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1997 Jaguar XK-Series XK8 Review
4 litre engine. Power. Torque. Comfort.
Expensive to run and repair.
A Classic Jag — This is not a 'real' sports car, compared to my TR4A. Rather it is a superbly comfortable, fast, powerful Grand Touring Car, suitable for long distance driving on Autobahns or motorways. This is one of the earliest models, from the first year in production.
Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)
Looking for a Used XK-Series in your area?CarGurus has 940 nationwide XK-Series listings starting at $3,900.
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1997 Jaguar XK-Series XK8 Coupe Review
Timeless beauty, common comforts in a uncommon sport car.
Cost of ownership?
A Beautiful Driving And Looking Car. — We purchased this 97 XK8 coupe in 2004. At that time the car had around 25000 miles. Currently we have 55000 mile, but we have added the likes of an original paint job, new leather front seats, new OEM engine, rebuilt suspension, wheel bearings brakes, wheels repainted, power steering pump, water pump housing and the list of " this and that" goes on. The repairs all add up to an expensive proposition, but I still think the car is worth it.
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1997 Jaguar XK-Series XK8 Convertible Review
Beautiful Car on the Open Road
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Worth The Purchase — Good acceleration and smooth ride. Fantastic rims, full spare, with a few miles. Drove this car to the beach last summer and made it worth the purchase. One year left on a purchased warranty, reprimed hydraulics in the covertible top motor.
Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)
Displaying all 4 1997 Jaguar XK-Series reviews.
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2011 Jaguar XK-Series Reviews
Love This Car
handling, performance, workmanship, looks are superb. i have never had a problem with this car. it is very reliable and attracts people's attention to it since it is a low production model. (not may ... Read More
A True Grand Touring Convertible.
This is the first sports car that my wife likes better than I do, and we both love the car. It is a beautiful machine with classic lines, a throaty V-8 exhaust note, and power to spare. It has a surpr... Read More
2010 Jaguar XK-Series Reviews
My Baby
Incredible style, inspired by Aston Martin, that will last for years to come. The interior is simple luxury that has lasting style. Plastic pieces covered with simulated chrome are the only downfall t... Read More
It Looks Fast Even When It Is Standing Still.
It makes long trips amazingly comfortable and enjoyable. It makes short trips shorter. The power is exhilarating. The handling gives one confidence. When passing, the combination of thrust, solidn... Read More
2009 Jaguar XK-Series Reviews
Pleased With Jaguar
I love this car. I bought her in 2011 as a new car from the Jaguar dealer. She had only been used for exhibits, etc. She had 1100 miles on her. She has been very dependable requiring only a new ba... Read More
Beautifully Decent Car
Fantastic car to drive, lacking in power a bit, XKR version is completely different. handeling is not too sharp. interior options are amazing many new technological features. its a beautiful car to l... Read More
2008 Jaguar XK-Series Reviews
Very Nice Cat!!!
The R is the one get's everybody excited at the traffic lights!!! the sound off the tailpipes make your hair stand up at the back of your neck!!! Read More
2007 Jaguar XK-Series Reviews
Loved It For A While But Now Time To Change....
Loved the car's looks and handling; great throat; acceleration on the top range is phenomenal...love punching it at 70 and getting to 100 in no time at all. Everyone loves the way it looks! Handles ... Read More
Close To Being A Super-car!
An awesome car to have for the price that they are selling for now. This car is close to being a super car by its looks, strength and style. Amazing handling and a pleasure to drive with the top down.... Read More


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Cause of Ferris baby's death undetermined
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FERRIS - Ellis County Justice of the Peace Curtis Polk said he was awaiting a report from the Dallas County medical examiner's office as of press time in determining the cause of death in the case of five-month old Delanni Nature Finch of 311 N. Wood St.
Polk said the baby and mother, Shannon Fuller, 21, were at the home of a friend at 104 Mable St. when the Ferris Police Department received a 911 emergency phone call Saturday at 5:42 a.m.
Polk said paramedics found the infant unresponsive. He said he was summoned to the scene where he pronounced her dead at 6:45 a.m.
Polk said possible cause of death could have been sudden infant death syndrome.
He said he saw no bruises or marks on the body.
Polk said the baby had been very ill from an infection.
He said she had also been suffering from pneumonia and anemia.
Polk said the infant had medical problems and had been hospitalized for two months since her birth May 8 of this year.
He said FPD had taken statements from Fuller.
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He champions a near-radical notion: that comedy should be funny.
Lenny Bruce ruined stand-up comedy. Jim Gaffigan, the self-described "laziest man on earth," is single-handedly saving it.
Okay, maybe that's a slight exaggeration. But the comedian has been a quiet revolutionary, restoring a vital element to standup that Bruce had taken away—the indispensable, but apparently forgotten idea that comedians have no obligation to be provocative, topical, socially conscious, or anything else but funny.
There's no question that Bruce did for comedy what Elvis did for popular music. Leading a wave of innovative standups that included Mort Sahl and Dick Gregory, Bruce infused comedy with rock-and-roll values. Injecting the genre with a previously unknown sense of danger and rebellion, Bruce turned what was a hackneyed slice of Borscht Belt culture into vibrant art form at the vanguard of 1960's counterculture.
In the '70s, Richard Pryor and Steve Martin, among others, elevated comedy to high art. George Carlin, carrying Bruce's mantle of comic-as-angry-prophet, also used profanity as a form of protest—most famously with the "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television."
In the 1980s, though, with the rise of comedy clubs and especially cable TV, things changed. By decade's end, comics not only could say those seven words on television—they were almost required to. Comedians, it seemed, no longer could just tell jokes. They were expected to be edgy, experimental, controversial or confrontational, and for every performer like Eddie Murphy or Bill Hicks with an outsized talent to match their outrageous material, there were dozens of hacks who just used swear words in place of real punchlines.
