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This quilt is called "Amish Jewel Box"- pic was taken by the great Atlantic Ocean. This area is a less than a 5-minute drive from my home. Hope you enjoy.
~Geraldine |
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Wow! The quilt is beautiful, and the iceburg a surprise! tfs |
Geraldine, Being a southern US gal (south Louisiana to be exact) it is hard to say which is more spectacular your quilt or the iecburg. I have only seen them in pictures. WOW to live where you see them in person must be awesome. Were you cold out there or is the warmth the reason for the iceburg floating by? Your quilt is beautiful. I love the colors. Looks like it is king size. I've never done anything that big. TFS |
- Posted by barbara_in_pa (My Page) on Mon, May 19, 08 at 12:06
Nice pattern, unlike any Amish pattern that I have ever seen in this area. Barbara |
Both the view and the quilt are stunning!!! Vicky~ |
What an awesome picture and your quilt is lovely too. Great design. |
Beautiful and the ocean makes a great background for the quilt. Never even seen it snow, Southern Rosa. |
Both are stunning. Do you live in like Labrador? |
Lovely. The colors look like a perfect complement to the landscape, now and maybe even better in winter. How neat to live so close to the ocean. |
WOW !!! Both Are BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!! bopeep |
- Posted by easystitches (My Page) on Mon, May 19, 08 at 20:33
Oh my Goodness! Stunning view & quilt! |
I am at a loose for words. Your quilt is beautiful, such a wonderful picture to share. Thank you for brightening my day with both. Jayne |
- Posted by polardream (My Page) on Mon, May 19, 08 at 22:47
Geraldine - WOW! I love the quilt ... picture is pretty but I am not a fan of cold weather! Thanks for sharing. Sue |
Is that where you live or did you drag your quilt on vacation? That's some impressive sight. And the iceburg isn't too shabby, either. Dianne |
Thanks for the nice comments. I goofed. The quilt name is just"Jewel Box". The pattern is from Quilt magazine's "Big Block Quilts", Summer 2000.(Jean Ann Eitel). I live in Newfoundland, the island portion of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.The iceberg is one of many grounded near the shoreline in many parts of the province.We get a lot of summer tourists. Many hike the shoreline hiking trail that runs along the east coast of the province. They enjoy watching for the seabirds, whales and bergs. The island behind the iceberg is a Wildlife Ecological Reserve for seabirds including the largest N. American colony of Atlantic Puffin and the world's largest colony of storm petrels. ~Geraldine |
- Posted by gillian_41 (My Page) on Tue, May 20, 08 at 8:48
The quilt is very very pretty looks like a good way to use up scrap fabric, where did you find that pattern or did you design it??. Does the iceberg just float on by or melt? Gillian. |
Geraldine, Both are beautiful. What a wonderful place to live. Nancy |
Gillian, quilt is from "big Block Quilts, Summer, 2000". The icebergs usually melt throughout the summer. The one in the pic has already lost some big pieces that are now drifting along the beach. |
What a fabulous picture! Love the quilt and you have a good eye for composition too. beverly |
- Posted by hazelnutbunny (My Page) on Tue, May 20, 08 at 9:46
Oh Wow! That is gorgeous! Thank you for sharing such a lovely quilt & a great ocean view, too! :O) Melissa |
I was wondering about the name. I couldn't put Amish and jewel box together. We had record heat here yesterday--99 degrees. I could see myself up there with you, watching ice bergs go by. |
Geraldine, what a gorgeous quilt. I think I would want to wrap myself up in it while watching that iceberg though. I'm in New Brunswick and didn't realize there was someone here so close. I've only been to Nfld once, to my nephew's wedding, but it is a beautiful province and I hope to go back some day. Faye |
Geraldine, Very, very beautiful quilt! Awesome iceberg! Thanks for showing it! Mary |
Lovely quilt! Lovely iceberg, too. mary |
both very nice. great of you to share with us. |
- Posted by suellen_delawares (My Page) on Wed, May 21, 08 at 5:17
WOW! That is a beautiful quilt and a wonderful place to take the picture. Suellen |
- Posted by scootersgirl (My Page) on Thu, May 22, 08 at 14:23
Lovely!!!! |
- Posted by cathey6815 (My Page) on Tue, May 19, 09 at 15:33
Geraldine, I can't find your email address, would you please email me privately about a calander quilt you made. I would love to ask you some questions. It is beautiful. I would really appreciate it. Thank you so much. |
- Posted by toolgranny (My Page) on Tue, May 19, 09 at 17:58
Great armchair travels for me. I get to see the cold without going myself. Great quilt and I love the colors. |
Beautiful quilt and lovely scenery. I would love to see an iceberg. Thanks for sharing. |
- Posted by agoldencomet (My Page) on Tue, May 19, 09 at 18:07
Hi, Geraldine, What a lovely quilt and view!! I am in Nova Scotia - and have visited your beautiful island a couple of times. However, I was not lucky enough to see an iceberg. WTG!! goldie |
How incredible to have such an awesome complementary backdrop for your quilt pictures...a nice toasty quilt on a cold day! Does it ever get warm there? |
Sensational!!! I thought that looked like Jewel Box. I did a JB in plaids some years ago. I didn't do the sashing tho. I've lived several times in Vancouver (which I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE) but we've never been to the Maritimes. We talk about it all the time. One year we've just got to do it! |
- Posted by sunnycentralfl (My Page) on Tue, May 19, 09 at 20:35
Wow and Wow! TFS |
- Posted by teresa_nc7 (My Page) on Tue, May 19, 09 at 21:42
Beautiful quilt! Makes me want to make that pattern, too. I was worried yet again about global warming until you said you were way up in Newfoundland. Well done! Teresa |
Geraldine a really beautiful quilt. I am passionate about scrap quilts with a bit of control. Didn't know icebergs came that close to land. I have been to all parts of Canada except Newfoundland, not intentionally. Hopefully one day. Jean |
- Posted by biwako_of_abi (My Page) on Tue, May 19, 09 at 22:08
Beautiful quilt! The picture reminded me of my childhood visits to swim in the Atlantic Ocean off Massachusetts. No icebergs there! But the water was so cold you had to jump in quickly and it would practically stop your breath for a second. Strangely, after around 10 minutes, you would feel as warm as toast. I once had a chance to go swimming in Okinawa and found the bathwater warm water unpleasant. I guess that for me, summer swimming requires cold water. Thanks for the pic! |
