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Tools and the Trout Unlimited Story Posted in Photographers, Wyoming Range, Little Mountain
Words and Images by Steven Brutger
Between the spring thaw and the first fall snow, there is a small window where you can access the Wyoming high country. Places like Little Mountain and the Wyoming Range, which are home to thriving populations of deer and elk as well as native trout, are... [ READ MORE... ]
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Fly Fishing Film Tour 2014 Posted in Conservation, Photographers
I had the good fortune to time my visit to D.C. this spring with the annual screening of the Fly Fishing Film Tour in Arlington.
As usual, the guys at F3T have done a fantastic job crafting a really entertaining presentation, including films whose topics range from near to far away. Most of the... [ READ MORE... ]
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AK Fisherman Hit DC to Fight Canadian Mines Posted in Conservation, Photographers, Alaska-At-Large - 778, Alaska - 9AK, Trout Magazine, Southeast Alaska, Southcentral Alaska - 211
Commercial fishermen and tribal leaders from Southeast Alaska are in Washington, D.C, this week. They're there to press for U.S. State Department action to protect their region's copius wild salmon runs, thriving tourism industry, and cultural resources from large-scale mine projects planned for... [ READ MORE... ]
blog BY Josh Duplechian ON March 19 - 1 COMMENTS
How to shoot great interviews with your mobile device Posted in Photographers, The Front Porch
"Man, I wish I had a video camera," we've all thought it — watching the stream roll along, chatting with a passionate individual about a stream, a project or great days of fishing. With most of carrying smartphones in our pockets, we almost always do have a camera with us.
Shooting video can seem... [ READ MORE... ]
blog BY Josh Duplechian ON October 21 - 1 COMMENTS
This is Fly Magazine - Wyoming Range Posted in Stream Ambassadors, Drift Boats, Conservation, West of The Rockies, Photographers, Backcountry, Renewable Energy, Wyoming Range, Little Mountain
Steven Brutger and Louis Cahill search for Cutthroats and Balance in the Wyoming Range in the most recent issue of This Is Fly Magazine. Please have a look and read why the Wyoming Range should stay as it is.
If you haven't read Louis Cahill and Kent Klewein's blog 'Gink and Gasoline' take some... [ READ MORE... ]
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God Made a TU Member Posted in Veterans Service Partnership, Conservation, Photographers, TU Women's Discussion, Trout Magazine
With sincere apologies (and a significant amount of gratitude) to Paul Harvey and Dodge, TU's communications staff recently produced the introductory video to Chris Wood's annual State of TU presentation (stay tuned--the whole speech will be online shortly) to membership at last week's annual... [ READ MORE... ]
photo BY Josh Duplechian ON September 23 - 0 COMMENTS
Little Mountain - Wyoming Posted in Stream Ambassadors, Drift Boats, Conservation, West of The Rockies, Photographers, Colorado TU, Boulder Flycasters - 082, Fly Fishing Film Tour, The Front Porch, Backcountry, Trout Magazine, Climate Change, Idaho Trout Unlimited, Renewable Energy, Wyoming Range, National Public Lands Day - 2013
blog BY chris_hunt ON September 9 - 3 COMMENTS
Fish Porn: How to take that great photo Posted in Fishing from a Canoe or Kayack, Big Browns!, West of The Rockies, Photographers, Greater Yellowstone Area, Backcountry, Beginners' Corner, Outdoor Communicators
By Chris Hunt
If you fish these days, and you're a die-hard catch-and-release angler, chances are, you capture the memoies of your trophies in megapixels. And, with the relatively affordable digital cameras on the market today, there's no reason you shouldn't.
But are you taking the best... [ READ MORE... ]
blog BY Doug.Agee ON August 29 - 0 COMMENTS
Proper Image Citation Posted in Chapter Sites Users Group, Photographers
While putting together some content for a blog post, I started thinking about proper source citing for the images we use but didn't create ourselves. With all the new users and the new chapter sites joining the TU community, it is important that we pay attention to the proper citation.
Here is a... [ READ MORE... ]
blog BY Josh Duplechian ON July 9 - 0 COMMENTS
Thompson Divide Vignette - Kara Armano Posted in Drift Boats, Conservation, West of The Rockies, Photographers, Colorado TU, Boulder Flycasters - 082, Fly Fishing Film Tour, The Front Porch, Backcountry, Trout Magazine, Climate Change, Thompson Divide, Sportsmen Ride Right
Thompson Divide Vignette - Kara Armano from Our Sporting Heritage on Vimeo.
Located west of Carbondale, Colo., the Thompson Divide is one of the most pristine places in the West and is currently under threat from energy development. It harbors some of the best elk hunting in the state, a dozen... [ READ MORE... ]


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[1651] Arhgap24 Downregulation Is Associated with Foot Process Effacement in Minimal Change Disease
Shreeram Akilesh, Joshua Samuel, Joseph Gaut, Sanjay Jain, Andrey Shaw, Helen Liapis. Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO; Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Background: In vitro studies on glomerular epithelial cells (podocytes) suggest that increased membrane motility may contribute to foot process effacement and proteinuria. Recently, we identified Arhgap24, as a gene that suppresses membrane dynamics of podocytes in vitro. In human and murine kidney, podocytes normally express high levels of Arhgap24 protein, but the protein is susceptible to degradation. Therefore, we hypothesized that Arhgap24 levels would be reduced in proteinuric kidney diseases such as Minimal Change Disease (MCD) where foot process effacement is the key diagnostic feature.
Design: We developed new antibody reagents to stain for Arhgap24 and validated their specificity. Using these antibodies, in a proof of concept study, we stained fresh frozen normal kidney and biopsy material from a 10 year old boy with MCD (proven by electron microscopy). We examined the immunofluorescent staining intensity of Arhgap24 in podocytes in both samples.
Results: 1) Our newly developed antibodies stain Arhgap24 in human podocytes in fresh frozen kidney tissue (Figure 1, left panel).
2) Arhgap24 levels are decreased in a patient with minimal change disease (Figure 1, right panel).
Conclusions: Our cell biological studies predicted that Arhgap24 downregulation would increase podocyte membrane motility in vitro and cause foot process effacement in vivo. Here we show, in a pilot study, that Arhgap24 expression is indeed decreased in a patient with diagnosed MCD, the prototypic kidney disease with foot process effacement. We are currently extending this study to additional patients and will also test the antibody reagents on FFPE kidney tissue. If successful, Arhgap24 downregulation would be a useful IHC marker of MCD when electron microscopy is not available. This study also shows how understanding of the cell biology of cultured podocytes can lead to a useful prediction of biologic behavior in patients.
