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|The Hindunator – Now with all the guns, and all the pomade!
Curses! Is it too late to call myself the Hindunator instead of Avicenna?
Gideon from the blog House of Gideon has called me out in his post. I shall respond to him in dual (here and there). My posts here will carry images to add some colour to the proceedings.
In fact, mainline "Christianity" is naught but a derivative of a pagan construct, which most of the unwashed assume is at the head of what they deem as typical Christianity and that the so-called "protestant" denominations, ultimately, owe their allegiance to it. If, in fact, Catholicism was, indeed, the representative entity of Christ's church on Earth, this would be true. Most of what entails Protestantism, today, comes from Catholicism, particularly where the various sacraments, holidays, and day of worship are concerned. These are modeled after pagan rites and deities which are what the people of ancient Rome worshiped, the Catholic Church being the direct progeny of pagan Rome. All religions, including that of the blogger whom I am critiquing, here, are bastardizations of the first and greatest faith system, the one instituted by God before the fall of man, itself falling victim to various and specious alternate interpretations by Satan and evil men. Only the Bible has faithfully recorded this transference, all other sources inadvertently or have conveniently neglected to mention this in their writings.
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It is certainly a human construct in that all religions are constructed by human beings. I however have no religion to criticise. I am an ex-hindu, an atheist. The website says so too. And hey, I am not the one saying "All the Christians are wrong! I know this through my studies of a single bible and not through my grasp of history".
All of christianity is based out of the Council of Nicea under Emperor Constantine, which included writings from "roman christians" who were influenced by their prior faiths. All the bibles in the world are based out of the Vulgate which was the first bible. Prior to that there were none. This is recorded history.
There was no "fall". If there was then we would have died out considering the sheer level of inbreeding required post fall that we would have no genetic diversity what so ever. There is no such thing as perfect DNA since we live in a system of evolution. Even without evolutionary pressure then we would have had the genetic variation of two individuals and probably died out as an entire species. Also there was no flood because that would have actually reduced genetic variation to practically nothing again. These are allegories not fact. You aren't supposed to take them seriously because that's bloody stupid.
In response to the "Hindunator" on his claims of Hinduism being older than Christianity, yes, it is older, given the popular interpretation of Christianity, above. However, the faith I follow… the REALreligion of Christ… is the oldest and first, all others being cheap knock-offs of the grand original! You will always be able to ascertain it's uniqueness and superiority over all other religions by the fact that the Bible religion is the ONLY faith that promises salvation by works NOT attributable to men! All others emphasize what it is that man must do to expiate himself, to justify himself and please whatever contrived deity is involved. Christianity… the true version, not the self-justifying works of Catholicism and the myriad of eastern religions, demands that God's (Christ's) authority, ALONE, be recognized as the only redeeming force available. You will not find any other faith with this specific tenet.
|The Hindunator shows of his skills
accompanied by his cylon crew…
How is christianity the oldest religion when it is based out of the teachings of Judaism which is younger than Hinduism? Time travel? And the works doctrine is a far more superior doctrine since it requires you to be good. Your theology specifically indicates that there are serial killers in heaven because they "found jesus" while their non christian victims are not. And this is without me even breaking Godwin's law.
And you fail to understand Karma and Dharma and other faiths. And man doesn't need to do anything to please a mythical entity. Show me one empirical, repeatable piece of proof for your god. The bible is not proof of your god as then you have just validated every other book of religious belief since they use the same logic. You are pretty much saying "My way is best because I say so! Aren't I clever?". It's like me writing a book that justifies me as the world's best dancer and when people say that I am terrible I show them that same book as proof that I am
the world's greatest dance machine!
The first written evidence of deviation from God's original plan of self-LESS expiation, comes from the example in Genesis, where Cain went against God's established rule of offering flesh (signifying the body of His Son) as the only acceptable sacrifice. This, of course, does not condone or promote cannibalism, as some stupid infidels have asserted, it was meant as a teaching aid meant to reinforce the fact that God, Himself, in the form of His Son, would in future pay the penalty for sin which they could not and still remain alive. Only God had the power to lay down His life and take it up again. This effectively skirted Satan's accusations that the law couldn't be kept. You see the fallen angel's spirit in so many infidels, today. They claim God's law is foolish and non-existent, yet it is the sole originator of all moral values in our society.
How is rejecting a sacrifice of grain a teaching aid to a convoluted set of plans that aren't even required that culminates in the death of God's son to absolve mankind of a non crime? That's bloody idiotic. In order for me to forgive someone, I just have to do that. I don't have to kill my only son. That's the weakest part of christian theology considering your god is supposed to be omnipotent and has to dance through this ritual?
Morality predates religion. There were moral societies before christianity. See it's actually an evolutionary advantage to be moral. Societies with moral behaviour tended to destroy ones that didn't have any rules. Don't murder, steal or lie actually make sense. Societies with basic rules such as that are more cohesive and are able to destroy and defeat groups of individuals who steal from each other and kill each other simply because the society without rules is more divided and easier to defeat as they cannot work together.
We can actually see the beginnings of morality by simply observing children at play as they make rules up to facilitate play. The more inclusive the rules the bigger the game. Eventually those games turned into sport with complex rules so as to encourage fair play and inclusiveness of the game to all. If life and death were in the equation, then these rules would be morality.
