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The use of 5‐aminolevulinic acid (ALA) administration has led to many applications of photodynamic therapy (PDT) in cancer. However, the hydrophilic nature of ALA limits its ability to penetrate the cells and tissues, and therefore the need for ALA derivatives became an urgent research target. In this study we investigated the activity of novel multifunctional acyloxyalkyl ester prodrugs of ALA that upon metabolic hydrolysis release active components such as, formaldehyde, and the histone deacetylase inhibitory moiety, butyric acid. Evaluation of these prodrugs under photo‐irradiation conditions showed that butyryloxyethyl 5‐amino‐4‐oxopentanoate (ALA‐BAC) generated the most efficient photodynamic destruction compared to ALA. ALA‐BAC stimulated a rapid biosynthesis of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) in human glioblastoma U‐251 cells which resulted in generation of intracellular ROS, reduction of mitochondrial activity, leading to apoptotic and necrotic death of the cells. The apoptotic cell death induced by ALA / ALA‐BAC followed by PDT equally activate intrinsic and extrinsic apoptotic signals and both pathways may occur simultaneously. The main advantage of ALA‐BAC over ALA stems from its ability to induce photo‐damage at a significantly lower dose than ALA.
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Zooey Deschanel Proves That Nail Art Isn't Dead at the Golden Globes
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Just when we think we're over nail art, Zooey Deschanel debuts an amazing manicure on Instagram that inspires us to stick with the trend. Tonight, the New Girl actress showed off an intricate 3D daisy manicure created by celebrity manicurist Tom Bachik at the Golden Globes. The sweet design, which she told Ryan Seacrest took several hours to complete, perfectly complemented her glittering Oscar de la Renta gown. In typical fashion, she finished off the look with a white flower in her hair. We think she nailed it.


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Ok, I have a question ... I know some of you grind your own flour to bake with ... but which grains do you use and in what proportions? And 2nd question... if a recipe calls for "all purpose flour" how do I use home ground flour in that recipe?
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I buy hard spring wheat for bread (highest protein/gluten), hard winter wheat for all purpose, and soft spring wheat for pastry. But if you are making a yeast bread recipe that calls for AP flour, you can go ahead and use bread flour, and if you are making a pie crust recipe that calls for AP, you can go ahead and make it with pastry flour. AP is just a compromise flour. |
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The OCPD reminds citizens to continue to remain vigilant for suspicious activity, persons and suspicious circumstance. Please notify the police if any of these types of occurrences are detected. Also, citizens can take basic crime prevention steps to reduce their vulnerability to crime by remembering to secure doors and windows and to periodically re-check the security of all of these items. Make certain that exterior lighting is operational. Keep trees and shrubs trimmed from the front of eye level windows. Do not post your vacation or travel plans on social media web sites such as "Facebook", "Twitter" or "MySpace".
Citizens can also participate in one of 8 different active neighborhood watch groups located in Ocean City. These groups are located in the residential areas of the city and are as follows:
Caines Woods, Caine Keys 2, Bayshore Drive, The Boardwalk, Edgewater Avenue, Little Salisbury, Montego Bay and Sundowner Park. These neighborhood watch groups have been instrumental in reducing crime and keeping citizens informed of various public safety issues.
If you plan on leaving the area for any extended period of time, residents should take advantage of the OCPD "Residential Security Check Program". This free program is available to all Ocean City residents whether you own or rent, live in condominium or single family home. By providing the OCPD with basic information regarding vacancy at your property, emergency contact information the OCPD will conduct checks of your property at random times each day to verify its security. To participate in this program simply call the OCPD Public Affairs Office at either: 410-723-6663 or 410-520-5395 or visit the OCPD website at: http://oceancitymd.gov/Police/securitycheck.html
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Concept for Shenmue III "already exists", says Suzuki
Now if only Sega would get on with making it.
Yu Suzuki, director behind the much loved Dreamcast titles Shenmue and Shenmue II, has said that the concept for a possible third game has already been laid out.
"The concept for Shenmue 3 already exists," he said to 1UP, laughing.
"The world of Shenmue 1 and 2 expanded outward. So, for example, in the original games, of all the data used for dialogue in the game, the main characters' dialogue was about 20%. The remaining 80% was dialogue by characters other than the two main characters. But Shenmue 3 doesn't expand outward, but inward.
"A lot of the dialogue is used for the main character and especially dialogue with Shenhua. They talk about a lot of different, deeper things. For example, and I can't say too much, but here's an example.
"This is not actually in the game, but as an example to give you an idea of what I mean by deeper dialogue, when Shenhua and Ryo are at home, Shenhua will ask Ryo if he would like to drink tea or coffee and the player will select one or the other. Or, Shenhua will ask Ryo a hypothetical question like: 'There are four animals; a monkey, cat, dog and bird. You are crossing the river but you need to leave one behind. Which one will you leave behind?'
"And the player has to choose one. Shenhua will ask lots and lots of questions like these and the answers will get stored in the game and affect the outcome of the player's relationship with other characters. It's like a personality test. For example, the person who leaves behind the monkey is the type of person who leaves their wife."
Shenmue II was released in 2001 and ever since, fans of the series have been clamouring for a third title. Unfortunately, due to unconfirmed reasons, including budget issues and poor sales of Shenmue II, it seems like the game will never see the light of day.
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Aug 30, 2010 12:00 PM, By Bennett Liles
New projectors for the boardroom impress clients and AV techs alike.
Projectors marketed for corporate applications may be used in a wide variety of specific venues from small meeting rooms to large auditoriums. Customization and adaptability are the keys to success in this market segment because a lot can be riding on a successful presentation free of technical glitches. Dual-lamp models are becoming more common, and multiple aspect configurations may be saved for tweaking performance to suit specific program material. The models we survey here are indicative of the current trends in the corporate projector realm.
With a brightness rating of 6000 ANSI lumens, Barco's RLM-W6 is a projector for midsize applications including large boardrooms and training environments. The 3-DLP design produces a contrast ratio of 2000:1 with a 1920x1200-pixel screen resolution. Features include picture-in-picture and a built-in web interface that can mirror the functions of the handheld IR remote. The Projector Toolset software can be used for a Barco projector network, and the unit's lenses are interchangeable with those from the RLM G5 and RLM G5i models.
