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This is a place to post photos, and to discuss, what is in your garden. This is the thread for April 2014. All garden photos are welcome. Since Spring is here (knock on wood) we should finally see some flowers in this thread. In the meantime, all landscape and garden photos are welcome. If it is a photo taken in your garden or your yard, it is fair game to post it here. For previous 2014 threads: For all other 2013 threads, please go to the December 2013 thread and follow the links for the relevant month. To see all of the 2011 and 2012 threads, please visit the FWIW if we have 50 posts in this thread by 15 April I will make an April Part II thread. |
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- Posted by steve_mass 5b (My Page) on Wed, Apr 2, 14 at 21:45
- Posted by spedigrees z4VT (email@example.com) on Thu, Apr 3, 14 at 18:56
I'm loving the photos of snowdrops and crocuses. However I still have snow, ice and mud. Thankfully the ice and snow are beginning to give way. These are the only blooms I have and they are indoors. Last year I was very aggravated with the local nursery for not having any orange gerbera daisies, only pots of red and orange daisies. (One of my longest standing pet peeves with nurseries are offering combination pots for sale rather than individual plants.) So, when I encountered all these orange gerbera daisies at Hannaford's supermarket yesterday, I snapped them all up! I'm just hoping that I can keep them alive for the next two months until it is safe to put them out in my orange garden. (My orange marigolds have no resistance to Japanese beetles, but gerbera daisies seem to hold their own.) I just hope they make it until the first of June. |
SPED, those are perfect! Glad you found the sunshine. I bet you'll make them happy and be stars in your orange garden. Jane |
So lovely to see bulbs blooming and buds expanding!! Sped - If you can, move the gerberas out when it's warm enough during the day, starting with shade, to harden them off just like you would seedlings, even when it's too cold in the early morning and at night to leave them out. That will help keep them vigorous until you can plant them in the garden. |
- Posted by prairiemoon2 zone 6a/MA (My Page) on Fri, Apr 4, 14 at 11:59
Well, what do you know, it's spring! :-) I love those daisies too, Spedigrees, such a shot of color! Pretty snowdrops and crocus, Pixie Lou. I planted a ton of snowdrops and they disappeared, so I'll enjoy looking at yours. Steve, I always wanted a Magnolia and haven't tried one. Those buds are so interesting! So fat and fuzzy. And pretty cool to see hosta leaves so early, even if they were in the garage. Claire, glad to see your sedum and phlox are back. I'm disappointed in my crocus for the second year in a row. Last year, they seemed puny to me and this year, at least the white 'Jeanne d' Arc' are definitely puny and less of them than usual. I'm also missing quite a few crocus. I don't see 'Advance' anywhere. And I planted 25 Leucojum last year and I don't see one. Could they be late, I wonder? Well, here is what is going on in my garden… A blurry photo of Honeysuckle leaves out already... |
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And we're doing over our vegetable beds and just took off the old frame and waiting for the new frames. ... |
PM2 - In my garden crocus are a favorite of the voles. Might that be the problem or are you lucky enough to not be plagued by the cursed creatures? |
- Posted by prairiemoon2 zone 6a/MA (My Page) on Fri, Apr 4, 14 at 16:06
Babs, remember I was asking about the tracks in the snow during some melting earlier? I think that may definitely be the reason. I can't think of another reason, crocus are hardy right? And the Leucojum, 25 bulbs? I'm not sure if it was the cold weather or if they could have found every bulb and ate it? Plus I mulch with shredded leaves so much, I've read they love those conditions. I am planning on getting more bulbs in the Fall and using hardware cloth boxes. I haven't had a chance to see if I can find where they could be living in the yard or using a treatment for them, but I suppose I'm going to have to. I'm also debating whether to cover all the bottoms of my vegetable beds with hardware cloth. I did read they especially like Asparagus roots, so I am planning on doing that bed, but….where the rest of the vegetable garden has annual vegetable plants, do I have to? Do they eat the roots of your vegetable crops in the summer too? |
- Posted by spedigrees z4VT (email@example.com) on Sat, Apr 5, 14 at 2:03