From this first deviation; Cain offering vegetable produce in place of the required blood-sacrifice, man has sought to do things on his own terms, eventually negating God from life's equation through the satanic philosophy of evolution. All of the other religions sprang up around the premise that man could justify himself, offering something of himself to 'appease' the wrath of his manufactured deities. Paganism has evolved into a subtler but no less destructive version of self-justification, disguised as 'science' that absurdly teaches the same old pagan theory that natural forces are responsible for our origins and sustenance. Now, men worship lower animals as their progenitors, and/or other lower biological processes sustained by God, themselves, having or having formerly possessed some overt intelligence to 'evolve' later and more advanced versions of themselves, seemingly not satisfied with having attained a workable level of practicality in existence. The whole construct would be laughable, were it not so destructive.
No. All other religions are due to the extended mistake of assuming that there is an entity out there who control our environment and doing certain rituals allows us to produce favourable controls to our environment. It is a product of human ignorance and a lack of understanding. It is a product of fear.
Paganism has nothing to do with science, science is a product of understanding the natural processes by which the universe functions and providing human beings with the ability to utilise this understanding to produce achievable human progress. Natural forces are responsible for origins and sustenance. Your entire life is directly dependant on the nuclear fusion of the sun's hydrogen atoms which powers life on earth via photosynthesis. Without that you would die within days of starvation.
And evolution is fact. In each cell there is a DNA code which is the mechanism of inheritance that has been demonstrated empirically. Alterations to the frequency of variations in the genetic code and mutations and recombinations and expressions of the DNA code in different ways are responsible for our complexity. Not magic. You are an ape. A hominid (Homo Sapiens Sapiens) of the great apes with our distant relatives the orangutan, chimpanzee, bonobo and gorilla. There were other hominids but they all went extinct over time. It's fact in the same way that gravity is a fact.
The only way to true happiness and fulfillment is not through endless and successive evolutionary transformations, (or lives, as Hinduism teaches… see the connection between it and evolutionary 'science'?) it is through God, rather, His Son. Christ, incarnate, was and is the God of the Old Testament, it was He Who wrote the law on Mt, Sinai and gave it to Moses to give the world. It was God, Himself, that offered His life for man. Satan, man's accuser, has done nothing but lead man astray with his specious teachings and promises of self-fulfilled, so-called enlightenment. Like his promise to Eve, his first dupe, of supplying her with forbidden wisdom; likewise, today, men strive to know the mind of God, failing miserably. Christ and His law, alone, stand firm while the best-laid plans of man come to naught.
Hinduism does not see true happiness in endless lives. It sees it in transcendence from this existence. Evolution doesn't care about happiness, it cares about survival. It's actually not that nice. Remember for the lion to live the deer must die, for the deer to live the lion must starve.
And happiness and fulfilment is not through your god. That is false happiness. Happiness is whatever you wish it to be. Fulfilment occurs not when you reach some heaven but when you achieve the small happiness that makes up human existence. You stand on the shoulders of small things achieved.
It's a tragedy, only christians and fools think that acquisition of knowledge is mankind's original sin. Without knowledge and wisdom you are no different from a chimpanzee. That is the difference between man and animal. Not divinity. The simple drive to achieve k
nowledge and utilise it to improve ourselves.
|Fucking biology! How does it work?
Stands firm? I beg to disagree. I can do most of "christ's miracles" with my technology. I have raised the dead (CPR), brought sight to the blind (glasses) and cured lepers (Dapsone). The green revolution feeds a billion people on this planet today, and I am talking to you using tame lightning on a device made out of sand, metal and the bodies of million year old monsters. The best laid plans of men are frankly titanic compared to your tiny god. The best laid plans of mice are titanic compared to your god.
Yes, your god is small. In scale and scope. We live on a single planet in a huge universe. And you are worried about some heaven when we wish to touch the stars themselves. There is more wonder in a single cell than in your entire bible. You just don't realise it because you haven't opened your mind. The only difference between us and the animals is the one thing you refused to use. Your capacity to accumulate knowledge and apply it. There are greater things on earth than in your philosophy.
The world's population, for the most part, have rejected Christ and the life He brings. Yet, a small minority will overcome and accept, representative of the power of God's Spirit in the lives of those willing to crucify darling self, such as He did, 2000 years ago. The infidel lives only for himself and those he deems worthy to be around him. He goes to an Godless grave, the same hopeless scenario that he espouses in his heretical worship of nature through evolutionary teaching. Irony incomprehensible!
|I may or may not be dressed like Darth Vader.
Hahah! This is where we see the difference. Willing to crucify yourself? Okay. Prove it. I don't like people who make grandiose claims. I am an atheist and a skeptic. If you say you are willing to crucify yourself then do so.
I go to a Jedi Funeral, not a grave. And to me the grave is the end of all things. Life is it's own reward, it's not a race to be run, it's a walk to be enjoyed. And we do live for others. I learn to save lives for a living. I give people the gift of time to do as they see fit. Anything from a few seconds for a lover to say goodbye to a full life to someone who may have died. I have more value than anything I could gain from believing in any faith.
No magic belief can match upto the feeling you get when you see what you can do with your own human hands and the effective use of knowledge and human ingenuity is what achieved everything we have today. You are so fascinated with the bible that you haven't realised how far man has rose.


