolate favors. A thoughtful variety of gifts were presented to the honored girls.
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• Frank Jasnaw, aged 24 years, is dead today through what would seem to be utter carelessness on his part. Mr. Jasnaw had been in the city Saturday and on returning to his home at Barker Creek while engaged in conversation with friends on the train, he failed to hear his station called out. The train had started when he jumped from the rear of one of the cars and as he swung out over the steps he slipped and in some manner was drawn under the cars. Before the train could be stopped his body was between the rails with both arms and legs broken. The upper part of his body was crushed while the head was wounded to some extent. It is remarkable that he lived until Sunday morning.
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Because of complaints lodged with the city commission in regards to the practice of residents in certain sections of the city allowing their chickens to run at large, the police department has been instructed to take steps at once to curb the nuisance.Continued ...
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The first home grown potatoes were brought to market by Dr. E.L. Ashton of Wayne Street this morning.Continued ...
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AN EASTER DANCE PARTY that was given by the Knights of Columbus at the City Opera House was the most enjoyable of any that this organization has ever held.Continued ...
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Battle Lines Forming For Fight Against Telephone Company — appeal made to citizens.Continued ...
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Stone Pile Established Near County Jail. Prisoners will work on it to keep them busy during the winter. The cracked stone will be hauled to various City projects.Continued ...
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Great Apple Display: Will open at State Bank on November 5.Continued ...
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Ed Hubert, a Boyd Ave. resident, was arrested yesterday by Chief of Police Carson and placed in the county jail.Continued ...
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This is (a) busy week. Several things will be (done) at once. Every day for the balance of the week will be a big day.Continued ...
- Monday, August 19, 2013
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TOOK COSTLY SWIM. Sunday bathers lost money and check.Continued ...
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Commissioner form of government is now a reality in Traverse City, the new administration having taken hold of city affairs last evening.Continued ...
- Monday, April 22, 2013
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Grayling will be the official site of the Michigan National Guard Encampment. The Bill providing for this has passed both branches of the legislature and is up for the Governor for his signature. That it will be signed is certain in view of his spContinued ...
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NEW BAKERY: The building lately occupied by the Little Tavern and owned by C.M. Bell has been thoroughly remodeled by him and will be opened for business Thursday, April 3rd. A new steel ceiling with two large skylights has been put in. The front hasContinued ...
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After being unconscious all night and without care or attention, Mrs. Eaton was found this morning on the floor in an inner room of the building in which D. Eaton's shoe repairing shop is located.Continued ...
- Monday, November 5, 2012
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Western Michigan fruit growers having apples that are sufficiently good to warrant being displayed are urged to make entries for the many prizes offered in connection with the second Michigan Land and Apple show in Grand Rapids November 12 - 16.Continued ...
- Monday, October 29, 2012
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Mrs. M. S. Sanders and Mrs. W. C. Hull visited the morning session of the Board of Supervisors today making short speeches on why the women should be given the right to vote.Continued ...
- Monday, October 22, 2012
News from ... 100 years ago
The Oak Park Mothers' club held an interesting meeting Tuesday afternoon in the school at which there was a large number of members and friends present. The subject of the afternoon was in charge of Mrs. William McCool and the topic was "Woman Suffrage". Rev. C. H. Irving was the first speaker. Mrs. E. A. Evans then gave a history of the woman suffrage movement in the United States, showing that it had been in practice since 1869.Continued ...
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The situation in regard to the shooting of Harry W. Fischer was somewhat changed today by the arrival from Chicago of Attorney Spencer L. Adams and Martin Pattison, father of Mrs. Fischer.Continued ...
- Monday, October 8, 2012
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The Fife Lake businessmen have secured a lecture course for this winter at considerable financial risk.Continued ...
- Monday, September 24, 2012
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The fall term of Circuit Court began last Monday afternoon with 7 criminal cases on the calendar. There are no probationers before the judge.Continued ...
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Genelyn Sandaga, who became an instant internet sensation after her cover of Pink's Just Give Me a Reason, is set to play on Kapamilya Deal or No Deal on Saturday.
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Gemei GM2000 eReader gives you color LCD or E-Ink on the cheap
Don't expect the Asian eReader market to take a breather despite the recent American market price shakeup (which is far from over). Although most of these eReaders have been in planning for months (or, as is the habit from some Shenzhen companies, weeks), there won't be much, if any, ebb in the tide in the coming year. After all, there's an entire world to supply with eReaders. Gemei hopes that their affordable new GM2000 eReader can do just that.
The Gemei GM2000 eReader will sell for 799 Yuan (roughly $120 USD) and will come in a 7-inch color 800 x 480 resolution LCD touchscreen or a traditional E-Ink 800 x 600 resolution screen (which seems erroneous, but according to the source article is accurate). The color version is able to play 1080p videos through the included HDMI and will support a multitude of video codecs, including MKV, FLV, MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, H.263, H.264, 3GP and VC01. Information is a little scarce right now, but it appears both versions will support ePub, PDF, TXT, PDB, UMD, CHM, XLS, PPT and even zipped files. It will also play MP3, WMA, WAV, APE and FLAC audio files.
The GM2000 will comes with 4GB of internal storage and will support SD card expansion up to 32GB. Battery life supplied by the GM2000′s 2500mAh battery should give you 6 hours of video playback or 10 hours of music. Also, the color GM2000 will use a Windows OS, most likely XP.
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Paul Ryan Sold Shares On Same Day As Private Briefing of Banking Crisis By Dominic Rushe August 14 (Guardian) — Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's vice-presidential running mate, sold stock in US banks on the same day he attended a confidential meeting where top level officials disclosed the sector was heading for a deep crisis. The [...]
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August 14 (Guardian) — Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's vice-presidential running mate, sold stock in US banks on the same day he attended a confidential meeting where top level officials disclosed the sector was heading for a deep crisis.
The congressman on Monday denied profiting from information gleaned from the meeting on 18 September 2008 when Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, then treasury secretary Hank Paulson and others outlined their fears for the banking sector. His office said he had no control over the trades.
Public records show that on the same day as the meeting, Ryan sold stock in troubled banks including Wachovia and Citigroup and bought shares in Goldman Sachs, Paulson's old employer and a bank that had been disclosed to be stronger than many of its rivals. The sale was not illegal at the time.
