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Chervon International Trading Company is a growing manufacturer of power tools in China; much of which is exported to Europe, the United States and Latin America.
The flourishing company required space for its expanding operations and sought an image that was contemporary and enduring to gain the confidence of foreign clients that come to China to learn about Chervon's business, how their tools are made and their quality control process. This new headquarters building, located in the Nanjing Economic Development District on the outskirts of the city, provides the opportunity to consolidate the major corporate structure of the business into a single building.
The 30,700 sq m building houses five major corporate departments in its five wings: Management, Sales, Research and Development, Testing and Training. The building accommodates approximately 800 employees and includes office space, meeting areas, showrooms, a kitchen/cafeteria and executive dining facilities. The R&D department includes product testing labs, design/modelling areas, a workshop and a product sample room.
The main reason for the new building was to provide a more appropriate facility for Chervon to entertain and explain the process and quality of their products in order to help expand their business within the tool export market in China. The goal of the project was not only to produce a new and memorable architectural image, but also to design a compelling visitor path to help explain Chervon's business to its future and current clients.
The project was more than a corporate headquarters. By including research and testing under the same roof along with office space, Chervon's sales process is optimized for gaining future clients by providing a more dynamic and informative tour route which helps explain the company's operations, products and potential, as well as the ability to expedite the production and modification of prototypes during client visits.
Research is done on site to display the company's dedication to improve the materials and mechanisms of their tools. The tools are also tested in the building to prove that they meet various governmental requirements and codes so that the client can sell the products in various countries. The client's business exemplifies the process of globalisation, with global markets combining with local engineering and labour.
The architecture represents this process by emphasising the intersection of the contemporary and traditional. It symbolises this intersection of global and local by reinventing the vernacular in a contemporary context, thus maintaining the local identity while expressing a forward-looking appearance. Massing and exterior-interior spatial flow are intended to enhance the client experience.
To achieve this, Chinese garden design influenced the building configuration and landscaped spaces of the corporate headquarters. Taking its inspiration from the traditional zigzag garden path, the building bends to form two exterior spaces. A public courtyard contains a series of ponds and landscaping that welcome visiting clients and leads to a glazed two-story lobby. This pavilion is pierced by an asymmetrical pyramid containing a sky-lit ramp which circulates around a water feature. The ramp connects the entry to the client meeting rooms on the second floor – a sequential path designed for the client experience.
The metallic finishes of this element are unique to the other materials of the building and symbolize the metal tooling process of the client's business. A second courtyard, facing west and surrounded by employee functions, provides private meditative spaces at a more human scale. A narrow circulation spine cuts north/south through the site, linking the five building wings and the courtyards, while at times bridging over water like the traditional garden path.
The two types of paths present in the building suggest the company's two cultural aspects, one represented by the traditional non-direct contemplative zigzag and the other by the direct, practical line of the contemporary world. The organisational parti of courtyards linked on an axis has precedent in Chinese monastery design.
The building mass steps to the south to allow for light penetration into the courtyards. The roof forms one continuous slope from north to south, from six stories to two, and from public court to more intimate garden. In places it floats above the building as a trellis or overhang, whereas at others it seems to be part of the solid stone-clad block of the building.
The roof itself is landscaped and unifies the massing of the five wings. Water is used extensively as a visual and environmental element in the courtyards as in traditional Chinese gardens. Thus, the sloping solid mass of the building combined with water symbolizes the tradition of the 'mountain-water garden,' and is part of the experience of the client path.
The central wing of the facility houses the personnel and training areas. This wing demonstrates the company's investment in its employees' professional and physical health by providing a large cafeteria, an exercise room, seminar rooms, a two-story multipurpose room and guest rooms for training personnel from other locations. Above it, the roof is stilted to shelter an exterior running track around a garden, a calisthenics area and a basketball court to encourage the physical well-being of its workers.
This central wing acts as the transition between the public and the private courtyards. Facades respond to solar orientation to limit energy consumption and to communicate Chervon's commitment to sustainability to its clients. East and west facades, which receive the maximum solar exposure, are stone planes, punctured by vertical windows protected by projecting solar fins. Larger glass planes occur on the north and south facades and are shielded by units of horizontal sunscreens which allow natural light into the work spaces to provide a more sustainable work environment.
The construction of the new facility has helped to facilitate the expansion of Chervon in the global market place by providing a facility for introducing new clients to its business. Prior to the new headquarters, Chervon only produced tools which were sold and labeled under a supplier's brand. As intended, the project has provided a launching pad for 'Devon,' Chervon's own brand of products and proprietary tool technology. The project has contributed to Chervon's increase in revenue and market share within the tool export market.
The construction of the new headquarters has helped to facilitate the expansion of Chervon in the global marketplace by providing a facility for introducing new clients to its business, as well as a workplace of international standards for Chervon staff. Prior to the new facility, Chervon's executives, researchers and sales staff were scattered between several buildings in industrial facilities. The new building has consolidated these components of the company under one roof, which has provided a stronger cohesion within the company structure, as well as a facility that promotes their competence and dedication to quality to existing and potential clients. The client indicates that the Chervon staff 'appreciate this design very much and are so proud to work in such a masterpiece of art.'
Since moving into the new facility, Chervon International Trading Company has experienced several tangible positive effects on their business. The company has developed many new business relationships, including several leading retailers and brands which they now manufacture for. This has led to a 60% increase in annual revenue for the company since moving into the building. The increased revenue has resulted in a corresponding increase in jobs for the local community, as well as tax revenue for local authorities.
The client estimates that the green roof alone saves approximately 77,600 kwh per year in energy costs, or 2% of their annual consumption.
Since moving into the new facility, Chervon International Trading Company has experienced a 60% increase in annual revenue. This has been achieved with a 55% increase in productive staff (non-R&D). As planned, the new facility also provided an adequate launching pad for 'Devon', Chervon's own brand of products and proprietary tool technology, as well as the routine launching of new products that have been designed and developed in the building.
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Motorola MOTOFONE F3 debuts in Jamaica
Combining Motorolas award-winning design sensibility with intuitive and easy-to-learn functionality, the MOTOFONE F3 enables even the newest phone users to embrace mobile communication with confidence and style, explained José Antonio Flores, Commercial Director for Motorola in Central America and the Caribbean.
Looks Good, Sounds Good, Built to Last
Surprisingly thin and easy to carry, the MOTOFONE F3 features a revolutionary ClearVision display that leverages Electrophoretic Display (EPD) technology to provide users with a large, high-contrast screen viewable even in bright sunlight, said Niala Sankar, Caribbean Marketing Manager, Mobile Devices Business, Motorola. The ClearVision display combined with a flush-fitting keypad and dust-resistant design makes the MOTOFONE F3 durable in active everyday use. And it sounds great too with polyphonic ringtones, speakerphone and powerful volume communication is loud and clear.
Connecting the Unconnected
Billions of people around the world have yet to make a phone call and billions more have only just begun to explore wireless technology. The need for communication is growing and the demand for cost-effective phones keeps increasing.
The MOTOFONE F3 is designed to specifically meet the universal desire to stay connected -- with friends, family, and business associates, old and new, explained José Antonio Flores.
Speaking Your Language
To help bridge literacy gaps, the MOTOFONE F3 offers a redesigned user interface with innovative voice prompts in local languages* to guide the user quickly and easily through menu navigation, messaging, and other functions. In addition, graphical icons visually demonstrate the menu features as well as network status and battery strength. For pre-paid customers, the MOTOFONE F3 automatically reports the status of their pre-paid account after each call or message, allowing consumers to stay in control of use and expense.
