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I am in the process of selling a home that belonged to my parents (now deceased). The house has been on the market for 8 months and we finally have a buyer. We were all set to close today but the buyer's buyer has delayed siting "family emergency." I am having a very hard time believing this excuse. My buyer is paying cash but the sale of my house is contigent on her selling her house. To my knowledge there is no contingency on the sale of my buyer's home. I've been told by my attorney that there is nothing they can do but wait for my buyer's attorney to get a new closing date. My buyer really wants to buy my house and is also upset about this. How long can they delay this? Can they delay indefinitely? I really don't want to send a "Letter to perform" to my buyer since this is not her fault, but this process has been so frustrating! |
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First - sorry for your loss. I'm sure it is very stressful time and this is just adding to it. With that said, there really is nothing for you to do. Sometimes closings get delayed. As long as the sale still looks like it will go through, just sit back and let it play its course. On a related note, it really doesn't do you any good to assume the worst about people you have never met. If the buyer's buyer has a family emergency, chances are, they do. It isn't going to help you at all to speculate on whether they are lying or not anyway. |
Bill, thanks for your post. You are right, of course. Unfortunately this has been a very stressful time for me. And again, you are right. Maybe they do have a family emergency, but I would think at this late stage, they could be a little more forthcoming about the nature of the "emergency" and set a new closing date. My husband says it is just "business" and I shouldn't be so "obsessed," but I am the executrix and I have a lot of obligations to settle the estate. I feel like no one really understands what I am going through, or sympathizes and it is easier said that done to just sit back and let the process work its way through, even though I know I have no choice in the matter. Sometimes just talking about it relieves some of my stress. Truth is: I have been stressed at every level of this process. I was feeling so confident that once all the contingencies were settled and a closing date set I was home free. I guess not and it hurts. But again, thanks for your post. |
Believe me, I certainly do understand the stress of the process. Have been executrix for 2 estates in the past 5 years. Currently, of my aunt's estate. Even though I've been diligent and done EVERYTHING required in a very timely manner, it's been 15 months since she died and still I haven't been able to distribute (thanks to the STATE dragging their heels). Anyway, I know, when you're so anxious for something like that to happen so you can move on to the next step... well, it's easy to believe the worst. However, I honestly think, if this came up last minute? It's more likely legitimate than not. A family emergency could be a lot of things--think about your own life--that one might not want to broadcast to the world. Give it a few days/a week, and see what happens. Hoping that things work out for you and you can move on and find peace. You never really are able to relax until all is settled, are you? Good luck. |
Thanks Azzalea. You're right. It is very hard to find peace and I keep telling my husband that once this is over things will be better. My "gut" tells me the house will sell and the closing will go through, but I know so little about real estate and this was the only offer we received and we had to lower the price a lot! This whole year has been a nightmare losing my parents within 6 weeks of each other. Thank you for your kind words. |
- Posted by ncrealestateguy (My Page) on Fri, Mar 30, 12 at 20:24
Have your agent call your buyers agent who should be in contact with the other agent who should be able to give everyone exact details on what is going on and when a new closing date should be scheduled. |
"thanks to the STATE dragging their heels" Now you know why trusts have been used by many folks to avoid the entire probate system. The successor trustee simply distributes according to the terms of the trust with relatively little state involvement. |
Actually, it was some of the so-called 'estate planning' that WAS the problem in this case--don't get me started on how badly those attempts to avoid probate and taxes can turn out!!!! If it weren't for that, I'd have had this estate settled back in September of '11 |
I did speak to my realtor today. Now I find out that both my buyer and her buyer are very anxious for the deal to go through. It is the Buyer's Buyer's Buyer (as if that makes any sense!) who has the "family emergency." I have come to the conclusion that this could mean absolutely anything and there is a good possibility that I will have to put the house back on the market. We had so much trouble getting an offer since, in this buyer's market, people can be extremely picky. The patio faces an access road (this is in a 55 and over community). Otherwise the house is in great shape. It's just the idea of starting over again makes me almost ill. But who knows how many "other buyers" there are down the line. Remind myself this is just business. |
- Posted by ncrealestateguy (My Page) on Sat, Mar 31, 12 at 13:54
Even in a good market, it is ill advised to take the home off the market for a triple contingency. There are way too many chances in this market that one of them will have a hiccup, and throw everthing downline off. |
Unfortunately, we were not advised that there were any other contingencies. In fact, we were told that my buyer's contract had no contingency (according to our realtor). Truth is: I don't know what the issue is, but as per my contract with my buyer, I was required to remove my house from listing as was my buyer. We still don't know what this "family emergency" is. Perhaps it really is a family emergency. Anything is possible I guess. |
Just heard from my realtor and my buyer's realtor has notified her that we are scheduled to close on April 9th. Will let all of you who commented so kindly if things go off without a hitch. Wish me luck! |
Oh, that sounds promising!!! Will keep my fingers crossed that everything from here on is smoothe and stress-free for you! |
Well, here it is Wednesday and still no official word. I spoke with my attorney's office on Monday and they are still trying to verify the closing on Monday. I am about to lose my mind. I think it is possible that my buyer's attorney is waiting for the other transaction to close (the buyer of his client's house) before he schedules the closing, but I can't even get confirmation of that! I am trying to stay calm but this is very disturbing. We have in our contract that if the house does not close by April 10th then we can back out. Of course we would have to give the buyer her earnest money back and the house would have to go back on the market and if there were any offers, they would likely be less than what we are getting now. I am disinclined to back out right after the 10th as long as I have a reasonable expectation that this will happen. My husband is saying that we shouldn't give them much time after the 10th to make this happen and should put the house back on the market and give her right of first refusal if we get an offer. My buyer does not have any other means to purchase the house and she has taken a big hit on hers. She wants the house, has been trying to move to this community for 2 years, so I know she is motivated. My emotions are in turmoil at this time. |
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this is delicious! it is, as the other readers said, very wet, but who can complain about summer-tomato juicy-ness with sharp cheddar (yes, use sharp!). we used the home-made mayo recipe here and it was a true taste of summer. i suspect this would also "beef up" the taste of less-than-delicious tomatoes, which unfortunately is sometimes how they come from the grocery...
The flavor of this dish was very good, but I can only give the recipe a 3 star because when I pulled the pan out of the oven it was half full of watery liquid. It made for a very unappealing presentation. I wonder why no one else had this problem. I followed the recipe exactly. Maybe that result is to be expected, but it ruined the recipe for me.

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May 30, 2012 8:18 PM by Nikki Ibarra, KSBY News
The city of Paso Robles was hit with a lawsuit Tuesday from a former, fire police officer. In the papers, Brennan Lux claimed former police chief Lisa Solomon made sexual advances towards him.
Solomon resigned from her role in March, after allegations of sexual misconduct, as well as a lawsuit from an officer about alleged illegal ticket quotas.