Not long after the meeting, Wachovia's already troubled share price went into free fall. It plunged 39% on the afternoon of 26 September alone as investors worried the bank would collapse. It was eventually taken over by Wells Fargo for $15bn, a fraction of its former value.
Citigroup's share price fell soon after the meeting. In October 2008 Citigroup was among the largest beneficiary of the troubled asset relief program (Tarp), the taxpayer-funded bailout of the banking sector.
Ryan was a supporter of the Tarp bailout – a position that has put him at odds with the right wing of his party despite his otherwise conservative credentials. Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo are now among his largest financial supporters, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
The trades were highlighted at the weekend by the Richmonder, a left-leaning political blog in Virginia.
After the story was picked up by the media on Monday, the Romney campaign moved to deny it. Talking Points Memo quoted Larry Gaffney, an independent accountant for the partnership that handled the trades questioned by commentators, said the shares were not controlled by Ryan.
"Trades are done automatically based on an algorithm on a regular basis," said Gaffney, in a statement to TPM that was provided by the Romney campaign. "In addition, this index was held at the time within a partnership in which Rep. Ryan had and continues to have no trading authority."
Until this year members of Congress were allowed to trade on price-sensitive information gathered at Washington meetings. Nor is Ryan alone in having done so. CBS's 60 Minutes criticised Democrat Nancy Pelosi for buying into Visa's initial public offering as the House discussed credit card legislation.
After the CBS documentary, pressure mounted for change. In April, Barack Obama signed legislation that bars members of Congress and other federal workers from profiting from non-public information learned on the job. As well as banning insider trading the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (Stock) Act requires members of Congress to post details of transactions exceeding $1,000.
In April the Office of Congressional Ethics cleared Spencer Bachus, Republican chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, of allegations of insider dealing. Critics had charged he had taken advantage of insider information to trade shares on numerous occasions.
Bachus was present at the meeting that Ryan attended with Bernanke and Paulson. The next day he traded "short" options, betting on a decline in share prices in the financial services sector.
Attendees at the meeting have said Bernanke and Paulson's warnings were met with stunned silence. "When you listened to him describe it you gulped," Senator Charles Schumer told the New York Times.
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At 1:23 a.m. on June 8, police conducted a motor vehicle stop in the area of 221 Baker Ave. after they witnessed the vehicle speeding. After stopping the car, police issued a summons to the driver, 20-year-old Patrick Laroche of Gardner, for speeding and operating with a suspended license.
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text: The Cranford Recreation and Parks Department is pleased to announce its annual Memorial Day Parade. This parade will take place today, Monday, May 28, 2012 beginning with line up at 8:30 a.m., marching commences at 9 a.m. All participants will meet at the Community Center, 220 Walnut Avenue, Cranford and ending with a traditional memorial ceremony at Memorial Park on Springfield Avenue between Riverside Drive and Central Avenue at 10 a.m. The Grand Marshal for this year's parade is Sergeant Peter Fekete, United States Army. In case of inclement weather, services only will be held at the First Presbyterian Church, Bates Hall, on Springfield Avenue between North Union Avenue and Miln Street at 10 a.m. For further information, please call the Recreation and Parks Department at 908-709-7283. All are welcome to join us in honoring our heroes.


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Linkin Park Shuts Down Sunset Blvd Loudly
August 8, 2013 in Features, Images, Metal, Pop Rock, Rock by David Reeve
Play Waiting for the endThe 2013 edition of The Sunset Strip Music Festival ended on a very high note. That's not just a unfortunate pun, it is a matter-of-fact statement on how entrancing it was to be there for Linkin Park's closing of this year's SSMF. The band packed 19 tracks of their impressive catalog into 90 minutes, and the crowd only grew louder in trying to match the energy emanating from the stage. After LP's encore which included "In the End," "Faint" and "One Step Closer", it was clear The Sunset Strip isn't just a relic of Rock and Roll, it's a cradle of talent afire, and this was one of its best nights.
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When we last left our heroine Lady Gaga, she to an Island-based photographer that she was searching for property on Martha's Vineyard. She hoped to have him and his wife over for a glass of wine, she said.
I made the calculated but incorrect guess that Gaga would target the Up Island area where privacy is maximal. But soon rumors flew fast and furious that the rock diva had settled on a plot of land overlooking Cape Pogue on the northern shore of Chappaquiddick, and that carpenters, stone masons, and contractor Peter Rosbeck were hard at work on the new showplace.
(Note to the blond-wigged rock star: If you invite anyone to drive all the way across the Island, after which they board the rickety ferry and then bump down the loop-de-loop road to your digs, you'll need to serve something besides wine, maybe protein bars and Gatorade to restore their electrolytes. And you might want to have a St. Bernard on hand with a cask of brandy.)
I phoned an old buddy—we'll call him Joey—who himself manages various properties on Chappy to catch up on the scoop. My not-so-secret info was that Gaga's new site bordered Meg Ryan's seven acres.
Picture these two stars borrowing cups of sugar from one another: The outrageous and gaga Gaga and Meg, the Girl Next Door who seems so nice even I can imagine cadging that cup of sugar, driving all the way out from Oak Bluffs to do so. But au contraire, according to writer Calvin Eaves on www.spooftime.com: Meg Ryan is the Girl-Next-Door-From-Hell in their side-by-side Manhattan apartments. She complains constantly about stuff like his stereo being too loud. When her kids' dad and her ex, Dennis Quaid, shows up, a call to the police routinely follows. Her new BF, 59-year-old rocker, John Mellencamp, chops the blocks of anyone coming within 10 feet of his sweetie. I don't see how our girl Gaga could borrow that sugar unless she zip-lined the cup down from her house.
In any event, my pal Joey knows the whereabouts of Meg Ryan's road. But first, because his clothes were sopping wet when he picked me up at the Chappy ferry, (he'd washed them in one of his properties but ran out of time to dry them), we had to stop at another house to toss them in the dryer.
"So the plan is," I said to clarify matters, "before we go hunting for Lady Gaga's house, I have to look at you naked while your clothes dry?"
"I'll wrap a towel around myself," he said.