* Voice prompts in local languages
* Intuitive icon-based user interface
* Stylish thin design
* Extended battery life
* Durable housing for optimal performance despite dust and sun
* High-contrast screen using new ClearVision display
* Large font size for easy readability
* High-volume for call clarity in loud environments
* Automatic notification of current prepaid balance
* Embedded polyphonic ringtones in eight voices
* Ability to download ringtones

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Playground Scene Art Print by Braaq
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This digital art print is based on a drawing entitled Playground Scene by Braaq. Active from around 1900 onwards, the artist is noted for classic works. Themes: grey, city & town, figurative, lowry, northern, england, english, industry, industrial, revolution, urban, city, cities, cityscape, schools, children, break, playtime, factory, factories, pollution, smoke, working, class, man, bisto, hoop.


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It's a cloudy Sunday morning, and about 30 people, many of them blacks of Caribbean descent, have gathered in the auditorium at Perry Middle School in East Miramar. They're here for the weekly service of Fountainside Christian Fellowship, a church founded last year by BCC adjunct religion professor David Corbin.
For the first 30 minutes, worshipers sing hymns, led by Corbin at the organ. Dressed in a powder-blue blazer, the Trinidadian-American Corbin then addresses his parishioners in his sing-song dialect.
"Jesus has blessed us this fine day, brothers and sisters," Corbin says. "Today we have with us Jack and Karen Mitchell, Christian missionaries that we support, and they're here to tell us about the fine work that they do in Eastern Europe."
Corbin points to the front row of folding chairs. Jack Mitchell, a slender white man with thin white hair and a white beard, stands up at the lectern as the lights dim. A movie presentation begins. Mitchell talks in front of the screen, discussing his work and missions as if they were military salvos in hostile territories.
Calling Eastern Europe a "spiritual wasteland," Mitchell flips through photographs of Greece, Hungary, Romania, and the Czech Republic. He then gets to a photograph of Poland and pauses.
"Poland is the country in the world with the most spiritual need," Mitchell says. "Thirty-nine million people live there, and only one-tenth of 1 percent are Evangelical."
In fact, Poland, birthplace of Pope John Paul II, is 95 percent Roman Catholic, making it one of the world's most religiously devout countries. But for Mitchell, spirituality is Evangelicalism a fundamentalist form of Protestant Christianity that believes salvation comes through faith in Jesus rather than through good works. One of the nation's fastest-growing religious movements, Evangelical Christianity instills in followers a need to spread the word to evangelize.
That's exactly what Mitchell and his wife are doing in Eastern Europe, attempting to convert a region with a rich history of Catholicism, Judaism, and Islam to fundamentalist Christianity.
And Corbin who claims publicly that his church is nondenominational despite a mission statement that proclaims "preaching will be evangelical in theology and committed to a literal interpretation of the Scriptures" is a financial partner in helping the Mitchells and their colleagues convert others to their conservative brand of Christianity.
It should come as no surprise to administrators at BCC, where Corbin teaches courses in world religions and Old and New Testament. After all, Corbin received his doctorate of ministry at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, a leading Evangelical seminary in Illinois operated by the Evangelical Free Church of America.
A review of his sermons, available on Fountainside Christian Fellowship's website, confirms a conservative view of Christianity consistent with Evangelicalism and an irritation with other ways of thinking: "Any attempt to present a positive message on the family conflicts with political correctness," he said during a recent sermon, adding: "I say publicly that I prefer to be biblically correct than to be politically correct."
But none of this necessarily means that Corbin, who declined to comment for this article, pushes Evangelical Christianity during his lectures at BCC. Corbin simply represents part of a pattern that Johnson has pointed to in his lawsuit against the public college.
Five of the six religion instructors at BCC's central campus, all hired in the past few years, have degrees from seminaries instead of universities. In fact, all five attended seminaries known for Christian fundamentalism. Four of the five have practical, rather than academic, degrees, meaning that their course of study was in how to operate and run a church.
"If there is a pattern of hiring from Evangelical institutions, then that's enough to suggest that there's a real problem," says Charles C. Haynes, senior scholar at the Washington, D.C.,-based First Amendment Center and an expert in religious education in public schools. "The pattern is the thing. In a good religious-studies department, what they look for is areas of expertise. Having multiple professors with similar backgrounds is a red flag."
Indeed, if BCC's professors are pushing religion in the classroom, most are wise enough not to advertise the misconduct on their syllabi. But there's one exception, Randall Allison, who has a master's degree in divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, an Evangelical institution in Fort Worth, Texas.
This fall, Allison has been teaching a BCC-accredited World Religions course at Florida Bible Christian School in Miramar. The school's mission is "to provide a Christ-centered learning environment where young people are educated spiritually, intellectually, physically, and socially to transform their world for Christ."
The location of the course isn't by itself troubling, says Haynes, since many community colleges offer courses at locations throughout an area to make higher education accessible to more people. "Whether it's improper depends on the content of the course."
Allison's syllabus suggests that his course goes beyond an objective study of religion. His third course objective is "to assist the students in their personal religious quest as they analyze the myriad views of the divine and what it means to them."
Additionally, the final project for the course, which is worth 30 percent of a student's grade, requires them to "take four issues and compare what Christianity says about it with the other world religions." In other words, Allison prohibits his students in a World Religions course to compare, for instance, Buddhism and Islam as part of their final project.


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Building New American Prosperity through Smarter and More Secure Infrastructure
By Dr. Massoud Amin
Have you ever been in a village without electricity? Or have you been in a major city during a blackout?
In the early- to mid-1960s I visited villages outside of Tabriz and Tehran in Iran and witnessed families scratching out a subsistence living, farming plots of earth so parched they cracked under the searing sun, suffering from low life expectancy (life expectancy was in low 40s). Then in mid to late 1960s electricity reached these small villages. With new wells, pumps, and irrigation, barren soil bloomed into green cropland. Life stabilized, the population grew, and better schools and medical facilities followed. More babies survived and grew into children, and more of those children received a better education. A tractor parts factory and other businesses came to the area, providing a more stable and diverse economy.
Electricity is the linchpin: This critical infrastructure constitutes the fundamental infrastructure of modern society. But that pin, upon which the stability and security of modern life depends, is too often taken for granted and considering the increasing demands society is placing upon it.
On 13 July 1977, I was a 16-year-old high school student visiting NYC when lightning triggered a 24-hour blackout that cut power to nine million. I experienced the chaotic blackout with looters smashing their way into an electronics stores. There were fires, looting, and nearly 3,800 arrests, but also many stories of neighbors helping one another. I saw a system that needed to be saved, and that system dealt with the human condition.
Not only in developing parts of the world that I had witnessed in the 1960s, but even more so in the advanced societies, our economy and quality of life depends on reliable and disturbance-free electricity and other life-line critical infrastructures that we often take for granted.
Nearly 35 years later, we continue to operate the most advanced economy in the world primarily with 1960s and 70s technology. While blackouts and water main breaks aren't national tragedies, in the long run, they will be costly to our nation's prosperity. Power outages and power quality disturbances cost the U.S. economy over $80 billion and up to $188 billion annually.
Starting in 1995, the amortization/ depreciation rate exceeded utility construction expenditures. Since that crossover point in 1995, utility construction expenditures have lagged behind asset depreciation. This has resulted in a mode of operation of the system that is analogous to harvesting more rapidly than planting replacement seeds. As a result of these diminished "shock absorbers," the electric grid is becoming increasingly stressed, and whether the carrying capacity or safety margin will exist to support anticipated demand is in question.
