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Of course, Koebrich's column is also one of the bigger wastes of space in the Sunday Post. That raises the question of whether convergence is more about promotion than better serving readers and viewers. Dennis and Post editor Greg Moore say high-caliber journalism is their first priority, and they believe convergence helps them in this respect. But they confess that finding the proper balance can be tricky, especially given the differences in culture between TV and newspapers.
"There have been a few bumps," Dennis notes, "and at any organization, there will be people who don't believe in this type of thing. But I think, generally, TV people are very receptive to working with print journalists and don't worry much about whether that's an appropriate thing."
Adds Moore, "There was some reticence on my part to embrace this. They had to beat on my head, because I'm accustomed to seeing other mediums as competitors, not partners. The idea of sharing with anybody is foreign to me. But we're trying to build partnerships, and this is a way for us to broaden our reach and, if we do it right, extend our brand. That's the way things are done now."
He's right. Corporate links between powerhouses like ABC, ESPN and the Walt Disney Company are commonplace today, and equivalents can be found at the local level. Take Tampa, where the Tampa Tribune and TV station WFLA not only share the same Web site, TBO.com, but occupy the same headquarters: a mammoth $40 million structure built with convergence in mind. With the Federal Communications Commission all but certain to relax current cross-ownership rules, which prevent companies from purchasing a daily newspaper and a TV station in the same market, Tampa-style operations will proliferate, for better or worse.
In the meantime, reporters at Channel 9 and the Post are seeing a lot of each other. "I have two short-term projects going with Post reporters right now, and one really long-term project, a six- or seven-month-long one," Woodward says. "And the people I've worked with have been great. We're really learning how to communicate and figuring out the best way to make this work. Because you're talking about really competitive people..."
The Armstrong experiment: If it seems like only last month that it was announced that veteran Denver Post sports columnist Jim Armstrong would be filling the city columnist role once performed by Chuck Green, that's because it was only last month. Editor Greg Moore let Post personnel know about the impending move in early September. But four weeks later, after Armstrong had churned out a handful of lackluster pieces, Moore took it all back. In a staff e-mail, he wrote that "Jim Armstrong is reversing field and returning to sports, where he will resume his former perch as a premiere [sic] takeout writer and columnist."
In the memo, Moore took some responsibility for this "lightning turnaround," acknowledging that "in my exuberance to think outside of the box in filling the Metro columnist slot, I might have pressed Jim into a suit that ill fit him." In an interview on the topic, Moore underlined this point. "I went to him; he didn't come to me," he says. "But it may not have been for the best -- and since I'm a huge fan of his, I want him to be in a place where he can be successful and comfortable. So that's why we decided to cut the cord right away."
Good call, because Armstrong's news-oriented columns offered few indications that he might develop into a writer on par with the Rocky Mountain News's Mike Littwin, a onetime sports scribe who managed the transition to news with aplomb. His introductory salvo for the Denver and the West section, published on September 24, was laughably lame: In it, he came to the startling realization that a lot of people have cell phones (egad!) but don't have very much interesting to say on them (stop the presses!). Other columns exhibited a similarly banal grasp of the obvious. Without Armstrong, Post readers might not know that talking with senior citizens can be sort of interesting ("Finding Value in Elderly Voices," October 4), families are nifty ("Parent, Teen Keep Family Ties Tight," October 11), and sport-utility vehicles aren't all they're cracked up to be ("SUVs: Speedy, Unsafe Vehicles," October 15). Armstrong's attempts to tackle topical matters were just as tepid -- and when he mentioned both Brian Griese and Terrell Davis in the lead of an October 1 dispatch from the parking referee's office, it was clear he'd prefer to keep his eye on the ball.
Armstrong didn't respond to an interview request from yours truly, and in the October 25 return of his "Opening Shots" sports column, he resisted the urge to share his brief experience in the real world. But his first line spoke volumes. "One big, happy notes column," he declared, clearly relishing his return to a gig that doesn't require him to write anything especially substantial. Nice work if you can get it.


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One of the most effective tools can be role-playing. Start every day with a member of the staff being assigned to speak on the key selling points of a line or specific product. And look to your suppliers to provide you with this information. Invite vendors and suppliers into your spa to conduct training on site, as well as to provide the appropriate incentives for your staff if team members perform successfully.
Information is power. Show-and-tell presentations by staff are invaluable. Identify the products that your team members need more information on, and get the vendor to explain why a particular product or line is worth purchasing and recommending.
The right products and vendors
Now to ensure you are carrying the right products. Make sure the product lines you select meet the clients' needs, not yours. Your lines must fit the demographics of your practice. All too often, spas carry lines that a member of the staff likes or is familiar with. Unfortunately, that just doesn't build a retail business.
The product line's distribution channel also must protect you and your staff. This is a non-debatable and non-negotiable fact. If you carry a line readily available via retail outlets and channels other than skin care professionals or spas, your success will be limited—if not impossible.
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With the growth of sales, the growth of rewards for sales should increase, too. Most spas pay commissions as follows: For 6% of sales, less than 1% commission; for 7% of sales, under 5% commission; 5–9% commission for 10–14% of sales; and 12% commission for 15–19% of sales. In fact, 50% of all spas do not pay front desk personnel any incentives for retail sales.1 And if the staff does not have any incentive to sell, they won't. Providing incentives for front desk staff, as well as estheticians and other team members, is a key to retail sales. Think about assigning one person to be the retail driver, and have that person keep track of what is selling and who is selling it.

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True Confessions (originally published by Fawcett Publications in 1922; currently published by Dorchester Media) is a magazine of 'true confessions' — still today one of the largest markets for short fiction stories — aimed at a young female readership between the ages of 20 and 35.
The magazines are highly collectible, in no small part due to the gorgeous illustrated covers of movie stars of the age. What's not to love?
Even when they used photographs of models, the vintage style hooks me.
But I, as usual, like to study these vintage magazines for the articles & the ads; the over-all message of the magazine.
What I've found in the vintage issues of True Confessions is a masterful combination of effective manipulation. Here the publishers combine the salacious lure of gossip magazines and tabloids with the traditional women's publications fare of subtle (ish) & simultaneous pitches for products & lifestyle — a lifestyle which says, literally, that a "a girl's main function is to charm" in order to "please a male".
I should be offended — and part of me is! — but I just can't help falling in love with the grand illustration, the vintage glamour…
It's seductive.
