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March 2014
So many flowers!
Which schools have had their first flowers?
St Bernadette's Primary School in Scotland and Abergwili VC Primary, Darran Park Primary, Henllys CIW Primary, Llanishen Fach CP School, Ysgol Bro Tawe and Ysgol Gynradd Dolgellau in Wales, have all seen their first flowers open. In England, Balshaw Lane Community Primary School, Dallas Road Community School, Golden Hill School, Holy Trinity CE Primary School, Manor Road Primary School, Red Marsh School, St Mary's Catholic Primary School, St Michaels CE (Aided) Primary School, St Nicholas Primary School and The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School all sent their first flower records. Well done to all these schools!
Only 2 weeks to send me your records
Will you be a Super Scientist this year? The deadline for sending in your records is 28 March. If you send me your weather and flower records (if they have opened) then you will be a Super Scientist! All Super Scientists will receive a Certificate and a fabulous Super Scientist pencil. You will also have the chance to win a Nature Activity trip or some seeds to grow your own Sunflowers!
Why not send me your drawings for the Daffodil Drawing Competition? The deadline is also 28 March. For this competition I will be looking for botanical illustrations – these are pictures of plants drawn in a scientific way. Please send me your lovely drawings, but I would also like them to have clear labels to show the different parts of the Daffodil. You can follow this link to see the winners and runners up from last year's competition. Winners will get a bird watching kit with mini binoculars for their class, runners up will get flower seeds to grow!
My plants in pots have still not flowered, but over at St Fagans National History Museum the crocuses growing in their garden look beautiful. The bees like them too, as you can see in the photo! Can you see that the bumblebee has yellow pollen all over its head and body? When it flies off to a different crocus it will pass the pollen on – this is how flowers are fertilised!
Your questions, my answers:
Raglan VC Primary: Still no sign of the flowers this week! We are having some good weather. Prof P: Don't worry Raglan School, mine haven't flowered yet either. Hopefully the good weather will help our plants to flower.
Cutteslowe Primary School: Monday 17th - school closed, no heating or hot water. Prof P: Brrrr that sounds very chilly.
Manor Road Primary School (Lancashire): One of are crocus bulbs are starting to flower. Prof P: Fantastic news Manor Road, Congratulations!
Chatelherault Primary School: Wk 10: Most of our plants have started to too grow. It has raining a lot and some snow. Prof P: We didn't have any snow at all in Cardiff this year, but we did have lots of rain.
The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School: It has been so exciting this week as the buds all suddenly started to appear and on Friday some crocus flowers opened! The daffodils have suddenly grown and we know it won't be long before they too flower. They just love the sunshine! Prof P: Hooray! It's such a lovely feeling to see your flowers open isn't it?
Greyfriars RC Primary School: S - ten of our crocuses have budded. Prof P: Great news S. at Greyfriars, I'm sure the other crocuses won't be far behind.
Dallas Road Community Primary School: Super Fun!!! Prof P: I'm so glad you think so Dallas Road! Science IS Super Fun!
Many Thanks
Professor Plant
The 1st flower records for Scotland!
Congratulations to Ladywell Primary School for sending in the first flower records for Scotland! Lakeside Primary School in Wales have also sent in their first flower records – their first crocus and first daffodil opened in the same week! Great work bulb buddies.
Three weeks to go… The deadline for sending in your weather and flower records is Friday 28 March, so there are just three weeks to go!
If you have been keeping records but haven't sent them to me yet then please send them soon – all your weather and flower records are really important to me! Every record you send in will make the Spring Bulbs Investigation better and more accurate.
Don't worry if your flowers haven't opened yet, a lot can happen in three weeks, especially if the sun shines!
Would you like to do a Super Scientific Investigation with your plants? I have put together some great ideas for experiments you can do in your school! Can you trick your crocus? Can your daffodil move? Click here to have a look: Professor Plant's investigation ideas. As well as exciting experiments you will also find my favorite Spring Poem here! It is about daffodils and this is the first verse:
I wander'd lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
By William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
Beautiful! Have you ever tried to write a poem about Spring? Or about your favourite flower? Why not give it a go?
Your questions, my answers:
Ladywell Primary School: We have had our computer system upgraded in school and it has been difficult for us to send weekly weather reports because we lost a lot of data which was stored on our apple mac and which we cant convert to PC. However we have been taking temperatures and it has not really been cold and we have had a lot of rain. Some of our plants didn't grow very well but our first daffodil opened today 25th February and it is 28 cm tall. We have another one about to open and some others not far away. We hope this is ok with you and we will send more information soon. Prof P: Sorry to hear you have had computer trouble Ladywell School, don't worry, I completely understand. Thanks very much for sending your first flower record! Keep up the good work and send in your other flower records when they open.
Lakeside Primary: Daffodil comment: Only one is open and the one that has opened has only got half a pot of compost, we think it was knocked over and some soil lost so perhaps less soil has led to quicker flowering, but why? Prof P: Great question Lakeside! Do you have any ideas? This is my theory: A bulb closer to the surface may flower sooner because it warms up quicker and has less soil to push through when it starts to grow. So why don't we plant them all close to the surface? Well, if there is a very cold winter the frost can damage bulbs that are too close to the surface, and then they may not grow at all.
The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School: We all brought our wellies into school this week so that we can go out and look at our bulbs whatever the weather. We went to check on them all on Friday and measured how tall the leaves were, and started recording them in a table like we had been doing in maths. We hope to do this every week now then we can make a graph of the results. Still no sign of flowers yet! Prof P: What a fantastic idea! I love making graphs, they are a great way to see what the numbers are telling me. You must be very dedicated scientists to bring your wellies in to school so you can measure your leaves. Well done, I am very impressed!
