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White River Valley Museum celebrates pets and their humans
"Best Friends: Antique Images of Animals and Their People," an exhibition of charming images capturing the human-animal relationship, is at White River Valley Museum in Auburn through April 15.
Seattle Times staff reporter
'Best Friends'
Noon-4 p.m. Wednesdays-Sundays through April 15, White River Valley Museum, Auburn Community Campus, Auburn; $1-$2, free on Wednesdays and fourth Sundays (253-288-7433 or wrvmuseum.org).Send us your photos
We invite you to share your own pictures celebrating the human-animal bond. We'll post a selection on our Tails of Seattle pets blog. See instructions for submitting photos.
Burrowed beneath museum director Patricia Cosgrove's office desk is a black-and-white border-collie mix named Gidget. She is something of a Frisbee nut. She's also a beloved addition to the White River Valley Museum, delivering mail to the staff and inspiring its latest exhibit.
"I always have (her) with me," said Cosgrove, patting Gidget's head, as the dog surfaces from underneath her desk. "She's very empathic, and I marvel at that (ability) of animals."
Through April 15, the museum is hosting "Best Friends: Antique Images of Animals and Their People." The idea came to Cosgrove as she was sifting through reams of old photographs. Buried between sepia images of stern-faced businessmen and street scenes from the city's railroad days were some of people and animals, and she was struck by their candidness.
"Often people are pretty stiff in historic photographs — women are corseted, their hair is pulled back tight and men are wearing ties and hats. They're holding still because that's what you did to get a long exposure," explained Cosgrove. "Suddenly when animals are added to a picture, it loosens and humanizes the presentation."
The series of photos portray a range: family members with their dog, shipmates with a cat, a farmer and his horse. Each is paired with lines of poetry and quotes about the age-old relationship between humans and animals. Some are endearing; others humorous.
"I think everyone can relate to it," said Rachael Burrum, the museum's curator of education. "Everyone has interactions with animals ... And a lot of people come in here and they kind of get weepy. They think about pets they've had in their lives."
The museum, run in partnership with the city of Auburn, is dedicated to the documentation of local history. Though the exhibit is intended to be expressive, Cosgrove said that "Best Friends" does have historical undertones.
The images depict an epoch she calls the Progressive Era, between the 1880s and 1920s. As cameras became increasingly accessible, they were advertised to women as pocket-size accessories.
As the region urbanized, people's relationships with animals evolved.
"They may no longer be (just) for production, or for industry," said Cosgrove. "They were seen as pets."
She notes one image in particular by photographer Edward Curtis, who is most famous for his photos of Native Americans, which is uncharacteristic of him.
"(The photo) is a still-life in the middle of the story," she said.
"I guess I take some comfort in the fact that you can essentially make up stories to go with them in some ways."
A girl and her dog sleep peacefully against a background of shrubbery and tall grass. There's a certain purity to the scene. And it's with this image that Cosgrove has chosen to open the show.
"(Pets) are so sincerely in the present," she explained. "They are direct, unaffected and react to phenomena combined with intention, not to the expectations of the future, or the past, or societal considerations or aesthetics — as so often do we humans."
Cosgrove lives with post-traumatic stress, and Gidget helps keep her in the here and now. In return for her unwavering devotion, Cosgrove recognizes their relationship as mutual. She plays Frisbee with Gidget in the mornings and evenings and takes her to herd sheep. It's that companionship she wants to communicate in "Best Friends."
"When there's an animal in the image, I relate more to them," said Cosgrove. "The animal is like an opening of a door to that time and place."


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I'm starting up a new game for Anima: Beyond Fantasy. It'll be my first time GMing Anima, and my second time running a game. I'm looking to include a significant "unease" factor in this game, and was wondering if any of you had any tips or tricks for keeping players on their toes. I will be using the Mental Health rules, so any tips about using them will also be appreciated!
Horror in Anima: Beyond Fantasy and tips for a new GM
Posted 27 May 2012 - 10:09 AM
Posted 27 May 2012 - 12:29 PM
Get the group to Wonderland eventually. Wonderland was created by Shwartzvald (spell check) to show a person the value of life. Basically think of the first couple of Saw movies combined with a circus/theme park and you get Wonderland. This diabolic circus can only ever be found once by any given purpose and any attempts to find it via magic usually ends poorly.
The interesting thing about Wonderland is that it is never given specifics on how to run it in a game, the dev's leave that up to the storyteller. My GM had us playing twisted carnival games to obtain 100 "Super Happy Fun Points" from various games and attractions all while being pursued by a horrific amalgamation of Pennywise the clown from IT and Pyramid Head from Silent Hill. If the clown killed you, your were dead for good (he was a master of Destruction magic).
We ended that part of the game with the group surviving but with some pretty bad wounds (mental and physical). One character's eyes litterally melted out of her head and also thanks to one horrible game of "whack-a-mole" she nearly had her leg crushed. My character has a fear of being constrained and he was on a rollercoaster that had arm, leg, neck and mouth straps that wrapped around him. Yeah, that was a very horrible event for our group of 5.
Posted 27 May 2012 - 12:33 PM
Whoa…Which book is Wonderland detailed in?
Posted 27 May 2012 - 12:59 PM
Wonderland is in the Gaia book, primarily under the location of Paradis Paradis. That place (Paradis) is pretty much an island of nothing but waterparks, theme parks, bikini contests and fan service lol
Where Paradis Paradis emodies happiness and pleasure, Wonderland is its complete opposite. The locations to Wonderland are always found in Paradis Paradis.
Also another fun area to take players for scary times is Moth. Moth is like 90% haunted forests and the barrier between the material world and the wake is very thin there. Think of Moth as your typical horror theme forest areas of Transylvania and places of the like. Lots of strange creatures, strange magic and strange people live there. Plus it is the home of Malaketh, one of the most powerful Lords of Nightmare.
Posted 27 May 2012 - 01:22 PM
Actually, we're starting in Moth.
Posted 28 May 2012 - 08:47 AM
Moth is a good place to start. Lots of stuff you can do there to scare the +5 quality pants off your party. Thin barrier between Gaia and the Wake, "vampires" (the Vetala race in Those Left Behind), and just it being generally creepy.


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The potent pace of the Brawn BGP 001 continued to impress at Barcelonas Circuit de Catalunya on Thursday, as this weeks multi-team test - the last major session before the season opening Australian Grand Prix later this month - drew to a close.
