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I am used to first blooms on modern roses not being the exact color or shape as described or expected. The first blooms on the rose sold to me as 'Mrs. Colville' a once-blooming spinossisima - instead of dark red are white with a red stain on the petals. Does anyone have an opinion or experience on the first blooms on spins being different than expected? About five blooms have opened, all like this one. |
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- Posted by plantloverkat 9a north Houston (My Page) on Tue, May 13, 14 at 22:19
My Mrs. Coleville looks similar to yours, Gean. When I received it as a new band in 2013, it produced this flower Here is a slightly darker flower that opened in early April this year. I also purchased a Mary Queen of Scotts at the same time as the Mrs. Coleville. It never flowered in 2013, but it did this year. Although it does look like some of the photos on HMF (but not others) I wondered if it was possible for me to have somehow switched their tags when I planted them. My Mrs. Coleville, however, has distinctly pink stamens, which doesn't seem to match any of the photos of Mary Queen of Scots on HMF, so I don't think that I did switch the labels. My Mary Queen of Scots has yellow stamens. Here is Mary Queen of Scots. I also realize that since I am growing these in a very warm zone, it could certainly affect the color as well. |
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- Posted by harborrose 8-Puget Sound/PNW (My Page) on Wed, May 14, 14 at 0:16
Kathy, Thanks for the pictures; they're really interesting. The anthers on your Mrs. Colville sure look larger than the ones on my rose, but maybe it's my picture. The filaments on mine are yellow; I went out to look at it again this evening. Did your Mrs. Colville set hips last year? I just wondered if the hips are elongated and reddish like the pics I see on hmf. I also have read the wood on Mrs. Colville is reddish-brown; I'm guessing that's on older wood, but I'm not sure. May I ask where your plants are from? Thanks again, Gean |
- Posted by PortlandMysteryRose 8 (My Page) on Wed, May 14, 14 at 1:45
Gean, that's not Mrs. Colville, but who is she? She looks almost like the species. It can blush, I believe. I haven't grown many spins so I'm not familiar with all the varieties. Your rose is very pretty...whatever her identity. Carol |
definitely not Mrs Colville - mine are practically magenta. But then again, so many of these burnet roses have been historically sold as NOID or simple single white, single red etc. And nope, I have never noticed any change from early to late blooms. The heps should give you a clearer idea since Mrs Colville is a hybrid with R.pendulina and shares the same flagon shaped heps. |
- Posted by plantloverkat 9a north Houston (My Page) on Wed, May 14, 14 at 10:09
It did not set hips last year (it only produced two flowers) so I cannot tell you about the shape and color. Mine has finished blooming for this year, and I know that not all flowers set hips for me (perhaps less than half). I also suspect that it will not ever bloom as heavily in my zone as in a colder zone, but it is still too young to say for sure. A few weeks ago when they were still quite small, I was watching to see how the hips would develop, but I have gotten side tracked with other things lately. The wood on Mrs. Coleville is darker colored - at least in the winter it was. I don't have time right now, but I will try to get some photos of the hips and stems later this afternoon. |
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- Posted by mad_gallica Z5 Eastern NY (My Page) on Wed, May 14, 14 at 12:01
Around here, spinossisma hips disappear with lightening speed. Something apparently considers them a great delicacy, and they go from green to gone almost overnight. |
- Posted by plantloverkat 9a north Houston (My Page) on Wed, May 14, 14 at 16:33
Here are the photos of my Mrs. Coleville. The growth is generally upright, and the older wood is darker and smoother. The new growth has red thorns, but it isn't bristly. The hips are not elongated and they are smooth, as are the peduncles. I just realized I do have a photo of a bud taken the same day in early April as the open flower above. |
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- Posted by harborrose 8-Puget Sound/PNW (My Page) on Thu, May 15, 14 at 10:10
Thanks for all the responses, everyone. hi, Carol, I think it's pretty too. I don't think it is the species. It has that look, though. Suzie, thanks for the info about the bloom color, that's helpful. And I agree that the hips might tell us something, too. Mad Gallica, thanks for the heads up. I put some small plastic baggies over a few of the green hips to see if that won't keep out the wabbits or whatever else might eat them. Kathy, thanks for posting all the pictures. I think we do have the same rose. I can see the beginnings of those red prickles, on mine and the rest seems very similar. I went through the other white/cream singles Vintage carries, and the closest to me is the 'Single Blush'. It's hard to tell but it seems to have the same hips your pictures showed. The bloom pics I have seen don't show any pink or red streaking. The Vintage catalog says it has some rebloom. Thanks again, Gean |
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- Posted by harborrose 8-Puget Sound/PNW (My Page) on Thu, May 15, 14 at 10:53
Kathy, The other thought I had is that we have a self sown seedling. I have read these readily cross. The hips in your picture did seem to be more elongated than round to me; maybe Mrs. C and another single white? we might never know. But I like the rose and really do hope it has some rebloom! Gean |
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How big is your container? What type of soil is in it? How much sunlight does the container get? |
That is the natural progression, nothing is wrong. The plants grow 3 - 4 true leaves then "rest" for about 10 days, during that time very little top growth occurs while the root system is growing rapidly. After this time growth resumes and the plant starts vining. Be patient. |
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My wife used to make solar tea in a one gallon glass jar. I cannot remember how many tea bags she put in the jar. Anyone out there give me a clue??? |
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Do you have individual bags or the "family sized" bags? Here's a link to "sun tea" recipes on cooks.com I think the six to eight figure sounds about right. Lisa |
Here is a link that might be useful: Sun Tea recipes
I used to make it all the time until lately I've read that bacteria can grow very quickly in it and it isn't the best way to make tea. |
Agreed....tea can harbor some nasty stuff. I make "quick sun tea"....I bring a qt of water to a boil, add 6 individual tea bags....let it sit until it cools to almost room temp, and pour over ice. |
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Entry into motherhood in Sweden: The influence of economic factors on the rise and fall in fertility, 1986-1997
Date received: | 07 Feb 2000 |
Date published: | 17 Apr 2000 |
Word count: | 5555 |
Keywords: | fertility, fertility decline, fertility determinants, Sweden |
DOI: | 10.4054/DemRes.2000.2.4 |
On the background of the dramatic swings in the Swedish TFR since the mid-1980s we present a first attempt at assessing the impact of labor-market trends on the timing of the first birth based on individual-level register data covering all Swedish women born in 1950 or later. Among our covariates we have each woman's income, partitioned into any income earned from work, any unemployment benefits, and any public support for educational activities. We also have employment trends in her home municipality. The latter variables are included for every relevant year.
