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ABUJA - The floods that ravaged Nigeria's Muslim-majority north, which have caused prices of livestock to shot up, and fears of attacks by the militant Boko Haram have spoiled the joy of `Eid Al-Adha, one of two major Muslim festivals, in the west African country.
"We used to buy three rams in our family, Sharafudeen Balogun, 35, told OnIslam.net.
But this year we bought just two because of the high cost.
Balogun recalled that he bought a big ram last year at N33,000 (around $200).
But this year a ram of that size costs between N45,000 and N50,000."
Dealers blame the high prices of livestock for sacrifice in `Eid Al-Adha to the floods that ravaged northern Nigeria in recent months.
"The shortage of livestock can be blamed on the excessive flooding which killed millions of our animals and even hindered efforts to breed new ones," Alhaji Sumaila Maigari told OnIslam.net at a popular Agege ram market in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
"So the few we were able to buy from dealers are very expensive and that is why the cost of animals are on the high side this year. We sell what we buy."
Hassan Ibidapo, another ram seller in Ilorin in Nigeria's Northcentral, corroborated Maigari's story.
He added that the Boko Haram menace also contributed to the crisis because "increasingly people are afraid to travel to the North."
Ibidapo said he knew people who used to travel to the North to buy animals for Udhiyah but were afraid to go this year because of the Boko Haram crisis.
`Eid Al-Adha, or "Feast of Sacrifice, is one of the two most important Islamic celebrations, together with `Eid Al-Fitr.
After special prayers to mark the day, Muslims offer unhiyah, a ritual that reminds of the great act of sacrifice Prophet Ibrahim and his son Isma`eel were willing to make for the sake of God
Festivities and merriment then start with visits to the homes of friends and relatives.
Economic Failure
Other Nigerians, however, blame the politicians and the poor economy for the soaring prices of livestock.
"The Naira traded at between 145/150 to a US dollar last year, but the naira now fair worse against the dollar, Hajia Bilkees Onitiri, 40, a businesswoman who has been offering Udhiyah since she was 30, told OnIslam.net.
This does have effect on the price of everything including ram.
Estimates show that poverty is rising in Nigeria, Africa's second largest economy, despite economic growth.
Data show that 60.9 percent of Nigeria's 130 million population live in absolute poverty in 2010, up from only 54.7 percent in 2004.
"But you can also blame the high cost of ram and other Udhiyah animals on the habit of our politicians who buy these animals in large quantity and hoard them ahead the `Eid celebration," said Onitiri.
Nigeria, one of the world's most religiously committed nations, is divided between a Muslim north and a Christian south.
Muslims and Christians, who constitute 55 and 40 percent of Nigeria's 140 million population respectively, have lived in peace for the most part.But ethnic and religious tensions have bubbled for years, fuelled by decades of resentment between indigenous groups, mostly Christian or animist, who are vying for control of fertile farmlands with migrants and settlers from the Hausa-speaking Muslim north.
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The first recorded European encounter with Kiribati was by the Spanish explorer Quiros in 1606. By the 1820s, all of the islands had been charted. At that time, the Russian hydrographer A.I. Krusenstern gave the group the name Gilbert Islands. Until about 1870, many British and American whaling vessels sought sperm whales in Gilbertese waters. Starting in 1850, trading vessels passed through, seeking first coconut oil and then copra. In the 1860s, "black-birders" (slave ships) carried off islanders to work on plantations in Peru and, later, in Fiji, Tahiti, Hawaii, and Australia. Not only did this practice reduce the number of men on the islands, it also introduced European diseases, such as measles, against which the islanders had little resistance. With the people's consent, the Ellice groups (now Tuvalu) and the Gilbert Islands became a British protectorate in 1892, in the hope of eradicating slave raids and incessant tribal warfare.
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Japan seized the islands in 1941. On November 21, 1943, American forces launched their first penetration of Japan's ring of island defenses by attacking the Tarawa islet of Betio. Tarawa Atoll was the setting for one of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific and was a major turning point in the war for the Allies.