I was pleasantly surprised to see this post near the top. It reminded me that, although I complain about the cold weather and the long winters, my beautiful province is the only place I'd want to live. Thanks for all the nice comments. Cathey,will email you as soon as possible. ~Geraldine |
Absolutely beautiful!!! |
- Posted by kathi_mdgd (My Page) on Wed, May 20, 09 at 14:05
Beautiful quilt and beautiful background. For those that may want that pattern and can't find the magazine,Eleanor Burns has a Jewelbox quilt book on the market.I have it,but have never made it. |
Here is the Jewel Box block "JewelBoxBlock" And here it is in its traditional setting "Jewel Box Setting" |
WOW! I am so glad I was finally able to download your pic. I love the ocean and I would so love to beable to able to drive 5 min. away to see what you do. Your quilt is lovily and with that backdrop near perfection. TFS Jayne |
I would like to ask about the Amish Jewel Box. I made one using 2 1/2" squares but the ones you did appear to be a bit larger. Perhaps it is just the way the photo was made. I want to make one and use black sashing. Would you be able to tell me what size the squares were cut? Would 3" be too large? I plan to do strip piecing and don't want to start until I feel comfortable that I am not making it too large. I love the proportions of your quilt and the black set it off, perfectly. It is just so beautiful. Thank you for sharing with us. I saved the photo as one quilt I really must make. June in Cincinnati |
- Posted by caroline1947 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 7, 09 at 12:45
Wow wow and WOW!!!! Beautiful!!! Where can I find that pattern?? |
the links are listed just a few messages back. You can also do a search for Jewel Box quilt and find several locations with directions. June in Cincinnati |
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Two men are being held without bail on federal mail theft charges after being arrested Tuesday night in Newhall.
Deputies stopped a vehicle with expired plates and arrested Newhall resident James Blakely, 32, for driving with an expired license. Blakely was also in violation of his parole on other offenses.
Upon searching the vehicle, deputies found methamphetamine, stolen and fraudulent checks and mail taken from 51 different victims from the Santa Clarita, Acton and Sylmar areas.
Blakely's passenger, Sean London, 21, of Valencia was also arrested.
According to Lt. Brenda Cambra of the Santa Clarita sheriff's station, the investigation is being handled by a multi-agency task force headed by the U.S. Postal Service.
The men are being held on charges that include possession of fictitious checks, identity theft, possession of a controlled substance and possession of stolen property as well as federal offenses of illegal possession of mailbox keys and mail theft.
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- Commentary : Forced Labour
- Villagers forced to build a new military camp, lands confiscated, in Nam-Zarng
- Villagers forced to build military camp and provide routine forced labour, in Nam-Zarng
- People forced to fix roads in Kun-Hing and NamZarng
- Villagers forced to clear sides of road in Murng-Sart
- Villagers forced to keep watch and work at military camp in Lai-Kha
- Villagers forced to grow crops and provide other routine forced labour in Murng-Nai
- Forced labour and extortion in Murng-Paeng
- Forced labour and extortion in Lai-Kha
- Forced labour in Murng-Nai
- Forced labourers told to say they volunteered, in Kun-Hing
- Forced labour of villagers' vehicles in Murng-Yawng
- Forced labour used in military operations in Murng-Paeng
COMMENTARY : Forced Labour
There was an interesting piece of news concerning forced labour early in the month: President Thein Sein had signed the labour organization bill into law, and workers would be able to legally form trade unions and go on strike when necessary.
At first glance the news appeared somewhat encouraging until when it said that 'although the bill includes severe penalties for employers who breach its regulations, the military is immune from prosecution in a civilian court, which is guaranteed in the 2008 constitution'.
That has effectively excluded the rampant use of civilian forced labour by the Burmese military in Shan State. Moreover, instead of admitting the existence of it and trying to address it in a sincere manner, the military have been attempting to hide the fact by compelling people to say that they volunteer of their own free will, and even threatening them with punishment if they defy the order, as reported in this month's issue.
As they have been claiming that political prisoners are not political prisoners because they are charged with criminal offences, the military appear to be willing to claim that forced labourers also are not forced labourers because they voluntarily offer their labour.
Therefore, theoretically, as there are no political prisoners, there are no forced labourers. However, in fact, the opposite is true..
In early 2011, villagers of Kho Lam village in Nam-Zarng township were forced to provide free labour in building a new military camp by the Burmese army troops of IB66 at a place confiscated from the local villagers of Kho Lam village tract.
On 20 January 2011, at a meeting of the Burmese army authorities held at Kho Lam village, it was announced that 2 military bases were ordered by Naypyitaw to be built in the area. A new Tactical Command was to be set up about 3 kilometres north of Kho Lam, and a new battalion base was to be built about 2 kilometers west of the village.
At the time when this report was received, at the end of February 2011, although nothing had yet been done for the new Tactical Command, the construction of the new battalion base had already been underway for some time.
Many villagers' farmlands west of Kho Lam village had been confiscated to make room for the new battalion base and mass forced labour of the local people was used to clear the land, dig trenches, and gather building materials such as wood and bamboo, etc..
Villagers' tractors were required to transport wood, bamboo and other building materials to the building site known locally as Kung Khe Sawm at Loi Khi Haen hill. Water and other necessities also had to be transported by villagers' vehicles.
Both villagers and their vehicles were systematically conscripted by the Burmese army to work in building the new battalion base on a regular basis. However, villagers were required to provide their own food and buy fuel for their vehicles with their own money.
