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You're in good company! 33 percent of quilters say landscape is their favorite quilt design, according to the latestQuilting in Americasurvey. The Art of Landscape Quiltingcovers all aspects of designing and quilting landscape quilts through detailed instructions and concepts you will benefit from, regardless of your skill level. This one-stop resource for landscape quilting features 16 upscale step-by-step projects, and 20 partial projects; plus tips, tricks and techniques from the authors - including foremost sewing expert Nancy Zieman. With prints and supplies available at chains and independent shops, all you need is this book and your own creative sprit.
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I liked this film, it's a good intro to the character, for a newbie like me. It shows some common knowledge on Green Lantern, what I didn't know was that he is a part of a whole customized team of guardians. Yeah, that new!
Despite what everyone else here said, I really enjoyed the movie. The storyline was great, it was funny, and there was plenty of action. We are all entitled to our opinions so I won't argue but I love this movie. The only thing I don't like is Ryan Reynolds being deadpool and green lantern.
After watching the extended cut of this film I pronounce the experience to be decidedly...average. I neither hated the film, its protagonist, or villain(s)...but at the same time I didn't end up with a whole lot of interest in or affection for any of the above, either. The best thing about it was probably Ryan Reynold's charm and charisma as Hal Jordan, plus a few stunningly rendered CGI sequences. The worst thing about it was the silly digitally-painted-on green mask on Reynold's face while he is in costume as the Green Lantern, in Blu-Ray high def it looked even phonier and was a major distraction.
On the whole I can see why they decided to shelve the character and franchise for the foreseeable future, though it's been announced that the Lantern will return in 2020.
Sadly, I presume that the motion picture's under-performance spelled the doom of the generally excellent Green Lantern Animated Series, which I highly recommend to anyone with an interest in the character.
Likeable and watchable, though it didnt quite mesh with the critics who panned it upon it's 2011 release, this comic book adaptation of the DC hero Green Lantern does have plenty of action and fantasy element, so as to not totally alienate it's target audience. I enjoyed Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan who receives the famed Green Ring and Lantern from Abin Sur and upon the utterance of the oath, becomes the interstellar superhero of the title. Mark Strong as Sinestro is a strong performance for the actor, and even though here is portrayed as a member of the Corps. you can tell that he is destined to become evil as time goes on. By any means, not an epic, however fun.
Did the Green Hornet... I mean, the Green Lantern really wear his precious, little ring on his middle finger? Did he really?_____ Well, I don't know how you'd interpret that, but, since we are all familiar with what the middle-finger salute clearly indicates, then I'd say that whenever Lantern extended his middle finger in order to slip the ring on or off he was subtly telling all of us viewers to "go-fukk-ourselves", literally._____ To say that this tired and trite, little thumb-twiddler-of-a-movie (with its staggering $200 million budget) was chock-full of out-of-this-world asininity would be an understatement of the highest order._____ I know that I'm saying this now, and I could very easily change my tune about this anytime in the near future - But, I swear that Green Lantern is the absolute last frickin' movie that I'm ever going to watch that has anything to do with the likes of DC Comics._____ (Sheesh!) I am so bloody sick to death of blasted, boring superheroes and all of their "save-the-universe" nonsense. I really am!
Cheeseball. I didn't stick around to watch it and my daughters turned it on and never looked at the screen the whole time it was on while they played in the living room.
I liked this movie, but I feel like it could have been better. I can't really explain it since I don't know much about the original story. Some parts were pretty awesome, while other times I was just sitting there waiting for it to end.
The main issue is the cheesy visual effects. This makes me wonder if this comic book tale translates well to the screen.
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Bowling: First Tee of Greater Rockford Bowling Extravaganza Nov. 12
• Event at Park Lanes in Loves Park benefits youth character-building golf program
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The First Tee of Greater Rockford will hold a Bowling Extravaganza beginning at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 12, at Park Lanes Bowling Center, 5318 N. Second St., Loves Park.
The event is open to all and will include bowling, auctions, raffles, pasta buffet and numerous prizes. Check-in will begin at 6:45 p.m.
Registration in advance is necessary, and may be made as an individual for $35 or as a team of six for $200.
Sponsorships are available for businesses wanting to send a team of employees including Birdie at $1,000, Eagle at $1,500 and Double-Eagle at $2,500, which will include a personal wait staff and VIP service. All team sponsorships include two custom logo lane sponsor signs, two lanes of bowling and dinner for all.
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McCall rewarded with new Sarries deal
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Saracens boss Mark McCall and his backroom team have been handed new three-year contracts by the Aviva Premiership champions.
Director of rugby McCall, head coach Andy Farrell, defence coach Paul Gustard, forwards coach Alex Sanderson, kicking coach Dan Vickers and technical director Brendan Venter will all remain with the club until 2014 the club revealed on Tuesday.
McCall, who took over the club's reins in January, went on to lead Saracens to the Aviva Premiership title with a 22-18 victory over Leicester Tigers capping an outstanding season.
Speaking about the appointments on the club website, club chairman Nigel Wray said: "Not only do we have a talented group of coaches... they are also an exceptional group of people and that is just as important. We have stability within our coaching and playing staff, and they work fantastically hard for each other, which makes me so excited about the future."
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Digital Marketing covers a broad range of subjects and is being studied by both practitioners and academics to understand its impact on consumer behavior and the marketing discipline. This special issue follows from the UK's Academy of Marketing e-Marketing Special Interest Group (SIG) workshops, co-hosted by the Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing (IDM), to further the goal of building a current, rigorous, and reflective knowledge base in digital and multichannel marketing.
