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HAVE: San Antonio Spring Swap 2013 trades - Part 2
It happened again :-) The first thread hit the max number so I'll start Part 2.
Mamachilie - I'm so glad you and Mike are coming again! I planted the cantaloupe seed you gave me last fall and it's coming up really well. I'll bring you a cayenne pepper plant.
Pheonix (Joey) - If you didn't have plans for one of the double purple datura plants you were offering could I have it? I don't know if there's anything else or something more you might like off my list. Just let me know.
dug 3 types of crinums from the yard today including crinuma americanum-low growing, white open spider type pink tinged flowers, Ellen bousant (not sure on spelling)-deep pink trumpet flowers, and one unknown
Afican hosta-great for pots, ground cover, partial shade/sun-ya`ll will probably have to bring this one in.
bromeliad-this is a big one best suited for a spot that gets a lot of sun but protected in mid-day, one of the hardier bromeliads
Hymnocallis sp. -white spider lily-toes dormant, mulch it over winter. big white spider blooms.
have 2 rooted pieces of the columnar cactus
Pride of Barbados seedlings
Couple of house plants
Sea Oats
Tally HO!
It almost kills my soul that I dare not bring plants to trade because of the possibility they might harbor chilli thrips, but I do have the following seeds to give away. No need to reserve them. I'm bringing 4 to 6 packs of each kind. Just come and ask for them.
On the other hand, I do have several 2 year old plants of the very hardy, very sweet (but seedy), tangerine tree, 'Changsha' (hardy to 5 degrees) which I grew from seed. I've never noticed chilli thrips on the seedlings. I could drench them with a systemic insecticide known to control chilli thrips if anyone wants to take the chance. They fruit at 7 yrs. old. Otherwise I'll have to toss them.
I looked up photos of the seeds I have. Click thumbnail for larger view:
Love in a Puff (Vine pictured in back of pink phlox)
The puff:
Velvet Pod Mimosa (Texas native)
Scarlet Pentapete
Pink Pentapete
Green Malabar Spinach (on tower, Scarlet Pentapete in foreground)
Celosia Flamingo Feather
Tall Cassia
Fimbriata Pipe Vine (Flower pictured. Pipevine swallowtail caterpillar food)
Looking forward to seeing all of you. Has anyone heard anything from Rebecca?
A few reminders for Saturday....
I'll be there at 8:00 am when the park opens to reserve the tables. Most swappers arrive after 9:00 am and we are usually finished around noon.
It's a bit of a walk to the swap site from the parking area so bring a cart if you have one.
We will have a door prize drawing so items for the table are appreciated.
Have fun and we'll see you there!
Here is what I have so far ...
If I missed something, let know. Not done on purpose.
Canna (5): 1) nbTonya 2) rock_oak_deer
Ginger(3): 1) southofsa 2 ) nbtonya 3) Dstartz
Purple passion(1): 1 )nbtonya
Lime Tree Cutting (4): 1) Pheonix
Dracaena Saderiana (2): 1) Dstartz
Nasturtiums (6): 1) Leapingfroglady
Purple Tomatillo (4): 1) Leapingfroglady
Still available:
Dieffenbachia 2
Philodendron Silver 1
Spathiphyllum 3
Pothos marble queen 2
Oyster plant 1
Nephthytis 1
Hedera Helix 1
nbtonya -- var monkey grass/ wooley passion flower/ salvia farinacae/ maple cutting
Southof SA -- Society Garlic/ lemon grass
rock_oak_deer -Ruellia
Linda -- Aster
Phoenix7801 -- Lavender / Datura
Dstartz -- Snow Queen
LeapingFrogLady -- Hibiscus/ Tomato
Gardenlover, I'll separate the Changsha's and bring for you.
Tally, I'd love one of the columnar cactus. As you know I'll have a couple of things for you. I'll leave them in the car and have your hubby (Jim, right?) carry them to your vehicle.
GardenLover Gina, you are going to be the proud owner of a Changshaw orchard ...... ;-). I didn't separate them and am bringing the pot containing 8 plants. . Maybe you can use the little trees as trades next time.
They've been doused and soaked in systemic insecticide as have all the plants I'm bringing. I hate to use the stuff since it's leathal to bees if they get around it. European countries are seriously considering banning it and U.S. beekeepers are trying to get congress to listen.
Some of you may want to considering bringing a chair.
Hey how is everyone doing? I will be attending tomorrow. Sorry I haven't been around. Don't have that much but I will have 7 Sweet Chocolate Pepper seedlings, 6 Chocolate Beauty Pepper Seedlings, 3 Casper Eggplant seedlings and 2 Ancho Gigatico Pepper seedlings.
It was another wonderful and well attended SAPS. Thanks everyone for coming and thanks again for the plants I received. They are much appreciated.
For once I think I got to talk to everyone except for one of tne of the attendees who popped in and out so quickly I didn't even see you
We really missed seeing those of you who didn't make it. Hopefully, you can come to the fall SAPS.
