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Dear Families:
Welcome to A. H. Bangert Elementary School's Report Card. Our mission at Bangert is to inspire the curiosity of our school community to ensure all students become productive citizens, lifelong learners and leaders in an ever changing 21st century.
North Carolina's school accountability program, the ABC's of Public Education, provides important information about our schools. But, these numbers only tell part of the story. Other indicators of school quality are important to parents and community members. This information is now in one place, on the North Carolina School Report Card. School report cards are provided for regular public schools, charter schools, and alternative schools. This report card includes important information about school and student performances, class sizes, attendance, school safety, school facilities, instructional resources, and teacher quality. Some of the data, as in previous years, is like information about how our school measured against federal Adequate Yearly Progress targets and the number of suspensions in our school. Report card data are available for our school, our school district, and for the state's education system as a whole. The information in our school report card is from the 2012-2013 school year.
Bangert has a proud tradition of great community support. We are fortunate to have a large number of volunteers that regularly help students. We recognize the need to prepare our students for the 21st century. We are excited about our 1:1 technology program. All students in grades 3-5 to have one computer per student. Our teachers incorporate technology and literacy across the curriculum as they offer rigorous daily instruction that is individualized for each child. Please feel free to contact me directly to discuss this report card or any other interests you have in our school. Thank you for allowing me to share this report card with you and thank you for supporting our efforts to provide your child with a high-quality education.
Michelle M. Lee
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Athletes, Coaches, Clubs and Volunteers honoured at Swim Ireland Awards
Sycerika McMahon was last night named High Performance Athlete of the Year at the Swim Ireland Annual Awards in the Galway Bay Hotel. McMahon had an outstanding year in 2012, winning two European medals, silver in the 50m Breaststroke at the European Long Course Swimming Championships in May and Bronze in the same event at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in December. The 17 year old qualified and competed at the London Olympic Games and over the year she set a total of 17 Irish Records and is now the current holder of 7 Senior and 17 Junior Irish Records. Sycerika's coach Bobby Madine (Leander ASC) was named High Performance Coach of the Year for the second year running.
A total of 16 Awards which celebrate and honour the fantastic work and outstanding accomplishments of Swim Ireland's athletes, coaches and volunteers were handed out on the night including Disability Swimmer of the Year (Bethany Firth), Club of the Year (Longford SC) and National Volunteer of the Year (Michael Angus Bangor).
In honouring the achievements of 2012, Olympians and Paralympians were invited to celebrate their performances at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Ten swimmers and six coaches were awarded with commemorative medals. Fourteen Junior International Athletes were also honoured on the night, they represented Ireland at European Junior Championships in Swimming, Open Water and Diving in 2012.
The final part of the evening saw an induction into the Swim Ireland Hall of Fame. The 2013 inductee was Paralympic Gold Medallist Mr Dave Malone. Dave represented Ireland at four Paralympic Games and is now the Head of Paralympic Swimming in Ireland as well as coaching at the NAC Swimming Club. It is only fitting that after the success of the swimmers at the Games in 2012 and given his contribution to the sport over the years that Dave was inducted into the Swim Ireland Hall of Fame in 2013.
Speaking after the event, Swim Ireland's Chief Executive Officer Ms. Sarah Keane commented: "Hosting the Awards each year is a great opportunity for the aquatic community, young and old, to get together and celebrate our athletes, coaches and volunteers achievements and accomplishments, it was great to see so many of these people in the same room tonight and to celebrate a great year.
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2012/2013 Swim Ireland Award Winners
Ulster Region Club of the Year Cookstown ASC
Leinster Region Club of the Year AsgardSC
Munster Region Club of the Year Ennis SC
Connacht Region Club of the Year Longford SC
Swim Ireland Outstanding Achievement Award Stephen Redmond
Masters Outstanding Achievement Award Claire O'Dwyer (Dublin SC)
Water Polo Outstanding Achievement Award Brian O'Dwyer (Guinness SC)
Open Water Swimmer of the Year Chris Bryan (Ennis SC & UL HPC)
Volunteer of the Year (Club/Regional) Clare McGrath (Ennis SC)
Club Coach of the Year Ronan McNevin (Longford SC)
Club Athlete of the Year Ciara McNevin (Longford SC)
Volunteer of the Year (National) Michael Angus (Bangor ASC)
High Performance Coach of the Year Bobby Madine (Leander ASC)
Disability Swimmer of the Year Bethany Firth (Ards ASC)
High Performance Swimmer of the Year Sycerika McMahon (Leander ASC)
Club of the Year Longford SC
Hall of Fame Inductee 2013 Dave Malone
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Is just me or do both of these talents suck? They both allow you to spend fortune to convert extra dice to stance dice, yet it seems mathematically that just spending the fortune to get a fortune die is a much better option. Am I missing something?
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Like the reviewer below, our vet also recommended Cosequin for bladder infections. I found our poor cat in a bush on a rainy day when he was about 4 weeks old. After bottle feeding him and then weaning him, the food we weaned him on caused a kidney disorder called Fanconi Syndrome (have to watch out for foods that contain products made in China!). It is usually fatal in cats but we were lucky enough to catch it. Long story and chain of events but with the involvement of some amazing professionals, he is still with us. Now, due to the kidney disorder, he gets chronic UTI's. Our vet, who is one of those amazing professionals, recommended Cosequin for his UTI's. Since giving him this supplement daily, he hasn't had a UTI since! With everything else this poor cat has been through and the daily treatment regime he has to undergo for his disease, it is really nice that he doesn't have to suffer with chronic UTI's on top of it!
