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OK, folks, what's the secret? I have had msierable luck with weigelia and I Have 5 colors of it coming into bloom including white for a wedding tomorrow. How do you post- treat it after cutting so the flowers don't turn brown? (I know, I Should have asked this a few days ago) Do the flowers have to be fully open, just opening or does it make a difference? I am assuming I should cut into warm water with flower food.
Anyone tried cutting wisteria on the vines? I have a gorgeous white perfumed one that I would like to twine brances of up a bare tree for the wedding. (Mine needs serious pruning anyhow!)
I have a pink one. I had never cut it before this year. So, I cut two branches; one had two open, the other had 1/2 or more open. I just cut them into water and split the stems on the end. The one that only had a few florets open is looking great. The other one looks like it's on it's last legs. I did not use any preservatives at all in either one.
I have a white one, too, and will try the same thing with it. Hopefully, I will have the same results.
I have never cut wisteria, so no help there.
I did cut the white weigelia with open flowers into warm treated water and they held up grea tthis time including being hauled in a pickup for 3 miles- (kept under 20 mph!) to the wedding. THe Wisteria lost a lot of its flowers in handling but stil had enough to twine gloriously and smell heavenly!
I have discovered that weigelia needs the flowers mostly open to hold up. So treating it as I do my other woodies worked this time. Perhaps the earlier times when I had such failures with it were when it was not open yet or too mature when cut. The white does tend to turn brown within about 3 days so not terribly good for sales but fine for a wedding. Will use more of it this weekend. NOt my deep pink is in full bloom.


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Well, I have read Markowitz and Shariff's article and although I am broadly sympathetic with their "six psychological strategies" listed in Table 2 I think that we are facing a very big hurdle. It has been now a few decades in which a relentless individualistic push coming mainly from American neoliberal economic philosophy has de-sensitised a big chunk of the Western world from an empathic approach to the common good. Sadly, the only way to really start rebuilding that sense of empathy is through a common tragedy. One way to experience the common tragedy is to do nothing in terms of our contribution to climate change and then act when things really start biting. The danger with that is that it could be a bit too late to avoid some major human tragedy. So I suggest to use a proxy disaster to increase the level of global empathy, in a way that it can also translate into greater sensitivity to AGW. The "best" proxy disaster that we have got at the moment is the international financial crisis. A re-structuring of the economic and financial dynamics of the world, perhaps starting from the USA and the EU, with the backing of China, may spur a renewed interest for sustainable development. If the idea of sustainable development gets in through an economic door, it may then quickly also open the environmental and political door.....


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I guess I am officially addicted to growing citrus now. I have just acquired a Meyer Lemon that is basically a stick about 11" tall with four leaves - it's a long story. It is not grafted. I say it does not have a graft because there were several sticks coming up from the "soil" when I rescued it rather than one rootstock. The others were dead. I teased apart the roots while gently washing and got the roots for this one. The pot it was rescued from did have the nursery tag stating it is a Meyer. I potted it in 5:1:1 and am keeping it out of full sun because it is on shaky ground. The roots did not look bad when I potted it. There was one branch with a small lemon on it but I pruned it off because I don't think that the "tree" could support that fruit. What do I do now? I will use Foliage Pro and vinegar and it is in a fast draining mix. I would like to grow a long straigt main trunk and then encourage growth up top. I did stake it and it is straight. How can I encourage growth in height and diameter and help keep this pitiful stick alive. ANY tips would be appreciated.
You can encourage the tree to grow up by pruning the side shoots off the trunk and leaving only the ones that grow up. Time is really the best way to increase the trunk diameter, and it can go even faster if you can put the tree in the ground. Just keep the roots moist and in the shade for a few weeks and you should be fine.
mksmith, thanks for the info. There was one side shoot which I removed it when I brought it home. It is literally a stick with 5 leaves. I will keep it in the shade and monitor moisture as you suggested.


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See 60 Lowry paintings in a row and deep melancholy sets in – wherever you're from
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I'd better establish my Northern credentials first of all – somewhat dog-eared and faded after three decades living in London but authentic for all that. I was born in Keighley, within sight of numerous factory chimneys (some of which were still actually smoking at the time) and educated in Lancaster, in a grammar school surrounded by red-brick terraces which had been turned a dark dried-blood by coal smoke. All my family come from Yorkshire and my wife grew up in Preston – which might be regarded as taking the whole Northern roots thing a bit too far. And when I drive up the M1 I don't think I've got even close to North until we're past Sheffield. If liking LS Lowry is a question of geographical destiny I think I'm pretty well qualified.
Liking LS Lowry hasn't got anything to with geography, of course – though you wouldn't necessarily know it from some of the mutterings that have surrounded Tate Britain's new exhibition of the artist's work. The gallery's previous neglect of the artist, it was suggested, sprang from Southern metropolitan snobbery. So although the gallery owned quite a few Lowry paintings these spent most of their time in storage. Only now, the implication runs, is Tate Britain putting things right with a show devoted to Lowry as an artist of stature, not just popularity. And the point of me starting with my pedigree is that I don't much like LS Lowry – and I just want to make it clear that it's got nothing to do with regional resentments.
I think I'd have to concede that a kind of snobbery is involved though. It certainly isn't that I mind Lowry's Northern-ness. And it isn't either that I mind his popularity. It's just that, having walked round the Tate Britain show, I can't fully understand it. What is it about these paintings that makes them crowd-pleasers? Oddly there's the occasional sign that the curators of the Tate show, TJ Clark and Anne Wagner, feel the same way. "The effect is grimly leaden," reads the descriptive label on one industrial landscape. Quite so – though I wouldn't use the phrase as praise myself, as they seem to be doing at this point. It's almost as if – in an inverted expression of the same snobbery that leads some people to be sniffy about Lowry – they're trying to put people off.
