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Your Gay Guide to the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival
By Michael Berlin
The Perfect Family
Directed by Anne Renton
I'm sorry, but this film is a mess, and not of the 'hot' (and therefore somewhat enjoyable) variety. The Perfect Family shoehorns almost every trope of the gay culture-clash comedy into a frenzied 84 minutes, leaving viewers perplexed at how a movie with such a Mad Libs-able setup, and Kathleen Turner, misses its mark so completely. Turner plays Eileen, an extremely devout Catholic mother whose gravely deferential and literal style of spirituality is obnoxiously cartoonish. Eileen has been chosen as a nominee for 'Catholic Woman of the Year' award by the parish monsignor, but she is up against her former high school rival, Susan O'Connor, whose persnickety perfectionism puts her odds of winning 2:1. The film makes no attempt to explain exactly where the 'Catholic Woman of the Year' award comes from, but nonetheless, it is important to Eileen because the recipient is blessed with the prayer of absolution, a confessional panacea that forgives all sins. What is Eileen hiding that is so unforgivable? No time to dwell! Bishop Donnelly is traveling all the way from Ireland to meet Eileen's family and she must render them exemplary Catholics before he comes! From her mother, Eileen's daughter is hiding a) her partner Angela whom she is marrying in a week and b) the baby that she was artificially inseminated with five months ago. Eileen's son is some sort of deadbeat who left his wife and kids (never shown onscreen) for the town manicurist. And Eileen's husband is a recovering alcoholic who has spent the past 25 years drunk. Despite these variables, it would be unwise to expect hilarity to ensue. The film is tonally confused, fluctuating wildly between the dramatic and comedic, but never fully achieving either. The many significant plot points are cast out hastily, developed sloppily, and dropped frequently. One of my favorite lines comes from Eileen, who, in reference to the news of her daughter's nuptials, exclaims 'I don't understand any of this!' For once, I felt like we really connected.
Wed, Apr 27, 5:30PM AMC Loews Village 7 - 3
Fri, Apr 29, 9:00PM AMC Loews Village 7 - 1
Sun, May 01, 5:00PM SVA Theater 2 Beatrice
Directed by Eric Drath
Chronicling the story of the first transsexual tennis pro, director Eric Drath encounters many contradictions in Rene'. But that's to be expected when delving into the public and private lives of Rene' Richards, the sensational '70s tennis star who, with her entry into the 1976 women's U.S. Open at the age of 42, ignited a firestorm of controversy culminating in a Supreme Court ruling on chromosome testing. Did Rene' -- formerly Richard Raskins -- know what public scrutiny and martyrdom she would endure upon her decision to restart her career in tennis? Yes. And no. Onscreen, she is timid and reserved, claiming to have pursued tennis professionally (immediately following her sex change) for the love of the game. In vintage news clips, she responds to hordes of paparazzi with pleas to be treated equally like the other women on the tour. Before this storm, Rene' lead a life as Richard, a man's man who dominated and excelled at anything he set his mind to, including tennis, ophthalmology, and women. Early in life, Richard knew his penchant for dressing up in women's clothes would have to be kept secret. But when that secret became too unbearable to contain, Richards left his wife and son in New York to reinvent himself as Rene' (literally 'reborn' in French) on the West Coast. Rene' is somewhat of an antihero in the documentary. While paving the way for transsexuals in the notoriously closeted and conservative realm of professional sports, her seemingly impulsive stab at family life and subsequent abandonment of her son cast a shadow on what would otherwise be a standard triumph-over-adversity triumph. It is this humanizing and complex portrayal that makes Rene' such an enthralling documentary.
Wed, Apr 27, 9:45PM Clearview Cinemas Chelsea 8
Thu, Apr 28, 8:30PM Clearview Cinemas Chelsea 4
Sat, Apr 30, 4:00PM Tribeca Cinemas Theater 2
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Upcoming Ted Cook Heritage Week Events in Co. Cork Event: Visit to Carrignacunna Norman Castlegrounds, Killavullen, with Ted Cook and Kevin Corcoran Environmental Biologist. Event: Ensuring and Defending Affordable Housing for Biodiversity For more information on all Heritage Week events see: www.heritageweek.ie Tuamgraney Native Woodland News
The Coille Aonach and presentation in Tuamgraney Native Woodland, Co Clare - went ahead this week, for the Pride of Place, eco-community, national award competition. The day was a great success and the assessors were blown away by the effect the Community woodland has had on the local community as well as the copy nature aspect of our gentle management regime. The trees, they were told have been the great teachers for all who have been involved over the years. They also loved the idea that the Community of Tuamgraney is linked to the past, present and future by its historic Brian Boru oak tree, representing the past, the more recent ancient oakwood of Raheen the present and the restoration community oakwood the future. We explained how much the woodland is being used since we installed the new paths and how many local people are enjoying its multiple benefits. The main partners in the project are The Woodland League, CELT, Tuamgraney Development Association, Clare County Council, and the Heritage Council. The sustainability education aspect and co operative management system for running the project impressed them too. Fingers crossed and touch wood we are definitely in with a shout for an award, but more importantly the turnout by the local community for the event and the opportunity to showcase the project to a wider audience is a valuable prize in itself. A local harpist and some woodland craft demonstrations as well as a guided tour of the woodland all added to the day. The assessors were also taken to the Brian Boru oak tree as well as the Raheen oakwood to show them the context and inspiration for the community native woodland.
