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JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's 90-year-old president, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has added another title to his extensive repertoire: holder of a Guinness record.
Guinness official Marco Frigatti says President Shimon Peres won the record when he taught the largest online civics class in the world on Thursday.
Frigatti says Guinness liked the idea "because it combines civics, technology and a teacher who has seen the country from its origins to today."
Peres reached out to 9,000 students nationwide. He gave the class from the office of Cisco Systems Inc. in the northern city of Netanya.
Despite his age, Peres has a busy daily schedule. He has kept on top of the latest technology, embracing social media and backing high-tech industries.
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I'm afraid that you may be a bit disappointed with the Monorail system here on the west coast--it really doesn't hold a candle to the Mk-VIs we know and love back at WDW. The main station into the park is in the Downtown Disney area, and it services Tomorrowland inside the park. I'm pretty sure they go as far as the resort hotels, but I've never ridden them in that direction (never had any business that way).
Never stayed in the hotel before (bein' more or less a "local," never had the need), although the folks I've spoken to who have really enjoyed themselves.
Attractions not to be missed? Well, all personal bias aside, Indiana Jones and The Temple of the Forbidden Eye (or Temple of the Four-Hour Line on some days of the week) is one heck of a ride, and worth getting back in line for over and over again. There are three different ways that the vehicles can go, and I don't think I've ever heard the same exact dialouge twice.
Last I heard, Pirates of the Carribean was out of commission. A major bummer, so plan accordingly. For the record, in defiance of what the guidebooks may tell you, I personally believe WDW has the better version, anyway (ditto for the Haunted Mansion).
Not sure if Florida has stepped it up as well, but Disneyland recently gave Space Mountain a serious make-over, and it is awesome. They cleaned up real good.
I expounded a bit on the "California Adventure" side of the park on here a little while back, so at the risk of sounding lazy in my old age, I figure I'll just let you read up on those on your own. The park is worth checking out if you get the chance.
If the "Disney Gallery" you mean is the same place I'm thinkin' it is, there is plenty of stuff for sale as well as for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!
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No. 20 Dubrovnik, Croatia
Debuting in this year's top 20, Dubrovnik is riding Croatia's resurgence thanks to its one-of-a-kind beauty. On the Adriatic's sapphire waters, ancient fortress walls enclose the pristinely restored white-stone buildings and marbled streets. Get lost in Old Town's hidden lanes replete with medieval churches, secret piazzas, and hole-in-the-wall cafés. It may get overwhelmingly touristy in high season, but that's nothing a view of the rocky Dalmatian Coast from a cliff-side bar or a walk atop the centuries-old walls can't cure.
Don't Miss: A dip in the translucent waters of Sveti Jakov Beach, a secluded pebble-beach cove providing a welcome respite from crowds.


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A Traditional Place that Never Truly Changes!
Although the faces at Wa-Klo constantly change, the traditions that built Wa-Klo still remain firm today. The same songs are sung during the opening and closing of Council Fire, the Sunday night Reflection service still begins with "Here We Are," Christmas/Hanukah is still celebrated in August, the counselors present Final Council Fire and Reflections, flag lowering and raising happens daily, and the tribe chiefs design and conduct the famous song and tribe formations for Parents' Weekend. The list is long of the traditions that remain unchanged. Of course, as the times change Wa-Klo keeps pace. Wool sweaters are now sweatshirts, saddle oxfords are now sneakers, bathing caps are long gone, and the wooden pool floats on large, metal barrels have also met their fate.
Since 1938, Camp Wa-Klo has all the same offerings a big camp has, but true to Miss Kloberg's wishes, the camp population still remains small in order to know every girl that enters Wa-Klo gates. "Our Little Corner of the World" is still a safe and loving place full of special and very nice girls. Miss Kloberg's favorite poem, "Fit to Know Yourself," is often recited and the poem's sentiments are seen through each Wa-Klo girl today.
We encourage alums to visit during the summer and see Wa-Klo. Just drop by the office, make introductions, walk along the paths, and allow the memories of yesterday and the newness of today fill you up.
Join our Wa-Klumni group by emaiing contact details, and we'll put you on our mailing list, so that you can be kept up-to-date with all that's happening.
If you would like to send a memory of camp, please send your thoughts to: email@example.com. The memory page is dedicated to all of those old memories from camps past. We love hearing all the stories of Wa-Klo and the gifts that Wa-Klo offered you when you least expected it. We love all of our alums and we truly look forward to hearing from you.
2/10/10 Carol Evers
Attended Wa-Klo when camp was co-ed!
...I'm so happy to get your newsletter every now and then...Oh, one other funny story...I was at a house party one evening, and we started playing a game of which team could sing a song that the other team never heard of...I began singing the "camp song" (yes, I still remember it) and lo and behold, one of the opposing teams members started singing along with me. Although we did not attend camp at the same time (she was there as a CIT), we have shared many stories and actually went back when Ms. Jensen (I did not know her, but my friend did) and Ms. Kloberg were there prior to the season opening...they allowed us to stay over night...it was one of the best memories that I have...and my friend and I are still laughing over that weekend. Thanks for the memories Wa-Klo...
5/6/07 Juliana Pugliese
Attended Camp1998-2005
Memories: The memories from my 8 summers at Camp Wa-klo all blur together. It might seem weird that I can't distinguish events in my life that happened when I was ten from ones that happened when I was fifteen, but Camp Wa-klo was always more of a feeling. You can never replicate the building excitement stirring within me as my family drove toward camp and the sprawling New England roads grew with familiarity until I could count how many turns were left until the front field. No where else in the world can you, at the end of camp, be torn between such a sense of satisfaction with one's accomplishments and a summer well spent, and a sense of desperation for even just one more day with friends. I have never known friends who can comfort me, as I comfort them, while we both cry because you never know which summer could be your last. All my love to the girls still returning and all those that shared eight summers with me, you have left a permanent mark on my heart, and I will always remember our little corner of the world.
4/11/07 isabel ferris wallis
Attended Camp1983 1984
Memories: camp fire horse back ridding sailing realy everything
4/5/07 Christine (Hemmer) Marzigliano
Attended Camp 1955
Memories:My fondest memories are playing sports, the bonfire and attending the Cathedral in the Pines. I remember well passing the swimming requirements in order to swim out to the senior float that was co-ed. Yes, 1955 was the last year the camp (on the other side of the stream) had boys!!! The intermediate float was girls only, but the senior float was co-ed. What an incentive!!
