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The Women's Economic Security Campaign (WESC) is a cohort of five women's funds that share knowledge and resources to increase economic opportunities for low-income women and their families. In August of 2013, WESC released a case study detailing the current work environment for low-income women in today's economy and how funds around the country are using strategic grantmaking to build women's economic security. Click here to read Building Economic Security: The Power of Gender-Based Philanthropy.
In June of 2013, Washington Area Women's Foundation published a case study on nontraditional job training programs for women. Click here to read Lessons Learned & Recommendations for the Field: A Case Study of Nontraditional Job Training Programs for Women.
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In 2010, The Women's Foundation published 2010 Portrait of Women & Girls in the Washington Metropolitan Area (Portrait Project 2010), a comprehensive look at the status of women and girls in the region. Portrait Project 2010 is a follow-up to the 2003 report A Portrait of Women & Girls in the Washington Metropolitan Area.
These groundbreaking studies' principal conclusion was that low-income, women-headed families – single mothers and their children – are, by far, the most economically vulnerable population in our region.
Emblematic of our collaborative and inclusive approach, The Portrait Project is the result of a two-year process during which The Women's Foundation collaborated with a wide cross-section of community-based organizations, foundations, research institutions and individuals. An accurate "portrait" of women and girls in the region, The Portrait Project has been a proven community asset for nonprofits, policymakers and philanthropists to better inform their programming and grantmaking.
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The Last Conquistador
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During an archaeology field trip in the mountains of Peru, professor Nina Ramirez and her students discover an ancient mummy—and the remains of a recently murdered teenage boy. Shortly thereafter, the son of a US embassy employee in Lima is kidnapped and FBI agent Adam Marez is assigned to the case. Adam, Nina's former lover, is haunted by memories of his murdered wife and by mysterious dreams of a distant ancestor: Francisco Pizarro, the great Spanish conquistador who vanquished the Incan Empire. As two more children disappear, Adam and Nina are pulled into a growing investigation. The crime scenes share a common clue: a shell-encrusted mirror left at each site. The mystery draws the couple into the past, leading them inexorably to an archaeological wonder: the lost city of the Incas.
Michael Elias (b. 1940) is a writer and director based in the Westwood area of Los Angeles. His screen credits include The Jerk, The Frisco Kid, Envoyez les Violons, Young Doctors in Love, and Serial. He wrote and directed the acclaimed jazz film Lush Life, starring Forest Whitaker and Jeff Goldblum. In television, he co-created the series Head of the Class. His play The Catskill Sonata premiered in Los Angeles and was directed by Paul Mazursky. With Fred Roos (co-producer of Apocalypse Now), Elias is currently producing his screen adaptation of Anthony Burgess's novel A Dead Man in Deptford.
Elias graduated from St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, with a major in philosophy. Before moving to California he lived in New York, acting with the Judson Poets' Theater and the Living Theatre. He is a former board member of PEN USA, and belongs to the Writers Guild of America, the Directors Guild of America, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He lives with his partner, Bianca Roberts, who is vice president and chief advancement officer at the California Institute of the Arts. His son, Frederick, attends Bowdoin College.

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Trust Me, Church: When Passing the Peace Turns Stressful for Me
January 27, 2015 By Erin Lane Leave a Comment
Belonging to a different church than my husband seemed hardly subversive in the beginning. After all, he worked fourteen-hour days on Sundays as a pastor in a neighboring town and took our one and only car to get there. I, on the other hand, rode my bike to a nearby congregation that I was starting to warm up to. Although at times it felt like a liability to appear single in this coupled community, I pushed through the awkwardness my first year there: those long, drawn out minutes before the … [Read More...]
Five Things To Do When GOD Seems ALOOF
January 26, 2015 By Guest Contributor Leave a Comment
There is an old joke…There was a man who fell in a hole and couldn't get out. He had a friend walk by above and he called out for help, but the friend kept walking. After some time he saw a second man he knew and called up. The second man looked down into the hole, made eye contact, then checked his watch and kept walking.Then, the man in the hole, looked up and saw John. "John, its me. I'm stuck down in this hole. Help me out."Then John jumped in the hole."John, what the heck are … [Read More...]
Holy Parents, Not Rabbits and Colonizers
January 22, 2015 By Guest Contributor Leave a Comment
By Timothy VillarealDiscussing the Catholic Church's prohibition on artificial contraception and its promotion of Natural Family Planning (NFP) on his return flight from the Phillipines, Pope Francis told reporters, "Some people think -- excuse me for saying this -- that to be good Catholics we have to be like rabbits."Well, I have an extended Catholic family, some from small families and others from large - meaning 6 to 10 children. Having grown up with these families, I can say this … [Read More...]
Trust Me, Church: Why I'm Not That Interested in "Letting You Know I'm Here"
January 20, 2015 By Erin Lane Leave a Comment
When I graduated from divinity school, I was homeless. Not in a literal kind of way but a spiritual one. I had been living in the same city for two years without a church to call my own. Sure, I had dated a few congregations on and off but nothing serious developed. The only names I remembered were the ones printed in the bulletin and if anyone remembered mine, well, I didn't give them a lot of chances to prove it. If I wanted to find a church where I could know and be known, I'd have to take som … [Read More...]
When God Hides: An Interview with Author Tony Kriz
January 16, 2015 By Deborah Arca Leave a Comment
Have you ever felt like God was hiding from you?Have you ever wondered how you're supposed to be a faithful Christian when God feels absent so much of the time?If you've ever asked these questions or others related to God's presence or absence, author and speaker Tony Kriz wants you to know … [Read More...]
Two Conversations Christians Need to Have in 2015
January 14, 2015 By Ellin Jimmerson Leave a Comment
America is coming apart at the seams. Greed, corruption, fear, and violence are among our defining qualities. We Christians must confront the fact that we have done a poor job of proclaiming Good News in America. As such, there are two conversations we must have in 2015. This first is, "what is s … [Read More...]
Some Assembly Required: A Church Without God
January 13, 2015 By Jim Burklo Leave a Comment
On January 11, I drove down the hill to the Musicians Union hall at 817 Vine Street to attend the monthly Sunday Assembly Los Angeles, described at its website as "a godless community that meets monthly to hear great talks, connect for service projects, sing songs and generally celebrate life. As … [Read More...]
Trust Me, Church: How Your Bulletin Makes Me Feel Like I Do (or Don't) Belong
January 12, 2015 By Erin Lane Leave a Comment
In my search for a church home during graduate school, I attended over ten churches in two years, each with their own different style of communication. Some handed out a tan, tri-fold piece of paper by which I could follow along, nose down, during the service. Others projected announcements on movie … [Read More...]
