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|I know a few of you grew them this year, but no one has submitted any updates.
I grew a patch of the yellow ones this year. They were not sited in an ideal area. I had space under my back porch overhang in very lean dry sandy soil where they received very hot sun for several hours in late afternoon.
They grew slightly less than two feet tall and had the habit of african impatiens - few side shoots. Next year I'll cut the new plants back by half to encourage more side shoots. They were never out of flower from the moment they were planted and still aren't. Sometimes the flowers were clearly yellow and orange, but at other times more white and pink. The later may have been slightly faded flowers, but I'm not sure. The plants required watering about every other day, and if I missed a watering the plants would wilt. Our summer was rather hot and very dry, and as I mentioned above, the soil was very lean.
My conclusions are that this is a fantastic plant. I would love to plant a large patch in a woodland garden setting where it could really show its stuff. I was hoping that some of my hummingbirds would visit the flowers, but never detected any activity at the plants.
I'd love to hear from others who grew this plant, including how it was sited.
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|I grew mine a little rougher than you. Ok one was babied in the greenhouse and got to a good size, only about a foot. Another was outside in a four inch pot the whole time I have had it. It flowered and grew a little never to its full glory. The redish one grew the same but did flower much more than the yellow. I do prefer the yellow myself.
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Hope everyone had a great NYE! 2013 is here and new music is already out. Been a minute since we heard from Timbaland. He's recruited his old friend Missy Elliott for this new song as well as Weezy and T-Pain. He dropped the track yesterday. If you're still partying like me you're gonna really feel "The Party Anthem". Give it a listen below and let us know what you think.
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Olympic Report: 2/21
Big day for Olympic hockey, as the preliminary round raps up with three games featuring the six teams that have won every gold medal, except for 1936, when Britain won.
Today's Schedule
- Russia vs. Czech Republic – 3:00 pm EST on NBC, TSN, V
- Canada vs. USA – 7:45 pm EST on MSNBC, CTV, V
- Sweden vs. Finland – 11:55 pm EST on MSNBC, CTV
Friday's Results
Switzerland defeated Norway 5-4
- Switzerland Goals: J. Sprunger, R. Wick, R. Sannitz, S. Blindenbacher (PPG), R. Lemm
- Norway Goals: T. Vikingstad 3, M. Hansen (PPG)
Slovakia defeats Latvia 6-0
- Slovakia Goals: L. Visnovsky (PPG), R. Zednik, J. Stumpel, Marian Hossa (PPG), M. Handzus, I. Baranka
- Latvia Goals: N/A
Belarus defeats Germany 5-3
- Belarus Goals: A. Ugarov, A. Kaliuzhny, S. Kostitsyn, R. Salei (PP), A. Kaliuzhny
- Germany Goals: T. Seidenberg (PP), J. Tripp, M. Goc
Crucial Link
- Dejan Kovacevic: At The Olympics. Kovacevic does a liveblog for each game, then seeks out Penguins and ex-Penguins for post-game interviews. I highly recommend following his first-hand blog.
Rival Linemates
Make no mistake about it, centers Sidney Crosby and Mike Richards don't like each other, but as the rivals take the ice this evening, they'll be on the same line, working together.
"It's easier to play with him than against him," Richards said to NHL.com.
Richards will shift to left wing and Crosby will remain at center. Their third linemate, Rick Nash, will shift from his natural left wing position to right wing.
The move comes after Canada narrowly defeated Switzerland Thursday in a shootout, and Richards understands a similar performance against today against Team USA will be unacceptable.
Which is exactly why he plans to put the Pittsburgh-Philadelphis rivalry behind him — for now.
"I'm not worried about that, I'm worried about the present now," Richards said. "We're both competitive people and we play hard against each other when we play each other, but we're all pulling in the right direction now for Team Canada."
For Russia, a similar scenario is playing out.
Center Evgeni Malkin has been promoted to left winger Alex Ovechkin's line, aligning the team's two most dynamic players — who happen to be rivals.
For the most part, Ovechkin avoided the topic in an interview with NHL.com, but he did have the following to say in response to a direct question regarding his new center:
"I think for me right now and for this team it doesn't matter who is going to play with who. The most important thing is the result at the end of the game and right now we give everything for the results. Everybody wants to be on top."
Team USA Gives Canada Bulletin Board Material
"I hate them," Team USA forward Ryan Kesler said of the Canadian hockey team.
"Do we dislike them? Absolutely," added Jack Johnson.
Strong words for a team that has won just twice in 15 Olympic matchups against Canada — the last win coming in 1960.
For their part, Canada's stars weren't talking.
"What are you getting at," Canadian defenceman Chris Pronger said, when asked about Johnson's statement. "Stirring the pot again? Next question. I'm not into the `he said, she said' thing."
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Homemade Holiday Cheer: 12 Christmas Candy Recipes
Everyone loves a homemade gift, especially if that gift is edible and sweet like the following Christmas candy recipes from Martha Stewart. Choose from easy recipes for fudge, chocolate bark, pralines, marshmallows, and more, and give this holiday season a personal touch that can't be beat.
For more homemade gift ideas, check out our DIY food gifts that are better than store-bought!
Peppermint Bark
These traditional holiday treats aren't worth buying when they're so simple to make. Try packing them in a festive tin or clear plastic bags tied with ribbons to make a beautiful gift with all the colors of the season.
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ORDER reassigning the case to Judge DiClerico Signed by Judge Paul J. Barbadoro. (mxm)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Michael Askenaizer, Esq., as Trustee for the Chapter 7 Debtor Beaconvision, Inc. v. Vicoria Moate, d/b/a New Century Title Abstract and Stanley Moate Case No. 09-cv-63-PB ORDER This case shall be reassigned to Senior District Judge Joseph DiClerico for resolution. SO ORDERED. /s/Paul Barbadoro Paul Barbadoro United States District Judge April 21, 2009 cc: Steven M. Notinger, Esq. J. Daniel Marr, Esq. Michael S. Askenaizer, Esq. Michael C. Palermo, Esq. Mark W. Shaughnessy, Esq. Geraldine L. Karonis, Esq. US Bankruptcy Court-NH


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Aceto Corporation, incorporated in 1947, is a global leader in the sourcing, quality assurance, regulatory support, marketing and distribution of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, specialty chemicals and crop protection products.
