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|I am in the SE PA area...Phoenixville. considered "zone 6, or 6.5". I started gardening 2 years ago, planted 3 crepe myrtles. (Zone 7 - 10-0 degrees.) They were doing fine last year, but we had a brutal winter with prolonged temps close to zero, and this spring, as of 4/27, they are showing no signs of life. I know they are late bloomers, with flowers in August/september...but I'm thinking I should have at least seen buds or tiny leaves. All I'm seeing is bare branches with the little dry nubs where a bud should be. I'm wondering how much longer I should wait before declaring them 'dead' and planting something else...like a Cleveland Select pear tree. In other words, a kind of tree that I've already got in my yard, which has survived the winter just fine.
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|Crape Myrtles are famous for late leafing out. I am in zone 6, Lancaster, and my crape myrtle is also dead looking.
I'm hoping that it will soon leaf out, but with the brutal winter we had, it might have died. They are just barely hardy in this zone, I would wait another month or so before giving up on it.
|I am in zone 6 A, and was wondering about zone 6 success for growing Crepe Myrtles. I was hoping to grow a Crepe Myrtle or 2 in zone 6 Pa. I wanted to grow the 6 ft or taller varieties. From the above posts, there may be no hope to do so, though.
- Posted by Dzitmoidonc 6 (My Page) on Wed, May 7, 14 at 17:53
|Crapes are indeed famous for late budding, and it's too early to start worrying. Scratch the bark. Green underneath means life. Brown brittle twigs mean a pruning is in the future. I'll check mine and edit this post later. York county here.
Edit: Went out to check on the 3 I have. Doesn't look good. I am used to the tips dying after a rough winter, but one is dead to the ground I think. I'm not going to prune just yet, but it looks like the blooms will be few this year.
This post was edited by Dzitmoidonc on Thu, May 8, 14 at 17:34
- Posted by JoanneInVA 6A (My Page) on Wed, May 14, 14 at 9:49
We're in zone 6A and I'm sure my 4 Tonto Crepe Myrtles are dead. When I scratch the trunks, no green. The leaf buds are dead and flake right off and almost all of the trunks have cracked and the bark is falling off (not exfoliating as they normally do). I think this winter did them in and it's depressing not to mention expensive to replace. :(
|Although I'm in 7-6 border, I have never been able to keep them over 4-5 years. Comes a harder winter, and they are gone. Even on light years they often freeze back to the roots and have to start over. Still, I have seen them around over closer to the rivers at fair sizes.
|I am in SW Pa. I haven't planted a Crepe Myrtle yet. I have a Seven sons flower shrub, which is supposed to be the northern version of the Crepe Myrtle. No flowers yet. Maybe they come in summer or fall? It is in leaf, though. I really want to grow a Crepe Myrtle, but am not sure which type, cultivar etc to try. Last winter 2013-2014, my yard went down to -10F. The very zone 6 guideline. Anyone with some idea on a tall growing zone 6 hardy Crepe Myrtle, I will be really happy.
- Posted by bulldinkie pa (My Page) on Fri, May 16, 14 at 22:38
|after reading this I went and looked it sure does look dead
|Okay, so Crepe Myrtles in zone 6 are not anything to have long term plans for. I will try and make my Seven sons flower shrub look it's best. Or buy zone 5 small Crepes, maybe protect the others (tall ones) in winter. Has anyone in the above posts, used straw, burlap or any protection, and still they died?
- Posted by whitelacey 6 (My Page) on Mon, May 19, 14 at 1:40
|Crape Myrtles are southern trees and you may be at their northern-most border. In my area, Cincinnati, the cold will kill all of the top growth although the roots will remain alive. The top growth will not scratch green and all of the buds will be dead along with peeling bark because the top growth has been winter-killed. However, the roots are alive and will sprout.
You will have to practice patience to see if the plants come up from the roots. It hasn't really been warm yet this spring so they may just be slow in growing.
- Posted by woodswalker88 6 (My Page) on Tue, May 20, 14 at 8:02
|The crepes have finally started to get leaves. Mostly on a few branches. Other branches still look dead, or have tiny buds that are just sprouting. Thanks for all of your advice...I was about to cut these down & replace them! This winter has taught me never to plant anything higher than a zone 5 plant.
|We planted 5 crepe myrtles about 15 years ago along the side of our backyard. They are either Natchez or Acoma and have grown to 15 feet tall in Louisville, KY. We've never had a problem with them and usually are very slow to start budding in the spring. Every year I wonder if they made it or not. This year they still have no buds. The trunks are green underneath but no other signs of life. Will give them a few more weeks just in case but very sad to say, I think they didn't make it and not sure I want to start them over from the ground up. Will keep hoping!
|FYI...I have a large 10-15 ft Muskogee Crape here on the far south Coast of Mass about 60 miles south of Boston. We had one below zero morning (-7) this winter and it has survived with no die back. So I am thrilled about that. It is growing on the south side of a 2 story building--so it gets protection from north winds--which probably helps. The one thing I noticed this spring is that a few branches leafed out much later than other branches. So patience is a must. Also, Spring Run Farms in Coatesville PA has done a lot of crape hardiness tests in their fields. They have produced the crape hardiness chart I have linked to here.
