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So I'm in my Junior year of high school..(15 1/2 going on 16 in a week)though my dream is to be a manga author/artist in japan - mangaka...How would one do this.....like would I have to attend college in the USA,or is there a certain school in japan I could go to...Would I have to know a lot of Japanese to do this or will I have a translator....?
Just so many questions,well its just something that has been on my mind....So please try to answer in the fullest detail,if u know!
*sorry,about posting in the wrong section...truly had no idea where this kinda thing would go!XD
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When Rabbi Norman Lamm retired as chancellor of Yeshiva University in July, many people rued the fact that his distinguished career had been tarnished by his own admission, last December, that he mishandled allegations of physical and sexual abuse while he was president of Y.U.
Now, Lamm's mental health is being dragged into the limelight as lawyers on both sides of a $380 million lawsuit argue publicly about whether, at 85, he is competent to testify. The arguments come at a time of conflicting accounts of Lamm's mental health.
His friends and family say his mind has been deteriorating for months, if not years. Others point out that Lamm stepped down as Y.U. chancellor — where his total compensation was about $500,000 a year — only this past July and that his retirement letter was eloquent and lucid.
The arguments also raise medical and ethical issues. How easy is it to establish a person's mental acuity? And if a person is suffering from dementia, at what stage does his or her testimony become unreliable?
The judge in this case has to balance many competing issues in making this decision.
Asher Aladjem, clinical associate professor of psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine, said that a diagnosis of dementia does not preclude someone from performing certain tasks, such as looking after children, consenting to complicated surgery or testifying at a trial.
"People with severe dementia are able to remember what happened 50 years ago but not what they had for breakfast, or if they had breakfast at all," Aladjem said.
But Lamm's lawyer, Joel Cohen, said that Lamm was unfit to testify during a pretrial hearing in U.S. District Court, in Manhattan, on September 9.
The hearing was an early stage in a lawsuit filed by 34 former students of Yeshiva University's Manhattan High School for Boys who say they were physically and sexually abused during the 1970s and '80s, when Lamm was in charge.
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I know it's not exactly breaking news that players in the NHL are good at shooting the puck. But, more than ever, I'm noticing just how ridiculous the speed and accuracy with which non-slapshot goals are being scored.
Guys have always shot the puck hard, from Bobby Hull to Brett Hull and beyond. But now, players don't need that wind up to unleash scary shots. These new sticks are nightmares for the folks between the pipes.
The following clips are from the past three days – not a single one is a slapshot, and each one goes in on about 99.9% of goaltenders in the world, and 95% of goaltenders in the NHL.
Jeff Carter vs. Henrik Karlsson
You just can't d-up on everything. My god, that shot.
Michael Ryder: wow.
That was one of those "okee-dokee, put one on the board, moving on" goals. Just a no-doubter.
Joffrey Lupul. Thanks for coming out, Roloson.
Lupul had a lot of time to get that off, and still chooses to wrist/snap it.
Stephen Weiss, breakaway shorty after sick sauce from Jason Garrison:
A left-hander going high glove is always impressive, but he basically hand-placed that puck under the bar.
Mark Giordano has an unscreened attempt, and puts it a foot off the ice, low blocker, inside the post as a left hand shot. Toughest save in the game for a goalie to make.
In college, the running joke was that Phil Kessel couldn't raise the puck. His shot (maybe just against my team) seemed horrible, it was always some type of on-ice muffin or flub. He was fast, and he'd compile points, but just….constant muffins. His shot these days is nasty.
Low blocker, man. Perfectly placed.
I think we've arrived at a point where Ryan Smyth may be the last "Ryan Smyth" ever to play as an offensive contributor in the NHL – you know, the guy who can put up numbers without being able to shoot the puck with absurd precision and heat.
No longer can goaltenders take a breath when the puck is in their zone. There will be no more crossbar-leaning kick-saves. If you're a goalie, you better be on all the time. That's just the way it is these days.
I have to add: while it wasn't the point of the post, it's also worth noting how hard current NHLers can fire backhands too. This is truly the NHL skill that impresses me most. If someone offered me a million dollars to attempt clearing the close blue-line from the goal line on a backhand, I think I win the money about 7 times out of ten, tops.
I can't find video of the Sidney Crosby backhand in his first game back that was stopped, but the heat on it was insane. Instead, I found another decent player.
Here's Henrik Zetterberg, who's better than you at hockey, proving it:
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So, I got a package in the mail and I was super excited (as anyone would be) to find a box full of Mario mini figures! And then (because my gifter is doubly awesome!) ANOTHER package showed up and it was a Legend of Zelda glass tumbler!
Awesome gifts! I flipping love them. The glass now sits with my "We do not sow" and Thor glasses and I'm building a shelf specifically for the mini-figs.
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on September 5, 2012CHARLOTTE, N.C. When the speeches at a political convention are all done, and the stars of the night leave the stage, the floor fills with people looking for photo opportunities looking to be photographed against a backdrop of grandeur. I ran into a bunch of them on Tuesday night, when I walked across the floor after Michelle Obama finished her speech, and snapped their pictures when they handed me their cameras. I didn't talk politics with any of them, until I came across four men sporting beards and payos and wearing black suits and broad-brimmed hats.
"Wait a second," I said. "I thought Orthodox Jews were supposed to be Republicans."
"People think many things," one of them said. "You thought wrong."
"But I keep hearing that the Republican Party is more aligned with your values on social issues."
"This is true," he said with a shrug. "And yet here we are."
They were from Crown Heights. They were Democrats because they shared appreciated the party's emphasis on social justice, and so I asked them about the one inescapable conclusion that could be drawn from sitting in the hall and listening to all the speeches that over the last four years the Democratic Party had undergone a transformation on one issue in particular, and that was the issue of gay marriage.
"Yes, we were surprised by this," another of the men said. "In speech after speech, they promoted gay marriage. I don't think there was a single speech without it."
"Did this concern you?"
All four men shrugged and raised their palms to the heavens in unison the universal gesture for helplessness in the face of fate. "Our God," said one man, "gave us the law, and in that law marriage is a compact between a man and a woman. We have to abide by that law. But as long as we are permitted to abide by that law as long as no one interferes we are okay with other people abiding by their own. Of course, we think that everyone should follow the law. But who are we to tell them what to do?"
