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JavaCupcake Note: This is a re-post of a recipe from Culinary Concoctions by Peabody! She has so many amazing recipes for bakers, you'll have to check them all out!
Because I Can Cadbury Creme Egg Cupcakes by Culinary Concoctions by Peabody
Devil's Food Cake
9 TBSP unsweetened cocoa powder
1½ cups cake flour (not self-rising)
½ tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
¼ tsp baking powder
4 ounces unsalted butter, at room temperature
1½ cups granulated sugar
2 large eggs, at room temperature
½ cup water
½ cup whole milk
Adjust the oven rack to the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Butter (or use the baking spray) two regular size cupcake/muffin pans or two mini. I personally made 12 large cupcakes and 20 mini cupcakes.
Sift together the cocoa powder, cake flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder in a bowl.
In the bowl of a standing electric mixer, or by hand, beat together the butter and sugar about 5 minutes until smooth and creamy.
Add the eggs one at a time until fully incorporated. (If using a standing electric mixer, stop the mixer as necessary to scrape down the sides to be sure everything is getting mixed in.)
Mix together the water and milk. Stir half of the dry ingredients into the butter mixture, the add the water and milk. Finally stir in the other half of the dry ingredients.
Fill cupcake pans 2/3 of the way full with cake batter. For regular size bake 20-22 minutes. Mini bake 13-15 minutes.
Cake recipe from David Lebovitz.com
Crème Egg Filling Buttercream Frosting
the centers of 20 Cadbury Crème Egg scooped out (save the chocolate shells for décor and filling)
1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
6 to 8 cups powdered sugar
1 TBSP vanilla extract
milk to thin frosting
Place the butter in a large mixing bowl. Beat until light and fluffy. Add the creme from the eggs and beat until incorporated.
Add 4 cups of the sugar and vanilla extract.
On the medium speed of an electric mixer, beat until smooth and creamy, about 3-5 minutes.
Gradually add the remaining sugar, 1 cup at a time, beating well after each addition (about 2 minutes), until the icing is thick enough to be of good spreading consistency. If too thick, thin out with milk.
You can take half of the icing and color it yellow for effect. You will also probably have little bits of chocolate that stayed with the crème filling, no worries, it's tasty.
Chocolate Shell Ganache
10 ounces of chopped up Cadbury Crème Egg Shell, if you don't have enough to make 10 ounces, then add some milk chocolate chips to it
1 cup heavy cream
Put chocolate in a medium bowl.
Bring cream to a simmer in a saucepan and remove from heat. Pour over chocolate. Let sit 5 minutes.
Whisk in chocolate until smooth. Let set up at room temperature.
To assemble the cupcakes:
Take chocolate shell filling and place into a pastry bag fitted with a small tip.
Take tip and place into cupcake squeeze filling into cupcake using the cone method (or just poke into center and fill if making mini).
Frost cupcake and top with chocolate shell piece. If making the mini, they do make mini eggs. Cut those in half and use as décor.
6 Comments on Cadbury Creme Egg Cupcakes
Yum! I love Cadbury Creme Eggs! Cupcakes look delicious!
looks really festive!
u just gave me an idea for easter!
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Super sweet and unbelievably beautiful cupcakes. You are the cupcake queen! Have a great weekend.
I have a picture of these on my twitter. Right now my posts are locked, but you can request me!
These took a little time, but were SO worth it in the end! My friends went crazy for them. I made the larger ones, and garnished them with the filled halves of the creme egg. While the cupcakes sat out, the creme from the candy drizzled all over the buttercream, making the flavor that much more prominent. VERY YUMMY! Thanks for sharing!!! -
thank u, it looks delicious, but it was not what i was looking for. i wanted a literal egg cup cake- not a real egg, but a cupcake with hard candy as the shell, and when broken up, ther's an icing yolk and egg white beneath it.
thank u again. this rlly is a good recipe.
Definetly going to do these cupcakes next easter.Xx


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I've routed miles of grooves in my life, but the quality of cut I've been getting from spiral bits still amazes me. I love these bits! The secret is in the spiral design, which cuts the wood through a shearing action. This offers three big benefits. First, spiral bits leave a silky smooth surface, even on end grain. Second, they can eliminate chipping on the face of chip-prone materials, such as veneered plywood and melamine. Third, it takes less effort to rout with a spiral bit. This reduces the load on your router and means faster, easier routing for you. The spiral can be either an up-cut spiral, a down-cut spiral or a combination up- and down-cut spiral. The bits can even be found with bearings for trim and pattern cutting. Spiral bits are available with one, two or three flutes. Single-fluted bits cut the fastest; bits with three flutes produce the smoothest surface. Two-fluted spiral bits are the most commonly available and provide an excellent balance of speed and quality of cut. You can buy spiral bits with cutting diameters ranging from 1/8 in. to 1-1/8 in. They cost between $10 and $100 each, depending on size and whether they are carbide or high-speed steel. A 1/2-in-diameter solid carbide spiral bit, for example, costs about $45; the same size bit in high-speed steel will run about $15. Carbide will stay sharp longer than high-speed steel, but is brittle and easily broken or chipped if the bit is dropped or is pushed too hard when routing. This is especially true of bits that have a 1/4-in. cutting diameter or less. A high-speed steel spiral bit will save you money, but use it only on solid wood. Manufactured materials, such as plastic laminate and melamine, will quickly dull a high-speed steel bit. Solid carbide and high-speed steel spiral bits can be sharpened for about $10 to $15 each. Your local saw blade sharpening service should be able to do it for you or to send it to someone who can. All major router bit companies sell spiral router bits.
Up-Cut Spiral BitThe up-cut spiral router bit is an excellent bit for cutting deep mortises and grooves. The end of the bit has square cutting edges that permit plunge routing and leave a flat bottom to the mortise. The up-cut spiral of the cutting edge pulls the chips up and out, preventing the chips from getting packed into the mortise, which is common with a standard straight router bit. Up-cut spiral bits also work great in a router table because they pull the workpiece down onto the table during cutting.
Down-Cut Spiral BitThe down-cut spiral router bit excels at routing dados and through slots. The downward shearing action of the bit guarantees a chip-free surface on chip-prone materials, such as melamine (shown below), plastic laminates and delicate wood veneers. The bit's downward cutting action puts downward pressure on thin material and helps hold it down. Down-cut spiral bits should not be used in a router table, because they can push the workpiece up off the table and create a safety problem.
Compression Spiral Bit This bit combines up and down cutting action. It's called a compression bit because the up and down cutting actions pull toward the middle of the bit. This bit is particularly useful when you want to guarantee a chip-free surface on both sides of your workpiece. The compression spiral bit performs equally well when routing melamine (shown below) or veneer plywood.
Trim-Cut Spiral BitIt you want to experience pure routing bliss, try a down-cut trim-cut spiral bit the next time you flush-trim solid wood edge banding. Trim-cut spiral bits with bottom guide bearings are available in 1/8-in. to 1-in. diameters in either up- or down-cut styles. The shearing action nearly eliminates all risk of chipping and grain tear-out. I've even routed the ends of edge banding strips without a single end grain splinter. I can't guarantee these results with every type of wood, but if you do solid edge banding or similar work that requires flush trimming, you should have one of these bits in your router bit arsenal.