09/09/11Aceto's Q4 profit slips on higher expenses, but sales rise 15%
15/12/10Aceto Corp. To Buy Rising Pharmaceuticals For $80 Million
05/11/10Aceto Corp nearly triples first quarter profits on revenue boost of 24%
28/09/10Aceto Receives USDA Approval to Sell Canine Vaccine in the U.S.
10/09/10Aceto achieves record quarterly sales in Q4 2010 on strength of crop product business
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United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE:UPS) reported higher first quarter earnings Thursday that beat Wall Street estimates, with the package delivery company citing a stronger-than-expected post-holiday season in January as its e-commerce service resonated with customers.
UPS Q2 results fall short, cuts outlook for the year
Global shipping company UPS (NYSE:UPS) said Tuesday that second quarter profit rose as revenue increased 1.2 per cent over the year earlier period, but results fell short of analyst estimates, and the company reduced its full year profit outlook.
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Carnival Corp. (NYSE:CCL) Friday posted significantly lower second-quarter net income due to losses on fuel price contracts, but expects higher earnings for the year.
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VTT joins the Association of European Distributed Energy Resources Laboratories
The Association of European Distributed Energy Resources Laboratories (DERlab e.V.) has accepted VTT as a new member along with three other research institutes from Belgium, Luxembourg and the USA. VTT brings its technical expertise to the network by providing, e.g., multifunctional environments for researching the technical solutions and products for distributed energy systems.
DERlab e. V. was founded in 2008 as a non- profit association of independent world-class laboratories for the grid-integration of distributed power generation.
DERlab members: Fraunhofer IWES, Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), The French National Solar Energy Institute (INES-CEA), Technical university of Denmark: Risø National laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS/NTUA) in Greece, KEMA in The Netherlands, Technical University of Lodz in Poland, TECNALIA in Spain, Ricerca Sistema Energetico (RSE) in Italy, Technical University of Sofia Research and Development sector (TUS R&DS) in Bulgaria, The University of Manchester and The University of Strathclyde in the United Kingdom, K.U. Leuven for EnergyVille in Belgium, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the University of Luxembourg and Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico, USA.
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Paul Simon and Bonnie Raitt light up Fort Canning Park for 3 hours
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There is nothing like a good dose of folk-rock to wake up the night, like Bonnie Raitt did when she came on stage at Fort Canning Park last Friday evening.
Then, after the night and crowd got roused, came Paul Simon to take things up a notch or 10.
Altogether the veterans held court for three hours.
Dressed in sparkly green shirt and black slacks, Raitt, a youthful-looking 63, performed her songs with an easy grace, despite the humid weather affecting her guitar.
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Dear Readers, As a mommie of 7 and grandmommie of (soon to be) 7 precious little ones, I am very angry. Now it's very personal and I will not rest until our rights to be left alone are respected. Notice that then Sen. Obama was in favor of creating a national DNA database, and it was GW Bush that signed this Orwellian behemoth into being. If that doesn't prove that there is not much difference between Dems and Reps, then I don't know what will prove it to WTP. Stop voting for guys of the same ilk! Please do your homework and look at how they vote and what legislation they have affixed their signatures. Actions speak louder than words! But on the other hand, I personally think elections are rigged with the electronic voting machines. Check out Bev Harris' website: http://www.blackboxvoting.org . Bless us Lord! Dona Witmer
Collecting and storing every newborn's blood violates Genetic Privacy Act.
December 1, 2011 http://eyeparadigm.com/?p=449
In a long running case, a Supreme Court has ruled to limit the use of blood samples collected from newborns by the government. The case has exposed the fact that there is an ongoing semi-covert movement by state and federal governments to claim ownership of every newborn baby's DNA for the purpose of genetic research without the consent of individual citizens.
The Minnesota Court ruled Wednesday that the Minnesota Department of Health is violating the law in storing, using and disseminating newborn screening test results and newborn DNA.
Overruling a lower court's decision, the state Supreme Court found that the samples are "Genetic Information" under the State Genetic Privacy Act, and held that "unless otherwise provided, the Department must have written informed consent to collect, use, store, or disseminate ."
In 2003, The Citizens' Council for Health Freedom (CCHF), formerly known as The Citizens' Council on Health Care (CCHC), discovered that The Minnesota Department of Health had been indefinitely storing the blood of newborns since the mid 1980s, and using the samples for purposes beyond the State's newborn screening program since 1997.
The state treated the activity as an "opt out" program, whereby if the parents of the newborn infant do not specifically opt out of the process, the state presumes its has "informed consent" and that the parents have opted in. Consequently, the DNA of nearly a million children is considered government property under Minnesota law. Without the knowledge or consent of the person or their parents, the government has been selling the DNA for genetic research purposes.
In 2008, state Health Department officials began seeking exemption for the so called "DNA Warehouse" from Minnesota privacy law.Essentially this would mean that eventually every person's DNA would be collected at birth, warehoused by the state in what is known as a "genomic biobank", and sold or given away to private or governmental genetic researchers, who may manipulate, alter or splice the DNA in any way they see fit. Hundreds of samples have already been used in government comissioned studies.
Such information would represent a goldmine to employers, insurance companies, medical institutions, and big pharma. Under such conditions we are faced with the prospect of a society that is literally the mirror image of the nightmarish vision outlined by Aldous Huxley in his 1932 novel Brave New World, where individuals are categorized in a social hierarchy according to their genetic traits.
In a statement, Justice Helen M. Meyer, voicing the majority opinion in this week's ruling, writes:
"The Genetic Privacy Act ... restricts the collection, use, storage, and dissemination of blood samples collected pursuant to the newborn screening statutes...