After four years of shrinking away from defining itself, the Democratic Party has defined itself here, in its platform and on the podium, and done so in the most full-throated way and the hall has been raucous with the power of release. The people gathered in Charlotte seem finally to understand that they comprised a minority party, at least ideologically, and to gain, from a shared feeling of embattlement, a shared appetite for a scrap. Their party has transformed itself from a party that tacitly supported the ideal of gay rights to a party that vigorously champions the fact of gay marriage, and they have responded, again and again, with whoops and cheers.
The Orthodox men I met on the floor believed that their party had decided to place a bet on the issue, based on a certain amount of calculation. "They must have done the polling," one of them said. "They must have looked at the numbers, and realized that this issue was a winner for them."
It didn't make sense to them otherwise. But there was another possibility one they couldn't acknowledge, and yet one that explained their inexplicable presence on the floor of Democratic National Convention better than any other:
The possibility that the fight to defend gay marriage made no political sense at all, and was being joined simply because it was right.
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It would appear that Maguires has updated their website. Take a look and see what you think??
Donna |
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It's me again, I posted the first message before I went through the whole Maguire's site and it appears that they have added some new ones, but where did Party Pooper go?? They have a similar but lighter colored looking one called Party Animal.........could they be changing names? Also, I really don't recall which category Brendon's Flower was in, but did they bump it up a notch in price!! Also, why do they still not list Krakatoa, and Rebel!! Question, questions, questions!! Who has the answers!! Donna |
- Posted by bluebonsai101 6a PA (My Page) on Sat, Mar 13, 10 at 13:21
Donna, why not ask the people that sell the plants? Lots of places rotate stock depending on production so not a real surprise I suppose. Ask Maguires :o) Dan |
Thanks Donna! I haven't been there for a while. I found some nice new ones in the doubles that I wouldn't mind getting : ) |
Donna-- Brendan's Flower was a 17 dollar variety last season, as it is now. It is well worth the money-- quite a show-stopper. Primeribs-- how's it going!? Are you ordering with us this year? Denver Ryan |
I received the Maguires catalogue a week or so ago and have been meaning to scan it in. I'll do it and post it up when I find some spare time. Dan |
- Posted by bluebonsai101 6a PA (My Page) on Sun, Mar 14, 10 at 12:30
Dan, Please make sure you are not violating copyright before you do that......I'm sure everything in that catalogue is copyright protected and if you post it on-line you may be infringing on that. Given that you are also from OZ it makes it easier for them to go after you if they so desire. Not trying to be a pain, but just giving you a heads up :o) Dan |
Ryan!! Things are going great up here! Spring break is in full swing, lots a people up skiing!! I would love to order from Maguires again. I've already started a list since last night : ) So how's things going for you? And how's the little one doing? |
So excited to see the new listing! Definitely some I need! |
Hi Everyone, In Veronica Read's book she mentions a Maquire's variety call Tangellino and she really loved it! I was only able to find one picture of this on the Internet and I was wondering if this could be the same as Forest Fire that Lizalily posted? Maybe it is out of production, does anyone have Tangellino? Lizalily, does your Forest Fire have those silvery marki
Donna-- It seems Maguire's changes their inventory quite a bit-- and not necessarily in a bad way. The way I understand it, since they aren't a very large farm, they end up rotating what they have to offer and if something doesn't sell well, it doesn't come back around, as it were. I personally have never heard of this hybrid but I'm also not terribly knowledgeable about these either. Primeribs! The little one is great-- growing like a weed and she's got me totally smitten with her. Its a tough schedule we hold but I watch her during the morning and early afternoon and then head to work for the rest of the day. I'm looking forward to warmer weather so we can go outside and play. We put an offer on a house and today is the inspection. Its in Parker up on top of a hill...so wave some time...I might be able to see you! :o) Ryan |
Donna, that is a beautiful flower but it does not look like Forestfire. Mine was much more translucent, and A red orange overlaid with deep red flames in the middle. These became more apparent as the flower aged. Ryan, I am so happy to hear you are getting a house! WHat fun you will have teaching Anna about gardening! |
Ryan, A house in Parker! Very Cool!! I'm sure it will be nice to have a yard again!!! |
Wow. They have a lot of new doubles on the witesite. I like SPOTTY DOTTY so pretty Michele |
- Posted by clancy1985 (My Page) on Wed, Mar 24, 10 at 1:40
Hi all, I was also sent a catalogue when I bought Maguire's book called Maguire's Hippeastrum Farm in Full Colour 2009 edition. The book says that it lists several varieties that were available to the public at the time of consolidating (2008) and unfortunately it seems that most are available only from the farm. Anyway... it lists three 'parties': Party Animal, Party Pooper and Party Time. They're all bred from Papilio, and from the description Party Animal is the palest, and Party Time the heaviest red in colour. |
Hi Clancy, Would you have a picture from the cataloque that you could post? Maybe you could take a macro and send it cause I'm sure we would all like to see Party Time, I know I would, even it it is only available from the farm! Thanks! Donna |
donna i just got off the phone to mick maguire he said he is out of the rebel and i dont think he has crakatoa any more if a bulb is popular he usually sells out of it in aseason or two sorry to give u this news happy growing dannyif u need to know about any others let me know and i can find out for u |
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Solutions now possible for brain imbalance dysfunctions By Dr. Peter Scire Special to GwinnettForum.com
SUWANEE, Ga., June 17, 2008 -- Medical epidemics occur all over the globe -- AIDS in Africa, SARS in China. These are tragedies the world cannot turn a cheek to; but while monitoring these issues in distant countries, let's not forget about a homegrown crisis. One in 150 children born in the United States will be diagnosed with autism or a related neurobehavioral/developmental disorder, often called Functional Disconnection Syndrome (FDS).
Autism and related disorders are not new. They are just beginning to be understood, dissected, and in some cases, corrected. Unfortunately, no one quite understands why a disorder like autism occurs. There are several theories, such as a link to a childhood vaccine, environmental factors, and genetics. And because the cause is not known, there are no medical cures. Currently, the best hope physicians can offer for a child suffering from a developmental disorder is a cocktail of drugs, psychotherapy, or medical procedures.
However, there is an organization leading the charge to solve these problems. Rather than relying on drugs, therapy, or medical procedures, it tries to correct what is believed to be the problem -- a fundamental imbalance between the two hemispheres of the brain that leaves children disconnected from their own bodies and the world around them. Brain Balance, based in Long Island, N.Y., and with two offices in Metro Atlanta, believes they have the best answer for families seeking to free their children from their mental dysfunction.
