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Re: [Fwd: Re: The consequences of the Mumbai attacks]
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The British blood in our veins is indeed strong and pulses with much
Matt and I are going to beat a coolie later on with our leather whips --
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Subject: Re: The consequences of the Mumbai attacks
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:50:34 +0000
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Dear Editor.
I am an Indian Muslim from the city of Mumbai. While the people of my
country unitedly stand behind our city, irrecpective of their
religion, you are here to divide us as usual. The 'firangi' (british)
blood in your veins has not lost its color!
First of all, there is no evidence that there was an Indan Muslims
group involved in the attacks. GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT. The other thing
is that STOP REFERRING TO TERRORISTS AS "ISLAMISTS!". We in India,
both Hindus and Muslims are of the opinion that terrorism has no
religion. Except for a few extremist zealots in our midst, we are a
peaceful community. You can take your Crusade against Islam and your
opinion that terrorism and Islamists are one and the same thing
somewhere else - maybe to teh White House!
And I am also sad that there are a few amongst us who believe in your
theory and circulate the slime that you are printing on your website.
Mohammed Shakeel
Subject: The consequences of the Mumbai attacks
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 14:10:59 +0400
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The consequences of the Mumbai attacks
December 02, 2008, by George Friedman
Last Wednesday evening, a group of Islamist operatives carried out a
complex terror operation in Mumbai. The attack was not complex because
of the weapons used or its size, but in the apparent training,
multiple methods of approaching the city and excellent operational
security and discipline in the final phases of the operation, when the
last remaining attackers held out in the Taj Mahal hotel for several
days. The operational goal of the attack clearly was to cause as many
casualties as possible, particularly among Jews and well-to-do guests
of five-star hotels. But attacks on various other targets, from
railroad stations to hospitals, indicate that the more general purpose
was to spread terror in a major Indian city.
While it is not clear precisely who carried out the Mumbai attack, two
separate units apparently were involved. One group, possibly
consisting of Indian Muslims, was established in Mumbai ahead of the
attacks. The second group appears to have just arrived. It traveled
via ship from Karachi, Pakistan, later hijacked a small Indian vessel
to get past Indian coastal patrols, and ultimately landed near Mumbai.
Extensive preparations apparently had been made, including
surveillance of the targets. So while the precise number of attackers
remains unclear, the attack clearly was well-planned and
Evidence and logic suggest that radical Pakistani Islamists carried
out the attack. These groups have a highly complex and deliberately
amorphous structure. Rather than being centrally controlled, ad hoc
teams are created with links to one or more groups. Conceivably, they
might have lacked links to any group, but this is hard to believe. Too
much planning and training were involved in this attack for it to have
been conceived by a bunch of guys in a garage. While precisely which
radical Pakistani Islamist group or groups were involved is unknown,
the Mumbai attack appears to have originated in Pakistan. It could
have been linked to al Qaeda prime or its various franchises and/or to
Kashmiri insurgents.
More important than the question of the exact group that carried out
the attack, however, is the attackers' strategic end. There is a
tendency to regard terror attacks as ends in themselves, carried out
simply for the sake of spreading terror. In the highly politicised
atmosphere of Pakistan's radical Islamist factions, however, terror
frequently has a more sophisticated and strategic purpose. Whoever
invested the time and took the risk in organising this attack had a
reason to do so. Let's work backward to that reason by examining the
logical outcomes following this attack.
An end to New Delhi's restraint
The most striking aspect of the Mumbai attack is the challenge it
presents to the Indian government -- a challenge almost impossible for
New Delhi to ignore. A December 2001 Islamist attack on the Indian
Parliament triggered an intense confrontation between India and
Pakistan. Since then, New Delhi has not responded in a dramatic
fashion to numerous Islamist attacks against India that were traceable
to Pakistan. The Mumbai attack, by contrast, aimed to force a response
from New Delhi by being so grievous that any Indian government showing
only a muted reaction to it would fall.
India's restrained response to Islamist attacks (even those
originating in Pakistan) in recent years has come about because New
Delhi has understood that, for a host of reasons, Islamabad has been
unable to control radical Pakistani Islamist groups. India did not
want war with Pakistan; it felt it had more important issues to deal
with. New Delhi therefore accepted Islamabad's assurances that
Pakistan would do its best to curb terror attacks, and after suitable
posturing, allowed tensions originating from Islamist attacks to pass.
This time, however, the attackers struck in such a way that New Delhi
couldn't allow the incident to pass. As one might expect, public
opinion in India is shifting from stunned to furious. India's Congress
party-led government is politically weak and nearing the end of its
life span. It lacks the political power to ignore the attack, even if
it were inclined to do so. If it ignored the attack, it would fall,
and a more intensely nationalist government would take its place. It
is therefore very difficult to imagine circumstances under which the
Indians could respond to this attack in the same manner they have to
recent Islamist attacks.
What the Indians actually will do is not clear. In 2001-2002, New
Delhi responded to the Parliament attack by moving forces close to the
Pakistani border and the Line of Control that separates Indian-and
Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, engaging in artillery duels along the
front, and bringing its nuclear forces to a high level of alert. The
Pakistanis made a similar response. Whether India ever actually
intended to attack Pakistan remains unclear, but either way, New Delhi
created an intense crisis in Pakistan.
The US and the Indo-Pakistani crisis
The United States used that crisis for its own ends. Having just
completed the first phase of its campaign in Afghanistan, Washington
was intensely pressuring Pakistan's then-President Pervez Musharraf's
government to expand cooperation with the United States; purge its
intelligence organisation, the Inter-Services Intelligence, of radical
Islamists; and crack down on al Qaeda and the Taliban in the
Afghan-Pakistani border region. Musharraf had been reluctant to
cooperate with Washington, as doing so inevitably would spark a
massive domestic backlash against his government.
The crisis with India produced an opening for the United States. Eager
to get India to stand down from the crisis, the Pakistanis looked to
the Americans to mediate. And the price for US mediation was increased
cooperation from Pakistan with the United States. The Indians, not
eager for war, backed down from the crisis after guarantees that
Islamabad would impose stronger controls on Islamist groups in
In 2001-2002, the Indo-Pakistani crisis played into American hands. In
2008, the new Indo-Pakistani crisis might play differently. The United
States recently has demanded increased Pakistani cooperation along the
Afghan border. Meanwhile, President-elect Barack Obama has stated his
intention to focus on Afghanistan and pressure the Pakistanis.