"The newborn screening statutes provide an express exception to the Genetic Privacy Act only to the extent that the Department is authorized to administer newborn screening by testing the samples for heritable and congenital disorders, recording and reporting those test results, maintaining a registry of positive cases for the purpose of follow-up services, and storing those test results as required by federal law."
The case was brought by 9-families who sued the Minnesota Department of Health for violation of the state genetic privacy law. The following video shows the oral argument brought before the court back in March and breaks down the issue in much more detail:
In a press release concerning the court ruling, Twila Brase, president of CCHF writes:
"We are cheered by this good news, says. "When our organization discovered the state health department's Baby DNA warehouse in 2003 and the use of newborn DNA for genetic research without parent consent, we determined to do all that we could to stop this practice. No state law expressly permits these activities." "We are pleased that these nine families were willing to sue the State of Minnesota," adds Brase. "Their action and this decision now secures the genetic privacy rights and informed written consent rights of all Minnesota parents and newborn citizens."
Ms. Brase has been warning of the ongoing move for a a number of years. In January 2007 she issued a written testimony to the Minnesota legislature on the unethical and hidden uses of harvested DNA by the state. Watch Twila Brase explain the possible consequences of the pending DNA profiling legislation:
Though the Minnesota case has received recent public attention, such DNA harvesting is not restricted to that state and is being undertaken nationwide.
The National Conference of State Legislatures lists for all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia,the various statutes or regulatory provisions under which newborns' DNA is being collected. DNA of newborns has been harvested, tested, stored and experimented with by all 50 states. In addition, all 50 states are now routinely providing these results to the Department of Homeland Security.
In April 2008, President Bush signed into law a bill which formerly announced the process that the federal government has been engaged in for years, screening the DNA of all newborn babies in the U.S. within six months of birth.
Described as a "national contingency plan" the justification for the law S. 1858, known as The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007, is that it represents preparation for any sort of "public health emergency." The bill states that the federal government should "continue to carry out, coordinate, and expand research in newborn screening" and "maintain a central clearinghouse of current information on newborn screening... ensuring that the clearinghouse is available on the internet and is updated at least quarterly".
Sections of the bill also make it clear that DNA may be used in genetic experiments and tests, both by the government and by researchers chosen to handle the DNA samples and the information that goes with them. Read the full bill here.
Many have described the law as the first step towards the establishment of a national DNA database, like the one in the UK. In 2006 and 2007, then Senator Obama filed legislation that would create a national DNA database. The same bill was filed by Sen. Patrick Kennedy in 2008. The bills required parental consent, but all three died in the Senate.
In certain states, authorities are required to destroy a child's DNA sample if a parent demands they do so. Ludicrously, parents wishing to do this must fill in a form like this one from Texas. In other states, parents have to put their request in writing, however, there is no legal requirement for states to destroy the samples. The subject made national headlines last year as CNN's Senior Medical Correspondent probed the issue:
The practice of taking DNA from all newborns is not limited to the U.S. In the UK, a similar DNA harvesting program was rejected in 2005 by The Human Genetics Commission, who cited cost and ethical problems in a report to government ministers. However, DNA profiling of all newborn babies has since been called for by lawmakers and senior police officers.
In December 2009, a Dublin hospital was revealed to have built a secret database containing the DNA of almost every person born in the country since 1984 without their knowledge.
The retention of newborn screening cards has also caused controversy in Australia and New Zealand where the DNA has been used by police to help to solve crimes. A sample in New Zealand was used to identify the father of a dead child against the wishes of the mother. There is no doubt that the practice is in operation all over the developed world.
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruling is a small victory on this issue. However, unless this practice is further exposed, publicized, and taken to courts across the country, and indeed the world, we could find ourselves sleepwalking towards the basis for a new eugenics movement, the practice of "perfecting" the human race through genetic manipulation, previously endorsed by Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger, and toyed with by the likes of Adolf Hitler.
Other Posts: Minnesota Lawsuit: Newborn Screening Program Keeps Minors' DNA for Testing, Etc. , FBI Announces Creation of Biometric Database "Next Generation Identification"--people's bodies will become de facto national identification cards , FDA's New Claim: "Your Body Is a Drug-and We Have the Authority to Regulate It!" , Will US Patent Office end gene patent enslavement of the human race? , Fox News: Spanish Researchers Want to Tag Human Embryos With Bar Codes , White House: Science of man-made life can proceed--read "tinkering with our DNA" , Federal Judge Blocks Federal Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research , How to Remake Life: Venter Institute Researchers have made the first viable cell with a synthetic Genome. , Soylent Green? First Human Embryonic Stem Cell Test Begins , Bio - Piracy: Gene Giants Stockpile Patents on "Climate-Ready" Crops in Bid to Become Biomasters ; DNA barcoding aims to protect species, food -- Call it a DNA digital Dewey Decimal System for all life on Earth. , State finds yet another way to jab Americans with needles in pursuit of monolithic DNA database .


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How Kate Middleton Almost Made a Fashion Brand Go Under
On the surface, British designer Daniella Helayel's recent rise in popularity sounds like a Cinderella story. After its 2003 launch, her tiny label Issa could be found in a select few boutiques, but her main source of income was private clients, a few of which were celebrities. She wasn't exactly struggling, but not wildly successful either. It wasn't until November 2010, when Kate Middleton wore an Issa design to the globally covered press conference announcing her engagement to Price William that the brand was truly in demand. Or to be more precise, the exact royal blue wrap dress the future Duchess owned was truly in demand, which is were the problems began.
According to the Issa's current chairwoman, Camilla Al Fayed (also, FYI, the daughter of department store Harrods' former owner, Mohamed, and the half-sister of Dodi Al Fayed, who died in the 1997 car accident that killed William's mother, Princess Diana), the sudden influx of orders nearly caused the company to go under. "It absolutely sky-rocketed the brand on a global scale, but it was too much," she's quoted as saying by Vogue UK. "Demand was so huge the business couldn't cope. If Kate wears a Zara dress, these huge companies have the backing to follow through. Issa was basically run by interns, students and Daniella [Helayel, the label's founder and designer]. There was no business model."