Ethel Kloberg ran the girls camp and Mrs. Watkinson ran the boys camp. I remember Miss Wherley, Miss Casey & Miss White. I see lots of new buildings and added water sports now. I do plan on attending the Reunion in June 2007. See you then.
4/5/07 Tori Collin
Attended Camp2001-2005
Memories: I really dont have a favorite memory all of my experiances at Wa-klo were great and i had the best summers of my life at camp. To all my campers and friends i miss you guys and have many found memories especially from the summer of 05 with the bobinn crew you guys were such a blast andf i have many memories from that summer and hope you do to. I am planning on going to the reunion in june and i will diffently visit again this summer that is a promise i am going to try and make it for parents weekend if i can if not i will visit once each month. Have a great summer everyone.
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4/3/07 Dorota Bussey (Stypkowski)
Attended Camp 1962-1968 for 7 summers
Memories : Camp provided a heaven away from New York City and from my mother. When I first arrived at camp, I hardly spoke English as I had emigrated from France just a few months prior to the start of camp. Miss Jensen and Miss Kloberg put me at ease. Though the first season was rough, I learned many social skills and sports. I continued to spend my summers at Wa-Klo until college. Over the years, I became more and more confident. Was a big chief, LTG and finally a counselor. Miss Kloberg and Miss Jensen provided me with clear guidance which I didn't get at home. The beauty of camp soothed me. I go there often in my mind when I meditate. I'm grateful to have been part of Wa-Klo. I plan on attending the reunion in June. Thank you Wa-Klo!
3/23/07 Christy Dolat Bartlett
Attended Camp 1960-66
Camp has lifelong memories for me. My mother was a camper and counselor
and my father was a counselor in the 40s. I was first introduced to Camp
early summer 1958, when my family went up to Camp early to help "open
up." It involved cleaning the cabins, staying in Chatterbox, and I
remember painting the old Arts & Crafts building that had rough siding
that had been sawn out of "blow downs" from the '38 Hurricane. It was
very hard work for little kids! It's since been combined with the Fish
Bowl to make a bigger building and has nice, smooth siding, I noticed,
when I visited last summer.
Good friends, Liza Meyer, Louise Campana, Melanie Cooper and Melody
Goodwin, are the names I can remember now. I wonder where they are now?
My daughter, Sara Bolduc, attended Camp '86, so we have 3 generations of
memories. Of course, Jackie, my sister, was the star athelete and is
still outstanding, an engineer, finishing her home in Alaska.
I will be planning to attend the 70th Reunion in June.
3/17/07 Liz Clark
Attended Camp1984-1990
Memories: Driving through the gates in late June, being greeted by Miss Fletcher & Miss Cocoman, and anticipating reuniting with your friends again! Playing guitar with Miss Chenet at Vespers. Fighting over hot, fresh sticky buns on Sundays. Sleeping as long as possible and arriving at the flag pole with seconds to spare; people used to laugh at my bed-head and honestly that hasn't changed! Being Big Chief with Rachel, Vicky & Karen. Trying to sing/act in the musical productions. And mainly, just trying to stay out of trouble (Oh the secrets I could tell!)! Vicky Palmer & I are planning to attend the reunion and are trying to get the old gang together so if you are reading this please contact me! (510.531.6422) Hope everyone is well!
1/9/07 Ana Malla
Attended Camp 1991-93, 95
Memories: Scavenger hunts. The big yellow monster. Searching for salamanders in the pond. Taking care of bunnies. But most of all, meeting so many great people... and spending the summer laughing!!!!!!!


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Seniors Luncheon
Friday, March 28, 2014, 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
For directions click the following link: Family Life
This luncheon will feature Nancy Motley with a message titled "In My Hands" as she shares how our hands tell a story about each of us. Come and enjoy a super meal and learn about hands that express God's values.
Nancy was born and reared on a farm in a small, swamp community in southern Arkansas. While studying nursing in Little Rock, Arkansas, she met and married Duane Motley. They have a son and a daughter and four grandchildren. Before moving to New York State, Nancy worked in her field of psychiatric nursing until Duane graduated from graduate school and they moved to Rochester, NY. For 30 years she served as office manager for her husband's ministry, New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms. She has continued to use her gift of teaching in her home church, Christian school, ladies luncheons and retreats, etc. There's no doubt that with Nancy's knowledge of the Word of God, southern accent and humorous presentations, this luncheon will be a blessing to our seniors.
The cost for the luncheon and program is $8 at the door. Doors open at 9:45 a.m. Advance reservations are required by Tuesday, March 25. Make a reservation online or call 607-776-4151 or 800-927-9083. Seniors Luncheons are for seniors that are 55 and older.
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Beyonce to Perform at Alicia Keys' Black Ball Event
NEW YORK (AP) - Call it ladies night: Beyonce and Carole King are joining Oprah Winfrey and Alicia Keys at Keys' annual Black Ball event.
Beyonce and King will perform at the fundraising gala for Keys' charity Keep a Child Alive on Nov. 1
Rihanna Is 'More Concerned' With Chris Brown's Well-Being
Rihanna is still attempting to put her history with Chris Brown to rest. The wounds from the domestic violence assault she experienced at his hands may have healed but the emotional scars are still fresh. In her upcoming interview with Oprah Winfrey for "Oprah's Next Chapter," the 24-year-old "Where Have Y
Rihanna Set to Appear on 'Oprah's Next Chapter' — Video
Rihanna is following in the footsteps of 50 Cent and taking a seat in front of Oprah Winfrey for a candid interview for "Oprah's Next Chapter." The Bajan songstress will return to her native Barbados for the one-on-one with the TV host, discussing her career accomplishments and the ups and downs
Alicia Keys Will Honor Oprah Winfrey at Keep a Child Alive Black Ball
NEW YORK (AP) - Oprah Winfrey is getting a tribute from Alicia Keys.
Keys announced Tuesday that her organization, Keep a Child Alive, will honor Winfrey at its Black Ball event on Nov. 1.
Key says in a statement that the media mogul is "a personal
50 Cent and Paris Jackson Will Talk Fame and Misfortune on 'Oprah's Next Chapter'
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Michael Jackson's daughter, Paris, talks about her late father in an interview with Oprah Winfrey airing Sunday.
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Recently, I applied for and was approved for the Discover IT card and I am now a little perplexed.
I currently subscribe to the myFICO ScoreWatch product. My Equifax FICO score per myFICO ScoreWatch is 630.