KSBY called city manager, Jim App, for comment Wednesday, but he said he could not comment, as this is ongoing litigation.
Brennan Lux had been working for the Paso Robles Police Department from August of 2000 until November of last year. In the papers, obtained by KSBY, he said for the first six years, he and Solomon had a professional relationship. But, he said, that changed in 2006, when he and Solomon attended a party. It was there that she allegedly caressed his leg. Lux said he dismissed the advance, and insisted they stay friends.
Also in the papers, Lux stated, in 2007, he was encouraged, by Solomon, to take the Sergeant's Exam. In July of that year, he passed and was promoted. That same day, Solomon was promoted to chief of police.
During Super Bowl weekend of 2008, Solomon planned a "Team Building" workshop with Lux and other officers at the Carmel Valley Lodge.
Lux said Solomon invited him and others into the hot tub. He said she became intoxicated and flashed her breasts, and that she then sat next to him and grabbed his genitals.
Lux said Solomon told him not to say anything about what happened that night. He says he told her he wanted to remain professional. He said this angered her, and from then on, he started to get poor reviews.
Lux said he felt harassed that he self-demoted himself to officer. But he said the harassment continued, and in fall of 2011, he was fired.
In total, the city has spent around $350,000 on everything surrounding the resignation of Lisa Solomon, and all the money came from the general fund.
The city is currently working with an outside agency to find a replacement for Solomon. Police Captain Robert Burton is currently acting as police chief.
KSBY reached out to Solomon for comment, but have not heard back. Back in March, she told us the allegations made against her were false.
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Over the weekend, they found a mammoth bone at a dig site in Mahaska County.
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Planning for the Generations Symposium
With over 500 attorneys in attendance, ElderCounsel, LLC, along with WealthCounsel, LLC and The Advisors Forum, hosted the 4th Annual Planning for the Generations Symposium July 18th – 20th at the Denver Hyatt Regency.Known as "The Premier Event for Estate, Elder Law and Financial Professionals" the Planning for the Generations Symposium offered 28 different breakout sessions for attendees to choose from focused on 4 distinct tracks: Essentials Planning, Elder Law, Advanced Estate Planning, and Business Planning. The Symposium also offered 4 plenary sessions ranging from new developments in elder law to practice management.While the official start of the Symposium was July 18th, there were educational events for attendees earlier that week. ElderCounsel offered a course on July 16th in conjunction with the Colorado Bar Association Elder Law Section called, "Colorado Medicaid Basics." On July 17th, ElderCounsel offered a 3-hour course for attorneys accredited by the Veterans Administration.Mark your calendars for 2013; pre-registration begins in February.Read through the testimonial from member Heinz Brisske below and you'll see why this is an event you don't want to miss!"Another WealthCounsel/ElderCounsel/Advisors Forum Symposium under my belt. The last three years (2009, 2010, 2011) we were in Chicago, but this year's was in Denver, CO.The Symposium, as with every prior one, was loaded with educational opportunities, designed to provide something for everyone. Being both an experienced estate planner and an elder law attorney, and also being the managing partner of our law firm, I was able to cherry-pick seminar topics that suited me in all of those three areas. Great topics and top-notch speakers.But you don't have to leave your office to get the educational materials; those are available in written and audio format. What you can't capture without physically being present at the Symposium is the people, the renewal of old relationships and the development of new relationships. As much as I learned in the formal programs, the people were the real benefit of attending the Symposium.The opportunity to get to know ElderCounsel staff, to spend time with them and socialize with them, was invaluable. Being able to not only put faces to names, but to personally become acquainted with the people that I interact with and that support me gave me a new appreciation for the organization and the people behind it. I spent time with Lou Pierro, Howie Krooks, Val Peterson and John Shickich, and I had the opportunity to discuss different Elder Law issues with each of them. Where and when could I possibly have had such an opportunity, other than at the Symposium?All of that was dwarfed, as it has been at every Symposium that I've attended (and I have yet to miss one), by the opportunity I had to spend time with other Symposium attendees. I learned how other practitioners set up their practices, what kinds of marketing strategies they use, practice management tips that will potentially increase our firm's revenue, client maintenance program options, and lots of other tips and tricks.Next year, I'll attend the 2013 Symposium. I'm bringing my wife, and we'll spend a few days exploring Denver and the surrounding area; we've already set the time aside. I literally can't wait; if I could register today, I would."Heinz


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We are excited to host Tenkara USA founder and owner, Daniel Galhardo for a day of Tenkara presentations, demos, and on stream instruction!
Come learn all you need to know about Tenkara, the fastest growing niche in fly fishing, from the master himself!
Saturday morning presentations and seminars at the shop will be free to the public.
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It is hard to believe that Labor Day has come and gone and the fall fishing season is already here!
We want to take this opportunity to thank all of our customers and clients for all the support this year. We have had some of our best fishing ever and we are looking forward to a epic fall fishing season.
The wet weather we have experienced over the past 2 months has kept our streams and aquifers full. Water flow is always the biggest factor of successful fall fishing and it is looking like we will have incredible water levels for the next few months.
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Today's post is written by my husband G who is a Baltimore, Maryland native and die hard Ravens fan. He'll introduce our new recipe for Paleo Buffalo Chicken Nuggets just in time for Sunday's Ravens-49ers match-up. The following recipes may come in handy for Super Bowl parties if you are looking for some delicious finger food without all the junk. Take it away G!
Super-Bowl Sunday – It's an American tradition!
Since the first Super Bowl game was played in January of 1967 between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs, the game has morphed into a mega-event that can captivate an entire nation for one Sunday afternoon. If you believe the statistics, nearly 85% of all Americans will be watching this year's game between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers. Simply put, that's incredible!
And let's not forget the drama surrounding Super Bowl XLVII. For starters, the head coaches of each team are brothers! That's right, brothers! John Harbaugh coaches the Ravens and his younger brother Jim coaches the 49ers. Then there's the impending retirement of the Raven's team leader and future Hall-of-Fame linebacker Ray Lewis, as well as the ascension of wonder-boy 49ers Quarterback Colin Kaepernick to genuine NFL superstar. All in all, it looks to be a great game as fans around the country hunker down in front of their televisions to cheer on their team.
And what Super Bowl party would be complete without good food? Unfortunately if you're eating Paleo, the pickings are often slim…but it doesn't have to be that way! In the spirit of great tasting, all-American bar-food that goes so well with football and the Super Bowl, we're happy to present…
Paleo Buffalo Chicken Nuggets!
These paleo buffalo chicken nuggets are surprisingly tasty! (Our family fights over these every time Lea makes them.)
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My name is Candice Renee Appleby.
I am 25 years old and moved to Hawaii from San Clemente, California eight years ago. I began surfing at age nine and competing at age ten.