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|Bus Stop
By William Inge
A comedy with tragic undertones, William Inge's classic play makes a triumphant entrance on the Scottish stage.
This is a show about people making all sorts of compromises in their private desperation to connect with other people… Ken Alexander stitches this all together on a pretty, naturalistic set
A lot can happen in a single night . . .
Strangely, the fourth passenger, Dr. Lyman, a hard drinking academic with a passion for Shakespeare, appears considerably more interested in making sure the bus has crossed the state line than in its destination. Until, that is, he spies Elma, Grace's wide-eyed, pretty, teenage waitress.
Superbly atmospheric… a poetic dream of a play
Superbly presented
"When staying in Pitlochry during the early part of the war, I chanced to see a stately house with a fairly large garden, quite close to the town. I at once realised that here my dream theatre might well be established in this fashionable resort right in the heart of Scotland"… John Stewart, Founder of Pitlochry Festival Theatre.

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Just one week after Peter Bishop saved the day and was then wiped from existence, the truce between the two worlds remains intact and the two sides are forced to work together. Lincoln Lee joins the Fringe team as they investigate a shapeshifter case that is very personal to him.
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I can hardly wait until the 23rd, Fringe is in my top three list, and I'm not easy to please what I have to say Bravo to is the no-punches-pulled work of the effects and props designers, going unafraid to places very few movies dare, keep up the good work!
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Jin getting a taste of winter from lake effect snow on S. Emerald in the South Side Bridgeport neighborhood Tuesday, December 25, 2012. I John H. White~Sun-Times
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The Chicago area got just a dusting of lake effect snow on Christmas Day, but Southern Illinois was bracing for a winter storm expected to dump up to a foot of snow across the region overnight.
The National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning Tuesday for the southern part of the state and said travel could be difficult through Wednesday.
Between 6 and 12 inches of snow were expected, with some places getting more than a foo. The weather service said the heaviest snow was likely between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 6 a.m. Wednesday. Wind gusts up to 40 mph could cause zero visibility in some areas.
That storm is part of a larger system that saw tornadoes and straight-line winds knock down countless trees, blow the roofs off homes and leave many Christmas celebrations in the dark. Holiday travelers battled treacherous driving conditions from freezing rain and blizzard conditions caused by the same fast-moving storms.
Conditions were volatile throughout the day and into the night with tornado warnings still out for some parts of Alabama, Florida and Georgia. The storms were blamed for three deaths and several injuries and damaged homes from Louisiana to Alabama.
In Mobile, Ala., a tornado or high winds damaged homes, a high school and church and knocked down power lines and large tree limbs in an area just west of downtown around nightfall. WALA-TV's tower camera captured the image of a large funnel cloud headed toward downtown.
Rick Cauley, his wife, Ashley, and two children were hosting members of both of their families. When the sirens went off, the family headed down block to take shelter at the athletic field house at Mobile's Murphy High School.
"As luck would have it, that's where the tornado hit," Cauley said. "The pressure dropped and the ears started popping and it got crazy for a second." They were all fine, though the school was damaged. Hours after the storm hit, officials reported no serious injuries in the southwestern Alabama city.
Meanwhile, blizzard conditions hit the nation's midsection.
Earlier in the day, winds toppled a tree onto a pickup truck in the Houston area, killing the driver, and a 53-year-old north Louisiana man was killed when a tree fell on his house. Icy roads already were blamed for a 21-vehicle pileup in Oklahoma, and the Highway Patrol there says a 28-year-old woman was killed in a crash on a snowy U.S. Highway near Fairview.
The snowstorm that caused numerous accidents pushed out of Oklahoma late Tuesday, carrying with it blizzard warnings for parts of northeast Arkansas, where 10 inches of snow was forecast. Freezing rain clung to trees and utility lines in Arkansas and winds gusts up to 30 mph whipped them around, causing about 71,000 customers to lose electricity for a time.
An apparent tornado also caused damage in Grove Hill, about 80 miles north of Mobile.
Mary Cartright said she was working at the Fast Track convenience store in the town on Christmas evening when the wind started howling and the lights flickered, knocking out the store's computerized cash registers.
"Our cash registers are down so our doors are closed," said Cartright in a phone interview.
Trees fell on a few houses in central Louisiana's Rapides Parish, but there were no injuries reported, said sheriff's Lt. Tommy Carnline. Near McNeill, Miss., a likely tornado damaged a dozen homes and sent eight people to the hospital, none with life-threatening injuries, said Pearl River County emergency management agency director Danny Manley.
Gov. Phil Bryant declared a state of emergency in the state, saying eight counties have reported damages and some injuries.
Fog blanketed highways, including arteries in the Atlanta area, which was expected to be dealing with the same storm system on Wednesday. In New Mexico, drivers across the eastern plains had to fight through snow, ice and low visibility.
At least three tornadoes were reported in Texas, though only one building was damaged, according to the National Weather Service.
More than 400 flights nationwide were canceled by the evening, according to the flight tracker FlightAware.com. More than half were canceled into and out of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport that got a few inches of snow.
Christmas lights also were knocked out with more than 100,000 customers without power for at least a time in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama.