However, I received my Discover It card today and included is a summary page that suggests that my Equifax FICO credit score is 667.
Can someone please explain the disparity between the 2 scores? Notably, I have read several posts which suggest that there are lots of differing scoring models. However, the summary page from Discoer suggests that the score of 667 is my FICO credit score derived from Equifax. If this was a different scoring model, I wouldn't expect for a company like Discover to claim that it is a FICO score when indeed it is not for legality reasons.
Did the letter tell you what the score range was? This will help ID which socre they pulled. Some FICO scores are industry enhanced which have a different score range
Thanks for the response. It suggests that "scores range from a low of 300 to a high of 850.
myFICO is the consumer division of FICO. Since its introduction 20 years ago, the FICO® Score has become a global standard for measuring credit risk in the banking, mortgage, credit card, auto and retail industries. 90 of the top 100 largest U.S. financial institutions use the FICO Score to make consumer credit decisions.
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Weeks after we reported that Minecraft Xbox 360's 1.8.2 patch was "weeks" away, 4J has Tweeted that there are still, in fact, weeks to go. Awww.
It's not all bad news, however. If we're reading the hints correctly, studio technology boss Paddy Burns recently managed to persuade Epic's Cliff Bleszinski to dress up as a Creeper. There's a picture. Certainly makes a change from that one of him holding the Lancer, doesn't it?
"We're still working on 1.8.2," reads the Tweet in full. "A few things left to add, more work on the Creative Mode interface, then lots of test. Still weeks away..."
This is one of the toughest, tricksiest Minecraft updates, not simply rebalancing the existing play of tools and materials but folding in the enormities of Creative Mode. New to Creative Mode? In a nutshell, it gives you infinite blocks and the power of flight. Just one of several forthcoming Minecraft features that will totally change the game.
"We are trying to do updates bit by bit but this particular update happens to be quite a substantial one," head of research and development Richard Reavy told his followers on Tuesday. Other confirmed features include new Easter eggs for Tutorial World, an experience system, Superflat Worlds and chainmail.
While you wait, why not try out one of our favourite Minecraft Xbox 360 world seeds? Or, if you think your realm is a cut above, submit it as a possible OXM Minecraft World of the Week?


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Prometheus Fnac Exclusive Pre-Order Box Set (French)
A Prometheus box set is now on sale but it doesn't contain the film outright; only the gift card to purchase it when it hit stores this October. Below you'll find a list of things included in this set which is, by the way, exclusive to Fnac, a French entertainment retail chain.
* Gift card Fnac worth € 29.99 for the purchase of Combo Blu-Ray 2D / 3D + DVD in October
* Prometheus Official T-Shirt (Size M)
* Lithograph by HR Giger and 2 artworks in A4 paper Kraft
* 8 exclusive photos of the film 8x12cm
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Candy Crush, the new game of mobile world
Beware; the next post could make you to install a game on your mobile highly addictive. We talk about Candy Crush, the "worst" game world. The concept is simple, is the classic game where you have to join groups of three candies of the same color to be eliminate.
However, it has a variant that makes it a unique game and the social component of the last big hits. In addition, that Candy Crush is somewhat different. It is one of those games that you think its complete nonsense until he decides to try to start to lose valuable time of your life. In addition, I proceed to explain clearly.
Candy Crush is a game where we have five lives. When we overcome a level, move to the next and everything is equal. However, when we do not get over it, we lose a life, and that is when your real life begins to expire. Five opportunities to lose the level. Once that has happened, we cannot keep playing until another life. when we win another life? Each is won on the half hour, so we have to wait. Although we can also choose to pay and earn a living directly, and it is precisely that survives Candy Crush.
In Candy Crush there is only one type of game, but the best is when you connect with Facebook, as we can see at what level reached by our contacts. Thus, the component is added to want to overcome, which means that, again, get lives into something even more essential. In any case, it's best to download and install it, because a priori is completely free and you need not pay.


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Diet 101: Wheat Belly Diet
by Toby Amidor in Diets & Weight Loss, October 26, 2012
Here''s a look at the newest diet being promoted on the "popular diet book" table in book stores around the country. But is eliminating any and all wheat the healthiest way to lose weight?
If you're walking around with a gut—it's no longer called a "beer belly" but rather a "wheat belly"—or so says William Davis, MD, the creator of this diet. He claims that whole-wheat grain has become unhealthy due to over-breeding and modification over time. In addition, wheat and processed foods made with wheat are like opiate drugs and eating bread is just like taking crack. The theory is that wheat promotes high blood sugar which though a series of reactions, causes the body to accumulate more visceral fat.
The Plan
Wheat isn't the only bad boy in this diet. Many other foods are either eliminated or eaten in limited quantities such as fruit, starchy veggies, whole grains, legumes, dried fruit, corn starch and corn meal. Three meals a day are encouraged without any snacks.
So what can you eat? Here's the basic list:
In unlimited quantities:
- Veggies (except potatoes and corn)
- Raw nuts and seeds
- Oils
- Meats and eggs
- Cheese
- Non-sugary condiments (like mustard and salsa)
- Ground flaxseed
- Avocados, olives, coconut
- Spices
- Unsweetened cocoa
In limited quantities:
- Dairy (except cheese)
- Fruit
- Whole corn (like on the cob)
- Fruit juice
- Non-wheat, non-gluten grains (like quinoa, amaranth, and rice)
- Beans, peas, and lentils
- Soy products (fermented soy products preferred)
Unlike other diet plans, there is basically one phase: toss out all your wheat foods and go cold turkey. Once you go wheat free, the author claims that the pounds will come right off and you'll immediately feel better. Fasting, defined as drinking water only, is highly recommended for several days or even weeks at a time.
The Costs
The website (with its grotesque weight loss transformation of bikini-clad women) is free and has a recipe library, success stories, blog, and links to the Wheat Belly book, which sells for about $26.00. Other costs associated with the diet include the money lost when you toss all your wheat products and the notion of completely eliminating any sweets or processed goods FOREVER. There is no going back or reintroducing these banned foods into your diet.
The Good
- Whole foods are recommended on this plan including nuts and vegetables.
- No calorie counting necessary.
- Frying and fried foods are discouraged.
- The notion that processed foods like cookies, cakes, and other such processed foods are overly consumed and contribute many unnecessary calories in our diet.
The Not-So-Good
- Many statements made by the author can be refuted or are controversial as seen in this in-depth analysis written by Dr. Julie Jones.
