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Does anyone here have it or have a spouse with it? My husband was recently diagnosed with it and it's very, very hard on us. Emotionally, physically, all of it. Just stinks!:?:
General chatter - Fibromyalgia?View Full Version : Fibromyalgia? mandagrl1 01-11-2011, 12:42 PM Does anyone here have it or have a spouse with it? My husband was recently diagnosed with it and it's very, very hard on us. Emotionally, physically, all of it. Just stinks!:?: Sum38 01-11-2011, 12:47 PM I was diagnosed with lupus about a year ago. It was a very difficult year for all of us. But you will adapt :) ((HUG)) mandagrl1 01-11-2011, 01:30 PM Thanks Sum! My husband has had unexplained pain, numbness, sleep issues, etc for years. He finally saw a rheumatoligist in the last few mos and that's the Dx for it. It's good to know what it is, but it seems to get worse more than it seems to get better with treatment. He barely sleeps, has ridiculous mood swings, still lots of pain/tingling, brain fog, etc. It's just very tough on us because I try to handle most things to keep him from overexerting, but then I get exhausted and it just cycles from there. *sigh* He had a bad morning this morning. We have a 5 year old and he's getting down because he can't keep up with her. I'm trying to convince him to explain FM to her so she'll understand there's a reason why daddy doesn't feel good or up to playing sometimes. ddc 01-11-2011, 01:46 PM I was just diagnosed with degenerative disc disease and have some of the same symptoms you described. Pain all down my left arm, tingling, numbness of fingers, unable to sleep because of the pain. Mine is in my neck, but it can be anywhere in the spine and cause pain/tingling in other areas. Has he had any of that checked? Mine was found by MRI of my c-spine. When I was at my worst, I was extremely moody, grumpy, all I wanted to do was stay in bed. It sucked monkey balls. Painkillers, muscle relaxers didn't seem to help. Has he been to a pain management doctor? Maybe they could help. Best wishes to you. I hope he finds some relief. mandagrl1 01-11-2011, 01:57 PM Thanks for that ddc. I hate to hear about your pain! He hasn't tried pain management yet. Before we knew what it was, he self medicated with either alcohol or pain pills his coworkers gave him. I didn't know he was doing that and immediately squashed it when I found out (back then, I didn't know why he was doing it-I assumed it was recreational). So know, knowing that he had a problem with pain meds, he's hesitant to go to pain management yet. He's just started on a SNRI (Savella) that helps some, but it's still early days. He's also trying hot baths with epsom salts and on occasion when it's very bad-he takes a mild muscle relaxer. kaplods 01-11-2011, 02:57 PM I was diagnosed with fibro and other health issues (the most serious, an autoimmune disease attacking my joints, respiratory system, and skin) around 2003. I had symptoms for decaded, but I coped (probably too long). My doctors tell me it's easier to stop the progression of fibro than it is to reverse it. If I had sought help more aggressively in the past, I probably would have been able to keep working, but I didn't really push doctors for a diagnosis until it was affecting my work performance severely. My neurologist told me that doctors aren't sure whether fibro is caused by a sleep disorder, or whether fibro causes the sleep disorder, but up to 80% of fibro patients have a serious sleep disorder. My neurologist believes that the sleep disorder is the cause of fibro - because if you deprive people of sleep they develop the symptoms of fibro. If you deprive rats of sleep (and presumably people, which is why severe sleep deprivation studies in humans are considered unethical), the rats die of immune and autoimmune disease. I was chronically sleep deprived since the age of 16. During my twenties and thirties, I worked swing shifts and tons of overtime (usually working two jobs or working and going to school). I didn't realize how important sleep was. Getting pain under control, getting adequate sleep and eating relatively low-carb are my best strategies for symptom control. I'd recommend trying to find a local support group. It really helps. kateleestar 01-11-2011, 03:15 PM My Mom had it, and my BFF has it. My mom also had lupus, RA, scleroderma, raynauds, diabetes, CHF and a bunch of other things. I don't have it, but I get the 'trying to do as much for them' aspect. Remember, though, if you make yourself sick/tired, you will be no use to the kids or to your DH. :D Sum38 01-11-2011, 03:29 PM I think I have lived with lupus since I was 15 years old. Last winter was incredibly painful, and my husband dragged me to ER one morning, because it had been a week on torturous pain. ( And months and months of pain) I was diagnosed by accident. The young ER doctor's mom had lupus, and he instantly steered me to right tests. The hardest part is. All these illnesses don't have a cure. Just need to treat the symptoms. Pain; pain meds. Inflamation; Prednisone (YUCK!). I had million tests done last year, and I was also diagnosed with Celiac. Once I went of gluten products; my lupus symptoms started going away as well. I don't know about fibro, but perhaps a diet change? I added a few herbs to my daily routine as well. Red pepper, yes the hot kind, I take it in a capsule. It is good for circulation and inflammation. Probiotics, because Prednisone throws your flora completely off. Milk thisle to protect my liver from all meds. And I add curry powder to salad etc. because it is just supposed to be darn good for you :) I spent my year on computer researching all options. It is a trial and error with treatments. He will be depressed and moody. It will be hard on your marriage. I won't lie about it. BUT, my personal experience; this whole thing, at the end, brought all of us closer together. If you need someone to talk to, please send me PM any time! mandagrl1 01-11-2011, 04:21 PM Thank you ladies SO much for the compassion and shared experience! My mom and a good friend have it too. That's the thing with FM-it seems to affect each person differently. My poor BF has FM and Stage 4 Lyme Disease. :( I don't know which was harder-wondering if he was making the pain up to get meds, or now knowing the pain is real and we're looking at dealing with it for the rest of our lives. It's tough to find a balance right now. When he's well, he my best friend in the world and DD thinks he hung the moon, but when it flares, it's like Jekkel and Hyde. I talked to him this morning and made him promise that when he's in pain or feeling a flare up; foggy head; bad mood etc that he'll just tell me in advance and make himself scarce and get some rest or some air to deal with it instead of trying to fight through and take it out on everyone around him. It only leaves us hurt and him feeling awful and guilty. I don't want him to feel like that. It just breaks my heart! I did get him a suggested vitamin suppliment that was designed with ingredients helpful for people with FM. He just got and started it yesterday so I'm praying that will help him! He is a huge protien eater. He has carbs, but not too many. I have thought about researching a glueten free or at least reduced diet for it too. Crazy how many ailments are better for eating less or no glueten products! emaline29 01-11-2011, 05:25 PM Hi Manda, My daughter has fibromyalgia and also has rheumatoid arthritis so between the two she is in quite a lot of pain most of the time. I have ankylosing spondolitis which is a very similar condition and am in a lot of pain as well. Unfortunatley, as has already been said, there is no cure but avoiding as much stress as possible is likely to help in stopping the progression and easing some of the pain as well. I wish you all the best for the future. kaplods 01-11-2011, 05:51 PM I talked to him this morning and made him promise that when he's in pain or feeling a flare up; foggy head; bad mood etc that he'll just tell me in advance and make himself scarce and get some rest or some air to deal with it instead of trying to fight through and take it out on everyone around him. This can be really difficult. My husband asks this of me a lot, and because he can do it, he doesn't understand why I can't. He has pain issues himself and is a bear when his pain isn't under control. When he's having a bad day, he is able to give me warning, and avoid me when he's feeling irritable from the pain. He also is more able to recognize fatigue and rests when he needs to. For me, the fibro isn't that predictable. He's able to recognize the status of my flares better than I do. It's really