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The message from SOPH. and Nike's fantasy soccer team. F.C.R.B., this season is "Let's work out!". Sure, the look book may have been all about the soccer hooligans, but the August 2010 new releases seem to point at a healthier direction– to hit the gym, or at … READ MORE
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It was a relatively cool summer night for Hong Kong. SOPH. Hong Kong store began its first chapter by holding an opening party the night before its official opening last Saturday. A high end Japanese restaurant and bar was the venue for the party where many industry … READ MORE
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Get your game on on the actual field, or fake it (if you are not looking forward to running around after a ball in the heat) with the new releases from SOPH. and Nike's fictional football club, F.C.R.B. For August, the label will be dropping a portion … READ MORE
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This week, in prepping for the World Basketball Festival, Nike has geared up with DJ Clark Kent to bring out a pack of new kicks designed by a New Yorker, especially for New York. And of course, there is nothing like a good block party at 21 … READ MORE
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While F.C.R.B. is a fictional soccer team created by SOPH. and Nike, this season, the make-believe team takes the spotlight off the soccer players and turns it to those who are probably more passionate than the players– the soccer hooligans. The look book styled a bunch of … READ MORE
F.C.R.B. x Casio G-Shock DW-5600
F.C.R.B. (F.C. Real Bristol) may be a fictional team, but its presence in the industry is not only real, but also extremely significant. Especially in the 2010 FIFA World Cup season, F.C.R.B. plays a significant role in Nike's "Write The Future" campaign with key collaborations, special items … READ MORE
F.C.R.B x Nike Sportswear – " Write The Future" Nike Air Zoom Tiempo x Youichi Takahashi | Phase Three
One of Japan's most celebrated and popular soccer mangas, "Captain Tsubasa", has not only been widely read and watched in Japan, but is also one of those with a loyal following around the world. For phase three of Nike Sportswear and SOPH.'s 2010 FIFA World Cup retail … READ MORE
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Perhaps one of the most well-dressed fictional football teams, Nike and SOPH.'s collaborative F.C.R.B. football team may not be known for their goal-scoring prowess, but is definitely known for its sense of style and penchant for good design. For those who love to pledge some team loyalty … READ MORE
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F.C.R.B. x Nike Sportswear "Write The Future" T-Shirt Collection
Yes, FIFA World Cup is indeed the most highly watched game, and one of the most highly anticipated games in the world. Sadly, not every country can qualify and make it to the finals, making some soccer lovers of soccer a little torn about team loyalty. This … READ MORE
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Well it's finally happened. The Republicans have lapped themselves on the race track of ridiculousness, unfortunately dragging the entire State of Michigan with them.
Today the House Dems filed suit in Ingham County Circuit Court over the Republican Party violations of the Michigan Constitution. The plaintiffs in the suit are Democratic Leader Richard Hammel, Democratic Floor Leader Kate Segal, Woodrow Stanley, Mark Meadows, Steven Lindberg, and Jeff Irwin.
"It's very regrettable that it has come this far," said Hammel. "Our caucus wanted to avoid this measure and we exhausted reasoning with Republicans to follow the constitution with regard to roll call votes and immediate effect. We don't vote for ourselves in the Capitol, we vote on behalf of our constituents. When we're denied the constitutionally guaranteed rights, hundreds of thousands of Michigan residents are being denied a fair voice in how their state is run. I only hope this matter can be resolved quickly."
And things did move somewhat quickly. Shortly after the suit was filed, Judge Clinton Canady, III issued this order (pdf), which includes the following:
a. Defendants are immediately enjoined from giving House Bills "immediate effect" under Article 4, § 27 of the Michigan Constitution by way of voice vote and gavel and without actually counting votes for and against "immediate effect" and recording them in the House Journal;
b. the "immediate effect" given to HB 4246, HB 5063 is immediately enjoined;
c. Defendants' are immediately enjoined from ignoring Minority Members' oral or written requests for a record roll call vote when it is supported by 1/5 of the Members under Article 4, § 18 of the Michigan Constitution;
MILLER, CANFIELD, PADDOCK AND STONE, P.L.C.d. no bond need be given by Plaintiffs because the entry of this Order will not result in injury to Defendants but shall maintain the status quo and prevent further unlawful conduct until this matter can be heard; and
e. Defendants must appear before this Court on ____________, 2012, at __:__ _.m. before the Honorable _______________________ in the Ingham County Circuit Court, Ingham County, Michigan, to show cause why a preliminary injunction should not be issued.
The defendants are as follows:
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JAMES "JASE" BOLGER; SPEAKER PRO TEM OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JOHN WALSH; and HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAJORITY FLOOR LEADER, JIM STAMAS, in their official capacities; and THE MICHIGAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
And a quick rundown on the first three points. First, the defendants can no longer ram through "immediate effect" on a bill. From the state site,
No act shall take effect until the expiration of 90 days from the end of the session at which the measure was enacted. The Legislature may give immediate effect to an act by a two-thirds vote of the members elected and serving in each house. (Constitution, Art. IV, Sec. 27.)
In other words, a bill given immediate effect can take effect as soon as the bill is signed by the Governor and filed with the Secretary of State. The Republicans are giving immediate effect to bills even though they do not have the two-thirds vote required.
Next, the second point. The "immediate effect" given House Bills 4246 and 5063 is … well, confusing.
HB 4246 is the bill that prohibits Graduate Student Research Assistants from organizing. If you recall, Republicans were eager to get this bill into law toot sweet, to prevent the Michigan Employment Relations Commission (MERC) from taking action on the union drive at the University of Michigan. MERC was set to meet the week after this bill was voted on in the legislature. (MIRS, 3/8/2012)
This bill has already been signed by Snyder and it puts the whole GSRA situation into a grey area that we here at BFM like to call "what the f*^$???" No doubt that this one will be messy.
HB 5063 is the bill that would have given the (Republican) Secretary of State the authority to approve petition language prior to circulation. In other words, if you are spending 2012 trying to recall Snyder, legalize marijuana, protect your job, support green energy, or deal with the Snyder dictatorship law, this bill could have smacked you around right nice. This piece alone was a huge victory for the people of Michigan.
Next point, the roll call. If you remember a few weeks back, the House Dems were having problems with the Republicans allowing roll call votes. From a press release at the time:
LANSING – In a shameful abuse of power, the House Republicans today continued to play politics by granting record roll call votes for certain legislative items, but refusing it for others. Refusing a request for a record roll call is a clear violation of Article IV § 18 of the Michigan Constitution, which states in pertinent part, "The record of the vote and name of the members of either house voting on any question shall be entered in the journal at the request of one-fifth of the members present."
Last week House Democratic Floor Leader Kate Segal (D-Battle Creek), backed up by signatures from 46 caucus members, notified the Speaker and the Clerk of the House that Democrats would be requesting roll call votes on all immediate effect votes. Today, Republicans seemed willing to follow the Constitution, allowing for roll calls on several bills, but then abruptly ignored further requests.
Democrats stressed that House Bill 5063, which is scheduled for passage tomorrow, is another bill for which they intend to block immediate effect. The bill would change election law by requiring an approval process before ballot initiative petition drives can begin collecting signatures. The change has been called a solution in search of a problem, since only rarely are petitions ever rejected as to form.
