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ths,but what is the Amazon Public Key?
How To Get Amazon Secret Key and Amazon API Key (Access Key ID)
For many Amazon plugins and third party add-ons you would need the Amazon API Key and Amazon Secret Key.
In order to get that sign up to the account using Amazon AWS Portal Developer link. Once you signup you would get a email with various links to access your account. This is the general account front page you would get after you sign in.
On this page, you would get the link for Security Credentials. Under Security Credentials, you would get the 'Access Keys' and all the important fields corresponding to your developer account.
And you are now ready with your access keys.
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I have been looking for that api key for hours and still cannot find it. They must call it something else. Where on that screen shot does it say api key? Is it the access key?


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Everyone involved in Martial Arts gains…. whether from the enjoyment of increasing one's Athletic and Martial Arts Skills while learning The Science of Fighting, from the many health and appearance benefits of Physical Training and Fitness, from gaining The Mental Edges of Confidence, Discipline and Inner Peace, to the personal Challenges of Competition; if one chooses to do so in your studio, local tournaments or even the stage of Ultimate Fighting. No matter what aspect one desires, martial arts training is beneficial and attractive for anyone who desires to build their mind, body and spirit. – Saya Phil Ross
BGS, RKC, CK-FMS, CPT, Internationally Recognized Instructor, Trainer and Wrestling Coach with over 35 years of experience competing and training in the Martial Arts and Fitness.
Many people have asked me how and why I became an instructor. It can be summed up very simply. The Martial Arts and Fitness has become a way of life for me. Aside from the obvious health benefits, it has made me the man I am today. The lessons of hard work and discipline cannot be found anywhere else. The problem solving, the goal achievement and all of the dedication it takes to become successful has enabled me to overcome a multitude of adversities and reach levels of achievement and a belief in myself that would NEVER be possible without the rigors of training.
My personal, physical and spiritual gains have been so great, that I feel compelled to pass this knowledge onto others so that they too may experience what I have. There is no greater joy than to see someone persevere and achieve with the skills and knowledge that you have been able to pass onto them. I feel so strongly about the benefits of training that I have passed them onto to my family members. Witnessing my daughter attain the level of Jr. Black Belt, after 10 years of training, was one of the most memorable moments of my life. Having my son, niece and nephew training on my floor gives me great pride. I trained my younger brother for 22 years and my younger sister for over 12. It was incredible watching them grow, develop, achieve and change through their time with me. Now they are recognized internationally in the fields of Martial Arts and Fitness, respectively. It has given me great pleasure to have trained them.
There are many other very accomplished individuals that have trained and continue to train with me; The US Navy SEALs, UFC Fighters, Martial Arts School Owners, Professional Fighters, FBI Agents, DEA Agents, Police Officers, US Marines, Professional Athletes, Doctors, Attorneys, a High School Principal, Students with Special Needs, School Teachers, Computer Programmers, Wall Street moguls, moms and dads. The lessons that they learn are carried over into their everyday lives. It's an incredible feeling to receive a visit from a college student as they relay a story to you about how the lessons you taught them had such a positive impact upon their lives. When the students that I have taught positively influence and guide others with the lessons learned from training with me, there can be no bigger thrill.
The people that I have met and the friendships that I have forged from my involvement in the martial arts and fitness fields is irreplaceable. The more people that share in the same joy and peace of mind that I enjoy, the better.
Master Ross was inducted in the Martial Arts Hall of Fame and is a High School Wrestling Coach for an NJ State ranked team. He has had the good fortune of either training under and/or receiving ranks from:
- Professor Jon Collins: East/West Martial Arts Alliance/Bando
- Dr. Patrick Finely: Bando/Arnis & Shootfighting
- Frank Shamrock: Shamrock Submission Fighting
- Professor Mitch Coats: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Team Alliance
- Dr. Maung Gyi: American Bando Assoc.
- Shihan James Martin: Shotokan Karate
- Guro Dan Inosanto: Arnis (Through Patrick Finely)
- Tom Patire: CDT
- Dr. Mike Evangel: Taekwondo
- Chris Catalfo: US Wrestling Olympian
- Dave Pruzansky: Pan American Judo Champion
- Carl Cestari: Combatu Defendu Jujutsu
- Cosmo Ferro (Grandfather) – Western Boxing, Silk City Gym, Paterson, NJ
South Windsor, CT: AMMO Fight League. On Saturday, May 11th, Zack Fox of the American Eagle MMA/ Team Alliance Fight Team won two divisions and secured the Cruiserweight Submission Fighting Title Belt at the Second AMMO Fight League Championships. The tournament was heavily attended by Gracie Jiu Jitsu Schools and the American Eagle MMA fighter was the only representative from Team Alliance Jiu Jitsu. There were Professional MMA Fighters from the Bellatore as well as Team Link Jiu Jitsu fighters in attendance.
Fox finished two opponents via Submission Armbar and one by a dominant decision enroute his title belt. This is Zack's 4th Championship in a row. He won 1st at the NAGA Nationals last November, 1st palce at the NAGA World Championships in April and now the AMMO Fight League title winning first place in both Gi and No Gi Competitions.
Mennen Sports Arena, Morristown, NJ, April 20th & 21st; The North American Grappling Association: NAGA, held the the 2013 World Championships. There were teams from Poland, Brazil, China as well as the top US Teams from all over the country. Team Alliance, Gracie Jiu Jitsu, Wilkes Warriors and even the US Naval Academy entered 17 Mid-Shipmen from their Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Competition team.
American Eagle MMA & Kettlebells is proud to announce the opening of NCAA Division 1 Wrestler and NJ High State and Beast of East Champion Fred Santaite's East Coast Wrestling Academy. The ECWA is geared toward instilling the proper techniques and strategies for Grade School Wrestlers (8th grade and below) to become successful and grow in their sport. The Classes will be offered on Friday evenings from 5:30-7:00 pm and Sunday evenings from 4:00 to 6:00 pm.
About the Instructor: Fred Santaite was a decorated Captain of Boston University's Wrestling team and has an incredible wealth of coaching experience at the both the Junior and High School levels. Some of his accolades are as follows:
Boston University:Wrestling Team Member 2007-2012. (Co-Captain, 2010-2012 season). 2x NCAA Qualifier: top 12 finisher as redshirt freshman. Ranked as high as 7th in the nation. MVP of the Boston University Wrestling Team as a redshirt freshman. (2010). Wrestling Rookie of the year at Boston University for the CAA conference. (2010). Boston University's Student Athlete of the Week (March 23, 2010).