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New features such as built-in email monitoring and online web access highlight the capabilities of the 3LCD Pro5000SL from Boxlight. Four lens options make it capable of adapting to a wide range of environments with various throw requirements. With a brightness spec of 5000 lumens in standard mode, 500:1 contrast ratio, and 1024x768 native resolution (1600x1200 supported), the Pro5000 can be used in midsize boardrooms and classrooms with its full complement of analog video formats in addition to DVI-I. The projector weighs in at 15lbs. without a lens, and it uses 430W power.
Using Canon's advanced imaging and proprietary AISYS light engine technology, the new Realis SX7 Mark II is an LCoS projector with 1400x1050 resolution, 1000:1 contrast ratio, and 4000 lumens brightness in a 4:3 visual format. The SX7 Mark II puts LCoS imaging in an ultraportable package with a powered 1.7X zoom lens that allows a 100in. image to be shown from a distance of only 9.8ft. From 7.9ft, it can project an image of up to 80in. Inputs include analog and digital PC, composite, component, and S-Video.
At the top of Casio's Green Slim line of LED and laser hybrid projectors is the XJ-A245U with 2500 lumens, 1800:1 contrast ratio, and much longer lamp life than models using standard mercury lamps. It can cover a 100in. screen, and it provides a native resolution of 1200x800. Additional features include auto and manual keystone correction, Kensington-compatible security, and video connections for VGA and HDMI.
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Dr. Pyun is a specialist of Asian art as well as European medieval art. She has been publishing on topics related to Asian-American visual culture and reception of Asian art in Europe and North America while she developed her doctoral dissertation into a book on Jean Pucelle, a French manuscript illuminator of the fourteenth century. She has organized a session entitled Rethinking "Influences" of Modern Art in Korea: Beyond Colonial Discourses at the Association for Asian Studies Annul Conference in 2009, which is part of her new book project, Modern Art on the Asian Soil: Practicing Western Art 1880–2000. Her other research interests include Global trade of decorative arts in premodern Eurasia and Americas; usage and reception of visual art in context of religious performance and liturgy; interplay of word and image; and history of art collections. Her experience of teaching a diverse range of cultural exchange between Europe and Asia has become an article, "A Journey through the Silk Road in a Cosmopolitan Classroom" in Teaching Medieval and Early-Modern Cross-Cultural Encounters Across Disciplines and Eras edited by Lynn Shutters and Karina Attar.
Before coming to FIT, Dr. Pyun taught at many colleges and universities in New York including Pratt Institute, Brooklyn College, Hunter College, Wagner College, Manhattanville College, Montclair State University, and New School University Parsons School of Design. In addition to teaching, Dr. Pyun contributes to not-for-profit organizations to support visual artists and advocate their works, especially public art projects. She is a member of the College Art Association, Alliance of American Museums, and the Association of Asian Studies. She has also developed programs and written grant proposals for the AHL Foundation and its Archive of Korean-American Artists (AKAA). She is often invited to give public talks on broad topics of art and culture.
BA, Seoul National University; Completion of Graduate Program, College of Humanities, Seoul National University
MA and PhD, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Selected Recent Publications
"A Journey through the Silk Road in a Cosmopolitan Classroom." A chapter in Teaching Medieval and Early-Modern Cross-Cultural Encounters Across Disciplines and Eras edited by Lynn Shutters and Karina Attar (forthcoming, 2014)
Co-Editor with Anna Russakoff, Jean Pucelle: Innovation and Collaboration in Manuscript Painting (Turnhout: Brepols, 2013)
"Pucellian Influence in Illuminated Liturgical Manuscripts around 1350." In Jean Pucell: Innovation and Collaboration in Manuscript Painting, ed. Kyunghee Pyun and Anna Russakoff (Turnhout: Brepols, 2013), pp. 171-96.
"Introduction" and "Korean Artists in New York 1955-1989." In Coloring Time: An Exhibition from the Archive of Korean-American Artists, Part One (1955-1989) edited by Kyunghee Pyun (New York: AHL Foundation, 2013), pp. 15-22; 39-62.
"Asian Art in the Eyes of American Collectors, 1880-1920: Antimodernism and Exotic Desire." Journal of Contemporary Art Studies 15 no. 2 (2011): 245-278.
"End of Iconography? Introducing New Trends of Iconology in Medieval Studies." Art History and Visual Culture 9 (2010): 222-271.
"Foundation Legends in the Illuminated Missal of Saint-Denis: Interplay of Liturgy, Hagiography, and Chronicle." Viator 39 no. 2 (2008): 143-192.
"Great Expectations: The Legacy of Teaching at Two Art Schools in New York." Sculpture Review vol. 4 no. 1 (Spring 2006), 8-15.
"Leo Bible and the Historiography of Byzantine Manuscript Illumination." Art History and Visual Culture 2 (2003): 148-172.
Selected Public Lectures
"Aesthetics of Asian Art Collectors at the Turn of the 20th Century." Exploring Aesthetics of Traditional Korean Art. AHL Foundation Public Lecture Series 2012 in Collaboration with Korean Cultural Service NY in New York City, 14 November 2012 (video)
"The Decorative Program of the V&A Missal of Saint-Denis and the Liturgy at the Royal Abbey in the Fourteenth Century." New York Medieval Liturgy Group Lectures at MOBIA (Museum of Biblical Art) in New York City, 15 September 2005
- HA 111 History of Western Art and Civilization: Ancient to Medieval
- HA 112 History of Western Art and Civilization: Renaissance to Modern Era
- HA 221 East Asian Art and Civilization
- HA 225 Art and Civilization of India
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He-Man revolves mostly around bestial relationships rather than sexuality (although it's there), hence all the human/animal crossovers (e.g. Beastor, King Hiss, Cobra Khan, even the Sorceress). Some are even cybernetic, brandishing nasty little built-in devices (e.g. Trap-jaw and Hordak if you want to cross into She-Ra). Most of these are the bad guys because we want to underline their bestial natures, but some, like the Sorceress, are good guys. The difference is that good guys get to "bond" with animals that are admired and not feared.