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Dec. 30, 2013 BiggDan | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: All the hate on DBO with senior bats...how about this? There is a serious problem when association's want to shorten the ballgame's , but still charge $500-$600.00 per tournament. If you did not play their association's because of their rule's and price. Maybe they would get the message. They are talking about in certain association's playing instead of 70 min's per game. will be more like 45-50 min's a game. Do you think that is fair? Teams talk about Adiktiv on this website. but it is mainly the teams that can not compete in the Major division. And you know who you are. Stop living the dream. You get to this age to play a game that growing up people loved to play. Now you get older. and they want to restrict you from playing . Just because the players stay in shape better than them. Not all the good players want to play with your team, or they want to play on a team with their friends. Their are teams that do not get moved up because of who they know on the board. And they wine to the association's about getting beat each week by the same team. or teams. Drop drown . face reality. Enjoy this game while you can. it won't last for ever. |
Dec. 17, 2013 BiggDan | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: There is not enough teams to have a Major Plus division With the current move up's there are not enough teams on the East Coast, to have a Major Plus Division. There are 21 Major Plus teams in SSUSA registered this year. And two teams have disbanded.GOOD JOB SSUSA. Also noticed teams that Performed really well last year , are still Major. GOOD JOB SSUSA , Merry Christmas. |
Dec. 11, 2013 BiggDan | Topic: Website comments Discussion: Why Not Have A Players Committee Of Real Players To Over See The Rules Well with all the professional people that you have on your panel. Why could'nt you come up with a better rule than taking away the HR's as walk's , or even one up rule in Major and Major Plus. On the East Coast there are not enough teams to play Major Plus. You need to move more teams up to Major Plus or combine Major with them. Those two divisions should be allowed to swing their bats. Let the other classes use the DBO rule. As teams we pay a lot of money to travel to these tournaments, and pay the entry fee's. And then pay your fee's to join your association and have no say in the rules. These mask or helmets that you are not giving the players an option of wearing a mask or not. Plus they are having to pay $65.00-$75.00 for a mask. If you are making it mandatory you should pay for each teams pitchers equipment. If you want to shorten the game by HR's then go down on the prices of your tournaments. |
Dec. 11, 2013 BiggDan | Topic: Website comments Discussion: Why Not Have A Players Committee Of Real Players To Over See The Rules We as players and coaches pay our fee's every year. Why not the players have a voice. They need real players input, not someone that sit's at a desk and make rule's. You have played all these years you should know. Let's form a Players Board Of Director's. What is your thought's on this subject. |
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I'm located in Zone 5/Ottawa, Eastern Ontario, and we have an Oleander shrub/tree lovingly grown from slip over 8 years ago into an over 6' shrub. We take it inside our house/large window foyer every winter and then repot it in the same south west, but partially shaded area every May/April. Because it had spider mites in late Feb. and it was unusually very warm out early April, we put the plant out on the porch to harden it off and hopefully kill off the mites that still existed after spraying it with soap for a couple of weeks. (We've done this around 3 times during the plant's lifetime with success.) The plant looked fine while on the porch for a week, except for the remaining mites and the odd yellowing leaf.
Then we dragged it out in 22 celcius deg weather in the yard towards its usual location and soaked the soil (clayish but with earthworms) in order to dig up the hole- and also put some compost assorted tree leaves in the bottom for conditioning. We hadn't fertilized the plant all winter, and still haven't, but now I'm wondering what to do. The plant, out for a good 3 weeks now seems to have gone well beyond its usual transplant shock and I've never seen the leaves this dark and not rebounded from the droop. The only thing I can think of is that the weather turned cold at night again, but it remained pretty warm during the day: 15-20 celcius most days, and sunny, though with a few rain soakings now and again. We also haven't watered it since, since I know it hates sogginess, and it rained a few times since repotted. Is it possible to save this plant if what harmed it was just the extreme cold weather shock (1-5 Celcius most nights), or is it something more sinister? What could I do to keep it going? I love the plant even more for its beautiful dark green palm tree like foliage than for the pretty pink flowers it gives 3 times a year, and we did get the original tiny clipping from an elederly Italian man's plant over 8 years ago and took great care to nuture it. Have we been careless and killed it now? Thanks for any help |
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- Posted by dan_staley 5b/S 2b AHS 6-7 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 26, 10 at 17:43
1ş Celsius is pretty cold for oleander, esp unhappy ones. Clay in a pot doesn't help either. You start to see some damage around 2ş in CA in the wet fog for the stressed plants, and the combination of spider mites, clay soil in pot and cold certainly would give it a hard blow. No way to tell if you killed it, but would have better chance in real potting soil, no fertilizer. Tough plants where adapted, and come back from being plowed by trucks, hacked by clowns, and stuck in the middle of freeways. Dan |
- Posted by butterfly4u 8 (My Page) on Sun, May 2, 10 at 0:21
Darkgreen, Since you have had this plant for 8 years, you know how to take care of it. Mabey it got a fungus this spring. I live in South Carolina and Olander lives in the ground down here so I am sort of familiar with them, we don't bring them into the house. Post a pic of the blackness on this forum to see if anyone recognises if it is a fungus or cold damage. Blackness from the tips of the leaves working it's way up is cold damage on many plants. All over blackness on the leaves and stems is a fungus, not cold damage. My gardenia has the worst case of fungus you ever saw. The green leaves are black, it is all over the plant. Good luck, and you will get a definate answer with a picture, not a guess. |
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I'm moving right along with sampling for my Saranac Shawl.
I knit swatches this week!
The blended colorways:
I still like the blended colorways better knitted. I don't like the combination of colors 1+3 at all for this project, so I tossed that possibility. The other 3 blended yarns I knit into bigger swatches to see how the colors would play out.
Two of them I liked as little swatches and not as much bigger, 1+2+3 and 1+3. I really don't like how the colors mixed in to a weird almost pastel in spots in 1+3.
