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Root cutting newbie questions
I'm new to the whole 'plant' thing in general, but became interested a few seasons back and have started having success with outdoor and indoor plants.
When I found out about this root cutting 'thing' I tried it with a couple of things. I've read 'Lazy... plain old water' post. The water/soil thing is kind of my issue.
I tried water, got roots, planted in soil...died. Thought maybe I needed to let root longer, until I had lots of roots. Also failed once in soil. Got something to put on the roots cuttings, used that on fresh cuttings and put straight into soil. Not even close. Never get roots when I try straight soil. Went back to water, I can get roots, but then they die in soil. Talked to someone at the nursery and they explain the water to soil problem and it does sound better to start straight in soil, but when I do that I never get anywhere.
What am I missing?
3 things I am interested in trying to do this fall so that I can plant them again next spring are Lanta, Mexican Heather & coleus. I heard you could do that with these pretty easy. But I would be happy with general information to tell me what I'm doing wrong.
Those are all easy to root in the right mix, with the right temperature and humidity. Starting in water as you have been doing, the water keeps the humidity high and if started in the house the temperature will be OK. A cutting mix must be able to accept water without excluding air, yet not become soggy from not draining. Many mixes will do this, but an easy to find combination is 80% perlite and 20% peat. I use four inch salvaged square plastic nursery pots. I can get up to four cuttings per pot. I use about foot long bamboo stakes in all four corners to support a clear plastic tent(recycled bread wrappers)held to the pot with a rubber band. My cuttings have been dipped in hormone and inserted in the mix that was soaked in water. I do keep the pots on a 70 degree mat for faster rooting. Vent the pot by removing the tent every other day and turn the tent inside out to remove excess water and put back on the pot. Most plants will root within two months softer cuttings much faster usually. Al
Thanks. I have dipped my cuttings in hormone and I've been told the mix I have been using is good for cuttings. But.... I have not been covering them with anything. That's sound like something to try. I know things seem to dry out fast, but I don't want to over water(I'm notorious for that with EVERYTHING). I will have to give that a try.
I've rather wondered if during the winter, where they are in my home is too cool. I had thought about getting a heating mat, but before I went to that expense (and it now is warming up) I wanted to see if there might be other things I am doing wrong.
I will give the cover/wrapper/tent a try and continue working on it.
Thanks again.
The thing to remember with cuttings, it is the roots we are trying to grow not the foliage. A heat mat keeps the roots warmer than the air temperature and encourages root growth over foliage, so for cuttings a bottom heat is beneficial. The energy stored in the wood of the cutting is what promotes the growing of the roots. This energy is lost through evaporation or transpiration of the moisture from the cutting and roots will not usually grow. To retain the energy long enough for rooting to happen is the reason for tenting or misting. You should not have to add water to the mix until moisture no longer forms on the inside of the tenting plastic. Al
More useful information. Thank you. This may seem silly, but how do you know if you are still 'ok' or if the cutting has died? I know I don't want hardly any leaves and it takes a while for the roots to start growing, but that was one thing I liked about the water. I could see the roots forming. I've got two now that seem to be just sticks, but I have tried to be patient and not mess with them. I've had them in the soil for about 6-8 weeks.
Yes thats the reason I like to leave at least a half of a leaf on a cutting, I don't want the leaf itself to grow,but it lets me watch the cutting for its drying out. Some cuttings will have a green stalk that acts the same as a leaf, even to photosynthesize. I have had green stalk cuttings with no leaves for a year before they started growing leaves, a clue that they MAY have roots. I like to wait at least two months for roots to grow before I give the cutting a gentle tug to see if it resists coming out of the mix. This takes a little practice and if the cutting does pull out with a callus and no root. just put it back in the mix and wait another month before trying again. Al
Thanks again. I picked up a very nice Mexican Heather at a nursery sale the other day. It is way to early to put in the ground here, but I thought I might try a root cutting or two from it and and mabye be able to get them far enough along to put in the garden later in the season. Or at least a learning exerinece.....
I've been propagating by cuttings for a good thirty years now, but still don't pretend to be an expert. The question of rooting in water or a mix is a good one. Rooting in water develops roots with large cells full of water, so when they are then planted in a potting mix, the roots have to change up rather fast in order to take up nutrients and many times they go into shock and die. I prefer to start everything in a soil-less potting mix. I have also found that for some reason I have a much better success rate by using styrofoam cups as the containers. I simply punch a small draining hole in the bottom, then fill with the mix and really water thoroughly. This means watering them until I am positive that they are damp all the way down. Most of my cutting are around six inches in length and I remove all the lower leaves but leave a few of the upper leaves. This is necessary so the cutting will have the leaves to help produce food and will be able to take up nurishment when the roots begin to develop. I then put the cutting in the center of the mix, take a bendable straw and insert in into the cup at the edge. This will hold up the plastic bag that will be placed down over the cutting, straw, label and cup and fastened on with a rubber band. The plastic bag needs to have a small hole put through both sides at the top so that excess heat can escape if necessary and provides for a bit of circulation. A knife point or icepick will do nicely for making the hole in the bag. I usually use sandwich bags, the foldable kind, not zip. The cuttings are then placed in a bright place, but not in direct sun and if put together properly need not be disturbed for at least a month. Many things this time of year will be rooted in a month, but I suggest checking for roots and perhaps giving them a drink at this time. If not rooted, they will then be alright for a couple more weeks or better, until they do root. There are very few things that you can expect 100% success with, but there are some. I've never lost a forsythia, miniature rose, african violet, spirea, and many houseplant varieties, but most things you will lose some. The most dangerous time for doing cutting is when they are amply rooted and you attempt to uncover them. Take your time doing this. Take the rubber band off and loosen the bag for a day or two, then pull the bag up a bit to expose one side to the air for a day or two. If that all goes well, then take the bag off, but at no time during the procedure allow the potting mix to dry out. Patience is all important in doing cuttings. Once you've been successful,you will be amazed at how much you will learn.
I never mentioned how I water my cutting mix. I fill the pot with mix and set it in a sink with water deep enough to saturate the entire mix. I do this before sticking the cuttings. Using my finger or a stick I make the hole in the wet mix so I can insert the cutting without wiping off the hormone. I then press the mix down around the cutting. If I find I need to water again before roots have grown I again set the pot in the sink. Al
Wow! Thanks Minirose1 & calistoga. Learned a lot there.
