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Posted At: 31 March 10:03
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Posted At: 30 March 10:08
Poroshenko (center) and the oligarchs: Rinat Akhmetiv (top left), Dmytro Firtash (top right), Viktor Pinchuk (bottom left), Ihor Kolomoyskiy (bottom right)
Posted At: 27 March 15:08
They got obscenely rich in the post-Soviet chaos. They leveraged their political contacts into wealth. And they leveraged their wealth into more political power.
The most powerful among them are Russian-speakers. But when the Russia-Ukraine conflict erupted, many sided with Kyiv. And they expected to be rewarded.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's decision this week to sack Ihor Kolomoyskiy as governor of Dnipropetrovsk marks a new chapter in the Ukrainian authorities' relationship with the country's oligarchs.
It also heralds the start of a tricky, dangerous, and perilous stage in Ukraine's post-Euromaidan efforts to build a law-based state.
On this week's Power Vertical Podcast, we look at Ukraine's struggle to rein in its oligarchs against the backdrop of its conflict with Russia.
Joining me are Rostyslav Khotyn of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service and Taras Kuzio, a senior research associate for the Canadian Institute for Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta.
Listen to or download the podcast above or subscribe to "The Power Vertical Podcast" on iTunes.
Tags:Power Vertical podcast, Ukraine, oligarchs, Ihor Kolomoyskiy, Petro Poroshenko, Russia-Ukraine conflict
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Posted At: 26 March 12:06
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Posted At: 25 March 10:16
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Posted At: 24 March 16:37
It's not everyday that LifeNews gets raided. And when it does, it is usually a signal that something pretty significant is going on.
LifeNews, of course, is a pro-Kremlin "news" organization with close ties to the Federal Security Service (FSB). In fact, it's practically an adjunct of the FSB. It's used for all sorts of purposes, such as smearing Kremlin opponents, planting disinformation, and floating trial balloons.
To raid LifeNews you need to have some serious juice behind you.
So what's going on? It's early yet, but there are a few data points out there to connect.
According to initial press reports and a statement on the LifeNews website, the raid was triggered by a complaint that one of its reports on crimes against minors revealed personal information about the victims. Russian law prohibits news organizations from revealing any identifying information about underage crime victims.
But of course, nothing in Russia is ever that simple. Pro-Kremlin outfits rarely, if ever, get targeted in cases like this. And when they do, it is invariably the result of some kind of palace intrigue.
The complaint against LifeNews's report came from the rights organization Soprotivlenie, or Resistance. The group is run by Olga Kostina, the wife of political fixer Konstantin Kostin.
Currently, Kostin runs a think tank called the Civil Society Development Foundation. But he has a long Kremlin resume. He worked on Boris Yeltsin's 1996 reelection, on Vladimir Putin's 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns, and on Dmitry Medvedev's in 2008.
He also served in the Kremlin's political department from 2008-12. And significantly -- and this is where it gets really interesting -- he is widely considered to be one of Vladislav Surkov's chief lieutenants. In fact, Kremlin-watchers have long considered him Surkov's right-hand-man.
So is this the hand of Surkov? The evidence is highly circumstantial -- but worth considering.
Once the Kremlin's chief spin doctor and ideologist, Surkov has seen his influence wane considerably since Vladimir Putin's return to the Kremlin in 2012. He lost his position as deputy Kremlin chief of staff and chief political operative to Vyacheslav Volodin, a bitter rival.
But Putin is known to value Surkov and kept him close as a Kremlin adviser. He has played a major role in the Ukraine crisis and is widely believed to covet his old job and status.
And, oh by the way, Surkov is a close ally of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. And since the February 27 assassination of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, Kadyrov has been locked in a bitter struggle with whom? The FSB.
Again, it is very early and all this is very circumstantial. But my initial reaction to the raid on LifeNews is that it seems to be one of those data points that suggests some serious -- and potentially consequential -- Kremlin infighting.
-- Brian Whitmore
Posted At: 24 March 10:27
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An opposition leader is slain. A president goes AWOL. And his underlings go for each other's throats.
It's been three weeks that shook the Kremlin. And at the center of it all were two pillars of Vladimir Putin's autocratic regime: his beloved FSB and his handpicked Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov.
Veteran Russia-watcher Edward Lucas told Britain's itv news this week that "we're seeing rivets popping inside the Kremlin in a way we haven't seen before."
We are indeed. And they're some very big rivets.
The latest Power Vertical Podcast tries to unpack the ongoing political turmoil gripping the Russian elite since the February 27 assassination of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov.
Joining me is co-host Mark Galeotti, a professor at New York University, an expert on the Russian security services, and author of the blog In Moscow's Shadows.
Also on the podcast, Mark and I examine an old cliche about Russian politics -- that it operates like a mafia state -- and ask whether it is actually appropriate.
Tags:Power Vertical podcast, Nemtsov assassination, Vladimir Putin, Ramzan Kadyrov, Russian politics, Russian organized crime
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Posted At: 19 March 11:30
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"I will always be grateful to Vladimir Vladimirovich for everything he has done for me and for my people," Ramzan Kadyrov (right) wrote recently.
Posted At: 18 March 17:46
Has Ramzan Kadyrov successfully blackmailed the Kremlin?
In all the hoopla over Vladimir Putin resurfacing, a pretty important news item managed to slip below the radar.
On March 16, the same day the Kremlin leader appeared, Interfax quoted an unidentified law- enforcement official as saying that the assassination of Boris Nemtsov has been reclassified from a "contract killing" to a "hate crime."
The report is still unconfirmed. But if the official line becomes that this was not a contract killing, then there is no need to investigate who put out the contract.
There is no need to look beyond Zaur Dadayev and the others rounded up in connection with the hit.
There is no need to ask any uncomfortable -- and destabilizing -- questions.
By targeting Dadayev --the former deputy commander of a paramilitary unit founded by Kadyrov -- the Federal Security Service (FSB) seemed to be ultimately targeting Kadyrov.
And now, it appears, that Kadyrov has successfully beaten back the FSB's assault.
It was amid this turmoil that Putin vanished from public view on March 5, just six days after Nemtsov was assassinated and three days before Dadayev was charged.
"Putin appeared, live and legitimate, at exactly the same moment when Interfax reported that the Nemtsov assassination wasn't a contract hit," political analyst Leonid Volkov wrote on Facebook.