Therefore, one of Islamabad's first responses to the new
Indo-Pakistani crisis was to announce that if the Indians increased
their forces along Pakistan's eastern border, Pakistan would be forced
to withdraw 100,000 troops from its western border with Afghanistan.
In other words, threats from India would cause Pakistan to
dramatically reduce its cooperation with the United States in the
Afghan war. The Indian foreign minister is flying to the United States
to meet with Obama; obviously, this matter will be discussed among
We expect the United States to pressure India not to create a crisis,
in order to avoid this outcome. As we have said, the problem is that
it is unclear whether politically the Indians can afford restraint. At
the very least, New Delhi must demand that the Pakistani government
take steps to make the ISI and Pakistan's other internal security
apparatus more effective. Even if the Indians concede that there was
no ISI involvement in the attack, they will argue that the ISI is
incapable of stopping such attacks. They will demand a purge and
reform of the ISI as a sign of Pakistani commitment. Barring that, New
Delhi will move troops to the Indo-Pakistani frontier to intimidate
Pakistan and placate Indian public opinion.
Dilemmas for Islamabad, New Delhi and Washington
At that point, Islamabad will have a serious problem. The Pakistani
government is even weaker than the Indian government. Pakistan's
civilian regime does not control the Pakistani military, and therefore
does not control the ISI. The civilians can't decide to transform
Pakistani security, and the military is not inclined to make this
transformation. (Pakistan's military has had ample opportunity to do
so if it wished.) Pakistan faces the challenge, just one among many,
that its civilian and even military leadership lack the ability to
reach deep into the ISI and security services to transform them. In
some ways, these agencies operate under their own rules.
Add to this the reality that the ISI and security forces -- even if
they are acting more assertively, as Islamabad claims -- are
demonstrably incapable of controlling radical Islamists in Pakistan.
If they were capable, the attack on Mumbai would have been thwarted in
Pakistan. The simple reality is that in Pakistan's case, the will to
make this transformation does not seem to be present, and even if it
were, the ability to suppress terror attacks isn't there.
The United States might well want to limit New Delhi's response. US
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is on her way to India to discuss
just this. But the politics of India's situation make it unlikely that
the Indians can do anything more than listen. It is more than simply a
political issue for New Delhi; the Indians have no reason to believe
that the Mumbai operation was one of a kind. Further operations like
the Mumbai attack might well be planned. Unless the Pakistanis shift
their posture inside Pakistan, India has no way of knowing whether
other such attacks can be stymied. The Indians will be sympathetic to
Washington's plight in Afghanistan and the need to keep Pakistani
troops at the Afghan border. But New Delhi will need something that
the Americans -- and in fact the Pakistanis -- can't deliver: a
guarantee that there will be no more attacks like this one.
The Indian government cannot chance inaction. It probably would fall
if it did. Moreover, in the event of inactivity and another attack,
Indian public opinion probably will swing to an uncontrollable
extreme. If an attack takes place but India has moved toward crisis
posture with Pakistan, at least no one can argue that the Indian
government remained passive in the face of threats to national
security. Therefore, India is likely to refuse American requests for
It is possible that New Delhi will make a radical proposal to Rice,
however. Given that the Pakistani government is incapable of
exercising control in its own country, and given that Pakistan now
represents a threat to both US and Indian national security, the
Indians might suggest a joint operation with the Americans against
What that joint operation might entail is uncertain, but regardless,
this is something that Rice would reject out of hand and that Obama
would reject in January 2009. Pakistan has a huge population and
nuclear weapons, and the last thing Bush or Obama wants is to practice
nation-building in Pakistan. The Indians, of course, will anticipate
this response. The truth is that New Delhi itself does not want to
engage deep in Pakistan to strike at militant training camps and other
Islamist sites. That would be a nightmare. But if Rice shows up with a
request for Indian restraint and no concrete proposal -- or
willingness to entertain a proposal -- for solving the Pakistani
problem, India will be able to refuse on the grounds that the
Americans are asking India to absorb a risk (more Mumbai-style
attacks) without the United States' willingness to share in the risk.
Setting the stage for a new Indo-Pakistani confrontation
That will set the stage for another Indo-Pakistani confrontation.
India will push forces forward all along the Indo-Pakistani frontier,
move its nuclear forces to an alert level, begin shelling Pakistan,
and perhaps -- given the seriousness of the situation -- attack short
distances into Pakistan and even carry out air strikes deep in
Pakistan. India will demand greater transparency for New Delhi in
Pakistani intelligence operations. The Indians will not want to occupy
Pakistan; they will want to occupy Pakistan's security apparatus.
Naturally, the Pakistanis will refuse that. There is no way they can
give India, their main adversary, insight into Pakistani intelligence
operations. But without that access, India has no reason to trust
Pakistan. This will leave the Indians in an odd position: They will be
in a near-war posture, but will have made no demands of Pakistan that
Islamabad can reasonably deliver and that would benefit India. In one
sense, India will be gesturing. In another sense, India will be
trapped by making a gesture on which Pakistan cannot deliver. The
situation thus could get out of hand.
In the meantime, the Pakistanis certainly will withdraw forces from
western Pakistan and deploy them in eastern Pakistan. That will mean
that one leg of the (US commander David) Petraeus and Obama plans
would collapse.
Washington's expectation of greater Pakistani cooperation along the
Afghan border will disappear along with the troops. This will free the
Taliban from whatever limits the Pakistani army had placed on it. The
Taliban's ability to fight would increase, while the motivation for
any of the Taliban to enter talks -- as Afghan President Hamid Karzai
has suggested -- would decline. US forces, already stretched to the
limit, would face an increasingly difficult situation, while pressure
on al Qaeda in the tribal areas would decrease.
Now, step back and consider the situation the Mumbai attackers have
created. First, the Indian government faces an internal political
crisis driving it toward a confrontation it didn't plan on. Second,
the minimum Pakistani response to a renewed Indo-Pakistani crisis will
be withdrawing forces from western Pakistan, thereby strengthening the
Taliban and securing al Qaeda. Third, sufficient pressure on
Pakistan's civilian government could cause it to collapse, opening the
door to a military-Islamist government -- or it could see Pakistan
collapse into chaos, giving Islamists security in various regions and
an opportunity to reshape Pakistan. Finally, the United States'
situation in Afghanistan has now become enormously more complex.
By staging an attack the Indian government can't ignore, the Mumbai
attackers have set in motion an existential crisis for Pakistan. The
reality of Pakistan cannot be transformed, trapped as the country is
between the United States and India. Almost every evolution from this
point forward benefits Islamists. Strategically, the attack on Mumbai
was a precise blow struck to achieve uncertain but favorable political
outcomes for the Islamists.