Silly question to you all I imagine, but what is 'soil-less' potting mix?
I will be experimenting more and more and I imagine I will get the hang of at least some if it. As long as I don't kill off my original plant, I've got nothing to loose but some time and effort. Thanks!
I too have had no success with growing cuttings (except for an oregano sprig that I left in water, which grew long roots; that seems to actually be growing okay in soil now). I'm certain my bad technique is to blame.
I really wanted to salvage some of my rosemary plant, which suddenly started to die -- this is probably because of something I did :(. One cutting I put in a jar with water, and the others I took the bottom leaves off, dipped in rooting hormone and put in potting soil. None of my methods worked out in the end, they all seemed to die. Now after reading this thread it looks like there are several factors I did not consider, the first one being the quality of the soil I used. Maybe it wasn't appropriate for my plants? I also did not cover the cuttings in a plastic bag, which I should try next time. Another thing that intrigues me is providing heat for the roots and not necessarily for the leaves.
Without knowing what exactly I did or didn't do that caused my cuttings to fail, I would guess that in general I just shocked my plants too much. I need to let it adjust to the new environments, not put it outside right away, etc. Nothing I can do but keep trying, and keep trying to learn.


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Richard 'Dick' Brooks
Richard "Dick" Brooks, 86, Oakley, died Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, at Logan County Manor, Oakley.
He was born Feb. 9, 1927, in Hot Springs, Ark., to Robert and Mary Ann (Rossum) Brooks.
He married Gladys Bradshaw on Dec. 7, 1946, in Winona. She preceded him in death. He was a mechanic. He was a U.S. Navy veteran, serving during World War II.
Survivors include four daughters, Peggy Suter, Kaw City, Okla., Elizabeth Ann Day, Dallas, June Guthrie, Long Beach, Miss., and TruDee Little, Wichita; a sister, Mary Francis Irwin, Arapahoe, Colo.; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
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Bunny Drop Book 4
Posted in Manga Reviews on October 16, 2011 by Johannaby Yumi Unita
published by Yen Press; $12.99 US
Ah, they grow up so fast. Rin's now a schoolgirl, so no more "aww, what a cute kid" stories in this series. Instead, dad Daikichi observes a cousin's family struggles, takes care of Rin when she gets sick and later loses her first tooth, and helps her train for a school jump rope competition.
There's a lot of observing other parents' struggles in the tales contained here. All these characters that come into Daikichi's life are to show him how parenting — often single parenting — can work. They all make sacrifices, but they barely notice, because it's so rewarding.
I'm impressed to see how rapidly Yumi Unita is moving Rin's growing up along. However, as she becomes a young woman, she's running into expectations regarding her role — and that was the part of the book I was most disappointed by. There are a lot of restrictions based on gender expectations in this volume. At times, I wasn't sure that the author was aware of how stereotypical the portrayals shown are.
For instance, the first, two-chapter story brings Daikichi's cousin Haruko and Haruko's daughter Reina to visit. Haruko needs to escape from her conservative, constricting life for a bit. She's a wife and mother, expected to take care of her child and kowtow to her husband's family, whom they live with. Since Daikichi doesn't understand her concerns (and doesn't even want to listen to the full story), the reader never really does, either. She's just one of the many women who are inspired and helped by Daikichi. (Since part of her concern is that her husband ignores her, it's weird that the reader and Daikichi do, too, never really listening.) Her "happy" ending, to learn to ignore her emotions for the sake of the child, doesn't feel like much of a solution.
While lip service is paid to how strong these women are for raising children, and all the many worries and challenges that entails, the naive Daichiki, who's still wondering whether he can raise a child successfully a year into doing it, is the one who provides the example that answers these women's questions and takes care of them in addition to Rin. I know he's the central figure in a series that runs in a magazine aimed at male readers, so he needs to be the protagonist, but it's a bit unnerving, that he's the center and every woman in the book either needs his help (the cousin, the neighbor — although to be fair, that's after she's helped him with Rin's cold) or is there to take care of him (his mother).
My concerns were really summed up in one small scene during the jump rope story, though. It's otherwise a neat piece, about how various parents and children all come together at the park to help the kids, boys and girls, practice jumping rope. Until a moment where everyone takes a break, and the groups separate by gender. The boys and men play basketball, while the girls and women play what we called Chinese jump rope. (It's the game where two girls put elastic cords around their ankles, and another girl jumps in and out of the large loop they form.) I was surprised by how girly Rin was drawn. With all her energy, I expected her to be playing ball with the guys instead of looking like she was posing for a catalog.
The art could be inconsistent at times, with heads sometimes not being quite the shape they should be, but key moments had the necessary emphasis on expressive faces, and Rin is always cute. I did get a little tired of shocked or screaming Daikichi, though, with wide-open mouth and sweat drops to indicate his extreme feelings. On the positive side, I enjoyed seeing so many different kinds of parents and families, all shown as viable options. That's something to celebrate.
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"I know he's the central figure in a series that runs in a magazine aimed at male readers, so he needs to be the protagonist, but it's a bit unnerving, that he's the center and every woman in the book either needs his help (the cousin, the neighbor — although to be fair, that's after she's helped him with Rin's cold) or is there to take care of him (his mother)."
Er, Bunny Drop runs in Feel Young, which is aimed at 20-30ish women and has very few male readers. I think Daichiki is supposed to be more of a fantasy figure; the nice, reliable, guy who can take care of his family even under difficult conditions.
I noticed the gender-enforcement very early on; it's apparent even in the ways that the kids are treated. Rin and the other girls are always clean, cute and perky; Kouki and the other boys are usually dirty, loud and rambunctious. I find this true of a lot of josei manga; just because it's by a female author and pitched to a female audience doesn't mean it's going to have particularly progressive gender politics. Kinko Itō has written some scholarship in English on josei/ladies' comics, and one of her observations is that although the works tend to focus on young, single career women, a fair number of readers are married housewives with children who want to be reassured that traditional gender roles are the better choice.
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Results from the Annual HRExecutive Human Resources Leaders Survey, "What's Keeping HR Up at Night" were recently released. (That's right, anxiety is a leading indicator.)
Looking at results from the last two surveys, the top challenges reported by HR executives are not surprising:
To address retention and productivity risks, some organizations are responding to employee requests for more communication and greater training and development opportunities. However, where organizations are unable to address their retention risks through these means, there may be a need for further study--and to my way of thinking, greater innovation.