Northern Highlands Regional High School: Wrestling Team Member 2003-2007; Captain from 2005-2007; Currently 2nd All-Time Wins Leader in NHRHS history (143); 1st State Champion in NHRHS History. Athlete of the Week Honors 2006; Beast of the East National Champion 2007. Ranked as high as 4th in the United States. North Jersey 1500 WGHT (radio station) athlete of the week award (2006). YMCA J. Barry Stanford Award, presented to an athlete for outstanding achievement in high school sports (2007). Named to the Bergen County All-Decade Team for a lightweight. (2010). Named to the top 50 Greatest wrestlers of all-time from Bergen County. (2009); Fargo Nationals Freestyle and Greco Finalist (2006); 3x Fargo Nationals Greco All-American; 2x Fargo Nationals Freestyle All-American.
For additional information or to register call Coach Fred Santaite at 201-417-8314 or Miss Cathy at American Eagle MMA & Kettlebells at 201-612-1429.
Dragon Door: Did you originally try kettlebells because of your martial arts studies?
Phil Ross: I'm always looking for the best things available as far as training goes, especially concerning martial arts. I first heard about kettlebells at Frank Shamrock's place in the Summer of 2005. He mentioned that he knew someone in San Jose who was training with these cool things called kettlebells. So, he showed me a few moves at his studio in San Jose and I thought they looked interesting. Then, one of my clients, Dr. Pat Roth—a very notable neural surgeon who operated on Rutgers football player Eric LaGrande—told me about Steve Freides. Steve had recently explained to Pat how kettlebells helped to cure his back. I just kept hearing a lot about kettlebells, so I went online, bought a set from Power Systems along with the Steve Cotter Encyclopedia of Kettlebell Lifting.
I researched a little deeper and discovered that Pavel and the RKC were the "Gold Standard" for kettlebell training and certifications. From there I found Dragon Door and signed up to test for the RKC. I attended the 3 day workshop in October, 2007 and became RKC certified.
Dragon Door: Was your interest in kettlebells mostly personal at this point, or were you beginning to use them with your clients and martial arts students?
Phil Ross: I wanted to learn as much as possible, so I started buying more videos like Enter the Kettlebell. I started training myself, because there weren't too many available instructors yet. Steve was nearby, but our schedules didn't work, and I was busy teaching at my own studio. I started adding kettlebells in some of my advanced classes, and with my advanced martial arts students—wrestlers and fighters—who either wanted to take it to the next level, or were competing.
After I got my RKC certification, I started a kettlebell-only class. Now I'm running eleven kettlebell classes a week. Every Saturday morning, I have a training class especially for our certified instructors. Seven people at my studio are certified HKCs and have been training with me for quite a while.
Dragon Door: In your opinion, what are some of the best kettlebell exercises for martial artists?
Phil Ross: I like alternating cleans, swings, snatches, and any squatting motion—there are so many different squats we can do. I also like push presses for martial arts.
Dragon Door: What benefits have you experienced from kettlebell training?
Phil Ross: First of all, learning about kettlebells has expanded my own training knowledge to an incredible degree. Physically—even though I just turned 50—I'm in much better condition now, far superior to when I was simply weight training.
Luckily, I was always into bodyweight training at some level, but incorporating kettlebells has just really made me strong to the bone. It's enabled me to keep going as I get older. I have had over 300 fights (a low estimate), and injuries accumulate, but kettlebell training has helped me keep going and enabled me to keep training.
Dragon Door: Very cool. When we talked earlier, you mentioned some issues with your knees, has kettlebell training helped?
Phil Ross: Yes. On Saturday, I was single rack squatting with the Beast for sets of 5 reps. It's helped me a lot. I've had knee surgery, and currently have a torn meniscus and a torn quad tendon, but I'm healing with kettlebells. I'm not going to have another operation; I'm just training the knee and restoring it. On the injured side, I can already do a body weight pistol squat, and the single rack squats mentioned earlier.
Dragon Door: Are you still competing in martial arts?
Phil Ross: I had an injury requiring an operation on four levels of my neck in December, 2011. My doctors told me not to compete anymore, but prior to that my last competition was in NAGA, the North American Grappling Association. I had won the Battle of the Beach, a nationally rated tournament in 2010. I was almost 48 and had five fights in that tournament. I went undefeated with no one scoring against me. I competed in both the 40 and up division and the 18-29 division, and actually won a title belt for the expert division.
Dragon Door: It's impressive that you were able to compete against athletes of all ages.
Phil Ross: Yes, I would say weighing in at 184, I was definitely stronger than all but one other competitor who was 200lbs. He was huge! I was able to wear him out a little bit though, because my endurance was pretty good.
Dragon Door: You've been recently promoted to Master RKC, what do you see yourself doing next with kettlebells?
Phil Ross: I want to bring my knowledge and experience to the RKC and the Dragon Door community. I won't be reinventing the wheel, but want to bring some nuances that will enhance our community's training, especially for group training. Since I teach martial arts, I'm used to having people at different skill levels all in the same class. I might have a black belt and a white belt training side by side, but they could be doing different things. The same thing happens in my kettlebell classes, some students have been with me for five years, and some for just a few days.
As a martial arts instructor as well as a kettlebell instructor, I've developed the ability to train people of different levels in the same class. In an ideal world, we'd all have one-on-one sessions, or everyone in a class would be at the same stage in their training. But that's not going to happen and there are only so many hours in a day.
Dragon Door: What's a favorite strategy for working with a mixed-level group class?
Phil Ross: I've created a collection of over 150 different workouts, and have filmed 104 of them, which are in editing right now. The project is called the Kettlebell Workout Library. It's going to be a great training tool, especially for instructors who will be able to help a new student on one workout, while having an intermediate and advanced student do two other workouts. I can have several different workouts going on at once in the same class by referencing the manual accompanying the video series. I've been working on the system by logging my routines, ever since I started training with kettlebells.
Dragon Door: That's excellent. I remember the last time we talked, you mentioned a comic book project.
