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Rep. Bill Flores (R-Texas) said he thinks the House of Representatives would vote to impeach Barack Obama at his recent town hall.
The argument seems to compare to that of a prosecutor, who after a Grand Jury indicts a criminal, he won't prosecute the case because he worries that a Jury Nullification might occur at the trial, if a distant cousin of the criminal might be included in the jury pool ?
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January 31, 2012elan brings to the commercial/industrial printing market a transformational advance in imaging technology in a robust sheet-fed print system offering production speeds up to 500 impressions per minute in full color and 1,600-dpi print quality on a wide range of substrates and sheet sizes.
"We are introducing a game-changing print system at Drupa," said Dieter Schilling, president and chief executive officer of Delphax. "elan represents an entirely new category of digital print technology and is our response to growing customer demand for more efficient, versatile and affordable color printing equipment.
"We have developed a revolutionary sheet-fed transport technology and integrated this with multiple Memjet printheads to provide a unique high-resolution, high-quality and high-speed inkjet printing system. Developed, engineered and manufactured by Delphax, this system offers an unprecedented combination of speed, versatility, affordability and high quality for color sheetfed inkjet production. There is nothing approaching this performance in the market today."
A pioneer in digital print production, Delphax brings over 30 years of experience in sheet-fed printing innovation to the creation of elan, a commercial class platform exploiting the stunning color-reproduction capability of Memjet's scalable high-speed inkjet technology. Each Memjet printhead lays down 1600 dpi color graphics by delivering up to 700 million drops of ink per second with more than 70,000 ink nozzles on a single printhead.
As a multi-application system, elan is expected to have multi-market appeal. By providing fast turnaround and short set-up time between jobs, the system promises to be ideal for commercial print-on-demand applications in direct mail, transpromo and billing, book and manual publishing or security printing. elan is designed for an extremely wide range of applications requiring high quality results, whether text or images, in full color.
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The new Chair and Vice Chair of Selby District Council will begin their new roles at the authority's Annual Council meeting to be held on Tuesday 20 May.
Cllr Jude Thurlow will become Chairman of the Council and Cllr Ian Chilvers will become Vice Chair. Over the past twelve months Cllr Joyce Dyson has taken the role of Chair of the Council. Each year the Chair chooses to support a number of local charities and during her time in the role Cllr Dyson has raised approximately £8,000 for local causes.
In advance of taking the role of Chairman, Cllr Thurlow said:
"It's a great honour to become Chairman of Selby District Council - it's an opportunity to take a leading role to benefit the local community. We have a long tradition of Council Chairmen taking an active interest in many different aspects of the local community and I look forward to being able to do this over the next year.
"In line with previous Chairmen I have chosen three charities to support over the forthcoming year - the Selby branch of the British Heart Foundation, Selby DIAL and the Selby and York Alzheimer's Society."
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"I would like to thank Cllr Dyson for her hard work in the role over the last year; she has been a real credit to the authority and the local community and has worked tirelessly for her chosen charities to raise a significant amount of money."


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"I am proud to mark this Earth Day partnership with Lower Lackawanna Valley," USDA Rural Development Under Secretary Dallas Tonsager said. "Rural Development's support for infrastructure projects like these helps the environment by reducing nitrogen and phosphorous discharge into the Chesapeake Bay and local waterways, improves the lives of rural residents, and ensures that rural communities have modern, up-to-date facilities."
USDA gave the Lower Lackawanna Valley Sanitary Authority a $12,580,400 loan to update the existing sewer plant. The regional plant serves over 14,000 families and businesses in seven municipalities. This area is in close proximity to the Lackawanna River, which flows into the Chesapeake Bay. The plant upgrades will allow for a more environmentally friendly way to treat the wastewater and is expected to be more cost effective.
USDA Rural Development serves as the lead federal agency for rural development needs by offering financial and technical assistance to individuals, businesses and communities. USDA Rural Development programs include funding for day care centers, fire trucks and other community facility projects; the purchase, construction or repair of homes; loans and guarantees to rural businesses to save or create jobs and renewable energy; and loans and grants for water and sewer utility projects. For more information on programs offered by USDA Rural Development, contact the Pennsylvania State Office at (717) 237-2299 or visit its website at www.rurdev.usda.gov/pa.