Trust Me, Church: Five Micro-Resolutions That Make a Big Difference
January 8, 2015 By Erin Lane Leave a Comment
"You've got to be kidding me," I said to myself as the storm door pumped behind me to a close. I carried the day's mail in on the flat of my forearm, like a waiter bussing dirty dishes. A letter from my former church lay on top of the junk addressed to "The Beam Family." I took a deep breath. It was … [Read More...]
Where Is God? A Sermon on Why It's Not Necessary to Believe that Jesus is God
January 7, 2015 By Chuck Queen Leave a Comment
John's prologue is actually a poem that introduces major themes that will be developed in the unfolding of the story that follows. It is a beautiful poem about the mystery of incarnation.I love the story about two mischievous boys, Tommy the oldest, Jimmy his little brother. One summer the two b … [Read More...]
Advent, Christmas, and the Messiness of Wombs
December 23, 2014 By Susan Pitchford 1 Comment
I never had children; never wanted to. So I haven't spent a lot of time thinking about my womb. I never really had to keep track of its schedule, so I just let it do its thing, tended it as necessary without giving a lot of thought to what it was there for. I don't even like the word "womb," which … [Read More...]
Yes, Mary Did Know. But Do We?
December 22, 2014 By Guest Contributor 10 Comments
By the Rev. Jude HarmonChartbusting this holiday season is Pentatonix's cover of "Mary Did You Know?" Rich vocal harmonies fused with the group's fresh, dynamic flavor make this version really pop. It has rightly been hailed as "haunting," "breathtaking" and goosebump-inducing. Written by Mark Lo … [Read More...]
When Jesus Stopped Believing in Santa
December 18, 2014 By Jim Burklo 7 Comments
The day after the first Shabbat in Advent, Mary and Joseph took Jesus, who was eight years old, To the Great Mall of Bethlehem. There, in the middle of the huge indoor shopping complex, Was a stately Christmas tree surrounded by wrapped gifts. "I don't believe in Santa anymore," Jesus … [Read More...]
Gold, Circumstance, and Mud: Living in the In-Between (Isa. 40:1-11; Mark 1:1-8)
December 17, 2014 By Chuck Queen Leave a Comment
Advent reminds us that we live in an in-between time. In between the historic coming of Jesus of Nazareth and the future coming of a new world of peace and righteousness. The prophet in Isaiah 40 is addressing a people in exile who are preparing to return home, but they are not home yet. And when … [Read More...]


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How glamourous is it that Dita Von Teese nailed a deal with Kiss! They collaborated to launch a line of easy to apply press-on nails in her signature 40′s era half moon manicure! I had the pleasure of interviewing Dita a few times and the first thing I noticed was her signature red nails. The nails are medium length with a deep ruby red shade and a shimmery pearly moon. This is definitely a look of Old Hollywood!The burlesque beauty said, "I wanted to offer a shortcut to obtaining the nail style that I have been wearing for the last 20 years, and Kiss has helped make it a reality," notes Von Teese. The set comes with 24 nails in 12 sizes. Gel glue is also include in the package. The nails are available now to purchase on her site and retail for $9.99. I will have to try out these nails but I guess they won't have my shade of pink sigh!
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"And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is."
— Kurt Vonnegut (A Man Without a Country)
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Wonderful, wonderful words. I couldn't agree more. It's a great thing to recognise and feel the moment when you are happy or joyful. And to acknowledge and be grateful for it right when it's happening. I've read that many people only recognise 'happiness' till after the fact. That is such a strange concept to me. These words speak to me so loudly. Thank you for making such a beautiful design to accompany such wonderful words :))
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The way Coleman talks about it, the live Killing Joke experience sounds almost like an arcane, orgiastic ritual held around a raging bonfire in the middle of a sacred wood -- either that, or feeding time at an insane asylum where the pudding has been dosed with angel dust.
"All kinds of outrageous things have happened to us at our shows," he says. "We've been hit with gas canisters. Once, this couple even started shagging on stage. The girl started knobbing; it was full penetration. I had to pour a pint of beer over them to try to get them apart. And someone once put a baby on the stage with a note saying "It's yours" attached to it.
"Oh," he adds, almost as an afterthought, "I've been shot, too."
Shot...on stage?
"Yeah, three times now. Bad shots, eh? You get bloody nutcases. Now we shoot back, you fuckers."
So with the black clouds of All Hallows' Eve drawing ominously nigh, Killing Joke is returning to the New World to wreak havoc, unleash dark forces and lead everyone in the primal, eldritch liturgy that is the tribal root of rock and roll -- and, of course, Halloween.
"Oh, I love it, all that bobbing for apples and shit, the pumpkins, the atmosphere," Coleman enthuses. "And All Souls' Day, the day where we say prayers for the dear deceased. Now, in pagan times, we believed this was when our ancestors came back to give us good advice for the coming year and the hard winter ahead. So it's a night when the gateways are open and the spirits come through into the world of the living. And I believe this very much."
When asked for a clue as to how he'll celebrate Halloween on stage this year, Coleman evades the question by returning one. "What do hillbillies do for Halloween?" he asks before busting into gales of rather hair-raising howls. "Pump kin!"
After the guffaws die down and the goose bumps subside, Coleman goes on: "Seriously though, I always love wearing costumes on Halloween. But I'm not saying what we're up to; you'll have to wait and see on that. But I will tell you this: I normally go as something in between the jester and the lord high executioner."
For the impish yet bloodthirsty leader of a band called Killing Joke, what costume could be more fitting?


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Sat, May 14, 11 at 14:14
I set out over 50 Tomato Plants!Plus a dozen Peppers, Thats just a tiny part of what I put out!!And all this, knowing I will probably be confined to the house a lot this summer.I never learn, I just like to garden, saw a neighbor in the store that plans on selling at Farmers Market, told her to stop by and take mine, guess if it helps someone else, all is not lost. |
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I hope that neighbor will help you a little in the garden and you will still get to eat the produce. I don't think anything is lost if you enjoyed putting it out. Part of the pleasure of gardening is researching the seeds and plants you want and the exercise out in the sun. You never know what will happen. The neighbor visiting often to get the produce might be welcome if he or she is a pleasant person. Best wishes. |
I know just what you mean. When spring hits, I think I am supposed to put out a big garden. I know you will enjoy what time you do get to be out there, so that's a real plus. I haven't put tomatoes out yet, but when the sun warms things up this week, I plan to. Hope the summer goes well for you. |
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Brandon Marshall has been great, but his teams never can close deal
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Bears receiver Brandon Marshall and quarterback Jay Cutler have rekindled their great partnership, but the team has lost five of its last six games. | Tom Cruze~Sun-Times
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The ''face of the franchise'' is an ironic distinction at Halas Hall.