Rubens Barrichello finished fastest in the newly-launched car, clocking a best time of 1m 18.926s to finish eight-tenths of a second ahead of Williams Nico Rosberg. After an initial delay due to heavy fog, the Spanish track basked in sunshine and Barrichello was able to cover 110 laps as he completed a race simulation. The team will test again at Jerez next week.
"We are extremely pleased with the inaugural test of the BGP 001 car in Barcelona this week, said team owner Ross Brawn. The team made a very late start to our pre-season testing programme with only seven days in which to run the car before the first race in Melbourne, therefore our focus has been on reliability and achieving as much mileage as possible.
Both of these aims have been successfully achieved this week. That the car has run so reliably 'out of the box' is a tribute to the strong team that we have at our factory in Brackley and they have done a great job during a very difficult period. The car is performing to our expectations and the feedback from Jenson (Button) and Rubens has been positive with both drivers completing full race distances.
Rosberg in second completed 120 laps in the FW31, as he carried out set-up work and reliability tests. Third quickest was Toyotas Timo Glock, who covered 128 laps. Glocks programme focused on the TF109s set-up, and even though he stopped on the circuit with a mechanical problem on his last lap, the German was pleased.
"That was another useful day to round off our good winter of testing, he said. We did more work on set-up and long runs and everything went well until the very last lap! Still, overall the car feels strong and we seem to have good pace so we can look forward to Australia. Of course we'll only see the real results on Saturday in Melbourne but everyone at Toyota can be happy with our work so far.
Sebastian Vettel completed 83 laps on his way to fourth in the times, as Red Bull completed their pre-season testing. Finishing just under a tenth down on the German was Renaults Fernando Alonso, who ran 64 laps in the R29. Alonso evaluated components in an effort to improve the car's mechanical balance.
We had a problem at the beginning of the afternoon and so we lost some track time, but overall I think it was an interesting day and we improved our understanding of the car, said the Spaniard. We tried some new development solutions and so today was not about outright performance but simply exploring new ideas for developing the car into the season.
Felipe Massa finished sixth on Ferraris final test day. Massa worked through a programme of set-up adjustment checks and completed 92 laps. Seventh quickest was Robert Kubica for BMW Sauber. Kubica carried out a race simulation and covered 134 laps, bringing the F1.09s total mileage for the week to 2,162 kms.
"Our final pre-season test was very productive, said BMW Sauber's technical coordinator Willy Rampf. We worked on the mechanical set-up of the car as well as the aero configuration. In addition, we also improved our KERS. Our second goal was to prepare for the season's first Grand Prix in two weeks in Melbourne. We simulated a proper race day on Tuesday with Nick Heidfeld and today with Robert Kubica, each covering a complete race distance without any technical problems."
McLarens Lewis Hamilton finished in eighth. Hamilton covered 70 laps and concentrated his attentions on mechanical set-up. The team will test again at Jerez next week. Just over a tenth down on Hamilton was Toro Rossos Sebastien Buemi, who covered 62 laps in the STR4 before handing it over to team mate Sebastien Bourdais after lunch. Bourdais eventually finished in 11th.
Sandwiched between the two Toro Rosso drivers was Force Indias Giancarlo Fisichella in tenth. As it was the teams last day in action before the Australian Grand prix, Fisichella carried out a race weekend simulation and completed a mammoth 141 laps.
It was a very good conclusion to the eight days of testing, said Force Indias James Key. Over the week we have completed more than 2,000km and have a very strong basis to start the season from. We don't have any major concerns and the car is now very reliable so we can really start to look at areas that will improve performance."
With the Barcelona test complete, the majority of teams will head back to their respective factories to continue preparations before travelling to Melbourne. For McLaren, Renault, Williams and Ross Brawns team, however, the on-track work will continue in Spain at Jerez next week.
Unofficial Thursday times from Barcelona:
1. Rubens Barrichello, Brawn BGP 001, 1:18.926
2. Nico Rosberg, Williams FW31, 1:19.774
3. Timo Glock, Toyota TF109, 1:20.091
4. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull RB5, 1:20.576
5. Fernando Alonso, Renault R29, 1:20.664
6. Felipe Massa, Ferrari F60, 1:20.677
7. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1.09, 1:20.740
8. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren MP4-24, 1:20.869
9. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso STR4, 1:21.013
10. Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India VJM02, 1:21.045
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[1322] AML and MDS Following Radiation Therapy Are Similar to De Novo Disease and Differ from Other Therapy-Related Myeloid Neoplasms.
Valentina Nardi, Michael Kluk, Eyal Attar, Karen Winkfield, Robert P Hasserjian. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background: Therapy related myeloid neoplasms (t-MN) represent a clinical syndrome including myelodysplastic syndromes (t-MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (t-AML) occurring after cytotoxic chemotherapy or ionizing radiation therapy (XRT) for a prior, usually neoplastic disorder. The prognosis of t-MN is thought to be much worse than de novo MDS or AML and these patients are thus often treated differently from patients with de novo diseases. However, current XRT protocols expose smaller marrow volumes then earlier protocols and the characteristics of post-XRT t-MN in the current era are unknown.
Design: We searched for patients who developed t-MN over a 5-year period (2004-2009) following a history of XRT, cytotoxic chemotherapy (C) or combined-modality therapy (CMT). As controls, we evaluated consecutive patients during the same time period who were diagnosed with AML or MDS following malignancies treated with surgery alone. We determined the percentage of marrow radiation exposure for patients who had undergone XRT alone. Clinical and cytogenetic features were evaluated and all cases were classified according to the 2008 WHO Classification. Treatment and patient outcome were recorded.
Results: The estimated exposed marrow in the XRT group was 1-20% of the total marrow volume (median 4%). Patents treated with XRT alone had superior survival (p=0.006) and lower incidence of high-risk karyotype (p<0.001) compared to patients treated with C/CMT (Table); survival and cytogenetics were similar in patients treated with C versus CMT. There were no significant differences in the distribution of WHO MDS types, MDS versus AML presentation, or high-risk karyotype between the XRT group and the control post-malignancy AML/MDS patients who did not receive XRT or C/CMT; although median survival was shorter in the latter, this was not statistically significant. AML/MDS treatments did not differ significantly between any of the groups.
