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We have a Acer ginnala 'Flame' maple tree with 3 trunks, in its 5th season and suffering from chlorosis (iron and magnesium deficiency). Does anyone have advice on how to help the tree take in iron?
We will try deep root fertilization in the fall. I've also heard about a new treatment via a tree IV (injecting iron and magnesium into the trunks) but this sounds pretty radical. In the meantime, I'd sure like to do something to help the tree. Thanks in advance for any info. We're in Colorado (terrible clay soil here!). LaurieDutch |
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Nutrient uptake is by the fine microscopic roots which are diminished when the roots don't get enough oxygen from poor drainage which you would have in clay. I think anything you will do will only be a temporary fix unless you can get the tree into a better soil. Is it too big to move at this point? |
- Posted by lauriedutch 5 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 6, 08 at 11:26
It is too large and established to move. We are going to be brave and try the IV treatment and thereafter fertilization that includes humates/iron. If anyone is interested to hear how the IV treatment goes, I can post about our results here if you like. |
Hmm, I just remembered. I believe Acer Ginalla produce tap roots so I suppose transplanting would be too hard. You may have to fertilize it and hope for the best. After your leaves start to turn in Autumn you should add a micronutrient supplement or a very low nitrogen fertilizer that has the full spectrum of appropriate nutrients. You will get some root growth in the fall hopefully while the ground is still warm and MAYBE get enough nutrient uptake. You might want to consult a arborist on this one. |
I would like to hear about the IV treatment, very new to me. So, you inject nutrients directly into the cambium layer? |
I can't say for you, but at our home sit atop a bank that was created when a road was cut in front of our house into a clay hill. As such, much of our yard is sloped clay that was originally a clay subsoil, and is extremely poor in nutrients. In addition, our clay is a Ultisol, which is low in nutrients to begin with, and those nutrients that are present are in the top few inches. This may be what is happening with your site (resulting in the chlorosis), but various clays are often brought to a development site as fills. Either way, the only thing you can do that I know of, is to add nutrients and work on building organic matter. I use fertilizers that contain additional minor to micro nutrients. In addition I use Milorganite which is derived from treated sanitary sewage of Milwaukee (yes there is some smell, but it dissipates in a day or two at most). Milorganite has iron added, but should also contain other nutrients as well. I know is the grass, shrubs and tree sure respond to it in a positive way. I also try to manage our lawn so as to encourage the grass roots to sink deeper into the clay, resulting in better retention of nutrients, better aerated soil, and more organic matter. But we will probable both be adding nutrients for some time to come. |
Is Iron/Magnesium deficiency common in your area?? A foliar application of Epsom salts (1tbsp per gallon of water, spray to drip) would rule Mag. out if a change was not seen...Mag. is very soluble and foliar applications are common for some growers. This wont solve the problem, but could determine/rule out a nutrient. Keep in mind it could also be manganese..Acers in general have much higher needs of manganese than iron (based on tissue analysis) and a lack of would look very similar. |
- Posted by lauriedutch 5 / CO (My Page) on Wed, Jul 8, 09 at 18:24
This is a follow-up message. We had the IV treatment done a year ago. It helped quite a bit. I'd say the tree looks 85-90% better. Since it looks so much better, we did not give it a second IV treatment this season (2009). Instead, we gave it iron via fertilizer this season. |
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It's a big jump from selling hand-painted stemware to starting a nonprofit arts society, but that's exactly the leap Jude Kusnierz has made. And she's entirely thrilled about it, even if the back story involves the collapse of two tall buildings and the gutting by fire of a third.
"I used to have a business in glass painting that started in, like, 1997," the artist and businessperson relates, on the line from her Beaumont Studios office on West 5th Avenue. "It was one of those little niche markets where I was painting martini glasses and plates and bowls and platters, and being super-crafty, and I did really, really well with the product line in the United States."
So well, in fact, that Kusnierz's sales had reached about $500,000 a year by 9/11. Her business was one of the casualties of the ensuing economic meltdown. As she notes, "People weren't buying $65 painted martini glasses anymore."
It was only after a fire in her own workplace, however, that she decided to open the Beaumont facility, which now hosts approximately 40 artists in 16 studio spaces, along with a storefront gallery and a rehearsal room that doubles as a 70-seat performance venue. And this week, to celebrate its newly won nonprofit status, it will also host HeadstART, a gala art sale and fundraiser featuring over 100 works from a similar number of emerging artists.
Kusnierz and her partners have high hopes for their studio. The Beaumont tradition of providing affordable space in one of North America's hottest real-estate markets will continue, but workshops in arts marketing and business development will eventually serve an equally important function.
