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Join the Center's #OurLands Campaign
It's time to celebrate our public lands.
Our public lands make up more than a quarter of America's landmass — a vast network of forests, rivers, deserts and grasslandsthat belong to the people, not corporations — and whose wellbeing we entrust to our federal agencies.
These are the lands we visit to experience beauty, solitude and quiet — to share time with our families, recreate with friends and seek out adventure. Our public lands clean our air, form the headwaters for our rivers, and cradle the wildlife and ecosystems whose health is linked to our own.
But too often the influence of extractive industries — oil, gas, mining, logging, and livestock — causes our public lands to be treated like their commodities. Damage to ecosystems, plants, animals and our climate can be irretrievable.
So we're asking you to join us in a new social media campaign — called #OurLands — celebrating a better vision for our public lands — one that puts the health of our land, climate, wildlife and water first — and ends needless, harmful industrialization. #OurLands asks you to visit nearby parks, forests and monuments and take photos of the landscapes and species you value, enjoy and work to protect.
Our campaign kicked off on America's 21st annual National Public Lands Day (September 27), when many parks offered celebratory events and volunteer opportunities. But that was only the beginning: We want all of you to celebrate public lands throughout the year.
Let's get out there. Let's enjoy the beauty of our public lands with family and friends, or volunteer for a day on these lands' behalf — and show each other how we're doing it with photographic evidence.
Post your photos of your favorite public lands on Instagram or Twitter and tag the Center using @CenterforBioDiv and add the hashtag #OurLands. Include captions about these places and the species you support.
Check out our #OurLands Web page.
Learn more about the Center's Public Lands program.
|• Feb.- April: Talk: "Breaking the Taboo: Animal Rights, Human Rights and the Future of the Planet" (nationwide)
• March 31: Raise a Glass for Clean Water (FL)
• April 3-4: OR-7 — The Journey Film Screening, Q&A and Expert Panel (WA)
• April 9: Screening of Wolf Documentary: OR7 — The Journey (AZ)
• April 18: Darter Festival and Endangered Species Mural Unveiling (AL)
• April 18: Join Us at "Earth Day St. Pete" (FL)
• April 20-21: Preserving Sacred Appalachia "Gathering, Acting, and Speaking in Unity" Earth Day Conference (WV)
• April 25-26: Green Thumb Festival (FL)
• Ongoing until May 15: Endangered Species Youth Art Contest (nationwide)
• Ongoing: Join the Center's #OurLands Campaign
• Ongoing: Host a Population and Sustainability Event With Our Endangered Species Condoms Resources (worldwide)
• Ongoing: Host an Action to Stop Keystone (nationwide)
• Ongoing: Global Amphibian BioBlitz: Saving Amphibians Through Social Networking (worldwide)
• Ongoing: Gasland II: The Film (worldwide)
Talk: "Breaking the Taboo: Animal Rights, Human Rights and the Future of the Planet"
With more than 7 billion people in the world today and approximately 56 billion land animals raised and slaughtered for food each year, population growth and overconsumption — particularly meat consumption — are driving many of our current environmental, animal and human-rights crises, yet these issues are often left out of the conversation among activists, policymakers and the media. Join us for a speaking tour featuring a talk on how human rights, animal rights, endangered species protection and the future of the planet are inextricably linked, and how we can use advocacy, creativity and legal action to get beyond the taboo and create a better future for all species.
Stephanie Feldstein, the Center's Population and Sustainability director, and Carter Dillard, Animal Legal Defense Fund's director of litigation, will be speaking. These lunchtime events — to be held at various locations across the United States — are hosted by the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund.
Information for each individual talk on the tour:
February 16, 2015
February 17, 2015
February 18, 2015
February 23, 2015
February 24, 2015
February 25, 2015
February 26, 2015
February 27, 2015
April 2, 2015
Learn about the Center's Population and Sustainability program.
Raise a Glass for Clean Water
Doors open at 6 p.m. and guest speakers kick off the event at 6:30. Learn more about ongoing efforts to protect clean water across the state of Florida and take action — while grabbing a drink with like-minded people at the same time! This will also be a perfect opportunity to network with fellow clean water supporters.
When: Tuesday, March 31, 6:30-8 p.m. (doors open at 6)
OR-7 – The Journey: Film Screening, Q&A and Expert Panel
The Center for Biological Diversity is pleased to announce a special screening of OR-7 —The Journey at the Bing Crosby Theater in Spokane, Wash., on Friday evening, April 3 and Saturday evening, April 4, at 7 p.m. each night. Afterward the Center's wolf expert Amaroq Weiss and filmmaker Clemens Schenk will conduct a short Q&A session, then join a panel of other wolf experts for a discussion of wolf recovery in Washington.
This inspiring film is about Oregon's famous wandering gray wolf, OR-7, who made international news after trekking hundreds of miles from northeastern Oregon down into Northern California, becoming the first confirmed wild wolf in California in 87 years. OR-7 eventually crossed back into Oregon, where he found a mate and then fathered pups, forming the first wolf pack west of the Cascades in nearly 70 years. It was recently officially named the "Rogue" pack.
Wolves also are returning to Washington, where surveys show that 74 percent of residents support wolf recovery. The state's current estimated population of 68 wolves in 16 packs is just a tiny fraction of the number of wolves that once called Washington home. Though this fragile, still-recovering wolf population has been beset by anti-wolf bills in the state legislature, illegal poaching and heavy-handed agency management actions, coexistence with these magnificent animals is possible, and necessary, in order to ensure their future.
Please join us for these two wolf-packed nights of film and conversation, cosponsored by the Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlif, the Endangered Species Coalitione and The Lands Council. We recommend purchasing tickets in advance online, as this film generally sells out quickly.
