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Do deer eat pepper plants? I planted about 20 peppers and something has eaten most of them - just a stem remains. So I replanted and put 2-liter pop bottles around them. - Same thing. I was looking on Gardenweb and found that Deer Out seems to be a good product and if you think it is deer eating them I will try the Deer Out. If it were rabbits eating them wouldn't they just nibble or would they eat the whole thing and chew off the top of the stem?
Also, some of my tomato plants are dying. I have a row of tomatoes 75 feet long and there is an area in the middle where the plants keep dying. Two days after I replanted them the new plants looked like they were completely wilted and were laying on the ground and then they just disappear. After planting them each time I did water well but not so much that they would have drowned. After the second set of tomatoes died I put some pumpkin plants in the area and they are fine after 10 days. I have been gardening for years but this year am gardening on someone else's property which is a few miles outside of town so I am exposed to all the wildlife. My garden area is 30x175 feet so fencing it is not an option due to the size and the fact that it is not my property. |
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It could be horn worms getting your pepper plants. Nasty little buggers. They can devour pepper plants overnight (I've had it happen). They look like a green catapillar, maybe 2-4 inches long & 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide. They blend in well with the stems of tomato & pepper plants. If you see them, kill them! |
Here is a link that might be useful: Tomato Hornworm
Would it be possible to post a picture of the damage to the pepper plants? That would really help. I agree that hornworms may be a possibility but when tomato plants are available they seldom go after peppers. So I'm thinking it is something else - climbing cutworms (slim) or a mammal of some kind like a groundhog. As to the bad tomato growing place - that sounds like a soil pocket problem of some sort. Since the pumpkins are thriving there I'd suspect a possible hot pocket of excess nitrogen OR a soil pocket that doesn't drain well and so remains too wet. Tomato plants are much more susceptible to root rot than members of the squash family. Dave |
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Anyone have any suggestions for this bare spot? Seems most people recommend just mulching it for 3 inches. Is that the best idea? Also would it be okay to build a brick or stone ring around it? Just trying to spiff it up a bit. THanks |
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Since the tree is relatively near the corner of the yard, it would be better to create a bed below it that connects with the corner, rather than having that pitiful "strip" of grass to maintain between the two. As the tree grows and produces more shade, it's certain that it will only become more difficult for any grass nearby to grow well ... or at all. Generally, in nature, any exposed ground does not remain bare but becomes populated with plants in a mere heartbeat. It's a good thing because the roots of plants hold soil in place and make things look better than if a space remained bare ground. Man generally thinks that a hodgepodge of weeds don't look good close up, but that tidy plantings do. By this reasoning, I'm claiming that a bed of groundcover below the tree will look superior to a lifeless bed of mulch ... especially after it weathers out. I am not against borders around beds, but I'd avoid enclosing the tree area with any RAISED border of bricks or stones. (Especially, a tight, undersized area, like a 3' circle. It looks out of proportion to the scale of things around it.) Generally, such things around a tree are poorly installed -- waving and undulating -- and they will be thin of dimension, which all contribute to a cheap, junky look. Any border needs to be of a decently thick dimension (usually 8" wide min. for residential) and needs to be installed such that it is rock solid in appearance ... no waving or undulating. A flush inlaid mowing strip border is less likely to stand out poorly as is something raised up above ground level. |
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Whatever happened to youre welcome? I once had a young woman tell me that she thought youre welcome was rude to say. She thought it sounded ungrateful. When I explained that it meant you are welcome to call on me anytime, she said she thought it still sounded rude. I didnt have a comeback.
In more informal situations, we seem to have no problem thinking of responses to a thanks. We have no problem or sure or any time or no worries, which our Aussie friends say. But more and more, in a formal situation, the response to thank you is thank you. Why?
Parents of young children are quite vigilant about please and thank you, but its not often I hear a mother or father remind a little kid to say youre welcome.
I wonder if it is disappearing in other languages, as well. Spanish and French speakers usually go with it was nothing de nada, de rien. German speakers use the same word for please and youre welcome bitte. Italians have a similar multipurpose word prego which can mean youre welcome or a myriad other things. I suppose given recent news stories, we should learn that Russians use the same word for please and thank you, too, although they dont seem to be being so polite with Ukraine.
Some changes in our language have come about because of feminism, such as no longer being able to say, If a person wants to sign up he may do so, in which the pronoun and noun agree. Instead, we now feel compelled to say, If a person wants to sign up, they using a singular noun and plural pronoun.
Im not convinced that bastardizing English grammar has helped the cause of women, but its typical of a certain vocal segment of the population to want change no matter if its for the good or not. Pity the poor English language learner, who learns first and foremost that English makes no sense any more.
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25-man gear should not be better than 10-man gear {WoW}
Apr 2nd 2009 7:23AM I think the hardness of the fight should decide the loot-lvl, not how many that do the fight. I think its wrong that many people play 25 just to get better loot when they think 10 is more fun.
I also believe that you should deserve good gear. Blizzard have almost solved with the hard-mode fights in the game. 11/15 fights in Ulduar will have a hard-mode. The perfect way to solve this is to make 10 and 25 equal hard. And give the same gear-lvl. So to get the best gear you have to make the hard-mode fights. Instead of T8 in 1o and Y8,5 in 25 you should have T8 ,5 in hard-mode fight with the boss and T8 in the easy-mode fight with the boss. You should also get a valor emblem in easy-mode and the conquer emblem in hard-mode. The different should not be if its 10 or 25.
Why should it be easier to play with 10 instead of 25. Then it should be better gear if you play 5v5 arena instead of 2v2 arena. How many thinks that that should be the case. Hardcore PvP only play 5v5 or WSG so they should have better PvP gear then the casual that play 2v2?????? I think its stupid. It shouldn't be how many that do the fights that make it, it should be how hard. And with the hard- and soft-mode bosses the casual players can play either 10 or 25 and the hardcore players too, Then it would be the skill that settle how good gear you have not how many you were doing it.