The March 7 edition of Gongwer has a pretty good recap of how a lot of this went down on the floor.
So for now, a judge has told the House GOP that they have to start following the rules. How much you wanna bet that the GOP introduces a bill to eliminate the Ingham County Circuit Court?


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Legendary South Carolina historian and broadcaster Walter Edgar will launch Limestone's College's Renewing a Dream, Revisiting the South Series when he visits the campus on Monday, Feb. 20. Dr. Edgar's presentation, entitled "Limestone and South Carolina in the 1840s," will begin at 7:00 p.m. in Fullerton Auditorium and will be followed by a reception in Winnie Davis Hall of History. The presentation and reception are free and open to the public. Made possible by a grant from Wells Fargo, the Renewing a Dream, Revisiting the South Series is designed to provide the local community and Limestone students free access to programs and exhibits from a wide array of historians, art collections, and performing artists with an emphasis on Southern history and culture. A native of Mobile, Alabama, Dr. Edgar is in much demand as a speaker and annually delivers twenty-five to thirty talks and lectures to a wide variety of audiences. In addition to his scholarly pursuits, he is the host of two programs on South Carolina Public Radio: "Walter Edgar's Journal," a look at contemporary events in context and "South Carolina from A to Z." Additionally, he is Director of the Institute for Southern Studies at the University of South Carolina, is a Carolina Trustee Professor, the Claude Henry Neuffer Professor of Southern Studies, the George Washington Distinguished Professor of History, and a Louise Fry Scudder Professor of Liberal Arts. Dr. Edgar is author or editor of more than a dozen books on South Carolina and the American South, including his most recent publication The South Carolina Encyclopedia (2006) of which he was editor-in-chief. He is also the author of South Carolina: A History (1998) and Partisans and Redcoats: The Southern Campaign that Turned the Tide of the American Revolution (2001). Dr. Edgar has also been active in the community as an officer or board member of numerous organizations including the South Carolina Historical Society, the Governor's Mansion Foundation, the South Caroliniana Society, the South Carolina Archives and History Foundation, the Palmetto Conservation Foundation, the Friends of the Richland County Public Library, the Columbia Museum of Art, and Heathwood Hall Episcopal School. In 1995 Dr. Edgar retired as a colonel in the Army Reserves after thirty years of commissioned service. Among his awards and honors are honorary degrees from Davidson College, the Citadel, Coker College, Newberry College, and Coastal Carolina University. In 2001 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of South Carolina and in 2008 was inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame. He has been listed in Who's Who in America since 1985. |


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In a matter of weeks, voters have to make some important choices. Who will lead our nation? Who will represent us in Congress? Who will be our new state legislator? Locally, voters will choose a sheriff, a County Council member and two City Council members.
For the past 20 years, I have worked in the health-care field in one capacity or another, including the insurance side, the managed care side, the provider side and now the financial side. I have an inside idea how the new law will impact physicians, hospitals and patients. The law will require states to basically accept everyone under the Medicaid program. On the surface, I think we can all agree that sounds great – everyone is covered and no one is without insurance.
South Carolina used to be known as the "good roads state." That's no longer so. Most people recognize this, but perhaps not the reasons why.
A few months ago, a bank contacted a local area agency on aging to speak to an ombudsman regarding a customer's overdrawn checking account. After looking into the situation, it soon became evident that a staff member from a long-term care facility had befriended a resident who had vision and hearing difficulties.
Labor Day weekend was quite a treat for me, especially that Sunday. I was aboard Air Force One and I visited the Oval Office, just a few feet from the president's famous desk. You might find that hard to believe, and if I tell you I wasn't even in Washington, you are probably scratching your head more than an undecided voter. OK, I'll let you in on what went down. My family and I visited the American Presidential Experience,, billed as a "nonpartisan interactive exhibit of the American Presidency."
I write in response to "Activists resort to equal opportunity scare tactics" by Keith Brann in the Sept. 7 edition of The Lancaster News.
U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney (District 5) cut the ribbon for the grand opening of the Lancaster County Republican Victory Center Headquarters at 699 Lancaster Bypass East on Saturday, Sept. 1. Several Republican candidates were there, as well as Taft Matney, chairman of the S.C. Republican Victory Centers. About 100 people attended the event. Normal business hours for the Republican headquarters are 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday to Friday and 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
In the era of insincere indignation and mislaid naivete concerning voting rights in this country, it is worth noting that the past is indeed prologue.
Bureaucrats are pushing a plan to raise taxes and increase spending on public schools. The districts spent $9.4 billion last year. Apparently $13,600 per student isn't enough. The plan will raise taxes across the state. Families and small business owners will be hardest hit. First, local taxes for public school operations would be eliminated and replaced with a new statewide property tax. Then the districts would get the chance to go back and (re)introduce "new" local taxes to supplement the state money.
Our state government's failed attempt at voter identity laws missed the mark anyway. If the government really wanted to stop voter fraud, our legislature should have begun ensuring that paper absentee ballots are truly filled out by the voter without any undue influence. Typically, when a person voter goes to the polls whether it's on election day or as an in-person absentee, he or she is allowed to go to the machine and mark his or her ballot without anyone else seeing how they vote – unless he or she asks for help.


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Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest, Conservative)
Caroline Lucas made a sincere speech in support of her amendment 7, but it was wrong because she argued about giving more power to the people. Her amendment has nothing whatever to do with standards in the House of Commons. It would cause confusion and lead to the loss of the two most important factors that any electoral system ought to depend on-clarity and certainty. They are present in first past the post, but they certainly are not in amendment 7.


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Housing Sustainability and Conservation Coordinator is a part-time Fixed Term role that has a work schedule of 20 hours per week.
Job Purpose: Sustainability is a core value on campus and within R&DE Student Housing. The R&DE Student Housing Sustainability and Conservation Programs Office collaborates with students and staff to foster behavior change, reduce energy and water consumption and waste production in our residences, and to integrate long-term sustainable thinking into how we operate. The Coordinator will support the Office's goals and report directly to the Sustainability and Conservation Program Manager.


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My students want to make concrete bricks for an end-of-year project. The idea is to make bricks that they can write their names in while they're drying. I've never tried doing something like and I would really like some advice. I was thinking of using shoe boxes for molds. Would that work?