Phil Ross: A buddy of mine is Joe Antonacci, who was just inducted into the boxing hall of fame for his work as a ring announcer for Friday Night Fights on ESPN, HBO, fights in Atlantic City, and more. He purchased Joe Palooka, a comic book from the '40s and '50s about a boxer. He's now reinvented Joe Palooka as a mixed martial artist. Joe Antonacci enlisted me to collaborate on all the fight scenes. Mike Bullock is the prize winning comic book writer on the project, but they've brought me in as a specialist to help him make the fights appear realistic. Mike will ask me how a fight between Joe Palooka and a capoeira guy would go for example. Mike tells me who will win beforehand and I lay out the whole sequence of the fight so that it makes sense. In fact, UFC Magazine did a write up on the comic book series asked us how we make the fight scenes in the comic book so realistic, then they dedicated two paragraphs to me.
Right now, two issues of the comic are out, but we were recently purchased by IDW—the same company who brought GI Joe to the silver screen. So, they might be looking to do something similar with Joe Palooka. In issue five or six, I might be introduced as a character—a trainer with my kettlebell and RKC shirt. I've got to make sure that happens.
Dragon Door: We'll definitely need to see that. You have a lot of exciting things going on, especially with the new RKC.
Phil Ross: I'm really excited about the new RKC. I think we're putting together an excellent team—Max Shank, Andrew Read, and of course Andrea Du Cane. New leadership announcements are happening all the time, and everyone's top shelf. I don't have any complaints about the old RKC, I just think we can continue to make the system even better. I'm glad to be part of it.
Dragon Door: What other experiences are you bringing to your leadership position?
Phil Ross: I also have some experience with powerlifting. I'm not hugely involved in it, but did compete up until 1987 where I clean benched 370lbs with a pause at at a body weight of 179.9 lbs. I also achieved a 525lb squat, and 505lb deadlift at the same event. Powerlifting gave me a lot of perspective. I also won some Olympic lifting contests and bodybuilding contests too. I left bodybuilding because to me, training is all about health and sports, so I wasn't going to use steroids to get bigger just to win the next contest.
Dragon Door: In addition to your studio you're also doing online-based training?
Phil Ross: Yes, I've put together a very low cost beginner's kettlebell training program, available at KettlebellKing.com. It has three technique sections, two warm-up and bodyweight sections, along with twelve beginner kettlebell workouts. There's also an electronic manual included which is based on a program I put together for NASM.
Dragon Door: What inspired you to create the program?
Phil Ross: I want to reach as many people as possible since everyone can't come to New Jersey and train in my studio. It's also good for people who are still researching kettlebells before making a big commitment like an RKC Workshop. I wanted to make a way for people to get a solid base of knowledge, along with something to practice and reference. It will give them an idea of what they're getting into, and the benefits that they can expect. I'm certain that once they go and practice the program for a few months, they'll be started for life. After 90 days they'll see the benefits.
Something else I'm bringing to the RKC is my Fit to Fight program, it's based on my SAVE (Surviving A Violent Environment) program. SAVE is a self defense fitness program which was rated number one several times by independent video reviewers, actually beating out Krav Maga, and Dillman's pressure point system. It has its own certification process, and I just finished teaching it to a group of phys ed teachers at one of the local high schools. They're going to use it as a unit for their phys ed classes.
The Fit 2 Fight concept is based on martial arts self defense movements coupled with bodyweight exercises. Max Shank and I are collaborating on this project, I'm providing the martial arts techniques and he's supplying the bodyweight exercises and associated regimens.
Dragon Door: That's very exciting, and we're all looking forward to see how you bring your unique style to your new leadership role.
Phil Ross: I can't wait to lead my first RKC Certification Workshop, I think it's a great opportunity. In the past five plus years, I've put a lot into training with kettlebells. I'm looking forward to see who else is going to be with the RKC and how we all develop it even further.
Zack Fox began his Martial Arts training here at American Eagle MMA in June of 2012. However, Zack arrived at the AEMMA Academy with quite a solid list of athletic accomplishments. Zack was a High School All American Lacrosse player for Don Bosco Prep and an NCAA Division 1 Recruit for St. John's University. Zack was also a Jr. National Power Lifting Champion and now at a weight of 195lbs, has a bench press of 520, a squat of 680 and pulls another 680 in the dead lift.
Despite having no wrestling experience or any other prior combat experience, Zack began competing in Jiu Jitsu after only 5 weeks of training at the AEMMA Academy. He placed second in the White Belt Gi Division after training only 9 weeks and after only 3 months of training he secured his first Championship at the NAGA North American Championships on November 17th, 2012. We are anticipating a lot of achievements from this young competitor. Zack is also HKC Kettlebell Certified and is a personal strength & fitness trainer at the AEMMA Academy.
On April 20th, 2013, Zack Fox added a NAGA World Championship to his list of accomplishments. He won the Cruiserweight, Beginner Title in the No-Gi Competition.
November 17th, 2012, Newark, NJ: NAGA North American Championship: Essex County College was the site of the North American Grappling Association's annual North American Championships. The Ho-Ho-Kus based American Eagle MMA & Kettlebell School entered two combatants, Zachary Fox of Wyckoff and Joshua Lay of Ridgewood in the nationally ranked tourney. Zach Fox was crowned the No-Gi Champion in the Cruiserweight Division (under 199.9) and in his first contest ever, Josh Lay took home the Bronze in the Light Heavyweight (Under 189.9) competition.
NAGA, along with Grappler's Quest are two of the top grappling and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu leagues in the world. This year alone, Master Phil Ross' Team Alliance BJJ school member, American Eagle MMA, has had four (4) champions crowned at these prestigious events. The also competes in the regional, but highly competitive tournaments hosted by The Good Fight.
American Eagle MMA's Chief Instructor, Master Phil Ross won two First Place Awards in one day while competing in the NAGA Battle at the Beach competition in 2010. He was crowned champion in the Executive No-Gi competition and after only training with a Gi for 3 months, bested 48 competitors in the Gi competition. Master Ross was almost 48 at the time and competed in the 18 to 29 age bracket. He went undefeated and unscored upon throughout the competition and secured two submission victories.
After having won well over 300 fights in various disciplines, Master Ross no longer competes and focuses his energy on training his up and coming fighters, students and conducting seminars.

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4 and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him face to face, and see him eye to eye; | 4 Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape out of the hands of the Babylonians but will certainly be handed over to the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him with his own eyes. |
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I have slackware 10.2 and it detecs the harddrive as 30gb, it is a 40gb, my bios recognizes it as only 38gb, and i used to have ubuntu, and with ...