Again, this is a Medieval-type society even though technology also seems to be at a high. Most people seem to have mechanical equipment of sorts and many use blasters though He-Man uses a sword to underline his sexuality. Skeletor also uses a sword (it is supposedly the "other half" of He-Man's) to mirror the hero, but this happens rarely. Usually, Skeletor uses a magical staff with a ram's skull on it. This is probably meant to represent evil (i.e. horns of the devil – bestiality).
In keeping with this theme, He-Man (as He-Man) is a big, hulking, Mr. Universe kind of guy with a California tan and blond hair (really big with the girls at this time). Adam, though pale, is also a big, hulking, Mr. Universe kinda guy. The difference is that He-man wears reds and browns and golds (and no shirt) because he's a manly man whereas Adam wears pink and lavender. In the 80s, He-Man equalled a "real" man. Adam was a pasty-faced, pastel-wearing pansy.
He-man rides this big cat, right? Looks like a tiger. Green. Why doesn't he ride a lion? Only male lions are really associated with masculinity, most other cats are associated with the female persuasion, as is the colour green which is usually a symbol of fertility. This one's tough to prove, because the colour might just have looked good on the background. And tigers are rather ambiguous sexually: they are not directly associated with the male, but they are muscularly powerful and this one does have a male voice, and they're not directly associated with the female, though most cats are by default. The nitty gritty details are just something else to think about. Male or female, a cat was used because the cat symbolism was big in the 80s. Especially the big cats because they had the power of the beast and the sleekness of the sexual.
And She-Ra rides a horse. The unicorn horn had nothing to do with She-Ra's sexuality (or lack thereof), it was there because unicorns would sell. The key here is that She-Ra rode a male horse and we all know what a woman riding a mustang represents, yes?
A word on stereotypes: women are always wimps and/or ditzes in He-Man. Teela is supposed to be this great fighter, right?, but she's always the one who gets to sound like a total idiot with that whiny "Adam, where's He-Man?" (or vice versa) thing that she does. And if the Sorceress is so powerful, how come she spends so much time moaning and groaning about this and that and needing He-man to rescue or "help" her (as in he does all the work)?
The only exception to this, as far as I can tell, is Evilyn. She's one of Skeletor's lackeys and I can't remember a single sucky thing she might have done. Mind you, I may be wrong. I don't remember too much about her because they didn't use her nearly enough, probably because the presence of a female in the bad guys' camp removes their illusion of "sexlessness" (i.e. they're all beast).
This applies to She-Ra as well. The "evil Adora" was much more effective than the "good Adora". When she was working for evil, Adora was respected as a general in Hordak's army. As a good guy, she's a wimp and needs to transform into She-ra to do anything effectively. Notice that She-Ra's voice is deeper than Adora's, probably to make her sound more masculine. Female heroes (I don't use the word "heroine", a hero is a hero no matter what the sex) are often portrayed as "men with breasts," a sad affliction that still surfaces occasionally. In fact, the only way to make her seem feminine is to give her these empathic/telepathic animal communication and healing powers. Like a woman absolutely has to be nurturing and healing. I think that all these extra powers succeeded in doing was to make her look weaker than her brother (she needs more power to do the same job). Although I've often thought that He-man got the short end of the stick because his sword doesn't change into other things (Sword to Shield!). That's like the ultimate Swiss Army Knife.
Other aspects of this stereotype manipulation are all the supposedly strong females in She-Ra who swoon over the male ones (as Glimmer did with He-man in "Secret of the Sword") and let them take over, or who surrender/run away when confronted with a male opponent (e.g. Catra of the Horde who wimps out every time she loses her mask). Again, only Shadoweaver is of any interest although why she doesn't just kill off Hordak (who's too stupid to have been Skeletor's mentor, I don't care what the movie says) and take over is a mystery to me. The only really great female characters Filmation comes up with are almost never used… such a pity.
As you can see, He-Man and She-Ra don't walk the sexual/bestial barrier that Thundercats does. It does use a greater amount of stereotypes, though I'm sure they thought they were quite advanced in using female fighters and lead characters.
Again, I don't want to imply that the animation companies were trying to project these messages or used such symbols on purpose because they didn't. And it certainly isn't what us children picked up on either. The creators of these shows just used the images that were popular at the time, symbols that were created and used by advertisers/designers to represent the facts that already existed and those facts were that people in the 80s really, really wanted sex and bestial imagery and that, in this case, we haven't yet obliterated all the stereotypes.
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Is It Just an NFL Crisis?
An update from ABC This Week on Football's Concussion Crisis – with a Who's Who guest list:
An update from ABC This Week on Football's Concussion Crisis – with a Who's Who guest list:
Last night, PBS aired their full two-hour documentary League of Denial on Frontline and the accompanying book from Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru.
Thanks to PBS, you can now watch the entire movie in Full Screen mode by clicking on the Enlarge icon in the lower right corner when you move your cursor over the video as it starts to play.
Some mid-week reading as we go into the beginning of the season. Seems like the mainstream media can't seem to stop picking on the poor NFL these days. More articles are coming out on the NFL's nonprofit designation as well as the fact that they pay for as little as they possibly can when it comes to… well, just about everything. From refusal to accept responsibility in paying their retired players their earned disability and pension benefits to taxes to publicly-financed stadiums that the teams rent for peanuts while reaping all the rewards from ticket, food, parking and merchandise sales, the Nonprofit Football League manages to generate a $10 billion-a-year revenue stream that would make the Fortune 500 if it weren't for their nonprofit status.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one of the more insightful pieces on the proposed settlement offer from NFL to the retired players' concussion lawsuits. Re-posted from Sports on Earth with permission from Patrick Hruby.
Don't Settle
Eleanor Perfetto watched her husband shrivel, and she watched him die. Near the end, Ralph Wenzel was a husk: a once strapping and energetic 225-pound former National Football League lineman, down to 145 pounds, eating mashed-up doughnuts, unable to walk or bathe himself, his mind unraveled by dementia. He was posthumously diagnosed with both Alzheimers and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the latter neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated blows to the head; a scientist who examined his 69-year-old brain said it had shrunk to the approximate size of an infant's. Wenzel's dissolution was slow. Horrific. So Perfetto understands. Understands the pain. Understands the relief over the proposed $765 million settlement of the NFL concussion lawsuits, the eagerness to assist the former players in the most dire need — and their families, too — while calling off a long, draining legal fight.
