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1. Domingo Tavella said on Feb. 20, 2012
Frothy Santorum may *dominate* Texas before the actual voting takes place, but even Texans, in their foggy little Nearthentalish brains understand that Santorum cannot get the top job. Therefore, in the last minute Texas will go with Narcissus Romney. This should come as a surprise to those who study sub-human species. Sporadically such species can, as it turns out, make quasi-rational decisions when the alternative is another four years with standard humans telling them what to do.


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Developer Frogwares have seriously upped the budget for this 360, PS3 and PC release, providing a big bump in graphical fidelity, as you can see for yourself after the break. With a new hint system and a more controller-friendly interface, it's also the first Sherlock game made specifically with console gamers in mind.
Also, Sherlock Holmes dies in it. It's right in the trailer. Go figure.


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BrewDog HQ - A Work in Progress
Pretty much since the day we moved into our awesome new home in Ellon it was too small. Thankfully when we bought the site we also bought the 2 adjacent plots of land too. What seemed reckless and overly ambitious very soon proved to be a sound decision and we almost finished developing our existing site plus one of the additional sites we also have. Here is what we have been up to:
Building an amazing new warehouse
We are just in the process of moving in at the moment. The warehouse gives us loads of space to build our operation and grow our business as we ship our beers all over the world.
The 4000m2 space will be used for storing beer, packaging materials, loads of barrel ageing and playing badminton with zombies (one of these is a lie). We are also looking at installing a small still to allow us to experiment with some craft spirits too.
The really cool thing about the new warehouse is that it means we can dedicate our existing building 100% to production.
Expanding our Production
The new warehouse gives us the space to expand our production in our current building. This means new Bright Beer Tanks, loads of new fermentation tanks and some new bits and pieces for our packaging equipment. We are also close to placing an order for our very own canning line.
3 New Bright Beer tanks are currently being installed with 2 new 800HL fermentation tanks arriving in February with another 8 on order taking our total FV tank count to over 30 and annual capacity well over 100,000 HL per year.
Our new HQ offices
Located in our new warehouse building, our new HQ offices will be 4 times the size of our current offices giving us the space we need for our teams and our future expansion. The new offices will be over 2 floors and feature a team library, some vintage pinball machines, a few random dogs, an industrial spiral staircase and some networking booths. Oh and we will have some desks, computers and phones too. We are planning to move into our new offices in March this year.
The Dog Tap
As soon as we move into the new offices we will get to work on The Dog Tap which promises to be one of our most exciting projects to date. The Dog Tap is our new visitor centre, tap room, shop and pilot brewing facility located in Ellon. We will have a 10 HL brewing system for recipe development and interactive brewing. In addition we will have an amazing shop selling BrewDog beer, guest bottles, offering growler fills and showcasing our awesome merch. We will also have a Tap Room with 10 beers on tap serving the freshest BrewDog beer anywhere in the world.
Furthermore we will have a dedicated visitor centre offering educational brewery tours letting you dive behind the curtains in the parlor of chaos and amphitheatre of anarchy that is our rock 'n roll brewery.
We aim to have The Dog Tap open in May 2014, in time for the AGM.
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- Some great projects here - very happy with how things are progressing and pleased to see my EFP3 investment being very well spent! Fantastic news on the new canning line!! - can hardly wait for the new cans! Fanboy Puppy Lover30.01.2014
- I cant wait for the canning line and the Dog tap. I can see a load of bus trips up on a Saturday in my future. A few fresh beers from the taps and the bus back home with a slab of canned Dead Pony Club under my arm! Ian Prise30.01.2014
- Im doing a BrewDog Bar Tour in early June. Hope the Dog Tap is already open by then. DurdSoB30.01.2014
- Wow !! It must be at least twice as big as it was when I visited last June.
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A peek at Super Festival 61's waresSuper Festival 61 took place this past weekend in Tokyo, and Kaiju Korner was in attendance. While some of the big names weren't there, many exhibitors were, and a lot of them had some anime-styled figures. CCP brought some very cool Ultraman and Evangelion pieces, and Fewture Models showed up with some of their upcoming releases. Comet Debris brought his Sametan figure (a favorite of mine) among others, but what really caught my eye was Futuristic and his robot resin models. Futuristic is a French artist living in Japan, and his work looks amazing. We might need to keep an eye on his stuff ... Head over to Kaiju Korner to check out the other indie toys on display, as well as other merch and an exhibition centered on tokusatsu show Mighty Jack. Comments not appearing? Anti-virus apps like Avast or some browser extensions can cause this. Easy fix: Add [*].disqus.com to your software's white list. Tada! Happy comments time again.
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A soon-to-be-single Katie looked worn out in NYC. The stress of the divorce is already getting to her.
Just three days after news broke that Katie Holmes has filed for divorce from Tom Cruise, the former Dawson's Creek star was spotted in NYC — without her wedding ring! Katie, 33, was filming an upcoming episode of Lifetime's Project Runway All Stars on July 2, and even after reaching the comfort of her town car, she looked pretty sullen.
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I've seen plenty of pics today of her where she looks very happy. You can see it in her eyes. This picture is the worst one out of the entire bunch that have been released. I think she is probably nervous but happy at the same time. She is going to go through a lot but it will be worth it in the end.
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In a recent article, aptly named The Price of D&AD New Blood, Graphic Designer Dave Cuvelot comments on his experience of D&AD New Blood - 'The Creative Talent Show' and offers an well written opinion on its true value to today's graduate designers:
"If our top-level conferences are 'just' lining up celebrity designers to show off their own work, then is that what graduate showcases are setting us up for – to become the celebrity? With such significant influence and positioning in the design industry, I'd like to think design 'celebrities' could not better use their time in the public eye and communicate the power of design to other areas of society, maybe they could share what they have learnt about design, share issues which matter to us all and fight to change the discourse away from stardom, and back to a discourse focused on where design is going and more importantly how it can be used to better society."
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As we know the language is our experience (how we are seeing the world) and the alphabets are the representation in images (when we need it) of this experience. In this world all the different cultures, ways of seeing and thinking must live together.
By using different letters from different alphabets to represent the latin alphabet i wanted to show that if we want to live together in this world we must understand that there is no culture which is better than another.