When: 7 p.m.
Learn more about the film and watch the trailer at http://www.or7themovie.com/.
Learn more about the Center's West Coast wolf work.
NEWSFLASH: PBS loved this film so much when they saw it at a recent screening that they have decided to make it available to their television audience. OR7 — The Journey will be aired on April 20, 2015, at 9 p.m. Pacific Time on Southern Oregon Public Broadcasting, and we anticipate that it will get to stations nationwide in the future.
Screening of Wolf Documentary: OR7 — The Journey
This inspiring film is about Oregon's famous wandering gray wolf, OR-7, who made international news after trekking hundreds of miles from northeastern Oregon down into Northern California, becoming the first confirmed wild wolf in California in 87 years. OR-7 eventually crossed back into Oregon where he found a mate and then fathered pups, forming the first wolf pack — recently officially named the Rogue Pack — west of the Cascades in nearly 70 years.
Not sure how OR-7 changes the game for wolves and people in the West? The Center's wolf expert Amaroq Weiss will host a short post-screening Q&A to tell you all about it.
For more information call the Center for Biological Diversity at (520) 623-5252.
Tickets are available at The Loft Cinema box office or online at the Loft Cinema website.
Learn more about the Center's West Coast wolf work.
Darter Festival and Endangered Species Mural Unveiling
Join Center staff at the Darter Festival for the unveiling of the Center's first Endangered Species Mural Project by artist Roger Peet and the Magic City Mural Collective. The mural project celebrates under-appreciated endangered species in communities across the United States to foster a deeper identification with regional biodiversity. The Darter Festival celebrates the watercress, vermillion, and rush darters, small endangered fish native to Alabama.
Alabama is a world Center of freshwater animal diversity, and the Center is working to protect hundreds of Alabama species. The Darter Festival highlights the Turkey Creek Watershed and the extraordinary gift of Alabama's biodiversity.
The event will feature microbrews, music, dancers, a bike parade with fish-costumed riders, kite painting and flying, darter sculptures, and more. The festival is hosted by Birmingham-Southern College Southern Environmental Center.
When: Saturday April 18, 10 a.m.
Where: Railroad Reservation Park. 1800 First Avenue S., Birmingham, Alabama 35233
Get more information on the Darter Festival now.
Learn more about the Center's fight against the Southeast freshwater extinction crisis.
Join Us at "Earth Day St. Pete"
When: Saturday, April 18, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Preserving Sacred Appalachia: "Gathering, Acting, and Speaking in Unity" Earth Day Conference
Join Center staff and leaders from Appalachia at an unprecedented interfaith gathering of environmental experts and advocates at this Earth Day Conference. The interdisciplinary gathering will draw attention to the threats posed to human communities and endangered species by the energy-extraction industry and will seize the offensive against the corporations destroying Appalachia by proclaiming that West Virginia, Appalachia — and indeed the whole Earth — are sacred.
The gathering features 16 speakers, including Center biologist Tierra Curry and ministers, laity, environmental activists, educators and artists. The event is being sponsored by St. Luke's United Methodist Church of Hickory, N.C. and the Appalachian Preservation Project.
When: April 20-21, 2015, Monday at 9 a.m. till tuesday at 4 p.m.
Where: St. John's XXIII Pastoral Center, 100 Hodges Rd, Charleston, W.V.
Register now and learn more about the agenda and view a brief video explaining the conference.
Green Thumb Festival
When: April 25-26, 2015, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Endangered Species Youth Art Contest
Are you a young person who fancies yourself a decent artist — or think you just might be? Test your skills (and, more importantly, have a lot of fun) by entering the Endangered Species Youth Art Contest.
All you have to do is use your piece of art to tell a success story about a species recovery — for example, do a drawing of a marine species with people in the background cleaning up a beach. Make sure to choose a species from one of these four groups: vertebrate animals (including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish); invertebrate animals (including clams, snails, insects, crustaceans); flowering plants (including all plants that have flowers); and non-flowering plants (conifers, ferns, and lichens).
The Endangered Species Youth Art Contest is open to K-12th grade students residing in the United States, including those who are homeschooled or belong to a youth/art program. The artwork must depict a land- or ocean-dwelling species that either lives in or migrates through the United States and its waters; or a plant or an insect that is found in the United States. The species must either be currently protected as "threatened" or "endangered" under the Endangered Species Act, or it must be a species that was previouslyprotected under the Endangered Species Act but is now considered recovered (you can choose from this list of species).
The youth art contest is being sponsored by the Endangered Species Coalition — a national network of hundreds of conservation, scientific, education, religious, sporting, outdoor recreation, humane, business and community groups across the country — of which the Center for Biological Diversity is proud to be a member.
When: Submissions must be postmarked by March 1, 2015.
Cost: Free
Learn more about the contest, including guidelines, judging and prizes.
Check out the Center's website about endangered species success stories if you need some inspiration.
Host a Population and Sustainability Event With Our Endangered Species Condoms Resources
The Center's Endangered Species Condoms are a fun, unique way to get people talking about the link between human population growth and the extinction of rare species. With more than 7 billion people on the planet and counting, this is a conversation we need to have now.
Check out our Endangered Species Condoms Toolkit page for downloadable resources and valuable information to help you start talking about population, overconsumption and the extinction crisis.
Learn more about our Population and Sustainabily program.
Host an Action to Stop Keystone
Learn more about the Keystone XL pipeline.
Global Amphibian BioBlitz: Saving Amphibians Through Social Networking
Amphibians around the world are disappearing, and nearly a third are threatened with extinction. To better understand and conserve these animals, scientists need more information on their locations. And what better way to get the right info from around the globe than through people like you?