- Many healthy foods are eliminated or significantly decreased including whole grains, fruits, and legumes (beans, peas and lentils). Many nutrients and variety is also limited or eliminated from the diet.
- It is virtually impossible to follow this plan while traveling or dining out.
- Going cold turkey isn't an effective way to teach someone good habits. Many folks will stop this diet just as quickly as they started it.
- Fasting for prolonged periods of time is unhealthy and unsafe.
The Bottom Line:
Although the creator of this plan is very motivating and convincing, this diet is just plain unrealistic and unhealthy. Every food (even wheat) can have a place in your healthy eating plan.
TELL US: Have you tried the Wheat Belly Diet?
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VIENNA, Va., December 6, 2013 – Tomorrow's the day. Wolf Trap kicks off the DC area's holiday season Saturday evening, December 7, at the Filene Center with its free, annual Holiday Sing-A-Long.
The 2013 edition of this traditional family event includes a performance by The President's Own, the United States Marine Band, which will perform Christmas and Hanukkah favorites, frequently inviting the audience to sing along with them. Along with the Marine Band, local choral and vocal groups from across the Metro DC area will also perform.
The Holiday Sing-A-Long began back in 1968 when Wolf Trap's founder, Catherine Filene Shouse (1896-1994), invited local church choirs to her home to sing Christmas carols and share in holiday cheer. Since then, it has grown significantly, welcoming thousands of families and a multitude of volunteer singers from community churches and choral groups who fill the house at the Filene Center each year.
Choruses participating in this year's Sing-A-Long include the Capital Accord Chorus, Colvin Run Elementary School, Forestville High School, Good Shepherd United Methodist Chancel Choir, High Point High School Chorus, Idylwood Presbyterian Church Choir, Longfellow Middle School, Mount Vernon High School Melodious Majors, Mt. Zion Chancel Choir, St. Theresa School, Trinity Presbyterian Westminster Choir, and the UUCA TrUUbadours.
And by the way, did we mention that this event is free?
That said, there's another reason for celebrating the season, one that's exemplified by the Marine Corps' annual "Toys for Tots" drive which is also an integral part of this annual event.
Every Christmas season, "Toys for Tots" invites individuals and families to remember that others, due to loss of work, medical emergencies and other unfortunate occasions, may not be enjoying a very merry Christmas. It's particularly hard on the little ones who won't find any presents under this year's tree, even as their friends and neighbors might be enjoying theirs.
"Toys for Tots" helps to light up these little disappointed faces each year, but the program always needs our help. If you and your family want to join in the effort, all the Marines ask is that you bring a new, unwrapped toy to the Wolf Trap Holiday Sing-A-Long and drop it off in the designated area at the Filene Center entrance.
As always, donations are not a requirement for admission, of course. But any help you and your family can provide will be greatly appreciated.
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So bring along a candle—or more, if your entire family is coming— and perhaps a small Christmas bell or two, and join the tradition of exiting the Filene Center with a candlelight processional during the final verse of "Silent Night."
Other holiday favorites included in this year's program will range from "O Come, All Ye Faithful" and "Let it Snow" to "Hanukkah Dance" and "Dreidel." Warm up those vocal cords so you'll be able to join your voice with hundreds of others as everyone celebrates this holiday season together.
The weatherman has promised that the bulk of this weekend's unpleasant winter weather will hold off until Sunday, with, at worst, a light dusting of snow flurries Saturday evening. So why not make plans to start your holiday season off right by heading off to Wolf Trap tomorrow night.
Again, the Sing-A-Long is a free, non-ticketed event, presented by Wolf Trap Foundation to benefit the community. The program begins December 7 at 4 p.m. and is scheduled to conclude at 5:30.
Gates to the Filene Center open at 3 pm. Parking is free. The Wolf Trap Metro shuttle bus will not be running for this event. Concessions will be open with holiday beverages and snacks available for purchase.
To get you in the holiday spirit, we'll leave you with short video highlights from Wolf Trap's 2011 Sing-A-Long:
Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
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CELEBRATING LIFE IN RECOVERY on 3ABN TV
Cheri Peters is the host of Celebrating Life in Recovery, aired internationally on 3ABN TV. On this television program we boldly face the fact that things are not ok in our lives. Even the "normal" population struggles with deep issues. Divorce, anger, depression, traumatic stress, grief, resentment, perfectionism, eating disorders, workaholism, and other dysfunctions reveal that something isn't right inside. Others battle the darker issues of addiction to drugs and alcohol, abuse, molest, suicidal thoughts, and self-injury.
To make matters worse, especially within the church, we don't want to talk about this stuff. And that's a problem because if we don't talk about it, if we don't acknowledge it to ourselves, each other, and God, we can never escape the mess or heal. Healing happens in relationship. We need to stop hiding, stop pretending everything is fine. We need to strip off the facade and say it out loud.
God says, "I know about all your junk and I want to heal you anyway" (Isaiah 57:18). He says He delights in our recovery. As Cheri reminds viewers on every show, "Always remember that God is crazy about you...me too!" God wants to give us a life so incredible that we wouldn't trade it for anything.
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Chris Falk, vice president of Washington Fruit & Produce Co., said retailers expect cherries to be readily available for Fourth of July promotions.
But some frost damage and spotty pollinating weather has made exact predictions for June difficult, he said.
"We anticipate that supplies in July will be good, so we are encouraging retailers to promote heavily post-July Fourth as well," he said.
One shipper said the crop may nearly match last year's record output.
The state may produce about 22 million cartons of cherries this year, according to Roger Pepperl, marketing director for Stemilt Growers.
With rising cherry production in the state, Pepperl said there is quality inflation.
"Most people aren't packing 12-row anymore," he said. "Getting that fruit out of there is a good thing."
The typical cherry harvest moves from Matawa and the Tri-Cities to the Yakima Valley, followed by Oregon and the later districts.
"If it gets too warm in a later district, those cherries will come on top of earlier ones, and that can make a little bit of a challenge in packing and selling," he said. "Right now it is shaping up to be a great season," Clement said.
U.S. retailers have plenty of motivation to pay attention to cherries, Thurlby said.
Thurlby said the Northwest shipping season overlap with California cherries last year was 22 days, up from 10 days of overlap in 2011. Less overlap is expected with California this year, he said.
Thurlby predicts the Northwest will have nearly 7 million cartons of cherries in June this year, up from 5 million cartons in June 2012.
