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…Chaos, Thy Name is Rumikitty December 21, 2010
Posted by contrapuntalplatypus in About Me, Advent Calendar of Carols, Truth is Stranger than Fiction.Tags: blogging, carols, chaos, christmas, rumikitty
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And so a week has passed since my last post..
The post when I finally got up to date with the Advent Calendar of Carols and was rejoicing that there was only 12 days left until Christmas. It had been a busy November and a chaotic December, but things were all easy from here. All I needed to do was bake some cookies, clean up, finish my last few days of teaching, record a Christmas carol or two I planned to post on my blog and then it would be Christmas break, starting with a weekend visit to some relatives in a nearby city. Simple…and with ample time for me to blog each day.
I had reckoned without my companion feline. Chaos, thy name is Rumikitty.
It was the night of the 15th, nearing 1 am last Wednesday morning, and I had just headed into the washroom to brush my teeth and – hopefully – get some sleep after another long day of last-week-before-Christmas teaching. I had just been playing chase with Rumikitty and his favorite toy and had left him – now dozing, sleepy and innocent – curled up in a little ball of golden fur on my pillow for his normal pre-bedtime snooze. Coming out of the washroom ten minutes later, I glanced over at the bed.
Then my heart nearly stopped.
Rumikitty lay directly in the middle of the bed, a deeply satisfied look upon his little kitty face, his paws clenched around the chase toy which I had, in a moment of carelessness, left on the nearby night table. A chewed half-inch of its foot-long string dangled forlornly.
The remainder of the string was nowhere to be found.
I'll gloss over what the next hour involved…let's just say a lot of tears, screaming, hunting for the string and chasing an increasingly-less-satisfied cat in rage around the apartment, until he hid beneath the couch and refused to budge.
I called the emergency clinic. I should monitor him, I was told, and watch for, well, any signs of the emerging string…from either end of Rumi. No pulling on it, that could damage internal organs if it had gotten tangled up somewhere. Watch for any discomfort or change in eating or bathroom habits. Take him in if things get worse.
I spent the next hour searching my room and then the apartment. As the next day. No string.
I looked everywhere…under beds, couches, tables, cushions, rugs. I even pulled out the stove and refrigerator (pulling out, I later found, the plug as well and making our fridge turn off for the next day). I have never looked behind the refrigerator. It proved to be the Graveyard of Lost Cat Toys. I found at least 20 dusty toy mice, a handful of the plastic straws he enjoys chewing, and an assortment of balls, stuffed toys and balled-up holey socks I had thrown to him to chase from time to time. But no string.
The next morning, he appeared to be having, er, litterbox issues and I thought it far better to be safe than sorry. Off to the vet.
Three hours and $200 worth of tests later, they thought it possible he might have eaten the string.
By the end of the day and $600 worth of tests later, they were fairly sure he hadn't. They had run a barium series, which essentially consists of forcing a liquid solution of barium down his throat – barium shows up in X-rays as string itself doesn't – and seeing if there was a blockage or obstruction anywhere along the way. Fortunately it went through with no issues.
It should also, I was told, flush out the string as it went – if there was a string to flush out. But by that evening…nothing.
"Are you sure he never ate it, then?" I asked. "Is there maybe a small possibility it could still be sitting there, not blocking anything but not moving either?"
"A small possibility. But I think we can feel pretty good about the situation here. If he does vomit, though, or stop eating, do take him back in at once." They discharged him, swiped my credit card (ouch) and there we were, back in my apartment. Exhausted, about $700 lighter and still with no certainty as to where the string had gone.
I searched my room one last, exhaustive time. Nada.
Crossing my fingers, I entrusted him to the care of my wonderful cat-sitter and left town for the weekend. Quite fortunately, the trip went by without further incident than numerous panicked calls home on my part, only to be reassured that Rumi was doing just fine, no worries. He's still doing fine as I write this now. But…no string.
Maybe micro black holes do exist after all? :D
In any case, this is all by way of apology for being gone from this blog, and my Advent Calendar of Carols, and from Twitter and #iranelection for so long. Hopefully I'll be excused this time at any rate.
To tweak the famous quote, NOTHING can upset both the best-laid plans of mice and men so much as…a cat. :D
– Contrapuntal Platypus
December 13: The Twelve Days of Christmas December 13, 2010
Posted by contrapuntalplatypus in About Me, Advent Calendar of Carols, Just for Fun, Music.Tags: advent calendar of carols, frank kelly, parody, photographic memory, twelve days of christmas
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…And so the second half of the countdown begins. Out of the 24 days until Christmas, only twelve are left…we're halfway there! :D
When I was young, one of the things I enjoyed most about Christmas was singing carols. Not just because I liked the music, or the words, but because I could remember them – all the words to every carol. (I had a near-photographic memory for poetry…useless for practical purposes, but fun.) Ever year I delighted in reaming off verse after obscure verse of carol after carol, while the grownups around me gazed on in astonishment at all those words they could never remember.
All right, I admit it…I was more than a bit of a showoff. :D
"The Twelve Days of Christmas" was one of the best carols for this purpose. It was long and went on and on and on, with every verse adding a further level of complexity. I took great pride in remembering all the drummers drumming and maids a-milking and lords a-leaping and calling birds and swans a-swimming long after all the other singers around me had given up in disgust, or boredom.
I could post a YouTube video of this, but absolutely everyone has heard the Twelve Days of Christmas (probably far more often than they would have liked to.) So instead, here's my favorite parody, by Frank Kelly. :D
December 12: Ihr Kinderlein Kommet December 13, 2010
Posted by contrapuntalplatypus in Advent Calendar of Carols, Christianity, Music.Tags: advent calendar of carols, german carols, ihr kinderlein kommet, o come little children
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Time for another German carol…one of my all-time favorites.
Last night I turned pages for a friend's Christmas concert at a church nearby. They were performing Joseph Martin's "Ceremony of Candles"…a beautiful choral reworking and interweaving of traditional Christmas carols, including "In the Bleak Midwinter"," Il est Ne Le Divin Enfant", "Silent Night" and many others. I actually got goosebumps during the performance…not once but several times. Amazing.
My favorite movement was "Invitation to the Manger", based on the German Christmas carol "Ihr Kinderlein Kommet" – "O Come Little Children." Martin reworks this simple, childlike carol into a brilliant contrapuntal setting complete with ringing bell-like chords in the piano, sudden shifts of key and a brilliant, jubilant tempo. I felt utterly drawn in – my only regret was that I couldn't sing along!