Gasland II: The Film
Fimmaker Josh Fox galvanized the world against fracking with his film Gasland. Now, he's doing it again with the sequel Gasland II — but this time, he's targeting another level ofcontamination due to fracking: "The contamination of our democracy through the intense influence of oil and gas corporations on our political system.
"The result," says the film's website, "is every bit as shocking as the first film."
Learn more about the Center's campaign against fracking.
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Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai previews the cover and a couple of pages from his upcoming full-color Usagi grapic novel, Yokai. "It will be hardcover, scheduled for a November release, and will retail for $14.95," he writes. "I'm coloring it in watercolors."

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Bond is back and he is investigating a North Korean terrorist and diamond mogul who are developing a international space weapon. The 21st James Bond film.Learn More
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Chateau Palmer Margaux 1998
Chateau Palmer - Bordeaux - France - Margaux
Professional Wine Reviews for Chateau Palmer Margaux 1998Additional information »
The Bordeaux region of France consistently enjoys the reputation of being the finest region for wine making in the world. But what is it that makes this area around the Gironde river so special? The secret lies in their ancient and careful blend of no more than six high quality, flavorful and unique grape varietals. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Carménere are all permitted for usage in the production of Bordeaux wines, and the winery carefully considers how to balance the fine points of one varietal against another. Most commonly, Cabernet Sauvignon is used as the main grape varietal, usually with vintners making wines containing upwards of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon grape juices. This varietal lends its big, spicy, fruity flavors and astringent, tannin-heavy character to the mix. Normally, this strong varietal is then tempered and rounded by Merlot, a fleshy, fruity and far lighter bodied grape, containing far fewer tannins and a much brighter flavor The blended wines are normally left to age in oak, where they can continue to work together and produce their wonderful results.
There are few wine regions in the world with a reputation as glowing and well established as that of the Bordeaux, in France. Situated mainly around the Dordogne and Gironde rivers, Bordeaux makes the most of its humid climate and rich, clay and gravel based soils to grow some of the finest examples of red and white grape varietals on earth. Wineries in this region have been in operation for hundreds of years, and have carefully developed the expertise required for the production of carefully balanced and utterly delicious blended red and white wines, alongside some exceptional single variety bottles. Many of the chateaux found in Bordeaux have become household names, due to their prestige and the excellence of their products, grown with love and dedication by heritage wineries in this beautiful and special region.
Year in, year out, France enjoys its prestigious reputation as the producer of the finest wines in the world. With a wine making history which spans several thousand years and owes its expertise to the Romans, it comes as little surprise that this most highly esteemed of the Old World wine countries continues to impress and enchant both novices and experts to this day. Despite the rise in quality of wines from neighboring European countries, not to mention the New World, the French wine industry continues to boom, with up to eight billion bottles being produced in recent years. However, France prides itself on always putting quality before quantity, and the wide range in fine produce is a testament to the dedication and knowledge of the wineries across the country. Indeed, from rich and complex reds to light and aromatic white wines, French wines are as varied and interesting as they are enjoyable to drink, making this country a firm favorite for wine lovers across the globe.
There are few appellations in the world quite as famous or with a high reputation so enduring as that of Margaux. This relatively small sub-region of France's Bordeaux has consistently produced many of the planet's finest red wines for centuries, and the chateaus which run all along the banks of the Gironde river have no intention of letting their reputation drop. Indeed, the red Bordeaux grapes which thrive in the gravelly vineyards of Margaux are generally considered amongst the best in the world for flavor, aroma and overall character, and great care is taken by traditional wine-makers in the region to ensure such features make it to the bottle. Overall, Margaux is a center of excellence in viticulture which has become the envy of the wine making world, and long may it continue.


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Need help planning my front bed
I have been trying to come up with a plan for the bed directly in front of my house. I ripped out the foundation plantings about 3 years ago since they were all leggy and tipping over trying to get some sunlight. The bed is about 9 feet deep and 20 feet wide and is a half oval shape. The three feet closest to the house is total shade since it is the north side of the house the remaining 5-6 feet starts the day in shade and ends up in sun by noon or so. I have a couple of ferns that are planted that my husband really likes so would like to keep them, the creeping jenny can stay or go, but I get tons of compliments on it.
Here's a pic of the whole front to get an idea of the scale, the area in question is to the left of the front stoop.
Closer pic, notice the shade line. Pic taken at about 1:30pm
View from front stoop,
Any ideas? I would like to keep low growing plants, maybe more hostas in pots? My other option would be to just put a seating area there, bench and table or something in and amongst the creeping jenny with potted plants around?
Thanks all,
Oops,don't know if it matters, but I am in Alpharetta, GA (Milton) just north of Atlanta.
I posted this in the design forum and got some great suggestions, and they also recommended I post here.
I would mix some Cast Iron Plant (Aspidistra) in with those ferns. It is the perfect height under those windows, is evergreen, and looks beautiful with ferns. Easy to grow in deep shade, too. You could also look for some purple leaved plants to mix in to the creeping Jenny. Maybe loropetalum, Purple Pixie (two feet by two feet). It is also evergreen. Your home is lovely.
just wanted to say I wonder if anyone other than a southerner would know the word 'stoop.' love it. haven't heard that word in a while. in new orleans everyone had a front stoop.
i also love your green shutters and hardware, looks like what i had in louisiana, built custom from cypress.
your house is lovely. i think daylillies would look great there and maybe some sage. even herbs. if it gets georgia sun after 12 noon, i think that is plenty sun. carpet roses. you would need a contrasting color from the yellow so i think red roses or lillies or purple sage. you can keep the pretty ferns and put the other flowers in clumps so as not to totally obstruct the background. a bench would also be nice. mexican heather is pretty too and low growing, with small purple flowers. we grew in louisiana and mom grows on gulf coast but not sure it would be perennial in atlanta area.