Pattern-Cutting Spiral BitPattern routing commonly involves unusual shapes and end-grain cutting. Routing end grain with a regular straight-edged bit can easily result in grain tear-out. That's why a pattern-cutting spiral bit makes so much sense. Not only does it remove the stock with ease, but it also produces incredibly smooth results on end grain. This bit is carbide-tipped rather than solid carbide. It's big, too, with a 1-1/4-in. cutting length and 1-1/18-in. cutting diameter.
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As ID'ers we're privy to technologies that seem mundane to us through familiarity, but it's interesting to see how people that have never heard of RP react when it's demonstrated for them. That goes for people as highly educated as the theoretical physicist David Kaplan, featured in this NatGeo video, who travels to Z Corporation to see if they can scan and 3D-print a working model of his crescent wrench.
It's kind of cool to watch Kaplan pull the finished part out of the powder. I know most of us have already seen things similar to this, but you get the sense Kaplan's head would explode if he looked inside your average industrial design department.


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We promote the health and well-being of low-income and vulnerable populations by improving the environmental and social conditions affecting their communities and by improving access to high-quality health care.
We support work at the local, state and national levels. However, as a national funder, we look for projects and efforts that have wide potential reach and influence. In some cases, these may be place-based, local activities aimed at demonstrating solutions to practical or policy-related problems that can be adapted in many communities.
In our place-based grantmaking, we look for projects that engage community residents as partners in promoting health in the places they live. We believe the most effective way to improve health is to assist those ready to tackle community-defined problems.
Focused on fostering health equity, we put a premium on cross-sector, multifield projects that address environmental and policy change. Programs that are primarily aimed at changing individual or group behavior are a low priority.
We fund activities in these focus areas:
Community health partnerships
When we talk about community health partnerships, we're putting the emphasis on health, rather than on health care or sickness; on community, rather than on individuals; and on the collaborations or partnerships we believe are best able to address the multiple factors that determine health.
We work to strengthen the primary-care safety net and community health systems. We base our approach on the objectives of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Known as the "Triple Aim," those objectives are to:
- improve the health of the population;
- enhance the patient experience of care, including quality, access and reliability;
- reduce, or at least control, the per capita cost of care.
We embrace the idea that the entire health care system should seek to improve well-being at the population, or community, level. While our current grantmaking and investments focus on the first two elements of the Triple Aim, we believe that improving the health of the population ultimately affects the cost of care.
We have several initiatives under way:
- Our safety net enhancement initiative funds efforts to strengthen collaboration among community-based health care agencies that serve needy populations.
- Our cross-sector innovation work provides support for new and promising practices in population health, especially innovations that link health care and clinical services to community health.
Healthy environments
We invest in efforts to make the places where low-income families live, learn, work and play safe and healthy. Our support is focused on housing, food, transportation and the built environment as key determinants of health.
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We award grants and make program-related investments. The latter may take the form of direct loans, guarantees that provide credit support to borrowers, or linked deposits. (Learn more about our Social Investment Practice.)
We accept and review inquiries for some grants on an ongoing basis. Other portions of our portfolio are developed through a time-limited, request-for-proposal-type process.
(PLEASE NOTE: Because our budget is largely committed, we expect to confine grantmaking for the remainder of 2014 to support for organizations currently invited to apply. We do not anticipate awarding grants to other applicants until 2015. Grantseekers will still be able to submit requests for support, but funding decisions will be delayed until early next year.)
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text: SPRINGFIELD -- The Horace Smith Fund has scholarship money available for graduates of Hampden County public and private high schools. The Walter S. Barr Scholarship program, now in its 60th year, offers awards of up to $2,500 to graduating high school seniors as well as to students who are currently attending college. These awards are renewable each year until graduation. Candidates are expected to take the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) of the College Examination Board. They may submit any other examination scores in support of their applications. Completed applications must be received in the Horace Smith Fund office at 1441 Main St., Springfield, no later than Jan. 10, 2011. The Barr Scholarship Committee will make awards based on school record, recommendations and examination results with consideration to the applicants' needs. Fellowship awards, designed to assist full-time graduate students, are not less than $4,000 each and may be renewed annually for up to two additional years. Applicants must be residents of Hampden County. Completed applications must be received in the Fund office by Feb. 1, 2011. Candidates are expected to take the Aptitude Test of the Graduate Record Examinations. Applications are available at local high school guidance offices, at www.horacesmith-fund.org or by calling 739-4222. |


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The Aviator
The June 2014 edition of The Aviator is out now. In this issue:
- Alliance celebrates 25 years
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The Mazda 3's new-for-2012 fascia is a welcome improvement. The 3 looks sharper and more mature now that the smiley-face designs are gone. On our tester, the gloss-black grille inserts contrast nicely with the bright-white paint.
The most remarkable thing about Mazda vehicles is that they all truly embody the famous "Zoom-Zoom" advertising tagline. The stubby, direct shifter in this Mazda 3 feels like it was taken directly from an MX-5, making every gearchange a pleasure. Likewise, the engine is eager to rev and pulls smoothly throughout the tachometer's range. Add steering that is direct and weighty, yet manageable around parking lots, and you have a recipe for a really enjoyable driving experience.
The result is that driving the Mazda 3 encourages me to do silly things like rev-matching down three gears before turning into a parking lot (prompting a friend to ask, "Not the gear you wanted?") or deliberately seeking twistier roads through town. In what is essentially an economy sedan, no less. If I had to buy a compact sedan tomorrow, I'd be strongly considering the Mazda 3.
Jake Holmes, Associate Web Editor
The past year or so has seen a bumper crop of versatile, refined, and efficient compact cars. For those who care first and foremost about driving though, the choice really comes down to only two: the Ford Focus and the Mazda 3. These two cars, which not coincidentally share a basic architecture, stand above their competitors for their superb steering and their excellent body control. The 3 remains the senior partner for its livelier, more energetic personality. Its 2.5-liter four-cylinder has a 22 lb-ft torque advantage and also revs quicker. It's paired with a six-speed gearbox that's almost as slick as that in a Miata.
Although its driving credentials remain sterling, the 3 has fallen behind the pack in other areas. Not so long ago, we praised the car for its level of standard and optional equipment. Now I wonder why I can't find a USB port to charge my iPhone. The nav system was never the best, but now its itsy-bitsy screen and confusing steering-wheel controls seem like some sort of cruel joke. And of course, the 2.5-liter four-cylinder makes you pay for its performance both figuratively, in the form of noise and harshness, and literally, with a comparatively awful 20/28 mpg fuel economy rating. The fix for the latter issue is the SkyActiv 2.0-liter four-cylinder.
