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With legislation signed by Mayor Tom Barrett following a unanimous vote by Milwaukee's Common Council, Growing Power, Inc., has been awarded $425,000 to build 150 hoop house gardens on vacant land within the city. The farms will be tended by beginning urban farmers, creating 150 new jobs that will be filled by unemployed people in Milwaukee.
Growing Power's proposal, called "Growing Capacity for the Green Economy," was made in February to Milwaukee's African American Male Unemployment Task Force, whose mission is to work with community organizations and businesses to reduce joblessness …
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As a member of the African American Male Unemployment Task Force, I was very pleased when the City of Milwaukee Common Council voted unanimously to approve our recommendation that Growing Power receive a $425,000 grant to provide 150 urban farming jobs that will focus on hiring central city African American men.
Growing Power plans to build 150 "Hoop Houses", structures where vegetables and fresh produce can be grown on a year round basis. The Hoop Houses will be located in Milwaukee on city owned lots and vacant land. Initially, 20 people …
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First part includes introducing no tax increase budget, creating a real jobs plan
County Executive candidate Chris Abele this week released the first part of his one-year agenda to bring real change to Milwaukee County. Abele is running in a special election on April 5 to complete the final year of the current County Executive term.
"Whether you live in Cudahy, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee or Brown Deer, you know the status quo isn't working for Milwaukee County government, and the time for real reform is now," said Abele. "Together we can focus on …
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Priorities for next session include job creation, education, health care and law enforcement
WASHINGTON – As the U.S. Senate convenes for the 112th Congress this week, U.S. Senator Herb Kohl announced plans to immediately introduce several bills related to his priorities for the new session of Congress. Kohl will continue serving on the Appropriations, Judiciary and Banking Committees and will remain Chairman of the Special Committee on Aging; he will also continue chairing the Agriculture Appropriations panel and the Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights panel.
"There is much work to be …
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Madison: Over 700 participants held a demonstration outside of the inauguration of Governor Scott Walker to demand that he be held fully accountable for creating family sustaining jobs. Walker promised to create 250,000 jobs during the campaign but has thus far offered no policy prescriptions capable of achieving this result. Participants waived signs reading "We Need Good Jobs Now" and listened to a group of unemployed workers and ministers discuss the desperate need for high quality jobs.
Such a mobilization of popular discontent at the inauguration of a new governor is …
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There is no doubt: Wisconsin, and the City of Milwaukee in particular, needs jobs. Unemployment remains high and too many struggling families are out of work.
We need to change our state laws to tear down the barriers to job creation and to make sure we attract new investment to our state.
Updating the state's telecommunications law is a good place to start. Wisconsin can not only keep and create new jobs, but also attract private sector investment that will fuel more job creation in all sectors of our economy.
Wisconsin's telecom law …
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Mayor Barrett hosts job center's open house
Mayor Tom Barrett recognized the culmination of a 17-year process to bring a Job Corps center to Milwaukee during an open house this week at the Milwaukee Job Corps center campus, 6665 N. 60th Street. The open house was open to the public as an opportunity to learn more about the Job Corps program and to tour the campus, which holds eight buildings on 25 acres.
Funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, Job Corps is a free education and training program that helps young …
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Monday afternoon 350 people rallied at the Talgo train manufacturing plant in Milwaukee to protest Governor-elect Scott Walker's plan to scuttle the high-speed rail project. The size and energy of the event refl ects the growing public outcry against giving thousands of family supporting jobs away to Illinois and other states. The lead sponsors of the event where Citizen Action of Wisconsin's Good Jobs and Livable Neighborhoods project, the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, and Voces de la Frontera. Speakers included Phil Neuenfeldt, president of the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, Robert Kraig, executive …
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On-the-Job Training to Build Skills for Permanent Employment
Governor Jim Doyle and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett announced this week a $1 million project that will provide on-the-job training for at least 80 unemployed individuals in Milwaukee to help prepare them for permanent jobs in the building trades while improving city property in inner city neighborhoods.
The Milwaukee Builds demonstration project is a partnership between the state and the City of Milwaukee, with the state and city both providing $500,000 to fund the project. Individuals will work in transitional jobs, earning $8 to …
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Madison – Legislation that will create new jobs in Wisconsin has been introduced by State Representative Tamara Grigsby (D-Milwaukee) and is moving through the state legislature. Today, Representative Grigsby announced that the Wisconsin Family Jobs Act (Assembly Bill 898/Senate Bill 653) has been scheduled for public hearings in the Assembly and Senate, illustrating the legislature's ongoing effort to create new jobs in Wisconsin.