Professor Plant
February 2014
Signs of Spring
The sun is shining through my window here in Cardiff and it feels like Spring has arrived! My own plants are not ready to flower yet, my tallest daffodil is 80mm tall and my crocus is still only 30mm tall, but I am sure they will like the sunshine! I took a photo this morning of daffodils and crocuses blooming in Bute Park, Cardiff, aren't they beautiful?
Which schools have had their first flowers?
Ysgol Glan Cleddau in Wales has reported their first crocus has opened, and Archbishop Hutton's Primary School in England have reported that their first daffodil has opened! Congratulations and well done for sending in your records.
Rougemont Junior School in Wales sent me this message: Well Professor Plant great excitement here at Rougemont School ... our MYSTERY BULBS have started to flower! They look very healthy, shorter in stem than the other Daffodil bulbs that we planted too. We think they could be Narcissus maybe Tete a tete? Will send a photo soon.
Prof. P: That is very exciting Rougemont School, and well done for investigating what kind of Narcissus they might be – Great work! I look forward to seeing your photos.
And Kilmaron Special School in Scotland said: THIS IS AN OBSERVATION OF LAST YEARS BULBS. We have been monitoring last years crocus and daffodil bulbs to see if older bulbs flower before newly planted bulbs. After our 1/2 term holiday we came back to find the crocus bulbs planted in the pots from last year had opened while this years crocus bulbs look to be about 7-10 days behind in their flowering. We are expecting to post this years results towards the end of next week.
Prof. P: This is really excellent monitoring and investigating Kilmaron! I am very impressed. You are right that older bulbs usually flower sooner than new baby bulbs, one reason for this is that they have had an extra year to grow and store up food.
I wonder where flowers will open next? You can see where flowers have opened so far by looking at this map. If your flowers haven't opened yet then watch them closely as they may open very soon!
Remember to send me you flower records as soon as your flowers open. To remind yourself what to do, please use my PowerPoint presentation how to keep flower records, and read the What and when to record page on my website.
- Every pupil in the class can send in their flower record! All the data that is sent in is used to create an average flowering date for each school. Watch the crocus chart and daffodil chart to see the tables change as the data comes in. It is really important that each pupil sends in their record - so the website can calculate the average flowering date for your school.
- Daffodils tilt their heads downwards just before opening. This prevents them from filling with rain after they open.
- You need to all send in your flower records to win the Super Scientist Competition!
Your questions, my answers:
Ysgol Terrig: It snowed heavily on Monday morning and stopped about lunch time. Our bulbs are starting to grow :) Prof P: I'm glad your bulbs are growing, did you go out to play in the snow?
Raglan VC Primary: We missed Tuesday because it was raining cat's and dog's, and we had bike training. Prof P: I love that saying! Can you imagine what it would be like if it really did rain cats and dogs? How would we measure that in our rain gauge?
Chatelherault Primary School: Sorry we did not record information on Thursday because we were away all day at a school trip. We were excited to see little green shoots in some of the plants. Prof P: Thanks for letting me know Chatelherault, I hope you had fun on your school trip.
Greyfriars RC Primary School: The plants are growing well and it's wonderful seeing them grow up. The mystery bulbs are really a mystery. from A and A :) Prof P: I hope your mystery will soon be solved Greyfriars!
Arkholme CE Primary School: Unfortunately the plant pots are standing in water this week. Let's hope next week is drier. The mystery bulbs are growing better than the others. Flower buds just appearing. From H. Prof P: I am sure your plants will survive the rain Arkholme, keep watching those flower buds!
Professor Plant
Rain, rain and more rain
What a very wet and rainy January we had bulb buddies! It felt like it rained nearly every day! But how much rain did we really have compared to average?
Weather Scientists at the Met Office have created this map of the U.K. to show how much rain we had in January. You can have a closer look by following this link.
How did they calculate average rainfall? The Met Office Scientists have been keeping weather records for a very long time! They added up how much rain fell in January for 30 years (from 1981 to 2010) then divided by 30 to calculate how much rain fell on average each year.
Can you see the two different shades of dark blue? Rainfall in these areas was between two and three times the average for January. Can you see the black areas in the south of England and in eastern Scotland? Rainfall in these areas was more than three times the average for January!
Top tip for using this map:
- 100% of average means that the rain was the same as average.
- 200% of average means that there was twice as much rain as average.
Can you find where you live on the map? What colour is the map where you live? How much rain fell in your area? Is it more than average? Or less than average? You may want to ask your teacher to help you answer these questions!
Your questions, my answers:
Gladestry C.I.W. School: Our school was closed on Thursday because of a power cut so our head teacher recorded the results that day. Prof P: We done to your head teacher! I am very glad your head teacher is helping you with your investigation.
St Mellons Church in Wales Primary School: Hello Professor Plant. It has been so windy this week that our thermometer has blown off the wall and broken. We have been using the car thermometer. L, J and L-b. Prof P: Hello L, J and L-b at St Mellons School! I am very sorry to hear that your thermometer is broken, I will email your teacher and arrange to send you a new one. Well done for your quick thinking in using the car thermometer.
Bleasdale CE Primary School: It is very cold and wet. Prof P: I agree BleasdaleSchool!