The brain needs to be in rhythm, similar to an orchestra. If the horns are not in time with the percussion section, the entire piece is disrupted. This is what is going on inside the mind of a child with autism. The two sides of the brain are not firing together correctly, leading one hemisphere to work harder and display the traits associated with that hemisphere more predominantly. Brain Balance takes a practical approach to this dilemma by addressing the problem -- the hemispheric imbalance -- and not just treating the symptoms.
This is accomplished through various tests and exercises. After an assessment to determine the weak areas of the brain, a custom regimen is designed. This may include audio and/or visual sensory exercises, motor skills development, physical exercise, and an altered diet with nutritional counseling. Individual weaknesses are addressed one at a time and then slowly incorporated together to work with the strong side of the brain, eventually leading to full reconnection of the child to himself, and consequently, the world around him. The entire program is based on the concept of the brain's neuroplasticity, that is, the ability of the brain to improve its function throughout a person's life. It is proven that a brain can and will continually advance and progress if prodded to do so. Dr. Norman Doidge, noted psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, researcher, and author of the New York Times bestseller The Brain That Changes Itself,"said neuroplasticity is "arguably the most important breakthrough in neuroscience since scientists first sketched out the brain's basic anatomy."
Brain Balance, like Dr. Doidge, believes children with FDS are not destined to spend their life in their own disconnected universe. They simply need some help and direction in getting reconnected with themselves.
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Greater Atlanta campus grows again with new Long Forum By Elliott Brack Editor and Publisher
JUNE 17, 2008 -- Gwinnett was once cotton farming land .at one time the third largest cotton producing county in Georgia. If the land where Greater Atlanta Christian School once grew cotton, those stalks of cotton couldn't be growing much closer than the buildings now rise on the school campus off Indian Trail Road in Norcross. The campus is full to overflowing.
Recently we attended a celebration of yet another Greater Atlanta Christian School building----this time the topping out of the 3,400 seat Long Forum, aptly named for the school's founder, Dr. Jesse Long. The new facility, located on the small patch of once vacant land immediately to your left as you come on campus, will be used for daily chapel services, Christian concerts, special speakers, guest performances and school family-wide activities. It will also be a physical education building, for basketball, volleyball and other events. In addition, a film/video studio, athletic offices and other activities will be there.
Dr. David Fincher, the school president, notes that for the first time, the school body of 1,950 students can now be gathered together at one time for special events. "That will make it a lot easier," he admits, rather than having to bring several smaller groups together for key announcements.
Since the school was first the gleam in the eyes of Jesse Long and others back when they incorporated in 1961, and later when they purchased the property in 1964, the school has continually expanded. Today it's one of the largest private school in Georgia, and has earned itself a position of producing top quality graduates who go on to excel in college. Routinely, 99 per cent of its graduates go on to college, among them the most prestigious in the nation.
From its inception, Dr. Long made sure that local residents understood that the private school's ideals. He says: "Our concept was to provide academic excellence in a Christian environment. We intended to be winners in curricular and extra-curricular activities. We were not opposed to public school. We just offered a different kind of school with daily Bible classes and a chapel with a Christian worldview."
There were only 150 students in grades 7-11 when the school opened. Today the school counts students coming from 12 counties, though the largest enrollment is from Gwinnett. From the first year's two buildings of 26,496 square feet, it has grown in 2008 to 22 buildings and nearly a half million square feel on the 75 acre campus.
What is impressive about the Long Forum is its vastness. Two full-size basketball courts can be accommodated on the main floor, in a massively open space, with a soaring ceiling of about 50 feet. With recessed seating on the second level, it seems extra spacious. Recently some 300-400 people, many of them construction workers still completing the building, seemed dwarfed at tables during lunch at the Topping Out. Completion of the Forum is on schedule for winter 2009.
Greater Atlanta has been a good neighbor in Gwinnett for years now, as it continues to bring pride and distinction to the county. We congratulate them on honoring its founder by naming this new facility for it the (Jesse) Long Forum! It's in mighty high cotton these days!
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First no stamp machines, now no clocks at post offices
Editor, the Forum:
As if security precautions aren't enough, notice now at the Post Office that to purchase stamps, you either have to buy online, stand in line, buy at some grocery stores, or use the kiosk that requires plastic, debit or credit. Gone are the machines that would take your good old currency in denominations up to $20.
The last little source of irritation is the removal of clocks in postal branches. They don't want you to know how long you have been standing in line waiting for so-called "service"
Seems that every time the Postal Service gets a rate increase, they find another way to reduce "services." Consumers frequently complain about the amount of junk mail and advertising circulars that they receive. I live in an apartment complex that has a central location for all mail boxes. Management has placed two 40 gallon trash cans for disposal of unsolicited mail. Every Monday and Tuesday, they are full. Next stop, the landfill.
I understand that bulk mail is a big source of income for the post office, but they may also be the biggest single contributor to unnecessary waste on a daily basis. Doesn't sound too eco-friendly to me.
-- Larry Partain, Norcross
Ooops! Restaurant reviewed on Friday has already closed!
Just thought readers might like to know the restaurant reviewed on Friday, Buffalo's Express Café, is now closed. Too bad, as it served great ribs! Two other locations for this chain are now in Hamilton Mill or Flowery Branch. As a good substitute, try Lenny Mac's across from the Arena.
I guess as Gwinnett grows, good eateries will follow that growth. I get the feeling the good times are passing Duluth by, and we'll be a copy of Norcross before too long. The open/close cycle of six months for an eatery is more in line with Atlanta, but it is creeping its way outside OTP.
-- John Burris, Duluth Dear John: Thanks for update. But what is this crack about good times bypassing Duluth and Norcross? Others will say that these two cities are coming into their own with eating and entertainment activities now. ---eeb
-- John Burris, Duluth
Dear John: Thanks for update. But what is this crack about good times bypassing Duluth and Norcross? Others will say that these two cities are coming into their own with eating and entertainment activities now. ---eeb
Conscript politician's offsprings and solve problems
Check this out from FreeRepublic.com, how to stop the wars -- conscript the sons of politicians.
"Come to think of it, we could require the sons of all public officials, when the latter are elected, to enlist in the military. Then, they'd be ready for combat when Mommy or Daddy cast that vote or lobbied for war." That's from Cort Kirkwood back in April of 1903!
It makes sense to me. Politicians, most of whom have no military service, now play with other people's lives. After all, they "volunteered," didn't they ? I don't think they volunteered for endless and needless involvement in foreign hellholes around the world.