Then, in 1990, 24-year-old Jim Gaffigan decided to save comedy from itself.
Oh, okay. Not really. But that was when the Indiana native moved to New York City, got a job in advertising, and started his comedy career.
Gaffigan spoke about that period of his life last month. He was sitting backstage at the Midland Theater in Kansas City, Missouri, following a pair of sold-out shows, on tour to promote his latest comedy album, Mr. Universe. He remembered being surprised at the ad agency to hear the streams of four-letter words coming from co-workers
"First," Gaffigan said in his thoughtful Midwest twang, "I'm from the Midwest. So that just kind of made me uncomfortable. But also they didn't sound very creative."
He scuffled around New York's comedy clubs, "trying a lot of different things," to build an on-stage persona. It took nine years before he landed a spot on Late Show with David Letterman. The host took a liking to his fellow Hoosier, and in 2000 Jim was cast in Welcome to New York, a sitcom for Letterman's production company that was canceled shortly into its run.
Gaffigan kept acting—building a none-too-shabby list of screen credits. He also kept honing his standup routine, touring, making comedy albums and multiple appearances on Letterman, Leno and the Craigs. Gaffigan built a particularly good rapport with Conan O'Brien,. Together they made Pale Force. A series of animated shorts spoofing Super Friends that ran from 2005 to 2008, Pale Force depicted Jim and Conan as a superhero-and-sidekick team with superpowers that come from the blinding whiteness of their own skin—a very unsubtle metaphor for the pair's immense nerdiness.
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Less than 24 hours after the Miami Dolphins and general manager Jeff Ireland decided to part ways, some fans are celebrating the move and hoping for something positive to finally happen for the franchise.
It was all the talk on local sports talk radio like 790 The Ticket. Dolphins fans said that Ireland was "garbage."
"I am happy that Jeff Ireland is out come," one caller said. "We have to be honest; ever since he came in, he's had bad stats."
"For the Bills to beat the Dolphins twice, if that's the difference between the Dolphins making the playoffs, somebody's got to go," said Ian Burgess.
Dolphins owner Stephen Ross made the move to part ways with Ireland Tuesday evening. The move reportedly came as Ross was preparing to restructure the front office and take some of Ireland's power away in the new power structure.
Ireland has drawn fire from fans for the last few years as the Dolphins have toiled in mediocrity. His drafts have largely been busts and the team, despite spending more than $100 million in guaranteed money last year.
"It's been quite the tenure for Ireland here in Miami it's been tough on the fans he's made big decisions and when you see the results most fans are definitely excited about this news," said Joy Taylor of 790 The Ticket.
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She may be in the news for the wrong reasons, but at the recent premiere of her latest film, "Scary Movie 5," we gotta give credit to Lindsay Lohan for looking neat and radiant–and scoring on the fashion meter.
Lindsay showed off her curves in a black, body-hugging creation from Dolce&Gabbana. Gold detailing adorned the neckline and straps. It was a pretty classic look we hadn't seen in the 26-year-old actress for a long time. She accessorized with a gold cuff, which lent some edginess to the outfit.
Lindsay paired her frock with black mesh booties that looked uniquely chic. The actress also managed to win us over with the way she wore her hair–tousled locks on one side made charming with cheery little braids.
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Jerry Courvoisier has a genuine love for photography and for education. He teaches photographers to use Adobe Photoshop Lightroom in person, through books, and via online workshops. And thanks to Blurb's enhanced ebooks, he has another way to share his Lightroom knowledge: through the iBooks app on the Apple iPad. Jerry's ebook, Learn Lightroom, combines text and still images with audio, video, and hyperlinks. As part of our enhanced ebook launch, we talk with Jerry about ebooks, education, and the importance of rich media in telling stories.
Blurb: As an educator, what will enhanced ebooks do for you that printed books don't?
Jerry: The ability to record video and audio, and place it in the context of an electronically delivered book, gives me the opportunity to provide a more focused and easier to understand form of instruction.
The wordy book component acts as reference material, whereas the video and audio provide immediate reinforcement with the learning process. It can be reviewed numerous times in a relaxed, no-pressure environment to acquire a comprehensive understanding of a specific technique or process.
Blurb: What does an enhanced ebook do for you and your readers that a blog or web page can not?
Jerry: Blogs and web pages can only provide short snippets and tips that need to be fed constantly to maintain traffic. The enhanced ebook provides me with the opportunity to focus on emerging trends and techniques and to provide content that is immediately relevant within the photographic disciplines.
Blurb: Can you talk about economics and distribution with ebooks?
Jerry: I'm of the opinion that specific content is available anywhere these days with a few Internet searches. But it's a bit fragmented and you'd normally need to look at a variety of choices before you can actually find what you're looking for. Distilling down a lot of the information is where you can waste a lot of time.
Having organized and concise content, on the other hand, provided at a reasonable price, can move you to waste less time trying to achieve the end result. When was the last time you actually received a CD or DVD and put it in your computer and tried to follow along with the instruction?
From an economic distribution point of view, my first book sat on the shelves in brick-and-mortar stores and required predominant shelf space and inventory to maintain significant sales. Fortunately, this enhanced ebook can be downloaded for one-tenth of the cost and I would expect that if the content is good, it should sell itself at a price point that achieves volume.
Blurb: We've focused a lot on your work as an educator, but do you have ideas on how you'll use enhanced ebooks for your own creative or consulting work?
Jerry: What intrigues me the most is that the creative process is just not limited to those with high-end, sophisticated digital cameras and mountains of accessories. The model is completely changed now in that creativity can come from many directions and can change within seconds of capturing the moment. I think photographers, for the most part, were loners and worked hard to express and make a visual impact. I think I'm going to look to more collaborative projects. Incorporating many different ideas and ways to present visual artistry and content.
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Jerry: First, I think the ebook provides a photographer with the ability to talk about the project, the process, the end result of what they're trying to achieve upfront. Building an audio narrative at the beginning can provide the viewer an overview of what they're about to see.