Rice's trip to India now becomes the crucial next step. She wants
Indian restraint. She does not want the western Pakistani border to
collapse. But she cannot guarantee what India must have: assurance of
no further terror attacks on India originating in Pakistan. Without
that, India must do something. No Indian government could survive
without some kind of action. So it is up to Rice, in one of her last
acts as secretary of state, to come up with a miraculous solution to
head off a final, catastrophic crisis for the Bush administration --
and a defining first crisis for the new Obama administration. Former
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld once said that the enemy gets a
vote. The Islamists cast their ballot in Mumbai.
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Drama Mamas: The love triangle strikes again {WoW}
Mar 21st 2012 11:17AM You sound like you're disagreeing, but it looks like you agree with me. If you infered that I was saying he's good, I'm sorry you misread.
I simply think it's important to note that he's probably not some horrible evil monster (especially at their comparatively young age), because she's still emotionally attached to him in a way that obviously makes her want to think the best of him and/or ignore the warning signs and negatives involved. And then point out that it's still wrong.
Just from my experience, it helps to recognize that you were probably right to pity him - he's in a sad state of selfishness and deceit, and that it's for that exact reason you should walk away. He should be pittied, not dated.
Drama Mamas: The love triangle strikes again {WoW}
Mar 20th 2012 10:10PM (Disclaimer: I used the gender roles indicated here, but it goes both ways. Please don't shoot.)
An off comment on the guy:
People are saying "he's leading you on", "run", "it's a load of #$&$", and they're right. But, Other Woman, keep in mind that the chances are he's not doing this with some sinsiter back motive. He *wants* this excitement, and this approach gets it. I've known quite a few guys who honestly don't do it maliciously, this is just a basic human tactic that works. Assuage guilt, get goods. It works! So you don't have to go feeling that he's a criminal mastermind who's been thinking this all through. Chances are, he really hasn't.
From my experience with it, that probably makes it harder for you to walk away from it. He's being emotional, he really *wants* this experience that involves you, and you feel really drawn by how he's portraying it. So when you walk away (as you absolutely should), try to keep in mind that it's an emotional human thing on both sides, the guy's definitely wrong but probably not evil, he's definitely not mature, and you can do better than someone who's doing what it takes to get what they want and who's not doing what you both know is right. As a bonus, once you can recognize the behavior, you can avoid it next time.
How to fix professions for Mists of Pandaria: An open letter to Blizzard {WoW}
Mar 12th 2012 6:46PM "Just make professions less utterly awful to level, please."
This please! I'm surprised it wasn't addressed in the article!
I'm currently an altoholic who unfortunately enjoys being able to make things as I go along, picking professions to match my class combos. I've been leveling professions since early BC, and while I'm now more adept at it, it doesn't suck one bit less! I'm always excited when I hit the Cata level on a profession now, because I know it won't take some horrible rep grind, or hiking to heaven knows where to find some obscure pattern or recipe that you "must have" to level effectively past a certain chokehold point.
I do give credit to Blizzard for reducing absurd mat requirements in their last pass over professions, that was noticed and appreciated. I'm good with finding some Essence of [element] to craft a pet, but not with finding 20 Wildvine for some cloth stuff I'm going to vendor almost immediately.
Blizzard, please, use the Cata model of profession leveling and retrofit it. Let recipies give multiple points based on mat cost, or difficulty to acquire. Give leveling professions less of a headhunt feel and more of a natural flow. And please let Engineering be fun for more than a week. Thank you.
Heart of the Aspects video and giveaway {WoW}
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Ol' Grumpy and the specter of pointless elitism {WoW}
Feb 2nd 2012 8:28PM Ubergeared Uberjerk: "[Class], ur dps sucks. I did 20k & u only did 10k. GTFO my run."
Ol' Grumpy-inspired unfortunate soul in same run as Jerk: "While we appreciate that you brought your fancy epics and skill into the DF today, if your ego is the same ilevel as your gear, we would appreciate it if you left before you or we have to suffer any additional pain from sharing a dungeon."
Why does this not end well??
The Queue: Behind the curtain {WoW}
Jan 31st 2012 4:26PM I'm not about to go look it up, but yes, you should be able to run Firelands. There was a blue post about it, and it was linked here on WoWinsider a while back when it was "news".
I am a killer of guilds {WoW}
Jan 30th 2012 4:24PM So you know, this game knows when you are mad at it. After leaving this post, I logged in all dejectedly to do my dailies alone in my sad abandonded guild, and the WoW universe left me a Fox Kit. You can't bribe me, WoW! You can't! Do you hear me?!?!?!
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I am a killer of guilds {WoW}
Jan 30th 2012 4:12PM I absolutely cannot believe you posted this. Because I think you stole my WoW life!
I have just been handed leadership of a guild, and now it's dead as a doornail. It was on the blink before, and I was basically the last person in the boat.
So, dear Anne, if you are like me, you probably got promoted because you're nice, you like to play well with others, and you help out. You're sociable, friendly, and likeable.
And, if you are like me, you are also terrible leadership material. I'm finding that I am, and I'm beginning to believe that as it relates to WoW, it's in large part because guild leaders need to care about the content, not just the people. Really good guild leaders care about both, and are good at both. But people who are just very good people people don't seem to make very good leaders, especially when they didn't ask for it.
Now granted, that's a batch of blanket statements, and I know there are fantastic exceptions, especially in RP or primarily social guilds. I'm just finding that to be the case for me, and apparently it's not just me! I never wanted to lead. As one of the other officers said before becoming GM himself and then promptly leaving it to me when he left the game, "You are not a very good leader, but you're an excellent assistant."
As an empathetic admonition, don't take it personally. I'm trying not to. I agree with your observation that perhaps we just try to stay around to leave things in order. And that does seem to make it look like our fault. I'm trying not to take it to heart. I too am looking to step out and play anonymously for a while. No more dead guilds under my belt, for as long as I can hide from being a nice and useful person.
I'll wish us both luck. I think we need it.
The Queue: Pie party {WoW}
Jan 15th 2012 4:33PM I think people forget this (I like to) but back in "the day", you used to only get rested if you were in a city/inn.
As a new or leveling player, this delay was often a good reminder that you shouldn't be stopping there if you wanted to progress faster, and it posed a risk of dying as you loaded out or in. It also tended to bring people back to hubs. At least, that's what I remember of it and recall hearing from others at the time. Of course, it didn't matter to level-capped players, who logged out wherever they pleased, just like we all do now, lol.
