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School President took office July 1st 1988.Today, College of the Canyons has been ranked as the 10th fastest growing community college in the nation, and it is widely regarded as one of the most advanced educational institutions of its kind.
At the head of COC, sits Dr. Dianne Van Hook, who celebrates 20 years as the school's president today.
In honor of the guidance Dr. Van Hook has provided to the college, we put together a list of the some of most notable accomplishments College of the Canyons has enjoyed since Dr. Van Hook took office two decades ago.
- The school's budget has grown from $8 million to $169 million.
- The physical space of the school grew from 200,000 square feet to 560,000 square feet.
- COC serves over 21,000 students.
- COC opened their Canyon Country Campus in 2007.
- The University Center is under construction now. When completed the program will offer credential programs and undergraduate and graduate degrees from a variety of universities right on the COC campus. (note: the program is already active, but will be expanded when the Center is completed).
- The College opened their 900+ seat Performing Arts Center, which now hosts our City's biggest entertainment events.
- Business in Santa Clarita has benefited from programs generated at COC, including the Employee Training Institute, Center for Advanced Competitive Technologies, and the Small Business Development Center.
Below is a much more detailed history of Dr. Van Hook's legacy. The following was drafted by several admiring employees of College of the Canyons, and KHTS is proud to recognize the history of Dr. Dianne Van Hook.
A New Era of Leadership
Celebrated as a new leader for a new era, on July 1, 1988 Dr. Dianne Gracia Van Hook, a 37-year-old college administrator from the Lake Tahoe Community College District, was chosen from a field of 23 finalists to succeed former COC Superintendent-President Dr. Ramon F. LaGrandeur.
When she accepted the position, Van Hook — COC's fourth Superintendent–President — became the youngest serving Superintendent-President in California, and one of only five women to serve as a district-level CEO. Currently, she is the longest serving CEO in the entire California Community College system.
It's fair to say that no one at COC fully comprehended the scope of changes that were in store for the college with Van Hook at the helm — no one, that is, except Van Hook.
Since arriving at COC, Dr. Van Hook has utilized her energy, commitment, flexibility and leadership style to work with talented faculty and staff to develop plans to expand instructional programs, to secure a significant increase in funding for the college, and to add much-needed buildings to the college.
Under her leadership COC has experienced its most significant period of growth and advancement since the college was originally built in 1969. Since 1988, the college's budget has grown from $8 million to $169 million, and its physical space has gone from just under 200,000 square feet to 560,000 square feet.
Now operating on two campuses, which serve an ever-increasing and diverse population numbering more than 250,000 people, College of the Canyons ranks as the tenth fastest-growing community college in the nation — due largely in part to Van Hook's creation of a campus atmosphere filled with innovation, positive change and passionate willingness to blaze new trails.
Dr. Van Hook is resourceful and a strong and consistent advocate for community colleges at the state and national levels. She has served as president of the Community College League of California (CCLC) Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officers of the California Community Colleges (CEOCCC), and the Association of California Community College Administrators. Her leadership has garnered wide recognition, including the Five Star Leader Award from the Community College League of California, the Harry Buttimer Distinguished Administrator Award from the Association of California Community Colleges Administrators, and the Presidential Leadership Award from the Network of California Community College Foundations.
Passionately committed to higher education and its integral role in economic development, Van Hook has led the way in forging educational and training partnerships with community organizations, government agencies, and private industry to ensure that citizens possess the high-technology skills that will sustain California's economic growth. She serves on the Economic Development Program Advisory Committee.
Under her leadership, the College has established Academy of the Canyons, the University Center, and opened its doors to high school students through concurrent enrollment. The business community has benefited from the Employee Training Institute, Center for Advanced Competitive Technologies, and the Small Business Development Center.
In the community, Dr. Van Hook has been actively involved with many of the groups and organizations that make Santa Clarita a great place to live. She has served as a board member of the Red Cross, SCV Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation, United Way Executive Cabinet, and the SCV Fine Arts Council. She sits on the Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital Governance Committee and the Michael Hoefflin Foundation for Children's Cancer Board of Directors.
Herself a graduate of a community college (Long Beach City College), she is committed to creating outstanding educational opportunities for the benefit of everyone served by College of the Canyons.
COC and DVH: The Early Years
Within a year of Van Hook's arrival, College of the Canyons earned the distinction of being the fastest-growing community college in California — prompting the new Superintendent-President to initiate an ambitious facilities master plan that would reshape the campus.
By 1990, with some 6,500 students attending classes on a campus designed for 5,000, the college was beginning to experience the effects of overcrowding. It would be up to Van Hook to meet the challenge of accommodating the needs of a student population that was growing faster than anyone had imagined — with a goal to meet the demands of a projected 20,000 students at COC by the year 2010.
But there were obstacles, the most significant being the state funding formula for fast-growing community colleges like COC. At the time, California's funding system did not account for such high rates of growth. It was then that Van Hook and fellow college leaders crafted a strategy to lobby the legislators in Sacramento to correct the out-dated funding system — and set off on the college's destiny.
Eventually, with the help of state Sen. Ed Davis, legislation to correct the funding formula and boost revenue was enacted. State officials were persuaded to award millions of construction dollars the college needed to embark on a long-delayed expansion of facilities.
Following the success of Proposition 153, a statewide school construction bond issue that earmarked $15 million to the college in 1992, COC began a much needed and long-overdue $56-million construction effort that produced a string of new buildings and expanded facilities. First out of the gate was the new 5,960-square-foot Family Studies & EarlyChildhood Education Center, which opened in 1995.
Van Hook also played an instrumental role in winning the reinstatement of construction projects valued at $70 million to be included in the 1992-93 state budget, affecting 13 community college districts across the state.
The Construction of a College Continues
In 1995, College of the Canyons kicked off its 25th Anniversary while Van Hook continued to pursue construction projects that would enhance the college's facilities and increase student access to education.
In addition, the college completed roughly $3.4 million in campus repairs and $1.5 million in preemptive structural improvements as a result of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. Later in 1995 the college broke ground on two new facilities: the Library and Media and Fine Arts Building, which both opened in 1997.
As enrollment continued to climb in 1997, the two new buildings symbolized a revitalized campus and helped alleviate campus crowding while ushering in a corresponding expansion of 139 new classes and programs. Later that year, the college's Employee Training Institute opened its Valencia Learning Center to help augment educational training opportunities with local business and industry.
Campus expansion continued throughout the 90s under Van Hook's leadership, both in and out of the classroom, and especially on the athletic field. In 1998 College of the Canyons fielded a football program for the first time in 17 years — in addition to introducing women's golf and soccer programs that same year.