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MELBOURNE, Dec. 9 -- BHP Billiton has awarded to Oceaneering International the contract for umbilicals and distribution equipment for the $1.5 billion Macedon natural gas field development in retention lease WA-12-R off Western Australia.
Oceaneering will supply an integrated umbilical system comprising 100 km of steel tube umbilicals and associated distribution equipment, including termination assemblies and flying leads.
The umbilicals will be manufactured at Oceaneering's plant in Rosyth, Scotland, where work will begin during second-quarter 2011.
Manufacture of the distribution hardware will be divided between the company's facilities in Texas and Rosyth.
Macedon development involves four offshore production wells supplying a wet gas pipeline to an onshore gas treatment plant to be built at Ashburton North, 17 km southwest of Onslow on the Western Australian coast.
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The field is expected on stream in 2013 at rates of 200 MMcfd. The field has estimated recoverable reserves of 400-750 bcf of gas.
BHP is operator with a 71.43% interest. Apache Energy has 28.57%.


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Here's a little short story I wrote over the weekend. Hope you enjoy it and Happy Halloween!
"Mrs. Piper's Special Treat"
by Chad P. Brown
Well, it's trick-or-treat time again, kiddies, and every little witch, ghost, ghoul, vampire, and zombie is going to be sure and hit Mrs. Piper's house tonight (twice if they can get by with it). You've heard of Mrs. Piper, haven't you? She's that sweet old lady who lives over on Poplar Street, the one who passes out the Holy Grail of Halloween treats to the children on their costumed quest for candy: the caramel popcorn ball. Twice the size of your fist and dripping with sweet caramel, Mrs. Piper wraps them in orange cellophane to look like a jack-o'-lantern, complete with eyes and a mouth made out of black felt that she glues on each one.
Every kid's mouth is watering with anticipation as they stand in line to get one.
Every kid, that is, except Donnie Morgan.
See that werewolf shuffling his feet and looking around nervously? That's Donnie. The little girl dressed up in the cat costume (of all things, Donnie thinks) beside him is his younger sister, Sydney. She's wondering why he's acting so weird about going up to Mrs. Piper's house.
But Sydney doesn't know what her brother did. And Donnie was pretty sure that Mrs. Piper didn't have a clue what he'd done either. But as soon as they got in line, it hit him: Mrs. Piper knows.
As the line creeps forward, that burning knot in his stomach rises up his throat leaving a nasty taste in his mouth, as nasty as the extra dash of rat poison he thinks that Mrs. Piper has added to his caramel popcorn ball.
A special treat that she has concocted just for him in exchange for the pernicious prank he pulled on her.
"Trick or treat, Mrs. Piper," Sydney squeals as she hops onto the porch and holds her candy-stuffed bag out.
"Sydney Morgan," Mrs. Piper exclaims. "That's just about the cutest kitty cat costume I've ever seen." She reaches down into the box beside her and pulls out one of her famous treats. "Almost as adorable as my dear Buttons," she adds, dropping the cellophane-wrapped caramel popcorn ball into Sydney's bag.
See how delighted Sydney is? Quite the opposite of her brother, Donnie, as he steps forward to receive his treat, shuffling his feet along like he was walking the last mile to the electric chair.
"T-trick or t-treat, Mrs. P-piper," he says in a trembling voice as he holds forward his bag with even shakier hands.
"Well, Donnie Morgan."
Mrs. Piper's cold voice and icy stare send shivers up Donnie's spine. Underneath his mask, beads of sweat form on his forehead and his breathing grows more rapid. He knows that somehow she has found out what he did.
"I like your sister's costume," Mrs. Piper continues. "I used to have a cat, you know?"
Donnie slowly nods his head, his dry mouth and the lump in his throat preventing him from speaking.
"Yes, my sweet Buttons. She disappeared a few weeks ago. There for a while, I thought that maybe someone had done something to Buttons." Mrs. Piper pauses, looking deeply into Donnie's eyes before continuing. "But I could never prove anything."
She reaches down into the box and rummages around a moment before finally retrieving a caramel popcorn ball. A vindictive smile forms as she holds it up in front of her.
Donnie stares wide-eyed when he sees that the caramel popcorn ball is wrapped in aluminum foil rather than cellophane like all the others.
"Just for you," Mrs. Piper hisses as she drops the treat into his bag.
Donnie staggers backwards off the porch, bumping into the boy behind him, and then bolts out of Mrs. Piper's yard leaving Sydney to hurry after him.
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Later that night, after all the trick-or-treaters are back home and digging into their candy, Donnie sits on his bed staring at the special caramel popcorn ball that Mrs. Piper made just for him. He turns it over and over in his hands, trying to build up enough courage to unwrap it and take a peek at it for a brief second before tossing it in the trash.
Old Mrs. Piper must be a fool if she thinks he's going to eat it.
He smells it, a little sniff at first but then inhaling deeply, to see if he can catch a whiff of the rat poison. But there is no hint of the pungent, garlicky odor that he read was how rat poison smells. In fact, he doesn't even smell the delicious aromas of popcorn and caramel.
With his interest piqued now, he decides to unwrap it and see exactly what Mrs. Piper has placed inside for him. He slowly peels away the aluminum foil.
When he discovers what's inside, he lets out a squeal and drops it onto the bed. It's a large plastic ball with a mouse inside. But upon closer inspection (or rather once his fear of mice subsides and allows him to look at it more closely), he realizes that it's just a rubber mouse.
He picks up the plastic ball and shakes it, laughing as the rubber mouse bounces around.
"Nice trick, Mrs. Piper. But now it's time for some treats."
Donnie tosses the plastic ball with the silly rubber mouse across the room. Reaching down beside the bed, he picks up his bag of candy and dumps it in front of him. He shoves piece after piece of the treats down his throat, his mouth and hands sticky from the tasty morsels.