David Zenlea, Assistant Editor
It says a lot about the Mazda 3 that it took second place in the small-car comparison test in the July 2011 edition of Automobile Magazine, going up against four excellent cars that were launched much more recently than the Mazda. I haven't driven a 3 since our Four Seasons 3s hatchback left more than a year ago, and I had forgotten how good this car actually is. The steering is excellent, the engine is very strong (although fuel mileage is poor for the segment), chassis balance is impeccable, and it rides well, too. Only the clutch's very high take-up tarnishes the driving experience for me, but at least the gearbox itself has nice action. Extra-supportive, heated leather seats made it easy to forget my issues with the clutch. Despite its age, the 3's distinctive styling helps it stand out in an overachieving crowd, too.
Rusty Blackwell, Copy Editor
After trying Mazda's direct-injection 2.0-liter I-4 in a Japanese-market 3 last year, I was really looking forward to driving a 2012 3 equipped with the company's so-called Skyactiv engine. Alas, it wasn't to be - not all trim levels receive the fuel-sipping powertrain, and as a result, the 3 GT sedan I brought home for the night had the tried and true 2.5-liter I-4.
Skyactiv aside, there's very little that differentiates the 2012 Mazda3 from last year's model. Sure, a mild nip/tuck lends a measure of restraint to the previously cartoonish front grille, but the remainder of the car is essentially the same old song. No matter -- it's still a pretty sweet tune. Yes, David, the 3 may be lagging behind competitors by way of interior amenities and infotainment options, but it still remains one of the most competent, satisfying offerings in its class. Few cars in the C-segment exhibit the solidity, poise, and enthusiasm of the 3 -- high praise, considering its basic architecture is nearly eight years old.
Evan McCausland, Associate Web Editor
It's been awhile since I've driven a Mazda 3, but it only took a few minutes for me to remember why it's long been one of my favorites. Mazda has been installing really good manual transmissions in their cars ever since I can remember - at least back to the days of the first Miata, if not before. The throws of this six-speed manual are short and crisp, and the transmission delivers the power of the four-cylinder engine to the wheels quickly and neatly. On paper, 167 hp and a six-speed manual don't look that remarkable, but in practice they work quite well together. Unfortunately, while this combination might deliver a decent dose of the zoom-zoom performance on which Mazda prides itself, it results in fuel economy numbers that, for this class, are really not very good at all. 20 mpg in the city - really? (Mazda has just introduced their new SkyActiv engine technology to address this problem.)
Another place where the Mazda 3 is a bit of a letdown is in the integration of its technological features. The cabin itself is nice enough, with decent seats, legible gauges, and reasonably easy-to-navigate center console controls. But the display for the nav screen is too tiny and seems miles away from the driver. Meanwhile, the display for the stereo is also too small and is poorly integrated with the color screen.
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There's no point in pretending racing games from Codies will be anything other than great these days. It's like putting a Physics GCSE paper in front of Stephen Hawking, then feigning surprise when he gets every question right and still has time to knock out a critique of the syllabus. So you'll be pleased to hear that DiRT 3 doesn't buck the trend.
As you'd imagine, much like a rally car, if a game isn't broken, don't take a spanner to it and start pinging bolts off. Almost all of what made DiRT 2 a gloriously grimy romp remains in the game (more on that 'almost' later), and in many cases has been refined even further. If all you ever wanted from this game is more DiRT 2, you're definitely catered for. Then on top of that, DiRT 3 adds a fat dollop of entirely new challenges based around the new Gymkhana arenas, all of which require different car control skills from standard rallying.
Whichever discipline you prefer, there are a few things that remain constant. The first is that DiRT 3 is an exceptionally beautiful game. Environments in particular are detailed to an obsessive-compulsive degree, more densely decorated than any racer we've seen before, and the whole lot is bathed in stunning lighting.
Blasting through the shadows cast by trees in the evening sun, you'll feel like you've been transported to a forest in Finland and plonked in the driving seat. Looks may not be everything, but it certainly doesn't hurt that DiRT 3 is jaw-slackeningly gorgeous.
It's almost a shame that what you'll be concentrating on isn't the beautiful vistas - more avoiding launching your car into them. Fortunately, that pointy, pokey and predictable physics engine has been fettled beautifully for this edition, ensuring that if you go tumbling end over end it's probably a result of your own ineptitude rather than the car misbehaving. It's by no means a hardcore sim, though - the vehicles feel convincing but you won't need a degree in automotive engineering to make them go quickly.
Arguably more difficult is getting them to perform with the kind of precision required for the Gymkhana events. Inch-perfect drifts, dancing the car around donut posts and pitching the car into 1080 spins in a tight space are all required to top the leaderboards in these competitions.
There are undoubtedly going to be some veteran McRae fans who despise this YouTube-inspired nonsense, but it's rarely rammed down your throat. Complete a few initial runs and you should be able to ignore it for the majority of the Career. Embrace it, though, and even if you're unstoppable on the forest stages, you'll find this a fresh challenge.
It's just a shame that the scoring system isn't more developed - as long as you don't clout the barrier the game dishes out the same number of points for a scrappy donut or drift as a perfect one, and there'd be far more opportunity to excel if there was a more subtle rating system for the quality of the trick. You'll probably find yourself having more fun just tooling around the DC Compound, which utilises the same skills but has a more freeform mission structure.
Lose ground
There's only really one element from the second game that's inexplicably missing from DiRT 3, and that's the paddock front end. Instead, there's an admittedly slick menu system to carry you through the DiRT Tour mode. The problem is that some of the personality and pace has disappeared with it. While the banter between your manager, PR loony and mechanic is well written, performed and most importantly very rarely repetitive, it's not quite the same as having your feet planted on the ground in these international locations.


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New grad rn in las vegas, nevada - page 4
I graduated with a Bachelors degree in Nursing in May of 2009 and passed the NCLEX RN in July. I have been searching everywhere for a facility in the Las Vegas area that is willing to hire a new... Read More
0May 15, '11 by vegasmommaJust curious, whats your update? Have you found anything in Vegas yet? Where have you applied? I am a BSN student here in Vegas and I'm wondering if anything has improved?
1Jun 1, '11 by RN LAS VEGAS6 months applying everywhere with no luck. Advise make your contacts while still doing clinicals. It comes down to who you know.dafneq likes this.
0Jun 1, '11 by vegasmommauugh so sorry. I know you are not the only one. I'm a little freaked about it. If you dont mind, where did you do your clinicals? I will take your advise about making contacts...what else would you do differently that I can still do? Any specific location (hospital or specialty) for clinicals you would recommend?
0Jun 2, '11 by RN LAS VEGASSorry I can not be of help my schooling was in another state. I would focus though if you do your clinicals at the major hospitals...Sunrise hospital, Valley Health Systems, Kindred etc.
1Jun 22, '11 by NaturalVibesRN LAS VEGAS, try applying within the Valley Health Systems. I graduated in December 2010 from Nebraska, moved to Vegas after graduation, applied for jobs in April within VHS, and got hired within the same month. I started the new grad program in May and there were 30 other new grads in my class. They seem to still be hiring more new grads so please don't stop trying. You may be the next lucky new grad to be hired! Good luckNurseM7 likes this.
0Jun 26, '11 by NaturalVibesI applied when I didn't have Nevada license and when I did. When I didn't have license, they responded that I did not meet the minimum requirements. When I did have my license, my app was in review. I think it's best to obtain licensure first. Best wishes!