1+2 I was kind of, meh on as a small swatch. I liked the clay color a lot but wasn't sure how the other brighter colors would stripe around it. Knitted bigger I I like it, and think it will be lovely in the shawl.
The other thing I learned with this exercise is part of my ongoing mystery and battle with gauge. I can see in the photos that when I relax as I knit a bigger swatch, my gauge loosens up quite a bit – at least 1/2 of a stitch and inch. I changed nothing, the yarn was the same and the needles were the same, I just knit a bigger swatch paying less attention to it. I need to always knit a bigger swatch to get closer to project gauge.
So tell me which swatches do you like?
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I was a polygamist's bride in another life (Jamaica Observer)
Sharon Leach
Sunday, September 10, 2006
GEORGE Orwell once said that in a time of deceit, telling the truth was a revolutionary act. Which makes the statement made by Flora Jessop, a former member of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, on the arrest of the Utah church's leader, Warren Jeffs, something to think about. She said: "Anybody who expects polygamy to go away is a fool. It's been here 100 years and is not going to go away because one guy gets arrested."
Well, amen sister. It's high time someone said it.
Every few years, a news story pops up about some Mormon leader who is being investigated, or who has been prosecuted, for the practice of polygamy. And every few years, there is the requisite hue and cry, shock and awe even, as civilised American society nervously titters for a few days about the presence of that kind of parochialism in its midst. Then the next news scandal blows in and it gets caught up in healthy debate on, for instance, the reasons why Tom Cruise took so long to release his kid's baby pictures to her adoring public.
The thing with the polygamy story, though, is that it never really goes away. Jessop is right. Polygamy in Utah or any of those marginalised, remote Deliverance-types of locales is never going to go away. In the same way, terrorism will never magically disappear; there is no winning the 'war on terror' simply because war cannot be waged on abstract concepts. But that's another matter.
American reaction to the Jeffs story, and consequently the unmistakable fact of the occurrence of polygamy, is vaguely entertaining. I don't get it, though, this almost tangible collective sense of embarrassment of theirs. If I sound like a polygamy sympathiser, maybe it's because I've always felt that in another life, I was one of the wives of an African king; I think I could have been a 15-year-old girl when I was taken to the palace to be with the king's other wives.
The truth is these rogue Utah fundamentalist groups spit on all the blood, sweat and tears sacrificed by their missionary forebears who laboured to make proselytes of the 'uncivilised' world. Jeffs and his polygamy-practicing kind remind them too much of the darkness.
Polygamy in a refined civilisation whose men don't dress in primitive loincloths and brandish spears (well, camouflage, army fatigues and RPGs don't count), and whose women don't walk around profligate and bare-breasted (unless, of course, it's Cameron Diaz or Paris Hylton photographed by some itchy-fingered paparazzo with evaporated Pulitzer dreams, on a nude beach in St Barts) is too much for the delicate American sensibilities. Plural marriages are uncivilized; better gay marriage.
Better yet, adultery, which everybody accepts, and in some cases, expects. In France, for example, I am told that a married man without a mistress is the exception rather than the rule. So much so that it was common knowledge that former president Francois Mitterand divided his time between his wife Danielle and one of his many mistresses, Anne Pingeot, with whom he sired a daughter, Mazarine.
Still, the brouhaha about the Jeffs arrest is hypocritical, isn't it? For me, the related issue of morality, with regards to the practice of polygamy becomes a moral issue only in the context of arrogant Western culture, with its built-in sense of superiority that automatically deems other cultures and practices inferior. Let's face it: monogamy is an unnatural state of being. Biologically speaking, polygamy seems to be the less contrived option.
The rest of the animal kingdom knows this. Early civilization understood this. Polygamy existed in ancient China; rich Chinese men had many wives and concubines. Polygamy existed in early Hindu society. Biblical Jewish law allowed polygamy, too, until Rabbinic Judaism outlawed it. Islam recognised it too.
It was the West, with its obsession with sex, and in its quest to 'Christianize' the rest of the world, that stomped all over the practice. A practice which was traditionally economic and social in context, and primarily observed for the purposes of enhancing productivity in agrarian societies and also to ensure the continued status and survival of widows and orphans within an established family structure. (Isn't it ironic that it was Westerners who actually ended up giving polygamy a bad name, exploiting it for the sexual advantages it offers, under the guise of redefining it as a religious practice?).
It was Saint Augustine who saw a conflict with Old Testament polygamy and took it upon himself to write about it in The Good of Marriage, where he stated that though it 'was lawful among the ancient fathers: whether it be lawful now also, I would not hastily pronounce. For there is not now necessity of begetting children, as there then was, when, even when wives bear children, it was allowed, in order to a more numerous posterity, to marry other wives in addition, which now is certainly not lawful.'
Still, there are some who think the polygamy issue will become the next civil rights battle of the West. Under the headline 'Polygamists Unite!' Newsweek has enlightened us about polygamy activists surfacing in the wake of the current gay marriage issue in America. There's even the entertaining new HBO series Big Love about, what else, polygamy in suburban America. In the meantime, I have a feeling the debate is just getting started.