A knock at the bedroom door interrupts his Halloween feast of treats.
"Come in," he yells with his mouth full and then immediately returns to stuffing his face.
Sydney walks in, licking caramel off her fingers. She's come to tell her brother how Mrs. Piper's caramel popcorn balls are more delicious than last year – if that's even possible!
When Sydney looks up at her brother, she screams in horror and disgust, dropping her half-eaten caramel popcorn ball onto the floor.
Donnie's mouth and hands are smeared with blood from the mice he is eating.
Mrs. Piper's special treat for his trick of killing her cat.
Copyright © 2012 by Chad P. Brown
This short story is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either products of the authors' imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this short story may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing by Chad P. Brown.


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CROCKD wrote:As this is the season of tax loss selling, my question pertains to capital losses carried forward. So far I have only carried back losses.
To date I have not claimed Carried Forward Capital Losses (Net capital losses of other years) Line253 on the tax form.
Playing around with tax software it seems to me that the total carried forward amount is deducted from Net Income to calculate Taxable Income even if the carried forward amount is more than the taxable capital gain for the year under consideration.
For example Taxable Capital Gain of $205 reported on Line 127
Net capital losses from other years reported on Line 253 of $350
Anyone care to comment?
Turbo Tax (Quick Tax) has always had that bug in my opinion.
I always have a back store of Net Capital Losses from previous years that I take advantage of on the Loss Worksheet every year (that gets transferred to line 253.
I must be sure to only enter an amount equal to line 127 or it will quite happily deduct more than is on line 127, further reducing the taxable income.
This has always left me scratching my head.


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Cardiff City boss Malky Mackay can do no more for Vincent Tan
Malky Mackay should not have to plead his case or present his managerial credentials to Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan - promotion to the Premier League is testament enough.
If, however, the flamboyant and controversial Tan needed any more confirmation that he should not attempt to fix something that is not broken, then the conclusion of a night of passion and fervour in the Welsh capital should provide the most compelling proof.
As Cardiff closed in on victory in their 106th south Wales derby meeting with Swansea City, one chant among the taunts traded relentlessly between supporters carried the greatest significance.
Mackay, standing rain-soaked on the touchline where he had spent the duration of the 1-0 win, heard his name echoing around the Cardiff City Stadium. The Scot's stock was high among the fans before this game - delivering one of the most memorable days in the club's recent history will only continue its ascent.
It was a vocal statement of faith in a manager who has taken Cardiff City into the top tier, not to mention a major Wembley final in the Carling Cup. It was also a clear message to an owner many fans see as a disruptive force, despite being - and this must be stated for balance - a serious financial backer.
Tan's transformation of Cardiff has been a journey with bumps in the road. The controversial switch which saw the Bluebirds' famous blue kit turn red still rankles and was pounced on with delight by the hordes of Swansea fans under heavy stewardship in one corner of the stadium.
"Are you Wrexham in disguise?" was one of a number of low blows delivered, but the vital shot was landed by Cardiff captain Steven Caulker when he headed Craig Bellamy's corner past Swansea keeper Michel Vorm, who was later sent off in injury time for bringing down substitute Fraizer Campbell.
The blue-to-red move away from tradition has still not been accepted by large portions of Cardiff's followers. The loss of Mackay, should it happen, may be a tipping point.
Mackay made a point of dedicating this victory to everyone at Cardiff City, players, staff, fans and the Welsh capital itself "because these have been a tough three or four weeks to endure".
Malky Mackay factfile
- Name: Malcolm George Mackay
- Born: 19 February 1972 in Bellshill
- Playing career: Queen's Park, Celtic, Norwich City, West Ham United, Watford
- International caps: Five for Scotland
- Managerial career: Watford (2009-2011), Cardiff City (2011-)
- Cardiff record in the Premier League: Three wins, three draws, four defeats
- Did you know? Mackay made his Scotland debut aged 32, the oldest Scottish debutant for 37 years
Toughest of all for Mackay to endure was the departure of his trusted head of recruitment Iain Moody.
He was instrumental, along with Mackay and Tan's money, in bringing in two players who made such decisive contributions to a win that was the catalyst for an eruption of noise and celebration as referee Mike Dean sounded the final whistle.
Caulker, an £8m signing from Tottenham, was the match-winner, while the ruthless, competitive Gary Medel - the £11m Chilean secured from Sevilla - was described as "immense from the first to last minute" by Mackay.
They played in a manner that allowed Mackay to point up the wisdom of his summer scouting and recruitment strategy as these three points moved Cardiff up to 12th in the Premier League.
And yet the uncertainty remains. The speculation continues to surround Mackay. This could be seen as a victory of even greater importance if it further underlines the manager's worth to Tan.
There is no doubt Cardiff's fans are watching developments at Norwich City with anxiety. The pressure on manager Chris Hughton increased after their 7-0 defeat at Manchester City - and should a vacancy arise, Mackay's success at Cardiff may just make him a perfect fit at a club where he is still a popular figure.
And they will hope the upheaval which was still clearly playing on Mackay's mind after Swansea were beaten can be banished before it is too late.
In a purely footballing context, it is hard to see how Tan could do any better than the manager he has at the head of his club now.
Cardiff's players were well-organised and showed fierce commitment to the cause - and to their manager. Mackay's game plan to accept Swansea would have possession, but attempt to restrict it in the most dangerous areas, worked to such an extent that, apart from Michu's early miss and a couple of late saves from goalkeeper David Marshall, it was a relatively untroubled 90 minutes.
Mackay spent the entire game stalking his technical area, in sharp contrast to his counterpart Michael Laudrup, who stayed in his seat throughout. This is by no means the measure of any manager, but it allowed Mackay to be in close proximity to a group of players who are clearly desperate to play for their boss.
And, on this day, recent events must not obscure a landmark win.