In Louisiana, quarter-sized hail was reported early Tuesday in the western part of the state and a WDSU viewer sent a photo to the TV station of what appeared to be a waterspout around the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in New Orleans. There were no reports of crashes or damage.
Some mountainous areas of Arkansas' Ozark Mountains could get up to 10 inches of snow, which would make travel "very hazardous or impossible" in the northern tier of the state from near whiteout conditions, the weather service said.
The holiday may conjure visions of snow and ice, but twisters this time of year are not unheard of. Ten storm systems in the last 50 years have spawned at least one Christmastime tornado with winds of 113 mph or more in the South, said Chris Vaccaro, a National Weather Service spokesman in Washington, via email.
The most lethal were the storms of Dec. 24-26, 1982, when 29 tornadoes in Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi killed three people and injured 32.
In Mobile, a large section of the roof on the Trinity Episcopal Church is missing and the front wall of the parish wall is gone, said Scott Rye, a senior warden at the church in the Midtown section of the city.
On Christmas Eve, the church with about 500 members was crowded for services.
"Thank God this didn't happen last night," Rye said.
The church finished a $1 million-plus renovation campaign in June 2011, which required the closure of the historic sanctuary for more than a year.
Associated Press writers Jay Reeves in Birmingham, Ala., Jeff Amy in Atlanta, Ramit Plushnick-Masti in Houston, Chuck Bartels in Little Rock, Ark., and AP Business Writer Daniel Wagner in Washington, contributed to this report.


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What could be cooler than doing what you love with people you enjoy? For Seneca Hull, president of the Franz Witte landscape company in Boise, Idaho, it's making a difference. It means making a positive impact on the environment, on people's lives and on the community, and for Hull, it's both a legacy and a future.
Hull's father, Franz Witte, established his landscape contracting company in 1971, when Boise's population was a touch under 75,000. He had begun working for another contractor, and his reputation soon attracted the attention of clients who requested his work. As news of the young contractor's talent spread, he was able to establish his own business, and the city, the company and the owners grew together.
It started out as unique way to attract some attention for the company, something to make Franz Witte stand out among other businesses. Franz decided to place a few pink plastic flamingos on the lawn in order to "freak people out." Vicki, Franz's wife, ordered what she thought was 120 - the minimum order - but it turned out that she'd ordered 120 pairs. The flock attracted so much attention that the company quickly became known for its pink flamingo, so what better way to capitalize on the popularity than to use the flashy bird in the company's logo?
With her background in marketing, Franz's daughter, Seneca Hull, convinced him to develop a campaign for the entire company, incorporating all three divisions. "So I convinced him to use the flamingo as our company logo," she recalls. "It was a hard sell, because they're tacky. They don't reflect the high-end residential that we do, but we've been able to use it to brand us. It's fun."
As is the case in so many family-owned businesses, a very young Seneca Hull was recruited to help out where she could. Despite early intentions to find another career, she continued to work with the family company and eventually became president in 2007.
She now oversees all operations, including 85 to 90 employees in three divisions: nursery, landscape design and installation, and landscape maintenance. The headquarters location in Boise covers about 20 acres and includes the three main divisions, plus a small retail facility; a smaller location in McCall, about two hours north of the capital city, encompasses about 5 acres.
Landscape work in Boise is mainly commercial but includes high-end residential; in McCall, it's primarily residential. "We do everything in both locations," Hull points out, "but the biggest profit centers are definitely in landscape. We can say that we do jobs ranging from commercial to high-end residential to a once-in-a-lifetime contract (see sidebar)."
Franz Witte is known for its use of large and unusual woody specimens: "Something that sets us apart is our craftsmanship, and that includes the type of plants that we use," Hull says. "We really like specimens; we like them big, large, cool, strange. We search for our material; we literally go out in fields and hand-tag a lot of the cool stuff ourselves so we get the best plants. We definitely have a stronger focus on plants than a lot of landscapers do; you know, where they're just the things that fill the spots." The majority of the plants - including larger specimens such as weeping spruces and other ornamental evergreens and shrubs - are sourced from Oregon, but Franz Witte buys from local growers as well.
"The other thing is, we do a lot of hard surfaces," she continues. "We do a lot of pavers and walls. Sandstone is a local product, and we use a lot of it to make edger and dry stack walls, fire pits. We also use a lot of brick; we don't use a lot of concrete, but we really like natural products, and we like cool plants. We like things to turn out to be a little more 'designer' than other places."
Excellent work is the goal for any company, so what makes Franz Witte cool? It's the way Hull has positioned the business to make a clear impression. "We had a motto that said something about professionalism; you know, the same thing every other company can say," she explains. "During one of our strategic planning sessions, I asked, 'What are we really doing? We're trying to do cool stuff. That's what our intent is: to try to go out and do cool stuff.' So we decided then to be 'the coolest landscape company ever.' Not just in Idaho; this is who we want to be."
A significant promotional campaign was launched, with billboards saying "silly things, like 'Your attraction to us is perfectly natural.' We even used that for our OktoberBreast (fall festival) T-shirts," Hull points out. "We decided to have fun with it. Everyone strives for excellence; why not have fun doing it? It helps in employee attraction, in hiring. It makes us stand out. People want to be a part of something that's different, that's cool, that's not just stuck where they were 10 years ago, but they're trying to be something better every day."