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Pea Gravel...good idea or not?
Hello, I live in SE Houston, TX. and my husband and I just bought our first home and we would like to put pea gravel in our backyard. Our 5 yr old daughter has allergies and exzema really bad and can't go outside and play in the grass we have now. If we put the gravel down she and her sister would be able to play outdoors.We are thinking of putting one of those big wooden swing sets on the pea gravel. Do you think that would work well? Please respond. If anyone knows where we can get some really chaep or Free would be even better gravel from please, please contact me.
I think the answer is yes and no. I use it in my herb garden and it is really nice stuff. First let me tell you that all pea gravel is not create equally. Make sure you get some that has smooth rather than sharp edges. Also it is not that cheap. I don't know how large an area you are talking abut, but I would think it would have to be at least 6" deep to allow for it blending into the soil. It would be nice to play in and good for allergys. The other issue would be weeds and grass comming through. I definatly wouldn't recomend using a plastic weed barrior underneath it because I guarentee that you will end up "redoing" it within a couple of years and getting stones off or discintigrating plastic is really a pain in the butt. Trust me I know this from experience. What you would want to do for sure is kill any weeds/grass in the area then wait and kill it again and repeat this as many ties as you can stand to live with the mud before you put the rocks down. Chemicals would work, but I don't know how you feel about doing this in a childs play area. Another option would be to use solarization. Remember, you have to kill the existing plant matter as well as sprouting and then killing as many of the seeds that exist in your soil in order to avoid as much of the weeds growing in the rocks as you can. You will not be happy with it if you don't take this important step first. It may take a year or more. Hope this helps.
As far as the killing part, my friend kills vegetation by securing an old rug remnant over the area. But it takes a whole season. You'd think the rug under the pea gravel might work, but I don't know the long term effects of that. For instance, would the rug mould? That wouldn't be a good thing, especially with allergies.
I have been living with a pea-gravel, stepping stone walk for several years after installing it. The gravel is at least 6 inches deep. I have to use a commonly sold weed, grass killing spray about once a month. I do not worry about it affecting my grandchildren but am careful not to get it on any of my landscape and garden plants. It has continued to look, IMHO, beautiful. A campground my children and grandchildren frequent uses pea gravel in all the play areas, as does the township Castle Park playground, with excellent results. Periodic replenishment and the childrens constant activity prevent a lot of weeds, but, just as I do here, they must use a leaf blower of something to get rid of windblown leaves as soon as possible. I blow away the leaves and pine needles from the paths weekly in the Fall.
I think pea gravel could work OK, but have you considered recycled rubber mulch? In a play area, kids will fall down, an the softer rubber seems nicer than gravel to fall on. Also, my pea gravel patio always seems to inspire my nephews to through the gravel. Your kids may not be tempted to throw the gravel, though some of their friends may be.
Having said that, I have a pea gravel patio, and I really like it. It looks good, and it doesn't take that much weeding. I should also note that I haven't used recycled rubber mulch myself, so it may have disadvantages I'm not aware of.
Can I use pea gravel around my foundation to help stop water from leaking into my basement. I have been told to put the pea gravel in the area that is leaking. If this is a good idea, how far down do I dig and how much do I use. Any type of advice would be helpful. Thanks
Pea gravel just around the foundation is a dumb idea. It will make the ground around the house more porous,and water will drain to those areas, rather than away. So water drains into the porous soil you've produced, but can't drain down or out because there is heavier, less free draining soil under and round it. You are creating a reservoir of water to seep into your house.
But if you have a way for water to drain through the pea gravel and soil and out away from the house, that would be good.
In most cases, the best thing is to grade the soil surface away from the foundation, without changing soil consistancy, so that water drains away from the house naturally. (Grading the soil surface away from the house means the soil is higher at the foundation and lower as it goes away from the house.)
I was thinking of doing this in my backyard for my dogs. I have 3 of them, and one is allergic to grass oddly. Right now it's hard to grow grass with the dogs urine and when it rains, it gets quite muddy. Any thoughts? Would this be a good solution for the dogs?
my yard has lots of pea gravel and my dog uses it fine. I also have plant beds with mulch and he goes there also. But no grass anywhere and he seems happy.
the one thing about pea gravel is when you pick up after your dogs the pea gravel sticks to it also.
