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I have plenty of room inside to plant all of these that I have. I am posting this thread so as to determine if I should plant these pepper plants inside or outside seeing as the super hots and just plain hot species take 6 months to produce their first fruit and 9 months to get into full production . I am only asking if they should be planted in or out because by the time they get into full production it will be this November. Should I just do inside so as to eliminate the pain of watching all my babies slowly but surely die? just to re clarify I am zone 10, snow is quite likely every winter. |
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Peppers are evergreen perennials. That means, they do not hibernate, but either live or die. One can slow down their growth, indoors, but cannot make them to hibernate. |
Misty: I'm in zone 10 also. and though I usually start my peppers much earlier, I just started mine a week ago this year. Start them inside now under lights and the annuums you'll be able to get outside by mid/late April and the superhots about a month later. You'll have time to get AT least a couple flushes, no problem. Frost will kill them, but many growers overwinter them inside by pruning the root system and foliage and "sort of" put them in hibernation by sticking in a south facing window, water sparingly and make sure the aphids aren't nailing them throughout the winter. Type overwintering peppers in the search box. many threads on this. I find people in zone 10 do it just to see if they can or have a special plant they've been overwintering for years. To me, it's just too simple to start fresh again -- by the time I pull my plants in Late Dec/Jan, I'm already starting seeds inside for the next spring. Kevin |
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The Epoch Times: Can you describe the process and work involved in creating one piece of art?
I invented and built the 3D microscopes that I use. My company, Edge-3D, has been developing and building high-definition 3D microscopes since 1990. There are many factors that go into making a compelling photograph through the microscope. The quality of the lens, the lighting, the camera, and the type of microscope all make a big difference. Microscopic photographs of three-dimensional objects are difficult to produce because light microscopes have very shallow depth of focus. In other words, the camera can only see a thin section of the object in-focus, with the foreground and background being out-of-focus. I overcome this limitation by photographing a series of images taken at different focus levels.
To produce a fully-focused image, a computer program analyzes each image in the series, selecting the in-focus portions, and discarding the out-of-focus portions of each image in the series. All of the in-focus portions are then seamlessly combined into a single image that is sharply focused from foreground to background. The result of all this technology is a dramatic, more three-dimensional representation of the object
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The number of international trademark applications filed under the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks hit an all-time high in 2011, according to a WIPO press release. More than 42,000 applications were filed last year — a 6.5% increase over the number of applications filed in 2010.
Where did all of these applications originate? More than 50% (24,275) were filed by European Union (EU) member countries. Within the EU filings, applications filed with the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) ranked highest at 5,859, followed sequentially by applications from Germany, the US, France, and Switzerland.
Countries with the largest growth in the number of trademark applications were the Russian Federation with a 35.6% jump, the European Union (24.5%), the US (15.5%), and China (11.5%).
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Mugen released their tuning package for the CR-Z Hybrid Coupe back in February. The package then consisted a of full aero kit, carbon fiber mirrors and a variety of wheels. They also offered some interior parts upgrade like shift knob, gauges, and floor mats. As far as performance goes, they're offered simple bolt-ons for now like cat-back exhaust, air filters, sport suspension and brake packages. They even have this "intelligent tire-monitoring system".
But Mugen doesn't stop there as they are serious about performance so they are continuing to develop a higher level of performance upgrades through their demo car which is now all stickered-up.
Absolutely, without a doubt, Mugen is killing the competition once again. Even back during the CR-X days, their kit was the best. Although this body kit for the CR-Z hybrid looks fine, they can do without that ugly rear wing.
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Does anyone know how to tell a boy from a girl in the fantail goldfish world???
The one keeps chasing the other around the tank all day!
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I have had alot of success with all my goldfish questions and problems at this site, lots of helpful people. There is a whole section on breeding and sexing in the forum. http://www.kokosgoldfish.com/ Here is the forum link. http://www.kokosgoldfish.invisionzone.com/forum/index.php?act=idx I have always had better luck seeing the breeding stars on the males. Alot easier than the whole booty check :) Hope this helps, good luck. |
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if in spawning mode the male will have white ick like patches on the gills. Females are more round but in egg shaped goldfish all of them are... well round. I hope you know how big goldfish can get? |
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On the other hand, many older policies may suffer from the opposite problem.
While a $100,000 insurance policy seemed like a fortune in 1990, it may not be nearly enough to cover today's expenses, Weisbart says.
If that is the case, it may make sense to either buy a second policy to make up the difference or even cancel the old policy and replace it with a larger one at today's rates.
For help in determining how much life insurance coverage you need, consult Bankrate's life insurance calculator.
3. Find the right kind of coverage Life insurance comes in two basic "flavors" -- term and cash value.
The different types of policies make sense for different financial situations. With life insurance, one size certainly doesn't fit all, and with a tight budget, you may just find that your policy doesn't fit you anymore.
As a rule of thumb, term insurance is much, much less expensive than the cash value variety. And while cash-value insurance can come in handy for special circumstances, such as if you have a special-needs child, or to offer some financial stability in rough financial times, term insurance tends to rule with budget-conscious buyers.
4. Verify the company is sound With financial misdealings and banking scandals making headlines seemingly every week, one good practice when shopping around for life insurance options is to make sure you only buy from a sound company.
One way to do that is to rely on the ratings of companies like A.M. Best, Standard & Poor's, Weiss Research, Duff & Phelps or Moody's Investors Service.
These companies check the financial books of the different insurance carriers and make sure the companies will be around if you ever have to cash in that policy.