Ysgol Gynradd Dolgellau: Yn anffodus mae ein thermometr wedi torri ar ol cael ei chwythu gan y gwynt mawr yn ystod yr wythnos. Athro'r Ardd: Trueni mawr i glywed hyn Ysgol Gynradd Dolgellau. Bydda i'n e-bostio eich athro i drefnu anfon thermomedr newydd atoch chi.
Manor Road Primary School (Lancashire): on Wednesday there was a red weather warning but luckily the plants stayed in place. Prof P: I'm very happy to hear that your plants are okay!
Stanford in the Vale Primary School: It is very rainy here but we are not flooded. Prof P: I am very glad to hear that Stanford! What colour is the rainfall map is your area?
Burscough Bridge Methodist School: The heavy gales have caused the rainfall measurements to be unreadable as the measuring vessel was continually disrupted and blown over. Prof P: Gosh it must have been very stormy. Thanks for letting me know, keep up the good work!
Professor Plant
1st flower records for England and Wales!
Fantastic news bulb buddies, we have our first flower records!
Carnforth North Road Primary School in Lancashire, England were the first school to send in flower records. Their first crocus opened on the 4 February.
Raglan VC Primary School in Monmouthshire, Wales were the first Welsh school to send in flower records. Their first crocus opened on 7 February.
Well done to both these schools for sending in your flower records!
Archbishop Hutton's Primary School in England have also reported that the crocuses that they have planted in the ground have started to flower. Plants in the ground often flower sooner than ones in pots, has anyone else noticed this?
These flower records are much earlier than last year, when the first crocuses were reported on the 1 March. Why do you think this might be?
If we look at the results from the Spring Bulbs Project in previous years, flowering has been earlier in years with higher rainfall, warmer temperatures and more hours of sunshine. Why not have a think about what the weather has been like where you live? Do you think this year's weather will help your flowers to grow?
Your questions, my answers:
Ysgol Terrig: Our bulbs are now growing above the soil. Prof P: Fantastic new Ysgol Terrig, hopefully it won't be long until you start to see flowers.
Glyncollen Primary School: we are very exited because are bulbs are going to open soon. next week we are going to measure them. Prof P: Great investigating Glyncollen, have fun with your measuring.
Manor Road Primary School (Lancashire): It rained a lot and it was very cold and windy. It has not been minus yet. Prof P: I haven't recorded a minus temperature in Cardiff either.
Stanford in the Vale Primary School: We have had alot of rain recently but the bulbs continue to grow bigger and bigger. Prof P: It certainly has been very very rainy, I hope you haven't had any flooding.
Greyfriars RC Primary School: Me and D. are watering the plants really well. We enjoyed it alot. D: I am really enjoying the bulbs. My one is called xdox and pop. It was supposed to be xbox and pop. Thank you enjoyed this week. Prof P: What funny names for your plants! Very imaginative.
Freuchie Primary School: The children were really excited on Monday 27th January when they realised that 40mm of water had been collected over the weekend! Prof P: Wow - that really is a lot of rain!
Woodplumpton St. Anne's Primary School: We are very excited because the first shoots are beginning to appear. It has been very wet but so far the temperature has not dropped below zero. We wonder if this is unusual. Prof P: Great question Woodplumpton! I have had a look back over our weather data for previous years and it looks like this is not that unusual. The average daytime temperature for the month has only dropped below zero once in the 8 years we have been running the Spring Bulbs investigation. This was in December 2011 when there was heavy snow. I do think it has been less cold this January than in previous years. I look forward to receiving the weather data from all the schools so I can compare all the data in my Spring Bulbs Report!
Newport Primary School: Horrible wet weather most of the week. Prof P: The trouble with the rain is that it gets in the way of playtime doesn't it?
Manor Road Primary School (Lancashire): The weather has been cold, wet and windy this week. We have spotted our first shoots peeping through in our pots though. Prof P: It seems like your bulbs don't mind the wet weather too much.
Chatelherault Primary School: Bad news some people have been pulling out our bulbs but some are growing. And we have had a lot of rain and sun. Prof P: Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that someone has disturbed your bulbs. I hope that the ones that are left will be okay. Sun and rain are the perfect combination to make them grow!
Professor Plant
January 2014
Big Garden Bird Watch
Last weekend was RSPB's annual Big Garden Bird Watch, the world's largest bird survey! On Saturday I joined in the fun by making fat ball birdfeeders with some of the visitors to the museum. Inspired by the Big Garden Bird Watch, I spent a little time this week in the bird hide at St Fagans. Here are a few photos of what I saw…
Did you take part? What birds you see in your garden? Remember to report your findings to the RSPB - Big Garden Bird Watch
Keep in touch with the wildlife at St Fagans by following on Twitter
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Hi bulb buddies
How are your bulbs getting on? Remember to watch them closely as from January onwards you may start to see little green shoots pushing up through the soil – it's very exciting when they first appear! I was so happy when I went outside this week and saw these little tiny shoots in my plant pots – they are so lovely!
Archbishop Hutton's Primary School sent me this message: A. and J. came running to tell me that our first crocuses have appeared over the weekend and we have taken some photos of them.
That's fantastic news! Well done A. and J.! I am really glad you are so excited about your plants. I would love to see your photos, maybe you could email them to me?
I hope you are all enjoying your investigation bulb buddies. When your plants start to peep through the soil, why don't you take some photos too? If you email them to me I will put them on this blog.
- Keep up the great work sending in your weather reports.
- Watch for your first shoots to arrive.
- Keep watching every day as they grow taller.