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I truly believe this product helped with my cat's joint pain. She seemed more playful, quicker, and loving while on it. However, every time I give it to her she ends up losing the hair on her chin and develops a huge bump there. When I take her off the meds it goes away, and it comes right back when I start them again. Obviously something in this irritates her skin. Perhaps it's just the powder form, and I may have to find something else for her.
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Ever since I adapted her since she was 2 months old. She seems in a little over weight though I feed her raw feed diets and try to cut down her food. Anyway, she seems to prone to her joint pain or tissue pains on her limps ( 2 rear legs ) I brought her to see her doctor the results were fine ( no bone informities -- Osteochondrodysplasia, which caused by the cartilage defect that causes their ears to fold ) so the doctor said he would assume that she might playing too hard, which she normally does. This situation was happen to her left rear limp then, now it happens to her right rear limp again. So, my questions are : Is this product good for a young 1 year old kitty? Is this product good for healing tissue raptures and ligaments?
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Ortiz Takes Away the Choice to Drink and Drive
Assemblyman pushes for passage of his ignition interlock bill
November 1, 2005
(Albany NY) – In the past few weeks there have been a number of tragic accidents in our state in which children were either seriously injured or killed as a result of drunk drivers. In light of these recent accidents, and the overall escalating number of deaths caused by drinking and driving related accidents, Assemblyman Felix Ortiz (Brooklyn) is urging his colleagues in the Legislature, as well as the general public, to support his initiative to rid drinking and driving from New York roadways.
Ortiz' legislation (A.3054) would require the installation of an ignition interlock device in each car sold or registered in New York State. Ignition interlock devices, once installed in a vehicle, would prevent the vehicle from starting if alcohol was detected on the driver's breath. A driver would be required to blow into the device before the vehicle could be started.
Ortiz has been fighting for a better solution for the problem of drunk drivers for some time now. He has introduced numerous pieces of legislation to strengthen the laws relating to driving while under the influence. "This past week in Queens, a young boy died after being hit twice by a drunk driver. What I find just as tragic as the accident itself, is the fact that we are not learning from this boy's death. We will continue to hear similar stories across the country unless we get serious about stopping drunk drivers", Ortiz stated.
Ortiz believes that his bill will save lives by making sure that drivers do not have the opportunity to make a wrong decision and get behind the wheel after drinking. "The ignition interlock device will decide whether or not an individual is capable of driving", Ortiz stated. "The fact is, that alcohol affects a person's judgment, and someone who has been drinking is in no state of mind to be judging their own sobriety", continued Ortiz.
Ortiz has already received the support of numerous families who have lost loved ones as a result of alcohol related accidents and he hopes that elected officials across the board will pledge their support, and work to pass his bill. "We need to come together to protect our citizens from drunk drivers on our roadways. Our current laws are not doing the job and we need to strengthen them. I am calling on my fellow elected officials to support mandatory ignition interlock devices in cars and take the choice of drunk driving out of the hands of individuals who are unable to make the right decision", stated Ortiz.


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So, I was watching a rerun of Cake Boss this morning and watched (jaw dropped) as the bride walked into the bakery and, after apparently hating her cake, took the surrounding piping bags and largely trashed it!!
Thinking about it more, it all seemed to stem from the fact that at the consultation, both the Bride and her Mother had totally different wants for the wedding cake. So my question is, has anyone ever dealt with this situation before and how did you manage it? I'd want to personally give the bride what she wants - it's her day - but it gets more awkward if mum is paying for the cake as well. Thus far, I've only dealt with brides themselves and (touch wood), they have all been lovely but having seen this, I am planning for the worst in advance and would really appreciate some words of wisdom!
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This is our Election/Veterans
tablescape this year. Some of the family and friends gathered Tues. night for dinner with DS and waited as the results came in. Was my first time to be a part of this process and was quite fun. DS did not win but I think he will run again for office. The plates are a set of 4 called
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- Posted by christmascandy (My Page) on Sat, Nov 10, 12 at 18:37
How very appropriate! I love the dinner plates and your lovely flatware. I can't tell from my screen, are your chargers navy or black? Either way, they look great! Ditto on the thank you to all of our veterans. TFS, |
from a Vet Thank you it is beautiful |
- Posted by jeannespines (My Page) on Sat, Nov 10, 12 at 23:32
Love the plates, punk...perfect for your Election/Veterans t'scape! And those napkins/placemats colors/pattern work so well on the black t'cloth! The pop of red in the flatware & flag ...USA! Love that raised cake platter or whatever it is called in the B&W pattern for the centerpc! Lookin' good, punk! And thank you for honoring the Vets & thanks to all the Vets serving & retired! Jeanne S. |
Punk, Thank you for observing Election Day and honoring Veterans with this beautiful table. I will call DD3 later today, she is an Air force Veteran. Now I am going out to hang my flag. Nana |
Candy, the chargers are black. Minnie, you are so 'Welcome'!!! Thanks for letting Jeanne, never enough thanks. Nana, tell DD3 thanks for serving and keeping us safe. Thanks for looking and all your comments. Happy Veterans Day Punk |
- Posted by purplemoon (My Page) on Mon, Nov 12, 12 at 22:38
That is such a wonderful table, Punk. And your caring certainly shines thru. Bless all our troops....past, present, and future. |
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Migrating from VS 2005 to VS 2008
I recently helped migrate a ton of code from Visual Studio 2005 to 2008, and .NET 2.0 to 3.5. Most of it went very smoothly; it touches every .sln, .csproj, and .Designer.cs file, and puts a bunch of junk in Web.Configs, but rarely encountered errors. One thing I didn't expect was that even for a project running in VS 2008 but targeting .NET Framework 2.0, it will still use the v3.5 C# compiler. As such, it does behave a bit differently than the 2.0 compiler, even when targeting the 2.0 Framework.