Perhaps the publishers win… But not for the reasons they/you think. While I find the issues intoxicating, I'm not (completely?) sold on the beauty & charm in product or lifestyle. What I want to buy is the recipe for such success — and that's not something they're selling. So I keep paging through them, looking at each 'ingredient,' hoping I can figure it out. And that's my confession. A real confession, not the short fiction variety.


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Notes from New York Fashion Week: The Michael Kors Show
Fashion weeks are as ubiquitous as its attendees who wear their ever-escalating strappy platforms, trying to out-do the other in the insanity of their height. For the New York shows this September, the fashion herd took a ride uptown on the number 1 train to the elegant Lincoln Center, where the shows will now reside.
The residents of the area gawked at celebrities and the hoop-la that comes with Fashion Week. Photographers have taken to snapping photos of each other (or the little dogs that are dressed up). The local moms pushed baby strollers, indignant that their routines were interrupted, looking at Rachael Zoe and her husband walking arm-and-arm (and probably going to the Karl Lagerfeld luncheon).


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To say that that Nintendo has done well down under when it comes to the DS and Wii would be quite an understatement, considering that both devices have been breaking sales records in Australia. The Wii, for instance, was the fastest console to reach 500,000 units sold in Australia, whereas the DS was the top-selling games device in 2007. It looks like Nintendo's strong results have continued unabated, given that newly released figures show that the DS has now reached more than 1.5 million units sold, and the Wii now has 750,000.
The DS reached its milestone in 194 weeks, whereas the Wii took 102 weeks. Both devices broke the record for fastest-selling console to reach 1.5 million and 750,000 units sold, respectively. The previous holder of both these records was Sony's PlayStation 2. A spokesman from industry data tracker GfK Australia told GameSpot AU that the PS2 took "over 200 weeks to break 1.5 million units sold, and 136 weeks to meet the 750,000 mark." Although the spokesman was certain that other consoles before the PS2 had sold more than 1.5 million units, he was unable to confirm which ones because GfK Australia only started tracking console data in 2000. Currently, the PS2 has a total install base in Australia of 2.4 million consoles.
Unlike the weekly software-sales data that GfK Australia puts out, these hardware numbers include figures from one of the nation's leading video game retailers, EB Games Australia.
The week of November 10-16 proved to be a particularly good week for Nintendo, with the Wii selling more than 35,000 units around Australia. That week also treated Wii Music well, considering that it sold more than 28,000 copies and beat Activision's Guitar Hero World Tour in the overall top 10 chart.
At the time of publication, both Sony and Microsoft were unable to provide recent sales figures for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 to GameSpot AU for comparison.


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I bought this desperado sage at about 1 foot tall and planted it a couple of feet inside my fence. It's 2-3 months later and the sage about 3 feet tall and looks great except that it's growing sideways (and into my salvia plant).
The fence runs east/west, and the north/south fence is a few more feet away. That fence would block morning sun but not the rest of the day. The plant is growing toward the south. It is growing away from a fence that wouldn't block the sun and not toward a direction that would get it more sun, so I'm a bit perplexed. Perhaps it has nothing to do with the sun. Any suggestions about how to encourage it to grow upright? Stake it? Prune it? It's very drought tolerant but here in Texas in July I'm hesitant to do anything that will stress the plant too much because we have nothing but extreme heat to look forward to in the next two months. |
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Most plants will lean toward the most light, and the south gets the most sun for a longer part of the day as long as it's not obstructed by trees, buildings, fences, etc. I have Desperado, and it kind of did the same thing its first year, but second year it is growing up a little straighter - I guess the stems are getting thicker and stronger. I'd give it time - maybe prune lightly in the winter. |
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More Mayor Hilton Speculation
Guido never had Matthew d'Ancona down as a Daily Star Sunday reader but you learn something every day. He writes this afternoon: "Steve Hilton, the Prime Minister's closest adviser, has indicated that he may run for mayoral office when he returns from sabbatical, on the grounds that this will enable him to make a real difference at street level." Confirming what we said back in February:
"…few believe he will return to Downing Street – rumour has it that he wants to try out his big ideas directly by running a city as mayor. Given that he got nicked in 2008 for losing his rag with a train ticket inspector in Birmingham, we can cross Brum off the likely list."
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How do you tell the Andy Lewis story?
It's almost too diverse to include on one page.
It began at the legendary Town and Country in Kentish Town, specifically the Locomotion, the popular sixties night run by Radio DJ Wendy May in the mid-1980s. Andy Lewis was a regular, albeit enthusiastic punter who eventually persuaded the hostess to let him loose as a warm-up DJ. At 17, his collection of sixties soul, psyche and easy-listening soon saw him at the top of the DJ pile.
In the early 90's Lewis became the architect of the growing Brit-pop scene with his regular nights at The Laurel Tree in Camden Town. The scene that coalesced around his weekly residency soon blossomed into the cutting edge sound of the decade.
Spells as Blur's tour DJ, and as bass player with the short-lived but highly touted Pimlico, soon led to Andy taking the step up to London's West End. His groundbreaking 'Blow Up' night at the WAG club in Wardour Street became the place to be seen for a new generation.
Not wanting to turn his back on performing as a musician, Andy joined indie band Spearmint as producer and bassist and was rewarded with a top ten indie hit. Successful tours of Japan and Europe convinced Lewis that the time was right to make his own music.
Acid Jazz encouraged the idea and soon put him in touch with a number of vocalists. The result saw guest performances from Andy's childhood heroes Reg King from The Action. soul star Keni Burke (the Curtis Mayfield protégé), John's Children's Andy Ellison and soul diva Bettye Lavette. His 2nd album featured a collaboration with Paul Weller, entitled 'Are You Trying To Be Lonely',which sees the Modfather adding his voice to a joint-penned northern soul stomper.
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UPDATED 6:33 PM CST Feb 26, 2014Gas prices in Omaha have taken another big jump. According to GasBuddy.com, the average price for regular is $3.39 a gallon, which is 25 cents higher than at the end of January.