Here is a link that might be useful: Crape Myrtle Hardiness chart
- Posted by waretrop 6 (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Tue, Jul 15, 14 at 19:11
|All these Crape Myrtle may be coming up from the ground. You all should wait to demo e them. You may have already noticed they are coming back.
I gave many of them and they are all coming back now.
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CooperVision Experiencing Renewed Demand For Avaira Contact Lenses
PLEASANTON, Calif., Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CooperVision, Inc. (NYSE: COO) is experiencing renewed demand for the Avaira sphere and toric products among practitioners worldwide as practitioners upgrade their current two-week wearers to Avaira lenses.
As the only two-week lens to have polyethylene glycol (PEG), as an integral component of the contact lens, Avaira lenses provide comfort – not only at the end of each day, but during the entire wearing cycle. This is due in part to the compound's well-established ability to tightly bind water, helping maintain hydration and helping eliminate the need for rewetting agents.
Millions of current and potential wearers are also intrinsically familiar with PEG's benefits, via its use as a key ingredient in leading dry eye relief drops.
"We are seeing more practitioners upgrade their current two-week wearers to Avaira lenses, delivering significant comfort -- from the initial fit to end-of-wear," said Andrew Sedgwick, president, Americas, CooperVision. "By combining the benefits of PEG with a naturally-wettable material that has a low modulus and a high Dk, the Avaira brand is steadily winning converts."Avaira lenses with Aquaform® Technology– in addition to their naturally wettable properties – also incorporate a high level of oxygen transmissibility (125 Dk/t sphere, 91 Dk/t toric), rounded edges that promote minimal lid interaction, and a low coefficient of friction and high lubricity (after 2 weeks of wear), for a smoother lens surface contributing to long-lasting comfort. In fact, eight out of ten Avaira lens wearers wear their contacts for 14 hours or longer per day. Avaira toric lenses are now available in expanded parameters to meet the needs of more patients than ever before. Designed for outstanding stability and visual acuity, with optimized lens geometry, uniform horizontal ISO thickness and wide ballast design plus a larger toric optic zone, Avaira toric lenses now come in high minus powers (8.5mm base curve; plano to -6.00D sphere in 0.25 steps; -6.50D to -10.00D sphere in 0.50 steps; cylinders of -0.75, -1.25, and -1.75; and axes from 10 degrees to 180 degrees). Plus powers and a -2.25 cylinder are scheduled for availability in 2013.
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InSysCo Receives 2011 Great Places To Work Award
HERNDON, Va., Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- InSysCo, a GTSI company and leading provider of software development and support services to the federal government, announced today that it has been awarded Honorable Mention in the 2011 Great Places to Work competition held by Washingtonian magazine. Winning workplaces in the Washington, DC, area were chosen on the basis of quality measures such as pay and benefits, challenging and interesting work, work/life balance, opportunities to learn and grow, financial stability, commitment to charity and community and the recognition and respect given to employees.
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The magazine reviewed more than 200 companies and some 13,000 employee surveys, with the final determinations relying heavily on the scores given by a company's employees. InSysCo received particular notice for its flexible work environment, a hallmark of the company since its founding more than two decades ago.
Winners were highlighted in the November issue of the magazine, which is now on newsstands. This is the seventh time Washingtonian has chosen Great Places to Work in the Washington area. The feature is published every two years and dates back to 1999.Shelbi Potter, InSysCo's VP of Business Operations said, "We're honored to have been selected for this prestigious award. The foundation of our successful 21-year history is talented, committed employees. A significant portion of our recruiting referrals is from current or former employees, which we see as the highest of compliments." About GTSI Corp. GTSI (NASDAQ: GTSI) is a leading provider of technology solutions and professional services to federal, state and local governments. Founded in 1983, the company has helped meet the unique IT needs of more than 1,700 governmental agencies nationwide. GTSI professionals draw on their deep knowledge, strategic partnerships, customer service and more than 740 industry certifications to guide agencies in selecting the most cost-effective technology available. GTSI has extensive capabilities and past performance in software development, data center, networking, collaboration, security and cloud computing solutions. In addition, GTSI's advanced engineering, integration, support and financial services – and broad portfolio of contracts – ease the planning, purchasing and deployment of solutions, and facilitates the management of mission-critical IT throughout the lifecycle. Headquartered in Herndon, Va., GTSI has approximately 500 employees. For more information visit the company's website at www.gtsi.com. About InSysCo InSysCo, a GTSI Company, is an award-winning IT services provider with the ability to leverage and integrate existing government systems and create modern solutions. InSysCo was acquired by GTSI Corp. in August 2011. For more than 20 years, InSysCo has provided the federal government with the highest level of service, support and institutional knowledge and experience. InSysCo's core capabilities include software development, program and project management and database development. InSysCo has a unique synergy of employees comprised of first-rate former government technical experts blended with industry experts who have extensive experience in information technology. InSysCo's highly regarded professionals are adept at understanding business needs and have a track record of delivering projects within budget and on schedule. InSysCo is a CMMI Level 3 company. For more information, visit www.insysco.com. SOURCE GTSI
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I really do intend to write about things other than Ivory Coast. I really do. I thought about the many possibilities as I rumbled through the Mozambican countryside two days before Christmas for 600 km, riding shotgun aboard a Freightliner in the vain hope of reaching my Maputo hotel before the restaurant's closure (much of this city closes down during this season). I was aiming for my first meal since breakfast.
