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Dirty Laundry (What's Really Ratty?)
Since we're posting our favorite hosta pictures on another thread, I thought I'd help you all appreciate your hostas by airing a little "dirty laundry" - the ratty foliage in my garden.
This one's probably my worst. It's Lakeside Paisley Print. I guess the slugs like it as much as I do. I got it last year, and it only had one or two eyes. This year it came up with five or six. Thrilling, until this...
To add a touch of irony, the dark round thing on the right of the picture is a painted cat food can that I supposedly use as a beer trap...um, obviously not so much this year.
Anyone else want to share what's looking really ratty?
Do you have any close up pictures of your Lakeside Paisley Print? A lot of the brown damage on your Lakeside Paisley Print looks like nematodes from what I can see in the current picture.
Donna, I can relate. I fell on my Night Before Christmas. Some big critter walked in the middle of my Invincible and f. aureomarginata. Cleo (my darling demon devil dog) chased the chihuahua through the bottom row of my stadium shelves and all the hosta that were there. Before that, I put a fig on the top shelf of the stadium shelves to keep her out of it. She climbed up two rows to get to it so that she could eat the leaves. All the rows were full of hosta. It's been a rough year for my hosta.
So, that said, the dirtiest laundry would be a hard one. My big disappointment and one of the ugliest hosta I have is August Moon. It looked great when I bought it this spring. I'm wondering if it hates the pot or Texas. Either way, it's not a pretty hosta.
Mountainy, it was big when I bought it. I think they call that size two gallon. (nursery sizes make no sense whatsoever) It was nice and yellow. Now, it's just dirty green. Yuck.
Here's another kind of dirty laundry. This one has been walked on, knocked out of it's pot and not well drained. It's pretty ugly, too. It's Sweet Innocence. There's always next year.
My Invincible usually goes down early. I always think I'm doing something wrong. I repotted it this time of year one time. I finally got it that it goes down early here. Who knows why? The heat? The lack of humidity? I think I've accepted it.
This year, however, Invincible has been a star. It looks the best it's ever looked. Then, it bloomed. Some good sized creature walked in the middle of it while in full bloom. The whole top was broken. So.....alas...... it's not starring anymore.
Here's my Brim Cup. I took this photo in July just for the record. It actually looked lovely a couple of years ago. I repot it last year and thought that would help, but it didn't. Now it's just teasing me---it's got about five nice leaves on it with the others looking ratty just like the photo. One more year and if it doesn't improve, out it goes!
Well BK this is my August Moon (in full sun) and i think you should be grateful that yours don't resemble this lol.
Most of mine that are in the ground are doing ok but this pot thang aint goin so well lol. I have had some "interesting" weather to include in my excuses, a series of thunder storms with hail in early july kinda shredded some of the thinner leaved ones and bruised all of them. we had some very warm weather after that and now august is resembling late october with strong wind (tail end of one of your hurricanes, kindly keep them to yourselves, thanks lol!) temps struggling to reach the mid teens C. and we were warned of frost last night!
All those excuses aside my medium has not been good, far too free draining (water came straight out the bottom of the pot) and my watering has not been enough to counteract the transpiration and many have fried. I have almost a constant breeze and this doesn't help either. I do have some in full sun at the back of the house and they are fried but were busting roots out the bottom of their pots and had to be up-potted which is a good sign for next year.
I have a display at the front of the house that faces north with sun till 11 am and I think that it is still too bright for them, the wall is whitewashed and reflects a lot of light. Some have bleached in this position as well as fried. It seems the sun can be too strong this far north, but it is probably a combination of all these factors.
So....well I've learnt a lol this year and what I have to address is 1. Better medium. 2. better shade. 3. Less wind. 4. Get em in the ground.
I have come to the difficult decision not to acquire any more (lol) til I have somewhere to plant these guys. I have expanded the garden this year and will be planting oodles of trees for shade this autumn/winter to protect my collection.
Dirty Laundry is an apt title as I really didn't want to show mine in this state, but you live and learn what works and what doesn't and mabey this will be helpful to newbies.
I will post a few of my other disasters lol.
Wow Denis, those are some bad looking hosta but like you said, there is always next year. My Guaccamole would fit right in with yours so I'm not one to gloat. That being said, I still think the prize goes to Ruth's Lakeside Paisely Print. Hard to look at :(
This one is just begging to join in....I have nothing to say or add - except (lol) dunno what happened, don't care, but feel sorry for whatever...ouch, ugh, ooh wee, wince, groan, aargh, etc. etc. yes, more than 'nuff said' but it's difficult for me, sometimes, to just let a point lie....never thought I'd show a plant in this condition!!!!
This is like a cleansing, LOL!
The above is a Katsuragawa Beni...I actually think this very consistent coverage (kind of artsy, no? Lol) that resembles entry into dormancy, don't you? We had a couple of cool 10-11 degree nights....I know, I'm trying to excuse my hand in this, but it IS possible (says the embarrassed mother).
Denis, in 2012 I had a good amount of hostas that I made some mistakes with (mostly badly underestimated how much water they REALLY need to stay pretty, in my case, the few I had potted I should have used better media, too) so I sympathize with how your plants turned out this season. BUT they're really tough, and usually bounce right back the following season from our abuse LOL.
Don't worry, although I know it's frustrating; They'll be back! No doubt!
Cheers buddy,
Don B.
Ahhh, a spot on Luna Month!! Tsk tsk, Don, I admit the Luna Moth is one of the strong performers and a blemish is rare. But, it is among the most enduring of plants in my garden. So is Squash Casserole et al, and most of the fragrant hosta.