hard to avoid "fighting through it." It feels like if I don't fight it, I'm going to have no life at all. Fatigue and brain fog are my worst symptoms. I often feel like if I didn't fight it, I would sleep the rest of my life away, which seems worse than the pain itself. It feels like I have a choice to "fight it" or live in a semi-comatose state. Learning to know when to rest and when to fight isn't easy. Even knowng when you're in a bad mood isn't always easy. As I tell my husband, When I'm irritable, it doesn't feel like there's anything wrong with me. It doesn't feel like I'm being irritable, it feels like he's being a huge jerk. Often my husband recognizes my flares and their severity, far better than I do. Learning to accept this hasn't been easy though - when he tells me I'm flaring and need to rest, it can feel like he's being overprotective or worse that he's just trying to get rid of me to make his life easier (and partly that probably is true, as I know I can be a giant PITA during a flare). mandagrl1 01-11-2011, 06:19 PM Emaline, so sorry to hear your daughter suffers them both! I'll keep her in my prayers! Thank you for your kind words! :hug: Also, is Emaline your name? I ask because I have a cat named Emaline (named her after a song I love). I always loved that name and wasn't looking to have kids back then so I gave it to my sweet kitty! ;) It's really hard to avoid "fighting through it." It feels like if I don't fight it, I'm going to have no life at all. Fatigue and brain fog are my worst symptoms. I often feel like if I didn't fight it, I would sleep the rest of my life away, which seems worse than the pain itself. It feels like I have a choice to "fight it" or live in a semi-comatose state. That is DH to a tee! I am a morning person. I get up most every weekday at 4:30 and am happy as a lark to do it-he, however is my night owl. Up till 1 or 2am then dragging out of the bed every morning. I used to also blame that on irresponsibility-I mean, you're a 30 year old man-go to BED earlier, right? Well-now I understand, he just can't sleep. He's either in pain, going numb or having some restless leg or arm issue. I just hate it. I wish I could take it from him and deal with it for awhile and give him a break. Avoiding stress in our lives is about impossible! lol With the rambunctious 5 yr old and him working with his family (uuugghh!) it's a daily task. I will keep all of your comments and suggestions in mind from now on though. I definately don't want him to feel imasculated or controlled by me or the FM, I just want it to go as easy on him as it can. Thank you so much for relating your experience with it so easily! It really does help to have an insiders view of how it feels. I know he shields me from how bad it is sometimes because he doesn't want to burden me and I appreciate that to some degree, because there's nothing I can do to "fix" it, but I do want to know so I can make sure he has help and or takes care of himself when it's bad. Do you find that the weather has any effect on your FM? Right now we're thawing from an ice/snow storm and I wonder if this bone chilling cold weather isn't making it worse? Also, what tests did you have done before your Dx? He had bloodwork and 2 nerve conduction tests. At the last one, they mentioned another test that involves touching his muscles with a needle? Apparently they weren't sensing a reflex in some places where they were testing the nerves. He's terrified of needles though (literally-if he get's a shot or has blood drawn he either throws up or passes out cold) and it's done while awake, so he's a bit EHHHH about it. Thank you all again! This helps me SO much! LandonsBaby 01-11-2011, 08:34 PM I was diagnosed with fibro in 2001. I'm trying to build my immune system and work on other issues but it's not easy. Initiative 01-11-2011, 09:10 PM I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia in 2009. I literally shut down after that. It was hard to do anything, I didn't want to do anything. It was stressful and really horrible. It took me a year to actually get myself back into school, and now I'm in the process of losing weight. It took a really long time to get used to and be comfortable enough with it to continue with my life. I actually went and got my medical marijuana card. It's helped me so much, especially with coping with constant pain. kaplods 01-12-2011, 02:31 AM IDo you find that the weather has any effect on your FM? Right now we're thawing from an ice/snow storm and I wonder if this bone chilling cold weather isn't making it worse? OMG, Absolutely. Weather changes are my biggest trigger (at least the biggest factor that I have no control over). Sleep deprivation and overexertion probably play a bigger role, but I've learned to manage them well with with medications and with self-care routines. So Weather is now my worst adversary. Cold, damp weather, if it's consistent actually is less hard on my than a dramatic change in the weather. My pain levels are elevated during cold, damp weather, but not as dramatically as I experience with weather changes. So even when the weather dramatically improves, my symptoms will flare until the weather stabilizes. I dread weather changes more than I do bad weather. Hubby calls me a better weather predictor than the tvf weather man. One really dramatic example this summer. We were visiting MIL for a cookout, and I was feeling awesome. A couple hours after eating, I felt dramatically horrible. My joints were hurting, I wasn't just foggy, I was slurring my words and I felt nauseous and dizzy. It was so dramatic I got panicky. I wanted to be home in my own bed immediately. MIL wanted be to lie down in the guest bedroom, but I just wanted to be in my own bed, so we drove home (about an hour drive). When we started home, the sky was bright, the temperature was comfortable, but about twenty minutes into the ride home, the sky started to darken, and hubby said "oh, now we know why you were feeling sick," but we didn't know the half of it. I couldn't keep my eyes open during the drive home, and I was undressed and in bed five minutes after we got home. Just as I crawled into bed, golfball sized hail started falling. It wasn't just a storm following us home, it was a tornado (we learned that about 10 minutes after we left, it started raining and hailing at MIL's). We probably should have stayed at MIL's house. Hubby said the next time I get that dramatically ill (fine one minute, incapacitated the next) that we really need to check the weather radar before deciding to get into the car to drive home. Also, what tests did you have done before your Dx? He had bloodwork and 2 nerve conduction tests. At the last one, they mentioned another test that involves touching his muscles with a needle? Apparently they weren't sensing a reflex in some places where they were testing the nerves. He's terrified of needles though (literally-if he get's a shot or has blood drawn he either throws up or passes out cold) and it's done while awake, so he's a bit EHHHH about it. Thank you all again! This helps me SO much! One thing to remember, is that it is essential to rule out everything else before diagnosing fibro, but not all doctors do. I thought I'd been tested for everything under the sun, and when we moved to WI, I was referred to a neurologist and he was horrified that I had not been screened for narcolepsy, brain tumors, MS brain lesions, and early-onset Alzheimers (that I hadn't had an EEG or a brain scan). After those tests, he concluded I did have fibro, but at least the others were ruled out. Depending on the symptoms not everyone needs the same tests. Because my pain was more easily controlled than my fatigue, doctors were exploring the cause of the fatigue more than the pain. I didn't have nerve function tests or anything involving lots of needles (thankfully, I'm also needle-phobic. For me one shot is fine, but if blood draws are prolonged or if I'm getting multiple needlesticks I also pass out). I had so many tests, I don't remember them all. It was also hard to sort out the multiple diagnosis. Which tests I had for fibro and which tests I had that turned out to be the other issues I had (COPD, sleep apnea, autoimmune disease). Make sure they tested for Lyme disease (I was tested three times for Lyme, just because the test can be somewhat unreliable, from what I gather). If at all possible, I highly recommend a sleep study. My sleep study found sleep apnea (which resolved after I lost only 35 lbs) and periodic limb movement (Without mirapex, I thrash around horribly when I sleep. Hubby would end up with bruises). Also, I was spending virtually no time in the deepest stages of sleep, almost