I want to get to my book recommendations for early 2011, the ones that didn't get put together in time to make it for the year-end glut of lists. I want to talk about China and Africa, the subject of a new book project I've begun work on. I want to talk about China itself, a subject about which there is always something to say.
I want to talk about health while traveling in the tropics.
I want to talk about being away from family, any and all family, on Christmas day, for the first time since 1978, when as a traveling college student I got stuck overnight in Rome at Noel and made it home a day late. In a couple of days, I'll celebrate my Christmas belatedly with a brother who lives in South Africa.
Before I can do any of this, though, I need to go back to the Congo, and the early history of independence-era African politics, which is my long, roundabout way of speaking again so soon of Ivory Coast. To get there, we must first go back to 1960 Léopoldville (renamed Kinshasa), and the betrayal of Patrice Émery Lumumba, Congo's first elected leader, and indeed its first leader at all, who survived (physically) all of 10 weeks after taking office.
Lumumba, a former beer salesman and postal clerk, has often been derided for a temperament that has been called erratic. Others try to dull the sharp edges of the tragedy that surround his story by saying he was ill prepared for his historical role to begin with, as if this alleviates any of the criminal circumstances that led to his atrocious murder. A point that is too often overlooked even as such allowances are made is that as a whole, the Congo had been no better prepared by its Belgian colonizers than Lumumba himself, whatever his weaknesses.
One could cite any number of facts that doomed the country from the start: Brussels, for example, had failed to train a single indigenous army officer, and by most counts the new country had less than a handful of lawyers.
I'm already digressing here, though. The point is that one should make no mistake about the fact that Lumumba, and in a very real sense, all of Africa was betrayed by the international community.
Whatever his shortcomings, Patrice Lumumba had an indisputable gift of the verb. Moreover, he powerfully incarnated a nascent sense of African nationalism. For the West, which was not accustomed to seeing Africans as mature creatures capable of making rational choices about their own interests, this was deranging.
Within hours of taking power, the Congolese Force Publique, the new country's poor semblance of an army, mutinied, and mineral rich Katanga Province, the state's principal source of income, seceded. Both occurred with Belgian encouragement and American acquiescence.
The United Nations provided protection for Lumumba, but treated the secession as an internal affair, and withheld its support for the country's territorial integrity. Taking ever-bigger risks to hold things together, the new leader flirted briefly with the Soviet Union, predicting the imminent arrival of Russian troops to support him. "If it is necessary to call upon the devil to save the country, I will do it without hesitation," he said.
Pushed by Washington, Congo's pusillanimous president, Joseph Kasavubu went on the radio to announce Lumumba's dismissal. The embattled prime minister retaliated 30 minutes later, calling for a popular uprising, and dismissing Kasavubu as head of state. Significantly, Lumumba won a vote of confidence in the new Senate.
With the backing of the CIA, Joseph Désiré Mobutu, the newly appointed head of the Force Publique announced the "neutralization" of the rival governments until the end of the year. This amounted to Africa's first coup d'état.
Jason K. Stearns, in his important forthcoming book, Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa (PublicAffairs) describes Mobutu as "a sergeant, a trained typist and a journalist at the time of independence. Within two months he was chief of staff of the newly independent Congo's army." Very shortly thereafter, this bastard, very clearly Our Bastard, both then and for decades to come, would name himself field marshal and minister of defense.
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Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Union Pacific Corp. climbed to the highest in more than two months after rate increases helped push the railroad's revenue to a record high amid a slowing U.S. economy.
Union Pacific gained 4 percent to $94.59 in New York, the highest close since Aug. 3. The railroad said third-quarter revenue rose 16 percent to $5.1 billion.
Class 1 railroads, which are the biggest in North America by sales with Union Pacific holding the lead, saw carloads advance about 1.3 percent in the quarter as shippers transported more goods, according to Bloomberg Industries. Freight cars carry raw materials including chemicals and metals, making railroads indicators of economic health.
