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How Midwest Farms ended up in Kit Carson County in the first place depends on whom you talk to.
The county, which is bisected by I-70 and shares an eastern border with Sherman County in Kansas, has always relied on agriculture to pay the bills. Recent attempts to bring in other businesses resulted in two notable proposals: one for a new federal prison and another for a huge trash incinerator. Community opposition killed both projects, and locals still bring a healthy dose of skepticism to new economic-development ventures.
Midwest Farms Inc. couldn't feel more different about its plans for growth. The private company, which is based in Wisconsin, operates hog-producing facilities in Oklahoma, Nebraska and South Dakota. Together the facilities are home to about 20,000 sows. Owner Ronald Houser also heads Midwest Security Insurance Co. of Wisconsin.
Despite the considerable size of his hog operations, Houser has calculated that he could do better, and he has recently looked to expand. The first site Midwest Farms settled on, early last year, was in Sherman County. The company wanted a home midway between its South Dakota and Oklahoma operations, Houser explained.
Kansas had an anti-corporate-farming statute for nearly twenty years, which specifically prohibited large companies from owning hog and dairy farms. But last year corporate hog companies got a break when the state liberalized the law, permitting individual county commissions to accept or reject the large farms.
As a sort of pressure valve, however, the lawmakers also allowed for a commission's decision to be overridden by county voters. On November 8 Sherman's residents did just that, voting 2-1 not to allow Midwest in. The next day, says Mayor Hudler, Midwest arrived in Burlington.
Apart from the obvious reasons--the short move west presented a relatively minor change in plans for the company--it is unclear exactly how Midwest settled on Kit Carson County. "We were invited to come here by the local economic people," says Bowker.
"That's news to me," says Jo Downey of the East-Central Council of Local Governments, which oversees economic development for Kit Carson County. "We've never had any direct or indirect contact with anybody with the hogs."
Regardless, Kit Carson County made sense for Midwest. "We came here because of the terrain, the weather, the people, the agricultural mentality," explains Bowker. "Plus, Colorado is not anti-corporate farming."
Another reason, left unspoken, is Kit Carson's regulatory environment. Specifically, there isn't much of one. The county has no health department--it shares a state inspector with several other plains counties over a huge geographical area--and there is no zoning. "Even if we wanted to make them go away," Mayor Hudler points out, "we couldn't."
And not everyone wants giant hog farms to take their business elsewhere. Cross the county's northern border into Yuma County, and it is easy to find supporters.
Jack Adams is the manager for the Washington-Yuma Water District, which sets water policy for the area. A 32-year resident of the area, Adams says the hog farms have lit an economic fire in the county. "You bet we're doing better," he says. "You could call any merchant in Yuma and ask them, and none of 'em have a problem with hog farming."
Yuma city manager Jim Drinkhouse couldn't agree more. "From 1989 to 1993, our sales tax was fairly constant--you could about bank on it," he says. "Then, this past year we had a 15 to 20 percent sales-tax increase. I suppose we can't prove it's the hog facilities. But it would be nothing else."
Yuma is in the process of planning a new recreation center with the increased revenue, Drinkhouse says. Also, he says, "we've got about four or five housing starts directly attributable to the hog operations. We're normally lucky to get one or two. So we're experiencing a little bit of a boom here."
The hog farms, he concludes, "are a hell of a business."
Yuma's success has not escaped the notice of Kit Carson County. Most alluring is that Midwest's proposal would provide 200 jobs. That offers a solution to one of Kit Carson's most vexing problems.
Last year the number of students in the Burlington school district dropped by thirty, bringing the district's population to the lowest it has been in ten years. "People my age just aren't staying around," says Mike Hendricks, a 35-year-old city councilman.
"There were no layoffs this year," adds Superintendent Red Mosier. "But if we keep losing students, then we're going to be reducing staff."
Not in Yuma's schools, where, says Superintendent Wayne Brown, this year marked the first time in a decade that his student body didn't shrink. He says he expects to add students as the hog farms expand.
"You make dang sure that I come across as being in favor of these things," says Brown. "I wouldn't have it any other way."
On a recent, unseasonably warm winter day, Mike Hendricks was stopped by a Colorado State Patrol roadblock on the western edge of Burlington. The troopers were making sure everyone's registrations and licenses were in order.
Hendricks is third-generation to the area. As the local mortician, his grandfather prepared the residents of Seibert, which is thirty miles west of Burlington, for a life after farming. Mike's father grew up outside Burlington working as a farmer. When Mike was ten the family moved into the city and his dad began selling real estate.


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There is some point, usually around the middle of the second OT but almost always by the fifth intermission, that every long playoff overtime turns into a spectacle of pain. By the time the Rangers and the Capitals had played a hundred minutes of hockey on Wednesday night, the broadcast had taken on a wee bit of a torture-porn tinge. There were endless close-ups of Brian Boyle's split chin, Mike Knuble's oozing forehead, and Dan Girardi's bloody jersey. There were lingering shots of exhausted players bent over on the bench, overlaid by recitations of the body-punishing numbers: forty minutes of ice time! Eighty-one blocked shots! ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE HITS!! There were commentators enumerating the invisible sufferings, from potassium depletion to lactic acid accumulation, while eagerly looking for evidence of oxygen tanks and IV fluids. At some point in infinite overtime, the major point of interest in a hockey game switches from a minute cataloging of plays to a minute cataloging of suffering.
Playoff OT is one of the most obvious examples of one of the most uncomfortable aspects of hockey watching: its vampirism. Hockey fans love blood. Sure, there are nicer euphemisms and pretty excuses, but eventually one must face the fact. There's a reason that the reason the camera takes so many close ups of ruby puddles on the ice and rusty smears down the front of jerseys, and it's not just because red's a pretty color. It's because we like to see people bleeding. Because blood is a symbol of pain, and yes, we like to see pain.
Told you it was uncomfortable. Are you uncomfortable? I know I am. But bear with me; it gets better.
Fans vary in their tolerance for pain-watching, but everyone likes a certain amount of it. There are people who applaud high hits while being outraged at slew-foots, people who admire a good slamming against the glass while roundly condemning a trip into it. Some people love the risk inherent in fighting while being appalled at that inherent in touch-icing, others feel the exact opposite. The variant lines between enjoyable violence and abhorrent violence are as many as there are people who play and watch the game, but there is always some kind of suffering of the 'enjoyable' side. We all like some pain in our hockey, we differ only as to the degree and variety we prefer.
Is this wrong? If it were pretty much anything else in life, it would probably be wrong. I mean, I don't want to go out on a limb here, but I figure if I went out on the street and asked twenty random people if it was wrong on principle to enjoy real-life violence, nineteen would say yes and the twentieth would kind of go ummmm… and look at the sky noncommittally. There's not a lot of things modern North Americans agree on uniformly, but 'violence is bad' is pretty much as close as we get.
Our condemnation of violence in virtually every form is an outgrowth of the belief that pain is something which should always be avoided, minimized, and outright stopped if possible. Modern people don't endure very much pain- between the safety of our lives and advancements in medicine, we've excised (almost) anything much worse than a headache from ordinary experience. Whereas people a century ago would suffer through years feeling the teeth rot out of their heads and tumors grow inside their bodies, the experience of pain is largely foreign to contemporary everyday life. And, for the most part, we are extremely grateful for that.
But there is such a thing as good pain. There's not a lot of it left in Western society, but childbirth is a good example: some women hate that pain purely but there are many who find it transformative and life-affirming, so much so that they will voluntarily refuse available painkillers. Religion is another notable case: for many centuries Christian monks would beat themselves in order to come closer to God, and even today certain regional Hindu and Buddhist rituals involve tests of pain- hooks through the skin, coals under the feet. Ascetic practices such as fasting, arduous pilgrimage, and sensory deprivation are still fixtures of many spiritual traditions the world over. In every case, believers actively seek suffering out in order to humble the ego, discipline the body, and transcend the material world.