Brian Urlacher doesn't care what Bears fans think about Lovie Smith and chided them for booing a team that has lost five of its last six. Lance Briggs and Charles Tillman are good copy but available for seven or eight minutes a week. Jay Cutler treats most of his weekly news conferences like a trip to the dentist, then disappears. Matt Forte is outspoken but reluctant and usually sullen. Julius Peppers speaks the truth, but we usually only see him on Sundays.
Brandon Marshall seems to be the only ''face of the franchise'' at Halas Hall who didn't get the memo. Marshall leads the team not only in receptions, yards and touchdowns, but substantive answers, candor and insight. He's the rare star we're rooting for. If you had to guess which Bear has been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, Marshall would be way down the list.
But therein lies the saddest tale of the Bears' frustrating season. After arriving with the double whammy of a checkered past and high expectations, Marshall has taken a tremendous leap — straightening out his personal life and exceeding expectations on the field — yet still finds himself in the right place at the wrong time, struggling to play for a winner.
The Bears were 7-1 but have lost five of their last six and need help to make the postseason. That's an all-too-familiar scenario for Marshall. In Denver in 2008, the Broncos were 8-5 but lost their last three games and missed the playoffs. In 2009, the Broncos were 8-4 but lost their last four and missed the playoffs. In Miami in 2010, the Dolphins were 7-6 but lost their last three and missed the playoffs.
''It is definitely tough sometimes when things don't go the way you expect them to go,'' Marshall said. ''It gets frustrating, especially when [you] are really passionate and really love this sport.
''When I first got here, I told you guys that the NFL saved my life. I look at where I come from, from a boy, the environment. I look at my journey's past six years. If it wasn't for the NFL, I don't know where I'd be.
''Now, I'm starting to see a difference in my family and my community. People are changing. I'm getting phone calls from around the league, guys asking for counseling [on] mental illness or different situations. This is a new season for me on and off the field. You just have to stay on the journey.''
Marshall always has been great, but leadership is new to him. He has read books and studied the careers of Ray Lewis and Michael Jordan to learn about it. He wants it more than we do.
But it's as if he's up against fate because no matter what Marshall does, it's still hard to tell if he's the solution or the problem. Even with his magnificent season, the Bears rank lower in passing than they did last year without him. Earl Bennett and Devin Hester have shriveled when they should have blossomed.
It has been that way before. In 2009, Marshall missed one game in Denver, and Jabar Gaffney — who had two 100-yard games in eight years — caught 14 passes for 213 yards, and the Broncos gained a season-high 512 yards. In Miami in 2010, Marshall missed a game, and the Dolphins gained 471 yards — their highest total in 15 seasons.
Marshall didn't shy from that unflattering history. On the contrary, he brought it up.
''I [wondered], maybe it's me,'' he said. ''What can I do differently to help guys around, make them more comfortable in our offense?''
Nobody knows, of course.
''We're all searching right now,'' offensive coordinator Mike Tice said. ''I'm glad to hear him soul-searching and trying to find a way because it means something to him.''
That it does. And a player as talented as Marshall with his will to win usually makes the difference when it's close. So far, he has done everything but win. Maybe he deserved that fate earlier in his career. But not anymore.


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Yesterday morning wasn't the best time to carry on an online conversation. Wendy and I were both up late on Friday carrying on large family life: Wendy spent the day taking the teenagers to their first debate tournament while I played Mr. Mom with the little ones — both of us working late into the evening. Needless to say, we were both groggy in the morning.
Last week I published a somewhat controversial homeschool article on my blog (see "Those Homsechool Apostates" on ChrisJeub.com). It was a response to an American Prospect piece which attempted to show a dark underlying world of homeschooling. The original article — written by Kathryn Joyce, an author whom Wendy and I have crossed paths with before — appeared to be going after homeschooling. My article was an attempt to rebut hers, and judging by the web statistics, it made a decent counter-splash.
Kathryn's article captured my criticism on two fronts. On one side, I didn't appreciate the anecdotal stories the article attempted to show as proof that homeschooling should be called into question, perhaps even more strictly regulated. But on the other side, the leaders of these stories — the "homeschool apostates" — were primarily debate alumni, some of them I count as friends. These two worlds — homeschooling and debate — the Jeubs are about as deep as they can get.
Which leads to Saturday morning. A Twitter feed conversation revs up with someone who has written extensively against much of what JeubFamily.com is about. If you're subscribed to JeubFamily.com, you're likely NOT subscribed to Becomingworldly.com. The two worlds couldn't be more ideologically apart.
At least that's what it appears. Its founder, Heather Doney, is an incredibly thoughtful and prolific writer. Her writing challenges many of the same issues that Wendy and I have been challenging for years, primarily legalism. Issues like homeschooling, patriarchy and fundamentalism get mixed into our circles and are intriguing discussion points to both our audiences.
Needless to say, Heather and I spent about two hours Tweeting back and forth some fairly intense topics. Heather pulled the discussion into a Storify format, which I embedded below. Read through the discussion below. I believe some significant issues should be addressed, issues that have rocked the homeschool/quiverfull movements lately.
You may not understand how Twitter or Storify works. Twitter is a social network that allows posts of only 144 characters, so comments are short and abbreviated snippets of larger ideas and thoughts. Storify, another social media tool, pulls these snippets together in a story format, allowing people like you to read a Twitter conversation as it unfolded on Saturday morning.
To tell you the truth, I'm pleased where this story is going. Trained debaters are unearthing some significant issues that are worth discussion. After you have a chance to read this Storify feed, I'd appreciate your thoughts in the comment section below.


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College Basketball: Concussions force end of Kersten Magrum's career
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Kersten Magrum set Lincoln-Way East scoring and rebounding records before going to Illinois. The redshirt junior was told she no longer can play college basketball after suffering four concussions with the Fighting Illini. | File photo
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Lincoln-Way East graduate Kersten Magrum, the SouthtownStar's Girls Basketball Player of the Year in the 2008-09 season, was medically disqualified last week by University of Illinois doctors and has ended her collegiate basketball career.
In December, Magrum suffered her fourth concussion while at Illinois and second this season.
"The medical staff knew how much it was hindering me and how much more likely with every one you're likely to get another," Magrum said. "The cumulative effects are worse and worse.
"It's definitely been a love-hate relationship (with basketball) the last couple of years, but it's so hard to walk away because it's meant so much, been such a huge part of me."
Magrum played in 11 games this season, starting seven. In 2011-12, she averaged 11.4 points and 5.7 rebounds per game, earning Academic All-Big Ten honors and being named the Fighting Illini's Most Courageous Player.
For her career, Magrum averaged 6.5 points and 3.2 rebounds in 66 games (39 starts) over parts of four seasons.