In early 2011, villagers of Kaad Lur village in Kaad Lur village tract in Nam-Zarng township were forced to build a military camp, and provide other types of routine forced labour, by the Burmese army troops of LIB516.
During the whole month of February 2011, villagers of Kaad Lur village in Kaad Lur village tract were forced to provide free labour in building a military camp, which was an expansion of the existing camp at Kaad Lur village, by the Burmese army troops of Nam-Zarng-based LIB516.
At least 20 villagers each day were required to work at the camp building fences, digging trenches and building bunkers, etc.. Villagers' tractors were required to transport building materials such as wood, bamboo and roofing thatch, etc., which also had to be collected by the villagers.
Even after the construction of the camp, villagers were still required to routinely provide their tractors and motorcycles for military use at the camp on a daily basis. Each day, 3 tractors and 4 motorcycles had to be at the camp.
The tractors were mainly used to transport water, sand and firewood for making bricks, which were sold to generate income for the military, and the motorcycles were used for running errands and visiting places. The villagers also had to provide their own fuel for their vehicles.
In early 2011, people in Kun-Hing and Nam-Zarng townships were forced to fix roads in their townships by the Burmese army troops of IB246 and IB287 for many weeks, without receiving any pay and having to provide their own food.
Starting from 5 January 2011, villagers of Saai Mon village in Laai Kaam village tract in Kun-Hing township were forced by the military authorities of IB246 to fix the section of the Nam-Zarng - Kun-Hing main road that was in the area of their village tract.
The work included digging earth from higher places and filling up pot holes and lower places, and clearing the sides of the road of brush and bushes. About 25-30 villagers were required to work each day, using their own tools and providing their own food. It had been almost a month and the work was still continuing when this report was received.
Starting from 18 January 2011, villagers of Paang Nim and Kung Pao villages in Paang Nim village tract in Nam-Zarng township were also required by the military authorities of IB287 to repair the road starting from Paang Nim through Kung Pao and up to Saai Mon village in Laai Kaam village tract in Kun-Hing township.
At least 20 villagers had to work on a daily basis for many weeks, also using their own tools and providing their own food. When this report was received in early February 2011, the work was only about half finished.
In March 2011, villagers of villages along the Murng-Sart - Murng-Ton main road, including Me Nim village, were forced to clear the sides of the road for several days by the Burmese army troops of IB278.
The villagers, comprising mainly Shan and Lahu peoples, had to take turns and work in rotating groups on a daily basis for several days until the work was finished, using their own tools and providing their own food.
Trees, brush and bushes within about 100 yards on both sides of the road had to be cleared away so that any movement in the areas could be easily seen for the road. The villagers received nothing in return for their time and labour.
During March and April 2011, villagers in Wan Saang village tract in Lai-Kha township were forced to keep watch at strategic places and work at a military camp, by the Burmese army troops of IB64.
About 25 villagers from Kun Hung, Ho Ta and Wan Saang villages in Wan Saang village tract, in Lai-Kha township, were required by the Burmese army troops of IB64 to provide free labour on a daily basis for about 2 months, March and April, during which they had to bring their own food every day.
Among the villagers, about 20 of them were required to work at the military camp. They had to clear and renovate the existing trenches and bunkers in the camp and construct new ones at other places if necessary.
About 4-5 of them had to keep watch at different strategic places in the outskirts of Lai-Kha town. Their duty was to immediately report to the military authorities if there were movements of the Shan resistance soldiers in the area.
During the said 2 months, each household had to provide 1 labourer every 3 days, according to the local villagers. After that, it has become less frequent. However, each household still has to provide free forced labour at least 2 times per month up to the time of this report, they said.
During early and mid 2011, villagers of Naa Khaan and Loi Wawt village tracts in Murng-Nai township were forced to grow corn for the military and provide other routine forced labour by the Burmese army troops of IB248.
During 2011, up until the time of this report, villagers of every village in Naa Khaan and Loi Wawt village tracts in Murng-Nai township have been routinely required by the Burmese army troops of IB248 to work for the military.
The work included fixing and building fences, clearing grass and bushes, fetching water, gathering firewood, clearing the trenches and bunkers, and sweeping the compound, etc.. Occasionally, the villagers were also required to dig new trenches, gather logs and build new bunkers.
To fulfill their routine forced labour duties, the villagers had to work in rotation and each household was required to work 2 times per month and provide at least 1 labourer each time. Occasionally, however, more labourers had to be provided and work more than 2 times within a month.
In mid 2011, the villagers were also required to cultivate corn for the military. They were required to do all the work from start to finish, from clearing and tilling the ground up to the harvest. Growing crops for the military has also been a yearly requirement imposed on the villagers over the years.
In mid 2011, villagers of Ho Pong village tract in Murng-Paeng township were forced to grow corn for the military by the Burmese army troops of IB249, who also routinely used villagers' forced labour and extorted money from them.
All the villages in Ho Pong village tract in Murng-Paeng township had to take turns and cultivate corn for the military. They were required by the Burmese army troops of IB249 to take all the responsibilities concerning the cultivation of the crop from start to finish.
The villagers were also required to routinely provide free forced labour in other types of work, including maintaining military camp, for which each household had to provide at least 1 labourer, and at least 2 times per month.
Apart from having to do various types of forced labour, the villagers were also required to contribute money for the military on a regular basis, collected 2 times per month, from 3,000 up to 5,000 kyat each time.
In early and mid 2011, villagers of Naa Poi village tract in Lai-Kha township were required to work for the military without pay, and rice and money was extorted from them, by a combined force of troops from IB64 of the Burmese army and a Shan ceasefire group.
During the said period, the said combined force of Burmese and Shan troops, manning a camp at Nam Hu Phyaa Tham in Naa Poi village tract in Lai-Kha township, required villagers of several villages in the village tract to provide free labour in maintaining a military camp and clearing the sides of a main road.