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Upon graduation from high school I was asked to participate in the world games in South Africa as a member of the US amateur team, however I declined the offer as I already had prior plans of moving to Hawaii to further my education and athletic career.
I graduated from the University of Hawaii in 2008, with a Bachelors of Science degree in Tropical plants & Soil Science and currently reside in both Honolulu, Hawaii and San Clemente, California. I have been competing in professional Stand Up Paddle competitions and open ocean SUP races for almost six years. In the summer of 2008, I became the first woman to beat the men in a professional SUP surfing event at the Duke Kahanamoku Oceanfest. In September 2011 I won my 4th consecutive Battle of the Paddle which is essentially the World Championship of SUP racing.
Beyond SUP, I also compete in triathlons, various Pro Longboard events, body surfing, canoe surfing , prone paddleboard races, lifeguard competitions and other ASP sanctioned events. In 2010, the Stand Up Journal featured me as the "Woman of the Year". In 2011 I launched an Anti·Bullying campaign called "Stand Up for the Children" and I am the co-host of the "Wake Up Sup Show" on supoonnect.com. In my free time I volunteer at Na Kama Kai, a non-profit organization that teaches ocean resources to Hawaii's disadvantaged children. It is in the balance of fitness, competition, travel, family and faith that l am able to fully appreciate all the things I am capable of accomplishing, as well as inviting new opportunities into my life.
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Won More Events than any athlete in the History of the Duke's Ocean Fest
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Invitee into Tandem Expression Session, First Female Team Ever
1st US Open of SUP, Miami Beach, Florida
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1st Chairman of the Board, Overall Overall Performance Award
1st Hennessey's International Paddleboard Championships, Redondo, Ca
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1st Battle of the Paddle California IV, Doheny, Dana Point, Ca
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Happy March, gardeners! It's a very rainy day here in my little garden this morning, but it's still a great day in the garden, LOL. What looks good, bad, or awful in your garden?? Here's my list of "bad": my napa cabbage! Why? Because instead of forming nice delicious heads, it's bolting (blooming) already instead. Grrrr. I'm so annoyed, lol. What is looking less than ideal in your garden?? Some things that look good/great in my little garden: "Autumn sage" (Salvia greggii) starting to bloom. I love these neat, gangly, semi-woody perennials for their blooms, their sticky/resiny foliage, and their interesting woody ankles. Mine make a huge flush of blooms in spring, and again in autumn, with nice random displays all summer long. Definitely a plant to avoid overwatering! Several big ol' Gasteria plants (fun aloe relatives that rejoice in our climate) are in bloom now too. Here is a close up of some flowers showing their gastric (stomach like, hence the genus name) shape: Whole plant and pot, with Wilson the tennis ball to show size: These plants all look good every day of the year, some Aloe maculata flowers and one of many varieties of spineless prickly pears that I grow: What about your garden? What looks good/bad/awful? We need updates! :) |
Here is a link that might be useful: Pics, so far, from my garden, March 2014
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The pink bower vine I planted last spring at the base of one of the patio posts is almost up to the top of the ramada. |
and all my citrus is blooming (Valencia orange, Moro blood orange, Rio Red grapefruit, Nagami kumquat, and Lisbon, Meyer, and Ponderosa lemons). Orange: |
I've lived in this house a few years, but I haven't planted anything. I haven't had much luck in Arizona, but I'm going to give it another go. Which is why I've popped back up in here. I just wanted to say that those tomatoes make me hungry. =) I've been on a health food kick lately and I just planted a couple of cherry tomato plants yesterday. |
- Posted by grant_in_arizona USDA Z9 Scottsdale A (My Page) on Sat, Mar 8, 14 at 11:23
Great pics, Lynne! You're getting an amazing crop of blooms and tomatoes. AND a big crop of Napa cabbage compared to mine, hah, since every single one of mine bolted/flowered, grumble grumble. Is that typical? I'm not excited to try them again, lol. Your citrus, and jasmine and everything else look really nice. I love seeing jasmine planted by a front door like that--so charming. What is it climbing?? There are lots of great books and websites for AZ gardening, Aviddamy (try Extreme Gardening by David Owens if you're looking for a great easy book for food growing in AZ). Hopefully you'll have lots of success! My cherry tomatoes survived this "winter" just fine and are bearing lots of tasty little fruit, so delicious, although nothing as huge as your crop, Lynne. Impressive! Here are a few things looking good in my little garden right now. Lots and lots and lots of leaf lettuce. Here's the popular and classic 'Black Seeded Simpson' leaf lettuce: Plus the EXTREMELY fragrant Gladiolus tristis, which flowers this time each year with these nice pale yellow super fragrant (floral+cloves) flowers. They disappear into dormancy in late spring and need NO water until they re-emerge in autumn. So easy and very nicely spreading too: Mexican gold poppies and desert bluebells are blooming all over the garden too. Here are some (a classic AZ combination) right next to a fun cardon cactus in my back garden. The earliest of the winter-sown annual lupines (Lupinus bicolor) are starting to flower too--easy spring flowers that set seed that sprouts in autumn: And finally, a "Thanksgiving cactus", Schlumbergera truncata, variety 'Dark Marle' which continues to make one or three blooms a week. It looks like it's hovering, but it's on a glass cylinder flower vase (from the local Ikea) that I love using as plant stands since it lets light reach all of the leaves/stems of trailing/cascading plants like this. Keep the updates coming all, pics or not. Enjoy this amazing, glorious weather! Happy gardening, |
Here is a link that might be useful: Pics from Grant's garden, March 2014
A bird's nest fern I bought at Lowes for $2.00 back in August. I brought it inside the house during December and forgot to water it for weeks. It is a beautiful plant. |
What's looking good are 9 Super Sweet 100 cherry tomato plants that were started back in early January by my kids and I. 1 mortgage Lifter tomato plant purchased at the store. 2 Crooked Neck Squash in the squash bed. Also what is doing well is the row of russet potatoes. And the Sonora Wheat is doing the job I wanted it to, attracting ladybeetles. What's not doing well are the cucumber plants, the water melons, and beans that seem like they will never sprout. |
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- Posted by cold_weather_is_evil Tucson (My Page) on Thu, Mar 13, 14 at 17:03
Thanks for the book recommendation. I found it on Amazon for my kindle. I have some seeds sprouting already. I should be picking up some planters for raised beds this weekend. I have the dirt/compost/mulch already. Plus I'm going to try making a hydroponic "window farm" for some lettuces and herbs inside. I have a huge window that gets a lot of dappled sunshine during the day. I'm already thinking of some plans for next growing season. Perhaps this summer I can get a shade house going so that I can grow enough food to feed my entire family. I'm also considering chickens. I don't know that much about them, so that is a long term research project at this point. One question I do have. Do vegetables here like full on blasting AZ sun or do they prefer shade? The reason I ask is because the east side of my house is pretty much shaded all day long. But the west side has sun in the morning and shade during the 2-4 hot hours. Either side could be used, but I'm not sure what would be best. |