Great meeting up with new faces. Lisa, Joe, and Joseph, I didn't know your online names to who you were till today. At least I now can visualize who you guys are. I'll try to pop in here occasionally. I'm not to keen on how this format runs but always love seeing your gardens in photos and learning from other gardeners.
My sincerest apologies to all with whom I had a trade or olive trees for.
I have been ill for several years, but basically functional. Last night it jumped up and bit me. I just didn't have the strength to make it to the swap or my other obligation in SA this afternoon.
It was so nice to talk to everyone yesterday. And thanks for all the great plants.
Shirley- thanks for grabbing that container. I was cleaning up last night when I realized I didn't have it. Can I email you through the site so we can figure something out?
Hope everyone can make it to the fall swap! Lisa
I posted the swap on my blog this time.
Here is a link that might be useful: At the swap....
Donna, so sorry to hear you were ill. I guess I'm lucky to have made it...on Sunday, the infection I'd been fighting went full-fledged and I was really sick. Hopefully, I'll be okay soon with the antibiotics the doctor gave me today. So glad to see everybody on Saturday!
We had a great time!
Joe-your crinums are, from left to right
Hymenocallis-giant spider lily, may go dormant in your area.
Ellen Boussant (not sure on the spelling)-deep pink trumpet shaped flowers
Crinum americanum-native, goes dormant, spreads by runners, white, pink-tinged open spider type flowers.
And here's a link to the rose I can never remember the name of and brought cuttings. Mine is much more purple than the pics.
Tally HO!
Here is a link that might be useful: Veilchenblau
It was our first swap outing and we just wanted to say thanks to everyone. We only took eight plants to swap, but everyone was so helpful and generous. We had a great time meeting with everyone and hope to see you at the fall meet. Hopefully, we'll have more interesting plants to swap. Being newbies, we sure learned a lot. We really enjoy looking at all the pictures of the different gardens that are posted. They give us great ideas for our own place.
Diane, if you happen to be reading this I received your email, but was not able to respond. See the post with your name in the title on the 'Discussions' page.
To go there click on 'Discussions' at the top of the Exchanges forum opening page or on the link below..
Here is a link that might be useful: Discussions page


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PARIS, June 10 (Reuters) - Retail clients of BNP Paribas are keeping faith in France's biggest listed bank despite reports about a looming multi-billion fine from U.S. regulators, the head of French retail banking Marie-Claire Capobianco told BFM Business TV on Tuesday.
BNP Paribas may have to pay a fine of about $10 billion for allegedly evading U.S. sanctions, sources have said.
U.S. authorities are probing whether BNP evaded U.S. sanctions relating primarily to Sudan between 2002 and 2009, and whether it stripped out identifying information from wire transfers so they could pass through the U.S. financial system without raising red flags.
"I am telling you eye to eye, there are no account closures," said Marie-Claire Capobianco, a member of the group's executive committee, asked if BNP Paribas clients are worried after reports about possible fines the bank is facing.
BNP Paribas had French retail revenues of 1.7 billion euros ($2.31 billion) in the first quarter, accounting for 30 percent of its total retail banking revenue.
"We see support, solidarity and sympathy on the part of our customers," Capobianco added.
A $10 billion fine would wipe out projected 2014 earnings and put the bank's dividend under pressure, SocGen analysts estimated last month. The fine would also hit core equity tier one ratio, a measure of a bank's ability to endure stress and market shocks, to go down 100 basis points from 10.6 percent, the analysts said.
BNP has declined to comment on any details of discussions with U.S. authorities but has said it is in talks with U.S. authorities about "certain U.S. dollar payments involving countries, persons and entities that could have been subject to economic sanctions."
The bank has set aside $1.1 billion for a fine, but told shareholders the penalty could be far higher than that. It has also said it has improved control processes to ensure such mistakes do not occur again.
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By R. Clifford Jones
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
the introduction create interest or trigger tension? Did it bring listeners
on board by revealing need and orienting the listener to what came afterwards?
Did the introduction provide a structural overview of the sermon? Introductions
are invitations for hearers to commit themselves for the long haul, hopefully
the next 30 minutes or so. In the world of broadcasting there is a time-honored
maxim that if you do not immediately grab the interest of the viewers or listeners,
you will undoubtedly lose them. The same holds true for preaching. Much thought,
therefore, ought to go into the introduction of the sermon, considered by many
preachers to be the most challenging part of the sermon to prepare.
What makes for good introductions? Certainly not something like, "Last week we were in Ephesians 3, this week we'll be in Ephesians 4." Nothing about that statement is exciting or appealing. Stories, anecdotes, quotes, and the like have long been considered staples for introductions, and the more contemporaneous they are, the more effective the introduction will be. One other thing about introductions: they are most effective when they are not read. Especially is this true when the preacher is relating a story in which he or she is a character. And maintaining eye contact with your audience in the beginning of the sermon is a must.
I consider the title of the sermon to be part of the introduction, and how the title is announced is crucial. Long after the sermon has been preached, people will remember its title. A catchy, memorable title sets the sermon up, and causes people to adjust themselves in their seats, waiting for what is to come. The general rule is that a title should not be more than seven words and should hint at what the sermon is about without giving all of it away. A title is a contract between the preacher and his or her audience, meaning that a sermon that fails to speak to issues denoted or connoted in the title is a breach of contract. While preachers should strive to be creative and original with titles, we should remember to shun that which is jocular, jolting, and jesty.