We find that first-birth rates rose and fell in step with municipal employment levels. The effect is especially strong for young women, and the decline in first birth during the 1990s was concentrated primarily among women aged below 30. First-birth rates increased with a woman's earned income. Unemployed women did not have particularly low first-birth rates, but students did.
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Britta Hoem - Statistics Sweden, Sweden
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I'm hoping someone can help me. I have Toro 6.5HP personal pace with electric start. Tecumseh engine and model number is 20070. It took me half an hour to get the thing started and after I did it would die within a few minutes. I figured out that if I press the primer bulb every few minutes the lawnmower would keep going. I had already replaced the air filter, spark plug and changed the oil after I was done mowing. After doing some research I found that the problem might be the carburetor so I removed the bolt/jet. The inside looked pretty clean but gasket needed to be replaced. So I replaced the float bowl, gasket and the o-ring that go on the bolt/jet. I also used a wire to holes in the jet along with carb cleaner though they didn't seem plugged. The lawnmower won't start after a few minutes I took the float bowl off to see how much gas was in it and it was dry as bone. I finally took the manifold/carburetor and fuel tank off. That's when I saw the cut in the line. I don't know the name of this part because I can't a diagram to help me. It looks like a round flat disc with short flat rubber tube which is connected to a square connector that a rubber hose to the carburetor. I want to know how to remove the rubber disc so I can replace this part and hopeful get lawnmower working again. |
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Sometimes, the only way to cure the problem is to soak the carb in cleaner. Look at this link and see if you can see the part in question in one of the pictures. http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/lmower/msg061726346162.html |
Bayme thanks for he pictures but I as had stated the carburetor is clean. I replaced the gasket because there were tears and gunk on it. I replace the float bowl because it was easier then trying to get the gunk off from around the mouth. Another wise the inside looked like new. And I had to replace the o-ring because it torn in half when I tried to take it off the float boat. Even I cleaned the jets, there wasn't anything on the wire. So I really don't think that is the problem. Here is a picture of the rubber tubing that is badly damage. Sorry for the quality, it was getting ready to storm. I tried to use a white envelope to highlight the part. |
That looks like the oval breather hose. That has no effect on your carburetor problem. I still say that your carb has varnish inside, especially since you described the other things about it. In my experience, when it starts with the primer but won't run, it's 100% because of a dirty carb, internally. If it was a Briggs and low HP, it would be the diaphragm. |
How do I remove the oval breather hose? |
- Posted by dididothat (My Page) on Thu, May 12, 11 at 23:53
The oval breather hose is removed by pulling the flywheel. Google it for kicks, but don't do it yet. Drain all the fuel out of the gas tank. Examine the fuel for water which after settling will look like bubbles that don't float. Also look for dirt that will look like bug wings, grass clippings, whole spiders, and junk and stuff. If you have time to spare, which you seem to, make a probe by stripping the plastic or paper off of a twistie tie. Poke it into every tiny hole inside the carb. Buy a toxic carb cleaner that causes cancer (Toluene) and spray it all over the insides. Don't get any on the rubber or plastic parts because that will soften, then stiffen them. Blow off the part with compressed air. Repeat. |
Have you considered that the fuel cap may not be venting? How is the integrity of the fuel hose? Soft and spungy- then replace it. Possible that someone recently replaced the hose and it is kinked? If these are good, then buy yourself a needle and seat kit (OEM if you can find it.) |
I all cleaned off all the dirt around the carb and the (governor?) as I was trying to see what the problem could be but I didn't think to spray the area with carb cleaner. Already plan to replace the fuel line, might as well replace the cap. I don't have a lot of time but I had an easier time fixing my former craftman lawnmower than this thing. I can't believe how hard it is to find a repair manual for this lawn mower. |
Once the flywheel is off. How do I remove the oval breather tube? |
That tube connects to the carb. It is like the PCV valve on a car that catches vapors and burns them in the engine. I would do nothing except to hook the hose up to the proper port. |
The tube is damaged and has to replaced. How do I remove it? |
I think you are chasing the wrong problem with that vent hose. Lets go back to your original description. It runs for a short while then presumably runs out of gas. You replaced the float bowl, which describes the outer housing that contains the float. Did you do replace the needle valve and seat? Does the float move freely? Also, a plugged gas cap can cause the engine to starve for fuel. Replace it. |
I'm not trying to be rude because I value the advise that has been posted but the breather tube is badly damage to the point that I don't think superglue or tape is going to work. So if anyone knows how to remove it, please tell me. |
