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Read and rate Travel Journal Entries for Palermo, Sicilia, Italy
Aug 7, 2007 - Palermo, Sisily
Realy liked sisily. We walked for miles then decided to walk to the botanical gardens but my personal tour guide who i rely on to have a sense of direction led us completely in the oposite direction. We had walked about 1 1/2 hours ( the streets didn,t tend to have names!) we stopped at a little bar (and i mean little. it had no tables inside and only 2 out) They didn,t speak english but showed us on our map where we were; well they would have if we had been on the map! We shared a big bottle of beer ( E1.50!) and started walking back....Jump to full entry
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Jul 18, 2007 - Palermo Sicily, Italy
Today we docked in Palermo. Most of the people here live in apartment buildings. The only single family homes are on Liberty street, which is the most elegant street in the city, or on the beach. Traffic is absolutely crazy. There are no traffic lights, signs, or police; just round abouts. There are bikes, motorcycles, buses, cars, and people all over the place. Traffic back home will be a piece of cake after this. Our first stop was the Catacombs, which is a private cemetery owned by Catholics. It was started in the 1600's after the...Jump to full entry
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May 19, 2007 - An afternoon in Palermo
It was a clear morning as we checked out of our hotel and took a cab back down to the train station. As we turned the corner around the hill, we finally saw Mt. Etna! We have been on the lookout for it but I guess because of the hazy weather, it must have been covered by clouds when we were looking. But there she was, beautifully snowcapped, with steam coming out from the top. We were glad we were able to see the volcano before we said goodbye to Taormina! It was definitely a "wow" moment. Today we were heading to Palermo just for one night...Jump to full entry
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May 7, 2007 - South through Corleone and Prizzi to Enna
May 7 - Back to the east coast of Sicily via the interior. From Monreale, we went south on secondary highways to Corleone (fictional home of the "Godfather"). Stunning scenery as we climbed up and up into the mountains south of Palermo, to a high plain with green rolling hills, few villages and large farms. The lake at the top (a water reservoir) was especially beautiful. In Corleone, aiming for the 'mafia' museum, we ended up at a small museum of life in Corleone in the 1950s, with a small house and its contents, agricultural implements,...Jump to full entry
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Jul 27, 2006 - Corleone
One of my main motivations for coming to Sicily at all was to visit for a day the small town of Corleone, home town of the fictional Don Corleone in one of my all-time favourite films, The Godfather, which is also partly set here- I wanted to see it for myself. An hour and a half's bus ride south of Palermo through the sun-dried, mountainous Sicilian interior and we (I was joined by Matt one of the guys from the hostel) were there. We walked round the town during siesta time. It is nothing more than a small provincial town and being there...Jump to full entry
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Jul 27, 2006 - Palermo- a Sicilian message
Fortunately I did not end up 'sleeping with the fishes' here by I did do a lot of sleeping on the train, utterly exhausted after Rome. The contrast between the capital of Italy and the capital of Sicily is pretty big. The first thing I saw as I walked out of Palermo station was a dead dog lying in the afternoon sunshine. The city is dirty and messy and a fraction of the price of Rome's tourist traps. However it feels infinitely more authentic and I learnt more about Italian life here than it was ever possible to in Rome. I stayed in Palermo...Jump to full entry
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Jul 17, 2006 - The Norman Palace
This morning we decide to head back down to the Norman Palace for a look inside. After a bit of shopping and a bit of searching for the entrance we make it there just after midday - and it's shut between Noon and 2. So off to a little tavern for some lunch. After lunch, we head back to the Norman Palace and the first place we enter is the Palatini Capella which is the chapel in the palace. It's currently having restoration works on it however that does not take away from the breathtaking inside of the chapel. The entire inside both walls,...Jump to full entry
Jul 16, 2006 - Palermo sights
Today we grab our free map and head out for some sightseeing. It is hot already and we have to keep on changing to the shady side of the streets to get out of the sun. We make our way down to the historical area of town - Palermo has a very strong Arab influence in all it's shops and architecture as that's part of it's background. We see the Teatro Massimo (Massimo Theatre) which is a grand old building that has been totally restored. They filmed part of Godfather 3 in this theatre. We then head down to the main cathedral which is massive...Jump to full entry
Jul 15, 2006 - Onwards to Palermo
Up early this morning to catch the train for the 5 hour journey to Palermo. The cab driver that takes us to the station informs us that the bus only takes 3 hours, but the bus had already left by this time - so the train it is! We first catch one train to Catania which is about 1 hour north and then we switch trains to another one which will take us through to Palermo. When this train turns up at the platform we think it must be a joke cause it's only one carriage - including the driver's section!! We ask someone and they assure us this is...Jump to full entry
Jun 12, 2006 - Ciao
Greetings from Palermo. I hope that everyone is ok. I'm fine, but I have had two days of complete contrasts so far; and also a blast from the past, but all in good time. I had an interesting journey down to London yesterday, because my bus from home didn't show I ended up with a 15 minute walk down to Wednesfield to catch another bus; although that meant that I missed the coach in Wolverhampton. A quick walk down to the train station saw me catch up with the coach and get on in Birmingham. Only my relief proved to be short lived when the...Jump to full entry
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Apr 8, 2006 - Agrigento, Corleone, Palermo, Segesta, Erice, Cefalu Castlebuono & Lettojanni
Ciao Ciao Firstly, thanks Arnie for informing me that I put the wrong country code with my ph number - so here it is again - Italy is 39, then my number is 3497480449. It is SO nice to get text and messages on this site so please please keep writing to me everyone ! Well, am back in Taormina today as tomorrow is the last day of the tour and I will be back on my own. Feel sad about leaving all of my new friends, and have a challenging day of travel and working things out, especially as it is Sunday and not so many bus/train/ferry services as...Jump to full entry
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Nov 30, 2005 - M: Palermo and musings about Italian cuisine
The guidebook says that you eat like royalty in Palermo. Even if we didn't necessarily feel like royalty, the food was much closer to what I had expected to get in Italy. Months before arriving in Italy I was licking my chops at the thought of huge plates of mama-made pasta, and delicious pizza, including the traditional Margherita, my favorite. Much to my disappointment, pasta in Italy is considered "primo piatto" or first course, so you essentially get a half portion for which you pay anywhere between 8 and 15 euros plus the cover charge...Jump to full entry
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IKEA is well known, especially to college students, for space-saving furniture and accessories. This time they've embraced technology with a combination HD television, DVD/Blu-Ray player, and stereo.
