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A very convenient location for exploring the centre of Aix, and close to the bus and rail networks. I think it was just a 5 minute walk to the rail station, but yet still in a nice area of town. The owner/manager was extremely friendly and helpful. I would strongly recommend these apartments to travellers who are looking for a chilled, stylish and central location. - Anonymous
The location and the style - Anonymous
Mini-bar is free! Breakfast is great albeit somewhat expensive (18 euro). Staff is wonderful and very helpful. Computers available for internet access. - Dana
Well situated in quiet area of Aix but close enough to centralattractions to get around without difficulty. Clean and quiet. - Ivor
good location to old-town center and railroad station. Hotel deserved 4-star rating, whereas previous Mercure in Marseilles absolutely did not. Staff at Roi Rene were very helpful and friendly, service was excellent. Value was good. We had one breakfast which was excellent. - Nancy
Our stay at the Hotel De Gantes was amazing Marc the proprietor was so friendly and helpful advising us where to go and what to see showed us what the suites were like we have to go back just to stay in one ! Room was beautiful and the location ideal everything was within walking distance this is definitely the place to stay in aix en Provence we will be returning again and again - Anonymous


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CB on the Road: Island Hopping Fit for a Prince
One of our favorite spots to make a quick summer getaway from Istanbul is the idyllic car-free and forested paradise of the Princes' Islands, located just a short ferry ride away from the city. Here's where you should eat when you get there.
Club Mavi
While most visitors end up getting lured to the fish restaurants right next to the Büyükada ferry terminal, we prefer to hail one of the island's horse carriages to head to this restaurant inside a rambling old house on the island's undeveloped backside. The menu is pretty typical, though well executed – it's the stunning location that will blow your mind, especially if you're there around sunset.
SofrAda Restoran
A homey version of an esnaf lokantası, this restaurant is where the Büyükada locals go to eat. There's a large daily menu of prepared dishes, freshly made with a loving touch. We especially love the vegetables stewed in olive oil and served at room temperature, and everything else is very tasty and offered up at mainland prices.
Find out what the rest of our picks and read the full roundup at Culinary Backstreets.
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The departure of Aret, our favorite garson in the city, had us reconsidering our love of this little cubbyhole meyhane where we've spent so many nights over the years. With our loyalty to Aret and his to us, would it not be cheating to return to Çukur when Aret now runs his own place just a ...continue
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Editor's note: We asked Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, a columnist for Turkish daily Milliyet, where she heads first for food when she returns to Istanbul after a trip abroad. Aydıntaşbaş is also a commentator on CNNTürk's show "Karşı Gündem" and has written for numerous publications, including the former International Herald Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The New ...continue
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More so than any other district in Istanbul, Perşembe Pazarı – the city's hardware zone – brings together what we love most about this city: thriving street life, hard-to-grasp commercial enterprises, remnants of history and, of course, excellent hidden spots to eat. A chickpea and pilaf cart is pushed past ...continue
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On a night out in Istanbul, we often find ourselves forced to make sacrifices in one or more categories of the overall dining experience. Great food at reasonable prices will surely be laid out in a room decorated in Anatolian kitsch. Bosphorus views and contemporary furnishings are a license to ...continue
2 responses - Posted 07.15.13
One of the great joys of spring and summertime in Istanbul is the chance to get away for a day to one of the Princes' Islands, the car-free and forested archipelago that is a short ferry ride away from the city. The only downside to an island hop is actually ...continue
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In our imaginary primetime lineup, a reality show called "Pimp My Kebab Salon" transforms a drab kebab shop into a grill palace suited to the tastes of the latter-day sultans. Surfaces are suddenly gilded in gold, fountains appear and everything is reupholstered under the watchful eye of the boisterous host ...continue
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In an opinion piece published recently in the Latitude blog of The New York Times, veteran Turkey correspondent Andrew Finkel's brutally honest appraisal of the state of "New Turkish Cuisine" called much of Istanbul's restaurant establishment – down to the customers – into question. We've had similar misgivings after meals ...continue
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Editor's note: This post was written by "Meliz," an intrepid explorer of Istanbul's culinary backstreets and frequent Istanbul Eats guest contributor who would like to keep her anonymity. While the Princes' Islands make for a great escape from the city, it used to be hard to think of them as a ...continue
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It wasn't quite as dramatic as Meg Ryan's big moment at Katz's Deli in When Harry Met Sally, but a low-register, guttural moan of pleasure was detected from our table when we tasted the shredded celery root in yogurt, a house specialty meze at Çukur Meyhane. And we weren't faking ...continue
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Editor's note: This guest post was written by Nicolas Nicolaides, an Istanbul-born Greek who moved to Athens in 1988. Nicolaides is a Ph.D. student in history at the University of Athens whose research focuses on the Karamanlılar (Greeks from Central Anatolia). Once a resort town on the outskirts of the Greek ...continue


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Koç University Support Center for the Disabled Children and Their Families opened
Planned by Koç University's School of Nursing, Department of Pediatric Nursing academics, the Ministry of Development and Istanbul Development Agency, and to be managed in partnership with Sarıyer Municipality and Boğaziçi Association for the Disabled, Koç University Support Center for the Disabled Children and Their Families (EÇADEM) was opened on December 1, 2014.
Education at the Museum
VKV Sadberk Hanım Museum has published a set of books consisting of activity books for children and a teacher's guide as part of the "Let's go to the museum! (Haydi Müzeye!)" educational project. Art History and Archaeology activity books take children on a historical journey exploring the Anatolian civilizations and Ottoman heritage in the context of the artifacts exhibited in the museum.
VEKAM published the third issue of the Journal of Ankara Studies
The third issue of the Journal of Ankara Studies featuring seven articles on the disciplines of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Health Sciences, Archaeology, Literature, and History, is now available.
Paving the way to the Future: Activities of 2013
The Vehbi Koç Foundation's Annual Report's second issue "VKV 2013" has been published. The Annual Report begins with a preface co-written by Chairperson of the Board of Directors Semahat Arsel and President Erdal Yıldırım where questions about the future are brought to the reader's attention. It then relates the activities, enriched with relevant interviews, carried out by the Foundation and its Entities in the fields of education, healthcare and culture.
Vehbi Koç Award of 2014 goes to Prof. Zeynep Çelik
The winner of the 13th Vehbi Koç Award was announced during the awards ceremony held on the evening of February 25, 2014. This year the award goes in the field of culture, and the winner is Professor Zeynep Çelik from New Jersey Institute of Technology whose work on Ottoman architecture, culture and urban life has contributed to the world and Ottoman history.
The inauguration of the Kocaeli University VKV Ford Otosan Gölcük İhsaniye Vocational College for Automotive
The opening ceremony of the Gölcük İhsaniye Vocational College for Automotive, which was built with the support of Ford Otosan and Vehbi Koç Foundation for the Kocaeli University, took place on January 8 2014.