The electricity grid faces (at least) three looming challenges: its organization, its technical ability to meet 10-25 year and 50 year electricity needs, and its ability to increase its efficiency without diminishing its reliability and security with adequate shock absorbers and smarter infrastructure to enable a resilient system which adaptively reconfigures and preserves its capacity.
Infrastructure investment isn't limited to building new roads and filling potholes, it also includes the "invisible" infrastructures that Americans rely on. It is easy to forget about these linchpins of our daily lives — that is, until the power goes out or your phone line is dead during an emergency. We must build a bridge to a 21st century economy supported by smarter, more secure and high-quality infrastructure.
The electrical power grid system has been hailed by the National Academy of Engineering as the 20th century's most influential engineering innovation of our civilization. Even so, American progress with the electrical power grid has stalled. Power outages cost Americans anywhere from $80-188 billion each year and, excluding extreme weather and disasters, on average last 92 minutes a year in the Midwest and 214 minutes in the Northeast.
Japan averages only 4 minutes of power outages each year.
We've wasted 10 years arguing the roles of the public and private sectors while our global competitors adapt and innovate. Now is the time to gain speed in infrastructure investments. We need to renew public/private partnerships, cut red tape and reduce the cloud of uncertainty on the return on investment in infrastructure modernization and upgrades. In addition the electric power sector is second from the bottom of all major U.S. industries in terms of R&D spending as a percentage of revenue, exceeding only pulp and paper. The pet food industry, hotel industry and the insurance industry each invests in R&D at a higher rate than electrical power. To upgrade our nation's invisible infrastructure, the federal government must demonstrate a prolonged commitment to funding strategically selected and judiciously monitored research. Industry must also commit to modernizing and investing in the technology federal research dollars develops.
At the same time the digitization of our society is in its mere infancy, and we can already project that the world's electricity supply will need to triple by 2050 to keep up with demand. Consider that Twitter alone — with 1 billion Tweets sent every week, at 0.025 watt-hours per Tweet — is responsible more than 2500 MWh per week of demand on the grid that simply did not exist before the application's advent. And then you factor in services such as Internet TV, video streaming, online gaming, the digitization of medical records, smartphone applications. It's very easy to see that we have to build a stronger and smarter electrical-energy infrastructure.
America's long-term goal ought to be transitioning our power grid system on to a Smart Grid. There are many definitions of the Smart Grid, a suite of technologies that would catapult America into the 21st Century. The term "Smart Grid" refers to an overlaid/interwoven system that uses information, sensing, control and communication technologies to allow it to deal with unforeseen events and minimize their adverse impact.
Recent policies in the U.S., EU, China, India, Korea, Brazil and other nations, combined with potential for technological innovations and business opportunities, have attracted a high level of interest in smart grids. Smart grids are seen as a fundamentally transformative, global imperative for helping the planet deal with its energy and environmental challenges.
The Smart Grid starts at the fuel supply link to the electrical power generator and ends at your refrigerator, homes and businesses. Over the next decades of global rollout, the Smart Grid's benefits could empower businesses and individuals with more control over their electricity consumption, enabling greater reliance on renewable power sources and distributed generation, strengthening energy security and creating new services and business models. Every single person on the planet is a stakeholder in the Smart Grid. From individual consumers to the world's largest businesses, regulators, politicians, academia, etc., every single person is going be touched by the Smart Grid in some fashion.
On options and pathways forward, I am often asked "should we have a high-voltage power grid or go for a totally distributed generation, for example with microgrids?" We need both, as the "choice" in the question poses a false dichotomy. It is not a matter of "this OR that" but it is an "AND." To elaborate briefly, from an overall energy system's perspective (with goals of efficiency, eco-friendly, reliability, security and resilience) we need both 1) microgrids (that can be as efficient and self-sufficient as possible, and to protect themselves rapidly during emergencies), AND we need 2) a stronger and smarter power grid as a backbone to efficiently integrate intermittent renewable sources into the overall system. The total costs are:
Stronger Grid: The current high-voltage system needs to be expanded and strengthened. The total cost of the stronger transmission system is about $82 billion ($8 billion per year for a decade).
Smarter Grid: The total estimated net investment needed to realize the envisioned smarter end-to-end power delivery system of the future is between $338 and $476 billion, which translate into annual investment levels of between $17 and $24 billion over the next 20 years.
The costs cover a wide variety of enhancements to bring the power delivery system to the performance levels required for a smart grid. They include the infrastructure to integrate distributed energy resources and achieve full customer connectivity but exclude the cost of generation, the cost of transmission expansion to add renewables and to meet load growth and a category of customer costs for smart-grid-ready appliances and devices.
Moreover, investment in a Smart Grid would nearly pay for itself by reducing stupendous outage costs — a savings of $49 billion per year — and improving energy efficiency — a savings of $20.4 billion per year. Likewise, through Smart Grid-enhanced energy efficiency, by 2030 CO2 emissions from the electric sector would be reduced by 58 percent.
The benefit-to-cost ratios are found to range from 2.8 to 6.0. Thus, the smart grid definition used as the basis for the study could have been even wider, and yet benefits of building a smart grid still would exceed costs by a healthy margin. By enhancing efficiency, for example, the smart grid could reduce the cost of infrastructure expansion and overhaul in response to annual peaks. The demand response and smart grid applications could reduce these costs significantly. At the same time, increased cyber security, and overall energy security — if security is built in the design as part of a layered defense system architecture — would safeguard this fundamental critical infrastructure.
Americans should not accept or learn to cope with increasing blackouts. Nor should we rest on the notion that the technical know-how, political will, or money to bring our power grid up to 21st century standards do not exist.
The truth is, as a nation we must and absolutely can meet the power needs of a pervasively digital society, if the United States wishes to maintain its role as a global economic and political leader. The best of American innovation is yet to come and the Smart Grid must be part of our future.
Comments on this story may be emailed directly to Today's Engineer or submitted through our online form.
Dr. Massoud Amin (umn.edu/~amin), a leading expert on the U.S. electricity grid, coined the term "Smart Grid" in 1998. He serves as director of the Technological Leadership Institute at the University of Minnesota and is a professor of electrical and computer engineering. He works on enabling smarter, more secure and resilient infrastructures and is leading extensive R&D efforts in smart grids and infrastructure security. A Fellow of the ASME, a Senior Member of IEEE and the Chairman of IEEE Smart Grid Newsletter, he also contributes to public policy as a member of the IEEE-USA Energy Policy Committee.
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The leaves haven't returned yet on the trees around here, but it's really gotten warmer and this week it's going to be in the 50's to the mid 70's almost all week so I know the leaves are coming. I also know though that the snow will probably make at least one more appearance before it's all over. I will have 4 potted trees arrive on Wednesday from Sooner Plant Farm; last year I planted their trees in May and didn't need to worry about the frost or anything.