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Meredith Altman will speak at Unity Church of God, 3144 Fulbright Road, Thursday night. There will be special singing.
New Liberty Baptist Church, 900 King St. S.E., will have a singing Sunday at 2 p.m. The singers will be the Women at the Well.
Mark Abbott will speak Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and Heartstrings will sing at 6 p.m. at Lighthouse Ministries, 281 Ocoee St.
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Multi purpose chef basket They were going fast at DT, so I bought a few as fun gifts for friends and ONE for me. |
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- Posted by marie-ndcal (My Page) on Thu, Dec 6, 12 at 17:54
Looks interesting but will need to see what kind of metal they are using--I prefer stainless steel. |
- Posted by georgysmom (My Page) on Thu, Dec 6, 12 at 18:08
Glenda, we had our golf Christmas luncheon today. The decorations were lovely and on the back of every chair there was a very nice, stiff glittery bow in green, red, or gold. I asked my friend where she got them....the Dollar Tree!. She went back to get some more and they didn't have any. She bought out the store the first time. Turns out that they were shipped to Dollar Tree by mistake. They actually sell for $3.98 a piece and she got them for $1:00. How's that for a bargain!! |
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I see where CVS has them for $5.98 |
I have one, never tried it. Good deal though. |
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but they don't get very good reviews at Amazon. |
Here is a link that might be useful: TeleBrands Original Chef Basket, Deluxe
For a dollar, it's worth trying :o) Gave one to friend, who told me her mother had one and loved using it. |
- Posted by maire_cate (My Page) on Thu, Dec 6, 12 at 21:32
My DD gave me one, I tried it and returned it. It's flimsy, several wires weren't completely attached and the openings are so large some of the pasta fell through. You also need the right size pot to use it in - even though it says you can use a 4 to 6 quart sauce pan but if you pan is on the wide size the chef's basket wouldn't have adequate support. I think the basic idea is good but this product isn't buying. |
Will let you know when I try it this weekend. |
Bought one about 20 years ago. Waste of time and money. I thought it'd be good for washing lettuce and things and for that I guess it works but it's clumsy. |
- Posted by mary7060_mi (My Page) on Thu, Dec 6, 12 at 22:50
I have had one for many years and find it very useful at times, like blanching vegetables, when I need an extra drainer for fruit, using it also as an extra steamer. |
My mom had one of these, when I was a kid, back in Germany. She used it for steaming. Moni |
Sometimes reviews are NOT always what they appear to be. Looking forward to using mine. |
I had one a long time ago that I had a fine chain on and used it to hang fruit in the kitchen :) |
- Posted by thistledew5750 (My Page) on Fri, Dec 7, 12 at 11:02
The way I looked at the reviews 3 being above average 4 being good 5 being best..it looks to me as it has better likes than dislikes, on Amazon. For a dollar I think it would be worth a try. And if the wires do loosen up a bit my husband is a good handyman who has had to fix more expensive items that were highly recommended such as a Food Saver model that we had about 8 months that went caput, and would have cost more to send it back to the factory, we had only used it maybe four or five times....I use a hand operated model now that would only break down if I did. LOL!!! So for a dollar? Yeah, I will try it...think it would be great for pasta, veggies, blanching veggies in summer, even if I used it just one summer season for blanching veggies before canning. |
- Posted by bengardening (My Page) on Fri, Dec 7, 12 at 21:42
I just saw them at Dollar Tree today. They were in the back of the store on an end shelf. I really thought about buying one. Then I figured I might never use it. Maybe a Christmas time when I go to Bismarck again I will buy one. I will only be out of a dollar if I dont like it. |
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In this week's Know Your LotRO Lore, we're exploring the life of our favorite quirky dwarf, Gimli. You know and love him from the movies as played by John Rhys-Davies, or perhaps his animated adaptation as voiced by David Buck in Ralph Bakshi's 1978 Lord of the Rings cartoon.
Yet Gimli is a much deeper character than portrayed in Peter Jackson's movies or any cartoons. He is born of distant noble lineage and is the son of a main character in The Hobbit. His story is much more than that of a Dwarf accompanying some Men, Hobbits and an Elf through Middle-earth, for each member of the Fellowship has their own unique importance to the tale. Follow along below for more on the Dwarf known as Gimli.
If you know anything at all about Gimli, you know that he is the son of Glóin. He loves to proclaim his paternal lineage whenever the chance arises, yet you may not be aware of how important that fact really is. Gimli's father was one of the original companions of Bilbo Baggins throughout the story of The Hobbit. He accompanied the Hobbit in his greatest adventures and became a dear friend to the eldest Baggins.