Once we got rolling, we drove for, like, forever down a meandering country road.
At a certain point we saw, on our left, a new construction site, loaded with equipment and fenced with that weird orange webbing that you order from the Ugly Store. We turned onto the driveway past No Trespassing signs that neither of us could read because we're dyslexics. "GnissapserT oN?" we conferred with each other, then continued up the hill.
It was 5:30 at night, so whatever workers had been there had decamped. There's not much in place yet—a foundation and sub-flooring, and big steel beams over an area that realtors have taken to calling the great room. To your right are two stories of what's laid out to be seven or eight rooms. It sounds big, but everything's admirably compact. The important part is the view over Cape Pogue, then out to the Sound— about as commanding a sea view as anyone is ever likely to enjoy. I'd live there if I were a rock star. Heck, I'd live there if I were a struggling writer in Oak Bluffs hunkered over a drug store.
The house looks coo-coo and contemporary, which has the Gaga stamp all over it. There's this bunker sort of thing that faces all callers mounting the driveway, a squat square of horizontal cedar planks rising from a cement wall. It could be a garage, but you could also mount a gunnery there if you're serious about discouraging paparazzi.
Joey estimated the house requires another year to reach completion. He spent most of his time combing through a big mound of dirt for arrowheads. I think Lady Gaga can take this as a sign that Vineyarders have little interest in her outré lifestyle, and she can enjoy her retreat from the world of Kermit frog capes, eye make-up that looks spray-painted on by a South Central gang and Monster Ball World tours.
All that glitters for Island boys is an 1899 Indian head penny poking up from the sands of a Chappy beach.


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Dollar rises as data hint at improving economy
NEW YORK - NEW YORK (AP) - The dollar rose against the euro Wednesday as several reports hinted at improvements in the U.S. economy. Analysts expect Europe's debt problems to continue to put pressure on the region's shared currency.
The dollar has been moving higher against the euro in the past several days following a steep, months-long decline. The sense that Europe still has not dealt with the problems of its more indebted countries is once again weighing on the currency, which is used by 16 countries.
The dollar also gained against the yen, but dropped versus the Canadian dollar and the British pound.
The upcoming meeting of leaders of the Group of 20 nations on Thursday and Friday amid rising tensions about currency values and trade imbalances is also triggering some caution in investors and leading them back to the dollar, analysts said.
Leaders of developing economies in Asia and Latin America are anxious about the recent gains in their currencies, while several foreign officials have criticized the U.S. central bank's recent policy, saying it could further weaken the dollar. A weaker currency tends to help exports.
In late trading in New York, the euro slumped to $1.3782 from $1.3830 late Tuesday. It had earlier traded below $1.37 for the first time since Oct. 20.
The European currency had shot higher against the dollar in the past several months because investors expected the Federal Reserve to drive low interest rates lower with its bond-buying program. Low rates can get consumers and businesses spending more, but tend to tarnish a currency's appeal for investors.
Since the Fed announced its $600 billion bond-buying plan last week, investors' attention has shifted to other problems, particularly Ireland's debt levels. The threat of another European country needing help with its finances have pushed up Ireland's borrowing costs and driven the euro lower. Greece had to be bailed out this spring by its European neighbors and the International Monetary Fund.
Meanwhile economic data offered some hope for the U.S. economy on Wednesday. Applications for jobless aid last week fell to their lowest level in four months. And the large U.S. trade deficit, while still significantly deeper than it was last year, narrowed slightly in September as exports picked up.
The dollar climbed to 82.13 Japanese yen from 81.60 yen, and gained to 0.9714 Swiss francs from 0.9667 Swiss francs. The British pound jumped to $1.6115 from $1.6039, however.
The dollar also dropped to 0.9996 Canadian dollars from 1.0028 Canadian dollars, the fourth day in a row the Canadian currency has been worth more than $1. That happened for the first time since 1976 just before the recession began, in September 2007, but the dollar surged higher during the financial crisis. The global recovery and increased demand for Canada's oil and other raw materials have once again sent its currency higher.
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Several cities in the state have said that they are close to bankruptcy because of the sharp drop in sales and property tax revenues caused by the deepest recession in decades. But experts who track California cities say Maywood is the only case they know of in which a city has dismissed all top positions except for the city manager, city attorney and elected officials. Under the plan adopted by the City Council on Monday night, council members would continue to be paid to set policy, but all services would be contracted out.


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The last time I ran the Boston Marathon it was from the back of the pack. About 15 years ago I decided to jump in and just go for it.
Though I will be an official runner this year, I am going to pretty much do the same thing. For three important reasons.
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Why Michel Suleiman Is Relevant:
Michel Suleiman was elected 12th president of Lebanon on May 25, 2008. His election, by the Lebanese Parliament, ended an 18-month constitutional crisis that had left Lebanon without a president and brought Lebanon close to civil war. He is a respected leader who led the Lebanese military. He is revered by the Lebanese as a uniter. Lebanon is riven by many divisions, most notably between anti- and pro-Syrian camps.
Early Life, Current Personal Status :
Michel Suleiman, also known as Michel Sleiman, was born on Nov. 21, 1948 in Aamchit, a small town near the Mediterranean coast of Lebanon, some 23 miles north of Beirut, the capital city. He was born into a Christian Maronite family. Fluent in French, English and Arabic, he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political and administrative sciences from Lebanese University. is married to Wafaa Suleiman. They have three children.
Suleiman's Philosophy:
Suleiman believes the 61,400 soldiers in Lebanon's military should maintain strict political neutrality "and listen to the call of duty." Suleiman's evolution from an instrument of Syrian occupation to a spokesman for Lebanese independence shows him to be adept at reading power shifts, anticipating popular sentiment and balancing competing interests to his advantage. He can be ruthless, as he showed in his merciless crushing of Fatah al-Islam militants in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el-Bared in 2007. He can also be an artful, subtle compromiser, patient and keen on waiting for his opportunities.