I tried to find a usable recording on Youtube, but to no avail. However, here is a beautiful choral setting of Ihr Kinderlein Kommet…a must-listen in any case. Enjoy.
Ihr Kinderlein, kommet, o kommet doch all!
Zur Krippe her kommet in Bethlehems Stall
und seht, was in dieser hochheiligen Nacht
der Vater im Himmel für Freude uns macht!
O seht in der Krippe im nächtlichen Stall,
seht hier bei des Lichtleins hell glänzendem Strahl
den reinliche Windeln, das himmlische Kind,
viel schöner und holder als Engel es sind!
Da liegt es, das Kindlein, auf Heu und auf Stroh,
Maria und Josef betrachten es froh.
Die redlichen Hirten knien betend davor,
hoch oben schwebt jubelnd der Engelein Chor.
O beugt wie die Hirten anbetend die Knie,
erhebet die Hände und danket wie sie!
Stimmt freudig, ihr Kinder, wer wollt sich nicht freun,
stimmt freudig zum Jubel der Engel mit ein!
Oh, come, little children, oh, come, one and all,
To Bethlehem's stable, in Bethlehem's stall.
And see with rejoicing this glorious sight,
Our Father in heaven has sent us this night.
Oh, see in the manger, in hallowèd light
A star throws its beam on this holiest sight.
In clean swaddling clothes lies the heavenly Child,
More lovely than angels, this Baby so mild.
Oh, there lies the Christ Child, on hay and on straw;
The shepherds are kneeling before Him with awe.
And Mary and Joseph smile on Him with love,
While angels are singing sweet songs from above.
December 11: Gloucestershire Wassail December 13, 2010
Posted by contrapuntalplatypus in Advent Calendar of Carols, Just for Fun, Music.Tags: advent calendar of carols, christmas party, gloucestershire wassail, waverly consort
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I've been going to and hosting a lot of Christmas parties this past week, so I thought I'd post another party song. The "Gloucestershire Wassail" is by far my favorite traditional secular carol. Any time I turn it on it's bound to bring a smile to my face…it so perfectly conjures up the image of a Christmas party with lots of great food, drink and good music!
This site has some great notes on the origin of wassailing, an ancient English tradition with pagan roots thought to originate between 300-500 AD; "pre-Christian fertility rites where the villagers went through orchards at mid-winter singing and shouting loudly to drive out evil spirits, and pouring cider on the roots of trees to encourage fertility…It was only later that these traditions became associated with "luck visits" made around the neighborhood, together with general merry-making…and "fortified by copious quantities of alcohol"." :D
As a vegan, I can't say I'm crazy about the lyrics, which mainly refer to various animals popular for their meat in English cooking. However, I do love the last verse. Like much of the song, it has the feeling of something joyfully improvised on the spur of the moment…perhaps by a young man in the wassailing group who wished to catch the attention of the "maid in the lily white smock" he's seen earlier that evening? ;)
…And the rollicking tune is simply irresistible.
My favorite performance is by the Baltimore Consort, but unfortunately it is completely unavailable online. Here's a close second best, by the Waverly Consort.
Wassail, wassail all over the town
Our toast it is white and our ale it is brown
Our bowl it is made of the white maple tree
With the wassailing bowl, we'll drink to thee
So here is to Cherry and to his right cheek
Pray God send our master a good piece of beef
And a good piece of beef that may we all see
With the wassailing bowl, we'll drink to thee
And here is to Dobbin and to his right eye
Pray God send our master a good Christmas pie
A good Christmas pie that may we all see
With the wassailing bowl, we'll drink to thee
So here is to Broad Mary and to her broad horn
May God send our master a good crop of corn
And a good crop of corn that may we all see
With the wassailing bowl, we'll drink to thee
And here is to Fillpail and to her left ear
Pray God send our master a happy New Year
And a happy New Year as e'er he did see
With the wassailing bowl, we'll drink to thee
And here is to Colly and to her long tail
Pray God send our master he never may fail
A bowl of strong beer! I pray you draw near
And our jolly wassail it's then you shall hear
Come butler, come fill us a bowl of the best
Then we hope that your soul in heaven may rest
But if you do draw us a bowl of the small
Then down shall go butler, bowl and all
Then here's to the maid in the lily white smock
Who tripped to the door and slipped back the lock
Who tripped to the door and pulled back the pin
For to let these jolly wassailers in.
December 10: Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine (and Cradle Song) December 11, 2010
Posted by contrapuntalplatypus in Advent Calendar of Carols, Christianity, Music.Tags: advent calendar of carols, brahms, christ child, emanuel geibel, geistliches wiegenlied, joachim, joseph dearest joseph mine, mary
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"Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine" is an old German Christmas cradle song (dating back to 1500 and possibly before) whose gentle swaying motion clearly mimics the motion of Mary rocking the newborn Christ Child. Though both the song and the lyrics are simple in themselves, Brahms used the melody to create one of his most beautiful works, "Geistliches Wiegenlied" (Sacred Lullaby) – which I had the wonderful opportunity to perform a few years ago with a chamber ensemble at the university where I studied piano.
The "Geistliches Wiegenlied" is paired in Op. 91 with another song; both are written for contralto, viola, and piano. I love the story of how these works were created:
The songs bear clear relationship to the composer's friendship with Joachim, the great violinist, and his wife, Amalie, one of the leading contraltos of her day. In September 1864, in honour of the birth of the Joachims' first-born child, Brahms dispatched an early version of the Sacred Lullaby, a setting of a poem by Emanuel Geibel. Then in 1884, in the wake of the violinist's unsuccessful divorce proceedings against his wife, the composer revised the old song and composed for it a companion, Quelled Longing. Both songs were published together in 1884 as Brahms' Op. 91, and this musical pairing can only be understood as a well-meaning effort to resolve the estrangement of his two dear friends – which brought to the public two of the greatest and most powerful expressions of his lyric muse.
Tender, lyrical, gently contrapuntal and approachable to all listeners, this piece is a must-listen. You can hear the "Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine" melody in the viola at the beginning, and subtly woven throughout the texture of the song…just another example of Brahms' amazing genius. The performers are Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Cecil Aronowitz (viola) and Andre Previn (piano).
– Contrapuntal Platypus
Broccoli We Have Heard on High… December 11, 2010
Posted by contrapuntalplatypus in Advent Calendar of Carols, Just for Fun, Music, Truth is Stranger than Fiction.Tags: angels we have heard on high, broccoli, vegetable orchestra
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Yes, I know I'm behind on carols. Hoping to catch up tonight…but first something just for fun.