"Innovation" is easy to say but often difficult to create, especially when organizations are facing a weak economy and uncertainty in the markets. Still, the key to innovation is good ideas, and we still produce those — even during this slow recovery.
Take, for example, a presentation from last year's HRPS Fall Forum. Trina Soske and Mark Markovitz presented a variation on executive development. In their work at IBM, they shifted away from a traditional focus on individual leaders and instead designed their program around a group of leaders. Why does it make sense? Because executives at IBM, like the rest of us, work in groups where responsibility and authority is often shared and interdependent. In this group model, the organization's strategic initiatives sit at the center of the program and development occurs within a group jointly responsible for outcomes. One of my favorite phrases from that session: "Leadership is not an individual act."
Looking at the list of sleep-stealers from the HRE survey, a leadership program like this might be a twofer—tagging development and alignment. It could even have a positive effect on all four of these top anxiety producers.
The process for improved outcomes at the organizational level begins with good ideas. Staying current with research and pilots/experiments conducted by leading organizations is a necessity for Human Resources professionals who have to maintain a pipeline of strategic and tactical options.
Now, while I can't say for sure that attending the HRPS Fall Forum 2011 will make any of us sleep better, I do expect that we will come away with some provocative ideas to consider. The topics up for discussion this year at the Washington, DC-area event are on-point with the top anxiety-producers for HR leaders listed above:
This is where the HR value chain starts: good ideas, research, and credible experiments in real life.
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As a young girl, Sarah Batsheva was infatuated with the handsome teenage boy who lived down the street.
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Seven Days
SEVEN DAYS by Mike Evans is a wild ride into an attack on Iran before it happens followed by SEVEN DAYS of retaliation against Israel and the West.
Since 1948, Israel has launched numerous preemptive strikes against her foes.
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The Candidate
What is the real reason for the ongoing conflict in the Middle East between the Jewish and Muslim populations?
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The Conspiracy to Divide Jerusalem"I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." - Genesis 12:3
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<< Prime Minister of Israel | Speech to the UN General Assembly >>
"Mike Evans is a fighter for freedom in a world of darkening and narrowing horizons. In his devotion to Israel, Mike has consistently demonstrated the moral clarity that is necessary to defend Israel against the lies and distortions of its enemies, and championed the Jewish people's claim to the Land of Israel…I look forward to strengthening our friendship on his many future visits to Israel."
The Honorable Danny Ayalon
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"The Prime Minister (Ariel Sharon) would like to express his personal appreciation to you, Mike Evans, for being such a great friend of Jerusalem and the State of Israel, speaking out with courage and compassion for over two decades. He salutes your achievements and wishes you continued success."
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Catrin graduated from Graphic Design in Darmstadt, Germany and then worked for different advertising agencies in Germany, USA and Switzerland.
2009 Catrin started to create digital images by collaging old illustrations and photographs.
At the same time she discovered online social networks and her private images were then open to the public. The positive responses Catrin got there were her motivation to go on with her art until now.
Beautiful creation!
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so wonderful..
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Delightful. Greatbas always
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More than circumstances and hard times, it is travel that makes a person comprehend the true meaning of life. It was December 2004 when I started trekking in the Himalayas and I instantly fell in love with pure minimalistic beauty of nature. I walked the verdant landscapes, met honest villagers, played with their kids, survived with the most basic facilities and breathed life on the summits. Ever since then my mind became clear, I started my profession in writing and turned into a vegan.
It is time for me to return something back to these mountains and the people who live there and preserve it. The idea has constantly occupied my mind from months but it is now time to leap forward in order to bring out the goodness in people and spread smiles in the far lands of Indian Himalayas.
Being Santa Claus
The people living in the remote villages of Himalayas barely have any contact with the outer world. They still get astonished after seeing their picture in a camera, the kids jump for chocolates, they run after car and greet you with most genuine smiles. The women work hard in fields and in managing household work. Even though these people have limited access to resources, they are still more satisfied with their life if compared with that of a city-dweller.
The motto of our journey is to carry gifts from people living in the city and deliver it randomly to women, men and kids living in the remote villages. It isn't necessary for you to know a person just to make them happy and happiness starts from giving without expecting anything in return. We will ask school students to gift sketch pens, toys, craft books, etc. For women we will accept sarees, shoes, shawls, solar lights, etc. and for men we will accept shoes, gloves, used mobiles, jackets, etc.
It might sound stupid to gift something to someone whom you have never met, but you must not stop yourself from doing so. We will be the social media for people living in isolated spheres of our country and this will be our attempt to connect you with them. The only difference is that you will be poking them with gifts.
The Planning
1. Assembling a team of 5 persons who are willing to take a break of 1 month from their office.
Sandeep Bisht: The Planner
Sagar Sharma: The Manager
Mohan Rao: The Organizer
Qadeer Ahmed: The Speaker
Ankitt Bhatt: The Videographer
2. Arranging a comfortable and spacious Tempo Traveller with an experienced and reliable driver.
3. Roping in Sponsors for our journey like Ambi Pur, Force (for Tempo Traveller), Bharat Petroleum & MORE.
4. Promoting about this journey on social media platforms and encouraging people to buy gifts for women, men and kids.
The Journey
Day 1 & Day 2
With all the essentials and gifts packed inside the tempo traveller, we will begin our journey from Delhi– Dehradun – Mori – Netwar – Dhaula. Beyond Mori the region is actually the border between Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. This region is inhabited by original Himalayan tribes and Jaunsari people. Their culture is very unique and intriguing as well. In this region people worship Duryodhana, because he defeated an asur and saved the locals.
Day 3 to Day 5
We will ask our driver to meet us at Sangla on Day 10. On these particular days we will walk to villages of Sewa, Jiskun & Jhaka. The smiles will start spreading from Day 3 onwards. Playing cricket with the kids will definitely be on our – to do list. We will start distributing gifts on these days. Overnight in a local villagers house would just add up to experience.
Day 6 to Day 10
In order make the most of our journey, we will trek to Sangla from Jhaka village via Rupin Pass.The journey is difficult and 4 days long from Jhaka to Sangla but the scenic beauty is magnificent and awe-inspiring.
Day 11 & Day 12
After reaching Sangla we will drive to Chitkul, one of the last villages of India in Himachal Pradesh. After distributing gifts to children we will drive back to Reckong Peo to visit monasteries and spend some quality time with monks.