Sports, also, are one of the last remaining bastions of good pain. Even ordinary people will work out until they hurt and beyond, forcing out one last rep, one last mile, despite screaming muscles and burning lungs. People quite happily choose to run until their toes turn black and their nipples bleed- 'nuff said.
Despite all our anesthetics, despite our ever-increasing pacifism, we still sometimes choose against comfort and ease, because many of the best human qualities only emerge from the most difficult experiences. Without suffering, there is no endurance. Without danger, there is no bravery. Without risk, there is no courage. Without pain, there is no strength. There must always be some awfulness in the world just so that we can go through it and come out tougher, braver, stronger on the other side.
Hockey is one of those things. It is a site of socially-approved pain and suffering. People play hockey, in part, to test the limits of how much they can take and maybe push those limits a little further than ordinary life ever could. People watch hockey for the vicarious thrill of seeing other people push the limits even further. To be a professional hockey player requires facing extraordinary levels of danger and pain, far more than a normal person would tolerate, and because of that it shows us character studies of people with the highest levels of stoicism and determination. We enjoy the pain elements of hockey not because we like to watch people suffer but because we like to watch people overcome suffering, battle through a long war of attrition and come out on the other side scarred and grinning. Once upon a time we made gladiators fight to the death; now we just make them fight to the pain.
There is an ugly side to this. Hockey culture's zealous admiration for people who play through pain and injury can sometimes curdle into a contempt for those who cannot. Even though everyone rationally understands that there are some injuries that one cannot transcend through sheer force of will, 'fragile' is still used as an insult, as though it were a character flaw. A player who is done in by an injury may often be thought of as weak rather than simply unfortunate. That aspect of our admiration for toughness has to go, especially in this brave new world of concussion-awareness we're now living in.
But, as we move forward with the ensafening of the game, trying to weed out head-hits the way we once weeded out stick-duels and bench-clearing-brawls, we should also remember that the goal is not perfect safety. It's not the removal of all suffering. We are having a very lively and necessary debate these days about the forms of violence, injury, and risk hockey can no longer tolerate, but there is a opposite conversation that is just as necessary: What sort of violence can we tolerate? What kinds of injuries are okay? What is the acceptable level of risk? If we have a discussion about the importance of safety without having an an equally honest discussion about the importance of danger, we might unintentionally end up purging the game of many of the extraordinary qualities it has long cultivated in players and, by extension, in fans.
So what are forms of good pain in hockey? If the gleeful vampirism of Wednesday night's triple-overtime broadcast is an accurate measure, than dehydration, exhaustion, missing teeth, and facial lacerations are among them. What else is?


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2014-2015 Lecture Series
Steven Pinker is the Johnston Family Professor in the Department of Psychology, and the author of "The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century."
Jill Abramson is Visiting Lecturer in the Department of English and Former Executive Editor of The New York Times.
Samuel Moulton is Director of Educational Research and Assessment at the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching.
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In Powers of Two, Joshua Wolf Shenk weaves together the lives of scores of creative duos—from John Lennon and Paul McCartney to Marie and Pierre Curie to Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak—to build an argument for the social foundations of creativity and the pair as its primary embodiment.
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Science writer Marc Abrahams is founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes, which annually honor unusual and hilarious scientific achievements. He is editor of the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research; a columnist for The Guardian newspaper; and author of the books This is Improbable: Cheese String Theory, Magnetic Chickens, and Other WTF Research and This is Improbable Too: Synchronized Cows, Speedy Brain Extractors and More WTF Research.
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Literary agents Rebecca Podos (Rees Literary Agency), Katherine Flynn (Kneerim, Williams & Bloom), and Esmond Harmsworth (Zachary, Shuster, Harmsworth) discuss what it takes to get your work published.
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2013-2014 Lecture Series
Harvard's first-ever literary festival! Join us for three extraordinary days of readings and panels with writers such as Margaret Atwood, Jamaica Kincaid, Jorie Graham, Amy Hempel, and Bret Anthony Johnson. Learn craft, with workshops on spoken-word, fiction, metaphor, and poetry. Reimagine the book and its futures with Harvard's digital humanists and panelists from The Atlantic and New York Times Book Review.
All events are free and open to the public.
For more information, please visit litfest.fas.harvard.edu
After a 25-year friendship that began in Harvard Yard, Scott Stossel and Ben Mezrich have something new in common. They have both written bestselling books. Please join us for a conversation with Stossel, the editor of The Atlantic and the author of My Age of Anxiety, and Mezrich, author of twelve books including The Accidental Billionaires (which was the basis for the film The Social Network) and the forthcoming Seven Wonders. They will discuss the choices they have made as writers and their very different paths to success.
Please join us as Boston's preeminent food anthropologist, Merry "Corky" White, discusses the dietary history of Roman orgies, her own experiences cooking for crowds, and the joys of writing about food.
Merry "Corky" White is a professor in the anthropology department at Boston University, a researcher at the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard, and 2013 recipient of The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, which the Japanese Consulate conferred upon her "in recognition of her significant contributions to the development of Japanese studies and the introduction of Japanese culture in the United States of America." She is the author of several books, including Perfectly Japanese: Making Families in an Era of Upheaval, Coffee Life in Japan and Cooking for Crowds.
Please join us for a discussion with Joshua Greene, author of Moral Tribes, about how our brains turn Me into Us, but turn Us against Them, and what we can do about it.
Joshua D. Greene is the John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences and the director of the Moral Cognition Laboratory in the Department of Psychology, Harvard University. He studies the psychology and neuroscience of morality, focusing on the interplay between emotion and reasoning in moral decision-making. His broader interests cluster around the intersection of philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience. He is the author of Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them (2013).
You are cordially invited to join in a conversation with 2010 Pulitzer Prize winner (and former Harvard College Writing Program faculty member) Paul Harding as he reads from his new novel Enon and discusses the craft of writing fiction.
Mr. Harding is the author of the novel Tinkers, which won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and the PEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship for Writers. He was a fiction fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and has taught at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Harvard University, and Grinnell College.
In their new book Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending, behavioral scientists Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton describe how even a little money can buy a lot of happiness—but only if we spend it the right way. Please join us for a talk by Michael Norton as he discusses the principles of turning cash into contentment.
Michael I. Norton is an associate professor and Marvin Bower Fellow at the Harvard Business School. His work has been published in several leading academic journals, including Science, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science, and the Journal of Consumer Research, and has been covered in media outlets such as the Economist, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. He has written op-eds for the New York Times, Forbes, and the Los Angeles Times. In 2012, he was selected for Wired magazine's Smart List as one of "50 People Who Will Change the World."
Harvard Book Store and the Harvard Writers at Work Lecture Series are pleased to welcome author ELIZABETH GREENSPAN as she discusses her new book, Battle For Ground Zero: Inside the Political Struggle To Rebuild the World Trade Center. As the iconic skyscraper 1 World Trade Center nears completion, Battle for Ground Zero tells an unforgettable story about our country's most contested piece of land. Dr. Greenspan is a faculty member in the Harvard College Writing Program. See a recent article of hers in the Atlantic Monthly here and more information about her book here. For Harvard Book Store's listing of the event, click here.
2012-2013 Lecture Series
A conversation with Junot Díaz
Monday, April 8, 5:00-6:30pm
Taylor Seminar Room, Nieman Foundation for Journalism, One Francis Ave.
Please join us for a conversation with Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, provocateur, science fiction enthusiast, and MacArthur "Genius Award" winner. Díaz is author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and This is How You Lose Her.