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Fear and Misery in the Third Reich (or The Private Life of the Master Race) is one of Brecht's most famous plays, the first of his openly anti-Nazi works. It was first performed in 1938 and was one of the first major plays to use a style of performing Brecht called 'epic theatre'. This technique distanced the audience from the characters and was used to drive home the play's message.
It was followed by many more openly anti-Nazi plays—Brecht was a believer in the values of Marxism—and was written while Brecht was in exile in Denmark, inspired by a visit to Moscow, where he experienced the anti-Nazi movement which was gaining significance there.
Scenes: One Big Family - Two SS Officers talk about "United Nation" and then start shooting. A Case of Betrayal - A couple have "given away their neighbour" to the SS because they heard foreign broadcasts coming from his house. They are upset that in being arrested his coat has been ripped. The Chalk Cross - SA Man talking to friends, they ask him about raids and he refuses to say. Shows them how he marks people with a white cross so other people know to arrest them. The SA man threatens to have his girlfriend's brother arrested for not saying Heil Hitler fast enough. Peat-bog soldiers - Prisoners mixing cement and talking, an SS man keeps guard. The prisoners are given solitary confinement. Servants of the people - SS man complaining to the prisoner to stop saying he's a communist because he is tired of flogging him. Judicial process - Judge asking an inspector to clarify a case against a Jew. The Jew is innocent but as both men "have a family" the justice system is perverse - the judge is forced to pass a verdict which suits the Third Reich but his panic is that he doesn't know which verdict will achieve that. Occupational disease - An injured man comes to a hospital. The surgeon explains before doing treatment a doctor must ask questions concerning the patient's private life to check he deserves treatment. The physicist - two physicists secretly read about Einstein but when they are overheard they denounce it as being pointless and Jewish. The Jewish wife - A Jewish wife agonises about how to tell her husband she is leaving him to save his career at a clinic. She eventually tells him it's only for 2 or 3 weeks as he hands her the clothes she won't need till next winter. The Spy - Two parents quarrel and then panic when they realise their son has gone missing. They are sure he is handing them over. When he returns with sweets they are still very suspicious. The black shoes - A mother finds money to buy her daughter new shoes but hasn't the money to send her to the Hitler youth. Labour service - No class distinctions working in a Hitler labour camp. Workers playtime - An interview takes place at a factory where everyone has to be pro German; the announcer edits what they are saying to be more acceptable. The SA watches on. The box - A fathers remains are brought home in a zinc coffin, he died of pneumonia. Hans wants to look inside but the dead mans wife refuses as "they might come for you too" Release - A man has been released from a concentration camp and his old friends are suspicious. Charity begins at home - The SA delivers a charity parcel to an old lady, she thanks them and tells her daughter things are not as bad as she thought in the Third Reich. The SA arrests her daughter. Two bakers - two bakers have been arrested, the first two years ago for mixing bran in his bread, the second has just been arrested for refusing to mix bran in his bread. The farmer feeds his sow - A farmer grows crops; he has to sell the grain for very little money and pay extravagantly for pig food. He is keeping some grain for his pig even though that is not allowed. The old militant - A butcher whose son was in the SA has no meat and refuses to hang a fake ham in his window. He goes away for a weekend to get new stock and his son is arrested. He hangs himself in the shop window with a sign around his neck saying "I voted for Hitler" The Sermon on the Mount - A pastor tries to comfort a dying man but cannot answer his questions without being at risk himself. The motto - A Hitler Youth meeting, one boy hasn't learnt the motto "beat stab shoot them till they fall…" he is accused of learning "something different at home" News of the bombardment of Almeria gets to the barracks - two boys discuss food and bombing Spain and the start of the war Job creation - A husband has a new job making bomber planes. The wife learns her brother, a pilot had an accident and died, and her neighbour tells her about the fighting in Spain. The wife goes into mourning and is told to stop in case the husband loses his job. Consulting the people Protesters try to produce an anti war leaflet, they read a letter from a man who has been executed and still believes in the fight against Hitler. "Best thing would be just one word NO!"
There are 6 other scenes which Brecht eventually cut out: Ersatz feelings The international The vote The new dress Any good against gas A possible last scene for Basel.
Epilogue We'll watch them follow the band till The whole lot come to a standstill - Beaten, bogged-down elite. We'd laugh till we were crying If it weren't for our brothers dying To bring about his defeat. (Brecht, 1957, Methuen Drama)


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BOULDER, Colo. - Boulder police are increasing patrols after a 14-year-old girl reported that the same man has tried three times to lure her into his car during the past four weeks.
The latest incident happened about 5:15 p.m. Monday, said Boulder Police spokeswoman Kim Kobel. The man driving a light silver BMW sedan followed the girl as she walked along Broadway near Spruce Street.
The girl said the man stopped the BMW in the middle of the street, then called and motioned for her to get inside, Kobel said. The man spoke both Spanish and English, and told the girl that he'd give her a ride.
The teen ignored the man.
The man drove to a nearby street, turned around and again tried to persuade the girl to get into the car.
The girl went into a nearby business and asked for help. The business owner saw the BMW, but was not able to see a license plate before the car drove away.
On Tuesday, police released a sketch of the suspect, a Hispanic man in his late 40s. The girl said he has dark skin and eyes, thick eyebrows and was wearing a dark green long-sleeve shirt.
Police also released a photograph of the type of car he drives, a newer-model, light silver BMW 5-series four-door sedan.
While Boulder police just learned of the alleged stalker, the girl said Monday was not the first time the man had approached her.
The girl said three weeks ago, the same man began honking his car horn at her as he was stopped at a red light. He tried to entice her into his car at Broadway and Alpine Avenue, Kobel said.
About four weeks ago, the girl said a man who she believes was the same suspect tried to persuade her to get into his car near Viele Lake.