I'm not sure if they designed it with that in mind, but it worked then. I'm pretty sure the "not getting out of trouble free" idea was what they more intended, and why the delay still exists.
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Jan 15th 2012 4:09PM @Luotian
I know right! I wanted feathers too, but I'm a priest. However, I found some weird gear I'd never seen on a BC-era vendor - completely druid-ish (yes feathers!) but cloth with no class restriction. I haven't investigated it enough to find out how I get it (I was still busy making my current set), but I encourage you to keep looking. You never know when Blizzard will surprise you with buried treasures - even feathery ones!


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Today wasn't my best day. I'm fighting some sort of cough, sinus, sleepless, tiring...head cold. A quieter person by wiring, today requests sounded like demands and talking sounded like shouting...I'm looking forward to a healthier moment in the near future.
So tonight, Louie and I began our cuddle-time ritual. He chooses a book while I prepare his milk. I tuck him in, read the book in high drama, and we pray together. Then we're supposed to "close eyes an sleep!"
Louie, however, missed his normal cue. Instead he got up and pulled up a big blanket. Struggling to get it open he explained, "Mommy sicky. I tuck you," then he patiently wrestled with the thick quilt to get all the corners smoothed around his coughing Mommy.
As he took the top of the blanket and pulled it up over my neck, he concluded, "it's cold and the dogs are going poop."
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- Posted by cynthianovak 7/8 TX (My Page) on Wed, Aug 15, 07 at 11:21
if you want some flowers that are not shrubs, try these: Perriwinkles Zinnias....plant them in the heat and they are blooming from seed in 6-8 weeks I have some fern-leaf lavendar that is doing great pentas big and small mona lavendar ...really plectranthus celosia...best if from seed or really young plants |
The butterflies in my garden love zinnias and lantana, and these are both heat-loving. I also have a passionvine (another heat-lover) that hosts caterpillars - they strip it, but the plant bounces back and then there's butterflies! |
- Posted by ocdgardener 8 (My Page) on Wed, Aug 15, 07 at 11:51
I remember when this question was easy for me. With all the rain we had this summer, and the predictions I've been hearing of more in the coming summers - I don't know what to answer anymore. I lost some of my reliable 'heat loving' xeric plants this year because they thought they were in the tropics! Like I ALWAYS say 'If you can garden in Texas, you can garden ANYWHERE! |
Check out these two websites. The Texas Smartscapes allows you to search for plants that attract butterflies or hummingbirds. These plants will do just fine down in Round Rock (even look up those that are deer resistant since I know you have a higher deer population down there that can be a problem). The other is a list of Texas Superstar plants that will grow anywhwere in Texas. Texas Superstar Plants: http://texassuperstar.com/ |
Here is a link that might be useful: Texas Smartscape
- Posted by lakedallasmary 7/8a - north texas (My Page) on Wed, Aug 15, 07 at 12:48
Evening primrose is blooming now. Wild asters are also in bloom. I have a few sunflowers in bloom |
My Cigar plant (now a bush) is doing great...hot or drowning...it just keeps going. It did not like the freezes too well, but we cut it back and you cannot even tell it was damaged. The butterflies and hummers love it. |
- Posted by cynthianovak 7/8 TX (My Page) on Wed, Aug 15, 07 at 15:41
Oooh, don't forget cosmos...the orange ones are most reliable and my favorites. I love the dwarfs....they stand about 3 ft tall in my garden. They can take full sun or part sun, reseed reliably and grow from seed quickly. Wish I could remember the name.... |
- Posted by cynthianovak 7/8 TX (My Page) on Wed, Aug 15, 07 at 15:43
ocd, I feel your pain! Not a flower, but my rosemary that is big and made it through at least 5 summers here looks pitiful right now. I can only surmise that it was the rain. ....not that I'm complaining about the rain.... |
- Posted by jardineratx 9tx (My Page) on Wed, Aug 15, 07 at 18:08
Tithonia and ratibida (mexican hat) both are terrific sun worshipers. The tithonia is an annual and the ratibida a wonderful perennial. The tithonia is most definitely a butterfly attractor. Daylilies may not be "butterfly garden" plants, but they sure go thru the summer beautifully. |
gomphrena, they grow like crazy, even blooming in the cracks of our driveway. |
- Posted by mikeandbarb z8 D/FW (email@example.com) on Wed, Aug 15, 07 at 22:02
Daylilies Stella De Oro, Yellow bells I love this plant for me it goes dormant but has come back so far, verbena, hibiscus hardy and Texas star hibiscus. |
- Posted by cynthianovak 7/8 TX (My Page) on Wed, Aug 15, 07 at 23:18
what is the trick to Tithonia? I had 2 gallon comtainer plants this spring. They were planted in my Sahara bed, it gets very little rain and lots of reflected heat. My guess is the moisture in the air may have killed it with something akin to mildew. They bloomed, but turned grey and brittle without growing. Very sad, I love their flowers. cynthia |
- Posted by jardineratx 9tx (My Page) on Thu, Aug 16, 07 at 8:17
Cynthia, this is only my 3rd year w/ tithonia. I winter-sowed the seeds then planted them out in early spring in a mixed bed that gets sun all day, but is not in relentless heat such as next to a driveway/sidewalk, etc. They have gotten brown crispy leaves toward the bottom of the plant...why, I don't know. They have volunteered themselves in the garden the last 2 years. I have one volunteer that came up in a rose bed with very amended, rich soil and that plant is beautiful. Although they have "bare bottoms", they are worth growing for me. I have verbena and other low growers covering their legs. Oh, I forgot to mention calylophus (sun drops). It is a heat tolerant, drought tolerant blooming machine. molly |
- Posted by ocdgardener 8 (My Page) on Thu, Aug 16, 07 at 9:58
btw- Loved the rain too --- I'm ready to live in the tropics in Texas, if that's what happens as a result of global warming! Cosmos b. are a sure bet for our heat - they come back every year too! |
Pentas, Duranta, mini roses are exploding in happiness, morning glory, Esperenza, primrose jasmine has a little yellow flower, but becomes a behemoth of a bush, jasmine of most varieties have done well, Portulaca (kiss me quick) I'm probably one of the few cursing the rain since it has got me locked into an endless war on leaf spot. Even the oak trees in front of our house are infected. :-( Come pay day when I can afford another round of ortho, you know where I'll be. |
Copper Canyon Daisies. And as others have said -- Lantana horrida, Cigar Plant, and Esperanza. Carla in Rowlett |