Please post a well lit picture showing where the tube connects at both ends. |
The breather tube is a two-piece design. The part in the small picture is the main part, but the part that is disintegrated in your photo is just a piece of tube and is joined to the main breather by that plastic coupling. Please replace the plastic tube, but it has absolutely nothing to do with your problem. |
Those engines with that carb mounting are famous for gas not getting to the bowl. I don't know why, but if you run out of gas and fill the tank, the gas often won't flow to the carb. With the gas cap off. I've had to loosen the bowl nut and bang the front wheels to get the gas to flow. Some times I have to blow into the tank to get it to flow. In the 9 years I have been doing this, I would say it happens to 10-20% of the carbs in that style of engine. Once I took a phone call with the bowl nut removed, a full tank of gas, and it never leaked a drop. |
Baymee, that might not be my problem but it still needs to be fixed. So I ask again how do I removed it? |
The rotted hose appears to have the plastic connector still attached to its end. Just get a new hose and reuse the same connector. |
That's what I plan to that. BUT HOW DO I REMOVED THE DAMAGE BREATHER? DO I use a flat head screwdriver to lift it out or what? |
Tie the bail wire to the handlebars, the one that applies the engine brake. Leave it tied there until the flywheel is back on and torqued down. Remove the flywheel and disconnect the spark plug wire. That's a picture of the breather. You DO NOT want to damage the breather itself. Prying it out of the engine can easily damage the breather. Use a screwdriver to pry the seal out of the engine and carefully separate the breather from the seal. You may want to cut it out surgically with a razor blade. I have only seen ONE of these seals leak and that was on a mower about 20 years old. If there is no oil leak, DO NOT remove the breather. They last for the lifetime of the motor. |
I'm sorry I'm a little confused. This part (Leave it tied there until the flywheel is back on and torqued down. Remove the flywheel and disconnect the spark plug wire. ) doesn't make sense. |
Maybe out of order, but do all three. |
Okay I'll give it a try tomorrow, to cold today. |
question, i am having a problem,the red vent tube in carb is broken off and has moved further into carb,i do not even see it anymore.do i even need this red tube?when i try to start mower,fuel pours out of carb. the only way it will start is blowing compressed air into carb.it starts fine and runs well entil shut down,then will start only again with compressed air into carb account of flooding. |
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How's your temps? Lately Illinois temps are perfect for a round robin. 70's daily, 60's night. This summer has been unusually cool... I've already signed up for a Fall/RR (brat pack) so it's time to set up our Fall RR! I'm excited about trading again! Are you? Deb |
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I'm ready but latter in Sept. It's still kinda warm here. I'll be up north from 9/19 thru 9/26, so you can put me somewhere after that. It should work out good for me. Any gessie would be good. Eileen |
We've been lucky too with a cooler than normal late July, only in the 80s but it's supposed to be back around 90 next week... I think by September it will be good! Maybe we could do one AV only box and one mixed box and people could sign up for one or both...? I only have AV's and would be happy to start an AV only box but what are other people's ideas? Louise |
It is still a little warm here right now, but by September it should be perfect weather. I will go along with whatever the group prefers, but I only grow violets and really am not interested at this point in other gessies. I wouldn't be able to contribute any. |
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Louise.. Thanks for offering to start the av 'only' box. We will go with that.. I'm trying to get a little interest in our Fall swap going. ;) Hopefully we get a lot more people interested in joining. If not, we could still do the swap with the few that are interested. I'm sure by the time the box goes around- all new stuff would be in it by the time it came back! Deb |
I'm going to start a new thread for sign ups for an AV only round robin. Looking forward to fall trading!! Louise |
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China is beginning to experience a capital run. In part, this is a product of the end of that country's surplus-based export economy, which has been slowing for more than a year. This has variously been described as "demand for dollars" or a dollar squeeze. In reality, that reflects money borrowed in dollars and is being paid back at a time when the Yuan is dicey. Like all speculative binges, this one was based on borrowing in foreign currencies, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and US Dollars, and suddenly the music stopped [US Dollar Funding Drying Up].
May 21 (Bloomberg) — [U.S.] Dollar-denominated deposits in China are rising at the fastest pace in at least five years and government debt is rallying, reflecting waning confidence in the world's second-biggest economy. Foreign-currency deposits increased $89.4 billion in the last four months to $364.5 billion, the biggest jump in data going back to 2007, People's Bank of China figures show.