- When you flowers open - celebrate!! Then record the date and how high the plant is.
- Send me your Flower Records on the website.
Please use my Power Point presentation to find out how to keep flower records.
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Ysgol Bro Eirwg: Blwyddyn Newydd Dda Athro'r Ardd! Ar ôl y gwyliau roedd y casglydd glaw yn llawn, felly methu cymryd darlleniad cywir. Arthro'r Ardd: Blwyddyn Newydd Dda Ysgol Bro Eirwg! Diolch am roi gwybod i fi am eich problemau mesur glaw, bydda i'n nodi hyn. Peidiwch â phoeni, digwyddodd hyn i lawer o ysgolion oherwydd iddi fwrw cymaint o law dros y gwyliau.
Cawthorne's Endowed Primary School: Im sorry we missed Friday we still want to go to Wales!!! Please wish us luck in Manchester. Prof P: Wishing you lots and lots of luck with your Spring bulbs Cawthorne School! Just wanted to let you know that if you are an English School and you win the Super Scientist Prize, we will arrange a day out for you in England instead of you travelling to Wales. It will still be a Super fun day, I promise.
Woodplumpton St. Anne's Primary School: sorry we forgot to take readings on two days - our teacher was not in school to remind us. There was a lot of rain over the holidays! We were surprised the temperatures were as high as they were. It felt colder. We talked about wind chill. Prof P: You are doing a great job and I am very pleased to hear you have talked about wind chill, it can make us feel VERY cold, can't it? Brrrrr.
The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School: When we came back from our Christmas break the rainfall gauge was overflowing as nobody had been able to empty it over the holidays. The ground is getting very wet and muddy and we have to be careful collecting the information. Prof P: Be careful in the mud! We don't want any accidents, were you wearing your school shoes or your wellies?
Raglan VC Primary: Extreme rainfall on Wednesday evening. Prof P: There has been some very extreme weather recently Raglan, you are right!
Llanishen Fach C.P School: No rainfall measurement for Monday as rain gauge was full from holiday. Very high measurement for Friday rainfall - gauge was emptied on Weds and no rainfall Thursday during day. Prof P: Excellent weather reporting Llanishen Fach.
Stanford in the Vale Primary School: Monday we were off. We have noticed that the bulbs have started to sprout and are growing nicely. Prof P: Fantastic news!! Thanks for letting me know I hope you enjoy watching them grow!
Greyfriars RC Primary School: it was 50mm because that was all over the holidays. C: this is exciting and i dont know whats gonna happen. R: it was fun watering the plants with C. Prof P: Well done C and R, its great to hear you are working together and having fun.
Ysgol Nant Y Coed: School was closed on Monday sorry professor plant. Prof P: That's okay Ysgol Nant Y Coed, keep up the good work!
John Cross CE Primary School: we had some problems because sheep got on to our field and knocked over the rain collector. Prof P: What cheeky sheep! Maybe they were interested in your investigation and came over to have a closer look.
At the beginning of January we had a crochet session where myself and Anna Phillips attempted to turn everyone into crochet queens. Anna made up a great little easy pattern to crochet circles which could then be turned into a garland, or maybe a coaster if you stopped at just making one. We will be having another crochet meet up on March 15 so come along to that one, and because everyone seems keen I'll try and add more dates to the rest of the year.
St Dwynwen's Day Cards and a Mocktail
Last saturday (25th) was St Dwynwen's Day! I hope you all had cards and treats... we had a family drop-in card making session here in St Fagans National History Museum and we also did a bit of sewing too.
We will be doing something pretty similar for Valentine's Day on 8th and 9th of February.
And the mocktail?
That was for reading group! We were discussing 'Rules of Civility' by Amor Towles which is set in 1930s New York and therefore we had suitably 30s type refreshments - Shirley Temples and kit kats all round! (the kit-kat was introduced in 1937). Our next reading group meet up will be on 22 February where we'll be discussing Alan Hollinghurst's 'The Stranger's Child'. It's a big book, so you'd better start now.
A Child's Christmas in Wales - Your Chistmas Memories
We've had some lovely, poetic and evocative examples in our Dylan Thomas themed family workshops these past couple of weeks, lots of laden christmas trees, roaring fires, burning christmas puds, snow boots and snowmen, and stocking full to bursting point to name but a few, here are some photos of some of them.
Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
Conserving Government Propaganda prints from the Great War
Excavation at Llanmelin Hillfort, 1930s
Historic Photography Project (Esmee Ffairburn)
Linking Natural Science Collections in Wales
Museums, Exhibitions and Events
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Patch 4.3: Worgen racial mounts
Players were torn over Running Wild, mostly because each mount collected counts toward the achievement Mountain o' Mounts, which rewards a Red or Blue Dragonhawk to fly around on. Many Alliance players were upset over the fact that Horde players had an easier time collecting 100 mounts because of the Goblins' trikes. Horses make sense for Worgen, as Worgen are still essentially a Human nation, and Humans in Warcraft ride horses. These two particular mounts seem a bit plain, though. These new mounts are coming in most likely to ease the disparity between mounts when faction changes occur. All in all, this is good news for Alliance mount collectors.
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A new report by the US Chamber of Commerce showing a generally better climate for business in New York is encouraging, but a deeper analysis would show that employers in the largest segment of the state's economy are not yet ready to celebrate, according to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB).
"The big financial houses and universities may be doing well, but small businesses are still struggling beneath the highest taxes in the country and they're still dealing with a hostile regulatory culture in Albany," said NFIB State Director Mike Durant.