0Jun 26, '11 by RN LAS VEGASAdditionally, When you apply for Nevada License and you have one from another state you have to pay fees and all sorts of hoops to jump through. Once all is in order Nevada will grant you a temporary Nursing License (6 months) while your fingerprinting and background FBI check is completed. Once completed then your permanent License will be granted. All Nevada Nursing license holders are required to also take a 4 hour Bio-terrorism continuing education course. It is easy and can be accomplished on line. I reiterate. If you speak a second language make that stand out. Make sure to have your American Heart Association in BLS completed as well. These two things will improve your chances for an interview.
0Jun 27, '11 by du_girlThank you NaturalVibes and RN Las Vegas.
NaturalVibes - I am currently researching how to get NV licensure as I am already CA licensed. How long did it take you to become licensed in NV from another state? Is it a lengthy process?
RN Las Vegas - How long did it take you to become licensed in NV from another state? Was it a lengthy process for you? Any more tips to improve chances for interview? I've gotten BLS, ACLS, PALS, IV, TNCC certifications and in the process of getting my ECG certification. I do speak conversational Tagalog, but I'm not fluent. I wish I was fluent in other in demand languages. -
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I am currently living in PA trying to get a job in NV. I got my NV license in January when I was out in Las Vegas. I got finger printed in the office and had my official license within 2 weeks! It did cost me aprox $300 with all the misc fees but it is worth it!
How has your application process been going? I am ready to start applying. I have experience but with all the negative posts it makes me anxious!


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Restaurants in Sheboygan
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Welcome to India and the start of your holiday! You will be met at Delhi International Airport and transferred to your hotel and the rest of the day is at your leisure.
Today we explore both Old Delhi. Taking in the impressive Red Fort, Jama Masjid - India's oldest and largest mosque, Raj Ghat - the site of Gandhi's cremation and more. You can also opt to tour New Delhi -please see enhanced options.
Today morning you will be transferred to the train station where you will board a train to Kalka. Upon arriving in Kalka you will be transferred to Shimla. Shimla is the capital of the state of Himachal Pradesh and remains today a popular resort. Set in the foothills of the Himalayas along a crescent-shaped ridge at an altitude of 2159m, it afforded a resort-like atmosphere for the British, so much so that it became the 'summer capital' of British India in 1864.
Toady you will be driven from Shimla to Kalka train station where you board the train to Delhi. Upon arriving in Delhi you will be transferred to your hotel.
Today you will be transferred from Delhi to Agra where you shall stay overnight. You will have the opportunity to visit the Taj Mahal and Agra fort. Agra is a medieval city on the banks of the Yamuna River. Founded by Sultan Sikandar Lodi in 1506, it achieved fame as the capital of the Mughal emperors from 1526 to 1658 and remains a major tourist destination thanks to its many splendid Mughal-era buildings, most notably the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort - both of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Today you will drive to Jaipur and en route you have the opportunity to visit Fatehpur Sikri. the UNESCO World Heritage Listed site. Located in what is now Uttar Pradesh was built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar and served as the political capital of India's Mughal Empire under his reign, from 1571 until 1585, when it was abandoned, ostensibly due to lack of water. The tremendously atmospheric complex of monuments and temples, all in a uniform architectural style, includes one of the largest mosques in India, the Jama Masjid.
Today you will be transferred to Jodhpur. Jodhpur is the 2nd largest city in the state of Rajasthan in Northern India. Located at the eastern edge of the Thar Desert, Jodhpur was founded in 1459 by Rao Jodha. Jodhpur gave its name to the popular riding trouser that originated here. The city has two popular monikers. The first being 'Sun City' due to the frequent bright and sunny weather that the city enjoys. The second and more common being 'Blue City' as many of the houses surrounding the Fort are painted blue. Upon arriving at your hotel you can check in and the rest of the day is at your leisure.
Today you will enjoy some touring in this colourful Rajasthani city, taking in the mighty fort and bazaars of the old city which are gathered around the city's tall clock tower. This afternoon is at your leisure to enjoy your hotels facilities or further exploration of the city.
Today you will head to the romantic city of Udaipur - the very essence of what it is to be in Rajasthan. Upon arrival at our opulent hotel you will have the evening at your lesiure to wander on the shore of Lake Pichola and take in the fresh air of this desert oasis.
This morning will consist of an orientation and sightseeing tour of Udaipur - including the City Palace and museum - before having a few hours in the afternoon to explore for yourselves. This evening you will take ride in an private boat on Lake Pichola itself.
This morning you will be transferred to the airport for you onward flight to Goa flying via Mumbai. Upon arriving in Goa you will be transferred to your hotel where you have the rest of the day at leisure. Overnight - Radisson Blu
Today you will be transferred to the airport for your flight to Mumbai. Upon arriving in Mumbai you will be transferred to your hotel.
Enjoy a half day sightseeing tour one of the most highly populated cities in the world, accommodating approximately 18 million people! Highlights include the Prince of Wales Museum, Gateway of India, Marine drive, Mani Bhavan, Dhobi Talao, the Hanging Gardens and Crawford Market.
Today we bid you farewell with a transfer to Mumbai International Airport as you say goodbye to Incredible India!
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Give your kids a chance to play in concert bands with the cornet! In its modern form, the cornet is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and is often used in classical music. If your kids love playing solos in brass bands, then the cornet may be instrument for them!
Get your kids to groove with the low buzzing tune of the bassoon! The bassoon is one of the woodwind instruments belonging to the double reed family. In Australia, the longest running classical music label, Move, offers bassoon music, like songs from the Melbourne Bassoon Quartet. For kids who'd love to play the bass voice, the bassoon is the perfect instrument!
Let your kids connect with other cultures by playing bagpipes! Bagpipes are musical instruments that use enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. They are traditionally used to provide music for dances and funerals. Get your outdoorsy kids to play this loud instrument!
Unleash your child's inner Jimi Hendrix! Many scientific research have highlighted the benefits of learning a musical instrument from a young age, listing creativity, discipline and patience as areas that will stay with a child through to adulthood.
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By JIM WATERS
Americans paying even cursory attention to what's happening on the other side of the Atlantic are about to get a stark reminder of an economic principle that too often gets pushed to the side – especially during troubling times: No government has ever taxed, spent or borrowed its way to prosperity.
This year's Memorial Day commemoration comes during a period of questioning — about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the affordability of our government services and which of those services were made in the nation's best interest.
I submit that we, as a nation, have no more binding and sacred commitment than to those who wear our uniform and fight in our wars. Their selfless sacrifice on the field of battle has been a distinct hallmark, and saving grace, of this nation since before the Revolutionary War.
By Sylvia Griendling Executive Director, CASA of the Heartland
Take a moment and bring to mind an image of a smiling, happy son, daughter, niece, nephew or grandchild you love, treasure and support emotionally, mentally, spiritually and physically. As you read this column, consider the cost versus the value of your special child.
By Marcheta Sparrow
Kentucky's tourism industry is gearing up for summer travel season. As someone who has worked in the industry for more than 30 years, I believe we have many good reasons to be optimistic about 2012.