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The Action Figure and Toy Collecting and Discussion Thread!
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That's cool you know who these figures are and buy them, man! My FYE doesn't have any of the brand new, online-exclusive Vintage figures like the Old Republic Trooper (not at the moment, anyways) and that's a great score....along with the Emperor's Royal Guard it's the most desired figure from that wave.
Well done.
I'll have to look up that book and give it a read....thanks!
My FYE has some toys and figures near the back of the store. It's pretty cool, despite their insane prices.
I haven't given the trooper to her yet, but I'll try to get the picture I sent her of it on the board. I took it with my cell phone, so later I'll email it to myself and try to post it here.
The trooper has a really awesome gun, and he has to hold it like a mini-gun, a'la Jessie Ventura from
or T-800 from
Here's the Amazon listing for that book
. I wanted to write about here, although it's not a figure. It doesn't quite deserve it's own thread on the science fiction section, but it's guaranteed to bring a smile to any fan.
Savor the fruit of life, my young friends. It has a sweet taste when it's fresh from the vine. But don't live too long... The taste turns bitter... after a time.
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Cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities is currently approximately $175 million and reflect first quarter cash outflows related to the Pentech final settlement (approximately $66 million), the re-purchase of $2.5 million face value of Par's convertible debentures at a discount, and the second quarter purchase of Nascobal B12 Nasal Spray (approximately $55 million).
Product and Pipeline Update
On March 31, 2009, Strativa Pharmaceuticals acquired the worldwide rights to Nascobal(R) B12 Nasal Spray and anticipates re-launching the product with its expanded salesforce in late June. Nascobal is the first and only once-weekly FDA approved prescription vitamin B12 supplement indicated to treat vitamin B12 deficiency. In conjunction with the acquisition of Nascobal, Par acquired certain manufacturing assets from MDRNA and assumed operating leases at the facility where the product is manufactured.
In early April, Strativa filed its NDA for ondansetron orally dissolving film strip with the FDA. If approved, ondansetron ODFS could launch by mid-2010.
BioAlliance Pharma, Strativa's development partner for Loramyc(R), recently held a meeting with the FDA and based on this meeting, will resubmit the NDA in the second quarter. If approved, Strativa could launch Loramyc in the second half of 2010.
Par successfully launched alprazolam ODT, a generic version of Niravam(R), during the first quarter, and was the exclusive supplier of the product during the period. Niravam had $9.2 million in annual sales in 2008 according to IMS Health.
Par recently announced that it settled its patent litigation with Reliant Pharmaceuticals over Rythmol(R) SR. Under terms of the settlement, Par will have the right to introduce a generic version of Rythmol
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Saturday, March 28: FMRiot w/ special guest Moe Shea
We want your band!
We are always looking for new bands with a following in Lowertown. The Hat Trick Lounge provides an intimate performance experience. We feature an eclectic mix of jazz, rock, folk-Americana, funk, world-music, bluegrass. Join us...
Hat Trick Schedule:
Saturday, March 28: FMRiot w/ special guest Moe Shea
Saturday, April 4: Rocks Off
Friday, April 10: Scrapegoat w/Skin and Bones
Saturday, April 11: Tim Gabdan and friends
Friday, April 17: You Oughta Know opening with The Big Strong Man (80s and 90s)
Saturday, April 18: Zach Pietrini & the Broken Bones w/Almighty American
Saturday, April 25: Gaslighters Union, Spring Fling!
Saturday, May 2: Patrick Giblin Band
Friday, May 8: Shoop!
Saturday, May 9: Fast Eddy
Friday, May 15: (PRIVATE PARTY) Mello Encredible
Saturday, May 16: No Limits - The B Side Band
Friday, May 22: Ashley Hall
Saturday, May 23: Ain't no Jok
June 25 - 27: Lowertown Jazz Festival - http://www.hotsummerjazz.com/
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The Real Damson?
Maybe 1 of these two trees are the real Damson? One of them has fruit and has for a few years. They're never any good just small hard marbles, although they do get bigger with each successive year.
The other has never fruited, nor flowered for that matter. I was just looking at their leaves and I'm thinking they're not even the same tree. I had studied them before and at that time I had thought they looked the same...not now. They are indeed similar, but there are pronounced differences that I think goes beyond normal variation.
One thing I'm certain, at the very least the non-fruiting one gets the axe.
whole tree photo (the one with fruit)
The non fruiting tree's leaves are narrower with far shallower serrations at the tip, lighter green in color and the tree overall is less vigorous. Both are in the same soil and have access to the same amount of water, nutrients etc
BIG QUESTION: Is the fruiting tree a Damson?
What colour is the fruit when ripe?
I said on your other thread, Appleseed, that Damson isn't a cultivar. It is a subset of plums. There are numerous cultivars of Damson. Most are small and elliptical, not round. The flesh is greeny yellow. You can compare 5 varieties here:
Here is a link that might be useful: Damsons
Yeah...I know floral. I told fruitnut wrong. I actually knew that, but had forgotten about the different cultivars of Damson.
The Damsons here are purple when ripe as pictured from the vendor and on Wikipedia. Damson gin is popular in your country (or was years ago) I understand, is also deep purple as is the jam/jelly I've seen.
Appleseed, that's what my Damsons look like before they ripen. Here in Virginia, zone 7, they would normally be ripe now. And there would have been early ripe plums dropping from the top of the tree weeks prior.
Unfortunately, for the first time in the five years I have lived here, this tree didn't bear any fruit. I think a freeze hit the blossoms, but honestly, I wasn't keeping track.