Durant said that while the Cuomo administration has brought a positive change of attitude to state government, its reforms haven't been in place long enough to yield the dramatic results that small businesses need to feel more optimistic.
"The property tax cap and pension reform were important, but without additional mandate relief for local governments, it won't significantly address the highest property taxes in America," he said. "The past few weeks alone have been marked by talk of significant toll increases, escalating workers compensation costs and as we entire the last week of the legislative session, we are still fighting a minimum wage hike and an expansion of the prevailing wage mandate.
"The trajectory is obviously not fully changed in New York and there is much work left to be done."
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A few things longtime Longboaters know about Colony Beach & Tennis Resort owner Dr. Murray "Murf" Klauber: He is a fighter, an eternal optimist and not a quitter. Setbacks spur him on to find other ways to move forward.
Nonetheless, the bankruptcy judge's rulings the past two Fridays in the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort dispute with its unit owners' board seem to have characteristics of a Pyrrhic victory. Klauber and the Colony prevailed against counterclaims of what the board implied as charges of malfeasance. Likewise, the judge assessed no damages against Klauber or the resort. And the court affirmed what Klauber has argued all along — that the unit owners are responsible for the maintenance and repair of the Colony's 20-plus lodging buildings at the historic resort.
But he didn't get the $14.1 million he sought to repair and renovate his beloved, yet deteriorating resort.
Now what?
Many, many Longboaters are waiting for what will be a historic turning point for this idyllic, little island resort town. Indeed, the Colony is something of a metaphor for Longboat Key.
From the outside, the challenges for Klauber and the Colony look daunting. Publicly, we know Bank of America has begun foreclosure proceedings against the Colony to collect $8 million in outstanding loans; Klauber and his daughter, Colony President and General Manager Katie Klauber Moulton, have indicated they do not have the $14.1 million to renovate the resort's buildings (nor are they responsible for them); and the buildings, inside and out, throughout the resort need complete reconstruction if the Colony is to live up to its storied reputation.
Add to this, the dispute with the unit owners' board has not ended. A gulf still exists between the two sides.
For many Longboaters, the conflict at the Colony may not seem to affect them. But it does. It is somewhat like red tide, whose destructiveness spreads almost invisibly through the water, eventually choking every sea creature in its path.
The Colony conflict will not choke all of Longboat Key, but certainly what happens there affects the larger ambiance and image of Longboat Key. You would be crazy to think all of Longboat Key would not be viewed as a lesser place if, say, vacationers from Tampa, Miami, Atlanta, New York and elsewhere start to tell their friends and relatives the Colony is not what it used to be. Perceptions and comments like that indeed would affect all of us negatively. You are with whom you associate.
Imagine. Imagine what would happen if the Colony is not renovated. We've seen that outcome all over the Key — at the two commercial centers at 5610 and 5620 Gulf of Mexico Drive, at Avenue of the Flowers and, to an extent, at Buttonwood Plaza and Whitney Beach. All of these commercial centers are from another era. They're physically deteriorating. And they look old.
They're like age spots on our hands and faces. We see them every day and are used to the blemishes. We go about our business aware of the spots but not concerned. But to those who only see us skin deep, to the visitors from the United Kingdom or the young couple from Atlanta, these age spots are noticeable — and they send a message:
Longboat Key is … well, you get the point. It reminds us of the longstanding joke about St. Petersburg before its downtown was renovated, rebuilt and reborn. People called it "heaven's waiting room."
We should face up to this as a community.
You grow or you die; you reinvest or you die. These are business maxims that are true. And we should face up to these maxims as a community as well.
Imagine this scenario as well: Klauber sells the Colony or finds the capital and investors to buy out his unit owners to rebuild, renovate or re-do the entire Colony. And imagine he or new investors proposes what Klauber has talked about for a decade — adding a nine- or 10-story building to the Colony complex, complete with a world-class conference center. And say he and his investors add 66 more hotel units — out of the 250 voters approved two years ago — to bring the total units at the Colony to 300.
What would we do? Would the town and its residents fight this investment every step of the way? Would it do to Klauber and the investors what we are doing to the Longboat Key Club and Resort?
And think of this: If we fight this every step of the way, whom do we think is going to buy the 582 housing units for sale on Longboat Key — especially if the town and its residents chase off those who want to invest and keep the tourists coming? Most Longboaters know they and their families all started here as tourists; it is the town's one and only economic generator.
When you step back and survey the present picture — the Key Club in conflict over its expansion, the Colony at a crossroads for its future, Whitney Beach in its present state and a generational change in our population — we are reminded today of the campaign message of former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio, who is running for the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate. He tells his listeners that for every generation in American history, the previous generation always has passed on a better standard of living to the next generation. But he warns his listeners that we, as a country, are heading in a direction that threatens to break that historical chain. He doesn't want to be a party to that failure.
What Rubio says about America can be applied to Longboat Key.
Times are changing. And we must change with them. Get on board. Do our civic duty. Let's do what we can to make this a better, more thriving place for the next generation.
For the past eight years, the St. Armands Circle property owners, merchants and residents have co-existed peacefully, or as well as they ever have in the past two decades. It's no coincidence that this détente and general like-mindedness has occurred simultaneously with the formation in 2001 of the St. Armands Business Improvement District.
The "BID," as it is commonly called, is a taxing district that St. Armands Circle property owners voted to create to help finance physical improvements that would insure St. Armands Circle's pre-eminence as Sarasota's leading retail/tourism attraction.