"How to get a job or how to get your work into the gallery system is not part of the education system when you go get a fine-arts degree," says the Beaumont's gallery curator and manager, Charmaine Carpenter, joining in on speakerphone. "They teach you the skills and then kind of leave you to it.…So with HeadstART we thought we'd do as much as we could to launch ourselves, and as much as we could to launch emerging artists."
Characterizing submissions to the show is difficult, but the two artist-entrepreneurs have identified one rising trend.
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"Lots of digital," Kusnierz agrees.
"Lots of photography that's been digitally manipulated," her colleague elaborates.
The good news for art buyers is that the work on view this Saturday is distinctly affordable, with prices ranging from $150 to $500. And the young artists themselves will see more than just their share of the receipts: $10,000 in prizes will be awarded, including a $2,500 "people's choice" award for best artwork, as chosen by event attendees. (Admission to HeadstART is by donation, with one ballot being allotted for every $10.)
Kusnierz, who ran the Beaumont Studios as a sole proprietorship until February of this year, admits that she's still getting her head around the shift. "The thought of going and asking people to give me money to keep my business alive was… Maybe it was ego, but I just wanted to never have to do that," she says. "But I recognized that we were missing out on a lot of funding that could be put towards things like programs to help mentor artists stepping into the business arena. So, yes, those things are happening here, and they'll happen more and more as our not-for-profit grows."
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There hasn't been much time to settle in.
Marin Theatre Company's new managing director, Michael Barker, started work at the end of February, right in the middle of the planning process for the new season that starts this fall. What's more, during Barker's first week on the job, artistic director Jasson Minadakis was in Virginia directing "The Whipping Man" at Virginia Stage Company before bringing the play to Marin. (It opens at MTC on April 2.) While Barker was learning the ropes from interim managing director Sandra Weingart, he was also often on the phone with Minadakis talking over the next season.
"We had an interesting week where we were really trying to work long distance," Minadakis says. "I was directing on an East Coast schedule, and then we'd talk about season planning while I was driving home after an eight-hour rehearsal day."
Barker comes to Marin from Laguna Playhouse in Laguna Beach, where he was the general manager. Previously he served as managing director for the small Antaeus Company in Los Angeles, associate managing director at Yale Repertory Theatre and associate director of marketing for Court Theatre in Chicago.
Barker, 33, originally hails from Jonesboro, Ark., and attended Carleton College in Minnesota before moving to Chicago to pursue a career as a comic improviser.
While at Court Theatre, the executive director, a Yalie, convinced him he needed to go to grad school there. It proved to be a good move in many ways, including meeting his wife, a costume designer, there.
"As a kid from rural Arkansas, it is remarkable to me the depth of this Yale Mafia thing," he says. "I went to Yale because the Yale managers I'd met were just really talented, and I wanted to get a good education. And I did, but then you leave and you have this huge Little Black Book, and you can just call anyone up and they'll help you out. That's black magic, and it's real."
He also amassed a strong network at the League of Resident Theatres, which MTC joined five years ago.
"I've been in LORT theaters for most of my career," Barker says. "Anybody in one of those 70-odd theaters I can call on the phone and ask pretty much anything."
Barker's job description as managing director involves a more traditional division of labor than the one Minadakis had with Barker's predecessor, Ryan Rilette. As producing director, Rilette was also involved on the artistic side, directing a couple shows a year.
"It was a little more fluid," Minadakis attests. "Both of us had experience running finance, running marketing, running artistic, running production, all at the same time. Ultimately I was responsible for production and artistic, and ultimately he was responsible for what a managing director would be responsible for, but when he was in rehearsal it was easier for me to run those departments than it would have been for someone who had not had that sort of experience."
Now Minadakis finds himself freed up by having someone to mind the numbers so he doesn't have to.
"When we finally announce the season for next year, it may be surprising the direction that we've been able to go in, because Michael has a very different philosophy of looking at expenses and income than what Ryan and I created together," Minadakis says. "In a lot of ways I think next season is going to be riskier than prior seasons, but not necessarily financially riskier. So that's been kind of exciting and freeing."
For Barker, too. Laguna Playhouse, he says, was far more bottom-line driven.
"Here it's not that the board has abdicated that responsibility, not at all, but there's a focus on doing great plays. So it's actually really fun for me, because I'm a theater person first and then an MBA and all the rest, to work with someone like Jasson who has a real strong aesthetic, to try to find six plays which function both artistically and financially," he says. "It's a different puzzle from what I have been dealing with, which is, 'What's the cheapest thing we can do that people will actually come to?'"
As yet, Barker and Minadakis have only been working in the same office for a couple of weeks. Now comes the long process of getting to know each other's working styles.
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As an international cricketer we are subject to numerous privileges, with one of those being the opportunity to experience various cultures on our travels.