Thank you NHBabs for the advice, vis a vis setting the gerbera daisies outdoors on warm days. It's good advice and I definitely plan to, but first the temperatures here need to drastically improve. NHBabs and Prairiemoon, my crocuses started out great too but after a few years disappeared. I'm sure the voles ate them. Below are just some of the vole highways in my yard this spring. I've heard that planting crocus bulbs in mesh wire cages will protect them, but being a lazy gardener, my strategy has been to give up on crocus and plant daffodil bulbs instead. Voles don't bother daffoldils at all. I don't believe that any of my vegetable roots were on the voles' menu either. My carrots, squash, and corn were unscathed. The only vegetable predators were birds plucking out newly sprouted plants, but Pixie Lou's pinwheel solution solved that problem! They did unearth and feast on the roots of a few of my newly planted spruce trees two years ago. This year they ignored the remaining treelets as well as the newer ones, so I guess their taste for evergreen root waxes and wanes. I think those whose crocuses do well, probably have low populations of voles. As you can see, though, my property is infested with them. |
- Posted by prairiemoon2 zone 6a/MA (My Page) on Sat, Apr 5, 14 at 8:59
Spedigree, that is very obvious isn't it. I don't see anything like that in my yard, but I'm going to do a good search this weekend. I will definitely increase the amount of daffodils too. No problems with your vegetable beds. That is great! I wanted to ask you, where did you find those pinwheels you use? And I wonder if they would work for squirrels. [g] |
PM2: I do probably have a low population of voles (lots of predators) but I also have a high population of squirrels that also love to eat crocus bulbs. All of my crocuses are Crocus tommasinianus cultivars which are squirrel resistant (that's why I chose them), and might also not be tasty to voles although I don't know that for sure. It might be too early for the leucojums to come up, particularly since they were planted last fall. Claire |
- Posted by prairiemoon2 zone 6a/MA (My Page) on Sat, Apr 5, 14 at 10:33
Oh…at least that's some hope for the Leucojum, Claire, thanks. And that is interesting about the Crocus tommasinianus cultivar, because the crocus in the bed with all the missing white crocus, is 'Ruby Giant' which I believe is a variety of that and it seems to be fine. One of my problems, is I do not have a population of predators. No cats in the neighborhood really, no snakes, only hawks once in awhile and they seem more interested in the birds. I have squirrels every day. Well, I'm going to search every inch of the property this weekend and see what I come up with. |
PM2, I only planted Leucojum once since they got eaten their first winter. I have since started planting tasty bulbs in hardware cloth circles unless they are in a part of the garden with gravelly soil. There are a few bulbs that both the voles and I really like, and it's worth the trouble to me to use the hardware cloth. I don't think that the voles bothered the onion family or peas, melons, squash, tomatoes, peppers, herbs, or greens. I don't grow carrots, but I do sometimes find my potatoes munched. My veggie garden is surrounded by rough field that gets mowed a few times a year and so is chock-a-block full of voles. I often don't mulch much of the veggie garden (so the soil is warmed as much as possible) so the voles may feel too exposed. Also, most of my vole damage is in the winter. In some places my vole tunnels look like Sped's but in others they are higher or slightly underground, visible only by the slightly raised or loosened soil. I think it depends on how much cover there is and how frozen the soil was when they were forming the runs and at what depth the most food was. |
- Posted by prairiemoon2 zone 6a/MA (My Page) on Sat, Apr 5, 14 at 11:35
Thanks Babs, I am going to do the hardware cloth for bulbs. That's interesting that they left your veggies alone. I will look closely for any kind of disturbance in the beds and lawn. Don't want to hijack this photo thread. I did pull up the old thread on 'tracks in the snow, moles/voles?' if anyone has any further comments about it. Thanks. :-) |
- Posted by spedigrees z4VT (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Sat, Apr 5, 14 at 17:50
Well here is something that is blooming (or budding?) outdoors here. My largest pussywillow bush has pussywillows. The other smaller bushes develop catkins a bit after the "big mama bush." |
- Posted by steve_mass 5b (My Page) on Sun, Apr 6, 14 at 22:22
- Posted by prairiemoon2 zone 6a/MA (My Page) on Mon, Apr 7, 14 at 7:21
Spedigree, I love to have Pussywillow branches in the house in the spring. Lucky you, to have your own supply! Steve, your white crocus look very happy! |
- Posted by seanm10660 z6b (My Page) on Mon, Apr 7, 14 at 15:45
Not in my own yard, but just wanted to post my first daffodil sighting from my lunchtime walk around Cambridge today. |