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With the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1943 and normalization of U.S.-China relations in the late 1970s, Chinese immigration to the United States has steadily increased, to a population of more than 2 million. Using the latest data, this Spotlight highlights characteristics of Chinese immigrants from mainland China and Hong Kong, including their top state and metro areas of residence, immigration pathways, educational attainment, and more.
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In Moldova, 100,000 children have been left behind by migrant parents; in Ukraine, there are 200,000 such children. The scale of labor migration and impact of remittances on both economies have prompted Moldova and Ukraine to work with the European Union and international organizations to develop policies addressing the welfare of left-behind children. This article examines research on the effects of parental migration on children and the policy environment.
Normalization of relations between Cuba and the United States will have a significant impact on U.S. immigration policy and future Cuban migration to the United States. This Policy Beat explores the U.S.-Cuba migration relationship, as fear of changes to the "wet-foot, dry-foot" policy has spurred hundreds of new boat arrivals in recent months.
The Migration Information Source's annual Top 10 examines key migration developments of 2014. The Top 10 touches down around the world: from Africa, where the Ebola outbreak prompted quarantines, travel controls, and bans; to Europe, confronting rising humanitarian flows; to the Middle East, where the migrant worker regulation system is under ever sharper attack; and to Asia, where reform to China's hukou system could benefit more than 100 million internal migrants.
Migration to the United States from the Korean peninsula, largely from South Korea, owes its roots to political, military, and economic factors, with an estimated 1.1 million Korean immigrants in the United States. Korean migration to the United States has stalled in recent years, and even declined, with a small but growing number of immigrants and their U.S.-born children returning to Korea, as this article explores.
This country profile analyzes Ecuador's migration trends and examines how remittances and return migration have become an important policy focus for a country with an estimated 1.5 million to 2 million nationals living abroad, chiefly in the United States, Spain, and Italy. As waves of emigration occurred, the country also has experienced significant inflows of refugees and economic and lifestyle migrants.
Use this data tool—referred to as "one addictive interactive map"—to examine immigrant populations by country of origin and destination. Find out how many Americans live in Mexico, how many Ukrainians in Russia, or Filipinos in Saudi Arabia, for example.
Whether as migrant-sending or migrant-receiving locations—or both—many countries have rich, complex international and internal migration histories. MPI's online journal, the Migration Information Source, offers profiles of more than 70 nations. Written by leading scholars, these profiles delve into countries' migration histories, demographics, policymaking, and more.
State-level immigration laws have gradually softened in tone since the Supreme Court in 2012 affirmed federal primacy in immigration enforcement in a landmark Arizona case — a trend further solidified by a changed post-election political calculus on immigration reform. This article examines this unanticipated shift away from restrictive state immigration actions as well as the recent new trend in the passage of immigrant-friendly laws regarding in-state tuition and the granting of driver's licenses to unauthorized immigrants.
The immigration debate in the United States often focuses on how many foreign born enter and reside in the country. Much less attention is paid to Americans who live abroad—a population estimated at anywhere from 2 million to 7 million. This article examines the challenges of enumerating this population and also explores top destinations for American expats, their livelihoods, and motivations for leaving the United States.
Muslim integration is one of the most contentious issues in the immigration debate in Europe, and one that gets to the heart of public anxieties about immigration. This article explores public perception toward Muslims in Western Europe and the array of integration policies that countries in the region have adopted during the past several years.
Immigrants from South America made up 2.7 million (about 7 percent) of the United States' foreign-born population of 40.4 million in 2011. While the share may seem small, this population has grown 30 times its size since 1960, when about 90,000 South American immigrants resided in the country. This article examines the latest data on South American immigrants in the United States, including population size, geographic distribution, admission categories, and demographic and socioeconomic characteristics.
After months of negotiations, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators informally called the "Gang of Eight" in mid-April introduced long-awaited legislation for sweeping reform of the U.S. immigration system. This article provides a summary of the Senate bill's provisions and outlines the main critiques and obstacles ahead, including a tight legislative calendar, a difficult political dynamic in the House of Representatives, and an early stumbling block precipitated by the Boston Marathon bombing.
In its newest five-year "roadmap" for justice and home affairs policy, the European Union has made migration a priority area. But while the Stockholm program offers plenty of detail on issues like illegal migration and asylum, it offers few specifics as to the final goal. MPI's Elizabeth Collett analyzes the program's action points and looks at challenges facing its implementation.