Video TranscriptMORE NEWS NOW WITH YET ANOTHER JUMP OVERNIGHT... IF YOU STOPPED TO FUEL UP TODAY YOU PROBABLY NOTICED MORE PAIN AT THE PUMP. WITH THE HELP OF GAS BUDDY DOT COM - WE TRACKED PRICES IN OMAHA OVER THE LAST MONTH.. TAKE A LOOK AT THE DRAMATIC UP AND DOWN.. THE LATEST AVERAGE FOR REGULR IN OMAHA UP TO 3.39 PER GALLON.. THAT'S A FULL 25 CENTS HIGHER THAN THE END OF JANUARY. K-E-T-V NEWSWATCH 7'S TONY CORNETT IS TRACKING THE REASON FOR LATEST SPIKE..HE'S LIVE WITH BIG STORY.WHEN WE NEED GASOLINE, WE ALL PAY THE PRICE ON THE PUMP.WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?IN A PRICE SPIKE, WE PAY MORE.BUT WHY --THIS-- SPIKE --NOW--?WE --DID-- FIND THAT OUT...é MOST PEOPLE ARE FEELING THE CURRENT GASOLINE SPIKE...(Alex Frisbey, "Oh, most definitely.")(David Tandaguen, "Oh, yeah, it's really bad.") (Aaron Heiden, "I've noticed it in my pocketbook.")JUST LIKE THE WEATHER, EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT IT, BUT CAN'T DO MUCH TO CHANGE IT...AND MOST, DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND ITS COMPLICATIONS.(Alex Frisbey, "Personally, no.")(David Tandaguen, "I don't know. Everybody wants to make money somehow.")(Aaron Heiden, "I don't. I'm curious to find out why.")THE EXPERTS TELL US --THIS LATEST-- SPIKE --CAN-- BE PRECISELY EXPLAINED.FIRST, MOVING CRUDE OIL BY RAIL IS A SAFETY PROBLEM IN PLACES LIKE NORTH DAKOTA'S BAKKEN REGION ... AND THAT'S A BIG WORRY THAT CREATES QUESTIONS AND DOUBT...(Todd Hultman, Market Analyst, DTN, "It's straining transportation, especially out of North Dakota.")(Todd Hultman, Market Analyst, DTN, "And there are some safety issues involved in transporting crude oil out of the Bakken region.")(Todd Hultman, Market Analyst, DTN, "It seems to be more dangerous than the typical crude.") SECOND, ETHANOL IS UP BY 50 CENTS A GALLON AT WHOLESALE... A BIG PART OF GASOLINE'S FORMULA...(Todd Hultman, Market Analyst, DTN, "And that's been a surprising effect of demand mainly from exports in the ethanol.")AND THIRD, RISK-TAKING INVESTORS AT THE ENERGY EXCHANGE IN NEW YORK ARE SITTING ON FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND CRUDE OIL FUTURES CONTRACTS...(Todd Hultman, Market Analyst, DTN, "So, they're willing to pay up, and it creates a bit of a bidding war in effect here, and it just adds to the buying demand that we see.")THAT'S THE SMART MONEY BETTING THAT CRUDE OIL WILL GO UP IN PRICE IN COMING MONTHS... AND -- YOU-- CAN BET YOUR GASOLINE WILL, TOO. TODD HULTMAN ALSO TELLS ME ENERGY MARKETS HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL EMOTIONAL SIDE TO THEM, AS WELL.WHEN YOU GET THIS TRIO OF CONCERNS TOGETHER ... TRANSPORTATION, ETHANOL AND CRUDE OIL INVESTING... IT MAKES THINGS LOP-SIDED TOWARD CONCERN...AND PRICING TENDS TO MOVE THE DIRECTION OF THAT FRET...REPORTING LIVE, TONY
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Over the Pyrenees to Dali's house
A bit of rooftop whimsy at Salvador Dali House Museum in Portlligat, Spain. (Nick Sonderup)
Driving from the French region of Languedoc to Spain's Catalonia, you cover more than just miles. Dropping down into the town of Collioure from the heights that separate it from the city of Perpignan and the rocky, inland foothills of the Pyrenees, it is apparent what made it so attractive to a painter like Henri Matisse. Splashes of colour are everywhere among the pink buildings, including the garish get-ups of tourists who were probably not in evidence in Matisse's day. But it is the blue Mediterranean that dominates the town, and its soft edges begin to frame themselves into a painting before your very eyes.
The Côte Vermeille is the stretch of wild French coast that leads to French Catalonia and Spain, and where the Fauvists (translation: wild beasts), led by Matisse, sprung into vivid life for a brief time between Post-Impressionism and the avant-garde art movements of the 20th Century. Beginning in 1905, Matisse and his family spent summers in Collioure. He took colour to a new level, using it to create form and line with exaggerated, bold brushstrokes. Some of Matisse's famous paintings of the period, such as The Open Window and The Roofs of Collioure use vivid colour to express the heat and movement he saw. Other painters like Pablo Picasso and Andre Derain followed him to Collioure, and the town's Museum of Modern Art houses a small permanent collection that includes a Picasso and other Fauvist works. Another way to appreciate their work is on the Le Chemin du Fauvisme, a path through and above the town where 20 replicas of Matisse and Derain are placed in the same spots the artists painted them. Your first stop should be on the lively harbour where the two town beaches, bracketed between the Templar fortress and the Church of Notre-Dame-des-Anges, provide a view of the hillside town and the boats at sea.
The road out of town winds around the rocky coastline. Hairpin turns snake like isobars on a geologic survey through terraced vineyards that produce the local vintages, like the sweet dessert wine, Banyuls.
The descent into Banyuls-sur-Mer is welcome, with its square harbour front and lively beach. Banyuls is home to the Musee Maillol, where the works of sculptor Aristide Maillol, a contemporary of Paul Gauguin, are on display along with those of Marcel Duchamp and Picasso. If you have had enough art for the moment, the area's Marine Reserve means the underwater flora and fauna here is a snorkeler's paradise, crystal clear (as it is all the way along the rocky coast to Cadaques). The Aquarium de Banyuls/Mer showcases the diverse sea life in the Mediterranean.
The last town before the Spanish border, Cerbere, feels more Catalonian and less French, with a smaller quai-side than Banyuls and a boat-clogged harbour framed by the Pyrenees. You might be tempted to stretch your legs here, but hold out for the next stop: Port Bou, Spain.
The road reaches its highest point as it goes past the abandoned border crossing into Spain, and you descend again into a small Mediterranean town. This time it is Port Bou, where the pink terracotta buildings have been replaced by gleaming white ones. Stop for a late lunch or pick-me-up and perhaps a dip in the sea. There are two sand beaches, one directly on the town frontage and the other, a little cove tucked under a towering cliff, reached by a narrow path.
