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I have been feeding hummers here for over 10 years. I have always had plenty of them - enough to empty three large feeders in a couple of days! Suddenly, after seeing a couple during the end of April, I dont see them at all! I'm really sad, because I have always enjoyed sitting and watching them for hours and now - NONE!
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I often have fewer hummers after a cold front and thunder storms in the spring. But in a few days, the activity at the feeders is back to normal. Haven't you had some bad weather there in KY lately? Rob |
- Posted by mastergardenerfrank Zone6/New Jerse (My Page) on Sat, May 16, 09 at 20:13
Have you had excessive heat lately? It does not take much for the nectar to spoil. If it does it is tough to get them to come back this season. Sometimes if you move the feeders to different locations you can get them back this year, the little buggers have great memory. Hope this helps. Frank |
- Posted by shellys4811 6b KY (My Page) on Sun, May 17, 09 at 19:15
Thanks so much for the answers! Rob - As a matter of fact, we have had an abundance of bad weather back to back for several weeks! So your post makes perfect sense! And our temps have been much, much cooler than normal! Frank - Actually, as said above, temps have been on the cool side lately. I am careful not to let my nectar spoil, but thanks for trying to help. I really do appreciate that! Maybe after Mother Nature get things back to normal, my little friends will make an appearance. Thank you again! |
Shelly please condisider that the hummingbirds are nesting and they have plenty of naural feed. Be patient with them.. Im am sure that when they are through with raising they families they will be back you you. Along with the litle ones. This is the way it has been with me ever since I started watching the hummingbirds. They arrive then comes the time to breed and they are absent for several week. You will only see one from time to time. I also have to contend with Japanese honeysuckle that blooms all up and down the road. But not the mimsoa trees are beginning to bloom. They just drip nectar. You will see you little jewels again. But in their time now ours. |
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Di, that's what I've found as well...the short absence of my resident hummers coincides with the Japanese honeysuckle bloom period. It's so prolific here in the south that it seems to me the hummers really don't need our feeders, even for an easy meal. But luckily it only blooms for a couple of weeks. Hopefully they're also nesting and eating lots of gnats! |
The past several days the hummingbirds have been showing back up at my feeders. I have noticed the nesting mark on the females. |
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Experience all the emotion and passion of the world's fiercest national rivalries as you live the dream of competing against fans from around the world for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Take on the challenge of leading your home nation from qualification right through to a virtual re-creation of the FIFA World Cup Final and feel what it is like to score the goal that lifts a nation.
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Lance Cpl. Steven G. Sutton, 24, of Leesburg, Ga., died May 26 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. LCpl Sutton graduated in 2007 from Lee County High School where he played football as an offensive lineman. He had been stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina since December of 2009 and was deployed in January 2012. LCplSutton was also known as "Big Steve." He was 6'8″ and friends say he always had a big grin on his face.
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This bilingual blog - 'आन्याची फाटकी पासोडी' in Marathi- is largely a celebration of visual and/or comic ...तुकाराम: "ढेकणासी बाज गड,उतरचढ केवढी" (Tukaram: For a bedbug a bed is like a castle. so much climbing up and down!)... George Santayana: " Everything in nature is lyrical in its ideal essence, tragic in its fate, and comic in its existence"...William Hazlitt: "Pictures are scattered like stray gifts through the world; and while they remain, earth has yet a little gilding."
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गंगाराम चिंतामण तांबट: The Hidden Marathi Artist In A British Archive
Art historians rarely rest, and the world is generally a better place for their exertions. Scholars of the great painting traditions of India, for example, have taken knowledge of their subject to new levels in the past few decades, with their assiduous combing of documents, deciphering of inscriptions and scrutinizing of artworks.
Their immediate aim has been to name the names of Indian artists and identify their creations, pinning down as never before who did what, where and when. Their motive has been to dispel the long-held view, especially in the West, that these often small, transcendent works were made by unlauded artisans toiling away in monasteries and imperial workshops. (Putting Names to the Greats of Indian Art, Sept 29 2011)
On September 23 2007, I wrote "Perhaps Beautiful but Surely A Fraud: Thomas Daniell's Painting of Peshwa Court."
I wish to revisit that post.
D G Godse (द ग गोडसे) informs us that Sir Charles Warre Malet, British ambassador to Peshwa's Pune court, has praised Gangaram Chintaman Navgire-Tambat's (गंगाराम चिंतामण नवगिरे-तांबट) work and some of Gangaram's work apparently is still preserved in Malet's estate.
['Ek Darbar Chitra ani Charitra' (एक दरबारचित्र आणि चरित्र) included in his book 'Samande Talash',1981 (समंदे तलाश)]
Tambat's work is preserved alright but NOT in Malet's estate anymore.
Tambat must be first Marathi artist (painter) whose work has been clearly attributed to him. We must thank 'wily' Sir Malet- who was one of the architects of eventual demise of the Maratha empire at the hands of the British- for this.
Yale University has organised a seminar "Gangaram Chintaman Tambat: The Hidden Indian Artist in a British Archive" on October 12, 2011 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Speaker/Performer: Holly Shaffer.
It's an opening lecture for the exhibition "Adapting the Eye." Visit image sheet of the exhibition here.
"...Adapting the Eye explores the complex and multifaceted networks of British and Indian professional and amateur artists, patrons, and scholars in British India in the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and their drive to create and organize knowledge for both aesthetic and political purposes...