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Writing on War, a conversation with Finbarr O'Reilly and Thomas James Brennan
Monday, April 1, 6:00-7:30pm
Thompson Room, Barker Center
After years in different combat zones, photographer Finbarr O'Reilly and Sgt. T.J. Brennan ended up together in Afghanistan. Their bond, forged under fire, has been renewed as they each face the painful aftermath of combat back home. Sgt. Brennan has turned to writing in his quest to overcome post-traumatic stress disorder and is now a frequent contributor to the New York Times At War blog. O'Reilly uses his Nieman fellowship at Harvard to study psychology and the impact of trauma on mind and body. Both are now collaborating on a book telling their story of friendship, loss, struggle and recovery.
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A reading from The Carriage House by Louisa Hall
Monday, March 25, 7:30-8:30pm
Thompson Room, Barker Center
The Carraige House is the debut novel by Louisa Hall, whose poems have appeared in publications such as The New Republic, The Southwest Review, and Ellipsis. A 2004 graduate of Harvard College, she went on to play squash professionally for three years before writing The Carriage House.
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Out of Eden: the Walk
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism & National Geographic Magazine
Thursday, December 6, 7:00-8:30pm
Thompson Room, Barker Center
In January 2013, journalist Paul Salopek will start walking out of Africa, following the pathways of the first human migration about 60,000 years ago. Toting a small laptop and a satellite phone in his rucksack, Salopek will report on the major issues of our day — poverty, conflict, climate change, local innovations — from the ground level, living among the people he will cover from Ethiopia to Patagonia.
Salopek's HWW talk can be viewed here, and coverage of his journey can be found by visiting www.outofedenwalk.com.
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The Art of the Book Review: Three Book Review Editors in Conversation
Thursday, November 8, 5:30-7:00pm
Straus Common Room, Harvard Yard
Three distinguished editors discuss the art of book reviewing in America today. Nicole Lamy, Book Review Editor of the Boston Globe, Megan O'Grady, Books Editor for Vogue magazine, and Jennifer B. McDonald of the New York Times Book Review discuss the rewards and difficulties of their work at three of the country's most prestigious periodicals. Moderated by Christina Thompson, editor of Harvard Review.
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A talk by Steven Pinker, "The Sense of Style: Writing in the 21st Century"
Wednesday, November 7, 5:30-7:00pm
Sever Hall 113
Why do we find it so hard to convey our ideas when we write? And how can we learn to do it better? Harvard College Professor and award-winning author Steven Pinker suggests answers from the modern sciences of mind and language. Steven Pinker is an experimental psychologist and one of the world's foremost writers on language, mind, and human nature. His latest book is The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined.
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Fearless Journalism: Printing What Someone Else Does Not Want Printed
Wednesday, October 24, 7:30-9:00pm
Thompson Room, Barker Center
A conversation with Richard Parker, co-founder of Mother Jones and Senior Fellow of the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Writing to power, like speaking to power, is never easy. Not because it's hard to write, but because it's often hard to publish, and worse, harder still to see and feel that you've affected power. Richard Parker will discuss the founding of Mother Jones, famous this election cycle for publishing Mitt Romney's "47%" remarks. He will also give you practical tips on how to write--and edit--to get heard and make a difference.
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Coming Into Her Own: Michelle Obama's political transformation, and how it may help sway an election
Tuesday, October 9, 12:30-2:00pm
Taylor Seminar Room, Walter Lippmann House
Jodi Kantor , New York Times correspondent and author of The Obamas, in a conversation with Ann Marie Lipinski, Curator at the Nieman Foundation and former editor of The Chicago Tribune. With an introduction buy Whitney Johnson, author of Dare, Dream, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When you Dare to Dream.
Jodi Kantor has covered the world of Barack and Michelle Obama since the beginning of 2007, also writing about Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Richard Holbrooke, Eric H. Holder Jr., Mitt Romney and many others along the way. Click here to view footage from this event.
2011-2012 Lecture Series
You are cordially invited to join in a conversation with 2010 Pulitzer Prize winner (and former Harvard College Writing Program instructor) Paul Harding at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism. Many of this year's Nieman Fellows will be in attendance, and the event will be an opportunity to participate in a conversation about the craft of writing with some of the best writers and journalists in the country.
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Mr. Zittrain is Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and co-founder of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. His research interests include battles for control of digital property and content, cryptography, electronic privacy, the roles of intermediaries within Internet architecture, human computing, and the useful and unobtrusive deployment of technology in education. In addition to discussing some of the ideas in his book The Future of the Internet -- And How to Stop It, Professor Zittrain will talk about his own craft of writing and the state of writing in the digital era. His talk will be followed by a question and answer period.
2010-2011 Lecture Series
In this workshop, Anne Bernays, who teaches fiction writing at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism, will lead hands-on exercises for freeing up your imagination, overcoming fear of the blank page, and crafting compelling stories. Author of nine novels, including Professor Romeo and Growing Up Rich, Anne also wrote one of the most widely used textbooks in creative writing, What If, with Pamela Painter. Her articles and essays have appeared in the New York Times and other major publications
Paul Harding has an MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop (2000) and was a 2000–2001 Fiction Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center, in Provincetown, MA. He taught Expos at Harvard for a number of years until 2008. Harding has published short stories in Shakepainter and The Harvard Review. Tinkers, for which he won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, is his first novel.
Since the very first days after the 9/11 attacks, Ground Zero has been a charged and controversial public square. This conversation with cultural anthropologist Elizabeth Greenspan (author of a forthcoming book on Ground Zero, based upon her research in New York City in the immediate aftermath of the attacks) explores how struggles to define the site's future often double as contests over language and speech - contests to control who may, and may not, speak, and which stories may, and may not, be told.
Martha Minow, Harvard Law School Dean and Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law, will speak about her new book, In Brown's Wake, which investigates the legacy of the landmark Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education.
Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History. She is the author of, most recently, The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party's Revolution and the Battle over American History and the novel Blindspot, co-written with Jane Kamensky. Lepore is also a staff writer at The New Yorker.
James T. Kloppenberg is the Charles Warren Professor of American History, specializing in American and European intellectual history.
Tracy Kidder is the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning author of Mountains Beyond Mountains and Strength in What Remains and the A.M. Rosenthal Writer in Residence, Shorenstein Center, Harvard University.


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what do these pics tell you about my plant? because im worried it will not survive with me as its caretaker the sixty watt bulb i have it under is now no more than inches away the bottum of the pot is cut out so that the peat inside touches the peat in my cylinder(hmmm...)does that make sense? and there are holes in the cylinder so that water wicks itsway up from the bottum of the terrarium. i have old pics and new ones. it looks like to me that my plant is on a slow deteriation of health from looking at both old and new pics but i dont know because i dont have the same lighting. thats why im here to get some expert opinions
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- Posted by hunterkiller03 9 (My Page) on Fri, Oct 27, 06 at 1:33
It could simply be that your VFT is going dormant, it's that time of the year. And with a 60 watt lightbulb didn't helped much. One sing in my experience that its going dormant, it starts sprouting smaller leaves and what i can see from the photo, that seems to be the case. |
get a 100 watt florescent screw in kind. It in the shap of a normal bulb but it is a spiral florescent tube. It uses 26 watt's. look at wallmart and get the soft white not daylight they don't like it if u cant find it ask someone were the energy saver lights are. You VFT will love it |
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WASHINGTON, Nov 20, 2013 -- Local Contact: Dawn Bonsell (717) 237-2286
National Contact: Weldon Freeman (202) 690-1384
Agriculture Secretary Announces Economic Development Funding to Strengthen Businesses and Create Jobs in Rural Communities
Grants Include Innovative Local Foods Enterprises
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the selection of 34 organizations for grants to help rural cooperatives and small businesses expand and strengthen their capacity to serve rural citizens and communities.