Called the Uppleva, it looks like any TV atop a cabinet, except they are all one unit. There are no messy cables snaking out the back. Instead they are built-in. (The included wireless subwoofer can be placed anywhere in the room.) As a bonus, you know that all the components will work with the same remote.
The Uppleva also has connections for other devices, such as USB and stereo inputs for an MP3 player. Four HDMI jacks allow you to connect additional video sources such as a cable box or game console. The system has storage space for those devices, so an Xbox or PlayStation won't ruin the clean look. Wired and Wi-Fi Internet connections provide access to online services such as Netflix streaming.
The Uppleva is available in screen sizes ranging from 24 to 46 inches, starting at 6,500 Swedish Kronor, or about $960. No word on how much the bigger versions will be. If you shop around diligently, you might get all those components, including an IKEA table, for a bit less, but then you've got all the setup hassle and clutter.
The Uppleva will be available in Europe in June and will be hitting our shores later this year or in early 2013.
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Convening Leaders 2013 was a success. I think. But ask me again next year
It's the night of Wednesday, Jan. 16, and Convening Leaders 2013 has been over for about three hours. Our whole team is exhausted and elated — not just my Education & Meetings staff, but everyone throughout PCMA who was a part of the annual meeting.
Over the next few days and weeks, attendees will be filling out their formal evaluations, and also sending us emails or calling us up to let us know what they liked and didn't like. They're PCMA members, after all, and never shy about telling us what they think, and that's one of the many things we love about them.
We'll go over all of that feedback carefully, and combine it with our own observations to figure out how to make our meetings and events even better. But for now, here are some anecdotal impressions that I'm putting together.
Overall, Convening Leaders 2013 went very well. We received a lot of good feedback about the level of education we provided. And while there are going to be some sessions that don't meet everyone's expectations or miss the mark in some way, we spend a lot of time preparing our speakers, and I think that was reflected in how on point they were. For example, Yum! Brands CEO David Novak, our Closing General Session speaker, used a lot of industry references, which attendees seemed to appreciate, because it showed that he did his homework. And we did ours.
You can never ignore the basics. Convening Leaders is probably best known for getting blown up and rebuilt every year — new innovations, new programs, new experiences — but throughout all of that, we still have to practice solid, fundamental meeting management. The idea is to create a well-oiled machine of best practices that powers all of the cool new stuff. With a few exceptions, I think we did that this year.
The Celebrate PCMA Awards Luncheon was a home run. We divided the room into four zones, each with its own menu (Comfort Food; Small Plates, Big Tastes; Classic French; and Healthy Trends) and its own setup, and let our attendees pick where they wanted to sit. I'm pleased with how that worked out — it was executed right on the money.
The Show Reimagined Networking Luncheon needed more advance communication. For Tuesday's lunch, we presented a variety of food stations interwoven with stages and sets offering short sessions about exhibition management. It was a very different format for us, and while we thought we let attendees know about it in advance, a lot of people were confused or unsure about the whole thing on site. And that's not a good thing. We should have done more in the final program or via our mobile app to better explain the concept. But once attendees understood their engagement opportunities in the luncheon, they told us they loved the concept and the education offered.
As everything continues to sink in, I know I'll find more constructive criticisms and more successes, and I know the whole process will help us create an amazing program for Convening Leaders 2014. So ask me about it again when I see you in Boston next Jan. 12-15.
Convening Leaders wouldn't have been the success it was without the hard work of so many people, including PCMA's volunteer leaders and staff and our many partners. And, as always, I have to reserve my highest praise and most sincere thanks to PCMA's Education & Meetings team: Vicky Betzig, CMP; Patrick Crosson; Ann Johnson; Dawn McEvoy, CMP, CAE; Danielle Roesmann; Laura Welsh; and Dyan Westropp, CMP. Thanks to you for helping make PCMA look so good.