Humor is carried over to the Franz Witte web site (http://www.franzwitte.com), where clients and customers see phrases such as "We really dig what we do" and "It's a dirty job, but we love to do it."
Exceptional design, execution and maintenance are part and parcel of what the company does, but Hull sees community goodwill as an important part of their success story. Continuing with that irreverent approach, the company created a unique twist on a common event.
Fall festivals are a staple of the nursery/landscape/garden center industry, and whether they're planned as profit centers or staged to encourage goodwill in the community, they're a time-tested way to bring attention to the business. Pumpkins and gourds, scarecrows and hayrides are standard fare, but the staff at Franz Witte wanted to do something a little different.
"A few years ago, the nursery staff and I wanted to do a fall festival of sorts," Hull explains. "We were thinking, of course, of a harvest theme. But we also had this idea: We've already got the flamingos, we've got the pink; we should have that fall festival benefit breast cancer research."
It was a natural tie-in with the iconic pink theme of the national Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. "The first year we did it, we tried to have a farmers' market-type feel," Hull says. "We had a band; we had food and wine. It went really well, but we didn't make a ton of money. At that point in time we were benefiting Susan G. Komen, because when you first start out, you don't know a lot about it. But that's a name everybody knows, so we could give them money."
This year's event is the fourth for Franz Witte, and a few things have changed. "We're now benefiting two local charities," Hull explains. "One is called Casting for Recovery, which is a national organization, but they have a local chapter here. That group takes women on a fly-fishing retreat for a long weekend. They take women who are recovering, women who have gone through treatment. It's physical therapy as well as mental therapy for them. They get to watch other women who are going through this and understand everything they're going through. They have counselors, they have nurses, and it's a really amazing group of women who are just so strong. They're survivors.
"Then there's also another group called Expedition Inspiration, which my own doctor was involved with," she continues. "They fund research directly, so [proceeds are] really used for research, not just to pay doctors' salaries."
When the Franz Witte staff brainstormed its fall festival and came up with the catchy name "OktoberBreast," it seemed to be a winner. And because the company already was identified by a pink flamingo logo, it was a natural fit. But there's a bit of a catch.
"I don't think you can talk to anyone who hasn't been touched by breast cancer in some way," Hull says. "It is so prolific, and so it resonates with people. We came up with this hilarious name and started promoting it. And I immediately got an email from this group in California, saying, 'I'm sorry, but you can't use this name, it's trademarked' to an event that they hold."
Franz Witte's promotional materials already had been produced and distributed, but Hull was able to negotiate a compromise. "I have to pay [the group] a trademark fee," she explains. "It's not a lot, but they have to keep up the trademark. I think it's $150 or something, and then I have to send a T-shirt and some other items.
"You wouldn't believe the type of events that try to use this name," Hull hints. "So the folks in California have to follow up and make sure they're legitimate, and in order to do that, it costs money. When you come up with something like this, you realize that there's a lot more work that should have been done ahead of time, but you think, it's a great idea, let's run with it."
In a very short time, the event has become the place to be for Boise residents. "It's a great community event for everyone involved. The men just love to be able to say 'OktoberBreast,'" Hull says with a laugh. "We have a mammogram bus here, and this year we'll have food trucks, we'll have wine and beer and music and dancing and a live auction, plus a raffle. We're selling tickets to it for the first time this year. It's always been a free event, and we'd always hoped that everybody would just open their checkbooks."
A local girls' soccer team has become a sort of promotional "staff," helping to encourage attendance and even selling raffle tickets. The girls' coach - a good friend of Hull's - had approached her to sponsor the team. "It was right when we were trying to figure out all this stuff with OktoberBreast, and I said 'Sure; however, can I have them come and help sell raffle tickets at this event?'" Hull says. "It has been so wonderful. This group of girls and these coaches do more than just this throughout the year; they do a lot of community stuff. The girls show up, all in their uniforms with the [Franz Witte] flamingo on them, and they charm people into buying all the raffle tickets they can. They're hilarious, and nobody can tell them no.
"They also presented a $1,000 check to each of the organizations last year from their fundraising alone," Hull says. "It's just been a great thing for these girls. They're learning so many life skills and gaining so much understanding about how the world works. It's beneficial not only to survivors and to research and things like that, but the people involved gain so much, too."
Company staff works for free on the day of the event, and Hull says that although they're not required to do so, most of them come to help. "We try to do things to limit our costs as much as possible; we have sponsorships and things like that," she adds. "The only benefit that we hope to get from this is just a good feeling to have people look upon us as a good part of this community. And when they need landscaping or when they need something for their yard, they're going to call us. That's really the only benefit that we hope to get out of it. All the money that we can possibly hope to get we give to these organizations. However, as it grows, we may have to do something to create its own entity. I don't ever want there to be a question of how did that bill get paid, and those types of things. So we're keeping a very close watch on it right now, but I think in the near future it will have to be its own thing."
Asking a green industry pro to select a favorite project is like asking an artist to name a favorite color. They're all special, and they all contribute to the complete palette. But there's one job that Hull can point to as the pièce de résistance for her company - and as her father's legacy.