Here is a photo of my leaves. Something feasted on this tree.
In America, Damson is not a class of plums but a specific one- at least as far as Adams and other commercial nurseries are concerned. The tree was purchased in America and produced by an American nursery so it would likely be an "American" Damson. The only other Damson listed in Fruit, Nut and Berry Inventory is called French Damson. This is a pretty good reference as far as what's commercially propagated in the U.S. so you can be sure any other Damson type is pretty rare.
Those don't look like Damson to me- not round enough. I'm spraying a site tomorrow with 3 Damsons I planted that I purchased from Adams County Nursery. I'll take a look at them to make sure (they are loaded with fruit). Easier to identify ripe ones.
Harvestman - if that's the case I'll back out of the conversation because we have several named Damsons here and they are nearly all elliptical. I think that I'm trying to talk about a different fruit. Konrad's look just like what I would recognise as a Damson shape. They are a definite Autumn fruit not ripening until September /October. Contrast this with my Cambridge Gage which is ripening right now.
Appleseed, Damson Gin and Sloe Gin are common.
Here is a link that might be useful: A classic Damson
Floral thanks so much for the picture. That is the plum I want to grow. I looks similar to my Italian prune plum but it makes a far better jam.
This is a picture of my Italian plum
There is a plum close to the center of the picture, they are hidden by leaves. Mrs. G
H'man...what floral just said "sloes"...that's what I was trying to think of yesterday. I weirdly thought it was used in a turn of phrase...instead it was the English alternative to Damsons for imparting flavor into gins. A Brit told me they grow wild everywhere in the UK in hedgerows.
Appleseed - you got the wrong end of the stick there. Sloe is not an alternative word for Damson. It is an entirely different species - Prunus spinosa. It is a wide spread native hedging plant as your source told you. The fruit is very small and extremely sour. Both Damsons and Sloes are used for flavouring gin - here - which is where I am talking about. The photo shows a Sloe hedge just prior to bloom. You can see why it makes a good stock proof barrier.
I don't have the wrong end of anything floral. The issue at hand is that you need to work on reading comprehension. I never said alternative WORD...I just said alternative. Then you go on to school me using nearly the exact words I had just spoke to Harvestman.Now look floral, before you go busting out with the wonders of the British Isles ...and her majesty's long and storied history of gin manufacture...I don't care. At least I don't care to hear it from you.
Just like the lichen issue with beedie...your reply never even addressed that. YOU read things that were never there.
There...is that the American attitude you were referring to? Perhaps a little inward attitude examination may be in order.
That's the 3rd time in less than 24 hours you've told me I was wrong because you simply don't read well, or are so anxious to tell me I'm wrong that you jump to conclusions. Yesterday you even followed me onto different thread to tell me you had posted on the other thread that I was wrong. I and everyone else already knew that, I had acknowledged it already captain obvious.
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My Name Is Not Robert
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There was a bandage on his leg, and he said he had been treated at the hospital earlier that night. He told the officer he was homeless and showed him hospital identification, which gave his name, Kerry Sanders, and date of birth. The officer asked whether he had ''any business'' at the hospital.
''No, sir,'' Sanders answered.
Bentley then cited Sanders for trespassing and radioed the information to a police dispatcher. Up came two warrants under the name Sanders with the birth date of June 25, 1966. One was for Kerry Sanders, for failing to appear at a hearing over a jaywalking ticket in Los Angeles. The other was for Robert Sanders, an escaped felon from New York; it advised ''caution.''
The warrants listed each man as African-American. Robert Sanders was described as 5 foot 8, 175 pounds and a native of New York City. He had scars on both arms. Kerry Sanders was described as 5 foot 6 and 155 pounds. He had one scar on his left arm.
Bentley said in a recent interview that when he asked Sanders if he used any other names, he responded, ''Yes -- Terry and Robert.'' ''I asked him whether he was the Robert Sanders they were looking for in New York,'' Bentley said, ''and he looked me straight in the eye and said, 'Yes, I am.''' But in his police report, Bentley listed only ''Terry'' under nicknames and made no mention of the exchange about New York.
Bentley told his superiors that he suspected Kerry Sanders was the fugitive Robert Sanders. The case was turned over to the Los Angeles Police Department, and at 11:56 a.m. Kerry Sanders was arrested and booked as Robert Sanders. The booking sheet included Kerry's physical characteristics -- his height and weight, his right thumb print, the scar on his left arm -- and Robert's birthplace and fugitive warrant number.
Within 24 hours, Kerry Sanders's extradition was approved. Within two weeks, he was in the New York State correctional system, answering to the name Robert as well as his own, a confused response that would have devastating results.
A man incapable of making his own breaks, Sanders never got one along the way. In Los Angeles, he was not given the required screening that could have revealed his poor mental state. Police and corrections officials in Los Angeles and New York never noticed that the photographs of the two men did not match -- nor that Robert had multiple tattoos, while Kerry had only a small one on his hand. No one saw that the jaywalking ticket Kerry Sanders received in Los Angeles on July 14, 1993, was issued while Robert Sanders was serving a three-to-nine-year prison term more than 2,800 miles away.
No one ever compared the two men's fingerprints and matched them through the vast national computer database. Had they been checked, a routine law enforcement practice when a felony suspect is apprehended, it could have taken just hours to show that Kerry was the wrong man.
Instead, he found himself in the Municipal Court of Los Angeles the next day, stuck in a holding tank with dozens of other prisoners awaiting hearings. He was assigned a deputy public defender, Stanley I. Efron, who met briefly with him, encouraging him not to fight extradition. Efron said in an interview that he examined the warrant and noticed the physical discrepancies between the two men. But he found them to be innocuous, so he asked his client whether he was Robert Sanders from New York. ''Yes,'' Kerry replied. Efron explained that if he fought extradition, he would only prolong his stay in the county jail before being returned to New York anyway. He said Kerry agreed to sign a waiver.