The BID imposes a 2-mill tax on nearly 80 properties and then disburses its funds according to a formula — about 40% for capital improvements, 40% for marketing, 10% for enhanced maintenance and the remainder for operating expenses.
Overseeing the BID is a board of three St. Armands Circle property owners, the most prominent of which is Marty Rappaport, an 18-year St. Armands property owner and the BID's organizer, godfather and chairman.
The BID has worked well with the three-member board of property owners. Key to this, Rappaport says, is board members recognize that for St. Armands Circle to progress, land owners, merchants and residents must be together. One cannot move forward without the other.
But as politics, taxation and property rights go, dissent is inevitable. Merchants Jack Pefley, owner of Taffy's Menswear, and Scott MacDonald, owner of Crab and Fin, want merchants to have a seat on the BID board.
The state statute governing board membership says they shall be "residents of the proposed area and who are subject to the ad valorem taxation in the district."
Pefley and MacDonald say they are "subject to" property taxes in their leases and thus should be eligible.
But this is a stretch. Yes, their leases require them to pay taxes, but the property owners ultimately are responsible.
The danger in broadening board membership is simple: What happens if merchants become the majority? Taxation without representation?
Commissioners, beware. Perhaps a compromise might be a five-member board, with three seats and a majority always guaranteed to the property owners.
Currently 3 Responses
- 1.
- I am Vice President of the Colony Association and Chairman of the Legal Committee which manages and oversees the legal actions with Dr. Klauber. The editorial board's statement in the second paragraph completely distorts beyond recognition, what Judge May decided following trial. There was no "victory" for Dr. Klauber, pyrrhic or otherwise. Might I suggest, if the "Observer staff" wishes to objectively discuss the court proceeding and properly inform its readers about a matter of great import to Longboat Key, that it should post on its web site actual copies of the transcripts of the Judge's decisions, and print these transcripts in the next print edition of The Observer. These are not terribly long, and they are readable and to the point.
In the mean time, I have linked transcripts of the Judge's decisions at http://jayryablon.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/transcript-judges-decision-7-31-09.pdf and http://jayryablon.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/transcript-judges-decision-8-10-09.pdf, for those of your readers who prefer to read the source material and make up their own minds. For anyone following the situation at The Colony, these transcripts are a very illuminating read, and they very much contradict the statements in your editorial.
Jay R. Yablon
Colony Association Vice President
Chairman, Legal Committee
Chairman, Communications Committee
- 2.
- An enviornment which allows the renovation and reasonable expansion of the Colony, Hilton and Key Club is in the best interest of Lonboat Key and we agree with the Observer on this point. The right plan that allows for these enhancements to be achieved within the existing zoning and building codes, without changing the historic balance of the commercial and tourism facilities, overturning the property rights of others, or changing the essential character of the Key is what is needed.
Bob White, Chairman
Islandside Property Owners Coalition
- 3.
- The Colony is in need of a bulldozer, not renovation. Hopefully a new developer will step in and build anew.
- Feb
8 Sarasota Music Half Marathon
7:00 am - 6:00 am - Feb
12 Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce Networking Luncheon
11:30 am - 1:30 pm - Feb
14 New Exhibit "Oh Baby" Life Cycles of the Seas
10:00 am - 5:00 pm - Feb
17 Hospitabull Evening 'A Taste of Israel'
6:00 pm
Gauls celebrate sweet 60
On Jan. 29, Jack and Joan Gaul will celebrate their 60th anniversary. -
Dora Walters goes by the book for readers
You saw her byline countless times during her 26 years at the Longboat Observer, but now, retired Senior Editor Dora Walters' byline appears on her new book, "Rewind…Playback: A Collection of Life's 'Little' Memories." -
Encore opening celebration
Members of the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce gathered for a ribbon-cutting event Jan. 20, at Amore by Andrea.


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Uganda's Oppressive Anti-Gay Laws - Gay organizations silent...
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February 28, 2014, 10:46:15 AM »
Ugandas Anti-Gay Laws and Leftist Silence
Posted By Arnold Ahlert On February 28, 2014
On Monday, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda signed into law harsh, anti-gay legislation. The law includes provisions that would jail repeat offenders for life, outlaw any promotion of homosexuality, and require the Ugandan people to denounce it. In the face of genuine persecution of gay people, of course, the LGBT community and their supporters are conspicuously silent. And while the Obama administration has released a statement criticizing the law, most black activists remain completely MIA as well, including the man leading the charge against the anti-gay marriage agenda in America, Eric Holder.
This largely non-reaction to the far more serious developments in Uganda stands in stark contrast to the efforts by both entities on the home front. Holder, who wholeheartedly embraces the selective law enforcement agenda that has become the trademark of the Obama administration, has extended that agenda to the gay marriage debate. Speaking to the National Association of Attorneys General on Tuesday, Holder advised his state counterparts that they neednt defend the laws of their states they consider discriminatory.
Holder cited his own experience with the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as the template state attorneys general should apparently follow. Any decisions at any level not to defend individual laws must be exceedingly rare, Holder said at the meeting. And they must never stem merely from policy or political disagreementshinging instead on firm constitutional grounds. He then added that his own view is that we must be suspicious of legal classifications based solely on sexual orientation.
One is left to wonder how those constitutional grounds are determined if a state attorney general can simply refuse to defend a challenge to any law they themselves deem to be discriminatory before a trial takes place. Moreover it is hard to see how the refusal to defend the rule of law would be anything but a political act.