During all three luring incidents, the girl says she ignored the man and kept walking.
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A Guide to Building a Pond to Attract Frogs
Water is a great way to draw wildlife to your backyard. Backyard ponds can provide habitat for birds, butterflies, frogs and fish. This guide will provide you with information tailored to building a frog pond that will attract amphibians to your backyard.
If you're not the building type, you can always purchase a complete pond kit to get started. Be sure to read the information below about pond location, maintenance, and surrounding habitat if you purchase a pond kit.
Attract Frogs with Proper Habitat
Many amphibians have a complex life cycle, requiring not only a pond area in which to lay eggs, but also enough nearby dry land to find food and shelter. Others are completely aquatic, spending their whole life in water. Some are completely terrestrial, living their whole life on dry land.
A pond with lots of hiding and feeding cover will attract frogs and keep tadpoles safe from fish.
Pond-breeding amphibians are particular about where they lay their eggs. Those that lay their eggs in wetlands need very slow-moving or stagnant water, and a water level that doesn't drop much during the spring breeding season (February through May). These amphibians need shallow areas between 1/2 foot and 3 feet deep. They usually attach their egg masses to or among plants, so they need small plants with thin, flexible stems between 1-4 mm in diameter.
Even amphibians that lay eggs in ponds live part of their adult life on dry land. For this, their habitat should include trees and shrubs for protection from predators. They also need leaves and fallen logs to hide in during cold weather. Protected corridors connected to other wetlands prevent too much inbreeding, and provide pathways for new amphibians to recolonize in case a drought, flood, water quality problem, or some other stochastic event wipes out a local population.
Where to Locate your Frog Pond
The pond should be located on low ground that naturally collects water and where pools form in the spring. If the pond is located near a building, water can be redirected to replenish the pond each time it rains.
Ensure the pond is located where amphibians can enter and exit without risking death. Urban populations of toads may have high level of predation due to large raccoon populations, or die as road kills during migrations to and away from garden ponds. There have been many documented incidences of toads, unable to climb concrete road curbs, suffering a high death rate due to vehicles. However, toads produce over 5,000 eggs and we can expect even in pristine areas that only 50 toadlets will survive their first year (1% of the egg mass).
Amphibians are attracted to a pond by the size of its reflective surface.
The pond should be located away from manure, and chemical contamination sources such as runoff areas from composts, pastures, septic tanks and treated fields and lawns. Ammonia released by manure and many other fertilizers during wet periods has been found to affect tadpoles of amphibians. Runoff, in this case, should not be directed to the pond. After a period of drought, nitrate and other salts can be found at high concentrations in the front zones of runoff. Subsequent rainfall then creates a "toxic wave" retarding and preventing frog tadpoles from developing. The high levels of nutrients found in the runoff may also cause algae blooms. A vegetation buffer strip around the entire pond will reduce erosion and help filter sediment, fertilizer, pesticide and other contaminants before they enter the pond.
Attracting Frogs with Pond Size & Shape
Amphibians are attracted to a pond by the size of its reflective surface. If the pond surface is too small, amphibians will not notice it. Smaller ponds suffer from temperature fluctuations and take longer to become settled and balanced. There needs to be enough bacteria and algae on rocks and the bottom to feed tadpoles, and sufficient aquatic insect production to feed the adult frogs or toads.
Amphibian ponds should be no smaller than 12 feet long and 6 feet wide, and at least 1.5 feet deep. The pond should be big enough and deep enough to prevent predators such as birds, snakes and raccoons from having access to the center of the pond. Amphibians will rest or bask along the edges of a pond, but retreat to deeper water when frightened.
A shallow shoreline or shelf will provide growing areas for emergent plants and spawning areas for egg laying. Alternating shoreline depths will allow you to create different habitats including a wet meadow, a rock garden, or a cattail area. In the winter, the shallow bank will allow ice to expand out of the pond so damage does not occur to the liner.
Choosing a Pond Liner
Pond liners keep water from seeping into the soil. Even in heavy clay soils, a liner is necessary. For a larger larger pool where you can design your own shape, we recommend using a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) liner. Use a liner specifically designed for pools. While other plastics initially may be cheaper, many are not resistant to ultraviolet light and will break down quickly. Some plastics may also be toxic to fish.
PCV pond liners come in different thicknesses. A thicker liner tends to be more resistant to punctures. While expensive and requiring more expertise to install, cement is also an option as a pool liner. If you use PVC, you will need to get a liner large enough for your pool. To determine how large a piece you will need, determine the maximum width, length, and depth of your pond. Multiply the maximum depth by 3. Then add this number to both the length and width. This will allow enough plastic to be securely held down around all pond edges.
Excavating your Amphibian Pond
You can put in a backyard pond anytime the ground is not frozen or overly wet. Plan on at least a weekend to install and landscape.
First, outline your pond in the proposed area with a piece of rope. Natural debris removed from the pond area may be useful when creating wildlife habitat around the pond, so when stripping off the turf, save any large pieces to be put around the edge of the pond. Smaller pieces can be placed in a compost pile. Digging should be done in layers so that the topsoil can be kept in a separate pile. Excavate the pond so that it is level, and to a size allowing for a waterproof barrier with its protective matting, and also for a layer of sand at least three inches deep to cover the whole pond bed. You can use pegs, a straight board and a spirit level to make sure the water level will be the same on all sides of the pond.
Installing PVC liner for your Pond
When you build the pond, choose a sunny day with no rain in the forecast for a couple of days. Sun will warm up the liner, making it a little more malleable. Before installing a flexible liner, check it for manufacturing defects (holes and weak points), and line the pond excavation with an inch of sand.
- Remove all sharp objects and rocks from the excavated area and make sure the soil is packed down hard and level.
- To help prevent punctures in the plastic, put a one-inch layer of damp sand on the bottom of the excavated area.
- Install the liner by placing it over the hole and holding it firmly with a line of bricks.