Day 12 to Day 22
For the next days we will hit the road and visit every single monastery in Lahaul Spiti valley. We will be visiting the region of Sumdo, Dhankar, Kaza and Tabo. Crossing the KunzumPass, sitting idle for hours on the banks of Chandra Tal and visiting monasteries like Ki-Gompa are the list of things that will not only bless us spiritually but transform us into a better human being. The moon like landscape of Lahaul Spiti Valley is unlike anything else in India. This Himalayan desert is mainly inhabited by Buddhists who live a peaceful life. I am pretty sure that after receiving gifts given by students of Delhi, the Buddhist kids will also give something in return. Be it a thankful note captured in the video or a small yet pure thing as a Buddhist prayer flag.
Day 22 to Day 28
Our focus during these days will specifically be on BRO. While driving on the mountains you must have seen interesting and funny sign marks about driving safe. It is one of the key highlights of BRO (Border Roads Organization). But maintaining such roads even in the harshest weather conditions is one heck of a job. Landslides washes away the highways every now and then but BRO workers repair them, ensuring that the journey of travellers be safe and hassle free. Our one month long journey is entirely about the mountains and thus it will be insignificant if we don't thank BRO workers, the way we should. We will distribute them the essentials on the corner of the highway over the cup of strong tea while gazing at the mountains. We will also dedicate two days working with them while repairing the highway or paving the road.
Day 28 to Day 30
After exploring the Lahaul Spiti Valley and meeting with the BRO workers we will drive to Manali and celebrate the success of our journey.
After reaching back to Delhi we will create a short documentary about our journey. The documentary will capture the emotions of the people while receiving gifts and what they had to say to the person whose gift was delivered to them. They will be sharing their names and a little bit about their life. The documentary will also capture how this one month long road trip transformed us for good.
This post was written for Ambi Pur Car – "The Perfect Road Trip" Contest on Indiblogger.
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The Reading List and Classics Final Oral Exam
Toward the end of a candidate's final semester a comprehensive oral examination is administered by a committee, ordinarily consisting of three faculty members, and composed in consultation between the graduate advisor and the candidate. This exam gives the candidate an opportunity to show what she or he has achieved and lasts for approximately 75 minutes. Beginning with areas of greatest familiarity to the candidate and proceeding outward, the exam covers the courses the candidate has taken, the thesis if there is one, and the reading list of recommended primary and secondary sources. The candidate will supply the committee in advance with a list of courses taken, briefly indicating the contents of those courses. In testing the candidate over the reading list, the committee will look for evidence of an overall grasp of the main periods in Greek and Latin literature and ancient Greek and Roman history and culture. Students will receive either a HIGH PASS, PASS, or FAIL.
If a candidate has written a thesis, there will be a separate Thesis Defense, administered by the members of the Thesis Committee. This will last approximately one hour.
Checklist of Primary Sources
All of the works on the Checklist below are to be read at least in translation. Students will cover several of these texts in the original in their courses, but should undertake to read at least some of the list in the original languages, in preparation for the Language Proficiency Exam.
- Homer: Iliad
- Homer, Odyssey
- Homeric Hymn to Demeter
- Homeric Hymn to Hermes
- Hesiod, Theogony
- Lyric Poetry: Selections by D. A. Campbell, Greek Lyric Poetry, or M. L. West, Oxford World's Classics
- Herodotus, Books 1, 7, 8, 9
- Thucydides, Books 1, 2, 5
- Aeschylus, Oresteia
- Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound
- Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
- Sophocles, Antigone
- Sophocles, Oedipus Coloneus
- Euripides, Medea
- Euripides, Bacchae
- Euripides, Hippolytus
- Aristophanes, Frogs
- Aristophanes, Lysistrata
- Aristophanes, Clouds
- Plato, Apology
- Plato, Crito
- Plato, Phaedo
- Plato, Republic, Books 5 and 10
- Aristotle, Poetics
- Plutarch, Alexander and Caesar
- Polybius, Book 6
- Plautus, Miles Gloriosus
- Terence, Adelphoe
- Lucretius, De rerum natura, Books 1, 4
- Catullus, complete
- Sallust, Bellum Catilinae
- Caesar, Bellum Gallicum Book 1
- Caesar, Bellum Civile Book 1
- Vergil, Eclogues
- Vergil, Aeneid
- Horace, Odes (complete; incl. Carmen Saeculare)
- Horace, Satires 1
- Horace, Epistles 1
- Ovid, Metamorphoses
- Ovid, Ars Amatoria
- Cicero, In Catilinam 1-4
- Cicero, Philippics 2
- Cicero, De Officiis
- Livy, Books 1-5, 20-22
- Petronius, Satyricon
- Seneca, Medea
- Pliny the Younger: Epp. 6.16, 20; 10.96, 97
- Tacitus, Annales 1, 13, 14, 15
- Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10
- Juvenal, Satires 3
Recommended Secondary Sources
Greek Literature
- Easterling, P.E., and B.M.W. Knox, ed. Greek Literature . New York : Cambridge University Press, 1985. PA3052 .G73 19
Latin Literature
- Conte, G.B. Latin Literature: A History. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994.
Greek History & Culture
- Pomeroy, Sarah B., Stanley M. Burstein, Walter Donlan and Jennifer Tolbert Roberts. 1999. Ancient Greece: A Political, Social and Cultural History. N.Y.: Oxford Univ. Press. (General)
- Finley, M.I. 1981. Early Greece: The Bronze and Archaic Ages . N.Y.: Norton.
- Ehrenberg, Victor. 1968. From Solon to Socrates . London: Methuen. DF77 .E35
- F. W. Walbank. 1982. The Hellenistic World . Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press.
Roman History & Culture
- Ward, Allen M., Fritz M. Heichelheim, and Cedric A. Yeo. 1999. A History of the Roman People . Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. (General)
- Crawford, Michael H. 1982. The Roman Republic . Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. DG231 .C72 1982
- Wells, Colin. 1984. The Roman Empire . Stanford, CA: Stanford Univ. Press.


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43rd Annual Preservation Awards Presented by ACHF
Posted on 05/08/2012 by Alan Lanier |
The Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation is pleased to present the 43rd Annual Preservation Awards, showcasing outstanding projects that revitalize historic places in our community. There's an award for nearly every type of project, from multimillion-dollar restorations in authentic historic detail, to do-it-yourself rehabilitations, to grassroots revitalization efforts.