Support from Vehbi Koç Foundation to Turkish Pavillion at the Venice Biennial
On the initiation of the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) and with the support of Vehbi Koç Foundation along with other 21 supporters, Turkey is obtaining a long-term venue in the Venice Biennale, one of world's leading contemporary art and architecture events. The allotment of 20 years (from 2014 to 2034) at Arsenale, one of the two main venues of the event, will allow the Pavilion of Turkey to take part for the first time this year in the International Architecture Exhibition.
The Koç Model School: A Prototype to Drive Innovation in Education
The Koç Model School in Istanbul Beykoz, scheduled to open in 2014, is a collaborative effort between the Vehbi Koç Foundation, international design firm Cannon Design and the Turkish State Ministry of Education. Conferences focusing on the new approach to school education will be held at TED University in Ankara and at Sabancı University in Istanbul.
Işıl Işık In my undergraduate years, I benefited thoroughly from the publications of VKV.
Emine Türkmen Here, the resources for teaching, learning and research are endless…
Veysel Onur Kaynar As with every student at Koç University, I already have a natural bond with the VKV.
Kübra Varlı We have facilities and means that most students only dream about.
Merve Kaşıkçı I feel safe within this organization.
Teycan Yıldırım I think interning at Vehbi Koç Foundation brings me closer to my future goals.
Banu Devrim Gölcük is brimming with art thanks to the Vehbi Koç Foundation!
Ege Partal The Koç School is raising up well-rounded individuals.
Zeynep Sevin Üstün I became acquainted with VKV on the day I enrolled at Koç University.
Evrim Yaşar Çimber Thanks to VKV, we now have a place to hold the Healthy Days seminars.
John Richardson The Koç School has provided me with the right students and the conditions.
Semih Şakar For us, the VKV Ford Otosan Cultural and Social Center is irreplaceable…
Olgu Pilav Students are treated so well in our school. The teachers are very concerned and knowledgeable.
Sevim Sözen VKV adds beauty to our life. It has spiced up life for everyone in Gölcük.
Nilsu Açıkada The Vehbi Koç Foundation is an organization that has helped me decide on my future.


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Am 09.01.2012 15:24, schrieb Moshe Werner:
This made me somewhat puzzeled too until I tried the kernel desktop for
Suse to find out, that it delivers real good.
I have virtually the same results on the same machine. The only
difference is, that the desktop-kernel is not the same as solid if Jack
is set for very low latency (such as: lower than 5ms). For the
reall-world day to day work with big Ardour-projects, I cannot find any
difference regarding xruns.
> Being more on the recording engineer side of things and not a Linux expert
Ubuntu works OK for me here but is indeed not as solid and powerful as
Suses desktop-kernel. At the other hand I tend to use it anyway. There
are more xruns but not too many (about 2-3/h under serious load), it is
quite stable and forgiving(not a single case of jackd crashed or frozen)
and the best: it is the most comfortable distro I ever had. Listening to
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and running whithout even the need to think about how this happens is
kind of nice methinks ;-)
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1. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
XCOM: Enemy Unknown made me remember the magic of turn based strategy. Nuff said.
2. Far Cry 3
So this one time, I was standing on a bridge admiring the water when all of a sudden, an enemy truck comes barreling towards me at high speed. I instinctively start dumping my AK-47, hit the driver, he swerves hard right and crashes through the railing of the bridge mere inches away from me and crashes into the river. Yea.
3. Dear Esther
Dear Esther's ability to tell a deeply personal story through nothing but environment detail, flashback and dialogue was absolutely game changing for me. I can't wait to see what The Chinese Room is capable of with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
4. Journey
That moment in Journey everyone who has played the game knows about...transcendental.
5. Hotline Miami
Hotline Miami taught me something about myself. I bought the game sight unseen after watching the quick look purely because I wanted something light to play that was both dripping with style and filled to the nuts with ultraviolence. What a shithead I felt like after finishing the game.
6. Max Payne 3
A lot of people had a lot of negative shit to say about this game because of their own expectations for what they wanted Max to be, what they wanted the tone to be and what they wanted the game to play like.
I took Max Payne 3 for what it was. A fantastic send off for the best noir shooter series ever. The gameplay was punishing and fast paced, the shooting was tight as hell and the set pieces were incredibly well done.
7. FTL: Faster Than Light
Oregon Trail in motherfucking space.
8. Spec Ops: The Line
When the first major moment of this game happened, my mouth hit the fucking floor.
9. Hitman: Absolution
Sure, the mechanics weren't all sound right out of the gate and the story was a tad all over the place, but god dammit if I didn't enjoy every last minute of Hitman: Absolution's tight and creative campaign. The contract customization mode is also genius.
10. The Darkness II
Incredibly fluid and fun combat with visceral gore, an amazingly well implemented art style and a genuinely intriguing storyline to boot? That's The Darkness II in a nutshell for me.


