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American Artifacts: 1930s-40s Color Photographs (Part 2) (right-click to copy direct link)
Office of War Information Photograph of Airplane Construction
Washington, DC Tuesday, December 25, 2012
In this second of a two-part look at U.S. Government funded color photographs from the Library of Congress, we feature images created for the Office of War Information in the 1940's. Photographers were assigned to travel the United States and document war production efforts. Our guide is Curator of Photography Beverly Brannan.
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During the Great Depression & World War II, photographers working for the Farm Security Administration and later the Office of War Information created about 1,600 color photographs documenting agricultural life & war production in the United States. American History TV visited the Library of Congress to learn about the collection from curator Beverly Brannan.
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American Artifacts visited the Library of Congress to learn about a new exhibit, "The Last Full Measure: Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family." We spoke with Tom Liljenquist, who explains how – fifteen years ago – his family started collecting photographs of ordinary Union and Confederate soldiers. In 2010, the family donated more than 700 of these ambrotypes and tintypes to the Library of Congress.
Learn more about the history of Birmingham, Alabama - one of eight southeastern cities C-SPAN's touring this year. Hear about the uneven economic and social impact of the Great Depression on the people of Birmingham, Alabama.
C-SPAN visited George Washington University's Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project to learn more about the politics, controversies, and media savvy of the former First Lady from Project Director Allida Black. Mrs. Roosevelt, First Lady from 1933-1945, published 8,000 columns, 580 articles, 27 books, 100,000 letters, 1000 speeches, and appeared on 300 radio and television shows.
Art historian Joseph Manca talks about George Washington, the gentleman designer -- and about how the grounds and architecture at Mount Vernon, his Virginia home, reflect the independence and democratic ideals of the young country he led in war and peace. Washington, as Mr. Manca puts it, was building "a new American garden" that rejected European extravagance for what was called a "plain and neat" sensibility more suited to a republic. Mr. Manca spoke at Mount Vernon's new National Library for the Study of George Washington.
Carla Peterson talks about her book "Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City" at the Brooklyn Historical Society. She examines the movement of black Americans to Brooklyn and their struggle to obtain and sustain rights through the Civil War. Ms. Peterson, who is also an English professor, details her family's history in New York and the communities they helped build.
In a visit to the NRA's National Firearms Museum, we meet museum director Jim Supica and senior curator Phil Schreier, who talk about the museum's collection of guns, and explain the roles these weapons have played in the settlement, expansion and preservation of the United States.
The story of a Cold War U.S. Army Transportation Corps expedition across the Greenland Icecap in the spring and summer of 1952. Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, and cooperated with the U.S. Army by allowing this 800 mile journey. The expedition was a scouting trip for a possible base on the east side of Greenland, in closer proximity to the Soviet Union.
Educator Junius Williams and political activist Tom Hayden discuss the Black Power Movement, black urban politics in Newark, New Jersey, and their work there together in the 1960s. Williams is the author of Unfinished Agenda: Urban Politics in the Era of Black Power. The Smithsonian's national museums of American History and African American History and Culture sponsored this 90 minute event.
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Stocks climbed to five-year highs on Friday in the wake of jobs and manufacturing data that showed the economy's sluggish recovery is still on track.
The Dow industrials rose to 14,000 for the first time since mid-October 2007 and the S&P hit its highest since December that year. The S&P advanced 5 percent in January, its best start to a year since 1997.
Analysts attributed the market's robust showing so far this year partly to a deluge of cash flowing into equities.
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Forums >Off the Beaten Path>Get the f outta my house, biotch!
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Kirsten - aka "Auntie Kirsten"
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• 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)
Now that was a bath...
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Hmmm.......weird that it would fry the Firewire port like that. You do have these things plugged into a surge protector, right? Either way, though, it sucks. In-laws are a pain in general. I've thrown my father-in-law out of my house already for being disrespectful. It takes a lot to get me real fired up, but 45 minutes of his crap worked pretty good. I don't take well to someone telling my wife that she "owes" them because they raised her, fed her, clothed her, etc.
Yeah, I'm concerned about some of those things when we have kids, too.
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Cash Sinatra - There For You
Artist: Cash Sinatra
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In need of a song to brighten your painfully slow Monday? Never fear, Cash Sinatra wants you to know he is There For You. On the BK native's second Booth feature, the first since his April introduction with Never Have I Ever, Sinatra brings us an upbeat, breezy tune. Producer Dimes Official chops up 90's-era R&B group SWV's That's What I'm Here For and slices the sample over a clap heavy beat. The airy, poppy production, combined with Sinatra's charismatic flow, which he uses to confess his feelings for his one and only true love, is a nice one-two punch that will surely put a spring in your step. No word as to if this is attached to anything larger, but keep it locked to The DJBooth for the latest.