"Our rural communities have incredible potential to create new jobs and expand opportunity for rural Americans," said Vilsack. "The grants announced today will strengthen rural business development by partnering with rural co-ops and non-profits, expanding technical assistance for Main Street businesses. Today's effort is yet another example of USDA's comprehensive focus on revitalizing the rural economy, and it is a reminder that a new Food, Farm and Jobs Bill is pivotal to continue these efforts."
Funding is being provided through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA's) Rural Cooperative Development Grant (RCDG) program. The grants are being awarded to non-profit groups and higher education institutions to create and operate centers that help establish, expand or operate rural businesses, especially cooperatives and mutually-owned businesses. These competitively-awarded grants may be used to conduct feasibility studies, create and implement business plans, and help businesses develop new markets for their products and services. Since fiscal year 2009, the RCDG program has awarded 166 grants for approximately $33 million and has helped nearly 3,000 businesses.
Today's announcement includes a $200,000 RCDG to Keystone Development Center in York, Pennsylvania to increase farm and rural resident income through cooperative development assistance in the mid-Atlantic states.
These centers provide technical assistance which will help generate new opportunities for American farmers and ranchers, create jobs in local food processing and distribution industries, and serve growing consumer demand for locally-produced products. A recent Michigan State University study found that the average food hub creates nearly 20 jobs and generates close to $4 million in sales.
Vilsack announced more than $6 million in grants for today's list of recipients. Funding for each recipient is contingent upon the recipient meeting the terms of the grant agreement.
Congress must get a comprehensive Food, Farm and Jobs Bill done as soon as possible.
President Obama's plan for rural America has brought about historic investment and resulted in stronger rural communities. Under the President's leadership, these investments in housing, community facilities, businesses and infrastructure have empowered rural America to continue leading the way – strengthening America's economy, small towns and rural communities. USDA's investments in rural communities support the rural way of life that stands as the backbone of our American values.
USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. To file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (866) 632-9992 (Toll-free Customer Service), (800) 877-8339 (Local or Federal relay), (866) 377-8642 (Relay voice users)


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Élégant et pratique, le sac PackmateMD de Heys offre un style fabuleux tout en protégeant vos vêtements lors de vos voyages. Sa conception ingénieuse permet ranger et comprimer vos vêtements afin de les garder sans plis. Il s'agit d'un sac léger, ne pesant que quelques onces. • Dimensions : 20 po x 14 po • Doté d'une planche pour plier les vêtements (avec mode d'emploi) • Contient de 12 à 15 articles (selon la taille des vêtements) : chemises, chemisiers, robes, cardigans, vestons, complets, etc. • Possède une poignée de transport et crochet pour poignée de porte • Fabriqué en Chine Information sur la garantie : Cet article s'accompagne d'une garantie de 30 jours.
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Great packing tool
Par Callie the Pooch
de Vancouver, BC
Good for packing larger items but watch out for the folding board - it tends to draw a pattern on black clothes. Leave it at home after you have folded your clothes.
Par littlebear
de Calgary Alberta
Packed for a trip to Europe and I cannot tell you how organized my suitcase is. The items packed in the Packmatefit beautifully without shifting which means my clothes stay put. the Packmate along with the cubes I purchased means no hassle travel.The price is right and I have great value for the price.
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love it
Par Marie the Sydney Shopper
de Sydney, Nova Scotia
I have not yet used the product. I am sure it is going to be a great product as I have purchased Hey's products before and have been pleased with them.
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Great product
Par Joken
de Windsor, Ontario
My husband and i both used it for a month's trip to Portugal, Spain and France. We were able to pack all the clothes needed, very neatly. Kept everything wrinkle free and easy to unpack and get the clothes out at each destination. Excellent product. Highly recommended.
A mate for packing
Par Showstopper
de Toronto
I had bought this as a large supplement to the packing cubes. I didn't realize it was an envelope style so not a fully sealed zipper compartment. I haven't used it yet but can imagine how it could hold shirts and pants neatly in place. The turquoise is a great colour and matches the Eurotec packing cubes.
Heys Packmate is one awesome product!
Par Watty
I bought the Heys Packmate for my boyfriend. He often goes on business trips and is constantly ironing his shirts. He was thrilled when I got it for him as an early Christmas gift. He just spent three weeks in Turkey on a business trip, used the Packmate, and ironed less.I bought one for myself and just came back from London, UK. My shirt, pants, and sweatshirt were wrinkle-free. It was nice that they were all in one neat bundle. It's a great product!
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Loved it!
Par MARSHA
de PORT ALBERNI
Received this just before my last trip to Mexico. I packed 2 pairs of shorts and 6 shirts in it. I ended up not using the folding guide, but just rolling my shirts and packing them in. It kept everything packed tightly and wrinkle free. It fit well in my suitcase, not taking up much room, and didn't allow things to slide all over in my suitcase. Will be using it again and again!
Great Product
Par nightowl
de Vancouver BC
I have used this packing cube on 2 trips to Mexico. I was able to pack 7 shirts quite easily in this cube and everything was fine when I arrived at my destination. Everything was as I had packed it and there were no wrinkles,I think this is a great product for travelling.
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Packmate? Check, mate!
Par Melanie
de Mississauga, ON
Great price, added bonus to receive the clothes folder. Bought in my favourite turquoise colour (still hoping that TSC brings back this colour in the larger set of packing cubes!) to match the small packing cubes set for electronics and smaller items, and the hanging shelf clothes organizer. Looks well-made and sturdy. I used to work in retail clothing and the clothes folder always made everything look so much more neat. Use it to organize your drawers and closet, not just your suitcase! The Packmate can also be used for documents or storing important files if you are traveling. Have not yet used the item however I know it will come in handy.
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Great Product I would purchase it again.
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de Ottawa
I was able to pack - 4 pairs of slacks, 1 skirt, 3 dresses and 4 blouses and still could have packed a couple of more items into it before it was full. It then fit perfectly into my suitcase. I really liked how I was able to keep everything together and not loose in my suitcase. Very easy for travel, any travel.


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Odd lighting/shadow issue
So I've been creating a little test level and going through some of the video tutorials and I created a moving door that slides into a groove made in the wall. For some reason, when the door slides into the wall, on one side it shows the outline of the shadow of the door while it's in the wall, but nothing on the other side. I'm assuming this is a lighting issue but I don't have any work/cone lights shining into that wall and if it was the ones by the door I'd assume the shadow would show on both sides, anyone have any idea as to what might be causing this?
10th Apr 2011, 08:23 AM | #2 |
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The shadowmap is bleeding through the wall, this is a common problem with shadowmapping techniques and they pop up in a lot of engines.
In ue3 the dynamic shadows should merge with the lightmaps. I don't know any surefire way to solve it, you'll have to ask someone else. But do you have another (dynamic?) light shining onto the other side of the wall? Is the wall itself bsp or mesh? Switching those could perhaps do the trick. Otherwise you could try having some open space for the door to slide into. Backface culling might be causing it also. Last edited by Spiney; 10th Apr 2011 at 08:27 AM. |
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The wall itself is bsp, but it's hollowed out in the middle for the door to slip in.
11th Apr 2011, 12:37 PM | #4 |
I came to the idea that it couldn't be solved in UT3. For the french speakers, it's here.
It's stupid that the UDK don't offer another choice of dynamic lighting. That's the main problem with it, is that the engine seems to be using a PCF in stencil buffer, without back culling (for performance's sake, I guess) but with a tricky cut using the BSP. Deal with it. Unreal Engine has his weakness. It's one of them. |
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When your last name is Rhode(s)
February 21, 2010 | Filed Under music | 2 Comments
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You really have no excuse.
Lorenz Rhode makes no excuses and wrangles the FUNK out of that pitch wheel. This track gets real goooood around 1:45 with the synth guitar and just doesn't stop. Watch the breakdown at 2:48 for some completely ridiculous keys and yes, that bassline is oh so necessary. WWWOOORRRRK IT.