Of course, China has no shortage of dollars. It is simply in the wrong places and locked up by the PBoC in US Treasuries. It's a mismatch between China's substantial longer-duration dollar assets and China's substantial short-term dollar liabilities.
"The unnerving part of this is that as demand for dollars rises, the central bank even has to sell dollars in the market to meet such demand," said Li Wei, an economist at Standard Chartered Plc in Shanghai. "April's forex sales indicate that the central bank has already drastically reduced its intervention in trading."
The real gamechanger is not necessarily the PBoC's new tendency to sell Treasuries to meet short-term dollar liabilities demand. It's the risk that the VIP, elite crowd in China pulls the plug in a capital flight out of China. Victor Shih from Northwestern University raised this very real prospect in his 2011 paper by pointing out that the wealthiest 1% of households in China commands wealth that is at least as large as two-thirds of the foreign exchange reserve and possibly as high as nearly twice its size. Thus, if the top 2 million households in a nation of 1.3 billion people decide to move even 30% of their wealth overseas, the foreign exchange reserve will reduce by a trillion dollars or more.
Of course China does have capital controls to prevent a massive flight, but there are ways around it. [Why are Chinese Buying Record Quantities of Gold?]
"If you have the political connections in China, it's quite easy to get away with these things," says Borge Bakken, professor of criminology at the University of Hong Kong. "There are thousands of ways to get money out of the country."
Indeed there are increasing signs that confidence among the Chinese financial elite is waning and an inflection point building. Even beyond poor business conditions in country, a glance at China's disastrous real estate bubble says it all about hot money staying around.
A clue to sentiment comes from high roller junkets to Macau, which have been waning since last summer. A China Daily story states that 60% of China's rich want to emigrate. The real problem, are those who follow the 'smart money,' China's wealthiest 1%.
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Actor Patrick Dempsey wins bid to buy Tully's
Patrick Dempsey's "Global Baristas" investment team was one of seven groups interested in Tully's. All the groups spent Thursday giving presentations to a bankruptcy judge, and late Thursday night Dempsey announced that his group had prevailed.
After the presentations, Dempsey Tweeted, "We met the green monster, looked her in the eye, and...SHE BLINKED! We got it! Thank you Seattle!"
When the long day of meetings let out after 11 p.m., Dempsey said he plans on spending much more time in Seattle. He also spoke about keeping Tully's employees on the job.
"People are passionate about this brand and about what's going on with the jobs in this city," he said. "To keep all those jobs in the company intact, that was a big turning point when it was decided that if you break it up, it's not something that's acceptable."
Earlier in the day, he said his plan to buy the company hasn't been percolating long.
"It happened very quickly, in the last month or so," Dempsey said. "Things started coming together."
Dempsey, who stars as Dr. Derek Shepherd on ABC's Grey's Anatomy -- which is set in Seattle -- says his team is in good position to takeover Tully's and he'd like to make Seattle a second home.
"I love it here -- even the weather is great to me," Dempsey said. "I woke up this morning and looked out and saw the ferry boats coming in and out. Great people -- certainly with the success of the show there's a fondness to this community."
Photo posted on Patrick Dempsey's Twitter account (@PatrickDempsey) with barista Chris Bustamante on Jan. 2, 2013. |
"I think some of the players involved in this deal want to take those jobs away, and you're looking at an economy that's rough to get jobs," Dempsey said. "I went by one of the stores yesterday and the employees are deeply concerned. That's one thing we care deeply about."
While at the Tully's Wednesday, Dempsey was served by lead barista Chris Bustamante.
"I come outside, I look at the register and I'm like, that guy looks familiar," Bustamante said. "Our also standard is, you know, a name on the cup, and so I was like, 'Can I get your name for the cup?' And he just looks at me and he smiles and he's like, 'It's Patrick.' And I was like, 'Oh, I know who you are. It's very nice to meet you.' It was a very normal conversation."
Bustamante said Dempsey really wanted to get a feel for the company.
"He wants to know how we feel and what we want in the company," Bustamante said. "Of course he's going to have his own questions as well because he's so involved in trying to buy the company as well. He wants to be involved with his employees as well.
"I think it's very good he's trying to take an interest because his name is so well-known it will make our name well-known as well."
Tully's filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October. Quite a few of the company's stores around Seattle have already been shutdown. The company currently has 47 company-run locations in Washington and California, as well as 58 licensed stores around the nation.
Tully's officials were appreciative of Dempsey's efforts.
"It's certainly wonderful that he's so supportive of the company and has expressed such a strong interest in Tully's," said Diane Guerts, Tully's director of marketing and public relations. "We are certainly are very excited and positive about moving forward with them if they do come out on top today."
One of the companies Dempsey had to fend off was Starbucks.
"We have no desire to be Starbucks at all," Dempsey said. "We have a very good plan, and I think the right person will get the sale at the end of the day."
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The main cover line of the May issue of The American Prospect—"The future of RISK: Markets can't protect us. What will?"—practically screams at the reader, demanding that he read the Prospect to crawl his way out of the economic slump. (Nothing else, apparently, will save him.)