After three weeks of training at the DY Patil facilities in Mumbai with the England Performance Programme, we moved to Pune to finish the programme with a week of skills and strength training.
We took the opportunity to visit the Savitri Bai Phule English Medium School, based in the centre of Pune, to interact with children of various ages.
The school is funded by the Akanksha Foundation, which is who we have links with and raise money for during our ECB programmes.
Following a tour of a few classrooms and facilities when we arrived, we got to meet two groups of children: boys and girls, aged between 7-11 and 12-15.
After the initial tentative greetings everyone seemed to warm to the situation and we were even subject to a casual bit of banter from a few of the kids (probably because they were the unfortunate few who were introduced to Stuart Meaker, and had to hear about his away-swingers and being game ready).
There were a few suggestions of what activities we could have done to interact with the kids. But when in Rome do as the Romans do, and so we played two games of softball cricket.
As professional cricketers we were quietly confident in our own courtyard cricket abilities, but we were shown a thing or two by these young guns. Technique was thrown out the window as flair and laughter took over.
What started as two well-organised games turned into mass chaos of balls, laughter and shouting in the schools courtyard. The way that the Indian children played their cricket for an hour or so really gave us an insight into their lives.
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nogoodforme ix: Cutest & Cuddliest Cinematic Critters
Babe the Pig is the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band of cinematic animals, or, to use a term I brilliantly just coined, cinemanimals. When Babe first came out, I loved the little piglet so direly and truly that it inspired me to become the world's slackest eleven-year-old vegetarian; while noshing on a ham sandwich at lunchtime, one of my classmates yelled, "Laura, you're eating Babe!" and I COULD NOT DEAL. Speaking of fucked up things that happened to me in elementary school, there was a brief period of time in 1997 when my "nickname" was "Lorena Bobbitt," and all the dudes in my class would grab their crotches and run away from me at recess. Life was rough, but at least I had this shit to help get me through it- (LJ)
I'm really inspired by Belka and Strelka right now. By the way, if you Google "belka strelka star dogs," my Belka and Strelka nogoodforme post is the fifth link that comes up! I've finally made it! You can check out the Star Dogs trailer here. I just spent the past five hours trying to embed it into this entry, but it's on RuTube (the Youtube of Russia!) and, like, I don't speak Russian. Sorry about that. The trailer is SO worth watching, though; listening to the little CGI pupniks talk in baby Russkie is the cutest thing I've ever heard! (LJ)
I actually have zero to say about Fang except "OMG, he's so GD cute" and "It must be nice to hang out with Hagrid all the time, although maybe it's kinda stressful." While looking for Fang photos I landed at The Happy Doggie Blog's Top 10 Strangest-Looking Dogs post and then fell head-over-paws for the Komondor, that Hungarian canine breed shown at Fang's right. Dogs with dreadlocks? Yes, please! (Liz)
If I were way less afraid of people thinking I'm bonkers, the fictional character I'd most behave like would maybe be Robert Deniro in Meet the Parents. I'd be 87 times more aggressive about insisting that everyone adore my cat; I'd begin most conversations by asking, "Have you seen Pillz's newest trick yet?" and then we'd all have to watch Pillz perform said trick, and if you weren't sufficiently awed I'd psychologically torture you forever. It would be awesome! Sadly there are very few photos of Jinx/Mr. Jinx/Jinxy Cat available for easy stealing on the Internet, so instead I give you this breathtaking collage featuring a couple other kitties that belong to Jinx's breed. They're called "Himalayans" and they come from outer space. (Liz)
When I was four years old, Oliver & Company changed my life. This is because, at four, I was in a huge Charles Dickens phase, and was highly intrigued to see how Oliver Twist, Dickens' classic tale of hardship, strife and triumph over adversity, would fare once transposed onto the silver screen. Just lying! It changed my life because Oliver is the cutest little kitty-cat EVS, and Billy Joel as the mutt rendition of the Artful Dodger was my first crush kind of- one of those Disney movie cartoon animals that you can't help but think is sorta hot. I hope that happens to other people. A losery thing about being me is that I always start singing "Why Should I Worry" when I am on St. Mark's Place, because it mentions St. Mark's Place, and it was my earliest St. Mark's association. God, I'm lame. (LJ)
Consider this a lesson in street savoir-faire from New York's coolest quadraped. Check ya later!-
I derive a tremendous amount of personal strength from doing things that nobody's ever done before (sort of like Natalie Portman's annoying character in Garden State, only completely un-annoying, and nothing like that), and this is obviously one of those times. It is safe to assume that this is the first-ever Internet tribute to Lucy Eleanor Moderatz's cat. Go me! I like Lucy Eleanor Moderatz's cat because it is one of those bitchy, fat, fluffballs that generally suck, but suck so hard that they do a complete one-eighty and end up lovable, entertaining pets just begging to be anthropomorphized. Another reason I like Lucy Eleanor Moderatz's cat is because I have a distinct memory of watching While You Were Sleeping as a child and intuiting that, like Lucy Eleanor Moderatz, I would one day be single and alone, with nothing to do but feed my mean cat who barely even likes me. Hey- where's Blake the Cat at? I bet he's hungry. (LJ)
PS: I really love While You Were Sleeping, and so should you. It's so great how Sandra Bullock ends up with Bill Pullman (SPOILER!!!) I love Bill Pullman. He's sort of like Jeff Daniels, only rangier, and snarky.