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Add another name to the inactive list for the Atlanta Hawks, as starting small forward DeMarre Carroll will not play tonight at Washington due to an illness.
The news was announced just minutes ago via the Hawks' official twitter account:
Coach Bud says DeMarre will not play tonight. Kyle remains out with a back injury. Jeff, Shelvin, Cartier, Paul and Pero will start.
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) March 29, 2014
Hawks beat writer Chris Vivlamore of the AJC reported "DeMarre Carroll came down with an illness that caused him to be hospitalized for IV fluids Friday night."
Carroll then missed shootaround earlier Saturday and was said to be a "game-time decision" for tonight's matchup.
Carroll will join starting shooting guard Kyle Korver on the injury report. Korver has missed the last five games due to lingering back spasms. He did not travel with the team to the nation's capital and will sit out for the sixth straight game.
Korver has been a major focal point in the Hawks' offense this season, averaging 12.3 points per game. The Hawks are 1-8 without him this year.
Carroll is Atlanta's best defensive player and is having a breakout season. He has started in all 64 games he's appeared in and is averaging 11.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 1.5 steals per game while shooting 37.6 percent from 3-point range and 47 percent from the field overall — all career-highs.
*** In other Hawks-related injury news, Pero Antic has a "95 percent" likelihood of starting tonight after missing the previous game with a sprained right ankle.
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After moving to Chicago, Parks began to produce society and fashion photographs, while also pursuing his passion of documenting the lives of African Americans. He told an interviewer in 1999, "I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at that point I had to have a camera." Indeed, his most famous images from this time were from a series documenting Chicago's black ghetto — a collection that earned him a fellowship with the Farm Security Administration and catapulted his career.
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If there is one reason for us to read Waldo E. Martin Jr. and Joshua Bloom's new book, Black Against Empire—and there is a good deal more than one reason—it should be this: The book reminds us of how close we came to a world in which America's blacks were, in fact, acting like the Jews. In the 1960s and '70s, the Black Panthers tried very hard to build a nation in which black people were sectarian, autonomous, and prosperous in much the same way Jewish communities throughout the United States had been for decades. And for their efforts, the Panthers were sabotaged, prosecuted, and murdered.
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Thanks for the effort. I keep these old panoramas from MS Photodraw 2000 in my gallery for memory´s sake. Actually I do like the handmade weird picture-in-picture compositions of Photodraw, which are at present quite hard to make. A pity that MS has made the Photodraw program impossible to start up under XP,Vista, Windows 7. Perhaps, in the far future, I will redo these Photodraw panoramas.
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Great Shot! Fav & LIKE! You must have received some of the snow we are missing in the Sierra Nevada Mountains :-)
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WICHITA — Bill Gardner of Gardner Design is also known as the logo guy thanks to LogoLounge, a website and series of books in which he's collected more than 170,000 logos.
Now, Gardner is taking that expertise to a new level by teaching a course on symbolism within logos through Lynda.com, which offers online education videos to teach business, software and creative skills.
"It's kind of a new role for me, this teaching thing," says Gardner, who previously only shared what he knows with employees.
Gardner says it's a good feeling to have others want to hear what he has to say.
"It's nice to have that degree of relevance."
His video came about through a contact he made while doing one of his LogoLounge books. Gardner says that person wanted him to do a Lynda video but had to have him do test videos first "to make sure that everybody else there thinks you're as charming."
"You really have to play this in such a way as you're affable, informative … approachable … authoritative," Gardner says. "You can't come across as condescending."
Another challenge, he says, is that he is "talking to people at all experience levels."
Gardner says that in his video, he discusses how logos have to quickly convey information to users.
For instance, he explains why a designer might use a particular shape, what it means and "what essence you convey to people."
Gardner says the video has been a success.
"It's one of their most-viewed videos they've produced," he says.
"The greater the viewership, the better I do. It's kind of like selling books."
With books, Gardner says, he may occasionally bump into people who have read one and say they like it.
With this video, he says, the comments are instantaneous online, and they've been nothing but positive.
For instance, last week, one person wrote – with three exclamation points no less – about what a great introductory course it is and that he recommends it.
Gardner "was fantastic and so easy to follow. … His passion for the subject shines through."
"This is so gratifying," Gardner says. "It kind of makes you feel good."


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Topics: Health Reform, Politics
Jan 24, 2014
White House coordinator for health reform Chris Jennings resigned after six months, citing personal reasons and family considerations.
The Washington Post: Chris Jennings, White House Adviser On Health Care, Steps Down
Chris Jennings, the White House's coordinator of health reform, has resigned six months after he was recruited to try to iron out the implementation of major aspects of the Affordable Care Act. Jennings said in an interview Thursday that he decided to leave after he landed in the hospital last month with a health scare after working the long, intense hours typical of senior White House aides (Goldstein and Eilperin, 1/23).
The Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire: Chris Jennings Leaves White House Health Post
Mr. Jennings, a Clinton administration veteran who had been running his own health-policy consulting business, was tapped by the Obama administration in the summer to help with the rollout of the federal health law. He joined a team that had been headed by Jeanne Lambrew, a former public affairs and health policy professor (Radnofsky, 1/23).