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- Posted by spedigrees z4VT (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Fri, Apr 11, 14 at 17:36
How lovely to see beautiful blooms from everyone. I am excited just to see the snow and ice gone and a few early sprouts along the foundation wall of my house. I see daffodil and daylily sprouts. It is hopeful that spring may actually have arrived at last! |
- Posted by Persimmons 6b Southern Mass (My Page) on Sun, Apr 13, 14 at 1:09
I cannot wait to get home and start photographing: the lilac bush, the "tree-lings" which are sprouted up in my garden bed, the crocuses and daffodils, the peas and the nasturtiums which I'm hoping have sprouted. And what ever else will surprise me there. Awesome gardens per usual, everyone. The photos are inspirational. Claire, nice crocuses! |
- Posted by steve_mass 5b (My Page) on Sun, Apr 13, 14 at 19:14
- Posted by vermontgirl 4 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 14, 14 at 8:13
Nothing is blooming yet- but there is hope! I planted many crocus bulbs last fall and they are only just starting to make an appearance: |
Steve: The oldest crocus clumps are about 5 years old, but I planted more each year after that. I also dug up a few of the oldest clumps to move some of the bulbs elsewhere. The tommasinianus (I practice writing that) crocuses spread very quickly in my yard, helped by the fact that I usually plant five or more bulbs fairly close together in a wide hole. I checked my records and discovered that I had ordered Crocus 'Whitewell Purple' one year. 'Whitewell Purple' seems to look a lot like 'Ruby Giant' so some of the darker purple crocuses in my pictures may be WP not RG. If I feel particularly obsessed I may go out and stare at them to see if I can find a difference, but I'm not sure it's worth the trouble. No hostas yet, but Dicentra 'Goldheart' is rising. Claire |
The pussy willow flower buds (catkins) are opening to full-fledged flowers, covered with pollen! The squirrels didn't prune the tree as much this year as in the last few years (maybe my glaring at them worked). Incredible closeup photos of pussy willow catkins and flowers They say that pussy willows produce nectar and are pollinated by insects, so this would probably be an excellent source of early food for bees and the like. I didn't know that. I heard a bumble bee buzzing around yesterday so I'm glad it has something to eat. Maybe the pollen is a food source too. Claire |
- Posted by steve_mass 5b (My Page) on Mon, Apr 21, 14 at 18:14
MY FIRST BLOOM (Southern Vermont, in a deep valley)! Naturalized/wild bleeding hearts. Unfortunately, I decided to MOVE a ton of stuff early in the season (as soon as the ground thawed, so most of my perennials will be later blooming this year, but I am very excited to see even these tiny blooms before May! Probably will have some lily of the valley blooming next, as they are the closest so far. |
- Posted by steve_mass 5b (My Page) on Fri, Apr 25, 14 at 20:52
NIce pics everyone! I think spring is finally thinking about making an appearance! No pics here, but I have the usual suspects - daffs (which have recovered quite nicely from a night of sleet and snow last week), grape hyacinths, chionodoxa on their way out, hellebores all in bloom. Hostas, bleeding hearts, daylilies, mums, monarda, phlox, clematis, all poking up, and leaf buds on a few hydrangeas. I think I may have lost some other hydrangeas, though. Keeping my fingers crossed. My boxwood all looks awful. Not sure what to do about it.... Dee |
My Sanguinaria has been looking like it's about to bloom for three days. The first bit of sunlight finally hit it this afternoon, and the blossoms popped open. |
That's beautiful, nekobus! Maybe you could post it again on the What's Blooming in Your Garden - A photo Thread - May 2014 that was just put up? That way people who search for May bloomers will find Sanguinaria listed. Claire |
Nekobus, lovely flower and pleasingly composed photo. Claire, I like that daffodil, both the form and the lemony color. It looks like a split cup which vary quite a bit, but all have segments instead of a whole cup. |
nhbabs: I posted the unusual daffodil pics on the Bulbs Forum, hoping someone could identify it. They also suggested split corona but no specific identity. There's another flower stalk there but I'm not sure if the flower will develop, I hope it comes back next year in profusion! Claire |
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By a unanimous vote, swine leaders opted to suspend the swine spring weigh-in this year. The Klamath County bill of sale is still required to be turned in along with any needed out of state vet records and a $5 fee by noon on May 30.