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Baron, S., Richardson, B., Earles, D., & Khogeer, Y. (2011). Marketing academics and practitioners: Towards togetherness. Journal of Customer Behaviour, 10(3), 291-304. doi: 10.1362/147539211X602522
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Capitol Hill Seattle blog notes the excitement here on the Hill for Halloween festivities. They feature a guide to the festivities and a handy map for those not familiar with the neighborhood and a heat map showing the best candy areas. [Read More]
Northwest Melanoma Symposium
Our good friend Peg Cheirrett from the East side of Capitol Hill is a Board Member and supporter of the Melanoma Research Foundation, and she let us know about a symposium happening this Friday, November 2nd, starting at 7:30am. The Melanoma Research Foundation and the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance will present a full day of melanoma education dedicated to melanoma patients and the people who support them. [Read More]
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Local Sightings at NW Film Forum
The Local Sightings film festival opened last night and the week-long festival promises to be bigger and better than ever. [Read More]
Jubilee Women's Center fundraiser
For almost 25 years Jubilee, on Capitol Hill, has been providing safe, affordable and supportive long-term housing to women who are homeless or in economic crisis. [Read More]
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Cal Anderson Park – Park Watch Perimeter Pot Luck
Sunday, September 30th at 4-6pm at Cal Anderson Park. There will be a Pot Luck at Cal Anderson Park for neighbors of the homes in the blocks immediately surrounding Cal Anderson on Sunday, September 30th. The event is a get-to-know-your-neighbors event. Our new SPD Captain, Cpt. McDonagh, will be there to meet and greet. We expect a nice turnout and a lot of fun. This is a great chance to talk about neighborhood events and safety issues. This is a pot luck, so please bring something tasty for your neighbors. The event is sponsored by Cal Anderson Park Alliance (CAPA), Seattle Neighborhood Groups, Seattle Parks, and the 11th Avenue Inn Bed and Breakfast and is for neighbors in the homes and condo's around Cal Anderson Park. [Read More]
"Goodbye Hands" Party at The Liberty
Artist Ellen Forney's having a closing party at the Liberty on 15th Ave. E. on Tuesday, September 18th from around 8pm until closing. This is your last chance to see her paintings in this venue. As she says "Sigh: great lighting, perfect color on the walls. Please join me tomorrow evening to say goodbye!" [Read More]
Capitol Hill resident Alex Schweder is a Genius
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Capitol Hill Block Party this weekend
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What show is Mr. Jones reviewing? This article is more concerned with the inception of the musical through its Broadway run and beyond than the current production. And to say the show is about a "happy blonde airhead"? Wow. Really? 2012 in Palo Alto? I suppose it is bi-partisan to have a sexist, stodgy theater reviewer in the heart of a progressive community. Bravo, Palo Alto Weekly!
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Free Vaccinations for Incoming 7th Grade Students
All students anticipated to enter the 7th grade in August 2015 must receive two doses of the Varicella vacinne and one dose of the Tdap vaccine before the beginning of the school year.
The Florida Department of Health in Broward County will be here on May 12, 2015 to administer free vaccines for students entering 7th grade. If you wish to have your child vaccinated, please complete the attached consent form and return it to the front office no later than April 3, 2015. For additional information please feel free to call 754-322-4100.
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Tutoring in math, reading, and writing is now available to all PLMS students. Tutoring is provided as small group instruction with a certified teacher/assistant. Tutoring takes place on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons from 4:05-5:05 p.m. Interested students can pick up a form in the front office or print one from the link provided below. For questions or additional information, please contact Ms. Gresham at 754-322-4100.
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Turon Cummings, director of dining services for Chartwells at DePaul University's Loop Campus in Chicago raised his unit's check average by 14% over the prior year by introducing new concepts that coincided with trending items, such as a Burgers
Carlen Loewenthal, R.D., administrative dietitian at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System excels in working with and motivating others, says Pamela Higgins, R.D., administrative section chief of nutrition and foodservices. Loewenthal works effecti
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Emily Rhum, unit manager at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., is not afraid to take on new responsibilities and is first to volunteer to pilot a new project or be a test unit for a new idea or concept, says Elizabeth Poore, assistant director of oper
Knowing the importance of complying with HACCP guidelines, Krissy Lane, R.D., acting food service systems management dietitian at Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System in Little Rock, Ark., implemented a new advanced tray preparation system in
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Stacy Haney, general manager cafés/Bobcat Essentials, at Ohio University in Athens, managed a major renovation in the Front Room Coffeehouse. In addition, Haney has overseen the opening of a third campus café while continuing to improve the
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Justin Klobucar culinary talents have added greatly to the facilities at Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center. One area where he has really worked hard is in the physicians' dining room, says Mary Verona, R.D. Klobucar has included
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Bobby Johnson to replace Archie Manning on CFB Playoff selection committee
One year in, the College Football Playoff is already making its second change to the 13-member selection committee. After seeing Oliver Luck vacate his position after taking a position within the NCAA and replacing him with Texas Tech athletics director Kirby Hocutt, the Playoff announced Friday it had replaced Archie Manning with former Vanderbilt head coach Bobby Johnson.
Manning never actually served on the committee, stepping away last fall due health concerns. He has now decided to step down permanently due to time concerns.
"I was honored when I was chosen to be on the College Football Playoff Selection Committee," Manning said. "It's a great group of people and they did a wonderful job last year. But as I look ahead to the various commitments I have – to my family, numerous time obligations around the country and to other conflicting demands – I have concluded that I won't be able to return to the committee. I particularly want to watch Peyton and Eli play, in person when I can, and it's hard to do that when weekends are devoted to watching college games. This is not an easy choice, but it's the right choice for Olivia and me."
The Playoff asks a lot of time of its committee members – two days a week from late October through Selection Sunday – and one has to wonder if that hollows its potential talent pool. With Manning's resignation it appears the first casualty is one of its own original members.
Johnson served as head coach at Furman from 1994-01 and then at Vanderbilt from 2002-10, earning an AFCA National Coach of the Year honor in 2001 and an SEC Coach of the Year award in 2008 after guiding the Commodores to their first bowl game in 53 years.
"I have tremendous respect for the selection committee and I am honored to join the group," said Johnson. "As a former player and coach, I'm particularly happy about the opportunity to continue to serve the game."
Johnson will be the fourth former coach on the 13-member panel, joining Barry Alvarez, Tom Osborne and Tyrone Willingham.
How much money are MAC football programs making?
Mid-American Conference schools don't make a lot of money. Thanks to an extensive study by Jon Styf of ChicagoFootball.com, we now know exactly how much they make (or, perhaps more accurately, don't make).
While revenue for all 12 MAC schools (football-only UMass not included) sat between $22 million and $32 million, profit – err, budget surplus – varied wildly.
The conference collectively lost nearly $3.8 million in 2013-14, but take Toledo's share out and the league essentially broke even.
What if we singled out just the football programs?
The specter hanging over all this is that costs are only going up. Cost-of-attendance scholarships are coming, and MAC commissioner Dr. Jon Steinbrecher committed last fall to paying the new cost of business. That money, the league plans, will be offset thanks to new contracts with ESPN (#MACtion!) and the league's kickback from the massive College Football Playoff contract.
We'll spare you the minutiae of NCAA distributions and student fees and institutional sport and skip right to what I found most interesting from the study: recruiting budgets.
Again, these numbers are from 2013-14, which means Dave Clawson found a way to win the MAC while spending less than $85,000 in recruiting. Some SEC schools spend that on breakfast.
If you're interested enough in MAC finances to reach the end of this article, I strongly encourage you to check out the full report.
Photos: Ohio State has received their National Championship rings
Ohio State receivers coach Zach Smith tweeted out a picture of the Ohio State National Title rings a few moments ago, and they're impressive.
Coach Smith said it best with his tweet.
I know the style is to go big with the bling normally, but these are pretty tasteful considering they're the first winners of the College Football Playoff and could have justified something rather outrageous.