A couple days ago I posted a recording of "Angels We Have Heard on High" as part of my Advent Calendar of Carols series. Though my sister likes the song, she really wasn't crazy about the recording…she felt it was too, well, rigid and pretentious. (Or something to that effect. :D)
So of course I challenged her to find a better one. A few minutes later she came back with this:
Honestly, I would never have thought such a beautiful tone could come from an instrument made out of a vegetable. It's like a wooden recorder, only richer and even more soulful. This guy has a number of video clips out, each featuring an instrument made from a different fruit or vegetable. A must see! (Though the broccoli is my favorite.) :D
– Contrapuntal Platypus
December 9: Riu, Riu, Chiu December 11, 2010
Posted by contrapuntalplatypus in Advent Calendar of Carols, Christianity, Just for Fun, Music.Tags: advent calendar of carols, christmas party, riu riu chiu, spain
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These past few days I've been going to and having Christmas parties. Today (yes, December 11; excuse the late post :D) was my piano masterclass and Christmas party. Great music, great cookies and a chance for the students to meet one another – though I seemed utterly unable to persuade anyone to sing carols. Why is our culture apparently terrified of singing?
Now maybe if we lived in Spain…
"Riu, riu, chiu", a traditional Spanish carol, is just sheer fun to sing and listen to. It's the perfect Christmas party song. What's ironic is that the lyrics – a rather stuffy theological metaphor comparing the Immaculate Conception to a river guarding a lamb (the Virgin Mary) from a ravenous wolf (the Devil) – aren't exactly prime material for a party song. (The later verses do get better though – not that the meaning makes a difference to a non-Spanish speaking listener like me!)
A couple years ago I heard this song done by an all-men's choir at a university Christmas concert. The guy who did the solo was obviously a native Spanish speaker and he did a fantastic job, rattling off verse after verse of tongue-twisting lyrics. By the look of it, he was enjoying every moment of the performance as much as we were!
I couldn't find a performance on Youtube to match that one, but the Oxford Camerata does a pretty good job. :D
English Translation:
Chorus: Riu, riu, chiu
The river bank protects it,
As God kept the wolf from the lamb.
The rabid wolf tried to bite her,
But God Almightly knew how to defend her,
He wished to create her impervious to sin,
Nor was this maid to embody original sin.
He comes to give life to the dead,
He comes to redeem the fall of man;
This Child is the light of day,
He is the very Lamb Saint John prophecied.
A thousand singing herons I saw passing,
Flying overhead, sounding a thousand voices,
Exulting, "Glory be in the heavens, and peace on earth,
For Jesus has been born."
December 7: Candlelight Carol December 10, 2010
Posted by contrapuntalplatypus in Advent Calendar of Carols, Christianity, Music, Poetry.Tags: advent calendar of carols, candlelight carol, carol, john rutter
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A beautiful gem of a contemporary carol composed by John Rutter. Really there's nothing one could possibly add by talking about it…so here are two recordings. The first is by a professional ensemble, the second a high school choir – less polished perhaps, but with a certain magic that (to me) the professional recording doesn't quite match.
Enjoy! :)
How do you capture the wind on the water?
How do you count all the stars in the sky?
How can you measure the love of a mother,
Or how can you write down a baby's first cry?
Candlelight, angel light, firelight and star-glow
Shine on his cradle till breaking of dawn.
Gloria, gloria in excelsis Deo!
Angels are singing; the Christ child is born.
Shepherds and wise men will kneel and adore him,
Seraphim round him their vigil will keep;
Nations proclaim him their Lord and their Saviour,
But Mary will hold him and sing him to sleep.
Find him at Bethlehem laid in a manger:
Christ our Redeemer asleep in the hay.
Godhead incarnate and hope of salvation:
A child with his mother that first Christmas Day.
December 6: Nikolaus, Komm In Unser Haus December 7, 2010
Posted by contrapuntalplatypus in About Me, Advent Calendar of Carols, Christianity, Just for Fun.Tags: germany, holland, lasst uns froh und munter sein, nikolaus komm in unser haus, nikolausabend, sankt nikolaus, sinterklaas, st. nicholas
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…First of all, apologies for the posting delay. It's been a crazy but rewarding 24 hours. A HUGE shout-out to all the amazing students who stood up once more against the oppressive regime in Iran to fight for freedom, and whose protests I and my friends were helping to tweet/liveblog today on Twitter and Facebook. Josh Shahryar (NiteOwl)'s excellent liveblog is here, with an extensive and very impressive collection of videos here via @homylafayette.
But now, back to the happier world of Christmas carols…
A short while ago a Twitter friend (thanks @sara055!) was telling me about the Sinterklaas tradition in Holland; one similar to (and the origin for) our own Santa Claus tradition. "St. Klaas", known for his generosity, always gave his things away – even his only jacket in winter. He is said to come from Spain by boat every year on December 5. He is accompanied by his "black men" or "black Peters" ("zwarte pieten"), similar to Santa's helpers, who record throughout the year which children have been good and which naughty. The good ones are given gifts, while the bad ones are supposedly stuck in a bag – and taken back to Spain! :D
One custom is for the children to leave little "gifts" (a drawing for Sinterklaas and a carrot or hay for his white horse that he rides over the rooftops) by the fireplace. In the morning these will have vanished, to be replaced by toys. In another tradition, as the children are singing Christmas songs the evening of December 5th, a knock will come on the front door. When the door opens, candy will be thrown in by the "black men" and bags with gifts left by the front door. Sometimes people dressed up as Sinterklaus and the "black men" will even come inside!
This made me think about the similar German custom in which children set out for their shoes/boots by the front door on December 5, "Nikolausabend". Sankt (St.) Nikolaus is said to come in the night and fill the shoes with sweets, chocolates, fruit and toys – at least for good children. Bad children will get nothing in their shoes – or even worse, a switch! :D Sometimes "Nikolaus" will visit in person and ask the parents if the child has been good, even looking up their yearly record in his golden book.
My family, though we kept a lot of the German traditions, never did Nikolausabend. Instead we just put out our stockings on the 24th. But both my sister and I attended German Pre-Kindergarten. If "Nikolaus" visited, I don't remember it, but my sister sure did! In her words: "He was one scary dude. I didn't want to get near him. I think he asked me if I was a good girl, and I nodded vehemently. We have a picture of me looking terrified and keeping my distance."