Union Pacific expects "a continuation of slow growth," not a double-dip recession, Chief Executive Officer Jim Young said in a telephone interview. "The driver is going to be consumer confidence."
Profit rose to $904 million, or $1.85 a share, topping the $1.81 average estimate of 25 analysts in a Bloomberg survey. A year earlier, the company posted third-quarter earnings of $778 million, or $1.56 a share.
The Omaha, Nebraska-based company's sales topped the average estimate of $4.99 billion in a Bloomberg survey. Total volume rose 1 percent, while average revenue per car advanced 14 percent as the company boosted core rates.
Train speed and turnaround time at terminals deteriorated after a Texas drought damaged tracks and the impact of flooding earlier in the year carried over into the quarter.
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"Considering all the weather-related issues in the quarter and the fact that the economy had slowed, I thought the numbers were fine," said Art Hatfield, an analyst with Morgan Keegan & Co. in Memphis, Tennessee, who has an "outperform" rating on the shares. "We're in a slow growth environment. You just have to deal with that."
Each carload of industrial and intermodal shipments, which can travel by truck, train and ship, generated 15 percent higher revenue, on average, than a year earlier, Union Pacific said.
Total intermodal carloads still dropped, after the company lost an international customer this year, and agricultural shipments declined. Auto deliveries increased 10 percent.
"We are thinking that slow growth trajectory that we're seeing today continues on for the foreseeable future," Executive Vice President of Marketing and Sales Jack Koraleski said on a conference call today with analysts and investors. "As we look at it, that spells real opportunity for Union Pacific" as energy, metal and auto demand continue to boost volumes.
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The hat inspired jokes and drew comparisons to the Arby's logo. The fast food restaurant even tweeted after the Grammys, hey, Pharrell, can we have our hat back? It turns out they can.
GREENE: Arby's bought the brown fedora in an eBay auction on Sunday. Pharrell Williams had put it up for auction to raise funds for his nonprofit organization. When he found out Arby's was the lucky winner, he tweeted happily, thank you Arby's, our roast beef is now officially well done.
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Arsenal v Schalke - key battles
Arsenal take on German outfit Schalke on matchday three of their Champions League Group B campaign at Emirates Stadium tomorrow night.
Here, we take a look at some of the key battles ahead in north London:
THOMAS VERMAELEN v KLAAS-JAN HUNTELAAR
Captain Vermaelen is the leader at the heart of the Gunners' defence and the Belgian international will need no introduction to the threat posed by former Ajax team-mate Huntelaar, who has two European goals already this season.
SANTI CAZORLA v ROMAN NEUSTADTER
Spain international Cazorla has settled quickly following his summer move from Malaga and is Arsenal's main link to the attack. However, Ukrainian-born Neustadter will be out to cut off that supply line and so halt the Gunners' quick counter.
OLIVIER GIROUD v BENEDIKT HOWEDES
Giroud, a £12million summer signing, opened his Barclays Premier League account before the international break and was on target for France, but will need to improve on a lacklustre display at Norwich. Schalke captain Howedes will prove another stern opponent, the German defender now an experienced campaigner in both the Bundesliga and Europe.


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Great podcast, I really enjoy how these casts are developer central, critical, objective, and relevant to what's happening today.
I've been having similar discussions surrounding Silverlight. I'm guessing that Silverlight will thrive in the intranet / business application realm, and that Silverlight will take a signifigant bite into the ASP.NET AJAX user base. The ASP.NET AJAX developers (like Silverlight developers) often don't grock JS, HTML, and the DOM. I think Silverlight offers a less leaky Win Form / Web Form metaphor that will be embraced by these developers.
It's also interesting to learn that some of the ASP.NET AJAX team (Nikhil at least) is now working (or concurrently working) on Silverlight.
Do you think Silverlight and ASP.NET AJAX will co-exist? Or is ASP.NET AJAX already dead?
Silverlight is just another framework written by people trying to avoid embracing the web. I agree it is just like ActiveX, Flash, Flex, or any other framework that is trying to let people work on the web without understanding how the web works. You will always end up with application that doesn't feel like it belongs on the web, don't you hate when you get to a site built in all Flash?
It might be great for the odd movie here or there, like Flash, but I dread the monstrosities people are going to try and build using Silverlight.
James, people try to avoid embracing the web because it's bloody awful. It easily takes three to four times more effort to do things that winforms can do, and all you end up with is an unmaintainable mess. HTML and the GET/POST model was never designed with applications in mind, and it will never suit that purpose in a reasonable timeframe. They're talking about finalizing HTML 5 "within the next 10 years". Really. Ten years. Are you kidding me? Plus you have 20 years of backwards compatibility with older HTML you can't break, blah blah blah yadda yadda, it's just ridiculous. Give me something that works in a browser and has the ease-of-development of a fat client. Don't make me fight with an ancient standard that was repurposed 5 times already and hacked to support "applications".