A Native Forest is a society of multiple diverse species who have evolved and formed relationships together over thousands of years. It is a Symbiotic Society that lives in harmony, where every part helps the next part, there is no waste, and when any part is weakened the whole society works to help the weak part. This system has developed over a long time, almost 400 million years, and is designed to protect the whole. Human Society would do well to study this remarkable phenomenon, the Artist philosopher, John Ruskin (a pillar of the 19th century Arts and Crafts movement in England) said, "Bough by Bough you shall find the gentle law of respect and room for each other truly observed by the leaves in such broken way as they can manage it. But in the Nation you find everyone scrambling for his neighbours place." Ruskin believed that an understanding of the way natural trees grow in the forest helps us understand how Society should be organised - a system of fellowship, not of cut throat competition. One year on from Avondale 2014 has brought new challenges to the environment of our forests and associated lands- in the form of Climate Change impacts as seen in recent storms where an estimated 8 million trees blew down and also in impacts and changes in agricultural policy - particularly the Single Payments Scheme to farmers where any 'unutilisable' land like scrub and parts of hedgerows growing into fields must be marked and would be excluded from payment - which is causing farmers to remove and burn these 'marginal- or scrublands'. Scrub is a transitional woodland that is part of the forest inventory - making up as much as 15% of some counties forestry areas. The recent round of public consultations on the New Forestry Programme 2014 – 2020 has just ended and we hope this time the Department will respond favourably to all of our concerns and that of other environmental groups. You can find our submission here: CELT And The Woodland League submission on the new Forestry Programme 2014 - 2020 And here is our latest Press Release with links to all related news articles for your info. With this we also appeal to you to protect our environment and trees by responding to any incidences of concern - take pics and please notify us as well as the relevant authorities. Thank you. National Tree Week events CELT and The Woodland League present: A Tree Talk and Walk for National Tree Week 2014 Andrew St Ledger, a well known native woodland specialist will take people on a journey through the ancient Raheen oakwood to reach the even older magical Brian Boru oak tree. Along the way, Andrew will explain how the Past, Present and Future are linked by our native trees, in this millennium commemoration year of Brian Boru, 1014 - 2014. The unique Gaelic woodland traditions which Brian Boru embodied as well as general Gaelic treelore he was familiar with, will be explored, shared and celebrated. An oak tree grown from acorns collected in Raheen oakwood will be planted to mark the life and legacy of Brian Boru, the last great High King of Ireland. The walk is free with donations welcome, it will take approx 2 hrs. Meet at Tuamgraney Heritage Centre at 2PM, Sunday 9th March, on the Tuamgraney to Killaloe road, close to the village. All welcome. Dogs must be on leads. Bring suitable rain gear and walking boots. Contact: Andrew St Ledger, 087 9933157 Ted Cook events in Macroom, Co Cork Sunday March 2nd Tuesday March 4th Sat March 8th Storm Trees Day of Events Woodland League response to ongoing issues raised by Brendan Kelly, Jan 2014 For clarification, there is no Woodland League EGM on March 8th in Dublin, as is being currently falsely promoted by Brendan Kelly who remains suspended by the Woodland League for continued false representation and unfounded allegations. No EGM was ever agreed by the active core members of the Woodland League, nor has Brendan ever proposed to hold one via existing protocol. Brendan Kelly has no mandate, authority or capacity to call for Woodland League meetings or claim to represent the Woodland League at this time. The Woodland League responded to the issues that have arisen in our 25th january 2014 communication to Brendan, posted by letter and published on our facebook page. To date Brendan Kelly has made no reply, other than to text the PRO that he was calling an EGM. An opportunity to have a meeting to discuss the issues was presented through mediation terms agreed by Brendan and the League last year, when this dispute arose, unfortunately the terms were breached by Brendan Kelly which led to the meeting being cancelled. A copy of the Woodland League 25th january 2014 communication of our position is as contained within this link below, and the matter is being dealt with internally. Thank you, Some questions that were just begging to be asked Bertie: the opposite of King Midas Helvetia Wealth AG letter to shareholders, 9th January, 2014 Bertie Ahern was chairman of Helvetia's subsidiary company, the International Forestry Fund (IFF), who expressed an interest in buying Coillte, the Irish Forestry Board. You can read more background info about this situation further on down the Woodland League front page starting here, with more detail here. And so, class, your word for today is: Schadenfreude :-) Joint submission on behalf of the Woodland League, CELT, Forest Friends,
and Irish Natural Forestry Foundation You can read the submission here. Save Ireland's Forests Campaign Ends as Government Bows to People Power We must however remain vigilant as privatisation of state assets is still on the agenda going into the future. Minister Coveney has explicitly stated that this is the case with the forests after Coillte have been restructured. Let us push now for the long overdue reform of forestry policy, the regeneration of our native forests and unique woodland culture, staying united to demand a more sustainable forestry policy; a community based model focused on our native tree species as advocated by the Woodland League and envisioned in our Alternative Vision for Forestry in Ireland on the website. Together we can create a new Treeconomy to help Treestore and Treejuvenate this broken land. A heartfelt thank you to everybody who contributed however small or large to achieving this collective victory. This is your victory, make no mistake about it. The politicians felt the heat and were forced to back down. When too many citizens wake up at the same time, their Machiavellian schemes are exposed and fall apart. Finally, a big thank you to Richard Boyd Barrett, who used his public office to highlight our campaign for the benefit of the People - a rarity among our elected representatives. The Woodland League Join us for National Walk in the Woods Day events all around Ireland on Sunday, 9th June, 2013 Read the Woodland League's associated statement here. Dail Eireann Motion on Coillte Letter of Protest FSC Forest Standard Forest Policy In Ireland a Citizens Perspective This report highlights a litany of social and environmental abuses by Coillte when in possession of their FSC ecolabel and shows the farcical nature of the FSC process in Ireland, it has been used as both a sword and a shield by Coillte against all criticism of their behaviour. The report was brought to the attention of EU commissioners in 2005 and had a positive impact on how the EU funds forestry schemes today regards environmental criteria.
Download quotes from various people about the sale of our forests Plantations are not Forests! - Forests are not Commodities! Forests are Life
Support the Woodland League PetitionPlease Sign this Petition, using the postal code 1234 at www.thepetitionsite.com Background
Petition Letter
To: Michael D Higgins, The President of Ireland, and the Irish Government.
"Cad a dhéanfaimid feasta gan adhmad?, Tá deireadh na gcoillte ar lár" Daibhí ÓBruadair (circa 1700's), a brehon poet lamenting the loss of the great Irish forests in his famous poem Caoine Cill Chais. Photo, Hawthorn by Carlene Gildea What will the Sale and Loss of Ireland's Public Forests actually mean:
Issues associated with the sale of Coillte:
Someone must shout STOP!!! "
A culture" the poet W.H. Auden said, "Is no better than its woods."
Please Sign Our Petition at
www.thepetitionsite.com Thanking you for your support.