Fortunately, this story does have a happy ending, even if it isn't exactly the fairy tale you thought. After going through a few years of requisite growing pains, it now sells a huge assortment of pieces on several major e-commerce sites, including Net-a-porter, Shopbop and its own platform, Issalondon.com. And yes, they all carry K-Mid's preferred style, because three years later, it's still selling out.
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River North Correctional Center finally opens in Grayson County
Updated On: Sep 25 2013 04:31:06 PM EDT
Virginia is marking the opening of a new correctional facility in Grayson County.
Gov. Bob McDonnell and others held a ceremony Wednesday afternoon at the River North Correctional Center. It's the first new Virginia Department of Corrections facility since 2007.
The prison that will house around 1,000 inmates was completed in 2010, but it has remained empty due to state budget woes.
McDonnell's budget for fiscal year 2014 included $14.3 million to open the facility. An additional $3.5 million was appropriated to open by October.
Inmates are set to start moving into the facility on Oct. 7. It is expected to employ up to 350 people.
Officials say the center will add much-needed bed space to the Virginia prison system.
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Much has been said about Obamacare and the effect it will have on the restaurant industry.
Bruce Dean of the Black Bear Diner told me two weeks ago that he worries about the new health care rules and how they will impact his employees and his bottom line.
Here is news from Florida about a Denny's franchise owner's controversial Obamacare "surcharge" comments.
John Metz told Huffington Post that he wanted to charge customers an extra 5 percent.
Now Denny's CEO John Miller is setting the record straight.
Miller told Huffington Post: "We recognize his right to speak on issues, but registered our disappointment that his comments have been interpreted as the company's position,"


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Wild Swimming in France
While taking a break from leading gastronomic cycling holidays in Burgundy I decided to to take a little break in Nothern l'Ardèche. Hidden in the Eastern mountains of the Massif Central, the l'Ardèche is a fertile mountain region that has remained almost totally unchanged for centuries. This is real France. A land where goats roams the hill sides. Ancient chestnut trees carpet the landscape and the locals still live off the land.
Life here is still very simple. When the mercury rises locals head for the regions fast flowing rivers to cool down. Rushing at the foot of deep gorges, millennia of relentless water flow has carved swimming holes from stubborn basalt. Creating perfect natural swimming pools, these hidden spots are well kept secrets amongst locals but with a sense of adventure and a little patience it is possible to stumble your very own piece or paradise. Heading out one afternoon with my father and Rimmer, a young friend from the village, and armed with Wild Swimming France, we found what we were looking for. Here are some images from our trip.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Syrian opposition's record so far in handling tens of millions of dollars in U.S. humanitarian and other nonlethal assistance paints a bewildering picture of logistical challenges ahead of any delivery of American weapons and ammunition.
No aid shipments appear to be heading to terrorists or corrupt hoarders, according to U.S. officials, but packages of food, medicine and other lifesaving supplies regularly face long delays because of political rivalries among various rebel factions.
Anecdotes abound.
An American shipment of humanitarian goods was held up for two weeks amid a dispute between opposition groups over whose label should be attached to the boxes, a senior administration official recounted this week. Aid-filled planes have landed in neighboring countries with no trucks at the landing sites for transporting the items into Syria. In Cairo, funds the U.S. was prepared to provide an opposition political office were flat-out rejected, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the official wasn't authorized to discuss the issue publicly.
Although the Syrian opposition's described dysfunction is nothing new, its problems are getting increased scrutiny since the Obama administration's decision last week to authorize for the first time lethal military support to units fighting to overthrow President Bashar Assad's regime.
Secretary of State John Kerry plans to use a meeting Saturday in Doha, Qatar, of officials from countries allying themselves with the rebels to underscore the need for coordinating and funneling aid through the Supreme Military Council, senior State Department officials said Friday. The U.S.-favored group is overseen by Gen. Salim Idris, a defector from Assad's military.
The aides, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk publicly about Kerry's trip, said Kerry also hopes the meeting will re-energize a newly expanded group of Syrian opposition leaders that is scheduled to elect new leadership in coming days.
Beyond that, the Obama administration's plans are unclear. Kerry held two classified briefings with members of Congress on Thursday. No details emerged about what types of weapons could be sent, where and when they'd be delivered or who exactly would be the recipients. The lack of clarity rankles both lawmakers who want more forceful U.S. action as well as those who say the U.S. should stay as far away as possible from Syria's brutal two-year civil war.
"All I know is what I've read in the media and that is light weapons," said Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a leading proponent of taking a bigger military role in Syria. "That's clearly not only insufficient, it's insulting. We've got to take out their air assets."
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., another supporter of arming the rebels and other steps such as establishing a no-fly zone over Syria, said he also had no understanding from the Obama administration about what form future lethal aid might take and possible delivery dates.
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., was even more critical. "''We have the ability right now to fully understand who is the type of individual or group that meet our standards, and I think we've had that information and ability for probably nine months," he said. "Will there be mistakes made? Of course, but I do think it helps to put our thumb on the scale."
Meanwhile, Senate opponents of arming the rebels moved Thursday to block Obama from providing any military support at all. The bipartisan group including Sens. Tom Udall, D-N.M., Mike Lee, R-Utah, Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., introduced a measure to prohibit the president from using any money to increase U.S. involvement in the conflict. Specifically, it would ban the Pentagon, CIA and other intelligence agencies from funding military, paramilitary or covert operations in Syria.
"We need to place a check on the president's unilateral decision to arm the rebels, while still preserving humanitarian aid and assistance to the Syrian people," Udall said.
Paul said the president's decision was "incredibly disturbing, considering what little we know about whom we are arming. Engaging in yet another conflict in the Middle East with no vote or congressional oversight compounds the severity of this situation."
Neither Obama nor any other member of his administration has publicly confirmed that the U.S. has authorized lethal aid for the rebels, though since last week several officials have acknowledged as much on condition of anonymity. The closest anyone came was Ben Rhodes, Obama's deputy national security adviser. He said last week that U.S. confirmation of chemical weapons use by the Assad regime has prompted American support to the Syrian rebels of increased "scope and scale."