Until Caulker's goal, the long-held hostility between the fans bubbled under the surface inside the stadium instead of boiling over.
Around 60 coaches carrying Swansea fans arrived in Cardiff under tight security before beating a disappointed retreat after watching a display that was more style than substance, one which rarely threatened recovery once Caulker had scored.
This was a day for Mackay and his players to savour and - so these elated fans will hope - for Cardiff owner Tan to realise exactly what he has in his emerging manager.
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Comment number 211.
4th November 2013 - 23:37@210 I'm as shocked as u r wt that piece of news Superficially, it's nonsensical But I do find it even more nonsensical for a successful biz man to destroy something he made good Must be more to it than meets the eye I took the cue fr Bellamy who refuse to criticise management's decision I could be deadly wrong Let's hope not for Cardiff City's sake It's a good football club Peace
Comment number 210.
4th November 2013 - 23:26@208 Stop being so confrontational. I don't know the truth but I have to question the suitability of an owner who sacks an experienced, trusted scout and appoints a 23 year old friend of his son who a month before was painting the changing rooms and now has been suspended because he has no work visa.
Comment number 209.
4th November 2013 - 23:23sorry thought this was about football I appear to have ended up on some religious tosh
Comment number 208.
4th November 2013 - 23:18@207 I presume u know the truth Pls share
Comment number 207.
4th November 2013 - 23:02@206 are you Tan? Or have you been drinking?
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Boss Man: Jonathan Groff
By Max Berlinger
Photography by Tim Klein
About a year ago, Jonathan Groff made a promise to himself. Well, two, actually.
"The first was to stop drinking Diet Coke because, I kid you not, I used to drink five or six a day. I was addicted," he admits. "And I decided to stop looking at myself on the Internet."
The actor first caught the public's eye for his Tony Award–nominated performance in the 2006 Broadway musical Spring Awakening, then quickly became one of TV's dreamiest tenors when he snagged the role of Jesse St. James on Fox's smash hit Glee. Still, trolling the web for news about himself wasn't doing much for his confidence. "Your ego wants to see, of course, but I was looking at myself online -- with a Diet Coke in hand, I'm sure -- and thought, You know what? This is doing me no good." He quit both immediately.
It's safe to assume that Groff has little time for cyber-narcissism these days. He spent this past summer juggling two back-to-back projects, wrapping his role opposite Kelsey Grammer in the sophomore season of the STARZ series Boss in Chicago before jetting to L.A. for a limited engagement in the play Red. In fact, the only free moment he had to chat was while weaving through traffic, en route to rehearsal for the production.
Groff is the newbie on a team that has worked on two previous runs of the acclaimed drama; first on London's West End in 2009 and then on Broadway in 2010, in a version that starred Eddie Redmayne. "You have reverence and respect for the history that's there, but also feel free to bring your own thing to it," he says. The two-person show, which centers on the fictional relationship between artist Mark Rothko and his assistant, has Groff going tête-à-tête with cinema vet Alfred Molina for 90 minutes.
Though he admits the project is exhausting, he's glad to have returned to his theatrical roots. "It's incredibly complex and intense," he says. "We're painting a huge canvas onstage. But it's a dream job."
He'll have a similar face-off in Boss as Ian Todd, adviser to Grammer's Chicago mayor, Tom Kane. "He's this young, super-ambitious, smart guy, and he'll do whatever it takes to get ahead," Groff says of his character, before adding that he's harboring "a gigantic secret." He likens Ian to Iago in Shakespeare's Othello, a confidant whose intentions are far from pure, or even clear. Groff won't divulge any spoilers but admits that Todd would "sleep with anyone -- men or women -- to advance in the political world. His sexuality comes from a place of power."


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The key issue for understanding both legal and scholarly interpretations of the Katyń Massacres is language. In English and French, the accepted noun for Katyń is "massacre." In Polish and Russian, meanwhile, it is "crime." Originally, the term "Katyń crime" was deployed by Stalin and Molotov during World War II.
The Soviet usage of the term "crime" had not only a moral-political valence but also a legal one: at the Nuremberg Trials in 1946, Soviet prosecutors charged Nazi defendants with committing "a crime against humanity" in having perpetrated the massacre in the Katyń Forest (Basak, 1993). A Soviet exhumation commission led by Nikolai Burdienko had reported on January 26, 1944 that the corpses dated from late 1941 – while the Germans occupied the territory. However, subsequent exhumations have suggested that Burdienko's group contaminated its work by adding newspapers from 1941 (Sawicki, 2004: 19). Only the Burdienko findings – none from the German exhumation – were presented by the Soviet prosecutors, whose charges were dropped by the American presiding judge after only three days at trial on grounds of insufficient evidence (Sanford, 2005: 140-41).
Meanwhile, the Polish exile community in the United States and Great Britain lobbied for international legal claims against the Soviet Union (for documentation gathered as part of the earliest attempts, see Stahl, 1948). These lobbyists, especially Stanisław Mikołajczyk, former Prime Minister of the exile government, in his capacity as an officer of the multinational émigré Assembly of Captive European Nations, facilitated the application of Raphael Lemkin's term "genocide" to Katyń. One of the results was a 1951-52 investigation by a Select Committee of the US Congress under Indiana representative Ray J. Madden. The committee heard numerous testimonies in both the United States and Europe, including those of 26 former prisoners of Kozelsk, Starobelsk, and Ostashkov, and it gave significant weight to the findings of the Red Cross investigation of 1943. On December 22, 1952, the committee circulated House Report No. 2505: "This committee unanimously agrees that evidence dealing with the first phase of its investigation proves conclusively and irrevocably the Soviet NKVD (People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs) committed the massacre of Polish Army officers in the Katyń Forest near Smolensk, Russia, not later than the spring of 1940." The committee attributed this action to a larger Soviet plotting of "criminal extermination of Poland's intellectual leadership."