Swiss voters strongly approved a popular initiative to ban the construction of minarets in Switzerland. Julie Schindall reports on reaction to the vote and explains how the Swiss system makes such lawmaking possible.
Many countries relied on low-skilled immigrant workers during good times. But Japan, Spain, and the Czech Republic have recently introduced "pay-to-go" programs to reduce the number of unemployed immigrants. MPI's Kristen McCabe, Serena Yi-Ying Lin, and Hiroyuki Tanaka, and Piotr Plewa of the European University Institute examine these programs and the larger policy questions they raise.
For many developing countries, migrants are considered valuable contributors to future development. As proof of their commitment, they have invested in diaspora institutions with responsibilities ranging from protecting migrants to encouraging investment. MPI's Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias analyzes 45 such institutions across 30 countries and breaks them down by type.
Intermarriage is considered a test of integration: the higher the rate, the more integrated the group. Olga Nottmeyer of DIW Berlin finds that while immigrants from Turkey, by far Germany's largest immigrant group, have had low rates of intermarriage in the first generation, intermarriage rates among second-generation Turkish men are increasing.
In 2006, about 271,000 foreign born of Pakistani origin were residing in the United States. MPI's Jeanne Batalova and Uriah Ferruccio examine the geographic distribution and socioeconomic characteristics of this population.
In 2006, nearly 15.2 million naturalized citizens were eligible to vote in the United States. MPI's Claire Bergeron and Jeanne Batalova examine naturalization trends.
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Effective January 20, 2014, Insulet Corporation (the "Company") announced the resignation of Charles Liamos from his role as the Company's Chief Operating Officer, and the appointment of William Patrick Ryan as his replacement as the Company's Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Liamos will continue as a member of the Board of Directors and will continue with the Company as a full-time employee until April 7, 2014 and thereafter as a part-time employee.
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The Company provided Mr. Ryan with an offer letter (the "Offer Letter") that provides, among other things, that Mr. Ryan will be paid an annual base salary of $375,000 and a one-time sign-on bonus of $100,000, will participate in the Company's executive bonus plan, with a target bonus of 60% of his annual base compensation, and will be eligible to participate in the other benefit plans in which the Company's executives generally participate. It is expected that Mr. Ryan will relocate to New England, and the Offer Letter provides for reimbursement of temporary living expenses and relocation expenses. The Offer Letter also states that Mr. Ryan will be granted on the first of the month following his start date 35,000 restricted share units and options to purchase 30,000 shares of the Company's common stock. The foregoing description of the Offer Letter does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Offer Letter attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
There is no arrangement or understanding pursuant to which Mr. Ryan was selected as Chief Operating Officer and there are no family relationships between Mr. Ryan and the directors or executive officers of the Company. Except as described or referenced herein, Mr. Ryan has not had any transactions (i) with the Company, (ii) with any of the Company's directors, nominees for election as a director or executive officers, (iii) with any security holder who is known to the Company to own of record or beneficially more than five percent of any class of the Company's voting securities, or (iv) with any member of the immediate family of any of the foregoing persons in amounts greater than $120,000, nor is there contemplation of any such transactions.
The full text of the press release issued in connection with the announcement is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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golfactor Posts: 5Had a good exp. with my local dealer and Cert Pre Owned. 2yr warranty for a 2001, 55000, AC, Monsoon w/5disc changer. I could not believe how clean this Golf is. Whom ever owned it before me must have garaged it all the time. I got a nice deal, all this 10,000 out the door. URL for photo.
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woddy Posts: 12I'm glad to see a message board dedicated to this topic. I truly believe that hatchbacks are one of the greatest design advances for automobiles. It was surreal in the early 2000s that they were beginning to phase out. The brilliance of hatchback design is what enabled my good buddy Jeremy to transport his gigantic upright acoustic bass around in his tiny 1990 Civic Si, while no gargantuan sedan ever built could do the same. I've had a Ford Escort hatch, which was a nightmare, a 2000 Honda Civic which I loved, and just bought a 2002 Mazda Protege5 which is sort of a hatchback meets station wagon meets hotrod, and I am in love with it.