- Posted by grant_in_arizona USDA Z9 Scottsdale A (My Page) on Sat, Mar 15, 14 at 12:10
Wow, great fun pics and updates, all! Keep them coming. I love all of your plants, new and old, cast! Fun to see. I'm impressed and surprised with how well your bird's nest fern has done. I've always found them to be very fussy, especially in low humidity climates. Neat! BTW, I love seeing those white amaryllis/Hippeastrum blooms sneaking in to that pic too, lol. Fun! Great looking veggies too, timber and coldweatherisevil (great username, btw, I agree 100%, lol). You've got some nice looking plants going. The zukes look really good! The tomato plants look so fun and vigorous and full of promise. My tomatoes all overwintered so I didn't rip them out and replace them, but now I'm thinking I should, LOL. We'll see! I'm still getting tons of great leaf lettuce, which I love. Winter veggies love sun sun sun avidamy; spring/summer ones will want some shade in summer. Here's some stuff looking good in my little garden. Even though I've grown this plant in this pot for several years now, my golden rat tail cactus (Cleistocactus winteri) is making its first flower ever. Love it. Here's a closeup and then a pic of the whole plant (in a Neptune pot on a wall on my covered patio, with Wilson the tennis ball to show size): Gasteraloe 'Green Ice' (a hybrid between a Gasteria and an Aloe variegata) is blooming away, like it does every single March. I've never covered the plant in winter or in summer, and it always looks great, blooming every March and then with an occasional random flower stalk in summer or autumn too. I've planted pups/offsets from it all over the garden and they've done great too. Fun and easy (and fairly easy to find, too). Good ol' Natura meteloides didn't get cut back this winter since I didn't get a frost in the garden, so it's already making some wonderful, heavily scented flowers too. Each is easily the size of my hand. One of my very favorite leafy perennials here: Happy gardening all, keep the great updates coming. It's fun to see and hear who is growing what. Happy gardening! Grant |
Here is a link that might be useful: Pics from my garden, March 2014
- Posted by jaspermplants 9 az (My Page) on Sun, Mar 16, 14 at 9:28
Grant, great pictures, as always. Where did you get the datura? I've been looking for one; no luck so far! |
- Posted by lazygardens PhxAZ%3A Sunset 13 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 21, 14 at 11:59
Oh WOW ... we have tomatoes setting fruit (Matt's Wild Cherry), tomatillos setting fruit, peppers setting fruit (Holy Mole and serranos) ... and it's almost time for the first basil harvest. Okras have sprouted, and the summer squash have sprouted. |
Lots of stuff! I built 2 ebb/flow hydroponic units in Dec and planted a bunch of tomatoes and grew under growlights, but they didn't do too well. I moved them outside and 3 are now thriving and blooming with no problems. My Rajapur bananas are going crazy, Huge 2 ft wide by 3 ft long leaves, I have to cleave a plant off of the main and transplant it, I want fruit and need less stress on the mother plant. My papaya solo plants did fine during the mild winter, the large one is about 7 ft high now and dark green, the other two are catching up. Sanguinelli blood orange still has ripe fruit, not too bloody, but good. I have a passion fruit (not Frederick or Edulis) that is finally growing in the ground, though it is under attack from brown caterpillars. Pomegranate came back and is blooming, got a Pineapple transplanted yesterday. My guava, which I left for dead, still in the pot has come back to life, surprised me! Just bought 3 patchouli plants 2 for pots outside, one for pot inside at my desk, smells heavenly. Mulberries will be edible in a few weeks, I love the taste, but must fight the birds. |
Rajapur banana leaves getting big. |
- Posted by grant_in_arizona USDA Z9 Scottsdale A (My Page) on Sat, Mar 22, 14 at 11:58
Awesome pics and updates, everyone, keep them coming. Great pic/plant Cesar/CAST1, it looks like Aeonium nobilis, maybe? Great banana leaf euqrob! I love watching them unfurl too. Looks like you protect it from the wind a bit with that cool reed fencing? Love it! Congrats on your tomato babies, lazy, that's always fun isn't it? I'm getting lots of fun cherry tomatoes, including good ol' miniature yellow pear, a fun easy type that folks forget is an heirloom type. All of my citrus are blooming like crazy, as are all of the citrus trees in the neighborhood, so the garden smells so wonderful right now. Love this time of year! Desert penstemons are still going strong, and some of my mid-season aloes are budding up nicely too. Here's P. superbus and a no-id aloe that makes amazing flowers. : My Echium candicans (pride of Madeira) is budding up nicely and will have those amazing towers of blue flowers soon. Expect lots of pics, lol. Even the east side of the house, an area I usually don't like much is looking halfway decent. That's one of many, MANY Aloe striata ("coral aloes") that I've planted all over my garden in bloom, with a seed grown Cereus peruvianus in front of it, beside it, and behind it. Cute little babies that will need to be transplanted to a more spacious spot at some point: Jaspermplants, I don't remember where I got the original seed/plant for my daturas as I've been growing them for over 25 years now from my original plant (via seed and divisions). If you can meet me in NE Phx/ N Scottsdale some weekday soon I can give you a seedling or two. If not, just email me privately with your snail mail address and I'll toss some seed in an envelope to you. I'm happy to share them and have done so with countless folks here in the Valley. Great, fun plants for sure! (email@example.com) . Happy gardening all, keep the pics and updates coming! |
Here is a link that might be useful: Pics from my garden, March 2014
- Posted by browneyedsusan z8a AL (email@example.com) on Sat, Mar 22, 14 at 12:06
You have the most amazing plants in Arizona! I live in Birmingham, AL and lurk here sometimes to dream and drool. Susan |
Already harvested 3 zuchini and the sweet 100 are doing great with about 75+ tomatoes started... I've already referred my tomato cages I made...way to hard to actually get to the plant and prune. I think I'm going to switch to staking them in the future. |
Hi, it's been awhile since I posted anything, but half the year, am very busy at work, spring and early summer are good times to post. Here is a picture of the patio I took this morning. The new hibiscus is one of the Tradewinds series, so tropical looking, I bought it a few weeks ago. Love those veggie garden pictures! Have been keeping up with Grant's pictures, amazing as always. |
Here is a new plant stand I recently bought so the new chicken planters in the back could find a place on the patio, lol. Turned out to be a good thing, since some older pots also got up off the patio floor. |
- Posted by grant_in_arizona USDA Z9 Scottsdale A (My Page) on Sun, Mar 23, 14 at 14:04