Gimli is also of noble blood, as he is a remote descendant of Durin, who we've discussed in previous Know Your LotRO Lore articles. Through his father's side, he is the third cousin once removed of Dáin II Ironfoot, king of Durin's Folk, and the first cousin once removed of Balin, also one of Bilbo's former companions, and later Lord of Moria. Although his mother's side is not known, he was born and raised in the Blue Mountains west of Eriador. His family moved to Erebor (the Lonely Mountain) in 2941 when the Dwarves reclaimed that land as their own.
Gimli's time in the Fellowship
Some time in TA 3017, a messenger alerted Glóin and his son about Bilbo and the purpose of the Ring he found years earlier. They set off to Rivendell to consult Elrond on the matter. The Council of Elrond was attended by both Dwarves on the 25th of October, 3018, as it was decided that the Ring must be taken to Mount Doom and destroyed once and for all. Gimli was chosen as the Dwarven representative to accompany the Fellowship on their journey, and his true adventures began.
At first, the traditional animosity between Elves and Dwarves reared its ugly head as Gimli and Legolas often bickered. In most adaptations, this animosity isn't explored, yet there is actually good reason for these two in particular to be at odds with each other. At one time, Legolas' father Thranduil had imprisoned Gimli's father Glóin, along with the other Dwarven companions in The Hobbit. Thranduil's greed angered the Dwarves as he demanded a share of the treasure of Erebor. War was averted as an onslaught of goblins invaded the Mirkwood Elves, but the unresolved hostility remained.
Later in the Fellowship's story, Gimli and Legolas actually became quite good friends as Gimli's view of Elves changed drastically. This was mainly as a result of his meeting with Lady Galadriel, but his respect also grew for Legolas as the two proved their worth (often quite competitively) in the front lines of battle. Galadriel gave Gimli three strands of her hair at his request, which he proclaimed to treasure more than any gold or magical items. This earned him the nickname "Lockbearer" by Galadriel.
After the Great War, Gimli led a clan of Durin's folk south to Aglarond, to establish the Glittering Caves, where he would rule until the age of 120. Upon his retirement, he travelled with Legolas to the Undying Lands where he was honored as the first Dwarf to ever set foot there.
Gimli in the game
Gimli doesn't play a huge role in the game itself, unless you're a Champion. He appears in Rivendell's Guest House and is connected with about a half dozen quest lines for the Champion class. He's present in one quest where he's actually named as a "dwarf-champion", as he grants you the all-important level 45 Champions class quests. These include The Artisan Blade, The Joy of Battle and The Tome of Swords "page quests".
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Gimli's character is one of power and pride, yet also compassion. We have a lot to learn from that Dwarf, and this couldn't be more evident than in one of his most famous quotes, "Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." The fact that he overcame his prejudices and befriended an Elf proves his strong moral character.
Eventually, we'd like to give a similar explanation of each Fellowship member down the line in Know Your LotRO Lore, but we hope you've enjoyed this one as the second (Gandalf being the first, of course). Look for next week's article to dive into deeper lore, and be sure to check out our handy gallery summary linked below.


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OK...I've said over and over that it was the best $199 I spent...well darn if it's not on sale for $129!! (I got free shipping, but it can't be THAT expensive to ship!)
Linked below. Kristi |
Here is a link that might be useful: Flowerhouse Spring house on sale
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Great find! This deal led me to look for similar deals in Australia. It gets down to 2-3 degrees celcius during winter mornings here now, very frosty and I am concerned that my Hippeastrum species seedlings and Worsleyas wont like it. I found a 4-tier greenhouse for only $44.95 with free shipping! (See link) It will fit perfectly on my balcony. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Four tier greenhouse on special
The trouble with this type of greenhouse is you have to watch how much weight you put on the shelves. I bought one at the grocery store here and the shelves are very weak. you might want to brace them more with something under them or you might fine all of your plants on top of each other. Chere |
Hmm, good point Chere. I'll definitely have to make sure I put the heavier plants on the bottom shelves! |
In the larger greenhouse, the shelves aren't included and so they can be very "weight-bearing" since you have to find your own (I used "Rubbermaid" brand snap together shelves that store easily...of course I haven't taken the greenhouse down yet..so why bother!). I had well over 100 pots in the small 6x6 one. I understand that you are speaking of the smaller greenhouse that dancacti is looking at, but don't discount the larger greenhouse. It's a bargain for the price! K |
Just was told about this site tonight. WOW...and free shipping on most! Kristi |
Here is a link that might be useful: more greenhouses on sale
beautiful greenhouses kaboehm - definitely something for the future!! |
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Monday, April 23rd, 2012"Over the past decade, this all-volunteer force has been put to the test and has succeeded," wrote Thomas E. Ricks, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security, in Sunday's Washington Post.
But Ricks argues that this success is "precisely the reason" that now is the "time to get rid of the all-volunteer force. It has been too successful."
Scrap success! Instead, Ricks raves we should "[resume] conscription . . . to reconnect the people with the armed forces" even though, admittedly, a draft "would cause problems for the military."