Polish off some tapas of croquettes and chorizo, and a reviving sangria (for the passenger, of course) before heading back on the road. The route heads inland to dry and hot Llanca before reaching the turn-off for Cadaques, where the Pyrenees meet the sea. Cadaques is a good half hour or more carsick-inducing drive over the high hills of Cap de Creus national park with lay-bys for taking photos or calm nervous stomachs. Heights reach above 600 meters, and in fact, there is an observatory atop the neighbouring Es Peni mountiain.
Once you descend into Cadaques, a town that drew Pablo Picasso (The Port at Cadaques, 1910), and Surrealist artists like Jean Miro and Marcel Duchamp, it is only a few more kilometres to Portlligat and the wondrous, white Salvador Dali House Museum (reservations are required). The house is one of the Dali triad that includes the Dali Theatre-Museum in Figueres and the Gala Dali Castle-House Museum in Pubol, but Portlligat is where the famous Surrealist lived from 1930 to 1982 and where he created works like The Madonna of Portlligat. When his wife Gala died in 1982, he moved to Pubol and never returned.


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Welcome everybody :)
I'm working together with a little group preparing for the upcoming exams in "Mathematical Methods of Physics." There's one tricky task involving some linear algebra, namely the generalization of the Spectral Decomposition of Self-Adjoint Operators.
The task is the following:
Let $A_1,A_2,…,A_s$ be a set of pairwise commuting self-adjoint operators on the finite dimensional complex inner product space $V$. Show the Spectral Theorem for Commuting Self-Adjoint Operators:
There are orthogonal projections $P_1,P_2,…,P_r$ such that:
- $P_jP_k = δ_{jk}P_k$
- $\mathbb I_V = P_1 + P_2 + \cdots + P_r$
- Each $A_i$ can be written as $\sum_{j=1}^r \lambda_{ij}P_j$ for some scalars $\lambda_{ij}$ (which will necessarily be eigenvalues of $A_i$)
- If the $A_i$ are written as self-adjoint matrices acting on $\mathbb{C}^{\mathrm{dim} V}$, then there is a unitary matrix $U$ such that all $U^{-1}A_iU$ are diagonal
For the task one has to prove first that the statement above holds for just one operator, lets say $A_1$. This is the induction basis (s = 1). Since we have already proven this theorem we can safely use it here without proving it again. So I'm really interested in the induction step (s → s+1).
Is the following argumentation correct?
Let $P_j$ be the orthogonal projections onto the simultaneous eigenspaces $E_j ≔ \text {Im } P_j$ for $A_1,…,A_s.$
Thus $A_r = \sum_{j=1}^n \lambda_{rj}P_j$ for $1\leq r \leq s$. Now for $v \in E_j$, $A_r A_{s+1}(v) = A_{s+1}A_r (v) = \lambda_{rj}A_{s+1}(v)$ and thus $A_{s+1}$ restricts to a self adjoint operator $A_{s+1}|_{E_j} : E_j \to E_j$.
Let $A_{s+1}|_{E_j} = \sum_{k=1}^{m_j}μ_{jk}Q_{jk}$ be its spectral decomposition.
Set $P_{jk} ≔ Q_{jk} \circ P_j$ and consider it as a map $V \to V$.
Then $\sum_{k=1}^{m_j}Q_{jk} = \mathbb I ·E_j \ ⇒ \ P_j = \sum_{k=1}^{m_j}P_{jk}$.
From $P_j P_{j'} = δ_{jj'}P_j ∧ Q_{jk}Q_{jk'} = δ_{kk'}Q_{jk}$ one deduces $P_{jk}P_{j'k'} = δ_{jj'}δ_{kk'}P_{jk}$.
Therefore $\sum_{j=1}^{n}P_j = \mathbb I_V \ ⇒ \ \sum_{1≤j≤n,1≤k≤m_j}P_{jk} = \mathbb I_V$.
Further, $A_r = \sum_{1≤j≤n,1≤k≤m_j}\lambda_{r,jk}P_{jk}$ for $1≤r≤s+1$ and some $\lambda_{r,jk}$.
For $v,w \in V$, $\sum_{j=1}^n P_j = \mathbb I_V$ implies that:
$$\langle P_{jk}v,w\rangle = \langle Q_{jk}P_j v, \sum_{j=1}^n P_j w\rangle = \langle Q_{jk}P_j v, P_j w\rangle = \langle P_j v,Q_{jk}P_j w\rangle = \langle P_j v, P_{jk} w\rangle = \langle v,P_{jk} w\rangle$$
i.e. the $P_{jk}$ are self-adjoint.
I would really appreciate if some smart guys would help me a bit. Thank you in advance!
EDIT: For the induction basis one can safely uses the Spectral Decomposition of Self-Adjoint Operators:
Let $(V,\langle·,·\rangle)$ be a complex inner product space of dimension $n∈ℤ_{>0}$ and $A:V→V$ be a self adjoint operator. Let $\lambda_j$ and $E_j, j=1,…,r$ be the distinct eigenvalues and the corresponding eigenspaces of $A$. Furthermore set $P_j = \prod_{k≠j}\frac{A-\lambda_k \mathbb I_n}{\lambda_j - \lambda_k}, j=1,…,r$.
- $\lambda_j∈ℝ$ and the $E_j$ are pairwise orthogonal.
- $P_j$ are orthogonal projections commuting with $A$ that satisfy $P_jP_k = δ_jk P_k$, $\text{Im}P_j = E_j$, $\text{Tr} P_j = \text{dim}E_j =m_j$, $\text{ker}P_j = \oplus_{k≠j}E_k$.
- $\mathbb I_n = \sum_{j=1}^r P_j$, $V=E_1 \oplus \cdots \oplus E_r$
- $A = \sum_{j=1}^r \lambda_jP_j$ (spectral decomposition of A)
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Montreal, March 12, 2009 – TransForce Inc. ("TransForce" or "the Company") (TSX: TFI - T), theleader in the Canadian transportation and logistics industry, today announced steady growth acrossits top line and bottom line results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008."We were able to deliver strong results in the fourth quarter, while also taking a number of steps toaddress imminent challenges posed by the deteriorating economic conditions," said Alain Bédard,President and Chief Executive Officer of TransForce Inc. "While we increased revenues, our focuswas on decreasing operating expenses across the Company. Initiatives taken to curtail costsincluded implementing hiring and salary freezes, and placing strict controls on capital anddiscretionary expenditures. We also continued to adjust staffing levels to align with lower demand.Management's conservative, disciplined approach to operating TransForce will serve us well as weface significant challenges in 2009."