The event will be taking place on Monday, June 4 at The Morton Theatre beginning at 6:00 PM.
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Name: Russell Status: Student Grade: 9-12 Location: N/A Country: United States Date: July 2008
Cannot find a definite answer to the following question: Explain what is meant by biological activity of a protein?
The biological function of a protein is either structural (collagen, for example), carrier (hemoglobin, for example), enzymatic (trypsin, for example), regulatory (receptor proteins and insulin, for example), mechanical (myosin, for example). Google "functions of proteins" for others.
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In general, proteins are designed to 'attach' to biological molecules. They might attach to each other to form structural units in the cell, or they might attach to other biological molecules to do specific tasks (such as catalyze a chemical reaction). These functions are known as the protein's 'biological activity'.
A protein is like a long string that is folded around itself in a specific way. If the protein comes unfolded or is folded in the wrong way, it may no longer be able to perform its function. When this happens, we say it has lost its biological activity. In the case of chemical reactions, you can quantitatively measure how fast the reaction occurs, and measure a quantitative biological activity (for example, to compare two proteins' ability/speed to break down a sugar).
Some laboratory techniques that measure protein cannot tell if the protein is active or not -- they can only tell if the protein is present or how much there is. Thus, you may measure that protein is present in a sample, but if the protein has been degraded in some way, you may not measure any biological activity. That's why biologists make a distinction between amount of protein and biological activity.
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Starring: Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss
Director: Antony Hoffman
Genre: Science Fiction
Year: 2000
Rating: 1 / 5
What has happened to Val Kilmer? Once considered one of Hollywood's golden boys, Kilmer has slowly slipped from star to supporting player to also-ran. He still may have the pull to headline major studio releases, but his career is nowhere near the level it reached in the days of The Doors and Tombstone. To realize how someone could fall from such lofty heights to such empty depths, one need look no further than films like Red Planet. A man - or, at the very least, his agent - has to have better sense than to choose scripts such as this. Cursed with miniscule character development and, even worse, no semblance of a plot, Red Planet is a film best forgotten, just as I fear Kilmer's career may soon be.
In the middle of the 21st century, more than ten billion people inhabit Earth, making it horribly overcrowded and destined for destruction. Man's only hope is to look for a new home - in this case, the mysterious and neighboring red planet. After launching algae and other life forms at the planet's surface for years (in hopes of producing a livable atmosphere), man is ready to move to a new home. Unfortunately, after years of showing positive growth, the planet's surface appears to be regressing. Someone has to investigate, to determine if man's best hope is really no hope at all.
Kate Bowman (Carrie-Anne Moss) is commanding the first manned flight to the surface of Mars. Her crew, including hotshot pilot Ted Santen (Benjamin Bratt) and aloof janitor Robby Gallagher (Val Kilmer), feels a mix of wonder and trepidation, as this is the first true voyage to an unknown world. Before they even reach the surface, a freak storm does considerable damage to the vessel, forcing the majority of the crew to evacuate to the planet below. Once there, with oxygen limited and food and water scarce, the shipwrecked crew members must struggle to survive. Ever more importantly, though, they must learn what is happening to the atmosphere on Mars, for man's very future depends upon it.
Almost two thirds of the way through Antony Hoffman's wretchedly boring Red Planet, I realized that absolutely nothing had happened. A few characters pass on, but their deaths serve no real purpose. Carrie-Anne Moss, the cast's lone female, is relegated to twiddling her thumbs aboard her spaceship while her crew battles below. Terence Stamp makes one speech about the conflict between science and religion and is heard from no more. Star Val Kilmer has nothing to do, avoiding all hints of action until the film's uninspired conclusion. Red Planet epitomizes disappointment, although some might say it never could have amounted to anything anyway. Regardless, I hope the planet Mars has more substance to it than Red Planet, or space exploration is in for the shock of a lifetime.
Val Kilmer.......... | Robby Gallagher |
Carrie-Anne Moss.......... | Kate Bowman |
Benjamin Bratt.......... | Ted Santen |
Tom Sizemore.......... | Dr. Quinn Burchenal |
Simon Baker.......... | Chip Pettengill |
Terence Stamp.......... | Dr. Bud Chantilas |
Certification: Rated PG-13 for violence.
Running Time: 106 minutes.
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Ozzie Guillen can rip his guys publicly all he wants. Although it seems to be pretty unprofessional behavior to me, it's his M.O., and like Charles Barkley, he's one of those guys who for whatever reason gets a complete pass from the media for being a creep. I guess it's because he provides great sound bites.
But isn't the biggest part of a manager's job the ability to motivate? The White Sox are far from mathematically eliminated, but they look every bit a team that is playing out the string. Look, with the Red Sox appearing to have righted the ship, every win is huge, so I'm not giving any of these games back. But after that extra-innings loss by the Pale Hose on Friday night, it seems like the Sox packed it in for the weekend.
There's simply too much talent on that team for them to be this bad, especially when they get the kind of pitching they got today from a fairly impressive Freddy Garcia. Someone does need to look in the mirror Ozzie, and it's not just your players.
As for the Yankees, I can't wait for the day when we can just treat Joba like another pitcher. Is it just me, or has Joba been nowhere good enough for so much hoopla to be made about his innings? If he pitches or not, who cares? He usually hasn't been very good anyway. ]
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birth control, the voluntary limiting of human reproduction, using such means as sexual abstinence, contraception, induced abortion, and surgical sterilization. It includes the spacing as well as the number of children in a family.
Birth control encompasses the wide range of rational and irrational methods that have been used in the attempt to regulate fertility, as well as the response of individuals and of groups within society to the choices offered by such methods. It has been and remains controversial. The U.S. reformer Margaret Sanger coined the phrase in 1914–15 and, like the social movement she founded, the term has been caught up in a quest for acceptance, generating many synonyms: family planning, planned parenthood, responsible parenthood, voluntary parenthood, contraception, fertility regulation, and fertility control.
Human reproduction involves a range of activities and events, from sexual intercourse through birth, and depends as well on a series of physiological interactions, such as the timing of ovulation within the menstrual cycle. The visible events are central to the transmission of life and have been subject to social and religious control. The invisible factors in human reproduction gave rise early on to speculation and in modern times have become the topic of scientific investigation and manipulation. New knowledge relevant to birth control has diffused at different rates through various social groups and has not always been available to those with the greatest need. Hence, the conflicts and controversies surrounding birth control have been complex and impassioned. The disagreement over birth control arises in part from the debate over what is natural and what is artificial (and, to some, unacceptable). For information on human reproduction in general see reproductive system, human, and pregnancy.