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Howth Coastal Path
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Emily, Matt, Gordon, and I walk to the Sydney Parade DART station and wait 20 minutes for the next train going to Howth. As we pull into Connolly Station, we see Joe and Josh waiting for the same train we're on. So we get off at the Howth stop, the terminus of the DART line. There's a pub attached to the DART station called the Bloody Stream. Despite the boys being immature, its name is reference to a viking battle that occurred on a nearby bridge and over which the pub is built. We make our way on to the harbour and take in views of Ireland's Eye, an island which is uninhabited but accessible by ferry. I have written down directions to the Howth Coastal Path, so I lead the way up steep streets until we get to the trailhead. Within seconds of stepping onto the rocky path, gorgeous views and rocky drops down to the water. This path is actually promoted as a walking trail, unlike the far more narrow and unspoken path I took while hiking the Cliffs of Moher. Still, gorgeous views everywhere we look. The path we take goes up steep inclines and affords breathtaking ocean views as we approach the other side of Howth on the Dublin Bay. When we reach that point, we can see Baily's lighthouse on a small peninsula and Dun Laoghaire on the other side of the bay, with Dublin City in the bay's center. Bright yellow gorse is all over the place. Very impressive views and again, the pictures cannot do it justice.
The walk back is much more reasonable because it's downhill. We're all exhausted and hungry. We walk through Howth village again and make our way back to the Bloody Stream for dinner and pints. This pub won the dining pub of the year award in 2004, so we're confident with our decision. The inside is the coziest atmosphere you can imagine. There are stone walls, dark wood, and a blazing fire in a fireplace right next to our table. Tired, we each order water to have before our Guinness. Fish and chips all around, the meal is much-needed, delicious, and satisfying. We stay for another pint and decide to make our way back on the DART since it's nearly 10. We have to transfer at Connolly Station and are all tired, feet need to be put up. We make the walk back to campus in the dark when we reach the Sydney Parade stop and have a drink upon our return. A nice nightcap while we book tickets for the weekend to Cork, leaving tomorrow.


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What you get
- 8th Annual Oktoberfest at O'Brien Park
- Live German Music, Bavarian Dancers, a Biergarten, Traditional Food & More
Strap on your lederhosen and polka your way to the Parker Oktoberfest on September 14 or 15 with today's deal. The festival proves it's not the wurst way to spend a weekend, featuring two days' worth of German food, beer, music, dance, and head-to-head competitions.
$13 ($25 value) for a package for one, including:
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One teen is dead, and another is being treated at a Lubbock hospital after a rollover near Morton, on Sunday night.
DPS troopers say 17-year-old Jessica Nicole Huffman, of Amarillo, was speeding when she lost control of her car, causing it to flip twice. The accident happened on Sunday night, about two miles east of Morton on County Road 84.
Troopers say Huffman and her passenger, 12-year-old Dakota Russell also of Amarillo, were not wearing seatbelts. Both of the girls were thrown from the vehicle.
Russell died at a Lubbock hospital early Monday morning. Huffman was last listed in satisfactory condition.
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NEW YORK — There were still the tearful messages to loved ones, clutches of photos and flowers, and moments of silence. But 11 years after Sept. 11, Americans appeared to enter a new, scaled-back chapter of collective mourning for the worst terror attack in U.S history.
Crowds gathered, as always, at the World Trade Center site in New York, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania memorial Tuesday to mourn the nearly 3,000 victims of the 2001 terror attacks, reciting their names and remembering with music, tolling bells and prayer. But they came in fewer numbers, ceremonies were less elaborate and some cities canceled their remembrances altogether. A year after the milestone 10th anniversary, some said the memorials may have reached an emotional turning point.
"It's human nature, so people move on," said Wanda Ortiz, of New York City, whose husband, Emilio Ortiz, was killed in the trade center's north tower, leaving behind her and their 5-month-old twin daughters. "My concern now is ... how I keep the memory of my husband alive."
It was also a year when politicians largely took a back seat to grieving families; no elected officials spoke at all at New York's 3<0x00BD> -hour ceremony. President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney pulled negative campaign ads and avoided rallies, with the president laying a wreath at the Pentagon ceremony and visiting wounded soldiers at a Maryland hospital. And beyond the victims of the 2001 attacks, attention was paid to the wars that followed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In Middletown, N.J., a bedroom community that lost 37 residents in the attacks, town officials laid a wreath at the entrance to the park in a small, silent ceremony. Last year, 3,700 people attended a remembrance with speeches, music and names read.
"This year," said Deputy Mayor Stephen Massell, "I think less is more."
Some worried that moving on would mean Sept. 11 will fade from memory.
"It's been 11 years already," said Michael Reneo, whose sister-in-law, Daniela Notaro, was killed at the trade center. "And unfortunately for some, the reality of this day seems to be fading as the years go by. ... I hope we never lose focus on what really happened here."
Thousands had attended the ceremony in New York in previous years, including last year's milestone 10th anniversary. In New York, a crowd of fewer than 200 swelled to about 1,000 by late Tuesday morning, as family members laid roses and made paper rubbings of their loved ones' names etched onto the Sept. 11 memorial. A few hundred attended ceremonies at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pa., fewer than in years past.
As bagpipes played at the year-old Sept. 11 memorial in New York, families holding balloons, flowers and photos of their loved ones bowed their heads in silence at 8:46 a.m., the moment that the first hijacked jetliner crashed into the trade center's north tower. Bells tolled to mark the moments that planes crashed into the second tower, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field, and the moments that each tower collapsed.
President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama laid a white floral wreath at the Pentagon, above a concrete slab that said "Sept. 11, 2001 — 937 am." Obama later recalled the horror of the attacks, declaring, "Our country is safer and our people are resilient."
Vice President Joe Biden remembered the 40 victims of the plane that crashed in a field south of Pittsburgh, saying he understood 11 years haven't diminished memories.