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UTA students approved a fee increase in April to fund football, women's golf and women's soccer.About two-thirds of the more than 2,100 voters supported the $2 per semester credit-hour increase to the intercollegiate athletics fee. President James D. Spaniolo plans to appoint a committee this summer to examine the impact of adding the sports, particularly football. UTA dropped football in 1985 because it was operating at a deficit."I want people to have a chance to participate in this process, and I want it to be very open and realistic," Spaniolo said. "I want as much input as possible from students and other UTA stakeholders."The non-binding referendum mandates that start-up costs for the programs--estimated by some at $2 million-$3 million--be raised from outside sources. Spaniolo said the University will hire a consulting firm to conduct a feasibility study."We need to know if, in fact, this amount of money can be raised," he said. "We need to determine the total cost of operating a program, including starting it up and sustaining it over a period of years."Brian Happel ('83 BBA), a former UTA football player and president of the Athletics Alumni Chapter, says the group looks forward to working with Spaniolo. "Our chapter will be looked upon to lead the fund-raising efforts for this exciting initiative," he said, "and we are thrilled to do so."
The referendum as it appeared on the ballot: I support a contingent $2 per credit-hour increase in the intercollegiate athletics fee understanding: 1. This increase be used for the enhancement and expansion of the UTA athletics program, including the addition of three new sports (women's soccer, women's golf, football) 2. This increase may not be collected until the president of the university certifies that funds have been raised from external sources to cover the start-up costs of these new sports.
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It's November and nearing year-end as I write this post. Starting a new blog on How To Create A Passive Income Business Online, was one of my objectives for 2012.
23 weeks down the line, I look back and reflect on the progress… in an effort to kill the potential procrastination that can creep up on me like a thief in the night!
In January 2013, I'm pretty sure I'll come across that all to familiar cliche: 'New Years Resolution'.
How often have you set some goals or new year's resolutions and failed to achieve them?
How often have you failed to even act on some of your life goals or new years resolutions?
As human beings, we have been created to achieve! We have a constant desire to improve and ultimately live a fulfilled life. Sadly though, most of society never get started! Those that get started, don't follow through enough.
I truly believe that all of the above happens because of this one destructive demon called procrastination!
Statistic Brain, published an interesting list titled: Top 10 New Years resolutions for 2012:
Are any of the above familiar?
More interestingly, and incredibly scary is that only 8% of people actually achieve their new years resolution!
I want to use some of the results I've achieved (on this blog and in my ultra marathon running) and give you a few tips that will help you to become a part of that 8% in any area of your life and take charge of your procrastination.
1. There has to be a BIG Picture…
Anything done in isolation feels like a misfit! Cliches are cliches because they are often very true.
One such cliche goes as follows: If there isn't a big enough "why", then to get the "what" done becomes a drag.
I have a BIG picture for my life. Yep, I have a list of life goals and bucket list that guides all my activities.
Before setting out to create this blog, I checked it against my overall life plans to ensure that there was compatibility. Ever felt frustrated by a goal that you pursued? Ever felt uncomfortable pursuing a goal. Often, you will find that there is a mis-match between your goal and your overall life plan.
In addition, I made sure that I created a BIG picture for my blog that urges me to action on days (and even weeks) I feel like being a couch potato! We all have those moments because we are human but you need a counter plan against that laziness.
What the heck does this 'BIG picture' include, you might ask?
Whilst my big picture is the not a scientific formula that will cure AIDS, it does give me a heck of a lot of direction by highlighting the following:
- Why I started this blog
- Past success in my life (important. especially if you fear starting something new)
- 5 year plan (a mid to long term plan)
Simply rattling off a few words on the 1st of January (often after a heavy night of drinking and fun) is not enough to overcome this beast called procrastination.
2. Just Do It!
If a massive international brand like Nike and a genius entrepreneur like Richard Branson believe in the idea of "just doing it", surely there is power in that!
Sounds crazy to just do things, right? But, the reality is if you've put some thought into something or an idea, then you have every tight to go ahead and try it out. Will it always work? Absolutely not! But, that's not the point. The point is this: if you procrastinate, you will actually NEVER know if your ideas will succeed or not. And that is worse off than someone who tries and fails.
You will fail in life. But, that's part of the challenge. The issue is not the failing. The issue is accepting the failing as your lot in life. Temporary failure actually ISN'T failure. It's just a few hurdles you've got to overcome to get to your destiny.
Accept the challenge, tackle fear head-on and 'just do it' and you"ll be amazed how you will begin to take charge of your procrastination.
3. Organize Your Life…
Yep, 'just do it' is not a license to live an erratic life.
I don't know if you noticed, but number 2 on that list of 'Top 10 New Years resolutions for 2012′, was 'Getting Organized'.
That didn't come to me as a surprise. I doubt there's anyone who wakes up every morning and says, I want to:
- 'wake up late'
- 'rush my kids as they prepare for school'
- 'do my make-up in the car' (hey ladies!!!)
- 'get stuck in traffic like a moron'
- 'get a second warning at work for being a late' (and risk getting fired!)
And yet, this is the story of many a life.
I also doubt that there's anyone who prides themselves in being unhealthy and unfit and yest once again, it's the story of many a life.
All the above comes down to a lack of organization. If you don't organize your life, it becomes very difficult to prioritize and when you fail to prioritize, procrastination slowly becomes your friend.
Since the start of my new blog, I have written a total of 22 blog posts in 6 months. That's a blog post every week! And yes, I do ALL the writing.
The secret to this is being organized. I have simplified my life by having a blog schedule.
I've learned over time that 'less is more'. Whilst I have a crazy long bucket list and life goals, there's absolutely no way I will achieve all of those things at the same time. So, I always try to simplify my life by having a workable schedule.
The reality is this: 'if you can't fit it into a day-to-day schedule, it WON'T get done'. No matter how great your dreams and resolutions, if you don't organize your life, you increase the chances of frustration and that quickly turns into procrastination.
Organize your life! It takes time to plan and think things through, but it's worth every minute.
4. You Have to 'Give Up' To 'Go Up'
One central theme around 'New Years Resolutions' is progress and improvement of life.
I am yet to come across a resolution that says 'get drunk more', 'smoke more cigarettes', 'spend less time with family', 'live a crappy, frustrating lifestyle'… And yet, come the end of each year, if most people would honestly review their life – all these weird things would crop up.
What really happens (or doesn't happen) to cause such undesirable, procrastination fuelling results?
Well, it boils sown to a lack of sacrifice. Most people aren't willing to give up their habits and 'comfort zones' so that they can 'Go Up' in life.
Being an Online Marketer comes with a set of shocking truths that one needs to be aware of and make peace with. One of those shocking truths is sweat and toil that entails hours of research and writing. Yep, for me to build this business into a passive income asset, I need to be give up a lot of 'fun time' and dedicate that to building my business.