I really feel for BKay, I did not know you had LOW humidity up that way, I thought we had similar circumstances. Gads, when will the Devil Demon Doglet grow up and sit sedately at your side, not chasing things over the hosta bleachers! I'm so glad I have two low to the ground dachshunds who simply like to dig in the mulch. I have moved pots further apart for the fat one though. They like getting beneath the cover of green hosta leaves and tracking scents.
My goodness, I have at least four hosta which are totally heat dormant this year, one with a nice scape with seedpods still standing. The light substanced Bibb Lettuce by Stuart Asch was the first to go. Then I can commiserate with Denis, those fried hosta leaves are a familiar sight here too. I thought it was a zonal problem, but I suppose not. I water regularly and patrol the garden looking for dis ease and disease as well, moving things to get more or less of light and/or water.
I decided I simply cannot grow Dawn's Early Light. It doesn't like my garden. This is the third year for it to look like carp, and I'm pretty discouraged by that. Most of my golds are doing fine. But, anything with WHITE, it looks like Denis and Santa's with an alligator bite out of the midleaf, and distinct long chewed grooved all around the leaves. I'm truly reluctant to use any chemicals that might harm pollinators that I encourage to attend the needs of my fertile bloomers. I'm not sure of the NIGHT pollinators I might count on, but whatever lands on me after dark is pretty safe, unless they are scared off by my screams and jumping around a lot.
This is two Pathfinder with Half And Half in between. The white seems to melt regardless of where it appears on the leaf.
Littler Ice Cream is drying up about to blow away. Or else go heat dormant. I moved it to a different spot with more shade and less watering
Carnival is simply dead, it was eaten by something, don't you think? All those HOLES in the crown!
This doesn't count any of the hosta which have the bottom layer of leaves dying and drying up. Once they are down, I simply pull them off cleanly. Those hosta are generally making a second and third flush of leaves, I cannot find fault with that. After all, they are not even supposed to be growing here, remember? But don't tell them!
I'm wondering if I should be taking notes on the varieties not making it elsewhere, if they are problems here too. If so, I'll be putting some on the DO NOT REHIRE list. Life is too short and planting space too precious to choose non-productive plants. Too many good ones yet to discover.
Great thread. I'm late to the party yet again.
Got 9 of these noid hostas from my mothers garden since she was going to throw them out. Put six under my daughters window at the side of the house and three along the walking path. Embarrassed to admit this, but the 6 at the side, I forgot about and havent watered once. All 6 look this ratty.
This is another one of my oopsies. While redoing the front garden bed and changing the layout, had to purchase another liberty and couldnt plant it right away. With everything going on, forgot it was in a pot and needed extra water. It seems to be doing better now that it is in the ground. Is even sending up some new growth.
I like that "not on the rehire list". There are some I know I wouldn't buy again. We should do a list for what works in a pot in our zone and area. There's probably a Google online app for it.
We have pretty high humidity in the spring. After it gets hot, our humidity decreases, especially in the afternoon. At 5 PM yesterday, we were at 100 degrees (37.7 C) and 27% humidity, and this is not particularly hot year. It's hard for them to pump enough water to the leaves to make up for that.
Jo, thanks for the kind comments on my Guaccamole. It does have beautiful fragrant flowers inspite of the ratty appearance of the leaves. I fear Nematodes are part of the problem and too much sun. I would divide it next year but I don't want to introduce Nematodes to another part of the garden. What to do, what to do?


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The lands had been purchased for providing house sites to Adi-Dravidars from one Sahul Hameed and Nathar Sha and registered in the Sub-Registrar's Office at Tiruverumbur in April 1997. One B. Mohamed Sheriff, who claimed to be the original land owner, filed a writ petition stating that the District Adi-Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Officer and the Special Tahsildar (Adi-Dravidar and Tribal Welfare), Tiruchirappalli, failed to verify the title and wrongly purchased the land from the two persons. He prayed the court to declare the land purchase transaction as null and void and restore the land to him.
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Reducing estate taxes. Generally, once you fund a charitable trust, these assets are out of your estate for estate tax purposes. This not only reduces the amount of tax your estate has to pay upon your death, it may preserve money for your heirs. If a contribution to a CLT occurs upon the death of the donor, the donor will be eligible for an estate tax deduction for the value of the interest paid to the charity.
Reducing gift taxes. If you make a contribution to the CLT during your lifetime, you may be eligible for a gift tax deduction based on the interest going to the charity. However, if the remainder beneficiary on a CLT is not the donor, then the donor might be subject to gift tax on the value of the remainder interest. It's important to note that there are many ways to structure these charitable trusts in terms of potentially eliminating income, estate, and gift taxes. Please consult your tax adviser for details.
Creating income from non-income-producing property. "If you are charitably inclined and need income but have significant non-income-producing property, you could fund a charitable remainder trust with that property," says Sarkaria. The CRT would sell the property as tax exempt, preserve the charitable remainder, and, at the same time, provide an income annuity back to you, as the donor. What's more, if you want to avoid taking the income until you're in a lower tax bracket, you could establish a special type of CRT that allows you to sell the appreciated assets, and invest in non-income-producing property so that you are not receiving income from the trust until you are ready" (e.g., in a lower-tax bracket in retirement).
Who might consider charitable trusts, and how you might put them to work for you, depends on several factors, such as when you want the charity to get the money, whether you want to create an income stream, and whether you want the flexibility to change your charitable beneficiary.
Using donor-advised funds
"One planning tip we suggest for those setting up a charitable trust is to make your donor-advised fund your charitable beneficiary," says Segal. "Using donor-advised funds in conjunction with your charitable trust gives you the flexibility to change your ultimate charitable recipients, rather than locking yourself in," says Segal.