One piece of code used an internal custom EventArgs class, that was consumed via a public delegate. This code compiled fine using the 2.0 C# compiler, but the 3.5 compiler threw this error:
error CS0059: Inconsistent accessibility: parameter type 'MyApp.Namespace.MyEventArgs' is less accessible than delegate 'MyApp.Namespace.MyEventHandler'
It's a goofy situation, the error makes perfect sense, and it was easy to correct (I made both internal), but I expected VS 2008 would use the compiler to match whatever the target .NET Framework version was. I wouldn't have expected any compilation errors it didn't have before conversion, not until I changed the targeted Framework version.
Another funny error happened around code analysis. Code analysis ran fine in VS 2005, but in VS 2008, it threw this error (compilation error, not a code analysis warning):
Running Code Analysis...
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Team Tools\Static Analysis Tools\FxCop\FxCopCmd.exe /outputCulture:1033 /out:"bin\Debug\MyApp.Namespace.MyProject.dll.CodeAnalysisLog.xml" /file:"bin\Debug\MyApp.Namespace.MyProject.dll" /directory:"C:\MyStuff\MyApp.Namespace.MyProject\bin\Debug" /directory:"c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727" /directory:"..\..\..\Lib" /rule:"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Team Tools\Static Analysis Tools\FxCop\Rules" /ruleid:-Microsoft.Design#CA1012 /ruleid:-Microsoft.Design#CA2210 ... /searchgac /ignoreinvalidtargets /forceoutput /successfile /ignoregeneratedcode /saveMessagesToReport:Active /targetframeworkversion:v2.0 /timeout:120 MSBUILD : error : Invalid settings passed to CodeAnalysis task. See output window for details.
Code Analysis Complete -- 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
Done building project "MyApp.Namespace.MyProject.csproj" -- FAILED.
I especially like the "See output window for details," which 1. screams of a Visual Studio hack as it is, and 2. doesn't actually give me any more details in this particular case, though Google tells me that other people do get more information in the output window.
I noticed Debug and Release modes both had code analysis enabled (I think switching Framework versions swapped them on me and I accidentally enabled it in Release mode), and Release mode wasn't erroring out but Debug was. I looked at the difference in the csproj file, and in the FxCopCmd.exe calls, and the key seemed to be the /ruleid parameters (bolded), of which there were a ton in Debug but not Release. Presumably this is because I disabled some of the rules in the project properties, so I tried enabling them all. The number of /ruleid params went down, but it still gave the same error. The Code Analysis tab in project properties looked the same between Debug and Release.
Finally I unloaded the project, edited the csproj file (I'm glad I found out how to do this within VS, instead of exiting VS and editing it in Notepad), and removed this line, which was present in the Debug PropertyGroup element but not the Release one:
Code analysis then ran successfully. I imagine this solution isn't ideal for everyone, if you want to enable/disable particular rules, and it's not ideal for us long-term, but it did allow us to keep code analysis enabled without the build failing.
Windows 7 rocks!
I bought my current PC almost three years ago. I've had my own PC for 15 years or so, and, aside from my first desktop and a laptop I only use when traveling, that was the only time I've bought a whole PC, rather than buying parts and assembling my own (a Frankenputer as former coworkers affectionately referred to them). Like many of my colleagues who work in Microsoft technologies, I looked into buying a Dell, and they had a fine deal, and more importantly, they had finally started selling AMD processors, which I can proudly say without qualification is the only CPU in any computer I've owned. I configured one with a dual core, 64-bit processor, and all sorts of new technologies I'd never heard of but were (and appear to still be) the latest and the greatest. ("What's SATA? We use PCI for video again?" I asked myself.)
Windows Vista had RTM'd and was weeks from retail availability, and my PC included a deal to upgrade once Microsoft let Dell send upgrade discs. My PC had a rather small (160 GB, I think) hard drive, which I intended to replace with a 500 GB or so once Vista came out, installing it there fresh instead of trying to upgrade Windows--Windows upgrades have never worked so well for me, whereas fresh installs are fine. Then I heard all the complaining about Vista, and decided to hold off. I ran low on space before Vista SP1 came out, so got that second hard drive anyway and kept my photos there. From then on, Windows XP Professional worked "well enough" so I stuck with it.
Things got bad a couple months before Windows 7 came out. First, Norton AntiVirus misbehaved. To be fair, the program was about 6-7 years old; I kept it around because it seemed to work well enough, I got it free as a student, and virus definition upgrades were free. Then I noticed the dates on the definitions went from a few days ago, to the middle of 1999. It still changed every week, and still found upgrades, so I'm guessing it was just a bug in how it displayed the definitions date, but still made me nervous, as did the prospect of uninstalling old and installing new virus scanners.
Roxio was the next to act up. After Microsoft paved the way with Windows Update, suddenly every software manufacturer was convinced their product was just as important to check at least every week for updates, and the updates, just as urgent. Eventually I got Apple to quit bugging me to install Bonjour and Safari, but I couldn't get Roxio (or, perhaps more accurately, InstallShield Update Manager which came with Roxio) to quit prompting me to check for updates on the 0 products I had told it to check. I googled and finally found a tool I could use to uninstall that piece of it, without uninstalling Roxio, on InstallShield's support site.
That was a mistake. It stopped prompting me, but added about 3 minutes from when Windows comes up after I start my PC, until my computer was usable, and in the meantime, Norton was disabled, Windows Firewall was disabled, and programs wouldn't start. Add to this a nagging problem where my SD/CompactFlash card reader thinks it's USB 1.x intermittently, and the ugly way Windows Search was grafted onto Windows XP, and the fact that XP (and earlier versions of Windows--not sure about 7 yet) just slows down after a couple years, and I knew it was time to upgrade once Windows 7 came out.