American Nurseryman will cover the installation in depth sometime next year; the "grand opening," was held just last month, and Hull and the property owners would like to give it a bit of time to mature. For now, though, here's a sneak preview:
The installation is located within a newly established "lifestyle development" situated at the busiest intersection in the state of Idaho, with traffic exceeding 90,000 vehicles per day. For this $4 million project - "That's about what we normally do total in construction in a year in the landscape side," Hull says - Franz Witte Landscaping installed about 850 trees. "They range from 2-inch trees in the parking lot," she continues, "to 12- to 14-inch trees in the critical areas. There are approximately 60,000 shrubs and 4-inch perennials and groundcovers. There are hanging baskets. There are about 300 pots, which we had to pipe in with irrigation. There's a lot of site work with large pavers ... it's a showpiece."
Based on a successful, ongoing professional relationship, the development's general contractor approached Franz Witte: "We've worked a lot with him over the years," Hull explains. "He had this project, and he told the owner that we were the ones he had to have.
"This is Franz's swan song," she adds. "He's worked his entire life to be able to have a project like this; this is what he's worked hard his whole life to do."
Stay tuned.
Hull says that after growing up in the industry and receiving a degree in business administration with an emphasis on marketing, she decided to remain because of the people. She had worked her way up in the nursery - having started watering plants at the age of 10 - and realized that a 9-to-5 job just wasn't appealing.
"I had been a big part of building this nursery," she explains. "I enjoyed it; I enjoyed the people. That's probably the main reason I stayed in this industry, was the people in the industry. For the most part, it's laid back. Yes, it's intense, it's stressful and all those things, but you're outside. I don't get to be outside as much as I used to, but I can still walk outside whenever I want to rather than being cooped in an office."
"This is a people industry," Hull emphasizes. "What we do is not beside the point, but the people side of it is just as important, if not more important, than what we do everyday. My dad wouldn't be where he is without the incredible staff and people he's had around him; I certainly wouldn't be here without that. And other people, too; it's a very supportive industry.
"My main role has been to help transition my dad's heart and soul to a company that belongs to the people of this company as well," she continues. "Not necessarily in terms of ownership in stock, but in pride and in quality. Franz Witte is a company that you call when you need something done outside, and you need it done right. That has been my role, to take it to that point, so that this company can go on beyond him and beyond me."
Sally Benson is editorial director of American Nurseryman. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit the Franz Witte company at http://www.franzwitte.com.


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|Australian wood duck
|Adult female
|Adult male
|Conservation status
|Scientific classification
|Anatinae or Tadorninae
Brandt, 1836
|C. jubata
|Binomial name
|Chenonetta jubata
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|Australian wood duck
|Adult female
|Adult male
|Conservation status
|Scientific classification
|Anatinae or Tadorninae
Brandt, 1836
|C. jubata
|Binomial name
|Chenonetta jubata
(Latham, 1802)
|Range in red
The Australian wood duck, maned duck or maned goose (Chenonetta jubata) is a dabbling duck found throughout much of Australia. It is the only living species in the genus Chenonetta. Traditionally placed in the subfamily Anatinae (dabbling ducks), it might actually belong to the subfamily Tadorninae (shelducks);[2] the ringed teal may be its closest living relative.[3]
The flightless New Zealand species Chenonetta finschi (Finsch's duck) which was formerly believed to constitute a monotypic genus (Euryanas) has been determined to belong to Chenonetta.[4] It became extinct before scientists could properly survey the New Zealand avifauna, but possibly as late as 1870 (based on a report of a flightless goose caught in Opotiki.[5])
This 45–51 cm duck looks like a small goose, and feeds mostly by grazing in flocks.
The male is grey with a dark brown head and mottled breast. The female has white stripes above and below the eye and mottled underparts. Both sexes have grey wings with black primaries and a white speculum. Juveniles are similar to adult females, but lighter and with a more streaky breast.
The Australian wood duck is widespread in Australia, including Tasmania. The Australian wood duck is found in grasslands, open woodlands, wetlands, flooded pastures and along the coast in inlets and bays. It is also common on farmland with dams, as well as around rice fields, sewage ponds and in urban parks. It will often be found around deeper lakes that may be unsuitable for other waterbirds' foraging, as it prefers to forage on land.
The most common call is a loud, rising gnow sound.[6] The male call is shorter and higher than the females. Staccato chattering is also present in flocks.[6]
Australian wood duck flies fairly slowly and low through the trees if disturbed. In random manner, it can fly swiftly and easily. It is an accomplished flier.
Australian wood duck is widespread in its range. This species has benefited from agriculture developments, with creation of dams and pools. It is classified as game bird, and killed by hunters. It is also considered as pest, because it damages crops and pastures. However, this species is not threatened, and numbers are stable.
Australian wood duck nests in cavities in trees or in nest-boxes above or near water. Nest is made with a pile of down.
This duck nests in a tree cavity laying 9–11 cream-white eggs, similar to the Mandarin ducks.[6] The female incubates them while the male stands guard. Once the ducklings are ready to leave the nest, the female flies to the ground and the duckling will leap to the ground and follow their parents. Like Mandarin drakes, the males also secure their ducklings closely along with the females.
The Australian wood duck eats grasses, clover and other herbs, and occasionally, insects. It is rarely seen on open water, preferring to forage by dabbling in shallow water, or in grasslands and crops.