...A pivotal figure in this rich cultural interchange was the highly accomplished Indian draftsman and sculptor Gangaram Tambat, who drew on both indigenous and European artistic conventions; his remarkable hybrid drawings are juxtaposed with works by British artists, including William Hodges, William and Thomas Daniell, Robert Mabon, and James Wales."
I wish to reproduce two pictures of Mr. Navgire-Tambat courtesy Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon collection. These drawings on paper were commissioned by Malet and the British artist James Wales.
How many better drawn Rhinos have you seen? Me none.
(A Rhinoceros in the Peshwa's Menagerie at Poona, Nov. 1790, 1790, watercolor and gouache, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.)
If you have been to an old-style gyms - तालीम or व्यायामशाळा in Maharashtra, I am sure you know how good this is.
(Three Jeyties Exercising, ca. 1792, watercolor and black ink on paper, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.)
There are two more drawings of Mr. Tambat in the image sheet:
1> View of Parbati, the Hill near Poona occupied by the Temples at which the Peshwa frequently Worships, 1795, watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink on paper.
Luckily for us we can still recognise Parvati in this drawing. But for how long?
2> The Temple at Ekvera, ca. 1793, grey washes, watercolor and chalk on six joined sheets of paper.
This is a wonderful drawing, inviting me to the temple one more time, to come and observe it closely, with the help of Mr. Tambat's eyes.
This is all great but the question that bothers me is: When will Pune university hold the exhibition of Pune's own son Gangaram Chintaman Tambat?


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The Maysles brothers became especially influential, gathering around them a coterie of young directors, editors, and cameramen to whom they preached the vérité gospel. Among its canons: get close to your subject; show rather than tell; avoid imposing a point of view; and never, ever, use narration. In thus urging, the Maysles were reacting against traditional documentaries of the sort produced by CBS Reports, with their prosecutorial tone and "Voice of God" narration. Thus trained, these young filmmakers went on to produce some of the greatest documentaries of all time, including Hearts and Minds, Peter Davis's withering attack on U.S. policy in Vietnam, and Harlan County, USA, Barbara Kopple's riveting portrayal of a Kentucky miners' strike. Neither film used narration, relying instead on a skillful blend of images, interviews, and archival footage to create a powerful impression.
What was fresh and compelling then, however, has become stale and conventional now. Vérité has become dogma and, in the process, contributed to what Manohla Dargis of The New York Times has called "the maddening sloppiness that distorts too many nonfiction projects." For a measure of the change, one need only compare Harlan County, USA to Shut Up and Sing.
Of late, vérité's reign has been challenged. Some filmmakers, rather than squelch the narrator, have placed him at the very center of the film. Leading the way here, of course, is Michael Moore. Beginning with Roger & Me and continuing with Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, and Sicko, Moore has single-handedly created a new genre in which the narrator serves not only as commentator but also as tour guide, provocateur, stuntmaster, and stand-up comic. Going a step further, Morgan Spurlock, the director of Super Size Me, a polemic against the fast-food industry, builds the entire film around his own expansive (and waist-expanding) persona. Here the narrator seems less the Voice of God than Godzilla, trampling on everything in its path.
More recently, there has emerged another school that, seeking neither to bury the narrator nor to praise him, uses him simply to inform and explain. A good example is No End in Sight, Charles Ferguson's pitiless dissection of the Bush administration's planning and execution of the Iraq war. The film uses no flashy graphics, no clever juxtapositions, no cinematic gimmicks, just a series of well-informed interviews intercut with vivid archival footage—all efficiently moved along by the unassuming but confident narrator (the actor Campbell Scott). In Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Alex Gibney uses a lively mix of talking heads, news clips, stylish visuals, and arresting audiotapes to convey the greed and arrogance of this one-time corporate juggernaut and to show how it embodied the rapacious, roulette-like, deregulated economy of turn-of-the-century America. Such a multidimensional presentation would have been impossible, I think, without the use of a voice-over to make it all cohere.
Watching these films, I somehow felt I was witnessing the rebirth of old-school documentary making, the triumph of traditional journalistic values over pretentious art-house ones. Eager to test my hypothesis, I called Alex Gibney. On hearing it, however, he bristled. "I don't necessarily think film should be like journalism," he told me. A documentary "does something very different from an article, using images and sound rather than the written word to create a powerful impression." At the same time, Gibney said, he has no patience for the resistance to narration. "There's no excuse for not being clear," he said. In his recently released Taxi to the Dark Side—a searing look at U.S. interrogation policies post-9/11—the use of a narrator helps not only to tighten the film but also to make it more lucid. "Why test an audience's attention span by cutting together fourteen different sound bites when you can get the same thing across with five words of narration?" Gibney asked. Today's filmmakers, he said, "are trapped in a paradigm," one in which "fashion too often overcomes good sense. It seems to me perverse."