-- Marshall Miller, Lilburn
City of Snellville considers new stormwater rates June 30
The City of Snellville is considering adoption of the a new way to pay for stormwater run-offs.. It will be the topic at a special called City Council meeting on Monday, June 30 at 7:30 p.m.
Snellville's Stormwater Utility will assess a fee to property owners based on the demand that their property places on the drainage system. This method is being considered in-lieu of raising property taxes which have historically been utilized for stormwater management.
Properties in the City will be divided into various billing classes based on their usage as residential or non-residential. Residential customers would be billed by the total area of impervious surface on their property (i.e. sidewalks, driveways, rooftops, patios, etc.). All other developed properties will be considered non -residential and would be billed $75.60 per 3,800 square feet of impervious surface area. Examples of these types of properties include offices, apartment complexes, shopping centers, etc. Properties that are undeveloped or do not have any impervious surface area on the property would not receive a bill.
Driving this proposal are the State and Federal regulations that have been placed on the City in the past two years as well as the need to replace several large drainage systems under city streets. Historically, Gwinnett County has managed the stormwater regulatory needs of the city but has recently changed this practice since implementing their own Stormwater Utility. As such, the City is now required to implement these programs internally.
Here is the proposed City of Snellville stormwater utility rate system:
Billing Class Impervious Surface Range Annual Bill, based on square footage: Residential Tier 1 Up to 2,850 sq ft $56.70 Residential Tier 2 2,851 sq ft - 4,750 sq ft $75.60 Residential Tier 3 Greater than 4,750 sq ft $94.50 Non-Residential Properties $75.60 per 3,800 square feet.
Billing Class Impervious Surface Range Annual Bill, based on square footage:
Residential Tier 1 Up to 2,850 sq ft $56.70 Residential Tier 2 2,851 sq ft - 4,750 sq ft $75.60 Residential Tier 3 Greater than 4,750 sq ft $94.50 Non-Residential Properties $75.60 per 3,800 square feet.
Walton EMC plans 72nd annual meeting on June 21
Ice cream sandwiches smeared on the faces of youngsters, live music by local artists and door prizes are activities that Walton Electric Membership Corporation customer-owners expect at the 72nd annual members' meeting, to be Saturday, June 21.
More than 3,000 Walton EMC customer-owners and their families venture out to the Walton County Agricultural Center off Criswell Road, south of Monroe, each June to enjoy a day full of festivities for the whole family.
Registering begins at 8 a.m. while enjoying the music of young country-rock singer Moriah Martin. Higher Ground, a Southern gospel group, will perform at 9 a.m.
The first 1,000 customer-owners to register will receive a traditional annual meeting bucket of gifts that includes a 30-piece toolbox and a compact fluorescent light bulb.
County seeking proposal-partner for Ronald Reagan Ext.
Connecting Ronald Reagan Parkway to Interstate 85 is the subject of a request for proposals issued by the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners. The Board is seeking a public-private partnership to develop the new roadway project that could be financed privately through tolls or user fees.
Gwinnett DOT Director Brian Allen says: "We need to relieve the traffic congestion on Pleasant Hill Road, Steve Reynolds Boulevard, Beaver Ruin Road and U.S. Highway 29, but we don't have the funding to do it any time soon." The County is currently building an extension of Sugarloaf Parkway to State Route 316 near Dacula.
The proposed project would include planning and building new interchanges at Pleasant Hill Road and at I-85 plus about three miles of four-lane roadway. The developer could use a toll-collection system to pay for the new roadway improvements instead of traditional taxpayer funding. Under this proposal, there would be no toll charges for the use of the existing roadway.
Ronald Reagan Parkway is a limited-access, four-lane road divided by a median. The major east-west thoroughfare currently extends from Scenic Highway/Georgia Highway 124 in Snellville to Pleasant Hill Road northeast of Lilburn.
Gwinnett County Administrator Jock Connell says: "We're looking for private businesses capable of designing, building, financing, operating, and maintaining this much-needed road extension."
Grayson senior wins $4,000 NAMAR scholarship
Mike Small, scholarship Chair of the Northeast Atlanta Metro Association of Realtors, presents a $4,000 scholarship certificate to Kristin Mitchell of Grayson High School. She is the daughter of Lamar and Jan Mitchell of Lawrenceville. Jan Mitchell is a NAMAR member and agent for Solid Source Realty. Kristin maintains a 3.92 grade point average and has lettered in academics each year of high school. She is currently ranked in the top four percent of her graduating class, has also lettered in Varsity Cheerleading and put in 150 hours of Community Service since her freshman year. She plans to attend Georgia College and State University and major in Psychology.
Gwinnett Tech surgical tech students score among highest
Gwinnett Technical College's surgical technology students scored among the best in the nation on the most recent Program Assessment Exam (PAE), ranking Gwinnett Tech's program in the country's top 20 of 435 accredited surgical technology programs.
The PAE exam is administered by the Accreditation Review Committee on Education in Surgical Technology who has admitted Gwinnett Tech to the Par Elite Twenty Program in honor of the high achievement. This most recent result surpasses Gwinnett Tech's previous status as a top 10 percent program.
T.C. Parker, surgical technology program director at Gwinnett Tech, says: "We have always been proud of the fact that the hospitals hiring our students have been so pleased with their level of training and knowledge. This award is truly icing on the cake for us and substantiates all the hard work we've done here."
Parker credited success on exams to the program's contacts with the local medical industry, which have provided opportunities that would otherwise have been unavailable, such as the use of cadavers and other surgical supplies.
He adds: "It's always great to hear comments on how well prepared and educated our students are, and this level of national achievement really underscores our outstanding reputation in our own community."
ARCST is a national organization that accredits surgical technology programs. The accreditation process involves a thorough review of the program's resources, including faculty, student/faculty ratio, financial resources, physical resources, learning resources, admissions policies, student records, curriculum and student evaluation methods.
Critical to any operating room, surgical technologists ensure that it is safe and properly equipped for procedures on patients. Gwinnett Tech's Surgical Technology Program prepares students for employment in a variety of positions in the surgical field. Graduates of the program receive a surgical technology diploma and may become certified as a surgical technologist by taking the National Surgical Technologists Certification Exam. The program takes about five quarters to complete.
Georgia Historical Society traces founding to 1839
Founded in 1839, the Georgia Historical Society remains committed to its original mission "to collect, preserve, and diffuse information relating to the History of the State of Georgia." Headquartered in Savannah, Georgia's colonial capital, the society continues to bear the seal of the colony's Trustees, along with their philanthropic motto: Non sibi sed aliis -"Not for self, but for others."