The sooner HTML/CSS/JS dies the faster we can move forward with sanity.
I could not disagree with your comments more. I love the web and it takes me 3 to 4 times longer to do something in windows forms then it does on the web.
It's a hard question, which is why I kind of went back and forth on it. While I'm idealistically more supportive of the semantic HTML approach, I'm very frustrated by the slow progress of the IE team. I don't want to spend my career programming to the lowest common denominator, any more than I'd want to be writing Access 97 apps for Windows 95 right now. I'm envisioning frameworks like Dojo which require either a modern browser or IE+Silverlight could break that stranglehold a bit.
Re: Silverlight is just another framework…
I agree all these frameworks attempt to accomplish the same thing, turn the web environment into a classical programming environment. This is also why many frameworks fail – the web is not a classical programming environment, we need to unlearn our classic computer science approaches and look at new ways of doing new things. In the end Silverlight could be a less leaky WinForm abstraction, and just another API for programming the web.
I disagree programming on the web can be faster than WinForm development, but you have to understand the web technologies, embrace the web, and work with the grain.
If it wasn't obvious from the podcast, I'm with James – on the internets, the web (HTML+CSS) has already won as far as I'm concerned. Silverlight and Flash are great for adding islands of richness, but on the broader web HTML/CSS/Javascript is and will remain king.
The intranet is another story. There, where reach is less important and productivity is more important, I can see Silverlight gaining a foothold.
Look, it's been 20 years, and HTML+CSS STILL doesn't support column-based layouts without resorting to tables. In my opinion, that's a huge ball of failure right there. I'm a full time web developer (5 years) and the number of times a day I say "F- this is retarded" only goes up week to week. The very fact you have to roll your own persistence mechanism for any form layout is reason enough to chuck the web.
Of course you can do column based layout with CSS, people do it all the time. Look at some of the grid stuff out there, it's impressive stuff.
If you really learn and understand the web you will love it, I don't know anyone who has taken the time and effort to love the simplicity and power of the web that hasn't grown to love it. If you keep hacking away and try to treat it like a windows application you will never like it.


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Made this after watching the show.Very tasty, easy to fix. used 4 slices of thick cut bacon, and only 2 potatoes, but they were pretty good size, and didn't peel them. Used only 4 eggs, but probably could have used 5, or a smaller pan. Very good, with just that hint of balsamic vinegar.
By suegoetz
on August 28, 2013
Delish!! I don't like vinegar, so i skipped it. Next time i will bake it like a frittata.
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on April 15, 2013
this was to die for!!! we ate it for a Sunday nite supper...so fast and easy...
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on March 27, 2012
I was very dissapointed with this omelette. After deglazing the pan with the balsamic vinegar, the pan turned black, forcing me to go to another pan. The flavor of the omelette was flat, the bacon just ruined the taste.
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on January 31, 2012
We enjoyed this omelette for dinner this evening, delicious!! Will definitely make this again.
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I made this recipe for lunch after watching the show. Very good. I paired it with a glass of white wine.
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The AD8222 can also be configured as a single-channel, differential output instrumentation amplifier. Differential outputs provide high noise immunity, which can be useful when the output signal must travel through a noise environment, such as with remote sensors. The configuration can also be used to drive differential input ADCs.
The AD8222 maintains a minimum CMRR of 80 dB to 4 kHz for all grades at G = 1. High CMRR over frequency allows the AD8222 to reject wideband interference and line harmonics, greatly simplifying filter requirements. The AD8222 also has a typical CMRR drift over temperature of just 0.07 µV/V/°C at G = 1.
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TORRINGTON -- The recent closure of the largest parking lot on Franklin Street, just behind what's known as "Restaurant Row" on East Main Street, has put the squeeze on downtown visitors who have been relegated to street parking.
The owner of the lot is Marco Martel, who purchased the lot and the former Dick's restaurant in 2008 and soon after opened Tequila's Mexican Restaurant that is now shuttered.