Still, Perfetto can't help but feel torn. Torn that the league is just walking away, cash left on the nightstand. Admitting nothing.
"This is a positive step, good for the players and families that need help now," says Perfetto, a senior director at Pfizer and one of the over 4,600 former players and their family members who have sued the NFL. "But I'm very disappointed that the league gets to continue to deny the relationship between head injury and the illnesses that we see. They're not taking on any culpability. And we will never know the timeline of just how long they have known this and the extent of them blocking it as much as they could. That will be kept secret unless some whistleblower comes forward in the future."
When it comes to mixed feelings, Perfetto is hardly alone. Former All-Pro defensive back Bruce Laird worries that the settlement won't be large enough to cover the brain trauma-related medical needs of all current and future players. Retired linebacker Scott Fujita believes that full NFL disclosure – what, exactly, did the league's executives and denialist doctors know, and when did they first know it? – is a public health matter. Retired lineman Kevin Mawae likens the pending deal to "taking it 99 yards, but not getting that last yard" and taking "a little bit of our milk money back" from a schoolyard bully while getting a "promise that he won't touch us again." On the other hand, all three former players — Laird is a plaintiff in the lawsuits; Mawae and Fujita are not — are pleased that peers like former NFL fullback and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis sufferer Kevin Turner will receive concrete financial assistance sooner rather than later. For that matter, so is Turner: in a recent USA Today editorial, he wrote that many of us also feared that a resolution would take years. That this agreement happened so quickly lifts an enormous burden off of our shoulders. We will get the care and security we need now, without being forced to wait for years of litigation to work its course. Indeed, NFL executives, plaintiff's lawyers and mediator Layn Phillips all have framed the pending settlement as a choice between competing goals: plaintiffs can push for more money and evidence of league wrongdoing via a bruising court battle that could last years, or they can help men like Turner as quickly as possible. They cannot do both.
Or can they?
To borrow Mawae's metaphor, the concussion plaintiffs don't have to take a knee at the goal line. Nor do they have to abandon their brothers in need. They can help men such as Turner and continue to fight. They don't need to take a crummy deal. They can demand something better. They should demand something better. They have more potential resources — more potential leverage — than commonly believed.
Now is not the time to settle.
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Start with the money. Suppose retired players had as much as $493.7 million available to them over the next eight years, earmarked for medical care and financial assistance. Would that change the settlement equation? Guess what: this money isn't hypothetical. It's real. Available now. Available since last year. A pot of cash hiding in plain sight, roughly equivalent to the $495 million NFL is scheduled to dole out over the first eight years of the proposed deal.
Pull up the league's current collective bargaining agreement. Go to page 78. Look for Section 5: Joint Contribution Amount. You'll find an annual fiscal carve-out from the players' share of football revenues, starting at $55 million in 2012 and increasing at compounded rate of five percent annually through 2020. Who controls this money? Where is it going? That's where things get interesting. And frankly, a bit curious. According to the CBA:.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Our phone lines and Inboxes have been tied up since last Thursday when it was first announced that there was a tentative settlement offer being presented to the court by the mediator in the NFL concussion lawsuits. On first review, there are some details that haven't really been made available yet and this spin is also starting to look very familiar. Unfortunately, there's a lot of speculation and misinformation out there already pouring out of the media and we're just as guilty with trying to second-guess much of what's been said. But we've had some conversations with many of the retired players and lawyers in an attempt to get more facts as well as to calm things down.
Something that's interesting to note: All the media – especially the mainstream sports media with the likes of ESPN which axed its ties to the League of Denial documentary with PBS – have been posting opinion pieces and misinformation about this settlement proposal. Most of the people directly involved with the litigation have informed us that they have very few details yet. The only party in this whole mess who have NOT said anything is… You guessed it. The League. Is this another typical NFL pit-everyone-against-each-other maneuver? Hmmm. And if you do want some real gossip, check out this piece on who may have been part of the negotiations: Click HERE.
George Visger asked us to post his thoughts here online as part of a better strategy for everyone: The best answer is, "We don't have all the facts yet. Let's just wait and see."
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I owe Jason Luckasevic a HUGE apology.
I will follow up by sending this to everyone I emailed my displeasure at the settlement to.
Again, I apologize.
I know you have been in this battle for the last 6 years. You told me years ago, prior to it even being filed, you were in it for the long run. I remember meeting with you and an attorney from a big bad firm that was involved in the settlement with Big Tobacco. You were looking to team with them as no law firm has the resources to take on the NFL conglomerate alone.
After months of review, one law firm after another turned tail and ran. You called me that day to state, "George, we will get this done for all the families who have suffered. We'll find lawyers with enough backbone and integrity to go after these NFL with us."
As soon as I heard the announcement Thursday of the NFL's proposed settlement in the NFL head injury case, I fell for the NFL's propaganda. When I read stories about the amount and payment schedule over 20 years, I was livid.
"What is this garbage?" I thought. "$750 a month paid out over 20 years?!!"
As I have a tendency to do, I jumped the gun. I fired off upset before I had any of the facts – other than the "facts" we were fed which were only partial truths. It may be more propaganda from the NFL as a last ditch, Hail Mary attempt to divide us once again. The truth of the matter is that Jason Luckasevic and the other key attorneys involved still don't know the details yet: Exact amounts, who gets what or how it will all be divided or the process of rejecting this proposal.
You stated you need to make sure it's even real money and you need more time to sort out the facts.
I believe you and I hope all my NFL brothers I may have fired up (and some who got me fired up) will also do the same.
Jason Luckasevic is the ONLY attorney who has been involved from the inception of this case when it was only a "potential" case. Others have joined the fray and may be making more noise than Jason but that's been all right with him as it is with me.
You did more than what you promised me years ago. You said, "I can't promise you anything or even if we will ever get a suit out of this, but I promise you we will do everything in our power to get it done if there's any possibility at all."
Thanks for keeping your word. And again I apologize for ever doubting your integrity.
My family thanks you too.