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Last week Jerry Seinfeld performed a killer rant on Jimmy Fallon about the ritual of the Post Master General coming hat-in-hand to congress to close the latest loophole in the postal service budget. The critique of the post office as the public face of government dysfunction is especially spot-on after a week of having my mail service suspended because my mail carrier refuses to get out of his truck when the pile-up of mid-winter snow prevents him from providing drive-through service.
Seinfeld connects antisocial smart phone etiquette with the temptation to treat the listening-back side of conflict resolution as an antiquated nicety that's been marginalized by the self-selecting way we choose not to engage directly in disagreements — especially when those disagreements may cost lenders and issuers money as well as attention to customers without risk management operations of their own.
The I-could-have-called-you-and-I chose-not-to option is how VISA apparently resolves its one-sided dialoging of credit card disputes these days. Only they don't email or text either. The U.S. postal service is the vehicle of choice for phantom, unilateral negotiations already rigged in favor of the risk management services wing of America's prospering financial services sector — the same industry that hemorrhages our identities and personal fiscal affects at checkout registers from coast-to-coast.
They rely on the US postal service — the same channel both clogged and sustained by retailer offers for their plastic. Then the too-big-to-fail folks carve out a tiny window to respond to this post resolution second round of paperwork. I heard a muted apology over the phone last week that this window lasts for ten days. That's almost the duration I've been without mail service during our recent winter storm surge.
Actually, 'tiny' may be too large an opening for what they provide when the consumer doesn't even know that window has been opened, or reopened in this case. That's because in the interest of fairness I asked for one-half of the dispute to be re-credited to my account. After attempting to contact the merchant and filling the necessary paperwork my card issuer, TD Bank did exactly that. Only they put the charges back. An unannounced debit to my account surfaced 10 days ago: the amount of days to resolve a dispute by VISA's watch and four months after I filed my original dispute with the merchant.
In the letter I filed last fall with TD Card Services I documented my communications with ABV Kayak and Excursions on the Riviere Rouge in the town of Grenville, about 50 miles northwest of Montreal near Parc du national Mont Tremblant. The business consists of a website, Facebook page, a school bus, van, some kayaks, crash helmets, paddles, rubber suits, contractor-instructors, and a bucket of suds that the guests use to wash the bodily fluids from the prior wet suit occupants. If you believe the marketing this shadow operation has escorted 150,000 auteur kayakers down river from their rented rec hall in the splendors of the Laurentians since 1981.
When I first contacted the marketing arm, the sales associate informed me that a full day trip would be broken into two parts, with lunch in between. I told her we weren't sure that we wanted to do a full day of rafting. She assured me that the variety of currents, peak season scenery, and topography would make the full day trip well worth it.
However, when we got there, ABV informed us that the afternoon part would merely duplicate the morning run, and pass the exact same portion of the exact same river as in the morning run. We did not want to do the same trip twice and were mislead by the merchant's misrepresentation that the full day excursion had different morning and afternoon parts.
We took only the morning part of the trip. ABV's representative asked us to call the office the following Monday, and inform the office staff. He said that ABV Kayak Excursions would refund the unused afternoon portion of our trip, which is $244.23. I did try to reach the ABV office upon return. No one responded, We were mislead into booking a full day excursion, did not in fact take a full day excursion, and do not believe we should have to pay for a full day excursion.
It would appear that TD Bank agreed as well. These were the details that prompted the partial refund. As for putting them back on my card I'll say this: I would answer for the counterclaims that ABV made on its own behalf except that TD Services now refuses to share them with me.
It must be something about the foregone closure of those tiny windows where dispute resolutions tend to dissipate in the bank's favor. I suppose if Seinfeld was mocking the kangaroo court of hearing out its customers, he might say that our credit institutions and banks had come to an executive decision before this dispute ever arose:
"I decided I only want to hear my half of the conversation. This is what I have to say…
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Developing countries are headed for a third straight year of disappointing growth this year. Bad weather in the US, the crisis in Ukraine, rebalancing in China, political strife in several middle-income economies, slow progress on structural reform, and capacity constraints are all contributing to a third straight year of sub 5 percent growth for the developing countries as a whole.
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN – In a 4-0-1 vote, the South Kingstown Town Council approved the $89 million budget for next year, including the $7,000 tax contribution to the Southern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce.
As an executive board member of the Thundermist Health Center which received $24,000 in the budget, Town Councilor Mary Eddy recused herself from the vote.
The good news of the FY 2012-2013 budget – a zero percent tax increase – became overshadowed by the four-month dispute of the chamber tax request.
Since Jan. 23 when the chamber first requested a $7,000 tax exemption on its building at 230 Old Tower Hill Road, town council members and residents have debated whether the 501(c)6 organization should receive the same benefit afforded to 501(c)3 nonprofits. Town Council President Ella Whaley, Vice President Carol Hagan McEntee and Councilman Jim O'Neill supported the move, while Councilwomen Kathleen Fogarty and Mary Eddy rejected it.
On March 15, the chamber asked the council to rescind its vote granting the tax exemption, citing a narrow budget window and legal questions. Instead, the chamber asked for a $7,000 tax contribution – an amount it has received from the town for the last 21 years. The council approved this request 4-1 with Eddy dissenting.
The discussion transformed into a political scuffle as town residents and Democratic Town Committee (DTC) members – Deborah Bergner and Maureen Martin – protested the chamber request each time it came before the council. During the March 15 meeting, DTC President and husband of Councilwoman Fogarty, Brendan Fogarty, questioned Town Manager Stephen Alfred how the chamber's request made it on time for the agenda. At that meeting, Mr. Fogarty became involved in a verbal argument with resident Jonathan Daly Labelle which resulted in a five-minute recess.
Throughout the debate, Bergner rose to the forefront of opposition against the tax request. In a few short weeks - after the council approved the preliminary budget adding $7,000 for the chamber in April – Bergner secured 77 signatures on a petition to remove the line item.