Politico: Obama Health Care Adviser Chris Jennings Resigns
A senior health care adviser to President Barack Obama is departing the White House for personal reasons, an administration official said Thursday. Chris Jennings, a respected policy expert who also worked in the Clinton administration, has resigned "due to a recent health care scare and other serious family considerations," the official said. The White House brought Jennings on board in July as part of a staff ramp-up ahead of the Oct. 1 rollout of HealthCare.gov, citing his deep understanding of the health policy, his knowledge of Capitol Hill and his ability to work across party lines. He served as a point of contact to the insurance industry (Brown, 1/23).
The Hill: Senior Healthcare Adviser Leaves Obama
Senior White House healthcare adviser Chris Jennings is departing the White House staff, an aide confirmed on Thursday. Jennings, who returned to the White House in July to assist with the launch of the federal health insurance marketplace, is a veteran Washington hand and served as former President Clinton's chief healthcare adviser. Before returning to the White House, Jennings ran a top health policy consulting business (Sink, 1/23).
This is part of Kaiser Health News' Daily Report - a summary of health policy coverage from major news organizations. The full summary of the day's news can be found here and you can sign up for e-mail subscriptions to the Daily Report here. In addition, our staff of reporters and correspondents file original stories each day, which you can find on our home page.
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HBO has won the sweepstakes to land John Oliver for a show. The "Daily Show" correspondent's move to topline his own series was only a matter of time after his well- received stint substituting for Jon Stewart this summer.
HBO said Thursday that Oliver will host a weekly topic comedy series to air on Sunday nights starting next year. The lanky, energetic Brit has been widely praised for his sharp take on American pop culture and for his ability to pull off absurdist stunts in interviews and field reporting assignments for "Daily Show."
Oliver's move is a loss for Comedy Central, which presumably was hoping to capitalize on the momentum he gained at the "Daily Show" anchor desk from mid-June through the end of August, while Stewart took a hiatus to direct a film.
Oliver has also hosted a standup showcase for the cabler for the past four years, "John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show." And he has a recurring role on NBC's "Community."
"I'm incredibly excited to be joining HBO, especially as I presume this means I get free HBO now. I want to thank Comedy Central, and everyone at 'The Daily Show' for the best seven and a half years of my life," Oliver said. "But most of all, I'd like to thank Jon Stewart. He taught me everything I know. In fact, if I fail in the future, it's entirely his fault."
There was no word yet from HBO on a producer or target premiere date for the series.
Oliver gained notice in the U.K. a decade ago with a series of performances at the Edinburgh Festival and other comedy fests. He and longtime collaborator Andy Zaltzman co-write the weekly satirical podcast "The Bugle."
Oliver is represented by Avalon Management, WME and attorney Leigh Brecheen.
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"Darnell, I don't know if I can do this."
It was July 13. The Zimmerman verdict had just been read. Not guilty. My heart, body, and mind swelled with anger, hate, sadness, confusion, frustration, and despair. I felt defeated. I cried throughout the rest of the night. Our "Love as a Radical Act" forum submission deadline was less than a month away, and I was no longer sure that love was the answer for anything. Love felt lost forever. How could I help Darnell edit a forum that I no longer believed in?
I thought about my son. He is one of the sweetest kids I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. He's giving and thoughtful. He makes his bed and cleans his room without having to be asked. He makes us breakfast and offers to clean the kitchen even when it's not his turn. He feels sad whenever his little sister is being disciplined. He shares with his friends. And after that verdict, I thought, "I don't know if we can keep raising this boy to be as kind and loving as he is. He's a young black boy living in the United States. He could be shot dead just for walking down the street." I thought about shedding my feminist skin and raising my son to be hypermasculine and hard. I didn't want him to become the next Trayvon Martin.
But deep down inside, I knew that wasn't healthy. Martin Luther King, Jr. warned us, "We must not become that which we despise," and I knew I didn't want to become George Zimmerman or the attorney that defended him or the jury that acquitted him. But I had to do something with those feelings. I didn't want to ignore them, and I didn't want to continue engaging them in ways that were detrimental to my spirit and the spiritual health of my family. So, I turned to Audre Lorde. In "The Uses of Anger," she writes,
Every woman has a well-stocked arsenal of anger potentially useful against those oppressions, personal and institutional, which brought that anger into being. Focused with precision it can become a powerful source of energy serving progress and change. And when I speak of change, I do not mean a simple switch of positions or a temporary lessening of tensions, nor the ability to smile or feel good. I am speaking of a basic and radical alteration in all those assumptions underlining our lives.
It was at that moment—after rereading this essay—that I realized our "Love as a Radical Act" forum was the answer. I realized that love—for ourselves and for each other— is still the answer. A world in which black and brown bodies are in constant danger is a world that requires us to hate. We can't afford to hate. If I am to give my children a world that is healthier than the one given to me, I must find a way to love my way through to progress and change.