Significant strides were also made in the educational arena with the addition of multimedia and fire-technology programs, and expanded curriculum in the areas of theater, physical education, library science, media studies, photography and radio-television and the new PACE (Progressive Adult College Education) program which caters to working adults.
By 1998, after only 10 years at College of the Canyons, Van Hook had emerged as a powerful, results-orientated advocate for every community college in the state. Aside from her success in persuading lawmakers to change the state funding criteria in the college's favor, from 1988-1998 Van Hook generated $56 million in additional revenue that the college would not have otherwise received — and helped secure a $75 million commitment from the Chancellor's Office for campus expansion over a 10-year period.
"The upcoming years present an opportunity to do things at College of the Canyons that many colleges just dream about," said Van Hook at the start of the fall 1998 semester. "Will it be easy? Probably not. But to maximize our legacy to the future, meet the demands of our students and return value to our community, we must face challenges with optimism and action. And, we must all be accountable for what we do."
Heading into the New Millennium
In 1999 COC's enrollment surpassed the 10,000 mark, achieving a quadruple-digit growth rate for the second year in a row — making for an increasingly crowded campus.
Facilities expansion continued unabated in 1999, with the most visible project coming in the form of the renovated Student Center. Other projects included the addition of 10,000 square feet of new classroom space in seven modular buildings, collectively called the Modular Classroom Village.This complex housed 14 much-needed new classrooms for college instruction.
At the same time, an additional modular structure was added in order to house the first bachelor's degree programs offered on campus, made possible through an innovative partnership with Cal State Bakersfield and the University of La Verne. Those partnerships would serve as a precursor to the more ambitious University Center project for which Van Hook had already begun planning.
In 2001, a $10 million capital campaign to build a permanent facility for this endeavor was started. However the ability to enroll in upper-division programs locally at COC become so popular that an interim facility to house the University Center's programs was opened to meet the community's demands in early 2002.
But the University Center wasn't the only educational partnership Van Hook had in mind for COC. The college and the William S. Hart Union High School District together took a bold step forward as Van Hook pursued state funding to add a high school campus to the college's property.
Named Academy of the Canyons, this "middle college" concept would allow high-potential high school students to attend both high school and college courses concurrently, giving them a significant jump on their future academic or work careers.
With the help of grant funds, the college would soon launch its MESA (Math, Engineering, Science Advancement) program to encourage more students to consider majors and careers in science, engineering and other math-based fields, and to continue developing programs in manufacturing, engineering and computer networking.
Later in 1999, plans for the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center moved forward. Though included in the college's original master plan in 1969, and scheduled to be built within the first decade of the college's existence, state funding for the facility never materialized.
Nevertheless Van Hook kept the dream alive by identifying the Performing Arts Center as an essential part of the campus, while continuing to lobby for state funding to build the facility. Finally state officials agreed to fund the project, but only if the college could submit revised plans for the theater and accompanying music-dance instruction areas — in just 36 hours. College officials and the center's architects quickly revised their plans and submitted them before deadline, ensuring the PAC's eventual construction.
However the PAC would be even grander than anyone originally envisioned, thanks to a $2.4 million commitment from the City of Santa Clarita in March 2000 to dramatically expand the center's capacity — from 400 to roughly 900 seats.
Educational additions to the college that year included new programs in biotechnology, fire technology, laser and orbital welding, advanced manufacturing, hotel and restaurant management, graphic arts, multimedia technology, broadcast technology, cinema, radio-television-film, electronic music and computer networking.
A New Millennium Dawns
As the new millennium dawned, College of the Canyons experienced some pivotal events as the pace of progress actually quickened and gained added significance through the first half of the new decade.
The Modular Classroom Village opened for its first classes in 2000, relieving some of the pressure caused by crowding more than 10,000 students into a campus originally designed for half that number.
The first COC Summer Intensive Spanish Institute was held, and soon developed a loyal following. The Spanish Institute provides courses for students wanting to develop a specialized skill set within the language — for specific use in the teaching, healthcare, business or law enforcement fields.
The remodeled and expanded Student Center opened in the summer of 2000, featuring a dramatic new entry, a larger dining room and more space for programs such as health services and student development.
With such unprecedented growth the campus' parking lots soon revealed their limitations, and the decision was made to build the South Parking Lot. Construction began in early 2001 with most of the $8 million project completed in time for the start of the fall semester. In all, the project added 1,600 additional parking spaces to the campus.
Also in 2000, the very first classes began at Academy of the Canyons — with more than 130 students opting to attend both high school and college classes concurrently on the COC campus. History would be made in June 2001, when the first class of 55 students graduated.
That summer, history was also made in the college's boardroom when the trustees supported Van Hook's request to present an $82.1 million bond measure to voters that would address the college's limitations in the face of unprecedented enrollment growth. The bond measure, to be called Measure C on the November 2001 ballot, would help finance a variety of new buildings, expansion projects and facility improvements.
Student enrollment grew yet again in the fall of 2001, rising 18 percent over the previous year, as 12,851 students registered for classes. That year, COC also created a more significant presence in the eastern Santa Clarita Valley, opening its ACCESS center – featuring several classrooms and a computer lab – inside the new Jo Anne Darcy Canyon Country Library.
The move represented one of the first tangible inroads into an area of the valley that was home to some 32 percent of the college's students. Van Hook and other college leaders understood that this area would require even more attention in the future. It was here that the college was laying the groundwork to acquire property and build a full-service campus.
When the November elections rolled around, local voters decided that College of the Canyons should move forward in a bold and dramatic way. An overwhelming 68 percent of local voters approved Measure C, the $82.1 million general-obligation bond measure to renovate facilities and build new ones.
And in December, the year came to a close with groundbreaking ceremonies for the highly anticipated Performing Arts Center.
In early 2002 The Signal newspaper honored Van Hook as its 2001 Newsmaker of the Year — recognizing her efforts to move the college forward in significant and dramatic ways, culminating with the community's overwhelming approval of Measure C.
Facilities expansion continued in 2002 as work began in the fall on the Vocational Technology Center — adding 3,500 square feet of space to accommodate new manufacturing technology classes and nearly $200,000 worth of new equipment.
In a state experiencing an acute shortage of nurses, College of the Canyons soon emerged as an educational leader in nursing education. In September of 2002 the Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital / College of the Canyons ClinicalEducation Center opened its doors on the hospital campus. The center represented a unique cooperative effort between the college and the hospital to help alleviate the nurse shortage. Then, in early 2003, the college took the lead with the new Associate Degree Nursing Regional Collaborative, an innovative partnership among the region's hospitals and community colleges to produce even more qualified nurses. The Western Association of Schools and Colleges was so impressed with College of the Canyons that it granted unconditional re-accreditation for the maximum-allowable six-year term in early 2003.