Recently, during National Travel and Tourism Week, our cabinet announced the tourism industry had an economic impact of almost $11.7 billion in Kentucky during 2011 – an increase from the previous year. Tourism also supported about 170,000 jobs in the state and generated more than $2.6 billion in wages.
Imagine these three scenarios.
The telephone call comes at three in the morning. Your mother, who lives in another state, has fallen, broken her hip, and is in the hospital. She is calling for you to come right away.
During your once-a-week telephone conversation with your father, you notice a slur in his voice. You're not expected to visit with him again until the holidays, but something about the conversation makes you change your mind.
In the newspaper business, the journalist's job is to chronicle events and actions of interest. Today, however, I'll take a stab at predicting the future.
But first, let's revisit a statement from last week.
Some Elizabethtown officials and downtown restoration advocates took issue with county government's possible new government office complex.
By Ken Howard
If someone asked you "What is the third largest community in Kentucky" what would you think?
Louisville Metro is first. Lexington/Fayette Urban County is second. But who is third?
When Hardin County residents are asked this question the common answers are Covington-Kenton County or Bowling Green-Warren County or Owensboro-Daviess County.
The correct answer is us, Hardin County.
Choose your destination carefully, you might just have to stay there.
"Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
'Relax' said the night man,
'We are programmed to receive.
You can check-out any time you like,
But you can never leave!'"
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"Hotel California"
As life passes by, it's important to stop occasionally, feel the cool breeze and get acquainted with quiet and calmness.
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I was picking off beetles for about 10 days, maybe 2-4 dozen a day each evening and then it stopped about a week ago and I now see hardly any, maybe one a day.
I can't figure out whether that was an early hatch and more are to come or whether the drought the neighbors are suffering may be interfering with the hatches I usually get from their lawns. We grub treated our lawn for enough years that they don't have a toe-hold here anymore but they're still usually drawn from outside to my fragrant roses. How are yours this year, worse, the same or lighter than usual? |
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I haven't had many either but I don't get a lot usually anyway. But my friend up in Standish, MI usually has tons of them for weeks and she said they're all but gone already. Maybe this weird weather was good for something! |
Hmm...I think maybe you all pushed them to Tennessee! I think I've seen more this year than other years, or maybe as my roses mature, they are just more attracted to my yard. I was just outside a few minutes ago and saw 5 or 6 chewing on one poor defenseless Hansa bloom :( Tammy |
Stlgal, all your JBs are all up here in Peoria at my place. It's the worst plague I've ever seen in years. While driving about today, I saw linden trees totally decimated and JBs were hitting the windshield like crazy. I hope they go away soon so the roses can get some relief. They're even eating the daylilies and coneflowers, the rotten buggers. |
Uggh, I feel your pain. I keep suspecting I'll still be out there as I was a few years ago, laying a trap as far away from the roses as possible on the lot, collecting bags of them, grubiciding the lawn and picking beetles morning and evening. I am still expecting the plague to descend as a second wave but maybe the change in weather has upset either their timing or reproduction here. Last year was pretty light too, but I think that was true for everyone. We're keeping the lawn and gardens watered (and will probably cringe at the bill) but nearly all of the neighbors have given up so I suspect any grubs there will make a late entrance if they arrive at all. |
They all are in my yard. I have heavier than ever infestation. Several of my roses are completely skeletonozed by now, not a single leaf (Belle Hermoine, The Bishop, Quadra, Rose de la Maitre-Ecole, Earth Song and several others. Not only leaves are gone, they are snacking on young shoots now. I collected a 2 qt container full yesterday night and than stoped, it was too hot and no end to JBs anyway. I could collect much more. Olga |
- Posted by flaurabunda 6a, Central IL (My Page) on Tue, Jul 3, 12 at 9:47
I contemplated signing up for another account here before answering, because I didn't want the demonic JB's to read my post and rain down negative Karma all over me but.... Really not that bad this year. I've had a bigger problem with them flying into my head and getting stuck in my hairspray that I've had with damage to blooms. I have a few leaves that have been decimated, but nothing comparing to years past. I know that at the end of last summer, we had significantly less rainfall in August & September than the northern half of the state; perhaps that extra little bit is what's making them worse up by Terry. I'm having bigger problems with yellow jackets this year than JB's, and that's just ODD. The yellow jacket traps I put out a few weeks ago are totally full of carcasses. I'll tolerate wasps, but not yellow jackets. |
The only positive thing I can say about this dreadful drought this year is that the ground is so hard that the JBs should have a difficult time penetrating it when it's time to lay their eggs. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed that next year they will be small in number. And there's been no yellow jackets here...only wasps which have been great in number. |
- Posted by grandmothers_rose z6b VA (My Page) on Tue, Jul 3, 12 at 10:46
Very few this year, only 2 dozen - total, so far, which is strange, especially since Olga has the standard infestation. After the freakishly localized 6" of rain and the record breaking wind storm I'm glad for a break from the plague. Maybe my penitence is paying off. |
Grandmothers rose, I don't have it standard. I have more than usual:) Olga |
that's very interesting...sounds like even some of us in the same general geographic area are having very different numbers this year--so now I don't know whether to credit the vigilant beetle and grub annihilation I've tried for the last 5 years or some weird thing about the weather. 4-5 years ago I would fill bags with them in two traps at the property line and we grubicided every inch of ground on our property to within an inch of its life to keep them from breeding there., picked the adults off of the plants. I think we may have served as a sink for many of the neighbor's beetles so that they came here and weren't very successful in breeding so that now there are lower numbers. The last two years we just grubicided and hand-picked adults and the numbers keep going down, so I hope it's not just a glitch of the weather. florabunda, your post cracked me up--we won't let them on the forum, I promise. The grubs on the other hand....maybe we should be whispering... |
I've seen total of one and it was on my Hakuro Nishiki. It flew away as soon as it saw me. For me, its those pain in the ass cucumber beetles and 2 1/2 weeks of 95+ heat. Even the mosquito population is down. |
2 dozen??!! I pick that many from my roses in about 30 minutes! There are an unusualy large amount of them here in CT; its defeating somedays but I keep picking them off and drowning them in what my husband has happily named, "Betelguese!" (a mix of warm water and dish soap) |
LOL, Dublinah. Everything is relative. 2 dozen in 30 min is very low for me. I would be very happy with this level of infestation. I can collect two dozen from one bud :(. Olga |
- Posted by gardenerzone4 5b (My Page) on Thu, Jul 5, 12 at 17:35