In the spring of 1839 three Savannah residents, Richard D. Arnold, William Bacon Stevens, and Israel K. Tefft, founded the Georgia Historical Society. The state legislature in Milledgeville incorporated the organization in December of the same year. Arnold described Tefft, an autograph and manuscript collector, as the true " fons et origo [source and origin]" of the society. Certainly, Tefft's splendid collection of documentary treasures suggested both a nucleus and an exemplar for the organization's collections.
The three founders soon succeeded in attracting to their cause an impressive group of tidewater "aristocrats" and businessmen. They also framed a constitution calling for a governing structure that continues, in general, to be followed today, with a president and other officers assisted by a governing board whose members are known as curators.
From around 100 active members in 1839, the society had grown to some 6,000 by the beginning of the 21st century. Among the most effective of the organization's 19th-century presidents were its first two: John Macpherson Berrien (a lawyer, U.S. senator, and U.S. attorney general) and James Moore Wayne (a lawyer, U.S. congressman, and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. One or the other served as president between 1839 and 1862. Henry Rootes Jackson (a lawyer, jurist, diplomat, and Confederate general) held the presidency from 1875 to 1898.
During the 20th century few presidents served more than one term, and the majority were professionals or businessmen from the Savannah area. Some, however, like Alexander A. Lawrence and Malcolm Bell Jr., were also historians in their own right. Toward the end of the century, university-affiliated historians, including William M. Gabard and Roger K. Warlick, often led the society. In 1996 the attorney Lisa Lacy White became the first female president and served a term marked by productive initiatives and imaginative leadership. (To Be Continued)
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DULUTH TOP OUT. Among those present in Duluth at Taylor Memorial Park marking the Topping Out of the Mathias Corporation/Street Smarts, Inc. building were, from left, Duluth City Clerk Teresa Lynn, Duluth City Administrator Phil McLemore, Gale Macrenaris, representing the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, and company Presidents Marsha Bomar of Street Smarts and Dave Heydinger of Mathias. The 40,000 square foot building, across Main Street from the City Hall, is expected to be completed in November.
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Should you trust group-buying sites or should you steer clear? The CHOICE shadow shop puts them to the test.
Australians are embracing online retail with gusto. And while group-buying (also known as daily deal) sites offering discount vouchers for food, services and activities are relatively new to the online shopping landscape, they're increasingly popular.
The Australian group-buying market is worth about $500m, according to Naren Sivasailam, senior industry analyst with IBISWorld. "Group buying is a small subset of online shopping but it is definitely a growing segment. Given how cautious consumer spending is right now, the idea of getting something for next to nothing is obviously appealing."
But the group-buying industry does have a dark side. In October, NSW Fair Trading (NSW FT) revealed that, despite the introduction of a voluntary code of conduct into the group-buying industry a year earlier, complaints had spiked sharply. In fact, group-buying sites were second overall in their annual gripes list, following complaints about household appliances.
"The increase occurred in the second half of last year and through to March this year because the industry exploded in that time," says NSW FT assistant commissioner Don Jones. "There were a number of new entrants into the market and they were competing quite aggressively for customer lists. They concentrated on getting customers, but not on keeping them."
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CHOICE bought a voucher for a deal from 10 different group buying sites for locations around Australia. We let the vouchers expire, then got in touch with the sites and with merchants to seek a refund, credit or extension. While the terms and conditions of all sites state that vouchers must be used by the expiry date, we wanted to test the customer service of the merchants and group-buying sites. Our shadow shopper uncovered some interesting results.
Getting in touch with the sites was relatively easy. Groupon, Living Social and My Team Deals listed phone numbers. Spreets also listed a phone number although this was hidden in the "help" section of the website, so our shopper contacted them via web form. Deal Lovers, Ouffer, Scoopon, Moosta and OurDeal listed email addresses or had web forms for questions and concerns. Cudo required a a web form to be filled out, but upon entering her details our shopper was instantly connected to a live chat operator.
Response times for most sites were reasonable. Cudo gave instant resolution via live chat. Our shopper was on hold with Groupon for eight minutes; Living Social only made her wait for about 30 seconds. Spreets responded to an email in 27 minutes, while Deal Lovers responded within an hour. Scoopon and OurDeal took seven days to respond, and an email to Moosta was still unanswered after 27 days at time this piece went live. My Team Deals (MTD) offered good service to begin with: upon receipt of our shadow shopper's request, a representative of MTD rang her back quickly and left a return business line and mobile phone number.But when our shopper rang back, an MTD representative promised to ring her again with an outcome, but never did.
Our shopper was offered a positive resolution to the expired coupon issue on three occasions. Cudo provided the best outcome, crediting her account in the amount of the expired coupon. While the other sites weren't willing to honour her coupon, three of the merchants (all in Sydney) were. Pizza Pesce Birra offered to honour an expired coupon for a two-course meal with wine for an additional payment of $5, Konga Fitness offered to honour a coupon for five dance classes for an added $10 and Complete Chiropractic Care agreed to honour with no further payment.
Reminder emails were a great feature of several of the sites we shadow-shopped. Groupon send an email about one month and then one week before voucher expiry to remind our shopper to use its deal. Living Social sent an email a month before expiry. Ouffer says it will also soon start sending reminders.
Group-buying sites certainly provide some great discount opportunities. But despite the fact that the industry has been maturing and the group-buying code seems to be making a difference to customer service, consumers should still shop with caution. If you're considering a deal, do your research.
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MILLINOCKET, Maine, February 5, 2012 – Now that we've been told that Jesus would tax the rich, it might be a good time to examine the role of religion in politics.
Letting one's religious experience exert influence in government isn't supposed to happen, but how do you separate the desire to be a good and honest person and the desire to do what's right in the halls of legislation?
Can we accept that the business of running the nation should be completely separate from that of personal conduct? Would that exclude government from the basic principles of decency?
What about an atheist in government? Would he be exempt from exerting his influence on legislation if he were, though non-religious, still a good and honest person? Would he, as an atheist, have no "skin in the game" to affect governmental affairs?
I know that's a lot of questions, but if we are going to suggest that religious principles should somehow relate to government, we had better be ready to deal with to the myriad questions that will arise.
Can I get an "AMEN?"
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Save hefty Dr Who and Bond girl 'Flossie', pleads vintage computer man
Just think...
All that power and space and restoration effort just to have a place to store a Dungeon savegame.