no REM. I couldn't believe this, because I dreamt alot, but the doctor told me that remembering a lot of dreams was actually a sign of poor REM sleep, because if I slept through REM I wouldn't remember as many dreams. It's only when you wake during REM that you remember your dreams. I thought I was dreaming a lot, but I was just getting woken up during the dream. If you deprive rats of REM sleep long enough, they die of immune and autoimmune disease (my autoimmune disease doesn't seem like coincidence anymore). Sleep anomalies are very common in fibro and cfids (many doctors believe fibro and cfids are actually the same syndrome), especially ones that involve waking frequently and insufficient deep sleep. It's hard to address some of the issues, because sleep studies are expensive, and usually when they're covered by insurance there's a limit as to how many or how frequently they're covered. The meds that helped me the best were the ones that helped me get good, deep rest. Amitriptyline (which isn't used as an antidepressant very much anymore because it causes drowsiness, but that's perfect as a sleep aid), cyclobenzaprine (a muscle relaxant that helps prevent the severe pain and numbness that woke me in the middle of the night), mirapex (to address the periodic limb movement - without it I thrash around so much hubby gets bruised), fish oil, folic acid and vitamin D (ask your doctor first, because supplements can interact with meds), caffeine (only during the day). And I use tramadol for pain. Another tip that has helped tremendously is a sleep mask. I read that people get deeper sleep with a sleep mask because it blocks out more light, so I tried it (I was skeptical), but I do sleep deeper and longer and with fewer wakings with the sleep mask. Warm water exercise programs are great if you can afford and find them. If you're interested, contact the local Arthrits foundation or department on aging or United Way, if you're interested. They can help you find the nearest program. You can also call local indoor pools and see what temperature they keep the water (83 to 88 degrees is ideal). Geez there are so many tips. You can browse the fibro threads here and probably find all sorts of tips. This is why the local fibro support groups are so helpful, you hear all the strategies other people have found helpful. There are some very good books on fibro, but two I highly recommend are Fibromyalgia and Chronic Myofascial Pain: A Survival Manual by Devin J. Starlanyl and Mary Ellen Copeland Fibromyalgia Advocate by Devin Starlanyl They're written by a doctor who has the conditions she's writing about (and was on disability until she was able to get her symptoms under control). I've read tons of books on fibro, but these are the only two that I've purchased. The author is a bit too open (in my opinion) to unproven therapies, but I can't really argue with the "some people find this helpful and it's worth trying" approach. ddc 01-12-2011, 10:53 AM One thing to remember, is that it is essential to rule out everything else before diagnosing fibro, but not all doctors do. This is why I was wondering if he'd had an MRI of his spine. Have they ruled out any disc problems that could be affecting the nerves? I was totally not expecting to be told that I had a disc problem and I seemed to have some of the same symptoms. Just a thought. mandagrl1 01-12-2011, 12:49 PM He hasn't had an MRI yet. Our insurance is very strict on when they'll do one and they want to do some additional analysis first. Even when/if they do one, it will cost us about $1000 out of pocket for the deductable. Yowch! If it pinpoints the issue, it would pay for itsself a million times over though! kaplods 01-12-2011, 04:13 PM Medical costs are insane, even with great medical insurance that paid 90% of everything, we still ended up having to file bankruptcy due to my medical expenses (Hubby lost his job essentially because of my illness for taking time off work to take me to doctor's appointments. Even though he always made up the work by working extra hours. His company had unreasonably strict attendance policies, and even though he was "theoretically" protected by FMLA, they fired him stating performance problems even though every one of his employee evalutations were stellar. They didn't even give him a single poor performance review before firing him (as it turns out, in less than a year the plant moved to Mexico, and they begain firing as many people as they could, to save money. Hubby was just the first of many to be fired. Hubby probably could have sued, but we didn't). If we had to do it over again, I don't really know what we'd do. On one hand, the diagnostic tests are very important, and yet I still wonder whether all of the tests were necessary (and if not, which ones wouldn't have been). I did learn to look at prescription drugs differently. I had no idea that pharmacies charge such a wide descrepancy of charges. A medication one pharmacy may charge $200 for, another might charge $50. Not to mention that there are drugs that are virtually identical. The new version of a drug may cost 30 times as much as the older version, where the improvement is only that the newer drug is extended release so you can take one pill a day instead of two or three (Taking one pill is nice, but I'll gladly take two or three pills a day in order to save $200 a month). Our primary care doctor is very understanding of cost issues. He has Walmart/Sam's Clubs discount list programmed into his blackberry (most drugs are $4, and the rest are either $7 or $9). What's really shocking is that when I originally switched to the discount meds, how many of them worked better for me than the more expensive versions. There were only a few meds in the last six years for which there was no cheap equivalent (and my doctor gave me samples for those whenever he could). I know this is a bit off-topic, but with any chronic illness, it's important to know that you can save tons of money, just by knowing that there are cheaper alternatives. I assumed that there would be greater risk of side effects in the older medications, but apparently it's just a tactic of drug companies. Come out with a "new" version of a medication when that medication goes to generic. People (not just patients, but even prescribing doctors) assume that newer is better, so many will choose the new, just because it's new, not because it's better. Even doctors that try to be smart can fall into the trap. For example, our doctor knowing we have money issues, will give us free samples of new medications. Because they're free they save us money. But when the company stops giving out samples after the med has been around for a while, if it is working for the patient, the doctor and the patient probably won't want to switch. I faced that with a recent blood pressure medication. When a generic version came out, my doctor and I were both reluctant to switch, but in the end we decided to take a chance. I'm glad we did, because it saves us more than $50 per month. When you have a chronic illness, you have to learn to be a smarter consumer of medical services (really though eveyrone should be. Part of the reason medical costs are so high, is because so few people ever question the expense. Comparision shopping really isn't part of the norm). ddc 01-12-2011, 04:44 PM Oh yeah, I know how it is paying for medical stuff. I have a $5000 deductible plan, so I'm paying out of pocket for my stuff. I was able to shop around for the MRI and pay the self pay rate which saved me quite a bit, I think. I paid $472 cash, but they would have charged my insurance company $1400!!! It's outrageous how our medical system is in the US. Craziness. Since I got the cash/self pay rate at the imaging place, I've been asking everywhere now if they have a lower self pay rate. So, far the doctor's and physical therapy haven't been any cheaper :( mandagrl1 01-12-2011, 04:50 PM I feel for you all. Last summer I had two sleep studies and was Dx with sleep apnea. They wanted $500 out of pocket for the cpap. I called all over and no one would finance it and the rental costs were outrageous too! I still need one, but I know it's do to this weight, which when (not if, but WHEN) it comes off will likely not be an issue anymore. Serval87 01-13-2011, 01:14 AM My mother has fibromalgia, and it is both a physical and emotional burden on her. 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The current fee for a single-family home within the 15-community district runs $1,722. The district is the second largest in Illinois with over 60,000 wastewater users east of the Tri-State Tollway (I-94) between Lake Cook Road and the Wisconsin border.