XRT (n=20) | C/CMT (n=72) | Post-malignancy (n=21) | |
Median age (y) | 73 | 66 | 71 |
AML presentation | 10/20 | 29/72 | 8/21 |
High-risk karyotype | 5/19 | 44/68∗ | 9/20 |
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A new report by Environment America reveals that Kentucky's coal-fired power plants emitted 5,930 pounds of mercury in 2009, placing the commonwealth as the 6th worst emitter of toxic mercury in the nation right behind Indiana (ranked 5th), which spewed 6,046 pounds during the same year.
Titled "Dirty Energy's Assault on Our Health: Mercury," (Warning: PDF linkage) the report utilzed the Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), which only includes emissions that have been reported to the EPA, thus potentially rendering the numbers far lower than might actually be the case.
"Our dependence on oil and coal-fired power plants has broad detrimental impacts on our health and our environment," reads the report's executive summary. "Power plants represent America's single biggest source of air pollution, affecting our waterways, destroying ecosystems, and polluting the air we breathe. Pollution from coal-fired power plants in particular contributes to four of the five leading causes of mortality in the United States: heart disease, cancer, stroke, and chronic respiratory diseases."
In response to the news, the Sierra Club issued a press release, excerpts of which you can read after the jump …
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Mercury is a potent neurotoxin that puts pregnant women at-risk for birth defects in their children including learning disabilities, developmental disorders, and lower IQs. One in six American women has mercury levels in her blood high enough to put her baby at risk, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
"Powering our homes should not poison Kentucky's and Indiana's kids," said Thomas Pearce, Sierra Club organizer. "This report shows that toxic mercury pollution from coal plants has reached unacceptable levels."
The Environment America report found that 11 electric utilities in Kentucky and Indiana rank in the nation's top 100 emitters of toxic mercury. The worst offender in Indiana was the American Electric Power Rockport Plant in Rockport, which emitted 1,226 pounds of mercury in 2009; while the worst offender in Kentucky was the Spurlock Power Station in Maysville, which emitted 921 pounds of mercury in 2009. Other plants in the worst 100 included the LG&E Mill Creek Station in Louisville, KY; IPL Petersburg station in Petersburg, IN; Big Rivers II in Robarbs, KY; Merom Generating Station in Sullivan, IN; Nipso RMShahfer Generating Station in Wheatfield, IN; AEP Big Sandy in Louisa, KY; Kentucky Utilities Co. Station in Ghent, KY; Clifty Creek Station in Madison, IN; and Duke Energy Gibson Generating Station in Owensville, IN.
"Toxic mercury from the Mill Creek and Cane Run power plants are making us sick," said Kathy Little of Louisville, KY. "Kentuckiana parents need the Environmental Protection Agency to do its job, and protect our children's health.
Mercury pollution is emitted into the air from coal-fired power plants, then falls into waterways from rain or snow. Mercury is then known to build up in fish then the animals—and people—that consume the fish, putting them at risk for reproductive failure and mortality. Studies suggest that even a gram-sized drop of mercury can contaminate an entire 20 acre lake. On the border of Kentucky and Indiana, the Ohio River is threatened with mercury pollution.
In other coal-related news, a new blog, Louisville Residents for Coal Plant Justice, was started this week in advance of the mercury study in an effort to educate the public about LG&E's plans for a new coal ash landfill in the alreadt-polluted/fucked-over Rubbertown neighborhood. Add it to your RSS reader to keep abreast of the latest in Louisville environmental justice goings-on.


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Sat nights never seem to work out for me to get to the EC. Does anyone want to meet for a game or two during the week?
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Posted 04 March 2011 - 08:07 AM
Posted 04 March 2011 - 10:44 AM
Can't make the EC. I have to work my own store on Saturdays, up in Cambridge. Say hi to the people who know me.
Posted 08 March 2011 - 06:57 AM
I'd be up for some mid-week games - I always seem to have the same problem. (In fact, I won't be able to get there for the next 2 weekends...)
This week is bad overall but maybe sometime next week? For a while, there was a Thursday night thing going on but that stopped for some reason. Maybe we should revive it!
Posted 08 March 2011 - 11:16 AM
Email me at my username @gmail.com. I'm open to meet almost anytime except for sat nights it seems.
Posted 17 August 2011 - 01:42 AM
I'm thinking of getting this game and am wondering what kind of player base there is in the Twin Cities. I live in Western WI and was just at Fantasy Flight Games on Saturday and saw this game. Ever since I've been kind of obsessed with it.
Is there a local group?
Are there local tournaments?
Where do people normally get together to play?
Is there player support? Meaning, if you host a tournament, is there prize support from Fantasy Flight or is the tournament director on their own?
Posted 17 August 2011 - 08:27 AM
There's a decent sized group that plays regularly on Saturday nights at the FFG EC.
I try to make it there whenever I can, but, being that we're talking about Saturday night here, that's not as often as I'd like. Sometimes some of the locals humor me and show up early on Saturdays so I can at least play for 2-3 hours before I need to leave (thanks guys <smile>).
This weekend, I'll be able to stay for the Saturday (8/20) evening fun, so I'll be trying to recruit as many players as possible. If you're able to, do join us.
As for tournaments, FFG hosts the yearly Regionals and Days of Ice and Fire (coming up in November I think?). I've been to several FFG run events, both in the Twin Cities and at GenCon, and their organizers do a bang up job.
As for prize support, I'm not sure. There's a rumor that FFG obtains their AGoT and W:I tournament prizes out of boxes of Kracker Jacks, but as far as I know that's unsubstantiated.
(Ok, so I took a cheap shot, but I'm not exactly going out on a limb by implying that FFGs prize support for major tournaments is "lackluster". )
Hey Mason, does this mean you can't make it this Saturday? If so, time for Papa Khann to put on the <sad face>.
We should definitely hook up some games at alternate times. I don't know if Sunday afternoons are good for you or not, but that's a time that is often better than Saturday evening is for me. Friday nights are also a possiblity, though there's some rumblings that a W:I group may start up on at least some Friday evenings.