"Putin had to make a choice. Either feed Kadyrov to the FSB-men, or give up the FSB to Kadyrov. It's a difficult and unpleasant choice.... And he chose the one and only thing he could choose: Kadyrov."
A Tribute -- And A Threat
Over the 10 days, 21 hours, four minutes, and 20 seconds that Putin was holed up in an undisclosed location -- before turning up in St. Petersburg on March 16 for a meeting with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev -- a lot of weird stuff happened.
Kadyrov publicly praised Dadayev, went to a shooting range to pop a few rounds, and posted the video on Instagram. The Chechen leader also posted a letter on Instagram expressing his enduring loyalty to Putin.
"I will always be grateful to Vladimir Vladimirovich for everything he has done for me and for my people," Kadyrov wrote.
"I will always be his faithful companion, regardless of whether he is president or not. To give one's life for such a person is an easy task."
But within the profession of loyalty, there was also a veiled threat -- one that was punctuated by the shooting range outing. I am loyal, Kadyrov seemed to be saying. But others may not be. And taking me down carries risks.
And somebody was apparently listening.
It's worth noting that over a nine-day period, Kadyrov has been given no fewer than three state awards.
On March 9, shortly after Dadayev was arrested and charged, he was given the Order of Merit, the state's highest honor. On March 16, the day Putin reappeared in public, he received a medal For Devotion and Duty from authorities in Russia-annexed Crimea. And on March 18, he was honored by the Federal Penitentiary Service.
"Kadyrov is now the pillar, basis, and essence of Russian statehood. Even more so than all of the FSB combined," Volkov wrote on Facebook.
Connecting The Dots
Unpacking the Nemtsov assassination, the ensuing investigation, Kadyrov's emergence at the center of it, and the Chechen leader's battle with the FSB involves interpreting and connecting a lot of disparate data points.
"We're seeing rivets popping inside the Kremlin in a way we haven't seen before," longtime Kremlin-watcher Edward Lucas, author of The New Cold War, told Britain's itv.
Kadyrov is widely known to covet a high post in Moscow. And he is also believed to want his cousin and close associate, Adam Delimkhanov, to replace him in Chechnya.
The idea makes many in Russia's elite nervous -- not least of all, the FSB brass. Moreover, enmity between Kadyrov and the FSB goes way back.
In May 2007, shortly after Kadyrov was named Chechnya's leader, the local FSB refused to allow a group of his armed men into their headquarters. Kadyrov responded by having all the building's entrances and exits welded shut.The standoff was only resolved when Nikolai Patrushev, then the FSB director, intervened personally.
And there are strong indications that the FSB is trying to take both Kadyrov and Delimkhanov down.
Like in the Nemtsov assassination, the FSB also took the lead role in investigating the attempted assassination of Saigidpasha Umakhanov, a foe of Kadyrov's and the mayor of Khasavyurt, Daghestan's third-largest city.
In February, just weeks before Nemtsov was gunned down, a court in Daghestan sentenced two Chechens to long prison sentences for plotting Umakhanov's killing. In a recent report Novaya Gazeta quoted FSB officials as saying the assassination plot was ordered and masterminded by none other than Delimkhanov.
Another report by Novaya Gazeta quoted unidentified law enforcement officials as saying the real organizer of the Nemtsov assassination was a Chechen security officer, also with close ties to Kadyrov, identified only as "Major Ruslan."
Subsequent press reports have claimed that the mysterious Major Ruslan was Ruslan Geremeyev -- who is Delimkhanov's nephew.
Late Putinism
Will the assault on Kadyrov now ebb? And if it does, will he continue to become more powerful and more brazen?
Or will the FSB regroup and renew its assault? One hint that this might be the case came in a report in RBK on March 17.
Citing unidentified law enforcement officials, it claimed that Dadayev and Geremeyev planned Nemtsov's assassination in a Moscow cafe. According to the report, Geremeyev paid Dadayev 5 million rubles ($83,000) and provided him weapons.
So we still seem to be in a battle of leaks, each with conflicting accounts of whether this was a hate crime that stops with Dadayev or whether it is a contract killing that leads from Dadayev to Geremeyev to Delimkhanov -- and ultimately to Kadyrov.
Neither narrative is great for the regime.
"If Kadyrov were indeed freelancing into political assassinations in Moscow and were allowed to walk away unpunished, he would be taking Putin and the entire Russian leadership hostage, which might be precisely his plan," political analyst Vladimir Frolov wrote in The Moscow Times. Frolov adds that a "full investigation and arrests of co-conspirators risk destabilization in Chechnya escalating into war."
Either way, an increasing number of Kremlin-watchers are coming to the conclusion that the period beginning on February 27 with Nemtsov's assassination and continuing through Putin's odd vanishing act marks the dawn of late Putinism -- the twilight of the regime in its current form.
"Has the Russian regime's agony begun," asks a recent article by the prominent Russian political analyst Lilia Shevtsova in The American Interest.
Shevtsova notes that Putin's "steely-eyed resolve" is gone, he "is losing control," and "can't give his entourage clear orders." Nemtsov's assassination, she adds, has "shattered the mirrored window concealing the Kremlin; now everyone can see the mess within."
-- Brian Whitmore
Tags:Vladimir Putin, Ramzan Kadyrov, Nemtsov assassination
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Posted At: 13 March 16:18
Ramzan Kadyrov and Vladimir Putin were at center stage this week for different reasons.
Kadyrov due to suspicions he was behind the February 27 assassination of opposition figure Boris Nemstov, which placed him at the epicenter of an apparent Kremlin clan war.
And Puin was in the spotlight by disappearing, sparking widespread rumors about his health as his underlings edged toward open conflict.
On this week's Power Vertical Podcast, we take a closer look at Kadyrov's emergence at the center of the Nemtsov assassination, the clan battles in the Kremlin, and Putin's mysterious disappearance from public view.
Joining me are Aslan Doukayev, director of RFE/RL's North Caucasus Service; Kirill Kobrin, editor of the Moscow-based history and sociology magazine Neprikosnovenny Zapas; and Sean Guillory of the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies, author of Sean's Russia Blog, and host of the newly launched SRB Podcast.
Tags:Power Vertical podcast, Ramzan Kadyrov, Nemtsov assassination
Posted At: 13 March 12:30
Posted At: 12 March 18:47
Vladimir Putin may well be seriously ill, or worse.
He hasn't appeared in public in a week, he just canceled a trip to Kazakhstan and a series of meetings in Moscow, and the hashtag #ПутинУмер (Putin Died) is trending like mad on Twitter. There have been reports in the Russian media that he's had a stroke.