Did the sermon reflect eye-opening biblical exegesis and well-rounded research? Sermons lacking in sound biblical exegesis are the woe of many preachers. As much as post-modernism has created a thirst for an individualized, customized application of biblical truth, people still want to know that the fare the preacher is offering is exegetically sound. Hearers still place a premium on solid, biblical scholarship that is evidenced in deep, meaty sermons. People frown on frivolous, lightweight stuff that may tingle the ears and fancy the soul, but neither nourishes nor satisfies the deep longings of the human heart.
Before preachers soar homiletically, they must dig exegetically. Before we decide what God wants to say through us to our congregations, we must know what He wanted the biblical writer to say to another people in another place and time. And we preachers must accept that biblical exegesis is not determining what the biblical writer wanted to say, but discovering what the biblical writer wanted to say. As such, the biblical exegete will go the Scripture with no preconceived thoughts or personal agendas, but with an open mind, anxious to discover what God has disclosed. In exegesis, the preacher strives for accuracy.
Some preachers bunch or lump their exegesis together at the beginning of the sermon, especially their discoveries relating to historical data. They feel it is crucial to give all their background material first, to "lay the foundation," as it were. Exegesis works best, though, when it is interwoven throughout the sermon and is undetectable, though evident. Exegesis should function in a sermon as yeast does in bread or seasoning in food. It should impact the product but not be glaringly detectable. And the preacher must ever resist the temptation to impress the hearer with his or her scholarship, remembering that it is virtually impossible to lift up Jesus and show oneself to be smart simultaneously.
Was the sermon theologically sound? Preaching is a deeply theological act in which a human being speaks a word on behalf of God. It is because God has spoken that the preacher dares to speak, and the word the preacher proclaims must ring with theology.
No matter the passage of Scripture, the preacher must not only craft an exegetical proposition, but a theological one as well. He or she must plumb for the profound theological themes in the passage, linking them to similar themes in the rest of Bible. Indeed, it is in comparing a theological principle or theme in one pericope to a similar theme in another passage that the biblical exegete will be able to test the veracity of that particular theme. Along the way, the preacher will ask questions such as: "What is God saying and demonstrating to His people in this passage? Was the sermon christocentric?"
It is alleged that Charles Spurgeon once remarked that it didn't matter what his passage for the day was, after reading it he would immediately make a beeline to the cross. For Spurgeon, Christ and His cross were to be at once the core, content and center of all preaching. Preaching that failed to lift up Jesus Christ had no currency for Spurgeon, who like Paul reveled in the "foolishness of the cross."
A sermon that is grounded in the love of Christ will exhibit a grace orientation even if it deals with matters of the law. It will reek of restoration and resurrection, since, in a true sense, all Christian preaching is resurrection preaching. Hope will not be a lacking ingredient, but an ever present reality that seasons every element of the sermon.
Was the content of the sermon instructive? Was the material insightful? Most important, did the sermon scratch where people are itching? All the exegesis in the world will not amount to much if the sermon is not packaged in a palatable, captivating form. As preachers seek to be accurate as a result of their exegesis, so we must seek to be relevant in the way we construct and deliver our sermons.
One of the first questions that pop up in people's minds as preachers read their Scriptural passage and announce their title is, "Why did the preacher choose this passage for today?" Another is, "What does this have to do with me?" A variation of the second question is, "Will listening to this sermon make a difference in my life?" Perhaps more than anything else, listeners want to know that the preacher understands what they are going through and resonate with their needs. As much as they are interested in knowing what God had to say to His people of ancient times, listeners want to know that God understands their contemporary situation and is able to address, if not ameliorate, it.
The challenge of the preacher, then, is to deliver a sermon that is not only exegetically sound but also contextually relevant. If we want to capture and hold the attention of people, we must be interesting, remembering that people tend to be interested in that which meets their needs. Thus, the preacher will not only exegete the biblical text, but the community as well.
The content of a sermon should be age-appropriate. The general rule is that a sermon should be pitched to the educational level of the 10-year-olds in the congregation, making for a delivery that has broad appeal. Additionally, sermons should reflect an awareness of the occasion, meaning that a baccalaureate sermon will be markedly different from a funeral homily. Whatever the occasion, the content of the sermon should be sound and sober, eschewing the trivial and banal. After all, the sermon is a word from God.
Supportive Material
Did the sermon reflect good use of illustrations? Supportive material make sermons interesting and relevant. As such, the content of a sermon should have an ample supply of stories, anecdotes, and other types of illustrations. These are like windows to the sermon, providing the hearer with an opportunity to "see" or experience in a captivating way what the preacher is talking about. It may also be said that an illustration is like a needed break that a swimmer needs to come up for a breath of fresh air. It is a break in the action, a time-out, if you please, during which the hearer regroups and adjusts. Without illustrations, a sermon is a dry discourse that is destined to bore.