The logistics of how the pigs will be ear tagged and receive their Ivomec will be worked out at the next swine leaders meeting May 19th.
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Jose de Creeft
José de Creeft | |
José de Creeft
Born | 1884 Guadalajara, Spain |
Died | 1982 |
Nationality | American |
Known for | Sculpture |
José de Creeft (1884, Guadalajara, Spain – 1982, New York, United States) was a Spanish-born American sculptor and teacher.
Life and work[edit]
José De Creeft began the study of sculpture in his native Spain in 1896, and in 1905 he moved to Paris, France, where he continued his study of sculpture at the Académie Julian. At that time, all sculptors worked in clay, and had the finished piece either cast in bronze in a foundry or had the piece carved in stone at a carving studio.[1]
In 1915, he broke with that tradition and began carving in stone. He was among the first sculptors of his time re-introduce the practice of direct carving in stone and wood; and, in 1929, he brought that practice with him to the United States. He taught sculpture for many years at the Art Students League in New York City, and later in his own sculpture studio in the Chelsea section of the city. Although his interest remained direct carving in stone and wood, throughout his life he continued to also produce work modeled in clay and cast in bronze, including the well known Alice in Wonderland sculpture in New York City's Central park.[2]
In 1940, he became a United States citizen. He married the sculptor Lorrie Goulet[3] who currently teaches Stone carving at the League. In 1948 he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member, and became a full Academician in 1964. De Creeft had many one man shows in New York City and around the world. In 1960, he had a retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and in 1983 he had major exhibition at the National Gallery of Art.
Statue of Alice in Central Park, 1959
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Notes and references[edit]
- ^ "True to Life", Time, May 23, 1960. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
- ^ "Alice in Wonderland", centralpark2000.com. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
- ^ Nallefinart.com, Retrieved April 7, 2008
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to José de Creeft. |
- De Creeft at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
- De Creeft, at Wichita State University
- De Creeft at Levis Fine Art, 20th Century Modern Masters
- Alice in Wonderland Central Park.com


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Adult stem cells found to suppress cancer while dormant
Date: 12/20/2013Contact: Shaun Mason
Researchers at UCLA's Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have discovered a mechanism by which certain adult stem cells suppress their ability to initiate skin cancer during their dormant phase — an understanding that could be exploited for better cancer-prevention strategies.
The study, which was led by UCLA postdoctoral fellow Andrew White and William Lowry, an associate professor of molecular, cell and developmental biology who holds the Maria Rowena Ross Term Chair in Cell Biology in the UCLA College of Letters and Science, was published online Dec. 15 in the journal Nature Cell Biology.
Hair follicle stem cells, the tissue-specific adult stem cells that generate the hair follicles, are also the cells of origin for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, a common skin cancer. These stem cells cycle between periods of activation (during which they can grow) and quiescence (when they remain dormant).
Using mouse models, White and Lowry applied known cancer-causing genes to hair follicle stem cells and found that during their dormant phase, the cells could not be made to initiate skin cancer. Once they were in their active period, however, they began growing cancer.
"We found that this tumor suppression via adult stem cell quiescence was mediated by PTEN, a gene important in regulating the cell's response to signaling pathways," White said. "Therefore, stem cell quiescence is a novel form of tumor suppression in hair follicle stem cells, and PTEN must be present for the suppression to work."
Understanding cancer suppression through quiescence could better inform preventative strategies for certain patients, such as organ transplant recipients, who are particularly susceptible to squamous cell carcinoma, and for those taking the drug vemurafenib for melanoma, another type of skin cancer. The study also may reveal parallels between squamous cell carcinoma and other cancers in which stem cells have a quiescent phase.