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange of the Republican Attorneys General Association eviscerated this dangerous nonsense. A state attorney general has a solemn duty to the state and its people to defend state laws and constitutional provisions against challenge under federal law. To refuse to do so because of personal policy preferences or political pressure erodes the rule of law on which all of our freedoms are founded. A government that does not enforce the law equally will lead our society to disrespect the rule of law, he said in a statement.
Political pressure is a specialty of the LGBT community whose most recent focus has been a religious protection law proposed by the state of Arizona, which was recently vetoed by Gov. Jan Brewer in light of an enormous public outcry. The purpose of pointing out what happened in Arizona is not to evaluate the pros or cons of Brewers recent veto. It is to demonstrate the enormous power of a mobilized LGBT community that apparently feels no similar compulsion to mobilize against Museveni in Uganda. Even as they remained focused on Arizona, the Red Paper, a Ugandan tabloid, published a list of 200 people it accused of being gay under the headline Exposed! Ugandas 200 top homos named, the paper declared. In salutation to the new law, today we unleash Ugandas top homos and their sympathisers, it added, compiling a list of those who had declared their sexuality and those who hadnt. The list included activists, priests and music stars.
Frank Mugisha, director of the group Sexual Minorities Uganda, illuminated the implications of the new law. Were going to see people getting beaten on the streets, were going to see people thrown out by their families, were going to see people being evicted by their landlords, were going to see people losing jobs, were going to see people thrown out of school, because they are perceived or not as homosexuals, he warned. Even the suspicion will get someone in trouble.
It is trouble welcomed by Ugandas Muslim leaders. It takes a courageous leader to defy all the western powers who have gone as far a threatening to cut off aid to Uganda in case the president signs the anti-gay bill, said Hajji Nsereko Mutumba, the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) Public Relations Officer, in a statement.
Perhaps it takes no courage at all, either for Museveni or the LGBT community and Eric Holder. Forbes Magazine contributor Cedric Mohammed explains that geo-political concerns take precedence over human rights issues. Despite the strong rhetoric coming from the Obama administration over the signing of an anti-Homosexual law by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, there is no way President Obama will allow the issue to compromise long-standing American military interests in the region and theres little chance the LGBT political establishment will ask him to .Militarization trumps everything else as evidenced by the influential LGBT-rights group, The Human Rights Commissions lack of lobbying on the issue, he writes.
No doubt that decision is made easier by the lefts general contempt for Christian values and Western civilization. Yet the outpouring of vituperation against the cartoonish bigotry or vile exclusivity of Christians opposed to endorsing the gay agenda stands in odious contrast to the LGBT calculated silence surrounding Ugandas unquestionably reprehensible and possibly deadly treatment of homosexuals. That hypocrisy goes double for Eric Holder, whose sense of outrage for any injustice directed at homosexuals and people of color apparently fails to extend itself beyond the borders of the United States.
Thus, barring a sudden change of heart, the genuine persecution of gays in Uganda will not be impeded by the self-professed champions of tolerance and human rights. In short, if the LGBT community and Eric Holder didnt have double-standards, theyd have no standards at all.
"You have enemies? Good. That means that you have stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Winston Churchill.
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Re: Gender, Gay, Lesbian
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February 28, 2014, 06:18:26 PM »
"Political pressure is a specialty of the LGBT community whose most recent focus has been a religious protection law proposed by the state of Arizona, which was recently vetoed by Gov. Jan Brewer in light of an enormous public outcry. The purpose of pointing out what happened in Arizona is not to evaluate the pros or cons of Brewers recent veto. It is to demonstrate the enormous power of a mobilized LGBT community that apparently feels no similar compulsion to mobilize against Museveni in Uganda."
Exactly so. Pair this with the Jonah Goldberg piece I just posted in the rants thread.
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Silence of the LBGTs
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March 03, 2014, 08:56:44 AM »
"It is truly vile and disgusting that the LBGT activist organizations in this
country and abroad (such as Human Rights Campaign) are SILENT about these
atrocities "
Edited to reflect that the words above are not mine, but ones with which I agree.
Last Edit: March 03, 2014, 10:42:26 AM by Crafty_Dog
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Re: Silence of the LBGTs
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March 03, 2014, 09:17:51 AM »
Quote from: Crafty_Dog on March 03, 2014, 08:56:44 AM
It is truly vile and disgusting that the LBGT activist organizations in this
country and abroad (such as Human Rights Campaign) are SILENT about these
Lefty activists respect those that will kill them.
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Re: Gender, Gay, Lesbian
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March 03, 2014, 10:00:21 AM »
You are exactly correct, G M - gay activists, many black race-mongers, and sadly, many liberal Jews, including those in leadership positions at organizations like the ADL - are frankly - SUICIDAL.
"You have enemies? Good. That means that you have stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Winston Churchill.
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Re: Gender, Gay, Lesbian
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March 03, 2014, 10:43:03 AM »
Just a mass contagion of vaginitis , , ,
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Re: Gender, Gay, Lesbian
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March 03, 2014, 10:51:08 AM »
LOL!! Now THAT is something a snarky gay man would say, Crafty!
"You have enemies? Good. That means that you have stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Winston Churchill.
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New CA law
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March 04, 2014, 04:40:13 PM »
And here I was thinking I was riffing with what we say when someone comes up with a lame excuse for backing out of a day of stickfighting.
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Re: Gender, Gay, Lesbian
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March 04, 2014, 06:00:10 PM »
I don't care about sexual orientation but do we have to glorify sodomy? Do we really need a history courses about the greatest butt @#$$%%% or cock@#$%^ in history?