Actually, Pillz is totally inept and can't do any tricks at all, unless you count "Sitting On Your Book While You're Trying To Read" and "Hiding Under The Covers When The UPS Man Comes To The Door." Mostly she just sleeps, and then eats. She's a big fattie and probably much more like Julie Delpy's cat in 2 Days in Paris than that impeccably groomed fancy-pants Mr. Jinx, but that's just dandy by me. And at the part in 2 Days in Paris when Julie Delpy's mom confesses she's been feeding the cat foie gras, that kittie-in-headlights expression on the cat's face is so damn fantastic I can't even deal. I luff that movie. (Liz)
One of the most beautifully delivered lines in all of cinematic history is the moment in The Freshman when Frank Whaley quietly deadpans "I'm gonna puke my guts out" upon meeting a komodo dragon for the first time. If I ever met a komodo dragon, I'm pretty sure I'd puke my guts out too. I kind of want to puke my guts out just from looking at this photo, even though I find the komodo dragon from The Freshman just delightful. Also delightful is the part at the end of the movie when the dude who used to host the Miss America pageant sings a lounge version of "Maggie's Farm." It's just a delightful movie all around, really. Netflix! (Liz)
Apparently our pal Cathy once met Tyson the Skateboarding Bulldog, which I'm really jealous about. The vid below isn't from his bit in Lords of Dogtown (a movie I love so much, so much); it's just a super-mellow Tyson skating around the Venice boardwalk way more skillfully than I'll ever skate in my life. What a champ! I hope I get to meet him someday too. (Liz)
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'Oliver and Company' is cinematic genius- I was beginning to worry that nobody else knew the words to 'Why Should I Worry'. And 'Lords of Dogtown' iniated by desire to get a bulldog- if it can skate, all the better.


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In 20 years of nature travel, Greg Homel had visited every continent (Antarctica 22 times), 90 countries, and seen more than 6,000 of the world's 9,800 recognized bird species. Yet that lovely cotinga was still out there, taunting him.
When Homel did finally glimpse the deeply turquoise bird, as lovely as its name implies, he wasn't looking for it. The ornithologist turned professional bird tour guide and videographer was in Honduras on another quest: to be the first in the world to film the Honduras emerald hummingbird, one of the rarest avian species in Central America. Mission accomplished, he was driving to the airport when he saw a sign pointing up a dirt road: "The Lodge at Pico Bonito." With a few hours to burn, his curiosity turned the steering wheel toward the eco-lodge—a new access point, he noted, to Pico Bonito National Park, practically an inaccessible tract of wilderness rumored to be a holdout for lovely cotingas.
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"I love it!" she says. "I don't walk down the street and people automatically think, 'Oh she looks like Bon Qui Qui.' That's such an alter ego that I'm glad people can't recognize me as her. If they did, we'd probably have a problem."
The San Jose, Calif. native will be herself on Saturday, July 20 at 9 p.m. ET, however. That's when her new one-hour comedy special, The Homecoming Show, premieres on NUVOtv, the new network that recently found a powerful business partner in Jennifer Lopez.
In a somewhat bittersweet turn of events, Johnson won't even be home to watch it. "It's funny," she says. "I'm actually in a wedding that night. So I'm DVR'ing it and I'll have a viewing party with some friends another night. But I'll still be on Twitter and Facebook so I can reach out to the fans watching!"
Bon Qui Qui would approve.
Dylan Gadino is the founder and editor of Laughspin.com, the premier editorial destination for all things comedy. He's also the co-host of the Laughspin Podcast, a weekly comedy news roundup and interview show. Gadino contributes to The Huffington Post, has appeared on SiriusXM and has been quoted as a comedy expert in many national publications. He hopes the Shire is real.


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Cablegram 1701 17 December 1940,
It seems to me desirable that I should accept outstanding invitation to visit London to discuss matters of mutual war importance. Commonwealth Parliament has gone into recess until March and I could leave towards middle of January. Could you confirm that this agreeable to United Kingdom Government. Would of course cable list of matters to be discussed.