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Alright do you want the good news or the bad news first? I'll pick for you, here's the bad news. And the bad news has a name – Bad Acid Trip. I've listened to this side of the record once, and that was twice too many. Their side of this is so bad that's all I'm going to say about it, besides the fact that this should have just been a Municipal Waste 7″. Now the good news. Municipal fucking Waste brings they're best release to us, known as Tango and Thrash we've got five thrash-o-raffic songs from the Richmond thrashers, all five about Kurt Russell. This is the greatest tribute record ever, most tributes are some shitty bands covering songs by good bands, and this is Municipal Waste writing songs about a man's man, Kurt Russell. Each song as the title of a great Kurt Russell movie, its all action and thrash! This is my favorite thing Municipal Waste has ever done, and also features my favorite waste song "Captain Ron (overboard)"! The cover of this record also features a picture of Kurt looking badass as always from Escape from New York. Any thrash/Municipal Waste fan should have this record at all costs; I wish this band still sounded fresh like they did back then.
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September 26, 2012
Mike Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog [1] has put together this collection of thought crimes to determine if you are a conspiracy theorist….
- You are capable of critical thinking.
-You distrust mainstream media.
- You like nature.
- You think it's a good idea to spend the Friday after Thanksgiving with your family rather than camping outside Best Buy to get a cheap plasma television made in China.
- You think it's a little strange that WTC building 7 came down at free fall [2]speed on 9/11 yet it was never hit by a plane.
- You think that drones in America might not be for Al Qaeda.
- You would like to be able to get on a plane without having to engage in a mandatory radiation bath and digital strip search.
- You have read a book in the past year.
- You think you have the right to protest.
- You think the War on Terror is a scam.
- You think the War on Drugs is a scam.
- You think the anger directed at America from the Middle East could possibly be related to our foreign policy rather than hating how amazingly free we are.
- You think the Republicans and Democrats are exactly the same on the important issues affecting our country.
- You think believing in The Constitution does not constitute a terrorist act.
- You have heard of the Bill of Rights and can even name what some of them are.
- You question whether the government loves you.
- You think the right to bear arms is not for hunting, rather so citizens can fight back should the government become a bunch of tyrannical thugs.
- You don't own a television, and if you do, all you watch is RT, especially the Keiser Report and Capital Account.
- You don't think the NDAA is the name of Kesha's latest single.
- You think rich, powerful and connected people should be subject to the rule of law and go to jail if they commit crimes. Even if they are bankers and work at JP Morgan or Goldman Sachs.
- You think corporations aren't people.
- You think Warren Buffet is a phony and a crony capitalist.
- You don't care that Warren Buffet likes cherry coke, hamburgers and ice cream. He's still a bad guy.
- You know that gold was made illegal by FDR in 1933 and confiscated from the American people. You know that gold bullion remained illegal for Americans to own until 1975.
- You think politicians that push for war should be sent to fight on the front lines. If they are unable, their children should go.
- You want your food to be labeled GMO so that you can make your own decisions on what you are consuming.
- You grow your own food.
- You buy raw milk.
- You think food and energy should be included in inflation calculations.
- You are aware that the Department of Homeland Security has purchased 1.2 billion rounds of ammo in the past year.
- You question whether said ammo purchases are in anticipation of a Normandy beach style landing by Al Qaeda.
- You think allowing a small group of unelected people (The Federal Reserve) to print unlimited amounts of money and distribute it as they please might not be a good idea.
If you answered yes to more than five of the 32 questions above, you might be a conspiracy theorist.
You also may be on the government's terror watch list.
Be very alarmed and report it to the authorities immediately should you discover your neighbors engaged in such uncivilized thought.
We salute Mike for his work in highlighting through absurdity how the term "conspiracy theorist" is being used to stigmatize critical thought and thought we would add some more examples of our own….you know you are a conspiracy theorist AND a terrorist according to the government if….
- You believe peer-reviewed studies which conclude Monsanto GMO corn causes tumors in rats [3].
- You are concerned about how the US Army is announcing they are setting up domestic re-education camps [4] in their own documents.
- You avoid fluoridated toothpaste, water and food products as a result of Harvard studies [5]which confirm sodium fluoride lowers IQ.
- You pay for coffee with cash, which according to the FBI [6] is an indication of terrorism.
- You buy storable food in bulk, which according to the FBI [7] is an indication of terrorism.
- You hold political opinions which "represent a fairly popular point of view," which according to a DOJ-funded training manual for police [8] is an indication of terrorism.
- You display bumper stickers opposing the United Nations or expressing support for the Bill of Rights, which according to a DOJ-funded training manual for police [8] is an indication of terrorism.
- You find it ironic that 'liberty loving' American citizens [9] are being denounced as terrorists by the government while the White House funds real Al-Qaeda terrorists in Syria [10].
- You use cash to pay at toll booths [11], which according to a recent court ruling is a suspicious activity worthy of detention and having your vehicle and personal details recorded.
- You exercise your First Amendment right to protest, which according to the Department of Defense [12] represents "low level terrorism".
Add your own top 5 "you know you are a conspiracy theorist if" bullet points in the comments section below….