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I would think that shoe boxes would be fine! Just a think layer of concrete, then as it is setting up they can write their name in it. What will be done with the bricks? Remember, a shoe box is much larger than brick, more like a stepping stone. |
- Posted by nanatricia (My Page) on Sun, May 8, 11 at 21:43
Go to your deli in your town and see if you can get some carry out plastic box .If you use sb you might have leakage in less you line it with plastic .Try one and see !! |
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Make sure they wear plastic gloves, concrete is very caustic. This will make a huge mess so needs to be done outside and wear old clothes. Plastic containers are better because the concrete might push out the sides of a box if it's too wet. After they finish decorating the blocks they should seal them in a plastic bag and set aside for three days to cure. Any bag from the store will work. |
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Sounds like a wonderful idea! Maybe let them add stuff like a mosaic..keys/marbles, etc. |
Be careful mixing, or if you are using premixed, when you add the water, dust is harmful to breathe, mix by pulling toward you in smooth even motion, I use a hoe. And when you think it is well mixed, mix it some more because if it is not well mixed the blocks may not stay together or corners break off. shoebox with plastic lining it would keep cardboard from soaking up the moisture & making a mess. Might run it past the mosaic or concrete forums for more ideas. How many kids to do you that would be doing it? Might get expensive.Maybe by shoe boxes you mean plastic ones?I think you have to rub them with Vaseline so you can get the concrete out, they would be pretty heavy so might drop on their toes. A place that sells food containers to cafes might have some disposable containers a little smaller & easier to work with. Jan |
- Posted by rock_oak_deer 8a TX (My Page) on Mon, May 9, 11 at 11:29
Mixing concrete needs to be done by adults and wear a mask because the breathing the dust is harmful. I've found that containers with thin walls like a cardboard shoe box won't hold concrete well even if you line it with plastic because the sides will slump out as you pack the mix in unless you have a lot of skill with controlling the moisture in the mix. |
Plastic would be better. I don't know what kind of budget you have, but my grocery store carries Glad brand plastic containers very reasonably. I'm thinking in the 3 for $2 range for a sandwich-sized container, which is the size I'd recommend. Or maybe you have a dollar store nearby that you could scour for deals? Just remember the stuff is HEAVY. Shoe boxes would be a little on the big side, IMO, unless you're talking about baby shoes, and I agree with those who said cardboard would need to be lined with plastic that won't leak. If you use plastic as your form, spray the inside with Pam before filling with concrete. Also, this is VERY important: Use mortar mix, not regular concrete mix. The aggregate in mortar mix is sand which leaves it smooth enough for carving names. Concrete mix has gravel and won't work. As others have mentioned, you also want to be careful not to add too much water. You'll want to be able to shape it into a ball in your hand and have it hold. If it falls apart when you lightly press it, add a little more water, but you don't want it drippy like cake batter. Think sugar cookie dough instead. Once you pack it into your molds, water may collect on the top while the kids are trying to carve their names. Don't fret that. Just lay a paper towel on top and let it soak up for a minute. Also, depending on the age of your kids, you might want to have a metal file or coarse sandpaper handy, so you can smooth down the top edge a bit after you unmold it. Concrete can be really sharp, but will take well to gently filing if it's only a few days old. As others have said, you'll want to be able to cover your bricks with plastic and let them cure for at least 2 days before unmolding and letting the kids take home. So make sure to give yourself enough time. Not sure what I'm forgetting.....I love, love, love working with concrete and mortar and think this will be a fun project for your kids. I'd recommend you giving it a shot on your own first then make adjustments from there. Careful, though, as you might get hooked! LOL I started out with stepping stones and am now making sculptures using metal armature (you can check them out on my blog below for kicks). |
Here is a link that might be useful: Loribees Garden Blog
I did this a few years back but had each one bring a cake or pie pan. This way it didn't take so much cement. The shoe box would work but some are kind of big. Why couldn't you use some of those disposable pans made for small loaves of bread and that way you could get them at Walmart or the Dollar Store cheap. The pie pans worked great for us and they could write on them or even decorate them with little glass stones or really anything. I had a little concrete mixer that looked like a 5 gallon bucket with a lid and you were supposed to make sure the lid was fastened and that way you could roll the bucket on the ground and the concrete came out great. My husband mixed all of the concrete and there was plenty for everyone. Ours turned out like stepping stones but it would work in the little pans and be uniform in size. |
"Why couldn't you use some of those disposable pans made for small loaves of bread" Ooh, great idea! I've used those disposable foil cake pans as molds for stepping stones and they worked great. Do spray the inside with a little bit of Pam though, as it helps them pop right out. |
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Junior Achievement of the Ocoee Region programming that supports financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship in area school systems is taking another hop forward.
And once again, it's all thanks to a kangaroo ... er, sort of.
Bouncing off the success of last year's inaugural "Kash for Kids" campaign, some 108 Kangaroo Express convenience stores in the Cleveland, Chattanooga, Nashville, Huntsville, Ala., and North Georgia areas have jumped aboard the fundraising wagon for a second campaign.
It's not just the stores doing the work. Customers are directly involved as evidenced by the number of rattling coins — in pocket fundraising it's called "loose change" — hitting the bottom of "Kash for Kids" receptacles stationed on the front counters near the cash registers of each store.
This year's Kangaroo campaign for JA launched Nov. 1 and will continue through Dec. 31. During the two-month drive, stores — and their customers — will be competing against one another to determine who can raise the most for the highly respected nonprofit.
Last year's winning site, among those in the Cleveland and Chattanooga areas, was the green-trimmed Kangaroo Express at the corner of Highway 64 (Waterlevel Highway) and Durkee Road. The store accounted for some $8,000 in donations — all of which went directly to JA of the Ocoee Region.
Store manager is Jennifer Stepp, both then and now.
Last year's first "Kash for Kids" campaign, which included all the Kangaroo sites in the Cleveland area, netted $39,240 for JA of the Ocoee Region. Regionwide, the drive raised $129,389, and $90,149 of the amount went to Junior Achievement of Chattanooga.
JA, which supplements the work of classroom teachers to help prepare students for the real world, focuses on chapters in academia that don't always get the same level of attention in school system curricula as reading, writing and arithmetic.
"With the steadfast support of Kangaroo Express, Junior Achievement offices throughout the region will be able to provide our kindergarten through 12th grade students with the opportunity to prepare for their future," said Tracie McCartney, JA of the Ocoee Region president.
She added, "We are elated for the impact to be experienced by a greater number of students in our local schools as a result of this ongoing partnership."
In the Ocoee Region office, JA serves public school systems in five counties: Bradley, McMinn, Polk, Monroe and Meigs. This includes the Cleveland and Bradley County school systems.
The Kangaroo Express campaign isn't just about helping the local JA operation. It is supporting JA offices in Chattanooga, Middle Tennessee and North Alabama as well. However, donations received in a region stay within that region. In other words, funds raised in the stores located within the Cleveland area will go to JA of the Ocoee Region.
"As a community store, Kangaroo Express is dedicated to supporting its local communities through truly dedicated organizations like Junior Achievement," said Chris Hughes, regional district manager, Kangaroo Express. "The funds raised through Kash for Kids will continue to provide kids right here in the Cleveland, Chattanooga, Nashville, Huntsville and North Georgia areas the opportunity to benefit from real-life, hands-on experiences and inspire them to dream big and reach their fullest potential."