I would like to fly to Egypt to make contact with Australian forces there and go thence to Great Britain by the quickest route.
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They'll grow fine, question is will the fruit mature to good quality. I'd say you've got a fighting chance because I harvest fruit into October. But you won't have a big harvest, maybe a few fruits. I'm already harvesting 30 lb melons. So you are starting very late. |
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Damn. I was thinking about going for a world record but Ill guess that will have to weight until next year:-) Fingers crossed. The bag of seeds was given to me by a friend and it showed 30 seeds on the packet but when I counted them it was closer to 45-50. I planted all of them because I didnt know if they would keep in the fridge until next year or not. I should have kept some, oh well. |
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NBA TV Canada recently aired its behind the scenes look at the 2011 NBA Draft from a Raptors perspective, with an interesting view into the Raptors' "war room" on draft night.
You can see all four parts of the special in their full format below, but I've also linked to the best parts specifically.
I'll go over some of the points of the feature that I personally found interesting.
I realize that at least one person will either comment on or at least think to themselves that I'm basically analyzing what guys like Bryan Colangelo are saying on camera, and that most of this could be edited or made up to make the Raptors' position seem more promising.
I've taken that into account, but for the sake of this post, I'm reviewing the feature itself, not setting out to prove how much of it is true or not.
- A good sign for Raptors fans is that Bryan Colangelo says he had some enticing trade offers for the fifth overall pick, including some deals that included "star" players, but ultimately decided to keep the pick. The Colangelo of old, the one that seemed allergic to the word "rebuild," might not have been able to pass those trades up. The Colangelo running this team right now, who is finally building through the draft and taking a patient approach, seems to be committed.
- Jonas Valanciunas looks to have a great personality and a unique likeability to him, but at the end of the day, he's still a barely legal young man venturing to a new continent to start his career. It was nice to see the human element of this story, as Valanciunas talks about how nervous he is, and then later, looks nearly mortified when Colangelo tells him he will be in front of the media soon.
- An interesting tidbit from inside the team's war room comes when Colangelo sounds to be hinting that if his guy (who we can assume means Valanciunas) is not available anymore at No. 5, then he will consider moving the pick. None of us can say for sure that's what Colangelo is discussing here (for all we know he's on the phone with a guilty pleasure fast-food chain that he'll only consider if he can't draft Valanciunas and needs to eat away his disappointment), but it's really not that hard to speculate.
- I remember the reaction at Real Sports Bar and Grill (at the Season Seat Holder Draft Party) when Tristan Thompson went to the Cavs with the fourth pick. It was easily the loudest the party got all night, as Canadian ball fans were pretty pumped to see one of their own, especially a G.T.A. guy, selected in the top-five. The funny thing is that a lot of Raptors fans were thinking "great, now we have our pick of Kemba Walker or Brandon Knight," while in the Raptors' war room, the celebration was on over the realization that Valanciunas was all but signed, sealed and delivered.
Sidenote – The surprised looks and reaction inside the war room just goes to show you both how out of left field the selection of Thompson at No. 4 was, and perhaps how unlikely the chances seemed to Colangelo and co. that they could actually land Valanciunas. As a Torontonian and Canadian, I'm excited for Thompson and hope he has a long and successful NBA career (which I think he is more than capable of), but if Valanciunas fulfills his sky-high potential, the Cavs will be kicking themselves for years.
Also, gotta love the Colangelo fist-pump.
- For all of you stats geeks out there (who should totally be checking out Blake Kennedy's work for RaptorBlog this season), Colangelo says the advanced stats strongly support Valanciunas. This is yet another sign that the Raptors are fully embracing the importance of advanced statistics and analytics in assembling their core, as they very well should be.
- As most of us are already aware, the selection of Jonas Valanciunas garnered plenty of praise from around the league, not just from those involved with the Raptors.
- Interesting to see the players surprise Colangelo and his men in the war room, with pretty pleased looks on their faces. It's a good sign that some of the young players, notably DeMar DeRozan and Ed Davis, want to be around the process of building this team (as long as they don't end up with the perception that they're running things) and that they all seem pleased with the pick. Remember, while the selection of Valanciunas might have come as a surprise to you and I, it looks like Colangelo and the front office had him targeted from the beginning, which means there is a good chance they had already sold their future building blocks on the big Lithuanian.
- The last really interesting tidbit from the feature is that it looks like Colangelo was trying to acquire another pick at some point that night, and even more intriguing is that it sounds like he wanted Canadian Cory Joseph, who the Spurs eventually picked 29th.
The main point that stood out to me from the "Behind the Draft" documentary is that Colangelo truly sees Jonas Valanciunas as a franchise-type centre, and a championship calibre centre. Colangelo mentions how hard it is to find true centres and how having one could be the difference between winning a title and not winning one.