Natural fertility
At first glance the species Homo sapiens appears to have low potential for reproduction. Puberty begins late, pregnancy is long, normally only one baby is delivered at a time, and lactation can continue for several years. Yet on the global level the human race now experiences 1,000,000 more births than deaths every five days, and a large percentage of the world's population lives in urban areas, often at extremely high population densities. In experiments, when mammals are placed in crowded conditions the age of sexual maturity rises, the interval between pregnancies increases, and infant mortality jumps, leading to slower growth in the population. Among human beings in analogous crowded conditions, however, in the absence of artificial birth control the opposite situation arises.
In many cases ovulation does not take place in the first several cycles after the onset of menstruation (the menarche). Once a woman is fertile, social factors determine whether she is exposed to the opportunity to become pregnant. In preindustrial Britain, couples were expected to form their own nuclear group upon marriage, and many a first-time bride was in her later 20s. By contrast, in contemporary Third World societies that encourage extended families, girls often marry in the early teens.
In all mammals whose reproduction is not tied to seasonal changes, physiological mechanisms ensure the optimum spacing of pregnancies. In Homo sapiens, as in other primates, breast-feeding provides the basis for nature's own method of birth control. In the few remaining societies of hunters and gatherers, whose way of life may represent the conditions under which most of human evolution took place, women nurse their babies frequently and ovulation and menstruation are suppressed for two to three years after birth. Nomadic women of the !Kung, a group of the San people of southern Africa, use no contraceptives but have a mean interval between births of 44 months and an average of four or five deliveries in a fertile lifetime. Modern methods of birth control substitute for the control over fertility once provided by lactation and permit a degree of control over human reproduction not previously available.
The combination of high infant mortality with relatively low fertility associated with traditional patterns of breast-feeding kept population growth in preagricultural human societies virtually static. Ten thousand years ago the world's population may have stood at 10,000,000. Since that time natural restraints on human reproduction have broken down at an accelerating pace. By the beginning of the Christian Era the world's population was perhaps 300,000,000. In the mid-1980s it passed the 5,000,000,000 mark. Since the Industrial Revolution, and with intensely increasing pressure in the past century, both individuals and societies have had to make important decisions about the use of birth control.
History of birth control
Written records of birth control methods survive from ancient times. Methods are mentioned among the various formulas and remedies recorded in the Ebers papyrus, a compilation of Egyptian medical texts dating from 1550 bc. Classical writers, including Pliny the Elder, Pedanius Dioscorides (De materia medica, c. ad 77), and Soranus of Ephesus (On Midwifery and the Diseases of Women, c. ad 100), refer to contraception and abortion. Several authors from the flowering of Arabic medicine in the 10th century mention contraception, notably ar-Rāzī (Rhazes; Quintessence of Experience), Ali ibn Abbas (The Royal Book), and Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā; The Canon of Medicine). The methods recommended by these early commentators fall into three groups: the reasonable but probably ineffective, such as wiping out the vagina after intercourse (Soranus); the reasonable and perhaps effective, such as using honey, alum, or lactic acid as spermicidal barriers (Ebers papyrus, Dioscorides, and Soranus); and the mystical and manifestly ineffective, for example suggesting that the woman jump backward seven times immediately after coitus (Soranus).
By 1900 all the methods of birth control now in use, with the exception of oral contraceptives, were understood and available in Europe and North America. The first to be developed was the condom. Folklore attributes the invention to a Dr. Condom, said to have been alarmed by the number of illegitimate offspring of Charles II of England. It is more likely, however, that the name derives from the Latin condus, for receptacle. The earliest published description is by the Italian anatomist Gabriel Fallopius in 1564. The first condoms were made from animal intestines and for the most part were used to prevent sexual transmission of disease. When Charles Goodyear discovered the process for vulcanization of rubber in 1839 he initiated a revolution in contraception, as well as transport, and condoms have been a popular choice for birth control since the second half of the 19th century. The use of vaginal barriers (diaphragms and caps, which are commonly used with spermicides) was recorded by the German physician F.A. Wilde in 1823. The medical forerunner of the intrauterine device was the stem pessary, first described and illustrated in 1868. By 1909, Richard Richter, a practitioner from near Breslau (Wrocław in present-day Poland), had described most of the advantages and disadvantages of this method of birth control. Vasectomy, or male sterilization, was practiced in the 19th century, and the first female sterilization by surgical occlusion of the fallopian tubes was performed by a U.S. surgeon in Ohio in 1881. The surgical techniques of induced abortion in use today were also known in the 19th century. In the 1860s an Edinburgh gynecologist, James Young Simpson, described a procedure for "dry cupping" the uterus. The procedure adumbrated vacuum aspiration, a method commonly used today for performing legal abortion.
The fact that conception was more likely to take place during certain phases of the menstrual cycle than others was suspected by classical authors. Adam Raciborski, a Paris physician, noted in 1843 that brides married soon after their menstruation often conceived in that cycle, while if the wedding occurred later in the cycle they commonly had another period before pregnancy occurred. Hermann Knaus in Austria (1929) and Kyūsaku Ogino in Japan (1930) independently and correctly concluded that ovulation occurs 14 days prior to the next menstruation. In 1964 an Australian medical team, John and Evelyn Billings, showed how women could monitor changes in their cervical mucus and learn to predict when ovulation would occur.
"The greatest invention some benefactor can give mankind," wrote Sigmund Freud in the early years of the 20th century, "is a form of contraception which does not induce neurosis." Many of the elements to meet the goal of a new, more acceptable form of contraception were present about the time of World War I, yet two generations were to reach maturity before those elements were exploited. The role of hormones from the ovary was understood early in the 20th century by Walter Heape and John Marshall. The first extract of estrogen was produced in 1913, and the pure compound was isolated by the Americans Willard Allen and Alan Doisy in 1923. At this time an Austrian physiologist, Ludwig Haberlandt, was carrying out experiments on rabbits to apply the new-found knowledge of hormones for contraceptive ends. By 1927 he was able to write, "It needs no amplification, of all methods available, hormonal sterilization based on biologic principles, if it can be applied unobjectionably in the human, is an ideal method for practical medicine and its future task of birth control." Hostile public attitudes made research on birth control virtually impossible, however, and Haberlandt's ideal was not realized until the 1960s.