Lorenz Rhode – Like a Player
Unfortunately, I don't hear any actual Rhodes action in this track.
This second track I had to include because:
1. it's a pretty big departure from his other stuff
2. it's awesome
3. best track title of the month, possibly year.
It's pretty minimal, but in all the right places. Not some fucking avant-minimal techno bullshit that has a barely detectable melody.
Lorenz Rhode – Telephone Helicopter Applause Gunshot
ALSO, be sure to cop his Motor Cortex EP which came out last year. It's a necessary addition to everyone's library.
ps: I've been facebooking, twittering, and tumbling a lot lately. xo <3
Where's the Party?
September 16, 2009 | Filed Under music | Leave a Comment
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Well, last week it was BLOG VOLTRON on the roof of The Standard DTLA. (those links are to pictures) There was much fun to be had, and met some really cool people. I also played a really shitty set consisting of really good music.
Anyway, I've been listening to a lot of funk and today's funk was provided by Nytro.
OH, also shouts to my boys: MISSINGTOOF, BINARY, BBE, EVERYDAY, GOTTADANCEDIRTY
Alan Wilkis is Pink and Purple
June 26, 2009 | Filed Under music | 2 Comments
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It's unfortunate that the vast majority of physical CD promos I get are stuff I don't care to listen to. I usually get much better pickings (and much more shit) from what arrives in my email inbox but then again, I get a gigantic volume of email versus snail mail. Anyway, today is an exception.
Alan Wilkis sent me his new album Pink and Purple and…. WHAT A BLOODY SURPRISE. I'm being completely honest here, I'd never ever heard of Alan Wilkis and now kind wishing I had sooner. This sound is pure and shameless pop with a healthy 150 u/L drip of IV funk. Give me hand claps, crunked vintage synth, sslaaappin' da baaahhsss maaahhnnn, a HORN and SAX (!!!!!!!!).
I need to mention that I don't expect much from self-signed promo discs. CDR's with sharpie labeling is perfectly fine for me. I couldn't care less about what it looked like. The thing with this Pink and Purple promo is that it's PRODUCTION quality. packaging, CD art, everything.
People, this guy's self-signed and he's putting out promos that look like I just copped something from a major. Take notes.
I'm hearing throwbacks to so many great and different classics on the album. Hall & Oates, Brian Eno, Bowie, of course Michael Jackson (RIP). Shit's on lock.
Alan Wilkis – Gotta Get You Back
Make sure you drop by his space and listen to every track in the player. Definitely recommend the album titled track, 'Pink and Purple'.
Buy his self-signed release HERE or on iTunes
Someone cut this guy a deal or the MANIA™ label will have to be established sooner than I was planning. (if anyone's interested email me for details)
PS: I'm hosting a nightly, bi-nightly, weekly, wheneverly internet dance party from now until whenever I choose to stop. Check twitter around 11pm PST I'll be streaming the funnest shit live + MJ classics. Send me your own/favorite MJ remixes they will get airtime most definitely.
Keep up with me on twitter to find out exactly when we go live. I need to figure out a way to field requests… thinking twitter @'s will be the easiest? suggestions?
DFA = Disco's Fucking Awesome
September 15, 2008 | Filed Under day to day | 3 Comments
Laid back disco is what I've been feeling lately. One larger label who probably reps disco the hardest these days is DFA.
I've been following a seasonal mixtape series that DFA's been putting out since '05 and they've never failed to satisfy.
This one's Spring 2008, mixed by Justin Miller (for those of you who are wondering, please do not mistake with another j. miller douchebag) and Jacques Renault -the latter of which who brings funk to the EXTREME. (more on him in a sec).
Sit back, lay back: DFA RADIO MIX SPRING 2008 (right click, save as)
Onto Jacques Renault –FUNK OUT OF CONTROL!! I can't quantitate the level of funk in this track, but it makes me want to do gangster shit. I'd never heard of Jacques before this track, so has anyone got the dirty on this fool? Is this track a fluke? is he legit?
also, don't forget, re-add my twitter acct. for a sexy time.
phenomeneme. meme. (updated)
June 5, 2008 | Filed Under music | 6 Comments
bb update: just got out of a final to find another 20 messages on my bb. The mailing list is going strong!
The most astounding/interesting/perplexing thing happened this morning. Things went as usual. I woke up, brushed my teeth, fried an egg, burned the toast, then sat down for some quality 1 on 1 with apple mail. (yep, no shower, this is what future-scientists do)
Everything was going well and as usual: club promo, invites, mp3s, blah blah, label promoters being dicks, you know –the usual. ANYWAY…. I come to an email from Peter from the Outlaws. It's got a mixtape, alright, sweet so I start downloading it. While that is going, I go to my next message.
I do a double take. someone pressed…..
and then… I saw it again… then again. The same title, but with more Re:'s attached and from different senders! By this point I could feel the excitement mounting in my happy little fingers. It had suddenly warped to 1982 and everyone reverted to using one of the earliest renditions of social networking known as 'mailing lists'.
all those colored lines represent every time someone replied to all and re-quoted the whole message. there were at least 70 recipients on that list.
I think I just heard a little rip in the time/space continuum due to this.
The shirts are coming.
So thanks, Outlaws, for taking the incestuous blogosphere back to its roots. Get the mixtape that started this monstrosity here
long live the meme
I love you all.
Oh, I'm gonna throw down a list of tracks right here that came to the inbox the that a stood out. You know I'm not usually a fan of 'mass track posts', actually I don't like that at all. But in the interest of time I'm gonna do it. Final examinations again. You know how that goes. All of these tracks are out of control, you must listen.
Dani Deahl: one of the funnest mix tapes i've heard in a while BRODOWN
ROMEO EROTIC: doing things old school Gary Low – You are a Danger (romeo erotic rmx)
TREASURE FINGERS: sweating funk all over this, O'bryan – I'm freaky (romeo erotic / treasure fingers reflip)
Designer Drugs: no joke, makes u high as fuck, Jupiter One – COUNTDOWN (DESIGNER DRUGS extended REMIX), radio version
LIES IN DISGUISE: Shinichi Osawa – Electro411 (lies in disguise explosion)
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Hi: Last one lol. My house has its own private sewage and gas tank, as you can see the green lids on the ground. Instead of having grass there, I was thinking about paving rocks around it, with native plants around it. But it'd have to be wide enough for the workers to come every several months to remove sewage.. Anyone have more creative ideas? Thanks! |
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Chris, you ought to add a photo taken while standing on the hill, aiming back at the house with all the "lids" in the picture, so we could see how they relate to the house. (Nice looking arbor!) |
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Thanks, I will try to get that in when it gets light again. |
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This forum doesn't seem to have any FAQs so I am asking some very basic questions.