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I have a small frozen haddock (just over 1/2 lb) fillet. I don't like fish much, or really at all, but want to try to start to like it. Any ideas on a recipe that will make it somewhat appealing? And maybe side ideas to go with it. I'm looking to make this fish and a few sides for two people. Thanks! |
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Roasted Cod/Haddock with a Mashed Potato Crust This roasts in the oven and is finished under the broiler, so use a heavy ovenproof pan. Thaw the fish. Season with salt, pepper and some chopped fresh garlic on the top. Put it in a lightly oiled pan and spread a really thick layer of mashed potatoes over the fish (I like to mash them with garlic, olive oil and parmesan cheese). Roast at 400 for about 20 minutes or more, then turn on the broiler to brown the top of the mashed potatoes - watch carefully not to burn. Serve with cooked asparagus spears seasoned with salt, pepper, a bit of butter and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice. Roasted tomato halves with some salt/pepper/olive oil and some parm cheese would be good, too. seagrass |
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Prok, larger and early ripening. Tony |
IS it true that Prok is also sweeter than yates after being exposed to a frost? Thanks! |
They are both sweet. Yates is a little milder with an apricot flavor and a flat shape. Prok is a little juicier with a round to oval shape. I liked them both. Tony |
I cannot answer because I have never tried prok but I can tell you that yates is very good and early ripening. Mine are ripening now and will into the 1st part of October. Early golden is also very good and I like it slightly better. It is also early ripening. |
I have both but have not had any fruit yet. I bought mine from Stark Bros. |
Hi all! Where I could find seeds of Prok or other D. virginiana cultivars? |
- Posted by cousinfloyd NC 7 (My Page) on Thu, Dec 12, 13 at 7:11
rofig, I asked a similar question a while ago, but I'm still looking for a European source for a grafted persimmon. I think I've decided on Yates in the meantime, mainly because I've seen different sources indicate that it fruits well in the absence of a male pollinator. (I live in the US, but I want to buy a tree as a gift for a friend in Austria.) A member here answered my earlier question on the forum, but I tried contacting him directly, but that seems not to have worked. It also appeared from his website that he only deals in wholesale. If that same member sees this, and especially if he's willing to sell and ship a single tree, I'd still love to hear from him. Rofig, if you (or anyone else) find any European sources for persimmons please share! As for seeds, why do you want seeds and not a grafted tree? |
- Posted by longaeva54 (My Page) on Thu, Jan 23, 14 at 5:44
Cousinfloyd,if you still interested for an European source for persimmoms, delivery end of May. Here is a link that might be useful:Persimmon Yates |
- Posted by cousinfloyd NC 7 (My Page) on Thu, Jan 23, 14 at 8:47
Thank you! |
- Posted by aliciaandbilly NY 7a (My Page) on Mon, Feb 24, 14 at 10:21
I am also debating between these two varieties. Are their mature sizes approximately the same? The Stark Bros website lists the mature size at 35-50' wide and tall, but the Edible Landscaping website, which only sells Yates, lists its height at 20' with 15' spacing. The latter is more in line with the space I have available for a singular persimmon tree, so I'm wondering what others' experiences have been. Are these varieties difficult to maintain at a smaller size (in other words will I be fighting a losing battle trying to maintain a max height of 15' or less?)? Also, it's my understanding that a single female tree will fruit without seeds. Has that been anyone's experience? We unfortunately just don't have the space for 2 trees. And lastly, opinions on the best sources for purchasing? I've found Stark Bros, Edible Landscaping and Nolin Nursery thus far online. I'd be looking to ship to the NYC Metro area. Thanks in advance for the advice! |
Here is a source http://www.nuttrees.net/ |
- Posted by aliciaandbilly NY 7a (My Page) on Mon, Feb 24, 14 at 11:08
Thanks kyyada. Have you ordered from them before and were you happy with the product and service? |
I talked to them over the phone, he invited me to a tour of his orchard, I plan on going after their spring rush. They sell out fast and ship alot overseas (scionwood) he said. But no, I have never ordered from them but they seem very nice and have unique stuff. |
- Posted by aliciaandbilly 6 (My Page) on Wed, Feb 26, 14 at 9:19
Great. Thank you very much. Does anyone have any experience regarding how large American Persimmon trees get, specifically the Prok and Yates varieties? |
- Posted by tonytran 5A Omaha, NE (email@example.com) on Wed, Feb 26, 14 at 12:53
They can grow up to 30-40 feet without prunning. You can keep them down to 15-20 feet by prunning them. Tony |
- Posted by aliciaandbilly 6 (My Page) on Wed, Feb 26, 14 at 13:07
Thank you so much, Tony! Where did you get your persimmon trees from and were you happy with the service and product? I remember seeing photos of your trees and they looked great! |
- Posted by tonytran 5A Omaha, NE (email@example.com) on Wed, Feb 26, 14 at 13:19
You can buy it at Starkbros nursery. it is on the small size but good customer service there. They will replace your tree the following Spring if it died. You can also buy it from Cliff England at England Orchard "nuttrees.net" He is very helpful and with good customer service. You can't go wrong with these two nurseries. Tony |
I ordered Yates and Morris Burton from Nolin River last year. It took Yates almost until June to finally break bud, and Morris Burton never did. He is supposed to send a replacement next month. The cost is pretty comparable to England's and Mr. Brittain has always been pleasant to deal with. |
- Posted by aliciaandbilly NY 7a (My Page) on Wed, Feb 26, 14 at 13:40
Thank you both very much! I really appreciate the advice. |
I'm going to revive this thread as I wanted to know if Prok really is self fertile? I looked at my Saijo persimmon a little closer and found that the grafted part of the tree is dead. Now I have a little stump of American persimmon sticking out of the ground. I am thinking about buying another persimmon and Prok seems liek a good choice. There are no other persimmon trees in the area so there is no chance of it being pollinated, is this a problem? |
- Posted by ForestAndFarm 7A (My Page) on Thu, Mar 20, 14 at 15:21
I don't believe that either variety is self-fertile. There are some reports of trees making fruit with no seeds. I've talked to some experts about this. They believe that in some cases pollen from other plants can trick a persimmon to think it has been fertilized which will then cause it to produce a fruit with no seed. This can also occur when 60 verses 90 chromosome persimmons cross pollinate. If you only have room for a single tree, I would suggest buying a male tree. Let that tree grow to about 1" in diameter and then cut it down at chest height and bark graft a female scion from your favorite variety. After you are sure the graft has taken, select a few well spaced water sprouts below the graft and don't cull them. These will become male branches that can fertilize the rest of your tree. |
After few years the male branches will dry up and fall off. For the american persimmon I cannot recommend multiple variety trees. Prok will set fruit without pollination but the resulting crop may not be bountiful. |
Another point of view. I have at least 10 Virginiana, including Yates, that have produced seedless fruit. There are no male 90 chromosome trees in my area. Benny |