Here's how this strategy works: You direct the proceeds from your charitable trust—whether the interest payments from a CLT or the remainder from a CRT—to your donor-advised fund rather than to a specific charity. Because you, as donor, retain privileges over how donor-advised fund assets are distributed, you can choose a charity at a later date or change your mind about charities previously chosen. "With this strategy," says Sarkaria, "not only do you retain flexibility, you can get your family involved in choosing charities and establish a family legacy of giving."
Replacing assets for heirs
If you plan to give substantial assets to charity but still want to provide additional resources for your heirs, you might consider using a CRT to help fund the purchase of life insurance. Using this strategy, says Sarkaria, "A donor could contemporaneously set up a CRT for charitable giving, and purchase life insurance [covering his or her life], using the income stream from the CRT to pay the life insurance premiums." Essentially, you are making one set of assets both fund your charitable intentions (with the remainder) and provide for your heirs (with the life insurance policy). Typically, the life insurance policy is structured so it is owned by an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust.
Along with the many benefits of charitable trusts come some important considerations in using these vehicles to support your charitable goals. First and foremost, charitable trusts do require setup and ongoing maintenance costs, so you must factor that into your decision to use them. In addition, says Segal, "While charitable split-interest trusts do have certain tax benefits, the IRS has rules about how much you need to leave the charity in order to qualify for the tax advantages.
"Anyone considering a charitable trust needs to have a serious charitable intent, because these trusts are irrevocable," says Segal. "Just be sure you can afford to set aside assets for charity, and you have other assets to sustain you."
As always, if you're considering making charitable giving part of your estate plan, consult with your tax and estate planning adviser to determine the best vehicle and strategy for your situation. In fact, it's important to communicate about these charitable giving vehicles not only with the financial professionals that support you, but also with your family. What you do from a charitable giving standpoint "should be discussed in the context of your overall family wealth plan," says Sarkaria, "because this plan has so many moving parts." Such open communication could minimize tension—particularly over giving away assets that your heirs might have expected to own—and, perhaps more important, could make charitable giving a family endeavor.
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Inn Pousada Doce Paraty - Paraty
Rua Marechal Deodoro, 489 - Paraty1-877-662-6988
Welcome to Pousada Doce Paraty!
This 3-star Paraty pousada offers a garden. Guests wishing to relax with a drink will surely want to visit the bar/lounge.
Staff are available to provide tour/ticket assistance. Guests can make use of the free Wi-Fi.
Nice place, very clean and close to the historical center. The staff very nice and...Venere Guest, Brazil
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Breakfast at Inn Pousada Doce Paraty
A free buffet breakfast is available between 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
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- Parents traveling with a child under 18 must present the child's birth certificate and photo ID (passport for foreign visitors) upon check-in. If only one parent or legal guardian is traveling with the child, that parent or legal guardian must also present a notarized consent of travel signed by both parents. Visitors who plan to travel with children should consult with a Brazilian consulate office prior to travel for further guidance.
- Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
Check-in: after 2:00 PM.
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PolicyExtra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
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- No onsite parking is available.
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Pousada Doce Paraty has 20 guest rooms. Rooms open onto patios. Guests can kick back at the end of a busy day and enjoy 22-inch LCD televisions. Business travelers visiting the Paraty area will have access to free wireless high-speed Internet access.
A good night's sleep in supportive pillowtop mattresses with premium bedding will have visitors waking up refreshed and well-rested throughout their holiday or business trip. Private bathrooms are outfitted with showers and hair dryers. Refrigerators and minibars are supplied in each room to facilitate basic travel needs. Rooms also include air conditioning and ceiling fans.
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Distances from Inn Pousada Doce ParatyOur Lady of the Rosary Church - 0.1 km / 0.1 mi
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Compatibility of Kohler & Grohe Faucets
Hi, I'm wondering if someone can help me? My builder installed Grohe faucets in my shower and tub deck when I specified Kohler Sculpted Forte faucets (too long a story to explain how it happened) which are already installed in my sinks.
I know that Grohe faucets are better quality. But the Kohler faucets are already installed in my sinks and I want the shower and tub to match the sinks.
My builder tells me that it's impossible to replace the Grohe with the Kohler that I specified because these 2 brands of faucets have rough-in valves that are not compatible. And I believe he's correct about the compatibility part, not about the possibility of correcting his mistake.
Anyway. I have 3 questions I'm hoping you can help me with.
1st: Should the faucet design/style (not the finish-they are all chrome) of the sinks, tub, and shower match? (The sinks, tub, and shower are all different designs, That is, not only does the Kohler not match the Grohe fixtures but the Grohe fixtures don't even match each other).
2nd: Does anyone know of a Grohe faucet design that is similar to the Kohler Sculpted Forte design? Here's a pic of Kohler Sculpted Forte. http://www.us.kohler.com/us/Forte-sculpted-deck-mount-bath-faucet-trim-for-high-flow-valve,-valve-not-included/productDetail/Tub-Faucets/422075.htm?brandId=431870&skuId=379792&categoryId=431800&page=merchProductDetails&hash=id%3Dfilters
3rd: How hard is it for the builder to remedy this situation? What does it involve? The tiling in the shower and around the tub deck have already been completed. The tub is a drop-in tub.
Thanks so much for your help!
I'm also posting in the plumbing forum. I see my dilemma as both a design problem and a plumbing issue.
What does your contract say about product specification? Does it list model names and numbers? What about an ''equivalent model'' clause? What's in writing rules. As far as what it would take, the shower wall would need to be opened up and have the valves replaced. If you haave an access panel on the reverse of the wall, not a big deal. Same with the tub. The required access panel would need to be opened and th valves replaced. If you don't have access panel for the shower, it gets to be a much bigger deal. How big depends on the waterproofing method used, and how creative your GC might be.