- Place a garden hose in the middle of the pond and fill it with water. The weight of the water will settle the liner to the shape of the pool. When the pool is filling with water, you can stand in it barefoot to help the liner fold in the corners, and to ensure that the liner is not being pulled down unevenly. This can create a potential leak when the pond is filled up to level.
- Tuck the edge of the liner under 15 cm of soil, and keep it hidden underneath stones.
Establishing Pond Plants
Let the pond sit for a few days before adding plants. This allows chlorine to evaporate from the water. Chemicals are also available that will quickly neutralize chlorine and other harmful compounds.
For the pond, consider a mix of emergent, submergent, and floating species. Emergent plants, those that have their roots in the water but their shoots above water, can be added to the margins of pools. Some examples are cattails (Typha spp.), arrowhead (Sagittaria spp.), and water lilies (Nymphaea spp.). Submergent species, or those that remain underwater, are often used as oxygenators. These are plants that remove carbon dioxide from the water and add oxygen. These plants are essential in most ponds to keep the water clear. Floating species or those that are not anchored at all in the pond include plants such as duckweed (Lemna minor), water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes), and water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes). While attractive, water hyacinth and water lettuce can be serious weed problems in the South. Since they are not winter hardy, there is no problem with them spreading in northern climates. While not as effective as oxygenators, these plants help keep the water clear by limiting the amount of sunlight that algae receive
Place the plants at various depths. Emergent and submergent plants should be planted into pots. Fill the container about half full with a mixture of good garden topsoil. Do not use potting mixes or peat moss. These are too light and will float out of the pot. Place the plant on top of the soil and fill the container with topsoil within one inch of the top.
When planting water lily rhizomes, make a mound of soil in the middle of the pot. Place the rhizome at a 45 degree angle. The crown of the rhizome should be toward the center of the pot. Cover the roots with soil, but not the crown.
In all cases, add a layer of gravel to the top of the pot. This will help keep the soil from floating out and prevent fish from digging in the soil. Slowly place the pots in the pool to keep soil from floating out. Place pots on bricks to get the desired height. Floating species can be placed directly into the pond with no other care needed. Plants should cover 50 to 70 percent of the water surface.
Pond Maintenance
Algae is a common problem in newly established ponds. The water often becomes an unsightly green after a few days. While your first instinct may be to drain the pond and start over, this only prolongs the problem. Once a pond is "balanced," are usually kept at an acceptable level. A balanced pond is one in which the nutrients are at the appropriate level for the plants present. Excess nutrients and light are needed for algae. Reducing the nutrients and decreasing the amount of light entering the water will help reduce algae. Floating plants or those with broad leaves such as water lilies will help reduce the amount of light available for algae and compete for available nutrients. Scavengers such as snails will help clean up wastes from the bottom of the pond.
Excessive plant growth, especially of free-floating plants, may be a problem. Periodically skim off excess growth of duckweed, water lettuce, and other floating plants. Monthly, prune dying plant material. Clean out some of the decaying plant material that has accumulated in the bottom of the pond in the spring. Remember that a natural pond is not a swimming pool and too much cleaning can do more harm than good.
Attract Frogs with Surrounding Pond Habitat
To improve the area around the pond, place native emergent plants around the edge to provide cover for adults and emerging toadlets and froglets. Trees should be planted some distance from the edge of the pond, because excessive shading reduces wildlife diversity and productivity. Any dead timber should be left standing or can be added to provides habitat for species such as beetles and woodpeckers.
A few rock piles and logs arranged around the pond will provide shelter and refuges from predators. You can provide moisture by having shady areas where dew collects, moist patches of soil, and rotting vegetation. Rocky retreats for toads can be made by placing stones to form a rocky burrow about 4 inches high with a sandy floor where toads can dig. You can use pieces of broken concrete blocks to allow access to the toad chamber and plant ferns to shade the area.
Some nurseries now sell toad shelters, or you can make one yourself out of a large clay flower pot. Simply drill a series of holes for a toad size opening, and chip out the drilled section with a hammer. Place one or two of these upturned flower pots in shady locations in your garden. Adding a toad light between the rock garden and a lawn area will attract insects for the toads.
Winter Habitat for Frogs
The hibernating habitat required by an amphibian will depend on the species. Some hibernate underwater, others in leaf piles, compost heaps, or underground tunnels. For amphibian species that hibernate under water, the pond will be deep enough to prevent it from completely freezing. Terrestrial hibernators dig deep into soft garden soil, beneath the frost line, to spend the long, freezing months in dormancy. To make the area even more amphibian friendly, dig a hibernaculum for terrestrial hibernators. First, excavate a hole at least 3 feet square x 3 feet deep. Fill the entire hole with soft sand, and cover the surface with compost to keep the hibernaculum warmer and give overwintering amphibians additional protection from freezing temperatures.
Certify Your Backyard as a Wildlife Sanctuary
After you have followed Sage's How-to Attract Frogs Guide and our other How to Attract Wildlife Guides to providing habitat to attract frogs and other wildlife to your backyard, you can certify your backyard as a wildlife sanctuary. As long as you are providing the four basics for habitat specified in the Sage How-to Attract Wildlife Guides, including food, water, shelter and a place to live, you qualify.
Along with a personalized certificate, you will receive a Backyard Wildlife Habitat sign to post in your yard. This sign is a great way to show your neighbors and community that you're working to attract frogs and other wildlife and provide a natural habitat for the animals that visit and live in your yard. Your backyard will also be entered in the National Registry of Backyard Wildlife Habitat Sites.
For an application to certify your backyard as a wildlife sanctuary, please visit the National Wildlife Federation's Application for Certification.


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- Spring Travel prep - rosters/photos and other requirements (see below)
The deadlines for the spring season come very early so we ask that you make every effort to pull together the required information now. The attached provides details of the requirements and we have also attached the forms.