The research was supported by the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine, the University of California Cancer Research Coordinating Committee and the National Institutes of Health.
The Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA was launched in 2005 with a UCLA commitment of $20 million over five years. A $20 million gift from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation in 2007 resulted in the renaming of the center. With more than 200 members, the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research is committed to a multi-disciplinary, integrated collaboration of scientific, academic and medical disciplines for the purpose of understanding adult and human embryonic stem cells. The center supports innovation, excellence and the highest ethical standards focused on stem cell research with the intent of facilitating basic scientific inquiry directed towards future clinical applications to treat disease. The center is a collaboration of the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and the UCLA College of Letters and Science.
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The Group Stage of the 2012 Olympic tournament has shifted into top gear, and the results that took it there are both Raptors-related. Linas Kleiza's and Jonas Valanciunas' Lithuanian team gave the star-studded Americans all they could handle, even holding a lead in the fourth quarter before falling valiantly by just five points. Meanwhile, Jose Calderon's Spanish side continues to look shaky in London, and they finally paid for it with a three-point loss to an upstart Russian side.
So how did Kleiza, Valanciunas and Calderon fare today? I'm glad you asked.
Spain 74, Russia 77
Jose Calderon: 24 Min, 2 Pts, 1/3 FG, 0/2 3PT, 3 Ast, 1 Stl
It's rare to see a point guard play more than half the game and yet still look as useless and ineffective as Calderon was on Saturday. In fairness to Jose, few Spanish players were actually effective after the first quarter, and you can point to the team's system and style of play as a reason for the point guard looking so unimportant. I feel like you could have plugged an average guy from your local rec league in at point guard for Spain today, and the result would have been more or less the same.
Some commenters have recently voiced their observations that we here at RaptorBlog always find ways to criticize Calderon, but I really don't see any way around it after this game. I still think Jose will be a great backup point guard this season if he starts the campaign behind Kyle Lowry in Toronto, but let's be frank, other than a 44-second span in the final minute against Great Britain on Thursday, he's been virtually invisible in London. As for Spain, I mentioned in Thursday's thoughts that they had yet to look sharp, consistent or very interested in finishing off their opponents, and it finally bit them in the ass in this loss to Russia, where Spain actually had a 28-11 lead after one quarter.
Lithuania 94, U.S.A. 99
Linas Kleiza: 30 Min, 25 Pts, 10/20 FG, 2/6 3PT, 3/4 FT, 5 Reb, 3 Ast, 1 TO
The one Raptor who has been consistently good so far in London is one of the most inconsistent Raptors of the last couple years. Go figure.
Lithuania plays a very organized team game that rarely sees one player shine, but through four games, Kleiza has been the closest thing to the team's shining star, averaging nearly 19 points on 50 per cent shooting to go along with over six rebounds per game. He's led the team in scoring in all four games and has led the team in rebounding in three out of the four. The surprising quickness I've mentioned recently wasn't on display against the U.S., and he's still taking some ill-advised shots for my liking, but you can't really ask for much more from Kleiza so far. Lithuania should beat Tunisia on Monday (though the Tunisians have been surprisingly competitive) to grab a quarterfinal berth, and if Group B continues to look as wide open as it does right now, I'll give them a fighting chance in the knockout stage.
As far as Raptors fans hoping this latest international success for Kleiza will translate into NBA success next season, while he's been impressive, I can't say I see anything new or different in his game other than the quickness with his first step, and that's really more of an eyeball observation than anything else. It's nice to see Linas playing well, but I doubt it will mean much in October.
Jonas Valanciunas: 9 Min, 4 Pts, 2/4 FG, 0/1 FT, 1 Reb, 2 TO, 2 Fouls
It was another forgettable night at the office for Valanciunas, although I guess there hasn't been enough action for him to forget anyway. The game started with a missed Valanciunas lay-up, and within six minutes, the 20-year-old was on the bench, where he stayed put until the start of the second half. Then it was more of the same early in the third quarter. A make, a miss, a turnover, a foul, and quickly to the bench.