Hi hollysprings. Thanks for your answer - really appreciate it.
My contract simply says that all fixtures are TBD by homeowner within a certain price range.
My shower wall does not have an access panel, but my tub does so at least replacement should be easy for the tub.
Thanks again!
Sorry I don't know much about this topic. I have another question - not just for hollysprings.
Can the shower head or any of the fixture parts be replaced without having to change the valves? I read somewhere (on this forum I think) that some parts can be swapped with no problems. Is this correct?
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Once, during a paralyzingly cold winter, you decided to take up knitting. You bought a soft ball of yarn and a pair of needles and plopped down on your couch with the lofty goal of making a skull cap with ear flaps. But half-way through your project, the cat got the yarn, the snow melted, and your partially-completed hat is still in your closet. At least now that you've tried, you have fresh admiration for those who pull it off.
Emiliano Godoy is in a class of knitters all his own. He took the homely craft to a knew level by knitting a chair. At the 2005 International Furniture Design Fair Asahikawa (IFDA) in Japan in June, Godoy's Knit Chair was awarded a bronze leaf.
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I have had a number of different breeds of dogs
I prefer the German Shepard, it's instinctively a guard dog, intelligent, trains well, loyal, and when necessary, has an intimidation factor few other dogs can match.
What happens next...
And then the police show up and kill the dog.
I burst out laughing when i saw your post even though it's sickening and probably true :(
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I know. Cops would kill this
I know. Cops would kill this dog in a micro second! Their criminals of course, so it's ok lol
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Good puppy!
Okay, since prior comments
Okay, since prior comments are for how cute the girl is, I will give kudos to the pup!
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New insight into Gamma-ray Blazars with the Fermi-LAT Benoît Lott CEN Bordeaux-Gradignan on behalf of the Fermi-LAT collaboration Journées de Blois /09 Benoit Lott Unified Picture of AGNs • Powered by accretion onto a central, supermassive black hole • Jets: highly collimated outflows with 10 – Large brightness temps, superluminal motion, rapid variability in -rays • Unified Model: observer line-of- sight determines source properties, e.g., radio galaxy vs blazar • Other factors: accretion rate, BH mass and spin, host galaxy • Open questions: jet composition, location of dissipation, acceleration processes, gamma- ray emission processes Image Credit: C.M.Urry & P. Padovani Journées de Blois /09 Benoit Lott Blazar classes class FSRQs BLLacs Defining property strong emission lines nearly lineless Environment intense radiation field low radiation field (disk, clouds, torus) Power ~1046-48 erg/s ~1045-46 erg/s Parent population Fanaroff-Riley 2 Fanaroff-Riley 1 from J. Kataoka Synchrotron Peak in IR Peak in Opt/IR: LBL hump in SED Peak in UV/X-rays: HBL EGRET-detected 46 (77%) 14 (23%) Redshift of EGRET 0.1-2.3 <1 sources Journées de Blois /09 Benoit Lott LAT performance …. Transient class Source class Diffuse class multiple scattering dominates Finite pitch of Si strips The flaring and variable sky • ~30 Astronomers telegrams (alert threshold: F[E> 100 MeV]~1106 ph cm2 s1) – Discovery of new gamma-ray blazars PKS 1502+106, PKS 1454-354 – Flares from known gamma-ray blazars: 3C454.3, PKS 1510- 089,3C273, AO 0235+164, PSK 0208-512, 3C66A, PKS 0537-441 – Galactic plane transients: J0910-5041, 3EG J0903-3531 Journées de Blois /09 Benoit Lott Source monitoring Ex: 3C454.3 • EGRET: sparse 15-day long viewing periods • difficult to establish variability patterns and determine relevant parameters (duty cycle…) • Fermi: continuous coverage of all sources in the sky commissioning Science operation pointed mode survey mode Light curves of some bright sources are online: http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/fermi/fermilasp.html Journées de Blois /09 Benoit Lott Power spectral density Preliminary slope:-1.7±0.5 slope:-1.2±0.5 Average PDS for 4 bright FSRQs: Average PDS for 5 bright IBLs/HBLs: PKS 0454-234, 3C279 3C66, PKS0447-439, Mrk421, PKS 1502+106, PKS 1510-08 PG 1553+11, PKS 2155-304 Journées de Blois /09 Benoit Lott MW campaigns 3C 454.3 (Lars Fuhrmann) 3C 279 (Masaaki Hayashida) Interband timing correlation Time resolved SEDs: dynamics of emitting particles → Location, environment of emitting zone, acceleration vs cooling Other campaigns: Mrk421, Mrk501, 1ES1959+650, 3C66A… Journées de Blois /09 Benoit Lott Optical gamma-ray correlation for 3C454.3 Bonning et al. 2009 SMART telescope Journées de Blois /09 Benoit Lott PKS 2155304: Spectral Energy Distribution PKS 2155-304: HBL, z=0.116 ATOM Swift Fermi First simultaneous RXTE SED including GeV-TeV HESS data Unexpected correlations: • strong correlation between optical and TeV fluxes • X-ray flux varies independently of TeV flux • correlation between TeV flux and GeV photon index astro-ph 0903-2924 (contact authors: B. Giebels & J. Chiang) Challenge simple SSC models Journées de Blois /09 Benoit Lott Non power-law spectra • First definitive evidence of a spectral break above 100 MeV • General feature in FSRQs FSRQ and many LBLs LBL • Absent in HBLs • Broken power law model seems to be favored • ~1.0 > 0.5 not from radiative cooling • Possible explanations: – "intrinsic" absorption via opacity from accretion disk or BLR photons – feature in the underlying particle distribution • Implications for EBL studies and blazar contribution to extragalactic diffuse emission Preliminary Journées de Blois /09 Benoit Lott LAT Bright AGN Sample (LBAS) 3-month dataset, 10-s significance: 106 sources at |b|>0° with