Stories should never be told just for the sake of telling a story, and they should be serious and told in good taste. Stories help listeners experience, whereas explanations help them understand. Testimony and figures/numbers help listeners accept.
The most effective illustrations are real life experiences of the preacher. Little captures and holds the attention of hearers more than a preacher who is willing to share from his or her life. The practice suggests an identification with the listening audience, and a transparency that makes for authenticity. Knowing that self-disclosure does not come easily in today's culture, audiences tend to be drawn to preachers who are open and candid, especially as it relates to the struggles of life.
In addition to stories of the preacher's personal life, those of other people, whether living or dead, also make for good listening. Such stories engender identification, placing the listener in the presentation. Of course, every preacher knows that it is a breach of ministerial ethics to share from the pulpit information that is confidential, and that even changing the names and locations of stories to "protect the identity" of individuals is sometimes not good enough. As such, preachers should exercise extreme caution is sharing stories of others, doing so only when they have received permission from the parties involved.
Should preachers ever concoct stories to make a point? Most of my colleagues think it is unethical to do so, while a few see nothing wrong with the practice. Like most things in life, I guess it depends. One thing is for sure, and that is that telling a story as though it were true when it wasn't is unethical.
In a sense, ours is an age of story, an era of induction. Never before have people identified as much with story. As a consequence, in this day and age some sermons are a quilt of stories, one told after the next, with the preacher driving home his or her point at the end. That practice is all well and good if the stories are tied together so that the listener is not left scratching his or her head, wondering what the stories were all about.
Was the sermon well organized? Was the material laid out in a logical, coherent, sequential form? Were hearers able to follow the preacher without getting lost? Were the transitions in the sermon smooth and unobstrusive? As a teenager, I once listened to a sermon that was nothing but a hodgepodge of loosely connected ideas. The preacher seemed to be going in every direction all at once, and when he was done, not a few of us had a burning headache. Sadly, many preachers, like that one, can be indicted for confusing and confounding their hearers due to their lack of organization.
Organization is more than an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. What goes into each and how the content of each develops and flows is the crux of the matter. There must be unity, order and progression in a sermon, and transitions ought to be smooth and imperceptible. Transitions are most powerful when they are least noticeable. And because people tend to "listen up ahead," anticipating the next point or act in the sermon, the preacher should package the sermon in such a way that tension and interest are sustained. All that is said ought to reflect Athe big idea@ of the sermon, it being understood that a sermon should only have one "big idea."
Was good, effective language employed in the delivery of the sermon? This is not to suggest that preachers should strive to impress hearers with their facility in language. Verbosity is not the goal in this regard, but clarity. What preachers want their listeners to bring to church is their Bibles, not their dictionaries. Language that is age-appropriate and crystal clear so that all readily understand is what the preacher wants to utilize.
I once heard a preacher intone, "As I soliloquy succinctly, the sanctity of . . . ." Even though the alliteration and choice of words captivated me, I couldn't help but wonder if simpler words would not have been as, if not more, compelling in conveying what the preacher was trying to say.
In a true sense, the preacher is an artist, with words being the stuff with which he paints pictures. And yes, preachers, as writers, should aspire to be as creative and graphic as possible. Yet we must succeed at both without being overbearing, ever remembering that Jesus, our Savior, was compelling in His simplicity.
The beauty of English is that there is a rich array of words to convey the same thoughts, and the preacher who, through laziness or lack of learning, settles for the mundane and everyday to convey the sublime robs the listener. Figures of speech are there for us to utilize as we try to capture subtle nuances, and our listeners want to see, hear, feel, and smell what we are saying. Thus, we should use language that facilitates this longing on their part. To say, "when we got there it was fall and all the trees were red," instead of something like, "when we limped into camp it was fall and the forest had already exploded in color," is almost unforgivable.
Preparing a manuscript of the sermon has proven to be an invaluable practice in helping preachers use just the right word to express their thoughts. Writing out the sermon, even if one is not a manuscript preacher, also helps us crystallize and clarify our thinking. As they put their thoughts to paper, preachers ought never forget, though, that they will be heard, not read. Consequently, they should write with a listening, not a reading, audience in mind, except, of course, they are preparing a sermon for publication.
Was listening to this sermon easy or difficult? Did the posture of the preacher get in the way? What about the preacher's gestures, pacing, and demeanor? Did they detract in any way? A sermon is something that is preached. Its delivery should be direct and dynamic, with little or no distractions. Many sermons which were exceptional on paper have turned out otherwise because of botched deliveries.
One practice that almost invariably detracts from a sermon's effectiveness is for the preacher to be married to his or her manuscript. It is a time-honored truism that speakers who maintain eye contact with their audiences are infinitely more effective than those who do not. To be sure, there are preachers who read their sermons and still succeed at remaining connected with their audiences. They are, however, more the exception that the rule.
Another practice that tends to detract from a sermon's effectiveness is the up-and-down motion of the preacher's head as he or she tries to read and look at the audience intermittently. When done quickly, the practice is even more distracting, making the preacher look like a fowl drinking water.