Olga, I am with you and I am in pain. My roses are also in pain. I rally the troops (my poor husband) to go with me on our nightly beetle hunts and we collect hundreds each while they're sleeping. But the next day, more are back. When will this tyranny end? Serenity NOW! |
My approach is, if you can count them, it means you are OK. When you start measuring them in quarts, gallons, buckets, pounds or trap bags/day, this means you have serious infestation :) Olga |
Well, they're still not here in any numbers. Some days I find none, yesterday a half dozen but they were tiny little things, maybe a third of the normal size. So I think the drought and heat must be messing up their season here in a big way. I hope they just decide to give us a pass this year. As mori mentioned, our mosquito population is also way down here, and the dry conditions have to be part of that. |
I'm from Northwest Arkansas, and we've been plagued by Japanese beetle for I guess about the last 10 years, steadily getting worse, to the point that hardly any roses or grapes would grow. We had an extremely mild winter and I was sure we'd get over run with the pests. I carefully watched from about the end of May (which is when they usually show up around here), but as of now, I haven't even seen one of them. Anybody have any ideas about this happening. Do those things run in long term cycles or something. I know that no one in the area treats their yards for grubs, so this is really strange. Anyone, especially from around this area have any ideas? |
Was last summer/fall drier that usual? Olga |
One. That's all I've seen/picked off. But, I'm sure there are others since I do see something has been chewing on my Gertrude Jekyll. But not badly. |
There is a very bad infestation in Coventry CT right now. But, in my garden of 200+ roses, the infestation is basically over--I found just one JB last night--at its peak I was picking off perhaps 2 dozen/day. But, our JBs started early, in the 3rd week of June. They were around for less than a month. A combination of dual action grub killer (which also controls the rose midge) combined with hand picking seems to work much better than using Milky Spore. |
- Posted by henry_kuska z5 OH (email@example.com) on Wed, Jul 18, 12 at 12:05
I wonder if something else you were spraying was killing the milky spore. |
We didn't use insecticides while trying to get Milky Spore to work--but we did use fungicides like Immunox and Daconil to control Black Spot. |
- Posted by dan_keil_cr Illinois z5 (email@example.com) on Wed, Jul 18, 12 at 15:42
Seil, I had an email from a gal in Wisconsin and she has them bad.Has a 5 acre spread. I tried to help her the best I could. I have had only about 15 total beetles in the yard. I told the beetles to go to Peoria and Pekin Il and see terryjean!!! |
- Posted by henry_kuska z5 OH (email@example.com) on Wed, Jul 18, 12 at 16:23
Was the lawn treated with anything during the Milky Spore test? |
No lawn treatments during the test--which ran roughly 4 years--I read that it takes some time for it to take effect. My guess was that our climate may not be suitable for Milky Spore--in which case I'm not going to work that hard. |
Milky Spore does not work everywhere & beetles can still fly in from neighbors yards, etc. And your yard must have JB grubs to activate the Milky Spore. |
- Posted by henry_kuska z5 OH (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Wed, Jul 18, 12 at 22:24
There was a batch of bad (dead) Milky Spore. Unfortunately, I do not remenber the time period. |
- Posted by henry_kuska z5 OH (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Thu, Jul 19, 12 at 0:59
This article does not have a date. "Several natural predators eat Japanese beetles. Among birds, only starlings eat the beetles, but several others "Alternatives to pesticides for lawn grubs include: (1) Milky spore disease. However, it is not very effective in |
Here is a link that might be useful: link for above
I first experienced JBs (in clouds!) last year in Minneapolis, although they must have been around before then and I didn't notice them. Here they seem to be fussy about what they eat, gorging on paper birches and littleleaf lindens to the point of complete defoliation, and then some flowers like morning glories and coneflowers. River birch and American lindens don't seem to be affected. For some reason my dozen roses right in the middle of the action go unmunched and my roses have been in the ground since 2000 and never been sprayed. I want to say that last August I put down Milky Spore (so did my neighbors, although no one else here seems to know what it is) and would say my JB numbers are down 50%. Although it could be a fluke. |
- Posted by mark_roeder (My Page) on Fri, Jul 27, 12 at 1:05
I have not had a rose in my home garden bloom fully in a month. They have consumed the roses that bloom and are working on the leaves. It is the most horrible JB season ever. We tried Bayer Advanced from a hose end sprayer. They are still consuming blooms, but fewer are on foliage. In the spring I put down milky spore and I used a grub pesticide on the yard. We have a Linden (tree) in the front yard and it is transcluscent; no leaves that are full. Most leaves have fallen down to JBs. The few peaches I had after the freeze struck the flowers this spring -- consumed by JBs. What controls are effective? |
- Posted by ilovemytrees 6a Western NY (My Page) on Fri, Jul 27, 12 at 8:28
I use Sevin on my trees (20 trees from 2 ft tall to 5 ft tall) and it kills the JB instantly, plus the powder stays on after that for about a week. I hate the thought of using it, but it's only for a short period of time that I have to, and frankly it works. |
Out of the five years I've had roses, this was the worst year. They are finally slowing down, and I have some pretty blooms out there, but for a good month I was constantly plucking, so much so that I gave up and sprayed. Only after spraying have they been managable, and I can enjoy blooms again. (York, S.C.) |
- Posted by henry_kuska z5 OH (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Fri, Jul 27, 12 at 10:09
The following was stated: "In the spring I put down milky spore and I used a grub pesticide on the yard." H. Kuska question: wouldn't the grub pesticide negate the use of Milky Spore? ---------------------------------- |
Here is a link that might be useful: info about starlings
You need JB grubs in the yard to spread the Milky Spore for it to be effective so a grub pesticide should NOT be used at the same time... |
- Posted by trustmissy 5MidMich (My Page) on Sat, Jul 28, 12 at 22:07
I have had a total of 4, which is more than I've ever had before. |
- Posted by mark_roeder 4B IA (My Page) on Mon, Jul 8, 13 at 0:30
henry_kuska: You are correct. But in my defense both applications of grubicide and Milky Spore were in the spring. Milky spore takes time to establish itself, and is not very effective for emerging JBs. My hope with the pesticide was to eliminate JBs as they emerged. C'est la vie. My 2012 efforts were wholly unsuccessful, and I had the worst infestation ever all rose blooms consumed before they bloomed from late June through end of August. What a difference a year makes. Day 1 of the 2013 infestation I had about 200 JBs in a day two weeks ago, but with spraying Eight, some hand removal, and spot spraying Malathion on blooming roses, when they came back, and an earlier application of Milky Spore in the Spring 2013, a 2013 spring application of a Bayer systemic to address JBs, have combined to allow me to have roses in July 2013!!! I think I hand picked about 6-8 JBs today from approximately 40 roses. I thought after last year I might have to give up roses. The dang things stripped a full grown linden tree (I cut it down), ate all my peaches, and ate all my roses for two months. |
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From 11 July to 12 July
Go to the 3 Valleys ski area (Savoie) to participate in the "3 Vallées Discovery" with friends or family. An event open to all mountain bikers!