Whether Putin is sick, or "is feeling fine," as his spokesman Dmitry Peskov insists, the system he presides over is far from healthy. Even if Putin the man is in top form, the "collective Putin," Russia's informal ruling circle, is showing signs of deep distress.
In fact, over the past two weeks, since the February 27 assassination of opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, it has appeared to be in the throes of a crisis. Informal rules have been violated, rivalries among figures near the top of the power pyramid have escalated into open conflict, and Putin has been conspicuous by his absence.
And while it is impossible for outsiders to truly know what is going on in the opaque world of the Kremlin's inner sanctum, there seem to be two possible explanations for Putin's disappearance from public view.
Either he is fine and furiously working behind the scenes to calm the clan warfare that has emerged in the wake of the Nemtsov assassination.
Or Putin is truly sick and incapacitated and the recent turbulence we have witnessed -- from the assassination to the muddled narratives in the investigation to the open conflict between the Federal Security Service (FSB) and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov -- are symptoms of a highly personalized system that has lost its head.
New Rules?
In a political system like Russia's, where formal institutions are weak, court politics are paramount, and personal ties mean everything, obscure signals and gestures matter a lot. So do informal rules. They have to, because the law doesn't apply to those on the top.
This was one of the reasons why the Nemtsov assassination was so shocking. Killing somebody this prominent -- and certainly doing the deed blocks from Red Square -- was against the rules.
As Ivan Yakovina, a former political correspondent for Lenta.ru, wrote recently in the Ukrainian newspaper Novoye Vremya, "Moscow's unspoken rules" forbid killing those other top politicians. Even those such as Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister, who had gone into opposition.
The killing, therefore, was "a signal to all representatives of this class," Yakovina added.
And if the Nemtsov assassination has violated one of the cardinal edicts of Putinism, the aftermath violated another: Clan warfare among top members of the elite must not be played out in public.
When the FSB named Zaur Dadayev -- a man with close ties to Kadyrov - as the mastermind of the Nemtsov assassination, it was interpreted in the elite as a direct assault on the Chechen strongman.
Kadyrov is powerful. Perhaps one of the most powerful men in Russia. He has thousands of loyal armed men at his disposal; he has a strong lobby in the Interior Ministry; he counts key Kremlin power brokers like Vladislav Surkov as his allies; and he has long enjoyed Putin's support.
But he has also acquired powerful enemies, including Kremlin chief of staff Sergei Ivanov, Kremlin political overlord Vyacheslav Volodin, and FSB chief Aleksandr Bortnikov.
And Kadyrov's enemies now appear to be using the Nemtsov assassination to take him down.
In a recent interview, the prominent journalist and Kremlin-watcher Oleg Kashin noted that it was significant that Dadayev and the other suspects in the Nemtsov case were arrested by the FSB and made public by Bortnikov himself.
"Up until now, Bortnikov was not a public person who announces somebody's arrest," Kashin said. "This is usually done by Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin."
This, Kashin added, also reeked of a "siloviki war" -- a showdown among the security services -- since Dadayev served as deputy commander of Battalion Sever, an Interior Ministry paramilitary unit formed by the Chechen leader.
"Bortnikov struck a blow against Kadyrov," journalist and political commentator Orkhan Dzhemal told Ekho Moskvy.
"There's a battle going on. The Spasskaya is fighting the Borovitskaya," he said, metaphorically referring to the two famous Kremlin towers.
Battle Of The Titans
The battle played out in media reports about the Nemtsov investigation, too. A report in the pro-Kremlin tabloid Moskovsky Komsomolets claimed that Dadayev had retracted his confession and claimed he was tortured
There was also a story in the opposition Novaya Gazeta that quoted unidentified law-enforcement officials who claimed the authorities know who really organized the Nemtsov hit -- a mysterious Chechen security officer, also with close ties to Kadyrov, identified only as "Major Ruslan."
In fact, the FSB assault on Kadyrov appeared to commence in earnest before the Nemtsov assassination.
In February, a Daghestani court sentenced two Chechens to nine and 12 years in prison on for plotting the assassination of Saigidpasha Umakhanov, a rival of Kadyrov's and the mayor of the region's third-largest city.
The FSB also took the lead role in that case. And in a report this week -- note the timing -- Novaya Gazeta quoted FSB officials as saying the assassination was ordered by Adam Delimkhanov, Kadyrov's cousin and close associate.
If a battle between Kadyrov and the FSB is about to go full-throttle, it would be a war of the titans that could shake the Putin system to its core.
And Kadyrov's behavior -- from his much-publicized trip to a shooting range this week to the statement he posted on Instagram where he wrote that he would lay down his life for Putin -- suggest that he senses the danger.
But for the time being, at least, Putin is nowhere in sight.
Tags:Vladimir Putin, Nemtsov assassination, Ramzan Kadyrov, Russian politics, Kremlin clans
Posted At: 12 March 11:05
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*****Update: Benefit show has been rescheduled to March 18th due to severe weather in the Nashville area*****
James Carothers rolled into Nashville last month after finding success on secondary market Country radio stations with "New Country Singers" that profiles his ability to write like Ray Stevens or more like the one two punch of strong guitar and funny lyrics a la Jerry Reed ["She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)] which is rare and needed in today's Country format.
James's follow up "I Must Be Alive" has more of an introspective feel with lyrics starting about winter and really go well with conditions in the Northeast with snow piling up and not much to do but play board games, get on Facebook or call relatives and friends. It already is in rotation on several stations.
James Carothers current record Honky Tonk Land is real Country with fiddle and steel prominent throughout from strong Nashville session players. James can write, sing in that Josh Turner range with his definite Southwest Tennessee drawl that shows a lot of Mississippi clay in his tone and Tupelo in his subject matter.
His strongest point live is that James is funny. Check out his videos of live performances and how he interacts with the audience and he will remind you of Jim Lauderdale hosting the Americana Awards or Jerry Reed as the Tupelo Mississippi Flash. A James Carothers show is great music and lots of entertainment.
James recently survived some Illinois snow that piled up outside while he was playing in Carthage, driving the crowd to a frenzy with a real steel player and a tight band from Missouri only to face the drive back to Nashville. Coming up, He is playing at the All-Star Whitey Shafer benefit put on by Moe Bandy and featuring top tier entertainers like Rhonda Vincent now rescheduled on March 18th at The Nashville Palace.