…Apparently she wasn't the only one to think so…a kindergarten in Austria has apparently banned any in-person visits by "Nikolaus" for being too "scary". Poor guy. ;)
For those who enjoy history, both the Sinterklaas and Nikolaus traditions trace back to a real man, St. Nicholas of Myra, who was said to not only be generous but a miracle worker as well! So maybe flying horses and black men with magical bags of candy are not so far-fetched after all. :D
So here, without any further ado, is my favorite "Nikolaus" German Christmas carol. (The lyrics on the video are slightly different from the ones I grew up hearing, which are listed below…I prefer them!)
Nikolaus komm in unser Haus,
pack die großen Taschen aus.
Lustig, lustig, trallerallala!
Bald ist Nikolaus abend da, Bald ist Nikolaus abend da.
(Nikolaus, come into our house,
Come unpack your great big pouch.
Merry, merry, tralalalala!
Nikolaus Eve will soon be here, Nikolaus Eve will soon be here.)
– The Contrapuntal Platypus


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'can i get a large aperitif?'
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We're thinking about buying the annual passes through a vendor that can lock in the old prices now but we're not planning on actually using them til later on in the year. My question is, I know we can activate the passes on any day, even blacked out days and we'll be able to get in on that day and it seems that the expiration date for the pass is 12/31. If for whatever reason, we don't get around to going later in the year (wife is prego), am I able to just take all passes that I purchased to DL and activate them without the rest of the family being there? So for example, if we're not able to go this year, can I go to DL and activate the passes on 12/30/12 so that the passes will expire on 12/30/13 without them being there or do they actually need to be there for pictures on the passes or something?
No, everyone needs to be there to activate their passes. Sorry. But if you don't get around to doing so before 12/31, generally what they'll do later is credit you with what you actually paid, as a credit towards selling you tickets or passes at the then-current price. HTH, Bob
...to clarify. So if we actually don't activate by the activation deadline of 12/31/12, are you saying that DL will simply credit me the money I paid on the annual pass gift cards/vouchers? Also, I believe it's been discussed but to confirm, if I activate these new annual passes on a day that these annual passes would normally be blacked out, we still get to go into the park, correct? i.e. If we activate, let's say, Dec 25th, which is blacked out for these passes, DL will still let us into the park and enjoy that day?
Yes, Bob is correct, you all have to be present to activate the APs as you do have to have a photo taken the day you activate them. Yes, you will get the money you paid credited towards a new AP voucher. IE, say you pay $400 for your current vouchers but you are unable to activate them prior to 12-31-12, you go to the parks on 1-15-13 and you receive $400 towards the current price of $650 leaving you with a difference of $250 to pay at that time. I hope that makes sense, my numbers are exact but rather a guesstimate. Finally, yes, you can activate your voucher on any day and you can enter the parks, so if you blacked out on the day you activate you are still good to enter, you just have to get a special ticket from the ticket booth so you can go in. DD16 and I did that in July with no problems.
I'm not sure that everyone has to be present to activate the passes on Dec.30? The picture doesn't need to be taken that day. I upgraded my PH to an Annual Pass the first day of our Labor Day weekend trip. I was told any Photopass photographer could take my picture. They did ask for my ID everytime I entered until I got my picture taken, but I didn't actually get my picture taken till a few days later after buying the AP.
Everyone getting an AP must be present. You are supposed to get your photo taken the day you activate your AP. We had ours done at night, after dark.


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Citronella Culture
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March 4, 2002
I have a citronella plant. I would like information on how to care for it.
had one last year and planted it in the ground, but it died. I have a baby
one and would like any information you may have on caring and growing it.
Should it be inside or out. Does it need a lot of water or not. Should I
repot it into a bigger pot and when? What does it mean when the leaves
yellow? Any information would be greatly appreciated before I end up
losing this one.
P.S. I live on the Mississipi Gulf Coast.
The MS Gulf coast is in zone 9. The true citronella, Cympopogon nardus is a relative of lemon grass and should get the same culture: well-drained moist soil in sun. It looks like a coarse grass. It comes from Sri Lanka and Java and therefore cannot survive any frost and should be kept above 7 degrees Celsius or 45 degrees Fahrenheit. It has to be wintered indoors in zone 9. You would therefore do better keeping it in a pot and moving the pot gradually into full sun during the frost free part of the year. Repot into a larger pot when the roots come out of the bottom of the pot.
However the true citronella is rare in North America. This common name is also applied to other herbs with a lemony scent- all adding up to confusion! The citrosa geranium, Pelargonium 'Citrosa', is also referred to as citrosa by some authors and that may very well be the plant that you have, since it is quite common in North America. This plant has leaves reminding one more of a deeply indented maple leaf in shape and the leaves are a bit hairy. If this is the plant that you have, it will need a well-drained, neutral to alkaline soil and will develop the best scent in full sun. It is planted to keep away biting insects such as mosquitoes, but does not seem to be very effective in this task. However it is a fine scent plant.
It is rated hardy for zones 10 to the tropics and would have to come into the house for the coldest part of the winter. When the plant does not get enough light or the soil is too sour or has become devoid of available nutrients, the lower leaves will turn yellow and fall off.
You need to repot it once a year to refresh the soil and gradually move it into full sun when you put it back out of doors. If the roots grow out of the bottom of the pot it should be potted on into a larger pot.
Letting the soil in the pot dry out completely kills a lot of the roots. This would also result in yellow leaves as the plant frantically tries to adjust the number of leaves that transpire water to the reduced number of roots that can take up water.
Also when you take the plant in and out of doors you can also expect yellow leaves, because the plant has to replace plants grown for high light with leaves that can deal with low light or vice versa.
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A month without sitting
"If you sit down more than 11 hours a day, one study suggests, you're 40 percent more likely to die in the next three years than I am. I'm standing up. I've been standing up all day. I'll be standing up all month, in fact, without a break. I expect at the end of that month I'll be sore but triumphant, glowing with smug enlightenment..."
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Find out your 'fitness age' and get fit
Using the results of a study of 4,260 adults, the Cardiac Exercise Research Group (CERG) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has developed an online fitness calculator which outputs your 'fitness age'. If the results alarm you, they've also provided a 7-week fitness program.