Athletic accomplishments figured prominently in 2003. In May, the men's golf team won its third state championship and in June, a $1 million renovation of Cougar Stadium was unveiled to the public, revealing a state-of-the-art synthetic-grass playing field, a new running track and remodeled restrooms. Also that summer, men's soccer was added to the college's roster of intercollegiate sports.
For most students, it just wouldn't be College of the Canyons without the constant clatter of construction activity — and 2004 was punctuated by more of the same.
Construction began on the 20,000-square-foot Music-Dance Building, a $7 million Measure C-funded project adjacent to the Performing Arts Center, which itself was still under construction. The college warehouse was expanded from 10,000 square feet to 18,500 square feet, and the road that serves as the main entrance off Rockwell Canyon Road was reconfigured to incorporate a circular pattern for pick-ups and drop-offs.
As a sign of the inevitable construction still to come, the University Center's $10 million capital campaign hit the $7 million fundraising mark in 2004, and the state gave the college the green light to move forward with plans to acquire land in Canyon Country on which to build a second campus.
But the big news of 2004 was the opening of the magnificent $18.3 million Performing Arts Center, representing years of persistent effort by Van Hook and other college officials. The community welcomed the long awaited center, which would now fulfill the dual role of serving as both a performance venue for the college's arts programs and the valley's independent arts groups.
As an encore to the completion of the PAC, the college took another major step forward in 2004 when the California Community Colleges Board of Governors and California Postsecondary Education Commission gave COC the go-ahead to build its Canyon Country Campus.
COC Continues to Lead the Way
The college and its leadership continued blazing new trails in 2005. The year began on a promising note, as the first class of 103 nursing students began instruction under the auspices of the Southern California Associate Degree Nursing Regional Collaborative.
Construction continued its hectic pace, as ground was broken in May on the new High Technology Building — a 34,000-square-foot complex of classrooms, labs and offices nestled between the StudentCenter and Physical Education Center. In addition, site preparation work began on a Science Building expansion project.
Later that year a report by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education revealed the rate of transfer of students from COC to University of California and California State University schools was the highest of all 21 colleges in Los Angeles County — and in the top 14.5 percent of the 109 California community colleges.
In September of 2005, the college welcomed a class of more than 120 regular and reserve Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department who would begin their training at the new Sheriff's North Academy housed on the COC campus. The next month COC would put the finishing touches on a new biotechnology center containing state-of-the-art laboratory space and a 2,000 square foot clean room — to be utilized by the college's life sciences and engineering programs and housed at the Mann Biomedical Park.
From 2005 to 2006 the college also made a number of curriculum expansions, adding programs in paralegal studies, construction management, land surveying and culinary arts, while enhancing course offerings in the subjects of geography, anthropology and welding.
January of 2006 brought with it the college's first full-fledged comprehensive winter intersession, allowing students to enroll in classes over a five-week period during the winter break.
However as the college continued to experience rapid growth and a surge in the student population, in August Van Hook convinced the board of trustees to place a $160 million general obligation bond to fund badly needed classroom space, lab areas and other campus facility needs, called Measure M, on the upcoming November ballet.
But that didn't stop the college from moving forward with its previous construction plans. Just a few weeks later, COC broke ground on a roughly 21,000 square foot $6.4 million Physical Education Building expansion project — using a combination of state funding and local Measure C funds. The project, scheduled for completion in the fall of 2008, will add badly needed office space, new locker rooms, and additional instruction space for the college's physical education department and intercollegiate athletics programs.
Joy filled the college in November 2006 as SCV residents overwhelmingly approved the college's $160 million Measure M, earning 62.3 percent of the vote — the highest approval rate among the nine California community college bonds presented to voters that year. The bond's passing also put the college in a position to leverage an additional $80 million in state matched funds to contribute to future construction projects.
In late 2006 a study by Community College Week revealed that between the fall 2004 and fall 2005 semesters COC was the fastest growing community college in the nation with enrollments of 10,000 or more.
In March of 2007 Van Hook and other COC officials were joined by sizeable collection of SCV community leaders as the college broke ground on the $36 million University Center building project. Cited by COC President-Superintendent Dianne Van Hook as the college's solution to the lack of upper division, graduate school and continuing education programs in the valley, the University Center concept was designed to improve student access to advanced degrees by forging partnerships with four-year colleges and universities, which will then offer their academic programs to COC students via on-campus extension courses.
"Our goal was to create an educational center based on partnerships," said Van Hook about the college's interim University Center, which opened in January 2002 and has since served more than 13,000 students. "Today is a symbol of what persistence, dedication and never giving up can achieve."
Located near the south parking lot and overlooking the existing campus, the 110,000-square-foot facility is scheduled for completion in the fall 2009 semester. Upon completion, the University Center will house at least 10 partnering colleges and universities and offer more than 70 different degree and credential programs.
In May of 2007 the COC board of trustees decided to honor Van Hook's efforts in leading the move toward establishing the University Center by voting unanimously to name the facility the Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook University Center.
In doing so, board members specifically cited Van Hook's "tireless commitment to enhancing access to education, her belief in the power of dreaming big and never giving up, and her premise that we, as individuals and institutions, become what we give ourselves the power to be."
"This is an incredible honor," said Van Hook at the time the decision was announced. "It represents to me what public education is all about, which is, if you can dream it, you can do it. But you can't ever give up. You have to explore all your options, and you always have to be willing to learn."
During the summer of 2007 the college also opened two new buildings on the Valencia campus: the recently completed Aliso Lab and accompanying Aliso Lecture Hall.
The new three-story science classroom building, Aliso Lab, provided the space for an expansion of the biology, chemistry, biotechnology, allied health, chemistry, engineering, math and physical science departments — and is linked by a bridge to the pre-existing science building. The new lecture hall, Aliso Hall, a one-story freestanding general-use facility, houses three 100-seat, sloped-floor lecture rooms. Each lecture room has full audio-visual and laboratory demonstration capabilities.
Combined, the two new $15.4 million Measure C funded structures provided an additional 43,000 square feet of sophisticated, state-of-the-art, and extremely functional areas to the College of the Canyons' already-impressive learning environment.
Under Van Hook's leadership COC would soon become "one college on two campuses" with the opening of the $51.6 million COC Canyon Country Campus (CCC) on the first day of the 2007 fall semester — just two years after the land for the campus was initially purchased.
With the opening of the CCC also came the beginning of the William S. Hart Union High School District's Early College High School (ECHS), housed on the new campus. The design of the ECHS allows students to enroll in both high school and college level classes, with a goal to graduate with both a high school diploma and associate's degree. The ECHS opened with 85 students in 2007, and will add a new freshman class each year.