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My order from Joni arrived today! Sorry for the picture quality; I was in a hurry. |
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Wow!! TD those look great! Lucky you!! I hope your new babies settle in well. They are gorgeous. |
- Posted by stephanie_kay 5a IL (My Page) on Tue, Jan 8, 13 at 5:03
What great looking plants, I especially like your black dragon. |
- Posted by greedyghost 5 (My Page) on Tue, Jan 8, 13 at 16:24
Wow, such a terrific group of plants! Congratulations! No wonder you are so happy. :) :) You know, I have to say I love that Joni goes to the trouble of sending proper plant labels in addition to the yellow ones on the sides of the pots (which sometimes develop adhesion problems). I never asked her about it, but I bet she goes that extra step to help encourage diligent labeling and tracking in our community. I know if I were a vendor, it would drive me crazy thinking about all my careful work to keep my plants straight being flung right out the window. ;) |
- Posted by meyermike_1micha 5 (My Page) on Tue, Jan 8, 13 at 20:07
Absolutely beautiful and I can tell they are already happy with you:-=) Mike |
- Posted by tammypie 9 (email@example.com) on Fri, May 3, 13 at 2:41
Nice collection, but I never had any luck with Joni's hoyas, so I won't be ordering from her again. I'm sure yours will do just fine, they look really nice. |
That's odd. I love her Hoyas! I've only ever lost a couple and they were my fault. |
Beautiful plants. |
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text: The Morris costumes of the Britannia Coconut Dancers feature nuts because 19th C. miners used them as protection when crawling underground. But just because Morris sustains these otherwise forgotten features of history does not mean the form has stopped evolving. Johnathan Leng (b. 1970, Leeds) studied photography at Bradford College and at De Montfort University. His canny images of dancers in the North of England show how Morris still throws a mirror on contemporary society and reveal how our view of history changes.


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Chapter 3
The end of the depression was approaching toward the end of 1935, but there still was the problem of money (when wasn't there?). So I watched the advertisements in the newspaper and one day there was an ad looking for passengers to share expenses to go to Portland, Oregon. I answered the ad right away and was lucky enough to get the last space.
The driver had some kind of sedan with 4 doors, not new, but was in good enough shape to get us there without any mechanical problems. The driver was a man in his 40's, a preacher of some lesser known religion. The two other passengers were middle-aged women. We stayed three nights in tourist cabins; the two women shared one cabin and the two males another. (Maybe I should explain what a tourist cabin was. Before World War II big luxurious motels, they really were called motels, were non-existent; but along the highways, especially close to towns or cities, there were clusters of accommodations for travelers. Most were one-room with bath, with nothing more than a double bed. Of course some were more luxurious; but the price was always less than a hotel room in a city; so they were popular. Now they are no longer called tourist cabins, nor are they inexpensive. At the time of this writing the lowest priced rooms cost about thirty dollars, and up, a night. The big chains like Ramada Inn and Holiday Inn charge around one hundred dollars a night. On our trip we paid about two dollars a night.
In Portland I had to take a bus down to Canyonville, which is closer to the California border than it is to the border of Washington. I got off the bus shortly before dusk and started the mile and a half hike up the canyon to Charles' house. The highway followed the creek and the farther I walked the darker it got. I started to get a little bit nervous and apprehensive that I might have to spend the night alone in the canyon when I heard someone shout, "Johnny, is that you?". There the three of them were, on the other side of the creek, probably waiting for me because they knew what day I would arrive, but not at what time; so you can imagine my relief when I heard Charles call.
I didn't think anything of it at the time, but they put me in their only bedroom; in the living room they had a double bed for themselves and a small bed for Rosemary. The arrangement must have worked out o.k., and I stayed 15 months.
Charles had one hundred beautiful acres of mountainous timber land; good to enjoy the scenery and to hike in, but impossible to use to earn a living. There was about one half acre of garden land; however there were so many deer it was almost impossible to grow anything to maturity before they ate it all. Charles had contracted tuberculosis in the army and was considered 25% disabled so received twenty five dollars a month from the government, as compensation. He figured that with this, with growing most of the fruit and vegetables, and with working in the harvest each year (walnuts and prunes) they would get along fine. He also thought he could shoot a deer, on his own land, once in a while so would have plenty of fresh meat. He never did shoot a deer and never got much out of the garden; but we did work in the prune harvest. Charles was six feet four inches tall, and strong, so he had a paid, hourly job shaking the trees so that the ripe prunes would fall and we could pick them up. We were paid a few cents a box and in a good day, when there was lots of ripe prunes, we could earn about two dollars. We worked hard and had a good time doing it; besides bringing home lots of prunes to can. They were so sweet we didn't have to add any sugar, and they were delicious! He thought it would be a good idea if we had our own milk supply so he decided to buy a cow. The problem was he bought a very young, unbred Jersey heifer; not realizing that even if she were bred we would have to wait until the calf was born before she would give us any milk. Her name was Bessy, and we dearly loved her, more as a pet than a milk producer. She never did give us any milk and I don't remember what, eventually, happened to her.
Our biggest job was to keep a supply of firewood on hand for daily use and for the coming winter, because we cooked with wood and depended upon the cook stove for heat. We cut trees down with a big, 6 foot, two man crosscut saw; then cut them up into 14 inch chunks with the same saw; then split the chunks with a big double edged axe. I am proud to say that realized my responsibility and did my share of the chores, without complaint.
I joined the 4-H club, sponsored by the county extension agent (branch of the Agriculture Department). This is a nation-wide club for rural kids; one objective was to encourage the kids to raise a lamb or calf (there were many more projects), and to eventually show them in the county fair. My project was to raise baby pheasants; after they were 3 months old the state would buy them from me and then turn them loose to restock pheasant hunting areas. Charles and I worked like crazy to build two pens, each about twenty feet square; surrounded and covered by chicken wire. Then we looked for a few broody Bantam hens to set on the eggs and raise the chicks. When all was ready the county agent came with the fertile eggs and we were in business. I can't remember how many eggs hatched or how much money I earned, but Charles and I both had a great time; it was a wonderful project.
Left: Staff of the school newspaper, I'm 4th from the left, Jimmy Rasor is next to the last.
Right: Basketball team - I'm holding the ball
It must have been taken for granted that I would enter school in September, at least I can't remember that Charles and I talked about it. Gym was not a required ( nor elective for that matter) subject so there was no problem about graduating.
For a school bus we had an old, dilapidated 2-door sedan that picked Rosemary and me up every morning and brought us home in the afternoon after school. It was always packed with 5 or 6 kids picked up earlier, up in the canyon. There were only 27 kids in the entire high school! Four were seniors, a couple of juniors, no sophomores and the rest were freshman. The seniors had only two teachers; a young lady, Miss Logsdon, and the young principal, James V. Blake.
There was no gym class to worry about, but out of necessity ( lack of players) I did agree to play on the basketball team. Being the tallest, of course I played center. We didn't win any games all season but I did manage to set some sort of dubious record: the center who handled the ball least in the whole league. So much for my competitive spirit.
I didn't set (nor tried to) any scholastic records in my high school career, but by pure chance ( or luck) I ended up as valedictorian and suffered through a short speech at the time of graduation. By having only 4 graduates, this automatically put me in the second 25% of my class; a question of fate that later was to cost me dearly.
Right after graduation I got a job on a construction team working to build us a new high school. My job was, with pick and shovel, to dig foundations. I can remember one hole so big and deep (to put in a septic tank) that we had to build scaffolding half way up. We would throw the excavated dirt up onto the scaffold and then on up to the surface of the ground. This job lasted 6 weeks and because my part was finished I was laid off.
[Editor's Note: John inserted his High School Diploma from Canyonville High School here.]