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One of my clients asked me to research the origins of her Dutch colonial ancestor, Jan Dirkse van Eps. She graciously allowed me to share the research I did for her on my website, to make it available to other Van Eps descendants. As this article is based on the research report I wrote for her, it will Continue reading →
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A new website launched this week: Alle Drenten (all people from Drenthe). Drenthe is a province in the north-east of the country. Many people from other regions lived there too, as it was home to the pauper colonies where beggars, vagrants and prisoners were sent to. The new website is the successor of DrenLias. It contains Continue reading →
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Are you planning a trip to the Netherlands in the new year? Here are some things you need to know if you've never been to the Netherlands before. 1. Most churches are still there Most churches are still standing, whether they are from the medieval period or later. Not all of them will be open to Continue reading →
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Two years ago, I took my first genealogical DNA-test. Thankfully, the results weren't too surprising, but definitely interesting. Grandpa, who was born three months after his parents' marriage, was indeed the son of his father because I share DNA with multiple relatives on that side. My friend Mary, whom I knew to be related on my father's Continue reading →
New Year's irons in the East of the Netherlands
Happy New Year everybody! How are you celebrating? In the eastern part of the Netherlands, in the provinces of Groningen, Drenthe, Overijssel and Gelderland, there is a tradition of baking New Year's waffles on New Year's Day. Traditionally, these waffles were made using large irons which were put in the hearth. In 1999, my mother co-authored a Continue reading →
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Echtscheiding (or scheiding) is the Dutch name for divorce. Up until the last part of the 20th century, divorce was pretty rare in the Netherlands. There are several ways to find out if a couple got divorced. The most common one is to look in the margins of the marriage record, where the divorce will be noted. The divorce will Continue reading →


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http://forums.luckystarshrine.com/showthread.php?t=2110 Ironically it is no longer available for viewing on gamefaqs. --- Why? Because **** you is why. | |
zyrax2301 posted... Slightly off topic but hey...this is the best review ever posted on gamefaqs: Wait...that thing got past the mods, but, my troll review of Dissidia Duodecim didn't? At least I talked about the game! --- I support Bleach: The Diamond Dust Rebellion: The JYB Edition. | |
Well nobody ever cared about your review dood --- Why? Because **** you is why. | |
typical review from a clown troll like greer now he is part of the Metacritic Biboran troll user group. --- PSN ID:gearhead32 I used to care but now I take a pill for that http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KaOrSuWZeM | |
Actually the trolls are those who give the game a positive score. 2136 Ratings with 0.5/100 = YOU are in the minority, RE6 Lover. If people loved the game then it would have a higher score. Plus, if you guys wanted us to say positive things and rate the game so highly, then you should not have changed it, and you should not have ruined it. This is the fault of the developers and those who buy and support this filth. The developers should feel ashamed and you should also feel ashamed for buying it. The series is not good anymore and you guys changed it for the worse into some third person clone dooty, and you expect us to say NICE THINGS ABOUT IT? For freaking realz? Freaking seriously????????????????????????????????????!!!!!!!! --- http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/4797/rehash2.jpg axksionsatisfaxksion | |
AXKSION posted... Actually the trolls are those who give the game a positive score. 3.5. Maybe you can have Capcom reboot your account. --- I support Bleach: The Diamond Dust Rebellion: The JYB Edition. | |
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i rented it this morning and played it off and on throughout the day/evening. i have to say, i feel like i've been forcefully entered and beat in the head over and over. i feel dirty and used. i do not know what capcom was thinking releasing this thing. it's that bad. i'm not even sure i want to keep playing it. i would be so pissed off if i had spent $60 on this thing. should be in the bargain bin by next month. | |
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If this gen has shown me anything, it's that the user reviews on Metacritic are the biggest knee-jerk reactions I've ever seen. If the game is "bad", it's a 0 with hardly any room for middle-ground. People need to understand that a "0/10" denotes that the game is an unplayable, broken mess of a game on the level of Big Rigs. I don't own the game, but as I watch some of the gameplay of it, the fact that the game is running and works like a game means it saves itself from being a "0", but because of either pre-established fandom or a growing hatred to the company involved (Capcom has not done anything to get the good will of gamers on their side in the past year or so), then the game gets ripped a new one with no real justification. A good example would be MW3. The game itself was a decent game. Not "Game of the Year", but it was fun. If you read the Metacritic scores, however, they'd have you believe that the game was an unplayable mess of a title. An even better example is Mass Effect 3, where 99% of the game is a masterpiece, but because the ending sucked (And it was a mess, I'll grant that), the Metacritic User Reviews would have you believe that Mass Effect 3 was an abomination from start to finsh and the game itself was the worst game ever to come out this side of Superman 64. User Reviews on Metacritic show gamers as the most irrational consumers around. --- You're casual if you like anything. Real hardcore gamers hate everything.-CyhortI82 |
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* CreatorsPet: He dominated the ''MickeyMouse'' series even when he had a series of his own. That mouse can't catch a break, can't he?
** Plus he appeared in two SillySymphonies and a few DonaldDuck cartoons.
* NightmareFuel: Plutotopia, why is it so? Well, Pluto in a dream is tormented by a talking cat that addresses him with sarcasm and a suicidal sadomasochist to boot. It shows why cats and dogs should hate each other because this solution is disturbing.
** Pluto's headshot from the original opening titles of the 1940s RKO shorts. It's overly symmetrical appearance can be quite unsettling to first time viewers. Fortunately, a more standard, cheerful title card replaced it later on.
** And, of course, ''Disney/PlutosJudgementDay''.
** "Pueblo Pluto" has the scene where Pluto is trapped in a cactus patch, and starts panicking so much he starts imagining all the cacti coming to life and lunging after him. You ever think a cactus couldn't be freaky-looking? [[http://www.disneyshorts.org/screenshots/1949/469/12large.jpg Think again]].


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Pati Villarreal knows the distinctive soil of Galveston Island—she's been tilling it since 1991. As the owner and operator of Island Lawn Care, she and her crews adeptly manage the untamed growth of palms and ferns and keep traditional straight-edged lawns looking neat and green. When hired to do regularly schedule maintenance, they change up the path they take through the yard with the mower to reduce the appearance of ruts in the grass, practicing what Pati calls an "alternate mowing pattern." In addition to keeping yards healthy and aesthetically pleasing, the adept workers can design landscapes, install plants and flowerbeds, and bribe lawn gnomes into staying put.
Despite the many flourishing yards left her wake, Pati doesn't consider a neat lawn to be the sole thing she's selling. "Our primary product is reliability," she says. This dependability surfaces in the business' commitment to performing regular yard work, providing convenient electronic means of payment, and communicating in both English and Spanish.
Houses lack the hands to take care of themselves. That's why EEC picks up the slack with expert refurbishment services. Fully insured technicians are deployed to clients' homes and can pressure-wash grime from porches, or perform more complicated tasks such as concrete sealing, gutter cleaning, or fence restoration. Clients may also request a full home inspection to seek out issues such as roof leaks, faulty electrical systems, or Pillsbury Doughboys living in the pantry.
After fighting in World War II, Lynn Gripon studied landscape design at Texas A&M and in 1951 opened a gardening shop with the help of his green-thumbed wife. Now operated by his son, Lynn's Landscaping & Water Garden Center has blossomed into a lush showroom of outdoor kitchens and fireplaces, manicured putting greens, and the shop's bestselling disappearing fountains—glazed pots overflowing with water that seems to disappear into the ground. Waterfalls tumble over miniature boulders before slipping into calm ponds filled with leisurely koi, flowering lily pads, and sunken galleons. Knowledgeable staffers serve as tour guides to the veritable forest of plants and dispense helpful tips for creating backyard utopias. Lynn's professional landscapers transform backyards into tiered gardens, spacious party zones, or verdant hiding places for the family's pet T-rex. Designers plot the set-up before gardeners, and handymen plant trees and shrubs or install decks, gazebos, water-efficient sprinklers, and koi ponds. Every design is built to last with quality materials, such as outdoor fireplaces and kitchens made with glass-fiber-reinforced concrete and Vista light fixtures made with weather-resistant carbon composite and bulbs modeled after Superman's eyeballs.
The licensed and insured techs at AAA Precision Air Conditioning & Heating have spent the past two decades servicing and installing HVAC systems of all makes and models?including Maytag, American Standard, and Lennox. They provide free estimates and an hourly rate, with most tune-ups and repairs performed in just an hour.
For more than 60 years, Maas Nursery's green-thumbed staff has been tending to the blooming foliage, gardening supplies, and décor at the 8-acre facility. The 4-inch vegetable plants ($1.50 each) and 4-inch herbs ($2.49 each) garnish entrees, season sauces, and spice up expired milk with garden-fresh zest, and colorful 4-inch perennial bedding plants ($1.99 each to $35 for a 20 flat) and bonanza camellia shrubs ($62.99/5-gallon size) add zing to monochromatic lawns.