They are half-right, I think. Because the odd thing about these paintings, so often presented as warmly human and inclusive in their outlook, is their muted misanthropy. People, for Lowry, don't really seem to exist except as a decorative spatter on a municipal wilderness. They don't really have a life of their own, these individual figures – as every individual vividly does in a newsreel from the time. They're there as a kind of sociological abstraction – the working population. And that flat, white, polluted light that Lowry is so fond of spreads virtually undifferentiated from sky to foreground. And from painting to painting. See one and the vision is undeniably striking. See 60 in a row and a deep melancholy begins to set in. Lowry wasn't painting what he saw, you realise. He was painting the only thing he really could.
That way of putting it needn't be entirely damning. Some very great artists have become locked into one compulsive vision and made great work. But there is a less flattering interpretation of those words which sees the artist retreating safely within the bounds of his or her capacity. I think that's what you see in the Lowry show – a man sticking with a formula that he knows how to handle.
It's impossible to look at these paintings – with a very few exceptions – and think, "I bet he didn't know what he was going to end up with when he started this". The paintings aren't an expedition to somewhere new, just a return trip to somewhere known. And if that strikes you as snobbish, put it down to aesthetics and not geography.
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Sliding a DVD into the player the other night I experienced an unexpected sensation. It all felt a bit retro – I had to wait for something with gears and cogs to pull the disc back into the machine. And I don't think things would have been substantially different if it had been a Blu-ray disc. It was the physicality of the thing that suddenly seemed dated. I guess it's because virtually every TV company has now gone over to streamed previews, but it's also been exacerbated by the recent purchase of an Apple TV box (after a long campaign of filial nagging). How long before we start to feel nostalgic about swiping a touch-screen?
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Sion Pantheon
Teemo, Cassiopia
Jean Never Wins
blitz alistar
Splendid Cake
J4 and Pantheon. 2 large, buff men will vigorously thrust their spears into you.
blitz thresh
Bison Slayer
What about fiddlesticks annie? Fiddlesticks brings cc AND lowers their MR while annie has an aoe stun and nice burst. At that point you're pretty much maker the adc's life hell. Either they have to build a ton of MR/QSS early or just have a frustrating game.
ITT we assume that the maximum number of people allowed in a lane is 2.
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CARGAL, Harry D. Harry D. Cargal age 83 passed away May 11, 2013 from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Formerly of Duluth, GA, Mr. Cargal was residing at the GA War Veteran's Home in Milledgeville, GA. Mr. Cargal served in the U. S.
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Hackers Not Behind Facebook, Instagram Outage, Says Facebook
Social media users were in for a surprise on Monday evening when social networking giant Facebook and its photo-sharing platform Instagram experienced a temporary outage that left millions of users unable to access their accounts.
For roughly 40 minutes, users across the globe had issues accessing Facebook and Instagram. Instagram said it was aware of the outage in a tweet, which was later deleted:
"We're aware of an outage affecting Instagram and are working on a fix. Thank you for your patience."
Other sites reportedly affected during the outage include dating app Tinder and instant messaging app HipChat.
If you were attempting to refresh your favorite platforms and didn't have much luck, this was the reason. Of course, there was no shortage of commentary on the outage since many took to Twitter to weigh in on the issue.
Facebook and Instagram are down. Is everyone OK? Lol!
— Monique Frausto (@BLOGSbyLATINAS) January 27, 2015
So, what was behind the service breach? While hacker group Lizard Squad, which has been connected with other high-profile attacks, tweeted messages implying they'd been behind the outages, Facebook denies those claims.
Facebook, Instagram, Tinder, AIM, Hipchat #offline #LizardSquad
— Lizard Squad (@LizardMafia) January 27, 2015
"This was not the result of a third-party attack but instead occurred after we introduced a change that affected our configuration systems," Facebook said in a statement. "We moved quickly to fix the problem, and both services are back to 100 per cent for everyone."
Based in New York City, Janel Martinez is a multimedia journalist who covers technology and entrepreneurship. She is the founder of "Ain't I Latina?" an online destination geared toward Afro-Latinas. You can follow her up-to-the-minute musings on Twitter @janelmwrites.
Tags:facebook, Instagram, social media, social media networks, tinder
#BringBackOurGirls, Ice Bucket Challenge, And More Selfies: The Social Roundup of 2014
Each year the social media waves become flooded with important news and things we wish didn't make headlines. Here's a look at look at some of the top stories from 2014 that made us take notice.
Can you think of any that were memorable to you?
Tags:celebrity, social media
Embracing Your Talent, Ignoring Your Vanity
My mind sometimes wonders about how some of my favorite people from the past would fit into this current world; a world that seems to value controversy over talent. The thought of some of my favorite writers, painters, activists, and leaders stopping what they were doing to take a selfie, or hashtagging pictures of their meals with the caption "#foodporn" is funny, but also sad to me.
In this world of popcorn fame that seems to value looks over substance, with actual guides of how to be "Instagram Famous" it can make you feel a little poorly about yourself, society, just everything.
There was a time when personality based reality television were seen as the lowest form of entertainment (right after dog racing). People would relegate these "stars" to the d-list and lower. However, something changed. Maybe it was the shift from dating reality shows to life-based ones. Once people stopped vying for the affections of rappers and rockers and people's glamorous lives were being shown, reality television was a haven for people to be discovered.
People who were initially brought on "Bad Girls Club" to change their ways were now being offered a few thousand to do appearances, calenders, photo shoots. The need to be an upstanding person paled in comparison to the profitable road of tomfoolery. Heck, some of your favorite reality stars have multiple degrees, and aren't doing a blankity-blank thing with them.