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hd lost 10gb?
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Partition info required
Can you please post the df -h output....so that I can make out something.
Or atleast you can specifiy the partitioning what you have done.
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here is the harddrive brand if it helps: ST340014A
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Code:Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda1/ 6.1GB 5.0GB 1.1G 83% /windows /dev/hdd1/ 31GB 3.36GB 26G 12% /
also, i have hdd5 as my swap partition, but i have forgotten what size
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<irony> woudln't it be funny if /dev /hdd5 was 9.0gb? </irony>
how big did you make /dev/hdd5? And are there any other volumes on /dev/hdd?Chicks dig giant mechanized war machines
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i think /dev/hdd5 was around 200mb, and no that's all
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Does cfdisk or fdisk show that you have any empty space? That big chunk had to have gone somewhere, and I think a partitioning tool can tell you where.


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Feeding cane molasses during the dry period may improve early lactation milk production, say Kansas State University researchers.
They fed separate far-off and close-up dry cow rations, both with and without 3% cane molasses. Cows fed molasses tended to consume more dry matter during the close-up dry period, and ate 7% more dry matter during the first 30 days after freshening.
Milk production during that period tended to be higher for molasses-fed cows, the researchers report.


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3 There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him; | 3 No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. |
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Diabetes in the Movies
This year, 17 million people in the United States lived with diabetes.
Hollywood told us about one of them.
Moviegoers spent more than $95 million to see an adolescent Kristen Stewart get locked inside a "panic room," act out hypoglycemia-induced seizures and come disturbingly close to slipping into a coma and dying before receiving a life-saving glucagon shot.
This image sticks in movie patrons' minds almost as vividly as Julia Roberts' 1989 Oscar-nominated depiction of a woman who succumbs to diabetes-related kidney failure in "Steel Magnolias."
An Underused and Inaccurately Portrayed Theme
In the past 20 years, barely more than a dozen movies used the drama of diabetes to draw audiences into a story. Most references were minor. The disease played a more significant role in a few films, including "Steel Magnolias."
Nearly all of them left the impression that diabetes draws the people who suffer from it into an uncontrollable tailspin toward death.
The popularity of "Panic Room" pushed several emotions and questions to the surface. While some decry Hollywood's history of extreme or inaccurate portrayals of people with diabetes, others applaud "Panic Room" and other movies that put diabetes—albeit with a little misinformation or confusion—into mainstream dialogue. Some say such movies can be wake-up calls to the public, and possibly Washington, about how serious diabetes can be.
"Isn't that what the arts are? A portrayal at the edge of the limits?" asks Francine Kaufman, MD, an endocrinologist at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles and current president of the American Diabetes Association. "I think the average reasonable person realizes they're watching a movie. 'Steel Magnolias' showed that diabetes has a significant role in people's lives and sometimes involves loss. It showed diabetes at its most tragic, and that's good for fundraising."
The Worst-Case Scenario
Hollywood's depictions of people with diabetes often have grown out of the need for a dramatic element.
In "Panic Room," the story centers on a divorced woman, played by Jodie Foster, and her young daughter, played by Stewart, who hide in their New York brownstone's secret room (the "panic room") after three burglars break in looking for a hidden cache of money.
The young character, Sarah, has diabetes and experiences an episode of low blood glucose (hypoglycemia) while trapped in the panic room with her mother.
"Without that [element], obviously they could have stayed in there for days if they wanted to," associate producer John Dorsey explains.
A diabetes emergency served the same role in 1997's "Con Air."
A prison parolee, played by Nicolas Cage, and another convict, whom he befriends, are being transported on a maximum-security plane with some of the country's most dangerous criminals. After the plane is skyjacked, the friend, who has diabetes, doesn't receive a scheduled insulin shot, and his syringes are destroyed during in-flight chaos.
Diabetes provided plenty of drama in "Steel Magnolias," too.
Many moviegoers recall Julia Roberts in the movie with beads of sweat on her lip and brow, fighting an offer of orange juice from Sally Field during a severe hypoglycemic episode in Truvy's Salon. It was arguably the most famous scene depicting a person with diabetes in a major motion picture.
"Everyone I knew who saw it said to me, 'Oh, my gosh, when's the last time that happened to you?'" says
34-year-old Kelly L. Close of San Francisco, who has had type 1 diabetes for 17 years. "Being hypoglycemic is one thing, but that kind of thing has happened to me maybe once in seventeen years, and it wasn't even as bad as that. Why show the scariest, freakiest thing? It's backtracking in terms of education. I think that was terrifying for people. It was terrifying for me."
Horrifying...But True
Some found the portrayal of Roberts' character terrifying because, unlike most movie scenes involving characters who have diabetes, it was true.
Originally produced as a stage play, the movie was based on the story of writer Robert Harling's mother and his sister, who had diabetes.
In the story, M'Lynn, played by Field, and daughter Shelby, played by Roberts, are part of a special sisterhood that meets regularly at the local beauty salon in a small Louisiana town. The women become a crucial source of support throughout Shelby's wedding, the birth of her son and her subsequent kidney failure. Shelby dies after a failed kidney transplant using her mother's donated organ.
Harling's sister, Susan, died in 1986 at age 32 of kidney complications.
The material was accurate, but many people with diabetes believe that it was overdramatized or an extreme example of what could happen but isn't common.
How Dramatic!
"Having any [characters with diabetes] is better than none, but I think there is a danger to overdramatizing," Close says. "I don't think that's progress. Optimally, we can educate in a rational, realistic, progressive and helpful manner."
Katie McGovern also believes that overdramatization can be detrimental.
McGovern, a 27-year-old from Portland, Maine, who's had type 1 diabetes for 16 years, was bothered by the use of diabetes as a "literary convenience" in the 2000 movie "Chocolat." The movie, in which Judi Dench portrays a grandmother with diabetes, reinforced the stereotypical labels of "good" and "bad" people with diabetes, McGovern argues.
"At the end, through the metaphor of chocolate, people are able to embrace a free lifestyle and sexual freedom and reject repression of all kinds. And that wasn't available to the woman with diabetes. Well, it was, but at a price," she says of Dench's character, who dies of complications from diabetes presumably brought on by hanging out in the chocolate shop instead of adhering to a healthier diet.
For McGovern, this implication stung. After 16 years of fairly good control, she's now showing signs of retinopathy.