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[1] Liberty Blitzkrieg blog: http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2012/09/22/you-know-you-are-a-conspiracy-theorist-if/
[2] WTC building 7 came down at free fall : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv7BImVvEyk
[3] Monsanto GMO corn causes tumors in rats: http://www.prisonplanet.com/monsanto-launches-damage-control-over-gmocancer-study.html
[4] setting up domestic re-education camps: http://www.infowars.com/leaked-u-s-army-document-outlines-plan-for-re-education-camps-in-america/
[5] as a result of Harvard studies : http://www.infowars.com/major-harvard-study-published-in-federal-govt-journal-confirms-fluoride-lowers-iq/
[6] according to the FBI: http://www.infowars.com/fbi-paying-cash-for-a-cup-of-coffee-a-potential-indicator-of-terrorist-activity/
[7] according to the FBI: http://www.infowars.com/feds-label-bulk-buying-of-food-a-potential-terrorist-activity/
[8] DOJ-funded training manual for police: http://www.prisonplanet.com/doj-funded-training-manual-lists-bumper-stickers-as-terrorism.html
[9] 'liberty loving' American citizens: http://www.infowars.com/homeland-security-report-lists-liberty-lovers-as-terrorists/
[10] funds real Al-Qaeda terrorists in Syria: http://www.prisonplanet.com/french-surgeon-half-of-rebels-in-syria-are-al-qaeda-terrorists.html
[11] You use cash to pay at toll booths: http://www.prisonplanet.com/court-rules-motorists-can-be-detained-for-paying-by-cash-at-toll-booths.html
[12] which according to the Department of Defense: http://www.infowars.com/dod-training-manual-describes-protest-as-low-level-terrorism/
[13] You Might be A Conspiracy Theorist if…..: http://www.prisonplanet.com/you-might-be-a-conspiracy-theorist-if.html
[14] Obi Wan Kenobi : Conspiracy Theorist: http://www.prisonplanet.com/obi-wan-kenobi-conspiracy-theorist.html
[15] BBC says sorry to follower of conspiracy theorist David Icke over 'Planet Zog' claim: http://www.prisonplanet.com/bbc-says-sorry-to-follower-of-conspiracy-theorist-david-icke-over-planet-zog%e2%80%99-claim.html
[16] NYU Employee Spits on 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist for Harassing Dan Rather: http://www.prisonplanet.com/nyu-employee-spits-on-911-conspiracy-theorist-for-harassing-dan-rather.html
[17] Re-Educating The Conspiracy Theorist: The Five Key Issues: http://www.prisonplanet.com/re-educating-the-conspiracy-theorist-the-five-key-issues.html
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Earlier this week, at the Mumford & Sons concert, I was sitting next to a bro who kept trying to cheers my empty fist. The first time, during "Little Lion Man," I gave him a polite smile and smashed my fist against his cup of Coors Light. The third time he tried, I started to get testy. The bro may have gotten under my skin, but he sparked an important existential realization: not much has changed since my first Lollapalooza in 1992. Well, there were no cellphones back then, and I would never wear a red bra under a pair of conductor overalls with no T-shirt nowadays, but other than that, the people are pretty much the same. After nearly three decades of concert going, I think I've finally nailed down all the types. Keep reading »
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Mundelein High School District 120 names superintendent
Kevin Myers has been named the new superintendent of Mundelein Consolidated High School District 120.
Myers said he was drawn to Mundelein after seeing how involved the community and administration officials were in the selection of the new schools chief.
"The first thing I looked at was the leadership and the staff at Mundelein High School," he said. "I've seen Mundelein's community has been very supportive of the school district."
Myers, 44, will be paid a base salary of $179,000, officials said. The contract is for five years, but the board will have the option after the third year to opt out based on their review of Myers' performance — a standard that will be measured by metrics including standardized test scores and maintenance of a balanced budget.
Myers' contract includes 25 vacation days and a $500-per-month travel stipend.
He will start May 30, which will allow for him to work with current District 120 Superintendent Jody Ware for a month to get acclimated with the district, officials said.
Ware, who has been with the district since 2008, announced in the spring that she would step down after the school year.
Ware's annual salary is about $222,000. Myers' base salary was $135,500 this year, he said.
The details of the contract were made public at Tuesday's meeting.
Myers, currently the superintendent of Streator Township High School District 40, lives in Streator, but said he plans to relocate to Mundelein. He lives with his wife, Joelle.
He has been the Streator Township District's superintendent since 2009. The district has about 900 students.
Myers said he's interested in continuing District 120's push to upgrade its facilities.
He was chosen from 38 candidates, with applications coming in from as far away as Chile and Bermuda, according to Linda Hanson of School Exec Connect.
District 120 paid the firm $14,500 to conduct the superintendent search.
Board member Laura Mellon said the decision was hard, and the board is sad to see Ware go, but she thought Myers was the best person to continue the momentum Ware created in the last six years.
"I think we have the right person for our community and our school, and I can see him leading us forward," she said.
Mellon said the board chose Myers because of his diverse educational background, which includes stints at Indian Prairie School District 204 — which he said has about 15,000 students — to high schools in East Chicago, Ind.
Myers has been an administrator for 18 years.
"I've worked in a wide variety of places, from inner city to rural," he said.
Mellon also said Myers' special education history factored into the decision. Myers started as a special education teacher in 1992.
At times, he said, he would have to get creative while working to help students with special needs.
He also said the need for documentation and support for why decisions are made for those students has helped him as an administrator.
"I think the special education part has been the backbone for what I've done as an administrator," he said.
Myers got his bachelor's degree in special education from Benedictine University; he has a master's degree in educational administration from Governor's State University and a doctorate in educational leadership from Indiana State University.
He grew up in Mokena, and graduated from Lincoln Way Central High School.
While Ware wasn't involved in the search, she said she's excited to help Myers with the transition.
She said she plans to pursue administrative positions elsewhere and is in the process of being certified in neighboring states. She declined to elaborate.