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The story itself isn't -that- bad, but I have strong feelings against an author putting himself into a work of his own. Especially when its a fan fiction and you're using characters that aren't even yours. Its self masturbatory and a lame scapegoat. On top of that the author's writing style was... deplorable in my opinion. Not to mention the quality of the writing which was lacking as well. It was a pretty typical 15 year old story. I used to write the same sort of things as an angsty young teenager
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Ready for the new episode to relax me after the Black Friday madness.
Twilight will win, easy. She's been hardcore studying magic since she was...what...4? And then she's got that whole 'possession potential' where she just zaps everything indiscriminately.
Yeah, but Trixie has a Deathcap.
Twilight's Veigar, Trixie's Brand, she may have a deathcap but that's not good news for her.
The episode is actually the one where Appleblooms cousin comes to ponyville from Manehattan and bullies the CMC's with Diamond Tiara/Silver spoon. There was a sneak peak with a new song (yay) looks like its gonna be good. As for the trixie/twilight duel. No spoilers, but you can find the synopsis of the ep online which tells you what happens
Sneak peek at the new ep for those of you who haven't seen it. Not really a spoiler, just a hilarious thing the animators did
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Reviewed Macaroni and 4 Cheeses
Oct 28, 2012 in Food Network Community Toolbox on FoodNetwork.com
"This is soooo yummy. I never make regular mac and cheese because it is so high fat but this was delicious. Easy recipe that makes a lot to share or save and freeze for later.
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Stewart Haas Racing driver Ray Newman earns first top-five finish in first race of 2013 season.
Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 39 Quicken Loans Chevrolet SS for Stewart Haas Racing (SHR), overcame starting at the back of the field and aerodynamic issues to finish fifth in the Daytona 500 Sunday at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway.
Newman was credited with starting the race in 34th due to his 21st-place finish in his Budweiser Duel qualifying race Thursday, but he dropped to the tail of the field at the start of the Great American Race because damage sustained from a flat tire in the Duel prompted the team to switch to its backup racecar.
Aerodynamic problems, caused by the hood of the Quicken Loans Chevrolet SS caving under the pressure of the air flowing over the racecar, plagued Newman and the No. 39 team all day, but the team's never-quit attitude afforded Newman the opportunity to contend for the win in the late stages of the 200-lap event."We basically just had a body issue today with our Quicken Loans Chevrolet SS," Newman said. "The nose caved in, the hood caved in a little bit, but the guys did an awesome job to get it fixed.
We did a lot of pit stops, and I kind of lost track of what was going on. I had to worry more about my position than watching the race and educating myself."
While Newman was not a mainstay at the front of the field, he spent much of the afternoon biding his time, logging laps while coming to pit road when the opportunity allowed for the Quicken Loans team to make needed repairs and chassis adjustments.
The adjustments helped cure the handling woes of Newman's racecar, while the aerodynamic adjustments were just what he needed to make a run toward the front in the closing laps.
"Matt Borland (crew chief) and the guys did a good job of fixing the car without losing a lap," Newman said. "We really didn't have any damage. We shouldn't have had any damage.
We just had some actual body failures. The cars, as you saw in practice, were buffeting around so much, and we just didn't have a couple of things reinforced as well as we should have.
"My guys did an awesome job to get my car back and contend in the Duels like we did after we wrecked in practice on Wednesday. Outside of leading some laps over the cycle of pit stops, the best position we were in all day was the last lap. I can't say we are entirely satisfied with that, but after our day we'll take that."Danica Patrick, driver of the No. 10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet SS for SHR, finished eighth after leading three times for five laps around the 2.5-mile superspeedway.
Patrick earned the highest finish for a woman in the Great American Race. The previous best finish for a woman in the Daytona 500 was 11th by Janet Guthrie in 1980.
Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet SS for SHR, finished 41st after getting caught in an accident early in the 200-lap race. Stewart, who has 19 overall victories at Daytona, remains winless in 15 Daytona 500 starts.
Jimmie Johnson won the Daytona 500 to score his 61st career Sprint Cup victory and his second in the Daytona 500, with the other in 2006. He became the 10th driver to win multiple Daytona 500s.
Johnson's Hendrick Motorsports teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished .129 of a second behind in the runner-up spot. Mark Martin, Brad Keselowski and Newman took spots three through five.
The rest of the top-10 consisted of Greg Biffle, Regan Smith, Patrick, Michael McDowell and JJ Yeley.
There were six caution periods for 24 laps, with eight drivers failing to finish.
With round one of 36 complete, Newman leads the SHR contingent in the championship point standings. He is fifth, seven points behind series leader Johnson. Patrick stands seventh, 10 points out of first. Stewart is 37th, 44 points behind Johnson.
Patrick, who is competing for Rookie of the Year honors against Ricky Stenhouse Jr., finished four spots ahead of Stenhouse (12th).
The next event on the Sprint Cup schedule is the Subway Fresh Fit 500k Sunday, March 3 at Phoenix International Raceway. The race starts at 3 p.m. EST, with live coverage provided by FOX beginning with its pre-race show at 2:30 p.m.
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What is the prefered aloe for forming a nice, fast growing aloe tree? ~zeck |
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what zone are you in (9a will have very few options, while 9b you may have dozens)? Fastest are Aloe barberae and Aloe Hercules, but most species seem pretty fast to me |
- Posted by cactusmcharris 4 / Interior BC (My Page) on Tue, Dec 4, 12 at 11:37
Zech, Look at the Aloe bainesii (A. barberae is a synonym) thread for an explicit and helpful show-and-tell. |
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i am in 9b. ill go check out those aloes. thanks guys. |
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Unfortunately the built in wireless connection can't be used for DIRECTV. It's actually not allowed in the firmware. DIRECTV's preferred method is to
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Parents have important conversations with their young children. Work hard. Save your money. Do your homework. Don't beat up your brother (or sister).
Years pass and roles change. Now the adult child might want to start up a conversation with his or her aging parents. Topics of that conversation could include who makes decisions if the parent is no longer competent, hiring help for activities they can no longer do alone or dealing with finances, medical care and other issues that come with age.
Housing, for example.
"Lots of people say I'm going to live in the house until I die," said Julie Bach, an assistant professor at Dominican University and a gerontologist. "How do they navigate the stairs? Do they have money for repairs? If they have to live with one of the kids, who do they want to live with and who not? How do they feel about paying people to come into the house (and assist)?"
Ruth Folkening knows about that firsthand. Folkening is a caregiver specialist at Aging Care Connections, a social service agency finances by the state that assists seniors in Leyden, Proviso and Norwood Park townships.
Folkening's parents lived in a two-story home with a detached garage. As they aged, it became more difficult for them to maneuver around. Folkening's sister recognized that and spoke to them about moving to a more manageable house.