The Australian wood duck can be distinguished from pygmy geese, Nettapus spp, which are smaller, have bold white face markings and are usually seen on water. Whistling ducks, Dendrocygna spp, have longer legs and necks, larger more duck-like bills and tend to walk more upright. When flying, the Australian wood duck is the only duck with white secondary feathers and dark wingtips.
Ducklings in Kings Park, Western Australia
Males grazing at Belair National Park, South Australia
Marchant, S. and Higgins, P.J. (eds). 1993. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Vol 1B (Ratites to Ducks), Oxford University Press, Sydney.
Simpson, K and Day, N. (1999). Field guide to the birds of Australia, 6th Edition. Penguin Books, Australia.
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RUIDOSO, NM — As of Sunday morning, officials confirm the fire has now burned 26,000 acres and remains 0% contained.
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Chef Wanted: Cité Updateby Joseph Erdos in Shows, October 3rd, 2013
On tonight's Chef Wanted, the owner of Cité, a restaurant on the top of the Lake Point Tower in downtown Chicago, needed a new executive chef to replace the preceding chef of 30 years, who was retiring. Owner Evangeline Gouletas and general manager Sami Mikhail were looking for someone who could innovate their outdated menu to bring in a new generation of diners. Anne Burrell had four candidates for the job opportunity, but only one was offered the position. FN Dish has the exclusive interview with the winning chef.
In the end, Chef Maxime Michaud from Savoy, France, was offered the position of executive chef. Maxime showed great innovation during the two initial tests and went on to cook in the dinner service. Except for problems with one of his appetizers, which needed an immediate fix, and a special request for a vegan dish, which threw him off-guard, Maxime had a successful service. Both Evangeline and Sami felt that Maxime was the right person for the job, and they offered him the executive chef position at Cité. FN Dish caught up with Chef Maxime to chat about his time on the show and get an update on his job.
When you found out you would be going on to the dinner service, what was going through your mind?
I was extremely excited and ready to battle, but at the same time I knew it was going to be very hard. I needed a game plan. So to prepare I locked myself in my hotel room and put my menu together, taking into consideration all the details that would be very important: delicious food, an executable menu, learning to work in the unfamiliar kitchen with the staff. I took a full night to organize myself, put together recipes and get ready for a service that was like no other!
Except for a few dishes that got sent back and a special request that put you behind, the dinner service seemed to go well. What was the hardest part for you? And when did you feel you had found your stride?
The beginning of the dinner service went well and the cooks put out some really nice food. I went in confident because everyone seemed to know their duties well. The organization was successful and the flow was good! But then Anne showed up asking for special requests, including VIP dishes, dietary restrictions, and luckily I was able to accommodate them. The hardest part for me was definitely when a lot of my shrimp appetizers came back to the kitchen. That shook up my morale. But thanks to an awesome team, and a good sense of positivity, we got through it and found our pace again.
How was it working with Anne Burrell?
Working with Chef Anne was an amazing experience. You can tell that she has worked in some of the finest restaurants. She's a great chef and has a great sense of refinement, but she's also an amazing leader, and she knows how to push you in the right direction. You almost feel like she knows what people are capable of doing, just by looking at them. It was truly enriching working with her.
What has the experience of doing the show taught you?
This show was my first time on TV. I was very excited but also under a lot of pressure because I wanted to do well and show everyone what I'm capable of achieving. I also learned how intense it is doing such a show on top of an already difficult competition. In the restaurant industry, we consider our jobs some of the hardest around, but now I see a TV show is way more demanding. I want to acknowledge the entire production team for such an amazing job they do.
Can you give us an update on the new job?
Since I don't have U.S. citizenship or a green card, the owners have to provide me with a visa, and unfortunately it's taking much longer than we thought. I've been in contact with Sami and Evangeline since the show, and I'm looking forward, when the time comes, to taking on the new challenge of executive chef at Cité.
How did your family in France take the news of you winning the job?
My family was very proud of me, especially my dad. He had always pushed me to do the right thing in my career, and he's the one who taught me the culinary basics, so he's really happy to see where I am today.
What advice would you give to other chefs coming into Chef Wanted?
Do it, but do it right! Think about your strategy, go there to win and don't stop fighting. Also, get some good sleep the week before because you are not going to sleep for two or three days!
Watch Chef Wanted on Thursdays at 10pm/9c and keep coming back to FN Dish for updates with the chefs.
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Not sure anyone should be serving Blue Fin these days!
I don't get it. Why do so many people complain here about the show being fake? The show doesn't make any pretense to be anything other than fake. I've gone on a lot of interviews in my life and always knew what the pay range was before I interviewed and knew the absolute pay when it was offered. None of these places do that. So, if a place doesn't want to hire any of the contestants, they just have to offer them $20k per year, so they turn it down.
The show is a way for the restaurants, chefs and anne to get some publicity. It doesn't cost them anything and doesn't hurt anyone.
Ok.. let me get this straihgt… he did not have citizenship… he did not have a green card… Assumng he was paid to be on the show (cant see them doing it for free) then the food network hired an illegal….