It's become painfully obvious that Valanciunas will need to play over his head in the first few minutes of either half if he wants more than 10 minutes of playing time per night. And while it's easy for us to say that head coach Kęstutis Kemzūra isn't giving Jonas a fair shake, JV hasn't exactly set the world on fire when given the chance in London. Plus, it's hard to argue too much with Kemzūra right now based on how effective Lithuania has looked in their last two games when they go small. I thought Valanciunas was quietly impressive in limited minutes and deserved more time in the team's first three games, but I can't say that about his performance against the U.S.
Based on how important Lithuania's final group game against Tunisia will be and how little faith Kemzūra seems to have in Valanciunas, I wonder if the leash will be even shorter on Monday and in any knockout games. At this rate, I can pretty much guarantee that Jonas will get more playing time as an NBA rookie with the Raptors than he's gotten as one of the few NBA players on the Lithuanian squad.
That Lithuania vs. Tunisia matchup will tip off at 6:15 am ET. on Monday, with Calderon and Spain getting a chance at redemption vs. Brazil at 3 pm ET. The Spain/Brazil matchup will be interesting, because the winner will likely finish second in Group B, while the loser will likely finish third and will therefore avoid the Americans in the bracket until the final. Will we see basketball's equivalent of purposely firing a shuttlecock into the net to concede points?


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Enduro World Championship, GP of Argentina
Mixed Fortunes For Beta Factory Team
The Enduro World Championship GP of Argentina held in San Juan delivered varied results for the Beta Enduro Factory Team.
Failing to finish day one due to a holed engine cover, Beta's Enduro 2 rider Oscar Balletti recovered on day two to finish seventh. Competing in Enduro 3, Finland's Marko Tarkkala found conditions tough on day one to finish seventh, but improved his results on day two claiming his first top five result of 2012 with fifth.
After his magnificent podium result just one week earlier at the GP of Chile, Italy's Balletti arrived in Argentina focused on a repeat performance. Making a steady start to day one, Balletti soon upped his pace and began pushing for a top five result. However, during the third Enduro Test of the day he caught the underside of his engine casing on a rock and his bike began to lose oil. Unable to continue, the Beta rider was forced to retire. Hoping to make amends for his previous day's disappointment, Balletti found himself in a three-way battle for fifth. Setting a strong pace throughout the day, his result was hampered due to a small crash on the extreme test. Unable to recover the time lost, the Italian had to settle for fifth.
In Enduro 3, Finland's Marko Tarkkala had hoped to find the loose gravely conditions to his liking. Making too many mistakes throughout day one, Tarkkala could finish no better than seventh. Determined to secure a strong result before the series left South America, Tarkkala started day two in Argentina in a focused mood. Finishing fifth on the first cross test he began setting a fast pace. As his competitors struggled with fatigue due to the scorching South American sunshine and tough, dry conditions, the Finnish rider was able to up his pace for the final two laps of the GP. Finishing in fifth, but only eight seconds short of fourth place, Tarkkala recorded a solid result to end his GP of Argentina.
Marko Tarkkala (Enduro 3): "On day one I made too many mistakes to fight for a strong result. My speed was good but my errors pushed me back to seventh. On day two I tried my best to limit the mistakes and it helped me to secure a good result of fifth. I was able to find a good rhythm and put in a strong finish to the day. Aside from a small crash on the last Extreme Test everything went very good. I'm beginning to gain more confidence on my bike and feel I can continue to improve these results next time out."
Fabrizio Dini (Team Manager): "*The GP of Argentina was a mixed race for Oscar*. Early on day one he was fighting for a top five finish until he damaged his engine casing on a rock in the third Enduro Test and lost a lot of oil. He tried to continue but unfortunately it was not possible. On day two Oscar again battled for a top five result. However, he made a mistake on the Extreme Test and that set him back. In the end, he finished in seventh but was only 13 seconds short of fifth. Marko seemed to struggle a little on day one. He found it hard to maintain a good rhythm and finished in seventh. Day two proved much better for him. During the last two laps when many of the competitors were tired he was able to up his pace and set some fast times. This strong finish lifted him to fifth place in Enduro 3. Overall this GP was not perfect but hopefully we can improve at the next round of the championship."