"I think [Dench's character in 'Chocolat'] reinforced the idea that as long as people with diabetes take care of themselves, they won't get complications, and that could be bad for fundraising. It's just like people thinking insulin is a cure," she adds.
That's Entertainment!
Filmmakers argue that movies aren't made to educate or advocate. Rather, they are stories designed to entertain.
Rick Podell wrote the 1986 screenplay for "Nothing in Common" based on his experience taking care of his late father, who had diabetes.
Jackie Gleason portrays the father, a man who's estranged from his family while grappling with his diagnosis.
Podell recalls that the directors inserted advocacy dialogue into his script that wasn't necessary. He adds that there's such a thing as going too far and including too much information in movies. Good stories, he says, are all about subtlety.
"Advocacy in movies doesn't work," he asserts. "What happens is that audiences sense that. They sense that they're trying to promote something, and it doesn't work. I prefer to just let the characters live. The refusal to go to the doctor, losing eyesight, his feet turning black—that's all self-evident. At least to me."
Vive la Différence!
It's nearly impossible to gather a majority opinion about movies that portray people with diabetes. Part of the reason is rooted in the very nature of diabetes. Not every person is alike, and therefore not every experience is alike. People with diabetes generally juggle insulin or medication, food and exercise of some form to control the disease. People with diabetes and doctors alike will vouch that it's never an exact science in terms of symptoms or treatment.
That leaves Hollywood filmmakers with a myriad of options for portraying people with diabetes. And high drama reigns.
"There's no law saying we have to be right on in every movie scene," says Donna Cline, who researched diabetes as technical adviser for "Panic Room." "Frankly, we deliver what the public wants. We determine what the public sees, but the public [also] determines what they see by what they pay for. Money really drives a lot of this."
The Ramifications of Wrong
No matter what the root of the story line, dramatic portrayals of people with diabetes are sometimes fraught with inaccuracies or fail to offer a clear picture of the disease and its effects. Many people with diabetes fear that pop culture's take on the disease may help to spread what's already an epidemic of confusion about a condition that affects a growing number of Americans.
"Con Air," for example, contained ghastly inaccuracies and left the audience with the impression that death was imminent for the character with diabetes.
"They had his character behaving more like someone with low blood glucose rather than high [glucose from missing an insulin injection]. He was sweating...and I don't remember any remarks about being thirsty or having to go to the bathroom," notes Laura Feagle of Lynnwood, Washington, who has type 1 diabetes. "His instantaneous recovery once he got his shot was just comical. Uh, no, I don't think so. When I was in DKA...I was in the ICU for several days and feeling rotten pretty much the whole time."
Even when stories involving a person with diabetes are technically accurate, they can lead to misconceptions that linger.
Uninformed women with diabetes still believe they can't have children because of what they saw in "Steel Magnolias."
When "Panic Room" broke box-office records after its spring break release, Donna Gardner was busy writing letters to newspapers. Several film reviewers had incorrectly referred to Sarah's life-saving shot as an "insulin injection."
Gardner was appalled. Her husband, Carey, had been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes nearly two years ago. A friend of his with the same diagnosis almost died after being given insulin by a well-meaning friend during a severe hypoglycemic episode.
"If you have seen the movie, you know Sarah is given glucagon for low blood glucose," she exclaims. "This is outrageous!...A lot of people thought the girl was given insulin in the movie because it was never specifically stated...just that she needed a shot. If you don't know anything about diabetes or glucagon, most people assume that it is insulin."
Dorsey says the issue came up during test screenings.
The key question became, "When do you stop spoon-feeding the audience and experience the movie for what it is?" Dorsey asks. "I think you try to keep the story moving forward while at the same time not harmfully impacting people who have diabetes. I don't know where that falls."
Research Can Make It Right
The "Panic Room" script originally had problems. Cline, the technical adviser, fixed most of them.
"They had things like she was cyanotic, which means she's turning blue, and that's not going to happen with hypoglycemia," Cline recalls. "They had her suddenly and spontaneously recovering. They were going in the right direction, but they were flying about."
It's Cline's job to reel the creative minds behind the movies into reality—at least part of the way. For more than a decade, she has researched subjects—medical issues are a specialty—and helped change scripts and scenes to depict what she learns.
For "Panic Room," Cline researched the appearance and behavior associated with low blood glucose and other aspects of diabetes.
Still, not everything in "Panic Room" was right on.
A few people with diabetes were perplexed by Sarah's ability to wolf down pizza and Coke and end up with low blood glucose.
Others were upset by a comment made by Foster's character: "Sarah, calm down. You know what can happen if you let yourself get worked up."
The comment suggested that her blood glucose would plummet if she got too excited. Not all people with diabetes find this to be true.
When it comes to diabetes, Cline's job isn't easy. How can one possibly decide how to depict a disease that, as the sufferers themselves agree, doesn't affect everyone the same way or involve the same treatment in all cases?
Cline consults textbooks or seeks help from her bulging Rolodex of experts.
She found details about the characteristics leading to hypoglycemia in a manual on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). One of those characteristics, she says, was "great emotional stress," and this probably was the reason for Foster's line.
Film producer Janet Zucker, whose 14-year-old daughter, Katie, has type 1 diabetes, says research can be tricky.
"You have to do research, but the problem is...if I'm doing a movie about an investment banker, I can go ask three different people about it and get three different answers," cautions Zucker, whose film credits include "Rat Race" and "First Knight." She agrees that "Panic Room" was a little less than technically accurate. "But it definitely got across the urgency of diabetes and how serious it is. I try to look at it in a broader sense."
It All Depends
Cline says her job is all about that broader sense. Her role depends on filmmakers' needs, directors' styles and budgets.
"You have a story to tell," Cline explains. "I always say, 'Let's start out with reality...and then let's cheat responsibly.' Cheating is part of filmmaking because it takes too long otherwise. Filmmaking is broad strokes, and it's up to me to take care of the smaller ones. My job is really to take massive amounts of technical information and edit that research down to visual units that are usable.
"If you come in after they've shot a million-dollar scene and say there's something wrong with it, the response is, 'What do you mean it's inaccurate? We've just spent a million dollars shooting that scene.' We make it work. It's like [the free transform tool] in Adobe PhotoShop...we push and pull a little to make it fit."
Cline also helps movies stretch to new dramatic heights. In "Panic Room," that meant skewing Sarah's blood-glucose readings displayed on her watch slightly lower than they needed to be so that her hypoglycemia was severe enough to warrant a seizure.