In his own records, the public defender summarized his meeting with Kerry Sanders this way: ''Admits ID. Can't bail. Wants to waive.'' Efron left blank the other sections on the form for information about the defendant's family, pending cases, prior record and financial status. Efron, 58, who has worked for 30 years in the public defender's office, said Kerry ''answered all the questions, and I was convinced he was the guy.''
It was one of four extradition cases the public defender handled that morning, and he remembered Kerry as being subdued and slow. ''I had to explain things to him more than once,'' Efron recalled. But he said Kerry's behavior did not set off any alarm bells, nor did the events that followed.
When Efron gave Kerry copies of the waiver, which began, ''I, Robert Sanders, do hereby freely and voluntarily state that I am the identical Robert Sanders,'' he signed them ''Kerry Sanders'' and drew doodles all over one copy. The case then moved to Judge Abraham A. Khan, who stopped the proceeding after Kerry said he hadn't even read the form.
''Did you sign it?'' Judge Khan asked.
''Yeah,'' Kerry replied.
''Why did you sign it?''
''Because they told me to sign it.''
Khan had the public defender review the form again with his client. Within minutes, both said it had been read and understood. ''The court is satisfied,'' Khan said, moving on.
Kerry's fate now belonged to New York, and on Oct. 20, Sgt. Joseph H. Badstein Jr. and another state correctional officer picked up their prisoner in Los Angeles. It was raining late that night when Kerry, shackled in leg irons, handcuffs, a waist chain and black lockbox, arrived with the two officers at the Downstate Correctional Facility in Fishkill, N.Y., a processing center for inmates. The watch commander wrote in his logbook: ''11:04 p.m. Received absconder from Fulton C.F. Sanders, Robert #90 A 8885.'' He was issued an inmate ID card, which he signed ''Kerry Sanders.'' The corrections department typed ''Kerry Sanders'' into the name line as well. He was taken to the infirmary, given a delousing shower and examined by a nurse, Linda A. Rohling. Within 15 minutes, she concluded that he might be mentally ill. Sanders ''claims past psych history,'' Rohling wrote. He had been taking Haldol, an antipsychotic drug, and Cogentin, which was given to alleviate the physical side effects of Haldol. ''Last dose five months ago,'' she noted.


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Hoping someone here can help. We recently bought this older home. The front entrance as you can see is terrible. What should we do with the colors of the front door and also any suggestions on what to do with the "concrete step".
can you post a picture of the whole house, with a view from the street?
It is hard to suggest anything without seeing the whole place.
Lack of significant window trim makes the window appear naked. I don't know if there is a way, other than shutters, to put up more substantial (3 -4") window trim. Both doors need to be refinished or replaced. I would refinish and paint them semi-gloss black to give them more prominence - do the window ledges in black too. I would remove the evergreen and put in a pretty tree at the corner, at an adequate distance from the house. Put in a nice round evergreen or a perennial bed to the right of the steps. Or else move the evergreen to the middle of that wall and add some flowers to both sides. I would paint the roof trim a contrasting color, not white or red, maybe a green? Do as already suggested with the porch: scrape it down and tile over it- don't forget the sides of it. Replace the railing with something more substanial, either black iron or wood. Build a removable box to cover the utility stuff. Maybe the box can support a pot of flowers.
I agree about prioritizing a new roof - the existing one is quite tired and kind of drags the house down, as well as being a potential leak hazard which can cause significant interior damage. (With snow loads like those, you need a roof rake to avoid ice-damming and leaks!)
If you can't afford to totally redo the front steps (after paying for a roof LOL), patch up the chipped-off chunk and paint with textured concrete-patio paint. Not a really long-term solution, especially if you have to use salt for ice removal, but it'll get you by for a while. Love the idea of veneering the steps with natural stone or porcelain (a slate look would be very nice with the brick, especially if it has some brick-colored streaks in it) when you can afford to do so, especially if the existing brick walkway were to be removed and continued with the material used on the steps.
Paint the front door a dark green or darkish, slightly grayed blue to contrast with the brick, perhaps with a taupe/beige trim around the window. Maybe taupe/beige for the screen door. Replace the worn hardware with a slightly antiqued brass like Emtek's French Antique.
The mailbox and light fixture definitely have to go. Although your house isn't a bungalow, look at some of the Craftsman-style lighting out there because you can mimic the low roofline of the house - repeating elements makes a more cohesive look. I'd suggest a slightly antiqued brass like Rejuvenation's Brushed Brass - their Lowell/Williams (two sizes of the same light) and McKenzie are good ones to look at. Yes, they're rather expensive, but the quality is amazing. Especially in harsh climates, cheap lighting looks cheap and cheesy fast.
The "Welcome" sign on the door is a little too cutesy and country-style for the house and blocks the window. Get a welcome mat instead, if you must express the sentiment in print rather than attitude. :-)
A larger and more interesting set of house numbers to the left of the large window would be more visible from the street. Look at address plaques and try to tie it back into the door color.
The railing definitely needs replacing but I'm not 100% certain with what. Where I live any stoop/porch with three steps requires a handrail, check your local building-code compliance department to see if this is the case in your municipality. I'm thinking maybe just something plain but chunkier may work nicely - something like this?
Plant evergreens and perennials (as well as annuals if you don't mind the work) around the steps themselves. If you use something low-growing right in front of the (gas?) meter and something taller directly to the right of it, the meter will be disguised but still accessible to the meter reader. I'd also put a planter of flowers or a small evergreen in that dead spot next to the door.