The more I learned about Windows 7 (and, to be fair, much of it was new in Vista and largely unchanged in 7, but I'd barely ever used Vista), the more I liked it. The way search worked much faster, more efficiently, and was integrated into everything, even the Start Menu (no more reorganizing each program's 20 or so icons so I could find the ones I actually wanted! no more sorting alphabetically every time I install a new program!)... An overhauled Windows Explorer including a new Libraries feature (not in Vista) that didn't force you to keep everything in your profile for Windows to like it... and finally getting to install 4 GB of memory and take advantage of my 64-bit processor!
After Microsoft decided one day the long-activated Windows XP installation on my laptop was no longer valid, with no explanation why, I wasn't going to chance them deciding the same thing on my main PC, so I broke down and got the full version of Windows 7. I opted for Home Premium after finding little difference between Home Premium and Professional that I cared about, since Home Premium should be able to run IIS, and if it can't, Visual Studio 2008's web server should be enough for what I need on this PC. I installed it not quite a month ago, replacing NAV and Ad-Aware with the new free and highly-rated Microsoft Security Essentials, and Roxio with--well, either what's built into Windows 7 or my favorite CD ripper Easy CD-DA Extractor, and it's great. I can work the way I want to, customize things as much as I need (you're close, iPhone, but not quite there), and boy is Aero pretty. I'm a sucker for eye candy (I do have an iPhone).
The search works great. I was leery about using Windows Search (installed against your will by Office 2007) or Google Desktop Search (must be unchecked in order to not install with every Adobe program and tons of others) add-ons for Windows XP; that sort of thing just seems like too core a functionality to get some freebie add-on to handle. Windows XP's built-in search might suck, but it usually found what I wanted, and didn't take too long. Sure enough, Windows 7 search works instantly, and if you copy over a ton of files it hasn't indexed, as I did when I wiped my hard drive to install 7 then copied back from my backup, it might not find everything right away, but it will after it spends a few minutes indexing them. And, as advertised, it doesn't slow me down while I'm using the PC; I haven't heard my hard drive crank once while I've been writing this long post. By default, it only indexes in your Libraries, and MS suggests anything you want indexed, you put in a Library. That put me off at first--what if I need to search for a system file or something?--but really, the vast majority of stuff I search for slots fine in either the Documents, Music, or Pictures Libraries. Moving from XP to 7 takes some adjustment, but I gave it a chance, and I'm quite happy with it. And if I do ever need to do a search for a certain DLL, it's easy enough to add folders to the list of what's indexed. I don't even have to dig into Administrative Tools and various Control Panel applets and System Tools folders, wondering where Microsoft has hidden that options screen in this version, thanks to the Start Menu search feature. I just click the Windows key, type "index", and it's the first option:
Just like searching on the web, the content is what matters; its physical location is now much less important. You just type in a word or two and it figures out what you want, no matter where it is.
Another great and long-overdue improvement is the Windows Explorer dialogs for long-running file operations--deleting, copying, moving. It gives you more of the path, and best of all, an accurate estimate of how long it will take, and the rate at which it's copying files! No more operations where it takes 45 seconds for the first part and 23987105 minutes for the last part.
The most annoying thing I've found so far is based on principle, and not any difference I've observed. Occasionally, programs crash. Two that I use often, Mozilla Firefox and IrfanView, have each crashed once. (Amusingly, both when they tried to start up the Apple QuickTime plug-in; I have a few things to say about my iTunes migration experience, but that'll have to wait for another post.) But once is all it takes in Windows 7, before Program Compatibility Assistant (PCA) kicks in and applies some sort of mysterious sanctions to the offender.
Obviously I was curious about what those "settings" it applied were, and how to grant amnesty for first-time offenses. That link has a help article with those exact questions. And the answer? "It depends," and "go to TechNet and teach yourself about group policy," respectively. (In their words, "Adjustments to program compatibility features can be made by using Group Policy. For advanced information on how to use Group Policy, go to the Microsoft website for IT professionals.") Seriously? A little more googling and I found out that you can dig into it, or disable PCA altogether, using Group Policy Editor, which... doesn't come with Home Premium. So it sounds like my only choice is manually editing the registry. I can't even find out what PCA changed about how those programs run; a few articles allude to ominous performance degradations in order to ensure stability. Windows 7 addresses so many things that bugged me about XP and earlier versions; it's a shame they dropped the ball on this one. To be fair, it seems that this is how Vista functioned, and Windows 7 didn't make it worse, but didn't improve it, either.
But, to summarize, I'm thrilled with Windows 7, and with 64-bit computing, though I'm a little surprised more programs aren't 64-bit (Firefox and Flash Player, I'm looking at you). Oh well--we had the same problem switching from 16-bit to 32-bit, but I'm glad enough software and hardware is there, that I can upgrade and work just fine until the rest of it makes it.