The Enduro World Championship continues on May 5/6 with the GP of Euskadl in Munitibar, Spain.
GP di Argentina – Day One
Enduro 3
1. Christophe Nambotin, 2. David Knight, 3. Joakim Ljunggren, 4. Aigar Leok, 5. Marcus Kehr, 6. Oriol Mena, 7. Marko Tarkkala (Beta)
GP di Argentina – Day Two
Enduro 2
1. Juha Salminen, 2. Cristobal Guerrero, 3. Ivan Cervantes, 4. Pierrer-Alexandre Renet, 5. Alex Salvini, 6. Fabio Mossini, 7. Oscar Balletti (Beta)
Enduro 3
1. Christophe Nambotin, 2. David Knight, 3. Joakim Ljunggren, 4. Aigar Leok, 5. Marko Tarkkala (Beta)


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PLAINFIELD(AP) — Military veterans battling post-traumatic stress syndrome and injuries are finding a new resource at Plainfield program that teams them with horses that can teach them life skills.
The "Strides to Success" program is one of 850 centers accredited by the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International.
The Indianapolis Star reports the center pairs clients with horses and helps them learn lessons about things like trust, communication and leadership.
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A 2012 Veterans Affairs study showed nearly 30 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans treated at the department's facilities suffer from PTSD.


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Friends and family of winner Tim Passmore for Suffolk Police and Crime Commissioner await the election results at the Suffolk police headquarters on Friday, 16 November.
By Richard Porritt
Thursday, November 22, 2012
FARCE - there can be no other reasonable analysis of last week's police and crime commissioner elections, writes Richard Porritt.
Up and down the country – London aside – people shrugged their shoulders and rushed home from work not to place their vote and play their part in our great democracy but to watch the latest instalment of I'm A Celebrity.
There is an easy opinion to form from this mass cry of "we could not care less" – the general public are idiots who care more about watching people of questionable intelligence munching on bugs and kangaroo's testicles on television than politics. But that is complete and utter rubbish.
Prime Minister David Cameron – who entered Number 10 promising the election of PCCs would be just one of a number of ways in which power would be pushed down to the people – blamed the media. That really is idiotic but then kicking the media is most politicians' default setting when things go wrong.
The real reason people did not turn out to vote – 16% in Suffolk and just 13% in Essex – was that they were not sure why they were being asked to make a choice. There was confusion over why the police needed to politicised, what exactly the new role would entail and who these people standing for election even were.
Now, there is a tried and tested method of introducing those standing to the electorate – leafleting. Problem was Mr Cameron refused to cough up any cash. Seems he wanted the media to do the job for him – begs the question why should they promote his pet policies?
But to be fair the majority of regional papers have given extensive coverage. The East Anglian Daily Times gave over full pages to each of the candidates in the days leading up to polling and this column was dedicated to the election weeks ago.
And the nationals gave plenty of room to the election as well.
So Mr Cameron can go on pointing fingers all he wants but the real reason this election was a shambles was that people did not care. They do not see a need for a change in the way police forces are run – in fact many feel it unnecessary to pin rosettes to bobbies at all.
It would not be a shock if this whole sorry affair is abolished as quickly as it was dreamt up if Labour squeeze passed the Tories in 2015.
In Suffolk the debacle was given an extra sprinkling of stupidity - as if it needed any more - when Tory Tim Passmore won even though he did not receive the most votes. Yes that is right the loser, won. Even though the country roundly booted out plans to use the alternative voting system - a similar version was used for PCC - in general elections in a referendum last year the Government decided to use it here. It beggers belief.
Problem is AV – like Communism – looks great on paper but flounders in the real world. The only argument for it is that it irons out anomalies on polls which seek to elect numerous people. But here the public were asked to vote for one person, to fill one role in one specific area.
The majority of people in Suffolk who could be bothered to vote – and credit too them - wanted Labour candidate Jane Basham to be the first PCC. Some might say "hail to the thief" because there is a whiff of a stolen election.