I would put landscape fabric down before adding the pea gravel. The landscape fabric will keep the soil and the gravel separated so you don't end up with a big muddy mess after a few seasons. Unfortunately, landscape fabric is not that cheap, but it would certainly be worth the investment.
When my daughter was little, her day-care center put down the recycled tire mulch. Although it did seem to cut down on the scrapes and bruises, her legs and clothes were always black by the end of the day. I don't remember how long (or if ever) before the black residue went away.
Pea gravel is awesome for dogs, and their owners. Just like a litter box pick an obscure part of your backyard. Make a box out of pressure treated lumber(size of box consider size of dog Lay a pastic tarp within box and poke many holes fill with pea gravel. Train dogs to go to box for their business. Leave a lined garbage can next to box to pick up #2. Then just once a week use warm soapy water with bleach and thenhose off. No yellow grass no messes unexpected and much reli8ef to dog owner especially in rainy weather!!!


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COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Mizzou men's and women's swimming teams concluded competition at the two-day Tiger Invite with a number of personal best times on Saturday, Feb. 1 at the Mizzou Aquatic Center. The meet was the Tigers' final tune-up until the 2014 Southeastern Conference Swimming and Diving Championships Feb. 18-22 in Athens, Ga.
In the morning session, junior Mack Darragh got the Tigers off to a good start with a win in the men's 400 IM. Darragh touched in 3:50.40, ahead of sophomore Daniel Graviss, who placed second in 3:52.35.
In the women's 100 free, sophomore Anna Patterson posted a career best 49.12 to win her third event of the meet. Doucette placed third with a swim of 51.84.
Freshman Keiser Witte dropped over 0.7 off his 100 free personal best to take first in 44.29. The swim also marked the third-fastest time for a Tiger this season. Freshman Michael Chadwick finished second with a time of 44.39.
Junior Sam Tierney posted an NCAA `B' qualifying time of 47.73 with a win in the 100 back. Senior Logan Mosley earned second in 48.10, while junior Alex Glogoza was third in 49.18.
Tierney recorded his second win of the night with a season best time of 1:54.36 in the 200 breast. The junior, who entered the meet ranked third in the nation in the event, dropped 0.02 off his previous season best time of 1:54.38. Darragh finished second with a personal best 2:00.04, which puts him ninth all-time at Missouri in the event. Sophomore Michal Rokita took third in 2:01.90.
In the women's 100 breast, Mizzou's Abby Duncan, swimming unattached due to NCAA transfer rules, swam a 59.93 to win the event. Sophomore Miranda Mercke was second in 1:03.20 and junior Liza Poskin took third in 1:04.84.
Duncan added another win in the 200 breast with a personal best time of 2:10.24. Sophomore Madison Bridges was second in an NCAA `B' time and career best time of 2:15.88, which puts her 10th all-time at Mizzou. Junior Danielle Spradlin took third in 2:16.20.
The Tiger men dominated the 100 breast as they swept the top five spots. Senior Mark Conroy placed first in 54.49, narrowly edging out junior Igor Kozlovskij, who touched in 54.50. Freshman Michael Chadwick was third in 56.06, followed by sophomore Michal Rokita (57.47), junior Austin Fish and freshman Kevin Poskin, who tied for fifth in 57.73.
Missouri's women took the top five places in the 100 back, led by sophomore Madison Bridges in 54.77. Junior Emily Doucette took second in 55.25, freshman Katharine Ross was third in 55.28, senior Andrea Marko fourth in 55.34 and freshman Victoria Trost fifth with a 56.55.
The Tigers controlled the men's 200 free, as five swimmers posted sub-1:40 times. Freshman Mitchell Forde notched a personal best time of 1:38.25 to win the event. Sophomore Levi Hanks took second in 1:39.08, while junior Andrew Phillips was third in 1:39.22.
Freshman Carter Griffin added a win as he dominated the 200 back field in 1:44.45. In second was Tierney with a 1:47.26, while Fish took third in 1:47.73.
Mizzou is idle until the 2014 SEC Championships, Feb. 18-22, in Athens, Ga.