neosetna Posts: 7Hey all, I just bought a new 2006, MZ3 GT Sport Hatchback. Awesome car...great handling and of course...I got t fully loaded, came to 27, 000 CDN. Anyone who is interested in hatchbacks...forget honda, forget toyota, go to your nearest Mazda dealership...or you know what...buy a lease back fro 2005 or 2004...what ever! just go test drive one of these cars...you will love the reponse, handling, the gear shifting...if your a manual freak like myself..and overall, great on the gas. Especially...now a days...gas prices suck. So yeah, check it out!!! :P
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doohickie Posts: 949I've sold my 95 Ford Aspire in preparation for buying a new hatch. I'm driving the kids' car, an Escort Wagon, around until I buy something new. I'm down to these models that I might buy, based on what stock is out there a week or two from now:
#1: 2005 Hyundai GLS hatchback w/ AT. This car is my top choice not for the car itself (a solid choice but I think the styling is dated), but for the online support available, including access to Hyundai's technical data online as well as several forums that can help solve any issue that may come up. The problem here for me is availability, since local stocks of 05s are very low.
#2: 2005 Kia Spectra5 w/ AT. This car has better styling, resembling the more expensive Mazda3 wagon. It shares a lot of the Elantra's mechanicals. Local stocks are still high since my local dealer is the #2 volume Kia dealer in the country.
#3: 2006 Kia Rio5 w/ AT. This is kind of a wild card. Right now, only the new Rio sedans are at the dealer, no hatches yet. Once they get there, I don't know if I will have much bargaining power since they are a brand new model and there are no incentives from Kia yet (aside from owner loyalty). I like the car a lot. It is the direct descendent of my Aspire, and is much improved over that car. The mileage is great and the ride surprisingly good for a car that size, better than both the Scion xA (which is too stiff) and Chevy Aveo (too soft). If I were buying a year from now, there would be incentives in place to make it competitive, but I'm afraid I will end up paying more for a new Rio5 than for the larger Spectra5.
This is probably the most thought-about purchase of an economy hatchback in history! :surprise: -
autonomous Posts: 1,769#1: 2005 Hyundai GLS hatchback w/ AT.
#2: 2005 Kia Spectra5 w/ AT.
From a reliability point of view, the order makes a lot of sense: the first has a good track history which trumps the second which has had poor reliability in years past and runs all the risks of the first year model.
p.s. You may want to check the latest issue of CR for a revealing look at how the model year relates to its rate of problems.
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zoomzoomitis Posts: 45doohickie, looks like your heartstrings are pullin' ya towards that Rio ("...direct descendent of my Aspire...") but I think you're on it when you suggest the timing may be wrong. Rio is not the "deal" at the moment rebate-wise and both you and I KNOW it.
FWIW, we ARE in the same boat. Two middle-aged guys not jumpin' on the Escalade/Beamer bandwagons of our peers. Kids, wife, dog(s) etc. etc. Just looking for the most bang for the buck. Gas mileage matters. Quality matters. Certain bells and whistles matter. And then of course there's that PRICE thing.
If I could close my eyes and see into the future it sure would help. I almost feel like I'm steppin' out on some thin ice on a pond somewhere looking at these non-[non-permissible content removed] economy cars (something they, the Japanese, have gotten VERY good at over the years), hoping it won't crack and get me all cold and wet. I think you get the picture. We know Mazda (Toy', Honda etc. etc. for that matter) make damn good products...for a price unfortunately. So much so, Zoom Zoom Inc. has taken me right out of the Zoomer fold I'm afraid.
That said, these Korean entrants do have appeal IF the quality is going up as so many have noted on these boards and various other publications. Mighty big IF!You've a much different situation then myself in that you've already been the happy owner of the highly esteemed, world reknown, impeccably assembled and regarded Ford product known as the late Aspire for all these years. IOW, your comfort level may in fact be considerably higher than mine at the moment in this search of ours. I've got all twenty fingers and toes crossed while you've only a couple touchin'.