The essays, poems, visual art, and Love Notes we published this week are only the beginning. This is not the end. It cannot be the end. We must continue, as my dear brother Darnell suggests, to ask: "What models do we have for the kind of love that is conducive to feminist and womanist ontologies and epistemologies? How might we reimagine these models in order to reflect contemporary concerns? What existing forces pose the most concerning challenges for feminist and womanist love for self, others, and community? How might we effectively resist these challenges?" Admittedly, there have been times throughout this forum that I have wondered how this kind of love—this progressive, radical love—looks and feels. There have been times when I was sure I was getting it right and times when I knew I was getting it wrong. But I know that's okay. I know that love is a lifelong project that requires a lot of time, energy, and mistakes.
I was reminded of this last week when comedian Sheryl Underwood, co-host of CBS' The Talk, referred to "afro hair" as "nappy, beaded [and] nasty." During the same week, 7-year-old Tiana Parker was sent home from the Deborah Brown Community School in Tulsa, OK, because school policy claims that "hairstyles such as dreadlocks, afros, mohawks, and other faddish styles are unacceptable." Tiana—who wears beautifully coiffed dreadlocks—was devastated, crying, "They didn't like my dreads. I think that they should let me have my dreads." Another punch to the gut. Another reminder that the struggle is not yet—and may never be—over.Still, I was also reminded of something else—that our work, our work that is full of love and light, is not in vain. In response to the events of last week, my dear sister Dr. Yaba Blay created "A Care Package for Tiana: Locs of Love," a digital book of pictures and messages from over 100 women and girls all over the world who wear their hair in locs and "want Tiana to know that she and her hair are PERFECT." She sent the care package to Tiana, as well as the officials at the Deborah Brown Community School and Langston University, a historically Black university through which the former is chartered. Additionally, Kurly Klips created "We Love Tiana & Her Hair," a Facebook affirmation group for Tiana and other black women and girls that love themselves and each other.
The responses to these projects were—and continue to be—overwhelming. The care package has been viewed nearly 7,000 times, and was featured in Jet and Clutch magazines. The Parker family was so thankful to everyone who contributed to the project that Yaba was able to speak to Tiana just yesterday afternoon! And I know that Tiana is not the only little girl that needs and appreciates this kind of love and support. I am as thankful as Tiana's family, because I, too, am raising a 7-year-old black girl that needs to know that her skin and her hair are beautiful and loved. We must remember that this is why we do the work.
That said, I implore us all to continue this conversation about radical love in our homes, our classrooms, our PTA meetings, our churches, our beauty salons, our barber shops—throughout all of our communities. We must be determined to live in a way that eliminates hate, and this requires radical love.


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Soybean planting dates: Is earlier a good idea?
In recent years, there has been renewed interest in early soybean planting dates. Much of that interest is based on relatively recent work done in Nebraska, Iowa and Indiana. In Kansas, planting dates and variety maturity combinations are often chosen to avoid having soybeans flower or fill seed during the most stressful times of year. Does early planting achieve this under Kansas conditions? If you planted your soybeans in late April or this first week of May, did you do the right thing? If you still have soybeans to plant, how long should you wait?
First, we should review the research results.
Recent research in other states
In the Nebraska research, yields of irrigated soybean decreased somewhat when planting was delayed past May 1. This research was done at one location, for two years. The early planted beans had more pod-bearing nodes. It should be noted that with irrigated soybeans, the potential for adverse environmental conditions during bloom and grain fill is greatly reduced. In these trials, a fungicide and insecticide seed treatment was used to minimize the effects of planting early into cool, wet soils.
In Iowa, the research was done under dryland conditions – but dryland in Iowa is not quite the same as dryland in Kansas, except possibly northeast Kansas. The research done in Iowa, consisting of 24 tests, found that yields were higher 79% of the time when soybeans were planted in late-April or early May than when planted about May 20. The greatest response to early planting was in high-yield environments.
In Indiana, research at one location in 2006 and 2007 also found that soybean yields were higher when planted in late April or early May than at later dates. Earlier planting was associated with more pods per unit area.
click image to zoomFigure 1. Effect of planting date and seed treatment on soybean yields at Manhattan, Belleville, and Scandia. Average of two years. Untreated = raw seed, Treated = CruiserMaxx. Kansas research
The most recent research to examine planting date effects was conducted in north central and northeast Kansas. It was embedded in a study funded by the Kansas Soybean Commission designed to determine the relative importance of seed treatments at early and late planting dates. Results from this series of studies conducted in 2009 and 2010 indicated a 2 to 9 bushel yield reduction when planting was delayed from late April or early May to early June. The advantage for early planting was greatest with treated seed (Figure 1).
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Looking back, my time on IDE was a 'shiny jewel' of an experience and changed my life in a very positive way. After working in engineering, the immersion into the arts, design world and people of the RCA was refreshingly exciting. The IDE aim of achieving elegance (in both engineering and design) was quite tough. Yet the environment of mixing with not only experienced and elite industrial designers, but also, painters, fashion designers, sculptors, furniture, jewellery and car designers was like being charged with electricity! Back in 1983-85, my IDE year group was just six and we all went into design careers which followed an IDE philosophy of 'design wholesomeness'. For me, like many others, the course was the perfect transition into the person I always wanted to be, with the exciting life of conceiving, engineering, designing and inventing new products – and this still doesn't feel like work. The buzz of imagining elegant, new ways of doing things and turning these dreams into products that sell, sometimes in millions, is awesome. The experience was so good I just kept coming back for more and was a visiting tutor for over eighteen years. As student and tutor, I have met many great friends and colleagues and we all share the passion and core values that make IDE so special.