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It seems the easiest (and most cost efficient) solution is to install awnings over those 4 windows to shield them from direct sun contact. (If you have other suggestions, I welcome those too!) Does anyone have any advice on what the best awnings are for this type of application? I've seen dozens of online companies that sell them, but can't tell which will hold up best to the 10 hours a day of direct hot sun in west Texas, and the gusty winds we get every spring (up to 50 mph several days a year). Where should we look? THANKS!! |
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I am not sure about the awnings, my only experience has been with the cloth awnings. You may want to contact a glass company in Tx, we are in AL and my mom was a similar issue. They out a film on the windows which has blocked all the UV and some of the heat. The film is transparent as well. All the window companies that see the low e glass at different levels are all films that are placed on the glass. I did see the other day a film at Lowe's for DIYS so that you could do the same thing. Might be worth your time and may save some money, plus you wouldn't have the 4 awnings on the south side of your house! |
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TAMPA, Fla. – The PDL announced its Team of the Week for the fourth week of the 2012 season today, honoring Austin Aztex forward Kekuta Manneh as Player of the Week after his four-goal performance led the Aztex to a 7-0 victory against the Texas Dutch Lions this past Thursday at House Park.
Manneh, pictured right, entered the game with a pair of goals, with the 17-year-old native of the Gambia having opened his account in the Aztex's first game of the season, also against Texas. Thursday, he scored late in the first half to give Austin a 2-0 lead, then bagged a hat trick in 25 minutes after the break, his final goal coming in the 70th minute.
Considered a top college prospect for the Class of 2013, Manneh still has one more year of high school remaining to complete before he moves on, but thanks to his standout play in the PDL, colleges are getting a chance to see how he could quickly adapt to the rigors of the college game.
It was a standout weekend for strikers in the PDL, with Manneh being joined on the Team of the Week by Ventura County's Travis Bowen, who scored a hat trick in the Fusion's 4-1 win against the Southern California Seahorses on Saturday night after being brought on as a halftime substitute. Also selected was CFC Azul striker Ryan Kinne, as the former New England Revolution player had four goals in two games to lead his side to its first two wins of the season.
Thunder Bay's Sicelo Buthelezi led the defensive contingent as the 2011 Central Conference champions opened the season with a pair of shutout victories, while the Portland Timbers U-23s' Eric Miller put in a standout performance as his side remained perfect with a 4-0 win against the Kitsap Pumas. Goalkeeper Jose Silva of the Worcester Hydra was also recognized for his shutout in his side's 1-0 win against the Western Mass Pioneers.
The PDL season continues this weekend with 46 games scheduled from Friday through Sunday. Among the key games are Friday morning's Northwest Division encounter between the Portland Timbers U-23s and the Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 at JELD-WEN Field, as both teams continue their pursuit of the playoffs, and the Thunder Bay Chill's visit to the Real Colorado Foxes in the Heartland Division. There's also a key game in the Southeast Division, as Orlando City U23 visits the Ocala Stampede on Saturday night, while Jersey Express travel to face the Ocean City Nor'easters on Sunday night at Carey Stadium.
Stay up to date with all of the action through the PDL's Twitter feed and Facebook page, which will provide nightly updates of scores from across North America, and links to news, previews and game reports.
PDL Team of the Week
Jose Silva
Had a five-save shutout as the Hydra jumped into third in the Northeast
Eric Miller
Contained a powerful Kitsap attack in the Timbers U-23s 4-0 victory
Sicelo Buthelezi
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Played big role in pair of shutouts as Chill opened season with two wins
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Orange County
Played key two-way game in Blue Star's victory against Seahorses
Assane Keita
Had strong performance as Hotspur took 1-0 win at Carolina
Phil Buffington
Had a goal and three assists as the Brilla defeated FC Jax
Alfredo Queseda
Continued the Demize's strong start with a goal and assist vs. Kansas City
Charles Rodriguez
Strong two-way performances as Metros took two wins over weekend
Kekuta Manneh
Scored four goals as Austin bolstered division lead vs. Dutch Lions
Travis Bowen
Ventura County
Sparked attack off bench, scoring second-half hat trick vs. Seahorses
Ryan Kinne
Had four goals in two games as Azul took first two victories in history
Honorable Mention – Austin: Jesus Cortes; Baltimore: Chris Somerville, Hugh Roberts; Brooklyn: Stefan Manz; El Paso: Ernesto Bolivar; FC London: Martin Lange; Fredericksburg: Don Smart, Colin Newcity; Kitsap: Matt Freisen; Laredo: Greg Mulamba, Horacio Leal; Long Island: Keith Detelj, Tom Wharf; Michigan: Anthony Grant, Tom Catalano; Mississippi: Chris Ochieng; Nashville: Iyassu Bekele, Andrew Nkurunungi; New Jersey: Paul Killian, Samson Malijani; New Orleans: Patrick Mullins; North Sound: Claudio Lazar; Orange County: Miles Byass; Orlando: David Graydon; Palmetto: Mike Mangotic; Panama City Beach: Matthew Friesen; Portland: Clark Phillips, Steven Evans, Cam Vickers; Reading: Pedro Ribeiro, Ryan Finley; Real Maryland: Bush Yormie; Sounders FC U23: Aodhan Quinn; Southern West Virginia: Harry Sherwood; St. Louis: Dean Lovegrove, Martin Clayes; Thunder Bay: Juan Velez, Stephen Paterson; Vancouver: Long Tan; Ventura County: Francisco Lopez; Victoria: Elliot Mitrou; VSI Tampa: Kenny Hogg; Washington: Nik Besagno, Eli Gordley; West Texas: Kal Herbert; Worcester: Alencar Junior.