Blackfoot daisy...minimal care, getting full sun from about 8 am on and reflected heat from the concrete pool deck. They've bushed out considerably and created a full, low bush of white flowers that have bloomed since March...about when I first planted them. They're still going gangbusters! Too much care and water, however, is NOT what they need, so should be planted with like-minded plants. |
- Posted by mikeandbarb z8 D/FW (email@example.com) on Fri, Aug 17, 07 at 19:08
Rock rose and Brazilian rock rose these bloom their heads off and can be in the ground or in container's. My problem has been to much rain this year with little sun in the spring and most of June and July. |
- Posted by stitches216 8/9 Hou-Galv (My Page) on Fri, Aug 17, 07 at 19:19
Mexican zinnias - now, if only I can remember to add some of them to OUR gardens! |
Here is a link that might be useful: Frank Henning article
- Posted by west_texas_peg z7b TX (My Page) on Wed, Aug 22, 07 at 1:05
My gardens are quite busy with lots of butterflies and hummingbirds....I have blooming at this time: 4 Lantana horrida, several Rock Roses, numerous Lady in Red Salvia and Coral Nymph Salvia, 3 New Gold Lantana, a Miss Huff Lantana, a Lucky Yellow Lantana, a Lucky Peach Lantana, a Dallas Red Lantana, 2 Silver Mound Lantana, 2 Orange Cosmos, many Zinnas, 2 Flame Acanthus, several sunflowers of various sizes, Gaura is covered in buds about to open, Zephyranthes citrina, Zephyranthes drummondii, Fairy Rain Lilies, Peach colored rain lilies, LOTS of May Night Salvia, numerous cannas, Lavender Trailing Lantana, a dozen or so Russian Sage, Cardinal Climber vines, Belinda's Dream rose, Don Juan Rose (red), Dill, chocolate mint, spearmint, 3 Arapaho Crepe Myrtle, 2 Japonica Kerria, Caryopteris Blue beard, Amaranthus, crocosmia, tropical hibiscus, passionvine, Purple Heart, Spiderwort, lirope, Rhodophiala bifada-Oxblood Lilies, Tuscarora Crepe Myrtle, Natchez Crepe Myrtle, several light pink Crepe Myrtles that are at least 48 years old, 3 Vitex trees, Queen's Wreath, Noah's Morning Glory, Pink Oleander, Summer Poinsetta, White Marigold, Yellow milkweed, comfrey, lots of tomato plants, pepper plant, squash vines, watermelon vines, Black & Blue Salvia, a J.C. Harvey crinum just finished blooming and Esperanza. |
- Posted by cweathersby NE TX 7b/8a (My Page) on Wed, Aug 22, 07 at 21:49
Roses, roses, roses. They are about the only thing that I am really enjoying right now. Of course some of them have blooms that don't survive the sun, but if you do your homework you can find ones that don't. Salvias of course. My favorites are the blue ones and the lipstick ones. |
my yellow/orange bird of paradise, bulbine, penta, and of course the butterfly weed, and the butterfly bush,the four o'clocks, meyers lemon and the rosemary and the salvia and cosmos, just about everything that is still blooming is attracting them this year!!! (the lemon and the rosemary aren't blooming now, but they do still hang around them a lot |
My first pick would be blackfoot daisy - first to bloom in the spring and goes straight through to fall without missing a beat. New to me this year, and just as steady at blooming are rock rose and hardy ageratum. They've never been without blooms since I planted them in April. A new-to-me vine is butterfly vine, which is doing great too. Carol |
- Posted by brookfield(email@example.com) onMon, Apr 11, 11 at 12:16
I have read w/interest the flowers/plants listed in the messages. I live in Port Isabel, TX, sorry haven't figured out the zone yet. We get not only excessive heat, but also, high winds, salt air and drought conditions. Will most of the plants listed do well down here? Also it looks like most are started by seed, I know many will reseed themselves, are the others perrenials? I need help! |
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Mountain View is a 3 bedroom chalet style house with two baths. The
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One bedroom (queen bed)and a 3/4 bath is located on the first floor
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The second floor master bedroom (king bed)with a skylight for star
gazing has a private deck. Also on the second floor is a small
bedroom with bunkbeds and a full bathroom.
Mountain View is secluded high on a hilltop in the balsam woods of
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Mountain View is ideal for two couples to share, with a bedroom on
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There were 4 of us and the dog and we had a fantastic vacation. The house was perfect, clean and in a great location. A diswasher would have been nice, but other than that- great place and we'll be back
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- Brothers Nic Cester and Chris Cester grew up in Dingley Village, a suburb just out of Melbourne, Victoria listening to classic rock from the 1960s and 1970s such as The Who, AC/DC, The Easybeats, Faces, The Loved Ones and particularly The Rolling Stones and The Beatles
- However, according to Nic, it was Australian band You Am I who had the biggest influence on Jet's developing musical tastes
- They decided to form a band with Cameron Muncey, Nic's friend from school and with whom he had been in a band, and with bassist Doug Armstrong whom Nic and Chris met while working together at their Dad's spice factory
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I heard this board is similar in some respects to the technology of the Burton nug, in that the contact points are extended. If so, it allows the rider to choose a shorter board. Is that true of the WWW? Thanks, Joel
Yeah definitely, I bought a 156 WWW wide last year I'm 6'2 and this board responds quick and keeps me afloat in powder, great board and you would want it a bit shorter than you may be use to.
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Linear Expands Recall of Personal Emergency Reporting
System Transmitters Due to Battery Signal Failure
The batteries used in the transmitters can fail to emit a low battery warning, leading the user to believe the transmitter is functioning, and not generate a warning. The recall includes model numbers DXS-62A (black wristband and a gray pendant), DXS-62A1 (ivory plastic belt clip pendant) and DXS-64 (gray plastic pendant with a green circle in the center) which all have batteries that are sealed into the products. The manufactured date range of the recalled products is from June 2008 through April 2011 written as a date code. For example, the date code MD1105 represents YYMM format or a manufacture date of May 2011. The date code, model number, Linear LLC and other information are found on the back of the transmitter. The units retailed for about $45.
Consumers should immediately contact Linear for a free replacement. Contact the company toll-free at (855) 554-2384 from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., ET. Monday through Friday or online at www.linear-pers.com and click on Recalls for more information.
This recall effects about 175,000 units, in addition to 48,000 units previously recalled in December 2013.