July may yield shipments of about 10 million cartons, down from 13 million cartons last year he said. August shipments of cherries from the Northwest may total 2 million to 3 million cartons, which is down from 4.6 million cartons a year ago.
Even with the stronger early crop this year, Thurlby said that the challenge for the Northwest is to get retailers in the U.S. and around the world to continue to promote cherries throughout the summer.
"The Northwest cherry deal is not a June and early July deal. This year it is a June, July and first two weeks of August deal," he said.
The Northwest industry shipped 4.5 million cartons of fruit in August last year. That was down from 5.1 million boxes shipped in August 2011, but up sharply from August shipments of just 1.5 million cartons in 2006 and a paltry 240,000 cartons in 1999.
Using five field merchandisers, a couple of whom the group shares with Chilean cherry exporters, the Northwest Cherry Growers connect with key retail accounts, Thurlby said. Northwest Cherry Growers weights it $1.6 million plus in domestic promotions toward the back end of the season, in late July and early August.


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Little Nemo In Slumberland from Taschen :)
Hello everyone
I'm back again and I have another batch of books So the problem continues and I'm excited because I got the massive Little Nemo in Slumberland reprint from Taschen and it's not only massive but a very gorgeous book. It comes with a compendium book with a history of Little Nemo and his creator Winsor McKay, written by Alexander Braun, which will take me a while to read considering I have so many other books to read. Fortunately I already looked through the Previews and the next order looks like it should be a light one, lol, if you only knew how many times I've told myself that after looking through the catalog and then finding out I ended up purchasing more books because it was light from my usual sources so I decided to experiment with other titles only making my problem worse Now of course I hope all of you understand that I say problem with a smile because it really isn't one in the sense that I'm doing damage to myself, but rather that I'm running out of shelf space and I don't want to have to place anything in storage or resort to having to keep them in long boxes. Once again thank you all for supporting the Oswald Chronicles and Tall Tails and please continue doing so by voting for them on topwebcomics.com
Before I get to a couple of reading suggestions here's a look at an Oswald page for the next story coming up as well a page from a story that will not appear on the site for some time to come Let me know what you think?
Anyway onward and forward to some reading suggestions, with last month's books I got a copy of Fantastic Four Omnibus vol. 2 by Jonathan Hickman and various artists. I have to say various because there are a lot of them. Now in the past I have done reviews and to be honest I hate doing them because on occasion there comes along a book that just needs to have the literary shit kicked out of it for one reason or another and I hate beating up on other people's children. Now many feel that it's a kind of service one provides by warning others to stay away from these books. I would rather not do that and just give my suggestions for books that I enjoyed. Like this book and the first volume. Now the first volume is interesting because it starts out slow very slow and at first I didn't know if I would like it so I kept on reading, about 1/3rd of the way through I found myself enjoying the book due to Hickman's insane concepts and ideas. I loved the league of Reed Richards, the building of a school of super geniuses, Kree and Inhuman interactions and war, Doctor Doom saving the day, Johnny Storm taking over the Negative Zone and then getting voted out as its leader and just tons of other things that went on. Was it perfect, no but what is. The real question was it fun? If you enjoy the Fantastic Four then I would say this is a must read, if you haven't read the FF since the John Byrne run much like myself then I would say you'll probably enjoy this.
The other book I received is Thor vol.1 by Jason Aaron, Esad Ribic, and Jaskson Guice. Now I myself am a huge fan of Walter Simonson's run on Thor and I never thought I would find a story to rival that one but I think Jason Aaron and co. have done just that by presenting us with not 1 Thor but 3, from 3 different times in his life. We have young wild Thor who thinks of nothing but fighting women and mead, then there's Avengers Thor the one we all know and love, and finally we have all Father Thor who has ruled over Asgard for millennia. I love the beginning of this story with a little girl on some far off planet who heard of Thor and his exploits during his gallivanting around the galaxy with the Avengers during the Infinity series of stories (another book by Hickman that was a lot of fun). Her world is barren and hasn't had rain fall in years, her and her people will die if they do not have rain so she prays to Thor who answers her and brings rain to her world for the first time in a long time. Thor has some mead with the locals where he discovers that the local pantheon of gods has been MIA for some time, so long so that they are just considered children's stories which Thor takes as an affront but instead of smashing the guy who tells him this like young Thor would have he instead goes looking for the missing deities. That's the set up and the rest is golden as he finds himself confronting a god killer who hates gods and loves for nothing more than their slaughter. Lots of fun and I'm looking forward to more from Jason Aaron and co.
Until next time, thank you and please help the Oswald Chronicles and Tall Tails by voting for them on topwebcomics.com
Best JD Calderon
I have a problem. Do you have one?
Hello Everyone
I would like to start out by thanking everyone who's been supporting the Oswald Chronicles and Tall Tails. Also please vote for both books on Topwebcomics.com it does help
Now on to my concern, I have a problem, a compulsion some may say to consistently order my monthly fix of trade paperbacks and hard covers from Previews. It's strange because I get my monthly order in one shot and for the last few months I've been questioning my ordering habits with an eye to cutting down how many books I order in a month. The main reason for that is because I don't have time to read them all. Now mind you I spend about an hour to an hour and half every night reading anywhere from 100 – 200 pages and I still can't keep up. What's even worse is that I feel like I'm doing a disservice to myself and the creators of these fine works (for the most part) by not giving myself the time to really peruse the art and mull the stories being dished out to me. The other issue I have is that I have so many comics to read I haven't read a prose book in well over 11 months and this is a disconcerting to a guy who at one time read a book every few days for years, but between television, films, my own writing the internet, that godforsaken thing I do daily called the day job (it's really not that bad I'm being overly dramatic:), and the internet, I have very little time left to just kick back and read the way I once did. There are also several new projects that I'm looking to launch early next year that will put an even further squeeze on my time will most certainly cause me to curtail my purchasing and it's a shame really because there are more quality books being produced now than I think I've ever seen in comics, but what can one do there's only so much time that can be dedicated to any one thing. Well maybe I can just start saving my money and do that one crazy wild thing I've always wanted to do and commission Arthur Adams to do an Oswald cover for me now that would be something What would you do?
This set is from my latest order 19 books
Some good news is that we just received a proof of the Tall Tails hardcover brick that holds all 20 issues of the first story arc. We're looking to hold a KS campaign next year to produce more of these.