In September of 2007, College of the Canyons, Van Hook and the college's professional development program were honored by the National Council for Staff, Program and Organizational Development (NCSPOD) for their determined efforts in the advancement of employees. Specifically the award honored Van Hook's efforts to help create and implement various professional development programs at COC — which have served as models for other colleges to adopt.
In November 2007 COC officially opened the $17.5 million Hasley Hall, a high technology classroom building funded by Measure C bonds. The campus' largest building at 49,505 square feet, Hasley Hall houses the college's business, cinema, computer information technology, computer science, communications studies, economics and journalism programs.


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The New York Times bestselling story from the author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction.Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-declared "light-skinned" woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve black children. James McBride, journalist, musician, and son, explores his mother's past, as well as his own upbringing and heritage, in a poignant and powerful debut, The Color Of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother. The son of a black minister and a woman who would not admit she was white, James McBride grew up in "orchestrated chaos" with his eleven siblings in the poor, all-black projects of Red Hook, Brooklyn. "Mommy," a fiercely protective woman with "dark eyes full of pep and fire," herded her brood to Manhattan's free cultural events, sent them off on buses to the best (and mainly Jewish) schools, demanded good grades, and commanded respect. As a young man, McBride saw his mother as a source of embarrassment, worry, and confusion—and reached thirty before he began to discover the truth about her early life and long-buried pain.
In The Color of Water, McBride retraces his mother's footsteps and, through her searing and spirited voice, recreates her remarkable story. The daughter of a failed itinerant Orthodox rabbi, she was born Rachel Shilsky (actually Ruchel Dwara Zylska) in Poland on April 1, 1921. Fleeing pogroms, her family emigrated to America and ultimately settled in Suffolk, Virginia, a small town where anti-Semitism and racial tensions ran high. With candor and immediacy, Ruth describes her parents' loveless marriage; her fragile, handicapped mother; her cruel, sexually-abusive father; and the rest of the family and life she abandoned.
At seventeen, after fleeing Virginia and settling in New York City, Ruth married a black minister and founded the all- black New Brown Memorial Baptist Church in her Red Hook living room. "God is the color of water," Ruth McBride taught her children, firmly convinced that life's blessings and life's values transcend race. Twice widowed, and continually confronting overwhelming adversity and racism, Ruth's determination, drive and discipline saw her dozen children through college—and most through graduate school. At age 65, she herself received a degree in social work from Temple University.
Interspersed throughout his mother's compelling narrative, McBride shares candid recollections of his own experiences as a mixed-race child of poverty, his flirtations with drugs and violence, and his eventual self- realization and professional success. The Color of Water touches readers of all colors as a vivid portrait of growing up, a haunting meditation on race and identity, and a lyrical valentine to a mother from her son.
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my card doesn't seem to want to run any faster than ~5MB/s, and i need some help getting it to work properly. i am not that experienced with linux so ...
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How have you determined this is the speed it is running at? If it is file transfer please bear in mind that your harddrives only have limited performance and will not be able to read/write at full gigabit capacity. 5-6MB/s should be about correct for a normal 7200rpm IDE drive. Bear in mind that that is a 40Mbps transfer.
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We have a farm and in the fall there is some weed in the woods that has these impossible little burrs that stick to any woven fabric. They also make a complete mess of my son's Bishon Frese. (His fur is different than my dog's -- she doesn't have the same problem.)
These burrs get so stuck in this little dog's coat that they are almost impossible to remove without hurting the dog. It sure has taken the fun out of my son/family bringing their dog out to the farm. Any ideas? The last time they were here, it took them hours to get the burrs out. |
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Yes, give your dog a bath BEFORE going out to the farm, condition the dog but DO NOT RINSE the conditioner out. Your dogs fur will be a bit greay looking and you will want to put a towel one the car seat, but by leaving the condition in, the burs will come out 10 times easier then if the conditioner was not in. |
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I had never tried dahlias and a friend of mine last year gave me 50 dahlias. I planted them all, and they were beautiful all season. I was told since my zone is 7A I was suppose to take them up but was too busy with work to do so. I didn't even mulch them. I have been preparing my beds for the season and have noticed quite a few are coming up. The beginning of winter was warm, but the end was very cold. Am I just lucky, or should I have heavy mulched them. Any advice for this year. |
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You may have been lucky! The key question is: Does the ground freeze in the winter where I live? If it is an unqualified yes then you are lucky and in a hard winter you may have lost quite a few. If the ground doesn't freeze then just mulch them with 4-6" of something like leaves or pine straw. I talked to a fellow one time that lived in Central Ohio and didn't dig his dahlias but he mulched them with a couple of feet of leaves. So they can stay in the ground if you do it right to prevent them from freezing. Storing dahlias inside can cause dahlias to shrivel or rot if you don't use proper techniques so you must select one where you can be successful. Check out the Dahlia Society of Georgia web site menu item Dahlias That Grow Well in the South which discusses one and gives a website for another. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Dahlia Society of Georgia
Well, it is probably a combination. I'm zone 6 & the last 3 years I have overlooked a few dahlias when digging in the fall, & "knock on wood" :) those have come back. They didn't get mulched, since I didn't intentionally leave them. We occasionally get a winter with temps below 0, but haven't the last few years. We do get below 10 a very few nights though, & still I see them come back. The ones I dig though do better, but that may be because I just left a piece of one. This fall I may just mulch really well & leave them in the ground. |
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I loved this product! A friend gave me this as a gift and I LOVED it! My nails grew in so little time! If I have nail polish on I would put It under the tips of my nails,and it worked just as good.I would but this a lot if I could find somewhere that has it.
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This is the best nail growth formula I've ever used, don't be discourage by the fact that this is oil!! TRUST me I'm someone who's been biting her nails constantly since she was 5 and even the doctors said my nails were permanently damaged and would never grow. It works great :) I wish it worked faster because I'm super impatient :( only downside was that the brush is pretty flimsy but it gets the job done!!
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Recently I moved and wasn't working anymore so I took my acrylics off to save money and bought this strengthener so I could grow my own nails. Ive tried to grow them before but they would just break and split because they were so weak. Well Its been two months and my nails are really long and bright and strong even after being filed down with the acrylics. This is the first time ive been able to have long nails of my own and Ill definitely keep using this product.