The Nashville Bridge met up with James at Crema in downtown Nashville on a Sunday morning to wake up and smell the coffee and rewind time a little bit to find out what James Carothers brings to the table.
Brad Hardisty / The Nashville Bridge: You started making trips to Nashville before moving here, right?
James Carothers: I was working on the record last year, I came here to record , I've come here for any kind of a music business thing that my wife would set up for me.
TNB: What was the turning point to move to the Nashville area?
JC: Secondary radio started doing better, especially in Europe.
TNB: What cut broke first?
JC: The "New Country Singers" song.
TNB: You have a new song out now.
JC: Yeah, that one is called "I Must Be Alive". That one is kind of like the serious song on the record. It's about death.
TNB: I was thinking it was a perfect winter release song, Stuck at home up north with all this snow they have had, reflecting on life.
JC: It seems like a good time to break it. It seemed like right after Christmas when radio was saturated with Christmas music. It seemed more like the bad side of winter. A week ago today, I was up playing in Carthage, Illinois and we got out about twelve-o-clock and there was like three inches of snow on the ground and it was coming down in sheets. You know how it is.
TNB: Did you get stuck up there?
JC: We drove it through. My band was going back to Missouri and I was coming back here. It was like, alright we can wait till there is like a foot of snow or we can brave it and see how far south we can get before it turns back into rain. We decided to do that.
TNB: Was that a hired gig or a band you work with regularly now?
JC: That was a group I work with when I'm out there, like four or five times so far. They are a pretty good band to work with. They are good guys. They play a lot of classic country and they are in and out of Branson and the Kansas City area and so any time I go back there I have been able to get them. Usually I run myself on guitar and vocals then they add bass, drums and a steel guitar. [After the interview, James added that it was really cool to bring a steel player to that gig because you could tell they probably don't see too many and really got into the sound.]
TNB: Some have compared you to Vince Gill. Is that fair or who's style of playing are you thinking about? Are you a Tele picker?
JC: I'm a Tele player. I'm not in the same ball park as Vince Gill.
TNB: Do you use the traditional Telecaster and a Fender Amp or a boutique amp like a Dr. Z?
JC: Fender amp. I still haven't made enough money to carry around a boutique amp unless somebody wants to make me one. That's fine.
TNB: You can find anything here in Nashville.
JC: I try to emulate someone like Vince Gill when I am playing guitar. What I like about Vince Gill is that he does throw real firecracker licks but mostly he does stuff that is pretty tasteful too. Melodic, people say Vince is more of a musical guitar player than Keith Urban is, from what I've heard.
TNB: Thinking more for the song and the melody?
JC: Yeah, I like Paisley but, these guys are all from another planet and they are like way better.
TNB: Almost like Van Halen.
JC: Yeah, it's almost like when you hear something that Paisley plays and he is like shredding , its like he shreds and puts in a bunch of notes and he is awesome but when Vince Gill plays something, he also shreds but it is not quite as jumbled together, to me, it sounds better.
TNB: It's interesting to me that you bring up Vince because to me, with your background in Rock and Country of course Vince was playing in Southern Rock band Pure Prairie League before…
JC: Oh yeah, that's right.
TNB: So the way that Vince processes ideas may be close to where you come from.
JC: Yeah, he is a heck of a bluegrass picker, player and singer too. He's an all-around musician.
TNB: So what is your writing process? Do you start on electric or picking on an acoustic sitting on a couch?
JC: Yeah, acoustic to come up with a hook. I'll be sitting around playing and out of nowhere I'll get a good hook going if it's a musical song and build it from there. The other way is when I hear somebody say something that's funny and then I go from there so there is a musical start and also a verbal start.
TNB: How do you read an audience playing different size venues and crowds?
JC: I think maybe a real good example of that is when I was playing the other night up in Kansas City. You know, you play to whomever you have in the room. I played a room of 50 people and I know about half of them so it is going to be more of an informal type of thing. We are going to be talking to the people. So, we are not going to be trying to, I guess, try to patronize a crowd like that and say "How is everybody, let me hear you scream, holler and swaller!" I'm not going to do that to these good people I know. I think you're right, it is definitely playing to the audience. You gotta know your audience is the way I have to say it.
TNB: You're really comfortable on stage or as they say "controlling a room". How do you figure out what to do or say each night?
JC: Stuff like that, it's kind of like, getting inside of peoples' heads, looking at a group of people but you are looking at somebody to pick out of the crowd.
TNB: You are great at being n the moment, not just from a musical stand point but being an entertainer from what I have seen in clips.
JC: That makes sense. I really like to figure it out and kind of zero in on certain people. I have to zero in on the people that are paying attention. Any time you play now, about half the people might be looking at their phones and a third of the people might be looking to get a drink or chase some girl or something. Then there are a few people who are listening. So, I really try to zero in on the people who are listening and watching what is going on. Kind of just start establishing a relationship in another way.
TNB: I was going to say you have a comedy pacing going on some times which is really cool. I don't see to many people that can do that, I mean Little Jimmie Dickens obviously was a great comedian. Jim Lauderdale is actually fun. A lot of people don't know that about him. He's always the host of the Americana Awards. Do you enjoy getting people to laugh and have a good time?
JC: Oh yeah, definitely, I guess I grew up with three sisters and they were always really good at pointing out things and laughing at me, laughing with me but, laughing at me too, I think that gave me a good sense of humor. If you are up there in front of people who laugh at you and stuff it's pretty hard to be super cool the whole time. If you are going to be goofy or a dork (a dork is what my sister's would call me), They would say you are such a dork. You might as well kind of embrace it and hopefully people are going to be entertained. I think they are a lot more entertained if you are comfortable with yourself being a dork part of the time because otherwise you come across too cool for school.
TNB: It is easier just to play it off. You've come out with a well-received album. Now you are in Nashville, what does the future look like?
JC: In the next year, I expect I will have a lot of co-writes and then I also expect to have an album.. I know there will be a lot more songs that I will be able to cut.
TNB: Do you have a distribution deal right now?
JC: No. I am doing it all myself driving around playing shows and pulling out CD's that I already have out..
TNB: It sounds like you have support from radio.
JC: Yeah, some stations are picking up so, the Country music programming directors from the small to medium markets around the country have been really supportive. I'm looking forward to seeing a bunch of them ag CRS.
TNB: So, maybe a radio tour in the future?