Last year, McCartney was elated to be invited to the Kangaroo Express distribution day in Chattanooga that landed the Ocoee Region office a check for almost $40,000.
In the words of the local JA president, "That amount of money funds a lot of program materials that our volunteers need for classroom instruction. Everyone knows, who understands the JA mission, that our classroom instructors are unpaid volunteers so funds raised are going straight into program materials."
Many of the Ocoee Region's volunteers are members of the board of directors who represent their companies in the nonprofit's work.
When she accepted the Kangaroo Express check last year, McCartney was quick to give credit to those who did the fundraising work — the stores, their managers and employees, and perhaps most importantly, their customers.
"They put their force behind JA of the Ocoee Region because they wanted to help our community," McCartney told the Cleveland Daily Banner then at the close of the fundraising campaign. "It's their children and grandchildren who are going to local schools where we implement our programs."
She added, "We are so honored to have Kangaroo Express partner with us. [Their store locations] in Bradley, Polk, Meigs, McMinn and Monroe counties really opened up their hearts. Just as importantly, we are proud to say all of the money raised stays local."
McCartney said she has every reason to believe Kangaroo Express customers will again rise to the occasion in support of Junior Achievement.
JA of the Ocoee Region is a well-established, Cleveland-based nonprofit that has operated here since 1965. It was founded by Skeet Rymer, president of the former Magic Chef Company which in 1986 merged with the Maytag Company to form the renamed Maytag Corporation. Maytag was later acquired by the Whirlpool Corporation in March 2006.
Kangaroo Express is operated by The Pantry Inc. As of Aug. 6, 2013, The Pantry operated 1,559 stores in 13 states under selected banners, including its primary operating banner, Kangaroo Express.
Junior Achievement is the world's largest organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices.
Today, JA reaches 4.2 million students per year in more than 120 markets across the United States, with an additional 6.5 million students served by operations in 117 other countries worldwide.


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Western United States Pipe Band Association Contests: W U S P B A
Highland Games Schedule: USS Scots - World or Clan Campbell or Irish Web - Highland Games
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Sacramento Daughters of Scotia. (See their page on this site)
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St. Andrew's Society of Modesto meets on the Fourth Tuesday of each month except December. Meeting time is at 7:30PM
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Traditional Celtic Music in the San Francisco areas and throughout Northern California - SF Celtic Music
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The best site for Monerey area concerts is the Monterey Celtic Society Events.
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I live in a busy street and my backyard that faces the street is only 6' tall (at most). A lot of street noise comes right through this fence. I would like to dampen the noise by a lot so I was wondering if I put a taller fence if that would help dampen the noise? I am also considering putting up a concrete type of fence from concrete blocks. Would this be a much better sound barrier than a wooden fence? thanks in advance, |
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And even those don't do it that well. Search on the landscape design forum, there might be an old thread about blocking noise, sound barrier, or other search terms. If you don't find anything, post your question there. KarinL |
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Browder said Pioneer's growers plan to begin harvesting beans on time, around Nov. 1, in Homestead and a few days later in Belle Glade.
The fall tomato deal is expected to begin on-time in mid-October with small volumes of grape tomatoes and cherry tomatoes starting harvest in the Palmetto-Ruskin region, said Gerry Odell, chief farming officer for Lipman.
In central Florida, mature greens and romas shouldn't begin production until early November, he said in mid-October.
"Central Florida has had a lot of rain," Odell said. "We should start with light yields, but we do have fruit set. We don't expect to have any real big volume as we start off."
Odell characterized early fall tomato markets as sloppy.
He said prices have been fairly high.
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January 24, 2015This Sunday, January 25, CBS News' 60 Minutes will feature the first joint interview with House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). Read More
President's College Savings Tax Hike Hits the Middle Class
January 23, 2015The White House's college savings tax hike is "running into opposition from Republicans in Congress who say they have no intention of raising taxes on families trying to save money for their children's education," The Associated Press reports. Read More
SOTU Rapid Response: By the Numbers
January 23, 2015House Republicans led an aggressive and coordinated rapid response campaign in the hours leading up to, during, and immediately following the president's State of the Union address on Tuesday. Read More
Statue of Sen. Barry Goldwater To Be Dedicated Next Month
January 22, 2015House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced today that they will dedicate a statue of the late Barry M. Goldwater at a ceremony to be held on Wednesday, February 11 in National Statuary Hall of the United States Capitol. Read More
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Sandown Zoo, Isle of Wight.
We see a low angle shot of a man and a woman taking photographs. The man is Ronnie Bateman, the zoo director. They are at Sandown Zoo hoping to get a picture of Rajah the tiger, who just loves bathing himself, but usually when no-one is around. Rajah is seen in his cage which has a bath in it - an ordinary bath with taps, with a keeper with a hose on the cage roof, showering him with water.
Rajah is 11 foot 9 inches, and was a household pet at one time, until he became too large and strong. Evidently he doesn't like female company - he has killed two wives! The sequence shows Rajah stepping in and out of the bath , dipping a paw into the water, standing in the bath with his paws by the taps, and the shower water in his face.
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The Best of the Best Culinary Awards
Prestigious awards that showcase the best of Chinese cooking in Hong Kong.
In a city so passionate about food and dining, there are a host of gourmet events, competitions and awards throughout the year. Check them out to compile your own personal guide to eating your way around Hong Kong.


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I'm finishing up my final paper for Anglo-American Modernism right now. My thesis asks how two models of femininity—Mrs. Dalloway and Lily Briscoe—both serve to represent the idea of the New Woman. It seems only right that I began and concluded this year thinking in Woolfian terms; Mrs. Dalloway served as one bookend for my sophomore experience, To The Lighthouse as the other.
I've learned a lot as a sophomore, in my classes as well as through extracurricular pursuits. Here are just a few of the myriad lessons:
1. Hamilton ties are strong: At a small college like this one, it isn't entirely surprising that the alumni network is tight-knit. I've been hearing this since I was a freshman, but it wasn't until this year that I began to connect with some of the outstanding graduates this school has produced. I've met and spoken to so many incredible people who genuinely support my passion for writing. Through a chain of alumni connections, I even managed to land a job as a journalist for a startup called The Leapyear Project. I'm excited to someday pay it forward by helping Hamilton students like myself expand their horizons.
2. Skipping breakfast is not an option: Once you join what I like to call the Breakfast Club, you never leave. Breakfast is, in my opinion, the most essential and consistently delicious meal that the dining halls serve. There's something at breakfast for everyone, whether you're an eggs-and-toast kind of guy, a bagel buff, a muffin (wo)man or a cereal craver. I'm a morning person, for sure, but that's only because I fuel up early.
3. Twitter isn't useless: On the contrary, it's really useful! I'm addicted to updating my timeline and keeping up with the latest news via Twitter. I also found the job posting for my summer internship through a tweet (literally). Use it, folks, if you don't already. You won't regret it.