Likewise, being a Comrades Marathon runner requires me to spend hours on road running at least 4 times a week. As a result, I have had to sacrifice and give up the following few things (that I really loved and enjoyed but were count-productive):
- drinking: boy did I love my whiskey…
- parties: I loved my parties. lovely ladies, good music and alcohol was the order of the day. I had to cut it out
- television: this was my pass time during the week. I used it to relax after hectic work days. i had to minimize it drastically
Just these 3 alone took up hours and hours of productive time every week. In fact, every time I thought about doing anything constructive, the 'pleasures' and 'joy' of drinking, partying and watching tv would just urge me to procrastinate even further.
You know your comfort zone… and it bugs you continually every time you reflect back on a wasted year.
I encourage you to go ahead and 'give up' a few things in order to 'go up'.
5. Live A Balanced Life…
You would have probably noticed from my life goals and bucket list that I am big on balance. Life is an incredible journey and we really need to enjoy the ride (tough and challenging as it may be sometimes).
It's the challenges, the fear and the series of tests that fuels a lot of procrastination.
When things aren't going according to plan, it's so easy to retreat into your 'normal' life.
I've since learned that being a multi-dimensional person who keeps fit, spends time with family and friends, believes in a higher being goes a long way in battling procrastination.
When things don't go according to plan in my business, I know that God has a much better plan because he is wiser. When frustration creeps in, I de-stress in the gym or by being out on the road doing my runs and listening to my favourite music.
Likewise, when things don't go according to plan with my gym or running, I can read my bible and get all the great promises about my life. Alternatively, I can spend time with family or friends and we can share our frustrations and encourage one another.
Ultimately, I know that I should never focus on what isn't working or going according to plan. As soon as I do that, I expose myself to procrastination.
That's my encouragement to you – never focus on what's not working. Like, what's the point of that? Rather, focus on what IS working and ride those waves of disappointment, frustration, temporary failure and you'll soon find yourself taking charge of that horrible beast called 'procrastination'.
I really hope you have enjoyed this article and found value in it.
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The cement industry will soon be under new regulations, as the EPA has recently announced amendments to the industry's current regulation codes. The amendments will require stricter mercury emissions control, as well as reduction in other emission. These changes come after studies showing that Portland cement manufacturers are the third largest producer of mercury air emissions in the United States. Existing facilities will have to be in compliance within three years, while new plants must be in compliance prior to operating. Due to this change, many facilities are currently seeking emissions monitoring systems in order to achieve compliance. Some facilities have already begun to look into mercury sorbent traps, due to claims that it is the best solution for mercury monitoring. However, closer investigation proves this to be severely short sighted, as detailed below.
- Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS), such as the Cemtrex SM-4, provide continuous readings and reporting as compared to the batch and periodical readings by sorbent traps. For certain applications sorbent traps may take several days to a few weeks before any analysis can be done.
- For highly fluctuating concentration levels, typically 500ug/m3, sorbent traps can become saturated within hours requiring frequent visits to pull the traps. The Cemtrex SM-4 monitor comes with Auto Sample Volume (ASV) technology, a unique feature unavailable on any other system in the market, which switches the ranges as required. The systems are also capable of speciated Hg readings (Hg0 and Hg2), as required by the EPA.
- Large variations in mercury concentrations in raw mill conditions may require up to 20 different sorbent trap systems, requiring the facility to have an unnecessarily high level of inventory to ensure compliance. The SM-4 can handle these large fluctuations in concentration without additional systems and parts.
- The fragile glass sorbent traps can be easily broken, which would require a new batch testing in order for analysis to be completed. This will lead to significant fines due to non-compliance. Cemtrex mercury monitors are designed to be rugged and last for many years to avoid EPA non compliance fines.
- Frequent visits to stack location for pulling the traps will lead to significant increase in labor and training costs. The overall costs of a CEMS system are much lower than that of a sorbent trap system.
- The Cemtrex Hg CEMS, such as the state of the art SM-4, does not require any shelter or Argon gas for operation, which leads to savings in comparison to other mercury monitors on the market.
- Cemtrex Hg CEMS are field mountable and can be mounted close to probe (within 5 feet), as the rack comes with a temperature controlled enclosure.
In comparison to sorbent traps, as well as other mercury monitors on the market, Cemtrex mercury monitors are much more advanced, reliable and cost effective. The overall savings from the SM-4 over any sorbent trap system alone is an indicator of the advantage of utilizing Cemtrex mercury monitors. This, along with the system's technological advantages over other competitors, makes Cemtrex the best choice for any mercury monitoring need.
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Fay joined the firm in January 2001, after moving to Tampa from Palm Beach County, Florida. Fay received her Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude and with honors, from Boston College in 1989 and her Juris Doctorate degree, with honors, from the University of Florida College of Law in 1992. While in law school, Fay earned the American Jurisprudence Award in Contracts, Estates and Trusts, English Legal History, and Legal Drafting. She is a member of the Order of the Coif, a national honor society for law school graduates in the top ten percent of their class.
She served as an Assistant Public Defender for several years following law school, during which time she tried over fifty jury trials and approximately thirty non-jury trials.
Fay specializes in extracontractual matters, third party coverage, with an emphasis on construction defect coverage, and complex liability defense. She has been published in Mealey's Litigation Report: Bad Faith, For The Defense. Fay has also recently contributed to the DRI's Florida chapter of a multi-state compendium titled, The Professional Liability Insurance Coverage: A Compendium of State Law. Fay is a member of The Florida Bar. She is admitted to practice before all state courts in Florida and the United States District Court for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida.


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Friday FOSS Week in Review
Lots of interesting news this week as we reboot Friday FOSS Week in Review – so let's get going.
IBM Lines-up Behind OpenOffice.org
Is it really a news story that IBM has decided to support OpenOffice.org? Considering the fact that Oracle's move to push the project over to Apache was at Big Blue's prodding, I'd say not. Still, at least now the players are clearly defined. In addition to lending […]
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A fun collection of mini-games that includes a jumping game, match 3 and puzzle game. Includes a simplified "Kid Mode"
– Time your jumps to make combos and score extra points – includes a simple mode which will appeal to pre-schoolers, and a more challenging mode for adults and older kids
– Move the rows and columns of balloons to match 3 of the same color
– A puzzle game that challenges you to figure out how to arrange the balloons to match a pattern
– Colorful and fun balloon themed graphics
– Soothing music and sound effects that will put you in a zen-like puzzle master state
– Kid-Mode makes it simple for pre-schoolers to launch and play a simple version all on their own! Great for keeping them occupied for a few minutes on an errand.