I agree with you. It does finally come down to doors #1 & #2 as you've pointed out. Only Monty knows which is the better "deal" (BTW, what's your costume? Mine's a Jack Nicholson look-a-like from One Flew Over the Coo-Coo's Nest right now - going nutso!) and Monty ain't on the boob-tube anymore holding those big wads of cash in case you go chicken. You are doing exactly what I am at the moment my friend in this last week of the quarter...at the end of the model year... COUNTIN' HOW MANY BLEEPIN' DOOR #1's there are and how many BLEEPIN' DOOR #2's there are and going from there. Everyday there seems to be less and less doors! :mad:
I can't wait to see what happens the end of this week. After 9/30 the rebate game rolls into the next round. Pendulum might swing my way. Might not. Darn gas prices aren't helpin' the situation any sending all these SUV/Big Truck freaks OUR way on the neighborhood econo-box lots. Grrrrr...Heck, with my zoomer crossin' 177,000 this week without a hiccup, if things don't go my way, might just have to wait 'til year end (12/31) in the middle of a snow storm to go in and see what Mr. & Mrs. Kia have to offer on that candy red lil' Spec5 of theirs. Hold together baby...three more months of zoomin'...maybe. -
doohickie Posts: 949Another thought to add to the mix: The number one midsize car in the latest JD Power customer satisfaction survey? Kia Optima. I have no doubt Kia is on the way up.
I think my window will likely be Oct 1 to Oct 14 for my purchase, simply because I would like to have the deal closed before my son comes home from college for his high school homecoming (that way, he will have a car to drive around while he's home). -
doohickie Posts: 949Another thought to add to the mix: The number one midsize car in the latest JD Power customer satisfaction survey? "The Kia Amanti was the highest-ranked midsize car in a customer-satisfaction survey released Wednesday by J.D. Power and Associates, marking the first time an entry from Korean automaker Kia Motor Co. had made it to the top of the list." I have no doubt Kia is on the way up.
I think my window will likely be Oct 1 to Oct 14 for my purchase, simply because I would like to have the deal closed before my son comes home from college for his high school homecoming (that way, he will have a car to drive around while he's home).
The Kia Amanti was the highest-ranked midsize car in a customer-satisfaction survey released Wednesday by J.D. Power and Associates, marking the first time an entry from Korean automaker Kia Motor Co. had made it to the top of the list. -
chrisducati Posts: 394I have been posting on Edmunds for years and have over looked this discussion. I'm a die hard hatchback fan. Own a 2006 Matrix XR at this point. Past hatchbacks owned have been, Vega, Gremlin,Monza, B 210 ,Rabbit, Strada, R5, Omni, Shadow, Corolla (2), not in that order but that is how they popped into my head.
kserraus Posts: 2Hi all, I have an '01 Hyundai Elantra hatchback and wondered
if there was anyone here who also owned one? It's been a great little car for me, though some of the cheaper trim items are showing their years. I'm concerned about what might start going wrong with it, and what other people may have experienced, even though I know that engine's solid! -
yerth10 Posts: 428Ideally all Hatchbacks and Wagons should be brought under CUV (Crossover Utility Vehicle) segment since it has 2-box type (Bonnet and the complete body) section like CUV.
Now a days, CUV's are gaining fast at the expense of SUV's.
CUV have 56 % market share among CUV/SUV combination in Feb-2007 sales. -
autochallenged Posts: 1Hi good hatchbackers, I inherited a 98 Volvo V70 XC, which I cannot afford to drive due to the cost of gas. I am in the process of selling it. I love Hondas and was in the market for a Civic hatchback in the $1100-1200 range. Then I saw a slightly used Yaris at a CarMax. Do you have opinions about the new, cheap Yaris (I would buy a manual) versus a 2003 or 2004 Civic hatchback for the same money. I am a costume designer and need to move much more stuff than people. The gas mileage is primary because I make very little money. Thanks for any advice or suggestions for another sturdy, reliable, cost effective hatchback (I don't think I can afford a Fit), Autochallenged
klg3g Posts: 1My 18 yr old was involved in a terrible accident in his beloved 2001 Saab 9-3
hatchback. This was his first car, and our first Saab. It WAS quirky, and
frequently required repairs that quickly added up, but it was a great car for
a teen driver. In this accident, which involved a frontal crash at 35 mph,
and being rear-ended so hard that the back of the car was literally torn off-
my son emerged without a scratch and no injuries; NONE. Both airbags deployed,
the front windshield was intact, and there was no intrusion into the passenger
cabin. The car was totalled, of course, and looked like it had been compacted,
but, again, no injuries whatsoever. I will probably not be replacing it with another
Saab, due to the repair costs, but if you are looking for a safe car for a teen
driver-this is the one. Oh, and the 2 bass guitars in the trunk were safe, too.