Even before the preacher mounts the pulpit, he is sized up the audience. In other words, preachers begin to preach long before they begins to preach. People check out the preacher's attire and mannerisms, even trying to key into the preacher's personality. And as the preacher takes to the pulpit, the interest of the audience is heightened. Any idiosyncracies are noted and could easily become a major distraction. It is important, therefore, for the preacher to pay attention to anything that could draw attention away from the message to be preached, with a view to eliminating them.
Attention should be paid to what is done with the hands and feet. Wringing the hands, burying them in the pocket, or using them to gesticulate wildly, excessively, or inappropriately are all distracting. And the excessive movement and/or animation of the preacher may be distracting. To be sure, in this day and age of the roaming preacher, this is not a distraction in many circles. Today, preachers are prone to traverse the entire length of the rostrum, and to take to the aisles so that they may more readily connect with their audience. In a sense, whether the movement of the preacher becomes a distraction or not depends on the personality of the preacher. For some, movement, even excessive movement, goes with the preacher's personality; for others, it does not, coming across as contrived. It depends on the location and the preacher involved, making the matter of sensitivity to the context a critical one.
Grammatical errors minimize a sermon's effectiveness, as do inaccuracies in the preacher's material. Stories that sound too good to be true also distract. The level and tone of the preacher's voice contribute to a preacher's effectiveness. And because it is so true that preaching is truth through personality, the preacher's personality, which invariably and inevitably shines through the presentation, may be a barrier or catalyst to the sermon's receptivity.
Did the preacher end smoothly? How a sermons ends is as important as how it begins. In fact, some people believe that the conclusion of the sermon is more important than the beginning, if for no other reason than that it is the part of the sermon the hearer is most likely to take away.
What should the preacher put in the conclusion? What should the conclusion seek to achieve? The preacher should repeat or restate the main points or "big idea" of the sermon, telling the audience what he or she has just told them. In the conclusion, preachers should summarize and illustrate the message, and challenge or exhort their listeners. Through it all, Jesus Christ should be lifted up and the grace of Christ made evident.
People know when a sermon is ended, and so should the preacher. When the preacher has reached his destination, he should land the plane smoothly and taxi it to the terminal. Once I was on a plane that was about to hit the runway at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport when, without warning, the pilot took off. As I recall, we must have been about no more than a couple of feet from the ground when we went airborne again. It was a pretty scary experience. The pilot quickly came on the air to inform us that another plane had been on the runway, and had it not been for his quick action, we would have collided with that plane.
The skill of that pilot saved many lives that day. He took off as he was about to land, an act for which each passenger was grateful. Yet some preachers take off as they prepare to land for no apparent good reason. In doing so they confuse, and in some instances anger, their listeners. Of course, if they become airborne to avert a collision, they may be forgiven.
"Bringing the sermon home" should be done without rambling or awkwardness, and preachers who are unsure of how to end a sermon should not hazard a start -- which is not to say that the sermon should be scripted to the last detail, thereby denying the preacher any latitude for spontaneity or the promptings of the Holy Spirit.
If an appeal is made at the conclusion of the sermon, it should be spiritual, appropriate, and persuasive without being manipulative. Preachers need to be ethical in the way they appeal, eschewing the temptation to do any and everything possible to get someone to respond positively to what has been presented. We should try to make sure that the appeal is congruent with the message, not disjointed or extraneous.
Overall Impact
What was the overall impact of the sermon? Did it scratch where people are itching? What was memorable about it? Did it appeal to something deep within the listener? Will those who heard it remember it for a long time to come? How has it changed the hearers?
Sometimes sermons that come up short in many of the aforementioned areas still succeed in having an overall positive impact on hearers. How well I recall a sermon I preached in my early ministry that falls into this category. As far as I was concerned, that sermon was the worst I had preached up to that point. It was a rushed job preached with the tenuousness and lack of confidence with which a young preacher who did not prepare well would be crippled. Yet, for reasons that still elude me, most of the members of the congregation seemed to receive a blessing from that sermon. In fact, more people accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior that day than have ever done as a result of subsequent sermons of mine.
Several elements not mentioned before contribute to the overall impact of a sermon, including the mood of the worshipers, the music rendered, and events taking place in the world and community. Sometimes a congregation is just ready for a sermon, the worship service having primed hearers to receive the preacher. A sermon emphasizing hope in the aftermath of a natural disaster or social upheaval will likely go over well.
Ultimately, a sermon that has not had an overall positive effect on listeners has failed. After all, the goal of the preacher is not to impress hearers with his or her facility in the original languages of Scripture, or his or her competency as an expositor. Nor is the preacher out to prove that he or she is a skilled pulpiteer. What preachers want is to communicate the word of God in such a way that lives are changed and enriched.
Preaching is the most challenging aspect of our work, and many pastors feel inadequate in the pulpit. Yet with prayer and hard work, we can craft and deliver sermons that transform the lives of our hearers and expand the kingdom of God on the earth as we pay attention to these elements of effective preaching.