The US Congress report did not lead to legal action, yet its findings induced academic and political elites in the West – many already inclined against the USSR by the preliminary findings of the 1943 Red Cross investigation at Katyń – to accept more or less universally that the Soviet Union had perpetrated the massacre. Although the legal dimension remained crucial to the Poles in exile – Mikołajczyk prepared a report in 1954 on "Genocide of Poles" that cited, in addition to Katyń, mass deportations, Warsaw Communist policies, and other measures aimed at the "liquidation of elements hostile to the regime" – the Cold War necessarily politicized the discussion. The Polish People's Republic officially condemned the congressional inquiry, and Trybuna Ludu declared that "the Polish Nation with indignation receives the cynical provocations of the American imperialists, taking advantage of the tragic death of thousands of Polish citizens at Katyń" (March, 1952: 1). Once Katyń had on the level of international discourse become above all an issue of "American imperialists" and "Soviet communists," Mikołajczyk's legal case had been lost.
In the final years of the Cold War, the public silence in Poland was broken when, following the signing of an April 1987 agreement with Mikhail Gorbachev on Polish-Soviet academic and cultural cooperation, PUWP first secretary Wojciech Jaruzelski set up a joint Polish-Soviet commission to investigate the "blank spots" in contemporary Polish history, including Katyń. Soviet commission members maintained total silence on the massacres, and the commission failed to produce documents for public consumption, yet the commission made the word itself – "Katyń" – less taboo.
This development created a discursive space within which Polish State and society could react when, on April 13, 1990, the Soviet TASS news agency announced, "The whole of the released archival materials permits one to conclude the direct responsibility of Beria, Merkulov, and people responsible to them for the crime committed." Curiously, the Soviet government resurrected the word crime from its wartime anti-German discourse. Furthermore, its successor Russian government appeared prepared for legal consequences when president Boris Yeltsin transmitted to Polish president Lech Wałęsa on October 14, 1992 a set of photocopies of Beria's orders and the surviving NKVD documentation.
Indeed, Gorbachev had instructed the Military Prosecutor's Office to form a committee of experts. The investigation ran from August 1990 to June 1994, and its August 1993 report – co-authored by the historian Natalia Lebedeva, whose subsequent publications remain the most intrepid Russian-language analysis of the massacres – reached a dramatic conclusion (Lebedeva, 1994; Iazhborovskaia, Iablokov, Parsadanova, 2001). The report assessed the massacres to have been an act of genocide, a war crime, and a crime against humanity per article 6 of the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal Charter. Its authors recognized that these were not crimes under Soviet or Russian law, so they demanded that the Russian Duma criminalize them retroactively.
Although the Duma did reform the Russian Criminal Code in 1997, the changes were not retroactive, and the Military Prosecutor rejected the report. "Criminal Case No. 159" sat on the Russian Prosecutor General's desk for a decade before the investigation was closed, unofficially in September 2004, officially in March 2005, on grounds that the massacre victims had been condemned under Soviet criminal law of the time, so "the crime came under the statute of limitations" (Cienciala, 2006: 120). And when Poland's Institute of National Remembrance opened its own Katyń investigation in November 2004, it found that Russian investigators had classified as secret all but 67 of the 183 volumes of their investigation, and Russia refused permission for verified copies to be made even of those 67.
In 1994, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, and Poland signed a series of international agreements establishing rights of exhumation, cemeteries, and memorials. Although these agreements have proven difficult to enforce, war cemeteries were dedicated at Kharkiv, Katyń, and Mednoye between June and September 2000 (Sanford, 2005: 226-33).
And yet the release of Wajda's film has provoked renewed polemics in Russia. On September 19, 2007, Rossiiskaia Gazieta – a newspaper close to the Kremlin – raised questions about the authenticity of the Politburo and NKVD documents released by Yeltsin ("Kommentarii", 2007). Copiously verified and annotated documentary studies published over the past decade or more – corroborated by photographs of the original documents in Soviet archives – suggest to the greatest degree possible that the documents are, in fact, authentic (Lebedeva, 1994; Materski et al, 1995-2006; Skrzyńska-Pławińska, 1995-97; Cienciala, Lebedeva, Materski, 2007). Russian voices like those in Rossiiskaia Gazieta – irrespective of whether their primary motivation is political or scholarly – suggest the persistence of a traumatic memory that binds Poland and Russia in an aggressor-victim relationship that eludes "closure." (Iazhborovskaia, Iablokov, Parsadanova, 2001; Mikke, 1998; Sanford, 2005: 227).
Must the Polish and Russian positions persist in falling back on battle lines drawn around national memory? Despite the legal roadblocks to the Katyń case in Russia, the answer is an unequivocal no. The August 1993 Russian experts' report and the persistent efforts of Natalia Lebedeva and others in the scholarly realm have been matched by the Russian NGO Memorial's efforts dating back to 1987 to force Russian State and society to confront the Katyń Massacres (Mitzner, 1994: 5).
In November 2007, Aleksandr Gurianov of Memorial spearheaded an appeal of the Russian prosecutor general's decision to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ("Skarga w Strasburgu o Katyń", 2007). Memorial has campaigned for judicial verdicts that would enable the Polish families of the massacre victims to receive at least symbolic reparations. In February 2007, the District Court in Moscow rejected the claim, and in May the Municipal Court of Moscow seconded that verdict. The goal before the European Court of Human Rights is to force the adjudication of the matter according to presently existing evidence.
The road of legal interpretation may thus yet lead to recognition (though likely not restitution) for the victims' families. Barring the discovery of new documents, the fate of the Katyń Massacres remains largely within the realm of the political: Memorial lobbies for recognition of the massacres as war crimes, while the Polish State insists that they be recognized as acts of genocide. Paradoxically, the Russians themselves during World War II initiated the discourse of Katyń qua "crime." Andrzej Wajda's film Katyń has sparked renewed academic, journalistic, and popular interest. Although legal adjudication of the massacres as "crimes against humanity" or "genocide" remains in doubt, their historical status as massacres committed against Polish patriots is recognized both internationally and within Polish collective memory.