See the following Woodland League press releases for further information:
Press Release 27 Aug.pdf - Millenium Woodlands
Ahern's international forestry body could own 7% of Irish land
- Tribune Article December 5, 2010 |
A note of thanks to all our supporters, and a Happy New Year - The Woodland League Sunday Mirror Article 2010 A comment on The Aarhus Convention which Ireland has failed to ratify fully, the Woodland League are calling for the full implementation of the Convention in order for citizens to fully participate in protecting their Environment. Although regional in scope, the significance of the Aarhus Convention is global. It is by far the most impressive elaboration of principle 10 of the Rio Declaration, which stresses the need for citizen's participation in environmental issues and for access to information on the environment held by public authorities." "As such it is the most ambitious venture in the area of environmental democracy so far undertaken under the auspices of the United Nations." Kofi A. Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997-2006)
Derrybrien landslide caused by Coillte clearfelling 600 acres of trees on an upland bog allied to major road building
undermining the bog. Followed by ESB International Quarrying as well as the fact each turbine required 200 tons of
concrete as a base, which requires a large pit. Windfarms on upland bogs do not work. PRESS RELEASE
The Woodland League accuses Coillte of 'stealth privatisation' of state forests Coillte in court for causing another environmental disaster. In regard to Irelands failure to correct its EIA (environmental impact assessment) methodology subsequent to the 2008 ECJ ( european court judgement ) judgement, concerning the Derrybrien landslide caused by Coillte, in order to protect people and their environment who are dangerously exposed by their continued delinquent activities. It has become very clear that there is no de-facto environmental regulation or protection in Ireland, we have the worst non-compliance case list in the EU. Environmental services and goods are public property, therefore their protection is of vital public interest, their destruction and exploitation leaves the costs to be borne by the public in the end. There's a huge cost currently. being ignored by economists and politicians alike. The forestry reviews should be addressing this major issue,currently underway are part of the current programme for government, and unfortunately they appear to have been set up with handpicked committees, so that once again the poacher and gamekeeper remain as one. On feb 11, the ESB and Coillte were both in court regarding the landslide caused by yet another inappropriate joint windfarm project in Owengar, Leitrim. The Judge gave them both three months to put in place a legally - binding programme to save a river destroyed, the problem though is who will oversee and ensure this is done. I have just been informed by the local Forest Service inspector that the replanting obligation where woodland has been destroyed is not being enforced, relating to a local case where a developer who was sold public forestry containing mixed native species and bulldozed it, when brought to court and convicted, never reinstated the woodland as requested by the court. Once a year goes by, the replanting aspect of the 1946 forestry Act cannot be enforced. The Forest Service is the regulator for forestry in Ireland.....The inspector said there are not enough staff etc etc to follow up these cases and that the instructions from the top is ignore these cases. In the Leitrim case the Fisheries officer Matt Nolan said it would take 500,000 euros over five years to restore the Owengar river and the fishing rights. There is a second court case pending regarding the Kerry landslide involving another Coillte windfarm. Despite 15,000 fish killed and the river destroyed in the Derrybrien landslide, the Fisheries Board prosecution was struck out and the river was never restored. Once again the big question is who will follow up these disasters and who will try to use common sense to halt this disaster prone windfarm policy? Coillte are using similar upland bog sites of no use for trees as they have discovered, to cash in on windfarm grants for alternative energy. This company Coillte, is completely out of control and has to be one of the biggest threats to our environment at this moment in time, they continue to be given the car keys by the State to crash the car again and again. Independent investigation into their activities is required, not an in house review which has been set up without civic/ngo participation. The Precautionary Principle should be invoked by the Pillar to call for the halting of Coilltes windfarm programme until such time as there is proper EIA methodology in place, and the relevant authorities are compliant in their duties to protect the environment. When asked to divulge the location of the proposed extensive Coillte windfarm programme in 2008, in order to try to flag the potential danger, the Minister for Agriculture Tony Killeen refused, citing commercially sensitive information. The ECJ ruling on the Derrybrien landslide, regarding Irelands interpretation of the EIA directive has so far been ignored. All subsequent EIAs are in effect illegal. It really is only a matter of time before somebody is killed from this continued obstinacy in pursuit of profit for a few that has nothing to do with delivering sustainable energy for Ireland. Andrew St Ledger, PRO The Woodlandleague This was in yesterday's sunday tribune.... Latest Ahern role linked to offshore funds Ex-taoiseach chair of forestry body financed by Swiss company that offers controversial service Ken Foxe, Public Affairs Correspondent Bertie Ahern: growing portfolio FORMER taoiseach Bertie Ahern has been appointed chairperson of a forestry body, which is being financed by a Swiss firm that is a specialist in offshore banking. Ahern became chairman of the International Forestry Fund late last year. It was the latest appointment in his growing portfolio of business interests outside politics. The main backers of the fund are Helvetia Wealth AG of Switzerland and the Irish Forestry Fund, which plans to invest in trees in Ireland, the UK and Central America. A spokesman for the fund said it would also consider an acquisition of Coillte, privatisation of which was mooted in the report of An Bord Snip Nua. Helvetia Wealth, which is the primary backer of the scheme, is an international finance company that offers offshore banking to clients. Based in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, it boasts that it can give the benefits of an offshore bank account to ordinary investors. Its website states: "Offshore banking was once the sole preserve of the world's wealthiest investors; a lucrative, fiercely-guarded sphere that offered financial rewards to a small handful of private and corporate investors. "However, improved liquidity and growth in global markets over recent years has granted individuals greater access to offshore banking advice and services than ever before. "The benefits of offshore banking are vast; its scope for wealth creation and preservation are almost limitless. Private and corporate clients alike are reaping significant rewards offered by an offshore bank account, and if you'd like to join this elite group of investors, it's time you spoke to Helvetia Wealth." The financial firm says it is "expertly positioned" to help clients and its finance avoids "political and economic volatility". Paul Brosnan of the International Forestry Fund said that Ahern, despite still serving as a TD, was the perfect candidate for the job as chair of the body. He said: "The International Forestry Fund has been recently launched. We were looking for a chairman with a very good international reputation and the ability to get things done. "Bertie Ahern sprang to mind and we are absolutely delighted with that. We didn't ask him to become chairman because he is an expert in forestry; we have enough of those on board. He has a proven ability to make things happen on an international basis. "He is a very talented man. When you are taoiseach, you have to be able to keep a lot of balls in the air. He proved himself very capable when he was taoiseach." Asked whether he thought it was appropriate for a former taoiseach to be involved in a firm that was involved in offering offshore banking, he said it was only part of Helvetia Wealth's business. He said: "It is not that [Helvetia Wealth] specialises in offshore banking; it is a Zurich-based organisation and is very effective. A spokeswoman for Ahern said: "The time commitment has not been big since he was appointed last year. He is quite satisfied it is a good company." January 10, 2010 A List Of Points For inclusion in Forestry Debate in the Seanad 2008 This document has been prepared by Andrew St Ledger of the Woodland league in order to raise awareness of what are quite serious issues surrounding what should be our most valuable natural resource. The Fine Gael senator Fidelma Healy Eames requested this information to assist her own and Fine Gaels contribution through Senators Joe O reilly and Paul Bradford to this most timely debate. The Woodland league wish to acknowledge Fidelmas foresight and grasp of the problems facing the forest industry. Every country has three forms of wealth, material, cultural, and biological. The first two we understand well because they are the substance of our every day lives. The essence of the biodiversity problem is that biological wealth is taken much less seriously. This is a major strategic error, one that will be increasingly regretted as time passes. Diversity is a potential source for immense untapped material wealth in the form of food, medicine, and amenities. The flora and fauna are also part of a countrys heritage, the product of millions of years of evolution centred on that time and place and hence as much a reason for national concern as the particularities of language and culture." This is the context for understanding the importance of our Native woodland resource, which is currently the poor relation in terms of priority in our forest policy.