An unsolicited longer-term suggestion - when you can, think about repainting the foundation to a slightly darker value of the brick color, or a deep warmish gray. The white foundation makes the house look like it's floating. Also, consider repainting the white trim to something like a camel color, since the white is too contrasty with the brick and accentuates the smallness of the windows on the front of the house. Another repainting thought is to try to match the gutter downspout to the brick color so it isn't as "in your face" - aluminum guttering can be painted easily.
Why not think about tearing out the concrete mess. Replace it with a nice wooden porch and handrail facing to the street. Change the area under the P/W to a pretty flower garden, perhaps some evergreens.
Yeah, you'll have to move the meter. Just an idea.
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Vince Makins rubbed the bridge of his nose with frustration.
"You mean you want my men to go into the heart of the most dangerous terrorist organization known to man while they're being distracted by the most dangerous species in the galaxy whom is mopping the floor with the best men in the Confederate armed forces?"
"No. I mean I want your sub-human trash to go into a petty rebel group while they're being distracted by the second most dangerous species in the galaxy whom is busy mopping the floor with the last generation of old veteran soldiers who were born to buy your slum-grown hides time in order to do what you need to for humanity."
Vince grunted. The corruption in the confederacy was beginning to be less and less deniable. Makins didn't care though. He actually liked it. As long as he was on top, which he would be. For now, though, it's time to show them who's the sub-human slum-grown piece of trash.
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I sat in silence on the transport, pulling out one of the cigs I'd been given back and putting it in my mouth. I wait a moment before lighting it, looking everyone over. "Seems we've all been thrown in the grinder again. How y'all holdin' up?"
Natalie threw a glance at Hank before resuming her blank stare at her boots. She wasn't in the mood to talk. A small part of her died in that cell. Yet another broken promise. One month. One month he said. After the third month, Natalie expected to die an old women in a cell. The thought haunted her dreams for months. It began to change her. Reform her. It was subtle enough for her own conscience to disregard, but if she were honest, she knew being caged like an animal wasn't how she was going to go. She would go clinically insane before then.
And the others? Screw them. Screw them all. They were just another reminder of the Xenomorphs that still haunt her blinking eyes. Just another reminder of the pain Brock's near death caused her, and the anxiety of not knowing whether he had ever lived for the last few months. Just another reminder of her stupidity. How she actually kissed him. For what? Saving his own @$$? They were stuck unless she lived, that's why he did all those things for her. Everything else was just her being Naive. And to think it took her four months with nothing but four walls and her thoughts to come to that conclusion? It put a scowl on her face now.
Brock Tailor had been moved to a less secure prison on Tarsonis, only three hours away from the government buildings of Tarsonis City, where Vince Makins lived. They spoke a twice during the past four months. One was after Brock woke up, the other was recently, after giving him the overview of the Pig's next mission.
A few things came into perspective for Brock over the past few months of hospitalization, then imprisonment. His friends. Or more accurately, the lack thereof. Brock realized he had nothing and nobody. His life was completely empty. His fellow comrades were all he had left. It was in those four walls of his cell where he waited anxiously to fight for the War Pigs. He wanted to fight for Natalie. But most importantly, he wanted to fight for the solders standing at his shoulders.
Fighting alone was like living alone because life was fighting for Brock. He would no longer accept defeat. He would no longer think about leaving anybody behind. His only goal was comradeship.
Frowning at the lack of response, I sigh and light up, putting the lighter into my pocket and taking a long drag on the cig, letting the smoke out slowly. In the four months that I'd been in my cell, I'd gone over the things we'd seen on that cruiser over and over again, when I wasn't imagining the many ways a PO could die. After the second week of the first month it became apparent that they'd be in Folsom for longer than a month, it was in the way the guards regarded them and treated them. I ever get my hands on Makins...oh, the way he's gonna scream will make hell seem like a vacation resort.
Shaking my head to focus again, I begin reviewing the creatures on the ship. The hound like one had, in reflection of the memory of me landing on it's head, had some kind of wings on it's back, though I'd only gotten a brief look so I still wasn't sure. Then the claws on the snake one; they'd cut through the steel door like it was made of paper. Still, they seemed as killable as anything else. Finally my thoughts drifted to the one thing I didn't want to think about, or person as it may be. Natalie Ross.
Glancing at her, I shake my head before taking another drag then pulling out my kukri and a whetstone, the sound of me sharpening my knife filling the transport with a slight rasping sound. Why had I taken that second spike to the a$$ for her? It wasn't like she was in any real danger at that point, as small as a target as she was. My CMC covered a$$ was all the target it needed if that was the case. Still, there had to be a reason... I mulled the thought over in my mind as I alternated between drags on my cig and the continued sharpening of my knife, killing time as the transport flew on.
Alison sits calm and collected as ever, but there's a barely leashed energy about her, much like an attack dog straining it's leash. The past months have driven Alison stir-crazy. Looking over at Hank, She glares at the cig in his mouth;
"Would you kindly put that damn thing out? They drive me !@#$ing crazy."
Alison says flatly.
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I sigh and just glare at the floor between my feet. My 230 had been repaired and I was back in it but I still wish I'd gotten a newer armor. Fekking as$ left us in there for four fekking months! He gets a bullet between his fekking eyes next time he pulls something like this. I had my BOSUN in my grasp with the stock on the floor and barrel up past my shoulder. I'd gotten depressed and reclusive over the past months and although we were getting some more action I just sort of wanted to sit.
I look around at the others gathered in the shuttle. "So ... why does everyone seem so ... morose?" I say a bit nervously but trying to lighten the mood. I was in my newish CMC-300 painted as a medic should be.