George Visger
San Francisco 49ers
1980 & 1981
Super Bowl XVI
Survivor of 9 NFL-Caused brain surgeries
Benefactor of ZERO NFL Benefits
The Visger Group
Traumatic Brain Injury Consulting
I spoke to Jason and other parties involved in the suit this morning. Some of the terms have not even been worked out and when they do, we will all have a say in it. The final settlement must be approved by the players and attorneys. If we don't like the settlement we don't approve it. It's that simple.
PS: My actions and statements are classic examples of what those of us who suffer from Traumatic Brain Injuries and CTE face.
While the conjecture and speculation about the NFL Concussion lawsuit is taking front stage to close this crazy week, Jason Luckasevic and Jason Shipp at Goldberg Persky & White still managed to file Opt Out forms for 564 retired players before the deadline on Friday. They filed those Opt Outs with the Minnesota court along with a full complaint requesting a jury trial in a district court in Pittsburgh. (We're waiting for the hearing before Judge Brody on Tuesday, Sept. 3rd to get more factual details on the concussion litigation proposal that is still being discussed and negotiated so we can keep readers informed.)
We've uploaded a copy of the full 114-page combined opt-out and complaint to Scribd for easy viewing and to make it available for downloading and printing. You can also click the Enlarge icon in the lower right corner of the menu at the bottom of the viewing screen to go Full Screen for easier reading (just hit the ESC key to close):
Fellow Former Players:
I was flabbergasted at the announcement made yesterday regarding the settlement decision on the concussion suit. I have been working on a settlement for several years in a CA Workers Comp case that only recently came to a close. I was poked, prodded, analyzed and put under a microscope. The end results were "mental impairment caused by continuous trauma to the head." The folio of information and exams is about 8 inches thick!
I had already been denied NFL disability because I filed "too late" and was "too old" to qualify (!), plus their evaluation group said 'NOT QUALIFIED.' They basically said if I wasn't happy with the decision, sue us.
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The NFL's $765 million concussion settlement offer was announced a little over 24 hours ago and the firestorm of coverage and analysis is the talk of the media already. We won't be privy to seeing the actual Settlement Offer until after the hearing in Philadelphia in front of Judge Brody's court on Tuesday, Sept. 3rd. In the meantime, we've compiled a short collection of some of the articles that bring up a lot of observations and opinions based on the initial details released with the announcement.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: In his usual detailed manner, Evan Weiner takes a very interesting look at ESPN and its long-standing business relationship with the NFL over the years and how it resulted in ESPN's withdrawal from their partnership with PBS Frontline. The League of Denial documentary on football concussions is now front and center in the media – not exactly what they expected when they made that decision to pull out. Posted with the express consent of Evan Weiner:
ESPN's Football Faux Pas, NFL Concussions League of Denial
By Evan Weiner
August 29, 2013
Make no mistake; the Walt Disney Company's ESPN cable TV networks are not set up to be journalism bastions. There were two stories recently reported in the New York Times which clearly illustrated what ESPN is all about. Disney's sports franchise pulled out of a partnership with PBS's Frontline to produce a two-part series on head injuries suffered by NFL players. The New York Times reported that the National Football League pressured the very company that pays them billions of dollars to get out of the "League of Denial" presentation. The New York Times on Monday carried a piece on the paper's front page about the ESPN partnership with the University of Louisville and how the company has been a critical component of the rise of the school's football program.
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Well, it looks like retired players may finally be getting the NFL's attention. When they start trying to censor the conversation, you know they're getting worried. After years of simply denying and spinning out fiction with phony committees and lying "doctor" experts, the League started a new PR initiative to give the appearance of caring about their employees, the very ingredient that makes up the NFL Money Machine. You have new safety rules and even slick posters put up in all the team locker rooms. But absolutely nothing substantial has been done to address the consequences from decades of denial and ignoring the damage done to the lives of all the men from years past. . continue reading »
– George Orwell
At the request of pre-1993 former NFL players, I have decided to write an opinion regarding certain matters pertaining to the settlement offer proposed in the pending lawsuit dealing with NFL Films. Based on the information provided through Dave Pear's Blog, I have drafted the following opinion.
There has been a recent Settlement offer by the NFL in litigation regarding NFL Films. The terms of the offer are supposed to satisfy a class of retired players who have exerted their right to take legal action on the issue of the infringement of their names, likenesses and images. The six original named plaintiffs have rejected the settlement offer. The class of plaintiffs they represented, however, has yet to decide whether the terms of the agreement are understandable and justifiable and whether there are any hidden, unacceptable implications lurking in the language of the agreement.
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This new video about Elliot Pellman – Dr. YES of the NFL's former MILD Traumatic Brain Injury Committee with his counterpart Dr. NO Ira Casson – is part of the recent disclosure that he was also Paul Tagliabue's personal physician. This is one more important piece of evidence in the case against the NFL in the concussion lawsuits.
Read the entire article on ESPN by clicking HERE.
Nothing more we can add to this.
This arrived in our Spam folders this morning:
To Hausfeld LLP et al:
Well, if you've forgotten about our past posts and the subsequent veiled and not-so-veiled threats from you and your associates we've received this year over the Dryer vs NFL Films Settlement offer, it might be a good idea to go back and read them first. This is a blog. We voice OPINIONS. It's an editorial right protected under the First Amendment. The ACLU will have a field day with you and the NFL if you'd like to take that topic up with them.
In the meantime,"as responsible journalists," we'll certainly post your item on OUR blog as soon as you and your partner firms do the following:
OK. Got your attention now? That guy with all the staples on the back of his head is… me. This picture was taken four years ago in 2009 after I finally came out of a 3-week coma. During that coma, I went in and out of consciousness but still remember nothing to this day. At one point, the doctors made a quick decision to operate which probably saved my life. Not many of my old football buddies know about this life-changing event in my life. But I've decided to tell everyone about it now for several reasons. Mostly, it's because like some of the earlier posts have been saying, I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANY MORE! And whether you want to believe it or not, everything that happens in life is connected in one way or another. I hope that by telling my own story, I can convince more of you retired players that the Dryer vs NFL (Films) Settlement offer is a really bad deal in more ways than one and that each of you needs to get off the couch and at the very least, vote against it here on Dave's Blog. And then either Opt Out yourself or hire a decent attorney to fill out the paperwork for you. If you end up not doing anything and losing your rights, that might not be the only thing you'll end up losing.