R. Clifford Jones is Associate Professor of Christian Ministry at Andrews
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Drones get OK for inspection of power lines
Posted by David Brooks | Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Helicopter pilots won't like this news, but Illinois-based ComEd has just gotten FAA permission to use drones to keep an eye on its cross-country power lines. Report from Smartgrid News here.
The UAS will fly above power lines and substations taking videos and still photos, and providing an in-depth look at systems' condition. In addition to this camera, in the future, ComEd hopes to have an infrared camera mounted to identify hot spots on the lines. ... ComEd is also investigating the use of underground robots in its manholes, which can present significant risks to workers.
The FAA has a pretty good, if slightly defensive-sounding, FAQ about commercial use of drones.
U.S. will finally get an offshore wind farm - in Rhode Island waters
Posted by David Brooks | Wednesday, March 4, 2015
It looks like the U.S. is finally going to get an offshore wind farm, although not a particularly big one (30 MW). Deepwater Wind says it has gotten all the necessary financing, as well as permits, for its Block Island project, and has started construction.
It expects to be in operation with five turbines by fall of 2016, reports Vice: "The company has secured $290 million in financing, with funding from the likes of Key Bank and France's Société Générale, in part on the strength of its long-term power purchase agreement with US utility National Grid." Financing is what finally scuttled Cape Wind, the endlessly-debated massive wind project originally slated to be north of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management notes the appeal of offshore wind:
Offshore winds tend to blow harder and more uniformly than on land. The potential energy produced from wind is directly proportional to the cube of the wind speed. As a result, increased wind speeds of only a few miles per hour can produce a significantly larger amount of electricity. For instance, a turbine at a site with an average wind speed of 16 mph would produce 50% more electricity than at a site with the same turbine and average wind speeds of 14 mph.
Genetically modified organisms to be discussed in a bar (with GMO beer, maybe?)
Posted by David Brooks | Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Genetically modified organisms are a godsend, a disaster, a biogeek's delight, just an extension of what mankind has done since agriculture began - or maybe all of those, mashed together. This complexity makes them a fascinating topic, which is why Science on Tap, the science-cafe series run by SEE Science Center in Manchester, will tackle it next week.
The March 10 talk at the Shaskeen Pub, 909 Elm St. in Manchester, will discuss GMOs. Panelists are John E. Carroll, professor of environmental conservation in the Department of Natural Resources UNH, and Britt Lundgren, Director of Organic and Sustainable Agriculture at Stonyfield Farm (who, I suspect, will be less than enthusiastic). Doors open at 5:30 and the talk starts at 6; could be good, and the bar is excellent!
Personally, I'm in favor of modifiying the genetics of plants to make them more useful - Vitamin A-enhanced golden rice is the classic example - but I also favor strong government regulation so that the Monsantos of the world can't screw it up while chasing profits, leaving the rest of us to clean up the mess.
That includes mandatory labeling. If people want to know whether their food has GMO crops in it, let them know. Yes, it will cause some people to make stupid decisions about what to eat and what to buy and yes, it will interfere with food-company profits. Tough. Doubling down on "no labeling" will just delay and politicize GMOs.
Those you who are Science Cafe NH regulars in Nashua will remember that we discussed GMOs in Oct. 2013, with different panelists.
The joy of amateurs who "solve" high-level mathematics
Posted by David Brooks | Monday, March 2, 2015
If I had to be anybody except myself, I would like to be Underwood Dudley, the DePauw University mathematician best known for his books about mathematical cranks. His magnum opus, "Mathematical Cranks", is the rare work that informs you about human nature and modern mathematics at the same time, while making you laugh.
The closest I come is the occasional press release from somebody who has solved some famous scientific problem, usually in a way that shows they are smarter than Einstein. (They used to send letters, sometimes with diagrams, but now it's email, alas.)
Today I got one via PRNewswire, which reprints anything, about a Nevada man who has "solved" Bertrand Russell's paradox - the one that gets all tied up when you consider the set of all sets that don't contain itself - and Cantor's continuum hypothesis. I didn't know the latter needed to be solved, since it is a foundation piece of modern set theory, but it involves infinite quantities, which as Dudley notes tend to give cranks the heebie-jeebies. It's common for amateurs to "solve" mathematical theorems in ways that let them pretend transfinite numbers don't exist.
How does this fellow do it? "In his essay two concepts are used: Ispace (the imagination) and Tspace (three dimensional reality, where all things real exist), in order to shed new light on the problems of set theory, the Continuum Hypothesis, and the related paradoxes. This is a new method for solving these problems."
In other words, define things away - that's imagination, and that's reality - and we can live in a comfortable finite universe again.
The author, incidentally, is described thusly: "Dabbles in science, loves philosophy, and writes eBooks - mostly science fiction and fantasy."
Tackle those free-floating ions the high-tech way: Wash your darn car
Posted by David Brooks | Monday, March 2, 2015
I spent $800 replacing rusted body panels on one of our cars this winter, so my column today in the Telegraph is heartfelt: It looks at the chemistry of rust caused by road salt and advocates a high-tech solution:
I hate to take the time, and pay the money, for a car wash and since it's too cold to use a hose in winter, I don't wash my station wagon very often.