Though on this latter point I catch a whiff of understatement, Ricks has a legitimate concern. "Our relatively small and highly adept military" makes "it all too easy for our nation to go to war," he wrote, "and to ignore the consequences." America now takes to war far too easily. Only one man (the president) decides, really, where and when the U.S. goes to war, and he puts it all on the national credit card.
So the answer is giving the Commander-in-Chief more resources? What Ricks risks is giving the president and his back-room boys a blank check on the manpower of our children.
The only effective check (as in check-and-balance) would be, I guess, a vote every four years. Oh, and the presidential term limit.
You are probably thinking: What about Congress? Unfortunately, it's congressional dereliction of duty that's got us here in the first place.
Which brings us back to first principles. And here the case is clear: Ricks's prescription is wrong because conscription is wrong. Dictators conscript "their" subjects; a free society finds voluntary defenders.
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(WASHINGTON DC) The 2013 OutServe-SLDN National Dinner will take place at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC on Saturday, March 9, 2013. The organization's Executive Director, Army veteran Allyson Robinson, will deliver her first "State of LGBT Military Service" address to set the stage for an evening expected to draw a thousand service members, veterans, families, and allies.
"The repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' was not the end of our fight for full equality in the military; it was just the beginning. We have a lot of work ahead of us: overturning the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), winning nondiscrimination protections for LGBT service members, and eliminating barriers to service so that all qualified Americans who wish to wear the uniform can do so with honor and pride. The great accomplishments of the first 100 days since our merger have proven we really are stronger together. To achieve our goals and represent LGBT service members, veterans, and their families in the way their sacrifice deserves, we will need to be stronger still," said Robinson today, sounding themes she is expected to emphasize in her address.
The March 9 dinner is the first national event for OutServe-SLDN, formed last year by the combination of OutServe and Servicemembers Legal Defense Network. In addition to Robinson's address, the event will spotlight three finalists for OutServe Chapter of the Year and will culminate with an announcement of this year's award winner. Currently, OutServe-SLDN boasts more than 55 chapters and 6000 members worldwide and represents an estimated 67,000 LGBT military personnel serving today.
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Minifig microsite updated with series 8
Posted by Huw,The collectable minifig microsite at LEGO.com has been updated with bios of the series 8 figs and, for the first time since series 5, a new wallpaper and poster.
This of course means we have official pictures and names for them so I will get them added to the database here ASAP.
So, I'll ask again: which is the Spartan, and which is the Crash Test Dummy of this series? :-)
(Thanks to icey117 for the news)
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My goodness.... Haven't we played this cat and mouse game a few too many times in such a short period of time?
For me the Conquistador would be the Spartan of this series, and the Man-Bat character the Deep Sea Diver. :)
The Spartan of this series, I think the Shakespearean Actor and Diver in my opinion. As for the Crash Test Dummy, perhaps the Vampire Bat or Cheerleader for me. I was under the impression this has been around for a while, at least a week and a half.
Forgive the uninitiated, what does the "Spartan" and "Crash Test Dummy" label mean?
I agree with CapnRex101 -- the Actor and Diver, with Conquistador coming in third would be my favorites. My least favorites would be the skier, the diver, and the Football player, but maybe that's just me.
@kwilder... it's a ridiculous comparison that people make regarding which they think are the best and worst figures in a series.
For me series 8 is a bit of a dud, and has now got to the point of reusing previous characters from other themes/waves. For example:
Conquistador/Pirate captain from Pirates
Santa from Seasonal sets
Vampire bat from MH
Alien Leader from AC
Blue Cheerleader = Red Cheerleader
Robot = Evil Robot
Skier from Sports and Previous waves
They lack the interest which a lot of the earlier waves had. I will probably buy 1 or 2 at the most just to add to my sub themes collection.
I'm looking forward to the Bavarian, businessman, conquistador, Santa, and thespian. I'm disappointed in the man-bat and alien figures since they're just modifications of figures from current themes.
I also thought the crash-test dummy was really unique and creative, though I'm not sure anyone's Lego setup features a vehicle test facility and, therefore, that he belongs anywhere...
This is the first time since Series 2 that I am not interested in any of them.
I think the most sought after fig will be the Conquistador, closely followed by the Diver and Thespian. Plus, I think kids will love the Manbat, Pirate and maybe the Fairy.
Least popular will be Skier, Businessman and maybe Cheerleader.
However, my personal favourites are very different from this. My favourite is either the Cheerleader (nice hair, great for a rival of blue cheerleader), and the Fairy (whilst the figure looks pretty bad, the individual components are very useful). I also really like the DJ, Space Villainess, Skier (the torso actually looks really useful, plus I love the colour scheme), Cowgirl and Bavarian.
I'll also probably get the Businessman (black bowler and newspaper), Thespian (ruff), American Footballer (trophy) and Conquistador (plume and armour).
Diver, Pirate Captain, Shakespeare, Conquistador and Cowgirl are my favs.
I'm thinkin' the Diver is our 'Spartan' with the diving helmet being sought after.