291 diseases and injuries + 67 risk factors + 1,160 non-fatal complications = 650 million estimates of how we age, sicken, and die
As humans live longer, what ails us isn't necessarily what kills us: five data visualizations of how we age, sicken, and die. Causes of death by age, sex, region, and year. Heat map of leading causes and risks by region. Changes in leading causes and risks between 1990 and 2010. Healthy years lost to disability vs. life expectancy in 1990 and 2010. Uncertainties of causes and risks. From the team for the massive Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2010. [more inside]
The Long, Balanced Haul
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Olga Kotelko is 91, and she has probably set more athletic world records—and will continue to set more—than most of us will in our lives. We all age, but she is aging differently. Scientists are trying to figure out why...but she is just trying to find someone who can keep up.
The Art of Beautiful Strength
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Running is actually good for your knees, if you haven't suffered knee injuries in the past. [D]espite entrenched mythology to the contrary, runners don't seem prone to degenerating knees. An important 2008 study, this one from Stanford University, followed middle-aged, longtime distance runners (not necessarily marathoners) for nearly 20 years, beginning in 1984, when most were in their 50s or 60s. At that time, 6.7 percent of the runners had creaky, mildly arthritic knees, while none of an age-matched control group did. After 20 years, however, the runners' knees were healthier; only 20 percent showed arthritic changes, versus 32 percent of the control group's knees. Barely 2 percent of the runners' knees were severely arthritic, while almost 10 percent of the control group's were.
Stumptuous: From Dork to Diva to YouTube
Mistress Krista says: Only YOU can stop gym dorkery! Stumptuous, one of AskMe's favourite fitness sites, has both a spiffy new design and a bunch of new content (Why your excuses are crap; Lies in the gym; Things you should not lift if you want to look like Madonna). Beginners will find plenty of smart and blunt information about eating, starting and refining a training program, avoiding and recovering from injuries, and developing a home gym one way or another. But Stumptuous has also extended its domain to YouTube. Part of the original Dork to Diva web series on correct technique is now up at YT (deadlifts; biceps curl) thanks to the support of The Prevention of Gym Idiocy Society (Ladies' Auxiliary), but you can also find some more unorthodox exercise ideas.
Just don't do it!
"At Stanford University two sales representatives from Nike were watching the athletics team practise. Part of their job was to gather feedback from the company's sponsored runners about which shoes they preferred. Unfortunately, it was proving difficult that day as the runners all seemed to prefer... nothing" - from Christopher McDougall's forthcoming book "Born to Run" which looks at the story the growth of the $20 billion running shoe industry. Starting form Bill Bowerman's Cortez in 1972 onwards runners have seen a steady flow of innovations to improve performance and reduce injury rates. Only it would appear they may not work. By way of contrast the book includes coverage of the Mexican Tarahumara tribe who run ultramarathons with shoes made from car tyres on their feet.
Exercise and the Placebo Effect
Cleaning hotel rooms is a strenuous business. However, when Alia Crum and Ellen Langer talked to 84 maids, most were under the impression that they did not get enough exercise. Furthermore, when they were measured for tests such as BMI and blood pressure, their results were typical of couch potatoes. The researchers let half the group in on the knowledge that they were getting more than enough of a daily workout and kept the rest in the dark. After a month results showed the former group were healthier on every single one of the objective health measurements tested - despite claiming to have been doing no more exercise or to have changed their diet. The study raises the possibility that mindset alone can influence our metabolism. Christopher Shea in the New York Times and Ben Goldacre in The Guardian have articles discussing the original paper.
"Nothing like a meeting you have to carb up for"
Oh, damn.
What is Fitness?
"What is fitness?"(large PDF) is an essay by the leaders of the CrossFit movement. The ideal they propose is an athlete who is "equal parts gymnast, Olympic weightlifter, and multi-modal sprinter or 'sprintathlete.' Develop the capacity of a novice 800-meter track athlete, gymnast, and weightlifter and you'll be fitter than any world-class runner, gymnast, or weightlifter."
It's the 'Showgirls' home game
Pole dancing? It's the new Yoga. Just ask the people behind PoleTricks 101: "Women all around the country are finding out that pole dancing is a sexy way to entertain your man (or men!) Not only that, it's good exercise and just plain fun. PoleTricks 101 is dedicated to bring you the training, the equipment, and the satisfaction of dancing with the sexiest of all props... the pole!" Just $549.00... [via linkdump]
Couch potato lifestyle is worse for your health than smoking
Couch potato lifestyle is worse for your health than smoking Poor diet and lack of exercise cause more illness than smoking, new figures show. The lifestyle of couch potatoes has overtaken smoking as the major cause of ill-health in EU countries for the first time, the World Health Organisation says. Great, now reading Metafilter is bad for me.
Uncle Sam Sez: Sheesh! Get Some Exercise!!
Uncle Sam Sez: Sheesh! Get Some Exercise!! A new National Center for Health Statistics survey shows that only seven out of 10 Americans get enough exercise every week. About four in 10 get practically no exercise whatsoever. How much do you exercise, and if so, are you one the three in 10 who do so enough? Is the report full of it? Should I go swimming now, or in an hour? Ride the bike there or take the car? Isn't driving a car to a nearby gym kinda stupid? But I digress. (Pauses, gets his bearings.) Isn't this pathetic?


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Christian Porter
The Honourable Christian Porter MP |
Member of the Australian Parliament for Pearce |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 7 September 2013 |
Preceded by | Judi Moylan |
Treasurer of Western Australia | |
In office 14 December 2010 – 12 June 2012 |
Preceded by | Colin Barnett |
Succeeded by | Colin Barnett |
Attorney-General of Western Australia | |
In office 23 September 2008 – 12 June 2012 |
Preceded by | Jim McGinty |
Succeeded by | Norman Moore as Minister for Justice |
Member of the Western Australian Parliament for Murdoch |
In office 23 February 2008 – 23 September 2008 |
Preceded by | Trevor Sprigg |
Succeeded by | none (abolished) |
Member of the Western Australian Parliament for Bateman |
In office 23 September 2008 – 9 March 2013 |
Preceded by | none (created) |
Succeeded by | Matt Taylor |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
11 July 1970
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Liberal Party |
Profession | Lawyer |
Charles Christian Porter (born 11 July 1970) is an Australian politician who is the current Liberal Party member for the federal Division of Pearce since the 2013 federal election. Porter has been a Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister since December 2014.[2][3]
Before his election to the federal parliament, Porter had served in the Parliament of Western Australia. He first entered the Legislative Assembly after winning the seat of Murdoch in a 2008 by-election following the death of the sitting member, Trevor Sprigg, and he was subsequently elected to the new seat of Bateman at the 2008 general election. After the Liberals formed government, Porter was appointed Attorney-General in the Barnett ministry. In December 2010, he was also appointed Treasurer, and held both portfolios until June 2012, when he resigned from the ministry to contest the 2013 federal election.