Fun to see your comment, Susan, lurk/post any time. I'm sure you all can grow some amazing leafy tropical plants, in summer especially, that we can only dream about, so it all evens out I suppose. Great to see your comment. :) Awesome veggie pic, TK, your zukes are waaaaaaaay ahead of mine, grumble grumble, LOL. Everything looks so good an tasty! Keep us posted. Great pics and plants too dusti. Good to see you posting again. Like you, I love colorful and animal themed containers. Good job. I love your new plant stand too--it looks nice and sturdy! How long have you had that clivia and do you leave it outside all year? I've tried them outside all year a few times and mine always end up croaking in late summer. We'd love to hear how long you've had it and what parts of the year it stays outside (same for that nice Schlumbergera too). Everythign looks great. I love your patio! Here are two quick pics from this morning, a golden Mexican poppy (a close relative of the California poppy which I also grow), plus the first bloom from a Turk's cap mallow (Malvaviscus drummondii) in the garden. Yes, this is as open as the bloom gets, LOL. Keep the pics and updates coming all. Happy gardening! Mexican poppy (just sprinkled seeds in autumn/early winter for spring blooms--let them set seed and you'll never need to replant them, LOL): Turk's cap mallow (fun, leafy semi-woody perennials here for sun or part shade): |
Grant, I bought at Lowes a few months ago. It was marked down to $2. Do you have a Aeonium nobilis? Cesar |
Finally got some of the tomato supports done and mulch spread 4 inches deep across the 3.5x8 bed. First tomato on right is mortgage lifter (lots of flowers no fruit set yet) next 2 on left are super sweet 100s (tons of flowers and fruit starting to form). Mulch is a mixture of mesquit, oak, ash, Ironwood leaves, and pine needles. Red solo cup for size comparison. |
To answer your question about the Clivia, Grant, it's new this year, I 'll grow a plant in a pot for a couple of years, then plant it in the yard, to have space to try something new. The Christmas Cactus is several years old, was a houseplant, but my new passion is Streps, Episcia and Kohleria, and I ran out of space in the kitchen, so the cactus is spending the summer outdoors. Got tired of big box store African violets, this year is a new challenge. So far, the little plants I ordered are growing well, and if you have advise on growing them, please share. :-) We do have similar taste in pots, although your patio is stuffed with amazing plants! |
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- Posted by grant_in_arizona USDA Z9 Scottsdale A (My Page) on Sat, Mar 29, 14 at 13:32
Fun new pics and posts all, keep them coming. March is a great time of year in the garden here isn't it? Love it! "Stuffed" is the right word to describe my patio, dusti, LOL! Guilty as charged. :) Good luck with the clivia and Schlumergera outside. Mine always got very cranky by late summer so I kept them inside for summer now. Keep us posted and post lots of pics! I've tried Aeonium nobilis a few times before, Cesar, and mine always failed (died) in late summer due to the heat. I have great success with Aeonium arboreum (the common, popular types and hybrids) but my nobilis always died on me. I keep all of my aeonium plants very dry in summer when they're in a heat induced semi dormancy (and they look awful, hah!), but the arboreum types revive in autumn and then I give them more water. Good luck with yours--do keep us posted! Great looking tomato plants, timber. Nice and vigorous! Just for fun here are some aloe blooms open right now. I purchased the plant without a label quite a few years ago. It's one of my favorite aloes so I have planted a dozen or two of its offspring (from pups/offsets) all over the garden. Great peachy/apricot color and branched bloom stalk: And here's something NOT looking great, lol, tatty pomegranate foliage which has been visited by leaf cutter bees, LOL. They do this every spring and I don't really mind as the plant eventually outgrows it. Happy gardening all! |
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The type of yoga used in the trial, called viniyoga, adapts the principles of yoga for each individual and physical condition, with modifications for people with physical limitations. The yoga classes also used breathing exercises, with a deep relaxation at the end.
The stretching classes used 15 different stretching exercises, including stretches of the hamstrings and hip flexors and rotators. Each was held for a minute and repeated once, for a total of 52 minutes of stretching. Strengthening exercises were also included.
"We expected back pain to ease more with yoga than with stretching, so our findings surprised us," Sherman said. "The most straightforward interpretation of our findings would be that yoga's benefits on back function and symptoms were largely physical, due to the stretching and strengthening of muscles."
But the stretching classes included a lot more stretching than in most such classes, with each stretch held for a relatively long time. "People may have actually begun to relax more in the stretching classes than they would in a typical exercise class," she added. "In retrospect, we realized that these stretching classes were a bit more like yoga than a more typical exercise program would be." So the trial might have compared rather similar programs with each other.


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Downsizing explored at York Library workshop
Thursday, May 2, 2013
YORK — Are you at a time in your life when you are considering downsizing? Perhaps you are thinking about ridding yourself of some of your possessions or selling your house. What do you need to take into account in this process?
-- Genevieve Burton, A Perfect Move, will give tips to help stage your home (to look better, brighter, warmer and more sellable) and explain the moving process. |


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Portable Throw
"Plump cables alternate with airy openwork in Ann Regis's weightless work of art. Surprisingly easy to knit, this light and elegant afghan features a seed-stitch border and fat, fluffy tassels, Worked with two strands of yarn and very large needles, the "Portable Throw" is deceptively simple to make. It was firs featured in the Fall '94 issue of Family Circle Easy Knitting". Taken from Family Circle Easy Afghans.
Imagine yarn is an acrylic/mohair blend. 12 skeins are used in equal amounts of two colors, in this pattern Ann used #099 ecru (A) and #186 maize (B).
This pattern is rated easy for the beginner knitter.
The pattern suggests using a circular needle with a 24"/60cm cable. Also required are stitch markers and cable needle.
Tassels are optional and require an additional 2 skeins of each color.


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Author, Author! Self-Publishing for the Modern World with Dean Fetzer
The new economics of publishing has ushered in the era of self-publishing. Once called 'vanity publishing' and reserved for books of family recipes or indulgent tomes of personal poetry, self-publishing is becoming a standard for new and established authors. Join author, designer and indie publisher Dean Fetzer for a workshop designed to help you on the way to publishing the book you've been writing. Dean provides an overview of the self-publishing business and a selection of tips and tricks to help you develop an author platform and get your work noticed. Dean's been a graphic designer for more than 20 years, designing for print and then the Internet before naturally moving into book design. In 2009, he launched GunBoss Books and has been helping other authors publish their books since 2011. Dean lives in London, England. Registration is required. Please register online http://denverlibrary.org/fresh#author or call 720-865-1206.


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- Breed: Golden Retriever Mix
- Color: Red/Golden/Orange/Chestnut
- Age: Adult
- Size: Large 61-100 lbs (28-45 kg)
- Sex: Male
Duke's Info...
I am already neutered, housetrained, and up to date with shots.
Duke is a quiet 7 year old male golden mix who settles in to any situation. He loves getting pets and follows his humans all over the house. He does love to be nearby. He needs to have another dog in the home, to help him not be anxious being left alone.