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The Company increased EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization andequivalent to operating income on TransForce's financial statements) by 21% to $73.8 million, from$61.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2007. Significant acquisitions contributed $2.8 million in newEBITDA. The remaining increase was the result of efficiency gains and cost containment efforts.TransForce's earnings before income taxes were $18.5 million (including $11.7 million unrealizedloss on interest rate swap contracts) compared with a loss of $30.2 million in the fourth quarter of2007, when TransForce reported a goodwill impairment of $56.0 million. Adjusted earnings beforetaxes were $30.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2008 compared with $25.8 million in the sameperiod of 2007, before non-recurring items.
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The Company increased earnings per share to $0.92 per share in 2008 from $0.52 per share theprevious year. Adjusted earnings per share were $1.14 per share in 2008 compared with $1.17 pershare in 2007.
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Although the Company's results for 2008 were satisfactory, the economic environment in 2009 isuncertain. Compounding this problem, volatility in the North American credit markets has resultedin much tougher credit markets and conditions.
Notwithstanding this, the Company is well positioned to weather these current conditions.The Company's current outlook for 2009 is that it will generate cash flow after interest expense,current income tax expense, dividends and capital expenditures in the range of $100 million. Thisexcess cash flow will serve to reduce its revolving line of credit.
During 2008, the Company took advantage of lower rolling stock acquisition costs as a result of thestrong Canadian dollar and deep manufacturers' discounts in order to acquire new equipment. Assuch, the Company's outlook for capital expenditures in 2009 is less than $50 million.
The above mentioned items will allow the Company to reduce its overall debt levels in 2009. TheCompany forecasts its long term debt position to be approximately $700 million by the end of2009. The 4 year revolving term loan component of the Company's syndicated bank debt comesdue in October 2010 while the 7 year term loan component comes due in October 2013.
As part of the Company's syndicated bank debt, two financial covenants must be maintained. Thefirst is an adjusted debt (balance sheet debt plus 5 times rent expense) to earnings before interest,income taxes, depreciation and amortization and rent expense ("EBITDAR") ratio. This covenant ismeasured on a consolidated last twelve month basis and must be kept below 3.5 times. As atDecember 31, 2008, the Company's adjusted debt to EBITDAR ratio was 2.97. The second is anEBITDAR to fixed cost (interest and rent expense) ratio. This covenant is measured on aconsolidated last twelve month basis and must be kept above 2.75 times. As at December 31,2008, the Company's EBITDAR to fixed cost ratio was 3.21 times. The Company's outlook withregard to these covenants is that it will be in compliance throughout 2009.
TransForce will host a conference call for investors to discuss the results of the fourth quarter and2008 year later today, March 12, 2009, at 9:00 Eastern Time. Participating from the Company willbe Alain Bédard, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Salvatore Vitale, ChiefFinancial Officer.
To participate in the conference call, investors are invited to call 1-800-909-4804A recording of the call will be available until 11:00 p.m., March 19, 2009, by dialing1-800-558-5253 or 416-626-4100 and entering passcode 21413858.
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My husband was recently diagnosed with diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. I've been doing some research for recipes etc. that I can use. I bought ground flaxseed and sprinkle that on salads, cereal, etc. I think this will boost his fibre intake + add some Omega 3 to his diet. Is whole flaxseed better? We have to go see a dietician to check just what he can/can't eat.
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Hope you are all doing well. I use hummus on my (now open-faced) sandwiches - less bread, fewer calories. I have heart disease and HTN, so I'm on a low fat, low sodium diet. There are some very good lower fat hummus choices, and they have a lot of taste. One critical issue is portion control. When you read the labels, note the usual serving size. For most dressings, it's two tablespoons - yet you may need only one tablespoon, which cuts everything in half. Chia seeds are a great source of the omega fatty acids. I buy Bob's Red Mill and sprinkle them on my oatmeal. Pretty tasty, actually. Good eating to both of you. |
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Really Nice!
By victheshopper
from Sudbury, Ontario
Just received this jacket in black and am SO impressed! Lovely leather, perfect fit and overall great purchase. Now I'm debating whether or not to get a red one as well, or maybe the caramel colour!
( 4 of 5 customers found this review helpful)
Finally, an ivory leather jacket!
By Ej
from Wetaskiwin, AB
I have wanted a white or ivory coloured leather jacket for such a long time, so when I saw this one on TSC, I headed to the computer and ordered this one ASAP!! I am delighted with it! The animal print lining is gorgeous, and I love to 'purposely' leave it open to show it off! ;~) Thank you Guillaume for helping Canadian women feel confident knowing we look good in our coats, jackets and other clothing you design for us!
( 6 of 6 customers found this review helpful)
An odd fit
By Luv-to-shop
from Moncton (NB)
Quite disappointed with this jacket, and my first time returning one of Guillaume's jackets. The shoulder fit was excellent, as was waist and hip, but there was a huge amount of extra material across the chest. Just didn't work for me. I ordered the black, and I wasn't impressed with the look, in fact it looked plastic. Love Guillaume's jackets, have always been pleased, and look forward to future offerings. I recommend this line, but not this particular jacket :)
( 4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)
Sizing is off
By Chelsea
from Whitby, Ontario
After reading all the reviews, I decided to order this jacket in size small when price was reduced further. Have to agree with many reviews on sizing - the shoulders were very broad, and the area from bust up to shoulders way too generous. Leather quality is ok for the price. Didn't bother to measure length of this jacket, but it felt much longer than the 22" stated on web page.The overall look is totally unflattering for me who is short waisted. Jacket was returned the very next day.
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By Admirer of Attention to Detail
from Alberta
I ordered a few of these jackets in my usual Medium size for Guillaume's jackets, which have consistently been an excellent fit. The leather is so soft and beautiful and the colours so perfect that I have reluctantly decided to keep them despite the fact that in my case I find the bust too generous for a Medium considering the fit under the arms is otherwise snug and would probably be too small for me in a Small. As it is, I would need a major enhancement job to fill out the tapered portion in the front, but will settle for wearing a scarf to cover up what I consider was probably a mistake as there seems to be way too much leather bulging out in this area. Something is definitely off with the proportionality of this item considering larger breasted women seem to have a problem with the fit in their size as well. For this reason only, I give it 4 stars. Otherwise, it's lovely and would be perfect for someone who happens to have the proper shape for this particular jacket. I own several of Guillaume's jackets and have never encountered this problem. Perhaps the lining was sown in wrong under the arms or the leather is too supple and stretchy for the generous cut of the tapered portion in the front, I don't know. A Small in this would have been perfect for me considering the generosity of the shoulders and sides on this if it weren't for the snugness under the arms, which I am feeling even in the Medium if I stretch my arms. I hope not to encounter this again as I love all of Guillaume's other jackets that I own and would like to rely on his former very consistent sizing in his line! The fit of this one is definitely a disappointment for me. Hopefully, others will have better luck with this than I did and will look and feel good in it!
best design
By Lise the traveler
from Florence
I bought the blazer in the spring for a trip to Tuscany, I am presently in Florence, every time I wear it someone want to know the name of the store I purchased it. I keep saying it's available only in Canada on special orders. If Guillaume wants to open a store here I could stay to manage it. Bravo Guillaume.