"We took some dramatic license to show how serious it was and that she had to get out of that room," says Dorsey, the associate producer. "Saying 'coma' and 'die' may have been overdramatic. Sometimes you have to hit the audience over the head.
"Some [filmmakers] just say, 'Oh, we're going to do this, and it's going to serve the story,' and there's really no concern about reality," Dorsey adds. "Sometimes it gets away from you, and other times you get it about right, and other times you hit it right on the head."
And sometimes filmmakers don't listen, despite Cline's penchant for flexibility.
"I understand that the one thing they do resist is being confined by the black and white that is so often part of technical fields," Cline observes. "They want to get the picture made. They don't want to be bothered with too much. Sometimes they say to me, 'We're making a movie. This is not real.'"
How Much Responsibility?
And so mistakes are made.
Case in point: When asked about a confusing "Panic Room" scene in which Foster orders Sarah to drink lots of water to help keep her blood glucose from falling, Cline only needed to flip through her files to know she had done her job.
"Here it is," she says, before reading from her notes. "'Thirst is not a characteristic of a person having an insulin reaction.' It's right here in my research, and they chose not to change [the scene]."
Those who make movies, live with diabetes or do both agree: Hollywood must take responsibility for accuracy and sensitivity, especially with regard to medical issues.
Cline points out that the public has a responsibility, too.
"I don't think we have to take on the woes of the world and make every picture an advocacy piece with tons of detail," she argues. "It's the public's responsibility, too, to know the context in which they're viewing something. It's wise to not be irresponsible, but being held to every detail down to the last syringe is counter-productive."
Pam Payne of Fairlawn, Ohio, whose 16-year-old daughter, Sara, has had type 1 diabetes since age 8, believes that Hollywood underestimates its influence.
"I couldn't believe the number of people that came out of 'Pearl Harbor' and thought that was the way it happened," she says. "I think the public should have a certain responsibility for being aware of what goes on in our world, but unfortunately I think people look at 'Judge Judy' on TV and think that's what the world is...[Hollywood filmmakers] may not think they are, but they are in the business of educating people. Unfortunately, many people don't go any deeper than going to a movie on a Saturday night, and, to them, that is what is happening in America."
Hollywood Couples Lobby for Research And for Including More People With Diabetes in Movies
Janet Zucker, a film producer and mother of a teenage daughter with diabetes, takes a proactive approach to the issue of diabetes, including its portrayal in the movies.
Along with another Hollywood couple who has a child with diabetes, Zucker and her husband, Jerry, founded CuresNow (Citizens United for Research & Ethics in Science) earlier in 2002 to lobby in favor of embryonic stem cell research. The group sponsors a Web site at www.curesnow.org.
"It's our responsibility to do appropriate research and portray the people as accurately as possible," Zucker notes, speaking from a filmmaker's perspective "But in a dramatic movie, it's not necessarily Hollywood's responsibility to provide education. It's our responsibility to move the story forward and develop the characters of the piece...CuresNow is taking on [educating and promoting research] as a personal responsibility."
Although opposed to human cloning, the nonprofit group believes that stem cells and therapeutic cloning hold the most promise for curing diabetes and many other diseases.
The group has already resurrected advertising characters "Harry" and "Louise," the couple who helped scuttle the Clinton health plan, in commercials taking aim at President George W. Bush's efforts to ban all forms of cloning.
Zucker says that another goal is convincing Hollywood to include more characters with diabetes in story lines, adding that more good than bad will come from the disease being featured on the silver screen, even when it's imperfectly portrayed.
"The more people who are aware of what a dreadful disease it is, the more funding can be gotten and the more people will understand, the more Washington will understand," argues Lucy Fisher, another CuresNow founder and mother of an 11-year-old daughter who has type 1 diabetes. "Most people know what diabetes is but don't know what a horrible disease it is. The best way for that to get across is through an engaging story line."
Just Do It!
Movie Producers 'Swoosh' Watches in 'Panic Room'
By now, many people with diabetes have wondered why the real GlucoWatch Biographer isn't nearly as cute and compact as the watch/monitor they saw in "Panic Room."
That's because it wasn't a GlucoWatch Biographer.
But producers wanted it to be.
Associate producer John Dorsey heard about the product's development in the fall of 2000, when crews were already filming "Panic Room." He thought the item was the perfect candidate for a product placement deal.
Producers approached the manufacturer, Cygnus, Inc., with the idea. But the timing was bad.
The company didn't have a few thousand dollars sitting in an advertising budget yet and was still meandering through the sensitive U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval process for the regulated product.
Craig Carlson, chief operating officer for Cygnus, explained that the company decided it was inappropriate to promote a product that wasn't on the market yet and didn't want to jeopardize FDA approval by putting the product in a situation where it could be misrepresented.
"If it were a Coke can, you would not have all those issues," Carlson said.
So what was that cute, compact watch that we saw in "Panic Room"?
"We ended up creating a prototype with a Nike watch," Dorsey said. "It was a little creative stretching, done for the movie."
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If I wait to become a good editor of my 100s of pix, this would never get posted! :D So.o.o.o...