But with the advent of Instagram and Vine, everyday people are finding their way to getting their names out there. A few pictures or short videos can allow a person to become a lucrative presence and gain followers, and if they're lucky, endorsements.
However, if you're considering following this path, can I encourage you to pursue a talent? Something that coincides with your desire to be known for something, instead of being known for your looks? The reason why I say this is because that fame is incredibly fleeting. Why? Because once you get older no one is going to care. Or better yet, when someone younger comes in, they're gonna replace you.
Why do you think some reality stars keep on doing more reality shows? Or the exact same reality show when they enter into their 30s… Just sayin'.
There are some Instagram people who are famous off of talent, along with their media personalities, like my favorites Mankofit, Maria Kang, TameikaG and others. People who were able to use their love of fitness, coupled with Instagram to inspire and help people.
This post isn't meant to down anyone, especially reality stars. It takes a lot to make yourself vulnerable to criticism, even if your behavior is completely abhorrent.
However, nurture your talent while you're also nurturing your ego, because at the end of the day that's what's going to essentially nurture you. That's what's going to allow you have longevity and a career, rather than just a name.
Now that I think about it, there have always been attention-seeking people. Along with the invention of the printing press and photography, the early age of tabloids featured people who were so popular at their time, but we don't really remember their names now. We do, however, remember the names of the people who put in work and used their talents to made an impact in one way or another. You have more to offer the world than how you look, make sure the world knows that about you.
Tags:reality stars, reality tv, social media, talent
Need To Add Social Media Items To Your Work Email? IBM Launches 'Verse'
IBM Verse: cloud-enabled & powered by IBM's analytics & advanced search http://t.co/vIu2d4dUMq #newwaytowork pic.twitter.com/eikvLfT7jU
— IBM (@IBM) November 20, 2014
International Business Machine (IBM) announced this week it's launching a new email application for businesses that merges social media, file sharing and analytics to learn a user's behavior and predict interactions with co-workers.
IBM Verse comes equipped with a personal assistant that learns from a user's behavior and drafts responses to emails based on previous interactions. Also, users have the option of turning email content into threads for blogs and social media. Verse users will reportedly be able to view relationships between different employees in an email, mute a chain and look through attachments.
Sounds good? For easy access, the interface pins your most frequent contacts, schedule and assignment lists to a dashboard.
"We came at this from the perspective that this is about changing the game, not just incremental improvements in email," Jeff Schick, IBM's general manager of social solutions, told Reuters.
IBM's enterprise mail service, known as Notes, is used by 25,000 companies worldwide, and more than 50,000 use IBM's social platform for businesses, IBM Connections, reports Reuters. The company hopes IBM Verse will eventually replace Window's popular Outlook.
The newly launched service is exciting to some and a bit scary for others. How will it impact privacy within the office?
I'm all for streamlining emails and managing my inbox efficiently, but can't help but wonder if a mistaken response made by Verse's personal assistant will result in the mishandling of a sensitive situation, or if I'll have to spend time editing responses? Most people don't have time to edit emails under a time crunch, especially since it can take more than 10 minutes hovering over one as is.
What's your take? Would you use IBM Verse? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
Based in New York City, Janel Martinez is a multimedia journalist who covers technology and entrepreneurship. She is the founder of "Ain't I Latina?" an online destination geared toward Afro-Latinas. You can follow her up-to-the-minute musings on Twitter @janelmwrites.
Tags:email, email communication, email management, IBM, social media
5 Facebook At Work Features That'll Make the Platform Worthwhile
If you've been minimizing your window thanks to your "Facebook at work habit," you may not have to do that anymore. The social media powerhouse is reportedly working on its own version of a professional site, Facebook at Work.
Rumors about the service surfaced in June when TechCrunch reporter Ingrid Lunden revealed that Facebook was working on a "business collaboration product called 'Facebook at Work.'" Then, the murmur heightened on Monday when sources close to the company confirmed the news and told Business Insider that companies are testing the product, which is in pilot mode, and could be available as soon as January for companies that sign up for the service. We know that the enterprise-focused platform reflects what Facebook employees use the social site for, everything from collaborating on documents and IM to Facebook Groups and reporting maintenance issues.
While "Facebook at Work" will compete with Google's and Microsoft's workplace products, Facebook's workplace version can work if it meets the following criteria:
Optimum security
Facebook is known to switch up its privacy policy and aggregate data, which is problematic for businesses that vow to keep employee information under lock and key. Products like Google Apps for Work, Microsoft's Yammer and Office 360 and Salesforce.com's Chatter keep internal data and communications secure, so Facebook at Work will have to do the same.
No Ad Zone
With Facebook making the majority of its revenue from advertising (a reported 62 percent in mobile advertising), many wonder if they'd place ads within their new platform. Our vote is, NO!
Separate from personal page
Most people keep their co-workers at bay when it comes to their social media life, especially Facebook. The reports indicate that users will be able to keep their personal and professional pages separate, which may be a draw for those (such as myself) unwilling to have both linked. My status update has nothing to do with the meeting proposal/update due? You get my drift.
Simple and easy collaboration
If I'm already familiar with how to use Facebook, having to use it to connect on team projects company wide and to share documents with colleagues won't be hard. For many, there won't be a learning curve since 864 million people use Facebook on average daily. "If I were to use it [Facebook at Work], real-time collaboration for projects and a live chat feature would be nice," says Ariel Lopez, tech enthusiast and founder of 2020Shift.