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I thought it would be fun if people would post their favorite or most inspiration butterfly garden pictures. For someone waiting on butterflies to arrive, like me, these pictures will give me something to look forward to while my plants fill in and start forming blooms. Ideas for next year couldn't hurt either.
Here are some pictures I loaded in the past.
Here is a link that might be useful: Butterfly Garden Pictures
This is a shot from the garden I consider my butterfly garden, but the butterflies like all of my gardens :)
Black Swallowtail on cosmos:
This is my vitex/chaste tree:
Pipevine swallowtail on my autumn salvia:
Another shot from my butterfly garden: zinnia and annual salvia: (the other shots around that one was a preying mantis eating a monarch. This guy was the lucky one. That was I think the only year I've really seen a preying mantis in my yard.)
Gulf Frittilary on verbena bonariensis with maidengrass in the background:
Same area, but this is one of my antique roses:
Funeral duskywing on gloriosa daisy:
and who knew a foundation bush would be butterfly friendly? :)
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and the best butterfly spot I've ever had: fall mums
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Here's a few in my garden proper -
I took this one today of a little common checkered skipper nectaring on porterweed -
I tried to post some more pictures, but they wouldn't download - maybe this thread has reached its limit. I'll start another thread.
Thank you roper. This forum and all it's posters have been so helpful to id butterflies for me. The butterflies on the mums started all my interest and I had no idea what any of them were. I started posting asking for id's. Everyone was so helpful. Now I'm trying to build up my host plants as well as my nectar plants.
Gorgeous pictures everyone! I definitely need to add fall mums to my garden! Lisa, do you know what variety your mums are? Also, like you, I am now focusing more on host plants for the rest of this season. My asclepias tuberosa in just starting to open its blooms, and I decided yesterday to add a bunch more. I started my current one from seed two years ago. It tripled in size since last year. Still, one plant is a drop in the bucket for what monarch need in order to hang around my yard. Today I am starting a bunch from seed and will transplant them out later this year. That worked out very well the last time.
Thanks for the pictures everyone. I can't wait to see more. I'm learning a lot of new butterfly names. Plus, I love seeing your different plant combinations and how they look together.
I love seeing everyon'e garden!
For fall nectaring, nothing beats New England Asters (Aster novae-angliae) and all of the different native asters in my area, as well as New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis). Goldrenrods (Solidago) are a huge draw too.
Here are some monarchs diving toward the ironweed:
Here is an area where we stopped mowing, and it is filled with native asters and goldenrods. One of the best things we have done is to simply allow some areas of our yard return to its native state. In front of this area, we have now stopped mowing another section, and it is filled with violets, which is probably why we get so m any fritillaries here.
You can see a few monarchs in the pic below:
A stand of bee balm (monarda; New England Asters are right next to it--works out well; when the Monarda is done, the asters kick in and give beautiful color and nectar:
I don't have all natives; here is a new lasagne garden, and I put in verbena bonariensis; it took the butterflies a while to figure it out:
Driveway garden:
Another driveway bed:
Gaillardia here--it's one of my favorites. Blooms from June to Oct.
Nothing showy here, but it's our wet "meadow," and it is one of the best places to find butterflies!
Lawn weeds are good too--our lawn is also in my eyes a garden too.
Ladobe, I love your garden!
Bernergrrl, lots of great pictures and spaces. Looks like a real lep mecca.
Interesting you ended with a pic of the AC (on your lawn no less). Here in the west you mostly have to get up in the arctic/alpine habitat above tree line for that species (9500' plus, so it is one you go to places like the BTP for). Only thing wrong with "my" garden is that at 11-14,000' feet summer there is only about a month long, bright sunshine is usually measured in minutes per day between squalls and you can still get snowed on every day even then. Even so trillions of wild flowers and millions of butterflies on the wing at the same time does have its appeal. LOL
Bernergrrl. I love the way you photographed the monarch in mid-air.
Very impressive..You have an area you do not mow. I also do, but out
of laziness. I had a in-ground pool filled in. All kinds of weed popped
up, even a tomato plant. Some of the weeds have pretty flowers. I've
been noticing bumblebees on the white clover. Maybe I will turn it into
a wildflower garden.
I'm amazed at the photo of the Eyed Brown (yes?) on the Verbena. Most satyrs are not famous nectarers.
Larry, it's interesting that the American Copper is a high-altitude butterfly in the west. Out east (altitude 700 ft) we find them in fields and such.