I wholeheartedly agree with these points. Everyone has their own vision and preference for how they would build a basketball team. I don't necessarily think you need an All Star centre in order to compete for and win a championship, but I do believe that unless you have a once in a generation player at another position, you absolutely need a true centre with above average defensive ability to win in the playoffs.
I don't care which players on the board could have provided instant gratification for fans or would have provided some added depth this season. In my opinion, when you have a chance to draft a potential franchise centre with the upside Valanciunas has, you don't think twice about it. Given that I wasn't that high on Kyrie Irving or Derrick Williams, and I'm still not, I could easily see Valanciunas looked at as the best player of this draft class in just a few years.
If Valanciunas continues to look like a prodigy in Europe, I will be very interested to see how the Raptors slowly build up and market his anticipated move to Toronto over the next year.
The "Behind the Draft" special ends with the picture fading to black and the words "The future is coming" appearing on screen.
Last note before the season starts, I know I sound like a broken record to most of you, but for any new readers who like what they've seen from RaptorBlog lately, don't forget to 'like' our RaptorBlog facebook page. It's the best way to keep up to date with everything Raptors-related and everything posted on RaptorBlog. In addition, follow me on twitter, along with RaptorBlog founder and editor Scott Carefoot, and new RaptorBlog contributor Blake Kennedy.


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Spiritualized Bring Christmas Spirit Early At Divine Chapel Show
[b]Jason Pierce[/b] brought an atmospheric and sublime show of [b]Spiritualized[/b] songs to Islington's Union Chapel last night (December 9).
Joined by [b]Doggen[/b] from Spiritualized on keyboards and harmonica; the pair were accompanied by the [b]London Community Gospel Choir[/b] and a string quartet on the chapel's stage.
The ever-publically reticent Pierce sat facing away from the audience, playing acoustic guitar and reading from a song book. The nearly two hour set comprised songs throughout Pierce's career, from [b]Spacemen 3[/b] as well as Spiritualized albums, with several tracks from 2001's 'Let It Come Down'.
Adding to the Christmas-sy atmosphere in the church, the group sang carol 'Silent Night' during the encore.
Pierce has now completed recording a new Spiritualized studio album, and will hopefully be released in the Spring.
Spiritualized play the Union Chapel again tonight (December 10).
Last night's set list was:
[b]Sitting On Fire
Lord Let It Rain On Me
True Love Will Find You
Cool Waves
Going Down Slow
Soul On Fire
Walking With Jesus
Feel So Sad
Stop Your Crying
All Of My Tears
Baby I'm Just A Fool
Anything More/ Ladies & Gentlemen
Broken Heart
Think I'm In Love
Lord Can You Hear Me
Goodnight Goodnight
Silent Night
Oh Happy Day[/b]
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2012 was a very bad, ungood year for Ricky Romero. It started well enough but, by the end of the season, Ricky Romero was one of the worst starters in baseball. Romero struggled with his control and struggled to get anybody out.
Romero's best weapon has long been his change up, his swing-and-miss pitch that batters somewhat gave up on in 2012. Romero's great love of the change up gives him very odd reverse splits – lefties hit the left-handed starter much harder than righties. Much of this owes to Romero's reluctance to throw his change up to arm-sided batters. As a result, teams like the Rays love loading their lineup with lefties to gain an edge (not to mention get under Romero's skin a little bit) by taking away his best weapon.
Lefties hit Romero harder than usual in 2012 but righties did as well. Romero posted the worst numbers of his career across the board last season, posting the worst ERA and third-worst FIP among starters in baseball. This came after Romero looked very much like a number two starter in 2011, where he danced between the raindrops to post a 2.92 ERA versus a 4.20 FIP.
The Blue Jays need Romero to be more like the 2011 version of himself. Asking him to outperform his component stats as he did that season is a tall order but if he can deliver 200 innings and a 4-ish FIP, the Jays will likely be laughing all the way to the playoffs.
For that to happen, Romero must be healthy and he must improve over 2012. While these two things are not unrelated, perhaps tweaking Romero's approach is key to getting the most from the former Opening Day starter and staff ace. Perhaps, given Romero's love of the change up and rededication to his sinker, a move on the pitching rubber is in order.


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Do you long to make the world a better place? If Yes then, live and keep on living for others, change your attitude or lifestyle, love all truly and give equal right, respect and justice to everyone.
– Emeasoba George
Do you long to make the world a better place? If Yes then, live & keep on living for others, change your attitude/lifestyle, love all truly & give equal right/respect/justice to everyone.
Each experience through which we pass operates ultimately for our good. This is a correct attitude to adopt and we must be able to see it in that light.