- Review player names and numbers on your roster and bring marked up copy to coaches meeting (if correct please provide initialed roster)
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Who is this John Barata?
Approximately ten years ago Easton Soccer hired John Barata as our Director of Coaching. He provides an invaluable amount of professionalism to a town soccer program, which many towns do not have. As director of coaching, he provides training to players and coaching, professional assistance with the Easton Soccer board, and organizes all or our training programs. He is an invaluable resource, which allows us to provide comprehensive and professional programs.
John graduated from Assumption College in Worcester, MA where he was the Captain of the Men's Soccer Team from 1997-1999. He was an All-New England All-Star selection in 1999 and was a three time member of the NE-10 All-Conference Team. John received the highest athletic accolade from the college -- The Premier Male Senior Student-Athlete Award -- as well as defensive, offensive, and most valuable player of the year awards. In 2009 he was inducted into the Immaculate High School "Hall of Fame" Class of 2009 and the Assumption College 2011.
John currently holds the USSF "A" License, the NSCAA Premier Diploma, the USYS National License.
Coaches, John is here for you! If you are struggling with a lesson plan, have questions about games, positions....he is here for you!
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The Edge of Vision
Last night at the Aperture gallery, JL books hosted an opening night party for three of their new releases by Corin Hewitt, Bertrand Fleuret and Michael Schmelling. Corin Hewitt was present, working on a still-life-photography-as-performance-art projected to the sounds of ambient techno! It felt kind of like an art rave or something. Anyway, the real discovery for me was another of the JL books by Jason Fulford, entitled Crushed, and for $25 i took a copy home with me! It is a really beautiful little book (in fact all of the JL books are quite petite for photography books) and while the images have this yellowish hue, looking like it could have been photographed in the early 70′s, most of the work was produced between 1999 and 2001.
I was also pleasantly surprised to find that Aperture's exhibition The Edge of Vision was also still on display. The collection got me thinking about the abstract potential of photography, being that it is most often such a literal medium. But it is really not much of a stretch at all, considering how an early innovator like Edward Weston* with his semi-abstract landscapes and still lives, forced you to pause, if only for a moment, to reconsider what it is that you are seeing in a photograph. Since the jury is still out on whether or not I'll be posting the copyrighted work of others on this blog, I thought I'd dig into the archive and share an abstraction of my own, even though it is really just cross-processed and out of focus. Enjoy.
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Airdrie-Rocky View annexation official
By: Dawn Smith
| Posted: Wednesday, Mar 28, 2012 06:00 am
The Government of Alberta approved Airdrie's annexation of 12,640 acres of land from Rocky View County, March 22.
The move came after an agreement was reached last May following more than a year of negotiation between the County and the City.
Airdrie Mayor Peter Brown said he would like to thank County and City staff for all of their hard work.
"I think this is tremendous," he said. "This annexation is one of the most important opportunities to plan the future of Airdrie."
Rocky View Reeve Rolly Ashdown said the process went seamlessly from start to finish.
"It is just a great monument to what happens when different municipalities work in total collaboration," said Ashdown. "We are happy to work with our neighbours in allowing them to pursue their goals for the future."
Airdrie is now responsible for the land to the west, north and east of city limits, which has a population of about 714 people. The annexation area includes 213 homes and 52.8 kilometres of roads.
All agricultural land within the annexed area will be pegged to County tax rates for 30 years and non-agriculture land will maintain Rocky View rates for 20 years.
Airdrie will take over agricultural services within the annexation's borders, but won't extend city services, such as garbage, to the area.
According to Ashdown, the County's agricultural department will assist the City of Airdrie in farm-related issues.
"We are glad to support them in any way we can to help (former residents) in the transition from a rural municipality to an urban one," said Ashdown. "We truly know they are in good hands and we wish them well."
Brown said with growth comes challenges, but the new land creates many opportunities for the city.
"We are going to be looking into getting the ratio of commercial and industrial up and residential down because that is how you sustain a community," he said.
"We want people to be able to live, work and play in the community. We will be able to be completely separate from Calgary and people will not have to go south for anything."
The newly acquired land is expected to be enough for 50 years of Airdrie growth.
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My first impressions of religion came from my grandmother. She was a Catholic, and very focused on the judgemental aspects of the religion. She'd often warn me that God would punish me if I did one thing or another. Needless to say, my concept of God was not a positive one. I didn't like this God person, but felt that he was too big to argue with, which made me like him even less. So I was off to a great start.
After my grandmother passed away, my religious education fell to my mother. She had left the Catholic Church as a teenager to be an atheist and communist, as was common in the 1960's. By the time I was around, she'd moved on to being a Wiccan capitalist. I never recall her pushing any of her beliefs on me at the time, and for a couple of years I lived pretty much free of any religious restrictions, save for the many superstitions that had existed in our family since time immemorial. Over time, a combination of crazy life circumstances created a pressure-cooker of stress for my mother, causing her to become increasingly frustrated and despondent. The summer of 1989, when I was 11 years old, my mother finally decided to put an end to the whole shebang by killing me and then herself. Before carrying out this final solution, she wanted to do one last thing. She wanted to take me to Burger King. Walking down the street that day in our Queens neighborhood, we happened upon a new church building. There was music coming from inside, and a friendly looking man standing outside greeting people. He noticed my mom and me and asked if we'd like to come in. She agreed, most likely desperate for some kind of help. Within two weeks, we had both said the sinner's prayer and were learning the ropes of fundamentalist Christianity. I guess it beat being dead.
I have to admit I never felt comfortable in fundamentalism. I was a kid who loved to read and learn and question things. As a Christian, I had to put aside whatever logic I had managed to acquire by that age in order to believe so many unbelievable things. I didn't dare voice these thoughts to my mom, considering the fact that being "saved" literally had saved the two of us from death. That's not to say the problems of life went away, far from it. We flew by the seats of our pants the whole time, it just seemed that fundamentalist Christianity provided some hope for her. At first, I kept my doubt secret from my mother, in order to not rock the boat; later I kept my doubt hidden from even myself. As a child, I suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder; when Christianity came into my life, I just adapted the obsessions. Prayers and religious rules became more anxiety-reducing rituals to get me through the day. Every time we went through a rough spot, I became extra pious, fearing that God would take his protection from me if I faltered. The fundamentalist life became a habit and a crutch, and by my mid-teens I had no idea how to operate without it.