The Female Skier is our 'Crash Test Dummy' or maybe the Red Cheerleader.
My little girl will love the cheerleader and the female skier. And she'll want the fairy and Santa. But I think the diver may be the best.
yeah but this Santa is exclusive to this wave, and can not be obtained anywhere else.
Truth be told: I'm good with 'figs I can add to older lines. I threw enough into AC to justify the Alien Empress; ditto the Diver for Atlantis. Unt za Vampire Bat can't vait to drink za Munstah Vighta's blood- I could use a few of him for villanous mooks without shelling for the (admittedly epic) Chateau du Vampire.
But that's all my opinion. If you don't like the line, ignore them- LEGO exists to make us happy, da?
Intersting enough the frontpage of LEGO-UK (http://www.lego.com/en-gb/default.aspx) portraits the CMF OLYMPIC Series, though it links to series 8. TLC celebrates the olympics as much as possible without an official sponsor deal, I assume. :-)
And I'm looking forward to these figs! I haven't bought any Alien Conquest or Monster Fighters sets because they aren't available in Russia and I do not like these series so much to order them... Now I can get some of these parts for free. Man-Bat is one of the best figs, in my opinion, for it has a totally new hand piece (a rare thing! Not simply new print or accessory piece!) But Shakesperean Actor is more than a spartan - I thought it's impossible, but at first we have Holmes and now this!
Maybe the skier, or DJ seems to be a "diver"?
And as usual, I think I got first, but I never get credited. :/ Anyway... LEGO, for some odd reason, called the Bavarian guy "Lederhosen guy". :P He seems to have an obsession for lederhosen. :P
^ You should email: I don't always read comments in a timely manner on old articles.
@Huw: Considering my record, maybe you should. XD
@Huw: I just noticed that it says "Lederhoen guy" (in the "New in the database" ribbon)--should it not be Lederhosen guy?
I have to say, my favourites are the conquistador and the shakespearean. My brother has an excess of Aztec warriors from the last theme, so I think the conquistador will feel right at home... >:D
Plus, as an aside, can anyone else read what is on the DJ's record label? It looks like it could say something, but it could be complete nonsense.
I heard from someone who emailed Kevin hinkle (Excuse my misspelling) as he cleared some thing up, he also let slip that there will be at least another 2 years of CMF. This may be wrong, but i'm hoping for the best
PS- you misspelled lederhosen guy
The Fairy has wings very much like the supervillain Killer Moth in the LEGO Batman 2 game. The vampire, alien female and evil robot are all cool, even if recycled they are still different and awesome variations that are not available anywhere else
I like that they had to specify ' Downhill Skier ' as opposed to what??? Uphill skier??? Water Skier maybe but they wouldn't be wearing a snow suit.
That's got to be the loser for me, enough of skiers and skateboarders. Also the red Cheerleader is boring. Hope they don't just making new colour equivalents of the other sport ones.
Conquistador and Actor I like the look of.
The Thespian bio doesn't make sense. Plays every part from ... what about to ...?
The Thespian is a master actor, able to slip into any role you can imagine. He plays every part to perfection, from Romeo to Juliet (the lead actress was ill, and the show must go on, after all…), and receives a rousing standing ovation after each and every performance. He's really good at celebrity impersonations, too.
@ xcrossx - it is as opposed to ski-jumping, cross country skiing, etc.
football player is the diver of this series. Athletes with the same number make for an odd team.
The Conquistador and the Deep Sea diver are Spartans (yup, 2 in this series)
and the Thespian is the Crash Test Dummy.
For me, the Crash Test Dummy was awesome, but I only needed three of them to really do what I wanted. The CTDummy needs more love! The original diver, however, mega dud.
@CCC female parts were all played by male actors until quite recently. There are some exceptions to that rule.
The Alien is possibly my least favorite, with the diver and robot next. But they should still find a place in my Modular Costume shop or my Olde Shoppe of Curios.
Cheerleader is one where I will look for multiples. Needed to oppose the blue team cheerleaders and for my Costume shop. :)
I want many pretzels. But I'm not sure what to do with the Lederhosen Minifig. :) :) :)
@Plasmodium: I'm thinking it's a good-natured rib at the band LMFAO (Ooooh, our favorite brick vendors slipped something past the radar...) as well as reading "DJ Rhuzhky".
^Haha...I'll take your word for it! As I don't really know the band in guestion... :P
To me the actor, pirate and the evil robot are the Crash test dummies while the Conquistador, Diver, skier and the Businessman are the best! I would love to see a judge with the famous white wig next time...
They all seem a bit average to me. Nice-to-have, but none in quantity. The skier, though a nice figure, is just over-done now. The only thing that could be worse is another skateboarder. They're also missing a trick here - I'd love to see a hairpiece that can take a visor or diving mask instead of having to use a helmet, but they just stick with the lazy option of printing goggles on the face.
I quite like the bat, as it's not an easy figure to obtain from sets, and it's a different colour. So-so on the alien queen though.