( 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)
Absolutley love it !!!
By Cee Bee
from Sarnia , Ontario
I really can't wait until it's cool enough to wear it . I purchased the amber and the colour and fit are perfect for me . I love the animal print lining . I have a rather large butt and it's nice to get a blazer with a back pleat that doesn't open when I wear it . The workmanship and fabric are beautiful !!! I'm thinking of ordering another one in a different colour .
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By TSC loyal customer
from Hamilton Township, Ontario
I have this jacket in the Ivory. As with all my Guillaume jackets I get so many compliments. They feel great on & always look great
By Goldilocks
from Vancouver
I was so excited to see the classic blazer back in an almost cobalt colour. I had his scuba style jacket in a beautiful cobalt that I absolutely love. But I've lost weight and can no longer wear it. I ordered the 1x to accommodate my bust. However the shoulders were so broad that the shoulder pad commenced off my shoulder. I couldn't exchange for a large as it would be too snug in the bust. I thought it was just me as I'm finding an issue floating between the regular and plus sizes in a number of lines. I suspect the large is cut less generously. Though I would be very happy to not have so much excess in the hip area too. Guillaume's garment measurements seem to favour the pear shaped figure. Though I'm beginning to wonder if his current fit model is broad shouldered, flat chested and hippy. I have many Guillaume jackets that I love. It pained me to give away a now much too big lamb leather blazer from his early years. But I'm wondering if he hasn't been listening too much to the complaints of the few asking for yet more room in the hips, etc. and leaving the rest of us disappointed. The reviews of this jacket are very good. But there are so many sizes in stock in all colours that I can't help wonder if there are other loyal yet now disappointed customers like me. I watched the video again and notice that the shoulders look somewhat broad on them too. Is this a return to the 80s? By the way I'm 5'8" with broad shoulders and long arms. So I'm not surprised that women of smaller proportions would have an issue with this jacket.
Classy -- Sleeve length perfect for cuff
By ESTHER
from THORNHILL
I bought this in ivory last April when it was a showstopper and have been very pleased. I bought my usual size in this line, a medium, and it fits perfectly. I wouldn't wear it in the blazing heat of summer but it is perfect for the remaining 3 seasons of the year. It's just a very classy, good looking staple with so many ways to wear it. As for the few people who have talked about the long sleeves....THAT'S THE POINT. They are supposed to be long so you can cuff them slightly -- more or less, according to the length of your arms. Good job on this jacket. Anyone looking for a quality staple they can wear for years should consider this jacket.


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I have lived in north central Iowa all my life. I have never seen this bug before. My nephew called it a fluffy bug. It has a white fluff on it's hind end. I took some very close pictures of it at the following link. They are too big to upload to this site.
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No clue as to an ID, but that's a cool looking bug. Looks all dressed up for it's wedding.:) |
- Posted by solitarian (My Page) on Fri, Jul 6, 07 at 3:49
Looks kind of like a mosquito wearing a Down covered Skirt. It does look like it's getting a drink. Is that a second set of wings or just part of the first? |
Looks like one of the wooly aphids. Pretty funny looking, aren't they? |
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The bug is actually called a Wooly Aphid. There are many kinds and they are not that great for the environment. They are cute though, for a bug. I hope that helps! |
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In Congressional Testimony, SEIA Urges India to Remove Trade Barriers
In testimony today before the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) objected to India's restrictive trade policies and urged the country's leaders to return to the negotiating table to resolve outstanding trade disputes. India is the world's largest democracy, and a leading U.S. trade partner.
SEIA Applauds Introduction of SUN Act in Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – To support the financing of community solar projects, Senator Mark Udall of Colorado today introduced the bipartisan Solar Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) Act, which SEIA President and CEO Rhone Resch applauded:
"If approved, Senator Udall's legislation would allow Americans who work together as a community to employ solar to receive the same tax advantages as individual homeowners and businesses. This is an imaginative and innovative approach to expanding the use of clean solar energy nationwide.
Senator-elect Markey Hailed by SEIA as Solar Champion
SEIA President and CEO Rhone Resch issued the following statement after Massachusetts voters elected long-time Congressman Ed Markey as the newest member of the U.S. Senate.
What Obama's climate change proposal means for consumers and energy companies
America is slowly moving toward cleaner sources of energy and using less of it overall. President Barack Obama's plan to fight climate change will accelerate those trends.
State plan puts solar in all public schools
In what could become the largest solar power project of its kind in the nation, the Department of Education is proposing to install photovoltaic panels on every public school in Hawaii over the next five years in a bid to cut electricity costs and move the state closer to its renewable energy goals.
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Monday night as I was camped out in front of my Twitter feed — safe and dry in San Francisco — friends and family in New York started tweeting about power failures all over lower Manhattan. Their cell phones, running on batteries and tapping into their carrier's high speed wireless networks — many that are backed up with diesel generators — were still up, even as the power grid went down across many parts of the East Coast.
Bill Clinton Throws His Support Behind Michigan's Renewable Energy Ballot Initiative
Michigan is playing host to a major battle over renewable energy this fall. On one side are clean energy proponents promoting a ballot initiative that would increase the state's renewable electricity targets to 25 percent by 2025. On the other side are large coal-dependent utilities fighting to prevent any new increases.
New Solar Project at Great Falls High Prepares Students for Jobs in Renewable Energy Fields
Great Falls High decided to expand their science solar project after the first installation of two solar panels went so well. Now there are 72 solar panels on the roof of south campus, helping to power the entire building.
New 160-acre solar farm will be largest in Maryland
The array of solar panels all facing south give the appearance of a shimmering lake. And by late December, the 300,000 solar panels, each roughly the size of a 46-inch flat screen television near the Maryland Correctional Institution-Hagerstown off Roxbury Road, are expected to generate a peak of 20 megawatts of power per hour.