"These things are tough to judge on your own," Weisbart says. "But you can get some help."
Weisbart suggests you check the ratings of your company against at least two of these services to make sure the first one you picked wasn't skewed in some way.
5. Get some professional help If shopping for an insurance policy still seems daunting, you aren't alone -- at least you don't have to be. That's because in every state, regulators set life insurance rates. That means whether you buy your insurance with the help of a broker, or if you go it alone, the price is the same.
"Since it doesn't cost extra, why not get help from an expert?" Udell says.
But Weisbart says you don't have to start the process in an agent's office.
"It is not a bad idea to go on the Internet and get quotes from sites like AccuQuote and Insure.com before talking to a professional," he says. Another good site to get information and quotes is InsureMe.com, a Bankrate company.
With a rate in hand, you can be more confident that the broker is being forthright with you.
Where the agent really excels, Udell says, is by steering you toward a policy that fits your specific needs.
"People are bad about knowing what rate class they will qualify for," he says. "If you have risky hobbies or ailments, knowing which company won't charge more for that can end up saving you a lot of money. Brokers know which companies offer what and which companies are your best fits."
6. Ask for a payment plan Assuming you already have the lowest rate available, there is still one more step you can take to ease the burden of your life insurance bill -- ask for a payment plan.
Nearly every insurance company will let you split your premium into monthly installments, and many won't even charge more as long as you agree to have the premium automatically deducted from your account.
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We would like to thank the following companies for supplying and supporting us with our test system hardware and equipment ASROCK, AMD, Kingston and Cooler Master and Sceptre.
As we have mentioned more than once already, the H55N-USB3 is a small board. As such, it was a bit of a pain to work with. Installation of normal items like the cooler, RAM and even the HD5870 GPU were a little more difficult because of the cramped space. Once we had things installed they worked without problems.
The new Driver installation program is a pretty big improvement. When you install the board level drivers it asks you if you want to install the utilities as well. This saves a good deal of time looking for things if you want a quick setup (which we did).
One of the items that were installed was Smart6. This is a handy little application that gives you quick access to some excellent features.
Some of these are very self-explanatory; others need a little more detail.
The Smart Quick Boot allows you to speed up the time it takes to boot the system into Windows. You have options to shorten the BIOS post of the OS load. We did not test these out during our testing but they look very intriguing
The Smart Recorder and TimeLock are both parental control type features that we found to be very well thought out. With Smart Recorder you can record when the system is on or off and what files are accessed. You cannot track e-mails or messenger conversations but it is still a start.
Smart TimeLock allows you to specify what times the system can be accessed, and to limit the amount of time spent on the system during those periods. So you could allow a 4 hour window, but only allow one hour of time. It is a nice utility for a parent that wants to limit the amount of time spent at the computer. To use either of these you will need to setup a password first (to keep the kids out).
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We built space for an upright freezer in our mud room and found that we aren't using it at this point. But in party situations, I'm short of fridge space. I wanted to get a fridge to replace the freezer, but DH doesn't want to run a fridge all the time to keep foods frozen if we want to stock the freezer.
His idea is to get a stackable refrigerator freezer so we can run one without the other. Is there such a thing?
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This test emulates Database and On-Line Transaction Processing (OLTP) workloads. OLTP is in essence the processing of transactions such as credit cards and high frequency trading in the financial sector. Enterprise SSD's are uniquely well suited for the financial sector with their low latency and high random workload performance. Databases are the bread and butter of many enterprise deployments. These are demanding 8K random workloads with a 66% read and 33% write distribution that can bring even the highest performing solutions down to earth.
As we begin to delve into our mixed workload benchmarks it is important to note, again, that we test the KingFast F3 Plus with 50% compressible data. OLTP and Database workloads tend to be highly compressible, so in real deployment performance may be higher than represented in these tests. Other workloads we test may also tend to have different compression ratios, so it is important to understand the workload and adjust purchasing decisions accordingly.
The KingFast F3 Plus averages 35,584 IOPS at QD 256, slightly edging out the SuperSSpeed S301, but falling to the Optimus.
The F3 Plus delivers 5,553,504 I/O's (52.2%) at 6-8ms, 2,370,488 I/O's (22.2%) at 4-6ms, and 2,288,988 I/O's (21.5%) at 8-10ms.
The F3 Plus again exhibits excellent power consumption metrics, averaging 2.8 Watts during the measurement window.
The KingFast F3 Plus is just as efficient an SSD as they come, averaging 12,839 IOPS per Watt.
The Webserver profile is a read-only test with a wide range of file sizes. Web servers are responsible for generating content for users to view over the internet, much like the very page you are reading. The speed of the underlying storage system has a massive impact on the speed and responsiveness of the server that is hosting the website, and thus the end-user experience.
The KingFast F3 Plus falls into a similar performance range with the S301, providing an average of 22,074 IOPS at QD 256.
The F3 Plus provides 5,154,601 I/Os (78%) in the 10-20ms range, and 1,346,964 I/Os (20.4%) in the 8-10ms range.
The F3 Plus averages 2.75 Watts during the measurement window.
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At Ovolab, we fully understand the iPhone look and feel, the details that make iOS apps unique, the features that get users engaged and excited. And we build them into your apps.
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Our team of interface gurus and engineers, with critically acclaimed expertise and design savvy, are experts at identifying the latest trends and at integrating the newest technologies into your apps.
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Our Access to Justice campaign is calling for legal changes to ensure that standing up for our environment is seen as a fundamental human right, in the same way as freedom of information rights are now recognised. This will give real bite to Scotland's climate laws.