Mid-term evaluation of the implementation of the EU Forest Action Plan Final report November 2009 This study, financed by the European Commission, was undertaken by the European Forest Institute in cooperation with the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences in Vienna, the Centre Tecnologic Forestal De Catalunya in Solsona and the University of Hamburg, Institute for World Forestry. The study contains both an inventory of the implementation of the 18 Key Actions of the EU Forest Action Plan and an evaluation of its relevance, effectiveness, efficiency. It contains recommendations for the EU Forest Action Plan in the period until 2012. The conclusions, recommendations and opinions presented in this report reflect the opinion of the consultants and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Commission. Judgement on the quality of the evaluation report .pdf file Full text .pdf file Annexes .pdf file Synthetic summary .pdf file Executive summary .pdf file
Shaping forest communication in the European Union: public perceptions of forests and forestry - Tender no. AGRI-2008-EVAL-10 Under the Framework Contract No. 30-CE-0101908/00-50 Final Report Client: For more click on Papers page New material concerning national and EU law in regard to protecting trees and our environment, as well as practical care for trees in nurseries. Click here for more information. WHERE'S MY TREE? HEADLINE: What happened to the trees we were promised? SUBHEAD: Bertie's 4 million euro Millennium project derided as 'farce' as Coillte admits that only one in 10 will survive BYLINE: Neil Michael STORY DATE: 23/08/2009 TITLE: Ireland on Sunday DATE: 23/08/2009 EDITION: 1ST PAGE: 33 WHEN it was launched in a blaze of publicity in 1999 by then taoiseach Bertie Ahern, the People's Millennium Forests project seemed like a brilliant, even inspired idea. Indeed, it seemed there were few better ways for forestry body Coillte to boost its profile and eco-friendly credentials. Costing just over ¨4m, the project's aims were to 'rescue and restore' 16 woodlands in which 1.2 million trees would be planted with every household in the country receiving a certificate of ownership of each tree. Anyone with that certificate was - at the time - encouraged to come and visit 'their' tree. It was a process that was supposed to have been aided with the simple use of specific markers and grid references. Last night, however, an audit into the project by the management committee set up to run it has noted that just 10pc of the trees planted will survive. The report also attacks the public's 'confused' perception of what the whole project was about. It wasn't about single trees - as Ahern had said it was all those years ago - but actually about 'forests'. It bemoans the fact that significant information about it was omitted when it was launched - namely that few trees actually survive. Of the brochure that went to every household with a tree certificate, it states: 'Regrettably, there was no mention of the fact that (in) the process of becoming a mature native forest, natural selection will reduce the original number of trees planted to about a 10th of those planted.' The authors also admit the destruction of the trees planted as part of the scheme is already under way 'in many cases ' because other species of tree have sprung up 'at the expense of planted material'. The report makes worrying reading for anyone still intent on finding their tree. This is because the process set up to aid people in their endeavours is actually falling apart. The grids used to locate the trees are 'becoming irrelevant as the years pass,' the report says. The Millennium Forests own website claims 'you can go and see the woodland where your dedicated tree is growing', despite the fact that 90pc of the trees probably won't be there. There is a new system that allows people to now only see 'the general location of their tree'. In response to growing confusion, The Woodlands League has launched a Where's My Tree campaign. The group is calling for an independent audit of the scheme by local communities, assisted by The Woodlands League and other conservationists. Conservationist Andrew St Ledger said: 'If you want a shining example of forest mismanagement, you should look no further than Coillte. 'This Millennium Forests project was a farce from the start, not least because there is always going to be a percentage of trees that will never survive - no matter what you do. 'We also have reports of long established oak trees being uprooted to make way for oak saplings. 'The method Coillte employs is also questionable. They use bulldozers and JCBs in most cases instead of shovels and this leads to heavy compaction of the earth. It is little won-dethat so many trees will die - never mind the natural selection process. From what we have seen of a few of these forests, they are just wild, mismanaged and not at all the glorious gift to the nation that Bertie Ahern promised 10 years ago.' He added: 'What is needed now is a full and independent audit. 'The forests where these trees would be planted included Ballygannon and Shelton in Co. Wicklow and Rosturra and Derrygill in Co. Galway. Other are Muckross and Rossacroo in Co. Kerry, Derrygorry in Co. Monaghan and Lough Gill in Co Sligo. Mr Ahern had promised 'a lasting Millennium legacy that will be a source of enjoyment and inspiration for present and future generations well into this new Millennium'. Now, it seems, we - the public - have got it all wrong.The internal audit attacks how the project was promoted. It states: 'There is a somewhat con-fuse public perception of what the project has been trying to achieve. Most public comment is about the tree rather than the forest. 'Households - who bother - are looking for their individual tree and this is impacting negatively upon how the public views this project.' The report acknowledges that on the original certificates, there was no mention of the fact that 'the tree is part of a forest'. It recommends that from now on mention of 'Millennium Trees' should be changed to 'Millennium Forests' as 'this would help move attention from individual trees to the forest'. Indeed, while certificates originally stated that the 'tree' would be planted in perpetuity, it was noted last night how a recently revamped section of the Coillte website blows a somewhat different trumpet. The home page for the whole project now carries the following legend: 'Over 1,500 acres of native Irish woodland has been designed as 16 Millennium Forests dedicated in perpetuity to the people of Ireland'. Last night, a Coillte spokeswoman insisted the project has been 'an overwhelming success'. email@example.com 'A shining example of forest mismanagement' 'It's little wonder that so many trees die' Press Release Wheres my tree? Amidst the general ballyhoo surrounding the new Millennium, Coillte, the semi state body set up in 1989 to look after the nation' s forests,announced the setting up of the grandiosely titled,"People's Millenium Forests" Over 1.2 million households in Ireland, were sent a certificate, telling them the particular type of native Irish tree, (the seed gathered, we were told by Irish schoolchildren), being planted in their name, and its location, in one of 16 different chosen woodlands. The certificate alleged ownership "in perpetuity" to each person. Less than two months ago, buried in the bowels of the McCarthy report, is a recommendation that Coillte be sold - lock stock and smoking barrel - to gain a few bob for the desperadoes in government. This went virtually unnoticed and unreported on amidst the general meltdown, long predicted by anyone with more than two brain cells of the Irish "economy". If Coillte is sold off this means a Russian oligarch, a Chinese resource hunter or an American pulp paper company, could own one and a half million acres of Irish forests, including mountains, lakes, rivers and some of the Europe's very last raised bogs. The hunting and fishing licenses that Coillte obtained from the old Land Commission estates will be sold as well, and all of these 1.2 million trees, so generously gifted, for ever and ever, to each and all of us. What's going on? Please help stop this latest fire sale of Ireland's environmental treasures and join the Where's My Tree Campaign? Take action! Contact Coillte by email at email@example.com and ask them where your tree is? and when can you go visit it? Contact your local elected representatives on this issue as well. See www.millenniumforests.com for more background info. The potential buyers, who ever they may be are probably slavering at the thought of getting their hands on some of Ireland's most beautiful wild and ecologically fragile lands, but if you're there with your certificate and your tree - what can they do. Coillte, and its paymaster the Minister for Finance, can't send us all the log factory. Can they? Where's My Tree? Write today and support the www.WoodlandLeague.org vision for genuine community native woodlands and a new forestry policy with the emphasis our native trees, for all of the known benefits. To send us your message of support and any results and pictures of your tree hunt email firstname.lastname@example.com Ted Cook and Andrew St.Ledger are both involved in the promoting of our native trees. This involves tree lore, planting, crafts, history and general information on the benefits of native trees, through the 'Heritage in Schools' scheme. Ted Cook has been doing this for over 20 years. Both are also engaged in widespread national events. These include Heritage