I like the city gent, but it's long, long overdue to have that bowler hat done in black - it's more relief than surprise - and where's his umbrella? If any, that's probably the one I'd look for several of, but hardly an army.
This series is certainly not as good as the past few - perhaps about equal to Series 1 were there not so many repeats.
For me, the Spartans are the actor, conquistador, DJ, and Lederhosen guy. The crash test dummies are the skier, perhaps the cowgirl, and the football player. Overall, though, I do like the inclusion of the man bat and the Alien Empress. For those who don't collect AC or MF, these are welcome additions to an encompassing minifigure collection.
The suitcase that the business man is carrying looks new and more square like than smoothed edges on the old ones
I'm really excited for the man bats. I've.benn wanting to make my girlfriend a red rain batman, and these will help. Plus you always need more bad guys than good guys.
@ mkrey: "This is the first time since Series 2 that I am not interested in any of them."
Wait just a second, you mean THE Series 2 with Spartan, Baywatch babe, Surfer, Pharaoh, Karate guy and Mexican??
OK, I guess we all have our favorites..
For me S8 holds Football player, Conquistador (Spartan) and Actor, all others are Crash Test Dummies.
Not one with short legs. Blame the hobbits!
Why is everyone giving out about the skier? There was only one skier before, way back in series 2 - he's lonely and needs a girlfriend! :)
Why does everyone HATE the Crash Dummy? That one is my all time favorite of series 1. but anyway I think most of the series 8 are good.
I want evil robot for his torso and legs, awesome printing, will get many of them.
dj record label is 2 of the LEGO designers names who are also DJs ( watch the video).
also the vampire bat guy is a good guy (read his bio).
@The Reviewer, I heart the Crash Test Dummy. That one mini-fig has cost me thousands of dollars in other lego purchase. Is what it is... but the CTDummy Rules!
These figures all look good. Though none lend themselves to "army " building like some of those in the previous series (i.e. Spartan / Roman / Gladiator / Viking / Elf etc.).
I WANT: Vampire, Santa, Conquistador and DJ.
I can't wait to get a female companion for my alien commander! I also love the Conquistador! My daughter wants the Fairy. The worst one in my opinion is the football player.
Even though some of these aren't as unique as the other series I still think the prints on all of them are decent or have a decent part. My fav would be the diver because of the helmet the DJ because I have always wanted one, and the Bavarian guy. Love the pretzel. My least favorite would have to be the red cheerleader and the evil robot cause way too similar to the old ones. I thought it was weird that the football player didn't have a football was just a cheap way for lego to not have to make one.
I saw a shelf lable for series 8 yesterday at Fred Meyer in Oregon. Not sure how early they put those up.
I actually kind of like this series, but understand what people are saying about the rehashes.
For me, the top three would have to be the conquistador, diver and the actor.
The bottom three - the Alien, Evil Robot and the Vampire Bat.
I find all the other figures quite appealing I have to say. I think the Lego have done quite a good job this time around.
Two more years (or most likely many more) seems perfectly natural... At the very least, they will want to create a girlfriend or teammate or opponent for every fig they have done so far. Then after four years of figs, they will probably just start systematically cycling (i.e., recycling) through all the same ideas from Series 1-10 all over again, just like they re-introduce classic themes periodically, and just like they re-design sets periodically, for the benefit of kids who are new to the hobby, and AFOLs who just came out of their dark ages and just started collecting!
And remember, most people don't collect every single one. They just buy a few and trade for their faves, or use BL!
I'm getting the DJ, the rival Cheerleader, and 1 Conquistador, and that is enough. 3 or 4 per series is 12 per year!
That is plenty!! =)
Connecting to what I said above, here are some *bold* predictions... ;)
A Red American-Football Player
A Blue Baseball Player
A Red Hockey Player
Hawaiian Kahuna Chief
Gladiator with Net and Trident
Dutch Girl with Tulips
Russian with Furry Hat
1950's Poodle-Skirt Girl
Hippie Girl
Disco Girl
Nerd Girlfriend for the Nerd Guy... ;)
etc, etc... I think you can see that there are tons more fun ideas!!
^^ Hmm, OK, OK, I will *ALSO* get the 1800's Diver, the USA Football Player, and a second Red Cheerleader...
This *IS* kind of addictive, huh?! ;D
Indy Out! =)
Plus, I am thinking that we don't really need to be in a frenzied hurry to grab all of these instantly... After all, even the much-sought-after-Spartan is still available now on BrickLink for just $7, over a year after his release... And that is about the same price that you might have paid to get him the moment he was available...!
In fact, are there any of them that are totally sold out on BrickLink...? Or any that have gone above the $10 mark?
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OMG, you guys, we totally get the Cheerleader's pony-tail officially in black for the first time, like, EVER...!! =D
The diver and the conquistador are my favorites. They are because they look cool, but it is also cool to have the conquistador and the Aztec worrior from series 7 fight or trade.
The alien, robot and skier are my least favorite minifigs.
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