Capitalism and its Discontents
The issue leads with one of those weigh-ins-by-the-experts packages where various professional authorities write a few paragraphs on the topic at hand. This time around, the topic is risk—or, rather, RISK. Contributors include
David Moss of the Harvard Business School, Robert A. Johnson of the United Nations Commission on International Economic Reform, Berkeley political science professor Jacob Hacker , and various journalists who've written about economics and social policy. Most entries concentrate on moving away from a mathematical model of risk and facilitating a financial system based on people and their needs.
The five-experts, five-slightly nuanced versions of the same opinion is a tried and true journalistic staple, but it tends not to be a recipe for innovative thought. Unsurprisingly, the Prospect feature airs few controversial opinions. But the points are salient, especially the section by real estate journalist Alyssa Katz about the need for American banks to return to the essentially local nature of the housing marketplace, because, as she points out:
Those who created and traded in the securities trusts were not players with any state in the communities in which these loans were made. They could not be subject to boycotts, or concerns about status as a good corporate citizen, or care about what the local paper or blogger might write, or even harbor fond memories of a neighborhood's high school football team. Indeed, the mortgage-backed-securities pools themselves existed only as creatures of the law, without a single identifiable face or place of business.
Four books reviewed later in the issue address the nuances of attempting to change and manage capitalism, including Richard Posner's dramatically titled A Failure of Capitalism: The Crisis of '08 and the Descent into Depression. Robert Kuttner's review undermines the magazine's blaring cover line by pointing out that:
Since we are still in an early phase of the crisis and don't yet know whether it will rival the Great Depression in its depth and duration, all verdicts remain provisional.
Of course, this particular point isn't directly in conflict with that "What can save America now that everything has gone to shit?" drama promised by the cover line, but Kuttner's review demonstrates a view suspiciously absent from the rest of the May issue of The Prospect—the latest economic downturn may turn out to be nothing at all. Read It
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In an article entitled "The Next War Over the Courts", lawyers Doug Kendall and Simon Lazarus predict that Obama's judicial appointments will meet with strong resistance. Despite certain early uncontroversial appointments, congressional Republicans are prepared to fight, and fight hard, against Obama's choices, something for which the administration may not be prepared:
Early signs indicate that the White House is reluctantly entering this fray with a less-than-fully-backed game plan that could simultaneously undermine the president's chances to change the direction of the courts and stall his broader agenda.
While it is worth noting that congressional Republicans will impede Obama's judicial appointments, particularly in light of David Souter's retirement (which occurred after the May issue of the Prospect came out), the "early signs" are not really indicative of anything. The fact that Obama promised to name candidates "acceptable to all sides" doesn't indicate that he's prepared to do battle with Republicans, sure—but it doesn't mean he isn't, either. Statements like that are campaign drivel, and very similar to the sort of thing said by Bush throughout his presidency. The piece features a sidebar about the wicked deeds of the erstwhile president with regard to legal matters in general and judicial nominees in particular. Read It
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An article about philanthropy "in the Obama era" reports that the federal government is now much more likely to consider working with private charitable foundations. Government will be a partner. Government will learn from charity. The article features far too many quotations from the heads of charitable organizations expressing their eagerness to work with the Obama administration and their perception that Obama will be receptive to their ideas. Non-profit executives are notoriously optimistic creatures, and something like this isn't exactly essential reading:
'It's a new day for many because the people who are populating the government have strong philanthropic ties and non-profit ties, so that's a different relationship. You can pick up the 'phone and talk to someone,' [Atlantic Philanthropies president and chief executive Gara] LaMarche says. 'There is access that was unthinkable in the Bush Administration.'


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America's Cup boat rescuer seeks reward
Posted onSailor Todd Tholke was a hero on Sept. 30 when he went out on San Francisco Bay in the middle of the night to single-handedly rescue the runaway French catamaran Energy.
The America's Cup World Series boat snapped its mooring line at Piers 30-32 that night and drifted off into the darkness, unmanned and out of control. It fetched up on the rocks of Treasure Island, where Tholke spotted it from the land.
At 3:30 a.m., Tholke pulled it off the shore with his 14-foot Boston Whaler. He then towed it to the Treasure Isle Marina and handed it back to the racing team.
The French were so grateful they offered to give Tholke a ride on the bay.
Since then he has filed a salvage claim on the high-tech racer to the tune of $200,000.
Click here for the full report by the San Francisco Chronicle.
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The start for heavy construction at Medient Studios has been pushed back a few months, and CEO Manu Kumaran said the company is on the verge of another announcement.
ATLANTA-The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday that Georgia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 8.1 percent in October, down two-tenths of a percentage point from 8.3 percent in September. The rate was seven-tenths of a percentage point lower than 8.8 percent in October a year ago.
Wesley Corbitt from the City of Rincon and Forrest Floyd from the Effingham County Board of Commissioners graduated from the Georgia Academy for Economic Development's 2013 Region 12 multi-day training program.
The Effingham Chamber of Commerce and Industrial Development Authority held the annual industry appreciation golf tournament recently at Lost Plantation Golf Club. This event is held every year as a way to say thank you to local industries for all they give back to Effingham County. The City of Springfield provided lunch and Rincon provided the soft drinks to an appreciative field of golfers.