Week, Biodiversity days, CELT – Centre for Environmental Living and Training - 'Weekend in the Woods', exhibitions of craft and carving at heritage events with Muintir na Coille – Coppice and Allied Trades Association of Ireland, etc. We aim to share resources and create relationships with other like-minded NGO's and we wish to promote the concept of 'cooperation' for which we use the analogy of the wooden barrel, made by coopers, to explain that each part of the barrel is weak on its own and only when it is in the hoop does it have strength. Agenda 21 promotes this idea of partnership and working together as opposed to competition which is the destructive order of today's economic reality. One of the members, Ted Cook, pioneered the concept of 'treestoration' projects – one of which is in Broadford, Co.Limerick, in a one hectare quarry site which was left to the people of Broadford by Lord Muskerry of Springfield Castle in the 19th century. The quarry came to be used as a local dump and, as such, became heavily polluted. In the 1990s, local developers wished to build on the site but the community opposed this and exercised their rights via Agenda 21. A plan was created by Ted Cook to convert the quarry into a native tree arboretum as an education resource for the local school, with the added benefit of the power of the trees to clean up the pollution. First a nursery was established in situ and gradually all twenty native species were groomed for planting on the site. This project became a milennium project and the first flora and fauna count was taken at the start of the project. This count came to 65 species. By 2004 the count had increased to over 400 species with a 15ft canopy. The project has been a huge success in restoring a degraded public space using nature. The other project was in Omagh, Co.Tyrone, and Ted Cook working as a consultant to the Northern Ireland Woodland Trust, designed a six-acre treestoration project including all twenty native species. This was a cross-community milennium project. More detail: Ireland simply cannot afford to sell the people's forests."Land is the source of all material wealth, from it we get everything we use, or value, whether it be food, clothing, fuel, shelter, metals, or precious stones. "The availability of land is the key to human existence and it's distribution and use are of vital importance!" (Charles Brickdale, Chief land registrar of England and Wales 1900-1923) Hidden amongst the multiple layers of cutbacks proposed in the recent McCarthy report, is the outrageous suggestion that Coillte, the Irish Forestry Board and its assets which include one and a half million acres of public forests be privatised. The sale of these lands will mean no access for the public to the forest resource, largely created using EU public funds. The State has already sold our gas, oil, minerals, and fishing rights. The Woodland League is a not for profit NGO and we are vehemently opposed to this extremely short-sighted idea which panders only to narrow vested interests. This sale of one tenth of Ireland 's land mass may include the People's Millennium Forests along with some of the most valuable remnants of Ireland's native forests. These native forests must be kept under public care due to their enormous value for the restoration of our devastated biodiversity (our natural wealth), as we move into an uncertain future. The rest of the forest estate for instance, could be leased to local communities who have been trained to manage them as a sustainable resource providing fuel security, charcoal, raw materials, food, herbs, income from local carbon lock-up among the many other proven benefits of sustainable forest management.The future economic systems will be dependant on the wise use and management of natural resources, The forests and it's relationship to air, and water that form the one entity are precious vital commodities, that must remain in public ownership to enable the Island to sustain itself as we face into a major recession coupled with the problems associated with Climate Change. Coillte have neglected the forest resource in their care, focusing instead on being the largest land development company during the boom years. Very little of the 300 million euro profits they accumulated over twenty years was invested in the forests nor any dividend paid to the public purse as is the norm with other semi-state bodies. The Woodland League urge the public to contact their elected representatives, the media and trade unions to ensure this essential natural resource remains in public ownership. We have created an alternative pilot project proposal to sustainably manage our woodlands for the common good. (Please refer to the front page of our website, www.woodlandleague.org The long-term economic benefits of sustainably managed woodlands far outweighs any short-term financial advantage from the sale of this national asset. Relative to the enormity of the national debt, the revenue from this sale would represent a meagre pittance. The following information is taken from the Friends of the Irish Environment website ( www.friendsoftheirishenvironment.org ) Millennium Tree Certificate Scam. The Millennium Tree Certificates issued to every household in Ireland are a scam forced on the Millennium People's Forest project by the Millennium Committee for political spin. Material released to Friends of the Irish Environment under the Freedom of Information Act from the Taoiseach's Department shows that the project as proposed by Coillte had no element of individual certificates for every household. The project was planned for the nation as a whole. The Millennium Committee and Minister Breenan, however, insisted on the issuing of certificates as a condition of an additional £1 million in funding which Ray McSharry requested in September of 1999. As late as March, 2000, Coillte continued to ask IS THERE ANOTHER WAY, suggesting that more than 60% of the certificates would be thrown out, that there would be difficulties in individuals finding their trees. Yet the minutes of a meeting on 23 March show that Minister Breenan informed Coillte that the certificates were an "absolute". The scientific fact is that of the 1.2 million trees planted, only 5% will survive to maturity because of the thinning necessary in growing broadleaves. Broadleaves are planted at 3,500 to 6,000 stems per hectare to avoid the necessity of pruning and to force upright growth. In a series of thinnings over the years, the trees are progressively selected until there are between 250 and 350 final mature trees per hectare. In order for the 1.2 million certificates to represent mature trees, more than 25 million would have to be planted. Instead of the proposed core woodland planting of 337 hectares, 6,000 hectares would be required. As early as July 1999 Coillte warned "the danger of the project being ridiculed by scientists/environmentalists and greens alike "if the project did not stand up to scientific scrutiny. The project, which was intended to educate people about forestry, is instead being grossly misrepresented for quick political gain. For more information and a larger copy of the leaflet below. Go to www.myspace.com/woodlandleague Restoring the relationship between people and their native wood lands. Promoting the conservation, restoration, and enhancement of native wood lands, the most valuable land based habitat for people and biodiversity. Click here to go to the People's Millenium Forest web page on Coillte.ie. You can request a copy of your tree certificate by emailing email@example.com Click here to watch a youtube video called "Where is My Tree?" - "The Kilbride Project". PLEASE SUPPORT......... THETREEVOLUTION............ Let's try to make Ireland REALLY Green........... 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I'm stumped on the sizing I need for a seismic gas shutoff valve for my home. The pipe from the utility is 3/4 inch before and after the gas meter. It then immediately branches off to two 1" pipes that serve a hot water heater, gas dryer, furnace and pool heater. I'm thinking if the pipe coming out of the meter is 3/4" a similarly sized valve should be fine. But a supplier wants to sell me a 1.5" valve, which would be a LOT of trouble to install. Can a gas plumber give me some advice? Thanks. |
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The longer the section of reduced diameter the greater effect on flow. A 1 inch valve should be more than adequate if it is 'full bore." For valves that are NOT full bore, going up one size is not uncommon. |
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I planted some boo cuttings years ago, and they are finally starting to take off. I planted them just inside our fence and there is a small strip of land outside of it where I've planted daffodils. The township mows the grass on that each fall, and any bamboo that would grow there would get chopped. My hindsight being what it is, I just am starting to worry a bit. I am wondering if the bamboo roots and rhizomes will still travel outside the fence to where I have the daffodil bulbs at and slowly kill them off. I've planted almost a thousand bulbs over the past 2 years, and so I am very concerned that I may have created a bamboo monster! If (God forbid) the rhizomes will travel even if they are mowed, I've got to act fast this spring and start to trench and put up a bamboo barrier along some of the road frontage..which is no small task. There are some bamboo gardens that I saw in a book where they keep the bamboo separated by mowing.