Just a bit of the "before" & some of the "after" of one of my front garden beds. Part near the street was already there & it's a section between our driveway and the neighbor's. First, I should explain that this area has been flooded a few times...usually only once or twice a year. I finally decided to pull out the grass & plant another garden! BEFORE ~Front corner near street after the flood water has gone down:
AFTER ~front corner, some old & some new plants...along w/new driveway:
BEFORE ~when strip was flooded back in Jan/Feb:
AFTER ~mid-section when planted in May:
AFTER ~July, same section, but from other direction:
After ~further up the drive, as it bottlenecks:
After ~skinniest part between driveways, further up side of house:
A few selections of plants w/ a bit more detail:
Hope I didn't bore you with the saga! :D
Follow-Up Postings:
- Posted by Eliza_ann_ca zone 6 ont ca (My Page) on Fri, Jul 22, 05 at 17:08
ALL THAT FLOODING SURELY DIDN'T DO YOUR GARDEN ANY HARM.iT'S ABSOLUTLY BEAUTIFUL! |
It looks gorgeous, Rosemarie! You did a fantastic job. Love the color combinations. |
- Posted by plantfreak z9aKyushuJapan (My Page) on Fri, Jul 22, 05 at 18:00
It is nice to see you don't waste any space in your little patch of heaven. You really got them jammed in there, but in a very artful way. I also like the fact that it doesn't have an artifical look. Bless you, that flood looks like it was pretty bad! We had four typhoons (same as a hurricane) last year in a six week period, so I know what that's like! Great gardening. PF |
- Posted by RosemarieRo z11/24 So Calif (My Page) on Fri, Jul 22, 05 at 18:29
Thank you, kindly, folks! Eliza Ann, the floods didn't harm the plants out front, near the street...but the rest of them (from the tree back to the house) are all new. We will have to see how they fare when the next heavy rainfall comes. Thank goodness it isn't often! Carol, I'm only trying to follow in your footsteps (and BambooMary's too--have you seen her gardens? ~as well as others posting here)! Your gardens are inspiration to me! Very nice of you to say, PF, as I consider myself an artist! My motto is "If you can see dirt, you don't have enough plants!" I have many shots of various vinettes in the garden. Oh MY on 4 typhoons~EEK! No, ours isn't as bad as it looks...just a slow-moving sewer right in front of our house...that can't handle lots of rain all at once. It goes down after an hour of the rain stopping. ~Rosemarie |
- Posted by jaceysgranny 7aAR (My Page) on Fri, Jul 22, 05 at 20:14
Wow! What some people can do with a blank canvas! Indeed you are an artist. That bed is absolutely beautiful. Nancy |
One word: AWESOME!!! |
Lovin' It!!! |
- Posted by flowergirl_VA z7 VA (My Page) on Sat, Jul 23, 05 at 8:21
I'm not always a fan of some of the sidewalk plantings folks do (some of them look to "jungle-y" for me, but yours is extremely lovely and tasteful. Excellent work! Thanks for sharing. :-) |
Fantastic plant arrangement and color! I'd love to share that driveway garden, wish I were your neighbor. Thanks for posting. Vikki |
- Posted by RosemarieRo z11/24 So Calif (My Page) on Sat, Jul 23, 05 at 18:24
Well, thanks, ladies! Nancy, a blank canvas CAN be daunting! But once I'm into it, I'm on a roll! :D It took me quite a while to dig out the grass from that area (some you can see left in that 1st pic). Joyce, I really LIKE that word "awesome"! :D Glad you're lovin' it, Kristal! Flowergirl, funny you should say that...I actually prefer the PRE-jungle look...but most times JUNGLE conditions prevail. :P I don't want my gardens to look like everyone else's. I also want to OOO & AAAAH every time I come out of the house! Hee hee, Vikki, I think I'd like YOU as my neighbor too! I'm hoping to plant something REALLY tall bewteen the ones I have! Thanks to you all for your very generous compliments! I have a load of "cart-jumpers" sitting on my other driveway waiting for me to tear out the front of the house bed & re-do it! LOL |
- Posted by kennebunker 5, s. ME (My Page) on Sun, Jul 24, 05 at 8:30
You did a nice job, such pretty colors!!! That final picture caught my eye especially . |
- Posted by lakecottage 4a (My Page) on Sun, Jul 24, 05 at 9:15
You are a garden artist! What is name of daylily in last shot? I LOVE this type of garden in spite of my German hybridizer mentors who insist on lots of space & mulch between plants. You have a real eye for garden design! |
- Posted by RosemarieRo z11/24 So Calif (My Page) on Sun, Jul 24, 05 at 11:11
Thanks so much for your kind remarks! I like to think I paint with the earth now rather than on paper (although it would be nice to get back to watercolors some day). Daylily in the last shot is Hemerocallis 'Double Deseret'. Hey ~ I think I'll go gather up all the Daylily shots of this area over the past couple months & start a new post! Back in a bit! ~R |
In the 7th picture down (After ~skinniest part between driveways, further up side of house:) what is the orange tall flowering plant.... it is beautiful? Oh, and by the way your garden is amazing! |
- Posted by RosemarieRo z11/24 So Calif (My Page) on Mon, Jul 25, 05 at 17:02
Thanks, NB! That's Leonotis leonurus, Lion's Ear. Some seed must've fallen from parts I pruned off the plant in back (pictured below, growing taller than the edge of the roof), because I didn't plant it. ~R |
Lovely gardens! What is the cute pink flower in the 6th picture? |
- Posted by RosemarieRo z11/24 So Calif (My Page) on Thu, Jul 28, 05 at 15:27
RapaJ, Thank you! That would be Argyranthemum frutescens 'Summer Melody'! ~Rosemarie |
I'm impressed by how many different types of plants you fit into a relatively narrow strip, with all of them healthy and blooming. |
- Posted by RosemarieRo z11/24 So Calif (My Page) on Fri, Jul 29, 05 at 15:00
Yep, Springa, I was happy to get all of them in that narrow strip! Now, finding a spot for my foot between them in order to deadhead & maintain them is pretty tricky! :) ~Rosemarie |
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Beautiful, Rosemarie. :) |
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I know many who are almost pros at this type of shopping. Spending
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other people's junk, I mean slightly used items, and ending up with
many a hidden treasure! However, yard sales are not something that
everyone is into. Some of us, myself once included, find that this type
of shopping produces very little, if any, finds at all.
I have searched many times past in hopes of finding that one potential gold mine. I have gotten the map out, circled all of the locations for that day, and then headed out the door – at least half a tank of gas ready and waiting for the travels ahead – just to be thoroughly disappointed with the less then suitable finds of the day.
I was impatient. I didn't give it enough time. I didn't search through EVERY plastic tub that was in the driveway for that one item hidden amongst the rest. I had better things to do. Well, that was before this last summer.
I have had such luck with yard sales this year that I have a new outlook on carelessly rummaging through other people's things. And what has surprised me the most? Clothes. I have NEVER found so much slightly-used clothes that I would wear as I have this year. I don't know if my style frame of mind has changed, or if the fashionable people of this town decided to let some of their nicer stuff go, but I have found that their to-get-rid-of has become my new-to-me wardrobe! Last week as the weather turned slightly cooler, a knit dress layered with a flowing, irregularly cut skirt underneath, made for a great outfit. The style is modern enough – a subtle graphic print and the skirt could just as easily be worn for a day of ice skating. (I only say this because the skirt is made from really stretchy material and it reminds me of something an ice skater would wear. Should I chose to dress up for the ice skating I never do, I will be set.) This outfit only set me back a few dollars, it was a great find! The shoes were also thrifted. Previously owned, but brand new from ebay.