The villagers had to work at the military camp clearing and digging trenches, fixing and building fences, and other menial work in maintaining the camp. These compulsory duties required the villagers to work in rotation all year round.
The villagers also had to clear the sides of the main road leading from the military camp up to the edge of Lai-Kha town. Each village was required to work a 1,000-arm-span long section of the road, and 80 arm spans wide on each side.
All trees, brush and bushes had to be completely cleared from the sides of the road. No tree stumps were allowed to be left standing or sticking out of the ground. All trees had to be leveled to the ground, said the order.
Rice was regularly extorted on a monthly basis from the villagers by the said troops. Each village was required to contribute 10 baskets of husked rice to the military per month. When rice was not available, money was extorted instead, at the rate of 16,000 kyat for each basket of rice.
The known affected villages were Kung Sim, Mai Hai, Haan Lin, Kung Keng, Loi Waeng, Ter Zaang, Pa Mai, Kawng Hak, Paang Sa, Nam Waan, Wan Hai, Nam Ma, Pa Moi, Ho Hung, Khur Nim, Nam Hu, Tao Laai, Maak Laang Leo and Zizawya Khe.
Since last year up to around mid 2011, when this report was received, the Burmese army troops of IB448 have routinely used unpaid forced labour of Murng-Nai townspeople to work for the military.
The Burmese troops of IB448, manning the camp at Saai Phe village in the outskirts of Murng-Nai town, required the townspeople to work for them on a regular basis. The work included the maintenance of the camp and gathering of bamboo, wood, firewood and water outside the camp, and other activities.
To fulfill these routine forced labour duties, all the town quarters were needed to provide labourers in a rotating manner. At least 10 persons were required to work as unpaid labourers for the military each time, at least 4-5 times a month. .
Since many years up to mid 2011, people in Kun-Hing town have been required by the Burmese military authorities to provide free labour in maintaining military camps and other infrastructure around the town on a regular basis.
At least 4-5 times a month, about 20-30 persons each time were required to do one or several of the following types of work: clearing the grounds surrounding pagodas that were constructed and worshipped by the military; clearing the sides of the roads; clearing the grounds inside and outside of the fences surrounding the military camps; clearing the trenches and bunkers in the military camps; etc..
Since some time ago, especially during 2011, the Burmese army troops that were on duty overseeing the forced labourers at work often warned them not to say that they were being forced to work, but to say that they were only volunteering. Those who dared say otherwise would be punished, they said.
In May 2011, tractors belonging to villagers of Wan Naa village tract in Murng-Yawng township were forced by the Burmese army troops of LIB311 to transport military things all day long. The tractor owners were required to provide their own food and fuel, and fix their broken down tractors on their own.
On 15 May 2011, 9 tractors were forcibly conscripted from the villagers of Wan Naa, Kaw Khoi, Wan Tump and Pha Keo villages in Wan Naa village tract in Murng-Yawng township, by the Burmese army troops of LIB311.
The tractors were forced to transport the troops and military things from Murng-Yawng town to a place where there was a large pagoda, about 5 kilometres north of the town. Although the distance was not so big, each tractor had to return 3-4 times to transport all of them.
The road was so rough that at least 2-3 tractors broke down along the way and the other tractors were required to come back and transport their cargos. The Burmese troops took no interest in the broken tractors and they were left to the owners to do what was required.
According to the owners, in addition to having to provide their own food and fuel, they also had to pay for all the costs in towing their broken tractors back and fixing them at the garages in Murng-Yawng town. The Burmese military took no responsibility.
From early up to mid 2011, villagers in Murng Pu Long village tract in Murng-Paeng township were routinely forced to provide free labour during military operations by the Burmese army troops of IB43, based in Murng-Paeng.
Since March up to mid 2011, members of people's militia and ordinary villagers in Murng Pu Long village tract were routinely forced to serve the Burmese military as fighters and porters during patrols, and stand guard at their villages.
In early 2011, a contingent of about 100 Burmese army troops from IB43 set up an out post camp at Wan Tong village in Murng Pu Long village tract, and recruited 100 villagers from the 9 villages in the village tract to form a people's militia force.
The 9 villages, and their populations, in Murng Pu Long village tract were: Kun Kawk, 100 houses; Kaeng Hin, 85 houses; Waeng Hawng, 55 houses; Waeng Zaan, 25 houses; Wan Tong, 60 houses; Zawm Tawng, 50 houses; Paeng Saang, 70 houses; Waeng Kao, 50 houses; and Lawn Keo, 50 houses.
Villagers were recruited in accordance with the size of the population of each village, 20 or 10 or 5 persons, to serve in the people's militia. The duties of the people's militia were to go with the Burmese army troops on their patrols and serve as both scouts and fighters.
Other villagers were also required to serve as unpaid porters with the military patrols, and keep watch at their villages. All the village entrances were to be guarded by the villagers of the respective villages, using muskets or knives as their weapons, and to immediately report to the Burmese army troops when they sighted any signs of Shan soldiers.
The Burmese army troops divided themselves into 2 groups and while one group went out on patrol, the other remained at the camp until those who had gone on patrol returned, and took turns to go out on patrol again, in a rotating manner.
Every time the Burmese troops went out on patrol, which was usually about 10 days each time, about 20 members of the people's militia were required to accompany them, to show them the way and fight alongside them. Ordinary villagers were also required to serve as unpaid porters.
However, the Burmese military took no responsibility to provide food and other necessities for the members of the people's militia and the civilian porters during those patrols. Village headmen of their respective villages had to support the people's militia, and the civilian porters had to provide their own food and other necessities.
The Burmese military also took no responsibility for casualties suffered by the people's militia. Sometime in April 2011, 2 members of the people's militia were seriously wounded by a land mine during a military patrol.
One of them sustained a severed leg and the other a broken leg, but the Burmese troops did not take them to the hospital to receive treatment. The villagers themselves had to take them to the hospital and also pay for all the costs of the treatment.