The Mokena resident missed all but three games of what would have been her sophomore season in 2010-11 with a stress fracture in her right foot. She missed nine games, combined, as a redshirt sophomore in 2011-12 with a head injury suffered in a game and a concussion suffered in practice.
Her third concussion was suffered during a preseason practice for her junior campaign. The fourth occurred Dec. 21 during a team practice.
Magrum said she would stay and travel with the team for the duration of the 2012-13 season. A psychology major, she is on schedule to graduate from Illinois this year.
Magrum was Lincoln-Way East's Female Athlete of the Year in 2008-09, and set school career marks for scoring (1,907 points) and rebounding (743).


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I am having trouble with my Internet explorer.It is doing some very odd things.Sometimes it will completely close the page i am visiting for no reason or it will be very slow loading pages and when i say slow i mean very very very slow for eg i tried to google something and after 10 minutes of the page trying to load i gave up.I thought that it was perhaps the topic i was searching so i tried putting in random things to see if that made any difference but it didn't.Another problem i had was when i was on a forum and clicked on a link and nothing happened i tried to open a new tab and that wouldn't work either and it would let me access any options that are in my tools menu.i had to restart my computer.Just to let you know i have high speed Internet connection.Thanks in advance to anyone that helps me with this problem. |
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text: I decided to try this powder to add a nice warm glow to my skin. My first reaction was that the packaging could have been much better. I never like when sponges or brushes for loose powder are attached to the lid as this makes it difficult to control the amounts of powder, difficult to apply it correctly and difficult to clean the sponge/brush. So this attached sponge was more difficult to work with than I would have liked. However, I did love the powder itself. It is a gorgeous shimmer powder that stays firmly in shimmer territory and doesn't look glittery and cheap. It is a bit intense to be used all over the face (it is not exactly "sheer" and for the whole face, as the name implies) but is divine on cheeks, under brow bones, and on the body to add a bit of highlight to one's clavicle or cleavage region if you choose. Once you get used to the awkward sponge (or use another sponge or brush,) it is a good shimmer powder, especially if one prefers loose powder, but not one I would repurchase as I think I like Colorbar's pressed Shimmer Bar better.


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Swiss Antagonist of Minarets Is Now Muslim
November 17, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By TMO Stringer Based on News Reports
RENOWNED Swiss politician Daniel Streich, who previously campaigned against Swiss minarets, embraced Islam a few years ago.
A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP) and a well-known politician, Daniel Streich was the first man who had launched a drive for imposition of ban on mosques minarets, and to lock the mosques in Switzerland. The proclamation of Streich's conversion to Islam created a furor in Swiss politics, and caused a tremor for those who supported ban on construction of mosques minarets.
Streich had propagated his anti-Islamic movement far and wide in the country, sowed seeds of indignation and scorn for Islam among the people, and paved the way for public opinion against pulpits and minarets of mosques.
But now Streich has become a servant of Islam. His anti-Islam thoughts finally brought him so close to this religion that he embraced it.
He is ashamed of his past doings now, and desires to construct the most beautiful mosque of Europe in Switzerland.
The most interesting thing in this regard is that at present there are four mosques in Switzerland and Streich wants to lay the foundation for a fifth. He wishes to seek absolution of his sin of proliferating venom against Islam. He is thinking of a movement contrary to his previous one to promote religious tolerance and peaceful cooperative living, in spite of the fact that ban on mosques minarets has gained a legal status.
This is the greatest quality of Islam that it comes up with even greater vigour, when it is faced with confrontation.
Abdul Majeed Aldai, the president of OPI, an NGO, working for the welfare of Muslims, says that Europeans have a great desire to know about Islam. Some of them want to know about the relationship between Islam and terrorism; same was the case with Streich.
During his confrontation, Streich studied the Holy Quran and started understanding Islam.
He wished to be hard to Islam, but the outcome was otherwise. Aldai further says.
Later the question of the ban on minarets was put to a vote in Switzerland, wherein the Swiss nationals did ban minarets in the country.
UnChristian & Unpatriotic
November 17, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Dr. A S Nakadar, TMO CEO and Publisher
On 11-11-11, the Ford Field in Detroit witnessed a highly publicized bigoted event. The venue, Ford Field is where the Detroit Lions play and the area is near Dearborn that has a large Muslim population.
The organizer of this event was "TheCall" organization; a relatively unknown organization that has been in existence for about a decade. It claims to tackle issues such as economy, racial strife, same sex relationship, abortion and other such issues. But to many it appeared that the objective of this event was to gain cheap publicity by bashing Muslims and Islam. The organizers had said in their statements that they wanted to raise concerns against the growing Islamic popularity and Islamic renaissance in USA.
They heavily promoted their Detroit event on their website. According to "The Christian Post" they called it, "The Rising Tide of the Islamic Movement." But after receiving complaints, perhaps, about the factuality and the phrase giving legitimacy to the prevailing situation, TheCall dropped the phrase from its web site.
The Pentecostal Minister, Engle, had announced that the program would start on Friday night (11-11-11) and would end the next day, Saturday morning. Their announcement also touted that they expected a crowd of more than 50,000. But most reports suggest the program was a flop in attendance. The stadium mostly remained empty and according to some reports the attendance was about less than tenth of their predicted number.
The reason given for the night vigil and night prayer, according to "The Christian Post", quoting their minister Engler, "You got to pray all night long because it's when the Muslims sleep."
Looking at the thin attendance, he found out that Christians and others sleep during those hours too.
Earlier this week and prior to the event, a group of Christian pastors gathered in Grand Circus Park, near the Ford Field venue, to denounce Lou Engle's "The Call Detroit" rally at Ford Field as "un-Christian, "un-American," and "idolatrous."
This group counts Islam among the ills facing the nation. Some Muslims answered this by saying, "their heads needs to be examined" while others said, "I bet you they will say "Occupy Wall Street" movement is Muslim inspired;" others from the group said "I wish to bring to their attention the Muslim contribution to this great nation." He went on to say: "More than 50% of the Muslims income bracket was over $50,000 as compared to nationwide average income of $47,000 and nearly 60% Muslims are college graduates as compared to 27% as a whole."
The statement emphasized the great contributions Muslims have made in practically all fields, be it social, military, political, economic, medical, engineering, business, technology and you name it.
Most in the group agreed that we were here to strengthen the country. We want to see communities unified, and not divided. The action of "TheCall" group is divisive and needs to be condemned in strongest terms.
A true American would surely know that pluralism is the Achilles Heel of our society's foundation.
Today our biggest concern and the concern of all of us should be the challenges that our pluralistic society and our country face.
Najee Ali Emerges: Possible Successor to Imam W.D. Muhammad
July 28, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
LOS ANGELES, CA–Najee Ali, civil rights activist and leader of Project Islamic H.O.P.E, is emerging as a possible successor to his father-in-law the late Imam W.D.Muhammad. The Electronic Urban Report says that Ali will take a leadership role by tackling several issues affecting the black community.