So when I plant these trees this week, and we get frost or it snows, will the leaves just fall off and look like all the other trees around here, and then come back as the temps return? Or will that hurt them at all? They are hardy for my zone easily. I ordered 2 Red Sunset Maple and 2 Golden Raintrees. Thanks in advance. |
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- Posted by butterflywings09 Zone 6 Cassadaga, N (My Page) on Sun, Mar 28, 10 at 10:39
I wanted to add that our ground is not frozen at all and my husband was easily able shovel and remove our dead trees planted last year that were killed over the winter by voles. I read that potted trees can be planted anytime as long as the ground isn't frozen, which it's not, but I'm just wondering what is going to happen to the leaves though. |
- Posted by dan_staley 5b/S 2b AHS 6-7 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 28, 10 at 10:48
Only you can determine if you can plant trees now. If the soil cannot be worked because it is not at the proper moisture levels, you cannot plant. Dan |
- Posted by butterflywings09 Zone 6 Cassadaga, N (My Page) on Sun, Mar 28, 10 at 11:02
Good morning Dan. The soil is not frozen at all and it's easy to work with. My husband says he thinks the trees will be dormant anyway and not have their leaves. Anybody tend to agree with him? |
- Posted by dan_staley 5b/S 2b AHS 6-7 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 28, 10 at 11:09
This is the time of the year when many folks need to be instructed on proper soil moisture and tilling-planting. Here is one such effort here locally that details soil suitability and how to determine it (universal application). If the plant is dormant now planting it won't break dormancy. If the plant has broken dormancy, planting it won't put it back into dormancy. Dan |
- Posted by butterflywings09 Zone 6 Cassadaga, N (My Page) on Sun, Mar 28, 10 at 11:21
"If the plant is dormant now planting it won't break dormancy. If the plant has broken dormancy, planting it won't put it back into dormancy." I didn't know that. I have so much to learn..... Thanks again for your help this morning, I read the article and Im going to go outside and do the soil test they suggested by grabbing some and squeezing it and see what happens. We have such sandy, gravelly soil that if anything I wish we could hang on to the water more, but our soil just drains so fast. Anyway, than you again for everything. |
- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 28, 10 at 13:51
if the trees are dormant.. no leaves.. and the soil workable.. go for it ... if the trees are leafed out.. coming from a warmer zone ... then those leaves must be protected from frost and more importantly.. freeze ... or they will all be lost ... but even that might not be permanent.. as it MIGHT re-leaf.. depending on how stressed they are from transplant and shipping and planting .... if they are leafed out.. in my z5 [for this example.. my 5.. your 6.. no difference]... i would keep them in the garage for a few more weeks.. for the temps to equalize to the state of the tree ... presuming the new plant is zone appropriate.. and if it is dormant.. then it is dormant .... and should not be affected by cold temps ... its the soft leaves that can not take the big temp swings ... one last thing.. if there is any question.. call the seller.. and ask what zone they are in.. and whether the plants were forced in a greenhouse ... i suspect NOT.. and therefore they should be dormant and ready to plant ... ken |
- Posted by gardener365 5a (My Page) on Sun, Mar 28, 10 at 15:13
No need to comment, this thread has all the correct information. Dax |
- Posted by butterflywings09 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 28, 10 at 15:21
Ken Adrian, Hi, I just emailed Brian from Sooner Plant Farm and asked him if the trees are dormant and this was his response: "The tree are dormant, but close to waking up. We are expecting 70s-80s this week and they will most likely He is shipping these trees tomorrow (Monday) UPS 2nd Day Air which means I am getting them here in NY on Wednesday. All the trees in our area are completely dormant so if I plant this tree and it is close to waking up, which I guess means starting to bud, what do I do then? Do I leave the trees in the garage or is it okay to plant? I just don't want to lose these trees. :( Ann |
- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, Mar 29, 10 at 12:21
hey butter anne ... first... are they not guaranteed?? ... if so.. cut 90% of the worry ... i dont know raintree.. but it will be hard to kill a maple ..... second.. its really hard to tell without seeing what you get.. do you have pix ability??? right now.. in my z5 .. the maples are budding out the flowers.. the god-hated pollen sacks ... they are not close to leafing out .... i would not be all that concerned if the flowers were frozen off .... best i can tell.. the seller is zone 6 or 7 .... these trees cant be all that far ahead .... what did he tell you to do with them???? i GUESS.. not seeing them.. would be to pot them up in some damp.. but not soggy potting media .. in a large black pot.. check the recycle bin at the local nursery .... and just hold them for a bit ... hardening them off to the colder weather up here .... hopefully they will suspend animation a bit.. and slow down.. to meet up with your zone ... damp media is all you need ... trees do not like wet roots... we are just protecting the roots from drying out.. not really watering a dormant tree ... i dont recall any facts that these are potted.. if so ... i would just leave them in the garage ... on the cold side .... whatever you do.. do not leave them sitting in the package for a week .... just protect the roots somehow ... at worst.. wrap them in a damp towel .... they ought to hold over for a week with night temps in the 30's and 40's .... and most trees will NOT appreciate sitting in a bucket of water for more than a few hours ..... they like drainage or air on the roots.. not a swamp or lake .... if you get antsy.. go predig your holes .... again.. without seeing what comes out of the package... its really hard to get real specific for you ... good luck.... they are guaranteed... ken ps: if they fail .... ask for a new shipment .. as soon as his trees loose their leaves .... in october some time ... pps: frankly.. if they are guaranteed .... why not just slam them in the ground... and see what happens .... eh???? ... again.. what did he recommend???? .. they are trees.. not foo foo baby plants that need to be coddled ... |
- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, Mar 29, 10 at 15:23
leaves have cell walls .... as does everything i suppose ... frost or freeze can cause the cell walls to explode.. and the tissue dies .... the plant can not repair damaged cells ... so the leaves will fall off.. and in most circs.. new ones will be generated in a few weeks ... though recent planting or transplanting can interfere ... your trees will either be leafed out.. or not ... if not .... and presuming the buds are not huge and soft.. they can probably take the cold temps .... if they are leafed out.. or look like they nearly are... then into the garage they go ... i can go no further without a pic of what comes in the mail .... if there is ever a next time.. ask for mailing about 2 weeks ago .. the trees would still be dormant.. and you can hold fully dormant trees in the garage until the ground thaws ... [but then that year.. the soil will still be frozen .. welcome to my world.. lol ...] its a game we all play in the spring in our zones .. and it really isnt all that hard.. if you just do it.. and not worry about it ... i have killed more trees/plants than you probably have... and i have succeeded beyond my wildest dreams ... you have not been a bother.. glad to help ... ken |
- Posted by butterflywings09 Zone 6 Cassadaga, NY (My Page) on Fri, Apr 9, 10 at 12:00
Hi Ken. Please forgive me for not getting back to you sooner. Your information (as well as everyone else's) was invaluable. I just wanted to give you and update on everything. The 2 GoldenRain Trees arrived and were leafed out on several branches. I do believe the leafing out could've occurred during the 2 day shipping as Brian told me they were close to coming out of dormancy when they shipped. The 2 Red Sunset Maples arrived with very soft buds that were close to flowering out. We decided to go ahead and plant all of them, and just protect the trees if we get any frost or snow. The trees are not guaranteed beyond the 48 hours after they arrive. I trust Sooner Plant Farm though. The products they ship out are gorgeous and well packed. I have no complaints at all... As it has turned out in the last week all the trees have exploded with spring growth. The Raintrees have leaves everywhere and the 2 Sunset Maples have flowers popping out everywhere and one has a very long stem on one of the branches. No transplant shock of any kind. I credit that to taking your advice you mentioned in another post, Ken, where you said your best luck was planting between April 1 and April 15. After we planted, for one week we had 70-80 temps and everything was great, until the weather report for this weekend that is. They've called for lows in the low 30's. possibly high 20's with snow mixing in. So dh spent about 4 hours yesterday morning putting up wood stakes around each tree and took gigantic, thick, black contractor trash bags and placed them over the stakes so they didnt come into contact with the trees. The bags go all the way down to the ground. He stapled the bags to the stakes. They look great! It's snowing outside now and the trees are oblivious to it. I also wrapped the trunks lightly too, to keep them warm. We'll take everything off tomorrow sometime. I am so sorry I didnt get back to you sooner. We were busy this past week building fencing, down 6 inches deep, around the trees and mulching with Permatil and working on trapping for voles. We've caught 6 so far and one frog too. lol Anyway, thank you so much for your time. |
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We are sorry to announce that we have had to cancel the show in Brazil. this is due to Visa issues with some of the band members that could not be sorted in time for the gigs.