high-confidence AGN associations (CGRaBS/CRATES/BZCat) 2/3 of the sources were not detected by EGRET 57 FSRQs 42 BLLacs (40%) including 10 HBLs 5 of Unknown type 2 Radio Galaxies (Cen A, NGC1275) Journées de Blois /09 Benoit Lott Index vs flux (l,b)=(40°,80°) (40°,20°) FSRQ BLLac Uncertain Radio Galaxies TS=100 (l,b)=(40°,80°) E< 3 GeV Journées de Blois /09 Benoit Lott Photon index distributions Preliminary FSRQs rms: 0.19 nFn LBLs n rms: 0.15 nFn Number of sources IBLs rms: 0.22 nFn HBLs nFn rms: 0.14 Journées de Blois /09 Photon index n Benoit Lott Luminosity Functions • FSRQs – Strong cosmological evolution L1.5 – More complicated than pure L0.5 density or pure luminosity evolution – The 3 month LAT AGN sample measures the bright end of the luminosity distribution • BL Lac objects – No evidence of evolution L1.1 • Combined emission from individual blazars in 3 month sample corresponds to 7% of EGRET extragalactic diffuse (contact: M. Ajello) Journées de Blois /09 Benoit Lott detection of NGC 1275 • Classic example of a "cooling core" cluster • Voids or "bubble" seen in the X-ray must be inflated by some central source of power, i.e., an AGN • Variable emission on month to year time scales AGN Cannot be dark matter or diffuse cluster emission COS-B • Inferred blazar luminosity, L1044-1045 Fermi erg s1, is consistent with power needed EGRET to inflate the voids • SED fitted with single zone SSC model (solid curve) and spine- sheath model (dashed) Contact: J. Kataoka Journées de Blois /09 Benoit Lott Narrow-Line Quasar PMN J0948+0022 Optical spectrum of narrow-line Seyfert 1 type (usually radio quiet). Radio emission is strongly variable and with flat spectrum -> suggests Doppler boosting, now confirmed by LAT. First -ray detection of such an object SED modeling shows this is a typical FSRQ, although with a relatively low power. Many questions open: •Is this a new type of -ray emitting AGN? •Are there other sources of this type? •What is the impact of narrow-lines? (Contact author:L. Foschini) Journées de Blois /09 Benoit Lott Conclusions • The LAT is providing unprecedented-quality data in terms of: – statistical accuracy – time sampling – numbers of sources opening a new era in blazar science. The newly enabled studies – variability patterns – spectral features – time-resolved SEDs, interband timing correlation – census of blazar populations, evolution will undoubtedly yield a better understanding of the blazar phenomenon. Journées de Blois /09 Benoit Lott Backup slides Journées de Blois /09 Benoit Lott associations 0FGL: 132 sources with TS>100, |b|>10° 7 pulsars, 125 AGN candidates CGRaBS (Healey et al. 08) BZCat (Massaro et al. 08) 1627 radio sources from CRATES Compilation of 2500 known blazars association based on Figure-of-Merit association based on spatial (spatial, radio and X spectrum) coincidence (Mattox et al., 01) established from EGRET galactic celestial 101 high-conf. (P>90%) associations 102 high-conf. (P>90%) associations 14 low-conf. (40%<P<90%) associations 4 low-conf. (40%<P<90%) associations Journées de Blois /09 Benoit Lott
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Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews said the June 16 arrest of a Bethune couple on charges of distributing powder cocaine was the result of numerous tips and complaints from area residents.
Although Camden City Council hasn't officially decided to build a possibly YMCA of Columbia-run recreation center, city officials have already solicited architectural and engineering firms for their qualifications to build the facility.
The house at 1409 Broad St. is officially referred to as The Mathis House. Built around 1810 by Samuel Mathis, the first white man born in Camden, Mathis purchased the land from his brother-in-law and Camden's "father," Joseph Kershaw.
Some members of Camden City Council were caught unawares when asked for their reaction to the city's shutdown of its Facebook page.
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies assisted Fairfield County deputies in locating an Elgin man wanted for allegedly stealing numerous pieces of furniture from a location known as The Retreat, which appears to be a Fairfield County subdivision.
It never ceases to amaze me.
The city of Camden shut down its Facebook page Friday, leaving several hundred people who had chosen to "Like" the page behind. Suddenly, those friends of the city were no longer receiving updates on Camden events or able to comment on city issues.
On the same night Camden City Council celebrated the city's participation in a national health and exercise initiative, it was also hearing just how strongly some people feel about council's proposal to build and possibly partner with the YMCA of Columbia to operate a new recreation center.
Things were a little confusing at first in the Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County's Douglas Reed House Monday night. Some of the 55 people gathered there thought they would be attending a sit-down public meeting about the city of Camden's proposed recreation center and the possibility of it being run by the YMCA of Columbia.
Holding fast to conservative policies is allowing First Palmetto Savings Bank to declare an annual dividend of $2,500 per share of common stock. That, said President Samuel R. Small, is something many banks have not been able to do lately.
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies arrested a 29-year-old Lugoff man wanted on various charges Thursday thanks to tips from confidential informants.
One month ago, Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies arrested 20-year-old Cody Jackson for allegedly breaking into at least 30 cars. Sheriff Jim Matthews indicated at the time that more arrests were "imminent."
Camden City Council will consider Accommodations Tax (ATAX) Committee recommendations during its meeting Tuesday.
Billie Jones and Jim Burns both remember the pool table.