I have decided to embrace this thrifty world and so my hunt for slightly used clothing has begun!
Dress: Fleurish // Skirt: Amy's Closet // Sweater: So // Shoes: Doc Martens // Tights: very old! // Necklace: handmade


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The Condor 3 Day Pack offers large cargo main compartment and multiple outter pockets to organize all your gear.
- Large load cargo capacity compartment with separate pocket to fit up to two 3L hydration bladders.
- Body contour shoulder straps with D-Ring for equipment attachment, sternum starp and waist belt.
- External side compression straps.
- Heavy-Duty carry and drag handle.
- Two double zipper pulls on the main compartment for easy access.
- Individual foam pad back panel for extra comfort and maximum airflow.
- Grommets on all compartments for drainage.
- Designed in the U.S.A, Import
Total of seven compartments:
- Main Compartment with gear straps to secure gears and two extra mesh pockets. (22" x 13" x 8")
- Second Compartment contains three map/document pockets, two radio pockets, and penholders.
- Two large pockets on the back, bottom pocket (12.5" x 6" x 3") with three elastic closure mash pocket and a zipper mesh pocket.
- Two side pockets (9" x 5" x 2.5") one on each side.
- One Compartment for hydration systems.
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i have owned this pack for three years now, it is my daily carry bag. it holds my life in it and in the event of an emergency will be transformed into my survival pack. i am now purchasing one for my wife. the zippers have never had a problem, the clips are all intact. very well made.
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I bought the pack for travel and I was able to put clothes and my belongings for both my daughter and I for a 9 day trip.i almost went with buying a cheaper one but then I read the reviews. I'm pleased to say it was well worth the money for this pack. I will continue to purchase your brand.guys if you buy a cheap one off of websites read the reviews first. Many knock offs have broken clips when you get it. Like they say.....you get what you pay for. Thank you
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I just recently bought this pack for a B.O.B. because it was larger than most packs in its price range and had great reviews. After I bought it I found it had WAY more space that I initially thought. It has room for all my essentials and then some. The quality is amazing and it seems very very tough so far. There are plenty of spaces for any type of gear and plenty of raw space for anything from a laptop and change of clothes to blankets, MRE's etc. The amount of hook and loop space is great for carrying all kinds of things such as a first aid kit, sleeping bag, tent and other tools. The only complaint I have is that one of the ZipClips was broken on one of the zippers for the main compartment. I can't put this on Condor though because not only is it a small plastic piece (they can break anyways) but it looked like more of a problem with the end retailer handling. Overall great product and have recommended it to several others.
This is a follow up to a previous review. This bag and all my gear inside was stolen from me while on deployment a few years ago. I tried to replace it with an S.O.C. Three Day Elite from the local Exchange on base. That bag was terrible I wast $70 on it when I should have just ordered a new one of these. One of the hook and loop closures ripped off. Even though they had a "Lifetime Warranty", their warranty department told me it would be more cost effective to have a local tailor repair it. That's not the customer service I hear Condor has. This bag is even better than I remember. Heavy duty, sturdy design that few can come close to immitating for the price. Condor far exceeds my expectations. I can't wait to fill this thing up with all my gear and add on a few pouches. Thanks Condor!
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I normally use Dolomite Lime product for my containers because when I started growing in containers this is what was recommended. DH and I had an extensive conversation with the guy at our local farm store (an avid EarthTainer grower) he says he no longer uses Dolomite but uses Cal-Turf Pro -- because he changes out his growing medium every 2 years. He says he mixes 1 cup per 2cuft of potting medium +/- (he mixes his own version of EarthTainer recommended mix). He also has several EarthBoxes which he uses Cal-Turf Pro in. What say you guys?? Supposedly this stuff works faster than Dolomitic Limestone product -- 30 days vs. 90 days. DL |
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" uses Cal-Turf Pro -- because he changes out his growing medium every 2 years" what bearing does this have on a lime choice ? |
- Posted by dancinglemons 7B (My Page) on Sat, Jun 16, 12 at 16:48
Ok here goes and I hope I get it right :-)) Before he knew about Cal-Turf Pro -- He made his potting medium in late fall (November/December) or late winter (February/March). The reason according to him was to give the Dolomite/Lime time to 'season' his potting medium as it takes about 90 days to do so - according to him. With the Cal-Turf Pro he can make his potting medium as late as 30 days before he wants to plant his containers -because- the CTP will 'season' his potting medium quickly (30 days). My experience with EarthBox containers (and EarthTainer) has been that first year containers and/or those older BUT with 100% fresh potting medium tend to not benefit from the addition of Dolomite during the first year of ownership -or- during the first year after potting medium is completely changed. I am not a soil expert but know what I see in my garden (all containers with 4 raised beds). Thus my query. If anyone has used CTP in their containers - EarthTainer OR EarthBox I'd appreciate their comments. The fellow at the farm store is only one person because all others I have talked to garden "in dirt" and we all know there is a great difference in dirt vs. container growing. Cheers, |
- Posted by greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a (My Page) on Sun, Jun 17, 12 at 13:52
Dolomitic Garden Lime completes the lime phase reaction in 2 - 14 days with proper moisture and temp. At least that's what I've read here. And that's why so many of us mix and plant on the same day.
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Prosecutors want to try juvenile suspect in Lawrence shooting as adult
June 13, 2008
Douglas County prosecutors are seeking to have a 16-year-old boy tried as an adult in the shooting deaths of two men last weekend in east Lawrence.
In a motion filed by the district attorney's office, prosecutors argued Kellam D. Jones should be tried as an adult because the deaths occurred while he was at least 14-years of age and in possession of a weapon.
The motion also says Jones is charged with offenses that if committed by an adult would be a felony.
Jones was charged as a juvenile earlier this week with two counts of felony first-degree murder and one count of attempted aggravated robbery.
The charges stem from a shooting early in the morning of June 7 at 1311 Del. The occupant of the house, Roland Klundt, 20, and Gage Hauk, 18, McLouth were killed. Prosecutors allege Hauk and Jones went to the residence to commit robbery. Hauk was shot by Klundt and Jones then shot Klundt, the charges allege.
Because Jones was allegedly attempting a robbery, which is a felony, he can be charged with both deaths.
A hearing on the motion will be held June 23.
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