Thanks for the reply, I am trying to figure this out but as you can see from the replies there is a lot of contradicting information out there. Most experts say you need two trees for pollination while many of the nurseries list American cultivars as self fertile. Benny; What about Meader? I see this one coming up quite often even the university of Kentucky says it is self fruitful. Rosseyanka is a potential tree for my yard, does anybody know if it tastes good? This is what I am looking; -I have room for only one tree and it will double as an ornamental. It will be allowed to get as big as possible, fall colors would be a huge bonus. Trees here are naturally dwarfed by the soil and climate compared to the midwest so even though it could potentially grow to 50 ft it will probably only grow to 30. -Obviously the tree needs to be self fruitful. -It needs to be more cold hardy then a Kaki. -It needs to be relatively early season compared to other persimmons. -It needs to taste good. I tend to like stronger sweeter tasting I know I am probably asking for too much of a persimmon but I really like the idea of having one. |
Greg, a 60 chromosome male is not necessary to produce seedless fruit from a 90 chromosome female. Yates tastes good, is early, and will make seedless fruit. Even earlier and seedless is H-118 I don't think either one is good for fall color Benny |
Greg, I have a Rossyanka hybrid persimmon. So far it handled -19F 3 years ago and -15F this past winter with flying color. It finally produced fruits last year for me. To me, it taste pretty good if you let it wrinkle a bit. The size was a little smaller 2 1/4' than my Nikita's Gift hybrid persimmon. My Nikita;s Gift can handled the -15F this year without protection and on the south side of my house. I did wrapped it for winter protection the first two years. I really like the NG fruits. They are about 2-3" and really sweet and dark orange in color. The texture is a lot firmer than other soft Asian persimmons. Both of these hybrids are self-fertile. Tony |
One consideration with Rosseyanka is that it needs a long season to ripen properly - it is the last fruit of any type that I harvest in my orchard, this year it had been in January when it stays well attached to the tree, weathers the freezing temps better than any other persimmon in my collection and develops a rich sweet flavor with a pasty consistency. |
Tony; Did your Nikitas gift have any good fall colors? I wanted a little bigger tree but the fact that I don't intend to prune this tree might actually work in my favor. The trade off is a smaller tree but bigger fruit. -15F is about as cold as it ever gets around here so it is good to know it can take the cold. Creek; thanks for bringing up the ripening time of Thanks Greg |
Greg, NG's leaves had a nice reddish color if Omaha had a prolong fall season or an Indian summer. If frost came to town early then all green leaves dropped and all the orange fruits hung just like a Christmas's tree. Tony |
- Posted by ForestAndFarm 7A (My Page) on Fri, Mar 21, 14 at 14:33
Tony, you are getting me excited about that Nikita's Gift! I can't wait to bark graft the scions you sent to my native trees in May. In the mean time, I couldn't wait and actually tried bench grafting one of them to an undersized persimmon rootstock indoors. No bud break yet, but it still looks promising.... Greg, I chatted with some experts about Meader on the subject of it being self-fertile. That assumption was made because it was producing fruit in areas where there were supposed to be no nearby pollinators. I was told that like Benny reported if bagged it will not set fruit. They speculate that it may have been chestnut pollen that was tricking the tree into thinking it had been pollenated causing it to set fruit, but that was simply educated speculation as to why the trees were observed setting fruit with no nearby pollinators. |
Thanks to everyone for helping I will replace my dead saijo with nikitas gift. |
More info Forest, I have no idea what tricks the tree into thinking it was pollinated, however, there are no Chestnut or native persimmon in the swamps of south Louisiana where seedless fruit has been produced on 90 chromosome Virginiana Benny |
Greg, I would get a Meader. It tastes good, is hardy enough and produces fruit on its own, but probably not if you bag the fruit. (WHy would you bag the fruit?) I used to get small unseeded fruit on my Early GOlden. Yes, I have chestnuts. Now I get big seeded fruit on my Garretson, and small fruit on my Szukis, because my Szukis is now flowering. I agree that the method described earlier of bark grafting onto the male tree could work, but I also agree not to just graft a limb because it will probably fall off. Graft the desired female variety onto the main trunk. Persimmons are slow growing so yes, you can keep them to 20 feet easily with pruning. |
- Posted by ForestAndFarm 7A (My Page) on Fri, Mar 21, 14 at 23:23
Benny, I'm no expert on this by any means, but I think the physical characteristics of the agent being "close enough" to the intended pollen can cause it to set fruit thinking it was pollenated. However, if DNA of the agent is not correct you don't actually get seeds formed. Again the agent being chestnut pollen, dust, or something else are really only informed speculation by some of the persimmon experts. I'm simply passing them on. I had the same question about Meader when I first started trying to select varieties for wildlife. I have plenty of native persimmon in my area, so I can't speak from personal experience. One guy who has been grafting persimmon for wildlife for 30 years told me not to even worry about saving male trees for pollination. He says that if you have native persimmons growing anywhere in the area you can convert every tree to find to female. He says there are always a few trees around and with insect pollination they can be quite distant. |
Creek; One more question I read somewhere that Rosseyanka ripens late when grafted onto lotus root stock and in October if grafted on virginiana. Do you know if your tree is grafted on lotus? |
My largest Rosseyanka is grafted on virginiana 90C race. In October the fruit has turned orange but still astringent and not yet soft. In January the fruit is orange and somewhat shriveled, soft, nonastringent and very tasty. |
Just got burned fro Stark Brothers nursery. Sold me a Prok persimmon select tree and two weeks later told me they were sold out. Maybe should have mentioned this before I paid.... Now having a tough time finding any in stock at the other stores. Be care with these jokers. |
Omicron, Try England Orchard at nuttrees.net and Cliff will help you out. Tony |
Creek Sorry to keep bringing this topic up but I am still vacillating on what type of persimmon tree to get. My wife wants the tree to be more of an ornamental tree, she particularly wants a larger tree and is pushing for Rosseyanka over Nikita's gift. I would take either if they produced fruit, but I am a little confused about how you can get fruit from a tree in January? I have read that the persimmon fruit will ripen in sub freezing temps down to around the low 20's or so. For my climate that would get me to around maybe early to mid November, by the time January has come we are always down to around 0 degrees many times even lower. Could you elaborate? Also Nikita's gift should be hardy here but may be subject to damage every couple of years while Rosseyanka should never have a problem here so it would be one less thing to worry about. |
Greg, I would stick with Rossyanka for super winter hardy to -20F. and taste good too. Sooner or later when I am tire of protecting the rest of Kakis then I will topwork them all to Rossyanka. My kids love to eat dehydrated persimmons. Tony |
Here is a link that might be useful: Rossyanka Hybrid persimmon