Charles had a good friend in Long Beach, California who bought a similar worthless piece of land near the small town of Looking Glass, about 30 miles from Canyonville. Through him I got a rest-of-the-summer job on a hay farm not too far away. In one sense it was one of the most satisfying jobs I ever had. I always have been a "country boy" at heart and here was a chance to work on a real farm, even if the only crop was hay for horse and cattle feed. There were no tractors on this farm, but there were two big, gentle draft horses, dark chestnut in color, and probably Belgians. I was hired for something less than $2.00 a day, board and room included, and I can remember several weeks later complaining to the boss that, since I was working as hard as any of the other men I should earn $2.00 too. He agreed that I was working hard, but he didn't agree I should be paid more. It was good work though, and I was in 7th heaven, up at daylight, ate a big breakfast, then off to the hay fields with a pitch fork. The hay had been cut and raked into windrows by the horse-drawn equipment, and my job was to pile it up into small shocks so it could dry some more before it was hauled to the barn. The shocks were 5 or 6 feet across at the base and a little taller than my head. Later, when it was dry so that it wouldn't mold, we loaded the shocks, a 2-man job, with one man on each side, onto a flat-bed wagon. Then I got to ride on top of the stack back to the barn. Once there we had to pitch the hay into the mow. I don't know why we didn't use a hay-baler, but it was probably because the farmer fed the hay to his own stock instead of selling it.
Lunch was always fantastic. The whole crew was there at the huge dining room table and the women of the house cooked just about everything you could think of. It was like Thanksgiving day dinner every day. The harvest lasted until it was time to move to Corvallis and Oregon State College.
I'm sure it was the principal who convinced me I should, or talked me into going on to college. During that last year of high school we talked about college often and I gradually got the urge to go. I would study animal husbandry and then have a big ranch and raise Morgan horses. I had $100.00 in my pocket when I got off the bus in Corvallis. This wasn't suppose to last me all year, of course, but it was suppose to last until I got organized and found part time work. Fortunately I avoided the fraternity houses and found a place for board and room. The woman of the house was the mother of my best friend in Canyonville, Jimmy Rasor. She had come to Corvallis expressly to take in boarders and thereby to help her son make his way through college. Jimmy comes into this account again a couple years down the road. There were 3 other student boarders, and I shared a room with one of them.
At that time in my life, horses were the most important part, so it was natural to enroll in Animal Husbandry, with the intent, after graduation, to own a horse farm. The practical side of this desire never entered my head. One of the good things about this year was that, by good fortune I was assigned Dr. B. T. Simms as my adviser. it turned out that he was a veterinarian and shortly after he left OSU he became head of the veterinary section of the Department of Agriculture.
Financially, things were pretty tough. I never asked my folks for money, but my dear sister Mary would send me $10.00 every 2 or 3 months and I doubt she ever realized how desperate I was when the money arrived. She came close to keeping me in school that year. Then Eleanor Roosevelt helped me more than anyone else. She had encouraged the president to push through congress the National Youth Recovery Act, designed to help, among others, college students. I was paid every month by the government, and fortunately was assigned to work at the State Office of the 4-H Club. I was paid 25 cents an hour and those wonderful people in the office let me come and go as I had time. They made work for me to do like filing, and stuffing envelopes, and sometimes running the mimeograph machine.
I have painful memories of sitting alone in front of a committee of professors trying to decide if the university would lend me $300.00 to finish out the year. It is strange that I can't remember if the university did or did not. I think it did, but I don't know why they did because my grades were so bad. It turned out that most of the classes were a drag and I barely passed; except for military science and physical education (what a laugh), both in which I always got an "A". The problem with the low grades was two-fold, the military and horses.
In the first two years of college, participation in the Reserve Officers Training Corp (ROTC) was compulsory for all male students. By my good fortune the ROTC at Oregon State College was all field artillery; the year I arrived, 1936, was the year of change-over from horse drawn artillery to mechanized (that is, trucks pulled cannons instead of horses). The change-over was slow, however, and the horses were still there! I just loved all of it, the classroom work and the drill; I got "A's" in all the examinations and even special recognition at the annual review of the corps by the governor of the state. (And I was a freshman, yet.)
I hit it lucky in another way too, in that although physical education was another required course, I was allowed to join the polo team, using the army horses of course, and I got full credit for Phys. ed. The laugh was that there was another round of A's for physical education (at least I got 2 good grades that year). The freshman didn't play polo, we just horsed around at it. (Pun intended). Our job was he privilege to take care of the horses! This meant we could ride anytime we wanted to. Each of the upperclassmen, polo players, was assigned one freshman whose sole responsibility, besides day-today care of the horses, was to assist him with his 3 horses during practice and during games. My senior was Hal Pangle, a one-time pro football player who decided to return to college. We got along great and I'm proud to say I think he thought he got the best deal, the best, most conscientious freshman in the bunch, to take care of his horses.
This experience was very good for me especially since it was here that I learned army horsemanship. I also earned the equivalent of a letter in sports for polo. Freshmen, then, were never granted letters; instead we got a set of numerals, 1940, (the expected graduation year), with a polo mallet running diagonally through them. We were expected to buy a black sweater and sew on the numerals. I never had enough money to buy a sweater, but sixty one years later I still have the numerals among some special souvenirs. The school year ended in June and I returned to Denver. Charles and his family had, in the meantime, moved to Portland.


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The social cause of IIT Bombay's cultural festival this year aims at the development and growth of underpriviledged kids.
Little hands shaping pots on the wheel, splashing paint on T-shirts, dancing to the tune of Eeena Meena Deeka and much more! This was the scene at a couple of NGOs in recently and it's all thanks to Mood Indigo 2011 in association with Bombay Times. IIT Bombay's college cultural festival this year has decided to light up the lives of underpriviledged kids in shelter homes and slums with their social cause, 'Sparsh', that aims at initiating a campaign to kickstart a series of changes for the overall development and growth of these kids. For this, they have associated with Make A Difference, a youth-based NGO.
Two weeks back, kids from St Catherine's Shelter Home, Andheri and Sneha Sadan Shelter Home in Jogeshwari, attended sessions on dancing, Origami, T-shirt painting and pottery apart from various informal activities. Last weekend, a couple of them attended a career awareness workshop that was conducted by a member of the Mumbai Police Force, a popular TV anchor, a budding lawyer and a couple of enthusiastic engineering students from IIT-Bombay, who interacted with the kids and shared their experiences in their respective fields.
There's yet another aspect of Sparsh, which in a way, is the highlight of the initiative and that's the Big brother program. The philosophy revolves around the belief that sharing, caring and listening to a child's concerns can make a positive difference and for that, youth mentors from IIT-Bombay and colleges across Mumbai will be provided to each of the kids, who will act as real-life Big Brothers to them.
Says Jitesh Phulwani, Core Group Member, "Mood Indigo today has become a massive platform of the youth. With over 75000 young minds, we can definitely hit hard on social dilemmas and give back to the world we live in. Sparsh will not only inspire these underprivileged kids to dream big, but also guide them along pathways to live those dreams. It will open for them a whole new world full of opportunities and possibilities."
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