4. Espresso is kind of expensive, but it totally boosts productivity: I've never been much of a coffee drinker. A tea devotee, I always prided myself on having abstained from the bean through high school and my first year of college. But this year, there came to be a point when black tea just wasn't enough caffeine for me anymore. I'm still not into straight coffee, but I love a good dirty chai—a chai latte with an espresso shot added.
5. Late nights lead to serious bonding sessions: As an editor at The Spectator, I'm accustomed to staying up late at least one night every week. Some people would bemoan this responsibility, but I embrace the wee hours of the evening as opportunities to get to know my peers a little better. To all my Spec staff members: Thanks for being so pleasant and interesting at 2 a.m. (CAITLIN, THIS IS YOUR SHOUTOUT)
Majors: English, Psychology
Activities: The Spectator, HAVOC (community service), Media Relations writer, intramural volleyball
Favorite Pastimes: Indian Cafe buffet Thursdays, dirty chai lattes and mango brie paninis from Opus, people watching from Sadove sun porch, sending and receiving snail mail, walking to the Cider Mill in the fall, power yoga, reading (and rereading) the works of J.D. Salinger
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June 4, 2007, 6:51 AM
By Ezra Dyer
The next generation of hybrids are being built for many reasons. But saving the environment isn't one of them.
Hybrids are at a crossroads. They emerged from the primordial ooze looking bizarre and futuristic. But then came the next generation, and a new question emerged: What happens when a hybrid looks just like a regular car? The answer, it would seem, is not much: Ford had to put zero-percent-financing incentives on the eminently normal-looking Escape Hybrid last year, and Honda sold only 5,598 Accord Hybrids in 2006. But you know what model Honda did sell a lot of last year? The much slower, dorkier-looking Civic Hybrid. And you made fun of BMW drivers for buying cars as class symbols.
The Nissan Altima Hybrid I'm driving from Portland to Seattle fits well within this second category of normal-looking hybrids. Yet it has another twist, which further illustrates the weird world of today's hybrids: It's the unwanted offspring of Nissan's fleet. Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn never wanted to build one. But for credits against California's emissions laws, he felt like he had to. And thus you have the 2007 Altima Hybrid: a kick-ass hybrid that Nissan is selling at a loss to please the suits in Sacramento.
Bastard child or not, my drive from Portland to Seattle is uneventful, which is a sign of how far hybrids have come. The Altima has a reasonable amount of juice -- 198 net horsepower -- and it surges out onto the highway on a wave of torque. The Toyota-designed drivetrain doesn't beat you over the head with its hybridness. The sixteen-inch tires look like they belong on a proper car, not a golf cart. The Altima just feels like a nicely appointed, sporty Japanese sedan, albeit one that can occasionally reach forty miles per hour on electricity alone.
Hooray for hybrids, then? Not entirely. The Altima hybrid may be technologically sophisticated, but it's economically crude. It costs Nissan money to build it. And at $24,400, it costs buyers $4,600 more to purchase than they're ever likely to recoup on fuel savings. People will buy it, as they buy most hybrids, out of a sense of social responsibility. Kudos to them. But altruism isn't going to save the world. Money is.
In the coming years, manufacturers have promised plug-in hybrids and lithium batteries, vehicles with fuel economies that make current hybrids look like gas-swilling trucks. The true breakthrough hybrid, whenever it comes, will be the one that wins buyers because it saves enough fuel to save them money. That car will enjoy monumental sales and consequently begin to actually make a difference in our energy consumption. Until that happens, hybrids will remain a novelty, even if they look like normal cars.
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He was employed with P.J.C. McCPROPT Trucking company and served in the United States National Guard for over 20 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Hubert King and Ada King, and Pearline and David Rucker; sister, Deborah Mack; and brothers, Tracy King and Chad King.
Survivors include his twin sister, Christine (Michael) Watson of Riceville; six sisters: Audrey (Marvin) Conner of Cleveland, Beverly Ward of Chattanooga, Dardrekia King of Chattanooga, Charity King of Bellflower, Calif., Victoria King of Long Beach, Calif., and Wynette King of Long Beach, Calif; four brothers, Herbert (Bev) King of Cleveland, Craig King of Cleveland, Todd King of Oakland, Calif., and Mark King of Long Beach; special niece, Patricia McCleary, fiance Diane Mazzel and a host of other nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
Services will be held Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Charleston Cumberland Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Billy Bond officiating. The family will receive friends one hour before the service at the church from 1 to 2 p.m. Interment will follow at Spring Creek Cemetery, Riceville. All arrangements entrusted to M.D. Dotson and Sons Funeral Home.
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Cook pasta according to package directions; drain.
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Cut pasta shells lengthwise through the other side. Spoon about 1/2 cup chicken mixture into each shell, gently pressing cut sides together. Place, cut sides down, in 2 lightly greased 11- x 7-inch baking dishes. Pour Roasted Red Bell Pepper Sauce evenly over shells.
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In all, 18 earned their General Education Diploma while others earned certificates for finishing various programs including the alcohol and drug program and the music program.
The GED program, which began at the facility in 2008, has seen over 140 inmates successfully complete the program.
"This was the first ceremony that we have had this year," said Libby Mullins, GED instructor. "We like to have a certain number to be on site before holding a ceremony and that can be tough with the moving around that a lot of the inmates do."
Retired Senior Circuit Judge for the 11th Judicial District, Kenneth L. Thomas was the keynote speaker.
"You have passed your examination and that should make you feel proud and give you hope for the future," said Thomas. "Your paths in life were not easy and I know that each of you are proud of this accomplishment."
Thomas went on in his speech and read a poem that he penned for the ceremony called the Two Sides of Jim. After the reading he left the inmates with words of encouragement.
"This accomplishment proves that each and every one of you can achieve positive goals," continued Thomas. "Succeeding and becoming a more productive citizen is something that you all have now proved that you can do. With that being said, I challenge each of you upon your release of incarceration to conform your conduct according to the requirements of the law, abide by the steps that have been laid out before you and appreciate the lessons of the Two Sides of Jim, then you can, and will, succeed and become productive citizens."
Families of the inmates were invited to the commencement and sat proudly watching as each man and woman walked to the front of the room to receive their GED or certification. Mothers, fathers, husbands, children and aunts looked on and a few brushed away tears. After the ceremony, everyone was invited to stay for refreshments.
"Everyone here should be proud of the choices that this group of people have made," said Mary Haywood, A&D/GED director. "I am certainly proud of each of you and commend the fact that you all have taken the steps to try and become working members of society after your release."


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DEAL: Marian Gaborik to Los Angeles for a second round pick and a conditional third.
The Los Angeles Kings are in dire need of scoring, and it wasn't a fact lost on them. Their current scoring clip is just over two goals per game, which barely bests the two worst-scoring teams in the NHL, Calgary and Buffalo. Enter Marian Gaborik.