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I was transplanting my S. Rubra, and when I took the sphagnum moss from around them I began to rinse what looked like the rhizome to me (im not unfamiliar with plant anatomy) off and it just fel off. I didn't use a strong stream of water. It liked like a piece of bark. Was that the rhizome? I just poured the water on it. They still have some all its roots (there weren't any on the rhizome) Will this hurt my plant?
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Hello poolboy101, Just replant it and it should grow back any lost parts. The rhizomes are basically just containers that hold extra sugars for the plant during dormancy, like a carrot or potato, so insects will eat on them and they will break off occasionally, so it is nothing to worry tremendously about so long as mold and rot is not evident. Over time, those rhizomes will grow long and thick and more plants will grow from them in a clump. In cultivation, those rhizomes are often cut into one inch sections when the plant is old enough and each will grow into a new plant just like quartering a potato to make a bunch of new potato plants. Just repot it and dont disurb it anymore and it should be fine. If in doubt, you can get some neem oil or sulfur based fungicide, none of the soap based stuff, only water based or dry poweder, and use that on the soil and rhizome to keep infection out while it recovers. If the rhizome section that fell off was brown and dried up, it probably was just a part that the plant was not using anymore, so it just broke off on its own. Healthy rhizome sections will be creamy white with some occasional reddish coloration to them. Outside they might have some bark like brown coating, but inside they should be white and firm like a potato before boiling. |
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3/4 teaspoon salt= 1,725 mg sodium
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Blaine, Washington, is a friendly, unpretentious seaside city of about 4,500 persons located 110 miles, or two hours, north of Seattle at the terminus of the north-south Interstate 5 corridor. Vancouver, B.C., site of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, is 30 miles, or half an hour, away. White Rock, B.C., is just across the border. Neighboring Washington communities include Ferndale and Bellingham to the south, Birch Bay and Semiahmoo to the west, and Lynden to the east, all within a few minutes of each other. Bustling Bellingham offers all of the big city services, including top-rated medical facilities, while Blaine offers location, tranquility and convenience.
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The median home value in Fischer, TX is $147,500. This is the county median home value of $147,500. The national median home value is $170,100. The average price of homes sold in Fischer, TX is $147,500. Approximately 75.77% of Fischer homes are owned, compared to 10.31% rented, while 13.93% are vacant. Fischer real estate listings include condos, townhomes, and single family homes for sale. Commercial properties are also available. If you see a property you're interested in, contact a Fischer real estate agent to arrange a tour today! Learn more about Fischer Real Estate.
Rustic cabin in the woods on 5.78 secluded, unrestricted acres. Just 10 minutes from the historic Wimberley Square, 5 minutes from Canyon Lake. Beautiful views of the hill country from the rooftop deck. Hunting permitted. Cabin includes one bedroom and a sleeping loft, one bathroom, kitchen open to living room. Wonderful outdoor living space with custom limestone grill and pergola. Rain water collection system.
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Canyon Lake view 1 acre lot with large manufactured home that was the sales office for development. Has potential but needs renovations due to previous tenants. Seller will consider financing or negotiate some repairs. Some furnishings can stay. HVAC and some appliances are missingâ¦need replacing. Needs new flooring in places. Large open floor plan in great location. Nice homes in community selling for over $200K+
Great small gated community with a level building site, mature trees, and a whole lot of quiet! The lot next door is also for sale, if you need more room. Historic Fischer town boasts an old time general store, concert hall, event venue, and a nine pin bowling alley. Canyon Lake is just 5 miles away, Wimberley 12 miles, and Gruene 30, it's a Great location. Come walk this property.
Come walk this wonderful acre in a small gated community. It boasts mature trees, a level building site, and quiet! Great location-5 miles from Canyon Lake, 12 miles to Wimberley, 30 to Gruene. This great historical town offers an old time general store, legendary dance hall/event venue, and a 9 pin bowling club! One acre not enough? The one next door is available as well!
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I posted this in the butterfly bush section but got no replies yet. However, since I am in Florida I thought I would post this here...
I didn't realize this until now but I want to know if I am messing with my gardens future trail space or not. I love in zone 9 (Davenport, FL) I have some Magenta and Blue-Violet (Buzz) Butterfly bushes planted on the side of my house spaced far apart from my rose bushes. I plan on keeping these relatively compack. Usually before the last few flowers fall off penicles of the plant I tend to cut them off. And because I had read that using the old/dead parts of some plants and fallen leaves make for a good organic mulch type product. I am worried I might have baby Butterfly bushes crop up in the near future..! Can someone confirm or alleviate my fears? Thank you! Now on to part 2. I bought yesterday the Lochinch butterfly bush in light pink and a darker purple color but I noticed that these are very lanky looking. Is there a way (that is the better way) to keep them smaller and not so lanky...?? I don't mind doing a bit of height but I just don't want them looking lanky and very airy looking on the otherside of the coin I don't want them to be too bush and unmanageable.. Any info would be lovely! Jenny |
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In a meticulously compiled podcast Niklas Vaggh creates an anthology of atmospheres he constantly seeks in his dj-sets. Niklas Vaggh aka Sietse van der Meer has been collecting tracks for over three months to create the harsh, gloomy, uncompromising and haunting mix he envisioned.
At a young age Sietse was already into the hard styles of music. A characteristic also evident with previous artists who contributed to the series. Although Sietse listened to hardcore, he resisted strongly against sectarianism, the capturing of styles and people in boxes and conventions. This resulted in a broad orientation, during which he listened to a wide range of music, ranging from early hardcore and oldskool to metal. He played in a nu-metal band where he scratched using his hardcore records. It was around '95 that he started making his own beats, enriched with samples he took from films. Core values of his musical orientation are melodic melancholy, rhythmic continuity, a mysterious gloom and a certain level of relentlessness.