They are yet another example of why common names and field guides that don't get past species level are misleading. IOW, while cousins they are not the same bug and they probably have different ancestry. Your eastern US race is a lowland dweller and their moniker is L. phlaeas americana. We don't have them or any other lowland races out west, but we do have 3 or 4 arctic subspecies. All of ours are above tree line arctic dwellers, which except for in AK means very high elevation. Even so those in AK also are found in high mountains. I suggested the different ancestry because this species is Holarctic, with both lowland and arctic races scattered all through it.
Another one of my favorite "rock gardens" (the bowl). This one has several emdemic lep species using it that occur in these mountains and no place else on earth (and several other rare endemic insects, animals and plants as well). Maybe you can't tell from the picture, but its a good 2 hours of steady climbing to the upper bowl IF you are in top physical condition. The lighter green area below the slide is snow melt fed springs that cascade down the rock garden all summer. So cold they will turn you blue instantly even in mid summer, but the water is sweet and a very refreshing drink after a long climb. I'm well known as one who takes "dips" in such places (well, until 5-6 years ago anyway). It only hurts until you are completely numb (about 10 seconds), but its so refreshing. Anyway, beautiful place with lots of kewl butterflies. I never got to finish my lep projects in that bowl. :(
My garden in tiny compared to all yours however I pack it full with what ever plant I can get my hands on.
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Can you see the bumble bee *lol*
Tiniest little bee I have ever seen
Biggest bee I have ever seen. A mutant carpenter bee - almost a large as a quarter.
Another bee. I wish I had as many butterflies as I do species of bee's.
Great pictures! You have a beautiful garden. Even though you might now have acres to work with (like me...I have less than 1/4 of an acre) you sure do a lot with what you have. It looks like a great place for butterflies to visit.
Larry, your picture is missing :-( I was going to ask you of you wouldn't mind me doing a painting of it? I paint impressionist style and your picture would be fitting for such a project. I would send it to you after if you would like.
I've added a like below to some of my other paintings. I'm not very good but I love doing it.
Here is a link that might be useful: Paintings
Just sent you an email after checking out your link. What a fun tour.
Really liked the before and after... you've done great with the garden girl.
Great paintings too. Who says you're not very good. I used to be an oil painter of mostly landscapes but haven't done it for years. Did 99% of my paintings with only pallet knives.
Also really enjoyed seeing you hav e some Saikei as it brought back some great memories. When I lived in Carmel I did miniature container Sakei; Bonsai; Penjing Shansui; Zen, Troll, and Fairy gardens, did what I called Neptune (undersea) minerature gardens as well due to my marine biology work and SCUBA diving there, and had a huge cacti/succulent collection from around the world (about 400 different specimens). A very large cobblestone patio behind our cottage and an almost as large redwood deck on one side housed most of them, but I also had a green house.
I also picked up on the "IR". Spent 35 years with a McGinnis. LOL
No problem using any of my pictures. That one is not mine though. However it is in public domain so no problem. I took several of about the same picture from the same angle at the same place, but they are slides or prints no longer in my possession.
Anyway, have lots of pictures like your paintings you are welcome to any time.
Well, here's my garden. The constraints are that the butterflies AND my wife have to love it. :) Fortunately, she's gotten the butterfly bug.
The central bed: peonies, daffodils, hyacinth, bleeding heart for the wife; coreopsis, geraniums, monarda, asiatic lilies for the butterflies.
The fence bed: swamp milkweed, red clover, wild indigo, common plantain on one side; asiatic lilies on the other; black mustard underneath the slats; pipevine on one corner post and hops on the other.
The butterfly bed: zinnias, cosmos, marigolds, lantana, buddleia, Echinacea, wild bergamot, (recently planted) Eupatorium for nectar; dill, fennel, parsley, Asclepias sp., lupines, Rudbeckia, violets for hostplants.
The driveway beds: coreopsis, plumbago, daisies, asters, dogbane, lots of plants for my wife.
Trees can be host plants, too. The dogwood regularly has a Summer Azure somewhere on it (never seen the cat, always see the adult).
Rod Angeroth supplied me with lots of A. serpentaria for pipevine swallowtails. They live under the trees.
Still in the pipeline: need somewhere to stash some "weeds" -- lamb's quarter, pigweed, sheep sorrel. And I want to plant some false nettle also.