– Raymond Holliwell
Everything can be taken away from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedom -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
– Viktor Frankl
Everything can be taken from a man but the last of human freedoms, the right to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances--the right to choose one's own way.
– Dr. Viktor E Frankl
Faith is of paramount importance. As a matter of fact, it takes faith to persevere all through hardtimes, trials and challenges. Moreover, it takes faith to believe that what the future or tomorrow holds in stock is far much greater than whatever the past or yesterday has already offered i.e. it takes faith to acknowledge and believe it is possible that the best or the greatest of good old days or yester years is probable to become the worst or the least of what is yet to come i.e. what is ahead of you. Besides, it takes faith to leap and reap God's promises, healing, health, breakthrough and even salvation of human soul. Yes! it is written in (John 11 : 40) "if only you would believe, you shall see or receive the glory of God". Permit me to tell you that the importance of faith is synonymous with importance of love and money. Oh! yes, love is also of paramount importance. No wonder the scripture says in (1st Corianthians 13 : 2) It says, "whoever that do not love is "NOTHING" .i.e. irrespective of your social status, qualification and affluence. For the fact you don't love all and sundry, you are "WORTHLESS" in God's sight. Come to think of money, the scripture says in (Ecclesiastes 10 : 19) it says, "money answers all things and not at all some things". Obviously that infers, as long as you are still living you can't do without money. Moreover, with regards to faith itself which is the subject matter, the scripture says in (Hebrews 10 : 38) it says, "the just shall live by faith, but if anyone draws back my soul will have no pleasure in him" i.e. the person in question. Likewise, the scripture says in (Hebrews 11 : 6) it says, "without faith it is impossible to please God". Now, all of the above indicates, it takes nothing else to please God almighty except faith. Besides, all of the above illustrations evidently signifies, faith is truly of paramount importance. So, if you've been faithless all these while. Hence forth, reawaken your senses and then become and remain faithful no matter what happens. I mean, admit the importance of faith, imbibe it (faith) as your attitude, profess it convincingly and undoubtedly too. As well, live with/by it on daily basis. For, that's just expected of you.
Faith is simply, having a positive attitude or belief over what you've not yet seen. It is equally, having a mindset of not being worried about what you can't do or change. Listen up, no matter who you are presently and where you are also. God still have a lot of goodies in stock for you. But, what it takes to realize it is nothing but living faith. And right beside it is where you should stay. Because, everything answers to living faith.
For the first year of marriage I had basically a bad attitude. I tended to place my wife underneath a pedestal
– Woody Allen
Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.
– J. Donald Wlters
Happiness is meant to be an acquired taste i.e. happiness ought to be an attitude/lifestyle which you have to imbibe/portray over and over again. For, happiness is worth imbibing and portraying for life, unlike sadness which is ever uncalled for.
Happiness is meant to be an acquired taste i.e. happiness ought to be an attitude/lifestyle which you have to imbibe/portray over and over again. For, happiness is worth imbibing/portraying for life, unlike sadness which is ever uncalled for.
Hitler and Mussolini were only the primary spokesmen for the attitude of domination and craving for power that are in the heart of almost everyone. Until the source is cleared, there will always be confusion and hate, wars and class antagonisms.
– Jiddu Krishnamurti
Hot air expands, and seriously pompous attitude is the inflation of choice by those lacking substance.
– Vanna Bonta
I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude. It is more important than my past, my education, my bankroll, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what other people think of me or say about me, my circumstances, or my position. Attitude keeps me going or cripples my progress. It alone fuels my fire or assaults my hope. When my attitudes are right, there is no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no challenge too great for me.
– Charles R. Swindoll
I was looking for something a lot heavier, yet melodic at the same time. Something different from heavy metal, a different attitude.
– Kurt Cobain
I won't say there aren't any Harvard graduates who have never asserted a superior attitude. But they have done so to our great embarrassment and in no way represent the Harvard I know.
– Derek Bethune
If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.
– Billy Graham
If the weather is sunny, it is good; if the weather is rainy, it is good; if it is foggy, it is good; if it is stormy, it is good; if it is damn cold, it is good; if it is damn hot, it is good! With a positive attitude of mind, all becomes good!
– Mehmet Murat ildan
If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.
– Pat Riley
In all the work we do, our most valuable asset can be the attitude of self-examination. It is forgivable to make mistakes, but to stand fast behind a wall of self-righteousness and make the same mistake twice is not forgivable.