UNC basketball coach Roy Williams shares a quote for coaches dealing with negativity
Last night Roy Williams' North Carolina basketball squad fell in the Sweet 16 to Wisconsin, a team that may be playing their best basketball of the year.
Going into the game, North Carolina had collected 11 straight wins in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA tournament, but Williams' 4-seed just didn't have enough firepower to beat the Badgers last night. At a program like UNC, where Final Four appearances and National Titles are expected, fans voiced their disappointment louder than ever following the loss.
This morning, Williams joined a radio show and was asked how he deals with negativity when it comes to coaching at a prestigious basketball school like UNC. His response is something that all coaches should read.
"If the mailman stopped to kick every dog that barked at him, he'd never deliver the mail." Williams shared, in short.
All head coaches deal with negativity in some form or another, so that quote from Williams is a nice one to remember.
NBC is reviving everyone's favorite 90's coaching comedy
After nearly twenty years since the last episode aired, word has leaked that NBC is picking up 13 episodes of a spin off of the TV show Coach, which originally aired from 1987-1997 on ABC.
The original version starred Craig T. Nelson as the head coach of the Minnesota State University Screaming Eagles (and later the NFL expansion team Orlando Breakers), with Jerry Van Dyke serving as his lovable loyal assistant Luther Van Dam (who is now 83 years old). Other characters you may remember include assistant coach Michael "Dauber" Dybinkski (played by Bill Fagerbakke), and Fox's wife Christine Armstrong (Shelly Fabares).
According to People Magazine, the new show will center around Craig T. Nelson coming out of retirement to help his grown son, who is coaching a newly formed college football team in Pennsylvania. Selfishly, I hope there's a cameo or two from characters from the original show.
Personally, I remember growing up watching this show every chance I had, and I'm sure that in some subconscious way, it fueled my passion to become a coach. With that said, it's good to see it being brought back for younger generations to enjoy.
For those that enjoy a trip down memory lane, I've included the opening theme of the original show, and a few short clip to enjoy below.


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Matthew Dillner and Chuck Bush take some advice from Jimmie Johnson and check out Los Panchos Taco Shop in El Cajon as NASCAR Goes West continues. Visit CampingWorld.com to find everything you need for your RV!
Paul Menard spins after bumping Joey Logano, causing contact with Greg Biffle, Aric Almirola and Jimmie Johnson .
Brian Vickers runs across the front of Jimmie Johnson's car, sending the No. 55 into the wall and Johnson to pit road with damage.
Denny Hamlin paced the field in Saturday's opening practice Vote: Who will win at Martinsville? " Play: NASCAR Fantasy Live RELATED: Practice results After qualifying 15th on Friday, Denny Hamlin powered his No. 11 Toyota to the top of the leaderboard during Saturday's NASCAR Sprint Cup practice for Sunday's STP 500 (1 p.m. ET, FOX Sports 1) at Martinsville Speedway . The Joe Gibbs Racing driver posted a speed of 97.113 mph and has won four times at the paperclip oval, ranking third among active drivers in NASCAR's premier series. Just behind Hamlin was Jimmie Johnson , who wheeled his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet at 96.988 mph around the short track after overcoming an electrical issue midway through practice. Rounding out the top five were Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne , followed by Joe Gibbs Racing 's Carl Edwards . Coors Light Pole Award winner Joey Logano didn't show quite as much speed in today's practice session, ranking 15th on the leaderboard. Since qualifying 17th yesterday, reigning Sprint Cup champion Kevin Harvick seemed to have found his groove around the short track today, posting the 10th-fastest speed in the field. A little further back was Chase Elliott , who is making his Sprint Cup debut with Hendrick Motorsports in Sunday's STP 500 . The 19-year-old posted the 20th-fastest speed. Final Practice " Results Defending STP 500 winner Kurt Busch finally showed his speed during the final practice at Martinsville Speedway , powering his No. 41 Stewart Haas Racing Chevrolet at 97.098 mph around the 0.526-mile track. Jimmie Johnson 's momentum from the earlier practice continued, as the No. 48 driver once again posted the runner-up speed on the leaderboard of 96.810 mph. Following Johnson was Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon , along with Joe Gibbs Racing 's Denny Hamlin , who topped the leaderboard in practice earlier in the day. Richard Childress Racing 's Ryan Newman , who posted the fastest speed during Friday's Sprint Cup practice session, rounded out the top five. Coors Light Pole Award winner Joey Logano seemed to find his power again in this practice, putting up the seventh-fastest speed on the leaderboard. Right behind Logano was 2014 Sprint Cup champion Kevin Harvick , who posted the eighth-fastest speed in his No. 4 Stewart Haas Racing Chevrolet. Dale Earnhardt Jr ., the last driver to celebrate a Sprint Cup win at Martinsville, continued to run in the middle of the pack, putting up the 18th-fastest speed. Chase Elliott , who will be making his first start in a Sprint Cup car with Hendrick Motorsports , slowed a bit in the final practice, ranking 27th on the leaderboard. The 19-year-old will make his Sprint Cup debut from the 27th position in Sunday's STP 500 . MORE: READ: Latest NASCAR news PLAY: Sign up for Fantasy Live WATCH: Latest NASCAR video FOLLOW LIVE: Get RaceView today FULL SERIES COVERAGE • Latest news • Standings • Schedule
NASCAR reminds teams of severe penalties Vote: Who will win at Martinsville? " Play: NASCAR Fantasy Live Related: Crew chief Childers loves chatter about tires MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- NASCAR gave teams a reminder Friday morning about the severity of tampering with tires, a hot-button issue after the sanctioning body sent the Goodyears from select teams for an independent audit the last two weeks. Hendrick Motorsports crew chiefs Alan Gustafson and Chad Knaus, making an early Friday media appearance at Martinsville Speedway , addressed the issue, saying their frantic schedules on race weekends prevented them from witnessing any prohibited behavior first-hand. Still, NASCAR's confiscations and the rumblings at the track made the issue hard to ignore. "It's hard to speculate because that's all I can do, but in my experience there's a lot of smoke around that, right?" said Gustafson, who oversees preparation for Jeff Gordon 's No. 24 Chevrolet. "There's a lot of talk, there's a lot of dialogue, there's a lot of rumors in the garage. So yeah, I think some people think something is going on. And is NASCAR reacting to that or do they feel uncomfortable with what's going on? I don't know that answer. "I do think that it is something that's on the forefront of a lot of people's minds and obviously NASCAR is trying to make sure that we're all on a level playing field and if anyone is violating that that they'll pay the price, which they've reminded us this morning is very, very stiff. That's all I know, but anything beyond that speculation beside the fact is that it's a hot topic obviously." NASCAR took the tires from two teams -- those of points leader Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano -- after the season's fourth Sprint Cup Series race, at Phoenix International Raceway . Harvick's tires were taken again for independent study after last weekend's race at Auto Club Speedway , joining those from the cars driven by fellow Chevrolet drivers Kurt Busch , Paul Menard and Ryan Newman . Officials issued no penalties