The Savannah Area Chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management members were recognized and awarded for their programs as part of the "ERASE The Threat" series.
Gov. Nathan Deal announced Monday that Georgia's business climate has been named No. 1 in the nation by Site Selection magazine, one of the nation's top economic development trade publications.
U.S. Rep. John Barrow (D-Augusta) has kicked off an economic development tour of the 12th District. Barrow will visit with Chamber of Commerce and economic development authorities in counties throughout the district to discuss projects that will boost the local economies and create jobs.
EFACEC plant manager Carlos Carvalho was honored by the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve after one of his employees nominated him.
Marie Livingstone has been named chief nursing officer at Effingham Health System.
For a short time, Effingham County's newest industry will be setting up shop in the Chamber of Commerce and Industrial Development Authority building.
Dr. Joseph Ratchford has been named chief medical officer for Effingham Health System. Dr. Ratchford will provide clinical guidance over the hospital's continuing mission to offer excellence in health care for greater Effingham area residents.
The Effingham Chamber of Commerce welcomed Family Table Restaurant with a ribbon cutting.
Effingham County Industrial Development Authority members have decided not to allow a training school to set up in the old Doncasters building - but they will try to help the group find a suitable new home.
The Georgia Department of Agriculture has unveiled the second issue of the Georgia Grown magazine at the 36th annual Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition. The 132-page magazine is a comprehensive guide to Georgia's farms, forests, food and exports, and serves as a synopsis for state legislators, business leaders and consumers about the impact of agriculture on the state's economy.
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Tale Of The Tape: Dreamville President Ibrahim "IB" Hamad Breaks Down J. Cole's 'Born Sinner'
Chaining Day: One thing Cole improved on a lot on this album is his ability to come back to a song and add or take away things when needed. This song was around since the Club Paradise tour and we all knew we wanted that story to be told on the album, but it wasn't until he added production and the second half of the song that it felt like this absolutely had to be on the album. To me, it went from a song on the fence to one of my favorite moments on the album. I don't think Cole the producer could have done that a year or two ago.


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The Michigan marching band is headed to Texas.
Band director Scott Boerma confirmed via email to AnnArbor.com on Tuesday that athletic director Dave Brandon informed him and his staff that the marching band will be attending the Michigan football team's 2012 season opener against defending national champion Alabama in the "Cowboys Classic," held in Arlington, Texas.
"We just received an email from AD David Brandon saying that Athletics has now decided that, as a result of some work we have done to reduce costs and with the help of some donors, they will be taking us to Dallas for the Cowboy Classic game vs. Alabama," Boerma wrote in an email to his staff.
Boerma explained via email that the number of students the band will bring to Texas will be "very close to a typical road-game contingent." He added that the band will travel to the game via a chartered flight.
Also, the band will be able to put on a halftime show during the Sept. 1 contest with the same number of students it normally uses for halftime entertainment during home games inside Michigan Stadium.
Boerma said he gave an estimate of the actual number of students the band would need to put on an effective performance, and Brandon agreed with no request for compromise.
Michigan came under some criticism last week after word got out that the band would be left behind on the trip due to monetary concerns.
At the time, Michigan spokesman Dave Ablauf said that the school was treating the Alabama game like "any other road game." Meaning, the athletic department had not set aside funds within its budget to send the band to Texas for the season opener.
Ablauf said the only road games the Michigan band typically travels for are conference dates and any away tilt at Notre Dame. The band attended last season's Sugar Bowl, but on the dime of the bowl itself.
In an interview with the Detroit News later Thursday, Brandon estimated the cost of sending the entire band to Texas at $400,000. And though Michigan will receive $4.7 million to participate in the "Cowboys Classic," Brandon said those funds needed to be re-invested into Michigan's athletic department.
"We bring in $4.7 million for this game, and that's how we pay for 29 sports at the University of Michigan," Brandon said Monday. "People don't need to understand how this business works, but how this works is football and to a much, much, much lesser degree, men's basketball, pays the cost of 27 other sports.
"The resources brought in are not profit or extra resources, those are dollars (we need) to spend on other student-athletes, other coaches, other programs. My job is to make sure the resources we bring in are adequate to take care of all of our 865 student-athletes, all of our 29 sports and all of the things that are part of that. That's my job."
The initial news of the band's planned absence from the game was met with plenty of angst via social media.
Fans were joined on Twitter by several former football and men's basketball players in voicing their displeasure with the school's decision to leave the band home. In fact, the Twitter hashtag "#MMBtoDallas" received hundreds of tweets and mentions just hours after it had been created Thursday night.
"Favorite Umich memory was band playing for us at practice before first game," former Michigan tight end Bennie Joppru wrote last week via Twitter, "gave me chills & still does. Money b4 tradition? WOW."
On Monday, Brandon addressed the issue with reporters.
"The band wants to go to Dallas, and so does everybody that loves the band," he said. "And I love the band, I want them to go to Dallas, too. It was just a function, and has been all the way along, for us to figure out how to make that work."
It appears, they've now done just that.


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Well, here is another one of my experiments that I must say again, it was a total success. The name is probably inaccurate, since a strudel is basically a layered pastry, but I thought it was getting very close, so I decided to use it. However, eat this thing with ice cream and there will definitely be no comparison… mine is better [heh].