I haven't collected comic books since my late 20s. I was still working in radio at the time, not making much money, but spending most of it on a superhero habit I could no longer sustain.
During the KershawHealth Board of Trustees' March 23 meeting, Vice Chair Dr. Talullah Holmstrom provided what she said would be "robust report" from the board's quality committee.
KershawHealth generated $1.1 million in operating income in February thanks to collecting a $1.8 million tax debt set-off from a S.C. Association of Counties (SCAC) program. Without the SCAC collection, KershawHealth would have experienced a $700,000 operational loss for the month.
Capella Healthcare of Franklin, Tenn., and MUSC Health -- the patient care arm of the Medical University of South Carolina -- will have to wait a little longer to take over KershawHealth.
Kershaw County School District (KCSD) officials offered a list of deferred maintenance projects to the Kershaw County Board of School Trustees' finance/facilities committee Tuesday. KCSD Director of Operations Billy Smith said the list is based on safety, security, health energy efficiency and other factors.
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How come when I want to look up unique items it says to come back soon to see item stats!!!! I have been doing this for weeks on weeks and you would think anything put in exclamation points would mean soon enough to check back tomorrow, or in a few days. Since when does "check back soon" mean "check it out right before release"
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I think they added the "soon" conotation to the items, because for a while there they did have stats on unique and set items. Blizzard also said that the stats were just "place holder" stats and did not actually reflect the stats that would be on the item come release. So of course a lot of people started complaining about the stats on the uniques and rares because they didn't feel like they were adequate enough, so blizz finally just removed all the stats until they could safely say that the items that are on the website are the final version.
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Why? Its not like they ever come close anyways.
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We probably won't see real stats in them until release, or just before it, possibly once we get a release date they will pop up just shortly before. But since they just announced a bunch of changes, it's going to change things. This is one of the things they are most certainly working on right now is re itemizing the stats and such on gear, because we'll be doing a great deal more damage now at end game because our health is increased, and thus so will the health of monsters, and the easiest way to compensate our damage for this increase is with the gear, most directly with weapons but also with affixes.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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The other day my wife and I went shopping. After the shopping we did not feel like going home and cook. We stopped by the 'cheescake factory' for dinner. My wife had a salad as an appetizer, a pasta dish and a glass of wine. I had a beet salad a... Read more
Sunday, December 13, 2009
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If you are like most people, you are more than likely beginning to look at New Years resolutions. STOP!!! Don't do that!!! They don't work.
What, is this dude completely nuts. Nope. How did you get to where you are now. You got here by mak... Read more
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
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Dear SP friends.
Thanksgiving for me is very important. It is the time of the year where I reflect - reflecting on the year past.
This year a special group of friends will be in my thoughts and reflections. They are called my SP friend... Read more
Sunday, November 22, 2009
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Today I did my last scheduled event. A flat half marathon in a suburb of Cleveland, which I have done twice before. This was my 4th half in 8 weeks. I can't decide if I am just bragging or I have reasons to be proud, but it is behind me.
I ... Read more
Sunday, November 01, 2009
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This weekend I drove to Pittsburgh to run the inaugural 'spirit of Pittsburgh'. It has been in the making for some time, and it got to be a great - albeit a little hectic weekend.
Two friends from my time in the Biggest Loser Club, and my ... Read more
Saturday, October 24, 2009
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Friends - I got myself a date in May ... the date is the Avia Wildflower Triathlon, and as of now I will be doing the olympic distance.
I am very excited about it, but also somewhat apprehensive. Lots of hard training is ahead....
The... Read more
Monday, October 19, 2009
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As I was in the waiting room today for my physical, I was pondering what I would write in this blog. As excited I am by my PB in Detroit, I am also sad because three runners lost their lives, and I want to put some perspective on this tragedy wi... Read more
Sunday, October 11, 2009
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Earlier this summer I went down to ride with Bill (BILLALEX70) Anne (AMCG2002), Nancy (ROOKIERIDER) and Bill's buddy Ed (not a sparker). We had a blast and you can read my version in the blog titled 'Sparks flying in Mansfield (Ohio)'.
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Saturday, September 26, 2009
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Today I ran the Akron half ... I sent out a little report to my friends - I am copying and pasting it to you:
I have had a couple of people ask me for a race report from Akron half marathon, so I am sending out a bulk mail to a bunch o... Read more
Thursday, September 24, 2009
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For some reason I started to gain weight last week. The gain was at a rate which made me puzzled. Today I reached approximately (for my eyes only) lbs, and I started looking at what I ate, what I had changed, until I reached an ah - ha moment. ... Read more
Saturday, September 19, 2009
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I am going to come with some musings I thought of after todays bike ride.
I realize not everyone have the luxury of having health insurance, but that is for a different blog entry.
A couple of years ago I was friendly with one of our e... Read more
Sunday, September 13, 2009
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In my previous blog - I talked about the bike ride 'spokes of hope'. The first spokes of hope is currently taking place. Because of my planned vacation to Europe I cold not be part of it. However, next year I will be.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
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Friends, we are only about 4 months away from new year, and it is 2010, and I am beginning to look into goals for next year.
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Sunday, August 16, 2009
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Today was the "perfect 10 miler". I ran it last year for the first time and was joined by two friends. The weather was great, and I felt I did OK - plus - we had a good time. Lunch afterwards.
This year one of those friends were on (a well ... Read more
Friday, August 07, 2009
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I am not sure how many are behind this (I know of one), but I am incredibly humbled and honored to have receive the email that I am being named a 'spark motivator'.
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The OB Planning Board will hold its monthly meeting Wednesday night, April 1st, over at the OB Rec Center. The Center is located at 4726 Santa Monica Avenue and the meeting starts sharply at 6pm.