Once again if you can please vote for The Oswald Chronicles and Tall Tails on topwebcomics.com
Thank you for your time.
JD Calderon
JD Interview
Hello everyone
It's been too long since I've done one of these and I have to get back into the swing of doing at least one of these a week
I've been working on a bunch of things mostly Oswald related but there's also some Tall Tails news on the horizon. But for now here's an interview I did with Donovan Goines for his magazine/website a few years back. I updated some of the info so it's current.
I'm also putting in some images for future Oswald stories, enjoy
Please let me know what you think and support the site by voting for it on Top Web Comics.
Now on to the interview
The Oswald Chronicles and Tall Tails are published by the creative team of Dream Weaver Press. These stories have that feel of Mouse Guard, The Never Ending Story, Tellos, and many more fantastic characters. One of the men behind Oswald Chronicles is JD Calderon who is the writer of this and many more. We are going to into the mind of what it takes to create a graphic novel and also discover what Dream Weaver is all about.
Q: When did you realize you wanted to be a writer?
JD: It was early on probably around the age of 8.
Q: How did you come into this field?
JD: I started self-publishing in the early 90's. I was a huge fan of the indy boom (which eventually became the black and white glut) of the mid 80's and it was due to this explosion of indy books that made me want to create my own books.
Q: What were the motivations you were creating Oswald Chronicles for Dream Weaver Press?
JD: The impetus to create Oswald happened when I was working professionally as a writer in the mid-nineties. I was writing anywhere from 3-4 books a month but I worked fast and would have a great deal of down time, so I needed and wanted something to fill that time with and Oswald became that thing, but at the time the series was in prose and wouldn't be seen as a comic until about 2005.
Q: Knowing your books are a far cry from what is out there on the market, why not just create superhero style?
JD: Are you saying Oswald is not a super hero? I'm joking of course, but the main reason is that the market is over saturated with them. Don't get me wrong I love a great super hero comic from time to time but when you're looking at the big two specifically it becomes one big messy soap opera for middle aged men. The only real difference is that these soap opera characters drop cars on one another regularly. I also feel that much of what's done in the mass market is done with little or no heart. There's plenty of testosterone in those books but very little heart and one without the other leaves me listless and wanting more. I love seeing guys bash each other over the head now and again but give me books like Sandman, Fables, Unwritten and Lock & Key and I'll leave those costumed kids behind every time.
Q: DWP has been in the market for some time now but I have noticed you have gone from print to Digital Reader; why is that?
JD: It's an experiment. When I first started we were all print, because that's all there was at the time and we loved it and we still do. All of our books do eventually end up in print and I've worked on two successful Kickstarter campaigns to get the first and second Oswald trades in print. A few years ago I saw the rise of the webcomic and just like the indy boom of the 80's I said yea that's something I want to participate in.
Q: Coming across these titles is remarkable on how creative you can become as a writer, but you're doing just more than one title correct?
JD: Currently I'm working on The Oswald Chronicles and Tall Tails. Those two projects are taking up all of my time at the moment but I have about a dozen other ideas screaming in the back of my mind that wish to get worked on. If things go well maybe we'll see some of those sooner rather than later, but rest assured they will come.
Q: With Oswald Chronicles you have created a collective of really unique characters from Oswald, Diane, Ordith, Dofon, and etc… How long did it take you to conceive each one?
JD: Minutes, and I hate putting it like that but it's true. When I first came up with Oswald he wasn't supposed to be the main emphasis of the story he was just supposed to be some enigmatic little mouse in the center of Manhattan telling these strange stories. The first story I wrote with Oswald in it, The Park Avenue Mall War, is the story about Diane who only comes out during the day has a war with Ordith who only comes out at night and the strange dichotomy it makes in Oswald's life since he's friends to both of them. As far as the conception of each character I'm the type of writer that just jumps into a story and whatever happens, happens. I needed a troll, I needed a warrior fairy and I created them they happened to be Diane and Ordith and I liked them enough that I kept them around. Now at that point it's my job to continue and build on them and their mythology, who are they, where are they from, what motivates them etc. So that's it I don't really take a long time to carefully construct each character instead I give them all stories or rather I let those characters whisper their stories in my ear and I allow them to build themselves.
Q: Who is the artist right now that is working on Oswald Chronicles, for those who are not familiar?
JD: The artist is the awesome Jade Gonzalez, but there have been others like my good friend Matt Lundsford and the greatest artist I know because I sleep next to her every night Daphne Lage
Q: It's amazing the detail you constructed in your writing for this world in turn where do you find the time?
JD: It's been done over several years, one painstaking line at a time, but to be honest with you it's an illusion a grand one. I always try to write my stories with a sense of history, even if they don't have one at the time, but it's always there and if you tell the story and you let it guide you you'll find it. At least that's how it works for me.
Q: Did you realize that the market was changing with the success of more indie publishers such as IDW, Image, Fantagraphics?
JD: It's something I've seen and been hoping for, for a long time. And for someone who's never sought work at either of the big two it's gratifying.
Q: It seems there are many more options for self-publishing through digital means these days, but do you see the digital taking over the paper press?
JD: I think it will one day overtake a majority of the sales in the market. While print will be relegated to high end collectables to show off to friends and family and only be for the true hard cores within the fan base.
Q: What was your reaction to going digital?
JD: It's interesting being so close to the people who are actually consuming my work. Before I would get the odd letter from a fan here and there or at a show people would come up to me and say how much they like my work, but now they can just let me know if they approve or disapprove right on the spot and I love it.
Q: So is Oswald Chronicles going to be an ongoing series?
JD: The Oswald Chronicles just like Tall Tails has an ending but it's just getting there is going to take some time because there are a bunch of aspects to Oswald's life that I've only barely touched upon. Like his second and third lives and how they impact his current one. Currently I'm making an effort to connect the dots in his life. Many of my readers have mentioned how there are huge gaps between the stories so I'm beginning to fill in those gaps. I'm beginning with "My First Day" and filling in all of the stories that lead up to "I was There and I Remember" the stories are important obviously "My First Day" is Oswald's beginning but "I was There and I Remember" is the story where Oswald first steps into his second life which happens in dream.
Q: With the understanding of the market today there are some who would say that there should be more books geared towards children. Others might say otherwise where do you stand on this as a writer and/or publisher?