Questions About Suleiman's Past:
General Suleiman was commander of the Lebanese Army in 1998 by Syria, when Syria occupied Lebanon and called the shots there. Suleiman's brother in law, Gebran Kuriyyeh, was official the spokesman for the late Syrian president Hafez Assad, father of Basher Assad, who has been president since 2000. During Suleiman's tenure as head of the military, many Lebanese were reportedly arrested on Syrian orders and tortured by the military. Suleiman's praise for Hezbollah during Hezbollah's war with Israel was overt. Suleiman oversaw deployments of Lebanese military units in Hezbollah territory following the 2006 war.
Standing By As Hezbollah Powers Up:
Further questions about Suleiman's power and independence were raised in May 2008 when Hezbollah's militants invaded West Beirut. The Lebanese government had challenged Hezbollah's secret telecommunication network and surveillance cameras in southern Beirut. Hezbollah not only refused to dismantle the network but went on the offensive, essentially showing up the government as weak to ineffective. Protecting its own unity at the expense of the government's legitimacy, the army stood by, intervening only to quell sectarian battles between Sunnis and Shiites—but not challenging Hezbollah's illegal acts.
Positive Aspects of Suleiman's Past:
Though appointed by Syria to be the army's chief in 1998 after a solid military career, Suleiman grew increasingly independent and non-partisan over the years, earning the respect of most factions in Lebanon, including the Western-backed, anti-Syrian "March 14 Coalition" of Sunni Muslim and Maronite Christians. When hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets following the assassination of Sunni Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005, most likely by Syria's hand, Suleiman refused to deploy the Lebanese army to quell protesters, earning more respect from the Lebanese.
What a Suleiman Presidency Averted:
Most Lebanese are grateful for the election of Suleiman in part because it ended Gen. Michel Aoun's hopes of becoming president. Aoun, who led the Lebanese military in the waning days of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990) and into a brutal internecine war between Christians, made an opportunistic alliance with Hezbollah, whom he had formerly denounced, in hopes of ensuring himself a path to the presidency. Aoun, a thuggishly disposed strongman with an ego to boot rather than a statesman, is not trusted by most Lebanese. Suleiman in comparison appears both magnanimous and statesman-like.
Challenges to Suleiman's Presidency:
Suleiman's power is limited. Lebanon's power-sharing structure grants the presidency to a Maronite, like Suleiman, but the prime minister must be a Sunni Muslim, the Speaker of Parliament must be a Shiite, and Parliament's 128 seats must be divided evenly between Christian and Muslim seats. The president cannot act by fiat. Also, the agreement that ended Lebanon's constitutional crisis and brought Hezbollah into the political fold again, backing Suleiman as a compromise choice, grants Hezbollah veto power over major decisions of the Lebanese government. Suleiman is, potentially, at the mercy of Hezbollah's whims.


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ARLINGTON -- Police have arrested a second Arlington municipal court employee in an investigation into missing traffic and other municipal citations, but the employee said the charge is overblown and a simple mistake on her part.
Stacie Marciel, 43, faces a charge of misuse of official information, a third-degree felony punishable by two to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000, police said. She was arrested at about 7:45 p.m. Friday at her home in the 1600 block of Antelope Run in south Arlington, said Christy Gilfour, Arlington police spokeswoman. Marciel was released on a $10,000 bail, police said.
Marciel, a data entry clerk, is accused of not entering three citations into court records so that the recipients would not have to pay fines, police said. The three tickets, for relatives or friends, date from November to July and were for no driver's license and expired inspection, failure to yield right of way, and possession of fireworks, Gilfour said. Marciel has been placed on administrative leave during the investigation.
Marciel said Saturday that the court has been inadequately staffed for years and that the work is backlogged. The city moved some of the clerks to a different office about four months ago, and it has taken some time to get the new office organized, she said.
The office has been under scrutiny since a 2005 ticket-fixing investigation, and she and the other city employees are working under extreme pressure, Marciel said. She said she has not had an opportunity to enter the ticket information in question into the court's record-keeping system.
"They are still processing warrants out of there from 2003," she said. "I just haven't gotten to it. I am not what I am being portrayed to be."
On Wednesday, police arrested Nereida Hermosillo, 33, who also faces a charge of misuse of official information.
Police said Hermosillo began calling a Grand Prairie woman last week, demanding $400 to get rid of two tickets that the woman's son received Aug. 8. The two citations, one for no driver's license and one for speeding, would have added up to fines of $392, according to police.
Gilfour said the tickets issued to the woman's son did not show up in court records. Hermosillo has worked for the Arlington Municipal Court about six years, according to police.
"It's unfortunate she did this. It gives the public the wrong perception that we're all over here doing this," Court Administrator David Preciado said of Hermosillo's arrest. "I have a lot of good employees over here. I will continue to push forward to find people not doing their job and file charges against anyone doing anything improperly."
Hermosillo's arrest comes two years after the indictment of municipal court clerk Crystal Leonguerrero on 20 counts of misuse of official information and a charge of theft.
Arlington police say she used her position to pocket customers' fine money.
Unsure of how many tickets were affected, Arlington police did not arrest people with Class C misdemeanor warrants issued by the city for nearly five months, until the investigation concluded.
Arlington police say anyone wanting to report suspicious activity involving Arlington citations should call the tip line at 817-459-5636.
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Two or three weeks ago, someone posted a detailed account of a meal at Taboon that I'm trying to find. The search box has turned up 71 replies, some going back years, but nothing more recent that May. Did I just overlook it or am I doing something wrong? TIA
It's difficult to know if you're doing anything wrong without knowing what you're doing. Searching 'taboon' on all boards does come up with two mentions in July, but we don't know if those are the ones you're looking for.
Search results are sorted by weight by default, but you can also sort them by date (just hit the 'date' link at the top of the results section) to see the most recent mentions.
Searched only the Manhattan board this morning but just now searched all boards, within the last month, and got probably the two entries you mentioned: 7/16/06 and 7/27/06. They aren't what I'm looking for since the posting that I'm looking for had Taboon in the subject line.
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If you skip the Chowhound search and use google, the top result is a post from Aug 4 that you replied to. Is that the one you're looking for?
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Former Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann appeared on Sirius NFL Radio this morning and he called Sunday's game against Detroit the biggest of Jim Zorn's short head coaching career.
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(On Jim Zorn's game management and play calling against St. Louis):
"I thought the game management was good. I didn't think the play selection was very productive. Obviously, it wasn't. Calling a run-pass on third down when you haven't been able to run on the first two wasn't very effective. Running the ball four times at the end of the game.