Eventually, my mother became involved in what can be called a "power church" that had been started by a family friend. The code of behavior was very strict and the leadership enjoyed using military terminology to make the congregation feel that they were part of an elite spiritual battalion. They were also very involved in the deliverance ministry, which involved performing exorcisms on people. These exorcisms were required for anyone wanting to be truly free and a fully functioning member of the church. I spent many nights in the church basement hanging out with my friends while the sobs, screams and gagging of some poor sucker being "delivered" was going on in the background. Oddly, nobody batted an eye at this, but I guess it goes to show what people can become accustomed to. One day it was my turn, and I spent a miserably awkward hour sitting quietly in a chair while three large men screamed in my face, waiting for my demons to manifest. The novelty of this atmosphere wore off for my mom when she noticed the pastor getting way out of control… or should I say way too in control. He ran everyone's lives. He dictated who should marry whom, who should quit their jobs, and he threatened anyone who deviated from his way with excommunication and a cursed future. When my mom confronted him over the phone, the pastor launched a full-fledged war against my family. We were stalked to the point where we feared for our lives, and eventually left the state. That story could take up an entire book, so I'll leave out the details, but it suffices to say it wasn't pleasant. That period in my life was my first wake-up call. I was 18 years old, and getting to the point where it was hard not to do some thinking for myself. Once I had settled into my new town, I started taking a slightly more easy-going approach to God and religion, but still was nowhere near ready to honestly seek answers to my questions and doubts. I attended a few more churches, which were reasonably moderate, and non-threatening, and felt I could stick it out as long as I avoided major trouble.
Fast forward to 2003. I was 25, working for a few years, and starting to feel as much like an adult as I could, given my lack of any social life. The previous few years had had me struggling with my doubts, all the while acting as secretary in the ministry my mother had started with her new husband. I was a workaholic, a condition I preferred because it allowed me to do nothing much other than work, sleep and worship. However, the questions crept in. The conservative political agenda in the church I was attending had started to bug me, and in seeking a differing viewpoint, I discovered liberal Christianity web sites, which really threw me for a loop. Some of these folks didn't even believe that Jesus had been born of a literal virgin. Yikes! This opened a whole can of worms in my thought life. I would sometimes cry at night and wish I had been born in the time of the martyrs, so I could be killed while my faith was still strong. If you're thinking I was nuts, you're probably right. But thankfully, I was hitting rock bottom, and there was no place to go but up.
I'm not sure exactly how it started, but I began to slowly pull away from the rigid fundamentalist thinking and actually explore my questions. Like many other ex-fundamentalists, I started by making very basic observations. I looked around me and noticed that the Christians I knew weren't necessarily any happier, healthier, or more successful than non-Christians. They weren't necessarily more ethical either. I started to see the holes in the doctrine, and the ways in which the Bible was used again and again to justify injustice, ignorance and cruelty. I felt courageous enough to move forward with my reading and research on the real history of Christianity, which opened my eyes to the very human origins of beliefs I was taught had come straight from the mouth of God. I started to recognize the features of a dysfunctional family being carried out in the Church, with God the parent you'd better not piss off or question. My 5-year-old self re-emerged and said "I don;t like him", and my 25-year-old self actually listened. Around this time,things in my life were starting to go into upheaval once again. The company I'd been working for for 3 years closed down, and I had to move. I was stressed, but this time, I refused to believe that God was punishing me. I stepped out on faith (as fundamentalists are so fond of saying) and declared that if God existed, he'd have to either kill me or accept me questioning my faith. I just couldn't worry anymore. And surprisingly, I lived.
That's not to say it was easy. As I made my way into the "world", I knew I had very little experience with real life. In a matter of months, I had a crash course in human relations, pop culture, and a whole mess of other stuff I should have learned over a period of years but didn't. I had to figure out how to navigate my way and create my own limits and preferences without a strict set of rules to go by. It was scary, but it was also very freeing. In 2005, I gave birth to my daughter, and the experience solidified my feeling that leaving the faith had been the right decision for me. The thought of teaching the doctrine of original sin, hell and judgement to my daughter made me cringe, and I instantly regretted all the years I had spent teaching it to other people's children during my years as a Sunday school helper. Still, I don't count my years as a Christian as entirely wasted. I think I learned some valuable lessons about self-control and perseverance. I also had the chance to bring food and clothes to the homeless in New York every weekend for several years through a mobile feeding unit ministry at one of my churches. On the street I met some great people who were surviving terrible times, and who were often more accepting and friendly with me than my church brethren were. In addition, I've taken away a healthy scepticism when it comes to leaders, movements, and the supernatural. I'm reluctant to jump on a bandwagon unless I know where it's headed and who's driving. Preferably, I'll be driving.
After a few years of avoiding any talk of spirituality (a term that I feel is a highly overused and fuzzy catchphrase) I'm just beginning to explore a way of celebrating life and marking time that works for me; mainly an eclectic, nature-based path. I don't believe in the fundamentalist god or the traditional "God" image most are familiar with, so some might label me an atheist. But that's not how I label myself; in fact I try and avoid labelling myself at all. I'm still learning and figuring out life and what works for me. Most of all I'm still revelling in the freedom to do so without fear.
Emmi, wow!
I understand a whole lot of what you are saying here, unfortunately, from living it too.
You wrote: " I refused to believe that God was punishing me. I stepped out on faith (as fundamentalists are so fond of saying) and declared that if God existed, he'd have to either kill me or accept me questioning my faith. I just couldn't worry anymore. And surprisingly, I lived."