The Board needs to certify its recent election, elect new officers and review an update on the "Crosswalk Project". And there will be a "forum" on the very controversial One Paseo Project.


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A few months ago I reviewed the iPad version of Special Enquiry Detail 2 – Engaged to Kill HD and found it lived up to the high level of the original. Now G5 and Floodlight have released the game for the Kindle Fire. The port works perfectly, with the characters and mystery every bit as intriguing as before.Read more
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Where Angels Cry for Kindle Fire Review
In the world of hidden object games, developers can craft purely hidden object screen game types as well as more adventure-oriented games. Where Angels Cry is on the adventure side of the genre, which forces more plot and character development. I said in the iPad version review the game handles these well, and the Kindle Fire version is also great. …Read more
Everlove: Rose Brings Romance and Choices to iOS and Android
Have you played a good book lately? Huh?!? Well, Silicon Sisters Interactive wants you to curl up with Everlove: Rose, an interactive story where the dialogue choices you make impact your relationships and can change the game outcome as well! It is a very well done game, and while aimed at girls and young women, I found it fun, too! …Read more
Amazon Introduces 'Mayday Button' Help System, New Kindle Fire 'Mojito' OS 3.0, and Offline Streaming
Along with the new Kindle Fire HD and HDX models, Amazon introduced a few other interesting items. These include a new Kindle Fire OS, Offline Streaming of Amazon Prime videos, and an always-ready video help system called 'Mayday'. With these value-added features Amazon hopes to distinguish itself and move beyond just being an Apple alternative by taking a leadership role. …Read more
Three New Kindle Fire Models Launched, Highlight Differences Between Amazon and Apple
Overnight, we got word from Amazon that they were releasing a new line-up of Kindle Fire models. The current 7″ HD becomes the low-end, and they fill out the high-end with new quad-core based 7″ and 8.9″ HDX models. This is huge news in terms of features and pricing, but also a clear distinction between Amazon and Apple. The two …Read more
Would You Use an Amazon Phone?
The latest rumor from The Verge about Amazon's mythical phone is that it will be free, or nearly free, even if you don't have a phone contract. Is this enough to get people over the hump of Amazon's legendary tracking and into their waiting arms of Amazon Prime and the Amazon App Store? Personally, I'm on the fence. I see …Read more
New kindle paperwhite eBook Readers Are Better Than Ever
Read anywhere, anytime with Amazon's new kindle paperwhite. The new paperwhite is faster brighter and more responsive than ever. It features smart lookup, better searching/scroll features and it is more sensitive to your touch. Plus its great display just got even better. And it is just $119 with Special Offers. The 3G version starts at just $179. Preorder here.Read more
The Secret Society Launches for Kindle Fire & Android, Gets Massive Update!
I reviewed The Secret Society for iPad, noting how it balanced 'play' versus 'pay' elements. It recently arrived for Android and Kindle Fire with massive updates, and while it feels cramped on my Galaxy S3, on Kindle Fire HD it is perfect (at stealing reading time)! If you have a tablet and haven't played, check it out free on iOS, …Read more
Amazon Introduces Coins for Kindle Fire Users
My sons will be super excited to learn that Amazon has provided their Kindle accounts with 500 free Amazon Coins which is basically worth $5. The company just announced the coins which can be used to buy apps, games and in app purchases from the Amazon App Store and on the Kindle Fire. While it sounds like each is worth …Read more
Packing Light for Telenav's Waypoint
I'm heading to Telenav's annual Waypoint conference next week. Since this is a fairly short trip, I'm looking to keep my baggage fairly light. I'd like to minimize my time lugging items around the airport, and with some careful planning, I think I can cut way back on my tendency to turn every trip into "my backpack is a mobile …Read more
Amazon Buys Goodreads, but Is It a Good Deal?
Amazon announced today that they're buying Goodreads, a social book site that lets you review books you've read, and look for recommendations based on your reading list and the books your friends are reading. Needless to say, this is a slam dunk match for Amazon and Goodreads, as they really can complement each other nicely. There are a lot of reasons why …Read more
Fate of the Pharaoh for Android Review
Over the past few years working with G5 games as they have grown into one of the more successful casual games publishers on smartphones, I have seen a fairly standard formula: they publish for iOS first, then Android and finally for the Mac (and occasionally PC). But with Fate of the Pharaoh we get a first – G5 is releasing …Read more
Amazon Kindle Paper White Commercial a Sign of the Times
Amazon's new Kindle Paper White commercial shows just how far we have come in a relatively short period of time. Allow me to offer a bit of personal background. A little over a decade ago, a debate raged within my religious movement regarding rabbis officiating at ceremonies celebrating same-sex couples. My position on it was clear, and I told my Board …Read more
Ways To Read More In 2013 On Any Budget!