Ability to publish articles
Some are referring to this yet-to-be-released platform as a LinkedIn killer. Doubt it. One thing LinkedIn has implemented, and Facebook should include with its new site, is the ability to publish long-form posts. You can publish using Note on Facebook, but how cool would it be to share creative idea posts or even reflections on company events on this platform? It'll not only allow employees to share their thoughts and ideas, but an opportunity for company execs to review for ideas to implement within the company.
What features would you like to see on Facebook at Work? Let us know in the comments section below.
On Owning Your Partner And Why I Had To Unfollow Him On Instagram
I know people generally regard the Smith family as weird. And I know the recent interview Willow and Jaden just did with the New York Times, won't make things any better. But I can't help but dig them. Yeah, Willow and Jaden are certainly different. There's no denying that. But they also have a freedom that most teenagers–and hell even most adults–will never know. And while people are always pointing at Will and Jada as if they've screwed up, I think some of their philosophies have actually been rather helpful.
And not just for their children either, I know they've helped me.
Last year, as is always the case, the issue of Will and Jada's presumably open marriage came up once again. And finally, in a statement Jada said, "Will can do whatever he wants…"
It didn't help quell the rumors. Instead, for the people who believed the two had an open marriage, it confirmed it. And in an attempt to clarify, Jada took to her Facebook page, (which is full of gems by the way), to expound.
Do we believe loving someone means owning them? Do we believe that ownership is the reason someone should "behave"? Do we believe that all the expectations, conditions, and underlying threats of "you better act right or else" keep one honest and true? Do we believe that we can have meaningful relationships with people who have not defined nor live by the integrity of his or her higher self? What of unconditional love? Or does love look like, feel like, and operate as enslavement? Do we believe that the more control we put on someone the safer we are? What of TRUST and LOVE?
Should we be married to individuals who can not be responsible for themselves and their families within their freedom? Should we be in relationships with individuals who we can not entrust to their own values, integrity, and LOVE…for us???
Here is how I will change my statement…Will and I BOTH can do WHATEVER we want, because we TRUST each other to do so. This does NOT mean we have an open relationship…this means we have a GROWN one.
I read this last year. And even though I didn't think it was a lesson I needed to learn at the time, it stuck with me. Because, unbeknownst to me, I would need it later.
For years I'd been in a situationship. Everything kept us from being together in an official capacity. I mean everything: age, timing, distance, lack of trust, immaturity (on his part), dishonesty (on my part) and then eventually brokenness (on both of our parts). And so, after many years, the situationship ended…again. And though there was friendly-ish communication on social media afterward, this time the permanency felt more real.
But you know, matters of the heart. You can know something is over and still care and still want to know how that person is doing, what's going on in their life. So even though I knew it was over, I decided I would be mature enough to continue following him on social media, or the one social media outlet I still followed him on: Instagram.
I could write a whole anthology on the ways in which social media can bring madness and mayhem into the very palm of your hand.
And that's exactly what happened.
At first it was all good, I'd like the comical posts, pictures of his adorable niece, inspirational messages, life goal progress. All of that. I was so mature I had to commend myself.
And then the new boo started making appearances. At first I was lying to myself. 'Oh, maybe she's a friend.' But it wasn't long before there was a picture that was just to obvious to ignore. And when I saw it, I was shocked. Not at the relationship or the declaration of the relationship but my response to it.
I happen to know of the new boo. I went to high school with her. And though we were far from close, I always assumed she was a nice person. She always had a smile on her face and struck me as having a positive spirit.
But seeing that same smiling face on his page, I could literally feel the bile in my stomach rising up, my skin heating up and my lips turning up in both disgust and to keep any vomit from seeping out.
Just as my head was about to start spinning in Exorcist fashion, Jada's words came back to me, with an explicit instruction from God:
"Veronica, you don't own him. She's a nice girl and he has every right to move on with his life. And if you can't be happy for him, then you need to unfollow his page."
I am one of thee nosiest people in the world; and it pained me to do so, but I started unfollowing him instantly.
That was real maturity.
So Jada's words resonate with me. So many times in marriages, relationships and even situationships we feel, even if we don't admit it to ourselves, that we own the person. We like to put pretend stipulations on what they can and can't do, forgetting the very real fact that we all have our own autonomy and can all do whatever we want.
I know some of you will read Jada's comments and interpret them to mean that she allows Will to sleep with other women.
I don't see it that way.
Jada acknowledges that in her mortality, she is not enough to stop Will from doing whatever he wants to do. He's a grown man, with free will…and in his profession, plenty of access. People say it all the time, if a man is going to cheat on you, he'll find a way.
But being that she truly knows Will and subsequently married him because she knows him, she trusts that he won't do certain things. And it's not because she wields any power or control over him. It's because she trusts and believes in his own integrity and the decisions he's made for his own life.
I'll say that again. Decisions he made for himself, not because she'll leave him or divorce him or step out too, but because these are the principals that are important to him as an individual, principals which she just so happens to benefit from as his wife and mother of his children.
All that relationship advice we consume about how to keep a man and how to make sure he stays faithful, have all been simplified by Jada's words.
Instead of playing power games, learning a new move in the bedroom, giving ultimatums, sneaking through his stuff, or asking to smell his dick, choose to be with, surround yourself and even have children with men, women, people who not only possess their own sense of integrity and accountability but can actually prove they live by it. You and your relationship will be happier for it.
The Types Of Instagram Friends Every Black Woman Has
Scroll down your feed for 30 seconds and you'll find most of these Instagram friends filling up you're page. They get on our nerves, make us laugh and they're the reason we check our feed even before we get out of bed.
Your Single-est Friend
Who gives daily
hints to her single male followers helpful lessons on "how to be a good woman." Because apparently she's an expert.