"They moved to a ranch-type townhouse with attached garage," Folkening said. "This was very upsetting for my parents, who were attached to their home. Later, their perspective was this was the best thing."
An alternative to moving might be hiring someone to assist the parents with medical issues or cleaning. The challenge might be what is the right amount of assistance.
"What research has shown, in an attempt to help older people, we often take away what they can do," Bach said. "If mom can still clean and we think 'you're 78, mom shouldn't have to clean' . . . if it's something they can do and are proud of, we shouldn't take it away."
"Many people of this generation are very private, very frugal and feel they don't have the funds for people to come in and do things they could do for themselves," Folkening said. "We know people are happiest when they can remain in their homes. What we try to tell people is we want to support you remaining in the community."
Another topic to discuss is what's called "power of attorney." That means authorizing someone else to make decisions for the aging parent in legal or financial or other specified matters.
There are two different types seniors should consider — property and health care.
"Its hard when (parents) are in the hospital and they start asking questions, " Bach said. "When the doctor asks, it's easier to know their wishes, not to guess."
Folkening said it is designating a decision-maker for future events.
"People who have not made a decision when they're competent, we've had to go and apply for guardianship of these individuals," she said. "If they come to a point where they are no longer capable, most people want a trusted individual to who knows what their wishes are to make their decisions for them."
As a starting point, Bach suggests the getting the 5 Wishes document from www.AgingWithDignity.org, which costs $5.
The document is legal in Illinois when signed, Bach said. It includes such topics as who should make care decisions for the parent if they can't, the type of medical treatment the parent wants, how comfortable they want to be (i.e. medicine to keep unconscious), what they want loved ones to know, and so forth
Having a conversation on these topics can be tricky for both the adult children and the aging parents. For example, what should adult children do if their parent is dying or sick.
"Resistance comes from both sides," Bach said. "Both sides can be putting off these important discussions. Parts are very unsettling."
Sometimes the adult children don't want to have the conversation.
"While it often includes the idea that (parents) are going to die, adult children don't want to talk about it," Bach said.
"Older adults have been in the parent role," Folkening said. "They have called the shots. Its difficult, at this time of life when they are losing capabilities, they want to hang on for dear life. They are trying to stay in control despite a loss of health and a loss of strength."
"Its not just what they talk about but how they approach it," Bach said. "Mom, dad, you should do this versus mom, dad, I'd like to hear your thoughts on this."
Sometimes aging parents don't accurately perceive their situation, thinking they are independent and not realizing how they have started to rely on others for simple chores.
Sometimes it might help for an adult child to bring in someone respected by the parents. A doctor, attorney or religious leader.
"Its important for the adult child to realize they (might) still be treated as a child by their parent," Folkening said. "They might not be the most successful person to say stop driving or more."
Folkening suggests such a conversation should start when the adult child is about 40 and the parents are about 70.
She also suggests starting slow.
"You might make a suggestion and wait for the parents to comment or bring it up later," Folkening said.
The exception is if the parent's situation is not safe. Their home is a fire hazard or they been in car accidents.
"We have to be more proactive," Folkening said. "It might require getting a physician or attorney involved."
Topics to consider
• Long-term housing. Can parents still climb the stairs? Do they have money for home repairs. Is living with an adult child an option? If yes, which one do you want to live with (and which one do you not want to live with)?
• Does the parent need assistance to remain in their home? Help with cleaning or help with physical needs?
Financial planning.
• Driver's license. Can adult parent still drive safely?
• Does the adult parent have an update will? Adult children should be careful to show they are not interested in inheritance. They just want to make sure that what parents want to happen, does happen.
• Who has power of attorney for property and health care? Adult children should know.
• Where are legal documents? How can adult children get access.


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Linbit Becomes Heartbeat 2 Maintainer
The Linbit firm out of Vienna will take over care of the Heartbeat 2 cluster manager.
By supporting the proven but orphaned software, the Linbit high-availability (HA) specialists are offering users planning security. Heartbeat also adds some tread to their existing DRBD replication technology in the Linux HA environment.
The Heartbeat 2 cluster management software can provide the messaging and application layers for HA clusters. For the application layer, Pacemaker is increasingly taking over as the cluster resource manager from what was historically Heartbeat's own. The advantage being that Pacemaker uses Corosync. Heartbeat ended a long development freeze period with its version 3.0.2 in February.
Issue 172/2015
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Cisco Releases Annual Security Report
Spammers go low-volume, and 90% of IE browsers are unpatched.
Zero Day Exploits Target Flash
Adobe scrambles to release patches for vulnerable Flash Player.
Intel Unveils Compute Stick
Four-inch-long computer on a stick lets you boot a full Linux system from any HDMI display device.
Obama Proposes Personal Data Notification Law
New statute would require companies to report break-ins to consumers.
TGXf Project Warns of File Transfer through Screen Pixels
Weird data transfer technique avoids all standard security measures.
Industry Giants Announce a Fix for the Password Mess
FIDO alliance declares the beginning of the end for old-style login authentication.
Poll: Vote for the Best Open Source Software for Photographers
The Linux New Media Awards have honored the most significant products, projects, people, and organizations for open source/Linux every year since 2000.
Debian Gets Forked
Legendary Uber-distro splits over the systemd controversy.
Linux Mint Project Releases Mint 17.1
New LTS version offers many refinements for the Cinnamon and Mate desktops and significant improvement under the hood.
CeBIT Open Source Forum Call for Papers
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My attempt at eating healthier
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For 3 years I have been trying to cross several of my iris with NO SUCCESS... The seed pods set and a few even begin to swell but then............they just turn brown, rot and fall off..
I've got almost 100 different colors, all tall bearded. Even the best pod parent in the iris world...... Edith Wolford........ and even SHE won't set seed. But yet, I see seed pods in other gardens that are probably naturally pollenated. Are the bees boycotting me? Suggestions? |
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JohnnieMi, So, you are transferring pollen by hand?? Or just letting the bees do it?? By the way, I regularly get seeds now, but when I first started.....I was mistakenly putting the pollen onto the beards.....thinking that was the stigma. Now I know better. Anyway here's a link, that might be helpful to you. |
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JohnnieMi, If you are having much rain you should strip all the leaves off the stalk. Rain trapped in the pocket the leaves make can cause the stalk to rot. The pollen needs to be fluffy and the stigmatic lip moist.Use a fresh bloom to put the pollen on. Mike G |
- Posted by grumpygardenguy 7 northern AL (My Page) on Mon, Jun 7, 04 at 16:45
Not sure what your doing wrong about half of my iris make seed all by their lonesome. I suppose if i wanted to try crossing i could, but i only have 2 distinct colors with some minor variations, so not much point. I have about a dozen bloomers of each color all from a start of 3 plants 3 years ago. Each color are in different parts of the yard, so unless bees get busy not much chance of natural crossings. I have taken the time to open some of the pods, i just leave em where they fall. for some reason a number of the smaller ones will be empty. The huge ones, egg size and above, will normally have seeds. |
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Dude. I don't wanna flaunt it or anything but… I lift, man; like twice a day, everyday. Get up, the adrenaline is pumpin'. That protein powder is the bomb. And guess how much milk I drink? Not 5, not 7, not 8 but 9 litres of full-fat milk a week. I'm bulkin', man.