He is housebroken and has free roam of the house. He walks well with a gentle leader, but can be obsessed with little critters to follow. He went running with his foster dad, and while it was effortless for him, he did stop and sniff quite a bit so he would need encouragement to run better on runs, which may be a non-issue if his future forever home takes him on runs enough to tire him out! He gets excited at times, but calms down pretty quickly. He likes to bark at critters in the back yard, but not excessively. He has a stubborn streak, for lack of a better description. He definitely sets his mind to something and he won't be swayed from it. He likes to try to escape out the doors, sometimes vigorously but most of the time, gently. It isn't like he is trying to run away, but he wants to sniff around and doesn't really want to come back when called, so it is a bit of an entertaining game for him to be stalked down by his frustrated humans! He will need to be worked with on this, and this is why he would do best in a more quiet home without young children going in and out of the door. A tall fence is a good idea since he could run, but he was in a home with a shorter fence and never tried to jump it, even though he probably could. He will need daily walks and stimulation, as most of GRFR's dogs do.
He will be left alone for periods of the day this week, so an update on that will happen in a week.
He has had 2 seizures that he was seen at the vet for and they are considered idiopathic (unknown cause) for now, but may need to be on meds if they get worse in the future.
If you are interested in Duke, please fill out an application and one of our GRFR volunteers will contact you soon!
For more information, please take a look at www.goldenretrieverfreedom.org. Please review the adoption requirements before submitting an online application.
Other Pets at Golden Retriever Freedom Rescue
Why Adoption is a Great Option
Duke, a Denver Golden Retriever dog was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Golden Retriever for sale in Denver, or seeking a Golden Retriever dog from a breeder in Denver.
- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Denver already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Denver breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
- You will become a hero, and give a needy dog or cat a loving home. In fact, there are even Golden Retriever breeders who help with Golden Retriever rescue. One puppy or kitten adopted in Denver paves the way for another one to be saved.


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The Cuban Five, also known as the Miami Five[1] (Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino, Fernando González, and René González) are five Cuban intelligence officers convicted in Miami of conspiracy to commit espionage, conspiracy to commit murder, acting as an agent of a foreign government, and other illegal activities in the United States. The Five were in the United States to observe and infiltrate the United States Southern Command and the Cuban-American groups Alpha 66, the F4 Commandos, the Cuban American National Foundation, and Brothers to the Rescue.[2][3] They were part of "La Red Avispa", or the Wasp Network.
In 2001 the Cuban government acknowledged, after denying the fact for nearly three years, that the five men were intelligence agents. It says they were spying on Miami's Cuban exile community, not the US government.[4] Cuba contends that the men were sent to South Florida in the wake of several terrorist bombings in Havana masterminded by anti-communist terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, a Central Intelligence Agency operative.[4][5]
The Five appealed their convictions and the alleged lack of fairness in their trial has received substantial international criticism.[6] A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta overturned their convictions in 2005, citing the "prejudices" of Miami's anti-Castro Cubans, but the full court later reversed the five's bid for a new trial and reinstated the original convictions.[4] In June 2009 the United States Supreme Court declined to review the case.[7] In Cuba, the Five are viewed by the government as national heroes and portrayed as having sacrificed their liberty in the defense of their country.[8]
René González was released on October 7, 2011[9] following the completion of 13 years of his sentence with a further 3 years of probation in the US. He was allowed to return to Cuba for his father's funeral on 22 April 2013, and a federal judge allowed him to stay there provided that he renounce his United States citizenship.[10]
Fernando González was released on February 27, 2014.[11]
In 1960s and 1970s, there were claims of attacks against Cuba by U.S.-based counterrevolutionary exile groups such as Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations (CORU), Alpha 66, and Omega 7. In a 2001 report by Cuba's Permanent Mission to the United Nations, the Cuban government cataloged 3,478 deaths as a result of "terrorism", "aggression", "acts of piracy and other actions".[12] The events cited span the course of four decades and pertain to attacks such as the bombing of Cubana Flight 455 by men trained by the Central Intelligence Agency, the CIA-supported Bay of Pigs invasion, and the War Against the Bandits between the government and anti-communist rebels in the Escambray Mountains (see also Operation Mongoose). As a result, the Cuban government had long sought to combat these groups. Their efforts include the use of spies sent to operate in the U.S.[13] The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other U.S. organizations had been monitoring the activities of Cuban spy suspects for more than 30 years.[14]
The "Cuban Five" were Cuban intelligence officers who were part of "La Red Avispa", or Wasp Network, which the FBI dismantled with 10 arrests in 1998.[15] According to Gerardo Hernández, the leader of the cell, and as reported by Saul Landau in the political magazine CounterPunch, the network observed and infiltrated a number of Cuban-American groups: Alpha 66, the F4 Commandos, the Cuban American National Foundation, and Brothers to the Rescue.[2] The court found that they had infiltrated Brothers to the Rescue, a Miami-based organization that flew small aircraft over the Florida straits in efforts to rescue rafters fleeing Cuba, and had on some flights intentionally violated Cuban airspace and dropped leaflets.[3] They obtained employment as laborers at the Key West Naval Air Station and sent the Cuban government detailed reports about the movement of aircraft and military personnel, and descriptions of the layout of the facility and its structures.[3] They also attempted to penetrate the Miami facility of Southern Command, which plans and oversees operations of all U.S. military forces throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.[3] On February 24, 1996, two Brothers to the Rescue aircraft were shot down by Cuban military jets in international airspace while flying away from Cuban airspace, killing four U.S. citizens aboard.[3] The U.S. government also accused the remaining four of lying about their identities and sending 2,000 pages of unclassified information obtained from U.S. military bases to Cuba. The network received clandestine communications from Cuba via the Atención numbers station.
U.S. government organizations, including the FBI, had been monitoring Cuban spy activities for over 30 years, but made only occasional arrests.[14] However, after the two Brothers to the Rescue aircraft were shot down by Cuban MiGs in February 1996 and four U.S. citizens were killed, on the basis of information sent to Cuba by an infiltrator of the group, the Clinton administration launched a crackdown.[14] According to U.S. attorney José Pertierra, who acts for the Venezuelan government in its attempts to extradite Luis Posada Carriles, the crackdown was aided by the cooperation of the Cuban authorities with the FBI in 1997. The Cubans provided 175 pages of documents to FBI agents investigating Posada Carriles's role in the 1997 bombings in Havana, but the FBI failed to use the evidence to follow up on Posada. Instead, they used it to uncover the spy network that included the Cuban Five.[16][17] According to FBI evidence at the trial, the FBI had been monitoring the communications of Hernández, whose information enabled the shootdown, for several years prior to that event.[18] He was not arrested until 1998.