From Perth, Porter attended the University of Western Australia and later the London School of Economics, and practised law before his election to parliament. He is the son of the 1956 Olympic silver medalist, Charles "Chilla" Porter.[4]
Political career[edit]
At the 2008 election, Porter contested and won the newly created seat of Bateman following the abolition of the seat of Murdoch in the 2007 redistribution. He was appointed Attorney-General and Minister for Corrective Services after the election,[5] having held the equivalent shadow portfolios prior to the election.[6]
On 14 December 2010, Porter was sworn in as Treasurer of Western Australia. He retained the portfolio of Attorney General, while the Corrective Services portfolio was transferred to Terry Redman.
On 12 June 2012, he announced he was stepping down from his ministerial portfolios to contest the seat of Pearce at the 2013 Australian federal election.[7]
Legal career[edit]
Prior to entering Parliament, Porter worked predominantly as a lawyer, starting as a commercial litigator at Clayton Utz before moving to public practice. He spent a year as an advisor to the Federal Minister for Justice and then began working for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions as a senior state prosecutor. Before his election in 2008, Porter was working as a lecturer at the University of Western Australia as well as retaining, part-time, his position as senior prosecutor at the DPP.[8]
Porter was educated at the University of Western Australia where he graduated Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Arts with first-class honours in politics, before completing a Bachelor of Laws degree. Porter later studied at the London School of Economics for a Master of Science in political theory, from which he graduated at the top of his class with distinction.
- ^ WA Parliament bio
- ^ Taylor, Lenore (21 December 2014). "Tony Abbott cabinet reshuffle moves Scott Morrison out of immigration". Guardian Australia. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ "Tony Abbott's revamped Ministry sworn in at Government House". news.com.au (News Corp Australia). 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ http://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Members/FirstSpeeches/Porter
- ^ Anglie Raphael, Christian Porter is given the role of Shadow Attorney General, Melville times community, 18 March 2008, p.3
- ^ Tullberg, Julie (23 February 2008). "SMH Online News – Porter claims win in Murdoch by-election". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-12/treasurer-christian-porter-quits-portfolios/4066142?section=wa
- ^ Christian Porter, Member for Bateman – About Christian
Parliament of Western Australia | ||
Preceded by Trevor Sprigg |
Member for Murdoch 2008 |
District abolished |
District established | Member for Bateman 2008–2013 |
Succeeded by Matt Taylor |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by Jim McGinty |
Attorney-General of Western Australia 2008–2012 |
Succeeded by Michael Mischin |
Preceded by Colin Barnett |
Treasurer of Western Australia 2010–2012 |
Succeeded by Colin Barnett |
Parliament of Australia | ||
Preceded by Judi Moylan |
Member for Pearce 2013–present |
Incumbent |
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
- Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia
- University of Western Australia alumni
- Alumni of the London School of Economics
- People from Perth, Western Australia
- Treasurers of Western Australia
- Attorneys-General of Western Australia
- Australian lawyers
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Pearce
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives
- Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia


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Michael Patrick Byrne
He was born September 17, 1960, in Washington, a son of Robert Charles Byrne and Gloria Jean Irey Byrne.
Mr. Byrne grew up with his mother and brothers in Marianna. He was a 1978 graduate of Bethlehem-Center High School.
He worked as a machinist for Washington Tool, Daco and, most recently, Atlas Metal Conversions.
Mr. Byrne enjoyed going to the mountains, especially in the fall to see the changing leaves, Halloween and carving pumpkins, classic car shows, socializing in Marianna, his Irish heritage and, most of all, spending time with his family and friends.
He shared more than 31 years of marriage and memories with his wife, Julie A. White Byrne.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, are two daughters, Candace Nicole (Jason) Johnson and Michelle Leigh (Matt) Kinsey; a son, Joshua Michael Byrne; two brothers, Charles H. Byrne and John E. Byrne; five grandchildren, Emily, Mylee, Nathan, Owen and Tom Tom; and several nieces and nephews.
Deceased are his mother, Gloria Jean Irey Byrne, and a brother, Robert W. Byrne.
He leaves behind his beloved dog, Auggie-Doggie.
Family and friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday in Nichol Funeral Home, 1728 Main Street, Marianna, PA 15345, where services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, November 20. A guest book may be signed at www.nicholfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be sent to the funeral home.
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How much water does it take to make a cup of coffee? The answer may shock you: 140 litres! That¿s the true amount of water used in growing, producing, packaging and shipping the beans you use to make your morning coffee. Your lunchtime hamburger takes 2,400 litres and that favourite pair of blue jeans a whopping 11,000 litres. In fact, all the goods we buy - from food to clothing to computers - have a water cost in the form of virtual water: the powerful new concept that reveals the hidden facts of our real global water consumption. At a time when the world¿s resources are being used up at increasingly alarming rates what can we do to help tackle the threat to our planet¿s most precious resource? World water expert Tony Allan - creator of the virtual water concept - shows the way. In this stimulating and enjoyable book he exposes the real impact of our modern lifestyle and shows how we as individuals, and governments globally, can make a vital contribution to managing our water use in a more sustainable and planet friendly way.
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Tony Allon is acknowledged as a world authority on water issues and as a leading voice for sustainable water development. He advises governments and organisations around the world and received the prestigious Stockholm Water Prize in 2008 for his pioneering contributions to understanding and communicating water issues. He is professor of Geography at Kings College, University of London.
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Preface * Acknowledgements * Chapter 1: Getting wise about water * Chapter 2: Beneath the surface * Chapter 3: Well-fed, well-watered and well-paid * Chapter 4: Big and beautiful * Chapter 5: Keeping their heads above water * Chapter 6: Watertight * The virtual water gallery * Index


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We'd not heard of bag label
until recently, when we stumbled across the new flagship store in Covent Garden's busy Long Acre.
Little did we know that the luxury accessory line actually originated in the 1980's, quietly growing into a worldwide brand with stand alone stores in Antwerp, Shanghai, Amsterdam and Hong Kong. Stores in Covent Garden and Bluewater are the first of many for the UK, as the premium label plans to expand it's European market.
"We were not actively seeking to open a London store at this time, it just seemed to make sense to do it and everything else has fallen into place,"
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"Having our own shop in the UK allows us to offer the full comprehensive collection of all ranges and use our knowledge of the products to sell directly to customers. We'd like to open more retail outlets in Europe as the brand grows."