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In addition to being a website, RenoStandUp.com also puts on comedy shows. Currently, we are putting on a monthly comedy show at the University of Nevada, Reno where we present regionally touring comedians and showcase local talent. We are always looking for ways to expand our shows to a bigger audience and hope that we can bring more shows to Northern Nevada's future.
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Apparently I didn't provide adequate freeze protection this winter for my E.h. I use the copper fungicide on palms to nurse them through freezes, with mixed results. Are there any suggestions on how to encourage recovery in my Encephalartos horridus? Last winter we had a period of 40hrs below freezing. This winter not AS cold but several repeated nights of 28 - 32F, and freezing rain rather than light snow. |
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Courtesy Ocean Mist FarmsOne of four winning photos in Ocean Mist Farms' Take Your Pic sweepstakes, this was taken at a Wal-Mart in Reno, Nev.Ocean Mist Farms awarded $2,000 weekly to winners of its April sweepstakes for the best consumer photos of artichokes on sale at stores or in print ads.
About 2,388 photos were uploaded to the Castroville, Calif.-based grower-shipper's mobile website, according to a news release.
The four winners came from shoppers at Publix, Wal-Mart and Kroger. Membership in the company's Artichoke Aficionados club was required to win.
Ocean Mist Farms promoted the sweepstakes, dubbed Take Your Pic, with e-mail blasts to more than 34,000 club members; retail display contests; Save Mart banners; store signage; and artichoke petal inserts. There were also Facebook and Twitter promotions.
"(It) was the first consumer-generated content sweepstakes that rewarded fresh produce shoppers for being our eyes and ears in the marketplace and for helping other shoppers find artichokes on sale in their region," Kori Tuggle, director of marketing and business development, said in the release.
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The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) and The McKnight Foundation are proud to present an exhibition of new work by the recipients of the 2012/13 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Visual Artists: Jim Denomie of Shafer, MN, and Chris Larson, Ruben Nusz, and Natasha Pestich of the Twin Cities.
This exhibition highlights the work of artists who are also dedicated teachers. They are artists who choose to share what they know about art making to people from all walks of life. Employed by MCAD's department of Continuing Education, they engage and inspire eager learners from age 5 to 85, teaching classes that range from cyanotype workshops to building fabulous forts and secret spaces.
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Reception: Friday, July 12, 6:30-9 p.m.
This exhibition features the work of student graduating from MCAD's Post-Baccalaureate Program in Graphic Design. Participating designers: Jordan Anderson, Daniel Ringold, Joshua Wenck, Alea Toussaint, Jennifer Trotter, Timothy Cronin.
This solo exhibition features the work of renowned comic artist Jaime Hernandez who, with his brothers Gilbert and Mario, published the first issue of Love and Rockets in 1982. The black-and-white magazine ushered in a new alternative comics scene, featuring stories of high comedy and drama and spotlighting people who had rarely been seen in comics before.


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Kirk Siegler reports for NPR, based out of NPR West in California.
Siegler grew up near Missoula, MT, and received a B.A. in journalism from the University of Colorado. He's an avid skier and traveler in his spare time.
Many Filipinos living in the United States are frantically trying to get in touch with loved ones in some of the areas hardest hit by the typhoon. California, with about a million Filipino immigrants, is the center for a large fundraising effort.
Los Angeles is home to one of the largest concentrations of Filipino immigrants in the U.S. Many across this city are glued to the local Asian TV stations' nightly news broadcasts. Some are turning their worry and stress into action, pounding the pavement to raise money for typhoon victims.
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Airports around the country will hold a moment of silence this morning to honor Gerardo Hernandez. He was the TSA officer killed a week ago today at Los Angeles International Airport. That shooting is renewing debate over airport security and the role of the TSA. NPR's Kirk Siegler reports.
KIRK SIEGLER, BYLINE: Security at major airports is a web of moving parts, and a tangle of bureaucracies and jurisdictions.
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Aja Brown made history this past summer when she became the youngest mayor in the history of Compton, Calif. There is a lot of buzz there around the charismatic 31-year-old.
The city of about 100,000 people just south of Los Angeles has long struggled with gangs and street violence. But it wasn't always that way. Compton flourished in the '50s and '60s, when its factory jobs were a beacon for African-Americans fleeing the South.
Originally published on Fri November 1, 2013 6:49 pm
A lone gunman opened fire Friday at Los Angeles International Airport, police say. Police fired on the alleged shooter, who is now in police custody. The attack left one TSA officer dead and at least seven people needing medical treatment (including the shooter), officials said. The shooting forced the evacuation of a terminal and more than 45 flights into and out of LAX have been cancelled.
Originally published on Fri October 18, 2013 1:15 pm
In flood-ravaged Colorado, much of the recovery has focused on rebuilding roads and bridges to mountain towns cut off by last month's floods. But take a drive east to the state's rolling plains, and a whole new set of staggering problems unfolds in farm country.
Living In Limbo
A woman named Claudia, who doesn't want to use her last name because of her immigration status, is sitting on a couch in the lobby of a shabby hotel in Greeley, about an hour's drive northeast of Denver.
Originally published on Sat October 12, 2013 10:09 am
Thousands of beer aficionados are in Denver this weekend for the Great American Beer Festival. Some 600 breweries from around the country are represented at the marquee event for the craft-brewing industry.
And while this annual competition has long been male-dominated, that's starting to change.
Originally published on Thu September 26, 2013 7:19 pm
Any day now, Fresno plans to raze a large homeless encampment that's grown up near downtown. The poor, farm-dependent city in California's Central Valley has one of the highest per capita homeless populations in the country.
In recent weeks, city officials there have dismantled three other sprawling shantytowns. The moves have displaced hundreds of people and sparked controversy.