JC: We'll talk about that when all the programming Directors are here. I've got a breakfast with them. I'm not necessarily going to sing my head off for them. I think you need to know who your audience is. I don't want to come in "la la la". I'm just going to see what they're like, what their people want and see if there is something I'm doing naturally that aligns with it that I do well.
- Brad Hardisty, Nashville, TN thenashvillebridgeathotmaildotcom


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text: Cedar Rapids Gazette (Newspaper) - July 11, 1974, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Weather— Chance of rain through Friday. Lows tonight 70 to 75. Highs Friday 90 to 95. tftlrtr ti pub CITY FINAL 15 CENTS CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA. THURSDAY, JULY ll, 1974 ASSOCIATED PRESS, UPI, NEW YORK TIMES Policemen A ★ ★ ★ ★ A Panel: '68 Funds Used Prosecutor To Answer Charges Public Safety Commissioner James Steinbeck appeared in Linn district court Thursday afternoon before Judge William Eads and was given until July 24 at IO a.m. to plead on charges of conspiracy, perjury and obstructing justice. Any motions in the case must be filed before July 22 at 5 p.m., the judge said. By Roland Krekeler Public Safety Commissioner James Steinbeck and five detectives who were suspended following their indictments Tuesday were scheduled to be arraigned in Linn district court Thursday afternoon. The others indicted are Wallace F. Johnson, 50; Darwin A. Ammeter, 38; Robert B. Manchester, 32; Donald T. Rosdail, 31, and Kenneth E. Millsap, 42. All are charged with perjury and obstruction of justice in connection with alleged lies to the grand jury or the county attorney purportedly designed to destroy the reputations of other officers and to gain the election of Steinbeck last fall. A11 except Johnson are charged also with conspiracy. He is named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the conspiracy indictments. Johnson was appointed to the department Nov. 9. 1951, became a detective Feb. I. 1957.1 and was promoted to lieutenant Aug. I, 1960. to captain Jan. I, j 1969. and became assistant chief April 4. 1973. Steinbeck. 31, was appointed to the police department March. I. 1965, and resigned from the T o Buy Nixon Gifts WASHINGTON (AP) — The I that money was channeled to senate Watergate committee in buy the diamond earrings for its final report says contribu-; the 60th birthday of Patricia tions to President Nixon's 1968 Nixon on March 22, 1972, the campaign were used to buy his!report said. Asks Care By Court wife expensive diamond ear- Federal campaign law does, WASHINGTON (AP) — Assis rings and may have financed no t prohibit using campaign tant special Watergate prosecu-; thousands of dollars.of luxury f un ds for personal expenses, but tor Richard Ben Veniste said items for his Florida home. the Internal Revenue Service (Thursday another gap had been The committee said its inves- says any funds so used would discovered in White House re-tigators also built a strong cir- have to be declared as taxable cordings of presidential conver-cumstantial case suggesting, income for the individual in-sations. but not proving, that C. G. volved. "Bcbe" Rebozo, the Presidents! President Nixon's income | closest friend, may have divert- taxes for the years 1969 through led for his own purposes at least 1972 do not list any such gifts. I part of a $100,000 contribution " , , j from billionaire Howard Remaining Money I Hughes. The report also alleged that: executive session that money tapes relating to the Watergate Early in his administration, remaining in the I 4 lorida Nixon case. President Nixon asked Rebozo ^ or President account after the 19 Minutes to solicit major contributions 1968 election was owed him as loamed that one of from oil magnate J Paul Getty payment for his expenses in the \ . . . . 1fl ii vin oui ii ugli alc j i-dui ueuy, J* ' r the tapes contains almost a 19- to pay for White House social campaign. minute nan " Bon Vrniste said events. Investigators said they could minute gap ' Ben Veniste said ' White House aide John Khr- not substantiate that point be- He also said the special prose- I bellman pressured the Internal (Continued: Page 3, Col. 3.) j Revenue Service in hopes of-- getting former Democratic .Chairman Lawrence O'Brien jailed before the 1972 election. In a hearing before Judge John Sirica, Ben Veniste mentioned the gap in asking the court for an order directing the White House to begin indexing and to take precautions to pre-Rebozo told the committee in serve various White House Painter —UPI Telephoto A White House spokesman called the report "warmed over baloney" based on "unsubstantiated allegations." James St. Clair, Nixon's Watergate lawyer, refused to re Dean Ss Quoted: President Knew Before March 21 cutor's office has learned of another tape being torn and mangled by White House secretaries during transcription. Ben Veniste made no further mention of the damaged tape's and would not elaborate after court. However, he said the tape with the 19-minute gap was not one of those being subpoenaed by the prosecutor's office for use in the Watergate case. Two-year-old Brian Sintay of Springfield, III., woke from his nap Wednesday and reached the opened paint can left unattended by his father before his parents knew he was awake. After dipping both hands in the paint, he headed down the driveway grinning. At least it was water-base paint, commented his mother. __-...............................-—• I knows, was this ever done.*' President Holds Prosecutor Sums .M.- n • " Up Ehrlichman's refusal to cooperate in fur- snflation Session Ro p , e in 'Breakin' ~ ^Txo^calll^ 11 I P di!-I WASHINGT °N < Ap t - As '|tractors who^fght have^orked WASHINGTON (UPI) - John Dean reportedly testified Thurs-spond to most of the evidence ( * ay Diat he certain Pres- o:-i ca did not j ssue j be or( i er Offered by the committee, but J*"*. B® 1 Veniste asked, but he did said he wanted to "convey the 21 - 19 J 3 » that secret pay- , . ecord 0 f Thursday's President's assurance that he :™7^ 0ngl *hearing over a tape dispute for ever instructed C. G. Rebozo to ndl ^ dff r g dt e defendants. warded to the supreme court raise and maintain funds to be Ro P Danielson ,DCalif.).' wardc(1 ,0 the iu P rcme expended on the President's summar, ^ ing Deans prelimi- Saxbe Theory Clears Kissinger in Wiretaps .. , WASHINGTON (AP) fnrrp 1 act war to run for safety* WASHINGT0N (UPI) ~ J i Senators Percy (R-Ill.) and ; dent Nixon called a dis- soci ate special Watergate prose-;either for Rebozo or the Pres-torce last year to run tor saien Edgar Hoover the late FBI Case ( r.n.J.) agreed with tinguished group of economists cuto r William Merrill conceded ident. four°vrs^Tse^vlee