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This February, I will prune my new fruit trees, and have a sampling of cuttings just right for those skilled at grafting or rooting. I will have; Apples--Pink Lady, Fuji, Anna, and Dorsette Gold Peaches---Florida King, Redskin, and Texas Prince Fig--Celeste Muscadine--Carlos Fuyu Persimmon I'd like to trade them for small tree seedlings of Russian Mulberry, Huckleberry, Mayhaws Shinko Asian Pears, and any apples or peaches pollinated by a known performer. Let me know what you have, and we can work out how many cuttings you may get to graft or make rootings from. I will not butcher my trees to fill an order, but I will surely save all my cuttings for eventual trades. I will delete from the list those that are tapped out from any more cutting as they go out, trying to keep the list updated as well as possible...Post or email me , and we can go from there. Think on it if interested. Right now, my number of trees is somewhat limited, so make any offers early, please. LtlWilli |
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Please go to My Page for a complete readout on what I'd like in trade for these. Also look over my Seeds Wanted section.I am open to suggestions, of course LtlWilli |
I have rooted cuttings,at least two,of Black Satin Blackberry.I'm interested in the Celeste Fig and AU Rubrum Plum. Brady |
Brady, I will cut today, and send them tomorrow. The blackberries sound great! Please send your mailing info. Thank you so much Rick Willingham 3635 VZ County Road 2120 Canton, Texas 75103 |
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I sent photos of this one to Gene Wynn today, because the name marker has disappeared. I don't think this one bloomed last year. It's in my Magnolia bed, and things have a hard time there. It's the flower bed that's outside my kitchen window, so the one I see the most. So I keep trying. This flowerbed used to be full of different types of flowers before the magnolia got so big. I've sent photos of this one last week, but it's really producing much nicer flowers now. |
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Well, it is a pretty one but I have no suggestion of what it might be. |
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Beautiful blooms. Reminds me of Spiritual corridor. kay |
It's very pretty! Could it be Donna's Prayer? Debra |
Thanks so much Kay and Debra. Neither of those ring a bell. This is a evergreen daylily. Are either of those evergreen? Hopefully I'll hear from Gene and he'll know. I have my list of the ones I've purchased and for some reason did not write that one down and the stick biodegraded or blew away. I wish daylilies would bloom all year, or at least through the summer. |
- Posted by Polymerous 9b (My Page) on Thu, May 31, 12 at 19:39
I thought that it looks like 'Spiritual Corridor' too, but SC acts dormant here. Also, the above daylily looks maybe a little rounder, and the midribs are lighter (more contrast-y) that in images I found online of SC. |
If anyone has a guess of what this might be I'd greatly appreciate it. It is an evergreen. I live in 9B so it probably does not grow too far north, but I'm not sure. |
It's also similar to Ruffles Elegante-but there are many that look like that. Ruffles is a semievergreen, tet |
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: the Roman goddess of wisdom — compare athena
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noun (Concise Encyclopedia)In Roman religion, the goddess of handicrafts, the professions, the arts, and, later, war. She was commonly identified with the Greek Athena. Some scholars believe that worship of Minerva began when Athena's cult was introduced at Rome from Etruria. Minerva was one of the Capitoline triad, along with Jupiter and Juno, and her shrine in Rome was a meeting place for craftsmen's guilds. The worship of Minerva attained its greatest vogue under the emperor Domitian, who claimed her special protection.
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As we all know, I didn't do much on the internet last year, especially around here. However, I did show up randomly in a couple other web places:
-I was in a Tripp
and Tyler video. It came out last February and was about Super Bowl
party etiquette. Given the fact that I am an Atlanta Falcons/Alabama
fan, I don't want to say anything about football right now. ESPECIALLY ABOUT TONIGHT. OMGOMGOMG!!!! Anyway, here is the video:
-Also sometime last year, I guest posted for Jared Hollier at jaredhollier.com. My guest post was back when he used to be Badly Drawn Bible so I drew a bible picture badly for him. It was originally one of my white board illustrations from back when LB and I used to work in the church nursery once a month and I would make these amazing, elaborate drawings that would coincide with what LB taught and help explain the point of the verses we were studying. I would be so proud of myself and the work I had done until I turned around and saw LB standing there with her hands on her hips giving me the stink eye and saying things like, "They're 3yrs old, can you just. draw. a. square?" Whatever, Laura Beth, you're never too young to appreciate some good art.
Anyway, my guest drawing was about Palm Sunday. You can go see it here. I also sent him the one below but I don't think he ever used it and I have no idea why. It's about the parable of the unforgiving servant in Matthew 18.
Yes, I know I misspelled scepter, but to my credit the whiteboard did not have spellcheck. Plus, they were 3, they might appreciate good art, but they can't spell. |
Here's the thing, we made this bet a long time and I don't think Jared even remembers it. So, my plan is to never mention it to him again UNLESS both of our teams DO go and the Falcons DO win. Then I will send Jared a bill for what the gas would have cost me. If the scenario I laid out does not unfold as I described, the bet will never be mentioned again. Though I don't really know if this plan will hold up in the court of law should Jared happen to challenge it. The only thing I know about the legal system I learned from watching Judge Judy when I was unemployed back in 2011. Fingers crossed.
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(Long story short – servers without mod_rewrite
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table, hit edit, and delete everything in there. Then save it. This will force WordPress to rebuild it when you try to access anything. Fixed!
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51446 Elm Road, Granger IN 46530
May 1 to June 9, 2012
Reception 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 9
Library hours: Monday - Thursday, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Friday, Saturday, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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Members of the Northern Indiana Pastel Society invite guests and the public to their exhibit of space-themed art May 1 to June 9 at Harris Branch, Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library, 51446 Elm Road, Granger IN 46530.
Ideas such as sun, moon, stars, planets, new worlds, or Venus will be featured. The show includes 25 works by 19 artists all working in soft pastel. Pastel is an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are the same as those used to produce all colored art media, including oil paints. The color effect of buy levitra in canada pastels is closer to the get viagra fast natural dry pigments than that of any other process.