Mandating this?
What the hell is going on?
God almighty - enough.
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Re: Gender, Gay, Lesbian
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March 04, 2014, 07:39:02 PM »
They have to throw a little variety into the endless bashing of America and western civilization.
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A pithy bullet point for our side:
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March 05, 2014, 05:31:19 PM »
I think our side needs to come up with a pithy statement that reaches the majority of the people and is able to stand up to the "collective militant enthusiasm" (the term comes from Konrad Lorenz and has meaning) of liberal fascism.
Coincidentally enough, I think I have one. LOL
"You are free to do what you like, I am free to make of it what I will-- and vice versa."
Or, more-longwindedly:
"As long as people are free to do and be responsible for whatever they like. Equally, others are free to make of it what they will."
"The free to make of it what your will" gives a way for those who self-identify as "tolerant" (seeing this as being offered by the other side at present they are on the other side) to self-identify as tolerant on our side (we tolerate both sides). Whereas as those who do discern/judge can find room within our tent as well.
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Transgender recants assault accusation
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March 05, 2014, 05:48:13 PM »
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Re: Gender, Gay, Lesbian
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April 29, 2014, 09:41:26 AM »
I don't usually post here, but I know theres a variety of opinions and viewpoints here that I respect.
Earlier this month, Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signed into law the Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act that lets Christians or anyone of any faith off the hook. As of July 1, they will be able to say, We dont serve gay people here, and the subject of their anti-gay hate will have zero legal recourse except to turn around and walk away. They cant sue, because the person of faith is merely exercising their right to practice their faith as they see fit.
Okay, its a law now. Fine and dandy. Now you can turn someone away from a public business/discriminate according to
So in responce to this, we see some business do this:
Awesome. Great. Good marketing point also.
Then we hear this:
Buddy Smith, American Family Associations executive vice president, told the AFA that customers who do business with stores that have the stickers in their windows are agreeing with these businesses that Christians no longer have the freedom to live out the dictates of their Christian faith and conscience.
Its not really a buying campaign, but its a bully campaign, he added, its being carried out by radical homosexual activists who intend to trample the freedom of Christians to live according to the dictates of scripture.
They dont want to hear that homosexuality is sinful behavior and they wish to silence Christians and the church who dare to believe this truth.
Annnnndddd reality has left the building. How, in any certain terms , does this constitue bullying when the other thing is backed by the force of LAW!!!??? How is this bullying when all it says is, "those guys over there won't serve you, but we will."
are agreeing with these businesses that Christians no longer have the freedom to live out the dictates of their Christian faith and conscience.
Patently false. You still have the freedom live your life and run your business according to your faith...what you can't do is force another business to NOT serve someone because of your faith. Or impose your faith on others to the detriment of their business.
Or is part of Christianty to force your beliefs on everyone around you? Is there some Shiara type law system in the New Testament I managed to miss?
its being carried out by radical homosexual activists who intend to trample the freedom of Christians to live according to the dictates of scripture.
By what, not letting you dictate who someone else can and can not serve at their establishment?!
and they wish to silence Christians and the church who dare to believe this truth.
How exactly? By putting up stickers saying they will serve people you won't. Are they putting them over your mouth or something?
Its like these people are saying "We don't want your business....but we don't want you going anywhere else to do business either."
If thats not some form of bullying and non-sense I don't know what is.
One of the best examples of double-think, martyrdom and victimhood I have seen. Not only are they now allowed to discriminate...by law...but they somehow see other people continuing to do business as usual as somehow an attack on them?
Wow...just wow. Drowning in the absurdity.
(FYI,. I don't think anyone should have to serve anyone they don't want to[exception being basic utilities and necesseties, IMO]. Its a free market. That should be the law.
I can't wait for a Muslim to refuse service to a Jew or Christian at some point and see how that works out.....)
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Christian baker willing to go to jail for declining gay wedding cake
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Last Edit: April 29, 2014, 01:59:44 PM by Crafty_Dog
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Re: Gender, Gay, Lesbian
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July 03, 2014, 11:48:28 AM »
ccp: "Hillary is about to continue the trend with this men vs women thing.
Did you see the article about Pepsi's CEO lamenting how women cannot still "have it all". As though choosing between motherhood, wifehood, and a career is a tragedy, or a conscious effort to suppress women.
Don't men have to choose between a career, fatherhood, and husbanhood?
I have cousins, the wife works a professional career and the husband stays home and is a Dad and husband. The kids seem wonderful and as far as I know happy.
So Ms CEO of Pepsi:
I congratulate you on your truly astonishing accomplishments. But I don't feel sorry for you. You have no gripe."
My Dad's biggest regret on his death bed was that he could not spend more time with us growing up (because he had to work so much). Women who choose career and daycare to raise their children might feel some of that regret too. I was with my daughter almost everyday growing up with no regret but have big regret for the neglect that put on my career.
The number of hours in the day to do everything we wish we could do is a limiting factor that affects everyone equally. Make your choices and quit griping. Better yet with free speech, gripe all you want but we don't want to hear it.
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First world problems. Waaaahh!
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I'm sure the women in the muslim world with masses of scar tissue where their genitals used to be would be very sad to read about the difficulties faced by middle and upper class women of the first world. Luckily, most aren't allowed to learn to read, thus sparing them the discomfort of learning how tough life can be for a female CEO.
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Lesbian couple's "transgender son"
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Does sex have a purpose?
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