I'm trying to wrap my head around the fact that the winner can't accept the job b/c he doesn't have legal docs to work in the US..who does that..I'm starting to see a pattern with the winner not willing to relocate the restaurant closing or some other ridiculous reason they aren't hired..it seems to be more about advertising for the restaurant &ratings than selecting a chef..its crazy..I like the show but the success rate of those hired is a joke


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Mormons: An Open Book (Paperback)
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At first glance, as I thumbed thru the pages of "Mormons: An Open Book", I was struck by the layout of the book. Instead of taking a straight prose style, the book is set up much like a modern textbook. Packed with nuggets of information and an appealing visual presentation, what would have been a monologue on plain white pages is instead something exciting and engaging.
Peppered throughout the book are separate text boxes of thoughts, statistics, and asides triggered by the topic on that page. It has some of the best info-graphics about the Church I have seen. The well-placed illustrations are humorous, satirical, and visually appealing. —Read the full review from the Association of Mormon Letters (Click Here)
With the growth and exposure of Mormonism across the country and world, more and more people are curious about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Although most Americans have an opinion about Mormonism, many of them admit they don't really know what Mormons actually believe. Using scriptures, quotes, facts, engaging visual images, and even some humor, this one-of-a-kind book is designed to openly explain the beliefs, practices, history, and culture or Mormonism. Chapters answer such questions as "Are Mormons Christians?" "What happens inside LDS temples?" and many more. Chapters address topics such as LDS beliefs about marriage and family, the position of women in the Church, and LDS views about politics and America. There are even sections that dispel some common myths and misconceptions about Mormonism.
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1. Ten Facts to Know When Meeting a Mormon
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ANTHONY SWEAT is a full-time religious educator and speaker at Especially for Youth and Education Week conferences. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Utah and his Master of Education degree from Utah State University. He and his wife, Cindy, are the parents of five children and reside in South Jordan, Utah.
Joseph Smith once said, "I love that man better who swears a stream as long as my arm yet deals justice to his neighbors and mercifully deals his substance to the poor, than the long, smooth-faced hypocrite." That may be, but Mormons still try to use clean and appropriate language and to follow the scriptural injunction to "let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good" (Ephesians 4:29). Mormons are taught to avoid taking the name of God or Jesus Christ in vain, as well as to avoid any language that is harsh or degrading. Not only do we try not to swear, but we strive to avoid any language that is dishonest, profane, or crude. Dirty or racist jokes, gossip, and putting other people down (even as a joke) are all against our verbal standards as well. We believe that speaking cleanly, kindly, and intelligently helps us remain in harmony with God's Spirit.
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I bought two copies, one for me and one for a family member who STILL doesnt get that we're Christians, not a cult, etc etc. I find the format to be easy to read and actually fun to read. I learned a lot and it is a great reference book too. Buy this book, you won't be sorry.
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I'm coming into the Mormon world on my own and this book is so wonderful! Everything I wanted to know about the Mormon church is answered here. I recommend this book to anyone who's curious about the Mormon religion :)
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Magic Mouse-like alternatives for the PC?
I reached out to y'all for help looking for a mechanical keyboard a while back (thanks everyone!) and now I'm back with the next question: Who makes the best PC alternative to Apple's Magic Mouse?
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I've actually come to like the Magic Mouse, mostly for its trackpad-like qualities. Like a lot of folks, I initially disliked the Magic Mouse (actually, I hated it at first), but I've changed my mind after about a year of ignoring it.


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I'm trying to make my first 5 gal batch of cider and need a little help. I've read through a bunch of the threads but i'm still a little cloudy. I called a couple local orchards around Columbus, Ohio and they all seemed to have outsourced their juice pressing. As I'm looking for 100% fresh juices All have been pasteurized but I'm not sure if they were UV or heat past. Also many have potassium Sorbate " to maintain freshness." Other than it being a little cloudy, will this work? I'm basically trying to make a semi-dry cider that will be drinkable within 8-10 weeks.
also is there anyone in Columbus that knows of a honey hole to find good cider juice?
Dont use anything with potassium sorbate. Here's a listing of orchards in Ohio.http://www.allaboutapples.com/orchard/oh.htm
I bought Mott's Cider from Walmart. It doesn't have anything but cider and vit C. Not only that, but it's a non concentrate actual cider. I don't have access to any nearby orchards so this works well. When I say access I mean that I don't want to drive hours to get there.
But ya potassium sorbate is a bad thing.
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Secondary-Welch Grape Wine - Mapfelwien
Bottled- Mott's Cider - Strawberry Mead - Hard Lemonade - The 84 Bushwacker (~11 abv cider) -Mixed Berry Cider - Graff
-The 84 Bushwacker v2.0
I am under the impression that pasteurized isn't too bad, so long as it doesn't have preservatives. I picked up five gallons from Mapleside in Brunswick, Ohio (its a bit of a haul for you), and fermentation seems to be doing fine after only 24 hours.
Mapleside doesn't have any specific cider recipe, they just press whatever mix of apples they have at the time, so I suspect it'll change throughout the season.
An employee did tell me that a cloudier cider will tend to be more tart than a more clear one, the latter being made of more sweet varieties like Red Delicious.
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Been anticipating this all weekend. I started the day at 0400 hrs picking up 6 Hispanic drug cartel members, and 1 Islamic Terror member and delivered them to a Federal Court some 150 miles.
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