These values are still key to his musical orientation, although nowadays he can also appreciate the more subtle, deep sounds instead of the distorted beats or a squealing guitar. This is also goes for the art of omission, a feature prevalent in the Berghain sound. Next to these features, labels that sought their own unconventional way to sound (such as Planet Mu and r_AW) have had major influence on Niklas Vaggh in recent years.
Visually Sietse is attracted by artworks full of contrasts, expressive colours and strong shapes. These elements and the dark and sinister atmosphere are also present in this podcast's accompanying artwork "Shimmering", a picture taken by Russian photographer Gueorgui Pinkhassov full of both mystery and colour. A picture that shows how nature can create both magical moments and extreme dangers, these elemental forces pose the most adverse of conditions and impossible challenges of unfathomable dimensions.
Soundcloud download & player: soundcloud.com/fiberfestival/fiber-podcast-09
Tracklist FIBER Podcast Niklas Vaggh 11-11-2011
01 Maks – Echodrome (Ozka remix) [Panel Trax]
02 Forward Strategy Group – Arcnet [Perc Trax]
03 Aphex Twin – Tha [Apollo]
04 Donato Dozzy – Giusy [Time To Express]
05 And – A1 (Original mix) [Horizontal Ground]
06 Milton Bradley – Escaped From The Dark [Zooloft]
07 Truncate – Contrasts (Santiago Salazar remix) [Modularz]
08 Mathew Jonson – Learning To Fly (Dub) [M_nus]
09 Nick Dunton – Between Worlds (Sandwell District's For Rich Mix) [Surface]
10 Daniela Stickroth – The Slot (Giorgio Gigli remix) [LINEAL Records]
11 Delta Funktionen – Torpor [Ann Aimee]
12 Aiken – Conclusion (Architectural remix) [Semantica Records]
13 Drumcell and Audio Injection – Cell Injection (JPLS remix) [Droid Recordings]
14 Frozen Border – FB06 B [Frozen Border]
15 Audio Injection – Can't Believe [Sleaze Records]
16 Monaco Jam – Auf Sendung [Pastamusic]
17 L.B. Dub Corp – Lurchers Dub [Mote-Evolver]
18 Obtane, Giorgio Gigli and Tin Man – Social Deconstruction [Zooloft]


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I'm trying to write a league table for some sport results using django. At the moment my model looks pretty basic:
class Scores(models.Model):
matchnum = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
homeuser = models.ForeignKey(User, related_name="hmuser")
hometeam = models.ForeignKey('teams', related_name="hmteam")
homescore = models.IntegerField()
wayuser = models.ForeignKey(User)
awayteam = models.ForeignKey('teams')
awayscore = models.IntegerField()
pub_date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, editable=False)
def __unicode__(self):
id = str(self.matchnum)
return id
class Meta:
class Teams(models.Model):
teamname = models.CharField(max_length=40)
def __unicode__(self):
return self.teamname
class Meta:
verbose_name_plural = "Teams"
However, with the information in this simple model – I should be able to generate a league table, with the following fields:
Team | Played # | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points |
So how to put this into a Django App? Well I need some advice, as my original method was to edit the save() function of the model to input fields into a new model – however, I should be editing things at the form level. I'd also like a 'generate league' method, rather than a method where a league is generated at the end of each score addition. The main advantages of this approach is that I can:
- Generate the League from existing score data.
- Future Users can generate the League from their data.
- Leagues can be generated at the end of each 'gameweek' – rather than just at the end of each game.
Django is a fantastic python framework that I'm immediately getting to grips with – but as this kind of application (simple as it is) – is one that's scalable and may be useful to many other users.. I want to get it right from the start.
I'll be tagging the posts with 'djangoleague' if you want to keep up with development – and if anyone wants to use the project/help me out with it – please post in the comments and I'll get back to you.


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continued The practices culminated with William and Nicholas leading the players out onto the field for their Friday night game, which was held at Solvay High School (the home game was moved to Solvay where there is an artificial turf field). After the National Anthem, an announcement was made designating the day as William Relyea Day then an honorary face-off took place in which Fiorini brought William to mid-field where William was allowed to blow the whistle for the face-off to begin. Afterward, the boy was given the game ball signed by the coach and the Baldwinsville and Auburn face-off players. The game finished with William leading the players through the customary handshake line.
"The interaction between William and our team has been great," Fiorini said. "He is a wonderful little guy and I think he will become our adopted little brother as our season moves forward."
While the lacrosse team has supported various causes in the past, their week with William was something entirely different, Fiorini said.
"Our main drive was to have a few special days for William, his brother and his mom," he said. "We've been inspired to come into William's life."
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As the healthy public discussion about head trauma and the lasting effects of NFL injuries continues following Junior Seau's death, we're starting to come full circle and arrive back home at some universal truths.
This afternoon's reality was served by Osi Umenyiora, the Giants defensive end who tweeted this morning that he could be in a wheelchair when he's 45 years old. He clarified and added to that comment during an appearance on ESPN's Outside the Lines:
"Obviously that was an exaggeration on my part or at least I hope so. But there is no question that it is a dangerous sport. A lot of us all know the risks and ramifications of what it is that we are doing and we still chose to do it anyway because of the benefits of it and the lifestyle that it affords us to lead and the fact that we get to bond and go out there and play a team sport and do things that we all dreamed of as a kid."
"But there is no question as to the dangers of actually playing football and the things that happen and the long-term health risks of playing. You can see that the NFL now has owners who care and we have a Commissioner who cares. And you see them taking steps to try to eradicate or to lessen the impact of some of these head trauma and the dementia that a lot of us are suffering later on in our life."
"You see them trying to do things to limit that. But there is really not much you are going to be able to do to eradicate that completely unless you eradicate the game of football and that is not going to happen."
It's nice that some sober second thought has allowed Umenyiora to reflect back on his tweets from this morning, and more properly articulate his feelings. But when we're worrying about the future of the game in light of Seau's death, today's generation of players aren't necessarily central to the discussion, which is the first area Umenyiora addressed.