"Jason Campbell, to me, has developed into somebody who can make plays for your football team. Of course, you can't lay it on Jim completely, guys. I mean, Mike Sellers drops a touchdown pass going in. Santana Moss puts the ball on the ground on a two-minute drive. It's not all just laid on the coach but those specific instances that I just referred to, to me, they were not very creative and it sort of goes counter to everything the Redskins talked about doing in the preseason, bring in Malcolm Kelly.
"And all they did during the preseason when they got down around the goal line was throw fades anyway. And they haven't done it yet. So you wonder what's the sense in practicing all this stuff with these new guys if you're going to go back to the old ways of calling plays?"
(On if the Redskins are prone to being upset in Detroit):
"Yes I do. I think this is the biggest game in Jim Zorn's short career so far as a coach. I think this is monumental for Daniel Snyder and this football organization.
"I thought the Detroit Lions played really well against the Vikings last week and what scares me is going into Detroit, I know how tough it is. And, Rich, you know it too. The one thing that isn't bad in Detroit is the fans. The football organization [and] the team have not been very good but the fans are really, really supportive. And I thinking looking at [Detroit] last week, they're starting to taste a little bit of blood in the water and they realize that they're pretty good.
"The big key in this game is the Redskins have to put the ball in Matthew Stafford's hands. He is not playing the kind of rookie quarterback that we see [Jets QB] Mark Sanchez playing. He's making more mistakes. And you have to figure out a way to keep the ball out of the hands of Calvin Johnson. You do those two things, you're going to have a chance to win as Redskins. But you leave a football team that's struggling in a game? I promise you guys it's going to get ugly at the end. And if the Redskins lose this one they might as well not get on that plane until Thursday to come home to Washington."
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Lightning Imaging Sensor
The Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS), is a space based instrument used to detect the distribution and variability of total lightning (cloud-to-cloud, intracloud, and cloud-to-ground lightning) that occurs in the tropical regions of the globe. The LIS is a science instrument aboard the TRMM Observatory, which was launched on 28 November 1997 from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan.
This lightning sensor consists of a staring imager which is optimized to locate and detect lightning with storm-scale resolution (4 to 7 km) over a large region (600 x 600 km) of the Earth's surface. The TRMM Satellite travels a distance of 7 kilometers every second (nearly 16,000 miles per hour) as it orbits the Earth, thus allowing the LIS to observe a point on the Earth or a cloud for almost 90 seconds as it passes overhead. Despite the brief duration of an observation, it is long enough to estimate the flashing rate of most storms. The instrument records the time of occurrence, measures the radiant energy, and determines the location of lightning events within its field-of-view.
This calibrated lightning sensor uses a wide field-of-view expanded optics lens with a narrow-band filter in conjunction with a high speed charge-coupled device detection array. A Real Time Event Processor (RTEP), inside the electronics unit, is used to determine when a lightning flash occurs, even in the presence of bright sunlit clouds.
Weak lightning signals that occur during the day are hard to detect because of background illumination. The RTEP will remove the background signal, thus enabling the system to detect weak lightning and achieve a 90% detection efficiency.
Data from the Lightning Imaging Sensor is being used to study mesoscale phenomena such as storm convection, dynamics, and microphysics. These will be related to global rates and amounts and distribution of convective precipitation, as well as to the release and transport of latent heat, which are all influenced by global scale processes.
The LIS instrument was designed by the GHCC Lightning Team and was manufactured at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. LIS will contribute significantly to several TRMM mission objectives by providing a global lightning and thunderstorm climatology from which changes (even subtle temperature variations) might be easily detected.
The LIS instrument is part of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan designed to monitor and study tropical rainfall and the associated release of energy that helps to power the global atmospheric circulation shaping both weather and climate around the globe.
LIS EOS Mission Objectives:
The image below depicts some lightning activity that was observed by the Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on its first day of operation (November 30,1997). The thunderstorms that produced this lightning activity were located near the eastern coast of Australia.
An examination of this example image demonstrates that not all clouds produce lightning. Due to the relationship between lightning and updraft velocity, lightning activity can be used to identify locations of strong upward convection.
Three months of LIS data were combined to form a "lightning climatology map", shown below. This period corresponds with the summer season in the Southern Hemisphere and the winter season in the Northern Hemisphere.
The orbit of the TRMM Observatory has an inclination of 35 degrees. As a result, the LIS instrument, which is part of the TRMM Observatory, can observe lightning activity where it occurs the most: between 35 degrees South latitude and 35 degrees North latitude.
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2. Christian, H. J., "Optical Detection of Lightning from Space," Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Atmospheric Electricity, Guntersville, Alabama, June 7-11, 1999, pp. 715-718.
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Gold – a useless commodity, and an even worse indicator of anything.
Every time the market fluctuates to the down-side, we seem to get inundated with Gold advertisements – with all sorts of theories including:
a. One that gold's price – after accounting for inflation is at a fraction of (your favorite year here)'s quotation.
b. The Dow/Gold theory that one unit of gold will equal the DJIA – in other words, either gold is worth ten fold what it is now, or the DJIA is worth 10x less than where it is now. Both scenarios are not just unlikely, but stupid, and sophomoric at best.
Let's get to the specifics of gold. A good seventy percent of gold production is used for the manufacture of jewelry – with my fellow Indians being the single largest purchasers of auric adornments. A smaller fraction is used by China for similar purposes. A mere 20% of this world's production is used in industry – where heat and electricity need to be conducted as rapidly as possible [electronics and the automotive industries is where it is used extensively]. Thanks to gold being a NOBLE metal, it reacts with almost nothing, and dissolves in cyanide and aqua-regia – making the extraction [to spec] of Gold, one of the most difficult and toxic processes in the whole world.
Since gold is a noble metal, it is never consumed by industrial processes. It is used to bond chips to packages [bond-wire] – and conduct electrical signals from silicon to the external pins of a chip. It is used in exotic cars for radiating heat from engines/exhaust systems, etc. None of this "consumes" the gold. In fact a lot of chips are processed – to re-extract the gold contained in them.