In voting for the fee freeze, trustees noted another year over year decrease in the district's equalized assessed value (EAV). This marks the fifth consecutive year in which property within the district has lost value, according to NSSD Assistant General Manager David Miller.
"More than $2.5 billion of value has been lost during this five-year period, a cumulative 25 percent drop," Miller said.
Trustees also received a presentation about alternative rate methodologies provided by members of the Illinois Association of Wastewater Agencies. NSSD officials said they found little consistency in the association's survey.
"Their practices are no better than what we are already using," Miller said.
During the meeting, NSSD also was recognized for excellence by the National Association of Clean Water Agencies. The district received two Peak Performance Platinum Awards which signify 100 percent compliance in discharging clean wastewater for reuse required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The district's Waukegan Sanitary Treatment Plant was just one of 14 facilities in the country to receive the recognition. The district's Gurnee treatment plant was also recognized for five straight years of EPA clean water compliance.
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14 Get ready for the siege! Store up water! Strengthen the defenses! Make bricks to repair the walls! Go into the pits to trample clay, and pack it into molds! | 14 Draw water for the siege, strengthen your defenses! Work the clay, tread the mortar, repair the brickwork! |
15 But in the middle of your preparations, the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down. The enemy will consume you like locusts, devouring everything they see. There will be no escape, even if you multiply like grasshoppers. | 15 There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down and, like grasshoppers, consume you. Multiply like grasshoppers, multiply like locusts! |
16 Merchants, as numerous as the stars, have filled your city with vast wealth. But like a swarm of locusts, they strip the land and then fly away. | 16 You have increased the number of your merchants till they are more than the stars of the sky, but like locusts they strip the land and then fly away. |
17 Your princes and officials are also like locusts, crowding together in the hedges to survive the cold. But like locusts that fly away when the sun comes up to warm the earth, all of them will fly away and disappear. | 17 Your guards are like locusts, your officials like swarms of locusts that settle in the walls on a cold day-- but when the sun appears they fly away, and no one knows where. |
18 O Assyrian king, your princes lie dead in the dust. Your people are scattered across the mountains. There is no longer a shepherd to gather them together. | 18 O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your nobles lie down to rest. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them. |
19 There is no healing for your wound; your injury is fatal. All who hear of your destruction will clap their hands for joy. Where can anyone be found who has not suffered from your cruelty? | 19 Nothing can heal your wound; your injury is fatal. Everyone who hears the news about you claps his hands at your fall, for who has not felt your endless cruelty? |
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- Posted by bungalowmonkeys none (My Page) on Tue, Aug 26, 14 at 21:22
Not so sure about that third one being a june. |
- Posted by hippieindenial 5b Ontario (My Page) on Tue, Aug 26, 14 at 21:57
I agree that the first two are June but the last one is not. It reminds me of Vulcan. Vanessa |
- Posted by prairie_love z3/4 ND (My Page) on Tue, Aug 26, 14 at 22:50
Wow. This is why I get totally lost. Numbers 1 and 3 to me look most similar. Yet you guys are saying 1 and 2 are the same, 3 is different. I am really not seeing differences between 1 and 3 - (except the flowers) - can you help me see why you think they are different? |
- Posted by hostahosta Z6OH (My Page) on Tue, Aug 26, 14 at 23:05
I agree, #1 and #2 are June. #3 is not, though I'm not sure what it is. You're right June looks very different in different amounts of sun. Here are pics of my two Junes, first the one getting several hours of sun. |
- Posted by hostahosta Z6OH (My Page) on Tue, Aug 26, 14 at 23:11
And this June never gets direct sunlight. Same shaped leaves and pattern of variegation, but colors much darker. To my eyes, your #3 has different angle on the petioles and also holds the leaf at a different angle. Leaf also appears slightly cupped to me. Are you sure they are all the same age? |
- Posted by Don_in_Colorado 6a (My Page) on Tue, Aug 26, 14 at 23:22
- Posted by Hostas_for_Barb 6b (My Page) on Tue, Aug 26, 14 at 23:24
In pic#1 some of the centers have faded to white in the sun but some of the later emerging leaves and those more shaded have retained the light green center. In pic#3 every leaf has a cream or white center which might indicate that that is the colour they had when they first emerged. Unlike pic#1 where the centers have faded to white but were not originally white. Some hostas look very different when planted in more sun and June is one of them. Barb |
This post was edited by Hostas_for_Barb on Wed, Aug 27, 14 at 9:55
Funny how we all got the the last pic and said "woah! that's not June." Here's a pic of mine in filtered shade. |
- Posted by josephines67 5 ON (My Page) on Wed, Aug 27, 14 at 10:19
Here is another face of June --- this division (one of four) was planted in full sun this summer. Jo |
- Posted by josephines67 5 ON (My Page) on Wed, Aug 27, 14 at 10:51
I didn't answer the questions, sorry. The third is not June because the centre markings are different, for one. Not just the colour but the pattern as well. The first one appears to be the most mature as it is displaying some corrugation on many of the leaves. This is something I observed in one of my Junes last year. It gets the most sun so it stands to reason it would have more blooms and bloom quickest I would think. The second one may not bloom this year...I've never placed one in more than just afternoon shade. Would hostas bloom in that much shade? Anyone? The third may not be flowering yet because it's not June. Once you have it identified, you'll know when it should bloom. They are lovely plants, Prairie and the first one I just love! Jo |
- Posted by Hostas_for_Barb 6b (My Page) on Wed, Aug 27, 14 at 14:42
All of you have such gorgeous photos of June. Mine is only two years old and planted in full sun. I have a lot of sunny spots so those that will take the sun get stuck there. So my June has a very white center but I prefer pic#1, HostaHosta, Don, and Joes's. Maybe I will have to get a second one to plant in more shade. I'm thinking that is definitely what I will have to do. |