All five were arrested in Miami, on September 12, 1998 and were indicted by the U.S. government on 25 different counts, including charges of false identification and conspiracy to commit espionage. Seven months later, an additional indictment was added for Gerardo Hernández - conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the shoot-down of the Brothers to the Rescue aircraft.[18] The additional charge followed months of public and media debate in Miami, with Cuban exile groups pressing for the charge.[18]
Hernández states they spent the first 17 months of their imprisonment in solitary confinement.[19] The President of the Cuban National Assembly Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada stated that evidence that "belonged to the defendants themselves and included family photographs, personal correspondence and recipes"[20] - was classified as "secret", preventing the defendants and their attorneys from seeing it.[20]
The trial, beginning in November 2000, went on for seven months, although jury deliberations lasted a few hours.[20] In June 2001, the group was convicted of all 26 counts in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida in Miami, including the charge of first-degree murder against Gerardo Hernández which the prosecution had applied to withdraw.[20] The prosecution had tried to withdraw the case when it became clear that the judge's jury instructions would specify that the murder charge required that the deaths occurred within U.S. jurisdiction, which it had been unable to show. The prosecution also applied for an emergency writ, which was denied, that the instructions should exclude reference to jurisdiction.[21]
In December 2001, the members of the group were sentenced to varying prison terms: two life terms for Hernández, to be served consecutively; life for Guerrero and Labañino; 19 years for Fernando González; and 15 years for René González.[20] In addition, the prosecution sought the post-release deportation of the three Cuban-born members, and for the two U.S.-born members, a post-release sentence of "incapacitation", imposing specific restrictions on them after their release, which would be enforced by the FBI. The restrictions ban them from "associating with or visiting specific places where individuals or groups such as terrorists, members of organizations advocating violence, and organized crime figures are known to be or frequent."[22]
A 2011 NPR report claimed some of the people associated with this group were imprisoned in a highly restrictive Communication Management Unit.[23]
After the arrests, motions by the defense for a change of venue, on the basis that Miami was a venue too associated with exile Cubans, were denied,[20] despite the fact that the trial began just five months after the heated Elian Gonzalez affair.[24] The jury did not include any Cuban-Americans but 16 of the 160 members of the jury pool "knew the victims of the shootdown or knew trial witnesses who had flown with them."[25] According to Ricardo Alarcón, President of Cuba's National Assembly, a year later, an application to change venue for the same reason was granted by the same court in an employment case with a Cuban connection.[20] As a result the Five applied for annulment of the trial and a change of venue for a retrial; the motion was denied.[20] According to Alarcon, the Five's appeal to a higher court was inhibited by further month's solitary confinement in early 2003, and by denial of access to their attorneys.[20] On August 9, 2005, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta unanimously overturned the convictions and sentences of the Cuban Five and ordered a new trial outside Miami, saying that the Cuban exile community and the trial publicity made the trial unfavorable and prejudicial to the defendants.[25] This was the first time a Federal Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's finding with respect to venue.[26] However, on October 31, 2005 the Atlanta court agreed to a U.S. government request to review the decision, and in August 2006 the ruling for a new trial was reversed by a 10-2 vote of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal sitting en banc. Charles R. Wilson wrote the opinion of the majority.
On June 4, 2008, a 3-judge panel of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the convictions of the "Five" but vacated and remanded for resentencing in district court the sentences of Guerrero, Labañino, and Fernando González. The court affirmed the sentences of Gerardo Hernandez and Rene Gonzalez.[3][13] The court held that the sentencing judge had made six serious errors and remanded the case back to the same court. The decision was drawn up by William Pryor.[27] In January 2009, the Five appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.[28] 12 amicus curiae briefs were filed.[29]
In May 2009, in response to the request for Supreme Court of the United States review of the panel decision by Judge Pryor, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, on behalf of President Barack Obama, filed a brief asking that the petition for a writ of certiorari be denied.[30] On June 15, 2009, the Supreme Court denied review.[7]
On October 13, 2009, Antonio Guerrero's sentence was reduced to 21 years and 10 months. On December 8, 2009, Ramón Labañino and Fernando González's sentence were reduced to 30 years and 17 years and 9 months, respectively.[31]
In June 2010 Cuban Five defense lawyer Leonard Weinglass was preparing to file a new round of appeals that would include evidence of U.S. government payments to journalists who later authored negative articles before and during the original trial of the Cuban Five.[32] Weinglass died on March 23, 2011. Following the death of Leonard Weinglass, civil rights lawyer, Martin Garbus took over the case.[33] On June 13, 2012, Martin Garbus held a press conference where he revealed a new strategy based upon proof that the United States government had paid numerous reporters and press outlets to create media pressure on the jurors to convict.[34]
In May 2012, it was reported that the U.S. had declined a "spy swap" proposed by the Cuban government, wherein the Cuban Five would be returned to Cuba in exchange for USAID contractor Alan Phillip Gross, imprisoned in Cuba for illegally providing equipment allowing Cuban Jews to have internet access.[35]
" | Holding a trial for five Cuban intelligence agents in Miami is about as fair as a trial for an Israeli intelligence agent in Tehran. You'd need a lot more than a good lawyer to be taken seriously. | " |
— Robert Pastor, President Jimmy Carter's national security adviser for Latin America[36] |
Since their conviction, there has been an international campaign for the case to be appealed. In the United States, the campaign is most conspicuously represented by the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five[37][38][39] which is represented in twenty U.S. cities and over thirty countries.
On 27 May 2005, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights adopted a report by its Working Group on Arbitrary Detention stating its opinions on the facts and circumstances of the case and calling upon the U.S. government to remedy the situation.[40] Among the report's criticisms of the trial and sentences, section 29 states:
29. The Working Group notes that it arises from the facts and circumstances in which the trial took place and from the nature of the charges and the harsh sentences handed down to the accused that the trial did not take place in the climate of objectivity and impartiality that is required in order to conform to the standards of a fair trial as defined in article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which the United States of America is a party.
Amnesty International has criticized the U.S. treatment of the Cuban Five as "unnecessarily punitive and contrary both to standards for the humane treatment of prisoners and to states' obligation to protect family life", as the wives of René Gonzáles and Gerardo Hernández have not been allowed visas to visit their imprisoned husbands.[41] Amnesty said in early 2006 that it was "following closely the status of the ongoing appeals of the five men of numerous issues challenging the fairness of the trial which have not yet been addressed by the appeal courts."[42]
The U.S. Government has responded to these claims,[43] stating that the prisoners have received over a hundred visits from family members granted visas. The government contends that the wives of González and Hernández are members of the Cuban Intelligence Directorate, and thus pose a risk to the national security of the United States:
Consistent with the right of the United States to protect itself from covert spies, the U.S. government has not granted visas to the wives of two prisoners. Evidence presented at their husbands' trial revealed that one of these women was a member of the Wasp Network who was deported for engaging in activity related to espionage and is ineligible to return to the United States. The other was a candidate for training as a Directorate of Intelligence U.S.-based spy when U.S. authorities broke up the network.