Though she did not attend Monday's meeting, Bergner sent a letter to the town council expressing her reason for spearheading the petition.
"I feel that no taxpayer money should be given to a political
organization. By forming a [political action committee] with little or no separation from the chamber itself and becoming actively involved in local politics they forfeited their right to receive money from the taxpayers," Bergner wrote.
Bergner cites two $100 chamber PAC contributions to Whaley and McEntee in 2010 and McEntee and O'Neill's chamber membership as prime examples of what she sees as impropriety on the part of the council. Bergner is also planning to file a complaint with the Rhode Island Ethics Commission against the three council members.
Bergner suggests that the three council members have given the chamber preferential treatment after the chamber submitted its request in what she considers the eleventh hour. Whaley has repeatedly explained that the chamber letter was received on time to make it to the March 15 agenda.
Since the town council has granted the chamber a tax contribution since 1991, McEntee, Whaley and O'Neill each question the political motivation of the opponents. Martin and Bergner both state they are speaking as residents regardless of their political and work backgrounds. Martin works as the director of political activities for the Rhode Island Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals.
"Why has too much been made of this issue?" McEntee asked. "Since when has a town dependent on tourism find it so repugnant to support the local chamber of commerce. I don't even understand. This issue is totally politically motivated. I can't come up with another reason," McEntee said.
Citing the community activism many chamber members – such as the Education Exchange, the South Kingstown Community Action and South Kingstown Cares – partake in, Whaley said she will oppose the petition.
"I came into the council chambers with an open mind," Whaley said. "I'm not sure why this is an issue. All I can think of is there are different arrangements at the council table. With all the energy expended, I'm hoping we work together."
O'Neill criticized the petition, stating "the letter is pathetic. [Bergner] should have shown the other side of the equation. The petition is not in balance. For 12 years she's been pounding away at me. It's all about who is president and vice president of this council. "
The council members referred to the 2010 elections, in which Fogarty, the top vote getter, was removed from the president's seat and succeeded by Whaley with McEntee as her second in command.
While Bergner states the chamber should not receive any tax dollars as a result of its SKPAC, chamber board member Richard Pike, explains that the PAC is an arm of the chamber by law, but not part of the chamber. He said the political group – which raises funds through private donations - will not receive one penny from taxpayers.
Early on, the council meeting broke down in a heated argument between Fogarty and O'Neill after O'Neill repeatedly finger pointed and shot accusations at Fogarty.
Reading from an email he received from John Leidecker, Assistant Executive Director of the state chapter of National Education Association, O' Neill suggested Fogarty works closely with Leidecker and the union. As a result, he stated that if council members can't vote on the chamber request due to political contributions they received, then Fogarty can't vote on the school budget if she gets support from the teacher's union.
"Deb Bergner wrote the letter. Not Kathy Fogarty," said Fogarty. "I already talked to you about my stance. We passed the preliminary budget. I only asked that $1,500 be given to the Downtown Merchants Association and the Peace Dale Revitalization Committee. John Leidecker is no friend of mine. How did it go to me? I don't know what he's going to say. It has nothing to do with the letter."
Fogarty appealed to Whaley to diffuse O'Neill's comments, but Whaley said "I cannot stop him from talking with the First Amendment rights."
In defense of Fogarty, McEntee referred to a March 19 memorandum from Town Solicitor Michael Ursillo that states receipt of political contributions does not bar one from voting on an item.
"If we listened to the garbage in this letter, no one would be able to vote. That's why I brought up the level of inconsequence. Now you understand how ridiculous this is," O'Neill said. "I will dismiss this petition as absent of anything this council should consider."
One resident who did sign the petition, Kathleen Gorman, of Wakefield, stated, "I am saddened as a petitioner to hear [O'Neill] say that the petition I signed is pathetic. I object to his use of words. We deserve better than that. It's not encouraging people to use the democratic process, the petition process, set up by this town."
"[O'Neill] referred to [Bergner] as pathetic. That's not what I call civil discourse. To refer to a petition that 77 people signed as pathetic is in itself pathetic," disputed Maureen Martin.
Whaley, however, said she did not believe O'Neill's words were disrespectful and that he called the letter pathetic, not Bergner.
"He used words that are strong, but I don't think he crossed a line," she said.
The town council's vote is the fourth time it voted down a petition since the process began in 2006. In 2007, the council opposed a petition by the Affordable Housing Committee for $300,000 the next six years to establish a trust fund. Also in 2007, the council disproved a request by Peace Dale Elementary School parents to restore an assistant principal. Lastly, in 2009, one resident requested $1,000 to forefront a committee that would put public records online.
Within the budget, the school fund is $58.2 million with a 1.6 percent tax transfer. The total income for the Peace Dale Office Building is $94,163, while funds for the Neighborhood Guild amount to $833,167. The senior service program is $752,610, while the water enterprise fund is $995,798. The solid waste enterprise fund is $683,758.


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Feb. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the Florida Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition ( FNGVC) announced the results of a public opinion survey conducted by TelOpinion Research February 7 – 12, 2013. The survey found that 72% of Floridians approve of a proposal in the state legislature to help convert commercial fleet vehicles from traditional fuels to natural gas as part of an effort to decrease U.S. reliance on imported oil, create jobs and improve air quality.
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Here's a great little video that hits a couple of my favorite themes, including (1) a classic "Good Morning" scene used repetitively as a frame indicating dreary normalcy and (2) storytelling without words:
Both ideas are great of beginners to experiment with, especially because shooting a "Good Morning" scene is so easy and because shooting a "Story without Words" is both challenging in terms of planning, shooting and editing and much much easier than shooting dialog (and so is also an excellent way to learn). This particular example is exceptionally well shot and charmingly acted and is well worth watching, studying and emulating.
def: I actually have longer pieces on both of these topics that I still haven't published, but I'd love to hear of your favorite examples of Good Morning scenes and Stories without Words.{mos_fb_discuss:9}


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New here? Welcome! We realize that checking out a church can be a very intimidating thing. Even the most confident of people can easily become insecure when it comes to visiting a new church. At Camino Church, we want to help alleviate some of that potential uneasiness. Though we can't answer every question, the following is intended to give you a sense of what our church is all about.