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Tea Tree Oil is an extremely effective and natural antiseptic and germicide, its uses are limitless. Most people adapt different methods of utilizing the oil to suit their own particular areas of concern. When crushed and distilled, the leaves of this plant yield a 100 % natural oil which is an antiseptic, a fungicide, and a mild solvent. Tea tree oil's major active component is terpinen-4-ol (typically 30-40%). This compound is responsible for tea tree oil's antibacterial and antifungal properties.
Tea tree oil is a 100% natural and it has many uses, some of which include:


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Another Lawsuit Between Samsung and Apple
Sometimes ago the giant South-Korean technology company Samsung claimed that the Apple iPhone and the iPad 2 devices, which were sold in Australia violated the patent rules regarding the 3G wireless communications.
Samsung has own a trial over the case. The two tech giants, Samsung and Apple, are fighting feverishly in different countries over patent violation. For a long period of time both the companies are accusing each other of coping each other's patents. Now that has become a battle.
Hackers Made Siri To Work With Any Device What So Ever
Hackers have claimed that they have made the voice assistance system of Apple, the Siri to work with any device, even with Android by reverse engineering. Siri was first introduced to market with the iPhone 4S in the last month.
Applidium after discovering the hack has written in their latest blog post that they have break through the protocol of Siri and that is why it is now available to use in any device. It can be used in an iPad even in Android devices. The hackers group has also assured that they will thoroughly explain how they made it possible.
Apple's Replacement Program For First Gen iPod Nano
The tech giant Apple has at last announced their replacement program of the iPod Nano devices sold in 2005. The replacement program is long awaited, because people who bought the First Gen iPod Nano are suffering for six years. The devices have serious bug in batteries. Those batteries has defect of overheating and thus it can lead to serious injuries. However the replacement program has started on last Friday. So people, who are the owners of the first gen iPod Nano hurry up and get a shiny new musical device.
iOS and Android – Emerging Rapidly In Mobile Gaming
Although we have a conventional thinking that smartphones in the gaming section is not as good as the traditional mobile handsets of Sony and Nintendo, iOS and Android are giving pretty good competition to those handsets regarding revenue issue. The well known market research firm Flurry Analytics' recent study has disclosed that iOS and Android have jointly made up 58 per cent of the total revenue that came from the sale of portable gaming software in United States in 2011. In the last year the percentage was on 34 per cent. In contrast to the rising of iOS and Android Nintendo' DS has dropped down from 57 per cent in 2010 to 36 per cent in 2011. Sony's PSP has contributed only 6 per cent to the total revenue.
Hidden Features Of iOS 5 Discovered
Apple introduced their latest iOS 5 a few months ago. Some genius developers most recently have disclosed some hidden unique features of iOS 5. Those features include an autocorrect bar for the onscreen keyboard which reminds about an almost similar feature of Android and a special feature for the iOS camera app, called the panorama picture mode. It has been mentioned that both the features will be available on iPad or iPhone but after following certain primary steps.


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Janette Oke | |
Born | Champion, Alberta, Canada | February 18, 1935
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | Canadian |
Genres | inspirational fiction |
www.janetteoke.com |
Janette Oke (born 18 February 1935) is a Canadian author and pioneer of inspirational fiction. Her books are often set in a pioneer time period and centered around female protagonists. She is a committed Evangelical Christian.
Janette Steeves was born in the Depression years in Champion, Alberta, to a Canadian prairie farmer and his wife, Fred Steeves and Amy (née: Ruggles) Steeves.
She graduated from Mountain View Bible College in Didsbury, Alberta. Janette met her husband Edward Oke (pronounced "oak") while they both attended college. They were married in 1957 and have pastored churches in Indiana, and Calgary and Edmonton, Canada. He later became the president of the college. Janette and Edward had 4 children, including a set of twins.[1] Her daughter, Laurel Oke Logan, has co-written books with Janette.
Her first novel, titled Love Comes Softly, was published by Bethany House in 1979. This book was followed by more than 75 others.
She received the 1992 President's Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association for her significant contribution to Christian fiction, the 1999 CBA Life Impact Award and has been awarded the Gold Medallion Award for fiction.
Published by Bethany House, it "follows the lives of one family through three generations—beginning with a hated "marriage of convenience," through hardships common to life on the prairie in an earlier time, leading at last to an abiding love."
This series has also been published into two boxsets, Volume 1–4 and Volume 5–8. New revisions with updated covers were published in 2003 and 2004, including the boxsets.
The Fox Faith film versions of the "Loves Comes Softly" series, which aired on the Hallmark Channel, do not completely follow the books. They starred Katherine Heigl, Corbin Bernsen, Erin Cottrell and others. Directors of the films included Michael Landon Jr. and Lou Diamond Phillips.
There are also two planned prequels coming to the Hallmark Channel titled Love Begins and Love's Everlasting Courage. These are not based on any Janette Oke books,
published by Bethany House: "compelling characters who experience the fears common to every woman's heart, and through the magic homespun fiction leads the reader into an awareness of faith that transcends the darkest fear." This book follows the up's and downs of a boy growing man's life.
This series was republished in 2002 with updated covers. The series has also been published as omnibus (all four books in one volume). This book is called "Seasons of the Heart".
published by Bethany House: "this series follows a man and a woman as they stumble through foolish mistakes and misunderstandings, yet find a depth of character and courage within themselves as their love deepens." The last two books came much later and focus on the children in the series rather than the main characters of the first four books.
This series was republished in 2005 with updated covers.
published by Bethany House: "picking up twenty years after Belinda's story from Love Finds a Home, A Prairie Legacy series follows Marty and Clark's grandchildren as they grow in faith and maturity."
This is a follow-up to the Love Comes Softly series. A box set of all 4 books is also available. A republished edition is now available.
Co-written with T. Davis Bunn and published by Bethany House: "two young women, their lives shadowed by nations in conflict, begin a friendship that will propel them on a journey from which they can never turn back."
This series is continued on by T. Davis Bunn and Isabella Bunn in the follow-up series, Heirs of Arcadia.
Co-written with T. Davis Bunn and published by Bethany House:
Note: These books are standalone novels about different women of the west, and do not need to be read in order.