It is no coincidence that the world finds itself in both an environmental and an economic crisis at the same time. Bailed out banks invest in climate wrecking projects; transnational corporations lobby governments to resist action to improve our environment; and the poorest suffer the negative impacts of carbon trading, exploitation of natural resources and climate change. The developed world must pay its climate debt to the Global South.We believe the necessary transition to a green economy will bring jobs, equality, and promote environmental justice, creating a clean economy and a clean environment. Our Clean up RBS campaign is calling for the taxpayer funded bank to invest our money in sustainable projects that bring benefits to all, not just the recipients of bonuses.
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Once again we're heading to Austin for one of the music events of the year, the SXSW Music Festival. Tune in on Friday March 15, as we broadcast live from the SXSW Radio Day Stage with WFUV (New York), The Current (Minneapolis), KUTX (Austin) and KXT (Dallas).
Public Radio Rocks SXSW Day Stage will feature performances by Divine Fits, Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, Iron & Wine, Charles Bradley, Pickwick, Dawes, and Vampire Weekend. The live broadcast kicks off at 1pm ET.
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2 burned as van explodes in Yelm
The explosion happened at a Yelm trailer park in the 17100 block of 153rd Ave. SE, but the two were driven to an area near Yelm High School, nearly nine miles away, dispatchers said.
A medical helicopter was set to land at the high school and airlift the two burned patients to a local hospital, dispatchers said.
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NEW YORK — Previews of spring styles officially started Thursday at New York Fashion Week, but the crowd here always likes to get a jump on things, so the stylists, editors, retailers, models and celebrities were drawn to a slew of early events, including the Style Awards at the Lincoln Center tents that serve as a hub for the next eight days.
That's where Kate Upton was honored as the model of the year, and Zac Posen was named top designer.
"The most important thing I want to share is that I learned how to treat other people the way you like to be treated. I have learned through many mistakes, but I have learned through this industry that gives you glory and riches, that it's most worth it when you make people happy."
Max and Lubov Azria were the first heavy hitters on the schedule with their BCBG line.
"We want to see a woman more cool, more relaxed, and that's sexy," said Max Azria backstage before the show.
The palette here was full of coastal tones, including pale blush, sand and light blue. The many cotton pieces often had a little wrinkle to them. And there were tunic-style dresses. The Azrias will celebrate 25 years of BCBG in 2014, and the pieces in this collection will be in stores for the anniversary. There are rumors of financial turmoil at the house that had some in the crowd wondering how happy an occasion that would be.
Edgy and raw is OK for someone else, but Shoji says he's happy to have his clothes called pretty, sweet and ladylike. He staged a parade of pastel dresses dotted with lace, embroidery and feathers and dubbed the collection "Sweet Liberation." Shoji said backstage, "I think we need more sweetness and fun in this world. I am not afraid to be sweet, and women are confident enough now and know they can be taken seriously even if they wear pretty clothes."
The geometric shapes that Chai is known to play with had softened edges, thanks largely to his choices in fabric and color. One look was white seersucker and the next a bright red silk in a shade he called "grenadine." Chai puts his men's collection and the looks from his Love label for women on the same runway. His men's clothes seemed a little more daring. Truthfully, you don't see many knee-length, blue-windowpane coats worn with tie-front shorts on men.
The label helmed by Midwesterners Shane Gabier and Christopher Peters showed maturity after the mentorship and attention that comes with being a finalist in the Vogue Fashion Fund and an emerging-talent nominee at the Council of Fashion Designers of America awards. The show wasn't, well, showy. It had solid styles that one could imagine in the closet of a confident tastemaker, not trendy cool girl. There was a hint of a well-dressed housewife from the 1950s in the boxy shapes and jumpers — and some looks evoked the glamorous loungewear that was a must-have back in the day.


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Welcome to The Quazcast, a weekly podcast that brings listeners in on a frank conversation between myself and a random person from the world of sports.
These interviews are about digging deep and avoiding the cliché questions and answers that too often plague sports conversations. My guest could be anyone. I might speak with a 90-year-old NFL kicker one week, the manager of a Major League Baseball team the next, and a bull fighter the week after that.
This week I talk with former Major League Baseball All-Star Ellis Valentine. Over eleven seasons in the big leagues, Valentine earned a reputation for having an amazing arm, prompting former Montreal Expos manager Felipe Alou to quip, "There's a plateau where you can't throw the ball any harder and you can't be any more accurate. That was Ellis Valentine."
The Gold Glove Award winning right fielder faced a ton of adversity throughout his career. In addition to fighting drug and alcohol addiction throughout his playing days, Valentine missed a crucial month of action back in 1980 when he was hit in the face with a pitch from St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Roy Thomas that cracked his cheekbone in six places. Valentine maintains to this day that he was targeted with a beanball.
Below is an excerpt of our conversation and a recording of the complete interview. As always, to get future podcasts downloaded straight to your listening device, you can subscribe to The Quazcast on iTunes.
Jeff Pearlman: So Ellis, is it true, do you remain – 30 years removed from the game of baseball – can I still refer to you as the coolest guy in the world, or is that a stretch?
Ellis Valentine: No you're right on point. It's all good, Jeff.
JP: How would you explain the exhaustion or the fatigue that comes with being a professional athlete?
EV: There's a ugly side of baseball that people don't know about that I think is pretty much across the board in all walks of life. There's times when you're sailing along with a company or a business and then all of a sudden the bottom falls out and then you start to see people for what they really are. I think I experienced that and I decided that all of these red flags, all of these arrows that were pointing to retirement were becoming significant and I just decided it was time I did something else and I just walked away from baseball.