Just give it to me straight though...I gotta know. Thank you to all the wise and experienced boo growers out there! |
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- Posted by kentuck_8b __ (My Page) on Mon, Jan 2, 12 at 20:58
Bamboo rhizomes, even when mowed, will grow for some distance beyond the grove, and that depends on soil type, your growing zone and the type of bamboo. I know one man here that used to contain his bamboo by only mowing, but he mowed down to about 1 inch from the ground, and mowed at least once a week. If you mow, and leave a short 'stump' with which some leaves can emerge from, it's just like having a culm growing there and the rhizomes will continue to grow further. The rhizomes from my experience will only grow so far from the grove and stop, or die, if they aren't given any further chance to grow such as any part getting sunlight and creating more food to grow further. Does that make sense? If you're talking about 5 to 10 feet, have a bamboo that grows to over 20 feet in height, and is quite aggressive in your area, then you may have to install a barrier or do some rhizome pruning. Kt |
I agree with kentuck that mowing does not keep the rhizomes from spreading further. On the other hand, the rhizomes will not kill your bulbs. I grow the bamboo and my other half grows the flowers. Our plants are completely intermingled, with no harmful effects on either. The only downsides are: 1) sometimes we will have a bamboo culm shoot up right in the middle of a clump of day lilies, and 2) sometimes when bulbs are being planted there might be a rhizome just where we are digging a hole (much as if you would run into a shrub or tree root). |
I have a 60 ft. long privacy screen of Phy. Aurea. On my yard side I keep it mowed and it works fine. Last spring it put up a couple of shoots 18 ft. into the yard. Even though I mowed the shoots the rhizomes are alive and healthy. I recommend putting in a barrier or root pruning to protect your flower area. If you let them get established in the flower area, you will have to pay the devil to get them out later. |
I think that it's p. bissetti, the woman I got it from has culms that are about 1 inch or more in diameter, and about 25 to 30 feet high. It's also hardy in zone 5, so I'm guessing bissetti. Thank you Kudzu and Kentuck for the information! I already planted all the daffy bulbs I am going to plant, and the township will mow that strip of land each fall, so hopefully I won't have any problems. I can also go out in spring and knock any new shoots over if I have to. |
I'm chiming in late but will share the upshot of a conversation I had with an employee of the USDA experimental Bamboo station in Savahhah, Ga., during my visit there several years ago (not sure what it's official name was and which I understand is now no longer operational). Anyway, the 50' x 50' bamboo plots there were separated by 50' width grass pathways and mowing was the main method of controlling the spread of each species outside of its plot. The attendant told me that some of the bamboos did, in fact, spread beyond the 50' grass pathways and pop up in neighboring plots. Rhizomes would grow a number of feet each year and continue to live even though mowed and having no top growth. When they exceeded the grass path, they were home free in a neighboring plot. It can get vicious. Last year, I came across a bamboo seller (in Alabama, I believe) who had a great website with LOTS of "how to" control information. You might try to hunt them down. Sorry, I don't remember their name. |
- Posted by stevelau1911 6a (My Page) on Sat, Jan 7, 12 at 22:24
I have observed groves where the owner does mow around their grove, but never thins out the bamboo. When there are too many culms to the point where the grove can no longer send out shoots through the middle, it will try to send out shoots progressively farther away. I've seen bissetii shoots from a 10ft tall grove with shoots popping out around 15ft away and no shoots emerging anywhere close to the grove. On the other spectrum I've seem an aureosulcata grove where the owner seems to have the grove thinned annually and fertilized. I'm not sure if he rhizome prunes however shoots are not emerging any more than 1-2ft away form the grove edge and many are still coming out of the middle getting taller each year. It looks like a combination cutting out smaller culms and rhizome pruning will restrict the spread of a bamboo. |
- Posted by kentuck_8b __ (My Page) on Sun, Jan 8, 12 at 7:51
As I mentioned above, they will run farther from the grove if given a chance for culms to develop leaves. I know a man who used a shredder only once a year to shred around a grove next to his hayfield, but the shoots kept popping up farther and farther away. Two things...he used a shredder, which left culm stumps that remained there and many grew limbs and leaves from these stumps, giving the bamboo a reason to keep spreading. Secondly, he did this once a year. The new shoots emerged and had a month or so to develop before being cut down. The man I mentioned in an earlier post above, cut around his grove at least once a week and cut as low as he could which gave the newly emerging culms no chance to produce food and spread. Also I agree that if a grove gets too 'thick' with culms, it will produce and store food in it's rhizomes quickly and will spread farther than a 'thinned' grove. The first year that I planted my black bamboo from a 1-gallon pot, it sat dormant till late Summer which it then put up a shoot 15 feet from the original plant. Bamboos will act differently in different soils and different climates, so what I see happen here may or may not happen in other parts of the country, so that needs to be considered. I can only speak from what I have experienced here. Kt |
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- The Silhouettes were formed in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1956, at first using the name The Thunderbirds. Their classic hit "Get A Job" - originally the B-side to "I Am Lonely" - was issued by their manager on the local Junior Records label before being sold to the nationally distributed Ember label in late 1957. It reached #1 on both the R&B and pop charts in U.S. and the group performed it on television's American Bandstand.
- The lyrics of "Get a Job" are notable for the depiction of a household in tension because of unemployment, despite the man's desperate attempts to find work, all delivered in a relentlessly upbeat style. A second release, "We're Heading for the Poorhouse" continued the economic theme. It was one of the few songs to allude to inflation, the trip to the poorhouse being because "all our money turned brown". It was less successful, though also rollicking.
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In its rezoning deliberations, the Board of County Commissioners is charged with considering how well a proposed facility will fit within the surrounding community, and judging from the past year, there's no way to smooth the rough edges of this controversy.
"The only way they can build a facility back there like that, in an area for homes, is to widen the road and get the intended use of that easement changed," says Kevin Semcken. "And they can't do that without our approval, and I have made it clear that I will never give that approval, and it's not because of Lost and Found. I've had people call me and say they want a drama camp back there, a fishing camp back there, and I have told everybody the same thing: It is not safe to have large groups back there. It's not what it was designed for."
"The traffic studies we've conducted show that we are going to actually reduce traffic, not increase traffic, from how it was used over the last forty years," counters Terry Rogers. "You're talking about a facility that was used as a campground licensed for up to 220 people, and we're trying to bring in around forty residents plus staff. We are reducing the usage of that land. And I know the problem is that it is zoned residential, but what better place to put a youth residential facility than an area that is zoned for residences?"
"The human social bonds that grounds like Singing River have — that serenity, that tranquility, the babbling water, the wildlife — it's an atmosphere that calms those kinds of troubled spirits," Hargett adds. "For the community to say this isn't the right place is a reversal of realities. What I wish more than anything is that the community could understand that our kids are the same as their kids, and they are not trash that's just supposed to be dumped in a heap somewhere else."
After graduating from Lost and Found on May 25, seventeen-year-old Austin joined the Colorado Range Riders Youth Corps. He's earning $275 a week as "the earth's janitor," he says, fixing trails and cleaning up recreational areas in eastern Colorado.
"I'm pretty sure I'll be busy with this job, and I'm pretty sure I'll be happy at this," Austin says. "One thing I didn't do before is keep myself out of situations where I could relapse. I'd put myself in situations where I would test myself, go to a party where people would be drinking or smoking weed, and I'd try to stay sober. It would work for a while, but not for long. I always was like, 'Man, I have to stay sober the rest of my life, that is such a long time,' instead of like AA says: Take it one day at a time. I think I'm going to try it that way this time, use my parents as support a lot more and try and find some positive friends instead of falling back into old paths."