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If only the system has a maybe option. So far, it's a 3s means I am basically neutral on this product or I cannot recall such as the pricing. I have this for 2-3 years now and I only gotten about 1/4 so like any standard nail polish bottle, you get a lot of the product. I do about 2 coats on my nails. I had semi weak nails except on my two pointed fingers, so they were strong and longer but the others kept on chipping that it drove me mad. So I bought this because of the green tea part. The results, I can definitely say, it did improve on the strength of my nails by far but the process is slow (at least, for the way I noticed) though I didn't mind it much. My nails still chip but I happen to be doing a lot of work involving my hands but it isn't as much as before. They definitely are longer and it's affordable at Wal-Mart. I might repurchase this again but I don't think anytime soon since it might take me years before I can finish this bottle.
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Panasonic Corp. started production at its newly built solar module facility in Malaysia. The factory in Kulim Hi-Tech Park in the northwestern state of Kedah will have annual production capacity of 300 MW. The plant will help Panasonic meet robust demand for solar in Japan and will enhance cost competitiveness. It is the company's first fully integrated solar manufacturing base, producing wafers to solar cells and module. This strengthens cost competitiveness by reducing transportation costs. The plant also makes use of local materials. Panasonic expects the global solar market to grow further with increasing environmental awareness and the introduction of stimulus measures such as feed-in tariffs and subsidies in Japan and other countries. It currently manufactures its HIT (Heterojunction with Intrinsic Thin layer) solar cells at two Japanese plants and has three module assembly bases, two in Japan and one in Hungary. Its total annual production capacity is 600 MW each of cells and modules. The Malaysian factory will boost its total solar module producing capacity by 50% to 900 MW. Capitalizing on its solar manufacturing capabilities, Panasonic will step up efforts to provide integrated solar solutions combining modules with power conditioners, solar tracker bases, storage batteries and other components to meet the needs of diverse customers and expand its business. Panasonic sells residential solar power systems around the world, as well as providing technology for utility solar energy collection.
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Survey still finds illegal cell phone use a problem
While slogans like "Drive Hammered, Get Nailed" or "Click It Or Ticket" may seem corny, their messages are clear. Every year, the state conducts a survey of drivers to make sure our highways are safer.
The survey found that drunk driving laws have made the most impact.
Nine out of ten drivers know they're likely to get busted if caught. Less than 10 percent say they get behind the wheel within a couple of hours of drinking.
Speeding seems under control, 75 percent of drivers surveyed say they rarely or never drive faster than posted speeds.
Even seat belt laws seem to be en grained, close to 98-percent say they buckle up.
So what's the hardest habit to break? Using a cell phone.
Lyle Andrusiek said, "I use it safely, I use it with a blue tooth headset."
But not everyone does. In fact, little has changed since the law banning cell phone use passed two years ago, even if drivers know better.
Driver Nery Garcia said, "Yes, I've talked on the phone. I try to avoid texting."
The younger the driver, the more likely they are to use their phone while in the car. Whether it's to talk or to send a text message, the age group of 18-24 had the highest number of drivers that admitted to this bad behavior.
More than 78 percent said they used their phones illegally while driving. Pair that with their limited driving experience and you have a recipe for disaster.
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He stashes his phone in the trunk of his car to avoid the temptation to use it.
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· Good sized NFL tackle, strong enough to anchor and handle in run game
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Bible Verses About Finding a Good Husband
Bible verses related to Finding a Good Husband from the King James Version (KJV) by Relevance
James 1:17 - Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
1 Timothy 5:8 - But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
1 Corinthians 7:10-11 - And unto the married I command, [yet] not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from [her] husband: (Read More...)
Proverbs 31:10 - Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far above rubies.
Hebrews 13:5 - [Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
2 Corinthians 6:14-17 - Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? (Read More...)
Proverbs 18:22 - [Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
1 Samuel 16:7 - But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
1 Thessalonians 5:21 - Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Colossians 3:2 - Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
1 Corinthians 3:11-15 - For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. (Read More...)
Genesis 2:24 - Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
2 Timothy 2:15 - Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Genesis 2:18 - And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Hebrews 11:6 - But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Acts 15:6 - And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
John 14:15 - If ye love me, keep my commandments.
John 3:30 - He must increase, but I [must] decrease.
John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Proverbs 31:1-31 - The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. (Read More...)
Genesis 24:27 - And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I [being] in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.
2 Thessalonians 3:10 - For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
John 19:25-27 - Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the [wife] of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. (Read More...)
Matthew 22:37-38 - Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. (Read More...)
Proverbs 11:14 - Where no counsel [is], the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.
Proverbs 1:10 - My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Psalms 127:3 - Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.
Psalms 119:127 - Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
Psalms 77:2 - In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
Psalms 32:2 - Blessed [is] the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit [there is] no guile.
Psalms 27:14 - Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
1 Samuel 15:22 - And Samuel said, Hath the LORD [as great] delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice, [and] to hearken than the fat of rams.
Joshua 24:15 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that [were] on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Genesis 24:26 - And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
Genesis 18:19 - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
1 Thessalonians 2:19 - For what [is] our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? [Are] not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
Ephesians 6:4 - And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:17 - Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Romans 3:20 - Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin.
Acts 18:1-4 - After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; (Read More...)
Acts 17:11 - These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Acts 10:1-2 - There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian [band], (Read More...)
Acts 4:12 - Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
John 3:3 - Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Matthew 26:28 - For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Daniel 12:3 - And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
Isaiah 55:8-9 - For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD. (Read More...)
Ecclesiastes 7:25 - I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason [of things], and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness [and] madness:
Psalms 37:31 - The law of his God [is] in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
Psalms 37:23 - The steps of a [good] man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
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Wedding invitations are essential to every nuptial ceremony as they convey a personal invitation for guests to come to the reception on a formal level or for affirming a verbal invitation to the wedding. In the past, wedding invitations would either have to be painstakingly hand printed or stenciled onto each card, or else sent to a professional printing press where the cards will be churned out at a high cost. Only the well-to-do back then could afford printable wedding invitations and the masses would have to settle for hand-crafted and written cards instead.
With the advances made in modern home computing and desktop publishing, it is now possible to print documents at a very affordable rate both at home and from professional printing shops. This is a boon especially for home users and part time desktop publishers. A modern personal computer and printer has more than one hundred times the capacity, computing power, flexibility and capability of professional grade machines of only a decade ago. Modern printers (laser jet or bubble jet) are able to print in countless styles and design at speeds unheard of in the past. Thus with such raw power available at such low prices, the end user is spoilt for choice when it comes to making a decision on printing his or her custom wedding invitations. There are several choices for the designer to make when designing the cards which are discussed here.
To save costs one can contribute a little time and effort to personally design and print such stationery. The tools to create a professional looking invitation are readily available on the internet or can be bought easily in computer software stores. There are also plenty of templates available for free or at a nominal charge, it all depends on the individuals willing to spend some time to search for the most appropriate design. If the ready made templates are unsuitable then one could always download or purchase some publishing software to give that invitation that extra personal touch.