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I've always had trouble with my weight — always. From the minute I was born to now, my weight has never fluctuated up and down. It has only gone up.
I was about 2 feet tall and weighed 10 pounds, 12 ounces when I was born. My poor mother was less than 5 feet tall and never weighed more than 120 pounds in her life. She might've been taller had it not been for childhood polio that left her with curvature of the spine. It still amazes me such a small woman could have such a large baby.
When I first decided to write a series of columns on weight control, it seemed like a fun opportunity to make light of my weight problem. But, the weightiness of the topic is well — heavy.
I wasn't a fat kid, I was husky, but as I grew older, I transitioned from a "husky" kid to an "overweight" adult and joining the Navy didn't help. Though I was in good physical condition, I had trouble conforming to Navy body fat standards. The maximum body fat was 22 percent. Mine ranged between 22 and 25 percent. It wasn't much of a problem at sea, but it became a huge problem when I transferred to Service School Command, San Diego. I was in good shape, I regularly ran 12 miles, loved mountain biking, hiking and was limber enough to touch my knees with my nose, but the difference between my waist size and neck was 22-plus inches.
I was assigned to Overeaters Anonymous and my advancement to senior chief (E-8) was delayed until I conformed to Navy standards. I finally conformed, got my promotion and thankfully, I was transferred back to sea.
I retired from the Navy at age 40 and began putting all my energy into building a career in print journalism, which is a little bit like coaching high school football. Both jobs are very stressful and there are sometimes many moves writers and coaches make before they find the right fit.
A journalism career is a two-edged sword for me: One edge — there is nothing else I want to do. The other edge — journalism is very, very stressful. I tend to eat under stress. Also, a lot of what I do involves lunch and dinner banquets. So, over the next 20 years I focused on my career, gained an average of five pounds a year and hoped I would live long enough to retire. Upon retirement, my focus would shift to my well-being.
My knees hurt, but that was from too many years on ships and running on asphalt. Other than that, I was doing all right, except over the years, buying clothes became problematic when it got to the point that I couldn't walk into a store and buy a shirt off the rack. That, I reasoned, was an example of bad marketing, because Tennessee is one of the most obese states in the nation. So, I waddled over to the big and tall section. It wasn't a huge deal. I was in my middle 50s and retirement was getting closer. Then I would worry about buying smaller shirts.
Over the years, doctors began talking to me about sleep apnea, but I continued gaining weight. Having sleep apnea is OK ... it's not too bad sleeping with a C-PAP machine. As years passed, doctors started talking to me about high blood pressure, but that too is OK because it is easily controlled by one pill each morning. I continued eating and gaining and over time, the word "diabetes" crept into the conversation.
I did not and do not want diabetes. Most of my father's family is diabetic and I wanted nothing to do with it. A cousin about my age went into a diabetic coma and nearly died at the age of 7. She has given herself insulin shots as long as I can remember. She has no feeling in her feet and has put them in a burning fireplace and walked on glass without knowing it.
I went to the doctor on April 1. He told me I was diabetic and immediately referred me to an ophthalmologist to ensure the disease had not affected my eyesight. Fortunately, my eyes are fine, but — at age 59, it became painfully clear my plan to live until retirement lacked foresight. I didn't know what to do.
I was at the mercy of the only career I've ever wanted. My life seemed out of control. Life, it seemed, had become an either/or choice between work and health. But it really wasn't a choice, because you have to work. It's kind of like Davy Crockett looking over the wall of the Alamo and seeing the Mexican Army.
It is one of those life situations where you're betwixt and between and there's not a whole lot to be done about it. However, I found out the following Monday there was something I could do.


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I am heading down to south FL in the next couple of weeks so I was hoping to get rid of a few things that I no longer have space for. I have a grafted "Lisa" Atemoya, a grafted Kampong Mauve sugar apple, a very large Philippine mango (about 6ft), a 4 ft seedling Longan, a 4 ft seedling Black gold Jackfruit with a thick trunk (not in the greatest shape, really needs to go in the ground), and a 4 ft seedling chempedak. If anyone from down near Excalibur nursery or Davie FL is interested you could have them for either a trade or for free if I can't find any trades. I am probaly heading down either the first or second weekend of next month. |
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Got nothing to trade but I'll gladly take them off your hands :) |
I am trying to get rid of some stuff myself. Anyone interested in soursop and star apple seedlings for free? They are about 8 inches tall. |
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I'll take them, Sheehan. If i'm not already too late Tim |
I would be interested in the chempedak. Any interest in a 25 gallon Cogshall mango ? |
I'm interested in the Lisa Atemoya and am located near Davie. As a trade, how about fresh gourmet eggs from my free range Copper Maran chickens and a few blue eggs from my "Easter Egger" chickens? |
Jv, would you be interested in a dwarf spondias (june plum)? |
Sleep, The chempedak is yours if you want it but I can't take the Cogshall for it. This chempedak is in ok shape but I don't think it likes my winters up here. It need a little TLC but I am sure it will look much better once it goes in the ground. SWrancher. Sounds like a deal on the Lisa. Nothing better than fresh eggs. Squam, what were you most interested in, I'd be fine giving you some stuff if we are able to find somewhere to meet up while I am down there. Trini, not really looking for June plum but you can have something if you let me know what you are interested in. I think the KM sugar apple is spoken for. |
I would be interested in the chempedak. Any interest in a 25 gallon Cogshall mango ? |
Oops! Sorry , double post.... I would love to take the Chempedak off of your hands. I am also in the Davie area, just let me know when/where you would like to meet up . Thanks ! |
It's going to be either the first or second weekend of next month. Not sure which quite yet. I am hoping to make it down when there are still some lychees left and a lot of good mangoes are ripening. |
Sheehan, I would take a few soursops. None of my seeds germinated. Maybe you could send it with my Frankies order? Andrew |
jsv, I'll be in SFL during the 1st weekend of June . Definitely interested in the mango and the sugar apple. I'll send you a PM. |
It's looking almost definite that I will be going down next Saturday the 11th. I am hoping to be at excalibur by around 10:00 if I am able to get myself out of bed early enough. I'd like to meet up with most people there but could work out other options. Just send me an email. So far I have sleep down for the chempedak Also adding good sized (4ft or so) Grumichama cherry that is in need of some TLC to the available list. |
Dang, wish I was in FL, I'd love to nurse that grumichama back to health. Oh well :-( |
I would love to have that kampong mauve sugar apple and the grumichama but I live on the other coast. Any chance you are going anywhere other than Davie? I have fresh brown eggs, physical graffitti dragon fruit and a few varieties of bananas. |
No, I am pretty much just going to Excalibur and Harry's house. |
Thank you for responding. I am looking forward to hearing about you meeting and swaping with the others. |
jsvand5 do you still have the sugar apple or does it have a destination? Marin |
jsvand5, Looks like I missed this follow-up. Did you by any chance leave the Chempedak at Harry's ? Are you still in the area today? |
Sorry the Sugar apple is taken. Sleep, the Chempadak is at Harry's house. |
Excellent ! Thank you :) |
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The Barkers were in "unchartered waters" when the recruiting process started. Conner quarterbck Drew Barker sent out Facebook messages to college coaches, recruiting analysts and media members after his freshman year encouraging them to contact him.