Apple killer app Siri struggles with Indian regional accents
No, I'd have brought up that BOFH if nobody else got to it first. It was the first thing that came to mind when I saw 'voice recognition' 'can't recognize' and 'Scottish' in close proximity.
PETA riled by Mario's raccoon skin suit
Selective Thinking
They must really be having a slow month. So it's horrible for Mario to wear a Tanuki Suit but it's okay for him to kill turtles for their shells (which he uses to kill more animals), stomp on all manner of creatures (won't someone think of the poor Goombas?!) or throw creatures into boiling lava? It's a good thing PETA missed Mario 3 two decades ago or they'd have had a collective aneurysm over the Frog Suit...
New Kindle: Wider, but still no broadsheet
So about those other features...
Say, a backlight so you can read it outside of a well-lit room, or something approximating a folder system so if you have more than a few dozen books you can sort them quickly instead of having to scroll through pages of books at an annoyingly slow rate? I'm all for anything that saves money and space on heavy textbooks but there are a couple of things everyone can benefit from that really could be worked on first.
Student sentenced for F-ucked up grade hack
Did these geniuses never think that a school might actually notice when someones grades shot up overnight? Even setting aside their horribly botched means of tampering with their GPA, unis do keep paper records of these things and one would think registrars are smart enough to do a little digging when someone at the bottom of the class rankings suddenly rises to the top. Even if the tampering went undetected due to failure at every level of responsibility solving the matter would take about a minute (plus ten hours scheduling time judging by standard uni efficiency):
Reg: So, how did Mr. Jacquette do last term? Good student?
Prof: Oh him, never attended classes, got one question right on the final. I think he was drunk at the time.
Reg: Thank you.
Of course, if these students truly were getting a lot of Fs then perhaps they're too dumb to realize that, though it also makes one wonder why they weren't punted for academic underperformance before they had a chance to act out their script kiddie fantasies.
Brand new Star Trek prequel pics and trailer
That sound you just heard...
...was my optimism for this film dying. I remember a time when Trek tried to be thoughtful, where the biggest draw (for me at least) was the character interaction and where action was something that happened when it was important to the plot. This looks like the kind of movie designed to cater to people with shorter attention spans and is a lot heavier on the, err, action than I recall the Trek of my youth. Someone else called this Star Trek 90210 and I can't think of a better way to express my reaction to the trailer than that.
Of course I'll probably go to see it anyways, though maybe not for the reason the producers intend. If it's as awful as I'm now afraid it might be, it will be worth the price of a ticket just to heckle the film.
BOFH: The PFY wants a reference
Change of jobs?
Not likely. We've got another reminder of the impending move to the new site/batcave this episode so I doubt that angle will be dropped after building it up for months.
You really would think the PFY would know better by now. Double-cross the BOFH and you'll get what's coming to you.
Son of 419 victim contacts El Reg
Probable scam
My inbox has got plenty of mails that don't aim for the Greedy lobe of the brain. In the wake of any disaster that gets major press you can find examples either from an alleged survivor wanting help or from an aid organization whose business plan is to email random strangers and ask them for support. Scammers are willing to abuse the empathy of individuals as well as stupidity. If there isn't an email in my box within the week purporting to be from Burma or China I will be very surprised. Needless to say, I remain extremely suspicious of this email even if it doesn't immediately ask for money.
Nigerian duped gullible NASA employee
They actually nabbed a 419 Lad. Now how about they do that for the thousands more who are still stealing money from people every day?
Natasha Henstridge braces for Impact
If they were playing this for laughs I might be tempted to see it. Sadly this doesn't appear to be the case so I'll be giving it a miss. I for one would love to see a new requirement for all film school curricula, namely a few introductory courses in the sciences. Also a mandatory course titled 'How not to make films' with studies including 'CGI: Not a substitute for interesting characters or plot', 'Why not everything in the universe is combustible' and 'Plots that were done to death thirty years ago'.
Windows Vista update 'kills' USB devices
Best experience?
"Microsoft wants to ensure customers have the best possible experience with Windows Vista"
Oh good, so they're making the uninstallation process less painful then are they?
Wheels come off Paris Hilton movie vehicle
They've done Glitter, they've done Crossroads, they've even done Battlefield Earth, the Star Wars Holiday Special and Plan bloody 9 (twice). This movie is destined for Mike, Kevin and Bill's scathing commentary. Of course, when it happens we'll still have to pay to rent the thing but by then maybe the whole thing will be on youtube and we'll be spared the indignity of giving any kind of support to the little bint. Mine's the coat made from random household objects and marionette strings.
Star Trek XI release knocked back to 2009
"The Star Trek TV shows have been up and down, quality ranged from quite good (DS9, Voyager) to as dumb as a sack of hammers (Enterprise)."
Voyager was good? Are you sure you're not having a bit of whatever amanfromMars is on? I'd say Trek tv was good up to DS9 and not a bit past that (barring a few flashes of inspiration here and there) with only the II-IV arc of the movies being really decent, though seeing Shatner die in Generations was worth the price of admission. My coat's the one with the funny pin over the left breast.
Boy burned in PSP trouser blaze
Just great
If he was using a cheap battery his penny-pinching has come back to haunt him. If he was trying to use a Pandora battery for normal use purposes he was being stupid. If he was just unlucky Murphy's Law has that much more proof. If his mum starts a campaign to ban PSPs or the FAA decides they're now too dangerous to take on planes, I think I'm going to weep for humanity (again).
Secret mailing list rocks Wikipedia
Secret research techniques?
Would these be the kinds of things all students learn by their first year at university (at the latest) or have the inner circle at Wikipedia learned some sort of techniques not available to us peons?


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9 Its gates sank down into the ground. He broke their metal bars and destroyed them. Its king and princes were taken away to other nations. There is no law anymore. Jerusalem's prophets no longer receive visions from the Lord. | 9 Her gates have sunk into the ground; their bars he has broken and destroyed. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and her prophets no longer find visions from the LORD. |
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"You can't have a Bandera without Sangrita!BTW, Sangrita would be more litteraly translated as "little blood".What is a bandera? It's how a lot of us in Mexico ask for our Tequila of choice. Bandera means flag. Mexico's flag is Green, White and Red...You are served a shot glass of criollo-lime juice, a shot glass of you favorite Tequil..."


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Special Spotlight: Heritage Observance Month and Cancer Awareness Highlights
During the month of February, CRCHD joins the rest of our nation in highlighting Black History Month. We respectfully observe the history of this rich population by recognizing its achievements and showing our appreciation for their contribution of important milestones throughout our country's history.