JD: I read plenty of books when I was a child and I think there's plenty of material there for everyone you just have to look for it. Now if we're talking exclusively about comics I may be the wrong person to ask since as a kid I was reading Son of Satan, Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, and Frank Miller's Daredevil. So the whole Archie Veronica, Micky Mouse comics always left me a little cold. But I feel there's plenty of room for everything at all levels and so long as it's done with honesty and care.
Q: How long does the process take for the book set up to for the printers?
JD: Once the actual work is done and lettered it typically takes anywhere from a month to a few days to get quotes and another month or so to set everything up to move out to the printers. Working as I do now mainly digital and doing my own printing, when I can, which is often, it can take up to a week to get everything together and printed up. It all depends on what I'm looking to do and what type of printing I'm aiming for. Offset printing will take longer and digital will take less time.
Q: Who was your biggest influence ?
JD: I have a bunch of them and I can't honestly say that any one is bigger than the others so here are the top guys on my list in no particular order.
For writing prose: Roger Zelazny, H.P. Lovecraft, Frank Herburt, Dennis L. Mckernian, Harlan Ellison, Isaac Asimov, Fritz Leiber, Clive Barker and many, many more.
For comics: Frank Miller, Alan Moore, Bill Mantlo, Walter Simonson, Dave Sim, Matt Wagner, Bill Willingham, Neal Gaiman, Roy Thomas, JM DeMatias and again many more that are slipping my mind.
Q: Right on. How about video games? While I'm not eager to date myself, I've got to say that the first time I laid eyes on your anthropomorphic characters I experienced a 16-bit Breath of Fire II flashback from those halcyon days of yore when Super Nintendo reigned supreme.
JD: No, I can't say that I was influenced by any video games. The Diablo series of games I would say would be the only line of games that I can say interested me enough to stick around and it's because of that series of games I don't play video games any more. I can be obsessive at times and I was with Diablo II and I had to make the hard decision to give up on video games to have more time to write.
Q: Many years ago, Dreamweaver Press was known as Golden Realm Unlimited. What brought about the change?
JD: GRU was our genesis, it's where we learned how to create comics and Dream Weaver Press is myself and my partner in crime Daphne Lage moving on. When we were GRU we were working with a bunch of close friends many of whom moved on to other fields within the art world, while Daphne and I kept on with comics and graphic storytelling.
Q: You've been publishing steadily for a long time. What was the toughest year you can remember, and why?
JD: Probably the year we came to the conclusion Golden Realm Unlimited had to be shut down, and that had more to do with all of us growing up and realizing that it was tough to make a buck as indy guys and how we wanted to make something of ourselves. Now that means different things for different people for me I wanted to create comics and I continued, the others moved on to TV broadcasting, CG effects for Hollywood films, architecture, advertising, and medical illustration.
Q: While the title "self-publisher" surely describes you well, you have also spent some time working for others in a professional capacity. You've worked on some adult comics, and also on manga projects like Tenchi Muyo! Could you briefly describe a day in the adult comic industry?
JD: There really wasn't much to it to be honest with you. I would get up write and send it in for approval. That was about it. What's more interesting was how I got the job. Now at the time GRU had been dissolved, Daphne and I had promised to keep Tall Tails going while the others went on their way. Now the intrepid Matt Lundsford went off and got a job illustrating a book for another indy press which he wasn't happy doing because the pay wasn't steady and the story wasn't something he was enjoying, so he was looking for more work and he was approached by CPM to illustrate an adult book. I remember when he first told me about it I looked down my nose at him with a sneer and said adult comics, the nerve! I look back at that time and laugh at how naïve I was, because a few months later he approached me and told me they were looking for a writer to produce original stories for the line, and at the time I was thinking of getting a real job, oh the dread. I thought about it for about 3 seconds and I told him to through my name in the hat, I got the interview and on the strength of the work we did at GRU they gave me the job. Now all of that may sound pretty pedestrian but what I find interesting about the whole thing is that I got the job for some prior work, but I really got the job because I was brought in, which is how I think many positions are filled on company owned books.
Q: And lastly, are you truly the king of one dollar poker tables?
JD: I was for about two years, I have to take that down, because I haven't played a round in a few years. I stopped because it was eating away at my promotion and writing time, but the real nail in the coffin was the US government coming in and shutting down those sites. It's a shame really because I was able to fund some of the books from my winnings. I just hope someday they legalize it and maybe I'll start playing again. We'll see.
Thank you for your time.
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Wordpress the program we use to update the site has been acting wonkie at best the last couple of days. So I've been manually updating. I'm on vacation so late updates may happen, but I'm still watching. Just to let you guys know we're at Florida supercon this weekend so if you're in the area come on by and say hello
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As you can see the site is back up and I attempted to back date it and kind of missed the mark so it's going to take a week or so to get back to where we were.
On top of that the site is pretty much new, so everyone who wants to comment will have to wait for me to approve them again. This had to be done because we literally had tens of thousands of spam hits a week.
On top of that we're only 10 days away from the end of the current Kickstarter campaign and now is the time to jump on if you want to help this strip survive, so please come on board and get yourself a book
Thank you all for enduring this with us and please vote for us on Topwebcomics.com
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As a routine matter of delivering care, billing for services and operating their hospitals and physician practices, healthcare providers deal with patient's protected health information all day, every day. Dealing with the data becomes routine and it's easy for sometimes onerous security and privacy policies and procedures to be overlooked. While we'd all like that not to be the case, delivering healthcare (and getting paid for it) is a hugely complex undertaking and focusing exclusively on human processes and calling for constant vigilance and attention to detail can only go so far. (more…)
Lean Architecture
Lean management practices have been applied in recent years to virtually all business functions and processes, including of course Lean Integration. IT architecture is no exception. But what exactly does a Lean Architecture look like and how could you measure its "leanness"? Since there is no generally accepted definition lean architecture, and since I won't bore you with mine, it might be easier to describe what a non-lean architecture looks like. Or to ask it differently, what are some non-lean approaches to architecture? (more…)
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In March of last year I posted a blog here entitled: The Achilles Heel Of Cloud Computing – Data Integration. "In fact, what currently limits the number of cloud deployments is the lack of a clear understanding of data integration in the context of cloud computing. This is a rather easy problem to solve, but it's often an afterthought."
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Who's Fault Is It If Your Integration Factory Is Not Performing?
The CIO of GT Inc. (the fictitious name of a real company) met with his middleware vendor rep to deliver some depressing news.