"Today is just as monumental a day for all of you, for each of your families, as any Sept. 11 has ever been," he said.
Wearing white ribbons, many wearing T-shirts with their loved ones' pictures, victims' family in New York read loved ones' names, and looked up to the sky to talk to their family — even those they hadn't met.
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Ras Kass is a critically acclaimed rapper from California. After releasing a pair of independent singles, Ras Kass emerged as one of the most highly regarded new rappers in some time, winning particular acclaim for his skills as a lyricist (in the space of six months, he twice earned Rap Pages magazine's Rhyme of the Month award as well as The Source's Hip Hop Quotable honor).
Ras Kass is best known for his classic album Soul On Ice, as well as his follow up album Rasassination, and his unreleased projects Van Gogh and Goldyn Chyld.
Recently, Ras Kass has been working on creating series of Independent albums and performing shows across the globe. He is also a former member of the rap supergroup The HRSMN. Look for Ras' new album F.I.L.A (F*ck It Loseit All) in early 2012.


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Rob Roy(1995)In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour. For more about Rob Roy and the Rob Roy Blu-ray release, see Rob Roy Blu-ray Review published by Casey Broadwater on January 18, 2011 where this Blu-ray release scored 3.0 out of 5. Starring: Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt, Tim Roth, Eric Stoltz, Brian Cox Director: Michael Caton-Jones » See full cast & crew Rob Roy Blu-ray, Video QualityDon't be concerned when you boot up this disc and are confronted with a static menu image that's smeary, oversharpened, and heavily photoshopped; the movie itself, graced with a solid 1080p/AVC-encoded transfer, looks quite natural and filmic, with no signs of excess DNR or unnecessary edge enhancement. (Okay, maybe a few signs of slight edge enhancement.) While Rob Roy hasn't been fully restored�white flecks occasionally smatter the print�the film looks wonderful in high definition, especially when it lingers on the craggy verdant hills of the Scottish highlands. Greens are especially lush here and give some vividness to an otherwise intentionally dreary�but dense�palette of neutrals. (Tim Roth's flamboyant outfits also break up the drab 18th century monotony.) Black levels can get a bit hazy during darker scenes, but there's no rampant crushing of shadow detail at least, and contrast during the daylight sequences is more than adequately punchy. Although clarity varies somewhat�you'll spot some scenes that look softer than others�overall, there's an appreciable amount of fine detail, most notably in the actors' faces and the textures of the rustic costuming. Finally, placed on a roomy, 50 GB dual-layer disc, there's no evidence of harsh over-compression. Fans should be pleased. Rob Roy Blu-ray, Audio QualityDepending on your expectations, you might be slightly less impressed with the film's DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround track, which capably handles the essentials�namely, clear dialogue�but doesn't offer much in terms of immersion or engagement. You'll hear some rain pounding in the rears, the roar of a waterfall, and a few other instances of quiet ambience, but the surround channels don't get nearly as much activity as they could've had. Even the film's big battle scene�when Cunningham's men descend upon Roy's house�lacks intensity. Another odd choice here is that nearly all of the bullet sound effects are identical. There are a few cross-channel musket shots, but they literally all sound the same. In all other respects, however, this is a proficient�albeit underwhelming�mix. The music is rich and full�expect lots of undulating female voices�and dialogue is always crisp and intelligible.
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"The draft doesn't matter. We'll let you guys draft the talented ones and find the hidden gems each year, and then we'll just sign them away from you in free agency." - A direct quote from my Laker-fan coworker. Something I've been getting used while living in LA.
For the last several weeks, most of the buzz surrounding the Jazz has obviously been about the draft. On the other hand, most of the greater Los Angeles area probably didn't even realize the draft was happening last night. With the Lakers having only one pick at #48, it's no wonder.
But it got me thinking about the importance of the draft for small market teams versus teams in cities such as LA. Let's face it, the top tier of free agents don't list Salt Lake City as one of their places-I'd-love-to-play-AND-live-in. That's not to say we can't attract some decent players with the right offers, but if we want to be competitive, it's going to come from the draft.
Which is what made last night so important. Hats off to Dennis Lindsey and the other Utah brass for pulling some MacGyver-like moves to land Trey Burke.
It's different in big markets, though. The consistent sentiment I deduce from Lakers fans is that no free agent is out of the question. Athletes will always want to play in LA, because they know, for the most part, they'll be competing for a title.
And so it goes. The reason the Lakers ended up with only Ryan Kelly last night is because they are willing to trade away draft picks year after year to recruit the biggest names around the league.
Small markets don't have that luxury. They are constantly looking for an alternative route, trying to mimic the successful models of teams like San Antonio or OKC (even if the Thunder haven't won a title YET, they are clearly a conference favorite). But even those models are principally rooted in draft success and a little luck.
In my opinion, it requires more than one successful draft pick to gain relevancy in this league. It's also like asking for lightning to strike twice.
Think about it. OKC drafted Kevin Durant 2nd overall in 2007, and he has become a cornerstone for their franchise. But it was the addition of Russell Westbrook, the 4th overall pick the following year, that solidified them as a threat. The rest of their cast formed around that core. KD could be a superstar on his own for any team, but as we saw this year in the playoffs, he still needs that second fiddle.