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28/10/08 modtoby wrote:
Valerio - don't be a mug ! Take lessons from other dissapointed fans and look forward to 2009.......
25/10/08 lastres wrote:
2008 is coming to an end. A year that should be forgotten. Nothing worked. To close the golden key to this unfortunate year, Paul Weller canceled the concerts in Brazil. We are in October and still have two months to end this terrible year. What else could happen? I wish that 2009 might be different. Good things will happen and Paul Weller will play here in Brazil.
All the best.
From an eternal fan under any circumstances.
Alexandre Lastres
24/10/08 jocavidal wrote:
it's a fucking shame!!!!!!
24/10/08 derekdomino wrote:
Yeah! Despite the visa stuff, the fucking changingman will always be welcome here!
I hope that in 2009 the concert really happen! Indeed!
24/10/08 lastres wrote:
Dear Mr. Paul Weller
We are glad to receive you next year in the TIM FESTIVAL, or any other event. Please disregard the scraps of "persona non grata" attributed by some children in anger. That is not what we really think. We appreciate his work and honestly we want you here in Brasil, soon as possible.
I'll never leave you. From an eternal fan under any circumstances.
Alexandre Lastres
23/10/08 valerio wrote:
Find bellow the leack os respect to the Brazilian people...
From Paul's manager..
As discussed on the phone due to the immigration issue involving Andrew John Goncalves unfortunately we are going to have to cancel Paul Weller's shows at TIM in Brazil this year. Over the next few months we will help Andrew cancel his Brazilian nationality so that we can consider playing TIM in 2009 to make up for this year's cancellation as Paul Weller would really like to play in Brazil at some point in his career. I appreciate your efforts in trying to find a solution to a very unusual situation but in the end given this issue was only brought to our attention at late notice it was just not possible to fix
Paul and Gang,,,,,,
Forget 2009..or other dates...never more ...Now you are "persona non grata" in Brazil
Please, consider that Rio de Janeiro doesn't like more you...May be Tom York should advice you...
23/10/08 zeivan wrote:
It's sad explaining what I'm feeling right now.. I guess… just this huge emptiness inside…
It's been a long time since I have been dreaming about watching Paul Weller's concert, and I remember as if it was today the day my girl called me and said:
-- Are you sitting?
I answered: Yes!
So, she told me: Sit again!
I asked if she was pregnant, and she said: "course not! Guess who is coming to Brazil?"
I quickly said: NO WAY!!!!
She answered back: Yes, Paul Weller in Brazil.
A couple of months after that, full of anxiety just waiting for the dates and I couldn't believe that he was actually coming!
When they finally defined the dates, it was even better, it was a God's gift, I though. The concert would be on the day of my birthday. This would be the best birthday of my life. Definitely!
I bought the concert ticket, the bus ticket to go to são Paulo (where the concert was going to be), and the plane ticket to Curitiba (the city where I live), and yesterday I had this huge disappointment: the concerts had been canceled!
Surely, this is the worst birthday of my life. Even if I happen to watch his concert, it won't be the same thing. And this totally offended Brazilian fans, because as I see it, they could have hired a pianist just for these concert, to show their respect to us, Brazilian fans.
I hope Paul Weller's reason to call off the gig is really true.
I am disappointed.
And unfortunately we live in this shitty country, the only one that this kind of thing happens. I don't believe in our country anymore, especially after everything that happened last week
22/10/08 zeivan wrote:
The Great Depression
22/10/08 selvagem wrote:
This is not a gentleman attitude...sorry...
F.Selvagem - Ilha do Governador/RJ, Brasil.
22/10/08 luizrecchia wrote:
While it is almost certainly true that Brazilian authorities are part of the problem, it is unbelievable that such thing would happen 2 days before the concert. It is also unconceivable that no solution could be found – the musician is Brazilian for Christ's sake!! He could certainly come as a tourist, right? He could play for free, so he is not "working", right? The fans down here deserve a better explanation than that… It was not easy getting the tickets, the concert was sold out, the expectations were huge…
And the statement "we hope the visa issue will be solved for next year´s festival" are really pathetic… We really deserve better than that, a true Brazilian gig much before that, it should not be that hard to figure it out…
22/10/08 andre wrote:
Guys, that was just a dream...
Sr Paul Weller, i hope you can come another time soon in my country to show us your best things.
Tks for your lyrics and music
GOD bless you
André - Floripa/SC Brazil
22/10/08 ivojunior wrote:
My city is called San Ludgero, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Well now that my city is called city of malice
This story of Visa issue is not true
is a shame what you did with Brazil
That's how it is the fans?
22/10/08 walshy wrote:
I think you need to get out more son!
22/10/08 timvic wrote:
The old visa teaser - a resounding triumph for petty officialdom, common sense is down, knocked out by a right hook (always the right!) from the Department of Useless Beaurocracy.
Boy, had I been waiting for this one. Been in Rio since 1994, absence from communion hopefully forgiven (name frequently registered in the minutes of the Council meetings).
Would love to go back to the Dominion in March 84 - blowing so sweet, wanted it to blow all night, felt like it was just for me and left me in a daze for days. Where else? College in the Midlands, so Birmingham, Nottingham (up all night in a service station cos we missed the bus - happy days), Leicester. Back in town, the Albert Hall, cutting like a razor's edge at the end of 84 and again at the famously controversial 89 show, which I thought was great. Wembley Arena (too big, too soulless), Brixton - was too broke for Hammersmith in 87.
Solo days - those little places, the T and C and what it became, Brixton and some joint in Clapham I can't recall - and then, of course, the Hall again. Last time for me was shivering me timbers there late in 93 - a bit too much long hair and prog rock leanings for my taste - a worry. Am I the only one who sees the Council as the highlight and never as embarrassing interlude? But always hitting an emotional peak that few can get close to.
Kept in touch from afar. A little ritual every time I'm on the way to the airport to travel round my adopted continent - last thing before leaving the house - play 'Going Places.' Brings me luck.
Was really hoping to go places this Saturday. Been with current girlfriend - a local product - well over a decade. She's seen much of me in all that time, but perhaps not all the parts Weller can reach. Can he reach them still? Finding out was going to be fun, but the petty officials followed their orders. They can sleep content knowing that they've made the world a sadder place, and I'm left waiting for the fire next time.
22/10/08 antonio wrote:
could someone explain it?
22/10/08 chico wrote:
I still can´t believe that you´ve cancelled the brazilian gig for such a silly reason.I can assure you that you´ve missed the chance to play to the warmest audiences you would ever play in your sweet short LIFE!! (ask your friends paul and mick),besides the chance to know some treasures of nature Búzios Angra etc..new friends.
What a loser you are!
Escuse me for the hard words!