But these failings should not reflect on Tim Passmore. He ran a good campaign and is passionate about making the role a vital one through hard-work. And although he narrowly lost the first preference votes he won a clear majority in the second count. East meets Westminster wishes him the best of luck.
But does he have any sympathy with Ms Basham's claim that she scored the "moral victory"?
"Of course - she fought a good campaign and it must have been tough for her after all that hard work. We all knew the system though when we signed up to the process.
Mr Passmore says it is now up to him to educate and inform people as to why the role is a vital one so that next time turn out is much improved.
"Government made mistakes," he said. "I was disappointed but that is over now. Government maybe should have been more involved in the promotion but they were not - quite rightly involved heavily in the campaign. I do not see this as an overtly political role.
"I am confident that as people understand more about the thinking behind it they will want to engage more. I am keen to make communication between police and the community - councillors, neighbourhood watch schemes and the general public - a priority."
The apathy over the PCC vote will worry Mr Cameron. It is another of his reforms which has - in all but its forced implementation - failed. The list is growing for the PM - elected mayors and Lords reform are all but dead and boundary changes and even universal credit look to be on increasingly rocky ground.
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Mr Porritt doesn't leave much doubt about his personal political opinions. A coalition governments means that the PM has to adjust his preferences to what is possible. The Lib Dems. are punishing him for not supporting them over Lords Reform and at the same time renegeing on the boundary reform bill which was part of the coalition agreement. It was they who insisted on AV for the voting system and holding the vote away from Local Gov. elections. Having made all the wrong decisions they then didn't even bother to put up a candidate in Suffolk. Elected mayors were brought in during the last Labour Government. I agree with SuffolkBoy1956 the press has some responsibility for the apathy but with journalists like Porritt having a 'pop' at the PM was just too good an opportunity to resist, never mind the facts. I am hopeful that once the public see how the Suffolk Police Commissioner role evolves they will realise that it enables them to access their elected representative in a way that was never possible previously. He will be accountable and accessible with a commitment to all the people of Suffolk. Let's give him a fair wind!.
Friday, November 23, 2012
I don't agree that it is idiotic to blame the meda. The EADT in particular was running headlines predicting that apathy would win. There's only one thing that spreads faster than enthusiasm, and that's apathy. Perhaps if the EADT hadn't taken their default option of blaming politicians for everything that's wrong with the country and had got behind the PCC election process and tried to spread a bit of enthusiasm we may have seen a different result. As for the hackneyed observation that the AV system resulted in the the loser winning, that's simply not true. Mr Passmore was the 2nd choice. The loser was democracy, thanks partly to the media.
Thursday, November 22, 2012
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Wed, Oct 12, 11 at 10:02
I received a large quantity of beautiful 4" wide sheer organza ribbon. I have numerous colors ranging from gold and platinum to teal, green, burgundy...Now what the heck can I make out of it? I do craft sales. I have a Christmas Boutique in my home every year. I was thinking of some sort of angel ornament or possibly wine cozies or something for glasses or bottles. But does anyone have any other ideas? I sew, and I'm a whiz with a glue gun!
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- Posted by adellabedella (My Page) on Wed, Oct 12, 11 at 11:21
What about some barrettes for girls. Look up ribbon flowers and lollipop flowers for a couple of basic flower designs. Your ribbon is a bit wide for most uses. I think if you experiment a bit you could come up with something. Really big, overstated barrettes seem to be popular for special occasions. |
How about taking a small Christmas ball ornament, plain colored or the clear glass ones and gathering a square of the organza ribbon around it. Add a dangling piece of jewerly or whaever to the bottom. Hope this makes sense. |
- Posted by concretenprimroses (My Page) on Wed, Oct 12, 11 at 16:35
Here is a tute for ribbon angels. They would look nice on a wreath as well as an ornament. It might be nice to make something more unusual as well, but I'm not sure what that would be! Kathy |
Here is a link that might be useful: Ribbon angel tutorial
- Posted by concretenprimroses (My Page) on Wed, Oct 12, 11 at 16:56
I like these Christmas trees, tho I would prefer a star to a bow at the top. Kathy |
Here is a link that might be useful: ribbon christmas trees
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