Can garlic from the grocery store be planted in the garden? Onions to be planted are offered as either seeds or as packages of small bulbs. What are the differences or advantages of these two types of propagation? Sharon |
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- Posted by roseofsharon_ON z6 ON Can (My Page) on Tue, Nov 23, 04 at 13:58
Peter, thank you for your helpful reply. Your website is very well organized and informative. I'll try both methods. It seems nothing short of miraculous that such tiny seeds can produce a whole onion in one growing season. Sharon |
I didn't mention an early start, Sharon. Some growers will sow in January so it is a heated glasshouse situation. I have no experience of the grow lights and grow rooms that many people use for winter germinaion of a variety of seed. |
There are several problems with sets. 1. Because they already are onions, with a year's growth behind them, they have a greater tendency to bolt early. The larger the set the more likely this is, so if you must plant sets, put the smallest ones---those no bigger than a dime---in the ground. 2. There is limited choice. Most of the time you have the three commonly available generic ones and that's all---although you can get named varieties from some sources. 3. Most generic sets are long-daylength types. This is fine for you, Sharon. But in mid- and short-daylength areas sets do not do well. 4. Set grown onions, as a rule, do not keep as well as others, even when the variety is the same. So, taken as a whole, you should prioritize onions thus: seeds, plants, and sets as a last resort. As to store bought garlic. The short answer is, yes it can be grown. The longer question is: why would you want to. About 99% of store-bought garlic is California White; wither California Early or California Late. For you that presents two problems. First, it's a softneck, and softnecks tend to do better in the south, whereas hardnecks do better in the north. Second, California White is arguably the worst garlic there is. It is sharp, hot, and often bitter. If you're going to take the time and effort to grow garlic, you really should consider other varieties. Finally, let me recommend that you peruse the back pages of this forum, and read some of the threads that deal with both these subjects in greater detail. |
Sharon, Please, Buy or beg one or two of the garlic varities that are listed in these posts. Perhaps Garlic Lady's list. California White is easy to grow but does not have the flavor that others have. And most of them are easy to grow also. My wife is always disappointed when our home grown supply does not last until the new crop comes on. I started with California white and an un-named purple stripe. CW is long gone and I now have several purple stripes among others. Ken |
- Posted by roseofsharon_ON z6 ON Can (My Page) on Thu, Dec 2, 04 at 14:05
Thanks GardenLad and Ken. I did notice that there is a larger selection with seeds. We have grocery stores that stock garlic other than the standard white garlic. I can't beg any garlic from the posts here because I am in Canada. Only seeds can be sent across the border. Sharon |
Sharon, if you get downtown into Toronto, there should be some ethnic food shops which sell something other than the generic imported California or Chinese garlic. Garlic is a part of the cuisine of virtually every nationality around the Mediterranean so you could find some good stuff even in Lebanese, Syrian, Armenian, or Turkish shops. If there's a kosher store around, check there also. None may know the exact variety but it won't be the standard generic types. Martin |
Adding a little to Martin's post: Be sure and taste the garlic you intend to plant. Peel a clove and cut a slice out of it. Then pop that in your mouth. Garlic taste is highly variable, and can be different year to year. However, this still gives you a fair idea of what that garlic will taste like when you grow it, and whether or not you really like it. Also check out your store-bought carefully. If it doesn't like like the generic white (particularly if it's larger and off-colored) there's a good reason. More and more of Canadian garlic is being imported from South America, where they are growing varieties other than the California White. So you may luck out that way. Again, perform the taste test. If you like the garlic in the store, it doesn't really matter much what it's called. |
- Posted by roseofsharon_ON z6 ON Can (My Page) on Fri, Dec 3, 04 at 13:28
Thanks Martin. Fortunately Armenians and Iranians live in large numbers in my neighbourhood and have grocery stores. A great source for fresh dates, flat breads and rose water among other things. I'll check out their garlic stock this weekend. GardenLad, if I find more than one kind of garlic how am I going to clear my palate between tastings? Sharon |
- Posted by roseofsharon_ON z6 ON Can (My Page) on Sat, Dec 4, 04 at 20:56
My local ethnic market has garlic that is imported from India. It is white with occasional purple stripes. Is this other than the dreaded California White? Is it soft neck or hard neck? Sharon |
California White is usually with pure white skins on both the bulb and cloves. Whatever you've found in the Indian shop should be something better. Quite possibly a softneck if imported from a warm climate. Most, but not all, hardnecks have a single layer of large cloves around a solid central stalk. Softnecks usually have multiple layers of cloves with the core comprised of 3 or 4 small and narrow pointed cloves. There are exceptions as some of the Asian types are listed as a softneck but do have a solid woody core. Regardless, you've now found some to plant without resorting the supermarket garlic. Martin |
Clearing the palette? Good question, Sharon. Unfortunately, it's not one I have a good answer for. Those of us who eat lots of raw garlic can tell differences, even one after another. Among the things you'll notice: how "garlicy" it tastes overall; amount of heat; where in the mouth the heat hits; whether the heat hits all at once, or if there is a delay; how long-lasting are the garlic taste and heat; and a few others. My guess is that the Indian garlic is a hardneck, part of the purple striped group. But check out the visual clues Martin suggests. When you grow it, you'll know soon enough, as hardnecks put out scapes and softnecks generally do not. |
- Posted by Sari_by_night Canada (My Page) on Sat, Jun 11, 05 at 16:01
Since California White is so disliked, howcome it's the one that's the easiest to find? Why wouldn't a better tasting garlic be the one that everyone is buying and selling in stores? |
That's because until the recent introduction of South American crops, the commercial garlic industry was dominated by the folks in Gilmore, California. Year's back they decided they'd focus on one variety, and all their contract growers would have to grow that variety. They use it for everything, both fresh and processed garlic. Why the California White? Two reasons: first off, it is easy to grow. And second, there are two crops,a California Early and a California Late, which keep them going all year. As to concerns about taste: When have giant agri-businesses _every_ worried about that. What they want are varieites that fit the food production and distribution system. Flavor always runs a poor second to those criterium. |
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Dear Champions, Family and Friends of the Champions Program
As I pack up this afternoon ready to leave Antigua once again, I can only thank you all for your dedication and support to the 2014 Champions Program.
It has been many months of planning, preparing and organizing, and I want to thank each and every one of you for being with me every step of the way.
Thank you to all of you who donated your time, resources and financial contributions to the Champions Program. Without your support, this program would not be so successful.
So family and friends, thank you for allowing me to be a part of each of your children's/friend's lives. I have watched them grow from students to successful young professionals that I am very proud of. I look forward to watching many of my students walk the convocation stage this coming June as well as guiding those still at UFV towards their goals and aspirations.
I would like to take this moment to thank a very special woman in my life, my mother Jenepher Sheppard. Your support during my pursuit of my passions, dreams and professional goals has been amazing. Mum, thank you for making me the woman, I am today.
To my 2014 Champions, you will always be my Champions, the program does not finish today, but continues through your hearts and dedication in everything you do. Make your mark on the world, this same passionate, driven mark you have left on my heart.
You are all and will always be a Champion.
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Dear Priscilla & Brooke: Will he ever propose?
Getting married is ever girl's dream and once you are lucky enough to find that man of your dreams, it can get a little frustrating waiting for your "Knight in Shining Armor" to hurry up and get down on one knee and give you a rock big enough to make your friends jealous……this week, Casa de Campo's Agony Aunts; Priscilla and Brooke answer the ultimate question "Will he ever propose?" Tough question…..who knows!!?
Dear Brooke and Priscilla,
I am a thirty year old woman who has been living with her boyfriend in a beautiful Casa de Campo villa for five years.
It feels like I have been waiting forever and now I would like this relationship to become permanent, as in "get married". How can I address this without scaring him away?Jennifer
Although this question does sound like it could have been written by me, it was not (I promise) and there are some small differences between my situation and Jennifer's – I'm 28 and I've only been waiting for my Casa de Campo prince to propose for 3 years……but I will admit it sounds like we both need help! Let's hope Brooke and Priscilla have some good advice!!
Dear Jennifer,
It is time to talk honestly with your significant other!!!! Have you in the past had an open dialogue with him? Clearly, your needs should be addressed now. Be aware that this is a risk that you are taking, but after 5 years living together he ought to know if he wants to marry you or not! If his needs are not the same as yours, better to find out sooner than later – there are after all other men in the Casa de Campo pond!
Brooke and Priscilla
Do you have a problem for our Casa de Campo Agony Aunts, Priscilla Pearl and Brooke Soman?
All problems and questions are welcome!
(this is totally ANONYMOUS)
Who is Priscilla Pearl? Who is Brooke Soman?
Priscilla Pearl and Brooke Soman are real people, who are Casa de Campo Villa owners and who have been living in Casa de Campo for many years. Neither Priscilla nor Brooke is me (Rebecca Hughes), neither work officially for Casa de Campo Living, but both are huge fans of Casa de Campo Living and regular readers.