Chico Almeida Leme Rio
22/10/08 gaitach wrote:
it's a terrible notice. We are from Argentina an we where going to travel to brasil just to see and listen to Paul.
What's about a Southamerican tour Brasil, Argentina anb Brasil?
21/10/08 lastres wrote:
hate this country (BRA) so much; I hate to be here. I hate Lula and all his fucking pigs. I hate the violence and the police. The last weekend event in São Paulo , our stupid policimen and the violence in Rio are the reasons.
21/10/08 lastres wrote:
I hate this country (BRA) so much; I hate to be here. I hate Lula and all his fucking pigs. I hate the violence and the police. The last weekend event in São Paulo
21/10/08 romosta wrote:
Mr. Paul Weller, in this moment I'm very very sad about what happened. As a big fan, I would like to make a special request: could you send for free an exclusive and autographed copy of your new album (Live at BBC) to every brazilian fan that bought tickets to your shows in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, and posted a message in this forum? It would be simply greatful! My name is Rômulo and I live in the city of Joinville, state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. My e-mail is firstname.lastname@example.com. Thanks.


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...found this video and thought it was interesting. The bias is clear - wondering what others thought, or maybe it's just good for a smile.
http://www.firstwivesworld.com/resources/debbie-nigro/debbie-does-divorce/debbie-does-divorce-first-conversation-step-mom-3-topics- |
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I thought it was pretty good -- Now the video was directed to BioMoms, so NorCal, I guess you feel it is biased toward their interests? |
Norcal, It was BETTER than a smile, it was a laugh...Hated Debbie and her expert.....Well after all it is called Firstwivesworld....My favorite, the SK doesnt Hate YOU they hate the situation...Oh, no wait that would be me , hating the situation....LOL |
I dont think it was overly biased in any one direction... I did think it was a little much for a bm to tell the sm that she shouldnt spend as much time with the children. Although I understand where she was coming from there is just no way to say that without it coming out as interfering in their relationship... to much turbulent ground there. |
I thought the video was designed for BM's to get tips with the dynamics of their children spending time with their dads and SM's. So a bias was there but it's ok. As a SM I thought it was useful to hear the BM perpective of how skids should be handled. Wish this was available years ago. As a SM I agree with a lot of what Debbie and her expert said. For me, it was mistake acting like a thrid parent too early with SS who was a teen at the time. Also, later a mistake acting like a grandparent to his first son too early. Taking it slow is a good idea. |
- Posted by organic_maria (My Page) on Tue, Feb 3, 09 at 9:50
The bias is there of course, the title alone firstwives...etc..etc.. Its was good all in all and going slow as advice is good as well. I did alot of what this person said. Made sure i 'ld work on weekends when he picked up his kids so they can have alone time for the majority of the day and then in the late afternoon and night i would come home. There were times when the eldest, sd, would ask for them to go to the park , just the three of them...and my husband would get insulted..and i would tell hiim , no go alone with them..i dont mind, i'll get started early on lunch or dinner etec..etc.. (my weekend work was not always full days) and there were times i just wanted to be alone as well...so i would tune out, close the bedroom door and listen to my music...and sd would get offended until my dh said to her we all need alone time...just liek when you asked me to go to the park without her. She put her head down and i told her don't feel sad. We all need different times...its not that i dont want you in my life, i just want my time. just like you wanted you time with your dad... So...the relationship with my skids is not a bad one at all...bm on the other hand is non existant. SHe throws away homework if she finds out i 've helped them...now they do not bring any home anymore here..its been well over a year ...i guess they do it on a sunday night...but that is not my fault...thats' bm andit on her shoulders. Besides..after seeing the type of person she is and what she says to her kids, i really do not want contact with this person..i know she loves her kids but i want nothign to do with her...SHe's negative, lying, manipulative..i can go on...But any human who is like that is poison! and i want nothign to do withthem. Good luck to the kids for haivng such a mother...they are starting ot realize what she is..thank God they have their friends and grandparents up there. |
I know how lucky I am, having a kind and reasonable SM for my DS. And the only real problems she and I encountered were with her stepping in to far too quickly, in our case, with DS's school and medical issues. And fortunately, we've been able to get past those now... |
"Posted by dotz (My Page) on Mon, Feb 2, 09 at 18:15 Norcal, It was BETTER than a smile, it was a laugh...Hated Debbie and her expert.....Well after all it is called Firstwivesworld....My favorite, the SK doesnt Hate YOU they hate the situation...Oh, no wait that would be me , hating the situation....LOL Dotz -- actully I thought that was being kind. Many kids want their parents back togethor, and resent SM, no matter who she is. |
Yeah - I'm also wondering why that statement is so funny / outrageous / offensive -- whatever it is. I mean, how often do we hear that the kids really liked future SM until it became clear that she was actually going to BE SM? That tells me it's the JOB, not so much the person in it. |
The reason I hate these well intentioned videos, is that they never apply to me...Perfectly said Sweeby, if you are dealing with a reasonable person, which I most certainly am not...For the record, one SS likes me, a lot...One does not, a lot....Reason being, one drinks the poison, one does not....The situation I dont like is no matter what I do, or dont do, I will never be acceptable to one SS....Took things as slow as molasses, never forced myself, my views, or tried to mother these two, by any means..Was friendly, considerate, told DH anytime he wanted to spend without me in their company was fine...The laughable part is allowing a morally bankrupt person give ME advice on how to interact with her child...No thanks, think I m better off going it alone...... |
Ahhh -- So it was the idea that BioMom would give the helpful advice to StepMom, not that the 'take it slow' advice itself was bad. |
Yes, thats it.. rushing in, that never happened..There is no way I could, or would take advice from a person that would not have her childrens best interest at heart...Its all about her, not them...Yes, of course it would be to the SSs advantage for everyone to get along, I ve seen that up close and personal when she causes a conflict in front of them, and the rage gets directed to me, not her.... |
- Posted by norcalgirl78 (My Page) on Wed, Feb 4, 09 at 9:38
I guess I just was surprised, since part of my academic background is in psychology, and I currently work in broadcasting and have a lot of exposure to journalistic principles, that the expert did not try to give the appearance of objectivity. The expert (presumably a professional) seemed almost to be projecting her own experiences on her advice (I am just guessing here). Also did you notice where she slipped, talking about pickups/dropoffs of the kids when she said "your husband" when she probably really meant to say your ex-husband? She was not very positive overall and a few times even talked through her teeth. The hostess made a joke about asking in an intimidating tough voice where SM was from. This is more funny than anything else - I am not being a serious critic here - just thought it was interesting. Those things said, it was worth a watch. I have found many times in life that where you stand depends on where you are sitting. I am a daughter, a stepdaughter, a potential stepmom and second wife, possibly someday a mom, possibly someday an ex-wife (let's hope not!). |
- Posted by finedreams (My Page) on Wed, Feb 4, 09 at 10:11
taking it slow is always a good advice in any situation. the only time it is a bad advice when there is a fire and you need to leave the building. ha In all other ones take it slow is the best advice there is. BTW my DD's SM asked me advice how to interact wiht DD and what role to play. DD is grown but it was still appreciated that she asked the person who parented DD. I understood (from mine and hers conversation) that she also asked X the same question. But of course if mom and dad do not get along or don't even talk to each other, it is difficult for SM to ask any questions to BM. But i think it is just common sense to not jump in and mendle, but take it slow. |
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Dr. Charles Robert Moody, Sr., 77, of South Fulton died Tuesday, January 14, 2014, at his residence. Arrangements are incomplete.