or expanded details from their findings, and NASCAR Executive Vice President and Chief Racing Development Officer Steve O'Donnell said in a recent appearance on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio that the "audits" were routine. WATCH: Drivers sound off on tire tampering talk Any infraction involving manipulating tires falls under the heading of a P5 penalty -- the second-highest severity in the NASCAR deterrence system, which was introduced before the 2014 season. The NASCAR Rule Book provides examples of P5 penalties, including a specific passage about tires in Section 188.8.131.52.1.a, which states, "Effecting, modifying and/or altering the standard tires in any way, other than through authorized means such as tire pressure adjustments within the recommended range, permitted tire cooling when mounted on the race vehicle; or heat-cycling on the race vehicle on the race track earlier in the Event." The punishment for a P5 violation includes the loss of 50 points in the driver and team owner standings, a fine ranging from $75,000 to $125,000, a six-race suspension for the crew chief, probation until the end of the calendar year for all suspended crewmembers, and any other applicable penalties. The practice of teams potentially "needling" tires with miniscule holes, Gustafson said, would "be a very difficult thing to police." The tactic is intended to provide a slow release of air, which would allow tire pressures to remain more consistent -- while improving grip and durability -- over the course of a green-flag run. Ordinarily, pressures rise as the tires heat up, changing the handling characteristics of the car. Gordon said that he has been a longtime advocate for NASCAR adopting bleeder valves on its tires to better regulate pressure. "I came from sprint cars where they're just built into the wheel," Gordon said. "You set them. Those might not be advanced enough for what we need in a Cup car and a Cup tire, but it just makes sense. It's crazy what we do with air pressures and these big, heavy cars build the air pressures up so much that we're always trying to start them real low, which always causes issues for Goodyear and the teams. They just increase, increase, increase. "So it makes sense to me that we have bleeder valves, but because we don't, it's pushing the teams to do things. … I've heard about a lot of things with valve caps and poking holes in tires for years, but I've never seen it done, have never had proof that it was done, so it's very interesting to me that NASCAR is investigating this further and I look forward to seeing what comes out of it. "If they find a way to stop that, if it's really going on, I get excited about our chances because I know that we're not doing it, so it will close the gap for us to whoever may be doing it. WATCH: Chris Rice explains the issue Gordon was at the center of another TireGate in September 1998, when rival team owner Jack Roush accused his Hendrick team of using illegal, chemically treated tires to gain an advantage. He said Friday that if Ray Evernham, his crew chief, was doing something illegal back then, he wasn't aware of it. No team has been outed as a rule-breaker yet, but the murmurs of unusual happenings in the garage persist. Gordon said when the rumor mill churns as loudly as its current tenor, there's something to it -- just how it's being done is the question. "I don't know if there's anything or not," said Knaus, crew chief for Hendrick's No. 48 Chevy driven by Jimmie Johnson -- like Gordon, an eight-time Martinsville winner. "I'm busy on Sunday and I don't have a lot of friends in the garage. I don't talk to anybody else, either, so it's OK. My friends are outside of racing. So I don't know what's going on. I know I sent ( Sprint Cup managing director) Richard Buck a text and I said, 'Hey man, can we poke holes in our tires? Is that OK?' and he sent me a text back that said, 'Absolutely not.' So that's all I know." Denny Hamlin said that NASCAR told all crew chiefs at Phoenix International Raceway last fall to discontinue the tactic, but since it deals with one of the three so-called sacred areas -- engine, tires and fuel -- the penalties should be fittingly severe. "If it's out there and they know about it, you should be gone forever," said Hamlin, a four-time Martinsville winner. "I mean, that's a major, major, major thing. This isn't like the old rodeo days of being able to go out there and run a big motor or soak the tires. This is a professional sport and when people alter tires that's a big, big deal. Definitely no room for it in the sport, that's for sure. Hope they clamp down on that if they do find it, and if they find it multiple times with somebody, they should have a permanent vacation somewhere." That said, Hamlin acknowledged that trying to make the distinction between a natural tire leak and a man-made one is difficult. "They'll figure out a way, and whether it will be with someone else taking a look at the tires to try to figure it out, they'll find it," Hamlin said of NASCAR officials. "And when they do, that person when they feel NASCAR getting hot on them, they're going to stop doing it and that's maybe when you'll see some performance differences. You never know." MORE: READ: Latest NASCAR news PLAY: Sign up for Fantasy Live WATCH: Latest NASCAR video FOLLOW LIVE: Get RaceView today FULL SERIES COVERAGE • Latest news • Standings • Schedule
After rain delays most of of on-track time, RCR driver leads wet session Vote: Who will win at Martinsville? " Play: NASCAR Fantasy Live Practice 1 " Results Following a lengthy delay for rain, Ryan Newman led Friday's lone Sprint Cup Series practice at Martinsville Speedway . Practice was originally slated to begin at noon ET, but cars didn't get on the 0.526-mile track until 2:04 p.m. ET. When they did, Newman ran a session-best speed of 97.835 mph for a best time of 19.355 seconds. He was followed by four Chevrolets in AJ Allmendinger (97.679 mph), Jeff Gordon (97.664 mph), Jimmie Johnson (97.618 mph) and Martin Truex Jr . (97.558 mph) to round out the top five. Defending race-winner Kurt Busch was 14th, with a speed of 97.083 mph. There was a caution late in the session when the No. 3 of Austin Dillon endured engine issues and caused heavy smoke, effectively ending the practice session. Coors Light Pole qualifying was pushed back from 4:45 p.m. ET to 6:10 p.m. ET. Per a NASCAR bulletin sent to teams earlier this week, the opening round of qualifying will be 20 minutes instead of 15 minutes, as it had been for the past four events. Should qualifying be canceled because of weather, Newman would start Sunday's race from the pole position. MORE: READ: Latest NASCAR news PLAY: Sign up for Fantasy Live WATCH: Latest NASCAR video FOLLOW LIVE: Get RaceView today FULL SERIES COVERAGE • Latest news • Standings • Schedule