A less than ideal home life and the death of a close friend were enough to unleash Austin's addictive personality as he voraciously consumed everything from weed to coke to meth. He had dates in courtrooms and detention facilities around the state, racking up charges that ranged from stealing (and crashing) his dad's Mercedes to pulling a gun on a kid at a Castle Rock skatepark. When he was on the run, he would sleep in tunnels and steal from cars to support his habit. Occasionally he'd return to his parents' place in Castle Rock, then Kiowa, call his parole officer and try to turn his life around.
"In my life, I've always been torn by two impulses," he says. "To right my life and to fuck it up on drugs. I've been fully ready to change so many times, but addiction is just an ongoing battle. No matter how bad I want to stop, no matter how much I tell myself I want to stop, I just don't do it."
But both Austin and Lost and Found administrators think this time could be different.
"Austin's another one of those kids that always made good progress," Rogers says. "But he never had the after-care that was needed to follow up on the progress that was made, so he would slip back into it. He came in hopeless in that sense, that he had done things like this and that it was never going to work. The key for Austin is going to be to follow up with him. We're willing to meet with kids as long as they want to, and we're going to see Austin through this next transition."
Austin has already gone through several profound changes. As a kid he'd watched American History X and been intrigued by the neo-Nazi lifestyle, and even though he had friends who were black, he started hanging out with kids who were racist. "And then once I went to jail and got out, I went back to the old friends who were racist, and it seemed like they were right about everything," he says. "Because in jail, you go in there, and the black dudes and the Hispanic dudes, they're always talking shit to you, trying to beat you up, punk you for something, and you just come to believe that their society is messed up. I'm from the suburbs; I wasn't used to stuff like that. But once I went to jail and they had their gangs that would team up against us, the only thing I could do to protect myself would be to find my own little clique to fight back — and that was always white kids who were racist, or just pretending to be racist for protection."


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Krämer/Dings: Lexikon Musiktheorie
Musik Theory from A(bbreviatur) to Z(wöltonmusik)
Thanks to his Lexikon Musiktheorie, the knowledgeable author Thomas Krämer fills a gap that was open for far too long. He explains all standard concepts from such typical disciplines of music theory as harmony, counterpoint and thoroughbass in a succinct and easily comprehensible manner, often exploring stylistic and historical aspects as well. The spectrum of the contents has been deliberately expanded through excursions into domains such as formal design, new compositional methods and jazz theory - where co-author Manfred Dings' special knowledge comes in handy. Providing vivid visual enhancements are the many short music examples that provide an additional elucidation to nearly every key word.


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Originally published Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 8:02 PM
Collateral damage of lost jobs
The forum gives the unemployed a voice and emphasizes the consequences of longterm joblessness.
Seattle Times staff columnist
I enjoy payday, and it's not just because it means I can keep on paying my bills.
That's a big part of it, but, I also feel good that I've earned money doing something that I (and my employer) think has value.
Because work is important in multiple ways, it stands to reason that not having a job would do damage beyond the immediate lack of money. And that means the effects of this prolonged economic downturn will leave long-lasting scars. A project called Unemployed Nation has been capturing the stories of jobless people and exploring what being without work means for them.
Even as people return to work, they are left with economic gaps that are unlikely to be closed. Those gaps will affect future retirement and children's educational prospects among other things.
Unemployed Nation is a collaboration of numerous local institutions, chief among them the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies at the University of Washington; the King County Labor Council, AFL-CIO; and the city of Seattle. Friday and Saturday they held hearings to listen to the stories of unemployed people and to get information and advice from experts in various fields that deal with employment.
During Friday's session in a packed room at the UW, Colin McMullin said being unemployed for three years has been the hardest period of his life. He was a Boeing engineer for 23 years before being bumped from his job. McMullin said he sends out applications and doesn't even get a response. "If I don't have any value to anyone else," he asked, "what kind of value can I have to myself?"
You can listen to some of the stories gathered before the events, and read about unemployment at the project's website: depts.washington.edu/unemploy. I found my way to the website Friday when I was thinking about work anyway.
All the buzz about a record Mega Millions jackpot before Friday's drawing had me thinking how nice it would be not to have to work. I'd still want to work, but maybe for myself. I'd need to work. I have friends who've retired, puttered around for a while, then gone job hunting because work is a central part of life for most people.
My older brother took his kitchen apart and refinished the cabinets, built a rec room and then redid it. He got a part-time job with his church, and I think my sister-in-law was relieved.
Work gives people a purpose; it imposes order on life. Work is part of a person's identity, sometimes defining it. And because humans are social animals, work can provide beneficial relationships.
All of that is missing when someone is involuntarily unemployed.
The Unemployed Nation project is ringing a bell, saying the impact of employment now and going forward is magnified by the numbers of unemployed and the lengths of time people are going without jobs.
One of the charts on the website, taken from an article in The Atlantic magazine, shows the number of people unemployed for 15-26 weeks has doubled since January 2007. The number unemployed for 27 weeks or longer has quadrupled since that baseline date.
Studies have shown unemployed people are more likely to suffer from depression and other health problems as their unemployment persists. The Unemployed Nation site links to a New York Times blog that includes findings from several studies of unemployment, including one from Denmark that showed a decline in reading skills among the unemployed.
In one of the videos on the website, Jodi Hodson, an electrician who's been unemployed more than a year, said, "It's very scary. It's very humbling. It's very embarrassing." She has three children, including two daughters in college.
Unemployment assistance has been a help to her, but she doesn't want anyone to think she wouldn't rather be working. "We're not asking for a handout," she said, "we're hardworking Americans."
And with massive unemployment, the ills of the jobless are bound to have an impact on the broader community. That's an argument for, at the very least, maintaining a safety net that softens some of the damage to the unemployed.
Jerry Large's column appears Monday and Thursday. Reach him at 206-464-3346 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Khloe reportedly told her family at a New Year's party that she is pregnant with her ex-husband Lamar's baby, and is waiting to make a bigger announcement. HollywoodLife.com learned the truth behind this shocking report!
Khloe Kardashian reportedly quietly announced to her family that she is expecting a baby with Lamar Odom, even though they officially filed for divorce, according to a new report by MediaTakeOut. We thought that the news didn't sound very much like Khloe, so HollywoodLife.com uncovered the truth behind the report.
Is Khloe Kardashian Expecting Lamar Odom's Baby? — Truth Revealed
Khloe "is NOT pregnant," her rep told HollywoodLife.com after a MediaTakeOut report claimed Khloe made a private family announcement about an unexpected pregnancy.
"Khloe announced her pregnancy and asked the entire family to keep the news quiet," MediaTakeOut had reported on Jan. 2. "Khloe's momager Kris [Jenner] is working on the proper time and place to make the announcement."
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"Lamar and Khloe haven't been intimate in a very long time, like six months long. If she were pregnant by him, she'd already be showing or close to giving birth. She's not pregnant," a source close to Khloe told HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY.
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As thrilled as we would be for Khloe if she were having a baby, it definitely would not be a good move in her relationship with Lamar right now. Plus, she is making such great efforts to leave the bad energy of her relationship with Lamar behind her and focus on being happier in 2014. "Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher" read a photo she posted to Instagram on Dec. 26. "Life is already filled with those who want to bring you down."
We love her inspiring new philosophy!