JP: I often think, maybe the athletes themselves, maybe it's not as important to them as it is to us. Maybe we say, 'Ellis Valentine. Man, he had Hall-of-Fame talent', and maybe Ellis Valentine is saying, 'you know what? I played 10 years in the major leagues; I don't really care about the Hall of Fame. I'm pretty happy with my career.' I wonder if that happens more than we think it does.
EV: You make a good point. The bottom line when it come down to it and you look at my numbers, and you've got guys in the majors making millions and millions of dollars and never had the type of injuries that I had – and I never hit .230 when I was healthy. I never hit .220 when I was healthy. There's guys hitting .220, .240 now and they're healthy and they're making million-dollar contracts, and they never got hit in the jaw with a baseball. When I got hurt, my average did dip a little bit but because of unfamiliar territory and I got traded from Montreal the year after the injury. I was still emotionally a very young person and I wasn't able to really process leaving Montreal. It was like I was being adopted or given away and that's how I took it. It really really affected me emotionally. It took me a couple years to finally come around emotionally and then the following year I went to the Angels and I felt like, 'ok, this is gonna be – this was 1983 – I felt like this was going to be the comeback, the year that things would get turned around. Back in the Los Angeles area, I grew up with the Anaheim Angels up the road, so I kind of felt that they were sending me back home to reclaim the things from yesterday and I getting loose the first day of spring training down in Casa Grande and I strained the Achilles tendon in my leg, and I'm out until almost June, I guess. Oh, man. I just kept fighting. It was like I was going up this hill from 1981, well after 1980, the season after 1980, I felt like I was doing some uphill climb and that had never been my career, Jeff. That had never been my baseball talent. I had never had to struggle to play this game.
JP: May 30th, 1980, you're playing the St. Louis Cardinals, you're hit in the head by Roy Thomas and a fractured cheekbone …
EV: By a manager, probably, and I do believe this to this day that I was probably intentionally thrown at because pitchers do do that; people try to sit here and say the ball just got away. Sorry; excuse my language. That's bullcrap, ok? They don't just get away. They don't hit little .220 hitters and .215 hitters, no punch-and-judy hitters, no base-hit hitters. They hit power hitters, pitchers do, and it's obvious. I didn't want to cut your thought off, but that's what happened in St. Louis. I believe that to this day. If Whitey Herzog wants to get on it, he might tell the truth one day, but he wasn't really a fan of mine anyway cuz he just thought I was supplying his team with drugs when I wasn't.
JP: Well there's a loaded answer to a question.
EV: Well I'm just telling you this is real. This is real stuff. It's documented stuff. I'm just telling you what I went through. I got thrown at. I believe I was throw at intentionally. I just feel that in my heart.
JP: Let me ask you, there's some things, bar mitzvahs, weddings, funerals, graduations, that stick with a person, and I imagine that getting hit in the face in a major league game sticks with a guy. What do you remember from that day?
EV: I don't remember much from when it initially happened, and several days after, it was just a blur and I probably went through some serious head trauma stuff for several years. We're going through this with football with guys getting hit time and time again. It happened to me in baseball but that's not part of baseball's culture or genre but in football it is, so you get a guy who gets hit in the head with a 90 mph fastball and he has head trauma. I think I experienced some of that. I went through one of these attorneys that does workers compensation stuff and we can get you such and such an amount of money we can write you off with these claims and stuff and all this stuff is history and you get no future medical. Let me tell you, that doesn't even cover the whole story. It happened to me and for those years, it was kind of the next several years of my life, the beaning in 1980 was really kind of a blur.
JP: You've alluded to, and you've talked very openly over the years, I think, about your battles with substance abuse, and I wonder, how did that come about for you? You were a really good ball player, but you were playing in an era that I think people would look back now and talk about cocaine in baseball. Why did a guy, a nice normal kid from California, Ellis Valentine, kept his head clean, deep in the game. How did addiction come to knock on your door, to use a really bad phrasing.
EV: It worked, man. It made you feel better. Like I told you, I had a pin in my leg early on going into pro ball and one thing I discovered was that a little pot mixed in with some drink here and there, and once I got to the majors and could afford cocaine, that stuff worked. It took away certain pains and then you continued to use it and you find out it took away emotional pain as well and I always said that I didn't really have a drug problem, I had an Ellis problem and I used drugs to deal with it. And that way I could do something about it because I can't so nothing about cocaine; I can't do nothing about marijuana living live in the world right now, but I could do something about me. I had control over me as a person. I could control the drugs but I could control me.
JP: You played in the All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium and before the game, it was you, Reggie Smith, Dave Winfield and David Parker standing in right field having a throwing contest and it almost goes down as sort of an urban-myth kind of thing where people are like did that really happen or did that not really happen where you had four all-time great arms just letting loose. It happened, didn't it, Ellis?"
EV: It did. People talk about that today. All the time they bring that up and they wonder if we did that on purpose, and I'm like, 'No; we didn't.' Back in the day, we took infield practices before the game and even took infield practice before the All-Star Game. But now, guys don't take infield practice because now, baseball is secondary; promotions are first. Now everything is about perception, looks, and how can we sell tickets. They don't really give a damn about baseball anymore and if we win, we win. But that's what we did, man. We threw from the outfield and people were in awe. I mean, Dave Parker, Winfield, Reggie Smith, myself, I mean, you can talk to the guys like Reggie Jackson, he's on the other team, sitting there like, 'Are you kidding me?' We hear this all the time.