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I've suffered Bipolar I, Adult ADHD, anxiety, thyroid & digestive problems for many years. I appreciate helping, listening, learning from and supporting one another...not dragging each other down. "Outside" world does enough of that! Battled opiate addiction yrs ago, as result of self-medicating thru several health issues/surgeries/chronic pain, but stable for years on Subox & hope to be off that soon, as well. Concerned now about digestive issues -- stomach doesn't empty correctly from scar tissue of duodenal ulcer/hiatal hernia, gastric bezoar, which caused weight gain. Would also like to learn more about Integrative & Holistic Drs. & methods, and all hormone interactions in our bodies. Very thin line between scientific claims & personal experience, and want to be careful we make those distinctions to avoid personality conflicts, arguments, and possible harm to one another...then, we're no longer focused on basic principles of serving & helping one another. I'll make efforts to understand your viewpoint, whether I agree or not. Variety is the spice of life?! But, drama is so tiring! Hoping we interact in a respectful manner given the hardships most of us have encountered, particularly with stigmas of immune system, addiction & mental disorders. I've counseled for 20+ yrs; domestic violence, addictions, dual disorders, as well as being in recovery myself, but am first to say, I don't know everything! Laughter is best remedy in any arsenal! Am grateful every day for another opportunity to form bonds here, learn, love and laugh. God Bless all -- Jillianread less
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So apparently there's a second season of Angel Beats! in the works for 2011. The second season is said to revolve around an entirely new cast.
Angel Beats! was definitely the best anime I've seen this year so far, perhaps one of the best I've ever seen. I'll admit it, I shed many tears throughout the series.
With ongoing manga, and a special episode bundled in the final Japanese DVD release (December 22nd), there's still plenty more going on with this popular series. I, for one, am definitely up for a second season if the rumours prove to be true.
Maybe they'll be going deeper into the story of the creator of the Angel Player? I guess we'll have to wait and see.


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- Iowa Family Policy President Chuck Hurley has called for the "healing of openly gay students," as well as said that gays' civil marriages are "a degradation of God's best design for the family."
- Director of Public Relations & Outreach Bryan English warned state residents that marriage equality must be rolled back, as it's "only a matter of time now before those of us who are still willing to speak the truth and say that homosexuality is wrong are the ones that they are calling criminals."
- The group has created a truly disgusting video featuring parents of a son who died of AIDS, with the suggestion being that Iowa marriage equality — a concept that, one would logically assume, will actually encourage monogamy — will actually lead to more "evils of the homosexual lifestyle."
And now on November 21, onetime (and likely future) Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee will join this very same group to "celebrate" their successes in "defending the family":
"Celebrate the Family 2010″
(H/t: Maddow blog)
Right — Huckabee's coming as a pastor not as a politician. A distinction that might mean something, were this event not 100% designed to inject faith into politics (particularly in regards to same-sex marriage).
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A God of Misfortune who is sent from another world to restore the energy balance on Earth by stealing the Fortune energy from Ichiko, although her Misfortune energy often loses out to Ichiko's Fortune energy. Her right arm is so concentrated with misfortune that she wraps it up in a cast, using it as a support for various gadgets such as syringes. She is also capable of transforming into a spirit form in order to pass through barriers. She is constantly clashing with Ichiko as she tries to steal her Fortune energy, becoming particularly irritated when her flat chest is made fun of. Nonetheless, she often finds herself taking pity on Ichiko, often encouraging her to try to use her Fortune energy to help others. Whenever she takes a bath in the human world, she loses her Misfortune energy and changes to a brighter personality, but will return to normal if made dirty again. She has a habit of nose-picking, which is a tribute to the anime series FLCL, whose eccentric character, Haruko Haruhara, she in some ways resembles.
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Anyone get accepted from Mission College LVN to RN prg??
- 0Apr 29, '13 by LVNpanda824Haven't heard from them and I'm going nuts!!! ... They say not to call their office that they will contact you through mail if you've been accepted or not, however their website states the application period has now closed, and that the program starts this May. Applications were due March 7th and they usually give notice the third week or fourth??? week of April...just wondering if anyone out there has applied and has heard from them... anyone? Anyone? Anyone?
- 0Apr 30, '13 by RowenalaraI've been going crazy too. Today is the last day of April and I was for sure I'd get a response, but I got nothing! If I don't receive anything tomorrow I am FOR SURE calling. Good luck!!!
- 0Apr 30, '13 by LVNpanda824Omg! I thought the same thing! That today I would get something in the mail , but same here nothing. At least I know you and I are in the same boat! Finally someone that responded! Thanks for your response makes me feel a little less anxious...kinda! Keep me posted if you do call them tomorrow. Thanks!!!
- 0Apr 30, '13 by LVNpanda824Oh I didn't know there was a reply option to your comment, ha! Anyways you can see my comment above
- 0May 1, '13 by RowenalaraHey LVNpanda824! I called Mission College (LVN to RN office), and she said they have NOT sent out letters. We should be receiving letters within 2 weeks. She said she didn't even know the application had said we would find out if we were accepted by May 1st! FAIL. There is probably many people like us wondering why we haven't found anything out yet! LOL. Fortunately, we still have a chance! Good luck
- 0May 1, '13 by LVNpanda824OMG! Seriously?!!! They haven't sent anything out yet?! That's nuts! It's been over a month! Well at least we know we're still in the running!! Good luck to you as well! Thanks again for keeping me posted! I'll let you know if I get anything in the meantime.