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With little fanfare, the official number of AIDS cases worldwide since the start of the epidemic passed the 1 million mark near the end of 1994. By December 31, governments had notified the World Health Organization's (WHO) Geneva headquarters of 1,025,073 cases of the disease since the start of record keeping in 1980—a fact that was covered in a six-sentence story on an inside page of The New York Times (January 4, 1995). Moreover, given the chronic underreporting and under-diagnosis in developing countries, the actual number of AIDS cases may be four times as high (World Health Organization, 1995). The official statistics include people who have died, but they do not reflect the millions of people who are already infected with HIV but have yet to develop the symptoms of AIDS.
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Thanks all, this is exactly what I was looking for. One thing about the CS36 that I wonder about. The broker has sold these since the beginning, and he talked (quite frankly) about hull stringer delam problems that can occur after a grounding. Apparently when the forward lower edge of the keel hits something, the leverage causes the back upper edge to oilcan the hull, breaking away the grid, which is tabbed (not glued) into place. I have not heard this being a problem with other makes. The broker's answer is that with different boats, you will have problems after a good grounding but they just happen in different places. On this boat it's along the grid, on a hunter it would be elsewhere.
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Score's Ten Most Memorable Moments
Courtesy of Luis Morera Lady Gagy and her Little Monsters at Score.
For the past decade and a half, a cluster of A-list celebrities, including Lady Gaga, Gloria Estefan, LMFAO, and other stars of the ilk, super models, and all 'round glamorous people have walked past the velvet ropes and black doors of Score.
While the hot spot will be throwing its last hurrah on Lincoln Road tomorrow night before it makes its next big move to Washington Avenue for "harder, better, faster, stronger" parties on October 4, you can't forget the wild nights that went down at 727 Lincoln Road.
Here's a recap of Score's ten most memorable moments.
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Lady Gaga's Appearances
Before Lady Gaga was queen of her Little Monsters, she scored twice.
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"She even mentioned us [Score] in her concert saying how grateful she was and included a picture of her entering Score in her book."
Not a bad way to say thank you.
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Releasing alien mammals was considered positive in the past, but impacts were recognized as important already decades ago. Himalayan tahr were introduced to New Zealand (NZ), resulting in overt damage and continuous government control programs. Existing laws could not prevent NZ exports, and Argentina imports of tahr, although NZ authorities recommended against these imports. National and provincial legislation was possibly too complex, contradictory or incomplete to be enforced, or had loopholes such that tahr were imported to Argentina (2000, 2006). The estimated population in 2008 was 400–450 tahr. As even common travel routes are used to cross national borders in South America illegally with live ungulates, and enterprises importing tahr have been intercepted for illegally transporting wild ungulates previously, there are substantial risks that tahr might be released to new sites. As huge areas lack natural barriers, landscapes are very similar to NZ environments successfully invaded by tahr, and eradication or control are unfeasible, the future of Himalayan tahr in South America now hinges solely on releases or escapes. Importantly, the 2006 import was to Andean foothills which is an ecological time bomb. Considering climates, history of invasiveness in NZ, and low required propagule pressure, tahr could perform from 34°–55°S along the Andes. NZ still has many illegal liberations, thus it would be more difficult to contain illegal liberations in Argentina. It calls for more leadership and better standards by exporting countries, especially if they had the chance to experience the consequences of having received the exotic species earlier.
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- The slippery slope of exporting invasive species: the case of Himalayan tahr arriving in South America
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Biological Invasions
Volume 12, Issue 6 , pp 1467-1475
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- 2010-06-01
- 10.1007/s10530-009-9590-5
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- 1387-3547
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- 1573-1464
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- Springer Netherlands
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- Invasion
- Hemitragus jemlahicus
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- Policy
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- Werner T. Flueck (1) (2) (3)
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- 1. National Council for Scientific Research, C.C. 176, 8400, Bariloche, Argentina
- 2. Institute of Natural Resources Analysis, Universidad Atlantida Argentina, Mar del Plata, Argentina
- 3. Swiss Tropical Institute, University Basel, Basel, Switzerland


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I have a buddy who is looking to buy his first handgun and has been looking at the FN Herstal FiveseveN but I'm not really sold on that Idea, I'm fairly convinced that it's just a proprietary round that will never go anywhere (kindof like the HK 4.6mm).
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Matt Bell and John Edwards finished 10th in their No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro at the Circuit of The Americas' first Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race in Texas.
Stevenson Motorsports would like nothing more than to return to the podium at GRAND-AM's inaugural Circuit of the Americas event.
The team's Camaro finished in 24th with pilots Lawrence Davey and Mike Skeen. The team's two BMW's took 24th and 25th in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge opener at Daytona.
The Camaro GT.R. driven by John Edwards, Robin Liddell, Tommy Milner and Jan Magnussen was put out of the fight with multiple mechanical issues.
Bell contested the Continental Tire opener with Stevenson Motorsports GS Camaro. He drove the #51 APR Motorsport Audi R8 in the Rolex 24.
The two Ganassi BMW Rileys are fast, the No. 2 Starworks Ford is also strong and the Corvettes are still competitive. Ferrari, Camaro and Audi are beating the Porsches in GT. The GX class is not ready for a 24 hour event.
After a fire in Wednesday's practice session, the team had to rally to make repairs to the car, replacing the entire front end and sorting out all the electronics.
Eric Curran: "This isn't a Chevrolet Camaro type of track so I'm pumped and this puts us in a good point's position."
Huge team effort puts Stevenson Motorsports Camaro back on track
Black flagged session leaves little time to set fast time
Richard Westbrook was the top Corvette qualified with the fifth fastest time.
Chevrolet Racing's Rolex Series roster is comprised of 5 Corvette DP teams and 3 GT teams. There is also strong Chevy presence in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge this weekend.
This year in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, Jan Magnussen trades his Corvette for a Stevenson Motorsports Camaro.
Stevenson Motorsports finished 2nd in the 2012 Grand-Am Rolex Series championship and 4th in the Rolex 24 at Daytona. They look to do better this year.
Sunoco Challenge winner Lawrence Davey teams with series regular Mike Skeen in the Mitchum Motorsports #6 Camaro.
The young American duo is looking forward to their third consecutive season co-driving together in the GS Camaro. Stevenson Motorsports will run a car in the Rolex series GT class.
GT class stronger than ever, Porsche teams claim 6 of to 10 testing times.
Pat Jennings – Grand-Am Correspondent
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Team claims its first win of the 2012 season.
The Chevrolet teams were back on top in both Rolex classes this weekend.
Chevrolet drivers qualified first in GT and second in DP for Sunday's race.