"We still don't have an organization that speaks to our issues," said Ali. "Project Islamic Hope has decided to step up to the plate and fill the void."
"Everything that I have experienced in my life has led me to this moment. I feel I'm well prepared to carry on the burden and obligation that is before me in attempting to keep the indigenous Islamic movement alive," Ali added.


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WoW Insider's Weekly Webcomic: Safe Passage
As our unlikely heroes stop for the night, a cunning predator begins to dog their every move ...
Also, enjoy Safe Passage the way it is now, as my bosses have already approved the hip, new version of this comic. Enjoy Mig'u Hatsune, everyone.
Check out the full comic right here, and tune in next Tuesday morning for a new page. You can also see all the previous pages in the gallery below.
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Lymph Node Biopsy
Lymph nodes are found throughout the body. They are part of the body's immune system. These nodes help fight infection by producing special white blood cells. They also work by trapping bacteria, viruses, and cancer cells. Normally, lymph nodes cannot be felt unless they are swollen. Infection, usually by a virus, is the most common cause of lymph node swelling. Other causes include bacterial infection and cancer.
With this type of biopsy, the doctor removes and examines all or part of a lymph node.
Last reviewedApril 2013by Igor Puzanov, MD; Michael Woods, MD
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.


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Updated: December 16, 2012 2:44AM
WEST LAFAYETTE (AP) — Purdue University is looking to trim its construction costs as part of a 10-year plan that officials say could save the university tens of millions of dollars.
The university announced Dec. 3 that most of the construction inspection department would be eliminated by March 2. It also is changing its building requirements to give contractors more flexibility, the Journal & Courier reported.
The cuts come after Purdue conducted a wide search in 2010 for more than $100 million in spending cuts to address a $67.4 million budget shortfall and a return of funding to the state during the recession. That goal was met by offering buyouts, limiting hiring and pay raises and making other changes.
Al Diaz, executive vice president for business and finance, said Purdue now wants to look at further ways to reduce costs and increase revenue over the next decade.
"We have been focusing significant energy on the issue of improving our performance on construction projects," he said.
Additional cuts aren't likely to sit well with faculty and staff, who've seen their departments do without phones and clerical and faculty positions left empty.
J. Paul Robinson, Purdue professor and chairman of the University Senate, said the biological sciences department has endured more than $600,000 in cuts through a combination of layoffs, unfilled positions and reduced funding for graduate students in the last two school years.
He called the need for ongoing cuts "bogus," noting that the university is boosting revenue by adding a $2,000 fee to international students' tuition. More than 8,500 students from other countries are enrolled this fall.
But further efforts to find efficiencies are likely, especially once Gov. Mitch Daniels takes over as Purdue's 12th president in January. Daniels hasn't laid out specifics but has mentioned cutting administrative overhead and rethinking internal procedures.
"There are a lot of people working hard but maybe not working hard on what they should," Daniels said in September. "Remember, each dollar comes from a taxpayer or family."
Bob McMains, vice president of physical facilities, and Ken Sandel, director of physical and capital planning, say they've identified some efficiencies by changing Purdue's construction practices to allow more flexibility for contractors, which could lower project costs.
"One of the things we found in our review is our standards are complex, sometimes cumbersome and confusing," Sandel said. "If that leads to a misinterpretation, if that leads to a bidder not wanting to take a risk, it could lead to a higher bid (we accept)."
Sandel said the changes, which include eliminating brand names from standards, are expected to cut the cost of upcoming construction projects by 10 percent each.
McMains said eliminating the inspection department brings Purdue in line with most other schools, few of which had such departments.
Indiana University does not employ construction inspectors. Instead, consulting architects and engineers perform inspections as needed, spokesman Mark Land said.
The 22 affected construction inspectors at Purdue will be placed on a preferential hiring list for other Purdue openings.
"The people were doing the job they were asked to do. The people were very good people," said McMains. "We do hope to get them opportunities at Purdue."


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Over the past couple of months, I've finally started work on my first web application built using the ASP.NET MVC framework. It's going pretty well now, but at the start, in typical fashion, I spent more time googling and trawling message boards than actually cutting code.
My first head-scratching moment was around the naming of controllers and actions that form the path at the end of a URL. Specifically:
- Are controller names plural or singular?
- In a route, which comes first; the ID or the action?
- Should I call this action add, create, insert or new?
Don't laugh. This stuff will come as naturally as breathing to Rails developers — in fact, all of those decisions are already made for you if you use a tool like the scaffold generator to stub your code out. But with ASP.NET MVC, insufficient guidance over these sorts of choices leads to uncertainty, which leads to indecision, which leads to me mass-refactoring entire projects while I obsess over getting my object names perfect.
As you can imagine, this sort of thing is something I prefer to avoid. Luckily, some people far brighter and more experienced have already thought about this stuff, and have answers for all of my questions.
Are controller names plural or singular?
The ASP.NET MVC Framework uses a REST-based request model; instead of serving up files, it serves up resources. Resources are abstract concepts that together – like articles on Wikipedia or videos on Youtube – comprise an application's content.
Such resources are stored in repositories, which are implemented in ASP.NET MVC as controllers.
Repository names are plural – they represent a collection of objects. For example, you might have a controller called Products. A Product – singular – is the type of resource it serves. It's similar to the name you'd give an array or database table.
What order do I put the URL parameters?
I can't find any reason why you'd want to deviate from the default here, although I did briefly try an OO-inspired controller/id/action route before I realised what was happening.
ASP.NET MVC is the same as Rails: first comes the controller name, then the action, then the ID of the resource in question:
Some people have suggested additional standard parameters you might like to put after this. One is pagination – if you split a list (e.g. search results) across several pages:
And another is alternative representation formats (e.g. RSS, XML, CSV etc):
If the output of your action can be represented in different formats, I think this a pretty neat way of specifying which one you want.
How do I name my controller actions?
This depends on what Route Handler you're using. If you're using Adam Tybor's Simply Restful Routing, then the decision is made for you – the action names are copied from Rails.