Despite recent declines in cancer death rates among African Americans and advances in cancer prevention and treatment, this population continues to experience a disproportionately higher share of the cancer burden. African Americans have the highest mortality rate of any racial and ethnic group for all cancers combined and for most major cancers. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among African American women and is the second leading cause of cancer death. Triple negative breast cancer is significantly higher in African American women than any other ethnicity. African American men have far higher death rates from prostate cancer than any other racial or ethnic group.
February is also recognized as National Cancer Prevention Awareness Month. Cancer is caused by a wide range of contributing factors. Choosing a healthy behavior pattern and avoiding exposure to various environmental risks can aid in the prevention of developing cancer.
In light of this, CRCHD would like to recognize the contributions of NIH/NCI-supported researchers through their research, prevention, and training initiatives aimed specifically at addressing the disparate effect that cancer has on our underserved populations.
The PACHE U54 partnership between University of California San Diego and San Diego State University is attempting to use nanoparticles to deliver prostate cancer vaccines, hoping that a single-course treatment might surmount problems of noncompliance among males, particularly African American males who experience multiple barriers in access to and utilization of healthcare services.
CRCHD's Community Networks Program Centers (CNPC) is involved in community-based participatory research interventions. CNPC-Deep South, under the leadership of Dr. Edward Patridge, adapted the, "WALK: Feel Alive" heart health and fitness program. It was originally developed by the University of Alabama at Birmingham and is aimed at rural and urban underserved African Americans. During this walk, team members share valuable information on cancer awareness and cancer screening messages.
In the field of cancer prevention, the CNPC-Tampa Bay team, under Dr. Cathy Meade, trains barbers to deliver prostate cancer health education from their own shops. With a 75% success rate, this innovative initiative clearly demonstrated that by bringing health messages into daily life, screening and prevention behaviors became normalized at both the individual and community levels.
The links below will assist you with learning more about cancer as it relates to the African American population, as well as the topic of cancer prevention overall:
- OMH page for Cancer and African Americans
- NCI page for Cancer Prevention


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Club Med Ixtapa Pacific in Mexico has an innovative children's program complete with professional care with the baby club. If you are looking for a great All-Inclusive Family Vacation, Club Med Ixtapa Pacific is the resort for you! Club Med Ixtapa Pacific in Mexico is an all-inclusive Family Resort with Children's Clubs from 4 months old. Club Med Ixtapa Pacific is located on the Pacific Coast in the area known as the Mexican Rivera, 200 Km north of Acapulco, and is just a 15 minute drive from the fishing village of Zihuatanejo. Club Med Ixtapa has an assortment of activities for those of you that want to do more than just relax on the golden sand beaches.
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This is China's 'staggering' (in the words of the analysts who put it together) appetite for coal imports:
In fact China's massive demand for coal imports is almost making up for falling demand in other parts of the world – especially Europe, where ML-BAS analysts note that coal storage "has now become a rare commodity", as some of the material going there is contracted and cannot be cut back. This, they add, is "keeping a lid" on API2 coal prices; though less so on API4.
However, China's future coal production capacity could be the longer-term restraint to future coal price growth (as Bloomberg noted earlier this week, a Chinese benchmark has already fallen in the past few weeks):
How sustainable is the trend of sharply rising coal imports into China? Ultimately, China is still the world's largest producer of coal and it continues to ramp up output. Last year, coal production accelerated by 15.4%, the third highest growth rate since 1970. This is despite Shanxi, the nation's key coal producing region, cutting back on output. Due to industry consolidation, aimed at improving production efficiency and safety, the region merged all small coal mines with less than 300 thousand mt in output. As the process has now concluded, output in Shanxi is ramping up again, rising by 19% and 32% YoY over the past two months. In our view, this will allow aggregate production to continue to grow, at an estimated rate of 9-10% for this year.
The big picture is still fairly dramatic, however. Going back earlier than 2007 in BP's Statistical Review, we can see there that China has moved in and out of being a net coal importer over the past 10 years, but net imports never reached the scale that more recent data implies.
Related links:
China coal *alert* (FT Alphaville)
Could China fall out of love with coal? (FT Energy Source)


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The history of the American West was written, literally, with firearms. And although this occurred during a surprisingly brief period more than 150 years ago, many guns from this time are well-known today. In fact, thanks to Hollywood, even those with little interest in firearms recognize the Colt Single Action Army revolver and the Winchester lever-action rifle as "The Guns That Won The West."
Lesser known is the coach gun. But, in the overall scheme of things it was certainly as important as those other weapons--possibly more so--when it came to settling the West.
The term "coach gun" emerged in 1858 when Wells, Fargo & Co. began regular stagecoach service from Tipton, Mo., to San Francisco, Calif. The route was 2800 miles long, and passed through some of the most lawless areas of the West. In addition to carrying passengers, Wells Fargo also had contracts for the U.S. Mail, as well as the task of transporting gold shipments to its banking facilities.
To say that the coaches became a tempting target for outlaws is an understatement. In fact, robbing stagecoaches became a cottage industry in some areas, and between 1870 and 1884 Wells Fargo stages were the target of 347 robbery attempts.
Getting the stage and its valuable cargo through was not a job for the fainthearted, and some of the best in the West accepted the challenge. Among those who spent time driving stagecoaches were Wyatt Earp, Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill Cody and Morgan Earp.
Riding with them was an armed guard toting a coach gun.
This wasn't a specific make or model of firearm. It was a moniker earned through circumstance by a generic class of guns. These were compact, side-by-side double-barreled shotguns featuring barrels in the 12- to 20-in. range to allow easy handling in the cramped driver's box of the stage.
Virtually all featured twin triggers, with one trigger for each barrel. Most were equipped with external hammers, called "rabbit ears," although some hammerless models were produced. The 12-ga. likely was the most popular, although the 10-ga. and, to a lesser extent, the 16-ga. were widely used.
Glamorous they were not. But they were an ideal tool for the task.
Although repeating rifles held more rounds and had a greater range, only in Hollywood does one score consistent hits on moving targets from the bouncing box of a fleeing stagecoach. The multiple-shot charge from a smoothbore was far more likely to score, and since only hits counted in that situation, shotguns were the choice of savvy stage guards.
There were some repeating shotguns available that could hold more than the two rounds of the double barrel, but their mechanisms were rather delicate and not up to the rigors of stage travel. That made them less than reliable.