Start by warming up half the milk in a microwave, on high for about 20 seconds, you don't want it boiling. To the milk add a teaspoon of honey and a couple tablespoons of flour. Mix, add the yeast, mix again well, then let it sit for about half hour.
After half hour, the dough starter should have doubled up in size.
Add this dough starter to the mixer bowl, then add the egg and the sugar. Mix it until it's well incorporated. Add the flour to the bowl, the butter, vanilla extract, the remaining milk, salt and mix on medium speed for a couple minutes. The dough should be soft and pliable. Form in a ball and let it rise in a warm spot.
While the dough is rising, you can get the peaches ready. You'll need about three large peaches for the eight "strudels" [:P].
Wash the peaches, peel them and remove the pits. Cut them up in slices, they don't have to be too thin. In a small sauce pan add the peaches and ¼ cup of sugar. Turn the heat to medium and cook them for about 5 minutes.
Let the peaches cool, as they need to be cold before we add them to the pastry. Also the dough should take about an hour to double in size. When you are ready cut it in eight equal pieces and roll each one of them up in a ball.
The thing with the dough is that you really need to let it rise a lot so… let them rest for another half hour and they will double in size… again. When you are ready, take one of the balls, and roll it out into a rectangle about 6 inches (15cm) wide and 6 inches long. Place a heaping tablespoon of the peach filling into the middle of the rectangle, and fold one of the sides over the filling. Use a fork to seam the dough. Now take a pair of scissors and cut the other third of the dough into thin strips as you see in the picture below.
Now this is fun… Take each long strip and fold it over the roll and tuck it in underneath. Continue this with the remaining dough and peaches. Place them on a cookie sheet lined with a silpat or parchment paper and let them rest for about 10 minutes.
Before baking, brush each strudel with egg wash and bake in the oven at 375° F / 190° C for about 30 minutes or until golden brown. They look cute, don't they.
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- 2 cups All Purpose Flour
- ½ cup Sugar
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The long-running accusations of sexual impropriety aside, Terry Richardson photographed BARACK OBAMA on the eve of his re-election as PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. See also: Oprah, and Zach Galifianakis (to clarify: he photographed them as well, and photographs everyone, I was not implying that the photographs he took of Oprah and Zach Galifianakis were taken on the eve of Barack Obama's re-election). Tomorrow: more half-nude photos of barely legal women that he found on Avenue A! The day after that: Noam Chomsky, probably. He is just America's Photographer, I guess. Deal with it dot GIF, ladies! (Via TerrysDiary.)
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Yes, definitely downvote this. How dare I express my opinion in a calm, reasoned manner. TO THE PITCHFORKS!
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Yeah, I'm so sure that people don't come forward after rapes because I'm on a blog saying I like his photos and that the evidence against him isn't strong.
Also, what is the misogynistic nature of his work? That he photographs himself in coitus? That he takes nude photos?
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Not to split hairs, but that's a recent shoot. The stuff he did for them in the 90s is fantastic. Again, a matter of taste, but even if you hate his stuff, that doesn't mean that you lower the standard of evidence against him when determining whether or not he is a serial sexual harasser.
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Catweazle, trust me that I have zero interest in engaging you, were you so inclined. I'm not looking for an argument. I just wanted to express my opinion on this matter. That you, willfully or not, misrepresented my point of view in order to make a straw man argument about something else entirely is disheartening. Consider this my "you can't fire me, I quit" comment.
Stephen Meowlkmus, while I'm sure you're trying to be reasonable, I think this thread underscores the major issue surrounding rape: while no one wants to mistakenly accuse someone of rape, that actually happens FAR, FAR, FAR less than cases in which actual rape victims are disbelieved. FAR less.
Certainly one's attitude cannot be 'if it's not on film, it didn't happen':
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Two points:
1) I don't think that rape was one of the accusations levelled against him. I think is was sexual harassment and/or coercion. And, if he did indeed sexually harass any of his models, then his talent does not excuse that.2) I am not denying that sexual harassment exists. I am not denying that it is vile and awful and a problem in the workplace. What I am saying, is that the accounts of harassment against him, or at least those to which I have been privy, are inconsistent, and were made years after the fact and none of them were coupled with calls to the police. That makes me doubt the veracity of the claims. It is a massive leap to suggest that I am somehow arguing that people's claims shouldn't be taken seriously by the criminal justice system; rather, when the accuser doesn't go to the police or any other attendant law enforcement body, and years after the fact claims that something untoward happened, my doubts are raised.
If someone is accused of a crime, that accusation must be viewed critically (which is different than saying dismissively or skeptically). All I said in my original post is that the accounts by the models, for the reasons elucidated above, do not convince and so I am not ready to condemn Richardson.
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Everyone's favorite Hamburg native D.I.M makes something I like to call "wildly productive music". You Have a listen. It's akin to popping Adderall as if they were M&M's.
It will turn you super focused on whatever you're doing. Including dancing. You will glaze over, becoming a zombie jackin' on the dancefloor. This one is off of D.I.M's earlier release with Turbo and is also the title of the 7 inch, Sysiphos. Get learned, and get focused.