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Lately I've been making some new seasonings. I started an herb garden when I came to the farm, and I really enjoy cooking with things I've grown. Fresh herbs are, of course, the most flavorful, and you just can't beat the flavor of something that was cut and then brought immediately into the kitchen. But every night this time of year brings the chance of the first frost (we've had lows of 34 already!) and so I like to plan on different ways to ensure I have delicious herbs all through the winter. I use the dehydrator a lot, and then place the dried herbs into glass jars. Another great way is to simply freeze herbs; many retain more of their flavor that way, although the texture is lost.
I have what some might call a "cookbook problem". I collect them. I have subscriptions to multiple cooking magazines and never throw any out. I justify this by telling myself that I probably use them more than most people. I cook, from scratch, pretty much daily. I send out recipes in my monthly farm newsletter. I love reading about or adapting recipes to make the best use of whatever is in season. When folks ask me where I get the ideas for all the things I process and offer for sale at the stand, saying "I buy a LOT of cookbooks" really is no lie. One great idea I found recently was for basil salt. It's pretty simple and makes great use of the basil that is so bountiful now, and is a great way to keep that flavor around beyond the first frost. It involves chopping up the basil in a food processor, adding salt and blending it together, then drying it briefly in the oven and chopping it again. The recipe recommended sprinkling it on fresh tomatoes, but I'm thinking up lots of other great ideas, too...for instance, I'm planning on making homemade pizza soon just so I can try adding it to the crust! And since it worked so well with basil, and I'm overrun with sage right now, I made some sage salt too. It's already a winner in my book as a rub for meats! So that has been a fun success recently, and I've made enough to have some for sale at the stand as well.
Another project I wanted to try this year was making my own paprika. Did you know that paprika is simply a type of pepper, which is then dried & ground? It's great for adding color, but most of the store-bought stuff doesn't give a dish much flavor, in my opinion. So, in the winter when I poured over seed catalogs and planned this year's garden, I was intrigued by the thought of growing a few paprika plants. Like the rest of my pepper seeds, I started them out in the sprout house in mid-February, nurtured the seedlings and eventually planted them out in the garden in late May. It took until mid-September to get some red, ripe peppers from the plants. I picked them, cut them up, and put them in the dehydrator. They were good and dry today, so I tossed the pepper bits into the processor and began to pulse them until the small chunks of peppers became a rusty red powder in the inside of the glass. I carefully poured the resulting powder into some small herb jars I have, and was plesently surprised at the yield. I'm excited to do more, and if I end up with enough, I may sell some, but first I want to stock my own pantry. Just for fun, I compared my newly-ground seasoning to the container of store-bought paprika in my kitchen. My freshly ground paprika has an aroma of peppery spice, with a smidge of heat, and is fresh and colorful. In comparison, the other stuff smells like dust and is more brown than red. There's no debate about the winner of this taste test, and I'm anxious to feature it in a dish, maybe even tonight.
It took about eight months to go from pretty seed package to useable spice, but I've learned to savor the rewards of being patient. There is little opportunity for instant gratification on a farm. Time, patience and loving care are the main ingredients in pretty much all I cook (or sell), from the veggies to the meats to canned goods and, as you can see, even the seasonings. Still, I've yet to find anything that tastes better.


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Jeff Bagwell is Richard Jewell
Richard Jewell was a private security guard working at Centennial Olympic Park at the Atlanta Summer Olympics in 1996 when he discovered a pipe bomb. He was a hero, alerting the police to the bomb and helping to evacuate the area. And for a while, he was celebrated as such. But it later became known that Jewell was being investigated by the FBI as a possible suspect. The FBI never had any evidence against Jewell: he fit the profile of a potential suspect, and that's all.
Bagwell, too, has been singled out for fitting a profile. He was a muscular first baseman who hit a lot of home runs in the mid-to-late nineties, so some consider him a "suspect" for use of so-called performance enhancing drugs. There's not a shred of actual evidence against him, yet many of the writers, fully acknowledging this, have decided to withhold their Hall of Fame votes from the overwhelmingly deserving Bagwell based on their suspicions (the ones who have been gutsy enough to admit to acting on their baseless suspicions are called out by The Common Man here.
I'm sure it hasn't ruined his life the way the media's assault on Richard Jewell threatened to, but it's the same basic treatment, and it's just as inexcusably irresponsible and unfair.
Tony Womack is Nicole Richie
Remember Nicole Richie? Before Kim Kardashian there was a less attractive and even more confusingly famous version called a "Paris Hilton," and before Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian there was something called Nicole Richie. Richie (who apparently has calmed down and done a lot of charity work in more recent years, so I feel a little guilty for what I'm about to say, but oh well) was essentially perfectly ordinary, except that she was really rich and kind of a train wreck, and she was friends (sort of) with Hilton. So: an untalented person who is famous only because of her relationship with another person who herself is famous for reasons no one can quite pin down. You'd see Richie on TV or a magazine cover and would just have to think: what the hell is she doing here???!
So it is with Tony Womack and the 2012 Hall of Fame ballot. Every year, a bunch of guys who played in parts of ten or more seasons and retired five years ago are not placed on the ballot. Whoever makes these decisions obviously includes a number of guys (like, this year, Javy Lopez, Vinny Castilla and Bill Mueller) who have no chance of being Hall of Famers and don't figure to get more than one or two courtesy votes; nonetheless, the guys who do make the ballot stand out in some way. Mueller won a batting title, Castilla and Lopez both had 40+-homer seasons.