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An enduring challenge in the software industry is establishing a standard unit of measurement that expresses the amount of business functionality in a given information system so that questions like these can be addressed. Most organizations have not adopted a formal measure, but of those that have, the most widely accepted measure is function points which were defined by Allan Albrecht in 1979[1]. But are function points an effective metric for integration projects? (more…)
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Informatica has been involved in many high value application consolidation projects and naturally our perspective is all about the data – we are interested in its quality, its lineage, its size and shape and how it correlates from one application to another. We provide a range of services to help our customers with this. This is all very important but we also need to think about the larger picture: the application servers, the database servers, shared infrastructure and storage.
Automated [IT infrastructure] discovery is a kind of holy grail – the idea is that you detect all of the servers and inter-server communications happening within a data centre, and somehow you can auto-magically infer business applications and services and all their dependencies. As is so often the case the reality is somewhat more complex – what you actually need to do is then apply lots of filters and human refinements to remove a vast amount of noise so that you end up with a useful and usable model.
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So, we were delighted to receive an accolade recently in regard to our professional service organization. We were awarded the honor of being "best of the best" in SPI Research's annual survey. This is very important to us, since I think it reflects our commitment to you – by focusing on differentiating ourselves by delivering the best possible service at all times. You can find the press release announcing the award here. (more…)
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Informatica offers a platform comprising eight critical technology areas that together help drive business value through trustworthy, actionable strategic information assets. These are Enterprise Data Integration (to integrate fragmented data across an enterprise); Cloud Data Integration (to control data off-premise); B2B Data Exchange (to share data with trading partners); Ultra Messaging (to deliver data at incredibly fast speeds); Application ILM (to manage the growing volumes of data); Data Quality (to ensure you can trust your data); Complex Event Processing (to enable you to act automatically on your data) and Master Data Management (to allow you to govern your data).
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This is not just about taking a training course. This is far more than just that – it is about leveraging the power of the Informatica community, understanding what data integration technology can do, how it works and how to implement projects with industry best practices. Clearly we still have work to do in order to better communicate the great strides that we have made in these areas – for example, many people do not realize that we wrote the book on Integration Competency Centers, and are leading the industry in driving Lean Integration practices – we wrote that book too.
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- Posted by prettypetals GA 7 (My Page) on Tue, Oct 8, 13 at 21:02
Well dang!! Interesting thread!! Guess I will just spray some liquid fence once they start nibbling. Thanks |
Deer--VERMIN--will not only eat camellia leaves, here in northern Virginia they will gnaw every last leaf off of young plants. You've gotta cover with mesh or the poor things need to make all new leaves in the spring. This past winter was the surprise: NoVA deer will even eat rhododendron leaves. |
Some deer are resistant even to the very toxic Kalmias. But there seems to be curious variability. As nearby as the suburbs of Philadelphia, people on the rhodo yahoo group say that deer will eat any and all rhododendrons. OTOH, my deer won't even take a bite of my rhododendrons or azaleas, barring one species, the Japanese R. kaempferi. But they haven't even liked that in the past year or so. Some cultivars of camellia they've periodically browsed, some they never have. It's odd. Deer behaviorists say they don't eat grass, but I'm convinced that by leaving the grass and some brush in a semi-swampy area of my yard high all winter, they eat that rather than my plants. I just can't believe that for a ruminant, lush native grasses and forbs aren't more desirable than lignin-filled, poisonous Ericaceae branches. Even if they can be detoxified, they still have to spend metabolic energy doing so. The most serious problem I've had w/deer in the past couple years are: 1) rutting against small to medium sized trees - one just knocked a whippy 6' Magnolia 'Vulcan' over, I think I righted it in time and 2) "sampling" small plants. They almost always seem to reject/spit out the plant, but if you're talking about something that is 4" high, that can be the entire top growth they destroy. It's the same with rabbits. There seems to be few ornamental plants they actually like the taste of. But they can be very destructive with their sampling. Longterm we really should do something about these antlered rats - like exterminating them from all but a few reserves - because they are irreparably harming what's left of fragile native ecosystems. Unfortunately, the hunting lobby insists that they be relatively easy to hunt, to satisfy their blood lust, and the moronic Bambi lobby goes apesh-t every time a municipality tries to control them. If New York City didn't kill its rats, they would be knee high and eating people's children and small pets. New York City is not a "natural" environment; but neither is the eastern third of the country in its entirety, and without higher predators that used to control them, deer are destroying native plant and animal communities. |
Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/19/opinion/why-bambi-must-go.html
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Unanimis: ?Smartphones are used to kill time, tablets are for saving time?
TabTimes, 14 Nov 2011
Orange subsidiary Unanimis advises advertisers to target affluent older consumers for tablet advertising and recommends that firms start building channels to cater for M-commerce.
Will King is from Unanimis, a UK-based advertising company which clients include theAA.com, thetrainline.com and Match.com. Unanimis has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orange since August 2009.
The company provides research data on mobile advertising and King revealed some of the latest statistics when speaking at an Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) event in London late last week.
At present, 41% of the UK market consumes media on a smartphone, versus 7% for tablet, with King claiming that tablets are for older, more affluent people. ?This is where you should be looking, as advertisers?, said the Unanimis spokesman.
King?s study also highlighted a disparity on data for smartphone and tablet owners. He said that 100% of UK smartphone owners have 3G connectivity, compared to just 24% of tablet owners. King explained that this explains why people consume 95% of tablet content in the home, and just 18% on the bus or train.
?We think that smartphones are used to kill time, while tablets are to save time?, said King. The Unaminis spokesman said that, as a result of the rise of the tablet, 70% of consumers use their PC less, but stressed that the tablet is purely complementary to the smartphone.
King also advised advertisers to develop a product for M-commerce as he said that that 61% of people pay for something on their tablet, compared to 28% for smartphone users.
Unanimis sampled mobile behaviour use for the report, which noted tablets for the first time this year, thanks to the increase of critical mass. The data officially launches of 29th November.
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Please help me.
I bought many houseplants when I moved into my house in April. Since, then almost all have one by one died. This starts with the leaves becoming extremely soggy and turning yellow, on all of the plants. Could it because the house is a little damp or because of bugs??
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Sounds like you may be over-watering which is sometimes easy to do. Many plants like to dry out or, at least partially dry out before adding anymore water. The only thing I can say is, you might want to do some research on the plants your interested in "before" buying them, or ask someone here how they take care of a particulair plant as far as light and water requirements. The picture is a little small, but it looks like it might be a Schefflera, aka, Umbrella tree.They like some direct sun and to dry out between waterings. Billy Rae |
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