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Reebok is recalling the Reebok TCPRE Senior and Junior Goalie Throat Collars
Athletes who play hockey should know that these collars have been decertified by BNQ in Canada, due to the risk that a skate blade could penetrate the collar, posing a laceration hazard to the throat. The recalled Reebok TCPRE Senior (SR) and Junior (JR) Goalie Throat Collars are black with white trim and the word "Reebok" is embroidered at the base of the collar. They have the BNQ certification mark screen printed and the words "Ballistic Nylon Ballistique," "TCPRE SR or JR" and sizing information on the right side of the collar base. Affected products have the model number K101SR TCPRE or K101JR TCPRE located on the label sewn on the inside of each throat collar pad and on the outside of a polybag in which the product may have been sold at retail stores. The products were sold from April 2012 through May 2014 for about $40 to $50.
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WoW Moviewatch: Rise of Illidan Stormrage
Today we bring you an similar piece that Sylvictus put together for The Burning Crusade, about Illidan's journey from down-in-the-dumps reject brother to the most powerful evil person in Outland, lord of mish-mashed groups of villians and misfits who really aren't as loyal to him as they seem. It doesn't actually begin from the real beginning of Illidan story -- you'll have to go to the Warcraft prequel novels to get that, but as far as the official in-game lore is concerned, this is real deal. Also keep in mind that the end isn't really the end for Illidan here. Illidan, too, is capable of doing a corpse run, and has acquired plenty of prime real estate in Outland to come home to. For those who are interested, the trailer for Blizzard's "Black Temple" patch also touched on Illidan's story, this time from the draenei Akama's point of view. It doesn't include Illidan's conflict with Arthas, but it sets the stage for the progression of the story within WoW.
So if you've been playing The Burning Crusade all this time and wondering what the deal was with the big blind guy with horns and wings, here's the story of Illidan Stormrage straight from Warcraft 3.
Previously on WoW Moviewatch...
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From the Bible to the Quaraan, the fortieth day symbolizes the last moment before deliverance, a moment in time when a supplicant or prophet or stormbeaten passenger knows there is no state ŌĆ£after,ŌĆØ but finally accepts the present state as a permanent one.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (241 votes).
In short: Probably one of the most beautiful runs in the country but needs to be better organisedIn full: Stunning scenery make this a gorgeous run, especially when the wind has your back! The views alone make this one of my favourite runs.However... Expensive entry fee for what you get though (I think a T-shirt should be par when the entry is £30 - goody bag was 2 leaflets in a bag). Lots of bottle-necks make PBs testing unless you're superfast and ahead of the pack. Incorrect route measurement (extra 0.5 mile) is shameful for an established event such as this.Really nice medals this year. Thanks.Date of review: February 19, 2012
In short: Poor layout - zero loos - all local ones closed - youth races rushed and not secure despite wrist bands - a pb course that they measured wrong and long - very expensive for adults for very littleDate of review: February 19, 2012
In short: They got the distance wrong!!!In full: The start was poorly organised and shambolic, but I could live with that. What is unforgivable was that they measured the course wrong, robbing me and loads of others of their personal best. This could be such a good race, but I am not ever going back. I am absolutely fuming. Come on.. I mean, measuring the course wrong by almost half a mile? Would you go back? The organisers already have form for this... 2011 was too short!! Sorry guys. You should have made sure this year. Date of review: February 19, 2012
In short: Credit crunch service for top dollar costIn full: Hmmm, beautiful weather and I love running in Brighton but the start was lacking in atmosphere, amateur PA. I think they're really trying to milk it without outting in the organisational effort/investment. I booked so long ago that I forgot it was £29, which is a lot for not a lot. The fact that they were still appealing for volunteer marshalls the night before the race speaks volumes. The extra distance is truly unforgiveable. For evidence of how to organise a large race [to which the organisers aspire] they need to look at places like Reading. All things can be resolved with investment [toilets can be brought in]. I didn't even know there was [not that I wanted it havng read about it] a 'goody' bag!! The run was lovely, the crowds lovely, the organisers were amateurs.'Nuff saidDate of review: February 19, 2012
In short: Great race normally - Organisers overstretched themselves this yearIn full: This is the 4th time I've run this race, 2010 was terrible, 2011 was excellent but today's was a return to the organisational frailties that dogged the 2010 run. The course was overmeasured by about 1/3 mile (500m), the baggage area was poorly managed and too far away, in fact it was in the area most people use for warm-up, the toilets were insufficent for the numbers on the day and the goody bag idea - well this should have been ignored, great medal though. I think this year the organisers wanted to have a bigger race and this overstretched their resources, hopefully next year they'll reduce the size of the event and it will be more successful, not sure that I'll run it though - depends what the organisers say about their performance this year.Date of review: February 19, 2012
In short: Thought I was going madIn full: Thought my Garmin was having a funny turn when the miles started getting out of sync. Twisted my ankle at mile 5 due to a runner discarding a bottle in front of me and had to play catch up to try my hardest to make up the lost time and achieve my goal of cracking 1.40 for the first time ever. Seeing as I ended up at 1.40.52 for 13.5 miles, I suppose I can say that I did it, although the kudos of sub 1.40 being recorded as my finish time will now not happen. Completely mystified that the organisers can measure a course so inaccurately and that so many runners were left wondering at the end of what should have been a great finish. Date of review: February 19, 2012
In short: A PB so happy!In full: Goody bag wasn't great but it is a charity race so would rather forego the bag! Water and a banana is fine! If it is over measured that's disappointing as I would have smashed pb by more!Date of review: February 19, 2012
In short: Beautiful scenery In full: Having read other reviews I now realise my gps wasn't wrong and we did run further than thought which makes me feel much better about my time. Beautiful scenery but felt the rest of the race was a disappointment. The goody bag at the end was pointless; nothing in it! I also felt totally discouraged with the course which just seemed endless in either direction. When it narrowed, it became very busy and a struggle to get past people. Perhaps they could try funneling at the beginning if they want to continue have larger numbers of runners. Beautiful run but otherwise, big disappointment, and no t-shirt! For £30+ I felt it lacked a lot.Date of review: February 19, 2012
In full: Beautiful course and very friendly enthusiastic volunteers. However I was slightly disappointed at missing out on my pb. At first I was convinced that I just did a lot of weaving in and out of people, but on reading these reviews, I realise that the course was probably a third of a mile too long! I just hope the full Brighton marathon is measured correctly as I don't think any extra mileage will be needed there! I still enjoyed the day anyway, and still think Brighton is a great place to run!Date of review: February 19, 2012
In short: 13.59 miles - hope they're not measuring the Olympic Course! In full: I've run the BHM for the past two years and really enjoyed it. That was until this year and their unforgiveable under measurement of the course. The measurement between 3-4 miles was just as poor as between 4-5 miles when they'd added c. 350 metres up to the U-turn.The goody bag was an insult too, but thanks to the volunteers who gave their time.Unlikely I'll be back for a few years until they sort out the goody bag and their measurements!Date of review: February 19, 2012


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After the news of Lou Reed's death circulated on Sunday, a whole lot of bands worked one of his songs into their setlists over the next few weeks. We're only seeing the footage now, but past Reed collaborators the Killers played a hometown show in Las Vegas, at the Life Is Beautiful Festival, on Sunday night. During their set, Brandon Flowers admitted that the band was attempting to rip Reed off when they wrote "All These Things That I've Done," and they played a somewhat leaden cover of the Velvet Underground's "Pale Blue Eyes." Watch a fan-made video below.