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Fahey resurrected rural blues styles from the Mississippi delta, acoustic jazz from Tin Pan Alley, eerie hymns from backwoods churches. He picked his way through the heart of American music, along the way mastering everything from waltzes to Hawaiian chants, finding common ground between Charles Ives and W.C. Handy, Jerome Kern and Son House.
Fahey essentially invented a new type of folk music, and then built a market for it, touring the country while releasing increasingly idiosyncratic albums that mixed found sound, aural collages, and tape manipulated in unexpected ways. The Dance of Death, The Voice of the Turtle, Of Rivers and Religions—no one made records like Fahey, and although he inspired a generation of guitarists, no one could play like him.
For years details about the guitarist's life were shrouded in mystery, due in part to Fahey's extravagant mythologizing. He grew up in Takoma, a Washington, DC, suburb, studied philosophy at American University, and then moved to the West Coast, where he joined a master's program in folklore at UCLA. His thesis was on rural musician Charley Patton, as much a role model as an influence.
In the early 1960s, Fahey helped rediscover blues musician Bukka White, searching him out in Aberdeen, Mississippi. White recorded for Fahey's Takoma record label, as did musicians like Leo Kottke and George Winston. Fahey continued to turn out solo records and also recorded with jazz and Dixieland musicians.
By all accounts Fahey was a complicated, difficult man, and his personal life was a ruin. He married and divorced several times, drank excessively, institutionalized himself more than once, and by the 1990s was destitute. After a career resurgence brought about in part by a new generation of fans, Fahey died in 2001 during heart surgery.
For this short documentary, director James Cullingham has assembled a trove of archival material in the form of interviews, performances, home movies, and observations and reminiscences from musicians and friends like Pete Townshend, Stefan Grossman and Barry Hansen. He includes generous samples of Fahey's music, from his earliest recordings with 78 rpm record collector Joe Bussard to what Fahey described as his "Gothic industrial ambience" recordings.
Like its subject, In Search of Blind Joe Death: The Saga of John Fahey can fascinate and irritate at the same time. Footage chosen to accompany Fahey's recordings can seem either obvious or mystifying. Cullingham spends a bit too much time on Fahey's less rewarding works, and seems reluctant to tackle the personal problems that haunted the guitarist throughout his life.
But In Search of Blind Joe Death (one of Fahey's many pseudonyms) is still an excellent introduction to one of the key musicians of his time. Newcomers and fans alike will find a lot to treasure here.
In Search of Blind Joe Death is being released theatrically with Approximately Nels Cline, a straightforward account of a West Coast recording session with the guitarist and other musicians. A veteran of over 100 albums, Cline generally plays free-form jazz, with excursions into avant-garde, punk-rock and novelty pop tunes. Shot in a recording studio, the short includes versions of the folk songs "The Cuckoo" and "Black Is the Color," as well as performances with drummer Scott Amendola and pianist and vocalist Yuka Honda, Cline's wife.


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After bin Laden: Why the Taliban won't sever ties with Al Qaeda
Maintaining official ties with Al Qaeda provides the Taliban with important credibility among international jihadist groups, as well as access to military training and Arab funding.
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Over the past several days, there has been much speculation among pundits that the killing of Osama bin Laden could provide an opportunity for the Taliban to join peace talks.
The close personal relationship between Mr. bin Laden and the Taliban's leader Mullah Mohammed Omar was seen as one of the central reasons for the group's continuing support of Al Qaeda. Now that bin Laden is dead, some commentators speculate that the Taliban may be willing to renounce Al Qaeda, a key condition for peace talks.
But even without bin Laden, that remains highly unlikely. Maintaining official ties with Al Qaeda provides the Taliban with important credibility among jihadist groups in addition to access to training and Arab funding.
"If the Taliban stays with Al Qaeda there are a lot of incentives," says Sami Yousafzai, an independent analyst in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad. "If they say 'OK, we're not going to support Al Qaeda,' that might have an impact on their financial sources from the Middle East."
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REHOBOTH, Mass. — There are golf courses all over the country, both public and private, that are fighting to survive. The combination of the bad economy, a course-building boom over the last 20 years and a declining interest in the game has led a number of courses, including several in southern New England, to close.
The members of Crestwood Country Club know all about it. Less than three years ago, their club was on the verge of becoming one of the victims. Membership fell to less than 100. The club had to take out loans and assess members added fees to keep from becoming insolvent.
Thanks to one of the members, Joe Moniz, the club not only has survived, it has turned it around. It has become a showcase on how, under proper guidance, it is possible for a course to thrive even in these difficult times. The turnaround has less to do with golf than simply using good business practices.
"The only way you can turn it around is to be here all the time, stop the bleeding and not have assessments," Moniz said.
"Our full membership here is 300. That's what we had when I joined (17 years ago)," Moniz said. "We have 304 now. I actually have people that want to come in. I don't have a (waiting) list, so to speak, but I have people I'm kind of holding off. I hate to not take them. But I hate to have too many to where members can't play when they want to play."
Moniz is now the owner of the 53-year-old club. He had been among a group of members who had loaned the club money several years ago to keep it running. It was not enough.
"They came to me two years ago and said the club might not be here at the end of the year," Moniz said.
It would have meant Moniz and the others would lose the money they had lent the club. Moniz is not accustomed to failure. He had founded two businesses in his native Warren — New England Tool and an industrial supply company. Both were successful. He made money with both before selling them.
He became involved in the wine wholesale business, with a partner, Bob Healey, he of the Cool Moose Party in Rhode Island. It grew rapidly and a larger company came in and bought them out. He is still involved in the wine business, including as part owner of a vineyard in Napa, Calif. He owns business offices in the area.
When Crestwood members told him the club was perilously close to closing, they asked him if he wanted to buy it. He did, for about $3 million.
"It was almost a defensive thing because of the money I had put in," he explained.
As Steve Sampson, a long-time Crestwood member who is one of Moniz' friends from Warren, says, "He's an amazing guy. He's at the club eight days a week.
"I'm a hands-on guy. I'm 55. I've been working since high school," Moniz said. "I'm here a minimum 70 hours a week."
He put a definitive game plan into action.
"The problem was that there was no income coming in. The expenses were there. The golf course was supporting itself," he explained. "So, like all the other courses around here were doing, they started assessing members. They were driving away members. They signed up for one price and all of a sudden there was another price."
Several years ago, membership at the club was just over $5,000. But members received assessments for another $4,300.