My earlier post on this subject was somewhat misleading regarding the ripening of Rosseyanka. My January Rosseyankas aren't ripening in the usual sense of the word; a better account is that the weather brings on desired changes in the fruit's flavors and texture through freeze and thaw cycles. A few varieties of persimmons improve with this kind of exposure - Rosseyanka more so than any other IMO. "Ripe" around Christmas time some years, they're the closest thing I have to sugar plums. But I rely on these winter Rosseyankas because my season just isn't long enough to ripen them in the conventional sense. At the end of my growing season the fruit is not yet fit for fresh eating - I would guess that the same would be true for yours. As far as hardiness goes, My Rosseyankas and Nikita Gift both survived temps of -11F without dieback this past winter. |
- Posted by cousinfloyd NC 7 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 29, 14 at 10:04
Creek, is there a low temperature that ruins the fruit (or reduces fruit quality)? Or are the rosseyanka fruits so wrinkled and concentrated at that point that they wouldn't taste any different coming out of a deep freezer? I tasted some in mid-December at Edible Landscaping Nursery in northern Virginia that were terrific. |
A good question as it brings up the possibility of storing frozen Rosseyanka persimmons in the freezer for later consumption. Other persimmons can be frozen for later use in recipes, but when defrosted are very mushy and nothing like the fresh fruit. Perhaps Rosseyanka from the freezer is identical to Rosseyanka from the winter garden. Something to look into later this year. |
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A celebrity is sponsoring a contest. He is a talk radio host who now has a tea company. The left absolutely hates him and I am sure he has a security squad near him when he is out in public.
The grand prize is him and his wife would delivery a year's supply of tea to your house. He stated that he would show up at an agreed upon time and would stay for a visit if you invite him in...."after a security sweep". To me, this would be item one on my bucket list, a dream come true.
I am not sure what the security sweep would consist of, but I am sure some people would show up first and do whatever they need to do. Obviously if he came to my house, they would discover I have enough arms and ammunition to start a small war. Not sure what they would say, but say they asked you to disarm and/or remove some of the firearms/ammunition beforehand, would you do so?


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5 and he shall be the one of peace. If the Assyrians come into our land and tread upon our soil, we will raise against them seven shepherds and eight installed as rulers. | 5 And he will be their peace. When the Assyrian invades our land and marches through our fortresses, we will raise against him seven shepherds, even eight leaders of men. |
6 They shall rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the drawn sword; they shall rescue us from the Assyrians if they come into our land or tread within our border. | 6 They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, the land of Nimrod with drawn sword. He will deliver us from the Assyrian when he invades our land and marches into our borders. |
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CF Payne is a Cincinnati, Ohio-based artist whose work has been featured on the covers of such publications as Sports Illustrated, Time Magazine and The New York Times Book Review.
Payne is regularly commissioned to paint famous figures like politicians, entertainers and authors. As seen in his work featured here, he usually takes artistic licensees.
One of the pictures in this series, titled 'Americana,' depicts the five apostles of communism—Lenin, Stalin, Marx, Trotsky and Mao—as polar bears—why not? In another frame, Payne portrays a man-sized frog playing the bagpipes in full highlander attire. Another painting shows a creature that is a woman from the waist down but a frog from the waist up; this frog-woman creature poses in such a way as to resemble Marilyn Monroe.


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Is there one book that is a "must have" that came out this week? My friends Andy Tom (@AndrewJTom), Chris Campbell (@ChrisCampbell8), Marc Diefenderfer (@Dief88), Shane Hannafey, Adam Besenyodi (@adambesenyodi), Joey Nazzari (@CaptDS9E), Wallace Ryan (@ReverendLove) and I (@ChrisCCL) are sharing some comic book collected editions, reprints and/or graphic novels released this week that you may be interested in.
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March Volume 1 GN (Top Shelf Productions), $14.95
I like it when this medium I love tries to do more than just entertain. It might not always be 100% successful, but there is something to be said for even making the attempt. In this case, Congressman John Lewis, with help from staff member Andrew Aydin, is using the format to tell his story through Nate Powell's art. It's ambitious not just because this is only the first of three volumes that will comprise the body of work, but also for the era it's attempting to cover. Lewis is an icon of the Civil Rights Movement, and telling his own history in this manner somehow seems bold, if not entirely unique (The Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story comic book was published in 1957). There is opportunity here to expose a huge cross-section of readers to both an important part of our country's history, and the power of the graphic novel. A story like this has the potential to ultimately fall somewhere between Brian K. Vaughn's Pride of Baghdad and Art Spiegelman's Maus.
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Doc Savage The James Bama Commemorative 5-Pack Collection (Sanctum Productions), $49.95
I have had a love for the pulp heroes of the thirties for as long as I can remember. My first introduction to science fiction was watching Flash Gordon serials rerun on PBS. Characters like Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, The Shadow and Doc Savage were around before Action Comics #1 first hit the stands and that first appearance of Superman is considered by many to be the first real superhero comic book. Doc Savage is a superhero in his own right. A bit like Batman in that his body and mind are his super powers, Doc is highly educated and has conditioned himself to near superhuman status. Along with his team of five, he fought criminals and had some incredible adventures. After the original run of pulp novels, the character's appearance was sporadic over the years. There were book and comic runs as well as reprints of those original pulps. Marvel (he teamed up with The Thing for one notable Marvel Two-in-One appearance), DC and Dark Horse all tried their hands at comic series. DC tried to "reboot" Doc and other classic pulp heroes with their First Wave series, even teaming him up with Batman. Unfortunately this only had a short run. A lot of people know the character from the cheesy 1975 film with Ron Ely. My personal favorite stories were the Marvel magazines printed in the early seventies. These magazines were reprinted as a DC Showcase edition and it is well worth tracking down. If you really want to start at the beginning, the pulp novels are the way to go. This beautiful volume is being released in honor of the 80th anniversary of the character and collects Sanctum books' first four James Bama variant editions (1, 2, 14 and 17). James Bama did 62 of the Doc Savage pulp novel covers in the sixties when they were being reprinted by Bantam books and his art is spectacular. Sanctum has done a beautiful job of again reprinting some of these original stories in nice oversized volumes introducing the character to a modern audience. This book not only includes some of the early pulp stories but an interview with Bama, some exclusive art prints, commentary and much more. If you never read Doc Savage, he is a fun character for comic and adventure fans alike and this volume should be a nice starting point and a beautiful piece to display on your bookshelf.