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quote:some big names in Hip-hop,some of whom I can say have been discussed here
quote:Agreed. I will never understand the obsession with modern rap/hip-hop. To each his own, but IMO it's absolute garbage.
quote:Wayne, T.I., and Future show
quote:Posted by Nolaphried Touche' I'd be happy w/ A$AP Rocky, Kendrick, or anything of that nature.
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Bill Walsh Scripted Plays
Pac 12 Coachs Script the Best Strategies
I've had several requests to post my 3 sets of scripted plays (balanced, pass heavy, and run heavy) from Green Bay's book but unless I ever got around to posting my full scheme out of Green Bay's book I probably would never got around to posting the list so I thought I'd give scripting your opening drive or your first 15 plays a thread that explains how utilizing a script during the early game can pay dividends later in the game.
There have been several different methods for scripting plays in the NFL over the years, some teams script their opening drives of each half, some script a set number of plays (most common is 15 [Bill Walsh was known to up it to 25 on occassion]), and some teams may script the entire first quarter (this is mostly during the preseason). However one must ask why they are doing this?
The answer is quite simple if you think about it, if you go into a game knowing exactly what you are going to do before hand it allows offensive players and coordinators to focus on what the defense is doing in response to your personnel groupings, formations, and concepts. This allows offenses to key in on the defenses tendencies to how they defend in various situations which leads to game breaking adjustments.
In Madden, especially in the shorter quarters that affect most online games, this is a rare practice. Personally I've been scripting my opening drive and sometimes two of my drives for well over 3 years now and I feel it lets me really get a feel for the other player which leads to getting into the right play call in important situations. Many Madden players use different methods for doing this but when you are running a scheme as multiple as mine I feel its best to at least script your first possession of the game. Lately I've been playing full 60 minute games against the cpu and because of that my scripts have been fleshed out to a full 15 so I thought I'd share them.
1. Single Back Flex HB Slash
2. I-Form Slot Flex PA Wheel
3. Gun Double Flex Wing HB Power
4. I-Form Slot Flex HB Blast
5. Gun Y-Trips Wk HB Off Tackle
6. I-Form Slot Flex Packer Comebacks
7. Gun Y-Trips Wk Packers Stick
8. Weak Slot Strong Stretch
9. Gun Doubles On Y-Shallow Cross
10. Single Back Flex HB Cut Back
11. Gun Doubles Flex Wing HB Dive
12. Single Back Flex Packer Ins
13. Gun Doubles On FL Screen
14. Gun Double Flex Wing Drive
15. Gun Double Flex Wing PA Dig
Pass Heavy
1. Gun Pack Trips Stick
2. Gun Doubles Flex FL Screen
3. Single Back Flex Packer Ins
4. Gun Normal Y-Flex Tight Y-Sail
5. Gun Pack Trips PA WR In
6. Gun Doubles Flex Wing HB Dive
7. Single Back Flex WR Screen
8. Gun Pack Trips Packers Smash
9. Single Back Flex Flanker Drive
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11. Single Back Flex Z-Spot
12. Gun Y-Trips Wk Packer Stick
13. Gun Flex Trey Packer Drive
14. Gun Pack Trips HB Sweep
15. Gun Flex Trey WR Screens
Run Heavy
1. Single Back Ace HB Stretch
2. Single Back Ace Pair HB Smash
3. I-Form Pro Z-Spot
4. Single Back Ace Twins HB Stretch
5. Gun Double Flex Wing PA Pack Seams
6. Single Back Ace Pair H Zone Str
7. I-Form Pro Flanker Drive
8. Gun Double Flex Wing HB Dive
9. Full House Wide PA Packer Posts
10. I-Form Pro Stretch
11. I-Form Tight Pair Stretch
12. I-Form Slot Flex HB Blast
13. Single Back Ace Twins PA FL Stretch
14. Gun Double Flex Wing HB Power
15. Single Back Ace Pair H Misdirection Wk
These aren't concrete by any means and they don't take into account any checks I may do at the line but I go into each and every game planning on running one of these scripts.
Where this type of planning can be especially useful is in online leagues where you are going to be playing certain opponents multiple times in a single season and hopefully over many years. In these situations its expected to adjust the script to fit your opponent based on what you have had success in the past with as well as what you think will make him show his hand early to allow you to win in this violent game of chess.


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Flower Carpet Rose ad irked me
I saw this ad in Southern Lady Magazine this month. What annoyed me about it was the thought that she had to choose between family and roses. I don't think these particular roses would be so much better than some easy care antique roses. They never looked that good to me when I saw them in the store and I don't hear much about them here. I don't think you have to choose between family and gardening or pets and gardening. Are these really plant and forget roses? It seems to me that they still need weeding and feeding and watering like any other rose would.
Hi Kitty: I have Flower Carpet, Knock-outs, and Kim (Roseseek)-bred Lynnie rose in a bed that I haven't watered for the past 6 years (covered with tons of leaves).
Flower Carpet is the most drought-resistant, blooms well, zero diseases! Knock-out doesn't bloom unless we have rain. Kim's Lynnie is just as good as Flower-Carpet.
Yes, Flower-Carpet lives up to it reputation of drought-resistant ... I don't fertilizer mine for the past 6 year either.
Yes, it is an annoying advertisement. It is directed at the demographic that want instant-gratification & no maintenance. Unfortunately, gardening has fallen out of favour with the younger demographic so plant producers have to cleverly encourage them to buy by appealing to their desire to plant something and walk away-never having to actually 'work' at the garden, heh, heh!
I work at a large nursery that grows these & have them at one of my homes & yes, they bloom reliably all summer(I have coral) but I still have to water & weed them. It's sad that young people have little interest in gardening but like anything else, it is cyclical and will come back in again. Unfortunately, nurseries like ours will be out of business by then.
Yep, that's an annoying ad, Kitty. As if there were only two choices -- appeals to those of the Manichean world-view persuasion, I guess.
Decades ago an in-law implied that my avid interest in gardening and not giving 100% of attention to mothering would lead to my daughter becoming delinquent or worse. My daughter is currently a biochemist working as a research scientist in biotech in S. San Francisco and constantly recruited. She is also lately becoming interested in roses (fancy that!).
I often see on the Rose Forum that to grow a Knock-out or Carpet Rose as a opening to bash. I wish sensitivity would kick in to the fact that some may find it to their taste and have another passion. Another plant they are willing to put more effort, hosta, a daylily, Iris, or it is what they are able to grow for their situation etc.
I do not see it as the young do not want to weed or like to garden. People buy different plants/bushes for different reasons. Age is sometime a big part. I looked for easy plants to put in my Mom's garden because she was up in age (90s) and could not bend and do a lot of weeding because she was in very poor health.