To hear the entire interview – including more about Valentine's job working for a rental car company after his playing days were over, the difficult transition athletes make when they retire from pro sports, and his thoughts on Josh Hamilton's struggles with addiction - you can download the podcast here or listen below.
Jeff Pearlman is a former senior writer for Sports Illustrated. He is the author of six books including Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton, The Bad Guys Won (a biography of the 1986 New York Mets) and Boys Will Be Boys (an account of the Dallas Cowboys dynasty from the 1990s). His newest book – Showtime (due to be released on February 11, 2014) - explores another famous sports dynasty: the Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s.


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We had a speaker from APLD come to our LD design class today and I was wondering if you reccomended joining?
Esp if you live in Nor. Cal. are the meeting and speakers something a begginer wouldbenifit from or is it more for the experienced designers? I would be joining the Sac chapter. Thanks, deb |
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- Posted by mich_in_zonal_denial (My Page) on Wed, Nov 9, 05 at 19:40
Deb, In my experience ( SF Bay Area ) the APLD is a perfect match for a beginner landscape designer. You'll have the opportunity to network with other new comers to the industry who are reaching out for many of the same answers that you are seeking. I am not a member. |
- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Thu, Nov 10, 05 at 11:01
I've had a glancing association with APLD for a number of years. I have never formally joined as I had some real problems with the politics of the local chapter and the former chapter president. And time seems to get in the way. I agree that they can be a fine networking organization and with the infrequent meetings I do attend, I always seem to bring back something of value. As a matter of fact, I've been invited to attend a meeting tonight to dicuss certfication processes. If my cold is better and I feel like driving 45 minutes to get to the meeting location, I just might do it. I do know and respect the current chapter president, so will try to ignore his abrasive predecessor. Unfortunately, her presence in the organization is not an inducement to join or participate. |
- Posted by mich_in_zonal_denial (My Page) on Thu, Nov 10, 05 at 11:40
gardengal, if I knew that you were going to speak at an upcoming APLD meeting I would make the time to go. : ~ ) |
I have not joined the APLD, but my mentor is a member and has raved about their national meetings. I am a member of our state LD association - VSLD, and I'm almost done the certification work. |
- Posted by miss_rumphius_rules z6 NJ (My Page) on Fri, Nov 11, 05 at 9:07
In a state that has a strong 'old boy' network of feuding professional landscape contractor associations, I joined APLD because they were specfic to LD. We don't have a local chapter, but we do have some folks active at the national level. I don't participate because there's nothing to participate in! I do attend monthly contractor association meetings and have met some other designers there...it depends on what you want out of it I suppose. |
I joined APLD because I was not happy with the competive attitude that seems to be accepted as normal in North America (I include Canada). I was sure that more could be gained by a cooperation akin to the guilds of another time. Call me a simpleton. This was not my experience and so I let my membership lapse. I have met some people on this forum who see the sharing of infomation and ideas as a benefit rather than a threat and most of them have posted above. The APLD has a forum that is mostly inactive or guarded, like we are playing poker and there can be only one winner. |
- Posted by mich_in_zonal_denial (My Page) on Sat, Nov 12, 05 at 12:40
Ms. R. and others , If the nearest chapter to you is inert and the APLD forum is inactive then what would be the benefit to join your local chapter ? If not for the Networking then what ? If the once a year National Meeting is of intrinsic value do you have to be a member to attend it ? What do you receive for your dues ? What makes the APLD a valuable resource ? Are there any active APLD members who contribute / share their commentary here at the GardenWeb professional forum ? |
- Posted by miss_rumphius_rules z6 NJ (My Page) on Sat, Nov 12, 05 at 13:03
Rather than just a professional membership, I view it as advertising dollars. My membership on puts my name and address on their website in the consumers section. The APLD website links to mine and I've gotten several good referrals from it. Additionally, I think in the future, as my state gets tighter and tighter about who can do what, there may be a benefit from being APLD certified. No, you don't need to be a member to attend the conferences or the workshops. |
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Yeah indeed. They're currently showing a replay of a CB40 game too so it's not a scheduling issue. I know they're not as keen on the List A comp now that they've got the Big Bash but I would've thought the first game of the season on a weekend involving NSW would've been pretty high on their priority list if they were going to show any one dayers this season at all.
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really blows that Fox arent covering it. Having said that, Haddin on fire with a strike rate of 6.66. Lucky im not watching really.
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does jason always speak in both past and current tenseJason Krejza Why is the opening Ryobi Cup not been televised??? #RYOBICup about 29 minutes ago
He turns the ball into a new dimension...
I wouldn't be surprised if the TV deals have something to do with it. NRL/AFL make them not show cricket during their finals series.
there is radio coverage SportFM 91.3 | SportFM Live Broadcasts | Perth Now
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Haha poor Smithy. Gun knock though
Awesome knocks by Henriques and Smith hopefully the year both kick on.
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Unpopular view but I reckon that Henriques is quality
Hope he finds the consistency to match his talent
i think most people know he's quality. it's that he's injury prone/prone to playing two different roles in two straight matches etc. not been easy to be get into a grove and become consistent
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To be sure, there have been countless stories about fracking. Many emphasize its economic benefits and suggest that the dangers have been overstated. Others, like the ProPublica reports, emphasize its perils. Still more, in what could be called the mainstream press, have diligently quoted both sides. So I can't complain that there has not been enough coverage.
Yet I feel as brain-locked as Cuomo when it comes to fracking.