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Are You Addicted To Social Media?
Okay, I know two days doesn't sound like that much of a victory, but when you eat, breathe and sleep what populates on your timeline, it can be quite a feat to be able to dismiss Facebook , Twitter and Instagram for an extended period of time.
It was something I had to do in order to rescue myself from myself. I was losing my mind because of my crippling dependency and obsession with updating my status as well as responding to those who are equally as active. There are so many benefits that come with being able to attain instant gratification just by clicking a button. I am not sure how I survived a time when that was inconceivable, but I am darn grateful that I lived long enough to now partake in all the action.
To be honest, I used to be a skeptic when it came to social media. I just didn't want to buy into the idea that a mere tweet has the potential to change the course of your life, or a random posting on FB could activate a dormant relationship. But once I gave in, it didn't take very long for me to succumb to the media tools of my choice. Twitter was my first love, and I nurtured that relationship to the hilt, and then I finally transferred some of it to Facebook and Instagram. Once I began receiving feedback, I became irrevocably hooked. At first I convinced myself that I was in control, but it soon became clear that I was swiftly losing my grip. My phone became my most valuable possession, and as a result, it always had to be within reach.
The crazy part is that I used to tease my friends for doing the exact same thing. I used to get irritated whenever we would hang out and they absolutely could not complete a sentence or carry out a conversation without checking their phones. I would accuse them of being rude and explain how pathetic it was that they had allowed themselves to be "technologically whipped." But alas, I have become that person, I might actually be worse than they ever were. Sometimes in the middle of the night, instead of getting up to use the bathroom like normal people do, I reach out for my phone to see what My FB friends in London are up to and then I quickly scan my Twitter feed. My habit unfortunately extends to my office hours and I still don't know how I am able to prevent it from interfering with my job duties. I guess years of forced multi-tasking pays off.
So, needless to say, I had gotten to the point where I needed to prove to myself that I wasn't a lost soul. Could I neglect the pangs of social media, no matter how hungry I get? So I chose the weekend because that is usually when things heat up. Saturday morning was hard, because just like clockwork, I reached for my phone. But then once I realized I was on probation, I put it down and closed my eyes. I started meditating, which is something I rarely do, but should be doing more often. It felt good to release all the stress and to welcome a lighter temperament. The rest of the day was spent indulging in activities that were not influenced by FB friends or Twit pals. I didn't care if anyone liked anything I had posted days before, and I wasn't anxious to see what hilarity was erupting on Instagram.
Basically, my experiment assured me that I am not a lost cause after all. I enjoy utilizing social media because I can and even though it has gradually become a big part of my life, I am not an addict. I take advantage and indulge more than I should but if I need to extract myself – I can. I wonder how many others are like me. Would you classify yourself as a social media addict?
Tags:facebook, Instagram, social media, twitter
#TGITea: Why Was Everyone Lying On "Scandal"?
This week on #TGITea, the Ladies discuss all the lies told to Olivia on "Scandal" and all the dysfunctional relationships on "How To Get Away With Murder".
Why I Had To Quit Social Media
I deactivated all of my social media accounts two days ago with a heavy heart.
I was a part of the generation that ushered social media in. I was getting my catfish on in AOL Black Voices chat rooms when I was a teen, back when Mark Zuckerberg was still in junior high school. It feels like just yesterday that I was spending hours designing and re-designing my Angelfire web page, packing it full of cute dolls and glittery quotes. Of course, you still had trolls spreading their hate and larger than life personalities in chat rooms on AOL and Blackplanet, but it was still easy to enjoy the anonymity the Internet provided. There is no doubt in my mind that social media is an addiction for some of us and it's important to note that quitting social media can be the equivalent of an old-school smoker trying to quit cigarettes. Yes, social media is an ideal way to connect with friends and family that live outside of your immediate area, and to make friends too, but there are some major downsides to being so thoroughly connected.
Social media used to be a place where you could be exactly who you really are without feeling pressured to be anything else. If you decided to take on a new persona, there were no consequences because the people you interacted with were strangers. I can admit to being overly cynical, but it's difficult not to get annoyed with the people on your feed whose lifestyle online is completely different from the life they lead offline. I'm not asking anybody to expose all of their struggles for the Internet to dissect, but I have a big problem with being unable to recognize the authentic parts of the people I follow on the Internet, but know in real life.
Social media has also become chock full of women exposing themselves for the attention of just about anybody so they can obtain more 'likes' and follows. Of course, some of these women look really good, and in some cases, I'm inspired by their pictures to work on my fitness, but I still can't help but question the self-esteem of a woman who posts mostly naked pictures of herself on the Internet, frequently, just because.
Then there are unqualified people giving out poor love advice via Twitter, corrupting the impressionable minds of their young followers. Since we're talking about the downside of social media, we have to mention the users that never log off and feel it necessary to burden your timeline with their nonsense and attention-seeking tweets and posts on Facebook and Instagram.
I've been contemplating a departure from social media for over a year now. I've quit and then relapsed for fear that I was missing out on something. Hey, what can I say? I find myself easily distracted by the pretty filtered pictures and subliminal messages from the people I'm connected to via social media.
But I knew my time with social media, my too many hours on the Internet, and even more mindless hours of television had to come to an end when I noticed my children were behaving like little technology junkies. My kids are too small to be involved with Facebook and Instagram, but they were being groomed to navigate other applications on our iPads and iPhones.