For San Antonio, Tim Duncan is the type of player every franchise dreams about drafting. He's the epitome of stability. Before their current big three, Duncan arrived as the second piece that finally helped David Robinson capture that elusive title. Once the Admiral retired, the Spurs supplemented their roster with an unbelievable picks in Manu Ginobili at #57 in 1999 and Tony Parker at #28 two years later. That just doesn't happen anywhere else.
You could even argue that Utah was the original small market success model. But again, it all started with two mid-round picks that no one saw coming: Stockton at 16th overall in 1984 and Malone at 13th in 1985. Without the draft, Utah never gains any prominence in the NBA. Who knows, maybe the team wouldn't even be in Utah anymore.
On top of everything else, there's still one looming problem for every small market teams: Will the draftees stay? Especially in today's culture, it's difficult to find guys that are willing to stay in your city rather than looking for greener pastures. The common denominator for these three examples is finding guys like Durant, Duncan and Stockton who care about winning more than sponsorships.
So welcome to the team, Trey. You too, Rudy Gobert. No pressure or anything, but the franchise kind of depends on you. Sorta.
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A gal in our garden club has had a horrible time with her deer eating all her daylilies and a bunch of other perennials.
She has worked for years to try to find something that she could spray and would actually work. This year she had the best luck ever and everything she sprayed was untouched by the deer but one hedgerow that she forgot to spray was totally eaten. She passed out the recipe she is using .....raved about how cheap it was to make ......and for her... it works! Organic Deer Repellant 1 egg
Beat egg, add other ingredients and strain into a 1 gal container. Add water to fill the container.
I am going to try it this year but I am also thinking.....I always loose all my amamenies, some of my crocus, allium and smaller tulipbulbs over the winter. What if I dipped my bulbs in it before I planted them?
Your thoughts? What do you do to keep the deer away? Jean
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- Posted by lilium_guy56 4b. (My Page) on Sun, Sep 24, 06 at 9:15
How do I keep the deer away? Being a hunter I shoot them. Thats not really true as I can't shoot this close to houses anyway. We live at the forest edge but have no problem with the deer. I have mint in the yard so that may be the key ingredient. The deer stay 50 yards away from the yard. (no they are nowhere near in hunting season) I planted lots of it around the lawn edge to keep down mosquitoes. Works. |
I don't have a problem with deer at all since I started planting salvias and agastaches which are in the mint family. Deer will only go for plants in the mint family if they are really desperate for food. Penny |
Hi to both of you! I have never heard of the mint......I will certainly give it a try.....Thanks.....Jean |
- Posted by carol_from_ny (My Page) on Sun, Sep 24, 06 at 20:44
I live on the edge of a wooded area. The deer leave my yard alone because I have dogs. I have lots of daylillies and they never touch them. It helps too to have corn fields nearby. They prefer the corn fields to my plants....better for hiding and less chance of a run in with the dogs. Back when we had sheep and chickens in the barnyard it was not unusual to get up early and find deer grazing with the sheep. Now that the sheep are gone the deer still graze in the field but they do so with one eye on the house because they know the dogs do on occassion run loose out there. |
- Posted by mulchinmama z6 NY (My Page) on Sun, Sep 24, 06 at 21:52
I just heard a neighbor swear by this one: She applies PineSol around the plants she wants deer to avoid. |
- Posted by pamghatten wny5 (My Page) on Wed, Sep 27, 06 at 13:18
I was also going to say LARGE DOGS! But I also live in a rural area and I think the deer have plenty of things to eat so only venture into my gardens to snack on a hosta occasionally. Am I the only one that thinks it's probably squirrels that are eating your bulbs? I don't think it's deer ... where as squirrels are known to dig bulbs. Pam |
Squirrels dug up all my daffodil bulbs that I transplanted two years ago. I watched them do it. I don't think deer will dig up bulbs either. Penny |
We used to plant beets. When they had nice young leaves,the deer came and ate the leaves. The next night they came and pawed up the beets to eat. The only cure we found was to stop planting beets. I think the best way to foil deer is to plant things they don't find delicious. Nancy |
Nancy I just love that beet story.....it reminds me of the spring I watched the red squirrels ate my crocus. Penny I put my daffodil bulbs way down deep....at least 8 inches and they do well...but I think it is the moles or voles that get my bulbs that are closer to the surface. I have not seen the squirrels near them but holes are popping up all over so I suspect those little ground diggers. But thanks a bunch for your thoughts! |
Jean Voles won't eat daffodils but they will devour tulips and crocus, hyacinths and lots of other bulbs or tuberous plants. You can plant ornamental onions, garlic or other alliums around your favorite bulbs to keep them away. also dip the bulbs in hot sauce before planting. That is how I kept the voles from eating all my bulbs. If the holes you are seeing are about the size of a quarter or silver dollar then that is what you have. I saw one scurrying through the bushes from my neighbor's yard the other day into one of my salvia beds so i will be purchasing another Tomcat live trap and even though it is too crowded to plant any garlic sets in there right now I may just throw a few in there to sit on the surface of the soil. Those work like a charm. Caught 6 last year. Penny |
Penny We caught 6 last year also.....how funny but I see we are loaded with them again. I have a ton of crocus coming in the mail and I am going to dip them in the hot stuff just like you said but I also like your garlic idea. This year I thought I would put my amemones and checkerd fritillare in pots and sink them in where I will pull out my cannas, brugs, and bananas. I have lost them for so many years that I think this is my last shot. Thanks for your great ideas and for sharing the things that have worked for you. Jean |