Sometimes, especially when the issue is complicated and can be clouded by each side's jargon-filled scientific arguments, a different kind of journalism is needed. What I'd like to see is a comprehensive story from a completely credible and thorough reporter with no ax to grind and no preconceptions who could, yes, tell me what I ought to think about this.
Is fracking the next asbestos or lead paint, or is it our ticket to a new golden age? Or is it perhaps both?
Opponents often talk about how drilling accidents could kill thousands. Is that true? If so, does that mean it should be stopped, or do the benefits outweigh the costs?
If I told you at the beginning of the last century about a new technology that could revolutionize American industry and the American way of life and you countered that it would also cause 30,000 to 40,000 accidental deaths per year, we would both have been arguing about the advent of the automobile. So what can be authoritatively said about the likelihood and scale of fracking accidents or other dangers, and how do these threats weigh against the benefits?


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The Maple Leafs preseason action continues in the Motor City tonight (7:30pm Leafs TV, TSN1050 Radio) in the first of a back-to-back against the Wings.
Toronto is coming off a 3-2 loss to the Senators on Tuesday which was the Leafs first in regulation during the preseason. The Leafs have put together a 4-1-1 record throught the first six preseason games. This will be the Leafs final road preseason game before the regular season opens in Montreal next Tuesday.
After signing a one-year contract on Thursday morning, Cody Franson is expected to play in his first preseason game tonight. There is also a chance that Dave Bolland and Colton Orr could both return to the lineup this weekend. Bolland has been dealing with a groin injury while Colton Orr has been out the entire preseason with a bone bruise.
The Leafs will skate in Toronto this morning before heading to Detroit this afternoon.
According to Paul Hendrick here is how the Leafs lined up at the morning skate.
(21) van Riemsdyk – (42) Bozak – (71) Clarkson
(19) Lupul – (63) Bolland – (41) Kulemin
(46) Broll – (43) Kadri – (12) Raymond
(37) Ashton – (11) McClement – (28) Orr
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What Is a Lifestyle Drug?
There is no official definition for lifestyle drugs, but generally speaking they are medications designed to improve a person's quality of life by treating less serious conditions that some individuals believe are not life threatening.
Antidepressant medications make up the largest percentage of the lifestyle drug market, followed by oral contraceptives and treatments for sexual dysfunction, smoking addiction, obesity, skin aging, and hair loss. Insurers do not pay for certain lifestyle drugs, such as those for baldness or wrinkles. But they may reimburse for certain others, like drugs for erectile dysfunction.
Popular lifestyle drugs are sildenafil (Viagra) and similar medications, Botox, bupropion (Zyban) for smoking cessation, and the weight-loss aid orlistat (Xenical) and its lower-strength, over-the-counter version, Alli. Despite the out-of-pocket cost to users, the market for lifestyle drugs continues to grow. Pharmaceutical companies have invested heavily in research to develop them.
While lifestyle drugs may seem more benign than conventional medications, they can still pose a hazard. If you are prescribed one of these drugs, be sure to fully discuss the risks and benefits with your doctor.
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Washington — The Obama administration is hoping to enlist nonprofit American companies and universities in its efforts to promote clean and reliable energy and sustainable environmental practices in the Western Hemisphere through the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA).
According to a June 7 State Department media note, the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are offering up to $5.5 million in a competition for U.S.-based nonprofits and universities that closes July 1.
The companies and universities are being asked to submit proposals outlining program concepts and ideas that would promote "electrical interconnection and cross-border trade in electricity in Central America as well as in the Andes; clean energy in the Americas; and an Andean Glacier and Water Resources Monitoring Network to promote modeling and information sharing on how glacial retreat will impact water security," according to the media note.
President Obama proposed the ECPA in April 2009 with the goal of bringing countries across the Western Hemisphere together to cooperate on accelerating clean energy development and deployment, improving energy security, and reducing energy poverty, according to a March 2010 State Department fact sheet.
In his March 21 remarks in Chile, Obama said that under the ECPA, the region can come together to create clean energy jobs and pursue a future of more secure and sustainable energy.
"If anybody doubts the urgency of climate change … they should look no further than the Americas — from the stronger storms in the Caribbean, to glacier melt in the Andes, to the loss of forests and farmland across the region," Obama said.
Many countries in the region have now stepped forward to participate in the ECPA and offer their own expertise on energy technology, he said.
"Brazil has expertise in biofuels. Chile in geothermal. Mexico on energy efficiency. El Salvador is connecting grids in Central America to make electricity more reliable," Obama said.
"These are exactly the kind of partnerships that we need — neighbors joining with neighbors to unleash the progress that none of us can achieve alone," he said.
(This is a product of the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site: http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/iipdigital-en/index.html)
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The participants in the annual IU Dons Speech Competition at the Gary (Ind.) Area Career Center on Oct. 18, 2012. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
The top three finishers the IU Dons Speech Competition.
First — Vincent Banks, 17, Wirt-Emerson Visual and Performing Arts Academy
Second — David L. King Jr., 18, West Side Leadership Academy
Third — James L. Wells, 18, Wirt-Emerson
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It was a tough decision, but, in the end, it was all about body language for Wirt-Emerson Visual and Performing Arts Academy senior Vincent Banks, 17 who won the annual IU Dons Speech Competition recently at the Gary Area Career Center.
Sophomores, juniors and seniors from West Side, Wallace and Wirt-Emerson academies and New Tech were invited to compete. Banks won $200 and the coveted role to speak at the 43rd annual IU Dons Educational Banquet.