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From the April 2014 issues of NYMetroParents comes a selection of funny and thoughtful quotes about the benefits of flexible work options, women and multitasking, fussy eaters, and the wonderful weirdness of kids.
"Nothing gives me so much satisfaction as presenting my child with a carefully prepared and beautifully plated homemade dinner…. Until she covers it with ketchup."
—a Scarsdale mom of two girls on her personal Facebook page, where she keeps her friends in stiches on the regular; if her comment strikes a chord, check out NYMetroParents' tips for getting even the fussiest eaters to try new foods, at nymetroparents.com/picky-eater.
"I know we all have responsibilities as wives, mothers, employees, friends, and daughters. I know we are often pulled in 12 directions at one time on any given day, and that we learned how to effectively multitask around the same time we started using lip gloss. But when did we become so adept at meeting other people's needs that we virtually ignore our own?"
—Rosemarie Coppola-Baldwin, a NYC-area lawyer and mom who resolved to stop putting everyone else first in the hopes of setting an example for her daughter that women can "be assertive while still being kind and responsible," on her Mommy Vortex blog at rachelsimmons.com
"…flexible work options facilitate a productive process whereby people with lower stress and richer home lives perform better at work. (Indeed, a large body of research shows that using work-flex enhances job motivation and performance.)"
—Nanette Fondas (@NanetteFondas), mom of four and author of the book The Custom-Fit Workplace, in a post on The Harvard Business Review blogs entitled "After Your 'Daddy Days' End"; read it to see what happens after paternity leave—and to be surprised by all the compelling research she references
—panel from a funny new book by father-of-two Jeffrey Brown (jeffreybrowncomics.blogspot.com), Kids Are Weird And Other Observations from Parenthood (Chronicle); check it out for some madcap moments, including a few you may recognize but not automatically cop to (like the time your—umm, his—kid drew a bottle of wine with chalk on the sidewalk "because you like wine!")
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Ship Money
In 1635 Charles I faced a financial crisis. Unwilling to summon another Parliament, he had to find other ways of raising money. He decided to resort to the ancient custom of demanding Ship Money. In the past, whenever there were fears of a foreign invasion, kings were able to order coastal towns to provide ships or the money to build ships.
Charles sent out letters to sheriffs reminding them about the possibility of an invasion and instructing them to collect Ship Money. Encouraged by the large contributions he received, Charles demanded more the following year. Whereas in the past Ship Money had been raised only when the kingdom had been threatened by war, it now became clear that Charles intended to ask for it every year. Several sheriffs wrote to the king complaining that their counties were being asked to pay too much. Their appeals were rejected and the sheriff's now faced the difficult task of collecting money from a population overburdened by taxation.
In 1637 John Hampden was prosecuted for refusing to pay the Ship Tax on his lands in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. He appeared before the Court Exchequer and although he was found guilty, the publicity surrounding the case made him one of the most popular men in England.
Parliament abolished Ship Money in July 1641.
Primary Sources
(1) Charles I, letter to the Sheriff of Anglesey demanding Ship Money (11th February, 1628)
Spain and France are joining together to root out our religion... They have a large number of soldiers in Brittany ready to invade us... The great business of providing money for ships, which used to be charged on the port towns and neighbouring shires, is too heavy for them alone, therefore the Council have cast up the whole charge of the fleet, and have divided it among all the counties.
(2) Thomas Knyvett, letter to his wife (11th November, 1637)
The business now talked on in town is all about the question of the ship money. The king is pleased to give way to those subjects that refuses to pay, whereof Mr. John Hampden is one, to have their counsel to argue the case in point of law in the exchequer chamber before all the judges, and Mr. St John hath already argued for the subject very boldly and bravely. Yesterday was the first on the king's part. I cannot relate any particulars because I heard it not. Although I was up by peep of the day to that purpose, I was so far from getting into the room that I could not get near the door by 2 or 3 yards, the crowd was so great.
(3) Sheriff of Flintshire, letter to the Privy Council (20th June,1640)
I cannot devise any way to get it (Ship Money) until corn harvest... Most of it is unpaid... whether poverty... a disease which hath been too long in this county... or the new charges for maintenance of soldiers, or the news of the Parliament's dissolution or other causes... I know not.


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In 1986, Hanna-Barbera acquired the rights to cartoon legend The Pink Panther. The animation studio wanted to bring the fuscia feline back to Saturday mornings, but they needed a hook, something new and inventive... so they gave him three sons.
Pink Panther and Sons, however, bore little resemblance to the original Panther cartoons. Most episodes centered on the three younger cats: Pinky, the teenager; Panky, a kid; and Punkin, the toddler. The Pink Panther himself remained mute, and his role in the series amounted to little more than providing reactions to his sons.
Unlike The Flintstone Kids, this smaller, cuter version did not equal success for too long, as Pink Panther and Sons was canceled after one season.
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"The average American's life is not overfull with gracefully sleek design, to say the least, and in many ways our standards of living have not improved upon that of our parents. But Apple under Mr Jobs has offered the mass market dazzling technical progress with the sort of tastefully luxurious sheen usually reserved for the seriously well-to-do. For this many of us are grateful."
Spoken like a true consumer.
I use my phone to call people and send text messages, and for that my 7-year old, functional, robust and easy-to-use Nokia seems to be better than any of these new fancy phones, that become obsolete in 1 year.
Rather to promote old Apple virtues, such as built to last and being functional, Apple products now age fast, and promote functions that we don't need.
For example, newer versions of Apple's oparational systems were designed to be more efficient -unlike Windows- on old hardwares. Now if your device is not the newset model, you may find it crippled.
Steve Jobs is a genious, no doubt. But to judge him as a positive person, he should have done something about sustainability, not against that.


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Thomson hopes to convince the legislature to pass such a bill. In Sonja's memory.
And then, after reading the litany of Romero's previous run-ins with the law, Martinez imposed the maximum sentence: twenty-four years. "Mr. Romero," he said, "you don't know how tragic and sad it is to see your life come to this."
To see all these lives come to this.
The judge excused Romero's friends and family members from the courtroom first. Romero, head down, sat alone, surrounded by the people who'd loved Sonja, who saw her light.
"I just had a really good night," Doug Fleischmann said. It was early in the morning of June 22, 2003, and Fleischmann had stopped by Dazzle for a nightcap after closing up the two nearby restaurants he owned with Frank Bonanno. While the two-year-old Mizuna was one of the most well-established restaurants in the city, Luca D'Italia was only four months old, and getting it off the ground had been a lot of work. But now it was all paying off.
A consummate front-of-the-house man, Fleischmann had a big grin that contained enough wattage to power Denver's entire restaurant scene. "A really good night," Fleischmann said, raising a glass and beaming.
Less than an hour later, that light was out. Fleischmann was dead, killed by a driver who ran a stop sign at 17th Avenue and Lafayette, and ran right into Fleischmann's jeep.
The driver, 22-year-old Cassandra Egloff, was originally charged with vehicular homicide, which was dropped to driving while ability impaired and careless driving resulting in death. It took the jury less than an hour to convict her after a three-day trial last October. In December, she was sentenced to a year in jail, with 180 days dismissed, and a year's probation. She was allowed to serve her sentence through in-home detention, with an ankle bracelet keeping her close to home when she wasn't at work.
While the place where Egloff was serving her sentence wasn't Martha Stewart territory, it wasn't bad, either. Gilliane McCune, a single mother and secretary, had bought the house just down the street in the Baker neighborhood as an investment, and rented it to Egloff and her boyfriend last June. They were to get $50 off the rent each month if they mowed McCune's lawn.
This spring, the weeds were growing high and McCune was concerned that her tenant wasn't keeping her end of the bargain. She sent Egloff a letter, reminding her of the deal and asking for the missing rent. And then McCune got a call. It was Egloff's probation officer. Had she written the court a letter asking that Egloff be allowed to go off her monitoring a few hours each week so that she could mow her lawn? No way, McCune said.