The most modern way to send such invitations once completed is via email but it still can't compare to a printed card. A good idea would be to send one electronic format and one printed version in case the snail mail gets there late. To go one step further, why not create some personalized envelopes to go with the personalized wedding invitation. All you have to do is design, enter the guest name or names on each card, follow the printing instructions and click on the print button. Be sure to have enough paper and ink.
For those who want to save more time, there are plenty of ready made printable wedding invitation cards in the market. These cards can be readily purchased from almost any store, from supermarkets to wedding boutiques to online wedding kiosks; they are available in numerous styles and designs. The blank portions where the names of the bride and bridegroom, venue as well as the guests' name go can either be hand-filled or printed using your home computer and printer. Guidelines to print directly onto the cards are usually included with them.
The final choice of printing wedding stationery would of course, to send the cards to a professional printing press to work with. The prices of such professional services have gone down greatly when compared to prices of past years. The client would convey his or her idea of how the perfect card would look and the designer would comply with the design. The professionals will no doubt be able to add that magic touch to the invitations and it will be one less thing to worry about for the wedding planner.
Like so many things in our life, modern technology has made it possible to make things easier whilst still keeping the original spirit alive. The same goes for nuptial stationery. Even with the advent of electronic invitations via electronic mail and SMS as well as Multimedia Messages from handsets, most couples still prefer to send out old school printed wedding invitations to give guests that old school personal touch. Few people realize the wonderful technology working in the background that goes into making this all possible.
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Kansas City won't be getting the volume of federal funding it's been accustomed to for preparation against terrorist attacks and natural disasters, said Sen. Claire McCaskill, meeting with Kansas City reporters.
The Senator said the mood toward smaller government will work against paying for disaster aid the way it has been since Sept. 11.
Kansas City has been excluded from a list of to 25 cities to get public safety and disaster aid.
McCaskill doubts funding will return for what many consider municipal responsibilities.
People in the path of severe weather (and other emergencies) now have a new way to find out about threats: text message alerts, sent straight to mobile devices.
When the tornado tore through Joplin and Duquesne in southwest Mo. in May 2011, not only did it kill 161 people and destroy thousands of buildings, it also unearthed something dangerous:
Monday, August 6th, the Islamic Society of Joplin's mosque was burned to the ground.
When the Joplin tornado struck one year ago, so much was destroyed or scattered that can never be replaced. And it became up to a few creative heroes to restore some of that order.
The President speaks at a Joplin graduation ceremony. Kansas redistricting case get more plaintiffs. It's a daily digest of headlines from KCUR.
Next Monday, President Barack Obama will visit Joplin, Mo, almost one year to the day after a devastating tornado ripped through the center of the city, destroying countless homes and the lives of more than 160 people.
On this Tuesday's Central Standard, a look at UMKC's Rebuild Joplin Studio Project. For those working on it, they quickly learned that this is more than just another class, but an opportunity to rebuild a resilient Joplin.
Kansas City, MO – More is coming out about how a thrown-together setup was able to move the injured from Joplin's tornado.The critical need for more ambulances than the city could provide was worked out early in the disaster. In the analysis that came days later, three emergency services from the Kansas City area and a Springfield hospital turned chaos into something workable. KCUR's Dan Verbeck has more of the story.
By Courtney Flatt, KBIA
Joplin, Mo. – After touring the destruction in some of Joplin's hardest-hit areas yesterday (Sunday), President Obama addressed a packed auditorium on the Missouri State Southern University campus. KBIA's Courtney Flatt was there and has this report.
By Rachel Lippmann, KWMU
St. Louis, Mo. – The tornado that slammed into Joplin on Sunday is now the eighth deadliest on record. The death toll reached 122 people last nigh. The National Weather Service has increased the rating of the storm's strength to an EF-5 - the highest category. Winds topped 200 miles per hour. Search and rescue crews rescued two more people from the wreckage yesterday (Tuesday), bringing the total number of rescues to nine.
By Dan Verbeck
Joplin, Mo. – Missouri Governor Jay Nixon wants a second search of every collapsed building. But a city official says all FEMA requirements are being met, including double examinations of buildings. Relief work though has barely begun. Dan Verbeck is in Joplin and has this report.
JOPLIN, Mo. – The fatality count in Joplin Missouri is up to 116, and as KCUR's Dan Verbeck reports, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon is ordering a second search for survivors.----------
Outside the shambles of the now closed regional hospital, Governor Jay Nixon just finished speaking with reporters in the midst of a blinding lightning and thunderstorm and an eye-watering mix of spilled gasoline from scores of cars tumbled about in the parking lot.
By Maria Altman, St. Louis Public Radio / Dan Verbeck, KCUR
JOPLIN, Mo. – Rescue crews in Joplin are continuing to make a block by block search for survivors of last night's deadly tornado. So far officials have confirmed 116 dead, with more expected.
KCUR's Dan Verbeck is in Joplin and says rescuers are searching an 80 square block area. The weather, he says, isn't helping.
Joplin, Mo. – [Updated: June 9, 2011: 151 people died from injuries. More than 900 people were injured in the storm.] Authorities say at least 89 have died in the massive tornado that struck Joplin. City manager Mark Rohr announced the number at a pre-dawn news conference outside the wreckage of a hospital that took a direct hit from Sunday's storm. Rohr said the twister cut a path nearly six miles long and more than a half-mile wide through the center of town.
By Associated Press
JOPLIN, Mo. – A massive tornado that tore through the southwest Missouri city of Joplin killed at least 89 people, but authorities warned that the death toll could climb Monday as search and rescuers continued their work at sunrise.


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Bonnie and Clyde: Romeo and Juliet in a Getaway Car
Brother Buck
"Your cares and troubles are gone
There'll be no more from now on"
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B. Meroff
Immediately after the latest killing it was now the fourth notch in Clyde's gun the Barrow Gang hightailed back to their home base in Dallas. They knew the noose was about to tighten and it might be a long time, they told their families, before they could come home. As was customary, the bandits gave their families money to get by.
Much of the freedom of Bonnie and Clyde's movements throughout northern Texas had been due to the allegiance and shielding of its people, those who had themselves lost their property or had seen others lose theirs from the Depression and who thought the government needed a comeuppance. Bonnie and Clyde were their crusaders. But, ever since the killing of the patrolman in Springtown, law enforcement agencies throughout the combined borders Texas/Oklahoma/Louisiana/Missouri had enforced their manpower. Highways crawled with police.