Womack, though? No idea. He stole a bunch of bases early in his career, but that's it. He was generally one of the worst everyday players in baseball. There are literally dozens of eligible players not on the ballot (I'll be writing a thing about those players Tuesday or Wednesday on The Platoon Advantage, but you can see a list of the hitters here and pitchers here) whose qualifications were better than Womack's, and who had more interesting accomplishments. Scott Erickson won 20 games and threw a no-hitter; Edgardo Alfonzo's 2000 would've gotten him MVP consideration in a lot of other years in baseball history; Carl Everett was a two-time All-Star and hilariously crazy; and so on. Womack was not only terrible and uninteresting, he also barely makes the ten-season requirement, having logged only nine seasons in which he played more than 30 games. Womack's presence on the Hall ballot is completely befuddling, kind of like Nicole Richie's whole career.
Jack Morris is Monica Lewinsky
She became famous for one thing — several different occasions, but all falling in the same general category, with the same fairly well-known guy — and it somehow carried her much farther than reason would ever have said that it should. Lewinsky remained in the public eye for a long time, and it didn't all have to do with the facts of her situation. She appeared on Saturday Night Live. She started a line of handbags. She got an endorsement deal with Jenny Craig. She hosted a reality TV program. And so on. All because of that one, unrelated thing.
It's not accurate to say Morris rests entirely on that one game in 1991. Morris was considered a superstar type of pitcher in the late 1980s and early 1990s; he always threw a lot of innings and won a lot of games. Then in 1989 and '90, he lost more than he won for the first two times in his career as a full-time starter, putting up an ERA of 4.65. He came back to put up a strong year in '91 and a pretty good one in '92, and that's when you really started to hear the "winningest pitcher of the '80s" thing get thrown around. Still, though, he faded very quickly after that, and nothing about his numbers says Hall of Famer — his wins are low, his ERA high, his accolades (no Cy Youngs, five All-Star teams, five top-five Cy Young finishes) unspectacular. Were it not for that one great Game 7 performance in '91, he would've gotten some votes in the early going, but I think he would've faded out of the collective consciousness long ago. He's had a long ride on the ballot and sparked a ton of debate, and this terrifies me, but he's got a non-zero chance of actually making it into the Hall this year. And all because of that one game, which — while great, amazing even — just isn't the kind of thing that's ever gotten anyone else into the Hall. It's not at all fair to compare his great pitching performance with the stuff that Monica Lewinsky did, but the effect was similarly disproportionate.
Barry Bonds is the Y2K bug
I remember learning about the "Year 2000 Problem" on day one or two of my intro to computer science class as a freshman in college. Older computer systems represented the year with two digits, which was going to cause all sorts of problems when 99 rolled over to 00, which many systems would read as "1900." It was a real concern, one businesses spent millions and millions of dollars addressing. No one could be quite certain that their fixes had tackled the problem, but they did what they could, and that was that.
The media went nuts with it, though. There were some great TV commercials, but the news media created fear and panic wherever it could. People (to my recollection) hoarded food and supplies, and more than usual stayed in on New Year's Eve '99, generally freaked out, as the news told them they should be. Nothing much happened, of course. Life went on. The media didn't know what to do with nothing left to panic over. It was just kind of awkward.
Now and then you'll see a writer doing some virtual hand-wringing over what's going to happen next year, when Barry Bonds' name hits the ballot (along with Clemens, Sosa, Piazza, Biggio and others), and how increasingly difficult the choices they have to make will become then and for the next several years. But like the Y2K bug, it's a kind of fear and panic that is entirely their creation. All they'd have to do is take a reasonable, balanced approach to the issue — which means, in this case, doing exactly what they've been doing for the vast majority of the preceding 70 years, and vote based on what happened on the field without making undereducated guesses about character and morality and biophysics — and the issue, being entirely their own creation, would go away.
Of course, unlike the Y2K bug, which expired with the passage of time, this one is entirely dependent on the writers to make it go away. Which they're not going to do any time soon. But the way they're acting like they're being inescapably drawn kicking and screaming to this unsolvable quandary — when, really, it's kind of just a fake dilemma they've largely made up — is pretty similar.


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I was born and raised in Tuscaloosa. I am a child of God and I thank God that I was raised in a Christian home where I knew at an early age that I was lost and needed to be forgiven of my sins. I attended West End Christian School and received a BS degree in Child Development from the University of Alabama. I am beginning my 7th year at ACA. I directed the pre-school for three years and now am starting my fourth year in K-4. I am married to Shad who is originally from Tyler, Texas. We have been married 16 years and have three children, Anna Katherine, Brayden and Mary Blake, who all attend ACA. We attend First Baptist Church. I enjoy reading, smocking, riding our horses, a little gardening and anything we do as a family. I am excited and thankful to be part of the ACA family.


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Senate Bill Would Give Veterans Same Safeguards as Pell Recipients
A bipartisan bill recently introduced by Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.), and co-sponsored by Sens. Scott Brown (R-Mass.), Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.), Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), would protect the educational benefits of veterans and active-duty service members. The Military and Veterans Educational Reform Act of 2012 (S 2179) would ensure the colleges in which vets and active-duty members enroll are subject to the same standards of program quality applied to those serving Pell Grant recipients. It also would offer veterans new informational resources to counter predatory recruiting by for-profit colleges.
The measure would require that all programs receiving funds for Tuition Assistance from the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Post-9/11 GI Bill programs run by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) become eligible for Title IV, a requirement for recipients of other federal education assistance funds. The bill also would provide increased transparency for prospective students by requiring schools to report information such as graduation rates and loan-default rates. In addition, it would establish a complaints process for veterans to report instances of misrepresentation, abuse, and waste.
The bill also would create a joint educational counseling program between the VA and DoD aimed at protecting veterans from for-profit colleges that aggressively target these returning soldiers to maximize the amount of federal student-aid funds the institutions receive. Schools with at least 20 students receiving VA or DoD funds would be required to provide student services for veterans, including academic support and career services, to ensure students are adequately prepared to enter the job market upon completing their academic program.