I'll be taking out a little more grass and putting in a small area planted solely for butterflies. These pictures are so inspiring.
Please share pictures of your favorite butterfly plants, plant combinations, or entire sections of your gardens. Something to pass time on a cold, winter day.


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While it's almost impossible to count the exact number of state and federal statutes regarding guns, the widely agreed upon estimate is 20,000 laws directly pertaining to the manufacture, sale and/or use of a firearm.
President Barack Obama announced Wednesday a new task force headed by Vice President Joe Biden that will offer suggestions and solutions to last Friday's massacre in Connecticut. Granted, I have no idea what they will come up with, but it's a safe bet that when tasked with "do something," the panel will return with some form of new regulations or laws regarding guns. It's the obvious, and dare I say "safe" thing for them to come back with since government believes it can solve the ills of the people with a swipe of a pen.
I think the fundamental problem I have with the talks of new gun regulation and laws is that none of the proposed policies (short of a complete ban on the possession of firearms) would have prevented Friday's shootings.
The rifle used was perfectly legal, even under Connecticut's strict anti-assault weapon laws. None of the guns were purchased under the table at a gun show or from a private seller. The shooter did not avoid a criminal background or physiological check.
I haven't seen one proposal, that if in place last week, would have stopped a deranged person from stealing a gun and using it to commit the crimes.
It makes me uncomfortable that the anti-gun crowd would use the tragedy of Sandy Hook to further their own agenda, knowing that nothing they propose would have prevented it.
There are sensible gun owners and sensible non-gun owners who can agree that there is some need for regulation when it comes to firearms. But the groups crowing the loudest about people like the National Rifle Association having "blood on its hands" have vacated the moral high ground when they use the blood of 20 school children to push their own beliefs.
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Hi-Tech Floor Transforms Multi-Sport Gyms Into Multi, Multi Sport Gyms!
If your school is like most, chances are you have one gym that is used for maybe one or two sports - Most likely Volleyball and Basketball. And it's not because that is the maximum number of sports the gym can be scheduled for, but because all sports have different boundary lines and while the colors can be changed, it still gets a little confusing for athletes. Now, Germany's ASB Systembau has created an interactive floor that allow for the markings to be changed instantly, with a mere push of a button.
Called Lucio, it comprises of two layers. A surface made of easily removable special glass that has undergone a series of processes and treatments to ensure that it is as springy as the current wooden floors and also layered with a colored PVB foil, coated with an extra-strong anti-skid laminate. Underneath, lies an equally cushioned framework made from metal channels that are embedded with blue and white LED's, which are arranged such that they create the specific boundary that is needed for the sport being played, at any given time. All the coach or the player has to do, is press the button with the right symbol!
Priced at about $560 USD per square meter, the floor has been thoroughly vetted by researchers from Germany's Stuttgart University and meets not only the sliding characteristics required for gyms but both national and international requirements for slip resistance, shock absorption etc. etc. The best part is, that it is available right now and one pioneering school in Bavaria is already using it!
ASB Systembau believes that the floor will be useful for many other venues, ranging from displaying rotating floor advertisements to even, nightclubs. We are sure all you wish is that someone would install the Lucio in your school gym!
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Absolutely brilliant hotel! Staff are superb!Posted Feb 7, 2015
Stunning hotel, in a great location! Easily accessible to the underground. Staff are lovely can't do enough to help you! Highly recommend this hotel!
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Pleasant stayPosted Jan 27, 2015
For this part of London the Park Grand was a pleasant surprise. The lobby is small and relatively uninviting but the room, whilst also small by normal standards was very good compared to the typically tiny rooms on general offer. It is in a quiet side street between Cromwell Road and Earls Court Road so well situated for west London. The gym is pretty well equipped and in good shape. Staff friendly and attentive. Breakfast was a bit bland compared to some, but better value if you are not a big early eater. Nothing outstanding about this hotel; but nothing wrong either - so overall a good, safe option.
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Hotel is great, quaint, with a great location close to a metro stop (St. Sulpice). Staff is super helpful and very bilingual which is a life saver. Area is safe and close to a ton of great cafes and restaurants. Maybe a mile from the Eiffel Tower. Hotel staff is superb and very helpful, everyone at the front desk has been excellent. Room is a little small, but very doable and the hotel is small but we'll put together. Room temperature and cleanliness are great, shower and bathroom are great as well. I'll be staying here again.