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OCEC and St. Tikhon's Seminary host Teacher Training Workshop
On Saturday, September 15, 2012, St. Tikhon's Seminary, in cooperation with the Orthodox Christian Education Commission and the OCA Diocese of Eastern PA hosted a day-long Teacher Training Workshop, open to all students and their wives, as well as religious educators and church school coordinators of all jurisdictions in the local area. Â Some forty people attended from as far away as upstate NY. Â The Orthodox Christian Education Commission has been presenting these workshops for the past ten years in the US and Canada, and St. Tikhon's Seminary and St. Vladimir have hosted several for its students and their wives as training for parish ministry in education.Â
Presenters included: Â Mat. Myra Kovalak, Director of the OCEC Teacher Training Dept. and member of the OCA Dept. of Christian Education, Carole Buleza, Director of the Antiochian Archdiocese Dept. of Christian Education, Father George Alberts, pastor of St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, Danbury, CT. and Diocesan Coordinator Charleston Oakland, PA and the East, Antiochian Archdiocese, Kh. Anna Hughes of Methuen, MA, Diocesan Coordinator of New England, Antiochian Archdiocese, Maria Proch, Chair, Dept. of Religious Education and Curriculum for the OCA Diocese of Eastern PA and member of the OCA Dept. of Christian Education, and Matthew Hatrak, member of the OCEC Teacher Training Dept. Â
The available tracks of study included: Â Teacher Training I: Â Overview of Orthodoxy, Introduction to Teaching, and Curriculum and Resources. Â Church School Director sessions on how to organize, develop and enhance the local parish church school program. Â Teacher Training II tracks each ran three sessions in the Elementary and Middle High School levels, including sessions on Child Development and the Exceptional Learner, Enriching the Classroom Experience, Adolescent Needs, Moral Issues Overview, and Creative Expression.
The students and their wives, as well as those present were enthusiastic about the day's sessions.  Comments like:  "Great Church School Director Manual!" and, "I learned things I had not considered before," were indications that the workshop was a success.
We thank Father Alexander and Kh. Olga Atty for hosting, as well as all students who helped coordinate the day's events.  We hope to continue to offer these workshops in the future.
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Why You Need to Face Your Fears
The fears in our heads are always louder and bigger than the actual experience of them in reality. In fact, once we face the things we are most scared of, we realize that they actually aren't that scary at all.
Why You Need to Face Your Fears
The fears in our heads are always louder and bigger than the actual experience of them in reality. In fact, once we face the things we are most scared of, we realize that they actually aren't that scary at all.
The Mystery Ingredient to Creating a Character
It is worth giving a thought or two to your character's spiritual make-up. Faith can fill in some of the holes left by the writer. That can set you free.
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In order to decide what you should wear to an audition, it is important to understand the terminology casting directors use to describe the designated audition wardrobe.
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During a casting session, pictures go in one of three piles: the "yes," the "no," and the "maybe" piles. However, there is another "pile" that isn't physical, but mental, and that is the "why" pile.
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In my twenty-five years as a career coach and marketing instructor for performing artists, I have been working in-depth in this very specific area long before "brand" became the buzzword in the corporate, and now artistic, world.
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Cops Corner: East County
Date: November 14, 2012
by: Observer Staff
The following information was gathered from incident and arrest reports obtained from the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.
Nov. 2
Tech glitch
9:39 a.m. — 2900 block of 53rd Ave E. Shoplifting. A suspect tried to pry open a Plexiglas case to steal a laptop from a store. During the attempt, the suspect broke the case and the screen of the laptop, which was secured by an anti-theft lock. The suspect then ran off with a desktop computer and exited the store without paying.
Nov. 4
Pre-election frenzy
10:46 p.m. — 4700 block of Palm Aire Circle. Larceny Petit First Offense. A woman reported that someone stole her Romney/Ryan poster from her front yard. The woman said that all of the Romney/Ryan posters in her neighborhood had disappeared within the prior 32 hours.
Nov. 6
Not-so-special delivery
10:56 a.m. — 4500 block of Fourth Ave N.E. Grand Theft. An employee for a transportation company reported that the company bought a truck at an auction. The transportation company hired another company to drive the truck to the business, but when it arrived, the employee noticed the Tonneau cover was missing from the back of the truck.
Feeding the munchies
6:38 p.m. — 5800 block of Ranch Lake Blvd. Larceny Petit First Offense. Over an eight-day period, a cashier was observed stealing $250 from the cash register during four incidents. The cashier admitted to loss-prevention personnel that she stole the money, along with some snacks. During the law-enforcement investigation, deputies found that the woman also had marijuana in her posession.
Nov. 7
Woodn't you know it?
1:48 p.m. — 7110 block of Grand Estuary Trail. Grand Theft. Someone removed 45 sheets of plywood without permission from a construction site. The plywood's value is estimated at $675. The address was clearly listed as under construction.