The topic for the competition was "Education: A Weapon for Peace." Banks said he focused on his body language after watching a History Channel documentary on the subject the night before the IU Dons event.
"Once I watched that, I made it my main concentration," said Banks, adding he was surprised to place first over runner-up David L. King Jr. of West Side, who won $100.
James L. Wells, a Wirt-Emerson senior, was third and won $75.
"I know David, and he is an excellent speaker," Banks said. "When he read his speech, he sounded like a leader — a preacher at the pulpit. He has a very powerful voice. I am happy to be in the company of David and James."
King said he was happy to place second and praised Banks.
"Vincent is a drama major, and it showed in his ability to deliver his speech," King said. "He deserved first place."
Wells said he, too, was proud of King and Banks, and encouraged other students to enter the IU Dons event.
"I feel students should take every opportunity to enter the competition next year and apply for scholarships," Wells said. "Whatever it takes to win money to find a way to go to college."
IU Dons vice president Dwight E. Pointer said this competition and the students who participate are proof that positive activities occur in the Gary schools.
"We have great and intelligent students in the city, and people need to know this," Pointer said.


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Microsoft has brought an end to months of speculation by announcing that it will unveil its Next Xbox plans at a special one-off press conference on May 21.
The event, held three weeks before E3, will take place at Microsoft's Redmond campus and will be hosted by Don Mattrick, the president of Interactive Entertainment at Microsoft.
Invites have been sent to specialist and national press as, behind the scenes, Microsoft prepares for a string of announcements in an attempt to steal Sony and Nintendo's thunder in the build up to E3.
Below is an image of the flyers, which have been emailed to select press outlets, publishers, developers and analysts.
Proceedings will begin at 10am local time, which translates to 6pm in the UK. A live stream will be available on Xbox.com, Xbox Live and - exclusively for North America - broadcast on Spike TV.
In a message published by Xbox Live executive Larry Hryb, Microsoft will use the May 21 event to "share our vision for Xbox, and give you a real taste of the future".
"Then, 19-days later at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, we'll continue the conversation and showcase our full line-up of blockbuster games.
"We are thrilled to pull back the curtain and reveal what we've been working on."
CVG understands that Microsoft's initial intention was to reveal its Next Xbox towards the end of April. Plans were halted, however, and CVG was told by people connected to the matter that the show was delayed.
Among a string of triple-A game announcements, Microsoft is expected to disclose a key partnership with at least one major publisher. CVG has been told that EA will be revealed as one Xbox partner and will support the platform with exclusive content - though whether this is full games or DLC is unclear (the latter would be unlikely).
The event follows Sony's PlayStation 4 reveal, which took place on February 20 in New York and - despite a positive review from CVG - was met with equal praise and criticism.
Microsoft has, by contrast, faced more significant challenges in the build up to its own press conference.
The unpopular rumour that the next Xbox will prohibit pre-owned content has not yet been addressed by the company.
Meanwhile, another damaging rumour that remains unaddressed is that the next Xbox will require an always online internet connection.
Microsoft Studios creative director Adam Orth publicly defended such a policy - implying, but not confirming, that the rumours were genuine - but departed from Microsoft days later following a vitriolic reaction from the community.
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We had been married for about 4 years, already Carla and I have talked about threesomes, swinging, and other sexual activities. Both of us were open to the idea of another man, woman, or couple. Little did I know how soon this would unfold.
On a Saturday night, I was in the military, and had a few friends over for a night of drinking. Soon us guys were engaged in a rousing game of quarters. Didn't take long for some of us to get wasted as some people are good at this drinking game. As the night was winding down, it was just me, Bryan, and Matt sitting at the kitchen table continuing to get blasted. Bryan and Matt were both single and living in the dorms. All the other couples had left and my wife Carla was just cleaning up some. Carla is very attractive, 5 foot tall, about 110 pounds, blond colored hair, 32B breasts, and kept her pussy shaved mostly with a strip. Bryan and Matt have told me repeatedly how lucky I was to have such a wife. I agreed. Matt kept on Carla about coming and drinking with us. She told him that she wasn't much of a drinker and it wouldn't take much to get her drunk. But after either boredom of cleaning or curiosity, she finally agreed to play some. We had been drinking mostly hard liquor, and was finishing of a bottle of peppermint schnapps. Back in the day, this was Carla's favorite drink. Didn't take long for the boys to get her feeling numb. She had drunk quite a few and was feeling warm. She was drunk and couldn't go no more. I told her then, "Well honey, why don't you just go to bed then, turn the fan on if you're too warm". She smiled and stood up telling Matt and Bryan goodnight. Us guys kept drinking, listening to rock and roll. Didn't take but maybe 15 minutes when I saw this shadowy figure coming down the hall in the dark. When I could see, it was the wife, but she was butt naked. I stood up to help Carla, but when I did, Matt and Bryan had already seen her in full glory. All I remember hearing is "Oh wow's and holy shits" I walked over to Carla, and was telling her, "Come on babe, let's get back to bed". With that she replied, I'm too hot", and she shoved me outta the way. I just shook my head and chuckled. She walked over to Matt and promptly sat on his lap. Matt was giving me this, I dunno look, and shrugging. I played it cool, while Bryan was laughing some. We just kept drinking, teasing Carla some about her drunkenness. She was laughing with us too. But soon I seen Matt's expression change. Carla was rubbing his crotch through his jeans. Matt kept this surprised