Now, I'm looking for another safe car that can accomodate a double-bass-any
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fredoz Posts: 1Hi All,
I'm beginning to consider buying a hatchback and am attracted by the relative quiet of Ford. I also want a stick shift car. At the moment, I'm traveling and driving a rented 2012 Fiesta SE, which is fairly quiet. I do not like the "view through a tunnel" to the rear. With a small window and wide pillars, the rear visibility is poor.
We also need a gentile clutch spring for my wife who has knee damage.
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Needless to say I'm not thrilled to be typing this, but I need to vent somewhere, and you lucky people are my choice to be on the receiving end of my venting. I just got the news last night that my now 17 year old grandson is going to be a father in May of 2010. He's 17 and the girl is 18, this feels almost like deja vu with the exception that my son was 19 and his then girlfriend was 18. Realistically I know there is nothing I can do, but this has just upset me to know end today. I was a grandmother at 41, and going to be a great grandmother at 62? UGH!!!!!
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Has the shock worn off yet? congrats on your 1st great grand child. you will be the cool, young great G-ma. I know they are way too young,but babies are a blessing. You wouldn't trade your grand son for the world would you? How's your son taking it? best wishes Laura |
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Alberta, How are you doing now? Has the initial shock warn off a bit? Try to look at it this way when it comes to you. Age is just a number, drum that in to your head about yourself. Then start thinking this way, I'm going to be a great grandmother and I'm only 62, Yup, only 62 and I can still enjoy having those littleones around me and teaching them plenty of things, especially gardening. Most great grandmothers are much older and don't really get the chance to enjoy their great grandchildren they way you will be able to. Congrats Fran |
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Alberta, I just got another one, another boy, this one makes 3 for me. The first one is already in Kindergarten. They are all sooooo precious, a true blessing. Victor's birth weight was 10 lb. 4 oz. His head looks as big as Gio's LOL. Mary |
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Momma's fine, thank you, she's a great young woman. Like you, Alberta, I didn't want to see them having kids so young, but now that they are here it changes everything. I wish I didn't live so far away from them, though. I'm in PA and they're all in NJ and that stinks! Mary |
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Hello all this is my second year growing plants from seed and selling them out front of my house. Last year was OK but i didn't make back the money I spent getting started. This year I figured to try something new. Last year was flowers only this year I'm planting vegetables also. A few questions please, I have around 150 Tomato's started, they are under lights and around 6-8 inches tall. I have Big Boy, Beef Steak and Roma. Before I move them outside to the green house what size pot should I use? 4.5" or a 1 Gallon pail? I'd like an idea on how much to charge for each plant also. Another new thing is Herbs I have lots of Parsley, Oregano, Basil, Rosemary and Cilantro. I'd like some tips on what to do with these Herbs please if you have the time, thank you |
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- Posted by eric_wa San Juan, z8 WA (email@example.com) on Sun, Mar 28, 10 at 23:17
farmingvillefarmer, I was doing a little math while potting up vegetable starts today. A 2 cubic foot bag of soiless potting mix is about $10.00. 4" pot = 8 cents plus your seed. We sell our 4" pots at $2.00 each and a flat of 18 pots for $30.00. The only plants we pot up to a 1 gallon nursery are tomatoes and peppers. I believe they were $5.00 last season. I like to sell the plants before they get to this size. Less material and labor. We sell at a premium price, for if they don't sell, we plant out. We sell produce also. I'd also recommend that you grow cherry tomatoes. The market last year, here, seemed to have a shortage and sold out quickly. We haven't grown herbs, maybe this year. Herbs take a little more to get started and grow out. You should charge more. Hopefully someone else can help you with them. Eric |
- Posted by wyobluesky (My Page) on Mon, Mar 29, 10 at 2:59
Eric is pretty spot on, the smaller sizes cost you less in the long run but the larger sizes are also good to have on hand. Here are some more measurements. http://americanclayworks.com/catalog2008/mixes.pdf page 110 has the good stuff. Remember, these measurements are for a compressed bale, they fluff up quite a bit. As for sales, make sure your flowers are blooming. also this link seems useful also, ITML is the most standard. I assume most of these measurements are available on other sites, but this is the place I am familiar with. |
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You've heard of The Endless Summer? It sure seems to me like this is the Endless Semester. Maybe it's all of the snow and slush in April, but more than any other spring semester in recent memory, this one drags on and on. While I'm desperately trying to lasso this semester and tie it up real good, here are some fun links and ideas to keep you diverted:
- Evan Smith at Hatful of History has published a five-part series on what the Young Ones can teach us about Thatcherism. (Those of you who teach modern British history might want to take some cues from him on this–his posts are full of video links, which will entertain as well as inform your students!)