- 0May 6, '13 by RowenalaraHey LVNpanda824! Check out the Mission College LVN to RN site. It explains why they have not sent out the letters. This is what it says "Due to internal changes within the LVN-RN department that required administrative approval, our application acceptance process has been delayed. We will be sending out all letters next Monday, May 13. Everyone will be receiving a letter, including those that were not selected into our program. We thank you for your patience and flexibility."
- 0May 7, '13 by LVNpanda824I just saw! Thanks for letting me know, one more week and we'll know for sure!!! Thank you! Let's keep other posted! Good luck to you too!
- 0May 8, '13 by LVNpanda824Did you get an email from them with the same message? Late last night I saw that I received an email from their admin with that same message about them being delayed etc. Just wondering if you got the same email or just saw on the website. I'm getting worried now haha, plus more anxious cause we'll know in a week!
- 1May 15, '13 by LVNpanda824Hey Rowenalara ....so I got my letter today, I didn't get in , hopefully you got better news? It's actually not so bad, since I will be having my second child around Aug. It's so discouraging to continue on in this field when you've been denied more than once even though you have met all standards and prereqs etc. Anyhow, Good luck to you, I hope you got in!


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Herald Democrat Writers Conference to provide venue for aspiring authors
SHERMAN, Texas An idea that started as a desire to see local people have something that is readily available in larger cities will come to life Oct. 4 as the Herald Democrats Writers Conference at Austin College.
This area is really good for artist of all kinds. There are a number of different local theaters, art galleries and places for musicians to practice their craft. The one thing we really dont have is a good place for writers to come together to share their passion for their craft, said Herald Democrat City Editor Jerrie Whiteley.
I knew that our support of local poets during National Poetry Month had been a success and I thought there must be something the paper could do for other writers as well, she said.
What the Herald Democrat decided to do was host a writers conference where writers in the North Texas and Southern Oklahoma area could come together to learn about the craft and business of writing and network with each other.
I had had some contact with Deborah Crombie through Facebook, and I knew that she was an Austin College grad and that she had a new book coming out this fall. So, I thought she made the logical choice for a keynote speaker,Whiteley said.
And that made Austin College the obvious choice for venue.
So I pitched this crazy idea to Lynn Womble, director of public affairs at Austin College, and she bravely jumped on board, Whiteley said.
As a part of our commitment to regional development, Austin College is happy to be a part of this initiative to bring interested writers and professionals together, Womble said about the colleges decision to sponsor the event.
With the place locked in and keynote speaker located, it really made sense to look at local people who have had success with their writing and we found that there were plenty of them available. Before I knew it, Cindy Baker Burnett, Amy Sojai, Marion Moore Hill and Dr. Jerry Lincecum had all agreed to take part in the event. Later the cast of presenters increased to include Barbara Brannon and Kay Ellington, as well as two literary agents, Leticia Gomez and David Hale Smith.
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I just got done watching the first episode of Chipotle's new advertising mechanism, a show on Hulu called Farmed and Dangerous. I guess I should be feeling like eating a delicious burrito on my way to hold a picket sign in front of Monsanto or something, but instead I feel defeated. Sad. And my involvement with agriculture only goes back a few years, so I can't even imagine what my friends who have been on a farm since birth feel after watching it.
So basically the show is this – a group called the Industrial Food Image Bureau (I.F.I.B. – ha), led by Buck Marshall and his daughter Sophia, is tasked with handling PR for a company called Animoil, which has introduced "PetroPellets" – basically feeding cows pellets made of oil. And oops, the cows explode. Which, of course, someone caught on video, and a young, dashingly attractive advocate named Chip Randolph has posted online for all to see. Sophia attempts to use her feminine charms on Chip to get him to take down the video in the first episode.
Aside from the loose interpretation of reality on the show and the fact that it's billed as a comedy but really isn't all that funny, the thing that really, really bothered me was a discussion between Buck and Chip. Buck is trying to get Chip to take the video down, and this little exchange happens:
Buck: If your farming techniques are so sustainable, how come so many family farms go under every week?
Chip: Because industrial farms are subsidized by the government thanks to all your hard work.
Buck: America looks after its corporations, Chip. Nothing wrong with that.
So a few things. One. The definition of corporation is:
an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members
Interestingly enough, a corporation can have as few as one owner. Or two, or whatever. Like, perhaps, a farmer and his wife. Implying that "family farms" are not corporations is just plain wrong – many family farms are incorporated. It's something they do for legal purposes, not a means of selling anyone's soul to the devil. For the record, Chipotle is a corporation.
Two. Subsidies are an incredibly complex topic. The recently passed Farm Bill did away with direct payments (unless you're in the cotton business), so what's left is subsidies that go toward crop insurance – which, by the way, are available to all farms – even farms like Chip's. These remaining subsidies help farmers of all sizes manage weather and market risk. The notion that is perpetuated in the show – that subsidies exist to make "industrial" farms rich and are what have forced many a "family" farm out of business? Wrong. Just wrong.