Newman to start alongside Logano on the front row RELATED: See the full 43-car field " Full race starting lineup MARTINSVILLE, Va.—For last year's spring race at Martinsville Speedway , Joey Logano set a track record during qualifying but didn't win the pole. On Friday at the paper-clip-shaped track, Logano reversed the outcome. Though he failed to match his record of 100.201 mph, he saved his best lap for the final round of knockout qualifying in claiming the top starting spot for Sunday's STP 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race (1 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1). Trailing Logano in the 27th starting position will be Chase Elliott , the heir apparent to Jeff Gordon 's No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, who qualified for his first Cup race, one of five starts he plans to make this year. Logano covered the .526-mile distance in 19.232 seconds (98.461 mph) to win the 10th Coors Light Pole Award of his career, his second of the season and his first at Martinsville. Logano's Team Penske Ford edged the No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet of Ryan Newman (98.328 mph) for the right to lead the field to the green flag in the sixth Sprint Cup race of the year. Martin Truex Jr ., who has a string of five straight top 10s to start the season, qualified third at 98.048 mph, followed by Gordon (97.613 mph) and Jimmie Johnson (97.583 mph). Logano went out late in the second round and put just two laps on his tires in posting the eighth fastest time and advancing to the final round. Keeping laps off his tires was the factor Logano thought was decisive in winning the pole. "I'm pretty sure we ran less laps than anybody going into the third round," said Logano, who ran five laps combined in the first two rounds, a number matched by Gordon. "That was the advantage that we had going for us, that we were able to see how many cars had run and know what we had to run to get into the next round. "So in the second round, all we had to make was two laps, and we felt pretty confident about where we were. Keeping those laps off the tires was good." As well as Logano has run in Martinsville time trials in the past, he was elated to add a pole to his list of accomplishments. "It feels great to finally get the pole here. We've been close so many times," he said. "Throughout my career, I feel like we've always qualified well here but I've never been able to get a pole. I caught pretty much of a hard time about getting the track record here but not getting the pole here, so to have a pole to back it up feels great." If Logano was delighted, Elliott was relieved that he had made the field—and that rain that had been forecast for the area failed to materialize in the afternoon. "That was goal number one, to get in," Elliott said. "So it's definitely a big relief for us. We're excited. It's weird being excited about qualifying, wherever we qualified, 27th, but we're in the show, our first Sprint Cup Series race with (sponsor) NAPA on board. We're excited for Sunday." Brendan Gaughan and Ron Hornaday Jr . failed to make the 43-car field. MORE: READ: Latest NASCAR news PLAY: Sign up for Fantasy Live WATCH: Latest NASCAR video FOLLOW LIVE: Get RaceView today
Drivers give their takes on California dustup Vote: Who will win at Martinsville? " Play: NASCAR Fantasy Live MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Jeff Gordon said he felt he had run out of options. David Ragan said he thought he could hold Gordon off. The result was a spin by Ragan during last weekend's Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway that brought out the day's first caution less than 25 laps into the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. Ragan, filling in for the fourth consecutive week for the injured Kyle Busch in the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 Toyota, said Friday at Martinsville Speedway that "at the end of the day, I certainly got the bad end of the deal." "I was in the preferred line but Jeff was a little faster than me at the time," Ragan said before heading out to take part in the day's lone practice at the 0.526-mile track. "Looking back at it, I probably would have just let him by knowing that I was going to be the one that was coming off Turn 4 backwards." The two were battling for seventh place when Gordon's Chevrolet drew close enough to the left-rear of Ragan's car to send it into a spin. The move came after Gordon had shot underneath, only to see the JGR driver flash back by on the high side of the 2-mile track. "We were moving forward at that time – both me and (teammate) Jimmie ( Johnson )," the four-time Sprint Cup champion said. "We caught David. He was definitely struggling and trying to hang on until the pit stop where they could make some adjustments. He was letting off real early in the corner." Johnson cleared Ragan and had driven away when Gordon made his initial move to the inside. While he could have moved up the track and in front of Ragan, Gordon said he thought "I'm not going to do a slide job on the guy this early in the race. We'll see if he wants to race me hard or not." And that, Gordon said, is what transpired. "He raced me hard on the outside," the Hendrick Motorsports driver said. "A couple laps later I got inside him again, and this time I crowded him a little bit more. He got all over my door; got me loose and so I basically said at that point that I was going to have to do it the hard way. "I know on the radio I said I may have to use the bumper, and I would have if I could have gotten to him and tapped him a little. But I didn't have to. I just got up to him and he was already pretty loose. I just took the air off of him to just get him to lift, but he didn't lift. He stayed in the gas and spun out." Ragan said he didn't give Gordon the spot because he felt "maybe once I got my track bar adjusted a little bit and kind of got my rhythm I felt like I might could pull away from him. "I did feel like once I could get my car going in the top lane that I could be a little better. Jeff was a little impatient. He didn't do anything wrong, he just didn't give me a break. And I didn't give him a break either. "What I can learn from that is it was early in the race, that one spot didn't matter. I could have had a little bit of give and take and the 24 could have had a little bit of give and take. It's one of those things that at the end of the day I got the bad end of the deal and that's sucked. I learned from it and moved on." The two spoke briefly after the race, the fifth of 36 that make up the 2015 Sprint Cup Series schedule and the final stop of a three-race West Coast swing that began in Las Vegas and moved to Phoenix before wrapping up at Auto Club "I don't expect somebody to just let me go by them, but when you're that much faster than somebody else, you have to make a choice: 'How do I want to race at this point and this stage in the race? Is it worth it to me?'" Gordon said Friday. "In my opinion and on a track that was that difficult to pass on, I was going to get up behind him. I never touched him, but I definitely took the air off of him." "Jeff's obviously a champion and a smart racer and you've got to give him some respect," Ragan said. "I raced him like I would anybody else. But at the beginning of a race we both have to have some give and take; he's lucky that he didn't get collected somehow. If I would have spun a little earlier in the corner and he couldn't turn down, he very well could have been collected too and it would have been a bad deal for both of us." Gordon eventually finished 10th while Ragan was 18th. He finished 17th in the season-opening Daytona 500 while driving for Front Row Motorsports , and has finished 18th, 22nd, 21st and 18th since taking over for Busch. "I feel like the last couple of weeks have been good," Ragan said. "I'm disappointed that we haven't gotten a good finish to show for (it), I think we've had some pretty good cars. "I think we've had a top-10 car every week besides Phoenix, and that's disappointing when you don't finish where you think you should – for several reasons, from mistakes on my behalf to just poor racing luck to situations like we had last week. "We could win one of these things, break off with two or three top-fives in a row and it wouldn't surprise me. But we've just got to put a whole weekend together." MORE: READ: Latest NASCAR news PLAY: Sign up for Fantasy Live WATCH: Latest NASCAR video FOLLOW LIVE: Get RaceView today FULL SERIES COVERAGE • Latest news • Standings • Schedule