The name Marian Gaborik, at this point, is a lot sexier than the player himself. He's tallied just 14 points in 22 games this season, a mere six of which are goals. I'm not a big fan of avoiding talent because the talent has had bad injury luck in the past, but Gaborik seems really prone to getting hurt, which is a scary concept in playoffs. And, when you're a scorer who's made his hay in large part thanks to being speedy, age can be a real drag.
In short, I'm not sure the Kings found the guy they're looking for. He'll definitely provide some offense, but on a team that dines on its team defense, I'm skeptical that it'll be worth it.
Going back to Columbus is Matt Frattin, a second round pick, and a third round pick (conditional). For a team on the brink of playoffs like Columbus – to whom making playoffs would mean a great deal – it seems like a waste to ship out one of your legitimate NHL talents for future picks. I'm almost always in favour of getting something rather than nothing for a player going to UFA, but I'd have rather have seen Columbus consider him a rental and make a playoff push than do the "smart" thing in this case.
The Blue Jackets haven't had Gaborik much of the year and they've been fine, so maybe that's Jarmo Kekalainen's line of thinking, but I would've preferred to see them look at this season a bit more aggressively.
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An insiders guide to reporting on Israel/Gaza conflict
Tablet has an essay about the media manipulations in reporting the Israel/Gaza conflict.
It is by  Matti Friedman who is a former AP correspondent who explains how and why reporters get Israel so wrong, and why it matters. What she writes echoes what I saw in Israel.
The lasting importance of this summer's war, I believe, doesn't lie in the war itself. It lies instead in the way the war has been described and responded to abroad, and the way this has laid bare the resurgence of an old, twisted pattern of thought and its migration from the margins to the mainstream of Western discourse—namely, a hostile obsession with Jews. The key to understanding this resurgence is not to be found among jihadi webmasters, basement conspiracy theorists, or radical activists. It is instead to be found first among the educated and respectable people who populate the international news industry; decent people, many of them, and some of them my former colleagues.
While global mania about Israeli actions has come to be taken for granted, it is actually the result of decisions made by individual human beings in positions of responsibility—in this case, journalists and editors. The world is not responding to events in this country, but rather to the description of these events by news organizations. The key to understanding the strange nature of the response is thus to be found in the practice of journalism, and specifically in a severe malfunction that is occurring in that profession—my profession—here in Israel.
She looks at the disproportionate staffing and reporting on Israel compared with other countries.
Staffing is the best measure of the importance of a story to a particular news organization. When I was a correspondent at the AP, the agency had more than 40 staffers covering Israel and the Palestinian territories. That was significantly more news staff than the AP had in China, Russia, or India, or in all of the 50 countries of sub-Saharan Africa combined. It was higher than the total number of news-gathering employees in all the countries where the uprisings of the "Arab Spring" eventually erupted.
To offer a sense of scale: Before the outbreak of the civil war in Syria, the permanent AP presence in that country consisted of a single regime-approved stringer. The AP's editors believed, that is, that Syria's importance was less than one-40th that of Israel. I don't mean to pick on the AP—the agency is wholly average, which makes it useful as an example. The big players in the news business practice groupthink, and these staffing arrangements were reflected across the herd. Staffing levels in Israel have decreased somewhat since the Arab uprisings began, but remain high. And when Israel flares up, as it did this summer, reporters are often moved from deadlier conflicts. Israel still trumps nearly everything else.
The volume of press coverage that results, even when little is going on, gives this conflict a prominence compared to which its actual human toll is absurdly small. In all of 2013, for example, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict claimed 42 lives—that is, roughly the monthly homicide rate in the city of Chicago. Jerusalem, internationally renowned as a city of conflict, had slightly fewer violent deaths per capita last year than Portland, Ore., one of America's safer cities. In contrast, in three years the Syrian conflict has claimed an estimated 190,000 lives, or about 70,000 more than the number of people who have ever died in the Arab-Israeli conflict since it began a century ago.
News organizations have nonetheless decided that this conflict is more important than, for example, the more than 1,600 women murdered in Pakistan last year (271 after being raped and 193 of them burned alive), the ongoing erasure of Tibet by the Chinese Communist Party, the carnage in Congo (more than 5 million dead as of 2012) or the Central African Republic, and the drug wars in Mexico (death toll between 2006 and 2012: 60,000), let alone conflicts no one has ever heard of in obscure corners of India or Thailand. They believe Israel to be the most important story on earth, or very close.
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I'm very new at gardening and hope this isn't a stupid questiong, but... A friend just gave me 4 "toes" from a Blue iris, they appear to be dry and what is left from where she cut the leaves off last year are yellowish color. Could someone please give me advice if these are probably dead; plant them and hope for the best; or put them in water to re-hydrate and then plant them and hope for the best. |
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- Posted by hosenemesis SoCal Sunset 19 USDA (My Page) on Mon, May 18, 09 at 0:41
I'd plant them. Iris rhizomes are very tough. Make sure you do not plant them too deep. They like the tops of the "toes" just above the soil. If you put them in water don't leave them in for long, because they will rot. Renee |
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Thanks, I gave them a try as they are they were. |
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Delve into the stories from Amy Tan's life that inspired bestselling novels like The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of AmazementAmy Tan has touched millions of readers with haunting and sympathetic novels of cultural complexity and profound empathy. With the same spirit and humor that characterize her acclaimed novels, she now shares her insight into her own life and how she escaped the curses of her past to make a future of her own. She takes us on a journey from her childhood of tragedy and comedy to the present day and her arrival as one of the world's best-loved novelists. Whether recalling arguments with her mother in suburban California or introducing us to the ghosts that inhabit her computer, The Opposite of Fate offers vivid portraits of choices, attitudes, charms, and luck in action--a refreshing antidote to the world-weariness and uncertainties we all face today.
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August 17, 2012 | Anna Belle Leiserson
[Note: These instructions are for Outlook 2010 and SharePoint 2010.]
Once upon a time I set up a recurring meeting workspace through Outlook. It was a beautiful thing. I could use Outlook as usual for managing invites, updates, etc. However, it involved a bazillion fiddly little steps, including adding one obscure icon to Outlook on a machine I no longer have. Needless to say, I couldn't come close to remembering how to recreate.
Then yesterday the day of reckoning arrived. I had to end that meeting and set up a new one in its place. I'm happy to say I figured out how to do it, and have done it successfully not once, but twice, in the last 24 hours.
Here, without further ado, are the requisite steps. I'm not adding illustrations (at least for now) because I don't have time.
One last thing I like to do in the workspace itself…. Go to "Site Actions," then "Site Settings" and then click on "Navigation." For the first item, change to "Display same navigation items as parent." In my opinion, it makes for a more integrated site.