Nope, concern over the future of the game at the grassroots level isn't directed towards Umenyiora, because he's a veteran player who's been injured, recovered from those injuries, and played through injuries. As he notes, he's fully aware of the risks, and plays for the reward, whether those are literal rewards (his two Super Bowl rings and two visits to Hawaii for the Pro Bowl), or the many, many other benefits of being a professional athlete (the paycheck, the adoring fans, the girls…the girls).
This is about mothers and sons, and the families sitting around pop warner fields on lawn chairs this summer. Umenyiora is certainly correct when he says that no amount of precautionary measures will prevent major injuries. Although that may worry some parents, it should be common knowledge, and it's not the root of their fears.
The root lies in the cumulative effects of those injuries, and the long-term damage that Umenyiora also noted. Fear is the driver, and worries about the lingering effects of playing football have grown. The ultimate concern for the NFL is that the parents of the next Umenyiora could be so strongly influenced by the events of the past week and extending beyond that to Dave Duerson, Ray Easterling, and others that they won't allow their child to grow into his natural talent, and become a star.
That will fade, though, and normalcy will return. Eventually, sheltering children only leads to a life of being hopelessly scared and timid, while others have all the fun. No amount of restrictive rules will eliminate concussions, just like regardless of enhanced car safety and advances in technology, no vehicle will be completely accident proof for your newly-licensed 17-year-old.
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Sexy sex with him? Sexier sex clothes! Hair sex fashion sex naked sexy sex. To my admittedly biased eye, that's what the cover lines of Cosmopolitan look like every single month. Each new issue kicks off an
anxious inner monologue: Didn't they promote those exact same stories last month? Why can't they find a synonym for "sexy"? What is that one thing he wishes I knew about his body? Um, is anyone going to see me buying this? Better pick up a newspaper, too. See, newsstand guy, I'm smart!
I'm just inordinately interested in shoving my cleavage up to my collarbone and finding out what's really on his mind.
It would save me an awful lot of newsstand dithering if there were a quick, easy way to divine the solutions to the oh-so-important (and sexy!) dilemmas posed on the cover. So, in the interest of providing this valuable public service, I bought the September issue and read the articles highlighted on the cover to find the answers. Spoiler alert!
100 Sex Truths: Short and Sweet Answers to Burning Sex Questions. Put 'Em To Use Tonight
If you can get through this Q-and-A without snorting in derision, you're way more mature than I am. With its 20-words-or-less answers, this article reads like the transcript of an X-rated game show's lightning round. For instance:
I'm dating a bad kisser. Does that mean he'll totally suck in the sack?
Also, I'm issuing demerits for lack of imagination (or junior-high gleefulness) about the topic covered in question 69. Don't make me explain.
His Girlfriend Wish List: Do You Have These 9 Surprising Traits?
The only thing surprising about this list is that "a hot bod" isn't on it. Otherwise, it's the usual: you know, be cool to his friends, ignore his flaws, don't break into his email account and flag messages from his friends as spam.
Sexier Hair: All New Looks!
Hey, Cosmo? An article called "Sex Up Your Style" probably shouldn't contain the sentence "They're so easy, it's ridiculous." People might get the wrong idea. Just saying.
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If I learned one thing from this article, it's that men have Sherlock Holmes-level observational skills. For instance, in just one romantic romp, a man will notice subtle details like whether you invited him to your home. If he's a real master of perception, he might also suss out that you're running your fingernails down his back and that you've remained partially clothed during the interlude. Sharp!
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Wouldn't you be happy if you were a 5'10" television star with an equally hot and famous boyfriend and the ability to down three desserts in a single meeting with a Cosmo reporter? Yeah.
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Drum roll, please! The winner, voted the "sexiest position of all" in a Cosmo poll, is, in the words of the mag… "getting busy against a wall." Whether or not it's sexy, it's certainly complex: this issue offers two full pages of tips and explanations. Gotta justify that $4.29 cover price somehow!
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It is possible that the main title of the report Shwachman Syndrome is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and disorder subdivision(s) covered by this report.
- Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome
- Pancreatic Insufficiency and Bone Marrow Dysfunction
- Shwachman-Bodian Syndrome
- Lipomatosis of Pancreas, Congenital
- Shwachman-Diamond-Oski Syndrome
General Discussion
Shwachman syndrome is a rare genetic disorder with multiple and varied manifestations. The disorder is typically characterized by signs of insufficient absorption (malabsorption) of fats and other nutrients due to abnormal development of the pancreas (pancreatic insufficiency) and improper functioning of the bone marrow (bone marrow dysfunction), resulting in low levels of circulating blood cells (hematologic abnormalities). Additional characteristic findings may include short stature; abnormal bone development affecting the rib cage and/or bones in the arms and/or legs (metaphyseal dysostosis); and/or liver abnormalities.
Due to abnormal skeletal changes, individuals with Shwachman syndrome may have abnormal thickening of the ribs and their supporting connective tissue (costochondral thickening), resulting in unusually short, flared ribs. In addition, improper bone development (abnormal ossification) within the arms and/or legs (limbs) may cause growth delay in particular bones. Many children with Shwachman syndrome may also be smaller than expected for their ages, with below average height (short stature) and weight. Although malabsorption due to pancreatic insufficiency may itself cause problems with growth and nutrition, short stature appears to be one of the many primary manifestations of Shwachman syndrome.
In addition, as a result of bone marrow dysfunction, individuals with Shwachman syndrome may have a decrease in any or all types of blood cells. Therefore, they may have low levels of certain white blood cells (neutropenia), platelets (thrombocytopenia), red blood cells (anemia), and/or all types of blood cells (pancytopenia). Neutropenia is the most common blood abnormality associated with Shwachman syndrome. Because neutrophils, a type of white blood cell, play an essential role in fighting bacterial infections, many affected individuals are prone to repeated bacterial infections (e.g., recurrent respiratory infections [pneumonia] and infections of the middle ear [otitis media]); in some cases, infections may be severe.