- Posted by Don_in_Colorado 6a (My Page) on Wed, Aug 27, 14 at 15:09
- Posted by DelawareDonna 7A (My Page) on Wed, Aug 27, 14 at 15:22
- Posted by mac48025 none (email@example.com) on Wed, Aug 27, 14 at 15:33
All the different looks but there are two things in common. 1) they are all June and 2) they are all gorgeous. Mine from a couple of weeks ago. It's gets sun after about 2. |
Hi Prairie Love, They all look like June to me. The right-most leaves on that first plant look just like the leaves on the third one... |
- Posted by moccasinlanding z9A AL (My Page) on Thu, Aug 28, 14 at 15:02
- Posted by moccasinlanding z9A AL (My Page) on Thu, Aug 28, 14 at 15:07
Taken July 20, 2014. It has a new flush of leaves showing the color it starts with in the midleaf. What do you think? Does the nursery you got it from also sell GA. Sweetheart? |
- Posted by moccasinlanding z9A AL (My Page) on Thu, Aug 28, 14 at 16:12
I take that back. Vanessa is closest when she suggests Vulcan. Not Georgia Sweetheart. I don't have Vulcan though. Edited to add this: Gee whiz, hosta genealogy is as complicated as people genealogy! |
This post was edited by moccasinlanding on Thu, Aug 28, 14 at 18:53
- Posted by prairie_love z3/4 ND (My Page) on Thu, Aug 28, 14 at 20:30
I thought this might help us to see if #1 and #3 are not both June. I put together this collage. Two photos are from plant #1, two are from plant #3. I will tell you at the bottom of this post which is which. I don't know if this will sway anyone's opinion, but this is the #3 plant right next to Cherry Berry. You can see the similarity in leaf color of the two. ANSWER The top two leaves are from plant #1, the bottom two are from plant #3. |
- Posted by Hostas_for_Barb 6b (My Page) on Fri, Aug 29, 14 at 8:10
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Oman's succession: After the sultan
Can a peaceful and prosperous nation stay that way?1
Human rights in the Gulf: The new unpeople
Statelessness as punishment against political dissent in the Gulf11
Oman in east Africa: Gingerly coming back
After decades of silence, Oman re-establishes links with east Africa1
Oman and Iran: Peace dividends
Why Oman wants America and Iran to get along4
Oman leads the fight against backhanders in the Gulf6
Corruption in the Middle East: More than red tape
The region's countries fare badly in Transparency International's latest ranking3
Oman's new port: Sleepy no more
A grand plan for a fishing village may, with luck, transform the country2
Even placid Oman is being buffeted by the Arab winds of change13
Hotel prices: What the Arab Spring did to hotels
The Arab Spring is having a variable effect on hotel rates in the Middle East9
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Oman: The sultanate suddenly stirs
A benevolent autocrat should survive in the face of a rare bout of dissent3
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On Linux-compatible hardware, most if not all of the devices should work out of the box. Choosing a good, more recent, and user-oriented distribution also helps a lot. My own experience is that Linux is harder to set up the way you want to than Windows, however, once you set it up, you'll have few problems and a lot more flexibility.
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You will have access to a great range of equipment and facilities including 26 practice rooms, two large piano practice rooms, an early music studio and a dedicated performance venue. You'll also find a cutting-edge sound spatialisation experimental research studio, four pop performance rooms and two concert venues - St Paul's Hall and the Phipps Concert Hall. The Phipps Hall is in the CAB, seats 120 and is linked to the main Pro-Tools recording studio as well as three 5.1 composition studios with two live rooms with the capability to record from the concert hall.
Creative Arts Building
The centrepiece of Music and Music Technology is the Creative Arts Building, a £15m, purpose-built, state-of-the-art facility that opened in July 2008. The building has a spacious, glass-enclosed, four-storey atrium that is used for informal concerts, displays of student work, installations, and as a meeting place for students from various disciplines.
The music teaching facilities in the CAB include:
- Phipps Hall - performance and rehearsal space with two grand pianos (including Steinway D) and professional-quality recording studio attached (see Music Technology Studios tab below). Also houses a 26 stop, two manual tracker action organ in German baroque style
- Four 'smart classroom' lecture rooms outfitted with cutting-edge audio/video hardware and software
- Two 24-seat Music Techonology Mac labs with MIDI keyboards and soundcards, and one 25-seat PC lab
- 26 individual practice rooms
- One chamber music ensemble and three popular music combo rehearsal rooms
- Two large piano practice rooms
- Two percussion practice rooms
- Organ practice room with single mount three-stop organ
- Harp practice room
- Double Bass practice room
- Extensive instrument collection
- Early music studio
- A range of Music Technology studios and workstations (see below)
Music Technology studios
One 24 I/O Pro Tools based recording studio, with two recording booths and a window on the main recital hall (Phipps Hall)
Equipment includes:
- 12-core Mac Pro
- C24SSL AWS924 Analogue production console and DAW controller
- SSL Alpha Link AD/DA convertor
- RME MADIFace USB
- UAD-2 DSP Accelerator card c/w Plug-ins
- A stereo pair of calibrated Genelec 8260A's
- Eight channels of headphone amplification
- A selection of preamps (DAV, Avalon, Manley, API)
- Outboard EQ and Compression (Avalon and UA)
- Soundfield processor SPS 422B
- Custom Matamp 1224 mk2 all tube guitar amp with two 212 cabinets
- Custom Matamp G200 mk2 tube bass amplifier and cabinet
- Yamaha Studio Drum kit
- A selection of microphones (see below)
- A selections of DAWs (Logic, Ableton Live, Nuendo, Digital Performer, Reaper) and plugins (Altiverb XL, Flux, NI Komplete, etc.) Max, Max for Live)
Four 5.1 composition and mixing studios with plasma screen for post-production
Equipment includes:
- 12-core Mac Pro
- RME Fireface UFX interface
- UAD-2 DSP Accelerator card c/w Plug-ins
- Mackie Control
- Midi Keyboard controller PCR-500
- Calibrated 5.1 Genelec 8040s with sub
- Widescreen LED Screen
- A selections of DAWs (Logic, Ableton Live, Nuendo, Digital Performer, Reaper) and plugins (Altiverb XL, Flux, NI Komplete, etc.) Max, Max for Live)
Three Pro Tools based overdub, composition and Foley studios, each with a small recording booth