as°a°detcc- director, may have used Henry I Saxbe. and business men - but no Thursday that John Ehrlichman Swimming Pool tive. Kissinger's name without his "The way he (Hoover) operat- labor leaders — to the White did not approve a breakin at Ammeter was appointed to knowledge in order to initiate cd leads me to wiretaps on persons the White,other than the President, no one tion on inflation. which is studying the question marx/ vvhether the President has to personal behalf, nor so tar ^ he C in " ^ J , 1 a ' release tapes and other Water- session of the house judiciary 1 , .. r J J I gate evidence. The record was sent to the supreme court at the request of i assistant special prosecutor I James Neal, who rejected a White House offer for verifying portions of 20 of the 64 tapes the I prosecutor's office has subpoenaed. Only Portions Neal complained that the Evidence Release WASHINGTON (AP) - The house judiciary committee is to make public tonight eight volumes of materials it has gathered in the course of its presidential impeachment investigation. committee's impeachment in- the department March 15, 1961, . iHoo " T hur*ri a v for a rnnversa 'he office Of Daniel Etlsberg's The effort prudured informa- quire, said Deans recall on that'White House offer would allow believe that, House thursday for a conversa- nci(nliioli , lef w coia ihn fn ^ or tion that in the 1968-1972 period,point psychiatrist, but said the former D . 1 . presidential assistant was guilty Rcbozo s >* nt morc ,han S 50 - 000 1 canoe "has potential signify; Sirica access only to portions of J the tapes identical to transcripts and was promoted lo detective House ' regarded as enemies, I could ever tell Hoover what to The meeting was expected to Sf Vto«ing *a^iTiegai7 nortracea'-l 77 m " ch °j "j" f'°° t b ! lls u _ for Danielson said it implies: already released by President June 1,1969. ltl ______^_____, I . .., ... e ." ot u: n<I k« 'be the first in a series of discus- hip sprrpt search Presidents benefit, buying Nixon acquiesced in the pay-Nixon. Sirica could not hear all I do lf he felt something might bel.,... ..... M! ...... a hie secret search. isuch items as a 204»y-4Moot menu to the defendants - con-jot the tapes, and the tapes s i 0 n s between Nixon and Manchester was appointed to says Attorne y General Saxbe OIVJIO — the department April 17, 1967 , The theory was supported by in the national interest," Percy var j 0lLS p roups 0 f Americans on Iakm 8 IIld argument to swimming pool, a fireplace, sidered potential grounds for a themselves could not be used as the nation's economic problems, i tbe Jary ' Mernl1 "?• " major architectural ------- clear that no one used the word and a $1 200 pool tab , e and was promoted to detective two Republican senators follow- said. July 2. 1971. ing the attorney general's testi-j Case said, "The fact that a especially the rampaging cost of Rosdail was appointed to the mon y be f ore the senate foreign statement on an FBI record living. ,. e f a ^ Hpt#»rtivp ink' relations committee Wednesday, isaid that so-and-so requested ai Kenneth Rush, the President's was promoted to detects July ., u ^ fee reason ^ economic: spokesman indited I* JLT* J.* . . " . « ... * ti ' * * I noflinr* true* u'Aav thof truno On Appeal ; lble for Mr Kissinger not to Millsap was appointed to the*" 0 "' h<> ., Was a ^ m f", U H Sed aled. department April 8, 1958, was ( wodK j C ur eioseTmeet- 1 At Kissinger's request, the' The opening mceling, howev- ?^ m0 mri to lieutenant Dec " Hoover cou!d have ^ commit,ec has be 8 un hearings 0 ", included 19 chief executives 1971. He was demoted detective :ac ';"K on b 7. wn i i , ni,iativ0 '' » b °thcr he testified accura- Ro ™ July 24, 1973, in a disciplinary j R SKit tely dUrin|! confirmation hear ' minum Company of America proceeding that is on appeal to\ f y ch hc ordcred the ings on his appointment as sec.(Alcoa). General Motors U.S. the Iowa supreme court. """ n mmoni nf. retarv of state last fall. Steel. Sears Roebuck and Co changes charge of obstruction of justice, {courtroom evidence, according "Dean said he couldn't give alto the offer. It also led to the discovery specific date, but he's got a per- "The offer is illusory." Neal that Rebozo was using four sep- vasive strong feeling that he said. "It means nothing." John Chester, a White House breakin because a breakin was not contemplated . I mat ucuu/jD y>as iuui otp-i * v "Inconsistent" i ara t e trust accounts, not in his talked to the President about . . earlier this week that trade "To talk about a breakin name but in that of his attor- tho payments before March 21, prove where that request origin- union , eaders may be invited t0 wou ld not only be inconsistent ; ney, Thomas Wakefield, the re- Danielson told a reporter. subsequent sessions. with covert/but inconsistenti P« rt said "If you consider that in a few Continued: Page 3, Col. 5.) Tho five nolicc officers were. wlretap P ing of R°vernment of- rotary of state last fall. rZnZl" ^7^' I operation on condition it not be P° Imd t n Anij| e sa j d | ben be d i(j no t re- Proctor and (iambic, and East ^ raced bac ^ to the White House. with covert, but inconsistent P° rt sal( *-with nontraceable," Merrill! It was through these accounts said. Direct testimony and memos entered in evidence at the ll-! day-old plumbers trial have said Ehrlichman approved a covert attorney, objected to the record being sent to the supreme court. He said the issue had adequately (Continued: Page 3, Col. 8.) u I im onri Rcials and newsmen to deter-, ...------------- ------- 0 i!™* ,he source 0f sccurity " i ; etaps by ,b L d hi 17Tdo^n economists were also Ehrlichman conceded giving |leaks ' H ° USC plUmberS an<i d ' d " 0t on the gucst Hst includmg uvo a PP rova l m the summer of I97lc ( , nat0r Gurney Jury Indicts Senator Gurney for Bribery, Conspiracy, Cover-Up (Continued: Page 3, Col. 7.) Saxbe said he had provided even know tho unit existed. incn( democrats . otio Eck-i but denied he ever contemplate indicted 'by a the committee all justice de- At an emotional press confer- atmocrdis uuu i , v ,Deen inaicitu uy partment files on the wiretap- ence during President Nixon's stein, a member of the Council|ed anything illegal. . , , I ping and on the plumbers. But recent Middle East tour, Kis-i® economic Advisors in A loser is a guy whose junk saxbe said the bulk of the docu-1 singer threatened to resign! Kennedy administration, and are charged with violating the volving contractors and devel ments were based forms" written mail comes postage due. Cancer ^d on "narrative! unless the committee cleared I Charles Schult ze, budget direc-jcivil rights of the psychiatrist, lopers seeking U. S. housing con- {from his seat, which he has held j campa ig n tre by Hoover. him of such allegations. I (Continued: Page 3, Col. 5.) Lewis bielding of Beverly tract influence. since November, 1968. Bastien, the hi Hills, Calif., whose office was Gurney was charged with Maximum Penalties field office in V Danger in Heavy Drinking Indicted with Gurney were: James Lee Groot, Gurney's former administrative assistant; Earl Crittenden, former 3P 1 1 Anderson, WASHINGTON (AP) - A new federal report says moderate drinking may be beneficial to some people, but that heavy drinking and smoking combined greatly increases the risk of mouth and throat cancer. "The wide range of devastating problems associated with the use of alcohol all relate to excessiveness — not moderation," said Dr. Morris Chafetz. director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. "This demands that we, as a society, begin to exercise a sufficient measure of individual and social responsibility in our use of beverage alcohol — a responsibility that has been seriously lacking." "Definitely Related" The report was sent to congress by the department of Health, Education and Welfare as Chafetz outlined its findings Wednesday to a White House seminar for health writers. Cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx and esophagus and primary cancer of the liver "appear to be definitely related to heavy alcohol intake in the U. S. and parts of the world where these occur with high frequency in men," the report said. It found that heavy drinkers and smokers run a 15-times-greater risk of developing cancer of the mouth and throat than abstainers. According to the report, moderate drinking is considered to be consumption of up to three ounces of whisky, a half bottle of wine or four glasses of beer daily. Beyond that level, a drinker runs nearly 24 times greater risk of oral cancer, about the same as a person who smokes 40 or more cigarets daily, the report said. Compounded Chafetz said that for reasons that remain unclear to researchers, the over-all risk of mouth and throat cancer is greatly compounded for people who both drink and smoke heavily. However, ho told the seminar: "There is no evidence that the moderato use of alcohol is harmful to health. Moderate drinkers, as a statistical group, live longer than abstainers or ex-drinkers." Teenage Drinking Chafetz said moderate drinkers have a lower rate of heart attacks and that "moderate alcohol use may be physically, psychologically and socially beneficial to active and institutionalized older people." The HEW official emphasized that the report does not contend that heavy drinking causes cancer, but he said there is a clear statistical correlation between the two. Chafetz said an increase in heavy teen-age drinking "just blows my mind. It worries me greatly." He cited a study reporting that 14 percent of male high school seniors admit they get drunk at least once a week, with 46 percent of all seniors saying they get drunk at least four times a year. The study this past spring involved 14,000 youths in grades 7 through 12. JACKSONVILLE. Fla. (AP) —lean, and I will be vindicated." R-Fla.) has! Gurney has maintained all federal along that the grand jury inves-grand jury in connection with avigation is part of a political thej Ehrlichman and three others $233,000 fund-raising effort in- 1 vendetta against him by his Florida GOP chairman; George .'vol-1 enemies seeking to oust him Anderson the senator's 1968 treasurer; Joseph head of Gurney's - Winter Park; and broken into Sept. 3,1971. bribery, conspiracy, taking part p B A officials Wayne Swiger Ehrlichman is also charged in a cover-up and lying to the The maximum penalties for an( j m. Koontz, with four counts of lying to the special grand jury. The panel all of the various charges mHirtment savs -i Unrnrv FBI and a federal grand jury. returned the indictment against Gurney total 42 years in l ae _ ia<3 ; lr P; ' a ^ rncy L ' Wednesday after a 10-month in- prison and at least $80,000 in Meetings vestieation. fines. The fine could be much , Crittenden on Jan. 9, Circling dates on a large cal-, No arraignment date was set larger if the fine for bribery is • haH VurtK^r ri^sruSdnrTwlfh rn? endar with a red wax pencil, f or Gurney or the six other men calculated at three times the hdc ^l further discussion with Crit- Merrill recounted a series of indited with him. : amount of the bribe, as provid-' lenaen ed by law. meetings involving Ehrlichman (Continued: Page 3. Col. 5.) Today s Index Comics 29 Crossword ...... 29 Daily Record s Deaths ........3 Editorial Features 6 Farm ..... 25 Financial 30 Marion 19 Movies 26 Society .......... 16-18 Sports ......... 21-24 State .. ............. 4.5 Television 28 Want Ads.......... 32-37 Innocent Gurney, the first U. S. senator t in 50 years to be indicted while in office, said he is innocent. "I have an abiding faith in the American system of justice and firmly believe that 1 will be proved innocent of any wrong-j doing in this affair," said Gurney. 60, of Winter Park. Gurney, a member of the senate Watergate committee and a staunch supporter of President Nixon both on the committee and off, is up for re-election this year. Florida Republican Chairman L E. Thomas said the indictment "dealt a mortal blow" to Gurney's re-election bid. But Gurney said: "I intend to fight this move just as hard as I SEN. GURNEY and Anderson a week later. Fund-Raising "On or about Jan. 19, 1971, Edward J. Gurney, James L. Groot, Earl M. Crittenden, Jo-j seph Bastien and George Ander-I son met at the home of Edward J. Gurney in Winter Park, at which time they discussed the setting up of a fund-raising operation for the benefit of Edward J. Gurney and decided to hire Larry E. Williams as the fund-raiser," according to the I indictment. The grand jury said Gurney lied when he testified under oath before the grand jury on May 13-14 that he didn't know until June, 1972, that Williams (Continued: Page 3, Col. 6.) VOLUME 92 NUMBER 183


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Garden Updates
Here's what it looks like this past weekend.
My husband mowing the lawn in his suit. haha.
This is one of the plants that was put in by the builders of our house. Australian Tea Tree. It's charming!
my mom bought me a few of these little toadstools for my herb pots. They're made by a local socal artisan. They're so cute! My mom really loves stuff like this.
These are treasure boxes! I've always loved them. They're so weird and pretty.
This is what my backyard looks like right now! (In case you're curious this is what the yard looked like in January)
The Crepe Myrtle is leafing out as are the previously dormant wisteria.
Weeping sakura in front, sakura in the back... morea, delphinium, foxglove, wistera, cosmos and penstemon.
Mostly roses, lavendar and prostrate camellia
more roses, crepe myrtle, irises, etc...!
rosemary, morea, irises, etc..