One evening after dinner, we were sitting in our den for all of two hours when I realized that we really hadn't said a single word to one another. We were all comfortably perusing our own devices. My fiancé was on his iPhone playing endless rounds of pool, my 4-year-old was playing a Ninja Turtles app on his latest iPad, and my 1-year-old was swiping endlessly at my iPhone. I looked up from my Macbook and I was disheartened at the sight of us. Although we were all together, this wasn't what I imagined our family time would be like. We could be spending the last two hours of our night playing a game with our kids, teaching them a new skill, working on an art project together or simply just talking about our day. Not to say that we don't do these things already, I just wish we did that sort of thing as much as we spend time immersed in technology.
Without the distraction of the Internet and social media (don't get me wrong, I still use my Internet to write), I hope to have more time to focus on my own endeavors. I hope to be free to create a life for myself and my family without the constant banter of the Internet telling me I'm doing it wrong. Without the distraction of the Internet, I'll have time to improve myself with a good book by a person qualified to give their advice. Instead of having my kids zombied out in front of the television watching fake families live scripted lives, we'll spend time outside of the house making real memories. Without the television and the Internet to depend on for entertainment, we will have to entertain ourselves. I'm hoping that in doing so for the next 120 days or more, we will learn to curb our appetite for a thriving virtual reality and channel that energy into actually thriving in real life.


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The CCAMP working group of the IETF is pleased to inform you of the
publication of RFC 4606: Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching
(GMPLS) Extensions for Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) and
Digital Hierarchy (SDH) Control.
The Abstract to this RFC reads as follows:
This document is a companion to the Generalized Multi-protocol
Switching (GMPLS) signaling. It defines the Synchronous Optical
Network (SONET)/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) technology-
specific information needed when GMPLS signaling is used.
The RFC can be downloaded free of charge from
RFC 4606 obsoletes RFC 3946 and addresses a minor clarification.
Further information about the work of the CCAMP working group can be
found at our charter page
Best regards,
Adrian Farrel and Deborah Brungard
CCAMP Working Group Co-Chairs


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WASHINGTON — Yosemite National Park needs a lot of work, National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis warned lawmakers Tuesday.
What's needed is not glamorous, and not unique to one park. The deferred maintenance backlog at all national parks is now pegged at $11.5 billion, a burden looming even as the National Park Service solicits corporate and congressional support for its 2016 centennial celebration.Read More
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Our federal and state delegates should keep the heat on in favor of funding Sites Reservoir on the Colusa-Glenn counties border. And citizens of the region should join in, too.
Washington, DC – Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) today voted against a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill that allowed the President's immigration amnesty plan to move forward. H.R. 240, which funds DHS for the remainder of the fiscal year, passed 257-167 with only Republicans in opposition.Read More
Washington, DC – Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) today released the following statement regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to a joint meeting of Congress:
"Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech is a wake-up call to those who haven't yet accepted that Iran's determined pursuit of nuclear weapons is dangerous not just for Israel, but also for the United States. Our enduring friendship with Israel, one based upon mutual trust and respect, demands that we stand against those who threaten Israel's existence.Read More
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-01) and Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA-03) this week announced the introduction of HR 1060, which will accelerate the completion of a feasibility study of Sites Reservoir and authorize the project should it be found feasible.
A few buildings dot the landscape in the valley proposed for the Sites Reservoir. Bill Husa - Chico Enterprise-Record file
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Washington, DC – Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) and Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) today announced the introduction of H.R. 1060, which will accelerate the completion of a feasibility study of Sites Reservoir and authorize the project should it be found feasible. Located in Colusa and Glenn counties, Sites Reservoir is a proposed off-stream reservoir that would store as much as 1.8 million acre feet of water for cities, agriculture, and the environment.Read More
Washington, DC – Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) released the following remarks regarding the on-going investigation into nearly 14,000 Veteran benefits claims that were discovered in a filing cabinet at the Oakland VA and the subsequent report that was released last Wednesday from the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General (OIG).Read More
The Department of Veterans' Affairs has been involved in a scandal regarding the failure to process valid benefit claims, forcing General Eric Shinseki to resign as Secretary of the department on May 30, 2014. In the latest depressing news, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) published "Review of Alleged Mismanagement of Informal Claims Processing at VA Regional Office Oakland," confirming allegations by Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) that the Oakland VA Regional Office had not processed nearly 14,000 benefit claims dating back to the mid-1990s.Read More
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OAKLAND -- The Oakland office of Veterans Affairs improperly filed and then lost about 14,000 unprocessed veterans benefit claims, some dating back to the 1990s, according to a federal government investigation released Wednesday.Read More
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Doug LaMalfa is a fourth generation rice farmer and business owner who has lived in Northern California all his life. He and his wife, Jill, along with their four children make their home on the family farm in Richvale. Doug attended local schools and grew up learning the value of hard work and community service.
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Is there a situation in winter where a condensor unit's outside fan is supposed to be runing? Neighbor has two systems, one AC unit and one heat pump, but they don't know anything about how they work. The weather is freezing, we had some snow and ice, and the clanging of the ice chunks is noticeable. This apparently happens when the heat is turned on. Normal? Thanks.
To clarify ... the condensor fan on a heat pump runs when in heating mode, same as it does when cooling in summertime. The condensor is actually functioning as an evaporator during heating mode. The fan typically turns OFF when defrosting, at which time it becomes a condensor again for the duration of the defrost period.


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I have a Precor elliptical machine and the wheels squeak like crazy when I'm on it (as each wheel reaches the top of the ramp). I tried cleaning the ramp and wheels, but it is still as loud as ever. I am hesitant to try WD40...
Anyone have experience with this or advice on how I get get rid of the noise?
Maybe instead of using WD40 (which probably isn't what you want to smell while working out) Try lubing it with some essential oils. I've heard of people using essential oils to take care of squeeks on their exercise equipment. It smells good and takes care of the squeek all at once. I'm sure a local "Whole Foods" or health food store will have essential oils.