There's a word for such behavior: Really stupid. (OK, two words.) Shelling out 10 bucks every couple of weeks, or more often in a winter like this one, for a car wash is a lot cheaper than paying for new wheel wells or exhaust pipes. I'm trying to learn.
Alas, the cooler-sounding electronic rust prevention, or cathodic protection, doesn't work.
In a way, Boston really did steal Alaska's winter
Posted by David Brooks | Sunday, March 1, 2015
It's hard for us in the East to realize it, but a majority of the U.S. geographically is having a warm, dry winter. Ski areas out in the west and Pacific northwest are hurting big time, and drought is really going to be worse this summer without much snowmelt.
The Globe has a nice perspective on it today: A story about how Anchorage is suffering through its worst-ever snowless winter:
As of Friday, less than an inch had fallen here in February. The joke on the streets is that the two cities have swapped winters.
It's more or less true. The cause of Alaska's mild winter is the same as has created Boston's punishing one — the "wonky jet stream," as a headline in Friday's Alaska Dispatch News described it. High atmospheric pressure in the western US and low pressure in the east are combining to draw arctic air down through Canada to New England, literally rerouting Anchorage's winter to Boston while basking south coastal Alaska in weather warmed by Pacific Ocean currents.
Nashua, meanwhile, broke all-time records for cold weather in February, and records for a combination of cold and snow (usually the coldest months aren't too snowy because of jet stream patterns.)
LED lights find a big new market: Marijuana growers (maybe other farmers, too)
Posted by David Brooks | Saturday, February 28, 2015
The push to legalize marijuana could help the LED lighting industry, reports Greentech Media:
The overall LED grow-light module market is expected to move from $395 million in 2013 to $3.6 billion by 2020, according to WinterGreen Research. That upward trend will largely be driven by weed. One LED startup, Intelligent Light Source, is targeting the legal (and perhaps indirectly, the not-so-legal) grow ops of individuals and businesses with lights that are tailored to help them get the most from their bud.
But New Scientist has a wet-blanket look at using LEDs indoor to grow conventional crops. Despite the fact that tailoring LED lighting can produce startling output per square foot of soil, and lack of heat output means you can stack trays of herbs or lettuce or other short crops very close together, the cost and environmental impact of the electricity makes "vertical indoor farming" a bad idea most of the time, the article says. You have to be a subscriber to read it all, but it's a cautionary tale.
What will a solar ecipse due to solar power? In Europe, cut output by 400 MW per minute!
Posted by David Brooks | Friday, February 27, 2015
New technologies bring new problems. Here's an interesting example: Europe uses so much solar power now that the March 20 solar eclipse will be a major issue even though it only lasts a couple of hours. (The eclipse won't hit us.)
As Grist reports in a fascinating story: "The (European) grid will be losing 400 MW/minute on the front end and gaining 700 MW/minute on the back end." That means the equivalent of all the solar power in New Hampshire will shut down within five minutes, and then turn back on again in three minutes. Not trivial.
On the other hand, people also stop what they're doing and go outside to look at solar eclipses, so the demand for electricity will also dip. They have to factor that in, too.
And you thought running a power grid was easy.
Thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail is getting so popular that there's now an online register
Posted by David Brooks | Thursday, February 26, 2015
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy has set up a voluntary online scheduling system for Appalachian Trail thru-hikers, to help them know when the various shelters and campsites might be full.
Here's an explanation and the set-up. This is an amazing indication of how popular thru-hiking the 2,200-mile-long AT has become. Anybody who has stayed at AMC huts in the White Mountains in mid- to late summer, which thru-hikers clamor to trade a little dish-washing time for the chance to sleep indoors, knows how many of these tired and smelly, but focused, people exist.
The Conservancy says they expect the success of the movie "Wild", about a woman's long-distance hike, may spur more people to try it this year.
Note that you can't start south from Katahdin in Maine until May 15 at the earliest ... wonder if the snow will be gone by then?
Can real-time computer analysis make chess a good spectator sport?
Posted by David Brooks | Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Some fokls at the MIT Media Lab have a cool "playful" project in development, called DeepView, a pun on chess computer Deep Blue. They're trying to use statitics and game play analysis to provide real time charts and stats for viewers so we can better follow live games and thus enjoy it more.
It's the chess equivalent of those virtual first-down line shown on TV during football games, which make it clearer how far the team with the ball has to go and thus increases the interest and excitement from us spectators.
We gathered an archive of more than 750,000 games from chessgames.com including extensive collections of games played by each of the grandmasters in the tournament. We then used the Stockfish open source chess engine to analyze the details of each move within these games. We combined these results into a comprehensive statistical analysis that provided us with meaningful and compelling information to pass on to viewers and to provide to chess comentators to aid in their work.
They're also trying to develop an ongoing "score" for the game, so you have a better sense of who's ahead and how close the game is.
A very neat idea. I look forward to trying to beta.
I learned about it from this BBC item, which has a good short video interview explaining the concept, if not the geeky details.