Dr. Moody is a former city councilman and vice mayor of South Fulton.


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The Africa Impact Evaluation Initiative (AIM) is a program of the World Bank's Africa Region that supports capacity development for rigorous impact evaluation, and that provides technical assistance to produce and support country-specific impact evaluations of public programs.AIM is generating a body of knowledge to inform policy decisions and program design in policy response throughout the Africa region. It also works to bring impact evaluation into the bulk of World Bank-supported operations.The initiative initiates and supports impact evaluations across sectors, including education, health, community-driven development, post-conflict, and infrastructure.AIM is now supporting more than eighty experimental or quasi-experimental impact evaluations in Africa, helping governments apply the best methodology to policy learning needs.For more information, refer to:
The initiative is expanding capacity for impact evaluations in African countries in several ways:
Africa Program for Education Impact Evaluation (APEIE). The APEIE is learning -- and sharing -- what brings results in education programs. More...
Participatory Development and Accountability of Public Service Delivery (AIM-Accountability). This program supports impact evaluations of community-driven development and social fund operations in Africa. More... Malaria Impact Evaluation Program (MIEP). The Malaria Impact Evaluation Program is helping its partners discover what works and what doesn't in malaria prevention and treatment. More...Africa HIV/AIDS Impact Evaluation (AIM-AIDS). AIM-AIDS is a regional initiative to generate and support country-specific impact evaluations of HIV/AIDS interventions. More...Africa Water Impact Evaluation (AIM-Water).This program supports impact evaluation of water supply and irrigation interventions. More information will be provided shortly.Agricultural Adaptations Program (AADAPT). The program supports impact evaluation of interventions related to sustainable agriculture and climate change adaptations. More information will be provided shortly.
Kenya Impact Evaluation ProgramKenya is by far the country with the most impact evaluations of development programs in all of sub-Saharan Africa. Many receive technical support from the World Bank or are Bank-funded projects. More...
Eritrea Impact Evaluation ProgramThe Africa Impact Evaluation Initiative (AIM) is supporting the impact evaluations in the Eritrean health sector with technical assistance, fundraising and capacity development support. More...
Republic of South Africa Impact Evaluation ProgramAIM is working with South Africa's government to conduct rigorous impact evaluations of four of its programs. More...
Nigeria Impact Evaluation ProgramThis program supports impact evaluation in agriculture, community development, urban infrastructure, malaria and education. More information will be provided shortly.
Working with African partners in government and academia, the Africa Impact Evaluation Initiative organizes workshops that strengthen capacity for on-the-ground impact evaluation.
Monday, May 26, 2009: $14 a month in Malawi: An Overview of the Evaluation of the Mchinji Cash Transfer, Presenter: Candace M. Miller, Center for International Health and Development, Boston University.
Monday, March 30, 2009: The Effect of Free Primary Education on Student Participation and Achievement: Evidence from Kenya, Presenter: Isaac Mbiti, Southern Methodist University; Adrienne M. Lucas, Wellesley College; and Isaac Mbiti, Southern Methodist University. See live broadcast.
Feb 23, 2009: Designing a Schooling Conditional Cash Transfer for Young Women in Sub-Saharan Africa, Sarah Baird, UC San Diego; Craig McIntosh, UC San Diego; Presenter: Berk Özler, World Bank. See live broadcast.
Feb 4, 2009: No Smoke without Fire: Fresh Perspectives on Indoor Air Pollution, Michael Greenstone, Professor, Department of Economics, MIT; Mushfiq Mobarak, Professor, School of Management, Yale University; Vijay Modi, Professor, School of Engineering & School of International & Public Affairs, Columbia University; Alexander Pfaff, Professor, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University; Valerie Mueller, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, IFPRI; Darby Jack, Professor, School of Public Health, Columbia University; Theresa Beltramo, Ph.D Candidate in Economics, University of Venice, Italy. See Alex Pfaff's paper | Broadcast of Morning Session | Broadcast of Afternoon Session
Jan 12, 2009: Conducting Electronic Surveys in Developing Countries, Dr. Joachim De Weerdt, Economic Development Initiatives (EDI) - Tanzania. See Paper.
Nov 24, 2008: Heckle and Chide: Empowering Matatu Passengers to Enforce Better Driving Behavior in Kenya, Dr. James Habyarimana , Georgetown Public Policy Institute. See Paper.
Oct 14, 2008: Health Worker Absence, HIV Testing and Behavioral Change, Evidence from Western Kenya, Dr. Harsha Thirumurthy , UNC Chapel Hill, School of Public Health. See Paper.
Sept 29, 2008: Reducing Child Malnutrition through Community Intervention Programs, Evidence from a Large Scale Randomized Trial in Rural Senegal, Dr. Sebastian Linnemayr, Research Fellow, Harvard School of Public Health. See Paper.
Aug 5, 2008: Malaria prevention and education: An impact evaluation in Kenyan schools, Dr. Simon Brooker Wellcome Trust Research Fellow, KEMRI - Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Nairobi, Kenya Reader in Tropical Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. See Paper | Live Broadcast.
July 28, 2008: "The Adoption of New Malaria Therapy at Health Facilities in Tanzania," Achyuta Adhvaryu (Department of Economics, Yale University).
June 30, 2008: "Free Distribution Or Cost Sharing? Evidence From A Randomized Malaria Prevention Experiment," Jessica Cohen (Brookings Institution). See Paper | Live Broadcast
June 16, 2008: "Success in National Malaria Control - Eritrea's Experience," Mr. Saleh Meky, Minister of Health for Eritrea. See Paper.
Arianna Legovini, Head, Development Impact Evaluation InitiativeJoan Pandit, Information Specialist, Africa Impact Evaluation Initiative, Africa Results & Learning
Edit V. Velenyi, Health Economist and Coordinator of the Malaria Impact Evaluation Program, Development Economics Research Group
Florence Kondylis, Young professional and Coordinator of the Water Impact Evaluation Program
Léandre Bassolé, Economist and Coordinator of the Africa HIV/AIDS Impact Evaluation Program, ActAfrica
Malte Lierl, Economist and Coordinator of the Africa Community-Driven Development Impact Evaluation Program, Africa Results & Learning
Nandini Krishnan, Economist and Coordinator of the South Africa Impact Evaluation Program, Africa Results & Leaning
Susana Sanchez, Senior Economist and Coordinator of Sustainable Development Department Monitoring and Impact Evaluation Activities


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Bauhinia x blakeana
Hong Kong Orchid Tree
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BAUHINIAThese flamboyant flowering trees and shrubs have a very special place in Hawaii and mild-winter areas of California and Arizona. They vary greatly by species and climate. Common to all garden bauhinias are twin "leaves," actually twin lobes. Thin crowded growth after bloom.
Bauhinias flower best when grown in wind-shelteres spots in well-drained, semi-fertile soil. Though they thrive in heat, dry heat or drought may cause leaf edges to brown.
Umbrella-like growth habit to 20 ft. high and wide. Flowers bloom from late fall to spring and are shaped like some orchids; they are much larger (5 1/2–6 in.wide) than those of other bauhinias. Colors range from cranberry maroon through purple and rose to orchid pink, often in same blossom. Gray-green leaves tend to drop off around bloom time, but this partly deciduous tree does not lose all of its foliage. This is the city tree of Hong Kong.
Bauhinia x blakeana
Umbrella-like growth habit to 20 ft. high and wide. Flowers bloom from late fall to spring and are sha...