– Dr. Dale E. Turner
In conclusion, there is a marvelous anecdote from the occasion of Russell's ninetieth birthday that best serves to summarize his attitude toward God and religion. A London lady sat next to him at this party, and over the soup she suggested to him that he was not only the world's most famous atheist but, by this time, very probably the world's oldest atheist. 'What will you do, Bertie, if it turns out you're wrong' she asked. 'I mean, what if--uh--when the time comes, you should meet Him What will you say' Russell was delighted with the question. His birght, birdlike eyes grew even brighter as he contempalated this possible future dialogue, and then he pointed a finger upward and cried, 'Why, I should say, 'God, you gave us insufficient evidence.' '
– Al Seckel
In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.
– Mahatma Gandhi
Integrity is having the quality/ability/strong moral principle to do ordinary things extraordinarily and consistently too. i.e. being consistent with positive words/character/attitude/lifestyle is what gives rise to integrity. Now, are you a man/woman of integrity?
It is well to respect the leader. Learn from him. Observe him. Study him. But don't worship him. Believe you can surpass. Believe you can go beyond. Those who harbor the second-best attitude are invariably second-best doers.
– David J. Schwartz
It is your attitude at the beginning of a task that determines success or failure.
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After much begging from friends, family and boyf, I've gone and drawn up another list of what I wouldn't mind finding under the tree this year. On the style side of things, everything is looking a little Wednesday Addams, which is completely unintentional! My wardrobe is very monochrome most of the time – greys, blacks and whites are all I've wanted to wear for the second half of 2013. Perhaps an experimentation with colour is … Continue reading
Posted in Wishlist | 2 CommentsLast year, I wrote up my Christmas wish list after neverending "What do you want for Christmas?" type questions from not only family and friends, but from my Twitter and Facebook followers. This year I figured I'd do the same as 2011's Christmas list was such a hit, and I found a delightful little pile of presents under the tree last year that resembled a certain Christmas list post on this very blog. Again, the … Continue reading
Posted in Wishlist | 1 Comment1. Warehouse Glitter Print Bodycon Dress* (£45), 2. Jo Malone fragrance in Pomegranate Noir (£38), 3. Warehouse Studded Ankle Boots (£85), 4. Topshop Fairisle Snood (£18), 5. Topshop Black Velvet Skater Skirt (£28), 6. OPI Nail Polish in The World Is Not Enough (£11), 7. Topshop Oversize Check Shirt (£35) November is all about the anticipation and excitement that's just around the corner – I don't know about you guys, but I'm already sketching out … Continue reading
Posted in Wishlist | 2 CommentsOn The Road by Jack Kerouac, REN ClearCalm 3 Clarifying Clay Cleanser, Topshop Dip Dye T-Shirt, Laura Mercier Oil-Free Tinted Moisturiser, ASOS Spike Bracelet, Topshop Flatform Trainers, Zara Bucket Bag. Hope you all had a great July! Mine treated me to some incredible music adventures which I'm longing to have back again – namely, the NeedToBreathe Manchester gig that I've harked on about here and on all varieties of social platforms! This month, besides gig tickets … Continue reading
Posted in Wishlist | Leave a comment(Topshop Boutique knitted vest, OPI Gouda Gouda Two Shoes nail polish, All Saints Petrel Brodie Jeans, ASOS Bitten heels, Fashionology Cross bangle, Zara bowling bag) I'm definitely having a knitwear moment. Only until recently have I been favouring knitted pieces over the usual plain and printed jerseys in my favourite high-street haunts. They are the perfect transitional piece from winter to spring (minus the hasty heatwave we've just been treated to). This vest from … Continue reading
Posted in Wishlist | 18 CommentsA few people on Twitter and YT have asked to see what would be on my Christmas wishlist, so here it is. Please remember that this wishlist is entirely true to its name…I would not ever expect to receive all these amazing things! This is a combination of a few things I've spotted while out and about doing my Christmas shopping, and being let loose on my favourite online haunts. A girl can dream, especially … Continue reading
Posted in Wishlist | 14 Commentscropped jacket – topshopwedges – officeskirt – topshopvest – all saintspendant – topshopbelt – jack wills Oh, what I would give for that stellar Topshop skirt. It's time to say farewell to the bodycon, the maxi, the pencil and the leather, who have graced our high-street favourites for a number of seasons. Now, this three-quarter length would be welcomed warmly into my wardrobe. I'd love to wear it high-waisted, the sequin belt wrapped around and … Continue reading
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Jun 12, 2014 7:01 PM by KSBY Staff
The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County kicked off one of its nutritional programs Thursday that's aimed at kids.
It's called Picnic in the Park.
About 300 kids enjoyed a healthy lunch Thursday at Grogan Park in Santa Maria.
The program provides nutritious lunches and physical activities throughout summer when kids are out of school.
"Picnic in the park is one example of how we are working with the community to make sure that children are not hungry and families are being served," says Bonnie Campbell with the Foodbank.
The Foodbank expects to provide 38,000 meals to 2,000 kids this summer.
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