Jean, another gardener friend in PA. told me that the voles chewed through the pots in the ground to get her bulbs so then she started making little cages out of hardware cloth available at hardware stores. She put the dipped bulbs in the hardware cloth cages and then planted the cage and the voles couldn't get to them. The garlic really works well. I plant it all around my house up close to the foundation where it is a little warmer in the beds. In the summer when the plants are growing up around them it isn't seen and I just leave them for a couple of years and then replace if necessary. I will have to replace some this year as I dug them up accidentally while pulling some stuff out earler. Penny |
Penny Can you believe that they actually chewed through the pots in the ground to get to the bulbs? Talk about determination! Well, I am also as determined this year to save my bulbs so I might have to dip, put my pots all together in a big clump and then surround them with hardware cloth! Wow! By the way ....we lucked out and did not get frost last night so I am good until next weekend! Thank goodness! Jean |
Jean we may have a warm up and a dry day or two during the week so if you are able to plant mid week that may be your best bet. I will also tell you that I planted a lot of my tulips in a larga galvanized wash tub with holes punches in the bottom. The tulips have been safe and sound in that tub for three years and have grown and multiplied like crazy. I still hav several in ground around back too but the metal washtub is a definite foolproof planting site. Penny |
- Posted by susanzone5 z5NY (My Page) on Wed, Oct 11, 06 at 17:41
Throw dried blood around and the deer will stay away. You can get it at the garden center in the organic fertilizer section. Plant your bulbs with crushed shells (called chicken grit at feed stores) and the voles and other tunneling varmints won't eat the bulbs. |
Hi Susan Thanks for both of your ideas! I have never heard of the dried blood and the crushed shells before.....I am going to try both. I am still planting and digging! I got my banana trees into the basement this afternoon since I am sure we will get our 1st frost this week.....then I will pull out all my dalhias and put some more bulbs in those holes. Thanks again for your thoughts! Jean |
I would use the chicken grit if I had a feed store anywhere close by where I could get it. I know some of the garden centers sell Permatil which is crushed conditioner to lighten heavy clay soil but it is very expensive. chicken grit is very cheap and serves the same purpose. Does anyone have a source for buying chicken grit in Northern Erie Cnty or in the North Tonawanwada, Wheatfield area of Niagara County. Penny |
- Posted by susanzone5 z5NY (My Page) on Fri, Oct 20, 06 at 17:34
Penny, our garden centers carry the crushed shells in the animal repellent department under a weird name...for repelling moles/voles, etc. Read the labels for ingredients. It's cheaper at the feed stores of course. Try Agway or similar store. Our local pet store carries it too. |
None of the local garden centers here carry it but I did get a lead on it at a small out of the way garden center/feed store so I am going to check with them. They may even possibly order it for me. The closest Agway is about an hr. away. Thanks Susan. Penny |
plant hosta in your neighbors yard. sorry cound not resist |
Penstemons are another plant that the deer will leave alone. My largest bed on the side of the house which is wide open and easily accessible from an open field and wooded lot which has been a point of travel for the deer that are in the area is all planted out with salvias agastaches and penstemons. I have never had any animal damage done in that bed. The first year I made and planted that bed, I had cosmos, daisies and the like, and whole plants roots and all disappeared overnight. Besides the fact the the salvias et al are not prone to being eaten by deer or other critters they provide nectar for my hummingbirds, butterflies and bees. So they do provide a two fold purpose. Penny |
When I was married and we were ready to plant shrubs we went to different landscape places. We told them we had deer.They instructed us to buy certain plants they said deer would not eat.Of the plants we put in the only ones they didn't eat had thorns or sharp needles.We planted several trees that look like cedar. They were next to the driveway.Well winter hit. what we found out was that the deer wouldn't eat these trees UNLESS they were hungry.The ones that we could save we replanted. They grew tall and full.Then One winter morning we went out and found these evergreens shaped like mushrooms.The deer had eaten the first four feet.I'm a hunter but know that killing even the deer in your yard will not stop them.If you plant it they will come. |
- Posted by HappySmile none (My Page) on Thu, Apr 5, 12 at 17:32
http://www.sunset.com/garden/garden-basics/deer-proof-country-garden-00400000017025/ This article has 2 of the best fences for keeping deer out of gardens. |
I have deer mostly through the winter but none of my plants are ever bothered. I grow mostly deer resistant plants in the exposed part of my yard such as salvias , agastachess and Penstemons |
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Yesterday, like millions of Americans, I watched the Super Bowl. It was a great game. They say it might be one of the greatest games of all time. Probably like many of you, I watched the game with friends, at a Super Bowl watching party. It was a party with some of the members of the church that I serve as pastor. Our church is a relatively progressive one, so among the attendees last night were gay and straight couples and their children. A wonderful, Americana-like event for all of us. It doesn't get any more American than a Super Bowl watching party with family and friends of all ages. But, at the end of the halftime show, like millions of Americans, I saw Janet Jackson's exposed boob. And, it's that event that's got me thinking today. Not because I'm a prude. Not because I'm some kind of fundamentalist moralist. But because of the message of event juxtaposed with the controversy involving "Moveon.org's" banned Super Bowl television commercial. If what happened at our party was any indication, the whole nation froze for a moment when Justin ripped off Janet's clothes. Did we just see what we THINK we saw? At our party, the adults stared at the TV, like deer the headlights. The kids did too. Nobody spoke for a moment or two. But after a time, it was clear there was an elephant in the room, and everybody started chattering at once. I happened to be sitting next to my