Here's what stinks – I *like* Chipotle. Their food is seriously delicious – and not because it's local or "responsibly raised" (whatever that means) or organic – because it's prepared well. They make a darn good burrito. I just wish they'd stick to making darn good burritos and stop pushing misleading advertising in the form of a $250K-per-episode, not-so-funny comedy series targeted at the "Hell no, GMO!" set.
Chipotle is, as of now, not GMO-free. Their zealous followers do know that, right?


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Two bombings in the last two days have targeted candidates from an Islamist party running for seats in Pakistan's parliament. At least 32 people have been killed in the murder-suicide attacks.
The bombing targeted Sayed Janan and Munir Orakzai, members of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party. According to a report by VOA News, Orakzai was wounded in the earlier attack, for which the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility.
Pakistan is slated to hold elections Saturday, marking the first transition from one civilian government to another in the country's history.


text: Our consumer-friendly news outlets are informing us that the United States may be turning to – are you ready for this? – Iran for help in cleaning up America's mess in Iraq! They haven't told us, yet, whether this help will come before or after the psychopath John McCain gets his wish to nuke Iran! Nor have I heard any more chirping from Democrats – such as Jimmy Carter – about how criticism of Obama's policies are just a cover for racism. I have also not heard – and don't expect to from members of the toady media – how this Middle East atrocity is a bipartisan undertaking; the playing out of the Establishment's agenda via its Bushobama operatives. Perhaps Dave Brat's upset victory over Genghis Khan wannabe, Eric Cantor, was a tipoff that ordinary Americans are beginning to tire of the DC [Deranged Craziness] mindset that has destroyed a once free and productive country.10:45 am on June 16, 2014


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Interesting options. :)
You know, I kind of thought the same thing.
My mission is to see the world with eyes unclouded by pain, confusion, or hate
Fear can either rule, ruin, or enrich your life.
Nothing seemed to express my feeling of life. Hm.....
Lots of fun, lots of thinks to do around here. It's sorta bitter and sweet at the same time.


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So I just ran into a problem racking my basic sweet cider to a secondary. The primary was so carbonated the siphon tube constantly filled with bubbles and stopped the flow of liquid. I resorted to sucking on the siphon to pull down the cider but that was difficult as well.
One single time I got a good flow of cider with apparently too little friction to create bubbles and siphoned about 1/2 of the gallon.
The cider was in the primary for 28 days.
Does anyone have any recommendations as to how I could fix this in the future?
Why is there carbonation in your primary? Didn't you use an airlock or a towel? I don't understand how you could even have so many bubbles that it hinders racking...
I would bet you don't have a good seal between your dip stick and your hose. Only time I see this is when it's loose and air gets in. I use a Stainless steal clamp that tightens it up and never have a problem.
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I don't even use the racking cane, as it doesn't create a seal...I've taken to just using the hose by itself...I've had no trouble since.
ive had same problem with a racking tube, no problems with auto siphon, but have takin to just using straight tubing. the tube you are using could be too large for the racking cane, using a hose clamp sounds like a good idea
yeah, that is a goodie, i think mine is just poorly manufactured...probably chinese. like i said, though, just the tubing is fine. i don't really see the point in the racking cane as long as you pay attention to what you're doing. i think its mostly just to make you feel special.
I'm a big fan of the auto siphon, but you could probably make do with just tubing, or a hose clamp, or a dollop of aquarium sealant. Regards, GF.
Great ideas. The problems I encountered all stemmed from the racking cane flowing into the tubing. I think I will just use tubing from now on and forget the cane.


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Why publish an article that tears us down? Having been a theater technician, a writer, and most recently a belly-dance student, I was appalled at Rebecca Wakefield's "In the Belly of the Best." It is absolutely discouraging to see what could have been a potential upswing for the community instead come crashing down owing to biased and degrading writing.
First things first: Shame on New Times for publishing an article that contained slander. It was also incompletely researched and seemed to be a promotional tool for Tamalyn Dallal and her dance school. If that was the intention, the article should have been featured in "Kulchur" or the arts section of the paper.
Shame also on Rebecca Wakefield for writing an article better suited to angst-ridden teenagers than to readers seeking education. "In the Belly of the Best" was focused on mudslinging and controversy. I heard from some of those interviewed that Ms. Wakefield fed them negative comments to demean other dancers. True ladies refrain from this and talk about others' differences -- not others' faults.
And shame on Tamalyn Dallal for choosing to scathe the reputations of other dancers in South Florida. Readers were not informed that some of the teachers being bashed were in fact previously her students. This is not professional. The entertainment industry does not look kindly on those who gossip and devalue. Community is about lifting each other up. Creating rifts for the sake of press gets old.
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