Sunday Mornings
Studying the Bible is very important to us. We gather at 9:00 am for Bible classes for all ages. In between our Bible Classes and Worship Time, we have time for fellowship and getting to know people over coffee and snacks. We then gather for worship on Sunday mornings at 10:15 am. The music is a blend of hymns and Contemporary/Gospel. We encourage you to come as you are. It is our hope that you will find an environment that is welcoming and authentic. We will spend about an hour and fifteen minutes together, as we express our faith through songs, listening to biblical teaching and fellowship. Want to hear a sample of a sermon? Click Here.
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Believing that children are a gift from God, Camino Church is a family-friendly church. If you have kids from infants-5th grade, there is a place for them. There is a nursery for children 0 – 3 years old. Our older kids remain in the service until after the music portion of our worship service is concluded. They will then be directed to their appropriate classes. A group of loving children's ministry leaders will care for and teach your kids while you are in the church service.
What if you're not used to going to church?
Camino Church is here for you. It is our hope and prayer that our church will be a place where you can connect relationally as you are encouraged to explore the truth of the Scriptures. Questions are encouraged as we work hard to create a place where you can find sound Biblical teaching, upbeat yet worshipful music and messages that can transform your life. We are not a group of people who have everything together, but we have found hope in the person and work of Jesus Christ.
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We believe whole-heartedly that the church is more than what happens on a Sunday. That is why we are highly intentional in our small group ministry. You can find a place that fits your needs and style. Also, we have a coffee house style gathering on Sunday evenings that starts at 6:30 pm. We call it "Prime Time". It's an acoustic, unplugged time of worship and teaching on relevant topics. Click Here to Find a Connection.
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The iPad isn't even out yet, but that's not stopping the folks at Mervis Diamond Importers from turning it into something like those Swarovski-studded monsters.
I won't lie, I know next to nothing about diamonds, but maybe this will entice you further: "This gorgeous diamond studded iPad features 11.43 carats of diamonds, hand-set in a micro-pave styling. The diamonds are graded G/H in color and VS2/SI1 in clarity."
And for only $20,000! What a steal. The Mervis version of the iPad comes out in June well after the Wi-Fi and 3G flavors, which land in early and late April, respectively. You'd better act quick if this actually is your bag, though, as "very limited quantities available."


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Happy birthday, Jake...finally! Anxiously awaiting an allowable post-12/3 candid or photoshoot. Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn comes out next year, as well as another WoWP TV movie (minus David Henrie). Jake should be back in the print media a fair bit.
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Jake is stunning. His mother is of Puerto Rican/Argentine/Spanish descent, while his dad is of Polish/Irish/English descent. Latino-Anglo couples produce beautiful children. His T initial is taken from his mother's maiden name, Toranzo. He reminds me a lot of a young John Stamos. Still no post-18 pics, unfortunately. Most recent Wireimage has are from late October. I'll keep looking.
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Yeah my younger sister watched him on disney channel, I always thought he would turn out good looking. Hoping he still gets better as he gets older.
Heres a pic he posted on his twitter dec 7th maybe first 18 pic, him and snoop dog
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Lol I don't think either of them are into the golden showers thing. Jakester has a sexy six pack from the pics I've seen. I would've expected a scrawny little dude but he's filling out nicely. I wonder if he's gay, bi or straight? There aren't nearly enough gay teen icons out there who are actually gay.
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You never know just what may the fancy of another. For all we know they could both be quite kinky and take turns tying each other up.
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I hope this kid isn't on drugs. Something looks kinda glazed in his eyes.
I think that's because he was daydreaming about sex with David Henrie.....
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I think David is a homophobe. But that's just my guess. Supporting Chick-fil-a publicly just adds fuel to the speculation.. that and the fact that he's heavily religious. He's starting to look like one of those stereotypical douche bags who fist pumps and utters slurs directed at nancy boys. Of course I could be wrong even though the signs are all there. Either way I always preferred Jakie
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Jake, on the other hand is a bit more outgoing and carefree. He might turn out like Elijah Wood and be flattered by it all, maybe even as far as being impressed with the workmanship put into many of the pictures.
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It's not about the pictures, there's just a very douchy vibe I get from him. But like I said I could be wrong. The intensely religious folk are usually anti-gay so I don't know.
Darn that Jake picture has totally vanished from the internets! He looked so hot and goth! I still love watching those opening credits of the last Wizards season that they FINALLY redid, from when he was a little kid to all of a sudden they had him ripping his clothes off and showing off his hot teenage body in a wifebeater. Sell it, Disney!


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Playing two quarterbacks is rarely as productive as it has been for Northwestern, and it has almost as much to do with what Kain Colter and Trevor Siemian haven't done as anything they have accomplished. The Wildcats' two-armed approach has been a success in part because of a stunning lack of negative plays.
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Geary says he didn't start out to work with associations - at least not intentionally. But he was active in Delta Chi, his fraternity at the University of Florida, and when he graduated he was offered an opportunity to serve the group as a leadership consultant. "My job," he explains, "was to travel around the country and visit with many of our chapters. The core of my responsibilities was to work with the volunteer leadership - students and alumni leaders - to help them develop their chapters. We focused on leadership development, chapter management, basically doing organizational development consulting, but focused on the collegiate level organizations." It was ideal training for a position in association management.
"I really enjoyed that experience," he says. "It was a lot of fun, certainly, traveling around the country, meeting lots of people. But helping people be successful, helping those organizations be successful, brought a lot of meaning ... it was very rewarding to help people and organizations in that way."
After about four years, an opportunity with the North American Interfraternity Conference allowed Geary to continue his work, but on a broader scale. His family, however, lived in Washington, D.C., and Geary was eager to move to the nation's capital himself. "Because I had already worked for a couple of organizations," he explains, "I thought, 'OK, I'll look for jobs with an association and that will get me to D.C.'."