The dudebro is typically generalised as a homophobic, misogynist male who lifts. It becomes an interesting experience, therefore, to see Don Jon, a film which blatantly stereotypes and objectifies this contestable category of humans in return.
There are two types of Haruki Murakami novels. One is the surreal story in full magical-realist style, narrated by an alienated urban man. The other type is the story of an alienated urban man with some surreal descriptions or anecdotes thrown in. Colourless is of the latter type, but I wish it was the former.
Initially trained in commercial photography, Yvonne Todd deploys the visual language of female representation to disrupt and unsettle. Todd has exhibited internationally and was the recipient of the 2002 Walter's Prize.
The US is twisted by corporate control, with the best resistance to these abominable, unsympathetic corporate forces lying in the power of consumers to change their consumption habits.
Seymour will be exhibiting at the Peter McLeavey Pop Up later this month, alongside Yvonne Todd, Barbara Kruger and Sherrie Levine. I recently emailed Seymour to discuss her recent work, her relationship with McLeavey, and the role of politics in her work.
waha | mouth is Baker's third poetry collection. True to its title, it's full of sounds and spoken words and stories passed from mouth to mouth. Reading these poems on the page is different from listening to them, but one word springs to mind: texture.
Nelson duo Broods are blowing up, but you already know that from the Spotify ads. We talked to Georgia Nott ahead of their debut-album release on 22 August. They are also playing a show at James Cabaret that night; come.
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Hello everyone,
Welcome to the Staffordshire Federation of WI's web site, I hope you enjoy browsing through the various pages, they contain a lot of information about our Federation.
Look at the Diary of Events, the map of all the WIs in Staffordshire - many of whom have their own website, the Gallery of Photographs and the contact page with details of our County Office where you can obtain more help and information.
There are 136 WIs in Staffordshire with bright and lively members who have many different interests, from campaigns to sports, crafts, cooking, environmental issues and much more. Meetings take place in towns and villages regularly each month and visitors and potential members are always very welcome.
The county Federation organises very popular events, featuring well known speakers from far and wide.
I very much look forward to meeting you at a county or WI event.
Denise Moreton
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Over 70 SFWI members enjoyed a wonderful lunch provided by members of Rough Close and Meir Heath WI on 8th July. We were then entertained by Felix Francis, the son of the late author Dick Franci... (Read More) - Darts Tournament
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I have recently installed a new video card and now whenever I try to open the launcher it crashes. I have a laptop that it works fine on but it is this computer(a desktop) is the one having problems. I don't know what to do, I have tried uninstalling it about four times and shut my computer down about the same amount. Before I put in the video card League worked fine but now it doesn't.
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Looks like you've had a... Failure to Launch.
Did you uninstall your old Graphics card drivers and install the new ones either? >.>
You have the card powered from the PSU, right?
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but i didnt install a new vid card, i was able to play about 3 times after lucian came out, then it would launch the launcher and then it wont play from there.
This just happened to me too in a ranked game, it was working just fine earlier today, i went to take a shower and i came back to play another ranked and it just started crashing everytime i press reconnect


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Each year we are flooded with mixtape releases from just about everyone. The medium has gone from the old school days of "blend tapes" to a platform spotlighting exclusives, without the rules or constraints of the music industry. This has allowed artists to preview new music, not worry about clearing samples, and jack other artists' beats for freestyles. While these things usually lack the polish of record label releases, there's always a few exceptional mixtapes that are strong enough to sit next to the artists' album catalog. Out of the roughly 200 releases posted this year in our "Mixtape DL" section, here are our picks for 2013.
P.S. – This is not a list of the most downloaded, most popular, or most newsworthy mixtapes. This is a list of what we actually thought were the best mixtapes. #nopolitics
10. Problem + DJ Drama – The Separation – Problem has been putting it down for years, as "I'm Fucked Up" was a set staple for DJ's out west over five years ago. While he found himself in danger of becoming a one-hit wonder for a while, he bucked the trend with the release of The Separation, which really put him back on the map. Boasting collaborations with Wale, Snoop, Game, Tyga, and Wiz Khalifa, the biggest moment on this tape was his solo single, "Like Whaaat", which crossed over into a massive club smash.
9. Xzibit + B-Real + Demrick – Serial Killers Vol. One – So, we never got that legendary Golden State Warriors project with Xzibit, Ras Kass, and Saafir, but this might be the next best thing. Xzibit and B-Real team up with rising up-and-comer Demrick for this excellent supergroup project of all original material, that plays like an album. Guest contributions from Ill Bill, DJ Lethal, Statik Selektah, Sir Jinx (!), Kurupt, Nottz, Jon Connor, and others made this mixtape a nice surprise for the year.
8. World's Fair – Bastards Of The Party – We suspect with all of this talk of New York rap being in decline, we will see a huge resurgence in 2014. Part of this movement is the Beast Coast collective of emcees, a loose-knit conglomerate made up of crews like Pro Era, A$AP Mob, and World's Fair, the latter who came out the gate on this free Fool's Gold release, Bastards Of The Party. Like Pro Era, these cats brought it back to the Fondle 'Em / Stretch & Bobbito era of backpack rap, with this excellent introductory mixtape release.
7. Troy Ave – New York City – While the Beast Coast movement is strengthening New York's underground, Troy Ave is the future face of the street-hop scene, originally curated by Nas, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, etc. His New York City street album wasn't flawless, but definitely a solid LP that shows high promise from the young MC.
6. Joey Bada$$ – Summer Knights – While we did see a retail version of Joey Bada$$'s Summer Knights, it was slimmed down to EP length. The full-length mixtape was much stronger, finding Joey Bada$ coming into his own, earning respect from producers like Doom, Alchemist, Statik Selektah, and more.
5. Ludacris – #IDGAF – Chris Bridges admittedly had some trouble finding an audience for the release of his still-delayed Ludaversal LP. That said, he definitely had something to prove this year, and he did so with #IDGAF, which found the rapper at his most crass, with a lot of shit to get off his chest. Strong enough to be the album that Ludaversal never was.
4. Pusha T – Wrath Of Kaine – Pusha T kicked off 2013 with the Wrath of Kaine mixtape, and little did we know this would be the precursor to one of the best major label releases of the year. At the time of its release, we weren't sure we'd even see Pusha's G.O.O.D. Music debut, but he delivered. Now this mixtape stands strong as the companion piece to his excellent LP.