look, but I just nodded and said relax. Carla looked at me , smiling, and said, Hey, Matt's cock is hard". So being playful myself I replied back, "So, you know what to do about that". Both her hands went for Matt's fly. She sprang his hard cock out. Stroking it as she sat there. Matt had a nice cock, about 6 inches and nice and fat, with a big cockhead. Carla looked at me, I said, "well, don't leave him like that". She slid off his lap. onto her knees taking Matt's fat cock in her mouth. Both Matt and Bryan had this "look". Carla bobbed her head up and down on Matt's cock. Making sucking noises, slurping all on his hard shaft. Bryan and myself trying to get a better view. It didn't take Matt long to cum. He was sitting there like "holy shit" as he came in Carla's hot little mouth. She swallowed and lapped up every drop moaning, MMMM!!! She let Matt's sticky limp cock fall from her lips. Stood up, looked at Bryan and said, "I guess your next buddy". She stumbled over to Bryan, putting her arm around him. Shoved her 32B's right in his face. Without hesitation, Bryan licked and nibbled her hard pink nipples. Carla's head was back, moaning, enjoying her tits being licked. Now it was Matt and I watching. Carla pulled Bryan's head away from her tits as she set her ass on the kitchen table. With some help, she sat on the edge of the kitchen table facing Bryan. She spread her legs, reaching down rubbing her already wet, hard clit. Her hands reach out for Bryan as she pulls his face into her smooth slit. Bryan starts to eat her pussy, licking her, sucking her clit. Carla moaning in delight, holding his face in her pussy. Bryan can't take no more, he stands up undoing his fly. He wants to take her right on the table. But I motion him to the sofa. I help Carla up and escort her to the couch. She lays back opening her legs, waiting for some cock. Bryan follows, pulls down his jeans and gets between her legs. Guiding his hard cock, which was the same as Matt's, just not as fat. He has no trouble finding her hot wet fuckhole. Carla's eyes close as Bryan fills her aching pussy. Bryan starts fucking her wildly. Nice and hard and deep as he can. Carla moaning out, "Yes baby fuck me, give me your cock". He keeps at a fast pace. the whole time Matt and I just watch. Soon, Bryan says he's getting ready to cum. With that Carla says, "Cum on my clit baby, squirt your juice on my pussy". Bryan pulls his sticky cock out and jerks it hitting her pussy with his jizz. By this time I know how hard I was, I was ready to cum in my jeans. Matt was sitting there staring at her, as I nodded to Matt. "Go ahead buddy, she wants more". With that Matt stood up, pull his jeans off and climbed on top of Carla. Carla's eyes rolled as his fat cock opened her hole like it never has before. She said, "Yes Matt, fuck me with that cock, make me cum all over it". He fucked her good, nice and slow, with some deep plunges. I could tell as Carla came all over his cock. I couldn't take anymore, I got up, pulled my 7 inch dick out and shoved it in her mouth. She took me hungrily, like a cock starved whore. I kept my eyes glued to Matt's cock filling her hot pussy. It didn't take me long until I emptied my balls in her mouth. It was incredibly hot. She sucked me down, while Matt was still fucking her. Matt finally said he was coming, this time Carla kept quiet. Matt pounded her harder as he was moaning, "oh shit man, oh shit". Carla wrapped her legs around Matt. 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When Heath Ledger's family stepped on stage to accept his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for The Dark Knight, the emotional outpouring from the audience at the Kodak Theatre seemed to bring closure to the story of Ledger's tragically curtailed career. But the story does not actually end there. There is one last Ledger film almost no one, including his closest friends, has seen, and which may never come to a theater near you. Like the Joker in the last act of The Dark Knight twisting upside down at the end of Batman's rope, the actor's final performance is hanging in midair.
Ledger was in the middle of filming on director Terry Gilliam's latest movie, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, when he died on Jan. 22, 2008. His sudden death threatened to derail the project, a surrealistic fantasy about a traveling theater troupe. But Gilliam pressed on, recruiting Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell to play different incarnations of Ledger's character, a charismatic con man named Tony. Now, in the wake of Ledger's Oscar win, interest in the film has spiked. Backstage at the ceremony, his sister, Kate, told reporters that the family had seen some footage and that ''it's going to be amazing.'' But the fate of the $30 million production remains uncertain. Parnassus still has not landed a domestic distribution deal, fostering speculation that it may be too unusual to find a wide audience. (It does have an international distributor and is set to open in the U.K. in June.) ''The script isn't a slam dunk,'' says one acquisitions executive. ''Having Heath in it is appealing. But I'm waiting to see the movie.'' As it happens, the filmmakers won't screen the movie anyway at least not until April, when postproduction is complete. ''The producers felt that it was better to wait for Terry's vision to be fully realized on screen so that the distributors can see exactly what they're acquiring,'' says film rep Dennis Davidson, via e-mail.
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One blog with some rose info that I follow is linked below but my favorite gardening blog is on Face Book...."the Garden Professors Blog"., moderated by 4 University professors that look at all the garden tips & ideas that are passed around by us gardeners & trying to evaluate whether they are good, bad or of no value. |
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- Posted by justkristy 8TX (My Page) on Mon, Mar 3, 14 at 7:10
Thank you for the response, wirosarian. I spent some of the day yesterday browsing the different sites. I still have a lot to learn. |
I follow Paul Zimmerman on facebook and fine gardening. http://www.finegardening.com/item/22221 |
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Wirosarian was kind enough to refer to my blog above, but justkristy, if you visit it, I have a number of linked blogs on the right hand side at the bottom. For the most beautiful rose pictures, one of my favorites, Masha's, is linked below. |
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