However, if you're using the ASP.NET MVC default, you've got a bit more freedom. Stephen Walter, a product manager and ASP.NET MVC guru at Microsoft has come up with a series of standard controller action names. These are based loosely on the seven Rails controller actions, but exclude HTTP PUT and DELETE verbs, which aren't supported by the default ASP.NET MVC route handler. They are as follows:
Controller Action | HTTP verb | Description |
Detail | GET | Displays a single resource such as a database record. |
Index | GET | Displays a collection of resources. |
Create | GET | Displays a form for creating a new resource. |
Insert | POST | Inserts a new resource into the repository. |
Edit | GET | Displays a form for editing an existing resource. |
Update | POST | Updates an existing resource. |
Destroy | GET | Displays a page that confirms whether or not you want to delete a resource. |
Delete | POST | Deletes a resource. |
He also suggests some actions for non resource-based controllers – e.g. Home:
Controller Action | HTTP verb | Description |
Login | GET | Displays a login form. |
Authenticate | POST | Authenticates a user name and password. |
Logout | POST | Logs out a user. |
If you follow these guidelines, you will have a consistent and predictable URL format. Enforcing a standard URL format means less decision to make during development, and makes things clearer for end-users.
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Having the "delete" resource use GET is asking for trouble. It would be wiser to make a destructive action work via POST (as with any action that changes a resource).
It really is quite interesting to see ASP.NET only using GET and POST, when the HTTP spec has DELETE and PUT methods too.
One of the examples in your post was:
Delete – POST – Deletes a resource.
If ASP.NET did things correctly, it would just be a HTTP DELETE which calls the delete action on the controller.
Seems a bit backwards to do a HTTP POST to access delete method in a controller, when HTTP DELETE exists ;-)
This is true.
The way Rails gets around the lack of support in the HTML spec and browser support for those methods is to put a hidden field into the form to say this is a DELETE or PUT method. Admittedly a bit hackerish, but from the programmers point of view it's completely transparent.
As they say "optimised from programmer happiness" (provided you don't look at the raw HTML :-D)
The link to Stephen Walter's article is out of date. The correct one as of today, 2012-12-07, is: http://stephenwalther.com/archive/2008/06/27/asp-net-mvc-tip-11-use-standard-controller-action-names.aspx.
Thanks for an inspiring post!
@David: "If ASP.NET did things correctly, it would just be a HTTP DELETE which calls the delete action on the controller."
Well, as you state yourself, the restriction to use HTTP POST to delete an item is really imposed by HTML, not ASP.NET. As you mention, Rails also just "gets around" it using hidden fields. If you wanted to delete using HTTP DELETE you'd need to use javascript. That's not necessarily desired for all applications, so I guess that's why neither ASP.NET nor Rails use the theoretically correct HTTP DELETE verb. Stephen Walter also wrote about this here: http://stephenwalther.com/archive/2009/01/21/asp-net-mvc-tip-46-ndash-donrsquot-use-delete-links-because.aspx.


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Film festivals are an exciting way of bringing science to new audiences. But if the films are weak there is a danger of putting people off, rather than stimulating interest and debate. A new film festival called Bio:Fiction [1]invited filmmakers to submit shorts about synthetic biology. As pieces of public engagement, the five winners ranged from brilliant to perplexing.
Synthetic biology is an area of science that has the ability to capture the public's imagination. It involves applying engineering principles to biology to create systems and functions that don't occur in nature. Potential applications range from curing disease to creating energy, but there are many technical and ethical challenges ahead.
Sci-fi disease
The Bio:Fiction film competition was held online and the 130 entries were whittled down to 52 by a panel of judges, made up of filmmakers and scientists. They picked winners in the categories of Fiction, Documentary, Animation and Special Jury and the audience was invited to vote for their favourite film. The challenge set was to 'attract public awareness to synthetic biology'.
We'll start with the Special Jury Award, which went to Die Schneider Krankheit (The Schneider Disease) by Javier Chillon. This was a fictional sci-fi film made to look like archive. The story of a viral outbreak is not original, but the use of spliced life to find a cure was intriguing. The film works as a form of entertainment but falls down in terms of being a good piece of public engagement. The sci-fi genre is definitely an exciting way of stimulating debate in science. However, the plot was far too fantastical and scientifically vague to enable the audience to explore issues in any meaningful way.
My favourite film out of the winning five was in the animation category and has no dialogue at all. Entitled Bruce, it uses simple animation and excellent sound design to inspire the audience to think about bioethics. The filmmaker, Tom Judd, tells the story of how an artificial life form is created and manipulated for the owner's entertainment. The film is funny and poignant - a simple premise, very well executed.
Zero engagement
The most perplexing film among the winners was the online audience award for Who are the Engineers of the Future. The film didn't feel like a piece of public engagement, but an advert to entice new recruits to work at 'Ginkgo Bioworks'. The film contains a series of shots of scientists in the lab doing wacky things that are presumably supposed to be funny. At one point a group of female scientists stand in a kitchen and one of them delivers the killer line 'At Ginkgo Bioworks, tomorrow's kitchen is the lab'. In terms of public engagement, this film has zero content and potentially reinforces negative stereotypes about scientists.
So why did the audience love this film so much? One of the problems with the audience award is that there were 52 films to choose from. When people browse the web, the maximum number of clips they are prepared to view on a page is around three or four, so it's inconceivable to imagine that many would view all 52.
Tighter shortlist
To make the audience award fair and deliver a credible winner, I would suggest a much-reduced list of films to choose from. There were some excellent films that didn't win; two of my favourites were Gilles Corporation and Miniature Automata.
It's exciting to see a film festival encouraging filmmakers to explore this important subject. In next year's competition it would be great to see the categories refined to distinguish between students, scientists and professional filmmakers and a tighter shortlist for the audience award.