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Location: Elkhorn, Nebraska
Room Size: 12'x12' (144 sq. ft.)
It's a sad state of affairs when a baby's room looks more sophisticated than my own, grown-up bedroom, but what am I going to do? Share it on Apartment Therapy, of course! That's certainly simpler than trying to compete. With its bold color palette of charcoal gray, sunshine yellow, and soft pinks, Natalie's parents, Scott and Leah, managed to create a whimsical space while retaining the soothing nature of a functional nursery.
Stefan's Imagine-Menagerie
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Name: Stefan (14 months)
Location: Manhattan, New York
Room Size: 9.5' x 12'
Tina and Stefan were first-time parents but second-time clients, brought to me from Apartment Therapy itself several years back. Tina's "Good Question," about preserving the freshness in their master bedroom while still showcasing some gorgeous family furniture led to my working with this lovely couple, and designing a nursery for their newest gender-to-remain-a-mystery-until-delivery-date soon-to-be.
Cooper's Soothing Neutral Nursery
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Name: Cooper John (2 months)
Location: Ontario, Canada
Room Size: 9.5 x 11 (105 sq. feet)
While I'm normally a lover of color, my jaw dropped when I first came across Sarah's son Cooper's nursery. I think it's actually more difficult to create a visually appealing children's space with neutrals, but Sarah's design is spot-on. The patterns, textures, and well-thought out details make this neutral nursery anything but dull. Read on to find out more about this gorgeous and welcoming space.
Hayden's Neon & Neutral Nursery
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Name (Age): Hayden (12 weeks)
Location: Seal Beach, California
Room Size: 15' x 11'
One wouldn't generally think a room with white walls, furniture, and bedding could ever be called colorful, but add a few pops of neon here and there and what was once a monochromatic space suddenly leaves a very colorful impression. That's exactly what Andrea decided to do in her littlest one's nursery. She started with a soothing base of whites and neutrals and added traditional furniture and a handmade quilt - all the makings of a very classic nursery. But with the addition of a few neon accessories, the room suddenly took a more modern twist and became full of life - perfect for its newest little inhabitant.
Malcolm's "Fit for a Gentleman" Room
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Child: Malcolm (4)
Location: Oakville, Ontario
Room size: 10' x 12'
Canadian designer, painter, and blogger Christine Dovey is constantly on a quest for the perfect score for her nearly perfect home. Yet she keeps perfection just out of reach, because what will she do when she's done? Oh, perhaps she will take care of her three (soon to be four!) children. There's that, too. Take a peek here into how this rather feminine designer changed course when decorating her son's room
Francis and Jane Create from Scratch for Growing Family
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Location: Civic Center (south of Canal Street, east of Tribeca), New York City Room Size: Lucas — 15'x7', Anais — 7'x12', Nicholas — 15'x12'
Francis is an internationally recognized architect and Jane is a talented children's clothing designer. Not surprisingly, they've excelled at carving out mini-kingdoms for each of their three children, out of what was once a hallway, an alcove, and part of the dining room.
Michael's Playful Room To Grow
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Name: Michael
Location: Venice, CA
Room Size: 10 ft x 12 ft
Stylist Emily Henderson is no stranger to fun, eclectic and whimsical design. When I was asked to photograph this adorable nursery with her, I immediately felt how strong the aesthetic was and wanted to share it in a tour. Turning Michael's family's design wishes into fruition she has created a gorgeous space that he will continue to grow into.
Ella's Playful Paradise
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Name: Ella
Location: Chicago Area
Room Size: 15' x 15'
With a stylish mom like Trina guiding the way, it's no surprise that both children and adults swoon over Ella's room. Trina and her nine year old daughter Ella worked collaboratively to design the room, which is inspired by Scandinavian design with splashes of color and elements of fun.
Alice's Warm Modern Nursery
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Name: Alice Mae (15 months)
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Room Size: 10' x10'
When I first saw Alice Mae's nursery I thought it was the perfect combination of color and neutrals, modern and vintage, clean lines and warm textures. Her mom Kate approached the space much as she would have the rest of her home, but with a few fun twists for the baby. I love that she kept the crib simple, but accented it with her own handmade quilt and adorable stuffed animals. The gorgeous patterned rug and bright artwork and accessories add life and fun to the otherwise soothing neutral space.
Matilda + Baby's Shared Room
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Name: Matilda, age 4, and baby girl (expected in November)
Location: Marietta, Georgia
Room size: 12' x 12'
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But on other days, Aaron's eyes clouded and his lips sunk down like the sad clown Pierrot. On those days Aaron was hurting — sometimes physically, but more often emotionally. His delicate feelings had been trampled on, and he needed the catharsis of "telling."
Telling wasn't easy. Aaron searched for words and struggled to string them into sentences, as I lost patience. Asking him to hurry up didn't help. "Please," he'd beg, "it will only take a little bit of time. I need to say this." So I'd bite down on the inside of my mouth to suppress a yawn.
Some of my kids would flee to their rooms whenever he turned up. Amazingly, though, my youngest child, 11-year-old Yanky, had preternatural patience for him, and Aaron sensed this. He sought out Yanky. Often he brought a game — checkers or Connect Four — for them to play.
I kept my eye on them. Since I'd heard so many stories, my hypervigilance was almost reflexive. Thank God, though, nothing ever happened — not that I really was expecting it to. Aaron wasn't a pervert or a pedophile, he was just a lonely boy trapped in the body of a man. Still I wondered whether I was doing the right thing by letting him hang around the house.
Sometimes I questioned whether my hospitality did him any good. Aaron took a lot of my time, and on many days he seemed to leave our house sadder than he had been when he had entered.
Then my family had its own worst nightmare. Yanky was out on his bike. As he was riding, a driver of a parked minivan flung open his door. Yanky's head collided with the door. Because of the impact, Yanky flew into the middle of the street, where he landed, bleeding and nearly unconscious. An ambulance took him to the hospital.
Those first few days, we watched as Yanky lay asleep in his hospital bed. The doctors didn't call it a coma, but Yanky was gone and we couldn't seem to get him back. Nothing roused him — not our hugs and kisses, not even the sound of his own name. The nurses poked and prodded long and hard just to get his eyes to flash open for a second, and I felt a fear that seemed to leech out from the marrow of my bones. Would my baby ever come back? Eventually, Yanky did return, cranky and crying but very clearly alive. It took many weeks for his old self to come back.