Some affected individuals may also have abnormal enlargement of the liver (hepatomegaly), increased levels of certain liver enzymes in the blood, and/or other findings in association with the disorder. Shwachman syndrome is believed to be inherited as an autosomal recessive trait.
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Transurethral Microwave Thermotherapy - TUMT
A new outpatient procedure is helping many men who suffer urinary tract infections and have trouble urinating due to an enlarged prostate.
Transurethral Microwave Thermotherapy (TUMT) can help men who have benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), an increased number of tissue cells which causes the prostate to enlarge, often leading to urinary incontinence or urinary tract infections.
A treatment catheter with a tiny antenna, called the Prostatron®, is inserted into the urethra and is positioned to the center of the prostate. The Prostatron then heats the prostate tissue to above 45 degrees centigrade, enough to destroy benign prostate cells. Cool water is also circulated throughout the catheter, protecting the urethra. A small probe is inserted in the rectum to measure rectal temperature during the procedure to assure that surrounding tissue is not damaged.
The procedure, which takes only 30 minutes and requires a 30 to 45 minute wait for patients after it is completed, can shrink the prostate using microwave energy. This restores urine flow for patients.
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I've had this rose in a pot for two years and now it is time for it to go into the ground. Really love it: leaves stay nice-looking all summer, blossoms start as little button-size wads of many petals that almost magically become full -size flowers with many subtle shades of pink and red over time, and it holds up to the heat well. In fact it does best in the hot part of the year here. Blooms a lot.
My problem is trying to figure out the real-life eventual size of the bush. Vintage classifies it as a "2" type of China, about waist-high according to the cartoon. That is also how they classify Comtesse du Cayla which, last time I looked at mine, was at least 9' high and 12' across -- and it may have gotten even larger since yesterday! This rose does not appear widely grown or available, according to HMF, but I am hoping someone can share their experience. -- Debbie |
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- Posted by jacqueline3 9CA (My Page) on Sat, Dec 3, 11 at 15:18
Ha! I know what you mean about how large roses grow in our warm climate - mine get 2/3 times (or more!) what it says in the references. HMF and several other web sites I looked it up on say about 4 feet, so I would guess at least 6-8 feet here, but probably not huge huge. It looks gorgeous! I am becoming more & more enamored of the old chinas. Jackie |
- Posted by jaspermplants 9 AZ (My Page) on Sat, Dec 3, 11 at 19:55
I've had it for about a year and it is a great rose. It does like the heat it seems. Mine is only about 2 feet high so far. Not sure I have room for it to be so large. Sorry I'm not more help but don't hear about this rose much and I had to chime in. |
- Posted by cemeteryrose USDA 9/Sunset 14 (My Page) on Sun, Dec 4, 11 at 6:20
Ours has been in the Sacramento Cemetery garden for several years and it's still pretty small. I think it's going to end up being 3-4 ft tall and fairly upright, like Fabvier. Definitely not a Comtesse du Cayla! Anita |
and definately not like mutabilis either. A dainty little grower here absolutely ideal for a pot. |
Anita and Suzy, this is good news! It's behavior did seem demure, but so many look oh-so-innocent in the pot and go on to become elephant-size in the ground out here, as Jackie notes. I've had to re-align (or abandon!) more than a few paths due to this sort of mis-calculation. Great! It's best spot, landscape- and otherwise, fits a medium-sized bush, and I won't need to sacrifice my last remaining big-rose spot (which, of course, already has a candidate or two in waiting). -- Debbie |
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Chill tracks including James Blake, Radiohead, and SBTRKT - just to name a few.
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relax, chill, keep calm, thinking
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On Sun, November 11, 2012 10:59 am, Tim E. Real wrote:
A utility that assigns midi controllers to alsa controls could be used for
any sound card I guess. Metering could be done with keyoff velocity events
(keyoff would not make noise if it accidentally got routed to a sound
module). Midi controller messages can go both ways too for that matter.
One thing I have noticed is that there are about 4 MIDI controller
applications floating around ... only one works on current libs, they are
that old... and none are being maintained. There are lots of mixers that
accept midi controller input, but none of them seem to output it. OSC is
new to me. I should learn it :) Midi I know quite well (at least the
original spec, not the add ons so much) I have made a hardware midi filter
in my younger days... hacked the Atari Mega 2 midi driver to add a pass
through so I could use it on two programs at once. The lack of MIDI
controller apps being considered It may be just as easy to do a curses UI
and ssh to it. Effectively a custom or customizable alsamixer.
Some of the things I would like to see in mudita by the way, is a
different multimixer IF. Instead of two sliders per mixer input, a single
slider with a pan would make a lot more sense. Then being able to take two
of those and link them would be nice. channels 1/2 + 9/10 IO at least are
often used as stereo pairs and channels 11/12 would be nice to have
controls for :) But I think all the other multimixer controls would have
to be adjusted at the same to to effect that. Maybe not worth it.
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text: In this essay, Hope and Witmore explore the linguistic matrix of Shakespeare's dramatic genres by using multivariate statistics and a text-tagging device known as Docuscope, a hand-curated corpus of several million English words (and strings of words) that has been sorted into grammatical, semantic, and rhetorical categories. Starting with Heminges and Condell's designations of the Folio plays as comedies, histories, and tragedies, the authors offer a portrait of Shakespearean genre at the sentence level, showing how identifying frequently iterated word combinations (in either their presence or absence) allows new ways to study the integrity and fluidity of Shakespeare's genres. Calling this approach "iterative criticism," they situate their critical practice within both Shakespearean criticism and humanities-centered protocols of reading, concluding with a genre map of Shakespeare's plays compared to nearly three hundred other early modern dramas. Hope and Witmore do not seek to replace subjective, humanistic reading with something more "objective." Rather, they use digital, iterative methods in order to be "consistently subjective"—to extend interpretative strategies across quantities of texts and frequencies of feature that could otherwise not be accommodated.