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Set in a scenic coastal location amongst open woodland and vine thickets, this park features an historic quarantine station, established in 1915. The station was initially used to quarantine passengers on incoming ships. During World War II the area was a strategic defence location. American and Australian armies set up camps on nearby beaches and used the Quarantine Station as a hospital.
... moreWalk or mountain bike the shared trails throughout the park to see the World War II structures on the Cape Pallarenda headland and explore the beaches and forested slopes of Many Peak Range. Enjoy a picnic on the foreshore. Look for wallabies, lizards and many kinds of birds in the woodland. Find out more about the quarantine days at the station's historic display.
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Drive to the end of Cape Pallarenda Road, 10 kilometres from central Townsville on the city's north-eastern outskirts. The park is accessible by conventional vehicle.
The Townsville region has a dry tropical climate, with distinct wet and dry seasons. During the wetter months, from December to April, there are significant downpours. The average daily temperature range is 24 to 32 degrees Celsius, with high humidity. The cooler, drier months of May to September are the best time to visit. The weather is pleasantly warm during this time, with reduced humidity and an average daily temperature range of 13 to 25 degrees Celsius.
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Well, I really didn't mean it THAT way. Does anyone grow this rose in a hot area? How are the blooms in the heat of summer? Do they blow fast or do they become undersized? Just wondering as a local nursery has a bunch of them and I love orange roses. I also understand it is a climber or it can be. I also saw a photo on line that had it growing in a large planter. Kathy |
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Empire of Harsha | |||||
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- | 606–647 | Chitra | |||
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- | Disestablished | 647 |
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Harshavardhana (Sanskrit:हर्षवर्धन) (c. 590–647), commonly called Harsha, was an Indian emperor who ruled northern India from 606 to 647 from his capital Kanauj. He belonged to Pushyabhuti Dynasty. He was the son of Prabhakara Vardhana who defeated the Hun invaders[1] and the younger brother of Rajya Vardhana, a king of Thanesar, Haryana. At the height of his power his kingdom spanned the Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Bengal, Odisha and the entire Indo-Gangetic plain north of the Narmada River. Harsha was defeated by the south Indian Emperor Pulakesi II of the Chalukya dynasty when Harsha tried to expand his Empire into the southern peninsula of India.[2]
After the downfall of the prior Gupta Empire in the middle of the 6th century, North India reverted to small republics and small monarchical states ruled by Gupta rulers. Harsha was a convert to Buddhism.[3] He united the small republics from Punjab to central India, and their representatives crowned Harsha king at an assembly in April 606 giving him the title of Maharaja when he was merely 16 years old.He brought all of northern India under his control.[4] The peace and prosperity that prevailed made his court a center of cosmopolitanism, attracting scholars, artists and religious visitors from far and wide.[4] The Chinese traveller Xuanzang visited the court of Harsha and wrote a very favourable account of him, praising his justice and generosity.[4]
Xuanzang, the well known Chinese scholar, traveller, and translator who described the interaction between China and India in the Harsha period, stated that Harsha was of a Kanojia caste.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
According to Alexander Cunningham, Xuanzang might have mistaken the Vaisa for Bais Rajputs clan.[7] though, Thomas Watters has pointed out this is most unlikely as Xuanzang, "had ample opportunities for learning the antecedents of the royal family, and he must have had some ground for his assertion, moreover, Xuanzang had an expert knowledge of Sanskrit and the caste system, which he discusses, in some detail in his book. He mentions that rulers traditionally belonged to the Kshatriya caste and his specific mention that Harsha was a feishe was probably because this was an uncommon occurrence."[9][10][11] However, Banabhatta clarifies that the Bais Rajput descent must have been correct considering the Harshacarita the author Bâna never stated his background to be strangely non Kshatriya. Harsha's Royal descent being known (rulers of Sthanvisvara, modern Thanesar) and his sister being married into prominent Kshatriya families of Maukharis. (a highly contentious occurrence, had Harsha's family not been of royal or Kshatriya descent). Moreover, upon his formal coronation ceremony, Harsha took the title Rajputra. [12]
Period prior to his reign[edit]
After the downfall of the Gupta Empire in the middle of the 6th century, North India was split into several independent kingdoms. The northern and western regions of India passed into the hands of a dozen or more feudatory states.
Prabhakara Vardhana, the ruler of Sthanvisvara, who belonged to the Pushyabhuti family, extended his control over neighbouring states. Prabhakar Vardhan was the first king of the Vardhana dynasty with his capital at Thaneswar.
After Prabhakar Vardhan's death in 605, his eldest son, Rajya Vardhana, ascended the throne. Harsha Vardhana was Rajya Vardhana's younger brother.
This period of kings from the same line has been referred to as the Vardhana dynasty in many publications,.[12][13][14] [15]
Rajya Vardhana's and Harsha's sister Rajyashri had been married to the Maukhari king, Grahavarman. This king, some years later, had been defeated and killed by king Devagupta of Malwa and after his death Rajyashri had been cast into prison by the victor. Harsha's brother, Rajya Vardhana, then the king at Thanesar, could not stand this affront on his family, marched against Devagupta and defeated him. But it so happened at this moment that Shashanka, king of Gauda in Eastern Bengal, entered Magadha as a friend of Rajyavardhana, but in secret alliance with the Malwa king. Accordingly, Sasanka treacherously murdered Rajyavardhana.[16]
On hearing about the murder of his brother, Harsha resolved at once to march against the treacherous king of Gauda and killed Deva Gupta in a battle. Harsha ascended the throne at the age of 16.