I would do the weeding but I had a full time job and a garden of my own. Because roses cheered her up I wanted lots of continual flowering. You know like trying to give the most you can to a love one in what could be a short amount of time.
We live in a cold climate and it is not easy to get roses going and blooming in an abundance in short amount of time as growing a Knock-out or carpet rose.
I am happy there are choices out there that although may not be to others taste, it fills the need for others. A flower regardless of the name or how much work it takes is still a flower and if it brings joy to the ones who grow the plant I take my hat off to them. The more green we grow the better we will improve the climate. Even a pretty or ugly weed helps. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder JMO
Okay that was long. Sorry. Just a thought.
I've got a couple of plants of Flower Carpet White, by the way (which existed and had other names long before being patented in the U.S. as "Flower Carpet White"). They do a creditable job as groundcover edging in a high-shade, olive-tree-root infested transition area of the front yard. Less care, maybe, but not "no care".
Marquest, I was pointing out that there is a definite trend away from gardening for younger demographic as the horticulture industry has been telling us for at least the past 5 years and it's not looking much better for the future. Many garden centres & nurseries are going out of business as a result. We have watched our sales dwindle miserably over the past few years as the market just falls away.
It's not simply an opinion that young people don't 'like' gardening-I know plenty that do but it is a disturbing trend that is actually happening world-wide.
Real-estate also reflects this trend with younger people looking for smaller yards & gardens. Nobody wants the maintenance, I suppose.
Marquest, I don't think Kitty meant that there was an issue with FlowerCarpet or Knockouts etc as being less of a rose.
Just the idea that "roses are too much work" or "you should value your family and buy our roses instead of other kinds"
My mom is going to be 90 so I totally get your point about needing something to make mom smile.
Kippy, millymoo I am sorry if I came off as accusatory. I am in the "feeling sorry for myself" days maybe. Miss my Mom she was the reason I am in to gardening.
I live around a lot of gardeners so I do not see the young not gardening anymore. But I think the economy is hurting so many they have to decide if they buy a plant or put food on the table. If they have a job they are afraid if they will have it tomorrow and both parents are working. When I was raising my daughter I was at home and had the time to garden. So many Moms do not have that luxury anymore.
Just as a side note I have come here and saw the comments of how common Knockouts are and they are tired of seeing them in every mall garden. It just hit me when I saw this and thought that it was another "How dare you buy those weeds and call them a rose".
I say the same thing over on the Daylily forum when they start bashing Stella.
New gardeners have to start somewhere and easy is a good way to get them hooked.
That ad actuallty made me chuckle in recognition. I'm not in the target demographic, but I did raise a child who is absolutely jealous of the time I spent on my roses when he was younger. He's in college now, so that point doesn't particularly bother him anymore.
"Lower care", perhaps for a while, until crown gall attacks them. There is enough of The Fairy in Flower Carpets to make them particularly susceptible to crown gall in my area. It's an indigenous problem here in So Cal and roses closely related to The Fairy are very susceptible to it. I've replaced MANY Flower Carpet roses with plants other than roses to eliminate the problem. They have their use and place, but, like anything else, they aren't "no care" and far from perfect. Kim
Yes miilymoo people don't like gardening so much anymore. In my neighborhood on my street (30+houses) I am the only one that gardens. Everyone else has either cactus, one tree, some oleanders or a few shrubs. Thats it. I have raised veggie beds, 6 fruit trees, grapes, 30 roses, plus lilacs etc. I do it because I enjoy the rewards of having a beautiful place to live and it gives me peace. A lot of the neighbors are related to the chicken little story. When the vegtables and fruit come in they will stand on the other side of the split rail fence hoping I will offer them something. One neighbor sent her kids over to my door asking for tomatoes and apricots. Very rude! But that is the way it is now days.
I'll keep my semi-jaundiced eye on them, Kim. City of Livermore has this variety (Flower Carpet White) or some other color of the ilk planted in every other median or sidewalk strip in town, it seems. Will be "interesting" if the gall problem crops up here. As always, your wealth of knowledge and experience is much appreciated!
Marquest, I have posted that I hate to see ONLY Knockouts planted, as they so often are, in lieu of the many other worthy roses. But I admire them for what they are, an easy to grow abundant bloomer. I now see hedges of blooming roses in locations that would never have had any roses before.
So I empathize with your defense of them even though I'm one of the posters who occasionally bemoans the commercial monoculture of Knockout beds. When I moved to this desert area my mother was terminal & required constant care. So what did I slap in the sunburned caliche that Mom could look at from the window? why a Knockout & and Iceberg, of course.
Thank you for the kind words. I wish I still had some of Mom's actual roses, but I'll always try to have Tropicana, Iceburg, & Cherish--she loved those so. Back in 1960, she planted old Tropicana (which got TOO popular & therefore put-down a lot, also) when it came out. Those huge glowing coral blooms just pleased her so. It's comforting to know that we could let our Moms enjoy flowers still when they could no longer do the gardening. Best wishes:)
Ii have an Appleblossom Flower Carpet and it's a neat little rose. Stays low and spreading and blooms all season with very little care. I appreciate having some around that don't require more care. They fill the garden with blooms on their own so I can spend my time fussing with my favorites!
I can see why the ad annoyed you, Kitty. The bit about the family over the roses is a bit much. But they are trying to sell them so it's probably to be expected. And you have to realize that they're competing directly with the Knock Outs hype so they're piling it on heavy. The old tug at the heart strings works for sales. Just ask Hallmark!
I'm not against the roses. My neighbor has a huge row of pink J&P simplicity that she shears with hedge trimmers and loves. I don't like the way the ad suggests that other roses will steal your time from your loved ones. Why can't they just advertise the roses benefits without all that. I'm glad some of you are having success with them. Near me, all I have ever seen is sad potted ones in a big box store so I never got to see any doing well and wondered if they were as easy and trouble free as the ad implies .
Yes, the implication is dirty. Parents have enough to worry about without feeling guilty about spending time on a hobby - a hobby that I do while the kids play OUTSIDE in the fresh air and sunshine. They are proud when I give teachers or friends a bouquet. I homeschool; I need to garden to relieve stress and put me in touch with beauty - it makes me a better parent.
I don't feel guilty because of an advertisement. I do, however, feel annoyed that advertisers would try and make me.
I don't feel guilty because of an advertisement. I do, however, feel annoyed that advertisers would try and make me.
I agree it is a guilt ad. It is also a sexes ad with a bullseye target painted on the females head.