Many of the protections in the Military and Veterans Educational Reform Act reflect the best practices already occurring at responsible institutions. They'll allow veterans and active-duty service members to enjoy the same safeguards that are already available to other recipients of federal student aid. Too many service members are aggressively recruited to for-profit schools, only to emerge without a degree or with useless credentials. The need for greater oversight is well documented. The Military and Veterans Educational Reform Act would mark a significant step forward in meeting that need, protecting our veterans from predatory recruiting by for-profit companies.
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snow storms headed towards the Santa Clarita Valley area starting tonight and
continuing into next week.
According to the National Weather Service, scattered showers
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mountain shows as well as the possibility of thunderstorms.
Rainfall estimates range from 1 to 3 inches, with 2 to 5
inches in the foothills and mountains. Snow levels will range between 3,000 and
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These taste and smell amazing!!! Sure the roller ball can be annoying, but the taste and smell make up for it. On the expensive side though, and they stay on for about 10 minutes. But i have bought 4... so if you like to eat your lip gloss... this is for you.
not too many problems with the roller ball...atcually the rollerball is just fine, what the anoying thing is that theres a little air bubble at the top of my bottle that wont go away! ive tried to move the little bubble around in the bottle but noo it just doesnt wanna leave. hmph! the roller ball workes fine for me but heres a tip : dont press hard at all on the roller ball when applying, instead roll it very lightly acros ur lip, kinda like ur trying to tickle ur lip lol. and if the roller ball gets too much glosss on it, it will roll with stickynesss and might stop. so just roll it on ur hand to get rid of the excess gloss. the gloss itself if one of THE BEST FLAVORS OIVE EVER HAD IN A BONNEBELL LIPGLOSS(cherry vinilla bean)-, mmm sweet and true to its name it tasted like cherry jello with a sweet sidekick of vanilla to it !, the tiny sparkels dont really show up tho, its just clear shine. i wish the gloss were thicker, but then they would have to make the roller ball biggerto accomidate the thickness. :-/ . the gloss is thin for my liking but mabye when the air bubble is gone who knows?! lol i wanna try all the other flavors too- i will mainly continue to repurchase because of flavor *edit* .. this gloss is losing its appeal ... i just hate the packaging and the taste is getting on my nerves.. oh well pick up a roll on shiner instead, i guess the first days are deciving huh?
I got this in Berry Passion Fruit. It smells really delish, when I wear it everyone in the room can smell it! The smell is really strong. But it is a good smell. I don't care for the packaging and I have to turn it upside down and shake to get the ball roller to roll. I like that it is not a sticky gloss, more like a vaseline feel on my lips although it is a tad gritty, I guess from the sparkles, it doesn't last long, you have to reapply often. This is just a mediocre product, I gave it 3 lippies.
this gloss is below average. its thin and while it is somewhat glossy, it wont last for long. the packaging sucks because the tube is way too long and the roll on applicator does not work as well as it should. the only plus to this gloss was the awesome flavor(strawberry thai lime)
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Not a bad gloss, but not one of Bonne Bell's best! The container is very unique, and cool looking. I like the concept of this gloss, the tropical flavors, the iridescent small sparkles, and the packaging.The gloss however doesn't always roll right out, thats why I took 2 lipsticks off.My favorite one is Wildberry Starfruit, it smells really good! They leave behind iridescent juicy shine, which is very light and moisturizing. I don't really even mind reapplying, I just get annoyed tapping it all the time to get it to come out.I like this but it's definately not the best Bonne Bell gloss out there.
bad packaging, the gloss doesnt come out unless u hold the bottom and shake it, so the gloss would go to the ball. and the ball falls out 2 haha, but i poped mine bak in so..no biggie. good shine, average moisture, smells and tastes great!! i mite not buy it again, cuz im looking for more moisture
I bought one of these because of the cute packaging. I loved the concept of the small roller ball, but the glitter was so gritty and the formula made my lips puff up and get red, and even more dry so I def. wouldn't buy again. Nice smell though. This is one of the only Bonne Bell products I've hated.
i just got this when i was at a theater downtown at a shoppers drugmart and only this flavor was on sale (raspberry Citrus)for 2.69cdn and the regular price was 5.89 so i just had to buy it. its true it is very thin and the roller thingie is bit tricky.. ( i just shake it and leave it upside down seems to work fine)
but its smellls Soo nice and it did leave my lips soft.. suprisingly and it didnt feel gross.. i would buy it again.. for sure
i bought this when it first hit the stores. itd like to say it was a waste of money. it smelled ok, tasted ok, but did nothing at all for hydrating my lips at all. it was thin and really hard to put on cos it had a tiny ball applicator. i also have a sneaking suspicion that its only flavoured oil...well u never know...
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I decided to BORROW!!! a Lip Fashion from the shops and I did! >;) Hi HI...anywayz I took a Lip Fashion in Watermelon Mango and It smelled and tasted absolutely devine! but its like putting oil on ya lips but the shine is incredibly good but doesnt last long but I like reapplying it as its packaging is soo cool and it smells REALLY good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I dont know if I would by it again just coz I dont want to...I probably will though but first Im buying all the honey kiss flavas so overall a good product that smells and tastes GREAT!!! :)


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Mon, Sep 10, 07 at 13:44
Hello, I am new to this forum - found it in a search and thought maybe someone could help me with my question. My neighbor trimmed a few branches from her CM this morning and I was wondering if I put the cuttings in water and root stimulant will they root enough to plant in the ground? They still have some bloom on them so would it be better to try to get seeds? Thank you for any help you can give me!
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Here is a link that might be useful: Crepe Myrtle cuttings
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