Note: Those of you who know my eating habits know that I am serious about burgers. Hamburgers came from Hamburg, Germany. Extra points.
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A familiar face has surfaced with a ridiculously banging edit of the recently hyped by discobelle, D.I.M. – Is You. No, I'm not talking about the drug Diindolylmethane, but D.I.M. the electronic boys from Hamburg, Germany. BRINGING IT HEAVY!
The original track is amazing, but LA's Ryan Justin adds his flavor to the track and fronts something that you'd hear in every resident club dj's set. The bpms are up, the bass line is heavy hitting, and it has body twitching synth cuts.
D.I.M. – Is You (Ryan Justin Edit) (right click, save as)


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Lotsa hoops coming this week, beginning tonight. The Lady Lions will play Central Mountain for the second time. This time they'll be at Mill Hall. Their first meeting was a blowout and CM hasn't won yet. Air time is 7:15.
Wednesday, Leading Off with Joe Shuta airs at 6:00. Then, the Mountain Lions take on State College. This is our first home game since January 4th. We'll be on at 7:15.
Thursday, we'll have the Penguins' game with the NY Islanders in New York. Air time is 7:00.
Friday, the first of back to back double headers. We'll start at 6:00 as the Lady Lions host Brashear. The boys teams will play after.
Then, Saturday, the boys and girls teams take on Shaler. That's a rescheduled affair from early December. Air time is 1:45. We'll finish up Saturday night with a Penguin game in Dallas, 7:30 air time.


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Last month, we criticized The New York Times for leaving a big hole in a page-one story on the aftermath of Bhopal—the worst industrial disaster in history—by skimming over the issue of whether Dow Chemical ought to be responsible for the cleanup. The unremediated site of the disaster, which killed 3,000 people in their sleep, has dangerously polluted the drinking water of thousands of Indians around it.
After receiving a letter from a U.K.-based Bhopal advocate spelling out why Dow is legally liable for the mess because of its acquisition of Union Carbide—which owned the chemical plant that killed all the people—we asked Dow for a response. Both letters are below.
For background, this BusinessWeek story from 2002, a year after the acquisition, says Dow was on the hook for Union Carbide's asbestos liabilities in the U.S., but doesn't address the issue of responsibility for the Indian disaster.
Another BW story a couple of months ago looked at the question of Dow's liability, but doesn't give us much more than he said/she said.
In an awkwardly worded sentence (actually four run-on sentences in the passive voice), Dow asserts that it settled liability in 1989:
Liability was settled by Union Carbide Corporation in 1989 and they have no outstanding liability for Bhopal Union Carbide Corporation and the former Union Carbide India Limited (now Eveready Industries India Limited) settled their liabilities regarding the Bhopal tragedy with the Indian government in 1989 and this settlement was upheld by the Indian Supreme Court in 1991.
The U.K. advocate, Tim Edwards, meanwhile, says the 1989 settlement dealt only with the deaths and injuries that resulted from the accident, not with remediation. This 1989 NYT story supports the advocate's position.
Also, Dow's claim that Union Carbide "remains a separate company" after Dow's 2001 acquisition of UCC—even if upheld by the courts—doesn't mean that Bhopal doesn't affect it. While corporations protect shareholders and directors from liability (with certain exceptions), that doesn't mean Union Carbide itself isn't liable for its actions and those of its own subsidiaries at Bhopal. Its former CEO, Warren M. Anderson, is still a fugitive from Indian law nearly twenty-five years after the incident.
Finally, Dow claims that the Indian state in 1998 had already taken back the lease that tagged a Carbide Indian unit (and Carbide's future owners) with responsibility to clean up the land.
But Edwards, who edits Bhopal.net, offers an interesting account of how the state decided to take back a lease so loaded with liabilities—it was a bureaucratic mistake. As it happens, as late as 1998, the Carbide unit was still (slowly) cleaning up the site, tacitly acknowledging its liability:
That is, until they got lucky: in 1998, another branch of local government, seemingly unaware of what the left hand was doing, wrote to EIIL [the unit] to ask if they were still using the land for industrial purposes and, if not, to return the lease. EIIL responded with barely suppressed glee that they were not using the land and asking for a date to return the cursed lease. The lease was duly returned in July 1998. The Pollution Control Board realized the mistake and demanded that EIIL come back and finish the work but the Union Carbide-trained manager refused, citing the hand-over of the lease.
The fact is, though, the matter of Dow's liability remains one of genuine controversy, and our criticism of the Times was a little too easy. Still, in handling a twenty-four-year-old controversy, the Times should at least have spelled out the issues, even if it couldn't resolve them.


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The best, most lasting way for women to change the world is for each woman to go for her dreams. And I know this because I had 300 of the most powerful, influential women in the world imbed that sentiment into my soul in the course of a week.
The 58th Commission on the Status of Women ran from March 10 to March 21 in New York. I attended the first eight days, and by the time I left I knew that our world was changing in beautiful, miraculous ways.
The Commission was established in 1947, shortly after the ...
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March 8, 2014. The long awaited Ecumenical Women Orientation had arrived.
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