At age 19, Chase will attempt to qualify for first Sprint Cup race Vote: Who will win at Martinsville? " Play: NASCAR Fantasy Live Think about this for a moment: Chase Elliott , son of the ever-popular Bill Elliott , will attempt to make his Sprint Cup Series debut at Martinsville Speedway , a track steeped in history and tradition, for Sunday's STP 500 (1 p.m. ET, FOX Sports 1). Not only does he need to qualify for the race -- with Team Xtreme withdrawing, there are 45 cars on the entry list; 43 make the race -- but Elliott also will need to do it without having the benefit of much time spent in a Sprint Cup Series seat. And if that's not enough, if he qualifies for the race -- which is expected to be attended by none other than Richard Petty -- Elliott will do so at a younger age than Jeff Gordon did in 1992. Throughout his short history as a national series driver, Elliott has shown an unflappable, even-keel approach en route to such heights as last season's XFINITY Series title. But if any weekend were to test his Zen-like calm, who could blame him if this were the one? "If I wasn't nervous come this weekend, then I'd think something was wrong with me," Elliott said. "I think that should be the case. With as much excitement as this weekend brings I think you're going to have some nerves to go along with it. I'm looking forward to experiencing both of those sensations." If his nerves indeed need some calming, then Elliott can go to bat knowing he will have Gordon on his side. Jeff just happens to be tied with HMS teammate Jimmie Johnson for the most Cup wins at the track among active drivers with eight, so it's not like he's coming at Chase with a blank slate. "I think for me, Jeff will probably be the guy I lean on most this weekend," Elliott said. "One, our car is being prepared out of the 24 and 5 shop. Just to be familiar with that group of guys and how they do things, I think that only makes sense to kind of lean on those guys more than anybody else with the plans for next year. Last time I checked, Jeff had run a handful of races at Martinsville; I feel like he'll have some good information and a lot to be learned talking to him." Elliott said he hasn't driven a Cup car since January of 2014, and most of that experience was at Nashville Superspeedway, a 1.33-mile concrete track that was used for testing. Plus, in the time since Elliott drove a Cup car, a lot has changed thanks to the 2015 rules package. Add in the fact that Elliott will be working with crew chief Kenny Francis for the first time, and there are a lot of challenges he'll be facing beyond just the normal task of driving on a tough, tight 0.526-mile track. But besides having Gordon and the entire HMS team on his side, Elliott also has the benefit of it being a break in the XFINITY Series schedule. Therefore, he can concentrate on the very tall task at hand. But as one might expect, his own expectations for his first Cup race sound pretty reasonable. "Hopefully, for me, I just want to execute all weekend and put together a solid week," Elliott said. "I think for us, if we can run all the laps and stay on the lead lap and battle to run in the top 15, I feel like that's a great day to shoot for. I feel like that's possible and that would be a really good day." Of course, if he does something more than that, then it could add to the track's already thick history. It's a history that will be on the young driver's mind. "I think back of all the times I've gone to Martinsville to watch my dad race," Elliott said. "Even not that long ago. Weird to think I'm going to go run a Cup race and not be watching. ... Such a great opportunity and I want to make the most of it." Senior writer Holly Cain contributed to this report. MORE: READ: Latest NASCAR news PLAY: Sign up for Fantasy Live WATCH: Latest NASCAR video FOLLOW LIVE: Get RaceView today FULL SERIES COVERAGE • Latest news • Standings • Schedule
Multiple-time series champions battle flat tires, wrecked race cars Play: NASCAR Fantasy Live Related: Full Kobalt 400 results LAS VEGAS -- Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon must be thrilled to get out of Sin City. Armed with two of the fastest cars on the track throughout the weekend, both multiple-time premier series champions couldn't shake off a spate of unfortunate events that seemed to magnify as race day deepened. Johnson had to pit from second place with a vibration, then blew a tire just when he had climbed his way back through the field. Then he blew another one for good measure. Gordon's misfortune actually began late Saturday with less than a minute remaining in final practice, when he rammed the No. 10 Chevrolet following a spin from Danica Patrick , and it caused enough to damage to his No. 24 Chevrolet that it necessitated a backup car. So the Coors Light Pole Award winner started from the rear, sprinted his way into the top 10, and then mussed up his car's nose by running into Jeb Burton … the direct result of Burton trying to get away from Johnson's wrecking No. 48. "I guess Jimmie blew a right front tire," said Gordon, who patted Burton's head on pit road after the race as the two had a brief talk. "I was right behind Jeb (Burton) getting ready to make a move on him. I wasn't sure if I was going to go inside or outside, but all of a sudden he started checking up and I thought he was doing it to let me go by him and I didn't realize until right at that moment when my spotter said something to me that Jimmie was having a problem. And I ran into the back of him. It ruined our day and certainly ruined the front end." The 43-year-old wound up 18th, as he nursed his battered, tape-covered Chevrolet around the 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway oval over the final 80 laps. Johnson's bad vibes didn't start Saturday as Gordon's did, but they came over a brutal hour-long stretch Sunday. The No. 48 Chevrolet was out front for 45 laps and seemed to have a car with the ability to challenge eventual race winner Kevin Harvick , who led 142 of 267 laps. In fact, "Six-Time" was leading on Lap 91 when he slowed considerably after feeling a vibration. He came down pit road for tires and was scored 35th (and one lap down) when he returned to the track. Johnson worked his way back to being one spot behind Clint Bowyer , and then Brad Keselowski , for the beneficiary position. A tire blew on Lap 173, though, which eliminated any hope of Johnson getting back on the lead lap. Twelve laps later, another tire went down -- and his No. 48 Chevrolet again caromed into the wall as a result. "The first one, they said the bead blew on it," Johnson said. " That's kind of a freak deal. The second one, it went soft. So there could have been some damage that caused it or some rub or something like that, and it went soft going into Turn 3 and I hit the wall, unfortunately. I'm disappointed. We certainly had an awesome race car." The poor result is less of a worry for Johnson than it is for Gordon. With one win in pocket already, the No. 48 team has virtually clinched a spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup . It might be a little more concerning for Gordon, who actually jumped six spots in the standings -- up to 30th -- following his 26-point day. "It was a great effort," Gordon said. "I just can't believe the way these days are going." MORE: READ: Latest NASCAR news PLAY: Sign up for Fantasy Live WATCH: Latest NASCAR video FOLLOW LIVE: Get RaceView today FULL SERIES COVERAGE • Latest news • Standings • Schedule


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Nice and quiet place in the off season. Nice lake surrounded by pine trees. Ice fishing in the winter. Good place to take a drive around anytime of the year. Picnic in the...
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Nice and quiet place in the off season. Nice lake surrounded by pine trees. Ice fishing in the winter. Good place to take a drive around anytime of the year. Picnic in the summer. Fishing year round.
Stockade Lake is small and very pretty. It is a lake that is primarily for day use such as picnicing and boating.
The western bank of the lake has tiny peninsulas just big enough for a picnic table. This is a very tranquil lake with great views and is one of the best places to picnic in CSP. There are primitive restrooms, trash bins and a handicap deck available also. If the weather is windy or too hot, try the south side;...