Equipment includes:
- 12-core Mac Pro
- UAD-2 DSP Accelerator card c/w Plug-ins
- RME Fireface UCX interface
- Calibrated stereo Genelec 8040s with sub
- Four channels of headphone amplification
- Mackie control
- Various preamps (Focusrite, Avalon and/or SPL)
- M-Audio Axiom Air 61 Midi Keyboard and Pad controller
- Calibrated 5.1 Genelec 8040s with sub
- A selections of DAWs (Logic, Ableton Live, Nuendo, Digital Performer, Reaper) and plugins (Altiverb XL, Flux, NI Komplete, etc.) Max, Max for Live)
One Interactive Sound Design and new interface laboratory, with adjacent workshop
Equipment includes:
- Stereo pair of Genelec 1037s
- 5.1 8020s with sub
- Various custom and commercial sensor interfaces, controllers and actuators with MIDI and/or OSC
- 24" Imac
- RME Fireface UFX interface
- Yamaha 01v desk
- A selection of sound design and performance software including Max, Max for Live, Ableton Live, Ircam Tools
One eight-channel composition and mixing studio
Equipment includes:
- 12-core Mac Pro
- 8 Genelec 1032 A with sub
- SPL 8.1 channel volume control-model 260
- 8 Ultra match pro AD/DA converter-model SRC 2496
- Mackie control
- Focusrite Octopre Midi Keyboard controller PCR-500
- RME Fireface UFX audio interface
- UAD-2 DSP Accelerator card c/w Plug-ins
- 2 x Analogue Roland studio system -synthesiser
- 2 x EMS VCS III Synthesiser
- Studer B 67 tape Machine
One Spatialization and Interactive Research lab (SPIRAL)
A striking 6m2 cube containing a 25-channel Digital Loudspeaker array
Outside view of the SPIRAL
Equipment includes:
- 25 x ( Networked ) Genelec 8240AP loudspeakers in a 3 x 8 vertical array – see below:
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- 4 x ( Networked ) Genelec 7270 subs
- 1 x RME ADI 6432 64 channel MADI interface
- A selection of DAW's (Logic, Ableton Live, Nuendo, Digital Performer, Reaper) and plugins (Altiverb XL, Flux, NI Komplete, etc.) Ircam Sound design software, Max, Max for Live
The loudspeakers are phase/time aligned using Genelec's GLM system. All connections in the studio are digital with analogue ( Mic and Line ) inputs being catered for via a Yamaha O1V with 16 channel Digital I/O card( MY16AE ) All connections are connected to The ADI 6432 through a digital ( AES ) patch bay.
The studio is used for research into the development of new control mechanisms for the spatialization and diffusion of sound in performance and composition. Additionally the studio is used for composing multi-channel electro-acoustic pieces to be played in concert and installation environments.
Equipment available for all studios
- 2 Analog Roland System 100m synthesiser with keyboard
- 2 EMS VCS III Synthesiser and EMS Synthi Sequencer 256
- Studer B 67 tape Machine with Dolby A
- wide-reaching microphone list
- ribbons (Coles, Royer)
- wide-diaphragm (Neumann u87/u89),
- tube (Telefunken, Neumann M147/M149, C12),
- small diaphragm (dpa 4006, Neumann km104),
- shotgun microphones for location recording.
- Numerous HD cameras (Cannon, Sony) with tripods
- 2 Nikon D3300 SLR camera Plus lens kit
- Various handheld digital audio recorders (Tascam, Roland, Sony, Zoom)
- 3 multichannel field recorders (Tascam DR680)
- Numerous acoustic guitars (Guild, Fender, Ibanez) Yamaha Electro-Acoustic, electric guitars (Gretsch, Schecter, Fender) electric basses (Ibanez, Fender, etc.)
- a wide selection of outboard gear and recording interfaces.
- and more...
Phipps Concert Hall
Housed within the Creative Arts Building, Phipps Concert Hall is a flexible, multi-purpose space used for concerts, teaching, and rehearsals. It seats 120, contains two grand pianos (including a brand new Steinway D) and is attached to a professional-quality recording studio. With adjustable acoustic curtains, the hall is particularly well suited for multi-channel electroacoustic music.
The Phipps also contains a 26-stop, two-manual tracker action organ built by the firm of JW Walker. A very generous gift of Mr Michael Phipps, the organ was designed as an historic copy of a late 17th Century North German instrument, taking as its inspiration the famous Arp Schnitger organ at Steinkirchen. The organ is tuned to unequal temperament (Valotti).
St Paul's Hall
St Paul's Hall is a beautifully converted Georgian church built in 1829 that now provides a venue for a range of concerts by student soloists, ensembles and guest artists in the Music Department's annual Concerts Series. In November each year the Hall also hosts many of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival events – the Festival's home is at the University of Huddersfield. The church, which was renovated into a concert hall in 1980, seats 400 and houses a 3-manual 41-stop tracker-action recital organ (1977), two concert grand pianos, and a recording studio, together with outstanding lighting and sound-projection systems.
Music Library
The music library, newly renovated in September 2008, houses a wide range of scores, recordings and videos, including extensive performing materials for solo, chamber, and ensemble music. It maintains print and digital subscriptions to all major music periodicals. The library includes listening stations, PCs, and four group listening rooms. It is particularly notable for its extensive collection of scores and recordings of 20th and 21st Century music and is constantly being expanded in response to requests by staff and students.
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A 19,500-seat soccer stadium will soon be a part of Downtown Orlando's landscape and home to current USL Pro Champions Orlando City Soccer when they join Major League Soccer (MLS) as an expansion team in the 2015 season – and become the City's second major-league sports franchise. The new stadium is scheduled to open prior to the 2016 Major League Soccer season and will be located on Church Street, one block from the Amway Center.
Public funding for the soccer stadium is covered by $20 million in tourist taxes, $20 million from the City of Orlando (and smaller amounts from other jurisdictions/neighboring counties) and Orlando City Soccer's contribution of $30 million toward construction and $675,000 annually over the next 25 years. The City will convert the annual payments into $10 million to offset upfront construction costs. The new stadium is expected to bring a $1.2 billion impact to the region over the next 30 years.
Orlando City Soccer will serve as developer of the new MLS stadium which is expected to be completed before the team's 2016 season. The facility will be owned and operated by the City of Orlando. The stadium is being designed by Populous, a world-renowned architecture firm that has designed a range of MLS and international soccer stadiums.