For centuries, gold was the standard by which all else would be measured. In fact most currencies were pegged to the amount of gold that their treasury had in store. But all of that changed when FDR signed an executive order to ban US Citizens from owning/hoarding gold – and mandated them to use fiat currency [the dollar]. The Bank of England followed and in the early 1900′s, stopped the conversion of pounds to gold.
Thanks to a liquid market, gold prices are quoted every day [bid and ask], and are actively traded on the Nymex [now a division of the CME]. While buying gold stocks and gold mining companies is easy, buying and storing gold [as an investment] is in my books, a lose-lose proposition.
First, you pay a large bid/ask spread for the commodity – which in this case is HUGE.
Second, you often pay for storage and insurance of the gold that you bought.
Third, you wait years for it to go up – while stocks out-pace your returns, and often, pay dividends
Fourth – there is not much leverage you can use – unless you are "playing" with options or futures, and that is not the same as investing in gold. It is more of speculating in gold.
Fifth, it is the fact that if you randomly pick ten year horizons, only the most carefully chosen time-frames will result in a better outcome than an investment in the S&P [or DJIA].
Sixth, and most importantly, if currency were pegged to gold, sure there will be little inflation, but it definitely would have frozen the flow of capital, and the expansion of capital markets [which has been a good thing in the last half a century despite some recent setbacks]. Since this is an academic detail at this point, and the latest misguided attempt to create a gold-based islamic currency was a failure, I declare gold – as a currency, dead. It is a commodity, and in the past month, the US dollar has been deemed by markets as a safer haven than gold. Long live the dollar – and the full faith and credit of the US.
Bottom-line: Wear it, enjoy it, buy it for fun, but do not invest in gold. It is NOT an investment now, nor is it in the future.
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By David Willis
---- — It wasn't long ago Central Catholic was a hockey afterthought.
Now, the Raiders have solidified their spot as a powerhouse not just in the Merrimack Valley Conference/Dual County League, but in the entire state. They were back in the Super 8 this season have established themselves as part of that elite group.
The Tewksbury-Methuen girls hockey team, on the other hand, not only hadn't play a varsity game prior to this season, but neither school even had a JV hockey team last year.
But behind an amazing year for Amanda Conway, the "Red Rangers" advanced all the way to the Division 2 state semifinals.
Those were just a few of the classic moments from the 2012-13 hockey season.
Here's a look back:
Top five moments
1. Win of the Year — Trailing 3-0 late in the second period and looking dead in the water with a trip to the Super 8 on the line, Central Catholic turned in a stunning comeback to beat Hingham 4-3. Corey Webber capped off the victory with an acrobatic rebound goal with two minutes to go in overtime.
2. Goal of the Year — Webber's game-winner (above) was only possible thanks to the dramatic game-tying score courtesy of Kevin Regan. With just 1:09 left in regulation, Regan hauled in the rebound off an Alex Lester shot and fired it home for the score that sent the play-in game to overtime.
3. Save of the Year — Never tell Londonderry's Joe McGrath a goalie can't take a hit. Taking on Manchester Central in the Division 1 semifinal, a would-be scorer was tripped and crashed square into McGrath as he tried to slide the puck home. As McGrath went tumbling, he was able to made the save.
4. Performance of the Year — Andover goalie Colby Gilbert saved the game of his life for archrival Central Catholic, making a stunning 43 saves to shock the Super 8-bound Raiders 3-0. He had allowed eight goals to Central earlier in the season.
5. Stat of the Year — 0 — Varsity seasons played by Tewksbury-Methuen girls hockey heading into this season. Led by an amazing season for Methuen super sophomore Amanda Conway, the squad made a Cinderella run to the Division 2 state semifinals.
You can't stop ...
1. Matt Bauchman, Methuen — After a slow start, the three-time Eagle-Tribune All-Star returned to his dominant ways, finishing the year with 20 goals an 30 points. He ended his prolific four-year career with 89 goals.
2. Dominic Corsetto, Pinkerton — The defending state champs were hit hard by exits, but the 2012 Eagle-Tribune All-Star returned to keep the Astros in the hunt. He tied for tops among local players in goals (21) and an area-best 42 points.
3. Cody Soucy and Jake Pappalardo, Salem — Among the area's most dynamic duos combined for 36 goals and 65 points. Both sophomores, Soucy (21 goals) and Pappalardo (15 goals) had just 12 combined varsity goals going into the season.
4. Lloyd Hayes and Mike Kelleher, Central Catholic — Kelleher was the area's most dynamic scorer (21 goals), before his season ended due to disciplinary issues. Hayes stepped into that star role and scored 13 goals, including one in each Super 8 game.
5. Ian Mitchell and John Orlando, Pentucket — Sachem duo teamed for 35 goals. Mitchell tied for tops for locals (21 goals) including four in one game, while teammate Tom Pingree added 12 scores of his own.
6. Amanda Conway, Methuen — The Ranger sophomore's stats boggle the mind. She finished the year with an amazing 51 goals, 29 more than the top male in the area. That all while leading the Tewksbury-Methuen squad on a Cinderella run.
The puck stops here
1. Colin Soucy, Central Catholic — The breakout star of the Super 8 tournament. Played every game for the Raiders, finishing with a 2.13 goals-against average and two shutouts.
2. Colby Gilbert, Andover — Curly-haired netminder carried Andover on his back with a 1.80 goals-against average and four shutouts, slightly better than his 1.87 GAA and two shutouts last year.
3. Joe McGrath, Londonderry — Posted outstanding 1.89 goals-against average and two shouts. Twice beat Pinkerton and made 30 saves in state tourney upset of Salem. Made 24 saves in semifinal loss.
4. Keith Linnane, North Reading — Started every game for the Hornets, finishing with a 2.24 goals-against average and four shutouts. Made 31 saves in state tourney near upset.
Senior superlatives:
Chas Heseltine, Andover — "What Could Have Been Award" for senior that was primed for a big year before a preseason ankle injury cost him the season.
Andrew Bruno, Brooks — "Game Changer Award" for forward that returned from concussion to turn struggling Brooks into Prep champs.
Nick Gorski, Central Catholic — "Big Man on Campus Award" for hard-hitting forward that also scored key goals in two Super 8 games.