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He still remembers when Drew Barker called him to tell him about his first college scholarship offer from Louisville.
"I was so excited I had tears in my eyes," Terry Barker said. "Then the offers slowly started coming in. It was kind of surreal. I didn't know enough about how the process work to know that first offer was even a real offer.
"The hardest thing for Ellie (Drew's mother) and I was to make sure we gave Drew the tools to succeed. He kind of would tell us where he needed to go visit, where he needed to go to camp. We've been here to support him. We would get the calendar out as soon as school ended and map out every weekend. We would find camps, fill in the dates and what is was going to cost. We had to budget it all out. But it has been so exciting to see him grow as a person and athlete."
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MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday watched Russia's biggest military maneuvers since Soviet times, involving 160,000 troops and about 5,000 tanks across Siberia and the far eastern region in a massive show of the nation's resurgent military might.
Dozens of Russia's Pacific Fleet ships and 130 combat aircraft also took part in the exercise, which began on Friday and continue through this week. Putin watched some of the drills on Sakhalin Island in the Pacific, where thousands of troops were ferried and airlifted from the mainland.
Russia's Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov assured foreign military attaches on Monday that the exercise was part of regular combat training and wasn't directed against any particular nation, though some analysts believe the show of force was aimed at China and Japan.
Konstantin Sivkov, a retired officer of the Russian military's General Staff, told the daily Nezavisimaya Gazeta that the Sakhalin part of the maneuvers was intended to simulate a response to a hypothetical attack by Japanese and U.S. forces.
Russia and Japan have a dispute over a group of Pacific islands, which Russia calls the Kurils and Japan calls the Northern Territories.
The islands off the northeastern tip of Japan's Hokkaido Island were seized by Soviet troops in the closing days of World War II. They are surrounded by rich fishing grounds and are believed to have offshore oil and natural gas reserves and other mineral resources.
Antonov said that Russia had warned its neighbors about the exercise before it started, and provided particularly detailed information to China in line with an agreement that envisages a mutual exchange of data about military activities along the 4,300-kilometer (2,700-mile) border.
The two Cold war-era rivals have forged what they described as a "strategic partnership" after the 1991 Soviet collapse, developing close political, economic and military ties in a shared aspiration to counter U.S. power around the world.
Russia has supplied sophisticated weapons to China, and the neighbors have conducted joint military drills, most recently a naval exercise in the Sea of Japan earlier this month.
But despite close economic ties and military cooperation, many in Russia have felt increasingly uneasy about the growing might of its giant eastern neighbor.
Some fear that Russia's continuing population decline and a relative weakness of its conventional forces compared to the Chinese People's Liberation Army could one day tempt China to grab some territory.
Russia and China had territorial disputes for centuries. Relations between Communist China and the Soviet Union ruptured in the 1960s, and the two giants fought a brief border conflict in 1969.
Moscow and Beijing signed a new border treaty in 2004, which saw Russia yielding control over several islands in the Amur River. Some in Russia's sparsely populated far east feared that the concessions could tease China's appetite.
Alexander Khramchikhin, an independent Moscow-based military analyst, said that the massive exercise held in the areas along the border with China was clearly aimed at Beijing.
"It's quite obvious that the land part of the exercise is directed at China, while the sea and island part of it is aimed at Japan," he said.
Khramchikhin, who recently posted an article painting a grim picture of Russia being quickly routed in a surprise Chinese attack, said that the war games were intended to discourage China from harboring expansionist plots.
"China may now think that Russia has finally become more aware of what could happen," he said, describing the exercise as a sobering signal.
The maneuvers are part of recent efforts to boost the military's mobility and combat readiness after years of post-Soviet decline, but they have far exceeded previous drills in both numbers and territorial scope.