Uniquely skilled in organizational management, Geary landed positions as executive director for the American Institute of Architecture Students and senior director for the National Association of Home Builders.
"After a few years I had built a career around working for associations, doing a variety of things," Geary states. "I've basically done anything and everything. And if you talk to executives of other associations, you'll find that they've done everything from meeting planning to cleaning up rooms to governance and budgeting, marketing, website development - the works."
Then came the opportunity with OFA.
In February 2009, the association community and the green industry were stunned by the sudden passing of John Holmes, executive director of OFA. Bobby Barnitz, president of Bob's Market and Greenhouses Inc. in Mason, W.V., was president of OFA at the time and was asked to chair the search committee to find a new executive, a responsibility that continued through his transition to the post of past president in July. "That was probably the most time-consuming experience in all my years with OFA," he says, "but going through that process was probably also the most rewarding. We hired Michael out of that process, and I can say he was hands-down the most qualified.
"He was the perfect fit and the right candidate at the right time," he continues. "Now, currently, with OFA and ANLA [becoming] one new national organization, I still think he's the right guy."
That's because Michael Geary gets it.
Ask nearly anyone who's worked with Geary in the past three years, and they'll tell you he understands what it takes to run - and grow - an organization. "For someone being outside our industry, he immersed himself into the industry as if he'd always been there," Barnitz says. "He came into it eyes and ears open, ready to learn."
Marvin Miller, market research manager for Ball Horticulture Co., has worked with Geary both through OFA and America in Bloom, for which Miller serves as president. "Michael came to OFA as a professional executive, not as a horticulturist," he explains. "I think that brings so much strength to the organizations, for the organizational leadership, and just for the evolution of the organizations that he's leading. I think he brings a lot of positive background.
"He is very bright," Miller continues, "and he's very aware of his strengths and limitations and is not afraid to challenge staff and others with whom he's working to step up to the plate and be responsible for managing a project. He's been good with staff in that regard. He's also very sensitive to understanding the people he's interacting with, sensitive to conveying a positive impression about the organizations he's leading."
It takes a good listener to be a good manager, and by all accounts, Geary is both. "He likes assessing a situation before he opens his mouth. The learning curve has been steep, and what better way to learn than to listen intently and then speak," states horticultural economist Charlie Hall, professor in the horticultural sciences department at Texas A&M and holder of the Ellison Chair in International Floriculture. "He's got a big heart - a heart as big as both associations," Hall claims. "I've seen him working with the staff, and he's a very good consensus builder. He's not afraid of getting into debate, furthering the discussion ... he's a very good listener. He weighs and contemplates the issue and makes the decision, but he empowers his people. Michael's style of management is more of a team approach; he leads by example. And that's the sign of a good general - he's willing to get in the trenches and lead the charge."
In addition to managing the operations of OFA and ANLA, Geary and his staff administer America in Bloom, the Nursery and Landscape Association Executives of North America and the Ohio Produce Growers & Marketers Association. Then there's the matter of consolidating two major organizations, each with its own membership, volunteer leadership and rich traditions.
Since January of this year, Geary has served as chief exec of both OFA and ANLA, splitting his time between Columbus, Ohio, and Washington, D.C. Assuming the consolidation is approved by the memberships of both organizations and a new association is formed, staff will continue to function in their current locations.
"We'll have two offices," Geary explains. "In D.C., our staff there will be focused on regulatory, legislative and research activities. And then the Columbus-based staff will be focused on operations, events, marketing ... . We're increasing our use of technology online, like using Skype so that we can chat with each other, we can have video calls; we don't need to be in person all the time to do the things we need to do. Just like our members, we don't have the time or money to get on planes and fly around just to have a meeting. So we can do those things virtually."
Geary stresses the importance of maintaining communication with staff and with members, and he intends to make good use of emerging technology to do so. Whatever the means, however, connection with people is key to building a strong organization.
"One thing I learned early on: Organizations are about people, ultimately," he emphasizes. "That gave me a lot of perspective on the importance of making sure that you're providing the personal experience for people. That's why they want to be engaged - or that's certainly why they continue to be engaged. ... If you can help people be successful, that'll help their businesses be successful and that feeds the organization, as well."
There's a lot of responsibility resting on the shoulders of one man, but business owners understand just what that means. And running an association is like running any other business, according to Geary. "In fact," he says, "every day I come in to the office and I feel like I'm a sole proprietor here in a way; I've got to make sure the lights get turned on, and at the end of the day I've got to make sure the lights get turned off and the doors get locked and the bills get paid. And while I'm not literally doing all these things, that's my attitude of 'I own this business' in some respects; I think of it that way. And so it's running a business, whether it's a garden center or an association. The things that I'm doing are very similar to the experiences of an owner of a garden center or a nursery. Making sure every day that business is being done, business is being managed, you're making money in order to reach your goals, your people are taken care of, and the toilets get cleaned."
After only three years on the job, Geary is well-prepared to move the associations - and the industry - forward.
"I appreciate and am humbled by the trust that people put not just in me, but in the people who work for our organizations, whether they're employed or they're a volunteer," Geary offers. "Our members can go about day-to-day running their businesses and know that there are people looking out for their best interest. That, to me, is a very powerful thing to say.
"I totally respect that and I appreciate that people give us that trust. And I'm really grateful that I've been asked and put in the position to be one of the leaders of that effort to build our business, to build the industry - all those things we're trying to work toward. I don't take that lightly, and every day I think about: 'What am I doing today to move this industry forward?' I'm not satisfied with my day unless I've done something to move our needle, even if it's just a little titch. We can't do it overnight, but just a little bit of something every day makes a difference."
Melding the culture of two very distinct organizations is a real challenge, says Bob Lyons, president of Sunleaf Nursery LLC in Madison, Ohio, and past president of both ANLA and the Horticultural Research Institute. "I'm convinced that [Geary] has got the understanding and the background to pull this off," he states. "He gets it."
For more on Michael Geary and the green industry organizations' historic consolidation efforts, go to www.amerinursery.com.
Sally Benson is editorial director of American Nurseryman magazine. She can be reached at email@example.com.