3. Big K.R.I.T. – King Remembered In Time – Despite the lukewarm sales to his 2012 Def Jam debut, Big K.R.I.T. persevered this year with the release of King Remembered In Time. Showing dexterity and improvement as a multi-talented rapper, songwriter, and producer, K.R.I.T. continued to build his legacy with this release.
2. Roc Marciano – The Pimpire Strikes Back – As we stated in our review, The Pimpire Strikes Back should have been Roc's album, while Marci Beaucoup should have been the mixtape. But whatever, Pimpire was a tightly knit concept album mixtape that showcased Roc at his finest, with just the right amount of guest support, from guys like Madlib, Action Bronson, Alchemist, Evidence, and more. Post boom-bap, high art rap.
1. Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip – The Abstract & The Dragon – As many times as we've seen Busta refer to himself as the "Dungeon Dragon" in a post-"Scenario" landscape, he's never been able to recapture his earlier, 90′s sound. And coupled with the announcement that the Yeezus tour would host the final performances for A Tribe Called Quest, we approached this mixtape with apprehension. The cover got us open, but we'd been disappointed before, so would this deliver? It did, on all fronts. The end result was a mixtape that brough Busta and Q-Tip back to their earlier years, revisiting and remixing some of their early classics, and blessing us with new material as well. Its a sound long lost that we were happy to welcome back. Nice job, gentlemen.
Solid list, hard to narrow it down to just ten. I'd also add Well Done 4, Dedication 5, Nipsey, Dizzy Wright, AZ
No Rapsody? "She Got Game" was great!
Sure that q-tip and busta was ok, but #1? Look at the list youve compiled all up and comers whom put out all original music on their albums/mixtapes. Then you have busta and q, with an album full of old songs minus a handful of new tracks. They captured that 90s sound because all the songs were actually made in the 90s.
Not feeling much on the list. I'd put the best 5 tracks off Retch's Polo Sporting versus any of these whole shits. I'd add Vince Staples Stolen Youth, Exquire Kismet, Willie Aquamarine, and Bronson Chips 3.
Agree with hodges missing aquamarine and blue chips 2
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Commenting on the release of a promotional film for legal loanshark Wonga today, Stella Creasy MP Labour's shadow minister for Competition and Consumer Affairs said;
"Wonga may be able to find twelve people to say they are happy customers, I can find 1200 who are not and who are now paying the price for borrowing from these legal loan sharks. They like to claim they are different from other payday lenders, but the truth is they are all as bad as each other. That isn't my review, but the outcome of the Office of Fair Trading investigation which found the entire payday lending industry in Britain was out of control. That's why they have written to 50 legal loan sharks including Wonga about their behaviour. If Wonga really want to be transparent about how they make a million pounds a week from lending to hard pressed Brits, they should own up to being warned by the OFT and spell out what they are doing to put that right, rather than filling our cinema screens with such fiction."
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"The real story here is Britain's broken consumer credit market- The Government may be happy to go along with this fiction but we are not. Only Labour is committed to reforming this industry by introducing caps on the cost of credit to limit the debt these loans can cause and making consumer credit work for everyone."
1. The Office of Fair Trading referred the entire payday lending market to the Competition Commission in June this year following a review into compliance with its responsible lending guidance
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- Half (48%) of payday loan users have taken out credit that it turned out they couldn't afford to repay
- A third (29%) of payday loan users have taken out credit that they knew they couldn't repay and in the last 12 months of 2012, more than half (57%) of people with payday loans missed a payment and incurred charges because of missed of bounced repayments.
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2. The Financial Conduct Authority has published its proposals for consumer credit lenders in the FCA rulebook – you can find out more about the proposals in full by visiting the FCA website.
- The consultation closes on the 3rd December 2013 and you can take part by reading the proposal document by visiting the website.
- Martin Wheatley from the FCA has said the regulator is looking at a total cost cap but currently does not have the market data to assess where to place the cap level.
3. Wonga announced earlier this year that they are now making more than £1m a week in profit – a 36% increase on 2012. You can read a response from Stella Creasy MP by visiting the website.
4. The Sharkstoppers campaign pack contains campaign ideas for making local communities legal loanshark free zones – It can be downloaded from Stella Creasy's website and has been circulated to campaigners across the country. You can download the pack by clicking here
5. Stella Creasy MP has been campaigning for caps on the cost of credit since 2010 and now leads on the issue as part of Labour's shadow Business, Skills and Innovation team. You can find more details on the Sharkstoppers campaign here. For more information visit Stella Creasy MP's website at www.workingforwalthamstow.org.


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Salsa Trumpet composed by Gabriel Rosati. For Trumpet. Perfect binding, Technic. Latin American. Intermediate. Book/CD Set. 164 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.98384BCD).
ISBN 9780786660544. Latin American. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.
A specific overview of Afro-Cuban/Caribbean trumpet history, techniques and influences from the early 1900's to today's Salsa. From the Charanga style to Conjunto, Cha-Cha-Cha', Mozambique, through the Boogaloo, Dominican Merengue, Puerto Rican Bomba, Venezuelan Gaita, Colombian Cumbia to modern Timba! Note by note solo transcriptions from the masters and a play-along CD with orchestral arrangements of original tunes and rhythms written by Cuban composer Willie "Paco" Aguero.
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- Book: Como voy a sufrir
- Book: Conga de la Habana
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- Book: El cierro Tiene la Llave
- Book: El Merengue
- Book: Guajira
- Book: Juventud Amaliana
- Book: La Chambelona
- Book: La Guarapachanga
- Book: Mejico D.F.