- Mouthy Broads Alert: Claire Messud calls bull$hit on questions about her characters' "likability," and Jamaica Kinkaid sounds off on the racism and sexism embedded in evaluations of her as an "angry" author. Meanwhile, not so coincidentally, Tenured Radical asks "Where are the Women at the NYRB?"
- Mouthy D00d Alert:Bitter Austerian Niall Ferguson says John Maynard Keynes advocated economic stimulus because he was "gay" and childless. Business Insider's Henry Blodgett writes, "This is the first time we have heard a respectable academic tie another economist's beliefs to his or her personal situation rather than his or her research. Saying that Keynes' economic philosophy was based on him being childless would be like saying that Ferguson's own economic philosophy is based on him being rich and famous and therefore not caring about the plight of poor unemployed people." (I'm sure this wasn't the "first time" a "respectable academic" slagged another because of hir personal life, but whatever.) To his credit, Ferguson immediately apologized and retracted his statement, saying Continue Reading »


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Williamsburg Creative Writing Group – Prompts for the week of September 15th, 2011
Create a short story using one of the following prompts. These may be about yourself and what you think, or someone else you know, or even someone who is a product of your imagination. Whomever you write about, be sure to introduce us to them.
It happened around the campfire, (How does it smell? What sounds do you hear? Ect.)
One lesson learned in school that you will never forget.
An act of kindness that someone bestowed on you.
Show us some good and or bad traits of a character, be it yourself or someone else.
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Create a short story using these five words:
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Vt. farmers hit by rains, urged to report damageBy LISA RATHKE
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | July 12,2013WILLISTON In his 40 years of dairy farming in Vermont, Don Pouliot has never seen weather like he has this spring and early summer.
His fields of feed corn on the Browns River in Westford and Essex have been under water five or six times this year. Typically, they flood once a season and dry out, but the onslaught of heavy rains has left them in water and wet silt for long periods, killing or rendering much of the crop to feed his cows useless. Pouliot estimates hes lost 75 percent of his crop.
Two years after Tropical Storm Irene flooded crops and carried away farmland, Vermont farmers are getting drenched again with unprecedented rains.
Its affected every single sector of the ag economy: our dairy farmers trying to grow silage, trying to grow hay, grow feed; its affected our berry farmers, our vegetable farmers, our beef and meat farmers. Theres no one whos escaped some damage, said Gov. Peter Shumlin as he and Agriculture Secretary Chuck Ross visited a dairy farm in Williston on Thursday.
They urged farmers to document the damage with photographs and records for possible future aid. They also advised reporting damage to federal Farm Services Agency offices there are nine in Vermont that are collecting data on the weathers impact and are expected to seek an emergency disaster declaration after harvest. A declaration could make loans available to farmers.
Farmers who have crop insurance should contact their insurance agent about the damage and those with coverage through the noninsured crop disaster assistance program should report crop losses or potential losses to their local office, the officials said.
Since the end of June, Vermont has had a near-constant barrage of thunderstorms that has caused flash flooding in many communities. The heavy rains have hit all parts of the state.
In the worst case scenario, Lorenzo Whitcomb of Whitcomb Farm in Williston estimates hell lose 25 percent of his corn crop for his dairy cows. Of his 300 acres of corn, about 50 acres were directly affected by high water or rain and 10 acres of that is likely dead.
Whitcomb is now trying to maximize what he has, adding fertilizer to the fields and hoping the crop will be of high nutrient value.
Pouliot is replacing his damaged corn with sorghum.
With a drier weather in the weekend forecast, farmers plan to be busy in their fields. To give them a boost, Ross urged fellow Vermonters to buy locally produced food and lend a hand in the fields or drive a tractor.