six-year-old daughter at the time. Both she and the other kids in the room had questions. Lot's of questions. Why would they do that? None of us were looking at each other. We just stared ahead at the television screen. Then, very quickly, I started in on what became my mantra for the rest of the night: "I'm sure it was an accident, honey. Nobody would do that on purpose during the Super Bowl." Of course, I knew at the time that this was a lie. Sure enough, when I got home, I did a "Google" search for "Janet Jackson." There, I discovered a press release from her record company that had been put out just minutes earlier. It announced a free, online, digital download of one of her songs; available only today (Monday) to radio stations around the country. You have to admit this is pretty creative marketing. Now, as I said, I am not really a prude, despite what you might assume given my chosen profession. However, this little media stunt really, really bothers me.You see, Janet didn't flash her boob on just any old show. This wasn't the MTV Music Awards. This was the Super Bowl. The kind of event that Dads watch, sitting next to their six-year-old daughters. It was a crassly designed media stunt, that seeks to create "buzz," to get us all talking. And, based on what I'm reading today, it worked. OK, fine. But not at the Super Bowl halftime. The conversation that I had to have with my six-year-old daughter, and all the other kids in the room last night, was not one we ought to be forced into just then. We ought to be able to watch the Super Bowl without such "controversies." But, as a fan of "Moveon.org" and their now famous "banned" Super Bowl commercial, I also was MORE bugged by this event . Moveon's commercial, for those who have forgotten, shows children working at various jobs; dishwasher, garbage collector, hotel maid, etc... It ends with a salient question: "Guess who's going to pay off President Bush's $1 Trillion Dollar Deficit?" CBS, as you probably know, chose not to run this commercial during the Super Bowl because it was, to their mind, "too controversial." But, imagine if it HAD run. Imagine if it had run, instead of the thirty seconds wasted on Janet Jackson's boob. Imagine what children and adults all over the country would have had to talk about then: Why would they do that?! Sitting next my daughter --even though it might have also been awkward in a manner of speaking-- I would have relished that "teachable moment" with her. I might have said: "Well, honey, I wish I could say it was an accident. But it's not. That deficit is real, and we adults don't do something about it, you and children like you WILL be paying it off for years." Sure, it could have been awkward conversation. Sure, it would have been, in its own way, controversial. But it also would have been true. It also would have been educational. It also would have had some redeeming social value, and maybe even would have allowed parents and children around America to discuss the future of this country, the dreams and visions we have for it, and what we hope to do to make it a better place for them. But that didn't happen. Because it was "too controversial." Instead, someone decided that it WAS ok for us to watch Janet Jackson and have a conversation about her boob. As folksinger John Prine once said, "It's a big old goofy world." Eric Folkerth (firstname.lastname@example.com) is Senior Pastor of Northaven United Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas. http://www.northaven.org ### |


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American seeking work in the Netherlands
April 13, 2008
I'm an American living in the U.S. and searching for a job in the Netherlands (with the intention of moving there permanently). My chances for success are slim, I know. What can I do to improve them?
There are basically two ways for a non-EU citizen to legally work in the Netherlands: an employer can sponsor you (after proving that no EU citizen can do the job), or your Dutch partner can sponsor you.*
I have the best Dutch boyfriend in the history of Dutch boyfriends, but he doesn't qualify to sponsor me. So I'm searching for a job the work-permit-less way: wading through listings at NL job search Web sites and applying directly to companies with specific openings (with my fingers crossed).**
However, as the rejection e-mails are flooding my inbox, I'm wondering if there's something I can do differently with my resume to convince potential employers that I'm worth the time, effort, and money involved in hiring a non-EU citizen. I feel like I've done the basics -- my resume is typo-free, every bullet point starts with a verb, and I tweak the keywords to match the job posting when I can -- but I have no idea if it's ever going to help me make the international leap.
Some background on me, if it helps: I have a bachelor degree in Management Information Systems and a bachelor degree in English. I started my career in 2003 as a programmer using proprietary tools. In 2004, I transferred into corporate communications, so I have about four years' experience doing a combination of technical writing, editing, and marketing copywriting. I'd prefer to stay in the world of corporate communications (although at this point I'd be thrilled to land an IT job; I just don't think I could compete with someone with more experience). I'm totally open to companies outside the software industry. Oh, and I don't speak Dutch. I'm studying, but the reality is that it'll be a few years before I'm fluent, and I don't think it'll ever happen without more immersion.
International recruiters/hiring managers: What makes you choose one candidate over another? Extra skills beyond what was listed in the job posting? Professional organization memberships? Certifications?
Folks who have successfully landed jobs in countries other than your native land: What was the key to your success? Was there a point in your job search where you changed tactics?
Dutch employers: Want to hire me? I'm really great!
Bonus question: How does one stay positive during a difficult job search? I'm starting to lose hope and it's really affecting my emotional and physical health.
* There's also the
highly skilled migrants program
, which enables registered employers to bring in employees without work permits; but the job seeker has to find a job with a registered employer first, so I don't see how it affects one's job search.
** Most employment agencies (including Undutchables and Dambusters) can't help, because they won't consider applicants who don't already have work permits.