Brugmansia x cubensis 'Charles Grimaldi'
Vigorous hybrid between Brugmansia x insignis 'Frosty Pink' and another ...
Brugmansia x candida
Fast growing to 10–12 ft. tall and wide; dull green leaves to 1 ft. long. Sweet-scented, 8&ndash...


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The Wire Mesh Top is effective in keeping larger debris out of the exercise pen, but serves its best purpose in keeping your pet in the exercise pen, while also keeping intruders out of the exercise pen.
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We offer a variety of tops for all of our exercise pens. Pen Tops are used to provide extra security to keep your pet in and intruders out. The most secure of these is the wire mesh top which is attached with metal bolt snaps (provided). We also offer a sun shade to help keep your pet cool. It will also help keep debris out of the pen. It is attached through brass grommets by plastic strap ties (provided). Lastly we offer a rope net top, also attached through brass grommets by plastic strap ties (provided).


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12 and when his brethren dwelled in Shechem, about [the] keeping of [the] flocks of their father, (And one day, when his brothers were tending their father's flocks in Shechem,) | 12 Now his brothers had gone to graze their father's flocks near Shechem, |
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People who are known to have any of the risk factors for melanoma should regularly conduct skin self-examinations and see a dermatologist.
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About Melissa Melissa is steam distilled from a small plant common in Europe, Middle Asia, and North America. The white or yellow flowers produce a unique scent that is highly attractive to honeybees. From this comes the name of this plant for the Greek word for honeybee is Melissa. True pure Melissa is a very expensive essential oil because of the difficulty in extraction. A number of writers warn of inexpensive products claiming to be Melissa that are blends of inexpensive oils configured to imitate Melissa. Be cautious. The extracts from this the Melissa plant has been used for its medicinal properties for ages. In one of the very early texts on medicinal plants and herbs written by Nicolas Culpeper, "Culpeper's Complete Herbal and English Physician" published in 1653 he wrote about Melissa, "it causeth the mind and heart to become merry, and reviveth the heart, faintings and sleep, and driveth away all, troublesome cares and thoughts out of the mind, … It is very good to help digestion … it is good for the liver and the spleen." Typical Applications Robert Tisserand, an early writer on aromatherapy in our era reflects many of these same attributes, "The action of this oil is tonic (this means soothing to these early writers), rather than stimulant, it is a tonic to the heart, nervous and digestive systems, and the uterus. It is sedative, calming, antidepressant. It slows the respiration and pulse, lowers the blood pressure, and has an antispasmodic effect on smooth muscle." Dr. David Hill states that Melissa is a very powerful antiviral essential oil. Because it has now been confirmed that essential oils do penetrate the cells in our body and Melissa is 60% a phenylpropanoid (an organic compound associated with the structural components of the body's cellular walls). Therefore, Melissa, with its antiviral property can inactivate a virus before it enters a cell. This is important since a virus needs a host cell before it can multiply and do its damage in the body. This makes Melissa very very effective against the herpes virus that 98% of us have. Dr. Hill recommends using Protective Blend (for its antibacterial properties) and Melissa (for its antiviral properties) in a capsule for internal use. He also notes the usefulness of Melissa as an antidepressant, especially in this day when big pharma is pushing so many dangerous antidepressant drugs. Even more alarming, where the fastest growing market of these drugs are children of preschool age. Dr. Hill notes five health concerns that benefit from the calming properties of Melissa. These are depression, anger, Alzheimer's, dementia, and cognitive impairments. He suggests diffusing Melissa essential oil at night. Also applying topically with Melissa and Frankincense for depression and Melissa with Patchouli for cognitive disorders. Because of the expense of Melissa many writers note that it can often be used diluted and remain very effective. For example with cold sores (oral herpes) just a single drop of a 10:1 dilution may be sufficient for topical application 2 to 3 times a day. |
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Legend of Zelda Sweatshirt with Sword and Shield: Armor & Armory
Always be prepared for a fight cosplay convention with this Legend of Zelda-inspired hoodie. Aside from being green, the hoodie also has a handsewn replica of the Hylian Shield and the Master Sword attached on its back. It also has a couple of faux leather belts connected by a buckle up front.
You can order the hoodie from Geeky U's online shop or from its Etsy outlet for $100 (USD). It's a shame Geeky U didn't upload a shot of the hoodie from the front. Or maybe that's the front. Whoa. A maskie?
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But even though online higher education is growing at a rate of 6.1 percent from the previous year, it is the lowest annual rate since the survey began tracking online enrollment in 2002. So has online course enrollment plateaued?
"The evidence continues to mount that a plateau for online enrollments may be approaching, but there is no evidence that it has yet arrived," the report said.
Still, online courses are becoming an increasing part of the learning mix for higher education students. Now, 33.5 percent of higher ed students take at least one online class, an increase from less than 10 percent in 2002.
Other statistics from the study:
- 90 percent of academic leaders believe that it is likely or very likely that a majority of all higher education students will be taking at least one online course in five years.
- The proportion of chief academic leaders that say online learning is critical to their long-term strategy dropped from 69.1 percent to 65.9 percent.
- The percent of academic leaders rating the learning outcomes in online education as the same or superior to those in face-to-face grew from 57.2 in 2003 to 77.0 percent last year, but fell back to 74.1 percent this year.
How do MOOCs fit in?
For all the attention massive open online courses (MOOCs) get, only five percent of higher education institutions are taking advantage of the platform (double the number from the previous year) to "increase the visibility of the institution" and to "drive student recruitment" -- the two main reasons institutions said they offer MOOCs.
But even as MOOCs grow, academic leaders are becoming more pessimistic about their long-term sustainability. Of the chief academic officers surveyed in 2012 30 percent said they believe MOOCs are sustainable. Last year that number decreased to 22 percent.
That's hardly a surprise as only four percent of MOOC participants finish a course, on average, and they are distributed for free -- only now has one tried adding a tuition fee. Even Sebastian Thrun, cofounder of Udacity, has said of MOOCs, "We have a lousy product."
Meanwhile, researchers are going back and forth over the effectiveness of online courses, in general, versus the traditional classroom model. As Doug Lederman puts it on Inside Higher Ed:
The discipline of research on online learning is nascent enough, and the body of long-term studies thin enough at this point, that keeping tabs on the state of thinking is a bit like watching a table tennis match. Every study that provides evidence of the effectiveness of online teaching seems to elicit a critical one. And vice versa.
Americans surveyed by Gallup last year had mixed feelings about online education. Many believe online education provides a better value and curriculum choice than traditional classrooms but still think online learning falls short in academic rigor.
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Over 400 veterans, volunteers, and friends of Stars and Stripes Honor Flight will walk the red carpet Thursday, Nov. 29 as the North Shore Cinema screens the documentary "Honor Flight".
Stars and Stripes Honor Flight is a local chapter of the Honor Flight Network, a nation-wide group of volunteers, organizers, and donors who ensure that World War II veterans are able to visit the Washington D.C. WWII memorial.
Three local veterans featured in the film will be in attendance: 87-year-old Joe Demler of Port Washington; 87-year-old Harvey Kurz of Grafton; and 89-year-old Julian Plaster of Milwaukee.
The fourth local veteran in the film, Orville Lemke of Milwaukee, passed away six weeks after his honor flight.
Veterans will arrive at 5 p.m. and the screening begins at 6 p.m. Honor Flight will run in select Marcus theaters in Wisconsin from Dec. 5-7.
North Shore Cinema is located at 11700 N. Port Washington Road in Mequon.
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