Failed hooky
7:25 a.m. — 5100 block of 60th Drive E. Information Only. A man called 911 reporting that an unknown person was inside an abandoned home next-door to his. The caller said the home was bank-owned and in foreclosure. Responding units found a juvenile girl inside the abandoned home. Deputies confirmed the girl had been suspended from her high school, effective Nov. 5 through Nov. 26. The girl had not told her guardians of the suspension and was looking for a place to stay. The home was secured, and no damage was noted to the home. Deputies took the girl back to her home, a block away, and informed her guardians of the suspension.
Road rage
12:18 a.m. — 5600 block of Lakewood Ranch Blvd. Information Only. A woman was driving northbound on Lakewood Ranch Boulevard in the far-right lane, which merged into the middle lane. A man driving a blue Toyota pickup truck swerved in the woman's direction, trying to force her out of the way, and made an obscene hand gesture and cursed at her. As the man drove ahead, the woman sped up to him and made the same hand gesture. As she tried to pass him on the right, the man again swerved in her direction, forcing her to take evasive action to avoid being struck. The woman followed the man into a grocery-store parking lot and dialed 911. The man exited his truck and told the woman he knows where she lives. Both parties exited the scene before deputies arrived. Deputies responded to the man's address, but no one answered the door.
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The Hoax Museum Blog
Category: Email Hoaxes
Motorcycle Flips Car
Posted by The Curator on Wed Apr 12, 2006
Status: Undetermined (but probably true) Alex Palmer forwarded me the following email which is circulating around, consisting of the following text and four pictures: Subject: Picture is worth a thousand words. The Honda rider was traveling at such a "very high speed", his reaction time was not sufficient enough to avoid this accident. Swedish Police estimate a speed of ~250 KM/h (155mph) before the bike hit the slow moving car side-on at an intersection. At that speed, they predicted that the rider's reaction time (once the vehicle came into view) wasn't sufficient enough for him to even apply the brakes. The car had two passengers and the bike rider was found INSIDE the car with them.…
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Rare Time Alignment Tomorrow
Posted by The Curator on Tue Apr 04, 2006
Status: Partially true, partially false An email is circulating around that makes the following claim: On Wednesday of this week (tomorrow), at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 a.m., the time and date will be 01:02:03 04/05/06. This will never happen again. That's just wrong. It probably won't happen again in any of our lifetimes, but it will happen again: in 2106, 2206, 2306, etc. And in Europe they write the date as day, month, year, so it won't be true over there. (But you could fly over to the UK and experience the same 'rare' phenomenon on May 4th of this year!)
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Carjacker Strategy: Place Paper On Your Rear Window
Posted by The Curator on Thu Jan 26, 2006
Status: Theoretically could happen (though there's no solid evidence it ever has) You may have received this email warning recently: Imagine: You walk across the parking lot, unlock your car and get inside. Then you lock all your doors, start the engine and shift into REVERSE. Habit! You look into the rear-view window to back out of your parking space and you notice a piece of paper, some sort of advertisement stuck to your rear window. So, you shift into PARK, unlock your doors and jump out of your vehicle to remove that paper (or whatever it is) that is obstructing your view... when you reach the back of your car, that is when the…
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The GTC Group Billion Dollar Trust
Posted by The Curator on Tue Jan 17, 2006
Status: Scam Here's an offer that has scam written all over it. The GTC Group (I'm kind of reluctant to link to their website, on the off chance that I'll help send a victim their way, but here it is) claims that if you agree to establish a trading account in their name (no money or fees required!), they will pay you, and 5000 other lucky volunteers, $24,000. They're circulating this claim via email. Here's how they explain the deal on their website: Our client is a family trust with $1B to invest. We recently presented them with an investment opportunity to make a return of 18% without risk. Unfortunately, this opportunity involves the…
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Potential new risk from mobile phones
Posted by The Curator on Tue Jan 10, 2006
Status: Partially true, partially fake Dipankar Mitra sent me this graphic which is circulating via email, warning of a "Potential new risk from mobile phones." He notes that it's accompanied by a caption that reads: Please use left ear while using cell (mobile), because if you use the right one it will affect brain directly. This is a true fact from Apollo medical team. Please forward to all your well wishers He asks, "Do let me know if it is real or hoax..." Well, the caption is definitely a hoax. I have…
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Email Warns of Hidden Camera in Tanning Salons
Posted by The Curator on Wed Nov 30, 2005
Status: Hoax A small British newspaper reports that tanning salons in New Eltham (which, I guess, is a suburb of London) are being targeted by a hoax email warning that hidden cameras are snapping photos of women as they tan. The email is accompanied by "dozens of revealing pictures of naked women using tanning beds, who are obviously unaware they are being photographed." (Two of the pictures are below.) The article continues: Angry women who use tanning beds are circulating the pictures to each other, believing them to be genuine and warning their friends and family not to use the salon. Apparently the candid pictures actually show a tanning salon in California. The…
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The Palace of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Posted by The Curator on Tue Nov 15, 2005
Status: Email hoax (real pictures, fake caption)Bad: Falling for an email hoax. Worse: Using the hoax as the basis for your presentation to the local city planning commission, thereby displaying your gullibility to the entire public. As reported by the Muncie Star Press (no link), Don Love gets the award for doing the latter. He received an email containing a series of pictures of an opulent estate (shown below), with the caption: In case you're wondering where this hotel is, it isn't a hotel at all. IT IS A HOUSE! It's owned by the family of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the former president of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu-Dhabi.