- Book: No me Dejes de Querer
- Book: Paunetto's Point
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- Book: Que Suene la Flauta Performed by Orquesta Aragon
- Book: Separala tambien
- Book: Sonando
- Book: Trompetas en Cha-Cha-Cha
- Book: Waheera
- CD Recording: Alma Sola
- CD Recording: Arriesgate conmigo
- CD Recording: Blasito Bocoy
- CD Recording: El Codigo Performed by Willie Paco Aguero
- CD Recording: El Lograr
- CD Recording: Luna de Diciembre
- CD Recording: Ta Calla
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- CD Recording: Una Improvisaction del Cirberto
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- History: Charanga, Danzon, Conga, Rumba, Son Montuno
- History: Cumbia, Songo, Latin-Rock, Salsa, Latin Pop
- History: Guaguanco, Bolero, Cha-Cha, Cu-Bop
- History: Mambo, Guaracha, Bomba, Plena, Pachanga
- History: Mozambique, Merengue, Latin-Jazz, Latin Boogaloo
- History: The Mamba Era, 1950-1970
- History: The Modern Salsa, 1970-1990's
- History: The roots of Salsa, 1930-1950
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I have an eggplant in a Misco Plant Spa container. We had 3 rainy days in a row, so today, I dumped out a ton of water from the bottom of the container. Today was hot, but the top of the soil was still moist, and there was a small brown thing that looked like a seed from the pine needles I use as mulch... I pulled it out, and it was a tiny mushroom! It was so cute, like a smaller version of a baby mushroom you'd get in Chinese food. Since mushrooms = fungus, I checked for more and chucked them. I found 3 or 4... Do they do anything bad to the soil? Should I check for them from now on? I have tomatoes and eggplant in containers, and it was only in this one. I've never seen them on my lawn, either. I want to transplant some leaf lettuce seedlings into the container. Is the soil safe for them? |
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No it is fine. Some of the wood in the mix was not composted enough. So the fungus found some food. No big deal. Not mushrooms but fungus in your potting soil namely mycorrhizae, is a tremendous benefit to root growth. I add fungus to all my vegetables and all plants in containers. Everybody should be using mycorrhizae specific to your plant type. They help the roots absorb nutrients more effecienly. Even expand the ph range plants can uptake nutrients. Make nutrients in the soil availablee that otherwise would not by expanding root growth to more of the soil. Disease and pathogen suppression is another benefit for a mycorrhizal plant. Mycorrhizal roots have a mantle (a tight, interwoven sock-like covering of dense filaments) that acts as a physical barrier against the invasion of root diseases. In addition, mycorrhizal fungi attack pathogen or disease organisms entering the root zone. For example, excretions of specific antibiotics produced by mycorrhizal fungi immobilize and kill disease organisms |
That's interesting - and sounds great! Thank you for the helpful info. Next time, I will leave them in, if it's just a few. I looked at the plant again and even found some growing upside down, through the ends of the container! I tossed those, so they wouldn't block drainage. I only transplanted this a few days ago, just before the rainy spell, and it seems the roots have expanded quite a bit! I wonder if the mushrooms promoted that growth. Good thing they are friendly mushrooms to balance the overwatering! Are they edible? I wouldn't want to try one, but in case they were ingested, would it be toxic? safe? hallucinogenic? I planted some leaf lettuce seedlings in the top of the pot, hoping they won't be in competition with the mushrooms. |
Be careful with overwatering in the plant spa particularly if you are using an off the shelf average potting mix. The water reservoir combined with a high perched water table(because of the dense potting mix) is a root killer. Especially if you have a young plant. The mushroom growing is a symptom of too much water obviously. That type of fungi is not beneficial like the root mycorrhizas though it does no harm either. By the way there are millions of species of fungi and thousands of mycorrhizas. Keep the saucer dumped out during periods of extended rain. My only success with the plant spa and store bought potting mix is a fast growing annual that becomes somewhat rootbound and drinks water faster than you can pour it. Best chance for success is a highly aerated potting mix that retains a low PWT such as the homemade 5-1-1 mix. Lots of info on this container forum on how to make it yourself. |
Rebuilder, thanks. Out of curiosity, what was the annual that did well in that pot? I dumped out the excess water on Wednesday - it was prob built up over a few days of rain, and have seen the odd tiny mushroom here and there since then. I haven't watered since then - three days later - except for a tiny sprinkle to hold the soil together for my transplants. It only rained once, very lightly and for a few minutes - yet the soil in the container is still quite moist on top. It's been humid, cool, and cloudy, but come ON, weather! At least the leaves are looking good. |
PS, for future reference is something like this better for drainage than traditional Miracle Gro potting mix? http://www.midlandhardware.com/143557.html?gclid=Cj0KEQjwrqieBRCln82Rgufz7I0BEiQAPNjAI2Ks5r7vKwlPGZZqCM-sJXSc-ZK6UmRQq1YFrM5IHd4aAhJb8P8HAQ#.U8rhrPldWyU Green Thumb's Moisture Manager Potting Soil. It says it "slowly releases water". " Includes Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss, Water Absorbing Crystals, Perlite, Time Release Plant Food, Gradually Releases Water & Assists In Maintaining Consistent Moisture Levels Longer Than Ordinary Soils." At the moment, I don't have the resources or need to make a batch of my own mix, maybe next year. |
I'm not familiar with a plant spa, but I had to return most of the organic top soil I bought this year due to a MAJOR mushroom infestation. The store allowed me to keep the used soil and I dumped it outside and had to toss all the plants in a trash bag. It was explained to me that the bags I bought (about 10 ) had mushroom spores in them due to where the company picked the soil up. Yes, some twigs were in the bags... I also had bought 6 bags of organic compost and mixed them together... It was freaking unreal... never had I heard of anything like this or seen anything like this.... every day THOUSANDS of new mushrooms in about 10 container plants. I kept picking the massive amounts daily... next day even 30 minutes later... massive amounts more grew. Every where reeked the smell of a mushroom. I couldn't take it... whether the soil was indoors or outdoors. All of it I dumped... still mushrooms grow, but not the abundance as inside. LOL... I had it proven when I returned some of the bags... mushrooms were growing outside of the tops etc... Most people say never use top soil for gardening especially container gardening.... eh... I have years experience. Don't degrade my lushest many years experience with great outcomes unless you've seen how successful I've been. I got some BAD bags from Lowes... organic they sold. I even have most of my current garden top soil with other mixes this year and are doing great. NO MUSHROOM SPORES!!!!!!!! woohooo! The start of this was back in Jan or Feb of this year... I had starter pods for some seeds germinating. I posted pictures on here questioning it. Once those were big enough to put in their perm pots.... kapow!!!!!!!!!!! I was told the few mushroom species weren't' poisonous ... but no way could I find it safe to breathe their smell constantly. They fumed my entire place. |
BTW... I've heard companies are suppose to burn the soil first to prevent this with a mushroom infestation and other soil bug infestations and diseases etc.... This is the only time this ever happened to me and that organic soil wasn't cheap. They only refunded me for all the soil and compost... I took a hit on seed cost lost and electricity and light bulbs... never the less... I'm certain the plants weren't happy to lose their life so quickly. I absolutely do not mind an occasional mushroom... in fact I like having a few around. |
natydoll, I can't remember if it was a New Guinea impatien or the hybrid Sunpatien that did ok(not great) in the spa. I may have also had dragon wing begonias in one of those pots that did well. Do not use the moisture retentive potting mix you linked. It uses the polymer crystals that will make it even worse. Again there may be some circumstances where one might use that type of mix and be semi-successful. One is a hanging basket with a coconut coir liner that breathes and evaporates lots of water from the sides of the basket in the summer sun. I have baskets like that in the full sun but my choice was to continue using the 5-1-1 mix and place a plastic liner with slits for drainage. |
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Last week during TechEd North America Microsoft announced that SQL Server 2014 was coming…soon-ish. No release date has been set as of yet, and we have been told we *may* expect a preview in the next few weeks. Click here to be notified when the bits are ready. I'm very excited to get my hands(…)
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