That statement is something I understand completely.
You wrote: "He ran everyone's lives. He dictated who should marry whom, who should quit their jobs, and he threatened anyone who deviated from his way with excommunication and a cursed future. When my mom confronted him over the phone, the pastor launched a full-fledged war against my family."
Ah…the last time I spoke w/ my Xpastor, he hung up on me. I guess I had frustrated him so by thinking for myself. I was in the middle of wishing the man "Godspeed" when I heard the phone slam down on my ear. ah…the memories…..
In the group I escaped from, members were not allowed to marry "unbelievers",
"unbelievers" = anyone not in the cult.
I saw folks who left their sunday jobs because the leader has "mandatory church attendance" ….it's definitely an unspoken rule. When you are expected to call the pastor because you won't be in church….you know what is expected of you. *sigh*
These groups sure seem to have the same MO.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. But I will stop for now.
Just wanted you to know that I am very happy for you that you got yourself out of the abuse & into freedom.
All the best to you!!
"I would sometimes cry at night and wish I had been born in the time of the martyrs, so I could be killed while my faith was still strong."
I'm right there! Now!
God, please help me!!!
I long to be free…
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They did not solve the puzzle that day. When it got too dark to see, Doak and Placek went back to their rented cottage outside Castlegregory. They sat at the dining table with the topo map spread out before them, chins in their hands. Occasionally one of them would take a ruler and pencil in a new variation of one or two holes. Finally, late in the evening, they broke for sandwiches at a pub down the road toward Tralee. Doak, at dinner, looked a little subdued. I thought I recognized the symptoms of someone who spends too many evenings eating in restaurants, too many nights in strange beds.
"I'm on the road 150 to 180 nights a year," he admitted. Doak lives in Traverse City, Michigan, with his second wife, Jennifer, and her four children by a previous marriage. Doak's son from his first marriage, Michael, lives with them part-time. Doak said traveling did not cause the failure of his first marriage, "but it didn't help."
When he is home now, he spends as much time as possible with his family. That leads to a great irony: He doesn't play much golf. Michael, 12, isn't interested in the game, and Jennifer and her kids are novices. When Doak does get in a round at his home club, Crystal Downs, and posts it in the computer, he sees his last twenty scores. Some are three years old.
The omen that began Doak's second day on the property was less auspicious than the first day's rainbow. As he and Placek opened the pasture gate, a hearse drove by. Someone had died during the night.
And indeed, the second day in the dunes was less exuberant than the first. The rain changed from intermittent to steady, drenching and cold, and the property's flaws emerged more clearly. One was the way the larger dunes were arranged, roughly in the shape of the letter Y. It might have been better had the dunes run in parallel rows, providing natural corridors for golf holes the way they do at Ballybunion, which is twenty-five miles to the north.
Doak was also worrying about the restrictions that might be placed on the project by Irish and European environmental laws. The construction of Greg Norman's new Doonbeg course, up the coast in County Clare, was delayed many months by arguments with environmental regulators about oceanside dunes and habitat for a two-millimeter-long snail called vertigo angustior. In the end, Norman's routing had to be changed.
Doak wasn't sure how many compromises he would have to make to satisfy environmental concerns. He wanted to place the clubhouse near the road, but in the name of preserving vistas for people on the beach or the road, he might have to use ground he would prefer to use for golf. This seemed ironic in light of the trailer park next to the golf course site, but the trailers had been there a long time and could remain under a grandfather clause in the regulations. The clubhouse would be new construction. As he and Placek trooped around the property, getting colder and wetter, Doak chafed at these anticipated restrictions. "The damn clubhouse is ruining everything," he muttered.
Frustrated, he retreated to the cottage, where he and Placek again sat at the table pondering their map. Placek suggested creating a hole alongside a low stone wall built by the farmers, ending at a green site near the rocky beach that bordered the property. Doak rejected it because he thought it would seem like a copy of The Pit, the famous thirteenth hole at North Berwick. They discussed putting the clubhouse near a promontory on the eastern side where Tralee Bay begins to merge with open sea. It offered a commanding view, but Doak rejected it. "That would be a cliché," he said.
I asked Doak whether he was becoming concerned that there might not actually be a golf course, or at least a great golf course, on the Kilshannig Cross site. He was not, he said. This was in part because he'd had to make five or six site visits and tear up several drafts before he finally got the routing right at Pacific Dunes.
Pacific Dunes was the thirteenth original course Doak designed, and the number has been lucky for him. Doak's phone began ringing when word of what he'd achieved in Oregon started to spread. And it hasn't stopped ringing, even though the pace of new golf course construction has mimicked the stock market.
Increasingly, Doak is a man developers want to talk to when they have a choice but tricky piece of land on which they'd like to see a subtle, classic design. Julian Robertson, the Tiger Fund founder turned resort visionary, selected Doak for Cape Kidnappers, a new course on a coastal headland in New Zealand; it opens this month. In Tasmania, Barnbougle Dunes is just getting under way. Stateside, Doak recently opened the Rawls course at Texas Tech University in Lubbock and a second eighteen at Stonewall in Elverson, Pennsylvania; he is also developing a private club in Palm Springs. Additionally, his firm takes on a limited amount of restoration work of classic courses, which Placek insists is quite different from renovation. "We like players to hardly know we've been there," he says, adding that Renaissance Golf doesn't hire out for quick repairs, but stays with courses for years.
Over time, Doak's fees have risen. He received $75,000 for his first design, completed in 1989. He won't say how much he gets now, in part because he doesn't have a standard fee. The tab can be affected by variables such as the amount of time Doak and his associates will spend on-site and the amount of construction work they'll do. But he will say that in the business today, fees range from perhaps $100,000 for a simple project by a novice to well over $1 million for a major name like Jack Nicklaus—and "I'm somewhere in the middle."


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