Evidenced by this was a near-miss by Texas police to corral the Barrow Gang on the streets of residential Dallas, a trap from which Clyde, Bonnie and W.D. shot their way out, leaving the trio unscathed but another policeman mortally wounded. Throughout the ensuing weeks, the Barrow gang held up a number of banks improving their methods each time and had broken into a government armory, getting away with revolvers, sub-machine guns, gas bombs, and a cache of Browning Automatic Rifles (popularly called BARs).
Cutting through Springfield , Missouri, the gang car doing its usual 70 mph, a motorcycle cop decided to pull them aside. "Let's have some fun," Clyde winked at Bonnie, and as the patrolmen neared their car, Clyde aimed a BAR point-blank at the man. The surprised policeman instinctively raised his arms "Don't shoot!" he pleaded.
They placed the officer named Persell into the back seat beside W.D., who cradled a shotgun in his lap; and drove quite a distance to the burgh of Orogono where their battery died. While Bonnie watched the car, the three men went to a local store where Clyde not only made the officer steal a battery but carry it back and install it. Laughing, the Barrows thanked him for his help and drove away, leaving him there dirtied by battery grease. Writes E.R. Milner tongue-in-cheek in The Lives and Times of Bonnie and Clyde: "The officer, who by this time had guessed his captors' real identity, expected to be murdered. When Clyde drove away into the night, Persell wiped his forehead and said softly, 'Much obliged.'"
It was in March of 1933 that Clyde's brother Buck was finally released from Huntsville. As his parole officers feared, Buck disappeared from Dallas and joined up with his brother. He brought along his pretty but high-strung bride, Blanche.
During his incarceration at Hunstville, Buck had managed to jump the walls and made his way across Texas. As a fugitive, he had met and married red-haired Blanche Caldwell. Discovering he was a prison escapee, Blanche convinced him to surrender and "get it all behind". Now that he had been paroled she hoped that Buck would consider her father's offer, to help him work his farm. Buck hesitated. "Later, honey," he told her. "I just want to see my baby brother it's been so long." Through his sister Nell (who was kept apprised of Clyde's moves for the benefit of both the Barrow and Parker families), arrangements were made for her brothers to rendezvous in Joplin, Missouri. Buck, with Blanche lit out in late March to find Clyde, ignoring the advice of a friend who told him, "Don't get into that car with him. You'll never come back."
The "Terrible Barrows," not in each other's company since that dismal enterprise in Denton, whooped and hollered it up. The reunion provided an excuse for Clyde and Bonnie to take a desperately needed vacation. Their last several bank jobs had proven lucrative, their pockets jingled, and more importantly, they believed Joplin to be outside the perimeter of the law's concentrated "hunting ground". What better way to relax than by renting a place where the Barrows, together again, could renew acquaintance, share funny stories, play cards, drink and be merry?
They chose a well-furnished apartment over a double-garage in the quiet Freeman Park area where they intended to reside for a couple of months before moving on. Neighbors, watching them move in, were alarmed when they spotted a couple of the young men carrying into the flat what appeared to be quite a large arsenal of guns from a car with an out-of-state license plate. Rumors rampaged. Police were at last summoned as the strangers' activities drew attention; better said, as their non-activities drew attention, for the silent newcomers rarely stepped outside their new sanctuary. Window curtains remained closed throughout the day and night.
The place was put under surveillance. Police notated that one of two cars a green 1932 Ford Sedan very occasionally left the premises, once in fact on the night of a local bank robbery committed by two men (fitting the Barrows' description) "and a woman." Wiring for information on the Ford's license plates, the cops learned the car had been stolen near Topeka, Kansas, several weeks back.
At mid-morning April 13, Joplin police and county detectives rolled up in front of the garage doors to prohibit any escape with either of the two cars inside. In the flat above, Bonnie was cooking lunch, Clyde was reading the newspaper, W.D. was dozing in the chair and Buck and his wife were engaged in a game. Blanche's small puppy stretched across her lap. It was Clyde who thought he heard something below the window and instinctively peeked through a part in the curtains.
"It's the laws!" he roared, simultaneously lifting his automatic off the sill. Almost as one, he and W.D. fired through the panes at the assemblage of blue uniforms and government-gray overcoats fanning out in the driveway below. County policeman Wesley Harriman and detective Harry McGinnis fell, in direct line of fire. No sooner had their bodies hit the ground than the dozen other lawmen opened up at the upper windows. Glass shards and bullets slammed the ceilings and walls of the apartment, paint and wood chips spraying like rain. Buck had found his shotgun and sent a blast back in return. Bonnie, with a revolver, was sending her own firepower at the assailants. Blanche, at the first sign of action, had screamed and was continuing to scream running blindly from room to room in a paroxysm of panic.
Clyde motioned to the others to head for the garage below, accessible through an interior staircase, while Thompson machine guns continued to turn the fugitives' quarters into hash.
In the garage, Blanche flailed and bawled and, still uncontrollable, broke free from Buck's grasp to run without reason through the back door and out to the lawn. "We'll pick her up!" Clyde grabbed his brother's elbow, and ushered a reluctant Buck into the back seat of the Ford. By the time he slid behind the wheel, and the rest had gathered into the car, he sensed that the laws' volleys had dwindled; it had dawned on them that their shots were no longer being returned and were probably expecting what was to come. Grinning, he turned the ignition and whooped, "Here we come, boys!" loud enough for the laws to hear, then smashed the gas pedal to the floor. Beside him, Bonnie ducked and held onto Clyde's waist. The Ford bolted forward and burst at full speed through the doors. The government's black coupe and the policemen gathered around it all gave way to the force ramming them. Clyde hallooed as the cops spilled across the driveway cursing.
The escapees could see Blanche now, across the street, still running, still screaming, arms still waving. It was the first time Clyde noticed she had her dog tucked into the large pocket of her apron. Bullets whizzing from behind, he braked just long enough for Buck to pick them both up, wife and dog, before speeding west, away from Joplin.
Inside what had once been their apartment, the police found items linking to Bonnie and Clyde photographs of the couple taken with one of those new box Kodak cameras, as well as wanted posters and snipped newspaper headlines they had trophied as part of their brag collection. But, the identity of that other couple had been a mystery until now. Remaining behind, covered with sawdust and broken glass, were Blanche's purse and Bucks' parole papers.


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By The Hays Daily News
Hays city commissioners will meet for a work session at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at city hall.
Agenda items include:
* First draft review of the Big Creek Levee report.
* Airport snow blower acquisition. Commissioners will discuss moving ahead to obtain a Federal Aviation Administration grant for 90 percent of the snowblower's $89,891 cost.