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India most buzzed team in CWC while 'favourites' Oz fail to impress people on Facebook
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Sydney, Mar 03 (ANI): Australia might be the bookmakers' favourite to win the Cricket World Cup, but they have failed to impress people around the globe on social networking site Facebook, and India has emerged as the most buzzed team in the tournament.
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Canada's Music Community to Celebrate Achievements at SOCAN Awards Gala in Toronto
TORONTO, Nov. 19, 2012 /CNW/ - SOCAN and the Canadian music industry will gather tonight at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto to honour many of Canada's most talented songwriters, composers, lyricists and music publishers at the 23rd annual SOCAN Awards Gala. Hosted by Seamus O'Regan, the SOCAN Awards will acknowledge its members' outstanding national and international achievements in 2011.
Presented by SOCAN - the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada - and sponsored by Gowlings, KPMG and NOW Magazine, the SOCAN Awards Gala recognizes the accomplishments of Canadian songwriters in Pop/Rock, Dance, Urban, Country, Jazz, Folk/Roots, Classical, Film & Television, and International categories.
SOCAN members such as Dean Brody, Alyssa Reid, Alex Cuba, Hedley's Jacob Hoggard, Fefe Dobson, David Myles, Mychael Danna and Bob Ezrin, will be in attendance to receive their awards. Performers at the show will include electro-pop group Dragonette; pop tunesmith Hawksley Workman, who will lead a tribute with Royal Wood and Serena Ryder to honour Bruce Cockburn; indie-rock trio Young Rival; and urban star Danny Fernandes.
The evening will be filled with celebration and accolades. SOCAN members receiving songwriting honours include: Three Days Grace for "Lost in You," Michael Bublé and Robert Grant Scott for "Hollywood," and K'NAAN for "The Lazy Song" in the pop/rock category; JRDN for "Like Magic" in the urban music category; and Johnny Reid for "Let's Go Higher" in the country music category. Bublé and Scott will earn a second win with the International Song Award for "Hollywood." Ra McGuire and Brian Smith of Trooper will receive three SOCAN Classic Awards for "Janine," "General Hand Grenade" and "Raise A Little Hell," all of which have earned more than 100,000 radio airplays.
Recipients of SOCAN's major achievement awards this year are Bruce Cockburn, who will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award; Trooper, who earns the National Achievement Award; and Joel Zimmerman aka deadmau5, who will receive the International Achievement Award in recognition of his outstanding worldwide success in 2011.
"Original music brings joy to Canadians," says SOCAN CEO Eric Baptiste. "It's essential to our national pride and culture. Our songwriters and composers continue to create music that is being played both at home and around the world, while our publishers work diligently to expand the markets for Canadian music. We're proud to congratulate all of the SOCAN Award recipients for their accomplishments."
SOCAN will also recognize outstanding Francophone music creators and publishers at an awards gala on Wednesday, November 21st, at the Hyatt Regency in Montreal. A wide-ranging variety of SOCAN members will join host Michel Faubert in celebration of this year's Francophone SOCAN award recipients.
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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Bruce Cockburn INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD deadmau5 (Joel Zimmerman) NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Trooper (Ra McGuire, Brian Smith) POP/ROCK MUSIC AWARDS "Lost In You" Performed by Three Days Grace Adam Gontier Neil Sanderson Barry Stock Brad Walst Blast The Scene Publishing EMI Blackwood Music Canada Ltd. Mean Music Publishing Inc. "Alone Again" Performed by Alyssa Reid Jamie Appleby Alyssa Reid Raynford "P. Reign" Humphrey Thomas Kelly (ASCAP) William Steinberg (ASCAP) Wax On Wax Off Publishing "Hollywood" Performed by Michael Bublé Michael Bublé/ Robert Grant Scott I'm The Last Man Standing Music Inc. Warner Chappell Music Canada Ltd. "Stuttering" Performed by Fefe Dobson Fefe Dobson J.R. Rotem (BMI) Claude Kelly (BMI) Michael Mentore (ASCAP) Sony/ATV Music Publishing Canada "Can't Breathe" Performed by Fefe Dobson Fefe Dobson Bob Ezrin Thomas Tawgs Salter Tommy Henriksen (BMI) Irving Music Of Canada Sony/ATV Music Publishing Canada "Electric" Performed by Shawn Desman Shawn Desman Toodeshki Djafari (STIM) Thomas Gustafsson (STIM) Escobar Lira (STIM) Hugo Lira ((STIM) Nettwerk One Music Canada Ltd. "Let's Play" Performed by Kristina Maria Kristina Maria Chalhoub Kristian Lundin (STIM) Toodeshki Djafari (STIM) Lupo One Publishing "Invincible" Performed by Hedley Jacob Hoggard Brian Howes Jason Van Poederooyen 8 Pack Of Lucky Publishing EMI Blackwood Music Canada Ltd. Universal Music Publishing Canada "The Lazy Song" Performed by Bruno Mars K'NAAN Bruno Mars (ASCAP) Philip Lawrence (ASCAP) Ari Levine (ASCAP) Sony ATV Music Publishing Canada |
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I hope they don't get him. They just picked up Lloyd though so that might cover them. Wallace makes them more versatile and scary as hell.
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