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Costs aside, what makes
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Animesh Mukherjee, Monojit Choudhury, Anupam Basu, and Niloy Ganguly
We study the self-organization of the consonant inventories through a complex network approach. We observe that the distribution of occurrence as well as cooccurrence of the consonants across languages follow a power-law behavior. The co-occurrence network of consonants exhibits a high clustering coefficient. We propose four novel synthesis models for these networks (each of which is a refinement of the earlier) so as to successively match with higher accuracy (a) the above mentioned topological properties as well as (b) the linguistic property of feature economy exhibited by the consonant inventories. We conclude by arguing that a possible interpretation of this mechanism of network growth is the process of child language acquisition. Such models essentially increase our understanding of the structure of languages that is influenced by their evolutionary dynamics and this, in turn, can be extremely useful for building future NLP applications.
Publication type | Inproceedings |
Published in | Proceedings of Coling 2008 |
URL | http://aclweb.org/anthology-new/C/C08/C08-1076.pdf |
Pages | 601-608 |


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The holidays can be stressful…all that cooking, baking, wrapping, entertaining….but with a little help from your friends at Canada Beef, we're hoping your Christmas will be filled with fun and fabulous meals. We've pulled together some great ideas to help you solve the 12 Dinner Dilemmas of Christmas. From our family to yours, we hope it's a great one!
Dec 13: Christmas Pageant Rehearsal Dinner
Beef and Pasta Florentine is perfect to dinner to take-out for the rehearsal night pot luck and it can be quickly pulled together with just a few pantry-basics. Just heat in the oven and it's ready to serve. A good alternative to pizza, this hearty casserole packs a powerful nutrient-rich punch with iron-rich beef, veggies, cheese and pasta.
Dec 14: Trim the Tree Tapas Party
Small-plates dining is all the rage so why not adopt this idea when you're getting friends together to celebrate the season? Ask each guest to bring their favourite yummy nibbler and you instantly have a tapas party – such an easy relaxed way to mix and mingle. Make your contribution Steak Brochettes with Peanut Dipping Sauce. Make skewers ahead and broil in just minutes before serving.
Dec 15: Christmas Special TV- Table Dining
Every year I look forward to hunkering down in front of the TV with the kids to watch our favourite holiday shows – there's nothing better than watching Snoopy do his 'Snoopy Dance" once again – always inspiring! A good bowl of Beef Chili with some crusty garlic bread is perfect for dinner with Snoopy!
Dec 16: Digging into Dinner after Digging Out
After a big storm (or frosty day), rescue yourself at dinner with this (slightly) exotic slow cooker supper: Island Inspired Beef Stew. There's nothing better than having dinner ready when you open the door after an hour of digging. It's your instant reward!
Dec 17: Office Party Pot Luck:
This Gourmet Pizza with Pastrami Spiced Beef is an amazing appetizer that puts the stuffed pumpernickel bread bowl to shame. Here's just how to prepare it at work: grill veggies and steak at home so you simply assemble and heat the pizza at work. While pizza heats in the toaster oven, heat the cooked steak gently in the microwave until just warmed. Carve steak into thin slices and scatter over the warm pizza –slice and serve!
Dec 18: Shop 'til you Drop Dinner
Who in their right mind wants to squeeze into the crowded food court for dinner when you could come home to a delicious dinner ready from the slow cooker? With Slow Cooker Spiced Beef Brisket in the pot, it's like having an early Christmas gift just for you!
Dec 19: One More Appetizer!!
One can never have enough this time of year! This one is pretty cool: a tangy antipasto-like topping that is made with ground beef and is oh-so versitile. Serve the Eggplant and Beef Caponata warm with toasted baguette, or try it out as a dinner main course, by tossing it with cooked pasta. You can make up to 3 days ahead and microwave just to warm it for serving.
Dec 20: Bragging Rights Recipe: Grilled Beef Roulades
Everyone needs one of those 'one-up-manship' recipes for holiday entertaining – this is it! All decked out in the 'holiday red and green', this starter is pretty as a picture! And, it's all so tasty when made with ever-tender tenderloin! To keep life simple, make it ahead and grill just before serving.
Dec 21: Dining on a Scaled Back Budget
Entertaining just got easier with this slow cooker pot roast recipe from Canadian Living's Kitchen: Spanish Style Pot Roast. Made with economical Beef Pot this recipe tastes so amazing, you will think you're dining out when you're dining in. And with pot roast, fork-tender is the only way it's done – just like a stew! There will be no debates about doneness with this roast beef dinner.
Dec 22: Fireside Dining
Get all cozy by the Christmas tree and fireplace with this hearty casserole. Mediterranean Beef and Pasta Bake has that lasagna feel to it without all the lasagna work, plus it's way easier to serve if you want to take it out to a buffet spread. If you want a smaller version for family dinner, halve the ingredients and bake in an 8-inch (2 L) baking dish for 25 minutes.
Dec 23: Casual Dining: Eater-tainment at the Table
Beef Raclette is a Quebecois tradition that brings friends and family together to cook their own meal right at the table – much like the fondue experience. Mushrooms, sweet pepper strips and tiny boiled potatoes can be sautéed on the raclette along with the beef. Camembert or other soft cheese and Dijon-flavoured mayonnaise can be melted under the grill and used as dips. Serve with mayonnaise and pickles. If you don't own a raclette, you can always sauté in a nonstick pan – or or just to go buy one for yourself as an early Christmat gift.
Dec 24th: Christmas Eve Tourtiere
This tasty Traditional Tourtiere just might become your new family tradition – created by merging several family recipes from Canada Beef staffers. My family loves it served with homemade pepper jelly, gherkin pickles and pickled onions.
Dec 25th: The BIG Day
Hate leaving the fun of Christmas Day just to get the turkey ready and into the oven? Roast beef gives you time to relax! Yes, you still need to allow a substantial amount of time to cook a large crowd-pleasing roast, but it takes only 5 minutes to prepare – seriously! With our Classic Roast Beef, simply rub the roast all over with seasoning, insert a programmable thermometer and then it's into the oven to let it roast away. You'll be back to the enjoying the excitement of Christmas in no time!
COOL IDEA One of our Beef Fans, suggested that if you want to cut back on roasting time, consider this trick: buy 2 smaller roasts instead of 1 extra big one – this also gives you the advantage of having 1 roast that you can cook to well-done and the other that you cook to medium-rare – BONUS!