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Mon, Apr 29, 13 at 16:58
Just like clockwork. ctnchpr reported his on april 9th and 20 days later my first appears just as its been the last few years. |
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Congrats, Steve!!! They never cease to amaze me! |
I'm still anxiously waiting! Congrats Steve! kim |
- Posted by donnalovesblue (My Page) on Wed, May 1, 13 at 18:04
Isn't it amazing how each season, they seem to show up at the very same time!!! For the past 2 yrs., my first sighting was on 3/18 and this year, 3/21. The males are always the first to arrive, but I did see one female about 10 days ago. Now there are several buzzing around. Got 3 feeders up and will gradually add more as the season progresses. |
cool! I put up 2 feeders last night. Then peeked out the window a hundred times. |
- Posted by hummersteve 6 (My Page) on Sat, May 4, 13 at 0:44
Yes I always get a male first then a couple days later I see a female just like this year. I always get a kick out of them peeking around a feeder looking for you when they know you are there like this. |
Hi folks! Haven't been posting here much and glad I found both hummersteve and ctnchpr posting! Been seeing the little ones for a while now, probably early April like ctnchpr, since we live fairly close to each other. My early season with hummers is rather slow; things pick up in July. This year, I'll be looking out for my lone Black Chinned male I spotted two years ago. |
- Posted by eclecticcottage 6b wny (My Page) on Wed, May 29, 13 at 12:59
I am pretty sure one buzzed me a few weeks back near my quince, but I didn't see the source of the sound. This past weekend a male was out while I was picking up things in the garden and he did a few fly-bys to investigate me. I'm on year #2 of trying to put in more early food sources, such as honeysuckle vines, for them. Hopefully they find them later this season as they get taller so they know to come for them next year! |
- Posted by sunflowersrus222 7a Pa (My Page) on Tue, Jun 11, 13 at 16:30
A male scout showed up in my yard a couple weeks ago and now the girls are coming around. I have 3 feeders out at the moment. Soon my butterfly bush will bloom and the trumpet vine at the back of our yard. I have red rose bushes as well but never saw them going to the roses. |
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Hey guys, This may not be the best forum to ask about greenhouses. Yet, I still feel this crowd would have more experience in winterizing their greenhouses. I saw a pic that orangelime1 posted in "2013 taste test winners" I guess my question is, how does one manage the temperature to provide a living environment for citrus trees. Keep in mind that where I live, temperatures and fall to -5 F (-20 C) but is often around 15-20's F |
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- Posted by poncirusguy 6b (My Page) on Tue, Dec 24, 13 at 18:21
I am using glass and it will be triple glazed. I have collected about 1500 square feet of glass and used treated timber for the walls and frame. This goes up against the south side of my house. I get some heat through my R-35 walls. The outer wall of glass is silicone air thigh. The center and inner sheets breath. the air condenses to the outer sheet hols that 32-F or warmer. Once that freezes then the middle sheet condense, and finally the inner sheet condenses. I have never seen frost on the inner layer. What you need is a bucket of hot water to vapor into the air and it protect by condensing on the glass. The more hot water the more protection. My prototype work very well. |
- Posted by CitrusWeekendWarrior none (My Page) on Tue, Dec 24, 13 at 20:49
poncirusguy, I will always respect your experience and advice. Mostly, thank you for trying to help find a solution. Currently in my situation, my backyard is on the north side of the house and any greenhouse I may get will be detached from the house. I also need a solution that won't keep my up at night. Meaning the plants will be able to stay in there (happily ) with out too much intervention from me (aside from watering) Anyone that has a working solution please, enlighten me. |
- Posted by meyermike_1micha 5 (My Page) on Tue, Dec 24, 13 at 22:12
I also use a greenhouse up here at the north pole..Not sure if you saw it...If so, if you would like my help I would be willing to.. Did you see mine? Mike |
- Posted by poncirusguy 6b (My Page) on Wed, Dec 25, 13 at 10:19
Any one using a green house to winter over plants should have an insulated white or mirrored wall for the north wall. No light passes through the north wall from September 1 through April 15th and through out most of the day a solid wall reflects light and heat back on to the plants. They need every extra ray of light possible. I used 5 gallon buckets filled with hot water for the evaporative condensate frost protection system. One bucket for every 5 F below freezing. It takes you through the whole night. My setup is exactly what will work for you. You just don't have a house with a R 35 wall. At R 35 the wall is useless as a heat source. Your job is to figure out how to make it pleasing to look at if that is important to you or your neighbors. Most people use plastic and PVC to build theirs. I have good connections and can get glass and treated timbers for free. Steve |
I have a hoop house. 10'x12' single layer of plastic. Wood sided end walls and 1/2 foam insulation the length of the side 2' up. I have a natural gas heater and an exhaust fan on a thermostat. It never gets below 60 and rarely above 85. It was 12F yesterday morning. Mike |
- Posted by CitrusWeekendWarrior none (My Page) on Wed, Dec 25, 13 at 11:38
meyermike_1micha, I was actually looking at your pics, thinking it was orangelime1. So, I see you use heavy plastic over the greenhouse, and bubble wrap on the inside. Please let me know how you keep citrus alive in the north pole ;-) I'm all ears. mksmth, mksmth and meyermike_1micha, |
- Posted by orangelime1 (My Page) on Fri, Dec 27, 13 at 16:48
Citrusweekendwarrior I am really glad that you have found an interest in this hobby, it is a lot of fun and rewarding. My neighbors are always in awe when they see fruit which they think can only grow in the tropics grow right in my backyard.My concern for you is that your backyard faces north . Do you receive any sun in your backyard summer and winter. If you have no sunshine in the winter your heating bills will cost you lots if it is a detached greenhouse. My greenhouse faces the best direction southwest which really helps with the cost of running it. The heater is on at night and in the day if it is sunny the heater will shut off once the temperature hits 52 degrees which really helps with the cost.But being an electric heater I use if there is a power failure when I'm not home an there is no sun I will probably loose everything.8 years and nothing has happened yet knocking on wood loudly.Bubble wrap helps tremendously , it gives it a bit of insulation which you will need when the temperatures get to minus 5. Bubble wrap also helps protect the leaves from freezing on the sides and top of your greenhouse.A fan I find also helps with circulating the warm air from the top of your greenhouse to the bottom and air circulation is also good for the plants. You will also have to water , I use a portable hose I can wind up best thing ever. I hook the hose to the kitchen faucet with a adapter which are not expensive and run the hose out the patio door to the greenhouse.I water every second Sunday so it's not a lot of work.You will probably need a blow torch to melt the ice that sometimes forms around the door, not all the time just when it's really cold .It really is a fun hobby and there is nothing like picking an orange off your own tree in the middle of the winter not to mention the smell of the air when you are in there pure tropical bliss!! My only concern is you don't get enough sunshine, sunshine saves on your heating bills and will give you nice healthy plants. |
- Posted by CitrusWeekendWarrior none (My Page) on Sat, Dec 28, 13 at 11:25
orangelime1, Thanks for the response. It sounds like you a nice setup. How many winters have you kept citrus in the greenhouse? My backyard is rather long, and where I would place a greenhouse (right next to my garden and currently where I put my citrus in the summer) would be full sun. I guess what I'm most curios about is how it's heated... the finer details. For me, the thought of running an extension cord an out to a glass shack that's going hold my trees (one that is over years old), is sort of terrifying. Now, a natural gas heater would be a little more ideal. I pretty set on getting a green house. What I think I might do is set it up in spring, and when winter comes. Just record the temps I get. Worse case scenario I use it to get a couple of extra months of the growing session and to start my seeds. orangelime1, I would love to see more pics of your greenhouse. Can anyone else give me any details of their setup? |
- Posted by poncirusguy Southern Ohio (My Page) on Sat, Dec 28, 13 at 17:07
The north wall should be the longest wall and be insulated. It can lean south up to 30 degrees to the south and a lean to glassed front to it. It is the easiest and most efficient to set up and maintain / heat. Just make sure the area at this time is getting full sun IE longest shadows from trees and house. I run an organic farm setup and design an built this type of greenhouse/ If it isn't efficient he is OUT OF BUSINESS. KA'PLA Steve |
- Posted by orangelime1 (My Page) on Sun, Dec 29, 13 at 21:27
Hi citrusweekendwarrior . That's great you will be able to place your greenhouse in a sunny location . This will really help with your heating costs and not to say the health of your plants. My heater is 1500 watt electric heater.It has a thermostat which is set at 52 degrees, so when the sun comes out and the temperature reaches 52 the heater will automatically shut off and when the sun goes down the heater will come back on. Speaking of sun I think we have had 1 day of sun since November first, worst year I can ever remember!! The heater is plugged into a short heavy duty extension cord which we payed a lot for.Watering is also very important how are you going to water ? Here is a picture of my watering hose with the small adapter beside the hose. I water from the kitchen sink out the patio door to the greenhouse. So if you use electric it shouldn't cost you a fortune because of your sunny location.Also is the area you live in prone to power failures? |
- Posted by orangelime1 (My Page) on Sun, Dec 29, 13 at 21:52
Oh and here is a picture I took last year inside the greenhouse. This year has been to dark in there to take a picture no sun !! |
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Last year brought many championships and state playoff runs to the athletes in Dawson County. Community support is at an all-time high as witnessed during the boys' basketball Elite Eight game in Dalton.