Plans feature a 360-degree lower bowl, full roof canopies covering all seats, natural grass playing surface, fan plaza areas and multiple VIP hospitality areas including a Club Lounge, up to 38 luxury suites and an elevated 360-degree balcony style bar within the scoreboard structure. The supporters section features standing rails and an exclusive open-air 'pub-style' area on an elevated concourse. A larger-than-life lion statue will face Church Street and turn ceremoniously to face the stadium during matches.
In addition to Orlando City Soccer games, the stadium will also play host to various NCAA sporting events including soccer and lacrosse as well as concerts and festivals.
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- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/3 cup orange juice
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
- 1/4 cup ground pasilla chilies*
- 2 tablespoons ground ancho chilies*
- 1 tablespoon minced canned chipotle chilies**
- 6 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 onion, chopped
- 3 2 3/4- to 3-pound chickens, halved, backbone removed
Whisk oil, orange and lime juices, ground and canned chilies and garlic in 15x10x2-inch baking dish to blend. Mix in onion. Add chicken halves and turn to coat. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight, turning occasionally.
Prepare barbecue (medium heat). Remove chicken halves from marinade. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill until chicken is cooked through, turning occasionally, about 40 minutes.
*Ground pasilla and ancho chilies are found in the spice section of some supermarkets. If unavailable, use dried pasilla and ancho chilies, sold in Latin American markets, specialty foods stores and some supermarkets. Seed and stem chilies and finely grind in spice grinder, blender or coffee grinder.
**Chipotle chilies canned in a spicy tomato sauce, sometimes called adobo, are available at Latin American markets, specialty foods stores and some supermarkets.
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- Calories1,585
- Carbohydrates6 g (2%)
- Fat116 g (179%)
- Protein122 g (244%)
- Saturated Fat31 g (153%)
- Sodium483 mg (20%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat23 g
- Fiber1 g (3%)
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VIDEO: Obama's Drones Made Simple
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Before the 2012 election, Obama told John Stewart of The Daily Show:
one of the things we've got to do is put a legal architecture in place, and we need Congressional help in order to do that, to make sure that not only am I reined in but any president is reined in terms of some of the decisions that we're making.
In a development that will shock nobody, no such legal architecture has been put in place to "reign in" Obama or any future POTUS.
Obama's drone wars have killed more than 2400 civilians in countries that pose no threat to us and with whom we are not at war, and continue to mock international law and the U.S. constitution.
Among those targeted and killed have been United States citizens.
So what version of legal twister could the White House staff come up with to justify the President to be judge, jury, and executioner of people- including American Citizens- all over the world? For those of you (including Obama, apparently) who justify our drone wars as self defense, then let me ask you this:
How do you define self-defense? Think about it for a second.
Perhaps we should frame the question differently: Under what conditions can we justify the use of violence in our personal lives? I'm certainly no legal expert, but say a person breaks into your house looking to do you harm. Before you know what has happened, they have killed your brother. Sequences of nerve cells fire off shooting adrenaline and cortisol into your bloodstream. Somehow your mind remembers, and your body approximates, some middle school karate kata and you render the intruder defenseless. Scrubbing the blood drippings from your carpet, you call the police, and some form of justice is administered.
We would all agree that is self-defense, yes? A justified (in the moral and legal sense term) use of force.
Now imagine it is years later that it is you breaking into someone's house. It is not the home of the person who broke into your house, but it is in the same zip code.
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Hojo enchanted? no, 'disenchanted'
this hotel was recommended by the timeshare company we dealt with. good deal (4 adult tickets to disney, 2 adult tickets to waterpark = $260) plus 4d/3n stay at hojo-enchanted for $300. the pictures on the internet looked like a nice hotel for kids. no so. first of all, the picture of the playhouse was in front of the front desk and was really not a good place for the kids to play in. the 'free' ice cream was only between 7pm to 7:30pm; try to get there at that exact time when you come from the disney parks and after dinner with tired kids. not that easy. (why only 30 mins?) the pool was cold and the pool area was not that clean. also, the maids forgot to replace our room towels! i ended up in the shower 10 extra minutes while my wife called the front desk to get the clean towels to our room. never had that happened before in a decent hotel. 'free' breakfast was decent, but got tired of it after 3 days.
note: the 'free' transportation to disney parks; the hotel does not directly drop you off at all disney parks. only to magic kingdom and one other park (forgot name). if want to go to water parks or animanl kingdom, had to get to magic kindgom and then take disney bus to other disney parks. also, the free transportation only went 3 times/day in morning (much less frequent than other hotels we had been at).
bottom line; o.k. motel, but we will not go back. recommend to pay extra to get better service and cleaner hotel.
Do not stay here! We were robbed !
My family stayed here a few years ago (Oct. 2000) and our safe was broken into! When we returned to our room one day, we were unable to open our safe. We called the front desk for assistance, but no one ever showed up. So my husband went to the front desk and asked for assistance right away because we were concerned about our valuables.
The hotel clerk (who was rude the whole time we were there) wrote the special access code down on a piece a paper and asked the hotel maintenance person to assist us. After numerous attempts, this man was unable to open the safe, so he handed the slip of paper over to my husband and asked him to try! We could not believe this!!! This code can open any safe in the whole hotel. What a major breach of security!!
Lucky for them, we are honest people. Afterwards, we did discover that one of our credit cards had been stolen. I highly recommend not staying at this hotel because the hotel staff cannot be trusted. When they clean the rooms, the doors are wide open to anyone on the streets to just walk in. I suggest paying a little more $ and stay at a more upscale hotel or stay right in Disney.
Do not stay here
BEWARE! This place is a hole. First of all, they gave us the wrong room. I had ordered a kid's suite and got a day bed with a pull out underneath. Then when I inquired bout the room I had ordered, it was more than double the price than what I was told. Second, the roof had bad water stains and had spackle falling down. We were only there long enough to find another hotel. DO NOT STAY HERE. To top things all off, the front dest clerk was not helpful at all. The only thing he was.....was an ***!
A member of bar staff
well got back sunday the holiday and hotel started well but on the second week our safe and a couple of other peoples safes brokedown and not offered any replacement. Then on the tuesday night our 8 year old daughter got accused of pinching from the tip jar as people who have been there they will know that the jar has a thin neck and you couldn't get your hand in there besides that there were 5 people there that would of seen something then on the wednesdayapart from running round trying to find this particular bar maid we had free drinks and pizza the pumps run dry and wine. We will be going back to Florida but not in that place, would not reccomend this hotel, a couple we got speaking to from Cornwall had more probs.