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Washington, D.C. • September 28–30, 2014
Sunday, September 28
Legislative Liaison Training: Building a Playbook for State Legislative Advocacy
3–5 p.m. • Ashlawn Room
The November elections will bring new leaders to State Houses across the country. Legislators and advocates alike will need to gear up for the new sessions. This combination of roundtable and workshop will focus on key trends in state advocacy for planning. Legislative liaisons and others will find helpful guidance on preparing an advocacy plan for the upcoming sessions.
Speakers: George Homewood, AICP, Director of City Planning, City of Norfolk; Jason Jordan, Director, Policy and Communications, American Planning Association
Law Talk and Social: Responses to Sea-Level Rise
3–5 p.m. • Madison Room
How are local, state, and federal jurisdictions navigating the rise in sea levels and storm risks? Lawyers and law students are invited to a briefing by attorneys working for coastal protection and resilience. Together they'll look at the issues and lead a lively discussion of public and private responses. Stay after their talk for a reception and more conversation.
Sponsored by APA, APA Planning and Law Division, and Best Best & Krieger LLP
Moderator: Molly Stuart, Staff Attorney, American Planning Association; Speakers: John Nolon, Professor of Law, Pace University; Jessica Grannis, Adaptation Program Manager, Georgetown Climate Center; Samantha Medlock, Deputy Associate Director for Climate Preparedness, White House Council on Environmental Quality
Daniel Burnham Forum on Big Ideas
Private Capital, Public Good
5:30–7 p.m. • National Building Museum, 401 F St., NW
Today's fiscal and political realities make private and philanthropic investments ever more important to building communities. New tools like social impact bonds are rapidly moving from concept to reality. In Washington, Congress is debating how to leverage private and nonprofit involvement in infrastructure and housing. The latest Burnham Forum will zero in on these issues from the perspectives of the investors and communities working with new partners.
Welcome: Chase Rynd, President, National Building Museum; Moderator: William Anderson, FAICP, President, American Planning Association; Speakers: Ben Hecht, President and CEO, Living Cities; John Rahaim, Planning Director for the City and County of San Francisco; Petra Smeltzer, Director of Government Relations, National Association of Water Companies; and
U.S. Rep. John K. Delaney (D-Md.)
Congressman Delaney is one of Capitol Hill's leading champions of infrastructure investment. His bill to create a new American Infrastructure Fund has attracted bipartisan support. As a member of the House Financial Services Committee, he also has become a key voice on housing issues. The only former CEO of a publicly traded company serving in the U.S. House, he has stated that his primary focus in office is to restore the nation's economic competitiveness.
7–8 p.m. • National Building Museum, 401 F St., NW
Immediately following the Burnham Forum, join your colleagues for a special reception held in the beautiful and inspiring National Building Museum.
Monday, September 29
Breakfast Workshop
Catch a TIGER (and a TIFIA): Navigating Competitive U.S. DOT Programs
7:30–8:30 a.m. • Springwood Room
The U.S. Department of Transportation's TIGER grant program has become a vital tool for project funding; however, the grants are intensely competitive. The last TIGER competition received $9.5 billion in requests for the $600 million available. This workshop will offer practical advice on how to succeed with a TIGER grant application. Participants also will learn about the newly expanded TIFIA program and how to access this useful financing tool.
Speaker: Beth Osborne, Vice President, Transportation and Development Services, Inc., Transportation for America
Plenary Session
Future of Federal Transportation Policy
8:45–9:45 a.m.• Grand Ballroom
This is a pivotal moment for transportation policy. The current transportation law, MAP-21, expires this fall. The future of the Highway Trust Fund is in doubt. Transit and walkability are surging, but funding is a major challenge. Explore the road ahead for transportation reauthorization and federal infrastructure investment.
Moderator: William Anderson, FAICP; Speakers: Derek Wallbank, Congressional Correspondent, Bloomberg News; Joshua Schank, President and CEO, Eno Center for Transportation
Plenary Session
Policies for Improving Local Resiliency
10–11 a.m. • Grand Ballroom
The Obama administration is significantly expanding federal tools to bolster community resiliency. Administrative officials and local experts will talk about the latest resources and policy innovations, from the National Disaster Resilience Competition to the new Climate Data Initiative. Find out how the climate debate is evolving in Washington and what it means for communities.
Moderator: David Gattis, FAICP; Speakers: Michael Boots, Acting Chair, White House Council on Environmental Quality; Terry Martin, Senior Account Manager, U.S. Air Force Installations and Environment, Esri; Ben Chou, Water Policy Analyst, Natural Resources Defense Council
Concurrent Sessions
New Policy Tools for Community Development and Infrastructure Investment
11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m. • Springwood Room
Years of budget battles and austerity politics have left their mark on funding and finance policies for community development and infrastructure investment. This session will probe new tools such as federal Promise Zones and new local strategies like innovation districts. Get an update on the future of key programs, from Community Development Block Grants to brownfields, and hear the prognosis for infrastructure and development tax policy.
Moderator: Kara Drane, AICP; Speakers: Roy Austin, Deputy Assistant to the President for Urban Affairs, Justice and Opportunity, White House Domestic Policy Council; Michael Wallace, Program Director for Community and Economic Development, National League of Cities; Joe Carlile, Democratic Staff, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development
Legal Trends for Planners
11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m. • Sagamore Hill Room
Important new legal developments have occurred in areas as diverse as takings, telecommunications, and fracking. A panel of planning and land-use law experts will discuss the local impacts of the year's most important state and federal cases. Panelists also will explore the emerging issues in planning law and the implications for municipalities.