* Proposed Luecke Addition. Commissioners will consider requests for rezoning the property located east of Home Depot next to Vineyard Road Park from agricultural to higher-density housing and commercial development.
* Award of bid for lining of metal storm sewer pipe. This is the third year of Hays' aggressive program to rehabilitate metal storm sewer pipes throughout the city, and $180,000 was budgeted.
* Elimination of school zones around the former Kennedy Middle School, 14th and Fort, and High Plains Baptist Church, 27th and Canterbury.


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Sit on the riverbank and watch the tubers!!!
A waterfront home that has all personalities covered! It's both on the river and tucked in the trees. Located in the desirable Historic Gruene area just one mile from Gruene Hall.
Relax & enjoy the "Dog Leg Rapids" 300 ft. of the most beautiful cypress tree lined Guadalupe Riverbank in the city limits of New Braunfels, Texas.
Extensive outdoor living spaces are carefully designed to take full advantage of the river breezes and magnificent views. Concrete patio with cozy fire pit, raised riverside decks, covered entertainment area, gourmet kitchen with marble counter-tops. Life is Gruene is fully furnished and decorated right down to the accessories.
Off-Season (Labor Day-Memorial Day)
$800 per night (Sunday-Thursday)
$1000 per night (Friday & Saturday)
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$1200 per night (Sunday-Thursday)
$1400 per night (Friday & Saturday)
Add $200 cleaning fee and 13% hotel tax
LIG requires a $500 deposit upon reservation with the balance due 30 days prior to the date of check-in. If the reservation is made less than 30 days prior to arrival, the full rental amount is required at time of reservation.
If cancellation occurs prior to 30 days of arrival, a refund of your deposit will be made less a $100 cancellation fee. If cancellation occurs within 30 days prior to arrival, no refund will be granted. If guests check out prior to the scheduled check out date, no refund will be granted.
Please note: Our property is not zoned for weddings, receptions, or gatherings of more than 20 people. Absolutely no outside vendors are allowed.
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L.O.V.E this toner - I cannot believe a liquid like this can hydrate so effectively. It is more expensive than the other toners (higher price AND smalle bottle), which is why I currently use the Skin Recovery toner. But I will be getting this again, because it just did a fantastic job.
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When will Makeupalley let us do half ratings?! Because I want to give this a 3.5.
I like this toner. It's more of a very light weight hydrating serum than a conventional toner so I apply it with my hands rather than with a cotton pad as I find that method of application too wasteful for something so thick. It absorbs instantly into the skin and gives my skin that extra boost of hydration. However, I often find that when I apply this to my cheeks it "stings" or creates some kind of burning sensation... very strange for a hydrating toner. It's not unbearable or anything and it goes away quickly, so it's not that big of a deal.
I'm not sure what in this product causes that sensation. I'm sure it's the product itself and not a negative interaction with any other products I use since this is applied immediately after cleansing.
I probably wouldn't repurchase this just because it doesn't seem to do anything exceptional for my skin beyond adding a bit of hydration (which I can get from a serum and/or an oil). That, and it runs out super quickly, making it pricey. You get 118ml/4oz of product for $28 on the Australian PC website, and there's a shipping fee on top of that. I can't remember it off the top of my head... somewhere between $9 and $15. The threshold for free shipping is $100. Of course, PC frequently has specials and at this very moment has free shipping on all orders but this toner isn't so special to me that I would fork out $15 each time just to replenish it, nor is it worth waiting for free shipping specials.
I just finished off a bottle of this toner. I've had it for almost a year and the thing I loved most about it was that it made my skin feel hydrated. It is a milky toner and after cleansing, I would gross out on how much makeup was still on my face after using this toner. I've changed my cleanser since then. But I love the feeling of getting every last bit of makeup off. I would purchase this again, but I like to wait for a percentage off plus free shipping -- Paula's Choice has that deal every so often -- so I'll just wait for it. The reason I didn't give it 5 lippies is because I didn't see any noticeable improvement in how my skin looked -- other than just getting every last bit of makeup off.
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The formula feels nice and soothing--might be a good choice for dry, fine textured skin. However, I think this might too rich for my combo skin. I seem to break out in milia bumps if I use it more than a day or two in a row.
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By far the best toner I've ever used for dry/normal skin. It really functions more like a lotion, even the consistency is like a very liquidy lotion, but it sinks in the skin really nicely, and I actually am able to use this during the day with PC antioxidant light serum without a moisturizer. I think this is great for those that typically find most toners to be too drying or stripping on the skin.
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This was a very creamy toner with a gel like viscosity. It did smell strongly of alcohol though, and benzoic acid is the 4TH from the last ingredient on the list. Since there is such a small amount I do not mind normally, but the odor is quite strong.
My skin is dry and sensitive. This milky toner caused slight irritation and dryness. I diluted it half and half with distilled water and I don't have dryness or irritation.
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I tried this cause the rep said it was good for all skins. oily but dehydrated, acne prone with red marks I wanted to fade in process. This product broke me out in closed comedone bumps all over my jaw and lower chin. I haven't used it in 2 weeks and the bumps are still there. I caused my skin bigger problems with this and have had to stop all products just to try and see if they will go away. Will never purchase this product or another PC product again, it's not the first product to make my skin worse...Stupidly I got sucked into the rave reviews everywhere but be aware that paula's choice website blocked my negative review mentioning the breakout.
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I have been using this every day for a while and really don't see anything special about it. My skin does not feel fresher after using (and this has a smell which I cannot stand) and I can't see any change to my skin texture at all. It does leave a film on my face which I actually don't mind so much.
This doesn't have that burn of alcohol which I normally expect from a toner. In fact I don't see this as a traditional toner but more of a lightweight liquid moisturizer. It does have a silky feel to it and I think that applying with a cotton pad is the wrong way to use it. One other reviewer has suggested using your hands to apply this and I do agree. It doesn't sink into the cotton pad anyway and instead just sits on top as it is quite thick for a liquid.
I got this in a swap so can't comment on the price but I wouldn't buy this again. It's not that I expect miracles from a toner, but it has to do something or else there is no point taking this unnecessary step. It may be that my skin just doesn't need an extra layer of moisturizer (I have very oily nose and chin, and dry cheeks) so maybe this is better suited to those with all over drier skin than mine.
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The best toner ever! Packed with lots of anti oxidants. Where else can you find that well formulated toner for such a reasonable price?? If you have an oily skin or sweat a lot during the summer time, it even can be your daily moisturizer. I do not use it as a toner, it is, don't put it on a pad, but directly into the palm of my hand and massage it into my skin before applying a serum. No, you will not see any "results". It is all about prevention.
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