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The Power of Makeup
Posted by The Curator on Mon Nov 14, 2005
Status: Viral email Pasted below is the content of an email that's going around. It's not a hoax, but it deals with issues of camouflage and deception. (It also reminds me of some Before and After pictures that I posted over a year ago.) The subject line of the email is: Never underestimate the power of makeup.
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Miss International's Nanny Speech
Posted by The Curator on Wed Oct 19, 2005
Status: Probably a hoax Last month Precious Lara Quigaman, Miss Philippines, was crowned as the 2005 Miss International. An email now going around relates a story about her answer to a question asked during the final round: Precious Lara Quigaman, the Miss Philippines who took home the 2005 Miss International crown, was asked during the final round the following question: What do you say to the people of the world who have typecasted filipinos as nannies? Precious Lara replied, "I take no offense on being typecasted as a nanny. But i do take offense that the educated people of the world…
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Suicide Jumper
Posted by The Curator on Fri Apr 22, 2005
Warning: Graphic. This is from an email going around: A police officer sent this to me. It is not for the faint of heart. If you have a weak stomach, then don't look at the URL. It is a picture of the demise of a suicide jumper taken shortly after he landed. It shows him with his insides now on the outside. You will see the look of horror on the faces of the bystanders. The faces of the bystanders is why I believe this is real.. http://hoaxes.org/images/Jumper.jpg
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Mushroom Licenses
Posted by The Curator on Tue Apr 05, 2005
Are you soon going to need a license to pick wild mushrooms in Illinois? That was what an email press release that circulated around last week stated. The email claimed that mushroom hunters would have to get a license from the same vendors that sell hunting and fishing licenses, and that revenue from the license sales would benefit biological and archaeological research in Illinois. The email prompted dozens of people to call the Illinois Natural Resources Department to complain. Today a Department spokeswoman, Gayle Simpson, denied that any such licenses were going to be required. In other words, the email was a hoax.
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Free Champagne
Posted by The Curator on Mon Feb 14, 2005
A new variation of the email tracing hoax has been spotted. Instead of promising that Bill Gates or AOL will send you money if you forward their email, this message promises that you'll get champagne. Here's the email: Greetings Champagne Lovers!! Send this message to 10 people, with a copy to firstname.lastname@example.com Veuve Clicquot France will contact you in order to deliver you a case of champagne in three weeks. They are doing this in order to enlarge their database. It does work and you receive six bottles in 15 days. Salut a tous les amoureux du champagne Unfortunately Veuve Clicquot has already posted a warning message…
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Waiting for Mr. Tsunami
Posted by The Curator on Fri Jan 14, 2005
I found this posted in the alt.folklore.urban usenet group: A while before the catastrophe, a local clerk in one of the countries hit by the tsunamis receives a warning note stating "Tsunami will reach you shortly!" - and, in response, sends a welcome crew to the local airport, to welcome and pick up the mysterious "Mr Tsunami", whom he expects to be an unannounced ministerial visitor or inspector. I don't understand why a clerk would have received a message warning him about the tsunami. But I don't think it's worth trying to understand this, since it's obviously just a dumb joke.
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Actual Headlines From 2004
Posted by The Curator on Wed Jan 05, 2005
I received an email containing this list of THE YEAR'S BEST [ACTUAL] HEADLINES OF 2004! But, of course, these aren't really headlines from 2004. This list has been going around for at least four years. Check out this competition from 2000 in which people created images to match some of these headlines. Plus, I doubt any of these were ever actual headlines either.Crack Found on Governor's Daughter.Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says.Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers.Iraqi Head Seeks Arms!Is There a Ring of Debris around Uranus?Prostitutes Appeal to Pope.Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over.Miners Refuse to Work after Death.War Dims Hope for Peace.If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile.Red Tape Holds…
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Faye Nicole San Juan
Posted by The Curator on Fri Nov 19, 2004
The story of Faye Nicole San Juan has received quite a bit of coverage in the Philippine press, but almost none here in America. Word of Faye Nicole began spreading through the Filipino community around the end of October, via an email titled "Misplaced priorities can mislead a nation." It was all about how the Philippines had supposedly let down 12-year-old Faye Nicole. Faye was a young girl hoping to represent her country in the International Science Quiz in Brisbane, Australia. Her essay on "The Effect of Ionized Radiation on the Philippine Fruit Fly" had won her a place at the competition, but she couldn't afford the airfare, and the Philippine government wouldn't provide…
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Definition of guilty pleasure in English:
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Something, such as a film, television programme, or piece of music, that one enjoys despite feeling that it is not generally held in high regard: everybody has a guilty pleasure—for me, it has to be mid 70s disco [as modifier]: the average disaster movie falls into the 'guilty pleasure' category
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