Eight international Nobel Prize winners have written and sent a document to the U.S. Attorney General calling for freedom for the Cuban Five, signed by Zhores Alferov (Nobel Prize for Physics, 2000), Desmond Tutu (Nobel Peace Prize, 1984), Nadine Gordimer (Nobel Prize in Literature, 1991), Rigoberta Menchú (Nobel Peace Prize, 1992), Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (Nobel Peace Prize, 1980), Wole Soyinka (Nobel Prize in Literature, 1986), José Saramago (Nobel Prize in Literature, 1996), Günter Grass (Nobel Prize in Literature, 1999).[44][45]
In the United Kingdom, among other actions, 110 Members of Parliament wrote an open letter to the U.S. Attorney General in support of the Five.[46][47][48]
In April 2009, a Brazilian human rights group, Torture Never Again, awarded the Five its Chico Mendes Medal, alleging that their rights had been violated, declaring that "their mail is censored and their visiting rights are very restricted."[49]
In 2011, Brazilian writer Fernando Morais wrote The Last Soldiers of the Cold War, about the Cuban Five. The book is based on over 40 interviews and documents of the governments of United States and Cuba.
René González was put on parole for three years starting 2011. He was allowed to go return to Cuba for his father's funeral on April 22, 2013. Originally he was required to return to Florida to carry out his three years of probation, but on May 3 a federal judge ruled that he can stay in Cuba provided that he voluntarily renounces his United States citizenship.[10]
What lies across the water: the real story of the Cuban Five by Stephen Kimber published 2013 by Fernwood ISBN 9781552665428
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May 11, 2013 12:23 AM by Ed Zuchelli, KSBY News
Cuesta College's art 50th anniversary celebration continues, with an art contest.
Kris Kanner was chosen as the winner.
He's working toward associate degrees in art studio and engineering.
Kris was given a $250 check for the award.
Seven students participated in the contest.
The submissions had to use the college's 50th anniversary logo.
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After years of supersizing, retailers are backing off from the big box.
The large-scale broadlines stores used sheer mass — 200,000 square feet or more — to grab market share with great efficiency, but offered shoppers an in-store experience that was often unrewarding and confusing. The concept, which has dominated retail for the last two decades, is now being pressured by:
• Competition from the limitless selection online;
• Demographic shifts favoring city centers; and
• A more-controlled consumer who needs to be romanced into a purchase in a more intimate shopping environment.
"We have reached the apogee of the big box," said Paco Underhill, chief executive officer of behavioral research firm Envirosell. "We can't grow the store any bigger and get any more time, or money, out of people's pockets."
Underhill said fashion retailers are looking beyond square footage and focusing on other aspects of their stores, such as dressing rooms and the use of light or scents as they try to draw shoppers.
It's a new approach for an evolving consumer. The huge Baby Boomer generation started entering retirement age this year. And the number of women in the workforce continues to rise, having already jumped to 65 million last year from 19 million in 1964, according to the Labor Department.
"One of the things that I love about retail is what made a good store in 1990 and what makes a good store in 2011 are different," Underhill said. "Retail is actually a very good dipstick to the larger world of social change."
Today's plugged-in populace has access to most everything on their smartphones or desktop computers and won't wade into or spend time in gigantic stores if the experience isn't compelling.
"We know that the stores, to be effective, need to be attractions," said Myron E. "Mike" Ullman 3rd, chairman and ceo of J.C. Penney Co. Inc.
Penney's recently opened a smaller store near San Francisco in Daly City, Calif., and will be rolling out other stores in the 50,000- to 60,000-square-foot range — a much tighter format considering its current fleet of 1,100 doors averages 100,000 square feet. "It's a function of where the customers live and what their appetite for apparel is," Ullman said.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is opening 15,000-square-foot Wal-Mart Express stores, though it expects much of its growth will continue to come from its Supercenters in upcoming years. Sears Holdings Corp. and Best Buy Co. Inc. are among the retailers exploring subleasing arrangements that will allow them to reduce square footage, with Best Buy making its downsizing intentions known last month.
And Target Corp. held its annual meeting this year in what will be its first store within Pittsburgh's city limits, one of its smaller CityTarget urban stores. There are five CityTargets planned, starting with a 54,000-square-foot store in Chicago. CityTarget units will measure 60,000 to 100,000 square feet, while its typical stores are between 125,000 and 180,000 square feet.
Gregg Steinhafel, chairman, president and ceo of the retailer, said, "We are planning each of these locations with a very customized and local approach designed to fit the particular trade area."
Cities are more than just the next frontier for national retailers that have already saturated the suburbs — they are also a newly promising market.
"People are living downtown and people want to shop where they live," said Mitchell Korbey, an urban planning attorney at Herrick, Feinstein and a former commissioner of the New York City Board of Standards and Appeals. "Stores have discovered the center city and have realized that the center city is underserved."
Brooklyn, he said, is the size of Philadelphia and is severely understored.
Cities are also being populated by a new kind of consumer animal — WOOFs, or well-off old folks. They are empty nesters in their 50s and beyond who have moved out of the suburbs and taken to the bright lights of the city for their twilight years.
"Planners and real estate people in New York have recognized that there's this new demographic," Korbey said. "They're populating these high-rise buildings on the Upper East Side and the Upper West Side."
The housing bust and economic downturn have interrupted some broader demographic shifts, but there is a general belief that cities and larger suburban hubs are on the upswing after decades of successive generations spreading out into the suburbs.
"You definitely do have a move back into urbanized areas," said John McIlwain, senior resident fellow at the Urban Land Institute. "The main demographic drivers are Boomers, particularly the older Boomers, who had been selling their homes up until the recent downturn, and the empty nesters moving into the cities."
The 80 million-strong Gen Y is also a particularly urban cohort that McIlwain said is likely to rent longer than previous generations. They are also a desirable group given their skills.
"It's a question of not just the number of people, but whether you're attracting the people who really drive the new economy," McIlwain said. "For those cities [attracting Gen Y residents] it is definitely very important that they're coming in."
College-educated people in the 25- to 34-year-old age bracket have been flocking to center cities, according to a CEOs for Cities analysis of Census Bureau data, comparing results of the 2000 Census with surveys conduced from 2005 to 2009.
In the nation's 51 largest metropolitan areas, the number of young college graduates rose 26 percent in city centers, versus 13 percent in the outlying metro region. The city centers — the area within three miles of the central business district — in Atlanta, Baltimore, Indianapolis, Miami and St. Louis all saw increases of more than 60 percent.
Combined with the economic downshift, these demographic changes are a serious blow to big-box stores that have been a major part of the expansion of retail to what many consider to be an unsustainable level. The U.S. had 56 square feet of retail space per capita last year, up from 45 square feet per capita in 1990, according to real estate information company CoStar.


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any tips on how to air-layer a pear tree??
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Have only used cuttings or grafting to propagate this tree. Air layering for me has been ineffective. |
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