Enchantedland howard johnson october 2003
after reviewing several of trip advisors, customer e-mails regarding the enchantedland motel, l was expecting the worst, this was our first trip to florida, and after spending a considerable amount on the entire trip, l can say that, the motel was nowhere near as bad as l had expected . okay there where some dark patches on the ceiling and when we first arrived the room had a slightly damp smell. but l found the staff most helpful the manager a jovial lady called stephanie, was most helpful, when l asked for some extra pillows, before l had reached my room they where there, the room was cleaned throughly everyday, and fresh towels, where abundant, the breakfast was a disapointment, the pool was always clean, they checked the pool, frequently, and again fresh towels where always there for guests. after talking to several other guests who had transferred from hotels from hell, l was pleasantly surprised by the enchantedland motel.
I really enjoyed enchantedland
wow, cant believe what im reading. Im just back from this hotel and found it to be okey. The rooms were spotless, maids coming in every day. The staff were so kind and helpful. I can honestly say i did not have a problen with hojo enchanted. And would go back if i ever went to florida again. I agree not every hotel is for everyone and if your looking for the hilton your gonna feel let down but for an average family looking for a nice clean friendly place to sleep after days out to the parks, a couple of beers by the pool and a snack if you want it to finish of your day, give it a go. If you do have any problems at the hotel they will do their best to rectify it for you.
What a Dump
Stayed there for 2 weeks on a package through Unijet what a dump. Them damp smell is disgusting. The kids rooms are poor two tvs six inches apart with a piece of curtain on the celing (It's a cloud!!) baby cot full of mould. Fleas on the bed. Even after 3 room changes to a clean one I still felt ripped off.
Do not stay here!
I stayed at this hotel in June of 2002 and I was completely disgusted.
Our room upon arrival had soda on the phones, the fridge and microwave were dirty and the ceiling was falling down over the double bed. Next time I go to Disney I'll pay extra for one of their hotels. I only wish I had read some reviews before booking enchantedland.
Not Enchanted!
The Enchantedland resort is not at all what we expected. We booked the Affordable Kids Room under the assumption that a separate kids size room would be a separate room, when in fact there is simply a partition between the main room and the kids room.The day bed for the kids is an accident waiting to happen. I rolled out the lower trundle bed only to find that the iron rails are exposed. As this is a sleeping area for children the furniture purchased should be child friendly!True, there was a TV in the kids room, however it was placed on the same dresser as the main TV and separated by the bar sized fridge.The bathroom, which housed a toilet and shower, was so small that the door rubbed against the toilet when closing the door.As we arrived after midnight we did stay the first night and checked out in the morning to move to a hotel that met our expectations.Oh yes, and when we went to shower in the morning there was 1 shampoo packet for the 4 of us :-)After checking in our new suite we did go and to have the wonderful vacation we had planned. My advice if it sounds to good to be enchanted
Not What I Expected!
This resort is so sugar coated on the internet and not anything like they advertise. When we arrived the kids did not get a welcome package.
The affordable kids rooms were the same size as a regular double room with even less space because of the divider wall in between the parents bed and the kids beds. Yes, there is a microwave and fridge. The kids had there own TV but didn't come in clear (we asked to have it fixed and they said it was because of the vcr hooked up to it). They are supposed to have Wobbles or a princess who comes to tuck the kids in if asked for I never once seen this person. Yes, they also have a pool and jacuzzi which were both really clean. They have a little eating area for breakfast which cost adults $5.00 kids under 12 are free (the food was terrible). They also have a poolside bar and grill that will cook hamburgers and fries. Our toilet broke the second day we were there and they couldn't come until the next day to fix it (yuck). The walkways are so slippery and wet because there is no drainage for the water, my husband slipped coming down the stairs where water stood at the bottom of the stairway and hurt his back. I would not recommend this hotel to anyone.
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DSU Arts Center/Gallery Hosts Marion Mitchell Photo Exhibition
Posted: August 29, 2011
The thoughtful works of longtime photographer Marion Mitchell will be on exhibition until Sept. 23 at Delaware State University's Arts Center/Gallery located in the William Jason Library on campus.
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The exhibition includes 80 works by this Delaware photographer, who will be honored at an exhibition reception from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1 in the Arts Center/Gallery.
The exhibition and the Sept. 1 reception are free and open to the public.
Ms. Mitchell, 96, who now resides in Dover at Westminister Retirement Village, dates her photography beginning to a job she got during the Depression years in a small New Jersey photography shop for 25 cents an hour.
She would later move to Delaware where she would go on to cultivate and blossom in her photography skills and become a self-taught photography dark room artist. Over her adult life span, particularly the past 60 years, her works would find themselves on the pages of publications such as the PSA Journal and Southern Delaware Magazine.
Her photo artworks would also be widely exhibited at Photography Society Association (PSA) salons all over the United States. She would also provide her photography services for the then-Lord Baltimore High School in Ocean View, Del., the Delaware Agriculture Museum and numerous weddings, organizations and other events.
Many of her photography works are landscape, abstract, nature, nautical-themed and still life shots with a particular affinity toward animals and other sights she captured in her travels across the country.
"Photography was my way of finding beauty in everyday things," Ms. Mitchell said. "I didn't have Photoshop, but the results in the darkroom always fascinated me."
Marion Mitchell and student curator Erica Lokai |
In 2001, the PSA recognized Ms. Mitchell for her 50 years of membership and service to that photography organization. It was about that time when Ms. Mitchell's eyesight began failing and she retired from her photography activities.
Recently, Ms. Mitchell donated more than $5,000 worth of cameras and other photography equipment to Delaware State University's Art Department to be used in its photography courses.
"If the students can get half to pleasure I got out of it, then that payment enough," Ms. Mitchell said.
Dr. Donald Becker, chair of the DSU Department of Art, said the current digital photography age notwithstanding, Ms. Mitchell's donated equipment is a valuable donation that will be well used by the department.
"We are very much into history, and it is important that we continue to teach black and white wet lab photography," Dr. Becker said. He said that in addition to the traditional art majors, the university's forensic biology majors are required to take photography courses to help them understand the fundamental of crime scene photography. "They will benefit from the donated equipment as well," he said.
Erica Lokai hangs one of Marion Mitchell's works -- "Winter Night."
Erica Lokai, a senior art management and studio art major from Magnolia, Del., has had the responsibility of going through Ms. Mitchell's lifelong portfolio, selecting the works to be featured in this exhibition and arranging them in the gallery. Ms. Lokai met with Ms. Mitchell on a number of occasions to talk with her about each photo artwork piece.
"It made me realize what I take for granted," Ms. Lokai said. "Each one of these pictures has a story until themselves, and they have been seen in salons all across the United States."
The Art Center/Gallery – which is located just inside the entrance of the William Jason Library at DSU – is open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.