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Is your boyfriend already in the Netherlands? I think you'd have a much better chance (because realistically you have almost nil in your situation now) searching from over there. Go as a tourist and put your feelers out actually on Dutch soil. Meet your bf's friends, co-workers, relatives and find a job that way.
posted by
on April 13, 2008
Hang in there. Here is a tip: the statement "every bullet point starts with a verb" suggests that you are writing a US-style resume. CVs in the EU have a particular style which is necessary to conform to in order to make the first cut as an applicant, and each individual country has its own preferences beyond that. Here are some guides to writing a Netherlands-style CV I found:
But what you really need is for a successful career-oriented person in the Netherlands to vet your CV and make sure it is making the right impression. Being a good bullet-point-verbing-active-writing American-style job applicant is probably a deficit in the Netherlands. If they are anything like Germans, they want unadorned facts in the CV and no sizzle with that steak. I would take a little break from applying for jobs and gather intelligence about your market. Check this out for a start:
Good luck!
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If you seek to work in corporate communications that might be hard with a wholly Dutch company. Because that obviously involves a high skill in written Dutch.
But there are also companies in NL that are just located in the Netherlands but their activities are international and the language used is english. So I'd aim for those companies if you want to work in corporate communications.
If you want to work in IT: there's a real shortage.
Do you really need to have a job instantly? Or can you scrape by together after moving? I do think it's easier to find work when you're in NL. I'm sure you should be able to at least get an interview based on your bachelors in MIS for instance.
What are the possibilities with temporary work permits? It's much easier to convince an employer to do some legwork wrt to permits when you've already been working for them in a contractor capacity and they know you and know what you're worth.
posted by
on April 13, 2008
It would be better to do the job-hunting from the Netherlands. I doubt if I would bother to call for interview someone who was thousands of miles away. If you can't get over there it might be better to give a Dutch address and phone number anyway, arranging rapid message passing.
You may still fail to find a job somewhere where perfect English is not unusual. Any chance that you could work long-distance for your current US employer? Or set up in business for yourself, with either Dutch or US clients?
Depending on your income needs, teaching English may be a possibility, and your business/technical background might put you in the bracket of teaching adults -- more lucrative and less difficult to handle than schoolkids. But I would find that a depressing long-term career.
If you think you might wind up as a wife somewhere in the Netherlands outside Amsterdam, you definitely need to take a close look at the life there first. Travellers' tales of Amsterdam do not give a picture that fits the rest of the country.
Piece in the Economist
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on April 13, 2008
Do you really need to have a job instantly? Or can you scrape by together after moving? I do think it's easier to find work when you're in NL. I'm sure you should be able to at least get an interview based on your bachelors in MIS for instance.
That's a quandary. I can legally stay in the Netherlands for three months without a residence permit, but just being there doesn't make me legally able to work. So that does have the advantage of making me available for in-person interviews, but it doesn't get me a work permit (which can take months to secure). And I don't know what I would do if I hit the three-month mark and had nothing.
I'm also at a personal disadvantage because I have no savings; I've been clawing my way out of debt. In about a month, I can start saving, but it could take up to a year for me to save enough to live those three months. Of course, I would love to move with a savings cushion, but I'm also tired of being apart from my partner, so I'm struggling.
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on April 13, 2008
Any chance that you could work long-distance for your current US employer?
No, my employer is strictly U.S.-only. It's a very small (although very profitable) company.
If you think you might wind up as a wife somewhere in the Netherlands outside Amsterdam, you definitely need to take a close look at the life there first. Travellers' tales of Amsterdam do not give a picture that fits the rest of the country.
My partner and I actually specifically want to live outside Amsterdam; even if I work there, we'd live someplace nearby and I'd commute. I just added it as a tag because lots of people think Netherlands = Amsterdam. ;)
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The easiest way for this to happen is for your boyfriend to work on qualifying to sponsor you. Feel free to MeMail me.
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on April 13, 2008
Approaching from a different angle - are/were any of your grandparents EU citizens? I believe some countries e.g. Ireland and Italy will grant citizenship if you are the first or second generation descendant of a citizen. Note that if a great-grandparent was a citizen then the appropriate parent may be able to apply and then you apply based on
Once you have EU citizenship - from just about any EU country* - you can live and work anywhere in the EU.
* Certain restrictions may apply for the most recent 12 countries that joined the EU, but they're not onerous.
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Approaching from a different angle - are/were any of your grandparents EU citizens?
I wish! I explored this possibility, but my extended family's been in the U.S. for too many generations.
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Perhaps you could try for a UN job, in the Hague? I'm not sure that would get you a work permit, since they are not a Dutch employer, but they would get you residency, I should think. There's the ICTY, the OPCW, the ICC, and so on.
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on April 13, 2008
Phillips & ASML are (according to what I heard in the hallways of the latter) the largest Dutch companies. Both do work in optics related to semiconductor processing, and ASML is going gangbusters right now. Don't know if any of that helps, but it gives you international, NE-based companies to court, FWIW.
Email me at iambroom on gmail if I can help more, somehow. Good luck.
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Just want to second what Your Time Machine says, and amplify it: not just the resume, but many other aspects, of the job search process are different in other countries, and you need to learn how to do as the Romans if you want to get a job in Rome (literally or figuratively).
For example, your age and your marital status, things which in the US are bad form to volunteer and illegal for an employer to ask about, are required content in most Western European resumes.