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Fresno is one of the poorest places in America. One in 4 people here live below the poverty line, and the recession only made things worse.
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And on a reservation in Arizona, there's a tiny radio station marking its first year on the air. KYAY is owned by the San Carlos Apache Tribe and it's become a window into this isolated reservation, offering news and entertainment. NPR's Kirk Siegler has been listening.
KIRK SIEGLER: From a cinder block building in a dusty lot on the edge of San Carlos, comes KYAY 91.1 FM, the voice of the San Carlos Apaches.
LYNN KEY: So, you know, it's KYAY.
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One of the firefighting teams trying to contain the Rim Fire in and around Yosemite National Park is the Geronimo Hotshots team from San Carlos, Ariz., one of seven elite Native American firefighting crews in the U.S.
On the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, firefighting jobs are one of only a few ways for many young men to earn a living. For team member Jose Alvarez Santi Jr., 25, the work is rewarding — but being away from home fighting fires can be tough.
Originally published on Tue August 27, 2013 5:30 pm
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca — who oversees the largest municipal jail system in the country — is facing growing pressure to bow out of the race for what could be his fifth term.
There's a lot that's been piling up against Sheriff Baca lately. At the top of the list is an FBI probe into what's been described as a systemic pattern of unnecessary force against inmates in county jails.


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text: English / Letter From Birmingham Jail Letter from a Birmingham Jail In his "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Martin Luther King Jr. creates an eloquent and personal response to a statement by some Alabama clergymen opposing his actions in Birmingham, Alabama. The essay's focus is largely an explanation of King's civil disobedience and the immorality of racial segregation. King uses many tools to convey a tone that is both powerful and convincing explaining his opinion in a way that shows his intelligence but most important his humanity by using specific examples and comparisons to further his objective point. His goal was to explain why segregation was wrong and to also show the inhumanity or emotionality and consequences of a separatist society. King's examples are realistic, easy for the reader to relate and effectively to shows how one's character is compromised by separatism. The language he uses creates clear boundaries between blacks and whites as the oppressed and the oppressor. King uses these examples and comparisons to demonstrate his humanity and relatability when blacks were thought of as anything but human. King's use of comparison in "Letter from Birmingham Jail" makes the plight of desegregation almost a religious one. His background as a Christian minister is definitely interwoven in his language and since the letter was geared toward fellow clergy bible references such as his comparison to his "gospel of freedom" to the Apostle Paul and the gospel of eighth century prophets. Another example is when he compares his incarceration and arrest to Jesus. Jesus was arrested and crucified without having committed a sin and King, with his nonviolent method builds upon an idea the clergy should be very familiar with. This shows his humanity and is a successful and convincing argument because it unties the reader with concepts that are familiar and well understood by both parties. Above constitutional rights laws are the laws of God. This sup... |


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John Adams drank a tankard of hard cider each day and had the occasional beer for breakfast.
Tomorrow kicks off another edition of Reader-Submitted Quiz Week, where our 5pm Quizzes come straight from your heads.
I've always been a little more scared of water snakes than land snakes, because they're so much more stealthy.
If you're like me, when you think of world records you think of that weird guy in the Guinness Book ca. 1980 with the really really long fingernails that curled around and around.
The nine white squares inside the main red grid should be filled with the digits 1 through 9. Each digit should appear only once in this main grid. Two of these numbers are already provided for you.
Y'all might remember a writer we had here a while back named John Green, who went on to fame and well, if not fortune exactly, then great acclaim in both YA lit and YouTube videoblogger circles w
The United States Holocaust memorial Museum in Washington is hosting National Days of Remembrance this week by welcoming those who liberated the concentration camps in 1945.
From Flossy reader Kate, a picture that includes a volcanic ash plume, glaciers and lightning. And as she pointed out, it's TOTALLY METAL!
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Here's Lilah showing how it works. She created such a masterpiece, her parents framed her outfit along with her painting.
This cute video called The Wizard of Dogz inspired me to find out more about the beloved 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz.
Don't tell Winnie the Pooh, but he's not the only big shot on the children's book Bear Market "" Paddington Bear has been charming children and adults alike since 1958.
Diplomatic immunity may be intended to keep diplomats from running afoul of local authorities while serving abroad, but some workers take it as a license to act like jerks.
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I am already spayed, housetrained, up to date with shots, good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
Bella is an approximately 1 year old German Shepherd/Lab mix, She is the sweetest girl around! She LOVES everyone, She's even met a horse and was at first scared, but is now fine with them! Bella is doing great, she is completely crate trained, and housebroken.
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"Look how pretty Bella looks in her pink dress! This pretty girl is looking for her forever home. She is a little over a year old and is potty and kennel trained and also knows a few basic commands. She is wonderful with dogs, cats, and kids. She is up to date on all vetting and is available for adoption through Duke's Saving Grace. She has been living with me as my foster puppy for three months and I would be happy to answer any questions you may have about her and her personality!"
Bella came to DSG completely paralyzed, and while we still don't know what caused it, she is now a perfectly normal dog! She LOVES to play and chew, so LOTS of appropriate chew toys are a must for Bella. Bella is completely UTD on ALL her shots, spayed, microchipped, current on heartworm prevention, and wears a seresto collar which gives her 8 MONTHS of Non-Toxic flea and tick control!!