This is a nice large lake in Custer State Park. We liked seeing it on our visit to the Black Hills. There is picnic tables, as well as a campground.
The Stockade Lake Trail wasn't a bad trail but the views were only so-so. It was actually a more difficult than the Harney Peak Trail and though Harney Peak is a longer trail, it is by far superior to the Stockade Lake Trail. If you have extra time and are looking for another hike, Stockade Lake isn't bad, but the...
Nice lake with a trail along the side. Not the best lake in Custer State Park -- that honor goes to Sylvan Lake.
I used to love to go to this lake for fishing, swimming, and boating but anymore it is full of moss. It started early this spring and has not gotten any better. You will come out of the water all green and slimy. They are draining other lakes in the area and dredging them. Hopefully, Stockade is on their list.
This is the largest and prettiest lake in Custer State Park. Great for kayaking. A second close is Sylvan Lake but that can get overcrowded. Make sure to pay the South Dakota Recreation Area $15 fee ($30 annual sticker).
The lake was beautiful and we were excited that the beach was empty - until we realized why - the beach was COVERED in goose droppings - hardly a clean spot to step. We took some pics and went back to Legion Lake to swim.
We liked it because it was not nearly as crowded as Sylvan lake. We didn't catch any fish, just 4 crawdads. Kids had fun, there is a beach and playground. Nice picnic areas. We liked it.
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Obama sold the Stimulus on shovel ready jobs. List them for me.
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I assume you are talking about the Stimulus. There has been an amazing lack of transparency in the so called "successes".
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Mod, if you lay out the successes we can discuss.
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Yeah but remember, the republican party was rejected in SPADES the last 2 presidential elections !
Posted 125 days ago.
Have a good holiday,tired.
Posted 125 days ago.
beright- why don't you talk about the successes of the program?
Posted 125 days ago.
No wonder or OHDUMBONE is so bitter, his beliefs were REJECTED in SPADES by the people. TOO BAD, in your words GET OVER IT WE WON. lol
Posted 125 days ago.
Oil has made us a first world nation BERIGHT, and will continue. THANK GOD THE DEMS WERE SENT TO THE WOODSHED IN NOVEMBER
Posted 125 days ago.
Yeah you do ~~~~ a good screwing !
Posted 125 days ago.
At least I get something out of big oil.
Posted 125 days ago.
Yeah well there are a lot of companies who received tax credits and unfortunately went under ! HeII , we are still giving subsidies to big oil ! You want to bitc h about something ,that should be NO #1 !The government paying big oil to make obscene profits !
Posted 125 days ago.
Toledo solar-panel manufacturer Xunlight Corp. is bankrupt and plans to liquidate its remaining assets. The flexible solar-panel manufacturer that uses technology developed at the University of Toledo closed the doors of its Nebraska Avenue headquarters this summer. This month, the company filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation petition.
In 2010, the company received $34.5 million in tax credits as part of the stimulus bill. U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) helped secure nearly $3 million in federal earmarks for the company. Another one bites the dust. More taxpayer money down the solar drain.
Posted 125 days ago.
The cost of electricity and natural gas will increase by nearly $300 billion in 2020 compared to 2012 prices, according to the "Energy Market Impacts of Recent Federal Regulations on the Electric Power Sector," report conducted by Energy Ventures Analysis, Inc. Note to People on fixed incomes: The report states the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Power Plan will force annual residential electricity and natural gas costs to rise by $680, or 35 percent, from 2012 compared to 2020, increasing every year.
Posted 126 days ago.
What a dumbas$ ! No you cant but the way they get around that on solar is they also produce using natural gas !
Posted 135 days ago.
You, ALSO, can't cause the sun to shine during inclement weather upon solar panel instillations (or at night) and can't insure that the wind will always blow across wind-driven turbine blades to provide DEPENDABLE electric power generation.
WAIT!...Maybe YOU are capable of wind production. You reveal as much on these forums.
Posted 135 days ago.
We cant control volcano's doofus ! Can you even bother to find things on your own or will you just continue to repeat whatever propaganda they tell you ? Faux has a 28% accuracy rating when it comes to climate change !Politifact !
Posted 135 days ago.
Sulfur dioxide, hmmmmm? A good sized volcanic eruption releases way more sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere than does decades of human industrialization.
The 1815 eruption of Indonesia's Mount Tambora was partially to blame for "The Year Without a Summer" experienced by much of Europe and America in 1816 (crops failed to grow locally around New Matamoros, Ohio that year).
So Obama, Al Gore and other anti-industrial (job killing "Americans") are in deathly fear of Global "Warming", but a naturally occurring substance that reflects sunlight back into space, is something that we should tangle with as our industries continue to wane in this country.
So what DO we have, global WARMING OR global COOLING, because of all that nasty SO2 being released?
Anyone remember a "Year Without a Summer" being documented since 1816?
Posted 135 days ago.
Good for mixing with water !!
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Instigate Defection - BUG?
My Instigate Defection completed while I was in another window. As did a Resettle Colonists.
When I tabbed back over the Instigate mission completely vanished without a trace.
Here's a screen showing the two previous missions claimed along with Instigate completing: http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/i...al/screen1.jpg
Here's a screen showing the Resettle completing:
Where did it go? :(
Different bug - but my Instigate Defection completed with the Very Rare quality, but I was awarded a blue Doff.
"Very Rare" is the quality of the mission, not a guarantee of the quality of the reward. You can get a rare or very rare doff from completing the mission.
Well, I submitted a bug report in game and linked to this thread with the screenshots.
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Last year i WSed some seeds from a trade called "Artemesia Silver Sage". I was expecting something different, but this is what is in the holding bed this spring (dwarfing Laurie's cactus, which still hasn't found his permanent home):
Can anyone tell me who this really is? :) I've googled images of 'Silver Sage', and everything that comes up has narrow leaves, so it can't be that.
I'm certainly no plant expert and don't know what that large leafed plant is, but those small ferny looking little plants look like they could be artemesia. I have only had the Silver Mound and it seems they looked like this as young plants. Good luck with your search. Please post when you get a definitive answer. I'm curious.
Sierra, heaven forbid! LOL I don't think it is - can't find a tag of course, but i haven't planted any verbascum in years - dug it up, yes, but not planted it!
Chickadee, the plant in back is a yellow achillea. Yes, 'Parker's Variety' - just found it in my WS notes. It's for my granddaughter, if my son ever gets another flower bed made for her!
I can't remember where the seeds came from, but it seems like they were mislabeled.
So it is a sage, Sharon? Wonder why i couldn't find anything on it. Will have to check that out. Thanks!
Chickadee, some of those ferny things are reseeded cosmos, some are dillweed. :)
Oh, and in the corner of the picture is Henry, Jr. Remember Henry Kelsey the cowb - uh, rose? That's his offspring, who overwintered in a container in the holding bed. Will have to plant him soon.