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I can legally stay in the Netherlands for three months without a residence permit, but just being there doesn't make me legally able to work.
Being there doesn't necessarily make you legally able to
look for
work, either. You might want to verify this before going over there to look for work.
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on April 13, 2008
Someone else posted this to AskMe at some point, but I don't see it above yet: have you heard about the
Dutch American Friendship Treaty
? Basically with a good business plan and a rather modest amount of capital, you, US citizen, can get residency in the Netherlands. Isn't that hot?!?
posted by
on April 14, 2008
I'm pretty sure you can stay for 3 months, leave the EU (quick trip to Russia, Croatia, etc.), then return to stay for another 3 months. At least in Austria there were 2 rules for Americans staying on a tourist visa when I first came here:
1. can't stay more than 90 days in a row
2. can't stay more than 180 days in a 365 day period
As for looking for a job, it may be much easier than you think, if you're actually in the Netherlands while you search. The "can't find an EU citizen to do the job" is pretty easy to get around if the employer is motivated to hire you. For instance, they can write a job requirement that lists a combination of skills that you have, which few other people may have.
As for formatting your resume to match European standards, I have never done that. It seems to me that my US-formatted resume helped me to stick out from the crowd. I've been in Austria since 2000 (came with my backpack), and I'm working my second job now and have earned the Austrian equivalent of a green card.
I've interviewed with T-Mobile, Siemens, Ogilvy and Mather and several small-to-medium European companies, all on the basis of my US-formatted resume.
My experience: I arrived in Vienna, expecting to stay a couple of days. I liked the city and started looking online for jobs immediately. I blasted my resume to every job that mentioned any IT keywords that matched my experience. Within two weeks, I'd had ~10 interviews, 5 job offers, and accepted the best one. It's not impossible!
posted by
on April 14, 2008
I once lived in the Netherlands and all the Americans I knew there were either students or professionals (like exec professionals). I think your options are: get hired by an American company that has a presence there, get married, or go to school there.
A lot of people I knew there solved this problem by continuing their education. Once you're a student (I believe more than half time, not 100% sure) the Visa and work permit are no problem.
The reason you will most likely not find a job the way you're going about it now is this- in order for you to get a Visa/work permit someone has to be willing to offer you a contract for work (I believe it was for 1 year, maybe 6 months, can't remember...). Once you have that offer in writing you can get the elusive 'Sofi-number'. Once you have the sofi-number (equivalent to a ssn), the company can legally hire you. The thing is, by offering you a year contract in writing the company is taking a huge risk. If you get injured in any way and are unable to work for the rest of that period, the company still has compensate you for the remainder of the contract. So they have to want you pretty badly to take that risk. Then there's the whole 'no EU citizen could do this job' bit.
At least that's how it was explained to me.
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Ken Voorhis Photo Why such a wondrous diversity? Mountains, glaciers, and weather are the big reasons. The park is the largest federally protected upland landmass east of the Mississippi River. Dominated by plant-covered, gently contoured mountains, the crest of the Great Smokies forms the boundary between Tennessee and North Carolina, bisecting the park from northeast to southwest in an unbroken chain that rises more than 5,000 feet for over 36 miles. Elevations in the park range from 875 to 6,643 feet. This range in altitude mimics the latitudinal changes you would experience driving north or south across the eastern United States, say from Georgia to Maine. Plants and animals common in the southern United States thrive in the lowlands of the Smokies while species common in the northern states find suitable habitat at the higher elevations. The Great Smoky Mountains are among the oldest mountains in the world, formed perhaps 200-300 million years ago. They are unique in their northeast to southwest orientation, which allowed species to migrate along their slopes during climatic changes such as the last ice age, 10,000 years ago. In fact, the glaciers of the last ice age affected the Smoky Mountains without invading them. During that time, glaciers scoured much of North America but did not quite reach as far south as the Smokies. Consequently, these mountains became a refuge for many species of plants and animals that were disrupted from their northern homes. The Smokies have been relatively undisturbed by glaciers or ocean inundation for over a million years, allowing species eons to diversify. In terms of weather, the park's abundant rainfall and high summertime humidity provide excellent growing conditions. In the Smokies, the average annual rainfall varies from approximately 55 inches in the valleys to over 85 inches on some peaks-more than anywhere else in the country except the Pacific Northwest. During wet years, over eight feet of rain falls in the high country. The relative humidity in the park during the growing season is about twice that of the Rocky Mountain region. Some 100 species of native trees find homes in the Smokies, more than in any other North American national park. Almost 95% of the park is forested, and about 25% of that area is old-growth forest-one of the largest blocks of deciduous, temperate, old-growth forest remaining in North America. Over 1,500 additional flowering plant species have been identified in the park. The park is the center of diversity for lungless salamanders and is home to more than 200 species of birds, 66 types of mammals, 67 native fish species, 39 varieties of reptiles, and 43 species of amphibians. Mollusks, millipedes, and mushrooms reach record diversity here. In recognition of the park's unique natural resources, the United Nations has designated Great Smoky Mountains National Park as an International Biosphere Reserve.
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Did You Know?
More than 240 species of birds have been found in the park. Sixty species are year-round residents. Nearly 120 species breed in the park, including 52 species from the neo-tropics. Many other species use the park as an important stopover and foraging area during their semiannual migration. More...