I love books. I know I am slightly biased, being a former bookstore employee, but I like to think that most people like reading books. The hard part is finding books you want to read. Maybe you can't find the right authors, or books have gotten too pricey, or you haven't made the leap to ebooks yet…but don't worry. …Read more
Record Numbers of Devices Activated on Christmas, iPad and Amazon Tablets Big Winners
It is not terribly surprising that oodles of new devices were opened up and activated on Christmas morning – in fact, we had three new iPhone 5 activations in our house alone! The site Flurry.com tracks and estimates the daily activations of iOS and Android devices, and is reporting that more than 17 million activations took place on December 25th …Read more
Battle of the 7″ Tablets – iPad Mini vs Kindle Fire HD vs Nexus 7
In our Gear Chat, I said to Dan that the iPad Mini was the 'best small format tablet I have ever touched'. So what does that mean in context? Well, aside from the Mini, I have had a couple of Samsung 7″ tablets, one each from ASUS and Acer, HTC Flyer, original Kindle Fire, and most recently the Google Nexus …Read more
Stereo Sound Test Review – Kindle Fire HD vs iPad Mini
We now know that the iPad Mini is the first iDevice with stereo speakers. But they are located on either side of the downscaled Lightning connector port. I have also touted the excellent sound and stereo separation of the Kindle Fire HD. Now that I have both tablets … let's put them to the test! The first thing I did …Read more
Royal Trouble Hidden Adventure for Kindle Fire Game Review
Royal Trouble Hidden Adventure is a Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure (HOPA) game for the Kindle Fire; it is available in the Amazon AppStore for Android, and its developer is Orchid Games / G5 Entertainment. Description: In this critically acclaimed adventure quest, help two charming royal heirs escape from a secluded island! Princess Loreen and Prince Nathaniel find themselves locked in …Read more
Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD Sales Surge, Bucking Trends and Challenging the iPad Mini
Image courtesy of Pinoytutorial There is one very clear reason (or rather – TWO) that Apple needed an iPad Mini this year: the success of the Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire. I wrote about things I love about each device recently, and I also noted an analyst report that pegged Google-based sales of the device at ~1 million for the …Read more
5 Reasons (Each) Why I Love the Nexus 7 and the Kindle Fire HD
I have been highly critical of Android tablets (shock, I know) for a number of reasons, and 7″ tablets in specific. But as has been pointed out, I also tout enjoying the Google Nexus 7 quite a bit for a number of reasons. I was also the last one holding on to my launch-day Kindle Fire from last year, and …Read more
Apple's Announcements Are Amazon's Gain
Immediately after the iPad Mini was announced, one of my coworkers asked me what I thought. I told her it seemed like a neat device, but the price came in higher than I had expected. She was a bit surprised at the price as well, and she basically said at that level she was more inclined to look at the …Read more


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3-21-2015 Next summer at the 2015 ICDA Symposium, a Gala Event celebrating the Endowment Fund will be held. This will be the culminating event of a year-long focus on building our Endowment. The goal is to DOUBLE the Endowment providing long-time financial security for ICDA and allowing us to support special projects like our scholarship students and guest artists. We need your help building the energy for this campaign throughout this year. Please carefully consider your own pledge or donation. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
2-6-2015 Please consider taking the following survey to help us understand how our profession is changing. Results will be available through IMEA at the 2015 Conference: The State of Music Education in Iowa Public Schools...How have our jobs changed in the last 25 years? Music teachers in K-12 public schools are eligible to participate in this study. CLICK HERE to access the survey.
11-27-2014 The director of the 2015 All-State Jazz Choir director is Jeremy Fox, former faculty member at SWICC. Audition materials will be sent to the membership and posted on this web site in early December. Auditions will be held April 7 at Morningside College in conjunction with the Iowa Vocal Jazz Championships.
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ICDA will sponsor the twenty-eighth annual Opus Honor Choir on Thursday, November 20th, 2014 at Iowa State University in Ames.
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Lemon Tree help
Last year I purchased two seedling lemon trees, along with two seedling orange trees. The orange trees are flourishing very well. The lemon trees, on the other hand, had some issues. A few months back they started to grow thorns and lost their leaves. One of the trees lost all its leaves and died. The other, pictured here, made a recovery. However, I am concerned by the placement of its lower branches. These branches grew after its recovery and I am concerned that they may be too low (like "suckers"). Should I leave them be or are they just sapping energy from the main trunk?
Also, would it be possible to use rooting hormone on one of these branches in order to replace the tree that was lost?
Thanks for your advice!
Commercially, lemon tree seedlings, that is lemon trees started from seeds, are not usually sold. Seedlings intended for rootstock, may be available, sold with the intention of being grafted with the scion of a named variety. So where did you acquire your seedlings? Al
Thank you for the comment; I must correct myself: the trees weren't seedlings, but were rather grown from cuttings. A description of the seller (Larry's Orchids & Tropicals):
"This patio meyer lemon tree is from a cutting and has a well formed root system and is actively growing in a 3-inch pot in a peat/soil growing mix and is 6-8 inches tall. Upon arrival in your home, it will need to be repotted into a gallon container with drainage holes, using either cactus or well draining standard houseplant potting mix."
I don't see a problem with the low branching, unless you are planning on a lollipop shaped tree. Growing from cuttings you have no separate rootstock and these branches will produce the same fruit as the rest of the tree. Please let us know when your tree flowers and produces the first fruit. Al


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Wario Land 4 | Game Boy Advance
Published by Nintendo, Developed by Nintendo
Genres: Platformer (1 players)
3DS: Dec 16th, 2011 (US) | Dec 16th, 2011 (EU)
Wii U: May 8th, 2014 (US) | Jun 5th, 2014 (EU)
Hey! You! Yeah, you! Listen up when Wario's talking to you! I just read about this legendary Pyramid of Gold, and you're gonna help me go explore it. There's lots of treasure in there for the taking, and I want it all. I'm sure there are gonna be all kinds of weird enemies and big, bad bosses in there, so if you don't think you can hack it, put the game down now. I don't want any losers making me jump into bottomless pits, you hear me?
Wario Land 4 has no review on Wii's World.
No posts yet for this game. How about being the first?
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No they're making it from the movie ... Speed Racer: The Video Game
daveoneal said:
Thanks Rob. I had no idea this one was published. I'm very happy about it! Yes, Jonathan, it is hard as all get-out, ... Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight review
daveoneal said:
This was a very well-written review. Apparently Super Hexagon was developed by Terry Cavanagh (who made vvvvvv), so ... Cosmophony review
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:p p ... TMNT: Smash Up
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