Moderator: Molly Stuart, Staff Attorney, American Planning Association; Speakers: Patricia Salkin, Dean, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center; Lisa Soronen, Executive Director, State and Local Legal Center; Fernando Avila, Best Best & Krieger LLP
Policy Luncheon: The Realities and Future of the Economic Recovery
12:30–2 p.m. • Atrium Ballrooom
This September marks six years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the start of the Great Recession. Economists and policy makers are debating the nature and impact of the recovery. Vital local planning concerns from housing and transportation to jobs and equity are deeply affected by the economy. The luncheon keynote will examine the realities of the recovery and today's economy while outlining policy and planning options to strengthen our communities. What's changed since the financial crisis and how should we respond? Hear from one of today's leading thinkers on the economy, Daniel Alpert, author of The Age of Oversupply.
Moderator: Whit Blanton, FAICP; Speaker: Daniel Alpert, Managing Partner, Westwood Capital, LLC
Concurrent Sessions
Addressing the New Housing Economy
2:15–3:30 p.m. • Springwood Room
APA's recent public opinion poll highlighted housing affordability as a key driver of personal and economic mobility. Other studies have detailed housing trends such as reduced household size, delayed household formation, the rise of renting, and souring demand for walkable neighborhoods. Panelists will look at today's housing economy, focusing on how policy makers and planners can boost local housing affordability.
Moderator: Courtenay Mercer, AICP; Speakers: Marge Martin, Director of Policy Development, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Michelle Winters, Visiting Fellow for Housing, Urban Land Institute; Grace Campion, Senior Policy Analyst, Bipartisan Policy Center; Tamar Greenspan, Director of Policy and Program Development, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
State House Roundup
2:15–3:30 p.m. • Sagamore Hill Room
State legislation sets the context for local planning. Policies set by states can hold promise or peril for planners. This session will check up on the state of the states in planning policy and legislation. Hear what's happened this year and get insights on what's ahead when legislatures reconvene in 2015.
Moderator: George Homewood, AICP; Speakers: Erika Young, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Transportation for America; Lisa Sturtevant, Center for Housing Policy Director and Vice President of Research, National Housing Conference; Yvonne R. Castillo, State and Local Government Relations, American Institutes of Architects; Abigail Zenner, Government Affairs Associate, American Planning Association
Closing Plenary
Business and Planning Partnerships for Economic Development
3:45–5 p.m. • Grand Ballroom
Planners can forge powerful partnerships with the business community to boost local economic development. Across the country, business leaders play a critical role in the success of planning initiatives and new projects. In this roundtable discussion, executives from local chambers of commerce will explore how to build planner-business partnerships. Learn about the implications for issues from public health to transportation systems.
Moderator: Carol Rhea, FAICP; Speakers: Jennifer Vey, Fellow, Brookings Institution; Jeremy Martin, Senior Vice President, Austin Chamber of Commerce; Catherine Buell, Executive Director, St. Elizabeths East; David Downey, President and CEO, International Downtown Association
Optional Evening Event
Using Social Media for Creative Civic Engagement
6–7:30 p.m.
Busboys and Poets, 5th and K Streets NW
Difficult projects call for more creative ways to engage with the public. Join us for an informal discussion of ways to use social media in working with the public to educate, engage and persuade. Enjoy opportunities for networking and conversation. Light fare will be served.
Speakers: Andy Le, Digital Communications Manager, D.C. Water; Jay Corbalis, Development Associate, Federal Realty Investment Trust; Aimee Custis, Communication Manager, Coalition for Smarter Growth; Michael Akin, President, Reingold LINK
Tuesday, September 30
Planners' Day on Capitol Hill
This annual APA tradition brings conference participants together with legislators and congressional staff to talk about issues important to good planning. APA will handle scheduling and prepare all the materials for successful meetings on Capitol Hill.
The day will begin with a briefing on the issues and skill-building for effective advocacy. A luncheon on Capitol Hill will feature remarks by a leading member of Congress. A celebration of planning advocates will conclude the event. Before the big day, download APA's new smartphone app and tune in for an advance webinar on key issues.
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|Optional Debriefing and Closing Celebration
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This article describes the epidemiology of pandemic A(H1N1) 2009 influenza in all Canadian pregnant women admitted to hospital, and compares it with historical inter-pandemic influenza activity. We used weekly hospitalization and death counts of laboratory-confirmed pandemic A(H1N1) influenza cases reported to the Public Health Agency of Canada's (PHAC) 2009–2010 national pandemic influenza surveillance programme. Pregnant women infected and admitted with the pandemic strain were described and compared with: (1) confirmed admissions of all women of reproductive age; (2) all admitted cases reported to PHAC; and (3) to a historical average of inter-pandemic seasonal influenza admissions, and pneumonia and influenza (P&I) admissions for pregnant women. During the pandemic, 263 pregnant women with confirmed infections were admitted; four died in their third trimester. The median age for admitted pregnant cases was 27·5 years, which is consistent with the median age of the 3-year historical inter-pandemic pregnant comparison group. Aboriginal women appeared to be overrepresented but ethnicity was unavailable for 15·2% of all pregnant cases. Overall admission volumes were higher than those for seasonal influenza in the historical comparison group but were lower than those for P&I admissions. Despite increased admission volumes, severe outcomes in pregnant women were proportionally fewer than in all cases admitted for influenza A(H1N1) infection during the pandemic.
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Not quite as funny as the television series, but a good British comedy. While the acting is good the plot was a little less than the Television series delivered I therefore rate... Read morePublished 12 months ago by Richdude
Are you being served is a must watch for all british comedy fans. I have watched the complete set of all seasons at least 50 times and still the discs work as good as new,Published 19 months ago by CRYSTALLINE
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