Dec 26th: The Boxing Day BONUS (BONUS RECIPE)
Kick back and relax – the holiday hustle is over! Keep dinner simple on Boxing Day, making good use of any roast beef leftover in this pretty Beef Thai Salad – it is just the ticket for re-vamping leftovers. No one will know just how resourceful you are!


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All about Getting to know, which is the better one Convenience Account versus Joint Account
Get to know, which is the better one Convenience Account v/s Joint Account Oftentimes our clients will put a name to their bank accounts, which makes a joint profile. Sometimes that client wishes to own person who was included in the account handle it, for the capability of the client. It usually is that the client can be an elder person and wishes a great adult child be an aid to pay bills, reinvest the amounts with the account from time to time. This would be considered a convenience account. It might also be that the client intended that the person that is included in the account means to receive the proceeds of the account at the death in the client, based upon that donative intent of the client. If the customer's account is deemed to become a convenience account, the amount left within the account is used with the client's probate estate at his death, to be shared among all the beneficiaries of this estate. If, on the other hand, the account is deemed being a joint account, it is payable with the other joint tenant with the death of the client and the other beneficiaries of the estate are entitled to no part than it. Over the several years, there was not a chance to distinguish irrespective of whether a joint balance was meant as a convenience account or simply a true joint bank account. When a human being opened the account, they may have checked the container as joint balance, as there has been no other pick offered. There was no statute to determine a convenience account either. Effective Thinking about receiving 1, 2010, there seemed to be a change to the statute which organized a convenience bank account designation. Now, anybody who opens some sort of joint account with another patient, can choose to help list the account to be a convenience account. People will probably have to request that your bank open the account this way, as many financial institutions have yet to create a designation for convenience accounts to consider to their clients. For instance, if an elder mother who will be competent to create decisions, opens business relationship with her daughter's name in the joint account, but ceases to list it as a convenience account, as the bank fails to have the proper designation associated with "convenience account", it is essential for the mother to have some other writing to determine what she meant by opening the account. Without such writing, there is a presumption under legal issues that a gift to the daughter is intended with the death of the caretaker. What happens if the other joint renter writes out checks for their own expenses prior to the death of the person who opened the bank account? In such case, there is some presumption of theft when that other person takes the money out of the account prior to your death of the person who opened the bank account. To overcome this presumption would require those to show that the one who opened the account intended to generate a gift to your lover at the time the account was opened or at that moment that the minute person's name was combined with the account. This may be a written document served by an attorney or simply a gift tax bring back which established your gift. In the above example, the elder mother can be incompetent and can't state what she intended, thereby causing the other family members to demand of the daughter who published out checks meant for herself to prove that had been their mother's intent and go to court to pressure that daughter to position the money back up the account with regard to mother's care. I'll bet you won't ever knew that beginning a joint account is usually so complicated!


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Blue Mountain (PA) Ski Report, Mountain Conditions and Resort Statistics
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Blue Mountain is a ski resort in eastern Pennsylvania with 9 ski lifts, 34 trails on 158 acres of land. Experts and beginners alike will find something to love at Blue Mountain. Blue Mountain has 4 terrain parks, a tubing park, beginners' area and a diversity of trails at every ability level. Slopeside dining, grooming, snowmaking, 100% night skiing, and
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Segway Tours
Resort offers segway tours. Additional charges may apply, may only be available in summer. -
Resort offers snowmobiling. Additional charges may apply. -
Resort offers spa services. Additional charges may apply. -
Resort offers zipline activities. Additional charges may apply, may only be available in summer.
Blue Mountain (PA) Operations
Lifts Open/Total
0 of 9
Weekday Hours
Trails Open/Total
0 of 34
Weekend Hours
Blue Mountain (PA) Snow Report & Ski Conditions
Base Elevation
457 ft
24-hr Snowfall
Vertical Drop
1,082 ft
Avg Base Depth
Peak Elevation
1,540 ft
Blue Mountain (PA) Reviews & Tips (9)
Went on 3/14, a rainy day that worked really well for me since the beginner lesson I paid for turned into a private lesson on an empty slope.
Well suited for beginners since they have magic carpets that we could use during the lesson.
Blue Mountain (PA) review written Mar 16 2015 - 05:47 PM
Went on a weekday and had a blast. The mountain was not at all crowded, and the staff couldn't have been nicer. Shout out to Len for providing an excellent training class. It has probably been 15 years since I last went skiing, and he had me confident in no time. I am looking forward to my next trip to Blue!
Blue Mountain (PA) review written Feb 02 2015 - 06:37 PM
Blue Mountain is the best "local" mountain in The Poconos. The place is so clean and the mountain itself is beautiful. The upper lodge has a nice bar outside with fire pits to keep you warm. I could go on and on about how much I love Blue but instead I will just say one last thing and that is that the staff is so friendly and helpful. Blue in a word is AWESOME!!!!!
Blue Mountain (PA) review written Mar 09 2014 - 05:22 PM
Very badly designed trails. Trails should always go downhill, so that doesn't matter where you fall or stopped, u can just get back up and ride on. Blue Mountain has the most uphill or flat areas out of all east coast mountains.
Blue Mountain (PA) review written Mar 03 2014 - 09:37 AM
This is the best mountain in the Pocono ski area. Of course its crowded on weekends but if you have ever been to mountain creek, you know that Blue is hardly ever as crowded as a mountain can get. The lift lines move faster than any other mountain I've been to, primarily due to their awesome electronic lift system. Weekdays at blue are empty and the trails are nearly always perfect (except the usual ice expected with east coast ski/snowboarding.) If you don't like blue then you might as well move to Colorado because your problem is with the type of skiing available in our region...not with the mountain itself.
Blue Mountain (PA) review written Feb 17 2014 - 10:37 AM
Extremely long lines and crowded. Good snow. Lines were so long I will snowboard elsewhere.
Blue Mountain (PA) review written Feb 16 2014 - 08:45 PM
Went yesterday for evening skiing after Philly got 15" snow. Mountain was empty. Well groomed, little to no ice, and lots of fun.
Blue Mountain (PA) review written Jan 23 2014 - 12:55 PM
I was there last weekend and it was pretty good for the most part except for a few trails that were icy. A little bit crowded also.
Blue Mountain (PA) review written Feb 11 2013 - 06:51 PM
wide trails for the most part. REDICULOUSLY crowded on weekends. my fav mountain in PA and NJ. i tend to go weekdays and its amazing in the mornings. night skiing is well lit. nice staff. get there early to avoid the skiiers mogul builds. its innevidable though.
Blue Mountain (PA) review written Jan 28 2012 - 04:48 PM