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In a bizarre, Gilded Age II way, Pelican Hill breaks down an American class barrier that is seldom acknowledged--between the very well off and the very rich. Both Pelican Hill courses are an attempt to make you feel like a Goldman Sachs vice president or a Fortune 500 CEO for a day. The Pelican mood is Southern California relaxed and public-course friendly. Nobody's more a "member" than you. It's not pretentious. But it's regal.
Before you get too excited, I should address one blunt question: Is Ocean South in the same class--as a pure test of golf--as some of the famous courses mentioned earlier?No. It's too short at 6,634 yards from the tips (and either 6,274 or 5,855 yards from the sensible amateur tees). Ocean South isn't terribly hard if you are "take dead aim" accurate off the tee with a one-iron or a three-wood. In fact, the course has nine holes that can be reached in regulation from the championship tees without ever hitting a shot more than 175 yards.
However, on the heart-rate chart, I can count on my fingers the courses that have gotten me more consistently excited by the sights, and the shots, that lay in front of me.
Perhaps Ocean South is the average player's idea of ultimate golf pleasure because the scenery, variety and surprise are a ten plus; and your best shot is just good enough to pass muster. Who needs to be kicked out of bed by Madonna when Meg Ryan thinks you're just her kind of guy?
Pelican Hill's Ocean North course is the newer, longer and, at 6,856 yards, the more pro-oriented layout. Wonderful as it is, Ocean North has an odd problem. Built atop the headlands in a Scottish-links style, it may have too many hypnotic 180-degree Pacific panoramas. Many holes have a similar feel. As you gaze at whole cities--including Newport Beach and Huntington Beach--as they spread north toward L.A., you think, Which hole am I on?Did I play this one before?
By contrast, Ocean South feels like a mad-botanist's maze, with winding cart paths through primordial vegetation. You feel lost. Suddenly the next hole erupts before you--usually shockingly different from anything before it. When the huge views arrive, they almost attack you.
The front nine cascades through forests, over canyons and along the Pacific. On the back nine, the eleventh and the thirteenth--the latter a short par three with two separate, tiny greens surrounded by more trouble than Dennis Rodman--have vast homes backed shoulder to shoulder. It would be tempting to satirize them as row mansions, but they're too beautiful to mock.


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Between State of Decay, Battleblock Theater/Theatre and Ascend: New Gods, I'm not sure I'm going to have time to play anything that isn't an Xbox Live Arcade game this year - and that's before you consider 505's port of Re-Logic's Terraria, which launches today. It's an enormous 2D world builder, comparable to Minecraft in terms of the editing tools and multiplayer, but with a far more extensive combat and dungeon-crawling side.
We've taken receipt of review code, but it'll take us a while to lay a verdict on this one. Rome wasn't built in a day - and Rome, don't forget, wasn't chock-a-block with hideous flying eyeballs. I do, however, have a few starting tips to share from my time with the preview code, bolstered by insights from the gentlemen and lady editors of the magnificent Terraria PC wiki. If you've just taken the plunge, consider what follows essential reading.
Build a shelter
Like Minecraft, Terraria follows a day-night cycle. Also like Minecraft, monsters spawn in greater quantities at night. Accordingly, your first act once you've set foot on a virgin world should be to throw together a shelter. This can be as simple as a hole in the ground with a lid on it, but the righteous will want to build themselves a house - specifically, a 7x6 block chamber with background walls, a torch, a table and a chair. Oh, and you'll probably want to include a door. They can be useful.
Fortunately, the starting equipment includes a Copper Pickaxe and a Copper Axe, and the basic materials are easy to find - you'll need a decent supply of wood from nearby forests, plus gel for the torch which can be obtained by killing garden variety slimes. Don't forget the background walls, as they'll stop monsters spawning inside your crib, and try to build on open terrain, as you'll need to expand your base later to accommodate NPCs.
While you're striking the firmament and building a new Eden, take a moment or two to experiment with Terraria Xbox 360's overhauled controls. The default option ties the reticule in front of your character - you can aim it with right stick as you would the crosshair in a side-scrolling shooter, which makes for speedier resource gatheration. Usefully, the cursor auto-highlights the next object in a group while mining. Click the stick, and you'll be able to wield the reticule as you would a mouse cursor, which is ideal when moving and placing items during construction.
Get yourself a bow
Got a little wood to spare, after erecting yourself a shack? Bolt together a work bench, the most elementary of Terraria's crafting stations, and assemble a wooden bow and some arrows. That Copper Sword you're carrying isn't particularly deadly, so fighting at range is definitely the right way to go about combat early on. One simple but effective trick when defending a dwelling is to dig pits around, or even within, your house - zombies can only jump so high, and once they've fallen into your trap you can pick them off at your leisure.