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Prince Valiant HC Vol. 7 1949-1950 (Fantagraphics), $35.00
The new comics arrived today and buried deep in one of the last boxes was the latest volume in Fantagraphic's collection of Hal Foster's graphic masterpiece, "Prince Valiant"! I'd only ever seen pictures over the years of Foster's magnum opus and had always wanted to get my hands on some kind of collection of these Sunday comics. Thankfully, Fantagraphics Books has obliged with this wonderful set of hardcovers with colour reproduced from original syndicate proof sheets restoring the vibrant and rich colours that previous reprints of the strip seem to have lacked.
"Prince Valiant" is a classic adventure comic that follows the exploits of the nordic Prince, who becomes a Knight of Arthur's court and roams the medieval world with the singing sword Flamberge by his side fighting evil and injustice in all it's forms. The artwork is beautifully detailed and it's obvious that Foster dedicated a lot of time on research and in the comic's final execution. The storytelling is paced with expertise and care, giving a feeling like you're sitting at the knee of the great Prince as he regales you with wild tales of his travels and his many adventures.
I recommend that you give "Prince Valiant" a try and you will experience legends from the edge of time, still wrapped in the magic of Camelot and a world wide open for exploration, danger, romance and tragedy. In terms of the classic adventure comic strips of old, you're not going to get anything much better than this timeless gem!
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Transformers 30th Anniversary Collection HC (IDW), $49.99
I'm a huge Transformers fan, including the cartoons, the toys and most definitely the comics. The movies, not so much, but that's for another day. IDW has released a "best of" collection celebrating the franchise, and one notable aspect of the collection is that it collects material from all of the publishers that have held the license over the years – Marvel, Marvel UK, DreamWave, and IDW. It contains obvious choices such as Transformers #1 from Marvel, but also contains fan-favorite issues from All Hail Megatron and Last Stand of the Wreckers (a must-read series). To be fair, this collection may not be for everyone because it contains highlighted issues, but not the complete series of, for example, Last Stand of the Wreckers. But for fans of the brand, this is a beautiful hardcover that celebrates the best of Transformers. A great item to check at the local LCS.
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Amelia Cole and the Unknown World TP (IDW), $19.99
Over the last year, there have been many digital first comics released via Monkeybrain . My favorite of the bunch is Amelia Cole and the Unknown World written by D.J. Kirbride and Adam Knave, with Art by Nick Brokenshire . Amelia lives her life between two worlds, the Magic and the Non Magic. After Amelia faces a creature in the non magic realm that should have never appeared there, she visits her Aunt Dani in the magic realm to help get help figuring out what is going on. However as soon as she returns, the police on show up and to take action for the problems she has been causing by crossing over between worlds so much. This leads to her Aunt revealing a big secret to Amelia's past , and sending her to a place she did not even known existed. A place where magic is highly regulated, and that Amelia has no way of leaving. However Amelia the strong character she is, quickly get's involved in the worlds affairs, get's into some trouble (see a pattern here), and a fun ride of mystery commences. The series get better and better as it goes on, and is a great book for comic readers of all ages.
Smallville Season 11 Vol. 2: Detective TP (DC Comics)
Collects Smallville Season 11 #5-8, $14.99
I picked Volume 1 of Smallville for one of my first Pick Six choices, and I mentioned you wanted to read it because of things to come later in the series. Well what starts right away in Volume 2 . In the TV show, the Justice Society of America played a big part in the later seasons. However because of movies deals, animated series, and other legal stuff, the main Justice League characters were never introduced (though hinted at). The great thing however, is that Brian Q. Miller does not have to worry about those issues in the comic series. and he is taking full advantage of it. This trade finally introduces Batman AKA Bruce Wayne to the Smallville Universe. Things do not start out well between Clark and Bruce, as these young heroes get in a few altercations over differences on how to handle things. However, in great comic book fashion they realize they must work together if they are to stop a plot by those involved in both of their rogue galleries. Throw in Green Arrow, Lois, Martian Manhunter and Barbara Gordon as Nightwing, and you have one of the funnest comic arcs in the last few years. This is one DC digital first series not to be missed.