We always in this business have to be optimistic, Whitcomb said. This year, we just have to try a little bit harder to be optimistic.MORE IN Vermont NewsMONTPELIER The first Legislature in the country to pass an aid-in-dying law may revisit the... Full StoryMONTPELIER Gov. Full StoryGroveman to head Full Story -
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A cross-section of Miami's civic, business and political leadership is considering burying the intersection of I-395 and Biscayne Boulevard.
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I like the plan but feasibility is key. and FYI Mr Suarez, Jackson Pollack is the Paint splatter artist, Salvador Dali is the Melting clocks guy.
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Historic district designation is an overlay zone that applies to entire neighborhoods or other areas that include multiple properties. Designation is an honor, meaning the community believes the architecture, history, and character of the area are worthy of recognition and protection. Zoning provides controls on the appearance of existing and proposed buildings. Historic districts can help stabilize and improve property values, while protecting property owners from inappropriate changes that may destroy the special qualities of their neighborhood. Unlike landmark designations, local historic district designation has no effect on local property taxes for property owners within the designated district.
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By Richard F.X. O'Connor
I was introduced to my favorite fishing hole by a publishing "connection." The spot is Tim Pond Wilderness Camps in a remote area of northwestern Maine, where dry fly fishing for trout is the order of the day.
In the late 60s, Thomas Gardner Paynter, the VP and buyer for Walden was introduced to the camp by Bob Quinn, a salesman for Rand McNally who invited Tom and the buyer at Woolworth to a few days of fishing. Back then the Rand McNally Atlas sold well at Walden and Woolworth.
In 1972 Tom (TGP to us) brought me and a bunch of others to Tim Pond—and my life was changed forever. Until that time I had been a fresh- and saltwater fisherman. But this world of seven and eight foot lightweight fly rods—with the line 20 and 30 feet in the air, zipping past my ear, to land precisely where I had seen a trout jump—was an epiphany. I had found the Nirvana of fishing.
Naturally I wanted to share this out-of-the-way "haunt" with others, so I wrote an inquiry letter to Field and Stream magazine.
In essence what my query letter said was: "Hey, I love this place and I'm going to write an article whether or not you guys are I interested. So there."
Lo and behold, I got a letter back from the Managing Editor who assigned me a reference number and told me to submit whenever the article was ready.
Two years and two IRS deductible trips to Tim Pond later (research for an article, after all), I not only sent a 2,500-word article but also photos, hoping to get a cover photo, which paid more than the article. F&S then lost the submission, which I found out by asking its progress six months later.
Well, I guilted them and resubmitted and was given a date when the article would appear. Near pub date, I got a call saying that F&S had subsequently done market research showing that shorter articles were better and if I would cut it to 750 words plus two sidebars it would run in the next issue. This was on a Friday and the deadline was the following Monday. I did it and the article ran. And it's the most treasured of my writing accomplishments…an example of what a little chutzpah will do.
While I don't recommend that approach to writers, it remains an example of the advice to write about that which you know, the wedding of my private passion with my ability to string sentences together.
The postscript to the story is that I own a copy of a Rand McNally Atlas that does not show Tim Pond on a Maine map. Seems the late Bob Quinn was not as keen as I to have notoriety for our haunt, so he had the cartographers at Rand remove it. It was subsequently reinstated. In thirty years, I was lucky enough to do battle with the elusive square-tailed trout on 25 visits, which left me with the wisdom that trout are smarter than humans.
—Richard F X. O'Connor is the published author of seven books including the best selling "How To Make Your Man More Sensitive" (E.P. Dutton/ Fawcett) and "Ident-A-Kid" (S&S). His self-published work is "How to Market You and Your Book." His writers' Web site is http://www.richardfxoconnor.com.
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active: 1369 - 1415 probably Florence, Italy Painter Italian
Cenni di Francesco di ser Cenni's life is a mystery. In 1369 he was registered in Florence's Arte dei Medici e Speziali, and his only signed work is a fresco of 1410 from a church in Volterra, Italy. By examining dated artworks with similar characteristics, however, scholars have pieced together his probable career. His body of work seems to have been quite large, and he worked for some of the most powerful families and institutions in Florence. Cenni's use of golden backgrounds, flattened space, and elongated figures with elegant features exemplifies the International Gothic style in Florence. Cenni's gothicizing concept of form and lively colors may have been influenced by experience as a manuscript illuminator.
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