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Oi.. The Us must be different, Our conservatives couldn't win anything until they actually went together... Then we got Harper .... unless you're factions are small...
Oi.. The Us must be different, Our conservatives couldn't win anything until they actually went together... Then we got Harper .... unless you're factions are small...
Our conservatists win more often than not (fortunately for us...)
Hell, the Democrats practically own congress right now and they STILL can't get anything done. Which is why conservatives usually come out on top... there are probably fewer of us and less support, but we tend to have much, much less infighting (and tend to be much less easily swayed as well).
ah, thanks for the clarification
i voted Green as well, partly because i wanted to see how they'd fare as country leaders, and partly because i do care about the environment, and other political parties don't really do much about that right now.
in fact, i wonder when was the last time we'd had a politician that made big changes and/or was very inspiring. not in my lifetime that's for sure. it would have been interesting to have been alive around the time that trudeau was, as most people seem to say he's one of the greatest (if not the greatest) canadian politicians.
how are things on the flip side (ie good politician) in the States ? i can't say i'm too familiar with american political history
Well whats-his-name was in there for 14 years and didn't screw up too badly... Chretien.. that's right :P
Acutally, they think Dion would shake things up a bit.. he IS a different sort than our usual... kinda like Trudeau was.. (so I've heard, probably not the same type, just.. non-standard) But what are the chances of him getting elected? He kinda looks like he belongs in some bio classes to be honest...
oh, do you REALLY think the Green would make a good governing party? I want them to have a voice yes.. but I really don't think I want them in charge.. not until they're a bit more politically mature at least.
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Mosaic window I made a while ago - thought I'd share now that I "think" I figured out how to post pics.
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Thanks everyone! yes oldcrafty, I did grout it after the GEII. That's why I want to try the weldbond. In the places I was a little messy with the GE the grout didn't take well. That might also happen with the weldbond, maybe I just need to be neater haha! calamity, thanks - the tin shed is the outside of the studio. I had the windows put in last summer (they were headed for the landfill). The trellis was some kind of railing I also found at the recycle center and had a friend weld it into a trellis.
Its gorgeous. Such rich colors.
I wondered about ge ii and grout. I'm mosaicking a small table with different depth pieces and I thought I'd use ge ii under the thinner ones to raise them up and weldbond or Macglue under the thicker, but maybe I shouldn't do ge ii.
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Results Released from First Industry Survey of Acquirers: Benchmarking Level 4 Merchant PCI Compliance – The Acquirer's Perspective
ATLANTA, GA and LOS ANGELES, CA, Jan. 9, 2012 — Despite the payments industry's frustration with a perceived lack of progress with Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance adoption among small merchants, a recent survey finds a growing number of acquirers see value in having a PCI program to reduce data breaches and overall portfolio risk with success coming to those who actively engage their merchants in PCI education and support.
This conclusion is just one of the major findings from a survey, Benchmarking Level 4 Merchant PCI Compliance – The Acquirer's Perspective, of more than 146 banks, processors and Independent Sales Organizations (ISOs) serving Level 4 merchants conducted by ControlScan and Merchant Acquirer's Committee (MAC) (https://www.macmember.org/). Ninety-four percent of acquirers have a PCI program in place for their Level 4 merchants with 57 percent saying their merchants see value in their PCI program. More importantly, 70 percent of acquirer respondents believe their PCI program reduces small merchant data breaches.
"Over the last three years, ControlScan has extensively studied the viewpoints of small merchants regarding PCI compliance," said Joan Herbig, CEO of ControlScan. "For the first time, we are benchmarking the experiences of acquirers in helping small merchants comply with the PCI DSS. While recent research has broached this topic, it has been from the standpoint of larger merchants, Level 1 and 2, and has had little applicability to the challenges faced by smaller Level 4 merchants. This study shines a light specifically on this segment."
According to the survey, 61 percent of PCI programs have been in place for two years or less, so the duration of programs is still maturing based on the fact that the PCI DSS was initially developed and released seven years ago. Overall, one-third of respondents said at least one of their merchants experienced a data breach during the last 12 months. Study responses show, however, that as the Level 4 merchant compliance rate increases, the occurrence of a data breach decreases.
"The benchmarking study suggests that acquirers have a positive outlook on PCI compliance, a stance MAC wholeheartedly supports in its communications and education curriculum for members," said Susan Matt, CFO of MAC and CEO and founder of ThoughtKey, Inc. "The study also links certain key attributes of acquirers with high PCI compliance rates – a correlation we simply speculated earlier, but can now stress as best practices to the industry."
Key attributes of acquirers with high PCI compliance rates, include, but are not limited to, monitoring their PCI programs frequently, offering a suite of tools to help merchants achieve compliance and outsourcing some or all of their PCI program to a third-party (81 percent of respondents outsource). Fewer acquirers with high PCI compliance rates also had merchants that experienced a data breach in the last 12 months.
"Some of the most common questions we receive from acquirers, as a PCI compliance and security solutions provider, revolve around whether or not their peers charge PCI program and non-compliance fees," continued Herbig. "Since the study directly addresses these topics, we can now speak definitively to standard practices by acquirers serving Level 4 merchants."
To access a copy of the detailed study findings, please click on the following link: https://www.controlscan.com/whitepapers/acquirer_study_2011.php.
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Some of our favorite childhood treats were stealthily nutritious, from whole wheat blueberry pancakes shaped-to-order to chewy vitamins that were (as far as we were concerned) an excuse to start our day with candy. These days, we're happy eating regular-shaped breakfast—but we're as delighted as ever by gummy vitamins (which, like us, are now all grown up). They're packed with 10 key nutrients (including omega 3 fish oil!), independently tested for purity, and made without artificial sweeteners, flavors, or dyes—though they're so delicious, we tend to think of them less as a dietary supplement and more as a guilt-free dessert.
I thought the adult gummy's were ok but I think the serving size is crazy! I received a sample packet with 2 gummy's and then as I was reading the packet it says 2 is only 1/3 of the recommended serving size and then says serving size is 6. That just seems like it would be so expensive if you had to eat 6 everyday to get your recommend dose of vitamins.1
I am a firm believer that vitamins should not taste like candy and be coated in sugar on top of that - 8 grams per serving. Plus as a general rule it is wiser to take specific vitamins to address any deficiency you may have rather than a multivitamin that gives you nutrients your body might already not be lacking .... in sum, these vitamins are definitely not for me and will not be purchasing (or eating the sample I received either)1
This was a tiny sized sample, too small to review anything other than the taste and consistency.
Easy enough to chomp down, and like the idea of gummi vites, since I hate that "vitamin smell" my tablets take after being in the cupboard for a little while. Yes, a little chalky.