"I think what a lot of clubs are trying to do is save money. What you have to do is bring money in," Moniz said. "If you cut things in any business, then you cut things again, that's not good. All I'm doing is bringing in more. I'm not cutting anything. You've got to think of ways to bring people in."
As a longtime member, Moniz always has liked the golf course. That continues to this day. It is everything around the course that he has focused on since buying the club. Many areas of the clubhouse had not been redone since the 1980s. He modernized them to make them attractive and inviting for weddings.
"We were losing money in the dining area, not on the golf course," he said. "The year before I took over they did two weddings. We did 32 last year. This year we'll do about 45."
Since the club has plenty of cooking area, he has had it become involved in the catering business to bring in more money. The club obviously also has all kinds of equipment to cut grass and do landscaping.
"I sent a letter to members letting everyone know that we would do landscaping," Moniz continued. "I picked up about 25 accounts that way. Whatever money I make from that I put into the course. The course is in great shape."
As with all courses, Crestwood welcomes outside tournaments. Two years ago Crestwood had 17. Moniz made a more aggressive approach to bring in such events. Last year, 41 tournaments were held.
"I've actually kept it to 28 this year. We don't want to have too many so members can't play when they want to," he said.
Everything is being done using one basic premise.
"You've got to run it as a business," Moniz said. "It wasn't being run as a business. It was being run as a country club."
His formula has made for a huge turnaround. For him, it is a never-ending process. His latest project is building an outdoor kitchen adjacent to the swimming pool and pond that is located behind the clubhouse.
"The pool gets very busy in the summer. When waitresses take orders, they have to go all the way around the back of the clubhouse to go to the bar," he explained. "It was hard on them. So what I've decided to do is put an outdoor kitchen right here. It's going to have two big pizza ovens, two grillers, everything you can think of."
The area is being constructed at the gate of the pool area. A sitting area will be built to allow everyone to relax and overlook the pond as well as the first tee.
"We think it's going to make it nicer for everyone and easier for our waitresses," Moniz said. "We have a great staff here. We're doing all kinds of things. That's what I think you have to do."


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About 3-4 years ago, I planted a tree-form Ninebark 'Diablo'. Love it in this spot.... it replaced a damaged peashrub. Anywho, over the course of that time, the tree/shrub has sunk about 3-4" below the surrounding soil level and has gone crooked. The original container was about 18" across and it's basically that 18" width that has sunk. I know I should not put soil on top of the root ball. My instinct is to try and uproot the tree and put about 4-5 inches of compacted soil into the bottom of that hole. What would y'all recommend? TIA |
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Well Ken, I've looked at this further. I have seen that the tree wiggles the earth around it quite easily. I'm wondering if perhaps it being low has caused the rootball to rot,... at least partially. I COULD shave the surrounding soil, however that wouldn't solve my tipping problem. Do you (or anyone else) have any ideas? My thought was to perhaps pry up the low side of the tree and back full with soil... then shave off the high ground around it. |
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There is no better way to get into the Christmas Spirit than A Christmas Carol, listening to Dicken's original novel is so much better than many of the screen adaptations. His descriptions delight and Tim Curry's reading is wonderful.I am so happy that I purchased this and have already recommended it to family and friends! I will listen every year or whenever I need to remember what is most important in life!
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This audio had an excellent narrator and that made it possible to keep listening. I am not one that is good at guessing plots but this book was so predictable that it was ridiculous. I feel like this author is one step above Danielle Steele. If you want an easy listening experience that is really mindless you might enjoy this, but otherwise save your credits for something that is written better and has a bit more substance
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While this might not be one of my favorite JoJo books, it was enjoyable. She does a good job of developing her characters. The plot wasnt exactly original but it was enjoyable. The narrator does a nice job and the book kept my interest.Recommend it if you are looking for an easy listen.
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Ok, I really tried with this one. My husband likes Graham Greene so I was excited to listen to one of my favorite actors narrate this book. What a disappointment! Yes, Colin has a wonderful voice and did the best job he could with this ridiculous nonsense. I could no longer stand the torture of this story after 1/2 way through. There was really no point to the story- all the characters were unlikable and I was not at all sympathetic to their "heartache", all self- inflicted and narcissistic. Dont waste your credits!
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Some of the free Christmas books Audible has offered have been interesting but this one was not one in my opinion. I guess I am too old for fables! It was torture to listen.
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This book takes us back to the type Stephen King used to write. Its a fast paced thriller, not too far out or disgusting as some of his books have been. He is a master at character development, characters were all well crafted.I couldnt stop listening to this book and I think Will Patton did a great job reading it.I highly recommend- that if some of his books have been too far out for you- that you give this one a try. I think you will enjoy it!
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This was pure garbage. A waste of time. Not well written, not original. There was really nothing I liked about it. I love mysteries but this one was not worth my time.
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This book makes me happy that I didnt grow up in the age of the internet. High School was hard enough 40 yrs ago, this depiction of HS now was downright scary! Tana French has a talent for weaving a complicated story that doesnt get boring. The reader was excellent. I love those Irish accents! I still chose Faithful Place as my favorite of her books!
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I read this book a year ago and it was suggested for my book club. I didnt want to read it again so I listened the second time around. I enjoyed the audio better than the hard copy. It's an interesting story about a topic I didn't think much about before - women on the prairie who had mental breakdowns. I found it to be a fascinating subject. It was a great bookclub choice and generated excellent discussion. I was looking forward to seeing the movie, but it never seemed to make it to the movie theatres. This story makes you very thankful for living in modern times!
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Did not live up to my expectations. The first two books in the series were excellent but this one was boring. I found myself waiting for it to end by the end of the first 1/3. The narrator is excellent and the stories about the Communist Regime kept my interest. The author's personal political bias was quite evident in the stories about the USA, which saddened me. I was hoping that he would report the "history" in a more even handed way. Characters that didnt support his political views were all written as unsympathetic, obnoxious characters and the inverse was true. This made me wonder how heavily opinoned his first two books were. I guess with fiction you can always slant it the way you want. I also got really sick of hearing about the self destructive rock band. I think that it would have been better if he cut the trilogy to just a 2 book series and edited it a little better. Glad I didnt read it, I never would have finished it
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As a Nurse I always tell my patients, get a second opinion or a third or a fourth and always have an advocate with you when you go to a hospital. This book kept my interest and I was thankful that Susannah had parents that were amazing advocates for her and kept getting those opinions till they found Dr. Najar who saved her life! What a scary experience she had. She is a very lucky woman!


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