Reign of Harsha[edit]
The 40 years of his reign revived the past glory of the Gupta Empire in northern India.[17] During his reign the economy of northern India prospered and his capital Kanauj became the great centre of trade.[18] During his early career he possessed a force of 5000 elephants, 20000 cavalry and 50000 infantry and with this formidable force he overran northern India.[19] After the conquest of almost whole northern India his military resources were so increased that he could field an army with 100000 cavalry and 60000 elephants.[19] His long career of victory was only broken when he was defeated by the south Indian Emperor Pulakesi II of the Chalukya dynasty.[20] The administration of Harsha was similar to the Gupta Empire. He was just in his administration and punctilious in exercising his responsibilities.[21] There was no forced labour and everyone was free to busy himself with his own affairs.[22] Harsha built for the benefit of the poor throughout his Empire in both the towns and rural parts Rest-Houses which provided food, drink and medicine.[23] Harsha was continually travelling up and down his wide dominions to see with his own eyes how the people were ruled in his Empire.[24] The merchants travelled freely in his Empire and officials were paid regularly.[24] The taxes were light and one-sixth of the land produce was charged as land revenue.[18]
Today a mound 1 km long and 750 m wide known as "Harsh ka Tila" in Thanesar has ruins of structures built during the reign of Harsha. Amongst the archaeological finds from the mound include 'Painted Grey Ware' shreds in the pre-Kushana levels and 'Red Polished Ware' from post Gupta period.[25]
Contact with China[edit]
Harsha maintained diplomatic relations with China, which was under the rule of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. He also had good relations with the Tang rulers of China. Envoys from each country visited each other nation, most notably being Xuanzang who spent eight years under the dominions of Harsha.
Legacy of Kumbha Mela[edit]
Harsha, who was a Shaiva by faith, began celebration of religious festivals every five years, at the confluence of three rivers (the Ganga, the Yamuna, and the Saraswati) at Prayaga. It is said to be the beginning of the famous Kumbha Mela of India which still attracts millions of devotees
Patron of Buddhism and literature[edit]
Harsha's father, Prabhākara was from Thaneshwar, his brother followed Hinayana Buddhism while, according to Bana, Harsha himself was a Mahayana Buddhist. Harsha was a tolerant ruler and supported all Indic faiths – Buddhism, Vedism and Jainism. Early in his life, he seems to have been a follower of Sun Worship, becoming a patron of Shaivism and Buddhism later on.[26]
His sister Rajyashri's conversion to Buddhism presumably had a positive effect on his support to the religion. His approach to religion is evident in his celebrated play Nagananda. The play's theme is based on the Jataka tale of the Bodhisattva Jimutavahana, but Harsha introduces the Goddess Gauri, Shiva's consort, as the saviour of Jimutavahana, a feature not found in the Jataka. The great Indian mathematician Brahmagupta also lived in the Empire of Harshavardhana.
According to the Chinese Pilgrim Xuanzang, who visited his kingdom in 636, Harsha built numerous stupas in the name of Buddha. Xuanzang entered a grand competition organised by Harsha and won the theological debate. Harsha also became a patron of art and literature. He made numerous endowments to the University at Nalanda. Two seals of Harsha have been found in Nalanda in the course of the excavations. All these favours and donations of the great emperor were crowned by the construction of a lofty wall enclosing all the buildings of the university to defend the institution from any other possible attack. In 643 he held a Buddhist convocation at Kannauj which was reputedly attended by 20 kings and thousands of pilgrims.[27]
In 641, following Xuanzang's visit, Harsha sent a mission to China which established the first diplomatic relations between China and India. The Chinese responded by sending an embassy consisting of Li Yibiao and Wang Xuance, who probably travelled through Tibet and whose journey is commemorated in inscriptions at Rajagriha – modern Rajgir, and Bodhgaya.
Harsha was a noted author on his own merit. He wrote three Sanskrit plays – Nagananda, Ratnavali and Priyadarsika. His reign is comparatively well documented, thanks to his court poet Bana in Harschacharita and by Xuanzang in Si-Yu-Ki. Bana composed an account of Harsha's rise to power in Harsha Charitha, the first historical poetic work in Sanskrit language. Xuanzang wrote a full description of his travels in India.[28]
Harsha's participation in the cultured life of his court was more direct than that of most kings, and it is in his personal contribution to Sanskrit literature that he clearly overshadows them. To him are assigned three plays: Priyadarsika, Ratnavali, and the Nagananda. In addition, he is credited with two significant poems on Buddhist themes – the Ashtamahasricaityastotra (Praise to Eight Grand Caityas [Buddhist assembly halls]) and Suprabhatastotra (Laud to Morning) – and a tract on grammatical gender, the Linganusasanam. Harsha's authorship has been disputed on several occasions, but no decisive contrary arguments have been proposed.