Following are a list of the major accomplishments of Dawson County athletes and team from 2012.
The Georgia Racing Hall of Fame celebrated its 2012 class of inductees Friday night in Dawsonville.
Selected for their contributions to Georgia's motorsport's heritage, the new class of inductees includes Pete Hamilton, Bill Ingram, Warren Johnson, Doug Kenimer and Herman Wise.
With less than three months left before the 45th annual Mountain Moonshine Festival, the Speed Channel is giving the nation a look at last year's festivities with an episode of My Classic Cars this weekend.
The episode, which features host Dennis Gage at last year's festival, will first air at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, followed by 4:30 p.m. Tuesday and again at 9:30 p.m. Aug. 26.
The Georgia Racing Hall of Fame hosted the fifth annual Lakewood Speedway Reunion on Saturday in honor of the hundreds of racers who competed on the famed Atlanta track.
"This is the kind of reunion I want to have more of," said racing historian and board member Gordon Pirkle. "One where you sit among the cars, watch racing footage on the TV's and visit with one another."
A member of River Bend Gun Club in western Dawson County is the 2012 Black Powder Cartridge Rifle National Champion.
Shooting in the master's class, Doug Gazaway of Gainesville won the scope division held July 17 and 18 in Raton, N.M. His spotter, Steve Hubbard, is also a club member.
The Dawsonville Post 247 American Legion team was one win away from advancing to the regional tournament.
The team, coached by former Dawson County star Kasey Wilson, came up short and lost its last two games of the tournament to finish the season.
Dawsonville resident Tristan Melton, 13, has garnered national recognition for his performance in various recent rifle competitions.
A rising eighth-grader at Dawson County Middle School, Melton has earned three first-place medals, been named a state champion and set a National Rifle Association record in his sub-junior class. All since April.
Head Coach Kasey Wilson's American Legion Post 247 team had a busy weekend. The team played four games in two days.
Battling the weather and humidity Dawsonville pulled out three big wins and lost the fourth game in a heartbreaker after leading the entire contest.
Kids from Dawson County and the surrounding area have one more chance to take part in a free self-defense program.
The program, hosted by White Tiger Yongin Mixed Martial Arts in Dawsonville, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday. The event began as an effort to reduce bullying in schools and the local community.
Local racing historian Gordon Pirkle has a prediction.
"Chase Elliott, he's going to be as big as his dad was in his hay day. I've never seen someone as young as him carry himself and race the way he does," Pirkle said.
The Georgia racing industry paused last week to remember a legendary announcer and 2003 Hall of Fame inductee.
Known as racing's "little, bitty buddy," Jimmy Mosteller died July 4 at age 85.
American Legion Post 247 bounced back with an 18-4 win over Cumming on Saturday.
The game proved to be some revenge following a 13-9 loss to the same team on June 19.
An ancient game has started a new history in Dawson County.
The United Futbol Academy'94 Elite team took home the State Cup Championship title for the second year in a row.
The Dawsonville Racer swim team opened the season with a meet at Hunter's Chase last Saturday.
Be the first to own a part of Dawsonville's unique racing history.
Each year, the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame inducts a new class into its hall of legends.
This weekend, the newest class of racers will join their peers in the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame.
Dawson County High School graduate, Emily Beusse, helped lead the University of North Georgia's cross country team to a second place finish in the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Championships.
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Not everything yummy and interesting happens just in LA. For example, this weekend the dynamic duo of Delilah Snell and Nicole Stevenson who bring us the Patchwork Artisan fairs in are expanding with an edible version this week end in Costa Mesa. I'll be there wandering the show and doing a demo on Cooking with Pressure Cookers (weird, I know, but I love them). …
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Hi NebGranny, You may have already completed your project, but I just logged on and saw your request. Here is a template for a 7oz. Hershey bar. http://jersgirl.tripod.com/large_bar_jersgirl.jpg Another site with wrappers is: http://www.candybarwrapper.com/friend.html Jackie S |
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Lamppost Pizza was founded in 1976, boasting a menu of bubbling pizzas and hearty, Italian-American eats to fuel families and sports fans. Meals begin with fresh, antipasto salads tossed with Italian cured meats, pepperoncini, mozzarella, and tomatoes or tales of spicy-sweet romances told by zesty chicken wings. After toasting good company with a garnet glass of zinfandel, pasta-eating pairs excavate layers of lasagna or sop up a ravioli dinner's house-made meat sauce with complimentary garlic bread.
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- Completing four (4) audit and non-audit service projects, following-up on previously unresolved findings from prior audits, providing audit technical assistance for various projects and inquiries, and continuing work on ongoing audit and non-audit service projects
- Providing analytical budgetary reports and approximately 37 responses to commissioners pertaining to various issues and budget items
- Reviewing approximately 20 Board of County Commissioners (BCC) and Committee agendas (averaging 34 agenda items per meeting), and providing as supplements to the BCC agenda
- Completing background research on any person, organization, place or thing that is the subject of a naming, renaming or co-designation item as per Ordinance 13-29
- Providing detailed financial costs and budgetary impacts analyses for items with a fiscal impact as per Resolution R-530-10
- Providing BCC with budget reviews for Community Redevelopment Agencies
- Providing Tourism Impact Statements on certain legislative matters before the BCC as per Resolution R-581-11
- Verifying accuracy of Board directives status details and producing quarterly reports to the BCC as per resolution R-256-10
- Providing professional staff support to the Compensation and Benefits Review Ad Hoc Committee, chaired by Commissioner Barbara Jordan
- Responding to formal and informal requests from the BCC on important County matters.
Annual Reports
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