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An All-American education
By Emily Voss
Last week, a class of eighth grade students from Fort Washington, Pa., got quite a surprise when they connected with the Baseball Hall of Fame for Dirt on Their Skirts, a videoconference lesson on women's history as part of the Museum's education program.
If this had been a normal videoconference, the students and I would have spent about an hour discussing 150 years of women who broke barriers to play the National Pastime.
But this videoconference was different.
We reviewed female players of the 19th century, such as Alta Weiss and the Vassar College Resolutes, who played the game long before they had the right to vote. Then, as the lesson brought us into the 20th century, the students were introduced to a very special guest: Dolly Brumfield White, a player from the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
At the age of 14, Dolly became one of the youngest players to ever join the AAGPBL when she was signed by the South Bend Blue Sox in 1947. Dolly played in the league from '47 to 1953, not only with the Blue Sox but also with the Kenosha Comets and the Fort Wayne Daisies. She was primarily an infielder, and a tremendous threat at the plate, leading the Comets in hitting in 1951 and finishing second in the league after batting .332 for Fort Wayne in 1953.
Now living in Arkansas, Dolly was in town for the Hall of Fame's Salute to Women in Baseball program which took place on March 27.
The students from Fort Washington, Pa., enjoyed a rare opportunity to find out about the experiences of women in baseball from someone with first-hand knowledge of the subject. Dolly is a great storyteller, and she entertained as well as informed the students with tales from her life in the AAGPBL. The students were able to ask questions of Dolly as well.
Although we can't always promise that our education programs will include former baseball players, we draw upon our remarkable Hall of Fame resources, such as archived audio, video and still images to enhance the experiences of students who connect with us via videoconference.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum currently offers 15 baseball-themed curriculum units to schools nationwide through videoconference programs. The current curriculum units include mathematics, American history, leadership, labor history, fine arts, character education, cultural diversity, communication arts, economics, civil rights, pop culture, geography, industrial technology, science and – of course – women's history.
Learn more about our programs.
Emily Voss is a school programs associate at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Dirt in the Skirt
By Samantha Carr
Like most women my age who grew up playing softball and loving baseball, I have seen the movie A League of Their Own about a million times.
But I have only seen the ending once.
I just can't bring myself to watch Dottie Hinson drop the ball in the championship game. I figure maybe if I don't watch it, they went back and changed the ending and Dottie holds on for the win.
Growing up, I wanted to be Dottie. I want to be covered in dirt, with bruises on my knees, playing the game I love. Dottie had it all – she was smart, beautiful, a hard worker and one heck of an athlete.
Of course, when I was younger, this was just a story. Only as I grew up did I realize that this league was real and there were women just like Dottie who lived out their dreams in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
On Saturday, March 27, four women who played in the AAGPBL will be in Cooperstown to celebrate Women's History Month at the Baseball Hall of Fame.
During a special interview program beginning at 1 p.m., fans have the chance to sit down with Gloria Elliott (Kalamazoo Lassies, Racine/Battle Creek Belles) Sarah Jane Ferguson (Rockford Peaches), Joanne McComb (Springfield Sallies) and Dolly Brumfield White (South Bend Blue Sox, Kenosha Comets, Fort Wayne Daisies). Tickets for the program are free. Members may reserve their tickets now, by calling (607)547-0397. Any remaining tickets will be available to the general public beginning Monday, March 22.
These amazing women will give first-hand accounts of their experiences playing the game they loved. They will relate memories of the good and bad parts of playing baseball – stories that years from now will only be found in books.
Other events will take place throughout the day to commemorate women in baseball, including artifact spotlight presentations, and a special 11 a.m. lecture on the history of women in baseball given by the Hall of Fame's director of research, Tim Wiles.
Make sure you get your tickets today, and join in celebrating these special women who – just like me – miss the dirt.
Samantha Carr is the media relations coordinator at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Giving Back to the Game
By Samantha Carr
With more than 17,000 men having played major league baseball, little boys have plenty of baseball role models to look up to.
For girls, it is not always so easy.
Norma Metrolis, 84, passed away Tuesday at her home in Melbourne Beach, Fla. For five of those 84 years, "Trolley", as she was known, was a catcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
Metrolis last visited the Hall of Fame with a group of family and friends in September, happily autographing her baseball cards and posing for photos with visitors in the Museum. During a visit to the Hall of Fame Library, Metrolis pored through photos and clippings of her baseball career, telling stories and sharing memories.
Metrolis serves as a role model for me – a former college softball player – and for all of us girls who grew up loving baseball and spending our weekends covered in dirt and learning how to be tough when a ball took a bad hop and got you in the chin.
Debuting in the AAGPBL at age 19, Metrolis played for the Muskegon Lassies, Racine Belles, South Bend Blue Sox, Peoria Red Wings and Fort Wayne Daisies during her professional days. She adjusted from catching a softball to catching a baseball and even traveled to Cuba with the league to promote the game.
And she did all of this in a skirt.
When the league folded, these women didn't have a place to play, so they went back to normal life. Metrolis spent thirty years working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a fruit and vegetable inspector. After retirement, Metrolis kept giving back to the game. She spent her free time golfing (she is credited with six hole-in-ones) and working at the Rebel Spring Games, a college softball tournament in Kissimmee, Fla.
Her family is arranging a celebration of Metrolis's life, and donations may be made to the Rebel Spring Games for a softball player scholarship fund for college women.
Even after she's gone, Norma Metrolis is finding a way to make little girls' baseball dreams come true.
Samantha Carr is the media relations coordinator at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.


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PHOENIX (AP) — Officials in the town where the late "Family Circus" cartoonist Bil Keane lived are proposing to memorialize him with a bronze sculpture of his beloved characters.
The Arizona Republic reports (http://bit.ly/SdxRQV) that the proposal won backing on Thursday from the Paradise Valley Town Council.
The town plans to bring a 9- by 7-foot bronze statue to the Paradise Valley municipal complex.
The proposal's costs of $80,000 to $100,000 will be raised through fundraisers and grants.
Keane lived in Paradise Valley from 1959 until he died nearly a year ago at age 89 of congestive heart failure.
He wrote thousands of "Family Circus" strips in his home studio.
The strip was modeled after Keane's own family and ran in more than 1,500 newspapers.
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