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- Posted by donnabaskets 7b-8 MS (My Page) on Mon, Aug 26, 13 at 18:34
Here is a list of things that I grow for fall and winter: Greens: collards, mustard, turnip, kale, asian broccoli *cauliflower cabbage: regular and Napa carrots rutabagas *parsnips *beets lettuce *spinach onions: green garlic (it's easiest to just cut the green of these rather than trying for bulbs) *these are not exactly easy though lots of people do grow them successfully. Since it's your first time to grow, I would recommend that you dig in (at least a foot deep) as many amendments as you can get your hands on (leaves, compost, manure, peat moss, etc.), then cover it with mulch (straw, newspaper, etc., not wood chips) and let it sit for two weeks. THEN dig it lightly again to break up clods and mix everything in well before you plant. It will make a big difference. |
- Posted by nancyjane_gardener USDA 8ish No CA (My Page) on Mon, Aug 26, 13 at 21:09
anuzzie, I'm up in the north bay (Santa Rosa) and though not quite as hot as you (East bay?), similar conditions. All of what Donna suggested are good, but basil will be gone at first frost. Plan for the basil for later spring. It won't tolerate frost at ALL! Up in our neck of the woods, we have a horrible gopher problem! Check around with neighbors to see if this is a problem. If so, there are other methods you'll want to follow. Almost all herbs grow through the winter and are perennial in our area, but be SURE to research before you plant! Many are very invasive! I've actually had to rip everything out of an herb garden cause it went so wild! I re-planted in a container garden and am much happier with the controlled herbs! (actually, I've got lemon verbena and oregano growing back into that old bed 5 years after ripping it out!) Do lots of reading on these boards, start composting if you have the room, check out your local landfill for compost (ours is certified organic and sells for about $15 per yard) Research what you want to grow! Go to the organic market and ask about everything, buy ONE parsnip (or whatever) before you dedicate a spot in the garden for it. Why grow parsnips if no one will eat them? Don't feel bad about buying starts at a local market at first! I still go mostly from starts, but since I've retired this summer, I'll probably start from seeds for many things Oh my! And I go on! LOL Happy gardening! And don't hesitate to ask questions! Nancy |
Thanks for your help! We have had gophers in the past (or maybe they were moles...they ruined our grass by digging up holes all over)...and I certainly don't want to do anything to attract them again...will have to look that one up. Nancy, yes, I am in the east bay, east of the Caldecott tunnel. Another question...I have some seeds from baker creek that I bought awhile ago and say for 2012. Can I still use them? |
Anuzzie, sometimes seed can stay viable for a couple of years past the "sell by" or "packed for" date. To test whether yours are still good, take a couple of seeds from the packet and put them in the middle of a wet paper towel, fold the towel around them, put it in a baggie and put it somewhere relatively warm (like the top of your refrigerator). Let them sit for 5 - 7 day and then open the towel and see if anything germinated. Good luck! And more importantly, have fun!! Edie |
- Posted by nancyjane_gardener USDA 8ish No CA (My Page) on Wed, Aug 28, 13 at 20:30
If there are gophers in your area, you will probably want to build some raised beds with hardware cloth (wire with very small holes. NOT chicken wire! It will rot and the holes are too big) I've also been using those chattering devices that you can buy at the big box stores, or the solar ones at a local feed store. We had planted some squash in-ground, then when the gophers came and ate a bunch of them we put in one of those devices and haven't seen a gopher in the area since! Check around the neighborhood and ask around, cause there's nothing worse than actually watching your plants get pulled down into the ground! Good luck! Nancy |
I know it is frustrating, but I strongly advise you not to plant anything without protecting against gophers first. Otherwise there is a very good chance that the gophers will destroy your entire garden. I would personally not rely on any repellent working. Some people have reported good results with noisemaker type devices. But the ones I have tried have not worked for me. If you can get the exact ones that worked for Nancy, that might be a way to go. Otherwise, check out the link I put at the end of this post. In particular, look at figure 4. You should do something like that. Attach half inch hardware cloth (from home depot) to the bottom of your wood frame beds. There must be no gaps. Use staples or nails or screws to attach the hardware cloth to the bottom or outsides of the frame. For wood, you can use con heart redwood if you want it to last for more than around 5 years. Ordinary lumber (Douglass Fir) will probably last around 3 to 5 years. I would probably use 2x6 lumber. But if you want to grow full size carrots, you may want to use 2x12's to get more depth. But that means digging deeper to make room for the bed. Dig out some soil to make room for the frames. Then put the frame in (with hardware cloth already attached to the bottom), and put the soil back in the frame. Note that the frame should be level so that water doesn't run off. Also, the frame should protrude up above the ground by 2 inches or more all around. This 2 inch (or more) lip will prevent the gophers from walking in above ground. An easier way to do this, without so much digging, is to simply lay the frame on the ground (dig just enough to get it level if needed) and then fill in the entire box with purchased topsoil or potting soil. The drawback there is the expense of the topsoil. One more thing. The corners of these wood frames tend to spread apart. The easiest way to prevent this is to use some kind of steel construction fitting to hold the corner securely. I use straight galvanized straps from home depot. They cost around 80 cents each. I bend them around the corners and screw them in with galvanized screws. You can go to the simpson strong tie website if you want to browse all kinds of construction fittings. Very last point. It is much better to water with some type of drip irrigation than sprinklers. Sprinkling tends to promote various types of problems with the leaves (like mold and mildew). Best of luck and please check in periodically with your results! (Oh, I agree that it is too late to plant basil in your area). --McKenzie |
Here is a link that might be useful: living with gophers
Those that dig up the grass and make mounds, are moles, not gophers. Moles are only interested in grubs and worms. But gophers, I have heard, are vegetarians. And also have heard that they use mole's tunnels . |
I know very little about moles. But I have dealt with pocket gophers quite a bit. They do eat grass roots and make mounds in grass fields. The mounds are not necessarily near where gophers are actively eating. Basically, as they dig, they push the soil through their tunnel network and out of certain holes until a mound forms. The feeding holes don't have mounds and can be difficult to detect. Because the original poster is in the East bay area, I am pretty sure he/she had pocket gophers, not moles. They are a plague throughout this area. I don't know if gophers are vegetarians, but they eat the roots of just about anything in a vegetable garden, including garlic bulbs. They also sometimes chew through vines which touch the ground (such as pumpkin vines). After eating the roots, they will sometimes pull the whole plant down into their hole. They typically plug up the hole afterwards, so it looks like the plant just disappeared. They can eat all the roots of a plant in 1 day, and pull the plant in the next day. They also sometimes find their way inside pumpkins which rest on the ground and eat the whole thing from the inside. --McKenzie |
- Posted by CarloMartin947 none (My Page) on Fri, Sep 13, 13 at 17:15
A good general discussion on moles and gophers can be found here: Biodynamic French Intensive Method Both moles and gophers are a problem throughout the SF Bay area. Gophers tunnel deep, whereas moles crawl just under the surface. Gophers you can trap fairly easily, but moles are more difficult. See above link. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Alan Chadwick
- Posted by nancyjane_gardener USDA 8ish No CA (My Page) on Fri, Sep 13, 13 at 21:09
All of the above! Most of my garden is in raised beds lined with gopher wire. I just mentioned the chattering devices because they actually have been working very well for us. I would be very afraid to try the garden without the hardware cloth! When I create a new bed, I always dig/loosen the soil as deep as possible, then add horse manure Then I add the box lined with hardware cloth, then the soil/compost mix from the landfill (working some of it into the soil to fill in pockets before placing the box!) Lastly the chattering devices! This year we tried them on our septic mound and they all went away! Just saying.... Nancy |
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