This is the back left corner... I put in a couple clematis near the climbing roses. The idea is to add some kind of arbor inbetween them so that the purple clematis and the pale roses can climb over it. I still haven't decided on an arbor yet. (AGH)
One of the clematis I put in this past weekend! This is Silver Moon.
the position it's in on the sideyard (the plants are centered on the house windows in the kitchen and dining room)
some kind of daisy I got this weekend. I can't remember the name. but I really really love this little daisy.
My mom brought me irises from her garden (and her mother's garden) over Christmas break.
Here's one of the blooming ones!
Lastly, here's some of the already sprouting seeds I planted about a week ago. Possibly columbine or other wild-flowers.
I love your broken concrete patio. It has a wonderful cottage garden feel to it- I imagine it was quite a bit of work to lay it!
I think you should have two arbors- one for your climbing roses, and one just off the grass in front of your back path to the corner (pic 1).
I love the fortnight lilies/moorea/dietes (I have two I just planted), but they get ratty pretty fast. You may want to consider spuria iris instead at some point, if you get tired of them.
You may also want to post your photos over on the Cottage Garden forum, which gets more traffic, I think.
Hi Renee! Thankyou!
Thankfully I didn't have to put the concrete in. It looked like it was a lot of work!
Basically, in pic 1 (http://aimeemajor.com/images/photos/2010apr/lawn.jpg )
I was going to put an arbor at the end of the stepping stones in that back left corner. What's the other position you were thinking of? :)
I didn't know about spuria iris... they look wonderful! Maybe I'll go ahead and get some (planting times allowing). I love anything iris-like.
I'll repost in Cottage Garden, too. THanks for the tip.


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I'm having a project in school to market a product in my home country (Sweden, Europe) and in USA, and I would like to ask you, how/what is the best way to market a product in the USA? How do companies market thier products in USA? How is it different from Europe?
Is there many commercials on TV, or is most on internet ads? Or big posters in the cities? I WANT YOU! To help me with this!
Yes, it might be odd to ask this, but I think the best way is to ask the Americans them selfs =) And since the LoL community is a wonderful place, I find this one of the better ways to do it!
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(September 17, 2011: Cannelton, IN 47520) The Cannelton Bulldogs volleyball squad (Cannelton, IN), was outscored 2-0 in Saturday's non-league bout with the visiting Tell City Marksmen (Tell City, IN)
With the win, Tell City upgrades its record to 17-3 on the year. The Marksmen travel to Salem (Salem, IN) to play the Lions in a non-league bout on Saturday, September 17. The Lions go into the bout with a record of 4-1. Salem lost 3-2 in their recent non-league bout against Bedford North Lawrence (Bedford, IN)
The Bulldogs now own a 1-1 record. They play next when they travel to Tell City for a non-league bout on Tuesday, September 20. Cannelton will play a Marksmen squad coming off a 2-1 non-league loss to North Harrison (Ramsey, IN). The Marksmen record now stands at 17-3.
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This is what I did yesterday
I have quite a few clematis scattered around the garden, this one in particular (Proteus) had really overgrown it's spot, been there for over 20 years. So, yesterday I decided it was time to say goodbye to it.
Armed with a spade I started to dig it out, almost broke the handle, battle plan needed... I got out my stainless steel heavy duty jobie, I dug and pried, took a couple of rests, some liquid refreshment then had another go at it.
Two hours later I finally pried it out after severing most of the roots, was about to toss it and then thought to myself I wonder if I split it up would it survive??? My over curious mind wanted to know sooo, hauled it over to my potting bench and tried to pry it apart, what the h*ll have I got here a chunk of concrete?
So, another rest and some more liquid refreshment I was ready to have another go at it. Out trusty pruning saw, couldn't make a dint, stood there scratching my head for a minute or two. The lightbulb started to flicker what if I hit it with the hose, wash all the soil off so I could see what I was dealing with, by this time I had dug my heels in and I was determined it wasn't going to get the better of me, since it was time for supper I plopped the rootball in a tub of water, went in and made a tasty little salad with cucs from the garden, some shrimp, O.O., a smidge of white wine vinegar and a sprinkling of oregano, this with a potato bun made a quick and easy supper.
Time to tackle my opponent once again. Armed with my trusty little pruning saw I once again attempted to saw through the root mass. Yes.... it was like sawing through concrete but by now I had the bit in my teeth and I was off and running. I kept at until it finally gave in and declared me the winner. I ended up with 3 pieces which are now planted in two gallon pots, all are showing new growth as two weeks before digging I had cut this clemie down and hauled the vine to the landfill. Here's a picture of it in 2006, this year it was three times the size. I only know how to post one pic at a time so two more to follow. Annette
Okay, okay, you have put me to shame! Tomorrow (or Wednesday when it is supposed to be cooler) I will get out and do something with the little garden I tried to create around a sign post in our hell strip. I planted a clematis year ago that has never filled out on the trellis and blooms minimally. I added a mandevilla this year, but it looks awful despite watering it-the one last year was much better! I guess I will rip it all out and start fresh!
I wish I had your skills, Annette!
Once you started you must have thought it was a big mistake and not such an easy project,..liquid refreshment obviously gave you a booster,..wow it was a big root ball,..bet you strained a few muscles but hope next day you were not suffering.
Yes i would have enjoyed your supper as well,..you sure had me smiling,..great job well done,
Labor of love...seeing photos of your gardens...you have quite the knowledge and know how. Glad you took the time to split it up...that was beautiful while in bloom. Definitely worth making three than tossing completely out. Good work! Hope you can move tomorrow.
It's my understanding Clemies don't like this kind of treatment, I hope this particular Clemie wasn't aware of that. That root ball must have been 10 lbs. before I cut it up, time will tell if I have succeeded or not. If not at least I got a good cardiovascular workout LOL.
Just what I needed to read!! I've got to move my 20yr old clematis to make room for a ramp up to my door...so, guess I'll start tomorrow am before it gets too hot(90's and humid here in VA) I need to mow, too! Keeps me out of trouble!
Thanks again, Garden Web friends!


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A Close Shave is very much like the other inflated levels you've done so far, but this time you'll have to deal with razor blades. Inflate Lil and guide him through the pipes (don't worry if you bump one, they only hurt your time). Once you clear the wall, float over it and release 2 levels of gas so you're floating down slowly. Be very careful on this second part, since the razors jutting out from the walls will kill you with even a slight touch. Float down so you're even with the door, and use the last of your gas to propel yourself through to save a few extra seconds.
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