And she repeated that in court last month, after the Denver District Attorney's office filed a motion arguing that Egloff had violated her probation by forging a note from her landlord. If she would lie about that, what else might she lie about?
But the judge determined that since money was not involved, the forgery did not constitute a violation. And he even agreed to give Egloff time off from her electronic monitoring while she moved. McCune initiated eviction proceedings after the forgery.
McCune left court steaming. The next day, in that same courthouse, Ramon Romero would receive a 24-year sentence for killing someone while he was driving drunk.
Egloff moved out soon after. "At least I'm rid of her," McCune says. "The worst thing is, she'd shown no remorse. She was more upset about her car than the man who died."


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Paul Bridson Productions Showcase 2013 - Session Two
Bookers reconvened in the comfortable and functional surroundings of the Grosvenor and it was singer Sharon Wallace who kicked things off. A Queen medley was belted out in compelling style by this fine vocalist who doesn't sing to you, she sings at you. The vocal throttle is loud and ballsy and the style of delivery is totally sincere and full-on.
The first band of the day was a three piece by the name of Funky Stuff. A guitarist and singer, a keyboard player and singer and a top-drawer percussionist brought the whole thing to life and these guys should work and work on this impressive showing.
Five piece country band Knoxville Highway are impressive to say the very least. From the deliverance-style banjo and guitar duel to the quality and warmth of double bass and pedal steel guitar, these country boys gave it to us with both barrels. Suitable for festivals or theatre work, Knoxville Highway are a joy to listen to.
The Soul Amigo's are a slimmed down band attraction, who exist as a segment of the old cabaret band of yesteryear, Stax of Soul. Their diminutive front-man is another of the sing right at you gang. Probably having learned their craft in an earlier age of cabaret, these smartly turned-out function-style band have lots to offer. It would have been nice to see a live drummer within the line-up however.
Boy/girl duo Pure Class has dubbed their act with a name which is sure to be hard to live up to. A female vocalist and a male keyboard player and vocalist make up the twosome and together they make for very pleasant listening. Suitable for weddings and functions this twosome could also score heavily with audiences in relaxed lounge situations.
Experienced campaigners on the northern duo circuit, Boom Town came next. An accomplished vocal duo, the members of Boom Town have personalities to sell along with the singing voices. The mode of presentation suggests they probably do their best work in front of social club audiences.
Soloist Gary Leighton is best described as a traditional multi-instrumentalist. As traditional and old-school as they come, Leighton plays a mean harmonica (or mouth organ as the great Larry Adler preferred to call his instrument). He will find it reasonably simple to fill the work diary, if pitched correctly fee-wise by the astute Paul Bridson.
Two boy duo New York Minute opened strongly with a well-performed version of the BA Robertson and Mike Rutherford composition, The Living Years. These two mature looking musicians, one bedecked with an odd looking homburg hat, look like music nuts with many miles on the career clock to me. One of the guitars, I was reliably informed by the musician Lorna Bursell, who was seated next to me, was a Paul Reed Smith and was worth many thousands of pounds. I trust this pristine instrument is insured.
Four-piece nostalgia band Groove Connection made a compelling case for acquiring their services to bookers looking for music, which is just for adults of a certain age. Memories of the Searchers and other 60s and 70s favourites were all played and sung with aplomb by this terrific and seasoned-looking band.
Super Session is the collective name of live six piece band, who were fronted by what looked like twin sisters. Super Session look like a recently formed band but the whole set, full of joyous sings, such as a version of Stevie Wonder's I Wish, all looked a bit of an effort. Despite the tight sound and the excellent musicianship, the band will probably look happier and more relaxed after they loosen up and get some gigs in their diary. The girls at the front will presumably then leave the incongruous looking lyric sheets, placed on music stands, at home too and learn the words properly.
Five piece band Freak Out Disco were dogged with technical problems, from a dodgy microphone lead, to a keyboard players dead microphone and what sounded like a dry joint in a mixing desk slider. Additionally, the overall mix was very shrill and toppy and, with four musicians up there on stage, I couldn't really see the value of their click-track set-up. No surprise then that in the tense showcase situation, these four male musicians and the female singer out front looked so preoccupied and glum. A succession of 1970s disco hits were played mainly in segue style, but I would like to see this band again when they are more in charge of their collective situation.
The final offering on the afternoon session was a two boy/two girl vocal and dance act called Disco Inferno. This act seemed to consist of dodgy dance moves, four afro wigs and some incongruous tattoos on one of the girls. As ever with acts like these there is always going to be some confusion on how much of the audible vocal is truly live. After comments passed on another four-handed act I reviewed recently, who created equal confusion with the aid of the pre-recorded vocals on their backing tracks, I shall say no more here.
It was then time for a well earned break, before the final evening session of this key event in the showcase calendar.


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Depeche Mode Announce Delta Machine
Depeche Mode are to release their next album, Delta Machine on March 26th.
The album is being backed by a massive European Tour and a special edition version of the album which features bonus material and a booklet by Anton Corbijn.
Martin Gore of Depeche Mode had this to say on the forthcoming release, "Writing this album was incredibly daunting as I wanted the sound of this collection to be very modern. I want people to feel good about listening to this record, to get some kind of peace. It's just got something magical about it."
01. Welcome to My World
02. Angel
03. Heaven
04. Secret to the End
05. My Little Universe
06. Slow
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09. Soft Touch/Raw Nerve
10. Should Be Higher
11. Alone
12. Soothe My Soul
13. Goodbye
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01. Long Time Lie
02. Happens All the Time
03. Always
04. All That's Mine


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Michigan Holds On Late To Beat Tennessee 73-71
Jordan Morgan scored 15 points and Nik Stauskas had 14 including a key free throw to help Michigan hold on for a 73-71 victory over Tennessee in Friday's first Midwest Regional semifinal.
Wisconsin Routs Baylor 69-52 To Reach West Final
Ben Brust hit three 3-pointers and scored 14 points for the second-seeded Badgers who jumped to a 14-point lead in the first half and never let up on the overmatched Bears.
NCAA Tournament Odds: Virginia In Top 5
The odds of the University of Virginia being crowned national champions are 10/1, according to sports betting site Bovada.
D.C.'s NCAA Misery Continues
The opening-round exits by American and George Washington from the NCAA men's tournament should have been no surprise for local college basketball fans.
Five Things: NCAA Tournament Opening Weekend
By far the most unlikely Sweet 16 matchup is Dayton-Stanford. The 11 seed Flyers started Thursday's madness by beating Ohio State 60-59.
Virginia Beats Memphis 78-60 In NCAA East Region
Joe Harris scored 16 points and top-seeded Virginia shot 56 percent to beat Memphis78-60 on Sunday night, earning its first trip to the NCAA tournament round of 16 in nearly two decades.
UCLA Beats Lumberjacks 77-60 To Reach Sweet 16
Jordan Adams scored 19 points and UCLA beat Stephen F. Austin 77-60 on Sunday to reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2008.
Michigan Beats Texas 79-65 To Advance To Sweet 16
Wolverines beat the Longhorns to reach the NCAA tournament's Sweet 16 for the second straight year.
Virginia Beats Coastal Carolina 70-59 In NCAAs
Anthony Gill scored 17 points to help No. 1 seed Virginia pull away late and beat Coastal Carolina 70-59 on Friday night, avoiding a historic upset in the NCAA tournament.
Lurch Initiates Violent Tone Shift, Ending Show to Watch March Madness (Audio)
March Madness is in the air and not even the Lurch Papa can deny his enthusiasm for life. That is, not until the final seconds of the show are near, and he initiates a violent tone shift begging for the show to be wrapped up (Audio).