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We will be in Italy for a week in February (renting an apartment so we'll have the use a washing machine). Any recommendations for laundry goodies to try there and bring back? |
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George Clooney - it is OK if he is a bit dirty - I will wash him when he gets here. That is my idea of a laundry goody! Seriously, is the soap so much better in Italy that it is worth dragging it all the way across the ocean? I must be missing something. I just go to Target. Works on my regular old American dirt. Have a great trip. I am very envious. |
:-) and thanks! I posed the question because so many people on this board use European laundry products like Persil. I'd love to try it but the cost here is prohibitive (I'd have to mail order it and I don't want to waste my money if I don't like the smell of it - I'm very scent sensitive and end up using mostly unscented products here in the US because the scents of detergent and softener are so overwhelming here). So I thought being in Italy would give me a good chance of smelling and performance testing of some European products.... |
Buy some Persil or Ariel while in Europe. The Persil will be about 75-80% cheaper in Italy, than what you will pay for it in the USA. You can try Persil Sensitive/Sensitiv, if you do not like strong smells. Ariel is quite perfumated, but I like it. |
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Sensitive has a nice pleasant smell. Not too strong. I find regular Persil too strong for me. |
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a maid? |
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We lived in Milan for four months and our absolute favorite Italian laundry item is their indoor clotheslines. Italians rarely have clothes dryers, instead they dry their clothes on items know as "stenditoios" - usually a set of six stainless steel tubes that hang from the ceiling and can be raised and lowered using a simple pulley system. You may consider this a bit quaint, but clothes dried quickly, without annoying line marks in them (because of the relatively large diameter of the tubes), and with the right amount of fabric softener were quite nice. You don't get that fluffy feeling from towels, but you'll save a ton of money on electricity. Stenditoios are something you would find at a hardware store, or a specialty home furnishings store. You can find them for sale in the US via the laundrylift.com website. We have one in our small NYC apartment (hanging over our bath tub). Works great! |
ManhattanTransfer, thanks for the information on the "stenditoios". It looks like a great idea to me, so I've just ordered one for my laundry room. I can't wait to try it out. |
George Clooney and a maid, wouldn't that be lovely! Thanks all for the feedback - I'll be on the lookout for Persil Sensitive. Vaska Unscented and Sears detergent which has almost no scent is about all I can handle at the moment. Everything else makes me sneeze uncontrolably. And I'll check for any specifically Italian products as well to see if I find anything interesting. ManhattanTransfer, I am very familiar with these pulley driers. They are very popular with apartment dwellers in Europe. My parents have one and I used to have them when I lived in Poland. And I agree - they are great. I considered getting one when we lived in a condo previously but now I have enough space for a standing one. |
Hi Izeve, - you won't find Persil here in Italy ... cause it is called DIXAN Click on the bottles to enter each powder/liquid scent . - The Persil Sensitive equivalent - Henkel gave up selling Megaperls on the italian market since the last millennium . - Be aware that Dixan "Igiene & Purezza" (eucalyptus oil scented) either powder, liquid or concentrated liquid will make your laundry smell as if it had been washed with Vicks Vap-o-rub *LOL* . - As for George, he' ll be available as long as he 'll give St. Peter John Malkovich the coffee maker - This liquid detergent RIO BOLLEBLU is the only one containing oxygen bleach. Other ones don't, cause it breaks down enzymes. It's not very easy to find, but it's worth to look for it as it cleans well and leaves a nice clean scent - Pril perfect gel (Somat) is probably the best dishwasher detergent available in Europe. IMHO it cleans far better than the finish quantum tabs |
Hidroman, thanks for the very useful information and links and also for a good laugh!!!! I'm very excited about the upcoming trip and thanks to you now I know what to look for in the laundry isles in the grocery stores..... |
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I used to live in the middle of the woods. When we moved last year the ginger was one of the plants I brought with me from the old house. I was just telling my wife about how I used to have hummingbird moths around at the old place. And two of them showed up last night. Mine are blooming also they smell great. Oh, and before anyone gets the wrong idea. That is not marijuana growing in the background. It's hibiscus cannabinus. I just realized that was in the pic. lol |
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League of Legends' upcoming map is different. How different? Well, if the 5v5 Summoner's Rift is a football field, and the 3v3 Twisted Treeline is a rugby field, then the 5v5 Crystal Scar, with its new Dominion game mode, is more akin to laser tag arena than anything we've seen so far in League of Legends. So, yeah, different.
Some things will remain unchanged: players will choose between one of LoL's 80+ champions and charge onto the battlefield, equipping themselves with items and leveling up their temporary avatar. But even if the core itself isn't changing, the pacing and strategy is altered dramatically in the switch from "destroy the enemy base" to "capture and defend strategic points on the map." Words can only do so much to explain it, it might be best to watch this newly released video, which shows off fast, frenzied Dominion gameplay being played off by Riot's QA testers and developers.
These changes might not sound massive to those uninitiated in the ways of League of Legends, but for fans, the Dominion game type is essentially a new game—a sequel to LoL, in a way. And for as cool as this looks, we're even more excited at the prospect of even more game modes being added. Heck, we didn't even know that sort of thing was in the cards with League of Legends—most of us assumed that any new maps would just be variations on the mode already in the game. Now that the floodgates are open, what's to stop Riot from adding in their own version of Capture the Flag? Or King of the Hill? We're sure there are some balancing issues to keep in mind, since keeping 80 heroes and one game type in check sounds remarkably difficult, but we want more excuses to play League of Legends, and new game modes give us just that.
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Local Alternatives to Globalized Development: A View from India
In this extended episode, Local Bites interviews scholar/activist, Ashish Kothari about his book, Churning the Earth: The Making of Global India, co-authored by Aseem Shrivastava. During the first half of the interview, Kothari provides a sobering account of the social and environmental impacts of globalized development in India, arguing persuasively that the costs outweigh the benefits, and calling into questions a number of taken-for-granted assumptions about "economic growth", "progress", and the so-called inevitability of urbanization. In the second half (28:24), Kothari highlights a diverse range of localist alternatives taking place in communities throughout India, forerunners to what he calls 'radical ecological democracy', that can "take us all to higher levels of well-being, while sustaining the earth and creating greater equity."
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Acclaimed historian Paul Johnson has written that it is impossible to know if the fortunes generated by creating empires ultimately outweigh the costs. Regarding Europe, Johnson concluded that the European Age of Empire was ultimately about "colored maps."
Here then is a colored map for you to consider, courtesy of our friends at the Heritage Foundation, showing Florida's Hispanic student scores on 4th grade reading compared to the 31 states they either outscored or tied in 2009.
Here is a smaller, but growing, empire: the number of states Florida's African American students outscore or tie.
Notice that Arizona is on both maps. Florida's Hispanic students crushed our statewide average for all students by more than a grade level, and Florida's African American students have also edged us out. Just for the sake of an apples to apples comparison: Florida's Hispanic students outscored Arizona's Hispanic students by approximately two and a half grade levels on 4th grade reading, up from a single grade level advantage in 1998.
The Arizona legislature is currently considering several major school reforms based upon changes put in place in Florida a decade ago, including grading schools A, B, C, D or F and curtailing the social promotion of illiterate students. The 2009 NAEP scores strongly reinforce the need to pass these far-reaching reforms.
Dr. Matthew Ladner is vice president of research for the Goldwater Institute.
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Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt Sing New Year's Eve Duet: VIDEO
by Missy at . CommentsThe (500) Days of Summer co-stars Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt teamed up for a duet that she uploaded to YouTube and posted on her HelloGiggles website.
They joined forces to cover Nancy Wilson's What Are You Doing New Year's Eve and their collaboration is impressive.
ZD and JGL first met in 2000 while filming the movie Manic and have remained close ever since. In fact, she mentioned on her website that she considers Joe one of her dearest friends.
Deschanel penned, "When we did '500 Days of Summer' eight years later, we spent every lunch hour dancing to Marvin Gaye in the hair and makeup trailer. We had loads of fun. I hope to do a thousand more movies with him, because he's simply the best."
She went on to say, "We made a little New Year's duet for all of you! ENJOY!"
Zooey and her husband Ben Gibbard split two months ago after a two year marriage. The actress indicated they intend to move forward with a divorce.
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