Corey Webber, Central Catholic — "Johnny on the Spot Award" for winger that scored six goals, and three were game-winners in one-goal victories
Scott Farley, Haverhill — "Caddyshack Award" for golf star that added a physical presence and veteran leadership to Hillies.
John Dunn, Londonderry — "Dunn Deal Award" for Lancer defenseman who coach called the 'Heart and Soul' of the team.
T.J. Gannon, Methuen — "Resilient Ranger Award" for tough-guy defenseman whose goal led the Rangers to a comeback upset of North Andover.
Jake Silk, North Andover — "Not-so-Silent Knight Award" for loose-cannon NA winger who finished the year with 11 goals and 25 points.
Mike Moscaritolo, North Reading — "Hornet that Stings Award" for defenseman who brings his linebacker skills to intimidate on the ice.
Samantha Bomba, Pentucket — "Girls who run the World Award" for goalie that finished four-year career for Pentucket boys with 2.85 GAA.
Matt Marchman, Pinkerton — "Marchman, like the Bruin Award" for last year's title-winning goalie that had nine wins and a 2.77 GAA this year.
Nick Phair, Salem — "Phair Game Award" for goalie that had a 2.08 GAA and two shutouts in 19 starts.
Ryan McCarthy, Timberlane — "Defense First Award" for two-time Eagle-Tribune All-Star defensive back that is just as tough on the ice.
Meagan Keefe, Andover — "Doing it all Award" for four-year varsity mainstay that took on a new role and continued to shine.
Bash Brothers
New Hampshire hockey is no doubt very happy that the Corsetto brothers of Pinkerton will finally be broken up.
Senior Dominic and sophomore linemate Gio Corsetto were the region's most dynamic duo this season, scoring a combined 35 goals and 71 total points.
Dominic led the Astros with 21 goals and Gio was right behind in second with 14 scores, with the other brother often assisting on the tally.
"He is the guy we go to when we need to big play or need advice," Gio said of his brother during the season.
"He knows what it takes to be successful."
The name "Campbell" appeared in Andover hockey box scores so often it could have been soup ad.
Brothers Scott and Mark Campbell led the way for the Golden Warriors this season, scoring a combined 27 goals and 44 total points. Senior Scott paced the Golden Warriors with 16 goals.
Mark had nine, including a crucial tally in the Central upset and a hat trick against North Andover — each goal assisted by Scotty.
Wait, it's not just brothers. Everyone knows sisters Alex, Jackie and Rebecca Alois helped lead the Andover girls basketball team to state titles in recent years.
Well, younger sis Veronica Alois has taken hockey by storm.
The freshman broke out with a four-goal game against Central Catholic.
Hockey hotbed
Don't look now, but this region is turning into a breeding ground for Hockey East recruits.
Boston College will have a distinctly Astro flavor in two seasons, with former Pinkerton Academy stars J.D. Dudek and Zach Sanford heading to play for the defending NCAA champs.
Tyler Sifferlen of North Andover and now three-time defending Super 8 champion Malden Catholic will be taking his talents to UMass Lowell, and fellow North Andoverite Brian Pinho is headed for Providence College.
Those two teams are playing today in one of the Hockey East semifinals.


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Kinect cracked and running on the PC
Open source drivers circulating the net
It has barely been out in the UK a day and already Kinect has been cracked and showed working with the PC.
In fact, there are now drivers available on open source that will allow adventurous Kinect owners to experiment with using the device with their PCs.
The NUI group are working on a Windows driver and SDK to explore the device's capabilities on the PC.
Meanwhile one European hacker, Hector Martin, managed to connect Kinect to his PC and take a video feed from it within three hours of release.
Thanks Engadget.


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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
My Flower Garden
The east side of our house (the front) has a couple 'beds' but we could get nothing to grow there except weeds.
We asked advise of our gardening expert Great Uncle Sandy and at his word, we mixed peat moss in the soil.
No good.
These beds are a challenge - they get no water when it rains because of the large overhang on our house, and little sun because of the east side location.
One year, Daniel and I worked hard to make the bed on the south side of the front door presentable. I planted a few perennials and covered the soil with weed mat then covered the weed mat with white rock. Not only did we work hard, but this was a rather costly venture.
Most of the perennials have prospered over the years. But not as much as the weeds.
The weed mat did not keep them down.
Understand, we have some especially pernicious weeds - one, in particular, looks like rhubarb until it is big enough you need an axe to cut it down.
Once it gets to be that big, (and it grows incredibly quickly) it develops terrible burrs that get tangled into the dogs' fur and must be cut out.
Not to mention, it is ugly.
I've attacked this 'plant' with every weed killer on the market to no avail. (Even roundup) I've applied the weed killers using several different methods. I've dug out the roots (I thought).
There are more of these plants than ever in my yard - mostly around the house.
The latest advise we've been given is to pour diesel fuel on them.
But then nothing would ever grow on that spot again, so I'm a little conflicted. For now, I try to keep them cut down before they get to the hatchet stage.
Anyway, I got kind of discouraged about my front 'flower beds' and I never did anything to the bigger one under the living room window.
It is easy to forget about these beds, though, since we do not use the front door and I rarely turn to drive past the house.
The back yard presented an opposite challenge.
Too MUCH sun.
And wind.
Also, there were no beds dug anywhere near the house.
I have planted flowers in the vegetable garden, but it is still a vegetable garden. I tried some perennials in the garden a couple times, but when the garden was prepared for winter, people would just rototill over them, not realizing they were permanent.
Finally, a few years ago, in an attempt at 'beautifying' my ugly, falling - apart back deck, I began to place flowers in containers around the deck. Each year I've added a few more containers. (Oh, and in September, 2010 we replace the old deck which made it even more inviting to place flowers on it)
I really love my 'deck garden' and want to share this year's version with you.
So here are photos of my garden as of July 2, about a week or so after it was completed. Already, only 2 weeks later, it has changed significantly.
Ok, there will be some photos from today as well, but I'll point those out, so unless I mention it, all the photos are from July 2.
First is the view along the house from the back door...
A major change this year was to paint the old rickety chairs that Daniel found in the ditch one year and have since been used as 'plant stands'. I love the green of this chair! It just makes me smile.