The sturdy little double barrels suffered no such ills. They were virtually indestructible, and even if heavily fouled they would fire as long as shells could be rammed into the chambers and the action closed. Should fouling become excessive, a quick wipe on the breech face and chambers with a shirttail would put the gun back into action.
When it came to guarding the stage, the coach gun reigned supreme. In fact, the term "riding shotgun" is still in common use today. But, as effective as the coach gun was, its reign was brief.
By the late 1890s, railroads were carrying the bulk of gold shipments. Stage lines were in decline and provided rather meager pickings for robbers. At the same time, smokeless powder came into use, as did more reliable repeating shotguns, like the 6-shot Winchester Model 97 pump.


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Children; animals. Little girl in stroller (pram) tossing bird seed from a packet; feeding pigeons in the park. Some of the time part of a woman is seen standing next to the stroller; helping a little. The pigeons fly around in foreground; some landing for a few seconds on the front of the kid's stroller.


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The Leafs' three-game road trip kicks off tonight in Edmonton with plenty of members of Leafs Nation expected in the house.
It appears that James Reimer will get the start between the pipes for the Leafs and Richard Bachman will get the call for the Oilers.
Joffrey Lupul will take part in the pre-game skate and is a game-time decision. Lupul told the media that his grandmother put off a trip to Mexico to see him play.
Nikolai Kulemin and Mark Fraser both took part in the morning skate but will not play as they make their way back from injury.
John-Michael Liles is also on the trip but Randy Carlyle said the Leafs will go with the same six defencemen as the Penguins' game.
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Hi all,
my tomato seedling sale has sprouted into the executive director of my non-profit wanting to start a community garden. Anyone with experience doing this? I know there is a GW group and I will contact them, also found a communicty garden assoc on the web, but you all have done so many things - I figured there was probably some wisdom to glean here. I am both delighted and worried about the project. I believe I am going to be pulled into it - and if I can garden on the clock, I will be extremely delighte - but I can barely keep up with the watering at home + my private practice and full-time job - big sigh!
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- Posted by mrsjustice Hampton Va. (My Page) on Fri, Apr 7, 06 at 10:48
my tomato seedling sale has sprouted into the executive director of my non-profit wanting to start a community garden. Anyone with experience doing this? I know there is a GW group and I will contact them, also found a communicty garden assoc on the web, but you all have done so many things - I figured there was probably some wisdom to glean here. My Reply: If I was you, I would study your bylaws of your organization, and your Organization 501-3-c status, and decide if you want to Umbrella the Community Garden or make it a part of your organization service to the community. Therefore, the broad members, and volunteers, and organization employees, can all share in the project, making life a bit easer for you. Well, that's all the time have this morning, because it's time for me to wake-up, from feeling sleepy, and get myself back to my big garden, Amen! |
Thank you for your feedback, I am just not quite sure I understand. Why do we need to umbrella it? Why does it need anything beyond a committee? I am glad to pass on your suggestions, but I need a bit more info. Cyn |
I am actually happy to say I don't think the garden is going to happen this year. As I said, our exec director thought it would be "great to have a garden" but it is doubtful that anyone is willing to put in the time to get it done. I have so much on my plate right now, I don't feel that I can do more an an hour or two a week for the garden, so if it doesn't happen until next year - I will be just fine. Of course, once I leave - which hopefully will be this coming January - I suspect the whole thing will die off...which is a shame. We share land with several sheltes and children's homes and a community garden would be such a cool thing for them. Cyn |
I was thinking of starting a thread asking how exactly to find a community garden, and how expensive I should expect it to be. I've looked in the phonebook and on-line, but nada, nothing. The past year or so I've been growing indoors under cheap lights, with mixed results. And I only have room for 6 plants plus my little greenhouse where I start my seedlings. It's very limiting and frustrating. Since I can't afford a house right now, and don't have a balcony or patio, I'm considering joining a community garden if I can find one - and can afford it. I have no idea how much it usually costs to have a 'plot' in a community garden. And suggestions? Jeff |
The town I live in has a community garden. It costs $25.00 per year for a 20' x 20' plot. For this, the town provided rototilling in the spring and water throughout the summer. My former employer had a community garden for employees. It was a much appreciated employee benefit that cost them next to nothing. I suggest contacting your town offices and any local garden club. If there is a community garden, someone will know. Community gardens are great because they usually have better growing conditions than many folks have at home. Also, it's a fun social activity. If your town has none, maybe you can be the one to organize one. A lot of people would be grateful to you, believe me. Jim |
Jim, $25/yr. is right up my alley! Hah. I was guessing a couple of hundred dollars a year, but had no idea really. I'm sure it varies from city to city, town to town. Whether I stay here in Omaha or move to Montana (or somewhere else), I do plan on checking up on this. Aprreciate your info! Jeff |
Hey, towns provide baseball fields, tennis courts, boat ramps, etc., etc., etc. Why not a community garden? It's an excellent source of recreation for the non athlete, those of advanced age or those who simply love to garden. Any town owns plots of vacant land which can be used. Ours is a large fenced area with water spigots and hoses around the perimeter. The soil is excellent because it previously was a farm. It gets full sun all day long. Jim |
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Get access to the common mistakes students make in their A-Level physics exams. Inspired by The Examiner's reports this is an un-missable opportunity to find out where precious marks are dropped.
Anaerobic Respiration
Sometimes animal and plant cells cannot get enough oxygen to carry out aerobic respiration. But they still need to obtain energy to stay alive.
So they use an emergency system of reactions, that is anaerobic respiration.
When you sprint for a bus, your muscles use so much oxygen that you cannot supply it in time. So they cannot use aerobic respiration. Instead they use anaerobic respiration in the following way:
How long could you sprint? Not very far before things get very sore!
This way of getting energy is not as efficient as aerobic respiration and it also leaves a poisonous chemical, lactic acid. This stops your muscles working and they get sore.
When you stop the lactic acid is slowly destroyed but that needs oxygen.The amount of oxygen you need for this is called the 'oxygen debt'.
If the roots of a plant get waterlogged they start to run out of oxygen too. So they need to use a different form of anaerobic respiration. The one they use is this:
It is also the reaction used by yeast cells when they make bread or alcoholic drinks. (Remember that when you answer the question below.)
Again, like lactic acid, ethanol is poisonous - that's why it affects braincells! If there is too much ethanol produced it will kill the cells. So it must be got rid of by using oxygen in aerobic reactions.
Otherwise the plant cells get 'pickled' - permanently!