Start gathering resources
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"Pennsylvania judge Mark Ciavarella Jr. has been sentenced to almost three decades in jail after conspiring with private prisons to trade kids for cash." |
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Hope he never gets paroled... |
prisons for profit, schools for profit, hospitals for profit........some things simply should not be about making money. |
In a just world with ethics and integrity, this wouldn't happen. |
Gee stuff like this can't happen! |
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- Posted by sleeplessinftwayne z4-5 IND (My Page) on Fri, Jun 14, 13 at 14:31
I read about this when he was charged. He must have destroyed the lives of many of those young people. I hope he doesn't ever get out and lost everything he has. What has happened to the people who must have conspired with him at the PA Child Care and Western PA Child Care detention centers. or did they have any responsibility? |
- Posted by fouquieria 10b (My Page) on Fri, Jun 14, 13 at 14:48
That article dealt mostly with the one judge. The other judge plead guilty. I think the one who plead guilty received less than eight years. The owner of the for-profit juvenile detention facility received minimum sentencing for his cooperation. The judge who fought deserves his 28 years. -Ron- |
I read or heard about this judge quite awhile ago. I hope he is miserable for every minute of every day as he serves out his sentence. If I believed in hell, I would be certain there was a space reserved in his name. I dont understand how people can do this sort of thing and continue to look at themselves in the mirror every day. What is it that they tell themselves that makes them O.K. with themselves? |
I don't understand it, either. How can anyone trade lives for cash? Greed is truly a destructive force. Without integrity, what is our Justice system? I'm glad this corrupt judge got his just due. |
Those who passed the legislation which resulted in children being jailed for profit should be prosecuted. There should be accountability. |
When you consider the lives damaged and destroyed 28 years is hardly enough and the other judge? Life without parole. But I also think Ninamarie has a point-who started the ball rolling and who ignored it for so many years? Why? There should be accountability. |
- Posted by duluthinbloomz4 zone 4a (My Page) on Sat, Jun 15, 13 at 16:15
Why don't they go after the builder of these facilities who gave bribes to fill facility spots? The usually unidentified participant in the "kids for cash" scheme is Robert Mericle - builder of the PA and Western PA Child Care juvenile detention centers where these unfortunate children were sent denying them their constitutional rights. |
What a horrible creature. I agree with patriciae...life without parole. |
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Cleveland could not have picked a tougher way to start to the volleyball season.
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"We knew coming into this game Ooltewah was better than us, and we know we are young and have a long way to go. What people don't know or have seen is how far we have come," said Lady Raiders coach Trish Flowers.
Flowers saw growth in the loss from a team that carries only two seniors with only one senior, Kayla Lee, on the court thanks to an injury to teammate Addie Strode, who hopes to return as quickly as possible to the lineup.
"We had great body language tonight. We picked up balls we weren't picking up this summer and we were blocking a lot better. Ooltewah is aggressive and we have got to learn from teams that are better than us," said Flowers.
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The Lady Raiders fell behind early in all three games and never seriously contended in the first two matches. Ooltewah led 14-6 at one point in game one, and built a 22-10 margin before closing out the win.
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"In the third game we had a run. We started picking it up and communicating on the court. I told them they have to stop waiting until they have nothing to lose to do that. They have to start doing it from the beginning," said Flowers.
"They are a big team but I don't think our girls were afraid of them. There was a day when we were, but we are over that. They are just a better team than we are."
There is little time for the Lady Raiders to worry about Tuesday's loss. Cleveland makes a quick turnaround today and will play their second district game in as many days, this time against the always-strong Lady Mustangs in "The Stable."
"We play Walker Valley tomorrow, and we don't have a practice in between. We have to be ready to go," said Flowers.
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I was reminded of real fear at the weekend.
My heart hammered, and when I wasn't gasping and praying, I was biting my lower lip. Sweat broke out as I immediately overheated and my knees quivered. All those classic responses to fright. Mother's fright. The worst kind.
Swimming lessons. My six year old DD who is short enough to pass for a four year old. Climbing up the ladder of a 12 foot diving board. Stopping at the top. Looking around with her little hands clasped in front of her as if in prayer. Spotting me, waving and stepping off the end of the board into the deep end.
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- Rene said...
My kids are like that too. They have no fear. I don't remember ever being like that. While I'm a nervous wreck when they do these things, I hope they maintain their courage as they reach adulthood.
- 11:14 pm
- Kelley said...
OMG! I dread those days. My little girl has no fear now at two, I cant imagine how she will be at 6. Kids are so great, arent they?
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- Bailey Stewart said...
Another step in the road to adulthood - that's scary in itself. Just take deep cleansing breaths.
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- Peggy said...
I think I would have fainted. But good on your dd to master it and then do it again.
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- Toni Anderson said...
I thought I might cry. Not sure if it was from fear or pride. This little mite way up there as if it were normal. I'd have been crawling on my hands and knees.
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- Meretta said...
Mom's are the best for imagining the worst. We should get medals for our overactive imaginations. YAY DD, despite her mum's trepidations!
- 11:43 am
Well done dd - you should show her how it's done from the top board! I'm embarking on the life guard course in the next couple of weeks, just to support the swimming instructing (in case I drown one of my little angels ;-)) Help!
- 11:51 am
- Toni Anderson said...
Deb, I didn't want to empty to pool--or cry like a...well like a girl!!
She's doing great--much better than me :) - 11:54 am
- Brandy said...
Agghhh! My worst fear. Not being able to control the safety of my kids. Way to go on letting your DD do it!!!! Now, now that the anxiety is passed you need CHOCOLATE! j/k.
- 12:17 pm
- Melissa Marsh said...
Oh boy. I am not looking forward to those swim lessons. I can't swim myself so my fear will be doubly so, I imagine.
- 12:40 pm
- Dennie McDonald said...
nope sorry - cannot do that.. that would be a dad job -
my dad used to have a pool, one day we go over there I was 7 or 8 mo.s preggers and heir runs through the house and straight into the pool - I pulled him out by his hair then had to sit still for a very long time while hubby guarded the door so he couldn't do it again! - 1:24 pm
- Scott said...
I get the same fear watching my two year old walking up and down stairs, and refusing violently to accept my help.
- 2:09 pm
- Toni Anderson said...
I have to tell you Scott--it isn't the same fear. You'll get there one day though, I'm sure, or maybe have experienced it with Jackson. Teetering on the edge of the board SO high up! Feeling totally helpless and terrified. Man oh man.
Dennie--my kids are like that. Love the water and throw themselves in. The neighbors have a pool and I get a bit freaked out they'll get over there and jump in without me knowing. Sheesh. Swimming lessons swimming lessons swimming lessons. We haven't stopped since we lived in Oz and I think it pays off, even if I'm going grey! - 4:59 pm
- Nick Zegarac said...
Fear of the water - yep, sign me up. I don't even like to go out with a life jacket and rubber ducky. * I'm kidding.
- 5:41 pm
- Toni Anderson said...
Hello Nick :) My current hero has a fear of water. Makes for an interesting twist when you stick him next to the ocean.
- 6:44 pm
- Janice (5 Minutes for Mom) said...
AACH! that picture is so scary when you read your post!
my son is so cautious though - i don't know if he will ever go in the deep end(he is 4 now.) - 10:49 pm
- Toni Anderson said...
Janice--that is a good thing!! At least you can trust them a little bit more!!
- 8:42 am