OOC: assuming we are back in armor ... if not ... will edit
"I'm Carah. And I guess that explains why I'm just joining you all." I accept Alison's hand and give it a good shake. I hadn't realized that the last four months I'd been in prison had been because the pigs weren't active.
"Yeah I am." I say pulling out my med kit and checking over the limited supplies I'd been issued.
I look up and give Alison a questioning look before shaking my head and returning to checking my supplies.
OOC: Be sure to give a good post about character development that's happened over the past few months even though I'm moving on. Also realize your character's reaction might not be anger towards Vince. Get creative! Brock actually had a positive change in the last four months! Be sure to tell me though, it's a huge part in character development and I'm interested in your guys' characters.
Also remember this could be a core moment in a character's life. He could reflect upon it later, giving you, the writer, a lot of power. You can expound on it now, then your character can reflect with hindsight.
@Morph: Sorry, you have no CMC yet.
The shuttle docked in the same garrison space station as before. The shuttle doors opened and the ramp dropped. A squadron of ten armed CMC plated guards were waiting to escort the Pigs into the briefing room, as instructed by Vince Makins.
Brock had already arrived and was waiting in a small holding cell with his hands holding each other. He stared at the floor waiting to see his men. His future. He waited to see Natalie and the others whom he would dedicate his life to serving. Or would he?
I sheath the knife back on my hip and stand up, looking at the guards. "You know, we aren't going to pull anything. One guide is more than enough." Ignoring Alison, I take another drag and step down, shaking my head in annoyance. Really, what's a bunch of unarmored and mostly unarmed ex-cons gonna do in a facility full of fully armed and armored soldiers? Looking around, I reflect some on the realization that I'd come to have when I wasn't throttling Makins or reviewing my experience with the xenos.
Everyone of us who'd stepped off that transport was considered a con and filth by the Confederacy and standard soldiers, but to each other, we were almost like family. Granted, if that was the case, we were probably the most dysfunctional family you'll ever meet, but we always have each others backs and were willing to get hurt for one another if it meant saving their life. I rub my left cheek absentmindedly and wince slightly. Can't believe that still hurts... I couldn't forget how I'd gotten the bloody wound, and that was protecting Natalie, a member of this dysfunctional family. If that wasn't showing loyalty to the Pigs, I didn't know what was.
OOC: awe ... I'll make appropriate edits in a bit. Carah will still have her medical supplies though ... and as for development ... don't expect anything 'good' from the pigs especially not Bianca ... they were betrayed and sent back to the hell hole they were taken out of when they could have gone just about ANYWHERE else and have been fine probably ....
I get up and exit the shuttle pushing the one marine that dared to get too close away with enough force to almost make him/her fall over. The rest could tell that I wasn't in a mood that would be good for their health if they dared to try and get in my way. I move a short distance out side of the little cluster of marines and wait glaring daggers at them.
I walk down the ramp of the shuttle and wait to be escorted to where ever we were going.
Something dark and angry flickers behind Alison's eyes as Hank ignores him before quickly being smothered out. Taking a breath, Alison gets to her feet, usual non-expression in place as she walks down the ramp.
Thane, people usually don't come out of a (relatively) unwarranted 4 month prison stay looking at the bright side of things.
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I quickly get up from my seat and head down the ramp wanting to get out of the small shuttle. I wanted to be done with small enclosed spaces, the last four months were hell especially after landing myself into solitary for last two of the four.
"Damn I could really use a patch right now...." I say barely loud enough for everyone to hear.
Rob's movements off the tram seemed jittery. He exited the vehicle a little too quickly, nearly bumping into a couple teammates. Spending so long in a cell made him anxious.
"Good to see your faces! Well most of you. Some of you ah... could use a little touching up. You know we do have mirrors in our prison cells, there's really no excuse. Or at least I did.... Your faces are at least... erm.. mostly friendly though!"
Rob kept up the light chatter, joking around like his usual self, but it was no use. They all knew what had happened. Four months. More moments of their life had been forcefully taken and nothing would ever get them back. They had been lied to about their freedom, lied to about the mission, lied to again about their imprisonment, and then stabbed in the back. Two of their comrades had died, and their Captain's status had been completely unknown during all this time.
Any other team would have gone crazy.
Heck, Rob himself did. Just a little, but it was there. That creeping tinge of madness began in the back of his mind. He felt it, in every involuntary jitter, every twitch of his eye, he was getting closer and closer to snapping. Prison did that to him. Nothing, nothing to do but watch a slate wall. No paintings, no windows, no posters or television, there was no evidence of any type of stimulation at all. Just time. Lots of time to reflect on every single one of his mistakes.
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Overlord Minions brings the Overlord franchise onto the Nintendo DS platform. In Minions, you control a team of four minions...
ZX Spectrum (1988)
Overlord: The Invasion 6th June 1944 is a turn-based war game based on Operation Overlord: the Allies' invasion of German-occupied...
TurboGrafx-16 (1991) and Wii (2007)
Override is a vertically-scrolling shooter in which the player controls a fighter craft on a mission to stop an alien...
Amiga (1990), Commodore 64 (1989) and Apple II (1989)
Overrun! offers meticulous simulation of late twentieth-century squad-level action in European and Middle Eastern terrain. Players command a battalion of...
Jupiter Ace (1983)
Overtaker + Brands Hatch is a double game pack that contains two top view driving games. The games are:Overtaker: The...
Game Boy Advance (2006)
In this game, based on the Dreamworks movie of the same name, players control RJ the raccoon and Verne the...
Nintendo DS (2006)
Over the Hedge: Hammy Goes Nuts! is a single-player top-down view touch screen game. The animals meet a new friend...
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