The Priyadarsika appears to be the earliest of Harsha's plays. It and the Ratnavali deal with the amorous adventures of the king Vatsa, his queen Vasavadatta, and newcomers to the royal harem. Both plays borrow from the earlier works of Bhasa and Kalidasa (especially the latter's Malavikagnimitra) and are based ultimately on material in the collection Brhatkatha. These plays lack thematic novelty but sustain interest through brisk dialogue. Both are frequently cited by later writers on dramatic theory and technique.
Harsha's Nagananda is his most important play. It is, in fact, a singular creation in Sanskrit drama. This five-act drama draws again on the Brhatkatha for the substance of its first three acts. In them, the hero, Jimutavahana, Prince of the Vidyadharas, meets and marries the Siddha princess Malayavati. To that point, the romance of the fairy prince and princess is quite conventional.
The mood of the play changes sharply in the fourth act. Jimutavahana discovers mounds of skeletons which evidence the daily sacrifice of serpents to the celestial bird Garuda. The hero resolves to offer his own body so that the serpents may be spared (a type of resolution very familiar in Buddhist literature). At the drama's conclusion it is the non-Buddhist goddess Gauri, however, who restores the bodhisattva, Jimutavahana, to life. In this attractive and moving drama, Harsha combined Buddhist and "Hindu" themes adroitly and uniquely, and through it one sees clearly his artistic and political genius.
Harsha died in the year 647. He ruled for 41 years. After Harsha's death, his empire died with him. The kingdom disintegrated rapidly into small states. The succeeding period is very obscure and badly documented, but it marks the culmination of a process that had begun with the invasion of the Huns in the last years of the Gupta Empire.
In 648, Tang Taizong sent Wang Xuance to India in response to Harshavardhana sending an ambassador to China. However once in India he discovered Harshavardhana had died and the new king attacked Wang and his 30 mounted subordinates.[29] This led to Wang Xuance escaping to Tibet and then mounting a joint of over 7,000 Nepalese mounted infantry and 1,200 Tibetan infantry and attack on the Indian state on June 16. The success of this attack won Xuance the prestigious title of the "Grand Master for the Closing Court."[30] He also secured a reported Buddhist relic for China.[31]
Neither Bana's nor Xuanzang's account gives any details of this period. Harsha had two sons named Vagyavardhana and Kalyanvardhana. They were killed by Arunashwa, a chief minister in Harsha's court. Harshavardhan's wife Durgavati was taken prisoner.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
- ^ India: History, Religion, Vision and Contribution to the World, by Alexander P. Varghese p.26
- ^ Ancient India by Ramesh Chandra Majumdar p.274
- ^ "Harsha". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ a b c International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia and Oceania by Trudy Ring,Robert M. Salkin,Sharon La Boda p.507
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Middle kingdoms of India | ||||||
Timeline and
cultural period |
Northwestern India | Indo-Gangetic Plain | Central India | Southern India | ||
Western Gangetic Plain | Northern India
(Central Gangetic Plain) |
Northeastern India | ||||
Culture | Late Vedic Period | Late Vedic Period
(Brahmin ideology)[a] |
Late Vedic Period
(Kshatriya/Shramanic culture)[b] |
Pre-history | ||
6th century BC | Gandhara | Kuru-Panchala | Magadha | Adivasi (tribes) | ||
Culture | Persian-Greek influences | "Second Urbanisation"
Rise of Shramana movements |
Pre-history | |||
5th century BC | (Persian rule) | Shishunaga dynasty | Adivasi (tribes) | |||
4th century BC | (Greek conquests) | |||||
Culture | Spread of Buddhism | Pre-history | Sangam period (300 BC – AD 200) |
3rd century BC | Maurya Empire | Early Cholas
46 other small kingdoms in Ancient Thamizhagam |
Culture | Preclassical Hinduism[c] - "Hindu Synthesis"[d] (ca. 200 BC - AD300)[e][f] Epics - Puranas - Ramayana - Mahabharata - Bhagavad Gita - Brahma Sutras - Smarta Tradition Mahayana Buddhism |
Sangam period
(continued) |
2nd century BC | Indo-Greek Kingdom | Sunga Empire | Adivasi (tribes) | Early Cholas
46 other small kingdoms in Ancient Thamizhagam |
1st century BC | Yona | Maha-Meghavahana Dynasty | ||||
1st century AD | Kuninda Kingdom | |||||
2nd century | Pahlava | Varman dynasty | ||||
3rd century | Kushan Empire | Western Satraps | Kamarupa kingdom | Kalabhras dynasty | ||
Culture | "Golden Age of Hinduism"(ca. AD 320-650)[g] Puranas Co-existence of Hinduism and Buddhism |
4th century | Gupta Empire | Kalabhras dynasty | ||||
5th century | Maitraka | Adivasi (tribes) | Kalabhras dynasty | |||
6th century | Kalabhras dynasty | |||||
Culture | Late-Classical Hinduism (ca. AD 650-1100)[h] Advaita Vedanta - Tantra Decline of Buddhism in India |
7th century | Indo-Sassanids | Vakataka dynasty, Harsha | Mlechchha dynasty | Adivasi (tribes) | Pandyan Kingdom(Under Kalabhras) | |
8th century | Kidarite Kingdom | Pandyan Kingdom | ||||
9th century | Indo-Hephthalites (Huna) | Gurjara-Pratihara | Pandyan Kingdom | |||
10th century | Pala dynasty | Medieval Cholas | ||||
References and sources for table
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