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Pro12: Cardiff Blues 3-18 Glasgow Warriors
Cardifff Blues 3
- Pen: Halfpenny
Glasgow Warriors 18
- Pens: Horne 6
Glasgow centre Peter Horne kicked six penalties as Glasgow pilied more misery on Cardiff Blues in the Pro 12 at the Arms Park.
The visitors took full advantage of the hosts' vulnerable scrum with Horne kicking four shots in the opening period.
Leigh Halfpenny sent the Blues' lone penalty over shortly before the break.
But amid both teams' inability to cross the line, Horne ensured victory with two more penalties.
Horne's ability to capitalise on the penalties his side were able to pressurise from the Blues sent the Warriors into third place in the table.
Having suffered a record home defeat by Ulster in the previous round, Phil Davies' Blues were desperate to make amends.
But the visitors established control early on up front and maintained the stranglehold throughout.
After Tom James halted wing opponent Tommy Seymour's threat, Glasgow stayed on the attack and earned the first penalty Horne converted from wide out.
The centre's next came after flanker John Barclay's long downfield kick and the third as Glasgow prevented the hosts from breaking into the visitors' territory.
With the Blues under pressure at the scrums, Italian referee Giuseppe Vivarini compounded their discomfort and misery with a succession of penalties.
Horne's fourth first-half penalty was the reward for his side and the Blues' next punishment.
Halfpenny, on his return from an ankle injury, kicked what were to prove his side's only points a minute before the break.
Summer prop recruit Campese Ma'afu was replaced at half-time by Taufa'ao Filise, but the Tongan fared little better than his Fijian squad-mate.
The Blues looked more promising in the second-half's early stages, but Horne ended up with the next scoring chance, which he took after the hosts offended at the breakdown.
Halfpenny, normally among the most reliable of players in all facets, also found his fortunes on the wane on this occasion.
He sent a penalty attempt past an upright.
Then the Wales and British and Irish Lions back-three player conceded the knock on while under no direct pressure that led to another scrum penalty that Horne converted.
A Filise charge gave Halfpenny the chance to show his attacking paces, but replacement Stuart Hogg dislodged the ball from the Welshman's grasp as he crossed the whitewash.
In the process Halfpenny took a blow to the head and played no further part.
Visiting hooker Dougie Hall was sin-binned for a professional foul amid a rare sustained pressure from the home side.
And Horne missed a kickable penalty while the hooker was off the field.
But the Blues were unable to make any further headway.
Glasgow head coach Gregor Townsend: "Without ever really cutting loose, we controlled the game and showed excellent discipline and determination.
"Our scrum was absolutely outstanding. Mike Cusack is going from strength to strength for us and once more delivered when it counted. The pack overall were first class and put us in a great position to go on and win the game.
"Peter Horne kicked very well and also showed his ability in a lot of other facets. It's great to get the win, and we now start preparing for what will be a huge test next Sunday in Northampton."
Cardiff Blues: Leigh Halfpenny; Harry Robinson, Gavin Evans, Jamie Roberts, Tom James; Ceri Sweeney, Lloyd Williams; Campese Ma'afu, Rhys Williams, Benoit Bourrust, James Down, Lou Reed, Rory Watts-Jones, Andries Pretorius.
Replacements: Dan Fish for Halfpenny (61), Gareth Davies for Sweeney (68), Lewis Jones for Llloyd Williams (53), Taufa'ao Filise for Ma'afu (41), Marc Breeze for Rhys Williams (52), Scott Andrews for Bourrust (67), Robin Copeland for Watts-Jones (32).
Not Used: Cook.
Glasgow Warriors : Peter Murchie, Tommy Seymour, Alex Dunbar, Peter Horne, Sean Lamont, Ruaridh Jackson, Henry Pyrgos, Gordon Reid, Dougie Hall, Mike Cusack, Tom Ryder, Al Kellock (capt), Josh Strauss, John Barclay, Ryan Wilson.
Replacements: Stuart Hogg for Murchie (41), Niko Matawalu for Pyrgos (76), Ryan Grant for Reid (41), Ofa Fainga'anuku for Cusack (66), Tim Swinson for Kellock (56), Chris Fusaro for Strauss (54).
Not Used: Gillies, McGuigan.
Referee: Giuseppe Vivarini (FIR)
Assistant Referees: Tim Hayes, Phil Fear (both WRU)
Citing Commissioner: Denis Jones (WRU)
TMO: Tony Rowlands (WRU)
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8th October 2012 - 14:44I do believe that and I'd argue that generally it's the Irish teams that are doing well in the Heineken Cup. For all the talk of the Rabo12 domination of the cup it's really only been Leinster, recenrly, and Munster that have done well in it. Though they have done spectacularly well. As you say though I don't really want to start it again.
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8th October 2012 - 14:33TLKOE, i know you say the celtic teams rest their top players ahead of the Hcup and I dont want to start that arguement again, but it only really applies to the irish teams, apart from Warburton that is as good a side as the blues have and following the exodus in the summer for money or retirements reasons resting players wouldnt make any difference to the 1st team
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8th October 2012 - 14:16@28 Dear God that game fills me with dread. I imagine that the bars will do a storming trade with people drinking to forget.
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8th October 2012 - 13:2625.TheLastKingofEngland well the Blues take on the top class AP side that is the Sale Sharks next week
On current form I should be able to see better rugby if I watch the local under 16s -
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8th October 2012 - 13:23phil davies says no scrum issues ! what game does he watch. we have been done up front every game . Loss of tito,rush,gethin and john yapp too much with no replacements at their level.
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Judging by the video, that must be Kitty Graham hanging from the goal post. You can also meet -- and hold -- Mew Brees and Purrer Thomas. That is, if you can catch them. Bring the kids, because they're welcome to romp on the "field'' with the furry little players.
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So many moms ask about the styles that I wear as I film hairstyles on my daughters, and how to do them. When I think about styles for the site, I pretty much only think about hairstyles on my girls. But that should not mean that I should only think about them, right? Moms are important too!
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Items Needed: Rat-tail comb, brush, 4 bobby pins, 1 hairband, hairspray (if desired).
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Just found your website and YouTube channel. Love the styles! I currently have the Twistbacks with Messy Bun up to go to yoga. So simple and cute!
WOW soooooooooooo cool love this website!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Visiting from SITS! Love this style, I will be wearing this today!!
LOVE IT Mindy!! I've tried all of your Mommy-dos and they are just fantastic for us busy moms! Keep them coming please!
Hey there! First of all–I just wanted to tell you how much I LOVE your blog. I view many hair blogs and like a lot of the hairdos I see, but it seems like EVERY hairdo you do is exactly my style. Thank you for all the time you put into it. You are truly appreciated!
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I've done this one before and love it! The best thing is that it is so quick and easy! I have also done it on my girlie and love the result of the twist after I take it out of her hair the next day. So fun!
Thanks! I'm going to try this once my hair gets a little longer(its too short for even a ponytail right now) I LOVE all your hairdo ideas for my little girl! We need more mommydo's!
Looks cute! I tried it,it's simple enough to do. Just didn't look good with my round/square face.
Well done! I think this will even work on my long curly hair. I love quick and easy. Thanks.
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