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Is this the "true Christmas Cactus"? I got this plant at a local florist, for $7.00 had around 10 clippings in the pot, each clippings had around 9 segments each. Was this a steal? What are some good tips on how to grow this plant into a monster plant? |
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Yes it is and I would say that you got a bargain:o) If it is red maybe we can do some trading. If that is allowed on this forum. Mine is bright pink. Mine is at least 15 years old. It is blooming now. Late winter/early spring is the best time to take cuttings. Best culture for this plant is bright indirect light. Can take some AM direct sun in winter. They love to go outside in summer in a shady, protected location. Soil should be well drained. Water well then let get nearly bone dry before watering again. Use half strength all purpose houseplant fertilizer (May-Sept), none in winter. I like to leave mine outside long enough to get some cool treatment (not freezing) in the fall to help with bud set. Hope this is helpful. Dea |
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InfoComm 08 will open in just three months in Las Vegas, and it is already bigger than last year's record-setting professional audiovisual show. Held in the North and Central halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center, the conference will take place June 14-20, 2008, with the exposition taking place June 18-20.
InfoComm 08 will feature more than 10,000 commercial AV products, more than 950 exhibitors, more than 350 educational courses, more than 32,000 attendees, audio demo rooms, technology application special events, manufacturers' training, and networking opportunities.
"Attending InfoComm's tradeshow is a valuable investment in both time and money," says Randal A. Lemke, Ph.D., executive director of InfoComm International. "In just a few days you can visit the most comprehensive array of professional audio, digital signage, display, conferencing, lighting, control system, and signal-distribution technology manufacturers available in one location, all while receiving world-class education and training from leading experts and manufacturers."
Although InfoComm is large, it is easy to navigate, thanks to pavilions that bring similar technologies together. Audio, Digital Signage, Lighting and Staging, and United Collaborative Conferencing are just a few of the pavilions featuring integrated solutions from innovative manufacturers. Many special exhibits on the show floor, such as the Large Venue Display Gallery, can be seen only at InfoComm.
InfoComm 08 marks an important new era because the NSCA Expo will be incorporated into the event for the first time. "We welcome NSCA's traditional attendees, and hope the entire industry will enjoy being part of one comprehensive event," Lemke says.
InfoComm 07, held in Anaheim, Calif., was the biggest tradeshow in the history of the industry, with more than 31,000 attendees visiting 861 exhibitors occupying 496,000 net square feet of paid exhibits, special events, and demo meeting space. InfoComm 08 is anticipated to be another record breaker.
InfoComm is attended by visitors from more than 90 countries. The show is supported by the U.S. Department of Commerce International Buyers Program (IBP).
Attendees can make good use of their time by attending NXTcomm, located in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, at the same time. The co-owned tradeshow by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and the United States Telecom Association (USTelecom) targeting premier information and communications technology suppliers, is taking place June 17-19. InfoComm visitors may access the NXTcomm show floor for free, and vice versa. Don't miss this opportunity to visit with more than 1,350 exhibitors at InfoComm and NXTcomm.
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Perk up your ears: Ill admit am fairly late to this party, given that Slash has just wound up the European leg of his world tour in Dublin and the CD and MP3 release of the album has been out since late summer of last year.
But I was looking for something exceptional to review for Monsters and Critics, and given that am a long time fan of Slashs virtuosity on guitar from the days of Guns n Roses, I figured why not start off with something that I have only just really become aware of, so you can be introduced to the proverbial kiddy in the sweet shop, which is me.
Just for those that may not know or have been living under a rock, a little background about Slash and what he's been up to since drifting off from his Guitar playing duties for Velvet Revolver.
Back in 2010, Slash released a solo album with the really imaginative title of Slash, which comprised of lots of songs that hed written with different vocal artist in mind. This first album featured artists such as Ozzy Ozbourne, Lemmy of Motorhead, Fergie of Black Eyed Peas fame, who has one hell of a f*cking awesome rock voice if you havent heard, and Myles Kennedy of Alter Bridge.
Thus started what has become a fantastic creative relationship between Slash and Myles Kennedy, who filled in for many of the artists when Slash toured the first Album.
So, summer of last year Slash released Apocalyptic Love, which is a full on collaboration with Slash on guitar and Kennedy doing all the vocal gymnastics and given the mans range and virtuosity with different vocal styles. Vocal gymnastics is somewhat of an understatement.
Well, 'What do I think of the album?' I hear you all asking... my friends, it is simply awesome. So much so, that am considering putting a hit out on myself for not having gone out and gotten it last year, but hey, better late than never as they say.
The range of styles on this album astounds and makes it one of the best if not the best hard rock album have listened to in recent years.
One reviewer on Amazon describes it as a a rock fueled funk filled adrenaline rush of old school rock and roll, and Id be hard pushed to find any fault with that comment.
It has more kick-ass guitar riffs than you can shake a stick at, and the vocals from Myles Kennedy are just as astounding, if not as mesmerizing.
The album starts with the title track Apocalyptic Love, which has a rather tasty funk driven guitar riff and also gives us a taste of Kennedys full vocal range, but wait! It's not over.
The next song on the playlist is a punk inspired song titled One Last Thrill, which starts with a scream followed by Kennedy singing the lyrics at such speed that it would likely cause a fleet-wide warp core breach on most episodes of Star Trek.
For the song Standing In The Sun we have some fantastic drumming and bass playing from Brent Fitz and Todd Kerns, who are members of Slashs live band.
Anastasia is somewhat of an ear grabber though because it starts off with a nice gentle flamenco-style acoustic guitar and then kicks things to an entirely different level with a Sweet Child O' Mine style riff, which changes again to feature some great solo work from Slash and Myles Kennedy showing off both the lower and higher end of his vocal range.
The first single Your A Lie was a damned good indicator of what you could expect from this album with its driving chorus and slick guitars, and it only illustrated what a fantastic creative partnership has developed between Slash and Kennedy.
This review is for the MP3 version of the Album, which is available to download through iTunes and on Amazon, but there was a special limited edition CD released, which included a special edition of Classic Rock magazine. It contains a pin badge, poster and interviews with all band members, more importantly it came with two bonus tracks Carolina as well as Crazy Life.
To sum up, I loved this album and you can bet I'm going to try and get the CD version at the earliest opportunity. I also hope that this will not be the last collaboration between Slash and Myles Kennedy, because it would be a real shame if it was.