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Using GitHub's and Bitbucket's built-in editors for note-taking is rather straightforward. To keep things tidy, you might want to set up a separate repository for your scribbles. Once you've done that, you can create a new text file and open it for editing. To do this on GitHub, click on the dedicated button which opens an empty file in the editor (see the Creating files on GitHub article for further info). You can then edit the file to your heart's content. You can edit existing files, too. In the repository, click on the file you want to edit, then press theEdit button. Working with files on Bitbucket is equally easy. Press the New file button to create a new file and open it in the editor. To edit an existing file, click on it, then press the Edit button.comments powered by Disqus
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Found this really great little short film on how Michael Arnt started Toy Story3. Beginnings… Very cool and educational. Every student should watch this!
Found this really great little short film on how Michael Arnt started Toy Story3. Beginnings… Very cool and educational. Every student should watch this!
Here's a great write-up on the beautiful, creative, and bold compositions in the recent Foreign film IDA (Poland). Shot in Black & White and with a 1:33 framing, the director and his crew created some stunning imagery.
In the link you can find a nice array of screen shots from the film, all worth studying and taking in. I highly recommend seeing the film if you haven't yet, one of the 'Best Foreign Film' nominees for the upcoming Oscars in a few weeks.
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Happy New Year out there ! I hope this post finds everyone starting a new creative endeavor.
I wanted to focus on what we all look for when watching a film – great 'Visual Storytelling'. Whenever I get a sequence I always ask myself – How can I 'show' what is on the written page, and not rely on dialogue to get the action or emotion across in the sequence ? This is the Holy Grail that I seek when I put the pages down, and start drawing.
There are many great examples out there in cinema that show this, and I was very happy to find this post recently breaking down the opening sequence to 'MAD MAX 2 : The Road Warrior' which has no dialogue at all, but full of vital character information. Very enlightening, and worth the watch. Enjoy !
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I had the opportunity to be a Directing Animator on the TV special "The Toy Story that Time forgot. I thought I would share a few things that I learned on that special.
• The world of Toy Story really requires a different style of animation in that the characters we animate need to look like toys not people in Toy suits. What does this mean? It was very much the same idea on Ratatoullie. We wanted Rats to feel and move like Rats, not like people in Rat suits… Toys have limited ranges of motion. This is important to sell how they are constructed. John Lassiter likes to talk about the truth of a material. Plastic needs to behave like plastic, metal like metal. It was the same for this world.
• For the Battlesaur characters, we wanted to set them apart in terms of there acting and locomotion. The animation needed to be heightened in order to achieve the idea that these characters were in the genre of the 80′s cartoon. Their lore and history needed to come through in the animation. One great example in the design of the animation was the character of Reptillus Maximus, whom I helped develop. For Reptillus, we wanted to create the classic Hero. We looked at a lot of reference of leading men i like Eryle Flynn in Robin Hood. Reptillus needed to always feel like he knew how to look best on camera. We tried to have him lead with his shoulder and gesture in such a way that was a bit theatric. We did try to design a specific way of moving for all the toy characters. In terms of the facial performance, we wanted to have a believability that it was a toy. We were always stripping out animation. We always wanted it to feel like a toy and not organic. We also pushed that sense of design in areas like the brows.
• Trixie was our leading female character. It was difficult get a range of expression since she is a pretty simple character. Her mouth has a very limited range of expression and her legs are meant to look pretty stiff. The challenge to squeeze a performance out of a limited rig. This was done by pushing in the right places such as the eyes. A great example of this is a shot that animator Becki Tower did of Trickie trying on the battle gear. When she prances out it was pushed in such a way that gave trixie a confident demeanor. We were always asking how we could push an expression or a moment to read better.
All in all, I really enjoyed working on the short. The animation team did an amazing job bringing these characters to life. These days, its working with really great people that is the most rewarding part of my job.


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Kallen Deshara has discovered his world's origin, nature, and destiny; and has fallen madly in love with Aaric Utzman in 1820. His decision to stay with Aaric, knowing full well that his presence might change all of history, brings him to the very edge of reality. But his colleagues who have returned to the 25th century have other plans. They intend to bring him back before he changes anything, even if it means killing him. But first they have to find him.
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If the EMF pulse went off and he didn't have enough earth between them and the equipment, every device he had would be rendered useless. A branch whipped his cheek as he ran past it. His hands were sweating. His legs were just about to give out.