This photo is from July 17 - simply because the Lobelia had grown SO much....and the daisy-like flowers have multiple blooms now.
I wish I'd chosen a brighter pink spray paint for this little ladder, but it was the first thing I painted.
I had to make a change to the 'ladder plants'. The flowers in the watering can got baked in the heat wave. The pot was just too small to retain any water (the pot just sits in the watering can - the can itself has only rocks in it to keep it from blowing around in the wind)
A 'succulent' should fare better when it is hot, don't you think?
Excuse the dirt on the deck and the ladder - it has been raining (sometimes quite hard) for a couple days. Rain tends to transfer dirt from the containers onto whatever the container is sitting on.
I'm going to try a few perennials this year. They will have to be moved down to the root cellar before heavy frost and then brought up as soon as the heavy frost is past in the spring. It will be fun to see if they survive.
The plant (above) to the left is a coneflower. Here it is again (July 17) after it has bloomed....
I have 5 tomato plants. Two of them are positioned on top of my 'potting table', making more room for the flowers. The vines are heavy with tomatoes by now - and a few have even started to ripen.
Please excuse the mess of the old 'upper' deck.....this is just outside the garage door and is the main receptacle for the construction 'cast offs'.
Below is the plant on the left - 15 days later.....
(You might notice I need to weed-eat around the containers again)
The next two photos are the progress of the flowers on the top step (6 photos above)
The 'other' chair. I love the bright colour of this one, too.
When I saw this 'flower pot' in the store I could not resist it! The opening is very small and difficult to put plants into, but so worth it! (Photo July 17)
We like ornamental grasses and I always try to have one pot with some type of grass....
Finally, you may have noticed solar lights in some of the pots (as the one above) These small, inexpensive additions make the deck look so pretty after dark (although, we do have to stay up quite late to appreciate them). I tried to take some photos of them all lit up, but without a tripod, they just did not work out too well.
Still, I want to show you my 'dragonflies'....... almost invisible during the day, at night they float above the deck in changing colours.....
Ah, summertime.
6 comments:
- Dee Porterfield said...
Love, love, love your container garden. I have always enjoyed those so much more than laboring to get a whole bed to thrive. (Plus it's easier to bend over and weed the containers than dig on the ground.) And I love the bright colors of the chairs and other containers. I might have to try this next year. When I've done containers in the past, the main thing I had to remember was to water them religiously. Have you tried any vegetable container gardening? That's something I want to try also.
- Wed Jul 18, 01:02:00 PM MDT
- arlene said...
So beautiful, Karyn! I love all the colours in your garden. Your thumb is getting greener all the time.
You know what works better than weed mat? A really thick layer of wet newspaper, with mulch on top. I use wood chips, but you could use the rocks you've already purchased.
- Wed Jul 18, 03:27:00 PM MDT
So very pretty and cheerful honey.
- Wed Jul 18, 08:00:00 PM MDT
- Jerralea said...
Very pretty, Karyn! I'm doing more and more container gardening myself. We are surrounded by soil that is "gumbo." In the extreme heat our area has been having, the ground dries up hard as a rock and splits into huge cracks...It makes it hard to beautify our yards ...
- Tue Jul 24, 09:02:00 AM MDT
- Jan said...
It looks beautiful! The chairs and stool are so fun and colorful- I love it! What a great idea!
I adore the smiling pot that your lobelia is in! Where can I get one?
The pretty pink flowers that you have a before and after shot of are dianthus and are perrenial. I have quite a few in my gardens. Not sure if you knew that they were perrenials or not. I didn't realize it when I first got mine.
- Wed Jul 25, 06:51:00 PM MDT
- Jeremy Beauregard said...
At least you have the alternative option of growing the perennials by putting them in small pots. Those flowers can still bloom, even if they are placed in a limited space. As for the weeds in your beds, have you tried to remove them by hand and spade, or treated them with herbicide?
- Mon Aug 13, 06:46:00 AM MDT


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McDermott Plans to Open an Office in South Korea; Trade Agreement Allows Foreign Firms
Posted Feb 14, 2012 12:09 PM CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
McDermott Will & Emery is planning to take advantage of a recently ratified trade agreement that allows foreign law firms to open offices in South Korea.
McDermott announced today it plans to open an office in Seoul, making it one of the first Western law firms in the country, according to a press release. Bloomberg, the Lawyer and the Chicago Tribune have stories.
The firm's co-chairman, Jeffrey Stone, said in a press release that his law firm is on "the leading edge of what promises to be a wave of new activity in South Korea." McDermott will focus on transactions, intellectual property and international trade matters originating within the country, Bloomberg says.
The office will be headed by In-Young Lee, head of the firm's Korea practice group.
Several other firms are planning to open offices in South Korea later this year, the Lawyer says. They include Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Paul Hastings; Sheppard Mullin; and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
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Bean to manage Bartle Hall project
City Architect Tom Bean will be assigned to oversee the design and construction of the Bartle Hall improvement project full time effective July 1.
City Manager Wayne Cauthen said Bean's knowledge and experience will help ensure the successful completion of the project.
"Tom Bean's experience and history with the Bartle Hall project make him the ideal person to oversee the improvement project," Cauthen said.
Bean oversaw the first Bartle Hall expansion project from 1986-1989 which added meeting rooms to the north side of the facility. He also managed the 1992-1994 expansion project which included adding exhibit space over the South Loop and the addition of the conference center/ballroom.
The current expansion and renovation of the convention center will include significant upgrades that will improve the quality of the meeting space. These upgrades will consist of new wall treatments, lighting technology, moveable partitions and floor covering. The project also will include the design and construction of a 40,000 square-foot general assembly/ballroom and the necessary support area, such as pre-function lobbies, a new kitchen and serving areas. Most of the new space will again be constructed in air right over the South Loop of the interstate. Additional parking also is planned.
Bid packages for the project are in process and construction should begin in late summer or early fall with some phases to be completed in early 2005. The new 40,000 square-foot general assembly/ballroom is estimated to be completed by early 2007.
With the assignment of Bean to the Bartle Hall project, Eric Bosch, design and construction manager, will assume responsibilities for all other capital projects. Bob Lawler, operations manager, will assume responsibilities for all maintenance and operations activities.