P.S. From maybe an hour's worth of research, I believe it's impossible to directly associate the SharePoint calendar with a recurring meeting set up in Outlook. Indirectly, you can set up a mirror version of the meeting in the calendar, including a link to the workspace in the description field.
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Cars > Challenges > "The Frigidaire" Vs "Battle Wagon"
1961 Chevrolet Corvair Greenbrier Deluxe
"The Frigidaire"
1995 GMC 3500 Rally STX
"Battle Wagon"
Head to Head
About "The Frigidaire"
(Disclaimer - The picture shown with this van and all the pictures in it's photo album were found online. NONE of them are of the actual van!)
After my now ex wife left me with our kids in the spring of 1991, I traveled from my home in the suburban Philadelphia area to where they were in Cleveland about one weekend a month to visit the kids. My ex insisted that the kids do any traveling with her and that I follow in my car because there wasn't enough room in my Beretta for me, her, the three kids, and at least one friend of hers that she insisted she have along with her at all tiomes so that I wouldn't "Kidnap" the kids... Which, technically speaking, is what SHE did when she took them across state lines! I solved the problem by showing up one weekend with this 1961 Corvair Greenbrier, a 9-passenger van! She had said she HATED my Corvairs, but the van was running, inspected, and insured, and it had enough room for not only the five of us, but FOUR friends if she wanted them along!
The weekend before Christmas, We were at a mall in the Cleveland area doing some gift shopping for the kids. When we were getting into the 'Brier to go to dinner, a man came running across the parking lot to us and knocked on my window. All out of breath, he told me: "Man, you HAVE TO sell me this van! This is the coolest thing I've seen in years!" I explained to himthat I had just bought it a few months ago and that I wasn't done having fun with it yet, and besides, I needed it myself. He said fore me to name my price, so I told him an exhorbinant number and that he'd have to drive me home. He said that he'd have to work on the money, but the ride home wouldn't be a problem... Then I told him that I lived well over 400 miles away! I pointed out the Pennsylvania inspection sticker and told him I live just outside Philly... For some reason, that soured the deal.
My ex was upset about this, since she was so down on Corvairs and had just had her nose rubbed in it in front of the kids and three of her friends!
About "Battle Wagon"
We bought this van in September '08 after we got married. We drove it down to Valley Fair that October. Then in November we drove it to Ohio to pack some of my stuff up and drag my S-10 back home. That was a great idea, but we had it way overloaded. Coming through Chicago, it started snowing bad. Somewhere in Wisconsin, just when the roads were getting horrible and cars and trucks (some of them 4x4s) were spinning and sliding off the road in front of us, overdrive blew out and from there on it got worse! We made it to Minnesota, but passing through Duluth, we didn't know if we'd make it. We got back with a burned up Transmission. The van sat at my work waiting on us to rebuild the trans. We finally got it rebuilt, with the kit we got for my S-10. But was a fail. So the van sat from January '09 until this past March when I broke down and got a used trans for it. We scored big on it. It came from a van with 105,000 miles. Doesn't sound great, but when I went to pick it up, found out it was a GM Reman unit! I installed it and it worked perfectly! Our van had about 111,000 miles on it then. We drove it to Wisconsin Dells in July 2012. Not a problem at all! Rear A/C worked great! Trans was great! We had a blast! And I've been driving it everyday, everywhere, for everything since then! It now has 131,000 miles on it. We've taken it all over Minnesota on camping trips and driving it whenever there isn't snow and ice on the roadways. We learned not to drive it on icy roads in December 2012 when we tried to go to Duluth to meet up with Michelle's mom for Christmas dinner at Red Lobster. We didn't even make it 20 miles until we spun out and ended up in the ditch. It got parked and the 4x4 truck got fixed and I drove that. Well we got rid of the 4x4 this past May so that just left me with the Trans Am and the van to drive. The T/A won't be driven this winter and the van sucks. So I'm thinking of getting an old 4x4 and grafting the frame and drivetrain into the van. That would make it an awesome all weather vehicle.
Specs for "The Frigidaire"
Rebuilt 1964-vintage 110 h.p. 164 c.i.d. engine
Corvair car 4-speed transaxle (The "Truck" transaxle has closer ratios - good for hauling things, not so good for highway use)
3.89:1 Posi rear
Highest speed I saw on the speedo was about 80 mph.
Specs for "Battle Wagon"
4L60E trans
Rear Heat
Rear A/C
Power Windows
Privacy Glass
Three Row Seating (10 passenger)
Factory Options for "The Frigidaire"
Corvair 95 Deluxe Trim group
Gas-Fired Heater
AM Radio
Second and Third Row Bench Seats
Trailer Package
"California" Mirrors
Luggage Rack
Factory Options for "Battle Wagon"
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Mods for "The Frigidaire"
205-70R14 Radial Tires
14" "Mag Style" Wheel Covers (From a '65 Impala - the same style I had on my '66 Monza, "Ashley" in the 13" size)
AM/FM/Cassette Stereo
Mods for "Battle Wagon"
Drove into woods by step-son to avoid a deer
Planning on doing a camper conversion
Planning on adding four wheel drive
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Konnichiwa minna and welcome to another edition of Jebus' Journal!
Today we take a look at what i've been since June of last year. Well, things have been going pretty swell lately. I've done a lot of covers for both /a/ and myself and while some were misses in the views and likes category, others like Welcome to the Nonon Parade went on to become a huge hit on places like Tumblr and /a/ so I have to thank the anime Kill la Kill for giving me my "big break" (if that's what you want to call it hahaha). Anyways, i'm also preparing for two cons coming up in the summer - San Japan and AnimeFest. San Japan, I hope to finally win an Ani-Idol competition since we have new judges being the face of this year's competition and it's not MEK (no offense to the group, they're awesome but I need a change of scenery if you know what I mean) and for AnimeFest, I hope I can finally hang out again with and ask out one of the most beautiful girls i've known for the past few months. This could be it, and yet, this could be another stepping stone on the road to finding the one. Who knows where God wants me to go but i'm willing to follow that road even if it takes years to get to the finish line. In other news, there's a few cosplays I want to finally attempt - Luffy from One Piece: Strong World, Sanji from One Piece TV, and Killua/Kurapika from Hunter x Hunter. I will need alot of help though ^^'
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We want to see lots of [s]ciabatta,[/s] focaccia, naan and other leavened flatbreads. Here are some previous threads with formula. If you come across others in the forum, pls link...I might have missed them.
[s]Ciabatta - Dom's [2], Jeremy's [3], Robert's blog [4][/s]*
Focaccia - Bill's [5], Jeremy's [6] (oi! you forgot to give the formula), Dom's [7]
Hang on! That's not all. Please also introduce the accompaniment for your bread....stews, curries, roasts...with, recipes and pix, yum! Mental note to self - not a month to go on a slimming diet.
* Dom suggests that ciabatta gets a thread of its own due to its not necessarily flat shape.


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