Finally, completely out of breath, and several hundred meters from the campsite, he fell backwards down the slope, sliding in the leaves. He landed heavily against the weight of his pack and the medkit, which he'd somehow managed to still have hold of.
He started bawling like a child, his chest heaving with great sobs. The tremendous tug-of-war that had been playing in his mind would not let him be. His love for Aaric made him have to stay behind. Yet his duty to the ADF weighed heavily on him, too. But his sense of duty was tempered by what he had learned only recently. He knew it all now. His base commander was a crook. The President of the NAA was in cahoots with him. And everything he'd learned about the Great Climate Change was a lie. All of it swirled and mixed in his head, causing him more anguish than he'd ever felt in his life. He couldn't have gone back with them. He couldn't! Not with what he knew. Not with how he felt. And not now, when his life had a meaning beyond anything he'd ever known before.
The detonators had activated. The EMF pulse had been initiated. Kallen turned over onto his stomach. The full weight of his pack was directly on top of him. He pulled his arm to his face and touched the button on his wristcomm. The display lit up. Thank God! He was far enough away and had gotten enough ground between himself and the converter for the pulse to have had no effect on it. Luckily, too, the converter had been inside that rock formation, thus affording him more insulation from most of the radiation anyway.
He unsnapped the pack straps and the heavy mass rolled off his back. The distress he felt seemed unimaginable. Snot was dripping out of his nose from having cried so much. His short locks matted to his forehead from sweat and his entire face was wet with sweat and tears. He rolled over onto his back again, hardly able to catch his breath. He made fists, then lay his head back in the leaves. He was unable to stop the tears or the horrible wrenching feeling inside.
The wind overhead swayed the branches of the sun-dappled leaves. If it had been another situation he would have felt relaxed laying in the woods like this. Not now. Senji's words replayed in his mind. 'As soon as the power is cycled off and the processor is de-energized we can never come back.'
Even if they hadn't de-energized the processor, the EMF pulse would have surely made short work of it–if the portal was still open at the time.
The portal was closed now for sure.
Kallen knew escape was sealed off forever. What have I done? I've just ruined my life. The wrenching feeling he felt changed to a stabbing feeling in his stomach. Even lying on the ground, he doubled up in pain.
A few moments later the pain eased somewhat and he got to his knees. Terribly hot now, he shed his camo shirt. It landed in the leafy debris inside out in his struggle to remove it. He crawled a few meters up the slope, attempting to stand, but couldn't. He tried to hold back the tears as they started again. I can't cry now. Not now. But he felt completely lost. Indeed, he was; centuries from home, kilometers from the nearest civilization.
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About the Author: Dr. Yitzchok Levine served as a professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey before retiring in 2008. He now teaches as an adjunct at Stevens. Glimpses Into American Jewish History appears the first week of each month. Dr. Levine can be contacted at email@example.com.
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James John Roosevelt, known as James I. (December 14, 1795 – April 5, 1875) was an American politician, jurist, businessman, and member of the Roosevelt family. His brother Cornelius Roosevelt was the father of James A. Roosevelt, Robert Roosevelt, and Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. as well as paternal grandfather of President Theodore Roosevelt.
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James I – the Roman numeral was used to distinguish him from others of the same name – was born on December 14, 1795 in New York City to James Jacobus Roosevelt and Maria Van Schaak and baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church. He was a great-grandson of Johannes Roosevelt (the founder of the Oyster Bay branch of the Roosevelt family).
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- Whittelsey, Charles B. (1902). The Roosevelt Genealogy, 1649–1902.
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I'm not concerned about the children being dead, but why the solider is a child in a box being eaten and the priest/priestess is beating a child. How do these represent the classes? The rod and burning books, I get. The iron hand and the heart-shaped box I get. Why is the lawman/woman beating a child? Are you taking a particular view on each of these? Law keeping individuals down, religion attacking individuals, soldiers just being fed to the dogs?
You missed the metaphor completely. The child IS the person with the class. That is their "self." The priest/priestess isn't beating a child, the priest/priestess is being beaten. Same for the lawman/lawwoman and the soldier. The child represents the "self", so the child being dead means that their "self" has been lost. The circumstances are showing what is responsible and why it is happening.
And the dog eating the child is another metaphor. The self is dead, and its death is strengthening the psychological aspect this dog represents.
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