I never got to see any doing well and wondered if they were as easy and trouble free as the ad implies.
I can only speak for my climate. I would not presume to ask why people do not grow more tulips, and Daffodils because they are easy for me because of my climate.
They truly are as easy and trouble free for a gardener in a cold climate as implied. Any plant you see used in commercial landscapes you can pretty much trust the plant is trouble free. These are designs are for the purpose of beauty and a once a month or less care. Sometime they only do any maintenance in these gardens once a season. That pretty much tells you they are bullet proof.
I planted the Fairy rose, and Red and Sunny Yellow knockouts in my Mom's garden. Because they are basically a low growing plant. No space requirement due to diseases they acted as a ground cover there was not many weeds. They bloomed non-stop and she had her roses and fragrance (Sunny has a beautiful fragrance) without much work. She was not looking for cut roses. She just enjoyed sitting on her deck and smelling and seeing the roses in her small gardens.
There is a housing development down the road from me that installed a very long section of what looks to be flower carpet white roses, if not they are a similar groundcover type of rose. For some reason half of the length is tended, the roses are pruned, fertilized, and mulched once a year, and the other half is left to it's own devices. The half that is tended blooms way more and looks way better than the other half, so I definitely would say these type of roses are 'less care' not 'no care.' I have a couple of scarlet flower carpet roses because I liked the bright color, they do well with less water and pruning than my other roses and the leaves are always healthy and green.
As to the idea that one has to choose between a garden or children, I think that it's ridiculous. When I was little I spent hours in the garden with my Mom, she showed me everything that was safe to eat and I would wander around trying things out and generally having a good time. There was a movie few years ago that documented the first year of life of four different babies, one American, one Japanese, one Mongolian, and one Namibian. The conclusion of the photographer was that benign neglect is highly underrated in our society. Children need to be cared for, but spending some time on their own to discover who they are is also important. And a garden is a great place to begin that sort of independent exploration, especially with a Mom weeding close by to keep an eye on them. Caveat, I have no children and therefore no real right to speak on the matter.
Lastly, I don't know if it's because I live in such a great place to garden or what, but I see no deficit of gardeners and gardens in my area. The nurseries are always crowded on weekends, and when I go to get plants for my own garden I usually see young parents with little ones in tow. Especially in the vegetable section, it seems like there are a lot of families around here that are getting more and more interested in exposing their children to where food comes from at a young age.
Trends always change, right now people may have moved away from gardening but it's only a matter of time before the pendulum swings back in the other direction.
Well, how about writing your displeasure to the Anthony Tesselaar Company and the magazine? "Southern Lady" won't know that any of their readers have an issue with the ad unless you tell them.
Tesselaar is an Australian company, BTW. A distributor of "Flower Carpet" roses.
Lonely voice here, but I am actually pretty happy with the ad. Lets people know that there are other shrub and ground cover roses besides Knock Outs. Here the Drifts seem to do better than the Flower Carpets-- Peach Drift is outstanding and very low-care.
Parenting is tough now that it's considered unsafe to just let children go out and play. So moms really don't have the time they did a few decades ago; seems like all kid leisure activities involve structured time and being driven somewhere. Sigh.
My mom worked in her gardens while we played around the neighborhood, how times have changed!
Back to Flower Carpet..
The organic rose garden here was bordered by a hedge of white, pink, and red Flower Carpets-- magnificent until we lost it to RRD. The whites had to be babied here-- general lack of vigor and poor disease resistance.
I've been growing Flower Carpet roses for years and have also seen this ad but I don't see what all the fuss is about. The ad doesn't say that they don't require any care - just that they're low-maintenance. Perhaps that's in comparison with other roses or perennials that require difficult pruning or deadheading.
Compared to other roses I have, the carpet roses don't get japanese beetles so I don't have to spray them with chemicals either. Some of mine bloom all summer and others bloom in flushes but regardless, they all provide me with flower beds full of color and that's all I'm looking for in a plant
I think I've been successful at close to totally shutting my brain off from marketing tactics, which as a general rule I find highly annoying. This doesn't seem any more annoying than most ads to me.
I think my Pink Supreme has lofty goals of taking over all my acreage. It sure as heck IS hardy!
Off topic but on the subject of marketing, You may find the ads at this link "interesting".
"Your kids & grand-kids will never believe there was a time when these ads ran." Click on each picture to enlarge.
Here is a link that might be useful: link for above
The biggest problem with our kids today is they are over indulged, over managed and over worshiped. Mom and Dad having hobbies outside of parenting would probably make for children who turn into more healthy adults.
I say: Go garden!
This post was edited by subk3 on Tue, May 7, 13 at 14:54
As a younger gardener - started at 28 when we bought our house and jumped into roses a couple years later - I find this add trite and also an example of the problem as to why gardening is in decline. Options should not be sold as the 'easy' alternative because that positions everything in that realm as 'hard' or 'high maintenance' and perpetuates a stereotype. Also, my two best friends are avid gardeners and both have two small children each (the oldest being in kindergarten) and they spend every possible moment out in their gardens....with their children.
It is not the younger generation that is at fault for the decline of gardening. I would lay blame on two incredibly disparate variables. First, the housing bubble. So many people were busy buying bigger, newer homes...many without any landscaping included in cost. Many people did not realize the way new construction lawns and gardens required a lot of prep to get the soil back up to workable. Also, bigger homes...bigger yards...more money and more time. People were also more interested in the buying, getting equity, and upgrading--all in a couple years. Doesn't leave a lot of time for investment in gardens. Gardening was part of the collateral damage that was the housing boom. Second, technology is a wonderful tool for gardeners, but a major distraction for those not already invested. It also creates the mentality of a culture of immediacy. Plants take time to grow. Learning about plants takes time. You can't flick a switch or hit a button and make it bloom, but that is what we are programmed to want. - Not only the younger generation either. Don't get me started on Boomers and mobile devices. :)
Also, Boomers are a huge population chunk and they are currently in the process of simplifying, downsizing, moving into condos, etc. as their children are getting older and moving out of the house. Boomers have more buying power and money to spend than us Gen X'ers. Them getting older and opting for no-maintenance would account for a dip in garden spending as well. Just my two cents.
No idea who Anthony Tesselaar is - I thought Flower Carpet roses were bred by Noack and are a really rather good cold weather rose choice. I often feel quite fed up that procumbent roses get such a poor review with words such as 'municiple', maintenance free and so on. They are really good doers- at least the european flower carpets are.
As for the ad - gah - nasty anodyne, dull. But then, I am a long way from ever being a 'southern lady'.